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Copyright 1991,1996, 1997, 1998 John Richard Coffey.
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0 [Next]	White to move
1 [Next]	Rf4 is the key move for White! White to move
2 [Next]	White to move
3 [Next]	White to move
4 [Next]	Black is going to have a hard time defending his A pawn, so white has a big advantage here. If he trades rooks then White Queens first. White to move
5 [Next]	Things really get interesting if Black trades rooks here. Can you see how this is going to end? White to move
6 [Next]	White to move
7 [Next]	White to move
8 [Next]	White to move
9 [Next]	White to move
10 [Next]	White to move
11 [Next]	White to move
12 [Next]	White to move
13 [Next]	This is not a draw. White to move
14 [Next]	White to move
15 [Next]	Skewer.
16 [Next]	White to move
17 [Next]	Bb4 is the wrong move for Bblack. White to move
18 [Next]	White to move
19 [Next]	And black must give up the bishop to stop the pawn.
20 [Next]	White to move
21 [Next]	White to move
22 [Next]	and now Ke7 loses to Nc8+. Kf8 loses to Nc8 and followed by pushing the pawn. So if instead Kd7 then the pawn on f7 drops and White has the advantage.
23 [Next]	White to move
24 [Next]	Black is lost for the same reasons as before. Ke7 loses to Nf5+. Kf8 loses to Nb5 and followed by pushing the pawn. So if instead Kd7 then the pawn on f7 drops and White has the advantage.