how to play chess endgames book

SOLUTIONS TO THE EXERCISES 323
Ell.02
I.Krikheli
Shahmat, 1985
1 :i;tc4 e3 2 :i;td4+
2 Ib.f4? e2 3 :i;te4 el'tlV+ 4 Ib.el+ @xel 5
'i.t?g4!?(5@g3@fl -+; 5 'i.t?h3@f2-+) 5 ...@e2!
6 @h4 @f3! 7 @h3 @f2! 8 @g4 @g2 9 @h5
.le3 -+.
2 ...@c23 l:txf4 e2 4 :i;te4 @d3 5 :i;txe2
5 :i;te8?? Ae3 -+.
s ...@xe26 @g4!@el 7 @f3@fl 8 @g3 =
El 1.03
Khasanov - Borisov
Russia 1995
1 a4! (D)
Not I @d5? b6 2 a6 b5!, when Black holds
the draw. As soon as his king is so hemmed in
that he can no longer move, he sacrifices his b-
pawn to draw by stalemate.
1 ... b4
l...bxc4 2 @d2 @c5 (2 ... .ta2 3 @c3 =) gives
White a choice between 3 @c I and 3 @c3 = intending
e4-e5-e6 and @xc4.
2@dl!
2 @d2??@c5 (zugzwang) 3 @cl (3 c3 b3 4
@cl Ae4 -+) 3 ... Aa2 4 c3 bxc3 5 @c2 @xc4
-+.
2. .. @cS
2 ... .ta2 3 c3 bxc3 (3 ... b3 4@cl =) 4@c2 =.
3@d2!
3 @cl??.la2-+.
3 @xc4
3 .ta2 4 c3 b3 5 @cl=.
4 @cl .ta2 5 @d2! !
The point. Not 5 @b2?? Ab3 6 cxb3+ @d3
-+.
s ... @cS 6 c3 b3 7 @cl=
Ell.OS
T.Thiel - K.Miiller
Bundesliga 1997/8
l@e3!! (D)
This is the move White should have played.
Other ideas fail:
a) I .lc2? f4 2 gxf4 .ld7 -+.
b) I .le2? f4 2 gxf4 .ld7 -+.
c) I Afl? f4 2 gxf4 g3 3 Axh3 (3 hxg3 h2 4
.lg2 .lh3 5 .lxb7 .ld7 -+) 3 ... gxh2 4 .lg2
.th3 5 Ahl Ad7-+.
d) The game featured I .lc4? f4 2 gxf4 .le6
3 .tfl .ld5 4 @e3 g3 0-1.
1 b6 B
l @b82 @d5@a83 @d6@b84 @d7@a8
5 Ag3! (5 @c8?? b5 6 axb5 a6 =) 5 ... b6 6 a6 b5
7 a5 b4 8 .lf2 @b89 .lb6 Wa8 10 @c7 b3 11
axb3 axb6 12 @xb6 +-.
2 a6 '.tb8 3 @dS @38 4 @d6 @b8 5 @d7
@a86 @c7 bS 7 as b4 8 .lb6 b3 9 axb3 axb6
10@xb61-0
Ell.04
P.Kiriakov
Comm., Shakhmatnaya Kompozitsia, 1997
1 c4!
Not I @d2??.la2-+.
1 ... @cS 2@f4 @b4 3 a6!
3 Axf5? .txf5 4 @xf5 @xa5 5 Wxg4 b5 -+.