The battering ram

by Karsten Müller
12/6/2022 – In queen endings attacks on the king occur quite often. How did White use the power of his king and queen to win the game?
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 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 0-0 6.0-0 dxc4 7.Qa4 a6 8.Qxc4 b5 9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bd2 Be4 11.Qc1 c6 12.a4 b4 13.Bg5 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 Qxd4 15.Nd2 Nd5 16.Bxe7 Nxe7 17.Nb3 Qa7 18.Rd1 a5 19.Qd2 Nd5 20.Rac1 Nd7 21.Rxc6 N7b6 22.Qc2 Rac8 23.Bxd5 exd5 24.Rxc8 Rxc8 25.Rxd5 Qa8 26.Rc5 Rxc5 27.Qxc5 Nxa4 28.Qb5 Nxb2 29.Nxa5 h6 30.Qxb4 Qd5 31.Qb8+ Kh7 32.Qxb2 Qxa5 33.Qc2+ g6 34.Qb2 h5 35.Kg2 Kg8 36.Qd4 Qa8+ 37.f3 Qa2 38.Qe5 Qc2 39.Kf2 Qc1 40.Qe8+ Kg7 41.Qe5+ Kg8 42.Kg2 Qc2 43.Kh3 Qc8+ 44.Kh4 Qd8+ 45.Qg5 Qd4+ 46.e4 Qf2 47.Qf6 Qxh2+ 48.Kg5 Qd2+ 49.f4 Qb4 50.e5 Qc5 51.Qd6 Qc8 The battering ram In queen endings attacks on the king occur quite often. How did White use the power of his king and queen to win the game?
White to move and win
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Svane,R2615Krassowizkij,J24391–02022E05German Bundesliga 2022-231.2

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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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