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ICC tourney 1183 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
Analysis of yoshi (1648) vs. KingsBishop (1540)

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 Na5 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Ng4 5. h3 Nh6 6. d5 b6 7. Bg5 g6 8. Qd2 Nf5 9. g4 Ng7 10. Nc3 d6 11. O-O-O Bd7 12. Bd3 Nb7 13. Rhe1 Nc5 14. Bc4 Qc8 15. Nd4 a6 16. Nc6 Bxc6 17. dxc6 Nge6 18. exd6 cxd6 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Rxe4 Nxg5 21. Qxg5 Qxc6 22. Bd5 Qb5 23. a4 Qc5 24. Rc4 Qa5 25. Bc6+ Kd8 26. Rxd6+ Kc7 27. Bb5+ Kxd6 28. Rc6+ Kd7 29. Qd5+

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Game Analysis
vs. John Coffey (2016)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 e6 5. c3 h6 6. Nh3 Nxe4 7. d3 Nf6 8. f3 d5 9. Bb3 Nc6 10. a3 Qc7 11. a4 Bd6 12. g3 Bd7 13. Qe2 O-O-O 14. Be3 e5 15. g4 Rhe8 16. Qg2 e4 17. dxe4 dxe4 18. O-O exf3 19. Rxf3 Nxg4 20. Bf4 Bxf4 21. Nxf4 Nce5 22. Rf1 c4 23. Bc2 Qc5+ 24. Kh1 Ne3

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Casual Blitz Game, Greenwood Indiana Chess Club, 2024-08-05
Analysis of John Coffey (2016) vs. Jordan Davidson

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

(black to move) 1. Nf3 c6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. g4 Bg6 6. exd5 cxd5 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. Bg2 e6 10. d4 Nf6 11. Be3 Qb6 12. Na4 Qa5+ 13. c3 Bd6 14. O-O Qc7 15. f4 g5 16. Qf3 O-O-O 17. Nc5 b6 18. Nd3 Ne4 19. Ne5 f5 20. gxf5 exf5 21. Nxc6 Qxc6 22. fxg5 Rh4 23. Qxf5+ Kb7 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. Bf2 Rf4 26. Qh7 Qb5 27. Qxg7+ Ka6 28. Rae1 Qxb2 29. Qg6 Qxc3 30. Re3 Qd2 31. Rb3 e3 32. Rxe3 Rxf2 33. Qd3+ Qxd3 34. Rxd3 Rxa2

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Analyisis of ChessDude9856 (1180) vs. john2001plus (1770)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. c3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. Re1 Rxe1+ 9. Qxe1 Bg4 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. b4 c6 12. Bb2 Qc7 13. Qd1 Bxh2+ 14. Kh1 Bf4 15. Qc2 Bxd2 16. Nxd2 Qf4 17. Kg1 Re8 18. Nb3 Ne4 19. Bxe4 Rxe4 20. f3 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Qg3+ 22. Qg2 Qxg2+ 23. Kxg2 Re2+ 24. Kg3 Rxb2 25. Re1 Kf8 26. Nc5 Nxc5 27. bxc5 Rxa2 28. Rb1 Ra6 29. Rxb7 g6 30. Kf4 h6 31. Ke5 Kg7 32. Kd6 h5 33. Rc7 h4 34. Rb7 g5 35. Rb1 f5 36. Kc7 h3 37. Rh1 g4 38. fxg4 fxg4 39. Rg1 h2 40. Rxg4+ Kf6 41. Rh4 Ra2 42. Kxc6 Kg5 43. Rh3 Ra6+ 44. Kxd5 Rh6 45. Rxh2 Rxh2 46. c6 Rh3 47. c4 Rh8 48. c7 a5 49. Kc5 a4 50. d5 a3 51. d6 a2 52. d7 a1=Q 53. c8=Q Qa5+ 54. Kc6 Rh6+ 55. Kb7 Rb6+ 56. Kc7 Rb2+ 57. Kd6 Qb6+ 58. Ke5 Re2+ 59. Kd5 Rd2+ 60. Ke4 Qd4+

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Analysis of John Coffey vs

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. c3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 Bg4 6. d5 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 a6 8. dxc6 bxc6 9. Nc3 Qc7 10. Be3 g6 11. Bc4 Nf6 12. O-O Bg7 13. Rfd1 O-O 14. Rac1 Qb7 15. Qe2 a5 16. f4 a4 17. e5 Ne8 18. Ne4 d5 19. Nc5 Qc7 20. Bxd5 cxd5 21. Ne6 Qb7 22. Nxf8 Bxf8 23. Qc2 e6 24. Qc6 Qb8 25. Rc2 Ng7 26. Bc5 Nf5 27. Bxf8 Kxf8 28. Qc5+ Kg7 29. g4 Nh4 30. Rd3 h6 31. Qe7 Qa7+ 32. Qxa7 Rxa7 33. Kf2 g5 34. f5

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Analysis of Alireza Firouzja (2759) vs. Magnus Carlsen (2847)

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

(white to move) 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Ne5 c6 7. Bc4 e6 8. g4 Bg6 9. h4 Nbd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. h5 Be4 12. O-O Bd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Bd3 Bd6 15. Qf3 O-O-O 16. Be3 g6 17. h6 Rhf8 18. a3 f5 19. c4 e5 20. b4 Qc7 21. c5 Be7 22. Bb5 e4 23. Qh3 f4 24. Bd2 Bg5 25. c6 Nf6 26. cxb7+ Qxb7 27. Rac1+ Kb8 28. Bc6 Qe7 29. Rc5 e3 30. fxe3 fxe3 31. Be1 Ne4 32. Qh2+ Nd6 33. Rxf8 Rxf8 34. Bg3 Rf6 35. Rxd5 Kc7 36. Rxg5 Kxc6 37. Re5 Qd7 38. Qg2+ Kb6 39. Qd5 Qf7 40. Qc5+ Kb7 41. d5 Qc7 42. Rxe3 g5 43. Qxc7+ Kxc7 44. Re7+ Kd8 45. Bxd6 Rxd6 46. Rxh7

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John Coffey (2016) vs. Strobel

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 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Qb3 b6 6. Nc3 c6 7. Ne5 Bd6 8. e4 Bxe5 9. dxe5 dxe4 10. Bc4 Qe7 11. Bf4 Nd7 12. O-O Nc5 13. Qc2 Nd3 14. Nxe4 Nxf4 15. Nd6+ Qxd6 16. Qxf5 Qg6 17. Qxf4 Ne7 18. e6 Nd5 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. Qd6 fxe6 21. Rfe1 Kf7 22. Qd7+ Kf8 23. Rxe6 Qf7 24. Qxd5 Rc8 25. Qd6+ Kg8 26. Re7 Qf5 27. Qd4 Qg5 28. Qd7 Rc1+ 29. Re1 Rxe1+ 30. Rxe1 h6 31. Re8+ Kh7 32. Qd3+ Qg6 33. Rxh8+

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Analysis of john2001plus (1671) vs. freddyk (1556)

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

(black to move) 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Bc8 7. Ne5 e6 8. e4 dxe4 9. Bb5+ Nbd7 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxd7+ Nxd7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nxe4 O-O 14. O-O Nxe5 15. dxe5 a6 16. Nd6 b5 17. Rac1 Bb7 18. a4 Bd5 19. Qb4 bxa4 20. Qxa4 h6 21. Qa5 Qg5 22. g3 Qxe5 23. Nc4 Qe4 24. f3 Qd4+ 25. Rf2 Rfc8 26. b3 Bxf3 27. Qc3 Qxc3 28. Rxc3 Bd5

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Casual Game, https://itsyourturn.com, http://gameknot.com/
John Coffey (2016) vs. Strobel

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 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Qb3 b6 6. Nc3 c6 7. Ne5 Bd6 8. e4 Bxe5 9. dxe5 dxe4 10. Bc4 Qe7 11. Bf4 Nd7 12. O-O Nc5 13. Qc2 Nd3 14. Nxe4 Nxf4 15. Nd6+ Qxd6 16. Qxf5 Qg6 17. Qxf4 Ne7 18. e6 Nd5 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. Qd6 fxe6 21. Rfe1 Kf7 22. Qd7+ Kf8 23. Rxe6 Qf7 24. Qxd5 Rc8 25. Qd6+ Kg8 26. Re7 Qf5 27. Qd4 Qg5 28. Qd7 Rc1+ 29. Re1 Rxe1+ 30. Rxe1 h6 31. Re8+ Kh7 32. Qd3+ Qg6 33. Rxh8+

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Analysis of ...
Coffey, John (2016) vs. Novag Super-Constellation lv1

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

(black to move) 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b5 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. d3 d5 6. c4 dxc4 7. dxc4 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 bxc4 9. Ne5 Bxg2 10. Kxg2 Nbd7 11. Nxc4 Bc5 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Bf4 Nb6 14. Na5 Nbd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Rac1 Nxf4+ 17. gxf4 Bd6 18. e3 g6 19. Nc4 Rfb8 20. b3 Rd8 21. Nxd6 Rxd6 22. Rxd6 cxd6 23. e4 f5 24. f3 Rf8 25. Kg3 Kg7 26. Rc7+ Rf7 27. Rxf7+ Kxf7 28. Kf2 Kg7 29. Ke3 Kf7 30. Kd4 Kf6 31. e5+ dxe5+ 32. fxe5+ Kg5 33. b4 Kf4 34. a4 Kxf3 35. b5 f4 36. a5 Kg2 37. b6 axb6 38. a6 f3 39. a7 f2 40. a8=Q+ Kg1 CHECK!

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Julius Baer Generation Cup, chess24.com INT
Analysis of Hans Moke Niemann (2688) vs. Quang Liem Le (2728)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 d6 7. Re1 Bb6 8. a4 a5 9. h3 h6 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nc4 Ba7 13. Qb3 Qd7 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Rxe3 b6 16. Rd1 Qf7 17. Rde1 Nd7 18. Qc2 Qf6 19. Na3 Rf7 20. Nb5 Nf8 21. Nh2 Ng6 22. Rf3 Nf4 23. g3 Qg6 24. h4 Raf8 25. Kh1 Nh5 26. Rxf7 Rxf7 27. Re3 Nf6 28. Qe2 d5 29. Kg1 Rd7 30. Qc2 Rf7 31. Qe2 Rd7 32. Kg2 Rf7 33. Kh3 Kh7 34. Rf3 Kg8 35. Re3 Kh7 36. g4 Rd7 37. Na3 Kg8 38. Nc2 Ne7 39. Ne1 Qe8 40. Ng2 Ng6 41. Rg3 dxe4 42. dxe4 Qa8 43. f3 Qd8 44. Qc4 Nd5 45. Nf1 Ndf4+ 46. Nxf4 Nxf4+ 47. Kh2 Qxh4+ 48. Kg1 Rd1 49. Kf2 Kh7 50. Qb5 Ra1 51. Qc4 Rb1 52. Qb5 c6 53. Qc4 Qh1 54. b3 Rc1 55. g5 hxg5 56. b4 axb4 57. a5 b5

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Game Analysis, ?
? vs. ?

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. exd5 exd5 4. Bb5+ c6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Bd6 7. Qe2+ Be6 8. Bf5 Qe7 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Nf3 Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Qb4+ 13. Bd2 Qxb2 14. exf6 Qxa1 15. Bc3 Qxb1+ 16. Kd2 Qxh1 17. Qxe6+ Kd8 18. fxg7 Re8 19. Qxe8+ Kxe8 20. g8=Q+ Ke7 21. Qg5+ Kf7 22. Qg7+ Ke8 23. Qg8+ Nf8 24. Bb4 Rd8 25. Qxf8+ Kd7 26. Qe7+ Kc8 27. Qe6+ Kc7 28. Qe5+ Kb6 29. Qd4+ Ka6 30. Qd3+ b5 31. Qa3+ Kb7 32. Bc5 Ra8 33. Qh3 Rc8 34. Bd6 Qf1 35. Qd7+ Kb6 36. Qxc8 Qxf2+ 37. Kc1 Qf1+ 38. Kd2 Qf2+ 39. Kd3 Qf1+ 40. Kd4 Qf6+ 41. Be5 Qf2+

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Game Analysis vs. ?

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

(black to move) 1. f4 e5 2. fxe5 d6 3. Nf3 g5 4. e4 g4 5. Nd4 dxe5 6. Nf5 Bxf5 7. exf5 Nc6 8. c3 Qd7 9. Qxg4 O-O-O 10. d3 e4 11. d4 Nxd4 12. cxd4 Bb4+ 13. Nc3 Qxd4 14. Qh3 Qd1+ 15. Kf2 Bc5+ 16. Be3 Bxe3+ 17. Qxe3 Qxa1 18. Qxa7 Qxb2+ 19. Be2 Rd2 20. Qa8+ Kd7 21. Qa4+ b5 22. Qxb5+ Qxb5

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

(black to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Nf3 c5 6. e4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Qxd4 8. Nxd4 Nc6 9. Nf3 g5 10. Be2 b6 11. Nbd2 g4 12. Nh4 Nd4 13. Bd3 Be7 14. g3 Bxh4 15. gxh4 Bb7 16. O-O f5 17. f4 Nf3+ 18. Nxf3 gxf3 19. Rae1 Rg8+ 20. Kf2 Rg2+ 21. Kxf3 Rxh2 22. Rf2 Rh3+ 23. Ke2 fxe4 24. Bc2 Rc8 25. b3 Ke7 26. Rg1 Rf8 27. Rg7+ Rf7 28. Rfg2 d5 29. cxd5 exd5 30. Rg7g4 d4 31. Bb1 Rh1 32. Bc2 Ba6+ 33. Kf2 e3+ 34. Kf3 Rh3+ 35. Ke4 Bb7+ 36. Ke5 Bxg2 37. Rxg2 e2 38. Rxe2 d3

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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 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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*** US Chess 3|2 Blitz, Chess.com
Analysis of ManonFire_Jer (1374) vs. john2001plus (1832)

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. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Re8 8. Nbd2 Rxe1+ 9. Qxe1 Nc6 10. c3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. c4 dxc4 15. Nxc4 Bb4 16. Bd2 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Qxd4 18. Bxb4 Qxc4 19. b3 Qe4 20. Qd2 Re8 21. Rd1 Nxg4 22. hxg4 Qxg4+ 23. Kf1 Qh3+ 24. Kg1 Re4 25. Qd8+ Kh7 26. Rd3 Rg4+ 27. Rg3 Rxg3+ 28. fxg3 Qxg3+ 29. Kh1 Qh3+ 30. Kg1 Qg4+ 31. Kf1 Qxb4 32. Qxc7 g5 33. Qh2+ Kg6

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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 +2

(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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Hastings, Hastings
Steinitz, William vs. Von Bardeleben, Curt

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

(white to move) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Be6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxd5 Bxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Re1 f6 15. Qe2 Qd7 16. Rac1 c6 17. d5 cxd5 18. Nd4 Kf7 19. Ne6 Rhc8 20. Qg4 g6 21. Ng5+ Ke8 22. Rxe7+ Kf8 23. Rf7+ Kg8 24. Rg7+ Kh8 25. Rxh7+ Kg8 26. Rg7+ Kh8 27. Qh4+ Kxg7 28. Qh7+ Kf8 29. Qh8+ Ke7 30. Qg7+ Ke8 31. Qg8+ Ke7 32. Qf7+ Kd8 33. Qf8+ Qe8 34. Nf7+ Kd7 35. Qd6#

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Game Analysis
John Coffey vs.

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 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 Bb4 6. Qa4 c5 7. a3 Bxd2+ 8. Bxd2 cxd4 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. O-O Bc6 11. Qb3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nc6 13. Rac1 O-O 14. b4 Rc8 15. Qd3 e5 16. b5 Ne7 17. Bb4 d6 18. e3 dxe3 19. Qxd6 Ng6 20. fxe3 Ng4 21. Qxd8 Rfxd8 22. Rfe1 Rb8 23. h3 Nh6 24. c5 bxc5 25. Rxc5 Kh8 26. a4 Re8 27. Rc7 a6 28. Bc6 Red8 29. Kf2 axb5 30. a5 e4 31. a6 Ne5 32. Bxe4 f5 33. Bc2 Ra8 34. a7 Rdc8 35. Rxc8+ Rxc8 36. Rc1 Ra8 37. Bc5 Nc4 38. Bb3 g5 39. Bd4+ Kg8 40. Bxc4+ bxc4 41. Rxc4 g4 42. h4 Kf8 43. Rc7 Nf7 44. Rb7

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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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Wilhelm Steinitz vs. Simon Winawer

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

(white to move) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Be6 6. Nf3 h6 7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3 Nd7 9. Rb1 Nb6 10. Ne5 Ne7 11. f4 Bf5 12. Bxf5 Nxf5 13. Ba3 Nd6 14. f5 Ne4 15. f6 g6 16. Qg4 Qc8 17. Qxg6 Qe6 18. Qg7 O-O-O 19. Nxf7 Nxc3 20. Nxd8 Rxd8 21. f7 Nd7 22. Rbe1 Ne2+ 23. Kh1 c5 24. Bxc5 Qe4 25. f8=Q Nxf8 26. Rxf8 Ng3+ 27. Qxg3 Rxf8 28. Bxf8

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Practice Game summer 1991
Fidelity Mach III (2265) vs. John Coffey (2000), Rapid

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

(black to move) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. f4 Nc6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Qd4 Nxe3 10. Qxe3 Bg7 11. O-O-O Be6 12. Ba6 O-O 13. Bb7 Rb8 14. Bxc6 Qa5 15. a4 Rfc8 16. Bb5 a6 17. f5 Bb3 18. Bd7 Rxc3 19. bxc3 Bh6 20. Qxh6 Qxc3 21. Rd2 Qa1#

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Analysis of bosperty (1465) vs. john2001plus (1916)

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

(black to move) 1. g3 e5 2. Bg2 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 d4 5. Nb1 c5 6. d3 Nc6 7. f4 f6 8. Nf3 Bd6 9. fxe5 fxe5 10. Bg5 Nf6 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. O-O Be6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Ne4 Qe7 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. Nd2 Rxf1+ 17. Bxf1 Rf8 18. Ne4 Qe7 19. Bg2 h6 20. Qd2 b6 21. a3 Na5 22. Qc2 Nb7 23. Rf1 Rxf1+ 24. Bxf1 Nd6 25. Nxd6 Qxd6 26. Bg2 Qf8 27. Qd1 Qf6 28. Qf1 Kf7 29. Qxf6+ gxf6 30. Kf2 f5 31. e4 dxe3 e.p.+ 32. Kxe3 Ke7 33. Bf3 Kd6 34. Be2 a6 35. Bf3 b5 36. cxb5 axb5 37. Be2 c4 38. dxc4 bxc4 39. Kd2 Kc5 40. Kc3 f4 41. gxf4 exf4 42. Bf3 Bd7 43. Be4 Bb5 44. Bf3 Bd7 45. Be4 Bg4 46. Bg2 f3 47. Bf1 f2 48. Kd2 Kd4 49. a4 Bd7 50. a5 Bb5 51. Bh3 Ke4 52. Bg2+ Kd4 53. Bh3 Ke4 54. Bg2+ Kf4 55. Kc2 c3 56. Kxc3 Kg4 57. Kb4 Bd3 58. Kc5 h5 59. Kb6 h4 60. a6 h3 61. a7 hxg2 62. a8=Q g1=Q 63. Qg8+ Kf3 64. Qf7+ Ke3 65. Qe6+ Kd2 66. Qh6+ Kc2 67. Qc6+ Kb1 68. Kb7 f1=Q 69. Qd5 Qg7+ 70. Kc6 Qc1+ 71. Kd6 Qcc7+ 72. Ke6 Qgf7#

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Analysis of bosperty (1412) vs. john2001plus (1904)

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

(black to move) 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. b3 d5 4. e3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 Qa5 9. a3 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 11. Nxd2 Nc6 12. Nd2f3 O-O 13. Be2 Ne4 14. O-O Be6 15. Rfd1 Nc3 16. Re1 Nxe2+ 17. Rxe2 Rac8 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Rc2 Ne5 20. Rxc8 Nxf3+ 21. gxf3 Rxc8 22. Ra2 Rc3 23. Rb2 b5 24. Kf1 a5 25. Ke2 Kf7 26. Kd2 b4 27. axb4 axb4 28. Rb1 Kf6 29. f4 Kf5 30. f3 d4 31. exd4 Kxf4 32. Re1 Rxb3 33. Rxe6 Rb2+ 34. Kd3 Rxh2 35. Re7 g5 36. d5 b3 37. d6 b2 38. Rb7 Rh6 39. d7 b1=Q+ 40. Rxb1 Rd6+ 41. Ke2 Rxd7 42. Rg1 h5 43. Rh1 Re7+ 44. Kf2 Re3 45. Rxh5 Rxf3+ 46. Kg1 Rb3 47. Kg2 Rb2+ 48. Kf1 g4 49. Rh8 Kf3 50. Rf8+ Kg3 51. Rc8 Rb1+ 52. Ke2 Kg2 53. Rc2 g3 54. Rd2 Kg1 55. Rd8 g2 56. Rh8 Rb2+ 57. Ke3 Rf2 58. Rd8 Rf6 59. Rc8 Rh6 60. Rg8 Kh1 61. Kf2 Rf6+

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Analysis of Fabiano Caruana (2808) vs. Wesley So (2812)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. c4 c6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qb3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Nd2 e6 11. e4 Nc6 12. e5 b6 13. O-O Ba6 14. Re1 Rc8 15. Qd1 Re8 16. a4 Na5 17. Re3 Qd7 18. h4 Nc4 19. Nxc4 Bxc4 20. h5 a5 21. Ba3 b5 22. Bd6 bxa4 23. Bf1 Bxf1 24. Kxf1 Rc4 25. Kg2 Bh6 26. Rf3 Rec8 27. Qd3 Bg5 28. Rh1 Kg7 29. g4 Qb7 30. hxg6 fxg6 31. Rf6 Bxf6 32. exf6+ Kg8 33. Be7 Rc4c7 34. f7+ Kg7 35. Qe3 Rxe7 36. Qe5+ Kxf7 37. Rxh7+ Ke8 38. Qh8+ Kd7 39. Rxe7+ Kc6 40. Qh7 Rc7 41. Rxe6+ Kb5 42. Qxg6 Rxc3 43. Qb1+ Rb3 44. Qc2 Qa7 45. Qc6+ Kb4 46. Qxd5 Ka3 47. Qc4 Qb8 48. d5 Qb5 49. Qd4 Qd3 50. Qxd3 Rxd3 51. g5 Rxd5 52. f4 Kb3 53. g6 Rd8 54. f5 Rg8 55. Re5 a3 56. Rxa5 Kb2 57. Kf3 a2 58. Kf4 a1=Q 59. Rxa1 Kxa1 60. Kg5 Kb2 61. f6 Kc3 62. f7 Rf8 63. Kf6

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Game Analysis
vs. John Coffey

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

(black to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 d5 3. Nc3 c5 4. dxc5 e5 5. Be2 Bxc5 6. a3 Nc6 7. h3 O-O 8. Nf3 Re8 9. b4 Bb6 10. Na4 Bc7 11. O-O Qd6 12. g3 Bxh3 13. Re1 e4 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Qd7 16. Nc3 Be5 17. Qd2 Qf5 18. Bb2 Ng4 19. Bd1 h5 20. Rf1 Nh2 21. Kxh2 Bxf1 22. Kg1 Qh3 23. f4 exf3 e.p. 24. Bxf3 Qxg3+ 25. Kxf1 Qxf3+ 26. Qf2 Qxf2+ 27. Kxf2 Rac8

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Analysis of Coffey, John vs. Starr, Bill

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 Nc6 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 Na5 11. Ne5 dxc4 12. Nxc4 Nxc4 13. Bxc4 b6 14. e4 Bb7 15. Qe2 Qg6 16. f4 Bxe4 17. Rae1 f5 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Rae8 20. Re5 Rf6 21. Rfe1 Kf7 22. Qc4 Qg4 23. Qxc7+ Re7 24. Qc6 Kg6 25. g3 Qh3 26. Rxe6 Rfxe6 27. Rxe6+ Kf7 28. Rxe7+ Kxe7 29. Qc7+ Kf6 30. Qe5+ Kg6 31. d5 Qg4 32. Qe6+ Kh7 33. d6 Qd1+ 34. Kg2 Qd2+ 35. Kh3 g5 36. Qxf5+ Kg7 37. Qd7+ Kf6 38. Qe7+ Kg6 39. Qe8+ Kf6 40. d7 g4+ 41. Kxg4 h5+ 42. Kxh5 Qxh2+ 43. Kg4 Qd2 44. d8=Q+

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Analysis of john2001plus (1903) vs. bosperty (1522)

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

(black to move) 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d6 3. c4 c5 4. g3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bg2 Qb6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Nc3 Be6 9. Qa4 Bd7 10. O-O g6 11. Be3 c5 12. Qb3 Qxb3 13. axb3 Rb8 14. Rxa7 Bg7 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Bxb2 17. Bxf7+ Kxf7 18. Rxd7 Rxb3 19. Rb1 Rhb8 20. Bg5 Bf6 21. Rxb3 Rxb3 22. Bxf6 Kxf6 23. Kg2 Rb4 24. g4 Rxc4 25. h3 h5 26. gxh5 gxh5 27. e3 h4 28. Rd8 Ke6 29. Kf3 Rb4 30. Rh8 Kd7 31. Ke2 Rb2+ 32. Kd3 Rxf2 33. Rxh4 Rf3 34. Rh8 Rg3 35. h4 Rh3 36. h5 Rh4 37. h6 c4+ 38. Kc3 Re4 39. Kd2 c3+ 40. Kxc3 Rxe3+ 41. Kd2 Rh3 42. Ke2 Ke6 43. h7 Kf7 44. Kf2 Rh6 45. Kf3 Kg6 46. Re8 Rxh7

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