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Chris Webber vs. John Coffey: Stay home as much as possible. Self quarantined

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. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Ne7 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. O-O Bxb5 8. Nxb5 Nf5 9. a4 Nc6 10. Bf4 a6 11. Nb5c3 g5 12. Bg3 h5 13. h3 g4 14. a5 gxh3 15. gxh3 Rg8 16. Qxh5 Nxg3 17. fxg3 Rxg3+ 18. Kh2 Rg6

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Kesbor vs. John Coffey

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. Nb3 Bb6 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. Bb5+ Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nbd4 Bg4 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bxc6 Rc8 13. Ba4 Ne4 14. c3 Qd6 15. Qd3 Nc5 16. Qd1 Bc7 17. Re1 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Qxh2+ 19. Kf1 Qh1+ 20. Ke2 Qh4 21. Bc2 Rfe8+ 22. Be3 Rxe3+ 23. Kxe3 Re8+ 24. Be4 dxe4 25. Qd4 Qf4+ 26. Ke2 Qxf3+ 27. Kf1 Nd3 28. Qe3 Qh1+ 29. Ke2 Qh5+ 30. Kf1 Nf4 31. Kg1 Re6 32. Rad1 Rh6 33. Qxe4 Rg6+ 34. Kf1 Qh3+

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Analysis of john2001plus (1889) vs. soitgoes317 (1769)

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

(white to move) 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. d3 Qh4+ 6. g3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Qd8 8. Nf3 Be7 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 c6 13. Qg4 Re8 14. Bh6 Bf8 15. Rxf7 Re7 16. Bxg7 Qb6+ 17. d4 Rxf7 18. Bxf8+ Kxf8 19. e6 Nd7 20. exf7 Nf6 21. Qh4 Qd8 22. Rf1 Kg7 23. Qg5+ Kxf7 24. Bf3 Qe7 25. Bh5+ Ke6 26. Qh6 Kd7 27. Rxf6 Qe1+ 28. Kh2 Kc7 29. Rf7+ Kb6 30. Qd6 Qd2+ 31. Kg1 Qe1+ 32. Kg2 Qd2+ 33. Kf1 Qc1+ 34. Kf2 Qxc2+ 35. Be2 Qxc3 36. Qc7#

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Analysis of aherring74 (1905) vs. john2001plus (1863)

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

(white to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 a6 4. e3 c5 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. a3 e5 7. Bg5 Be6 8. b4 Be7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. Be2 b6 11. cxb6 Qxb6 12. O-O Rfd8 13. Na4 Qc7 14. Qc1 h6 15. Bh4 g5 16. Bg3 Bd6 17. c4 e4 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. c5 Qc7 20. Nd4 Ng4 21. f4 exf3 e.p. 22. Nxf3 d4 23. g3 Nxe3 24. Nxd4 Nxd4 25. Qxe3 Nc2 26. Qf3 Nxa1 27. Rxa1 Qe5 28. Rf1 Rd2 29. Qxa8+ Kg7 30. Bf3 Qd4+ 31. Kh1 Bh3 32. Qxa6 Rf2 33. Rd1 Bg2+ 34. Bxg2 Qxd1+ 35. Bf1 Rxf1+ 36. Kg2 Qf3+ 37. Kh3 Rg1 38. Qc8 Qh5#

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Analysis of Coffey, John (2016) vs. Gusev, Dmitri (1865)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 Nc6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e4 e5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. Nd5 f5 9. Bd3 fxe4 10. Bxe4 f5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 fxe4 13. Qh5+ Kd7 14. Qg4+ Kc6 15. Qxe4 Kd7 16. e6+ Kc6 17. O-O-O a5 18. c5 Kb5 19. Qd3+ Kc6 20. Qc4 dxc5 21. Nc3 Qg5+ 22. f4 Kb6 23. fxg5

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