Tactics Time.

Carlsen's amazing exchange sacrifice !!! (World Rapid Chess Championship 2015)

Casual G/10

Casual G/10, Greenwood Indiana Chess Club
John Coffey vs. Vaugn

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 d6 2. e4 Nc6 3. d4 Bg4 4. d5 Ne5 5. Nxe5 Bxd1 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 Qa5+ 8. Nc3 Kd8 9. cxb7 Rb8 10. Nc6+ Kc7 11. Nxa5 Bxc2 12. Nd5+ Kd8 13. Nc6+ Kd7 14. Ne5+ Ke6 15. Nc6 Bxe4 16. Nxb8 Bxd5 17. Bd7+ Ke5 18. Nc6+

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Al and Greg contemplate a difficult ending.

Chess Lesson 2016-12-19

Utah Senior Championship, U of U
John Coffey 1965 vs. Steve Gordon 2103

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

(black to move) 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Nb6 8. Ne5 Nfd7 9. Bf4 e6 10. e4 Bg6 11. a5 Nc8 12. a6 bxa6 13. Nxc6 Qb6 14. Rxa6 Qxb2 15. Nb5 Bb4+ 16. Nxb4 O-O 17. Bd2 Bxe4 18. Ra1 Bd5 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Bc3 Re8+ 21. Be2 Qxb5 22. Ra2 Ncb6 23. O-O Nc4 24. Ra5 Qb7 25. Bxc4 dxc4 26. d5 Qb6 27. Qa4 Qc7 28. d6 Qb8 29. Qxd7 Re6 30. Qc7 Rxd6 31. Qxb8+ Rxb8 32. Rxa7

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Chess Lesson 2016-12-12

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LetsGoRoyals (1659) vs. john2001plus (1813)

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

(black to move) 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. e4 Bc5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nge2 d6 7. d3 Ng4 8. O-O Qb6 9. Qe1 f5 10. Na4 Bxf2+ 11. Rxf2 Qxf2+ 12. Qxf2 Nxf2 13. Kxf2 fxe4+ 14. Ke3 exd3 15. Kxd3 Rf2

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Chess Lesson 2016-11-21.

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busygin (2132) vs. john2001plus (1771)

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

(black to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. c3 cxd4 5. cxd4 Nc6 6. e3 Qb6 7. Qb3 Na5 8. Qxb6 axb6 9. Nc3 Bb4 10. Bd3 Nb3 11. Rb1 Rxa2 12. O-O Ra8 13. Bc2 Na5 14. Na4 Nd5 15. Bg3 b5 16. e4 bxa4 17. exd5 O-O 18. dxe6 dxe6 19. Bxa4 Nc4 20. Bb5 Nd6 21. Bd3 Bd7 22. Ne5 Bb5 23. Ra1 f6 24. Bxb5 Nxb5 25. Nf3 Rxa1 26. Rxa1 Rd8 27. Ra4 Nxd4 28. Rxb4 Nc2 29. Re4 Rd1+ 30. Ne1 Nxe1 31. Kf1 Nc2+ 32. Ke2 Re1+ 33. Kd3 Rxe4 34. Kxe4 f5+ 35. Ke5 Kf7 36. Kd6 Ne1 37. b4 Nd3 38. b5 h6 39. h4 g5 40. Kc7 f4 41. Bh2 e5 42. hxg5 hxg5 43. f3 e4 44. fxe4 Nc5 45. Bg1 Nxe4 46. Kxb7 Nd6+ 47. Kc6 Ke6 48. b6 Nc4 49. Kc5 Nxb6 50. Kxb6 g4 51. Kc5 Ke5 52. Kc4 Ke4 53. Kc3 g3 54. Kd2 f3 55. gxf3+ Kxf3 56. Bd4

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Chess Lesson 2016-11-14

300+0, Internet Chess Club
PhoenixJB vs. Tony "Tibmag"

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

(black to move) 1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. c4 O-O 5. e3 Re8 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bb2 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Be2 Rxe3 10. fxe3 Nxe3 11. Qb3 Nxg2+ 12. Kf2 Bh3 13. Rg1 Bc5+ 14. d4 Nxd4 15. Qc4 Nb3+ 16. Nd4 Qf6+ 17. Bf3 Qh4+ 18. Ke2 Re8+ 19. Kd3 Re3+ 20. Kc2 Qf2+ 21. Ne2 Bf5+ 22. Kd1 Qxg1+ 23. Nxg1 Re1#

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Chess Lesson 2016-10-24

ICC tourney 1187 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
yoshi (1668) vs. Taechess (1522)

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 e6 6. e3 d5 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O c5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nxd5 cxd4 11. Nxd4 h6 12. Bh4 Qa5 13. Nc3 Qb6 14. Na4 Qd8 15. Rc1 Nb6 16. Nc5 g5 17. Bg3 Nfd7 18. Qh5 Nxc5 19. Rxc5 Bxd4 20. exd4 Qxd4 21. Rxg5+

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Chess Lesson 2016-10-17

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yashom (1433) vs. john2001plus (1776)

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. c3 b6 7. Bd3 Ba6 8. Qc2 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Nc6 10. O-O Qc7 11. a4 Be7 12. Re1 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nb4 14. Qb3 Nc2 15. Qa2 O-O 16. Nb3 Nxa1 17. Qxa1 Qc2 18. Nbd2 Bb4 19. Re2 Rac8 20. Kh1 Qxc1+ 21. Re1 Qxa1 22. Rxa1 Rc2 23. Nf1 Rxf2

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Chess Lesson 2016-10-10

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john2001plus (1768) vs. 2013-knights-Boston (1612)

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 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bg5 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8. e3 Bb4 9. Rc1 O-O 10. Be2 Qd6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. O-O Be6 13. Bf3 Bxc3 14. Rxc3 Ne5 15. Rc7 b6 16. Be2 Qd8 17. Qc2 Nd7 18. Nc6 Qf6 19. Rc1 Nc5 20. b4 Bf5 21. Ne7+ Kh8 22. Qxf5 Qb2 23. Qc2 Qe5 24. Nxd5 Ne6 25. Rd7 h6 26. f4 Qb8 27. Qf5 Qe8 28. Nf6 gxf6 29. Bd3 Ng5 30. Qxf6+ Kg8 31. Re7 Qd8 32. fxg5 Qxd3 33. gxh6 Qg6 34. Qxg6+ fxg6 35. Rg7+ Kh8 36. Rcc7 Rfd8 37. Rh7+ Kg8 38. Rcg7+ Kf8 39. Rh8#

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Chess Lesson 2016-09-19

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john2001plus (1772) vs. JoshuaCL12345 (1611), 900+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 e6 3. c4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 c5 6. d5 exd5 7. cxd5 d6 8. e4 Be7 9. Bb5+ Nbd7 10. e5 dxe5 11. d6 Bxf3 12. dxe7 Bxd1 13. exd8=Q+ Rxd8 14. Nxd1 O-O 15. O-O h6 16. Re1 Nb8 17. Nc3 a6 18. Ba4 b5 19. Nxb5 axb5 20. Bxb5 e4 21. Be3 Nbd7 22. Rac1 Rb8 23. a4 Rfc8 24. Bf4 Rb7 25. Ba6

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Chess Lesson 2016-09-12

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Analysis of ulfhethinn (1703) vs. john2001plus (1764)

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. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. f3 h6 9. Bh4 d6 10. Nh3 Nbd7 11. e3 e5 12. Bf2 exd4 13. Qxd4 Re8 14. Be2 Nc5 15. Rd1 a5 16. O-O Nb3 17. Qc3 a4 18. Nf4 Nd7 19. Nd5 Ndc5 20. Rfe1 c6 21. Nf4 Qe7 22. Bf1 Rad8 23. e4 Qe5 24. Qxe5 dxe5 25. Nd3 Nxd3 26. Bxd3 Nd4 27. Bf1 c5 28. Bd3 Ba6 29. Kf1 Ne6 30. Bg3 Rxd3 31. Rxd3 Bxc4 32. Red1 Rd8 33. Ke2 Nf4+ 34. Bxf4 exf4 35. g3 g5 36. gxf4 gxf4 37. Rg1+ Kf8 38. Rgd1 Ke7 39. Rd1d2 Kf6 40. Rd1 Ke5 41. Rd1d2 b5 42. Rd1 b4 43. Rd1d2 Rd4 44. Rd1 Bxd3+ 45. Rxd3 h5 46. h4 f6 47. Kd2 bxa3 48. bxa3 c4 49. Rxd4 Kxd4

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2016-09-12

Chess Lesson 2016-08-29

USCF Online rated Quick, Chess.com
john2001plus (1745) vs. vluis1971 (1663), 900+10

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. d5 exd5 6. cxd5 d6 7. e4 Nd7 8. Bf4 Be7 9. e5 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Ngf6 11. d6 Bf8 12. Bb5 a6 13. Qb3 c4 14. Qxc4 Nd5 15. Nxd5 axb5 16. Nc7+ Qxc7 17. Qxf7+ Kd8 18. dxc7+ Kxc7 19. Qxd7+ Kb8 20. Nc6#

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2016-08-08

Chess Lesson 2016-08-08

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BotanicalKnight (1605) vs. john2001plus (1704)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. f4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 Nge7 6. Nf3 Nf5 7. d3 Be7 8. Nc3 h5 9. Bd2 h4 10. g4 h3 11. Bf1 Bh4+ 12. Ke2 Nfd4+ 13. Nxd4 Nxd4+ 14. Ke3 g5 15. Ne2 gxf4+ 16. Nxf4 Qg5 17. c3 Qxe5#

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John Coffey at the 2016 US Open in Indianapolis

Chess Lesson 2016-07-25

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john2001plus (1720) vs. Sasa132 (1971)

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 d6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nc6 7. Be2 h6 8. Bh4 a6 9. a3 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. O-O c6 13. Qc2 Qc7 14. Rfd1 Bf5 15. e4 Be6 16. Bg3 Nd7 17. b4 f5 18. f3 f4 19. Bf2 Nb6 20. Bxb6 Qxb6+ 21. c5 Qc7 22. Na4 g5 23. Nb6 Rad8 24. Bc4 Qf7 25. Bxe6 Qxe6 26. Qc4 Kf7 27. Rac1 Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Qxc4 29. Nxc4 Ke7 30. Nd6 Rb8 31. Nf5+ Kf6 32. Rd6+ Kf7 33. Rd7+ Kg6 34. Rxg7+ Kh5 35. Rh7 g4 36. Rxh6+ Kg5 37. h4+ gxh3 e.p. 38. gxh3 b6 39. h4#

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Chess Lesson 2016-07-18

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john2001plus (1739) vs. MainStreetUSA (1510)

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

(black to move) 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. e3 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Be2 c5 9. O-O O-O 10. Nb5 cxd4 11. a3 Be7 12. Nc7 dxe3 13. fxe3 Bc5 14. Nd4 Qe5 15. Nxa8 Qxe3+ 16. Kh1 Bxd4 17. Nc7 Bxb2 18. Ra2 Be5 19. Nb5 Qh3

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Chess Lesson 2016-06-20

ICC tourney 1156 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
yoshi (1687) vs. chessrex (1985)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 f6 2. e4 e5 3. Nxe5 Qe7 4. Nf3 d5 5. d3 dxe4 6. dxe4 Nc6 7. Nc3 Bd7 8. Bf4 O-O-O 9. Bxc7 Re8 10. Bd3 Be6 11. Bg3 f5 12. Bh4 Nf6 13. e5 Bf7 14. Bxf5+ Kb8 15. O-O Nxe5 16. Bg3 Qc7 17. Nxe5 Rxe5 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. Qd8#

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Chess Lesson 2016-06-13

US Championship 1963/64, New York, NY USA
Robert Eugene Byrne vs. Robert James Fischer

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 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. e3 O-O 8. Nge2 Nc6 9. O-O b6 10. b3 Ba6 11. Ba3 Re8 12. Qd2 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Rfd1 Nd3 15. Qc2 Nxf2 16. Kxf2 Ng4+ 17. Kg1 Nxe3 18. Qd2 Nxg2 19. Kxg2 d4 20. Nxd4 Bb7+ 21. Kf1 Qd7

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Black to play and win.

Chess Lesson 2016-05-16

ICC tourney 1144 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
CookiesNCream (1383) vs. yoshi (1636)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. Bg5 c6 7. Bd3 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qe2+ Be6 10. O-O-O Nd7 11. Rhe1 O-O 12. h3 Rfe8 13. Ne5 Qg5+ 14. Kb1 Qxg2 15. Rg1 Qh2 16. Rg3 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Qxe5 Bg4 19. Qd4 Qxg3 20. fxg3 Bxd1 21. Nxd1 Re1 22. Bf5 Rd8 23. Bg4 b6 24. Qd2 Rde8 25. a3 Rg1 26. Ka2 Ree1 27. Ne3 a5 28. Qd4 b5 29. Qa7 a4 30. Qa8+ Kh7 31. Bf5+ g6 32. Bxg6+ fxg6 33. Qb7+ Kg8 34. Qc8+ Kh7 35. Qd7+ Kh8 36. Qe8+ Kh7 37. Qf7+ Kh8 38. Qf8+ Kh7 39. Qe7+ Kh8 40. Qe5+ Kh7 41. Qc7+ Kh8 42. b3 axb3+ 43. Kxb3 Rxe3+ 44. Kb4 Rb1+ 45. Kc5 Rc3+ 46. Kd6 Re1 47. Qd8+ Kh7 48. Qd7+ Kh8 49. Qf7 Rxg3 50. Qf2 Rge3 51. Qf6+ Kh7 52. Kd7 Re7+ 53. Qxe7+ Rxe7+ 54. Kxe7 c5 55. Kd6 b4 56. axb4 cxb4 57. Kxd5 g5 58. Kc4 h5 59. Kxb4 g4 60. hxg4 hxg4 61. c4 g3 62. c5 g2 63. c6 g1=Q 64. c7 Qb6+

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Chess Lesson 2016-04-25

"White Square Strategy."

Netherlands, It, Amsterdam
Mikhail Botvinnik vs. Gyorgy Szilagyi

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

(white to move) 1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. d3 Nd7 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Bxf3 e5 7. Nd2 Ngf6 8. e4 dxe4 9. dxe4 Bc5 10. O-O Qe7 11. c3 O-O 12. b4 Bb6 13. a4 Rfd8 14. Qc2 Rac8 15. Be2 c5 16. b5 Ne8 17. Nc4 Nd6 18. Bg5 f6 19. Be3 Nxc4 20. Bxc4+ Kh8 21. a5 Bc7 22. Rfd1 Nf8 23. Qa2 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rd8 25. Rxd8 Bxd8 26. a6 b6 27. Kg2 Qd7 28. Qe2 Ng6 29. Bb3 Ne7 30. Qc4 h6 31. Qf7 Kh7 32. Bc4 Qd6 33. h4 Qd1 34. Qe8 f5 35. exf5 Nxf5 36. Bg8+ Kh8 37. Bf7+

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Chess Lesson 2016-04-18

Casual game on the Internet Chess Club, ?
Coffey, John vs. Fiddler, G/15

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 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 dxc4 6. e4 O-O 7. Bxc4 c5 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. O-O Qxc5 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. Rac1 a6 12. Na4 Qa7 13. Be3 Qb8 14. Nb6 Nd7 15. Nxa8 Qxa8 16. Qc2 Nce5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Be2 b5 19. f4 Ng6 20. Bf3 Bb7 21. e5 Bxf3 22. Rxf3 Nh4 23. Rff1 Rd8 24. Qf2 g6 25. g3 Nf5 26. Bb6 Rd3 27. Rfd1 Qd5 28. Rxd3 Qxd3 29. Bc5 Kg7 30. Bxe7 Nxe7 31. Qc5 Nd5 32. Qc2 Qe3+ 33. Kh1 Qf3+ 34. Qg2 Qe3 35. Rf1 Qd4 36. Qf3 Qxb2 37. g4 Qxa2 38. f5 Qd2 39. f6+ Kf8 40. Qa3+ Kg8 41. Qxa6 Qh6 42. Qc8+ Qf8 43. Rc1

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Chess Lesson 2016-02-01 "The Tactical Shot"

Casual Game, http://www.itsyourturn.com
henk vs. John Coffey, Utah Senior Chess C

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

(white to move) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 Bd7 7. O-O cxd4 8. cxd4 Nge7 9. b3 Nf5 10. Be3 Rc8 11. a4 Na5 12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. Rc1 Be7 14. h3 O-O 15. Nh2 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Bg5 17. Rf3 Nxd4 18. exd4 Qxd4+ 19. Kh1 Qxd2 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Qxd2 Bxd2 22. Nf1 Bc3 23. Re3 Bd4 24. Rd3 Bxe5

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Chess Lesson 2016-01-25

Casual Game, http://www.itsyourturn.com
John Coffey, Utah Senior Chess C vs. Samurai_Master

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

(white to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. e4 Nc6 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O h6 8. a3 b6 9. e5 Nd7 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Qe4 g6 12. Bxh6 f5 13. exf6 e.p. Rxf6 14. Qg4 Qe8 15. Nb5 Rc8 16. Rae1 Bf8 17. Bg5 Ne7 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Qxe6+ Kg7 20. Ng5 a6 21. Nc3 Rd8 22. Qh3 Qd7 23. Ne6+ Kf7 24. Nxd8+ Qxd8 25. Qe6+ Kg7 26. Ne4 Nxe4 27. Bxe4 Bxe4 28. Rxe4 Nf5 29. Rfe1 c6 30. Rg4 Nh4 31. Qe4 d5 32. cxd5 cxd5 33. Qe5+ Kh7 34. Qe8 Qf6 35. Re6 Qf5 36. Rxh4+ Kg7 37. Qd7+

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Options:
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movement/animation speed: (slow) (fast)
	- show legal moves;

 

Pawn promotion:
	- Queen
	- Rook
	- Bishop
	- Knight

Chess Lesson 2016-01-11

"Three Bad Opening Moves."

Casual Game, http://www.itsyourturn.com
John Coffey, Recovering from sho vs. Mr.E

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

(white to move) 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Ne4 5. Bxc4 Qd6 6. O-O Bg4 7. Qb3 Qg6 8. Ne5 Qg5 9. Qxb7 Bh3 10. Bb5+ Nd7 11. Qxa8#

[ Flip the board | Reset | Options… ] Play online chess

 

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

 

Pawn promotion:
	- Queen
	- Rook
	- Bishop
	- Knight

Chess Lesson 2016-01-04

"The Big Blunder."

Casual Game, http://www.itsyourturn.com
John Coffey, Recovering from sho vs. FlashBazbo

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

(white to move) 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 a6 8. Qb3 Nc6 9. cxd5 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 exd5 11. Qxd5 Be6 12. Qe4 O-O-O 13. Qc2 g5 14. Bd3 g4 15. Nd2 Bd5 16. e4 Qe7 17. O-O Be6 18. Rab1 Bd7 19. Qb2 Na5 20. Nc4 Bb5 21. Nxa5 Rd6 22. c4 Rb6 23. cxb5 h5 24. d5 axb5 25. Qxh8+

[ Flip the board | Reset | Options… ] Play chess online

 

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

 

Pawn promotion:
	- Queen
	- Rook
	- Bishop
	- Knight