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Copyright 1991,1996, 1997, 1998 John Richard Coffey.
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0 [Next]	White to move
1 [Next]	Black should have played Ke4 drawing. White to move
2 [Next]	White to move
3 [Next]	White to move
4 [Next]	White to move
5 [Next]	White to move
6 [Next]	White to move
7 [Next]	White to move
8 [Next]	White to move
9 [Next]	wins.
10 [Next]	White played Bf4 to which black can easily respond Ne5. Is there a better plan? White to move
11 [Next]	If black had taken the pawn then White plays Nxd6 Bxd6, Rxd6 where with a good position. If black had played c6?! instead then Na7! wins a pawn. White's position gives him the advantage.
12 [Next]	White to move
13 [Next]	Wins.
14 [Next]	White to move
15 [Next]	White to move
16 [Next]	The rook cannot avoid being lost.
17 [Next]	White to move
18 [Next]	h4 creates powerful threats on g5. If now g4 then white has choice of O-O, Rf1 or Bf4 all of which expose the black king.
19 [Next]	White is winning, but he erred with Qxd7 allowing Kxd7. He had better choices. White to move
20 [Next]	White to move
21 [Next]	White to move
22 [Next]	Now we see how surrounded the black king is. White to move
23 [Next]	If the king ever gets to f7 then O-O or fxg6+ creates new threats. White clearly has the advantage.
24 [Next]	White to move
25 [Next]	Amazingly this wins the G pawn.