2013-02-23

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

2013-02-16

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

2013-02-09

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