how to play chess endgames book

124 How TO PLAY CHESS ENDGAMES
23 l2:ied3 l2:id4 24 l2:ie l l2:ic:2 25 l2:ied3 i.xd3 26
l2:ixd3 l2:id4 27 l2:icl (27 b4 axb4 28 l2:ixb4 l2:if5
29@f2 l2:ie3-+) 27 ... @e6 28@f2@f5 29~g2
e4-+.
21 ••• axb4 22 cxb4 l2:ixa4 23 l2:ib3 @dS 24
l2:id2 l2:ic3 0-1
For the following two examples we make
grateful use of annotations by Rustem Dautov:
s .•• l;i.xel 61hel as 7 @d2 1;i.d8 8 net @e6
8 ... l2:ic:8?! 9 l2:ib5! i.xb5 (or 9 ... l2:ie7 JO l2:ia7!)
10 axb5 and the white rook penetrates to c7.
9l2:idl!
The knight is transferred to e3, to support the
f5 advance.
9 .•• @d6
The correct defence was 9 ... l2:ic8! 10 ~c5
@d6 11 l2:ie3 (11 nxa5?? b6 12 !ia6 ~b7)
l l...b6 12 nc1 l2:ie7 ;!;,
10 l2:ie3 l2:ic811 rs± gS?! (DJ
1 I ... l2:ie7 12 fxg6 hxg6 13 h4 ± with the creation
a white passed pawn did not appeal to
Black, but was the lesser of the evils. But why
can Black not just sit tight?
R.Dautov -V.Milov
Essen 1999
White is more active and has the better
bishop.
1 i.f3 i.c6 2 b31;i.fe8 J l;i.hel f6 4 @c2
4a4!?.
4 ... ©f7(D)
5 a4!
First White forces ... a5, to have the possibility
of l2:ib5 available.
12 l2:idl!
After a hard day's work, the knight returns to
the key square c3, and it gradually becomes
clear that the white rook has the e6-square in its
sights. In contrast, 12 h4 h6 13 hxg5 hxg5 14