Precision!

by Karsten Müller
6/20/2023 – In the diagram position Black is two pawns up, but White's b-pawn is dangerous. So dangerous that Black needs to be precise to win. What should Black 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.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 e6 4.c4 c6 5.cxd5 Bxf3 6.Bxf3 cxd5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.d3 Nf6 9.e4 dxe4 10.dxe4 Qxd1 11.Rxd1 Bc5 12.Nc3 h6 13.h4 Ke7 14.Na4 Bd4 15.Bd2 Rhd8 16.Rac1 Rac8 17.Kg2 Ke8 18.g4 Ne5 19.Rxc8 Rxc8 20.g5 hxg5 21.hxg5 Nxf3 22.Kxf3 Nd7 23.Bb4 Rc4 24.a3 Ne5+ 25.Ke2 Nc6 26.Kd3 b5 27.Nc3 Nxb4+ 28.axb4 Rxb4 29.Nxb5 Bc5 30.Nc3 Bxf2 31.Kc2 g6 32.e5 Bg3 33.Ra1 Rb7 34.Ra5 Rc7 35.Kd3 Be1 36.Ra6 Rd7+ 37.Kc4 Bxc3 38.Kxc3 Rd5 39.Rxa7 Rxe5 40.b4 Rxg5 41.Kc4
Black to move and win
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Mkrtchyan,M2343Garifullina,L23720–12023A11European Women-ch 20239.9

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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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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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