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Copyright 1991,1996, 1997, 1998 John Richard Coffey.
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0 [Next]	Black to move
1 [Next]	Black to move
2 [Next]	Black's active bishop gives him a slight advantage according to Fritz 6.
3 [Next]	No good here is Qe6, Qxe6 fxe6, Ra6 Black to move
4 [Next]	Qb7 is a simple move that will either result in the trade of queens or the retreat of the White queen, or Qxd6 with Rfd8.
5 [Next]	Is Kxd6 any good?
6 [Next]	No good is Kxd6 because after the black king captures on a4, the white king moves to c4 where he has opposition and draws. Black to move
7 [Next]	Black to move
8 [Next]	Black to move
9 [Next]	Black to move
10 [Next]	Black to move
11 [Next]	Black to move
12 [Next]	Wins!
13 [Next]	Black to move
14 [Next]	Draws.
15 [Next]	Black to move
16 [Next]	Draws
17 [Next]	Black to move
18 [Next]	Draws
19 [Next]	Black played Ra8, which was answered by Ra5! leading to an near equal game according to Fritz. The game could have continued Rxa5, bxa5 (Fritz says that the passed pawn becomes a powerful weapon) Rd8?! (d5 is equal), Be3 d5, Bb6 with a slight advantage to white. Instead Black had a chance to get the advantage. Black to move
20 [Next]	Black would like to answer Be3 with d4!, and if exd5 then Rfd8 puts pressure on the file against isolated pawns.
21 [Next]	Black to move
22 [Next]	Kb4 holds the draw.
23 [Next]