2012-07-06

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

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