Some of my chess lesson material

FYI.

The theme of today's lesson is that a person can often get a winning advantage right out of the opening.

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From: John Coffey <john2001plus@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Nov 5, 2023 at 3:31 PM
Subject: Chess Games from face to face chess lesson plus bonus material
To: John T

This is the first game that I suggest learning by rote:

This game is about weaknesses:

https://onethousandpositionstochessmastery.blogspot.com/2023/03/white-to-play_17.html

Second game:

This is about Development and Initiative:

https://www.entertainmentjourney.com/g0012.htm

Another game to study:

https://www.entertainmentjourney.com/g0003.htm

Third game:

This is about tactics:

https://www.entertainmentjourney.com/g0001.htm

We talked about this opening:

https://greenwoodchessclub.blogspot.com/2020/10/a-bad-opening-goes-very-bad.html

https://greenwoodchessclub.blogspot.com/2020/03/chess-lesson-2020-03-20.html

https://greenwoodchessclub.blogspot.com/2017/01/chess-lesson-2017-01-09.html

We talked about how Queenside bishop moves are bad for Black in Queen Pawn openings:

https://greenwoodchessclub.blogspot.com/2018/01/chess-lesson-2018-01-15.html

https://greenwoodchessclub.blogspot.com/2019/07/chess-lesson-2019-06-17.html

https://greenwoodchessclub.blogspot.com/2019/03/chess-lesson-2019-03-11-slav-defense.html

https://greenwoodchessclub.blogspot.com/2019/01/chess-lesson-2019-01-21.html

https://greenwoodchessclub.blogspot.com/2017/01/tactical-game.html

Another game that I showed to illustrate this idea:

[Event "Columbus Chess Club"]
[Site "Lewellen Center"]
[Date "Nov 2, 2023"]
[Round "3"]
[White "John Coffey"]
[Black "NN"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 b6 7. Ne5 e6 8. Bg5
Be7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Bb5+ Ke7 12. Qb4+ Qd6 13. Qxd6+ Kxd6 14. Nxf7+
Ke7 15. Nxh8 Bxd4 16. O-O a6 17. Ba4 b5 18. Bc2 Nc6 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Nxe4 Rf8
21. Rac1 Rc8 22. Rfd1 Bxb2 23. Rc2 Bf6 24. Nd6
1-0

This is an opening trap that everyone should know, even if it wasn't part of our lessons.

https://www.entertainmentjourney.com/g0005.htm

https://greenwoodchessclub.blogspot.com/2017/04/2017-04-10-chess-lesson_11.html

In addition to this, in the Queen's gambit accepted, if Black tries to accept the gambit and hold onto the pawn, it is always bad:

https://greenwoodchessclub.blogspot.com/2017/04/2017-04-17-chess-lesson-queens-gambit.html

This is a speed game I lost in Utah in the 1990s.

https://greenwoodchessclub.blogspot.com/2017/01/chess-lesson-2017-01-30-alapin-opening.html