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racing kings

hey everyone i dont understand how sometimes we can draw in racing kings and sometimes we cant can someone pls explain how it works
The purpose of the game is to be the first player to move their king to the eighth row. When White moves their king to the eighth row, and Black, immediately on the next move, moves their king to the eighth rank, the game is declared a draw (this rule is to compensate for White's first-move advantage).
When the white king reaches the eight rank and black can do immediately too, it's a draw because white did the first move. When black reaches the eight rank first, he immediately wins.

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