The power of passed pawns

by Karsten Müller
10/15/2024 – In an endgame a strong passed pawn is usually a big asset. In the diagram position it is White to move and win. What would you 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.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.0-0 0-0 6.d3 c5 7.Ne5 Nbd7 8.Nxd7 Bxd7 9.e4 dxe4 10.dxe4 Bc6 11.Qe2 Nd7 12.f4 a6 13.a4 Qc7 14.Nc3 Bf6 15.e5 Bxg2 16.Kxg2 Be7 17.Bd2 Rae8 18.Ne4 Qc6 19.Qf3 f5 20.exf6 gxf6 21.Bc3 f5 22.Rfd1 Nb6 23.Nd2 Qxf3+ 24.Kxf3 Rd8 25.Ke2 Rd6 26.a5 Nd7 27.Ne4 Rxd1 28.Rxd1 Rd8 29.Nd6 Nf6 30.Bxf6 Bxf6 31.Nxb7 Rxd1 32.Kxd1 Be7 The power of passed pawns In an endgame a strong passed pawn is usually a big asset. In the diagram position it is White to move and win. What would you do?
White to move and win
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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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