12/1/2015 – Every week ChessBase magazine author and renowned endgame expert Karsten Müller presents a remarkable or particularly instructive endgame in his blog. A click on the diagram opens a larger board. Test your endgame skills, improve and have fun!
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After 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 Nc6!?, Black takes the initiative, luring White into overextending their central pawns, only to dismantle them with precise counterplay. The Tango is not just an opening – it’s a weapon, designed for players who want to win as Black
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The sting of the scorpion
Black to play. Can you find the winning continuation?
1.d4Nf62.c4e63.g3c54.Nf3cxd45.Nxd4a66.Bg2Qc77.0-0Qxc48.Na3Qc79.Bg5Nc610.Rc1h611.Bxf6gxf612.Qa4Rb813.Rfd1Be714.Qc2f515.Qc30-016.Nxc6bxc617.Nc4d518.Nd2c519.Rc2a520.Nb3a421.Nc1c422.Nd3Bd623.Qd2Kh724.Nc1Be525.b3axb326.axb3c327.Qd3Rb428.Qf3Bg729.e3Bb730.Qh5Qe731.Ne2Rxb332.Nd4Bxd433.exd4Qf634.Bf1Rc835.Qf3Kg736.Qe3Rc637.Rdc1Rb438.Rd1f439.gxf4Qg6+40.Qg3Kf641.Qxg6+fxg642.Kg2g543.fxg5+hxg544.Rd3e545.Rdxc3Rxc346.Rxc3Rxd447.Rb3Bc848.Be2Rd249.Rb6+Ke750.Bh5e451.Rg6e352.Rxg5Rxf2+53.Kg3d454.h4Bf555.Bf3Kf656.Rg8d357.Rf8+Ke558.Re8+Be659.Rd8d260.Rd3e261.Bxe2Rxe262.Kf3The sting of the scorpion An advanced
passed pawn often allows a combination:Rh2?Topalov misses the
opportunity to exploit the chances his d-pawn offered. The endgame resulting
after the textmove is a draw even though Black is a bishop up.Black wins
with the following sting of the scorpion:62...Bg4+‼:63.Kxg4Rf264.Kg364.h5Rf4+65.Kg5Rd4-+64.Re3+Kd465.Re8d1Q+-+64...Ke4(Igor Stohl)65.Rd8Rf3+66.Kg4Rd3-+63.Ke3!Bf564.Rxd2Rh3+!?Good technique. Topalov ignores the h-pawn because he wants to
avoid stalemate ideas.After64...Rxh4one sample line is65.Kf2Kf466.Re2Bd367.Rd2Rh368.Ke1Ke369.Re2+Bxe2stalemate65.Kf2Kf466.Kg2Rg3+67.Kh2Be468.Rf2+?This check brings the rook too close to the
kings.68.Ra2Kg469.Ra4Rg2+70.Kh1Re2+71.Kg1Kg372.Ra3+Bf373.Kf1Rd274.Re3=68...Bf3?68...Kg469.Rb269.Re2Bf3-+69...Rh3+70.Kg1Rh1+71.Kf2Rh2+-+69.Rb2Rg470.Rb4+?Another careless check.
There were two ways to draw:70.Rb8Rxh4+70...Be471.Rf8+=71.Kg1Kg371...Ke372.Rb3+=72.Rg8+Bg473.Rg7Rh874.Rg6Re875.Rf6=70.Kh3=70...Be471.Rb371.Kh3Rg3+72.Kh2Rg2+73.Kh3Rd274.h5Ra275.Rd4Ra576.Kh4Ra1-+71.Rb2Rxh4+72.Kg1Rh1+73.Kf2Rh2+-+71...Rg2+72.Kh3Rd273.Rb4Rd3+74.Kh2Rd10–1
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.
Apart from his regular columns and video lectures in ChessBase Magazine there is a whole series of training DVDs by Karsten Müller, which are bestsellers in the ChessBase Shop.
1. Masterful ease: enjoy Kramnik's attacking win over Topalov with the analysis of the ex-world champion.
2. Eljanov-Nakamura: the best player in the World Cup shows how to defeat the best players in the world.
3. Practical repertoire against the Dutch: Erwin l'Ami initiates you into the subtleties of the variation 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 d5 4.e3 (video)
4. What can you do against the Wing Gambit (1.e4 c5 2.b4 cxb4 3.a3)? In his opening article Robert Ris demonstrates new and surprising ways.
5. Chinese elite chess: play through the game Ding Liren-Wei Yi „Move by Move“ with Simon Williams. (Video training)
6. Overwhelming attack, outstanding annotations: enjoy Sutovsky-Shirov with the analyses of the winner (Najdorf Variation with 6.h3).
7. Missed chance in the World Cup final: together with Karsten Müller find a spectacular drawing possibility in an ending with bishops and opposite colours! (Video)
8. Are there strong doubled pawns? Let Mihail Marin show you when doubled pawns signify an advantage and how to exploit it.
9. “Play of the day”: Daniel King documents the dramatic end of the World Cup tiebreaks between Karjakin and Eljanov. (Video analysis)
10. Tactics to open your eyes: enjoy the most amazing tactical point in this issue! (Interactive video by Oliver Reeh)
Karsten MüllerKarsten 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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