how to play chess endgames book

94 HOW TO PLAY CHESS ENDGAMES
4 ~e4 ~h6 5 f4 ~xe6 6 @f3 1he4 7 @xe4
@e6 =; in contrast to the game continuation,
White has no spare tempo-moves with his f-
pawn available.
4 •• JXxf7 5 exf7 @xf7
Probably Gurevich assessed this endgame as
easily won for White in view of his outside
passed pawn. As complicated analysis later
showed, however, Black can defend, since there
is so little winning potential left on the board.
6@f3 @1'6 7@e4 'it>e6 8 @f4@f6 9@e4 @e6
10 f3 @f6 11 @f4 b6 12 @e4 @e6 13 f4 as 14
rs+ 'it>d615 'it>f4 a416@g5 a317 bxa3 @e7 18
@g6 @f8 19 @f6 c5 20 @e5 'it>f7 21 a4 @e7 22
as bxa5 23 a4 @f7 24 @d5 @f6 25 @xc5 >&xf5
26 @b6 @e61:7 @xa5 @d7 28 @b6 @c8 1/z-1/l
Even when you are a pawn down, you should
not completely rule out exchanging queens,
especially if the enemy queen is posted in an
extremely dominant position and your own is
contributing less.
of~+~ vs ~+ft), in which his activity counts
for a lot.
4l2:id7!
4 ~c5? ~xc5 5 ~c3 kxb3 6 1axc5 ~d8 +
(C.D.Meyer in CBM).
4...~xa3 5 li:lf6+ @g7 6 li:lxd5 ~d8 7 li:lb6
~d4 8 ll:lc4 ~cs 9 ~f3 b6 10 @fl fS 11 @e2
@f6 12 ~c3 ~e4+ 13 @f3 ~e6 14 l;!d3 h6 15
~d5 g5 16 hxgS+ hxg5 17 li:le3?
White should have played 17 g4! fxg4+ 18
@xg4 l;Ie4+ 19 @g3 ~el (19 ... l;Id4 20 l;Ixd4
kxd4 21 f4) 20 f4 = (Meyer).
17. .. ~es (D)
w
B
4.19
E.Kengis - J.Heissler
Bundesliga 2002/3
The bishop-pair gives Black good compensation
anyway, but after the following move he
has a dangerous initiative:
1 '&dS!
l 1Ic3? 2 '&xb7 is not what Black had in
mind.
2 ~xdS ~xd5 3 ~e3 ~f8!
Once again, exchanging is the correct decision.
Black wants to head for a Fischer endgame
18 JaxeS?
"The transition into a bishop vs knight ending
is clearly an error at this point, in view of
Black's greater activity as well as the weakness
of the white queenside pawns. The black king
arrives at e4, and very soon the spectre of zugzwang
appears. White has various alternatives;
for example: 18 ~d8!? g4+ 19 @e2 ~e4 20
'it>d3 +; 18 ~d3!? l;Ie4 19 g4!? +." (Meyer).
18 ••• @xeS 19 ll:lc2 g4+ 20 @e2 @e4 21 ll:le3
@d422li:ldl
22 li:lxf5+ 'it>c3 -+.
22 .•. .tr8 23 f3?? gxf3+ 24 @xf3 @d3 zs
ll:le3 @c3 26 li:ldS+ @xb3 27 li:lxb6 ~cs 28
ll:ld7!? ~d4?
28...~d6wins.
29 ll:lb8 @xa4 30 li:lc6 1/z-1/l
Liquidation into an endgame with an unequal
material distribution is an especially difficult
decision.