how to play chess endgames book

DOMINATION 237
El4.08 ****/
White to play and draw.
B) Theoretically Important
Endings
In practice, the struggle of a rook against a minor
piece plays a particularly important role.
We shall thus confine ourselves to just a few
important cases in this area. Normally the pawnless
endgame of rook against knight is drawn, if
the knight is close to its king. Otherwise the
knight can quickly find itself dominated.
Cutting off the knight's retreat.
3 •••@g5 4 ~d5 lt:lb6+ 5@e5 lt:lc4+ 6@e4?!
Completing the triangulation with 6 @e6 was
more accurate: 6 ... @g6 7 1:l.g3+ @h5 8 @d5
lt:lb6+ 9 @e4 I.Zx:8 10 ~g7 lai6+ 11 @f4 @h6
12 ~e7 I.Zx:4 13 ~b7 lt:ld2 14 ~b2 lt:lc4 15 ~b4
lai2 16 @e3 lt:lfl+ 17 @f2 lt:ld2 18 @e2 +-.
6 •.. lt:lb6?!
6 ... @f6 7 ~d4 lt:\a5 8 ~a4 lt:lb7 9 ~a6+ @g5
IO@e5 lai8 11 srs lt:lb7 12 l;tf8I.Zx:5131:l.d8
@g6 14 ~d5 lt:lb3 15 @e4@f6 16@e3 @e6 17
l;tb5 lt:lcl 18 l;tb2 +-.
7 l;tdS lt:lc4 8 J;td4 lt:lb6 9 @es lt:\cs 10 @e6
lt:la711 @d71-0
In the duel with a bishop, often everything
depends on how long the defensive diagonal is.
8
Original
A.Karpov - L.Ftacnik
Thessaloniki OL 1988
In typical style, Karpov keeps everything under
control.
1...lt:lc4 2 ID"3+! @g4 3 ~d3!
Surprisingly, the h2-b8 diagonal is too short
here.
1. .. l;tdS 2 ii..c7
2 ii..a7 'l.'f4 3 ilf2 ~d2 -+.
2 ... l;td2+ 3 @gt l;td7 4 ii..b8 @dS!
The point.
5 ii..h2l;tb7
Depriving the bishop of its last square.
6 @g2 l;tb2+ 7 ~gt ~xh2 8 @xh2 @e4 9
@g2~e3-+
Such duels can be extremely complex. Thus
it was not until 1993 that the Israeli study composer
Noam Elkies proved that the following
position is won: