White to play and win

ICC tourney 1361 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
Analysis of IAlwaysWin (1619) vs. john2001plus (1635)

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

(white to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Bxd5 10. Qc2 Nc6 11. Rd1 Nb4 12. Qb1 Rc8 13. a3 Nc6 14. e4 Bb3 15. Rd3 Na5 16. Nd2 Bd1 17. b4 Nc6 18. Bb2 Ba4 19. d5 Bb5 20. Re3 a5 21. Nf3 exd5 22. exd5 Na7 23. Nd4 Bf6 24. Nf5 Re8 25. Rxe8+ Qxe8 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Qd1 Be2 28. Qd2 Qe5 29. Re1 Qxf5 30. Qxe2 axb4 31. axb4 Rd8 32. Qe7 Rd7 33. Qe8+ Kg7 34. g4 Qxg4 35. h3 Qxb4 36. Re3 Qb1+ 37. Kh2 Rd6 38. Be4 Qc1 39. Rg3+ Qg5 40. Rxg5+ fxg5 41. Qe5+ Kf8 42. Qa1 Nb5 43. Bd3 c6 44. Qh8+ Ke7 45. Qe5+ Kd7 46. dxc6+

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Black to play and win.

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Analysis of castafeletti (1158) vs. BDRichardson (1241)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e5 2. d3 Nc6 3. c3 Bc5 4. Qe2 d6 5. h3 Be6 6. g3 Qd7 7. Bg2 O-O-O 8. Nf3 f5 9. Ng5 Nf6 10. Nxe6 Qxe6 11. exf5 Qxf5 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Be3 Rd7 14. Bxc5 dxc5 15. Nd2 e4 16. d4 cxd4 17. c4 e3 18. Nf3 d3 19. Qd1 e2 20. Qd2 Qxf3 21. Rh2 Ne4 22. Rc1 Nxd2 23. Kxd2 Re8 24. Rhh1 e1=Q+ 25. Rcxe1 Re2+ 26. Rxe2 dxe2+ 27. Kc2 Qd3+

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White to play for an advantage.

ICC 30 0, Internet Chess Club
john2001plus (1857) vs. fiddler (1806)

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. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bxc5 9. O-O a6 10. Qc2 b5 11. Bd3 Qb6 12. Ne4 Nbd7 13. Rac1 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Bb7 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Be4 Rac8 17. Ng5 Nf6 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Qe2 Qd5 20. Rfd1 Qf5 21. Qf3 e5 22. Bxe5 Qxg5 23. Bd4 Kg8 24. h4 Qxh4 25. Bxc5

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What is the best continuation for White?

ICC tourney 1350 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
Analysis of john2001plus (1605) vs. tangent (1931)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 f5 4. e4 fxe4 5. Ng5 c5 6. dxc5 Nf6 7. Nc3 Qa5 8. Bd2 Qxc5 9. Ngxe4 Qe5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Nc6 12. Re1 Qc7 13. Rc1 b6 14. Nd5 Qb8 15. Nexf6+ exf6 16. Bf4 Ne5 17. Ne7+ Kh8 18. Nxg6+ hxg6 19. Bxg6 Bh6 20. Rxe5 fxe5 21. Bxh6 Rg8 22. Qh5 Rg7 23. Bxg7+ Kxg7 24. Qh7+ Kf6 25. Qf7+ Kg5 26. h4+ Kxh4 27. Qf5

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Analysis of john2001plus (1784) vs. WhiteGoldeWielder (1739)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Be2 Nc6 7. c4 Qd7 8. Be3 b6 9. Nc3 a6 10. d5 exd5 11. cxd5 Nb4 12. Ne5 Qc7 13. Nc4 Bd6 14. a3 b5 15. Nxd6+ Qxd6 16. axb4 cxb4 17. Nxb5 Qb8 18. Na7 Rxa7 19. Bxa7 Qxa7 20. Qa4+ Bd7 21. Qxb4 Nxd5 22. Qd6 Nf6 23. Rxa6 Qb7 24. O-O Ne4 25. Qa3 f5 26. Ra8+ Bc8 27. Ra7

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