The fight for spare moves

by Karsten Müller
1/31/2023 – Pawn endings must be calculated very precisely. In the diagram position it is Black to move, and with precise calculation he could have saved the draw. 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 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.d3 d6 7.c4 Bg4 8.Be3 Nd7 9.Nbd2 0-0 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Nxf3 Bf6 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.b4 Qb8 14.Qa4 Qb7 15.Nd2 Nb6 16.Qc2 Nc8 17.Rab1 Ne7 18.a4 Qc8 19.b5 Qd7 20.Rb3 axb5 21.axb5 Rfb8 22.Rfb1 h6 23.Qd1 Qe6 24.bxc6 Nxc6 25.Rxb8+ Rxb8 26.Rxb8+ Nxb8 27.Qa4 Kh7 28.Qa8 Nd7 29.Qc6 Bd8 30.c5 dxc5 31.Qxe6 fxe6 32.Nb3 Be7 33.Kf1 Kg6 34.Ke2 Kf7 35.Kd2 c4 36.dxc4 Bb4+ 37.Kc2 Nb6 38.Kd3 Na4 39.Kc2 Nb6 40.Nd2 Bxd2 41.Bxb6 cxb6 42.Kxd2 Ke7 43.Kc3 Kd6 44.Kb4 The fight for spare moves Pawn endings must be calculated very precisely. In the diagram position it is Black to move, and with precise calculation he could have saved the draw. What should he do?
Black to move and draw
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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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