White to play and win

ICC tourney 1429 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
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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Clcik here for 37. Nxd5 Re8+ 38. Kd3.

Black to play

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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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	- Knight

What is the strongest continuation for White?

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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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White to play and win.

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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Pawn promotion:
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	- Rook
	- Bishop
	- Knight

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