Black to play and win.

ICC tourney 1361 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
Analysis of IAlwaysWin (1619) vs. john2001plus (1635)

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

(black to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Bxd5 10. Qc2 Nc6 11. Rd1 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nxd4 13. Rxd4 Qxd4 14. Be3 Qb4 15. Bxa8 Rxa8 16. Qxc7 Qxb2 17. Rd1 Qxe2 18. Rd2 Qe1+ 19. Kg2 Bc5 20. Rd7 Rf8 21. Bxc5 bxc5 22. Qxa7 Qe4+ 23. f3 Qc2+ 24. Kh3 Qf2 25. f4 h6 26. Rd1 g5 27. Qd7 gxf4 28. gxf4 Qf3+ 29. Kh4 Qxf4+ 30. Kh3 Qf3+ 31. Kh4 Rb8 32. Rg1+ Kh7 33. a3 Rb2 34. Qd6 Qf6+ 35. Kh5 Qf5+ 36. Kh4 e5 37. h3 Rb3 38. Rg3 Qf4+ 39. Rg4 Qf2+ 40. Kh5 Rxh3+

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Analysis of john2001plus (1605) vs. tangent (1931)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 f5 4. e4 fxe4 5. Ng5 c5 6. dxc5 Nf6 7. Nc3 Qa5 8. Bd2 Qxc5 9. Ngxe4 Qe5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Nc6 12. Re1 Qc7 13. Rc1 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Qb6 15. Be3 Qxb2 16. Bc5 Bxc3 17. Re2 Bd2 18. Rxd2 Qf6 19. Bd5+ Kh8 20. Ba3 Re8 21. Bb2 e5 22. c5 h6 23. Qe1 b6 24. f4 Qxf4 25. Rf2 Qb4 26. Qf1 Ba6 27. Qxa6 bxc5 28. Qd3 Qh4 29. Bxc6 dxc6 30. Rf7 Qg5 31. Qd7

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Analysis of john2001plus (1785) vs. SpeedyChess11 (1852)

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 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 c5 6. d5 exd5 7. cxd5 d6 8. e4 g6 9. Bb5+ Nbd7 10. O-O Bg7 11. Re1 O-O 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxd7 Qxd7 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. e5 dxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Rxe5 Rfe8 18. Ne4 Kg7 19. Qf3 Rxe5 20. Qf6+ Kg8 21. Qxe5 Qf5 22. Nf6+ Kf8 23. f4 Rd8 24. Rd1 Qxe5 25. fxe5 Ke7 26. Kf2 Ba6 27. b3 c4 28. Rc1 Rc8 29. bxc4 Rxc4 30. Rxc4 Bxc4 31. g4 Bb3 32. Ke3 Ba2 33. Kd4 Kf8 34. Kc3 Ke7 35. h3 a6 36. Ng8+ Kf8 37. d6 Be6 38. Nf6 Ba2 39. Kb4 g5 40. a4 Be6 41. a5 b5 42. Kc5 Ba2 43. Kb6 b4 44. d7 Ke7 45. Kc7

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Analysis of 5uckItTrebek (1817) vs. john2001plus (1848), 900+10

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

(black to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. c3 cxd4 4. cxd4 Qb6 5. Nf3 Qxb2 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. e3 Nb4 8. Rc1 Nfd5 9. Nc4 Qxa2 10. Bd3 Nxd3+ 11. Qxd3 b5 12. Nce5 Nb4 13. Qc3 e6 14. O-O f6 15. Nd3 Qc4 16. Qxc4 bxc4 17. Nxb4 Bxb4 18. Rxc4 a5 19. Rfc1 Ba6 20. Rc7 Ke7 21. Ne1 g5 22. Bg3 h5 23. h3 a4 24. Rb1 Bxe1 25. Rxe1 a3 26. Ra1 Bb5 27. Rc2 h4 28. Bh2 Rhc8 29. Rd2 a2 30. f3 Rc1+ 31. Rxc1 a1=Q 32. Bd6+ Kxd6 33. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 34. Kh2 Ra3 35. Rb2 Bc4 36. Rb6+ Kd5 37. Rb7 d6 38. Rf7 f5 39. Rg7 Rxe3 40. Rxg5 Kxd4 41. Rh5 Kc3

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White to play and win.

ICC tourney 1300 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
Analysis of yoshi (1743) vs. Demachaeron (1494)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 9. O-O Bb7 10. e4 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. e5 Nd5 13. a4 b4 14. Ne4 Be7 15. Bg5 f6 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Re1 O-O 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. Bh6 Re8 20. Nd4 Nf4 21. Bxf4 e5 22. Bxh7+ Kxh7 23. Qh5+ Kg8 24. Qg6+ Kh8 25. Nf5 Qd7 26. Qxf6+ Kg8 27. Qg6+ Kh8 28. Bxe5+ Rxe5 29. Rxe5 Nc6 30. Re3

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Analysis of Coffey, John vs. Bemke, James

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

(white to move) 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. d3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Be2 d4 9. cxd4 cxd4 10. O-O Be7 11. Qe1 O-O 12. Qg3 Re8 13. Bh6 g6 14. Bg5 Qc7 15. Rae1 Nxe5 16. Bf4 Bd6 17. Bd1 Bg4 18. Rxe5 Bxe5 19. Nxe5 Bxd1 20. Nxg6 Qa5 21. Ne5+ Kf8 22. Bh6+ Ke7 23. Qg5+ Kd6 24. Nc4+

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Analysis of Troy8 (1988) vs. john2001plus (1854)

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

(black to move) 1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. Qc2 Bd6 6. d4 O-O 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Nf6 11. Qh4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. Qf4 Rd8 14. O-O Bxd2 15. Nxd2 e5 16. dxe5 Qxd2 17. Qxd2 Rxd2 18. exf6 Rxb2 19. Rfe1 Bf5 20. Be4 Bxe4 21. Rxe4 gxf6 22. Rd1 Rxa2 23. Rd7 Rb2 24. Ree7 Rf8 25. Rxb7 Rxb7 26. Rxb7 Ra8 27. Rc7 a5 28. Rxc6 a4 29. Rb6 a3 30. Rb1 Kf8 31. Kf1 Ke7 32. Ke2 a2 33. Ra1 Kd6 34. Kd3 Kc5 35. Kc3 f5 36. Kb3 Ra7 37. h3 Ra6 38. g4 f4 39. h4 f6 40. h5 h6 41. Kc3 Ra4 42. Kb3 Rb4+ 43. Kc3 Rxc4+ 44. Kb3 Rb4+ 45. Kc3 Ra4 46. Kb3 Ra6 47. Kb2 Kb4 48. f3 Ra8 49. Kc2 Ra3 50. Kb2 Rb3+ 51. Kc2 Rxf3 52. Rd1 Ra3 53. Ra1 f3 54. Kb2 f2 55. Kc2 Rb3 56. Rd1 Rb1 57. Rd4+ Kc5

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Analysis of Gustafsson21 (1802) vs. john2001plus (1753)

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

(white to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 cxd4 4. exd4 d5 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Nf3 Bb4 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. O-O Nd5 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Qd2 Nb6 13. Bd3 Bxg5 14. Nxg5 Nxd4 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Bd3 f6 17. Qd1 g6 18. Bxg6 Kg7 19. Nh7 Rh8 20. Qg4 Rxh7 21. Be4+ Kh8 22. Bxh7 Kxh7 23. Rad1 e5 24. Qh5+ Kg7 25. Rd3 Be6 26. f4 Bf7 27. Qg4+ Bg6 28. f5 Qe8 29. Rg3 Rc8 30. Ne4 Rc6 31. fxg6 Qc8 32. Qh5 Qh8 33. Nxf6 Rxf6 34. Qxe5 Ne2+ 35. Qxe2 Rxf1+ 36. Kxf1 Qf8+ 37. Rf3 Qc5 38. Rf7+ Kh6 39. g7 Qc1+ 40. Kf2 Qc5+ 41. Kg3 Qg5+ 42. Kh3 Qg6 43. Qe3+ Kh5 44. Qf4

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ICC tourney 1203 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
Analysis of JRussell2 (1024) vs. yoshi (1726)

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. Nd2 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Bb5 cxd4 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. cxd4 Nf6 8. exd5 cxd5 9. Ngf3 Qb6 10. O-O Be7 11. Nb3 Ne4 12. Be3 Ba6 13. Re1 Bb4 14. Bd2 Nxd2 15. Nbxd2 O-O 16. a3 Be7 17. Qb3 Qxb3 18. Nxb3 Rab8 19. Rab1 Rxb3 20. Ne5 Rfb8 21. Nc6 Rb8b7 22. Na5 Bc4 23. Nxb3 Rxb3 24. Rec1 Kf8 25. Rc3 Ke8 26. Rxb3 Bxb3 27. Rc1 Kd7 28. Rc3 Bc4 29. b3 Bb5 30. a4 Bb4 31. Rh3 Be2 32. Rxh7 e5 33. f4 exd4 34. Kf2 d3 35. Rh3 Bc5+ 36. Ke1 d4 37. g4 Bb4+ 38. Kf2 Ke6 39. Rg3 Kd5 40. h4 Ke4 41. f5 Bd2 42. g5 Be3+ 43. Ke1 Kf4 44. Rh3 Kg4 45. Rh2 Kf3 46. Rh3+ Kg2 47. b4 Kxh3

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