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In this companion volume to Fundamental Chess Endings, Müller and Pajeken focus on the practical side of playing endgames. They cover all aspects of strategic endgames, with particular emphasis on thinking methods, and ways to create difficulties for opponents over the board. Using hundreds of outstanding examples from modern practice, the authors explain not only how to conduct 'classical' endgame tasks, such as exploiting an extra pawn or more active pieces, but also how to handle the extremely unbalanced endings that often arise from the dynamic openings favoured nowadays. All varieties of endgames are covered, and there are more than 200 exercises for the reader, together with full solutions.

In this companion volume to Fundamental Chess Endings, Müller and Pajeken focus on the practical side of playing endgames. They cover all aspects of strategic endgames, with particular emphasis on thinking methods, and ways to create difficulties for opponents over the board.

Using hundreds of outstanding examples from modern practice, the authors explain not only how to conduct 'classical' endgame tasks, such as exploiting an extra pawn or more active pieces, but also how to handle the extremely unbalanced endings that often arise from the dynamic openings favoured nowadays. All varieties of endgames are covered, and there are more than 200 exercises for the reader, together with full solutions.

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MATE 225

Exercises

(Solutions on page 334)

El3.03 /**

What is your assessment of this position?

13.06

M.Botvinnik - G.Levenfish

Moscow/Leningrad (6) 1937

1 gS!? I;!.dl+?

Fatally denuding the defence. The other rook

should become active with 1. .. l;!.xb3, so that

White has nothing better than giving perpetual

check with 2 Xlxg7+ @h8 3 l;!.h7+.

2~2Xld2+

2 ... e3+ 3 @xf3 !If!+ 4 @e2 l:!f2+ 5 'i&xe3

l'.!bf4 6 l;!,xg7+@h8 7 gxh6 +-.

3 'it>el (DJ

El3.04 ***/

White to play and win.

C) Rooks in Seventh Heaven

Two rooks on the seventh rank exert great

power, but they are often unable to win on their

own. However, if support is available in the

form of the king or a pawn on the sixth rank,

then the situation will rapidly become precarious

for the defender, as in the following example.

White has the draw in hand and tries to bring

up the reserves:

3 ••• l;!.e2+

After 3 ... f2+ 4 @xd2 mW 5 l;!.e8+ '&f8 6

l;!,xf8+ @xf8 the rook is surprisingly lost: 7

'i&c3 +-.

400 hxgS

4 ... 'it>f8 5 gxh6 gxh6 6 Xlh7@g8 7 I;!.hd7 +-.

S l;!.xg7+ 1-0

Levenfish resigned in view of 5 .. .<.tJf8 6 h6.

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