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Analysis of john2001plus (1761) vs. Matthew_McCarthy (1699)

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 c5 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 cxd4 5. Bxc4 Nf6 6. Ne5 e6 7. exd4 Bd7 8. O-O Nc6 9. Nc3 Bd6 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. d5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Be7 15. Re1 Rd8 16. Nxe7 Nxe7 17. Qe2 a6 18. Rad1 Qc7 19. Rxd8+ Qxd8 20. h3 Qc7 21. Qc2 Kf8 22. Qb3 Ng6 23. Qf3 a5 24. Bb5 Ne7 25. Rd1 Nc6 26. Bxc6 bxc6 27. Qf5 f6 28. Rd7

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