how to play chess endgames book

MATE 223
To have any drawing chance at all, the black Exercises
king must capture the a4-pawn but in doing so (Solutions on pages 333-4)
puts itself in prison.
1 @e4~b4
I ... @cs 2 b3 ~6 3 <&>d4 @d6 4 <&'c4 @c6 5
c3 @c7 6 @b5 @b7 7 c4 @c7 8 c5 +-.
2 @d4 @xa4 3 @c4 bS+ 4 @c3 b4+ 5 @c4 B
bJ 6 ex b3# (1-0)
Sometimes
bait.
you have to offer even bigger
El3.0l /*
Was l...'tft'cl+ a good choice?
13.03
P.Benko
I st Prize, Magyar Sakkelet, 1980*
1 g4 @b2 2 llf2+
Precise implementation of the idea is essential.
2 Zlal? is still too early: 2 ... @xal 3 @c2 h6 4
@cl a5 5 @c2 a4 6@cl h5! = and 2 @c4? al \'¥13
!lxal @xal 4 @b4 'ii>b2 is obviously drawn.
2 .. .'ii'b3
After 2 ... @bl 3 @c3 al'tft'+ 4 @b3 +- the
black queen is powerless thanks to the a6-
pawn.
3 llf6!
Forcing Black to use up his spare move
... a5.
J ... aS 4.l;tfl @b2 5 ltal!!
Sooner or later this bait must be swallowed
and the typical mating finish follows.
5 ... h6 6 @d2 'ii>xal 7 @cl hS 8 gs h4 9 g6
hJ 10 gxhJ a4 11 g7 a3 12 @d2 @b2 13 gS'&
al\'¥! 14 \'¥lg7+ @32 15 \'¥ff7+ @b2 16 ~b7+
@32 17 'tfidS+ @b2 18 'tfibS+ @a2 19 'tft'c4+
@b220~c2#
El3.02 */
Does 1 Wies win immediately?
B) The All-Important First
Check
If both sides obtain a new queen, in a rook ending
for example, then frequently the side that
can give the first check wins.
In the following diagram, Black actually succeeds
in promoting his c-pawn, but in the end
he is not able to make use of it.
1 @c2 llf7 2 g6 Z!r2+ 3 @dl cJ