The right way

by Karsten Müller
11/2/2021 – Pawn endings are often tricky and must be calculated carefully. In the diagram position it is Black to move and he can win with precise play. How should he proceed?
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 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nbd2 Bf5 5.Nh4 Bg6 6.Qb3 Qc7 7.e3 e6 8.Be2 Bd6 9.h3 0-0 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.0-0 a5 12.Qc2 Nbd7 13.b3 e5 14.Bb2 exd4 15.Bxd4 Be5 16.Nf3 Bxd4 17.Nxd4 dxc4 18.Bxc4 Ne5 19.Be2 Qe7 20.Rfd1 Rfd8 21.Rd2 Rd5 22.Rad1 a4 23.Nf3 axb3 24.Qxb3 Rxd2 25.Rxd2 Ne4 26.Rd4 Nc5 27.Qc2 Nxf3+ 28.Bxf3 Ne6 29.Rd2 Qb4 30.Be2 Rd8 31.Rxd8+ Nxd8 32.Bc4 Kf8 33.g3 b5 34.Bb3 c5 35.Qd3 Ke7 36.Bd5 Ne6 37.Kg2 c4 38.Qe4 Qd6 39.g4 g5 40.a4 c3 41.Bb3 bxa4 42.Bxa4 g6 43.Bc2 Kf6 44.Qf3+ Kg7 45.Qe4 Qc5 46.Qd3 Qc6+ 47.Kf1 Kf8 48.Qe4 Qd6 49.Qd3 Qh2 50.Qxc3 Qxh3+ 51.Ke1 Qxg4 52.Bb3 Qf5 53.Ke2 g4 54.Bxe6 Qxe6 55.Qh8+ Ke7 56.Qh4+ Kd7 57.Qg3 Qc4+ 58.Ke1 Ke6 59.Qb8 Kf5 60.Qd6 f6 61.Qb8 Kg5 62.Qd6 Qe4 63.Qh2 Qe5 64.Qg2 Qa1+ 65.Ke2 Qb2+ 66.Ke1 Qc1+ 67.Ke2 Qc2+ 68.Ke1 Qd3 69.Qg3 Qb1+ 70.Ke2 Qe4 71.Qb8 Qf3+ 72.Kf1 g3 73.Qxg3+ Qxg3 74.fxg3 The right way Pawn endings are tricky and must be calculated carefully. In the diagram position it is Black to move and he can win with precise play. How should he proceed?
Black to move and win
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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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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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