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John Coffey vs. René

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nc6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nf6 7. Be2 Bb4 8. Bd3 Nxd4 9. Nxd4 c6 10. Nf3 O-O 11. e5 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qb6 13. exf6 gxf6 14. Bh6 Rd8 15. Qc2 f5 16. Qd2 f6 17. Qf4 Rxd3 18. Qg3+ Kf7 19. Qg7+ Ke8 20. Qf8+ Kd7 21. Qf7+ Kd6 22. Bf4+ e5 23. Qxf6+ Kd5 24. Qxe5+ Kc4 25. Nd2+ Rxd2 26. Bxd2 Qd8 27. Rb1 c5 28. Qf4+ Kd5 29. O-O b5 30. c4+ bxc4 31. Rfd1 Ke6 32. Bc3 Qd3 33. Rxd3 cxd3 34. Qe5+ Kf7 35. Qf6+ Ke8 36. Re1+ Kd7 37. Re7+

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Chris Webber vs. John Coffey: Stay home as much as possible. Self quarantined

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. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Ne7 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. O-O Bxb5 8. Nxb5 Nf5 9. a4 Nc6 10. Bf4 a6 11. Nb5c3 g5 12. Bg3 h5 13. h3 g4 14. a5 gxh3

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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

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ICC tourney 1708 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
Analysis of LarryDavidson55 (1304) vs. john2001plus (1748)

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

(black to move) 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. a3 d5 8. O-O dxc4 9. bxc4 Bg4 10. Qc2 Bxf3 11. exf3 Nd4 12. Qd1 Qb6 13. Bc3 Rad8 14. Kh1 e5 15. a4 Rfe8 16. a5 Qe6 17. Qa4 Qf5 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxb7 f3 20. Bxd4 Rxd4 21. Qd1 Rd3 22. Ra3 Red8 23. Re1 Ng4 24. Kg1 Bd4 25. Rf1 Qh5 26. h4 Qe5 27. Kh1 Nxf2+ 28. Rxf2 Bxf2 29. Bxf3 Qxg3 30. Bg4 Rxa3 31. Nxa3 Rxd2 32. Qb1 Qxh4+ 33. Kg2 Qxg4+ 34. Kh2 Qg3+

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Analysis of Anish Giri (2779) vs. Magnus Carlsen (2872)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Ne7 6. h4 h5 7. e5 d6 8. exd6 Ng6 9. Nfd2 Bxd6 10. Nc4 Be7 11. Nc3 Ba6 12. Qf3 Bxc4 13. Qxc6+ Kf8 14. dxc4 Nxh4 15. O-O Nf5 16. Ne2 Rc8 17. Qa4 Rc7 18. Bf4 Rd7 19. c3 g5 20. Rad1 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Qa8 22. Bc7 h4 23. Rd3 h3 24. gxh3 Nh4 25. Rg3 g4 26. hxg4 Qe4 27. Qd1 Nf3+ 28. Kf1 Rh1+ 29. Rg1 Qh7 30. Rxh1 Qxh1+ 31. Ng1 Qxg1+ 32. Ke2 Qxg4 33. Bg3 Bg5 34. Qd6+ Kg7 35. Kf1 Qe4 36. b4 f5 37. bxc5 f4 38. c6 Nd2+ 39. Kg1 Qe1+ 40. Kh2 fxg3+ 41. fxg3 Qf2+ 42. Kh3 Qf1+ 43. Kg4 Qf5+ 44. Kh5 Bf6#

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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 -4

(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. Bxg5 Qxg5 28. f4 Rxf4 29. gxf4 Qg2+ 30. Kh4 g5+ 31. hxg6 e.p. Qf2+ 32. Kg4 Bf3+ 33. Qxf3 h5+ 34. Kg5 Qxf3 35. Kf6 Qf2 36. d5 Qxf4+ 37. Kxe6 Qc4 38. Rc1 Kg7 39. Kd6 Qa6+ 40. Kc7 Qxa3 41. Rb1 Qc5+

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