2013-06-22

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

2013-06-19

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

2013-06-15

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

2013-06-08

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

2013-06-02

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

2013-06-01

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