14.07.2021 Views

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.

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.

98 How TO PLAY CHESS ENDGAMES

Exercises (Solutions on pages 302-3)

E4.30 /****

How can Black prevent both his pawns from

being exchanged?

E4.33 /****

How could Black have saved himself?

I) The Defender of a

Weakness Must be

Exchanged

Sometimes just one strong piece holds the whole

show together. If it can be exchanged, the defence

often falls apart.

E4.31 /***

How did Black secure the draw?

4.24

A.Rubinstein - O.Duras

Kar/shad 19JJ

E4.32 /**

In the game Black lost. Can you do better?

The black queen currently protects all the

weaknesses on the queenside, so Rubinstein

prepares to exchange it:

1 \'!'(fl! ! lt:icS 2 lt:id2 \'!'i'b4 3 '&c4 \'!'i'xc4 4

lt:ixc4 !tab8 5 lt:id2 .!k7 6 !txa6

and White went on to win.

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!