Vote: What is the best endgame of 2018?

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12/25/2018 – The year 2018 is drawing to a close and it was filled with great events, strong tournaments and fantastic games. Now, at the end of the year, we invite you to vote for the player of the year (male and female), the newcomer, the game, the combination and the endgame of the year. What do you think: what was the best endgame of 2018?

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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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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12/25/2019 – Another eventful chess year is behind us, with great events and tournaments, impressive personalities and fantastic chess games. Help us choose the player of the year, the female player of the year, the game of the year, the combination of the year and the endgame of the year in our annual ChessBase reader poll. First up: The Player of the Year...
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Vote: What is the best combination of 2018?

12/24/2018 – The year 2018 is drawing to a close and it was filled with great events, strong tournaments and fantastic games. Now, at the end of the year, we invite you to vote for the player of the year (male and female), the newcomer, the game, the combination and the endgame of the year. What do you think: what was the best combination of 2018?
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Beating the French According to Viktor Kupreichik

Former World Champion Mikhail Botvinnik liked to play the French and once described it as a 'difficult and dangerous opening'. But in this 60 minutes video IM Andrew Martin suggests an aggressive and little-used idea of the renowned attacking player GM Viktor Kupreichik to counter the French: 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Be3!?. Andrew Martin uses the games of Kupreichik to show why this line could catch many French aficionados unprepared and is very dangerous for Black. Attacking players will love this line and the unusual complications that it promotes.

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Lovuschka Lovuschka 12/27/2018 08:43
My favorite is not even there. It would have been the WCh game 5 endgame. Well, at least the analysis to it where Black had the study-like win.
macauley macauley 12/25/2018 03:14
@spo623 Thanks. Fixed.
sp0623 sp0623 12/25/2018 08:37
The Korobov-Sutovsky game is missing from the game snippets shown, while the Jakovenko-Fedoseev game is displayed twice.
psamant psamant 12/25/2018 06:53
There was a brilliant save by Wesley So against Anand... I think it was a rapid game but So hung on beautifully in a Queen and Pawn ending with Anand having an extra pawn. So managed in a rapid game what most would struggle with even in a classical time format!
saurabh19 saurabh19 12/25/2018 04:44
Very hard to decide
Marblerevealer Marblerevealer 12/25/2018 04:17
Carlsen-Karjakin from Sinquefield Cup 2018 should be on the list. http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1926291
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