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Analysis of DelmarvaJoe (1841) vs. john2001plus (1738)

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. Nd2 c5 4. dxc5 Bxc5 5. Bd3 e5 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Ngf3 Nc6 8. O-O Bg4 9. Bc4 Qd7 10. c3 O-O-O 11. b4 Bxf2+ 12. Rxf2 e4 13. Qa4 exf3 14. Nxf3 Nf6 15. b5 Qd1+ 16. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 17. Rf1 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Rxf1+ 19. Kxf1 Ne5 20. Be2 Nd5 21. Bd2 Nb6 22. c4 Rd8 23. Bc3 Nbxc4 24. Rc1 Kb8 25. f4 Nd3 26. Bxd3 Rxd3 27. Bxg7 Rf3+ 28. Ke2 Re3+ 29. Kf2 Re4 30. f5 Ne5 31. Bf8 Rc4 32. Rxc4 Nxc4 33. Kf3 Kc7 34. Kf4 Kd7 35. Kg5 Nd2 36. Kf6 Ke8 37. Bb4 Nf3 38. h3 a6 39. bxa6 bxa6 40. Kg7 Nd4 41. f6 h5 42. Kh6 h4 43. Kh5 Kd7 44. Kxh4 Ke6 45. Kg5 Nf3+ 46. Kf4 Ne5 47. Bc3 Nd3+ 48. Ke3 Ne5 49. Ke4 Nd7 50. h4 Nxf6+ 51. Bxf6 Kxf6 52. Kf4 Kg6 53. Kg4 a5 54. h5+ Kh6 55. Kf5 Kxh5 56. Kf6 Kg4 57. Kxf7 Kf4 58. Ke6 Ke4 59. Kd6 Kd4 60. Kc6 Kc3 61. Kb5 a4 62. Kxa4 Kc4

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White to play and draw.

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Analysis of john2001plus (1739) vs. PUREHEAT (2084)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 d6 2. e4 Nd7 3. d4 c6 4. Nc3 Qc7 5. Be2 e5 6. d5 Be7 7. O-O Ngf6 8. Bg5 O-O 9. Qd2 c5 10. a4 a6 11. a5 h6 12. Bxh6 gxh6 13. Qxh6 Nh7 14. h4 Bf6 15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. hxg5 Qd8 17. f4 Kh8 18. Qxd6 Rg8 19. Bh5 Rg7 20. Bxf7 Rxf7 21. fxe5 Rxf1+ 22. Rxf1 Qxg5 23. e6 Ne5 24. Rf5 Qe3+ 25. Rf2 Qe1+ 26. Rf1 Qe3+ 27. Rf2 Qe1+

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Black to play for a win.

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Analysis of busygin (2132) vs. john2001plus (1771)

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

(black to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. c3 cxd4 5. cxd4 Nc6 6. e3 Qb6 7. Qb3 Na5 8. Qxb6 axb6 9. Nc3 Bb4 10. Bd3 Nb3 11. Rb1 Rxa2 12. O-O Ra8 13. Bc2 Na5 14. Na4 Nd5 15. Bg3 b5 16. e4 bxa4 17. exd5 O-O 18. dxe6 dxe6 19. Bxa4 Nc4 20. Bb5 Nd6 21. Bd3 Bd7 22. Ne5 Bb5 23. Ra1 f6 24. Bxb5 Nxb5 25. Nf3 Rxa1 26. Rxa1 Rd8 27. Ra4 Nxd4 28. Rxb4 Nc2 29. Re4 Rd1+ 30. Ne1 Nxe1 31. Kf1 Nc2+ 32. Ke2 Re1+ 33. Kd3 Rxe4 34. Kxe4 f5+ 35. Ke5 Kf7 36. Kd6 Ne1 37. b4 Nd3 38. b5 g5 39. Be5 Nxe5 40. Kxe5 Ke7 41. b6 Kd7 42. g3 g4 43. Kf6 Kd6 44. Kf7 h5 45. Kf6 Kc6 46. Kxe6 Kxb6 47. Kxf5 Kc5 48. Ke4 b5 49. f4 gxf3 e.p. 50. Kxf3 b4 51. Ke3 Kc4 52. Kd2 Kb3 53. h3 Ka2 54. g4 hxg4 55. hxg4 b3 56. g5 b2 57. g6 b1=Q

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White to play and win.

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analysis of yoshi (1700) vs. StrayLight (1323)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 e6 2. d4 f5 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 d6 7. O-O a5 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. a3 e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. e4 f4 12. gxf4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Nh5 14. Be3 Qe8 15. e5 Bf5 16. Qd2 Qg6 17. Kh1 Bg4 18. exd6 Bxd6 19. Nh4 Qf6 20. Bg5 Qe5 21. f4 Nxf4 22. Bxf4 Rxf4 23. Rxf4 g5 24. Raf1 gxf4 25. Bf3 Be7 26. Re1 Qf6 27. Ne4 Qxh4 28. Rg1 h5 29. Bxg4 hxg4 30. Qxf4 Qh7 31. Qxg4+ Kf8 32. Qc8+ Kf7 33. Qe6+ Kf8 34. Rf1+ Ke8 35. Qc8+ Bd8 36. Nf6+ Ke7 37. Qe6+ Kf8 38. Nxh7+ Kg7 39. Rf7+

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analysis of john2001plus (1759) vs. JourneytoNM (1522)

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 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. e4 b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. a3 Nbd7 11. Qc2 h6 12. b4 Nb6 13. Ne5 Nfd7 14. Nf3 Nf6 15. Be3 Rc8 16. e5 Nfd5 17. Ne4 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Nd5 20. Bxd5 Qxd5 21. e4 Qd7 22. Rac1 c6 23. Rfd1 Qa7 24. Qf2 a5 25. d5 Qxf2+ 26. Kxf2 axb4 27. d6 Bd8 28. axb4 Bb6+ 29. Ke2 Rfd8 30. Nd4 Bxd4 31. Rxd4 f6 32. exf6 gxf6 33. Rf1 Kg7 34. e5 f5 35. g4 c5 36. gxf5 cxd4 37. fxe6 Ra8 38. Kd3 Ra3+ 39. Kxd4 Ra7 40. Kc5 Rc8+ 41. Kd5 Rd8 42. Ke4 Re8 43. Rg1+ Kf8 44. Rg6 Rh7 45. Rf6+ Kg8 46. Kf5 Ra7 47. Rg6+ Kh7 48. e7 Rd7 49. h4 Ra7 50. e6 Raa8 51. Kf6 h5 52. d7 Rxe7 53. Rg5

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Black to play and win.

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Analysis of WilliamRDavis (1665) vs. john2001plus (1737), 900+10

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

(black to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nbd2 d5 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Be7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. e4 Qc7 10. exd5 exd5 11. Nb3 Bb6 12. Bg5 Ne4 13. Bh4 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15. g4 Bg6 16. Kg2 Rae8 17. Rc1 Qf4 18. Nbd4 f5 19. Bg3 Nxg3 20. fxg3 Qd6 21. gxf5 Bc7 22. Ne2 Rxe2+ 23. Qxe2 Qxg3+ 24. Kh1 Qxh3+ 25. Nh2 Bh5 26. Qc2 Ne5 27. Be2 Bxe2 28. Qxe2 Ng4 29. Rf3 Qh4 30. f6 Bxh2 31. f7+ Kh8 32. Kg2 Qg5 33. Rh1 Bf4 34. Kf1 Ne3+ 35. Ke1 Qg6 36. Rxf4 Ng2+ 37. Kd1 Qb1+ 38. Kd2 Qxb2+ 39. Kd1 Qb1+ 40. Kd2 Qxa2+ 41. Kd1 Qxe2+ 42. Kxe2 Nxf4+

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Black to play.

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Analysis of BotanicalKnight (1437) vs. yoshi (1703), 720+3

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. f4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 Nge7 6. Nf3 Nf5 7. d3 Be7 8. O-O h5 9. Nc3 h4 10. g4 Nfd4 11. h3 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Nd4 13. Qd1 Bd7 14. Ne2 Nxe2+ 15. Qxe2 Qb6 16. Kh1 Rc8 17. c3 O-O 18. g5 g6 19. Qg4 Bb5 20. Rd1 Qa6 21. Bf1 d4 22. Qxh4 dxc3 23. bxc3 Rfd8 24. Qg3 Rc7 25. Bb2 Rcd7 26. d4 cxd4 27. cxd4 Bc5 28. Bg2 Bxd4 29. Bxd4 Rxd4 30. Rxd4 Rxd4 31. Qf2 Qa4 32. Rc1 Bc6 33. Rf1 Qc4 34. h4 Bxg2+ 35. Kxg2 Qd5+ 36. Kg1 Rd2 37. Qf3 Qd4+ 38. Kh1 Rxa2 39. h5 Qd2 40. Qg3 gxh5 41. g6 Qd5+ 42. Kg1 Qd4+ 43. Kh1 Qe4+ 44. Kg1 fxg6 45. Re1 Qd4+ 46. Kh1 Qd5+ 47. Kg1 Qc5+ 48. Kf1 Qc2 49. Kg1 b5

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