how to play chess endgames book

10 Zugzwang
Zugzwang is like getting trapped on a safety island
in the middle of a highway when a thunderstorm
starts. You don't want to move but
you have to.
ARTHUR BISGUIER
Normally it is a great advantage to have the
move, since you can parry or set up threats, or
simply continue with your plan. But if all your
own pieces are already optimally placed, then
this right to move can become an obligation and
thus a great problem. It would be nice if you
could pass and let the opponent move again, but
in chess this is just not allowed.
We should pause here briefly to make sure
we are thoroughly aware of the implications of
this. Without zugzwang you couldn't even force
checkmate with king and rook against a bare
king, and many pawn endings would be drawn,
since the defending king could just stay put on
his ideal square and no power in the world
could shift him. So we are grateful that a player
not only can move but actually must move. In
practice, zugzwang is a common weapon of the
attacker, facilitating the win and sometimes
making it possible in the first place.
A) A Powerful Endgame
Weapon
10.01
V.Topalov-A.Karpov
Cannes 2002
transfer to Black the right to move, or in this
case rather the obligation to move.
lilh7+!?@d8
Or:
a) I ... @d6 2 @c8 .llc4+ 3 @d8nb441lh6+
+-.
b) l...@e6 2 @c7 nc4+ 3 @b6 nb4+ 4@c5
nbI 5 nh6+ @f5 (5 ... @d7 6 nb6 is also winning
for White) 6 nb6 nc1+ 7 @d6 ndI+ 8
@e7+-.
2 nhs+@d7 3 nh6 (DJ
If all your opponent's pieces are well-placed
but he is short of moves, you should be sensitive
to this and always ask yourself what his
next move is actually going to be.
How should White make progress in the following
diagram? He asked himself what Black's
next move was going to be. The rook has to protect
the h4-pawn and the a-file, and the king has
to protect c8 and c7. So, that leaves only ... @d8,
but after nh7 the problem is the same. Consequently
all White has to do is to find a way to