how to play chess endgames book

280 HOW TO PLAY CHESS ENDGAMES
6 h4 ~a7 7 @fl (7 @f3 @b4 8 h5 @b3 9 h6
c3 10 h7 ~a8 11 ~xf7 c2 12 ~b7+ @a2 13 ~c7
@bl !4g4~h8=)7 ... @b48h5@b39h6c310
h7 ~a8 11 l:txf7 c2 =.
6 ... c3 7 ~c7+ @b4 8 h4 @b3 9 hS c2 10 h6
~6 11 f4 ~xh6 12 e4 ~7 13 ~c5 ~d7 14 eS
~d3 15 e6 ~e3 16 fS (D)
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A.Yusupov - J.Timman
Linares Ct (7) 1992
16 ... nes
l 6...~c3 17 nxc3+ @xc3 18 e7 c I'& 19 e8°@'
°@'c2+ is also a draw but in practice a more complicated
one.
17 ~xc2
17 nxe5 cl Vi¥ 18 @h3 (18 em \'¥/b2+ -+)
18 ... '&fl+ 19@g4 '&d3 =.
17 ... @xc2 18 g4 @d3 19 @f3 @d4 20 @f4
~e4+ 21 @gS @dS 22 'i&f6 ~xg4 23 e7 ~e4 24
@f7 @d6! 25 e8Wfr' nxe8 26 @xe8 @es 27 f6
@xf6 lf2_1'2
from any defensive duties, after which the win
is only a matter of time.
1 ... ~aS 2 @e3 eS 3 @e4
3 fxe5+@xe5 4@d3 @d5 5 @c3 @c6 6 @b4
~e5 = (Yusupov).
3 ... exf4 4 @xf4 @e6 5 @e4 gS 6 hxgS ~xgS
7 @f3 ~as 8 net+ @f5 9 ~e4 ncs 10 ~e3 ~s
11 ~a3 @eS 12 @e3 @e6 13 @e2 @d6 ( D)
13 ... h4? would be premature (typical mistake:
unnecessarily giving up material): 14
gxh4 ~h5 15 ~e3+ 'i&d5 16 ~h3 +-.
J) Following Rules of
Thumb Too Mechanically
Tarrasch's old rule of thumb, that a rook belongs
behind a passed pawn, whether your own
or the opponent's, is surely one of the most
helpful of its type. But actually there are many
exceptions (see following diagram).
1 nal?
After 1 ne4! the white rook has everything
under control, so that the white king is released
14 @f2 @e6 15 fie3+ @dS 16 ~3 @e6 17
@e3h418g4@f619@f4@g620@f3@g521
~a2h31/z-1'2