how to play chess endgames book

168 How TO PU.Y CHESS ENDGAMES
18 ... i.c6 19 @d2 bS 20 fxgS
20 i.g6 i.e4 21 g4 gxf4 22 exf4 i.xc2 23
@xc2 i.d4 24 g5 hxg5 25 fxg5 i.e3 26 h4 i.f2
27 h5 i.h4 28 h6 i.xg5 29 h7 i.f6 =,
20 ... hxgS 21h4gxh422 gxh4 (D)
I) Fighting against the
Bishops
Il) Blockade
This is without question the most important instrument
for preventing the bishops from gaining
complete control and avoiding the position
being opened in their favour. It is based on the
fundamental disadvantage of the bishop-pair,
that they can attack each square on the board
once only. Thus, in the following example,
White is very well dug in on the dark squares.
22 ... i.e4!
With the typical threat of simplifying into an
opposite-coloured bishop ending.
23lod4
23 hS i.xc2 24 @xc2 i.g7 25 i.e6 i.h6 26
@d3 f4 27 exf4 i.xf4 28 @e4 i.c I 29 @f5 ©d6
23 ••. i.xd4 24 exd4+ 'it.>xd4 25 hS @eS 26 h6
@f6 27 h7 @g7 28 i.g6 b4 29 'it.>cl 1f1.1/z
Exercise (Solution on page 318)
E9.15 ***/
White to play and draw.
9.18
T.Coote - S.Dhar Barua
British Ch (Torquay) 2002
1 loa2!
White begins a regrouping of his knights to
b4 and c3 by means of loa2-b4 and lodbl-c3.
This ensures him the draw.
1. .. h4 2 lob4 i.g3+ 3@gl i.b7 4 lobl! i.el
5 en i.xb4 6 axb4 i.a6+ 7 @f2 g4 8 loc3
i.c4 9 loxa4 @e6
9 ... g3+ IO ©el @f5 11 lob6 @g4 (1 l...i.b3
12 lod7 =) !2 loxc4 dxc4 13 @fl @f5 14 b5
@e6 15 b6 @d6 16 d5 =.
10 loc3 @d6 ll g3 h3 12 @gl 11z.11i
The white fortress is impregnable.
Even the following dark-squared blockade
is, surprisingly, impossible to break down.
1...log8! 2 i.d7 lof6 3 i.e6 @g6 4 @f3 loe4
5 i.cl 'lof6 6 i.b2 loe4 7 i.eS i.cS 8 i.d7