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nickgeannopoulos (1425) vs. john2001plus (1617)

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. Nd2 c5 4. c3 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nf6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. Nxf6+ Qxf6 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Nxd7 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. cxd4 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 O-O 14. Rc1 Rac8 15. Nf3 Nb6 16. b3 Nd5 17. Rxc8 Rxc8 18. Rc1 Rxc1 19. Kxc1 Nb4 20. Kb1 Nd3 21. Ne5 Nxf2 22. Nd7 Ng4 23. h3 Ne3 24. g4 Nd5 25. Nc5 b6 26. Ne4 Nf4 27. Nf2 Kf8 28. Kc2 Ke7 29. Kc3 Kd6 30. Kc4 a6 31. a3 f5 32. g5 Nd5 33. h4 g6 34. Nd3 b5#

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john2001plus (1916) vs. bosperty (1452)

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

(white to move) 1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nge7 6. a3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Ng6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. h4 Nxh4 11. Nxh4 Bxh4 12. Qd3 Bg5 13. Qxh7#

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Columbus Indiana Chess Club, Lewellen Chapel, G/10
Analysis of Starr, Bill vs. Coffey, John (2016)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Ngf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1 O-O 9. Be3 a6 10. Bxd7 Bxd7 11. Rb1 Rc8 12. Nd5 Nxe4 13. f3 Nf6 14. Nf4 e5 15. Nb3 exf4 16. Bxf4 Ne8 17. Bxd6 Nxd6 18. Qxd6 Bf5 19. Qxd8 Rfxd8 20. Na1 Rd2 21. Rbd1 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Bxb2 23. Rb1 Bxa1 24. Rxa1 Rxc2 25. g4 Bd3 26. a3 b5 27. Rd1 Be2 28. Rd6 a5 29. Ra6 b4 30. Rxa5 b3 31. Kf2 b2 32. Ra8+ Kg7 33. Rb8 Bb5+ 34. Ke3 b1=Q

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Coffey, John (2016) vs. Starr, Bill

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

(white to move) 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Nc3 f5 5. Bf4 Bb4 6. e3 Nf6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 Ne4 10. Qc2 b6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Ne5 Qf6 13. c4 Ne7 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxe4 fxe4 16. Qxe4 Nxf4 17. Qxa8 Ba6 18. Qe4 Ne2+ 19. Kh1 Ng3+ 20. hxg3 Qh6+ 21. Kg1 Bxf1 22. Rxf1 Re8 23. Qd5+ Qe6 24. Qxe6+ Rxe6 25. Rc1 c5 26. f4 Re8 27. d5 Rd8 28. Rd1 Rd6 29. Nc4 Rd7 30. e4 Kf7 31. Ne5+ Ke7 32. Nxd7 Kxd7 33. d6 b5 34. e5 a5 35. e6+

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Analysis of John Coffey vs. Steve Sims

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

(black to move) 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. Bc4 exd5 9. exd5 Bg4 10. Ne5 Re8 11. d6 Bh5 12. Nxf7 Bxd6+ 13. Ne5+ Kh8 14. f4 Bxe5 15. Qxe5 Nc6 16. Qe3 Ng4 17. Qxe8+ Qxe8+ 18. Be2 Nd4 19. Kf1 Ne3+ 20. Kf2 Nxe2 21. Bxe3 Nxc3 22. bxc3 Qb5 23. Kg3 Re8 24. Bd4 Qd3+ 25. Kh4 Qf5 26. h3 Qxf4+ 27. g4 Bxg4 28. Rag1 Bc8+ 29. Kh5 Qh6#

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Chasovnikova, Eugenia (2277) vs. Lauterbach, Ingrid (2171)

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

(white to move) 1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 Nbd7 4. Nc3 c6 5. e4 e5 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 a6 9. h3 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. Be3 Re8 12. Qc2 exd4 13. Nxd4 bxc4 14. Bxc4 d5 15. exd5 cxd5 16. Ba2 Rc8 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. Qb1 Ba8 19. Rc1 Qb7 20. b4 Nb6 21. Qd3 Nc4 22. Bg5 h6 23. Bh4 Ne4 24. Bxe7 Nxc3 25. Qxc3 Rxe7 26. Nf5 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Nd6 28. Qxg7#

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Analysis of HenrikUSA (995) vs. killerbeastvi (1147)

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

(white to move) 1. e4 d5 2. e5 e6 3. Nf3 Bc5 4. Bb5+ c6 5. Ba4 b6 6. d4 Bb4+ 7. c3 Be7 8. O-O a5 9. Bf4 Ba6 10. Re1 Nd7 11. Bxc6 Rc8 12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bh4 fxe5 15. Nxe5 Qd6 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Qh5+ g6 18. Qh6 Nf5 19. Qg5 O-O 20. Nd2 Bd3 21. Nxd3 e5 22. dxe5 Qe6 23. Re2 b5 24. Rae1 d4 25. Nf4 Qxa2 26. Ne4 dxc3 27. Nf6+ Rxf6 28. Qxf6 cxb2 29. e6 b1=Q 30. Qf7+ Kh8 31. Nxg6+ hxg6 32. Qf6+ Ng7 33. Kf1 Rc1 34. Qd8+ Kh7 35. Qh4+ Nh5 36. Qe7+ Kh6 37. Qf8+ Kg5 38. Re5+ Qf5 39. Rxf5+ gxf5 40. h4+ Kg6 41. Qg8+ Ng7 42. h5+ Kf6 43. Qd8#

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Analysis of MainStreetUSA (1549) vs. john2001plus (1722)

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

(black to move) 1. Nc3 d5 2. e4 d4 3. Nce2 e5 4. Ng3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Bd6 7. c3 O-O 8. O-O Na5 9. Bd3 c5 10. cxd4 cxd4 11. b4 Nc6 12. a3 Bg4 13. h3 Bd7 14. Bc4 Rc8 15. Qb3 a6 16. Re1 b5 17. Bd5 Qc7 18. Ng5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Ne7 20. Ng5e4 f5 21. Nc5 Qa7 22. Bb2 Ng6 23. Rac1 Bxc5 24. bxc5 Rxc5 25. Rxc5 Qxc5 26. f4 d3+ 27. Kf1 exf4 28. Nh5 f3 29. gxf3 f4 30. Nxg7 Bxh3#

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Columbus Indiana Chess Club; Casual G/10, Lewellen Chapel
Analysis of Starr, Bill vs. Coffey, John (2016)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. d3 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qf3 d4 5. Nce2 e5 6. c3 Nf6 7. h3 Nc6 8. Bg5 Be7 9. O-O-O Qa5 10. a3 Be6 11. Ng3 dxc3 12. bxc3 Qxc3+ 13. Kb1 Nd4 14. Qe3 Qb3+ 15. Ka1 Nc2#

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Analyiss of john2001plus (1873) vs. bosperty (1370)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nc6 3. c4 Bg4 4. cxd5 Qxd5 5. e3 Bxf3 6. gxf3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Qd7 8. d5 Ne5 9. e4 c6 10. Be3 cxd5 11. Bb5 Nc6 12. exd5 O-O-O 13. dxc6 Qf5 14. cxb7+ Kxb7 15. Qa4 a5 16. Ba6+ Kb8 17. Qc6 Qd7 18. Bf4+ Ka7 19. Nb5#

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Black to play and win.

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Analysis of elzaim (1560) vs. phanhuy18 (1200)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 c5 3. c3 cxd4 4. cxd4 d5 5. e5 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Qb6 8. Be3 Nge7 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qa5 11. Qc2 Nf5 12. Bd3 Nxe3 13. fxe3 h6 14. O-O Qd8 15. e4 Ne7 16. Rab1 b6 17. Bb5+ Bd7 18. Qa4 Bxb5 19. Qxb5+ Qd7 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. c4 Qxb5 22. Rxb5 Ne3 23. Rc1 O-O 24. h3 Rac8 25. Nd2 Rfd8 26. Nf3 Nxc4 27. Rb3 Nd2 28. Rxc8 Nxf3+ 29. Rxf3 Rxc8 30. Kf2 Kf8 31. Kg3 Ke7 32. Kf4 Rc4 33. Ke4 a5 34. Kd3 Rc1 35. Kd2 Ra1 36. g4 f6 37. exf6+ gxf6 38. Re3 b5 39. Kc2 Rh1 40. Kb3 Kd6 41. a4 b4 42. Kc4 Rd1 43. Kb5 Rxd4 44. Kxa5 Kc5 45. Rxe6 b3 46. Rxf6 Kc4 47. Rc6+ Kd3 48. Rxh6 Rb4 49. Rd6+ Ke2 50. Re6+ Kf2 51. Rf6+ Kg2 52. Re6 b2 53. Re1 b1=R 54. Rxb1 Rxb1 55. g5 Kf3 56. Ka6 Ke4 57. h4 Kd5 58. h5 Kc6 59. h6 Rb6+ 60. Ka7 Rb4 61. h7 Rb7+ 62. Ka8 Rxh7 63. a5 Rg7 64. a6 Kb6 65. Kb8 Rg8#

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Black to play and mate in 2.

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Analysis of chessnerdbird (1392) vs. john2001plus (1845)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 h g f e d c b a +15

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 f6 7. b4 fxe5 8. dxc5 Qc7 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. O-O e4 11. Nd4 Nf6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Bg5 Qe5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Re1 O-O-O 16. Nd2 Qg5 17. Qa4 Kb7 18. b5 cxb5 19. Rab1 a6 20. c6+ Bxc6 21. Nxc6 Rg8 22. Rxb5+ axb5 23. Qxb5+ Kc7 24. g3 Bd6 25. Nxd8 Rxd8 26. Rb1 Rc8 27. Qb7+ Kd8 28. Qb6+ Ke7 29. Qb7+ Rc7 30. Qb5 e3 31. Nf3 exf2+ 32. Kxf2 Qf5 33. Kg2 Qe4 34. Re1 Qc2+ 35. Re2 Qxc3 36. Qxd5 e5 37. Nxe5 fxe5 38. h4 Qc6 39. Kh3 Qxd5 40. Rxe5+ Qxe5 41. Kh2 Qxg3+ 42. Kh1 Qh2#

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