how to play chess endgames book

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El.OS
E.Bareev - J.Lautier
Wijk aan Zee 2002
It is essential to nail the white king to the
edge of the board.
l ••• e3+?
This is thus incorrect.
a) I ... !ib4? is also bad: 2 a5 ! !ixb5 3 a6 !ib8
4 a? !if8 5 nb7 +- is a typical win because of
the absolute control the seventh rank.
b) Black should choose l...!ib2+! 2 Wei (2
@gl bib!+ 3 @h2 e3 and White cannot make
progress) 2 ... e3 3 !ie4 (3 a5 !ixb5 4 a6 !ibl+ 5
@e2 !ib2+ 6 @dl bib!+ =) 3 ... g5 4 h4 h6
(Stohl) and Black's activity ensures him the
draw.
2@f3
The contrast in the activity of the kings
speaks volumes.
2 ••.@f8
2 ...!ib4 3 a5 +-.
3~e5@f7
3 ... l!a3 4 !ie4! g5 5 nb4 !ia2 6 b6 !if2+ 7
@g4 e2 8 b7 +- (Stohl in CBM) and the black
king will not survive the attack of the major
pieces.
4 Wxf4 !ib4+ 5 @xe3!ixa4 6 !ie4 na3+ 7
@d4 na2 8 g4 !ih2 9 !ie3 !ib2 l0 @c5@f6 ll
b6 @gS 12 !ic3 1-0
El.06
J.Barle - S.Shipov
Ljubljana 1992
We hope you didn't grab the f3-pawn too
soon.
1...!ibl+!
First the white king must be forced away
from the short side of the pawn, so that he impedes
his own rook from giving check. Premature
are both 1...!ixf3+? 2 @gl 1lb3 3 !ig2+
@f3 4 !if2+ We3 5 @g2 @e4 6 !ie2+ !ie3 7
@f2 = and 1 ... @xf3? 2 fil2+ =.
2@e2@g2!
2 ... !ihl? 3 !ia8 !ih2+ 4@fl @xf35 na3+ =.
3!ia3
3 !ic2 !ib3 4 ncs !ib2+ 5 @el @xf3 6 !if8
!ibl + 7 @d2!ifl -+ and Black will reach the
Lucena position.
3 ...!ib8 4 !ic3 !ie8+ S @dl ~2 0-1
Faced with the fatal threat of ... !ie3, White
laid down his arms.
El.07
F.Bogatyrchuk - I.Mazel
USSR Ch (Moscow) 1931
The game continued:
1 nxh7??
By I nM+ White would have given his king
access to f3 and thus easily held the draw.
l...@d3 2 !ixh7 1lc2+ 3 @f3!ixa2 4 g4 fxg4+ 5
hxg4 c3 6 !ld7+ @c2 7 g5 !ia6 8 !ic7 @d2 9
@f4 c2 IO@f5 cl\W 11 !ixcl @xcl 12 g6 =.
l •••!ic2+ 2 @el !ixa2 3 !ie7+ @d3 4 !id7+
@c2 S ndS c3 6 !ixfS @bl 7 !ifl !ih2 0-1
El.OS
B
Fedorov - Chernikov
Krasnodar 1974
1 ltlg4!
The game continued schematically 1 @f2?,
after which Black began to exchange the active
white pieces by l...lbc6. After 2 lbxc6 bxc6 3
!icl White admittedly won a pawn but allowed
Black to activate his rook. After a protracted
struggle and a few more inaccuracies by White,
Black finally achieved a draw.
1 lbc6 2 !in! lbd8
2 g5!? is no help either. 3 b4 a6 (after
3 ... lbxb4? White mates in six moves: 4 lbxe6+
@g6 5 lbe5+ @h5 6 g4+ @h4 7 @h2 !if8 8
!ixf8 .ixf8 9lbf3#) 4 a4@g6(4 ... b5 5 a5 +-) 5
b5 axb5 6 axb5 lbd8 7 lbes+ @g7 8 g4 xrs 9
!idl @g8 IO lbd7 nf3 11 na1 !ixe3 12 na8 +-.
3h4!(D)