Black to play

Analysis
vs.

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

(black to move) 1. e4 c5 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 dxe4 4. Bxe4 Nf6 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Ne2 e5 7. c3 Qd3 8. O-O Bg4 9. f3 Be6 10. b3 Be7 11. Rf2 Nd5 12. Bf1 Ne3 13. Qe1 Nc2 14. Nf4 exf4 15. Bxd3 Nxe1 16. Be4 f5 17. Bxc6+ bxc6 18. Re2 Nxf3+ 19. Kf2 Ng5 20. h4 fxg3+ 21. Kxg3 f4+ 22. Kh2 f3 23. Re1 O-O 24. hxg5 Bd6+ 25. Kh1 f2

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Analysis of John Coffey (2016) vs. Strobel

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 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Qb3 b6 6. Nc3 c6 7. Ne5 Bd6 8. e4 Bxe5 9. dxe5 dxe4 10. Bc4 Qe7 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. Nf4 Qc7 13. Qg3 Nd7 14. Qxg7 Qxe5 15. Qxf7+ Kd8 16. Ne6+ Bxe6 17. Bxe6 Ngf6 18. Bf4 Qxf4 19. Rd1 Kc7 20. Rxd7+ Kc8 21. Rb7+ Kd8 22. Qe7#

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FIDE World Cup (Women), Krasnaya Polyana (Sochi) RUS
Analysis of Goryachkina, Aleksandra (2596) vs. Kosteniuk, Alexandra (2472)

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. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Be3 Nd5 8. Qc1 Nxe3 9. Qxe3 Be7 10. Rc1 O-O 11. Rxc4 Bd7 12. a3 a5 13. Nbd2 a4 14. Ne5 Na5 15. Rc2 Bb5 16. Re1 Ra6 17. h4 Rd6 18. Qc3 c6 19. e3 f6 20. Nef3 e5 21. b4 axb3 e.p. 22. Nxb3 Nxb3 23. Qxb3+ Kh8 24. a4 Ba6 25. dxe5 Rd3 26. Rc3 Rxc3 27. Qxc3 fxe5 28. Qxe5 c5 29. h5 c4 30. h6 Bf6 31. hxg7+ Bxg7 32. Qh5 Qf6 33. Ng5 Qxf2+ 34. Kh2 Qc2 35. e4 h6 36. Nf7+ Kg8 37. Qd5 c3 38. Nxh6+ Kh7 39. Nf7 Qf2 40. Ng5+ Kg6 41. Rh1 c2 42. Nh3 Qe3 43. Qd6+ Kh7 44. e5 Bc4 45. Nf4 c1=R 46. Qg6+ Kg8 47. Rxc1 Qxc1 48. e6 Rxf4 49. e7 Bf7 50. e8=Q+ Bxe8 51. Qxe8+ Rf8 52. Bd5+ Kh8 53. Qh5+ Qh6 54. Qxh6+ Bxh6

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Black to play

FIDE World Cup (Women), Krasnaya Polyana (Sochi) RUS
Analysis of Goryachkina, Aleksandra (2596) vs. Kosteniuk, Alexandra (2472)

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. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Be3 Nd5 8. Qc1 Nxe3 9. Qxe3 Be7 10. Rc1 O-O 11. Rxc4 Bd7 12. a3 a5 13. Nbd2 a4 14. Ne5 Na5 15. Rc2 Bb5 16. Re1 Ra6 17. h4 Rd6 18. Qc3 c6 19. e3 f6 20. Nef3 e5 21. b4 axb3 e.p. 22. Nxb3 Nxb3 23. Qxb3+ Kh8 24. a4 Ba6 25. dxe5 Rd3 26. Rc3 Rxc3 27. Qxc3 fxe5 28. Qxe5 c5 29. h5 c4 30. h6 Bf6 31. hxg7+ Bxg7 32. Qh5 Qf6 33. Ng5 Qxf2+ 34. Kh2 Qc2 35. e4 h6 36. Nf7+ Kg8 37. Qd5 c3 38. Nxh6+ Kh7 39. Nf7 Qf2 40. Ng5+ Kg6 41. Rh1 Qd4 42. Nh3 Qxd5 43. exd5 Bh6 44. Re1 Bd3 45. Nf4+ Bxf4 46. gxf4 Rxf4 47. d6 Rxa4 48. Bxb7 Rd4 49. Kg3 Bf5 50. Bf3 c2 51. Rc1 Kf6 52. Kf2 Ke5 53. Ke3 Rd3+ 54. Ke2 Rxd6 55. Ke3 Rd3+ 56. Ke2 Kf4 57. Bh5 Rd6 58. Rf1+ Ke5 59. Rc1 Kd4 60. Kd2 Kc4+ 61. Ke3 Rd4 62. Ra1 Kc3 63. Bf3 Ra4 64. Rc1 Kb2 65. Bc6 Rb4 66. Re1 c1=Q+ 67. Rxc1 Kxc1 68. Ke2 Be4 69. Be8 Kc2 70. Ke3 Kc3 71. Bd7 Bc2 72. Bc6 Rb1 73. Bd7 Re1+ 74. Kf4 Kd4 75. Bh3 Be4 76. Bc8 Rf1+ 77. Kg4 Rf2 78. Kg3 Ke3 79. Kg4 Rf6 80. Bb7 Bxb7 81. Kg5 Re6 82. Kf5 Bd5 83. Kg5 Be4 84. Kg4 Re5 85. Kh3 Rg5 86. Kh4 Kf4 87. Kh3 Rh5#

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White to play

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Analysis of John Coffey vs. binalden

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. Nxe4 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 dxe4 10. Qxe4 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. Be3 Nd7 13. Rad1 e6 14. f4 f5 15. Qf3 Qb6 16. d5 Qxb2 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Qxc6 Nb6 19. Qxe6+ Rf7 20. c5 Nd7 21. Bc4 Nxe5 22. fxe5 Raf8 23. Qxf7+ Kh8 24. Qxg7+ Kxg7 25. Rd7+ Kh8 26. Bh6 Qxe5 27. Bxf8 h5 28. Rb1 Qe3+ 29. Kh1 Qe8 30. Rxa7 f4 31. Bd6 f3 32. Rb8 fxg2+ 33. Kxg2 Qxb8 34. Bxb8 h4 35. Be5#

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White to play and win

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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 Kd7 39. a5 a6 40. bxa6 Kc6 41. h3 Kc7 42. g4 hxg4 43. hxg4 f4 44. Kxe4 Kc6 45. a7

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Black to play

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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 -1

(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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