Black to play

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kesbor vs. John Coffey

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 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nb3 Bb6 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. Bb5+ Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nbd4 Bg4 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bxc6 Rc8 13. Ba4 Ne4 14. c3 Qd6 15. Qd3 Nc5 16. Qd1 Bc7 17. Re1 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Qxh2+ 19. Kf1 Qh1+ 20. Ke2 Qh4 21. Bc2 Rfe8+ 22. Be3 Rxe3+ 23. fxe3 Qh2+ 24. Kf1 Qh3+ 25. Ke2 Qg2#

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ICC tourney 1777 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
summerchess1 (1011) vs. john2001plus (1666)

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. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Nf3 Nxe5 7. Bxd7+ Nxd7

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ICC tourney 1777 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
Analysis of john2001plus (1677) vs. tenchess (1427)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. Nc3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Qe2 b5 9. Bb3 c4 10. Bc2 Be7 11. a4 b4 12. Ne4 Na5 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. Nxf7 Kxf7 15. Ng5+ Kg8 16. Nxe6 Qd5 17. Nf4 Qc6 18. Bf5 Kf8 19. Ne6+ Kg8 20. Nf4 Bd6 21. d5 Qc5 22. Be6+ Kf8 23. e4 Bxf4 24. Bxf4 Re8 25. Be3 Qc7 26. f3 Rxe6 27. dxe6 Qd6 28. Rfd1 Qxe6 29. Rd8+ Ne8 30. Rad1 Nc6 31. Bc5+ Kg8 32. Rd1d6 Qe7 33. Qxc4+ Qf7 34. Rxe8#

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john2001plus (1892) vs. saravsel (1473)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nc6 3. c4 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. d5 Nb8 7. Nc3 e6 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. dxe6 fxe6 10. Qb3 Bxb5 11. Qxe6+ Qe7 12. Qxe7+ Bxe7 13. Nxb5 Na6 14. Bf4 O-O 15. Bxc7 Bb4+ 16. Ke2 Rac8 17. Bd6 Bxd6 18. Nxd6 Rc7 19. Rac1 Re7 20. e5 Nd5 21. Rhd1 Nf4+ 22. Kf1 b6 23. g3 Ng6 24. Kg2 Nxe5 25. Nxe5 Rxe5 26. Rc8 h6 27. Rxf8+ Kxf8 28. Nc8 Re2 29. Rb1 Nc5 30. Kf3 Rd2 31. Ke3 Rc2 32. Nxa7 Na4 33. b3 Nc3 34. Kd3 Nxb1 35. Kxc2 Na3+ 36. Kb2 CHECK!

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ChiefDog vs. John Coffey

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5 Be7 7. O-O a6 8. Bxd7+ Nxd7 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Qxd5 O-O 12. e6 fxe6 13. Qxe6+ Kh8 14. Qb3 b5 15. a3 Bb7 16. Ng5 Nf6 17. Ne6 Bd5 18. Qh3 Bxe6 19. Qxe6 Qd5 20. Qxd5 Nxd5 21. b4 Bd4 22. Ra2 Nc3 23. Rb2 Ne2+ 24. Kh1 Nxc1 25. Rxc1 Bxb2

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ChiefDog vs. John Coffey

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5 Be7 7. O-O a6 8. Bxd7+ Nxd7 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Qxd5 O-O 12. e6 fxe6 13. Qxe6+ Kh8 14. Qb3 b5 15. a3 Bb7 16. Ng5 Nf6 17. Ne6 Bd5 18. Qh3 Bxe6 19. Qxe6 Qd5 20. Qxd5 Nxd5 21. b4 Bd4 22. Ra2 Nc3 23. Rb2 Ne2+ 24. Kh1 Nxc1 25. Rxc1 Bxb2

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ChiefDog vs. John Coffey

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5 Be7 7. O-O a6 8. Bxd7+ Nxd7 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Qxd5 O-O 12. e6 fxe6 13. Qxe6+ Kh8 14. Qb3 b5 15. a3 Bb7 16. Ng5 Nf6 17. Ne6 Bd5 18. Qh3 Bxe6 19. Qxe6 Qd5 20. Qxd5 Nxd5 21. b4 Bd4 22. Ra2 Nc3 23. Rb2 Ne2+ 24. Kh1 Nxc1 25. Rxc1 Bxb2 26. Rf1 Bxa3 27. Kg1 Bxb4 28. Rb1 Bc5 29. Rf1 Rxf2 30. Rxf2 Rf8

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Analysis of John Coffey vs. RevKev

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 e6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Nbxd2 b5 7. b3 c3 8. Ne4 b4 9. a3 Bb7 10. Nc5 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 c6 12. Ba6 Nxa6 13. Qxc6+ Kf8 14. Qxa6 Qb6 15. Nd7+

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Casual game, ?
Alzo vs. Lennon, John

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

(black to move) 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. dxc6 Nxc6 5. Nf3 e5 6. d3 e4 7. dxe4 Qxd1+ 8. Kxd1 Nxe4 9. Be3 Bg4 10. Nbd2 O-O-O 11. Kc1 Nc5 12. Be2 Nd3+ 13. Bxd3 Rxd3 14. a3 Be7 15. Kb1 Bf5 16. Ka2 Rhd8 17. Rac1 Bf6 18. h3 Rd8d6 19. g4 Nb4+ 20. axb4 Ra6+ 21. Kb1 Ra1+ 22. Kc2 Rc3+ 23. Kd1 Raxc1+ 24. Ke2 Bd3#

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Black to play and win

ICC tourney 1759 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
trivialpursuit (1524) vs. john2001plus (1686)

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. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Ngf3 Nc6 7. Be2 Nf6 8. Nb3 Bb6 9. O-O O-O 10. c3 Ne4 11. Nbd4 Bg4 12. Be3 Re8 13. h3 Bh5 14. Qc2 Ng3 15. Rfe1 Nxe2+ 16. Rxe2 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bxf3 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Bxb6 Be4 20. Qb3 axb6 21. Qxb6

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ICC tourney 1759 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
skytian (1254) vs. john2001plus (1706)

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. Bb5+ c6 4. Ba4 dxe4 5. Ne5 Qa5

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ICC tourney 1767 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
Analysis of john2001plus (1642) vs. doodlestoo (1257)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 Nc6 6. d5 Nb8 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O c5 9. Bf4 Nh5 10. Bg5 f6 11. Be3 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nd7 14. Bxh5 gxh5 15. Qxh5 Ne5 16. Qe2 Qe8 17. f4 Ng6 18. Qg4 Kh8 19. h4 Rg8 20. f5 Ne5 21. Qe2 h5 22. Bf4 Ng4 23. Nd1 Bh6 24. Ne3 Bxf4 25. Rxf4 Qf7 26. Nxg4 Qg6 27. fxg6

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ICC tourney 1763 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
receipt (1074) vs. john2001plus (1663)

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

(black to move) 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Ne4 8. Qd3 O-O 9. Nd2 f5 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Qb3 Nc6 12. e3 Na5 13. Qa2 d5 14. b4 Nxc4 15. Bxc4 dxc4 16. Qxc4 Bd5 17. Qe2 Bxg2 18. Rg1 Bd5 19. Qh5 Qe8 20. Bd2 Qxh5

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White to play

ICC tourney 1763 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
Analysis of john2001plus (1664) vs. doodlestoo (1356)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 c5 6. Be2 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8. Be3 a6 9. O-O Qc7 10. Rc1 d6 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. f3 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 15. Qxd4 b5 16. Rc2 Rb8 17. Rfc1 Qa5 18. a3 f6 19. Rc7 Bb7 20. Rxe7 Rbc8 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Qxf6 Rc1+ 23. Kf2 Qe1+ 24. Ke3 Qg1+ 25. Kd3 Rd1+ 26. Bxd1 Qxd1+ 27. Ke3 Qc1+ 28. Kf2 Qd2+ 29. Kg3 Qe1+ 30. Kh3 Bc8+ 31. Re6 Qc1 32. Qd8+ Kg7 33. Qe7+ Kh6 34. Qh4+ Kg7 35. Qe7+ Kh6 36. Qf8+ Kg5 37. Qf6+ Kh6 38. Kh4 Qe1+ 39. g3 Qxg3+ 40. hxg3 Bxe6 41. Qf8#

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ICC tourney 1763 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
Analysis of john2001plus (1664) vs. doodlestoo (1356)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 c5 6. Be2 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8. Be3 a6 9. O-O Qc7 10. Rc1 d6 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. f3 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 15. Qxd4 b5 16. Rc2 Rb8 17. Rfc1 Qa5 18. a3 f6 19. Rc7 Bb7 20. Rxe7 Rbc8 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Qxf6 Rc1+ 23. Kf2 Qe1+ 24. Ke3 Qg1+ 25. Kd3 Rd1+ 26. Bxd1 Qxd1+ 27. Ke3 Qc1+ 28. Kf2 Qd2+ 29. Kg3 Qe1+ 30. Kh3 Bc8+ 31. Re6 Qc1 32. Qd8+ Kg7 33. Qe7+ Kh6 34. Qh4+ Kg7 35. Qe7+ Kh6 36. Qf8+ Kg5 37. f4+ Qxf4 38. Qxf4+ Kxf4 39. Kh4 g5+ 40. Kh5 g4 41. Re8 Bb7 42. Rb8 Bxd5 43. exd5 Ke5 44. Kxg4 Kxd5 45. Rb6 a5 46. Rxb5+ Kc4 47. Rxa5 h5+ 48. Rxh5 Kb3 49. Kf3 Ka4 50. Ke3 Kb3 51. Kd3 Ka4 52. Rd5 Kb3 53. Rb5+ Ka4 54. Kc4 d5+ 55. Kc5 d4 56. Kb6 d3 57. Rb4#

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ICC tourney 1763 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
Analysis of john2001plus (1664) vs. doodlestoo (1356)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 c5 6. Be2 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8. Be3 a6 9. O-O Qc7 10. Rc1 d6 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. f3 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 15. Qxd4 b5 16. Rc2 Rb8 17. Rfc1 Qa5 18. a3 f6 19. Rc7 Bb7 20. Rxe7 Rbc8 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Qxf6 Rc1+ 23. Kf2 Qe1+ 24. Ke3 Qg1+ 25. Kd3 Rd1+ 26. Bxd1 Qxd1+ 27. Ke3 Qc1+ 28. Kf2 Qd2+ 29. Kg3 Qe1+ 30. Kh3 Bc8+ 31. Re6 Qc1 32. Qd8+ Kg7 33. Qe7+ Kh6 34. Qh4+ Kg7 35. Qe7+ Kh6 36. Qf8+ Kg5 37. f4+ Qxf4 38. Qxf4+ Kxf4 39. Kh4 g5+ 40. Kh5 g4 41. Re8 Bb7 42. Rb8 Bxd5 43. exd5 Ke5 44. Kxg4 Kxd5 45. Rb6 a5 46. Rxb5+ Kc4 47. Rxa5 h5+ 48. Rxh5 Kb3 49. Kf3 Ka4 50. Ke3 Kb3 51. Kd3 Ka4 52. Rd5 Kb3 53. a4 Kxa4 54. Kc2 Kb4 55. b3 Ka3 56. Rd4 d5 57. Ra4#

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