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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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DO NOT RUSH!

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25 f!al!

Very strong; White threatens to open a second

front with a3, so that Black has to take on

additional weaknesses.

2S ... i.a7 26 a3 bxa3 27 ll.xa3 i.b6 28 f!al

gh8(D)

48 ... @c7 49 lt:\e5 @d8 50@c6 Ac7 51 e7+

+-(Stohl).

49 @c6 i.d8 SO ltJxcS d3 51 ltJxd3 @xe6 52

lt:lcS+ @eS S3 lt:lb7 i.e7 54 ltJxaS @d4 SS @bS

i.d6 56 b4 @c3 57 cS Af4 58 lt:\c4 @d4 59

lt:lb6 Ag3 60 c6 i.d6 61 lt:la8 l-O

Now Aseev switches to concrete action.

29 f4?

However, in accordance with the principle of

'do not rush', White should first have made one

further preparatory move: 29 f!fl ! i.a7 30 f4

gxf4 31 f!xf4 +- and, in contrast to the position

in the game at move 31, Black would be unable

to undertake any direct active counter-measures.

29 •.. gxf4 30 ltJxf4+ @f7 31 fill ll.g8+?

31...i.a?, to make counterplay with ... ~b8

possible, was far more tenacious.

32 @f3 i.c7 33 lt:\d3

In the next phase, White will try to exchange

the rooks, in order to deprive Black of any

counter-chances. In the long run, Black has no

good way of avoiding this, since otherwise the

white rook would penetrate decisively.

33 .. JtgS (DJ

33 ... i.b6 34 Iihl f!g7 35 f!h6 +-.

34 f!el f!hS 35 @g2

Aseev does not rush, since he can easily push

the black pieces back.

35 ... f!gS 36 f':te4 i.b6 37 f!f4+ @g7 38 @f3

l:1hS 39 z:!f6 grs+ 40 f!xfS exfS 41 g4! fxg4+

41...@g6 42 @f4 +-.

42 lt>xg4 @f7 43 @fS i.a7 44 @e4 @e6 45

lt:\f4+ @e7 46 @dS @d7 47 lt:ld3 i.b6 48 e6+

@e7

In the following example you should pay

particular attention to the manoeuvres of the

white rook.

3.08

H.Kallio - V.Dinstuhl

Bermuda 2003

l@f3!

Provoking the pawn move that will spell

doom for Black.

1. .• hS 2 <i;e3 lt:lh7 3 f!c2 @d8 4 b4 lt:\f8 S

f!f2 @e7 6 g3 lt:lh7 7 ~2 @d8 8 ll.cl!?

A typical situation for this strategy: Black

does not know precisely what he should do,

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