how to play chess endgames book

THE BISHOP-PAIR
IN THE ENDGAME
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.i.g4 lba8 8 .i.hS f6 9 .i.g4 lbc7 10 .i.xc5+ bxc5
11 b6 lba6 12 .i.e6 lbb8 13 .i.c8 +-) 4 2.f8
lbd6+ s @b4 @d7 (5 ... lbc8 6 Ag4 f6 7 Ag7
lbe7 8 .i.xf6 @d6 9 Wc4 lbc7 IO .i.gS lbg8 11
Ae3 lbf6 12 .i.fS lba8 13 .i.h6 +-) 6 .i.g4+
Wc7 7 .i.g7 Wd8 8 Axe5 We7 (8 ... lbxe4 9 srs
f6 IO .i.f4 lbc5 11 d6 +-) 9 .i.xd6+ Wxd6 10
2.h5 f6 11.i.e8lbc712 .i.c6 We5 13 Wc4 f5 14
exf5 Wxf5 15 d6 lbe6 16 .i.d7 We5 17 Axe6
Wxe6 18 d7 We7 19 Wd4 Wd8 20 WeS Wxd7 21
@d5 +-.
b) 1...f6 2 2.g4 2.b2 3 .i.f5 lbe5+ 4 @b3
.i.al 5 .i.f8 lbf3 6 Wc2 lbel+ (6 ... lbd4+? 7
lbxd4 Axd4 8 Wd3 .i.eS 9 .i.e7 @b7 10 2.d7
+- followed by an invasion by the white king
on the queenside) 7 @d2 lbf3+ 8 We3 lbeS 9
2.h3 lbc4+ IO @f4 .i.e5+ 11 @f5 @d7 12 2.e7
lbc7 13 Axf6 Axf6 14 Wxf6+ We8 ;!; and Black
seems to be able to hold.
1. •• lbxe5+ 2 @d4
2 .i.xe5 dxe5 3 .i.xf7 does not win either:
3 ... Wd7 4 .i.e8+ We7 (4 ... @xe8? 5 d6 Wd7 6
@d5 +-) 5 .i.c6 lbc7 6 Wd3 Wd6 7 We3 Wc5 8
@e2 lbxb5 9 Axb5 'i!?xb5 IO Wd3 Wc5 11 Wc3
b5 12 @b3 b4 13 wa4 @c4 14 d6 b3 15 d7 b2
16 d8'& bl WI 17 '&d5+ @c3 18 '&xe5+ Wd3 19
~d5+ We3 20 e5 '&fS! =.
2 ... f6 3 .i.e8 lbd7 4 .i.g3 @d8 5 .i.xd7 @xd7
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4 .•. h5 5 @f3 .i.f5?!
The immediate 5 ... b5 is more accurate.
6@e3
6 lbdl !? is admittedly active, but should not
suffice against the bishops; e.g., 6 ... .i.xh3 7
lbe3+ We6 8 lbxc4 .i.f5 9 lbd6 .i.g4+ ID We3
h4 11 .i.h2 a5 12 c4 f6 13 lbe8 fxe5 14 fxe5
2.g5+ 15 @d3 a4 +.
6 .•. b5 7 @f3 a5 8 @e3 b4 (D)
13) Support-Points for the Knight
This method is based mostly on the fact that if
the knight is exchanged, a drawn opposite-coloured
bishop ending arises, as in the following
example.
1 Agl?!
1 lbd6! would have clearly drawn on the
spot; for example, l...@d7 2 f5 h5 3 .i.f4 a5 4
lbe4 =.
1...~c6 2 .i.f2 .i.d7 3 ~g3 @d5 4 lbf2?
This retreat seals White's fate. Both 4 lbd6
and 4 lbf6+ were better, but 4 h4! seems to
draw even more clearly, since the knight has
dark-squared support-points available; for example,
4 ... .i.h3 5 lbf6+ We6 (5 ... Wc6 6 lbg8
srs 7 h5 Ag4 8 lbf6 Ars 9 lbg8 @b5 10 .i.h4
=) 6 lbe8 wrs 7 @f3 .i.g4+ 8 @e3 h5 9 lbd6+
9@f3?!
9 @d2 @c6 IO h4 (10 a4 .i.d7 -+) 10 ... @bS
11 lbdl Wa4 12 axb4 (12 lbe3 bxa3 13 bxa3
2.d3 14 f5 Wxa3 15 lbdS 2.f8 16 e6 fxe6 17
fxe6 a4-+) 12 ... cxb4 13 .i.el (13 lbe3 .i.d3 14
cxb4 axb4 15 .i.f2 Wb3 16 lbdS .i.d8 17 Wei
c3 18 bxc3 bxc3 19 .i.el .i.aS -+) 13 ... @b3 14