Which is the endgame of the year?

by André Schulz
12/28/2017 – Vote for the best endgame of 2017! As the year comes to a close, we are once again looking for the chess events and personalities of the year, more precisely here, move of the year, the game of the year, the endgame of the year, and the player of the year. Join in and vote for your favourites.
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Endgame of the year, 2017

With Magnus Carlsen, the art of the endgame has renewed importance. Where in the past many endgames might have ended in a draw, the current world champion plays on and shows that you can find ways to win even the most seemingly drawn positions.

The endgame primer of the young Magnus Carlsen was the textbook by Karsten Mueller and Frank Lamprecht. Since then, Mueller has risen to become the world's leading endgame expert with his many publications on the endgame, books and DVDs. Hardly an endgame is played that goes unnoticed by the Hamburg grandmaster.

Every two months, Mueller presented the best endgame in the ChessBase Magazine. Out of all these, he has picked six which he considers to be the best endgames of the year. Choose your favorite:

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16.Be2 Nd7 17.a4 Ke7 18.a5 c6 19.Kd2 b5 20.Rab1 Rab8 21.Rb2 f5 22.Rhb1 Kd6 23.f3 e5 24.c4 exd4 25.cxb5 cxb5 26.Bxb5 dxe3+ 27.Kxe3 Nf6 28.Bc4 Rxb2 29.Rxb2 Re8+ 30.Kd4 Re7 31.Rb8 Rd7 32.Rc8 Rb7 33.a6 Rb4 34.Kc3 Ra4 35.Kb3 Nd7 36.Bb5 Ra5 37.Kb4 Ra1 38.Rd8 Rb1+ 39.Ka5 Ra1+ 40.Kb4 Rb1+ 41.Ka4 Ra1+ 42.Kb3 Rb1+ 43.Kc4 Rc1+ 44.Kd3 Rc7 45.Kd4 Ke7 46.Ra8 Kd6 47.h4 Ke7 48.Bxd7 Rxd7+ 49.Ke5 Kf7 50.Rb8 Re7+ 51.Kd5 Kf6 52.Rb7 Re5+ 53.Kd4 Ra5 54.Rxa7 f4 55.Kc4 Ra2 56.Kc5 h5 57.Ra8 Rc2+ 58.Kb6 Rb2+ 59.Kc5 Rc2+ 60.Kb6 Rb2+ 61.Ka7 Rxg2 62.Rb8 Rf2 63.Rb6+ Kg7 64.Kb7 Rxf3 65.a7 Ra3 66.Ra6 Rb3+ 67.Kc6 1–0
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Nakamura,H2785Giri,A27711–02017D80Norway Chess 5th1
 
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38...dxc3 39.Rxc5 c2 40.Rc8+ Kg7 41.Rc7+ Kg8 42.Kf6 Rg1 43.Nxg1 c1Q 44.Nxe2 Qh6+ 45.Ke7 Qh7+ 46.Kd6 Qd3+ 47.Kc5 Qxe2 48.Kb6 Qxf2+ 49.Kxa6 Kf8 50.a5 Ke8 51.Nb6 Qf5 52.Rd7 Qc5 53.Rh7 Qe5 54.Rd7 Qc5 55.Rd5 Qc6 56.Rh5 Qc3 57.Kb7 Qg7+ 58.Ka6 Kd8 59.Rd5+ Kc7 60.Rd7+ Kb8 61.Rd8+ Kc7 62.Rc8+ Kd6 63.Nc4+ Kd7 64.Rc5 Qg1 65.Kb6 Qb1+ 66.Ka7 Qb4 67.Nb6+ Kd6 68.Rh5 Kc6 69.Rh6+ Kb5 70.Rh5+ Kc6 ½–½
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Carlsen,M2838Aronian,L2774½–½2017C88Grenke Chess Classic 4th2
 
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27.e4 Nf7 28.Re3 bxa4 29.exd5 Rxe3 30.fxe3 cxd5 31.c4 Rd7 32.Bh3 Rc7 33.Bg2 Rd7 34.Rb6 Nd8 35.cxd5 f5 36.g4 Bxd5 37.gxf5 Bc4 38.Bf1 Bxf1 39.Kxf1 a5 40.Rb5 Nc6 41.Kf2 Ra7 42.Ke2 Kf7 43.Kd2 Nb4 44.e4 Rc7 45.Rxa5 Rc2+ 46.Kd1 Rc4 47.Ra7+ Kg8 48.Rxa4 Rxd4+ 49.Ke2 Rxe4+ 50.Kf3 Re5 51.Rxb4 Rxf5+ 52.Rf4 Ra5 53.Bb4 Rb5 54.Bc3 Rb7 55.Rc4 Rf7+ 56.Ke4 Kh7 57.Be5 Rf1 58.Rc7 Rg1 59.Kf5 Rg5+ 60.Ke6 Kg8 61.Rc3 Rg6+ 62.Kf5 Rg5+ 63.Kf4 Rg1 64.Kf5 Rf1+ 65.Kg6 Rg1+ 66.Bg3 1–0
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So,W2792Jobava,B27021–02017E17FIDE World Cup 20174.3
 
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21.Nc4 Rbe8 22.b3 Be6 23.Nb6 Bxb6 24.axb6 Rd7 25.Be3 Rc8 26.c4 Rxd1+ 27.Rxd1 c5 28.Ne1 Nd7 29.Nd3 f6 30.Ra1 Ne7 31.Ke2 Kf7 32.Kd2 f5 33.f4 exf4 34.Nxf4 g5 35.Nxe6 Kxe6 36.exf5+ Nxf5 37.Bg1 Nd4 38.Re1+ Kf6 39.Rf1+ Ke7 40.Re1+ Kd8 41.Be4 Nxb3+ 42.Kc3 Nd4 43.Bh2 1–0
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Vachier Lagrave,M2791So,W28101–02017C545th Sinquefield Cup 20171.2
 
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48...Be2 49.Bxd8 Bxf3 50.Bxb6 axb6 51.Bc6 Be4 52.a7 Rd8 53.Nd6+ Rxd6 54.Bxe4 Rd8 55.a8Q Rxa8+ 56.Bxa8 Ne5 57.Kb3 f4 58.Kc2 Kg7 59.Kd2 Ng6 60.Kd3 Nxh4 61.Ke4 f3 62.Ke3 Kf6 63.b4 c4 64.Bd5 Kf5 65.Bxc4 Kg4 66.Kf2 Ng6 67.Be6+ Kf4 68.Bf7 Ne5 69.Bxh5 Nd3+ 70.Kf1 Kg3 71.Bf7 Nf2 0–1
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Carlsen,M2822Vachier Lagrave,M27910–12017A345th Sinquefield Cup 20174.1
 
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17.g4 Bc6 18.b4 Be8 19.g5 Nd7 20.f4 Kf8 21.h4 a5 22.b5 f5 23.gxf6 Nxf6 24.Kd3 e6 25.Ba7 Ra8 26.Bd4 Bf7 27.e5 dxe5 28.fxe5 Nd7 29.Ne4 Nxe5+ 30.Ke3 Ke7 31.c5 Rd8 32.Rhd1 Rd5 33.c6 bxc6 34.bxc6 Bh6+ 35.Ng5 Be8 36.c7 Nc6 37.Ba6 Nxd4 38.Rxd4 Rxg5 39.hxg5 Bxg5+ 40.Ke4 Bxc1 41.Bb7 1–0
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Yu Yangyi2743Zvjaginsev,V26611–02017B36TCh-CHN 20176.1

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Endspiel des Jahres 2017 / Endgame of the year 2017
Carlsen-Vachier Lagrave41
27%
Nakamura-Giri36
24%
Yu-Zvjaginsev26
17%
Carlsen-Aronian25
16%
Vachier Lagrave-So11
7%
So-Jobava9
6%

Enjoy the best moments of recent top tournaments (World Cup, Isle of Man Open) with analysis of top players. In addition you'll get lots of training material. For example 10 new suggestions for your opening repertoire.

André Schulz started working for ChessBase in 1991 and is an editor of ChessBase News.

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