2012-11-17

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

2012-11-11

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

2012-11-04

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."


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.



2012-11-03

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