Category: R+3P vs R+2P

  When white pawns are not far advanced, in similar positions Black most often draws easily by forcing his passed pawn, as this can compensate for even the loss of a pawn with creation of three connected passed pawns. The ending of the game Gligoric-Fuller (Hastings 1968/69) is instructive in this respect.  ...

  When the weaker side has the passed pawn, then the result depends primarily on the quality of the pawn structure and the distance of pawns from the promotion squares. If by pawn exchange or by sacrificing a pawn, White can quickly create two strong connected passed pawns, then he usually wins. We see such...

  Sometimes Black’s active defense can be prevented by mate threats. Such a case could have happened in the game Tukmakov-Ftachnik (Hastings 1982/83).  ...