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Analysis of DelmarvaJoe (1841) vs. john2001plus (1738)

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 a b c d e f g h 0

(white to move) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. dxc5 Bxc5 5. Bd3 e5 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Ngf3 Nc6 8. O-O Bg4 9. Bc4 Qd7 10. c3 O-O-O 11. b4 Bxf2+ 12. Rxf2 e4 13. Qa4 exf3 14. Nxf3 Nf6 15. b5 Qd1+ 16. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 17. Rf1 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Rxf1+ 19. Kxf1 Ne5 20. Be2 Nd5 21. Bd2 Nb6 22. c4 Rd8 23. Bc3 Nbxc4 24. Rc1 Kb8 25. f4 Nd3 26. Bxd3 Rxd3 27. Bxg7 Nd6 28. Ke2 Rd5 29. Be5 f6 30. Bxf6 Rxb5 31. Be5 Rd5 32. h4 a5 33. a4 Ka7 34. Rc7 Kb6 35. Rxh7

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Analysis of misowalker (1823) vs. PUREHEAT (2089)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 h g f e d c b a +1

(black to move) 1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 Nd7 4. Nc3 Qc7 5. e4 e5 6. d5 Ngf6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O Nf8 9. Bd2 Ng6 10. g3 Bh3 11. Re1 h6 12. Bf1 Qd7 13. Bg2 O-O 14. Rc1 c5 15. b3 a6 16. a4 b6 17. Qe2 Nh7 18. Ra1 Rab8 19. Qf1 Bg4 20. h3 Bxf3 21. Bxf3 f5 22. Kg2 f4 23. Qe2 fxg3 24. fxg3 Ng5 25. Bg4 Qe8 26. Rf1 Kh8 27. Bh5 Kh7 28. h4 Nf7 29. Qg4 Nfh8 30. Rf5 Qd8 31. Raf1 Bf6 32. Bxg6+ Nxg6 33. h5 Ne7 34. Rf5f2 Qc8 35. Qe2 Qd7 36. Nd1 b5 37. axb5 axb5 38. Ne3 bxc4 39. bxc4 Rb2 40. Qd3 Rfb8 41. Bc3 Rxf2+ 42. Rxf2 Bg5 43. Nf5 Nxf5 44. exf5 Bf6 45. Qe4 Rb3 46. Bd2 Qa4 47. Qg4 Rd3 48. Qg6+ Kg8 49. Bxh6 Qxc4 50. Qe8+ Kh7 51. Qg6+ Kh8 52. Rb2 Qxd5+ 53. Kh2 Qg8 54. Bg5 Bxg5 55. Qxg5 Rb3 56. Rxb3 Qxb3 57. h6 Qf7 58. hxg7+ Qxg7 59. Qd8+ Kh7 60. Kg2 Qb7+ 61. Kh2 Qd5 62. Qe7+ Kg8 63. f6 Qd2+ 64. Kh3 Qh6+ 65. Kg2 Qd2+ 66. Kh3 Qh6+ 67. Kg4 Qg6+ 68. Kf3 Qd3+ 69. Kf2 Qd2+

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SunTzuLombardi (1614) vs. john2001plus (1790)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 h g f e d c b a 0

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Nf6 7. Ne2 Bd6 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Bg4 10. Bd3 Bxf3 11. gxf3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qc7 13. h4 Rfe8 14. Be3 Nh5 15. Rc1 Qe7 16. Bg5 Qe6 17. Kg2 Nb4 18. Ng3 Bxg3 19. fxg3 h6 20. Bf4 Nxf4+ 21. gxf4 Qe3 22. Bb5 Re6 23. f5 Rb6 24. Ba4 Nd3 25. Rc2 Nxb2 26. Qe1 Qxe1 27. Rxe1 Nxa4

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yoshi (1727) vs. THE-WARRIOR (1362)

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 a b c d e f g h +5

(white to move) 1. Nf3 e6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O h6 9. Bh4 Nh5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 g6 13. g4 Ng7 14. f4 Rd8 15. Qf3 Qc5 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Rac1 Qb6 18. b3 Bd7 19. Ne2 Rac8 20. Nd4 a6 21. f5 exf5 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. gxf5 g5 24. Qxd5 Rd8 25. Qe4 Re8 26. f6 Bf5 27. Nxf5 Nxf5 28. Rxf5 Kf8 29. Rf3 Rc8 30. Qh7 Rc1+ 31. Kg2 Ke8 32. Qg8+ Kd7 33. Qxf7+ Kc8 34. Qf8+ Kc7 35. f7 Qc6 36. Qd6+ Qxd6 37. exd6+ Kxd6 38. f8=Q+ Kd5 39. Qd8+ Kc5 40. Rf5+ Kc6 41. Be4#

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Analysis of JRussell2 (1024) vs. yoshi (1726)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 h g f e d c b a +2

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Bb5 cxd4 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. cxd4 Nf6 8. exd5 cxd5 9. Ngf3 Qb6 10. O-O Be7 11. Nb3 Ne4 12. Be3 Ba6 13. Re1 Bb4 14. Bd2 Nxd2 15. Nbxd2 O-O 16. a3 Be7 17. Qb3 Qxb3 18. Nxb3 Rab8 19. Rab1 Rxb3 20. Ne5 Rfb8 21. Nc6 Rb8b7 22. Na5 Bc4 23. Nxb3 Rxb3 24. Rec1 Kf8 25. Rc3 Ke8 26. Rxb3 Bxb3 27. Rc1 Kd7 28. Rc3 Bc4 29. b3 Bb5 30. a4 Bb4 31. Rh3 Be2 32. Rxh7 Bf8 33. Rh8 Ke8 34. f4 Bd1 35. b4 Bxa4 36. Kf2 f6 37. Ke3 Kf7 38. Kd3 Bxb4 39. Ra8 a5 40. Ra7+ Kg6 41. g4 Bb5+ 42. Ke3 a4 43. Rb7 a3 44. Rxb5 a2 45. Rxb4 a1=Q 46. Kd2 Qa5 47. Kc3 Qa3+ 48. Rb3 Qc1+ 49. Kb4 Qxf4

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Analysis of yoshi (1698) vs. StrayLight (1437)

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 a b c d e f g h +2

(white to move) 1. Nf3 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Ng5 Nf6 4. d3 exd3 5. Bxd3 e6 6. Bxh7 Bc5 7. Bg6+ Ke7 8. Nf7 Qf8 9. Nxh8 Qxh8 10. O-O d6 11. Bg5 Bd7 12. Nc3 Bc6 13. Be4 Nbd7 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Re1 Re8 16. Ne4 Bb6 17. Qe2 Kd8 18. Rad1 d5 19. Nxf6 gxf6 20. Be3 e5 21. Bxb6 axb6 22. c4 d4 23. Qe4 Nb8 24. f4 Qf8 25. fxe5 fxe5 26. Rd3 Qc5 27. Qg4 Qxc4 28. Rxe5 Qxd3 29. Qg5+ Kd7 30. Qg7+ Kc8 31. Rxe8+ Kb7 32. h4 Qd1+ 33. Kh2 Qh5 34. Qe7 d3 35. Rd8 Qf5 36. Qg5 Qe4 37. Qg3 Na6 38. Rxd3

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misowalker (1886) vs. john2001plus (1711)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 h g f e d c b a +1

(black to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. c3 cxd4 5. cxd4 d5 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. a3 Bd6 8. Bg3 O-O 9. e3 Ne4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Nd2 f5 12. Bc4 Kh8 13. b4 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Bxe5 16. Rc1 a5 17. b5 Qe7 18. Qb3 a4 19. Qa2 Bd6 20. Nb1 Rf6 21. Bd5 Rh6 22. Qc4 Be6 23. Bxe6 Qxe6 24. Qxe6 Rxe6 25. h3 g6 26. Ke2 Ra5 27. Rc8+ Kg7 28. Nc3 Bxa3 29. Rc7+ Re7 30. Rxe7+ Bxe7 31. Ra1 a3 32. Kd2 Bb4 33. Kc2 Bxc3 34. Kxc3 Rxb5 35. Rxa3 Kf6 36. Ra8 Ke6 37. Rh8 h5 38. Rg8 Kf7 39. Rc8 Ke6 40. Rg8 Kf7 41. Rc8 Rb6 42. Kd4 Ke7 43. Ke5 Kd7 44. Rg8 Re6+ 45. Kf4 b5 46. Rb8 Kc6 47. f3 exf3 48. gxf3 Kc5 49. e4 fxe4 50. fxe4 Rb6 51. Rc8+ Kd6 52. e5+ Ke6 53. Re8+ Kf7 54. Rc8 b4 55. Rc7+ Kg8 56. Kg5 b3 57. Rc1 b2 58. Rb1 Kf7 59. Kf4 Ke6 60. h4 Rb4+ 61. Kg5 Rg4+ 62. Kh6 Rg2 63. Re1 Kf7 64. Rd1 Ke7 65. Re1 Ke6 66. Kg7 g5 67. hxg5 Rxg5+ 68. Kf8 Rxe5 69. Rh1 Rb5 70. Rb1 h4

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Analysis of yoshi (1677) vs. Caseylj (1085)

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 a b c d e f g h 0

(white to move) 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Nd7 6. e4 b6 7. Bxc4 Ngf6 8. O-O Be7 9. Ng5 O-O 10. e5 Nd5 11. Qg4 Bxg5 12. Bxg5 f5 13. Bxd5 cxd5 14. Qh4 Qe8 15. Nb5 h6 16. Bd2 Qg6 17. Rfc1 f4 18. Bb4 Rf5 19. Qd8+ Nf8 20. Rxc8

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CB3X (1595) vs. john2001plus (1703)

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 a b c d e f g h -1

(white to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. e3 b6 6. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 7. Qd2 Qxd2+ 8. Nbxd2 d6 9. g3 Bb7 10. Bg2 Ke7 11. O-O Nbd7 12. b4 a5 13. b5 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Rfd1 Nf6 16. Nd2 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 e5 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Nf3 Nd7 20. Rd5 f6 21. Rad1 Nc5 22. Rd5d2 Rhd8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rxd8 Kxd8 25. Nd2 Ke7 26. Kf3 Kd6 27. Ke2 Na4 28. Kd3 f5 29. Kc2 e4 30. Nb3 g6 31. Nd4 Nc5 32. Nb3 Nd3 33. c5+ Nxc5 34. Nc1 Nd3 35. Nxd3 exd3+ 36. Kxd3 Kc5 37. a4 Kb4 38. f3 Kxa4 39. Kc4 g5 40. g4 fxg4 41. fxg4 Ka3 42. e4 a4 43. e5 Kb2 44. e6 a3 45. e7 a2 46. e8=Q a1=Q 47. Qe2+ Kc1 48. Qe1+ Kb2 49. Qd2+ Kb1 50. Kb3

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taechess (1458) vs. john2001plus (1695), 180+2

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 a b c d e f g h +3

(white to move) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 Nh6 7. Bxh6 Qxb2 8. Be3 Qxa1 9. Qc2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bd7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Nd2 Qxf1+ 14. Kxf1 b6 15. Qb3 Bc5 16. Bxc5 Rxc5 17. Qa3 O-O 18. Qxa7 Bb5 19. Qxb6 Bxe2+ 20. Kxe2 Rxc3 21. a4 Ra3 22. a5 Ra8 23. Nb3 h6 24. Kd3 Kh7 25. Kd4 Ra4+ 26. Kc5 Rc4+ 27. Kb5 Rcc8 28. Nc5 Rab8 29. Nb7 Rc1 30. Ka6 Ra8+ 31. Qa7 Rc6+ 32. Kb5 Rxa7 33. Kxc6 Ra6+ 34. Kb5 Ra7 35. Kb6 d4 36. Nc5 Ra8 37. a6 Rc8 38. a7 Rd8 39. Kc7 Ra8 40. Kb7 Rd8 41. a8=Q Rxa8 42. Kxa8 Kg6 43. Nd3 Kf5 44. f3 f6 45. g4+ Kg6 46. exf6 gxf6 47. h4 h5 48. Kb7 hxg4 49. fxg4 e5 50. Kc6 f5 51. Nxe5+ Kf6 52. Kd5 fxg4 53. Kxd4 Kf5 54. Nc4 Kf4 55. Ne3 g3 56. Kd3 Ke5 57. Ng2 Kf5 58. Ke3 Kg4 59. Ke4 Kh3 60. Kf3

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OneUpliftMofo (1709) vs. john2001plus (1769)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 h g f e d c b a +2

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 exd5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nc3 Qa5 6. Bc4 Nc6 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. O-O Be7 9. d4 O-O 10. h3 Qh5 11. Nh2 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Bf5 13. a3 Rad8 14. Be3 Na5 15. Ba2 Bc2 16. Rd2 Bb3 17. Re2 Nd5 18. Nxd5 Rxd5 19. Bd2 Bxa2 20. Bxa5 Bd6 21. Rxa2 Rxa5 22. b4 Rd5 23. Nf3 Rd8 24. g3 Kf8 25. Rad2 a5 26. Rb2 axb4 27. axb4 Rb5 28. Rec2 c6 29. Rc4 Ra8 30. Ne1 Ra1 31. Kf1 Rh5 32. Ke2 Rxh3 33. Nd3 Rh2 34. Ke3 Ra3 35. Rcc2 Rh1 36. Ra2 Bxb4 37. Rxa3 Bxa3 38. Ra2 Bc1+ 39. Ke2 Bg5 40. Ra8+ Ke7 41. Rb8 b5 42. Rb7+ Ke8 43. Rc7 Rh6 44. Ne5 Re6 45. Rxc6 Bf6 46. Rxe6+ fxe6 47. Nf3 Kd7 48. Kd3 Kc6 49. Kc3 Kd5 50. Kd3 b4 51. g4 h6 52. Nd2 Bxd4 53. f3 Bf6 54. Ne4 Be7 55. Nd2 g6 56. Ne4 h5 57. gxh5 gxh5 58. Nf2 h4 59. Nh3 Ke5 60. Nf2 Kf4 61. Ke2 b3 62. Nd3+ Kg3 63. Nb2 Kg2 64. Nd3 h3 65. Nf4+ Kg3 66. Nh5+ Kh4 67. Nf4 h2

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