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In this companion volume to Fundamental Chess Endings, Müller and Pajeken focus on the practical side of playing endgames. They cover all aspects of strategic endgames, with particular emphasis on thinking methods, and ways to create difficulties for opponents over the board. Using hundreds of outstanding examples from modern practice, the authors explain not only how to conduct 'classical' endgame tasks, such as exploiting an extra pawn or more active pieces, but also how to handle the extremely unbalanced endings that often arise from the dynamic openings favoured nowadays. All varieties of endgames are covered, and there are more than 200 exercises for the reader, together with full solutions.

In this companion volume to Fundamental Chess Endings, Müller and Pajeken focus on the practical side of playing endgames. They cover all aspects of strategic endgames, with particular emphasis on thinking methods, and ways to create difficulties for opponents over the board.

Using hundreds of outstanding examples from modern practice, the authors explain not only how to conduct 'classical' endgame tasks, such as exploiting an extra pawn or more active pieces, but also how to handle the extremely unbalanced endings that often arise from the dynamic openings favoured nowadays. All varieties of endgames are covered, and there are more than 200 exercises for the reader, together with full solutions.

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142 How TO PLAY CHESS ENDGAMES

The zwischenschacn is often an important

weapon for the attacker. The immediate 1 '&xh4?

.l:td2 2 ~g3+ (2 h3 J:l.e5) 2 ... @h7 gives Black

good counterplay.

l ••• @f8 2 '&xh4 .l:te2 3 '&xf6 itJc4 4 "&h6+

@e7 s '&gs+ @f8 6 \Wes+ @g7 7 h4 .l:tdd2 8

\WgS+ @f8 9 @h2 itJe3

9 ... .l:txg2+? IO W/xg2 ltJe5 11 @h3 J:l.xg2 12

@xg2 +-.

10 WicS+ @g8 11 "&gs+ @f8 12 ~cs+ @g8

13 @g3 gxg2+ 14 @f4 ltJc4 15 hS .l:th2 16

.i.xc4 bxc417 a4 (D)

Queen and knight make an especially fearsome

duo in attack. The following example illustrates

Capablanca's Theorem, according to

which queen and knight are frequently a superior

tandem to queen and bishop:

7.10

V.Kupreichik-V.Gavrikov

USSR Ch (Frunze) 1981

17 ... J:l.h4+?

Now White will end up with two connected

passed pawns on the queenside. l 7 ... .l:tdg2 18

b5 c3 19 "&c8+ @h7 20 "&xc3 axb5 21 axb5

gh4+ 22 @e3 J:!.xh5 23 b6 ~h6 24 \':!Yd3+ ~hg6

offered better drawing chances.

18@g3 lldh219 ~g5+@f8 20 "&d8+@g7

21 '&gS+ @f8 22 \Wh6+ @e7 23 W/xa6 llxhS

24 as ll5h3+ 25 @£4 gh4+ 26 @e3 lla2 27

\We8 l:la3+ 28 @f2 e3 29 'fil'cS+ @d7 30 bS e2

3l@g3

31 "&xa3?! J:l.hl 32 \Wd3+ @e7 33 \We3+

@d7 34 \':!Yd2+ @e7 35 a6 c I°& 36 \':!Yxc I l!xc I

37 a7 +-.

31....l:tb4

3 i...J:l.ha4 32 \':!Yxc2 .l:txa5 33 b6 +-.

32 '11Hc6+!

Once again a decisive zwischenschach. After

the rash 32 \':!Yxc2? .l:txb5 33 ~d2+ @e6! White

cannot win either of the rooks.

32 ••• @dS 33 \':!Yxe2 llxbS 34 \':!Yd2+ 1-0

Oim resigned since one of his rooks is lost.

At first sight there does not seem to be much

danger, but Kupreichik has an expert understanding

of how to develop his initiative on the

light squares.

1 itJaS "&b4

After I .. .'&d3 2 '&xd3 exd3 3 @fl b6 4 LtJc4

+- Black loses a pawn.

I ... "&c8!? does not help either: 2 "&d5 '&g4 3

itJxb7 .i.xh4 4 lud.6 \Wf3+ 5 @gl .i.xg3 (D).

6 "&xf7+! (this liquidates into a won pawn

ending based on the outside passed pawns; not

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