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how to play chess endgames book

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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6 HOW TO PLAY CHESS ENDGAMES

Dl) An Incarcerated King 204

D2) Pieces Shut Out of Play 208

E) Tied and Pinned Pieces 210

El) Tied to a Pawn 210

E2) Tying 210

E3) A Dangerous Passed Pawn 211

E4) Pinning 212

F) A Typical Mistake 213

12 Stalemate 216

A) The Last Chance 216

B) Theoretically Important Stalemate Positions 217

C) Desperado 219

D) Underprornotion to Avoid Stalemate 219

13 Mate 222

A) An Incarcerated King 222

B) The AU-Important First Check 223

C) Rooks in Seventh Heaven 225

D) Attacking with Opposite-Coloured Bishops 227

E) The Knight in the Attack 231

F) Long-Term Mating Attacks 233

14 Domination 235

A) Total Domination 235

B) Theoretically Important Endings 237

C) Methods of Restriction 238

Cl) Restricting a Bishop 238

C2) Restricting a Knight 239

C3) Restricting the Whole Enemy Force 241

C4) Incarcerating a Piece 242

15 Converting an Advantage 245

A) Transforming One Advantage into Another 245

Al) Bishops are Generally Easier to Exchange 246

A2) Transforming a Static Advantage into a Dynamic One 246

A3) Returning Material 248

A4) Basic Considerations 249

B) Practical Examples 250

Bl) Space Advantage 250

Bla) Widening the Operational Front 254

B2) Material Advantage 255

B2a) An Extra Pawn 255

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