White to force mate

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Analysis vs. King's Indian, 180+2

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

(white to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. h4 c5 7. d5 a6 8. a4 e6 9. h5 exd5 10. hxg6 d4 11. gxh7+ Kh8 12. Nd5 Nxe4 13. Nf3 Bg4 14. Nh4 Re8 15. Nf4 Bxe2 16. Nhg6+

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	- Knight

Black to force mate

ICC tourney 1394 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
Analysis of weakfish (1372) vs. Sherlocked (1851)

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. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Bb5 Qb6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Ne2 Ba6 10. Nf3 cxd4 11. Nfxd4 Nc5 12. O-O Ne4 13. Re1 Be7 14. Qb3 Rc8 15. Be3 Nc5 16. Qc2 Qc7 17. Ng3 g6 18. Nge2 O-O 19. Qd2 Ne4 20. Qc2 c5 21. Nf3 Rb8 22. b3 Qa5 23. Bd2 Rfd8 24. c4 Nxd2 25. Nxd2 dxc4 26. Nxc4 Qc7 27. Ng3 Rd4 28. Ne2 Rd5 29. Nc3 Bxc4 30. bxc4 Rd4 31. Nb5 Qd7 32. Nxd4 cxd4 33. Red1 Bc5 34. Rd3 h5 35. Rb1 Rb6 36. Rxb6 axb6 37. h3 Kg7 38. a4 Qa7 39. Qb3 Qa5 40. Qb5 Qe1+ 41. Kh2 Qf1 42. Rf3 Qc1 43. Qb3 d3 44. Rxd3 Qxf4+ 45. Kh1 Qf1+ 46. Kh2 Bg1+ 47. Kg3 Qf2#

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Mate in 2.

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rupertguinness vs. John Coffey

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. Bg5 c6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Qd2 Re8+ 9. Be2 h6 10. Bh4 Bf5 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. Bxf6 Bf4 13. Be5 Bxd2+ 14. Rxd2 Qa5 15. Kb1 Nd7 16. Nh4 Bh7 17. f4 Nxe5 18. fxe5 b5 19. Rhd1 b4 20. Nxd5 Qxd5 21. Bf3 Be4 22. Bxe4 Qxe4 23. Nf3 Red8 24. Re1 Qd5 25. b3 c5 26. Red1 c4 27. Re2 c3 28. h4 Qa5 29. Ne1 Qa3 30. Nd3 a5 31. Re4 a4 32. g4 axb3 33. cxb3 Qxa2+ 34. Kc1 Qxb3 35. Re2 Ra1#

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Black to play and mate in 2 moves.

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Analysis of learnychess (1675) vs. mateosh (1818)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 h g f e d c b a +16

(black to move) 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bg5 O-O 7. e5 d5 8. exf6 Bxf6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Bb3 Re8 11. O-O Nc6 12. Qd3 a5 13. Ba4 Nb4 14. Qe3 c6 15. a3 Na6 16. Qe5 Qe7 17. Rfe1 b5 18. Bb3 h6 19. a4 b4 20. Ne2 Kh7 21. Ng3 c5 22. Bxd5 Ra7 23. Be4 f6 24. Qf4 cxd4 25. Bd3 e5 26. Qe4 Qf7 27. Bxa6 Bxa6 28. Qc6 Bb7 29. Qb6 Bd5 30. Qb5 Rc8 31. Qe2 Rac7 32. Rac1 b3 33. c3 dxc3 34. Rxc3 Rxc3 35. bxc3 Rxc3 36. Qb2 Qc7 37. h3 Rc2 38. Qb1 Qb6 39. Nh1 Qc5 40. Rd1 h5 41. Kh2 e4 42. Nd2 Qd6+ 43. g3 f5 44. Nc4 Rxc4 45. Rxd5 Qxd5 46. Qxb3 Qc6 47. Qb5 Qxb5 48. axb5 Rb4 49. g4 Rxb5 50. gxf5 gxf5 51. Ng3 Kg6 52. Ne2 a4 53. Nc3 Rb4 54. Kg2 a3 55. Kg3 Rb3 56. Kh4 Rxc3 57. f3 exf3 58. Kg3 a2 59. Kf4 a1=Q 60. Kg3 Qg1+ 61. Kf4 Qh2#

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	- Knight

White to mate in 2 moves.

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SpeedyChess11 (1926) vs. thokkubabu (1683)

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

(white to move) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. Nbd2 b6 10. Re1 Bb7 11. Qc2 Qc7 12. h3 h6 13. Be3 Rac8 14. Nf1 Ne4 15. Nf3d2 f5 16. f3 Ng3 17. Nxg3 Bxg3 18. Bxf5 Bxe1 19. Rxe1 Rce8 20. Nb3 c4 21. Nd2 Qg3 22. Re2 Nb8 23. Nf1 Qc7 24. b3 b5 25. bxc4 dxc4 26. Bg6 Re7 27. Nh2 Nd7 28. Ng4 a6 29. Qd2 Qd6 30. Bb1 Ref7 31. Qc2 Rf5 32. Bd2 Qg3 33. Ne3 Rxf3 34. Qh7+ Kf7 35. Ng4 Rf6 36. Bxh6 Rg8 37. Bg5 Re8 38. Qh5+ Kg8 39. Rxe8+ Nf8 40. Nxf6+ gxf6 41. Qh7#

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Black to play for mate.

ICC 30 0, Internet Chess Club
Analysis of fiddler (1723) vs. john2001plus (1880)

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

(black to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bd2 O-O 6. g3 Bb7 7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Rc1 c5 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Ne4 12. b4 Nxc3 13. Rxc3 Qe7 14. dxc5 dxc5 15. b5 Rfd8 16. Rd3 a6 17. a4 axb5 18. axb5 e5 19. Nh4 e4 20. Rd6 Ne5 21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. Qc2 Qd4 23. Rc1 Ra1 24. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 25. Bf1 g6 26. e3 g5 27. f4 exf3 e.p. 28. Qd2 gxh4 29. Qd8+ Kg7 30. Qg5+ Ng6 31. gxh4 Qe1 32. Qg3 Qxe3+ 33. Qf2 Qc1 34. Qg3 h5 35. Qg5 Qe1 36. Qg3 Qe3+ 37. Qf2 Qc1 38. Qg3 Kh7 39. Qg5 Qe1 40. Qg3 Qd1 41. h3 Be4 42. Qf2 Bd3 43. Kh2 Bxf1 44. Kg3 Qd6+ 45. Kxf3 Qf4#

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	- Knight

Mate in 3

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John Coffey vs. godzilla47

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

(white to move) 1. d4 d5 2. c4 Bf5 3. cxd5 Bxb1 4. Rxb1 e6 5. dxe6 fxe6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Qb3 Nd5 8. Qxb7 Nd7 9. e4 Nd5b6 10. Qc6 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Nxd2 O-O 13. Qxe6+ Kh8 14. Bd3 Re8 15. Qh3 g6 16. O-O Nf6 17. Nf3 Nh5 18. Rfd1 Nf4 19. Qg4 Nxd3 20. Rxd3 Nc4 21. b3 Na3 22. Rbd1 c6 23. Ne5 Qf6 24. Rf3 Qg7 25. Rf7 Qh6 26. Qf3 Qg5 27. Rd7 Rf8 28. Nf7+ Rxf7 29. Qxf7 Qh6 30. Qf6+ Kg8 31. Qe6+ Kh8 32. Qe5+ Kg8 33. d5 c5 34. d6 Qf8 35. Rd3 Rb8 36. Rf3 Qh6 37. Qe6+ Kh8 38. Qf6+ Kg8 39. Rd8+ Rxd8 40. Qxd8+ Kg7 41. Qf8#

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	- Knight