Passed pawns can be dangerous

by Karsten Müller
11/26/2024 – Passed pawns create problems - how to stop them, how to advance them. In the diagram position it is White to move and while he dreams about advancing his own passed pawns to win, he first has to stop Black's passed pawn. What should he do?

Endgames of the World Champions from Fischer to Carlsen Endgames of the World Champions from Fischer to Carlsen

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.Nf3 d5 3.g3 Bf5 4.Bg2 e6 5.0-0 Bd6 6.c4 c6 7.Nbd2 h6 8.Re1 0-0 9.b3 Nbd7 10.Bb2 Qc7 11.Rc1 Ne4 12.cxd5 exd5 13.Nh4 Bh7 14.Nxe4 dxe4 15.Bh3 Nf6 16.e3 Qa5 17.Bc3 Qd5 18.Bf1 Qe6 19.Rc2 g5 20.Ng2 Bg6 21.Be2 Nd5 22.Bd2 f5 23.Bh5 Kg7 24.Bxg6 Kxg6 25.Qe2 g4 26.h4 h5 27.Rb1 Qe7 28.b4 a6 29.Rcb2 Nb6 30.Be1 Qf7 31.Qd1 Nc4 32.Rb3 b5 33.Bd2 Qd5 34.Qc2 Kh6 35.Bc3 Kg6 36.Ra1 Rf7 37.a4 Rfa7 38.Ra2 Kh6 39.Rb1 Bb8 40.Rba1 Qd7 41.Qe2 Kg6 42.Ne1 Qd5 43.Ng2 Qd7 44.Kh2 Kh6 45.Rd1 Qd5 46.Raa1 Nb6 47.a5 Nc4 48.Kg1 Bd6 49.Ne1 Rc7 50.Rac1 Kg6 51.Nc2 Rac8 52.Na1 Rd7 53.Nb3 Rcd8 54.Na1 Be7 55.Kg2 Bd6 56.Re1 Be7 57.Qd1 Bd6 58.Nb3 Kf7 59.Ra1 Be7 60.Qc2 Ke8 61.Nc1 Bd6 62.Rd1 Kf7 63.Ne2 Bc7 64.Be1 Bd6 65.Nc3 Qe6 66.d5 cxd5 67.Nxd5 Be5 68.Nc3 Rxd1 69.Rxd1 Rxd1 70.Qxd1 Nb2 71.Qd8 Nd3 72.Bd2 Bf6 73.Qc7+ Kg6 74.Kf1 Be5 75.Qd8 Bf6 76.Qc7 Be5 77.Qb6 Kf7 78.Qb7+ Kg6 79.Nd5 Qd6 80.Ne7+ Kf6 81.Ng8+ Kg6 82.Qc8 Kg7 83.Qe8 Qf8 84.Qxf8+ Kxf8 85.Nh6 Bd6 86.Nxf5 Bxb4 87.Bxb4+ Nxb4 88.Nd6 Nc6 89.Nxe4 Ke7 90.Nc5 Nxa5 91.Nxa6 Nc6 92.Nc5 Kd6 93.Nd3 b4 94.Ke2 Kd5 95.Nf4+ Kc4 96.Kd2 Kb3 97.Nxh5 Ka2 98.Nf4 b3 Passed pawns can be dangerous Passed pawns create problems - how to stop them, how to advance them. In the diagram position it is White to move and while he dreams about advancing his own passed pawns to win, he first has to stop Black's passed pawn. What should he do?
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Frempong-Smart,D1863Mtsetfwa,P16881–02024D1145th FIDE Olympiad 20243.56

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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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