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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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242 How TO PLAY CHESS ENDGAMES

Here Psakhis could have tightened his grip

with 7 Z!xd8 lt:lxd8 8 e5! f6 9 @e3, since

9 ... esm can be answered by IO Z!cl 2..d7 11

Il.c7 +- (Psakhis in CBM).

7 ... Z!xd2 8 Z!xd2 f6 9 a3 hS! 10@d3

10 b4!? was more accurate. Since Black can

hardly move, White should not rush and should

first calmly strengthen the position; for example,

IO ... g5 l J 2-fl e512f5 lt:ld4132..e2! g414

h3! (Psakhis) 14 ... lt:lxe2 (14 ... gxh3 15 lt:ld5+

+-) 15 @xe2 gxh3 16 @f3 @e8 17 l:lh2 and

White wins.

10 ... 2..d711 @c4 h8 12 b4 (D)

B

17 lt:la7!?

17 @e8 18 Z!a2 (prophylaxis, the purpose

of which will soon be revealed, if you have not

worked it out already) 18 ... lt:la7 (White also

wins after I 8 ...@e7 19 lt:lxc8+ Z!xc8+ 20 @b6

~b8 21 'l/c7 or 18 ... @d8 19 Z!d2+ @e8 20

lt:lxc8 Z!xc8+ 21 @b6 Z!c3 22 a4 ltc4 23 Z!b2

+-) 19 @d6 lt:lb5+ 20@xe6 +-.

18 Z!d2 @f7 19 ltd7+ @g6 20 lt>d6 lt:lbS+

21 @xe6 lt:lxa3 22@e7 lt:lc2 23 lt:ld5 @fS 24 e6

lt:ld4 25 @f7 lt:lf3

25 ... lt:lxe6 26 lt:le7+ @e5 27 Z!d5+ +- (Psakhis).

26lt:le7+!?@e4 27 lt:lg6lt:lg5+! 28@e7@f5

29lt:lf4h4

29 ... @g4 30 Z!d8 ~xd8 31 ~xd8 lt:lxe6+ 32

lt:lxe6 b6 33 @c7 a5 34 b5 is winning for White

(Psakhis).

30 Z!dS+ 'it>g4 31 h3+ lt:lxh3 32 lt:lxh3 1-0

C4) Incarcerating a Piece

Sometimes you can trap an enemy piece with

your pawns, so that it cannot get out again, or

can do so only at great cost.

12 ••• lt:la7?

Now the white king penetrates decisively.

l 2 ... Z!d8 ! l 3 Z!xd8 lt:lxd8 (Psakhis), with some

relief through the exchange of rooks, was substantially

more tenacious.

13 @c5 loc814 eS fxeS 15 fxeS Ac616 2..g2

Axg2 17 ~xg2 (DJ

B

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D.Evseev - A.Galliamova

Russia Cup final (Kazan) 2001

White makes a very sharp winning attempt,

relying on his superior structure and the reduction

of Black's dynamic possibilities:

1 ~c5!? Axd2

I ... a6? 2 b4 2..d8 3 ~xd5 ±.

2Z!xb52-cl?

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