Black to play and win

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Analysis of Gusev (1828) vs. john2001plus (1935)

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

(black to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nxd5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Qa4 Nb6 9. Qd1 Qxd1+ 10. Nxd1 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Nxd2 e5 13. Bb5 O-O 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Rc1 Ba6 16. Rxc6 Rac8 17. Rc3 Na4 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. b3 Nc5 20. Nb2 Nd3+ 21. Nxd3 Bxd3 22. Nc4 Bxc4 23. bxc4 Rxc4 24. O-O Rxe4 25. f3 Ra4 26. Rb1 f6 27. Rb2 Kf7 28. Kf2 Ke6 29. g3 Kd5 30. Ke2 Kc4 31. Kd2 f5 32. h3 Ra3 33. f4 exf4 34. gxf4 Rxh3 35. Rb7 Rh2+ 36. Ke3 Rxa2 37. Rxg7 Ra3+ 38. Ke2 Kd4 39. Re7 h5 40. Re5 h4 41. Rxf5 h3 42. Rh5 h2 43. Kf2 Ke4 44. f5 Ra2+ 45. Kg3 Ke5 46. Kf3 Ra3+ 47. Kg2 Ra2+ 48. Kg3 a5 49. Kg4 a4 50. Rh6 Rg2+ 51. Kf3 Ra2 52. f6 Ke6 53. Kg3 a3 54. Kg4 Ra1 55. Rxh2 Kxf6 56. Kf3 Ke5 57. Rd2 Rb1 58. Rc2 Rb3+ 59. Kg4 Rb4+ 60. Kf3 Ra4 61. Re2+ Kd5 62. Rd2+ Kc5 63. Rc2+ Kb4 64. Ra2 Kb3

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Analysis of Gusev (1799) vs. john2001plus (1960)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. f3 Qb6 9. Qd2 Nxe4 10. Nxc6 dxc6 11. fxe4 Qc7 12. O-O-O Be6 13. b3 Rfd8 14. Qc2 Qa5 15. Rxd8+ Rxd8 16. Kb2 b5 17. cxb5 cxb5 18. Kb1 Rc8 19. Bd2 Bxc3 20. Bxc3 Rxc3 21. Qb2 Qb4 22. Ka1 Qc5 23. Bc4 b4 24. Rd1 Bxc4 25. bxc4 Qxc4 26. Qd2 Rc2 27. Qd8+ Kg7 28. Qd4+ Qxd4+ 29. Rxd4 Rxg2

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Analysis of soitgoes317 (1751) vs. john2001plus (1942)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Bg4 6. Be2 cxd4 7. O-O e6 8. Nxd4 Bxe2 9. Nxe2 O-O-O 10. Qb3 Nf6 11. Be3 Bc5 12. Nf4 Qxb3 13. axb3 Bxe3 14. fxe3 Kb8 15. c4 Ng4 16. e4 Ne3 17. Rc1 Nd4 18. Rc3 Ndc2 19. Rxe3 Rd1+ 20. Kf2 Nxa1 21. Nc3 Rd2+ 22. Re2 Rxe2+ 23. Kxe2 Nxb3

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spiritracker (1217) vs. john2001plus (1917)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. c4 Qd6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. d3 Bf5 7. Nc3 O-O-O 8. g3 Bxd3 9. Bf4 e5 10. Bh3+ Kb8 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Nd5 Bxc4 13. b3 Bxd5 14. O-O Nf3+ 15. Qxf3 Bxf3 16. Bxd6+ Bxd6 17. Rac1 Nf6 18. Rc3 Bc6 19. a4 Ne4 20. Rd3 Be5 21. Re3 Nd2 22. Rxe5 Nf3+

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Gusev (1798) vs. john2001plus (1922)

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

(black to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 cxd4 6. cxd5 Qxd5 7. Qxd4 Nc6 8. Qxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Bc5 10. a3 a5 11. Nbd2 a4 12. Ne4 Be7 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bd2 Kf7 15. Rac1 Na5 16. Bxa5 Rxa5 17. Nc3 Bd7 18. Nxd5 Rxd5 19. Rfd1 Bb5 20. Rxd5 exd5 21. Nd4 Bc4 22. e4 Rd8 23. Nf5 b5 24. exd5 Bxd5 25. Rc7 Ke6 26. Nxe7 Bc4 27. h4 Rd1+ 28. Kh2 Rd2 29. Nc6 Rxf2 30. Nd4+ Kd6 31. Rc6+ Kd7 32. Kg1 Rxg2+ 33. Kxg2 Bd5+ 34. Nf3 Bxc6 35. Kf2 Bxf3 36. Kxf3 Ke6 37. Ke4 h5 38. Kf4 g6 39. Ke4 g5 40. Kf3 gxh4 41. gxh4 Ke5

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Analysis of john2001plus (1916) vs. soitgoes317 (1743)

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 d5 5. Qb3 O-O 6. cxd5 c6 7. e4 cxd5 8. e5 Nfd7 9. Qxd5 Nb6 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Be3 Bg4 12. Be2 Nc6 13. O-O Nb4 14. h3 Be6 15. Rac1 Nxa2 16. Nxa2 Bxa2 17. Rc7 Rd7 18. Rfc1 h5 19. Rxd7 Nxd7 20. Rc7 Nb6 21. Rxe7 Bd5 22. Ng5 Rc8 23. Bf3 Kf8 24. Bxd5 Kxe7 25. Bxf7 Bh6 26. Bxg6 Rg8 27. Bh7 Rg7 28. h4 Nd5 29. Be4 Nxe3 30. fxe3 Bxg5 31. hxg5 Rxg5 32. Bxb7

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Analysis of john2001plus (1920) vs. PetrosianDisciple (1634)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 e6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Ne7 5. e4 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e5 Be6 8. Qb3 b6 9. Ng5 O-O 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. O-O Nf5 12. Bxf5 Bxf5 13. Qxd5 h6 14. Nxf7 c6 15. Qxc6 Rxf7 16. e6 Rf6 17. Qxd7 Qxd7 18. exd7 Bxd7 19. Be3 Rd6 20. Rac1 Bf5 21. Nb5 Rdd8 22. Rc7 Bd3 23. Nxa7 Bxf1 24. Kxf1 Bxd4 25. Nc6 Bxe3 26. Nxd8 Bd4 27. Nc6 Bxb2 28. Ra7 Rxa7 29. Nxa7 Kf7 30. Ke2 Ke6 31. Kd3 Be5 32. Nc8 b5 33. Na7 Bxh2 34. Nxb5

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Analysis of aherring74 (1922) vs. john2001plus (1942)

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

(white to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bd3 Bxf4 6. exf4 O-O 7. Nf3 c5 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. Qd2 Qxc5 10. Qe3 Nbd7 11. Ne5 Qxe3+ 12. fxe3 Nxe5 13. fxe5 Ng4 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe5 16. O-O-O Rd8 17. Nc5 Nxd3+ 18. Rxd3 Rxd3 19. Nxd3 Bd7 20. Ne5 Bc6 21. Nxc6 bxc6 22. Rd1 Kf8 23. Rd6 Ke7 24. Rxc6 Kd7 25. Rc4 e5 26. Kd2 f5 27. Rb4 Rc8 28. Rb5 Kd6 29. Rb7 Rc7 30. Rxc7 Kxc7 31. c4 Kd6 32. b4 g5 33. Ke3 h5 34. a3 e4 35. Kd4 Kc6 36. a4 Kd6 37. c5+ Ke6 38. b5 h4 39. a5 Kd7 40. a6 Kc7 41. h3 Kb8 42. b6 axb6 43. cxb6 Kc8 44. Kc5 e3 45. Kd6 e2 46. a7 Kb7 47. a8=Q+ Kxa8 48. Kc7 e1=Q 49. b7+ Ka7 50. b8=Q+ Ka6 51. Qb6#

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Analysis of aherring74 (1957) vs. john2001plus (1844)

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. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. f4 Be7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Be3 f6 10. Qd2 fxe5 11. fxe5 Bh4+ 12. Nxh4 Qxh4+ 13. g3 Qe4 14. Rg1 cxd4 15. cxd4 Rf3 16. Bh6 gxh6 17. Bg2 Ndxe5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. O-O-O Bd7 20. Nc3 Qg6 21. Qc2 Qxc2+ 22. Kxc2 Rf2+ 23. Kc1 Raf8

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