The pleasant potential of pawn majorities

by Karsten Müller
4/12/2022 – Having a pawn majority is usually a positional plus because pawn majorities allow you to create passed pawns. But creating these passed pawns usually requires tactical and technical precision. Which Black demonstrated in the diagrammed position. What did Black do 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.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.a4 a5 6.Be3 Bxe3 7.fxe3 d5 8.exd5 Nxd5 9.Qd2 f6 10.Nc3 Nxc3 11.Qxc3 Qd6 12.Nd2 Qb4 13.Ne4 Ke7 14.Bd5 Qxc3+ 15.bxc3 Nd8 16.Kd2 Be6 17.c4 f5 18.Ng5 Bd7 19.c5 Ra6 20.Nf3 Be6 21.e4 Kf6 22.Rhe1 f4 23.c3 c6 24.Bxe6 Nxe6 25.d4 exd4 26.cxd4 b6 27.cxb6 Rxb6 28.Rab1 Rhb8 29.Rxb6 Rxb6 30.Rc1 g5 31.Kd3 g4 32.Ne5 Rb3+ 33.Rc3 Nc5+ 34.Kc4 Rxc3+ 35.Kxc3 Nxe4+ 36.Kc4 h5 37.Nxc6 The pleasant potential of pawn majorities Having a pawn majority is usually a positional plus because pawn majorities allow you to create passed pawns. But creating these passed pawns usually requires tactical and technical precision. Which Black demonstrated in the diagrammed position. What did Black do to win the game?
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Esipenko,A2714Nepomniachtchi,I27730–12022C50Airthings Masters MCCT Prel 20226.8

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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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