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108 HOW TO PL4.Y CHESS ENDGAMES
@c3 .lie2 13 .lid? @di -+) l l...h2 12 .lie8
.lid3 13 .lic6 - so far Vlasov and Shipov in
Informator. Our analysis continues 13 ... @e2
14 .lid7 @e3 15 .lic6 Wd4 16@b2 c4 17 .lies
c3+ 18 @b3 .lie4 19 .lih5 @d3 20 .lid! @d2
-+.
7 •.•@e2 8 @c2 .lih3 9 .lie8 .\ifs+ 10 @c3
@dl 11.lihS+ @cl 12 .lie2 @bl 13 .lic4
13 Wb3 .lie6+ 14 @c3 'it>a2 -+.
13 ...@al 14@b3 .libl! 15 @a3
15 @c3 .lia2 16 .lid3 .lid5 intending ... @a2-
a3-a4-a5 -+ and 15 h2 .lia2+ 16 'i&a3 .lids 17
.\id3 .1l.e6 (zugzwang) 18 .lie4 .lic4 19 .lic6
@bl -+ are both lines given by Vlasov and
Shipov.
1S ....lic2 16 .lie2 @bl 17 .lifl
The stalemate trick 17 .lid!!? is answered by
17 ... @cl!. ·
17 •••@cl 18 .\ic4 .lidl 19 .lie6 .lie2 20 .lid7
@c2 21 .lic6@c3 22 .lid7 c4 23 .lic6 @d2 0-1
6@h6
White has reached the haven of his dreams
and can now set the b-pawn rolling.
6 ••. ndS7b4
7 l:l.b7+ @f6 8 lile7 l:l.d3 9 lilxg6 .lhg3 10
lilf4+-.
7 •.. .\idl (D)
7 ... .\if5 8 b5 .lie4 9 l:l.b7 + @f6 IO l:l.b8 @f7
11 b6 l:l.b5 12 l:l.b7+ Wf6 13 l:l.d7 +-.
8 bS .lia4 9 lila7 .\ic2 10 nc6 .lie4 11 b6
11 lilc8 would have won more quickly.
u ... nd812 l:l.c8 Z!d3 13 li\c6 hc614 l!c7+
Ad71Sb7l:l.b316~d7+@e617l:l.g7@f518
l:l.xg6 l:l.xb7 19 l:l.gS+ @f6 20@xh5 1-0
5.03
Av.Bykhovsky - M.Roiz
Israeli Cht 2004
The white king would very much like to support
the attack, without being harassed by the
enemy rook. But before the king can set off for
g5 or h6, the knight must be posted in a more
central position:
1 l2Jd4 l:l.dl 2@e3 l:l.el+ 3 @f4 l:l.dl 4 lilc6
Z!fl+ s WgS ru-5+?
Only the bold 5 ... @e6! ! held out any promise
of salvation, based on the activity of Black's
pieces.
C) Improving the Position of
a Piece and Makogonov's
Principle
If there is no question of a race, and if there is
no obvious candidate move, then Makogonov's
Principle, that you should improve the position
of your worst-placed piece, can come in very
useful. You could even get into the habit of extending
this to sounding out all your pieces, to
check whether they are happy and have options
for the future. If a piece is in a very flexible position
and can quickly come into action, anywhere
on the board, then generally this piece is
well-placed. But if a piece is going to be tied
down for a long time performing a not so important
function, then it should always be regarded