how to play chess endgames book

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9 b4? h4 10 b5 h3 11 b6 h2 12 b7 bl'& 13
b8~@xf5 =.
9 ... h4 10 a6 h3 11 a7 h2 12 a8\'&' +-
E4.09
F.Bracker - H.Langrock
Hamburg 2005
We have made use here of some analysis by
Hannes Langrock.
l lt:ixe4!
This is the right moment for White to go into
the pawn ending.
In the game he left the knights on the board
and faced what was in practice an almost impossible
defensive task: 1 cxb5? axb5 2 lt:if3 (2
lt:ixe4? fxe4+ 3 @xe4 @xb3 wins for Black)
2 ... luc5+ 3 ~2? (only 3 @d4!? still promised
saving chances) 3 ... lt:ixb3 4 g3 f4 5 gxf4 gxf4 6
@d3 (6 lt:ih4 lt:id4+ 7 @d3 lt:ie6 8 @e4 @b3 9
@e5 @xb2! -+) 6 ... lbc:5+ 7 @d4 lbe6+ 8 @e5
lt:ig5 9 @xf4 (9 lt:id2 lt:ixh3 IO @f5 lt:if2 11
@xf4 lt:id3+ 12 @g4 lt:ixb2 13 @h5 lt:ia4 14
@xh6 @c3 -+) 9 ... lt:ixf3 IO @xf3 @b3 11 @g4
@xb2 12 @h5 b4 13 @xh6 b3 14 h4 @c2 15 h5
b2 16 @g7 bl'& 17 h6 ~b7+ 18 @g8 '&c8+ 19
@g7 '&d7+ 20 @g8 '&e8+ 21 ©g7 ~e7+ 22
@g8 ~g5+ 23 @h7 @d3 0-1.
l ... fxe4+ (D)
2 @d4
2 @xe4? bxc4 3 bxc4 ~c4 -+.
2 ... e3 3 ~e3 bxc4 4 bxc4 ©xc4 5 @d2
@b3 6 @cl h5 7 @bl @b4
Or:
a) 7 ... g4 8 hxg4 hxg4 9 ©cl @c4 10 q;d2 =.
b) 7 ... h4 8 @cl a5 9 @bl @c4 10 @c2 @d4
11 ~d2 a4 (l l...@e4 12 @e2 @f4 13 @f2 a4 14
@e2 =) 12 @e2 @e4 13 @d2 m4 14 @e2@g3
15 @fl g4 16 hxg4 @xg4 17 @e2 =.
8@a2
Not8@cl?@c59@d2@d410@e2@e4 ll
g3@d412@d2g413h4@c414@c2@b4-+.
8 ...@c4 9 g4 hxg4 10 hxg4@d4 ll @b3 =
E4.10
E.Agrest - M.Parligras
Antalya Ech 2004
l ....i.xf3! 2 @xf3 @c5 3 @e4 @xb5 4 @xe5
@c4!
4 ... @c5? 5 g4 +-.
5 @e4 @c5 6 g4 @d6 7 @f5 h5! 8 gxh5
8 g5 h4 9 g6 @e7 =.
8 .••@e7 9 ©g6 m8 10 h6@g8 11 h7 + @h8
12@h61'2-1'2
E4.11
S.Belavenets - V.Rauzer
Moscow 1937
1 lt:ic6! .i.xc6 2 bxc6 @d6 3 c7 @xc7 4
@xd5 @d7 5 e4 @c7 6 e5?
The king needs this square: 6 h4 @d7 7 @e5
@e7 8 g5 hxg5 9 hxg5 @d7 10 @f6 @e8 11 e5
+-.
6. ..@d7 7 f5 gxf5 8 gxf5@c7?
8 ... h5t (Burgess) draws as can Black can
construct a fortress: 9 h4 @c7 10 e6 f6! =.
9 e6 f6 10 h3 h5 11 h4 a6 12 a4 a5 13 @c4
@c6 14 e7 @d7 15 @b5 1-0
E4.12
A. llyin-Zhenevsky - A.Alekhlne
Moscow 1920
l...Wixe4!
Alekhine has calculated it precisely, right to
the end. Not l...@f6? 2 g5+! @g7 (2 ... @xg5 3
'&g2+ +-) 3 '&xe5+ dxe5 4 @xh4 ±.
2:l.xe4
2 dxe4? ©g5 3 f3 d5 ~-
2 .!;!xe4! 3 dxe4 @g5 4 f3 ( D)
4 a5!!
The only move to draw! Consider:
a) 4 b5? 5 b4 +-.
b) 4 d5? 5 exd5 cxd5 6 b4 +-.
c) 4 c5? 5 a4 b5 6 axb5 axb5 7 b3 +-.