White to play and win

ICC tourney 1592 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
Analysis of john2001plus (1767) vs. weakfish (1318)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 e6 8. f3 Be7 9. e4 Bg6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Be2 h6 12. O-O Rc8 13. Qb3 Nb6 14. Ne5 Bh7 15. a5 Nbd7 16. Qxb7 Ra8 17. Nxc6 Qe8 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. e5 Nd5 20. Nxd5 exd5 21. Qxd5 Rab8 22. Bc4 Rxb2 23. e6 Nf6 24. exf7+ Kh8 25. Qe5 Qb4 26. Rfc1 Bg6 27. Bxh6 Bxf7 28. Bxf7 Rxf7 29. Rc8+ Kh7 30. Qf5+ g6 31. Qe6 Qxd4+ 32. Be3 Rxg2+ 33. Kxg2 Qb2+ 34. Bf2 Rg7 35. Ra4 Nh5 36. Rac4 Qd2 37. Qe3 Qxa5 38. Qc3 Qg5+ 39. Rg4 Nf4+ 40. Kf1 Qb5+ 41. Qc4 Qb1+ 42. Qc1 Qb5+ 43. Rc4 Ne6 44. Kg2 Re7 45. Rh4+ Kg8 46. Rc8+ Re8 47. Qc3 Ng7 48. Rc5 Qe2 49. Rc7 Qe5 50. Rxg7+ Qxg7 51. Qc4+ Kf8 52. Rf4+ Ke7 53. Qc7+ Ke6 54. Re4+ Kd5 55. Qc5#

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White to play and win

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Analysis of John Coffey vs. KErrNPHX

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 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Ne4 6. e3 Nxd2 7. Nbxd2 c5 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. d5 exd5 11. cxd5 Ne5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. Nc4 Qf6 14. a3 b5 15. axb4 bxc4 16. bxc5 Bb7 17. Qd4 Qxd4 18. exd4 Rfe8 19. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Kf8 21. Rc1 Re8 22. d6 Rb8 23. Bxb7 Rxb7 24. d5 Rxb2 25. c6 dxc6 26. dxc6 Ke8 27. c7 Kd7 28. Rxc4 Kc8 29. d7+

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What is the strongest continuation for White?

ICC tourney 1588 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
Analysis of john2001plus (1754) vs. SunKing007 (1290)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nc6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nxd5 Qd6 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. e3 O-O-O 11. Be2 a6 12. O-O f6 13. d5 Nb4 14. e4 g5 15. a3 Nxd5 16. exd5 h5 17. Nd4 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Bg7 19. Qe6+ Qxe6 20. Nxe6 Rd7 21. Nxg7 Rxg7 22. Rfe1 f5 23. Re5 f4 24. Rae1 Kd7 25. Ne4 g4 26. Nf6+ Kd6 27. b4 c5 28. Re6+ Kc7 29. d6+ Kb8 30. Re8+ Rxe8 31. Rxe8+ Ka7 32. bxc5 a5 33. d7 Rxd7 34. Nxd7 Ka6 35. a4 b5 36. c6 bxa4 37. Rb8 a3 38. Rb6+ Ka7 39. Rb7+ Ka6 40. Nc5#

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Pawn promotion:
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	- Bishop
	- Knight