how to play chess endgames book

252 How TO Pl.AY CHESS ENDGAMES
8 •• J!h8 9 hxg6 fxg6 10 ~hgl lt:ibS 11 a4
0.a7 12 ,z;>d4 as 13 es 0.cs 14 ~cl l2Jb6
14 ... b6 15 e6 ~f8 16 f5 gs 17 ~hi±.
15 J;lxcS dxcS+ 16 @xc5 l2Jxa4+ 17 ,z;>d4
l2Jxb2 (D)
17...)!d8 I8~1 lt:ixb2 l9~e4a420~a2+-.
18~b5!
Dominating the knight and decisively assisting
the d-pawn,
18 .•. a4 19 d6 exd6 20 exd6 ~d8 21 d7@f6
22 ~el a3 23 @c3 ~a8 24 ~e8 0.a4+ 25 ~xa4
1-0
Much too passive when he has so little space.
Black must seize space with l...a5 ! and gain
some squares for his pieces. Then he would be
only slightly worse; for example, 2 ~6 (2 !ic7
@d8; 2 f4 i.a6) 2...~a7.
2b4!
Fixing the weakness at a6.
2 ••• ~b7 3 f4 ~c8 4 ~c8 hc8 5 ~cl @d8 6
@f2 l2Jb8
Now sooner or later Black will be overrun
on the kingside. It was the last chance for 6 ... f6
7 exf6 0.xf6, which would at least provide
some counterplay. 6 ... a5? 7 b5 would play into
White's hands.
7l2Jc5
Good prophylaxis against ... ~d7-b5.
7 ••. ~c7 8 I;tc2 l2Jd7 9 l2Jh3 I;txc2+ 10 ~xc2
l2Jb8 11 l2Jd4 ~d7 12 g4 h6
Easing the pressure with l2 ... l2Jc6 fails to
save the game, as Magnus Carlsen showed con·
vincingly in New in Chess Magazine: 13 l2Jxc6+
~xc6 14 @e3 @c7 15 @d4 @b6 16 a4 ~d7
(16 ... a5 17 b5 ~d7 18 h4 ~c8 19 h5 ~d7 20 h6
~e8 21 fS +-) 17 as+ <li'b5 18 @c3 ~c8 19
,z;>b3 @c6 20 ~d3 +-.
13@e3@c714 a4@b6 (DJ
Both the following structures occur in practice
very frequently.
15.09
M.Carlsen - G.Vescovi
Wijk aan Zee 2006
1 ~acl ~a7?
15 a5+!
Carlsen fixes the queenside, so that his bishop
can exert very strong influence on both wings
via d3 or e2. A typical advantage for the side
with a space advantage is that his pieces often
have more room to manoeuvre.
15 ••• @b7 16 ~d3 ~a4 17 ~e2 l2Jd7 18 h4
l2Jb8