The breakthrough

by Karsten Müller
1/10/2023 – The creation of a passed pawn is a typical endgame topic. In the diagram position it is Black to move and 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 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nc3 h6 6.h3 a6 7.0-0 d6 8.a4 0-0 9.Be3 Bxe3 10.fxe3 Be6 11.Nd2 Nd7 12.a5 Qg5 13.Rf3 Ne7 14.d4 Bxc4 15.Nxc4 Rae8 16.Qd3 Qg6 17.Raf1 Rd8 18.Qe2 Nf6 19.Nd2 d5 20.exd5 exd4 21.exd4 Nexd5 22.Nxd5 Rxd5 23.Qc4 c6 24.Rb3 Rb5 25.Nf3 Nd5 26.Ne5 Qe4 27.Rxb5 axb5 28.Qd3 Qxd3 29.Nxd3 Ra8 30.Ra1 Kf8 31.Kf2 Ke7 32.Nc5 b6 33.axb6 Nxb6 34.Rxa8 Nxa8 35.Nd3 Kd6 36.b3 Nb6 37.Kf3 Nd7 38.c4 bxc4 39.bxc4 c5 40.Ke3 cxd4+ 41.Kxd4 Nb8 42.c5+ Ke6 43.Nb4 g5 44.Kc4 f5 45.c6 Kd6 46.Kb5 g4 47.hxg4 fxg4 48.g3 h5 49.Kb6 The breakthrough The creation of a passed pawn is a typical endgame topic:
Black to move and win
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Sindarov,J2654Radjabov,T2747½–½2022C50FIDE WTC Prel-B 20221.22

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.

ChessBase Magazine #206

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ChessBase Magazine Extra #205

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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.

Karsten Mueller

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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