Passed pawns should be pushed

by Karsten Müller
2/21/2023 – This endgame guideline is often useful to find the best move when pawn races occur. In the diagram position it is White to move and win. What should he do?
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 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Be4 7.f3 Bg6 8.Bd2 Be7 9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.Qc2 a5 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.Nxd5 Qxd5 13.Bc4 Qg5 14.g3 Bb4 15.0-0-0 Nd7 16.f4 Qe7 17.e4 Bxd2+ 18.Rxd2 Nb6 19.Be2 a4 20.h4 a3 21.b3 Nd7 22.Kb1 Rc8 23.Qd3 Qb4 24.Rc1 0-0 25.e5 Rfd8 26.h5 Nf8 27.Qc3 Qxc3 28.Rxc3 gxh5 29.Bxh5 Nd7 30.Kc2 Nb6 31.Bf3 Na8 32.b4 Nc7 33.Be2 Nd5 34.Rb3 Ra8 35.Bf3 Nc7 36.Kd3 Ra4 37.Ke3 Rda8 38.Rdd3 R8a6 39.Be4 Kf8 40.g4 g6 41.Rdc3 Ke7 42.Kd3 Ra8 43.Rc1 Rh8 44.Rh1 Rxh1 45.Bxh1 Ra8 46.Bg2 Nb5 47.Kc4 g5 48.fxg5 Rd8 49.Rd3 Rg8 50.Kc5 Rxg5 51.Bxc6 Nd6 52.Bd5 Kd7 53.Rxa3 b6+ 54.Kxb6 Nc8+ 55.Kc5 exd5 56.Rf3 Ne7 57.Rxf7 Rg8 58.Rf6 Rxg4 59.Rd6+ Kc8 60.a4 Rg1 61.b5 Rc1+ 62.Kb6 Rc4 63.a5 Kb8 64.Rd8+ Nc8+ 65.Ka6 Rxd4 Passed pawns should be pushed This endgame guideline is often useful to find the best move when pawn races occur. In the diagram position it is White to move and win. What should he do?
White to move and win
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Mishra,A2559Tabatabaei,M2686½–½2023D1285th Tata Steel Challengers 20236.6

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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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