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john2001plus (1932) vs. tburd765 (1685)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Qb3 c6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bf4 O-O 8. e3 Nc6 9. Be2 Nh5 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 Nxg3 13. hxg3 e6 14. Rc1 Rb8 15. O-O a6 16. Na4 Qd6 17. Nc5 Qc7 18. Qc2 Qd6 19. a3 Ne7 20. Nd3 Bd7 21. Qc7 Nf5 22. Nfe5 Rfd8 23. Bh5 f6 24. Nf7 Qxc7 25. Rxc7 Be8 26. Nxd8 Bxh5 27. Nxe6

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Analysis of john2001plus (1879) vs. spiritracker (1227)

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

(white to move) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 a6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Ba7 7. Nc3 d6 8. O-O Bg4 9. Be3 Nf6 10. Be2 O-O 11. Qd2 Re8 12. d5 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Ne5 15. Be2 b5 16. a3 Rb8 17. f4 Neg4 18. Qg3 Qd7 19. e5 dxe5 20. fxe5 Rxe5 21. Bxg4 Nxg4 22. h3

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Analysis of HrzRknAtU (1541) vs. john2001plus (1556)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. f3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Qxd5 Qc7 14. Bd3 Be6 15. Qc5 Qb7 16. Qa3 Rab8 17. b3 Qc7 18. Qxa7 Qxa7 19. Bxa7 Ra8 20. Bc5 Rxa2 21. Kd2 Bxb3 22. Bxe7 Rc8 23. Ke1 Re8 24. cxb3 Rxe7+ 25. Kf1 Bd4

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Analysis of john2001plus (1938) vs. JohnT1234 (1263)

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

(black to move) 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. e3 Nc6 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O h6 11. Bh4 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nxd5 Qd7 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Nc3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Qe7 17. Bf3 Ba6 18. Re1 Bc4 19. Bxc6 Rac8 20. Bd5 Bxd5 21. Qxd5 Rfd8 22. Qa5 Rc5 23. Qb4 Rdd5 24. Red1 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Qc7 26. Rc1 Rd5 27. c4 Rd6 28. c5 Rd5 29. c6 Qxc6 30. Qb8+ Kh7 31. Qb1+ Qg6 32. Qxg6+ Kxg6

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Black to play

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Gusev (1786) vs. john2001plus (1933)

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

(black to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 b6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Bb7 8. Nf3 d6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Nd2 e5 11. d5 Nc5 12. Bc2 e4 13. Nb3 Qe7 14. Nxc5 bxc5 15. f3 Rfe8 16. Bd2 Ba6 17. Qe2 exf3 18. gxf3 Nxd5 19. Kh1 Rab8 20. Rg1 Rb2 21. Qd3 Nf6 22. e4 Bxc4 23. Qxc4 Rxc2 24. Bh6 Qe5 25. Rxg7+ Kh8 26. f4 Qh5 27. Rg2 Rxg2 28. Kxg2 Qxh6 29. e5 Rg8+ 30. Kh1 Qg6 31. Qe2 dxe5 32. fxe5 Ne4 33. Rf1 Nd2 34. Re1 Qc6+ 35. Qe4 Nxe4 36. h3 Nf2+

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Gusev (1788) vs. john2001plus (1931)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 exd5 4. Nf3 dxe4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. Qxe4+ Be7 7. Bc4 Nf6 8. Bxf7+ Kxf7 9. Ng5+ Kg8 10. Qc4+ Qd5 11. Qxd5+ Nxd5 12. Nf3 Bg4 13. O-O Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nd4 15. Na3 Nxf3+ 16. Kg2 Nd4 17. d3 Bxa3 18. bxa3 Nc2 19. Rb1 b6 20. Bb2 Nf4+ 21. Kg3 Nxd3 22. Rfd1 Nxb2 23. Rxb2 Nxa3 24. Rd4 c6

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john2001plus (1940) vs. Gusev (1779)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 c6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. e5 Ne8 9. Bf4 Qc7 10. exd6 exd6 11. c5 b6 12. cxd6 Nxd6 13. Ne4 Ne5 14. Nxd6 Qxd6 15. Bxe5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Qb4 17. Qb3 Qxb3 18. axb3 Be6 19. Bc4 Bxc4 20. bxc4 b5 21. Nd4 bxc4 22. Nxc6 Rfe8 23. f4 a6 24. Rfc1 Re6 25. Rxc4 a5 26. Rxa5 Rxa5 27. Nxa5 Ra6 28. b4 Rb6 29. Nb3 Kg7 30. Nc5 h6 31. Ne4 f5 32. exf6 e.p.+ Kf7 33. Rc7+ Ke6 34. f7 Rb8 35. Nc5+ Kd6 36. Rd7+ Kc6 37. Re7 Kd6 38. Re8

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Analysis of Gusev (1784) vs. john2001plus (1935)

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 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nf3 Ne4 7. O-O Qb6 8. e3 O-O 9. cxd5 Rd8 10. Qc2 exd5 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Qxc3 Bb4 13. Qb3 Nc6 14. Bd2 Bxd2 15. Nxd2 Be6 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. Nb3 d4 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. exd4 Rxd4 20. Bxb7 Rxa2 21. Rxa2 Bxa2 22. Ra1 Ra4 23. Bd5 Bb3 24. Re1 Kf8 25. Bxb3 Rb4 26. Re3

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Analysis of Gusev (1811) vs. john2001plus (1962)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. Be2 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c4 Nc6 5. f4 Nd4 6. Nf3 Nxe2 7. Qxe2 dxc4 8. Qxc4 Ne7 9. Qxc5 Nf5 10. Qf2 Qc7 11. Nc3 Bc5 12. Qe2 Bd7 13. Ne4 O-O 14. a3 Nd4 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Rb1 Rac8 17. Nf2 Qc2 18. Qd3 Bxf2+ 19. Ke2 Qxd3+ 20. Kxd3 Bb5+ 21. Ke4 Be2 22. d4 Rfd8 23. Be3 Bxe3 24. Kxe3 Bc4 25. g4 Bd5 26. Rhg1 Rc2 27. h4 Ba2 28. Rbf1 Rxb2 29. f5 Rc8 30. g5 Rc3+ 31. Kf4 Rd2 32. Re1 Rf2+ 33. Kg4 exf5+ 34. Kh5 g6+ 35. Kh6 Rh2 36. Rh1 Rch3

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Analysis of Gusev (1805) vs. john2001plus (1944)

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 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Bb5 Bg4 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. O-O O-O 10. a3 Re8 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. h3 Bh5 13. Qa4 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Qd7 15. Qh4 Be7 16. Qg3 Bd6 17. Qg2 a5 18. Kh1 Rab8 19. Rg1 g6 20. e4 d4 21. Bg5 Nh5 22. Ne2 Rxb2 23. Nxd4 Rxf2 24. Rad1 Ng3+ 25. Kh2 Nxe4+ 26. Kh1 Nxg5

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White to play

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john2001plus (1932) vs. Gusev (1822)

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

(white to move) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 Bg7 6. Nc3 a6 7. Bc4 e6 8. a4 Ne7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bf4 Nbc6 11. d5 exd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Bxb2 14. Rb1 Bg7 15. Bxd6 Re8 16. e5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Bf5 18. Bxg7 Bxb1 19. Bh6 Bf5 20. Ng5 Re5 21. Bxf7+ Kh8 22. Qa1 Qf6 23. f4 Qb6+ 24. Kh1

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