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analysis of CB3X (1595) vs. john2001plus (1703)

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 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. e3 b6 6. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 7. Qd2 Qxd2+ 8. Nbxd2 d6 9. g3 Bb7 10. Bg2 Ke7 11. O-O Nbd7 12. b4 a5 13. b5 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Rfd1 Nf6 16. Nd2 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 e5 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Nf3 Nd7 20. Rd5 f6 21. Rad1 Nc5 22. Rd5d2 Rhd8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rxd8 Kxd8 25. Nd2 Ke7 26. Kf3 Kd6 27. Ke2 Na4 28. Kd3 Kc5 29. Kc2 Kb4 30. f4 exf4 31. exf4 f5 32. Nf1 Kxc4 33. Ne3+ Kxb5 34. Nxf5 g6

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Analysis of FlashGordon (1164) vs. yoshi (1673)

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. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Qe2 Nc6 7. exd5 Nb4 8. dxe6 fxe6 9. Nxd4 Bxb5 10. Qxb5+ Qd7 11. Qh5+ Qf7 12. Qb5+ Qd7 13. Qh5+ g6 14. Qe2 Qxd4 15. Kf1 Nxc2 16. Qxe6+ Be7 17. Rb1 Nf6 18. b3 Rd8 19. Ba3 Nxa3 20. Re1 Qd7 21. Qxf6 Rf8 22. Qg7 Rxf2+ 23. Kxf2 Qxd2+ 24. Re2 Qf4+ 25. Ke1 Qc1+ 26. Kf2 Qc5+ 27. Ke1 Nc2+ 28. Rxc2 Qe3+ 29. Re2 Bb4+ 30. Qc3 Bxc3+ 31. Kf1 Rd1+

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Analysis of john2001plus (1805) vs. Gustafsson21 (1813)

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 e6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Qa5 7. Qc2 Bb4 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O b6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rfc1 Bb7 12. Nd2 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qa3 14. c4 dxc4 15. Nxc4 Qe7 16. Bf3 Rfe8 17. Bf4 Nb8 18. Nd6 Rd8 19. Nxb7 Qxb7 20. Bxc6 Nxc6 21. Qxc6 Qa6 22. Qc4 Qb7 23. Qc6 Qa6 24. Bg5 Rdc8 25. Qf3 Ne8 26. Be7 Rab8 27. d5 Qxa2 28. Rcb1 Qc4 29. d6 Qe6 30. Rxa7 Nf6 31. Qh3 Re8 32. Qxe6 fxe6 33. d7 Rxe7 34. d8=Q+ Rxd8 35. Rxe7 Rd6 36. Rb7

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Analysis of misowalker (1823) vs. PUREHEAT (2089)

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

(white to move) 1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 Nd7 4. Nc3 Qc7 5. e4 e5 6. d5 Ngf6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O Nf8 9. Bd2 Ng6 10. g3 Bh3 11. Re1 h6 12. Bf1 Qd7 13. Bg2 O-O 14. Rc1 c5 15. b3 a6 16. a4 b6 17. Qe2 Nh7 18. Ra1 Rab8 19. Qf1 Bg4 20. h3 Bxf3 21. Bxf3 f5 22. Kg2 f4 23. Qe2 fxg3 24. fxg3 Ng5 25. Bg4 Qe8 26. Rf1 Kh8 27. Bh5 Kh7 28. h4 Nf7 29. Qg4 Nfh8 30. Rf5 Qd8 31. Raf1 Bf6 32. Bxg6+ Nxg6 33. h5 Ne7 34. Rf5f2 Qc8 35. Qe2 Qd7 36. Nd1 b5 37. axb5 axb5 38. Ne3 bxc4 39. bxc4 Rb2 40. Qd3 Rfb8 41. Bc3 Rxf2+ 42. Rxf2 Bg5 43. Nf5 Nxf5 44. exf5 Bf6 45. Qe4 Rb3 46. Bd2 Qa4 47. Qg4 Rd3 48. Qg6+ Kg8 49. Bxh6 Qxc4 50. Qe8+ Kh7 51. Qg6+ Kh8 52. Rb2 Qxd5+ 53. Kh2 Qg8 54. Bxg7+ Bxg7 55. h6 Rd2+ 56. Rxd2 Bf8 57. Qf6+ Kh7 58. Rb2 Bxh6 59. Rb7+ Bg7 60. Qh4#

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Analysis of tcudoug (1574) vs. rtconnor2003 (1240)

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

(white to move) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nc6 4. dxe5 Be6 5. exd6 Bxd6 6. Bd3 Qe7 7. O-O O-O-O 8. Qe2 Ne5 9. Nxe5 Bxe5 10. Nc3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nf6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. c4 Qg5 15. Rad1 Bg4 16. f3 Bh3 17. Qf2 Be6 18. Qg3 Qc5+ 19. Qf2 Qg5 20. a3 b6 21. Be2 c5 22. Kh1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Kxd8 25. Qe1 Qe3 26. Qd1+ Ke7 27. h3 Qxa3 28. Qd3 Qxd3 29. cxd3 a5 30. Bd1 Bd7 31. Bb3 a4 32. Ba2 a3 33. Kg1 Ba4 34. Kf2 b5 35. cxb5 Bxb5 36. Ke3 g5 37. d4 c4 38. d5 c3 39. g3 c2 40. Kd2 Ba4 41. f4 gxf4 42. gxf4 Kd6 43. e5+ Kd7 44. d6 Ke8 45. Kc1 h5 46. h4 f5 47. Bc4 Bb5 48. Bxb5+ Kd8 49. e6 a2 50. e7+ Kc8 51. e8=Q+ Kb7 52. Qc6+ Ka7 53. Qc7+ Ka8 54. Bc6#

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SunTzuLombardi (1614) vs. john2001plus (1790)

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. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Nf6 7. Ne2 Bd6 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Bg4 10. Bd3 Bxf3 11. gxf3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qc7 13. h4 Rfe8 14. Be3 Nh5 15. Rc1 Qe7 16. Bg5 Qe6 17. Re1 Qh3 18. f4 h6 19. Rc3 Qg4+ 20. Kh1 Qh3+ 21. Kg1 Qg4+ 22. Kh1 hxg5 23. hxg5 Qh3+ 24. Kg1 Nxf4 25. Nxf4 Bxf4 26. Bh7+ Qxh7

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Analysis of yoshi (1727) vs. THE-WARRIOR (1362)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 e6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O h6 9. Bh4 Nh5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 g6 13. g4 Ng7 14. f4 Rd8 15. Qf3 Qc5 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Rac1 Qb6 18. b3 Bd7 19. Ne2 Rac8 20. Nd4 a6 21. f5 exf5 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. gxf5 g5 24. Qxd5 Rd8 25. Qe4 Re8 26. f6 Bf5 27. Nxf5 Nxf5 28. Rxf5 Kf8 29. Rf3 Rd8 30. Qh7 Ke8 31. Qg8+ Kd7 32. Qxf7+ Kc8 33. Qc4+ Kb8 34. e6 g4 35. Qxg4 Qc6 36. e7 Re8 37. f7

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Analysis of JRussell2 (1024) vs. yoshi (1726)

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. Nd2 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Bb5 cxd4 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. cxd4 Nf6 8. exd5 cxd5 9. Ngf3 Qb6 10. O-O Be7 11. Nb3 Ne4 12. Be3 Ba6 13. Re1 Bb4 14. Bd2 Nxd2 15. Nbxd2 O-O 16. a3 Be7 17. Qb3 Qxb3 18. Nxb3 Rab8 19. Rab1 Rxb3 20. Ne5 Rfb8 21. Nc6 Rb8b7 22. Na5 Bc4 23. Nxb3 Rxb3 24. Rec1 Kf8 25. Rc3 Ke8 26. Rxb3 Bxb3 27. Rc1 Kd7 28. Rc3 Bc4 29. b3 Bb5 30. a4 Bb4 31. Rh3 Be2 32. Rxh7 e5 33. Rxg7 exd4 34. Rxf7+ Ke6 35. Rf4 Bc3 36. Rh4 d3 37. Rh6+ Kf5 38. Rd6 Ke5

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Analysis of ROWLAND (1550) vs. yoshi (1685)

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 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O Nge7 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. c3 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 O-O 13. Re1 Ne5 14. Qh5 g6 15. Qh4 a6 16. Bf1 Re8 17. Bg5 Qc7 18. Bf6 Nf5 19. Qg5 Nd7 20. Nd4 h6 21. Qd2 Bf4 22. Qd3 Nxf6 23. Nxf5 gxf5 24. Qxf5 Bh2+ 25. Kh1 Qf4 26. Qxf4 Bxf4 27. g3 Bc7 28. Bg2 Bb6 29. Kg1 Ne4 30. Bxe4 Rxe4 31. Rad1 Rxe1+ 32. Rxe1 d4 33. cxd4 Rc8 34. Rd1 Rc2

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Analysis of busygin (2132) vs. john2001plus (1771)

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

(black to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. c3 cxd4 5. cxd4 Nc6 6. e3 Qb6 7. Qb3 Na5 8. Qxb6 axb6 9. Nc3 Bb4 10. Bd3 Nb3 11. Rb1 Rxa2 12. O-O Ra8 13. Bc2 Na5 14. Na4 Nd5 15. Bg3 b5 16. e4 bxa4 17. exd5 O-O 18. dxe6 dxe6 19. Bxa4 Nc4 20. Bb5 Nd6 21. Bd3 Bd7 22. Ne5 Bb5 23. Ra1 f6 24. Bxb5 Nxb5 25. Nf3 Rxa1 26. Rxa1 Rd8 27. Ra4 Nxd4 28. Rxb4 Nc2 29. Re4 Rd1+ 30. Ne1 Nxe1 31. Kf1 Nc2+ 32. Ke2 Re1+ 33. Kd3 Rxe4 34. Kxe4 f5+ 35. Ke5 Kf7 36. Kd6 Ne1 37. b4 Nd3 38. b5 g5 39. Be5 Nxe5 40. Kxe5 Ke7 41. b6 Kd7 42. Kf6 Kc6 43. Kxe6 Kxb6 44. Kxf5 Kc5 45. Kxg5 b5 46. f4 b4 47. f5 Kd6 48. Kh6 Ke5 49. Kg5 b3 50. f6 Ke6

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Analysis of Shreyas_Reddy (1617) vs. john2001plus (1767)

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 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. f4 O-O 8. Qg4 c5 9. Nf3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nc6 11. Ndb5 f6 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Qg3 a6 14. Na3 b5 15. Nab1 e5 16. fxe5 Nxe5 17. Be2 Bg4 18. O-O Bxe2 19. Nxe2 Ne4 20. Qe1 Rxf1+ 21. Qxf1 Qa7+ 22. Kh1 Nf2+ 23. Kg1 Rf8 24. Qe1 Nfd3+

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EddieBarber (1855) vs. Osya (1791)

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

(white to move) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Re1 Nc5 12. Bc2 d4 13. cxd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. Nf3 Qxd1 16. Rxd1 h6 17. Be3 Rfd8 18. Nd4 Bd5 19. Rac1 Bf8 20. Bb1 Rac8 21. Bf5 Ne6 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Rxd5 exd5 24. Be6+ Kh7 25. Bxc8 Rxc8 26. Rc6 a5 27. Bb6 a4 28. Rxc7 Rxc7 29. Bxc7 Kg6 30. g4 Bc5 31. Kg2 Kf7 32. f4 h5 33. h3 hxg4 34. hxg4 Ke7 35. Kf3 Kd7 36. Ba5 Bd4 37. b3 g6 38. Bd2 Kc6 39. Be3 Bc3 40. Ke2 d4 41. Bd2 axb3 42. axb3 b4 43. Kd3 Kd5 44. Bc1 Be1 45. Bd2 Bxd2 46. Kxd2 Kc5 47. Kd3 Kd5 48. g5 Kc5 49. Ke4

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Analysis of john2001plus (1769) vs. ari_O (1880)

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 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. d5 Qa5 7. Bd2 a6 8. e4 d6 9. h3 Bd7 10. a4 Qc7 11. Bd3 Qc8 12. a5 Re8 13. O-O Bxh3 14. e5 Qg4 15. Ne1 dxe5 16. Be2 Qh4 17. Nf3 Qh5 18. gxh3 Qxh3 19. Ng5 Qf5 20. Nce4 Nbd7 21. f4 Nxe4 22. Bg4 Qxg4+ 23. Qxg4 Nxd2 24. Rfd1 Nf6 25. Qh4 Nb3 26. Ra3 Nd4 27. fxe5 Nh5 28. Rxd4 cxd4 29. Qxd4 h6 30. Nf3 Ng3 31. Kg2 Nf5 32. Qb6 Rab8 33. e6 f6 34. Nd4 Nd6 35. Qb4 f5 36. c5 Ne4 37. d6 exd6 38. cxd6 Bxd4 39. d7 Rxe6 40. Qc4 Kf7 41. Qc7 Re7 42. Qxb8 Rxd7 43. Rd3 g5 44. Qc8 Ke7 45. Qg8 Nf6 46. Qb3 Ne4 47. Qb4+ Bc5 48. Rxd7+ Kxd7 49. Qxb7+

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Maciejewski, Andrzej (2345) vs. Cojocaru, M.

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

(white to move) 1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. e5 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bd7 8. O-O Nxd4 9. Nxd4 Qxd4 10. Nc3 a6 11. Qe2 Ne7 12. Kh1 Qb6 13. f4 d4 14. Ne4 Nd5 15. a4 Rd8 16. a5 Qc7 17. Bd2 Bc6 18. Rac1 Nb4 19. Bxb4 Bxb4 20. Qg4 Bf8 21. Nd6+ Bxd6 22. Qxg7 Rf8 23. exd6 Rxd6 24. f5 Qe7 25. f6 Qd7 26. Qxh7 Rd5 27. Qg7 Rxa5 28. Qg3 Qd8 29. Rce1 Rh5 30. Bg6 Rfh8 31. Bxf7+ Kd7 32. Bxe6+ Ke8 33. Qg6+

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Analysis of calculationmaestro (1988) vs. john2001plus (1778)

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. Nd2 c5 4. c3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Ngf3 Nc6 7. Bd3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Qb6 9. O-O Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Nf3 Qb6 12. Qa4 Be7 13. a3 O-O 14. Bg5 Bxg5 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Nxg5+ Kg8 17. Qh4 Re8 18. Rae1 Nf8 19. Re3 Ng6 20. Qh7+ Kf8 21. h4 Qc7 22. h5 Nxe5 23. h6 gxh6 24. Qxh6+ Kg8 25. Nh7 Qe7 26. Rxe5 f5 27. Qg6+ Kh8 28. Nf6 Qxf6 29. Qxf6+ Kg8 30. Re3

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Analysi of spirals5 (2263) vs. john2001plus (1719)

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

(white to move) 1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. d4 c5 6. Bb5 Nc6 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. O-O Qb6 9. Re1 cxd4 10. Nxd4 c5 11. Nf3 Be7 12. Rb1 O-O 13. Bg5 f6 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Qxd5+ Kh8 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Qxa8

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