Black to play and draw

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Analysis of aherring74 (1923) vs. john2001plus (1892)

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

(white to move) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bd3 c5 8. O-O cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5 10. Nb3 Bd6 11. Qf3 O-O 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qxf6 gxf6 15. Rad1 Be5 16. c3 Kg7 17. f4 Bc7 18. g3 Bb6+ 19. Kg2 a5 20. Nd2 a4 21. Nf3 Bd7 22. Be4 Bc6 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. Rd6 Rac8 25. Rfd1 Rfd8 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Rxd8 Bxd8 28. Nd4 c5 29. Nc2 Kf8 30. Kf3 Ke7 31. Ke4 Kd6 32. Na3 f5+ 33. Kd3 Kc6 34. Nc4 Bc7 35. b3 axb3 36. axb3 Kd5 37. Ne3+ Kc6 38. Kc4 h5 39. b4 cxb4 40. cxb4 Bb6 41. b5+ Kd6 42. Nf1 f6 43. Nd2 Bg1 44. Nf3 Bf2 45. Nd4 Bxd4 46. Kxd4 e5+ 47. fxe5+ fxe5+ 48. Ke3 Kc5 49. h3 Kxb5 50. g4 hxg4 51. h4 f4+ 52. Kf2 g3+ 53. Kg2 Kc4 54. h5 Kd3 55. h6 Ke2 56. h7 f3+ 57. Kxg3 f2 58. h8=Q f1=Q 59. Qxe5+

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Analysis of Coupra (2129) vs. john2001plus (1870)

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

(white to move) 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. Nc3 c6 7. h3 O-O 8. Be3 Re8 9. Qd2 Ne4 10. Bxe4 dxe4 11. Ng1 f5 12. O-O-O Be6 13. d5 cxd5 14. Nxd5 Nc6 15. Ne2 Be5 16. Nef4 Bf7 17. g4 g5 18. Nh5 f4 19. Bc5 b6 20. Ba3 Bd4 21. Nc3 e3 22. Qd3 exf2 23. Ne4 Rxe4 24. Qxe4 Bd5 25. Rxd4 Bxe4 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Nf6+

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soitgoes317 (1704) vs. john2001plus (1858)

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

(white to move) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8. f4 Nxe4 9. Nxc6 Nxc3 10. Qf3 bxc6 11. bxc3 Bxc3+ 12. Kf2 Bxa1 13. Rxa1 d5 14. Bd3 a5 15. f5 Bxf5 16. Bxf5 gxf5 17. Bh6 Qb6+ 18. Kf1 Qb2 19. Re1 e6 20. c3 Kh8 21. Qg3 Qb5+ 22. Kg1 Qb6+ 23. Kh1 Rg8 24. Qe5+ f6 25. Qxf6+ Rg7 26. Qxg7#

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Analysis of john2001plus (1950) vs. JohnT1234 (1052)

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 c5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. e4 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Nf6 7. Nxf6+ Qxf6 8. Bg5 Qg6 9. Bd3 f5 10. h4 h5 11. d5 exd5 12. cxd5 Nd4 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Bb5+ Bd7 15. Bxd7+ Kxd7 16. Qa4+ Kc7 17. Rc1+ Kd6 18. Qb4+ Kxd5 19. Qxb7+ Ke5 20. f4+ Ke6 21. Rc6+ Bd6 22. O-O Rab8 23. Re1+ Kd5 24. Rc5+ Kxc5 25. Rc1#

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Analysis of john2001plus (1903) vs. Gusev (1856)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bg4 5. cxd5 Qa5+ 6. Nc3 Nxd5 7. Qb3 Bxf3 8. gxf3 b6 9. Bd2 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Qh5 11. Be2 e6 12. h4 Be7 13. f4 Qd5 14. Rg1 Qxb3 15. axb3 Bxh4 16. Rxg7 Bf6 17. Rg1 a5 18. Bf3 Kd7 19. e4 Na6 20. e5 Be7 21. Ke2 Nb4 22. Bxb4 axb4 23. Be4 h5 24. Rgc1 Rxa1 25. Rxa1 Rc8 26. Rh1 h4 27. f5 Rh8 28. f6 Bf8 29. Ra1 c5 30. Ra7+ Kd8 31. d5 exd5 32. Bxd5 h3 33. Bxf7 h2 34. Bd5 h1=Q 35. Bxh1 Rxh1 36. e6 Rh5 37. Ra8+ Kc7 38. Rxf8 Re5+ 39. Kf1 Rxe6 40. f7 Rf6 41. Ra8

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john2001plus (1953) vs. aherring74 (2039)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. h3 Nd7 5. Nc3 h6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 Ne7 8. Qd2 f5 9. Bxe6 fxe4 10. Nxe4 d5 11. Nc3 c6 12. O-O Nb6 13. Bxc8 Qxc8 14. b3 Nf5 15. Rfe1 O-O 16. Bf4 c5 17. Be5 Bxe5 18. Rxe5 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Qc7 20. Re6 Qf7 21. Rae1 Rac8 22. Nxf5 Qxf5 23. Qxh6 Qxf2+ 24. Kh1 Rc6 25. Re7 Rf7 26. Re8+ Rf8 27. Re1e7 Qf1+ 28. Kh2 Qf7 29. Rxf8+

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Analysis of john2001plus (1953) vs. aherring74 (2039)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. h3 Nd7 5. Nc3 h6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 Ne7 8. Qd2 f5 9. Bxe6 fxe4 10. Nxe4 d5 11. Nc3 c6 12. O-O Nb6 13. Bxc8 Qxc8 14. b3 Nf5 15. Rfe1 O-O 16. Bf4 c5 17. Be5 Bxe5 18. Rxe5 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Qc7 20. Re6 Qf7 21. Rae1 Rac8 22. Nxf5 Qxf5 23. Qxh6 Qxf2+ 24. Kh1 Rc6 25. Qxg6+ Kh8 26. Qh5+ Kg8 27. Re7 Qf5 28. Qh4 Rf7 29. Re7e5 Qf6 30. Rg5+ Kf8 31. Qb4+ Rd6 32. Qg4 Rg7 33. Rxg7 Qxg7 34. Re8+

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Analysis of CraigVanest (1106) vs. john2001plus (1913)

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

(black to move) 1. c4 d5 2. d4 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. Bd2 Nc6 6. Be2 dxc4 7. O-O cxd4 8. Bxc4 dxe3 9. Bxe3 Qa5 10. Nbd2 Be7 11. a3 O-O 12. Qc2 e5 13. b4 Qc7 14. b5 e4 15. Ne1 Ng4 16. g3 Qe5 17. Ng2 Na5

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Scott vs. John Coffey: Stay home as much as possible. Self quarantined

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

(black to move) 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ndb4 8. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Nxc6 10. Bd2 e5 11. Nc3 Be6 12. b3 Rc8 13. e3 Bb4 14. Ke2 O-O 15. h4 Bg4+ 16. f3 Be6 17. Rhd1 Ne7 18. Rac1 Ba3 19. Rc2 Nd5 20. e4 Nb4

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Analysis of john2001plus (1893) vs. aherring74 (1929)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Ng5 Nc6 4. d3 e3 5. Bxe3 e5 6. c4 Be7 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Nd4 10. Bxd4 exd4 11. Nce4 c6 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Ne4 Be5 14. c5 d5 15. cxd6 e.p. Bxd6 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. Bf3 Be6 18. Re1 Rf6 19. Be4 Raf8 20. f3 Rh6 21. g3 Qe7 22. Qa4 Qg5 23. Qxd4 Qd2 24. h4 g5 25. Qf2 Qxf2+ 26. Kxf2 gxh4 27. gxh4 Rf4 28. h5 Rxh5 29. Bxh7+ Kxh7 30. Rxe6 Rh3 31. Re7+ Kg6 32. Rg1+ Kf6 33. Re3 Rh2+ 34. Rg2 Rfh4 35. Kg3 Rxg2+ 36. Kxg2 a5 37. Re4 Rh5 38. Rf4+ Ke5 39. Re4+ Kd5 40. Kg3 Rh1 41. f4 Rb1 42. b3 Rb2 43. f5 Rd2 44. Re3 Kd4 45. Rf3 Rd1 46. f6 Rg1+ 47. Kf4 Rg8 48. f7 Rf8 49. Kg5

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