White to play and win

ICC tourney 1394 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
john2001plus (1742) vs. advaith06 (1568)

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 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. Ne5 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Bd7 8. Nxd7 Qxd7 9. Rb1 Nd8 10. Qa3 Qe7 11. e3 Qxa3 12. Bxa3 Kd7 13. Bd3 b6 14. O-O Nb7 15. c5 Na5 16. Bb4 Nc6 17. Ba3 Rhb8 18. Ba6 Ne4 19. Rfc1 Nd8 20. f3 Nf6 21. Kf2 bxc5 22. Bxc5 Ne8 23. Ke2 Nd6 24. Kd2 Nc6 25. Bxd6 Rxb1 26. Rxb1 Kxd6 27. c4 dxc4 28. Bxc4 Rb8 29. Bd3 h6 30. Kc3 Rxb1 31. Bxb1 Nb8 32. e4 f6 33. f4 c5 34. e5+ fxe5 35. dxe5+ Kd5 36. Bd3 Nc6 37. g3 Nd4 38. Bf1 Kc6 39. Kc4 Nc2 40. Bh3 Nd4 41. Bg2+ Kb6 42. a4 a5 43. Be4 Nc6 44. g4 g5 45. Bxc6 Kxc6 46. f5 exf5 47. gxf5 h5 48. f6 Kd7 49. Kxc5 h4 50. Kd4 g4 51. Ke3 Ke6 52. Kf4 g3 53. hxg3 hxg3 54. Kxg3 Kxe5 55. f7 Kd4 56. f8=Q Kc4 57. Kf3 Kb3 58. Ke3 Kxa4 59. Kd3 Kb3 60. Qb8+ Ka3 61. Kc3 a4 62. Qb2#

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How should Black continue?

ICC 30 0 u, Internet Chess Club
fiddler (1794) vs. john2001plus (1868)

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

(black to move) 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 Bf5 7. Bf4 e6 8. e3 Be7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 O-O 11. O-O Rc8 12. b4 Nh5 13. Be5 f6 14. Bg3 Qe8 15. Rfc1 Qg6 16. Qxg6 hxg6 17. Ra2 Nxg3 18. hxg3 a6 19. Rac2 Na7 20. Na4 Rxc2 21. Rxc2 Rc8 22. Rxc8+ Nxc8 23. Nc5 Bxc5 24. dxc5 b6 25. Nd4 bxc5 26. bxc5 Kf7 27. Kf1 Ke7 28. Ke2 Kd7 29. Kd3 e5 30. Nb3 Na7 31. f4 Nc6 32. g4 Ke6 33. g3 f5 34. g5 d4 35. e4 fxe4+ 36. Kxe4 d3 37. a4 Na5 38. Nd2 Nb7 39. Nb3 d2 40. Nxd2 Nxc5+ 41. Ke3 Nxa4 42. Nc4 exf4+ 43. gxf4 Kf5 44. Nd6+ Kg4 45. Nc4 Nc3 46. Ne5+ Kf5 47. Kf3 Nd5 48. Nd3 a5 49. Nc5 Nxf4 50. Ne4 a4 51. Nc3 a3 52. Na2 Kxg5 53. Kg3 Kf5 54. Kf3 g5 55. Kg3 g4 56. Nc3 Ne2+

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Mate in 6.

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Analysis of bigpawn63 (1490) vs. john2001plus (1872)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Bd6 8. Ne5 c5 9. c3 cxd4 10. Bb5+ Nbd7 11. Nxd7 Bxd7 12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Qxd4 Qe6+ 15. Kd1 Qg4+ 16. Kc2 Qf5+ 17. Kb3 O-O 18. Re1 Rfd8 19. Nd2 Rac8 20. Re5 Qg4 21. Qxa7 Qxg2 22. Rae1 d4 23. Qb6 Qxf2 24. Rf1 Qxd2 25. Qxf6 Rxc3+ 26. bxc3 Qxc3+ 27. Ka4 Qc4+ 28. Ka5 b6+ 29. Qxb6 Ra8+ 30. Qa7 Rxa7+ 31. Kb6 Qc7+ 32. Kb5 Ra5+ 33. Kb4 Qc3#

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What is the strongest line for White?

ICC tourney 1386 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
john2001plus (1688) vs. Sloggi (2025)

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 d5 3. c4 c6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. a4 b4 10. Bb2 e6 11. O-O Be7 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. Rc1 Nbd7 14. Qc2 a5 15. Qc7 Rc8 16. Qxc8 Qxc8 17. Rxc8 Rxc8 18. Rc1 Rxc1+ 19. Bxc1 Bg6 20. Ne1 Bd6 21. Bxg6 hxg6 22. Nd3 Kf8 23. f3 Ke7 24. Kf2 Bb8 25. Ke2 Ba7 26. Bb2 Ne8 27. e4 Nd6 28. Ne5 Nxe5 29. dxe5 Nc8 30. exd5 exd5 31. f4 Kd7 32. Nf3 Ne7 33. Bd4 Bb8 34. Kd3 Nc6 35. Bb6 f6 36. exf6 gxf6 37. Nh4 Bxf4 38. Nxg6 Bc1 39. g4 Ke6 40. Nh4 Bb2 41. Ng2 Be5 42. h4 f5 43. gxf5+ Kxf5 44. h5 Bc3 45. Ne3+ Ke6 46. h6 Ne5+ 47. Ke2 Nc6 48. h7 Nd4+ 49. Bxd4 Bxd4 50. Ng2 Bb2 51. Nf4+ Kf7 52. Kd3

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Black to play

ICC 30 0 u, Internet Chess Club
Analysis of fiddler (1762) vs. john2001plus (1868)

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 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bf4 Nd7 11. Rc1 c5 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Qd7 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Qb3 c4 16. Qc3 f6 17. Bd4 a5 18. a3 a4 19. Rfe1 Bd8 20. Qf3 Re8 21. Red1 Bc7 22. h4 Be5 23. e3 Qb5 24. Qe2 Bc6 25. Qd2 Rab8 26. Rc2 Red8 27. Qc3 Bc7 28. Qd2 Ba5 29. Qe2 Qb3 30. Rdc1 Be8 31. h5 h6 32. Qg4 Kh8 33. Qe6 Qb5 34. e4 dxe4 35. Rxc4 Qxh5 36. Rc5 Qf7 37. Qxf7 Bxf7 38. Bxf6 gxf6 39. Rxa5 e3 40. fxe3 Rxb2 41. Rxa4 Rg8 42. g4 Be6 43. Rb4 Ra2 44. a4 Rxg4

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