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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

155

E9.04 **/

How did White stamp out Black's resistance?

C) Control

One of the main aims of the side with the bishops

is to gain the control of the position, so that

he can open it on his own terms. In the following

example, Krarnnik keeps increasing his advantage

slowly but surely:

absolutely no counterplay. 9 .!ih5? is too artificial:

9 ... 0.b4 IO a3 li:Jg3+! 11 'i5'd2 0.xh5 12

gxh5 li:Ja6 13 llgl .!ie5! =.

9 .•. 0.acS

After 9 ... 0.ec5, according to Kramnik in

CBM White can open the position right away:

10 g5! 0.xb3 11 .!igl with a strong attack.

10 b4 axb4 11 axb4 li:Ja6 12 bS!?

The control of the a-file is ruore important

than the knight outpost at c5.

12 0.acS 13 .!ial li:Jf6

l 3 li:Jb3 14 lla7 lf:Ja5 15 .ixe4 !!'.xe4 16

.!ixc7 .!ixc4 17 !hc4 0.xc4 18 .id4 f6 19 @d3

.!ic8 20 g5 fxg5 21 hxg5@h7 22 gxh6 gxh6 23

f4+-.

14llddl

It is not worth giving up the bishop-pair just

to disrupt the black kingside pawns: after 14

.1xf6? gxf6 Black is well entrenched on the

dark squares.

14 ... li:Jfe4 15 .!ia7 <it>f8

To see how Kramnik now opened the position

for his bishops, refer to 9.07.

Control and initiative are sometimes worth

more than a pawn.

1 !!'.fdl h6?!

This makes it easier for White to open the

kingside later.

2 e3 li:JcI7 3 'i5'fl !le7 4 @e2 .!ide8 5 g4 .!ie6 6

h4 .!i6e7 7 .if3 li:JdcS 8 .!idS li:Ja6 9 a3!

Preparing the advance of the queenside

pawns. White can act calmly, since Black has

G.Kamsky - V.Kramnik

Monaco (Amber blindfold) 1996

1 ... .1c61 2 li:Jxf6+ We7 31:i:JhS .!ig8 4 f3 .!igS

5 li:JC4 hS 6 h4 .!ieS 7 li:Jd3 .ih6+ 8 Wbl .!ie3

8 ... 1;!.d8!?.

9llel?!

9 lf:Jc5 .!ia8 10 .id3 seems more natural.

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