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Analysis of misowalker (1823) vs. PUREHEAT (2089)

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

(white to move) 1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 Nd7 4. Nc3 Qc7 5. e4 e5 6. d5 Ngf6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O Nf8 9. Bd2 Ng6 10. g3 Bh3 11. Re1 h6 12. Bf1 Qd7 13. Bg2 O-O 14. Rc1 c5 15. b3 a6 16. a4 b6 17. Qe2 Nh7 18. Ra1 Rab8 19. Qf1 Bg4 20. h3 Bxf3 21. Bxf3 f5 22. Kg2 f4 23. Qe2 fxg3 24. fxg3 Ng5 25. Bg4 Qe8 26. Rf1 Kh8 27. Bh5 Kh7 28. h4 Nf7 29. Qg4 Nfh8 30. Rf5 Qd8 31. Raf1 Bf6 32. Bxg6+ Nxg6 33. h5 Ne7 34. Rf5f2 Qc8 35. Qe2 Qd7 36. Nd1 b5 37. axb5 axb5 38. Ne3 bxc4 39. bxc4 Rb2 40. Qd3 Rfb8 41. Bc3 Rxf2+ 42. Rxf2 Bg5 43. Nf5 Nxf5 44. exf5 Bf6 45. Qe4 Rb3 46. Bd2 Qa4 47. Qg4 Rd3 48. Qg6+ Kg8 49. Bxh6 Qxc4 50. Qe8+ Kh7 51. Qg6+ Kh8 52. Rb2 Qxd5+ 53. Kh2 Qg8 54. Bg5 Bxg5 55. Qxg5 c4 56. Rb7 Rb3 57. Rd7 Rb2+ 58. Kh3 Rb8 59. h6 Qh7 60. Rxg7 Rg8 61. Rxg8+ Qxg8 62. Qf6+ Kh7 63. g4 c3 64. g5 c2 65. g6+ Kxh6 66. g7+ Kh5 67. Qg6#

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Anysis of yoshi (1693) vs. KingsBishop (1603)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 Nc6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Be2 Bb7 9. O-O Ne7 10. Rac1 Rc8 11. Rfd1 d5 12. c5 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Ne5 bxc5 15. Rxc5 Nd5 16. Rdc1 f6 17. Nc6 Bxc6 18. Rxc6 Qe7 19. Qa5 Rb8 20. b3 Qb4 21. Ra6 Qxa5 22. Rxa5 Rfd8 23. Rxa7 Ra8 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. a4 Ra7 26. Bc4 Kf7 27. Bxd5 exd5 28. Kf1 Rb7 29. Rc3 Ke6 30. Ke2 Kd6 31. Kd2 f5 32. Kc2 c6 33. Kb2 Rf7 34. a5 f4 35. Rc2 f3 36. g3 Ra7 37. b4 Rb7 38. Kb3 h6 39. Ka4 Rb8 40. Rb2 Rb7 41. b5 cxb5+ 42. Rxb5 Rc7 43. Rb6+ Kd7 44. a6 Rc2 45. Kb3 Rc1 46. a7 Ra1 47. Rg6 h5 48. h3 Ke7 49. Rxg7+ Kf6 50. Rd7 Ke6 51. Rh7 Kf6 52. Kb4 Kg6 53. Rd7 Kf6 54. Kb5 Ke6 55. Rh7 Rb1+ 56. Ka6 Ra1+ 57. Kb7 Rb1+ 58. Kc8 Rc1+ 59. Kb8 Rb1+ 60. Rb7

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misowalker (1886) vs. john2001plus (1711)

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

(black to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. c3 cxd4 5. cxd4 d5 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. a3 Bd6 8. Bg3 O-O 9. e3 Ne4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Nd2 f5 12. Bc4 Kh8 13. b4 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Bxe5 16. Rc1 a5 17. b5 Qe7 18. Qb3 a4 19. Qa2 Bd6 20. Nb1 Rf6 21. Bd5 Rh6 22. Qc4 Be6 23. Bxe6 Qxe6 24. Qxe6 Rxe6 25. h3 g6 26. Ke2 Ra5 27. Rc8+ Kg7 28. Nc3 Bxa3 29. Rc7+ Re7 30. Rxe7+ Bxe7 31. Ra1 a3 32. Kd2 Bb4 33. Kc2 Bxc3 34. Kxc3 Rxb5 35. Rxa3 Kf6 36. Ra8 Ke6 37. Rh8 h5 38. Rg8 Kf7 39. Rc8 Ke6 40. Rg8 Kf7 41. Rc8 Rb6 42. Kd4 Ke7 43. Ke5 Kd7 44. Rg8 Re6+ 45. Kf4 b5 46. Rb8 Kc6 47. f3 exf3 48. gxf3 Kc5 49. e4 fxe4 50. fxe4 Rb6 51. Rc8+ Kd6 52. e5+ Ke6 53. Re8+ Kf7 54. Rc8 b4 55. Rc7+ Kg8 56. Kg5 b3 57. Rc1 b2 58. Rb1 Kf7 59. Kf4 Ke6 60. h4 Rb4+ 61. Kg5 Rg4+ 62. Kh6 Rb4 63. Kxg6 Kxe5 64. Kxh5 Rb3 65. Kg6 Ke6 66. h5 Rg3+ 67. Kh6 Rg2 68. Kh7 Kf7 69. h6 Kf8 70. Rf1+ Ke7 71. Kh8 Rc2 72. Rb1 Kf6 73. Kh7 Rc7+ 74. Kg8 Rb7 75. Rf1+ Kg6 76. Rg1+ Kxh6 77. Rb1 Kg6

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ICC tourney 1189 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
yoshi (1664) vs. Taechess (1472)

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 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. Ne5 Bf5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. e4 Nxe4 8. Nxe4 Bxe4 9. Bb5+ Nc6 10. Nxc6 Qb6 11. Nxa7+ Kd8 12. O-O Rxa7 13. Bd3 Qxd4 14. Bxe4 Qxe4 15. Re1 Qf5 16. Qb3 Ke8 17. Be3 Ra5 18. Rac1 f6 19. Bd2 Ra6 20. Qxb7 Re6 21. a4 Rxe1+ 22. Bxe1 Kf7 23. a5 Qf4 24. Qxd5+ e6 25. Qb7+ Kg6 26. Rc3 h5 27. a6 h4 28. a7 Bb4 29. Re3 Bc5 30. Re4 Qf5 31. a8=Q

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yoshi (1664) vs. Taechess (1472)

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 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. Ne5 Bf5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. e4 Nxe4 8. Nxe4 Bxe4 9. Bb5+ Nc6 10. Nxc6 Qb6 11. Nxa7+ Kd8 12. O-O Rxa7 13. Bd3 Qxd4 14. Be3 Qxd3 15. Bxa7 Qa6 16. Qd4 e6 17. Rac1 Kd7 18. Bb8 Bd6 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Qxg7 Rf8 21. Rc3 Bg6 22. Rfc1 Ra8 23. a3 Ra4 24. Qh8 Rc4 25. Qa8 Rxc3 26. Rxc3 Qb6 27. Qc8+ Kd6 28. Qb8+ Kd7 29. b4 d4 30. Qc8+ Kd6 31. Rc1 d3 32. a4 Ke7 33. Rc7+ Kf6 34. Qd8+ Ke5 35. Rc5+ Qxc5 36. bxc5

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ICC tourney 1158 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
Taliesin (1751) vs. yoshi (1723)

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. a3 Bd7 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nge7 9. Be2 Nf5 10. Bb2 Be7 11. O-O Rc8 12. Kh1 O-O 13. Nc3 Ncxd4 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Nxd4 Rfd8 16. Bd3 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Qh6 18. f4 Bh4 19. f5 Bg3 20. h3 g6 21. Rf3 Qh4 22. Bb2 g5 23. Qe2 g4 24. Rxg3 Qxg3 25. Qxg4+ Qxg4 26. hxg4 Ba4 27. e6 Re8 28. Re1 fxe6 29. fxe6 Bd7 30. Bf5 Rc6 31. exd7 Rxe1+ 32. Kh2 Rd6 33. Bf6 d4 34. d8=Q+ Rxd8 35. Bxd8 Re3 36. Bg5 Rxa3 37. Be4 d3 38. Bxb7 Kg7 39. Be3 Rb3 40. Bd4+ Kf8 41. Be4 d2 42. Bc5+ Ke8 43. Bc2 Rc3 44. Bd1 Rc1 45. Bf3 d1=Q 46. Bxd1 Rxd1 47. Kg3 Kd7 48. Kf4 Ke6 49. Kg5 Rd2 50. g3 a5 51. Kh6 a4 52. b5 Rd5 53. Bf8 Rxb5 54. Bg7 a3 55. g5 Re5 56. Bxe5 Kxe5 57. Kxh7 a2 58. g6 a1=Q 59. g7 Kf6 60. g8=N+ Kg5 61. g4 Qa7+ 62. Kh8 Kg6

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ICC tourney 1183 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
Analysis of yoshi (1648) vs. KingsBishop (1540)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 Nc6 2. d4 Na5 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Ng4 5. h3 Nh6 6. d5 b6 7. Bg5 g6 8. Qd2 Nf5 9. g4 Ng7 10. Nc3 d6 11. O-O-O Bd7 12. Bd3 Nb7 13. Rhe1 Nc5 14. Bc4 Qc8 15. Nd4 a6 16. Nc6 Bxc6 17. dxc6 Nge6 18. exd6 cxd6 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Rxe4 Nxg5 21. Qxg5 Qxc6 22. Bd5 Qb5 23. a4 Qa5 24. Bc6+ Kd8 25. Rxd6+ Kc8 26. Rd5 b5 27. Qe5 Ra7 28. Qxh8 Kc7 29. Qd4 e6 30. Qxa7+ Kxc6 31. Rc4+ bxc4 32. Rxa5

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TainaYamada (1545) vs. john2001plus (1702), 300+2

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. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3 d6 9. e4 Nbd7 10. Re1 e5 11. Ba3 c5 12. Rb1 Re8 13. d5 Nf8 14. Bc1 Bc8 15. h3 Ng6 16. Nh2 Nf4 17. Qf3 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Nh5 19. Qf3 g6 20. Nf1 Rf8 21. g4 Ng7 22. Bh6 f5 23. Qg2 fxg4 24. hxg4 Qh4 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. f3 Rf4 27. Re3 Ba6 28. Qe2 Raf8 29. a4 h5 30. gxh5 Qxh5 31. Kg2 Rh8 32. Kg1 Qh1+ 33. Kf2 Rh2+ 34. Nxh2 Qxh2+ 35. Kf1 Qh1+ 36. Kf2 Qxb1

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Analysis of john2001plus (1745) vs. vluis1971 (1663), 900+10

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. d5 exd5 6. cxd5 d6 7. e4 Nd7 8. Bf4 Be7 9. e5 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Ngf6 11. d6 Bf8 12. Bb5 a6 13. Qb3 c4 14. Qxc4 Nd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd6 16. Nc7+ Qxc7 17. Qxf7+ Kd8 18. Bxd7 Bxe5 19. Bg5+ Bf6 20. Rd1 Qe5+ 21. Kf1 Kc7 22. Bc6+ Kxc6 23. Qd7+ Kc5 24. Rc1+ Kb4 25. Bd2+ Qc3 26. Bxc3+ Bxc3 27. Rxc3 Ka5 28. Rc4 Bxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Rad8 30. b4#

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Analysis of john2001plus (1718) vs. Xen1227 (1826)

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 Be7 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O h6 9. Bh4 Re8 10. Rc1 Nh5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 g6 14. f4 Ng7 15. g4 h5 16. h3 Qh4 17. Qf3 Rd8 18. g5 Nf5 19. Bxf5 gxf5 20. cxd5 cxd5 21. Ne2 b6 22. Nd4 Ba6 23. Rfd1 Rac8 24. Qg2 Bd3 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Rxd3 Qe1+ 27. Kh2 Qb1 28. Rd2 Qxa2 29. g6 Qa5 30. Rd1 Qc5 31. gxf7+ Kxf7 32. Rg1 Ke7 33. Qg7+ Ke8 34. Qh8+ Kd7 35. Rg7+

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Analysis of john2001plus (1797) vs. MainStreetUSA (1448)

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 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Qb3 b6 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Qxd5 exd5 7. Nc3 c6 8. Bf4 Nf6 9. e3 Be7 10. Rc1 Nbd7 11. Ba6 O-O 12. Bb7 Rae8 13. Bxc6 Ne4 14. Nxd5 Bd6 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Re6 17. Bxd6 Nxd6 18. Bd7 Re4 19. f3 Rxe3+ 20. Nxe3 Bxd7

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Analysis of Greg+John vs. tChess set to level 1700

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. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd3 dxe4 5. Bxe4 Nf6 6. Bf3 O-O 7. Nge2 c5 8. O-O cxd4 9. Qxd4 Qxd4 10. Nxd4 Bxc3 11. bxc3 e5 12. Nb5 Nc6 13. Re1 Bg4 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Nd6 Rfd8 16. Ba3 Nd7 17. c4 Rab8 18. c5 Be6 19. c4 f6 20. Rad1 a5 21. Rd2 Bg4 22. f3 Be6 23. f4 a4 24. f5 Bf7 25. h3 Nf8 26. Red1 Bh5 27. g4 Be8 28. Nxe8 Rxe8 29. Rd6 Rec8 30. Kf2 Rc7 31. Ke3 Rbb7 32. Rd1d3 Nd7 33. Ke4 g6 34. h4 Kf8 35. g5 gxf5+ 36. Kxf5 fxg5 37. hxg5 Kg8 38. Rd2 Kf8 39. Ke6 Ke8 40. Rd1 Kd8 41. Rf1 Ke8 42. Rh1 Kf8 43. g6 hxg6 44. Rh7 Nxc5+ 45. Bxc5 Rxh7 46. Rd8+ Kg7 47. Bf8+ Kg8 48. Bh6#

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Greg+John vs. tChess set to level 1700

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

(black to move) 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Be2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c5 Bc7 9. b4 b6 10. Bd2 a5 11. a3 axb4 12. axb4 Rxa1 13. Qxa1 Bb7 14. Qa7 Qb8 15. Ra1 Ng4 16. g3 Qxa7 17. Rxa7 Rb8 18. h3 Ngf6 19. Bd3 bxc5 20. bxc5 e5 21. Ba6 Bxa6 22. Rxa6 e4 23. Ne1 Rb2 24. Bc1 Rb3 25. Ne2 Ne8 26. Kg2 Nb8 27. Ra7 f6 28. Nc2 Nd7 29. Ba3 Rb1 30. Nb4 Nb8 31. Na6 Nxa6 32. Rxa6 Ra1 33. Ra8 Kf7 34. Nf4 g5 35. Ne6 Kxe6 36. Rxe8+ Kd7 37. Ra8 f5 38. Ra7 h5 39. Kh2 h4 40. Kg2 hxg3 41. fxg3 Ra2+ 42. Kf1 Rh2 43. Bb4 Kc8 44. Be1 Rxh3 45. Kg2 g4 46. Bf2 Kd8 47. Ra8+ Kd7 48. Rf8 Ke6 49. Rc8 Rh7 50. Re8+ Kd7 51. Rf8 Rh5 52. Be1 Bd8 53. Rf7+ Be7 54. Ba5 Ke6 55. Rg7 Rh8 56. Rg6+ Kd7 57. Rg7 Rh3 58. Bc7 Kxc7 59. Rxe7+ Kd8 60. Rf7 Rh5 61. Rf6 Kd7 62. Rf7+ Kc8 63. Rf6 Kb7 64. Rf7+ Ka6 65. Rf6 Kb5 66. Kg1 Rh3 67. Kg2 Rh7 68. Rxf5 Kc4 69. Rf6 Kd3 70. Rxc6 Kxe3 71. Rd6 Kxd4 72. c6 Rc7 73. Kf2 Kc5 74. Rd7 Rxc6 75. Ke3 Rf6

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