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Analysis of john2001plus (1761) vs. Matthew_McCarthy (1699)

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 c5 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 cxd4 5. Bxc4 Nf6 6. Ne5 e6 7. exd4 Bd7 8. O-O Nc6 9. Nc3 Bd6 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. d5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Be7 15. Re1 Rd8 16. Nxe7 Nxe7 17. Qe2 a6 18. Rad1 Qc7 19. Rxd8+ Qxd8 20. Qe5 Kf8 21. Qf4 f6 22. Bb3 b5 23. Rd1 Qc8 24. Qd4 Qe8 25. Be6 h5 26. Qb6 Nc6 27. Rd6

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