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Analysis of ROWLAND (1418) vs. yoshi (1663)

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. Nd2 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bd6 8. Ne2 Nf6 9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Bg5 Bg4 12. Ne5 Bxe2 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bxe2 h6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Bf3 Rab8 17. Qd2 Rb4 18. Rfd1 Rxd4 19. Qxd4 Re1+ 20. Rxe1 Qxd4 21. b3 Qf4 22. h3 Qh2+ 23. Kf1 Bb4 24. Rec1 d4 25. Bxc6 Bc3 26. Rab1 d3 27. g3 Qxh3+ 28. Bg2 Qc8 29. Be4 d2 30. Rd1 Qe6 31. Bb7 Qh3+ 32. Ke2 Qh5+ 33. Ke3 Qa5 34. Kf3 Qxa2

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Analysis of john2001plus (1863) vs. bosperty (1414)

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 Nf6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. e4 Bg4 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nd2 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Ne5 12. f4 Ng6 13. Nc4 a6 14. a4 Rb8 15. a5 Nd7 16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5 Qc8 18. d6 Bd8 19. e6 fxe6 20. Qxe6+ Kh8 21. Rf7 Nf6 22. d7 Qc6 23. Nd6 h6 24. Nce4 Nxe4 25. Qxg6 Bf6 26. Bxh6 Rxf7 27. Nxf7+ Kg8 28. Be3 Qxd7 29. Nh6+ Kh8 30. Qxe4 gxh6 31. Qf4 Rf8 32. Bxc5 Rf7 33. Qxh6+ Kg8 34. Qg6+ Kh8 35. Qh5+ Rh7 36. Qf3 Qc6 37. Qxc6 bxc6 38. Ra2

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Analysis of bosperty (1413) vs. john2001plus (1864)

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

(black to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 O-O 8. f3 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 c5 12. O-O cxd4 13. exd4 Nc6 14. Qc2 Qh4 15. Be3 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 17. Kh1 Rac8 18. Qd2 Qh4 19. Rac1 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Rc8 21. Rxc8+ Bxc8 22. h3 Bxh3 23. gxh3 Qxh3+ 24. Kg1 Qxf3 25. Kh2 h5 26. Qe2 Qf4+ 27. Kg2 h4 28. Qf3 Qd2+ 29. Qe2 Qg5+ 30. Kf2 Qg3+ 31. Kf1 g5 32. Bf5 Kg7 33. Qf2 Qe5 34. Bh3 f6 35. b4 Kg6 36. Bc8 f5 37. Bb7 d4 38. Kg2 d3 39. Bc6 g4 40. Qxh4 Qe2+ 41. Qf2 f4 42. Kg1 Kg5 43. Bb5 f3 44. Bc4 Qd1+ 45. Qf1 f2+ 46. Kxf2 Qd2+ 47. Kg1 Qe3+ 48. Kh2 Qe5+ 49. Kg2 Qe4+ 50. Kf2 Qd4+ 51. Ke1 Qxc4 52. Kd2 Qf4+

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Analysis of john2001plus (1827) vs. bosperty (1557)

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 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nb6 9. Bd3 Nbd5 10. Be5 Bd7 11. e4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bc6 13. O-O Bd6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. e5 fxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Qh5 Bxh2+ 18. Qxh2 f5 19. Qe5 Qd5 20. Qg3+ Kf7 21. Qxc7+ Kf6 22. f3 Rf7 23. Qf4 Rg7 24. c4 Qa5 25. Rfe1 Re8 26. d5 Qc5+ 27. Kf1 Bd7 28. Qe5+

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Analysis of bosperty (1543) vs. john2001plus (1849)

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

(black to move) 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Bd2 Qe7 6. a3 Bc5 7. b4 Bd4 8. Rc1 O-O 9. e3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 e4 11. dxe4 Nxe4 12. Nd2 d5 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Be2 Bf5 15. O-O Nd7 16. Bg4 Be6 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18. c5 Rad8 19. Qc2 Rfe8 20. Rcd1 f5 21. Rd6 Qe7 22. Rfd1 Nf6 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Qd2 Rxd6 25. Qxd6 Kf7 26. Kf1 Qe6 27. Qxe6+ Kxe6 28. Ke2 Re7 29. Rd4 Ke5 30. Kd2 f4 31. Kc3 fxe3 32. fxe3 f5 33. g3 h5 34. Rd6 h4 35. Rd2 Rg7 36. Rg2 Rd7 37. Rd2 Rxd2 38. Kxd2 hxg3 39. hxg3 Ke6 40. a4 Kf6 41. Ke2 Ke5 42. Kd2 a6 43. Kc3 Kf6 44. b5 Kg5 45. Kb4 Kg4 46. Ka5 Kxg3 47. Kb6 axb5 48. axb5 cxb5 49. Kxb7 b4 50. c6 b3 51. c7 b2 52. c8=Q b1=Q+

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Analysis of bosperty (1543) vs. john2001plus (1849)

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

(black to move) 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Bd2 Qe7 6. a3 Bc5 7. b4 Bd4 8. Rc1 O-O 9. e3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 e4 11. dxe4 Nxe4 12. Nd2 d5 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Be2 Bf5 15. O-O Nd7 16. Bg4 Be6 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18. c5 Rad8 19. Qc2 Rfe8 20. Rcd1 f5 21. Rd6 Qe7 22. Rfd1 Nf6 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Qd2 Rxd6 25. Qxd6 Kf7 26. Kf1 Qe6 27. Qxe6+ Kxe6 28. Ke2 Re7 29. Rd4 Ke5 30. Kd2 f4 31. Kc3 fxe3 32. fxe3 f5 33. g3 h5 34. Rd6 h4 35. Rd2 Rg7 36. Rg2 h3 37. Rf2 Rd7 38. Rd2 Rxd2 39. Kxd2 Kd5 40. Kc3 b6 41. cxb6 axb6 42. Kb3 b5 43. Kc3 Ke5 44. Kb3 Kf6 45. a4 bxa4+ 46. Kxa4 Ke5 47. Ka5 Kd5 48. Kb6 Kc4 49. Kxc6 Kxb4 50. Kd6 Kc4 51. Ke5 Kd3 52. Kxf5 Kxe3 53. g4 Kf3 54. g5 e3 55. g6 e2 56. g7 e1=Q 57. g8=Q Qe4+ 58. Kf6 Qf4+ 59. Ke7 Qc7+ 60. Kf6 Qf4+

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john2001plus (1873) vs. bosperty (1436)

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 Be7 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nb6 9. Be2 Nbd5 10. Be5 Nxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Ng5 Re8 13. h4 Qa5 14. g4 h6 15. Bxf6 hxg5 16. hxg5 Bxf6 17. gxf6 gxf6 18. Rh5 Qa3 19. Rb1 Kf8 20. Rb3 Qd6 21. Qh7 Ke7 22. Qg7 Rf8 23. Rh6 Kd7 24. Rxf6 Qe7 25. g5 b6 26. g6 Rg8 27. Qxf7 Rg7 28. Bf3

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Analysis of john2001plus (1877) vs. bosperty (1434)

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 Nf6 4. d3 exd3 5. Bxd3 g6 6. Nxh7 Rxh7 7. Bxg6+ Rf7 8. O-O e6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Bh6 Bf8 11. Qd2 Qe7 12. Rfe1 Nc6 13. Rad1 b6 14. Qf4 Bxh6 15. Qxh6 Qf8 16. Qf4 Kd8 17. Rxe6 d6 18. Bxf7 Bxe6 19. Qxf6+ Kc8 20. Qxe6+ Kb7 21. Qd5 a6 22. Bh5 Qg8 23. Qe4 b5 24. Bf3 Qc4 25. Qxc4 bxc4 26. Bd5 Kb6 27. Bxc4

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Analysis of john2001plus (1881) vs. bosperty (1432)

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 Be7 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nb6 10. Bd3 Nbd5 11. Be5 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bd6 13. Rb1 Qc7 14. Qc2 Bxe5 15. Nxe5 h6 16. c4 Nd7 17. f4 Nxe5 18. fxe5 Bd7 19. c5 Rfd8 20. Qf2 Be8 21. Qh4 b6 22. Rf6 bxc5 23. Rbf1 Rxd4 24. exd4 Qd8 25. Qe4 gxf6 26. Qh7+ Kf8 27. exf6 Qxd4+ 28. Kh1 Qxf6 29. Rxf6

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john2001plus (1881) vs. bosperty (1432)

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 Be7 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nb6 10. Bd3 Nbd5 11. Be5 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bd6 13. Rb1 Qc7 14. Qc2 Bxe5 15. Nxe5 h6 16. c4 Nd7 17. f4 Nxe5 18. fxe5 Bd7 19. c5 Rfd8 20. Qf2 Be8 21. Qg3 Qe7 22. Rf6 Kf8 23. Rbf1 Rd7 24. Qg6 Rc8 25. Qh7 Qd8 26. Qh8+ Ke7 27. Qxg7 Qa5 28. Rxf7+ Kd8 29. Rxd7+ Bxd7 30. Qf8+ Kc7 31. Qd6+ Kd8 32. Rf8#

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Analysis of Chasovnikova, Eugenia (2277) vs. Lauterbach, Ingrid (2171)

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

(white to move) 1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 Nbd7 4. Nc3 c6 5. e4 e5 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 a6 9. h3 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. Be3 Re8 12. Qc2 exd4 13. Nxd4 bxc4 14. Bxc4 d5 15. exd5 cxd5 16. Ba2 Rc8 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. Qb1 Ba8 19. Rc1 Qb7 20. b4 Nb6 21. Qd3 Nc4 22. Bg5 h6 23. Bh4 Ne4 24. Bxe7 Nxc3 25. Qxc3 Rxe7 26. Nf5 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 d4 28. Qg3 g6 29. Bxc4 Rxc4 30. Nd6 Rc3 31. Re8+ Kh7 32. Nxb7 Rxg3 33. fxg3 Bxb7 34. Re7 Bd5 35. Rd7 Bb3 36. Rxd4

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Analysis of fequalma (1852) vs. john2001plus (1887)

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

(white to move) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 f6 7. b4 fxe5 8. dxe5 Bd7 9. Bd3 a5 10. b5 Nce7 11. a4 Ng6 12. O-O Ng8e7 13. Qe2 c4 14. Bc2 Nf5 15. Bxf5 exf5 16. Be3 Bc5 17. Nd4 Nxe5 18. Nd2 O-O-O 19. Nd2f3 Nd3 20. Qd2 h6 21. Ne1 Ne5 22. Nec2 g5 23. f4 Ng4 24. h3 Nxe3 25. Qxe3 Rhe8 26. Qf2 g4 27. h4 Re4 28. Rae1 Rde8 29. Rxe4 Rxe4 30. Re1 Qf6 31. Rxe4 fxe4 32. g3 h5 33. Qe3 Bf5 34. Kf2 Kc7 35. Qc1 Qe7 36. Qe3 Qf6 37. Ne6+ Qxe6 38. Qxc5+ Kb8 39. Ne3 Bg6 40. Nxd5 e3+ 41. Kg1 Qd7 42. b6 Be8 43. Nxe3 Qc6 44. Qxa5 Bg6 45. Nd5 Qd6 46. Qa7+ Kc8 47. Qa8+ Kd7 48. Qxb7+ Ke6 49. Ne3 Qc5 50. Qd5+ Qxd5 51. Nxd5 Kxd5 52. b7

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Analysis of John Coffey vs. René

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 a b c d e f g h +9

(white to move) 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nc6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxc4 Nf6 7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3 O-O 9. e5 Ne4 10. Qc2 f5 11. exf6 e.p. Rxf6 12. Qxe4 a6 13. Bg5 b5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Bxe6+ Bxe6 16. Qxe6+ Kf8 17. Qxc6 h5 18. Qc5+ Ke8 19. Rfe1+ Kf7 20. Qxh5+ Kg8 21. Qg6+ Kh8 22. Re4 f5 23. Ne5

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Analysis of GeorgeZolotariov (1571) vs. john2001plus (1853)

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

(black to move) 1. Nf3 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c5 4. d3 Nc6 5. O-O Nf6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nxe4 9. dxe4 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 O-O 11. c3 Rd8 12. Bf4 b6 13. e5 Bb7 14. Nd2 Rd7 15. Nc4 Rad8 16. Nd6 Bxd6 17. exd6 f6 18. b4 cxb4 19. cxb4 Nxb4 20. Bxb7 Rxb7 21. Rab1 Nd5 22. Rb3 Rbd7 23. Rbd3 g5 24. Bc1 b5 25. Ba3 b4 26. Rxd5 exd5 27. Bxb4 Rb8 28. a3 Rb5 29. Rc1 Kf7 30. Rc7 Ke6 31. Rc8 a5 32. Bd2 d4 33. f4 Rb2 34. Bxa5 d3 35. Rc1 gxf4 36. Rd1 fxg3 37. hxg3 Rxd6 38. Rd2 Rc2 39. Kf2 Ra6 40. Bb4 Rxd2+ 41. Bxd2 Rxa3 42. Ke3 Kf5 43. Bb4 d2+ 44. Kxd2 Rxg3

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Analysis of bosperty (1443) vs. john2001plus (1884)

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

(black to move) 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. b3 g6 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne4 8. Nd2 Qa5 9. f3 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 dxc6 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Bd3 Rd8 15. Ke2 c5 16. Rad1 Bf5 17. Bxf5 gxf5 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Rd1 Rxd1 20. Kxd1 Kf6 21. Kd2 Ke5 22. Kd3 f4 23. e4 f5 24. exf5 Kxf5 25. a3 a5 26. a4 e5 27. g3 h5 28. Ke2 e4 29. Kf2 Ke5 30. Kg2 fxg3 31. hxg3 exf3+ 32. Kxf3 Kf5 33. Ke3 Kg4 34. Kf2 Kh3 35. Kf3 b6 36. Kf2 Kh2 37. Kf3 Kg1 38. g4 hxg4+ 39. Kxg4 Kf2 40. Kf5 Ke3 41. Ke5 Kd3 42. Kd5 Kc3 43. Kc6 Kxb3 44. Kxb6 Kb4 45. Kc6 Kxc4

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Analysis of john2001plus (1890) vs. bosperty (1440)

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 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. Nxd5 d6 6. e4 Be6 7. Bb5+ Nbd7 8. O-O Nxe4 9. Re1 Nef6 10. Ng5 Be7 11. Rxe6 fxe6 12. Nxe6 Qc8 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Qxd6 a6 15. Nxg7+ Kf7 16. Bxd7 Qd8 17. Nh5 Rg8 18. Qe6+ Kf8 19. Bh6+ Bg7 20. Re1 c4 21. Qf5+ Qf6 22. Qxf6#

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

(black to move) 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 c6 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. e4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Qd4 Qa5 16. Bb3 Rd8 17. Qb4 Qxb4 18. cxb4 Be6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Rfd1 Kf7 21. f4 Ke7 22. Kf2 a5 23. Rxd8 Kxd8 24. Rd1+ Ke7 25. a3 axb4 26. axb4 Ra2+ 27. Kf3 Rb2 28. Rd4 Rb3+ 29. Kf2 e5 30. fxe5 b5 31. Rd6 Rxb4 32. Rxc6 Rxe4 33. Rc7+ Kf8 34. Rc8+ Kf7 35. Rc7+ Kg6 36. Rc6+ Kf5 37. Rc7 g5 38. Rxh7 b4 39. Kf3 g4+ 40. Kg3 Kxe5 41. Rb7 Kd5 42. h4 gxh3 e.p. 43. gxh3 Kc4 44. h4 b3 45. h5 Kc3 46. h6 b2 47. h7 Re8 48. Kg4 Rh8 49. Kg5 Rxh7 50. Rxh7 b1=Q 51. Rc7+ Kd4 52. Rd7+ Ke5 53. Re7+ Kd6 54. Rf7 Ke6 55. Rf6+ Ke5 56. Rg6 Qg1+ 57. Kh6 Qh2+ 58. Kg7 Qh4 59. Kf7 Kf5 60. Rg7 Qd8 61. Rh7 Qd7+ 62. Kg8 Qd5+ 63. Kh8 Qe5+ 64. Rg7 Qe8+ 65. Kh7 Kf6 66. Ra7 Qe4+ 67. Kg8 Qd5+ 68. Kh7 Qh1+ 69. Kg8 Qg1+ 70. Kh7 Qxa7+

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Analysis of john2001plus (1779) vs. b-d-l (1869)

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

(black to move) 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 c6 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. e4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Qd4 Qa5 16. Bb3 Rd8 17. Qb4 Qxb4 18. cxb4 Be6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Rfd1 Kf7 21. f4 Ke7 22. Kf2 a5 23. Rxd8 Kxd8 24. Rd1+ Ke7 25. a3 axb4 26. axb4 Ra2+ 27. Kf3 Rb2 28. Rd4 Rb3+ 29. Kf2 e5 30. fxe5 b5 31. Rd6 Rxb4 32. Rxc6 Rxe4 33. Rc7+ Kf8 34. Rc8+ Kf7 35. Rc7+ Kg6 36. Rc6+ Kf5 37. Rc7 g5 38. Rxh7 b4 39. Kf3 g4+ 40. Kg3 Kxe5 41. Rb7 Kd5 42. h4 gxh3 e.p. 43. gxh3 Kc4 44. h4 b3 45. h5 Kc3 46. h6 b2 47. h7 Re8 48. Kg4 Rh8 49. Kg5 Rxh7 50. Rxh7 b1=Q 51. Rc7+ Kd4 52. Rd7+ Ke5 53. Re7+ Kd6 54. Rf7 Ke6 55. Rf6+ Ke5 56. Rg6 Qg1+ 57. Kh6 Qh2+ 58. Kg7 Qh4 59. Kf7 Kf5 60. Rg7 Qd8 61. Rg1 Qd7+ 62. Kg8 Qd4 63. Rg7 Kf6 64. Kh7 Qh4+ 65. Kg8 Qh5 66. Rg1 Qe8+ 67. Kh7 Qe4+ 68. Kg8 Qa8+ 69. Kh7 Qa7+

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Analysis of NN vs. John Coffey

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

(black to move) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Nxe4 d5 7. Bb5 dxe4 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Ne5 Qd4 10. Nxc6 Qd5 11. Na5 c4 12. Nxc4 Qxc4 13. b3 Qd4 14. c3 Qd7 15. Qg4 f5 16. Qg3 Bd6 17. Qg5 Ba6 18. Re1 O-O 19. c4 Be5 20. Rb1 Qd6 21. Qh5 Rf6 22. Re3 Rh6 23. Qe2 Bxh2+ 24. Kh1 Bg1+ 25. Qh5 Rxh5+ 26. Kxg1 Qh2+ 27. Kf1 Rd8 28. Rc3 f4 29. Ke2 Qg1 30. d4 Rxd4 31. Bxf4 Qxb1 32. Bc1 Rd3 33. a3 Qa2+

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Analysis of john2001plus (1820) vs. SouthTroy (2008)

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 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Bc4 Nb6 7. Bb3 d6 8. exd6 e6 9. cxd4 Bxd6 10. O-O O-O 11. Nc3 Nd5 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Re1 h6 14. Ne5 Be6 15. Bf4 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Rc8 17. Rc1 Qd7 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. h4 Qb4 21. a3 Qb6 22. Re5 a5 23. Qd3 a4 24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 Qxb2 26. g3 g6 27. h5 Rc3 28. Qe4 Rc1+ 29. Kg2 Qb6 30. hxg6 Qxg6 31. Rd8+ Kh7 32. Qe5 Qg7 33. Qe8 Rc6 34. d5 Rc4 35. d6 Rd4 36. d7 f6 37. Rc8 Rxd7 38. Qe4+ Qg6 39. Rh8+ Kg7 40. Rg8+

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Game Analysis
John Coffey (2016) vs.

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

(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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Game Analysis
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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Game Analysis
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 Kh8 17. Qh6 Ng8 18. Qxh5 Kg7 19. Ng5 Qd7 20. fxg4 Kf8 21. Nh7+ Ke7 22. Qg5+ f6 23. Nxf6 Nxf6 24. Rde1+ Kd8 25. Qxf6+ Qe7 26. Rxe7 Rxe7 27. Rh8+ Kd7 28. Bf5+ Re6 29. Qxe6#

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White to play

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John Coffey (2016) vs. Eric Hon

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

(white to move) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nxe4 7. d5 Qa5+ 8. Nc3 Nb4 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Kxd7 11. Nxe4 Nc2+ 12. Ke2 Nxa1 13. Nc3 g6 14. Qd3 Bg7 15. Bd2 Nb3 16. axb3 e5 17. dxe6 e.p.+ fxe6 18. Nb5 Qb6 19. Be3 Qa6 20. Ra1 Qc6 21. Rc1 Qd5 22. Rc7+ Ke8 23. Nxd6+ Kf8 24. Rf7+ Kg8 25. Rxg7+ Kxg7 26. Qc3+ e5 27. Qc7+ Kg8 28. Bh6

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Game analysis
vs.

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 c6 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. h3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Be3 b5 8. a4 b4 9. c3 bxc3 10. Nxc3 a5 11. e5 dxe5 12. dxe5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Rc1 e6 15. Bb5 Nd7 16. Bg5 f6 17. Bh4 g5 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Bg3 Bxb2 20. Rc7 Nb6 21. Qc2 Bg7 22. Qc6 Rxf3 23. gxf3 Bd4 24. Rd1 Bd7 25. Qd6 Qf8 26. Rxd7 Nxd7 27. Qxe6+ Qf7 28. Bxd7 Bg7 29. Qc6 Qf8 30. Qxd5+

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White to Play

Game Analysis
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. 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. fxg4 Bxg4 23. Rdg1 f5 24. Nf4+ Kg7 25. Ne6+ Kg6 26. Nf2 Rxe6 27. Rxg4+ Kf6 28. Rh6+ Ke5 29. Rxe6+ Kxd5 30. Bxf5 Na6 31. Rf6 Re8 32. Bd7 Re7 33. c4+ Kc5 34. Nd3# CHECK!

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