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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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342 How TO PLAY CHESS ENDGAMES

2 ... :1.bl+ 3 @e2 h3 -+.

3 @gl :l.b2 4 00?

4:1.al! =.

4 .. Abl+ s @e2 h3 6 :!.a4+ @es 7 :I.as+

Wd6 81:la6+ Wc7 0-1

E16.06

Cekro - Todorovic

Tuzla 1990

l...i.d8!

Setting up an impenetrable blockade. Not

1...i.xe3?2fxe3 Wxe3 3 h3 +-(3 h4?We4=).

2 h3 gxh3+ 3 ©xh3 @f3 4 g4 Jl.e7 5 gS

Jl.xgS 6 i.xgS Wxf2 1'2-''2

7 ... Wf8 8 :l.e7 +-.

8 :l.g7+ 1-0

E16.08

N.Mitkov - I.Krush

Montreal 2006

1..Ac8

I ... :!.c4? 2 @f4 +-.

2 @f4 l!h8 3 !if6+ »o 4 @gs h4 s :l.d6

@£7 6 i.fS h3 7 :l.d7 + @e8 8 :l.a7 MS 9 i.xh3

!if7=

Chapter 17

El6.07

El7.0l

B.Abramovic - N.Djukic

Serbian Ch (Pancevo) 2006

l...e6+! (DJ

Not 1...llb5+? 2 @e6 :l.b6+ 3 @d7 @f7 4

:l.c8:l.b7+ S Wc6 !ia7 6 e6+ Wf6 7 :l.f8+ We5 8

llf7 lla6+ 9 @d7 lla7+ 10 We8 @d6 11 @f8

lla8+(11...:l.b712 f6! +-) 12@g7@e513:l.f8 E17.02

:I.al 14 @g6 lla2 (14... :l.gl+ 15 ffl +-) IS

:l.b8:I.a? 16 :l.b5+@d6 17 f6 +- (Krasenkow

inCBM).

P.Schlosser - P.Lukacs

Budapest 1992

1. ..:!.a3+ 2 wg4 :!.xh33 ©xh3 @g74 i.e4

4 f5 i.a5 5 @g4 Jl.d8 =.

4 ... i.aS s @g4 i.c7 6 rs i.d8 =

M.Ulybin - V.Bashkov

Cheliabinsk 1993

1 :l.g6!

In the game, White played I :l.b6??, and Jost

because after 1 ... Wg3 2 :l.b3+, Black's king can

advance rather than being forced back: 2 ... Wh2

3 llb4 :!.g2 4 :l.c4 g4 5 :l.c8 :l.g I+ 6 'i5'e2 g3 0-1.

1. .. @f3 2 @gl! g4 3 M6+! @g3 4 zrn =

2@cS

2 fxe6 :I.bi 3 e7+ Wf7 4 'i5'd6 :I.di+=.

2 llbl 3 f6 :I.di 4 @b6 :!.dS?

4 llel ! 5 :!.cS @f7 6 @c6 lld I =.

5 :!.cS :I.di

5 ... lld8 6 :!.c6 @f7 7 :l.c7+ Wg6 8 @c6 @f5

9 :l.d7 Xia8 IO @d6 +- (Krasenkow).

6 :!.c8+ @£7 7 llc7 + @g6

E17.03

L.Morice - R.Guillet

France 2001

A question mark for 2 gxf6, which allows

Black to employ a stalemate defence.

1 f6 gxf6 2 gxf6?

2 g6 f5+ 3 @e3 f4+ 4 Wf2 Wb2 5 g7 c3 6

g8'1W c2 7 '&b3+@cl 8 @e2 +-.

2 ... Wb2 3 f7 c3 4 f8'1W c2 S '&f2 @bl 6

Wlb6+ Wxa2 7 ~xaS+ @bl 8 °lWb4+ @a2 9

'&c3@bl 1'2-1'2

El7.04

N.Huschenbeth - A.Markgraf

Gromitz 2005

Black can win in several ways, but must be

careful not to squander his tempo moves.

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