Ss * ee Santon reeContents Preface 1. Basic Theory and Terminology 2. King and Pawn against King 3. King and Two Pawns against King Pawn against Pawn 4.1 Pawns on the same file 42 Pawns on adjacent files 43° Both pawns passed S. Two Pawns against One SL Connected pawns SL All pawns passed 5.12 One passed pawn, pawns blocked 5.13 One passed pawn, pawns mobile SH No passed pawn, pawns blocked 5.15 No passed pawn, pawns mobile 5.2 Isolated pawns S21 All pawns passed 522 One passed pawn 9.23 No passed pawn $3 Doubled pawns S31 All pawns passed 5.32 Pawns on adjacent files 5.33 Pawns on the same file 6. Two Pawns against Two 6.1 Endings with passed pawns GAL Two passed pawns 6.12 One passed pawn 62 Endings without passed pawns 6.21 Connected pawns against connected 6.22 Connected pawns against isolated 6.23 Isolated pawns against isolated 7. Three Pawns against Two or Three Pawns Endings with passed pawns: Endings without passed pawns 7.21 All pawns on one wing 722 Separated pawns on both wings 7.23. Scattered pawns vii i Wt mt ny 118 138 138 133 138 155 155 3 1B 189 195Contents 8, Endings with Severat Pawns (material advantage) 9. Endings with Several Pawns (positional advantage) 91 92 93 98 9S 96 97 Outside passed pawn More dangerous passed pawns Protected passed pawa Breakthrough Defects in the pawn formation Reserve terapi Better king position 10. The Theory of Corresponding Square Systems 10.1 102 103 10.4 10.5 106 10.7 108 109 Bight-square system Quadratic system Quadratic systein with non-unambiguous rear Triangular system “Ewo systerns Six-square (rectangular) system “T system, Multi-square systems Irregular systems 10.19 Second-order systems 10.11 Certain compficated cases Index of Players and Analysts vi 198 216 216 23 236 242 248 253 263 263 267 270 2 218 276 29 282 283 288 293