An Embarrassing Chess Game

The higher ranked players didn't do so well, including a master and a couple of strong 2100 players. My opponent had just beaten a strong 2100 player, and it came down to him and me to win the top section.

[Event "G/30"]
[Site "Louisville Meijer Grocery"]
[Date "Dec 29, 2014"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Daro Mott 1985"]
[Black "John Coffey"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 c5 4. b4 (This caught me completely by surprise.) cxb4 5. a3 Nc6 6. axb4 Bxb4 7. c3 Be7?! 8. d4
f6 9. Bd3 fxe5 10. dxe5 Qc7 11. Qe2 Bd7 12. O-O Nh6 13. Bxh6 gxh6 (This is not as bad for black as it looks.) 14. Na3 Na5?? (Trying to play positionally.)
15. Nb5 Bxb5 16. Bxb5+ Kd8?? (Missing the next move. Hoping for a6, b5, Nc4. Even after Nc6, Nd4 is winning.) 17. Nd4 Qb6 18. Qg4 (I liked Rfb1 for him. I could resign here but I wanted to see what he would do. He could possibly make a mistake.) Kc8 19. Qg7 Qd8 20. Rxa5 (I thought Nxe6 was better.)
1-0

Chess Game

[Event "G/30"]
[Site "Louisville Meijer Grocery"]
[Date "Dec 29, 2014"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Meghan Waters 1700's"]
[Black "John Coffey"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. c4 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Be3 Re8 8.
h3 Ne4 9. Qc2 Bf5 10. Qc1 c6 11. a3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Nd7 13. Be2 Qe7 14. O-O Ng3
15. Re1 Nxe2+ 16. Rxe2 dxc4 17. Re1 Qf6 18. Qd2 Be4 19. Bg5 Qf5 20. Nh4 Qd5 21.
f3 Bd3 22. Be7 f6 23. g4 c5 24. dxc5 Nxc5 25. Qf2 Nb3 26. Rad1 b6 27. Nf5 Qd7
28. Bd6 g6 29. Nh6+ Kg7 30. g5 Qxd6 31. Rxe8 Rxe8 32. gxf6+ Qxf6 33. Ng4
0-1

Short but wild chess game

[Event "G/30"]
[Site "Louisville Meijer Grocery"]
[Date "Dec 29, 2014"]
[Round "2"]
[White "John Coffey"]
[Black "Jonah Ponze 1910"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nb6 10. Bd3 Nbd5 11. Be5 Ng4 12. Bg3 Ndxe3 13. fxe3 Nxe3 14. Qb1
Nxf1 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Kxf1 g6 17. Bxg6 fxg6 18. Qxg6 Qxd4 19. Qh6+
1-0

Chess Game

[Event "G/30"]
[Site "Louisville Meijer Grocery"]
[Date "Dec 29, 2014"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Meghan Waters 1700's"]
[Black "John Coffey"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. c4 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Be3 Re8 8.
h3 Ne4 9. Qc2 Bf5 10. Qc1 c6 11. a3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Nd7 13. Be2 Qe7 14. O-O Ng3
15. Re1 Nxe2+ 16. Rxe2 dxc4 17. Re1 Qf6 18. Qd2 Be4 19. Bg5 Qf5 20. Nh4 Qd5 21.
f3 Bd3 22. Be7 f6 23. g4 c5 24. dxc5 Nxc5 25. Qf2 Nb3 26. Rad1 b6 27. Nf5 Qd7
28. Bd6 g6 29. Nh6+ Kg7 30. g5 Qxd6 31. Rxe8 Rxe8 32. gxf6+ Qxf6 33. Ng4
0-1

Fwd: Chess Game

[Event "Action"]
[Site "Meijers"]
[Date "Dec 24, 2014"]
[Round "3"]
[White "John Coffey"]
[Black "William fuller"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 a6 7. a4 g6 8. h3 Bg7
9. Nf3 O-O 10. Bd3 Re8 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Bf4 Qc7 13. Nd2 Nh5 14. Bh2 Ne5 15. Be2
Nf6 16. Qc2 b6 17. f4 Ned7 18. Nc4 Bb7 19. e5 dxe5 20. d6 Qc6 21. Bf3 e4 22.
Be2 Nd5 23. Nxd5 Qxd5 24. Rad1 Bd4+ 25. Kh1 Kg7 26. f5 f6 27. fxg6 hxg6 28. Ne3
Qg5 29. Bf4 Qh4 30. Bg4 Bxe3 31. Bxe3 f5 32. Qc3+ Qf6 33. Qd2 Qe6 34. Bh6+ Kf7
35. Qg5 Qf6 36. Rxf5 gxf5
0-1 Eventually. Missed chances to win on the last couple of moves.

Chess Game

[Event "G/30"]
[Site "Meijer Louisville"]
[Date "Dec 22, 2014"]
[Round "2"]
[White "John Harlamert"]
[Black "John Coffey"]
[Result "0-1"]

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. Nb5 Nc6 12. Nf3 f6 13. Nbxd4 Nc5 14. f5 Nxe5
15. Qf4 Nxf3 16. Qxf3 e5 17. Qe3 Qf7 18. Nb5 d4 19. Qa3 b6 20. Nd6 Qd7 21. Bc4+
Kh7 22. Ne4 Bb7 23. Nxc5 bxc5 24. Rhg1 Rfd8
0-1 eventually

Chess Game

[Event "G/30"]
[Site "Meijer Louisville"]
[Date "Dec 25, 2014"]
[Round "1"]
[White "John Coffey"]
[Black "Melvin Person"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 h6 8.
Bh4 O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O c6 11. a3 Nh7 12. Bg3 Ndf8 13. Qc2 Bd7 14. Ne5 Be6
15. b4 Rc8 16. f4 Bf6 17. a4 a6 18. a5 Be7 19. Rab1 Bd6 20. Na4 Nf6 21. Nb6 Rc7
22. f5 Bc8 23. Qf2 Qe7 24. Na8 Bxe5 25. dxe5 Ne4 26. Bxe4 dxe4 27. Nxc7 Qxc7
28. Qc2 Qe7 29. Qxe4
1/2-1/2 eventually. Unfortunately I got into an ending where I couldn't make progress.

Chess Game

[Event "3 Round Circus"]
[Site "UU"]
[Date "Dec 13, 2014"]
[Round "3"]
[White "John Coffey"]
[Black "Dietrich Geisler"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Nc6 7. Be3 e5 8. d5
Ne7 9. O-O Ng4 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 f5 12. h3 Nf6 13. Nd2 g5 14. Bg3 Ng6 15. f3
Nh5 16. Bf2 Nhf4 17. Re1 Nxe2+ 18. Nxe2 Nf4 19. Qc2 fxe4 20. Nxe4 Qd7 21. Nxf4
exf4 22. Rad1 b6 23. Nc3 a6 24. Bd4 Bxd4+ 25. Rxd4 Qg7 26. Rd2 Bf5 27. Ne4 Rae8
28. Qa4 a5 29. Nf6+ Qxf6 30. Rxe8 Rxe8 31. Qxe8+ Kg7 32. Re2
1-0

Chess Game

[Event "3 Round Circus"]
[Site "UU"]
[Date "Dec 13, 2014"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Alex Alan"]
[Black "John Coffey"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. Nbd2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Re1 Be7 8. c3
O-O 9. e4 c5 10. Qc2 e5 11. h3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Rc8 13. Qa4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Nc5 15.
Qa3 d5 16. exd5 Qxd5 17. N2f3 Ne6 18. Qxe7 Nxd4 19. Re3 Rfe8 20. Qa3 Rxe3 21.
Bxe3 Nxf3+ 22. gxf3 Qxf3 23. Kf1 Qh1+ 24. Ke2 Bf3+ 25. Kd2 Qxa1 26. Bc2 Ne4+
27. Kd3 Qf1+ 28. Kd4 Qc4+ 29. Ke5 Qe6+
0-1

Chess Game

[Event "3 Round Circus"]
[Site "UU"]
[Date "Dec 13, 2014"]
[Round "1"]
[White "John Coffey"]
[Black "Stephen Black"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 exd5 4. cxd5 d6 5. e4 h6 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. f4 f5 8. e5 a6
9. Qa4+ Kf7 10. e6+ Bxe6 11. dxe6+ Kxe6 12. Qb3+ Kf6 13. Qxb7 Nbc6 14. Bc4 Na5
15. Nd5+ Kg6 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7+ 17. Qxe7 Bxe7 18. Bd5 Rac8 19. Bd2 Nc6 20. Nf3 Bf6
21. Bc3 Rhe8+ 22. Kd2 Bxc3+ 23. bxc3 a5 24. h4 h5 25. Ng5 Ne7 26. Bf7+ Kf6 27.
Rhe1 g6 28. Re6+ Kg7 29. Rae1 Nd5 30. Rxg6+ Kh8 31. Rh6+ Kg7 32. Rh7+ Kf6 33.
Bxe8 Nxf4 34. Bxh5 Rf8 35. Rh6+ Kg7 36. Re7+ Kg8 37. Reh7 Nxg2 38. Rg6#
1-0

Black to move. From speed game.

Chess Games from Quick

[Event "Quick"]

[Site "SLCC"]

[Date "2014.12.06"]

[Round "1"]

[White "Coffey"]

[Black "Degooyer"]

[Result "1-0"]

[ECO "B08"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be2 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. O-O Qxc5 8.

Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. Rad1 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Ne5 13. Be2 Rc8 14. f4 Nc6

{Eventually.  I don't remember much of this game} 1-0

[Event "Quick"]

[Site "SLCC"]

[Date "2014.12.06"]

[Round "2"]

[White "Bolen, Allen"]

[Black "Coffey, John"]

[Result "0-1"]

[ECO "B25"]

[PlyCount "64"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d3 Nc6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. e4 Rb8 8. h3

b5 9. Be3 b4 10. Ne2 d6 11. Qd2 Nd7 12. Rab1 Qa5 13. Bh6 Nde5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15.

Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Ra1 Rd8 17. b3 Qb6 18. Kh2 a5 19. f4 Qc7 20. Rf2 Nd4 21. Raf1 f6

22. h4 h6 23. fxe5 Qxe5 24. Nf4 g5 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. Nd5 Rh8+ 27. Kg1 Qxg3 28.

Re1 Qh2+ 29. Kf1 Bh3 30. Rxf6 Qh1+ 31. Kf2 Qxg2+ 32. Ke3 Qg3+ 0-1

[Event "Quick"]

[Site "SLCC"]

[Date "2014.12.06"]

[Round "3"]

[White "Coffey, John"]

[Black "Catalini, David"]

[Result "1-0"]

[ECO "E91"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O h6 8. Qc2 a6

9. Be3 Ng4 10. Bf4 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Bg3 Nc6 13. Rad1 Nd4 14. Nxd4 exd4 15.

Nd5 c5 16. Bc7 Qd7 17. Bb6 Qd6 18. Bc7 Qd7 19. Bg3 Qd8 20. Bc7 Qd7 21. a4 Be5

22. Bxg4 Bxh2+ 23. Kxh2 Qc6 24. Ne7+ 1-0

The games are reconstructed the best that I can remember.  I think that my second round is accurate but I am not sure.

It has been a very long time since I won a Saturday quick tournament.

Best wishes,

John Coffey