how to play chess endgames book

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a long way off. The presence of oppositecoloured
bishop favours a possible attack and
therefore it is imperative to get the queens off
the board. In the game Black was unable to
cope with the fresh difficulties and lost quickly:
2 ... g5 (2 ... @f7 3 h4!? with the initiative) 3 h3
f4? (3...<;1;>f7 is better) 4 '&e5 ± 't&cl+ S <;1;>h2
\11Jd2 (Black should try S ...\\\k2!?, but he should
still lose: 6 '&b8+ @h7 7 .if8 \\Wg6 8 '&c7+
<;1;>g8 9 '&c8 @h7 IO '&d7 + <;1;>g8 11 .td6 \\Wf7 12
\11Jc8+ <tlg7 13 b4 +-) 6 \'!'/f6 ~c2 (6 ... .ixf3 7
Wk°g6+ <;1;>h8 8 '&xh6+ @g8 9 '&xgS+ @h7 IO
.tf8 +-) 7 \'!'/f8+ <t>h7 8 'i&f7+<tlh8 9 .ie7 1-0.
2~xdl ~e2
White's advantage is only minimal. In view
of the opposite-coloured bishops and the active
set-up of the black pieces it will scarcely be
possible for White to exploit his extra pawn.
For example, 3 !:tc 1 .tc4 4 b3 .txb3 S c4 .ta4 6
.td6 .tc6 = or 3 b4 ~c2 4 ~d3 .ic4 5 ~d8+
@f7 6 .l;!.c8 .id3 =.
E4.02
O.Averkin - Y. Razuvaev
Sochi 1982
1 '&dS+! 'i&xdS 2 lixdS!
The only way! After 2 exd5? it would be
much more difficult for White to activate his
di-rook; for example, 2 ... @f7 3 d6 ~d8 ;!;,
2 •.•.l;!.bl!?
2 ... .l;!.c8 3 .l!d7! ± with the idea of ~g2 or
3 ... h5 4~g2.
3 .l!e2?!
White decides not to rush, and did win eventually,
but we shall leave the game at this point,
because the straightforward 3 eS! was even
stronger.
E4.03
Ki.Georgiev - L.Brunner
Moscow OL 1994
I ••• .tf6! (D)
This is the correct move. The game continued
l...'&xc6? 2 \\Wxd8+ @h7 3 f3 and now Black
could no longer prevent White from reaching a
promising endgame with three pawns against a
knight, which Georgiev eventually won: 3 . ..lllb6
(3 .. .f6 4 .ixf6 gxf6 S '&e7+ @g8 6 '&xf6 hS 7
'&g6+@f8 8 '&xhS ±) 4 '&f8 f6 5 .txf6 gxf6 6
\\Wf7+ <;1;>h8 7 iW/xf6+ <;1;>h7 8 '&f7+ @h8 9 \\Wg6
lild7 IO '&xh6+ ©g8 11 '1:1¥g6+ <t>f8 12 h5 lile5
13 \\Wh6+<t>e7 14 \\Wg5+@d6 15 \\Wd8+ tild7 16
h6 \\Wc2+ 17 @h3 °&di 18 @g4 <;1;>c6 19 't&h8
°&hi 20 eS lilxe5+ 21 \\WxeS \\Wxh6 22 Wk°c5+
@d7 23 't&a7+ @e8 24 °®'b8+ @d7 25 '&b7+
@e8 26 '&c8+@e7 27°®'g8 °&h2 28 \\Wg7+©e8
29 '&g6+@e7 30 '&gS+@d7 31 '&g7+ @e8 32
'&e5 <;1;>e7 33 \3'c5+ ©d7 34 \\Wa7+ @e8 35
~xa61-0.
2~c2
Or: 2 .txf6 \\Wxc6 =: 2 \\Wd6 .txe5 3 lilxeS (3
lile7+ @f8 4 lilg6++!? @g8 =) 3 .. .'&c2 4 '&c6
'&xc6 5 lilxc6 lilc3 6 <;1;>f3 lilbl =.
2 .•• \\Wd7 3 .txf6 gxf6 =
Black easily holds the draw because of his
better piece set-up. The white knight must return
to as and the black queen will be very active
on d4. The weakness of the black king
position will not matter.
E4.04
L.011 - V.Zviagintsev
Pu/a Echt 1997
1.. ..ixcS!
Now Black's activity is hard to contain. In
contrast, after I ....tc6? 2 I:Ib4 =Whiteis comfortable.
2 .txcS
2 .tgl ~c7+.
2 ... ~xcS 3 .l;!.xb7 .tc6 4 .l;!.a7 I=!d8 5 c3?
This attempt to stabilize the situation is too
slow. The king must leave the endangered corner
immediately: 5 <;1;>gl .l;!.d2 6 <;1;>f2 c3 7 <;1;>e3