how to play chess endgames book

SOLUTIONS TO THE EXERCISES 337
E14.05
Based on A.Lastin - M.Novikov
Russian Ch qua/ 2004
1 Axc4!!
With this move we have reached a position
from the game; in the diagram we added a pawn
at c4, so that I Ab7? would no longer lead to
the same position.
l...il)xaS 2 AxdS
Without his knight, Black cannot hold his
porous kingside together.
2 ... fS 3 il)d3 Ac3 4 @g2 @gl 5 @f3 'it>f6 6
@f4 Aal 7 hS Ac3 8 g4 fxg4 9 <&xg4 Aal 10
f4 Ac3 11 e4 Aal 12 eS+ @g713 ll)c5 Ac3 14
il)e4Ad41Sil)d6Ac316 ll)f5+ @h717 Axf7
ll)c6 18 Ag6+ 1-0
E14.06
G.Kasparian
Variantim, 1997
1 lid8! Ae7
l ... Ad6+ 2 @f6 Ae7+ 3 ©xe7 g2 4 @f6 +-.
21:txd2 AxgS (D)
2 ... @xg8 31:td3 @f7 4 @f5 +-.
31:tg2!
Not: 3 lld3? g2 4 l!:tg3 Af4+ 5 @xf4 gl~ 6
1:txgl stalemate; 3 1:td4? g241:tg4 Af4+ ! 5 @f5
Ag3 61:txg3 gl '& 7 1:txgl stalemate.
3 ... Ae3! 4 @e6!!
White must avoid 4 1:txg3? Af4+ = and 4
@f6?.id4+! 5 @f7 Af2, when he is on the
wrong end of the reciprocal zugzwang.
4 ... Af2 s @f7 +-
Zugzwang.
E14.07
G.Kasparian
lst Prize, Schach Echo, 1969
1 <;&)c4
I @c3? il)e6 2 @c4 il)f7 3 @d5 il)fg5 -+.
1 ...@d2 2 @d4 e3 3 Aas+ @e2 4 @e4 il)d7
5Ad8il)f7
5...il)c5+ 6@d5 il)f7 7 Ab6 'i&d3 8 Axc5 e2
9Ab4=.
6Ae7
The white bishop dominates the whole black
army.
6 ...@d2 7 Ab4+@e2 8 Ae7 'it>f2 9 Ah4+
@e210.ie7=
E14.08
G.Kasparian
l st Prize, Problem, 1969
1Ah5+
These other moves are bad:
a) 1 il)d5? 1:tel 2 il)f4+ @g7 -+.
b) I Aa3? il)xg4 2 il)xg4 !te4 -+.
c) I Ab2? il)xg4 2 il)xg4 d3! 3 h8'& il)xh8
4 Axh8 d25il)f21:te2 6 il)dJ 1:tel 7il)f21:tfl
-+.
1. ..@g7!
l...@xf6 2 .lg5+! @xg5 3 Axf7 =.
2 Ab2! 1:te6+ 3@b5! ll)d6+ 4@c5! il)d3+ s
~dS il)f4+ 6 @xd4 1:txf6
6 ... il)f5+ 7 @c5 il)d3+ 8 @d5 1:td6+ 9 @e4
il)g3+ IO @e3 1:td8 11 Ac3 il)c5 12 il)e4+
©xh7 l3 il)g5+ ©g8 14 Af7+@f8 15 Ab4 =.
7 h8'&+ 'i&xh8 8 @eS! @g7 9 Aal ! ! il)xhS
lO©dS=
E14.09
N.Mitkov - Z.Azmaiparashvili
Moscow OL 1994
1. •• nxf3+
1...!td3+? 2@xd3 1:txf3+ 3 Wd4 ~d7 4@e5
~xh3 5 !td6+ gives White active counterplay
and consequently good drawing chances.
2@xf3.l;tf8+
The rook is trapped.
3@e3
3@g4@d741:te5 h6-+.
3 ... @d7 4 .!:IeS h6!
Tightening the net.
5 b4 @d66@d41:tc8! 0-1