Black to play

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John Coffey, Utah Senior Chess c vs. OUBobcat

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

(black to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e3 b5 7. a4 c6 8. g3 Bb7 9. Bg2 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Nbd7 11. O-O a6 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Bxa8 15. dxe5 Qxd1 16. Rxd1 Nd7 17. Ra1 O-O 18. Be7 Re8 19. Bd6 Nb6 20. Ra7 Na4 21. Bb4 c5 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Bxa8 cxb4 24. cxb4 c3 25. Be4 Nb6 26. Kf1 Nd5 27. Ke2 Nxb4

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White to play for a slight advantage

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Analysis of John Coffey vs. Eduardo

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 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 Bg5 16. Nxg5 Qxg5 17. Ne2 Rac8 18. Bd3 f5 19. exf6 e.p. Qxf6 20. O-O

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What is the strongest move for Black?

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Analysis of Maddog6 vs. John Coffey

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. b3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 Nxd4 9. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 10. Nfd2 Ne7 11. Be2 Nxe2 12. Qxe2 Qd4 13. Nc3 Qxc3 14. O-O Ng6 15. Rfc1 Qxe5 16. Qb5+ Ke7 17. Nf3 Qd6 18. h3 Bd7 19. Qe2 Rhc8 20. Rd1 e5

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	- Knight

What is the strongest continuation for Black?

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Eduardo vs. John Coffey

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. e5 d6 3. exd6 Bxd6 4. Nf3 e5 5. h3 e4 6. Nd4 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. O-O a6 9. Nc3 b5 10. Bb3 c5 11. Ndxb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 Ba6 13. c4 Bxb5 14. cxb5 Nbd7 15. a4 Ne5 16. Qe2 Bc7 17. Ra3 Qd6 18. g3 Rfe8 19. Kg2 h5 20. h4 Nf3 21. Rh1 Ng4 22. Bd1 Nd4 23. Qc4 Ne5 24. Qa2 Nd3 25. Qc4 Qg6

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What is the best continuation for White?

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Analysis of john2001plus (1825) vs. fiddler (1795)

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 b6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. a3 Bb7 10. Bxc7 Nd7 11. Bd3 Rac8 12. Bg3 Rfd8 13. e4 Qa5+ 14. b4 Qh5 15. O-O Nf6 16. Qe2 Rc3 17. Rfc1 Rdc8 18. Qd2 Rxc1+ 19. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 20. Qxc1 Ne8 21. b5 f6 22. Bb8 Bd8 23. Bxa7 Qf7 24. Bb8

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What is the best continuation for Black?

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thokkubabu (1660) vs. john2001plus (1867)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Be2 Ne4 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. Bd2 Nxd2 9. Kxd2 O-O 10. Nf3 dxc4 11. Rad1 Nxd4 12. Kc1 Bxc3 13. Qxc4 Be6 14. Rxd4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Bxa2

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