how to play chess endgames book

THE ART OF PAWN Pl.AY 43
Connected passed pawns are generally very
powerful as long as they cannot be properly
blockaded. Thus a lone rook cannot stop two
the infliction of irreparable weaknesses on the connected passed pawns on the 6th rank. Hence
queen side.
the struggle often revolves round the creation of
9 ... bxa4 10 bxa4 as 11 @c2 c4 12 .l:!.bl connected passed pawns.
Fritz's suggestion 12 f4!? also seems to be
very strong, but would not be appropriate for a
human player on practical grounds, since it
would make the position unnecessarily dy- B
narnic, which White does not really want.
12 ... Ab4 13 lba2 .i.cS 14 .bcS .l:!.xcS 15
-8c3 i.c8 16 !l:b2 .i.d7
16 .. .fxe4 17 fxe4 i.d7 18 .l:!.hbl Axa4+ 19
,'2ixa4 lbxa4 20 .l:!.b8+ !l:f8 was stronger according
to Botvinnik, but in fact White wins easily
with 21 i.g4 or 21 .l:!.xf8+.
17 .l:!hbl _\ha4+ 18 lbxa4 lbxa4 19 .l:!.b8+
'tig7
l 9 ... f!.f8 20 d611cc8 21 !l:xc8 l:hc8 22 .l:!.b5
20 f!.lb7+ !l:f7 (DJ
Now there is no suitable blockader left and
the protected passed pawn can advance in safety.
21 .l:!.xb7 22 .l:!.xb7+ @f6 23 .l:!.xh7 .l:!.c8?!
23 .l:!.c6 24 d7 !l:d6 25 i.xc4 lbc5 26 .l:!.f7+
'i!tg5 27 Ab5 fxe4 28 fxe4 .l:!.d4 was more tenacious.
24 d7 .l:!.d8 25 i.xc4 lbcS 26 .l:!.f7+ @gS 27
.i.bS fxe4 28 fxe4 1-0
A3) Connected Passed Pawns
2.07
¥.Pelletier - G.Vescovi
Poikovsky 2003
21 d6!
Black is willing to give up a pawn in order to
set his centre pawns in motion.
1. •. aS 2 dxcS bxcS! 3 .l:!.xaS d4 4 .l:!.a7+ @d6
51:!.bl?
White should have sought counterplay with
his own passed pawns right away, to avoid being
overrun; for example, 5 a4 .l:!.a8 6 .l:!.xa8
11xa8 7 .l:!.al i.d5 8 g4 d3 9 g5 with counterplay.
5 ... .l:!.a8
Vescovi exchanges the active white rook, in
order to activate his f8-rook.
6 .l:!.bb7 11xa7 7 .l:!.xa7 .l:!.b8 8 @g3?! .i.dS 9
a4 d3 10 @f2 .l:!.b2+ 11 'i!te3 .i.xf3 12 @xf3 c4
13 !l:a6+ @cS 14 .l:!.a7 c3 15 .l:!.c7+