how to play chess endgames book

300 How TO PLAY CHESS ENDGAMES
12 gd3 was more tenacious.
12 ••. ga3 13 f!.d3 f!.c4 14 '.t>d2 '.t>f5 15 ge3
f!.e4 16 ~d3?! f!.xe3+ 17 @xe3 e5 18 fxe5
@xe5 19 '.t>f2 @e4 20 fl.el+ '.t>d3 21 ge6
'.t>xc3 22 f!.xg6 d4! 23 fl.gs d3 24 f!.xb5?1 fl.a 1
25 f!.xh5 d2 26 IldS dl'IW 27 .lhdl .lhdl 28
'.t>e3 '.t>xb4 29 h5 @cs 30 '.t>e4 '.t>d6 31 @f5
'.t>e7 0-1
E4.20
P.Leko - R.Hiibner
Dortmund 2000
1 gb4! (D)
B
After the exchange of the active rook, the
rest is just a matter of technique.
l...exd5
Or: I ... 'f1d 1 2 E{e4 +-; I ... l!xd5 2 .i.xd5 exd5
3 f!.ba4 .i.f5 4 gas +-.
2 .lhd4 exd4+ 3 '.t>xd4 .i.e6 4 '.t>e5 .i.f7 5
f!.38 .!has 6 .i.xa8 d4 7 '.t>xd4 '.t>e7 8 '.t>e5 .i.e6
9 .i.e4 .i.d7 10 c3 .i.e6 11 .i.g61 .i.c8 12 .i.h5
.i.d7 13 f3 .i.e6 14 .i.g4 .i.f7 15 MS '.t>d6 16
'.t>xg5@c5 17 f4 '.t>c418 f5 '.t>xc319 f6 gxf6+
20 '.t>xf6 .i.c4 21 h4 b5 22 h5 b4 23 h6 b3 24 h7
b2 25 .i.fS! .i.d3 26 hd3 1-0
E4.21
V.Kramnik - B.Gelfand
Astana 2001
1 f!.f7+!
By exchanging rooks, Kramnik demonstrates
good technique. The minor-piece ending is easily
won, whereas with rooks still on the board
Black could put up stiff resistance.
1 '.t>xf7
l '.t>g6 2 'f1c7 +-.
2 ltid6+ '.t>e7 3 ltixc4 '.t>d7 4 '.t>f3 '.t>c6 5 e4
'.t>cS 6 ltie5 fxe4+ 7 '.t>xe4 '.t>b4 8 ltic6+ '.t>xa4 9
ltid4 '.t>b4 10 ltixe6 ~c4 11 g4 .i.f6 12 h3 .i.b2
13 h4 .i.c314 f5 .i.b2 15 ltixg7!? .i.xg7 16 g5
1-0
E4.22
A.Yusupov - S.Dolmatov
Wijk aan Zee Cr (6) 1991
1 •• Jlb8!
Black must retain the rook to be able to generate
effective counterplay with the b-pawn. After
1 ... 'f1xg2+? he would inevitably slip sooner
or later into zugzwang: 2 '.t>xg2 .i.el 3 '.t>f3
i.g3 4 ge3 .i.h2 5 Ilel .i.g3 6 ge2 +-.
2'f1gl
2 'f1g5 b3 3 ~xc3 b2 4 'f1gl b!'IW 5 l!xbl
l!xbl 6 'f1c2 'f1b4 7 'f1g2 'f1xa4 8 'f1g7+ '.t>e8 9
'f1d7 'f1xc4 IO 'f1xd6 'f1d4 = (Yusupov),
2 .•. .i.d4 3 'f1bl 'f1g8 4 'f1db3 .i.f2! 5 zn
.i.g3+ 6 '.t>h1 'f1g7 1 'f1b2 ggs s rrb3 'f1g7 9
'f1b2 'f1g8 10 'f1bbl 'f1g7 11 'f1f3 'fl,.g8 12 'f1bfl
'f1g7 13 'f1e3 'f1g8 1/z-1/z
E4.23
V.Epishin - P.Smirnov
Russian Ch (Elisca) 2001
Yes.
1 'f1b6! .lhb6 2 .i.xb6 '.t>e6
2 ... .i.h6 3 g5+!! +-.
3.i.d8?!
3 .i.c7! .i.f6 4 f3! i.g7 5 g5 (zugzwang)
5 ... .i.h8 6 .i.a5 .i.g7 7 .i.c3 +- followed by f4
(Tsesarsky in CBM) .
3 .•• .i.f8 4 g5?
4.i.c7 +-.
4 •••.i.33 5 g6 .i.f8 6 .i.gS .i.g7 7 .i.h4 .i.h6 8
f3 fil8 9 .i.d8 .i.h6 10 .i.h4 i.f8 11 f4 exf412
'.t>xf4 .i.g7 13 '.t>g5 '.t>e7 14 '.t>fS+ @f815 .i.f6
@g816.i.xg7 '.t>xg717 '.t>g5'.t>g818 '.t>h6 '.t>h8
19 g7+ 1/z-1/z
E4.24
L.Stein - M.Tal
USSR Ch (Leningrad) 1971
l ltid21 .i.xg2 2 ltixc4!
2 '.t>xg2?! ltib6 is unclear.