The right exchange

by Karsten Müller
11/9/2021 – Exchanging the right pieces is a very important topic, for which you should develop a fine intuition. How should Black proceed 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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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 e6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.0-0 0-0 9.Be3 Qc7 10.Qe2 Nc6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Na4 Rb8 13.c4 c5 14.Nc3 Nd7 15.b3 Bb7 16.Rad1 Rbd8 17.Bc1 Ne5 18.Qc2 Nc6 19.Ne2 Bf6 20.Be3 Nb4 21.Qb1 Qa5 22.Rd2 Rd7 23.Rfd1 Rfd8 24.Bf4 e5 25.Be3 Nc6 26.Bh3 Nd4 27.Bxd4 exd4 28.Bxd7 Rxd7 29.Nc1 Re7 30.Re2 h5 31.h4 Qd8 32.Rde1 Qe8 33.Qd3 Re6 34.Qf3 Bd8 35.Nd3 Ba5 36.b4 cxb4 37.Qxh5 Qd8 38.Nf4 Re5 39.Qg4 b3 40.axb3 Bxe1 41.Rxe1 Rxe4 42.Rxe4 Bxe4 43.Ne6 Qf6 44.Nxg7 The right exchange This is a very important topic, for which you should develop a fine intuition:
What to exchange with Black?
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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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Apart from his regular columns and video lectures in ChessBase Magazine there is a whole series of training DVDs by Karsten Mueller, which are bestsellers in the ChessBase Shop.

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Karsten Mueller regularly presents endgame lessons in the ChessBase Video Portal

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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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