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Analysis of E-MAN85 (1808) vs. john2001plus (1823)

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

(black to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Nf3 Ne4 4. h4 Qb6 5. Nbd2 d5 6. e3 Nc6 7. dxc5 Qxb2 8. Rb1 Qxa2 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Nd4 Qa5+ 11. Qd2 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 f6 13. Nb5 Kd8 14. Bf4 e5 15. Bg3 Bxc5 16. Bc4 a6 17. Nc3 Bb4 18. Bd5 Kc7 19. Bxc6 Rd8+ 20. Ke2 Bxc3 21. Bxe4 Rd2+ 22. Kf1 h6 23. f3 Rd6 24. h5 f5 25. Bd3 Be6 26. Rh4 b5 27. Bh2 b4 28. g4 fxg4 29. f4 Rf8 30. Kg1 Bd2 31. Kf2 exf4 32. Bxf4 Rxf4+ 33. exf4 Bxf4 34. Rxb4 g3+ 35. Kf1 Bg5 36. Kg2 Bxh4 37. Rxh4 Bd5+ 38. Kxg3 a5 39. Ra4 Kb6 40. Rd4 Kc5 41. Ra4 Kb6 42. Rd4 Rd7 43. Bf5 Kc5 44. Ra4 Ra7

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Analysis of RMS1978 (1629) vs. yoshi (1752)

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 cxd4 5. exd5 exd5 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. Nd2f3 Nf6 8. h3 Bd6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. c3 Bd7 12. Be3 Rc8 13. a3 Ne5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Nf3 Bb8 16. Bd4 Ne4 17. Qc2 Qc7 18. Be3 g5 19. Rfe1 g4 20. hxg4 Bxg4 21. Be2 Ng3 22. fxg3 Rxe3 23. Bd3 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Qxg3+ 26. Qg2 Qxg2+ 27. Kxg2 Bd6 28. Kh3 Kg7 29. Kg4 Kf6 30. f4 Rg8+ 31. Kf3 h6 32. Re2 Bc5 33. Rg2 Rxg2 34. Kxg2 d4 35. c4 a5 36. a4 Bd6 37. Kg3 h5 38. Be2 h4+ 39. Kxh4 Bxf4 40. Kg4 Bc1 41. b3 Ke5 42. Bd3 b6 43. Kf3 f5 44. Bc2 f4 45. Be4 d3 46. Bxd3 Kd4 47. Be2 Kc3 48. Bd1 Kd2 49. Be2 Kc2 50. Ke4 Kxb3 51. Kd5 Kxa4 52. Kc6 Kb4 53. c5 bxc5 54. Bg4 a4 55. Be6 a3 56. Kd6 f3

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john2001plus (1558) vs. dennievanesch (1609)

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

(black to move) 1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 Nc6 3. c3 e6 4. d4 d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. dxc5 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Bxc5 8. Be3 Bxe3 9. fxe3 Nf6 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. Ke2 a6 12. Ba4 O-O 13. Nbd2 Rfd8 14. Rad1 Nd4+ 15. Nxd4 Bxa4 16. b3 Bc6 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Nc4 Kf8 19. Na5 c5 20. Nb7 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Ne4 22. Rc1 Rd8 23. Rc2 Rd7 24. Na5 Ke7 25. Kf3 Ng5+ 26. Kf4 f6 27. Nc6+ Ke8 28. Nb8 Ra7 29. Rd2 e5+ 30. Kf5 g6+ 31. Kg4 Ne4 32. Rc2 Rb7 33. Nxa6 f5+ 34. Kf3 Rb6 35. Nc7+ Kd7 36. Nd5 Rd6 37. c4 Nf6 38. h3 Nxd5 39. cxd5 Rxd5 40. Ke2 Kc6 41. Rd2 Rxd2+ 42. Kxd2 e4 43. Kc3 Kb5 44. a4+ Ka5 45. Kc4 Kb6 46. a5+ Kc6 47. a6 h6 48. a7 Kb7 49. Kxc5 Kxa7 50. h4 g5 51. hxg5 hxg5 52. g3 f4 53. gxf4 gxf4 54. Kd4 f3

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Analysis of GeorgeZolotariov (1571) vs. john2001plus (1853)

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

(black to move) 1. Nf3 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c5 4. d3 Nc6 5. O-O Nf6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nxe4 9. dxe4 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 O-O 11. c3 Rd8 12. Bf4 b6 13. e5 Bb7 14. Nd2 Rd7 15. Nc4 Rad8 16. Nd6 Bxd6 17. exd6 f6 18. b4 cxb4 19. cxb4 Nxb4 20. Bxb7 Rxb7 21. Rab1 Nd5 22. Rb3 Rbd7 23. Rbd3 g5 24. Bc1 b5 25. Ba3 b4 26. Rxd5 exd5 27. Bxb4 Rb8 28. a3 Rb5 29. Rc1 Kf7 30. Rc7 Ke6 31. Rc8 a5 32. Bc5 Rb1+ 33. Kg2 Rc1 34. Re8+ Kf7 35. Rc8 g4 36. h3 gxh3+ 37. Kxh3 d4

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john2001plus (1850) vs. Fianchetto_hole (1619)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Bd6 8. e4 Bb4 9. e5 Nd5 10. Bd2 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Qc2 b5 14. Bd3 g6 15. Bh6 Re8 16. Be4 Bb7 17. a4 a6 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 20. h4 c5 21. Re1 Rc8 22. Qe2 b4 23. cxb4 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 cxb4 25. Qxa8 Rxa8 26. Rb1 Rb8 27. Bg5 Bf8 28. Bf6 Rb7 29. Kf1 Nb8 30. Ke2 Nc6 31. Kd3 Na5 32. Nd2 Rc7 33. Ne4 Rc4 34. Bd8 f5 35. Nf6+ Kf7 36. Bxa5 Rc3+ 37. Kd2 Rc4 38. Bb6 Bh6+ 39. Kd3 Rc3+ 40. Ke2 b3 41. Ba5 Rc2+ 42. Kf1 b2 43. Be1 Bc1 44. g3 h6 45. Kg2 g5 46. hxg5 hxg5 47. Kf1 Kg6 48. d5 Kf7 49. d6 f4 50. d7 Ke7 51. Ba5 Rd2 52. Bb4+ Kd8 53. Bxd2 Bxd2 54. Rxb2 Ba5 55. Rb8+ Ke7 56. Re8+ Kf7 57. d8=Q

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Analysis of john2001plus (1825) vs. Shreyas_Reddy (1640)

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 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O Rb8 9. Qc2 a6 10. Rfd1 Qa5 11. a3 b5 12. b4 cxb4 13. axb4 Qb6 14. c5 Qc7 15. cxd6 exd6 16. Rdc1 Qb6 17. Nd2 Bb7 18. Bf3 Rbc8 19. Qb3 Bxf3 20. Nxf3 Qc6 21. Ne2 Qb6 22. Rc3 Ne4 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Bf4 Ndf6 25. Qa3 Rc2 26. Ng3 Nxf2 27. Qxa6 Qxa6 28. Rxa6 Nf2e4 29. Nxe4 Nxe4 30. Ra8+ Bf8 31. h3 Nf6 32. Bh6 Nd7 33. Rd8 Rc7 34. Nd2 d5 35. Kf2 Rb7 36. Bxf8 Nxf8 37. Rxd5

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Analysis of yoshi (1738) vs. IAlwaysWin (1576)

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 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O Bd6 9. f4 Ne4 10. Nxg6 Nxc3 11. bxc3 hxg6 12. Rb1 b6 13. Qa4 Qc7 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Ba3 O-O 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Qb4 Qe6 18. Rf3 Nf6 19. c4 Ne4 20. cxd5 cxd5 21. Ba6 Qc6 22. Qb5 Qc2 23. Qb2 Qxb2 24. Rxb2 Rfd8 25. f5 g5 26. g4 Rd7 27. Bd3 Nf6 28. h3 Rc7 29. Rc2 Rac8 30. Rff2 Rc3 31. Rfd2 Kf8 32. Kf1 Ke7 33. Ke2 Kd6 34. Rxc3 Rxc3 35. Rc2 Rxc2+ 36. Bxc2 b5 37. Kd2 a5 38. Kc3 Kc6 39. a3 Ne8 40. e4 Nd6 41. exd5+ Kxd5 42. Bb3+ Nc4 43. a4 Kd6 44. Bxc4 bxc4 45. Kxc4 Kc6 46. d5+ Kd6 47. Kd4 Kd7 48. Kc5 Kc7 49. d6+ Kd7 50. Kd5 Kd8 51. Kc6 Kc8 52. d7+ Kd8 53. Kd6 g6 54. fxg6 fxg6 55. Kc6 Ke7 56. Kc7

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Zephyr (1615) vs. yoshi (1727)

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

(black to move) 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. Qd1 d4 8. O-O Nc6 9. e3 Be7 10. exd4 cxd4 11. Ne1 O-O 12. b3 Re8 13. Bb2 Bg4 14. Bf3 Bxf3 15. Nxf3 Bc5 16. Nbd2 Qb6 17. a3 a5 18. Qc2 Re2 19. Qd3 Rae8 20. Rae1 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 22. Nxe1 Ne5 23. Qf1 Qc6 24. Nd3 Nxd3 25. Qxd3 Qd6 26. Ne4 Nxe4 27. Qxe4 h6 28. Qxb7 d3 29. Qf3 d2 30. Qd1 Bxa3 31. Bxa3 Qxa3 32. Qxd2 Qxb3 33. Qxa5 Qxc4 34. Qd8+ Kh7 35. Qd7 Kg6 36. h4 Kf6 37. Qd6+ Qe6 38. Qxe6+ Kxe6 39. Kg2 Kf5 40. Kf3 h5 41. Ke3 Kg4 42. Ke4 f5+ 43. Ke3 f4+ 44. gxf4 Kxh4 45. Kf3 Kh3 46. f5 h4 47. Kf4 Kg2 48. Kg5 h3 49. Kg6 h2 50. Kxg7 h1=Q 51. f6 Qa1 52. f4 Kf3 53. f5 Kf4 54. Kg6 Qg1+ 55. Kf7 Kxf5 56. Ke7 Qg5

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