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Analysis of IAlwaysWin (1619) vs. john2001plus (1635)

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. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Bxd5 10. Qc2 Nc6 11. Rd1 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nxd4 13. Rxd4 Qxd4 14. Be3 Qb4 15. Bxa8 Rxa8 16. Qxc7 Qxb2 17. Rd1 Qxe2 18. Rd2 Qe1+ 19. Kg2 Bc5 20. Rd7 Rf8 21. Bxc5 bxc5 22. Qxa7 Qe4+ 23. f3 Qc2+ 24. Kh3 Qf2 25. f4 h6 26. Rd1 g5 27. fxg5 Qf5+ 28. g4 Qf3+ 29. Kh4 hxg5+ 30. Kxg5 Kg7 31. Kh5 Rh8+ 32. Kg5 Qf6#

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john2001plus (1857) vs. fiddler (1806)

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 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bxc5 9. O-O a6 10. Qc2 b5 11. Bd3 Qb6 12. Ne4 Nbd7 13. Rac1 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Bb7 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Be4 Rac8 17. Ng5 Be7 18. Qd1 Bxg5 19. Rxc8 Bxc8 20. Qh5+ Bh6 21. Bxh6 f5 22. Bf4+ Kg8 23. Bf3 Qc5 24. Rd1 Ne5 25. Bxe5 Qxe5 26. g4 Qf6 27. g5 g6 28. Qh6 Qg7 29. Qxg7+ Kxg7 30. h4 e5 31. Rd6 Rf7 32. h5

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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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Analysis of krishnasumanth (1412) vs. john2001plus (1527)

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. exd5 exd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Re8+ 9. Be3 Ne4 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. Rc1 Nc6 13. h3 Bh5 14. Re1 Qd6 15. g4 Bg6 16. Nh4 Rad8 17. Qf3 Ne7 18. Nxg6 Qxg6 19. Bd3 Nd5 20. c4 Nxe3 21. Rxe3 Ng5 22. Qxb7 Qf6 23. Bf1 Qxd4 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Qxc7 Nf3+ 26. Kg2 Qd2 27. Rb1 Ne1+ 28. Kg3 Re3+ 29. fxe3 Qxe3+ 30. Kh4 Qf2+ 31. Kh5 g6+ 32. Kg5 f6+

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Analysis of john2001plus (1784) vs. WhiteGoldeWielder (1739)

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 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Be2 Nc6 7. c4 Qd7 8. Be3 b6 9. Nc3 a6 10. d5 exd5 11. cxd5 Nb4 12. Ne5 Qc7 13. Nc4 Bd6 14. a3 b5 15. Nxd6+ Qxd6 16. axb4 cxb4 17. Nxb5 Qb8 18. Na7 Rxa7 19. Bxa7 Qxa7 20. Qa4+ Bd7 21. Qxa6 Qxa6 22. Rxa6 O-O 23. O-O Nxd5 24. Rd6 Nf4 25. Bc4 Bc8 26. g3 Nh3+ 27. Kg2 g5 28. f3 h5 29. Rh6 g4 30. Rxh5 Bb7 31. Rxh3 gxh3+ 32. Kxh3 Rc8 33. b3 Rd8 34. Rf2 Rd1 35. f4 Rb1 36. g4 Kg7 37. Rd2 Bc8 38. f5 Rg1 39. Rd8 Bb7 40. Rd7 Bf3 41. Rxf7+ Kh6 42. Rf8 Bxg4+ 43. Kh4 Kg7 44. Rf7+ Kh8 45. f6 Bd1 46. Rf8+ Kh7 47. Bd3+ Rg6 48. Rb8 Bxb3 49. Rxb4 Bf7 50. Kh5

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Analysis of fiddler (1868) vs. john2001plus (1843)

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 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bf4 Bb4+ 7. Nbd2 Qe7 8. a3 Ngxe5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. e3 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 d6 12. Qd4 O-O 13. Be2 b6 14. Bxe5 dxe5 15. Qd5 c6 16. Qd2 Bf5 17. Bf3 Rfd8 18. Qc3 Rd3 19. Qb4 c5 20. Qb5 Bd7 21. Qa6 Rd8 22. Qxa7 e4 23. Be2 Rd2 24. Qxb6 Be6 25. Rd1 Rxd1+ 26. Bxd1 Qd7 27. Qb3 Qd2+ 28. Kf1 Bxc4+ 29. Be2 Qd1+ 30. Qxd1 Rxd1#

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Analysis of fiddler (1877) vs. john2001plus (1400)

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. Nf3 b6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 Qxf6 7. e3 Bb7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O c5 10. a3 Bxd2 11. Qxd2 d6 12. Rac1 Nd7 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. Qc3 d5 15. Rd2 cxd4 16. Rxd4 Rac8 17. b4 e5 18. Rdd1 dxc4 19. a4 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 e4 21. Bxe4 Ne5 22. Rd4 Rxd4 23. exd4 Qf4 24. Bd5 Ng4 25. Qc2 Qxh2+ 26. Kf1 Qh1+ 27. Ke2 Qh5 28. Bf3 Re8+ 29. Kd2 Qh4 30. Bxg4 Qxg4 31. Qxc4 Qxg2 32. Qf1 Qe4 33. Kc3 Rd8 34. Qd1 h5

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Analysis of Fiddler (1877) vs. john2001plus (1400)

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. Nf3 b6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 Qxf6 7. e3 Bb7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O c5 10. a3 Bxd2 11. Qxd2 d6 12. Rac1 Nd7 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. Qc3 d5 15. Rd2 cxd4 16. Rxd4 Rac8 17. b4 e5 18. Rdd1 dxc4 19. a4 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 e4 21. Bxe4 Ne5 22. Rd4 Rxd4 23. exd4 Qf4 24. Bd5 Ng4 25. Qc2 Qxh2+ 26. Kf1 Qh1+ 27. Ke2 Qh5 28. Bf3 Re8+ 29. Kd2 Qh4 30. Bxg4 Qxg4 31. Qxc4 Qxg2 32. Kc2 Qxf2+ 33. Kb1 Re2 34. Rd1 Rb2+ 35. Kc1 Ra2 36. Qc3 g6 37. d5 Qf4+ 38. Kb1 Rxa4 39. d6 Rxb4+ 40. Ka2 Rc4 41. Qd3 Ra4+ 42. Kb2 Qe5+ 43. Kb3 Qa5 44. d7 Qb4+ 45. Kc2 Ra2+

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Analysis of john2001plus (1847) vs. LazarMilanovic (1611)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 e6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 c6 4. e3 f5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. c5 Bc7 8. O-O O-O 9. b4 Nbd7 10. Bb2 Ne4 11. Qc2 Qf6 12. b5 Qh6 13. Ne2 Ng5 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Bd7 16. a4 Be8 17. f4 Ne4 18. Nd4 Bd8 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Rab1 g5 21. Bxe4 fxe4 22. f5 exf5 23. Nxf5 Qe6 24. Nd6 Rxf1+ 25. Rxf1 Bg6 26. Qf2 Be7 27. Qg3 Rb8 28. Bd4 Rb4 29. Qe1 Rxa4 30. Qb1 Kg7 31. Qb8 Ra2 32. Qc8 Qxc8 33. Nxc8 Bf8 34. e6+ Kg8 35. Nd6 Re2 36. Rb1 Rc2 37. Rb8 Rc1+ 38. Kf2 Rc2+ 39. Kg3 h5 40. e7 h4+ 41. Kh3 Rf2 42. Be5 g4+ 43. Kxg4 Rf1 44. Bf4

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Analysis dogeandpika4life (1644) vs. john2001plus (1842)

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

(black to move) 1. a3 e5 2. c4 Nf6 3. e3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Be6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bb5 Bd6 8. d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bd7 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Ba6 O-O 13. O-O Bf5 14. Qd4 Qe7 15. Bb7 Rad8 16. Qa4 Qe5 17. g3 Qxc3 18. Ra2 Bd3 19. Rd1 Bxg3 20. Bxc6 Bc4 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Rc2 Qe1+ 23. Kg2 Bd3 24. Rd2 Bxf2 25. Rxf2 Qxc1 26. e4 Rd6 27. Bd7 Qg5+ 28. Kf3 Ba6

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Analysis of putz (1832) vs. john2001plus (1871)

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

(black to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Bd3 d5 5. b3 Be7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. Nbd2 b6 8. O-O Nc6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. a3 Rc8 11. f4 cxd4 12. exd4 Nxe5 13. fxe5 Ne4 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Re1 Qc7 16. c4 f5 17. exf6 e.p. Bd6 18. fxg7 Bxh2+ 19. Kh1 Qxg7 20. Qe2 Bg3 21. Kg1 e3 22. Rf1 Bf2+ 23. Qxf2 exf2+ 24. Rxf2 Rxf2 25. Kxf2 Qxg2+ 26. Ke1 Rf8 27. Kd1 Be4 28. Bc3 Qg1+ 29. Ke2 Rf2+ 30. Ke3 Rf3+ 31. Ke2 Re3#

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Analysis of yoshi (1685) vs. TexasMade (1422)

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 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be6 7. e4 Be7 8. Bb5+ Nc6 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 Rad8 13. Nxd5 Rxd5 14. Bc4 Rdd8 15. d5 b5 16. dxe6 Rxd1 17. exf7+ Rxf7 18. Bxf7+ Qxf7 19. Raxd1 Qxa2 20. Ng5 Kf8 21. Nxh7+ Kg8 22. Ng5 Kf8 23. Rd6 Qa5 24. Kf1 Ne7 25. Rd7 b4 26. Rexe7 Qa6+ 27. Re2 g6 28. Ne6+ Kg8 29. Nc7 Qc4 30. b3

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Analysis of yoshi (1739) vs. IAlwaysWin (1522)

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 a6 5. Nc3 Bf5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Ne5 e6 8. g4 Bg6 9. Qb3 Ra7 10. h4 h5 11. g5 Ng8 12. Qa4+ Nc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Qxc6+ Qd7 15. Qxd7+ Kxd7 16. Bh3 Ne7 17. Bd2 Bf5 18. Rc1 Bxh3 19. Rxh3 Nc6 20. e4 dxe4 21. Nxe4 Bd6 22. Rf3 Rf8 23. Rxc6 Kxc6 24. Nxd6 Rd7 25. Ra3 Ra8 26. Nc4 Rxd4 27. Ne5+ Kb7 28. Rb3+ Kc7 29. Rc3+ Kb7 30. Nxf7

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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 Nb4 13. Qc3 e6 14. O-O f6 15. Nd3 a5 16. Nc5 Nd5 17. Qd3 Bxc5 18. Rxc5 Ba6 19. Rfc1 b4 20. Qd1 Be2 21. Qe1 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Nxf4 23. exf4 Qb3 24. Ra1 O-O 25. Rcxa5 Rxa5 26. Rxa5 Rb8 27. Kg2 Qc2 28. f5 b3 29. fxe6 b2 30. e7 Qg6+ 31. Kh3 b1=Q

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Analysis of Yoshi (1778) vs. Cyborg86 (2441)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 e6 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. g3 d5 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. Nxc6 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qd7 10. Bg2 bxc6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Qb4 a5 13. Qc5 Ba6 14. Ba3 Ng4 15. O-O Ne5 16. e4 Bxf1 17. Bxf1 Nc4 18. Bxc4 dxc4 19. Qh5 g6 20. Qe5 Rg8 21. Rb1 Rc8 22. Rb6 h5 23. Rd6 Qb7 24. Rxe6+ fxe6 25. Qxe6+ Kd8 26. Qxg8+ Kc7 27. Qxg6 Rd8 28. Qf7+ Rd7 29. Qf5 Qb1+ 30. Kg2 Qxa2 31. Qxa5+ Kb7 32. Qb5+ Kc7 33. Bc1 Re7 34. Qc5+ Kd7 35. Bg5 Re8 36. Qb5+ Kc7 37. Bf4+ Kd8 38. Qd5+ Ke7 39. Bd6+ Kf6 40. Qf5+ Kg7 41. Qd7+ Kf6 42. Qxe8 Qa5 43. Be7+ Kg7 44. Qf8+ Kh7 45. Qf7+ Kh6 46. Bf8+ Kg5 47. Qg7#

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skuhl99 (1570) vs. john2001plus (1854)

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 c5 3. b3 g6 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O d5 8. d3 d4 9. a3 a5 10. Nbd2 e5 11. e3 dxe3 12. fxe3 Qxd3 13. Re1 Bg4 14. Bf1 Qf5 15. e4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qxf3 17. Nxf3 Nd4 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Rab1 Rfe8 20. Bd3 Nd7 21. Kf2 Bh6 22. Ke2 f5 23. Kd1 Nf6 24. exf5 Ng4 25. Re2 Rxe2 26. Bxe2 Ne3+ 27. Ke1 gxf5 28. Bd3 Re8 29. Kf2 Rf8 30. h3 Kg7 31. b4 axb4 32. axb4 Ra8 33. bxc5 Ra2+ 34. Ke1 Ng2+ 35. Kf1 Ne3+ 36. Kg1 Rd2 37. Rxb7+ Kf6 38. Rb6+ Kg7 39. Rb7+ Kg8 40. Rb8+ Bf8 41. Ne1 Kf7 42. c6 Bd6 43. Rb7+ Ke6 44. c7 Kd7 45. c8=Q+ Kxc8 46. Rxh7 Bxg3 47. Be4 Rd1 48. Bb7+ Kb8 49. Bg2 Rxe1+ 50. Bf1 Rxf1#

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Analysis of john2001plus (1860) vs. natalia6 (1724)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 Nc6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 d5 7. Bd3 Re8 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qe7 10. Ne4 Qd8 11. Ne5 Be7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Bb5 Rd8 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Rc1 Bb7 17. Rc5 Rd6 18. Qb3 Rb8 19. Rfc1 Qd8 20. Qa4 f6 21. Nc4 Rd5 22. Qxa7 Ba8 23. b3

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JoeKempsey (1250) vs. john2001plus (1778)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 h g f e d c b a +11

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bd6 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Re1 Re8 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Qd2 Bg4 12. Rad1 Nd7 13. h3 Bf4 14. Qd3 Bf5 15. Ne4 dxe4 16. Qa3 exf3 17. Bxf3 Bxc2 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. Rf1 Bb8 20. Rc1 Qf4 21. g3 Qxc1+ 22. Kg2 Re1 23. Kh2 Qd2 24. Kg2 Bxg3 25. Kxg3 Rg1+ 26. Bg2 Rxg2+ 27. Kxg2 Be4+ 28. Qf3 Qg5+ 29. Kh2 Bxf3

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Analysis of john2001plus (1774) vs. canary2016 (1588)

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

(black to move) 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Qb3 b6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Ne5 Bd6 8. e4 Nxe4 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. Bb5+ Kf8 11. f3 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Bg6 13. O-O c6 14. Bd3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Nd7 16. Re1 Qe7 17. Qc3 Qc5+ 18. Qxc5+ Nxc5 19. Be3 Nd3 20. Re2 Nxe5 21. Rc1 f6 22. f4 Nc4 23. b3 Nxe3 24. Rxe3 Rc8 25. b4 Kf7 26. Ra3 Rc7 27. Rd3 Rhc8 28. f5 g6 29. g4 g5 30. a4 h6 31. b5 cxb5 32. Rxc7+ Rxc7 33. axb5 Rc5 34. Rb3 d4 35. Kf2 Ke7 36. Rb4 d3 37. Ke3 Rd5 38. Kd2 Kd6 39. Rc4 Rc5 40. Kxd3 Rxc4 41. Kxc4 Ke5 42. h3 Ke4 43. Kc3 Kd5 44. Kd3 Kc5 45. Ke4 Kc4 46. Ke3 Kxb5

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Steinitz, William vs. Von Bardeleben, Curt

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

(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+ Kxe7 23. Re1+ Kd6 24. Qb4+ Rc5 25. Re6+ Qxe6 26. Nxe6

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

(black to move) 1. e4 c5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 e6 5. O-O d5 6. exd5 exd5 7. Bb5 Bd6 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Re1+ Be6 10. Ng5 O-O 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Rxe6 Qd7 13. Re2 Ng4 14. h3 Bh2+ 15. Kf1 Nxf2 16. Rxf2 Rxf2+ 17. Kxf2 Rf8+ 18. Ke1 Bg3+ 19. Ke2 Qe6+ 20. Kd3 c4+ 21. Kd4 Bf2#

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Analysis of fiddler (1779) vs. yoshi (2039)

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. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bd2 Bb7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 d6 8. O-O Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Ne4 10. Be1 f5 11. Nd2 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Nd7 13. f4 Nf6 14. Bh4 Qe8 15. Bxf6 Rxf6 16. Rac1 c5 17. Qc2 Rc8 18. Be2 d5 19. Bf3 cxd4 20. Qd3 Ba6 21. Qxd4 Bxc4 22. Rfe1 Bxa2 23. Rxc8 Qxc8 24. Qa4 Bc4 25. Qxa7 Qc5 26. Qb8+ Rf8 27. Qe5 Kf7 28. Ra1 b5 29. Ra6 Re8 30. g4 b4 31. Rd6 g6 32. Rd7+ Re7 33. Rd8 Bd3 34. Rh8 Qc1+ 35. Kg2 Qf1+ 36. Kg3 Qe1+ 37. Kh3 Bf1+ 38. Bg2 Bxg2+ 39. Kxg2 Qe2+ 40. Kg3 Qe1+ 41. Kh3 fxg4+ 42. Kxg4 Qe2+ 43. Kh3 Qf3+ 44. Kh4 Qf2+ 45. Kh3 Qf3+

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Analysis of smgsmg21 (1204) vs. yoshi (1754)

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

(black to move) 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d3 d5 4. b3 d4 5. Ne4 Nxe4 6. dxe4 Qh4 7. Qc2 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 Qxe4 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. g3 O-O 12. Bg2 Qf5 13. O-O Re8 14. Nh4 Qf6 15. e3 g5 16. Nf3 Bg4 17. Ne1 Rad8 18. Nd3 e4 19. Nc5 Bf3 20. Nxb7 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Qf3+ 22. Kg1 Ne5 23. Nxd8 Qh5 24. f4 Nf3+ 25. Rxf3 exf3 26. Qxd4 Qh3 27. Qd2 Rxe3 28. Rf1 Re2 29. Rf2 Rxd2 30. Rxd2 gxf4 31. gxf4 Qh4 32. Rf2 Qxf4 33. h3 Qe3 34. Nc6 Qe1+ 35. Rf1 Qg3+ 36. Kh1 Qg2#

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Analysis of wiseone22 (1810) vs. john2001plus (1840)

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. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. h3 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. c3 Re8 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Bxg3 12. fxg3 g4 13. Nh4 Qd6 14. Nf5 Bxf5 15. Bxf5 Qxg3 16. hxg4 Qe3+ 17. Kh2 Ne4 18. Qf3 Qxf3 19. gxf3 Nd6 20. Kg3 Re2 21. Rf2 Nxf5+ 22. gxf5 Re1 23. Kg2 Rae8 24. Rf1 Re8e2+ 25. Kg1 Rxf1+ 26. Kxf1 Rxb2

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Analysis of john2001plus (1846) vs. jandrades (1767)

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 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nc3 Bd6 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 h6 11. Re1 Nf6 12. Bc2 Bc7 13. Ne5 Bxe5 14. Rxe5 Nd7 15. Qd3 Nf6 16. Bxh6 g6 17. Qg3 Qxd4 18. Bxg6 Kh8 19. Bg7+ Kxg7 20. Be4+ Kh8 21. Qh4+ Nh5 22. Rxh5+ Kg8 23. Rg5+ Qg7 24. Qh7#

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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 0

(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 Ba8 17. h4 f6 18. exf6 gxf6 19. b4 cxb4 20. cxb4 Nxb4 21. Bxa8 Rxa8 22. Nb5 Rad8

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

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. 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 f4 18. Bc1 Bxd4 19. cxd4 O-O 20. Qd1 f3 21. g3 Qe6 22. Ra3 Qh3 23. Rxf3 Bg4 24. Rxf8+ Rxf8 25. f3 Nh4 26. gxh4 Bxf3 27. Rxf3 Rxf3

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Analysis of BIRDSMAN (1131) vs. yoshi (1724)

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

(black to move) 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 d5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Qc7 7. O-O Bd6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 O-O 12. Bxh7+ Kxh7 13. Ng5+ Kg6 14. Qg4 f5 15. Qh4 Bd6 16. Rd1 Bd7 17. Qh7+ Kf6 18. Qh4 Kg6 CHECK!

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Analysis of krish26 (1597) vs. john2001plus (1797)

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. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. h3 Qe7+ 7. Be3 Nbd7 8. c3 Ne4 9. Nbd2 Ndf6 10. Qc2 O-O 11. O-O-O a5 12. Ng5 Bf5 13. Ngxe4 dxe4 14. Bc4 c6 15. a4 Nd5 16. g4 Bg6 17. h4 h6 18. g5 h5 19. Qb3 Nf4 20. Rde1 Rfb8 21. Rhg1 b5 22. axb5 cxb5 23. Bxf4 Bxf4 24. Bd5 a4 25. Qa2 Ra7 26. Kd1 Bxd2 27. Kxd2 Qd6 28. Rh1 Qf4+ 29. Ke2 Qf3+ 30. Kd2 Qd3+ 31. Kc1 e3 32. Re2 Qxe2 33. b4 Qd3 34. fxe3 Rc7 35. c4 bxc4 36. Re1 Rxb4 37. e4 Qc3+ 38. Kd1 Rb2

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Analysis of yoshi (2077) vs. fiddler (1706)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. e4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Qc7 10. Qe2 a6 11. e5 Nfd7 12. Bxe6 Qxe5 13. Qxe5 Nxe5 14. Bxc8 Rxc8 15. Re1 Bc5 16. Nb3 Nd3 17. Re2 Bxf2+ 18. Rxf2 Nxf2 19. Kxf2 Nc6 20. Bf4 Nb4 21. Rd1 Rd8 22. Bd6 Nc6 23. Na4 b5 24. Nac5 Ne5 25. Nb7 Re8 26. Bxe5 Rxe5 27. Nd4 f6 28. Nc6 Re4 29. Rd7 Rc4 30. Ne7+ Kf8 31. Nd6 Rc2+ 32. Kf3 Rxb2 33. Nef5 Rxa2 34. Rf7+ Kg8 35. Rxg7+ Kf8 36. Rxh7 Kg8 37. Rg7+ Kf8 38. Rf7+ Kg8 39. Ne7+ Kh8 40. Ne4 Ra3+ 41. Kf4 Ra4 42. Kf5 Rxe4 43. Ng6+ Kg8 44. Kxf6 Rf4+ 45. Nxf4 Rf8 46. Rxf8+ Kxf8 47. g4 b4 48. g5 b3 49. g6 b2 50. g7+ Kg8 51. Nd5 Kh7 52. Ne7 b1=Q 53. g8=Q+

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Analysis of Troy8 (1988) vs. john2001plus (1854)

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

(white to move) 1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. Qc2 Bd6 6. d4 O-O 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Nf6 11. Qh4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. Qf4 Rd8 14. O-O Bxd2 15. Nxd2 e5 16. dxe5 Qxd2 17. Qxd2 Rxd2 18. exf6 Rxb2 19. Rfe1 Be6 20. fxg7 Bxc4 21. Rab1 Rxb1 22. Rxb1 Bxa2 23. Rxb7 Bd5 24. Bxd5 cxd5 25. Rd7 a5 26. Rxd5 a4 27. Rd2 a3 28. Ra2 Kxg7 29. Kf1 Kf6 30. Ke2 Ke5 31. Kd3 Kd5 32. f3 Kc5 33. Kc3 h5 34. Rc2 a2 35. Kb2+ Kd4 36. Ka1 Ra3 37. f4 h4 38. gxh4 Rh3 39. f5 Rxh4 40. Rxa2 Rh5 41. Ra4+ Ke5 42. Ra5+ Kf4 43. Ra4+ Kxf5 44. Ra5+ Kg4 45. Rxh5 Kxh5 46. Kb1 Kg4 47. Kc2 Kh3 48. Kd3 Kxh2 49. Ke4

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