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In this companion volume to Fundamental Chess Endings, Müller and Pajeken focus on the practical side of playing endgames. They cover all aspects of strategic endgames, with particular emphasis on thinking methods, and ways to create difficulties for opponents over the board. Using hundreds of outstanding examples from modern practice, the authors explain not only how to conduct 'classical' endgame tasks, such as exploiting an extra pawn or more active pieces, but also how to handle the extremely unbalanced endings that often arise from the dynamic openings favoured nowadays. All varieties of endgames are covered, and there are more than 200 exercises for the reader, together with full solutions.

In this companion volume to Fundamental Chess Endings, Müller and Pajeken focus on the practical side of playing endgames. They cover all aspects of strategic endgames, with particular emphasis on thinking methods, and ways to create difficulties for opponents over the board.

Using hundreds of outstanding examples from modern practice, the authors explain not only how to conduct 'classical' endgame tasks, such as exploiting an extra pawn or more active pieces, but also how to handle the extremely unbalanced endings that often arise from the dynamic openings favoured nowadays. All varieties of endgames are covered, and there are more than 200 exercises for the reader, together with full solutions.

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204 How TO PLAY CHESS ENDGAMES

El 1.27 ***/

Is the existing pawn-chain really

impregnable, or can White penetrate?

Ell.28 **/

How did White breach the wall?

D) Incarcerating Pieces

Dl) An Incarcerated King

Sometimes the defender manages to incarcerate

the enemy king on the edge of the board and

thus keep him out of the game. Without their

leader, the remaining pieces are often then powerless.

In the following example, it is obviously

not possible for White to stop the black passed

pawns. However, if White is familiar with the

above-mentioned fortress theme, he can still

manage to draw the position by putting the

black king behind bars.

11.36

C.Behting

2nd-5th Prize, Bohemia, 1906

I 'it>c6!!

Not:

a) l 4Jxh4? 'it>xh4 2 4Jf3+@g3 3 4Jgl h5 4

'it>d4 'it>f2 5 4Jh3+ 'it>e2 6 'it>xc4 'it>f3 7 d4 'it>g4 8

4Jgl h4-+.

b) l 4Jf3? h3 2 4J5h4 h2 3 4Jxg2 hl'& -+.

c) 1 4Jg7+? 'it>g5 2 4Jf3+ 'it>g4 3 4Jh2+ 'it>f4

4 4Jh5+ @g5 5 4Jg3 hxg3 6 4Jf3+ 'it>g4 7 'it>e4

h5 8 4Je5+ 'it>h3 94Jf3 gl'& 104Jxgl+ 'it>g2 11

4Je2 'it>f2 12 4Jf4 g2 -+.

1. .. gl'&

l ... h3 2 4Jg3+ 'it>h4 3 4Je2 h2 4 4Jf3+ 'it>h3 5

4Jxh2 'it>xh2 6 'it>c5 gl'&+ 7 4Jxgl 'it>xgl 8

~xc4=.

24Jxh4

Now it will be clear why the white king had

to go to c6 on the first move. If he now stood on

any other square, the black queen could give a

zwischenschach and then capture the knight on

h4.

2 ... '&hl+ 3 4Jhf3

and the draw is obvious, since the black king

can no longer escape his prison on the edge of

the board.

For a proper understanding of this method of

defence, it is absolutely essential to know that, to

draw, it is generally not enough just to incarcerate

the opposing king. It must also be established

that he will remain in his prison 'for life'. There

are particular Positions in which the stronger

side can use zugzwang to force the jailer to

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