how to play chess endgames book

246 How TO PU.Y CHESS ENDGAMES
Al) Bishops are Generally Easier
to Exchange
As we have already seen in the chapter on the
bishop-pair, one of the great advantages of the
bishop-pair is that you can exchange it more
easily.
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After exchanging, White retains a very strong
attack with opposite-coloured bishops:
1 i.xcS! lhcS 2 h6
This nail in the coffin not only grants White
a space advantage, but reinforces his attack on
the king.
2 i.f8
2 .i.h8? 3 llbl l'!c8 4 g5 @f7 5 .i.dl a5 6
i.a4 l'!d8 7 l:Ib7 +-.
3@c3?
Now Black gets a breathing space. With 3 g5
White could have increased his space advantage
decisively. In learn from the legends,
Marin gives the following illustrative variations:
3 ... l'!a5 4 llbl @f7 (4...~a3+ 5 ~b3 l'!xb3+ 6
axb3 a5 7 @d4 @f7 8 c5 dxc5+ 9 @e5 +-) 5
i.dl ~a2 6 llb7 l'!a3+ 7 i.b3 a5 8 c5 dxc5 9
@c2+-.
3 ••. fxg4 4 hg4 @£7 S i.e6+ @£6 6 i.g8
'il,c7
6 ... .i.xh6? 7 ~h6 @g7 8 .!!xh7+ @xg8 9
~xe7 +-.
7 i.xh7 e6 8 i.g8 exdS 9 h7 (D)
9 i.xd5? ~h7 =.
9 ... i.g7?
After this the white attack crashes through.
9 ... llxc4+ 10 @d3 i.g7 11 i.xd5 ~c5 12 @e4
i.h8 was necessary.
10 b:dS .i.h8 ll @d3@fS 12@e3 l'!e7+ 13
@f3 as 14 a4 ~c7 15 i.e4+ @£6 16 llh6 llg7
17@g41-0
A2) Transforming a Static
Advantage into a Dynamic One
A good structure is definitely always desirable.
However, there are also situations in which it is
worth giving up structural advantages in exchange
for launching a dynamic initiative.
White has the bishop-pair and the better
pawn-structure. But this static advantage is not