The missed triangulation

by Karsten Müller
10/11/2022 – The diagrammed position, in which White is to move, occurred in a blitz game between Wesley So and Jorden Van Foreest. White is a pawn down but has a way to 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 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ exf6 6.Be3 Na6 7.c3 Nc7 8.Bd3 Bd6 9.Ne2 f5 10.Qc2 Qf6 11.Bf4 0-0 12.0-0 Re8 13.Rfe1 Bxf4 14.Nxf4 Bd7 15.g3 g6 16.h4 Qd6 17.Qd2 Ne6 18.Nxe6 Rxe6 19.Bc4 Ree8 20.h5 Kg7 21.h6+ Kf6 22.Re5 g5 23.Rae1 Kg6 24.Bd3 f6 25.Bxf5+ Kxh6 26.f4 Kg7 27.Qh2 h6 28.Rxe8 Rxe8 29.Rxe8 Bxe8 30.Qe2 Bd7 31.Bd3 gxf4 32.Qe4 fxg3 33.Qh7+ Kf8 34.Bc4 Ke8 35.Qxh6 Kd8 36.Kg2 c5 37.Qe3 Bc6+ 38.d5 Bxd5+ 39.Bxd5 Qxd5+ 40.Kxg3 Qe5+ 41.Qxe5 fxe5 42.Kg4 Ke7 43.Kf5 Kd6 44.c4 a6 45.a3 b5 46.b3 b4 The missed triangulation In a blitz game the drawing manover is easy to miss:
White to move and draw
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
So,W2773Van Foreest,J26780–12022B15Super United Croatia GCT Blitz 20224

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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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