The right way

by Karsten Müller
5/23/2023 – Rook endings have drawish tendencies, but pawn races can spice things up. In the diagram position it is Black to move. Do you see the way to win?
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 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Bc5 7.Ndb5 0-0 8.Bc7 Qe7 9.Bd6 Bxd6 10.Qxd6 Qd8 11.0-0-0 a6 12.Nd4 Ne7 13.Be2 b5 14.e5 Nfd5 15.Nxd5 Nxd5 16.g3 Bb7 17.Rhe1 Rc8 18.Kb1 Qc7 19.Qxc7 Rxc7 20.c3 g5 21.Bg4 b4 22.cxb4 Nxb4 23.a3 Nd5 24.Rd2 a5 25.Nb5 Rc5 26.Nd6 Bc6 27.h3 Rb8 28.Rc1 Nc3+ 29.Ka1 Ne4 30.Rxc5 Nxc5 31.Kb1 Kf8 32.Bd1 Ke7 33.Bc2 h6 34.Nc4 a4 35.Ne3 Ne4 36.Bxe4 Bxe4+ 37.Ka2 Rb5 38.Rd4 Rxe5 39.Rxa4 f5 40.Rd4 Rb5 41.a4 Rb8 42.Ka3 d5 43.b4 e5 44.Rd2 Ke6 45.b5 f4 46.gxf4 gxf4 47.Nc2 Rc8 48.b6 Kd6 49.Nb4 Rc3+ 50.Kb2 d4 51.Rd1 Kc5 52.Re1 Bb7 53.Na2 Rf3 54.Rxe5+ Kxb6 55.a5+ Kc6 56.Nb4+ Kd6 57.Rh5 Be4 58.a6 Rxf2+ 59.Kb3 d3 60.Rxh6+ Kc5 61.Rh5+ Kd4 62.Rh8 d2 63.Rd8+ Ke3 64.a7 Rf1 65.Nc2+ Bxc2+ 66.Kxc2 Ra1 67.Rd3+ Ke4 68.Rxd2 Rxa7 69.Rd6 Kf3 70.Kd2 Kf2 71.h4 Rh7 72.Kd3 f3 73.Ra6 Kg2 74.Rg6+ Kf1 75.Ke3 f2 76.Rf6 Re7+ 77.Kf3 The right way Rook endings have drawish tendencies, but pawn races can spice things up. In the diagram position it is Black to move. Do you see the way to win?
Black to move and win
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Najer,E2666Quparadze,G2483½–½2023B45EICC 202310.42

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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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