how to play chess endgames book

316 How TO PLAY CHESS ENDGAMES
18 I:!.d8 ll:ldS 19 b4 !:!.el 20 bS !:!.bl 21 I:l.b8
llb3 22 @e4 ll:lc3+ 23 Wd4 ll:lxbS+ 24 @c4
1k3+ 25 @xbS I:!.xd3 26 @c6! ltxh3 27 @dS
~f3 28 @e6 ~xf2 29 ~g8+ @h7 30 'llf7 I:!.a2
31 ltg7+ @h6 32 .H8 ~a7 + 33 @xf6 lta6+ 34
Wf7 l-O
E9.05
M.Tissir - R.Kasimdzhanov
Ca/via OL 2004
Black has a substantial advantage after his
next move:
1 ... gs? 2wn
Also after 2 @g3 Black can exert powerful
pressure: 2 ... ltd5 3 ll:lgl ..ic7+ 4 @g2 I:!.d7 5
h3 h5 6 ll:le2 ..ib6 7 ltc3 g4 8 hxg4 hxg4 9 ll:lgl
..ic7 10 @fl ltd!+ 11 ©g2 £b8 12 lte3 ..ia7
+.
2 •.. ~dl+ 3 @e2 ~bl 4 £4 gxf4 5 ll:lxf4 ltxh2
+ 6 ll:ld3 ..ibS 7 J.:tf3+ @e6 8 I:!.e3+ 'lld7 9 'llel
Elhl+?!
9 ... @c8l?.
10 'lld2 ..igS 11 f4 J.:th2+ 12 @dl ~h6 13
©cs+ @c8 14 !k3 ..ic6 15 ll:ld3 @d8 16 ..id6
lthl+ 17 'lle2~h2+ 18@dllth319'llc2..ie4
20 @d2 "5 21 .i.c7+ @es 22 .i.eS ..if8 23
©b4 ltxc3 24 @xc3 hS 25 £f6 Wf7 26 ..igS
We6 27 a4 .i.g7+ 28 @d2 £e4 29 We3 £bl 30
©d3 'lldS 31 ©es ..ic2 32 aS ..if8 33 ..id8 ~fS
34 @f3 £b4 35 i.b6 h4 36 ll:lg4 @e6 37 ll:le3
~d2 38 £d8 £el 39 'lle2?
39 @g2 is better.
39 .•• h3 40 WfJ?
40 ©fl is necessary.
40 •.• ..ie4+!! 0-1
E9.06
V.Smys\ov- M.Taimanov
Leningrad 1951
1 b4! ll:le4 2 f3 tbc3 3 e4 ltc7
3 ... ..ixa2 4 b5 ltc7 5 ..ib4 ..ib3 6 lta3 +-.
4 £d6 ltd7 5 i.eS f6 6 ~d3!
The point.
6 ©a4
6 lbxa2 7 i.c3 lbxc3 8 ltxc3 ..ic6 9 b5 +-.
7 exdS fxeS 8 dxe6 J.:txd3 9 ..ixd3 @f8 10
ltel ~dS 11 ..ic2 ©c3 12 ~xeS <#Je7 13 i.b3
ltd2 14 ltc5 ll:le2+ 15 wn ll:ld4 16 ltc7+ @e8
17 ltxb7 i-e
E9.07
V.Kramnik-V.Topalov
Novgorod 1997
Krarnnik made short work of it:
1..ic4!
The killer move. Other moves allow Black to
fight on; for example, 1 .i.b4? ltc7, l ltcl?
..ic7, 1 I:!.d7? ~xd7 2 cxd7 @e7 or 1 £d8?
ll:lxd8 2 .!lxd8 ..ic7.
1 ... f4
Or: l ... ll:ld6 2 ..id8! ll:lxc4 3 I:!.d7 +- (Khuzman
in CBM); I ... i.c7 2 £b4 +- (what a powerful
bishop'): J...lte8 2 c7 ltc8 3 I:!.d7 ©d6 4
..ia6+-.
2 ltd7 t-o
E9.08
R.Biolek - V.Laznicka
Olomouc 2004
1 .•...if2! (D)
l. ...ic7?! shonld definitely also win but is a
lot more complicated; for example, 2 ..ic6 (2
ll:le7? ..ia5+ 3 @di £d8 4 lbc6+ We3 5 ll:lxd8
Wxf3 6 h5 @g3 7 lbe6 f4 -+) 2 ... f4 3 h5 ~a5+
4 @cl @e3 5 lbe5 ~d2+ 6 @di ..ie2+ 7 @c2
i.a5 8 h6 ..ic7 9 ll:ld7 ..id3+ 10 @dl ..id8 11
..ixa4 ..ie2+ 12 @c2 f3 13 ..ic6 f2 14 ..ig2@d4
15 ll:lfB £d3+ 16 'lldl ..if6 17 ll:le6+ We3 18
lbc5 fl'&+ 19 ..ixfl .ix fl -+.
2h5
Or:
a) 2 ©f8 ..ie3+ 3 @di ..ih6 4 lbd7 @e3 5
lbe5 £g7 6 ll:lxd3 Wxf3 7 lbc5 f4 8 ll:lxa4 £d4
-+.