Black to play and win

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Analysis of john2001plus (1860) vs. Coupra (2017)

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

(black to move) 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 c6 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. O-O h6 8. Bh4 O-O 9. Nbd2 b6 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. Rfe1 Rc8 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Bxe4 Nf6 16. Bd3 Rfd8 17. Qa4 c5 18. Qxa7 Ra8 19. Qxb6 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Rxd4 21. Be4 Nxe4 22. Rxe4 Qg5+ 23. Kf1 Rad8 24. Rg4 Qf5 25. Rxd4 Rxd4 26. Re1 Qxf3 27. Qxc5 Rd2 28. Kg1 Qg4+ 29. Kf1 Qh3+ 30. Kg1 Qf3 31. b4 h5 32. Qe3 Qg4+ 33. Kf1 Qxc4+ 34. Kg1 Qxa2 35. b5 Rb2 36. b6 Qb3 37. Qxb3 Rxb3 38. Re5 g6 39. Kg2 Rxb6 40. Kg3 Rb4 41. f3 Kg7 42. h3 Kf6 43. Ra5 g5 44. Kg2 e5 45. Kg3 h4+ 46. Kg2 Kf5 47. Ra2 f6 48. Re2 e4 49. fxe4+ Rxe4 50. Rf2+ Rf4 51. Re2 g4 52. hxg4+ Kxg4 53. Re8 Rf5 54. Rg8+ Rg5 55. Rh8 f5 56. Kh2 f4 57. Rf8 Kf3 58. Kh3 Rg3+ 59. Kh2 Rg2+ 60. Kh1 Rb2 61. Kg1 Rb1+ 62. Kh2 Re1 63. Rf7 Ke3 64. Re7+ Kf2 65. Ra7 f3 66. Rf7 Ke2 67. Re7+ Kf1 68. Rf7 f2 69. Ra7 Re3 70. Ra2 Rd3 71. Rb2 Ke1

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Black to play and win

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Analysis of Burnemup (1512) vs. John2001plus (1563)

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. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nh6 8. Nc3 Nf5 9. Na4 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Bb4 11. Bc3 b5 12. a3 Bxc3+ 13. Nxc3 b4 14. axb4 Qxb4 15. Bb5 Bd7 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Qd2 Rb8 18. Rb1 Bb5 19. Nxb5 Qxb5 20. Qg5 O-O 21. Qg4 Qb4+ 22. Kf1 Qc4+ 23. Kg1 Rxb2 24. Rf1 Rfb8 25. g3 Ne3 26. Qh3 Qe2 27. Ng5 Nxf1 28. Qxh7+ Kf8 29. Qh8+ Ke7

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Mate in 6

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Analysis of Mustangcoffee (1523) vs. john2001plus (1840)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 exd5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bc4 Bg4 7. Nf3 Nxd5 8. Qe2+ Be7 9. h3 Be6 10. Nc3 Nf4 11. Qf1 Nxg2+ 12. Qxg2 Bxc4 13. Qxg7 Bf6 14. Qh6 Nc6 15. Qe3+ Qe7 16. d3 Be6 17. Bd2 O-O-O 18. O-O-O Nb4 19. Qxa7 Nxd3+ 20. Kb1 Nxb2 21. Kxb2 Rxd2+ 22. Rxd2 Qb4+ 23. Kc1 Qxc3+ 24. Kd1 Qxf3+ 25. Kc1 Qxh1+ 26. Kc2 Qe4+ 27. Rd3 Qe2+ 28. Kc1 Bb2+ 29. Kb1 Qxd3+ 30. Kxb2 Qd2+ 31. Ka3 Qc3+

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Analysis of john2001plus (1816) vs. Coupra (2019)

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 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Be7 8. e3 O-O 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. O-O Ne5 11. Be2 h6 12. Bh4 Ng6 13. Bg3 a6 14. Rc1 Qb6 15. Na4 Qa7 16. Bc7 Bd7 17. Nb6 Rae8 18. Bd3 Bd8 19. Nxd7 Nxd7 20. Bf5 Bxc7 21. Rxc7 Nf6 22. Qb3 Re7 23. Nc6 bxc6 24. Rxa7 Rxa7 25. Bxg6 fxg6 26. Qb6 Rd7 27. Qxc6 Rfd8 28. Qxa6 d4 29. exd4 Rxd4 30. h3 Ne4 31. Re1 Nc5 32. Qb6 Nd3 33. Re7 Kh8 34. Qa7 Nxf2 35. Kxf2 Rd2+ 36. Kg1 Rg8 37. Qb7 Rd1+ 38. Kh2 Ra1 39. Qa7 Rb1 40. Qd4 Ra1 41. b4 Rxa2 42. b5 Raa8 43. b6 Rab8 44. b7 Kh7 45. Rc7 g5 46. Qc4 Rgf8 47. Rc8

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Black to play for a slight advantage

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Analysis of PlanetChessClub (2022) vs. john2001plus (1858)

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. Be2 Bd6 6. c3 O-O 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. Nbd2 Nc6 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Ne5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Qe7 14. Qa4 Bf5 15. e6 Qxe6 16. Bc4 Qe7 17. Qb5 Bg6 18. Qxb7 Na5 19. Qb5 Nxc4 20. Qxc4 e3 21. fxe3 Qxe3+ 22. Qe2 Qxe2+ 23. Kxe2 Rad8 24. Bxc7 Rfe8+ 25. Kf3 Rd3+ 26. Kf2 Rd2+

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White to play and draw

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Taechess (1693) vs. John2001plus (1715)

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

(white to move) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 Bd7 7. Bc2 cxd4 8. cxd4 Rc8 9. Nc3 Nb4 10. O-O Nxc2 11. Qxc2 Ne7 12. Be3 Nf5 13. Rac1 Be7 14. a3 O-O 15. Qd2 Rc4 16. Ne2 Rfc8 17. Rxc4 Rxc4 18. Rc1 Qb3 19. Rxc4 Qxc4 20. Ng3 Nxg3 21. fxg3 Bb5 22. Qc1 a5 23. Qxc4 Bxc4 24. Nd2 b5 25. Kf2 b4 26. Nxc4 dxc4 27. a4 Kf8 28. Ke2 b3 29. Bd2 Bb4 30. Bxb4+ axb4 31. a5 c3 32. a6 cxb2 33. a7 f5 34. a8=Q+ Kf7 35. d5 b1=Q 36. dxe6+ Ke7 37. Qb7+ Kxe6 38. Qc6+ Kxe5 39. Qc5+ Kf6 40. Qd6+ Kg5 41. Qe7+ Kh6 42. Qe6+ g6 43. Qe3+ Kh5 44. Qf3+ Kg5 45. Qf4+ Kf6 46. Qd6+

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Analysis of Heian (1526) vs. john2001plus (1763)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bd7 8. O-O Nxd4 9. Nxd4 Qxd4 10. Nc3 a6 11. Be3 Qxe5 12. Re1 Nf6 13. Qf3 Bd6 14. g3 d4 15. Bf4 Qc5 16. Ne2 Bc6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Qf4 Qd5 19. f3 Rd8 20. Rf1 e5

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