how to play chess endgames book

SOLUTIONS
TO THE EXERCISES
343
1...h6?
The best way is to stalemate the white king
immediately and thus force the white pawn to
commit itself: l...f2+ 2 @fl @f3 3 h3 (3 h4 h6
4 hS @e3 S @g2 @e2 -+) 3 ... hS 4 h4 @e3 S
@g2@e2-+.
2 @fl hS 3 @el @e4 4 M2 @!4 s @fl @fS
6 @f2 @g4 7 @fl @gS 8 @!2 @f4 9@fl h4 10
@f2@e4 ll @fl?
11 @el @e3 12 @fl f2 13 h3 @f3 stalemate.
ll ... @e3 12 @el f2+ 13 @fl @f3 0-1
E17.05
V.Filippov - I.Novikov
Koszalin 1999
l@c2?
I @c4 = or I ~h I e4 2 !l.hS = was necessary.
1 ... @fS 2 ~fl+ @g4 3 !tel @f4 4 ~fl+@g3
The vital manoeuvre to reduce the checking
distance.
s ~el ~ds 6 ~gI+ @f3 1 ~gs @f4 s ~hs
@g4 9 ~h8 e4 IO @c3 e3 0-1
El7.06
0.Eminov- J.Pallardo Lozoya
Peniscola U­14 Ech 2002
1 ...@f3?
1..J'!h8! 2~gl (after 2~xh8 dl\W the queen
prevails against the rook - do you know how?)
2...@f2 3 ~al @e2 -+.
2 ~h3+ @e4 3 l!hl?
3 .l:!h4+ was necessary.
3 ...@e3? 4 ~h3+@e2 S ~h2+ @d3 6 ~h3+
@e4 7 ~hl? @d3? 8 ~h3+ 11z.11z
E17.07
C.Lutz - T.Luther
German Ch (Bremen) 1998
1 ... ~el+?
Black should play 1...~h I 2 d7 ~h8 3 d8\W
~xd8 4 ~xd8 @b2 S .§.b8+ @c3 6 !l.a8 @b3 7
@d4 a3 8@d3 (8 ~b8+@c2 ;;;) 8 ... @b2 9 ~b8+
@cl 10@c3 a2 =.
2 @d4! Z!dl + 3 @c4 ~cl+
After 3 ... .l:!xdS 4 @xdS @b2 S d7 a3 6 d8\W
a2 the white king is in the winning zone: 7
'&b6+@al 8\Wf2@bl 9'&el+@b2 IO'&d2+
@bl 11 Wc4 al\W 12@b3 +-.
4@bS ~bl+ s @as ~b8
Now White wins the black pawn:
6 ~d3+! ~b3 7 ~d4! ~b8 8 ~xa4+ @b3 9
~h4~b7
9 ... ~d8 10 ~h6 @c4 11 @b6 @dS 12 @c7
+-.
10 ~d4 @c3 11 .§.dl 1-0
E17.08
C.Meyer - G.Tischer
Bundesliga 1981/2
l. ..@g8! 2@e5
2 @g6 llg4+ 3 @fS ~a4 ;;;_
2 ••. b4 3 @d4 b3+ 4 @c3 b2! S @xb2 ~b4+ 6
@c3 ~b6 7 ~a8+ @g7
Black has set up Vancura's drawing position.
El7.09
M.Illescas - V.Epishin
Dos Hermanas 1994
l@h4? ~xe5!
In the game Black overlooked his chance:
J...!l.e8? 2 tbc4 .!he3 3 tbxe3 @g6 4 tbg2 1-0.
2 ~xeS tbf3+ 3 @xhS tbxes =
(Ribli in CBM)
E17.10
V.Topalov - V.Korchnoi
Madrid 1996
1 ... h6??
I...Zlb7 2 Ae3 Axe3 3 fxe3 @f8 4 !tdal
~xb2 = (Bologan in CBM).
2 b4! ~xb4
2 ... Axb4 3 i..e3 cS 4 .§.d7 Ad2 S @fl i..xe3
6 fxe3 ~b4 7 ~a5 c4 8 ~cs ~a4 9 ~cc7 ~f8 10
@e2+-.
3 ~xb4 Axb4 4 Ae3 @f8?!
This makes things easier, though Black is
losing anyway: 4 ... cS S ~d7 c4 6 Ab6 +-
(Bologan); 4 ... Aa5!? S @fl @f8 6 ~dS Ab6 7
i..xb6 cxb6 8 ~d7 +-.
S ~bl 1-0
Black resigned in view of S ... cS 6 AxcS+
Axes 7 ~b8+ +-.
E17.11
l@dS?
V.Epishin - Zhao Xue
Lausanne 2001