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Analysis of John Coffey vs. DORADO

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 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 dxc4 5. e3 c3 6. bxc3 Bxc3 7. Rb1 Nf6 8. Rb3 Bxd2+ 9. Bxd2 O-O 10. Bd3 h6 11. e4 b6 12. e5 Nd5 13. Bb1 Bb7 14. Bxh6 gxh6 15. Qc2 f5 16. exf6 e.p.

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Analysis of john2001plus (1932) vs. Gusev (1822)

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

(white to move) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 Bg7 6. Nc3 a6 7. Bc4 e6 8. a4 Ne7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bf4 Nbc6 11. d5 exd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Bxb2 14. Rb1 Bg7 15. Bxd6 Re8 16. Bxf7+ Kxf7 17. Qd5+ Be6 18. Ng5+ Kg8 19. Nxe6 Qf6 20. Nxg7+ Kxg7 21. Rxb7+ Ne7 22. Rxe7+ Rxe7 23. Bxe7 Qxe7 24. Qxa8

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john2001plus (1914) vs. Gusev (1811)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 b5 2. e4 a6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb7 6. Bd3 Nxd5 7. Nxd5 Bxd5 8. O-O e6 9. Ne5 c5 10. c4 bxc4 11. Qa4+ Nd7 12. Bxc4 Bxc4 13. Nxc4 Be7 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Nd6+ Ke7 17. fxe3 Kxd6 18. Rxf7 Rc8 19. Rd1+ Kc5 20. Qc2+ Kb5 21. Qb3+ Kc5 22. Rc1+ Kd6 23. Qd3+ Ke5 24. Qd4#

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Analysis of Gusev (1780) vs. john2001plus (1937)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8. Nxc6 dxc6 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. O-O-O+ Kc7 11. Bf4+ e5 12. Bg3 h5 13. h3 h4 14. hxg4 hxg3 15. Rxh8 Bxh8 16. fxg3 Bxg4 17. Rd2 Bg7 18. Kc2 Bh6 19. Rf2 f5 20. exf5 Bxf5+ 21. Bd3 Rf8 22. Bxf5 Rxf5 23. Rxf5 gxf5 24. Kd3 e4+ 25. Ke2 Kd6 26. b3 Bg7 27. Nd1 Bd4 28. Kd2 a5 29. a3 Bc5 30. a4 Bd4 31. Kc2 Kc5 32. Kd2 Kb4 33. Kc2 b6 34. Nb2 Bxb2 35. Kxb2 e3 36. Kc2 e2 37. Kd2 Kxb3 38. Kxe2 Kxa4 39. Kf3 b5 40. cxb5 Kxb5

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Analysis of john2001plus (1907) vs. soitgoes317 (1753)

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 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 b6 8. e5 Ba6 9. Qb3 Bxf1 10. Kxf1 Nfd7 11. e6 fxe6 12. Ng5 Rxf2+ 13. Kxf2 Bxd4+ 14. Be3 Qf8+ 15. Ke2 Nc5 16. Qc4 Bxe3 17. Rhf1 Qg7 18. Nxe6 Qh6 19. Rf8+ Qxf8 20. Nxf8+ Kxf8 21. Rf1+ Kg7 22. Rf7+ Kh8 23. Qh4 h5 24. Qxe7 Bh6 25. Rh7+ Kg8 26. Qf7#

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Analysis of john2001plus (1855) vs. soitgoes317 (1762)

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 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 Rb8 8. e4 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Be3 c6 12. Bxa7 Ra8 13. Bc5 Re8 14. a4 b6 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Bxb6 Rd2 17. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Ba6 19. b3 Rc8 20. Bh3 Rb8 21. a5 Bf8 22. Na4 Nxe4 23. f3 Ng5 24. Bg2 Ne6 25. Rd7 Bb4 26. Bh3 Nd4 27. Bxd4 exd4 28. Rxd4 Bxa5 29. Rd3 Bb4 30. Bd7 c5 31. Bc6 Bb7 32. Bxb7 Rxb7 33. Rd8+ Kg7 34. Rc8 Ba5 35. Nxc5 Bb6 36. Kg2 Bxc5 37. Rxc5 Rxb3 38. f4 Rc3 39. Rc6 Kf8 40. h4 h5 41. Rc7 f6 42. c5 Ke8 43. c6 Kd8 44. Rd7+ Ke8 45. Rc7 Kd8 46. Rg7 Rxc6 47. Rxg6 Ke8 48. Rh6 Kf7 49. Rxh5 Kg6 50. Rh8 Kf5 51. Kh3 Rc1 52. h5 Re1 53. h6 Kg6 54. g4 Rh1+ 55. Kg2 Rxh6 56. f5+ Kg5 57. Rxh6 Kxh6 58. Kf3 Kg5 59. Kg3 Kh6 60. Kf4 Kg7 61. Ke4 Kf7 62. Kd5 Ke7 63. Kc6

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Analysis of John Coffey vs. Dave W

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 e6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 Nc6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Nf6 6. Bxc4 Bb4 7. Bd3 O-O 8. e5 Nd5 9. Bxh7+ Kxh7 10. Ng5+ Kg6 11. h4 Nxc3 12. h5+ Kh6 13. bxc3 Bxc3+ 14. Kf1 Qe7 15. Qd3 Qxg5 16. Bxg5+ Kxg5 17. Qe3+ Kf5 18. Rh4 Bxa1 19. g4#

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Analysis of Odd Ball vs. John Coffey: Stay home as muc

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

(black to move) 1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 Re8 6. Bb2 d5 7. c4 Bg4 8. Be2 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qe7 10. h3 Bh5 11. O-O c5 12. g4 Bg6 13. a3 Ba5 14. d3 Nc6 15. e4 Rad8 16. Nbd2 a6 17. a4 Nd7 18. Bd5 Nde5 19. Bxe5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21. f4 Qd4+ 22. Kg2 Qxd3 23. Rf3 Rxd5 24. exd5 Re2+ 25. Rf2 Rxd2 26. Rxd2 Be4+ 27. Kf2 Bxd2 28. Qe2 Qd4+ 29. Kf1 Qxa1+ 30. Kf2 Qd4+ 31. Kg3 Qg1+ 32. Kh4 Be1+ 33. Kg5 h6+ 34. Kh5 Bg6#

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spiritracker (1290) vs. john2001plus (1879)

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 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. e5 Nd5 6. c4 Nb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. c5 Bxc5 9. Ndb5 O-O 10. Ne4 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 Nxe5 13. Nbd6 Nd5 14. Be2 Qb6 15. O-O f5 16. Nxc8 Raxc8 17. Qg5 fxe4 18. Qxe5 Nf4 19. Qxe4 d5 20. Qf3 Qxb2 21. Bd3 Rc3 22. Rab1 Qxa2 23. Rxb7 Nxd3 24. Qe3 Nf4 25. Rxg7+ Kxg7 26. Qxc3+ Kh6 27. Qc1 d4 28. Rd1 Kg6 29. Qd2 Qxd2 30. Rxd2 e5

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Analysis of angusmc (1549) vs. john2001plus (1908)

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. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. f4 Qb6 6. Nf3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nh6 8. Nc3 Nf5 9. Bb5 h5 10. Qd3 Bd7 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. O-O Rc8 13. a4 Be7 14. a5 Qa6 15. Qxa6 bxa6 16. Na2 Bb5 17. Rd1 Kd7 18. b4 Rc2 19. Ba3 Ne3 20. Re1 Nxg2 21. Rec1 Rhc8 22. Rxc2 Rxc2 23. Nc3 Nxf4 24. Nxb5 axb5 25. Ne1 Rd2 26. Nf3 Rd3 27. Kf2 g5

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