Long diagonal, wrong diagonal

by Karsten Müller
2/7/2023 – Fighting against passed pawns can be tricky. In the diagram position Black's bishop has to fight against no less than four passed pawns. However, Black can still draw. But how?
Let endgame expert Dr Karsten Müller show and explain the finesses of the world champions. Although they had different styles each and every one of them played the endgame exceptionally well, so take the opportunity to enjoy and learn from some of the best endgames in the history of chess.
 
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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4 Rb8 8.c3 d6 9.d4 Bb6 10.a5 Ba7 11.h3 0-0 12.Be3 Ra8 13.Nbd2 Bb7 14.Re1 Re8 15.Ng5 Re7 16.Ndf3 h6 17.Nxf7 Rxf7 18.dxe5 Bxe3 19.exf6 Ba7 20.fxg7 Qf6 21.Qd5 Kxg7 22.Qxf7+ Qxf7 23.Bxf7 Kxf7 24.e5 Nxe5 25.Nxe5+ dxe5 26.Rxe5 Rg8 27.g4 Rd8 28.Rae1 Rd7 29.Kh2 c5 30.Rf5+ Kg7 31.Kg3 Bb8+ 32.Kh4 Bc7 33.Re6 Bd5 34.Rxa6 b4 35.Kh5 Bf7+ 36.Rxf7+ Kxf7 37.Kxh6 bxc3 38.bxc3 Be5 39.Rc6 Bxc3 40.Rxc5 Bd2+ 41.g5 Rd4 42.Kh5 Ra4 43.Rc7+ Kf8 44.Rd7 Long diagonal, wrong diagonal Fighting against passed pawns can be tricky. In the diagram position Black's bishop has to fight against no less than four passed pawns. However, Black can still draw. But how?
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Ding,L2811Maghsoodloo,P2719½–½2023C7885th Tata Steel Masters 20232.2

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Do you like these lessons? There are plenty more by internationally renowned endgame expert Dr Karsten Müller in ChessBase Magazine, where you will also find openings articles and surveys, tactics, and of course annotations by the world's top grandmasters.

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Karsten Mueller regularly presents endgame lessons in the ChessBase Video Portal

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Karsten Müller is considered to be one of the greatest endgame experts in the world. His books on the endgame - among them "Fundamentals of Chess Endings", co-authored with Frank Lamprecht, that helped to improve Magnus Carlsen's endgame knowledge - and his endgame columns for the ChessCafe website and the ChessBase Magazine helped to establish and to confirm this reputation. Karsten's Fritztrainer DVDs on the endgame are bestsellers. The mathematician with a PhD lives in Hamburg, and for more than 25 years he has been scoring points for the Hamburger Schachklub (HSK) in the Bundesliga.

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