Black to play and win

ICC tourney 1394 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
Analysis of tangent (1911) vs. john2001plus (1734)

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

(black to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. g4 d5 3. h3 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Be3 Nbd7 6. Bg2 Bxc5 7. Bxc5 Nxc5 8. Qd4 Qc7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. g5 e5 11. Qh4 Qb6 12. O-O-O d4 13. gxf6 dxc3 14. bxc3 Qxf6 15. Qxf6 gxf6 16. Bd5 Be6 17. Nf3 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Ne4 19. Rg1+ Kh8 20. Rd7 Nxc3 21. Kd2 Ne4+ 22. Ke3 Nc5 23. Rd6 Ne6 24. Ke4 Rg8 25. Rxg8+ Rxg8 26. Kf5 Rg6 27. Rd7 Ng7+ 28. Ke4 f5+ 29. Kxe5 Re6+ 30. Kf4 Rxe2 31. Ne5 Ne6+ 32. Kxf5 Rxf2+ 33. Kg4 Rxc2 34. Nxf7+ Kg7 35. Nd8+ Kf6 36. Nxb7 Rg2+ 37. Kf3 Rxa2 38. Ke3 Ra3+ 39. Kd2 Rxh3 40. Rd6 Ke5 41. Ra6 Rh2+ 42. Ke3 Rh3+ 43. Kf2 h5 44. Ra5+ Ke4 45. Ra4+ Nd4 46. Nc5+ Kd5 47. Nd7 Rh2+ 48. Kg3 Rh1 49. Rxa7 h4+ 50. Kg2 Rb1 51. Ra5+ Ke4 52. Nf6+ Kd3 53. Rh5 Rb2+ 54. Kh3 Nf3 55. Kg4 Ke3 56. Nd5+ Ke4 57. Nf6+ Ke3 58. Rf5 Rb4+ 59. Kh3 Rb1 60. Nd5+ Ke4 61. Ne7 Rh1+ 62. Kg2 Rg1+ 63. Kf2 h3 64. Rh5 Rg2+ 65. Kf1 Nd2+ 66. Ke1 h2 67. Rh4+ Kf3 68. Nf5 Nb3 69. Kd1 Rg1+ 70. Kc2 h1=Q

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White to play and mate in 6.

Quick Tournament, Salt Lake City
Analysis of Coffey, John (1940) vs. Balter, Ben (1443)

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

(white to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. e3 Nc6 6. Bd3 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 O-O 8. O-O e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Qxe5 11. Qc2 d6 12. Nf3 Qh5 13. Rac1 Bg4 14. Nd4 g6 15. Qb3 Rab8 16. Nb5 c6 17. Nxd6 Rfd8 18. c5 Be6 19. Bc4 Ng4 20. h3 Bxc4 21. Qxc4 Ne5 22. Qf4 Nd3 23. Qxf7+ Kh8 24. Qf6+ Kg8 25. Qe6+ Kg7 26. Qe7+ Kh6 27. Nf7+ Kg7 28. Nxd8+ Kh6 29. Nf7+ Kg7 30. Nd8+ Kh6 31. Qf8+ Kg5 32. Ne6+ Kh4 33. Rc4+ Nf4 34. Rxf4+ Qg4 35. Qh6#

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Analysis of john2001plus (1841) vs. Aravindhnath (1443)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. e3 Bd7 7. Bd3 h6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. O-O Qe7 10. cxd5 Bxc3 11. dxc6 Bxc6 12. bxc3 Rg8 13. e4 O-O-O 14. Rb1 Rg7 15. Qc2 Rdg8 16. g3 f5 17. Ne5 fxe4 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Bxe4 Qd6 20. Qa4 f5 21. Bxc6 Kd8 22. d5 e5 23. Qh4+ Rg5 24. Rb8+ Ke7 25. Rxg8

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White to play and draw.

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Analysis of 55 SpeedyChess11 (1849) vs. Shootfilm (2000)

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

(white to move) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 Bg7 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nf6 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Bg4 10. h3 Bd7 11. e5 Ne8 12. Bc4 dxe5 13. dxe5 Qc8 14. Nd5 Nc7 15. Nxc7 Qxc7 16. e6 Be8 17. exf7+ Bxf7 18. Bxf7+ Rxf7 19. Qb3 Nd4 20. Nxd4 Bxd4 21. Be3 e5 22. Bxd4 exd4 23. Rad1 Qf4 24. f3 Rd8 25. Re4 Qf6 26. Qc4 Kg7 27. Rexd4 Rxd4 28. Rxd4 Qb6 29. Kh2 Qc7+ 30. Qxc7 Rxc7 31. Kg3 Kf6 32. Kf4 Ke6 33. Re4+ Kd5 34. Re2 Rf7+ 35. Kg3 Kd4 36. Kf2 Kd3 37. Re3+ Kc2 38. Re2+ Kb1 39. b4 b5 40. a3 Rc7 41. Re3 Kb2 42. g4 a6 43. Re6 Kxa3 44. Rxa6+ Kxb4 45. h4 Kb3 46. f4 b4 47. Rb6 Rf7 48. Kg3 Kc3 49. h5 gxh5 50. gxh5 b3 51. Rc6+ Kd2 52. Rb6 Kc2 53. Rc6+ Kb1 54. Kg4 b2 55. f5 Rg7+ 56. Kf4 Rb7 57. f6 Ka2 58. Rc2 Ka3 59. Rxb2 Kxb2 60. Kf5 Kc3 61. Ke6 Kd4 62. f7 Rb8 63. Ke7 Ke5 64. f8=Q Rxf8 65. Kxf8 Kf6 66. h6 Kg6 67. Ke7 Kxh6 68. Kf6 Kh5 69. Kf5 h6 70. Kf4 Kh4 71. Kf3 Kh3 72. Kf4 h5 73. Kf3 h4 74. Kf2 Kh2 75. Kf1 h3 76. Kf2 Kh1 77. Kf1 h2 78. Kf2

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Black to play.

ICC tourney 1386 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
Analysis of tangent (1921) vs. john2001plus (1716)

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 c5 4. d5 b5 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. e4 bxc4 7. Nc3 exd5 8. exd5 d6 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. O-O Be7 11. Nd2 Nb6 12. Nxc4 Nxc4 13. Qa4+ Qd7 14. Qxc4 a5 15. Re1 Ba6 16. Qa4 Ra7 17. Bf4 O-O 18. Qxd7 Rxd7 19. Rxe7 Rxe7 20. Bxd6 Rd7 21. Bxf8 Kxf8 22. Na4 Rc7 23. d6 Rc8 24. Rc1 c4 25. Bf1 Rd8 26. Bxc4 Bxc4 27. Rxc4 Rxd6 28. Rc5 Ra6 29. Kf1 Ne4 30. Rb5 g6 31. Ke2 f5 32. Rb7 Re6 33. Kf1 Rc6 34. f3 Ng5 35. Kf2 Rc2+ 36. Ke3 Rxh2 37. Rb5 Rg2 38. Kf4 Nh3+

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