Never miss a check...

by Karsten Müller
1/11/2022 – Pawn races often have a flavour of their own and taking pawns is not always the most important. In the diagram position it is Black to move and win. What would you do?
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.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bd2 0-0 5.Nf3 b6 6.e3 Bb7 7.Bd3 d5 8.0-0 Bd6 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Rc1 a6 11.Ne5 c5 12.f4 Nc6 13.Be1 cxd4 14.Nxc6 Bxc6 15.Ne2 Bb7 16.Nxd4 Re8 17.Qf3 Rc8 18.Bh4 Rxc1 19.Rxc1 Bc5 20.Qh3 Bc8 21.Bxf6 Qxf6 22.Qxh7+ Kf8 23.Kh1 g6 24.Qh6+ Ke7 25.Qg5 Qxg5 26.fxg5 Kd6 27.b4 Bxb4 28.Rc6+ Kd7 29.Be2 Re4 30.Rxb6 Bc5 31.Rb2 Bxd4 32.exd4 Rxd4 33.h3 Kc7 34.Rc2+ Kd8 35.Rc6 a5 36.Bf3 Be6 37.Rc5 a4 38.Ra5 Kc7 39.Kh2 Kb6 40.Ra8 Kb5 41.a3 Rd2 42.Rb8+ Kc5 43.Ra8 Kb5 44.Rb8+ Kc4 45.Rb4+ Kc3 46.Rxa4 d4 47.Kg3 Ra2 48.Kf4 d3 49.Ke3 Ra1 50.Ra6 Re1+ 51.Kf2 d2 52.Rd6 Bc4 53.a4 Bd3 54.Rc6+ Kb4 55.Rd6 d1Q 56.Bxd1 Rxd1 57.Rd4+ Kc3 58.Rf4 Bc4 59.g4 Rd5 60.h4 Ra5 61.Kg3 Kd3 62.Rf3+ Ke2 63.Ra3 Be6 64.Kf4 Rc5 65.Re3+ Kf2 66.Rxe6 fxe6 67.h5 Rc4+ 68.Ke5 Never miss a check... Pawn races often have a flavour of their own and taking pawns is not always the most important. In the diagram position it is Black to move and win. What would you do?
Black to move and win
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Mayrhuber,N2091Markantonaki,H2174½–½2021E5223rd ETCC Women 20212.56

Karsten Mueller in ChessBase Magazine

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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Apart from his regular columns and video lectures in ChessBase Magazine there is a whole series of training DVDs by Karsten Mueller, which are bestsellers in the ChessBase Shop.

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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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