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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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THE BISHOP-PAIR

IN THE ENDGAME

153

B) Transformation

Apart from the applicability of the Steinitz restriction

method, one of the greatest advantages

of the bishop-pair lies in the fact that it is generally

easier to exchange a bishop than a knight.

Of course, liquidation into pure oppositecoloured

bishop endings should always be very

precisely calculated because of their strong

drawing tendency.

The following famous example is substantially

more complicated:

A.Delchev - B.lvanovic

Subotica 2003

Delchev won by force:

l _bc6! bxc6 2@b4 f4 3@a5@e8 (D)

After 3 ... Ac8 4 ©b6 @e6 5 Axf4 @d7 6 g3

h5 7 h4 +- Black is in a fatal zugzwang.

3 ... i.g4 4 @xa6 Ad I 5 b4 Ae2 6 @b6 Axc4 7

'i9xc6 Afl 8 Axf4 Axg2+ 9 @c7 +- does not

help either.

4 @xa6 Ag4 5 cs Adi 6 a4! Axb3 7 as f3 8

gxf3@d7 9 @b7 1-0

A.Karpov - B.lvkov

Bugojno 1980

1Ae4!

I Axc4+?! bxc4 2 Ad4 ©e7 is only a draw

of course.

1 ... Ad7!

Black cannot exchange, since he needs the

bishop for defence of the b5-pawn and for

counter-attack. l...Axe4? 2 @xe4 and White

wins, since the principle of the second weakness

comes fully into force: 2 ... @e8 (2 .. .ltle5 3

@d5 ltixg4 4 @c6 @e8 5 @xb5 ltie5 6 i.d6

ltif3 7 @c5 @d7 8 b5 @c8 9 @b6 ltid4 10 @a6

+-) 3 @d5 lties 4 @d6 @d8 5 Ab6+ @c8

(5 ... @e8 6 @c5 +-) 6 @e6 ltixg4 7 Ac5 ltie5 8

i.f8 ltid3 9 Axg7 ltif4+ 10 @xf6 ltixh5+ 11

@f7 +-.

2 i.d4 @e7 3 Aa8 Ae8 4 @e4 Af7 S i.a7

@d7 6 ©d4ltieS 7 AdS!? (D)

7 Ac5 ltixg4 8 i.f8 @e8 9 Axg7 Ac4

(9 ... i.xh5!?) 10 Af3 @f7 11 Axg4 @xg7 12

i.f3 @f8 13 Ac6 @e7 14@c5 i.d3 leads to a

draw.

Karpov has set a nasty trap, into which Ivkov

promptly falls:

7 ••. ltic6+?

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