Powerful pawns

by Karsten Müller
7/27/2021 – Endgames with opposite coloured bishops have drawish tendencies but are also full of surprising tactics. In the diagram position White is a pawn up but Black's bishop seems to have the pawns on the kingside under control. However, White has a way to make his pawns really powerful. What can he do, how can he win?
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.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 0-0 7.Qc2 c6 8.0-0 Nbd7 9.Rd1 b6 10.Bf4 Ba6 11.Nbd2 Rc8 12.Ne5 Nxe5 13.dxe5 Nd7 14.h4 h6 15.Qc3 g5 16.hxg5 hxg5 17.Qf3 Kg7 18.Qg4 Rg8 19.Nf3 Kf8 20.Be3 Bxc4 21.Rd2 c5 22.Rc2 Ke8 23.Qh5 Nf8 24.b3 Ba6 25.Rd1 Bb7 26.Bc1 Ba8 27.Qg4 Ng6 28.Bb2 Rc7 29.Bf1 d4 30.e4 Bb7 31.Rdc1 Qa8 32.Bb5+ Kf8 33.Nxg5 Bxg5 34.Qxg5 Bxe4 35.Rd2 Bf3 36.Rxd4 cxd4 37.Rxc7 Rg7 38.Rd7 Kg8 39.Rd8+ Nf8 40.Qxg7+ Kxg7 41.Rxa8 Bxa8 42.Bxd4 Ng6 43.Bd3 Bf3 44.Kf1 Ne7 45.Ke1 Nd5 46.Kd2 Kf8 47.a3 Kg7 48.b4 Kf8 49.b5 Ke7 50.a4 Kd7 51.Bb2 Kc7 52.Ba3 Kd7 53.Bc2 Kc8 54.Bd6 Kb7 55.Bd3 Kc8 56.Bc4 Kb7 57.Bf1 Kc8 58.Bh3 Kb7 59.g4 Kc8 60.Bf8 Kb7 61.g5 Be4 62.Bf1 Kc8 63.Be2 Kb7 64.Bh5 Bg6 65.Bf3 Kc8 66.Bd6 Bf5 67.Bg2 Bg6 68.Bf1 Be4 69.Be2 Kb7 70.Ba3 Kc7 71.Bd1 Kb7 72.Bc1 Kc7 73.f3 Bf5 74.Bb3 Kb7 75.Ke1 Kc7 76.Bd2 Bd3 77.f4 Kd7 78.Kf2 a6 79.bxa6 Bxa6 80.f5 Bd3 81.f6 Kc6 82.Be3 Bg6 83.Bxd5+ exd5 84.Ke2 b5 85.a5 b4 86.Bd2 Kb5
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Sonis,F2493Koellner,R24121–02021E08Mitropa Online Cup Open 20217.1

Karsten Mueller in ChessBase Magazine

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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Apart from his regular columns and video lectures in ChessBase Magazine there is a whole series of training DVDs by Karsten Mueller, which are bestsellers in the ChessBase Shop.

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Karsten Mueller regularly presents endgame lessons in the ChessBase Video Portal

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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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