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how to play chess endgames book

In this companion volume to Fundamental Chess Endings, Müller and Pajeken focus on the practical side of playing endgames. They cover all aspects of strategic endgames, with particular emphasis on thinking methods, and ways to create difficulties for opponents over the board. Using hundreds of outstanding examples from modern practice, the authors explain not only how to conduct 'classical' endgame tasks, such as exploiting an extra pawn or more active pieces, but also how to handle the extremely unbalanced endings that often arise from the dynamic openings favoured nowadays. All varieties of endgames are covered, and there are more than 200 exercises for the reader, together with full solutions.

In this companion volume to Fundamental Chess Endings, Müller and Pajeken focus on the practical side of playing endgames. They cover all aspects of strategic endgames, with particular emphasis on thinking methods, and ways to create difficulties for opponents over the board.

Using hundreds of outstanding examples from modern practice, the authors explain not only how to conduct 'classical' endgame tasks, such as exploiting an extra pawn or more active pieces, but also how to handle the extremely unbalanced endings that often arise from the dynamic openings favoured nowadays. All varieties of endgames are covered, and there are more than 200 exercises for the reader, together with full solutions.

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SOLUTIONS TO THE EXERCISES 291

l ..• b3 2 @xb3 @dS 3 gS @e6 4 @c4 @e7 S

@bs (D)

B

s r6?

5 @e6 6 @c5 @e7 7 ©d5@d7 8 Wd4 (8 f5

gxf5 9 h5 @e7 =) 8 ... @e7 9 @e3 @e6 10@e4

We7 11 f5 gxf5+ 12 @xf5 g6+ =.

6 gxf6+ gxf6 7 @c5 @e6 8 @d4 'i&d7 9 @dS

@e710 e6@d8 11 Wd6@e812 e7 1-0

E2.09

G.Flear- D.Hergott

Londo111987

1...hS?

This immediate undermining is premature.

The passed pawn must advance first. Then Black

can successfully play ... h5 if White's h-pawn

moves: 1...d5! 2@e3 (2 h4 h5 -+; 2 h3 d4 3 a3

@d5 4 h4@e5 5 h5 @f6 6 @e4@g5-+) 2 ... d4+

3 @d3 (3 @f3 @d5 -+) 3 ...@d5 4 @d2 @e4 5

We2 d3+ 6 @d2 @d4 7 a3 @e4 8 @el We3 9

@di @f3 IO ©d2 'it>xg4 11 @xd3 @h3 -+.

2 h3 dS 3 @e3 hxg4

3 ... d4+ 4@d3 @d5? 5 gxh5@e5 6 f6 +-.

4 hxg4 d4+ S @d3 'it>r4 6 @xd4@xg4 7@e4

@gs 8 @e5 @g4 9 @e4 112.112

E2.10

M.Ortueta Esteban - J.Sanz Aguado

Madrid 1934

1...1;txb2!! 2 lt:lxb2 c3! 3 llxb6

3 4Jd3 c4+ 4 lt:lf2 c2 -+.

3 c4!!

3 axb6? 4 lt:ld3 stops the pawn.

4 llb4 aSI S fuc4 c2 0-1

E2. l l

V.Sanduleac - S.Drazic

Subotica 2003

1 a4?

1 @e3! We5 (l ... a4 2 Wf2 =) 2 a4 g3 3 @f3

@d4 4 @xg3 @xc4 5 @f3 @b4 6 @e2 @xa4 7

@d2@b3 8 @cl=.

1...@f4! 2 c5 @es 3@e3 @dS 4@f4 @xcS S

@xg4 'ii>b4 6 @f4 @xa4 7 @e3 @b3 0·1

E2.12

K.Landa - V.Yandemirov

Russia Cup ( Novgorod) 1997

1. •• hxg3

Not:

a) I...f6? 2 @f3 f5 3 exf5+ 'it>xf5 4 gxh4

gxh4 5@e3 e4 6 f3exf3 7@xf3@g5 8@e4+-.

b) l...@f6? 2 @f3 hxg3 3 fxg3 @g7 4 @g4

©g6 5 h4 f6 6 h5+ @h6 7 @f5 @xh5 8 @xf6

@g4 9 @xe5 @xg3 l0 @f5 g4 11 e5 @f3 12 e6

g3 13 e7 g2 14 e8~ gl'& 15 ~e4+ @f2 16

~d4++-.

2 fxg3 g4!! (D)

With this move. Black closes White's road to

the kingside and prepares a breakthrough idea

that prevents the white king from making progress

on the queenside. A fantastic concept!

3 h4@f6 4@d3 @g7 S @c4 f6 6 @b3 @f7 7

@a4@g78@b3

8Wa5?f59@xa6f410b5f3 ll b6f2 l2b7

fl~+ 13@a7'l!Vf714@a8~a2+ 15@b8~a5

16@c8 ~xcS -+.

8 •••@g6 9 @b2 @g7 10 @a3 @g6 11 @b3

@f7 12 @a4 @g7 13 @33 @g6 14 @b3 112.112

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