The desperado rook

by Karsten Müller
5/24/2022 – Stalemate motifs often play a role in endgames. In the diagrammed position it is White to move. What would you 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.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.e3 Be7 8.Bd3 Ne4 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Qc2 Ndf6 11.Ne5 0-0 12.0-0 g6 13.Rab1 Bf5 14.b4 a6 15.Na4 Nd6 16.Nc5 Bxd3 17.Qxd3 Rfe8 18.a4 Nfe4 19.Nxe4 Nxe4 20.Qc2 Nd6 21.Qc5 f6 22.Nd3 Kg7 23.Rfe1 g5 24.Rb2 Qd7 25.a5 Re7 26.Rbe2 Rae8 27.Qc2 Nf5 28.Nc5 Qc8 29.Qd3 Nd6 30.f3 f5 31.e4 fxe4 32.fxe4 dxe4 33.Nxe4 Qf5 34.Nxd6 Qxd3 35.Nxe8+ Rxe8 36.Rxe8 Qxd4+ 37.Kh1 Qxb4 38.R8e7+ Kf8 39.R7e5 h6 40.h3 Kf7 41.R1e3 Qd6 42.g4 c5 43.Rf5+ Kg7 44.Kg2 c4 45.Kf3 Qc6+ 46.Ke2 c3 47.Rf1 Qc4+ 48.Rd3 Qe4+ 49.Re3 Qc2+ 50.Kf3 Qh2 51.Ke4 Qc7 52.Kd3 Qd8+ 53.Kxc3 Qxa5+ 54.Kc2 Qa4+ 55.Kd2 Qb4+ 56.Ke2 b5 57.Rd1 Qc4+ 58.Ke1 Qc6 59.Red3 Qh1+ 60.Kd2 Qg2+ 61.Kc1 Kf6 62.Rd6+ Ke5 63.Rxh6 a5 64.Re1+ Kd5 65.Rhe6 a4 66.R6e5+ Kd4 67.R5e2 Qxh3 68.Re4+ Kc5 69.R1e3 Qh2 70.Kb1 Kb6 71.Re2 Qg3 72.R2e3 Qf2 73.Re2 Qf3 74.Ka1 Qc3+ 75.Kb1 Ka5 76.Ka2 Qb3+ 77.Ka1 a3 78.R4e3 Qd1+ 79.Ka2 b4 The desperado rook Stalemate motifs often play a role in endgames. In the diagrammed position it is White to move. What would you do?
White to move and draw
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Trost,E2241Basso,P26000–12022D351st Grandiscacchi Cattolica 20225.4

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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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