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Analysis of John Coffey vs. David

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 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 h6 7. Nc3 a6 8. Qc2 c6 9. c5 Nd5 10. e4 fxe4 11. Nxe4 Nb4 12. Qe2 d5 13. cxd6 e.p. Bxd6 14. Ne5 Nd5 15. Qg4 Kh8 16. Bg5 hxg5 17. Nxg5 Kg8 18. Be4 Nf6 19. Qh4 g6 20. Bxg6 Qc7 21. Bf7+ Kg7 22. Nxe6+ Bxe6 23. Qg5+ Kh7 24. Qg6+ Kh8 25. Qh6+ Nh7 26. Ng6#

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Analysis of john2001plus (1707) vs. MainStreetUSA (1583)

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 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. O-O c4 9. Be2 Nc6 10. Bd2 Bf5 11. a3 Bd6 12. b3 cxb3 13. Qxb3 Rb8 14. Rfc1 Qd7 15. Na4 Be4 16. Nc5 Qg4 17. h3 Qg6 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Nh2 Rfd8 20. Rab1 Nd5 21. Bc4 Nb6 22. Bb5 Rbc8 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. Bb4 Bc7 25. Bc5 Rd5 26. Qc2 Rh5 27. Kh1 Rh6 28. a4 Nd5 29. Bxa7 f5 30. Rb3 Qd6 31. Nf1 g5 32. Ra1 g4 33. a5 gxh3 34. g3

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john2001plus (1888) vs. bosperty (1438)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 h6 5. g3 Bb4 6. Qa4+ Nc6 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O Be7 9. Bf4 a6 10. Rac1 dxc4 11. Qxc4 Bd6 12. Ne5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Nd5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Bxd5 Bd7 16. e6 Bxe6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Qxe6+ Kh8 19. Rfd1 Qf6 20. Qxf6 Rxf6 21. Bxc7 Re6 22. Kf1 Rae8 23. e3 Re8e7 24. Bd8 Re8 25. Bb6 Ne5 26. Bd4 Nf3 27. Kg2 Nxd4 28. Rxd4 Rb6 29. b3 Ree6 30. Rd8+ Kh7 31. Rd7 Rg6 32. Rcc7

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Analysis of robin the hood vs. John Coffey

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

(black to move) 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bxf7+ Kxf7 7. Ng5+ Kg8 8. e6 Qe8 9. Qe2 Qg6 10. g3 Qxg5 11. f4 Qd5 12. Rg1 Bxe6 13. d3 Nc6 14. Na3 Bf5 15. Be3 Bxd3 16. Qd2 Nc4 17. Nxc4 Bxc4 18. Qf2 Bxa2 19. Rd1 Qe4 20. h4 d5 21. g4 d4 22. cxd4 cxd4 23. Rf1 dxe3 24. Qf3 Qb4+ 25. Ke2 Qxb2+ 26. Kxe3 e5 27. fxe5 Bc5+ 28. Kd3 Rd8+ 29. Qd5+ Rxd5+ 30. Ke4 Rxe5+ 31. Kf4 Qh2+ 32. Kf3 Re3#

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Analysis of john2001plus (1896) vs. bosperty (1491)

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 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Nb6 8. Bd3 Nbd5 9. e4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Be7 11. e5 Nd5 12. Qc2 g6 13. Bh6 Bf8 14. Qd2 Bxh6 15. Qxh6 Qe7 16. Rc1 Qf8 17. Qh4 Qe7 18. Qe4 Bd7 19. O-O O-O-O 20. c4 Nb6 21. Qe3 c5 22. Be4 cxd4 23. Nxd4 Qc5 24. Nb5 Qxe3 25. Nd6+ Kc7 26. fxe3 Be8 27. Nxb7 Rd2 28. Nd6 Rf8 29. Nxe8+ Rxe8 30. Rxf7+ Rd7 31. Rf2

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Analysis of john2001plus (1906) vs. bosperty (1410)

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 e6 3. c4 d5 4. g3 c6 5. Ne5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg2 Bd6 8. Bf4 Qc7 9. Nxd7 Bxd7 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Nc3 O-O 12. O-O Bf5 13. a3 Rfe8 14. e3 Ne4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Bxe4 Rxe4 17. Rc1 a6 18. b4 Rae8 19. Qb3 f5 20. a4 g5 21. b5 axb5 22. axb5 f4 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. Qb6 Re8e6 25. exf4 gxf4 26. f3 Re2 27. g4 h5 28. h3 hxg4 29. hxg4 Rh6 30. Rce1 Rhh2 31. Rxe2 Rxe2 32. Ra1 Qh6 33. Ra8+ Kf7 34. Ra7+ Re7 35. Rxe7+ Kxe7 36. Qc7+ Kf8 37. Qd8+ Kg7 38. Qe7+ Kg8 39. Kg2 Qg7 40. Qe6+ Qf7 41. Qxc6 Kf8 42. Qd6+ Kg7 43. Kh3 Kh7 44. Kh4 Kg8 45. g5 Qf5 46. Qe7 Qg6 47. Kg4 Qd3 48. Qe6+ Kg7 49. Qe5+ Kg8 50. Qxd5+

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Analysis of john2001plus (1740) vs. lagarto300 (1830)

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 d6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Bg5 h6 9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nd5 Rxd5 12. cxd5 c6 13. Rc1 Bg4 14. dxc6 Nxc6 15. Ba6 Nb4 16. Bc4 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Nc6 18. Rg1 g5 19. Bd5 Nd4 20. Rg3 Bd8 21. h4 Kg7 22. hxg5 hxg5 23. Kd2 Kf6 24. Rh1 Ba5+ 25. Kd3 Rc8 26. Rh7 Rc2 27. Rxf7+ Kg6 28. f4 Rd2+ 29. Kc4 Rc2+ 30. Rc3 Bxc3 31. bxc3 Nf3 32. f5+ Kh6 33. Rf8 g4 34. f6 Rxf2 35. Rh8+ Kg6 36. f7 Ng5 37. f8=Q Rxf8 38. Rxf8 g3 39. Rf1 Kh5 40. Bxb7 Kh4 41. Kd5 g2 42. Rb1 Nh3 43. c4 g1=Q 44. Rxg1 Nxg1 45. Kxe5

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Reuter, Adam (1915) vs. Coffey, John (2016)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. g3 Bd6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. b3 Nc6 9. Bb2 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 d4 12. d3 Nb4 13. Rf2 Re8 14. Qxb7 Re1+ 15. Kh2 Rb8 16. Qxa7 g5 17. a3 gxf4 18. gxf4 Bxf4+ 19. Rxf4 Qd6 20. Bc1 Rxc1 21. Kg3 Nh5+ 22. Kg4 Qxf4+ 23. Kxh5 f6 24. Qxc5 Rxc2 25. Qa5 Rxg2

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Analysis of john2001plus (1869) vs. ChessMindwise (1558)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 e5 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Bd2 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 e4 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Qxd1+ 12. Rxd1 a6 13. e6 Nf6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. exf7+ Kxf7 16. Bc4+ Kg6 17. h3 Re8 18. Rd6 e3 19. Bd3+ Kg7 20. fxe3 Rxe3+ 21. Kd2 Re5 22. Rd8 Rc5 23. Re1 Kf7 24. Ree8 f5 25. Ke3 b5 26. Kf4 a5 27. Be2 Kf6 28. Rd6+ Kg7 29. Re7+ Kf8 30. Rxh7 Kg8 31. Rdh6 Ra6 32. Rh8+ Kg7 33. Rxc8

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John Coffey (2016) vs.

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

(white to move) 1. d4 c5 2. d5 c4 3. e4 c3 4. Nxc3 h5 5. Nf3 h4 6. Be3 h3 7. e5 g6 8. e6 dxe6 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. Qd3 Bxb5 12. Qxb5+ Nc6 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. gxh3 Rxh3 15. Ng5 Rh4 16. Nxe6 Qa5 17. Qxb7 Rb8 18. Qxc6+ Kf7 19. Rd5 Qb4 20. Ng5+ Kg7 21. Rd4 Rxd4 22. Bxd4+ Nf6 23. Rg1 Rb7 24. Qe6 Qxd4 25. Qf7+ Kh8 26. Qxf8+ Ng8 27. Rg3 Qd7 28. Nf7+ Kh7 29. Ne5 Rb6 30. Qf7+ Kh8 31. Rxg6

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Analysis of john2001plus (1846) vs. TampaChess (2815)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 h6 5. e4 Nc6 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Nge7 8. O-O O-O 9. Qd2 Kh7 10. Rfd1 f5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Rxd8 Nxd8 14. Rd1 Be6 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Nf7 17. Bc5 Re8 18. Bxa7 e4 19. Nd4 b6 20. c5 Nxd5 21. Bc4 Nf4 22. Bxf7 Re7 23. Bc4 Rd7 24. cxb6 c5 25. Bb5 Rxd4 26. Rxd4 cxd4 27. b7 Be5 28. Bxd4 Ne2+ 29. Bxe2

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Shredder 12 vs. Naum 4.2

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

(black to move) 1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 c5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Qe2 e6 6. Bb2 Be7 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8. Ne5 Qc7 9. O-O O-O 10. f4 Nfd7 11. Rf3 g6 12. Ng4 h5 13. Ne5 Nc6 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Rg3 h4 16. Qh5 d4 17. f5 hxg3 18. fxg6 Kg7 19. Qh7+ Kf6 20. g7 gxh2+ 21. Kh1 Bd6 22. exd4 cxd4 23. Nc3 dxc3 24. Rf1+ Ke7 25. g8=Q cxb2 26. Rxf7+ Ke8 27. Rxf8+ Bxf8 28. Qhg6+ Ke7 29. Qg8f7+ Kd8 30. Qxf8+ Kc7 31. Qf1 Rf8 32. Qg3+ e5 33. Qfe1 Qf5 34. Qf3 Qxc2 35. Qfd1 Qxd1 36. Qxd1 Rf2 37. Qe1 Rxd2 38. Kxh2 Rc2 39. Qb1 Nd4 40. Kg3 Kd6 41. Kg4 Rxg2+ 42. Kh5 Rc2 43. Kg5 e4 44. Kf4 Kd5 45. Qh1 Rf2+ 46. Kg3 Rf3+ 47. Kg4 e3 48. Qh5+ Rf5 49. Qh1+ Kc5 50. Qb1 e2 51. Qe4 b1=Q 52. Qxb1 Rf1 53. Qe4 e1=Q 54. b4+ Qxb4 55. Qe7+ Kc4 56. Qc7+ Nc6 CHECK!

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John Coffey (2016) vs.

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 b6 2. e4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 g6 5. h4 h5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. d5 exd5 8. exd5 d6 9. Qd2 Bxg5 10. Nxg5 Nf6 11. O-O-O O-O 12. f3 Bc8 13. g4 hxg4 14. h5 gxh5 15. Bd3 Re8 16. Nh7 Qe7 17. Qg5+ Kh8 18. Nxf6 Qe3+ 19. Qxe3 Rxe3 20. Nce4 Kg7 21. Nxh5+ Kg6 22. Nef6+ Rxd3 23. cxd3 Na6 24. Rdg1 Nc5 25. Nxg4 Bxg4 26. Rxg4+ Kf5 27. d4 Nd3+ 28. Kd2 Nb4 29. Rf4+ Kg5 30. Rg1+ Kxh5 31. Rfg4

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Analysis of john2001plus (1754) vs. SunKing007 (1290)

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 Nc6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nxd5 Qd6 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. e3 O-O-O 11. Be2 a6 12. O-O f6 13. d5 Nb4 14. e4 g5 15. a3 Nxd5 16. exd5 h5 17. Nd4 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Bg7 19. Qe6+ Qxe6 20. Nxe6 Rd7 21. Nxg7 Rxg7 22. Rfe1 f5 23. Re5 f4 24. Rae1 Kd7 25. Ne4 g4 26. Nf6+ Kd6 27. b4 c5 28. Re6+ Kc7 29. d6+ Kb8 30. Re8+ Rxe8 31. Rxe8+ Ka7 32. bxc5 a5 33. d7 Rxd7 34. Nxd7 Ka6 35. a4 b5 36. c6 bxa4 37. Rb8 a3 38. Rb6+ Ka7 39. Rb7+ Ka6 40. Nc5#

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Analysis of john2001plus (1865) vs. Zalairian (1602)

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 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. Nc3 Qxb3 8. axb3 Nc6 9. Bb5 a6 10. Ne5 Rc8 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Rxa6 e6 13. Na4 Bd6 14. Nb6 Rb8 15. Nxc6 Rb7 16. Ra8+ Bb8 17. Rxb8+ Rxb8 18. Nxb8

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John Berry vs. John Coffey

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. e5 c5 4. b3 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Ne7 6. Bb2 Nbc6 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. Qa4 Nxe5 9. Bxe5 Bxb5 10. Qxb5+ Qd7 11. Qd3 Rc8 12. Nf3 Nc6 13. O-O Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qc7 15. Qb5+ Kd8 16. Qe2 Bd6 17. Nf3 Qxc2 18. Nbd2 h6 19. Nd4 Qc7 20. g3 Qc3 21. Nb5 Qe5 22. Qxe5 Bxe5 23. Rac1 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Kd7 25. f4 Bb8 26. a4 a6 27. Nc3 Rc8 28. Ndb1 g5 29. Rf1 d4 30. Rd1 Ke7 31. Ne2 gxf4 32. gxf4 Rc2 33. Nd2 d3 34. Nd4 Rc8 35. Kh1 Bxf4 36. Nc4 Rd8 37. Rxd3 Ke8 38. Kg2 b5 39. axb5 axb5 40. Na3 e5 41. Kf3 Bxh2 42. Naxb5 exd4

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