how to play chess endgames book

THE FIGHT FOR THE INITIATIVE
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16 llc6?!
This exchange of the active white rook is not
very convincing. Admittedly White also retains
the advantage in the knight endgame, but with
an active rook too it would be easier to exploit
it: 161Xc8+@e717 llc7 @e8 (17... a5 18 lud3
a4 19 bxa4 bxa4 20 lla7 +-; 17 ... @d6 18 lla7
+-) 18 luc6 luc5 19 b4 llb7 20 llxb7 luxb7 21
@d4+-.
16 .•. 1Xxc6 17 luxc6 eS?!
Now White's king penetrates decisively on
the queenside. 17 ... luc5 18 b4 lud7 19 @d4 f6
was necessary, even if there would still be a
strong probability that White could gradually
turn his advantage into a win.
18@d3 g6 19@c3 rs 20 @b4 fxe4 21 rxe4
luf6 22 @as luxe4 23 @xa6 lees+ 24 @xbS
luxb3 25 luxeS @e726 lur3 @d627@b4 luc5
28 a4 lue4 29 @c4 hS 30 h4 lur6 31 a5 lud5 32
a6 lue7 33 @d4 tors+ 34 @e4 @c7 35 @r4
@b6 36 @gs lue3 37 luel tors 38 lud3 @xa6
39 lur4 @bS 40 luxg6 lue3 41 lur4 @c6 42
@xhS@d6 43 g4 1-0
From a practical point of view, this is a serious
mistake. After 2 ... 1Xxb8 Black should clearly
hold the draw.
31Xb6luxe4
After 3 ... 1Xe8 4 f3 led! 5 .ic5 .ia7 6 llc6
.ixc5+ 7 llxc5 (Roiz in CBM) Black would
have some problems with the d l -knight.
4 llxe6 lug5 5 llc6 .ir4 6 .ixr4 luxr4 7 lud6
lug6 8 g3 luf3+ 9 ©g2 (D)
B
Even if all the remaining pawns are on one
wing, the initiative can sometimes work wonders.
7.03
Y.Visser - F.Nijboer
Dutch Ch (Leeuwarden) 2004
1. •. luc3!
Ushering in some simplification, since Black
needs to ease his position.
2 llxb8 .ixb8?
9 ... lufeS?
Now the knights are treading on each other's
toes, a phenomenon which is also known as
'the superfluous knight'. 9 ... luge5 was necessary:
10 llc7 lld8 11 luf5 g6 12 .ie2 and although
White's initiative is still troublesome,
the position must of course be objectively a
draw.
10 llc7 lld8
10 ... luh8 11 f4 luef7 12 .ic4 g6 13 g4 h6 14
·f5 @o7 15 lle7 +-
u"'turs 1Xd7?? ·
Now it is all over immediately. But Black
was in a bad way in any case; for example,
i i...luf7 12 .11.c4 luge5 (12 ... lugh8 13 lud6'
llf8 14 g4 g6 15 l!e7 +-) 13 .ib3 @f8 14 f4
lud7 15 lud4 +- (Roiz).
12.ic4+luxc413~d7luce514llxg7+ 1-0
B) Passed Pawns and the
Initiative
With passed pawns everything often depends on
whether they are strong or weak, and sometimes