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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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314 HOW TO PLAY CHESS ENDGAMES

a) l. .. @d7 2 1l:a7+ @e6 (2 ... @c8 3 ~xh7

+-) 3 b7 1:1:cl+ (3 ... @e5 4 1l:a5! +-) 4 @b6

1:1:bl+ 5 @c7 1:1:cl+ 6 @b8 1:1:bl 7 @a8 +-

(Armas in lnfonnator).

b) l...@e5 2 1l:b4 1:1:cl+ (2 ... 1l:xb4 3 @xb4

@d6 4 @b5 f4 5 @a6 +-) 3 'i!tb5 @d6 41l:d4+

@e5 51l:c4! 1:1:bl+ 6 llb4 +- (Armas).

2 WbS 1:1:bl+ 3 @a6 @dS

3 ... @e5 4 b7 f4 51:l:aS+ @d6 6 @a? @c? 7

1l:c5+ ~d6 81:l:cl +-.

4 b7 @c6 5 1l:c4+ <li>dS 6 1l:c8 f4

6 ... 1:1:al+ 7 @b61l:bl+ 8@c7 f4 9 b8\\IY 1l:xb8

10 1l:xb8 <li'e4 11 Il.h8 +-.

7 b8'& )hb8 81l:xb8 f3 91l:h8 @e4 10 ~xh7

f2 11 ~f7 We3 12 @bS @e2 13 @cS fl\':!' 14

)hfl @xfl 15 @d4 @g2 16 @eS @g3 17 @f6

1-0

E8.05

G.Bastrikov - S.Kiselev

Sverdlovsk 1946

11:l:el! (DJ

It is essential for White to prevent the set-up

with .. .f6 and ... es. 1 1:1:gl+ achieves nothing:

I...Wh7 21l:g5 (21l:g7+ @h6 followed by .. .f6

and ... e5) 2 ... f6! (2 ... <li'h6? 3 i.e3 ±) 3 .ll:xh5+

Wg6 and after ... e5 Black has good counterplay.

White heads single-mindedly towards a won

pawn ending. 4 i.e3 was also very strong.

4 ••• b6 51:l:xhS eS 6 i.xeS! bxcS 7 i.f6@e8 8

1l:h8+ @d7 9 )hd8+ llxd8 10 .i.xd8 @xd8 11

@f3

The outside passed h-pawn wins the day.

11 •.• @e7 12 @e4 <t>e6 13 @f4 rs 14 h4 @f6

15 hS @e6 16 @gS 1-0

Chapter 9

E9.0l

J.Votava - B.Macieja

Czech Cht 2003

1 ... hc3+!

a) Not 1...i.d4? 2 ~xb5 @xb5 3 .i.b7 i.gl

4 .i.c8 i.xh2 5 .i.xe6 i.xg3 6 i.xf5 i.xf4+ 7

@e2 h2 8 .i.e4 =.

b) Li.fl?! 2 ~a4+ <li'a7! also wins: 3 i.c6

(3 @el i.b5 4 i.hl .i.d4 -+) 3 ... .i.g2 4 i.d7

i.h4-+.

2@xc3 srn (D)

B

The white bishop is surprisingly unable to

escape.

3 b4 i.g2 4@c4 cxb4 0-1

1..J:tfe8

Or: l ... 1l:ae8 2 ~c5 ±; I ... e6 2 ~5 ±.

2 !!gl+ @f8

2 ... <li>h7 31l:g7+ ±.

3 ltJcs 1l:ed8

3 ... 1l:ec8 4 ~d7+ @e8 5 ~e5 ±.

41:l:gS!?

E9.02

J.Pinter - A.Shirov

Izmir ECC 2004

1 ....i.xe3!

After l.. ..i.a2? 2 ~c2 it is not clear how the

white fortress should be breached.

2 'i!txe3 .i.c4! 3 i.d7 bS 4 axbS .i.xbS S i.e6

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