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Anysis of chesscoachnet (1645) vs. yoshi (1684)

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. Qg4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bd3 Nge7 7. O-O Ng6 8. Re1 Be7 9. a3 Bd7 10. b4 Qc7 11. Qg3 O-O 12. Nbd2 f6 13. exf6 Bd6 14. Qg4 Rxf6 15. Qh5 Nf8 16. Nf1 e5 17. Ng5 h6 18. Nh3 Be8 19. Qe2 e4 20. Bb5 Bd7 21. Qh5 Be6 22. Ba4 Ne5 23. Nf4 Rxf4 24. Bxf4 Bg4 25. Qh4 Nfg6 26. Qg3 Nxf4 27. Qxf4 Nf3+

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yoshi (1677) vs. Caseylj (1085)

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

(black to move) 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Nd7 6. e4 b6 7. Bxc4 Ngf6 8. O-O Be7 9. Ng5 O-O 10. e5 Nd5 11. Qg4 Bxg5 12. Bxg5 f5 13. exf6 e.p. Nd7xf6 14. Qh4 h6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Qxf6 Rxf6 17. Ne4 Rf4 18. Rfe1 Nb4 19. g3 Rf3 20. Kg2 Rf8 21. Rac1 a6 22. Nd6 b5 23. Nxc8 bxc4 24. Rxc4 Nd3 25. Ne7+ Kf7 26. Re3 Nxb2 27. Rb4 Nd1 28. Rd3 Kxe7 29. Rb7+ Kd6 30. Rxd1 Rab8 31. Rdb1 Rxb7 32. Rxb7 g5 33. Rb6 a5 34. Ra6 Kd5 35. Rxa5+ Kxd4 36. Ra7 e5 37. Rd7+ Ke4 38. Rd6 c5 39. Rxh6 Ra8 40. Rg6 Rxa4 41. Rxg5 c4 42. f3+ Kd5 43. f4 c3 44. Rxe5+ Kd4 45. Re1 Kd3 46. Rd1+ Ke2 47. Rf1 Kd2 48. f5 c2 49. h3 c1=Q 50. Rxc1 Kxc1 51. g4 Kd2 52. Kf3 Kd3 53. f6 Kd4 54. Kf4 Kd5+ 55. Kf5 Ra3 56. h4 Rf3+ 57. Kg6 Ke6 58. g5 Ra3 59. h5 Ra8 60. h6 Rg8+ 61. Kh5 Kf7 62. h7 Rh8 63. Kh6 Rc8 64. g6+ Kxf6 65. g7 Rc1 66. g8=N+ Kf7 67. Nf6 Rc8 68. Nh5 Rc6+ 69. Kg5 Rg6+ 70. Kf5 Rh6 71. h8=Q Rxh8 72. Nf4

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taechess (1458) vs. john2001plus (1695), 180+2

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 Nh6 7. Bxh6 Qxb2 8. Be3 Qxa1 9. Qc2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bd7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Nd2 Qxf1+ 14. Kxf1 b6 15. Qb3 Bc5 16. Bxc5 Rxc5 17. Qa3 O-O 18. Qxa7 Bb5 19. Qxb6 Bxe2+ 20. Kxe2 Rxc3 21. a4 Ra3 22. a5 Ra8 23. Nb3 h6 24. Kd3 Kh7 25. Kd4 Ra4+ 26. Kc5 Rc4+ 27. Kb5 Rcc8 28. Nc5 Rab8 29. Nb7 Rc1 30. Ka6 Ra8+ 31. Qa7 Rxa7+ 32. Kxa7 d4 33. Nd6 d3 34. Ne4 Rc4 35. Nd2 Rc2 36. Nb1 Rb2 37. Nc3 d2 38. a6 Rb1 39. Ka8 Rc1 40. a7 Rxc3 41. Kb8 d1=Q 42. a8=Q Qd8+ 43. Kb7 Qd7+ 44. Kb6 Rb3+ 45. Kc5 Qc7+ 46. Qc6 Qxe5+ 47. Kc4 Qc3#

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Analysis of Aeilnrst (1652) vs. john2001plus (1772)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 cxd4 7. O-O Bd6 8. Nxd4 Nge7 9. Nd2f3 O-O 10. c3 Bg4 11. Qc2 Rc8 12. Re1 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Nc6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Bd3 Qh4 16. g3 Qh3 17. Bf1 Qh5 18. Be3 Rc7 19. Be2 f5 20. Qd2 f4 21. Bxf4 Bxf4 22. gxf4 Qg6 23. Bxg4 Qxg4+ 24. Kf1 Rcf7 25. Re3 Qxf4 26. f3 Qg4 27. Qg2 Rxf3+ 28. Rxf3 Rxf3+ 29. Kg1 Qe4 30. Kh1 g6 31. Rg1 Kg7 32. Qg4 Rf4+ 33. Qg2 Qxg2+ 34. Rxg2 Rf1+ 35. Rg1 Rxg1+

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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 -2

(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 cxd3 18. Nxf6+ Rxf6 19. Re8+ Kf7 20. Bxb4 Qb5 21. Rf8+ Ke6 22. Re1+ Kd7 23. Re7+ Kc6 24. Rxf6+ gxf6 25. Qxf6+ Kd5 26. Re5+ Kc4 27. Qf4#

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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 +1

(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. Bxc4 dxc4 18. Qxc4+ Kh8 19. a3 Bxc3 20. Bxc3 Qg5+ 21. f4 Qg6 22. Re7 Bf5 23. g3 Rac8 24. Qb5 Bxc2 25. Rd2 Bf5 26. Qxb7 Rxc3+ 27. bxc3 Ne4 28. Rb2 h5 29. Qxa7 Nxc3 30. Rb6 Na2+ 31. Kb2 Qg4 32. Rb8 Bc8 33. Qc5 Kg8 34. Qd5+ Kh7 35. Re5 Be6 36. Rxh5+ Kg6 37. Qe4+ Bf5 38. Rg5+ Qxg5 39. Rxf8 Bxe4 40. fxg5 Bd5 41. h4 Be6 42. Rf1 Kh5 43. Rf4 Bd5 44. a4

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