White to play and win.

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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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White to play and win

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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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	- Knight

Black to play and win.

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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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	- Rook
	- Bishop
	- Knight

White to play and win.

ICC tourney 1333 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
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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Black to play for a winning position.

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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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What is the strongest line for Black?

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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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	- Bishop
	- Knight