What is the best continuation for Black?

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soitgoes317 (1759) vs. john2001plus (1934)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Be2 O-O 8. Qd2 d5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Bf4 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Rb8 14. b3 Be6 15. Rad1 Rfd8+ 16. Kc1 Rd5 17. Bc4 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Rxe5 19. Bxe6 Rxe6 20. Rhe1 Rb5 21. Rd7 Rf5 22. Re2 a5 23. a4 Rd5 24. Rc7 f5 25. f3 exf3 26. Rxe6 fxg2 27. Re1 f4 28. Kb2 e6 29. Rxe6 Kf8 30. Ree7 g1=Q 31. Rf7+ Ke8 32. Rce7+ Kd8 33. Rb7 Qd4+ 34. Kb1 Rd7

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Gusev (1798) vs. john2001plus (1922)

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

(white to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 cxd4 6. cxd5 Qxd5 7. Qxd4 Nc6 8. Qxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Bc5 10. a3 a5 11. Nbd2 a4 12. Ne4 Be7 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bd2 Kf7 15. Rac1 Na5 16. Bxa5 Rxa5 17. Nc3 Bd7 18. Nxd5 Rxd5 19. Rfd1 Bb5 20. Rxd5 exd5 21. Nd4 Bc4 22. e4 Rd8 23. Nf5 b5 24. exd5 Bxd5 25. Rc7 Ke6 26. Nxe7 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 Kd6 28. Ra7 g6 29. Kf3 Re8 30. Ke4 Rxe7+ 31. Rxe7 Kxe7 32. Kd5

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john2001plus (1911) vs. Gusev (1809)

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

(black to move) 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. a3 Bxd2 9. Bxd2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 Nc6 12. Bc3 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 d5 14. Rfd1 dxc4 15. Qxc4 Qe7 16. Bb4 Qb7+ 17. f3 Rfd8 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Rc1 Nd5 20. Qd4 g5 21. Qe5 h6 22. Rd1 Ne3+ 23. Qxe3 Rxd1 24. Bc3 Qe7 25. Qe5 f6 26. Qxf6 Qxf6 27. Bxf6 Kf7 28. Bc3 a6 29. Kf2 Kg6 30. e4 Rc1 31. h3 h5 32. g4 hxg4 33. hxg4 b5 34. Ke3 Rh1 35. Kd4 Kf6 36. e5+ Ke7 37. Ke4 Rh2 38. f4 gxf4 39. Kxf4 Rf2+ 40. Kg3 Rf1 41. Kg2 Rc1 42. Kg3 Kf7 43. Kf4 Kg6 44. Ke4 Rg1 45. Kd4 Rxg4+ 46. Kc5 Kf5 47. Kb6 Ra4 48. Bb4 Kxe5 49. b3 Rxb4 50. axb4 Kd4 51. Kxa6 e5 52. Kxb5 e4 53. Kc6 e3 54. b5 e2 55. b6 e1=Q 56. b7 Qe8+ 57. Kc7 Qe5+ 58. Kc8 Qc5+ 59. Kd7 Qb6 60. Kc8 Qc6+ 61. Kb8 Kc5 62. Ka7 Qc7 63. Ka8 Qa5+ 64. Kb8 Kc6 65. b4 Qc7+

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Analysis of soitgoes317 (1763) vs. john2001plus (1892)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Be3 Bg7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Qd2 Ng4 8. Bc4 Nxe3 9. fxe3 Ne5 10. Bb3 O-O 11. O-O-O a5 12. a4 d6 13. h4 h5 14. Nf3 Ng4 15. Ng5 Bh6 16. Kb1 Kg7 17. Qd4+ e5 18. Qxd6 Bxg5 19. hxg5 Qxg5 20. Nd5 Nf2 21. Rdf1 Nxh1 22. Rxh1 Be6 23. Nc7 Bxb3 24. Nxa8 Bxc2+ 25. Ka2 Rxa8 26. Qc7 Qxg2 27. Qxe5+ Kh7 28. Rc1 Qxe4

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Analysis of soitgoes317 (1737) vs. john2001plus (1918)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Bxf6 gxf6 6. Nxe4 f5 7. Ng3 c5 8. d5 Qxd5 9. Qxd5 exd5 10. O-O-O Bh6+ 11. Kb1 Be6 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. Nxf5 Bf4 14. Nh3 Bc7 15. Ng7+ Kd7 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Ng5 h6 18. Nf7 Rhf8 19. Nxh6 Rxf2 20. Be4 Ne5 21. b3 Rh8 22. Nf5 exf5 23. Bxd5 b5

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john2001plus (1942) vs. aherring74 (1922)

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

(white to move) 1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nc6 5. d5 Ne5 6. Bxf6 exf6 7. f4 exf3 e.p. 8. Nxf3 Bb4 9. Nxe5 Qe7 10. Qe2 Qxe5 11. O-O-O O-O 12. Qxe5 fxe5 13. Ne4 d6 14. c3 Ba5 15. Bd3 Bb6 16. Rhf1 Bd7 17. Kc2 h6 18. Ng3 Rxf1 19. Rxf1 Rf8 20. Bh7+ Kxh7 21. Rxf8 Kg6 22. Kd3 Bg1 23. h3 Bh2 24. Ne4 h5 25. Rb8 b5 26. Rb7 Bg1 27. Rxc7 Bf5 28. g4 hxg4 29. hxg4 Bxe4+ 30. Kxe4 Bc5 31. b4

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soitgoes317 (1755) vs. john2001plus (1876)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. e5 Ng8 9. f4 d6 10. Qf3 dxe5 11. Qxc6+ Bd7 12. Qd5 exf4 13. Bc4 e6 14. Qf3 fxe3 15. O-O Nf6 16. Ne4 e2 17. Bxe2 Rc8 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Qxf6 Qxf6 20. Rxf6 Rxc2

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Analysis of john2001plus (1855) vs. soitgoes317 (1762)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 Rb8 8. e4 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Be3 c6 12. Bxa7 Ra8 13. Bc5 Re8 14. a4 b6 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Bxb6 Rd2 17. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Ba6 19. b3 Rc8 20. Bh3 Rb8 21. a5 Bf8 22. Na4 Nxe4 23. f3 Ng5 24. Bg2 Ne6 25. Rd7 Bb4 26. Bh3 Nd4 27. Bxd4 exd4 28. Rxd4 Bxa5 29. Rd3 Bb4 30. Bd7 c5 31. Bc6 Bb7 32. Bxb7 Rxb7 33. Rd8+ Kg7 34. Rc8 Ba5 35. Nxc5 Bb6 36. Kg2 Bxc5 37. Rxc5 Rxb3 38. f4 Rc3 39. Rc6 Kf8 40. h4 h5 41. Rc7 f6 42. c5 Ke8 43. c6 Kd8 44. Rd7+ Ke8 45. Rc7 Kd8 46. Rg7 Rxc6 47. Rxg6 Ke8 48. Rh6 Kf7 49. Rxh5 Kg6 50. Rh8 Kf5 51. Kh3 Rc1 52. h5 Re1 53. h6 Kg6 54. g4 Rh1+ 55. Kg2 Rxh6 56. Rxh6+ Kxh6 57. Kf3 Kg6 58. Ke3 Kf7 59. Kd4 Ke6 60. Kc5 Kd7 61. Kd5 Ke7 62. Kc6 Ke6 63. f5+ Ke5 64. Kd7 Kf4 65. Ke6 Kg5 66. Kf7 Kxg4 67. Kxf6

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Analysis of aherring74 (1957) vs. john2001plus (1844)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. f4 Be7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Be3 f6 10. Qd2 fxe5 11. fxe5 Bh4+ 12. Nxh4 Qxh4+ 13. g3 Qe4 14. Rg1 cxd4 15. cxd4 Rf3 16. Bf2 Ndxe5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Qd4 Nd3+ 19. Kd2 Nxf2 20. Ke1 Re3 21. Qxe4 Nxe4

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