What is the best plan for White?

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Analysis of john2001plus (1761) vs. Matthew_McCarthy (1699)

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 c5 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 cxd4 5. Bxc4 Nf6 6. Ne5 e6 7. exd4 Bd7 8. O-O Nc6 9. Nc3 Bd6 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. d5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Be7 15. Re1 Rd8 16. Nxe7 Nxe7 17. Qe2 a6 18. Rad1 Qc7 19. Rxd8+ Qxd8 20. Qe5 Kf8 21. Qf4 Qe8 22. Qc7 h5 23. Qxb7 Qd8 24. Qf3 f6 25. Re6 Qd4 26. Qa8+ Kf7 27. Qxa6 Nd5 28. Rd6 Qd1+ 29. Bf1 Re8 30. Qb7+

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What is the best plan for Black?

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Analysis of MadPaWnPusheR (1675) vs. john2001plus (1757), 900+10

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

(black to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Qb3 Nd5 6. e3 Nxf4 7. exf4 Qc7 8. g3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5 10. Nd2 Nc6 11. Nb5 Qb6 12. Ne4 O-O 13. Nxc5 Qxc5 14. Rd1 d5 15. Bg2 a6 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. Qxb7 Nxd4 18. cxd4 Qa5+ 19. b4 Qa4 20. O-O Bb5 21. Rfe1 Bc4 22. Qc7 Rab8 23. Qe5 Qxb4 24. Ra1 Qd2 25. Red1 Qe2 26. Qxe2 Bxe2 27. Re1 Bc4 28. a4 Rb4 29. f5 exf5 30. Re7 Rfb8 31. Ree1 Bb3 32. Bf1 Rxd4 33. Bxa6 Rxa4

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

 

Pawn promotion:
	- Queen
	- Rook
	- Bishop
	- Knight