how to play chess endgames book

THE FIGHT FOR THE INITIATIVE 141
3...©d6 4 @f3 @c6 5 @e4 @d6 6 b3 b5 7
axb6 cxb6 8 B:a7 a5 9 c4 +-.
4 B:xc7 bxa5 5 ~f3 11:fS+
5 ... h6 6 g6 !!f8+ 7 11:fl +-.
6 @e3 h6 7 B:xg7 hxg5 8 11:xgS B:f4 9 c4+
©c6 10 l;!g6+ @b7 11 b3 11:h4 12 h6 e4 13
dxe4 llh3+ 14@f4 B:xb3 15 ~g3 1-0
F) Opposite-Coloured
Bishops
The initiative is particularly important when
there are opposite-coloured bishops present.
You will find some attacks based on the power
of the unopposed bishop in the chapter on
checkmate. Here is a further example, in which
the attack on the king does not feature prominently
at first.
3 ... d3 4 tllc3 i..xg4 5 e5 ~ac8 6 @xd3 ~fd8
7 tlle4±.
4 e5 i..xe2 5 @xe2 ~fc8 6 ~adl 11:c3 7 ~d3
11:acS?
The rook is badly placed here. 7 ... b5 was
more tenacious; for example, 8 d6 a5 9 ~gl
@f8 IO ~xd4 ±.
8d6 b5
This allows White a combinative finish, but
his position was already very difficult.
9 B:xc3! dxc3
9 ... ~xc3? 10 d7 +-.
10 e6@f8
!O ... i..f8 11 e7 ~xe7 12 dxe7 ~e8 13 fxg5
l;!xe7+ 14@d3 b4 15 ~fl @g7 16 ~f5 wins for
White.
11 e7+ ©e8 12 i..xf7+ 1-0
In view of 12 ... @xfl 13 d7 ~e8 14 d8'&,
Svidler laid down his arms.
G) When the Queen is in
her Element
No other piece is so very dependent on having
targets as the queen. If everything is securely
protected, the queen is unable to display her full
power. But if there are a lot of unprotected
pieces and an exposed king in the enemy camp,
then the queen is in her element.
7.08
V.Kramnik - P.Svidler
Dortmund 1998
Kramnik single-mindedly liquidates into a
endgame with rooks and opposite-coloured
bishops, in which his central passed pawn will
prove decisive.
1 h3! exd4
1 •.• lllf6? 2 fxe5 lllxe4+ 3 @e3 +-.
2 hxg4 g5
2 ... d3 3 tllc3 ~xg4 4 e5 ~f5 5 d6 ±.
3g3!
A typical strategy: the pawns should restrict
the opposing bishop.
3 •.•. .bg4
1 \'!Yg4+
G.Timmerman -T.Oim
corr. 1996