Black to play

Game analysis
vs.

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

(black to move) 1. e4 c5 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 dxe4 4. Bxe4 Nf6 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Ne2 e5 7. c3 Qd3 8. O-O Bg4 9. f3 Be6 10. b3 Be7 11. Rf2 Nd5 12. Bf1 Ne3 13. Qe1 Nc2 14. Nf4 exf4 15. Bxd3 Nxe1 16. Be4 f5 17. Bxc6+ bxc6 18. Re2 Nxf3+ 19. Kf2 Ng5 20. h4 fxg3+ 21. Kxg3 f4+ 22. Kxf4 O-O+ 23. Kg3 Bd6+ 24. Re5 Bxe5+ 25. Kg2 Bd5+ 26. Kg1 Nh3#

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What is the best continuation for Black?

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Analysis of john2001plus (1837) vs. Gusev (1751)

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

(black to move) 1. Nf3 h6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qa5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bd2 Bb4 8. O-O O-O 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Qh5 11. Ne5 Qxd1 12. Raxd1 c6 13. Bb4 Re8 14. Rfe1 Nbd7 15. f4 Nxe5 16. fxe5 Nd5 17. Bd2 b5 18. Bd3 a5 19. c4 bxc4 20. Bxc4 Ba6 21. Rc1 Bxc4 22. Rxc4 Reb8 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 Ra2 25. Rd1 Rb2

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	- Rook
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	- Knight

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bosperty (1171) vs. john2001plus (1984)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. d3 e6 6. Be2 d5 7. exd5 exd5 8. O-O Nf6 9. Bd2 O-O 10. g3 d4 11. Ne4 Bh3 12. Re1 Nxe4 13. dxe4 Re8 14. e5 f6 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Bf1 Rxe1 17. Qxe1 Bg4 18. Be2 Qd5 19. Qf2 Re8 20. Bd1 d3 21. cxd3 Qxd3 22. Kg2 Bxb2 23. Bb3+ Kh8 24. Rd1 Bxf3+ 25. Qxf3 Re2+

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	- Rook
	- Bishop
	- Knight

Mate in 4

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john2001plus (1860) vs. soitgoes317 (1792)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O c6 6. c4 Na6 7. d5 cxd5 8. cxd5 d6 9. Nc3 Nc7 10. e4 b6 11. Nd4 Ba6 12. Re1 Nd7 13. Nc6 Qe8 14. Bg5 f6 15. Be3 Bb7 16. Rc1 Bxc6 17. dxc6 Ne5 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. f4 Nf7 20. Bh3 Re8 21. Bd7 Rf8 22. Bd4 e5 23. Nxc7 Qxc7 24. Be3 exf4 25. gxf4 Rad8 26. Qa4 Nh6 27. h3 f5 28. Qc4+ Kh8 29. e5 dxe5 30. fxe5 Bxe5 31. Bxh6 Rf7 32. Bd2 Bh2+ 33. Kh1 Bg3 34. Qxf7 Be5 35. Bf4 Bxf4 36. Re7 Qxc6+ 37. Rxc6 Be5 38. Qxh7#

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Black to play and draw

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Analysis of Gusev (1804) vs. john2001plus (1873)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Kh1 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. f4 exf3 e.p. 14. Bxf3 Bxe5 15. Bxc6 Rb8 16. c3 Rb6 17. Ba4 Ba6 18. Re1 Bb5 19. Bb3 Rbd6 20. Be3 Bc6 21. Rf1 Rf6 22. Rxf6 Bxf6 23. Rd1 Rxd1+ 24. Bxd1 a6 25. Be2 Bb7 26. Kg1 Kf8 27. g3 Ke8 28. Kf2 Kd7 29. Bf3 Bxf3 30. Kxf3 Kc6 31. Ke4 Kb5 32. Bd4 Bxd4 33. Kxd4 a5 34. b3 a4 35. h4 axb3 36. axb3 f6 37. c4+ Kb4 38. c5 e5+ 39. Kd5 e4 40. Kxe4 Kxc5 41. b4+ Kxb4 42. Kd5 f5 43. Ke6 Kc4 44. Kf6 Kd5 45. Kg7 Ke6 46. Kxh7 Kf7 47. Kh8 Kf8

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White to play

Rovinj/Zagreb, Rovinj/Zagreb YUG
Robert James Fischer (?) vs. Svetozar Gligoric (?)

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. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 h6 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Nf1 Bb7 13. Ng3 Na5 14. Bc2 Nc4 15. b3 Nb6 16. a4 c5 17. d5 c4 18. b4 Bc8 19. Be3 Bd7 20. a5 Nc8 21. Qd2 Nh7 22. Kh2 Be7 23. Nf5 Bg5 24. Nxg5 hxg5 25. g4 g6 26. Ng3 f6 27. Rh1 Rf8 28. Kg2 Rf7 29. f3 Nf8 30. h4 gxh4 31. Rxh4 Rh7 32. Rah1 Rxh4 33. Rxh4 g5 34. Rh6 Kg7 35. Rxf6

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	- Knight