French, Classical, Steinitz Variation

USCF Online Rated Chess.com Rapid Tournament
Journeytosomewhere (1621) vs. john2001plus (1834), 15+10

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. Nf3 c5 9. Nb5 Nc6 10. c3 f6 11. Be2 fxe5 12. fxe5 cxd4 13. cxd4 Rxf3 14. Bxf3 Qb4+ 15. Nc3 Nxd4 16. O-O Nxe5 17. Nxd5 Nexf3+ 18. gxf3 exd5 19. a3 Qxb2 20. Rb1 Qc3 21. Rc1 Qxc1 22. Qxd4 Qg5+ 23. Kh1 Be6 24. Rg1 Qh6 25. f4 Rf8 26. Qe5 Qf6 27. Qc7 d4 28. Qxb7 Qf7 29. Qc7

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Pawn promotion:
	- Queen
	- Rook
	- Bishop
	- Knight

Click here for 14... gxf3.
Click here for 18. Rxf3.
Click here for 26... d4.
Click here for 27... Bf5.
Click here for 28... Rd8.

Maroczy Bind

chess.com USCF Online rated tournament.
john2001plus (1875) vs. skuhl99 (1458), 15+10

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 c5 3. c4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 g6 6. e4 d6 7. f3 Bg7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Be2 a6 10. O-O Bd7 11. Qd2 Qb6 12. Ne6 Qa5 13. Nxf8 Kxf8 14. a3 Qc7 15. b4 Ne5 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Bxa1 19. Rxa1 Qxc4 20. Rc1 Qb3 21. Bd4 f6 22. Rc7 Rd8 23. Rxb7 Qxa3 24. Bb6 Qa1+ 25. Kf2 Ke8 26. Bxd8 Kxd8 27. Qc2 Qd4+ 28. Kf1 Bb5+ 29. Ke1 Qg1+ 30. Kd2 Qd4+ 31. Kc1 Qa1+ 32. Kd2 Qd4+ 33. Kc1 Qa1+ 34. Kd2 Qd4+ 35. Kc1

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Options:
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	- show legal moves;

 

Pawn promotion:
	- Queen
	- Rook
	- Bishop
	- Knight

Click here for 9... Nd7.
Click here for 16. Rac1.
Click here for 21. Rc7.
Click here for 22. Rc8.
Click here for 23. h4.
Click here for 23... Qb1+.
Click here for 28. Kg3.
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Chigorin Variation

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john2001plus (1841) vs. Yeetyeet21 (1218)

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 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 Kg7 16. e5

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Options:
	- allow legal moves only;
	- use short algebraic notation;
movement/animation speed: (slow) (fast)
	- show legal moves;

 

Pawn promotion:
	- Queen
	- Rook
	- Bishop
	- Knight

Click here for 14... Nxe4.
Click here for 15... e5.