MYSQL subquery and nested query optimization example analysis

SELECT ps.* FROM cdb_playsgame ps WHERE ps.credits=(select MAX(credits)  
FROM cdb_playsgame ps1  
where ps.uid=ps1.uid AND ps.gametag=ps1.gametag) AND ps.gametag='yeti3'  
GROUP BY ps.uid order by ps.credits desc LIMIT 100;

SELECT ps.*  
FROM cdb_playsgame ps,(select ps1.uid, ps1.gametag, MAX(credits) as credits 
FROM cdb_playsgame ps1 group by uid,gametag) t 
WHERE ps.credits=t.credits AND ps.uid=t.uid AND ps.gametag=t.gametag AND ps.gametag='yeti3'  
GROUP BY ps.uid order by ps.credits desc LIMIT 100;

 SELECT ps. * , mf. * , m.username 
FROM cdb_playsgame ps 
LEFT JOIN cdb_memberfields mf ON mf.uid = ps.uid 
LEFT JOIN cdb_members m ON m.uid = ps.uid 
WHERE ps.gametag = 'chuansj' 
AND FROM_UNIXTIME( ps.dateline, '%Y%m%d' ) = '20081008' 
AND ps.credits = ( 
SELECT MAX( ps1.credits ) 
FROM cdb_playsgame ps1 
WHERE ps.uid = ps1.uid 
AND ps1.gametag = 'chuansj' 
AND FROM_UNIXTIME( ps1.dateline, '%Y%m%d' ) = '20081008' ) 
GROUP BY ps.uid 
ORDER BY credits DESC 
LIMIT 0 , 50

AND ps.credits=(SELECT MAX(ps1.credits)  
 FROM {$tablepre}playsgame ps1 where ps.uid=ps1.uid AND ps1.gametag = '$game'  
 AND FROM_UNIXTIME(ps1.dateline, '%Y%m%d') = '$todaytime' )

FROM_UNIXTIME(ps1.dateline, '%Y%m%d') = '$todaytime'

AND ps1.dateline >= UNIX_TIMESTAMP('$todaytime')

 SELECT ps. * , mf. * , m.username 
FROM cdb_playsgame ps, cdb_memberfields mf, cdb_members m, ( 
 
SELECT ps1.uid, MAX( ps1.credits ) AS credits 
FROM cdb_playsgame ps1 
WHERE ps1.gametag = 'chuansj' 
AND ps1.dateline >= UNIX_TIMESTAMP( '20081008' ) 
GROUP BY ps1.uid 
) AS t 
WHERE mf.uid = ps.uid 
AND m.uid = ps.uid 
AND ps.gametag = 'chuansj' 
AND ps.credits = t.credits 
AND ps.uid = t.uid 
GROUP BY ps.uid 
ORDER BY credits DESC 
LIMIT 0 , 50

SELECT PLAYERNO,NAME,NUMBER 
FROM (SELECT PLAYERNO,NAME, 
       (SELECT COUNT(*) 
       FROM PENALTIES 
       WHERE PENALTIES.PLAYERNO = 
          PLAYERS.PLAYERNO) 
       AS NUMBER 
    FROM PLYERS) AS PN 
WHERE NUMBER>=2