Rook vs bishop

by Karsten Müller
3/15/2022 – In the diagrammed position Black is an exchange up but both sides have dangerous passed pawns. What should Black do to make his passed pawn on the g-file more dangerous than White's passed pawn on the b-file?
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 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Nc6 4.Be2 e5 5.0-0 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.d3 Bg7 8.Ne1 Nge7 9.f4 0-0 10.Nc2 f5 11.Bf3 h6 12.exf5 Nxf5 13.Bd5+ Kh8 14.Bxc6 bxc6 15.fxe5 Bxe5 16.Qf3 Be6 17.Bf4 Bd4+ 18.Nxd4 Nxd4 19.Qg3 Kh7 20.Bxd6 Rxf1+ 21.Rxf1 Nf5 22.Rxf5 Bxf5 23.Ne4 Bxe4 24.dxe4 Qg5 25.Qxg5 hxg5 26.e5 Re8 27.Kf2 Kg8 28.Kf3 Kf7 29.Kg4 Rh8 30.Kxg5 Rh5+ 31.Kg4 Ke6 32.Kf3 Rxh2 33.Bxc5 a6 34.Bd6 Rh4 35.b3 Kf5 36.a4 Rf4+ 37.Ke3 Re4+ 38.Kd3 Rg4 39.b4 Rxg2 40.b5 cxb5 41.cxb5 axb5 42.axb5 Ke6 43.Kd4 g5 44.Bb4 Re2 45.Kc5 g4 46.b6
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Zhou,L1819Skytte,R2377½–½2022B40Chessemy Open 20221.10

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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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