how to play chess endgames book

332 How TO PIAY CHESS ENDGAMES
1 g4! would have won; for example, 1...@e7
( 1.. .!!.f6 2 !l.86 +-) 2 @c6 !l.c2+ 3 @b7 !l.c4 4
b6 !!.xg4 S @a6 !l.b4 (S ... !!.g6 6 @a7 !l.g8 7 b7
'i&e6 8 @b6 'i&d7 9 llbS +-) 6 b7 'i&d7 7 !'l.fS
@e6 8 !l.bS +-.
I. .. !!.£5+ 2 @c6 fixa5 3 b7 !!.a6+ 4 @b5 !l.g6
5 b8'*Y+ @g7 6 '&e5+ @g8 7 \!We4 !l.e6 8 '*Yf4
lfz.1/z
Ell.42
K.Bryzgalin - M.Turov
Internet blitz 2004
1 b6??
White can actually get his pawn through
without sacrificing both bishops. For example,
I i.aS!? !!.al (1...!l.cS 2 i-b6!!.cl 3 ~e3 +-) 2
~c3 ~di+ 3 @c4 l!bl 4 ~e4 +-.
1..Axc6 2 b7 ~xc7 3 b8'*Y !!.d7+ 4 @e3 !!.d4
5 'i&f3 e4+ 6 @e3 !l.d5 7 '*Yxg3+ !!.gS 8 \!Wf2
!!.e5 9 '&b2 @g8 10 g4 @g7 11 '&b6 !l.g5 12
'i&f4 !l.eS 13 '*Ye3 ©g8 14 'i&g3 @g7 15 'i&f4
@g816 '*Yd4 e317~d8+@g718g5 !l.xg519
@xe3 !l.e5+ 20 'i&f4 !l.g5 21 '*Yes !!.e5 22 '*Yd7
!!.g5 ''2·'12
Ell.43
G.Kun - S.Tatar Kis
Balatonlelle 2004
1 ~d2??
White sees the possibility to promote and
loses sight of everything else. l @c4! would
have immediately won without any difficulties:
l...@g3 ( l...d2 2 ~xd2 +-) 2 @xd3 ~a7 3 ~c3
@xg2 4 ~d4 ~b8 S b4 +-.
l...~xd2 2 a7 ~cl 3 a8'*Y d2 4 '*Yd5 @e3 5
@c4 @e2 6 '&d3+ @el 7 \!We3+ @fl 8 \!Wd4
'i&e2 9 '&e5+ @fl 10 \!Wd5 @el 11 '&e6+ @f2
12 '*Yd6 @el 13 '*Ye7+ @fl 14 '*Yd7 @el 15
'&e8+ @f2 16 '*Yd8 @e2 17 '*Ye8+ 'i&f2 18
~d7@el 19 '*Ye7+@fl 20 '&d6 'i&e2 21 '*Ye6+
lfz.1/z
Chapter 12
E12.01
1 !!.h2!
A.Kotov - L.Pachman
Moscow­Prague 1946
After I @h2? '&f2+ 2 @h3 '*Ygl -+ Black
can slowly but surely make progress.
l...'*Ydl+
I ... @g4 2 !l.h4+ @xg3 3 !l.h3+ @xh3 stalemate.
2 @g2 '*Yd5+ 3 'i&f2 '*Yd2+ 4 @gl '*Yel+ 5
@g2 '*Ye2+ 6 @gl '*Yf3 7 m2 '*Ydl+ 8 @g2
'&el 9 !!.f4 '*Ye2+ 112-112
El2.02
T.Horvath - H.Angantysson
Reykjavik 1982
1 @el g3 2 @fl!! d3
2 ... g2+ 3 @gl @xe2 stalemate.
3!!.f2+ 1/z-''2
E12.03
M.Krakops - R.Dautov
Batumi Echr 1999
In the game, White made a decisive mistake
with I ~xhS?, and lost after 1...!l.al 2 !!.as a2 3
@g4!!.gl+4@xf4 al\!WS lhal !!.xal 6 hS@dS
7'i&t'S!l.hl 8@g6'i&e69f4!!.gl+ 10©h70-l.
He should have first driven the king with
checks to the d-file or the first rank:
1 !!.c5+@d3
1 .•• @b3 2 l!bS+ @c2 3 !!.cs+ @bl 4 !!.xhS
!l.b2 s !!.as a2 6 @g4 !l.h2 7 hS =.
2 !!.xh5 @e3 ( D)
Now Thomas Stark pointed out how to draw:
3 !l.35!
Instead of 3 !l.bS? @xf3 4 !l.b3+ 'i&e4 S !l.b4+
@fS 6 !l.bS+ @e6 7 !l.b6+ @d7 8 !l.b7+ @c6 9
!l.87 fiat IO@g2 a2 II hS f3+ -+.