The last pawn

by Karsten Müller
7/26/2022 – In endgames the last attacking pawn is often worth its weight in gold. In the diagrammed position it is Black to move - can he save a draw and if so, how?
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.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4 5.0-0 0-0 6.d3 d6 7.Bg5 Bxc3 8.bxc3 h6 9.Bh4 Nb8 10.d4 Qe7 11.Re1 a6 12.Bf1 Nbd7 13.Nd2 Rd8 14.Nc4 Nf8 15.Ne3 g5 16.Bg3 Ng6 17.f3 Be6 18.c4 exd4 19.Qxd4 Nd7 20.Rad1 Nde5 21.Nf5 Qf6 22.Nxh6+ Kg7 23.Nf5+ Bxf5 24.exf5 Qxf5 25.c5 Qf6 26.Qc3 Nf4 27.Re4 Nfg6 28.Rd5 Kg8 29.Qd2 Rac8 30.Red4 Nc6 31.Rg4 dxc5 32.Rgxg5 Nb4 33.Rd7 Rxd7 34.Qxd7 Qd4+ 35.Qxd4 cxd4 36.h4 Kh7 37.h5 Ne7 38.Bc4 Rg8 39.Bh4 Rxg5 40.Bxg5 Nbd5 41.Bxe7 Nxe7 42.Bxf7 Kg7 43.Bc4 b5 44.Bd3 Kh6 45.g4 Nd5 46.Kf2 c5 47.Be4 Nc3 48.Bg6 Nd5 49.Bf7 Ne3 50.Be6 Nxc2 51.f4 Ne3 52.Kf3 c4 53.g5+ Kxh5 54.Bf7+ Kh4 55.g6 Nf5 56.Ke4 Ne7 57.Kxd4 Kg4 58.Ke4 c3 59.Kd3 Kxf4 60.g7 b4 61.g8Q Nxg8 62.Bxg8 Kf3 63.Bb3 Kf2 64.Kc4 Ke3 65.Kxb4 Kd2 66.Ka5 The last pawn In endgames the last attacking pawn is often worth its weight in gold:
Black to move and draw
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Maurizzi,M2483Sonis,F25471–02022C49Mitropa Cup Open 20226.6

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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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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