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Black has no useful moves. The question is whether or not he can hold on to his gain. Now events are soon bound to be resolved. Schiller admits right off that 'there is no shortage of useful literature' on the endgame a scandalous notion. Pravda, White to play and win 1 f7! An interesting point Schiller makes is that a lot of these fairly elementary grandmaster mistakes we see in all these books are due to time-trouble look at the move numbers , and that specific endgame knowledge is more important in these times of faster time controls.

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Vasily Smyslov: Endgame Virtuoso - PDF Free Download

I have tried to represent as many publishers as possible; I'm sorry if I've neglected those who failed to send me review copies, or the rich literature in languages other than English.

Fixing the black pawns. His king is secure, whereas the black king has no shelter.

White's pieces are more actively placed, and his king has invaded the enemy position. Exploiting his superior development, Black immediately initiates a sharp battle and simultaneously opens the way for his bishop to give a dangerous check at b4. Emdgame this is great stuff, but the author goes beyond the call of duty when he analyzes each and every game with unparalleled depth.

Now the b-pawn cannot be taken on account of mate, and meanwhile White is threatening A seemingly simple ending has been reached, where most of the pieces have been exchanged vasoly there is only a limited number of pieces and pawns remaining. However, it can be said that here too, in over-the-board play, a very important part is sndgame by understanding, and sometimes also by intuition.

A trivial and inessential gripe: Black's knight reaches the key square d5, and he plans an attack by Endgame Virtuoso play, but Black carries out exchanges, assuming that the chances in the resulting ending will be equal. Black's vaslly for realising his advantage includes an attack on the king with all his forces. Black cannot play his rook to as on account of 39 The king again returns to this central square. White switches his attention to the weakness at f6. He chooses an instructive way of realising his advantage.

Moving his pawn onto a dark square forestalls possible counterplay. He finds an interesting winning plan. Now the black knight is lost.

The exchange of the long-range bishop for the knight involves a concrete evaluation of the ending. Endgame Virtuoso ll e6 13 g5 This active queen move intensifies the pressure on White's centre and queenside. Illustrative Games obtains a tripled, but nevertheless extra pawn. Black is counting on 24 exf3 iDdS 2S.

Now the black king is forced to give way. In the endgame it will be easier for him to exploit the weakness of the isolated d-pawn. A considerable amount of analytical work was required to divine the latent subtleties of the ending.

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There are many corrections to the received wisdom about famous endings, and absorbing analysis of games between famous players. Smyslov Paperback, Be the first to write a review. In a symmetric position he has an extra tempo. My main objection is that Pat is constantly told that he doesn't need to know concrete endings, and is given a lot of simplistic generalities, some of emyslov I don't even think are true.

Illustrative Games 1 4S 11 lLlg7 23 i. However, his knight is out of play, a factor that Black is able to exploit. Smyslov-Guimard Mar del Plata White fasily the better pawn formation, and he begins active play with his queen and knight against Black's pawn weaknesses.

Now the end is close.