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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Mate in 4

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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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ICC 30 0, Internet Chess Club
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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ICC tourney 1394 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
Analysis of TheBlackVeil (1363) vs. john2001plus (1724)

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. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8. exd4 h6 9. Bh4 Nc6 10. Bd3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Bxf6 Qxc4 14. a3 Ba5 15. Be7 Re8 16. Bb4 Bxb4 17. axb4 Qxb4 18. O-O Bd7 19. Rfd1 Bc6 20. Ra3 Qg4 21. g3 Qh3 22. f4 e5 23. fxe5 Rxe5 24. Raa1 Rae8 25. Qf2 Rf5 26. Qc2 Re3

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ICC tourney 1394 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
Analysis of weakfish (1372) vs. Sherlocked (1851)

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. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Bb5 Qb6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Ne2 Ba6 10. Nf3 cxd4 11. Nfxd4 Nc5 12. O-O Ne4 13. Re1 Be7 14. Qb3 Rc8 15. Be3 Nc5 16. Qc2 Qc7 17. Ng3 g6 18. Nge2 O-O 19. Qd2 Ne4 20. Qc2 c5 21. Nf3 Rb8 22. b3 Qa5 23. Bd2 Rfd8 24. c4 Nxd2 25. Nxd2 dxc4 26. Nxc4 Qc7 27. Ng3 Rd4 28. Ne2 Rd5 29. Nc3 Bxc4 30. bxc4 Rd4 31. Nb5 Qd7 32. Nxd4 cxd4 33. Red1 Bc5 34. Rd3 h5 35. Rb1 Rb6 36. Rxb6 axb6 37. h3 Kg7 38. a4 Qa7 39. Qb3 Qa5 40. Qb5 Qe1+ 41. Kh2 Qf1 42. Rf3 Qc1 43. Qb3 d3 44. Rxd3 Qxf4+ 45. Kh1 Qf1+ 46. Kh2 Bg1+ 47. Kg3 Qf2#

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ICC tourney 1394 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
Analysis of weakfish (1372) vs. Sherlocked (1851)

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. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Bb5 Qb6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Ne2 Ba6 10. Nf3 cxd4 11. Nfxd4 Nc5 12. O-O Ne4 13. Re1 Be7 14. Qb3 Rc8 15. Be3 Nc5 16. Qc2 Qc7 17. Ng3 g6 18. Nge2 O-O 19. Qd2 Ne4 20. Qc2 c5 21. Nf3 Rb8 22. b3 Qa5 23. Bd2 Rfd8 24. c4 Nxd2 25. Nxd2 dxc4 26. Nxc4 Qc7 27. Ng3 Rd4 28. Ne2 Rd5 29. Nc3 Bxc4 30. bxc4 Rd4 31. Nb5 Qd7 32. Nxd4 cxd4 33. Red1 Bc5 34. Rd3 h5 35. Rb1 Rb6 36. Rxb6 axb6 37. h3 Kg7 38. a4 Qa7 39. Qb3 Qa5 40. Qb5 Qe1+ 41. Kh2 Qf1 42. Rf3 Qc1 43. Qb3 d3 44. h4 d2 45. Rd3 Bf2

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Analysis of fiddler (1770) vs. john2001plus (1857)

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

(black to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qa4 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bf4 Nc6 11. a3 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Qxd4 14. Rd1 Qe4+ 15. Qxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxc7 Bf6 17. Nd2 Nc5 18. Rab1 Rac8 19. Bd6 Rfd8 20. Bxc5 Rxc5 21. Ne4 Rcd5 22. Nxf6+ gxf6 23. Rxd5 Rxd5 24. b4 Rd2 25. Kf3 Ra2 26. Rb3 f5 27. Ke3 e5 28. h4 Kg7 29. f4 e4 30. Rc3 Ra1 31. Kd4 Ra2 32. Re3 Kf6 33. Kc5 Ke6 34. Kb6 Kd5 35. Kxa6 Kd4 36. Rb3 Rxe2 37. Kxb5 Rd2 38. Rb1 e3 39. a4 e2 40. Re1 Ke3 41. a5 Kf2 42. Rxe2+ Rxe2 43. a6 Kxg3 44. a7 Ra2 45. Kb6 Kxf4 46. Kb7 Ke5 47. b5 Kd6 48. b6 Kc5 49. Kc7 f4 50. b7 Rxa7

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Maddog6 vs. John2001plus

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. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. b3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 Nxd4 9. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 10. Nfd2 Ne7 11. Be2 Nxe2 12. Qxe2 Qd4 13. Nc3 Qxc3 14. O-O Ng6 15. Rfc1 Qxe5 16. Qb5+ Ke7 17. Nf3 Qd6 18. h3 Bd7 19. Qe2 Rhc8 20. Rd1 e5 21. a4 Rc3 22. Rab1 Rac8 23. Qd2 Rxf3 24. gxf3 Nf4 25. Qb2 Qg6+ 26. Kf1 Qg2+ 27. Ke1 Qg1+ 28. Kd2 Qxf2#

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Sky_Fly vs. John Coffey

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. Bc4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bb3 Nf6 5. h3 c5 6. a3 Bd6 7. Qf3 Nc6 8. Bxd5 Nd4 9. Qe3+ Kd7 10. Qg5 Nxc2+ 11. Kd1 Nxa1 12. Bxf7 Qe7 13. Bc4 Ne4 14. Qxe7+ Kxe7 15. Ke2 Nc2 16. Nf3 Re8 17. d3 Nf6 18. Rd1 Be6 19. Kd2 Bxc4 20. dxc4 Nd4 21. Nxd4 cxd4 22. Kd3 Rad8 23. b4 Kf8 24. c5 Bc7 25. Bb2 Ne4 26. Kc4 d3 27. f3 Nf2 28. Rd2 Re2 29. Bc3 Bf4 30. Rxe2 dxe2 31. a4 Bd2 32. Bxd2 Rxd2 33. Nxd2 e1=Q

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Mate in 3

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Analysis of liberion (1737) vs. john2001plus (1886)

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

(white to move) 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 c5 4. b4 b6 5. a3 Ne7 6. c3 a5 7. d4 axb4 8. cxb4 cxb4 9. Bd3 Ng6 10. O-O bxa3 11. Bxa3 Bxa3 12. Rxa3 Rxa3 13. Nxa3 O-O 14. g3 Nc6 15. h4 f6 16. h5 fxe5 17. hxg6 e4 18. gxh7+ Kh8 19. Bb1 Rxf3 20. Nc2 Rd3 21. Qg4 e5 22. Qg6 Nxd4 23. Ne3 Nf3+ 24. Kg2 Qd7 25. Rh1 Rc3 26. Nf5 Rc6 27. Qg4 g6 28. Nh6 Kxh7 29. Nf5+ Kg8 30. Qh3 Qxf5 31. Qh8+ Kf7 32. Rh7+ Ke6 33. Qe8+ Kd6 34. Qe7#

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