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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 161

F) Attack

Of course, in the endgame the bishop-pair can

sometimes also operate directly against the enemy

king.

E9.08 /***

What is Black's strongest move?

9.11

U.Adianto - P.Wolff

Buenos Aires 1997

E9.09 **/

How would you increase White's advantage?

Patrick Wolff takes advantage of the precarious

position of the white king and, despite the

reduced material, he launches a powerful attack:

l ... i.fl! -+

I .. Jl:h5?! 2 @g2 +.

2 ;J;Ig6 ;J;Ih3+ 3 llg3 llhSI

3 ... e4+ 4 @f4 i.d6+ 5 @xf5 .bg3 6 fxg3

;J;Ixg3 7 @xe4 + (Khuzman in CBM).

4;J;Xg1(D)

4 ;J;Igl e4+ 5 @g3 i.d6+ 6 f4 ;J;Ih3+ -+.

E9.10 /***

How do you assess this position

with Black to move?

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