Long may it last

by Karsten Müller
8/10/2021 – The duel bishop against knight is often tricky. When defending, the side with the knight often tries to build a fortress to exploit the color blindness of the bishop. In the diagram position Black is two pawns down but built a fortress. However, will it hold? And, if so, how does Black make it last forever?
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.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0 exd4 8.Nxd4 Re8 9.f3 Nc6 10.Be3 Bd7 11.Qd2 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 Bc6 13.Rfd1 Nh5 14.Rac1 Bxd4+ 15.Qxd4 Nf4 16.Bf1 Qg5 17.Kh1 Ne6 18.Qd2 Qh4 19.Nd5 a5 20.b3 Bxd5 21.cxd5 Nc5 22.Kg1 Re5 23.Rc3 Rae8 24.a3 Rh5 25.g3 Qf6 26.b4 axb4 27.axb4 Nd7 28.Bg2 Ne5 29.f4 Ng4 30.h3 Nh6 31.Rxc7 Qd8 32.Qc3 Qb8 33.Rc1 Qa7+ 34.Kf1 Qa6+ 35.Qc4 Qa3 36.Rc8 Rxc8 37.Qxc8+ Kg7 38.Qc3+ Qxc3 39.Rxc3 g5 40.f5 g4 41.h4 Kf6 42.Rc7 b5 43.Rb7 Ke5 44.Ke2 Kd4 45.Rxb5 Ng8 46.Rb7 Nf6 47.Re7 Rh6 48.b5 Kc5 49.Rxf7 Kxb5 50.Ke3 Nh5 51.Kf2 Kc5 52.Re7 Kd4 53.Ra7 Nf6 54.Ra4+ Ke5 55.Ke3 Nh5 56.Ra7 Nxg3 57.Re7+ Kf6 58.Re6+ Kg7 59.Kf4 Ne2+ 60.Kg5 Rxe6 61.dxe6 h6+ 62.Kxg4 Kf6 63.Bf1 Nd4 64.Bc4 Nc6 65.Bd5 Ne7 66.Kf4 Ng8 67.Bc4 Ne7 68.Bd5 Ng8 69.Ke3 Ne7 70.Kd3 Ng8 71.Kc4 Ke7 72.Kb5 Nf6 73.Kc6 Ng8 74.Kc7 Nf6 75.Kc6 Ng8 76.Kb5 Nf6 77.Kc4 Ng8 78.Kd4 Kf6 79.Bc4 Ne7 80.Bd3 Long may it last The duel bishop against knight is often tricky. When defending, the side with the knight often tries to build a fortress to exploit the color blindness of the bishop. In the diagram position Black is two pawns downs but built a fortress. However, will it hold? And, if so, how does Black stabilize it?
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Lopez,H2107Bayangat,A-½–½2021E94Asian Hybrid-ch 20212.39

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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 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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