A powerful passed pawn

by Oliver Reeh
12/4/2021 – In the diagram position, White has a strong passed pawn on c7 that should help him to win the game. But first White has to take care that Black's rook on b1 does not run havoc. How would you continue with White?
88 times, IM Oliver Reeh leads you step by step through the most brillant game conclusions of the world champions - in interactive Fritztrainer format, enabling you to enter the winning moves yourself.
 
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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg2 0-0 6.Nc3 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nc6 8.0-0 Qa5 9.e3 d6 10.Bd2 Bg4 11.Nd5 Bxd1 12.Bxa5 Nxd5 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.cxd5 Bc2 15.Rac1 Bd3 16.Rfd1 Bxb2 17.Rxd3 Bxc1 18.dxc6 Rab8 19.c7 Rb1 A powerful passed pawn In the diagram position, White has a strong passed pawn on c7 that should help him to win the game. But first White has to take care that Black's rook on b1 does not run havoc. How would you continue with White?
The critical moment already. 20.Rd1 or 20.Bf1 - how should White neutralize the black rook on the back rank?
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Thybo,J2602Chatalbashev,B25361–02021A39DEN-ch Landsholdsklassen 20215.2

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Oliver Reeh has been working for ChessBase for many years as a translator and presenter of the internet show TV ChessBase, and he also looks after the tactics column in ChessBase Magazine, for which he has also been responsible as editor-in-chief since 2019. The International Master has contributed to the CB "MasterClass" series and is the author of the DVDs "Strike like the World Champions" and "Master Class Tactics - Train your combination skills!" Volumes 1 & 2. Oliver Reeh lives in Hamburg.

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