Passed pawns are powerful

by Karsten Müller
5/3/2022 – Passed pawns are often strong and connected passed pawns are even stronger. In the diagrammed position it is White to move - how can he use the power of his passed pawns to win the game?
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.d4949,86755%2434---
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1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ exf6 6.c3 Bd6 7.Nf3 0-0 8.Be2 Re8 9.0-0 Nd7 10.Re1 Nf8 11.Bd3 Rxe1+ 12.Nxe1 Ng6 13.g3 Be6 14.Ng2 Qd7 15.Qc2 Kh8 16.Bd2 Rd8 17.f4 Ne7 18.Be3 Bf5 19.Bf2 Bc7 20.Re1 Bxd3 21.Qxd3 Nf5 22.Ne3 Nd6 23.Nc4 Nf5 24.Ne3 Ne7 25.Nc2 f5 26.Ne3 Kg8 27.Rd1 b5 28.b3 a6 29.a4 Bb6 30.axb5 axb5 31.Nc2 Nd5 32.Ne3 Nxe3 33.Bxe3 Qe6 34.c4 bxc4 35.bxc4 Qe4 36.Kf2 Ra8 37.Qxe4 fxe4 38.Rd2 Ra3 39.c5 Ba5 40.Rb2 Kf8 41.Ke2 Ke7 42.f5 Bc3 43.Rb7+ Kf6 44.g4 Ra2+ 45.Kd1 Rxh2 46.Rc7 Rh3 47.Rxc6+ Ke7 48.Ke2 h5 49.Rc7+ Ke8 50.g5 Rf3 51.g6 Rxf5 52.gxf7+ Rxf7 53.Rxf7 Kxf7 54.c6 Ke7 55.d5 Bb4 Passed pawns are powerful Passed pawns are often strong and connected passed pawns are even stronger. In the diagrammed position it is White to move - how can he use the power of his passed pawns to win the game?
White to move and win
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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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