Semi-Slav

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john2001plus (1805) vs. santumitra1984 (1550)

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 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 c6 8. Bd3 b6 9. O-O Ba6 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Qa4 Qc8 12. Nxc6 dxc4 13. Ne7+ Kh8 14. Nxc8 Raxc8 15. Qxa6

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Unusual French

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Analysis of simphiwenyalunga (1161) vs. john2001plus (1783)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. a3 d5 3. e5 c5 4. h3 Nc6 5. f4 Qh4+ 6. Ke2 Qxf4 7. d4 Nxd4+ 8. Ke1 Qg3+ 9. Kd2 g6 10. Nf3 Bd7 11. Nxd4 Bh6+ 12. Ke2 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Bxc1

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Queen Pawn.

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The_Nimaj (1546) vs. john2001plus (1797)

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

(black to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. a3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. Bg5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Qd2 d4 8. Ne4 Nxe4 9. Bxd8 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 Nxd8 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. b4 e5 13. b5 Na5 14. Rb1 Nxc4+ 15. Kd1 Bxa3 16. e3 Nb2+ 17. Ke2 Bf5 18. Rxb2 d3+ 19. Kd2 Bxb2 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. f4 Bb2 22. Bxd3 Rd8 23. Kc2 Bxd3+ 24. Kxb2 Bxb5 25. Kc2 O-O 26. Ra1 Rc8+ 27. Kb3 Rfd8 28. Rxa7 Ba6 29. g4 Rd3+ 30. Kb2 Rxe3 31. h4 Rh3 32. g5 Re8 33. Rxa6 bxa6 34. Ka2 Re2+ 35. Kb1 Rh1#

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English with instructive endgame.

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Troy8 (1988) vs. john2001plus (1854), 180+2

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

(black to move) 1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. Qc2 Bd6 6. d4 O-O 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Nf6 11. Qh4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. Qf4 Rd8 14. O-O Bxd2 15. Nxd2 e5 16. dxe5 Qxd2 17. Qxd2 Rxd2 18. exf6 Rxb2 19. Rfe1 Be6 20. fxg7 Bxc4 21. Rab1 Rxb1 22. Rxb1 Bxa2 23. Rxb7 Bd5 24. Bxd5 cxd5 25. Rd7 a5 26. Rxd5 a4 27. Rd2 a3 28. Ra2 Kxg7 29. Kf1 Kf6 30. Ke2 Ke5 31. Kd3 Kd5 32. f3 Kc5 33. Kc3 f5 34. g4 fxg4 35. fxg4 Kd5 36. Kd3 Ke5 37. Ke3 Ra4 38. h3 Re4+ 39. Kf3 Rf4+ 40. Kg3 Ra4 41. Kh4 Kf4 42. Kh5 Kg3 43. h4 Ra6 44. g5 Ra5 45. Kh6 Kxh4 46. g6 hxg6 47. Kxg6 Kg4 48. Kf6 Kf4 49. Ke6 Ke4 50. Kd6 Kd4 51. Kc6 Kc4 52. Kb6 Kb4 53. Kc6 Rh5 54. Rg2 Rh6+ 55. Kd5 Ra6 56. Rg4+ Kb5 57. Rg1 a2 58. Ra1 Kb4 59. Kd4 Kb3

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