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Analysis of WilliamRDavis (1665) vs. john2001plus (1737), 900+10

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

(black to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nbd2 d5 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Be7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. e4 Qc7 10. exd5 exd5 11. Nb3 Bb6 12. Bg5 Ne4 13. Bh4 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15. g4 Bg6 16. Kg2 Rae8 17. Rc1 Qf4 18. Nbd4 f5 19. Bg3 Nxg3 20. fxg3 Qd6 21. gxf5 Bc7 22. Ne2 Rxe2+ 23. Qxe2 Qxg3+ 24. Kh1 Qxh3+ 25. Nh2 Bh5 26. Qc2 Ne5 27. Be2 Bxe2 28. Qxe2 Ng4 29. Rf3 Qh4 30. f6 Bxh2 31. f7+ Kh8 32. Kg2 Qg5 33. Rcf1 Bd6 34. Rf1f2 Nh2+ 35. Kh1 Nxf3 36. Rxf3 Qh4+ 37. Kg1 Bc5+ 38. Kg2 Qg4+ 39. Kh2 Qg1+ 40. Kh3 Bd6 41. Qg2 Qc1 42. Qf2 Qh1+ 43. Kg4 Qh6 44. Qd4 Qg6+ 45. Kh3 Rxf7 46. Qg4 Qxg4+ 47. Kxg4 h5+

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Analysis of lagarto300 (1769) vs. yoshi (1604)

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

(black to move) 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 O-O 8. Nc3 d6 9. Qc2 c5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Rfd1 Qe7 12. a3 Rac8 13. Rac1 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Rxd4 e5 16. Rh4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 h6 18. Kg1 Qe6 19. Qd3 d5 20. cxd5 Nxd5 21. e4 Nxc3 22. Rxc3 Rxc3 23. Qxc3 Rc8 24. Qd2 Qc4 25. Rh5 f6 26. Qd7 Qc6 27. Qd3 Qc1+ 28. Kg2 Qxb2 29. Qd5+ Kh7 30. Qe6 Rc7 31. Qd6 Qc2 32. Rh4 Qc4 33. Qd5 a6 34. Qd6 g5 35. Rxh6+ Kxh6 36. Qxf6+ Kh7 37. Qf5+ Kh8 38. Qxe5+ Rg7 39. Qe8+ Qg8 40. Qe5 Qf8 41. Qd4 Qc5 42. Qd8+ Kh7 43. Qf6 Qe7 44. Qf5+ Rg6 45. Qf3 Re6 46. Qf5+ Kg7 47. f3 Qf6 48. Qd5 Rd6 49. Qb7+ Kg6 50. h4 g4 51. e5 Rd2+ 52. Kg1 Qxe5 53. Qe4+ Qxe4 54. fxe4 Re2

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KingsBishop (1455) vs. yoshi (1705)

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. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Bd3 c5 9. Bb5 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Nc6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Qf4 Ba6 13. O-O-O Rab8 14. h4 Rb4 15. Rd4 Rfb8 16. b3 Qc5 17. Rxb4 Rxb4 18. Qd2 Nb6 19. a3 Rg4 20. b4 Qc4 21. g3 c5 22. bxc5 Qxc5 23. Nb1 Rc4 24. Re1 Na4 25. Re3 Qb6 26. c3 Re4 27. Rxe4 dxe4 28. Nd4 Bd3 29. Qa2 e3 30. fxe3 Qb7 31. Qb3 Qh1+ 32. Kd2 Qg2+ 33. Kc1 Qf1+ 34. Kd2 Qf2+ 35. Kc1 Qe1+ 36. Qd1 Qxe3+ 37. Qd2 Qg1+ 38. Qd1 Qxd1+ 39. Kxd1 Bxb1

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Analysis of 5uckItTrebek (1817) vs. john2001plus (1848), 900+10

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

(black to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. c3 cxd4 4. cxd4 Qb6 5. Nf3 Qxb2 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. e3 Nb4 8. Rc1 Nfd5 9. Nc4 Qxa2 10. Bd3 Nxd3+ 11. Qxd3 b5 12. Nce5 f6 13. Ng4 b4 14. h3 Ba6 15. Qd2 b3 16. Qxa2 bxa2 17. Ra1 e5 18. Rxa2 Bb4+ 19. Nd2 Bd3 20. dxe5 Rc8 21. Ra1 Rc2 22. Rd1 f5 23. Nh2 Nc3 24. Nhf3 Nxd1 25. Kxd1 Ra2 26. Nb3 Bc2+

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john2001plus (1734) vs. JimJacket (1600)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. h3 a6 10. a4 Re8 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Bf4 Qc7 13. Nd2 Ne5 14. Be2 Rb8 15. a5 Bd7 16. Be3 c4 17. Bb6 Qc8 18. f4 Nd3 19. Bxd3 cxd3 20. Qf3 Bb5 21. Nxb5 axb5 22. Qxd3 Nd7 23. Rfc1 Nc5 24. Qxb5 Bd4+ 25. Kh1 Be3 26. Nc4 Bxc1 27. Nxd6 Qd7 28. Qxd7 Nxd7 29. Rxc1 Nxb6 30. Nxe8 Rxe8 31. axb6 Rxe4 32. Rc7 Re1+ 33. Kh2 Rd1 34. Rxb7 Rxd5 35. Rc7 Rb5 36. b7 Kg7 37. g4 Rxb2+ 38. Kg3 Rb3+ 39. Kf2 Kf6 40. g5+ Ke6 41. Ke2 Rb1 42. Kd3 f6 43. Rxh7 fxg5 44. fxg5 Rb4 45. Kc3 Rb1 46. Kc4 Kd6 47. Rg7 Rc1+ 48. Kb5 Rb1+ 49. Ka6 Ra1+ 50. Kb6 Rb1+ 51. Ka7 Ra1+ 52. Kb8 Ke5 53. Kc8 CHECK!

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White to play for a winning advantage

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Analysis of john2001plus (1861) vs. WilliamAthens (1493)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 b6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bb7 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 Bb4 7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3 Bxe4 9. Nb5 d5 10. Bf4 Nc6 11. Nc7+ Ke7 12. Nxa8 Qxa8 13. Bf3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Nf6 15. c4 Rd8 16. Rad1 Qc8 17. Bg5 d4 18. Qa3+ Ke8 19. Rd3 Na5 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Rh3 Qc5 22. Qxc5 bxc5 23. Rb1 Nxc4 24. Rxh7 Rd7 25. Rh8+ Ke7 26. h4 Na3 27. Rc1 c4 28. h5 d3 29. cxd3 cxd3 30. h6 d2 31. Rd1 Nb5 32. h7

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Analysis of Eduardo 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. e5 d6 3. exd6 Bxd6 4. Nf3 e5 5. h3 e4 6. Nd4 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. O-O a6 9. Nc3 b5 10. Bb3 c5 11. Ndxb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 Ba6 13. c4 Bxb5 14. cxb5 Nbd7 15. a4 Ne5 16. Qe2 Bc7 17. Bc2 Qd6 18. g3 Nf3+ 19. Kg2 Rfe8 20. Qe3 Nh4+ 21. Kh2 Nf5 22. Qg5 Re5 23. Qf4 Nd4 24. Bd1 Nd5 25. Qg4 f5 26. Qh4 Bd8 27. Qh5 f4 28. Qg4 h5 29. Qxh5 Rxh5 30. Bxh5 Qe5 31. Bd1 Nf3+ 32. Bxf3 fxg3+ 33. fxg3 Bc7 34. Rg1 exf3 35. Ra3 Qe2+ 36. Kh1 Re8 37. Re3 Nxe3 38. dxe3 Re4 39. b3 Rh4

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Analysis of John Coffey vs. Csonka Andrews

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

(white to move) 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nd7 4. Nc3 Ngf6 5. Bf4 dxc4 6. e4 Nb6 7. Bxc4 Bd7 8. Bd3 Bb4 9. O-O O-O 10. Rc1 Bc6 11. e5 Nfd5 12. Bxh7+ Kxh7 13. Ng5+ Kg6 14. Qd3+ f5 15. exf6 e.p.+ Kxf6 16. Be5+ Kxg5 17. Qh7 Rf4 18. g3 Qf6 19. Ne4+ Rxe4 20. f4+ Nxf4 21. gxf4+ Rxf4 22. Bxf4+ Qxf4 23. Qxg7+ Kh5 24. Rxf4 Rg8 25. Qxg8 Be7 26. Qh7+ Kg5 27. Rcf1 Bf3 28. Rf1xf3 e5 29. h4#

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Analysis of Coffey, John (2016) vs. NN

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

(white to move) 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. e4 dxe4 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Nxe4 Qb6 11. Bxd7+ Nxd7 12. O-O cxd4 13. Nxd4 Rd8 14. Re1 Ne5 15. Qa4+ Rd7 16. Rad1 f6 17. f4 Kd8 18. fxe5 fxe5 19. Ng5 Bc5 20. Rxe5 Bxd4+ 21. Rxd4 Qxd4+ 22. Qxd4 Rxd4 23. Ne6+

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Analysis

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 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nf6 6. d5 Nb8 7. Nc3 e6 8. Qa4+ c6 9. Bg5 b5 10. Qc2 b4 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Na4 cxd5 13. exd5 exd5 14. Bb5+ Bd7 15. O-O Bxb5 16. Rfe1+ Be7 17. Rxe7+ Kxe7 18. Qc5+ Qd6 19. Re1+ Kd7 20. Qxb5+ Kc7 21. Rc1+ Kd8 22. Qb7

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Analysis, ?
? vs. ?

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 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 b6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. O-O Bb7 8. Re1 Be7 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 h6 11. Qe2 dxc4 12. bxc4 Bd6 13. Rad1 Qe7 14. e4 e5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qxe5 17. g3 Qa5 18. Nb5 cxb5 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Qg4+ Kh8 21. e5 fxe5 22. Qf5 Kg7 23. Be4 Rad8 24. Qh7+ Kf6 25. Qxh6+ Ke7 26. Bxb7 Qa4 27. Qg5+ f6 28. Qg7+ Rf7 29. Qg6 b4 30. Bd5 Qe8 31. Bxf7 Qxf7 32. Qxf7+ Kxf7 33. Rd5 Be7 34. Rxd8 Bxd8 35. Rd1 Ke8 36. h4

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Analysis, ?
? vs. ?

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 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 b6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. O-O Bb7 8. Re1 Be7 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 h6 11. Qe2 dxc4 12. bxc4 Bd6 13. Rad1 Qe7 14. e4 e5 15. d5 c5 16. Nh4 g6 17. Nb5 Bb8 18. Bc1 Kg7 19. Bc2 a6 20. Nc3 Nh7 21. Qg4 Ng5 22. Nf5+ gxf5 23. exf5 Kh8 24. f6 Nxf6 25. Bxg5 hxg5 26. Qxg5 Re8 27. Qh6+ Kg8 28. Rd3 Ng4 29. Rg3 f5 30. Bxf5 Kf7 31. Rxg4 Rg8 32. Be6+ Ke8 33. Rxg8+ Qf8 34. Qxf8#

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