how to play chess endgames book

CONVERTING
AN ADVANTAGE
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In the following example Vescovi stakes everything
on the strength of his passed pawn on
e7.
20 .i.b4 cS 21 @xcS Ek2+ 22 @b5 If.c8 23
.i.cS If.b8+ 24 @c4 .i.O+ 25 Wd4 libl 26 r:tf3
If.dl + 27 @eS @d7 281U8 tlel+ 29 @f6 Ite6+
30@g71-0
A4) Basic Considerations
Converting an advantage generally involves a
series of transformations.
15.05
G.Vescovi - T.Markowski
Bermuda 2003
1 tlxc6!?
"A pragmatic solution: White simplifies the
position. In view of the giant e7-pawn + g5-
bishop, the opposite-coloured bishops give Black
fewer drawing chances here." (Hom in CBM).
l bxc6 2 lhe5 .i.dS
2 d3 3 @fl +-.
3 b3 @g74 @fl aS S @e2 a4 6 bxa4 @f7 7
@d3 tla8 8 as @e89 .i.d2 llb8 10 @xd4 tlb2
11 @c3 If.xa2 12 @d3 tla3+ 13 @d4 na2 14
.i.el llc2 15 .i.c3 If.xf2 16 lle3 lla2 17 @cS
tla318 @d6 ~g219 .i.d2 tla2 (DJ
19 ... .l'lxe3 20 .i.xe3 .i.fl 21 Ac5 Ab5 22
@c7+-.
15.06
P.Leko - V.Anand
Moscow2004
White has the bishop-pair and the initiative.
As a first step he transforms this into superiority
on the dark squares:
1 .i.xc4! 'li¥xd4 2 cxd4 dxc4
2 ... bxc4 3 lllc5 i!i.
3ll!aS
3 lllc5 ll!d7 ;!;.
3 ... ll!d7 4 .i.c7 0-0 5 dS exdS 6 exdS lof6 7
~hel .i.d7 8 .i.e5 11fe8 9 @b2!
The king himself increases the pressure on
the dark squares.
9 .. Jiac8 10 .i.xf6
The next transformation: White destroys
Black's structure and relies on the superiority
of his knight over the very restricted bishop.
10 ... gxf6 ll @c3 @f8 12 @d4 c3
With this pawn sacrifice Anand tries to give
his pieces some air. If he stays put, his chances
are not rosy either; for example, 12 ... Af5 13 c3
lied8 14 lllb7 If.d7 15 lllc5 .l';!d6 16 llle4 .i.xe4
17 fxe4 ±.
13 If.xe8+ lhe8