how to play chess endgames book

158 How TO PT.AY CHESS ENDGAMES
5 .. .f6 6 1:lagl (6 .i.d5+?! is premature in
view of 6 ... lbge6) 6 ... lbh7 (6...@f7 7 f4 lbge6 8
.i.d5 +-) 7 f4 lbd7 8 .i.d5+ @h8 9 f5 lbdf8 10
.i.xf6+-.
6.l::!.h4f6
6 ... lbh7 7 .l::!.ahl lbef8 8 .i_e4 g6 9 .i.d51:ld8
10 f4 +- (Kramnik).
7 .l::!.gl @f7 8 .i.dS!
Surprisingly, 8 f4 is also decisive: 8 ... lbxf4+
(8 ... lbh3 9 .l::!.g3 lbhxf4+ IO exf4 lbxf4++ 11
@f3 +-) 9 .l::!.xf4 lbh3 10 1:lxg7+ @xg7 11
.i.xf6+ @f7 12 .l::!.fl 1:lee8 13 .i.g2 +-.
8 .•• @e8 9 .l::!.h8+ lbfS 10 f4 lbe6 11 00 f5
I 1....l::!.b8 12 .i.xe6!? .l::!.xe6 13 1:lxg7 .l::!.e7 14
.i.xf6 ~f7 15 .i.d4 +- (Kramnik).
12 .l::!.g6! lbcS 13 hg7 1:lf7 14 .i.xf8 1-0
In the following examples Kasparov shows
how to do it:
B
way is open for the bishops. 6 .l::!.ed3 ! was necessary.
In Informator, Kasparov gives 6 ... @h7 7
b3 f6 8 c4 .i.g6 9lbxe61:lxd3 10 .l::!.xd3 with unclear
complications.
6 .i.c6!?
6 .l::!.xdl 7 @xdl .i.b5, with pressure, also
came into consideration.
7f3
7 .l::!.xd8+ .i.xd8 8 f3 .i.b6 9 ~d3 .i.b5 IO :!Id6
.i.c5 I 1 lbd4 .i.xd6 12 exd6 .i.d7 +(Kasparov).
7 ..•:!Ixdl 8 @xdl .i.cS 9 :!Id3?!
9 lbd4!? .i.d5 10 b3 ~d8 11 @c2 .i.b7 12
:!Id3 .i.a6 13 :!Idl bxc3 14 .i.f2 :!Ic8 with a
black initiative.
9 ....i.bS 10 :!Id2 h3 11 1:ld6 bxc3 12 lbxcJ
12 bxc3 .i.c4 13 a4 :!Ib8 + (Kasparov).
12 •...i.fl 13 .i.h4?! (D)
9.08
P.Svidler - G.Kasparov
Linares 1999
1 ....i.e8!
A very poisonous move. l.. ..i.d5 is harmless:
2 lbb5.
2c3
2 .l::!.xe4? .i.c6 3 .l::!.eel .i.xg2 plays into Black's
hands.
2 .. Jlac8 3 @c2 b5 4 ~xe4 b4 5 .l::!.e3 a5 ( D)
The critical moment is reached. White must
play precisely to neutralize Black's initiative.
6 lbe2?
The desire to relieve the pressure through exchanges
is clearly understandable, but now the
B
This provocation backfires, because Black
would like to advance his kingside pawns anyway.