What is the strongest continuation of White?

ICC tourney 1414 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
saikolli (849) vs. john2001plus (1718)

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. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Bxd4 Nc6 8. Be3 Ndxe5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. Bd4 Nc6 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. Be3 Bb4 13. Qd3 O-O 14. O-O-O Bxc3 15. Qxc3 d4 16. Bxd4 Nxd4 17. Rxd4 Qg5+ 18. Qd2 Qxd2+ 19. Kxd2 Bxb5

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What is the strongest continuation for Black?

ICC tourney 1410 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
IAlwaysWin (1632) vs. john2001plus (1732)

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

(black to move) 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. dxe6 fxe6 6. cxb5 d5 7. a4 a6 8. bxa6 Nc6 9. Bg2 Rxa6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Nf3 O-O 12. O-O e5 13. Nb5 e4 14. Ng5 h6 15. Nh3 Bf5 16. f3 Qd7 17. Nf2 exf3 18. exf3 Rfa8 19. f4 Nd4 20. Nxd4 cxd4 21. Qxd4 Rxa4 22. Rxa4 Rxa4 23. Qe5 Bd6 24. Qc3 d4 25. Qb3+ Be6 26. Qb6 Rb4 27. Qa5 Bc4 28. Re1 Rb5 29. Qa8+ Rb8 30. Qf3 Rb3 31. Qa8+ Rb8 32. Qa5 Bb4 33. Qe5 Re8 34. Bh3 Rxe5 35. fxe5 Qa4 36. Rf1 Bxf1 37. Bxf1 Qc2 38. Bf4 Be1 39. Nh1 Ng4 40. Bg2 Bf2+

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Black to play and win.

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Analysis of john2001plus (1834) vs. SBRChessClub (1894)

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

(black to move) 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Qb3 Bxf3 6. Qxb7 Nbd7 7. gxf3 Rb8 8. Qxc6 dxc4 9. Bxc4 e6 10. Nc3 Bb4 11. e4 O-O 12. Rg1 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Qa5 14. Bxe6 Rbc8 15. Rg5 Qxg5 16. Bxg5 Rxc6 17. Bb3 Rxc3

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White to play and win.

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BotanicalKnight (1629) vs. KingsBishop (1653)

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

(white to move) 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. d3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Nge2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Be6 10. Bb3 Bxb3 11. axb3 Nh5 12. Nd5 f5 13. Nxb4 Nxb4 14. Nc3 Nxg3 15. hxg3 f4 16. gxf4 exf4 17. Ne2 f3 18. Nd4 fxg2 19. Kxg2 Qf6 20. c3 c5 21. Nf5 Nc6 22. Qh5 Kh7 23. Rh1 Ne5 24. Nxh6 Qf3+ 25. Qxf3 Nxf3 26. Nf5+ Nh4+ 27. Nxh4 gxh4 28. Rxh4+ Kg7 29. Rah1 b6 30. Rh7+ Kg8 31. Rh1h6 a5 32. Rh8+ Kg7 33. Rxf8 Rxf8 34. Rxd6 Rb8 35. Kf3 b5 36. Rc6 a4 37. bxa4 bxa4 38. Ra6 Rxb2 39. Rxa4 Rb3 40. Rc4 Rb5 41. Ke3 Kf6 42. f4 Ke6 43. d4 cxd4+ 44. Kxd4 Rb1 45. Kc5 Rf1 46. f5+ Ke5 47. Kc6 Rf3 48. Kc5 Rf2 49. Rb4 Rf3 50. Rb3 Kxe4 51. Rb4+ Kxf5 52. c4 Ke5 53. Kb6 Rc3 54. c5 Kd5 55. Rb5 Rc4 56. Ra5 Rc3 57. Rb5 Rc4 58. Rb2 Rc1 59. Rd2+ Ke6 60. c6 Rb1+ 61. Kc7 Rb3 62. Kc8 Ke7 63. Re2+ Kf7 64. c7 Rb1 65. Re4 Kf6 66. Kd7 Rd1+ 67. Kc6 Rc1+ 68. Kd6 Rd1+ 69. Kc5 Rc1+ 70. Rc4

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What is the strongest continuation for Black?

ICC tourney 1402 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
Analysis of Zephyr (1494) vs. john2001plus (1744)

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. Bd3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bd6 6. Bg5 c6 7. Qd2 h6 8. Be3 O-O 9. O-O-O Re8 10. Bxh6 gxh6 11. Qxh6 Bf8 12. Qh4 Ne4 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Bxe4 Bh6+ 16. Kb1 Nd7 17. c3 Nf6 18. Bc2 Ng4 19. Rf1 Re8 20. Nf3 Re2 21. Bd3 Rxf2 22. Re1 Ne3 23. Ne5 f6 24. Nc4 Nxc4 25. Bxc4+ Kf8 26. Rhf1 Rxf1 27. Rxf1 Kg7

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Black to play and win.

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tcudoug (1446) vs. john2001plus (1857)

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. exd5 exd5 4. Bf4 Bd6 5. Bxd6 Qxd6 6. c3 Nf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Be2 Re8 9. O-O Bf5 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. Re1 Ne4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Nd2 e3 14. fxe3 Rxe3 15. Bf3 Rae8 16. Rxe3 Rxe3 17. Qf1 Qe7 18. Kf2 Nf6 19. Re1 Ng4+ 20. Bxg4 Rxe1 21. Qxe1 Qxe1+ 22. Kxe1 Bxg4 23. Kf2 f6 24. Ke3 Kf7 25. Ne4 b6 26. Kf4 Be6 27. a3 Bd5 28. g3 g5+ 29. Ke3 Ke6 30. Nd2 b5 31. b3 Kf5 32. c4 bxc4 33. bxc4 Bf7 34. h3 h5 35. Kf3 c6 36. g4+ hxg4+ 37. hxg4+ Ke6 38. Ke4 Bg6+ 39. Ke3 f5 40. gxf5+ Bxf5 41. Ne4 Bxe4 42. Kxe4 Kf6 43. Ke3 Kf5 44. Kf3 a6 45. a4 a5 46. Ke3 g4 47. Kd3 g3 48. Ke3 Kg4 49. d5 cxd5 50. cxd5 Kh3 51. d6 g2 52. Ke4 g1=Q 53. Kd5 Qg5+ 54. Ke6 Kg4 55. Kf7 Kf5 56. d7 Qd8 57. Kg7 Qxd7+ 58. Kh6 Kf6 59. Kh5 Qh3#

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White to play and win.

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Analysis of Coffey, John (2001) vs. Jumper (1700)

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

(white to move) 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. Rc1 c6 7. e3 h6 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. O-O e5 11. cxd5 exd4 12. Nxd4 cxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd4 14. exd4 Nf6 15. Nc7 Rb8 16. Re1 a6 17. d5 Bg4 18. f3 Bh5 19. g4 Bg6 20. Bxg6 fxg6 21. Ne6 Qb6+ 22. Kg2 Rfe8 23. d6 Nd7 24. Rc7 Qb5 25. Qd4 Rxe6 26. Rxe6 Rf8 27. Re7 Rf7 28. Rcxd7

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What is the strongest continuation for White?

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Analysis of Paul Morphy vs. Duke Karl / Count Isouard

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

(white to move) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Bg4 4. dxe5 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 dxe5 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. Qb3 Qe7 8. Nc3 c6 9. Bg5 b5 10. Nxb5 cxb5 11. Bxb5+ Kd8 12. O-O-O+ Kc8 13. Rd3 Qb4 14. Rc3+ Kb7 15. Qxf7+ Qe7 16. Qc4 Qc5 17. Qa4 Qb6 18. Be3

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What is the strongest continuation for White?

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Analysis of Paul Morphy vs. Duke Karl / Count Isouard

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

(white to move) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Bg4 4. dxe5 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 dxe5 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. Qb3 Qe7 8. Nc3 c6 9. Bg5 b5 10. Nxb5 cxb5 11. Bxb5+ Nbd7 12. O-O-O Rd8 13. Rxd7 Rxd7 14. Rd1 Qe6 15. Bxd7+ Qxd7 16. Qb8+ Ke7 17. Qxe5+ Kd8 18. Bxf6+ gxf6 19. Qxf6+ Kc7 20. Rxd7+ Kxd7 21. Qxh8

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