White to play

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So, Wesley (3140) vs. Nakamura, Hikaru (3181)

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

(white to move) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d5 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Bc4 Qd6 8. Qe2 O-O 9. Bg5 Bf5 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nbd2 Bb6 12. Ne4 Qe7 13. Ng3 Bg6 14. h4 h6 15. h5 Bh7 16. Nh4 Rad8 17. Ng6 Qg5 18. Ne4 Qxg2 19. O-O-O Bxg6 20. hxg6 Qxg6 21. Rdg1 Qf5 22. Rxh6 Qf4+ 23. Qd2 Qxe4 24. Rhg6 Qh4 25. Rxg7+ Kh8 26. Rg7g4

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Chris Webber vs. John Coffey: Stay home as much as possible. Self quarantined

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. e5 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Ne7 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. O-O Bxb5 8. Nxb5 Nf5 9. a4 Nc6 10. Bf4 a6 11. Nb5c3 g5 12. Bg3 h5 13. h3 g4 14. a5 gxh3 15. gxh3 Rg8 16. Qxh5 Nxg3 17. fxg3 Rxg3+ 18. Kh2 Rg6 19. Nd2 Qc7 20. Rae1 O-O-O 21. Nf3 Bg7 22. Rg1 Rh8 23. Nxd5 exd5 24. Qf5+ Kb8 25. Rxg6 fxg6 26. Qg5 Nxe5

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Analysis of john2001plus (1911) vs. Gusev (1809)

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 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. a3 Bxd2 9. Bxd2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 Nc6 12. Bc3 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 d5 14. Rfd1 dxc4 15. Qxc4 Qe7 16. Bb4 Qb7+ 17. f3 Rfd8 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Rc1 Nd5 20. Qd4 g5 21. Kf2 Qd7 22. Rd1 h6 23. h4 a5 24. Be1

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White to play and win

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Analysis of soitgoes317 (1745) vs. john2001plus (1909)

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

(white to move) 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bd2 c6 6. Bc4 Bf5 7. Nge2 e6 8. Ng3 Bg6 9. d5 cxd5 10. Nxd5 Qd8 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. Bc3 Qd8 13. Bb5+ Nc6 14. O-O Qxd1 15. Raxd1 Rd8 16. Ba5 Rxd1 17. Rxd1 Be7 18. Bxc6+ bxc6 19. f3 Bc5+ 20. Kf1 Ke7 21. Ne4 Bxe4 22. fxe4 Bb6 23. Bb4+ c5 24. Bc3 f6 25. e5 c4 26. exf6+ gxf6 27. Re1 e5 28. Re4 Rd8 29. Ke2 Bd4 30. Bxd4 Rxd4 31. Rxd4 exd4 32. b3 cxb3 33. cxb3 Kd6 34. b4 Kd5 35. Kd3 f5 36. h4 h5 37. g3 Ke5 38. a3 a6 39. a4 Kd5 40. a5 Kc6 41. Kxd4 Kb5 42. Kc3 Kc6 43. Kc4

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Analysis of Odd Ball vs. John Coffey: Stay home as muc

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

(black to move) 1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 Re8 6. Bb2 d5 7. c4 Bg4 8. Be2 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qe7 10. h3 Bh5 11. O-O c5 12. g4 Bg6 13. a3 Ba5 14. d3 Nc6 15. e4 Rad8 16. Nbd2 a6 17. a4 Nd7 18. Bd5 Nde5 19. Bxe5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21. f4 Qd4+ 22. Kg2 Qxd3 23. Rf3 Rxd5 24. exd5 Re2+ 25. Rf2 Rxd2 26. Rxd2 Be4+ 27. Kf2 Bxd2 28. Qe2 Qd4+ 29. Kf1 Qxa1+ 30. Kf2 Qd4+ 31. Kg3 Qg1+ 32. Kh4 Be1+ 33. Kg5 h6+ 34. Kh5 Bg6#

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Analysis of angusmc (1549) vs. john2001plus (1908)

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. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. f4 Qb6 6. Nf3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nh6 8. Nc3 Nf5 9. Bb5 h5 10. Qd3 Bd7 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. O-O Rc8 13. a4 Be7 14. a5 Qa6 15. Qxa6 bxa6 16. Na2 Bb5 17. Rd1 Kd7 18. b4 Rc2 19. Ba3 Ne3 20. Re1 Nxg2 21. Rec1 Rhc8 22. Rxc2 Rxc2 23. Nc3 Nxf4 24. Nxb5 axb5 25. Ne1 Rd2 26. Nf3 Rd3 27. Kf2 g5

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