how to play chess endgames book

30 How TO PLAY CHESS ENDGAMES
1.19
Black's barrier e7-d7-d6-d5 gains the tempi
needed for the draw.
l@e5
1 @f7 @g3 2 @e8 @f4 3 @d8 'iPe5 4 <f,;c7
li:la8+ 5 <f,;b7 'iPd6 6 @xa8 7ic7 stalemate.
1 •.. <f,;gJ 2 @d4 <t,;r4 3 '.tlc5 lba8 4 '.tlc6 @es
S @b7 @d6 6 @xa8 @c7
stalemate.
Exercises
(Solutions on page 287)
El.14 **/
Is the black king close enough
to the safe comer?
A4) The Bodycheck
Now let us look once again at the king's active
possibilities. By 'bodycheck', in chess we mean
a manoeuvre by which one king becomes active
and simultaneously denies the opposing king
access to important squares.
This method plays a fundamental role in the
endgame of rook against pawn as well as in
pawn endings.
El.13 */
How can White prevent the black king from
heading towards the comer square al?
1.20
Ermeni - Cvetkovic
Skopje 1991
White must act precisely:
1@27!
The game continued l eS'iM/?? l;txe8 2 '.tlb7
@c5 3 a6 l;te7+ 0-1.