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Analysis of john2001plus (1805) vs. Gustafsson21 (1813)

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 e6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Qa5 7. Qc2 Bb4 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O b6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rfc1 Bb7 12. Nd2 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qa3 14. c4 dxc4 15. Nxc4 Qe7 16. Bf3 Rfe8 17. Bf4 Nb8 18. Nd6 Rd8 19. Nxb7 Qxb7 20. Bg5 Rd6 21. Bh4 Nd5 22. e4 Ne7 23. d5 Rh6 24. Bg5 Rg6 25. Qd2 Qd7 26. Bf4 Rf6 27. Be5 Rg6 28. d6 Re6 29. Qb2 Ng6 30. Bxg7

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White to play.

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Analysis of yoshi (1727) vs. THE-WARRIOR (1362)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 e6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O h6 9. Bh4 Nh5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 g6 13. g4 Ng7 14. f4 Rd8 15. Qf3 Qc5 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Rac1 Qb6 18. b3 Bd7 19. f5 gxf5 20. gxf5 Kh8 21. fxe6 Bxe6 22. Kh1 Rg8 23. Qf4 Bh3 24. Rg1 Nh5 25. Qxf7 Ng7 26. Rg6 Qxe3 27. Rcg1 Raf8 28. Nxd5 Qd2 29. Nf4 Bg2+ 30. Rg1xg2 Qd1+ 31. Rg1 Qf3+ 32. Ng2 Qh5 33. Qxb7 a5 34. Nh4 Rf2 35. Qe7 Rd2 36. Rxg7

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White to play and win.

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Analysis of john2001plus (1767) vs. BotanicalKnight (1591)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Ng5 e5 4. d3 e3 5. Bxe3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 d5 11. O-O-O c6 12. f3 O-O 13. Bd3 Qa5 14. Rhe1 Bb4 15. Bd2 c5 16. Qh4 c4 17. Nxd5 Bxd2+ 18. Rxd2 cxd3 19. Ne7+ Kh8 20. Ng6+ Kg8 21. Qc4+ Rf7 22. Re7 Be6 23. Qxe6 Qd5 24. Ne5 Qxe6 25. Rxe6 Rc7 26. Rxd3

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White to play and win.

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Analysis of yoshi (1648) vs. KingsBishop (1540)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 Nc6 2. d4 Na5 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Ng4 5. h3 Nh6 6. d5 b6 7. Bg5 g6 8. Qd2 Nf5 9. g4 Ng7 10. Nc3 d6 11. O-O-O Bd7 12. Bd3 Nb7 13. Rhe1 Nc5 14. Bc4 Qc8 15. Nd4 a6 16. Nc6 Bxc6 17. dxc6 Nge6 18. exd6 cxd6 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Rxe4 Nxg5 21. Qxg5 Qxc6 22. Bd5 Qb5 23. Qf4 O-O-O 24. a4 Qa5 25. Rc4+ Kb8 26. Qe3 Bh6 27. Qxh6 b5 28. Rc6 e6 29. Bg2 d5 30. Qf4+ Kb7 31. b4 Qxa4 32. Rc7+ Kb6 33. Rxf7 Qa3+ 34. Kd2 Rc8 35. Qd4+

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White to play

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Analysis of Coffey, John vs. Perrine, Robert

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

(white to move) 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Nbxd2 Ne7 6. Rc1 O-O 7. e3 c6 8. Bd3 Nd7 9. O-O Ng6 10. Re1 a6 11. Qc2 Nb6 12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. Ne5 Nd7 14. Nd3 Qf6 15. Nf3 b5 16. cxb5 cxb5 17. h4 a5 18. Qc6 Rb8 19. Qc7 Rb6 20. Qxc8 Rxc8 21. Rxc8+ Nf8 22. Rec1 Rd6 23. Rc1c7 Rd8 24. Nde5 h5 25. Nc6 Rxc8 26. Rxc8 e5 27. dxe5 Qf7 28. Ng5 Qb7 29. e6 a4 30. a3 Qxc8 31. Ne7+ Kh8 32. Nxc8 Nxe6 33. Nxe6

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Analysis of john2001plus (1705) vs. klecy (1059)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Bg5 d6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 b6 8. O-O Bb7 9. Qc2 Re8 10. Rfd1 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nd5 c5 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Rxd7 Qc6 16. Rad1 e4 17. Ng5 Bc8 18. Rd7d6 Qb7 19. Qc3 Bf5 20. Rf6 Re7 21. Rxf5 gxf5 22. Qf6

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Analysis of john2001plus (1705) vs. klecy (1059)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Bg5 d6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 b6 8. O-O Bb7 9. Qc2 Re8 10. Rfd1 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nd5 c5 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Rxd7 Qc6 16. Rad1 e4 17. Ng5 Bc8 18. Rd7d6 Qb7 19. Qc3 Bf5 20. Rf6 Re7 21. Rxf5 gxf5 22. Qf6 h6 23. Qxh6 f6 24. Qxf6 Rf8 25. Qg6+ Rg7 26. Qe6+ Kh8 27. Qh6+ Kg8 28. Ne6 Qf7 29. Nxf8 Qxf8 30. Rd6 a5 31. Bh5 b5 32. Rf6 Qe7 33. Re6 Rh7 34. Qg6+ Rg7 35. Rxe7

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Black to play

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Analysi of Ante Brkic (2564) vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic (2594)

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. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. Nd1 a5 11. O-O Ba6 12. Bxa6 Rxa6 13. a4 Ra8 14. Nc3 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bb4 17. Qe3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Nc5 19. g4 Rc8 20. f5 Qh4 21. Rf4 Rc6 22. Kh1 Ne4 23. Raf1 Rfc8 24. fxe6 fxe6 25. Rf7 h6 26. Rb7 Rc6c7 27. Rxb6 Rxc3 28. Bxc3 Rxc3 29. Qe1 Ng3+ 30. Kg1 Qxg4 31. Rf2 Ne2+ 32. Kh1 Rxc2 33. Rxe2 Qf3+ 34. Kg1 Rxe2 35. Rb8+ Kh7 36. Qb1+ Re4 37. Rb3 Qf4 38. Kh1 Qxe5 39. Re3 Qf4 40. Re1 Kg8 41. Rf1 Qe5 42. Qb3 Re3 43. Qb7 d4 44. Qa8+ Kh7 45. Qg2 Re2 46. Qh3 Kg8 47. Kg1 d3 48. Qh4 Qe3+ 49. Kh1 d2 50. Qg4 Re1 51. Kg2 Qd3 52. Qf4 d1=Q

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Black to play.

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Analysis of MainStreetUSA (1549) vs. john2001plus (1722)

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

(black to move) 1. Nc3 d5 2. e4 d4 3. Nce2 e5 4. Ng3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Bd6 7. c3 O-O 8. O-O Na5 9. Bd3 c5 10. cxd4 cxd4 11. b4 Nc6 12. a3 Bg4 13. h3 Bd7 14. Bc4 Rc8 15. Qb3 a6 16. Re1 b5 17. Bd5 Qc7 18. Ng5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Ne7 20. Ng5e4 f5 21. Nc5 Qa7 22. Bb2 Ng6 23. Rac1 Bxc5 24. bxc5 Rxc5 25. Rxc5 Qxc5 26. f4 d3+ 27. Kf1 exf4 28. Nh5 f3 29. gxf3 f4 30. Re6 Bxe6 31. dxe6 Qc2 32. Qc3 Qd1+ 33. Kf2 Qe2+ 34. Kg1 Qe1+ 35. Kh2 Qf2+ 36. Kh1 Qxf3+ 37. Kg1 Qd1+ 38. Kh2 Ne5 39. Qxe5 Qxd2+ 40. Kg1 Qe3+

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Black to play and win.

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Analysis of MainStreetUSA (1549) vs. john2001plus (1722)

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

(black to move) 1. Nc3 d5 2. e4 d4 3. Nce2 e5 4. Ng3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Bd6 7. c3 O-O 8. O-O Na5 9. Bd3 c5 10. cxd4 cxd4 11. b4 Nc6 12. a3 Bg4 13. h3 Bd7 14. Bc4 Rc8 15. Qb3 a6 16. Re1 b5 17. Bd5 Qc7 18. Ng5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Ne7 20. Ng5e4 f5 21. Nc5 e4 22. d3 e3 23. fxe3 dxe3 24. Bxe3 f4 25. Bd4 Bxh3 26. gxh3 fxg3 27. Bxg7 Bxc5+ 28. bxc5 Kxg7 29. Qc3+ Kg8 30. d6 Nd5 31. Qe5 Qf7 32. Rf1 Nf4 33. d7 Nxh3+ 34. Kg2 Qxd7 35. Rxf8+ Rxf8 36. Qxg3+ Kh8 37. Qe5+ Qg7+ 38. Qxg7+ Kxg7 39. Kxh3 Kf6 40. Kg4 Ke5 41. Rc1 Rf4+ 42. Kg3 Rf7 43. c6 Kd6 44. a4 bxa4 45. d4 Rc7 46. Ra1 Kxc6 47. Rxa4 Kb5 48. Ra1 Rf7 49. Rd1 a5 50. d5 Kc5 51. d6 Rd7

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Analysis of john2001plus (1720) vs. Sasa132 (1971)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nc6 7. Be2 h6 8. Bh4 a6 9. a3 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. O-O c6 13. Qc2 Qc7 14. Rfd1 Bf5 15. e4 Be6 16. Bg3 Nd7 17. b4 f5 18. f3 f4 19. Bf2 Nb6 20. Bxb6 Qxb6+ 21. c5 Qc7 22. Na4 g5 23. Rd6 Bf7 24. Rad1 Rfd8 25. Bc4 Bf8 26. Bxf7+ Kxf7 27. Qc4+ Kg7 28. Qe6 Bxd6 29. cxd6 Qf7 30. Qxe5+ Qf6 31. Qc5 Rab8 32. d7 Kh7 33. e5 Qe6 34. Rd6 Qf7 35. Qc2+ Kg7 36. Nc5 g4 37. Ne6+ Kg8 38. Nxd8 Rxd8 39. Rg6+ Kh8 40. e6 Qf8 41. Qe4 Qe7 42. Qxf4 b6 43. Qxh6+ Qh7 44. e7 Qxh6 45. exd8=Q+

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