Black to play and win

ICC tourney 1581 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
trivialpursuit (1472) vs. john2001plus (1754)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d3 d4 4. Nce2 e5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 c5 7. f4 Nc6 8. Nf3 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 Qc7 11. Bd2 exf4 12. gxf4 Nh5 13. e5 Be7 14. c3 g6 15. Rc1 Qb6 16. cxd4 Nxd4 17. Nfxd4 cxd4 18. Qb3 Bf5 19. Rf3 Qxb3 20. axb3 Rac8 21. Rc4 b5 22. Rc1 Rxc1+ 23. Nxc1 Rc8 24. Rf1 Rc2 25. Ba5 Rxb2 26. Rf2 Rxf2 27. Kxf2 Nxf4 28. Bf1 Nxh3+ 29. Kg3 Ng5 30. b4 Ne6 31. Nb3 h5 32. Nd2 Bd8 33. Bxd8 Nxd8 34. Nf3 Nc6 35. Kf4 Nxb4 36. Nxd4 Bxd3 37. Bh3 Nd5+ 38. Kg5 Kg7 39. Bg2 Bc4 40. Bxd5 Bxd5 41. Nxb5 a5 42. Na3 Be4 43. Kf4 Bd3 44. Ke3 h4 45. Kf3 g5 46. Kg4 Kg6 47. Kf3 h3 48. Kg3 g4 49. Kh2 Kh5 50. Kg3 Kg5 51. Kh2 Kf4 52. Kg1 Kg3 53. Kh1 h2 54. e6 Be4#

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Analysis of capatal1 (1419) vs. redmonk (1498)

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 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. h3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 e5 8. O-O c6 9. Nc4 Qc7 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Ncxe5 dxe5 12. Bh4 Be6 13. Qe2 Nh5 14. Bg3 Nxg3 15. fxg3 h6 16. b3 b5 17. a3 a5 18. Kh2 Rad8 19. c4 bxc4 20. Bxc4 Qe7 21. Rfc1 Rd6 22. Bxe6 Qxe6 23. Qc4 Rfd8 24. Qa4 Rd4 25. Qxa5 Rd8d6 26. Re1 Rd3 27. b4 Kh7 28. b5 cxb5 29. Qxb5 Rb3 30. Qe2 Rdb6 31. a4 Rb2 32. Qd1 Qf6 33. Rf1 Qe7 34. a5 Ra6 35. Qd3 Qb7 36. Ra3 Bf8 37. Ra4 Rd6 38. Qc3 f6 39. Rc1 Rd7 40. Qc6 Qxc6 41. Rxc6 Be7 42. a6 Ra7 43. Ne1 Kg7 44. Nd3 Rb3 45. Nc5 Bxc5 46. Rxc5 Rb6 47. Rca5 Kf7 48. g4 Ke6 49. h4 Kd7 50. g5 fxg5 51. hxg5 hxg5 52. Rxe5 Rbxa6 53. Rxa6 Rxa6 54. Rxg5 Re6 55. Rg4 Ke7 56. Kh3 Kf6 57. Kg3 g5 58. Kf3 Re5 59. Ke3 Kg6 60. Kd4 Ra5 61. Ke3 Kh5 62. Rg3 Kh4 63. Rh3+ Kg4 64. Kd4 Ra4+ 65. Kd5 Ra5+ 66. Ke6 Kf4 67. Rf3+ Kxe4 68. Kf6 g4 69. Rf1 Ra2 70. g3 Ke3 71. Rf4 Rf2 72. Ke5 Rxf4 73. gxf4 g3 74. f5 g2 75. f6 g1=Q 76. Ke6 Ke4 77. f7 Qg7 78. Ke7 Kd5 79. Ke8 Ke6

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Analysis of john2001plus (1865) vs. Zalairian (1602)

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 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. Nc3 Qxb3 8. axb3 Nc6 9. Bb5 a6 10. Ne5 Rc8 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Rxa6 e6 13. Nxc6 Bd3 14. Rb6 Nd7 15. Ne5 Nxb6 16. Nxd3 Be7 17. Bd2 O-O 18. Ke2 Ra8 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20. dxc5 Nd7 21. b4 Rfb8 22. Rb1 Ne5 23. b3 Kf8 24. f4 Ng6 25. Na4 Ke7 26. Kd3 Nf8 27. e4 dxe4+ 28. Kxe4 Nd7 29. Kd4 Rd8 30. Kc4 Nf6 31. Bc3 g6 32. Bxf6+ Kxf6 33. b5 Ke7 34. b6 Rd5 35. Kb5 Rb8 36. Nc3 Rf5 37. g4 Rxf4 38. c6 Rd4 39. c7 Rc8 40. g5 Rd7 41. Kc6 Rd6+ 42. Kb7 Kd7 43. Rf1

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the_truth_7 (1667) vs. john2001plus (1861)

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

(black to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 e6 3. Bd3 c5 4. c3 cxd4 5. exd4 d5 6. f4 Nc6 7. Nf3 Be7 8. O-O Ne4 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Nd2 f5 11. Ndf3 Bd6 12. Qe2 Bxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. fxe5 Bd7 15. Be3 Qh4 16. Rf3 Be8 17. Rh3 Qg4 18. Qf1 f4 19. Be2 Qg5 20. Bd2 Nxd2 21. Qd1 f3 22. Bf1 Nxf1 23. Qxf1 f2+ 24. Kh1 Qd2 25. Rd3 Qxb2 26. Rdd1 Bb5 27. Rdb1 Bxf1 28. Rxb2 Ba6 29. h3 f1=Q+ 30. Rxf1 Rxf1+

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Analysis of Dj_Volt (1407) vs. john2001plus (1850)

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

(white to move) 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bd6 6. Bg5 c6 7. Bd3 h6 8. Bh4 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Re1 Rxe1+ 11. Qxe1 g5 12. Bg3 Be6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Qd2 Nbd7 15. Re1 b5 16. Ne5 a5 17. Nxd7 Bxd7 18. Ne2 Re8 19. c3 Ne4 20. Bxe4 Rxe4 21. Ng3 Rxe1+ 22. Qxe1 Qe6 23. Qxe6 fxe6 24. Nh5 Kf7 25. g4 e5 26. h3 exd4 27. cxd4 Ke6 28. f4 gxf4 29. Nxf4+ Kd6 30. Kf2 c5 31. Ke3 c4 32. Kd2 b4 33. Ng6 h5 34. gxh5 Be8 35. Nf4 Bf7 36. h6 Bg8 37. Nh5 Ke6 38. Nf4+ Kf6 39. h4 Bf7 40. a3 Bg8 41. h7 Bxh7 42. axb4 axb4 43. Nxd5+

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Analysis of Caissarius (1853) vs. soitgoes317 (1938)

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 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. Nge2 O-O 9. O-O Na6 10. a3 Nc7 11. Bg5 a6 12. a4 h6 13. Be3 Re8 14. Qd2 Kh7 15. h3 Bd7 16. g4 b5 17. Bxh6 Bxh6 18. g5 Bxh3 19. Rfe1 c4 20. Bb1 Nh5 21. gxh6 Qh4 22. Qe3 Re5 23. Ng3 b4 24. Nce2 Nxd5 25. Qd4 Ndf4 26. Nxf4 Nxf4 27. Qxd6 Rg5 28. Re3 Be6 29. Qc6 Rd8 30. Bc2 Nh3+ 31. Kg2 Rd2 32. Kf1 Qf4 33. Re2 Rxg3 34. Rxd2 Rg1+ 35. Ke2 Qxf2#

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