Utah Senior Championship

On June 26th, 2010, I tied for first in the Utah Senior Chess Championship.

[Event "Utah Senior Championship"]
[Site "Sandy City Library"]
[Date "2010.06.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Thomas Martin 1400"]
[Black "John Coffey 1922"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 Nf6 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Bxd7+ Qxd7 6. c4 Na6? (e6) 7. a3 O-O-O 8. Nf3 e6 9. Ne5 Qc7 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. O-O Bd6 12. Qe2 Bxe5 13. Qxe5 Qxe5 14. fxe5 Ng4 15. Re1 Rhf8 16. Re2 Rf5 17. Nc3 Rxe5 18. Rxe5 Nxe5 19. b3 Nd3 20. Ne4 Rd4 21. Ng5 h6 22. Nf3 Re4 23. Rb1 g5 24. h3 h5 25. Bb2 g4 26. hxg4 hxg4 27. Nh2 Nc7 28. Bc3 e5 29. Nf1 Ne6 30. g3 Nd4 31. Ne3 Ne2+ 32. Kg2 Nxc3 33. dxc3 Rxe3 34. b4 Re1 35. Rxe1 Nxe1+ 36. Kf2 Nc2 37. a4 cxb4 38. cxb4 Nxb4 39. Ke3 Kd7 40. Ke4 Ke6 41. c5 Na6 42. a5 Nxc5+ 43. Ke3 Kd5 44. Kf2 Kd4 45. Ke2 Ke4 46. Kf2 Kd3 0-1


[Event "Utah Senior Championship"]
[Site "Sandy City Library"]
[Date "2010.06.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "John Coffey 1922"]
[Black "Wayne Larsen  988"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Nxe4?? 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. Qxe4 e6 7. d4 d5 8. Qd3 c4 9. Qc2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bf4 b5 12. Nbd2 Bb7 13. b3 Bd6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. bxc4 bxc4 16. Rab1 Rab8 17. Rb2 (Maybe Rb5) Qc7 18. Rfb1 a5 19. Rb6 Rfe8 20. Qb2 Nd8 21. Qb5 Qe7 22. Ne5 (intending Nd7 Bc6 Qc5) Qg5?? 23. Qxe8# 


[Event "Utah Senior Championship"]

[Site "Sandy City Library"]

[Date "2010.06.26"]

[Round "3"]
[White "Franklin Gonzaliz (1800)"]
[Black "John Coffey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. h3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. O-O g6 7. Re1 Bg7 8. d3 O-O 9. Bg5 a6 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. Qd2 Re8 12. Re2 b5 13. Rb1 b4 14. Nd1 d5 15. e5 Nd7 16. e6 fxe6 17. Rxe6 Rc8 18. Qe2 Nf6 19. Ne5 Bb7 20. Ng4 d4 21. Bxf6 exf6 22. a3 Qd7 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Qd2 h5 25. Nh2 Qd5 26. f3 Kh7 27. c3 Bh6 28. f4 Bxf4 29. c4 Qg5 30. Qf2 Bg3 31. Qf1 Re1 32. Qxe1 Bxh2+  0-1
See the finish of this game here!

I blew a won game against a higher rated player and former state champion, was lost, and fought back to get a draw. Damir and I are nowUtah Senior co-champs...

[Event "Utah Senior Championship"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2010.06.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "John Coffey 1922"]

[Black ""Damir Trtanj 2000]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A15"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8. O-O e5 9. Ndb5 a6 10. Nd6 Ne8 11. Nce4 h6 12. Be3 Kh7 13. Qd2 f5 14. Nxe8 Rxe8 15. Nd6 Rf8 16. Bc5 Qc7 17. Ba3 e4 18. Rad1 Ne5 19. b3 b6 20. Qd5 Nc6 21. Nxe4 fxe4 22. Bxf8 Bxf8 23. Qf7+ Bg7 24. Bxe4 Ne5 25. Qe7 Bb7 26. Bxb7 Qxb7 27. f4 Nc6 28. Rxd7 Nxe7 29. Rxb7 Nf5 30. e4 Nd6 31. Rxb6????? Bd4+ 32. Kg2 Bxb6 33. e5 Nf5 34. Rc1 Bc5 35. g4 Ne3+ 36. Kf3 Kg7 37. b4 Bd4 38. c5 Nd5? 39. Rd1 Bxe5 40. Rxd5 Bc3 41. a3 Bb2 42. a4 Rb8 43. c6 Rxb4 44. Rd7+ Kf6 45. c7 Rc4 46. Rd6+ Ke7 47. Rxa6 Kd7 Last couple of moves might not be exact.  Stopped recording before this point.    Eventually traded all the pawns and with my 11 seconds to his 20 minutes, he offered the draw.

Below we see Steve Gordon play Damir Trtanj while others watch.