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Copyright 1991,1996, 1997, 1998 John Richard Coffey.
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0 [Next]	I had this endgame with Black and it is White's turn. Offhand, this looks like a draw and I agreed to a draw because I was in time trouble. But it turns out that Black has the opposition and wins easily.
1 [Next]	Some of the variations I will leave as an excercise to the reader. It can be quite a pleasure to figure these out for yourself. QUIZ: What should black do now?
2 [Next]	The problem that White has is that his king must give ground.
3 [Next]	The next move is critical QUIZ: What should black do now?
4 [Next]	Now all of White's choices lose. If 1. Kf3 Kd3. If instead 1. Ke2 e4 wins!

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