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Analysis of john2001plus (1745) vs. vluis1971 (1663), 900+10

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. d5 exd5 6. cxd5 d6 7. e4 Nd7 8. Bf4 Be7 9. e5 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Ngf6 11. d6 Bf8 12. Bb5 a6 13. Qb3 c4 14. Qxc4 Bd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd6 16. Bxd7+ Nxd7 17. Nc6 Qh4 18. Bxd6 Qxc4 19. Nc7#

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Analysis of taechess (1475) vs. WilliamRDavis (1658)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. Qd2 b5 6. f3 Bb7 7. Nge2 Nd7 8. g4 c5 9. h4 h5 10. Ng3 hxg4 11. fxg4 b4 12. Nce2 Ngf6 13. d5 Nxg4 14. O-O-O Qa5 15. Kb1 Nde5 16. Nf4 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Bh6 18. Qf2 O-O-O 19. Nd3 Bg7 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Ne2 Rdf8 22. Nf4 Kb8 23. Nd3 Bd4 24. Qg3 Qc7 25. Nxb4 Be5 26. Nxa6+ Bxa6 27. Qb3+ Bb7 28. Ba6 c4 29. Qb4 c3 30. Bb5 e6 31. Bc6 Kc8 32. Qb5 Bxc6 33. dxc6 Kd8 34. bxc3 Ke7 35. Qa4 Rb8+ 36. Kc1 Rb6 37. Rd3 Bf4+ 38. Kd1 Rb1+ 39. Ke2 Rxh1 40. e5 Bxe5 41. c4 Rh1xh4 42. Rb3 Re4+ 43. Kf3 Rf4+ 44. Ke2 Rh2+ 45. Ke1 Re4+ 46. Kf1 Bd4 47. Rb7 Rf2+ 48. Kg1 Re1#

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taechess (1475) vs. WilliamRDavis (1658)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. Qd2 b5 6. f3 Bb7 7. Nge2 Nd7 8. g4 c5 9. h4 h5 10. Ng3 hxg4 11. fxg4 b4 12. Nce2 Ngf6 13. d5 Nxg4 14. O-O-O Qa5 15. Kb1 Nde5 16. Nf4 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Bh6 18. Qf2 O-O-O 19. Nd3 Bg7 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Ne2 Rdf8 22. Nf4 Kb8 23. Nd3 Bd4 24. Qg3 Qc7 25. Nxb4 Be5 26. Nxa6+ Bxa6 27. Qb3+ Bb7 28. Ba6 c4 29. Qb4 c3 30. Bb5 e6 31. Bc6 Kc8 32. Qb5 Bxc6 33. dxc6 Kd8 34. bxc3 Ke7 35. Qa4 Rb8+ 36. Kc1 Rb6 37. Rd3 Bf4+ 38. Kd1 Rb1+ 39. Ke2 Rxh1 40. e5 Bxe5 41. c4 Rh1xh4 42. Rb3 Re4+ 43. Kf3 Rf4+ 44. Ke2 Rh2+ 45. Ke1 Re4+ 46. Kf1 Bd4 47. Rb7 Rf4+ 48. Ke1 Bc3+ 49. Kd1 Rf1#

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Analysis of tspaper (1310) vs. john2001plus (1712)

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

(black to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 d5 3. Bd3 c5 4. c3 Qc7 5. f4 Ne4 6. Nd2 f5 7. Ngf3 e6 8. O-O Nc6 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. fxe5 Be7 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Be2 O-O 13. g4 g6 14. gxf5 gxf5 15. Rf2 Bd7 16. Rg2+ Kh8 17. Bh5 Rg8 18. Bd2 Be8 19. Qe2 Rxg2+ 20. Kxg2 Bxh5 21. Qxh5 Rg8+ 22. Kf2 Rg4 23. Rg1 Bh4+ 24. Kf1 Qg7 25. Qe8+ Qg8 26. Qxg8+ Kxg8 27. Rxg4+ fxg4 28. Kg2 c4 29. h3 h5 30. hxg4 hxg4 31. b3 Kf7 32. bxc4 Ke7 33. c5 Kd7 34. a4 Kc6 35. c4 b6 36. Bb4 a5 37. Ba3 bxc5 38. Bxc5 Kc7 39. Bd6+ Kc6 40. c5 Bg5 41. Kf2 g3+ 42. Kxg3 Bxe3

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Javachip3 (1426) vs. john2001plus (1701), 180+2

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. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Be6 7. O-O f6 8. Re1 Qd7 9. e4 Ndb4 10. a3 Nd3 11. Re3 O-O-O 12. b4 Kb8 13. Bf1 Nxc1 14. Rxc1 Bg4 15. Rd3 Nd4 16. Be2 Nxe2+ 17. Qxe2 Qxd3 18. Qxd3 Rxd3 19. Nh4 Rxd2 20. Nb5 Rd1+ 21. Rxd1 Bxd1 22. f4 c5 23. fxe5 cxb4 24. axb4 Bxb4 25. Nd4 Bc5 26. Nhf5 fxe5

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Analysis of rozabaku (2233) vs. Jahonas (2174)

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

(black to move) 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 c6 7. Nf3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Nd2 f5 11. Qh5+ Qf7 12. Qxf7+ Kxf7 13. Be2 Nd7 14. c5 Nf6 15. Nc4 Rd8 16. Nd6+ Ke7 17. Bc4 Rxd6 18. cxd6+ Kxd6 19. Ke2 b6 20. Rhd1 Bb7 21. Rac1 g5 22. b4 Nd5 23. a3 a5 24. b5 cxb5 25. Bxb5 Ba6 26. Rc6+ Kd7 27. Bxa6 Kxc6 28. Rc1+ Kd6 29. Bb5 Ne7 30. Kd2 Rc8 31. Rb1 Nd5 32. Rb3 e5 33. dxe5+ Kxe5 34. Ba6 Rc7 35. f3 exf3 36. gxf3 Rd7 37. Rb5 Kf6 38. Ke1 Rd6 39. Rb3 f4 40. exf4 Nxf4 41. Bb7 Ke5 42. Be4 Kd4 43. Rb1 Kc3 44. a4 Ne6 45. Rc1+ Kb4 46. Bc6 Nc5 47. Bb5 Nd3+ 48. Bxd3 Rxd3 49. Rc6 b5 50. axb5 Kxb5 51. Rxh6 Rxf3 52. Rh5 Rf5 53. h4 a4 54. hxg5 a3 55. Rh8 Rxg5 56. Rb8+ Ka4 57. Kd2 a2 58. Ra8+ Ra5 59. Rh8 a1=Q

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Analysis of yoshi (1662) vs. wmanthony (1435)

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 e6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e4 c5 5. Bxc4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Qxd4 7. Nxd4 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 Bxd2+ 9. Nxd2 Bd7 10. Nb5 Bxb5 11. Bxb5+ Nd7 12. Nc4 O-O-O 13. Nd6+ Kc7 14. Nxf7

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Analysis of yoshi (1702) vs. Chessguru (1033)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bg4 3. Ne5 Bh5 4. c4 c6 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. Qh3 Nf6 7. Qc8+ Qd8 8. Qxb7 Nbd7 9. Nxd7 Nxd7 10. Qxc6 dxc4 11. e3 Rc8 12. Qa4 e6 13. Bxc4 Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. Nd2 Nb6 16. Qa5 Nxc4 17. Qxh5 Nxd2 18. Bxd2 Bf6 19. Rac1 g6 20. Qf3 Bg7 21. Rxc8 Qxc8 22. Rc1 Qd7 23. Qc6 Qxc6 24. Rxc6 Ra8 25. b4 a6 26. a4 Bf8 27. Kf1 Kg7 28. Bc3 Kg8 29. b5 axb5 30. axb5 Rb8 31. b6 Be7 32. e4 Bd8 33. Ba5 Kf8 34. b7 Ke8 35. Rc8 Kd7 36. Rxb8 Bxa5 37. Rf8 Bc7 38. Rxf7+ Kc6 39. d5+ Kb6 40. Rxc7 Kxc7 41. dxe6

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Analysis of john2001plus (1705) vs. klecy (1059)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Bg5 d6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 b6 8. O-O Bb7 9. Qc2 Re8 10. Rfd1 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nd5 c5 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Rxd7 Qc6 16. Rad1 e4 17. Ng5 Bc8 18. Rd7d6 Qb7 19. Qc3 Bf5 20. Rf6 Re7 21. Rxf5 gxf5 22. Qf6 Rd7 23. Qxf5 Rxd1+ 24. Bxd1 Kf8 25. Qxh7 Rb8 26. Bg4 b5 27. Qh8+ Ke7 28. Qe5+ Kf8 29. Nh7+ Kg8 30. Nf6+ Kf8 31. Qg5 Qb6 32. Qh6+ Ke7 33. Nd5+ Kd8 34. Qf8#

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Analysis of john2001plus (1705) vs. klecy (1059)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Bg5 d6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 b6 8. O-O Bb7 9. Qc2 Re8 10. Rfd1 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nd5 c5 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Rxd7 Qc6 16. Rad1 e4 17. Ng5 Bc8 18. Rd7d6 Qb7 19. Qc3 Bf5 20. Rf6 Re7 21. Rxf5 gxf5 22. Qf6 Rd7 23. Qxf5 Rxd1+ 24. Bxd1 f6 25. Nxh7 Qe7 26. Nxf6+ Kg7 27. Qg5+ Kf7 28. Bh5+ Ke6 29. Qg4+ Kd6 30. Qf4+ Qe5 31. Nxe4+ Ke6 32. Qf7#

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Analysis of john2001plus (1705) vs. klecy (1059)

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 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Bg5 d6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 b6 8. O-O Bb7 9. Qc2 Re8 10. Rfd1 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nd5 c5 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Rxd7 Qc6 16. Rad1 e4 17. Ng5 Bc8 18. Rd7d6 Qb7 19. Qc3 Bf5 20. Rf6 Re7 21. Rxf5 gxf5 22. Qf6 h6 23. Qxh6 f6 24. Qxf6 Rf8 25. Qg6+ Rg7 26. Qe6+ Kh8 27. Qh6+ Kg8 28. Ne6 Rgf7 29. Nxf8 Rxf8 30. Rd6 Qc8 31. Qg5+ Kf7 32. Bh5#

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nizmo16 (2111) vs. john2001plus (1705)

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

(white to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. dxc5 Qa5+ 4. Nd2 Qxc5 5. Ngf3 Qb4 6. e3 Qxb2 7. Bd3 d6 8. O-O Nc6 9. Nc4 Qc3 10. e4 Nd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. Nxd6+ Qxd6 13. Bxd6 exd6 14. Bb5+ Bd7 15. Bxd7+ Nxd7 16. Rb1 Nc5 17. e5 O-O-O 18. Qg4+ Kb8 19. Rfd1 h5 20. Qf3 Rd7 21. Rb5 b6 22. a4 Nxa4 23. Qc6 Rc7 24. Qe8+ Kb7 25. exd6 Bxd6 26. Qxh8 Nc3 27. Rbd5 Nxd5 28. Rxd5 Rxc2 29. g3 Kc7 30. Qxg7 Rc1+ 31. Kg2 a5 32. Qxf7+ Kc6 33. Rxd6+ Kxd6 34. Qf4+ Ke6 35. Qxc1

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Analysis of john2001plus (1703) vs. pizzacupcakes (1405)

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 a b c d e f g h +15

(white to move) 1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. e4 Bg4 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 O-O 10. O-O Rb8 11. a4 a6 12. a5 Ne8 13. Bf4 Bxc3 14. bxc3 b5 15. axb6 e.p. Nxb6 16. Be2 Ra8 17. Bh6 Ng7 18. f4 Re8 19. e5 dxe5 20. fxe5 e6 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. d6 a5 23. Bf3 Ra7 24. Bc6 Rf8 25. Bb5 a4 26. Qf3 a3 27. Qc6 Qd7 28. Qxb6 Rb7 29. Bxd7 Rxb6 30. Bb5 Ra8 31. d7 Rbb8 32. Rf2 Rd8 33. Rfa2 Kf8 34. Rxa3 Rab8 35. Ra6 Ke7 36. Ra7 Rb6 37. Rc7 Rbb8 38. Rxc5 f6 39. exf6+ Kxf6 40. Ra6 Ke7 41. Re5 Rb7 42. Raxe6+ Kf8 43. Re8+ Rxe8 44. dxe8=Q+ Kg7 45. Re7+ Rxe7 46. Qxe7+ Kh6 47. Qh4+ Kg7 48. Bd7 Kf7 49. Qxh7+ Kf6 50. g3 g5 51. Bg4 Ke5 52. Qe7#

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Analysis of john2001plus (1703) vs. pizzacupcakes (1405)

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 a b c d e f g h +14

(white to move) 1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. e4 Bg4 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 O-O 10. O-O Rb8 11. a4 a6 12. a5 Ne8 13. Bf4 Bxc3 14. bxc3 b5 15. axb6 e.p. Nxb6 16. Be2 Ra8 17. Bh6 Ng7 18. f4 Re8 19. e5 dxe5 20. fxe5 e6 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. d6 a5 23. Bf3 Ra7 24. Bc6 Rf8 25. Bb5 a4 26. Qf3 a3 27. Qc6 Qd7 28. Qxb6 Rb7 29. Bxd7 Rxb6 30. Bb5 Ra8 31. d7 Rbb8 32. Rf2 Rd8 33. Rfa2 Kf8 34. Rxa3 Rab8 35. Ra6 Ke7 36. Ra7 Rb6 37. Rc7 Rbb8 38. Rxc5 f6 39. exf6+ Kxf6 40. Ra6 Ke7 41. Re5 Rb7 42. Raxe6+ Kf8 43. Re8+ Rxe8 44. dxe8=Q+ Kg7 45. Re7+ Rxe7 46. Qxe7+ Kh6 47. h4

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Analysis of Ante Brkic (2564) vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic (2594)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. Nd1 a5 11. O-O Ba6 12. Bxa6 Rxa6 13. a4 Ra8 14. Nc3 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bb4 17. Qe3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Nc5 19. g4 Rc8 20. f5 Qh4 21. Rf4 Rc6 22. Kh1 Ne4 23. Raf1 Rfc8 24. fxe6 fxe6 25. Rf7 h6 26. Rb7 Rc6c7 27. Rxb6 Rxc3 28. Bxc3 Rxc3 29. Qe1 Ng3+ 30. Kg1 Qxg4 31. Rf2 Ne2+ 32. Kf1 Qg1+ 33. Kxe2 Rxc2+

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Analysis of Ante Brkic (2564) vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic (2594)

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. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. Nd1 a5 11. O-O Ba6 12. Bxa6 Rxa6 13. a4 Ra8 14. Nc3 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bb4 17. Qe3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Nc5 19. g4 Rc8 20. f5 Qh4 21. Rf4 Rc6 22. Kh1 Ne4 23. Raf1 Rfc8 24. fxe6 fxe6 25. Rf7 h6 26. Rb7 Rc6c7 27. Rxb6 Rxc3 28. Bxc3 Rxc3 29. Qe1 Ng3+ 30. Kg1 Qxg4 31. Rf2 Ne2+ 32. Kh1 Rxc2 33. Rxe2 Qf3+ 34. Kg1 Rxe2 35. Qf1 Qe3+ 36. Kh1 Re1

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