how to play chess endgames book

DO NOT RUSH! 73
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thing is the decisive penetration of the black
camp by the white king.
23 •.. bxaS 24 bxa5 @g7 25 @b4@f6 26 @cS
@g7 27 Jle2 ~de8 28 Ihe8 lhe8 29 Jlf3 1-0
on principle to put this pawn on a light square,
since this reduces White's control of the dark
squares. The g4 advance should be made only if
it brings clear benefits. The prophylactic I Jle4
would have won sooner or later; for example,
1 ... Jlel 2 g4 hxg4+ 3 hxg4 luxe4 4 @xe4 @h6
5 @xe5 @g5 6 @e4 +-.
1. .. hxg4+ 2 hxg4 @h6!
This activation of the king saves the day.
Now White can no longer win, since 3 .l:!xf6?
can be answered by 3 ... e4+.
3 Jle4 @g5 4 .!!e6 Jld4 5 Jlc2 Jlc3 6 @g3
Jlel + 7 @h3 Jlc3 8 @g2 luxg4 9 Jlxg6 @f4 10
JlhS lue3+ 11 @r2 eirs 12 .l:!f6 11z.11z
In the following example we see even a
world-class player acting too hastily.
F) Too Much of a Rush
It often happens that rash pawn moves spoil the
win, since by definition pawns cannot move
backwards.
A.Shirov - V.Anand
Wijk aan Zee 2001
3.10
A.Bisguier- E.Mednis
USA Ch (New York) 1969
1 g4?
Now, thanks to a tactical trick, Black is able
to set up a fortress. Also it is of course not good
I .l;IbS?
This allows the activation of all Black's
forces. Instead, White should first simply improve
his position, since his rooks are able to
contain Black's counterplay: 1 b3 .l:!c2 2 .l:!d2
.l:!c6 3 .l:!2d4 f5 4 .l:!c4 .l:!b6 5 .l:!cc8 Jle7 6 .l:!d7
Jld6 7 f4 h5 8 @g2 +-.
1 ••• .l;Ic2 2 .l:!bb7 JlcS 3 .l:!xf7+ @g6 4 .l:!xh7
Jlxf2+ 5 @fl .l:!xb2 6 .l:!h4 JlcS! 7 .l:!c4 .trs 8
~c8 Jld6 9 .l:!c6 JleS 10 .!!xa6 @CS 11 .l;Ibb6
@e4 12 ~xe6 .l:!xh2 13 ~xf6 11z.11z