USCF article about Steve Dillard.

http://www.uschess.org/content/view/12989/806/

He and I were friends, but he was the kind of person who was a friend to everyone.  He was almost always cheerful.

There are many people in the second photograph of the article who I have played while participating in Louisville chess tournaments that Steve ran.

John Coffey

Chess Game

[Event "Utah Senior Championship"]

[Site "UU"]

[Date "2015.02.21"]

[Round "1"]

[White "Coffey, John"]

[Black "Rockwood, Frank"]

[Result "1-0"]

[ECO "D52"]

[WhiteElo "2000"]

[BlackElo "1600"]

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

Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc2 Ne4 9. Ndxe4 dxe4 10. Bf4 g5 11. Bg3 h5 12. h4

g4 13. Be2 f5 14. O-O Nf6 15. Na4 Be7 16. a3 Kf7 17. b4 Qd8 18. Rfd1 Nd7 19. d5

Bxh4 20. dxe6+ Kxe6 21. Nc5+ Kf7 22. Nxd7 (Wrong move order.  Bxh4 instead is 

winning, or Nxb7 followed by Bxh4 is even better.)  Bxg3 23. Ne5+ Bxe5 24. Rxd8 Bxa1 25.

Rd1 Be5 26. c5 h4 27. Bc4+ Kf6 28. Qb3 Rh7 29. Rd8 Ke7 30. Rg8 Rh8 31. Rxh8

Bxh8 32. Bg8 b6 33. Qf7+ Kd8 34. Bh7 Bb2 35. Qf8+ Kc7 36. Bxf5 Bxa3 37. Qd6+

Kb7 38. Bxe4 Ka6 39. Bxc6 Bb7 40. Qd3+ 1-0

Chess Game

[Event "Utah Senior Championship"]

[Site "UU"]

[Date "2015.02.21"]

[Round "?"]

[White "Coffey, John"]

[Black "Tew, Bradley"]

[Result "1-0"]

[ECO "D06"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. cxd5 Bg4 4. Qb3 Qxd5 5.

Nc3 Qxb3 6. axb3 e6 7. f3 Bh5 8. Nb5 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Kxd2 Nd5 11. e4 c6

12. Nd6+ Ke7 13. Nxb7 Nb6 14. Bd3 N8d7 15. Ne2 Bg6 16. Rhc1 Rhb8 17. Na5 Kf8

18. Nxc6 Rb7 19. Ba6 Rc7 20. Ne5 Rxc1 21. Nxd7+ Nxd7 22. Rxc1 Nb6 23. Nf4 f5

24. Nxg6+ hxg6 25. Rc7 Rd8 26. Ke3 g5 27. Rxa7 f4+ 28. Kd3 Nd7 29. Bc4 e5 30.

d5 g4 31. Bb5 gxf3 32. gxf3 Nc5+ 33. Kc4 Nxe4 34. fxe4 Rc8+ 35. Bc6 g5 36. Kd3

Rb8 37. Ra8 Rxa8 38. Bxa8 g4 39. Ke2 Ke7 40. b4 Kd6 41. Kf2 1-0

Chess Game

[Event "Casual speed game"]
[Site "Mad Greek"]
[Date "Mar 19, 2015"]
[Round "2"]
[White "John Coffey"]
[Black "Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]

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. g4 b5 12. Kb1 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4
Qc5 15. Qd2 Bb7 16. Bd3 Qb6 17. g5 Qc7 18. h4 d4 19. Ne4 Nc5 20. Nd6 Bxh1 21.
Rxh1 Nb7 22. Be4 Rab8 23. Nxb7 Rxb7 24. Bxb7 Qxb7 25. Rd1 Rd8 26. Qd3 Qc6 27.
c3 Rd5 28. cxd4 b4 29. h5 a5 30. g6 h6 31. gxf7+ Kxf7 32. Qg6+ Kg8 33. f5
1-0

Chess Game

[Event "Louisville G/30"]

[Site "?"]

[Date "2015.03.09"]

[Round "?"]

[White "Coffey, John"]

[Black "Bush, Chris"]

[Result "0-1"]

[ECO "D31"]

[WhiteElo "2046"]

[BlackElo "2068"]

[Annotator "Coffey,John"]

[PlyCount "50"]

[EventType "rapid"]

[TimeControl "g/30"]

 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4

Bb4 6. e4 b5 7. axb5 cxb5 8. Bd2 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 a5 10. b3 Bb7 11. Qb1 Nf6 12.

bxc4 b4 13. Bd3 h6 14. O-O O-O 15. Re1 Nbd7 16. Bd2 Nh7 17. e5 f5 18. exf6

Ndxf6 19. Ne5 Qxd4 20. h3 Rfd8 21. Re3 (Bxh7+ followed by Qg6 and white is winning.)  Ng5 22. Bc3 (My opponent liked this move but it doesn't save me.) Qd6 23. Bg6 Be4 24. Bxe4

Nfxe4 25. Bb2 Qd2 0-1 on time.  White is crushed anyway.

Chess Game

[Event "Louisville"]

[Site "?"]

[Date "2015.03.09"]

[Round "e"]

[White "John 1800"]

[Black "John Coffey"]

[Result "1/2-1/2"]

[ECO "C14"]

[Annotator "Coffey,John"]

[PlyCount "46"]

 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. f4 c5 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. O-O-O a6 12. Qh3

b5 13. g4 b4 14. Ne2 cxd4 15. Nexd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Nc5 17. h5 Ne4 18. Rh2 f6 19.

Bd3 fxe5 20. Nc6 Qc5 21. Nxe5 Nf2 22. Rxf2 Qxf2 23. Ng6 Bd7 1/2-1/2 eventually