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Analysis of Gustafsson21 (1793) vs. john2001plus (1759)

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

(white to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. d5 Qb6 5. Qc1 Bd6 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 Re8 8. e3 Be5 9. Nf3 d6 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. O-O Bxc3 12. Qxc3 Ne5 13. a3 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Bg4 15. Nd2 Qxb2 16. Rab1 Qe5 17. Rxb7 Bf5 18. Qb3 Bc8 19. Nf3 Qe4 20. Rb8 Bg4 21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22. Nd2 Qe7 23. Rb1 g6 24. Qb7 Qxb7 25. Rxb7 Bc8 26. Rb2 Kf8 27. Kf1 Ba6 28. Ke2 Ke7 29. Kd3 f5 30. a4 Kd7 31. a5 Kc7 32. e4 Bc8 33. exf5 Bxf5+ 34. Ne4 Rb8 35. Rxb8 Kxb8 36. f3 Kb7 37. Kc3 Bxe4 38. fxe4 f5 39. exf5 gxf5 40. Kb3 f4 41. Kc3 Ka6 42. Kb3 Kxa5 43. Ka3 Kb6 44. Kb3 Kc7 45. Ka4 Kb6 46. Kb3

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Analysis of john2001plus (1778) vs. franciscocastillogal (1582)

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

(black to move) 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Rc8 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bxe7 Nxe7 12. e4 c5 13. d5 exd5 14. exd5 Nf6 15. d6 Ng6 16. Bf5 Rc6 17. Qa4 a6 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Qxd6 20. Bxc6 Bxc6 21. Qd1 Qf6 22. b4 Nf4 23. bxc5 Rd8 24. Qb3 Qg6 25. Nh4 Qg5 26. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Bxg2 28. Rd8+ Qxd8 29. Nxg2 Qg5 30. Qf3 Qxg2+ 31. Qxg2 Nxg2 32. Kxg2 bxc5 33. Kf3 f5 34. Ke3 Kf7 35. Kd3 Ke6 36. Kc4 Kd6

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Analysis of fiddler (1555) vs. yoshi (1588)

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

(black to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bf4 Bb4+ 7. Nbd2 Qe7 8. a3 Ngxe5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 Qxe5 12. e3 O-O 13. Be2 d6 14. Bf3 Bf5 15. O-O Be4 16. Bxe4 Qxe4 17. Qd4 Rfe8 18. Rfe1 Qxd4 19. exd4 Re6 20. f3 Rae8 21. Kf2 f5 22. Rxe6 Rxe6 23. Re1 Rxe1 24. Kxe1 Kf7 25. f4 Kf6 26. Kf2 g5 27. Ke3 g4 28. d5 c6 29. Kd4 c5+ 30. Ke3 Ke7 31. g3 Kd7 32. Kd3 Kc7 33. Kc3 Kb6 34. b4 cxb4+ 35. axb4 a5 36. bxa5+ Kxa5 37. Kd3 Kb4 38. Kd4 b6 39. Kd3 b5 40. cxb5 Kxb5 41. Kd4 Kb4 42. Kd3 Kc5

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Analysis of john2001plus vs. Gustafsson21

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Ne5 Bf5 6. f3 e6 7. e4 Bg6 8. Bxc4 Bb4 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qb3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Bg5 Rb8 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. a4 f5 16. d5 e5 17. Rad1 c5 18. d6 a6 19. a5 f4 20. Qb6 Rfd8 21. Rd5 Kg7 22. Rfd1 f6 23. Rxc5 Rbc8 24. Rc7 Rxc7 25. Qxc7 Bf7 26. Bxf7 Kxf7 27. Rb1 Ke8 28. h4 Qxc7 29. dxc7 Rc8 30. Rxb7 Kd7 31. Rb6 Rxc7 32. Rxf6 Rxc3 33. Rxa6 Rc5 34. h5 h6 35. Kh2 Ke7 36. Kh3 Kf7 37. Kg4 Rc2 38. Kf5 Rxg2 39. Rf6+ Ke7 40. Rxh6

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Analysis of yoshi (2061) vs. fiddler (1762)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Qxd5 Bb4 11. Qb3 Nc6 12. Bc4 Bg4 13. Nd2 Rad8 14. f3 Be6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Nde4 Qh4+ 17. Ng3 Rd6 18. O-O Na5 19. Qa4 Qc4 20. Nge4 Rd3 21. Rfe1 b5 22. Qc2 Rfd8 23. Red1 Be7 24. b3 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 Qc6 27. Qd4 a6 28. Qa7 Nb7 29. Qb8+ Kf7 30. Qe5 h6 31. Ne2 Nc5 32. Nd4 Qb6 33. Qh5+ g6 34. Qxh6 Nxe4 35. Qh7+ Kf8 36. fxe4 Bf6 37. Qd7 Bxd4 38. Qxd4 Qc7 39. Qf6+ Qf7 40. Qxf7+ Kxf7 41. b4 Kf6 42. Kf2 Ke5 43. Kf3 g5 44. h3

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Analysis of john2001plus (1774) vs. SpeedyChess11 (1753)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 c5 3. c4 e6 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. h3 O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O a6 11. a4 Bd7 12. Nd2 Qc8 13. Nc4 Bxh3 14. Nb6 Qd8 15. Nxa8 Bg4 16. f3 Bc8 17. a5 Nbd7 18. Bf4 Nh5 19. Bh2 Bd4+ 20. Kh1 f5 21. Bc4 Ne5 22. Nb6 fxe4 23. Nxe4 Bf5 24. Nxd6 Qxd6 25. g4 Qf6 26. gxh5 gxh5 27. Qe2 Bg6 28. d6+ Kg7 29. Bd5 Qxd6 30. Bxb7

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Analysis of pkengsoo (1507) vs. BotanicalKnight (1634)

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

(white to move) 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Be7 6. Bf4 O-O 7. Qd2 dxe4 8. fxe4 Qb6 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. O-O-O c5 11. d5 exd5 12. exd5 Bd6 13. Bc4 Qc7 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. h4 a6 16. h5 b5 17. Be2 Bb7 18. h6 g6 19. Qd3 Rfe8 20. Ng5 Ne5 21. Qd2 b4 22. Nce4 Nxe4 23. Nxe4 Qb6 24. Rdf1 c4 25. Nf6+ Kf8 26. Nxe8 Kxe8 27. Bxc4 Nxc4 28. Qe2+ Qe3+ 29. Qxe3+ Nxe3 30. Re1 Kd7 31. Rxe3 Bxd5 32. Rd3 Kc6 33. Rhd1 Rd8 34. a3 bxa3 35. bxa3 Rd7 36. Kb2 Be6 37. Rxd7 Bxd7 38. Kc3 Be6 39. Kb4 Bd5 40. Rxd5 Kxd5 41. Ka5 f5 42. Kxa6 g5 43. Kb5 g4 44. c4+ Kd4 45. c5 f4 46. c6 f3 47. gxf3 gxf3 48. c7 f2 49. c8=Q f1=Q+

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