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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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154 How TO PLAY CHESS ENDGAMES

Exercises (Solutions on pages 314-15)

Liquidation into an opposite-coloured bishop

ending is now, surprisingly. a mistake. 7 ... Axd.5 !

was the safest way to draw: 8 @xd5 lt:lxg4 9

Agl (9 Ac5 lt:le5 10 .ars lt:lg4 11 Axg7 @e7

=) 9 ... lt:le5 10 i.c5 lt:lg4 11 Ad4 lt:le5 12 Axe5

fxe5 13 @xe5 @e7 14 @d5 @f6 15 @c5 @xf5

16 @xb5 g5 17 hxg6 @xg6 =.

7 ... Ae8?! is very risky, but should also hold

in the end; for example, 8 Ac5 lt:lxg4 9 Af3,

and now:

a) 9 ... lt:le5?! 10 Ae2 lt:lc4 11 .i.f8 lt:"ld6 12

@c5 and then:

al) 12 ... lt:lxf5? 13 Axb5+ @d8 14 Axe8

(14 .i.d3? fails to 14 ... lt:lg3 and Black should

still keep afloat; but not 14 ... g6? 15 b5 +- or

14 ... Ad7? 15 b5 @c8 16 b6 @b8 17 Ae4 @c8

18@b4+-) 14 ... @xe815b5©d7 !6@b6@c8

17 @a6 lt:ld4 18 b6 +-.

a2) 12 ... lt:le4+ 13 @b6 lt:ld6 14 Ag4 lt:lc4+

15 @c5 lt:le3 16 Ae2 @c8 17 Axg7 lt:lxf5 18

Ag4 Ad7 19 .i.xf6 lt:"lg3 20 Af3 Ae8 21 Ae5

Axh5 22 Ad5!? (22 Axh5 lt:lxh5 23 @xb5 @d7

24 @c5 @e6 25 @d4 lt:lf6 =: 22 Ac6 lt:lfl 23 B

Axb5 (23 Af4 Ae2 =} 23 ... lt:"ld2 =) 22 ... lt:le2

23 @xb5 lt:lgl (23 ... lt:lci !?) 24 @b6 @d7 25

Ac6+ @e6 (25 ... @c8? 26 b5 Af3 27 .i.d4

Axc6 28 @xc6 lt:"lf3 29 Ac3 wins for White) 26

Ac7 Ae2 27 b5 lt:"lf3 28 @c5 lt:le5 29 .i.d5+

@f5 and Black seems to be able to hold the position.

b) 9 ... i.xh5 10 i.e2 @d8 11 .i.f8 @e8 12

Axg7 @f7 13 Axh6 lt:"lxh6 14 Axh5+@e7 15

@e4 @d6 16 Ae8 lt:lg8 17 Axb5 lt:le7 18 Ad3

lt:ld5 19 b5 @c5 20 @f3 lt:le7 =.

8 Axc6+ @xc6 9 Ac5 Ac4 10 @e4 1-0

E9.0l /*

Black to play and win.

E9.02 /**

How did Black convert his advantage?

E9.03 /***

Can Black still save the game?

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