Black to play and win

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Analysis of Anish Giri (2779) vs. Magnus Carlsen (2872)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Ne7 6. h4 h5 7. e5 d6 8. exd6 Ng6 9. Nfd2 Bxd6 10. Nc4 Be7 11. Nc3 Ba6 12. Qf3 Bxc4 13. Qxc6+ Kf8 14. dxc4 Nxh4 15. O-O Nf5 16. Ne2 Rc8 17. Qa4 Rc7 18. Bf4 Rd7 19. c3 g5 20. Rad1 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Qa8 22. Bc7 h4 23. Rd3 h3 24. gxh3 Nh4 25. Rg3 g4 26. Rxg4 Nf3+ 27. Kf1 Rxh3 28. Ng1 Rh1 29. Qd7 Qb7 30. Qd3 f5 31. Rg2 Nxg1 32. Rxg1 Rxg1+ 33. Kxg1 Qxc7

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Black to play for mate

Casual blitz, Greenwood Indiana Chess Club
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 strongest continuation for White?

ICC tourney 1651 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
john2001plus (1740) vs. lagarto300 (1830)

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 d6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Bg5 h6 9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nd5 Rxd5 12. cxd5 c6 13. Rc1 Bg4 14. dxc6 Nxc6 15. Ba6 Nb4 16. Bc4 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Nc6 18. Rg1 g5 19. Bd5 Nd4 20. Rg3 Bd8 21. h4 Kg7 22. hxg5 hxg5 23. Kd2 Kf6 24. Rh1 Ba5+ 25. Kd3 Rc8 26. Rh6+ Kg7 27. Rh5 Bd8 28. Rgh3 Rc7 29. Rh7+ Kf8 30. Rh8+ Ke7 31. Rh3h7 Rd7 32. Rxf7+ Kd6 33. Rh6+ Kc7 34. Rhh7

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What is the strongest continuation for White?

ICC tourney 1592 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
Analysis of john2001plus (1767) vs. weakfish (1318)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 e6 8. f3 Be7 9. e4 Bg6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Be2 h6 12. O-O Rc8 13. Qb3 Nb6 14. Ne5 Bh7 15. a5 Nbd7 16. Qxb7 Ra8 17. Nxc6 Qe8 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. e5 Nd5 20. Nxd5 exd5 21. Qxd5 Rab8 22. Bc4 Rxb2 23. e6 Nf6 24. exf7+ Kh8 25. Qe5 Qb4 26. Rfc1 Bg6 27. Bxh6 Bxf7 28. Bxf7 Rxf7 29. Rc8+ Kh7 30. Qf5+ g6 31. Qe6 Qxd4+ 32. Be3 Rxg2+ 33. Kxg2 Qb2+ 34. Bf2 Rg7 35. Ra4 Nh5 36. Rac4 Qd2 37. Qe3 Qxa5 38. Qc3 Qg5+ 39. Rg4 Nf4+ 40. Kf1 Qb5+ 41. Qc4 Qb1+ 42. Qc1 Qb5+ 43. Rc4 Ne6 44. Kg2 Re7 45. Rh4+ Kg8 46. Rc8+ Re8 47. Qc3 Ng7 48. Rc5 Qe2 49. Rc7 Re7 50. Rc8+ Kf7 51. Rhh8 Ne8 52. Rh7+ Ke6 53. Rxe8 Rxe8 54. Qc6+ Kf5 55. Rf7+ Kg5 56. Qf6+ Kh5 57. Rh7# CHECK!

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