Black to play and mate in 2.

Casual G/10, Columbus Indiana Chess Club
Analysis of Steve Salo vs. John Coffey

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. g3 dxe4 6. dxe4 Qxd1+ 7. Rxd1 O-O 8. e5 Nd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bxe7 Re8 11. Bb4 Rxe5+ 12. Ne2 Bg4 13. Rd2 Nc6 14. Bc3 Re7 15. Bg2 d4 16. Bxc6 dxc3 17. bxc3 bxc6 18. Kf1 Bf3 19. Rg1 Rae8 20. h4 Rxe2 21. Rxe2 Rxe2 22. g4 Rd2 23. Ke1 Rd1#

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Black to play and win.

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Analysis of john2001plus (1593) vs. rotchopf (2003)

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

(black to move) 1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 Bg4 4. Qb3 Qc8 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Nc6 7. e3 e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Be2 Bd6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nc3 Ne7 12. Ne4 Ng8 13. c5 Be7 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 f5 16. Bh5 Rh7 17. Nc3 Nf6 18. Be2 Bxc5 19. Qb5+ Nd7 20. Nd5 c6 21. Nf6+ Ke7

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White to play.

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FogOfWar516 (1893) vs. john2001plus (1684)

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

(white to move) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Bd7 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Rc8 9. Be2 Nge7 10. O-O Nf5 11. Bb2 Be7 12. Qd2 O-O 13. Rd1 f6 14. Nc3 fxe5 15. dxe5 Nh4 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Qxd5+ Kh8 18. Qxd7

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White to play and mate in 2.

ICC tourney 1183 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
Analysis of yoshi (1648) vs. KingsBishop (1540)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 Nc6 2. d4 Na5 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Ng4 5. h3 Nh6 6. d5 b6 7. Bg5 g6 8. Qd2 Nf5 9. g4 Ng7 10. Nc3 d6 11. O-O-O Bd7 12. Bd3 Nb7 13. Rhe1 Nc5 14. Bc4 Qc8 15. Nd4 a6 16. Nc6 Bxc6 17. dxc6 Nge6 18. exd6 cxd6 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Rxe4 Nxg5 21. Qxg5 Qxc6 22. Bd5 Qb5 23. a4 Qc5 24. Rc4 Qa5 25. Bc6+ Kd8 26. Rxd6+ Kc7 27. Bb5+ Kxd6 28. Qf4+ e5 29. Qf6+

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	- Knight

White to play and win.

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Analysis of yoshi (1648) vs. KingsBishop (1540)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 Nc6 2. d4 Na5 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Ng4 5. h3 Nh6 6. d5 b6 7. Bg5 g6 8. Qd2 Nf5 9. g4 Ng7 10. Nc3 d6 11. O-O-O Bd7 12. Bd3 Nb7 13. Rhe1 Nc5 14. Bc4 Qc8 15. Nd4 a6 16. Nc6 Bxc6 17. dxc6 Nge6 18. exd6 cxd6 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Rxe4 Nxg5 21. Qxg5 Qxc6 22. Bd5 Qb5 23. Qf4 O-O-O 24. a4 Qa5 25. Rc4+ Kb8 26. Qe3 Bh6 27. Qxh6 b5 28. Rc6 Qxa4 29. Qe3 Qa5 30. b4 Qa1+ 31. Kd2

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Analysis of yoshi (1648) vs. KingsBishop (1540)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 Nc6 2. d4 Na5 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Ng4 5. h3 Nh6 6. d5 b6 7. Bg5 g6 8. Qd2 Nf5 9. g4 Ng7 10. Nc3 d6 11. O-O-O Bd7 12. Bd3 Nb7 13. Rhe1 Nc5 14. Bc4 Qc8 15. Nd4 a6 16. Nc6 Bxc6 17. dxc6 Nge6 18. exd6 cxd6 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Rxe4 Nxg5 21. Qxg5 Qxc6 22. Bd5 Qb5 23. Qf4 O-O-O 24. a4 Qa5 25. Rc4+ Kb8 26. Qe3 Bh6 27. Qxh6 b5 28. Rc6 e6 29. Bg2 d5 30. Qf4+ Kb7 31. b4 Qxa4 32. Rc7+ Ka8 33. Qd4

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Analysis of yoshi (1648) vs. KingsBishop (1540)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 Nc6 2. d4 Na5 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Ng4 5. h3 Nh6 6. d5 b6 7. Bg5 g6 8. Qd2 Nf5 9. g4 Ng7 10. Nc3 d6 11. O-O-O Bd7 12. Bd3 Nb7 13. Rhe1 Nc5 14. Bc4 Qc8 15. Nd4 a6 16. Nc6 Bxc6 17. dxc6 Nge6 18. exd6 cxd6 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Rxe4 Nxg5 21. Qxg5 Qxc6 22. Bd5 Qb5 23. Qf4 O-O-O 24. Bxf7 Bg7 25. Rxe7 Bxb2+ 26. Kd2 Kb8 27. Qe4 Rd7 28. Re8+ Rd8 29. Re7 Rd7 30. Rxd7 Qxd7 31. Be6 Qg7 32. Rb1 Qc3+ 33. Kd1 Qd4+ 34. Qxd4 Bxd4 35. f4 Rf8 36. f5 Kc7 37. Kd2 Kc6 38. Kd3 Kc5 39. c3 Bf6 40. Rf1 Be5 41. Rf3 d5 42. h4 Kd6 43. g5 Rb8 44. Bf7 gxf5 45. c4 dxc4+ 46. Bxc4 b5 47. Bf7

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jimmyrbellew (1497) vs. rtconnor2003 (1221)

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

(white to move) 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nc3 Bd7 5. a4 e6 6. e3 Bb4 7. Bxc4 Ne4 8. Qc2 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bd6 10. O-O h6 11. e4 O-O 12. e5 Be7 13. Qe2 a6 14. Bd3 Nc6 15. Qe4 g6 16. Bxh6 Re8 17. h4 Kh7 18. h5 Rg8 19. hxg6+ Rxg6 20. Qf4 Qg8 21. Ng5+ Kxh6 22. Nxf7+ Kh5 23. Be2+ Rg4 24. Qh6#

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Analysis of Javachip3 (1471) vs. HanghangL (1411)

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

(white to move) 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. a3 Bd7 9. b4 O-O 10. O-O h6 11. Re1 Rc8 12. Bb2 a6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Rxe4 Be8 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Rxe5 Bf6 18. Re1 Bc6 19. Bxc6 Rxc6 20. Qb3 Bxd4 21. Bxd4 Qxd4 22. Rad1 Qb6 23. Rd7 Rc7 24. Red1 Rxd7 25. Rxd7 Rd8 26. Qe3 Qxe3 27. Rxd8+

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Analysis of MadPaWnPusheR (1675) vs. john2001plus (1757)

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

(white to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Qb3 Nd5 6. e3 Nxf4 7. exf4 Qc7 8. g3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5 10. Nd2 Nc6 11. Nb5 Qb6 12. Nc4 Qd8 13. Nbd6+ Kf8 14. Qd1

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