how to play chess endgames book

THINKING
IN SCHEMES
Ill
1 f4! gxf4 2 @f3JI.es 3 @e4@e7 4 .§.bl @f6
5 llxb6@e6 6 f3 (DJ
@h7 20 @f7 .i.d4 21 l!xd6 .i.e3 22 .§.g6 .i.f2
23 @f6 .i.e3 24 @gS .i.d2 25 .§.d6 .i.e3 26
.§.d7 + @g8 27 @f6 .i.b6 28 @g6 1-0
Of course, a plan can also be very long-term
and include many intermediate goals.
Now, owing to White's light-squared domination
and zugzwang, Black will be forced further
and further back. The underlying scheme is
typical of the struggle of a rook against a bishop
which lacks targets.
6 ... @f6 7 .§.c6 @e6 8 g{a6 @f6 9 @dS @f7
10 g{a7+@f6 ll l!d7@g5 12 .§.d8 (D)
5.08
N.Rashkovsky-A.Orlov
St Petersburg 1999
1 '&bS!
White should exchange all the major pieces,
so that his king can then penetrate the queenside
unhindered. In contrast, the minor pieces
should all remain on the board, at least for the
time being, so that White's space advantage can
play its part.
l...'i¥xb5 2 lZ:lxbS lbb6
Also after 2 ... .i.e7 3 lbc4 ± Black would not
be able to delay the exchange of rooks for long.
3 l!xa8 lbxa8 4 lbc4 .i.e7 5 @f2 lbac7 (D)
12 ••• @h4
12 ...@f6 13 l!e8 @f7 14 X!e6 @f8 15 lt;e4
@f7 16 @f5 @f8 17 @g6 (zugzwang) +- was
given by Hazai in CBM. We continue the analysis
as follows: 17 ... .i.c3 I 8 l!xd6 ©e7 (18 ... .i.e5
J 9 .§.d5 .i.c7 20 l!d7 .i.e5 21 @f5 +-) 19 g{dJ
'i!Je6 20@g5 .i.e5 21 ~el lt;d5 22@f5 Jl..c7 23
!l.e4+-.
13 .§.g8 @hS 14 .§.g4 @h6 15 @e6 @hS 16
@rs lt;h6 17 l!g2 <&>h7 18 l!g6 @h8 19 @e6