Utah Team Championship. Damian Nash, state champion, on far right.

Utah Team Championship. Kayden Troff on right.

Utah Team Championship

Chess game

[Event "Utah Team Championship"]
[Site "Salt Lake City"]
[Date "2011.09.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Damian Nash 2034"]
[Black "John Coffey 1962"]
[Result "1/2-1/12"]
[ECO ""]

1. Nc3 d5 2. e4 d4 3. Nce2 e5 4. d3 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. a3 Nge7
8. f4 exf4 9. Bxf4 Ng6 10. Nf3 Nxf4 11. gxf4 Be6 12. Qd2 O-O 13. f5
Bd7 14. h4 Qc7 15. h5 Bg3+ 16. Kf1 h6 17. Nxg3 Qxg3 18. Rh3 Qd6 19.
Kf2 Ne5 20. Rg3 Nxf3 21. Bxf3 Kh7 22. Rag1 Rg8 23. Ke1 f6 24. Qg2 Qe7
25. Kd1 Bc6 26. Rg6 Rae8 27. Qd2 Qf7 28. b3 Re5 1/2-1/12 eventually.

Chess game

[Event "Utah Team Championship"]
[Site "Salt Lake City"]
[Date "2011.09.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "John Coffey 1962"]
[Black "Tim Stackland 1800"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7.
bxc3 c5 8. Bc4 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. Rb1 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qc7
13. Qc1 Bxf3 14. gxf3 e6 15. Bf4 e5 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Nxe5 18.
Be2 Rfc8 19. f4 Nc4 20. Rd1 Nb6 21. Bg4 Qxc1 22. Rbxc1 Rxc1 23. Rxc1
Rd8 24. Rd1 Rxd1+ 25. Bxd1 Nc8 26. f3 Nd6 27. Kf2 Kf8 28. Ke3 Ke7 29.
Kd4 f6 30. Bc2 h6 31. a4 b5 32. e5 fxe5+ 33. fxe5 Nc4 34. axb5 Na3 35.
Bd3 Ke6 36. f4 g5 37. fxg5 hxg5 38. h3 Ke7 39. Kd5 Kd7 40. e6+ Ke7 41.
Ke5 Ke8 42. Kd6 1-0

This is interesting: My chess record.

http://main.uschess.org/datapage/gamestats.php?memid=11080847

Chess game

[Event "Utah Team Championship"]
[Site "Salt Lake City"]
[Date "2011.09.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "John Coffey"]
[Black "Tim Stackland 1800"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7.
bxc3 c5 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Bg4 11. Rb1 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qc7
13. Qc1 Bxf3 14. gxf3 e6 15. Bf4 e5 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Nxe5 18.
Be2 Rfc8 19. f4 Nc4 20. Rd1 Nb6 21. Bg4 Qxc1 22. Rbxc1 Rxc1 23. Rxc1
Rd8 24. Rd1 Rxd1+ 25. Bxd1 Nc8 26. f3 Nd6 27. Kf2 Kf8 28. Ke3 Ke7 29.
Kd4 f6 30. Bc2 h6 31. a4 b5 32. e5 fxe5+ 33. fxe5 Nc4 34. axb5 Na3 35.
Bd3 Ke6 36. f4 g5 37. fxg5 hxg5 38. h3 Ke7 39. Kd5 Kd7 40. e6+ Ke7 41.
Ke5 Ke8 42. Kd6 1-0

Re: Xtable Louisville Thursday

Thanks.   (-:

I think that a combination of Roman videos, including memorizing some of the games that he presents, and more consistency in my tactics study that I previously neglected have improved my game.  

One problem that I have had as of late is my ability to analyze.   This may or may not be related to my vision being slightly off due to a cataract that will eventually have to be operated on.  The cataract causes my prescription to change rapidly where I might need new glasses every few months.  

I am so confident in my ability to spot shallow tactics almost instantly that I sometimes would fail to analyze tactics in a position unless I thought there was reason to do so.  I don't know if this is mental laziness or other factors like vision, discipline, or age.  One thing that has happened is that I make myself play more positional openings, so I devote more mental resources to positional ideas.  It becomes tricky to balance position and tactics.  

The expert that I beat in Louisville played an offbeat aggressive open game.  I thought that he gave me a positional advantage, so I tried to maximize that and I won without much difficulty.  I am not sure if my scoresheet is correct, but I may have missed an obvious tactic (but low on time) which concerns me. 

In the final game I had a much better position in a French against a super strong A player, but couldn't find the win as I got low on time.  I opted for the draw, but I was really proud of the game that I played. 

I think that if I more often practice analyzing or longer games that I can consistently play at the expert level.  

On Sep 10, 2011, at 11:27 <granthodson> wrote:

John,

At this rate you've got a good chance of becoming our next state champion.

Louisville G/30

Played 3 games in top section Louisville g/30.  Was losing all 3 against all 1800's but got two draws and a win.  First round draw was against a 14 year old Indian kid who beat an Expert in round 2.   Meijer's is also a pretty noisy environment.  

Also was a bit jet lagged and groggy today.  Went to two Reunions in two days which were exercises in gluttony.  People always bring too much food.  BBQ ribs and chicken today.  

The most interesting game by far is the one where I got my queen trapped and  still won with passed pawns.   It is not without tactical errors.  I played move 40 Bxd5! with 5 seconds remaining.  

[Event "Louisville Meijer's g/30"]

[Date "2011.09.05"]

[Round "3"]

[White "Cabav, Gelvic"]

[Black "Coffey, John"]

[Result "0-1"]

[ECO "A02"]

[WhiteElo "1810"]

[BlackElo "1948"]

[PlyCount "86"]

1. f4 c5 2. e3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Bb2 d6 6. Nf3 e6 7. Bd3 Nge7 8. O-O

O-O 9. Qe1 Nb4 10. Rb1 Bd7 11. a3 Nxd3 12. cxd3 Qb6 13. Ne4 f5 14. Ng3 Bxb2 15.

Rxb2 Qa6 16. Qb1 Bb5 17. Ne1 Qxa3 18. b4 a6 19. Nc2 Qxd3 20. Rb3 Qd5 21. Rf2

Bc6 22. Na3 b5 23. Rd3 cxb4 24. Rxd5 Nxd5 25. Nc2 a5 26. Ne2 e5 27. d4 e4 28.

Qb2 Nb6 29. Nc1 Nc4 30. Qb1 Bd5 31. Nb3 a4 32. Nd2 b3 33. Nb4 Nxd2 34. Rxd2 Bc4

35. d5 a3 36. Rd4 a2 37. Nxa2 bxa2 38. Qa1 Rfb8 39. Rd1 b4 40. Qf6 Bxd5! 41.

Qxd6 Bf7 42. Qe5 b3 43. Kf2 b2 0-1

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