Black to play for a win.

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Analysis of E-MAN85 (1808) vs. john2001plus (1823)

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

(black to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Nf3 Ne4 4. h4 Qb6 5. Nbd2 d5 6. e3 Nc6 7. dxc5 Qxb2 8. Rb1 Qxa2 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Nd4 Qa5+ 11. Qd2 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 f6 13. Nb5 Kd8 14. Bf4 e5 15. Bg3 Bxc5 16. Bc4 a6 17. Nc3 Bb4 18. Bd5 Kc7 19. Bxc6 Rd8+ 20. Ke2 Bxc3 21. Bxe4 Rd2+ 22. Kf1 h6 23. f3 Rd6 24. h5 f5 25. Bd3 Be6 26. Rh4 b5 27. Bh2 b4 28. g4 fxg4 29. f4 Rf8 30. Kg1 Bd2 31. Kf2 exf4 32. Bxf4 Rxf4+ 33. exf4 Bc3 34. f5 Ba2 35. Rd1 b3 36. cxb3 Bxb3 37. Rb1 Rxd3 38. Rxb3 Bd4+

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Analysis of yoshi (1780) vs. tangent (1908)

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

(black to move) 1. Nf3 Nc6 2. d4 d6 3. d5 Nb8 4. e4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nc3 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qc8 8. Be3 Bxf3 9. gxf3 Nf6 10. h4 c5 11. dxc6 e.p. bxc6 12. Bh3 Nbd7 13. e5 dxe5 14. O-O-O Rb8 15. Qa3 Qb7 16. Ne4 Nb6 17. b3 Nxe4 18. fxe4 O-O 19. c5 Nc4 20. bxc4 Qb1+ 21. Kd2 Rfd8+ 22. Ke2 Qc2+ 23. Rd2 Rxd2+ 24. Bxd2 Qxe4+

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Analysis of Zephyr (1552) vs. yoshi (1773)

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

(black to move) 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Bc5 7. a3 Bb6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Na4 e4 10. Ne1 Bf5 11. Nxb6 axb6 12. d3 Nf6 13. Bg5 exd3 14. Nxd3 h6 15. Bf4 Re8 16. Re1 g5 17. Be3 Qd7 18. Qb3 Be6 19. Qc3 Nd5 20. Qd2 Nxe3 21. Qxe3 Nd4 22. Rac1 Bf5 23. Ne5 Qd6 24. Nc4 Qf6 25. Qc3 Rxe2

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Mate in 6.

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Analysis of FlashGordon (1164) vs. yoshi (1673)

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. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Qe2 Nc6 7. exd5 Nb4 8. dxe6 fxe6 9. Nxd4 Bxb5 10. Qxb5+ Qd7 11. Qh5+ Qf7 12. Qb5+ Qd7 13. Qh5+ g6 14. Qe2 Qxd4 15. Kf1 Nxc2 16. Qxe6+ Be7 17. Rb1 Nf6 18. b3 Rd8 19. Ba3 Nxa3 20. Re1 Qd7 21. Qxf6 Rf8 22. Qg7 Rxf2+ 23. Kxf2 Qxd2+ 24. Re2 Qf4+ 25. Ke1 Qc1+ 26. Kf2 Qf4+ 27. Ke1 Nc2+ 28. Rxc2 Qe3+ 29. Re2 Bb4+ 30. Qc3 Bxc3+ 31. Kf1 Rd1+ 32. Re1 Rxe1#

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SunTzuLombardi (1488) vs. john2001plus (1840)

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. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Ngf3 Nf6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Nc6 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Nxg5 hxg5 13. Bxg5 Qd6 14. Bd3 Bg4 15. Qd2 Ne5 16. Bh6 Bh5 17. Qg5+ Bg6 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. Bxg6 fxg6 20. Rae1 Nfg4 21. Re2 Nf3+

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Analysis of john2001plus (1558) vs. dennievanesch (1609)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 Nc6 3. c3 e6 4. d4 d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. dxc5 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Bxc5 8. Be3 Bxe3 9. fxe3 Nf6 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. Ke2 a6 12. Ba4 O-O 13. Nbd2 Rfd8 14. Rad1 Nd4+ 15. Nxd4 Bxa4 16. b3 Bc6 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Nc4 Kf8 19. Na5 c5 20. Nb7 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Ne4 22. Rc1 Rd8 23. Rc2 Rd7 24. Na5 Ke7 25. Kf3 Ng5+ 26. Kf4 f6 27. Nc6+ Ke8 28. Nb8 Ra7 29. Rd2 e5+ 30. Kf5 g6+ 31. Kg4 Ne4 32. Rc2 Rb7 33. Nxa6 f5+ 34. Kf3 Rb6 35. Nc7+ Kd7 36. Nd5 Rd6 37. c4 Nf6 38. h3 Nxd5 39. cxd5 Rxd5 40. Ke2 Kc6 41. Rd2 Rxd2+ 42. Kxd2 e4 43. Kc3 Kb5 44. a4+ Ka5 45. Kc4 Kb6 46. a5+ Kc6 47. a6 h6 48. a7 Kb7 49. Kxc5 Kxa7 50. h4 g5 51. hxg5 hxg5 52. Kd4 Kb7 53. g3 Kc6 54. Ke5 f4 55. gxf4 g4 56. Kxe4 Kc5 57. f5

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marko_brzica (1398) vs. john2001plus (1582)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. f4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 Qb6 7. Nf3 Bb4+ 8. Nc3 Nge7 9. Bd3 Nf5 10. Bxf5 exf5 11. a3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 O-O 13. O-O Be6 14. Qd3 Rac8 15. Rb1 Qc7 16. Bd2 Na5 17. Qb5 b6 18. Qd3 Nc4 19. Bc1 a6 20. h3 b5 21. Ng5 h6 22. Nf3 Na5 23. Bd2 Qc4 24. Qxc4 Rxc4 25. Kh2 Rfc8 26. g3 Ra4 27. Kg1 Nc4 28. Rfc1 Nxd2 29. Nxd2 Rxa3

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Analysis of john2001plus (1888) vs. imgrowingafro (1291)

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 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O Nh5 9. Ne5 Nxf4 10. exf4 Nxe5 11. fxe5 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Kh8 13. Re1 Qb6 14. Qb3 Qxd4 15. Rad1 Qg4 16. Ne4 Rd8 17. Rxd8+ Bxd8 18. Nd6 Be7 19. Nxf7+ Kg8 20. h3 Qf4 21. Nd6 Bh4 22. g3 Qf8 23. Nxc8 Kh8 24. Bxe6 Bd8 25. Qxb7 Bb6 26. Nxb6

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Analysis of ickyquarter (1249) vs. yoshi (1754)

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. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Nd4f3 dxe4 7. Nxe5 Bc5 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Nxd7 10. Nxe4 Nxe5 11. Qxd8+ Rxd8 12. Nxc5 b6 13. Nb3 Ne7 14. O-O O-O 15. Re1 Ne7c6 16. Bf4 Ng6 17. Bg3 Nd4 18. Nxd4 Rxd4 19. Rad1 Rfd8 20. Rc1 Rd2 21. Bc7 Rc8 22. Bg3 f5 23. f3 Rcxc2 24. Rxc2 Rxc2

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Analysis of ickyquarter (1249) vs. yoshi (1754)

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. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Nd4f3 dxe4 7. Nxe5 Bc5 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Nxd7 10. Nxe4 Nxe5 11. Qxd8+ Rxd8 12. Nxc5 b6 13. Nb3 Ne7 14. O-O O-O 15. Re1 Ne7c6 16. Bf4 Ng6 17. Bg3 Nd4 18. Nxd4 Rxd4 19. Rad1 Rfd8 20. Rc1 Rd2 21. Bc7 Rc8 22. Bg3 Rcxc2 23. Rxc2 Rxc2 24. Re8+ Nf8 25. h3 Rd2 26. Bf4 Rd1+ 27. Kh2 f6 28. Ra8 Rd7 29. Kg3 Kf7 30. Rc8 Ne6 31. Be3 f5 32. Kf3 g5 33. g3 h5 34. Rh8 g4+ 35. Kg2 Kg6 36. Rh6+ Kf7 37. Rxh5 gxh3+ 38. Kxh3 Ng7 39. Rh4 Rd1 40. Rd4 Rxd4 41. Bxd4 Ne6 42. Bc3 Nc5 43. Kh4 Kg6 44. f3 Ne6 45. Be5 Ng5 46. f4 Nf3+ 47. Kh3 Nxe5 48. fxe5 Kf7 49. g4 Ke6 50. g5 Kxe5 51. Kg3 f4+ 52. Kf3 Kf5 53. g6 Kxg6 54. Kxf4 Kf6

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Analysis of yoshi (1725) vs. ElQuijote (1389)

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 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Qa5 8. O-O Ne4 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Bxe4 f5 11. Bd3 Qc7 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. c5 Qc7 15. Rc1 f4 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Ng5+ Kg8 18. Qh5 g6 19. Qxg6+ Qg7 20. Qh5 Rf5 21. exf4 Nd7 22. Qe8+ Rf8 23. Qxe6+ Kh8 24. Qh3+ Kg8 25. Qb3+ Kh8 26. Qh3+ Kg8 27. Qb3+ Kh8 28. Ne6 Qg6 29. Nxf8 Nxf8 30. Rfe1 Ne6 31. Qh3+ Kg7 32. f5 Ng5 33. Re7+ Kf8 34. Qh8+ Kxe7 35. fxg6

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Analysis of john2001plus (1860) vs. natalia6 (1724)

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

(black to move) 1. Nf3 Nc6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 d5 7. Bd3 Re8 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qe7 10. d5 Bxc3 11. dxc6 Bxb2 12. Rb1 b5 13. Bxb5 Ba3

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Black to play for a winning advantage.

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fiddler (1386) vs. yoshi (1747)

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

(black to move) 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qb3 Qe7 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Qc2 Bb7 9. e3 d6 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Nd7 12. Be1 f5 13. Nd2 Qg5 14. Bf3 Nxd2 15. Bxb7 Nxf1 16. Bxa8 Nxe3 17. fxe3 Rxa8

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