Trust the bishop

by Karsten Müller
4/26/2022 – In the diagrammed position White is a piece up but Black's queenside pawns look dangerous. However, the white bishop has everything under control. How does White stop the black pawns and win the game?
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 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 0-0 7.0-0 Nbd7 8.Qc2 c6 9.Bf4 a5 10.Rd1 a4 11.a3 Qa5 12.Nc3 dxc4 13.e4 Rd8 14.Qe2 Qa6 15.e5 Nd5 16.Bg5 Re8 17.Bxe7 Rxe7 18.Nd2 b5 19.Nde4 Nf8 20.Qg4 Kh8 21.Qh5 Bd7 22.Nf6 Be8 23.Nce4 Rea7 24.Ng5 gxf6 25.Qh6 Kg8 26.exf6 Nxf6 27.Qxf6 Qb7 28.Re1 Qe7 29.Qh6 f6 30.Ne4 Bg6 31.Nc5 Rd8 32.Rad1 Rd6 33.h4 Qd8 34.h5 Bf5 35.Qf4 Rg7 36.Bf3 Qc7 37.Qh4 Rg5 38.Qf4 Rd7 39.Kh2 Rdg7 40.Ne4 Bxe4 41.Rxe4 h6 42.Rde1 Qxf4 43.Rxf4 c5 44.dxc5 Rxc5 45.Rxf6 Rf7 46.Rxf7 Kxf7 47.Kg2 Nd7 48.Rd1 Ke7 49.g4 Nf6 50.Rc1 e5 51.Kg3 Ke6 52.Bg2 Rc8 53.Kh4 Rd8 54.Bc6 Rb8 55.Rd1 Rb6 56.Bg2 Rd6 57.Rxd6+ Kxd6 58.g5 hxg5+ 59.Kxg5 Nxh5 60.Kxh5 b4 Trust the bishop In the diagrammed position White is a piece up but Black's queenside pawns look dangerous. However, the white bishop has everything under control. How does White stop the black pawns and win the game?
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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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