Room to move

by Karsten Müller
4/20/2021 – In the fight bishop against knight the bishop is often superior, when it can operate on both wings. In the diagram position White is better. But can she 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.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Bc4 d6 5.d3 Be7 6.Nd2 Bg5 7.Nf1 Bxc1 8.Rxc1 Nf6 9.Ne3 Be6 10.Ncd5 a6 11.0-0 0-0 12.f4 exf4 13.Rxf4 Bxd5 14.Nxd5 Nxd5 15.Bxd5 Qg5 16.Qg4 Qxg4 17.Rxg4 Ne5 18.Rg3 Ra7 19.c3 b6 20.d4 Ng6 21.Rf1 Ne7 22.Bb3 Nc6 23.Rf6 Rd8 24.Bd5 Kf8 25.Rf1 Rc8 26.Rgf3 f6 27.Rd1 Re7 28.a3 Nd8 29.g4 h6 30.h4 Nf7 31.Rdf1 cxd4 32.cxd4 Rc2 33.Rc3 Rc7 34.Rff3 Ke7 35.Rxc7+ Rxc7 36.Rb3 b5 37.Rc3 Rxc3 38.bxc3 Nd8 39.h5 Ne6 40.Kf2 Nf4 41.Bb7 a5 42.Ke3 Ng2+ 43.Kd2 Kd7 44.e5 Nf4 45.exf6 gxf6 46.Ke3 Ne6 47.Ke4 Ng7 48.Bd5 Kc7 49.Bg8 Kc6 Room to move In the fight bishop against knight the bishop is often superior, when it can operate on both wings.
White to move and win
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Gaboyan,S2211Khachatryan,A20861–02021B3076th ARM-ch Women 20213.2

Endgame theory constitutes the foundation of chess. You realize this in striking clarity once you obtain a won endgame but in the end have to be content with a draw in the end because of a lack of necessary know-how. Such accidents can only be prevented by building up a solid endgame technique. This is Karsten Müller‘s fi rst DVD and the grandmaster from Hamburg and endgame expert, here lays the foundation for acquiring such a technique. The fi rst part of his training series can be started without any endgame knowledge, only a knowledge of the rules of chess is assumed.

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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