What is the best continuation for White?

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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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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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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.

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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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White to play and win.

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Analysis of yoshi (1696) vs. TheBlackVeil (1330)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Ne4 7. Qc2 g5 8. Bg3 h5 9. h3 Nxg3 10. fxg3 Qf6 11. cxd5 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 exd5 13. e4 dxe4 14. Qxe4+ Ne7 15. Be2 c6 16. O-O Bf5 17. Qe5 Qxe5 18. dxe5 g4 19. Nd4 Be6 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. hxg4 hxg4 22. Bxg4 O-O-O 23. Bxe6+ Kb8 24. Rad1 Ng6 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Re1 Re8 27. Bf7 Rxe5 28. Rxe5 Nxe5 29. Bh5 Nd3 30. g4 Ne5 31. g5 Kc7 32. g6 Nxg6 33. Bxg6 Kd6 34. Kf2 b5 35. Ke3 Kc5 36. Kd3 a5 37. Be4 Kd6 38. Bxc6 Kxc6 39. g4 Kd6 40. g5 Ke6 41. Ke4 b4 42. cxb4 axb4 43. Kd4 Kf5 44. Kc4 Kxg5 45. Kxb4 Kf6 46. Kc5 Ke7 47. Kb6 Kd8 48. Kb7 Kd7 49. a4

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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 +11

(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 Nd7 13. h3 Bf4 14. Qd3 Bf5 15. Ne4 dxe4 16. Qa3 exf3 17. Bxf3 Bxc2 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. Rf1 Bb8 20. Rc1 Qf4 21. g3 Qxc1+ 22. Kg2 Re1 23. Qc3 Rh1 24. Bd1 Be4+ 25. Qf3 Rg1+ 26. Kh2 Bxf3 27. Bxf3 Qf1

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What is the strongest continuation for White?

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Analysis of yoshi (1679) vs. IAlwaysWin (1550)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 Bf5 6. Qb3 b5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Ne5 g6 9. a4 bxa4 10. Qxa4+ Nbd7 11. Bb5 Bg7 12. O-O O-O 13. Bxd7 Nxd7 14. Nc6 Qe8 15. Nxd5 Bd3 16. Nc7 Nb6 17. Nxe8 Nxa4 18. Nc7 Bxf1 19. Kxf1 Nb6 20. Nxe7+ Kh8 21. Nxa8 Rxa8 22. Bd2

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Black to play.

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Analyis of Fiddler (1757) vs. Yoshi (2058)

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

(black to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bd2 O-O 6. e3 Bb7 7. Be2 d6 8. O-O Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Ne4 10. Be1 Nd7 11. Nd2 Qg5 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Bf3 f5 14. g3 Nf6 15. Rc1 c5 16. Bc3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Ne4 18. dxc5 dxc5 19. Rfd1 Rad8 20. Be5 Qg4 21. Qxg4 fxg4 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Rc2 Rd1+ 24. Kg2 Nd2 25. h3 Nf3 26. hxg4 Ne1+

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