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Copyright 1991,1996, 1997, 1998 John Richard Coffey.
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0 [Next]	#4 This is a more correct to play this posiiton. Assuming it is Black's move, then play might proceed .....
1 [Next]	1. ... Rd5+ to force the king away. No good now is Ke3 because then Ke1 allows the pawn to queen.
2 [Next]	The king moves away.
3 [Next]	Trying to queen a pawn.
4 [Next]	White delays things with a check.
5 [Next]	Heading for the 4th rank.
6 [Next]	Another check to stop the pawn from queening.
7 [Next]	Hanging onto the pawn. We can see why we had to drive the white king away as we don't want him to approach the pawn any time soon.
8 [Next]	Another check to stop the pawn from queening.
9 [Next]	It was black's goal to get here.
10 [Next]	This will be the last check.
11 [Next]	With the rook blocking the check, there is nothing white can do now to stop the pawn from queening.
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