Black to play and win

ICC tourney 1410 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
Analysis of IAlwaysWin (1632) vs. john2001plus (1732)

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

(black to move) 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. dxe6 fxe6 6. cxb5 d5 7. a4 a6 8. bxa6 Nc6 9. Bg2 Rxa6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Nf3 O-O 12. O-O e5 13. Nb5 e4 14. Ng5 h6 15. Nh3 Bf5 16. f3 Qd7 17. Nf2 exf3 18. exf3 Rfa8 19. f4 Nd4 20. Nxd4 cxd4 21. Qxd4 Rxa4 22. Rxa4 Rxa4 23. Qe5 Bd6 24. Qc3 d4 25. Qb3+ Be6 26. Qb6 Rb4 27. Qa5 Bc4 28. Re1 Rb5 29. Qa8+ Rb8 30. Qf3 Rb3 31. Qa8+ Rb8 32. Qa5 Bb4 33. Qe5 Bxe1 34. Qxb8+ Kh7 35. Qe5 Bxf2+ 36. Kh1 Qg4 37. h4 Bxg3 38. Be4+ Kh8 39. Qb8+ Ng8 40. Kg1 Qe2 41. Bg2 Qe1+ 42. Bf1 Qxf1#

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White to play and win

ICC 30 0 u, Internet Chess Club
john2001plus (1836) vs. fiddler (1798), 1800

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5 exd5 9. a3 c6 10. Bd3 Nf6 11. Qc2 Qa5+ 12. Nd2 Qd8 13. O-O Bd6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Nf3 h6 16. b4 Be6 17. Rfc1 Rfc8 18. Qc5 Qxc5 19. Rxc5 Nd7 20. Rc2 f6 21. Rac1 a6 22. a4 Nb6 23. b5 Nc4 24. bxc6 Rxc6 25. Bxc4 dxc4 26. e4 Bf7 27. d5 Rc5 28. Rxc4 Rxc4 29. Rxc4 b5 30. Rb4 bxa4 31. Rxa4 a5 32. Nd4 Be8 33. Ra3 a4 34. Ne6 Rb8 35. f3 Rb3 36. Ra1 a3 37. Nc5 Rc3 38. Na6 Bb5 39. Nb4 Bc4 40. Na2 Bxa2 41. Rxa2 Rb3 42. h3 Kf7 43. Kh2 g5 44. Kg3 h5 45. h4 Ke7 46. Rd2 Rb2 47. Rd3 a2 48. Ra3 Kd6 49. hxg5 fxg5 50. Ra6+ Ke5 51. d6 Rd2 52. d7 Rxd7 53. Rxa2 Rg7 54. Re2 Rf7 55. Rd2 Rg7 56. Rd5+ Kf6 57. Rf5+ Ke6 58. Kf2 h4 59. g4 Kd6 60. Kg2 Ke6 61. Kh3 Rg8 62. f4 gxf4 63. g5 Rh8 64. Rxf4 Rh5 65. Kg4 Rh8 66. Rf6+ Ke7 67. Rh6

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White to play for a winning advantage.

ICC 15 3, Internet Chess Club
Analysis of john2001plus (1868) vs. KnightFireML (1794)

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 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 O-O 8. Be2 c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. d5 Bxc3 11. Bh6 Bxa1 12. Qxa1 Nd4 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Qxd4 e5 15. Qxe5 f6 16. Qd4 Re8 17. Rb1 g5 18. Bc4 Qd6 19. Bb5 Qe5 20. Qxe5 Rxe5 21. Bd3 Kf7 22. f4 gxf4 23. Bxf4 Re8 24. d6 b6 25. Rc1 Bd7 26. Rc7 Red8 27. Bc4+ Ke8 28. Bd5 Rac8 29. Rxa7 Rc2 30. Bh6 Rdc8 31. e5 fxe5 32. Bf3 Rc8c6 33. Bh5+ Kd8 34. Ra8+ Bc8 35. Bg4 Rxd6 36. Bg5+ Ke8 37. Rxc8+ Rxc8 38. Bxc8 b5 39. Kf2

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Analysis of pkengsoo (1687) vs. john2001plus (1839)

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 c5 9. Nb5 Nc6 10. c3 cxd4 11. cxd4 a6 12. Nd6 Ndxe5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxc8 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Qb4+ 16. Ke2 Qxb2+ 17. Ke3 Qe5+ 18. Kd2 Qb2+ 19. Ke3 Raxc8 20. Rab1 Qxa2 21. Rxb7 Rc3 22. Rd1 e5 23. Qe2 d4+ 24. Kf3 Qe6 25. h4 h5 26. Kg3 e4 27. Qxh5 Rxd3+ 28. Rxd3 exd3 29. Rb2 Qe1 30. Rb3 d2 31. Rd3 f5 32. Qf3 Rd8 33. Qh5 Rd5 34. Kh2 Qe4 35. f3 Qe5+ 36. Kh3 Qe2 37. Rb3 Rb5 38. Rd3 Rb1 39. Qxf5 Rh1+ 40. Kg3 Qxd3 41. Qxd3 d1=Q

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White to play for equality

ICC tourney 1402 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
Analysis of BotanicalKnight (1433) vs. john2001plus (1730)

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

(white to move) 1. e4 e6 2. f4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d3 Nge7 6. Nc3 Nf5 7. g3 h5 8. Bg2 h4 9. g4 h3 10. Bf1 Nfd4 11. g5 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Nd4 13. Qf2 Bd7 14. Be3 Rc8 15. O-O-O Nxc2 16. Qxc2 d4 17. Qd2 Bc6 18. Rg1 dxe3 19. Qxe3 Qd4 20. Rg3 Qxe3+ 21. Rxe3 Bg2 22. Rg3 Bxf1 23. Rxf1 c4 24. Rff3 cxd3 25. Rxd3 Rh4 26. Rdf3 Rc4 27. Rxh3 Rcxf4 28. Rxf4 Rxf4 29. Rh8 Rf5 30. Nb5 Rxe5 31. Nd6+ Ke7 32. Nc8+ Ke8 33. Nd6+ Kd7 34. Rxf8 Kxd6 35. Rxf7 Rxg5 36. Rxb7 a5

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White to play for an advantage

ICC 30 0, Internet Chess Club
John2001plus (1775) vs. Fiddler (1874)

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 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. a3 c5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. O-O Nd7 13. b4 Be7 14. Qxd5 Bxd5 15. Rac1 Bf6 16. Ba6 Bb2 17. Rc2 Bxa3 18. Bd6 Nb8 19. Bb5 Rd8 20. Be7

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Black to play for an advantage

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Analysis of john2001plus (1861) vs. WilliamAthens (1493)

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

(black to move) 1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 b6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bb7 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 Bb4 7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3 Bxe4 9. Nb5 d5 10. Bf4 Nc6 11. Nc7+ Ke7 12. Nxa8 Qxa8 13. Bf3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Nf6 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bxf6+ gxf6 17. Rfe1 Ne5 18. Qh5 Qc6 19. f4 Ng6 20. f5 Ne5 21. fxe6 fxe6 22. Re3 Qc5 23. Qh3 Ng4 24. Qxg4 Qxe3+ 25. Kh1 Qxc3 26. Qg7+ Kd6 27. Rf1 Rc8 28. Qxa7 Qe3

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Analysis of Coffey, John (2001) vs. Jumper (1700)

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

(white to move) 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. Rc1 c6 7. e3 h6 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. O-O e5 11. cxd5 exd4 12. Nxd4 cxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd4 14. exd4 Nf6 15. Nc7 Rb8 16. Re1 a6 17. d5 Bg4 18. f3 Bh5 19. g4 Bg6 20. Bxg6 fxg6 21. Ne6 Qb6+ 22. Kg2 Rfe8 23. d6 Nd7 24. Rc7 Rbd8 25. Nxd8 Rxd8 26. Rxd7 Rxd7 27. Re8+ Kh7 28. Qd5 Qxb2+ 29. Kh3 g5 30. Qf5+ g6 31. Qxd7+ Qg7 32. Re7

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