White to play and win

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Analysis of john2001plus (1822) vs. LetsGoRoyals (1639), 900+10

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 b6 2. e4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 Bb4 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. e5 Nd5 7. Bd2 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be7 9. O-O d6 10. Re1 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Bd6 12. Qg4 Bxe5 13. dxe5 g6 14. Bg5 Qd7 15. Bf6 Rg8 16. Rad1 h5 17. Qg5 Qc8 18. Bb5+ Nd7 19. Rxd7 Qb8 20. Rd8#

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Mate in 1

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Analysis of Xun (1400) vs. Sims (1558)

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

(black to move) 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. d4 e4 5. Bg2 d5 6. b3 Bb4 7. Bd2 e3 8. fxe3 Ng4 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 O-O 12. h3 Nf6 13. O-O-O Qxa3+ 14. Qb2 Qd6 15. g4 a5 16. c5 Qc7 17. Be1 Be6 18. Nf3 Nbd7 19. Rg1 a4 20. bxa4 Rxa4 21. Rd3 Rfa8 22. Kb1 b6 23. Nd2 bxc5 24. dxc5 Nxc5 25. Rc3 Rb8 26. Nb3 d4 27. exd4 Nxb3 28. Bg3 Nd2+ 29. Kc1 Rxb2 30. Kxb2 Ra2+ 31. Kc1 Qa5 32. Rxc6 Nb3+ 33. Kb1 Ra1+ 34. Kb2 Qa2+ 35. Kc3 Qd2#

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Indianapolis open, Chess.com
Xun (1400) vs. Sims (1558)

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

(black to move) 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. d4 e4 5. Bg2 d5 6. b3 Bb4 7. Bd2 e3 8. fxe3 Ng4 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 O-O 12. h3 Nf6 13. O-O-O Qxa3+ 14. Qb2 Qd6 15. g4 a5 16. c5 Qc7 17. Be1 Be6 18. Nf3 Nbd7 19. Rg1 a4 20. bxa4 Rxa4 21. Rd3 Rfa8 22. Kb1 b6 23. Nd2 bxc5 24. dxc5 Nxc5 25. Rc3 Rb8 26. Nb3 d4 27. exd4 Nxb3 28. Bg3 Nd2+ 29. Kc1 Rxb2 30. Bxc7 Raa2 31. Kd1 Bb3+ 32. Rxb3 Ra1#

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Casual Game, https://itsyourturn.com
Analysis of Wayne33 vs. John Coffey

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

(black to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bg5 Qa5 6. Qd2 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Qxg5

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What is the best move for Black?

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Analysis of Aksh0412 (1638) vs. john2001plus (1850)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. dxe4 e5 5. Ngf3 Bc5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Nf6 8. c3 Qxd3

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White to play and win

ICC tourney 471506 , Internet Chess Club
John2001plus (1840) vs. MrPositive (1927)

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 d5 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Be2 Rd8 11. b3 b6 12. Bb2 Bb7 13. Rac1 Nbd7 14. Nc4 Rac8 15. Nd6 Bxd6 16. Rxd6 Rxc1+ 17. Bxc1 Bd5 18. Ne5 Rc8 19. Bb2 Rc2 20. Nxd7 Rxe2 21. Nxf6+ gxf6 22. Bc3 Rc2 23. Be1 Rxa2 24. Rxb6 Ra1 25. Kf1 Ra3 26. Bc3 Rxb3 27. Rxb3 Bxb3 28. Bxf6 Kf8 29. Ke2 Ke8 30. Kd3 Kd7 31. Kc3 Bd5 32. g3 Kc6 33. Kb4 Bf3 34. Bd8 Kd5 35. Kc3 Ke4 36. Kd2 Bg2 37. Ke2 Bf3+ 38. Kd2 Bg4 39. h4 Kf3 40. Ke1 Ke4 41. Kd2 Bf3 42. Ba5 Kd5 43. Kc3 Kc5 44. Kb3 Kb5 45. Bc7 a5 46. Bd6 Bd1+ 47. Kc3 Kc6 48. Be7 Kd5 49. Kd3 Bf3 50. Bd8 a4 51. Be7 Bd1 52. e4+ Ke5 53. f4#

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Black to play

Rated Blitz game, https://lichess.org/wfx3MP9w
liberion (1750) vs. john2001plus (1869)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 c5 4. b4 Qb6 5. bxc5 Bxc5 6. d4 Bb4+ 7. c3 Be7 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Ba3 Rc8 11. Bxe7 Ngxe7 12. Nbd2 Nf5 13. Ng5 h6 14. Bxf5 hxg5 15. Bd3 f6 16. f4 Nxd4 17. Bg6+ Ke7 18. cxd4 Qxd4+ 19. Kh1 Rh6 20. f5 Qxe5 21. Nf3 Rxh2+ 22. Kg1 Qe3+ 23. Kxh2 Rh8+ 24. Kg3 exf5 25. Re1 f4#

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What is the best move for White?

Rated Blitz game, https://lichess.org/JPeFLRV0
Analysis of liberion (1737) vs. john2001plus (1886)

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

(white to move) 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 c5 4. b4 b6 5. a3 Ne7 6. c3 a5 7. d4 axb4 8. cxb4 cxb4 9. Bd3 Ng6 10. O-O bxa3 11. Bxa3 Bxa3 12. Rxa3 Rxa3 13. Nxa3 O-O 14. g3 Nc6 15. h4 f6 16. h5 fxe5 17. hxg6 e4 18. gxh7+ Kh8 19. Bb1 Rxf3 20. Nc2 Rd3 21. Qg4 e5 22. Qg6 Nxd4 23. Ne3 Nf3+ 24. Kg2 Qd7 25. Rh1 Rc3 26. Nf5 Rc6 27. Qg4 g6 28. Nh6 Kxh7 29. Nf5+ Kg8 30. Qh3 Qxf5 31. Qh8+ Kf7 32. Rh7+ Ke6 33. Qe8+ Kd6 34. Qe7#

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