An interesting game featuring the best pawn wall ever. Game drawn by repetition. The opponent had lots of opportunities to break the pawn wall, but didn't. Once the pawn wall formed (notice the rook stuck on the "wrong" side of it!), it cannot be breached without sustaining great losses of material. Thus, even if there was no repetition, there would be either a brilliant sacrifice, or eventual draw by 50-move rule.
Impermeable Pawn Wall
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that happened to me once when there were 7 pawns from each side left with no other pieces except for the kings. most boring game EVER
Its a superhero teleport rook.
This is an excellent depiction of WWI, which went on for years just like this.
I had one game where I finished with 8 pawns and a queen vs king.
Oct 28, 2019
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If White's really confident then he could try to go for the win and try to break the pawn wall with Nxg5 or Nxf4 or Knight takes one of the Black pawns and create a hole in the wall.
I had something similar the other day. Opponent would not take a draw. I even told him it was a draw as long as he didn't try and open the game up. He did open the game, so I easily won.
Essentially, the first player to try to open the game was going to lose. I was even refusing to trade a bishop for a rook. I don't know if trading was good or bad, but I was happy to play for a draw, so I was making sure it stayed a draw, until the opponent opened a line of attack for me, anyway.
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I'll like to feature this pawn wall in one of my games someday. I've tried but it just doesn't set...
Black's position is essentially "I built the house though.... So if you can't knock it down, I win, right?!"
Lol... A beast that eats it's own tail type of positioning.
Bunch of thorns going to war with lawnmowers if you don't leave some flexibility to maneuver effectively. Black REALLY took the term "defense" too seriously here.
Feb 14, 2025
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Caesar49bc wrote:
I had something similar the other day. Opponent would not take a draw. I even told him it was a draw as long as he didn't try and open the game up. He did open the game, so I easily won.
Essentially, the first player to try to open the game was going to lose. I was even refusing to trade a bishop for a rook. I don't know if trading was good or bad, but I was happy to play for a draw, so I was making sure it stayed a draw, until the opponent opened a line of attack for me, anyway.
I hate it when opponents won't accept draws in legitimately a draw. SO annoying!