Chess Lesson 2018-03-26

Casual Blitz Game, Coffee Club Chess Club
C Player (1500) vs. Coffey, John (1950)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 d5 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. e5 Nc6 6. Bb5 Nd7 7. Qxd5 e6 8. Qe4 Nc5 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Qxc6+ Bd7 11. Qf3 Bb5 12. Ne2 Nd3+ 13. Kf1 Nxc1 14. Ke1 Nd3+ 15. Kf1 Nxe5 16. Qxa8 Qxa8

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Pawn promotion:
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	- Rook
	- Bishop
	- Knight

Chess Lesson 2018-03-26

Live Chess, Chess.com
Playdane (1764) vs. ospfarea0 (1799)

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. c4 dxe4 4. Nc3 c5 5. d5 exd5 6. Nxd5 Nc6 7. Bf4 Bd6 8. Nb6 Bxf4 9. Nxa8 Qa5+ 10. Ke2 Nd4+

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Options:
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	- show legal moves;

 

Pawn promotion:
	- Queen
	- Rook
	- Bishop
	- Knight

Chess Lesson 2018-03-19

1st American Chess Congress, New York, NY USA
Louis Paulsen vs. Paul Morphy

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. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. Nxe5 Re8 7. Nxc6 dxc6 8. Bc4 b5 9. Be2 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 Rxe4 11. Bf3 Re6 12. c3 Qd3 13. b4 Bb6 14. a4 bxa4 15. Qxa4 Bd7 16. Ra2 Rae8 17. Qa6 Qxf3 18. gxf3 Rg6+ 19. Kh1 Bh3 20. Rd1 Bg2+ 21. Kg1 Bxf3+ 22. Kf1 Bg2+ 23. Kg1 Bh3+ 24. Kh1 Bxf2 25. Qf1 Bxf1 26. Rxf1 Re2 27. Ra1 Rh6 28. d4 Be3

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Options:
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	- show legal moves;

 

Pawn promotion:
	- Queen
	- Rook
	- Bishop
	- Knight

Chess Lesson 2018-03-12

Live Chess, Chess.com
tcudoug (1446) vs. john2001plus (1857)

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. Bf4 Bd6 5. Bxd6 Qxd6 6. c3 Nf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Be2 Re8 9. O-O Bf5 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. Re1 Ne4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Nd2 e3 14. fxe3 Rxe3 15. Bf3 Rae8 16. Rxe3 Rxe3 17. Qf1 Qe7 18. Kf2 Nf6 19. Re1 Ng4+ 20. Bxg4 Rxe1 21. Qxe1 Qxe1+ 22. Kxe1 Bxg4 23. Kf2 f6 24. Ke3 Kf7 25. Ne4 b6 26. Kf4 Be6 27. a3 Bd5 28. g3 g5+ 29. Ke3 Ke6 30. Nd2 b5 31. b3 Kf5 32. c4 bxc4 33. bxc4 Bf7 34. h3 h5 35. Kf3 c6 36. g4+ hxg4+ 37. hxg4+ Ke6 38. Ke4 Bg6+ 39. Ke3 f5 40. gxf5+ Bxf5 41. Ne4 Bxe4 42. Kxe4 Kf6 43. Ke3 Kf5 44. Kf3 a6 45. a4 a5 46. Ke3 g4 47. Kd3 g3 48. Ke3 Kg4 49. d5 cxd5 50. cxd5 Kh3 51. d6 g2 52. Ke4 g1=Q 53. Kd5 Qg5+ 54. Ke6 Kg4 55. Kf7 Kf5 56. d7 Qd8 57. Kg7 Qxd7+ 58. Kh6 Kf6 59. Kh5 Qh3#

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Pawn promotion:
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	- Rook
	- Bishop
	- Knight

Chess Lesson 2018-03-12 Polish Defense

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Coffey, John (2001) vs. NN

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

(white to move) 1. d4 b5 2. e4 Bb7 3. Nd2 a6 4. a4 c6 5. Ngf3 e6 6. e5 d6 7. Bd3 dxe5 8. Nxe5 c5 9. axb5 axb5 10. Rxa8 Bxa8 11. Bxb5+ Ke7 12. O-O Qc7 13. Qh5 g6 14. Qh4+ f6 15. Nxg6+ hxg6 16. Qxh8 Nh6 17. Ne4 Bxe4 18. Bxh6 Bxh6 19. Ra1 Bf4 20. Ra7 Bb7 21. Rxb7

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

 

Pawn promotion:
	- Queen
	- Rook
	- Bishop
	- Knight

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Chess Lesson 2018-03-05

Paris, Opera Game
Paul Morphy vs. Duke Karl / Count Isouard

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 d6 3. d4 Bg4 4. dxe5 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 dxe5 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. Qb3 Qe7 8. Nc3 c6 9. Bg5 b5 10. Nxb5 cxb5 11. Bxb5+ Nbd7 12. O-O-O Rd8 13. Rxd7 Rxd7 14. Rd1 Qe6 15. Bxd7+ Nxd7 16. Qb8+ Nxb8 17. Rd8#

[ 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

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