Chess Lesson 2019-12-30

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

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 e6 2. d4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 h6 7. Nc3 a6 8. Qc2 c6 9. c5 Nd5 10. e4 fxe4 11. Nxe4 Nb4 12. Qe2 d5 13. cxd6 e.p. Bxd6 14. Ne5 Nd5 15. Qg4 Kh8 16. Bg5 hxg5 17. Nxg5 Kg8 18. Be4 Nf6 19. Qh4 g6 20. Bxg6 Qc7 21. Bf7+ Kg7 22. Nxe6+ Bxe6 23. Qg5+ Kh7 24. Qg6+ Kh8 25. Qh6+ Nh7 26. Ng6#

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Chess Lesson 2019-12-16

Casual game 1960
Alzo vs. Lennon, John

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

(black to move) 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. dxc6 Nxc6 5. Nf3 e5 6. d3 e4 7. dxe4 Qxd1+ 8. Kxd1 Nxe4 9. Be3 Bg4 10. Nbd2 O-O-O 11. Kc1 Nc5 12. Be2 Nd3+ 13. Bxd3 Rxd3 14. a3 Be7 15. Kb1 Bf5 16. Ka2 Rhd8 17. Rac1 Bf6 18. h3 Rd8d6 19. g4 Nb4+ 20. axb4 Ra6+ 21. Kb1 Ra1+ 22. Kc2 Rc3+ 23. Kd1 Raxc1+ 24. Ke2 Bd3#

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Chess Lesson 2019-11-25

Casual 5+2, Greenwood Chess Club
Coffey, John (2016) vs. Gusev, Dmitri (1865)

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 e6 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e4 e5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. Nd5 f5 9. Bd3 fxe4 10. Bxe4 f5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 fxe4 13. Qh5+ Kd7 14. Qg4+ Kc6 15. Qxe4 dxe5 16. O-O-O Qg5+ 17. f4 exf4 18. Nc3+ Kb6 19. Rd5 Qe7 20. c5+ Qxc5 21. Rxc5 Bxc5 22. Na4+ Kb5 23. Nxc5 Kxc5 24. Qe5+

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Stoy Wilson

Chess Lesson 2019-11-04

Corus Group C, Wijk aan Zee NED
Magnus Carlsen (2484) vs. Sipke Ernst (2474)

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

(white to move) 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Ne4 Qa5 14. Kb1 O-O 15. Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. Ne5 Rad8 17. Qe2 c5 18. Ng6 fxg6 19. Qxe6+ Kh8 20. hxg6 Ng8 21. Bxh6 gxh6 22. Rxh6+ Nxh6 23. Qxe7 Nf7 24. gxf7 Kg7 25. Rd3 Rd6 26. Rg3+ Rg6 27. Qe5+ Kxf7 28. Qf5+ Rf6 29. Qd7#

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Chess Lesson 2019-10-21

Let's Play!, Chess.com
soitgoes317 (1851) vs. Caissarius (1798)

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 Qc7 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. Nf5 Qd7 14. Nxg7+ Kf8 15. Bxf6 Rg8 16. Qd2 Rxg7 17. Qh6 Qc7 18. Qxg7+ Ke8 19. Qg8+ Kd7 20. Qxf7+ Kc6 21. e5+ Kb6 22. Bd8 Qxd8 23. Qxb7+ Kc5 24. c3 a5 25. Re4 Nc6 26. b4+ axb4 27. cxb4+ Nxb4 28. Rc1+ Nc2 29. Rxc2#

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Chess Lesson 2019-10-14

Let's Play!, Chess.com
Caissarius (1775) vs. soitgoes317 (1859)

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

(black to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. f4 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Nf3 exd5 9. exd5 Re8+ 10. Be2 Bf5 11. O-O Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Bd3 Na6 14. Bxe4 Rxe4 15. Qc2 Qe7 16. a3 Re8 17. Bd2 b5 18. cxb5 Nc7 19. Ng5 Re2 20. Rae1 Nxd5 21. Rxe2 Qxe2 22. Re1 Qxe1+ 23. Bxe1 Rxe1+ 24. Kh2 Nxf4 25. Qf2 Re2 26. Qf3 Be5 27. Kg1 Rxg2+ 28. Kf1 Rxg5 29. Qa8+ Kg7 30. Qxa7 Bd4 31. Qd7 Rg1#

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The Magic of Chess

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tr8F0Xp5Cq8&feature=youtu.be

Evan

Chess Lesson 2019-09-23

Casual Game, https://itsyourturn.com
Analysis of Lars 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. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bg5 O-O 7. c5 Re8+ 8. Be2 Nc6 9. Nf3 Bxc5 10. dxc5 d4 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Nb1 d3 13. Nc3 Bf5 14. Nh4 Bg6 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Kf1 dxe2+ 17. Nxe2 Qe7 18. Nc3 Rad8 19. Qe2 Qxc5

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Chess Lesson 2019-09-23 "The Ultimate Windmill."

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

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 h6 2. e4 a6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nc3 Qd6 6. Ne4 Qe6 7. Ne5 Nf6 8. Bc4 Nd5 9. Nc5 Qd6 10. Qf3 Nf6 11. Bxf7+ Kd8 12. Bg6 Qxd4 13. Nf7+ Ke8 14. Nxh8+ Kd8 15. Nf7+ Ke8 16. Nxh6+ Kd8 17. Nf7+ Ke8 18. Ng5+ Kd8 19. Nge6+

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Chess Lesson 2019-09-16

ICC tourney 1716 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
Analysis of john2001plus (1724) vs. weakfish (1239)

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 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 h6 6. e4 Bg4 7. Bxc4 e6 8. e5 Nd5 9. O-O Bb4 10. Ne4 O-O 11. h3 Bh5 12. Bxh6 gxh6 13. Bxd5 exd5 14. Nf6+ Kg7 15. Nxh5+ Kh8 16. Qc1 Kh7 17. Qc2+ f5 18. exf6 e.p.+ Kh8 19. Rfe1 Bxe1 20. Qg6 Qd7 21. Rxe1 Qh7 22. Qxh7+ Kxh7 23. Re7+ Kg8 24. Ne5 Rf7 25. Rxf7 Na6 26. Rg7+ Kf8 27. Re7 Nc7 28. Ng6+

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Chess Lesson 2019-09-09

Casual G/30, Kroger Columbus Inidana
Coffey, John (2016) vs. Chess Prince , on Master Level

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

(black to move) 1. Nf3 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 Nf6 4. cxd5 Qxd5 5. Nc3 Qa5 6. d5 Nb4 7. e4 Nxe4 8. Bb5+ Kd8 9. Ne5 Nd6 10. Be2 f6 11. Nc4 Nxc4 12. Bxc4 Bf5 13. Bb3 Nd3+ 14. Kf1 Qb4 15. a3 Qb6 16. Be3 Nxb2 17. Bxb6 Nxd1 18. Bxc7+ Kxc7 19. Rxd1 Rc8 20. Nb5+ Kb8 21. Nd4 Bg6 22. Ke2 Rc3 23. Rc1 Rd3 24. Rhd1 Rxd1 25. Kxd1 e6 26. Nxe6 Bxa3 27. Rc7 Bh5+ 28. f3 g5 29. Ke2 Bd6 30. Rd7 Bxh2 31. Nc5 b6 32. Na6+ Kc8 33. Rxa7 Be8 34. Ke3 b5 35. Kf2 Be5 36. Ke2 h5 37. Nc5 Bd4 38. Ra8+ Kc7 39. Ne6+ Kb7 40. Rd8 Be5 41. Kd3 h4 42. Ke3 Bc7 43. Nxc7 Kxc7 44. Ra8 Kb7 45. Rd8 Kc7 46. Ra8 Kb7 47. Rd8 Kc7 48. Ra8 h3 49. gxh3 Kb7 50. Rd8 Kc7 51. Ra8 b4 52. Ba4 Rxh3 53. Rxe8 Rh1 54. Re6 Ra1 55. Bc2

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The Greenwood Chess Club will meet on Labor Day.

Every Monday holiday people ask me if we are meeting, and we most definitely are. 

Chess Lesson 2019-09-02

ICC tourney 1704 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
SuperPuzzler (1665) vs. john2001plus (1747)

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. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8. O-O Be7 9. c3 O-O 10. Qc2 e5 11. Re1 Qc7 12. exd5 cxd5 13. c4 d4 14. Nf3 Bd6 15. Bg5 e4 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. Rxe4 Bb7 18. Rh4 h6 19. Nxd4 Rfe8 20. Nb5 Qc6 21. f3 Bc5+ 22. Kh1 Qxf3 23. Bf4 g5 24. gxf3 Bxf3+ 25. Qg2 Bxg2+ 26. Kxg2 gxh4 27. Nc7 Re2+ 28. Kf3 Rf2+ 29. Ke4 Rxf4+ 30. Kxf4 Bd6+ 31. Kg4 Bxc7 32. Kxh4 Bxh2 33. Kg4 Rd8 34. Rh1 Rd4+ 35. Kf3 Bf4 36. Rh4 Rxc4 37. Rxf4 Rxf4+ 38. Kxf4 Kf8 39. Kg4 Ke7 40. Kh5 f5 41. Kh4 Kd6 42. Kg3 h5 43. Kf4 h4

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Chess Lesson 2019-08-19

Analysis

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 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nf6 6. d5 Nb8 7. Nc3 e6 8. Qa4+ c6 9. Bg5 b5 10. Qc2 b4 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Na4 cxd5 13. exd5 exd5 14. Bb5+ Bd7 15. O-O Bxb5 16. Rfe1+ Be7 17. Rxe7+ Kxe7 18. Qc5+ Qd6 19. Re1+ Kd7 20. Qxb5+ Kc7 21. Rc1+ Kd8 22. Qb7

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Chess Lesson 2019-08-12

GCT Croatia
Anish Giri (2779) vs. Magnus Carlsen (2872)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Ne7 6. h4 h5 7. e5 d6 8. exd6 Ng6 9. Nfd2 Bxd6 10. Nc4 Be7 11. Nc3 Ba6 12. Qf3 Bxc4 13. Qxc6+ Kf8 14. dxc4 Nxh4 15. O-O Nf5 16. Ne2 Rc8 17. Qa4 Rc7 18. Bf4 Rd7 19. c3 g5 20. Rad1 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Qa8 22. Bc7 h4 23. f3 h3 24. Qb3 hxg2 25. Kf2 g4 26. Qb8+ Qxb8 27. Bxb8 Bh4+ 28. Bg3 gxf3 29. Kxf3 Bxg3 30. Rd8+ Kg7 31. Rxh8 Kxh8 32. Kxg2 Bd6

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Chess Lesson 2019-08-05

Live Chess, Chess.com
john2001plus (1884) vs. learnychess (1512)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 b6 2. d4 c5 3. e4 Bb7 4. Bd3 e6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Qe2 d5 7. Nbd2 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4 9. e5 Ne4 10. O-O Nxd2 11. Bxd2 Bxd2 12. Nxd2 Nc6 13. Rac1 Nxd4 14. Qg4 Nc6 15. Qxg7 Rf8 16. Nf3 Kd7 17. Ng5 h6 18. Nh7 Rh8 19. Qxf7+ Qe7 20. Nf6+ Kd8 21. Qh5 Rf8 22. f4 Qg7 23. Qh4 Ne7 24. Rf3 Rc8 25. Rxc8+ Kxc8 26. Rg3 Qf7 27. Qxh6 Ng8 28. Qxf8+

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Chess Lesson 2019-07-29

JariGe4 vs. soitgoes317, Chess.com
JariGe4 (1303) vs. soitgoes317 (1380), 1

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. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Qg6 7. Nxc6 Bxe3 8. fxe3 dxc6 9. Qf3 Bg4 10. Qg3 O-O-O 11. Nd2 Rxd2 12. Kxd2 Nf6 13. Bd3 Rd8 14. Kc2 Rxd3 15. Kxd3 Qxe4+ 16. Kd2 Qd5+ 17. Kc2 Bf5+ 18. Kc1 Ne4 19. Qe1 Nc5 20. Qd2 Nd3+ 21. Kd1 Nf2+ 22. Ke2 Qxg2 23. Ke1 Nd3+ 24. Kd1 Qxh1+ 25. Kc2 Nc5+ 26. e4 Bxe4+ 27. Qd3 Qxh2+ 28. Kc1 Nxd3+ 29. Kd1 Bf3#

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Chess Lesson 2019-07-29

ICC tourney 1688 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
john2001plus (1714) vs. IAlwaysWin (1509)

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 dxc4 4. e3 b5 5. a4 c6 6. axb5 cxb5 7. b3 e6 8. bxc4 b4 9. c5 Bb7 10. Qa4+ Nc6 11. Bb5 Qc7 12. Ne5 Rc8 13. Qxa7 Ra8 14. Qxa8+ Bxa8 15. Rxa8+ Ke7 16. Nxc6+ Kd7 17. Nxb4+ Ke7 18. Nc6+ Kd7 19. Ra7

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Chess Lesson 2019-07-22

itsyourturn.com
Coffey, John (2016) vs. NN

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

(white to move) 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. e4 dxe4 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Nxe4 Qb6 11. Bxd7+ Nxd7 12. O-O cxd4 13. Nxd4 Rd8 14. Nf5 Ne5 15. Qe2 g6 16. Qb5+ Nd7 17. Rfe1 Bb4 18. Nf6+ Kf8 19. Nxd7+ Rxd7 20. Qe5 Qxf2+ 21. Kxf2 Bxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Rd2+ 23. Kf1 Rf2+ 24. Kxf2

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Chess Lesson 2019-07-15

Blindfold simul, 8b, London ENG
Paul Morphy vs. James G Cunningham

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

(white to move) 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. c3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 Qe7 7. O-O Ng8 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. d5 Qc5 10. Na3 Nd4 11. Be3 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Qf8 13. Bxb6 axb6 14. Nb5 Kd8 15. Rac1 d6 16. exd6 cxd6 17. Qe3 Ra6 18. Nc7 Qe7 19. Ne6+ fxe6 20. Bxa6 Bd7 21. Bb5 Ke8 22. dxe6 Nf6 23. Rc8+

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Click here for 18... Kxc7.
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Chess Lesson 2019-07-08

ICC tourney 1676 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
Zephyr (1587) vs. john2001plus (1699)

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 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. exf6 hxg5 7. fxg7 Rg8 8. Nge2 Rxg7 9. a3 Be7 10. Qd3 c5 11. O-O-O Nc6 12. g3 c4 13. Qd2 b5 14. Nxb5 Rb8 15. a4 a6 16. Na3 Qb6 17. c3 Bxa3 18. h4 Bxb2+ 19. Kb1 Bxc3+ 20. Ka2 Qb3#

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Chess Lesson 2019-07-08: White to play for mate

Chess Lesson 2019-07-01: Can White win?

Chess Lesson 2019-06-24

Norway Chess, Stavanger NOR
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave vs. Alexander Grischuk

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

(black to move) 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c6 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Ne5 Ne4 8. Nd2 Nf6 9. Qa4+ Bd7 10. Qb3 Nc6 11. Ndf3 Na5 12. Qa3 O-O 13. Bd2 Nc6 14. O-O Ne4 15. Bf4 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bb5 17. Rfe1 Rc8 18. Rac1 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Bxe2 20. Qxa7 Ba6 21. b4 Qe8 22. Nc6 g5 23. Be3 Nd6 24. a4 bxc6 25. Qxa6 Nc4 26. Rxc4 dxc4 27. Bxc6 Qb8 28. Qxc4 Rc8 29. a5 Qc7 30. a6 e6 31. b5 Qa5 32. Kg2 h6 33. d5 exd5 34. Qxd5 Rd8 35. Qxd8+

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Bill Boehm

Chess Lesson 2019-06-17

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

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 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Qb3 b6 6. Nc3 c6 7. Ne5 Bd6 8. e4 Bxe5 9. dxe5 dxe4 10. Bc4 Qe7 11. Bf4 Nd7 12. O-O Nc5 13. Qc2 Nd3 14. Nxe4 Nxf4 15. Nd6+ Qxd6 16. Qxf5 Qg6 17. Qxf4 Ne7 18. e6 Nd5 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. Qd6 fxe6 21. Rfe1 Kf7 22. Qd7+ Kf8 23. Rxe6 Qf7 24. Qxd5 Rc8 25. Qd6+ Kg8 26. Re7 Qf5 27. Qd4 Qg5 28. Qd7 Rc1+ 29. Re1 Rxe1+ 30. Rxe1 h6 31. Re8+ Kh7 32. Qd3+ Qg6 33. Rxh8+

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Randy

Chess Lesson 2019-06-10

Chess Lesson 2019-06-10

ICC USCF Online rated Quick tournament.
john2001plus (1740) vs. lagarto300 (1830), 12+3

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 d6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Bg5 h6 9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nd5 Rxd5 12. cxd5 c6 13. Rc1 Bg4 14. dxc6 Nxc6 15. Ba6 Nb4 16. Bc4 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Nc6 18. Rg1 g5 19. Bd5 Nd4 20. Rg3 Bd8 21. h4 Kg7 22. hxg5 hxg5 23. Kd2 Kf6 24. Rh1 Ba5+ 25. Kd3 Rc8 26. Rh7 Rc2 27. Rxf7+ Kg6 28. Rxb7 Rd2+ 29. Kc4 Rc2+ 30. Kd3 Rd2+ 31. Kc4 Rc2+ 32. Kd3 Rd2+

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	- Bishop
	- Knight

Click here for 14. Nd2.
Click here for 17... Bd8.
Click here for 18. Bd5.
Click here for 20... Re8.
Click here for 21. f4.
Click here for 25... Kg8.
Click here for 26. Rh6+.
Click here for 28. f4.

Greenwood Chess Club

Chess Lesson 2019-06-03

Dillard Mondays at YCC, New Whiteland IN
B, N (1824) vs. Porter, Andrew (1977)

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 f5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 c6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Bd6 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Qe7 10. Re1 Re8 11. Qb3 Nbd7 12. e4 fxe4 13. Nxe4 Qf8 14. Nxd6 Rxe1+ 15. Rxe1 Qxd6 16. Ne5 Qf8 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Be7 Qf5 19. Be4 Qf7 20. Bb1 Nb6 21. Bc5 Be6 22. Bxb6 axb6 23. Qxb6 Rf8 24. f4 g5 25. f5 Bxf5 26. Rf1 Qe6 27. Bxf5 Rxf5 28. Rxf5 Qxf5 29. Qxb7 Qb1+ 30. Kg2 Qe4+

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	- Knight

Click here for 23. Re5.
Click here for 25. Qb4.

Chess Lesson 2019-06-03

White to play.

Chess Lesson 2019-05-27

ICC tourney 1651 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
john2001plus (1728) vs. karre1234 (1162)

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 e6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. Bd2 Nbd7 9. Nxd5 Nxd5 10. cxd5 Bxd2 11. dxc6 Ba5 12. cxd7 Bxd7 13. Ne5 Bc8 14. Bxh7+ Kxh7 15. Qh5+ Kg8 16. Qxf7+ Kh8 17. f4 Kh7 18. Rf3 Be1 19. Rxe1 Qh4 20. Rh3 Qxh3 21. gxh3 Rd8 22. Ng4 Bd7 23. Nf6+ Kh8 24. Qh5#

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Click here for 16... Kh7.

Chess Lesson 2019-05-27

Chigorin vs. Tarrasch

Black to play.

White to play

Chess Lesson 2019-05-20

Chess Lesson 2019-05-20

Chess Lesson 2019-05-20

October 2018 Member Main #1 Tournament, https://itsyourturn.com
John Coffey vs. chugbezek

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Be3 c5 10. d5 Re8 11. Bf4 Qc7 12. Rfe1 a6 13. Rad1 Ng4 14. Qd2 Bf6 15. h3 Nge5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Be3 Red8 18. a3 Qd6 19. b4 cxb4 20. axb4 Qxb4 21. Rb1 Qd6 22. Na4 Rab8 23. Bxb6 Nxb6 24. Rxb6 Qc7 25. Reb1 Ba8 26. c5 Rxb6 27. Rxb6 Kg7 28. Bxa6 Bh4 29. Qa5 Qa7 30. g3 Bg5 31. h4 Bf6 32. Rxf6 exf6 33. Qxd8 Qxa6 34. Nb6 Qa5 35. Qxa8 Qe1+ 36. Kg2 Qxe4+ 37. Kg1 Qe1+ 38. Kg2 Qe4+ 39. Kh2 Qe2 40. d6 Qxf2+ 41. Kh3 Qf5+ 42. g4 Qd3+ 43. Kh2 Qc2+ 44. Kg3 Qc1 45. Qd5 Qe3+ 46. Qf3 Qg1+ 47. Kh3 Qxc5 48. Qxf6+ Kxf6 49. Nd7+ Ke6 50. Nxc5+ Kxd6 51. Ne4+ Ke6 52. Ng5+ Ke7 53. Nxh7 f6 54. g5

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Chess Lesson 2019-05-20

Let's Play!, Chess.com
Caissarius (1805) vs. soitgoes317 (1885)

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

(black to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nge2 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. e4 Qd8 10. dxc5 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxc5 12. Bc3 Bg4 13. Rc1 Bh6 14. Bd2 Bxd2+ 15. Qxd2 Qe5 16. f3 Be6 17. b3 Nc6 18. O-O Rad8 19. Qe3 Nb4 20. Bb1 Qb2 21. Rcd1 Nxa2 22. Nd4 Rxd4 23. Qxd4 Nc3 24. Rd2 Ne2+ 25. Kf2 Qxd4+ 26. Rxd4 Nxd4

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Pawn promotion:
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	- Bishop
	- Knight