how to play chess endgames book

CONVERTING AN ADVANTAGE
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White is in complete control and slowly but
surely increases the pressure on the cramped
black pieces:
llla2
First he doubles the rooks, to tie all Black's
forces to the queenside. Then, thanks to his initiative,
he will increase his space advantage and
seek a decision on the other wing.
1...llc7 2 llac2 l::rac8 3 a6 @f8
3 ... f5 !? came strongly into consideration, so
as not to let White gain so much space.
4 g4@e8 s rs
White brings up a pawn alongside the head of
his pawn-chain, to increase the pressure against
the enemy base.
s @d7 6 .i.f4 gs 7 .i.e3 h6?!
7 exf5 8 gxf5 g4 was more tenacious; for example,
9 lbel lbaS 10 l::rxc7+ llxc7 11 llxc7+
@xc 7 12 lbd3 @c6 I 3f6 .i.f8 14 lbf4 lbx b3 15
e6±.
8 f6!
The white pawn-chain splits the board in two
and paralyses Black. White will win on the
kingside, since Black cannot switch his forces
there quickly enough.
8 ... i.f8 9 @d3 lbaS 10 1hc7+ ~xc7 11
~xc7+@xc7 (D)
space, whereas he can switch more forces to a
new front.
15.08
V.Smyslov - T.Ernst
London 1988
1 .i.d3! l:irfc8 2 llacl @f8 3 @e3 lbb5 4 g4
Targeting the black h- and f-pawns as potential
weaknesses. A typical procedure.
4 ••. h6 5 h4 lba7 (D)
w
To see how Anand now exploited the typical
advantage of his far-advanced pawns, please refer
to example 2.25.
Normally the player with a space advantage
will avoid exchanges, so that the defender's
pieces tread on each other's toes in the confined
Black plans the exchange of all the rooks on
the c-file.
6l:ircfl!
Smyslov naturally evades the exchange, since
he need the rooks for his play on the kingside.
6 ... @g7 7 f4 llc5 8 hSl
Undermining the black structure, since 8 ... g5
can be countered with 9 fxg5 hxg5 10 h6+@g8
ll h7+Wg712h8\W+llxh813l:irxh8@xh814
llxf7 ±.