White to play.

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Analysis of john2001plus (1734) vs. JimJacket (1600)

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 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. h3 a6 10. a4 Re8 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Bf4 Qc7 13. Nd2 Ne5 14. Be2 Rb8 15. a5 Bd7 16. Be3 c4 17. Bb6 Qc8 18. f4 Nd3 19. Bxd3 cxd3 20. Qf3 Bb5 21. Nxb5 axb5 22. Rac1 Qd7 23. Rc7 Qd8 24. Rxf7 Qxb6+ 25. axb6 Kxf7

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BDRichardson (1300) vs. syahir94 (1330)

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

(white to move) 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 a6 4. Nf3 b5 5. Bg5 b4 6. Ne2 Nxe4 7. Qd3 Bf5 8. Qc4 Nxg5 9. Nxg5 e6 10. O-O-O Qxg5+ 11. f4 Qd8 12. Qxb4 d5 13. Qa4+ c6 14. Ng3 Bg6 15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Rxd3 Qc7 17. f5 exf5 18. Re1+ Be7 19. Nxf5 Qf4+ 20. Rde3 O-O 21. Nxe7+ Kh8 22. g3 Qg5 23. Nxc6 Re8 24. Ne5 Qe7 25. Nxf7+ Qxf7 26. Rxe8+ Qg8 27. Rxg8+ Kxg8 28. Qe8#

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Fiddler (1868) vs. john2001plus (1843)

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

(white to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bf4 Bb4+ 7. Nbd2 Qe7 8. a3 Ngxe5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. e3 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 d6 12. Qd4 O-O 13. Be2 b6 14. Bxe5 dxe5 15. Qd5 c6 16. Qd2 Bf5 17. Bf3 Rfd8 18. Qc3 Rd3 19. Qb4 c5 20. Qb5 Bd7 21. Qa6 Bc8 22. Qb5 Rb8 23. Bd5 a6 24. Qa4 b5 25. Qc2 Bf5 26. e4 bxc4 27. Qxc4 Rd4 28. Qe2 Be6 29. Bxe6 Qxe6 30. O-O Rbd8 31. Rfd1 Qb3 32. Rxd4 Rxd4 33. f3 g6 34. h4 Rc4 35. Rd1 Rc2 36. Rd2 Rc1+ 37. Kh2 Qb6 38. Rd5 c4 39. Qd2 Rb1 40. Qc2 Qg1+ 41. Kg3 Qe1+ 42. Kh3 Rc1 43. Qd2 Qh1+ 44. Kg3 h5 45. Rxe5 Rg1 46. Re8+ Kh7 47. Re7 Kg7 48. e5 Rd1 49. Qe2 Qe1+ 50. Qxe1 Rxe1 51. Rc7 Rxe5 52. Rxc4 Rb5 53. b4 a5 54. Rc5 Rxc5 55. bxc5 Kf6 56. Kf4 Ke6 57. Ke4 f6 58. Kd4 g5 59. g3 gxh4 60. gxh4 a4 61. Kc4 Kf5 62. c6 Ke6 63. Kc5 Ke7 64. Kb6 Kd8 65. Kb7

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Black to play for a winning position.

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Analysis of BDRichardson (1258) vs. Squawk75 (1128)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. O-O d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. Nxd5 exd5 8. Re1+ Be7 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. Qe2 a6 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. Ne5 c4 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. d4 Ra7 15. Bg5 f6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Qh5+ Kd7 18. Qf5+ Kc7 19. Re6 Qd7 20. Rae1 Re8 21. Qxh7 Kb6 22. Qf5 Bb4 23. c3 Rxe6 24. Rxe6 Qxe6 25. Qxe6 Re7

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Analysis of BDRichardson (1258) vs. Squawk75 (1128)

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

(white to move) 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. O-O d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. Nxd5 exd5 8. Re1+ Be7 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. Qe2 a6 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. Ne5 c4 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. d4 Ra7 15. Bg5 f6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Qh5+ Kd7 18. Qf5+ Kc7 19. Re6 Qd7 20. Rae1 Re8 21. Qxh7 Kb6 22. Qf5 Qd8 23. b3 c3 24. Qd3 Bb4 25. Rxe8 Qd6 26. Re1e6 Qf4 27. g3 Qd2 28. Qf5 Rc7 29. a4 Qxd4 30. Rxf6 Bc5 31. Qg6 Qd1+ 32. Kg2 d4 33. Rb8+ Ka7 34. Qe8 Qxc2 35. Rxc6 Rxc6 36. Ra8+ Kb6 37. Qb8+ Ka5 38. Qb5#

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What is the strongest line for White?

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Analysis of john2001plus (1436) vs. BotanicalKnight (1436)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Ng5 Nf6 4. d3 Nc6 5. dxe4 h6 6. Nf3 e5 7. Bc4 d6 8. O-O Bg4 9. Be3 Qe7 10. Nc3 g5 11. Nd5 Qg7 12. h3 Bh5 13. Re1 O-O-O 14. b4 g4 15. hxg4 Nxg4 16. Qd2 Nxe3 17. Rxe3 Be7 18. b5 Bxf3 19. Rxf3 Nd4 20. Rg3 Bg5 21. Qe1 Ne6 22. b6 cxb6 23. Nxb6+ axb6 24. Bxe6+ Kb8 25. Rb1 Qc7 26. Rc3 Qe7 27. Rxb6 Qxe6 28. Rxb7+ Kxb7 29. Qb1+

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White to play and win.

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Analysis of john2001plus (1847) vs. LazarMilanovic (1611)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 e6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 c6 4. e3 f5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. c5 Bc7 8. O-O O-O 9. b4 Nbd7 10. Bb2 Ne4 11. Qc2 Qf6 12. b5 Qh6 13. Ne2 Ng5 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Bd7 16. a4 Be8 17. f4 Ne4 18. Nd4 Bd8 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Rab1 g5 21. Bxe4 fxe4 22. f5 exf5 23. Nxf5 Qe6 24. Nd6 Rxf1+ 25. Rxf1 Bg6 26. Qf2 Be7 27. Qg3 Rb8 28. Bd4 Rb4 29. Qe1 Rxa4 30. Qb1 Kg7 31. Qb8 Ra2 32. Qc8 Qxc8 33. Nxc8 Bf8 34. e6+ Kg8 35. Nd6 Re2 36. Bf6 Bg7 37. Bxg5 a5 38. e7 d4 39. Nxe4 dxe3 40. Rf8+ Bxf8 41. Nf6+ Kg7 42. Bh6+ Kxh6 43. exf8=Q+

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White to play and win.

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Analysis of yoshi (1685) vs. TexasMade (1422)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be6 7. e4 Be7 8. Bb5+ Nc6 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 Rad8 13. Nxd5 Rxd5 14. Bc4 Rdd8 15. d5 b5 16. dxe6 Rxd1 17. exf7+ Rxf7 18. Bxf7+ Qxf7 19. Raxd1 Qxa2 20. Ng5 Kf8 21. Nxh7+ Kf7 22. Rd6 Ne7 23. Ng5+ Ke8 24. Rde6

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Black to play for a winning position.

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KingsBishop (1571) vs. yoshi (1695)

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. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Bd3 h6 9. O-O c5 10. Nb5 a6 11. Nd6 cxd4 12. Re1 Nc6 13. Rc1 Ndxe5 14. Nxc8 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Raxc8 16. c4 dxc3 e.p. 17. Rxc3 Qf6 18. Qxf6 gxf6 19. Bc2 f5 20. g4 Nd4 21. Bd1 f4 22. Rh3 Rc1 23. Kf1 Kg7 24. Rd3 Nc6 25. h4 Rc8 26. g5 hxg5 27. hxg5 Nb4 28. Rb3 Rc8c4 29. a3 Rd4 30. Rxb4 Rdxd1 31. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 32. Ke2 Rb1 33. Rxb7 Kg6 34. Kf3 Kxg5

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Black to play and mate in 4.

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Analysis of chessrani (1358) vs. yoshi (1691)

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. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 f6 7. exf6 Nxf6 8. b4 c4 9. Bg5 Ne4 10. Bf4 Be7 11. Qc2 O-O 12. Be3 Bd7 13. Bxc4 Nf6 14. Bd3 Qc7 15. O-O e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Bd4 Qh5 19. Nd2 Bd6 20. Nf3 Bg4 21. Bxf6 Rxf6 22. h3 Bxf3 23. Rfb1 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Qf3+ 25. Kg1 Qxh3 26. f3 Rxf3 27. Rb2 Rg3+ 28. Kf2 Rg2+ 29. Ke1 Qe3+ 30. Kd1 Rg1+

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White to play and win.

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Analysis of john2001plus (1803) vs. SpeedyChess11 (1847)

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 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 O-O 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. O-O b6 9. Rc1 Bb7 10. e4 Na5 11. Bd3 Nd5 12. exd5 Bxg5 13. Nxg5 Qxg5 14. b4 f5 15. bxa5 bxa5 16. f4 Qg6 17. Qf3 Rad8 18. Rfe1 Rfe8 19. Qg3 Qxg3 20. hxg3 Bxd5 21. Nxd5 Rxd5 22. Bc4 Rxd4 23. Bxe6+ Kh8 24. Bxf5 Rf8 25. Rxc7 g6 26. Ree7 Rd1+ 27. Kh2 Rd7 28. Rexd7 Re8 29. Be6 Rxe6 30. Rc8+

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