how to play chess endgames book

218 How TO PLA y CHESS ENDGAMES
The following construction of a stalemate
box should also be part of your technical arsenal:
12.06
M.Chigorin - S.Tarrasch
Ostend 1905
1 gxf6'!
Now the more active black king is easily decisive.
1 Wg4 We4 2 g6 h6 3 @h5 was necessary,
when the white king cannot be dislodged
from his stalemate paradise.
l...gxf6 2 Wg4 We4 3 @h3 ~f4 0-1
The white rook denies its rival access to the
second rank, so that the white king can be
forced further back only in the very short term.
1 Ik2..i.c3
It seems that White is now in an unpleasant
zugzwang. But soon the point of his strategy
becomes apparent:
2@dl
White retreats voluntarily to the back rank.
His next move shows what he has in mind.
2 ...@d3 3 !Id2+!
Because White has this move available, Black
can make no real progress.
3 ...@c4 4 ~2 !Ie3 5 Wc2 l!el 6 !lg4+ ..i.d4 7
@d2 l!al 8 @e2 lla2+ 9 Wf3 @d310 l:!g6 !lf2+
11 Wg4 ..i.eS 12 l!gS We413!lg6!lg2+ 14@h5
..i.g315~g4+Wf316!lg7 Ila217 !lf7+..i.f418
@g6 @e4 19 @f6 ~6+ 20 ~e7 wes 21 @d7
.ig5 22 ID'S .if6 23 l!f7 @d5 24 @e8 !le6+ 25
@d7 Z'!d6+ 26 Wc8 Wc6 27 !lc7+ @b6 28 !lb7 +
®86 29 !Id7 l!e6 30 !lf7 .ie5 31 Wd7 !ld6+ 32
@e7 @b6 33 !If5 ..i.h2 34 l!f6 11z.112
Many draws in the endgame of queen against
rook rely on stalemate resources.
In the pawnless endgame of rook and bishop
against rook, the '2nd-rank defence' is based
completely on a stalemate trick.
12.07
L.Espig - T.Ernst
Thessaloniki OL 1988
1 @c6?!
Missing the offered chance to exploit the
cramped position of the black pieces: I Wfr'b8+ !?
@e7 2 @c6 l!d8 3 Wic7+ We8 4 Wfr'g7 and now
the rook must separate from his king, never to
return: 4 .. .lldl 5 W1g4 l!cl+ 6 Wd6 +-.