Mueller on Meltwater

Using the active notation

You might be inclined to believe the game notations below are just to be looked at and the moves to be played through in your mind. But as most of you know you can click on the moves to get a separate replay board, which you can resize and move to the best place on your screen.

ChessBase 17 - program only

It is the program of choice for anyone who loves the game and wants to know more about it.

The popup board has full controls, and you can use the navigation buttons to advance the moves, as well as use an engine or save the game or position to your computer. In the engine window you can ask for multiple lines, or what the threat is, or see the positional evaluation of the position. 

Time is of the essence

Young Arjun is given a lesson by Wesley So as he fails to play energetically enough to give his bishop pair the means to neutralize his opponent's exchange.

A little initiative goes a long way

Anish Giri is able to snafu his opponent with just a small extra bit of initiative, which is exactly how it must be handled.

Not So Easy

Wesley so faces a technical rook endgame but is unable to find the correct continuation to draw. This just shows how even simple positions are not as easy as they seem.

Amazing saves

This tough endgame between Praggnanandhaa and Giri contains not one, but two extraordinary continuations missed by the players. First the young Indian misses the surgical continuation that would have secured the win, until Giri fumbles and misses an astonishing defense.

Links

• Topical endgames: Meltwater | Saint Louis
• Endgames from Miami: 1 | 2 | 3
• Endgames from Chennai: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
• Endgames from Madrid: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5
• Notable endgames: Biel, Dortmund, Zagreb