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john2001plus (1874) vs. unc07 (1323)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 Bg4 7. Nc3 Qxd4 8. Qxd4 Nxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O-O 10. Be3 e5 11. Ndb5 a6 12. h3 Bh5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Na7+ Kb8 15. Bg2 Nf6 16. O-O Bb4 17. Rac1 Bd3 18. Rfd1 Bg6 19. Na4 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Bc2 21. Rc1 Bxa4 22. Rc4 a5 23. g5 b5 24. Rxb4 axb4 25. gxf6 gxf6 26. Nc6+ Kc7 27. b3

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Analysis of tuoheng (1651) vs. SpeedyChess11 (1791)

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

(black to move) 1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Bg5 Ne7 6. Nc3 f6 7. Be3 O-O 8. Bd3 c6 9. h3 Bf5 10. O-O Nd7 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Qd2 Rae8 13. Rad1 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Ng6 15. Ne2 b5 16. c3 a5 17. a3 a4 18. Kf1 Nb6 19. Nd2 f5 20. f3 Bg3 21. Nxg3 Qxg3 22. Bf2 Qh2 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Qxf5 Nf4 25. Qg4 Qh1+ 26. Bg1 Re2 27. Re1 h5 28. Qg5 Rxe1+ 29. Kxe1 Qxg1+ 30. Nf1 Nd3+ 31. Ke2 Nc4 32. Qd8+ Kh7 33. Qg5 Qf2+ 34. Kxd3 Nxb2#

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Analysis of tuoheng (1651) vs. SpeedyChess11 (1791)

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

(black to move) 1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Bg5 Ne7 6. Nc3 f6 7. Be3 O-O 8. Bd3 c6 9. h3 Bf5 10. O-O Nd7 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Qd2 Rae8 13. Rad1 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Ng6 15. Ne2 b5 16. c3 a5 17. a3 a4 18. Kf1 Nb6 19. Nd2 f5 20. f3 Bg3 21. Nxg3 Qxg3 22. Bf2 Qh2 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Qxf5 Nf4 25. Qg4 Qh1+ 26. Bg1 Re2 27. Re1 h5 28. Rxe2 hxg4 29. Rf2 g3

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john2001plus (1854) vs. NC008 (1991)

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

(black to move) 1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d5 6. exd5 Nf6 7. Nc3 Nxd5 8. Bc4 Nb6 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Qb3 O-O 11. O-O a6 12. Bxd7 Nb8xd7 13. a4 Nf6 14. a5 Nbd5 15. Qxb7 e6 16. Bg5 Qd6 17. Ne5 Rab8 18. Qc6 Qxc6 19. Nxc6 Rxb2 20. Na4 Rc2 21. Nc5 Ra8 22. Rfb1 h6 23. Be3 Ng4 24. Rb8+ Rxb8 25. Nxb8 Ngxe3 26. fxe3 Nxe3 27. Nbxa6 Bxd4 28. Re1 Ng4+ 29. Kf1 Nxh2#

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Analysis of NC008 (1980) vs. SpeedyChess11 (1838)

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

(black to move) 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. Bg5 Bxc5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. e3 h6 9. Bh4 a6 10. a3 Be7 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Bg3 e5 13. Bd3 d6 14. Nd5 Qa5+ 15. Qd2 Qxd2+ 16. Nxd2 Be6 17. e4 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Nd4 19. Nf3 Nxf3+ 20. gxf3 Nd7 21. b4 a5 22. O-O axb4 23. axb4 Bd8 24. Bb5 Nf6 25. Ra1 Bb6 26. h3 Nh5 27. Bh2 Rfc8 28. Rac1 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Ra2 30. Rf1 Rb2 31. Bd7 Rxb4 32. Bg4 Nf6 33. Rc1 Rb2 34. Bg3 g6 35. Rc8+ Kg7 36. Bh4 h5 37. Bxf6+ Kxf6 38. Bd7 Rxf2 39. Kh1 Rf1+ 40. Kg2 Rf2+ 41. Kh1 Rxf3 42. Rb8 Rxh3+ 43. Kg2 Rb3 44. Rxb7 Rb2+ 45. Kf3 Bd4 46. Rc7 Rf2+ 47. Kg3 Rf4 48. Rc6 Ke7 49. Bc8 Rxe4 50. Rc7+ Kd8 51. Rc2 Re3+ 52. Kg2 Rc3 53. Rxc3 Bxc3 54. Bh3 f5 55. Kf3 Ke7 56. Ke3 Kf6 57. Kf3 Bd4 58. Bf1 g5 59. Bg2 e4+ 60. Ke2 Ke5 61. Bf1 Kxd5 62. Bg2 Ke5 63. Bf1 d5 64. Bg2 f4 65. Bf1 g4 66. Ke1 f3 67. Bb5 e3 68. Kf1 g3 69. Ba6 e2+ 70. Ke1 Bc3#

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Analysis of weakfish (1372) vs. Sherlocked (1851)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Bb5 Qb6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Ne2 Ba6 10. Nf3 cxd4 11. Nfxd4 Nc5 12. O-O Ne4 13. Re1 Be7 14. Qb3 Rc8 15. Be3 Nc5 16. Qc2 Qc7 17. Ng3 g6 18. Nge2 O-O 19. Qd2 Ne4 20. Qc2 c5 21. Nf3 Rb8 22. b3 Qa5 23. Bd2 Rfd8 24. c4 Nxd2 25. Nxd2 dxc4 26. Nxc4 Qc7 27. Ng3 Rd4 28. Ne2 Rd5 29. Nc3 Bxc4 30. bxc4 Rd4 31. Nb5 Qd7 32. Nxd4 cxd4 33. Red1 Bc5 34. Rd3 h5 35. Rb1 Rb6 36. Rxb6 axb6 37. h3 Kg7 38. a4 Qa7 39. Qb3 Qa5 40. Qb5 Qe1+ 41. Kh2 Qf1 42. Rf3 Qc1 43. Qb3 d3 44. Rxd3 Qxf4+ 45. Kh1 Qf1+ 46. Kh2 Bg1+ 47. Kh1 Bf2+ 48. Kh2 Qg1#

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john2001plus (1838) vs. learnychess (1702)

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

(black to move) 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Qb3 Nc6 7. Ne5 Nxd4 8. Qa4+ b5 9. Qd1 Nc2+ 10. Kd2 d4 11. Nd3 dxc3+ 12. Kxc2 cxb2 13. Bxb2 Bxd3+ 14. Qxd3 Qxd3+ 15. exd3 Nf6 16. a3 Be7 17. Re1 Rd8 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. d4 c6 20. Kc3 Kf8 21. Bd3 Bxa3 22. Ra1 Be7 23. Rxa7 Rg8 24. Re1 Bd6 25. g3 Rg4 26. Bxh7 Rxd4 27. Be4 Bb4+ 28. Kb3 Bxe1

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john2001plus (1781) vs. Taechess (1742)

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 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 O-O 6. Nc3 d5 7. e3 b6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Re8 11. b4 a5 12. b5 c6 13. bxc6 Nxc6 14. Bb5 Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Ne5 Rxe5

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thokkubabu (1684) vs. john2001plus (1823)

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

(white to move) 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. c3 Bg4 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 c6 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Qc2 Qc7 13. Bf5 Bxf5 14. Qxf5 Nbd7 15. Rfe1 Bxg3 16. hxg3 Kg7 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Nd7 19. e6 Nf6 20. exf7 Qxf7 21. Nf3 Ne4 22. Qh3 h5 23. g4 h4 24. Rxe4 dxe4 25. Nd4 Rad8 26. Nf5+ Kg6 27. g3 Rd3 28. Qh2 hxg3 29. Qh6#

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