White to play and win.

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Analysis of john2001plus (1805) vs. Gustafsson21 (1813)

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 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Qa5 7. Qc2 Bb4 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O b6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rfc1 Bb7 12. Nd2 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qa3 14. c4 dxc4 15. Nxc4 Qe7 16. Bf3 Rfe8 17. Bf4 Nb8 18. Nd6 Rd8 19. Nxb7 Qxb7 20. Bg5 Rd6 21. Bh4 Nd5 22. e4 Ne7 23. d5 Rh6 24. Bg5 Rg6 25. Qd2 Qd7 26. Bf4 Rf6 27. Be5 Rg6 28. d6 Re6 29. Qb2 f6 30. Bg4 fxe5 31. Qb3 Kf7 32. dxe7

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Analysis of AAron0401 (1249) vs. john2001plus (1826)

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

(white to move) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. a3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Bc5 11. Bxc5 Qxc5 12. Qd2 Nb6 13. O-O-O Bd7 14. g3 Rc8 15. Qd4 O-O 16. Qxc5 Rxc5 17. Ne2 Nc4 18. Nd4 Ne3 19. Re1 Nxf1 20. Rhxf1 Bb5 21. Rf3 Rfc8 22. b4 Rc5c7 23. Nxb5 Rxc2+ 24. Kb1 Rxh2 25. Rc1 Rxc1+ 26. Kxc1

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Analysis of tcudoug (1574) vs. rtconnor2003 (1240)

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

(white to move) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nc6 4. dxe5 Be6 5. exd6 Bxd6 6. Bd3 Qe7 7. O-O O-O-O 8. Qe2 Ne5 9. Nxe5 Bxe5 10. Nc3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nf6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. c4 Qg5 15. Rad1 Bg4 16. f3 Bh3 17. Qf2 Be6 18. Qg3 Qc5+ 19. Qf2 Qg5 20. a3 b6 21. Be2 c5 22. Kh1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Kxd8 25. Qe1 Qe3 26. Qd1+ Ke7 27. h3 Qxa3 28. Qd3 Qxd3 29. cxd3 a5 30. Bd1 Bd7 31. Bb3 a4 32. Ba2 a3 33. Kg1 Ba4 34. Kf2 b5 35. cxb5 Bxb5 36. Ke3 g5 37. d4 c4 38. d5 c3 39. g3 c2 40. Kd2 Ba4 41. f4 gxf4 42. gxf4 Kd6 43. e5+ Kd7 44. d6 Ke8 45. Kc1 h5 46. h4 f5 47. Bc4 Bb5 48. Bb3 Bd3 49. e6 Be4 50. e7 Bc6 51. Kxc2 Kd7 52. Bf7 Kxd6 53. e8=Q Bxe8 54. Bxe8 Kd5 55. Kd3 Ke6 56. Bb5 Kd5 57. Bc4+

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Analysis of john2001plus (1739) vs. PUREHEAT (2084)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 d6 2. e4 Nd7 3. d4 c6 4. Nc3 Qc7 5. Be2 e5 6. d5 Be7 7. O-O Ngf6 8. Bg5 O-O 9. Qd2 c5 10. a4 a6 11. a5 h6 12. Bxh6 gxh6 13. Qxh6 Nh7 14. h4 Bf6 15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. hxg5 Qd8 17. f4 exf4 18. Rxf4 Qe7 19. Rh4 f6 20. g6

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Analysis of yoshi (1727) vs. THE-WARRIOR (1362)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 e6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O h6 9. Bh4 Nh5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 g6 13. g4 Ng7 14. f4 Rd8 15. Qf3 Qc5 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Rac1 Qb6 18. b3 Bd7 19. f5 gxf5 20. gxf5 Kh8 21. fxe6 Bxe6 22. Kh1 Rg8 23. Qf4 Bh3 24. Rg1 Raf8 25. Rg6 Nf5 26. Rxb6 axb6 27. Bxf5 Bxf5 28. Qxf5

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Analysis of yoshi (1727) vs. THE-WARRIOR (1362)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 e6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O h6 9. Bh4 Nh5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 g6 13. g4 Ng7 14. f4 Rd8 15. Qf3 Qc5 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Rac1 Qb6 18. b3 Bd7 19. Ne2 Rac8 20. Nd4 a6 21. f5 exf5 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. gxf5 g5 24. e6 fxe6 25. fxe6 Bxe6 26. Qf6 Re8 27. Qxh6

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Analysis of ROWLAND (1550) vs. yoshi (1685)

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. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O Nge7 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. c3 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 O-O 13. Re1 Ne5 14. Qh5 g6 15. Qh4 a6 16. Bf1 Re8 17. Bg5 Qc7 18. Bf6 Nf5 19. Qg5 Nd7 20. g4 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Bf4 22. Be5 Qxe5 23. Rxe5 Bxg5 24. Rxd5 Nb6 25. Rd1 Nh4

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analysis of yoshi (1700) vs. StrayLight (1323)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 e6 2. d4 f5 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 d6 7. O-O a5 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. a3 e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. e4 f4 12. gxf4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Nh5 14. Be3 Qe8 15. e5 Bf5 16. Qd2 Qg6 17. Kh1 Bg4 18. exd6 Bxd6 19. Nh4 Qf6 20. Bg5 Qe5 21. f4 Nxf4 22. Bxf4 Rxf4 23. Rxf4 g5 24. Raf1 gxf4 25. Bf3 Bxf3+ 26. Nxf3 Qf5 27. Rg1+ Kf7 28. Qg2 Na6 29. Qg7+ Ke8 30. Re1+ Kd8 31. Ne4 Be7 32. Nd4 Qg6 33. Ne6+ Kd7 34. Ne4c5+ Nxc5 35. Nxc5+ Kd8 36. Qxe7+ Kc8 37. Qe8+

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Analysis of john2001plus (1778) vs. ulfhethinn (1690)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 b5 3. e3 a6 4. c4 b4 5. a3 e6 6. axb4 Bxb4+ 7. Bd2 Be7 8. Nc3 c5 9. Nb5 Bb7 10. Ba5 Qc8 11. Nc7+ Kf8 12. Nxa8 Bxa8 13. Be2 Nc6 14. Bc3 Ne4 15. O-O h5 16. d5 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Nd8 18. e4 d6 19. Nd2 h4 20. f4 Bf6 21. Qc2 g5 22. e5 dxe5 23. Ne4 Bg7 24. fxg5 exd5 25. cxd5 Bxd5 26. Bxa6 Qg4 27. Nxc5 Qxg5 28. Rad1 Qe3+ 29. Qf2 Qxf2+ 30. Kxf2

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Analysis of Shreyas_Reddy (1617) vs. john2001plus (1767)

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. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. f4 O-O 8. Qg4 c5 9. Nf3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nc6 11. Ndb5 f6 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Qd1 d4 14. Nxd4 Rd8 15. Nce2 e5 16. fxe5 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Qxe5+ 18. Qe2 Qxd4

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Black to play and mate in 3.

ICC tourney 1197 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
chesspoet316 (1272) vs. yoshi (1689)

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

(black to move) 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 Be6 9. a3 Kh8 10. Nd2 f5 11. e3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Qxd3 13. Bb2 Rad8 14. Nf3 Qb5 15. Qc2 Na5 16. a4 Qd5 17. Ng5 Qb3 18. Qxb3 Bxb3 19. Nf3 Nc4 20. Bc1 c5 21. a5 e4 22. Nh4 g5 23. Nxf5 Rxf5 24. Bxe4 Rf7 25. Bxb7 Bf6 26. Be4 Bxc3 27. Rb1 Ba2 28. Rb5 Nd6 29. Bd5 Nxb5 30. Bxf7 Bxf7 31. e4 Bc4 32. Bxg5 Bxf1 33. Bxd8 Bd3 34. f3 Bd4+ 35. Kg2 c4 36. Be7 c3 37. Bg5 c2 38. h3 Bb2 39. h4 c1=Q 40. Bxc1 Bxc1 41. Kh3 Kg7 42. Kg4 Be2 43. h5 Kf6 44. a6 h6 45. Kh3 Bxf3 46. e5+ Kxe5 47. g4 Bg5 48. Kg3 Nd4 49. Kh3 Kf4 50. Kh2 Kxg4 51. Kg1 Kg3 52. Kf1 Bd2 53. Kg1 Be4 54. Kf1 Bg2+ 55. Kg1 Be3#

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Analysis of yoshi (1693) vs. KingsBishop (1603)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 Nc6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Be2 Bb7 9. O-O Ne7 10. Rac1 Rc8 11. Rfd1 d5 12. c5 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Ne5 bxc5 15. Rxc5 Nd5 16. Rdc1 f6 17. Nc6 Bxc6 18. Rxc6 Qe7 19. Qa5 Rb8 20. Bc4 Rfd8 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Rxc7 Qb4 23. Qxa7 Qf8 24. a4

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yoshi (1693) vs. KingsBishop (1603)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 Nc6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Be2 Bb7 9. O-O Ne7 10. Rac1 Rc8 11. Rfd1 d5 12. c5 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Ne5 bxc5 15. Rxc5 Nd5 16. Rdc1 f6 17. Nc6 Bxc6 18. Rxc6 Qe7 19. Qa5 Rb8 20. b3 Qb4 21. Ra6 Qxa5 22. Rxa5 Rfd8 23. Rxa7 Ra8 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. a4 Ra7 26. Bc4 Kf7 27. Bxd5 exd5 28. Kf1 Rb7 29. Rc3 Ke6 30. Ke2 Kd6 31. Kd2 f5 32. Kc2 c6 33. Kb2 Rf7 34. a5 f4 35. Rc2 f3 36. g3 Ra7 37. b4 Rb7 38. Kb3 h6 39. Ka4 Rb8 40. Rb2 Rb7 41. b5 cxb5+ 42. Rxb5 Rc7 43. Rb6+ Kd7 44. a6 Kc8 45. Kb5 Rf7 46. Kc5 h5 47. Kxd5 Rf5+ 48. Kxe4 Ra5 49. Rg6

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Analysis of yoshi (1698) vs. StrayLight (1437)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Ng5 Nf6 4. d3 exd3 5. Bxd3 e6 6. Bxh7 Bc5 7. Bg6+ Ke7 8. Nf7 Qf8 9. Nxh8 Qxh8 10. O-O d6 11. Bg5 Bd7 12. Nc3 Bc6 13. Re1 Qg8 14. Qg4 a5 15. Bf5 e5 16. Bxf6+ Kxf6 17. Rad1 a4 18. Qg6+ Ke7 19. Rxe5+ dxe5 20. Qg5+ Kf7 21. Bg6+ Ke6 22. Qf5+ Ke7 23. Qxe5+ Qe6 24. Qxg7+

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Analysis of misowalker (1886) vs. john2001plus (1711)

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

(black to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. c3 cxd4 5. cxd4 d5 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. a3 Bd6 8. Bg3 O-O 9. e3 Ne4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Nd2 f5 12. Bc4 Kh8 13. b4 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Bxe5 16. Rc1 a5 17. b5 Qe7 18. Qb3 a4 19. Qa2 Bd6 20. Nb1 Rf6 21. Bd5 Rh6 22. Qc4 Be6 23. Bxe6 Qxe6 24. Qxe6 Rxe6 25. h3 g6 26. Ke2 Ra5 27. Rc8+ Kg7 28. Nc3 Bxa3 29. Rc7+ Re7 30. Rxe7+ Bxe7 31. Ra1 a3 32. Kd2 Bb4 33. Kc2 Bxc3 34. Kxc3 Rxb5 35. Rxa3 Kf6 36. Ra8 Ke6 37. Rh8 h5 38. Rg8 Kf7 39. Rc8 Ke6 40. Rg8 Kf7 41. Rc8 Rb6 42. Kd4 Ke7 43. Ke5 Kd7 44. Rg8 Re6+ 45. Kf4 b5 46. Rb8 Kc6 47. f3 exf3 48. gxf3 Kc5 49. e4 fxe4 50. fxe4 Rb6 51. Rc8+ Kd6 52. e5+ Ke6 53. Re8+ Kf7 54. Rc8 b4 55. Rc7+ Kg8 56. Kg5 b3 57. Rc1 b2 58. Rb1 Kf7 59. Kf4 Ke6 60. h4 Rb4+ 61. Kg5 Rg4+ 62. Kh6 Rb4 63. Kxg6 Kxe5 64. Kxh5 Rb3 65. Kg6 Ke6 66. h5 Rg3+ 67. Kh6 Rg2 68. Kh7 Kf7 69. h6 Kf8 70. Rf1+ Ke7 71. Kh8 Rc2 72. Rb1 Rh2 73. h7 Kf7 74. Rf1+ Kg6 75. Kg8 Rxh7 76. Rg1+ Kh6 77. Rh1+ Kg6 78. Rg1+

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