The battering ram

by Karsten Müller
2/28/2023 – In endgames with two rooks on both sides you should wath out for tactical possibilities and chances to attack the enemy king. In the diagram position it is White to move. What should he 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.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Nb5 Qd8 7.c4 Bg4 8.Be2 a6 9.Nc3 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Nxd4 11.Bxb7 Rb8 12.Be3 Rxb7 13.Bxd4 c6 14.Ne2 e6 15.0-0 c5 16.Be5 Qxd1 17.Raxd1 Nd7 18.Bc3 Nb8 19.Ng3 Nc6 20.Ne4 Nd4 21.Rfe1 h5 22.Rd2 Nf5 23.Red1 Be7 24.Nxc5 Rc7 25.Nxa6 Rxc4 26.Bb4 0-0 27.Bxe7 Nxe7 28.b3 Rc6 29.Nb4 Rb6 30.a3 Kh7 31.Rd7 Nd5 32.Nxd5 exd5 33.R7xd5 Rxb3 34.Rxh5+ Kg6 35.Ra5 Rd8 36.Ra1 Rd2 37.h4 Rbb2 38.Rg5+ Kf6 39.f3 g6 40.Rg4 Rd5 41.a4 Kg7 42.a5 f5 43.Rg5 Kh6 The battering ram In endgames with two rooks on both sides you should wath out for tactical possibilities and chances to attack the enemy king. In the diagram position it is White to move. What should he do?
White to move and win
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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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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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