Black to play and win

ICC tourney 1414 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
Analysis of john2001plus (1744) vs. CL123789 (1488)

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

(black to move) 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bd2 d6 7. Qc2 c5 8. e3 cxd4 9. exd4 Nc6 10. d5 Bf5 11. Qb3 Na5 12. Qb4 b6 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. Bd3 Rc8 15. Rc1 Nb7 16. O-O Nc5 17. Bb1 h5 18. Rfe1 Ng4 19. Nf3 a5 20. Qa3 Qc7 21. Nb5 Bxb5 22. cxb5 Qb7 23. Bc3 Nf6 24. Nd4 Nxd5 25. Nc6 Nxc3 26. Nxe7+ Kh8 27. Rxc3 Bxc3 28. Qxc3+ Kh7 29. Nxc8 Qxc8 30. Qf6 Ne6 31. Bxg6+ fxg6 32. Qxe6 Qxe6 33. Rxe6 Rc8 34. g3 Rc5 35. Rxd6 Rxb5 36. Rd2 Kg7 37. f4 Kf6 38. Kf2 g5 39. Ke3 gxf4+ 40. gxf4 Kf5 41. b3 h4 42. h3 Rc5 43. Rd3 b5 44. Kf3 b4 45. Ke3 Rb5 46. Rd8 Rc5 47. Rf8+ Kg6 48. Rh8 Rc3+ 49. Ke4 Rxh3 50. f5+ Kf7 51. Rh7+ Kg8 52. Ra7 Rh1 53. Ke5 h3 54. Kf4 Rg1 55. Ra8+ Kh7 56. Ra7+ Rg7 57. Rxg7+ Kxg7 58. Kg3 Kf6 59. Kxh3 Kxf5 60. Kg3 Ke4 61. Kf2 Kd3

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Analysis of rchambers vs. John Coffey

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

(black to move) 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Bg5 Be7 4. Bxf6 Bxf6 5. c3 O-O 6. g3 c5 7. e3 d5 8. dxc5 Nd7 9. b4 a5 10. Qa4 Qc7 11. a3 Qb8 12. Nd4 axb4 13. Qc2 bxa3 14. c6 bxc6 15. Rxa3 Rxa3 16. Nxa3 Qa8 17. Qc1 c5 18. Ndb5 d4 19. cxd4 Qxh1 20. h4 cxd4 21. exd4 Ba6 22. Kd2 Bxd4 23. Qe1 Qd5 24. Bc4 Qc5 25. Qc1 Ne5 26. Bd3 Qb4+ 27. Ke2 Nxd3

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Analysis of Sherlocked (1858) vs. john2001plus (1750)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 h g f e d c b a +12

(black to move) 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Qa4 Qb6 10. O-O Qxb2 11. Nbd2 Qb4 12. Qc2 O-O 13. Rab1 Qd6 14. Nb3 Nb4 15. Qb2 Bf5 16. Rbc1 Rac8 17. Nbd4 Be4 18. a3 Nc6 19. Qxb7 Nxd4 20. Rxc8 Nxe2+ 21. Kh1 h6 22. Rxf8+ Bxf8 23. Bd2 Qxa3 24. Nh4 g5 25. Nf3 Qxf3 26. Rg1 Ng4 27. Qxa7 Nxf2+ 28. Qxf2 Qxf2 29. Be3 Qxe3 30. Rf1 g4 31. h4 Bxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Qxg3+ 33. Kh1 Qh3#

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Analysis of drabmolc (1457) vs. john2001plus (1696)

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

(black to move) 1. d4 e6 2. e3 Nf6 3. f4 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. exd4 d5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. Qe2 b6 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. g4 Ne4 12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. Nd2 Nxe5 14. fxe5 Be7 15. Nxe4 Qd5 16. Ng3 Bh4 17. Bf4 f6 18. exf6 Rxf6 19. a3 Bxg3 20. hxg3 g5

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Analysis of john2001plus (1757) vs. chesspoet316 (1466)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 Bd6 4. c5 Be7 5. Nc3 b6 6. e4 bxc5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. exd5 c6 9. dxe6 Qxd1+ 10. Nxd1 Bxe6 11. Be3 Nd7 12. Be2 Ngf6 13. O-O O-O 14. Nd4 Bd5 15. Nc3 Rab8 16. Rac1 Rxb2 17. Na4 Bxd4 18. Nxb2 Bxb2 19. Rc2 Ba3 20. Bxa7 Ra8 21. Be3 h6 22. Rd1 Ne5 23. f4 Neg4 24. Bd4 h5 25. h3 Nh6 26. Bd3 Ne4 27. Re1 Re8 28. Bc5 Bxc5+ 29. Rxc5 f5 30. Bxe4 Rxe4 31. Rxe4 fxe4 32. a4 Nf5 33. a5 Ne7 34. a6 Nc8 35. g4 hxg4 36. hxg4 Na7 37. Rc2 e3 38. Rb2 c5 39. Kf1 Bf3 40. Rb3 e2+ 41. Kf2 Bxg4 42. Rb7 Nc6 43. a7 Nxa7 44. Rxa7 Kh7 45. Rc7 Kg6 46. Rxc5

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ICC tourney 1402 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
Analysis of BotanicalKnight (1433) vs. john2001plus (1730)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. f4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d3 Nge7 6. Nc3 Nf5 7. g3 h5 8. Bg2 h4 9. g4 h3 10. Bf1 Nfd4 11. g5 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Nd4 13. Qf2 Bd7 14. Be3 Rc8 15. O-O-O Nxc2 16. Qxc2 d4 17. Qd2 Bc6 18. Rg1 dxe3 19. Qxe3 Qd4 20. Rg3 Qxe3+ 21. Rxe3 Bg2 22. Rg3 Bxf1 23. Rxf1 c4 24. Rff3 cxd3 25. Rxd3 Rh4 26. Rdf3 Rc4 27. Rxh3 Rcxf4 28. Rxh4 Rxh4 29. Rf2 Rg4

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Analysis of john2001plus (1861) vs. WilliamAthens (1493)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 b6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bb7 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 Bb4 7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3 Bxe4 9. Nb5 d5 10. Ba3 Nf6 11. Nd6+ Kd7 12. c4 h6 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. c4 Qc7 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Bb5+ Nc6 17. Rc1 Rhc8 18. Qa4 Nde7 19. Rfd1 Nd5 20. Rxd5 exd5 21. Qg4+ Kd8 22. Qxg7 Qd7 23. Nxf7+ Kc7 24. Rxc6+ Qxc6 25. Nd6+ Kd8 26. Nb7+ Qxb7 27. Qf8+ Kc7 28. Qd6#

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Analysis of SunTzuLombardi (1547) vs. thebuzeetle (1042)

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 Bb4 4. c3 Ba5 5. Bd3 a6 6. Ne2 b5 7. e5 Nc6 8. f4 b4 9. O-O f6 10. Nf3 Nge7 11. exf6 gxf6 12. f5 exf5 13. Bf4 Ng6 14. Bd2 O-O 15. Nf4 Nxf4 16. Bxf4 bxc3 17. bxc3 Bxc3 18. Rc1 Bxd4+ 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. Bxc7 Qd7 21. Qh5 Rf7 22. Bb6 Ne6 23. Bxf5 Qb5 24. Bxe6 Qxb6+ 25. Kh1 Bxe6 26. Qh6 d4 27. Rxf6 Rxf6 28. Qxf6 Rf8 29. Qg5+ Kf7 30. Rf1+ Ke8 31. Qh5+ Bf7 32. Qe5+ Be6 33. Qh5+ Bf7 34. Qe5+ Qe6 35. Qb8+ Ke7 36. Qb7+ Qd7 37. Qe4+ Be6 38. Qh4+ Ke8 39. Qh5+ Qf7 40. Rxf7 Rxf7 41. h3 Bxa2 42. Qe5+ Kf8 43. Qxd4 h5 44. Qa1 Bc4 45. Qa3+ Kg7 46. Qg3+ Kf8 47. Qg6 Rf1+ 48. Kh2 Rf2 49. Qd6+ Ke8 50. Qb8+ Kd7 51. Qa7+

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Analysis of John Coffey vs. rql

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

(white to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 d6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Qd2 O-O 8. O-O-O Nfd7 9. Bh6 Re8 10. e5 Nc6 11. exd6 cxd6 12. h4 b6 13. h5 Bb7 14. hxg6 fxg6 15. Ng5 Nf8 16. f4 Bf6 17. d5 Ne7 18. Nce4 Bg7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Nxe6+ Nxe6 21. Qc3+ Kg8 22. Nf6+ Kf8 23. Nxh7+ Kg8 24. Nf6+ Kf7 25. Rh7+ Ng7 26. Rxg7+ Kxg7 27. Nh5+ Kh6 28. Qg7+ Kxh5 29. Be2+ Kh4 30. Rd3

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tspaper (1453) vs. john2001plus (1817), 15+10

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

(black to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 d5 3. Bd3 c5 4. c3 Nbd7 5. f4 Ne4 6. Nd2 f5 7. Ngf3 e6 8. O-O Bd6 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. fxe5 Be7 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Qh5+ g6 15. Qh6 Bf8 16. Qg5 Qe7 17. Qxe7+ Bxe7 18. b3 cxd4 19. cxd4 Rc8 20. Bb2 Rc2 21. Rab1 Kd7 22. Rfc1 Rhc8 23. Kf1 Rxb2 24. Rxb2 Rxc1+ 25. Kf2 Ba3 26. Re2 Rb1 27. Rc2 Rb2

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SebastianAdams1 (1627) vs. pandeesh (1521)

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

(white to move) 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Ng4 8. Re1 Nxe3 9. fxe3 Bg4 10. h3 Bd7 11. Ne2 Nb4 12. Bc4 b5 13. Bb3 a5 14. a3 Na6 15. a4 c6 16. Nf4 e5 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Nd3 Re8 19. Rf1 Be6 20. Bxe6 Rxe6 21. Qd2 b4 22. Qe2 Qb6 23. Nd2 Bh6 24. Nc4 Qc7 25. Qf3 Rf8 26. Rad1 Bg7 27. Qg4 Re7 28. b3 c5 29. Nf2 Nb8 30. Rd6 Rd8 31. Rxd8+ Qxd8 32. Nxa5 f5 33. exf5 gxf5 34. Qxf5 Rf7 35. Qe6 Qxa5 36. Ne4 Qc7 37. Nd6 Nc6 38. Rxf7 Qd8 39. Rf8+ Kxf8 40. Qf7#

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Analysis of KingsBishop (1626) vs. john2001plus (1840)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Bd3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 c5 11. O-O Nc6 12. a3 Qa5 13. Qe1 c4 14. Be2 Qa4 15. Qb1 b5 16. Nd2 Qa5 17. Qb2 Qb6 18. a4 b4 19. Nf3 bxc3 20. Qxb6 axb6 21. Rfb1 Bd7 22. Rxb6 Rfb8 23. Rxb8+ Rxb8 24. a5 Ra8 25. h3 Rb8 26. a6 Na7 27. g4 Rb2 28. Bd1 Kf8 29. Kf1 Ke7 30. Ne1 Kd8 31. f4 Kc7 32. Kf2 Rb6 33. Ke3 Bb5 34. Nf3 Rxa6 35. Rxa6 Bxa6 36. Ng1 Nb5 37. Ne2 Kb6 38. f5 Bc8 39. Kf4 Kc7 40. h4 Kd8 41. Ng3 Ke7 42. Nh5 g6 43. fxg6 fxg6 44. Nf6 g5+ 45. hxg5 hxg5+ 46. Kxg5 Nxd4 47. Kg6 Nc6 48. Ng8+ Kf8 49. Nf6 Nxe5+ 50. Kh5 Bd7 51. g5 Be8+ 52. Kh6 Bg6 53. Be2 Kf7 54. Bd1 Be4 55. Nxe4 dxe4 56. Bh5+ Kg8 57. g6 e3 58. g7 Nc6 59. Be2 Ne5 60. Bh5 Nc6 61. Be2 Nd4 62. Bh5 Nf5+ 63. Kg6 Nxg7

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Analysis of Sherlocked (1858) vs. john2001plus (1750)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 h g f e d c b a +12

(black to move) 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Qa4 Qb6 10. O-O Qxb2 11. Nbd2 Qb4 12. Qc2 O-O 13. Rab1 Qd6 14. Nb3 Nb4 15. Qb2 Bf5 16. Rbc1 Rac8 17. Nbd4 Be4 18. a3 Nc6 19. Qxb7 Nxd4 20. Rxc8 Nxe2+ 21. Kh1 h6 22. Rxf8+ Bxf8 23. Bd2 Qxa3 24. Nh4 g5 25. Nf3 Qxf3 26. Rg1 Ng4 27. Qxa7 Nxf2+ 28. Qxf2 Qxf2 29. Be3 Qxe3 30. Re1 Qf3 31. Rg1 Qf2

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Analysis of john2001plus (1868) vs. KnightFireML (1794)

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 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 O-O 8. Be2 c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. d5 Bxc3 11. Bh6 Bxa1 12. Qxa1 Nd4 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Qxd4 e5 15. Qxe5 f6 16. Qd4 Re8 17. Rb1 g5 18. d6 Kh8 19. Bc4 Re5 20. f4 gxf4 21. Bxf4 Re8 22. e5 Bd7 23. exf6

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IAlwaysWin (1732) vs. john2001plus (1731)

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

(black to move) 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. e3 e6 3. b3 b6 4. Bb2 Bb7 5. c4 c5 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. d3 d5 10. Rc1 d4 11. exd4 cxd4 12. Nb5 e5 13. Nd2 a6 14. Na3 Nd7 15. Bf3 Nc5 16. Qe2 Nb4 17. Bxb7 Nxb7 18. Nf3 Nxa2 19. Ra1 Nc3 20. Bxc3 dxc3 21. Nxe5 Bxa3 22. Rxa3 Qd6 23. Raa1 Rfe8 24. f4 f6 25. Qf3 Nc5 26. Nc6 Nxb3 27. Rae1 Nd2 28. Ne7+ Kf8 29. Qh5 Nxf1 30. Qxh7 Qd4+ 31. Kh1 Rxe7 32. Qh8+ Kf7 33. Qh5+ Kg8 34. Rxe7 Rf8 35. Qg6 f5 36. Qe6+ Kh7 37. Qe1 Qxf4 38. g3 Qf3+ 39. Kg1 Nd2 40. Re2 f4 41. d4 fxg3 42. hxg3 Qf1+ 43. Qxf1 Rxf1+ 44. Kg2 c2

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Analysis of john2001plus (1842) vs. foofooes (1427)

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

(white to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. g4 Nc6 7. d5 Ne5 8. g5 Nfd7 9. f4 Nxc4 10. Bxc4 Nb6 11. Bd3 c6 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. h4 Bb7 14. h5 d5 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Qg4 d4 17. f5 dxc3 18. Qh3 Re8 19. fxg6 cxb2 20. Bxb2 e5 21. gxf7+ Kxf7 22. Qf5+ Kg8 23. O-O-O Qc7 24. Rf1 Bf8 25. g6 Rad8 26. Qh3 Bh6+ 27. Qxh6 Qg7 28. Qh7+ Qxh7 29. gxh7+ Kg7 30. h8=Q+ Rxh8 31. Bxe5+ Kg6 32. Rf6+ Kg7 33. Rf5+ Kg6 34. Nh3 Rxh3 35. Rg1+ Kh6 36. Bf4+ Kh7 37. Rf7+ Kh8 38. Be5#

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Coffey, John (2001) vs. Jumper (1700)

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

(white to move) 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. Rc1 c6 7. e3 h6 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. O-O e5 11. cxd5 exd4 12. Nxd4 cxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd4 14. exd4 Nf6 15. Nc7 Rb8 16. Re1 a6 17. d5 Bg4 18. f3 Bh5 19. g4 Bg6 20. Bxg6 fxg6 21. Ne6 Qb6+ 22. Kg2 Rfe8 23. d6 Nd7 24. Rc7 Nf6 25. Rxg7+ Kh8 26. Qd2 g5 27. Rg6 Nh7 28. Qc3+

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Analysis of John Coffey vs. vadah

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 a b c d e f g h +16

(white to move) 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 Nc6 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 Ne7 6. Nc3 b6 7. e4 Bb7 8. Bc4 Ng6 9. e5 Ng8 10. O-O Nh6 11. d6 cxd6 12. exd6 Bxf3 13. Re1+ Be7 14. Qxf3 O-O 15. dxe7 Nxe7 16. Bg5 Nhf5 17. Nd5 f6 18. Nxe7+ Kh8 19. Ng6+ hxg6 20. Qh3+ Nh6 21. Bxh6 d5 22. Bf4+ Kg8 23. Qe6+ Rf7 24. Bxd5 Qe8 25. Qxe8+ Rxe8 26. Rxe8+ Kh7 27. Bxf7 g5 28. Rh8+ Kxh8 29. Bg6 Kg8 30. Re1

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Analysis of john2001plus (1712) vs. ROWLAND (1540), 720+3

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 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. g4 Nc6 7. d5 Ne5 8. g5 Ne8 9. h4 f6 10. f4 Nf7 11. Qc2 e5 12. dxe6 e.p. Bxe6 13. f5 Bd7 14. Nf3 Ne5 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Be3 gxf5 17. O-O-O f4 18. Bc5 Nd6 19. Bxd6 cxd6 20. Rxd6 Qe7 21. Rhd1 Bc6 22. Nd5 Qxd6 23. Nxf6+ Rxf6 24. Rxd6 Rxd6

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Analysis of MOHAMED vs. John Coffey

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

(white to move) 1. e4 e6 2. Bc4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Qe2+ Be7 5. Bb3 Nf6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. d4 Re8 8. O-O Bg4 9. Nbd2 Bb4 10. Qb5 Bxd2 11. Bxd2 Bxf3 12. gxf3 b6 13. f4 c6 14. Qd3 Ne4 15. f3 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Nd7 17. c4 dxc4 18. Bxc4 Nf6 19. Rad1 Nd5 20. Rde1 Rxe1 21. Qxe1 Nxf4 22. Qe5 Ng6 23. Qe4 Qf6 24. Re1 Rd8 25. Kf1 h5 26. Bb3 Rxd4 27. Bxf7+ Qxf7 28. Qxd4

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Analysis of john2001plus (1849) vs. Chief523 (1820)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. Ne5 Qxb3 7. axb3 e6 8. Nxg4 Nxg4 9. Nc3 Bb4 10. Bd2 Nf6 11. Bd3 h6 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Rfd1 O-O 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Bxd2 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Rxd2 Rfb8 18. Bc4 Nf6 19. f3 Rd8 20. e4 c5 21. Rad1 cxd4 22. Rxd4 Rxd4 23. Rxd4 Rb8 24. e5 Ne8 25. Rd7 Ra8 26. f4 g6 27. g4 Ng7 28. Kf2 h5 29. h3 hxg4 30. hxg4 Kf8 31. Ke3 Ke8 32. Rb7 Kf8 33. b4 Ne8 34. f5 gxf5 35. gxf5 Ng7 36. fxe6 Nxe6 37. Bxe6 fxe6 38. b5 Rd8 39. Rxa7 Ke8 40. Rh7 Rd5 41. b6 Rxe5+ 42. Kd3 Rb5 43. b7 Rxb2 44. b8=Q+ Rxb8 45. Rh8+

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Analysis of Caissarius (1853) vs. soitgoes317 (1938)

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 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. Nge2 O-O 9. O-O Na6 10. a3 Nc7 11. Bg5 a6 12. a4 h6 13. Be3 Re8 14. Qd2 Kh7 15. h3 Bd7 16. g4 b5 17. Bxh6 Bxh6 18. g5 Bxh3 19. Rfe1 c4 20. Bb1 Nh5 21. gxh6 Qh4 22. Qe3 Re5 23. Ng3 b4 24. Nce2 Nxd5 25. Qd4 Ndf4 26. Nxf4 Nxf4 27. Qxd6 Rg5 28. Re3 Be6 29. Rf3 Rd8 30. Qxd8 Rxg3+ 31. fxg3 Nh3+ 32. Kh2 Qxd8

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Antony vs. John Coffey

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. e5 d6 3. Qe2 dxe5 4. Qxe5 Nf6 5. h3 c5 6. d3 Nc6 7. Qg5 h6 8. Qf4 Bd6 9. Qe3 Nd4 10. Qd2 e5 11. c3 Bc7 12. b4 Ne6 13. c4 cxb4 14. Qb2 O-O 15. Be2 Nc5 16. Bd2 Nxd3+ 17. Bxd3 e4 18. Bxb4 Re8 19. Be2 e3 20. f3 Bg3+ 21. Kf1 Be6 22. Qc3 Rc8 23. Na3 Bf5 24. Rd1 Qb6 25. c5 Qc7 26. Nc2 Bxc2 27. Qxc2 a5 28. Ba3 Bh4 29. Bc4 Qg3 30. Qe2 Nh5 31. f4 Qxf4+ 32. Nf3 Bf2 33. g4 Ng3+

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Analysis of Nate Bush vs. John Coffey

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

(black to move) 1. Nf3 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Ng5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. Qe2 Nc6 6. Ngxe4 Nd4 7. Qd3 Nxe4 8. Nxe4 Qd5 9. f3 O-O-O 10. c3 Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 Qxe4+ 12. Be2 Qxf3 13. Bxf3 e5 14. O-O Bc5+ 15. Kh1 Bd3 16. Bg4+ Kb8 17. Rf3 f5 18. Bxf5 e4 19. Rg3 Rhf8 20. Rg5 e3 21. Bxd3 Rxd3 22. g3 e2 23. Re5 Re3 24. Rxe3 Bxe3

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Analysis of JUMPER vs. John Coffey

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. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be2 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Re8 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Re1 Nc6 12. c3 Bf5 13. Nbd2 Ne7 14. Qb3 b6 15. Ne5 Ng6 16. Nxg6 Bxg6 17. Bf3 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Be2 Kg7 20. h3 f5 21. Bf1 f4 22. a3 Re7 23. Qd1 Rd8 24. Qc1 Rde8 25. Bc4 e3 26. fxe3 Rxe3 27. Rxe3 Rxe3 28. Qd2 Qc6 29. Be2 Qe6 30. Bf3 Qe8 31. Kf2 Qe7 32. Re1 Rxe1 33. Qxe1 Qxe1+ 34. Kxe1 Kf6 35. Kd2 h5 36. Be2 Be4 37. Bf3 Bxf3 38. gxf3 g4 39. hxg4 hxg4 40. fxg4 Kg5 41. Ke2 Kxg4 42. Kf2 b5 43. b3 f3 44. c4 bxc4 45. bxc4 Kf4 46. d5 Ke4 47. a4 a5 48. Kf1 Kd4 49. Kf2 Kxc4 50. Kxf3 Kxd5

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Analysis of Paul Morphy vs. Duke Karl / Count Isouard

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

(white to move) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Bg4 4. dxe5 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 dxe5 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. Qb3 Qe7 8. Nc3 c6 9. Bg5 b5 10. Nxb5 cxb5 11. Bxb5+ Nbd7 12. O-O-O Rd8 13. Rxd7 Rxd7 14. Rd1 Qd6 15. Rxd6 Bxd6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Qh3

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Mate in 4

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John Coffey vs. Wayne33

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 h6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bf4 g5 7. Bg3 e6 8. e3 Bb4 9. Bd3 Ne4 10. Bxb8 Rxb8 11. Qa4+ Bd7 12. Qxb4 b6 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 f5 15. Nd6+ Ke7 16. Nb7+ Ke8 17. Nxd8 Kxd8 18. Qd6 Rb7 19. Ne5 Rh7 20. Rc1 f4 21. Qf8+ Be8 22. Rc8+ Kxc8 23. Qxe8+ Kc7 24. O-O Rb8 25. Rc1+ Kb7 26. Qc6+ Ka6 27. Rc4 Ka5 28. Ra4#

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John Coffey vs. godzilla47

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

(white to move) 1. d4 d5 2. c4 Bf5 3. cxd5 Bxb1 4. Rxb1 e6 5. dxe6 fxe6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Qb3 Nd5 8. Qxb7 Nd7 9. e4 Nd5b6 10. Qc6 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Nxd2 O-O 13. Qxe6+ Kh8 14. Bd3 Re8 15. Qh3 g6 16. O-O Nf6 17. Nf3 Nh5 18. Rfd1 Nf4 19. Qg4 Nxd3 20. Rxd3 Nc4 21. b3 Na3 22. Rbd1 c6 23. Ne5 Qf6 24. Rf3 Qg7 25. Rf7 Qh6 26. Qf3 Qg5 27. Rd7 Rf8 28. Nf7+ Rxf7 29. Qxf7 Qh6 30. Qf6+ Kg8 31. Qe6+ Kh8 32. Qe5+ Kg8 33. d5 c5 34. d6 Qf8 35. Rd3 Rb8 36. Rf3 Qh6 37. Qe6+ Kh8 38. Qf6+ Kg8 39. Rd8+ Rxd8 40. Qxd8+ Kg7 41. Qf8#

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John Coffey vs. chess724

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Bb4 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 O-O 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Re1 Bxc3 10. bxc3 h6 11. e4 Nb6 12. Bd3 Bd7 13. Bc2 a6 14. e5 Nfd5 15. Qd3 f5 16. exf6 e.p. Nxf6 17. Ne5 Nbd5 18. Bxh6 gxh6 19. Qg6+ Kh8 20. Qxh6+ Kg8 21. Rad1 Qe7 22. Rd3 Rf7 23. Rg3+ Rg7 24. Ng6 Qe8 25. Qh8+ Kf7 26. Ne5+ Ke7 27. Qxg7+ Kd6 28. c4 Qe7 29. cxd5 Qxg7 30. Rxg7 cxd5 31. Rf7 Rc8 32. Bb3 Rc7 33. Rxf6

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Mate in 3

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Analysis of Xun (1400) vs. Sims (1558)

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

(black to move) 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. d4 e4 5. Bg2 d5 6. b3 Bb4 7. Bd2 e3 8. fxe3 Ng4 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 O-O 12. h3 Nf6 13. O-O-O Qxa3+ 14. Qb2 Qd6 15. g4 a5 16. c5 Qc7 17. Be1 Be6 18. Nf3 Nbd7 19. Rg1 a4 20. bxa4 Rxa4 21. Rd3 Rfa8 22. Kb1 b6 23. Nd2 bxc5 24. dxc5 Nxc5 25. Rc3 Rb8 26. Nb3 d4 27. exd4 Nxb3 28. Bg3 Nd2+ 29. Kc1 Rxb2 30. Kxb2 Ra2+ 31. Kc1 Qa5 32. Rxc6 Nb3+ 33. Kb1 Ra1+ 34. Kb2 Qa2+ 35. Kc3 Qd2#

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rupertguinness vs. John Coffey

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. Bg5 c6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Qd2 Re8+ 9. Be2 h6 10. Bh4 Bf5 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. Bxf6 Bf4 13. Be5 Bxd2+ 14. Rxd2 Qa5 15. Kb1 Nd7 16. Nh4 Bh7 17. f4 Nxe5 18. fxe5 b5 19. Rhd1 b4 20. Nxd5 Qxd5 21. Bf3 Be4 22. Bxe4 Qxe4 23. Nf3 Red8 24. Re1 Qd5 25. b3 c5 26. Red1 c4 27. Re2 c3 28. h4 Qa5 29. Ne1 Qa3 30. Nd3 a5 31. Re4 a4 32. g4 axb3 33. cxb3 Qxa2+ 34. Kc1 Qxb3 35. Re2 Ra1#

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Analysis of john2001plus (1849) vs. Chief523 (1820)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. Ne5 Qxb3 7. axb3 e6 8. Nxg4 Nxg4 9. Nc3 Bb4 10. Bd2 Nf6 11. Bd3 h6 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Rfd1 O-O 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Bxd2 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Rxd2 Rfb8 18. Bc4 Nf6 19. f3 Rd8 20. e4 c5 21. Rad1 cxd4 22. Rxd4 Rxd4 23. Rxd4 Rb8 24. e5 Ne8 25. Rd7 Ra8 26. f4 g6 27. g4 Ng7 28. Kf2 h5 29. h3 hxg4 30. hxg4 Kf8 31. Ke3 Ke8 32. Rb7 Kf8 33. b4 Ne8 34. f5 gxf5 35. gxf5 Ng7 36. fxe6 Nxe6 37. Bxe6 fxe6 38. b5 Rd8 39. Rxa7 Rb8 40. Ra5 Ke7 41. Kd4 Rd8+ 42. Kc5 Rd2 43. b6 Rxb2 44. Kc6 Kd8 45. b7

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john2001plus (1853) vs. fiddler (1761)

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

(white to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Qd2 e6 12. Qxa5 Nxa5 13. Bd3 b6 14. O-O Bb7 15. Rfc1 Kd7 16. Bd2 Nc6 17. d5 Nd4 18. Nxd4 Bxd4 19. Bb5+ Kd6 20. Bb4+ Bc5 21. Bxc5+ bxc5 22. dxe6 fxe6 23. Rd1+ Ke5 24. f3 Rhd8 25. Kf2 Rd4 26. Ke3 g5 27. g3 Rad8 28. f4+ gxf4+ 29. gxf4+ Kf6 30. e5+ Kf5 31. Bd3+ Be4 32. Be2 Rxd1 33. Rxd1 Rxd1 34. Bxd1 a5 35. h3 Bb1 36. Bg4+ Kg6 37. Bxe6 h6 38. Bc4 Kh5 39. e6 Kh4 40. e7 Bg6 41. f5 Be8 42. f6

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