Saturday, February 24, 2018

What is the strongest continuation for Black?

Live Chess, Chess.com
Analysis of bigpawn63 (1490) vs. john2001plus (1872)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
hgfedcba
-1
(black to move)
1.e4e6
2.Nf3d5
3.exd5exd5
4.d4Nf6
5.Bg5h6
6.Bh4g5
7.Bg3Bd6
8.Ne5c5
9.c3cxd4
10.Bb5+Nbd7
11.Nxd7Bxd7
12.Bxd7+Qxd7
13.Bxd6Qxd6
14.Qxd4Qe6+
15.Kd1Qg4+
16.Kc2Qf5+
17.Kb3O-O
18.Re1Rfd8
19.Nd2Rac8
20.Re5Qg4
21.Qxa7d4
22.Nf3dxc3
23.Rc5Qe6+
24.Kc2Qe2+
25.Kb3Qxb2+
26.Ka4Rxc5
27.Qxc5Ra8+
28.Qa5b5#
 

Thursday, February 8, 2018

White to play and win.

Casual G/10, Columbus Chess Club
Analysis of James Bemke vs. John Coffey
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7
6
5
4
3
2
1
abcdefgh
-4
(white to move)
1.e4e6
2.d4d5
3.Nc3Nf6
4.Bg5Be7
5.e5Nfd7
6.h4h6
7.Bxe7Qxe7
8.Qg4O-O
9.f4c5
10.O-O-Ocxd4
11.Nb5f6
12.Bd3fxe5
13.fxe5Nxe5
14.Qxd4Nbc6
15.Qe3a6
16.Nd4Ng4
17.Nxc6bxc6
18.Qg3Nf2
19.Qg6Qf6
20.Qh7+Kf7
21.Nh3Nxd3+
22.Rxd3Ke8
23.Rf3Qe7
24.Nf4Qc7
25.Re1Rxf4
26.Qg8+Ke7
27.Qxg7+Kd8
28.Qg8+Ke7
29.Qg3Bd7
30.Rxf4Re8
31.Rxe6+Bxe6
32.Rf7+Bxf7
33.Qxc7+Kf8
34.Qxc6
CHECK!