White to play and win.

ICC tourney 1193 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
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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taechess (1458) vs. john2001plus (1695), 180+2

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. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 Nh6 7. Bxh6 Qxb2 8. Be3 Qxa1 9. Qc2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bd7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Nd2 Qxf1+ 14. Kxf1 b6 15. Qb3 Bc5 16. Bxc5 Rxc5 17. Qa3 O-O 18. Qxa7 Bb5 19. Qxb6 Bxe2+ 20. Kxe2 Rxc3 21. a4 Ra3 22. a5 Ra8 23. Nb3 h6 24. Kd3 Kh7 25. Kd4 Ra4+ 26. Kc5 Rc4+ 27. Kb5 Rcc8 28. Nc5 Rab8 29. Nb7 Rc1 30. Ka6 Ra8+ 31. Qa7 Rc6+ 32. Kb5 Rxa7 33. Kxc6 Ra6+ 34. Kb5 Ra7 35. Kb6 Rxb7+ 36. Kxb7 d4 37. a6 d3 38. a7 d2 39. a8=Q d1=Q 40. Kc8 Qe2 41. Qa7 Qxe5 42. Qxf7 Qxh2

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Stockfish 6 64 POPCNT (1759) vs. Coffey, John (1522), 900+10

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 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. e4 b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. a3 Nbd7 11. Qc2 h6 12. b4 Nb6 13. Ne5 Nfd7 14. Nf3 Nf6 15. Be3 Rc8 16. e5 Nfd5 17. Ne4 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Nd5 20. Bxd5 Qxd5 21. e4 Qd7 22. Rac1 c6 23. Rfd1 Qa7 24. Qf2 a5 25. d5 Qxf2+ 26. Kxf2 axb4 27. d6 Bd8 28. axb4 Bb6+ 29. Ke2 Rfd8 30. Nd4 Bxd4 31. Rxd4 f6 32. exf6 gxf6 33. Rf1 Kg7 34. e5 f5 35. g4 Rf8 36. gxf5 exf5 37. Rdf4 Rce8 38. Rxf5 Rxf5 39. Rxf5 Kg6 40. d7 Rd8 41. Rf6+ Kg7 42. Rd6 Kf7 43. e6+ Ke7 44. Rxc6 h5 45. Rc8 h4 46. Rxd8

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Analysis of vluis1971 (1651) vs. john2001plus (1773)

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

(white to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. d5 Qb6 5. b3 g6 6. c4 Bg7 7. Nd2 f5 8. Rc1 O-O 9. Ngf3 Re8 10. e3 Qa5 11. Rc2 d6 12. Bd3 f4 13. e4 Nd7 14. O-O Ne5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Nf3 Bg4 17. Be2 a6 18. Nxe5 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 Rxe5 20. f3 b5 21. Rb1 b4 22. Qd2 g5 23. Ra1 Qd8 24. a3 a5 25. axb4 axb4 26. Rca2 Rxa2 27. Qxa2 Kg7 28. Qb2 Kg6 29. Ra6 Qe7 30. Qf2 Kg7 31. Kf1 Qc7 32. Qa2 Re7 33. h4 h6 34. Qa1+ f6 35. h5 Kf7 36. e5 fxe5 37. Ra8 Kg7 38. Qb1 e4 39. Qa1+ Kf7 40. Qh8 Re8 41. Qxe8+ Kf6 42. Qe6+ Kg7 43. Qg6#

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