how to play chess endgames book

186 How TO PLAY CHESS ENDGAMES
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11.06
G.Podolny - F.Duz-Khotlmirsky
Vilnius 1949
2 ... @f3?? 3 lbxg3 =) 3 tbgl (3 @el ~c44lbg!
@d3-+; 3 g5 ~h5 4 tbgl @f4 5 @d3 ~g6+ 6
@e2@g3-+) 3 ... @f44 @e2@g3-+.
l. ..@xf42 hxg4 @xg43 @c2 ~a2
3 ...@xh44 @bl =.
4b4
The simplest. 4 @c3 is equally playable, but
11.07
Fortress Ill
White is unable to evict the black king from
the corner:
1 @c6@c8
I ...@a8?? 2 @c7#.
2 @d6@b8 3 @d7
Stalemate. The position would still be drawn
then after 4 ...@xh45 @b4 ~b3 White must get · if the a 7 /a6-pawns formed the bases of chains,
back as quickly as possible: 6 @c3@g37 @d2 i.e. there were black pawns on b6, c5, etc., and
(7 @d3?@f3 8 @d2@e49 @c I ~a2 10 b4 a3 white pawns on b5, c4, etc.
-+) 7 ... @f3 8 @cl=.
4 ••. axb3+ 5 @b2 1/l-1/z Even if there are more pawns, with such formations
caution is always the primary duty.
Exercise
(Solution on page 323)
El 1.04 ***/
Can White take advantage of the cramped
situation of the bishop?
11.08
A.Yusupov - V.Malaniuk
USSR Ch (Minsk) 1987
1 tbg5+?