Missed win from G/30 in Louisville in September 2011.

I find this combination to be quite surprising...

http://www.entertainmentjourney.com/g1503.htm

First round Utah Chess Championship. Almost all games still in progress.

Chess Game

[Event "Quick Tournament"]
[Site "SLCC"]
[Date "Nov 17, 2012"]
[Round "3"]
[White "John Coffey"]
[Black "David Vasquez"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. O-O c5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Qe2 cxd4 14. exd4
Nf6 15. Ne5 Rfd8 16. Rfd1 Rac8 17. Rac1
1/2-1/2

Chess puzzle

Like this one ...

http://www.chessvideos.tv/puzzle-549-AttacktheVulnerableKing.php

Re: Chess Game

[Event "Farewell Bobby Fischer Open"]

[Site "Westminster College"]

[Date "2012.11.10"]

[Round "5"]

[White "Nazarinia, Shahram"]

[Black "Coffey, John"]

[Result "1/2-1/2"]

[ECO "A01"]

[WhiteElo "1825"]

[BlackElo "2007"]

 1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 e4 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bf5 6. Nb5

Be7 7. Nd4 Bd7 8. c4 c5 9. Nb5 d4 10. e3 a6 11. Na3 Nc6 12. Qb1 Bf5 (12... Nb4

13. exd4 Nd3+ 14. Kf1 cxd4 15. Nc2 Nxb2 16. Qxb2 d3 17. Ne3 O-O 18. Nh3 Bd6 19.

Nf4 Qb8 20. Nfd5 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Be5 22. Nc3 f5 -+ {Houdini}) 13. Ne2 Qd7 (13...

Ne5 -/+) 14. O-O O-O-O 15. Qd1 Ne5 (15... Bg4 -/+) 16. exd4 Nd3 17. Qc2 Nxb2

18. Qxb2 cxd4 19. c5 Kb8 20. b4 Bg4 21. f3 exf3 22. Bxf3 Bxf3 23. Rxf3 Qd5 (

23... Ng4 -/+) 24. Raf1 = Ng4 25. h3 Ne5 26. Rb3 Kc8 27. d3 Nf3+ -+ 28. Kf2

Bg5 -+ (28... Nh2 -+) 29. Nc4 Rhe8 ?? (29... Be3+ -+ 30. Nxe3 dxe3+ 31. Kxe3

Rhe8+ 32. Kf2 Nh2 33. Rg1 Qf3+ 34. Ke1 Rxd3 35. Rxd3 Qxd3 36. Rg2 Nf3+ 37. Kf2

(37. Kf1 Qd1+ 38. Kf2 Nd4 39. g4 (39. Nxd4 Qe1+ 40. Kf3 Qe4+ 41. Kf2 Qe3+ 42.

Kf1 Qe1#) (39. Qxd4 Rxe2+ 40. Kf3 Rd2+) 39... Rxe2+) 37... Re4 38. g4 Qe3+ 39.

Kf1 Rf4 40. Rg1 Nh2+ 41. Ke1 Rf2 42. Rh1 Nf3+ 43. Kd1 Qd3+ 44. Kc1 Rxe2 45. Qb3

Qd4 46. Kb1 Nd2+) 30. Nb6+ Kb8 31. Nxd5 {And by the miracle of time pressure,

Black eventually pulled a draw, no matter how impossible it seems here.}

1/2-1/2

Re: Chess Game

What little I have recorded in this game is not too exciting.  There is much piece shuffling without much actually going on.

[Event "Farewell Bobby Fischer Open"]

[Site "Westminster College"]

[Date "2012.11.10"]

[Round "1"]

[White "GRETCHANEI, Petro"]

[Black "Coffey, John"]

[Result "0-1"]

[ECO "C00"]

[WhiteElo "1730"]

[BlackElo "2007"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 dxe4 4. Bxe4 Nf6 5. Bf3 c5 6. Ne2

cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8. Be3 Qb6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 Bd7 11. Re1 Rd8 12. Nb3 Bxe3 13.

Rxe3 Bc6 14. Qe2 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Nc6 16. Rae1 Nb4 17. R1e2 Nfd5 18. Nxd5 Rxd5 (Nxd5 =+) 19.

a3 Rd1+ 20. Re1 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Nd5 22. c4 Nf6 0-1   Eventually Black won.

Chess Game

[Event "Farewell Bobby Fischer Open"]

[Site "Westminster College"]

[Date "2012.11.10"]

[Round "3"]

[White "Gustafsson, Alex"]

[Black "Coffey, John"]

[Result "1-0"]

[ECO "E11"]

[WhiteElo "2089"]

[BlackElo "2007"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6.

Qxd2 Bb7 7. b3 d6 8. Bb2 Nbd7 9. e3 Ne4 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Bd3 f5 12. h4 Ndf6 13.

Ng5 Nxg5 14. hxg5 Ne4 15. f3 Nxg5 16. d5 Bc8 17. f4 Nf7 18. dxe6 Nh6 19. Rxh6

gxh6 20. Qc3 Qh4+ 21. Kd2 Qf6 22. Qxf6 Rxf6 23. Bxf6 Bxe6 24. Rh1 Rf8 25. Bc3

1-0

Roger Ebert:

"eventually every player ventures into that unknown land where there are more possible moves than atoms in the universe. All you have is your mind as it tries to find its way through the infinite better than your opponent can.

As a player of mediocre strength, I have no hope of playing at the level achieved by these students. But if I win, I have proven myself better than the person seated across the board from me, and every player knows the finality when the other player sadly turns over his king, signaling surrender. We know it even better when we do it ourselves."

http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20121031/REVIEWS/121039995

Chess Game: Bogo-Indian

I thought that this particular game was interesting because he forced a win of a pawn around move 20 but I recovered nicely with very near equality according to the computer.  Then a tactical mistake cost him the game.

[Event "Quick tournement"]

[Site "Salt Lake Community College"]

[Date "2012.11.03"]

[Round "2"]

[White "Coffey, John"]

[Black "Balter, Ben"]

[Result "1-0"]

[ECO "E11"]

[WhiteElo "2036"]

[BlackElo "1688"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Nc6 5. e3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 O-O 7. Nc3 a6 8.

d5 exd5 9. cxd5 Ne7 10. e4 d6 11. Bd3 c5 12. a4 Bg4 13. Nh4 Ng6 14. Nxg6 hxg6

15. a5 Re8 16. O-O Rc8 17. Rfe1 Bd7 18. Na4 Bxa4 19. Rxa4 Qe7 20. Qe2 Qd7 21.

Raa1 Nxd5 22. Bc4 Nb4 23. Qd2 Rcd8 24. f3 Nc6 25. Red1 Nd4 26. b4 Qc7 27. Bd5

Rc8 28. Rab1 b6?? 29. axb6 Qxb6 30. bxc5 Qxc5 31. Qxd4 1-0 eventually after a long

struggle in time pressure.

Chess game: French

This was an interesting loss for me.  I had some threats up to about move 20 where Alex played a very computer like move.   Alex pointed out that 20. ... Na3+ would have been better and the computer agrees that black would have had a slight edge.  What is interesting is that most of his moves agree with computer analysis which means that he played extremely well.  I thought that my play was good, but the game went downhill fast after move 20.

I give the game as best as I can remember...

[Event "Quick Tournament"]

[Site "Salt Lake Community College"]

[Date "2012.11.03"]

[Round "3"]

[White "Hall, Alex"]

[Black "Coffey, John"]

[Result "1-0"]

[ECO "C14"]

[WhiteElo "1895"]

[BlackElo "2036"]

[Annotator "Coffey,John"]

[TimeControl "G/25 D4"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5

Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. f4 O-O 8. Nf3 c5 9. g3 Nc6 10. Bg2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Qc5 12.

Nb3 Qe7 13. Qd2 f6 14. exf6 Qxf6 15. O-O-O Nb6 16. Rhe1 a5 17. Qf2 Nc4 18. Nc5

Nb4 19. Kb1 b6 20. Rd4! bxc5  (Na3+ 21. bxa3 bxc5 22. axb4 Qxd4 23. Qxd4 cxd4 24. Nxd5 Ra7 =+ 

Houdini chess engine.) 21. Rxc4 dxc4 22. Bxa8 Bd7 23. Bg2 Rb8 24. Qd2 Qd4

25. Rd1 Qxd2 26. Rxd2 Be8 27. a3 Nc6 28. Bxc6 Bxc6 29. Rd6 Bd5 30. Nxd5 exd5

31. Rxd5 c3 32. Rxc5 Rxb2+ 33. Kc1 Ra2 34. Rxc3 Ra1+ 35. Kb2 Rh1 36. h4 Rg1 37.

Kb3 Rg2 38. Ka4 Rg1 39. Kxa5 Rb1 1-0

Chess game

My excuse for the major tactical blunder is that after the break dance competition started on the 2nd floor, I totally lost my focus because I could hear the music loud and clear.   Other than that, I noticed as I entered the moves into the computer that the Houdini chess engine was mostly in agreement with my other moves and many of White's moves as well.  Despite major tactical blunders on both sides, this proved to be a wild and interesting game.

[Event "Utah Open"]

[Site "U of U"]

[Date "2012.10.27"]

[Round "5"]

[White "Nazarinia, Shahram"]

[Black "Coffey, John"]

[Result "0-1"]

[ECO "C02"]

[WhiteElo "1998"]

[BlackElo "1840"]

[Annotator "Coffey,John"]

 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3

Qb6 6. a3 c4 7. Nbd2 Na5 8. Be2 Bd7 9. Rb1 Nh6 10. O-O Be7 11. b4 cxb3 12. c4

Ba4 13. c5 Qc6 14. Bb2 b6 15. Qc1 bxc5 16. Bc3 Nb7 17. Nxb3 c4 18. Na5 Nxa5 19.

Bxa5 O-O 20. Qc3 Rfb8 21. Rb2 Bb3 22. Rfb1 Qa4 23. Bc7 Bxa3 24. Ra2 Rc8 25. Bd1

Qb4 26. Qa1 Rxc7 27. Rxa3 Rb7 28. Bxb3 cxb3 29. Raxb3 Qxb3 30. Rxb3 Rxb3 31. h3

a5 32. Qa4 Rb4 33. Qa3 Nf5 34. Qc3 Rc4 35. Qb2 a4 36. g4 Nh6 (36... a3 37. Qb7

Rca4) 37. Qa3 g6 38. Kg2 Kg7 39. Ng5 Rxd4 40. Qe7 a3 41. Nxe6+ Kg8 42. Nxd4 a2

43. Nb3 Rb8 44. Na1 Rb1 45. Qd8+ Kg7 46. Qxd5 Rxa1 47. e6 Rg1+ 48. Kxg1 a1=Q+

49. Kg2 fxe6 50. Qxe6 Qb2 51. Kg3 Qc3+ 52. f3 Nf7 53. Kg2 Qxf3+ 0-1

Chess Game

[Event "Quick"]
[Site "SLCC"]
[Date "Oct 20, 2012"]
[Round "2"]
[White "John Coffey"]
[Black "Ben Balter"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. e4 Nxe4 8.
Qd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nf6 10. c4 d6 11. Bb2 Bg4 12. Be2 Nf5 13. Qf4 Qe7 14. O-O h6
15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Qxg4 O-O 17. Bd3 Ne7 18. Qd4
1-0

Chess Game

[Event "Quick Tournament"]
[Site "SLCC"]
[Date "Oct 6, 2012"]
[Round "3"]
[White "John Coffey"]
[Black "Alex Hall"]
[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. h4 Qb6 13. Qg4 O-O-O 14. O-O-O c5
15. d5 Ne5 16. Qh3 b4 17. dxe6 Rxd1+ 18. Nxd1 Qxe6 19. f4 Nd3+ 20. Bxd3 cxd3
21. Qxe6+ fxe6 22. Ne3 Be4 23. Kd2 Kd7 24. Ng4 Bxg2 25. Ne5+ Kc7 26. Rh2 Be4
27. h5 Bd6 28. Ke3
1-0. Eventually. Sent from my iPhone.

Chess Game

[Event "Quick Tournament"]
[Site "SLCC"]
[Date "Oct 6, 2012"]
[Round "2"]
[White "David Catalini"]
[Black "John Coffey"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Be3 dxe4 4. Nd2 Nf6 5. f3 Nd5 6. Qe2 Nc6 7. fxe4 Nxe3 8.
Qxe3 Qxd4 9. Qxd4 Nxd4 10. O-O-O Be7 11. Ngf3 Nxf3 12. gxf3 Bd7 13. Nc4 Bg5+
14. Kb1 Bf4 15. Bg2 O-O-O 16. Rd3 Bb5 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. Na3 Be2 19. b3 Rd2 20.
h3 Ba6 21. Bf1 Rd1+ 22. Kb2 Bc1+ 23. Kc3 Bxa3 24. Rg1 Rxf1 25. Rxg7 Rxf3+ 26.
Kd4 Bb2+
0-1 Sent from my iPhone

Chess Game

[Event "Casual speed game"]
[Site ""]
[Date "Oct 6, 2012"]
[Round ""]
[White "John Coffey"]
[Black "Shahram Nazarinia"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 h6 8. Bxf6
Qxf6 9. Qd4 Qg6 10. Bd3 Qxg2 11. Rg1 Qxg1+ 12. Nxg1 Nc6 13. Qh4 Bxc5 14. cxd5
Ne5 15. Qe4 Ng6 16. Nf3 f5 17. Qc4 Bd6 18. Nb5
1-0

Chess game

[Event "Casual speed game"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "Sep 29, 2012"]
[Round "?"]
[White "John Coffey"]
[Black "Nazarinia "]
[Result "*"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Nxe4 dxe4 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8.
Nd2 f5 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 e5 11. d5 c6 12. Nb3 cxd5 13. Qxd5+ Be6 14. Qxe5 Nc6
15. Qc5 Qf6 16. Nd4 Bf7 17. Qxf5 Qxf5 18. Nxf5 Nb4 19. O-O Nd3 20. Nd6 Bg6 21.
b3 b6 22. Nb5 a6 23. Nd4 Rf6 24. Rad1 Raf8 25. Bxd3 exd3 26. f3 Re8 27. e4 Rd6
28. Rxd3 Red8 29. Rfd1 Bf7 30. Kf2 b5 31. cxb5 axb5 32. Ke3
1-0

Chess Game

[Event "WVCC Quick"]
[Site "SLCC"]
[Date "Sep 15, 2012"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shahram Nazarinia"]
[Black "John Coffey"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Bd7 7. Be2 Nh6 8. Bxh6
Qxb2 9. Nbd2 gxh6 10. Qc1 Qxc1+ 11. Rxc1 cxd4 12. cxd4 Bxa3 13. Rb1 Bb4 14. O-O
Bxd2 15. Nxd2 Nxd4 16. Bd3 b5 17. Rb4 Nc6 18. Rxb5 Nxe5 19. Rb3 Nxd3 20. Rxd3
Bb5 21. Rb3 Bxf1 22. Kxf1 O-O 23. Rg3+ Kh8 24. Rh3 a5 25. Nb1 a4 26. Na3 Rfb8
27. Rxh6 Rb3 28. Nc2 Rb2 29. Ne3 a3 30. Ng4 a2 31. g3 a1=Q+ 32. Kg2 Raa2 33.
Rf6 Rxf2+ 34. Rxf2 Rxf2+ 35. Nxf2 d4
0-1

Liked this one. From Shredder on the iPhone.

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

Sent from my iPhone

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

Chess Game French

[Event "Quick Tournament"]
[Site "SLCC"]
[Date "Jun 23, 2012"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ben Balter"]
[Black "John Coffey"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be2 Bd6 6. Nc3 Ne4?? 7.
Nxd5 c6 Eventually after a tough struggle, black won.
0-1

Chess game French

[Event "Quick Tournament"]
[Site "Salt Lake Community College"]
[Date "Jun 23, 2012"]
[Round "1"]
[White "David Catalini"]
[Black "John Coffey"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be2 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. h3 Re8 8.
Re1 Ne4 9. Bg5?? Nxg5 10. Nxg5 Qxg5 11. Nd2 Bxh3 12. Bf3 Rxe1+ 13. Qxe1 Nc6 14.
c3 Ne7 15. Qe2 Ng6 16. Kh1 Nf4 17. Qf1 Bxg2+ 18. Bxg2 Qh4+? (Qh5!) 19.
Kg1 Re8 20. Re1
Ne2+ (Stockfish: Re1 Qe1 Qg4) 21. Qxe2 Rxe2 22. Rxe2 g6 23. Nf3 Qh6
24. Nd2 c6 25. Re8+ Kg7 26. Rd8 Bh2+
27. Kh1 Bc7+ 28. Kg1 Bxd8 29. Nb3 Qh5 30. Nc5 b6 31. Nd7 Bc7 32. b3 Bh2+ 33.
Kh1 Bg3+ 34. Kg1 Bxf2+ 35. Kxf2 Qf5+
0-1
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Chess Game English

[Event "Quick Tournament"]
[Site "Salt Lake Community College"]
[Date "Jun 23, 2012"]
[Round "2"]
[White "John Coffey"]
[Black "David Vasquez"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 c5 5. O-O Nc6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. d4 Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. e4 Nf6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Qxd8
1/2-1/2
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Tinker, Tailor

A similar rhyme has been noted in William Caxton's, The Game and Playe of the Chesse (c. 1475), in which pawns are named: "Labourer, Smith, Clerk, Merchant, Physician, Taverner, Guard and Ribald."

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinker,_Tailor

Utah Senior Championship

[Event "Utah Senior Championship"]
[Site "U of U"]
[Date "2012.06.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hodson, Grant"]
[Black "Coffey, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "1769"]
[BlackElo "1967"]
[Annotator "Coffey,John"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O
O-O 7. d4 Bxc3 8. bxc3 d6 9. a4 a5 10. Rb1 Nbd7 11. Ba3 Ne4 12. Qc2 Qe7 13. Ne1
f5 14. f3 Nef6 15. Nd3 Ba6 16. Qa2 c5 17. Rfe1 Rac8 18. Rbc1 e5 19. d5 Qf7 =+
(19... e4! 20. Nb2 (20. Nf4?! Ne5 21. Ne6 Bxc4 22. Qd2 exf3 23. Bxf3 Rfe8
-+) 20... h5 21. f4 h4-/+ 22. Bh3 Nh5 -/+) 20. Bh3 Qg6 = (20... Qh5 =+ 21.
Bg2 e4 22. Nf4 Qh6 =+ 23. Ne6? Ne5 24. Nxf8 Bxc4 25. Qc2 Rxf8 26. Rf1 Nxd5
-+ 27. fxe4?? Ng4 28. h3 Qe3+ 29. Kh1 Qxg3 30. hxg4 Ne3 31. Bf3 Rf6 32. g5
Rg6 33. Rf2 Qxf2 34. exf5 Qh4+ 35. Kg1 Rxg5+) 21. Nf2 Rce8 = {
Later in a time scramble, Black  dropped major material but on won on time.} (
21... e4 =+) 0-1

Utah Senior Championship

[Event "Utah Senior Championship"]
[Site "U of U"]
[Date "2012.06.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hoisington, Steve"]
[Black "Coffey, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "1904"]
[BlackElo "1967"]
[Annotator "Coffey,John"]


1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Nbxd2 b6 6.
g3 Bb7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O d6 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. e4 e5 11. Qc2 Qe7 12. Rad1 a5 13.
b3 Rfd8 14. Nh4 Qf8 15. Nf1 exd4 16. Rxd4 Nc5 17. Nd2 Re8 18. Qb1 g6 19. f4 Qg7
20. e5 dxe5 21. fxe5 Ng4?? 22. Rxg4 Bxg2 23. Nxg2 Rxe5 24. Rxe5 Qxe5 25. Qe1 Qb2
26. Rf4?? Nd3 27. Qe3 Nxf4 28. Nxf4 Rd8 29. Nf1 Rd1 30. Nd5 Ra1 31. Nc3 Rc1 32.
Qe8+ Kg7 33. Qe5+ Kg8 34. Qe8+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

Utah Senior Championship

[Event "Utah Senior Championship"]

[Site "U of U"]

[Date "2012.06.09"]

[Round "4"]

[White "Coffey, John"]

[Black "Morrow, Hans"]

[Result "1-0"]

[ECO "E90"]

[WhiteElo "1967"]

[BlackElo "1900"]

[Annotator "Coffey,John"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Nbd7 6. Nf3

Bg7 7. h3 O-O 8. Bf4 = (8. Be2 +=) 8... Nh5 9. Bh2 a6 10. a4 Re8 11. Bd3 Ne5 12.

Nxe5 dxe5 13. Qd2 Qd6 14. Ne2 e6 15. g4 Nf6 16. O-O exd5 17. cxd5 c4 18. Bc2

Bd7 19. a5 Bb5 20. Nc3 Nd7 21. Ba4 Qc5 22. Kg2 b6 23. f3 (23. axb6 Qxb6 (23...

Nxb6 24. Bc2 +=) 24. Bg1 Bf8 25. f4 Bc5 26. Bxc5 Nxc5 27. Qf2 += Nxa4 28.

Nxa4 Qxf2+ 29. Rxf2 exf4 30. Rxf4 += g5 31. Rf5 +=) 23... bxa5 (23... Bxa4

24. Nxa4 Qxa5 25. Qxa5 bxa5 +=) 24. Bg1 (24. Nxb5 axb5 25. Bg1 +/-) 24... Qb4

25. Rfd1 (Be3 +=) Nc5 26. Nxb5 Qxd2+ +/- (26... Nxa4 27. Nc7 +=) 27. Rxd2 Nxa4 +- (

27... axb5 +/-) 28. Nc7 c3? +- (28... Nxb2 29. Rxb2 Rab8 +-) 29. bxc3 Nxc3 30.

Nxe8 Rxe8 31. Rxa5 Ra8 32. Rc2 Nb5 33. Rc6 Nd4 34. Rcxa6 Rb8 (34... Rf8 +-)

35. Ra8 1-0  Won the Senior Championship

Chess Game Approximate

[Event "Quick Tournament"]
[Site "SLC CC"]
[Date "Jun 2, 2012"]
[Round "3"]
[White "John Coffey"]
[Black "Alex Gustafsson"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. O-O Na5 11. Bd3 b6 12. f4 f5 13. e5 c4 14. Bc2 Bb7 15.
Kh1 e6 16. Ng1 Nc6 17. Qd2 Ne7 18. Bd1 Nd5 19. Bf3 Rf7 20. Rab1 Bf8 21. Qe2
Nxc3 22. Qxc4 Bxf3 23. Qxc3 Rc8 24. Qd2 Bd5 25. Nf3 Rfc7 26. Rb2 Ba3 27. Rbb1
Rc2 28. Qd3 R8c3 29. Qa6 Rxe3 30. Qxa7 Ree2
0-1

Chess game

[Event "Quick Tournament"]
[Site "Salt Lake Community College"]
[Date "Jun 2, 2012"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ben Balter"]
[Black "John Coffey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8.
h3 c6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Bxg3 12. fxg3 Ne4 13. Ne5 f5 14. Qh5 Rxe5
15. Qg6+ Kh8 16. Qxh6+ Kg8 17. Nxe4 Rxe4 18. Qg6+ (Rae1 is winning)
1/2-1/2


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Amazing position. Took me maybe 15 minutes to find the right move

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My Chess Tactics Trainer on iPad Progress

Tactical Motifs

http://chesstempo.com/tactical-motifs.html

Fwd: what is the answer? Black to move.

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John Coffey

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Chess Game Semi-Slav

[Event "Utah Class Championship"]
[Site "Episcopal Center"]
[Date "May 12, 2012"]
[Round "4"]
[White "John Coffey 1965"]
[Black "Steve Hoisington 1934"]
[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 Bh6
15. h4 a6 (Engine now says White is winning) 16. O-O-O c5 17. Bxb7+
Qxb7 (Engine gives Kxb7, Bxh6 Rxh6, dxc5 Nxc5, Qf3+ Ka7, Nxb5+ axb5,
Qa3+ Kb7, Rxd8 Nd3+, Rxd3) 18. Ne4 (Bxh6 Rxh6, dxc5 and now if Nxc5
Rxd8+ and Qg8+) cxd4 19. Nd6+
1-0 Got 4th place in the top section and the class A trophy.

Narrow escape. Amazing chess game.

[Event "Utah Class Championship"]
[Site "Episcopal Center"]
[Date "May 12, 2012"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Allen Bolen 1670 "]
[Black "John Coffey 1965"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c5 4. d3 Nc6 5. O-O e5 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. e4 d4 8. Nc4
Bc7 9. a4 a6 10. Bg5 Rb8 11. Ne1 b5 12. axb5 axb5 13. Nd2 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15.
c3 O-O 16. Ndf3 dxc3 17. bxc3 Rd8 18. Nc2 Ba5 19. Qd2 Bg4 20. Nfe1 Qd6 21. Ne3
Be6 22. Nd5 Bxd5? 23. exd5 Nd4 24. Rxa5 Nb3 25. Qa2 Nxa5 26. Qxa5 b4 27. Qa1 b3
28. c4 Ra8 29. Qc3 Rdb8 30. Nf3 f6 31. Rb1 Qb6 32. Bh3 Ra2 33. Bd7 Rc2 34. Qe1
Qa7 35. Bb5 Qa2 36. Ra1 Qxa1 37. Qxa1 b2 38. Qa7 b1=Q+ 39. Kg2 Rxb5 40. cxb5
Qb2 41. b6 Rxf2+ 42. Kh3 Qe2 43. Qa8+ Kh7 44. d6 Rxf3? (Qf1+ Kg4 Qxd3)
45. Qe4+ Qxe4 46. dxe4
Rd3 47. b7 Rxd6 48. b8=Q Rd4 49. Qb7 c4 50. Qc6 Kg6 51. Qb7 h5 52. Qc6 Kf7 53.
g4 hxg4+ 54. Kxg4 g6 55. h4 Rxe4+ 56. Kg3 Rf4
1/2-1/2

Interesting Chess Game

[Event "Utah Class Championship"]
[Site "Episcopal Center of Utah"]
[Date "May 12, 2012"]
[Round "2"]
[White "John Coffey 1965"]
[Black "David Catalini 1837"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 Nc6 3. Nf3 h6 4. e4 g5 5. Nc3 d6 6. exd6 Bxd6 7. Be3 Be6 8.
Nd4 Qd7 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Qd4 f6 11. Be2 Rh7 12. Bh5+ Bf7 13. Bxf7+ Rxf7 14.
O-O-O Ne7 15. h4 c5 16. Qc4 Nc6 17. hxg5 hxg5 18. Rh8+ Rf8 19. Rxf8+ Kxf8 20.
Bxc5 Rd8 21. Bxd6+ cxd6 22. Nb5 Ne5 23. Qc7 Qxc7 24. Nxc7 Kf7 25. Nb5 Ke7 26.
Rh1 Rd7 27. Rh7+ Nf7 28. f3 Ke6 29. Nd4+ Ke5 30. Nf5 Ke6 (Unclear to
me is Kf4) 31. c4 Rc7 32. b3 d5
33. Nh6 dxc4 34. Rxf7 Rc8 35. Rxa7 cxb3+ 36. Kb2 Rc2+ 37. Kxb3 Rxg2 38. Nf5 Ke5
39. Ra5+ Kf4 40. Nd4 Ke3 41. Nc2+ Kd2 42. Rf5 Rg1 43. Na3 Rf1 44. Rxf6 g4 45.
Rd6+ Ke3 (Many potential knight forks ahead) 46. Nc4+ Kf4 47. fxg4 Rg1
48. e5 Rxg4 49. Rd4+
1-0

French Classical

[Event "Utah Quick Championship"]
[Site "SLCC"]
[Date "Apr 21, 2012"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Eric Hong 1700?"]
[Black "John Coffey 1998"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Na4
Qa5+ 9. c3? cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. b4 Qxa4
0-1 eventually after a surprisingly tough battle.

Things to be afraid of when you sit down at the chessboard...

#6. Your opponent is named Kasparov. (This actually happened to me at
the National Open. I lost.)

#5. Your opponent is Israeli.

#4. Your opponent is Russian.

#3. Your opponent is Russian and Jewish.

#2. Your opponent is 12.

#1. Your opponent is 9.

French Classical

[Event "Utah Quick Championship"]
[Site "SLCC"]
[Date "Apr 21, 2012"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Isaac Balter 1600+"]
[Black "John Coffey 2000"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Be2 Qa5 11. a3 Bb4 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nc5 14. Nb3 Nxb3
15. cxb3 Rd8 16. b4 Qc7 17. Bc5 b6 18. Bd6 Qd7 19. Rf3 Ne7 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21.
Rh3 a5 22. Rd1 Ba6?? 23. Bd3?! Bxd3 24. Qxd3 g6 25. Rh6 Kg7 26. Rh3
axb4 27. axb4
Ra2 28. Qe3 Qc7 29. f5! exf5 30. Qh6+ Kg8 31. Qxh7+ Kf8 32. e6 Raa8 33. exf7
Qxf7 34. Qh8+ Ke7 35. Qe5+ Kd7 36. Rxd5+ Kc6 37. Rxd8 Rxd8 38. Qe2 Re8 39. Re3
Rxe3 40. Qxe3 Qc4 41. Qe8+ Kb7 42. Qd7+ Kb8 43. Qe8+ Kc7 44. Qe5+ Kb7 45. b5
Qc7 46. Qxc7+ Kxc7 47. Kf2 Kd6 48. Ke3 Kc5 49. Kf4 Kxb5 50. Kg5 Kc4 51. Kxg6
Kxc3 52. h4 b5 53. h5 b4 54. h6 b3 55. h7 b2 56. h8=Q+ Kc2 57. Qxb2+ Kxb2 58.
Kxf5
1-0

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Semi Slav

[Event "Utah Quick Championship"]
[Site "SLCC"]
[Date "Apr 21, 2012"]
[Round "4"]
[White "John Coffey 2000"]
[Black "Petro. 1770"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Be7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. e4 N5f6 12. e5 Nd5 13. Re1 Qb4 14. Qb3 Qxb3
15. Bxb3 N7b6 16. Ne4 Nf4 17. Nd6 h6 18. g3 Nfd5 19. Nd2 Rb8 20. N2e4 f5 21.
exf6 gxf6 22. Nc5 Rd8 23. Nxc8 Rdxc8 24. Rxe6 Kf7 25. Rae1 Rd8 26. Re7+ Kg8 27.
Rxb7 Rxb7 28. Nxb7 Rd7 29. Na5 Rc7 30. Rc1 Kg7 31. Rxc6 Re7 32. Rd6 Nb4 33. Re6
Rd7 34. Nc6 Nxc6 35. Rxc6 Rxd4 36. Rc7+ Rd7 37. Rxd7+ Nxd7 38. f4 Kf8 39. Kf2
Ke7 40. Ke3 Nc5 41. Kd4 Kd6 42. g4 Kc6 43. h4 Kd6 44. g5 fxg5 45. fxg5 hxg5 46.
hxg5 Nd7 47. g6
1-0

Tied for 3rd and A class.

Interesting knight sacrifice

[Event "Speed Game"]
[Site "Coffee Club"]
[Date "Apr 17, 2012"]
[Round ""]
[White "Kent Putnam"]
[Black "John Coffey"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. Ne2 c5 6. c3 c4 7. Bc2 Bd6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. Nd2 Qc7 11. h3 Re8 12. Nf3 Ne4 13. Be3 Ndf6 14. Bxe4 Nxe4
15. Qc1 Bf5 16. Bf4 Ng3!? (iPhone engine likes Ng5!?) 17. Nxg3 Bxf4
0-1 eventually

Bogo-Indian

[Event "Utah Championship"]

[Site "Salt Lake City"]

[Date "2011.12.04"]

[Round "1"]

[White "Coffey, John"]

[Black "Olsen-Mills, Jamie"]

[Result "1-0"]

[ECO "E11"]

[WhiteElo "1968"]

[BlackElo "1723"]

 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6.

Nbxd2 O-O 7. e4 c5 8. e5 Ne8 9. dxc5 Qc7 10. b4 Nc6 11. Rb1 Nxe5 12. Be2 Nf6

13. O-O Nc6 14. Qc2 d5 15. cxd6 Qxd6 16. c5 Qc7 17. Nc4 e5 18. b5 e4 19. bxc6

exf3 20. cxb7 Ng4 21. Nd6 Ra6 22. b8=Q 1-0

English

[Event "Quick tournament"]
[Site "Salt Lake Community College"]
[Date "Apr 14, 2012"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Calvin Sant"]
[Black "John Coffey"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 g6 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 Bg7 7. d3 O-O 8. Be3
Ng4 9. Bd2 Nge5 10. Bf4 Bg4 11. O-O Nf3+ 12. Kh1 Ncd4 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Nd5
Nxh2 15. f3 Nxf1 16. fxg4 Ne3 17. Nxe3 dxe3 18. Bxe3 Bxb2 19. Rb1 Be5 20. Kh2
b6 21. Qf3 Qd7 22. Rh1 b5 23. Kg1 bxc4 24. d4 Bg7 25. g5 e6 26. g4 d5 27. e5
Rab8 28. Qh3 Rb1+ 29. Bf1 Rfb8 30. Qxh7+ Kf8
0-1

Queen's Indian

[Event "Quick Tournament"]
[Site "Salt Lake Community College"]
[Date "Apr 14, 2012"]
[Round "2"]
[White "John Coffey"]
[Black "Ben Balter"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. e3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Nc6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Bd3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Qxe5 11. O-O-O d6 12. e4 Bd7 13. f4 Qa5 14. Nd5
Qxd2+ 15. Rxd2 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Rac8 17. Re1 f6 18. e5 fxe5 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Rxe5
Rce8 21. Rde2 Rxe5 22. Rxe5 Re8 23. Rxe8+ Bxe8 24. Kd2 Bg6 25. Bxg6 hxg6 26.
Ke3 Kf7 27. Kf4 Kf6 28. h4 b6 29. b3 a5 30. a4 Ke7 31. Kg5 Kf7 32. g3 Ke7 33.
Kxg6 Kd6 34. Kxg7 Kxd5 35. h5
1-0

Mate in 2

Chess game

[Event "West Valley CC Quick"]
[Site "Salt Lake Community College"]
[Date "2012.02.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Petro"]
[Black "John Coffey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. c3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Ne2 Nc6 7. a3 Qb6
8. Nf3 c4 9. Ng3 Na5 10. Nd2 f6 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. Be2 Bd7 13. O-O Bd6
14. Rb1 Nb3 15. Nxb3 Ba4 16. Bg5 Qxb3 17. Bh5+ Nxh5 18. Qxh5+ g6 19.
Qh6 Bf8 20. Qh3 Bd7 21. Bf6 1-0

Chess game

[Event "Salt Lake Community College Quick"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2012.02.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Daniel Carpenter"]
[Black "John Coffey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. c3 Nf6 5. exd5 exd5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7.
Bb5+ Nc6 8. Nb3 Qe7+ 9. Qe2 Bd6 10. Nd4 Bd7 11. Qxe7+ Bxe7 12. Bxc6
bxc6 13. Ngf3 c5 14. Nb3 Bb5 15. Be3 Rc8 16. h3 O-O 17. Rd1 Rfe8 18.
Kd2 d4 19. cxd4 cxd4 20. Nbxd4 Bb4# 0-1

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The review that I wrote for the iPhone program "Chess Tactics Trainer"

> I bought this for the large number of problems.
>
> Gripes...
>
> 1. Pieces are too small on squares. Shadows don't help. I know
> that there are problems with the graphics because I miss obvious
> captures. tChess and Shredder have much better graphics.
>
> 2. Annoying delay between problems. What is it doing?
>
> 3. I have seen a number of repeat problems. I don't know if that is
> deliberate because Shredder will repeat problems that you miss, which
> is actually a good thing.
>
> 4. Many of the problems are obscure. I find myself completely
> missing the point on at least a third of the problems and I am an 1980
> rated player. (The program rates me at 1860.) Some of the
> continuations are too lengthy to be practical, and the analysis
> feature revealed one problem where the solver gets mated.
>
> When it comes to problem solving positions from real games, there are
> two approaches: One is to have really difficult problems that might
> take several minutes to solve so as to practice analysis, which is
> what you get from this program. I much prefer to have less difficult
> problems *and* have the ability to move very quickly from one problem
> to the next, which builds pattern recognition.
>
> I think that the program needs a way to select level of difficulty.
> i.e. 1, 2, 3 etc.

Queen to Play * * *

Just watched "Queen to play".  The movie is a metaphor about chess representing both social mobility and seduction.   Check out the trailer here:   http://www.zeitgeistfilms.com/queentoplay/ 

One pleasant surprise is how accurate the chess games are in the movie.  Some of the chess moves are brilliant but only on screen for a couple of seconds.  You have to have a sharp chess eye to follow the chess games.  

 However, some of the actors move the chess pieces like they are afraid of them.  Real chess players move with confidence.

Kevin Kline is an English actor, but in this movie he speaks nothing but French.