how to play chess endgames book

DOMINATION 239
White must play for a pawn breakthrough, as
otherwise the gate will remain closed to him.
1 bS!
Not I c5? b5! (l...bxc5? 2 bxc5 @e7 3 ~a6
Ac6 4 ~c8@f6 5 h5 { zugzwang} 5 ... @e7 6 g5
hxg5 7 h6 g4+ 8 @e3 @f6 9 ~xe6 +- - Sulskis
in Informatory 2 ~c2 ~d7 3 Ab3 @g6 4 ~a2
@g7 5 g5 (5 h5 @f6 6 @g3 ~c6 7 g5+ hxg5 8
h6 ~d7 9 @g4 @g6 10 h7 @xh7 11 @xg5 @g7
=) 5 ... h5! (DJ.
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z.mncic - M.Tosic
Yugoslav Ch (Subotica) 2000
Black locks the gate of his fortress, since according
to Sulskis the attempt to force a way in
with 6 ~d5!? can be parried by 6 ... exd5 7 exd5
Af5! =.
1...@e72 h5!?
White consistently follows his strategy, Here,
however, it serves not just to restrict the enemy
bishop but also to be able to stage a pawn breakthrough
effectively.
2 ... ~d7
Or: 2 ... @f6 3 c5 bxc5 4 b6 Ac6 5 ~a6 +-;
2 ... @d6 3 @g3 @c5 4 g5 +-.
3 c5 bxc5 4 b6 ~c8 5 gS hxg5 6 h6 @f67
~c4 @g68 ~xe6! ~b7
Sulskis also refuted 8 ... ~a6 convincingly: 9
~d5 @xh6 IO b7 ~xb7 11 ~xb7 c4 12 ~a6 c3
13 ~d3 @h5 14 @g3 @h6 (14 ... g4 15 ~c2
@g5 16 ~di+-) 15 @g4 @g6 )6 ~bl! @h6
17 ~c2@g618 ~di @h619@f5 +-.
9 ~d5 ~cs 10 b7 Axb7 11 ~xb7 c4 12
Acs Wxh6 13 Ag4 1-0
The following example would also have
been suitable for the chapter on the bishop-pair.
Black is already very cramped, but the bishop
still has a certain freedom of action. White alters
this radically:
1 ~dl! @d6 2 ~hS Itc6 3 f5! Ag8 4 ~e8 a6
5 Itb7 Itc7 6 lixc7 @xc7 7 g4!
White is in no rush and first strengthens the
perimeter wall against the g8-bishop.
7 ••. ~h7
7 ... @d8 is no help: 8 ~xd7 @xd7 9 Axc5
@e8 10 h4! (White plans to hem in the bishop
completely) 10 ... ~f7 ( 10 ... h5 11 g5 +-) 11 h5
~gs 12 ~d6 sn 13 @d3 ~gs 14 c5 Ab3 15
c6 ~di 16 ~f8 +-.
8 h3 @d8 9 ~xd7 @xd7 10 ~xcS g6
10 ... @e8 11 ~d6 g6 (l 1...~g8 12 h4 h5 13
g5 @d7 14 c5 Aa2 15 @d3 +-) 12 c5 gxf5 13
gxf5 Ag8 14 c6 ~a2 15 @d3 +-.
11 Af8 h5 12 ~g7 hxg4 13 hxg4 gxfS 14
gxfS @e7 15 c5 ~g8 16 c6 Aa2 17 ~xf6+!
@d6 18 ~xeS+ @xc6 19 @d4 Ahl 20 ~g3
@d7 21 @eS @e7 22 @f4 ~c2 23 e5 Ab3 24
~h4+ @f7 25 @e3 ~a2 26 @d4 Ab3 27 @cS
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C2) Restricting a Knight
As a rule, the rather less mobile knight is more
easily restricted than the bishop and also gets
into zugzwang much more frequently. We have
already covered a prime example of this, Steinitz's
restriction method, in Chapter 9, Section
A. Now we present examples of the knight's