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If the pawns are not blocked, well then.

If the pawns are not blocked, well then. https://lichess.org/LukxkYsD

36 f3? seems like the decisive mistake. 36 gxf5 gxf5 37 Bg8 h6 38 Bh7 hxg4 attacks the pawns from behind and black can make no progress.

CM Sarg0n

There are a couple of typical motifs involved for this type like the principle of 1 diagonal, keeping the pawns on the opponents bishop color, passed pawns are paramount etc.

tpr

"opinion after 36.f3"

After 36 f3? white is toast.

"opposite-colored bishops don’t automatically mean a draw"

Here is a classical example game: white trades to seek salvation in opposite colored bishops, but loses.
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1066898

"opinion after 36.f3" * After 36 f3? white is toast. "opposite-colored bishops don’t automatically mean a draw" * Here is a classical example game: white trades to seek salvation in opposite colored bishops, but loses. https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1066898