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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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338 How TO PLAY CHESS ENDGAMES

El4.10

P.Tregubov - T.Markowski

Saint Vincent Ech 2000

l...Slxd5 2 cxd5 .11.f6!

The di-knight will no longer find its way

back into play, since if lof2-h 1, Black laughs at

the knight with ... .11.h4.

3 Slh5

3 .11.c4 lob6-+.

3 ...@xd5 4 .11.f7+ @d6 5 .11.gS tors 6 @c2

log6 7 @cl loe7 8 .11.f7 toes 9 .11.g8 @e7 10

@d2 lod6 11 .11.d5 @£8 12 @e2 @g7 13 @d2

@g6 14 @e2 lobs 15 .11.e6 lod6 16 .11.d5 .11.h8

17 .11.e6 .11.al 18 Sld5 @h5 19 @f2 @h4 20

@g2 .11.c3 21 .11.e6 @h5 22 @f2 Slh8 23 .11.d5

Slg7 24 Slg8 ©g6 25 .11.d5 .11.al 26 @e2 .11.f6 27

@£2 @g7 28 @e2 @g6 29 @f2 @h5 30 .11.e6

@h4 31 @g2 ilc3 32@h2 (D)

E14.12

M.Roiz - K.Lerner

Israeli Ch (Tel Aviv) 2002

1 Wt'c7! .11.xg2 2 '®xb81;lxb8 31;lc7!

The vital point. Black is totally dominated

and can hardly move. In contrast 3 @xg2? lodS

is still not so clear.

3 ...!!d8 4 @xg2 lod5 5 ~b7 f5 6 @f3 h6

Now White opens a second front:

7 g4! fxg4+

7 ... g6 8 gxf5 gxf5 9 Slf2 +- (Roiz in CBM).

s Wxg4 g6 9 loe4 rus 10 tor6+ ei1xr6+ 11

exf61;lf7

11 ... loxf6+ 12 .11.xf6 1;lxf6 13 ~xb6 l;lfS 14

1;lb7 (Roiz) 14 ... eS 15 fxe51;lxe5 16 @f41;lh5

17b6~b518a41;lb219@e5+-.

12 1;lb8+ 1;lf8 13 ~b7 ~f7 14 1;lb8+ 1;lf8 15

1;lxf8+ @xf8 16 a4! (D)

B

B

Now Black finally demonstrates the right

way:

32 ....11.d2! 33 @g2 .11.cl 34 @h2 @h5 35

@g2 @g6 36 @£2 @£6 37 .11.d7 c4! 38 bxc4

loxc4 39 ila4 lod6 40 @e2 lob7 41 lof2 lees

42 .11.c2@e6 43 lohl b3 44 ildl b2 0-1

El4.l l

V.Savon - A.Korotylev

Alushta 1994

1 c4! @£5?

l ... b5 2 axb6 ~xb6 3 @d4 @f5 4 c5 1;lb8 5

@c4 @f4 6 b4 +-.

2@d41-0

Black resigned in view of 2 ... b6 3 @c3 bxa5

4 l;lxaS+ @f4 5 @xb4 +-.

Black is dominated and has nothing with

which to oppose the following march of the

white king into the centre, except a fatal opening

of his kingside.

16 ... ©£7 17 @f3 g5 18 fxg5 hxg5 19 @g4

loxf6+ 20 @xg5 lod7 21 h4 e5 22 .11.e3 lof6 23

.11.xb6 loe4+ 24 @£5 lod6+

24 ... loc3 25 @xe5 loxa4 26 .11.d4 +- (Roiz).

25 @g4 loc4 26 ilc7 @e6 27 h5 e4 28 h6 e3

29 h7 e2 30 .11.xa5 toes+ 31 @g3 log6 32 @f2

1-0

El4.13

M.Roiz - I.Smirin

Israeli Ch (Tel Aviv) 2002

In the game it was W ite to move:

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