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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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172 How TO PLAY CHESS ENDGAMES

@cl .i.cS 15 cxb4 axb4 16 .i.f2 .i.e7 17 q)e3

.i.e4 18 lbdl c3 -+.

9 ... @c6!

The threatened invasion by the black king at

b3 decides the game.

10 axb4 cxb4 11 cxb4

11 q)e4 .i.xe4+ 12 @xe4 bxc3 13 bxc3 a4

-+.

11 ... axb4 12 q)e4 @d5 13 q)d6 .i.xd6 14

exd6 c3! 15 bxc3 b3 0-1

Exercises

(Solutions on pages 318-19)

E9. l 7 /***

How should Black defend here?

8

E9.16 ***/

What is your assessment of this position?

Is 1 lbd4 a good move?

E9.18 /**

Can Black still save the game?

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