how to play chess endgames book

328 How TO PUi.Y CHESS ENDGAMES
king. But it is still not clear how the white fortress
can be conquered. In the event of ... lZlc3
White always has the 'get-out' of lZlxa3. Not 3
~el?, when after 3 ... lZlc3, 4 lZlxa3 loses to
4 ... lZle2+ 5 @f2 lZlxf4 -+.
3 ... WeS 4 ~el Wd7 s ~d2
Somewhat more tenacious was 5 @g2! Wc6
6 @fl! (D), bringing the white king closer.
Black must play very precisely:
B
a) 6 ... lZlc3? (exchanging the a3- and a2-
pawns is, as usual, not promising for Black) 7
lZlxa3 (but not 7 ~xc3? bxc3 8 We2 Wb5! 9
Wdl Wb4-+and 10 ... ~xh4) 7 ... lZlxa2 8 lZlc4!
(keeping the important b3-pawn on the board,
to make the infiltration by the black king impossible)
8 ... lZlcl 9 lZld2 Wb5 (9 ... lZld3 10 ~g3
=) 10 ~g3 lZlxb3 !? 11 lZlxb3 Wa4 12 lZld2 @a3
13 We2 b3 14 lZlxb3 Wxb3 15 ~f2 =, and the
white bishop oscillates between f2 and g3 with
a draw.
b) 6 ... Wb5! 7 Wg2 (7 We2? lZlc3+ 8 ~xc3
bxc3-+) 7 ... lZlc3! 8 lZlxa3+ bxa3 9 ~xc3 ~xh4
(not, of course, 9 ... ~b4 ?? 10 ~xb4 Wxb4 11
@f2 Wc3 12 We2 @b2 13 @d2 wxa2 14 @c2
+-) 10 'i&h3 ~e7 11 ~d2 (11 ~el? ~b4 12
~f2 ~d2 13 Wh4 Wb4 -+) \ l...~b4. Neither
Dautov nor we have managed to find a way for
White to save this bishop ending:
bl) 12 ~xb4 Jeads by force to a bad, probably
lost, queen ending: l 2 ... Wxb4 13 Wh4 Wc3
14@xh5@d3 15 b4 @xe3 16 b5 Wf3 17 b6 e3
18 b7 e2 19 b8\W el \\,\Y 20 Wg5 (20 \\.\Ya8+ ~xf4
21 'ffi'xa3 \\.\Ydi+22Wg6'&xd4+)20 ... \WgJ+21
@f6 '&xd4+ 22 <i.>xe6 \\.\Yb2 +.
b2) 12 ~cl ~e 1 ! and then:
b2 J) 13 ~xa3 ~d2 and after the win of the
e3-pawn the black e4-pawn is hard to stop; e.g.,
14 @h4 ~xe3 15 Wxh5 ~xf4 16 ~e7 e3 17
a4+ @a5 18 ~h4 ~d6 -+, 14 ~e7 ~xe3 15
Wg3 ~xd4-+or 14~d6~xe3 15 a4+Wa5 16
~c7+Wb4-+.
b22) 13 @g2 Wb4 14 @fl ~c3 15 @g2 h4
l 6Wf2 h3 17 'it.g3 ~el+ 18@xh3 'i&c3 and the
black king penetrates with decisive effect and
successfully assists the passed e4-pawn:
b221) 19 ~xa3 ~d2 20 d5 (20 ~c5 ~xe3
21 b4 ~xf4 22 Wg2 e3 -+; 20 ~e7 ~xe3 21
Wg3 ~d2 22 b4 e3 23 @f3 'i&d3 -+) 20 ... exdS
21 ~c5 Wd3 22 a4 ~xe3 23 ~xe3 Wxe3 24 a5
d4 25 a6 d3 26 «t d2 27 a8'& d I'&-+.
b222) 19 b4 Wxb4 20 Wg2 Wc3 21 ~xa3
~d2-+.
b223) 19 Wg2 Wd3 20 ~xa3 (20 @fl? ~b4
-+ followed by ... Wc2) 20 ... Wxe3 21 ~c5 Wd3
-+.
5 ... Wc7 6 ~el Wb7 7 ~d2 @c6 8 lZleS+
8 ~el ! @b5 9 Wg2 transposes to note 'b' to
White's 5th move.
8 ... WbS 9 lZlc4 (DJ
B
9 ... lZlc3!
Forcing a breach in the white citadel.
10 lZlxa3+ bxa3 11 ~xc3 ~b4!
The point! Now, with the white king far
away at h3, Black takes immediate advantage
of the breach at b4.
12~xb4
12 ~al ~d2 13 d5 exd5 14 ~d4 ~el 15
~f6 ~f2 16 ~d4 @b4 -+.