Monday, January 15, 2018

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

Monday, January 8, 2018

Monday night at Kroger

White to play and win.

Chess Lesson 2018-01-08

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Monday, January 1, 2018

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

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Monday, December 18, 2017

Chess Lesson 2017-12-18

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Click here for 9... Bxc5.
Click here for 9... Nbd7.
Click here for 11... Bb7.
Click here for 16. Ng5.
Click here for 18. Qd1.
Click here for 19. Qb1.
Click here for 20. e4.
Click here for 22. Bxe5.

Monday, December 11, 2017

Rick

Chess Lesson 2017-12-11

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Click here for 8. Be3.
Click here for 13... Nxe4.
Click here for 14... Qd8.
Click here for 17... Kh8.
Click here for 18... Rxc8.
Click here for 21. ... Qc7.
Click here for 24. ... Nf7.
Click here for 27. Rxb6.
Click here for 29. Bxb5+.
Click here for 29. Bc5+.

Monday, December 4, 2017

Chess Lesson 2017-12-04

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Tuesday, November 28, 2017

The goal here is to figure out the last move on the board. This is frustratingly difficult, because you have to allow for legal moves for Black and White that could produce this position. However, I think that I have figured it out.

Monday, November 27, 2017

Dante

French

[Event "Greenwood Chess Club"]
[Site "Kroger"]
[Date "Nov 27, 2017"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dmitri Gusev"]
[Black "John Coffey"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 exd5 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. N2b3 Nf6
8. Bb5 Qc7 9. O-O Bd6 10. Re1+ Be6 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Rxe6+ Kf7 13. Bxc6 Kxe6
14. Nd4+ Kf7 15. Bxd5+ Nxd5 16. Qh5+ Ke7 17. Qxd5 Bxh2+ 18. Kh1 Qe5 19. Bg5+
Kf8 20. Ne6+ Kf7 21. Nd8+ Kg6 22. Qd3+ Qf5 23. g3 Kxg5 24. f4+ Kh6 25. Qxf5
1-0




Best wishes,

John Coffey

Jeff

White to play and win

Saturday, November 18, 2017

Chess Lesson 2017-11-20. Owen's Defense.

Monday, November 6, 2017

Chess Lesson 2017-11-06

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Click here for 13... Nxc8.
Click here for 22. Rd3.
Click here for 30. Rxh6.
Click here for 23. a3.
Click here for 29... Nc2.
Click here for 30. Be2.
Click here for 30. Rxb4.
Click here for 44... Kd1.
Click here for 50... Rb2.

Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Chess Lesson 2017-10-23

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Monday, October 2, 2017

Chess Lesson 2017-10-02

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Click here for 21. Ke2.

Chess Lesson 2017-09-25

Monday, September 18, 2017

Chess Lesson 2017-09-18: Giuoco Piano

Click here for 7. Bd2.
Click here for 7... Nxe4.
Click here for 9... Nxc3.
Click here for 10... Qd7.
Click here for 10... f6.
Click here for 11... Bxg5.
Click here for 16... Kf7.
Click here for 22... Ke7.

Monday, September 11, 2017

Chess Lesson 2017-09-11

Click here for 9. Bd3.
Click here for 10. Bh4.
Click here for 12. Ne5.
Click here for 12... Bf4.
Click here for 22... Re1.
Click here for 25... Re1.
Click here for 25... Bf5.

Monday, September 4, 2017

Chess Club is meeting this Monday.

I'm there and nobody else has show up yet. :-)

Best wishes,

John Coffey

Chess Lesson 2017-09-04: Pirc Lisitsin Gambit

Monday, August 21, 2017

Chess Lesson 2017-08-21

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