how to play chess endgames book

FORTRESSES 199
a) 22 a5 23 Wd4 a4 24 @d5 b4 25 Rc2 83) Fortresses against the Queen
.ie3 (25 bxa3 26 Rxc I axb2 27 Rb! a3 28
@c4 +-) 26 axb4 S>b5 27 Rc8 +-.
If the position is securely blockaded, the queen
b) 22 ...@a5 23 Rc2 .ie3 (23... .if4 24 lic6 can find no targets and the defender cannot be
+-) 24 Rc6 b4 25 axb4+@b5 26 Rc8 .if4 27 placed in zugzwang, then a rook (and minor
lic5+ @b628 @c4 +-.
piece) can frequently set up a fortress.
23 Re6+ @b7 24 @c5.id8
24 ... .ih4 25 l;I.b6+@a7 26@c6 +-.
25 b3 i.h4 26 l;I.b6+ @a7 27 @c6 .if2 28
llb7+ @a8 29 Rf7 .igl 30 Rr4 <t;a7 31 a4 B
bxa4 32 Rxa4 i.f2 33 b4 .ie3 34 bS @b8 35
lixa6 1-0
The more pawns there are on the board, generally
the greater the winning chances of the attacker.
This applies in the following position:
ll.30A
R.Meulders - C.lonescu
Dubai OL 1986
1. .. lia6 i1z_11z
White can make no further progress, since
his king cannot penetrate anywhere.
11.29
R.Felgaer - L.Dominguez
Havana 2004
Black wins by creating a passed pawn:
1 ... gS!! 2 hxg5
2 fxg5 f4 3 gxf4 (3 @g2 f3+ 4 .ixf3 'fJ.d2+
-+) 3 ... @xf4 4 <t;g2@g4 5 i.e4 Rd4 6 i.f3+ (6
.ih7@xh4 7 g6Rf4-+) 6 ... @xh47 g6'fJ.d2+8
@fl Rd7 9 @g2 @g5 IO i.e4 @f4 -+.
2 ... h43@g2
3 gxh4 @xf4 4 @g2 @g4 5 .ic8 Rc6 6 .id?
E.c2+ 7 @fl 'fJ.c7 8 i.e6 E.g7 -+.
3 ... hxg3 4 @xg3 Rd4 5 i.g2 llxf4 6 i.h3
X{f3+ 7 @h4 'it>f4 8 g6 Rb3
8 ... Rg3? 9 .ixf5 =.
9 g7Rg310 .ixf5Rxg7 ll .id3Rd712i.c4
12 i.g6 Rd8 -+.
12...lih7# (0-1)
11.308
I.Lutsko - D.Bocharov
Voronezh 2006
1. .. @f6 1'2-1/2
The light-squared blockade is unbreakable;
e.g., 2 i.a6 @e5 3 .tb5 c4 4 .ixc4@e4 5 .ie2 =.