What is the best continuation for White?

ICC tourney 1288 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
Analysis of yoshi (1763) vs. crunk-dawg (1623)

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 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Qb3 Bc8 8. Bd3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bd2 Nbd7 11. Rac1 Nb6 12. Ne5 Nbd7 13. f4 Nxe5 14. fxe5 Ne8 15. Qc2 g6 16. Rce1 Ng7 17. Re2 Be6 18. Ref2 a5 19. Ne2 Bg5 20. Nf4 Bxf4 21. Rxf4 Nh5 22. Rf4f2 a4 23. Bc3 a3 24. b3 Qb6 25. Be2 Ng7 26. e4 Rac8 27. exd5 cxd5 28. Qd2 Nf5 29. g4 Ng7 30. Bb4 Rfe8 31. Bd6 Qd8 32. Bb5 Qh4 33. Bxe8 Rxe8 34. Qf4 h5 35. gxh5 Qxh5 36. Qf3 Qg5+ 37. Qg3 Qh5 38. Bxa3 Nf5 39. Qf3 Qxf3 40. Rxf3 Nxd4 41. Rf3f2 Nf5 42. Bb2 Ra8 43. a4 Ne3 44. Rc1 Rd8 45. Bd4 Nf5 46. Bb6 Re8 47. Rc7 Ne3 48. Rxb7 Ng4 49. Re2 Rc8 50. a5 Rc1+ 51. Kg2 d4 52. Bxd4 Bd5+ 53. Kg3 Bxb7 54. Kxg4 Bd5 55. b4 Rc4 56. Rd2 Rxb4 57. Kg3 Rb3+ 58. Kf2 Ra3 59. Bb6 Kg7 60. Rxd5 Ra2+ 61. Kg3 Ra3+ 62. Kg4 Kh6 63. Bd8 Ra4+ 64. Kf3 Ra3+ 65. Kg2 Ra2+ 66. Kg1 Ra1+ 67. Kf2 Ra2+ 68. Ke3 Ra3+ 69. Kd4 Ra4+ 70. Kc3 Ra2 71. Rd2 Ra3+ 72. Kb4 Re3 73. Bf6 Re4+ 74. Kb5 Re1 75. Rd8 Kh5 76. Rh8+ Kg4 77. Rf8 Kf5 78. Rxf7 Ke6 79. Rg7 Kf5 80. a6 Rb1+ 81. Kc4 Ra1 82. a7 Ra4+ 83. Kd5 Ra5+ 84. Kc6 Ra2 85. Be7 Kxe5 86. Bc5 Ra6+ 87. Kb7 Ra5 88. Rxg6 Kf5 89. Ra6

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Black to play and mate in 2 moves.

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Zephyr (1552) vs. yoshi (1773)

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

(black to move) 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Bc5 7. a3 Bb6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Na4 e4 10. Ne1 Bf5 11. Nxb6 axb6 12. d3 Nf6 13. Bg5 exd3 14. Nxd3 h6 15. Bf4 Re8 16. Re1 g5 17. Be3 Qd7 18. Qb3 Be6 19. Qc3 Nd5 20. Qd2 Nxe3 21. Qxe3 Nd4 22. Rac1 Nb3 23. Rc3 Bd5 24. Ne5 Qe6 25. Bxd5 Qxd5 26. f4 gxf4 27. gxf4 Kh7 28. Rd3 Rg8+ 29. Qg3 Rxg3+ 30. hxg3 Qc5+ 31. e3 f6 32. Rd7+ Kg8 33. Ng4 Rf8 34. Nxh6+ Kh8 35. Kg2 Qc6+ 36. e4 Qxd7 37. Rh1 Qd2+ 38. Kf3 Qd3+ 39. Kg4 Qxe4 40. Nf5+ Kg8 41. Nh6+ Kg7 42. Nf5+ Kf7 43. Rh7+ Ke8 44. Rxc7 Rg8+ 45. Ng7+ Kf8 46. Kh5 Rxg7 47. Rc8+ Kf7 48. Rc7+ Kf8 49. Rc8+ Kf7 50. Rc7+ Qe7 51. Rc3 Rh7+ 52. Kg4 Nd4 53. f5 Qe4#

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What is the best continuation for Black?

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Analysis of Matthew_McCarthy (1618) vs. john2001plus (1828)

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

(black to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. e3 Bb7 7. Be2 Bb4+ 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. O-O Bxd2 10. Qxd2 d6 11. b4 Nd7 12. Rfc1 c5 13. b5 Qe7 14. a4 Nf6 15. a5 Rfd8 16. axb6 axb6 17. Qb2 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 Ra8 19. Rxa8+ Bxa8 20. Qa1 Qb7 21. h3 cxd4 22. exd4 Ne8 23. Qa3 Qc8 24. Qa7 Qb7 25. Qa3 Qb8 26. c5 dxc5 27. dxc5 bxc5 28. Qxc5 Qc7 29. Qd4 Bd5 30. Ne5 Qb7 31. Bf1 Nd6 32. Qc5 Nc8 33. g3 Nb6 34. Nc6 Kh7 35. Bg2 g6 36. Bxd5 Nxd5 37. Kf1 Nc7 38. b6 Nd5 39. Nd8 Qxb6 40. Qxb6 Nxb6 41. Nxf7

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yashom (1433) vs. john2001plus (1776)

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. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c3 b6 7. Bd3 Ba6 8. Qc2 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Nc6 10. O-O Qc7 11. a4 Be7 12. Re1 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nb4 14. Qb3 Nc2

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What is the best continuation for Black?

ICC tourney 1227 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
Analysis of LiangLiang (1754) vs. yoshi (1641), 720+3

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. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Nxd7 7. Ngf3 Ngf6 8. O-O Be7 9. c3 O-O 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nf1 Ne4 12. Be3 c4 13. Qc2 b5 14. Ng3 Ndf6 15. Nf5 Bf8 16. Ne5 Qc8 17. Ng3 Bd6 18. Nxe4 Bxe5 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Bf4 Qg4 21. Bg3 h5 22. f3 Qg5 23. Bf2 Re7 24. Rxe7 Bxe7 25. Re1 Bd6 26. g3 h4 27. Kg2 Qh6 28. Qf5 hxg3 29. hxg3 a6 30. Rh1 Qg6 31. Qxd5 Re8 32. Re1 Rxe1 33. Bxe1 Qc2+ 34. Kf1 Qd3+ 35. Kg2 Qe2+ 36. Bf2 Bf8 37. Qc6 Qxb2 38. d5 Qd2 39. g4 b4 40. cxb4 c3 41. Kf1 Qd1+ 42. Kg2 c2 43. Be3 Qe2+ 44. Bf2 Qd2

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Mate in 3.

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Analysis of reyjocko0422 (1701) vs. john2001plus (1856)

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

(black to move) 1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. a4 a6 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. Nf3 Qb6 9. O-O Nh6 10. Bxh6 Qxb2 11. Nbd2 gxh6 12. Qc1 Qxc1 13. Rfxc1 c4 14. Nf1 Be7 15. Ng3 a5 16. Nh5 O-O 17. Nf6+ Bxf6 18. exf6 b5 19. axb5 Bxb5 20. Ne5 a4 21. Ra3 Rfb8 22. f4 h5 23. Re1 Be8 24. Rea1 Rb3 25. h3 Rab8 26. Kf2 Rxa3 27. Rxa3 Rb3 28. Ra2 a3 29. Ke3 Rxc3+ 30. Kd2 Rb3 31. Kc2 Ba4 32. Kc1 Rc3+ 33. Kd2 Rg3 34. Kc1 Re3 35. Kd2 Rg3 36. Kc1 Rb3 37. g4 hxg4 38. hxg4 Rh3 39. g5 c3 40. Rh2 a2 41. Rxh3 a1=Q#

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White to play and win.

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kuyanelson1956 (1765) vs. john2001plus (1846)

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. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Be2 c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. dxc5 Ndxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Qd4 Nc6 13. Qf4 Qxc5 14. Rfc1 e5 15. Qg3 Nd4 16. Bd1 Nf5 17. Qxe5 Be6 18. Bg4 Qd4 19. Qxd4 Nxd4 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. f3 Rac8 22. Kf2 b5 23. a3 a5 24. Ke3 Nf5+ 25. Kd3 b4 26. axb4 axb4 27. Nb5 Rc5 28. Nd4 Nxd4 29. Kxd4 Rc4+ 30. Kd3 Rfc8 31. c3 Kf7 32. Ra4 bxc3 33. Rxc4 Rxc4 34. Rxc3 Rb4 35. b3 Kf6 36. Kc2 d4 37. Rc6 d3+ 38. Kc3 Ke5 39. Kxb4 d2 40. f4+ Kxf4 41. Rd6

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White to play and win.

ICC tourney 1285 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
Analysis of billscotty (1521) vs. yoshi (1735)

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

(white to move) 1. e4 e6 2. e5 d6 3. exd6 Bxd6 4. Nf3 e5 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Nc6 9. Ne4 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Be2 Bf5 12. c3 Bxe4 13. dxe4 Be7 14. Qb3 Qd7 15. Rd1 Bd6 16. O-O Na5 17. Qd5 Qa4 18. Bb5 c6 19. Bxa4 cxd5 20. Rxd5 Bc7 21. Nxe5

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Black to play and win.

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Analysis of john2001plus (1558) vs. dennievanesch (1609)

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

(black to move) 1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 Nc6 3. c3 e6 4. d4 d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. dxc5 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Bxc5 8. Be3 Bxe3 9. fxe3 Nf6 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. Ke2 a6 12. Ba4 O-O 13. Nbd2 Rfd8 14. Rad1 Nd4+ 15. Nxd4 Bxa4 16. b3 Bc6 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Nc4 Kf8 19. Na5 c5 20. Nb7 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Ne4 22. Rc1 Rd8 23. Rc2 Rd7 24. Na5 Ke7 25. Kf3 Ng5+ 26. Kf4 f6 27. Nc6+ Ke8 28. Nb8 Ra7 29. Rd2 e5+ 30. Kf5 g6+ 31. Kg4 Ne4 32. Rc2 Rb7 33. Nxa6 Ra7 34. Nb8 Ra8 35. Nc6 Kd7

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