Endgames from Miami (2) | ChessBase
Counterplay and coordination
Giri finds the draw
In a knight versus bishop (plus an extra pawn) endgame, Anish Giri found counterplay at every turn to save a draw against Alireza Firouzja. Very instructive!
Checks from all directions
In rook endgames, f and h-pawns can be problematic. Alireza Firouzja could have held a draw with black in the game shown below, but failed to find the correct manoeuvre and ended up losing against Jan-Krzysztof Duda.
Magnus’ mighty pawns
The world champion showed excellent technique to coordinate his army and defeat Levon Aronian. Impressive stuff.
After 52…g5, Black needed fifteen more moves to take down his opponent.
Find this game’s full analysis plus three more instructive endgames in the replayer below!