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Copyright 1991,1996, 1997, 1998 John Richard Coffey.
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0 [Next]	White: A class A player. Black: A class C player. Where: 5 minute game at a chess club.
1 [Next]	Black plays the Center Counter Opening.
2 [Next]	Capturing is the only decent response.
3 [Next]	Getting the queen out gains a tempo, but that tempo will be lost as soon as White plays Nc3.
4 [Next]	Instead of playing the normal Nc3, White sets a little trap for Black.
5 [Next]	Just what White was hoping for. Black thinks that he can challenge the center.
6 [Next]	Attack the queen. Now Black can't make the usually Qa5 move.
7 [Next]	It might appear that White loses a pawn...
8 [Next]	... but White is not worried ...
9 [Next]	... because ...
10 [Next]	... he now attacks d4 and c7.
11 [Next]	This has to be the worst possible way to protect c7. Black is thinking now that the queens are off the board that his king should become active. But a king can be mated by minor pieces.
12 [Next]	Renew the threat on c7.
13 [Next]	Protects c7.
14 [Next]	Castle while adding pressure to d4 and the file that the king is on.
15 [Next]	With nothing else to do, Black makes an opening for his bishop.
16 [Next]	White recaptures the pawn and threatens to move the knight with check.
17 [Next]	Black is oblivious to the danger on the d file.
18 [Next]	Both bishops work togethor to attack squares surrounding the king.
19 [Next]	Only choice.
20 [Next]	Mate.