Black to play for an advantage.

ICC tourney 1276 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
Analysis of ROWLAND (1418) vs. yoshi (1663)

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. Nd2 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bd6 8. Ne2 Nf6 9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Bg5 Bg4 12. Ne5 Bxe2 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bxe2 h6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Bf3 Rab8 17. Qd2 Rb4 18. Rfd1 c5 19. dxc5 Rxb2 20. Qxd5 Bxh2+ 21. Kf1 Rc2 22. c6 Qh4 23. Qd4 Bf4 24. g3 Bxg3 25. fxg3 Qh3+ 26. Kg1 Qxg3+ 27. Kf1 Qxf3+

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Black to play for a slight advantage.

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Analysis of canary2016 (1267) vs. yoshi (1649)

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. c3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Nb3 Bd6 8. Qxd5 Nf6 9. Qd1 O-O 10. Nf3 Re8+ 11. Be2 Bg4 12. O-O Qe7 13. Bd3 Bc7 14. Bg5 Ne5 15. Bh4 Qd6 16. Bg3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Qxd3 18. Qxd3 Nxd3 19. Bxc7 Nxb2

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nickgeannopoulos (1425) vs. john2001plus (1617)

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. c3 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nf6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. Nxf6+ Qxf6 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Nxd7 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. cxd4 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 O-O 14. Rc1 Rac8 15. Nf3 Nb6 16. b3 Nd5 17. Rxc8 Rxc8 18. Rc1 Rxc1 19. Kxc1 Nb4 20. Kb1 Nd3 21. Ne5 Nxf2 22. Nd7 Ng4 23. h3 Ne3 24. g4 Nd5 25. Nc5 b6 26. Ne4 Nf4 27. Nf2 Kf8 28. Kc2 Ke7 29. Kc3 Kd6 30. Kc4 a6 31. a3 f5 32. g5 b5+ 33. Kb4 Kd5 34. Ka5 Kxd4 35. Kxa6 e5 36. Kxb5 e4 37. Nh1 e3 38. Ng3 e2 39. Nxe2+ Nxe2 40. a4 f4 41. a5 f3 42. a6 f2 43. a7 Nc3+ 44. Kb6 Nd5+ 45. Kb7 f1=Q 46. a8=Q Qb5+ 47. Kc8 Qc5+ 48. Kd7 Qc7+ 49. Ke6 Qe7+ 50. Kf5 Qd7#

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Analysis of Troy8 (1988) vs. john2001plus (1854)

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

(black to move) 1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. Qc2 Bd6 6. d4 O-O 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Nf6 11. Qh4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. Qf4 Rd8 14. O-O Bxd2 15. Nxd2 e5 16. dxe5 Qxd2 17. Qxd2 Rxd2 18. exf6 Rxb2 19. Rfe1 Be6 20. fxg7 Bxc4 21. Rab1 Rxb1 22. Rxb1 Bxa2 23. Rxb7 Bd5 24. Bxd5 cxd5 25. Rd7 a5 26. Rxd5 a4 27. Rd2 a3 28. Ra2 Kxg7 29. Kf1 Kf6 30. Ke2 Ke5 31. Kd3 Kd5 32. f3 Kc5 33. Kc3 f5 34. g4 fxg4 35. fxg4 Kd5 36. Kd3 Ke5 37. Ke3 Ra4 38. h3 Re4+ 39. Kf3 Rf4+ 40. Kg3 Ra4 41. Kh4 Kf4 42. Kh5 Kg3 43. h4 Ra6 44. g5 Ra4 45. Kh6 Kxh4 46. Rh2+ Kg4 47. Rg2+ Kf5 48. Rf2+ Ke4 49. Re2+ Kd3 50. Re1 Ra7 51. Rf1 a2 52. Rd1+ Kc2 53. Rf1 Rb7 54. Rh1 Rb1 55. Rh2+ Kb3 56. Rh3+ Ka4 57. Rh4+ Kb5

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Analysis of chessnerdbird (1392) vs. john2001plus (1845)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 f6 7. b4 fxe5 8. dxc5 Qc7 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. O-O e4 11. Nd4 Nf6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Bg5 Qe5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Re1 O-O-O 16. Nd2 Qg5 17. Qa4 Kb7 18. b5 cxb5 19. Rab1 a6 20. c6+ Bxc6 21. Nxc6 Rg8 22. Rxb5+ axb5 23. Qxb5+ Kc7 24. g3 Bd6 25. Nxd8 Rxd8 26. Rb1 Rc8 27. Qb7+ Kd8 28. Qb6+ Ke7 29. Qb7+ Rc7 30. Qb5 e3 31. Nf3 exf2+ 32. Kxf2 Qf5 33. Kg2 Qe4 34. Re1 Qc2+ 35. Re2 Qxc3 36. Qxd5 e5 37. Nd4 Qc5 38. Nf5+ Kd7 39. Qf7+ Kc6 40. Qe8+ Kb6 41. Rb2+ Ka5 42. Nxd6 Qc6+ 43. Kh3 Qxe8 44. Nxe8 Rc6 45. Kg4

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Analysis of KingsBishop (1671) vs. john2001plus (1851)

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. f4 O-O 8. Nf3 c5 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O cxd4 11. Nxd4 Qc5 12. Ncb5 a6 13. b4 Qxb4 14. c3 Qc5 15. Nd6 f6 16. Kh1 Nxd4 17. cxd4 Qa7 18. Rc1 fxe5 19. dxe5 Qe3 20. g3 g5 21. Rc7 gxf4 22. Nxc8 Nxe5 23. Ne7+ Kh8 24. gxf4 Qe4+ 25. Bf3 Qxf4 26. Bg2 Nf3 27. Rxf3 Qxc7 28. Qd4+ e5 29. Nxd5 Qc1+ 30. Qg1 Qxg1+ 31. Kxg1 Rad8 32. Re3 Rf7 33. Rxe5 Rg7 34. Nf6 Rf7 35. Re8+ Rf8 36. Rxf8+ Rxf8 37. Nd7 Rd8 38. Nc5 Rd1+ 39. Kf2 Rd2+ 40. Kg3 Rxa2 41. Nxb7 a5 42. Nc5 Kg7 43. Ne6+ Kf6 44. Nd4 Ke5 45. Nf3+ Kd6 46. Nd4 Rb2 47. Bf3 a4 48. Bh5 Ke5 49. Nc6+ Kf6 50. Bf3 Rd2 51. Nb4 a3 52. h3 Ke5 53. Bh5 Rb2 54. Nd3+ Kd4 55. Nc1 Rc2 56. Nb3+ Kc3 57. Bf7 a2 58. Na1 Rd2 59. Bg8 h6 60. Nb3 Rd1 61. Bf7 Rb1 62. Na1 Rxa1 63. Kh4 Kb2 64. Bc4 Rg1 65. Bxa2 Kxa2 66. Kh5 Kb3 67. Kxh6 Kc4 68. h4 Kd5 69. Kh7 Ke5 70. h5 Kf6 71. h6 Rh1

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Analysis of spirals5 (2327) vs. john2001plus (1850)

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

(white to move) 1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Bd6 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. h3 c6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Bxg3 12. fxg3 Ne4 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Ne5 f5 15. Kh2 Nd7 16. Qh5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Kg7 18. Rad1 Qe7 19. Nxe4 Be6 20. Nd6 Rf8 21. Rf2 f4 22. gxf4 gxf4 23. h4 Kh7 24. Ne4 Rf5 25. Ng5+ Kg7 26. Nxe6+ Qxe6 27. Qg4+ Kh8 28. Rxf4 Rxe5 29. Rd7 Qxg4 30. Rxg4 Rg8 31. Rxg8+ Kxg8 32. Rxb7 Re2 33. c3

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