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how to play chess endgames book

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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234 How TO Pl.AY CHESS ENDGAMES

13 ... e4 14 ltJxe4 !ic2+ 15 @bl ~xa2 16

Jld2?

16 Jlcl! !ib7 17 Jlhdl and White is not

worse.

16 ... J:Xxd217 ~d2 Jld8 18 ltJf3? (D)

18 ltJe4 was necessary.

7ltJbl?

This is a very unfortunate square for the

knight. It should instead have been centralized:

7 ltJe4 ltJxe2 8 b4 and the white king is safe for

now.

7 .• J:thc8?

7 .. J:thf8! 8 f4 b4+ 9 @a4 b3 10 axb3 ltJxb3

11 fxe5 Jlfc8 12 ~3 Jlc5 13 @a3 Jla5+ 14

ltJa4 ltJc5 15 Jld4 !ib3+ 16 @a2 Jle3-+.

8 e3 ~2+ 9 @b3 lbal+ 10@a3

10 ~b4?? Jlc4+ 11 @a5 Jla4#.

10 ... aS 11 b3! ~2+ 12 'it.>b2 ltJb4 13 ~3

After 13 Jld2? e4 14 J:Xhdl ltJd3+ 15@al a4

16 bxa4 bxa4 + (Stohl) the mighty knight gives

Black a clear advantage.

18 Jld3?!

18 Jlf8!? 19 ~4 Jlxf2 20 ltJxb5 Jle2 -+

(Stohl).

19 S'b2 a4 20 bxa4 bxa4 21 ltJd4?

21 Jlal 1tb3+ 22 @cl Jlc3+ 23 @b2 Jlc2+

24@a3~3+.

21 ••. a3+ 22@bl 1ld2 23!icl Jlxf224Jlc7+

@f6 0-1

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