Black to play

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Analysis of IAlwaysWin (1732) vs. john2001plus (1731), 12+3

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. Re8 Qxf4 37. g3 Qf3+ 38. Kg1 Rxe8 39. Qxe8+ Kh7 40. g4 Qxg4+ 41. Kxf1 Qf3+ 42. Kg1 c2 43. Qe1 Qd1

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White to play

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Analysis of MOHAMED vs. John Coffey

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

(white to move) 1. e4 e6 2. Bc4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Qe2+ Be7 5. Bb3 Nf6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. d4 Re8 8. O-O Bg4 9. Nbd2 Bb4 10. Qb5 Bxd2 11. Bxd2 Bxf3 12. gxf3 b6 13. f4 c6 14. Qd3 Ne4 15. f3 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Nd7 17. c4 dxc4 18. Bxc4 Nf6 19. Rad1 Nd5 20. Rde1 Rxe1 21. Qxe1 Nxf4 22. Qe5 Ng6 23. Qe4 Qf6 24. Re1 Rd8 25. Kf1 h5 26. Bb3 Rxd4 27. Bxf7+ Kh8 28. Qxd4 Qxd4 29. Bxg6 Qc4+ 30. Kg2 Qxa2 31. Re8+ Qg8 32. Bxh5

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Black to play for an advantage

ICC 30 0, Internet Chess Club
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. Rxd4 cxd4+ 34. Kd2 d3 35. Bf1 Kxf4 36. Bh3 Kxe5 37. Re1+ Kd4 38. Rxe6 Rf8

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Black to play for a draw.

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john2001plus (1875) vs. skuhl99 (1458)

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

(black 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. Kf1 Bb5+ 29. Ke1 Qg1+ 30. Kd2 Qd4+ 31. Kc1 Qa1+ 32. Qb1 Qc3+ 33. Kd1 Bc4 34. e5 Qd4+ 35. Kc1 Qe3+ 36. Kb2 Qxe5+ 37. Ka3 Bxd5

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White to play for a winning advantage

ICC 15 3, Internet Chess Club
Analysis of john2001plus (1868) vs. KnightFireML (1794)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 O-O 8. Be2 c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. d5 Bxc3 11. Bh6 Bxa1 12. Qxa1 Nd4 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Qxd4 e5 15. Qxe5 f6 16. Qd4 Re8 17. Rb1 g5 18. Bc4 Qd6 19. Bb5 Qe5 20. Qxe5 Rxe5 21. Bd3 Kf7 22. f4 gxf4 23. Bxf4 Re8 24. d6 b6 25. Rc1 Bd7 26. Rc7 Red8 27. Bc4+ Ke8 28. Bd5 Rac8 29. Rxa7 Rc2 30. e5 Rc5 31. Bf3 Rxe5 32. Bxe5 fxe5 33. Rb7 b5 34. Kf2 Kf8 35. Ke3 Be6 36. Rb6 Kf7 37. Ke4 Kf6 38. d7 Kf7 39. Bh5+ Ke7 40. Kxe5 Bxd7 41. Rh6 Rh8 42. Bg6

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What is the strongest continuation for Black?

ICC tourney 1402 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
Analysis of BotanicalKnight (1433) vs. john2001plus (1730)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. f4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d3 Nge7 6. Nc3 Nf5 7. g3 h5 8. Bg2 h4 9. g4 h3 10. Bf1 Nfd4 11. g5 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Nd4 13. Qf2 Bd7 14. Be3 Rc8 15. O-O-O Nxc2 16. Qxc2 d4 17. Qd2 Bc6 18. Rg1 dxe3 19. Qxe3 Qd4 20. Rg3 Qxe3+ 21. Rxe3 Bg2 22. Rg3 Bxf1 23. Rxf1 c4 24. Rff3 cxd3 25. Rxd3 Rh4 26. Rdf3 Rc4 27. Rxh3 Rcxf4 28. Rxf4 Rxf4 29. Rh8 a6 30. b3 b5 31. h4 Ke7 32. Kd2 Rf5 33. Ne4 Rxe5

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White to play and win.

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Analysis of John Coffey vs. Peter

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 d6 2. e4 e5 3. d4 Bg4 4. Be3 exd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qd2 Qf6 7. Nd4 Nxd4 8. Bxd4 Qe6 9. Nc3 c6 10. f3 Bh5 11. O-O-O b5 12. Nxb5 cxb5 13. Bxb5+ Ke7 14. Qg5+ Nf6 15. e5 Kd8 16. exf6 g6 17. Bc6 Rb8 18. Qa5+ Kc8 19. Qc3 Kd8 20. Rhe1 Qf5 21. Re8+ Kc7 22. Bd5+ Kd7 23. Qc6#

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