how to play chess endgames book

288 How TO PLAY CHESS ENDGAMES
2...Wg6 3 Wb6 g4 4 wxa6 g3 5 Wb7 g2 6 a6
gl'tlU 7 a7: and the black king is outside the
winning zone.
3 Wd4 g.>g6 4 @e3 WfS 5 @f2
White holds the draw in accordance with
Bahr's Rule. For example, 5 ... q;f4 6 Wg2 We4
7 @g3 @d4 8 Wxg4 @c4 9 Wf3 Wb4 IO q.>e2
Wxa5 11 Wd2 Wb4 12 Wc2 :.
El.20
J.Moravec
Sachove Umenie, 1950
The white king has to deliver a whole series
of bodychecks before he can bring home the
harvest.
1 WcS!
Not:
a) 1 g4? Wb3 2 Wc5 Wc3 3 Wd5 Wd3 4 We5
q.>e3 5 wrs Wf3 6 g5 @g3 7 Wg6 Wg4 =.
b) I @c6? Wb3 2 Wd5 Wc3 3 We4 Wd2! 4
g4 We2 5 g5 Wf2 6 Wf4 Wg2 7 g6 Wh3 8 Wf5
Wh4 9q;f4 =.
1 ... @b32Wd4!
2 'i&d5? Wc3 3 We4 Wd2! and Black holds
the draw.
2 •.• wc2
2 ... @b4?! 3 g4Wb5 4 Wd5 Wb65 Wd6@b7
6 g5 Wc8 7 We7 +-.
3 We3! @dl 4 g4 Wel 5 g5 Wfl 6 Wf3!
6 Wf4? Wg2 7 Wf5 Wg3 8 Wg6 @g4 =.
6 ... Wgl 7 g6 Wh2 8 Wg4!
8 Wf4?Wh3=.
8 ••. Wo.,2 9 WfS @f310@e6 @g4 l l wf7 1-0
El.21
M.Brodsky - D.Yakovenko
Russian Cht (Sochi} 2004
1. ..!{bl+!
The active rook holds the draw even against
two pawns; after other moves, White's activity
is too strong. For instance, I ... c4? 2 @c5 c3 3
~7+, and now:
a) 3 ... 'i&c8?!4Wc61lbl 5d6Wb86d7!{dl
7 ~b7+ Wa8 811:bl 1!d3 (8 ... c2 9 ~I ~d2 10
Wc7 +-) 9 ~b5 +-.
b) 3 ... We8 4 Wd6 11:al 5 1le7+ Wd8 6 :Sh7
We8 7 1lh2 Wf7 8 ~f2+ (8 Wd7? Wf6 9 d6 @e5
=) 8 ...@e8 9 Wc7 1lxa3 IO ~e2+ Wf7 I! d6
1!a7+ 12 Wb6 ~4 (12 ... 11:al 13 d7 c2 14 d8't1H
11:bl+ 15 Wa5 11:al+ 16 Wb4 ~bl+
17 Wa4
11:al+ 18 @b3 +-) 13 d7 1ld4 14 Wc6 Wf6 15
Wc7 1!c4+ 16 Wd8 c2 17 We8 cl~ and now
White has the all-important first check: 18
d8't1U+ Wf5 19 't1Hd3+ +-.
2 Wxc51!cl+!
White cannot break through, since his rook
can no longer break free.
3 Wb61lbl+ 4 wa7 ~b5 5 d6
5 a4 1!b4 6 a5 1lb5 =.
5 ~b3 6 a4 1lb4! 7 as 11:bS
7 !lbl? 81lb61lal 9 a6 Wc8 10 d7+ Wxd7
11 Wb71lcl 12 a7 1!c7+ 13 @a61lc8 14 ~b8
+-.
8 was We6 1/z-1'2
El.22
V.Anand - S.Lputian
Moscow tt 2004
1 .•. 1ld8+?
Of course, the rook must abandon the a-
pawn, but this is the wrong way. Alexander
Baburin showed the right idea in Chess Today:
l...1!f8!! (D) prepares to set up Vancura's drawing
position:
a) 2 Wc5 Wxg5 31lxa51lf4 4 ~a8 Wg6 5 a5
~f5+ 6 @c6 Wg7 = (Vancura).
b) 2 @e4 !{e8+! 3 Wd3 (3 ~e5 1!xe5+ 4
Wxe5 Wxg5 =) 3 ... ~f8!! 4 ~xa5 ~f4 =.
c) 21lxa5 ~4+ 3 Wc3 1!f3+ 4 Wb4 ~f4+ 5
Wb5 'ii>xg5 6 ~a8 1lf5+ 7 Wc6 1lf6+ 8 Wd5
~f5+ 9 We61lf6+ 10 We7 Wg6 11 a5 ~f7+ 12
We61lf6+ 13 We51lf5+ 14 We4 ~b5 (Baburin)
15 a6 Wg7 16 ~c8 1la5 17 1!c6 q;f7 =.