White to play and survive.

ICC tourney 1264 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
Analysis of dsanman (1199) vs. yoshi (1599)

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

(white to move) 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd4 10. exd4 Qxd5 11. O-O Qxd4 12. Be3 Qe5 13. Rad1 Bc5 14. Bxc5 Qxc5 15. Bf3 Rb8 16. Rd2 Bd7 17. Rfd1 Bc6 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Qa4 Nd5 20. Ne4 Qb5 21. Qxa7 Ra8 22. Qd7 Rfd8 23. Qc7 Qa4 24. Qe5

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lagarto300 (1769) vs. yoshi (1604)

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

(black to move) 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 O-O 8. Nc3 d6 9. Qc2 c5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Rfd1 Qe7 12. a3 Rac8 13. Rac1 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Rxd4 e5 16. Rh4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 h6 18. Kg1 Qe6 19. Qd3 d5 20. cxd5 Nxd5 21. e4 Nxc3 22. Rxc3 Rxc3 23. Qxc3 Rc8 24. Qd2 Qc4 25. Rh5 f6 26. Qd7 Qc6 27. Qd3 Qc1+ 28. Kg2 Qxb2 29. Qd5+ Kh7 30. Qe6 Qc2 31. Rh4 Qc4 32. Qf5+ Kg8 33. Rg4 Kf8 34. Qd7 Qc7 35. Qe6 Re8 36. Qd5 Qe7 37. a4 Qe6 38. Qd1 Qc4 39. Qd7 Qf7 40. Qb5 f5 41. exf5 Qxf5 42. h3 g6 43. a5 h5 44. Rb4 bxa5 45. Qxa5 e4 46. Qxa7 Qf3+ 47. Kg1 Qd1+ 48. Kg2 Qf3+ 49. Kg1 e3 50. Rf4+ Qxf4 51. gxf4 e2 52. Qa3+ Re7 53. Qa8+ Re8 54. Qa3+ Re7 55. Qa8+ Kf7 56. Qa2+ Re6 57. Qa7+ Kg8 58. Qb8+ Kh7 59. Qc7+ Kh6 CHECK!

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Analysis of john2001plus (1792) vs. The_Nimaj (1473)

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 Nc6 3. c4 Bg4 4. cxd5 Bxf3 5. gxf3 Qxd5 6. e3 e5 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Bd2 Bxc3 9. bxc3 exd4 10. cxd4 Nf6 11. Bg2 O-O 12. O-O Rfe8 13. Rb1 Ne7 14. f4 Ne4 15. Qc2 Nc6 16. Rfc1 Re6 17. Bxe4 Rxe4 18. Qb3 Qxb3 19. Rxb3 Nd8 20. Rxc7

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Analysis of john2001plus (1803) vs. huskydog2004 (1654)

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 e6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bd3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 b6 7. Nc3 Bb7 8. O-O c5 9. e4 Nxe4 10. Bb5+ Nd7 11. Ne5 Nef6 12. Bg5 Bc8 13. Qf3 Rb8 14. Nc6 Bb7 15. d5 Qc7 16. Nxb8 Qxb8 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qxf6 Rg8 19. Bxd7+ Kxd7 20. Qxf7+

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Analysis of Gustafsson21 (1802) vs. john2001plus (1753)

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

(white to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 cxd4 4. exd4 d5 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Nf3 Bb4 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. O-O Nd5 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Qd2 Nb6 13. Bd3 Bxg5 14. Nxg5 Nxd4 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Bd3 f6 17. Nh7 e5 18. Nxf8 Nc4 19. Ng6+ Kg8 20. Qd1 Nxb2 21. Qh5 Qc7 22. Nb5 Qb6 23. Qh8+ Kf7 24. Qf8+ Ke6 25. Qe7+ Kd5 26. Nc3+ Kc6 27. Be4#

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Analysis of Gustafsson21 (1807) vs. john2001plus (1793)

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

(black to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. d5 Qb6 5. Qc1 d6 6. c4 Qb4+ 7. Nc3 Qxc4 8. Nf3 Qb4 9. a3 Qa5 10. e4 Bg4 11. Be2 Nd7 12. O-O h5 13. b4 Qd8 14. Nh4 Bh6 15. f4 cxb4 16. axb4 Rc8 17. Qb2 Rxc3 18. Bxg4 Qb6+ 19. Kh1 Rc4 20. Bxd7+ Kxd7 21. e5 Bxf4 22. exf6 Be5 23. Qb1 Rxh4 24. Qf5+ e6 25. dxe6+ fxe6 26. Qf2 Rxh2+ 27. Kg1 Rg8 28. g3 Bxg3 29. f7 Rxf2

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Analysi of capa1234 (1781) vs. john2001plus (1788)

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

(white to move) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Re1 c5 11. c3 Qb6 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Nb3 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Ne4 15. Nfd4 Rae8 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Rxe4 dxe4 18. Qe2 Qc7 19. Bg3 Bxg3 20. hxg3 Qb6 21. Re1 a5 22. Qe3 Qb5 23. Re2 e5 24. Nc5 Qb6 25. Nxe4 Qxe3 26. Rxe3 b6 27. c4 Rd8 28. Re2 Rd1+ 29. Kh2 Rc8 30. b3 Rcd8 31. Nc3 Rd1d2 32. Rxe5 Rxf2 33. Nd5 Rxa2 34. Nxb6 Rdd2 35. Nd5 Rxg2+ 36. Kh3 Rgb2 37. c5 Rxb3 38. c6 Rc2 39. c7 Kh7 40. Re2 Rc1 41. Re1 Rc4 42. Re4 Rbc3 43. Nxc3 Rxc3 44. Ra4 Rxc7 45. Rxa5

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ICC tourney 1258 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
Analysis of LiangLiang (1614) vs. yoshi (1649)

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. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Qe2+ Be7 8. dxc5 O-O 9. Bxd7 Nbxd7 10. Nb3 Nxc5 11. Be3 Re8 12. O-O Rc8 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. Qf1 Ng4 15. Bxc5 Bxc5 16. Nxc5 Qxc5 17. c3 Re7 18. h3 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Rxe5 20. Re1 Rce8 21. Rxe5 Rxe5 22. Re1 d4 23. Rxe5 Qxe5 24. Qd1 h6 25. Qxd4

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john2001plus (1778) vs. franciscocastillogal (1582)

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 e6 3. c4 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Rc8 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bxe7 Nxe7 12. e4 c5 13. d5 exd5 14. exd5 Nf6 15. d6 Ng6 16. Bf5 Rc6 17. Qa4 a6 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Qxd6 20. Bxc6 Bxc6 21. Qd1 Qf6 22. b4 Nf4 23. bxc5 Rd8 24. Qb3 Nh3+ 25. Kh1 Nxf2+ 26. Kg1 Ng4 27. Ne5 Nxe5 28. Rxf6 gxf6 29. Qg3+ Kf8 30. Qf4 Kg7 31. Rf1 Nd7 32. Qg3+ Kf8 33. Qc7

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Analysis of pandigame (1734) vs. john2001plus (1774)

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. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Bd6 7. h3 g5 8. Bg3 Bxg3 9. fxg3 Ne4 10. Ne5 Qf6 11. Qf3 Qxf3 12. gxf3 Nxg3 13. Rg1 Nxf1 14. Kxf1 Bxh3+ 15. Kf2 Nc6 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Nd2 Kd7 18. Rae1 Rae8 19. Rxe8 Kxe8 20. Re1+ Be6 21. Nb3 Kd8 22. Nc5 Bf5 23. c3 f6 24. Nb7+ Kc8 25. Nc5 h5 26. Re7 h4 27. Kg2 h3+ 28. Kh2 g4 29. fxg4 Bxg4 30. Rf7 f5 31. Ne6 Re8 32. Rxc7+ Kb8 33. Rxc6 f4 34. Nxf4 Rf8 35. Nd3 Rf3 36. Ne5 Rf2+ 37. Kh1 Bf5 38. Kg1 h2+ 39. Kxf2 h1=Q

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Analysis of john2001plus (1775) vs. Blutsvente (1626)

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 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Qb3 Bc8 7. Bg5 c6 8. e4 Be7 9. e5 Nfd7 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O f5 13. exf6 e.p. Qxf6 14. Rae1 Nb6 15. Ne5 Bf5 16. Qc2 Nb8d7 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Re3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Rae8 20. b3 Qd6 21. Rfe1 Nf6 22. Qf5 Rxe3 23. Rxe3 Qd7 24. Qxd7 Nxd7 25. Ne2 Nf6 26. Ng3 Re8 27. Nf5 Rxe3 28. fxe3 Ne4 29. Ng3 Nc3 30. a3 Nb1 31. a4 Nd2 32. b4 Nc4 33. e4 dxe4 34. Nxe4 a5 35. bxa5 Nxa5 36. Kf2 Kf7 37. Ng5+ Kg6 38. Ne6 b5 39. axb5 cxb5 40. Nc7 b4 41. Ke3 b3 42. Kd3 Nc6 43. d5 Ne7 44. d6 Nc6 45. Kc3 b2 46. Kxb2 Kf7 47. Kc3 Kf6 48. Kc4 Ke5 49. Kc5 Nd8 50. Ne8 g6 51. Kb6 Ke6 52. Kc7 Nf7 53. d7 Ke7 54. Nd6 Nd8 55. Nc8+

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