The cut off

by Karsten Müller
4/25/2023 – This is an important technique in rook endings and can be used by attacker and defender. How does White win in the diagram position?

Endgames of the World Champions from Fischer to Carlsen Endgames of the World Champions from Fischer to Carlsen

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.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bf5 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Na3 cxd4 8.Bc4 Qa5 9.Nxd4 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 e5 11.Bb5+ Bd7 12.Bxd7+ Nxd7 13.Nc4 Qd5 14.Qe2 f6 15.0-0 Be7 16.Rad1 Qe6 17.Rfe1 0-0 18.f4 Rac8 19.Na5 b6 20.Nb3 Rfe8 21.Qb5 Rcd8 22.Bf2 Nb8 23.fxe5 fxe5 24.Rxd8 Rxd8 25.Qxe5 Qxe5 26.Rxe5 Bf6 27.Re4 Nc6 28.Bd4 Nxd4 29.Nxd4 Kf7 30.Kf2 Rd5 31.a4 h5 32.Ke2 a6 33.Nc2 h4 34.Ne3 Rc5 35.h3 a5 36.Nc4 Rc6 37.Kd3 Kf8 38.Kc2 Be7 39.Ne5 Rd6 40.Rg4 g5 41.Nf3 Rd5 42.Rd4 Rf5 43.Kd3 b5 44.axb5 Rxb5 45.Kc2 Bf6 46.Re4 Kf7 47.Nd4 Rd5 48.Kb3 Bxd4 49.Rxd4 Re5 50.Rg4 Ke6 51.Ka4 Kd6 52.b4 axb4 53.cxb4 Kc6 54.Kb3 Kb5 55.Kc3 Rd5 56.Rd4 Rf5 57.Kd3 Ka4 58.Rg4 Kb3 59.Ke3 Kc3 60.Re4 Kb3 61.Kd3 Rd5+ 62.Rd4 Rf5 63.Ke4 Rf2 64.b5 Kc3 65.Rd7 Rxg2 66.b6 Rb2 The cut off This is an important technique in rook endings and can be used by attacker and defender:
White to move and win
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Paehtz,E2464Zhu,J2486½–½2023B22FIDE Womens Grand Prix-II 2022-2310.1

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.

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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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