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how to play chess endgames book

In this companion volume to Fundamental Chess Endings, Müller and Pajeken focus on the practical side of playing endgames. They cover all aspects of strategic endgames, with particular emphasis on thinking methods, and ways to create difficulties for opponents over the board. Using hundreds of outstanding examples from modern practice, the authors explain not only how to conduct 'classical' endgame tasks, such as exploiting an extra pawn or more active pieces, but also how to handle the extremely unbalanced endings that often arise from the dynamic openings favoured nowadays. All varieties of endgames are covered, and there are more than 200 exercises for the reader, together with full solutions.

In this companion volume to Fundamental Chess Endings, Müller and Pajeken focus on the practical side of playing endgames. They cover all aspects of strategic endgames, with particular emphasis on thinking methods, and ways to create difficulties for opponents over the board.

Using hundreds of outstanding examples from modern practice, the authors explain not only how to conduct 'classical' endgame tasks, such as exploiting an extra pawn or more active pieces, but also how to handle the extremely unbalanced endings that often arise from the dynamic openings favoured nowadays. All varieties of endgames are covered, and there are more than 200 exercises for the reader, together with full solutions.

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3 @a4 @e5 4 @b3 @d4 5 c5 Ae5 -+.

3 ... @dS4c6

4 Wa5 Wc4 5 c6 bxc6 6 b7 Ac7+ 7 Wa4 Wd3

8 @b3 @d4 9 @a4 @c4 IO @a3 @b5 11 @b3

..id6-+.

4 ... bxc6+ S Wa6 Wc4 6 WaS

6@b7@b5-+.

6 •.• Ad6 7 b7 Ac7+ 8 @a4 @dS 9 @b3 @d4

IObS cs-+

E4.31

I.Naumkin - M.Cornette

Montecatini Terme 2006

l. .. g6!

Not: 1...@g8? 2 @e5 @f7 3 @f5 +-; l...g5?

2 @e5 @g8 3 @f6 g4 4 @g6 g3 5 lbf4 @h8 6

@xh6 @g8 7 @g6 @h8 8 h6 @g8 9 h7+@h8 IO

@h6 g2 11 l2:ig6#.

2 l2:if8+ @g7 3 l2:ixg6 @f6 4 l2:if4 ©gS! ( D)

4 ... @f5? 5 l2:ie6 ©!6 (5 ... c.t.g4 6 l2:ig7 @g5 7

@e6 +-) 6 c.t.d6 @f5 7 We? Wg4 8 l2:ig7 +-.

3..idl h4

3 ... l2:ic4 4 a4 +-.

4g4! @f4

After 4 ... l2:ixg4+ 5 Axg4 @xg4 6 a4 the

black king is unable to enter the square of the

pawn.

S a4 lbc6 6@h3 @gS 7 Af3 l2:id4 8 aS lZ:ibS 9

Ac6 l2:ia7 10 ..ib7 lZ:ibS 11 a6 l2:ia7 12 Ads 1-0

E4.33

P.Leko - J.Piket

Monte Carlo (Amber rpd] 2001

1...lZ:ifS+?

The correct way is l...g4! 2 Axc6 (2 Ac2

l2:if5+ 3 @c5 g3 4 fxg3 l2:ixg3 5 @xc6 l2:ie2 =)

2 ... l2:if5+ 3 @c5 (3 @d3 @e5 4 b5 g3 5 f4+ @d6

=) 3 ... g3 4 f4 lbe3 5 b5 @e7 6 b6 @d8 =.

2 @cS c.t.eS 3 Axc6 l2:id4 4 bS lZ:ixbS S @xbS

@f4 6 @c4 g4 7 Ahl g3 8 f3 @e3 9 ©dS 1-0

E4.34

V.Mikhalevski - A.Vydeslaver

Israeli Ch (Jerusalem) 1996

1 AfS! (DJ

B

S@e5

5 @e6 Wxf4 6 @f6 @e4 7 @g6 @e5 8 @xh6

@f6=.

s •.. @g4 6 @e4 @gS 7 @f3 @h4! 8 @f2@g4

9 @e3 @gS IO @f3 c.t.h4 11,.11,

E4.32

P.Bakalar - J.Lechtynsky

Czechoslovak Ch (Brno) 1990

1 ... @g6 2 Axa4 @xgS?

Too violent. 2 ... l2:ic4 draws: 3 Ac2+ @xg5 4

Ad3 (4 a4 h4 =) 4 ... l2:ixa3 5 @h3 @f6! (5 ... h4?

6 g4 +-) 6 @h4 @e5 7 @xh5 @d4 =.

White obviously does nothing at all about

the threat to the e5-pawn. Once the g6-bishop

disappears from the board, White penetrates

with his rooks to the seventh rank.

l. .. AxeS 2 Axg6 fxg6 3 Axes ~xeS 4 ~ff7

White now safely turns his advantage to account.

4 ... ~cs s ~g7+ c.t.rs 6 !txh7 @g8 7 !tdg7+

@f8 8 Itxb7@g8 9 ~bg7+ @f810 .l:I.f7+ ©g8

11 Ithg7+ @h8 12 !txg6 b4 13 axb4 !tb8 14

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