What is the best continuation for White?

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Analysis of John Coffey vs. just plain bill

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

(white to move) 1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qd7 5. e4 a6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Ne5 Qd8 8. Bc4 e6 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. Nxd7 Bxd7 11. e5 Be7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. exf6 Qxf6 14. O-O O-O-O 15. d5 h5 16. Qb3 exd5 17. Nxd5 Qd6 18. Rac1 Be6 19. Nxc7 Bxc4 20. Rxc4 Kb8 21. Rfc1 Rc8 22. Nxa6+ Ka7 23. Qe3+ Qb6 24. Nc5 Kb8 25. Nd7+ Ka8 26. Rxc8+ Rxc8 27. Rxc8+ Ka7 28. Qxb6#

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Analysis of Mustangcoffee (1523) vs. john2001plus (1840)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 exd5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bc4 Bg4 7. Nf3 Nxd5 8. Qe2+ Be7 9. h3 Be6 10. Nc3 Nf4 11. Qf1 Nxg2+ 12. Qxg2 Bxc4 13. Qxg7 Bf6 14. Qh6 Nc6 15. Qe3+ Qe7 16. d3 Be6 17. Bd2 O-O-O 18. O-O-O Nb4 19. Qxa7 Nxd3+ 20. Kb1 Nxb2 21. Kxb2 Rxd2+ 22. Rxd2 Qb4+ 23. Kc1 Qxc3+ 24. Kd1 Qxf3+ 25. Kc1 Qxh1+ 26. Kc2 Qe4+ 27. Kd1 Qb1+ 28. Ke2 Bc4+ 29. Kf3 Qf5+ 30. Kg2 Rg8+ 31. Kh2 Qf4+ 32. Kh1 Qf3+

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Analysis of Reuter, Adam (1915) vs. Coffey, John (2016)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. g3 Bd6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. b3 Nc6 9. Bb2 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 d4 12. d3 Nb4 13. Rf2 Re8 14. Qxb7 Re1+ 15. Kh2 Rb8 16. Qxa7 g5 17. a3 gxf4 18. gxf4 Ng4+ 19. Kg3 Nxf2 20. Bc1 Qg5+ 21. Kf3 Qd5+ 22. Kxf2 Re2+ 23. Kxe2 Qxg2+ 24. Ke1 Re8+ 25. Be3 Rxe3+ 26. Kd1 Qxc2#

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What is the best continuation for Black?

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Analysis of fiddler (1723) vs. john2001plus (1880)

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

(black to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bd2 O-O 6. g3 Bb7 7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Rc1 c5 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Ne4 12. b4 Nxc3 13. Rxc3 Qe7 14. dxc5 dxc5 15. b5 Rfd8 16. Rd3 a6 17. a4 axb5 18. axb5 e5 19. Nh4 e4 20. Rd6 Ne5 21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. Qc2 Qd4 23. Rc1 Ra1 24. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 25. Bf1 g6 26. e3 g5 27. f4 gxh4 28. fxe5 hxg3 29. hxg3 Qxe5 30. Kg2 Bc8 31. Qd2 Qf6 32. Kg1 Qg5 33. Kf2 Kg7 34. Bg2 Be6 35. Qc2 Qf6+ 36. Kg1 Qg6 37. Qc3+ f6 38. Kf2 Qf5+ 39. Kg1 Qg5 40. Kf2 h5 41. Qc2 h4 42. gxh4 Qxh4+ 43. Kg1 Qe1+ 44. Kh2 Bf5 45. Qb3 Kg6 46. Qa3 Kg5 47. Qb3 Qf2 48. Kh1 Bg4 49. Qb1 Bf3 50. Bxf3 exf3 51. Qg1+ Qxg1+ 52. Kxg1 Kf5 53. Kf1 Ke4 54. Kf2 f5

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What is the strongest continuation for White?

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Analysis of john2001plus (1841) vs. Yeetyeet21 (1218)

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 Nc6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Qe7 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Bd7 11. O-O O-O 12. e4 Na5 13. Bd3 g5 14. Nxg5 hxg5 15. Bxg5 e5 16. f4 Qe6 17. fxe5 Nh7 18. Bf6 Nxf6 19. exf6 Qg4 20. Qd2 Qh5 21. Rf4 Nc6 22. e5 Rfe8 23. Qf2 Nxe5 24. dxe5 Rxe5 25. Rh4 Qg5 26. Bh7+ Kh8 27. Bf5+ Kg8 28. Bxd7 Qe3 29. Qxe3 Rxe3 30. Rf1 Re5 31. Bf5 Rae8 32. Rg4+ Kh8 33. Rg7 Re1 34. Rxf7 Rxf1+ 35. Kxf1 Rd8 36. Rh7+ Kg8 37. Bg6 Rd1+ 38. Ke2 Rd8 39. f7+ Kf8 40. Rh8+ Ke7 41. Rxd8

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What is the best continuation for Black?

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Analysis of Mustangcoffee (1713) vs. john2001plus (1843)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 exd5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bb5+ c6 6. dxc6 Nxc6 7. Nf3 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. d4 Ba6 12. Re1 Rxe1+ 13. Qxe1 Rb8 14. Nc3 Qd7 15. a3 Re8 16. Be3 Qf5 17. Qd2 Bc4 18. Re1 Ne4 19. Nxe4 Rxe4 20. Qc3 Bd5 21. Nd2 Rh4 22. Nf1 Rxh3 23. f3 Rxf3 24. gxf3 Qxf3 25. Re2 Qxe2 26. Bf2 Qg4+ 27. Bg3 f5 28. Kf2 f4 29. Bh2 Be7 30. Ke1 Bh4+ 31. Kd2 Qg2+ 32. Kd3 Be4+ 33. Kc4 Qe2+ 34. Kb3 Bd5+ 35. Kb4 Qb5#

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What is the best continuation for Black?

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Analysis of pkengsoo (1687) vs. john2001plus (1839)

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 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Bd3 c5 9. Nb5 Nc6 10. c3 cxd4 11. cxd4 a6 12. Nd6 Ndxe5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxc8 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Qb4+ 16. Ke2 Qxb2+ 17. Ke3 Qe5+ 18. Kd2 Qb2+ 19. Ke3 Raxc8 20. Rab1 Qxa2 21. Rxb7 Rc3 22. Rd1 e5 23. Qe2 d4+ 24. Kf3 Qe6 25. h4 h5 26. Kg3 e4 27. Qxh5 Rxd3+ 28. Rxd3 exd3 29. Rb2 Qe1 30. Rb3 d2 31. Rd3 f5 32. Qf3 Rd8 33. Qh5 Rd5 34. Kh2 Qe4 35. Qf3 Qxh4+ 36. Qh3 Qxf2 37. Qg3 Qe1 38. Qb8+ Kf7 39. Qb3 Ke6 40. Qc2 Rd8 41. Qc6+ Rd6 42. Qc2 Kd5 43. Qb3+ Ke5 44. Qb8 d1=Q 45. Qe8+ Kf4 46. Rf3+ Kg4 47. Qxe1 Rh6+ 48. Rh3 Qxe1 49. Rxh6 gxh6

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