The right exchange

by Karsten Müller
10/31/2023 – Knowing when and how to exchange pieces is an important skill - not only in the endgame. In the diagram position it is Black to play and draw. What should Black 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.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bd6 5.Bg2 h6 6.0-0 0-0 7.b3 b6 8.Nc3 Bb7 9.Nb5 Be7 10.Bf4 Na6 11.Ne5 c6 12.Nc3 Bb4 13.Qc1 Rc8 14.Rd1 Qe7 15.a3 Bxc3 16.Qxc3 c5 17.Qb2 Rfd8 18.Rac1 dxc4 19.Bxb7 c3 20.Qxc3 Qxb7 21.dxc5 Rxd1+ 22.Rxd1 Nxc5 23.Nc4 Nce4 24.Qb2 b5 25.Ne3 Nc3 26.Rd3 Nfd5 27.Nxd5 Nxd5 28.Bd2 Qb6 29.Kg2 Qc6 30.f3 Rd8 31.Bc3 f6 32.Ba5 Rd7 33.Qd2 f5 34.Bc3 Nb6 35.Bd4 Nd5 36.h4 Rc7 37.Be5 Rc8 38.Qb2 Qc2 39.Qxc2 Rxc2 40.Kf1 Kf7 41.g4 fxg4 42.fxg4 Ra2 43.b4 Kg6 44.Rf3 Nf6 45.Rg3 Ne4 46.Rd3 Nf6 47.g5 hxg5 48.hxg5 Kxg5 49.Rg3+ Kf5 50.Bd4 Nh5 51.Rf3+ Kg4 52.Re3 Ng3+ 53.Kf2 Nf5 54.Re4+ Kh5 55.Bxa7 Rxa3 56.Bc5 Rb3 57.Rxe6 Kg4 58.Re4+ Kg5 59.Re5 Kf6 60.Re8 g5 61.e4 Nh6 62.Rb8 Ng4+ 63.Ke2 Ke5 64.Re8+ Kf6 65.Kd2 Ne5 66.Rb8 Nc4+ 67.Ke2 Na3 68.Rf8+ Ke5 69.Re8+ Kf6 70.e5+ Kf5 71.e6 Rb2+ 72.Kd3 Rb3+ 73.Kd4 Nc2+ 74.Kd5 The right exchange Knowing when and how to exchange pieces is an important skill - not only in the endgame. In the diagram position it is Black to play and draw. What should Black do?
Black to move and draw
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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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