Two are more than one

by Karsten Müller
9/6/2022 – Two minor pieces that fight against a rook like it if both sides still have their second rook as this offers tactical possibilities. In the diagrammed position it is White to move and win. What would you do?
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 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qb6 5.Nb3 Nf6 6.Nc3 e6 7.Qe2 d6 8.g4 a6 9.g5 Nd7 10.f4 Be7 11.h4 Qc7 12.Bd2 Nc5 13.Bg2 b5 14.Be3 b4 15.Nd1 a5 16.Qf2 Nxb3 17.axb3 Ba6 18.h5 Bd8 19.Bf1 Bxf1 20.Qxf1 Ne7 21.Qb5+ Qd7 22.Qxd7+ Kxd7 23.h6 g6 24.Bd4 e5 25.fxe5 Re8 26.Nf2 Nc6 27.Be3 Rxe5 28.Bf4 Re6 29.Rd1 f6 30.gxf6 Bxf6 31.0-0 Bxb2 32.Nh3 Bf6 33.Kg2 Ne5 34.Bg3 Ng4 35.Kf3 Ne5+ 36.Kg2 Rc8 37.Rxf6 Rxf6 38.Bxe5 Rxc2+ 39.Kg3 Re6 40.Bf4 Rc3+ 41.Kg4 g5 42.Nxg5 Rxh6 43.e5 Rxb3 Two are more than one Two minor pieces that fight against a rook like it if both sides still have the second rook as this offers tactical possibilities. In the diagrammed position it is White to move and win. What would you do?
White to move and win
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Horvath,D2483Kozul,Z26191–02022B33German Bundesliga 2021-229.13

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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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