Black to Play

ICC tourney 1193 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
Analysis of tony1209 (1259) vs. yoshi (1695)

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. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Bxc3 b6 7. Nf3 Ne4 8. Qc2 Bb7 9. e3 d6 10. Bd3 f5 11. O-O-O Nd7 12. Bxe4 Bxe4 13. Qe2 Qe8 14. Ne1 Qg6 15. f3 Bb7 16. Nd3 Ba6 17. Nf4 Qf7 18. b4 e5 19. dxe5 Bxc4 20. e6 Bxe6

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White to play for a winning advantage

ICC tourney 1193 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
Analysis of Osya (1791) vs. yoshi (1678)

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

(white to move) 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. Qe5+ Be7 8. cxd5 Qxd5 9. Nc3 Qd8 10. Bf4 Nc6 11. Qc7 O-O 12. Rd1 Qxd1+ 13. Nxd1 Ne8 14. Qxc6 bxc6 15. Ne5 Bb7 16. Nxc6 Bf6 17. O-O Bxc6 18. Bxc6 Rd8 19. Nc3 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Nf6 21. c4 Rd4 22. Rc1 Rfd8 23. Kg2 Nd7 24. Bd5 Nb6 25. Be3 Rg4 26. Bxc5 Nxd5 27. cxd5 Rxd5 28. Bxa7 Kf8 29. a3 Ke7 30. Rc2 Ra4 31. Bc5+ Kd7 32. Bb4 Rb5 33. e4 Ke6 34. f4 g6 35. Kf3 h5 36. Rc6+ Kd7 37. Rf6 Ke8 38. Rc6 Rb7 39. f5 gxf5 40. exf5 Rd7 41. Rh6

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ICC 12 3, Internet Chess Club
tony1209 (1281) vs. yoshi (1672)

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

(black to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 c5 5. e3 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O 7. Nf3 d5 8. a3 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 b6 10. Bd3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Ba6 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. O-O Nd5 14. Ne5 f6 15. Nf3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Rc8 17. Qd3 Qd5 18. Qxa6 Rxc3 19. Qxa7 Ra8 20. Qxb6 Rcxa3 21. Rxa3 Rxa3 22. Qb8+ Kf7 23. Qc7+ Kf8 24. Qc5+ Qxc5 25. dxc5 Rc3 26. Nd4 Kf7 27. c6 e5 28. Ne2 Rxc6 29. f4 exf4 30. Nxf4 Rc4 31. Nd3 Rd4 32. Ne5+ Ke6 33. Nf3 Ra4 34. Kf2 Ra2+ 35. Kg3 g6 36. Re1+ Kf7 37. Re4 f5 38. Rc4 h6 39. Ne5+ Kf6 40. Nd7+ Ke6 41. Nf8+ Kf7 42. Nd7 Ke6 43. Nb6 Ra3+ 44. Kh4 Ra2 45. Rc6+ Kf7 46. Kg3 Ra3+ 47. Kf4 Ra2 48. Rc7+ Ke6 49. Rh7 Rxg2 50. Rxh6 Kf7 51. Nd5 Kg7 52. Rh3 Rg4+ 53. Kf3 Rd4 54. Nf4 Ra4 55. Rg3 Ra6 56. Nd5 Ra3+ 57. Kf4 Ra4+ 58. Kg5 Rd4 59. Ne3 f4 60. Rg4 Rd2 61. Rxf4 Rxh2

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Analysis of john2001plus (1769) vs. ari_O (1880)

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 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. d5 Qa5 7. Bd2 a6 8. e4 d6 9. h3 Bd7 10. a4 Qc7 11. Bd3 Qc8 12. a5 Re8 13. O-O Bxh3 14. e5 Qg4 15. Ne1 dxe5 16. Be2 Qh4 17. Nf3 Qh5 18. gxh3 Qxh3 19. Ng5 Qf5 20. Nce4 Nbd7 21. Ng3

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Analysis of john2001plus (1769) vs. ari_O (1880)

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 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. d5 Qa5 7. Bd2 a6 8. e4 d6 9. h3 Bd7 10. a4 Qc7 11. Bd3 Qc8 12. a5 Re8 13. O-O Bxh3 14. e5 Qg4 15. Ne1 dxe5 16. Be2 Qh4 17. Nf3 Qh5 18. gxh3 Qxh3 19. Ng5 Qf5 20. Nce4 Nbd7 21. f4 Nxe4 22. Bg4 Qxg4+ 23. Qxg4 Nxd2 24. Qxd7 Nxf1 25. Rxf1 exf4 26. Rxf4

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Analysis of john2001plus (1769) vs. ari_O (1880)

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 c5 6. d5 Qa5 7. Bd2 a6 8. e4 d6 9. h3 Bd7 10. a4 Qc7 11. Bd3 Qc8 12. a5 Re8 13. O-O Bxh3 14. e5 Qg4 15. Ne1 dxe5 16. Be2 Qh4 17. Nf3 Qh5 18. gxh3 Qxh3 19. Ng5 Qf5 20. Nce4 Nbd7 21. f4 Nxe4 22. Bg4 Qxg4+ 23. Qxg4 Nxd2 24. Rfd1 Nf6 25. Qh4 Nb3 26. Ra3 Nd4 27. fxe5 Nh5 28. Rxd4 cxd4 29. Qxd4 h6 30. Nf3 Ng3 31. Kg2 Nf5 32. Qb6 Rab8 33. e6 f6 34. Nd4 Nd6 35. Ra4 f5 36. c5 Bxd4 37. Rxd4 Nb5 38. Rb4 g5 39. d6 exd6 40. Rxb5 axb5 41. cxd6 Rxe6 42. a6 Ree8 43. a7 Ra8 44. d7 Red8 45. Qg6+ Kf8 46. Qf6+ Kg8 47. Qxf5 Rxa7 48. Qg6+ Kh8 49. Qf6+

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Black to play.

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john2001plus (1718) vs. FLchessplayer (2032)

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

(black to move) 1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d5 Nb8 6. e4 Nd7 7. Bd3 Ngf6 8. O-O c6 9. Re1 Qc7 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. Rc1 Nxg3 14. hxg3 a6 15. Qe2 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Qh5 Qd7 18. Na4 Qg4 19. Qxg4 Bxg4 20. f3 Bh5 21. Kf2 Bg6 22. Nb6 Rd8 23. Na4 Kf8 24. b4 Kg7 25. c5 cxd5 26. exd5 Bxd3 27. c6 bxc6 28. dxc6 Bb5 29. Nb6 Bd4+ 30. Re3 Bxb6 31. c7 Rc8

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Analysis of john2001plus (1710) vs. SunTzuLombardi (1389)

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 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. Bxb4 cxb4 8. e4 Nc6 9. e5 Ne8 10. Nbd2 d6 11. Ne4 dxe5 12. dxe5 f5 13. exf6 e.p. Nxf6 14. O-O Nxe4 15. Bxe4 e5 16. Re1 Bg4 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Nd4 19. Qxd4 Rxf3 20. gxf3 Qg5+ 21. Qg4

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analysis of john2001plus (1759) vs. JourneytoNM (1522)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. e4 b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. a3 Nbd7 11. Qc2 h6 12. b4 Nb6 13. Ne5 Nfd7 14. Nf3 Nf6 15. Be3 Rc8 16. e5 Nfd5 17. Ne4 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Nd5 20. Bxd5 Qxd5 21. e4 Qd7 22. Rac1 c6 23. Rfd1 Qa7 24. Qf2 a5 25. d5 Qxf2+ 26. Kxf2 axb4 27. d6 Bd8 28. axb4 Bb6+ 29. Ke2 Rfd8 30. Nd4 Bxd4 31. Rxd4 f6 32. exf6 gxf6 33. Rf1 Kg7 34. e5 f5 35. g4 Rf8 36. gxf5 exf5 37. Rdf4 c5 38. d7 Rcd8 39. e6 Kf6 40. Rxf5+ Kxe6 41. Rxf8 Rxd7 42. Rf8f6+ Ke7 43. Rf7+ Ke8 44. Rxd7 Kxd7 45. bxc5

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Analysis of wietingtx (1198) vs. john2001plus (1761)

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

(black to move) 1. c4 e5 2. e4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bc5 4. Nc3 d6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nd4 10. a3 a5 11. Bg5 c6 12. Rb1 Ne6 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 Bxf2+ 15. Rxf2 Nxg5

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White to play.

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Analysis of john2001plus (1769) vs. tuoheng (1692)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 h6 8. Bh4 Nb4 9. Be2 a5 10. a3 Nc6 11. O-O Bd7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. cxd5

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Black to play and win.

ICC tourney 1160 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
Heian (1458) vs. yoshi (1759)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 Bd7 7. O-O cxd4 8. cxd4 Nxd4 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. Nb3 Nge7 11. Bf4 Ng6 12. Bg3 a5 13. Re1 a4 14. Nbd2 Bc5 15. b4 Nxb4 16. Rb1 Qa7 17. Bf1 Nxa2 18. Bb5 Bxb5 19. Rxb5 Nc3

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What is the fastest way for Black to win?

ICC tourney 1187 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
Analysis of Heian (1634) vs. yoshi (1651)

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. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bd7 8. O-O Nxd4 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. Nb3 Nge7 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Rc1 Ng6 13. Nc5 Bxc5 14. Bxc5 Ngxe5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Bd4 Bc6 17. Bb5 O-O 18. Qh5 Ng6 19. Bd3 Rfe8 20. f4 Nf8 21. f5 e5 22. Bc5 f6 23. Bb1 Qf7 24. Qh3 e4 25. Rf4 Nd7 26. Bd6 Ne5 27. Rh4 h6 28. Bc2 d4 29. Bb3 Bd5 30. Rc7 Bxb3 31. Rxf7 Bxf7 32. Bxe5 Rxe5 33. g4 e3 34. Kf1 e2+ 35. Ke1 Rc8

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