What is the best move for Black?

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Analysis of BDRichardson (1179) vs. ami22-2000 (1147)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 a6 2. d4 c5 3. d5 b6 4. Nf3 d6 5. Nc3 e5 6. a3 Nf6 7. Be3 h6 8. g3 Bg4 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. Nb1 Nxe4 11. Nbd2 Nef6 12. c4 e4

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Analysis of john2001plus (1785) vs. SpeedyChess11 (1852)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 c5 6. d5 exd5 7. cxd5 d6 8. e4 g6 9. Bb5+ Nbd7 10. O-O Bg7 11. Re1 O-O 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxd7 Qxd7 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. e5 dxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Rxe5 Rfe8 18. Ne4 Kg7 19. Qf3 Rxe5 20. Qf6+ Kg8 21. Qxe5 Qf5 22. Nf6+ Kf8 23. f4 Rd8 24. Rd1 Qxe5 25. fxe5 Ke7 26. Kf2 Ba6 27. b3 c4 28. Rc1 Rc8 29. bxc4 Rxc4 30. Rxc4 Bxc4 31. g4 Bb3 32. Ke3 Ba2 33. Kd4 Kf8 34. Kc3 Ke7 35. h3 a6 36. Ng8+ Kf8 37. d6 Be6 38. Nf6 Ba2 39. Kb4 g5 40. a4 Be6 41. a5 b5 42. Kc5 Bc8 43. d7 Bxd7 44. Nxd7+

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Analysis of sgolde20 (1273) vs. john2001plus (1781)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Nc3 c6 10. Re1 Bg4 11. Be2 Nd7 12. Nd2 Bxe2 13. Nxe2 Rfe8 14. Nf3 Nf8 15. c3 Ng6 16. Ng3 Nh4 17. Nxh4 Qxh4 18. Qd2 f5 19. h3 Bxg3 20. fxg3 Qxg3 21. Rf1 Rf8 22. Rf3 Qg5 23. Qf2 Rae8 24. Rf1 g6 25. h4 Qg4 26. Rf4 Qe2 27. Qg3 Qe3+ 28. Qxe3 Rxe3 29. h5 g5 30. Rxf5 Rxf5 31. Rxf5 Kg7 32. Rf3 Rxf3 33. gxf3 Kf6 34. Kf2 Kf5 35. Kg3 a6 36. b3 b6 37. a3 a5 38. a4 b5 39. axb5 cxb5 40. c4 bxc4 41. bxc4 dxc4 42. d5 c3 43. d6 Ke6 44. d7 Kxd7 45. Kf2 c2 46. Ke2 c1=Q

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What is the best move for Black?

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yoshi (1703) vs. RM3 (1043)

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

(black to move) 1. Nf3 Nc6 2. d4 e5 3. d5 e4 4. dxc6 exf3 5. cxb7 Bxb7 6. exf3 Nf6 7. Bd3 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. Nc3 Re8 10. Re1 Rxe1+ 11. Qxe1 c6 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Qf6 14. Qxh7+ Kf8 15. Qf5 Qxf5 16. Bxf5 Rd8 17. Bg5 f6 18. Be3 Be5 19. Bxa7 d5 20. c3 Ba6 21. Rd1 Be2 22. Rd2 Bc4 23. b3 Bb5 24. c4 Bc3 25. Bc5+ Kf7 26. Rd3 Ba6 27. Rxc3 dxc4 28. h3 Rd5

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5uckItTrebek (1817) vs. john2001plus (1848)

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

(white to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. c3 cxd4 4. cxd4 Qb6 5. Nf3 Qxb2 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. e3 Nb4 8. Rc1 Nfd5 9. Nc4 Qxa2 10. Bd3 Nxd3+ 11. Qxd3 b5 12. Nce5 Nb4 13. Qc3 e6 14. O-O f6 15. Nd3 a5 16. Nc5 Nd5 17. Qd3 Bxc5 18. Rxc5 O-O 19. Bd6 Re8 20. e4 Ne7 21. Rfc1 Nc6 22. Rh5 g6 23. Rh3 e5 24. dxe5 Nxe5 25. Nxe5 fxe5 26. Qe3 Qe6 27. Qh6 Qxd6 28. Qxh7+ Kf8 29. Rf3+ Qf6 30. Rxf6#

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jasrom (2179) vs. xiaoqixia (1594)

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 a b c d e f g h +12

(white to move) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. c4 Be7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. d4 d5 9. c5 Bf5 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nc6 12. O-O Re8 13. a3 a5 14. b3 Qd7 15. Be3 Ng4 16. Rfe1 Nxe3 17. fxe3 Bf6 18. Rab1 h6 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Ne7 21. b5 c6 22. bxc6 bxc6 23. e4 dxe4 24. Nxe4 Nd5 25. Nxf6+ Nxf6 26. Ne5 Qd5 27. Qc4 Qxc4 28. Nxc4 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Ra4 30. Rc1 Nd5 31. Ne5 Ne7 32. Nf3 Nf5 33. Rd1 Ne3 34. Re1 Nf5 35. Re4 Kf8 36. h4 Ra1+ 37. Kf2 Ra2+ 38. Re2 Ra4 39. Rd2 Ke7 40. g4 Nxh4 41. Nxh4 Ke6 42. Nf5 Kf6 43. Ne3 g6 44. Kf3 Ra1 45. d5 cxd5 46. Nxd5+ Ke6 47. Nf4+ Ke7 48. Rc2 Ra8 49. Ke4 Ra4+ 50. Ke3 Ra8 51. Kd4 Ra4+ 52. Rc4 Rxc4+ 53. Kxc4 f5 54. Nxg6+ Kf6 55. gxf5 Kxf5 56. c6 Ke6 57. Kc5 h5 58. Nf4+ Ke7 59. Nxh5 Kd8 60. Kd6 Kc8 61. Ng7 Kd8 62. Nf5 Kc8 63. Ne7+ Kd8 64. c7+ Ke8 65. c8=Q+ Kf7 66. Qg8+ Kf6 67. Qg6#

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Blacknight101 (1596) vs. xiaoqixia (1617)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nc4 Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Bf5 9. Bd3 Qd7 10. Ne3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 d5 12. Qb5 c6 13. Qb3 Re8 14. Bd2 Bd6 15. Ne2 Ne4 16. Bb4 Bxb4 17. Qxb4 Na6 18. Qb3 Nd2 19. Qd3 Nxf1 20. Rxf1 Nc7 21. Nf4 Qd6 22. Nh3 Qg6 23. Qe2 Ne6 24. f4 Nxd4 25. Qf2 Nf5 26. Nd1 h6 27. Kh1 Re7 28. Rg1 Rae8 29. g4 Ne3 30. Nc3 Qxc2 31. Qh4 Qxb2 32. g5 Nf5 33. Qh5 Re1 34. gxh6 Rxg1+ 35. Kxg1 Re1#

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yoshi (1694) vs. Taechess (1632)

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

(black to move) 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 g6 5. Bxc4 Bg7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. e4 Bg4 9. Be3 Qb6 10. e5 Nfd7 11. Qb3 Qxb3 12. Bxb3 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Nb6 14. Ne4 Na6 15. Rac1 Nc7 16. Nc5 Rab8 17. a4 Rfd8 18. Bg5 Nbd5 19. Rfd1 h6 20. Bh4 g5 21. Bg3 e6 22. Ne4 a6 23. Nd6 Bf8 24. Kf1 Ne8 25. Ne4 Be7 26. a5 h5 27. h3 h4 28. Bh2 Rbc8 29. Nc5 Bxc5 30. Rxc5 Ng7 31. Bc2 Nh5 32. Be4 Nhf4 33. Bxf4 Nxf4 34. Kg1 Rxd4 35. Rxd4 Ne2+ 36. Kf1 Nxd4 37. Kg2 Ne2 38. Rc2 Nf4+ 39. Kh2 Rd8 40. b3 Rd1 41. b4 Nd3 42. Bxc6 Nxb4

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JoeKempsey (1250) vs. john2001plus (1778)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 h g f e d c b a +11

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bd6 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Re1 Re8 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Qd2 Bg4 12. Rad1 Nd7 13. h3 Bf4 14. Qd3 Bf5 15. Ne4 dxe4 16. Qa3 exf3 17. Bxf3 Bxc2 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. Rf1 Bb8 20. Rc1 Qf4 21. g3 Qxc1+ 22. Kg2 Re1 23. g4 Rg1#

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Fiddler (1532) vs. Yoshi (1618)

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

(black to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Bg5 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Ne4 8. Rc1 Bb7 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qe7 11. Qa4 O-O 12. Bxc7 d6 13. Bxb8 Rfxb8 14. e3 Rc8 15. Be2 d5 16. O-O dxc4 17. Bxc4 Qc7 18. Ba6 Nxc3 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Qc2 Qa6 21. Qb2 Ne2+ 22. Kh1 Nxc1 23. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 24. Qxc1 Rc8 25. Qb1 Qxa3 26. h3 Rc1+

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KingsBishop (1455) vs. yoshi (1705)

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

(white 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. Bb5 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Nc6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Qf4 Ba6 13. O-O-O Rab8 14. h4 Rb4 15. Rd4 Rfb8 16. b3 Qc5 17. Rxb4 Rxb4 18. Qd2 Nb6 19. a3 Rg4 20. b4 Qc4 21. g3 d4 22. Nh2 dxc3 23. Qd8#

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Fiddler (1520) vs. Yoshi (1694)

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

(black to move) 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bd2 Bb7 6. e3 O-O 7. Be2 d6 8. O-O Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Ne4 10. Rc1 Nd7 11. Nd2 Nxc3 12. Rxc3 f5 13. Bf3 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 Nf6 15. c5 Ne4 16. Rc2 dxc5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Ne5 Qf6 19. Qd4 Rfd8 20. Qc3 Ne4 21. Qxc7 Nc5 22. Nf3 Rdc8 23. Qe5 Nd3 24. Qxf6 gxf6 25. Rfc1 Nxc1

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john2001plus (1786) vs. stelou76 (1337)

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 a b c d e f g h +18

(white to move) 1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 Nc6 3. c3 d6 4. d4 Bg4 5. d5 Ne5 6. Nxe5 Bxd1 7. Bb5+ Qd7 8. Bxd7+ Kd8 9. Nxf7+ Kxd7 10. Nxh8 Nf6 11. Kxd1 Nxe4 12. Ke2 g6 13. Nf7 Bg7 14. Ng5 Nf6 15. Ne6 Rg8 16. Nxg7 Rxg7 17. Bh6 Rf7 18. c4 Ne4 19. f3 Nf6 20. Nc3 Ng8 21. Be3 Nf6 22. Kd3 a6 23. a4 Ne8 24. Ne2 Nc7 25. Nf4 Ke8 26. Rhe1 Kd7 27. Ne6 Rf6 28. Nxc7 Kxc7 29. Bg5 Rf7 30. Rxe7+ Rxe7 31. Bxe7 Kb6 32. Bxd6 a5 33. Bxc5+ Kxc5 34. Re1 Kb4 35. d6 Kxa4 36. d7 Kb3 37. d8=Q a4 38. Qb6+ Ka2 39. Qa5 b5 40. cxb5 Kb3 41. Re2 h5 42. h4 g5 43. hxg5 h4 44. g6 h3 45. gxh3 a3 46. Qxa3#

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