2013-05-11

Chess game fragment

[Event "Quick"]
[Site "Target"]
[Date "May 11, 2013"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Isaac Balter"]
[Black "John Coffey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Qxd5 6. Qf2 Qe4+ 7. Qe2 Bf5 8.
Nc3 Qxe2+ 9. Bxe2 Bxc2 10. Nb5 Na6 11. Nd4 Ba4 12. b3 Bd7 13. Ba3 Rc8 14. Ngf3
e6 15. Bxf8 Rxf8
1/2-1/2 eventually. I gave white the initiative when I accidentally
touched my f8 rook losing a tempo.

Interesting Chess Game

[Event "Quick"]
[Site "Target"]
[Date "May 11, 2013"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grant Hodson"]
[Black "John Coffey"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7.
Nb5?! Na6?! (Nb6) 8.
c3 O-O 9. Bd3 c5 10. Nd6 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nb4 12. Bb1 f6 13. a3 Nc6 14. Qd3 g6 15.
f4 fxe5 16. fxe5 Qh4+ 17. Qg3 Qxg3+ 18. hxg3 Nxd4 19. Rh4 Nb3 20. Ra2 Nxe5 21.
Bc2 Nc5 22. b4 Ncd3+ 23. Bxd3 Nxd3+ 24. Kd2 Rf2+ 25. Ne2 Rxe2+ 26. Kxe2 Nc1+
27. Kd2 Nxa2 28. Rh1 d4 29. Nb5 Nc3 30. Nxd4 Ne4+ 31. Ke3 Nxg3 32. Rc1 Nf5+ 33.
Ke4 Nxd4 34. Kxd4 Bd7 35. Rc7 Bc6 36. g3 Rd8+ 37. Ke5 Rd3 38. Kf6 Rf3+ 39. Kxe6
Rxg3 40. a4 Re3+ 41. Kf6 Rf3+ 42. Ke6 Rf7!?!? 43. Rc8+ Kg7 44. b5 Bd7+
0-1

Chess Game

[Event "SLCC Quick"]
[Site "Target"]
[Date "May 11, 2013"]
[Round "1"]
[White "John Coffey"]
[Black "Eric Hon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 b6 6. Nc3 Bb7 7. e3 O-O 8.
Be2 c6 9. O-O d5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Rac1 Nc6 12. Rfd1 Qe7 13. Bd3 Rac8 14. Nb5?!
a6 15. Na3 b5 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nd7 18. f4 Nb6 19. Nc2 Nc4 20. Bxc4 dxc4
21. Qd7 Qxd7 22. Rxd7 Be4 23. Nd4 Rfd8 24. Ra7 Ra8 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. g4 g6 27.
Kf2 Rc8 28. Ke2 Kf8 29. Kd2 Ke7 30. a4 b4 31. Nb3 Rd8+ 32. Nd4 Rc8
(c3+ 33. bxc3 b3 wins) 33. Nb3 Rd8+
34. Nd4 Rc8 35. Nb3
1/2-1/2

2013-05-05

Re: Grand Prix Report – Game-in-Sixty

Allan,

So far this year I am the Utah state Senior champion, Game/60 champion, and Expert Class co-champion.  It seems not likely to me that I could win the actual State Championship in November, but it is a remote possibility. 

The best player in the state is a 15 year old boy, Kayden Troff, who is currently playing in the U.S. Championship because he got a special invitation as an up and coming player.   He is so far above everybody else in Utah that it is no contest.  He is an International Master and could turn pro. He mostly does not bother with Utah tournaments anymore. 

It doesn't take much to interfere with my concentration.  Cheerleaders would do it.   :-)

Best wishes,

John Coffey

On May 5, 2013, at 3:48 PM, Allan Branaman  wrote:

Way to go! Kick some ass! I'm cheering for you. Do they have cheerleaders there? I guess it'd be a big distraction.
 
Sent: Sunday, May 05, 2013 3:46 PM
 
FYI...


From: Steve Hoisington 
Date: May 5, 2013, 11:34:38 AM MDT

"A total of sixty-four (64) players have now earned GP Points in the six (6) GP events held so far...

The year-to-date race remains close between John Coffey and David Vasquez.  With his clear first-place finish on Saturday, John increased his lead in the Grand Prix standings from just one point to a somewhat more comfortable 8.5 points. "

The current leaders (top ten) are:

 

1                      John COFFEY                                 67.67                                                 

2                      David VASQUEZ                             59.17 

3                      Randy ZUMBRUNNEN                    31.5   

4                      Petro GRETCHANEI                        30.2                           

5                      Alex GUSTAFSSON                         27.87 

6                      Eric HON                                          26.67                                     

7                      José GARCIA                                   25

8                      Enriqué ARCE-LARRETA                21.5                           

9                      Kayden TROFF                                21

10                    Charles RASMUSSEN                     19.17 

 

Best regards,

Steve

2013-04-20

Chess game

[Event "Farewell Bobby Fischer Memorial Open"]
[Site "UofU College"]
[Date "Apr 20, 2013"]
[Round "3"]
[White "John Coffey"]
[Black "Enrique Arce-Larreta"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Bg5
Qxd1+ 9. Rxd1 c6 10. O-O h6 11. Be3 Ng4 12. Bc5 Re8 13. Bd6 Nd7 14. c5 f5 15.
Bc4+ Kh7 16. Bf7 Rh8 17. Nh4 Bf6 18. Nxg6 Rd8 19. Bc7 Kg7 20. Bxd8 Bxd8 21. Be8
Ngf6 22. Bxd7 Nxd7 23. Nxe5 Nxe5 24. Rxd8 fxe4 25. Nxe4 Nf7 26. Re8
1-0

Chess Gsme

[Event "Farewell Bobby Fiscehr"]
[Site "UofU"]
[Date "Apr 20, 2013"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Andrew Roach"]
[Black "John Coffey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Nc6 7. f3 Bg7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 e5 13. Bc5 Be6 14. Ne4 Re8
15. g4 Nf4 16. Qc3 Nd5 17. Qd2 Nf4
1/2-1/2. I was pretty unsure of myself here and offered the draw.

2013-04-13

Chess Game

[Event "Quick"]
[Site "SLCC"]
[Date "Apr 13, 2013"]
[Round "3"]
[White "John Coffey"]
[Black "Sam Mason"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Bb7 11. Bxf6 Qa5 12. Bxh8 b4 13. Qa4 Qb6 14. Ne4 Qxd4 15.
Nf6+ Ke7 16. Qxb4+ c5 17. Qxb7+ Nd7 18. Ng8+ Kd8 19. Qxa8+ Kc7 20. Rd1 Qxb2 21.
Qxa7+ Kc6 22. Qxd7+ Kb6 23. Qd8+ Ka7 24. Rd7+ Ka6 25. Qc8+ Ka5 26. Ra7+ Kb4 27.
Qb7+ Kc3 28. Qf3+ Kc2 29. Qe2+ Kb1 30. Qd1+ Qc1 31. Rb7+
1-0

Chess Game. Time pressure blues.

[Event "Quick"]
[Site "SLCC"]
[Date "Apr 13, 2013"]
[Round "2"]
[White "John Coffey"]
[Black "Alex hall "]
[Result "0-1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. h4 Qb6 13. Be2 O-O-O 14. O-O c5 15.
d5 Ne5 16. f4 Nd3 17. dxe6 Nxf4 18. Bg4 Nxe6 19. Qe2 Qc6 20. Rad1 Bd6 21. Bxe6+
fxe6 22. f7 Rd7 23. Nxb5 Qxb5 24. Qxe6 Qc6 25. f8=Q+ Rxf8 26. Rxf8+ Kc7 27. Rd2
Bh2+ 28. Kxh2 Qxe6 29. Bf4+ Kb6
0-1

Chess

[Event "Quick"]
[Site "SLCC"]
[Date "Apr 13, 2013"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ben Balter"]
[Black "John Coffey"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. f4 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Nd4 6. O-O Nxb5 7. Nxb5 a6 8.
Nc3 d6 9. Qe1 e6 10. f5 Ne7 11. fxe6 Bxe6 12. Ng5 O-O 13. d3 Nc6 14. Qh4 h6 15.
Nxe6 Qxh4
0-1

2013-04-06

Chess game

[Event "Quick"]
[Site "SLCC"]
[Date "Apr 6, 2013"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Greg Lee"]
[Black "John Coffey"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. c3 d5 5. e3 Bd6 6. Bg5 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Nbd2
e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. Nf3 Bg4 12. Be2 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Nxe5 Bxe2
15. Qxe2 gxh4 16. Ng4 Nxg4 17. Qxg4+ Qg5 18. Rd1
0-1

2013-03-30

Very Wild Chess Game

[Event "Utah Class"]
[Site "UofU"]
[Date "Mar 30, 2013"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sam Mason"]
[Black "John Coffey"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nf3 Bb7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bxc3 8.
bxc3 d6 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. e4 e5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Re8 13. Nd2 Nf8 14. f4 exf4
15. e5 g5 16. Rxf4 dxe5 17. dxe5 N8d7 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Nxe5
21. Rf5 Ng6 22. Qc2 Nxh4 23. Rxf7 Kxf7 24. Qh7+ Ke6 25. Re1+ Kd6 26. Rd1+ Kc6
27. Qxh6+ Kb7 28. Rxd8 Raxd8 29. Qxg5 Nf3+ 30. gxf3 Rg8 31. f4 Rxg5+ 32. fxg5
Rg8 33. h4 Rh8 34. Kf2 Rxh4 35. Kf3 Kc6 36. g6 Rh6 37. g7 Rg6
0-1

2013-03-17

Fwd: Chess Game

Here Shahram demonstrates what a great attacking player he is. Only in
a time scramble he missed the right continuation. This is an exciting
game...

[Event "WVCC"]
[Site "SLCC Quick"]
[Date "Mar 16, 2013"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shahram Nazarinia"]
[Black "John Coffey"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nh6 8. Bd3
g6 9. O-O Nf5 10. Bxf5 gxf5 11. b4?! a5 12. b5 Qxb5 13. Nc3 Qc4 14.
Bb2 b5?! (Bd7 15. Rc1 Be7 (or better Qa6 16. Ng5 h5)) 15.
Rc1 b4? (Bh6 (Stockfish likes Bd7 16. Ne4 fxe4 17. Rxc4 bxc4 =/+)) 16.
axb4? (Ne4! +-) Qxb4 17. Na4 Bd7 18. Bc3 Qb5 19. Rb1 Nb4 20. Nb2 a4
21. Bxb4
Qxb4 22. Nd3 Qa5 23. Ng5 Be7 (h5!!) 24. Qh5 Bxg5 25. Qxg5 Qd8 26. Qg7
Rf8 27. Nc5 Bc6
28. Rfc1 Qe7 29. Rb6 Rc8 30. Nxa4 Qa3 31. Nb2 Ke7 32. h4 Bd7 33. Qf6+ Ke8 34.
Rxc8+ Bxc8 35. Rb8 Qa1+ 36. Kh2 Qc1 37. g3 Qc3 38. Na4 Qc2 39. Kh3 Qxf2?? 40.
Rxc8+ Kd7 41. Rc7+? (Nb6#) Kxc7 42. Qe7+ Kc6 43. Qd6+?? (Qc5+! Kb7,
Qb5+! Kc7, Nc5!) Kb5 44. Nc3+ Kc4 45. Qc5+ Kd3
0-1 eventually.

Chess Game

Here Shahram demonstrates what a great attacking player he is. Only in
a time scramble he missed the right continuation. This is an exciting
game...

[Event "WVCC"]
[Site "SLCC"]
[Date "Mar 16, 2013"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shahram Nazarinia"]
[Black "John Coffey"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nh6 8. Bd3
g6 9. O-O Nf5 10. Bxf5 gxf5 11. b4?! a5 12. b5 Qxb5 13. Nc3 Qc4 14.
Bb2 b5?! (Bd7 15. Rc1 Be7 (or better Qa6 16. Ng5 h5)) 15.
Rc1 b4? (Bh6 (Stockfish likes Bd7 16. Ne4 fxe4 17. Rxc4 bxc4 =/+)) 16.
axb4? (Ne4! +-) Qxb4 17. Na4 Bd7 18. Bc3 Qb5 19. Rb1 Nb4 20. Nb2 a4
21. Bxb4
Qxb4 22. Nd3 Qa5 23. Ng5 Be7 (h5!!) 24. Qh5 Bxg5 25. Qxg5 Qd8 26. Qg7
Rf8 27. Nc5 Bc6
28. Rfc1 Qe7 29. Rb6 Rc8 30. Nxa4 Qa3 31. Nb2 Ke7 32. h4 Bd7 33. Qf6+ Ke8 34.
Rxc8+ Bxc8 35. Rb8 Qa1+ 36. Kh2 Qc1 37. g3 Qc3 38. Na4 Qc2 39. Kh3 Qxf2?? 40.
Rxc8+ Kd7 41. Rc7+? (Nb6#) Kxc7 42. Qe7+ Kc6 43. Qd6+?? (Qc5+! Kb7,
Qb5+! Kc7, Nc5!) Kb5 44. Nc3+ Kc4 45. Qc5+ Kd3
0-1 eventually.

2013-03-16

Chess Game

[Event "WVCC"]
[Site "SLCC"]
[Date "Mar 16, 2013"]
[Round "3"]
[White "David Catalini"]
[Black "John Coffey"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. f3 Nc6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. Bh6 Bf5 14. Bxg7
Kxg7 15. Bd3 Rfd8 16. Qe3 Be6 17. Kb1 a5 18. Qe2 Qd5 19. b3 Qc5 20. Be4 Rxd1+
21. Rxd1 a4 22. Qd2 axb3 23. axb3 Ra7 24. Qd4+ Qxd4 25. Rxd4 b6 26. Rb4 Ra6 27.
Bb7 Ra5 28. Rxb6 Re5 29. Rb4 Re2 30. f4 Rxg2 31. Bxg2
1-0

2013-03-11

Chess Game

[Event "Casual speed game"]
[Site "L-3"]
[Date "Mar 11, 2013"]
[Round ""]
[White "John Coffey"]
[Black "Fellow employee"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. e4 Nb4 5. Qa4+ N8c6 6. d5 Nxd5 7. exd5 Qxd5
8. Nc3 Qe6+ 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Bc4 Qe5 11. Nf3 Qa5 12. Qb3 Bf5 13. Bxf7+ Kd8 14.
Qxb7 Rb8 15. O-O-O+ Bd7 16. Rxd7+ Kxd7 17. Rd1+ Qd5 18. Rxd5#
1-0

2013-03-09

Chess Game

[Event "WVCC"]
[Site "SLCC"]
[Date "Mar 9, 2013"]
[Round "3"]
[White "John Coffey"]
[Black "Val Bradshaw"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. e4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Ne2 e6 7. O-O Bb4 8.
Nbc3 O-O 9. e5 Nd5 10. Ne4 f5 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. Bd2 Bxd2 13. Qxd2 Nxd4 14.
Nxf6+ Rxf6 15. Nxd4 Kh8 16. Bc4 c5 17. Nb3 Qc7 18. Rad1 g6 19. Qd8+ Qxd8 20.
Rxd8+ Kg7 21. Nxc5 b6 22. Nxe6+ Bxe6 23. Rxa8 Bxc4 24. Rxa7+ Kh6 25. Rc1 b5 26.
b3 Bd3 27. Rc3 Rd6 28. f3 g5 29. Rac7 Bg6 30. a4 bxa4 31. bxa4 Rd1+ 32. Kf2
Rd2+ 33. Kg3 Ra2 34. R3c4 Be8 35. Ra7 Kg6 36. a5 h5 37. Ra6+ Kf7 38. Rc7+ Kf8
39. Ra8 h4+ 40. Kh3 Re2 41. Rcc8 Kf7 42. Rxe8 Rxe8 43. Rxe8 Kxe8 44. a6
1-0

Chess Game

[Event "WVCC"]
[Site "SLCC"]
[Date "Mar 9, 2013"]
[Round "2"]
[White "John Coffey"]
[Black "David Catalini"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Be2 Bf5 7. exd4 cxd4 8. Qb3
Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Nbxd2 Nge7 11. Bd3 Be6 12. O-O O-O 13. Ne4 Ng6 14. Qxb7
Ncxe5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Nc5 Nxd3 17. Nxd3 Bxc4 18. Qf3 Rb8 19. b3 Bd5 20. Qf4
Rb6 21. Qxd4 Rd6 22. Qxa7 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Rxd3 24. Qa5???? (Qb7=) Qxa5
25. f4 Qd5+ 26. Kg1
Re8 27. Rac1 Qd4+ 28. Rf2 Rd2 29. Rf1 Ree2 30. Kg2 Rxf2+ 31. Rxf2 Qxf2+ 32. Kh3
Rd3+ 33. Kg4 Rd4 34. b4 Qxf4+ 35. Kh5 Qh4#
0-1

2013-03-03

Chess Game

[Event "Utah Senior Chess Championship"]
[Site "Ecker Hill Middle School"]
[Date "Mar 2, 2013"]
[Round "1"]
[White "John Coffey 2006"]
[Black "Grant Hodson 1697"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nf3 f5 6. Nc3 Nh6 7. Bd3 e6 8. dxe6
Bxe6 9. Bxh6 Bxh6 10. exf5 gxf5 11. Qe2 Kd7 12. O-O Qf6 13. Rfe1 Nc6 14. Rad1
Rhe8 15. Qc2 a6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. cxd5 Nb4 18. Qa4+ Kc7 19. Rxe8 Rxe8 20. Qxe8
Nxd3 21. Rxd3 Qxb2 22. Rb3 Qa1+ 23. Ne1 Qe5 24. Qxe5 dxe5 25. d6+ Kc6 26. d7
Bg5 27. Nf3 b5 28. Nxg5
1-0

Chess Game

[Event "Utah Senior Chess Championship"]
[Site "Ecker Hill Middle School"]
[Date "Mar 2, 2013"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Steve Gordon 2115"]
[Black "John Coffey 2006"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. d3 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nge7 8. Qc2
O-O 9. fxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. Nd2 Be6 12. Nf3 Bg7 13. Ng5 Bd7 14. e4 h6
15. Nf3 Rc8 16. Bf4 f5 17. Bd6 Re8 18. Nh4 Nc6 19. Bg3 dxe4 20. Nxg6 Qg5 21.
Nf4 exd3 22. Bxd3 Ne5 23. Rae1 c4 24. Be2 Bc6 25. Bh5 Be4 26. Rxe4 fxe4 27.
Bxe8 Rxe8 28. Qxe4 Qd8 29. Qxb7 Qa5 30. Qd5+ Qxd5 31. Nxd5 Nd3 32. b3 Re2 33.
bxc4 Rxa2 34. Nb4 Rd2 35. Nxd3 Rxd3 36. Be1 Bxc3 37. Bxc3 Rxc3 38. Ra1 Rxc4 39.
Rxa7
Eventual Draw