how to play chess endgames book

50 How TO PI.AY CHESS ENDGAMES
pawn, such combinations often crop up naturally)
15 !'.!.b4 We7 16 !'.!.c4 i.d7 17 i.b7 !'.!.ae8
18 !'.!.c3 (18 !'.!.xd7+? Wxd7 19 i.c6+ fails to
19 ... Wc8) 18 ... f5 19 Wf2 +-.
13 ••• i.c6 14 !'.!.b8 !'.!.c8 15 !'.I.cl .!Iaxb8 16
cxb8WI !'.!.xb8 17!'.!.xc61:l.b2 18 Ac4 hS 19 h4
gS 20 hxgS+ <hgS 21 Wh2 !'.!.b4 22 i.b3 as 23
!'.!.a6 !'.!.bS 24 !'.!.a7 'M6 25 i.a4 1-0
There is often a duel between a majority on
the queenside and one on the kingside, separated
by an open d-file. In addition to the question
of control of the d-file, vital roles are
often played by the activity of the kings and
the ease with which the respective majorities
can be mobilized. It is important to be clear
that the queenside majority does not constitute
an automatic advantage in itself, but requires
additional supporting factors.
after 4 ... 1'.!.cl+! 5 Wd2 !'.!.gl 6 g3 a4 Black's
drawing chances would have remained intact.
s Wxd4Il.d8+
5 ... Wf8 6 Il.b5 Il.c6 7 c5 bxc5+ 8 Il.xc5 Il.d6+
9 Wc3 Il.a6 10 Wc4 ±.
6 Wc3 <li>f8 7 cS Il.c8 8 Wc4! f6 9 WbS!!
fxeS?
Now the white pawn gets through. Black
should have remained in the rook ending:
9 ... bxc5 10 Il.xc5 !'.!.d8 11 a4 Il.b8+ 12 Wc4 Il.a8
13 b4 axb4 14 Wxb4 ±.
10 cxb6 We7 11 b7 Il.b8 12 Wc6 e4
12 ... Wd8 13 f3 +- would result in a tragicomic
zugzwang.
13 Wc7 Il.d8 ( D)
B
2.16
I.Nataf - J.Chabanon
French Cht (Pon Barcares) 2005
The white king is more active and his queenside
majority is easier to mobilize.
1. .. aS?
Violating the rule: don't move on the side
where the opponent is stronger (see Chapter
17, 'Typical Mistakes'). 1..Jk7 is more accurate.
2 !'.I.es b6 3 Wc3 :!!ldl 4 !'.!.d4 !'.!.xd4?
You should always think twice before swapping
off your active rook. Here it plays right
into White's hands, since now White's king has
no more worries. In the double-rook ending
14a3!!
A strong prophylactic move. The immediate
14 b8'&? Il.xb8 15 Wxb8 Wd6 (Lukacs in CBM)
would allow Black counterplay.
14 eS
14 Il.d7+ 15@b6~d8 (15 ... Il.d3 16 b4 +-)
16Wxa5 Wd617 Wb6 +-.
15 b8'& Il.xb8 16 <hb8 Wd6 17 Wb7 WcS
18 Wc7 Wd4 19 Wd6 Wc3 20 b4 axb4 21 axb4
@xb4 22 <axes 1-0
The following example of majorities on opposite
wings was examined in detail by Christopher
Lutz in Endgame Secrets (additional
examples in which the kingside majority has the
whip hand are 4.01 Taimanov-Uhlmann, 4.12
Paaske-Lund and 4.32 Yusupov-Spraggett). It is
clear that the aggressive potential of a kingside
pawn-majority is not just a middlegame factor.