The Kings of iPhone Chess

http://blog.chess.com/DeepGreene/the-kings-of-iphone-chess

Chess Lessons

Message:

Hi John: I live in Brigham City and was wondering if you ever give chess lessons? Let me know. Thanks, Kevin.

I give chess lessons at my club (Coffee Club, 4879 South Redwood road, Salt Lake City, Utah), one on one, for free, on Tuesday and Thursday nights, usually for just 15 minutes at a time.  I want to spend most of my time playing.

My blog page at http://www.entertainmentjourney.com has a link to my free online chess lessons at http://www.entertainmentjourney.com/index1.htm

Best wishes,

John Coffey

More GameKnot chess puzzles

This problem only took me about 20 seconds to solve ...

It took me about 30 seconds to solve this one ...
http://gameknot.com/chess-puzzle.pl?pz=4115

This one was about a minute.  It seemed impossible at first.
http://gameknot.com/chess-puzzle.pl?pz=2473

This one took a little over a minute.  I failed to get the main idea at first ...
http://gameknot.com/chess-puzzle.pl?pz=4114

Chess game

 [Event "Quick Tournament"]
 [Site "Salt Lake Community College"]
 [Date "2010.11.13"]
 [Round "1"]
[White "John Coffey 1930"]
 [Black "Charles Rasmussen 1640"]
 [Result "1-0"]
 [ECO "D38"]

 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qb3 Bxc3+ 7.
 bxc3 h6 8. Ba3 c6 9. e3 Qb6 10. Rb1 Nbd7 11. Bd3 Qxb3 12. Rxb3 Nb6 13. O-O Be6 14. Rfb1 Kd8 15. Ne5 Kc7 16. Bc5 Rhb8 17. Ra3 Nc8 18. c4 b6
 19. Bf8 Ne8 20. cxd5 Bxd5 21. e4 Be6 22. d5 cxd5 23. Rc1+ Kd8 24. Nc6+
 Kd7 25. Bb5 1-0

 This is a good one.   Click here for diagrams and analysis.
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Chess Game

[Event "Quick Tournament"]
[Site "Salt Lake Community College"]
[Date "2010.11.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "David Catalini ~1700 "]
[Black "John Coffey 1930]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]

1. e4 e6 2. c3 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Na3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Ne2
Qg5 8. O-O Qxe5 (d4!) 9. d4 Qh5 10. Qd3 Bd6 11. Bf4 Bxf4 12. Nxf4 Qg4
13. Qe3 cxd4 14. Qxd4 Nf6 15. Rae1 O-O 16. Re3 Qf5 17. f3 Nd7 18. Nd3
Rfe8 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. Rxe5 Qf6 21. f4 Qg6 22. Rf3 f5 23. Rg3 Qf7 24.
Nc2 Re7 25. Qf2 Rc8 26. Nd4 Ba4 27. Rge3 Rce8 28. Qh4 Bd7 29. Nxf5 Kf8
30. Qxh7 Bb5 31. Qh8+ Qg8 32. Qxg8+ Kxg8 33. Nxe7+ Rxe7 34. Rxe6 Rf7
1/2-1/2 because black eventually swindled a stalemate. The score
toward the end is not totally accurate. It is as close as I can get.

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Chess Game

[Event "Quick Tournament"]
[Site "Salt Lake Community College"]
[Date "2010.11.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "John Coffey 1930"]
[Black "Vishwa Srinivasan 1332"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. dxe5
dxe5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Bg5 Rd6 10. Nb5 Rc6 11. Nxe5 Rc5 12. O-O-O Rxe5
13. Rd8+ Re8 14. Bxf6 Rxd8 15. Bxd8 Nc6 16. Bxc7 Be6 17. Be2 Bh6+ 18.
Kb1 Rc8 19. Bg3 a6 20. Nd6 Rc7 21. Nf5 gxf5 22. Bxc7 fxe4 23. b3 e3
24. fxe3 Bxe3 25. Bg4 f5 26. Re1 fxg4 27. hxg4 Bxg4 28. Rxe3 Nd4 29.
Re8+ Kf7 30. Rb8 Bf5+ 31. Kb2 1-0

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Chess game

[Event "Utah Championship"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2010.11.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Harold Stevens 2267"]
[Black "John Coffey 1905"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Qg4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. h4 h5 7. Qg3 Nh6
8. Bd3 Nf5 9. Bxf5 exf5 10. a3 Be6 11. O-O Rc8 12. b4 a5 13. b5 Na7
14. Nxd4 Qd7 15. a4 g6 16. Be3 Bc5 17. Nb3 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Ra8 19. N1d2
Nc8 20. Nc5 Qc7 21. Nf3 b6 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Qg5 Qf7 24. c4 Ne7 25.
Rac1 O-O 26. Qh6 Qh7 27. Qxh7+ Kxh7 28. Ng5+ Kg8 29. Nxe6 Rfc8 30. c5
bxc5 31. Nxc5 Rcb8 32. Nd7 Rb7 33. Nf6+ Kf7 34. Rc5 Ke6 35. f4 Rc8 36.
Rxc8 Nxc8 37. Rc1 Nb6 38. Rc6+ Kf7 39. Kf2 Nxa4 40. Nxd5 Rxb5? 41. e6+
1-0

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Chess game

[Event "Utah Championship"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2010.11.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "John Coffey 1905"]
[Black "Steve Gordon 2112"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 e6 5. e3 Be7 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Be2
O-O 8. O-O c6 9. Nxd7 Bxd7 10. f4 Rc8 11. Bf3 c5 12. Ne2 Bb5 13. c3
Nd7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Re1 g5 16. fxg5 Qxg5 17. Nf4 Rce8 18. Nxe6 Rxe6
19. Bxd5 Re8 20. Qb3 Bc6 21. Bxe6+ Kg7 22. d5 Rxe6 23. dxc6 Rg6 24. g3
bxc6 25. Qb7 Rd6 26. Kf2?? Qg4?? (Qh5 =) 27. Re2 Kh6 28. Qc7 Rd3 29.
Qf4+ Qxf4+ 30. exf4 Nf6 31. Re6 Kg7 32. Ke2 Rd7 33. Rd1 Rb7 34. b3 Ne4
35. Rc1 c4 36. b4 c5 37. a3 a5 38. g4 axb4 39. axb4 cxb4 40. cxb4 Rxb4
41. gxf5 Rb2+ 42. Ke3 Nc5 43. Rc6 Nb3 44. Rd1 Kf8 45. Rc7 Ke8 46. f6
1-0

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Chess game

[Event "Utah Championship"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2010.11.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "John Coffey 1905"]
[Black "Brenda Ahlemann 1670"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A57"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. e4 g6
8. Nf3 Bg7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Qxb6 11. Nd2 Bb7 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. Bf4
Rfd8 14. a4 Ne8 15. a5 Rdb8 16. Qc2 Bc8 17. Na4 Ra7 18. Rfc1 Bd4 19.
Nab6 Nef6 20. Ra3 Rab7 21. Rd3 Nxb6 22. Nxb6 Rxb6 23. axb6 Qxb6 24. b3
Qb4 25. Bd2 Qb6 26. Be3 Nxe4 27. Bxd4 cxd4 28. Qc4 Bf5 29. Rxd4 Nxf2
30. Kxf2 Rc8 31. Qxc8+ Bxc8 32. Rxc8+ Kg7 33. Rc4 e5 34. dxe6 fxe6 35.
Rb4 Qc5 36. Kf1 e5 37. Rdc4 Qe3 38. Rc7+ Kf6 39. Bxa6 Qd2 40. Rbb7
Qd1+ 41. Kf2 Qd2+ 42. Be2 e4 43. Rf7+ Kg5 44. Rb5+ d5 45. Rd7?? Qf4+
46. Ke1 Qc1+ 47. Bd1 Qe3+ 48. Kf1 1/2-1/2

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Chess game.

 [Event "Utah Championship"]
 [Site ""]
 [Date "2010.11.06"]
 [Round "2"]
 [White "Steve Hoisington 1887"]
 [Black "John Coffey 1905"]
 [Result "1/2-1/2"]
 [ECO "A46"]

 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Nbxd2 b6 6. e3 Bb7 7.
 Bd3 O-O 8. O-O d6 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. Rac1 Qe7 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Bxe4
 13. Qxe4 Nf6 14. Qc2 Nd7 15. b4 a5 16. b5 f5 17. Ne1 f4 18. Qe4 fxe3
 19. Qxe3 Qf6 20. Nd3 Rae8 21. c5 e5 22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 Rxe5 24.
 Qb3+ Qf7 25. Qxf7+ Rxf7 26. cxb6 cxb6 27. a4 Rf4 28. Rc6 Rxa4 29. Rxb6
 Rb4 30. Rxd6 Rexb5 31. Ra6 a4 32. g3 Rb6 33. Ra7 Rb7 34. Ra6 R7b6 35.
 Ra7 Rb7 36. Ra6 R7b6 1/2-1/2

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Want To Be A Chess Master?

http://lascruceschessclub.com/us-chess/2009/want-to-be-a-chess-master/

RE: 12-year-old Utahn #2 chess player in the world (for his age group)

Yes.  I know.  I am on the board of directors of the Utah Chess Association that donated money to help him go to Greece.

I have played him in tournaments a number of times.

From: Witmer, Robert C.

http://www.abc4.com/content/news/slc/story/12-year-old-Utahn-2-chess-player-in-the-world/v8rD-QNpfk6o2x9q5YaQ0Q.cspx