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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John Coffey

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