how to play chess endgames book

286 How TO PLAY CHESS ENDGAMES
White is completely winning. Whereas Black
is condemned to complete passivity, after 4 ~f2
White brings his king to the queenside and wins
easily.
El.09
K.Lerner - I.Dorfman
Tashkent 1980
lru'2!!
Surprisingly this is the only winning move,
since it is essential to avoid a bodycheck.
a) l Wb7? 'i&f6 2 @c6 $'e5 ! ! (bodycheck) 3
1!g2 Wf4 4 <i;ds g4 s 1!f2+ $>e3! 6 1!a2 g3 7
We5 @f3 8 1!a3+ @f2 9 Wf4 g2 10 !Xa2+ @gl
11 $>g3Whl =.
b) 1 !Xa2? @g6! (l...Wh6? 2 Wb7 Wh5 3
$>c6 $>g4 4 @ds <i;f 4 s Wd4 $>f3 6 We5 g4 7
l;!a3+ +-; L..<j;f6? 2 1!a5 +-) 2 l:Ia5 $'h5 3
$>b1(D).
El.11
A.Stefanova - Zhu Chen
Jakarta 2004
No, Black can draw.
1..Jk3+?
l ... 1!f7? is also bad: 2 1!xf6+ 1!xf6+ 3 exf6
wxf6 4 Wf4 +-.
The correct way is l...Wf5! 2 exf6 (21!xf6+
Wxe5 3 1!h6 l:If7+ 4 Wg2 1!f5 also leads to a
draw) 2 ... 1!c3+ 3 $'f21!c2+ (3 ... $>g6 is equally
playable) 4@e31!c3+ 5 $'d41!c7 6 $'d51!d7+
7 $'c61!a7 =,
2 <j;f21!c2+ 3 $'f31!c3+ 4 $'f21!c2+ 5 $'el
<j;f5 6 exf6? (DJ
6 1!xf6+ $'xe5 7 1!h6 +-.
Now a bodycheckrescues Black: 3 ... $>g4 ! ! 4
$'c6 $>f4 5 $>d5 g4 :::.
l •.• $'h6 2 $'b7 g4 3 $'c6 @gS 4 @dS g3 5
1!f8 $>g4 6 $'e4 1-0
El.10
A.Selezniev
Tidskrift for Schack, 1923
1 l!gl+!
Not: 1 exf5? 1!a7+ =: l l;!xf5? 1!a7+ 2 We6
1!a6+ 3 @e5 1!a5+ 4 @f4 l:Ixf5+ 5 ~f5 @f7
1 ... $'h7 2 eS! 1!xe5+
2 .. .f4 3 e6 f3 4 <j;f6 +-.
3 Wf7 Wh6 4 @f6 +-
6 ..• $>g67001!a2 8 <j;gl 1!c2 9 l!bS l!cl+
10 @g2 1!c2+ 11 $'0 1!c3+ 12 <j;f4 1!c4+ 13
~es ~c3 141!b71!c5+ 15 $'d41!a5 16 f7 $'g7
17 We4 ~a4+ 18 Wf3 1!a3+ 19 <j;g2 1!a2+ 20
$>gl 1!al + 21 <j;f21!a2+ 22@e31!a3+ 23 Wf4
1!a4+ 24 wrs 1!g4 25 f8'&++ $>xf8 26 Wf6
<j;g8 271!b3 $'h7 281!b5 l:Ig6+ 29 $'f7 1!g7+
30 Wf6 1!g6+
30 ... 1!xg3 ?? 31 1!xh5+ $'g8 32 1!g5+ 1!xg5
33 hxg5 +-.
31@e71!g7+ 32 $'e61!g6+ 33 ~fS 1!xg3
34 1!b7+ $>h6 35 l;!b6+ wg7 36 1!b7+ @h6
112-1/2
El.12
G.Levenfish
1 l!bS!
White cuts off the black king from his passed
pawn, so that he is unable to support its advance.