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16 How TO PLAY CHESS ENDGAMES
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V.Kramnik - P.Leko
Budapest rpd ( 1) 2001
The active white king also prevails after
6 ....l::txc5 7 .l::txc5 .l::tc8 8 .l::txc8+ .i.xc8 9 @xf4:
a) 9...@f8 10 @e5 @e7 11 d6+ @d8 I 2 @f6
.i.e6 13 a4 (Krasenkow) 13 ....i.b3 14 e5 h5 15
@g7.i.e616@f8 a617 a5 .i.d5 18.i.e2@d719
.i.f3 +-.
b) 9 ... f6 10 h4 h6 ()0 ... @f7 l I g4 a6 12 g5
+--) 11 e5 g5+ 12 hxg5 hxg5+ 13 @e4 @f7 14
e6+ @e7 15 g4 a6 J 6 @f5 b5 17 a3 (zugzwang)
+-.
7.l::tc7.l::txc7
7 ... ~e8 8.l::tlc2 .l::txc7 9~xc7.i.c8 10.i.c4 h5
11 d6 .i.g4+ 12 @f2 .l::txe4 13 h3 .i.f5 14 .i.b3!
+-.
7 ...@g7? overlooks White's threat: 8 ~xd7
+-.
8 .l:hc7.b4 (D)
the white rook can penetrate at c7. The loss of 8 ... .i.c8 9 e5 a6 10 @e4 b5 l I .i.e2 .i.d7 12
the f4-pawn is relatively unimportant. Such .i.h5 +-.
deep positional pawn sacrifices are Kramnik's
trademark." (Krasenkow in CBM).
2 .i.xcS+
2 exf4 3 .i.xd6 .l::txd6 4 @f3 g5 5 h4 h6 6 W
hxg5 hxg5 7 .l::th5 f6 8 .i.c4 .i.d7 9 .l::tchl .l::tf8 lO
.l::th6 b5 11 e5 +--.
3 .l::txcS exf4 4 @f3
The influence of his majesty in the struggle
against the blockade is already apparent.
4 .i.d7
4 g5 5 h4 h6 6 hxg5 hxg5 7 .l::th5 f6 8 e5
(Krasenkow) 8 ... .i.f5 9 exf6 @f7 10 .E!xg5 @xf6
11 @xf4±.
5 .i.d3 l:tac8 6 .l::thcl ( D)
6 ... gS
9@g4!
The activation of the king is the top priority
here.
9 ... h610 .l::txb7 .l::td7 11 .l::tb4 .i.dl+ 12 @rs
@g7 13 h4 f6 14 hxgS hxgS
After l4 .. .fxg5 15 e5 .l::txd5 the king assists
in the mating attack in a typical manner: 16
.l::tb7+@f8l7@f6.l::td818.i.c4+-.
15 eS! fxeS
15 ... .l::txd5 16 .l::tb7+ @h6 17 .i.bl ! .l::td8 18 e6
.i.h5 19 @xf6 ~h8 20 .i.d3 g4 21 e7 f3 (2 I ... g3
22 .i.e4 +-) 22 g3 a5 23 .l:tb2 .l:tc8 24 .l:th2 +--.
16@xe5
The culmination of White's concept. Despite
the reduced material, Black's situation is