how to play chess endgames book

66 How TO PLAY CHESS ENDGAMES
1 @e3 @d6 2 .i.e2 @e7 3 .i.d3 @d6 4 @f3
@e7 5@g4
Now the gS-pawn is protected and White can
move his knight.
s .. .tors 6 tog1 toh1 1 tof3 wd6
Now the black king is also tied to the protection
of the e5-pawn.
8 @g3 .i.e8 9 @f2 .i.c6 10 @e3 .i.d7 11 c4
bxc4 12 .i.xc4 .i.c8 13 a4 .i.b7 14 aS .i.c8 15
.i.d3! 1-0
Another good technical move. Of course 15
b5 also wins, but then 15 ... @c5 would have to
be taken into account. Anand wants to play b5
only on the next move and thus deprive Black
even of this slight hope. Ponomariov saw the
writing on the wall and resigned.
The next example is substantially more complicated:
I 6 ... .i.xf5? 17 @xfS loc7 18 .i.g7 loe8 19
.i.h8 (zugzwang) +- (Ribli).
17 srs .i.d318 .i.e7+@c719 loe3@c8 20
@g4 @c7 21 @h5 log7+ 22 @h6 toes
22 ... lof5+? fails because of the boxed-in
black king: 23 loxf5 .i.xfS 24 .i.xf6 +-.
23h4
Before undertaking any concrete action,
White improves his h-pawn's position, so that
if it comes down to a pawn-race the h-pawn
will have less distance to cover.
23 ... @cS 24 hS @c7 25 log2 @c8?
Under pressure, Illescas makes an error.
Since the king's best square is c7, he should
have made a waiting move with the bishop,
such as 25 ... .i.c2.
26 lof4 .i.c2 (D)
3.02
V.Kramnik - M.Illescas
Dos Hermanas 1997
First White should improve his knight, hence
his king must protect c4:
1 @d2! .ae4 2 .i.cl .i.g2 3 @c3.an 4 .i.h6
.i.g2 5 .i.f4 .i.fl
Now the knight can be transferred to e3,
where it defends c4:
6 lob2 00 7 lodl .i.g2 8 loe3 .i.e4 9 .i.h6
toes
Next the king moves back to the kingside:
10 @d2 loc7 11 we2 toes 12 ~r2 loc7 13
@g3 .i.d3 14@g4 loe8 15 @f4 .i.bl 16 lofS+
~d8
All White's pieces are now in their best positions
and the time has come to act decisively.
However, Krarnnik selects the wrong piece sacrifice:
27 .i.xf6?
27 log6! (Nunn) 27 ... hxg6 28 hxg6 @c7
(28....i.d3 29 g7 loxg7 30@xg7 .i.xc4 31 .i.xd6
.i.xb5 32 @f8 +-) 29 g7 loxg7 30 @xg7 .i.d3
31 @f7 .i.xc4 32 .i.d8+ @b7 (32... @c8 33 e7
.i.xb5 34 e8'& .i.xe8+ 35 @xe8 bS 36 .i.xf6 b4
37 @e7 +-) 33 @xf6 .i.xb5 34 @e7 c4 35
@xd6 c3 36 .i.f6 c2 37 .i.g5@c8 38 @e7 +-.
27 ... loxf6 28 @g7 loe8+ 29 @f7 loc7 30 e7
h6
30 ... .i.dl !? 31 h6@d7 32 Wf8 .i.c2 33 loe6
foes 34@f7 .i.g6+ 35 @f8 lof6 36 lof4 .i.e8 37
loe6 log4 38 log7 .i.g6 39 e8'lW+ .i.xe8 40