The wrong pawn

by Karsten Müller
9/14/2021 – Sometimes, the trio king, bishop and pawn cannot win against a lone king: if the pawn is a rook pawn, the enemy king makes it to the corner and the bishop does not control the queening sqare of the pawn. Knowing this might help you to save positions that seem to be entire lost. In the diagram position it is White to move and draw. How?

Endgames of the World Champions from Fischer to Carlsen Endgames of the World Champions from Fischer to Carlsen

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 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 0-0 6.Be3 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Nf3 exd5 9.cxd5 Re8 10.Nd2 Na6 11.0-0 Nc7 12.a4 Rb8 13.h3 b6 14.Qc2 a6 15.Nc4 b5 16.Na5 Bd7 17.Bf3 b4 18.Nb1 Ncxd5 19.Nc4 Nxe3 20.fxe3 Qc7 21.Qd3 Bc6 22.Qxd6 Qxd6 23.Nxd6 Re6 24.e5 Bxf3 25.Rxf3 Rxe5 26.Nd2 Re6 27.N2c4 Bf8 28.Raf1 Be7 29.e4 Nxe4 30.Nxf7 Kg7 31.Nfe5 Bf6 32.Nd3 Rd8 33.Nf4 Bd4+ 34.Kh2 Re7 35.Re1 Rde8 36.Nd5 Rd7 37.Nf4 Rf7 38.g3 Kg8 39.Ref1 Ng5 40.Rd3 Ref8 41.h4 Ne6 42.Nxe6 Rxf1 43.Nxf8 Kxf8 44.Rd2 Kf7 45.Re2 Kf6 46.Kg2 Rb1 47.g4 h5 48.g5+ Kg7 49.Re7+ Kf8 50.Re2 b3 51.Kf3 Rf1+ 52.Kg3 Rg1+ 53.Kf3 Rf1+ 54.Kg3 Rf7 55.Na5 Re7 56.Rxe7 Kxe7 57.Nxb3 Be5+ 58.Kf3 Kd6 59.Nd2 Kd5 60.b3 Kd4 61.Ne4 Bc7 62.Nf6 a5 63.Nd7 Bd8 64.Nf8 Kc3 65.Nxg6 Kxb3 66.Nf4 c4 67.Nd5 c3 68.g6 c2 69.g7 c1Q 70.g8Q Qf1+ 71.Ke4 Qc4+ 72.Kf5 Bxh4 73.Qb8+ Ka3 74.Qd6+ Ka2 75.Qh2+ Kb3 76.Qb8+ Ka2 77.Qh2+ Kb1 78.Qh1+ Kb2 79.Qh2+ Qc2+ 80.Qxc2+ Kxc2 The wrong pawn Sometimes, the trio king, bishop and pawn cannot win against a lone king: if the pawn is a rook pawn, the enemy king makes it to the corner and the bishop does not control the queening sqare of the pawn. Knowing this might help you to save positions that seem to be entire lost. In the diagram position it is White to move and draw. How?
White to move and draw
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Javakhishvili,L2470Mammadova,G23850–12021E73FIDE Womens World Cup 20212.3

Karsten Mueller in ChessBase Magazine

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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Apart from his regular columns and video lectures in ChessBase Magazine there is a whole series of training DVDs by Karsten Mueller, which are bestsellers in the ChessBase Shop.

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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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