Not all roads lead to Rome

by Karsten Müller
9/7/2021 – When only very few pawns are left on the board the attacker has to be careful that s/he keeps at least one pawn that can queen. In the diagram position White has three pawns left, two more than Black. But there is only one way to win. How should White proceed?
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.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.c4 dxc4 4.Na3 Bg7 5.Nxc4 c5 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.d3 Bd7 8.Be3 b6 9.d4 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Rc8 11.0-0 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 Nf6 13.Ne5 0-0 14.Rc1 Rxc1 15.Qxc1 Bb5 16.Rd1 Qc8 17.e3 Rd8 18.b3 Qb8 19.Qa1 Nd7 20.Nxf7 Bxd4 21.Qxd4 Kxf7 22.Qd5+ Kg7 23.Qxb5 Nf6 24.Rxd8 Qxd8 25.Bf3 a5 26.Qe5 Kf8 27.g4 h6 28.h4 Qd6 29.Qxd6 exd6 30.Kg2 g5 31.Kg3 Kg7 32.Bc6 d5 33.f3 Kf7 34.hxg5 hxg5 35.f4 Ne4+ 36.Kf3 Nc3 37.fxg5 Kg6 38.Kf4 Nxa2 39.Bxd5 b5 40.Be4+ Kg7 41.Ke5 a4 42.bxa4 bxa4 43.Kd4 a3 Not all roads lead to Rome When only very few pawns are left the attacker often must exercise great care:
White to move and win
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Artemiev,V2704Aronian,L2781½–½2021A09Goldmoney Asian Rapid Final 20213.1

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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