Practical chess endings : a basic guide to endgame strategy for the beginner and the more advanced chess player

317 Pages·1969·4.08 MB·English

PRACTICAL
ChesEsn dings
A BASIC GUIDE TO ENDGAME
STRATEGY FOR THE BEGINNER
AND THE MORE ADVANCED
CHESS PLAYER
BY IrviCnhge rnev
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CONTENTS
Page
TheP awn II
TheK night II4
6
TheB ishop I4
TheR ook I94
TheQ ueen 257
VarieotfyP ieces 289
Indeoxf C omposers 3I7
Introduction
THEB ASIC oibnjt ehceetn dgaimste o p romotae P awn,
andg eatn ewQ ueeAnn.e xtQruae eonn t hbeo radg ivae s
plary esau rpieoriintm ya terwihailci hsu suadlelcyi sive.
A goopda rto ft hibso oiks d evotteoKd i nagn dP awn
endinwghsre,et hwei ni sa chiebvyet dunr inag P awni nto
a QueeIna .g rweiet Phu dryw,h os ay"sW,i thokunto wing
somethoiftn hgee n diKnign agn dP awna gaiKnisntg , one
canncoatl l oanc ehseepsllsyfa e r".
Othres ectiooft nhsbe o ofke attuhrKeen igthhtBe,i shop,
thReo oka,n dt hQeu eeinni mporrtoanletei st,hi neh re lping
a Pabwenc oamQ eu eeni,n t ohre mseelnvgeirsnni egme ating
combinations.
Thet erimnsa lplo sitaireo" nWhsi tteopl aayn wd inT.h"e
purpoisste o m aintuaniinf orsmoit thyaW,th iteP'asw ns
moveup t hbeo radi na lcla ses.
Theb ooiksd esigtnoie mdrp ovet hsek iolftl h per actical
playwehro iinrste estienwd i nnitnhegen dicnlge asrilmyp,l y
andeffi cie.nT thleyd iletttahngohtu,ew ,h or eveilnas rt istry
ina ne nd,ih nagnso bte enne gcletedM.a nyfi nec ompositions
whosceh ipeufr poisste oe nterhtaaviaenl sboe einn cluded.
Thust,ha eu trh hoopeasln,le ewdilsl b es erved.
Pawn
The
FASCINATEDb y thes ubtlset rategDyu rasN o.2 4 andG rigoriNeov.2 6.
tob ef ounidn P awne ndingIhs a,v ei n­ Surpriskienygm ovesa ret hosien
cludeedn ougtho s atistfhyem osta vid DedrlNeo .1 6,M aiselNio.s1 8,M and­
studeonrtt hem osta rdencto nnoisseluer.rN o.2 5,G rigoriNeov.2 7,E bersz
The lattweirl rle veels peciailnlt yh e No.4 7,C rumN o.5 0,M oraveNco .5 8,
splendid ebnydG irniggso riev. andC hekhovNeor. 6 8.
Ift herieso net hintgob el earniend Impresseinvoeu gtho q ualiafsmy a s­
Pawn pliatiy s,t hatth eKi ng isa pow­ terpieacreets h ec ompositoifoC nMs­
erfupli ecTeh. eK inmgu sbte u seadg ­ronN o.4 4,G rigorNioesv.4 6N,o . 53,
gressively. No.6 2,N o.6 3,N o.6 9,N o.7 8,D e
No.3 isa basipco sitiinoK ni nga nd FeijtNeor.9 3,an dI senegNgoe.r9 4.
Pawna gainKsitn gT.h ew inniindge ias Piquanptl aym arkst heG rigoriev
easeyn ougbh,u ittm usbte u nderstoNood.1. 0 ,G rigorNioe.v5 9,R eyNo.6 1,
SimplOep positiisio lnl ustirnaP toe­d GrigoriNeov.6 4,K upczewsNkoi. 6 7
sitioNnos.3 throug1h0 ,N o.1 3,N o. andF ontanNao .7 3.
15 andN o.3 3.I ncidentNaol.l9 y a,n d Amusinigd eaasb ounidn G rigoriev
No.1 0 showa couploef i nterestNion.g5 1M,o raveNco .5 8,S ackmanNno .
Kingw anderings. 82,H orwitNzo .8 4,T roitzNkoy. 8 5,
DistaOnptp osit(iwohne roen eK ing'sR incNko .8 8,La piNno .8 9,N eumann
influencoen t heo theirsf eltth el engthN o.9 0,R inckN o.9 2 andM oravec
oft hec hessboairsbd e)a utifduelmloyn ­No.9 7.
stratbeydG rigoriineN vo .6 6. Thet hemoef T riangulaitsni eoant ly
Delightfifnuels siensK inga ndP awn illustrianNt oesd. 4 0a nd4 1.
againKsitn ga ndP awn endingasr e SaavedNroa. 1 01i so fc oursaeno ld
founidn p ositiboynM so raveNco .1 9, favoriatned,c oulhda rdlbye o mitted
De FeijtNeor. 2 1,G rigoriNeov.2 3, froma ne ndgamaen thology.
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NO. ]
easifloyrW hiteW.i thK inga nd
Queeang aiKnisntg t,h epr oceosfs
focrinmga ties e lemerny.t a
Cant he Pawn aatdo vnaconerc, e
wililtb ec augbhytB lacLke?t t'rsy
WHITE movitnhgPe a wna nds e:e
top lay 1 P-R4 K-B5
andw in 2P -R5 K-Q4
3P -R6 K-K3
4P-R1 K-B2
5 P-(RQ8)
Whitwei ns
We cant hupsl aoyu tt hme oves
(menlltay,o fc oursoerg) e tth aen ­
swebry a simpcloeu nTth.el atter
methtoedl ulsts h aatf tfeorum ro ves
thPea wn swtialanltRd 7a,n Bdl ack's
pursuKiinngg h iaBst2 -too tloa te
stotph Pea wn fQruoeme ning.
�1 2
Nowi f3 P-R4,K- BS4 P -R5, K­
N0. 2
Kt4a ndB lacdkr aws.
3K -Q!S
Cuts Bolffa ac kt htiirmdfeor m
pursutihnPega wn.
WHITE
3.. . K-B6
top lya
This gWihivteaes l ascth antcoe
andw in
statrhteP awnp remaetl.uy rInfo w
4P -R4K-,K t5 ntahiPela sw dn own.
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Thiiss d ecisBilvaec!Kk i'nsig s
shuotut completTehlec yo.n tinua­
tio(ner gardolfea snsy thBilnagc k
WHITEc nnaotw inb ym erelya d­doe)s wilble 5 P -R46P, - RS7P ,­
vancitnhgeP awnA. l tlietp repara­
R6,P -8R a7n dP -9R (8Q.)
tioins needed.
Whitwei ns.
A simpcloeu nsth owtsh atth e
Pawnc anr aechR 7i nf oumro ves,
butt hatth epu sruiKnign ,rg ushing
bacakl otnhgde i agownialhlle, a d it
offa tK t2.
Thep lawyo ulbde: 1 P -R4K,- KS
2P -R5K,- Q43 P -R6, 4KP --B7R3 ,
K-Kta2n d tPahwen liossW th.i te
musttyr o thmeera n:s
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Thipsr eveBnltascf kr ommo ving
alongd itahgeo tnosa tlo tph Pea wn,
andt hreattowe innsb y2 P -R43,P ­
R5e tc.
1 .. . K-K6
Blacske izane esw d iagoannadil s
readfyo r ctohnitsi onnu:a Pt2-i R4,
K-QS3 P -R5K-,B 44 P -R6, K-Kt3,
andh ew intsh Pea wn.
2K -K!S
Inrtfeeersw itthh alittt lied ea, and
oncaeg atihner atetnows i nb y p­ush
intgh Pea wn.
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