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The technical endgame explored by Ian Nepomniachtchi and Andrey Esipenko is truly instructive. In a knight vs bishop duel, Esipenko, with the knight, managed to block his opponent’s attempts to make progress.
Wolfram Schön shared some of his own analysis in this deep endgame.
In the last game of the rapid playoff, eventual champion Levon Aronian had a rook and a pawn against Gukesh’s bishop and pawn. Aronian prevailed, but only after the Indian prodigy missed a chance to enter ‘the drawing zone’.
Wesley So had the upper hand in an endgame with rooks and knights against Praggnanandhaa, but he failed to find an outstanding prophylactic move on move 59, one that was discovered by Thorsten Cmiel.
Levon Aronian scored his third win of the event in round 5, when he got the better of Anish Giri after doubling his rooks on the seventh rank.
Vincent Keymer showed great technique to beat Wesley So with black in the penultimate round. The young German made good use of his tricky knight.
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.
