how to play chess endgames book

FORTRESSES 211
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l <t>fl ! was imperative. The king must immediately
head for the queenside to combat the
future black passed pawn. Always remember
that king activity is often a decisive factor in the
endgame! l...c4 (l...e4 2 .l;te7 =) 2 bxc4 b4
(2 ... bxc4 3 .l;tc7 =) 3 ~cl .l;tc8 (3 ... e4 4 c5 ~e5
5 .l;td5 =) 4 i.d2 i.f8 5 c5 ~xc5 6 .l;tb7 ,l;tf8 7
~el e4 8 f4 exf3 9 i.xb4 =.
1 ••• c4 2 bxc4 b4 3 ~cl e4 4 c5 b3 5 c6 b2 6
~xb2 .l;txb2? ( D)
6...~xb2 7 .l;td7 .l;tc8 8 c7 ~f6 +.
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A.Belov
Gorkovskaya Pravda, 1972
8 ~c4? l:oc7-+.
8 ..• .l;teS 9 srt .l;taS 10 ~e6 =
E3) A Dangerous Passed Pawn
Sometimes you can prevent the stronger side
from exploiting his material advantage by tying
his pieces to a dangerous passed pawn. He must
then either guard against its advance or block it.
The tied pieces are then unable to develop any
activity and make the conversion of a material
advantage impossible. The following example
demonstrates such a case:
7'1Xd71h-1h
After 7 ... .l;tc2 8 c7 i.f8 9 <t>fl = Black can
move neither his bishop nor his king and his
rook must keep watch over the c7-pawn.
Exercises (Solutions on page 331)
l 'fl.c7?
Ell.37 **/
The white passed pawn looks easy to stop.
Can it nevertheless save the day for White?