The last pawn

by Karsten Müller
6/13/2023 – The last pawn is often worth its weight in gold. How did it help White to win in the diagram position?
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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MoveNResultEloPlayers
1.e41,166,62354%2421---
1.d4947,29855%2434---
1.Nf3281,60256%2441---
1.c4182,10256%2442---
1.g319,70256%2427---
1.b314,26554%2427---
1.f45,89748%2377---
1.Nc33,80151%2384---
1.b41,75648%2380---
1.a31,20654%2404---
1.e31,06848%2408---
1.d395450%2378---
1.g466446%2360---
1.h444653%2374---
1.c343351%2426---
1.h328056%2418---
1.a411060%2466---
1.f39246%2436---
1.Nh38966%2508---
1.Na34262%2482---
1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 d5 7.exd6 c4 8.Bc2 Qxd6 9.0-0 Bg4 10.Re1 0-0-0 11.b3 Qf6 12.bxc4 Bxf3 13.gxf3 e5 14.Qe2 Qe6 15.f4 exf4 16.Qxe6+ fxe6 17.d4 e5 18.Bf5+ Kb8 19.c5 Nd5 20.Be4 g5 21.c4 Nc7 22.Bxc6 bxc6 23.dxe5 Bxc5 24.Nd2 Rhe8 25.Kf1 Bd4 26.Rb1+ Ka8 27.Ne4 Rxe5 28.Ba3 Ne8 29.Nxg5 Rxe1+ 30.Rxe1 Bc3 31.Re4 Nf6 32.Rxf4 Rd2 33.Be7 Nd7 34.a3 Ne5 35.Rf8+ Kb7 36.Ne4 Rd1+ 37.Kg2 Ba1 38.Nc5+ Kc7 39.Ra8 Nxc4 40.Rxa7+ Kb8 41.Rb7+ Kc8 42.a4 Rd2 43.Bf8 Bd4 44.Rf7 Ne5 45.Ne4 Ra2 46.Rxh7 Rxa4 47.Bd6 Nd7 48.Bg3 c5 49.Nd6+ Kd8 50.Rh4 Ra2 51.Nf5 Bf6 52.Re4 Rd2 53.h4 Rd5 54.Nd6 Nb6 55.Re6 Bxh4 56.Nf7+ Kd7 57.Rxb6 Bxg3 58.Kxg3 c4 59.Kf4 c3 60.Rb1 Rc5 61.Ng5 Kc6 62.Ne4 Rc4 63.Ke3 Kd5 64.Rd1+ Ke5 65.f4+ Ke6 66.Kd3 c2 67.Rc1 Rb4 The last pawn The last pawn is often worth its weight in gold. How did it help White to win in the diagram position?
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Toncheva,N2192Efroimski,M24511–02023B22European Women-ch 202311.8

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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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