White to play for Mate.

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Analysis of john2001plus (1900) vs. Gusev (1820)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 c6 3. c4 d5 4. e3 e6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cxd4 11. exf6 dxc3 12. Be4 Rb8 13. O-O cxb2 14. Bxb2 gxf6 15. Bc6 Be7 16. Rc1 O-O 17. Qc2 f5 18. Rfd1 f6 19. Nd4 Rf7 20. Nxe6 Qe8 21. Nc7 Qd8 22. Bd5 Bb7 23. Bxf7+ Kxf7 24. Qb3+ Kg6 25. Qg3+ Kf7 26. Qb3+ Kg6 27. Qe6 Bc8 28. Nd5 Bc5 29. Rxc5 Nxc5 30. Ne7+ Kg7 31. Nxf5+ Kg6 32. Ne7+ Kh5 33. Rxd8 Nxe6 34. Rxc8 Rb7 35. Bxf6 Rd7 36. h3 Rd1+ 37. Kh2 Rd2 38. Rg8 Rxf2 39. Nf5 b4 40. Kg1 Rxf5 41. g4+ Kh6 42. gxf5 Nf4 43. Bg5+ Kh5 44. Bxf4 Kh4 45. Kg2 a5 46. Rg4+ Kh5 47. Kg3 a4 48. Rh4#

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White to play and win

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john2001plus (1914) vs. Gusev (1811)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 b5 2. e4 a6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb7 6. Bd3 Nxd5 7. Nxd5 Bxd5 8. O-O e6 9. Ne5 c5 10. c4 bxc4 11. Qa4+ Nd7 12. Bxc4 Bxc4 13. Nxc4 Be7 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Nd6+ Ke7 17. fxe3 Kxd6 18. Qa3+ Ke5 19. Rad1 Qf6 20. Qc3+ Ke4 21. Qd3+ Ke5 22. Qd4#

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Analysis of john2001plus (1887) vs. soitgoes317 (1765)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. cxd5 Nxg5 7. Nxg5 O-O 8. e4 e6 9. h4 exd5 10. exd5 Re8+ 11. Be2 Bg4 12. f3 Bc8 13. Qb3 h6 14. Nge4 Bxd4 15. O-O-O Bg7 16. Bb5 Nd7 17. d6 c6 18. Bc4 Ne5 19. h5 Nxc4 20. Qxc4 g5 21. d7 Bxd7 22. Nd6 Be6 23. Qc5 Qf6 24. Nxe8 Rxe8 25. Qxa7 Qe5 26. Qf2 Bf5 27. Rhe1 Qf4+ 28. Qd2 Rxe1 29. Rxe1 Qh4 30. Ne4 Be5 31. Kb1 Qxh5 32. g4 Bxe4+ 33. Rxe4 Qh1+ 34. Re1 Qxf3 35. Rxe5 Qxg4 36. Re8+ Kg7 37. Qe2 Qxe2 38. Rxe2 Kf6 39. Rf2+ Kg6 40. Rd2 h5 41. Kc2 Kf5 42. Kd3 Kg4 43. Rg2+ Kh4 44. Rf2 Kg3 45. Rxf7 h4 46. Rxb7 h3 47. a4 g4 48. a5 h2 49. Rh7 Kg2 50. a6 h1=Q 51. Rxh1 Kxh1 52. a7 g3 53. a8=Q g2 54. Qh8+ Kg1 55. Ke3 Kf1 56. Qf6+ Kg1 57. Qh4

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Black to play and win

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Analysis of john2001plus (1887) vs. soitgoes317 (1765)

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

(black to move) 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. cxd5 Nxg5 7. Nxg5 O-O 8. e4 e6 9. h4 exd5 10. exd5 Re8+ 11. Be2 Bg4 12. f3 Bc8 13. Qb3 h6 14. Nge4 Bxd4 15. O-O-O Bg7 16. Bb5 Nd7 17. d6 c6 18. Bc4 Ne5 19. h5 Nxc4 20. Qxc4 g5 21. d7 Bxd7 22. Nd6 Be6 23. Qc5 Qf6 24. Nxe8 Rxe8 25. Qxa7 Qe5 26. Qf2 Bf5 27. Rhe1 Qf4+ 28. Qd2 Rxe1 29. Rxe1 Qh4 30. Ne4 Be5 31. Kb1 Qxh5 32. g4 Bxe4+ 33. Rxe4 Qh1+ 34. Re1 Qxf3 35. Rxe5 Qxg4 36. Re8+ Kg7 37. Qe2 Qxe2 38. Rxe2 Kf6 39. Rf2+ Kg6 40. Rd2 h5 41. Rd7 g4 42. Rxb7 g3 43. Rb8 h4 44. Rg8+ Kf5 45. Rg7 Kf4 46. Rxf7+ Ke3 47. Rg7 Kf3 48. a4 g2 49. Ka2 h3 50. Rf7+ Ke4 51. Rg7 h2

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Analysis of john2001plus (1962) vs. soitgoes317 (1732)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 c6 6. d4 d5 7. Nc3 Na6 8. Bf4 dxc4 9. Ne5 Nh5 10. Nxc4 Nxf4 11. gxf4 Be6 12. Ne5 Nb4 13. Qa4 Nd5 14. e3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Bd5 16. Rab1 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 c5 18. Nd7 Qc8 19. dxc5 Rd8 20. Rfd1

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	- Knight

Black to play

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Analysis of aherring74 (1905) vs. john2001plus (1863)

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

(black to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 a6 4. e3 c5 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. a3 e5 7. Bg5 Be6 8. b4 Be7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. Be2 b6 11. cxb6 Qxb6 12. O-O Rfd8 13. Na4 Qc7 14. Qc1 h6 15. Bh4 g5 16. Bg3 Bd6 17. c4 e4 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. c5 Qc7 20. Nd4 Ng4 21. f4 exf3 e.p. 22. Nxf3 d4 23. g3 Nxe3 24. Nxd4 Nxd4 25. Qxe3 Nc2 26. Qf3 Nxa1 27. Rxa1 Qe5 28. Rf1 Rd2 29. Qxa8+ Kg7 30. Bf3 Qd4+ 31. Kh1 Bh3 32. Rg1 g4 33. Bg2 Rd1 34. Rf1 Rxf1+ 35. Bxf1 Qf2 36. Qxa6 Bxf1 37. Qb7 Bh3 38. Qe4 Qf1#

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Analysis of Coffey, John (2016) vs. Gusev, Dmitri (1865)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 Nc6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e4 e5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. Nd5 f5 9. Bd3 fxe4 10. Bxe4 f5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 fxe4 13. Qh5+ Kd7 14. Qg4+ Kc6 15. Qxe4 dxe5 16. O-O-O Qg5+ 17. f4 exf4 18. Nxf4+ Kb6 19. h4 Qf5 20. Nd5+ Ka6 21. Nxc7+ Kb6 22. Nxa8+ Ka6 23. Nc7+ Kb6 24. Nd5+ Ka6 25. Qd4 Bd6 26. c5 Bf4+ 27. Nxf4

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