how to play chess endgames book

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SOLUTIONS TO THE EXERCISES
@es nh3 20 @e4 nh4 21 .i.e2 l:!h2 22 @f3 4 @f2 nc2+ 5 @fl hxg3 6 l:ixg3 g6 7 ngs
@d4 23 .t.n nht 24 @£2 f{hS 112.112 nc4 8 ng4 @fS 9 l:!gS+ @e4 10 @f2 nc3 -+.
2@c4!ndl
Now it is too late for 2 ... nf8 3 ncs +-.
Chapter 2
3 nxa5 na1 4@b3 nhl+ 5 @a3 1-0
E2.01
El.23
S.lonov- N.Pushkov
V.Anand - A.Shirov
Wijk aan Zee 2004
Russian Ch (Elista) 2001
1 ncS+! @h7 2 e6 1-0
1...ngS!
Passively clinging on to the a-pawn would be
Black threw in the towel since a pawn is getting
through: 2 .. .fxe6 3 f7 +-.
fatal: l...@e6? 2 @g3 +-.
2f5
E2.02
Or:
a) 2 nxa7 @e6 3 nas ng4 4 fS+ @f6 =
(Khuzman in CBM).
b) 2 l:!gS nxgS 3 fxgS @eS 4 @g3 @fS 5
@h4 @g6 6 a4 a5 =.
L.Thiede - O.Wegener
Bundesliga 2005/6
1 b4! axb4 2 as 1-0
Black resigned in view of 2 ... b3 3 a6 .i.e3 4
l:!d7+ Sld4 5 a7 b2 6 a8'& bl'& 7 'm'e4+ +-.
2 ...@e7 3 ~xa7 + @£6 4 l:!aS l:!g4 5 a4 l:!b4?
Shirov wants to set up the Vancura position, E2.03
but it comes just too late. Instead of this he
should simply maintain the barrier on the g-file.
Without his king, White cannot achieve anything:
s ... ng8 6 nbs l:!g4 1 a5 @gs 8 ndS @f6
9 @h3 ng1 IO @h4 l:!g2 = (Khuzman).
A.Aleksandrov - V.Popov
Moscow2006
White's structure is weak and Black exploits
this in textbook fashion:
1...nc4!(D)
6 @g3 nc4 7 @f3 nh4 8 @e3 ng4 9 @d3
l:'.!.f4 10 ~as @g7 11 na1+ @1'6 12 ~5 l:!h4 13
@c3 :W-4 14 @d3 l:!h415 nasr 'it>xfS 16 a5 @g6
I 6 ... @e6 17 a6 @d7 18 «t l:ia4 19 l:!h8 +-.
17 a6@g7 18 na7+!
18 @c3? nh6! 19@b4 l:!f6 = (Vancura).
18 .••@£6
18 ...@g8 19 nh1 +-.
19 @c3! ne4 20 nh7 na4 21 a7 1-0
El.24
V.lvanchuk - V.Kramnik
Linares 1998
1 ... c4! ! 2 bxc4
After 2 .i.xc4? nd2+ 3 @e3 nxc2 4 <'t:lf3
!Ixa2 Black holds all the trumps.
2 ... nbs 3 c5 nb2 4 c6 @e7! 5 lt:lxg6+ @d6 6
2g3
2 ngs+@h6 3 g3 nd4(3 ... h4?! 4l:!g4 hxg3??
lt:leS nxa2 7 <'t:lc4+
5 !lh4+ @g6 6 fS+ +-) 4 l:!aS (4 @f2 .t!dS 5
7 @e3 na1 8 .i.c4 a2 9 .i.xa2 nxa2 =. nxdS exdS 6 @e3 @g6 7 @d4 @fS 8 @xdS h4
7 @c7 8 @g3 !!al
-+) 4 ... h4 5 l:!a7 @g6 6 na3 hxg3 7 nxg3+ @f6
8 l:!xc2? 9 lt:lxa3 lk3? 10 <'t:lbS+ +-.
8 l:!g4 g6 9 ~f2@f5 10@g3 f6 -+.
9 <'t:lxa3 nxa3 lO@h4 'it>xc6 11 @g5 l:!aS 12
.i.xfS @d6 13 @g4 @e7 14 .i.d3 lk5 15 @£3
@d6 16 @e4 l:!hS 17 c4 nh4 18 @f5 @c5 19
2 ... h4
The vital undermining.
3 l:!g5+ @£6 4 .tl:g4