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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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58 How TO PLAY CHESS ENDGAMES

8 ... h6 9 h4l:tde7 10 g5 hxg5 11 hxg5 fxg5 12

l:txg5 l:th6 13 l:tfgl l:th3+ 14 @d4 +-.

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A.Karpov - J.Lautier

Dortmund 1995

9g5!

The typical line-opening of the minority attack.

9 ... fxg5 10 .§.xgS l:th6 11 l:tg3 .!;ihe6 12 h4

g613 l:1g5 h6?!

13 ... @c8 is more tenacious, but should not

be sufficient; for example, 14 l:tg4 @d7 15 d4

@d6 16 e5+ @d7 (16 ...@dS 17 @d3 +-) 17

@e4 l:1g7 I 8 l:tf8 l:te8 19 l:tf6 l:te6 20 .§.gf4

l:tge7 21 l:tf8 l:te8 22 l:t4f7+ l:t6e7 23 l:txe7+

@xe7 24 l:tf6 @d7 25 @f4 .§.e7 26 @g5 +-.

14l:tg4!

Prophylactically slopping ... c5 followed by

... @c6xc5.

14 •• J!g7

Now after 14 ... cS 15 bxc5 @c6 16 d4 the

e4-pawn is overprotected.

15 d4 @c8 16 l:tf8+ @b7 17 e5 g5 18 @e4

l:tee7 19 hxg5 hxg5

Now Capablanca gathers in the harvest:

20 l:tf5 @c8 21 l:tgxg5 l:th7 22 l:th5 @d7 23

.§.xh7 1ilh7 24 l:tf8 l:th4+ 25 @d3 l:th3+ 26

@d2 c5 27 bxc5 l:ta3 28 dS 1-0

Since this theme is also very commonly applicable

in the middlegame, here is another example

of it (see following diagram):

First White acts on the queenside with a4

and b4-b5, to open lines and to isolate the black

c-pawn:

1 b4lt:lg62a4a63 Ac3 'r'Bg54Ad4Axd45

lt:lxd4 J..d5?! 6 e4?!

6 lt:ldf5 ! followed by f4 was stronger.

6 Ae6 7 lt:lf3 'fff4 8 b5 axb5 9 axb5 lt:le5

9 Axh3? IQ e5 ±; the tactical computermove

9 ... c5 !? came strongly into consideration;

for example, IO 'f'Bxc5 Ab3 11 lt:le2 lt:lxe4 12

'r'Bb4 'fff6 13 'l'M'xb3 lt:lc5 14 'f'Hc3 \IM'xc3 15

lt:lxc3 lt:\xd3 =.

10 lt:lxe5 'f'Hxe5 11 bxc6 bxc612 l:tacl (D)

B

White has achieved his strategic goal: the

c6-pawn is very weak. Now he sets about mobilizing

his own majority.

12 ... l:td6 13 \'f/c3 lt:\d7 14 i.e2 .!;ixdl+ 15

J..xdl \IM'xc3 16 1ilc3 l:tc8 17 f4 f6 18 lt:le2 c5

19lt:ld4 J..f7?

l 9 ...@f7 was necessary, after which the white

advantage is kept in bounds.

20 J..g4 l:1e8 21 lt:lbS lt:lb6

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