how to play chess endgames book

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6 Ad3 @f6 7 Ah 7 (7 lt:Jd4? ! Axd4 8 exd4 @g5
-+) 7...<$Je5 8 Ad3 @d6 (8 ... Af5? 9 Axfs
@xf5 IO @f3 @e5 11 @f2 =) 9 Ag6 @c5 10
Ad3 d4! (opening the position for the bishops)
11 exd4+ Axd4 12 Ae4 ( I 2 lt:Je I Ad5+ I 3
lt:Jf3?! Axb3 -+) 12 ... Aes 13 Ag6 Ad6 14
Ae4 (14 Ah7 @d5 15 Ag6 Acs 16 @h2 @es
17 @g2 @f4 18 <$Jh2@f3 -+) t 4 ... Ac8 ts Ad3
(15 lt:Je3 @d4 16 Af5 Ab7+ 17 @f2@c3 -+)
15 ... @dS 16 Ag6@e5 17 Ad3@f4-+.
I .. Axd4! 2 exd4 ( D)
B
2 ... Adl
Now, owing to his many weaknesses, White
falls into a fatal zugzwang.
3 Abt @gs 4@£2 <$Jf4 0-1
White threw in the towel in view of 5 h4 Af3
6 Ag6 Ae4 7 Axh5 Ac2 -+.
E9.17
M.Illescas - M.Krasenkow
Dos Hermanas 2001
1...J:!.c7?
Or:
a) I ... ~d8? 2 Axes (2 Ac3? J:!.xd5 3 Ae4
~d7 4 Axa5 Aa3 5 J:!.c3 Ae7 =) 2 ... ~xd5 and
now:
al) 3 @e4? ~xc5 4 J:!.xc5 bxc5 5 @d5 c4 6
Axc4 (6 Ac2!?) 6 ... lt:Jxc4 7 @xc4 and the pawn
ending is not won: 7 ...@e6 8 @b5 @f5 9 @a6
@xf4 IO@xa7@g31 l @b8!<&>xg212a4f513
a5 f4 14 a6 f3 15 a7 f2 16 a8~+ @gl 17 '&a7
h5=.
a2) 3 Axb6 axb6 4 ~c7+@e6 5 @e3 J:!.h5 6
g3 @d6 7 ~f7 <$Je6 8 J:!.g7 ±.
b) l...lt:Jb7! was necessary, as Krasenkow
showed in CBM: 2 Aa6 J:!.e8! 3 Axb7 Axd4 4
l:l.c7+ <$Jg8 5 g3 J:!.e3+ 6@g2 Ac5 7 Aa6 J:!.e7
and Black can hold.
2Aa6Ad6?
After the exchange of rooks, the knight can
get back into play only by means of a pawn sacrifice.
Alternatives:
a) 2 ... lt:Jb7? 3 Axb7 J:!.xb7 4 Axc5 bxc5 5
J:!.xc5 f5 6 J:!.aS +-.
b) 2 ... @e7 is more tenacious, but should also
lose in the long run; for example, 3 J:!.e I +@f7 4
Ab2 .l:!.d7 (4 ... lt:Jb7 s g4 Ae7 6 Ad3 lt:Jd6 7 h5
±) 5 Ac8 J:!.c7 6 Ae6+ @e7 7 g4 lt:Jc4 8 d6+
lt:Jxd6 9 Ab3+ ±.
3 lhc7+ Axc7 4 g4 h6
There follows a typical finale, which you
should not skip.
S gS! hxgS 6 hxgS fxgS 7 fxgS Ab8 8 Ac3
Ad6 9 @e4 Aa3 10 Ad2 @e7 11 <$Jes Ad6+
12 @e4 Aa3 13 Af4 bS
13 ... Ad6 14 Axd6+ @xd6 15 @d4 b5 16
Axb5 lt:Jb7 17 Ad3 +- (Krasenkow).
14 AxbS lt:Jb7 1S @f3 lt:Jd6 16 Acl3 m 17
Ae3 as 18 Ad2 a4 19 Ac2 lt:Jc4 20 Af4 lt:Jb6
21 @e4 Acs 22 Aes ltJc4 23 Af6 lt:Jd6+ 24
@d3 a32S<$Jc3
Zugzwang.
zs ..• Ae3 26 @b4 Acl 27 @cs Af4 28 Ad3
lt:Jc8 29@c6 ltJd6 30 Ad8 lt:JfS 31 AxfS gxfS
32 d6 Ad2 33 d7 @g6 34 @dS 1-0
E9.18
J.Stocek - H.Stefansson
Antalya Ech 2004
1. .• Ac3?
Or:
a) I ... Ae5? 2 Axes bxc5 3 @a6 Ab8 4 g6
c4 5@b7 +-.
b) I. .. Aa3? 2 Ad4+ @f8 3 g6 lt:Je6 4 Aes
Ac5 5 Abl +-; the bishop moves out of range
of the knight - a typical theme.
c) I...lt:Je6! 2@a6 Ad4 and now:
c I) 3 Axd4+? ! lt:Jxd4 4 Ad3 lt:Je6 5 Af5 (5
@xa7 lt:Jc5 6 Ac2 lt:Jxa4 7 Axa4 @g6 also
draws) 5 ... lt:Jc5+ 6 <$Jb5 a5 =.
c2) 3 Ad2 lt:Jc5+ 4 @b5 lt:Je6 5 Af5 @f7 6
@c4 (6 g6+ @f6 7 Axe6 @xe6 8 Af4 @f6 9
Ab8 @xg6 10 Axa7 @f7 =) 6 ... Ab2 7 @d5