What is the best continuation for Black?

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Analysis of npiotr (1674) vs. john2001plus (1777)

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. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 d6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. a3 a5 10. b3 e5 11. Rd1 exd4 12. Rxd4 Nc5 13. Bb2 Ne6 14. Rdd1 Ng4 15. e3 Bf6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Rxd5 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 Qf6 19. Qxf6 Nxf6 20. Rdd1 Rfe8 21. Nd4 Rad8 22. Bc6 Rf8 23. Nf5 g6 24. Ne7+ Kg7 25. h3 Nc5 26. b4 Ncd7 27. Bg2 axb4 28. axb4 Ne5 29. Rac1 Rfe8 30. Nc6 Nxc6 31. Bxc6 Re5 32. f4 Rxe3 33. Kf2 Rb3 34. b5 Nd7 35. Re1 Kf8 36. Re2 Nb8 37. Bd5 Re8 38. Rce1 Rxe2+ 39. Rxe2 Nd7 40. h4 Nc5 41. Kg2 Rc3 42. Ra2 Nd3 43. Ra8+ Kg7 44. Rc8 Nb4 45. g4 Nxd5 46. cxd5 h5 47. g5 Rc5

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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 -2

(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 Be7 11. Bxd5 Bxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Re1 f6 15. Qe2 Qd7 16. Rac1 c6 17. d5 cxd5 18. Nd4 Kf7 19. Ne6 Rhc8 20. Qg4 g6 21. Ng5+ Ke8 22. Rxe7+ Kf8 23. Rf7+ Kg8 24. Rg7+ Kh8 25. Rxh7+ Kg8 26. Rg7+ Kh8 27. Qh4+ Kxg7 28. Qh7+ Kf8 29. Qh8+ Ke7 30. Qg7+ Ke8 31. Qg8+ Ke7 32. Qf7+ Kd8 33. Qf8+ Qe8 34. Nf7+ Kd7 35. Qd6#

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Analysis of canary2016 (1218) vs. yoshi (1744)

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

(white to move) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Nc6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 a6 10. f4 Qc7 11. a3 Ng4 12. Bxg4 Bxg4 13. Qd2 Qd8 14. h3 Bd7 15. Rad1 Rc8 16. Bf2 b5 17. Nb3 Na5 18. Nxa5 Qxa5 19. Bd4 Rc4 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Nd5 Qxd2 22. Rxd2 Re8 23. Nb6 Rc7 24. Nxd7 Rxd7 25. Red1 Rc7 26. c3 Rc4 27. Rd4 Rec8 28. Kf2 Kf6 29. Ke3 Ke6 30. g4 Rc8c5 31. Rxc4 Rxc4 32. Rd4 Rc5 33. h4 h5 34. g5 d5 35. exd5+ Rxd5 36. Ke4 Rxd4+ 37. cxd4 Kd6 38. b3 a5 39. b4 a4 40. d5 e6 41. dxe6 Kxe6 42. f5+ gxf5+ 43. Kf4 Ke7 44. Kxf5 Kf8 45. Kf6 Kg8 46. g6 fxg6 47. Kxg6

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Analysis of SpeedyChess11 (1855) vs. kasparov57349 (1934)

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

(white to move) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O g6 6. c3 Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Ngf6 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nc3 Rc8 11. h3 Nb6 12. Qb3 Qc7 13. e5 dxe5 14. dxe5 Nfd7 15. e6 Nc5 16. exf7+ Rxf7 17. Qd1 Rff8 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Qxd5+ Kh8 20. Ng5 e6 21. Nxe6 Nxe6 22. Qxe6 Qc2 23. Re2 Qd1+ 24. Re1 Qd4 25. Be3 Qxb2 26. Rab1 Qf6 27. Qxf6 Rxf6 28. Rxb7 Re6 29. Rd1 Kg8 30. Rdd7 Bf6 31. g3 Rce8 32. Rxa7 Rc6 33. g4 Be5 34. Bd4 Rc1+ 35. Kg2 Bxd4 36. Rxd4 Rc2 37. Rdd7 Rb2 38. Rg7+ Kh8 39. Rxh7+ Kg8 40. Rhg7+ Kh8 41. Rxg6 Rf8 42. Rh6+ Kg8 43. Kg3 Rfxf2 44. Rg6+ Kf8 45. Rc6 Rg2+ 46. Kh4 Rge2 47. Rc8+ Re8 48. Rxe8+ Kxe8 49. g5 Rb4+ 50. Kh5 Kf8 51. h4 Kg8 52. g6 Rb5+ 53. Kh6 Rb8 54. Rg7+ Kh8 55. Rh7+ Kg8 56. Rd7 Rf8 57. a4 Ra8 58. a5 Rb8 59. a6 Ra8 60. a7 Kh8 61. g7+ Kg8 62. Kg5 Re8 63. Kf6 Ra8 64. h5 Kh7 65. Kf7 Rg8 66. a8=Q Rxa8 67. Re7 Rg8 68. Kf6 Kh6 69. Ra7 Kh7 70. h6 Rc8 71. Kf7 Rd8 72. Re7 Kxh6 73. g8=Q

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Analyis of yoshi (2013) vs. fiddler (1813)

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

(black to move) 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. a3 Bb7 10. Bxc7 Nd7 11. Rc1 Rac8 12. Bd3 Qh5 13. O-O Nf6 14. Be2 Qa5 15. Qd2 Qxd2 16. Nxd2 Nd5 17. Bg3 Nf6 18. Bf3 Bxf3 19. Nxf3 Ne4 20. Rfd1 f6 21. Kf1 Nxg3+ 22. hxg3 Kf7 23. Ke2 Bd6 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Kd2 g5 26. Rc1 Rxc1 27. Kxc1 g4 28. Nd2 e5 29. dxe5 Bxe5 30. b3 f5 31. Kc2 Ke6 32. Kd3 Kd5 33. e4+ fxe4+ 34. Nxe4 b5 35. Ng5 h6 36. Nf7 Bg7 37. f3 Ke6 38. Nd8+ Kd7 39. Nb7 Kc6 40. Na5+ Kd5 41. f4 a6 42. Nb7 Bb2 43. a4 Bf6 44. axb5 axb5 45. b4 Be7 46. Nc5 Bxc5 47. bxc5 Kxc5

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What is the best continuation for Black?

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Analysis of pieces9909 (1528) vs. john2001plus (1842)

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. Nf3 b6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Nc3 Bb7 7. e3 Bb4 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Qc2 Bxf3 10. gxf3 d6 11. f4 Nd7 12. O-O-O Bxc3 13. Qxc3 Qh4 14. Rdg1 Rae8 15. d5 e5 16. Rg3 f6 17. Rhg1 Re7 18. h3 exf4 19. Rg4 Qxf2 20. exf4 Rfe8 21. Kd1 Nc5 22. Bf5 Na4 23. Qd2 Nxb2+ 24. Kc2 Qxd2+ 25. Kxd2 Nxc4+ 26. Kc3 Na5

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White to play and win.

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yoshi (1600) vs. HelmsAlee (1754)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 7. a3 Bd6 8. Ne5 Nfd7 9. f4 f6 10. Qh5+ g6 11. Bxg6+ Ke7 12. Nf7 hxg6 13. Qxh8 Qxh8 14. Nxh8 Nf8 15. h4 e5 16. dxe5 fxe5 17. fxe5 Bxe5 18. Bc3 Bxc3+ 19. Nxc3 Bg4 20. cxd5 Kf6 21. Ne4+ Kg7 22. Nf2 Bd7 23. h5 Kxh8 24. hxg6+ Kg7 25. O-O-O Nxg6 26. Ng4 cxd5 27. Nf2 Bc6 28. Nd3 Nd7 29. Nf4 Nxf4 30. exf4 Nc5 31. Rde1 Ne4 32. g4 a4 33. Rh5 Rc8 34. Kd1 Kf7 35. Rh7+ Kf6 36. g5+ Kf5 37. Rf7+ Kg6 38. Re7 Rf8 39. Rf1 Ng3 40. Rf3 Nf5 41. Re6+ Kh5 42. Rf6 Rxf6 43. gxf6 Kg6 44. Kd2 Kxf6 45. Kd3 Nd6 46. Kd4 Nc4 47. Rf2 Kf5 48. Kc5 Na5 49. Kb4 Nb3 50. Kc3 Nc5 51. Kd4 Ne6+ 52. Ke3 d4+ 53. Kd3 Nxf4+ 54. Kxd4 Ke6 55. Rxf4 Kd6 56. Kc4 Kc7 57. Kb4 Kb6 58. Rf6 Ka7 59. Kc5 Be8 60. Kb4 Bd7 61. Kc5 Be8 62. Re6 Bd7 63. Rd6 Bf5 64. Kb5 Bc2 65. Rd4 Bb3 66. Rd2 Kb8 67. Kb6 Kc8 68. Rd4

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White to play and win.

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Analysis of john2001plus (1832) vs. SpeedyChess11 (1702)

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 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Bxc4 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Nxd4 Bxc3 12. bxc3 O-O 13. Rab1 b6 14. Rfd1 Bb7 15. f3 Nc6 16. Nb5 Ne5 17. Be2 Ba6 18. f4 Bxb5 19. Bxb5 Ng4 20. h3 Ne3 21. Rd3 Nc2 22. Rb2 Na3 23. Ba6 Rfd8 24. Rb3 Nc2 25. Kf1 Rxd3 26. Bxd3 Ne3+ 27. Kf2 Nd1+ 28. Ke2 Rd8 29. c4 f5 30. exf5 exf5 31. Kxd1

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White to play and mate in 7 moves.

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Khalid_Alig (1823) vs. natalia6 (1703)

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

(white to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 10. O-O O-O 11. a4 Re8 12. Qc2 a6 13. Bf4 Qc7 14. a5 Nh5 15. Bd2 Nhf6 16. Rfe1 Re7 17. g3 Rae8 18. Kg2 c4 19. Ra4 Nc5 20. Rxc4 Qxa5 21. Na4 Qd8 22. Nxc5 dxc5 23. Bg5 h6 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Rxc5 Qb6 26. b3 Kg7 27. Rc4 g5 28. Qd3 Qd6 29. Nd4 Bxd4 30. Qxd4+ f6 31. f3 Re5 32. Rec1 Re8e7 33. Qc5 Qxc5 34. Rxc5 Rd7 35. Rc7 Ree7 36. Rxd7 Rxd7 37. b4 Kg6 38. Kf2 f5 39. Ke3 Kf6 40. Kd4 h5 41. e5+ Ke7 42. Rc5 Ke8 43. e6 Rd8 44. Ke5 Ke7 45. Rc7+ Ke8 46. d6 h4 47. Rh7 Rxd6 48. Kxd6 Kf8 49. Rf7+ Kg8 50. Ke5 hxg3 51. Kf6 g2 52. e7 g1=Q 53. e8=Q#

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What is the best move for Black?

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Analysis of tigeriz (1609) vs. yoshi (1769)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. h3 O-O 7. O-O Be6 8. Re1 Nbd7 9. c3 c5 10. Nbd2 Qc7 11. Nf1 Rfe8 12. Ne3 Ne4 13. Nd2 Ndf6 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Qf3 f5 16. Nc2 c4 17. Be2 g5 18. Qh5 Bf7 19. Qf3 Be6 20. Qh5 Qg7 21. Ne3 Nf6 22. Nxf5 Nxh5 23. Nxg7 Nxg7 24. Bxg5 Bf5 25. Bf3 Be4 26. Bg4 Ne6 27. Be3 Nf4 28. g3 Nd3 29. Re2 b5 30. Rd1 b4 31. f3 Bg6 32. f4 bxc3 33. bxc3 Rab8 34. Bd7 Re7 35. Ba4 Rb2 36. Rde1 Nxe1 37. Rxb2 Rxe3

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White to play and win.

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NiceMoment (1479) vs. E-MAN85 (1765)

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

(white to move) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8. Nxc6 Bxf2+ 9. Kf1 bxc6 10. Bxc6+ Kf8 11. c4 Ba6 12. b3 Bc5 13. Ba3 Bxa3 14. Nxa3 Qg5 15. Qd4 Rd8 16. Kg1 Nd2 17. Qf2 dxc4 18. bxc4 Qxe5 19. Re1 Qd6 20. Bd5 Rd7 21. h4 Qxa3 22. Rh3 Qd6 23. Rhe3 g6 24. Re6 Qb4 25. Qf6 Qc5+ 26. Kh1 Kg8 27. Re8+ Qf8 28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. Qxh8#

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