how to play chess endgames book

260 How TO PLAY CHESS ENDGAMES
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16.01
K.Muller - E.Rozentalis
Bundesliga 200617
even must, be defended passively (mostly when
there are only a few pawns left on one wing). On
the other hand there are also positions that require
the defender to wait patiently for the appropriate
moment to begin counterplay. But
there are a large number of cases in which the
defending side lost his nerve, impulsively made
a last active attempt and, after this was repulsed,
found himself in a resignable position.
8) Prophylaxis in Defence
Try to figure out the opponent's plans and foil
them, before it is too late.
5 ... @d7 6 .!:lhB !ixc3 7 Z1xh5, White has sufficient
counterplay.
3 .. .Aa4 4 .tg3 f4 S .txf4 lt:ib2+ 6 Z1xb2
Z1xf4 7@e3 ric4 (D)
7 ... Itxh4 8 f4 Z1h3+ 9 @e4 !ixc3 10 na2
@b5 11 .§.b2+ @c4 12 Z1a2 =.
B
16.02
V.Epishin - P.Nikolic
Bundesliga 200112
8f4@d5
8 ... a5 9 Z1d2 !ixc3+ 10 @e4 Z1h3 11 f5 Z1xh4+
12 @e5 l:td4 13 Z1f2 .§.di 14 f6 Z1el+ 15 @f5
@d7 16Z1f4@e8 17 ~4=.
9 Z1d2+@e6 10 Z1g2 Z1xc3+ 11 @d2 ID'3 12
Z1g5 Z1xf4 13 Z1xc5 l;!xh4 14 @e3 .!:lh3+ 15
..t>e4 l;!h4+ 11z.11z
It should be mentioned that our encouragement
to defend actively is not unconditional. On
the one hand, there are positions which can, or
1. .•@e7?
Both 1...~e8!?and I...Z1c82~xa6nas1 (do
not recapture automatically; 2 ... bxa6? loses to
3 .txa6 ric7 4 .li.b5 .txb5 5 Z1xc7 ~e8 6 Z1b7
.txa4 7 a6 .tc6 8 @c3 +-) 3 q)b4 .txa4 4 Z1c5
I!d8 stop White's plan and should be tenable.
2 ~xb7 l:txb7 3 Z1xc6 Z1b2+ 4 !ic2 ffl>4 5
&2 q)e8 6 .txa6 ~d6 7 .tbS ~xbS 8 axb5
Z1xb5 9 a6 l:tb8 10 a7 Z1a8 11 @c3 @d6 12
..t>b4 @c6 13 !ia6+ @b7 14 @b5 1-0
C) Maintaining a Blockade
If you can completely prevent the opponent
from breaking into your camp, then sometimes