Poll: The best endgame of 2018
At the end of the year, we again invite our readers to vote for the player of the year, the female player of the year, the game of the year, the combination of the year, the endgame of the year, and for the "newcomer" of the year.
For every poll, our editorial team made nominations — which are, of course, subjective even though selected by a panel. To make things easier we whittled down the candidates, and we know some of you might miss your favourites — this is just one of many possible lists.
Here we want to find the best endgame of the year 2018. Karsten Müller has selected some of the best endgames for our shortlist below. Now make your choice! What is the best combination of 2018?
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Endspiel/Endgame/Final
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| Nepomniachtchi-Nisipeanu | 55 |
| 22% |
| Carlsen-Caruana | 48 |
| 20% |
| Kramnik-Caruana | 47 |
| 19% |
| Carlsen-Yifan Hou | 24 |
| 10% |
| Grischuk-Caruana | 15 |
| 6% |
| Karjakin-Kramnik | 14 |
| 5% |
| Carlsen-Navara | 14 |
| 5% |
| Korobov-Sutovsky | 8 |
| 3% |
| Jakovenko-Fedoseev | 8 |
| 3% |
| Giri-Caruana | 7 |
| 2% |
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24.a5 Nd7 25.a6 Nxc5 26.bxc5 Kc7 27.axb7 Rb8 28.Kb2 Rxb7+ 29.Kc3 Rb5 30.Ra1 Kb7 31.Ra2 Ne7 32.Rfa1 Ra8 33.Nb1 Kb8 34.Ra6 Kb7 35.R6a4 Kb8 36.Na3 Rb7 37.Ra6 Kc7 38.Nc2 Kd7 39.Nb4 f6 40.f3 f5 41.Nd3 Ke6 42.Ne5 Rc7 43.g4 fxg4 44.fxg4 h5 45.h3 hxg4 46.hxg4 Kf6 47.Rf1+ Ke6 48.Rf7 Rg8 49.g5 Rb7 50.g6 1–0 - Start an analysis engine:
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| Nepomniachtchi,I | 2757 | Nisipeanu,L | 2672 | 1–0 | 2018 | D36 | 46th GM 2018 | 3.2 |
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17...g5 18.Bh2 Kg7 19.c4 g4 20.Ne4 Bxe4 21.Rxe4 Bg5+ 22.Kb1 gxh3 23.c5 f5 24.Rb4 hxg2 25.Rxb7+ Kh8 26.cxd6 Nf3 27.Ba4 Nxh2 28.Bxc6 Rad8 29.d7 Re2 30.Bxg2 Rxf2 31.Bc6 Ng4 32.Rxa7 Ne3 33.Rg1 h6 34.Rc7 Kg7 35.a4 Kf7 36.Bb5 Ke7 37.a5 Rf4 38.c3 Kd6 39.Rb7 Rg4 40.Re1 f4 41.a6 h5 42.a7 Ra8 43.b4 h4 44.c4 h3 45.c5+ Ke5 46.Rb8 Rxa7 47.Rg8 Bf6 48.d8Q Bxd8 49.Rxg4 Bf6 50.Rg6 Rb7 51.Be2 Rxb4+ 52.Ka2 Nc2 53.Rc1 Nd4 54.Bd3 Ra4+ 55.Kb1 Nb3 56.Re1+ Kd5 57.Kc2 Nd4+ 58.Kb1 Nf3 59.Rd1 Ra1+ 60.Kc2 Rxd1 61.Ba6 Rd2+ 62.Kc1 Bb2+ 63.Kb1 Kxc5 64.Bb7 Ne5 65.Rf6 f3 66.Rf5 f2 0–1 - Start an analysis engine:
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| Kramnik,V | 2800 | Caruana,F | 2784 | 0–1 | 2018 | C42 | FIDE Candidates | 4 |
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1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.h4 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Qxd1+ 7.Kxd1 h5 8.Bf4 f6 9.Bxc7 Na6 10.Bg3 Bf5 11.Nd4 0-0-0 12.Kc1 Nc5 13.Nxf5 gxf5 14.e3 Bh6 15.Bc4 e5 16.Kc2 Kc7 17.Rhd1 Ne4 18.Be6 Nxg3 19.fxg3 Bxe3 20.Bxf5 Bf2 21.Rxd8 Rxd8 22.g4 hxg4 23.h5 Be3 24.Rd1 Rxd1 25.Kxd1 g3 26.Ke2 Bf4 27.Kd3 Kd6 28.b4 b6 29.c4 Bh6 30.Ke4 a5 31.a3 axb4 32.axb4 Bd2 33.Kd3 Bh6 34.Kc3 Bf8 35.Kb3 Ke7 36.c5 bxc5 37.bxc5 Kf7 38.c6 Bd6 39.h6
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24.Bc6 a5 25.Bb5 Kf8 26.f4 Bf6 27.Rd6 Re7 28.h5 Bxc3 29.Rxb6 c4 30.Rb8+ Kf7 31.Bxc4 Rd7 32.Kg2 Ke7 33.Kf3 Rd1 34.Rb7+ Rd7 35.Rb5 Rd1 36.a3 Rf1+ 37.Kg2 Rd1 38.e3 Rd6 39.Kf3 Rc6 40.g4 fxg4+ 41.Kxg4 a4 42.Rb7+ Kd8 43.e4 Bb2 44.Bb5 Rc7 45.Rxc7 Kxc7 46.bxa4 Bc3 47.e5 Kd8 48.Kf3 Bd2 49.Ke4 Ke7 50.f5 exf5+ 51.Kxf5 Bc1 52.a5 Bxa3 53.a6 Bc5 54.Ke4 Ke6 55.Bc4+ Kd7 56.Kd5 Bf2 57.e6+ Kc7 58.Bb5 Bh4 59.a7 1–0 - Start an analysis engine:
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| Karjakin,S | 2753 | Kramnik,V | 2787 | 1–0 | 2018 | A14 | 80th Tata Steel GpA | 11.3 |
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24.Rc6 Nf5 25.Re1 Re7 26.Bf1 g4 27.f3 gxf3 28.gxf3 Nh4 29.Kf2 Ng6 30.Nc1 Ne5 31.Rc3 Rd2+ 32.Re2 Rd1 33.Re1 Rd2+ 34.Re2 Rd1 35.Ree3 Rd4 36.Nd3 Nc4 37.Re4 Rxe4 38.fxe4 Nd2 39.Bg2 Kg5 40.Kg3 Nc4 41.Nf4 Bf7 42.Nd5 Bxd5 43.exd5 Nd6 44.h4+ Kf5 45.Rf3+ Ke5 46.Re3+ Kf6 47.Rxe7 Kxe7 48.Kf4 Kf6 49.Be4 h6 50.Bd3 Nf7 51.Ke4 Nd6+ 52.Kd4 Nb7 53.d6 Ke6 54.d7 Kxd7 55.Ke5 Ke7 56.Kf5 Nd6+ 57.Kg6 b5 58.Kxh6 Kf6 59.Kh5 Nc4 60.a4 Ne3 61.Bxb5 Nd5 62.a5 Kg7 63.Kg5 Nxb4 64.Kf5 a6 65.Be8 Nd3 66.Bc6 Kh6 67.Bd5 Kh5 68.Ke4 Nb4 69.Bb7 Kxh4 70.Kd4 Kg5 1–0 - Start an analysis engine:
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| Jakovenko,D | 2735 | Fedoseev,V | 2706 | 1–0 | 2018 | B12 | 19th Karpov Poikovsky | 6.1 |
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18...c4 19.Bc2 b5 20.a4 a6 21.f3 Bg5 22.Bf2 Bf4 23.Bc5 Rfd8 24.Bd6 Bg3 25.Re2 g5 26.Kf1 Kf7 27.Bc7 Re8 28.Bd6 Rac8 29.Ra1 Red8 30.Bb1 Rd7 31.Ra3 d4 32.axb5 axb5 33.cxd4 Nxd4 34.Rea2 Nc6 35.Be4 Bxe5 36.Bxc6 Rxd6 37.Bxb5 Rd1+ 38.Ke2 Rg1 39.Ke3 Rb1 40.Ra7+ Kf6 41.Bd7 Bf4+ 42.Ke2 Rd8 43.Rc2 Rxb4 44.Bc6 c3 45.Rd7 Rc8 46.Be4 h5 47.Kd3 Rb2 48.Ke2 h4 49.Rd1 Ke5 50.Ra1 Rd8 51.Rd1 Rdb8 52.Ra1 Bd2 53.Ra6 Rd8 54.Rc6 Rb1 55.Kf2 Ra1 56.Rc4 Rd4 57.Rc8 Rb4 58.Ke2 Kf4 59.Kf2 Rbb1 60.Rf8+ Ke5 61.Bd3 Rb2 62.Ke2 Re1+ 63.Kf2 Rc1 64.Rxb2 cxb2 65.Rb8 Bc3 66.Be4 Bd4+ 67.Ke2 Kf4 68.Rb4 e5 69.Rb7 Kg3 0–1 - Start an analysis engine:
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| Grischuk,A | 2767 | Caruana,F | 2784 | 0–1 | 2018 | C43 | FIDE Candidates | 14 |
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30.Qe5 Nd6 31.Kf2 Kg8 32.g4 hxg4 33.fxg4 Qd8 34.Kf3 Kh7 35.h5 f6 36.Qe6 Kg7 37.Kf4 a5 38.a3 gxh5 39.gxh5 Kh6 40.Bc2 Qf8 41.Kf3 Ne8 42.Kg2 Nd6 43.Kf2 b6 44.Kf3 Ne8 45.Qxc6 Nd6 46.Qxb6 Qe7 47.Qb8 Nf7 48.Qg8 Ng5+ 49.Kf4 Nh3+ 50.Kf5 Qd7+ 51.Kxf6 1–0 - Start an analysis engine:
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| Giri,A | 2776 | Caruana,F | 2822 | 1–0 | 2018 | C42 | Bundesliga TB 2017-18 | 1.1 |
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13.Nf3 b6 14.a4 Bb7 15.a5 Ke7 16.Ke2 Ne4 17.Be1 h6 18.c4 Nf6 19.Bc3 Be4 20.Rhb1 Bxd3+ 21.Kxd3 Nd7 22.Nd2 Rhd8 23.Ne4 Bc7 24.Bb4+ Ke8 25.f4 Rac8 26.axb6 axb6 27.Ra7 Nb8 28.Rxc7 Rxc7 29.Nd6+ Kd7 30.Nxf7 Rdc8 31.Ne5+ Ke8 32.Bd6 Rb7 33.c5 Nc6 34.Rxb6 Rxb6 35.cxb6 Nd8 36.Bc7 Ra8 37.Kc4 Nb7 38.Kb5 Ra2 39.g4 Ke7 40.g3 Nd6+ 41.Bxd6+ Kxd6 42.Nc4+ Kd7 43.Kc5 Rc2 44.f5 exf5 45.gxf5 Rf2 46.Nd6 Rg2 47.Ne4 Rb2 48.g4 Rb1 49.Nd2 Rh1 50.d5 h5 51.d6 Kc8 52.gxh5 Rxh5 53.Kc6 Kb8 54.Ne4 Rxf5 55.Nc5 1–0 - Start an analysis engine:
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| Carlsen,M | 2834 | Hou Yifan | 2680 | 1–0 | 2018 | D35 | 80th Tata Steel GpA | 7.1 |
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18.Nd5 Qd6 19.Nxe5 Bb7 20.Bf3 Rc8 21.Ng4 Qf8 22.h4 Nd7 23.Rxc8 Bxc8 24.a3 h5 25.Nh2 g6 26.Be2 Ne5 27.Bxb5 Bb7 28.Nc3 Qe7 29.Rd4 Qe6 30.Nf1 Qb3 31.Rd2 Nc4 32.Rd7 Nxb2 33.Rxb7 Qxc3 34.Be8 Kf8 35.Bxf7 Qc6 36.Rxb2 Kxf7 37.Rd2 Qa4 38.Rd3 Qxh4 39.Rd7+ Kg8 40.Rd4 Qe7 41.a4 Qa3 42.g3 Qa1 43.Kg2 g5 44.Nd2 g4 45.Ne4 Qc1 46.Nf6+ Kf7 47.Nxh5 Qc6+ 48.Kg1 Qc1+ 49.Kh2 Kg6 50.Nf4+ Kf6 51.Ng2 Kg5 52.Rf4 Qd1 53.Nh4 Qc2 54.Nf5 Qd3 55.e4 Qd7 56.e5 Qh7+ 57.Kg1 Qg6 58.Nd6 Qe6 59.Rf5+ Qxf5 60.Nxf5 Kxf5 61.f4 gxf3 62.Kf2 Kxe5 63.Kxf3 Kf5 64.Ke3 1–0 - Start an analysis engine:
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| Carlsen,M | 2842 | Navara,D | 2741 | 1–0 | 2018 | D38 | 51st Biel GM 2018 | 1.1 |
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38.Re7+ Kxf5 39.Rxg7 Kf6 40.Rg5 a5 41.Rxh5 a4 42.Ra5 Ra1 43.Kf3 a3 44.Ra6+ Kg7 45.Kg2 Ra2+ 46.Kh3 Ra1 47.h5 Kh7 48.g4 Kg7 49.Kh4 a2 50.Kg5 Kf7 51.h6 Rb1 52.Ra7+ Kg8 53.Rxa2 Rb5+ 54.Kg6 Rb6+ 55.Kh5 1–0 - Start an analysis engine:
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| Carlsen,M | 2835 | Caruana,F | 2832 | 1–0 | 2018 | A22 | World Chess Championship 2018 | 13.1 |
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