What is the strongest continuation for White?

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John Coffey vs. Alexander Netipanov

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

(white to move) 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 h6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Bb4 6. e3 Nc6 7. Rc1 a6 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Bb7 12. Ne4 Be7 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Be4 Qd7 15. Nd2 Be7 16. Qf3 e5 17. Bg3 Nxd4 18. exd4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Qxd4 20. Qxd4 exd4 21. Rxc7

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White to play for mate

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Analysis of John Coffey vs. chess724

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 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Bb4 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 O-O 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Re1 Bxc3 10. bxc3 h6 11. e4 Nb6 12. Bd3 Bd7 13. Bc2 a6 14. e5 Nfd5 15. Qd3 f5 16. exf6 e.p. Nxf6 17. Ne5 Nbd5 18. Bxh6 gxh6 19. Qg6+ Kh8 20. Qxh6+ Kg8 21. Rad1 Qe7 22. Rd3 Rf7 23. Rh3 Nh7 24. Nxf7 Qf6 25. Rg3+ Ng5 26. Rxg5+ Kxf7 27. Qh7+ Ke8 28. Rg8+ Qf8 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. Bg6 Be8 31. Rxe6 Bxg6 32. Rxg6 Ne7 33. Qh8+ Ng8 34. Rg7 Ke8 35. Qxg8#

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John Coffey vs. Alexander Netipanov

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 h6 7. Rc1 Ne4 8. Bd3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Ba5 10. O-O O-O 11. e4 dxe4 12. Bxe4 Ne7 13. Qd2 c6 14. Bxh6 f5 15. Bd3 gxh6 16. Qxh6 Rf7 17. Ng5 Rg7 18. Nxe6 Bxe6 19. Qxe6+ Kh7 20. Bxf5+ Nxf5 21. Qxf5+ Kh6 22. Rce1 Rg6 23. Re3 Qg5 24. Rh3+ Kg7 25. Qd7+ Kg8 26. Qh7+ Kf8 27. Rf3+ Rf6 28. Rg3 Rh6 29. Qxb7 Qd8 30. Qg7+

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Analysis of john2001plus (1822) vs. LetsGoRoyals (1639), 900+10

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 b6 2. e4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 Bb4 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. e5 Nd5 7. Bd2 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be7 9. O-O d6 10. Re1 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Bd6 12. Qg4 Bxe5 13. dxe5 g6 14. Bg5 Qd7 15. Bf6 Rg8 16. Rad1 h5 17. Qg5 Qc8 18. Bb5+ Nc6 19. Rd4 a6 20. Bxc6+ Bxc6 21. Red1 Bd5 22. c4 c5 23. Rd4d2 Bxc4 24. Rd8+ Qxd8 25. Bxd8 Kf8 26. Qe7+ Kg7 27. Qf6+ Kh6 28. Qf4+ Kh7 29. Rd7 Rg7 30. Bf6 Rag8 31. Qxc4

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Black to play for a slight advantage

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Aksh0412 (1638) vs. john2001plus (1850)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. dxe4 e5 5. Ngf3 Bc5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Nf6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. Qc2 Bb6 11. b4 Qd7 12. a4 a6 13. Rd1 Bxh3 14. gxh3 Qxh3 15. Bf1 Qg3+ 16. Kh1 Qxf2 17. Bg2 Ng4 18. Qa2 Ne3 19. Rg1 Rad8 20. Nb3 Qg3 21. Bxe3 Bxe3 22. Rgd1 Nd4 23. Nbxd4 exd4 24. Rxd4 Bxd4 25. cxd4

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Black to play and win

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liberion (1750) vs. john2001plus (1869)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 c5 4. b4 Qb6 5. bxc5 Bxc5 6. d4 Bb4+ 7. c3 Be7 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Ba3 Rc8 11. Bxe7 Ngxe7 12. Nbd2 Nf5 13. Ng5 h6 14. Bxf5 hxg5 15. Bd3 f6 16. f4 Nxd4 17. Bg6+ Ke7 18. cxd4 Qxd4+ 19. Kh1 Rh6 20. f5 Rch8 21. h3 Rxh3+ 22. gxh3 Rxh3+ 23. Kg2 Qh4 24. Ne4 Rh2+ 25. Kg1 Rh1+ 26. Kg2 Qh3+ 27. Kf2 Rh2+ 28. Ke1 Qe3+

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Black to play and win.

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Gregory vs. John Coffey

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

(black to move) 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bg4 6. O-O e6 7. h3 Bh5 8. g4 Bg6 9. Ne5 Rc8 10. Ne2 Bd6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Ba4 O-O 13. c3 Ne4 14. Bc2 Qh4 15. f3 Qxh3 16. f4 Qxg4+ 17. Kh2 Bf5 18. Qe1 Be7 19. Bxe4 Qh3+ 20. Kg1 Bxe4 21. Qg3 Qh1+ 22. Kf2 Qh5 23. Kg1 Bh4 24. Qh3 Qxe2 25. f5 exf5 26. Bd2 Rfe8 27. Be1 Re6 28. Bxh4 Rg6+ 29. Bg3 Rh6 30. Bh4 Rxh4 31. Rf2 Rg4+

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What is the strongest continuation for White?

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John Coffey vs. Eduardo

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 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b6 8. Qc2 Bb7 9. a3 Nbd7 10. Rc1 Nh5 11. Bg3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Nf6 13. e4 h6 14. e5 Nd5 15. Qe4 Rb8 16. Bd3 Nf6 17. Qf4 Nh7 18. Rxh6 Bxf3 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. Bd3+ Kg8 21. gxf3 f5 22. exf6 e.p. Rxf6 23. Bh7+ Kf8 24. Bg6 Bd6 25. Qh4 Ke7 26. Rh7 Qf8 27. Ne4 Kd8 28. Nxd6 Qxd6 29. Rxg7 Kc8 30. Qxf6 Kb7 31. Rcxc7+ Qxc7 32. Be4+

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White to play and survive.

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Analysis of john2001plus (1825) vs. fiddler (1735)

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 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 c5 9. O-O c4 10. Bc2 a6 11. Ne5 Bd6 12. a4 Qe7 13. Nxd7 Bxd7 14. Qf3 Bxf4 15. exf4 Qd6 16. Rfe1 Rfe8 17. Re5 Bc6 18. Rae1 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. g4 b4 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Rxe8+ Nxe8 23. Nd1 Nf6 24. Kg2 b3 25. Bb1 Qb4 26. Nc3

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White to play for a winning advantage.

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Analysis of fiddler (1735) vs. john2001plus (1825)

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

(white to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Be2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. b3 c5 9. Bb2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nbd7 12. Qe2 Rc8 13. Rac1 Qc7 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. f3 Ne5 16. Nxe6 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 fxe6 18. Bxe6+ Kh8 19. Bxc8 Qxc8 20. Nb5 Nc6 21. Qc4 Ba6 22. Rc1 Qe8 23. Qxc6 Bxb5 24. Qxe8+ Nxe8 25. Rc8 Bd6 26. Kf2 Bc7 27. f4 Kg8 28. Ra8 a5 29. Be5 Bxe5 30. fxe5 Kf7 31. Rb8

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White to play and win

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Analysis of john2001plus (1841) vs. Yeetyeet21 (1218)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nc6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Qe7 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Bd7 11. O-O O-O 12. e4 Na5 13. Bd3 g5 14. Nxg5 hxg5 15. Bxg5 e5 16. f4 Qe6 17. fxe5 Nh7 18. Bf6 Nxf6 19. exf6 Qg4 20. Qd2 Qh5 21. Rf4 Nc6 22. e5 Rfe8 23. Qf2 Nxe5 24. dxe5 Rxe5 25. Rh4 Qg5 26. Bh7+ Kh8 27. Bf5+ Kg8 28. Bxd7 Re2 29. Qxe2 Qxh4 30. Rf1 Rd8 31. Rf3 Rxd7 32. Qe8+ Kh7 33. Qxd7 Qe1+ 34. Rf1 Qe3+ 35. Kh1 Kg6 36. Qg4+ Qg5 37. Qe4+ Kh6 38. Rf4 Qh5 39. Rh4 Qxh4 40. Qxh4+ Kg6 41. Qf4 a6 42. h4 a5 43. Qg5+

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What is the best continuation for Black?

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Analysis of MrNice (1808) vs. Sherlocked (1679)

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

(black to move) 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bf4 Bf5 6. Bxb8 Rxb8 7. Nbd2 e6 8. Nxe4 Bxe4 9. Nd2 Bg6 10. e3 Bd6 11. Be2 O-O 12. Bh5 Qh4 13. Bxg6 fxg6 14. Nf3 Qf6 15. h4 e5 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Qe2 Bd6 18. O-O-O a5 19. a4 b5 20. axb5 a4 21. bxc6 Ba3 22. Rd2 Qxc3+ 23. Rc2 Bxb2+ 24. Kb1 Ba3+ 25. Ka2 Qb3+ 26. Ka1 Bb4 27. Rb2 Bc3 28. Kb1 Qxb2+ 29. Qxb2 Rxb2+ 30. Ka1 Rfb8 31. Rb1 Rxb1+ 32. Ka2 Ra1#

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White to play for a winning advantage

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Analysis of john2001plus (1861) vs. WilliamAthens (1493)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 b6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bb7 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 Bb4 7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3 Bxe4 9. Nb5 d5 10. Bf4 Nc6 11. Nc7+ Ke7 12. Nxa8 Qxa8 13. Bf3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Nf6 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bxf6+ gxf6 17. c4 dxc4 18. Qa3+ Ke8 19. Rad1 Rg8 20. f3 Ne7 21. Qa4+ Kf8 22. Rd7 Qe8 23. Qxa7 Nd5 24. Re1 Rg5 25. Qa3+ Kg7 26. Qd6 Kg6 27. Rd8 Qe7 28. Qb8 Qc5+ 29. Kh1 Qf2 30. Rg8+ Kh5 31. Rg1 Rg6 32. Qf8 Qxc2 33. Qxf7 Nf4 34. Rxg6 Qxg6 35. Qc7 e5 36. Qxc4 f5 37. g3 Qe6 38. Qxe6 Nxe6 39. Re1

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