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In an elite duel, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave had a bad bishop against Vincent Keymer’s strong knight. The sharp ending saw both players missing chances — MVL to draw at once and Keymer to win — and ended in a draw.
Surya Ganguly had a knight and two pawns against Maksim Chigaev’s five pawns. The game ended in a draw, but only because the Indian captured the wrong pawn on move 54!
In the game between Johan-Sebastian Christiansen and Matthias Bluebaum, the former failed to find the precise king move to save a draw in a rook endgame. Finding the drawing line was no easy task, though!
Pawn races are difficult to calculate. Edgar Mamedov (not Rauf) beat Ergali Suleiman with white after the latter misevaluated a position with connected passers against a sole rook.
In a sharp position with rooks, opposite-coloured bishops and pawns on both flanks of the board, Savva Vetokhin (aged 13) emerged victorious in his game against Ergali Suleimen.
Aydin Suleymanli showed the proper technique to hold Boris Savchenko to a draw in an endgame with a pawn deficit. Instructive.
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.
