Chess Game

As best as I can remember...

[Event "Quick"]
[Site "SLCC"]
[Date "May 27, 2014"]
[Round "1"]
[White "John Coffey"]
[Black "Val Bradshaw"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 g6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 b6 8.
Qxd5 Qxd5 (Nd7. Was planning Nb5 with threat of Qa8) 9. Nxd5 Kd7 10.
Nc7 e5 11. Nxa8 exf4 12. Rc1 Bxf3 13. exf3 Bxd4 14.
Rd1 Nc6 15. Bb5 Ne7 16. Rxd4+ Ke6 17. Nc7+ Kf6 18. Rd6+ Kg7 19. Bxc6 Rc8 20.
Ne8+ Kf8 21. Bb5 Rc1+ 22. Rd1 Rc5 23. Nd6 Re5+ 24. Kd2 Nd5 25. Kc1 Nb4 26. Rhe1
Rc5+ 27. Kb1
1-0 eventually

Chess Game

[Event "Quick"]
[Site "SLCC"]
[Date "May 27, 2014"]
[Round "3"]
[White "John Coffey"]
[Black "David Catalini"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qd8 5. e4 e5 6. d5 Bb4 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8.
dxc6 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Ba3 bxc6 11. Bxf8 Qxf8 12. Nf3 Qe8 13. Be2 Bd7 14.
O-O c5 15. Qa5 Nxe4 16. Qxc7 Nxc3 17. Rfe1 e4 18. Bc4 Be6 19. Bxe6 Qxe6 20.
Qxc5 Qf6 21. Nd4 Na4 22. Qc6 Qd8 23. Qxa4 h6 24. Rxe4 Qd6 25. Re8+ Rxe8 26.
Qxe8+ Kh7 27. Qxf7 Qxd4 28. Qf5+ Kh8 29. Rc1 g6 30. Rc8+ Kg7 31. Qf8+
1-0

Chess Game

I wasn't sure if I could remember the move order but I think that this is it.

[Event "Quick"]
[Site "SLCC"]
[Date "May 27, 2014"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bryon Leano"]
[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. f4 O-O 8.
Nf3 c5 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. O-O-O a6 11. h4 b5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Bd3 b4 14. Ne2 a5
15. Ng5 h6 16. Nf3 Ba6 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. g4 a4 19. Rh3 b3 20. cxb3 Nb4 21. Nfd4
Ne4 22. Qe1 axb3 23. a3 Rc8+ 24. Kb1 Nc2 25. Qf1 Nxa3+ 26. bxa3 Qxa3
0-1

Chess Game

[Event "Quick"]
[Site "SLCC"]
[Date "May 24, 2014"]
[Round "3"]
[White "David Vasquez"]
[Black "John Coffey"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e3 b5 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. a4 b4 10. Nb1 a5 11. Bxc4 Nbd7 12. Nbd2 Nb6 13. Bb3 Ba6 14. Re1 h6 15.
Bh4 Rc8 16. Rc1 g5 17. Bg3 c5 18. dxc5 Rxc5 19. Nd4 Qc8 20. Rxc5 Qxc5 21. Qb1
Rc8 22. Nxe6 Qc6 23. Nd4 Qd7 24. Qg6+ Kh8 25. Bxf7 Nbd5 26. Be5
1-0

Chess Game

[Event "SLCC Quick"]
[Site "SLCC"]
[Date "May 24, 2014"]
[Round "2"]
[White "John Coffey"]
[Black "Aaron Case"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 b6 7. Ne5 e6 8. Bf4
Be7 9. Qa4+ Nbd7 10. Nc6 Qc8 11. e4 dxe4 12. Ba6
1-0

Transformative Chess Practices

http://mauriceashley.wordpress.com/2012/10/15/transformative-chess-practices/

Chess games from Utah Game/60 championship.

[Event "Utah G/60"]

[Site "UU"]

[Date "2014.05.10"]

[Round "1"]

[White "John Coffey"]

[Black "Aaron Case"]

[Result "1-0"]

[ECO "D13"]

[PlyCount "45"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bf4 a6 7. Qb3 e6 8. e3

Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Nh5 11. Rac1 f5 12. Bc7 Qe8 13. Ne5 Nhf6 14. a4 Ne4 15.

a5 Nd2 16. Qa2 Nxf1 17. Bxf1 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Qd7 19. Na4 Bd8 20. Nb6 Bxb6 21.

axb6 Qf7 22. Rc7 Bd7 23. Rxb7 1-0 Although it might not seem clear, white is 

winning.

[Event "G/60 Championship"]
[Site "Salt Lake City"]
[Date "2014.05.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Michael Morris-Pearce"]
[Black "John Richard Coffey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1659"]
[BlackElo "2009"]
[ECO "C13i"]
[EventDate "2014.05.10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.h4 h6 7.Bxe7 Qxe7 8.Qg4
O-O 9.O-O-O c5 10.f4 cxd4 11.Rxd4 Nc6 12.Rd3 Ndxe5 13.fxe5 Nxe5 14.Qg3
Nxd3+ 15.Bxd3 d4 16.Ne4 e5 17.Nf3 f6 18.Neg5 hxg5 19.hxg5 Kf7 20.gxf6 Qxf6
21.Nxe5+ Ke8 22.Bb5+ Kd8 23.Rd1 Qf4+ 24.Qxf4 Rxf4 25.g3 Rf5 26.Rxd4+ Kc7
27.Re4 Kd6 28.Nc4+ Kc5 29.b4+ Kxb5 30.Nd6+ Kc6 31.Nxf5 Bxf5 32.Re5 g6 33.
c4 Rh8 34.Rc5+ Kd6 35.Rd5+ Ke6 36.Rd2 Rh1+ 37.Kb2 Rb1+ 38.Kc3 Rc1+ 39.Kd4
Rg1 40.Re2+ Kd6 41.Re8 Rxg3 0-1

[Event "Utah G/60 Championship"]

[Site "?"]

[Date "2014.05.10"]

[Round "3"]

[White "Coffey, John"]

[Black "Roach, Andrew"]

[Result "1-0"]

[ECO "D48"]

[WhiteElo "2009"]

[BlackElo "2057"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3

dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 9. O-O c5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Be2 Bd6 12. b4 Nce4 13.

Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qd4 Nf6 15. Rd1 Bc7 16. Qc5 Bd7 17. Bb2 Rc8 18. Qg5 Rg8 19. Qh4

h6 20. a4 Nd5 21. Qe4 Qe7 22. axb5 axb5 23. Rxd5 exd5 24. Qxd5 Qe6 25. Qb7 Qb6

26. Qe4+ Qe6 27. Qb7 Qc6 28. Qxc6 Bxc6 29. Rc1 Bd7 30. Nd4 1-0 eventually.  I had stopped

recording at this point and the game is minutely better for black..  In the time scramble I managed

to get the better ending and win.  

Around move 12 I saw a way to get the initiative and I was indeed winning for most of the game.   

[Event "Utah Game/60 Championship"]

[Site "?"]

[Date "2014.05.10"]

[Round "4"]

[White "Leano, Bryon"]

[Black "Coffey, John"]

[Result "1-0"]

[ECO "C14"]

[WhiteElo "2019"]

[BlackElo "2009"]

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. Qd2 Nc6 10. O-O-O a6 11. h4 b5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13.

Bd3 f6 14. exf6 Nxd3+ 15. Qxd3 Qxf6 16. g3 Bb7 17. Ng5 g6 18. h5 h6 19. Nxd5

Qf5 20. Qxf5 Rxf5 21. Nxe6 Rxd5 22. Rxd5 Nb4 23. Rdd1 Bxh1 24. Rxh1 Re8 25. Nd4

Nxa2+ 26. Kb1 Nb4 27. hxg6 Re4 28. Nf5 h5 29. Rd1 Re8 30. c3 Nc6 31. Rd7 1-0

Not a good game on my part.  I hope to do better next time.

[Event "Utah Game/60 championship"]

[Site "?"]

[Date "2014.05.10"]

[Round "5"]

[White "Coffey, John"]

[Black "Hodson, Grant"]

[Result "1-0"]

[ECO "D52"]

[WhiteElo "2009"]

[BlackElo "1639"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3

Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Be2 dxc4 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. Nxc4 Qg5 12. O-O b5 13.

f4 Qh6 14. Ne5 Bb7 15. Rf3 g6 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 f5 18. Qc2 Qg7 19. Qb3 {

Overlooking Nxc6 Rac8, Bxb5} Qe7 20. Rg3 Rf6 21. Rc1 Rc8 22. Bf3 c5 23. Nd3 {

a3 is stronger} Bd2 24. Bxb7 Qxb7 25. Rxc5 a6 26. Qc2 Rxc5 27. Nxc5 Bxe3+ 28.

Rxe3 Qc8 29. b4 h6 30. Qb3 Kf7 31. d5 exd5 32. Qxd5+ Kg7 33. Re7+ Kf8 34. Rd7 {

Both Rh7 and Ra7 are better.} 1-0

Chess Game

[Event "Utah G/60"]
[Site "UU"]
[Date "May 10, 2014"]
[Round "1"]
[White "John Coffey"]
[Black "Aaron Case"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bf4 a6 7. Qb3 e6 8. e3
Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Nh5 11. Rac1 f5 12. Bc7 Qe8 13. Ne5 Nhf6 14. a4 Ne4 15.
a5 Nd2 16. Qa2 Nxf1 17. Bxf1 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Qd7 19. Na4 Bd8 20. Nb6 Bxb6 21.
axb6 Qf7 22. Rc7 Bd7 23. Rxb7
1-0

Amazing chess problem. White wins in about 8 moves.