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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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THE ART OF PAWN PLAY 49

7c5!!

A fantastic way of making use of his pawnmajority.

7 a4? would be answered strongly

with 7 ... a5.

7 ... bxc5 8 bS! Itb8 9 Wc4lbd710 gdl h4?

This only helps White, who can now open a

file on the kingside more easily. Black should

prefer 10 ... Itb6, although after 11 a4 a5 12

bxa6 !l:xa6 13 @b3 Ita8 14 i.b5 lbb6 15 i.xe8

~xe8 16 Itd6 Itb8 l 7 lbb5 (Dreev) White has a

strong initiative.

11 i.fl f6 12 i.e2 Itb7 13 g3!

Black can no longer prevent a file from being

opened on the kingside.

13 hxg3

13 Itc7 14 gxh4 gxh4 15 Itgl ±.

14 hxg3 !l:b8 15 g4 Itb7 16 blhl ~d6 17

.:hs !l:b818 Ith7@c7 19 a4 @b6 (D)

22 i.c4 lbb6 23 b!a7 b!a8 24 .l:txa8 lbxa8 25

bxa6 i.d7 26 a7 lbb6

26 ... @b6 27 i.b5 i.c8 28 @c4 lbc7 29 a5+

Wxa7 (29 ... @xa..'i 30 Wxc5) 30 @xc5 lbxb5 31

lbxb5+ @a6 32 @b4 i.d7 33 lbc3 f5 34 lba4

+-.

27 i.b5 i.xbS 28 lbxb5 @a6 29 aS 1-0

Black resigned in view of 29 ... ~8 30 @c4

Wxa5 31 @xc5 @a6 32 @c6! lbb6 33 a8~+

lbxa8 34 lbc7+ +-.

A dangerous majority can even justify a

pawn sacrifice.

w

2.15

Y.Razuvaev- K.Honfi

Cienfuegos 1976

20Ite7

"An important aspect of technical chess is

to collect advantages and later cash them in together.

White first created an advantage on the

queenside, then consolidated, then opened the

kingside to invade with the rook. Only now is

he actually trying to use his advantages ac-

tively." (Aagaard in Excelling at Technical

Chess).

20 'it>as

20 lt::if8 21 a5+ @xa5 22 b!xa7+ @b6 23

:.a6+ @c7 24 @xc5 lbd7+ 25 @b4 lbb6 26

~a4+-.

2l@b3! a6

2l...c4+ 22 i.xc4 lbc5+ 23 @a3 i.d7 24

·'::ldl !l:h8 25 lbb2 blh3 26 i.e2 +-.

1 e5! dxeS 2 b5

White obtains a very dangerous majority,

which can hardly be stopped.

2 ••. i.e8 3 cS lbd7?!

3 ... lbc8 4 lbe4 f6 5 c6 bxc6 6 bxc6 lbb6 7

$..a6±.

4 lbdS e6 5 lbe7+ @gl 6 c6 bxc6

6 ... Wf6 7 cxb7 Irb8 8 lbc8 blxb7 9 lbd6 blb8

IO &7 lbb6 ll lbe4+ @g7 12 Itxa7 +-.

7 bxc6 lbb6 8 c7 i.d7 9 Itfdl i.a4 10 Itd6!

'it>f6

10 ... lbc8? 11 lbxc8 Itaxc8 12 $..a6 +-.

11 Itxb6 @xe7 12 Itb7 @f6

12 ... @d6 13 Itb2 +-.

13 !:kbl

13 i.a6 $..d7 14 b!dl $..c6 (after 14 ... $..c8?

the point of White's play is revealed: 15 !l:b8

$..xa6 16 b!dd8 +-; with a far-advanced passed

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