Chess game. I tied for first in the top section.

[Event "Louisville G/30"]
[Site "Meijer"]
[Date "Dec 30, 2013"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Chris Bush 2115"]
[Black "John Coffey 2001"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1. e4 e6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nf3 d5 6. e5 Nfd7 7. d4 c5
(Ba6) 8. c3 Nc6
9. O-O cxd4 10. cxd4 Ba6 11. Re1 Nb4 12. Re3 Rc8 13. Nc3 g6 14. Ne1 Bh6 15. f4
g5 16. a3 gxf4 17. gxf4 Nc6 18. Rh3 Bg7 19. b4 Bc4 20. Be3 Ne7 21. Rc1 Nf5 22.
Bf2 Nf8 23. Nf3 Ng6 24. Qd2 a5 25. Na4 axb4 26. Qxb4 Nxf4 27. Nxb6 Ne2+ 28. Kh1
Nxc1 29. Qa4+ Kf8 30. Nxc8 Qxc8 31. Ng5 Nd3 32. Rxd3 (Bg1) Bxd3 33.
Qa7 Qc1+ (Qe8) 34. Bg1
Qxg5 (Ne7 wins, but I was low on time. ) 35. Qb8+ Ke7 36. Qb7+ Kd8 37.
Qb8+ Kd7 38. Qb7+
1/2-1/2

Chess game

[Event "Louisville G/30"]
[Site "Meijer"]
[Date "Dec 30, 2013"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Matthew Price 1500"]
[Black "John Coffey 2001"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Be3 Nh6 6. f3 Nf5 7. Bf2 Qb6 8. g4 Qxb2
9. gxf5 Qxa1 10. f6 cxd4 11. Ne2 dxc3 12. Nd4 c2 13. Nxc2 Qxe5+ 14. Ne3 d4 15.
f4 Qxf4 16. Ng2 Bb4+ 17. Nd2 Qe5+ 18. Be2 d3 19. fxg7 Rg8 20. Bg3 Qxe2+ 21.
Qxe2 dxe2 22. Nf4 b6 23. Nh5 Bc3 24. Rg1 Ba6 25. Bh4 Nb4 26. Rg3 Nc2+
0-1

Semi-Slav.

Play online chess

Chess Game

[Event "Louisville magic game shop g/30"]

[Site "Louisville magic game shop"]

[Date "2013.12.26"]

[Round "1"]

[White "Marcsik, John"]

[Black "Coffey, John"]

[Result "0-1"]

[WhiteElo "1984"]

[BlackElo "2150"]

[PlyCount "37"]

 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. Nc3

c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Qxd8+ Nxd8 10. Rd1 Nc6 11. Bd2 b5 12. Nxb5 axb5

13. Bxb5 Bd7 14. Rdc1 (Rac1)  Ne4 15. Rxc5 (15. Rc4 f5 16. b4) 15... Nxc5 16. Rc1 Na7

17. Bxd7+ Nxd7 18. Bb4 Rc8 19. Rd1 {Black eventually won.} 0-1

chess game

[Event "g/30 Louisville game store"]

[Site "?"]

[Date "2013.12.26"]

[Round "3"]

[White "Coffey, John"]

[Black "Fuller, William"]

[Result "0-1"]

[ECO "E21"]

[WhiteElo "1984"]

[BlackElo "2140"]

[Annotator "Coffey,John"]

[PlyCount "44"]

{478MB, Fritz10.ctg, JOHNCOFFEY} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bd2

Bb7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 d6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Qc2 Bxf3 10. gxf3 c5 11. a3 Bxc3 12.

bxc3 e5 13. Kh1 g6 14. Rg1 Nh5 15. Bf5 Ng7 16. Bh3 f5 17. f4 Qh4 18. Bg2 e4 19.

f3 Nf6 20. fxe4 Ng4 21. h3 Nf2+ (21... Qg3) 22. Kh2 Nh5 {Black eventually won}

0-1

chess game

[Event "Louisville G/30"]

[Site "?"]

[Date "2013.12.23"]

[Round "3"]

[White "Coffey, John"]

[Black "Marcsik, John"]

[Result "0-1"]

[ECO "D37"]

[WhiteElo "1986"]

[BlackElo "2100"]

[Annotator "Coffey,John"]

[PlyCount "44"]

1. d4 Nf6  2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.

O-O Nh5 9. Ne5 $11 (9. Be5 $14) 9... Nxf4 10. exf4 Bf6 11. Re1 g6 12. c5 Qc7

13. Re3 Nxc5 14. Bc2 $6 (14. Bxg6) 14... Nd7 15. b4 a5 16. a3 (16. b5) 16...

axb4 17. axb4 Rxa1 18. Qxa1 Qb6 19. Qa5 $2 (19. Na2) 19... Qxd4 20. Nxd7 Bxd7

21. Qc7 Bc8 22. Qd6 Qc4 0-1

Re: chess game

[Event "Louisville G./30"]

[Site "?"]

[Date "2013.12.23"]

[Round "1"]

[White "Obanion, Glenn"]

[Black "Coffey, Jon"]

[Result "0-1"]

[ECO "A46"]

[WhiteElo "1720"]

[BlackElo "1986"]

[Annotator "Coffey,John"]

[PlyCount "88"]

[EventType "schev (rapid)"]

[TimeControl "g/30"]

{478MB, Fritz10.ctg, JOHNCOFFEY} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. c3 cxd4 5.

cxd4 Qb6 6. Qb3 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Nc6 8. e3 Ne4 9. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 10. Qxb4 Nxb4 11. Na3

d5 12. Be2 Bd7 13. O-O Rc8 14. Bb5 Ke7 15. Bxd7 Kxd7 16. Ne5+ Ke7 17. f3 Nd6

18. Rfd1 Nc2 19. Nxc2 Rxc2 20. Nd3 Nf5 21. Re1 Nh4 22. Nf2 Rxb2 23. Rec1 Kd7

24. Rab1 Rc8 $1 25. Kf1 Rxc1+ 26. Rxc1 Rxa2 27. Nd3 Kd8 $1 28. Rb1 b6 29. Ne5

f6 30. Nc6+ Kd7 31. Rc1 Rxg2 32. Nb8+ Ke8 33. Rc8+ Kf7 34. Rc7+ Kg6 35. Nc6

Rxh2 36. Ne7+ Kg5 37. f4+ Kg4 38. Ng8 Kf3 39. Kg1 Rg2+ 40. Kf1 Nf5 41. Rc3 Rg3

$5 (41... Ng3+ 42. Ke1 Ne4 $1) 42. Ke1 Nxe3 43. Ne7 Rg1+ 44. Kd2 Rd1# 0-1

chess game

[Event "Louisville G/30"]

[Site "?"]

[Date "2013.12.23"]

[Round "2"]

[White "Coffey, John"]

[Black "Bush, Crhis"]

[Result "1-0"]

[ECO "D11"]

[WhiteElo "1986"]

[BlackElo "2068"]

[Annotator "Coffey,John"]

[PlyCount "61"]

[EventType "rapid"]

[TimeControl "G/30 D5"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 dxc4 4. e3 b5 5. a4 c6 6. axb5 cxb5 7. b3 a5 8. Ne5 (

8. bxc4 b4 9. Ne5) 8... Bb7 9. bxc4 b4 10. Qa4+ Ke7 11. Bd2 f6 12. Bxb4+ axb4

13. Qxb4+ Ke8 14. Qxb7 Bb4+ 15. Kd1 fxe5 16. Rxa8 Bd6 17. c5 Qc7 18. Ba6 Qxb7

19. Bxb7 Bc7 20. Nc3 Nf6 21. Nb5 Kd7 22. Ke2 exd4 23. Rd1 Bxh2 24. Rxd4+ Ke7

25. c6 Nd5 26. g3 Nb6 27. Ra7 e5 28. Rd1 h5 29. Kf3 Rf8+ 30. Kg2 Nc4 31. Kxh2 {

White eventually won.  This was a game where I was severely distracted by a noisy 

kid playing next to me.} 1-0

Re: For the Chess player with everything

I saw this.  I think that it is gross...

On Sat, Dec 14, 2013 at 4:32 PM, mikgri wrote:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57615154-1/taxidermy-chess-play-with-rooks-and-dead-rodents/

Chess Game

[Event "Casual 5 min game"]
[Site "My Work"]
[Date "Dec 12, 2013"]
[Round "?"]
[White "John Coffey"]
[Black "Adrian Musters"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. e4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Ne2 e5 7. d5 Nd4 8.
Nxd4 exd4 9. O-O (Qa4) Bc5 10. Bg5 O-O 11. e5 (Qc2) h6 (Qd5) 12. exf6
g6 13. Bxg6 (Bxh6) hxg5 (Qd5) 14. Qh5
fxg6 15. Qxg6+ Kh8 16. Qg7#
1-0

close chess game

[Event "Igor Ivanov Memorial"]

[Site "UU"]

[Date "2013.12.07"]

[Round "3"]

[White "Catalini, David"]

[Black "Coffey, John"]

[Result "0-1"]

[ECO "C00"]

[WhiteElo "1865"]

[BlackElo "1982"]

[Annotator "Coffey,John"]

{64MB, JOHNCOFFEY

} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Ne2 c5 6. c3 Nc6

7. O-O Qb6 8. Bc2 Be7 9. Kh1 O-O 10. f4 f6 11. Rf3 fxe5 12. dxe5 Rf7 13. Ng1 d4

14. Rh3 Nf8 15. Na3 Bd7 16. Qh5 g6 17. Qg4 dxc3 18. bxc3 Qc7 19. Nc4 b5 20. Nd2

b4 21. Ne4 bxc3 22. Rxc3 Nd4 23. Be3 Nxc2 24. Rxc2 Ba4 25. Rc3 c4 26. Rac1 Bb5

27. Nf3 Rd8 28. h4 Qc6 29. Ng3 Bb4 30. R3c2 Ba3 31. Rc3 Bxc1 32. Rxc1 Rd3 33.

Bf2 Qd5 34. Ng5 Rd7 35. N3e4 Kh8 36. Nf6 Rd1+ 37. Kh2 Qd2 38. Rxd1 Qxd1 39.

Nxd7 Qxg4 0-1

Chess Game. Cambridge Springs

[Event "Igor memorial"]
[Site "UU"]
[Date "Dec 7, 2013"]
[Round "2"]
[White "John Coffey"]
[Black "Richard Black"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. Qc2?
(Nd2) Ne4 8. Be2
Bb4 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 Qxc3 11. Rfc1 Qxc2 12. Rxc2 O-O 13. Rb1 Nxg5 14. Nxg5
dxc4 15. Bxc4 Nb6 16. Bd3 f6 17. Ne4 Rd8 18. Nc5 Rb8 19. a4 Nd5 20. Bc4 Re8 21.
Bxd5 exd5 22. Rbb2 Re7 23. Rc3 Kf8 24. a5 Ke8 25. Nd3 Bf5 26. Nb4 Rc7 27. Nxd5?
Rcc8 28. Nb4 Rc7?? 29. Na6
1-0

Chess Game

[Event "Igor Ivanov Memorial"]
[Site "UU"]
[Date "Dec 7, 2013"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Alex Qi 1320"]
[Black "John Coffey"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Ne7 6. Nc3 Nbc6 7. Nxc6 Nxc6 8.
Bb5 Qb6 9. Be3 Bc5 10. Bxc5 Qxc5 11. Qe2 Bd7 12. Qg4 g6 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. Rc1
d4 15. Ne4 Qxe5 16. f3 f5 17. Qg3 Qa5+ 18. Nd2 Qxa2 19. Rb1 Qa5 20. Qf2 Qe5+
21. Qe2 Qxe2+ 22. Kxe2 e5 23. Rhe1 O-O-O 24. Kf2 Rhe8 25. Rbd1 Bd5 26. Re2 Rd7
27. Rde1 Rde7 28. h3 e4 29. Kg1 e3 30. Ne4 fxe4 31. Rd1 exf3 32. gxf3 Bxf3 33.
Rde1 Bxe2 34. Rxe2 Rf7 35. b3 Ref8 36. Re1 Rf2
0-1

Chess game. Move 18 is interesting

[Event "Casual speed game"]
[Site "My work"]
[Date "Dec 4, 2013"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Adrian Musters"]
[Black "John Coffey"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 ?! 6. cxd4 Qb6 7. Be3 Qxb2 8.
Nbd2 Nge7 9. Be2 Nf5 10. O-O Be7 11. g3 Nxe3 12. fxe3 Qc3 13. Qb3 Qa5 14. h4
O-O 15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. hxg5 Qxd2 17. Rfe1 Nxd4 18. Qd3 Nf3+ 19. Kf2 Qxd3 20. Bxd3
Nxe1 21. Rxe1 Bd7 22. Rh1 g6 23. Ke2 Rfc8 24. e4 dxe4 25. Bxe4 Bc6 26. Bxc6
Rxc6
0-1

Chess Game

[Event "Quick"]
[Site "SLCC"]
[Date "Nov 23, 2013"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Val Bradshaw"]
[Black "John Coffey"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. e4 O-O 7. Nf3 d6 8. Bd3
Nc6 9. Bc2 e5 10. d5 Nd4 11. O-O Bg4 12. Kh1 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nxf3 14. h3 Qh4 15.
gxf3 Qxh3+ 16. Kg1 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Qxf3 18. Rab1 Qxc3 19. Bb3 f5 20. exf5 Rxf5
21. Rbc1 Qf3 22. Bd1 Rg5+ 23. Kh2 Qg2#
0-1

Chess Game from final round of the state championship.

[Event "Utah State Championship"]
[Site "Park City"]
[Date "Nov 18, 2013"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Randy Zumbrunnen"]
[Black "ENRIQUE ARCE-LARRETA"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nxe5 Nc6 4. Nxc6 (Qh5+ Although according to
Wikipedia the line goes 14 moves deep. ) dxc6 5. Nc3 Bd6 6. d4 fxe4 7.
Nxe4 Bf5
8. Bd3 Ne7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 Qd7 11. Nxd6 cxd6 12. Re1 Ng6 13. c4 h6 14. Be3
Nh4 15. Bxf5 Qxf5 16. f3 Qg6 17. Re2 Rae8 18. Bd2 Nxf3+ 19. Kh1 Rxe2 20. Qxe2
Nxd4 21. Qe7 Rf2 22. Rg1 Rxd2 23. Qxb7 Nf5 24. h3 Ng3+ 25. Kh2 Nf1+
26. Kh1 Qg3 (Qf5)
27. Qc8+ Kh7 28. Qf5+ Qg6 29. Qxg6+ Kxg6 30. Rxf1 Rxb2 31. Rd1 d5 32. a4
0-1 eventually

Chess Game

[Event "Quick"]
[Site "SLCC"]
[Date "Nov 2, 2013"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shahram Nazarinia"]
[Black "John Coffey"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6 7. Bd3 cxd4 8. cxd4
Bd7 9. Bc2 Rc8 10. Nc3 Na5 11. O-O Be7 12. h3 Nc4 13. Na4 Qc7 14. Bxh6 gxh6 15.
Rc1 b5 16. Nc3 Nxb2 17. Qd2 Qxc3 18. Qxh6 Qxa3 19. Ra1 Qb4 20. Qg7 Rf8 21. Bxh7
a5 22. h4 a4?? (Rc8-c3-f3 and then Qxd4 according to stockfish. This
line is hard to calculate. Bxh4 is still winning, but not nearly as
much.) 23. h5 a3 24. h6 Rc3 25. Bg8 Rxf3 26. h7 Rf5 27. h8=Q Rg5 28.
Bxf7+ Kd8 29. Qhxf8+ Kc7 30. Qxg5 Bxf8 31. Rfc1+ Nc4 32. Qg8 Qe7 33. Rc3 b4 34.
Rf3 b3 35. Rxb3 Ba4 36. Rc3 Qb4 37. Raxa3 Bd7 38. Bxe6 Qb1+ 39. Kh2 Bxa3 40.
Bxd5
1-0

There are variations where black can still win even after white has a
second queen. I got into time trouble and blundered toward the end.

Chess game

[Event "Utah Open"]
[Site "UU"]
[Date "Oct 26, 2013"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Eric Hon"]
[Black "Shahram Nazarinia"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 Qc7 7. Bb3 e6 8. a4
Nc6 9. O-O Be7 10. Kh1 Na5 11. Ba2 Bd7 12. Qe2 Rc8 13. Bg5 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Qxc4
15. f3 Qxd4 16. Rfd1 Qc5 17. Be3 Qb4 18. Rab1 Bxa4 19. g4 Bb5 20. Qg2 Rxc3 21.
bxc3 Qxc3 22. Bd4 Qc6 23. g5 Nd7 24. Bxg7 Rg8 25. Bh6 Bxg5 26. f4 Nf6 27. fxg5
Nxe4 28. Rxb5 axb5 29. Ra1 Kd7 30. Rf1 f5 31. Qf3 b4 32. Kg1 Nxg5 33. Qxc6+
bxc6 34. Kh1 Nh3 35. Be3 Rg4 36. Ra1 f4 37. Rf1 fxe3
0-1

Chess Game

[Event "Utah Open"]
[Site "UU"]
[Date "Oct 26, 2013"]
[Round "5"]
[White "John Coffey"]
[Black "Harrison Unruh"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 O-O 7. Bf1 Nc6 8. d4
e6 9. Bd3 Rb8 10. dxc5 dxc5 11. Bf4 Ra8 12. Na3 a6 13. Nc4 b5 14. Nce5 Bb7 15.
Bc2 Qxd1 16. Raxd1 Rfd8 17. Nd3 Nd7 18. Bd6 c4 19. Nc5 Nxc5 20. Bxc5 Rxd1 21.
Rxd1 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Nxd8 23. Kf1 Nc6 24. Ke2 Ne5 25. Nd4 Nc6 26. g3 Nxd4+ 27.
Bxd4 f5 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. e5 Kf7 30. Ke3 Ke7 31. Kd4 Kd7 32. Kc5 Kc7 33. a4 Bc6
34. axb5 axb5 35. f4 Bd7 36. b3 cxb3 37. Bxb3 Bc6 38. Bxe6 Be8 39. Bg8 h6 40.
h4 h5 41. e6 Kb7 42. Bf7
1-0

Chess Gsme

[Event "Utah Open"]
[Site "UU"]
[Date "Oct 26, 2013"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Clancy Black"]
[Black "John Coffey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Bc4 Nc6 8. f3
O-O 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. g4 Rc8 11. Bb3 Ne5 12. O-O-O Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. h4 Qc7
15. h5 Rc8 16. hxg6 fxg6 17. g5 Nh5 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. b3 R4c5 20. c4 e6 21. Nb4
1/2-1/2

Apparently now the right idea for black is R5c7 and then Qf8, but I
did not see this and only saw that I would likely lose my d6 pawn.

Chess Game

[Event "Utah Open"]
[Site "UU"]
[Date "Oct 25, 2013"]
[Round "2"]
[White "John Coffey"]
[Black "Michael Morris-pearce"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Neg5 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8.
Bb3 Bd6 9. O-O h6 10. Ne4 Nbd5 11. Nxd6+ Qxd6 12. d4 Ne7 13. Qe5 Qxe5 14. Nxe5
Nd7 15. f4 b6 16. c4 f6 17. Nf3 Kf7 18. Bd2 Bb7 19. Rae1 c5 20. dxc5 bxc5 21.
Ba5 Nc6 22. Rd1 Nf8 23. Bc7 Rc8 24. Bd6 Nd7 25. Ba4 Rhd8 26. Rfe1 Nb6 27. Bb3
Na5 28. f5 e5 29. Nxe5+ fxe5 30. Bxe5 Nxb3 31. axb3 Rd7 32. Rxd7+ Nxd7 33. Bxg7
Rg8 34. Bxh6 Rxg2+ 35. Kf1 Rxh2 36. Bg5 Rh1+ 37. Kf2 Rxe1 38. Kxe1 Be4 39. Kd2
Bxf5 40. Kc3 Nf6 41. Bxf6 Kxf6 42. b4 cxb4+ 43. Kxb4 Ke5 44. Kc5 Bd7
1/2-1/2

Chess Game

 Click here for the game.

Chess game

[Event "Quick"]
[Site "Target"]
[Date "Oct 19, 2013"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Val Bradshaw"]
[Black "John Coffey"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. a3 Bxc3 6. bxc3 O-O 7. Be2 e4 8.
Nd4 Ne5 9. O-O c5 10. Nf5 d6 11. Ng3 Be6 12. Qb3 Rb8 13. f4 exf3 14. gxf3 b5
15. Qd1 Bxc4 16. d3 Be6 17. f4 Nc6 18. f5 Bd7 19. e4 Qa5 20. Bd2 Qa4 21. Qe1
Ne5 22. Bg5 Ne8 23. Be7 f6 24. Bxf8 Kxf8 25. Nh5 Qc2 26. Rc1 Qb2 27. Qg3 Qxe2
28. Rf2 Qxh5 29. Rcf1 Qg5 30. Rf3 Nxf3+ 31. Rxf3 Qxg3+ 32. hxg3 a5 33. Kf2 b4
34. axb4 cxb4 35. cxb4 axb4
0-1

Chess game

[Event "Speed gane"]
[Site "Crown burgers"]
[Date "Oct 19, 2013"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ben Balter"]
[Black "John Coffey"]
[Result "*"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e3 d5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d4 Bg4 6. dxc5 e5 7. h3 Bh5 8. g4
Nxg4 9. hxg4 Bxg4 10. Qd2 e4 11. Nd4 Bxc5 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qc3 Bf8 14. Qxc6+
Ke7 15. Qb7+ Kf6 16. Nc3 Be6 17. f3 exf3 18. Rf1 Bd6 19. Rxf3+ Kg6
1-0

Chess Game

[Event "Speed game"]
[Site "Crown Bugers"]
[Date "Oct 19, 2013"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ben Balter"]
[Black "John Coffey"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Qd2
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bb4 10. Nf5 Qa5 11. Nxg7+ Kf8 12. Nh5 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nb6 14. Be2
Na4 15. Bd4 Bd7 16. f5 Nxd4 17. Qh6+ Ke7
1-0

Chess game

[Event "Casual speed game"]
[Site "My work"]
[Date "Oct 8, 2013"]
[Round "?"]
[White "John Coffey"]
[Black "Zach Jenkins"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Qg4 c5 5. Qxg7 Bf6 6. Qg3 cxd4 7. Nb5 Nd7 8.
Nc7+ Ke7 9. Bd2 Be5 10. Bb4+ Kf6 11. Qh4+ Kg7 12. Qxd8 d3 13. Qg5#
1-0

chess game

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "Oct 5, 2013"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stockfish"]
[Black "John Coffey"]
[Result "*"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 Nc6 4. fxe5 Nxe5 5. d4 Nc6 6. e5 Ng8 7. Nf3 Bb4 8.
Bc4 d6 9. exd6 Qxd6 10. O-O Bg4 11. Bxf7+ Kd7
*




Best wishes,

John Coffey

Announcing a new chess club: Sugar House Chess Club

Club:   Sugar House Chess Club  (Replacement for the now defunct Coffee Club.)

Information:  All Skill Levels Welcome!

Location:  Chick-fil-A, 1206 East 2100 South, Salt Lake City, UT 84106

Web page:  http://www.entertainmentjourney.com/  

Time:  Meets Tuesday nights from 6:30 to 10 PM.

--
Best wishes,

John Coffey

http://www.entertainmentjourney.com

Chess game

[Event "Speed"]
[Site "SLCC"]
[Date "Sep 28, 2013"]
[Round "2"]
[White "David Catalini"]
[Black "John Coffey"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Nc6 7. f3 Bg7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 e5 13. Bc5 Be6 14. Bxf8
Qxf8 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. c4 Bh6 17. cxd5 Qc5+ 18. Kb1 Bxd2 19. Rxd2 Bxd5
1-0

Chess game

[Event "Speed"]
[Site "SLCC"]
[Date "Sep 28, 2013"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Allen Bolen"]
[Black "John Coffey"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. d4 c5 4. c3 cxd4 5. cxd4 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bf5 7. O-O e6 8. a3
Qb6 9. b4 a5 10. Bb2 axb4 11. e3 Bd6 12. Ne5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. e4 dxe4 15.
Qd6 Qc5 16. axb4 Rxa1 17. bxc5 Ra2 18. Rd1 Rxb2 19. Qxd7+ Kf8 20. Qc8+
1-0

University of Utah Chess Club going strong

Fwd: Chess Problem. White to move, mate in 2

Chess Game

[Event "Utah Team"]
[Site "U of U"]
[Date "Sep 21, 2013"]
[Round "3"]
[White "John Coffey"]
[Black "Brandon Packard "]
[Result "1-0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. h3 Bd7 6. fxe5 dxe5 7. Nxe5 Bd6 8.
Nxd7 Bg3+ 9. Ke2 Nbxd7 10. d3 Ne5 11. Be3 O-O 12. Qd2 Re8 13. Bf2 Nh5 14. Kd1
Qf6 15. Be2 Bf4 16. Be3 Ng3 17. Re1 Nxe2 18. Qxe2 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 c6 20. Ke2 Qg6
21. Kf2 Re6 22. Kg1 Rae8 23. Ne2 c5 24. Nf4 Qg5 25. Nxe6 Qxe3+ 26. Rxe3 Rxe6
27. Rf1 Ra6 28. a3 Rb6 29. b3 Ra6 30. a4 Rd6 31. Rf5 f6 32. g4 b6 33. g5 Nd7
34. gxf6 gxf6 35. Rd5 Rxd5 36. exd5 Ne5 37. Rxe5 fxe5 38. Kf2 Kf7 39. Ke3 Ke7
40. Ke4 Kd6 41. c4 a6 42. Kf5
1-0

Chess game

[Event "Utah Team"]
[Site "UU"]
[Date "Sep 21, 2013"]
[Round "1"]
[White "John Coffey"]
[Black "Grant Hodson"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 a6 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. e5
Ng4 9. e6 fxe6 10. Ng5 Nf6 11. Nxe6 Qc8 12. d4 Bd5 13. Nf4 cxd4 14. Nxd5 dxc3
15. Nxf6+ gxf6
1-0

Exciting Chess Game

[Event "Quick"]
[Site "SLCC "]
[Date "Sep 14, 2013"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Eric Hon"]
[Black "John Coffey"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bc4 Nc6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
e5 Nd7 9. e6 fxe6 10. Bxe6 Nc5 11. Qd4 Bxe6 12. Qxh8 Qd7 13. Bh6 O-O-O 14. Qxh7
Bf5 15. Bxf8 Qe6+ 16. Kd1 Rxf8 17. Re1 Bxc2+ 18. Kxc2 Rxf2+ 19. Re2 Rxe2+ 20.
Nxe2 Qxe2+ 21. Kc3 Qd3+ 22. Kb4 Qc4+ 23. Ka3 Qa4#
0-1

Chess Game

[Event "Quick"]
[Site "SLCC"]
[Date "Aug 24, 2013"]
[Round "2"]
[White "John Coffey"]
[Black "Eric Hon"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 e6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. d5
Ne5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. dxe6 Bxb5 12. exf7+ Kxf7? (Kf8=) 13.
Qb3+ Kg6 14.
Qxb5 Qc7 15. Be3 b6 16. Rc1 Qd6 17. O-O Rac8 18. Qa6 Qe6 19. Qxa7 Ra8 20. Qxb6
Qxb6 21. Bxb6 Rhb8 22. Bc7 Rxb2 23. Bxe5 Ng4 24. Bd4 Rd8 25. Nd5 Rb7 26. Nxe7+
Rxe7 27. Bc5 Rb7 28. a4 Rb2 29. a5 Rdd2 30. a6 Ra2 31. Ra1
1-0

Chess Game narrow escape

[Event "Quick"]
[Site "SLCC"]
[Date "Aug 24, 2013"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Val Bradshaw"]
[Black "John Coffey"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 b6 5. Nf3 Bb7 6. e3 O-O 7. Be2 d6 8. O-O
Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Ne4 10. Qc2 Nd7 11. Rad1 f5 12. Bd3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bxf3 14. gxf3
Qg5+ 15. Kh1 Qh5 16. Be2 f4 17. Qe4 Rae8 18. Qc6 Rf6 19. Rg1 Rh6 20. Rg2 Qf7
21. Qxc7 e5 22. Rdg1 g6 23. Qxd6 exd4 24. cxd4 fxe3 25. fxe3 Rxe3 26. Bd1 Kh8
27. Bb3 Qxf3 28. Qxd7 Rxh2+ 29. Kxh2 Qh5+
0-1

Chess Game

[Event "3 Round Circus"]
[Site "UU"]
[Date "Aug 17, 2013"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ben Balter"]
[Black "John Coffey"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. f4 d5 4. Nf3 d4 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Qxd7 7. Ne2 d3 8.
cxd3 Qxd3 9. Qa4+ b5 10. Qb3 Qxe4 11. Qxb5+ Nd7 12. Ne5 Nf6 13. O-O Rb8 14. Qa6
Nxe5 15. fxe5 Qxe5 16. d4 cxd4 17. Bf4 Qb5 18. Qxa7 Rd8 19. Rfe1 Bc5 20. a4 Qc6
21. Qa5 d3+ 22. Kh1 dxe2 23. Rac1 Bb6 24. Qb4 Nd5 25. Rxc6 Nxb4 26. Rxb6 Nc2
27. Bg3 Nxe1 28. Bxe1 Rd1 29. Kg1 Rxe1+ 30. Kf2 Rd1 31. Kxe2 Rd8 32. b4 O-O 33.
b5 Ra8
0-1

Chess game

[Event "3 Round Circus"]
[Site "UU"]
[Date "Aug 17, 2013"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Steve Hoisington"]
[Black "John Coffey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Qb6 5. O-O Nc6 6. e3 d5 7. c4 dxc4 8. Nc3
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. exd4 Bb4 11. Bg5 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nd5 13. Qa4+ Bd7 14. Qa3
Qa6 15. Qxa6 bxa6 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Rfe1+ Be6 18. Rab1 O-O 19. Bf4 Rfd8 20. h4
Rd7 21. Rb2 h6
1/2-1/2

Chess Game

[Event "3 Round Circus"]
[Site "UU"]
[Date "Aug 17, 2013"]
[Round "2"]
[White "John Coffey"]
[Black "Bryan Leano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Bg5
Nbd7 9. O-O c6 10. Qd6 Re8 11. Rfd1 Bf8 12. Qd2 Qe7 13. a3 Nc5 14. Qc2 Ne6 15.
Bh4 Nf4 16. Bg3 N6h5 17. b4 Bg7 18. c5 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Ne6 20. Bc4 Nd4 21. Qd3
Bg4 22. Ne2 Nxe2+ 23. Qxe2 a5 24. Qe3 Bf8 25. Qc3 h6 26. Rd6 Kh7 27. Qb3 Kg7
28. b5 cxb5 29. Qxb5 Rac8 30. Rb1 Qc7 31. Rb6 Qxc5 32. Bd5 Qxa3 33. Rxb7 Re7
34. Rxe7 Qxe7 35. Qxa5 Rc5 36. Qa1 f6 37. Rb7 Rc7 38. Qa7 Rxb7 39. Qxb7 Qxb7
40. Bxb7 Bc5
1/2-1/2 eventually

Chess game

[Event "Quick"]
[Site "SLCC"]
[Date "Aug 3, 2013"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shahram Nazarinia"]
[Black "John Coffey"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Bc4 Bg7 8.
O-O Ng4 9. Bb5 O-O 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bxc6 Nxe3 12. fxe3 Rb8 13. Na4 Bxb2 14.
Rb1 Qc7 15. Bd5 Be5 16. Bb3 d5 17. exd5 Bxh2+ 18. Kh1 Qg3 19. Qd4 Bg4 20. d6
Qh4 21. Bxf7+ Rxf7 22. Rxb8+ Rf8 23. Rfxf8#
1-0

Re: Long Days of Summer

Steve:  The last-round game between John Coffey and Michael Morris-Pearce was extremely exciting and seems worthy of comment.  Morris-Pearce, who seems to be improving rapidly, played a brilliant positional concept involving the sacrifice of two pawns to obtain a monster passed pawn on d7.  John's position appeared to be on the brink of collapse, but thanks to his prolonged, tenacious defense, he ultimately garnered a full point when he seemed on the brink of taking a "zero" for the round.

 

John:  Michael is improving rapidly.  He seemed to benefit from the long time control, because after a very long think he offered me a pawn and then a rook sacrifice that caught me completely off guard.  Up to this point I was up a pawn and overly complacent.  It seems that after the rook sac I could have still been winning, but the combination (25. ... Nh3+ 26. Kf1 Rf8!)  was almost too subtle to see over the board.    I also made the mistake running my king to the corner when 26. ... Nf7 would have been better.  After this I found myself having to play nearly perfect moves (according Stockfish on my iPhone) just to stay alive.  On at least one move I offered him my knight (28. ... Nf7)  just so I could reach an unfavorable ending which seemed like my best option.  Later I deliberately gave him a chance to sacrifice his queen (34. Qxf7+!), again so that I could reach an unfavorable ending which was my best option.  Finally I set up a combination where I would give him a rook for a bishop and pawn (37. ... Rxd7)  to once again reach an unfavorable ending, but I was confident enough in my endgame skills to think that I might survive.   However, at this point Michael played the combination wrong and went down 2 pawns. 

I am sure that he had multiple ways to win.

This is the strongest 1184 I have ever played.  Even after I reached a won ending, he put up a tough fight.  He feels like someone who could be 1800 in a year.  At long games I am pretty sure he is at least Class B strength already.

[Event "Long days of summer "]
[Site "American fork"]
[Date "Jul 27, 2013"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Michael-Morris Pearce"]
[Black "John Coffey"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Nc3 b6 8. O-O
Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Ne4 10. Rc1 Bb7 11. Nd2 Nxc3 12. Rxc3 d6 13. e3 Nd8 14. e4 c5 15.
Nf3 Bxe4 16. Re3 f5 17. d5 e5 18. Rfe1 Nf7 19. Bf1 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Ng5 21. Qd1 f4
22. gxf4 Rxf4 23. Bg2 Rxc4 24. Rxe5 dxe5 25. d6 Qd8 26. Qd5+ Kh8 27. Qxc4 Rc8
28. Qd5 Nf7 29. d7 Rc7 30. Rd1 Kg8 31. Qe6 Kf8 32. Bf1 Qg5+ 33. Kh1 Qe7 34. Qd5
Qh4 35. Qf3 Ke7 36. Qd5 Kf8 37. Bc4 Rxd7 38. Qa8+ Qd8 39. Qxd8+ Rxd8 40. Rxd8+
Nxd8 41. Kg2 Ke7 42. Kf3 Ne6 43. h4 Nd4+ 44. Ke4 Kd6 45. a4 g6 46. f4 exf4 47.
Kxf4 Ne6+ 48. Ke4 h6 49. Bd3 g5 50. hxg5 Nxg5+ 51. Kf5 Nh3 52. Bc4 Nf2 53. Kg6
Ng4 54. Be2 Ne5+ 55. Kxh6 c4 56. Kg5 Kc5 57. Kf5 Kd4 58. Bd1 Nd3 59. b3 Nf2 60.
bxc4 Nxd1 61. a5 Kxc4
0-1

As I was leaving the tournament, I saw a clever last round win by Eric Hon against Allen Bolen in a position that I was sure was a draw.

All this tough competition in Utah might discourage people who haven't played in a while from coming back to tournaments.   We have a number of people who will probably reach the expert class in the near future.  Congrats to Bryan Leano for winning the tournament and making 2000.  That is quite an accomplishment.

Thanks to Petro and Grant for their efforts in running the tournament.

Crazy chess game

[Event "Long days of summer "]
[Site "American fork"]
[Date "Jul 27, 2013"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Michael-Morris Pearce"]
[Black "John Coffey"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Nc3 b6 8. O-O
Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Ne4 10. Rc1 Bb7 11. Nd2 Nxc3 12. Rxc3 d6 13. e3 Nd8 14. e4 c5 15.
Nf3 Bxe4 16. Re3 f5 17. d5 e5 18. Rfe1 Nf7 19. Bf1 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Ng5 21. Qd1 f4
22. gxf4 Rxf4 23. Bg2 Rxc4 24. Rxe5 dxe5 25. d6 Qd8 26. Qd5+ Kh8 27. Qxc4 Rc8
28. Qd5 Nf7 29. d7 Rc7 30. Rd1 Kg8 31. Qe6 Kf8 32. Bf1 Qg5+ 33. Kh1 Qe7 34. Qd5
Qh4 35. Qf3 Ke7 36. Qd5 Kf8 37. Bc4 Rxd7 38. Qa8+ Qd8 39. Qxd8+ Rxd8 40. Rxd8+
Nxd8 41. Kg2 Ke7 42. Kf3 Ne6 43. h4 Nd4+ 44. Ke4 Kd6 45. a4 g6 46. f4 exf4 47.
Kxf4 Ne6+ 48. Ke4 h6 49. Bd3 g5 50. hxg5 Nxg5+ 51. Kf5 Nh3 52. Bc4 Nf2 53. Kg6
Ng4 54. Be2 Ne5+ 55. Kxh6 c4 56. Kg5 Kc5 57. Kf5 Kd4 58. Bd1 Nd3 59. b3 Nf2 60.
bxc4 Nxd1 61. a5 Kxc4
0-1

Chess Game

[Event "Long Days of Summer"]
[Site "American Fork"]
[Date "Jul 27, 2013"]
[Round "2"]
[White "John Coffey"]
[Black "Allen Bolen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Bg5
Nc6 9. O-O Bg4 10. Qxd8 Rfxd8 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nd5 Bg7 13. Nxc7 Rac8 14. Nd5
f5 15. h3 Bh5 16. Bd3 Rf8 17. Ng5 Rce8 18. Nc7 Re7 19. Nge6 Rff7 20. Nxg7 Kxg7
21. Nd5 Re8 22. f3 f4 23. Rfd1 Nd4 24. Kf2 g5 25. c5 Rd7 26. b4 Bf7 27. Nc3
Red8 28. Be2 Nc2
1/2-1/2

Chess Game

[Event "Long Days of Summer"]
[Site "American Fork"]
[Date "Jul 27, 2013"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Grant Hodson"]
[Black "John Coffey"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. Nd4 Bd7 7. cxd5 Qxb3 8.
Nxb3 Nxd5 9. Nc5 Nb4 10. Kd1 b6 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. a3 Nd5 13. Bc4 e6 14. Ke2 Be7
15. b4 Nxc3+ 16. dxc3 Bf6 17. Bb2 O-O 18. Rad1 Rfd8 19. Rd2 b5 20. Bb3 Nb6 21.
Rhd1 Nd5 22. Rd3 a5 23. g3 axb4 24. axb4 Rdc8 25. f4 Nxb4 26. cxb4 Bxb2 27.
R1d2 Ba3 28. Rd4 Kf8 29. e4 Ke7 30. Rd7+ Ke8 31. R7d4 Rd8 32. g4 Rxd4 33. Rxd4
Rd8
0-1

Chess Game

[Event "Long Days of Summer"]
[Site "American Fork"]
[Date "Jul 27, 2013"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bryan Leano"]
[Black "John Coffey"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 b6 6. f3 d6 7. e4 Nbd7 8. Bd3
e5 9. Ne2 O-O 10. O-O Bb7 11. Qc2 Re8 12. Bd2 Qe7 13. Ng3 g6 14. Bg5 exd4 15.
cxd4 c5 16. d5 Qe5 17. Qd2 Kh8 18. f4 Qd4+ 19. Kh1 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Rxe4 21. f5
Rg4 22. Be3 Qg7 23. h3 Rg3 24. f6 Qf8 25. Bh6 Rxd3 26. Bg7+ Kg8 27. Qxd3 Qe8
28. Rae1 Ne5 29. Qe2 Qa4 30. Rf4 Bxd5 31. Rh4 h5 32. Qd2 Bc6 33. Qh6 Bxg2+ 34.
Kh2 Nf3+ 35. Kg3
1-0

Chess Game

[Event "Quick"]
[Site "SLCC"]
[Date "Jul 20, 2013"]
[Round "3"]
[White "John Coffey"]
[Black "Isaac Balter"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. e3 Ne4 6. Qc2 Nxd2 7. Nbxd2 Bxd2+
8. Qxd2 O-O 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. Rc1 d6 11. O-O a5 12. d5 Nb8 13. Qc2 Kh8 14. c5 Na6
15. Bxa6 Rxa6 16. cxd6 Qxd6 17. Qxc7 Qxc7 18. Rxc7 exd5 19. Rfc1 Bg4 20. Rxb7
Bxf3 21. gxf3 g6 22. Rcc7 Kg7
1-0

Chess Game

[Event "Quick"]
[Site "SLCC"]
[Date "Jul 20, 2013"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ben Balter"]
[Black "John Coffey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 e6 4. Bb5 d5 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. e5 Nd7 8.
O-O Rb8 9. d3 Be7 10. Na4 O-O 11. b3 f6 12. Bb2 Ba6 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6
15. Qe2 Bb5 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Qh4 18. Nc3 Qd4+ 19. Kh1 Qxc3 20. Rae1 Qd4
21. c4 Ba6 22. h3 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Rf8 24. Rxf8+ Kxf8 25. Qf3+ Kg8 26. Qh5 g6 27.
Qg5 Kf7 28. Qf6+ Kg8 29. Qxe6+ Kg7 30. Qe7+ Kh6 31. Qf8+ Kh5 32. Qf3+ Kh6 33.
Qf8+ Kg5 34. e6 Qa1+ 35. Kh2 Qe5+ 36. g3 Qe2+ 37. Kg1 Qe1+ 38. Kg2 Qe2+ 39. Kg1
Qe1+ 40. Kg2 Qe2+ 41. Kg1
1/2-1/2

Chess game

[Event "Quick"]
[Site "SLCC"]
[Date "Jul 20, 2013"]
[Round "2"]
[White "John Coffey"]
[Black "David Catalini"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 O-O 8. O-O
b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. Qe2 a6 11. Rfd1 Nbd7 12. Rac1 h6 13. Bh4 Rc8 14. a4 b4 15.
Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Bxe4 a5 18. Nd2 Nf6 19. Bf3 c5 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21.
Rxc5 Rxc5 22. dxc5 Qc6 23. Qb5 Qc7 24. Nb3 Qe5 25. Nd4 Qd5 26. c6 Qa2 27. b3
Ne4 28. Qxa5 Qxf2+ 29. Kh1 Qxe3 30. Rf1 Nf2+ 31. Rxf2 Qe1+
0-1




Best wishes,

John Coffey

Chess Game

[Event "Quick "]
[Site "Salt Lake Community College"]
[Date "Jul 6, 2013"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ben Balter"]
[Black "John Coffey"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb5 d4 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. Na4 Ba6 8. b3
c4 9. Bb2 c5 10. Ne5 Nf6 11. d3 Qa5+ 12. Kf2 c3 13. Bc1 Bb5 14. Re1 Bxa4 15.
bxa4 Qxa4 16. f5 Be7 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Kg1 O-O 19. Bg5 Qe8 20. Rf1 Rb8 21. h3
Bd6 22. Nc4 Bc7 23. Bxf6 Rxf6 24. Rxf6 gxf6 25. Qg4+ Kh8 26. Rf1 Qe7 27. Qh4
Rf8 28. Qf2 f5 29. exf5 exf5 30. g4 f4 31. Re1 Qf7
0-1 as much as I can remember which is not all of it. I think that
the opening is curious, which is followed by both sides vying for
initiative.

Chess Game

[Event "Quick"]
[Site "SLCC"]
[Date "Jul 6, 2013"]
[Round "2"]
[White "John Coffey"]
[Black "Brian Leano"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 b5 6. a4 Bb4 7. Bd2 a5 8. axb5
Bxc3 9. Bxc3 cxb5 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. Qg4 g6 12. Qf4 Nf6 13. d5 O-O 14. Nc6 Bxc6
15. Bxf6 e5 16. Qh4 Qd6 17. Be7 Qxd5 18. Rd1 Qe4 19. Qxe4 Bxe4 20. Bxf8 Kxf8
21. Rd8+ Ke7 22. Rh8 Nd7 23. Rxa8 Bxa8 24. Kd2 Kd6 25. b3 Kc5 26. bxc4 b4 27.
Be2 Bxg2 28. Ra1 Kb6 29. Bd3 Nc5 30. Kc2 a4 31. f4 Ka5 32. Rg1 e4 33. Rxg2
exd3+ 34. Kb2
0-1. As best as I can remember.

French Chess Game

[Event "Quick "]
[Site "Salt Lake Community College"]
[Date "Jul 6, 2013"]
[Round "1"]
[White "David Catalini"]
[Black "John Coffey"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nh6 8. Nbd2
Nxd4 9. O-O Nxe2+ 10. Qxe2 Bd7 11. Re1 Bb5 12. Qd1 Bc5 13. Nb3 Bxf2+ 14. Kh1
Bxe1 15. Bxh6 gxh6 16. Qxe1 Bc4 17. Nbd4 Bd3 18. Qd2 Bg6 19. Rc1 Kd7 20. Qxh6
Rac8 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. h3 Qxb2 23. h4 Qc1+ 24. Qxc1 Rxc1+ 25. Kh2
0-1

Chess Game

[Event "Quick"]
[Site "SLCC"]
[Date "Jun 22, 2013"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Val Bradshaw"]
[Black "John Coffey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. b3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bb2 Nc6 6. Nf3 Be6 7. e3 f6 8. Bc4
Qd7 9. O-O O-O-O 10. Rc1 g5?! 11. e4 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 h5?! 13. Bb2 h4?!
14. Bxe6 Qxe6
15. d4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Qxe4 18. Rc4 c5?? Careless mistake
after a less than precise opening. 19. Bxf6! Rxd1 20. Rxe4 Rxf1+
21. Kxf1 Rg8 22. Re5 Bh6 23. Rxc5+ Kd7 24. Bd4
1/2-1/2 eventually I lucked out and sacrificed a rook to get a stalemate.

Chess Game

[Event "Quick"]
[Site "SLCC"]
[Date "Jun 22, 2013"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bryan Leano"]
[Black "John Coffey"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Bc4
Nc6 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Na5 12. h4 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. h5 Qc7
15. hxg6 fxg6 16. Bh6 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Rxd4 18. Qe3 Rxd1+ 19. Kxd1 Qb6 20. Qxb6
axb6 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Nc3 Bc6 23. Rh4 Rf5 24. Ke2 g5 25. Rb4 b5 26. Kd3 Rf4
27. Rxf4 gxf4 28. Ne2 e5 29. c4 Kf6 30. Nc3 b4 31. Ne2 e4+ 32. fxe4 Ke5 33. g3
Bxe4+ 34. Kd2 f3 35. Nc1 Kd4 36. Nb3+ Kxc4 37. Ke3 d5 38. Na5+ Kb5 39. Nxb7 d4+
40. Kxe4 f2 41. Nd6+ Kc6
0-1

Chess game

[Event ""]
[Site "Game Center"]
[Date "2013.06.17"]
[Round ""]
[White "john2001plus"]
[Black "munegu 70"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "Queen's Gambit Declined (QGD)"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 b5 6. a4 Ba6 (Bxb5 but
now 7. Bd2! with threat of b3 still favors white. If Bb4 8. Ne5) 7.
axb5 cxb5 8. Ne5 (Threat of Qf3 is very strong, I.e. Qc7 9. Qf3 Bb7
10. Nxb5) f6?? 9. Qh5+ g6 10. Nxg6 Bg7?? 11. Ne5+ Ke7 12. Qf7+ Kd6 13.
Rxa6+ (2nd time in a week that I have played this move.) Nxa6 14.
Nxb5+ Kd5 15. Qb7# 1-0

Chess Game

[Event "West Valley CC"]
[Site "SLCC"]
[Date "Jun 15, 2013"]
[Round "3"]
[White "David Catalini"]
[Black "John Coffey"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nh6 8. Bxh6
Qxb2 9. Nbd2 gxh6 10. Bb5 Qxb5 11. Rb1 Qa6 12. Qc2 Nb4 13. Rxb4 Bxb4 14. g4 Bd7
15. h4 Rc8 16. Qb2 Ba3 17. Qxa3 Qxa3 18. O-O Rg8 19. g5 hxg5 20. hxg5 Rc1 21.
Kg2 Rxf1 22. Nxf1 h6 23. Ng3 hxg5
0-1

Chess Game French Opening

[Event "West Valley CC"]
[Site "SLCC"]
[Date "Jun 15, 2013"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Daniel Carpenter"]
[Black "John Coffey"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Ngf3 Qb6 7. Qe2+ Ne7
8. Nb3 Bd6 9. Be3 Qc7 10. Bd4 O-O 11. Qd3 Bf5 12. Qc3 Nbc6 13. Bd3 Bb4 14. Bxg7
Rfe8 15. O-O Bxc3 16. Bxc3 Bxd3 17. cxd3 Ng6 18. d4 Nf4 19. Bd2 Re6 20. Rac1
Ne2+ 21. Kh1 Nxc1 22. Rxc1 Rae8 23. Rc3 Re2 24. Nc1 Rxf2 25. Nd3 Rf1+ 26. Ng1
Qb6 27. Nc5 Nxd4 28. Rg3+ Kh8 29. Nd7 Rxg1+ 30. Kxg1 Ne2+ 31. Kf1 Qg1#
0-1

Interesting way to lose a Chess Game

[Event "West Valley CC Quick"]
[Site "SLCC"]
[Date "Jun 8, 2013"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Michael Morris-Pearce 1346"]
[Black "John Coffey 1970"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. e3 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O Bxd2 8.
Nbxd2 d6 9. e4 e5 10. Re1 O-O 11. Qb3 Nbd7 12. Rad1 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nc5 14. Qc2
Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Rfe8 16. Nf5? Qe5 17. Re3 Bxe4 (Qxb2 is better but I was
worried about Rg3. I didn't want to give white any initiative.) 18.
Nxe4 Qxf5 19. Rde1 Nxe4 20. f3!?
Qa5 21. Rxe4 Qc5+ (Qe1 according to my Stockfish iPhone engine. I
considered it, but thought it risky.) 22. Kf1 Qc6? (Rxe4) 23. Qd5! Qd7
(Unfortunately I now see what is about to happen.) 24. Re7!! Qe6? (Qe7
I think is best.) 25. R1xe6 fxe6 26. Qxe6+
Kf8 (Subscribing to the theory that he could overlook the mate.) 27. Qf7#
1-0

Interesting way to lose a Chess Game

[Event "QVCC"]
[Site "SLCC"]
[Date "Jun 8, 2013"]
[Round "SLCC"]
[White "Michael Morris-Pearce"]
[Black "John Coffey"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. e3 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O Bxd2 8.
Nbxd2 d6 9. e4 e5 10. Re1 O-O 11. Qb3 Nbd7 12. Rad1 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nc5 14. Qc2
Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Rfe8 16. Nf5 Qe5 17. Re3 Bxe4 18. Nxe4 Qxf5 19. Rde1 Nxe4 20. f3
Qa5 21. Rxe4 Qc5+ 22. Kf1 Qc6 23. Qd5 Qd7 24. Re7 Qe6 25. R1xe6 fxe6 26. Qxe6+
Kf8 27. Qf7#
1-0

Chess Game

[Event "Charity Tournament "]
[Site "UU"]
[Date "Jun 1, 2013"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shahram Nazarinia"]
[Black "Bryan Leano"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be2
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. f5 Bc4 12. g4 Rd8 13. g5 Ne8 14. Bxc4 Qxc4 15.
Nd5 Nc6 16. Nd2 Qb5 17. a4 Qxb2 18. Nc4
1-0

Chess Game

[Event "Utah Charity"]
[Site "UU"]
[Date "Jun 1, 2013"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Abhinav Mathur"]
[Black "John Coffey"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 b6 6. Nf3 Bb7 7. Bd3 Ne4 8.
O-O O-O 9. Qc2 f5 10. Nd2 Nxd2 11. Bxd2 d6 12. e4 f4 13. f3 e5 14. Rab1 Qf6 15.
c5 exd4 16. cxd6 Qxd6 17. Rbd1 Nd7 18. cxd4 Qxd4+ 19. Kh1 Ne5 20. Bxf4 Nxd3 21.
Rxd3 Qf6 22. Bxc7 Ba6 23. Rd6 Qf7 24. Rfd1 Bc8 25. Qc6 Bh3 26. Qxa8 Bxg2+ 27.
Kg1 Qxf3 28. Qd5+ Kh8 29. Qd2 Bh3 30. Rd8 Qg4+ 31. Bg3 Qf3 32. Rxf8+ Qxf8 33.
Qd8 Kg8 34. Qxf8+
1-0

Chess Gsme

[Event "Utah Charity"]
[Site "UU"]
[Date "Jun 1, 2013"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Steve Hoisington"]
[Black "John Coffey"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. O-O Qb6 7. Nb3 d5 8.
Be3 Qc7 9. N1d2 Ng4 10. c4 Nxe3 11. fxe3 Qb6 12. cxd5 Qxe3+ 13. Kh1 exd5 14.
Nf3 Be6 15. Rc1 Be7 16. Nfd4 Bf6 17. Rc3 Qh6 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Rc2 Ne5 20. e4
Nc4 21. exd5 Ne3 22. Qe2 O-O 23. Rxf6 Rxf6 24. Rc7 Nxg2 25. Kxg2 Raf8 26. d6
Rf2+ 27. Qxf2 Rxf2+ 28. Kxf2 Qxh2+ 29. Kf3 Qh5+ 30. Kf2 Qf5+ 31. Kg1 Qd3
0-1

Chess Game

[Event "Charity Event"]
[Site "UU"]
[Date "Jun 1, 2013"]
[Round "1"]
[White "John Coffey"]
[Black "Ben Balter"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Nc6 7. d5 exd5 8. cxd5
Nb8 9. e4 Bb4 10. e5 Qe7 11. Be2 g5 12. exf6 Qc5 13. Bg3 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Qxc3+
15. Kf1 Qxf6 16. Be5 Qf5 17. Bxh8 Bxd5 18. Qd3 Be4 19. Qe3 Nc6 20. Nd2 O-O-O
21. Qxe4 Qa5 22. Nb3 Qa3 23. Bf6 Rg8 24. Bb5 Qd6 25. Bxc6 Qxf6 26. Bxd7+ Kb8
27. Rb1 Qd6 28. Na5 c6 29. Nxc6+ Kc7 30. Nxa7 Qxd7 31. Rc1+ Kb8 32. Nc6+
1-0

Letter to my students: Chess games to review.

It has been my pleasure to teach many people chess ideas mostly by showing them games of mine that I consider to be instructive.  It is also my belief that repetition is important as humans by their nature tend to forget what they have learned.  I have attempted to repeat my lessons with some people, but I have so many students whom I teach on a casual basis that repeating my lessons has become too time consuming to keep doing it.

With that in mind, it is my strong suggestion that you review the following games repeatedly on some regular basis.  Your goal should be to predict the moves that I made.  I am not asking you to memorize the entirety of these games, but to understand them well enough that most of the moves would seem natural and intuitive.  I am always available to answer questions.

I think that understanding these ideas is essential to becoming a Class A player.

http://chessplayeratlarge.blogspot.com/2013/03/chess-game_11.html

http://www.entertainmentjourney.com/g0005.htm

http://www.entertainmentjourney.com/g0001.htm  (In this game, try to predict the white moves.)

http://www.entertainmentjourney.com/g0004.htm

http://www.chessvideos.tv/chess-game-replayer.php?id=74062

http://www.entertainmentjourney.com/g0012.htm

Additional games that I wish to teach in the future...

http://www.entertainmentjourney.com/g0002.htm  (In this game, try to predict the white moves.)

http://www.entertainmentjourney.com/g0003.htm

http://www.entertainmentjourney.com/g0006.htm

http://www.entertainmentjourney.com/g0007.htm

http://www.entertainmentjourney.com/g0013.htm

http://www.entertainmentjourney.com/g0015.htm

http://www.entertainmentjourney.com/g0024.htm

http://chessplayeratlarge.blogspot.com/2013/05/chess-game-slav.html

http://chessplayeratlarge.blogspot.com/2013/05/chess-game_25.html

-- 

Best wishes,

John Coffey

http://www.entertainmentjourney.com

Fundamental Chess Openings

For a player just learning the chess openings, this book might be useful.   I suggest going to http://www.amazon.com/dp/1906454132/ and clicking on "Look Inside".

The problem with the book is that it rarely looks at anything past move 10, but  I like the clear presentation which should be just fine for someone who just wants an introduction to the chess openings.

Chess Game

[Event "May Speed Tournament"]
[Site "SLCC"]
[Date "2013.05.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gonnelly, Mark"]
[Black "Coffey, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "1975"]
[BlackElo "1996"]
[Annotator "Coffey,John"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Qh5 c5 6. Nf3 cxd4 (6... Nc6? 7.
Ng5 g6 8. Qf3 f5 (8... Qe7 9. Nb5 +-) 9. Nxe6 Ndxe5 10. Qxd5 Qxd5 11. Nc7+ Kf7
12. N3xd5 Nxd4 13. Bf4 Bd6 14. O-O-O Rb8 15. Re1 Ndc6 16. Nb5 Bf8 (16... Ke6
17. Bc4 Kd7 18. Nf6+ Ke7 (18... Kd8 19. Nxd6) 19. Ng8+ Kd7 20. Nxd6) 17. Bxe5)
7. Nxd4? (g6) Nc6 8. Nxe6 Qa5 9. Nxf8 Kxf8 10. Bd2 Ndxe5 11. O-O-O Bg4 12. Qg5 Bxd1
13. Kxd1 d4 14. f4 dxc3 15. Bxc3 Rd8+ 16. Kc1 Qxa2 17. b3 f6 18. Qf5 Nb4??
(18... Nd4!! Is very much winning here.) 19. Bxb4+ Kf7 20. Bc3
And black fell apart after this. 1-0

Chess Game

Chess game fragment

[Event "Quick"]
[Site "Target"]
[Date "May 11, 2013"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Isaac Balter"]
[Black "John Coffey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Qxd5 6. Qf2 Qe4+ 7. Qe2 Bf5 8.
Nc3 Qxe2+ 9. Bxe2 Bxc2 10. Nb5 Na6 11. Nd4 Ba4 12. b3 Bd7 13. Ba3 Rc8 14. Ngf3
e6 15. Bxf8 Rxf8
1/2-1/2 eventually. I gave white the initiative when I accidentally
touched my f8 rook losing a tempo.

Interesting Chess Game

[Event "Quick"]
[Site "Target"]
[Date "May 11, 2013"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grant Hodson"]
[Black "John Coffey"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7.
Nb5?! Na6?! (Nb6) 8.
c3 O-O 9. Bd3 c5 10. Nd6 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nb4 12. Bb1 f6 13. a3 Nc6 14. Qd3 g6 15.
f4 fxe5 16. fxe5 Qh4+ 17. Qg3 Qxg3+ 18. hxg3 Nxd4 19. Rh4 Nb3 20. Ra2 Nxe5 21.
Bc2 Nc5 22. b4 Ncd3+ 23. Bxd3 Nxd3+ 24. Kd2 Rf2+ 25. Ne2 Rxe2+ 26. Kxe2 Nc1+
27. Kd2 Nxa2 28. Rh1 d4 29. Nb5 Nc3 30. Nxd4 Ne4+ 31. Ke3 Nxg3 32. Rc1 Nf5+ 33.
Ke4 Nxd4 34. Kxd4 Bd7 35. Rc7 Bc6 36. g3 Rd8+ 37. Ke5 Rd3 38. Kf6 Rf3+ 39. Kxe6
Rxg3 40. a4 Re3+ 41. Kf6 Rf3+ 42. Ke6 Rf7!?!? 43. Rc8+ Kg7 44. b5 Bd7+
0-1

Chess Game

[Event "SLCC Quick"]
[Site "Target"]
[Date "May 11, 2013"]
[Round "1"]
[White "John Coffey"]
[Black "Eric Hon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 b6 6. Nc3 Bb7 7. e3 O-O 8.
Be2 c6 9. O-O d5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Rac1 Nc6 12. Rfd1 Qe7 13. Bd3 Rac8 14. Nb5?!
a6 15. Na3 b5 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nd7 18. f4 Nb6 19. Nc2 Nc4 20. Bxc4 dxc4
21. Qd7 Qxd7 22. Rxd7 Be4 23. Nd4 Rfd8 24. Ra7 Ra8 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. g4 g6 27.
Kf2 Rc8 28. Ke2 Kf8 29. Kd2 Ke7 30. a4 b4 31. Nb3 Rd8+ 32. Nd4 Rc8
(c3+ 33. bxc3 b3 wins) 33. Nb3 Rd8+
34. Nd4 Rc8 35. Nb3
1/2-1/2

Re: Grand Prix Report – Game-in-Sixty

Allan,

So far this year I am the Utah state Senior champion, Game/60 champion, and Expert Class co-champion.  It seems not likely to me that I could win the actual State Championship in November, but it is a remote possibility. 

The best player in the state is a 15 year old boy, Kayden Troff, who is currently playing in the U.S. Championship because he got a special invitation as an up and coming player.   He is so far above everybody else in Utah that it is no contest.  He is an International Master and could turn pro. He mostly does not bother with Utah tournaments anymore. 

It doesn't take much to interfere with my concentration.  Cheerleaders would do it.   :-)

Best wishes,

John Coffey

On May 5, 2013, at 3:48 PM, Allan Branaman  wrote:

Way to go! Kick some ass! I'm cheering for you. Do they have cheerleaders there? I guess it'd be a big distraction.

 

From: John Coffey

Sent: Sunday, May 05, 2013 3:46 PM

 

FYI...

From: Steve Hoisington 
Date: May 5, 2013, 11:34:38 AM MDT

"A total of sixty-four (64) players have now earned GP Points in the six (6) GP events held so far...

The year-to-date race remains close between John Coffey and David Vasquez.  With his clear first-place finish on Saturday, John increased his lead in the Grand Prix standings from just one point to a somewhat more comfortable 8.5 points. "

The current leaders (top ten) are:

 

1                      John COFFEY                                 67.67                                                 

2                      David VASQUEZ                             59.17 

3                      Randy ZUMBRUNNEN                    31.5   

4                      Petro GRETCHANEI                        30.2                           

5                      Alex GUSTAFSSON                         27.87 

6                      Eric HON                                          26.67                                     

7                      José GARCIA                                   25

8                      Enriqué ARCE-LARRETA                21.5                           

9                      Kayden TROFF                                21

10                    Charles RASMUSSEN                     19.17 

 

Best regards,

Steve

Chess players at the farewell party for Bulgaria-LDS-mission-bound Alex Gustafsson (Center with glasses.). To the right of him is 2500 rated International Master Kayden Troff. Wasatch mountain range in the background.

Chess game

[Event "Farewell Bobby Fischer Memorial Open"]
[Site "UofU College"]
[Date "Apr 20, 2013"]
[Round "3"]
[White "John Coffey"]
[Black "Enrique Arce-Larreta"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Bg5
Qxd1+ 9. Rxd1 c6 10. O-O h6 11. Be3 Ng4 12. Bc5 Re8 13. Bd6 Nd7 14. c5 f5 15.
Bc4+ Kh7 16. Bf7 Rh8 17. Nh4 Bf6 18. Nxg6 Rd8 19. Bc7 Kg7 20. Bxd8 Bxd8 21. Be8
Ngf6 22. Bxd7 Nxd7 23. Nxe5 Nxe5 24. Rxd8 fxe4 25. Nxe4 Nf7 26. Re8
1-0

Chess Game. Time pressure blues.

[Event "Quick"]
[Site "SLCC"]
[Date "Apr 13, 2013"]
[Round "2"]
[White "John Coffey"]
[Black "Alex hall "]
[Result "0-1"]

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. Be2 O-O-O 14. O-O c5 15.
d5 Ne5 16. f4 Nd3 17. dxe6 Nxf4 18. Bg4 Nxe6 19. Qe2 Qc6 20. Rad1 Bd6 21. Bxe6+
fxe6 22. f7 Rd7 23. Nxb5 Qxb5 24. Qxe6 Qc6 25. f8=Q+ Rxf8 26. Rxf8+ Kc7 27. Rd2
Bh2+ 28. Kxh2 Qxe6 29. Bf4+ Kb6
0-1

Chess

[Event "Quick"]
[Site "SLCC"]
[Date "Apr 13, 2013"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ben Balter"]
[Black "John Coffey"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. f4 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Nd4 6. O-O Nxb5 7. Nxb5 a6 8.
Nc3 d6 9. Qe1 e6 10. f5 Ne7 11. fxe6 Bxe6 12. Ng5 O-O 13. d3 Nc6 14. Qh4 h6 15.
Nxe6 Qxh4
0-1

Chess game

[Event "Quick"]
[Site "SLCC"]
[Date "Apr 6, 2013"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Greg Lee"]
[Black "John Coffey"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. c3 d5 5. e3 Bd6 6. Bg5 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Nbd2
e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. Nf3 Bg4 12. Be2 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Nxe5 Bxe2
15. Qxe2 gxh4 16. Ng4 Nxg4 17. Qxg4+ Qg5 18. Rd1
0-1

Fwd: Chess Game

Here Shahram demonstrates what a great attacking player he is. Only in
a time scramble he missed the right continuation. This is an exciting
game...

[Event "WVCC"]
[Site "SLCC Quick"]
[Date "Mar 16, 2013"]
[Round "1"]
[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 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nh6 8. Bd3
g6 9. O-O Nf5 10. Bxf5 gxf5 11. b4?! a5 12. b5 Qxb5 13. Nc3 Qc4 14.
Bb2 b5?! (Bd7 15. Rc1 Be7 (or better Qa6 16. Ng5 h5)) 15.
Rc1 b4? (Bh6 (Stockfish likes Bd7 16. Ne4 fxe4 17. Rxc4 bxc4 =/+)) 16.
axb4? (Ne4! +-) Qxb4 17. Na4 Bd7 18. Bc3 Qb5 19. Rb1 Nb4 20. Nb2 a4
21. Bxb4
Qxb4 22. Nd3 Qa5 23. Ng5 Be7 (h5!!) 24. Qh5 Bxg5 25. Qxg5 Qd8 26. Qg7
Rf8 27. Nc5 Bc6
28. Rfc1 Qe7 29. Rb6 Rc8 30. Nxa4 Qa3 31. Nb2 Ke7 32. h4 Bd7 33. Qf6+ Ke8 34.
Rxc8+ Bxc8 35. Rb8 Qa1+ 36. Kh2 Qc1 37. g3 Qc3 38. Na4 Qc2 39. Kh3 Qxf2?? 40.
Rxc8+ Kd7 41. Rc7+? (Nb6#) Kxc7 42. Qe7+ Kc6 43. Qd6+?? (Qc5+! Kb7,
Qb5+! Kc7, Nc5!) Kb5 44. Nc3+ Kc4 45. Qc5+ Kd3
0-1 eventually.

Chess Game

Here Shahram demonstrates what a great attacking player he is. Only in
a time scramble he missed the right continuation. This is an exciting
game...

[Event "WVCC"]
[Site "SLCC"]
[Date "Mar 16, 2013"]
[Round "1"]
[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 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nh6 8. Bd3
g6 9. O-O Nf5 10. Bxf5 gxf5 11. b4?! a5 12. b5 Qxb5 13. Nc3 Qc4 14.
Bb2 b5?! (Bd7 15. Rc1 Be7 (or better Qa6 16. Ng5 h5)) 15.
Rc1 b4? (Bh6 (Stockfish likes Bd7 16. Ne4 fxe4 17. Rxc4 bxc4 =/+)) 16.
axb4? (Ne4! +-) Qxb4 17. Na4 Bd7 18. Bc3 Qb5 19. Rb1 Nb4 20. Nb2 a4
21. Bxb4
Qxb4 22. Nd3 Qa5 23. Ng5 Be7 (h5!!) 24. Qh5 Bxg5 25. Qxg5 Qd8 26. Qg7
Rf8 27. Nc5 Bc6
28. Rfc1 Qe7 29. Rb6 Rc8 30. Nxa4 Qa3 31. Nb2 Ke7 32. h4 Bd7 33. Qf6+ Ke8 34.
Rxc8+ Bxc8 35. Rb8 Qa1+ 36. Kh2 Qc1 37. g3 Qc3 38. Na4 Qc2 39. Kh3 Qxf2?? 40.
Rxc8+ Kd7 41. Rc7+? (Nb6#) Kxc7 42. Qe7+ Kc6 43. Qd6+?? (Qc5+! Kb7,
Qb5+! Kc7, Nc5!) Kb5 44. Nc3+ Kc4 45. Qc5+ Kd3
0-1 eventually.

Chess Game

[Event "WVCC"]
[Site "SLCC"]
[Date "Mar 16, 2013"]
[Round "3"]
[White "David Catalini"]
[Black "John Coffey"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. f3 Nc6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. Bh6 Bf5 14. Bxg7
Kxg7 15. Bd3 Rfd8 16. Qe3 Be6 17. Kb1 a5 18. Qe2 Qd5 19. b3 Qc5 20. Be4 Rxd1+
21. Rxd1 a4 22. Qd2 axb3 23. axb3 Ra7 24. Qd4+ Qxd4 25. Rxd4 b6 26. Rb4 Ra6 27.
Bb7 Ra5 28. Rxb6 Re5 29. Rb4 Re2 30. f4 Rxg2 31. Bxg2
1-0

Chess Game

[Event "WVCC"]
[Site "SLCC"]
[Date "Mar 9, 2013"]
[Round "3"]
[White "John Coffey"]
[Black "Val Bradshaw"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. e4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Ne2 e6 7. O-O Bb4 8.
Nbc3 O-O 9. e5 Nd5 10. Ne4 f5 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. Bd2 Bxd2 13. Qxd2 Nxd4 14.
Nxf6+ Rxf6 15. Nxd4 Kh8 16. Bc4 c5 17. Nb3 Qc7 18. Rad1 g6 19. Qd8+ Qxd8 20.
Rxd8+ Kg7 21. Nxc5 b6 22. Nxe6+ Bxe6 23. Rxa8 Bxc4 24. Rxa7+ Kh6 25. Rc1 b5 26.
b3 Bd3 27. Rc3 Rd6 28. f3 g5 29. Rac7 Bg6 30. a4 bxa4 31. bxa4 Rd1+ 32. Kf2
Rd2+ 33. Kg3 Ra2 34. R3c4 Be8 35. Ra7 Kg6 36. a5 h5 37. Ra6+ Kf7 38. Rc7+ Kf8
39. Ra8 h4+ 40. Kh3 Re2 41. Rcc8 Kf7 42. Rxe8 Rxe8 43. Rxe8 Kxe8 44. a6
1-0

Chess Game

[Event "WVCC"]
[Site "SLCC"]
[Date "Mar 9, 2013"]
[Round "2"]
[White "John Coffey"]
[Black "David Catalini"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Be2 Bf5 7. exd4 cxd4 8. Qb3
Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Nbxd2 Nge7 11. Bd3 Be6 12. O-O O-O 13. Ne4 Ng6 14. Qxb7
Ncxe5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Nc5 Nxd3 17. Nxd3 Bxc4 18. Qf3 Rb8 19. b3 Bd5 20. Qf4
Rb6 21. Qxd4 Rd6 22. Qxa7 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Rxd3 24. Qa5???? (Qb7=) Qxa5
25. f4 Qd5+ 26. Kg1
Re8 27. Rac1 Qd4+ 28. Rf2 Rd2 29. Rf1 Ree2 30. Kg2 Rxf2+ 31. Rxf2 Qxf2+ 32. Kh3
Rd3+ 33. Kg4 Rd4 34. b4 Qxf4+ 35. Kh5 Qh4#
0-1

Chess Game

[Event "Utah Senior Chess Championship"]
[Site "Ecker Hill Middle School"]
[Date "Mar 2, 2013"]
[Round "1"]
[White "John Coffey 2006"]
[Black "Grant Hodson 1697"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nf3 f5 6. Nc3 Nh6 7. Bd3 e6 8. dxe6
Bxe6 9. Bxh6 Bxh6 10. exf5 gxf5 11. Qe2 Kd7 12. O-O Qf6 13. Rfe1 Nc6 14. Rad1
Rhe8 15. Qc2 a6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. cxd5 Nb4 18. Qa4+ Kc7 19. Rxe8 Rxe8 20. Qxe8
Nxd3 21. Rxd3 Qxb2 22. Rb3 Qa1+ 23. Ne1 Qe5 24. Qxe5 dxe5 25. d6+ Kc6 26. d7
Bg5 27. Nf3 b5 28. Nxg5
1-0

Chess Game

[Event "Utah Senior Chess Championship"]
[Site "Ecker Hill Middle School"]
[Date "Mar 2, 2013"]
[Round "3"]
[White "John Coffey 2006"]
[Black "Hans Morrow 1900"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 h6 8. Bh4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Qe2 a6 14. e4 Nh5 15.
Bxe7 Qxe7 16. g3 Nhf6 17. e5 Nd5 18. Ne4 Nb4 19. Bb1 c5 20. Nd6 Bxf3 21. Nxc8
Rxc8 22. Qxf3 c4 23. Qe4 Nf8 24. f4 g6 25. a3 Nd5 26. g4 Rd8 27. Rf3 Qh4 28.
Rg3 f5 29. gxf5 Qxf4 30. Rf1 Qxe4 31. Bxe4 exf5 32. Rxf5 Ne7 33. Rf2 Rxd4 34.
Rgf3 Ne6 35. Rf6
1-0 eventually

Chess Game

[Event "Utah Senior Chess Championship"]
[Site "Ecker Hill Middle School"]
[Date "Mar 2, 2013"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Steve Hoisington 1897"]
[Black "John Coffey 2006"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. O-O Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
c4 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. e4 Ndb4 11. Qxd8+ Bxd8 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Rd1 e5 14. Nb5
Bg4 15. f3 Be6 16. Bf1 Bb6+ 17. Kg2 Nxa2 18. Nd2 Rfd8 19. Be2 Nab4 20. Nc3 Nc2
21. Rb1 Ne3+ 22. Kh1 Nxd1 23. Bxd1 Ba5 24. Kg2 Rac8 25. Be2 Nd4 26. Kf2 Bxc3
27. bxc3 Rxc3 28. Bb2 Nxe2 29. Kxe2 Rc2 30. Bc1 Ba2 31. Ra1 a5 32. Kd1 Bb3 33.
Ke1 a4 34. Nxb3 axb3 35. Rb1 Rxh2 36. Rxb3 Rh1+ 37. Ke2 Rxc1 38. Rxb7 Rc2+ 39.
Ke3 Rcd2 (Rdc8!)
0-1

Louisville Chess Tournaments at Meijer Grocery

Best I can recall this chess game

[Event "Speed Tournament "]
[Site "SLCC"]
[Date "Feb 23, 2013"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Me"]
[Black "Eric Hon"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. h3
O-O 9. Nf3 Re8 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Bf4 Ne5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Bh2 a6 14. a4 Nh5 15.
a5 f5 16. exf5 e4 17. Bxe4 Bxc3 18. fxg6 Nf6 19. gxh7+ Kh8 20. Bg6 Bxb2 21.
Bxe8 Bxa1 22. Qxa1 Kxh7 23. Qb1+ Kh8 24. Qg6 Qe7 25. Bf7 Bd7 26. d6 Qd8 27. Be5
Bf5 28. Bxf6+
1-0

Perhaps the most exciting game I played in the tournament.

Chess Game

[Event "Casual blitz game"]
[Site ""]
[Date "Feb 23, 2013"]
[Round ""]
[White "Kevin Keyes"]
[Black "John Coffey"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Qa4
Qxc5 9. Qb5 Qxb5 10. cxb5 e6 11. Be2 Ne4 12. Be5 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3
Nd7 15. c4 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Nb6 17. Bd3 Rd8 18. Ke2 Na4 19. Rhc1 Nb2 20. Bc2 Bd7
21. a4 Rac8 22. Bb3 a6 23. bxa6 bxa6 24. a5 Bb5+
0-1

Chess game

[Event "SLCC Quick"]
[Site "SLCC"]
[Date "Feb 16, 2013"]
[Round "2"]
[White "John Coffey"]
[Black "David Catalini"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 Nc6 3. Nf3 Qe7 4. Bf4 Qb4+ 5. Bd2 Qxb2 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Rb1 Qa3
8. Nd5 Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 Kd8 10. Qg5+ Nge7 11. Qxg7 Rg8 12. Qxf7 Qa5+ 13. c3 Qxd5
14. Qxh7 Qxa2 15. Qd3 (Engine thinks g3 instead, which I wanted to
play, but I didn't like Qa5) b6 16. Rd1 Qa5 17. g3 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5
19. Bg2 Rb8 20.
O-O Rh8 (Gives White time to start rolling his pawns.) 21. f4 Qh5 22.
h3 b5 23. g4 Qg6 24. f5 Qf6 25. e4 Nc6 26. Rfe1 Ne5 27.
Qd5 a5 28. g5 Qb6+ 29. Kh1 Nc4 30. g6 Qf6 31. e5 Qg7 32. e6 Re8 33. exd7 Rxe1+
34. Rxe1 Bxd7 35. f6 Qf8 36. f7 Qg7 37. Re8#
1-0

The final moves are only approximate. I am a little unsure at what
point white played Rfe1, although maybe move 26 is correct, and have
my doubts about whether black really played 26. ... a5; Maybe he
played b4 instead or maybe something else. Since I didn't keep
score, my reconstruction might not be perfect.

I was down to 8 seconds at the end. I had a very difficult time in
the opening and burned up too much time.

Chess Game

[Event "WVCC"]
[Site "SLCC "]
[Date "Feb 16, 2013"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shahram Nazarinia"]
[Black "John Coffey"]
[Result "1-0"]

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. Nf1 Ne7 10. Rb1 Rc8 11. Ng3 Nb3 12. Be3 Nf5 13. O-O Nxe3 14. fxe3 Be7 15. e4
O-O 16. Nd2 Ba4 17. Nxb3 Bxb3 18. Qd2 Qc6 19. Bf3 h6 20. exd5 exd5 21. Nf5 Bg5
22. Qf2 Rcd8 23. h4 g6 24. hxg5 gxf5 25. Bh5 Qe6 26. gxh6 Kh7 27. Rbc1 Kxh6 28.
Qxf5 Ba4 29. Bxf7 Qxf5 30. Rxf5 Rd7 31. e6 Re7 32. Rcf1 Be8 33. Rf6+ Kg7 34.
Rg6+ Kh7 35. Bxe8 Rxf1+ 36. Kxf1 Rxe8 37. Rf6 Kg7 38. Rf7+ Kg6 39. Rxb7 Rxe6
40. Rxa7 Rb6 41. Ra5 Rxb2 42. Rxd5 Rb3 43. Rc5 Rxc3 44. a4 Rc1+ 45. Kf2 c3 46.
a5 c2 47. a6 Ra1 48. Rxc2 Rxa6 49. Rd2 Kf5 50. Kf3 Rd6 51. g4+ Kg5 52. Kg3 Rd5
53. Rd3 Kf6 54. Kf4 Ra5 55. d5 Ra7 56. g5+ Kg6 57. d6 Rd7 58. Rd5 Kf7 59. Kf5
Kg7 60. g6 Rd8 61. d7 Kg8 62. Kg5 Kg7 63. Kh5 Kg8 64. Kh6 Kh8 65. Re5 Rg8 66.
Re8
1-0

Chess game

[Event "SLCC Quick"]
[Site "SLCC"]
[Date "Feb 16, 2013"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Val Bradshaw"]
[Black "John Coffey"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 c4 7. Nbd2 Na5 8. g3 Bd7
9. Bg2 Ne7 10. O-O Nf5 11. Bh3 Be7 12. Bxf5 exf5 13. Rb1 Rc8 14. Re1 O-O 15.
Kg2 Nb3 16. Nxb3 Ba4 17. Qc2 Qg6 18. Bf4 Bxb3 19. Qd2 h6 20. Re2 Qe6 21. Rbe1
g5 22. Be3 f4 23. gxf4 Qg4+ 24. Kf1 Qxf3 25. Kg1 Rc6 26. fxg5 Rg6 27. Bf4 Bxg5
28. Bxg5 Rxg5+ 29. Kf1 Qh1#
0-1




Best wishes,

John Coffey

Chess Game

[Event "SLCC Quick"]
[Site "SLCC"]
[Date "Feb 9, 2013"]
[Round "2"]
[White "John Coffey"]
[Black "Isaac Balter"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Bf5 4. Qb3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Na5 6. Qa4+ c6 7. e3 Bd7 8. b4
Nxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bxf7+ Kxf7 11. Qb3+ Be6 12. Ng5+ Kg6 13. Nxe6 Qd7 14. Nf4+
Kh6 15. Qe6 Qc7 16. e4 c5
1-0

Chess Game

[Event "SLCC Quick"]
[Site "SLCC"]
[Date "Feb 9, 2013"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Val Bradshaw"]
[Black "John Coffey"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Qb6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. Nf3 Ba6 8. a3
Nh6 9. b4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nf5 11. Bb2 Be7 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. Rc1 Rfc8 14. Nb3 Qb5
15. Rc2 Qd3 16. Rd2 Qe4+ 17. Re2 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Qb1+ 19. Nc1 a5 20. O-O axb4 21.
Nd2 Qxb2 22. Ncb3 bxa3 23. Rb1 Nxd4 24. Qg4 Nf3+ (Nxb3!) 25. Qxf3 Qxe5
0-1 eventually

This is interesting. I see problem-like mate in 5. I like this one.

Mozart of Chess: Magnus Carlsen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qc_v9mTfhC8

Chess Game

[Event "Utah Speed Championship"]
[Site "SLCC"]
[Date "Jan 26, 2013"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bryan Leano"]
[Black "John Coffey"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 O-O 7. f4 c5 8. Nf3
Nc6 9. Bd3 cxd4 10. Bxh7+ Kh8 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Ng5 g6 13. h5 Kg7 14. hxg6 Rh8
15. Qh5
1-0

Chess Game

[Event "Utah Speed Championship"]
[Site "SLCC"]
[Date "Jan 26, 2013"]
[Round "6"]
[White "John Coffey"]
[Black "Alex Hall"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

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. Be2 c5 15.
d5 b4 16. dxe6 Qxe6 17. Qxe6 fxe6 18. f7 bxc3 19. O-O-O Bh6 20. Bxh6 Rxh6 21.
Rxd7?? cxb2+ 22. Kxb2 Rf6?? 23. Rxd8+ Kxd8 24. Bxc4 Rxf2+ 25. Kc3 Bxg2
26. Rh2 Rf3+
27. Kd2 Bf1 28. Bxe6 Ke7 29. Bd5 Rd3+ 30. Ke1 Rxd5 31. Kxf1 Kxf7 32. Ke2 Kg6
33. Ke3 Kh5 34. Ke4 Rd4+ 35. Ke5
1/2-1/2

Chess game

[Event "Speed game"]
[Site "Coffee Club"]
[Date "Jan 22, 2013"]
[Round ""]
[White "Shahram Nazarinia"]
[Black "John Coffey"]
[Result "1-0"]

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 Rc8 11. Ng5 Be7 12. Ndf3 Nf5 13. g4 Nh6 14. h3 Ng8 15. h4
Qb3 16. Qd2 Qa2 17. Qf4 f6 18. exf6 gxf6 19. Be3 fxg5 20. hxg5 Bf8 21. Qe5 Nf6
22. Qxf6 Rg8 23. Ne5 Rg7 24. g6 hxg6 25. Bh6 Rg8 26. Qf7+ Kd8 27. Qxd7#
1-0

Re: Hi

Jeff,

It is really hard to improve.   I crossed over 1800 around 1985 mainly because I was good at tactics and speed chess but had few others skills.   I  stagnated there until 1988 when I moved to Lafayette Indiana where I lived for 39 months.  While there I played chess at least a couple times per week at the Purdue Chess Club and outside of the club as well.  It helped me that the Purdue Chess Club had really strong players.  I also used to practice against computers and memorize whole games.  I also studied king and pawn endings pretty thoroughly which has helped me enormously.     I saw my rating rise up to 2079 and then go down.  This is the point where I should mention that ratings then were inflated compared to ratings now.  The USCF has made major changes to their rating system, and the bottom line is that is my 2000+ rating now is much tougher to get than my 2000+ rating back then.

 

After moving to Utah in 1993 my rating dropped all the way to 1800.   There was a feeling in Utah a the time that Utah players were way underrated.  This isn't as true as it used to be. 

 

Back around 1999 I decided to make a big push to get to Master by memorizing 200 opening lines in 200 days.  This took more like 2 years and did not help me one bit.  It was a waste of time.

 

It was after this I began to feel that studying tactics was the better approach.   I studied the book Sharpen Your Tactics and some other tactics books and very quickly went from 1800+ to 1900+.  The amount of tactics study necessary to make this work is somewhere between 10 and 30 minutes per day, but I have seen other people have much more impressive results by studying 60 to 90 minutes per day.

 

Only recently I have been able to go from 1900+ to 2000+ by doing the following …

 

I like studying whole games and go over them repeatedly while trying to guess the moves.  I have spoken with a near master in Louisville who does the same thing.   This particular player went up a hundred points over the last year or two.

 

I am a huge believer in repetition because I think that the human brain is inherently forgetful. 

 

Getting a good source of games is difficult because there are so many sources out there that it is information overload.  It is hard to know what is the best to study.  I am going to suggest The Art of Positional Play and Logical Chess Move by Move.

 

But first I would start with the games on my website at:

 

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

 

 

I still tend to spend too much time studying openings even though I think that studying games is more useful. 

Best wishes,

John Coffey