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Analysis of IAlwaysWin (1655) vs. KingsBishop (1552)

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

(black to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Qb3 Qc8 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. Nbd2 g6 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Nxf3 Bg7 9. e3 Nd7 10. Be2 e5 11. dxe5 Ncxe5 12. O-O O-O 13. Rfd1 Nc5 14. Qc2 Nc6 15. a3 Qe6 16. Rac1 Qe4 17. b4 Qxc2 18. Rxc2 Ne6 19. Bg3 Rad8 20. Bh4 f6 21. Rcd2 Ne5 22. Nxe5 dxe5 23. Bg4 Rde8 24. Bxe6+ Rxe6 25. Rd7 Rf7 26. c5 Rfe7 27. f3 Kf7 28. Rd8 Re8 29. Rd1d7+ Re6e7 30. Bf2 Rxd7 31. Rxd7+ Re7 32. Rd5 Ke6 33. e4 c6 34. Rd6+ Kf7 35. Kf1 Ke8 36. Ke2 Rd7 37. Rxd7 Kxd7 38. Kd3 Ke6 39. Kc4 a6 40. a4 h5 41. Be1 f5 42. b5 axb5+ 43. axb5 Bf6 44. Bc3 Bd8 45. Bb4 Bc7 46. bxc6 bxc6 47. Kb3 g5 48. Bd2 g4 49. Ka4 gxh3 50. gxh3 Kf6 51. Ba5 Bb8 52. Bd8+ Ke6 53. Ka5 fxe4 54. fxe4 Kd7 55. Bb6 Kc8 56. Ka6 h4 57. Ba5 Bc7 58. Bxc7 Kxc7 59. Ka7

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Analysis of castafeletti (1158) vs. BDRichardson (1241)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e5 2. d3 Nc6 3. c3 Bc5 4. Qe2 d6 5. h3 Be6 6. g3 Qd7 7. Bg2 O-O-O 8. Nf3 f5 9. Ng5 Nf6 10. Nxe6 Qxe6 11. exf5 Qxf5 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Be3 Rd7 14. Bxc5 dxc5 15. Nd2 e4 16. d4 cxd4 17. c4 e3 18. fxe3 dxe3 19. Nf3 Re8 20. Rd1 Rxd1+ 21. Qxd1 e2 22. Qd2 Qxf3 23. Rg1 Re3 24. Qa5 Ne4

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john2001plus (1857) vs. fiddler (1806)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bxc5 9. O-O a6 10. Qc2 b5 11. Bd3 Qb6 12. Ne4 Nbd7 13. Rac1 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Bb7 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Be4 Rac8 17. Ng5 Nf6 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Qb1 Qd5 20. e4 Qd4 21. Rcd1 Qc4 22. b3 Qe2 23. e5 Ne4 24. Rd2 Qg4 25. Qxe4

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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 0

(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 d6 15. Nd5 Qd7 16. Bc3 Bxc3 17. Nxc3 Kg7 18. c5 dxc5 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Qe2 Re8 21. Qe5+ Kf7 22. Qxc5

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Analysis of fiddler (1868) vs. john2001plus (1843)

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

(black 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 Bd7 29. a4 Be6 30. Bxe6 Qxe6 31. O-O Rbb4 32. Rfd1 g6 33. Rxd4 exd4

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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. Rb8+ Ka5 29. Qf1 Qxd4 30. Rxc6 Qc5 31. a3 Bxa3 32. Rxc5+ Bxc5 33. Qa1+

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Analysis of putz (1832) vs. john2001plus (1871)

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

(black to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Bd3 d5 5. b3 Be7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. Nbd2 b6 8. O-O Nc6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. a3 Rc8 11. f4 cxd4 12. exd4 Nxe5 13. fxe5 Ne4 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Re1 Qc7 16. c4 f5 17. exf6 e.p. Bd6 18. fxg7 Bxh2+ 19. Kh1 Qxg7 20. Rxe4 Bf4 21. Qh5 Bxe4 22. Nxe4 Rc6 23. Rf1 e5 24. Rxf4 Rh6 25. Rh4 Rxh5

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Analysis of iragefree (1740) vs. KingsBishop (1571)

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 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 e4 5. Ng5 Bf5 6. h4 h6 7. Nh3 c6 8. e3 d5 9. Nf4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bd6 11. Qb3 Qd7 12. g3 O-O 13. Bd2 Bg4 14. Be2 Bxe2 15. Ncxe2 Na6 16. Kf1 b6 17. a3 Nc7 18. Bb4 Rfd8 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Kg2 Ncd5 21. Nxd5 cxd5 22. Rac1 Rac8 23. Rc3 Ng4 24. Nf4 Rxc3 25. Qxc3 g5 26. hxg5 hxg5 27. Nh3 Qf6 28. Rc1 Qf3+ 29. Kg1 Kg7 30. Qe1 Rh8 31. Qf1 Nxe3 32. fxe3 Qxg3+ 33. Qg2 Rxh3 34. Qxg3 Rxg3+ 35. Kf2 Rf3+ 36. Ke2 g4 37. b4 g3 38. Rg1 Rf2+ 39. Ke1 Ra2 40. Rxg3+ Kf6 41. Rg8 Rxa3 42. Kf2 Ra2+ 43. Ke1 Rb2 44. Ra8 Rxb4 45. Rxa7 Rb1+ 46. Kd2 b5 47. Rb7 Rb3 48. Rb6+ Kg5 49. Rd6 Rd3+ 50. Ke2 b4 51. Rxd5+ f5 52. Rb5 b3 53. d5 Kf6 54. Rb6+ Ke5 55. d6 Ke6 56. Kf2 Rd2+ 57. Ke1 Rb2 58. Kd1 Rb1+ 59. Kd2 b2 60. Kc2 Re1 61. d7+ Kxd7 62. Kxb2 Rxe3 63. Rf6 Rf3 64. Kc2 Ke7 65. Rh6 f4 66. Kd2 Rd3+ 67. Ke2 f3+ 68. Kf2 Rd2+ 69. Kg1 e3 70. Rh7+ Kf6 71. Rh6+ Kg5 72. Rh8 Rd1+ 73. Kh2 e2 74. Rg8+ Kf6 75. Re8 e1=Q

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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 +4

(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. axb4 Rdxd1 31. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 32. Ke2 Rc1 33. b5 a5 34. b6 Rc6 35. Rb5 Kg6 36. Rxa5 Rxb6 37. Ra2 Kxg5 38. f3 e5 39. Kd3 Rb3+ 40. Ke2 e4 41. fxe4 dxe4 42. Ra5+ Kg4 43. Re5 Rxb2+ 44. Kd1 e3 45. Re7 e2+ 46. Ke1 Kf3 47. Re3+ Kg2 48. Rg3+ Kh2 49. Rg2+ Kh3 50. Rg3+ Kh4 51. Rg2 f3 52. Rh2+ Kg4

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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 +5

(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 Bxf3 22. Bxh7+ Kh8 23. h3 gxf6 24. Qf5 Rg8 25. g3 Rg5 26. Qxf6+ Kxh7 27. Rfe1 Rf8 28. Re7+ Bxe7 29. Qxe7+ Rf7 30. Qe6 Re5 31. Qc8 Bd1 32. g4 Re1+ 33. Kg2 Rxf2+ 34. Kxf2 Qh4+ 35. Kg2 Re2+

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Analysis of yoshi (1739) vs. IAlwaysWin (1522)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 Bf5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Ne5 e6 8. g4 Bg6 9. Qb3 Ra7 10. h4 h5 11. g5 Ng8 12. Qa4+ Nc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Qxc6+ Qd7 15. Qxd7+ Kxd7 16. Bh3 Ne7 17. Bd2 Bf5 18. Rc1 Bxh3 19. Rxh3 Nc6 20. e4 dxe4 21. Nxe4 Bd6 22. Nxd6 Kxd6 23. Bf4+ Kd7 24. Rhc3 Rc8 25. b4 Ne7 26. Rxc8 Nxc8 27. Rc5 Ne7 28. Ke2 Nd5 29. Bd2 Rb7 30. a3 Rb5 31. a4 Rb6 32. b5 axb5 33. axb5 Rb7 34. Kd3 Ne7 35. Bf4 Nf5 36. Bg3 Ne7 37. Kc4 Nd5 38. Rc6 g6 39. Kc5 Nc3 40. b6 Ne4+ 41. Kb5 Nxg3 42. fxg3 Rb8 43. Rc7+ Ke8 44. b7 Kd8 45. Rxf7 Ke8 46. Rh7

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Analysis of john2001plus (1866) vs. SpeedyChess11 (1747)

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 e6 3. c4 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 Be7 6. d5 exd5 7. cxd5 O-O 8. e4 d6 9. Bc4 Re8 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Nd4 Ne5 12. Bb5 Rf8 13. f4 Ng6 14. Bc6 Bxc6 15. Nxc6 Qd7 16. Be3 Ng4 17. Bd4 Bf6 18. h3 Bxd4+ 19. Qxd4 Nf6 20. e5 Ne8 21. Rae1 dxe5 22. fxe5 Ne7 23. Nxe7+ Qxe7 24. Qc4 Rd8 25. Nb5 a6 26. Na7 b5 27. Nc6 bxc4 28. Nxe7+ Kh8 29. Rd1 Rd7 30. Nc6 Rg8 31. e6 fxe6 32. dxe6 Rd6 33. Ne5 g6 34. Nf7+ Kg7 35. Nxd6 Nxd6 36. Rxd6 cxd6 37. Rf7+ Kh6 38. Rd7 Re8 39. Rxd6 a5 40. Kf2 Kg5 41. Rc6 Rb8 42. e7 Rxb2+ 43. Ke3 Rb8 44. Re6 Re8 45. Kd4 Kf5 46. Kd5 c3 47. Kd6 c2 48. g4+ Kf4 49. Re1 Rc8 50. Rc1 Ke3 51. Rxc2 Rxc2 52. e8=Q+

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Analysis of sgolde20 (1273) vs. john2001plus (1781)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Nc3 c6 10. Re1 Bg4 11. Be2 Nd7 12. Nd2 Bxe2 13. Nxe2 Rfe8 14. Nf3 Nf8 15. c3 Ng6 16. Ng3 Nh4 17. Nxh4 Qxh4 18. Qd2 f5 19. h3 Bxg3 20. fxg3 Qxg3 21. Rf1 Rf8 22. Rf3 Qg5 23. Qf2 Rae8 24. Rf1 g6 25. h4 Qg4 26. Rf4 Qe2 27. Qg3 Qe3+ 28. Qxe3 Rxe3 29. h5 g5 30. Rxf5 Rxf5 31. Rxf5 Kg7 32. Rf3 Rxf3 33. gxf3 Kf6 34. Kf2 Kf5 35. Kg3 a6 36. b3 a5 37. b4 a4 38. a3 b6 39. Kg2 Kf4 40. Kf2 g4 41. fxg4 Kxg4 42. Ke3 b5 43. Kf2 Kxh5 44. Kf3 Kg5 45. Kg3 h5 46. Kh3 h4 47. Kh2 Kg4 48. Kg2 h3+ 49. Kh2 Kh4 50. Kg1 Kg3 51. Kh1 h2 52. c4 bxc4 53. b5 c3 54. bxc6 c2 55. c7 c1=Q#

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Analysis of xiaoqixia (1598) vs. mdknight (944)

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

(white to move) 1. e4 c5 2. f4 d6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bd7 5. O-O a6 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. d3 e6 8. c4 g6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Qc2 Ne7 11. Be3 O-O 12. d4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bd7 14. Kh1 f5 15. Rad1 Rc8 16. e5 d5 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Qb3 Bc6 19. Ne6 Qd7 20. Nxf8 Kxf8 21. Bc5 Kg8 22. Bxe7 Qxe7 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. Qxd5+ Kh8 25. Qd7 Qf8 26. Qe6 h5 27. Rd7 Kh7 28. Rxb7 Re8 29. Qxa6 Ra8 30. Qc4 Rc8 31. Qb3 Rd8 32. a4 Qe8 33. a5 Qc6 34. Qa3 Rd2 35. Rxg7+ Kh6 36. Rxg6+ Kxg6 37. Qg3+ Kh6 38. Qg5+ Kh7 39. b4 Qb5 40. Qxh5+ Kg7 41. Qg5+ Kf7 42. Qxf5+ Ke7 43. Qf6+ Kd7 44. e6+ Kd6 45. Qd8+ Kxe6 46. Re1+ Kf7 47. Re7+ Kg6 48. Qg8+ Kh5 49. Rh7#

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Analysis of Blacknight101 (1596) vs. xiaoqixia (1617)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nc4 Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Bf5 9. Bd3 Qd7 10. Ne3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 d5 12. Qb5 c6 13. Qb3 Re8 14. Bd2 Bd6 15. Ne2 Ne4 16. Bb4 Bxb4 17. Qxb4 Na6 18. Qb3 Nd2 19. Qd3 Nxf1 20. Rxf1 Nc7 21. Nf4 Qd6 22. Nh3 Qg6 23. Qe2 Ne6 24. f4 Nxd4 25. Qf2 Nf5 26. Nd1 h6 27. Kh1 Re7 28. Rg1 Rae8 29. g4 Ne3 30. Nc3 Qxc2 31. Qh4 Qxb2 32. g5 Nf5 33. Qh5 Qxc3 34. Qg4 Re2 35. gxh6 Qc2 36. Rg2 Rxg2 37. Qxg2 Re2 38. Qf1 Ne3 39. Qf3 Rxh2+ 40. Kg1 Rg2+ 41. Kh1 Qc1+

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KingsBishop (1455) vs. yoshi (1705)

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. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Bd3 c5 9. Bb5 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Nc6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Qf4 Ba6 13. O-O-O Rab8 14. h4 Rb4 15. Rd4 Rfb8 16. b3 c5 17. Rxb4 Rxb4 18. Qg5 Qxg5+ 19. hxg5 Rg4 20. g3 d4 21. Nb1 Re4 22. Rh2 Re2 23. Nbd2 Nxe5 24. Nxe5 Rxe5

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Analyisis of ChessDude9856 (1180) vs. john2001plus (1770)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. c3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. Re1 Rxe1+ 9. Qxe1 Bg4 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. b4 c6 12. Bb2 Qc7 13. Qd1 Bxh2+ 14. Kh1 Bf4 15. Qc2 Bxd2 16. Nxd2 Qf4 17. Kg1 Re8 18. Nb3 Ne4 19. Bxe4 Rxe4 20. f3 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Qg3+ 22. Qg2 Qxg2+ 23. Kxg2 Re2+ 24. Kg3 Rxb2 25. Re1 Kf8 26. Nc5 Nxc5 27. bxc5 Rxa2 28. Rb1 Ra6 29. Rxb7 g6 30. Kf4 h6 31. Ke5 Kg7 32. Kd6 h5 33. Rc7 h4 34. Rb7 g5 35. Rb1 f5 36. Kc7 h3 37. Rh1 g4 38. fxg4 fxg4 39. Rg1 h2 40. Rxg4+ Kf6 41. Rh4 Ra2 42. Kxc6 Kg5 43. Rh3 Ra6+ 44. Kxd5 Rh6 45. Rxh2 Rxh2 46. c6 Rh3 47. c4 Rh8 48. c7 a5 49. Kc5 a4 50. d5 a3 51. d6 a2 52. d7 a1=Q 53. c8=Q Qa5+ 54. Kc6 Rh6+ 55. Kb7 Rb6+ 56. Kc7 Rb2+ 57. Kd6 Qb6+ 58. Qc6 Rd2+ 59. Ke6 Qxc6+ 60. Ke5 Rxd7 61. c5 Qd5#

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Analysis of Steinitz, William vs. Von Bardeleben, Curt

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

(white to move) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxc3 11. Qb3 Bxa1 12. Bxf7+ Kf8 13. Ba3+ Ne7 14. Bg8 Qe8 15. Re1 Rxg8 16. Ng5 Qh5 17. Bxe7+ Ke8 18. Qxg8+ Kd7 19. Qd5+ Ke8 20. Qd8#

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Steinitz, William vs. Von Bardeleben, Curt

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

(white to move) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Be6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxd5 Bxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Re1 f6 15. Qe2 Qd7 16. Rac1 c6 17. d5 cxd5 18. Nd4 Kf7 19. Ne6 Rhc8 20. Qg4 g6 21. Ng5+ Ke8 22. Rxe7+ Kf8 23. Rf7+ Kg8 24. Rg7+ Kh8 25. Rxh7+ Kg8 26. Rg7+ Kh8 27. Qh4+ Kxg7 28. Qh7+ Kf8 29. Qh8+ Ke7 30. Qg7+ Ke8 31. Qg8+ Ke7 32. Qf7+ Kd8 33. Qf8+ Qe8 34. Nf7+ Kd7 35. Qd6#

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Analysis of kasparov57349 (1940) vs. john2001plus (1834)

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. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Ngf3 Nf6 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Bg5 Re8 12. Nbd4 Nc5 13. Nb3 Nce4 14. Bh4 Qd6 15. Bg3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Qxg3 17. Nbd4 Qg4 18. c3 Ne4 19. Qd3 Rac8 20. Rad1 Rcd8 21. a4 a6 22. b4 Rd6 23. a5 Rg6 24. Ne1 Nxc3 25. Qxc3 Rxe1 26. Qf3 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Bxd4 28. Qxg4 Rxg4

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Chess Analysis Italian Game vs. ?

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

(white to move) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. d3 h6 7. Nf3 e4 8. Qe2 Nxc4 9. dxc4 Bc5 10. O-O O-O 11. Nfd2 Bg4 12. Qe1 Qd7 13. Nb3 Bf3 14. h3 Qf5 15. Nxc5 Qg6 16. g3 Qf5 17. Kh2 Ng4+ 18. Kg1 Nf6 19. Kh2 Ng4+ 20. Kg1 Nf6

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Analsis of chess-caleb (1818) vs. yoshi (1752)

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. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Qe2+ Be6 7. Bh4 Nc6 8. c3 Bd6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Qd3 g5 11. Bg3 Qd7 12. Ne5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Bf5 14. Qf3 Rfe8 15. Bb5 Nxe5 16. Bxd7 Nxf3+ 17. Kd1 Bxd7 18. Nxf3 Bg4 19. Bxc7 Rac8 20. Bg3 h5 21. h4 Ne4 22. hxg5 Nxg5 23. Kc2 Nxf3 24. gxf3 Bxf3 25. Rh4 Re2+ 26. Kb3 Be4 27. Rxh5 Bc2+ 28. Ka3 Rc4 29. b3 Rc6 30. Be5 Ra6+ 31. Kb4 Rb6+ 32. Kc5 Rc6+ 33. Kxd5 f6 34. Bxf6 Be4+ 35. Kd4 Rd6+ 36. Kc4 Rxf6

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ickyquarter (1415) vs. yoshi (1741)

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. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Nc6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Qd2 Ng4 10. Bxg4 Bxg4 11. Nb3 Ne5 12. Qc1 Nc4 13. Bf4 Rc8 14. Bd2 Be6 15. f4 Qb6+ 16. Kh1 f5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Be1 Qc6 19. Rf3 d5 20. Nd1 Be4 21. Rf2 d4 22. c3 e5 23. Bd2 Nxd2 24. Qxd2 Bh6 25. cxd4 Rxf4 26. Rxf4 Bxf4 27. Qe2 Qc2 28. Nc3 Rxc3 29. Qg4 Bf5 30. Qh4 Rh3 31. Qd8+ Kg7 32. Qe7+ Kh6 33. Qf8+ Kh5 34. Qh8 Rxh2+

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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 +3

(white to move) 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. e4 Be7 10. e5 Nd5 11. Ne4 a6 12. O-O c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Nxc5 Bxc5 15. Bg5 Qb6 16. Rc1 O-O 17. Bb1 h6 18. Qd3 f5 19. exf6 e.p. Nxf6 20. Bxf6 Rxf6 21. Qh7+ Kf8 22. Ne5 Rxf2 23. Rxc5 Rxf1+ 24. Kxf1 Rd8 25. Qh8+ Ke7 26. Qxg7+ Kd6 27. b4 Bc6 28. Be4 Rc8 29. Ng6 Re8 30. Qd4+ Kc7 31. Qc3 Qb7 32. Rxc6+ Kb8 33. Qe5+ Ka7 34. Qc5+ Kb8 35. Qd6+ Ka7 36. Rxa6+ Qxa6 37. Qc7+ Qb7 38. Qxb7#

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Analysis of yoshi (1600) vs. HelmsAlee (1754)

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 c6 3. c4 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 7. a3 Bd6 8. Ne5 Nfd7 9. f4 f6 10. Qh5+ g6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Qxh8+ Nf8 13. Bxg6+ Kd7 14. Bd3 dxc4 15. Bxc4

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Analysis of fiddler (1779) vs. yoshi (2039)

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. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bd2 Bb7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 d6 8. O-O Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Ne4 10. Be1 f5 11. Nd2 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Nd7 13. f4 Nf6 14. Bh4 Qe8 15. Bxf6 Rxf6 16. Rac1 c5 17. Qc2 Rc8 18. Be2 d5 19. Bf3 cxd4 20. Qd3 Ba6 21. Qxd4 Bxc4 22. Rfe1 Bxa2 23. Rxc8 Qxc8 24. Qa4 Bc4 25. Qxa7 Qc5 26. Qb8+ Rf8 27. Qe5 Kf7 28. Ra1 b5 29. Ra6 Re8 30. g4 b4 31. Rd6 g6 32. Rd7+ Re7 33. Rd8 Bd3 34. Rh8 Qc1+ 35. Kg2 Qf1+ 36. Kg3 Qe1+ 37. Kh3 fxg4+ 38. Kxg4 Bf5+ 39. Qxf5+ exf5+ 40. Kh3 Qf2 41. Bxd5+ Kg7 42. Rg8+ Kh6 43. Bf3 Qxf3+

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