The right exchange

by Karsten Müller
12/27/2022 – Endings with opposite coloured bishop have drawish tendencies but they are often also full of surprising tactics. In the diagram position it is Black to move and win. How would you proceed with Black?
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 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Nxd4 7.Qxd4 d6 8.Be2 Bg7 9.Be3 0-0 10.Qd2 a5 11.0-0 a4 12.Rab1 Qa5 13.Rfd1 Be6 14.f3 Rfc8 15.b4 axb3 16.axb3 Nd7 17.Nd5 Bxd5 18.Qxa5 Rxa5 19.Rxd5 Rxd5 20.exd5 Ra8 21.b4 b6 22.f4 Ra3 23.Bf2 Bc3 24.Kf1 f5 25.g4 Nf6 26.c5 bxc5 27.bxc5 dxc5 28.Bxc5 Ra4 29.gxf5 Rxf4+ 30.Kg2 gxf5 31.d6 exd6 32.Bxd6 Re4 33.Bf3 Rd4 34.Rb8+ Kf7 35.Bc5 Rd2+ 36.Kf1 Rxh2 37.Rb7+ Kg6 38.Rb6 Rd2 39.Rd6 Rc2 40.Rc6 Be5 41.Be7 Rb2 42.Re6 Bd4 43.Be2 Rb1+ 44.Kg2 Rg1+ 45.Kf3 h5 46.Bxf6 Bxf6 47.Kf2 Rg5 48.Rd6 h4 49.Bf1 Rg4 50.Bh3 Rg3 51.Bf1 Rb3 52.Bd3 Kg5 53.Rd5 Be5 54.Ke2 The right exchange Endings with opposite coloured bishop have drawish tendencies but they are often also full of surprising tactics. In the diagram position it is Black to move and win. How would you proceed with Black?
Black to move and win
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Dgebuadze,A2430Bogosavljevic,B25330–12022B36German Bundesliga 2022-231.13

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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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