how to play chess endgames book

ZUGZWANG 175
Zugzwang. Now Black must make a concession.
13 g3
l3 f3 14 gxf3 gxf3 15 ..li.g3 @g4 16 ..li.f2
@f4 17 @d4 @f5 18 @e3 @g4 19 .Ii.el (zugzwang)
+-.
14 ,.t;>e2 @g4 15 ..li.d8 f3+
15...@f5 16 @f3 @e5 17 ..li.c7+ +--.
16 gxf3+ @h3 17 @fl @h2 181l.c7 @hl!?
Setting a last trap. If 18 ... @h3, then 19 @gl
g2 20 ..li.h2 @xh4 21 @xg2 +-.
19@e2!
Not, of course, 19 ..li.xg3?? stalemate.
19 ••• g2
19 ... @h2 20 f4 g2 21 f5+ 1.>hl 22 ..li.b6 also
wins for White.
20 ..li.b6 @h2 21 r4 @h3 22 rs 1-0
Zugzwang now costs Black the game, as it
also does after 2 ... lZ'ib8? 3 lZ'ib4 e4 4@d4 +- or
2 @e6? 3 @e4 +-, but Burgess's suggestion
2 e4 3 lZ'if4 lZ'ie5 draws; e.g., 4 lZ'ixh5 lZ'ic6 5
lZ'ig7+ (5 lZ'ig3+ @g4) 5 ... @e5.
3 @e4 @xh4 4 @fS e4 5 lZ'if4 1-0
Black resigned in view of 5 ... lZ'if8 6 g6 lZ'ixg6
7 lZ'ixg6+ Wg3 8 @xe4@g4 9 lZ'ie7 @g3 1 O@e3
@g4 J l lZ'id5 h4 12 lZ'ic7 @g3 13 lZ'ixa6 h3 14
lZ'ic5 h2 15 lZ'ie4+ Wg2 16 lZ'if2 +--.
The side with the bishop can also happily
play for zugzwang in the duel against a knight.
B
The rule of thumb 'knight endings are like
pawn endings' is also based in part on the fact
that the knight is unable to lose a move and
therefore zugzwang plays a similarly great role
here as in pawn endings.
10.05
Z.Rahman - K.Sashikiran
Asian Ch (Doha) 2003
10.04
R.Vaganian - S.Pedersen
Bundesliga 2004/5
How should White seek to make progress?
Of course; he tries to give Black the move.
1 @f3!? SlfS!
Activity is the orderof the day. After l...@f7?
White continues to triangulate and wins: 2 @e3
We7 3 g6We6 (3 ... @f64@e4@e65lZ'ixe5 +-)
4 @f3 @e7 5 @e4 @f6 6 @d5 +-.
2@e3@g4?
1...\Wd3!
In view of the many light-squared weaknesses
in the white camp, the endgame is a
smooth win. With queens on, Black would always
have to worry about an attack on his king.
2 '&xd3 1l.xd3 3 f3
3 @f3 is no help either: 3 ... @f6 4 @f4 e5+ 5
dxe6 fxe6 6 g4 e5+ 7 @f3 hxg4+ 8 lZ'ixg4+ @e6
9 lZ'ie3 @d7 (zugzwang) -+ (Stohl in CBM).
3 ...@f6!
A further advantage of the exchange of
queens is that the black king can now be activated
much more effectively than its white
counterpart.
4 @f2 @eS 5 @el
After 5 g4?! hxg4 6 lZ'ixg4+ Wd4 7 lZ'ih61l.bl
8 lZ'ixf7 ..li.xa2 -+ Black wins the race by a mile.
S ...@d4 6 @d2 fS!