What is the strongest continuation for White?

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Analysis of tburd765 (1671) vs. john2001plus (1938)

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

(white to move) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bc4 Nxe4 6. Qh5 Nd6 7. Nxc6 dxc6 8. Bb3 g6 9. Qf3 Bg7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. h4 h5 12. Bg5 Bg4 13. Qe3 Nf5 14. Qc5 Qd6 15. Qxd6 Nxd6 16. f3 Bf5 17. O-O-O Nc8 18. Rhe1 Re8 19. Ne4 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Kf8 21. Rd7 f6 22. Bd2 Nd6 23. Re2 Rad8 24. Rexe7 Rxd7 25. Rxd7 Nf5 26. Bb4+

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What is the strongest continuation for White?

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john2001plus (1938) vs. Gusev (1781)

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

(white to move) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 Bg4 7. Be2 O-O-O 8. Nc3 Qa5 9. Qb3 e6 10. O-O Nf6 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Rxd6 13. Nb5 Rd7 14. h3 Bh5 15. Rac1 Kb8 16. g4 Bg6 17. Rxc6 bxc6 18. Ne5 Rc7 19. Nxc7+ Kxc7 20. Rc1 Be4 21. Bd3 Bd5 22. Qc2 Qb6 23. b3 Kb7 24. Nxf7 Rf8 25. Nd6+ Ka8 26. Ne4 Nxe4 27. Bxe4 Qxd4 28. Bxd5 cxd5 29. Qc6+ Kb8 30. Qd6+ Ka8 31. Qxf8+ Kb7 32. Qc8+ Kb6 33. Rc6+ Ka5 34. Qa6+ Kb4 35. Qa4#

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	- Knight

Black to play

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Gusev (1786) vs. john2001plus (1933)

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

(black to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 b6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Bb7 8. Nf3 d6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Nd2 e5 11. d5 Nc5 12. Bc2 e4 13. Nb3 Qe7 14. Nxc5 bxc5 15. f3 Rfe8 16. Bd2 Ba6 17. Qe2 exf3 18. gxf3 Nxd5 19. Kh1 Rab8 20. Rg1 Rb2 21. Qd3 Nf6 22. e4 Bxc4 23. Qxc4 Rxc2 24. Bh6 Qe5 25. Rxg7+ Kh8 26. f4 Qh5 27. Rg2 Rxg2 28. Kxg2 Qxh6 29. e5 Rg8+ 30. Kh1 Qg6 31. Qe2 dxe5 32. fxe5 Ng4 33. Rg1 Qc6+ 34. Rg2 Ne3 35. Qf2 Nxg2 36. Kg1 Nf4+

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White to play

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john2001plus (1940) vs. Gusev (1779)

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 c6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. e5 Ne8 9. Bf4 Qc7 10. exd6 exd6 11. c5 b6 12. cxd6 Nxd6 13. Ne4 Ne5 14. Nxd6 Qxd6 15. Bxe5 Bxe5 16. dxe5

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Options:
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Pawn promotion:
	- Queen
	- Rook
	- Bishop
	- Knight