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In the second part of his new series, Dorian Rogozenco presents two closely related fortress motifs. Both times the attacker is a bishop up, in the first case the pawns are facing each other on h6 and h7 (or a6 and a7):
In the second case, the pawn pair is merely shifted to the b- or g-file:
In both cases - provided the defender has reached one of the saving squares with the king - these are fortresses. In the second example, the defender must know a few of the attackers tricks, especially if the bishop has the option of sacrificing itself for the opponent’s pawn. The former coach of the German national team presents the finer points in his introductory video.
Following the introduction, Rogozenco makes a small digression: did Bobby Fischer have the chance to build a fortress in the first game of the 1972 World Championship match against Boris Spassky?
Couldn't he have simply brought his king to c8 instead of the text move 50...a5 and thus saved himself with a draw? It almost looks like it, because with a slightly different pawn constellation – with the white pawn on a5 instead of on a4 – we would have one of the fortresses on the board that Rogozenco discusses in the introductory video.
But there is just this one small difference. With the pawn on a4, White can create a "Zugzwang" position in which Black has to advance his a-pawn. White then plays Kd6 or Kd7, wins Black's a-pawn and then the game by advancing his own a-pawn.
If you really want to memorise the two fortress motifs, you should definitely play through the five interactive videos with which Dorian Rogozenco concludes his article. Here is one of the more advanced training questions (interactive video 3):
Black to move and draw – if you know the fortress motif, the solution to the problem is almost ‘obvious’. Have fun with Dorian Rogozenco's new column!
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