2012-04-22

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

Sent from my iPhone

2012-04-21

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.

2012-04-18

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

2012-04-15

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

2012-04-14

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