how to play chess endgames book

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Wg7 26 Wie7+ Wg6 27 '&f8 l:Id2 28 ~gs+ wrs
29 Wc6 !td4 30 ~7+ We6 11z_11,
course of the game and then demonstrate a way
to win instead.
Also in the following example White was so
infatuated with the possibility of a quick promotion
that he was oblivious to all the warning
signs:
El 1.41 **/
11.54
I.Glek - S.Lputian
Dortmund 1992
1 a7??
Too hasty. 1 ~e4 l:Iei (1 ... 1:Ial 2 Wb6 +-) 2
~b7 +- would have won easily.
1. .. l:Ixhl 2 as'& l:tdl!
Now White can no longer win.
3 '&e4+ WdS 4 '\Was+ We7 s 'li'Ub7+ WdS 6
'li'Ub6+ We7 7 'li'Uc7+ Wf'S s Wlbs+ Wf7 9 Wlb7+
Wf610 c4
10 b6 hl~ 11 '&xhl 1:Ixhl 12 b7 l:tbl 13
Wc6 Wf5 14 Wc7 Wxf4 15 b8'1W l:Ixb8 16 Wxb8
@e4=.
10 ... hl'& 11 '&xhl l:txhl 12 b6 l:Ibl 13 Wc6
wrs 14 c5 We4!
14 ... Wxf4?? 15 Wb7 +-.
is rs
15 b7 Wd4 16 f5 ll:xb7 17 Wxb7 Wxc5 =.
15 ... WxfS 16 Wb7 We6 17 c6 bicl 18 Wc7
llz­''2
El 1.42 **/
Exercises (Solutions on pages 331-2)
In each of the following examples, the player to
move spoiled a winning position by an overhasty
promotion. In each case try to guess the
El 1.43 **/