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Analysis of Schulze vs. John Coffey

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

(black to move) 1. f4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe4+ Be7 5. f5 Nf6 6. Qf4 O-O 7. Nf3 d5 8. Nc3 Bd6 9. Qh4 Nb4 10. Kd1 Bxf5 11. Bg5 Bxc2+ 12. Kd2 d4 13. Qxd4 Bg6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Rc1 c5 16. Qc4 Bxh2+ 17. Ke3 Bg3 18. Nh4 Bh5 19. Rh3 Re8+ 20. Ne4 Qd6 21. Rxg3+ Qxg3+ 22. Nf3 f5 23. Kd2 Rxe4 24. Qc3 Rd8+

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Analysis of KingsBishop (1626) vs. john2001plus (1840)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Bd3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 c5 11. O-O Nc6 12. a3 Qa5 13. Qe1 c4 14. Be2 Qa4 15. Qb1 b5 16. Nd2 Qa5 17. Qb2 Qb6 18. a4 b4 19. Nf3 bxc3 20. Qxb6 axb6 21. Rfb1 Bd7 22. Rxb6 Rfb8 23. Rxb8+ Rxb8 24. a5 Ra8 25. h3 Rb8 26. a6 Na7 27. g4 Rb2 28. Bd1 Kf8 29. Kf1 Ke7 30. Ne1 Kd8 31. f4 Kc7 32. Kf2 Rb6 33. Ke3 Bb5 34. Nf3 Rxa6 35. Rxa6 Bxa6 36. Ng1 Nb5 37. Ne2 Kb6 38. f5 Bc8 39. Kf4 Kc7 40. h4 Kd8 41. Ng3 Ke7 42. Nh5 g6 43. fxg6 fxg6 44. Nf6 g5+ 45. hxg5 hxg5+ 46. Kxg5 Nxd4 47. Kg6 Nxc2 48. Bxc2 Bb7 49. g5 d4 50. Ng8+ Kf8 51. Nf6 d3 52. Bxd3 cxd3 53. Kh7 c2 54. g6 c1=Q 55. g7+ Ke7 56. g8=Q Qh1+ 57. Kg7 Qg2+ 58. Kh7 Qxg8+ 59. Nxg8+ Kf8

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IAlwaysWin (1732) vs. john2001plus (1731)

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

(black to move) 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. e3 e6 3. b3 b6 4. Bb2 Bb7 5. c4 c5 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. d3 d5 10. Rc1 d4 11. exd4 cxd4 12. Nb5 e5 13. Nd2 a6 14. Na3 Nd7 15. Bf3 Nc5 16. Qe2 Nb4 17. Bxb7 Nxb7 18. Nf3 Nxa2 19. Ra1 Nc3 20. Bxc3 dxc3 21. Nxe5 Bxa3 22. Rxa3 Qd6 23. Raa1 Rfe8 24. f4 f6 25. Qf3 Nc5 26. Nc6 Nxb3 27. Rae1 Nd2 28. Ne7+ Kf8 29. Qh5 Nxf1 30. Qxh7 Qd4+ 31. Kh1 Rxe7 32. Qh8+ Kf7 33. Qh5+ Kg8 34. Rxe7 Rf8 35. Qg6 f5 36. Qe6+ Kh7 37. Qe1 Qxf4 38. g3 Qf3+ 39. Kg1 Nd2 40. Re2 f4 41. Rf2 fxg3 42. Re2 g2 43. Qh4+ Kg8 44. Rf2 c2

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Coffey, John (2001) vs. Jumper (1700)

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

(white to move) 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. Rc1 c6 7. e3 h6 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. O-O e5 11. cxd5 exd4 12. Nxd4 cxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd4 14. exd4 Nf6 15. Nc7 Rb8 16. Re1 a6 17. d5 Bg4 18. f3 Bh5 19. g4 Bg6 20. Bxg6 fxg6 21. Ne6 Qb6+ 22. Kg2 Rfe8 23. d6 Nd7 24. Rc7 Rbd8 25. Nxd8 Rxd8 26. Qd5+ Kh7 27. Rxb7 Qc5 28. Qe6 Qc2+ 29. Re2 Qc6 30. Rc7 Qb5 31. Qe7 Rg8 32. Rxd7

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Analysis of john2001plus (1712) vs. ROWLAND (1540), 720+3

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

(white to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. g4 Nc6 7. d5 Ne5 8. g5 Ne8 9. h4 f6 10. f4 Nf7 11. Qc2 e5 12. dxe6 e.p. Bxe6 13. f5 Bd7 14. Nf3 Ne5 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Be3 gxf5 17. O-O-O f4 18. Bc5 Nd6 19. Bxd6 cxd6 20. Rxd6 Qe7 21. Rhd1 Bc6 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. Rd6xd5 Rfd8 24. Qd2 Rxd5 25. Qxd5+ Kf8 26. c5 Rc8 27. Bc4 Ke8 28. gxf6 Bxf6 29. Qg8+ Qf8 30. Qe6+ Qe7 31. Qxc8+ Qd8 32. Rxd8+ Bxd8 33. Be6 Kf8 34. Qxd8+ Kg7 35. Qg8+ Kh6 36. Qg5#

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Analysis of IAlwaysWin (1580) vs. john2001plus (1691)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. e3 c5 3. b3 g6 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. c4 d5 8. d3 dxc4 9. bxc4 Bf5 10. e4 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nd4 13. Nc3 Nd7 14. Be2 b5 15. Nxb5 Nxb5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. cxb5 Qb6 18. a4 a6 19. Rb1 axb5 20. Rxb5 Qa6 21. d4 Qxa4 22. dxc5 Ne5 23. Qb1 Nc6 24. Qb2+ Kg8 25. Rb6 Rfb8 26. Bb5 Rxb6 27. cxb6 Qxe4 28. b7 Rb8 29. Qc3 Nd8 30. Ba6 Qd5 31. Qc7 Qd6 32. Qxd6 exd6 33. Rc1 Kg7 34. Rc8 Rxb7 35. Rxd8 Rb6 36. Bc4

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Wayne33 vs. John Coffey

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 h g f e d c b a +12

(black to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bg5 Qa5 6. Qd2 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Nc6 8. Nh3 Nxd4 9. Rc1 Ne4 10. Bd2 Nxd2 11. Kxd2 Qxa2 12. Rc2 Nxc2 13. Kxc2 Bxc3 14. Kxc3 b5 15. e3 b4+ 16. Kd3 Qb1+ 17. Ke2 Qxb2+

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Analysis of John Coffey vs. chess724

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Bb4 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 O-O 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Re1 Bxc3 10. bxc3 h6 11. e4 Nb6 12. Bd3 Bd7 13. Bc2 a6 14. e5 Nfd5 15. Qd3 f5 16. exf6 e.p. Nxf6 17. Ne5 Nbd5 18. Bxh6 gxh6 19. Qg6+ Kh8 20. Qxh6+ Kg8 21. Rad1 Qe7 22. Rd3 Rf7 23. Rg3+ Rg7 24. Ng6 Qe8 25. c4 Nb6 26. Rg5 Kf7 27. Ne5+ Ke7 28. Rxg7+ Kd8 29. Qxf6+

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Xun (1400) vs. Sims (1558)

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

(black to move) 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. d4 e4 5. Bg2 d5 6. b3 Bb4 7. Bd2 e3 8. fxe3 Ng4 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 O-O 12. h3 Nf6 13. O-O-O Qxa3+ 14. Qb2 Qd6 15. g4 a5 16. c5 Qc7 17. Be1 Be6 18. Nf3 Nbd7 19. Rg1 a4 20. bxa4 Rxa4 21. Rd3 Rfa8 22. Kb1 b6 23. Nd2 bxc5 24. dxc5 Nxc5 25. Rc3 Rb8 26. Nb3 d4 27. exd4 Nxb3 28. Bg3 Nd2+ 29. Kc1 Rxb2 30. Kxb2 Ra2+ 31. Kc1 Qa5 32. Rxc6 Nb3+ 33. Kb1 Ra1+ 34. Kb2 Qa2+ 35. Kc3 Qd2#

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Analysis of john2001plus (1853) vs. fiddler (1761)

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 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Qd2 e6 12. Qxa5 Nxa5 13. Bd3 b6 14. O-O Bb7 15. Rfc1 Kd7 16. Bd2 Nc6 17. d5 Nd4 18. Nxd4 Bxd4 19. Bb5+ Kd6 20. Bb4+ Bc5 21. Bxc5+ bxc5 22. dxe6 fxe6 23. Rd1+ Ke5 24. f3 Rhd8 25. Kf2 Rd4 26. Ke3 g5 27. g3 Rad8 28. f4+ gxf4+ 29. gxf4+ Kf6 30. e5+ Kf5 31. Bd3+ Be4 32. Be2 Bc2 33. Rf1 Re4+ 34. Kf3 c4 35. Rae1 Rd2 36. a4 c3 37. Bb5 Rxf4+ 38. Ke3 Rxf1 39. Rxf1+ Kxe5

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Analysis of john2001plus (1815) vs. ulfhethinn (1668)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 b5 3. e3 a6 4. c4 b4 5. Bd2 e6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O a5 8. a3 c5 9. axb4 axb4 10. Rxa8 Bxa8 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Qa4 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Nc6 14. Qb5 Qe7 15. Bc1 O-O 16. Nd2 Rb8 17. Qa4 Bb6 18. Qc2 Ne5 19. Be2 Rc8 20. f4 Neg4 21. h3 Nxe3 22. fxe3 Bxe3+ 23. Kh2 d5 24. Qd3 Ba7 25. b3 Qc5 26. Nf3 Ne4 27. Bb2 h6 28. Qd4 Qxd4 29. Bxd4 Bb8 30. Be5 Ba7 31. Bd4 Bb8 32. Be3 Nc3 33. Bd3 Bd6 34. cxd5 Nxd5 35. Bd2 g5 36. Bc4 Nxf4 37. Kh1 Nxh3 38. Nd4 Ra8 39. Nxe6 Ra2 40. Nxg5 hxg5 41. Rxf7 Kh8 42. Rf6 Rxd2 43. Rh6+ Kg7 44. Rxh3

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Realityczech (1725) vs. John2001plus (1862)

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. Bd3 dxe4 4. Bxe4 Nf6 5. Bf3 c5 6. Ne2 Nc6 7. Be3 e5 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Nbc3 Nxf3+ 11. gxf3 Kc7 12. Nf4 Bf5 13. O-O-O Kc6 14. Nfd5 Nxd5 15. Rxd5 Be6 16. Rd2 Be7 17. Ne4 h6 18. Rhd1 f5 19. Nc3 Rad8 20. Ne2 g5 21. f4 g4 22. Nc3 Bf6 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rxd8 Bxd8 25. Ne2 Bf6 26. Ng3 a5 27. a3 b5 28. c3 Kd5 29. Kc2 c4 30. Bb6 a4 31. Kd2 Bd7 32. Ke3 b4 33. axb4 Bxc3 34. Ne2 Bxb2 35. Nd4 a3 36. Nc2 Ba4 37. Nxa3 Bc1+ 38. Ke2 Bxa3 39. Bc5 c3 40. Kd3 c2

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Analysis of John Coffey vs. Irina Lutikova

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 c6 2. e4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. O-O e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Qf6 10. Qg3 Nd7 11. Rd1 h6 12. a4 Ne7 13. Be3 O-O 14. Ba6 bxa6 15. Rxd7 Nc8 16. Rad1 Nb6 17. Rd7d6 Qe7 18. Bc5 Qg5 19. Qd3 a5 20. Bxb6 axb6 21. Rxc6 Rfc8 22. Qc4 Rd8 23. Nd5 Rab8 24. Qb5

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Analysis of john2001plus (1860) vs. Coupra (2017)

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

(black to move) 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 c6 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. O-O h6 8. Bh4 O-O 9. Nbd2 b6 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. Rfe1 Rc8 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Bxe4 Nf6 16. Bd3 Rfd8 17. Qa4 c5 18. Qxa7 Ra8 19. Qxb6 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Rxd4 21. Be4 Nxe4 22. Rxe4 Qg5+ 23. Kf1 Rad8 24. Rg4 Qf5 25. Rxd4 Rxd4 26. Re1 Qxf3 27. Qxc5 Rd2 28. Kg1 Qg4+ 29. Kf1 Qh3+ 30. Kg1 Qf3 31. b4 h5 32. Qe3 Qg4+ 33. Kf1 Qxc4+ 34. Kg1 Qxa2 35. b5 Rb2 36. b6 Qb3 37. Qxb3 Rxb3 38. Re5 g6 39. Kg2 Rxb6 40. Kg3 Rb4 41. f3 Kg7 42. h3 Kf6 43. Ra5 g5 44. Kg2 e5 45. Kg3 h4+ 46. Kg2 Kf5 47. Ra2 f6 48. Re2 e4 49. fxe4+ Rxe4 50. Rf2+ Rf4 51. Re2 g4 52. hxg4+ Kxg4 53. Re8 Rf5 54. Rg8+ Rg5 55. Rh8 f5 56. Kh2 f4 57. Rf8 Kf3 58. Kh3 Rg4 59. Ra8 Rg7 60. Kxh4 Rh7+ 61. Kg5 Kg3 62. Rg8 f3 63. Kf5+ Kh2 64. Rf8 Rg7 65. Ke4 Kg2 66. Ke3 Re7+ 67. Kd2 f2 68. Rg8+ Kf1 69. Rg6 Rd7+ 70. Kc3 Rd5 71. Rf6 Ke2 72. Re6+ Kf3 73. Rf6+ Ke3 74. Re6+ Kf4 75. Rf6+ Rf5

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Analysis of Burnemup (1512) vs. John2001plus (1563)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nh6 8. Nc3 Nf5 9. Na4 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Bb4 11. Bc3 b5 12. a3 Bxc3+ 13. Nxc3 b4 14. axb4 Qxb4 15. Bb5 Bd7 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Qd2 Rb8 18. Rb1 Bb5 19. Nxb5 Qxb5 20. Qg5 O-O 21. Qg4 Qb4+ 22. Kf1 Qc4+ 23. Kg1 Rxb2 24. Rf1 Rfb8 25. g3 a5 26. Kg2 a4 27. Rc1 Qe2 28. Rhf1 h5 29. Qg5 Rb8b3 30. Nh4 Qe4+ 31. Kg1 a3 32. Rc8+ Kh7 33. Nxf5 Qxf5 34. Qd8 Rb1 35. Qh8+ Kg6 36. Rg8 Rxf1+ 37. Kxf1 Qd3+ 38. Kg2 Qe4+ 39. Kh3 Qg4+ 40. Kg2 Kf5 41. Rxg7 Qf3+ 42. Kh3 Ke4 43. Qh7+ Kxd4 44. Rxf7 Qg4+ 45. Kg2 Qe4+ 46. Qxe4+ Kxe4

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Analysis of Mustangcoffee (1523) vs. john2001plus (1840)

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 Nf6 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bc4 Bg4 7. Nf3 Nxd5 8. Qe2+ Be7 9. h3 Be6 10. Nc3 Nf4 11. Qf1 Nxg2+ 12. Qxg2 Bxc4 13. Qxg7 Bf6 14. Qh6 Nc6 15. Qe3+ Qe7 16. d3 Be6 17. Bd2 O-O-O 18. O-O-O Nb4 19. Qxa7 Nxd3+ 20. Kb1 Nxb2 21. Kxb2 Rxd2+ 22. Rxd2 Qb4+ 23. Kc1 Qxc3+ 24. Kd1 Qxf3+ 25. Re2 Rd8+ 26. Kc1 Qc3+ 27. Kb1 Qa1+ 28. Kc2 Qb2#

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Analysis of john2001plus (1854) vs. KingsBishop (1697)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Ne4 7. Qc2 h6 8. Bd3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bd6 10. Ne5 Bxe5 11. dxe5 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Na5 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. Qa4+ Nc6 15. O-O O-O 16. Rd2 Bd7 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Be2 Nxe5 19. Qb4 Qxb4 20. cxb4 Re8 21. Bxe5

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Analysis of ManonFire_Jer (1378) vs. john2001plus (1811)

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. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Bd6 6. Bxd6 Qxd6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. c3 Re8+ 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O Bf5 11. Nbd2 Ne4 12. Re1 Re7 13. Rc1 Rae8 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Kf1 Qh6 16. h3 Qf4 17. Qd2 Qf5 18. Qd1 Nd8 19. Nd2 Bd3 20. Kg1 Bxe2 21. Qc2 Bd3 22. Rxe7 Rxe7 23. Qd1 Re2 24. Nf3 Ne6 25. Qf1 Rxb2 26. Qd1 Be2 27. Qa4 Bxf3

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Analysis of john2001plus (1892) vs. NJPanda (1860)

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 Bxc5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Bb4+ 11. Nd2 Nc6 12. a3 Bd6 13. O-O Bxf4 14. exf4 b6 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Qc2+ Kg8 17. Qxc6 Ba6 18. Rfe1 Qh4 19. Nf3 Qxf4 20. Qxd5 Rad8 21. Qe5 Qg4 22. h3 Qg6 23. Nh4 Qc6 24. Rac1 Qd5 25. Qxd5 Rxd5 26. Rc7 Rd2 27. Ree7 Rxb2 28. Ng6 Rc8 29. Rxc8+ Bxc8 30. Re8+ Kh7 31. Nf8+ Kh6 32. Rxc8

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Black to play for an equal game.

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Analysis of fiddler (1735) vs. john2001plus (1825)

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

(black to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Be2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. b3 c5 9. Bb2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nbd7 12. Qe2 Rc8 13. Rac1 Qc7 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. f3 Ne5 16. Nxe6 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 fxe6 18. Bxe6+ Kh8 19. Bxc8 Qxc8 20. Nb5 Nc6 21. Qc4 Ba6 22. Rc1 Bc5 23. Kh1 Qd7 24. a4 h6 25. Re1 Bxe3 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Qe4 Bf2 28. Rc1 Ne7 29. Qe2 Bc5

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john2001plus (1875) vs. skuhl99 (1458)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 c5 3. c4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 g6 6. e4 d6 7. f3 Bg7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Be2 a6 10. O-O Bd7 11. Qd2 Qb6 12. Ne6 Qa5 13. Nxf8 Kxf8 14. a3 Qc7 15. b4 Ne5 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Bxa1 19. Rxa1 Qxc4 20. Rc1 Qb3 21. Bd4 f6 22. Rc7 Rd8 23. Rxb7 Qxa3 24. Bb6 Qa1+ 25. Kf2 Ke8 26. Bxd8 Kxd8 27. Qc2 Qd4+ 28. Kg3 Ke8 29. Qc7 Kf7 30. Qxd7 Qe5+ 31. f4 Qc3+ 32. Kh4 Qe1+ 33. g3 g5+ 34. fxg5 fxg5+ 35. Kh5 Qe2+ 36. Qg4 Qxh2+ 37. Kxg5 h6+ 38. Kf5 Qf2+ 39. Qf4 Qe2 40. g4 Qc4 41. Qxd6 Qf1+ 42. Qf4 Qc4 43. Ke5+ Kg8 44. Rb8+ Kg7 45. Qf8+ Kg6 46. Qg8#

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Actually 33. Kh3! is simpler.

White to play and win

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Analysis vs. King's Indian

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 g6 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Na6 8. g4 c6 9. g5 Ne8 10. h4 f5 11. gxf6 e.p. Nxf6 12. h5 Qa5 13. hxg6 Nxe4 14. gxh7+ Kh8 15. Nf3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 cxd5 17. Kf1 Bf5 18. Nh4 dxc4 19. Bxc4 Rac8 20. Be6 Be4 21. Qg4 Bd3+ 22. Kg1 Rce8 23. Bf5 Bxf5 24. Qxf5 Rf6 25. Bg5 Rfe6 26. Ng6+ Rxg6 27. Qxg6 Rf8 28. Be7 Rxf2 29. Qxg7+ Kxg7 30. h8=Q+ Kf7 31. Rh7+ Ke6 32. Qc8+ Kd5 33. Rd1+ Ke4 34. Qc4+ Kf5 35. Rh5+ Kg6 36. Qg8+

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Black to play and draw

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IAlwaysWin (1575) vs. john2001plus (1697)

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

(black to move) 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. Ne5 Nc6 9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. a3 Be7 12. b4 c6 13. Bb2 a5 14. Bc3 axb4 15. axb4 Qc7 16. c5 b5 17. Ra5 Rxa5 18. bxa5 Ba6 19. Nf3 Ne4 20. Bb4 f6 21. Bh3 e5 22. Rd1 Bc8 23. Bxc8 Qxc8 24. Ra1 Qf5 25. a6 Nxg3 26. Qxf5 Nxf5 27. dxe5 fxe5 28. a7 Ra8 29. Nxe5 Bf6 30. f4 Nd4 31. Ra6 Nxe2+ 32. Kf2 Bxe5 33. fxe5 Nd4 34. Ba5 Ne6 35. Rxc6 Rxa7 36. Rxe6 Kf7 37. Rb6 Rxa5 38. Ke3 Ra2 39. Rxb5 Ke6 40. Rb7 Kxe5 41. Rxg7 d4+ 42. Kd3 h6 43. Rd7 Rxh2 44. Rxd4 Rh1 45. Rc4 Rd1+ 46. Ke3 Rd7

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Black to play for mate

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Analysis of SpeedyChess11 (1735) vs. john2001plus (1877)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nge7 8. Nc3 Nf5 9. Na4 Bb4+ 10. Kf1 Qd8 11. a3 Be7 12. g3 O-O 13. Kg2 Bd7 14. Nc3 Rc8 15. h4 f6 16. h5 fxe5 17. dxe5 h6 18. Bf4 Qb6 19. Nxd5 Qd8 20. Nc3 Ncd4 21. Nxd4 Nxd4 22. Bd3 Rxc3 23. bxc3 Bc6+ 24. Kh3 Bxh1 25. cxd4 Bc6 26. Bc2 Bg5 27. Qg4 Qxd4 28. Qxe6+ Rf7 29. Rd1 Qxf2 30. Rd5 Qf1+ 31. Kh2 Qe2+ 32. Kg1 Qxc2 33. Qg6 Qc4 34. Rd6 Qc5+ 35. Kf1 Qc1+ 36. Kf2 Rxf4+ 37. gxf4 Qxf4+ 38. Ke2 Bb5+ 39. Rd3 Qe3+ 40. Kd1 Ba4+ 41. Rb3 Qd2#

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Analysis of ThePontiff (1371) vs. john2001plus (1689)

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

(white to move) 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 g5 5. Bg3 b6 6. Nbd2 Bb7 7. e3 Bg7 8. Bd3 d6 9. c3 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. h3 Re8 12. Re1 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. Bc4 Ne4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Qxd8 Raxd8 18. Rad1 c6 19. Bb3 Bd5 20. c4 Be6 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Kf1 b5 23. cxb5 Bxb3 24. axb3 cxb5 25. Ke2 f5 26. Rd1 Rxd1 27. Kxd1 f4 28. exf4 exf4 29. Bh2 Bxb2 30. Kc2 Bd4 31. f3 Kf7 32. Kd3 Bc5 33. Ke4 Ke6 34. g3 Bd6 35. gxf4 Bxf4 36. Bxf4 gxf4 37. b4 Kd6 38. Kxf4 Kd5 39. Ke3 Kc4 40. f4 Kxb4 41. Kd4 Ka4 42. f5 b4 43. f6 b3 44. Kc3 Ka3 45. f7 b2 46. f8=Q+ Ka2 47. Qf2

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