how to play chess endgames book

ACTIVITY 19
1.05
W.Pajeken - C.Wagner
Pardubice 2000
1 •. Jlb3+ 2 @e2 llb4 3 @e3 llb3+
Black was expecting 4 @e2 with a draw by
repetition. But by activating his king, White
can make a last attempt to win without any risk
to himself.
4 @f4!? !!d3 5 @g4 !!xd4+ 6 @hS @g8?!
Objectively this move spoils nothing. But it
voluntarily weakens the position of his own
king and even forces White to improve the position
of his rook slightly - behind the b-pawn.
6 ... b4, for example, was a safer way to draw: 7
@g6 (7 llb7 l1f4 8 @g6 llxh4 9 @xf6 llh6+ =
and Black has reached a sort of Philidor position)
7 ... b3 8 @xf6 @g8 9 llb7 llb4 10 @g6
!!g4+ =.
7 litb7 llf4?1
A loss of tempo. More precise was 7 ... b4!? 8
lhb6@f7 9 llb7+@f8 IO@g6 Jlxh4 11 @xf6
Jlh6+ with a Philidor position.
8@g6 Jlg4+ 9 @xf6 Jlxh4 10 llb8+ ©h7 11
llb7+@g812 llb8+ 'i&h7 13@f7 Jlc4?!
13 ... d4! was the safest way to draw. 14 llxb6
d3 15 llxb5 lita4 =.
14.l!xb6llc7+ 15@f6llc816llb7+@g8??
After 16 ... @h6! White cannot make any further
progress.
17@g6
Now the typical outflanking manoeuvre wins
for White.
17 ... d4 18 f6 d3 19 Jlg7+ 1-0
Sometimes the road is very long and stony.
1.06
LI.Andersson - R.Sanguinetti
Biel IZ 1976
White must involve his king:
lf3!? gxf3+?
1...l2:ld8! was necessary, to enable the queen
to become active: 2 fxg4 fxg4 3 'l:l7fl 'l:l7a3 4
Wb! l2:lf7 5 l2:lf4 l2:lg5 6 l2:ld3 Wf8 =.
2 <Bxf3 4.Jd8 3 l2:lf8 @c7 4 @g2 @c8
4 ... b5!?.
5 @h3 @b7 6 @h4 @c7 7 @hS @c8 8 @h4
(DJ
8 ...@c7?
This move is too passive. Revealingly, Black
too should have activated his king here and in
this way he could have mounted a successful
defence; after 8 ... b5 9 axb5 @b7 the activity of
his king ensures him sufficient counterplay.
9 l2:lg6 '&d7
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