how to play chess endgames book

146 How TO PLAY CHESS ENDGAMES
8.01
A.Beliavsky- P.Nikolic
Polanica Zdroj 1996
1 @hl! 1-0
There is now no defence against the threat of
Aa4.
If Alekhine had also now thought prophylactically,
he would surely have found 1 ... g4!,
which sets White the greatest possible problems
in activating his pawn-majority. l...sl..b5?
is no use now: 2 cxb5 +-.
The game continued l...'i!?e7?!, after which
White had no further difficulties in converting
his superiority into a win: 2 f4 gxf4 3 gxf4 @f6
(3 ... @d6 4 e4 @c7 5 @f2 @b6 6 !!b2+ @c7 7
!:ib7 + @d8 8 l':!xg7 +-; 3 ... r{g6+ 4 @f2 sl..d7 5
r{xa7 r{h6 6@g3 r{g6+ 7@f3 r{h6 8 e4 r{xh2 9
e5@e8 !Oe6+-)4 e4 g5?! 5 f5! h5 (5 ... @e5 6
@f2 h6 7 @e3 {zugzwang} 7 ... h5 8 h4 gxh4 9
@f2 +-) 6 h4! gxh4 7 'itih2 @g5 8 @h3 r{a5 9
sl..b7! @f6 10 sl..d5 @g5 11 sl..b7 @f6 12 Ac8
1-0.
Pawn moves are often used to deny the opponent
the use of important squares or prevent his
play.
M.Euwe -A.Alekhine
Amsterdam Wch (20) 1935
White has the better prospects, since the black
pieces are in a pin. However, Black is threatening
to unpin with 1...sl..b5!, after which the position
would no longer be clear, in view of
Black's passed a-pawn.
1 !fa2!!
With this move, Euwe prevents this relief operation
in elegant fashion. The pin is now permanent
and White can exploit his pawn-majority in
the centre.
8.03
E.Bacrot - J.Dorfman
French Ch (Marseilles) 2001
1 h4!
Crippling the entire black kingside and
thereby giving White a free hand on the rest of
the board.
1 ... aS 2 Ac8 a4 3 @d2 !:ih8 4 sl..f5?!
Th.is wins, but the direct 4 f5! ltle5 5 r{xe5
fxe5 6 f6 gxf6 7 Ae6# (Ribli in CBM) is even
better.
4 ... nh6 5 a3 r{d8 6 @c3
Bacrot does not rush and calmly improves all
his forces.