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Copyright 1991,1996, 1997, 1998 John Richard Coffey.
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0 [Next]	White to Move
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5 [Next]	White to Move
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9 [Next]	Fritz 6 on a 16 ply search gives this a score of 2.93. After Kf7 it recommends f5 Kxf7, Qxd4+ Kg8, Bh6 e5, fxe6 e.p. I will have more on this later.
10 [Next]	White to Move
11 [Next]	White to Move
12 [Next]	White to Move
13 [Next]	White to Move
14 [Next]	White to Move
15 [Next]	According to NCO taking the rook on a8 is bad. I did some analysis with Fritz 5 and 6 that showed the same thing. But Analysis with later versions of Fritz seem to indicate White is winning if he takes the rook. White to Move
16 [Next]	Draw.
17 [Next]	White to Move
18 [Next]	White to Move
19 [Next]	Slight advantage to white
20 [Next]	Ng7+ is an alternative to f5 White to Move
21 [Next]	White to Move
22 [Next]	White to Move
23 [Next]	White to Move
24 [Next]	NCO says = but Fritz 5 thought +=
25 [Next]	White to Move
26 [Next]	According to Fritz