The fortress breaker

by Karsten Müller
5/30/2023 – Endings with opposite colored bishops endings often end in a draw. But in the diagram position Black found a way to break through and win the game. What did 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 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qc7 7.Nf3 Ne7 8.Bb5+ Bd7 9.Bd3 Ba4 10.0-0 c4 11.Be2 Na6 12.Ne1 0-0-0 13.f4 Qd7 14.g4 f5 15.Ng2 Kb8 16.Ne3 Nc7 17.Bd2 Rdf8 18.h3 h6 19.Qe1 g5 20.Rc1 Ng6 21.Ng2 fxg4 22.hxg4 gxf4 23.Nxf4 Nxf4 24.Bxf4 Qh7 25.Qd2 h5 26.g5 Rf5 27.Be3 Rhf8 28.Rxf5 Rxf5 29.Bf1 b6 30.Kh2 Rf8 31.Bg2 Qg6 32.Rf1 Rxf1 33.Bxf1 Qxc2 34.Kg3 Qe4 35.Qf2 Be8 36.Bg2 Qg4+ 37.Kh2 Bg6 38.a4 a5 39.Bc1 Kb7 40.Bf3 Qf5 41.Qe2 Qf7 42.Bg2 Ka7 43.Kg3 Ne8 44.Qb2 Ng7 45.Qa3 Nf5+ 46.Kh2 Nh4 47.Qd6 Bd3 48.g6 Bxg6 49.Bg5 Nxg2 50.Kxg2 Be4+ 51.Kg1 Qg7 52.Kh2 Kb7 53.Qd8 Qc7 54.Qg8 Qc6 55.Kg3 Bc2 56.Kh4 Bxa4 57.Kxh5 Qe8+ 58.Qxe8 Bxe8+ 59.Kg4 b5 60.Kf3 Ka6 61.Ke2 The fortress breaker Endings with opposite colored bishops endings often end in a draw. But in the diagram position Black found a way to break through and win the game. What did he do?
Black to move and win
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Babazada,K2481Schekachikhin,M23670–12023C19EICC 20238.89

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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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