how to play chess endgames book

322 How TO PLAY CHESS ENDGAMES
Not l...@c8? 2 @c6 fixd6+ 3 @xd6 c3 4
fib4 (zugzwang) +- (Wedberg in CBM).
2 @c611xd6+!
2 ... i.d4? 3 ~b8+ @a7 4 Iib4 @a8 5 ~a4+
s.a 6@d5 ~r6 7 .icS ~f7 8 ~xa7+ +-.
3 @xd6 c3 4 ~bS @a7 S @c7 @a6 6 ~cs
6 @c6 @a7 7 ~b7+ @a6 8 ~b4 @a7 = (and
not 8 @a5? allowing zugzwang by 9 ~c4 +-).
6 .id4 7 ~c4 11i.11i
Agreed drawn since Black now has available
7 ... @bS! =.
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J.Horwitz and B.Kling (end of a study)
The Chess Player; 1851
l@c8(D)
Not I <t;>b8?@d8! 2 ~b7+@d7 (zugzwang)
3 @xa8 @c8 ! = since the knight is on the wrong
track and is unable to Jose a tempo.
B
After 2 @g3!? @g6 3 @g2 (3 @f4 @hS and
after the completion of the manoeuvre, White is
in a fatal zugzwang) 3 ... @h5 4 @h3 it is the
rook's tum to lose a move: 4 ... ~b8 5 @g3 ~b4
-+.
2 ..• @g6
2 ... fib4'? 3 @f2 ~xh4 -+.
3@f4<t1hS
Zugzwang.
4@g3~b4
Another zugzwang.
S @£2 @xh4 6 @e3 @g3 7 figl + @h2 8 ~bl
@g2 9 f4 fib3+ 10 @d2 @g3 ().1
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M.Botvinnik- V.Sozin
Novgorod 1929
l@d7@fS
1 ... <t1f7 2 rs i.h7 3 g6+ .ixg6 4 fxg6+@xg6
5 @c6 @xh6 6 @bS @g6 7 @xa4 @f6 8 @bS
<t;>e7 9 @c6 @d8 10 @b7 +-.
2 @e8 @g6 3 @e7
By triangulating with his king, White has put
Black in zugzwang.
3 ••. @h7
3 ... i.b3 4 rs+ @h7 s f6 @g6 6 h7 @xh7 7 f7
i.xr7 8@xf7 +-.
4 rs i.b3 s f6@g6 6h7@xh77f7 .ixf7 r-e
Chapter 11
1 ... @e8 2 ~c4 <t1e7 3 @b8 @d8
Or: 3 ... i.g2 4 ~a5 +-; 3 ... @d7 4 ~b6+@d8
5 ~xa8 +-.
4 ~d6 @d7 S ~b7
Zugzwang.
S ••• @c6 6 @xa8 @c7 7 ~d6 +-
It is zugzwang again.
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K. Begunov - l.lbragimov
St Petersburg 1994
Triangulation works here:
1. ••@h6
1...@xh4?? 2 ~hl#.
2@e3
Ell.01
L.Lopez -A.Redolfi
Cordoba I 966
1 g3!
Not:
a) I g4? .ie3 -+.
b) I ~xf4?? gxf4 2@xf4 i.c7+3 'i&g4 i.g3
4 @f3 @e I 5 @e3 @fl 6 ~f3 @g I 7 @e2 @xg2
-+ and now admittedly Black has the 'wrong'
bishop for his rook's pawn, but it is also the
wrong king in the comer!
l. .. hxg3
t...rxg3 2 ~xg3 hxg3 3 @xg3 leads to the
game continuation.
2 ~xg3 fxg3 3 'it>xg3 @e2 4 @g4!
4 h4?? i.f2+ 5 @g4 i.xh4-+.
4 ....id8 s h4 gxh4 6 @h3 @fl 7 @h2 112.11z