White to play and win

Blitz:15'+10, New Whiteland IN
Analysis of John Coffey vs. Alexander Netipanov, 900+10

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 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 h6 7. Rc1 Ne4 8. Bd3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Ba5 10. O-O O-O 11. e4 dxe4 12. Bxe4 Ne7 13. Qd2 c6 14. Bxh6 f5 15. Bd3 gxh6 16. Qxh6 Rf7 17. Ng5 Rg7 18. Nxe6 Bxe6 19. Qxe6+ Kh7 20. Bxf5+ Nxf5 21. Qxf5+ Kh6 22. Rce1 Rg6 23. Re3 Qg5 24. Rh3+ Kg7 25. Qd7+ Kg8 26. Qh7+ Kf8 27. Rf3+ Rf6 28. Rg3 Rh6 29. Qxb7 Qf6 30. Rf3 Re8 31. Qxc6 Bd8 32. Rxf6+

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Black to play for a strong advantage

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Analysis of cristianp84 (1530) vs. john2001plus (1782)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Qe2 Nge7 6. Be3 Ng6 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Qb6 9. a3 Bd7 10. Nh3 Na5 11. b4 Nc4 12. Nd2 Nxe3 13. Qxe3 a5 14. bxa5 Rxa5 15. Rb1 Qa7 16. Rb3 Rxa3 17. Rxa3 Bxa3 18. Be2 Nh4 19. O-O Nf5 20. Qd3 Bb2 21. Rb1 Bxd4 22. Nf3 Bc5 23. Qb3 Bc6

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john2001plus (1849) vs. Chief523 (1820)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. Ne5 Qxb3 7. axb3 e6 8. Nxg4 Nxg4 9. Nc3 Bb4 10. Bd2 Nf6 11. Bd3 h6 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Rfd1 O-O 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Bxd2 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Rxd2 Rfb8 18. Bc4 Nf6 19. f3 Rd8 20. e4 c5 21. Rad1 cxd4 22. Rxd4 Rxd4 23. Rxd4 Rb8 24. e5 Ne8 25. Rd7 Ra8 26. f4 g6 27. g4 Ng7 28. Kf2 h5 29. h3 hxg4 30. hxg4 Kf8 31. Ke3 Ke8 32. Rb7 Kf8 33. b4 Ne8 34. f5 gxf5 35. gxf5 Ng7 36. fxe6 Nxe6 37. Bxe6 fxe6 38. Rh7 Kg8 39. Rb7 Kf8 40. b5

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Black to play for a strong advantage

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Aksh0412 (1638) vs. john2001plus (1850)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. dxe4 e5 5. Ngf3 Bc5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Nf6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. Qc2 Bb6 11. b4 Qd7 12. a4 a6 13. Rd1 Bxh3 14. gxh3 Qxh3 15. Bf1 Qg3+ 16. Kh1 Qxf2 17. Bg2 Ng4 18. Qa2 Ne3 19. Rg1 Rad8 20. Nb3 Qg3 21. Bxe3 Bxe3 22. Rgd1 Nd4 23. Nbxd4 exd4 24. Rxd4 Bxd4 25. cxd4

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Black to play

Blitz:3'+2, New Whiteland IN
Analysis of Branimir Vujic vs. Zsuzsa Polgar, 180+2

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. g3 dxe4 6. dxe4 e5 7. Bg2 Bc5 8. O-O O-O 9. Qe2 Qe7 10. c3 a5 11. a4 b6 12. Nc4 Ba6 13. b3 b5 14. axb5 Bxb5 15. Nfd2 Nd7 16. Qd1 Rfd8 17. Re1 Qf6 18. Ne3 Bxe3 19. Rxe3 Nc5 20. Bf1 Bxf1 21. Qxf1 Qe6 22. Qb5 Nxb3 23. Qxb3 Rxd2 24. Qxe6 Rd1+ 25. Kg2 fxe6 26. Bb2 Rxa1 27. Bxa1 a4 28. Rd3 Rb8 29. c4 Rb1 30. Ra3 Rb4 31. Rc3 Nd4 32. Rc1 a3 33. Bxd4 exd4 34. Ra1 Rb3 35. Kf1 Kf7 36. Ke2 e5 37. Kd2 g5 38. Kc2 Rf3 39. Kb1 Ke6 40. Ka2 Kd6 41. Rb1 Kc5 42. Rb7 c6 43. Rxh7 d3 44. Rd7 Rxf2+ 45. Kxa3 Kxc4

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Pawn promotion:
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	- Bishop
	- Knight