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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 +8

(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 Rd8 46. Ra6 b3 47. Ra7 b2 48. Rc7+ Kd5 49. Rb7 Ra8+ 50. Kb6 b1=Q+ 51. Kc7 Qc2+ 52. Kb6 Qc5#

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ICC tourney 1205 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
Analysis of HenrikUSA (995) vs. killerbeastvi (1147)

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

(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+ Kg4 41. Qg8+ Kxh4 42. Qd8+ Nf6 43. Qxf6+ Kh5 44. Qxf5+ Kh4 45. g3#

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ICC tourney 1217 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
Analysis of darvid (1461) vs. yoshi (1690)

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

(white to move) 1. f4 e5 2. fxe5 d6 3. exd6 Bxd6 4. Nf3 g5 5. d4 g4 6. Ng5 f5 7. e4 h6 8. Nh3 gxh3 9. Qh5+ Kf8 10. e5 hxg2 11. Bxg2 Be7 12. c3 Bg5 13. Nd2 Nc6 14. O-O Be3+ 15. Kh1 Qg5 16. Qf3 Bxd2 17. Bxd2 Qxd2 18. Rae1 Bd7 19. e6 Be8 20. Qxf5+ Kg7 21. Be4 Nce7 22. Qf8#

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Analysis of p0nZi (1677) vs. john2001plus (1779)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 h g f e d c b a +9

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bd7 8. Bc2 Nb4 9. Bb3 Bb5 10. Nc3 Nd3+ 11. Kd2 Nxf2 12. Qc2 Bd3 13. Ba4+ Kd8 14. Qb3 Bb4 15. Rg1 Bc4 16. Qc2 Nh6 17. g4 Nhxg4 18. a3 Nxh2 19. axb4 Bd3 20. Qb3 Nxf3+ 21. Ke3 Nxd4 22. Qa2 Ne2+ 23. Kd2 Nxg1 24. Ke1 Nf3#

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Analysis of p0nZi (1677) vs. john2001plus (1779)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bd7 8. Bc2 Nb4 9. Bb3 Bb5 10. Nc3 Nd3+ 11. Kd2 Nxf2 12. Qc2 Bd3 13. Ba4+ Kd8 14. Qb3 Bb4 15. Rg1 Bc4 16. Qc2 Nh6 17. a3 Nf5 18. axb4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Qxd4+ 20. Ke1 Nd3+ 21. Kf1 Nxc1+ 22. Ke1 Nd3+ 23. Kd1 Qxg1+ 24. Kd2 Qxg2+ 25. Ne2 Nxb4 26. Qd1 Qg5+ 27. Ke1 Nd3+ 28. Kf1 Nf4 29. Ke1 Nxe2 30. Bb3 Nc3 31. Qd4 Nb5 32. Qd2 Qg1#

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ICC tourney 1209 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
Analysis of kdbel (1446) vs. yoshi (1680)

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

(black to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Nbxd2 d6 7. e3 e5 8. Bd3 e4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Qc2 f5 11. O-O O-O 12. d5 Nd7 13. b4 Ne5 14. Nd4 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Bd7 16. Rac1 b6 17. Rce1 a5 18. b5 Rae8 19. f3 Nc5 20. Qc2 Qg5 21. Qd2 Re7 22. Rf2 Rfe8 23. Rfe2 f4 24. exf4 Rxe2 25. Rxe2 Rxe2 26. Nxe2 Qg6 27. Nc1 Qb1 28. Qe1 Nb3 29. Qe7 Qxc1+ 30. Kf2 Qc2+ 31. Kg1 Qd1+ 32. Kf2 Qd4+ 33. Kg3 Nc5 34. Qd8+ Kf7 35. Qxc7 Qd2 36. h3 Ke7 37. Qxb6 Nd3 38. Qd4 Qe1+ 39. Kh2 Nf2 40. Qxg7+ Kd8 41. Qf8+ Kc7 42. b6+ Kb7 43. Kg3 Ng4#

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Acts238jb (1008) vs. john2001plus (1745)

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

(black to move) 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. e3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 cxd4 7. O-O dxc3 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. bxc3 Bd6 10. Rd1 Kc7 11. a4 Rd8 12. g3 Nc6 13. Bb5 Nd5 14. Nd4 Nxc3 15. Rd3 Bb4 16. Bd2 Ne2+ 17. Nxe2 Rxd3 18. Bxb4 Nxb4 19. Rc1+ Kb8 20. Bxd3 Nxd3 21. Nd4 Nxc1 22. h4 Bd7 23. f4 Bxa4 24. Kf2 Kc7 25. g4 Rd8 26. f5 e5 27. Ne2 Rd2 28. Kf3 Bc6+ 29. Kf2 Rxe2+ 30. Kf1 Bf3 31. Kg1 Nb3 32. f6 Nd2 33. fxg7 Rg2+ 34. Kh1 Rg3+ 35. Kh2 Nf1#

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John Coffey (2016) vs.

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 b6 2. e4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 g6 5. h4 h5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. d5 exd5 8. exd5 d6 9. Qd2 Bxg5 10. Nxg5 Nf6 11. O-O-O O-O 12. f3 Bc8 13. g4 hxg4 14. h5 gxh5 15. Bd3 Re8 16. Nh7 Nxh7 17. Bxh7+ Kg7 18. Rxh5 Qf6 19. Rg5+ Kh8 20. Rh1 Re1+ 21. Rxe1 g3 22. Rh1 Bh3 23. Rxh3 Qg7 24. Qd4 f6 25. Qxf6 Qxf6 26. Rg8#

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bosperty (1098) vs. john2001plus (1773)

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

(black to move) 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 d5 4. e3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Nc3 Bd6 8. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. O-O Rc8 11. Bd2 O-O 12. Qe2 Re8 13. Rfd1 a6 14. Be1 Qd7 15. Nd4 Nce4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Qf3 g6 18. Ne2 Rc2 19. Rab1 Re6 20. Nc3 Rf6 21. Qxf6 Nxf6 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. g3 Qc6 24. Kf1 Nxe3+ 25. fxe3 Qg2#

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mctavish 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 c5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Qe2+ Be7 8. d4 O-O 9. Bxd7 Nbxd7 10. O-O cxd4 11. Nxd4 Re8 12. Qf3 Ne5 13. Qg3 Ng6 14. Nf5 Bf8 15. Bg5 h6 16. Be3 Qd7 17. Nd4 Ne4 18. Nxe4 Rxe4 19. c3 Bd6 20. f4 Rae8 21. Bd2 Bc5 22. Kh1 Bxd4 23. cxd4 Rxd4 24. Bc3 Rde4 25. f5 Ne5 26. Rae1 f6 27. Rxe4 dxe4 28. Qe3 Qd3 29. Qf4 e3 30. Qd4 Qxf1#

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Acts238jb (1008) vs. john2001plus (1747)

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

(black to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 O-O 5. e4 Bxc3 6. bxc3 Nxe4 7. Nf3 Nxd2 8. Qxd2 d6 9. Bd3 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Re8 12. f4 f6 13. O-O fxe5 14. Qc2 exf4 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Rfd1 Qf6 17. Rf1 Nc6 18. Qd3 Ne5 19. Qh3 Bxh3 20. gxh3 Kxh7 21. Rf2 f3 22. Re1 Nd3 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Rd2 Re1#

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Wisery (1688) vs. john2001plus (1620)

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

(white to move) 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. a3 Nf6 5. d3 e6 6. Ba2 Be7 7. f4 O-O 8. Nf3 d5 9. e5 Nd7 10. Ne2 f6 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. c3 Qe8 13. d4 Qf7 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Ne4 16. O-O c4 17. Be3 Bc5 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. Bb1 Bc6 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Qe2 Bd5 22. Rf2 Qc7 23. Raf1 Qb6 24. f5 exf5 25. Rxf5 Rxf5 26. Rxf5 Rf8 27. Rxf8+ Kxf8 28. h3 Kg8 29. Kh2 g6 30. Qg4 Qc7 31. h4 Qxe5+ 32. Bf4 Qf6 33. Qc8+ Kg7 34. Qc7+ Be7 35. Be5

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lionelchamorro (1651) vs. john2001plus (1584)

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

(white to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 Qc7 7. Qe2 e5 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Bd6 11. dxe5 Be7 12. O-O Nf8 13. Bf4 Ng6 14. e6 Qxf4 15. exf7+ Qxf7 16. Rfe1 O-O 17. Bc4

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Analysis of john2001plus (1750) vs. bosperty (1089)

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 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Na5 9. Bd3 h6 10. O-O Qe7 11. e4 Nc6 12. e5 Nd5 13. Ne4 Nb6 14. a3 Ba5 15. b4 Bxb4 16. axb4 Nxb4 17. Qd2

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john2001plus (1750) vs. bosperty (1089)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Na5 9. Bd3 h6 10. O-O Qe7 11. e4 Nc6 12. e5 Nd5 13. Ne4 Nb6 14. a3 Nd5 15. axb4 Ndxb4 16. Qe2 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Bd7 18. Nc5 Rab8 19. Bd2 Rfd8 20. Rfc1 Be8 21. Qc4 Rd5 22. b4 b6 23. Na6 Rbd8 24. b5 Na5 25. Rxa5 bxa5 26. Nxc7 Qd7 27. Nxd5 Qxd5 28. Bxa5 Qxc4 29. Rxc4 Bxb5 30. Bxd8 Bxc4 31. Nd2 Bd5 32. f3 a6 33. Ne4 Bxe4 34. fxe4 Kf8 35. Kf2 Ke8 36. Ba5 g6 37. d5 exd5 38. exd5 Kd7 39. Ke3 Ke7 40. Kd4 Kd7 41. Kc5 Kc8 42. Kd6 Kb7 43. e6 fxe6 44. dxe6 Kc8 45. Kc6 Kb8 46. e7 Ka7 47. e8=Q g5 48. Bb6#

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John Coffey vs. tauneutrino

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

(white to move) 1. d4 c5 2. d5 c4 3. e4 c3 4. Nxc3 h5 5. Nf3 h4 6. Be3 h3 7. e5 g6 8. e6 dxe6 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. Qd3 Bxb5 12. Qxb5+ Nc6 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. gxh3 Rxh3 15. Ng5 Rh4 16. Nxe6 Qc8 17. Rd8+ Qxd8 18. Nxd8 Rxd8 19. Qxb7 Ne5 20. Qb5+ Nd7 21. Bxa7 Bg7 22. O-O Be5 23. Rd1 Bxh2+ 24. Kg2 Rh5 25. Rd5 Bd6 26. Rxh5 gxh5 27. Qxh5+ Kf8 28. Ne4 Be5 29. Ng5 Nh6 30. Qxh6+ Bg7 31. Qg6 Ne5 32. Ne6+

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Analysis of john2001plus (1914) vs. bosperty (1302)

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

(white to move) 1. d4 c5 2. d5 e6 3. c4 exd5 4. cxd5 d6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. e4 Be7 7. Be2 O-O 8. g4 Qa5 9. Bd2 Qb6 10. Rb1 Na6 11. g5 Nd7 12. h4 Ne5 13. f4 Nd7 14. h5 f5 15. exf5 Rxf5 16. Bg4 Rf8 17. Be6+ Kh8 18. h6 Nc7 19. hxg7+ Kxg7 20. Rxh7+ Kxh7 21. Qh5+ Kg7 22. Qh6#

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bosperty (1301) vs. john2001plus (1915)

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

(black to move) 1. g3 e5 2. Bg2 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 d4 5. Ne4 f5

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