how to play chess endgames book

132 How TO PLAY CHESS ENDGAMES
Now comes a stroke of genius, again completely
founded upon the struggle against the
light-squared blockade of d5 and f5:
3 ... ~c4!! 4 b3 ~xfl 5 El.xfl El.h3 6 lie2
6 ~gl @d7 7 lid3 lih4! 8 El.g3 (8 h3 libh8 9
~ff3 f5!! =F) 8 ... El.g8 9 h3 ligh8 101ilff3 f5! 11
exf5 (11 l;Ixf5 lixh3 12 lixh3 lixh3 13 ~f2
@e6 =F) l l...e4 12 lie3 d5 =F (Anand in CBM).
6 ..• @d7 7 gS @e6 8 gxf6 ~xf6 9 ~d2 ~e7
10 .tel f6 ll ~g3 dS 12 exdS+@xdS (DJ
13 El.f5!
Introducing the idea of a sacrifice on e5.
13 ••.@c6! 14 .llef2?
Now the blockade will sooner or later be
broken and the rest is a matter of technique.
According to Anand, 14 lif3 ! .!!h7 15 El.c3+
..t>b7 was considerably more tenacious, since
the black king is now a long way away from
the action.
14 •. Ah6 15 @b2 @d7 16 1ie2 ~d6 171ilf3
~c8 18 ~el @e6 19 :i;Id3 lih7201ilg3 ~c5 21
@a2 lid7 22 lic3 l;Icc7 23 h41ildl 24 ~f2 .id6
25 !!g3 e4 26 lixe4+ .ie5 27 lixe5+ fxe5 28
@b2lid20-l
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S.Flohr - M.Vidmar
Nottingham 1936
I...:i;Ib8?
I ... @c7 2 @c5 @b7 with a changing of the
guard and very good drawing chances: 3 ~a3
l;Ie8 4 @d6 g5 5 lic3 (5 g3 g4 6 fxg4 fxg4 7 El.c3
!!f8 leads to equality) 5 .. .f4 6 exf4 gxf4 with
counterplay.
2a3 El.as 3e4!
Widening the operational front. White now
wins in textbook fashion by using the principle
of two weaknesses.
3 •.. fxe4 4 fxe4 dxe4 5 @xe4 lia7 6 @£4 h6 7
h4@e6 8@g4 lia8 9 h5 g5 10 g3 !!a7 11 @f3
lia8 (D)
G) Fatal Passivity with
Structural Weaknesses
If you have structural weaknesses, you should
generaJly not play completely passively.
It is absolutely essential for Black to activate
his rook and protect the a-pawn with the
king.
12 S>e4 El.a7 13 @d4 @d6 14 @e4 @e6 15
El.es+ @d6 16 lie8 c5 17 :i;Id8+ S>c6 18 lic8+
@b6 19 ~xc5 ~h7 20 lies @c6 21 El.e6+ @b5
22@f5 lif7+ 23 :i;If6 1-0