Semi-Slav

ICC tourney 1203 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
yoshi (1727) vs. THE-WARRIOR (1362)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 e6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O h6 9. Bh4 Nh5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 g6 13. g4 Ng7 14. f4 Rd8 15. Qf3 Qc5 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Rac1 Qb6 18. b3 Bd7 19. Ne2 Rac8 20. Nd4 a6 21. f5 exf5 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. gxf5 g5 24. Qxd5 Rd8 25. Qe4 Re8 26. f6 Bf5 27. Nxf5 Nxf5 28. Rxf5 Kf8 29. Rf3 Rc8 30. Qh7 Rc1+ 31. Kg2 Ke8 32. Qg8+ Kd7 33. Qxf7+ Kc8 34. Qf8+ Kc7 35. Qd6+ Qxd6 36. exd6+ Kxd6 37. f7

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French Advance

ICC tourney 1199 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
Taechess (1535) vs. yoshi (1701)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 Bd7 7. Bc2 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nb4 9. Nc3 Nxc2+ 10. Qxc2 Ne7 11. O-O Nf5 12. Be3 Be7 13. Na4 Qb4 14. Nc3 Rc8 15. a3 Qb6 16. Qd2 O-O 17. Rac1 f6 18. Rfe1 fxe5 19. Nxe5 Bc6 20. Red1 Nxe3 21. fxe3 Bd6 22. Nxc6 Rxc6 23. Na4 Qc7 24. Rxc6 Bxh2+ 25. Kh1 bxc6 26. Nc5 Qg3 27. Nd3 Qh4 28. g3 Bxg3+ 29. Kg1 Qg4 30. Kh1 Rf6 31. Qc2 Rh6+ 32. Kg1 Bf2+ 33. Kxf2 Rh2+ 34. Kf1 Rxc2 35. Nf2 Rxf2+ 36. Kxf2 Qxd1 37. Kg3 Qe1+

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French Nimzovich variation

ICC tourney 1191 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
ROWLAND (1550) vs. yoshi (1685)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O Nge7 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. c3 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 O-O 13. Re1 Ne5 14. Qh5 g6 15. Qh4 a6 16. Bf1 Re8 17. Bg5 Qc7 18. Bf6 Nf5 19. Qg5 Nd7 20. Nd4 h6 21. Qd2 Bf4 22. Qd3 Nxf6 23. Nxf5 gxf5 24. Qxf5 Bh2+ 25. Kh1 Qf4 26. Qxf4 Bxf4 27. g3 Bc7 28. Bg2 Bb6 29. Kg1 Ne4 30. Bxe4 Rxe4 31. Rxe4 dxe4 32. Kf1 f5 33. Rd1 Rd8 34. Rxd8+ Bxd8 35. Ke2 Kf7 36. h4 h5 37. Ke3 Ke6 38. Kf4 Bb6 39. f3 e3

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Queen Pawn

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busygin (2132) vs. john2001plus (1771)

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 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. c3 cxd4 5. cxd4 Nc6 6. e3 Qb6 7. Qb3 Na5 8. Qxb6 axb6 9. Nc3 Bb4 10. Bd3 Nb3 11. Rb1 Rxa2 12. O-O Ra8 13. Bc2 Na5 14. Na4 Nd5 15. Bg3 b5 16. e4 bxa4 17. exd5 O-O 18. dxe6 dxe6 19. Bxa4 Nc4 20. Bb5 Nd6 21. Bd3 Bd7 22. Ne5 Bb5 23. Ra1 f6 24. Bxb5 Nxb5 25. Nf3 Rxa1 26. Rxa1 Rd8 27. Ra4 Nxd4 28. Rxb4 Nc2 29. Re4 Rd1+ 30. Ne1 Nxe1 31. Kf1 Nc2+ 32. Ke2 Re1+ 33. Kd3 Rxe4 34. Kxe4 f5+ 35. Ke5 Kf7 36. Kd6 Ne1 37. b4 Nd3 38. b5 h6 39. h4 g5 40. Kc7 f4 41. Bh2 e5 42. hxg5 hxg5 43. f3 e4 44. fxe4 Nc5 45. Bg1 Nxe4 46. Kxb7 Nd6+ 47. Kc6 Ke6 48. b6 Nc4 49. Kc5 Nxb6 50. Kxb6 g4 51. Kc5 Ke5 52. Kc4 Ke4 53. Kc3 g3 54. Kd2 f3 55. gxf3+ Kxf3 56. Bd4

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French Nimzovich variation

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Rescuebots (1631) vs. john2001plus (1764)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c3 Nc6 7. Bb5 Qb6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. O-O cxd4 10. cxd4 c5 11. Nb3 Ba6 12. Re1 Rb8 13. Be3 c4 14. Nbd2 Qxb2 15. Rb1 Qa3 16. Rxb8+ Nxb8 17. Qb1 Bb4 18. Rc1 O-O 19. Ng5 g6 20. Ngf3 Nc6 21. Bh6 Rb8 22. Qc2 Bb5 23. Nb1 Qd3 24. Qxd3 cxd3 25. Bd2 Bc4 26. Bxb4 Rxb4 27. Nbd2 Rb2 28. g4 Nxd4 29. Nxc4 Nxf3+ 30. Kg2 d2 31. Rd1 Ne1+ 32. Rxe1 dxe1=Q 33. Nxb2 Qe4+

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Slav Defense.

ICC tourney 1199 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
yoshi (1705) vs. CadiZKilleR (1500)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. Ne5 Bf5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qb3 Nxc3 8. Qxf7#

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French Defense.

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Shreyas_Reddy (1617) vs. john2001plus (1767)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. f4 O-O 8. Qg4 c5 9. Nf3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nc6 11. Ndb5 f6 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Qg3 d4 14. Ne2 Qb4+ 15. Nbc3 dxc3 16. Qxc3 Ne4 17. Qxb4 Nxb4 18. Nd4 Rxf4 19. c3 Nf2 20. cxb4 Nxh1 21. Nc2 Bd7 22. g3 Re4+ 23. Be2 Bb5 24. O-O-O Rxe2 25. Rxh1 Rc8

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	- Knight

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