White to play.

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Analysis of John Coffey vs. binalden

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. Nxe4 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 dxe4 10. Qxe4 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. Be3 Nd7 13. Rad1 e6 14. f4 f5 15. Qf3 Qb6 16. d5 Qxb2 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Qxc6 Nb6 19. Qxe6+ Rf7 20. c5 Nd7 21. Bc4 Nxe5 22. fxe5 Raf8 23. Qxf7+ Kh8 24. Qxg7+ Kxg7 25. Rd7+ Kh8 26. Bh6 Qxe5 27. Bxf8 h5 28. Rb1 Qe3+ 29. Kh1 Qe8 30. Rxa7 f4 31. Bd6 f3 32. Rb8 fxg2+ 33. Kxg2 Qxb8 34. Bxb8 h4 35. Be5#

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Analysis of john2001plus (1884) vs. aherring74 (1936)

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 Nc6 4. d3 e3 5. Bxe3 e5 6. c4 Be7 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Bf3 Qb5 13. a4 Qxb2 14. Bd5+ Kh8 15. Nf7+ Kg8 16. Qh5 Bf5 17. Qxf5 g6 18. Qe6 e4 19. Ne5+ Kg7 20. Nxc6 bxc6 21. Qxe7+ Kh8 22. Qxe4 Qg7 23. Bd4 Rf6 24. Rac1 cxd5 25. Qxd5 Raf8 26. Rc6 h6 27. Rxf6 Rxf6 28. Qd8+ Kh7 29. Bxf6

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Analysis of John Coffey vs. dscipio

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 dxc4 4. e3 c5 5. Bxc4 cxd4 6. O-O e6 7. exd4 Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Bf4 Nc6 10. Re1 h6 11. Qd2 Nh5 12. Be3 a6 13. Bb3 b5 14. Bxh6 gxh6 15. Qxh6 Ng7 16. Rad1 Nf5 17. Qh3 Bf6 18. d5 Ncd4 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. Qg3+ Kh8 21. Re5 Nf5 22. Qh3+ Nh4 23. Rh5+ Kg7 24. dxe6 Qe7 25. Qe3 fxe6 26. Qg3+ Ng6 27. Bc2 Qf7 28. Ne4 Be7 29. Ng5 Bxg5 30. Rxg5

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Analysis of Brayden vs. John Coffey

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

(black to move) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 g6 6. c3 Bg7 7. Bc2 e5 8. d4 Ne7 9. d5 O-O 10. Bg5 f6 11. Be3 f5 12. Ng5 Nf6 13. exf5 Nxf5 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 Qe7 16. Bb3 b5 17. Bd5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Rxf1+ 20. Kxf1 Rf8+ 21. Kg1 Bh6 22. h3 Bxe3+ 23. Kh2 Rf1 24. g3 Rf2+ 25. Kh1 Qg5 26. e7+ Kg7 27. e8=Q Rf1+ 28. Kg2 Rg1+ 29. Kf3 Qxg3+ 30. Ke4 Qf4+ 31. Kd3 c4+ 32. Kc2 Rc1#

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Analysis of john2001plus (1748) vs. tangent (2008)

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 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Bf5 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 e6 8. Nc3 Qd6 9. O-O Nf6 10. Bb5 Be7 11. Ne5 O-O 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Bf4 Nd5 14. Bg3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Rfc8 16. Nxf7 Qa3 17. Ne5 Qxc3 18. Rc1 Qb2 19. Nxc6 Bg5 20. Bf4 Bxf4 21. Ne7+ Kf7 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Nxc8 Qb8 24. Qf3 Ke8 25. Qc6+ Kd8 26. g3 Bc7 27. d5 Qxc8 28. dxe6 Bxe6 29. Rd1+ Ke7 30. Qc5+ Ke8 31. Rc1 Kd7 32. Qd4+ Ke8 33. Qxa7 Kd8 34. Qc5 Kd7 35. Qd4+ Ke8 36. Qc3 Kd8 37. Qxg7 Qb7 38. Qh8+ Kd7 39. Qxh7+ Kc8 40. Qh8+ Kd7 41. Qg7+ Kc8 42. Qf8+ Kd7 43. Rd1+ Bd5 44. h4

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Black to play

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Analysis of Antony vs. John Coffey

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. e5 d6 3. Qe2 dxe5 4. Qxe5 Nf6 5. h3 c5 6. d3 Nc6 7. Qg5 h6 8. Qf4 Bd6 9. Qe3 Nd4 10. Qd2 e5 11. c3 Bc7 12. b4 Ne6 13. c4 cxb4 14. Qb2 O-O 15. Be2 Nc5 16. Bd2 Nxd3+ 17. Bxd3 e4 18. Bxb4 Re8 19. Be2 e3 20. f3 Bg3+ 21. Kf1 Be6 22. Qc3 Rc8 23. Na3 Bf5 24. Rd1 Qb6 25. c5 Qc7 26. Nc2 Bxc2 27. Qxc2 a5 28. Ba3 Bh4 29. Bb5 Qg3 30. Bxe8 Rd8 31. Bxf7+ Kxf7 32. Qb3+ Kg6 33. Qc2+ Kh5 34. Rb1 Rd2 35. Qxd2 exd2 36. Ke2 Qe1+

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What is the best continuation for Black?

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Analysis of SpeedyChess11 (1735) vs. john2001plus (1877)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nge7 8. Nc3 Nf5 9. Na4 Bb4+ 10. Kf1 Qd8 11. a3 Be7 12. g3 O-O 13. Kg2 Bd7 14. Nc3 Rc8 15. h4 f6 16. h5 fxe5 17. dxe5 h6 18. Bf4 Qb6 19. Nxd5 Qd8 20. Nc3 Ncd4 21. Nxd4 Nxd4 22. Bd3 Rxc3 23. bxc3 Bc6+ 24. Kh3 Bxh1 25. cxd4 Bc6 26. Bc2 Bg5 27. Qg4 Qxd4 28. Qxe6+ Rf7 29. Rd1 Qxf2 30. Rd5 Qf1+ 31. Kh2 Qe2+ 32. Kg1 Qxc2 33. Qg6 Qc4 34. Rd6 Qc5+ 35. Kf1 Qc1+ 36. Kf2 Rxf4+ 37. gxf4 Qxf4+ 38. Ke2 Bb5+ 39. Rd3 Qe3+ 40. Kd1 Ba4+ 41. Rb3 Qd2#

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