Poisoned Pawn

by Karsten Müller
5/10/2022 – On first sight, things look grim for White in the diagrammed position as it is hard to see what he can do against the advance of Black's f-pawn. However, White remembered the rule that pawn endings should be calculated carefully and found a way to get a draw. What did 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.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0 Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Nxe5 7.Rxe5+ Be7 8.Bf1 0-0 9.d4 Ne8 10.d5 Bc5 11.Re1 Qf6 12.Be3 Bxe3 13.Rxe3 Qxb2 14.Nc3 Qb6 15.Rb1 Qc5 16.Rb5 Qd6 17.Ne4 Qf4 18.g3 Qh6 19.d6 Nxd6 20.Rh5 Qg6 21.Nxd6 Qxd6 22.Qxd6 cxd6 23.Re7 g6 24.Rd5 Rd8 25.Rxd6 Kf8 26.Re4 Re8 27.Rf4 Re6 28.Rd1 Re7 29.Bc4 Rb8 30.a4 b6 31.Rfd4 Rb7 32.f4 Rc7 33.f5 gxf5 34.Bd3 Re5 35.Rf1 d5 36.Rh4 Kg7 37.Rh5 Rce7 38.Kf2 h6 39.Rh4 Bd7 40.Ra1 Be8 41.Rb4 d4 42.Rxd4 Rc7 43.Rb1 Rc3 44.Rb3 Rcc5 45.Rbb4 Bc6 46.Rh4 Be4 47.Ke3 Bxd3+ 48.Kxd3 Re1 49.Rbc4 Ra5 50.Kd2 Ree5 51.Kd3 Kg6 52.Kc3 Re3+ 53.Kb2 Rae5 54.Rc7 R3e4 55.Rf4 Re7 56.Rxe4 Rxc7 57.Rd4 Re7 58.Kb3 Kg5 59.c3 a5 60.Kc4 Re5 61.Rd5 Rxd5 62.Kxd5 f4 63.gxf4+ Kxf4 64.Kc6 Ke4 65.Kxb6 Kd5 Poisoned Pawn On first sight, things look grim for White in the diagrammed position as it is hard to see what he can do against the advance of Black's f-pawn. However, White remembered the rule that pawn endings should be calculated carefully and found a way to draw. What did he do?
White to move and draw
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Unneland,M2262Reimanis,R2397½–½2022C67Kragero Resort International 20225.15

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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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