White to play

Play chess online

Click here for 11... c6.

White to play

Live Chess, Chess.com
john2001plus (1889) vs. soitgoes317 (1769)

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

(white to move) 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. d3 Qh4+ 6. g3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Qd8 8. Nf3 Be7 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 c6 13. Qg4 Re8 14. Bh6 Bf8 15. Rxf7 Rxe5 16. Rxg7+ Kh8 17. Rg8#

[ Flip the board | Reset | Options… ] Play chess online

 

Options:
	- allow legal moves only;
	- use short algebraic notation;
movement/animation speed: (slow) (fast)
	- show legal moves;

 

Pawn promotion:
	- Queen
	- Rook
	- Bishop
	- Knight

Click here for 15... Re7.

Black to play and draw

Live Chess, Chess.com
Analysis of aherring74 (1922) vs. john2001plus (1942)

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

(black to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bd3 Bxf4 6. exf4 O-O 7. Nf3 c5 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. Qd2 Qxc5 10. Qe3 Nbd7 11. Ne5 Qxe3+ 12. fxe3 Nxe5 13. fxe5 Ng4 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe5 16. O-O-O Rd8 17. Nc5 Nxd3+ 18. Rxd3 Rxd3 19. Nxd3 Bd7 20. Ne5 Bc6 21. Nxc6 bxc6 22. Rd1 Kf8 23. Rd6 Ke7 24. Rxc6 Kd7 25. Rc4 e5 26. Kd2 f5 27. Rb4 Rc8 28. Rb5 Kd6 29. Rb7 Rc7 30. Rxc7 Kxc7 31. c4 Kd6 32. b4 g5 33. Ke3 h5 34. a3 e4 35. Kd4 Kc6 36. a4 h4 37. a5 Kb7 38. b5 a6 39. b6 Kc6 40. Ke3 Kb7 41. c5 Kc6 42. h3 Kb7 43. Kd4 Kc6

[ Flip the board | Reset | Options… ] Play chess online

 

Options:
	- allow legal moves only;
	- use short algebraic notation;
movement/animation speed: (slow) (fast)
	- show legal moves;

 

Pawn promotion:
	- Queen
	- Rook
	- Bishop
	- Knight

Click here for an example where White wins.

Black to play

USCF Online Quick Rated ICC tourney
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

[ Flip the board | Reset | Options… ] Play online chess

 

Options:
	- allow legal moves only;
	- use short algebraic notation;
movement/animation speed: (slow) (fast)
	- show legal moves;

 

Pawn promotion:
	- Queen
	- Rook
	- Bishop
	- Knight

Click here for 37. Qe6+.
Click here for 37. Rxf8+.
Click here for 40. Qe7.

White to play

Casual Game, https://itsyourturn.com
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

[ Flip the board | Reset | Options… ] Play chess online

 

Options:
	- allow legal moves only;
	- use short algebraic notation;
movement/animation speed: (slow) (fast)
	- show legal moves;

 

Pawn promotion:
	- Queen
	- Rook
	- Bishop
	- Knight

Click here for 27... Qxh7.
Click here for 27... Kh7.

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

[ Flip the board | Reset | Options… ] Play online chess

 

Options:
	- allow legal moves only;
	- use short algebraic notation;
movement/animation speed: (slow) (fast)
	- show legal moves;

 

Pawn promotion:
	- Queen
	- Rook
	- Bishop
	- Knight

Click here for 34. Rf1.
Click here for 34. Kf3.

Black to play for a draw.

?, ?
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

[ Flip the board | Reset | Options… ] Play online chess

 

Options:
	- allow legal moves only;
	- use short algebraic notation;
movement/animation speed: (slow) (fast)
	- show legal moves;

 

Pawn promotion:
	- Queen
	- Rook
	- Bishop
	- Knight

Click here for 34... Qe3.
Click here for 36. Kd1.
Click here for 38. Rb8+.