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Analysis of KingsBishop (1626) vs. john2001plus (1840)

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. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Bd3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 c5 11. O-O Nc6 12. a3 Qa5 13. Qe1 c4 14. Be2 Qa4 15. Qb1 b5 16. Nd2 Qa5 17. Qb2 Qb6 18. a4 b4 19. Nf3 bxc3 20. Qxb6 axb6 21. Rfb1 Bd7 22. Rxb6 Rfb8 23. Rxb8+ Rxb8 24. a5 Ra8 25. h3 Rb8 26. a6 Na7 27. g4 Rb2 28. Bd1 Kf8 29. Kf1 Ke7 30. Ne1 Kd8 31. f4 Kc7 32. Kf2 Rb6 33. Ke3 Bb5 34. Nf3 Rxa6 35. Rxa6 Bxa6 36. Ng1 Nb5 37. Ne2 Kb6 38. f5 Bc8 39. Kf4 Kc7 40. h4 Kd8 41. Ng3 Ke7 42. Nh5 g6 43. fxg6 fxg6 44. Nf6 Nxd4 45. Ng8+ Kf8 46. Nxh6 Kg7 47. g5 Ba6 48. Ke3 Nc6 49. Ng4 d4+ 50. Ke4 d3 51. Ne3 Bb5 52. Ng2 Ba4 53. Ne1 Kf7 54. Ke3 Ke7 55. Ke4 Nb4 56. Kd4 dxc2 57. Bxc2 Nxc2+ 58. Nxc2 Bxc2 59. Kxc4 Bf5 60. Kxc3 Kd7

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Analysis of john2001plus (1842) vs. foofooes (1427)

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

(white to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. g4 Nc6 7. d5 Ne5 8. g5 Nfd7 9. f4 Nxc4 10. Bxc4 Nb6 11. Bd3 c6 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. h4 Bb7 14. h5 d5 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Qg4 d4 17. f5 dxc3 18. Qh3 Re8 19. fxg6 fxg6 20. Qe6+ Kf8 21. Ne2 cxb2 22. Rf1+ Bf6 23. gxf6 bxc1=Q+ 24. Rxc1 exf6 25. Rxf6+ Qxf6 26. Qxf6+ Kg8 27. Qxg6+ Kf8 28. Qf6+ Kg8 29. Kf2 Rf8 30. Rg1+ Kh7 31. e5#

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John Coffey vs. Wayne33

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 a b c d e f g h +10

(white to move) 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 h6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bf4 g5 7. Bg3 e6 8. e3 Bb4 9. Bd3 Ne4 10. Bxb8 Rxb8 11. Qa4+ Bd7 12. Qxb4 b6 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 f5 15. Nd6+ Ke7 16. Nb7+ Ke8 17. Nxd8 Kxd8 18. Qd6 Rb7 19. Ne5 Rh7 20. Rc1 f4 21. Qf8+ Be8 22. Rc8+ Kxc8 23. Qxe8+ Kc7 24. O-O Rb8 25. Rc1+ Kb7 26. Qc6+ Ka6 27. Rc4 Ka5 28. Ra4#

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Analysis of John Coffey vs. chess724

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Bb4 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 O-O 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Re1 Bxc3 10. bxc3 h6 11. e4 Nb6 12. Bd3 Bd7 13. Bc2 a6 14. e5 Nfd5 15. Qd3 f5 16. exf6 e.p. Nxf6 17. Ne5 Nbd5 18. Bxh6 gxh6 19. Qg6+ Kh8 20. Qxh6+ Kg8 21. Rad1 Qe7 22. Rd3 Rf7 23. Rh3 Nh7 24. Nxf7 Qf6 25. Rg3+ Ng5 26. Rxg5+ Kxf7 27. Qh7+ Ke8 28. Rg8+ Qf8 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. Bg6 Be8 31. Rxe6 Bxg6 32. Rxg6 Ne7 33. Qh8+ Ng8 34. Rg7 Ke8 35. Qxg8#

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Analysis of John Coffey vs. chess724

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 c6 5. e3 Bb4 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 O-O 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Re1 Bxc3 10. bxc3 h6 11. e4 Nb6 12. Bd3 Bd7 13. Bc2 a6 14. e5 Nfd5 15. Qd3 f5 16. exf6 e.p. Nxf6 17. Ne5 Nbd5 18. Bxh6 gxh6 19. Qg6+ Kh8 20. Qxh6+ Kg8 21. Rad1 Qe7 22. Rd3 Rf7 23. Rg3+ Rg7 24. Ng6 Qe8 25. c4 Nb6 26. Rg5 Kf7 27. Ne5+ Ke7 28. Rxg7+ Kd8 29. Qxf6+

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Sky_Fly vs. John Coffey

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. Bc4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bb3 Nf6 5. h3 c5 6. a3 Bd6 7. Qf3 Nc6 8. Bxd5 Nd4 9. Qe3+ Kd7 10. Qg5 Nxc2+ 11. Kd1 Nxa1 12. Bxf7 Qe7 13. Bc4 Ne4 14. Qxe7+ Kxe7 15. Ke2 Nc2 16. Nf3 Re8 17. Bd3 Kf8 18. Bxe4 Rxe4+ 19. Kd3 Bf5 20. Kxc2 Re1+

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Adam 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. Bg5 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Qe2 Qb6 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8. b3 Bd6 9. O-O Ne4 10. c4 Nxg5 11. Nxg5 dxc4 12. bxc4 cxd4 13. exd4 Qxd4 14. Nd2 Bxh2+ 15. Kxh2 Qf4+ 16. Kg1 Qxg5 17. Ne4 Qe7 18. Rfd1 O-O 19. Nd6 b6 20. Rd2 Nc5 21. Rad1 Rad8 22. Qe3 Qc7 23. Nb5 Rxd2 24. Rxd2 Qe7 25. Qd4 h6 26. Qd6 Re8

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Analysis of John Coffey vs. tChess

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 c5 4. e3 d5 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 e5 8. Nc2 Be6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Bxd5 11. O-O e4 12. Be2 Be7 13. Nd4 O-O 14. f3 Nc6 15. fxe4 Bxe4 16. Bf3 Qd5 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. Bxe4 Qxe4 19. Qf3 Qxf3 20. gxf3 Rad8 21. e4 Bc5+ 22. Kg2 f6 23. Bf4 Bd4 24. Rab1 Rf7 25. Rfd1 Rfd7 26. Kf1 b6 27. Ke2 Rc8 28. b3 Rc3 29. Rbc1 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Kf7 31. Be3 Bxe3 32. Kxe3 a5 33. Rc6 b5 34. Rb6 b4 35. Ra6 Rc7 36. Rxa5 Rc3+ 37. Kf4 Rc2 38. Kg3 Rd2 39. Ra4 Ke6 40. Rxb4 Rxa2 41. Rb6+ Kf7 42. Rb7+ Kg8 43. b4 Ra1 44. b5 Rg1+ 45. Kf2 Rd1 46. b6 Rd2+ 47. Kg3 Rd6 48. Rb8+ Kf7 49. b7 Rb6 50. Kf4 Rb2 51. Ke3 Rb3+ 52. Kd4 h6 53. Kc4 Rb1 54. f4 Kg6 55. e5 fxe5 56. fxe5 h5 57. e6 Rc1+ 58. Kd3 Rc7 59. Kd4 Kg5 60. Kd5 h4 61. Kd6

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Analysis of tuoheng (1651) vs. SpeedyChess11 (1791)

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

(black to move) 1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Bg5 Ne7 6. Nc3 f6 7. Be3 O-O 8. Bd3 c6 9. h3 Bf5 10. O-O Nd7 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Qd2 Rae8 13. Rad1 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Ng6 15. Ne2 b5 16. c3 a5 17. a3 a4 18. Kf1 Nb6 19. Nd2 f5 20. f3 Bg3 21. Nxg3 Qxg3 22. Bf2 Qh2 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Qxf5 Nf4 25. Qg4 Qh1+ 26. Bg1 Re2 27. Re1 h5 28. Rxe2 hxg4 29. fxg4 Nxe2 30. Nf3 Nxg1 31. Nxg1 Nc4 32. g5 Ne3+ 33. Kf2 Qxg2+

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Analysis of Burnemup (1512) vs. John2001plus (1563)

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. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nh6 8. Nc3 Nf5 9. Na4 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Bb4 11. Bc3 b5 12. a3 Bxc3+ 13. Nxc3 b4 14. axb4 Qxb4 15. Bb5 Bd7 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Qd2 Rb8 18. Rb1 Bb5 19. Nxb5 Qxb5 20. Qg5 O-O 21. Qg4 Qb4+ 22. Kf1 Qc4+ 23. Kg1 Rxb2 24. Rf1 Rfb8 25. g3 a5 26. Kg2 a4 27. Rc1 Qe2 28. Rhf1 h5 29. Qg5 Rb8b3 30. Nh4 Ne3+ 31. Kg1 Nxf1 32. Rxf1 Rb1 33. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 34. Kg2 Qf1+ 35. Kf3 Qh1+ 36. Ng2 Qd1+ 37. Kf4 Qxd4+ 38. Kf3 Qe4#

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Analysis of Mustangcoffee (1523) vs. john2001plus (1840)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 exd5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bc4 Bg4 7. Nf3 Nxd5 8. Qe2+ Be7 9. h3 Be6 10. Nc3 Nf4 11. Qf1 Nxg2+ 12. Qxg2 Bxc4 13. Qxg7 Bf6 14. Qh6 Nc6 15. Qe3+ Qe7 16. d3 Bxd3 17. Qxe7+ Nxe7 18. Bf4 Bxc3+ 19. bxc3 Be4 20. Ke2 O-O-O 21. Rhe1 Nd5 22. Bd2 Rhe8 23. Rac1 Nb6 24. Nd4 c5 25. Nb3 Bg2+ 26. Kd1 Bf3+ 27. Kc2 Be4+ 28. Kd1 Nc4 29. Ra1 b6 30. Kc1 Rd3 31. Re2 Rxh3

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MiffyTotoro (1439) vs. john2001plus (1840)

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

(black to move) 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. Bg5 c5 6. cxd5 Qxd5 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. Qa4+ Nc6 9. dxc5 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qxc5 11. Qb3 Na5 12. Qc2 Bd7 13. Rd1 Nc4 14. Qd3 O-O-O 15. e4 Bb5 16. Qe2 Ne3 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. Qxb5 Nc2+ 19. Ke2 Qe3#

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Taechess (1693) vs. John2001plus (1715)

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. Bd3 Bd7 7. Bc2 cxd4 8. cxd4 Rc8 9. Nc3 Nb4 10. O-O Nxc2 11. Qxc2 Ne7 12. Be3 Nf5 13. Rac1 Be7 14. a3 O-O 15. Qd2 Rc4 16. Ne2 Rfc8 17. Rxc4 Rxc4 18. Rc1 Qb3 19. Rxc4 Qxc4 20. Ng3 Nxg3 21. fxg3 Bb5 22. Qc1 a5 23. Qxc4 Bxc4 24. Nd2 b5 25. Kf2 b4 26. Nxc4 dxc4 27. a4 h6 28. Ke2 Bg5 29. Bxg5 hxg5 30. Kd2 g4 31. Kd1 Kh7 32. Kd2 Kg6 33. Ke2 Kg5 34. Kd2 Kf5 35. Ke3 g6 36. h3 g5 37. h4 gxh4 38. gxh4 g3 39. Kd2 Kg4

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Analysis of IAlwaysWin (1624) vs. john2001plus (1773)

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. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 O-O 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. Nc3 d5 9. Ne5 Ne4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Ng4 f5 12. Ne3 Nd7 13. O-O Nf6 14. Nc2 c5 15. Rfd1 Rc8 16. b3 Qe7 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. Qd6 Rfd8 19. Qxc5 bxc5 20. Kf1 Ng4 21. h3 Ne5 22. Ke1 g5 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Rd1 Rxd1+ 25. Kxd1 Kf7 26. Kd2 f4 27. gxf4 gxf4 28. e3 Nd3 29. exf4 Nxf2 30. Ne3 Kf6 31. Kc3 Nd3 32. a3 Nxf4 33. b4 Ke5 34. bxc5 Bc6 35. Bf1 h5 36. Nc2 a5 37. Ne3 Kf6 38. Nc2 e5 39. Ne3 Kg5 40. Kd2 Kh4 41. Nf5+ Kg5 42. Ne7 Bd7 43. c6 Be6 44. c7 Nxh3 45. Bxh3 Bxh3 46. c8=Q Bxc8 47. Nxc8 Kf4 48. Ne7 e3+ 49. Ke2 h4 50. Ng6+ Ke4 51. Nxh4 Kd4 52. c5 Kxc5 53. Ng2 Kc4 54. Nxe3+ Kb3

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Analysis of john2001plus (1892) vs. NJPanda (1860)

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 Bxc5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Bb4+ 11. Nd2 Nc6 12. a3 Bd6 13. O-O Bxf4 14. exf4 b6 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Qc2+ Kg8 17. Qxc6 Ba6 18. Rfe1 Qh4 19. Nf3 Qxf4 20. Qxd5 Rad8 21. Qe5 Qg4 22. h3 Qg6 23. Nh4 Qc6 24. Rac1 Qd5 25. Qxd5 Rxd5 26. Rc7 Rd2 27. Ree7 Rxb2 28. Ng6 Rc8 29. Rxc8+ Bxc8 30. Re8+ Kh7 31. Nf8+ Kh6 32. Rxc8

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Analysis of john2001plus (1875) vs. skuhl99 (1458)

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 c5 3. c4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 g6 6. e4 d6 7. f3 Bg7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Be2 a6 10. O-O Bd7 11. Qd2 Qb6 12. Ne6 Qa5 13. Nxf8 Kxf8 14. a3 Qc7 15. b4 Ne5 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Bxa1 19. Rxa1 Qxc4 20. Rc1 Qb3 21. Rc7 Ke8 22. Qc1 Qa4 23. h4 Qb5 24. Bf2 Kd8 25. Rc2 Rc8 26. Rxc8+ Bxc8 27. Qh6

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Analysis of IAlwaysWin (1575) vs. john2001plus (1697)

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

(white to move) 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. Ne5 Nc6 9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. a3 Be7 12. b4 c6 13. Bb2 a5 14. Bc3 axb4 15. axb4 Qc7 16. c5 b5 17. Ra5 Rxa5 18. bxa5 Ba6 19. Nf3 Ne4 20. Bb4 f6 21. Bh3 e5 22. Rd1 Bc8 23. Bxc8 Qxc8 24. Ra1 Qf5 25. a6 Nxg3 26. Qxf5 Nxf5 27. dxe5 fxe5 28. a7 Ra8 29. Nxe5 Bf6 30. f4 Nd4 31. Ra6 Nxe2+ 32. Kf2 Nxf4 33. Nxc6 Nd3+ 34. Ke2 Nxb4 35. Nxb4 Bd4 36. c6 Bxa7 37. Kd3 Kf7 38. c7 g6 39. Rxa7 Rc8 40. Nxd5 Ke6 41. Nb6

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Analysis of SpeedyChess11 (1735) vs. john2001plus (1877)

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. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nge7 8. Nc3 Nf5 9. Na4 Bb4+ 10. Kf1 Qd8 11. a3 Be7 12. g3 O-O 13. Kg2 Bd7 14. Nc3 Rc8 15. h4 f6 16. h5 fxe5 17. dxe5 h6 18. Bf4 Qb6 19. Nxd5 Qd8 20. Nc3 Ncd4 21. Nxd4 Nxd4 22. Bd3 Rxc3 23. bxc3 Bc6+ 24. Kh3 Bxh1 25. cxd4 Bc6 26. Bc2 Bg5 27. Qg4 Qxd4 28. Qxe6+ Rf7 29. Rd1 Qxf2 30. Rd5 Qf1+ 31. Kh2 Qe2+ 32. Kg1 Qxc2 33. Qg6 Qc4 34. Rd6 Qc5+ 35. Kf1 Qc1+ 36. Kf2 Rxf4+ 37. gxf4 Qxf4+ 38. Ke2 Bb5+ 39. Rd3 Qe3+ 40. Kd1 Ba4+ 41. Rb3 Qd2#

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SpeedyChess11 (1735) vs. john2001plus (1877)

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. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nge7 8. Nc3 Nf5 9. Na4 Bb4+ 10. Kf1 Qd8 11. a3 Be7 12. g3 O-O 13. Kg2 Bd7 14. Nc3 Rc8 15. h4 f6 16. h5 fxe5 17. dxe5 h6 18. Bf4 Qb6 19. Nxd5 Qd8 20. Nc3 Ncd4 21. Nxd4 Nxd4 22. Bd3 Rxc3 23. bxc3 Bc6+ 24. Kh3 Bxh1 25. cxd4 Bc6 26. Bc2 Qd5 27. f3 Qxf3 28. Qxf3 Bxf3 29. Bb3 Bd5 30. Bxd5 exd5 31. Rb1 b6 32. Rb3 Rc8 33. Rb5 Rd8 34. a4 Kf7 35. a5 bxa5 36. Rxa5 Rd7 37. Kg4 Bb4 38. Ra6 Ke8 39. e6 Rb7 40. Kf5 Bc3 41. Be5 Bb4 42. Rc6 Kd8 43. Kg6 Bf8 44. g4 Ke8 45. Rc8+ Ke7 46. Bg3 Rb1 47. Bh4+ Kxe6 48. Re8+ Kd7 49. Rxf8

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ICC tourney 1425 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
Analysis of john2001plus (1702) vs. BotanicalKnight (1500)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 f5 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qd8 5. Bc4 e6 6. Qe2 Qe7 7. O-O Nc6 8. Re1 Bd7 9. d4 O-O-O 10. Bg5 Nf6 11. d5 exd5 12. Nxd5 Qc5 13. Nxf6 gxf6 14. Bxf6 Re8 15. Qxe8+ Bxe8 16. Rxe8+ Kd7 17. Bf7 Bg7 18. Rd1+ Nd4 19. Rxd4+ Kc6 20. Bxg7 Rxe8 21. Bxe8+ Kb6 22. Rd3 Qe7 23. Rb3+ Ka5 24. Bc3+ Ka6 25. Bb5+ Kb6 26. Bd7+ Ka6 27. Ne5 c6 28. Bc8 Qg7 29. Bd2 Qe7 30. Nd3 f4 31. Bxb7+ Qxb7 32. Nc5#

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Black to play for a winning advantage

ICC tourney 1421 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
Analysis of ThePontiff (1371) vs. john2001plus (1689)

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

(black to move) 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 g5 5. Bg3 b6 6. Nbd2 Bb7 7. e3 Bg7 8. Bd3 d6 9. c3 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. h3 Re8 12. Re1 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. Bc4 Ne4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Qxd8 Raxd8 18. Rad1 c6 19. Bb3 Bd5 20. c4 Be6 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Kf1 b5 23. cxb5 Bxb3 24. axb3 cxb5 25. Ke2 f5 26. Rd1 Rxd1 27. Kxd1 f4 28. exf4 exf4 29. Bh2 Bxb2 30. Kc2 Bd4 31. f3 Kf7 32. Kd3 Bc5 33. Ke4 Ke6 34. g3 Bd6 35. gxf4 gxf4 36. Bxf4 Bxf4 37. Kxf4 a5

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6th ENCI Limburg Open 2012, Limburg NED
Dijkhuis, Tycho (1968) vs. Hovhanisian, Mher (2492)

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. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 h6 7. Be3 c5 8. Qg4 Kf8 9. f4 cxd4 10. Bxd4 Nc6 11. Nf3 a6 12. O-O-O b5 13. Bd3 b4 14. Na4 Qa5 15. b3 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 h5 17. Qe2 Qc7 18. Rde1 Nc5 19. Nb2 g6 20. Reg1 a5 21. g4 Nxd3+ 22. Qxd3 Bc5 23. gxh5 Rxh5 24. Na4 Bxd4 25. Qxd4 Ba6 26. Qc5+ Qxc5 27. Nxc5 Rf5 28. Rg5 Rxf4 29. Rxg6 Rc8 30. Rxe6 Bb5 31. h5 Rxc5 32. h6 Bd3 33. Rf6 Rxc2+ 34. Kd1 Rd4 35. Rh3 Bf5+ 36. Ke1 Bxh3 37. e6 Bxe6 38. h7 Rh4

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Analysis of john2001plus (1834) vs. SBRChessClub (1894)

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

(black to move) 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Qb3 Bxf3 6. Qxb7 Nbd7 7. gxf3 Rb8 8. Qxc6 dxc4 9. Bxc4 e6 10. Nc3 Bb4 11. e4 O-O 12. Rg1 Qe7 13. e5 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Nh5 15. Bg5 Qe8 16. Qe4 Nb6 17. Bd3 g6 18. Bh6 Ng7 19. Qh4 Qd8 20. Bg5 Qc7 21. Kd2 Rfc8 22. Rac1 Nc4+ 23. Bxc4 Qxc4 24. Rc2 Nf5 25. Qe4 Rb6 26. Bf6 Rb2 27. Kc1 Rxc2+ 28. Qxc2 Nxd4 29. Qd2 Ne2+ 30. Kc2 Nxc3 31. Qd3 Qxa2+ 32. Kc1 Ne2+ 33. Kd1 Rc1#

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Analysis of Coffey, John (2001) vs. Jumper (1700)

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

(black to move) 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. Rc1 c6 7. e3 h6 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. O-O e5 11. cxd5 exd4 12. Nxd4 cxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd4 14. exd4 Nf6 15. Nc7 Rb8 16. Re1 a6 17. d5 Bg4 18. f3 Bh5 19. g4 Bg6 20. Bxg6 fxg6 21. Ne6 Qb6+ 22. Kg2 Rfc8 23. Rxc8+ Rxc8 24. d6 Rc6 25. d7 Nxd7 26. Qxd7 Rc2+ 27. Kg3 Qf2+ 28. Kf4 Rc4+ 29. Re4 Qxh2+ 30. Ke3 Qg1+ 31. Kf4 Qh2+

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ICC tourney 1394 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
Analysis of weakfish (1372) vs. Sherlocked (1851)

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. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Bb5 Qb6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Ne2 Ba6 10. Nf3 cxd4 11. Nfxd4 Nc5 12. O-O Ne4 13. Re1 Be7 14. Qb3 Rc8 15. Be3 Nc5 16. Qc2 Qc7 17. Ng3 g6 18. Nge2 O-O 19. Qd2 Ne4 20. Qc2 c5 21. Nf3 Rb8 22. b3 Qa5 23. Bd2 Rfd8 24. c4 Nxd2 25. Nxd2 dxc4 26. Nxc4 Qc7 27. Ng3 Rd4 28. Ne2 Rd5 29. Nc3 Bxc4 30. bxc4 Rd4 31. Nb5 Qd7 32. Nxd4 cxd4 33. Red1 Bc5 34. Rd3 h5 35. Rb1 Rb6 36. Rxb6 axb6 37. h3 Kg7 38. a4 Qa7 39. Qb3 Qa5 40. Qb5 Qe1+ 41. Kh2 Qf1 42. Rf3 Qc1 43. Qb3 d3 44. Rxd3 Qxf4+ 45. Kh1 Qf1+ 46. Kh2 Bg1+ 47. Kg3 Qf2#

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Analysis of bigpawn63 (1490) vs. john2001plus (1872)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Bd6 8. Ne5 c5 9. c3 cxd4 10. Bb5+ Nbd7 11. Nxd7 Bxd7 12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Qxd4 Qe6+ 15. Kd1 Qg4+ 16. Kc2 Qf5+ 17. Kb3 O-O 18. Re1 Rfd8 19. Nd2 Rac8 20. Re5 Qg4 21. Qxa7 d4 22. Nf3 dxc3 23. Rc5 Qe6+ 24. Kc2 Qe2+ 25. Kb3 Qxb2+ 26. Ka4 Rxc5 27. Qxc5 Ra8+ 28. Qa5 b5#

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Analysis of James Bemke vs. John Coffey

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

(white to move) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 h6 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8. Qg4 O-O 9. f4 c5 10. O-O-O cxd4 11. Nb5 f6 12. Bd3 fxe5 13. fxe5 Nxe5 14. Qxd4 Nbc6 15. Qe3 a6 16. Nd4 Ng4 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Qg3 Nf2 19. Qg6 Qf6 20. Qh7+ Kf7 21. Nh3 Nxd3+ 22. Rxd3 Ke8 23. Rf3 Qe7 24. Nf4 Qc7 25. Re1 Rxf4 26. Qg8+ Ke7 27. Qxg7+ Kd8 28. Qg8+ Ke7 29. Qg3 Bd7 30. Rxf4 Re8 31. Rxe6+ Bxe6 32. Rf7+ Bxf7 33. Qxc7+ Kf8 34. Qxc6 CHECK!

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Analysis of john2001plus (1868) vs. fiddler (1728)

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 Qa5 8. Bd6 Bxd6 9. cxd6 Rd8 10. Be2 Rxd6 11. O-O Nc6 12. a3 a6 13. b4 Qd8 14. c5 Rd7 15. Na4 Rb8 16. Nb6 Re7 17. Qc2 Nd7 18. Ng5 g6 19. Nxd7 Bxd7 20. Rfd1 Be8 21. Ne4 Na7 22. Qc3 e5 23. Nf6+ Kg7 24. Rxd5 Qc7 25. Rd6 Rc8 26. Rad1 Bc6 27. f4 Bb5 28. Bg4 Ba4 29. Nd5 Nb5 30. Qa1 Bxd1 31. Bxc8 Qxc8 32. Nxe7 Qf8 33. Rd7 Kh8 34. Qxe5+ f6 35. Qe6 Bc2 36. Rd8

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Analysis of john2001plus (1868) vs. fiddler (1728)

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 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Bd6 Bxd6 9. cxd6 Rd8 10. Be2 Rxd6 11. O-O Nc6 12. a3 a6 13. b4 Qd8 14. c5 Rd7 15. Na4 Rb8 16. Nb6 Re7 17. Qc2 Nd7 18. Ng5 g6 19. Nxd7 Bxd7 20. Rfd1 Be8 21. Ne4 Na7 22. Qc3 e5 23. Nf6+ Kg7 24. Rxd5 Qc7 25. Rd6 Rc8 26. Rad1 Bc6 27. f4 Bb5 28. Bg4 Ba4 29. Rd1d2 Nb5 30. Qb2 Nxd6 31. Rxd6 Bc6 32. fxe5 h5 33. e6 Kh6 34. e4 a5 35. Qd2+ Kg7 36. Nxh5+ gxh5 37. Qg5+ Kh8 38. Qh6+ Kg8 39. exf7+ Rxf7 40. Rg6+ Rg7 41. Be6+ Kf8 42. Rf6+ Ke8 43. Qh8+ Ke7 44. Qxg7+ Kd8 45. Rf8+ Be8 46. Qd4+ Qd7 47. Qxd7#

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ICC tourney 1370 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
Analysis of john2001plus (1654) vs. KingsBishop (1504)

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 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Nbxd2 Nf6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 d5 8. O-O dxc4 9. Nxc4 Ne7 10. e4 b6 11. Qc2 Ng6 12. g3 Bb7 13. Rac1 Rc8 14. b4 c6 15. Rfd1 Qe7 16. a3 Rfd8 17. e5 Nd5 18. Nd6 Rxd6 19. exd6 Qxd6 20. Qe2 Qe7 21. Ba6 Kf8 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. Qxe5 Qd7 25. Re1 Qc7 26. b5 Qxe5 27. Rxe5 Ne7 28. bxc6 Rxc6 29. Rxc6 Nxc6 30. Re4 Ne7 31. Re1 Ke8 32. Rc1 Kd7 33. f3 Nd5 34. Kf2 Nc7 35. Ke3 Nd5+ 36. Kd3 f6 37. a4 a6 38. Rb1 Kc7 39. Rb3 Kb7 40. Ke4 g6 41. f4 h5 42. h3 Kc7 43. g4 hxg4 44. hxg4 Kd6 45. Rh3 f5+ 46. gxf5 gxf5+ 47. Kf3 Nc3 48. a5 b5 49. Rh8 b4 50. Ra8 Kc6 51. Rxa6+ Kb5 52. Rxe6 Kxa5 53. d5 Kb5 54. d6 Kc6 55. Rf6 Na4 56. Rxf5 b3 57. d7 Kxd7 58. Rb5 b2 59. f5 Kc6 60. Rb3 Kd5 61. Kg3 Kd6 62. Kg4 Ke5 63. Kg5 Kd6 64. f6 Nc5 65. Rxb2 Ne6+ 66. Kg6 Nf4+ 67. Kf5 Nh5 68. Rd2+ Kc6 69. f7

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