Chess Gane

[Event "Quick"]
[Site "SLC CC"]
[Date "Jul 21, 2012"]
[Round "3"]
[White "John Coffey"]
[Black "William Barefield"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5
f6 9. Bh4 Na6 10. h3 Nh6 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qd5+ Qxd5 13. Nxd5 c6 14. Ne7+ Kf7
15. Nxc8 Rfxc8 16. O-O-O g5 17. Rd7+ Kg8 18. Bg3 Nc5 19. Rdd1 Nxe4 20. Nd2 Nxg3
21. fxg3 Rd8 22. g4 f5 23. gxf5 Nxf5 24. Ne4 h6 25. c5 Ne3 26. Rd6 Bf8 27. Re6
Rd4 28. Bf3 Rad8 29. Rxe5 Bg7 30. Re7 Rc4+ 31. Kb1 Rb4 32. b3 Kf8 33. Rc7 Be5
34. Nd6 Bxd6 35. cxd6 Rxd6 36. Bh5 Rf6 37. Re1 Nxg2 38. Re8#
1-0

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Chess Game

[Event "Quick"]
[Site "SLC CC"]
[Date "Jul 21, 2012"]
[Round "2"]
[White "David Catalini"]
[Black "John Coffey"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Be3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Qb6 8. Qc2
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Bc5 11. Qf2 O-O 12. Bd3 f6 13. exf6 Bxd4 14. cxd4
Nxf6 15. O-O Ng4 16. Qd2 Qxd4+ 17. Kh1 e5 18. h3 Ne3 19. Rf3 Nxg2 20. Kxg2 e4
21. Kg3 exd3 22. Rxd3 Qg1+ 23. Qg2 Qxg2+ 24. Kxg2 Bf5 25. Rxd5 Be4+ 26. Kg3
Bxd5 27. Nc3 Rad8 28. Re1 Kf7 29. Re5 Bc6 30. b4 Rd3+
0-1

Chess Game

[Event "Quick"]
[Site "SLC CC"]
[Date "Jul 21, 2012"]
[Round "1"]
[White "John Coffey"]
[Black "Isaac Balter"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Na6 7. Be3 c6 8. Qd2
Re8 9. O-O e5 10. d5 cxd5 11. cxd5 Qa5 12. a3 Bd7 13. b4 Qd8 14. Rfc1 Nc7 15.
a4 Nh5 16. b5 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Bxa7 e4 19. Nd4 Nf6 20. b6 Ncxd5 21. Nxd5
Nxd5 22. Bc4 Re5 23. Qa2 Bc6 24. Nxc6 bxc6 25. Bxd5+ cxd5 26. b7 e3 27. fxe3 h5
28. bxa8=Q Qxa8 29. Rc7 Kh7 30. Bd4 Qa5 31. Ra7 Qb4 32. Qb2 Qc4 33. Qb7
1-0

Outstanding (?) Chess Game. This one is well worth looking at.

From: John Coffey

A fire alarm went off during the tournament. Because of the time lost, we had to reduce the time control to G/20;D4

[Event "Quick Tournament"]
[Site "SLC CC"]
[Date "Jul 14, 2012"]
[Round "3"]
[White "John Coffey"]

[Black "Alex Gustafsson"]

[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 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 Qb6 13. Bg2 O-O-O 14. Qg4 Bd6
15. O-O-O Bc7 16. Ne4 c5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Be3 Qa5 19. Bxc5 Qxa2 20. Nd6+ Bxd6
21. Bxb7+ Kxb7 22. Bxd6 Rc8 (Predicted Rxd6!, Qe4+ Kc7, Rxd6 and I hoped that I could attack his king.)  23. Qf3+ Rc6 24. Be5 Rc8 25. Rd7+ Ka8 26. Rd8 Qa6
27. Rxc8+ Qxc8 28. Rd1 c3 29. Rd8
1-0

Chess Game

[Event "Quick"]
[Site "SLCCC"]
[Date "Jul 14, 2012"]
[Round "1"]
[White "John Coffey"]
[Black "Eric Hon"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. e4 Nb6 5. Be3 e6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Nf3 Bd7 8.
Ne5 Na4 9. Bd2 Nxb2 10. Qb3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Qh4 12. Bxb2 Qxe4+ 13. Be2 b6 14. f3
Qd5 15. Qxd5 exd5 16. Rc1 c6 17. O-O f6 18. Nxd7 Kxd7 19. Rfe1 a5 20. Bd3 g6
21. Ba3 b5 22. Re7+ Kd8 23. Rf7 f5 24. Re1 b4 25. Bc1 Na6 26. Bg5+ Kc8 27. Ree7
c5 28. Rb7 c4 29. Bc2 h6 30. Bf6 Re8 31. Ba4 Re3 32. Bc6 Re8 33. Bxe8 c3 34.
Bc6 Nc7 35. Rfxc7#
1-0

Re: Mate in 3

Nice problem.  Took me about 15 minutes to solve.

On Sun, Jul 8, 2012 at 11:13 AM, Steve Hoisington wrote:

John,

Do you know the following problem (another mate in three – with White to move) that is a bit artificial?  Mates in four abound in the position below, but there is only one (fairly tricky) way to mate in three:

 White to move

 

 

Mate in Three

In case the diagram doesn't transmit clearly, the position is: White: K/c2; B/f8; N/b4; P/b3,g7; and Black: K/a3; P/b6.

 Best regards,

Steve

Mate in 3

Speed Chess game played tonight at the Coffee Club.

This was a very interesting speed chess game that I played at our club tonight.   Of course, the computer found better moves.  I give some analysis and side variations, but the actual game I am pretty happy with.

[Event "Speed game."]

[Site "Coffee Club coffee shop.  Taylorsville, Utah"]

[Date "2012.07.06"]

[White "Coffey, John"]

[Black "Keyes, Kevin"]

[Result "1-0"]

[ECO "D87"]

[WhiteElo "1995"]

[BlackElo "1630 but really 1800 to 1900"]

[Annotator "Coffey,John"]

[Time Control "G/5 D2"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6.

bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 (Our friend Shahram likes to play 9. d5 And now I like to play Na5 (

Better is 9... Ne5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Qa4 Nd3+ 12. Kf1 a6!) 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11.

Qa4 b6 12. O-O  Bxb5 13. Qxb5+ Qd7 14. a4 Qxb5 15. axb5

Kd7=) (Shahram experimented with 9. O-O cxd4 10. cxd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4

12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. Bxd7+ Qxd7 14. Rb1 =/+ b6 This is tricky for black.) 9... O-O 10. O-O Qc7 (

A third game went 10... cxd4 11. cxd4 Na5 12. Bd3 b6 13. f4 Bb7 14. e5 Qd5

15. Rf2 Nc4 16. Nc3?! Nxe3 17. Nxd5 Nxd1 18. Nxe7+ Kh8 19. Rxd1 Rfe8 20. f5

Rxe7 21. f6 Bxf6 22. Rxf6 Rc8 23. d5? Bxd5 24. Ba6? (24. Bxg6) 24... Bb7 25.

Bxb7 Rxb7 26. Rfd6 Rbc7 27. Kf2 Rc2+ 28. R1d2 R8c5 29. Rxc2 Rxc2+ -/+ 

And somehow white lucked out and got a draw.) 11. Rb1 Rd8 12. Qc1 Na5 13. Bd3

c4 14. Bc2 Bd7 15. f4 b5 16. f5 a6 (A second game went ... 16... Nb7 17. e5 (

17. Bh6! Nd6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qg5 h6 20. Qg3 g5 21. e5 Ne8 22. h4 f6 23. Nf4

Qb7 24. Ne6+ Bxe6 25. fxe6 +- According to Houdini) 17... Bc6 18. f6? (18.

Bh6 Bh8 19. fxg6 fxg6 20. Qg5 +-) 18... exf6 19. exf6 Bf8 20. Bf4 = 

and somehow White won.) 17. Ng3 Bc6 18. e5 Qb7 19. f6 exf6 20. exf6 Bf8 21.

Bh6 Bd6 22. Nf5 (22. Bxg6!! fxg6 (22... hxg6 23. Bg7!) 23. f7+ Kh8 24. Qg5)

22... Bxg2 23. Ne7+ (23. Bg7!!) 23... Bxe7 24. fxe7 Re8 25. Re1 Bh3 26. Be4

Nc6 27. Qg5 Rxe7 (Qxe7 +-) 28. Qf6 1-0