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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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88 How TO PLAY CHESS ENDGAMES

S lta6+ @e7 6 axb3 l'tb5

Despite his two extra pawns, White has not

the slightest chance of winning.

7 l!a3 I:lb4 8 'it>g3 'M7 9 'it>h4 'it>g6 10 l!a6

g;,g711z.112

Exercises

(Solutions on pages 298-9)

E4.17 /****

How should Black defend?

E4.15 **/

Should White exchange into a bishop

ending with 1 ltxc8+ or is the transition

to a rook ending by l .l:!f7+ followed

by 1Ixf5 the right way?

E4.18 /****

Find the best move for Black.

E4.16 */

Decide between 1 ~ee7 and 1 .i.e5.

E4.19 **/

White played l g3 here.

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