The bodycheck

by Karsten Müller
6/28/2022 – When one king takes away important squares from the enemy king it is called a "bodycheck". How did Black use the bodycheck to win in the diagrammed position?
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.f4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.d3 d5 6.0-0 Nf6 7.Qe1 d4 8.Na3 0-0 9.c4 Rb8 10.Nc2 a5 11.h3 b6 12.g4 Bb7 13.Bd2 Nd7 14.e4 dxe3 15.Bc3 Nb4 16.Nxb4 axb4 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.Qxe3 Nf6 19.a3 bxa3 20.Rxa3 Qd6 21.Re1 Bxf3 22.Bxf3 e6 23.Qe5 Rfd8 24.g5 Qxe5 25.fxe5 Ng8 26.Be4 h6 27.h4 hxg5 28.hxg5 Ne7 29.Ra7 Nf5 30.Rc7 Rh8 31.Ra1 Rh5 32.Raa7 Rxg5+ 33.Kf2 Nh6 34.Rcb7 Rh8 35.Kf3 Rxe5 36.Rxb6 Kf6 37.Rbb7 Rh5 38.Rc7 Rb8 39.Rcb7 Rxb7 40.Rxb7 Nf5 41.Rc7 Nd4+ 42.Kg3 Re5 43.Rb7 Nf5+ 44.Kf4 Nd6 45.Rc7 Nxe4 46.dxe4 Rh5 47.Kg3 Ke5 48.Rxf7 Kxe4 49.Rf6 Rg5+ 50.Kh4 Rg1 51.Rxe6+ Kd4 52.b3 g5+ 53.Kh5 g4 54.Kh4 g3 55.Kh3 Rb1 56.Rb6 Rb2 57.Kxg3 Kc3 58.Kf3 Rxb3 59.Rc6 Kd3 60.Rc8 Ivanchuk's bridge and bodycheck When one king takes away important squares from the other king it is called bodycheck:
Black to move and win
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Hauge,L2530Ivanchuk,V26780–12022A03Solidarity Match Norway-Ukraine4.1

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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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