2013-12-31

Chess game. I tied for first in the top section.

[Event "Louisville G/30"]
[Site "Meijer"]
[Date "Dec 30, 2013"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Chris Bush 2115"]
[Black "John Coffey 2001"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1. e4 e6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nf3 d5 6. e5 Nfd7 7. d4 c5
(Ba6) 8. c3 Nc6
9. O-O cxd4 10. cxd4 Ba6 11. Re1 Nb4 12. Re3 Rc8 13. Nc3 g6 14. Ne1 Bh6 15. f4
g5 16. a3 gxf4 17. gxf4 Nc6 18. Rh3 Bg7 19. b4 Bc4 20. Be3 Ne7 21. Rc1 Nf5 22.
Bf2 Nf8 23. Nf3 Ng6 24. Qd2 a5 25. Na4 axb4 26. Qxb4 Nxf4 27. Nxb6 Ne2+ 28. Kh1
Nxc1 29. Qa4+ Kf8 30. Nxc8 Qxc8 31. Ng5 Nd3 32. Rxd3 (Bg1) Bxd3 33.
Qa7 Qc1+ (Qe8) 34. Bg1
Qxg5 (Ne7 wins, but I was low on time. ) 35. Qb8+ Ke7 36. Qb7+ Kd8 37.
Qb8+ Kd7 38. Qb7+
1/2-1/2

2013-12-30

Chess game

[Event "Louisville G/30"]
[Site "Meijer"]
[Date "Dec 30, 2013"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Matthew Price 1500"]
[Black "John Coffey 2001"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Be3 Nh6 6. f3 Nf5 7. Bf2 Qb6 8. g4 Qxb2
9. gxf5 Qxa1 10. f6 cxd4 11. Ne2 dxc3 12. Nd4 c2 13. Nxc2 Qxe5+ 14. Ne3 d4 15.
f4 Qxf4 16. Ng2 Bb4+ 17. Nd2 Qe5+ 18. Be2 d3 19. fxg7 Rg8 20. Bg3 Qxe2+ 21.
Qxe2 dxe2 22. Nf4 b6 23. Nh5 Bc3 24. Rg1 Ba6 25. Bh4 Nb4 26. Rg3 Nc2+
0-1

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2013-12-28

Chess Game

[Event "Louisville magic game shop g/30"]
[Site "Louisville magic game shop"]
[Date "2013.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Marcsik, John"]
[Black "Coffey, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1984"]
[BlackElo "2150"]
[PlyCount "37"]


 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. Nc3
c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Qxd8+ Nxd8 10. Rd1 Nc6 11. Bd2 b5 12. Nxb5 axb5
13. Bxb5 Bd7 14. Rdc1 (Rac1)  Ne4 15. Rxc5 (15. Rc4 f5 16. b4) 15... Nxc5 16. Rc1 Na7
17. Bxd7+ Nxd7 18. Bb4 Rc8 19. Rd1 {Black eventually won.} 0-1

chess game

[Event "g/30 Louisville game store"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.12.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Coffey, John"]
[Black "Fuller, William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "1984"]
[BlackElo "2140"]
[Annotator "Coffey,John"]
[PlyCount "44"]


{478MB, Fritz10.ctg, JOHNCOFFEY} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bd2
Bb7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 d6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Qc2 Bxf3 10. gxf3 c5 11. a3 Bxc3 12.
bxc3 e5 13. Kh1 g6 14. Rg1 Nh5 15. Bf5 Ng7 16. Bh3 f5 17. f4 Qh4 18. Bg2 e4 19.
f3 Nf6 20. fxe4 Ng4 21. h3 Nf2+ (21... Qg3) 22. Kh2 Nh5 {Black eventually won}
0-1

2013-12-24

chess game

[Event "Louisville G/30"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.12.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Coffey, John"]
[Black "Marcsik, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "1986"]
[BlackElo "2100"]
[Annotator "Coffey,John"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. d4 Nf6  2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
O-O Nh5 9. Ne5 $11 (9. Be5 $14) 9... Nxf4 10. exf4 Bf6 11. Re1 g6 12. c5 Qc7
13. Re3 Nxc5 14. Bc2 $6 (14. Bxg6) 14... Nd7 15. b4 a5 16. a3 (16. b5) 16...
axb4 17. axb4 Rxa1 18. Qxa1 Qb6 19. Qa5 $2 (19. Na2) 19... Qxd4 20. Nxd7 Bxd7
21. Qc7 Bc8 22. Qd6 Qc4 0-1

Re: chess game

[Event "Louisville G./30"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.12.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Obanion, Glenn"]
[Black "Coffey, Jon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "1720"]
[BlackElo "1986"]
[Annotator "Coffey,John"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[TimeControl "g/30"]

{478MB, Fritz10.ctg, JOHNCOFFEY} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. c3 cxd4 5.
cxd4 Qb6 6. Qb3 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Nc6 8. e3 Ne4 9. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 10. Qxb4 Nxb4 11. Na3
d5 12. Be2 Bd7 13. O-O Rc8 14. Bb5 Ke7 15. Bxd7 Kxd7 16. Ne5+ Ke7 17. f3 Nd6
18. Rfd1 Nc2 19. Nxc2 Rxc2 20. Nd3 Nf5 21. Re1 Nh4 22. Nf2 Rxb2 23. Rec1 Kd7
24. Rab1 Rc8 $1 25. Kf1 Rxc1+ 26. Rxc1 Rxa2 27. Nd3 Kd8 $1 28. Rb1 b6 29. Ne5
f6 30. Nc6+ Kd7 31. Rc1 Rxg2 32. Nb8+ Ke8 33. Rc8+ Kf7 34. Rc7+ Kg6 35. Nc6
Rxh2 36. Ne7+ Kg5 37. f4+ Kg4 38. Ng8 Kf3 39. Kg1 Rg2+ 40. Kf1 Nf5 41. Rc3 Rg3
$5 (41... Ng3+ 42. Ke1 Ne4 $1) 42. Ke1 Nxe3 43. Ne7 Rg1+ 44. Kd2 Rd1# 0-1

chess game

[Event "Louisville G/30"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.12.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Coffey, John"]
[Black "Bush, Crhis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "1986"]
[BlackElo "2068"]
[Annotator "Coffey,John"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventType "rapid"]
[TimeControl "G/30 D5"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 dxc4 4. e3 b5 5. a4 c6 6. axb5 cxb5 7. b3 a5 8. Ne5 (
8. bxc4 b4 9. Ne5) 8... Bb7 9. bxc4 b4 10. Qa4+ Ke7 11. Bd2 f6 12. Bxb4+ axb4
13. Qxb4+ Ke8 14. Qxb7 Bb4+ 15. Kd1 fxe5 16. Rxa8 Bd6 17. c5 Qc7 18. Ba6 Qxb7
19. Bxb7 Bc7 20. Nc3 Nf6 21. Nb5 Kd7 22. Ke2 exd4 23. Rd1 Bxh2 24. Rxd4+ Ke7
25. c6 Nd5 26. g3 Nb6 27. Ra7 e5 28. Rd1 h5 29. Kf3 Rf8+ 30. Kg2 Nc4 31. Kxh2 {
White eventually won.  This was a game where I was severely distracted by a noisy 
kid playing next to me.} 1-0

2013-12-12

Chess Game

[Event "Casual 5 min game"]
[Site "My Work"]
[Date "Dec 12, 2013"]
[Round "?"]
[White "John Coffey"]
[Black "Adrian Musters"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. e4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Ne2 e5 7. d5 Nd4 8.
Nxd4 exd4 9. O-O (Qa4) Bc5 10. Bg5 O-O 11. e5 (Qc2) h6 (Qd5) 12. exf6
g6 13. Bxg6 (Bxh6) hxg5 (Qd5) 14. Qh5
fxg6 15. Qxg6+ Kh8 16. Qg7#
1-0

2013-12-08

close chess game

[Event "Igor Ivanov Memorial"]
[Site "UU"]
[Date "2013.12.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Catalini, David"]
[Black "Coffey, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "1865"]
[BlackElo "1982"]
[Annotator "Coffey,John"]

{64MB, JOHNCOFFEY
} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Ne2 c5 6. c3 Nc6
7. O-O Qb6 8. Bc2 Be7 9. Kh1 O-O 10. f4 f6 11. Rf3 fxe5 12. dxe5 Rf7 13. Ng1 d4
14. Rh3 Nf8 15. Na3 Bd7 16. Qh5 g6 17. Qg4 dxc3 18. bxc3 Qc7 19. Nc4 b5 20. Nd2
b4 21. Ne4 bxc3 22. Rxc3 Nd4 23. Be3 Nxc2 24. Rxc2 Ba4 25. Rc3 c4 26. Rac1 Bb5
27. Nf3 Rd8 28. h4 Qc6 29. Ng3 Bb4 30. R3c2 Ba3 31. Rc3 Bxc1 32. Rxc1 Rd3 33.
Bf2 Qd5 34. Ng5 Rd7 35. N3e4 Kh8 36. Nf6 Rd1+ 37. Kh2 Qd2 38. Rxd1 Qxd1 39.
Nxd7 Qxg4 0-1


2013-12-07

Chess Game. Cambridge Springs

[Event "Igor memorial"]
[Site "UU"]
[Date "Dec 7, 2013"]
[Round "2"]
[White "John Coffey"]
[Black "Richard Black"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. Qc2?
(Nd2) Ne4 8. Be2
Bb4 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 Qxc3 11. Rfc1 Qxc2 12. Rxc2 O-O 13. Rb1 Nxg5 14. Nxg5
dxc4 15. Bxc4 Nb6 16. Bd3 f6 17. Ne4 Rd8 18. Nc5 Rb8 19. a4 Nd5 20. Bc4 Re8 21.
Bxd5 exd5 22. Rbb2 Re7 23. Rc3 Kf8 24. a5 Ke8 25. Nd3 Bf5 26. Nb4 Rc7 27. Nxd5?
Rcc8 28. Nb4 Rc7?? 29. Na6
1-0

Chess Game

[Event "Igor Ivanov Memorial"]
[Site "UU"]
[Date "Dec 7, 2013"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Alex Qi 1320"]
[Black "John Coffey"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Ne7 6. Nc3 Nbc6 7. Nxc6 Nxc6 8.
Bb5 Qb6 9. Be3 Bc5 10. Bxc5 Qxc5 11. Qe2 Bd7 12. Qg4 g6 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. Rc1
d4 15. Ne4 Qxe5 16. f3 f5 17. Qg3 Qa5+ 18. Nd2 Qxa2 19. Rb1 Qa5 20. Qf2 Qe5+
21. Qe2 Qxe2+ 22. Kxe2 e5 23. Rhe1 O-O-O 24. Kf2 Rhe8 25. Rbd1 Bd5 26. Re2 Rd7
27. Rde1 Rde7 28. h3 e4 29. Kg1 e3 30. Ne4 fxe4 31. Rd1 exf3 32. gxf3 Bxf3 33.
Rde1 Bxe2 34. Rxe2 Rf7 35. b3 Ref8 36. Re1 Rf2
0-1

2013-12-04

Chess game. Move 18 is interesting

[Event "Casual speed game"]
[Site "My work"]
[Date "Dec 4, 2013"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Adrian Musters"]
[Black "John Coffey"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 ?! 6. cxd4 Qb6 7. Be3 Qxb2 8.
Nbd2 Nge7 9. Be2 Nf5 10. O-O Be7 11. g3 Nxe3 12. fxe3 Qc3 13. Qb3 Qa5 14. h4
O-O 15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. hxg5 Qxd2 17. Rfe1 Nxd4 18. Qd3 Nf3+ 19. Kf2 Qxd3 20. Bxd3
Nxe1 21. Rxe1 Bd7 22. Rh1 g6 23. Ke2 Rfc8 24. e4 dxe4 25. Bxe4 Bc6 26. Bxc6
Rxc6
0-1