Push your passed pawns and win!

Passed pawns can be a menace on the chessboard, especially when they get piece support. Here are two examples from my recent internet play. Remember to push your passed pawns!

​In the examples below the e-pawn quickly decides everything but also note White's bishop pair. If you can get your bishops on open lines they can support your passer. Here the black knight had no place to run.

[Event "ICC 3 0 u"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2017.12.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "NCM Vas Sladek"]
[Black "Bunzan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2018"]
[BlackElo "2196"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nc6 7. Be2 h6 8. h3
Ne4 9. Rc1 f5 10. O-O Bd6 11. Ne5 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Bd7 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Qxd5+ Kh8
15. Rfd1 Be8 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Qxd8 Rxd8 18. Rxd8 Nxd8 19. Rxc7 Bc6 20. Bc4 a6
21. e6 Re8 22. e7 1-0


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​Here the b-pawn decides everything. Note how difficult it was for White to deal with it when his pieces were stationed on the king side. Remember to push your passed pawns!

[Event "ICC 5 2 u"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2017.12.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "NM Fire1"]
[Black "NCM Vas Sladek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "1843"]
[BlackElo "2018"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bg5 e6 7. e3 Be7 8. Bd3
h6 9. Bh4 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Rc1 b5 12. a3 Bb7 13. Qe2 Rc8 14. Rfd1 Nb6 15.
Ne5 Ne4 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qg4 f5 19. Ng6 Qf6 20. Qg3 Rfd8 21. h4
Nc4 22. h5 Nxb2 23. Rf1 Nc4 24. Ne2 Bd5 25. a4 b4 (here we go: a massive passed pawn) 26. Nef4 b3 27. Nxd5 exd5 28. f3 b2 29. Rb1 Nxe3 30. fxe4 Nxf1 31. Kxf1 Rc1+ 0-1