how to play chess endgames book

292 How TO PU..Y CHESS ENDGAMES
E2.13
R.Fischer - M.Taimanov
Palma de Mallorca IZ 1970
11:!.bS!
Threatening c5.
l .. Jid4
l...E!dd8 2 c5 bxc5 3 .l:!.cxc5 ±.
2cS!
2 g3? 1;td2 with counterplay.
2 ... E!xh4+ 3 @gl ~b4 4 E!xb4! axb4 S ~c4
bxcS 61;txcS @g7 7 as .l:!.e8 8 .!:!.cl!
Essential prophylaxis, as 8 ... ~el+ followed
by ... .!:!.al cannot be allowed. One's own rook
belongs behind the passed pawns.
8 ... E!eS 9 E!al E!e7 10 @f2 ltle8 11 a6 .l:!.a7
12 @e3 ltlc7 13 ~b7 ltle6 14 E!aSI
14 ... ltlc5 must be prevented.
14. .•@f6 IS @d3 @e7 16@c4 @d6 I 7 E!dS+
@c7 18 @bS! 1-0
E2.14
H.Pillsbury- I.Gunsberg
Hastings 1895
1 fS!!
Prying open the black structure on the kingside.
l. .. gS
Or: 1...ltlc6 2 ltlf4 +-; l...gxf5 2 gxf5 exfS 3
ltlf4 +-.
2 ltlb4 aS 3 c6 @d6 4 fxe6 ltlxc6
4 ... a:xb4 5 e7 @x.e7 6 c7 +-.
S ltlxc6 @xc6 6 e4!
This breakthrough is the point of White's
play.
6 ••. dxe4 7 dS+ @d6 8 @e3
White wins, since the black majority on the
kingside is crippled.
8 ... b4 9 @xe4 a4 10 @d4 hS 11 gxhS a3 12
@c4 rs 13 h6 f4 14 h7 1-0
Chapter 3
E3.0l
Z.Milev - R.Byrne
Vama OLJ962
1 gS?
This probably throws away the win, and is at
the very least poor technique. The point is that
Black still has the spare move ... aS. The correct
plan for White consists of bringing his king to
b2 and, by playing a3, forcing the reply ... a5.
Then White plays a4, which completely seals
the queenside and deprives Black of his spare
move. Another disadvantage of the pawn-formation
with ... a5 for Black is that in some circumstances
the white knight can attack the
pawn via e7 and c6. So if the white knight is at
f5, ... @g8 is no longer possible for Black. This
manoeuvre should definitely have been carried
out, even if it was not clear whether it was actually
necessary: 1 @e3 @f8 2 @d2 @f7 3
@c2 @f8 4 @b2 @f7 5 a3 a5 6 a4 @f8 7 @c2
@f7 8@d3 @f8 9 @e4 @f7 (9 ... @g8 10 ltle7+
+-) 10 @f4 @f8 11 g5 fxg5+ (l l...'i~i'f7 12
@g4 @f8 13 g6 +-) 12 @xg5 @f7 13 @h6
@f6 14 ltlg3 +-.
l .•• fxgS+ 2 @xgS @f8
2 ... @g8? 3 @h6 a5 4 ltlg3 ltlf6 5 @g5 @f7 6
h6 ltxl.7 7 ltlf5 +-.
3 ltlg3 (D)
B
3 @g7
3 @f7? 4 @h6 @g8 (4 ... ltlf6 5 ltlf5 ltle4 6
@xh7 @f6 7 ltlg7 @f7 8 ltle6 ltlg3 9 ltld8+
@f6 10 ltlb7 lbxh5 11 ltlx.d6 +-) 5 ltle4 a5 6
@g5 @f7 7 h6 @e7 8 @f5 @f7 9 ltlg5+ +-.
4 h6+?!
4 ltlf5+ was a better try: 4 ... @f7 5 @h6 @g8
6 ltle7+ @f7 7 ltlc6 ltlf6 8 ltlb8 @g8 9 ltlxa6
ltle4 and the white king is shut out of play, so
that a win, even if one is possible, would require
study-like means to be achieved.
4 ... @f8