how to play chess endgames book

TYPICAL MISTAKES
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There is still enough material left for White
to win, since the black king cannot come to the
queenside at the right moment.
16 ... hxg4 17 :llxg4+ @h5 18 :llc4 :llb2 19
Wc6:llbl 20<it>b71-0
Lautier laid down his arms in view of20 ... a5
(20 ... :lla! 21 :llc5+ @xh4 22 :lla5 !lb! 23 b5
+-) 21 :llc5+ <Bxh4 22 b5 a4 23 b6 a3 24 :lla5
:llb3 25 @37 +-.
Exercises
(Solutions on page 343)
C) Playing to the Gallery
This phenomenon crops up time and again, especially
in superior positions. In impatient expectation
of the opponent's resignation, the
player with the advantage is no longer content
just with the full point in the score table, but
wants to win in style. In chess this all-too-human
trait can prove fatal. The following position
is an easy win, as the black rook is doomed.
B
El 7.09 **/
White played 1 Wh4 here.
What do you think about that?
17.10
Sharkov - Koshelev
con: 1973
Black will have to fulfil his obligation to
move and so 1 b4! d4 2 lbc4+ would have easily
won.
Instead White played i lbc4+? dxc4 2 b4 ( D ).
El7.10 /**
Black is very close to a draw, since the a7-
pawn is hopelessly weak. He now prepared
the decisive attack on this pawn with l...h6.
Was this a good choice?
Now Black escaped with 2 ... .l:ld4 =.