Fortress

All Things Chess
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I thought I would post this interesting win I had at FICS (Free Internet Chess Server).

The ending looked like it could have come out of an endgame book. :sunglasses:

[Event “rated blitz match”]
[Site “Free Internet Chess Server”]
[Date “2008.03.12”]
[Round “?”]
[White “CowMeesha”]
[Black “jjamesge1”]
[Result “0-1”]
[WhiteElo “1083”]
[BlackElo “1073E”]
[ECO “C01”]
[TimeControl “120+12”]

  1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 c6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8.
    Bg5 Qb6 9. b3 Bg4 10. Qd3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 h6 12. Be3 Nh7 13. c4 dxc4 14. bxc4
    Bg5 15. Bd2 Qb2 16. Bc3 Qb6 17. c5 Qc7 18. Nd2 Nd7 19. Ne4 Be7 20. Rfe1 Rad8
  2. Nd2 Nxc5 22. Qe3 Bg5 23. Qe5 Qxe5 24. Rxe5 Nd7 25. Ra5 a6 26. Ne4 Bf6 27.
    Rd1 Nb8 28. Nxf6+ Nxf6 29. d5 b6 30. Ra4 cxd5 31. Rad4 Rc8 32. Bb4 Rfe8 33.
    Bxd5 Nxd5 34. Rxd5 Nc6 35. Bc3 Rcd8 36. Rd6 Rxd6 37. Rxd6 Rc8 38. Bd2 Rd8 39.
    Rxd8+ Nxd8 40. Be3 b5 41. f4 g6 42. Kf2 Kf8 43. Bd4 f5 44. Kf3 h5 45. h3 Ne6
  3. Be5 Ke8 47. g4 Kd7 48. gxf5 gxf5 49. Ke3 Kc6 50. Kd3 Kd5 51. a3 Nd8 52.
    Kc3 Nc6 53. Bc7 Ke4 54. Kb3 Kf3 55. a4 Kg3 56. axb5 axb5 57. Be5 Kxh3 58. Kc3
    Kg3 59. Bd6 h4 {CowMeesha forfeits by disconnection} 0-1

Specifically, about move 47 is when it really got to the point where I realized I could set up a fortress. After he exchanged pawns, I was certain I had the advantage.
The reason it looks like its from an endgame study is because of two reasons: the miminal amount of pieces (and every piece has a job to do), and how well the black pieces coordinate with each other. :mrgreen:

In any event, I really like how I was able to maintain the exact fortress, even after my opponent tried to break it up by exchanging pawns on move 56.

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I enjoyed playing through it. Thanks for sharing. :slight_smile: