how to play chess endgames book

18 How TO PUY CHESS ENDGAMES
I lt'lc3? lt'lxc4 2 b6? lt'lxb6 3 lt'lb5 lt'lc8 4
lt'lxd6 lt'lxd6 5 .!;!.xd6 a5 plays into Black's hands.
1 ... dxeS
Or: l ....!;!.e8 2 e6 .!;l.e7 3 lixb6 axb6 4 lt'lc3 +-;
l... lt'lxc4 2 exd6 lt'le3+ 3 Wf3 lt'lxd5 4 d7 .!;!.d8 5
.!;l.xa7 +-.
2 oo lt'lxc4
2 ....!;!.f8+ 3 We4 .!;l.f2 (3....!;!.f7 4 d6 lt'lxc4 5
Wd5 +-) 4 lt'lc3 .!;!.c2 5 Wd3 +-.
3 c;t;>e4 lld8 4 lt'lc3 .!;!.d7 5 .!;!.c6 Wg7 6 .!;l.xcS
lt'ld6+ 7 WxeS M7 8 lt'le4 lt'lxe4 9 Wxe4 .!;l.e7 +
10 'i!?fS 1-0
Naturally we must include the following masterpiece
on this theme:
for the win; for example, 8 ... .!;!.g3+ 9 Wh5 b3 10
.!;!.xd5 b2 11 Il.b5 Wg7 12 Il.xb2 .!;l.xg6 13 Il.c2
.!;!.d6 (13....!;!.gl 14 .!;l.xc7+ Wf6 15 .!;l.c5 .!;!.g2 16
.!;!.g5 .!;!.d2 17 d5 +-) 14 .!;l.c4 Wf6 15 Wg4 .!;!.d7
16 f5 .!;!.d6 17 Wf4 c6 18 c;t;,e4 Wf7 19 .!;!.b4 .!;!.d7
20 .!;!.b6 .!;l.c7 21 We5 .!;l.e7 + 22 Wd6 .!;l.e4 23 .!;!.b4
+-.
4 g6! .!;l.xf4+ 5 Wg5 lie4
5....!;!.xd4 6 'i!i>f6 'it>e8 7 .!;!.h8+ Wd7 8 Wxf5
+-.
5 ... .!;l.g4+ 6 Wf6! +-. This method of sheltering
behind an enemy pawn was christened the
'umbrella' by Dvoretsky. You should definitely
memorize it, since it occurs frequently in practice.
We shall be looking at several examples of
the 'umbrella' idea.
6 Wf6 c;t;>g8 7 .!;!.g7+! (DJ
B
1.04
J.Capablanca - S.Tartakower
New York 1924
1 i.xfS! gxfS 2 Wg3!
Capablanca sacrifices two pawns to activate
his king with decisive effect! 2 .!;!.d7? .!;l.xc3+ 3
We2 c6 4 .!;l.xa7 !ic4 5 Wd3 c5 is clearly drawn.
2 •• Jhc3+ 3 Wh4! .!;l.f3?!
Or:
a) 3 ... c5 4 g6! cxd4 5 Wg5 d3 6 .!;l.d7 .!;l.c5 7
Wh6+-.
b) 3 .1;!.cl 4 Wh5! +-.
c) 3 a6! is definitely the toughest defence:
4 g6! (after 4 .!;!.d7?! .!;!.f3 a similar position to
the game arises, but the a-pawn is no longer on
its second rank and so Black can put up greater
resistance; also after4 Wh5?! b5 Black has serious
counterplay) 4 ... b5 5 axb5 axb5 6 Wg5 b4 7
.!;!.f7+ Wg8 8 l;txf5 and White must still work
Good technique. Before White captures the
enemy pawn, he first weakens the position of
the enemy king.
7 ... 'i!i>h8 8 .!;l.xc7 .!;!.e8 9 'l:i'xfS
Otherwise the f-pawn runs and then passive
defence is sufficient for Black against White's
knight's pawn. Passive defence fails against a
bishop's pawn.
9 ••• l;te4
9 ... a6 10 Il.b7 b5 11 axb5 axb5 12 .!;!.xb5 .!;!.d8
13 We6 +-.
10 M6 .!;!.f4+ 11 WeS .!;!.g4 12 g7+! Wg8 13
.!;l.xa7 l;tgl 14 WxdS licl 15 c;t;>d6 Il.c2 16 dS
.!;I.cl 17 .!;l.c7 .!;I.al 18 c;t;>c6 .!;l.xa419 d6 l-O
Knowledge of such classics is sometimes of
direct help in one's own practice: