2611 Chess Endings *** Chess Informant 5–110 Endings Sections Classification of Chess Endings p NB p0 1,2,3Pp:K NB0 N:K 1p:1p N:p 2up:2p p1 P2p:2p NB1 B:K B:p p2 3p:3p NB2 N:N p3 4p:4p NB3 B(vp):N(wp) 5p:5p B(wp):N(vp) 6p:6p 7p:7p 8p:8p p4 2p:1p NB4 B(vp):N(vp)vS p5 3p:2p NB5 B(vp):N(vp)wS p6 4p:3p NB6 B:Bo p7 5p:4p NB7 B:Bs p8 6p:5p NB8 NN/NB/BB:K 7p:6p NN/NB/BB:p 8p:7p NN/NB/BB:N/B p9 Pp NB9 PNB R Q R0 R:K Q0 Q:K R:p Q:p R1 R:N Q1 Q:N Q:B R2 R:B Q2 Q:R R3 R(wp):R(wp) Q3 Q(wp):Q(wp) R+1p:R(wp) Q(vp):Q(wp) R4 R+2,3,4Pp:R(wp) Q4 Q(vp):Q(vp) R5 R+2p:R+1p Q5 Q:NN/NB/BB Q:RN/RB R6 PR:RvS Q6 Q:RR Q:NNN/NNB/ NBB/BBB Q:RNN/RNB/RBB Q:RRN/RRB Q:RRR R7 R(vp):R(vp)wS Q7 QN/QB:p QN/QB:N/B QN/QB:R QN/QB:Q R8 R:NN/NB/BB Q8 QN/QB:NN/NB/BB R:NNN/NNB/ QN/QB:RN/RB NBB/BBB QN/QB:RR RN/RB:p QN/QB:QN/QB RN/RB:N/B RN/RB:R R9 PR Q9 PQ Contents Pawnendings p0 .........................................................................1 p1 .........................................................................3 p2 .........................................................................4 p3 .........................................................................9 p4 ........................................................................49 p5 ........................................................................51 p6 ........................................................................54 p7 ........................................................................59 p8 ........................................................................65 p9 ........................................................................69 Minorpieceendings NB0 .....................................................................70 NB1 .....................................................................86 NB2 ....................................................................102 NB3 ....................................................................162 NB4 ....................................................................165 NB5 ....................................................................216 NB6 ....................................................................261 NB7 ....................................................................293 NB8 ....................................................................354 NB9 ....................................................................362 Rookendings R0 ......................................................................393 R1 ......................................................................403 R2 ......................................................................419 R3 ......................................................................451 R4 ......................................................................453 R5 ......................................................................460 R6 ......................................................................493 R7 ......................................................................588 R8 ......................................................................664 R9 ......................................................................696 Queenendings Q0 ......................................................................818 Q1 ......................................................................819 Q2 ......................................................................820 Q3 ......................................................................826 Q4 ......................................................................830 Q5 ......................................................................861 Q6 ......................................................................869 Q7 ......................................................................876 Q8 ......................................................................880 Q9 ......................................................................897 Malakhov,V.–Najer,E. Fier,A.–Mekhitarian,K. Moscow2007 Brasil(ch)2008 p0/a3 99e/1 p0/a5 104e/1 0Z0Z0Z0Z 0Z0Z0Z0Z Z0Z0ZpZ0 Z0Z0Z0Z0 0Z0Z0Z0Z 0j0ZpZ0Z Z0Z0Z0Z0 Z0Z0Z0Z0 0j0ZKZ0Z 0Z0Z0Z0J Z0Z0Z0Z0 Z0Z0Z0Z0 0Z0Z0O0Z 0Z0Z0ZPZ Z0Z0Z0Z0 Z0Z0Z0Z0 1. Kd4[1. Ke5?? Kc5! (1... Kc4? 2. f4 1. g4! Kc52. g5! [2.Kg5? Kd43.Kf6 Kd33.f5Ke34.f6(4.Kf6?? Kf4j)4... e5j] 2... Kd6 3. Kh5! Ke7 4. Kh6! Kf3 5. Kd6 Kf4 6. Ke7h) 2. f3 (2. f4 1:0 [DaCostaJunior,L] Kc63.Kf6Kd5j)2... Kc63.f4Kd74. Kf6Ke85.Kg7f5!(5... Ke7??6.f5h) Taimanov,M.–CuellarGacharna,M. 6.Kf61/2:1/2Malakhov,V–Najer,E]1... Leningrad(izt)1973 Kb5 [1... Kb32. f4Kc23. f5Kd24. f6 p0/b2 16e/27 Ke25. Ke5Kf36. Kd6Kf47. Ke7h] 0Z0Z0Z0Z 2. Kd5! Kb6 [2... Kb4 3. f4 Kc3 4. f5 Z0Z0Z0o0 Kd35.f6h]3.Kd6Kb54.f4[4.Ke7 0Z0Z0o0Z Kc55. f4h]4... Kc45. f5Kd46. f6 Ke47.Ke7h [Perun,S] Z0ZkZ0ZP 0Z0Z0Z0Z Ljubojevic,Lj–Browne,W. Z0Z0Z0Z0 Amsterdam1972 p0/a5 14e/21 KZ0Z0ZPZ 0Z0Z0Z0Z Z0Z0Z0Z0 Z0Z0ZpZ0 1. Kb3 Kd4 [1... Ke4 2. Kc4 Kf4 3. 0ZkZ0Z0Z Kd5 Kg4 (3... Kg3 4. Ke6 Kg2 5. Kf7 J0Z0Z0Z0 f5 6. 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