how to play chess endgames book

SOLUTIONS
TO THE EXERCISES
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White will win the zugzwang duel owing to
his spare moves.
s @d6
8 Wb6 9 @c4 Wc6 IO g3 (zugzwang) +-.
9 WbS gS 10 g3! 1-0
3@d6
3 @f6 @f4 4 h6 (4 g5 @g4 5 g6 @xh5 6 g7
..i.d4+ 7 @f7 ..txg7 8 @xg7 @g5 -+) 4 ... Jl.d4+
5 @e6 @g5 6 h7 @g6 -+.
3 ... @d4(DJ
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Jung- Sabos
Hungary 1952
1 \\\l'xh4+!!
Black only reckoned on I ..i.f6+? with a
likely draw after l...©xf6 2 °1Wxh4+ =.
1 ••.@xh4 2 ..i.f6+ gS 3 .Qc3
Zugzwang.
3 ... W'f2 4 ..tes 1-0
Black is in zugzwang once more.
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S.Movsesian - M.Adams
Bundesliga 199819
1. ...1l.f3?
l.. ...i.c8! is correct:
a) 2 ..i.c5 Wd8+ (2... Wc6+? allows zugzwang
by 3 @g5 +-) 3 Wg5 We8 =.
b) 2 Wxg4 Wc6+ 3 Wh5 @xb6 4 g4 Wc6 5
g5 @d7 6 g6 @e8 7 g7 .1l.e6 8 @g6 .1l.g8 =.
2..i.b4
Zugzwang. Not 2 b7? ..i.xb7 3 Wxg4 We6
with a draw.
2 ... Wc8 3 @e6 ..i.c6 4 We7 Wb7 S ..i.cS Wc8
6 ..i.d4 .tbs 7 d7+ Jl.xd7 8 b7+ Wxb7 9 @xd7
1-0
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Based on L.Christiansen-E.Kengis
Manila OL 1992
1. .. @e4!!
Other moves fail:
a) 1...Wd4? 2 Wg6 ..i.e3 3 h6 Wxc4 4 h7
..td4 5@f7 =.
b) 1 ... @f4? 2 @e6 @e4 3 @d6 @d4 4 @e6
Wxc4 5 @f5 ..i.e3 6 g5 =.
c) 1....1l.e3? 2 Wg6 Wf4 3 g5 We5 4 h6 ©e6
s @h5 @f7 6 g6+@g8 7 h7+ @g7 8 @g4 ..i.d4
and now 9 @g5 draws by zugzwang (and not 9
@f5? Wh6 -+, when White ends up on the
wrong end of the zugzwang).
2We6 .1l.e3
Zugzwang.
4@e6
We have now reached the game continuation.
4 ...@xc4 5 Wf6 @dS 6 gS c4 7 g6 c3
Black resigned here, in view of8 g7 ..i.d4+ 9
Wf7 ..i.xg710Wxg7 c2 11 h6 clWi 12 h7 Wfc7+
13 @g8 @e6 14 h8Wi Wif7#.
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A.Shirov - L.Aronian
Moscow2006
1 .. JU7 0-1
Shirov resigned in view of the fatal zugzwang
after 2 h7 .l;tf8 3 Wg7 .l;th8!! 4 Wxh8
Wf7, since his own b-pawn dooms him.
l ....l;th8 2 Wg7 .l;tf8 3 h7 .l;th8 wins similarly.
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Based on I.Maizelis
White must take advantage of the congestion
in the top left-hand comer to put Black in zugzwang:
1 .l;td6 ..i.b4 2 .l;td7+ @c8 3 Wc6 ..i.c3 4 ~d3
..i.b4 s @b6 .tel 6 Z!dS ..i.b4 7 f{dl +-
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P..Smirnov - A.Kharlov
Russian Ch ( Krasnodar) 2002
t ... @a8!