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In this companion volume to Fundamental Chess Endings, Müller and Pajeken focus on the practical side of playing endgames. They cover all aspects of strategic endgames, with particular emphasis on thinking methods, and ways to create difficulties for opponents over the board. Using hundreds of outstanding examples from modern practice, the authors explain not only how to conduct 'classical' endgame tasks, such as exploiting an extra pawn or more active pieces, but also how to handle the extremely unbalanced endings that often arise from the dynamic openings favoured nowadays. All varieties of endgames are covered, and there are more than 200 exercises for the reader, together with full solutions.

In this companion volume to Fundamental Chess Endings, Müller and Pajeken focus on the practical side of playing endgames. They cover all aspects of strategic endgames, with particular emphasis on thinking methods, and ways to create difficulties for opponents over the board.

Using hundreds of outstanding examples from modern practice, the authors explain not only how to conduct 'classical' endgame tasks, such as exploiting an extra pawn or more active pieces, but also how to handle the extremely unbalanced endings that often arise from the dynamic openings favoured nowadays. All varieties of endgames are covered, and there are more than 200 exercises for the reader, together with full solutions.

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112 How TO PLAY CHESS ENDGAMES

6lt':ia7!

Naturally White declines to exchange, since

the black pieces are treading on each other's

toes. In fact this example could also have ended

up in the section 'Converting an Advantage

(Space Advantage)'.

6 •.• h5

6 ... lt':if6 7 q.>f3 ..tf8 8 ..td2 h5 9 ..ta5 lt':ice8 10

h3 ±.

7 '.t>e2 <Bf7 8 @d3 lt':ia6 9 lt':ic8 lt':iac7 IO

..td2 lt':ib5 11 lt':ia5 lt':if6

1 l...lt':iec7 12 lt':ic6 ..tf8 13 _ta5 lt':ie8 14

lt':id8+ q.>f6 15 lt':ie6 ..te7 16 c3 (zugzwang) +-

(Alterman in CBM).

12 lt':ib7 lt':ie8 13 ..ta5 lt':id4 14 c3 c4+ 15

q.>xc4 lt':ic2 16 q.>b5 lt':ie3 17 q.>c6 lt':ixg2 18

lt':ibxd6+ lt':ixd6 19 lt':ixd6+ q.,(6 20 lt':ic4 g5 21

d6 g4 22 dxe7 q.>xe7 23 lt':ixe5 lt':ie3 24 ..tc7

lt':in 25 lt':ig6+ q.>f6 26 lt':ih4 q.>g5 21 lt':ig2 1-0

B

E5.02 /*

How did Black demonstrate to his opponent

the hopelessness of his situation?

In conclusion, we should once more like to

give you a warning:

1) No amount of thinking in schemes can

completely rule out the need for concrete calculation.

2) You should not think in too static terms

and should never rule dynamic possibilities out

of consideration.

Exercises

(Solutions on pages 305-7)

E5.03 **/

How can White further improve his position?

E5.0l **/

How should White make progress?

E5.04 ***/

Work out a winning plan for White.

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