Mate in 5

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Analysis of Xun (1400) vs. Sims (1558)

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

(black to move) 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. d4 e4 5. Bg2 d5 6. b3 Bb4 7. Bd2 e3 8. fxe3 Ng4 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 O-O 12. h3 Nf6 13. O-O-O Qxa3+ 14. Qb2 Qd6 15. g4 a5 16. c5 Qc7 17. Be1 Be6 18. Nf3 Nbd7 19. Rg1 a4 20. bxa4 Rxa4 21. Rd3 Rfa8 22. Kb1 b6 23. Nd2 bxc5 24. dxc5 Nxc5 25. Rc3 Rb8 26. Nb3 d4 27. exd4 Nxb3 28. Bg3 Nd2+ 29. Kc1 Rxb2 30. Kxb2 Ra2+ 31. Kc1 Qa5 32. Rxc6 Nb3+ 33. Kb1 Ra1+ 34. Kb2 Qa2+ 35. Kc3 Qd2#

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Pawn promotion:
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	- Rook
	- Bishop
	- Knight

White to play and mate in 4 moves

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Analysis of SpeedyChess11 (1926) vs. thokkubabu (1683)

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

(white to move) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. Nbd2 b6 10. Re1 Bb7 11. Qc2 Qc7 12. h3 h6 13. Be3 Rac8 14. Nf1 Ne4 15. Nf3d2 f5 16. f3 Ng3 17. Nxg3 Bxg3 18. Bxf5 Bxe1 19. Rxe1 Rce8 20. Nb3 c4 21. Nd2 Qg3 22. Re2 Nb8 23. Nf1 Qc7 24. b3 b5 25. bxc4 dxc4 26. Bg6 Re7 27. Nh2 Nd7 28. Ng4 a6 29. Qd2 Qd6 30. Bb1 Ref7 31. Qc2 Rf5 32. Bd2 Qg3 33. Ne3 Rxf3 34. Qh7+ Kf7 35. Ng4 Rf6 36. Bxh6 Rg8 37. Bg5 Re8 38. Qh5+ Rg6 39. Bxg6+ Kg8 40. Rxe8+ Nf8 41. Qh7#

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Pawn promotion:
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	- Rook
	- Bishop
	- Knight

What is the best continuation for White?

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Analysis of John Coffey vs. chess724

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 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxc4 h6 7. O-O a6 8. d5 exd5 9. exd5 Nce7 10. Qa4+ Bd7 11. Qxb4 Nf6 12. Qxb7 O-O 13. Bxa6 Rb8 14. Qa7 Ra8 15. Qb7 Rb8 16. Qa7 Ra8 17. Qc5 Rxa6 18. Bf4 c6 19. Rad1 Ra5 20. Qd4 Nexd5 21. Be5 c5 22. Qd2 Nxc3 23. Qxc3 Rxa2 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Qd2 Ra7 26. Qxh6

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Pawn promotion:
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	- Rook
	- Bishop
	- Knight

Black to play and win

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Analysis of StateChamp8 (1521) vs. Chief523 (1819)

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

(black to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 d5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Bg3 c5 6. c3 c4 7. b3 Bxg3 8. hxg3 Qb6 9. bxc4 Qb2 10. Nbd2 Qxc3 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Qc1 Qxc1+ 13. Rxc1 Nc6 14. Bb5 Bd7 15. Ne4 Ke7 16. Neg5 h6 17. Ne4 a6 18. Ba4 b5 19. Bb3 Ndb4 20. Nc5 Rhc8 21. a3 Nd5 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Ke2 Bg4 24. Rc2 Na5 25. Rhc1 Nc4 26. a4 Rcb8 27. Kd3 Bxf3 28. gxf3 b4 29. Nb3 a5 30. e4 Nb6 31. Rc7+ Kf8 32. exd5 Nxd5 33. Rc1c5 Nc3 34. Rf5 f6 35. Rfc5 Re8 36. Rd7 Rac8 37. Rxc8 Rxc8 38. Ra7 Nxa4 39. Rxa5 Nb2+ 40. Ke4 Nc4 41. Rb5 Nd2+ 42. Nxd2 Rc2 43. Nb3 Rxf2 44. Rxb4 Kf7 45. Nc5 Ke7 46. d5 Kd6 47. Nd3 Re2+ 48. Kf4 g5+ 49. Kf5 Re3 50. Kxf6 Rxf3+ 51. Kg6 Rxd3 52. Kxh6 Rxg3 53. Rd4 Kc5 54. Rd1 Kd6 55. Kg6 Rg2 56. Rd4 g4 57. Rf4 Kxd5 58. Rf5+ Ke4 59. Rg5 Kf4 60. Kh5 Rh2+ 61. Kg6 g3 62. Rf5+ Kg4 63. Rg5+ Kh3 64. Kf5 Rf2+ 65. Ke4 g2 66. Ke3 Rf8 67. Rh5+ Kg3 68. Rg5+ Kh3 69. Rh5+ Kg4 70. Rh7 g1=Q+ 71. Ke2 Qd4 72. Rg7+ Qxg7 73. Kd3 Qd7+ 74. Ke2 Re8+ 75. Kf2 Qd2+ CHECK!

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Pawn promotion:
	- Queen
	- Rook
	- Bishop
	- Knight