how to play chess endgames book

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12 ...@xb4 13 @g3 @c3 14 <t>f2 @b2
It was still not too late to throw away the win:
14 ...@d3? 15 b4@c416@e2 @xb417 @d2 =.
15 b4 Wxa2 16 b5 @b3?! (D)
Dautov foresaw the won queen ending that
now arises as early as the 2nd move. But he had
missed that with the white king on the second
rank he could force a transition into a pawn
ending: 16 -...@bl! 17b6a218b7al~19b8'&+
'&b2+ 20 '&xb2+ @xb2 -+.
w.
5 ... @a6 6 b4 c4 7 b3 +-.
6b4+
6 g3 b4+ 7 @a2 @b5 8 @bl @c6 9 @c2 @b6
IO@d3@b5 I I g5 fxg512g4<t>b613@c4+-.
6 ••• cxb4+ 7 @b3 bxc3 8 bxc3 @a6 9 @b4
@b6 10 c4 bxc4 11 Wxc4 @c6 12 g5 fxg5 13
g4@d614@b5 i-o
Ell.28
Ro.Hernandez - Z.Sula
Thessaloniki OL 1984
1 /bf8!! (D)
17 b6 a2 18 b7 al'& 19 b8~+ <t>c3
The white position is beyond salvation. His
pawns fall like ripe apples.
20 \Wc8+ @d2 21 \Wxe6 '&el+ 22 @g2 \We2+
23 @hl '&fl+ 24 @h2 ~f2+ 25 @hl \Wxh4+ 26
@g2 \Wg4+ 27 @h2 Wxe3 28 '&b3+ @xd4 29
'&b6+ @d3 30 '&bl+ @e2 31'i¥/c2+Wf30-1
Ell.27
A.Ryskin - Y.Zezulkin
Czestochowa 1992
On the queenside there is a hole in the black
wall.
l@d2
Not:
a) I c4? b4 =.
b) 1 b4? cxb4 2 <t>d3 (2 cxb4 =) 2 ... bxc3 3
@xc3 (3 bxc3? @c5 4 @c2 @c4 5 g3 b4 6 cxb4
@xb4 7 @d3 @b3 -+) 3 ... @c5 4 b3 b4+ 5 @d3
@b5=.
c) 1 <t>f3?! @e6 2 g5? fxg5 3 @g4@f6 4 g3
@e6=.
1. •.@c6 2 '&>c2 @b6 3 ~bl @a6 4 @a2 @b6
5@a3@a5
1 'it>xf8
I @g8 2 /be6@f7 3 @g4@g6 4 ~f4 @xh6
5 @f5 <t>h5 (5 ... /bg7+ 6 @xf6 /bh5+ 7 @f7
/bg3 8 /bxc5 +-) 6 /bf8 @h6 7 @e6 <t>g7 8 @e7
h5 9 /be6+ @h6 10 @xe8 h4 11 b4 +-.
2@e6
Zugzwang,
2 •••/bg7+ 3 hxg7+ Wxg7 4 Wxd6 h5 5 @e7
h4 6d6 h3 7 d7 h2 8 d8'&hl~ 9'&f8+<t>h710
~f7+ @h8 11 \Wxf6+ 1-0
El 1.29
V.Chekhover
Gachinskaya Pravda, 1954
1 l!bl!
1 l!h8+ @g4 2 l!f8 cl'& 3 h3+ @f4 4 R.e6
@e5 5 R.xf5 \Wa3 6 l!f7 \Wf3+ 7 @gl e3
(7 ...'&h5 8 l!f8 '&di+ 9 @g2 ~d6 IO l!f7 e3
11 R.d3 =) 8 l!e7+ Wf4 9 l!xe3 ~di+ 10@g2
@xf5 11 l!g3 =.
1. .. cxbl\W 2 R.xbl e3! 3 R.xf5 e2 4 .tg4!
4 h3? g4! -+.