how to play chess endgames book

WEAKNESSES 123
Restricting both the bishop and the knight.
For more on such a policy of restriction, see
Chapter 14, 'Domination'.
3 •.. .i.d7 4 @g3 @f8 (DJ
This transfer of the knight to e3 brings the
black position to collapse. Instead, 13 f4?! 1Ic4
would give Black unnecessary counterplay,
13 •.• JieS
13 .. .lk4 14 ;gi:h2 .i.a6 15 @f4 lbe8 16 .i.d3
1Ic6 17 .i.xa6 bxa6 18 lbe3 lbc7 19 lbf5+ +-.
14 lbe3 Jice7 15 @f4 .i.c6 16 ~c2 ~d7 17
gS 1-0
D) Manoeuvring
If the opponent's weaknesses are fixed, a long
phase of manoeuvring often ensues.
B
Now White can finally prise open the black
structure:
5 h4!
Black cannot hold the g5-square.
5 .••.i.bS 6 JieS gxh4+ 7 @xh4 .i.c4 8 .i.c2!
.i.bS
8 ... .i.xa2 9 b3 incarcerates the bishop.
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Leko does not rush and first protects the b4·
knight prophylactically against .. Jk4.
9 ••. Jids 10 @g3 @g7 ll .trs @CS?!
l I ... 1Ic4 was a more tenacious defence for
Black.
12 iihl @g7 (DJ
13 lbc2!
N.Mitkov - V.Akopian
Erevan Wcht 2001
1 ... aS!
Fixing White's queenside on light squares.
In the next phase Akopian first improves all his
forces, before opening the position.
2 l2'ld3 @f6 3 lbbl b6 4 lbd2 lbb8 5 l2'lbl
l2'la6 6 lbc3 ~f7 7 @g2 lbc7 8 @f2 lbe6 9 lbe2
~hS 10 @g2 lbg5 11 lbgl @e6 12 l2'lel (DJ
12 •.• dS!
Akopian now widens the area of operations
(more on this in Chapter 15, 'Converting an
Advantage'), now that he has brought his whole
force into position.
13 cxdS+ cxdS 14 exdS+ @xdS 15 l2'le2
.i.g616 @f2 l2'le617 lbcl @d418 l2'la2 "9c519
c3 @d6 20 lbcl lbcS 21 b4?
Desperation, but the situation is hopeless
anyway; for example, 21 c4 .i.h7 22 @g2 lbe6