Some games and zugzwang

Today I'll analyze 2 games of mine and give the theory of zugzwang. Here are the games.

This is my 1st game in which I got a brilliant move. I'm white.

Lessons:-

1. 43.Rb6+ is a brilliant move because it does not allow the king to rest on b3, which was in fact its best square. Rook checks like this are important defences just because of reasons like the above one. 

2. 21.Rde8 shows how important it is for rooks to control open files. If it had not been for this move, maybe I would have some extra advantage.

My analysis is given in the game itself, and I'm Black.

Zugzwang is a position where you don't have a single good move, and the point of the fireworks occuring is where the pawns are, around which the kings are convulging. Zugzwang is a german word. Its the continuation of my tactic series. A previous blog published on the series: Desperado, Zwischenzug and Zugzwang: series of useful tactics. A game featuring zugzwang of mine:

I'm black.