Chess Lesson 2017-12-18

ICC 30 0, Internet Chess Club
john2001plus (1857) vs. fiddler (1806)

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. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bxc5 9. O-O a6 10. Qc2 b5 11. Bd3 Qb6 12. Ne4 Nbd7 13. Rac1 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Bb7 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Be4 Rac8 17. Ng5 Nf6 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Qe2 Qd5 20. Rfd1 Qf5 21. Qf3 e5 22. g4 Qxg4+ 23. Qxg4 Nxg4 24. Rd5 Be7 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Nxf7+ Kg8 27. Nxe5 Nf6 28. Rd2 Bb4 29. Re2 Rc5 30. Nd3 Rc4 31. b3 Re4 32. f3 Rxf4 33. exf4 Bf8 34. Re6 a5 35. Ra6

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Rick

Chess Lesson 2017-12-11

ICC tourney 1350 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
john2001plus (1605) vs. tangent (1931)

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 f5 4. e4 fxe4 5. Ng5 c5 6. dxc5 Nf6 7. Nc3 Qa5 8. Bd2 Qxc5 9. Ngxe4 Qe5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Nc6 12. Re1 Qc7 13. Rc1 b6 14. Nd5 Qb8 15. Nexf6+ exf6 16. Bf4 Ne5 17. Ne7+ Kf7 18. Nxc8 Qxc8 19. Be4 Rb8 20. Bd5+ Ke8 21. Be3 Kd8 22. c5 Qa6 23. c6 Rc8 24. f4 Nxc6 25. Bxc6 Rxc6 26. Rxc6 Qb7 27. Re6 Re8 28. Rxe8+ Kxe8 29. Qd6 Kd8 30. Bd2 Qc7 31. Qe7+ Kc8 32. Rc1

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Chess Lesson 2017-12-04

ICC tourney 1346 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
Analysis of john2001plus (1542) vs. IAlwaysWin (1613)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bd3 Bg6 7. Nh4 Nbd7 8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. Qc2 Bd6 10. h3 Qe7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bd2 O-O 13. O-O Rfe8 14. Rab1 a5 15. Rfe1 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Bc4 b5 18. Bf1 Rec8 19. Rec1 Rc7 20. g3 c5 21. Bg2 Nf6 22. Qb3 b4 23. Qa4 c4 24. Bf1 Qe6 25. Qb5 Nh5 26. g4 Nf6 27. Bxc4 Qc8 28. Bb3 Nxg4 29. Qg5 Nh6 30. Rxc7 Bxc7 31. Rc1 Qd7 32. Qd5 Rd8 33. Qxe4 Qd6 34. Rc6 Qh2+ 35. Kf1 Qxh3+ 36. Ke1 Bb8 37. Qxg6 Qf3 38. Qg5 Qh1+ 39. Ke2 Rf8 40. Rg6 Kh8 41. Rxg7 Nf5 42. Rxf7 Rxf7 43. Bxf7 Nh6 44. Bd5 Qh3 45. Qf6+ Kh7 46. Qe7+ Kg6 47. Be4+ Kh5 48. Qf6 Ng4 49. Bg6+ Kh6 50. e4+

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The goal here is to figure out the last move on the board. This is frustratingly difficult, because you have to allow for legal moves for Black and White that could produce this position. However, I think that I have figured it out.

Dante

French

[Event "Greenwood Chess Club"]
[Site "Kroger"]
[Date "Nov 27, 2017"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dmitri Gusev"]
[Black "John Coffey"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 exd5 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. N2b3 Nf6
8. Bb5 Qc7 9. O-O Bd6 10. Re1+ Be6 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Rxe6+ Kf7 13. Bxc6 Kxe6
14. Nd4+ Kf7 15. Bxd5+ Nxd5 16. Qh5+ Ke7 17. Qxd5 Bxh2+ 18. Kh1 Qe5 19. Bg5+
Kf8 20. Ne6+ Kf7 21. Nd8+ Kg6 22. Qd3+ Qf5 23. g3 Kxg5 24. f4+ Kh6 25. Qxf5
1-0




Best wishes,

John Coffey

Jeff

White to play and win

Chess Lesson 2017-11-20. Owen's Defense.

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TheDog84 (1185) vs. BDRichardson (1198)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Bd3 d6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nd7 8. O-O Ngf6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Be3 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Bxe4 12. Nd2 Bb7 13. f4 Qe7 14. Nf3 O-O-O 15. a4 a5 16. c4 g5 17. fxg5 hxg5 18. Bxg5 f6 19. Bf4 e5 20. dxe5 dxe5 21. Re1 Qc5+ 22. Be3 Qxc4 23. Qe2 Qg8 24. Qf2 Rh3 25. Nh4 Qg4 26. Nf5 Rf3 27. Qh4 Qxf5 28. gxf3 Rg8+ 29. Kf1 Bxf3 30. Bf2 Bg2+ 31. Ke2 Qxc2+ 32. Ke3 Qc3+ 33. Ke2 Bf3+ 34. Kf1 Qd3+

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Tricky.

White to play and mate in 2

Chess Lesson 2017-11-06

ICC tourney 1333 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
KingsBishop (1571) vs. yoshi (1695)

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. Nf3 O-O 8. Bd3 h6 9. O-O c5 10. Nb5 a6 11. Nd6 cxd4 12. Re1 Nc6 13. Rc1 Ndxe5 14. Nxc8 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Raxc8 16. c4 dxc3 e.p. 17. Rxc3 Qf6 18. Qxf6 gxf6 19. Bc2 f5 20. g4 Nd4 21. Bd1 f4 22. Rh3 Rc1 23. Kf1 Kg7 24. Rd3 Nc6 25. h4 Rc8 26. g5 hxg5 27. hxg5 Nb4 28. Rb3 Rc8c4 29. a3 Rd4 30. axb4 Rdxd1 31. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 32. Ke2 Rc1 33. b5 a5 34. b6 Rc6 35. Rb5 Kg6 36. Rxa5 Rxb6 37. Ra2 Kxg5 38. f3 e5 39. Kd3 Rb3+ 40. Ke2 e4 41. fxe4 dxe4 42. Ra5+ Kg4 43. Re5 Rxb2+ 44. Kf1 Kf3 45. Kg1 Rb1+ 46. Kh2 e3 47. Rh5 e2 48. Rh3+ Kg4 49. Rg3+ fxg3+ 50. Kg2 Rg1+ 51. Kxg1 e1=Q+

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Chess Lesson 2017-10-23

Indiana State Chess Championship, Indianapolis Indiana
Qain, Bill (1744) vs. Coffey, John (2001)

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. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bd7 8. Bc2 Nb4 9. Nc3 Nxc2+ 10. Qxc2 Rc8 11. Bd2 Qa6 12. Qb3 Ne7 13. Rc1 Nf5 14. Ne2 Rxc1+ 15. Nxc1 Be7 16. Bb4 O-O 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Nd3 b6 19. Kd2 Bb5 20. a3 Bc4 21. Qc3 Rc8 22. Nb4 Qa4 23. Rc1 Kf8 24. Qc2 Bb3 25. Qxh7 Rxc1 26. Kxc1 a5 27. Qh8+ Ng8 28. Nd3 Qc4+ 29. Kd2 Bc2 30. Nfe1 Bxd3 31. Nxd3 Qxd4 32. Qh3 Ne7 33. Qe3 Nf5 34. Qxd4 Nxd4 35. Kc3 Nc6 36. f4 Ke7 37. b4 axb4+ 38. Nxb4 Nxb4 39. Kxb4 f6 40. g4 fxe5 41. fxe5 g5 42. Kb5 Kd7 43. Kb4 Kc6 44. a4 d4 45. Kc4 d3 46. Kxd3 Kd5 47. Kc3 Kxe5 48. Kb4 Kd6 49. Kb5 e5 50. Kxb6 e4 51. a5 e3 52. a6 e2 53. a7 e1=Q 54. a8=Q Qb4+ 55. Ka6 Qa4+ 56. Kb7 Qb5+ 57. Ka7 Kc7

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Chess Lesson 2017-10-02

Kiev, Kiev
Sergey Vsevolodovich Belavene vs. Alexander Chistiakov

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

(black to move) 1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4 g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. Rhb1 Qc7 13. Qh4 Bd7 14. Qf6 Rg8 15. h4 Rc8 16. h5 gxh5 17. Qxh6 cxd4 18. cxd4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Qc3+ 20. Ke3 Rc4 21. Qf4 Rg4 22. Ne2 Re4+ 23. Kf3 Rexf4+ 24. Nxf4 Qxe5 25. g3 Bc6 26. Re1 d4+

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Chess Lesson 2017-09-25

World Championship U16 Girls, Belfort
Robles Garcia, Claudia (2144) vs. Ondrova, Michaela (1920)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. exd5 exf4 5. Nf3 Nxd5 6. Nxd5 Qxd5 7. d4 Bg4 8. Be2 Nc6 9. Bxf4 O-O-O 10. c3 Qe4 11. Qd2 Rxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. O-O Nxe2+ 14. Kh1 Bh3 15. Rf2 Bxg2+ 16. Rxg2 Nxf4 17. Rag1 Bc5

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Stan

Chess Lesson 2017-09-18: Giuoco Piano

Hastings, Hastings
Steinitz, William vs. Von Bardeleben, Curt

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

(white to move) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Be6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxd5 Bxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Re1 f6 15. Qe2 Qd7 16. Rac1 c6 17. d5 cxd5 18. Nd4 Kf7 19. Ne6 Rhc8 20. Qg4 g6 21. Ng5+ Ke8 22. Rxe7+ Kf8 23. Rf7+ Kg8 24. Rg7+ Kh8 25. Rxh7+ Kg8 26. Rg7+ Kh8 27. Qh4+ Kxg7 28. Qh7+ Kf8 29. Qh8+ Ke7 30. Qg7+ Ke8 31. Qg8+ Ke7 32. Qf7+ Kd8 33. Qf8+ Qe8 34. Nf7+ Kd7 35. Qd6#

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Chess Lesson 2017-09-11

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JoeKempsey (1250) vs. john2001plus (1778)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bd6 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Re1 Re8 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Qd2 Bg4 12. Rad1 Nd7 13. h3 Bf4 14. Qd3 Bf5 15. Ne4 dxe4 16. Qa3 exf3 17. Bxf3 Bxc2 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. Rf1 Bb8 20. Rc1 Qf4 21. g3 Qxc1+ 22. Kg2 Qd2 23. h4 Qxd4 24. Kh3 Qxf2 25. Bg4 Be4 26. h5 Bg2+ 27. Kh2 Bf1+ 28. Kh1 Qg2#

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Click here for 9. Bd3.
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Chess Club is meeting this Monday.

I'm there and nobody else has show up yet. :-)

Best wishes,

John Coffey

Chess Lesson 2017-09-04: Pirc Lisitsin Gambit

ICC tourney 1306 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
yoshi (1699) vs. BotanicalKnight (1444)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Ng5 Nf6 4. d3 e3 5. Bxe3 g6 6. d4 Nc6 7. d5 Ne5 8. Nc3 h6 9. Nge4 Bg7 10. f4 Nf7 11. Bd3 g5 12. fxg5 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 hxg5 14. Bg6 e6 15. O-O O-O 16. Qh5 Nh6 17. Bxg5 Bf6 18. Qxh6 Qe7 19. Bxf6 Rxf6 20. Rxf6 Qxf6 21. Qh7+ Kf8 22. Rf1

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Chess Lesson 2017-08-21

?, New Whiteland IN
Chess Analysis Italian Game vs. ?

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. d3 h6 7. Nf3 e4 8. Qe2 Nxc4 9. dxc4 Bc5 10. O-O O-O 11. Nfd2 Bg4 12. Qe1 Qd7 13. Nb3 Bf3 14. Bf4 Qg4 15. Bg3 Nh5 16. Nxc5 Nf4 17. Nxe4 Qh3

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Raj

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Chess Lesson 2017-08-14

Italy
NN vs. Greco, Gioacchino

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. Re1 O-O 6. c3 Qe7 7. d4 exd4 8. e5 Ng4 9. cxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qh4 11. Nf3 Qxf2+ 12. Kh1 Qg1+ 13. Nxg1 Nf2#

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Chess Lesson 2017-08-14

Italy,
Greco, Gioacchino vs. NN

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

(white to move) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. h4 O-O 6. e5 Nd5 7. Bxh7+ Kxh7 8. Ng5+ Bxg5 9. hxg5+ Kg6 10. Qh5+ Kf5 11. Qh7+ g6 12. Qh3+ Ke4 13. Qd3#

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Chess Lesson 2017-08-14

Greco vs. NN

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

(white to move) 1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 f5 4. exf5 Bxg2 5. Qh5+ g6 6. fxg6 Nf6 7. gxh7+ Nxh5 8. Bg6#

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Caro Kann Opening Trap

This link shows the same opening trap that I have show in my chess lessons.

https://chess-teacher.com/caro-kann-opening-trap/

Chess Lesson 2017-08-07

Madrid game, Madrid
Ortueta Esteban, Martin vs. Sanz Aguado, Jose

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 Bb4 6. Bd2 O-O 7. Nf3 f6 8. d4 c5 9. Nb5 fxe5 10. dxe5 Rxf4 11. c3 Re4+ 12. Be2 Ba5 13. O-O Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Rxe5 15. Bf4 Rf5 16. Bd3 Rf6 17. Qc2 h6 18. Be5 Nd7 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Rxf6 Qxf6 21. Rf1 Qe7 22. Bh7+ Kh8 23. Qg6 Bd7 24. Rf7 Qg5 25. Qxg5 hxg5 26. Rxd7 Kxh7 27. Rxb7 Bb6 28. c4 dxc4 29. Nc3 Rd8 30. h3 Rd2 31. Na4 Rxb2 32. Nxb2 c3 33. Rxb6 c4 34. Rb4 a5 35. Nxc4 c2 36. Nxa5 c1=Q+ 37. Kh2 Qc7+

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Chess Lesson 2017-08-07.

White to play and win.

Chess Lesson 2017-07-31

?, ?
English Analysis vs. ?, 900+10

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. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. g3 Qe7 8. Bg2 Ba6 9. Qd3 d5 10. b3 d4 11. Qxd4 Rd8 12. Bxc6+ Kf8 13. Bd5 Rxd5 14. cxd5 Qxe2#

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Chess Lesson 2017-07-24

Zuerich, Zuerich
Alekhine, Alexander vs. Lasker, Emanuel

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. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 O-O 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Ne4 Nd5f6 12. Ng3 e5 13. O-O exd4 14. Nf5 Qd8 15. Nf3xd4 Ne5 16. Bb3 Bxf5 17. Nxf5 Qb6 18. Qd6 Ned7 19. Rfd1 Rad8 20. Qg3 g6 21. Qg5 Kh8 22. Nd6 Kg7 23. e4 Ng8 24. Rd3 f6 25. Nf5+ Kh8 26. Qxg6

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Chess Lesson 2017-07-24 (Opening mistakes.)

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john2001plus (1844) vs. Bekishev_Evgenii (1854)

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 b6 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Ba6 7. Bxb8 Rxb8 8. Qa4+ Qd7 9. Qxa6 e6 10. e3 Bb4 11. Bb5

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2017-07-17 Chess Lesson

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vilkinson (1592) vs. john2001plus (1816)

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. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. e5 Be7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3 f5 9. exf6 e.p. Bxf6 10. Qh3 g6 11. Qe3 c5 12. Nf3 cxd4 13. Nxd4 e5 14. Nxd5 exd4 15. Nxf6+ Rxf6 16. Bc4+ Kg7 17. Qg5 Re6+

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2017-07-17 Chess Lesson

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john2001plus (1828) vs. allanon13 (1204)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 f6 6. Bc4 Nb6 7. Be2 d5 8. exf6 Qxf6 9. Bg5 Qf7 10. Ne5 Qf5 11. h4 Bd6 12. Bd3 Qf8 13. Qh5+ g6 14. Bxg6+ hxg6 15. Qxg6+ Qf7 16. Qxf7#

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2017-07-10 Chess Lesson.

ICC 30 0, Internet ub
Analysis of yoshi (2070) vs. fiddler (1725)

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. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Ne4 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8. cxd5 Nxc3 9. bxc3 exd5 10. c4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nc6 12. O-O Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. Rb1 Na5 15. Be2 Rac8 16. Rb5 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 b6 18. Qc2 c5 19. dxc5 Rxc5 20. Rxc5 Qxc5 21. Qxc5 bxc5 22. Bd5 Rc8 23. Rb1 c4 24. Rb5 c3 25. Be4 Nc4 26. Bf5 c2 27. Bxc2 Na3 28. Ra5 Nxc2 29. Rxa7 f5 30. Kf1 Nb4 31. a3 Rc1+ 32. Ke2 Nd5 33. Rd7 Nf6 34. Ra7 Ne4 35. f3 Ng3+ 36. Kf2 Nf1 37. Rd7 h5 38. h4 Ra1 39. a4 Nh2 40. Kg3 Nf1+ 41. Kf2 Nh2 42. Kg3 Nf1+ 43. Kf2

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2017-07-03 Chess Lesson

ICC tourney 1279 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
Analysis of ickyquarter (1216) vs. yoshi (1718)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bd7 8. Bc2 Nb4 9. Nc3 Nxc2+ 10. Qxc2 Rc8 11. O-O Ne7 12. Bd2 Nf5 13. Be3 Be7 14. Rac1 O-O 15. Qd2 Rc7 16. Rc2 Rfc8 17. Rfc1 Bb4 18. a3 Be7 19. Qe2 Qb3 20. Nd2 Qb6 21. Nf1 Qa5 22. Qd2 a6 23. Qe1 h6 24. Ng3 Nxe3 25. Qxe3 Ba4 26. Rd2 Bxa3 27. bxa3 Rxc3 28. Rxc3 Qxc3 29. Qxc3 Rxc3 30. h3 Rxa3 31. Rb2 Rb3 32. Ra2 b5 33. Ne2 Rb1+ 34. Kh2 Re1 35. Nc3 Bb3 36. Rxa6 Bc4 37. Ra8+ Kh7 38. Rb8 Rc1 39. Nxb5 Rb1 40. Rb7 Rxb5 41. Rxf7 Rb2 42. Kg3 Bd3 43. Re7 Bf5 44. Kf3 Kg8 45. g4 Kf8 46. Ra7 Be4+ 47. Kg3 Rb3+ 48. Kh2 Rf3 49. Ra2 Kf7 50. h4 Kg6 51. Ra6 Rxf2+ 52. Kg3 Rf3+ 53. Kh2 h5 54. Rxe6+ Kf7 55. Rc6 hxg4 56. Kg1 Rh3 57. Kf2 g3+ 58. Ke2 g2 59. Rc1 Rh1

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2017-07-03 Chess Lesson.

ICC tourney 1279 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
yoshi (1720) vs. ROWLAND (1489)

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 d5 3. c4 g6 4. cxd5 Qxd5 5. Nc3 Qa5 6. Bd2 b5 7. Nd5 Qa6 8. Nxc7+

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Chess Lesson 2017-07-03 (White to play and win.)

2017-07-03 Chess Lesson

ICC tourney 1279 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
Analysis of ickyquarter (1216) vs. yoshi (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. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bd7 8. Bc2 Nb4 9. Nc3 Nxc2+ 10. Qxc2 Rc8 11. O-O Ne7 12. Bd2 Nf5 13. Be3 Be7 14. Rac1 O-O 15. Qd2 Rc7 16. Rc2 Rfc8 17. Rfc1 Bb4 18. a3 Be7 19. Qe2 Qb3 20. Nd2 Qb6 21. Nf1 Qa5 22. Qd2 a6 23. Qe1 h6 24. Ng3 Nxe3 25. Qxe3 Ba4 26. Rd2 Bxa3 27. bxa3 Rxc3 28. Rxc3 Rxc3 29. Qe1 Rxa3

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2017-07-03 Chess Lesson.

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Analysis of canary2016 (1662) vs. john2001plus (1828)

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 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Nf3 b6 10. Bd2 a5 11. Qb1 h6 12. Re1 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Rxa6 14. Qc2 b5 15. a3 c4 16. b3 Qc7 17. Ng3 Nb6 18. Reb1 Rb8 19. Be3 cxb3 20. Qxb3 Nc4 21. Nd2 a4 22. Qd1 Nxe3 23. fxe3 Na5 24. Qc2 Rc6 25. Rc1 Rc8 26. Ne2 Nc4 27. Nxc4 Rxc4 28. Qb2 Qa7 29. Rcb1 Rb8 30. Rf1 Rbc8 31. Qd2 Bg5 32. g3 Qc7 33. h4 Be7 34. Qe1 Rxc3 35. Nxc3 Qxc3 36. Qf2 f6 37. exf6 Bxf6 38. Qf4 Qd3 39. Rfd1 Qe2 40. Qf2 Rc2 41. Qxe2 Rxe2 42. Re1 Rc2 43. Rac1 Ra2 44. Ra1 Rc2 45. Kf1 Be7 46. Rec1 Rxc1+ 47. Rxc1 Bxa3 48. Ra1 Bb2 49. Ra2 a3 50. Ke2 b4 51. Kd2 b3 52. Rxb2 axb2

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2017-07-03 Chess Lesson

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Analysis of Smoka54 (1407) vs. BDRichardson (1270)

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

(black to move) 1. g3 e5 2. Bg2 d5 3. d4 e4 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bd2 Nf6 6. a3 Ba5 7. b4 Bb6 8. e3 Nc6 9. Na4 O-O 10. Nxb6 axb6 11. Bf1 Be6 12. Nh3 Qd7 13. Nf4 Bg4 14. Be2 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Qd6 16. b5 Ne7 17. Bb4 Qxb4+ 18. axb4 Rxa1+ 19. Kd2 Rxh1 20. h4 Ra8 21. f3 Raa1 22. Qg2 exf3 23. Qxf3 Ne4+ 24. Kd3 Rad1+ 25. Ke2 Rhe1#

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2017-07-03 Chess Lesson.

ICC tourney 1279 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
Zephyr (1615) vs. yoshi (1727)

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

(black to move) 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. Qd1 d4 8. O-O Nc6 9. e3 Be7 10. exd4 cxd4 11. Ne1 O-O 12. b3 Re8 13. Bb2 Bg4 14. Bf3 Bxf3 15. Nxf3 Bc5 16. Nbd2 Qb6 17. a3 a5 18. Qc2 Re2 19. Qd3 Rae8 20. Rae1 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 22. Nxe1 Ne5 23. Qf1 Qc6 24. Nd3 Nxd3 25. Qxd3 Qd6 26. Ne4 Nxe4 27. Qxe4 h6 28. Qxb7 d3 29. Qf3 d2 30. Qd1 Bxa3 31. Bxa3 Qxa3 32. Qxd2 Qxb3 33. Qxa5 Qxc4 34. Qd8+ Kh7 35. Qd7 Kg6 36. h4 Kf6 37. Qd6+ Qe6 38. Qxe6+ Kxe6 39. Kg2 Kf5 40. Kf3 h5 41. Ke3 Kg4 42. Ke4 f5+ 43. Ke3 f4+ 44. gxf4 Kxh4 45. Kf3 Kh3 46. f5 h4 47. Kf4 Kg2 48. Kg5 h3 49. Kg6 h2 50. Kxg7 h1=Q 51. f6 Qa1 52. f4 Kf3 53. f5 Kf4 54. Kg6 Qg1+ 55. Kf7 Kxf5 56. Ke7 Qg5

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2017-06-05 Chess Lesson.

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kyaw333 (1603) vs. john2001plus (1799)

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

(black to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. Qc2 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. e3 Nc6 9. Bg2 Qb6 10. Nh3 d5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. O-O Be6 13. Nf4 Rac8 14. Qd1 Bg4 15. Nxd5 Bxd1 16. Nxb6 Bxb6 17. Rxd1 Rfd8 18. Rf1 Ne5 19. Ne4 Rc2 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21. Be4 Rc4 22. Bxb7 Rd7 23. Bg2 f5 24. b3 Rc2 25. b4 Nc4 26. Bc6 Rd6 27. Ba4 Rc3 28. Kg2 a5 29. bxa5 Bxa5 30. Rb1 Nxa3 31. Rb8+ Rd8 32. Rxd8+ Bxd8 33. Bb2 Rd3 34. Rc1 Kf8 35. Kf3 Nb5 36. Bxb5 Rb3 37. Bd7 Rxb2 38. Bxf5 Kg7 39. Rd1 Rb8 40. Rd7 Kg8 41. h4 h6 42. Be4 Bf6 43. Bd5 Rf8 44. e4 Kg7 45. h5 Bd4 46. g4 Kf6 47. Ke2 Be5 48. Ke3 Kg5 49. f3 Bf4+ 50. Kd3 f6 51. Rg7+ Kh4 52. Rg6 Kg3 53. Ke2 Bg5 54. Rg8 Rxg8 55. Bxg8 Bf4 56. Bb3 Kg2 57. Bd1 Kg3 58. Kd3 Be5 59. Ke3 Bf4+ 60. Kd4 Bg5 61. e5 fxe5+ 62. Kxe5 Be3 63. Ke4 Bg5 64. Kf5 Be3 65. Ke4 Bg5 66. Kf5 Be3 67. Kg6 Bg5 68. Kf5 Be3

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