how to play chess endgames book

STALEMATE 217
White must give up his queen to break up the
stalemate pattern: 5 '!Wxf4+! @xf4 6 Wg2 +-.
5 ... hl'&+ 1'2-1'2
The following position is very well-known:
B
12.04
12.03
G.Kasparov - A.Karpov
Seville Wch (24) 1987
1-0
Anticipating the manoeuvre ~f3-e4, with
the idea of ~xg6, Black resigned, allowing
Kasparov to equalize the score in the world
championship match at 12-12 and consequently
retain his title. His position is indeed lost, but
with the courage of desperation Karpov could
have set his opponent a fiendish trap:
1 ...'!Wb4 2 ~f3 '&cs 3 ~e4 '!Wb4 4 ~xg6??
4 f3 ! '!Wd2+ 5 @h3 '!Wb4 (5 ... '!Wh6 6 f4 'i1!/g7 7
'i1!/xg7+ @xg7 8 ~c6 +-) 6 ~xg6 'Llxg6 7
Wixg6 °&xh4+ 8 S>g2 +-. Of course, Kasparov
would probably have seen this trap. But who
knows? Taking into account the enormous tension
that he had to endure during this game, it
would surely have been legitimate to try this
last trap. Perhaps then the course of chess history
would have been different...
4 ... lllxg6 5 '!Wxg6 '!Wb7+ 6 @h2 '!Wg2+ =
B) Theoretically Important
Stalemate Positions
Often the proximity of the corner sets problems
or allows defensive strategies.
With a centre pawn or bishop's pawn it would
make no difference which side the white king
moves to, but here he must go to the edge in order
to win.
1 @h6!
After I @f6?! @h7! White has to go back to
the diagram position starting with 2 @f7 (since
2 g6+? ruins things irreparably: 2 ... @h8 3 @f7
stalemate): 2 ... @h8 3 @g6 @g8 4 @h6 +-.
1. .. @h8 2 g6 @g8 3 g7 @f7 4 @h7 +-
B
12.05
1 ... @bl!?
Good technique! !...@cl?! 2 @c3 bl'Ll+ 3
@d3 is admittedly equally drawn, but very unpleasant
to play if short of time; for example,
3 ... 'Lla3 4 l:lh8 @b2 5 l:lb8+ @cl 6 l:lb7 'Llb! 7
l:lb3 'Lld2 8 ~c3+ @d 1 =.
2 @b3 @al 3 ~xb2 stalemate