Black to play and draw.

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Analysis of E-MAN85 (1808) vs. john2001plus (1823)

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

(black to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Nf3 Ne4 4. h4 Qb6 5. Nbd2 d5 6. e3 Nc6 7. dxc5 Qxb2 8. Rb1 Qxa2 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Nd4 Qa5+ 11. Qd2 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 f6 13. Nb5 Kd8 14. Bf4 e5 15. Bg3 Bxc5 16. Bc4 a6 17. Nc3 Bb4 18. Bd5 Kc7 19. Bxc6 Rd8+ 20. Ke2 Bxc3 21. Bxe4 Rd2+ 22. Kf1 h6 23. f3 Rd6 24. h5 f5 25. Bd3 Be6 26. Rh4 b5 27. Bh2 b4 28. g4 fxg4 29. f4 Rf8 30. Kg1 Bd2 31. Kf2 exf4 32. Bxf4 Rxf4+ 33. exf4 Bxf4 34. Rxb4 g3+ 35. Kf1 Bg5 36. Kg2 Bxh4 37. Rxh4 Bd5+ 38. Kxg3 a5 39. Ra4 Kb6 40. Rd4 Kc5 41. Ra4 Kb6 42. Rd4 Rd7 43. Bf5 Rd6 44. c4 Kc5 45. Rxd5+ Rxd5 46. cxd5 Kxd5 47. Kf4 a4 48. Bd7 a3 49. Kf5 Kc4 50. Be6+ Kd4 51. Bf7 Ke3 52. Bd5 Kd4 53. Be6 Ke3 54. Bb3 Kf3 55. Bd5+ Kg3 56. Kg6 Kg4 57. Bf7 Kf4 58. Kxg7 Kg5 59. Kh7 a2 60. Bxa2 Kxh5

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Black to play and mate in 6.

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Zephyr (1552) vs. yoshi (1773)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 h g f e d c b a +11

(black to move) 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Bc5 7. a3 Bb6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Na4 e4 10. Ne1 Bf5 11. Nxb6 axb6 12. d3 Nf6 13. Bg5 exd3 14. Nxd3 h6 15. Bf4 Re8 16. Re1 g5 17. Be3 Qd7 18. Qb3 Be6 19. Qc3 Nd5 20. Qd2 Nxe3 21. Qxe3 Nd4 22. Rac1 Nb3 23. Rc3 Bd5 24. Ne5 Qe6 25. Bxd5 Qxd5 26. f4 gxf4 27. gxf4 Kh7 28. Rd3 Rg8+ 29. Qg3 Rxg3+ 30. hxg3 Qc5+ 31. e3 f6 32. Rd7+ Kg8 33. Ng4 Rf8 34. Nxh6+ Kh8 35. Kg2 Qc6+ 36. e4 Qxd7 37. Rh1 Qd2+ 38. Kf3 Qd3+ 39. Kg4 Qxe4 40. Nf5+ Kg8 41. Nh6+ Kg7 42. Nf5+ Kf7 43. Rh7+ Ke8 44. Rxc7 Rg8+ 45. Ng7+ Kf8 46. Kh5 Rxg7 47. Rc8+ Kf7 48. Rc7+ Kg8 49. Rxg7+ Kxg7 50. Kh4 Nd4 51. g4 Qg2 52. g5 Qh2+ 53. Kg4 f5# CHECK!

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White to play and win.

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john2001plus (1857) vs. menandro-l-manuel (1646)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. c4 Bd6 6. Bxd6 Qxd6 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 b5 9. Bd3 a6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Nb3 Bb7 13. Na5 Qc7 14. b4 Rac8 15. Qc2 Ba8 16. Rac1 Qd6 17. a3 h6 18. e4 e5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21. Qc3 Qg5 22. f4 Qh5 23. Qc5 Qh4 24. g3 Qh3 25. e5 Ng4 26. Rc2 Rfd8 27. Bf5 Rc7 28. e6 Rd5 29. Qxd5 cxd5 30. e7 g6 31. e8=Q+ Kg7 32. Bxg4 Qxg4 33. Rxc7 Qf5 34. Rc8 g5 35. Qh8+ Kg6 36. Rg8+ Kh5 37. Rxg5+ Qxg5 38. fxg5 Kg4 39. Qxh6

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Analysis of john2001plus (1888) vs. imgrowingafro (1291)

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 e6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O Nh5 9. Ne5 Nxf4 10. exf4 Nxe5 11. fxe5 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Kh8 13. Re1 Qb6 14. Qb3 Qxd4 15. Rad1 Qg4 16. Ne4 Rd8 17. Rxd8+ Bxd8 18. Nd6 Be7 19. Nxf7+ Kg8 20. h3 Qf4 21. Nd6 Bh4 22. Bxe6+ Bxe6 23. Qxe6+ Kf8 24. Re2 Rd8 25. g3 Qf3 26. gxh4 Qh5 27. Re3 Qg6+ 28. Qxg6 hxg6 29. Rg3

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Analysis of havishs (1278) vs. yoshi (1729)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Ne2 Nc6 7. c3 Be7 8. Bf4 O-O 9. Nc1 cxd4 10. cxd4 f6 11. exf6 Rxf6 12. Bg5 Qb6 13. Nb3 Rxf3 14. Bxe7 Rxb3 15. axb3 Nxe7 16. Be2 Nf5 17. Ra4 Nf6 18. O-O Bd7 19. Ra1 Nxd4 20. Ra3 Nxe2+ 21. Qxe2 Bb5 22. Qd2 Bxf1 23. Kxf1 Ne4 24. Qe2 Rf8 25. f3 Qc7 26. Rxa7 Qxh2 27. Qe3 Rc8 28. fxe4 Qh1+ 29. Kf2 Rc2+ 30. Kf3 Qxg2+ 31. Kf4 Qf1+ 32. Ke5 Qf6+ 33. Kd6 Rc6+ 34. Kd7 Qf7+ 35. Kd8 Rc7

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Black to play for a winning advantage.

ICC tourney 1279 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
Analysis of LiangLiang (1666) vs. yoshi (1747)

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. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Nxd7 7. Ngf3 Qe7+ 8. Qe2 Ngf6 9. Qxe7+ Bxe7 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. O-O O-O 12. b3 Nce4 13. Bb2 Rac8 14. c4 dxc4 15. Nxc4 Rfd8 16. Rfe1 Bc5 17. Ne3 Bxe3 18. Rxe3 Rc2 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. h3 Rdc8 21. a4 Rb2 22. Rd1 g6 23. Rd6 Kg7 24. Nd2 Rcc2 25. Red3 Rc1+ 26. Kh2 Rbc2 27. f3 Rd1 28. Kg3 Nh5+ 29. Kf2 Nf4 30. Rd3d4 Ne6 31. Rd4d5 Nf4 32. Rd4 Ne6 33. Ke2 Rg1 34. Rc4 Rxg2+ 35. Ke3 Ra2 36. Rd7 a6 37. Ne4 b5 38. axb5 axb5 39. Rc6 Rge2+ 40. Kd3 Nf4+ 41. Kd4 Red2+ 42. Nxd2 Rxd2+ 43. Ke5 Rxd7 44. Kxf4 Rd3

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