White to play and win.

ICC tourney 1361 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
Analysis of IAlwaysWin (1619) vs. john2001plus (1635)

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

(white to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Bxd5 10. Qc2 Nc6 11. Rd1 Nb4 12. Qb1 Rc8 13. a3 Nc6 14. e4 Bb3 15. Rd3 Na5 16. Nd2 Bd1 17. b4 Nc6 18. Bb2 Ba4 19. d5 Bb5 20. Re3 a5 21. Nf3 exd5 22. exd5 Na7 23. Nd4 Bf6 24. Nf5 Re8 25. Rxe8+ Qxe8 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Qd1 Be2 28. Qd2 Qe5 29. Re1 Qxf5 30. Qxe2 axb4 31. axb4 Rd8 32. Qe7 Rd7 33. Qe8+ Kg7 34. g4 Qxg4 35. h3 Qxb4 36. Re3 Qb1+ 37. Kh2 Rd6 38. Be4 Qc1 39. Rg3+ Kh6 40. Qf8+ Kh5 41. Qxf7+ Kh4 42. Rg4#

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White to play

ICC tourney 1350 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
Analysis of john2001plus (1605) vs. tangent (1931)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 f5 4. e4 fxe4 5. Ng5 c5 6. dxc5 Nf6 7. Nc3 Qa5 8. Bd2 Qxc5 9. Ngxe4 Qe5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Nc6 12. Re1 Qc7 13. Rc1 b6 14. Nd5 Qb8 15. Nexf6+ exf6 16. Bf4 Ne5 17. Ne7+ Kf7 18. Nxc8 Qxc8 19. Be4 Rb8 20. Bd5+ Ke8 21. Be3 Kd8 22. c5 Qa6 23. c6 Rc8 24. f4 Nxc6 25. Bxc6 Rxc6 26. Rxc6 Qb7 27. Re6 Re8 28. Rxe8+ Kxe8 29. Bc5+ Kf7 30. Re7+ Kg8 31. Re8+ Kf7 32. Qd6 g5 33. f5

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What is the best move for White?

ICC tourney 1346 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
Analysis of john2001plus (1542) vs. IAlwaysWin (1613)

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 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bd3 Bg6 7. Nh4 Nbd7 8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. Qc2 Bd6 10. h3 Qe7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bd2 O-O 13. O-O Rfe8 14. Rab1 a5 15. Rfe1 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Bc4 b5 18. Bf1 Rec8 19. Rec1 Rc7 20. g3 c5 21. Bg2 Nf6 22. Qb3 b4 23. Qa4 c4 24. Bf1 Qe6 25. Qb5 Nh5 26. g4 Nf6 27. Bxc4 Qc8 28. Bb3 Nxg4 29. Qg5 Nh6 30. Qxg6 Ra6 31. Qxe4 Qxh3 32. Qg2

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Black to play and win

ICC tourney 1346 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
krishnasumanth (1412) vs. john2001plus (1527)

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. exd5 exd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Re8+ 9. Be3 Ne4 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. Rc1 Nc6 13. h3 Bh5 14. Re1 Qd6 15. g4 Bg6 16. Nh4 Rad8 17. Qf3 Ne7 18. Nxg6 Qxg6 19. Bd3 Nd5 20. c4 Nb4 21. Bb1 Ng5 22. Bxg5 Qxg5 23. Qxb7 Qd2 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Rf1 Qc3 26. Qb5 c6 27. Qc5 Qxh3 28. Qf5 g6 29. Qf4 h6 30. f3 g5 31. Qf5 Qg3+ 32. Kh1 Re2 33. Qh7+ Kf8 34. Qxh6+ Ke8 35. Qh8+ Ke7 36. Qe5+ Rxe5

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White to play and win

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Analysis of john2001plus (1784) vs. WhiteGoldeWielder (1739)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Be2 Nc6 7. c4 Qd7 8. Be3 b6 9. Nc3 a6 10. d5 exd5 11. cxd5 Nb4 12. Ne5 Qc7 13. Nc4 Bd6 14. a3 b5 15. Nxd6+ Qxd6 16. axb4 cxb4 17. Nxb5 Qb8 18. Na7 Rxa7 19. Bxa7 Qxa7 20. Qa4+ Bd7 21. Qxb4 Nxd5 22. Qd6 Be6 23. Bb5+ Bd7 24. Rxa6 Qb7 25. Bxd7+ Qxd7 26. Ra8+

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Mate in 3

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Analysis of Mustangcoffee (1523) vs. john2001plus (1840)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 exd5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bc4 Bg4 7. Nf3 Nxd5 8. Qe2+ Be7 9. h3 Be6 10. Nc3 Nf4 11. Qf1 Nxg2+ 12. Qxg2 Bxc4 13. Qxg7 Bf6 14. Qh6 Nc6 15. Qe3+ Qe7 16. d3 Be6 17. Bd2 O-O-O 18. O-O-O Nb4 19. Qxa7 Nxd3+ 20. Kb1 Nxb2 21. Kxb2 Rxd2+ 22. Rxd2 Qb4+ 23. Kc1 Qxc3+ 24. Kd1 Qxf3+ 25. Kc2 Bf5+ 26. Kc1 Qxh1+ 27. Rd1 Qc6+ 28. Kd2 Bc3+ 29. Ke2 Re8+ 30. Qe3 Rxe3+

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