how to play chess endgames book

FORTRESSES 185
S @c6 @b8 6 .id8 @a8
6 ... @a7 7 .ic7 @a6 8 .ib8 b4 9 axb4 +-.
7 @b6 @b8 8 .ic7+ @c8 9 @c6
Zugzwang.
9 ... b4 10 axb4 a3 11 bS a2 12 b6 al'ili' 13
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Exercises
(Solutions on pages 322-3)
El 1.03 **/
Without the black b-pawn, the position
would obviously be an immediate draw.
Can White talce advantage of the
presence of the b-pawn?
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Ell.01 ***/
How did White defuse the
black pawn-majority?
11.05
Fortress II
El 1.02 ***/
It is clear that the white rook will have
to be sacrificed for the connected black
passed pawns. But can the white king
then manage to get into the corner?
This fortress is much less well known. Since
the bishop cannot move, the black king cannot
be evicted from the comer, because after I @b5
@a8, 2 @a6 is stalemate, and the pawn ending
following 2 .ib8 @xb8 is drawn: 3 'li'c6 @c8 4
b7+ @b8 5 @b6 =.
Now for a practical example of this fortress
(see diagram on following page):
1 gxh4!
I hxg4? is not sufficient to draw: l...hxg3 2
ltJe2 (2 ltJg2 @f3 3 ltJe3 .ig6 -+) 2 ... g2 (not