how to play chess endgames book

SOLUTIONS TO THE EXERCISES
327
Ell.23
L.Pachman
Ceskoslovensky Sach, 1959
l .if4.l;lc8
Or:
a) 1 ... nc6?? loses to 2 g4+ fxg4 (2 ... Wxg4 3
.l;lxg6++-) 3 .l;lh8+ .ih7 4.§.xh7+ Wg65 .l;lh6+
+-.
b) I....l;ld7?! makes life easier for White: 2
.l;lh8+ .l;lh7 3 nxh7+ .ixh7 4 .ixd6 =.
2 g4+! fxg4 3 .ixd6!!
Not 3 .l;lxg6? Wxg6 4 .ixd6 g3 -+ and Black
can penetrate the light squares on the kingside.
Surprisingly, 3 nxc8! also leads to a draw:
3... lbxc8 4 .ig3 ! lbe7 5 We I lbd5 6 Wd2 W g5
7 Wei! (7 .ih2? g3 -+) 7 ... lbxc3 8 Wd2 lbd5 9
c3 =.
3 ••• .§.xgS 4 .ig3 =
The position is drawn, since neither the black
king nor the black bishop can overcome the
pawn-barrier, whereas the black rook cannot
achieve anything on its own.
El 1.24
V.Eingorn - M_Socko
Bydgoszcz 2000
1. •. wrs
1...g5?? 2 g4 =.
2Wg2Wg5!
Only with this plan can Black win. Toe game
continued 2 ... h5? =, after which the black position
is no longer a win. After 3 Wh2 .ic3 4 Wg2
.ie5 5 Wgl the players agreed a draw.
3 Wfl WhS 4 Wgl gS 5 <.&g2
5 g4+ Wh4 6 Wg2 .iel -+.
5 ... g46 h4
6 hxg4+ @xg4 7 Wh2 Wf3 -+.
6 ....ic3 7 wh2 .if6 8 @g2 .ixh4 -+
Ell.25
B.Horwitz
The Chess Monthly, 1884
1 lbb8 @e8 2 lba6 We7 3 Wd4 We8 4 Wc4
We7 5 lbb4 axb4
5 ... We8 6 lbd3 We7 7 lbf4 We8 8 lbe6 +-.
6 Wxb4 We8 7 as bxaS+ 8 Wxa5 We7 9 Wa6
We8 10 Wb7 We7 11 Wc8! We8 12 b6 cxb6 13
c7 .ixc7 14 Wxc7 bS 15 Wxd6 @d8 16 WcS
Wc717 WxbS Wd618 Wc4 +-
Ell.26
B.Avrukh - R.Dautov
Istanbul OL 2000
In what follows we make grateful use of
analysis and annotations by Rustem Dautov,
l.._.id8!
The following winning method has an almost
study-like character.
2Wg3
A beautiful variation occurs after 2 lbe5+
We8! (2 ... Wg7? 3 lbc6 .ixh4+ 4 Wg2 =: 2 ... Wf8
3 We2!) 3 lbg6, and now:
a) 3 .if6? is ineffective: 4 We2 Wf7 5 lbe5+
Wg7 (5 .ixe5 6 dxe5 =) 6 .iel lbc3+ 7 .ixc3
bxc3 8 lbc4 .ixh4 9 lbxa3 .ie7 10 lbc2 h4 11
Wf2 = and at the right moment the white king
goes to the blockading square h3.
b) 3 ... lbc3! (the only possibility of taking advantage
of the remoteness of the white knight) 4
.ixc3 bxc3 5 We2 (5 Wei? Wf7 6 lbe5+ Wg7 7
lbc4 .ixh4+ 8 Wdl .ie7 -+) 5 ... Wf7 6 lbe5+
Wg7 7 lbc4 (DJ.
B
Now 7 ... .ie7!! is a splendid move that puts
White in zugzwang. His king must move one
step further in the direction of the queenside
and does not reach h3 in time: 8 Wdl .ixh4 9
lbxa3 .ie7 10 lbc2 h4 11 We2 Wh6 12 Wf2
Wh5 13 a4 Wg4 14 a5 .id8 15 a6.ib6 16 b4 h3
17 b5 h2 18@g2 hi°®'+ 19 Wxhl Wf3 20 Wgl
We2 -+ and Black wins the c2-knight and the
game.
2 ....ie7 3 Wh3!
Avrukh is on his guard. On tactical grounds
the g3-square is unfavourable for the white