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272 How TO PUY CHESS ENDGAMES
Now the second breakthrough
of the game
decides the issue. After 8 .. .f4 9 bxa5 f3+ 10
@d2 bxa5 11 lt:ic5+ @f5 12 lt:ib3 i.e5 only
Black would have winning chances.
9 a5 bxa5 10 lt:Jc5+ i.xc5 11 hS'ifY f4 12
°&h7+ @d4 13 'i1Ud3+ lt>eS 14 ~g6 f3+ 15@d3
i.xf216 'i/Uxg5+ \t>d6 17 \Wxg4 i.cS 18 'i1Hxf3
lt>c6 19 'i/Uf7 i.b6 20 \Wes+ \t>cS 21 \Wd7 d4 22
'i/Uxd4+ 1-0
In the following example Lautier treats the
looming dangers too lightly and acts with insufficient
resolve. If you have pawn weaknesses, it
is often a good idea to become active, to try to
get rid of them.
exchange all the pawns on one wing if possible,
just as in the present case.
5 ©e2!:1.e8?!
5 ... cxb3 6 axb3 a5 was once again indicated.
6!:l.d4!
Here the rook not only blockades the d-pawn
but can also operate rapidly on either wing.
Now Black is no longer able to shed the weakness
at a7.
6 ... @g7 7@d2 cxb3 8 axb3 (D)
B
17.09
S.Rublevsky - J.Lautier
Poikovsky 2004
The position should be drawn of course, but
Black cannot afford to be careless.
l@gl
First Rublevsky brings his king closer to the
centre and simultaneously eliminates any backrank
mate ideas.
1. ..!tfS 2 @f2 liae8 3 lt:ie3
Now he starts to play against d5.
3 ..,gxn+ 4 \t>xf3 ID"S+?!
A mistake, which just drives the white king
where he wanted to go anyway. Instead, Black
should have tried to exchange as many pawns
as possible: 4 ... cxb3 5 axb3 a5 6 lt:ixd5 lt:ixd5 7
!:l.xd5 !:l.b8 8 !:i.d3 gb4, followed by ... a4, would
have led to a drawn rook ending (Postny in
CBM). In general the defender should strive to
8 ... hS?
White is glad to see this, since the pawn is
weaker here than on h7 and White can also, as
necessary, exchange it much more easily. Black
definitely had to chance 8 ... a5 here.
9@d3!
With the powerful threat of lt:ixd5. Theimmediate
9 lt:ixd5?? would fail to 9 ... I:!.d8 -+.
9 ... I:l.e510 ID"4 I:l.e8 ll @d4
There are a lot of comings and goings on the
blockading square, which highlights one of the
main disadvantages of the isolated pawn: the
square in front of it is weak and can be used by
the opponent at will.
11 ...\t>g612 b4
Making it hard for Black to shed the weak
a7-pawn.
12 .•. gb813M!
Confining the black king. The backward g2-
pawn is not really weak, since White can exchange
it at any moment.
13 I:l.eS 14 lt:ixd5 lt'ixd5
l4 !:l.d8 15 ~f6+ lt>g7 16 !:l.f5 +-.
15 \t>xd5 !:l.e2 16 g4