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In this companion volume to Fundamental Chess Endings, Müller and Pajeken focus on the practical side of playing endgames. They cover all aspects of strategic endgames, with particular emphasis on thinking methods, and ways to create difficulties for opponents over the board. Using hundreds of outstanding examples from modern practice, the authors explain not only how to conduct 'classical' endgame tasks, such as exploiting an extra pawn or more active pieces, but also how to handle the extremely unbalanced endings that often arise from the dynamic openings favoured nowadays. All varieties of endgames are covered, and there are more than 200 exercises for the reader, together with full solutions.

In this companion volume to Fundamental Chess Endings, Müller and Pajeken focus on the practical side of playing endgames. They cover all aspects of strategic endgames, with particular emphasis on thinking methods, and ways to create difficulties for opponents over the board.

Using hundreds of outstanding examples from modern practice, the authors explain not only how to conduct 'classical' endgame tasks, such as exploiting an extra pawn or more active pieces, but also how to handle the extremely unbalanced endings that often arise from the dynamic openings favoured nowadays. All varieties of endgames are covered, and there are more than 200 exercises for the reader, together with full solutions.

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SOLUTIONS TO THE EXERCISES

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Now the white queen is incarcerated. Black

has only to play ... We? (to protect the d6-pawn)

and can then just oscillate with his bishop between

al and d4.

3 @g3 @e7 4 @f3 ~al 111­111

Ell.34

J.Matansiev

Zadachi i Etiudy, 1929

1 gS+

After! lbf6? 'Wig?­+ the queen can escape.

l ...@g7 2 lbf6 ~h8 3 'i&d6 Vf/g7 4 @e7

With a draw, because Black's queen and king

are incarcerated.

Ell.35

G. Nadareishvili

V Poiskakb Krasoti, 1986

1 @cl al'Wi+ 2 ~bl <Jilf7 3 h7 @g7 4 h3!

4 h4 ?? allows a zugzwang after 4 ... Wh8 5 h5

@g7 6 h6+ @h8 -+.

4 ...@h8 5 h4 @g7 6 hS @h8 7 h6 l'Wa2 8

~d3 'Wial+ 9 ~bl=

Ell.36

A.Troitsky

L'Echiquier; 1930

l~c6+

Not: I ~d5? l;!.xe7 -+ (l .. .1ilxg6? 2 ~f7 =);

1 Wh5? l'.txe7 2 Wh6 ~e5 -+.

1 ... ©xe7 (D)

l...Wxc6? 2 g7 +-.

Not 6 @h6? ~e5 7 @h5 ~f6 8 @h6 Wg4 9

~e6+ Wh4 10 sn ~c3 and the rook escapes

from its prison.

6 ... @f4 7 @h3 ~e7 8 @g2 ~h4 9 @gl @f3

10 ©fl ~f2 11 ~dS+ =

Ell.37

G.Nadareishvili (end of a study)

Tidskrift for Schack, 1984

1 c7 'fl.h7 2 Wa8!! 'fl.h8+

2 ... 'fl.xc7 is stalemate.

3@b7=

Ell.38

R.Vaganian - T.Georgadze

Erevan Z 1982

l ...'i&e3!

Not: I...<Jilf3? 2 blg5 +-; l...~c2? 2 'fl.gs

~dl 3 'll.g6 +-; i...@e4? 2 'fl.gs ~e2 3 'll.g6

~d34'll.h6+-.

2'fl.g5

2 'll.g3+ We2 (2 ... Wf4 is also playable) 3 'll.g5

Wdl 4 'fl.xh5 Wei 5 'll.g5 ~e2 6 'll.gl+ ~di 7

l;!.g2 ~f3 8 J;!.h2 ~h5 =.

2 ... b2 3 @xb2 @d2 4 'fl.cs ~e2 1/2-1/i

Ell.39

A.Herbstmann (end of a study)

1935

1 ~c3+ J;!.b2+ 2 @di exd3 3 lbc2+

3 @cl? d2+ 4 @di bla5 5 ha5 'fl.bl+ 6

@xd2 @b2 7 lt:ic2 'fl.gt-+.

3 ... dxc2+ 4 @cl 'll.hbS 5 ~d4 =

Ell.40

A.Gurvich

3rd Prize, Shakhmaty, I 927

t lbb6+ @b8 2 ~g3+ lbd6 3 ~xd6+ @b7 4

~d7!!

4 ~c5? 'fl.xe8 5 lbc4 l;!.a6! 6 lai6+ Wc6 7

lbxe8 Wxc5 8 lbg7 'fl.f6 9 lbh5 'fl.f3+ 10 Wc2

@d4-+.

4 ...@xb6 5 ~eS! 'll.h4 6 ~g3 'fl.d4 7 i-f2

blaxd7 8 Wc3 WcS 9 ~e3 =

2 ~dS 'll.xg6 3 @hS 'fl.g7 4 g6 <Jilf6 5 sn

@fS 6Wh4

Ell.41

E.Mortensen - J.Lechtynsky

Copenhagen 1983

1 b6??

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