2017-01-30 Greenwood Chess Club

Tactical Game

Casual game/10, Greenwood Chess Club
Vu Hoang Duong vs. John Coffey

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. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 Bb7 7. e5 Ne4 8. Bd3 Nxd2 9. Bxd2 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nc6 12. Nb5 Nxe5 13. Bf4 Nxd3 14. Nc7+ Kf8 15. Nxa8 Nxf4 16. g3 Nh3#

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Options:
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Pawn promotion:
	- Queen
	- Rook
	- Bishop
	- Knight

Tactical game.

Casual G/10, Greenwood chess club
John Coffey vs. Greg Marshal

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 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Qb3 Bxf3 6. Qxb7 Qa5+ 7. Bd2 Qb6 8. Qxa8 Qxb2 9. gxf3 Nfd7 10. Qxa7 Qxa1 11. Bd3 dxc4 12. Bc2 c3 13. Bxc3 Qxc3+ 14. Nxc3 e5 15. dxe5 Bb4 16. Kd2 O-O 17. Rb1 Bc5 18. Qc7 Be7 19. Rxb8 Nxb8 20. Qxe7 c5 21. Bxh7+ Kxh7 22. Qxf8 Nd7

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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 2017-01-30

Casual G/10, Columbus Indiana Chess Club
Steve Salo (2001) vs. John Coffey (1750)

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. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Qb6 5. b3 Nc6 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Qd3 Qa5 9. Kd2 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 Ne4+

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

 

Pawn promotion:
	- Queen
	- Rook
	- Bishop
	- Knight

2017-01-30 Chess Lesson, Marshal Defense.

Casual speed chess game.
John Coffey (2001) vs. Coworker

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 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. e4 Nb4 5. Qa4+ Nb8c6 6. d5 Nxd5 7. exd5 Qxd5 8. Nc3 Qe6+ 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Bc4 Qe5 11. Nf3 Qa5 12. Qb3 Bf5 13. Bxf7+ Kd8 14. Qxb7 Rb8 15. O-O-O+ Bd7 16. Rxd7+ Kxd7 17. Rd1+ Qd5 18. Rxd5#

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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 2017-01-30, Alapin Opening.

Speed game in Utah
Alan Woodbury vs. John Coffey

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

(black to move) 1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 e6 8. Nc3 Qa5 9. h3 Bh5 10. O-O Nf6 11. a3 Rd8 12. g4 Bg6 13. b4 Qc7 14. Qa4 Qd7 15. Bb5 Bd6 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Nd5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Bg5 Rc8 20. Rfd1 Qxe5 21. Bxc6+ bxc6 22. Qxc6+ Rxc6 23. Rd8#

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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 2017-01-23, QGD, Semi-Tarrasch Defense

Live Chess, Chess.com
john2001plus (1803) vs. Gustafsson21 (1767)

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 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Nc6 7. e3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bb4 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. O-O a6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Nxd5 axb5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Nxb4 c5 15. Nd3

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

 

Pawn promotion:
	- Queen
	- Rook
	- Bishop
	- Knight

Tactics Teaser

Chess Lesson 2017-01-09

Live Chess Chess.com, Chess.com
john2001plus (1779) vs. rtconnor2003 (1255)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 dxc4 4. d5 Na5 5. e4 b6 6. Bxc4 Nxc4 7. Qa4+ Qd7 8. Qxc4 Bb7 9. Ne5 Qd6 10. Qb5+ c6 11. dxc6 Bxc6 12. Nxc6 Qd7 13. Nc3 e6 14. O-O Bd6 15. Rd1 Ne7 16. Nxe7 Kxe7 17. Qxd7+ Kxd7 18. e5 Rac8 19. Bf4 Rc4 20. Rxd6+ Ke7 21. Bg3 f6 22. Rad1 fxe5 23. Bxe5 Kf7 24. Rd7+ Kg6 25. Rxg7+ Kf5 26. f4 Rf8 27. Rg5#

[ 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

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2017-01-02