Black to play for a strong advantage.

ICC tourney 1276 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
Analysis of ROWLAND (1418) vs. yoshi (1663)

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. c3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bd6 8. Ne2 Nf6 9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Bg5 Bg4 12. Ne5 Bxe2 13. Nxc6 Bxh2+ 14. Kh1 bxc6 15. Bxe2 Bc7

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ICC tourney 1273 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
yoshi (1659) vs. LiangLiang (1682)

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 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 Nf8 8. O-O Ng6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 c6 12. d5 cxd5 13. Bxd5 O-O 14. Be3 Bf6 15. Qb3 Bxb2 16. Bxf7+ Rxf7 17. Ng5 Qf8 18. Nxf7 Bxa1 19. Nh6+ Kh8 20. Bc5 Be6 21. Qxe6 Qe8 22. Qxe8+ Rxe8 23. Rxa1 gxh6 24. Bxa7

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Analysis of canary2016 (1267) vs. yoshi (1649)

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 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Nb3 Bd6 8. Qxd5 Nf6 9. Qd1 O-O 10. Nf3 Re8+ 11. Be2 Bg4 12. O-O Qe7 13. Bd3 Rad8 14. Be3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Ne5 16. Qe2 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Bxh2+ 18. Kxh2 Rxd3

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Analysis of canary2016 (1267) vs. yoshi (1649)

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 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Nb3 Bd6 8. Qxd5 Nf6 9. Qd1 O-O 10. Nf3 Re8+ 11. Be2 Bg4 12. O-O Qe7 13. Bd3 Rad8 14. Be3 Ne5 15. Be2 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Bxh2+ 17. Kxh2 Rxd1 18. Raxd1 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Qe5+ 20. Kg2 Nd5 21. Rfe1 Nxe3+ 22. fxe3 Qg5+ 23. Kf2 Qh4+ 24. Kg2 Re6 25. f4 Rg6+ 26. Kf1 Qh3+ 27. Ke2 Qg2+ 28. Kd3 Rd6+ 29. Kc4 Qc6+ 30. Kb4 Rxd1 31. Rxd1 h5 32. Nd4 Qe4 33. Re1 h4 34. Kb3 h3 35. Re2 Qh1 36. Nf5 Qd1+ 37. Rc2 h2 38. Ng3 h1=Q 39. Nxh1 Qxh1 40. a3 Qd1 41. e4 b5 42. e5 a5 43. c4 bxc4+ 44. Kc3 Qd3#

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Analysis of nickgeannopoulos (1466) vs. john2001plus (1789)

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. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. Nb3 Nc6 8. Qe2 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 Ndxe5 11. Bb5 Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 Bd7 13. Nxd4 Qf6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Qc3 O-O 16. O-O-O Rfc8 17. Rhg1 c5 18. Ne2 Qxc3 19. Nxc3 Bc6 20. Rg3 Rab8 21. Rdg1 g6 22. h4 h5 23. Rg5 Kh7 24. f4 Rb4 25. Ne2 Rcb8 26. b3 Bb5 27. Kd2 Bxe2 28. Kxe2 Rxf4

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Analysis of Suad719 (1795) vs. john2001plus (1730)

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

(white to move) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. c3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 f6 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. Nf3 Ne4 13. Ng3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Bf6 15. Be3 Qb6 16. Rc1 Qxb2 17. Bb1 Bd7 18. Qd3 g6 19. Re2 Qb6 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Bb5 22. Qd2 Qa6 23. exf6 Bxe2 24. Bd4 Rac8 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. f7+ Kxf7 27. Qh6 e5 28. Qxh7+ Ke8 29. Bxg6+ Kd8 30. Bxe5 Rc1+ 31. Kh2 Bb5 32. Qg8+ Ke7 33. Qf7+ Kd8 34. Qf8+ Kd7 35. Qe8#

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Analysis of LiangLiang (1634) vs. yoshi (1636)

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. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Qxd7 7. Ngf3 Nc6 8. c3 Nf6 9. Qe2+ Be7 10. dxc5 O-O 11. Nb3 Rfe8 12. Be3 Ng4 13. O-O-O Rac8 14. c4 Nb4 15. a3 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Qa4 17. Nfd4 dxc4 18. axb4 cxb3 19. Qd3 Qxb4 20. Nxb3 Bf6 21. Kb1 Rxc5

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Analysis of john2001plus (1805) vs. santumitra1984 (1550)

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 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 c6 8. Bd3 b6 9. O-O Ba6 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. cxd5 Bxd3 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. Qxd3

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Analysis of Troy8 (1988) vs. john2001plus (1854)

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

(white to move) 1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. Qc2 Bd6 6. d4 O-O 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Nf6 11. Qh4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. Qf4 Rd8 14. O-O Bxd2 15. Nxd2 e5 16. dxe5 Qxd2 17. Qxd2 Rxd2 18. exf6 Rxb2 19. Rfe1 Be6 20. Reb1 Rxb1+ 21. Rxb1 Rb8 22. Bxc6 Bxc4 23. a4 b6

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ICC tourney 1261 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
Analysis of HighGround (1290) vs. yoshi (1635)

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

(white to move) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. f4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. a3 Bd7 8. O-O Rc8 9. Nbd2 Nh6 10. Nh4 Be7 11. Qe1 Nf5 12. Nxf5 exf5 13. Kh1 O-O 14. Rf3 Na5 15. b3 Bb5 16. Bxf5 Rc3 17. Qg3 g6 18. Rxc3 dxc3 19. Nf3 d4 20. Be4 Bc6 21. Bd3 Bxf3 22. Qxf3 Qc7 23. Qg3 f5 24. a4 Nc6 25. h4 Nb4 26. h5 Kg7 27. Ba3 Nxd3 28. Qxd3 Bxa3 29. Rxa3 Qe7 30. h6+ Kxh6 31. Qh3+ Kg7 32. Ra1 Qc5 33. Qd3 Rd8 34. Kh2 Qd5 35. Re1 Kf7 36. Kg3 Kg7 37. Rh1 a6 38. Re1 b5 39. axb5 axb5 40. e6 Kf6 41. Re5 Qc6 42. e7 Re8 43. Qxd4 Kf7 44. Qd3 b4 45. Qd4 Rxe7 46. Rxe7+ Kxe7 47. Qxb4+ Kf7 48. Qd4 Kg8 49. Kf2 Kf7 50. g3 Kg8 51. Qc4+ Qxc4 52. bxc4 Kf7 53. Ke3 Kf6 54. Kd4 h6 55. Kd5 g5 56. Kd6 gxf4 57. gxf4 h5 58. c5 h4 59. c6 h3 60. c7 h2 61. c8=Q h1=Q 62. Qf8+ Kg6 63. Qg8+ Kf6 64. Qg5+ Kf7 65. Qxf5+ Kg7 66. Qe5+ Kf8 67. Qxc3 Qh6+ 68. Kd5 Qh5+ 69. Qe5 Qf7+ 70. Kc6 Qa2 71. Qc5+ Kg7 72. c4 Qa6+ 73. Kd7 Qb7+ 74. Qc7 Qa6 75. Qe5+ Kh7 76. Qe6 Qb7+ 77. Ke8 Qb8+ 78. Ke7 Qa8 79. Qf7+ Kh6 80. Qf6+ Kh7 81. Qh4+ Kg7 82. Qg5+ Kh7 83. Kf7 Qb7+ 84. Qe7 Qh1 85. Kf6+ Kh6 86. Qg7+

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Analysis of john2001plus (1785) vs. SpeedyChess11 (1852)

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 e6 3. c4 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 c5 6. d5 exd5 7. cxd5 d6 8. e4 g6 9. Bb5+ Nbd7 10. O-O Bg7 11. Re1 O-O 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxd7 Qxd7 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. e5 dxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Rxe5 Rfe8 18. Ne4 Kf8 19. Nf6 Qd6 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Nxe8 Kxe8 22. Qe2+ Kf8 23. Rd1

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Analysis of kyaw333 (1603) vs. john2001plus (1799)

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

(black to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. Qc2 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. e3 Nc6 9. Bg2 Qb6 10. Nh3 Bxe3 11. fxe3 Qxe3+ 12. Kf1 Nd4 13. Qd1 Qd3+ 14. Kg1 Ne2+ 15. Kf2 Ng4+ 16. Ke1 Nd4 17. Be4 Qe3+ 18. Kf1 f5 19. Kg2 fxe4 20. Qxg4 Nc2 21. Nxe4 h5 22. Qd1 Qxe4+ 23. Kg1 Ne1 24. Qd2 Nf3+

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

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

(white 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. Nd4 Qe5 26. Qc6+ Kb8 27. Rb1+

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Analysis of john2001plus (1847) vs. pkengsoo (1508)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 e6 4. e3 dxc4 5. Bxc4 Nd7 6. Nc3 Nb6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8. O-O Bd7 9. e4 Be7 10. e5 Nfd5 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Qe4 f5 13. exf6 e.p. Nxf6 14. Qe2 Re8 15. Re1 Bd6 16. Ne4 Bc7 17. Bg5 Nbd5 18. Ne5 h6 19. Nxf6+ Nxf6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Nxd7 Qxd4 22. Rad1 Qh4 23. g3 Qg5 24. Qe4 Kf7 25. Ne5+ Bxe5 26. Qxe5 Qxe5 27. Rxe5 Rad8 28. Bc2 Kf6 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Re2 e5 31. Kg2 Rd4 32. f3 g5 33. Kf2 g4 34. fxg4 Rxg4 35. Rd2 Ke6 36. Bb3+ Kf5 37. Rd7 e4 38. Rxb7 Rg5 39. Rxa7 Rh5 40. Ra5+ Kg4 41. Be6+ Rf5+ 42. Rxf5 e3+ 43. Kxe3 Kh3 44. Rf2#

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SpeedyChess11 (1705) vs. sgolde20 (1340)

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

(white to move) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Bg4 4. Nc3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Qf6 6. Qe3 Nc6 7. Nd5 Qd8 8. Qf3 Nf6 9. c3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bb5 a6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Nb4 Qd7 14. d4 a5 15. Nd3 exd4 16. cxd4 Rfe8 17. Be3 Bf8 18. e5 dxe5 19. Nxe5 Qd5 20. Nxc6 Qxf3 21. gxf3 Bd6 22. f4 Ng4 23. Ne5 Nf6 24. Nc4 Be7 25. Rac1 Rec8 26. Ne5 Bd6 27. Rc2 Nd5 28. a3 f6 29. Nd3 Re8 30. Re2 g6 31. Rfe1 Kg7 32. Bd2 Rxe2 33. Rxe2 Rb8 34. Bc1 h6 35. Kg2 Kf7 36. Kf3 f5 37. Ne5+ Bxe5 38. fxe5 Ke6 39. Bxh6 Rh8 40. Bf4 Nxf4 41. Kxf4 Rxh2 42. Rd2 Rh3 43. f3 Rh1 44. d5+ Ke7 45. Kg5 Rf1 46. Kf4 Rc1 47. Kg5 Rg1+ 48. Kf4 Rc1 49. b4 Rc4+ 50. Kg5 Rc3 51. Kxg6 Rxf3 52. bxa5 Rxa3 53. Kxf5 Rxa5 54. Ke4 Ra4+ 55. Kf5 Ra5 56. Ke4 Ra4+ 57. Ke3 Ra5 58. Kd4 Kd7 59. e6+ Ke7 60. Rc2 Ra4+ 61. Ke5 Ra7 62. Rxc7+ Rxc7 63. d6+ Kd8 64. dxc7+ Kxc7 65. Kf6 Kd8 66. Kf7

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