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Copyright 1991,1996, 1997, 1998 John Richard Coffey.
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0 [Next]	I don't usually play the black side of this, but since I play the From's gambit against Bird's opening (f4 e5!?) then it can transpose to this. Black to Move
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9 [Next]	Black to Move
10 [Next]	White doesn't take the e pawn. That is how I lost a game a few years ago. NCO doesn't even list it as a possibility. Black to Move
11 [Next]	If now White takes the pawn then after Kh8 NCO says the position is unclear. Black to Move
12 [Next]	Equal according to NCO. As close as I ever got this position, White played c3 and not Nd2.