how to play chess endgames book

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Activity is no help either: 12 .. J!d7 13 @f4
nd4 14@f5 lt:lxe4 15 fxe4 nxc4 16 nxh7 and
White wins.
13 'it>f4 h5?!
13 .. Jfo7 is more tenacious.
14 @fs nr7 15 @e6 lt:le8
15 ... lt:lxe4 16 fxe4 nh7 17 :§.h4 +-.
16 @e5 ne7+ 17 @f4
1 7 @d5 lt:lf6+ 18 @xc5 lt:lxe4+ i 9 fxe4 nxe4
20 nxh5 is simpler.
17 ..• lt:lg7 18 ~d5 nc7 19 @es @e7 20 f4
nc8 21 nal nc7 22 f5 lt:le8 23 l:!a6 @f8 24
nh6 ne7+ 25 ~e6 <tJg7 26 nxh5 :§.c7 27 I{gs+
@h6 28 ng8 lt:lg7 29 r6 1-0
E6.12
G.Kamsky-A.Yusupov
Tilburg 1992
l. ..@c6?
If you have weaknesses, you can generally
not afford to play passively. Thus Black should
play J...I{f5! 2 <tJxb5 (2 f4 @c6 =) 2 ... :§.xf3 3
nxd5+@c7 =.
2l:!g4nh6
2 ... nf5 3 f4 nf6 4 lih4 nf5 5 I{h6+ @c7 6
@xb5 nxf4 7 nh7+@d8 8 @b6 nc4 9 c6 +-.
3 f4 ru6 4 I{h4 l;tf7 5 nh6+ @c7 6 @xb5
nxr41 nh1+ 'it>t8 8 @b6 no 9 :§.h8+ @d710
c6+ @d6 ll nd8+ 1-0
8
Now Black can construct the coffin: 6 ... g4! 7
nb3 na2 8 @fl na3 9 nb5 @d6 10 lt:ld4 :§.xa7
11 @e2 :§.al -+.
2 lt:ld4+ 'it>d6 3 nbs lid7 4 b3 @c7
4 ... g4!?.
5 lt:lc2 @c6 6 nb8 @cs 7 nb7 lt:les 8 lt:lxb4
(D)
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Chapter 7
E7.0l
M.Wahls - F.Dottling
Bundesliga 20002/3
1...nr7?
Black can win by t...nxb2! 2 lt:lxa7 ~bl+ 3
@g2 b3, and then:
a) 4 lt:lb5 b2 5 a7 (5 lt:la3 :§.al 6 a7 bl~ 7
a8~ '&fl#) 5 ... ngr+ 6 @xgl (6 @f3 lt:le5+ 7
@e3 bl~ 8 lt:ld4+ @f6 9 a8~ \Wd3+ 10 @f2
~xd4+ -+) 6 ... bl\W+ 7 @g2 ~c2+ 8 @h3
lt:lf2+ 9 @g2 lt:ldl+ IO@hJ (10@h3 ~f5+ 11
@g2 lt:le3+ 12 @gl ~fl#) JO ... ~e4+ 11 @gl
~el+ 12 @g2 i'.!rf2+ 13 @h3 ~fl+ 14 @g4
lt:le3+ 15@h5 \Wf7#.
b) 4lt:lc6 b2 5nb5 (5 a7 ngI+-+) 5 ... lial 6
a7 (D).
Admittedly the b4-knight will have no squares
after Black's reply, but White can always sacrifice
it, if pressed.
8 ..• nd2
8 ... nd4 9 nxa7 @xb4 (9 ... nxb4? 10 nc7+
@b6?? 11 nb7++-) 10nb7+@c51 I b4+@c6
12 b5+@c5 13 a7 ~a4 14 b6 lt:lc4 =.
9 h3! l:!b2 10 nxa7 @xb4 ll nb7+
Ii l:!a8? @b5 12 a7 @b6 13 b4@b7 is naturally
not what White intended.
11 •.•@cS 12 b4+ @d6
12 ... nxb4?? 13 nxb4 <&xb4 14 a7 +-.
13 a7 na2 14 b5 lt:lc4 15 b6 @c6 112-1'2