how to play chess endgames book

110 How TO PLAY CHESS ENDGAMES
13 h4 axb4 14 axb4 13ae7 15 @f3 .§.g8 16
@f4 g617 .§.g3 gS+ 18@f3 lt:lb619 hxgS hxgS
20 .§.h3! .§.d7 21 ©g3 @e8 22 .§.dhl i..b7 ( D)
23e5!
A beautiful clearance sacrifice, which allows
the last white piece to join in the attack powerfully
via e4.
23 ... dxeS 24 tbe4 lt:ldS 25 lt:l6c5 i..c8 26
lt:lxd7 i..xd7 27 .§.h7 ms 28 1331 <Bd8 29
.§.38+ i..c8 30 lt:lcS 1-0
D) Plans
Developing very elaborate long-term plans in
the opening and in the middlegame is generally
inappropriate, since too much depends on what
the opponent does. In the endgame, however, it
can be a very different story, especially if the
opponent has no real counterplay.
In the following diagram, White's winning
plan consists of the following steps:
Step 1: knight to f5;
Step 2: king to e5;
Step 3: king to e6;
Step 4: threaten to transfer the knight to e7,
which leads to the diversion of both defenders
and consequently to the win of the d5-pawn
which, with the active white king, will decide
the game.
1 lt:lg6 i..g2 2 lt:lh4 i..hl
The pawn ending after 2 ... i..h3 3 lt:lf5+ is
hopeless for Black. since after 3 ... i..xf5 4 @xf5
the white king is on a key square with respect to
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the d5-pawn: 4 ... @d7 5 @e5 @c6 6 @e6@c7 7
@xd5+-.
3 lt:lfS+ ©d7 4 @es i..e4 S lt:le3 @c6 6 @e6
i..f3 7 lt:lfS i..g4 8 @es @d7
Now both black pieces are out of position
and 9 lt:le3 +- is decisive.
End games with rook vs bishop are similar to
knight vs bishop endgames where the side with
the knight is in control.
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J.Speelman - I.Nataf
Esbjerg 2001
Speelrnan's plan is as follows: first he fixes
the enemy pawns on dark squares, and then he
keeps using the same zugzwang-based scheme
over and over again to force back the black
king: