Chess Lesson 2018-01-29

ICC 30 0 u, Internet Chess Club
Analysis of john2001plus (1868) vs. fiddler (1728)

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 Qa5 8. Bd6 Bxd6 9. cxd6 Rd8 10. Be2 Rxd6 11. O-O Nc6 12. a3 a6 13. b4 Qd8 14. c5 Rd7 15. Na4 Rb8 16. Nb6 Re7 17. Qc2 Nd7 18. Ng5 g6 19. Nxd7 Bxd7 20. Rfd1 Be8 21. Ne4 Na7 22. Qc3 e5 23. Nf6+ Kg7 24. Rxd5 Qc7 25. Rd6 Rc8 26. Rad1 Bc6 27. f4 Bb5 28. Bg4 Ba4 29. Rd1d2 Nb5 30. Qb2 Nxd6 31. Rxd6 Bc6 32. fxe5 h5 33. e6 Kh6 34. e4 hxg4 35. Nxg4+ Kh5 36. Qd2 g5 37. Qc3 Bxe4 38. Qh3+ Kg6 39. Qh6+ Kf5 40. h3

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Chess Lesson 2018-01-22. Pirc.

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

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 e5 3. d4 Bg4 4. Be3 exd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qd2 Qf6 7. Nd4 Nxd4 8. Bxd4 Qe6 9. Nc3 c6 10. f3 Bh5 11. O-O-O b5 12. Nxb5 cxb5 13. Bxb5+ Ke7 14. Qg5+ Nf6 15. Bxf6+ gxf6 16. Qxh5 Qxa2 17. Rxd6 Kxd6 18. Rd1+ Kc7 19. c4 Ba3 20. Qxf7+ Kb8 21. Qxf6 Bxb2+ 22. Qxb2 Qxb2+ 23. Kxb2 Kc7 24. Rd7+ Kb6 25. e5 Rad8 26. f4 Rxd7 27. Bxd7 Kc7 28. e6 Rg8 29. g3 Kd8 30. c5 Ke7 31. f5 Rf8 32. g4 h6 33. Kc3 a5 34. c6 Kd6 35. c7 Kxc7 36. e7

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Queen Pawn

[Event "Casual 5+2"]
[Site "Greenwood Indiana Chess Club"]
[Date "Jan 15, 2018"]
[Round "1"]
[White "John Coffey"]
[Black "Thomas Burden"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 c5 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. Nc3 d4 6. Nb5 e5 7. e3 Bxc5 8. exd4
Bb4+ 9. Bd2 e4 10. Bxb4 exf3 11. Nd6+ Kd7 12. Ba3 Qe7+ 13. Kd2 Ne4+ 14. Kc2
Nxf2 15. Qe1 Nxd4+ 16. Kc3 Qf6 17. Qxf2 Nb5+ 18. Kb3 Nxa3 19. Rd1 Kc7 20. Qc5+
Kb8 21. bxa3 a5 22. Nb5 a4+ 23. Kc2 Bf5+ 24. Bd3 Bxd3+ 25. Rxd3 Rc8 26. Qd6+
Qxd6 27. Rxd6 Rc5 28. Rd8+ Rc8 29. Rhd1 Ra5
1-0

Chess Lesson 2018-01-15

ICC tourney 1370 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
john2001plus (1643) vs. ElQuijote (1340)

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. Qb3 Qc7 6. Ne5 dxc4 7. Bxc4 e6 8. Nxg4 Nxg4 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Qxe6+ Be7 11. Qxg4 O-O 12. O-O Nd7 13. e4 Nf6 14. Qe2 Rae8 15. Nc3 Bd6 16. e5 Nd5 17. exd6 Qxd6 18. Qc4 Rf5 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. Qb5 Ref8 21. Bd2 Rh5 22. f4 Qg6 23. Bb4 Re8 24. f5 Qf7 25. Rae1 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 h6 27. Qe8+ Qxe8 28. Rxe8+ Kh7 29. Rf8 a5 30. Bxa5 b6 31. Bxb6 Rh4 32. Rd8 Re4 33. Rxd5 Re2 34. Rb5 Rc2 35. d5 Rc4 36. d6 Rc1+ 37. Kf2 Rd1 38. Bc5 h5 39. Rb7 h4 40. d7 h3 41. gxh3 Kh6 42. Be3+ Kh5 43. d8=Q Rxd8 44. Rxg7 Rd6 45. Rh7+ Rh6 46. Rxh6#

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Chess Lesson 2018-01-08

Casual Game, https://itsyourturn.com
silencebrother 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. e5 d6 3. Nf3 dxe5 4. Nxe5 Bd6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Be2 O-O 7. h3 c5 8. b3 e5 9. Bb2 e4 10. Nh2 Bxh2 11. Rxh2 Qd6 12. Rh1 Nc6 13. Nc3 Nd4 14. d3 Nxe2 15. Nxe2 exd3 16. cxd3 Bf5 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Rc1 Rad8 19. Rc3 Rfe8 20. Kf1 Bxd3 21. Rxd3 Rxd3 22. Qc1 Qb2 23. Qe1 Rxe2 24. Qxe2 Qb1+ 25. Qe1 Rd1 26. Ke2 Qd3#

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2018-01-01 Chess Lesson: English as Black.

ICC tourney 1361 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
Visigoth (1158) vs. john2001plus (1672)

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. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. e3 d4 7. exd4 exd4 8. Nce2 d3 9. Nc3 Bc5 10. Qa4+ Bd7 11. Qf4 Qe7+ 12. Ne4 Bc6 13. f3 O-O 14. Nh3 Re8 15. Kd1 Bxe4 16. fxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Qxe4 18. Qxe4 Rxe4 19. Re1 Rxe1+ 20. Kxe1 Nc6 21. Nf4 Re8+ 22. Kf1 Rd8 23. a3 Ne5 24. b4 Bd4 25. Rb1 g5 26. Ng2 Ng4 27. Ne3 Bxe3 28. dxe3 d2 29. Bxd2 Rxd2

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