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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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THE RIGHT

EXCHANGE

97

3 ••• ~e3 (DJ

H) Eliminating the Last

Pawn

Since in pawnless endings you often need to be

at least a rook up to win, the last pawn is frequently

worth its weight in gold:

4lbd5

4 '&g7+ <hh3 5 g4 '&f4+ 6 @c5 '&xg4 =.

4 ... ~d4+ lf1.1/z

In the following example White can win, but

must be really vigilant:

4.22

N.Liogky- S.Savchenko

USSR 1988

Black takes advantage of the fact that the

pawnless endgame of queen and knight against

queen is only a draw:

1 •.. g3! 2 hxg3

2 '&xg3 '&xg3 3 hxg3 @g4 =.

2 ... @g4 3 l2Jc3

Or: 3 lbd4 '@°d2+ =; 3 lbd6 '&d2+ 4 @a3

~d3+ 5 @a4 @xg3 =.

4.23

B.Thelen - J.Florian

Zlin 1945

The white b-pawn will provide the vital winning

potential: ·

1 aS?!

1 @xa7 .l'lxa4+ 2 @b7! is much more accurate.

The b4-pawn will decide the issue.

1. •. bxaS 2 bxaS?

Here 2 b5! 1;!.bl 31;!.h? would have still won.

2 ...@eS

The game ended later in a draw.

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