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Analysis of John Coffey vs. chess724

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 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Bb4 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 O-O 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Re1 Bxc3 10. bxc3 h6 11. e4 Nb6 12. Bd3 Bd7 13. Bc2 a6 14. e5 Nfd5 15. Qd3 f5 16. exf6 e.p. Nxf6 17. Ne5 Nbd5 18. Bxh6 gxh6 19. Qg6+ Kh8 20. Qxh6+ Kg8 21. Rad1 Qe7 22. Rd3 Rf7 23. Rh3 Nh7 24. Nxf7 Qf6 25. Rg3+ Ng5 26. Rxg5+ Kxf7 27. Qh7+ Ke8 28. Rg8+ Qf8 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. Bg6 Be8 31. Rxe6 Bxg6 32. Rxg6 Ne7 33. Qh8+ Ng8 34. Rg7 Ke8 35. Qxg8#

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Analysis of john2001plus (1605) vs. tangent (1931)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 f5 4. e4 fxe4 5. Ng5 c5 6. dxc5 Nf6 7. Nc3 Qa5 8. Bd2 Qxc5 9. Ngxe4 Qe5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Nc6 12. Re1 Qc7 13. Rc1 b6 14. Nd5 Qd8 15. Ndxf6+ exf6 16. Nd6 Kh8 17. Be4 f5 18. Bd5 Ba6 19. Re8 Qf6 20. Nf7+ Kg8 21. Ng5+ Kh8 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Nf7+ Kg8 24. Bc3 Qe7 25. Qd2 Kf8 26. Re1 Qh4 27. Bb4+ Nxb4 28. Qxb4+ d6 29. Qxd6+ Kg8 30. Nd8+ Kh8 31. Re8+

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Analysis of john2001plus (1605) vs. tangent (1931)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 f5 4. e4 fxe4 5. Ng5 c5 6. dxc5 Nf6 7. Nc3 Qa5 8. Bd2 Qxc5 9. Ngxe4 Qe5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Nc6 12. Re1 Qc7 13. Rc1 b6 14. Nd5 Qb8 15. Nexf6+ exf6 16. Bf4 Ne5 17. Ne7+ Kf7 18. Nxc8 Qxc8 19. Be4 Rb8 20. Bd5+ Ke8 21. Be3 Kd8 22. c5 Qa6 23. c6 Rc8 24. f4 Nxc6 25. Bxc6 Rxc6 26. Rxc6 Qb7 27. Re6 Re8 28. Rxe8+ Kxe8 29. Bc5+ Kd8 30. Be7+ Ke8 31. Bd6+ Kd8 32. Qe2

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Analysis of BDRichardson (1258) vs. Squawk75 (1128)

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

(white to move) 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. O-O d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. Nxd5 exd5 8. Re1+ Be7 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. Qe2 a6 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. Ne5 c4 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. d4 Ra7 15. Bg5 f6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Qh5+ Kd7 18. Qf5+ Kc7 19. Re6 Qd7 20. Rae1 Re8 21. Qxh7 Kb6 22. Qf5 Qd8 23. b3 c3 24. Qd3 Bb4 25. Rxe8 Qd6 26. Re1e6 Qf4 27. g3 Qd2 28. Qf5 Rc7 29. Rb8+ Ka5 30. Rxc6 Rxc6 31. Qxd5+ Rc5 32. Qd8+

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Analysis of john2001plus (1436) vs. BotanicalKnight (1436)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Ng5 Nf6 4. d3 Nc6 5. dxe4 h6 6. Nf3 e5 7. Bc4 d6 8. O-O Bg4 9. Be3 Qe7 10. Nc3 g5 11. Nd5 Qg7 12. h3 Bh5 13. Re1 O-O-O 14. b4 g4 15. hxg4 Nxg4 16. Qd2 Nxe3 17. Rxe3 Be7 18. b5 Bxf3 19. Rxf3 Nd4 20. Rg3 Bg5 21. Qe1 Ne6 22. a4 Nd4 23. Nb4 Qd7 24. c3 Ne6 25. a5 Rdf8 26. a6 b6 27. Nc6 Nf4 28. Qd1 Qh7 29. Qg4+ Qd7 30. Nxa7+ Kd8 31. Nc6+ Kc8 32. a7 Qxg4 33. a8=Q+ Kd7 34. Nb8+ Rxb8 35. Qc6+

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Analysis of dogeandpika4life (1644) vs. john2001plus (1842)

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

(black to move) 1. a3 e5 2. c4 Nf6 3. e3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Be6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bb5 Bd6 8. d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bd7 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Ba6 O-O 13. O-O Bf5 14. Qd4 Qe7 15. Bb7 Rad8 16. Qa4 Qe5 17. g3 Qxc3 18. Ra2 Bd3 19. Rd1 Bb5 20. Qd4 Qxd4 21. Rxd4 Rb8 22. a4 Rxb7 23. axb5 cxb5 24. Ra6 b4 25. Rc4 b3 26. Bb2 Rd8 27. Kg2 Rb4 28. Rc1 c5 29. Rxa7 c4 30. Rd1 Rb6 31. Bd4 Rbb8 32. Bb2 f6 33. Ra4 Bf8 34. Rxd8 Rxd8 35. Rxc4 Rd2 36. Bc3 Rc2 37. Rc7 Rc1 38. h3 b2

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Analysis of yoshi (1685) vs. TexasMade (1422)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be6 7. e4 Be7 8. Bb5+ Nc6 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 Rad8 13. Nxd5 Rxd5 14. Bc4 Rdd8 15. d5 b5 16. dxe6 Rxd1 17. exf7+ Rxf7 18. Bxf7+ Qxf7 19. Raxd1 Qxa2 20. Ng5 g6 21. Re8+ Kg7 22. Rd7+ Kf6 23. f4 Qb1+ 24. Kf2 Qc2+ 25. Kg3 Qb3+ 26. Kh4 Ne5 27. Rxe5

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KingsBishop (1571) vs. yoshi (1695)

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. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Bd3 h6 9. O-O c5 10. Nb5 a6 11. Nd6 cxd4 12. Re1 Nc6 13. Rc1 Ndxe5 14. Nxc8 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Raxc8 16. c4 dxc3 e.p. 17. Rxc3 Qf6 18. Qxf6 gxf6 19. Bc2 f5 20. g4 Nd4 21. Bd1 f4 22. Rh3 Rc1 23. Kf1 Kg7 24. Rd3 Nc6 25. h4 Rc8 26. g5 hxg5 27. hxg5 Nb4 28. Rb3 Rc8c4 29. a3 Rd4 30. Be2 Rxe1+ 31. Kxe1 Nc2+ 32. Kf1 b5 33. Rc3 f3 34. Bd3 Rh4 35. Kg1 Nd4

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Analysis of chessrani (1358) vs. yoshi (1691)

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. a3 f6 7. exf6 Nxf6 8. b4 c4 9. Bg5 Ne4 10. Bf4 Be7 11. Qc2 O-O 12. Be3 Bd7 13. Bxc4 Nf6 14. Bd3 Qc7 15. O-O e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Bd4 Qh5 19. Nd2 Bd6 20. f4 Rae8 21. g3 Ng4 22. Nf3 Ne3 23. Bxe3 Rxe3 24. Nd4 Rfe8 25. Qd2 Bh3 26. Rfe1 Bxf4 27. Qf2 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Be3 29. Rxe3 Qd1+ 30. Bf1 Rxe3 31. Qf4 h5 32. Kf2 Qe1+ 33. Kg1 Rxc3 34. Qf2 Rc1 35. Qxe1 Rxe1 36. Kf2 Rxf1+

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Analysis of yoshi (1739) vs. IAlwaysWin (1522)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 Bf5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Ne5 e6 8. g4 Bg6 9. Qb3 Ra7 10. h4 h5 11. g5 Ng8 12. Qa4+ Nc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Qxc6+ Qd7 15. Qxd7+ Kxd7 16. Bh3 Ne7 17. Bd2 Bf5 18. Rc1 Bxh3 19. Rxh3 Nc6 20. e4 dxe4 21. Nxe4 Bd6 22. Nxd6 Kxd6 23. Bf4+ Kd7 24. Rhc3 Rc8 25. b4 Ne7 26. Rxc8 Nxc8 27. Rc5 Ne7 28. Ke2 Nd5 29. Bd2 Rb7 30. a3 Rb5 31. a4 Rb6 32. b5 axb5 33. axb5 Rb7 34. Kd3 Ne7 35. Bf4 Nf5 36. Bg3 Ne7 37. Kc4 Nd5 38. Rc6 g6 39. Kc5 f5 40. Rd6+ Ke7 41. Rxd5 exd5 42. Kc6 Ra7 43. b6 Ra6 44. Bd6+ Ke6 45. Kb5 Rxb6+ 46. Kxb6 Kxd6 47. f4

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Analysis of Qain, Bill (1744) vs. Coffey, John (2001)

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. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bd7 8. Bc2 Nb4 9. Nc3 Nxc2+ 10. Qxc2 Rc8 11. Bd2 Qa6 12. Qb3 Ne7 13. Rc1 Nf5 14. Ne2 Rxc1+ 15. Nxc1 Be7 16. Bb4 Ba4 17. Qa3 Qc4 18. Qxa4+ b5 19. Qd1 Bxb4+ 20. Nd2 Nxd4 21. Ne2 Nc2+ 22. Kf1 Qd3

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Analysis of AyushMChess (1714) vs. john2001plus (1856)

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. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. f4 O-O 8. Nf3 c5 9. Bd3 f6 10. g3 cxd4 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. Nxd4 e5 13. fxe5 Qxe5+ 14. Be2 Nc6 15. Nf3 Qe3 16. Qd2 Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 d4 18. Bc4+ Kh8 19. Nb5 Ne4+ 20. Ke2 Bg4 21. Rhf1 Rae8 22. Bd5 Bxf3+ 23. Rxf3 Ng5+ 24. Kf2 Nxf3 25. Bxf3 a6 26. Nd6 Re3

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Analysis of john2001plus (1866) vs. SpeedyChess11 (1747)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 Be7 6. d5 exd5 7. cxd5 O-O 8. e4 d6 9. Bc4 Re8 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Nd4 Ne5 12. Bb5 Rf8 13. f4 Ng6 14. Bc6 Bxc6 15. Nxc6 Qd7 16. Be3 Ng4 17. Bd4 Bf6 18. h3 Bxd4+ 19. Qxd4 Nf6 20. e5 Ne8 21. Rae1 dxe5 22. fxe5 Ne7 23. Nxe7+ Qxe7 24. Qc4 Rd8 25. Nb5 a6 26. Na7 b5 27. Nc6 bxc4 28. Nxe7+ Kh8 29. Rd1 Rd7 30. Nc6 Rg8 31. e6 fxe6 32. dxe6 Rd6 33. Ne5 g6 34. Nf7+ Kg7 35. Nxd6 Nxd6 36. Rxd6 cxd6 37. Rf7+ Kh6 38. Rd7 Re8 39. Rxd6 a5 40. Kf2 Kg5 41. Ke3 Kf5 42. Kd4 Rb8 43. e7 Re8 44. g4+ Kf4 45. Re6

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JoeKempsey (1250) vs. john2001plus (1778)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bd6 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Re1 Re8 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Qd2 Bg4 12. Rad1 Bf4 13. Bd3 Nd7 14. Rxe8+ Rxe8 15. Re1 Bxd2 16. Rxe8+ Nf8 17. Nxd2 Qxd4

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Sergey Vsevolodovich Belavene vs. Alexander Chistiakov

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

(black to move) 1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4 g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. Rhb1 Qc7 13. Qh4 Bd7 14. Qf6 Rg8 15. h4 Rc8 16. h5 gxh5 17. Qxh6 cxd4 18. cxd4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Qc3+ 20. Ke3 Rc4 21. Ke2 Qxd4 22. Qxh5 Bc6 23. Bxc4 Qxc4+ 24. Kd2 Rxg2 25. Qf3 Qd4+ 26. Ke2 Qxe5+ 27. Qe3 Qf5 28. Rd1 Qxc2+ 29. Kf1 Rh2 30. Rd4 Rh1+ 31. Kg2 Rxa1

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Steinitz, William vs. Von Bardeleben, Curt

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 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Be6 10. Bg5 Qd7 11. Bxd5 Bxd5 12. Re1+ Be7 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Rxe5 Be6 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. d5

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Analysis of sgolde20 (1273) vs. john2001plus (1781)

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

(white to move) 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Nc3 c6 10. Re1 Bg4 11. Be2 Nd7 12. Nd2 Bxe2 13. Nxe2 Rfe8 14. Nf3 Nf8 15. c3 Ng6 16. Ng3 Nh4 17. Nxh4 Qxh4 18. Qd2 f5 19. h3 Bxg3 20. fxg3 Qxg3 21. Rf1 Rf8 22. Rf3 Qg5 23. Qf2 Rae8 24. Rf1 g6 25. h4 Qg4 26. Rf4 Qe2 27. Qg3 Qe3+ 28. Qxe3 Rxe3 29. h5 g5 30. Rxf5 Rxf5 31. Rxf5 Kg7 32. Rf3 Rxf3 33. gxf3 Kf6 34. Kf2 Kf5 35. Kg3 a6 36. a3 b6 37. a4 a5 38. b4 Kf6 39. Kg4 Ke6 40. f4 gxf4 41. Kxf4 Kf6

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Jay_Roy_Hall (1601) vs. john2001plus (1852)

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. exd5 exd5 4. Bb5+ c6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Nf3 Bd6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. Be2 Nd7 12. Re1 Rfe8 13. h3 Bh5 14. c3 Nf8 15. Nh2 Bxe2 16. Rxe2 Ne6 17. Ng4 Qf4 18. g3 Qf5 19. Qb1 Qh5 20. Kh2 Ng5 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Qf1 f5 23. Ne3 f4 24. Nf5 fxg3+ 25. Nxg3 Re2 26. Rd1 Bxg3+ 27. Kxg3 Rxd2 28. Rxd2 Qf3+ 29. Kh2 Qf4+ 30. Kg1 Qxd2 31. h4 Nf3+ 32. Kh1 Qf4 33. Qh3 Qxh4 34. Qxh4 Nxh4 35. Kh2 Nf3+ 36. Kg3 Ne1 37. b3 Nd3 38. a4 Nc1 39. b4 Ne2+

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Analysis of 5uckItTrebek (1817) vs. john2001plus (1848)

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

(white to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. c3 cxd4 4. cxd4 Qb6 5. Nf3 Qxb2 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. e3 Nb4 8. Rc1 Nfd5 9. Nc4 Qxa2 10. Bd3 Nxd3+ 11. Qxd3 b5 12. Nce5 Nb4 13. Qc3 e6 14. O-O f6 15. Nd3 a5 16. Nc5 Nd5 17. Qd3 Bxc5 18. Rxc5 O-O 19. Bd6 Re8 20. e4 Ne7 21. Rfc1 Nc6 22. Rh5 Bb7 23. Re1 b4 24. e5 f5 25. Rxh7 Kxh7 26. Ng5+ Kg6 27. Qg3 Rh8 28. Nxe6+ Kf7 29. Qxg7+ Kxe6 30. Qf6+ Kd5 31. Qf7+ Kxd4 32. Qxa2

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Analysis of 5uckItTrebek (1817) vs. john2001plus (1848)

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

(black to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. c3 cxd4 4. cxd4 Qb6 5. Nf3 Qxb2 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. e3 Nb4 8. Rc1 Nfd5 9. Nc4 Qxa2 10. Bd3 Nxd3+ 11. Qxd3 b5 12. Nce5 Nb4 13. Qc3 e6 14. O-O f6 15. Nd3 a5 16. Nc5 Nd5 17. Qd3 Bxc5 18. Rxc5 O-O 19. Bd6 Re8 20. e4 Ne7 21. Rfc1 Nc6 22. Rh5 Bb7 23. Re1 b4 24. e5 f5 25. Rxh7 Kxh7 26. Ng5+ Kg6 27. Qg3 Qc2 28. Nxe6+ Kf7 29. Nc7 Nxd4 30. Qg5 Qc3 31. Qe3 Qxe3 32. fxe3 Nc2 33. Re2 b3

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Analysis of 5uckItTrebek (1817) vs. john2001plus (1848)

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

(white to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. c3 cxd4 4. cxd4 Qb6 5. Nf3 Qxb2 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. e3 Nb4 8. Rc1 Nfd5 9. Nc4 Qxa2 10. Bd3 Nxd3+ 11. Qxd3 b5 12. Nce5 Nb4 13. Qc3 e6 14. O-O f6 15. Nd3 a5 16. Nc5 Nd5 17. Qd3 Bxc5 18. Rxc5 O-O 19. Bd6 Re8 20. e4 Ne7 21. Rfc1 Nc6 22. Rh5 g6 23. Rh3 e5 24. dxe5 Nxe5 25. Bxe5 fxe5 26. Ng5 h5 27. Rf3 Ra6 28. h4 Rc6 29. Rxc6 dxc6 30. Qd6 Be6 31. Qc7 Bf7 32. Rxf7

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White to play for an advantage.

ICC 1 2, Internet Chess Club
Analysis of Yoshi (1676) vs. Angpan (2374)

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

(white to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. e4 Bxf1 8. Kxf1 d6 9. g3 Bg7 10. Kg2 O-O 11. Nge2 Nbd7 12. a4 Ra7 13. Nb5 Rb7 14. Qc2 Qa8 15. Nec3 Ne8 16. Bd2 Nc7 17. Nxc7 Rxc7 18. Nb5 Rb7 19. Bc3 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 Nf6 21. Rhe1 Rfb8 22. f4 Rb6 23. b3 Ne8 24. e5 Qxd5+ 25. Qf3 Qxf3+ 26. Kxf3 d5 27. Rad1 e6 28. Rc1 Rc8 29. Re2 f6 30. Rec2 fxe5 31. fxe5 Nc7 32. Rxc5

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What is the strongest line for White?

ICC tourney 1291 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
Yoshi (1778) vs. Cyborg86 (2441)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 e6 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. g3 d5 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. Nxc6 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qd7 10. Bg2 bxc6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Qb4 a5 13. Qc5 Ba6 14. Ba3 Ng4 15. O-O Ne5 16. e4 Bxf1 17. Bxf1 Nc4 18. Bxc4 dxc4 19. Qh5 g6 20. Qe5 Rg8 21. Rb1 Rc8 22. Rb6 h5 23. Qxa5 h4 24. Rd6 Qb7 25. Qa4+ Rc6 26. Kg2 Qa6 27. Qxa6 Rxa6 28. Rxa6

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Black to play for a winning advantage.

ICC tourney 1312 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
Analysis of xiaoqixia (1605) vs. ickyquarter (1369)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Qe2 Nc6 7. c3 e6 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. h3 Rac8 12. Be3 a6 13. Rac1 b5 14. a3 Rfd8 15. b4 Qb7 16. Rfd1 d5 17. e5 Nd7 18. Bg5 Bxg5 19. Nxg5 h6 20. Nf3 Nb6 21. Ne1 Nc4 22. Nb1 Qa7 23. Qg4 Nb8 24. Nd3 Nd7 25. Nf4 Kh8 26. Nh5 Rg8 27. Rd3 Ncxe5 28. Qd1 Rxc1 29. Qxc1 Nxd3

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Black to play and draw.

ICC tourney 1312 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
Analysis of Zephyr (1410) vs. yoshi (1699)

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. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. Nc3 c6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Be3 Bd6 8. Qd2 Qc7 9. f3 Bxh2 10. O-O-O Be6 11. Nge2 Bd6 12. g4 Nbd7 13. g5 Ng8 14. gxh6 Nxh6 15. Bxh6 Rxh6 16. Rxh6 gxh6 17. Qxh6 O-O-O 18. Kb1 Rg8 19. f4 f6 20. f5 Bf7 21. Qh7 Nf8 22. Qh4 Rg5 23. a3 Bg3 24. Qh8 Qe7 25. Nxg3 Rxg3 26. Qh4 Qd6 27. Re1 Rg2 28. Nd1 Qg3 29. Qxg3 Rxg3 30. Re7 Bh5 31. Nc3 Nd7 32. Na4 b6 33. Rh7 Bf3 34. b4 Be4 35. Bxe4 dxe4 36. Kb2 Rf3 37. Re7 e3 38. Nc3 Rxf5 39. Rxe3 Kd8 40. Ne4 Rf1 41. c3 f5 42. Nd6 f4 43. Nf7+ Kc7 44. Re4 Nf6 45. Re7+ Kb8 46. Ne5 Nd5 47. Rf7 Ne3 48. Nxc6+ Kc8 49. Nxa7+ Kd8 50. Nc6+ Ke8 51. Rf6 f3 52. Re6+ Kd7 53. Rxe3 Kxc6 54. Re8 Kd5 55. a4 Rg1 56. Rf8 Ke4 57. a5 bxa5 58. bxa5 Rg5 59. c4 Kxd4 60. a6 Ra5 61. Rxf3 Kxc4 62. Rf6 Kb5 63. Rf5+ Kxa6

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Pawn promotion:
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	- Bishop
	- Knight