French Nimzovich

ICC tourney 1276 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
Analysis of ROWLAND (1418) vs. yoshi (1663)

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. c3 cxd4 5. cxd4 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Nf3 O-O 9. a3 Be7 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. O-O b6 12. Bg5 Bb7 13. Rc1 Rc8

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QGD

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Analysis of yoshi (1659) vs. LiangLiang (1682)

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 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 Nf8 8. O-O Ng6 9. Qc2 O-O 10. a3 c6 11. Bd2 Bd6 12. h3 Bd7 13. Rfe1 Bc7 14. e4

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King's Indian.

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Analyze yoshi (1652) vs. wcorbit1 (1432)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Bg5 d6 6. e3 Re8 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. Nd2 h6 9. Bh4 e5 10. d5 e4 11. Nb3 g5 12. Bg3 Ne5 13. Nd4 c5 14. dxc6 e.p. bxc6 15. O-O Qe7 16. Bxe5 dxe5 17. Nb3 Rb8 18. Qc2 Bf5 19. Rfd1 Qe6 20. Nc5 Qe7 21. Nc3xe4 Nxe4 22. Nxe4 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Rxb2 24. Bd3

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French Nimzovich

ICC tourney 1273 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
Analysis of canary2016 (1267) vs. yoshi (1649)

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. c3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Nb3 Bb6 8. Bd3 Nf6 9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Re1 Ne4 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Qxd8 Raxd8 15. Nfd4 Bxd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. cxd4 f5

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French NImzovich

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Analysis of canary2016 (1267) vs. yoshi (1649)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Nb3 Bb6 8. Bd3 Nf6 9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Re1 Ne4 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Qxd8 Raxd8 15. Rxe4 Rd1+ 16. Ne1 f5 17. Re3 f4 18. Re4 Bg6 19. Re2 Bd3 20. Re6 Bc4 21. Re4 Bd5 22. Re2 f3 23. gxf3 Bxf3 24. Re3 Bd5 25. Bd2 Bxb3 26. Rxd1 Bxd1 27. Ng2 Rd8 28. Bc1 Bxe3

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French Nimzovich

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Analysis of canary2016 (1267) vs. yoshi (1649)

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. c3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Nb3 Bb6 8. Bd3 Nf6 9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Re1 Ne4 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Qxd8 Raxd8 15. Rxe4 Rd1+ 16. Ne1 f5 17. Re3 f4 18. Re4 Bg6 19. Re2 Bd3 20. Re6 Bc4 21. Re4 Bd5 22. Re2 f3 23. gxf3 Bxf3 24. Re6 Bd5 25. Re2 Rxf2 26. Rxf2 Rxe1+ 27. Kh2 Bxf2

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French Nimzovich

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Analysis of nickgeannopoulos (1466) vs. john2001plus (1789)

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. Bd3 cxd4 7. Nb3 Nc6 8. Qe2 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 Ndxe5 11. Bb5 Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 e5 13. O-O-O O-O 14. f4 f6 15. Qe2 Qc7

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French Nimzovich

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Analysis of Anumakaar (1766) vs. john2001plus (1698)

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 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nb3 Nce4 11. Nfd4 O-O 12. Bf4 Bd6

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French Nimzovich.

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Analysis of Indirect (2012) vs. john2001plus (1718)

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. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Ngf3 Nf6 7. Bb5+ Nc6 8. O-O O-O 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. c3 a6 11. Bd3 Re8 12. Bf4 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. Bc2 Ne4 15. Bxe4 dxe4

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French Nimzovich.

ICC tourney 1255 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
analysis of LiangLiang (1634) vs. yoshi (1636)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nb3 Nce4 11. Nfd4 O-O 12. c3 Re8 13. Bf4 Bd6 14. Bxd6 Nxd6

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English.

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Analysis of Troy8 (1988) vs. john2001plus (1854)

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 Be7 6. O-O b6 7. d4 O-O 8. Rd1 Bb7 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. b3 Ba6 11. Bf4 Nh5 12. Bd2 Nhf6 13. Bf4 Nh5

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Analysis of Troy8 (1988) vs. john2001plus (1854)

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 e5 11. O-O Nf6 12. Qe3 e4 13. Nd2 Re8 14. h3 Bf5 15. g4 Bg6 16. Re1 Qc7 17. Nxe4 Bh2+ 18. Kh1 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4+ 20. f3 Bxf3+ 21. Qxf3 Rxe1+ 22. Kg2 Rae8 23. Bf4 Re8e2+

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French Exchange

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Analyze pawnhopper316 (1987) vs. john2001plus (1840)

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. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. c3 h6 8. Na3 c6 9. Re1 Re8 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Bf4 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Bxa3 13. bxa3 Ne4 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Rxe4 Be6 16. Rd4 Qa5 17. Qc1 Rad8 18. Rd6 Rxd6 19. exd6 Bd7

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French Classical, Steinitz Variation

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Analysis of KingsBishop (1671) vs. john2001plus (1851)

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. Be2 Nc6 10. dxc5 Qxc5 11. Qd2 Rb8 12. O-O-O b5 13. Kb1 Ba6 14. Bd3 b4 15. Nxd5 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Rfd8 17. Ne3 Ndxe5

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French Classical, Steinitz Variation

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French Analysis vs. ?

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. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O f6 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. Kh1 b6 13. Bb5 Nd8 14. Bd3 Bb7 15. Qd2 Nf7 16. Rae1 Nd6 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Ng5 c4 19. Rxe6 Qd7 20. Be2 h6 21. Rxf6 gxf6 22. Nf3 Rad8

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King's Indian, Smyslov Variation

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Kings Indian Analysis vs. ?

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 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Bg5 d6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 h6 8. Bh4 c6 9. Be2 d5 10. O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nb6 12. Bd3 Bg4 13. Ne5

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French Exchange

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Analysis of spirals5 (2327) 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. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Bd6 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. h3 Na6 9. a3 Re8 10. Re1 Rxe1+ 11. Qxe1 Nc7 12. Bg5 Ne6 13. Bh4 Nf4

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Queen's Gambit Accepted

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Analysis of john2001plus (1848) vs. Jahonas (2212)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 O-O 8. Rc1 b6 9. O-O c5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Rfd1 Bb7 13. Bb5 Rb8 14. Bxd7 Nxd7 15. b3 h6 16. Ne4 CHECK!

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