What is the best continuation for Black?

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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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Black to play and win.

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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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What is the best continuation for Black?

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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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White to play and win.

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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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Black to play and win.

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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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Black to play and win.

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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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White to play and win.

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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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