how to play chess endgames book

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8 ...@cS 9 Sl..f7 @d4 10 @d2 Sl..d7 11 Sl..b3
Sl..e8
Zugzwang.
12 Sl..c2 @c4 13 Sl..dl .tc6 14 h3 .td7 15 h4
Ac6 16 h2+ @b3 17 @cl @32 18 Ac4+ b3
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E4.16
L.Aronian-A.Volokitin
Bundesliga 2005/6
1 .teS!
Not I 'll,ee7? Ii'.d3 2 Ii'.a7 Ii'.dd8 3 Ii'.ed7! a3,
when Black has winning chances.
1...Ii'.b3 2 .i.xb2 Ii'.xb2 3 Il'.ee7 Ii'.b4 11z.11z
Or 3 ... Ii'.f8 4 Ii'.a7 Ii'.b4 5 f3 @h8 6 @g3 =.
E4.17
J.Piket - V.Topalov
Monte Carlo (Amber blindfold) 2000
l. ..'fil'xa4? (D)
1...~6? is also bad: 2 \Wf3 't¥/xb2 3 'll,xc4 ±
(Stohl in CBM). Black must enter the rook ending.
Therefore I •.. Ii'.xb2 2 '&xc4 \Wxc4 3 Ii'.xc4
Ii'.a2 or l...\\l¥xc3 2 Il'.xc3 Ilxb2 3 Ii'.xc4 l:ta2 was
necessary and should be tenable.
2 \Wd4! 'fil'a6
2 ... &2 3 Il'.el \Wb5 4 '&d8+ @g7 5 Ii'.e8
Ii'.xb2 (5 ... @h66l:te7 \Wxb2 7 Ii'.xf7 +-) 6 Ii'.g8+
@h6 7 'fil'f8+ @g5 8 'fil'e7+ 'it>h6 9 g4! +-
(Stohl).
3 laxc4 l:txb2 4 \Wd8+ @g7 5 Ii'.c8 Ii'.bl + 6
@h2 'l:Yle6 7 \Wd4+?
Instead of this move, which only led to a
draw in the end, White could have won with 7
'fil'f8+ @f6 8 \Wh8+ @g5 (8 ... @f5 9 'll,c5+ 'it>e4
10 f3+ @e3 11 Ii'.e5+ +-) 9 Il'.c5+ f5 (9 ... 'it>h6
10 \\l¥f8#) 10 'l'Wd8+ @h6 ll ~4+ «a 12
Ii'.c7+ +- (Stohl).
E4.18
C.Bauer - J.Speelman
Escaldes Z 1998
1 .txc3?
I Ii'.g3 ! 2 loxa4 'it>b5 3 loc3+ .txc3 4 @xc3
(4 bxc3 Ii'.xf3+ 5 @d2 'it>a4 -+) 4 ... Ii'.xf3+ 5
@d2 @xc5 + (Finkel in CBM).
2 @xc3 'it>xcS 3 Ii'.el Ii'.c2+ 4 @d3 @dS
4 ... Ii'.xb2 5 :l:xe5+@d6 6 Ii'.e4 Ii'.f2 7 h4 =.
5 Ii'.e2 Ii'.c4?
Allowing White to exchange the rooks very
favourably. Black should prefer 5 ... Ii'.cl 6 Ii'.e4
6 Ii'.xeS+ 'it>xeS 7 @xc4 h4 8 @b4 @f4 9
'it>xa4 @g3 10 f4!
Good technique, retaining connected passed
pawns.
10 ... @xh3 11 rs 'it>g4 12 f6 h3 13 r1h214
f8\\l¥ hl\W 15 \Wg8+ @fS 16 \\l¥f7+ @eS 17
@xb3 'it>d6 18 \la'c4 @d7 19 a4 '&el 20 \Wd4+
We6 21 @a2 \We2 22 as @e7 23 @a3 'it>e8 24
a6 l-0
E4.19
A.Felsberger - S.Dolmatov
Kazan ECC 1997
1 g3?!
This is a serious inaccuracy, since now Black
has the opportunity to make some progress. After
I b3! Axd3 2 cxd3 a draw would be practically
unavoidable; for example, 2 ... d4!? 3 Ii'.c4!
l. .. Il'.b6! +
Now it is no longer easy to resist Black's
pressure. Felsberger makes no big mistakes but
fails to combat Black's activity with sufficient
energy.
2 hc4 Il'.xc4 3 b3 Ii'.cS 4 Ii'.e3 Ii'.bc6 5 Ii'.d3
bS 6 axbS axbS 7 b4
7 c3 b4 8 Ii'.c2 f6 9 Ii'.cl @f7 10 Ii'.c2 g5! +
(Finkel in CBM).
7 •.• Il'.c4 8 c3 Ii'.a6 9 Il'.c2 f6!
Opening a second front.
10 I!d4 'll,c8 11 exf6+ @xf6 12 @e3?