how to play chess endgames book

166 How TO PLAY CHESS ENDGAMES
I ••. Iia4! 2 Jlc8 Jld4! 3 !td8 J;:!a4! 4 .:bs
.:d4! 5 1lc8 Jldl 6 J;:!c2 @e8! 7 @c6 «a 8
.:e2+ @d8! 9 1lh2 ( D)
his rook on the h-file it would be far enough
away from the king and could draw by giving a
barrage of checks.
14 Iie8?
After 14 d6! Iig6+ 15 @e7 Jlg7+ it is clear
that the checking distance is too short: 16 @f6
Jld7 17@e6! +-.
14 ... Il.gS?
As explained above, by 14 ... !tg6+! 15 @d7
1lh6! = Black could have secured the important
h-file.
15 d6! 1lg6+ 16 @d7?
16@e7 Il.g7+ 17@f6 !th7 181le7+ +-.
16 •.. !tgl? (D)
Once again Taimanov turns down the chance
of occupying the h-file and commits his third
mistake. 16 ... !th6! =.
9 ••• J;:!cI+?
After making several 'only' moves, Taimanov
now surprisingly goes astray. It is essential
for the rook to stay behind the d-pawn. In this
respect 9 ... @e7 is logical, but 9 ... Jld3, 9 ... 11d4
and 9 ... @e8 are also OK.
10@d6!
Now White should win. But let us see what
happens now. We have only just seen the beginning
of what became a real comedy of errors.
10 ...@cS 11 Iih8+1 @b7 12 @d7 Jlc7+ 13
@e6! Jlg7 ( D)
Here, White is able to win precisely because
her rook is so well placed on the h-file, and thus
the checking distance of the black rook is shortened.
On the other hand, if Black could place
17 Jle7?
The rook was already correctly placed on the
eighth rank.
17 ... JlgS?
Once again the rook should have gone to the
h-file: 17 ... !thl! -=.
18 Jlh7
Aha!
18 .•. IifS 19 @e7 gn 20 d7
20 @e8+ @c6 21 d7 Iiel+ 22 Jle7 Jlhl 23
Jle6+! +- is simpler.
20 •• l!el+ 21 @d8 @c6
Giving up almost without a fight. After
21. .. Jle2 White would have won by building a
bridge: 22 Jlh4 .:el 23 l;tb4+ @a7 24 @c7
Jlcl+ 25 @d6 .:dl+ 26 @c6 Jlcl+ 27 @dS
l;tdl+ 2811d4 +-.