Is this a win for Black?

ICC tourney 1288 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
Analysis of RMS1978 (1629) vs. yoshi (1752)

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. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 exd5 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. Nd2f3 Nf6 8. h3 Bd6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. c3 Bd7 12. Be3 Rc8 13. a3 Ne5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Nf3 Bb8 16. Bd4 Ne4 17. Qc2 Qc7 18. Be3 g5 19. Rfe1 g4 20. hxg4 Bxg4 21. Be2 Ng3 22. fxg3 Rxe3 23. Bd3 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Qxg3+ 26. Qg2 Qxg2+ 27. Kxg2 Bd6 28. Kh3 Kg7 29. Kg4 Kf6 30. f4 Rg8+ 31. Kf3 h6 32. Re2 Bc5 33. Rg2 Rxg2 34. Kxg2 d4 35. c4 a5 36. a4 Bd6 37. Kg3 h5 38. Be2 h4+ 39. Kxh4 Bxf4 40. Kg4 Bc1 41. b3 Ke5 42. Bd3 b6 43. Kf3 f5 44. Bc2 f4 45. Be4 d3 46. Bxd3 Kd4 47. Be2 Kc3 48. Bd1 Kd2 49. Be2 Kc2 50. Ke4 Kxb3 51. Kd5 Kxa4 52. c5 bxc5 53. Kxc5 Kb3 54. Bd1+ Kb2 55. Kb5 Bd2 56. Be2 Bb4 57. Bd1 Kc3 58. Ka4 Kd2 59. Bg4 Ke3 60. Kb3 f3 61. Bd7 f2 62. Bb5 Kd2 63. Ba6 Ke1

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Analysis of suicidepawn (1682) vs. yoshi (1770)

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. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. c4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qe7+ 7. Qe2 Nc6 8. Qxe7+ Bxe7 9. Nc3 Be6 10. c5 O-O 11. a3 Ne4 12. Be3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 b6 14. cxb6 axb6 15. Bb5 Na5 16. a4 c6 17. Bd3 Nc4 18. Bc1 Bg4 19. O-O Bxf3 20. gxf3 b5 21. a5 Rxa5 22. Rxa5 Nxa5 23. Bf4 Nc4 24. Ra1 Nb2 25. Bc2 Na4 26. Bd2 Bf6 27. Kf1 Ra8 28. Bb3 Kf8 29. Ra2 Ke7 30. Ke2 Kd6 31. Kd3 c5 32. Bf4+ Kc6 33. dxc5 Nxc5+ 34. Kc2 Rxa2+ 35. Bxa2 Ne6 36. Be3 Be5 37. h3 f5 38. Kd3 f4 39. Bd2 Ng5 40. h4 Nxf3

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Black to play and draw.

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Analysis of Matthew_McCarthy (1618) vs. john2001plus (1828)

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. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. e3 Bb7 7. Be2 Bb4+ 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. O-O Bxd2 10. Qxd2 d6 11. b4 Nd7 12. Rfc1 c5 13. b5 Qe7 14. a4 Nf6 15. a5 Rfd8 16. axb6 axb6 17. Qb2 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 Ra8 19. Rxa8+ Bxa8 20. Qa1 Qb7 21. h3 cxd4 22. exd4 Ne8 23. Qa3 Qc8 24. Qa7 Qb7 25. Qa3 Qb8 26. c5 dxc5 27. dxc5 bxc5 28. Qxc5 Qc7 29. Qd4 Bd5 30. Ne5 Qb7 31. Bf1 Nd6 32. Qc5 Nc8 33. g3 Nb6 34. Nc6 Kh7 35. Bg2 g6 36. Bxd5 Nxd5 37. Kf1 Kg7 38. Ke2 Qb6 39. Qxb6 Nxb6 40. Ke3 Kf8 41. Kd4 Ke8 42. Kc5 Nd7+ 43. Kd6 Nb6 44. Kc7 Nd5+ 45. Kb7 Kd7 46. b6 Kd6 47. h4 Kc5 48. Nd8 Nxb6 49. Nxf7 Nc4 50. Nxh6 Kd5

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john2001plus (1843) vs. Rescuebots (1659)

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 c6 3. c4 Bf5 4. Qb3 Qd7 5. Ne5 Qc7 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 e6 8. Bf4 Qc8 9. e4 dxe4 10. Bb5+ Nc6 11. d5 exd5 12. Qxd5 Nge7 13. Qxf7+ Kd8 14. Nxc6+ bxc6 15. O-O-O+ Bd7 16. Bc4 a5 17. Be6 Nd5 18. Nxd5 cxd5+ 19. Kb1 Be7 20. Bxd7 Qxd7 21. Rxd5

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Analysis of Zephyr (1449) vs. yoshi (1745)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 h g f e d c b a +10

(black to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. f3 O-O 7. Nge2 d5 8. a3 Bd6 9. b4 a5 10. c5 axb4 11. cxd6 bxc3 12. dxc7 Qxc7 13. O-O Rc8 14. Qc2 Na6 15. e4 Nb4 16. axb4 Rxa1 17. e5 Nd7 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 19. f4 Qc4 20. Rf3 Ra2 21. Qd3 Rxe2 22. Rh3 Re1+ 23. Kf2 Rxc1 24. Bg8+ Kxg8 25. Qh7+ Kf8 26. Qh8+ Ke7 27. Qxg7 Rc2+ 28. Kg3 Qd3+ 29. Kh4 Rxg2 30. Rg3 Rxh2+ 31. Kg4 Nxe5+ 32. dxe5 Qf5+ 33. Kf3 d4#

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Analysis of john2001plus (1574) vs. andrkovel (1547)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qb3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 b6 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. Nxf7 Rxf7 11. Bxf7+ Kf8 12. O-O e6 13. Bxe6 Bxe6 14. Qxe6 Qe8 15. Qxe8+ Rxe8 16. Bxc7 Rc8 17. Bd6+ Kf7 18. Rac1 Ke6 19. Bg3 Rf8 20. Nb5 Nd5 21. Nc7+ Nxc7 22. Rxc7 Ra8 23. d5+ Ke7 24. Bh4+ Ke8 25. Rfc1 Bxb2 26. Rc1c6 Nf8 27. Re7+ Kd8 28. Rd6+ Kc8 29. Rf7 Nd7 30. Rdxd7 g5 31. Bxg5 Bf6 32. Bxf6 b5 33. Rd8#

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Analysis of john2001plus (1888) vs. imgrowingafro (1291)

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 e6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O Nh5 9. Ne5 Nxf4 10. exf4 Nxe5 11. fxe5 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Kh8 13. Re1 Qb6 14. Qb3 Qxd4 15. Rad1 Qg4 16. Ne4 Rd8 17. Rxd8+ Bxd8 18. Nd6 Be7 19. Nxf7+ Kg8 20. h3 Qf4 21. Nd6 Bh4 22. Bxe6+ Bxe6 23. Qxe6+ Kf8 24. Qf5+ Qxf5 25. Nxf5 Bg5 26. h4 Bd2 27. Re4 g6 28. Nd6 Ke7 29. g3 Rb8 30. f4

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White to play and win.

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Analysis of john2001plus (1825) vs. Shreyas_Reddy (1640)

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 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O Rb8 9. Qc2 a6 10. Rfd1 Qa5 11. a3 b5 12. b4 cxb4 13. axb4 Qb6 14. c5 Qc7 15. cxd6 exd6 16. Rdc1 Qb6 17. Nd2 Bb7 18. Bf3 Rbc8 19. Qb3 Bxf3 20. Nxf3 Qc6 21. Ne2 Qb6 22. Rc3 Ne4 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Bf4 Ndf6 25. Qa3 Rc2 26. Ng3 Nxf2 27. Qxa6 Qxa6 28. Rxa6 Nf2e4 29. Nxe4 Nxe4 30. Ra8+ Bf8 31. h3 Nf6 32. Bh6 Nd7 33. Rd8 Rc7 34. Nd2 d5 35. e4 f6 36. exd5 Kf7 37. Bxf8 Nxf8 38. Ne4 Rc4 39. Nd6+ Ke7 40. Nxc4 Kxd8 41. Nd6 Nd7 42. Nxb5 Nb6 43. d6 Kd7 44. Kf2 Kc6 45. Nc3 Kxd6 46. Ke3 Nc4+ 47. Kd3 Nb2+ 48. Kc2 Nc4 49. Kb3 Ne3 50. g4 Ng2 51. Ne4+ Ke6 52. b5 Nf4 53. b6 Kd7 54. Nc5+ Kc6 55. b7 Kc7 56. Kc4 Nxh3 57. d5 Ng5 58. d6+ Kb8 59. Kb5 Ne4 60. d7 Kc7 61. b8=Q+

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White to play for a winning advantage.

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Analysis of yoshi (2067) vs. fiddler (1695)

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 g6 5. Bg5 Bg7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. exd4 Qa5 11. Qe2 Bd7 12. Ne5 Qc7 13. Rfe1 Nc6 14. Nb5 Qc8 15. Nd6 Qc7 16. Ndxf7 Rxf7 17. Nxf7 Kxf7 18. Bxe6+ Kf8 19. Bb3 Re8 20. Qc4 Be6 21. Qc5+ Qe7 22. Rxe6

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Black to play for a strong advantage.

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Analysis of Zephyr (1615) vs. yoshi (1727)

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

(black to move) 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. Qd1 d4 8. O-O Nc6 9. e3 Be7 10. exd4 cxd4 11. Ne1 O-O 12. b3 Re8 13. Bb2 Bg4 14. Bf3 Bxf3 15. Nxf3 Bc5 16. Nbd2 Qb6 17. a3 a5 18. Qc2 Re2 19. Qd3 Rae8 20. Rae1 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 22. Nxe1 Ne5 23. Qf1 Nfg4 24. h3 Ne3 25. Qe2 d3 26. Nxd3 Nxd3 27. Qxd3 Nd1 28. Ba1 Nxf2 29. Qd5 Ne4+ 30. Kg2 Nxd2 31. Qxd2 Qxb3 32. Qb2 Qxb2+ 33. Bxb2 a4

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Black to play and win.

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Analysis of Zephyr (1615) vs. yoshi (1727)

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

(black to move) 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. Qd1 d4 8. O-O Nc6 9. e3 Be7 10. exd4 cxd4 11. Ne1 O-O 12. b3 Re8 13. Bb2 Bg4 14. Bf3 Bxf3 15. Nxf3 Bc5 16. Nbd2 Qb6 17. a3 a5 18. Qc2 Re2 19. Qd3 Rae8 20. Rae1 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 22. Nxe1 Ne5 23. Qf1 Qc6 24. Nd3 Nxd3 25. Qxd3 Qd6 26. Ne4 Nxe4 27. Qxe4 h6 28. Qxb7 d3 29. Qf3 d2 30. Qd1 Bxa3 31. Bxa3 Qxa3 32. Qxd2 Qxb3 33. Qxa5 Qxc4 34. Qd8+ Kh7 35. Qd7 Kg6 36. h4 Kf6 37. Qd6+ Qe6 38. Qxe6+ Kxe6 39. Kg2 Kf5 40. Kf3 h5 41. Ke3 Kg4 42. Ke4 g6 43. Ke3 f5 44. Ke2 f4

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Black to play and win.

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ickyquarter (1216) vs. yoshi (1718)

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

(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. Bc2 Nb4 9. Nc3 Nxc2+ 10. Qxc2 Rc8 11. O-O Ne7 12. Bd2 Nf5 13. Be3 Be7 14. Rac1 O-O 15. Qd2 Rc7 16. Rc2 Rfc8 17. Rfc1 Bb4 18. a3 Be7 19. Qe2 Qb3 20. Nd2 Qb6 21. Nf1 Qa5 22. Qd2 a6 23. Qe1 h6 24. Ng3 Nxe3 25. Qxe3 Ba4 26. Rd2 Bxa3 27. bxa3 Rxc3 28. Rxc3 Qxc3 29. Qxc3 Rxc3 30. h3 Rxa3 31. Rb2 Rb3 32. Ra2 b5 33. Ne2 Rb1+ 34. Kh2 Re1 35. Nc3 Bb3 36. Rxa6 Bc4 37. Ra8+ Kh7 38. Rb8 Rc1 39. Nxb5 Rb1 40. Rb7 Rxb5 41. Rxb5 Bxb5 42. Kg3 Kg6 43. f4 Kf5 44. Kf3 h5 45. Ke3 h4 46. Kf3 Ba6 47. Ke3 f6 48. Kf3 fxe5 49. fxe5 Bf1 50. Kf2 Bxg2 51. Kxg2 Ke4

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