Black to play and win.

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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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Analysis of wiseone22 (1810) vs. john2001plus (1840)

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

(white to move) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. h3 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. c3 Re8 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Bxg3 12. fxg3 g4 13. Nh4 Qd6 14. Nf5 Bxf5 15. Bxf5 Qxg3 16. hxg4 Qe3+ 17. Kh2 Ne4 18. Qf3 Ng5 19. Qxe3 Rxe3 20. Nd2 Rae8 21. Nf3 Nxf3+ 22. Rxf3 Rxf3 23. gxf3 Re2+ 24. Kg3 Rxb2 25. Re1 Rxa2 26. Re8+ Kg7 27. Bc8 Rb2 28. Bd7 Na5 29. Rc8 c6 30. Rc7 Kf6 31. Be8 Kg7 32. Rxf7+ Kg8 33. Rd7 Rb3 34. Kf4 Rxc3 35. Bh5 Rd3 36. g5 Rxd4+ 37. Ke5 c5 38. gxh6 Rh4 39. h7+ Kh8 40. Bg6

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Analysis of tigeriz (1609) vs. yoshi (1769)

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. Bd3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. h3 O-O 7. O-O Be6 8. Re1 Nbd7 9. c3 c5 10. Nbd2 Qc7 11. Nf1 Rfe8 12. Ne3 Ne4 13. Nd2 Ndf6 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Qf3 f5 16. Nc2 c4 17. Be2 g5 18. Qh5 Bf7 19. Qf3 Be6 20. Qh5 Bh2+ 21. Kf1 Bg3 22. Bd1 Bf7 23. Qf3 Nxf2 24. Qxf5 Rxe1+ 25. Nxe1 Nxd1 26. Qxg5+ Bg6 27. Qxd5+ Qf7+ 28. Qxf7+ Kxf7

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