What is the strongest continuation for White?

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Analysis of aherring74 (2029) vs. john2001plus (1963)

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

(black to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O Nc6 9. a3 a5 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Qb6 13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 14. Ng5+ Kg6 15. Qd3+ f5 16. Qh3 e5 17. Qh7+ Kf6 18. Bg3 Nd4 19. Rae1 Nc6 20. Qh4 f4 21. Nh7+ Kf7 22. Nxf8 Bxf8 23. Qh5+ Kg8 24. Bh4 Be6 25. Qg6 Bf7 26. Qd3 Qxb2 27. g3 Qxa3 28. Qxa3 Bxa3 29. gxf4 exf4 30. Bg5 Nd4 31. Kg2 Ne6 32. Bh4 g5 33. Rxe6 Bxe6 34. Bxg5 Bd6 35. Rd1 Be5 36. Kf3 a4 37. Ke4 Bg7 38. Rg1 Kf7 39. Be7 a3 40. Bxa3 Ra4+ 41. Kf3 Bd5+ 42. Kg4 Rxa3

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What is the best continuation for Black?

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Analysis of CraigVanest (1106) vs. john2001plus (1913)

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

(black to move) 1. c4 d5 2. d4 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. Bd2 Nc6 6. Be2 dxc4 7. O-O cxd4 8. Bxc4 dxe3 9. Bxe3 Qa5 10. Nbd2 Be7 11. a3 O-O 12. Qc2 e5 13. b4 Qc7 14. b5 e4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Na5

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Black to play for a winning advantage

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Analysis of aherring74 (1936) vs. john2001plus (1883)

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

(black to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 a6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 c5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. O-O Qe7 9. Ne5 O-O 10. e4 Qd6 11. Nxc6 Qxf4 12. Na5 Ng4 13. g3 Nxf2 14. gxf4 Nxd1+

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White to play for a winning advantage

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Analysis of john2001plus (1893) vs. aherring74 (1929)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Ng5 Nc6 4. d3 e3 5. Bxe3 e5 6. c4 Be7 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Nd4 10. Bxd4 exd4 11. Nce4 c6 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Ne4 Be5 14. c5 d5 15. cxd6 e.p. Bxd6 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. Bf3 Be6 18. Re1 Rf6 19. Be4 Raf8 20. f3 Rh6 21. g3 Qe7 22. Qa4 Qg5 23. Qxd4 Qd2 24. h4 g5 25. Qe5 Bh3 26. Re2 Qb4 27. Qxg5+ Rg6 28. Bxg6 Qd4+ 29. Kh2 hxg6 30. Qxg6+

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