2/2/2016 – Every week ChessBase magazine author and renowned endgame expert Karsten Müller presents a remarkable or particularly instructive endgame in his blog. A click on the diagram opens a larger board. Test your endgame skills, improve and have fun!
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No entry for the king
White to move. Don't give the black king the opportunity to enter White's kingside.
1.d4d52.c4c63.Nc3dxc44.e3b55.a4b46.Ne4Qd57.Ng3Nf68.Be2Ba69.e4Qa510.Nf3Nbd711.0-0e612.Bf4Be713.Rc10-014.Bxc4Bxc415.Rxc4c516.Rc1Nb617.dxc5Bxc518.b3Rac819.Qe2Nfd720.Rfd1Rfe821.Bd2g622.Nf1Bf823.Qe1Rxc124.Rxc1Rc825.Rxc8Nxc826.Ne3Ncb627.Nc2Ne528.Bxb4Nxf3+29.gxf3Bxb430.Qxb4Qg5+31.Kf1Qf432.Qd4Qxf333.a5Qh1+34.Ke2Qb135.Kd2Qxb336.axb6axb637.Ne3h538.Nc4b539.Ne5Qa2+40.Ke3Qa3+41.Nd3Qa442.Qd6Kg743.Qf4Qd144.Qe5+Kg845.Qb8+Kg746.Qg3Qf147.Qe5+Kg848.h4Qh3+49.Qg3Qh150.Kf4Kg751.Ke3Kg852.Qb8+Kg753.Qe5+Kg854.Qf4Kg755.Ke2Qb156.Ne5Qc2+57.Kf1f658.Nf3Qd3+59.Kg2e560.Qe3Qxe361.fxe3b462.Nd2Kf763.Kf2g564.Ke2Ke665.Nf3b366.Kd3g467.Ng1f5No entry for the king The knight does not like if
the enemy king gets too much power:68.Ne2!The only way to win. The
alternatives give Black an opportunity to enter White's kingside:68.exf5+?Kxf569.Ne2g370.Nxg3+Kg471.Ne4Kxh472.Kc3Kg473.Kxb3Kf3=68.Kc3?g369.Kxb3fxe470.Kc4Kf571.Kd5g272.Kd6Kf673.Ne2Kf574.Kd5Kg475.Kxe4Kxh476.Kf3Kh377.e4h478.Ng1+Kh279.Kf2h380.Ne2Kh181.Ng3+Kh282.Ne2=68...f4After68...fxe4+69.Kc3White can stop Black's king from entering White's
kingside.Kd569...Kf570.Ng3++-70.Kxb3+-68...g369.Nxg3f470.exf4exf471.Nxh5f372.Nf4+Ke573.Ke3f274.Nd3+Ke675.Kxf2+-69.exf4exf470.Nxf4+Ke571.Nxh5b272.Kc2Kxe473.Ng3+Kf3After73...Kf474.h5Kg575.Kxb2+- White wins because the knight
protects the h-pawn from behind.74.h5Kxg375.h6Kf276.h7g377.h8Qg278.Qd4+Kf179.Qf4+Ke280.Qg3Kf181.Qf3+Kg182.Kxb2Kh283.Qh5+Kg384.Qg5+Kf285.Qf4+Ke286.Qg3Kf187.Qf3+1–0
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.
Apart from his regular columns and video lectures in ChessBase Magazine there is a whole series of training DVDs by Karsten Müller, which are bestsellers in the ChessBase Shop.
Karsten MüllerKarsten 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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