White to play. Should he exchange rooks? RB I'm going to take - no hesitation here - and after I trade rooks with 1 Rxf7 Kxf7 I'm going to continue by giving up the exchange: 2 Rxc3 bxc3 3 Kxc3. My reasoning is straightforward: with the black bishop supported by the passed pawn on b3 it will be hard for White to make progress. After the exchange, the white king will get to the centre before its black counterpart, threatening the black e5-pawn and well placed to support the advance of its own pawns. I have to be careful not to make stupid pawn moves on the kingside that might allow the black king in, but this looks to me like a no-brainer: capture on f7, then ...

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