tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936413048475763571.post6038741217153973665..comments2023-03-06T05:05:13.703-08:00Comments on Zibbit's Chess Blog: Wonderful fortress study by TroitskyZibbithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05702750906337002745noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936413048475763571.post-4850717852338621112011-01-06T12:37:11.750-08:002011-01-06T12:37:11.750-08:00It's indeed a draw. White wants to put the kni...It's indeed a draw. White wants to put the knight on e4 and from there black cannot make any progress because the king is stuck on h4. If black tries 4..Qd6+ simply 5.Kh1 and because 5...Kg5 loses to a fork, black cannot prevent white from setting up the fortress with Ne4 on the next move, DRAW!Zibbithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05702750906337002745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936413048475763571.post-21890247169251069192011-01-04T19:46:05.454-08:002011-01-04T19:46:05.454-08:00Strike that - it's a draw with the f-pawn of c...Strike that - it's a draw with the f-pawn of course. Sorry.Kyle Szklenskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03837443487933011691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936413048475763571.post-41526397635022729062011-01-04T19:44:32.868-08:002011-01-04T19:44:32.868-08:00I think that if you allow the knight to get to e4 ...I think that if you allow the knight to get to e4 as black, then white has drawn (or won, if you were stupid). Hence, I think black should get onto the second rank and stay there to prevent the pawn from moving to g3 - specifically on c2 so that the knight can't move and attack the queen again. Hm. This one is tough. Every line I find that looks "good" for black ends up looking like a draw, because the white king can waffle between h1 and h2, and if there is ever a check on the h2-b8 diagonal, it is blocked with check that requires black to throw away his queen, and ends up with the knight taking on h5 and white promoting the f-pawn.Kyle Szklenskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03837443487933011691noreply@blogger.com