Questions about the Fortresses poster

What’s on the Fortresses poster?

A 6-row table: Fortress · Despite. Recognised drawn setups despite significant material deficits. Wrong-coloured bishop + rook pawn — Being a pawn up; Bishop + rook pawn vs king in the corner — Being a piece up; Rook and pawn vs rook, Philidor — Being a pawn down; Blocked pawn chain, opposite bishops — Two pawns down; Knight and bishop vs rook, blockaded — Material deficit; King and knight vs king and rook pawn — Being an exchange down. Recognising a fortress saves half a point from a lost position. Engines have historically evaluated some of them incorrectly.

Who is the Fortresses poster for?

Fortresses belongs to the Chess section rather than to a school year, because games is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning endgames can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.

When should you use the Fortresses poster?

A fortress is a setup the stronger side cannot penetrate, whatever the material count says. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Fortresses belongs on the wall where that games work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.

What other posters go with Fortresses?

Bishop Endgames, Basic Checkmates and King Activity sit alongside Fortresses in the Chess section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Bishop EndgamesBasic CheckmatesKing Activity

Is the Fortresses poster free to download and print?

Yes. Fortresses downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Chess section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence

What size does the Fortresses poster print at?

Fortresses is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Fortresses loses nothing.Printing guide