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Analysis of Smoka54 (1407) vs. BDRichardson (1270)

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

(black to move) 1. g3 e5 2. Bg2 d5 3. d4 e4 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bd2 Nf6 6. a3 Ba5 7. b4 Bb6 8. e3 Nc6 9. Na4 O-O 10. Nxb6 axb6 11. Bf1 Be6 12. Nh3 Qd7 13. Nf4 Bg4 14. Be2 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Qd6 16. b5 Ne7 17. Bb4 Qxb4+ 18. axb4 Rxa1+ 19. Kd2 Rxh1 20. h4 Ra8 21. f3 Raa1 22. Qg2 exf3 23. Qxf3 Ne4+ 24. Kd3 Rad1+ 25. Ke2 Rhe1#

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Analysis of yoshi (1660) vs. drabmolc (1254)

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

(black to move) 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. e3 e6 4. c4 f5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Be2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Ne5 Qe7 9. f4 Nbd7 10. c5 Bc7 11. b4 Ne4 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. b5 Nxe5 14. fxe5 Bd7 15. Qb3 Rxf1+ 16. Bxf1 Rf8 17. b6 axb6 18. cxb6 Qf7 19. h3 Qxf1+ 20. Kh2 Rf2 21. Kg3

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yoshi (1652) vs. wcorbit1 (1432)

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 Nf6 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Bg5 d6 6. e3 Re8 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O c6 9. Qc2 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. e4 Nd5b6 12. Rfd1 h6 13. Bh4 Nf6 14. a4 a5 15. Rac1 g5 16. Bg3 Nh5 17. Be5 f6 18. Nxg5 fxe5 19. dxe5 Nd7 20. Bxh5 hxg5 21. e6

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Analysis of nickgeannopoulos (1466) vs. john2001plus (1789)

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. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. Nb3 Nc6 8. Qe2 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 Ndxe5 11. Bb5 Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 Bd7 13. Nxd4 Qf6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Qc3 O-O 16. O-O-O Rfc8 17. Rhg1 c5 18. Ne2 Qxc3 19. Nxc3 Bc6 20. Rg3 Rab8 21. Rdg1 g6 22. h4 h5 23. Rg5 Kh7 24. f4 Rb4 25. Ne2 Rcb8 26. b3 Re4 27. Ng3 Rxf4 28. Nxh5 Rxh4 29. Nf6+ Kg7 30. Nh5+ Kh6 31. Nf6 Rf4 32. Ng4+ Kxg5 33. Ne5+ Kf6 34. Nxc6 Rb6 35. Nxa7 Ra6 36. Nb5 Rxa2 37. Kb1 Ra5 38. Nc3 Rxf2

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Analysis of Troy8 (1988) vs. john2001plus (1854)

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

(black to move) 1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. Qc2 Bd6 6. d4 O-O 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Nf6 11. Qh4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. Qf4 Rd8 14. O-O Bxd2 15. Nxd2 e5 16. dxe5 Qxd2 17. Qxd2 Rxd2 18. exf6 Rxb2 19. Rfe1 Be6 20. fxg7 Bxc4 21. Rab1 Rxb1 22. Rxb1 Bxa2 23. Rxb7 Bd5 24. Bxd5 cxd5 25. Rd7 a5 26. Rxd5 a4 27. Rd2 a3 28. Ra2 Kxg7 29. Kf1 Kf6 30. Ke2 Ke5 31. Kd3 Kd5 32. f3 Kc5 33. Kc3 f5 34. g4 fxg4 35. fxg4 Kd5 36. Kd3 Ke5 37. Ke3 Ra4 38. h3 Re4+ 39. Kf3 Rf4+ 40. Kg3 Ra4 41. Kh4 Kf4 42. Kh5 Kg3 43. h4 Ra5+ 44. g5 Ra4 45. g6 Rxh4+ 46. Kg5 Rg4+ 47. Kf6 Rxg6+ 48. Kf5 Ra6

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Analysis of HighGround (1290) vs. yoshi (1635)

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

(white to move) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. f4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. a3 Bd7 8. O-O Rc8 9. Nbd2 Nh6 10. Nh4 Be7 11. Qe1 Nf5 12. Nxf5 exf5 13. Kh1 O-O 14. Rf3 Na5 15. b3 Bb5 16. Bxf5 Rc3 17. Qg3 g6 18. Rxc3 dxc3 19. Nf3 d4 20. Be4 Bc6 21. Bd3 Bxf3 22. Qxf3 Qc7 23. Qg3 f5 24. a4 Nc6 25. h4 Nb4 26. h5 Kg7 27. Ba3 Nxd3 28. Qxd3 Bxa3 29. Rxa3 Qe7 30. h6+ Kxh6 31. Qh3+ Kg7 32. Ra1 Qc5 33. Qd3 Rd8 34. Kh2 Qd5 35. Re1 Kf7 36. Kg3 Kg7 37. Rh1 a6 38. Re1 b5 39. axb5 axb5 40. e6 Kf6 41. Re5 Qc6 42. e7 Re8 43. Qxd4 Kf7 44. Qd3 b4 45. Qd4 Rxe7 46. Rxe7+ Kxe7 47. Qxb4+ Kf7 48. Qd4 Kg8 49. Kf2 Kf7 50. g3 Kg8 51. Qc4+ Qxc4 52. bxc4 Kf7 53. Ke3 Kf6 54. Kd4 h6 55. Kd5 g5 56. Kd6 gxf4 57. gxf4 h5 58. c5 h4 59. c6 h3 60. c7 h2 61. c8=Q h1=Q 62. Qf8+ Kg6 63. Qg8+ Kf6 64. Qg5+ Kf7 65. Qxf5+ Kg7 66. Qe5+ Kf8 67. Qxc3 Qh6+ 68. Kd5 Qh5+ 69. Qe5 Qf7+ 70. Kc6 Qa2 71. Qc5+ Kg7 72. c4 Qa6+ 73. Kd7 Qb7+ 74. Qc7 Qa6 75. Qe5+ Kh7 76. Qe6 Qb7+ 77. Ke8 Qb8+ 78. Ke7 Qc7+ 79. Kf8 Qg7+ 80. Ke8 Qc3 81. Ke7 Qb4+ 82. Kf7 Qb7+ 83. Qe7 Qh1 84. Kf6+ Kh6 85. Qg7+ Kh5 86. Qg5# CHECK!

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Analysis of HighGround (1290) vs. yoshi (1635)

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. f4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. a3 Bd7 8. O-O Rc8 9. Nbd2 Nh6 10. Nh4 Be7 11. Qe1 Nf5 12. Nxf5 exf5 13. Kh1 O-O 14. Rf3 Na5 15. b3 Bb5 16. Bxf5 Rc3 17. Qg3 g6 18. Rxc3 dxc3 19. Nf3 d4 20. Be4 Bc6 21. Bd3 Bxf3 22. Qxf3 Qc7 23. Qg3 f5 24. a4 Nc6 25. h4 Nb4 26. h5 Kg7 27. Ba3 Nxd3 28. Qxd3 Bxa3 29. Rxa3 Qe7 30. h6+ Kxh6 31. Qh3+ Kg7 32. Ra1 Qc5 33. Qd3 Rd8 34. Kh2 Qd5 35. Re1 Kf7 36. Kg3 Kg7 37. Rh1 a6 38. Re1 b5 39. axb5 axb5 40. e6 Kf6 41. Re5 Qc6 42. e7 Re8 43. Qxd4 Kf7 44. Qd3 b4 45. Qd4 Rxe7 46. Rxe7+ Kxe7 47. Qxb4+ Kf7 48. Qd4 Kg8 49. Kf2 Kf7 50. g3 Kg8 51. Qc4+ Qxc4 52. bxc4 Kf7 53. Ke3 Kf6 54. Kd4 h6 55. c5 Ke6 56. c6 Kd6 57. c7 Kxc7 58. Ke5 Kc6 59. Kf6 Kd5 60. Kxg6 Ke4 61. Kf6 Ke3 62. Kxf5 Kd2 63. Kg4 Kxc2 64. f5 Kd3 65. f6 c2 66. f7 c1=Q

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Analysis of kyaw333 (1603) vs. john2001plus (1799)

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

(black to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. Qc2 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. e3 Nc6 9. Bg2 Qb6 10. Nh3 Bxe3 11. fxe3 Qxe3+ 12. Kf1 Nd4 13. Qd1 Qd3+ 14. Kg1 Ne2+ 15. Kf2 Ng4+ 16. Ke1 Nd4 17. Be4 Qe3+ 18. Kf1 f5 19. Kg2 fxe4 20. Qxg4 Nc2 21. Rb1 d5 22. Rf1 Rxf1 23. Nxf1 Ne1+ 24. Kh1 Qd3 25. Nd2 e5 26. Nf2 Bxg4 27. Nxd3 Nxd3 28. cxd5 Rf8 29. Nb3 Rf1+ 30. Kg2 e3

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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

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Analysis of KingsBishop (1671) vs. john2001plus (1851)

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. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O cxd4 11. Nxd4 Qc5 12. Ncb5 a6 13. b4 Qxb4 14. c3 Qc5 15. Nd6 f6 16. Kh1 Nxd4 17. cxd4 Qa7 18. Rc1 fxe5 19. dxe5 Qe3 20. g3 g5 21. Rc7 gxf4 22. Nxc8 Nxe5 23. Ne7+ Kh8 24. gxf4 Qe4+ 25. Bf3 Qxf4 26. Bg2 Nf3 27. Rxf3 Qxc7 28. Qd4+ e5 29. Nxd5 Qc1+ 30. Qg1 Qxg1+ 31. Kxg1 Rad8 32. Re3 Rf7 33. Rxe5 Rg7 34. Nf6 Rf7 35. Re8+ Rf8 36. Rxf8+ Rxf8 37. Nd7 Rd8 38. Nc5 Rd1+ 39. Kf2 Rd2+ 40. Kg3 Rxa2 41. Nxb7 a5 42. Nc5 Kg7 43. Ne6+ Kf6 44. Nd4 Ke5 45. Nf3+ Kd6 46. Nd4 Kc5 47. Ne6+ Kb4 48. Nd4 Kc3 49. Nb5+ Kb4 50. Nd6 a4 51. Ne4 a3 52. Nf2 Rxf2 53. Bd5 Rb2 54. Bg8 a2 55. Bxa2 Rxa2 56. h4 Kc5 57. Kg4 Rf2 58. Kg5 h5 59. Kxh5 Rg2 60. Kh6 Kd5 61. h5 Ke6 62. Kh7 Kf6 63. h6 Rh2 64. Kh8 Rxh6+ 65. Kg8 Rh5 66. Kf8 Rh8#

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john2001plus (1848) vs. Jahonas (2212)

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 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. e4 Nc6 10. Bg5 Qxd1 11. Raxd1 Ng4 12. Na4 Be7 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. h3 Nf6 15. e5 Nfd5 16. Nc3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Nc6 18. Rfe1 b6 19. Rd6 Na5 20. Bd3 h6 21. Be4 Bb7 22. Nd4 Rac8 23. Bxb7 Nxb7 24. Rd7 Nc5 25. Rxa7 Nd3 26. Re3 Rxc3 27. Ne2 Rc2 28. Rxd3 Rxe2 29. f4 Rc8 30. Rdd7 Rcc2 31. Rxf7 Rxg2+ 32. Kh1 Rh2+ 33. Kg1 Rcg2+ 34. Kf1 Rg3 35. Rfe7 Rhxh3 36. Rxe6 Rf3+ 37. Kg2 Rhg3+ 38. Kh2 Rg4 39. Re8+ Kh7 40. Rf8 Rgxf4 41. Rxf4 Rxf4 42. Rb7 Re4 43. Rxb6 Rxe5 44. a4 Re3 45. a5 Ra3 46. a6 h5 47. Kg2 h4 48. Kh2 g5 49. Rc6 Kg7 50. Rb6 Kf7 51. Rc6 Kg7 52. Rb6 Kh7 53. Rc6 Kg7 54. Rb6 g4 55. Rc6 Ra2+ 56. Kg1 g3 57. Rc4 Kg6 58. Rxh4 Kg5 59. Rh8 Rxa6 60. Kg2 Ra3 61. Rg8+

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