Mate in 3.

ICC tourney 1402 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
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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ICC 15 3, Internet Chess Club
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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Black to play and win

ICC tourney 1543 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
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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Mate in 4

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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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Mate in 4

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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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ICC tourney 1535 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
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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