Tricky

by Karsten Müller
4/11/2023 – In endings with opposite-coloured bishops the defending side can often draw, sometimes even when the defender is one, two or three pawns down. However, these endgames are still tricky and the defender has to be careful. In the diagram position it is White to move and draw but in the acutal game White lost. Can you do better?
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.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.d4 d5 6.a3 a6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.b4 Bd6 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Bb2 0-0 11.Be2 Be6 12.0-0 b5 13.Qd2 Qe7 14.Rfd1 Rfd8 15.Nd4 Rac8 16.Nxc6 Rxc6 17.Qd4 Qc7 18.f4 Qb8 19.a4 bxa4 20.Nxa4 Qxb4 21.Qxb4 Bxb4 22.Bxf6 gxf6 23.Rd4 Be7 24.Rad1 f5 25.Bf3 Rc4 26.Be2 Rxd4 27.Rxd4 a5 28.Bf3 Bf6 29.Rd1 d4 30.Nc5 dxe3 31.Rxd8+ Bxd8 32.Nxe6 fxe6 33.Bd1 Bc7 34.g3 e5 35.fxe5 Bxe5 36.Kg2 f4 Tricky In endings with opposite-coloured bishops the defending side can often draw, sometimes even when the defender is one, two or three pawns down. However, these endgames are still tricky and the defender has to be careful. In the diagram position it is White to move and draw but in the game White lost. Can you do better?
White to move and draw
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Tan,Z2530Dzagnidze,N25170–12023D40FIDE Womens Grand Prix-II 2022-2310.5

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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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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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