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Copyright 1991,1996, 1997, 1998 John Richard Coffey.
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0 [Next]	Black to move For positons on this page, assume black is on the bottom. Wrong would be Nd2 because Rxa3 draws.
1 [Next]	Black to move
2 [Next]	Black to move Nd2 it looks like black is winning but white can play Rb4! holding the draw because if Kxb4 it is stalemate. So the game is a draw, although how many people would see Rb4! Move the whole position right one file and black would win easily.
3 [Next]	Black to move
4 [Next]	Kb4 holds the draw.
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