Passed pawns are powerful

by Karsten Müller
10/4/2022 – In the diagrammed position White is a pawn up but is also in danger because Black's passed pawns are powerful. However, with precise play White can save the game. How?
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.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Nd7 6.Nc3 Nxc3 7.bxc3 Bd6 8.0-0 0-0 9.Re1 c5 10.Qf3 c4 11.Bf5 Nb6 12.Bxc8 Qxc8 13.h4 f6 14.Ng4 Re8 15.Bd2 Re4 16.Ne3 Rf4 17.Qh5 g6 18.Qe2 Rxh4 19.g3 Qh3 20.Qf3 Bf4 21.a4 Bxe3 22.Rxe3 Qh2+ 23.Kf1 Rh5 24.g4 Qh1+ 25.Ke2 Qxf3+ 26.Rxf3 Re8+ 27.Be3 Rh4 28.Rxf6 Rxg4 29.a5 Nc8 30.a6 bxa6 31.Raxa6 Rge4 32.Ra5 Ne7 33.Rxa7 Nf5 34.Kd2 Nxe3 35.fxe3 Rxe3 36.Rff7 Rh3 37.Rfd7 Rh1 38.Rxd5 Rhe1 39.Rd8 h5 40.Rxe8+ Rxe8 41.Rc7 h4 42.Rxc4 Kg7 43.d5 g5 44.Rg4 Kg6 Passed pawns are powerful In the diagrammed position White is a pawn up but also in danger because Black's passed pawns are powerful. However, with precise play White can save the game. How?
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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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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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