how to play chess endgames book

Solutions to the Exercises
Chapter 1
El.01
H.Aloni
Shahmat, 1963
As the slowest unit, the king has absolute
priority.
1 @f7!@g42 @e6 hS 3@e5 h4 4@d4! h3
Or:
a) 4 ...@f45 ID16Wg3 6@e3 f4+ 7@e2 +-.
b) 4 ...f4 5 @e4 f3 (5... @g3 6 ~g6+ @f2 7
@xf4 h3 8 ~a6 h2 9 ~a2+ @gl 10@g3 +-) 6
@e3(6 ~f3? h3 =) 6 ... h3 7 @f2.
S @e3 h2 6 ~g6+ @h3 7 Wf2 hllZ:i+ 8@f3
@h2 9 ~g2+ @h3 10 ~gs @h2
10 ... 'it>M ll ggl +-.
11 I!.xfS lllg3 12 ID'8 lZ:ifl 13 @f2 +-
El.02
V.Kovacevic- D.Rajkovic
Yugoslavia 1983
It is essentially a question of the activity of
the kings.
J ••.f4!!
Therefore this move is relatively easy to understand.
However, the game went l...gxh4? 2
gxh4 and Black resigned in view of 2 ... ~a8 3
~c7 ~xa3 4 ~d7+@c4 5 ~d6 b5 6 l;!xe6 ~al 7
:!;{c6+ @d3 8 d5 +-. l...g4+? is also hopeless
because of 2 @f4 followed by infiltration of the
kingside.
2gxf4
Or:
a) 2 exf4 @xd43 !ib3 g4+ 4 @e2 b5 gives
Black compensation.
b) 2 hxg5 fxe3 3 @xe3 £lg7 4 ~b3 ~xg5 5
~b6 l;!xg3+ 6 @f2 ~xa3 =.
2 ... g4+ 3 @g2@e4
Black has compensation; his king - in the
starting position apparently in terrible distresshas
been converted into an active piece.
El.03
V.Kozlovskaya - J.Carvajal
Rio de Janeiro worn IZ 1979
l. .. ~xa3??
This is too greedy. It was necessary for the
king to get involved in the struggle against the
passed pawns: l...~c2! 2 c6 @e7! 3 ~xe5+
@d6!=t.
2~cl!
Now the white rook assists its passed pawns
in the ideal manner.
2 •..@e8 3 c6 @d8 4 c7+ @c8 S d6 ~d3 6
£lc61-0
El.04
M.Narciso Dublan - LI.Andersson
Pamplona 200112
I Ad2?
Played too superficially. White must immediately
mobilize all his forces. After 1 £!el ! the
drawbacks of the active king are also evident:
l...@c6 (J. . .f6? 2 fxe5 fxe5 3 Af2 Wd6 4 Ag3
+-) 2 Ad2 lZ:ixf4 3 .bf4 exf4 4 ~e4 ± (Ribli).
l. . .f6 2 ~el @d6
Black has counterplay. "Steinitz would have
been pleased - he said 'The king is a strong
piece!'" (Ribli in CBM).
3 fxe5+ fxeS 4 @b2 ~hb8+ S ~b3 lZ:ib6! 6
@cl lZ:ic4 7 ~b8?
Now the initiative goes completely over to
Black. After 7 Ab4+ @d5 8 g4 the situation is
dynamically equal.
7 ... ~xb8 8 Ab4+ @d5 9 ~e2 e4 10 g4 e3 11
~@e4
The king follows his pawn, which thus acquires
great power.
12 @dl £lc8 13 ~g3
13 @e2 lZ:ie5 14@fl (14@dl @f3 15 ~g3+
@f216Ael+@fl 17 Ab4~b8+-) 14 ... d3 l5
cxd3+ lZ:ixd3 16 .lla2@f3 -+.
13 ... lZ:ib2+14@cl lZ:id3+ lS@dl lZ\f2+0-l