how to play chess endgames book

44 How TO Pl.AY CHESS ENDGAMES
15 l:.xd7 c2 -+.
15 ... @b4 16 l:.b7+ 'it>a5 0-1
A4) Passed Pawns Must be Pushed!
In a pawn race, it is generally the quality rather
than the quantity of the passed pawns that
counts.
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USA Ch (San Diego) 2006
Despite his extra pawn, White has his back
to the wall and can save himself only with very
accurate defence.
1. •• d4 2 h5?
Correctly, White wants to get his most important
asset moving, but the fastest run is one
that is carried out in a technically clean manner.
a) Not 2 f3+?@d3 -+.
b) 2 g4? also fails: 2 ... d3 3 l:'le6+ \.t>f3 41.t>ei
c4 5 g5 l:'lcl+ 6 @d2 l:.c2+ 7 @di @xf2 8 g6
l:.b2 9 l:'lc6 @e3 IO l:.e6+ @d4 11 l:.d6+@c3 12
@el l:.e2+ 131.t>fl @d2 14 g7 l:.e8 15 h5 c3 16
h6 c2 17 l:.c6 cl~+ 18 l:.xcl @xcl 19 h7 d2
-+.
c) White should first have compelled the
opposing king to come to a decision: 2 l:.e6+!
@d5 (2 ...@d3 3 g4@c2 4 l:.e2+@d3 5 l:l:e6 =) 3
l:'le8 c4 (DJ.
Now the pawn should start motoring:
cl) 4 ~e2?! l:.c2+ 5 @f3 c3 6 h5 l:.b2 7 h6
(7 l:.d8+? @c4 8 l:.c8+ @d3 9 h6 l:'lb7 10 g4
@c2 -+) 7 ... l:.b7 8@e2 l:.c7 9 g4 (9 @dl? d3
-+) 9 ... c2 10 h7 cl'& I I h8~ =,
c2) 4 h5 l:.b3 5 h6 l:.bl+ 6 @e2 d3+ 7 @d2
l:.b2+ 8 @c I l:.xf2 9 h7 c3 10 l:.d8+ @e4 11
l:.e8+@d5=.
2 .•• d3
The immediate 2 ... l:.cl+ 3 @e2 d3+ 4 @d2
l:.c2+ 5@dl c4 -+, transposing to the game, is
somewhat simpler.
31.t>el
3 l:.e6+ \.t>d5 4 l:.el c4 5 h6 l:'la3 6 h7 l:.a8-+.
3 ... l:.cl+ 4 @d2 l:'lc2+ 5 @di c4 6 h6 c3 7
l:.e6+
7 l:'lc6 l:.xf2 8 l:.xc3 @e3 9 @el l:.xg2 10
@fl l:'lh2 11 l:.c6 l:'lhl+ 12@g2 d2-+.
7 ... @d5 8 l:'le5+@c4 (DJ
9l:.e4+
9 h7 is met by 9 ... l:.a2 followed by mate.
9 .•• @b310l:.e3
10 l:'ld4 l:.xf2 11 l:.xd3 l:'lxg2 12 @cl l:.h2 13
l:.d6 l:'lhl+ 14 l:'ld! l:'lxh6 -+.
10 ... l:.d2+ 0-1