The king is a strong piece

by Karsten Müller
5/17/2022 – Passed pawns can be very powerful and they are even more dangerous if they have help from their king. In the diagrammed position it is White to move, and what did he do with his king to support his passed pawns to win the game?
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.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c6 4.0-0 Bf5 5.d4 e6 6.Nbd2 h6 7.Re1 Nbd7 8.c4 Be7 9.Qb3 Qb6 10.c5 Qc7 11.Nf1 0-0 12.Bf4 Qc8 13.Ne5 Re8 14.Rad1 b6 15.cxb6 axb6 16.Nxd7 Nxd7 17.Ne3 Bh7 18.Ng4 c5 19.e4 c4 20.Qe3 dxe4 21.Bxe4 Bxe4 22.Qxe4 Bf8 23.Qb1 b5 24.a3 Qb7 25.h4 Nb6 26.Qc1 Nd5 27.Bd2 Rac8 28.Re5 Ne7 29.Bxh6 f5 30.Bxg7 Bxg7 31.Nh6+ Kh7 32.Rxe6 Ng8 33.Rxe8 Bxh6 34.Re3 Bxe3 35.Qxe3 Qe4 36.Qd2 Re8 37.d5 Nf6 38.d6 Nd7 39.Qa5 Qf3 40.Re1 Rxe1+ 41.Qxe1 Qe4 42.Qxe4 fxe4 43.Kf1 Kg6 44.Ke2 Kf5 45.Ke3 Ke5 46.g4 Nf6 47.f4+ exf3 48.Kxf3 Kxd6 49.g5 Nd5 50.h5 Ke6 51.h6 Kf7 52.Ke4 c3 53.bxc3 Nxc3+ 54.Kf5 Nd5 55.g6+ Kg8 56.Ke6 Nf4+ 57.Kf5 Nd5 58.Ke5 b4 59.axb4 Nxb4
White to move and win
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Rezasade,A2334Movsesian,S26061–02022D11German Bundesliga 2021-222.15

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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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