how to play chess endgames book

140 How TO PLAY CHESS ENDGAMES
14 •.• Af6?
But this is going too far. Black should press
on with his development by 14 ... lbf6: 15 c5
lbd5 16 .lii.c4 .lii.e6 17 lbd4 .lii.d7 and Black has
weathered the first storm.
15 lbf4lbe7
15 ... g5 16 lbh5 f4 17 lbxf6 lbxf6 18 .lii.c5
f!.e8 19 f!.xe8 lbxe8 20 1i.xh7 ±.
16c5 (D)
E) Sacrificing Material for
Initiative
In technical endgames it is seldom sensible to
sacrifice material. However, it is often worth
doing so in order to activate a rook.
B
16 ••• g6?
I 6 ... f!.e8 is necessary; for example, 17 .lii.c4+
@f8 18 lbh5 lbd5 ! and White retains a strong
initiative, although it is still too early to talk
about a win.
17 .lii.c4+@g/ 18 .lii.d4 :!l:e8 19 ..bf6+@xf6
20 f!.d6+ @g7 21 lbe6+ i.xe6 22 f!.dxe6 ©f7
23 ~xe7 ++ 1-0
In this game White was rewarded for his
bold decision. There are, however.just as many
cases in which a player was punished for a similarly
uncompromising decision with a defeat.
We therefore issue you with this warning:
Please always keep clearly in mind that voluntarily
weakening your structure is an extremely
committal decision. You need to be really sure
that it is worth the risks involved, and also that
the initiative gained is lasting and sustainable.
It is no use to you if all that happens is that you
are able to brandish some threats for a few
moves, after which your initiative, once the opponent
has successfully parried your short-term
threats, gradually seeps away. In such a case the
structural weakness that you have created will
just be all the more clearly exposed.
7.07
V.lvanchuk - N.Short
Amsterdam 1994
1 lbdS!? lbxdS
Not I ... c6? 2 lbb6 @d6 3 lbc4+ @e6 4 :!l:f2
:!l:d8 5 h6 f!.g8 6 hxg7 :!l:xg7 7 :!l:f6+ @d7 8
lbxe5+ @c7 9 lbf3 +-, while 1...:!l:c8? 2 @g3
only helps White.
2 exdS+ @xdS?
Now White's whole forces will become active.
2 ... @e7! was necessary, to prevent the infiltration
by the rook on the seventh rank. Then:
a) 3 :!l:f5? g6 4 hxg6 (4 f!.xe5+ @d6 5 d4
cxd4 6 cxd4 gxh5 7 @h3 :!l:f8 =) 4 .. Jlxg6 5
:!l:xe5+ @d6 6 .!!f5 h6 =.
b) 3 @g3 and now:
bl) 3 :!l:d8? 4 c4 g6 5 hxg6 hxg6 6 :!l:el
@d6 (6 @f7 7 f!.xe5 :!l:h8 8 I;le6 X!hl 9 :!l:f6+
<llg7 10 d6 +-) 7 lih I c6 8 f!.h6 cxd5 (8 ... :!l:g8 9
dxc6 bxc6 IO @f3 @e6 11 @e4 @d6 12 f!.h7 ±)
9 :!l:xg6+ @e7 10 :!l:b6 ±.
b2) 3 ... c6 4 dxc6 (after 4 d6+? Black just ignores
the pawn and sets up an impregnable fortress:
4 ...@e6 5 @g4 h6 6 g6 :!l:d8 7 f!.f7 f!.d7 8
b3 @xd6 9 @f5 :!l:e7 =) 4 ... bxc6 5 :!l:f5 ©e6 6
©g4 and Black can still put up a stubborn fight.
3~f7 b6