Running for cover

by Karsten Müller
1/24/2023 – Pestering the enemy king with checks is an important defensive technique in rook endings. But while giving checks the defending side should not forget that it is often more important to prevent the enemy king from finding a safe escape. In the diagram position it is White to move and draw. How?
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 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 Qc7 9.0-0-0 Bd7 10.Bd3 Nc6 11.Nxc6 Bxc6 12.Rhe1 h6 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Nd5 Qa5 15.Nxf6+ gxf6 16.Kb1 0-0-0 17.Qf2 d5 18.exd5 Bxd5 19.a3 f5 20.Re2 Bc6 21.Red2 Qc7 22.Qh4 Rd4 23.g3 Qd8 24.Qxd8+ Rdxd8 25.Be2 Rxd2 26.Rxd2 h5 27.h4 Kc7 28.Kc1 f6 29.Rd1 e5 30.Rf1 Be4 31.Kd2 Rg8 32.fxe5 fxe5 33.Bd3 Bxd3 34.cxd3 Rf8 35.Ke3 Kd6 36.d4 e4 37.Rc1 Rg8 38.Kf2 b6 39.a4 a5 40.Rc3 Kd5 41.Rb3 Kxd4 42.Rxb6 Rc8 43.Rd6+ Ke5 44.Ra6 Rc5 45.Ke3 Rd5 46.Ke2 f4 47.gxf4+ Kxf4 48.b3 Rc5 49.Rf6+ Ke5 50.Rb6 Kd4 51.Rd6+ Rd5 52.Rc6 Ke5 53.Rb6 Rc5 54.b4 axb4 55.Rxb4 Kf4 56.Rb2 Rc3 57.Rb5 Rc2+ 58.Kd1 Ra2 59.Rxh5 Rxa4 60.Rh8 Ra1+ 61.Ke2 Ra2+ 62.Kd1 Kf3 63.h5 Ra1+ 64.Kc2 e3 65.Rf8+ Ke2 66.h6 Ra7 67.Rf6 Rc7+ 68.Kb3 Ke1 69.Kb2 e2 70.Kb3 Kd2 71.Rd6+ Ke3 72.Re6+ Kd2 73.Rd6+ Ke1 Running for cover Pestering the enemy king with checks is an important defensive technique in rook endings. But while giving checks the defending side should not forget that it is often more important to prevent the enemy king from finding a safe escape. In the diagram position it is White to move and draw. How?
White to move and draw
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Gadimbayli,A2524Wang,H27220–12022B968th Gashimov Memorial-Rapid 20222.5

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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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