how to play chess endgames book

ACTIVITY 21
However, the active try 1. .. @c6! would have
been a good practical chance, since after the direct
2 tt'lb7? given by Dolrnatov, Black has a
tremendous resource:
2 ... @bS! 3 tt'ld6+ @b4 4 tt'lxf7 @c4 (D)
B
The following scenario is also typical:
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I.Lipnitsky - V.Smyslov
USSR Ch (Moscow) 1952
Surprisingly, Black's counterplay is sufficient
to draw.
5@b6
5 tt'lh8 @xd4 6 tt'lxg6 @e4 =.
5 ... @xd4 6 @c6
6 @b5 @e3 7 @c5 @e4 (7 ... d4? 8 tt'ld6 d3 9
tt'lc4+ @e4 IO @d6 +-) 8 @b4 @e3 =.
6 ... @e3 7@d6
Or 7 ©cS @e4 8 @b4@e3 9 tt'ld8, and then:
a) 9 ... @f4? 10tt'lc6©xg5 (10 ... @e4 11 @cS
d4 12 tt'lxd4@xe5 13@c4 +-) 11@c5@f412
@d6 gS 13 tt'ld4 +-.
b) 9 ... @e4 10 tt'lc6 d4 11 @c4 d3 12 @c3
@d5 13 tt'ld8 @xe5 14 @xd3 @f4 15 tt'ln e5
with a draw.
7 ••. d4 8 @xe6 d3 9 tt'ld6 @d4 10 @f6 d2 11
e6 dl°®' 12 e7 °&f3+ 13 @xg6 '&c6 14 e8'&
'&xd6+ 15 ©g7 @c3 16 g6 @b2 =
The black king is within the drawing zone.
However, 1 ... ©c6! should not in fact be sufficient
to draw. White should not rush (there is
more on this important endgame principle in
Chapter 3: 'Do Not Rush!') and should retain
complete control with 2 @a6! thus preventing
the black king from becoming active: 2 ...@c7 3
tt'lb7 .tes 4 <lla.7 .i.f7 S tt'ld6 .i.g8 6 @a6 @c6
7 @as .i.h7 8 tt'lf7 .i.g8 9 tt'lh6 .i.h7 10 @a6
+- (Grigoriev).
Black must activate his king, to create coun-
terplay at the right moment.
1. •. @g6!? 2 ©b2 l:1xg3 3 aS @hSI 4 a6 l:1g6
S a7
5 l:1a4 l:1b6+ 6 @c3 l:1b8 7 st nas 8 @d4
@xh4 9 @e5 @g4 10 llal g6 = (Srnyslov).
S ••. lia.6 6 l:1d7 g6! (D)
Smyslov ensures that his king remains active.
7 nxh7+ @g4 8 @b3 l!al 9 @b4 @xf4 10
@bS @g3 11 @b6 f4 12 hS gxhS 13 l:1xh5 f3
14 l:1g5+ @h2 15 l:1a5 l:1xa5 16 @xaS f2 17
as'& fl'& 1'2-1/z
But activating the king is not always the top
priority.