Chess Lesson 2018-12-31

November 2018 Member Fast #2 Tournament, https://itsyourturn.com
John Coffey vs. rodney

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 c6 4. e3 Bg4 5. cxd5 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 cxd5 7. Nc3 e6 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O a6 10. Bd2 Bd6 11. Rac1 h6 12. Qh3 Qd7 13. f4 O-O-O 14. Qf3 Kb8 15. a3 Nh7 16. b4 f5 17. b5 axb5 18. Nxb5 g5 19. Qd1 Na7 20. Qa4 Nxb5 21. Bxb5 Qe7 22. Ba5 Rc8 23. Bb6

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Chess Lesson 2018-12-10

itsyourturn.com
John Coffey vs. just plain bill

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 Nf6 3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qd7 5. e4 a6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Ne5 Qd8 8. Bc4 e6 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. Nxd7 Bxd7 11. e5 Be7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. exf6 Qxf6 14. O-O O-O-O 15. d5 h5 16. Qb3 exd5 17. Nxd5 Qd6 18. Rac1 Be6 19. Rfd1 Qc6 20. Ne7+ Kb8 21. Nxc6+

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David Sye

Jeff Johnfauno

Chess Lesson 2018-11-26

Correspondence, Chess.com
Steve Sims (1903) vs. Caissarius (1844)

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

(white to move) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. g3 Bb7 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O e6 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. a4 b4 11. Nd5 exd5 12. exd5+ Be7 13. Nf5 Ne5 14. Nxg7+ Kf8 15. Bh6 Kg8 16. Nf5 Nfg4 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Qxg4+

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Chess Lesson 2018-11-19

October 2018 Open Main #2 Tournament, https://itsyourturn.com
John Coffey vs. vadah

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 Nc6 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 Ne7 6. Nc3 b6 7. e4 Bb7 8. Bc4 Ng6 9. e5 Ng8 10. O-O Nh6 11. d6 cxd6 12. exd6 Bxf3 13. Re1+ Be7 14. Qxf3 O-O 15. dxe7 Nxe7 16. Bg5 Nhf5 17. Nd5 f6 18. Nxe7+ Kh8 19. Ng6+ hxg6 20. Qh3+ Nh6 21. Bxh6 d5 22. Bf4+ Kg8 23. Qe6+ Rf7 24. Bxd5 Qf8 25. Bd6 Qc8 26. Qxf7+ Kh7 27. Re4 Kh6 28. Rh4+ Kg5 29. Bf4+ Kf5 30. Re1 Qe8 31. Qe6+ Qxe6 32. Bxe6#

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Chess Lesson 2018-11-05

ICC tourney 1535 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
john2001plus (1712) vs. ROWLAND (1540), 720+3

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

(black to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. g4 Nc6 7. d5 Ne5 8. g5 Ne8 9. h4 f6 10. f4 Nf7 11. Qc2 e5 12. dxe6 e.p. Bxe6 13. f5 Bd7 14. Nf3 Ne5 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Be3 gxf5 17. O-O-O f4 18. Bc5 Nd6 19. Bxd6 cxd6 20. Rxd6 Qe7 21. Rhd1 Bc6 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. Rd6xd5 Rfd8 24. Qd2 Rxd5 25. Qxd5+ Kf8 26. c5 Rc8 27. Bc4

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Chess Lesson 2018-10-29

Casual Game, https://itsyourturn.com
John Coffey vs. Bergeron Y method rules

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 e6 3. c4 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 c4 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Ne5 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nxd5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Rxe5 14. Nf4 Qxd1 15. Rfxd1 Bf5 16. Rd8+ Kh7 17. Bxc4 f6 18. Bg8+ Kh8 19. Rc1 g5 20. Rc7 gxf4 21. Be6#

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Ahmed Khames

David Neiman

Chess Lesson 2018-10-22

October 2018 Open Main #1 Tournament, https://itsyourturn.com
John Coffey vs. Csonka Andr?s

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 Nd7 4. Nc3 Ngf6 5. Bf4 dxc4 6. e4 Nb6 7. Bxc4 Bd7 8. Bd3 Bb4 9. O-O O-O 10. Rc1 Bc6 11. e5 Nfd5 12. Bxh7+ Kh8 13. Bb1 Nxf4 14. h4 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Qxh4 16. g3 Nh3+ 17. Kg2 Qh6 18. Rh1 Kg8 19. Ne2 Rfd8 20. Rxh3 Qd2 21. Rch1 Kf8 22. Bg6 f5 23. exf6 e.p. Qh6 24. Rxh6 gxh6 25. Rxh6 Kg8 26. Qh5 Rd5 27. Rh8#

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Kurt Mitchel

Chess Lesson 2018-10-15

Casual Game, https://itsyourturn.com
Analysis of JUMPER 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. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be2 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Re8 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Re1 Nc6 12. c3 Bf5 13. Nbd2 Ne7 14. Qb3 b6 15. Ne5 Ng6 16. Nxg6 Bxg6 17. Bf3 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Be2 Kg7 20. h3 f5 21. Bf1 f4 22. a3 Re7 23. Qd1 Rd8 24. Qc1 Rde8 25. Bc4 e3 26. fxe3 Rxe3 27. Rxe3 Rxe3 28. Qd2 Qc6 29. Be2 Qe6 30. Bf3 Qe8 31. Kf2 Qe7 32. Re1 Rxe1 33. Qxe1 Qxe1+ 34. Kxe1 Kf6 35. Kd2 h5 36. Be2 Be4 37. Bf3 Bxf3 38. gxf3 g4 39. hxg4 hxg4 40. fxg4 Kg5 41. Ke2 Kxg4 42. Kf2 b5 43. b3 f3 44. c4 bxc4 45. bxc4 Kf4 46. d5 Ke4 47. a4 a5 48. Kf1 Kd4 49. Kf2 Kxc4 50. Kxf3 Kxd5

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Wesley and Rick

Rafael and Kurt battle it out

Chess Lesson 2018-09-30

Casual Game, https://itsyourturn.com
John Coffey vs. Eduardo

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 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b6 8. Qc2 Bb7 9. a3 Nbd7 10. Rc1 Nh5 11. Bg3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Nf6 13. e4 h6 14. e5 Nd5 15. Qe4 Rb8 16. Bd3 Nf6 17. Qf4 Nh7 18. Rxh6 Bxf3 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. Bd3+ Kg8 21. gxf3 Bg5 22. Qe4 f5 23. exf6 e.p. Rxf6 24. Rh8+ Kf7 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. f4 Bh6 27. Nb5 c5 28. dxc5 bxc5 29. Rxc5 a6 30. Rc7+ Ke8 31. Qh7 Rf8 32. Qg6+

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Click here 21... f5.
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Chess Lesson 2018-09-17

Chess Lesson 2018-09-17

Chess Game

[Event "Greenwood Chess Club"]
[Site "Kroger"]
[Date "Sep 10, 2018"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Steve Sims"]
[Black "John Coffey"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. h4 c5 10. Bd3 Nxd2 11. Kxd2 c4 12. Bxg6 Rg8 13. Bxf7+ Kxf7 14. Qh5+ Kg7
15. Rh3 Qe8 16. Rg3+ Kh7 17. Qf3 Bd7 18. Nh3 Nc6 19. Ng5+ hxg5 20. hxg5 Qg6 21.
Rh1+ Kg7 22. Rh6 Qf5 23. Qh5 Qxf2+ 24. Kc1 Rh8 25. Qg6+
1-0

Chess Lesson 2018-09-17

Live Chess, Chess.com
john2001plus (1822) vs. LetsGoRoyals (1639), 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. e4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 Bb4 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. e5 Nd5 7. Bd2 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be7 9. O-O d6 10. Re1 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Bd6 12. Qg4 Bxe5 13. dxe5 g6 14. Bg5 Qd7 15. Bf6 Rg8 16. Rad1 h5 17. Qg5 Qa4 18. Bb5+

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Chess Lesson 2018-09-10

Casual Game, https://itsyourturn.com
chess724 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. Nf3 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Bxd7+ Nxd7 6. O-O Qc7 7. Re1 Ne7 8. c3 Nc6 9. d3 Ndxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Bxe5 Bxe5 13. g3 O-O 14. f4 Bd6 15. Nd2 b5 16. Nf3 b4 17. cxb4 cxb4 18. b3 Rfc8 19. d4 Qc2 20. Qxc2 Rxc2 21. Rec1 Rac8 22. Rxc2 Rxc2 23. Kf1 Kf8 24. Ke1 Ke7 25. Nd2 Bc7 26. Kd1 Rc3 27. Ke2 Bb6 28. Nf3 Rc2+ 29. Kd3 Rf2 30. Ke3 Rg2 31. Kd3 f6 32. Ke3 Kd6 33. Kd3 h6 34. Ke3 g5 35. fxg5 hxg5 36. g4 Rxg4 37. Rd1 e5 38. Rd2 Bxd4+ 39. Nxd4 Rxd4 40. Rxd4 exd4+ 41. Kxd4 f5 42. h3 f4 43. Kd3 Ke5 44. Ke2 Kd4 45. Kf3 Kc3 46. Kg4 d4 47. Kxg5 f3 48. h4 f2 49. h5 f1=Q 50. h6 Qf7

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Chess Lesson 2018-09-10

Chess Lesson 2018-09-03

Chess Lesson 2018-09-03

Columbus Chess Club, Lewellen Chapel
Steve Salo 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. Bf4 c5 3. Nc3 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qc4 d5 6. Qd3 e5 7. Bg5 d4 8. Ne4 Nxe4 9. Bxd8 Bb4+ 10. c3 dxc3 11. bxc3 Bxc3+ 12. Qxc3 Nxc3 13. Bc7 Nb5 14. Bxe5 Nxe5

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Chess Lesson 2018-08-26

Indianapolis open, Chess.com
Xun (1400) vs. Steve Sims (1558)

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. d4 e4 5. Bg2 d5 6. b3 Bb4 7. Bd2 e3 8. fxe3 Ng4 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 O-O 12. h3 Nf6 13. O-O-O Qxa3+ 14. Qb2 Qd6 15. g4 a5 16. c5 Qc7 17. Be1 Be6 18. Nf3 Nbd7 19. Rg1 a4 20. bxa4 Rxa4 21. Rd3 Rfa8 22. Kb1 b6 23. Nd2 bxc5 24. dxc5 Nxc5 25. Rc3 Rb8 26. Nb3 d4 27. exd4 Nxb3 28. Bg3 Nd2+ 29. Kc1 Rxb2 30. Bxc7 Raa2 31. Kd1 Bb3+ 32. Ke1 Nde4 33. Bxe4 Rxe2+

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Interesting chess problem.

White to move.

Chess Lesson 2018-08-20

Live Chess, Chess.com
Analysis of john2001plus (1849) vs. Chief523 (1820)

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 Bg4 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. Ne5 Qxb3 7. axb3 e6 8. Nxg4 Nxg4 9. Nc3 Bb4 10. Bd2 Nf6 11. Bd3 h6 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Rfd1 O-O 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Bxd2 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Rxd2 Rfb8 18. Bc4 Nf6 19. f3 Rd8 20. e4 c5 21. Rad1 cxd4 22. Rxd4 Rxd4 23. Rxd4 Rb8 24. e5 Ne8 25. Rd7 Ra8 26. f4 g6 27. g4 Ng7 28. Kf2 h5 29. h3 hxg4 30. hxg4 Kf8 31. Ke3 Ke8 32. Rb7 Kf8 33. b4 Ne8 34. f5 gxf5 35. gxf5 Ng7 36. fxe6 Nxe6 37. Bxe6 fxe6 38. b5 Rd8 39. Rxa7 Rb8 40. Ra5 Ke7 41. Kd4 Rd8+ 42. Kc5 Rc8+ 43. Kb4 Kd8 44. b6 Kd7 45. Rc5 Rb8 46. Rc7+ Kd8 47. Kb5 Ra8 48. Ra7 Rb8 49. Rh7

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Chess Lesson 2018-08-20

Casual Game, https://itsyourturn.com
Analysis of John Coffey vs. rupertguinness

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nc6 3. c4 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. d5 Nb8 7. Nc3 Bg4 8. Be2 e6 9. h3 Bh5 10. Bf4 exd5 11. Nd4 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 dxe4 13. Rd1 Bb4 14. Qb5+ c6 15. Qxb4 Nd5 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Qxb7 Nd7 18. Qxd5 O-O 19. O-O Re8 20. Nc6 Qf6 21. Bg5 Qg6 22. Qxd7 Qe6 23. Qxe6 Rxe6 24. Nxa7 h6 25. Be3 Ra6 26. a3 f6 27. Rd7 g5 28. Rfd1 f5 29. Rc1 f4 30. Bd4 Ra4 31. Rcc7 Rxd4 32. Rxd4 Re8 33. Nc8 e3 34. fxe3 fxe3 35. Ne7+ Kf7 36. Re4 e2 37. g4 e1=Q+ 38. Rxe1 Kg7 39. Ng6+ Kxg6 40. Rxe8 Kf6 41. Ree7 h5 42. Re8 h4 43. Ree7 Kg6 44. Rc6#

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Chess Lesson 2018-08-13. Black to play.

Chess Lesson 2018-08-13 Magnus Carlsen Bullet

Lichess Titled Arena 6, https://lichess.org/btPGF7kp
Carlsen, Magnus (2708) vs. Alexander_Zubov (2763), 60

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 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Qd2 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 e6 13. Rhd1 O-O 14. Rac1 Rd8 15. Ke1 b6 16. d5 Na5 17. dxe6 Bxe6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Rc7 Rd3 21. Nf4 Rc3 22. Rxg7+ Kxg7 23. Bd4+ Kf7 24. Bxc3 Nc4 25. Nd3 Na3 26. Kd2 Nb5 27. Be5 Na3 28. Kc3 Nb5+ 29. Kb4 a6 30. a4 Na7 31. Bd4 Nc6+ 32. Kc3 b5 33. axb5 axb5 34. Ne5+ Nxe5 35. Bxe5 Ke7 36. Kb4

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Chess Lesson 2018-08-06

Casual Game, https://itsyourturn.com
Maddog6 vs. John2001plus

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. b3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 Nxd4 9. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 10. Nfd2 Ne7 11. Be2 Nxe2 12. Qxe2 Qd4 13. Nc3 Qxc3 14. O-O Ng6 15. Rfc1 Qxe5 16. Qb5+ Ke7 17. Nf3 Qd6 18. h3 Bd7 19. Qe2 Rhc8 20. Rd1 e5 21. a4 Rc3 22. Rab1 Rac8 23. Qd2 Rxf3 24. gxf3 Nf4 25. Kh2 Qh6 26. Qe3 Qxh3+

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Chess Lesson 2018-08-06

Internet Chess Club, Internet Chess Club
Realityczech (1725) vs. John2001plus (1862)

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. Bd3 dxe4 4. Bxe4 Nf6 5. Bf3 c5 6. Ne2 Nc6 7. Be3 e5 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Nbc3 Nxf3+ 11. gxf3 Kc7 12. Nf4 Bf5 13. O-O-O Kc6 14. Nfd5 Nxd5 15. Rxd5 Be6 16. Rd2 Be7 17. Ne4 h6 18. Rhd1 f5 19. Nc3 Rad8 20. Ne2 g5 21. f4 g4 22. Nc3 Bf6 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rxd8 Bxd8 25. Ne2 Bf6 26. Ng3 a5 27. a3 b5 28. c3 Kd5 29. Kc2 c4 30. Bb6 a4 31. Kd2 Bd7 32. Ke3 b4 33. axb4 Bxc3 34. Ne2 Bxb2 35. Nd4 a3 36. Nc2 Ba4 37. Nxa3 Bc1+ 38. Ke2 Bxa3 39. Bc5 c3 40. Kd3 c2

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Pedro

Fred

Chess Lesson 2018-07-16

chess.com USCF Online rated tournament.
john2001plus (1875) vs. skuhl99 (1458), 15+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 c5 3. c4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 g6 6. e4 d6 7. f3 Bg7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Be2 a6 10. O-O Bd7 11. Qd2 Qb6 12. Ne6 Qa5 13. Nxf8 Kxf8 14. a3 Qc7 15. b4 Ne5 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Bxa1 19. Rxa1 Qxc4 20. Rc1 Qb3 21. Bd4 f6 22. Rc7 Rd8 23. Rxb7 Qxa3 24. Bb6 Qa1+ 25. Kf2 Ke8 26. Bxd8 Kxd8 27. Qc2 Qd4+ 28. Kf1 Bb5+ 29. Ke1 Qg1+ 30. Kd2 Qd4+ 31. Kc1 Qa1+ 32. Kd2 Qd4+ 33. Kc1 Qa1+ 34. Kd2 Qd4+ 35. Kc1

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Chess Lesson 2018-07-09 French Exchange

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thokkubabu (1660) vs. john2001plus (1867)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Be2 Ne4 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. Bd2 Nxd2 9. Kxd2 O-O 10. Nf3 dxc4 11. Rad1 Nxd4 12. Kc1 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nxe2+ 14. Kc2 Bf5+ 15. Kb2 Bd3 16. g3 Qf6 17. Rxd3 cxd3 18. Nd4 Qxf2 19. Nxe2 dxe2

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Chess Lesson 2018-07-02, French, Classical, Steinitz Variation

USCF Online Rated Chess.com Rapid Tournament
Journeytosomewhere (1621) vs. john2001plus (1834), 15+10

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. f4 O-O 8. Nf3 c5 9. Nb5 Nc6 10. c3 f6 11. Be2 fxe5 12. fxe5 cxd4 13. cxd4 Rxf3 14. Bxf3 Qb4+ 15. Nc3 Nxd4 16. O-O Nxe5 17. Nxd5 Nexf3+ 18. gxf3 exd5 19. a3 Qxb2 20. Rb1 Qc3 21. Rc1 Qxc1 22. Qxd4 Qg5+ 23. Kh1 Be6 24. Rg1 Qh6 25. f4 Rf8 26. Qe5 Qf6 27. Qc7 d4 28. Qxb7 Qf7 29. Qc7

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Chess Lesson 2018-06-25 French Advance Opening Trick

French Advance vs. Analysis

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. b3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 Nxd4 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. a3 Bc5 11. b4 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Bd4 13. Qg3 Ne7 14. Qxg7 Rg8 15. Qxh7 Bxf2+ 16. Ke2 Rc8 17. Rc1 Bd4 18. Qh3 Bxe5

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Chess Lesson 2018-06-25 French Advance Opening Trick #2

Casual Game, https://itsyourturn.com
Analysis of Irina Lutikova 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. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 f6 7. b4 c4 8. exf6 Nxf6 9. Nbd2 Bd6 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Ne5 Nxd4 12. cxd4 Qxd4 13. Rb1 Qxe5 14. Qxe5 Bxe5 15. Nf3 Bc3+ 16. Bd2 Ne4 17. Bxc3 Nxc3 18. Rc1 Ne4

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Chess Lesson 2018-06-25 French Advance against a bad opening move

Casual Game, https://itsyourturn.com
REDEEMED; 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. e5 c5 4. c4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qf4 Nge7 7. Nc3 Ng6 8. Qg5 Be7 9. Qg3 Bh4 10. Qd3 Ngxe5 11. Qe2 dxc4 12. Qd2 Qb6

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Chess Lessons 2018-06-25 French Advance Analysis

Casual Game, https://itsyourturn.com
Analysis of WRH 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. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 f6 7. b4 c4 8. Be3 Qc7 9. Bf4 fxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Bd6 12. Qh5+ g6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Qg5 Qe7 15. Qe5 Qf6

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Chess 2018-06-18: French Classical

USCF Online rated Chess.com tournament, Chess.com
Bigmind1 (1857) vs. john2001plus (1840), 15+10

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. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bb5 Nxd4 8. Nxd4 cxd4 9. Qxd4 a6 10. Bxd7+ Bxd7 11. a4 Rc8 12. Qd3 Bc5 13. a5 Bc6 14. Qg3 g6 15. Ne2 d4 16. Bd2 Qd5 17. b4 Ba7 18. c4 dxc3 e.p. 19. Nxc3 Qxg2 20. Rf1 Qxg3+ 21. hxg3 Bg2 22. Ke2 Bxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Rc4 24. b5 Bd4 25. Ne4 Bxe5 26. Kd3 Rd4+ 27. Ke3 Bg7 28. bxa6 bxa6 29. Rb1 O-O 30. Rb6 Ra8 31. Bb4 Rd1 32. Ke2 Rg1 33. Bc5 Rg2+ 34. Kf3 Ra2 35. Bb4 Bd4 36. Rd6 e5 37. Rd5 f5 38. Nf6+ Kf7 39. fxe5 Rf2#

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