Chess game

[Event "Quick Tournameny"]

[Site "Salt Lake Community College"]
[Date "2011.11.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "John Coffey"]

[Black "Ben Balter"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. e3 Bxd2+ 6. Nbxd2 d6 7.
e4 e5 8. d5 Bg4 9. Qb3 c6 10. Be2 Na6 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. Qa4 Qb7 13.
Qc2 d5 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. exd5 Qxd5 16. Bxa6 Rd8 17. Bc4 Qd6 18. Ne4 1-0

Chess game

[Event "Quick Tournameny"]
[Site "Salt Lake Community College"]
[Date "2011.11.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vishwa"]
[Black "John Coffey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7.
e3 O-O 8. Bd3 Re8 9. Ne2 c5 10. dxc5 Nbd7 11. O-O Nxc5 12. Bc2 Bd7 13.
Nf4 Bb5 14. Re1 Rc8 15. Bb3 Nxb3 16. axb3 Qb6 17. Bb2 Rxe3 18. Kh1
Rxe1+ 19. Qxe1 Re8 20. Qd2 Bc6 21. b4 Qe3 22. Qxe3 Rxe3 23. h3 g5 24.
c4 gxf4 25. Bxf6 dxc4 26. Rxa7 h6 27. Ra8+ Kh7 28. h4 Kg6 29. Bd4 Rb3
30. Rg8+ Kf5 31. Rh8 c3 32. Rxh6 c2 33. Rf6#

Chess game

[Event "Utah Open"]
[Site "University of Utah"]
[Date "2011.10.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "John Coffey 1975"]
[Black "Craig Hughes 1673"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A51"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ne4 4. Nf3 d6 5. Nbd2 Nc5 6. Nb3 Nc6 7.
Nxc5 dxc5 8. Qxd8+ Nxd8 9. Bf4 Ne6 10. e3 b6 11. O-O-O Bb7 12. Be2 g6
13. Rd2 Nxf4 14. exf4 Bh6 15. g3 g5 16. Rhd1 gxf4 17. g4 Bc6 18. h4
Bg7 19. e6 h6 20. exf7+ Kxf7 21. Ne1 Bd4 22. Bf3 Bxf3 23. Nxf3 Bf6 24.
Rd7+ Ke6 25. Rxc7 Rhc8 26. Rcd7 Be7 27. R7d5 Re8 28. Re1+ Kf7 29. Rf5+
Kg7 30. Rfe5 Kf7 31. Kc2 Bd6 32. Rxe8 Rxe8 33. Rxe8 Kxe8 34. Kd3 Ke7
35. Ke4 Ke6 36. b3 Bc7 37. Ne1 Be5 38. Nd3 Bd4 39. Nxf4+ Kf7 40. f3 a6
41. Nd5 b5 42. cxb5 axb5 43. a4 bxa4 44. bxa4 Bf2 45. a5 Bxh4 46. a6
1-0

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Bogo Indian

[Event "Utah Open"]
[Site "University of Utah"]
[Date "2011.10.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "David Vasquez 1922"]
[Black "John Coffey 1975"]
[Result "1/2 - 1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O
O-O 8. Nc3 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Ne4 10. Qc2 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 d6 12. Rfd1 Nd7 13.
Rd2 Nf6 14. Qb3 Ne4 15. Rdd1 f5 16. Nd2 Nxd2 17. Rxd2 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 c5
19. Rad1 Rad8 20. dxc5 dxc5 21. Qc2 g6 1/2 - 1/2

Chess game

[Event "Utah Open"]
[Site "University of Utah"]
[Date "2011.10.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "John Coffey 1970"]
[Black "Jamie Olsen Mills 1612"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A52"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 Qe7 7.
Qb3 Bc5 8. e3 Ngxe5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. Nd5 Qd6 11. Qc3 f6 12. O-O-O O-O
13. b4 c6 14. bxc5 Qxc5 15. Qb4 Qxb4 16. Nxb4 Ng4 17. Rd2 a5 18. Nd3
f5 19. Ne5 Nf6 20. Bd3 d5 21. Rb2 Kh8 22. Rd1 dxc4 23. Bxc4 b5 24. Bd3
Be6 25. Nxc6 Rac8 26. Rc2 b4 27. Ba6 b3 28. axb3 Bxb3 29. Bxc8 Bxc2
30. Kxc2 Rxc8 31. Rd8+ Rxd8 32. Nxd8 Kg8 33. Nc6 a4 34. Ne7+ 1-0

Bobby Fischer - Documentary Part 1 of 5

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A great opening for beating sub-2000 players

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Chess game

>> [Event "WVCC Quick"]
>> [Site "Coffee Club"]
>> [Date "2011.10.01"]
>> [Round "1"]
>> [White "David Catalini 1780"]
>> [Black "John Coffey 2014"]
>> [Result "0-1"]
>> [ECO "E11"]
>>
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. dxc5 dxe4 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Qxd7 7.
Qe2 f5 8. Nb3 Na6 9. Be3 Rc8 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. Qc4 Nxc5 12. Nxc5 Bxc5
13. Qxe6+ Ne7 14. Bxc5 Qxc5 15. c3 b5 16. Rd2 Rc6 0-1 eventually

Chess game

[Event "WVCC Quick"]
[Site "Coffee Club"]
[Date "2011.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "John Coffey 2014"]
[Black "Shahram Nazarinia 1820"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 O-O 6. Qb3 Be7 7. e3 c6
8. Rc1 Nbd7 9. Bd3 h6 10. Bh4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 b5 12. Bd3 a5 13. Ne4 Bb7
14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. O-O a4 17. Qc2 Rc8 18. Ne5 Qb6 19. f4
Rfd8 20. f5 Nd5 21. fxe6 f6 22. Bh7+ Kf8 23. Qg6 Rc7 24. Nd7+ Rcxd7
25. exd7 Rxd7 26. Qg3 Ba8 27. Rc5 Qc7 28. Qf3 Qd6 29. Be4 Ne7 30. Qf4
Qe6 31. Bf3 Kf7 32. Bg4 f5 33. Bxf5 Nxf5 34. Qxf5+ Qxf5 35. Rfxf5+ Kg6
36. Rf8 Bb7 37. Kf2 Re7 38. Rb8 Kf6 39. e4 Ke6 40. Re5+ 1-0

Chess game

[Event "WVCC Quick"]
[Site "Coffee Club"]
[Date "2011.10.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "David Vasquez 1930"]
[Black "John Coffey 2014"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 b6 7.
Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O c5 9. Nc3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 Qc5 12. b3 d5
1/2-1/2

Utah Team Championship. Damian Nash, state champion, on far right.

Utah Team Championship. Kayden Troff on right.

Utah Team Championship

Chess game

[Event "Utah Team Championship"]
[Site "Salt Lake City"]
[Date "2011.09.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Damian Nash 2034"]
[Black "John Coffey 1962"]
[Result "1/2-1/12"]
[ECO ""]

1. Nc3 d5 2. e4 d4 3. Nce2 e5 4. d3 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. a3 Nge7
8. f4 exf4 9. Bxf4 Ng6 10. Nf3 Nxf4 11. gxf4 Be6 12. Qd2 O-O 13. f5
Bd7 14. h4 Qc7 15. h5 Bg3+ 16. Kf1 h6 17. Nxg3 Qxg3 18. Rh3 Qd6 19.
Kf2 Ne5 20. Rg3 Nxf3 21. Bxf3 Kh7 22. Rag1 Rg8 23. Ke1 f6 24. Qg2 Qe7
25. Kd1 Bc6 26. Rg6 Rae8 27. Qd2 Qf7 28. b3 Re5 1/2-1/12 eventually.

Chess game

[Event "Utah Team Championship"]
[Site "Salt Lake City"]
[Date "2011.09.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "John Coffey 1962"]
[Black "Tim Stackland 1800"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7.
bxc3 c5 8. Bc4 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. Rb1 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qc7
13. Qc1 Bxf3 14. gxf3 e6 15. Bf4 e5 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Nxe5 18.
Be2 Rfc8 19. f4 Nc4 20. Rd1 Nb6 21. Bg4 Qxc1 22. Rbxc1 Rxc1 23. Rxc1
Rd8 24. Rd1 Rxd1+ 25. Bxd1 Nc8 26. f3 Nd6 27. Kf2 Kf8 28. Ke3 Ke7 29.
Kd4 f6 30. Bc2 h6 31. a4 b5 32. e5 fxe5+ 33. fxe5 Nc4 34. axb5 Na3 35.
Bd3 Ke6 36. f4 g5 37. fxg5 hxg5 38. h3 Ke7 39. Kd5 Kd7 40. e6+ Ke7 41.
Ke5 Ke8 42. Kd6 1-0

This is interesting: My chess record.

http://main.uschess.org/datapage/gamestats.php?memid=11080847

Chess game

[Event "Utah Team Championship"]
[Site "Salt Lake City"]
[Date "2011.09.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "John Coffey"]
[Black "Tim Stackland 1800"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7.
bxc3 c5 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Bg4 11. Rb1 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qc7
13. Qc1 Bxf3 14. gxf3 e6 15. Bf4 e5 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Nxe5 18.
Be2 Rfc8 19. f4 Nc4 20. Rd1 Nb6 21. Bg4 Qxc1 22. Rbxc1 Rxc1 23. Rxc1
Rd8 24. Rd1 Rxd1+ 25. Bxd1 Nc8 26. f3 Nd6 27. Kf2 Kf8 28. Ke3 Ke7 29.
Kd4 f6 30. Bc2 h6 31. a4 b5 32. e5 fxe5+ 33. fxe5 Nc4 34. axb5 Na3 35.
Bd3 Ke6 36. f4 g5 37. fxg5 hxg5 38. h3 Ke7 39. Kd5 Kd7 40. e6+ Ke7 41.
Ke5 Ke8 42. Kd6 1-0

Re: Xtable Louisville Thursday

Thanks.   (-:

I think that a combination of Roman videos, including memorizing some of the games that he presents, and more consistency in my tactics study that I previously neglected have improved my game.  

One problem that I have had as of late is my ability to analyze.   This may or may not be related to my vision being slightly off due to a cataract that will eventually have to be operated on.  The cataract causes my prescription to change rapidly where I might need new glasses every few months.  

I am so confident in my ability to spot shallow tactics almost instantly that I sometimes would fail to analyze tactics in a position unless I thought there was reason to do so.  I don't know if this is mental laziness or other factors like vision, discipline, or age.  One thing that has happened is that I make myself play more positional openings, so I devote more mental resources to positional ideas.  It becomes tricky to balance position and tactics.  

The expert that I beat in Louisville played an offbeat aggressive open game.  I thought that he gave me a positional advantage, so I tried to maximize that and I won without much difficulty.  I am not sure if my scoresheet is correct, but I may have missed an obvious tactic (but low on time) which concerns me. 

In the final game I had a much better position in a French against a super strong A player, but couldn't find the win as I got low on time.  I opted for the draw, but I was really proud of the game that I played. 

I think that if I more often practice analyzing or longer games that I can consistently play at the expert level.  

On Sep 10, 2011, at 11:27 <granthodson> wrote:

John,

At this rate you've got a good chance of becoming our next state champion.

Louisville G/30

Played 3 games in top section Louisville g/30.  Was losing all 3 against all 1800's but got two draws and a win.  First round draw was against a 14 year old Indian kid who beat an Expert in round 2.   Meijer's is also a pretty noisy environment.  

Also was a bit jet lagged and groggy today.  Went to two Reunions in two days which were exercises in gluttony.  People always bring too much food.  BBQ ribs and chicken today.  

The most interesting game by far is the one where I got my queen trapped and  still won with passed pawns.   It is not without tactical errors.  I played move 40 Bxd5! with 5 seconds remaining.  

[Event "Louisville Meijer's g/30"]

[Date "2011.09.05"]

[Round "3"]

[White "Cabav, Gelvic"]

[Black "Coffey, John"]

[Result "0-1"]

[ECO "A02"]

[WhiteElo "1810"]

[BlackElo "1948"]

[PlyCount "86"]

1. f4 c5 2. e3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Bb2 d6 6. Nf3 e6 7. Bd3 Nge7 8. O-O

O-O 9. Qe1 Nb4 10. Rb1 Bd7 11. a3 Nxd3 12. cxd3 Qb6 13. Ne4 f5 14. Ng3 Bxb2 15.

Rxb2 Qa6 16. Qb1 Bb5 17. Ne1 Qxa3 18. b4 a6 19. Nc2 Qxd3 20. Rb3 Qd5 21. Rf2

Bc6 22. Na3 b5 23. Rd3 cxb4 24. Rxd5 Nxd5 25. Nc2 a5 26. Ne2 e5 27. d4 e4 28.

Qb2 Nb6 29. Nc1 Nc4 30. Qb1 Bd5 31. Nb3 a4 32. Nd2 b3 33. Nb4 Nxd2 34. Rxd2 Bc4

35. d5 a3 36. Rd4 a2 37. Nxa2 bxa2 38. Qa1 Rfb8 39. Rd1 b4 40. Qf6 Bxd5! 41.

Qxd6 Bf7 42. Qe5 b3 43. Kf2 b2 0-1

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Chess game

[Event "Quick Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Coffee Club. Salt Lake City"]
[Date "2011.08.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Coffey, John"]
[Black "Balter, Ben "]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]

1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nge7 4. e4 Ng6 5. Qd5 Qe7 6. Bg5 Qb4+ 7.
Nbd2 Qxb2 8. Rb1 Qxc2 9. Bc4 Ncxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Qxe5+ 1-0

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Chess game

[Event "Quick Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Coffee Club. Salt Lake City"]
[Date "2011.08.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hodson, Grant 1650"]
[Black "Coffey John 2012"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4 6. O-O d6 7. Qa4+
Nc6 8. Nd4 Bxc3 9. Bxc6+ Ke7 10. bxc3 Qc8 11. d3 h6 12. e4 e5 13. Nf5+
Kf8 14. d4 Rb8 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Ba3+ 1-0

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Chess game

[Event "Quick Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Coffee Club. Salt Lake City"]
[Date "2011.08.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Coffey John 2012"]
[Black "Case Aaron 1500"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A50"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. e4 Nf6 5. Bd3 e6 6. Nc3 c6 7. Nf3
Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. e5 Nd5 11. Bxe7 Nxe7 12. Qc2 g6 13. b4
Nb6 14. Rac1 Nbd5 15. a3 a5 16. Rb1 Bd7 17. Ne4 Qc7 18. Rfd1 axb4 19.
axb4 Ra3 20. Qd2 Rfa8 21. Qh6 Nf5 22. Nf6+ Nxf6 23. Bxf5 Nh5 24. Ng5
Ng7 25. Qxh7+ Kf8 26. Qh8+ Ke7 27. Qxg7 exf5 28. Qxf7+ Kd8 29. Qf8+
Be8 30. Ne6+ Kd7 31. Nxc7 Kxc7 32. Qe7+ Bd7 33. e6 1-0

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Chess game

[Event "Quick Tournament"]
[Site "Coffee Club"]
[Date "2011.08.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "John Coffey"]
[Black "Shaham Nazarinia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A52"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 Qe7 7.
Qb3 Na5 8. Qc2 Nxc4 9. a3 Ba5 10. b4 Bb6 11. e3 Ngxe5 12. Bxc4 Nxc4
13. Nd5 Qe6 14. Qxc4 c6 15. Nxb6 axb6 16. Qxe6+ fxe6 17. Bd6 h5 18. h4
Rh6 19. Ng5 Rg6 20. f4 c5 21. b5 Ra4 22. Ke2 e5 23. fxe5 Rg4 24. Rhf1
Rxd6 25. exd6 Rxg2+ 26. Rf2 1-0

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From: John Coffey <john2001plus@gmail.com>
Date: August 6, 2011 6:04:52 PM MDT
To: John Coffey <john2001plus@gmail.com>
Subject: Won Quick Tournament

[Event "Quick Tournament"]
[Site "Salt Lake Community College"]
[Date "Aug 6, 2011"]
[Round "3"]
[White "John Coffey"]
[Black "Alex Gustafsson"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. a3 Be7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6
Bxf6 9. e3 O-O 10. Rc1 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Qb3 c5 13. Nxd5 cxd4 14. Nxf6+
Qxf6 15. Nxd4 Nc5 16. Qc2 Rfe8 17. O-O Ne4 18. Qc6 Qg5 19. Qb5 Re5 20. Qc6 Ree8
21. Qb5 Re5 22. Qd7 Re7 23. Rc8+ Kh7 24. Qd8 Rxc8 25. Qxc8 Qc5 26. Rc1 Qxc8 27.
Rxc8 Nd6 28. Rc6 Rd7 29. f3 f5 30. Kf2 g6 31. Ke2 Kg7 32. a4 h5 33. b3 Nb7 34.
b4 Kf7 35. Rc8 Nd8 36. Nc6 Nxc6 37. Rxc6 Kg7 38. h4 Kf7 39. e4 fxe4 40. fxe4
Rd4 41. Ke3 Rxb4 42. Rc7+ Ke6 43. Rxa7 Rb1 44. Ra6 Kd7 45. Ra7+ Ke6 46. Rb7 Rb2
47. g3 Rb3+ 48. Kf4 Rb1 49. Kg5 Kd6 50. Kxg6 Ke5 51. Kxh5 Kxe4 52. g4 Kf4 53.
g5 Ra1 54. Rxb6 Rxa4 55. Rf6+ Kg3 56. g6 Ra5+ 57. Kh6 Kxh4 58. Rf4+ Kg3 59. Rc4
1-0. Final 20 moves are approximate since I had to pull the game from memory.    This should put me over 2000 Quick Rating.




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[Event "Quick Tornament"]
[Site "Salt Lake Community College "]
[Date "Aug 6, 2011"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Greg Lee"]
[Black "John Coffey"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. Nxd4?? e5 6. Bg5 exd4 7.
Qxd4 Nc6?? (Qa5) 8.Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6
0-1 eventually

Think and Play Like a GM, 1/9

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Chess game

[Event "Quick Tournamen"]
[Site "Salt Lake Community College"]
[Date "2011.06.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Chuck 1618"]
[Black "Coffey 1954"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Be2
Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. a3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. exd4 Bf5 12. Bd3 Qd7 13.
Bg5 Ne4 14. Be3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Rac8 16. Bxf5 Qxf5 17. Qb3 b6 18. a4 Qd3
19. Rfc1 Qc4 20. Qb5 Rc7 21. g3 Rfc8 22. Bd2 h6 23. Qxc4 Rxc4 24. a5
b5 25. a6 b4 26. Ra5 bxc3 27. Be3 c2 28. Rxd5 Ba3 29. Rd7 Bxc1 30.
Bxc1 Ra4 0-1. Some of black's moves could have been better.

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Chess game

[Event "Quick Tournament"]
[Site "Target"]
[Date "2011.05.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White IsaacBalter"]
[Black "John Coffey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO ""]

1. Nc3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Bb5+
Nc6 8. Qxf3 cxd4 9. exd4 Bb4 10. Bg5 O-O 11. a3 Nxd4 12. Qd3 Bxc3+ 13.
bxc3 Nxb5 14. Qxb5 Qd7 15. Qd3 Ne4 16. Bd2 Qc7 17. f3 Qg3+ 18. Ke2
Qxg2+ 19. Ke3 Qf2+ 20. Kf4 Qxd2+ 21. Qxd2 Nxd2 22. Rh2 e5+ 23. Kxe5
Nxf3+ 24. Kf4 Nxh2 25. Kg3 Rac8 26. Kxh2 Rxc3 27. Rd1 Re8 28. Rxd5
Re2+ 29. Kg1 g6 30. Kf1 Rcxc2 31. h4 Rf2+ 32. Ke1 Rce2+ 33. Kd1 Ra2
34. h5 Rh2 0-1

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Chess game

[Event "Speed tournament"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2011.04.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Chuck"]
[Black "John Coffey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 c5 3. d4 Nf6 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2
Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. a3 Ne4 10. Qc2 cxd4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Qxe4 Re8 13.
Qc2 Bg4 14. Rd1 Rc8 15. Qd3 Bc5 16. b4 Bb6 17. exd4 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Bxd4
19. Rb1 Re1+ 20. Rxe1 Bxf2+ 21. Kxf2 Qxd3 22. Bb2 Qc2+ 23. Kg3 Rd8 0-1
eventually

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Chess game

[Event "Quick Chess"]
[Site "Salt Lake Community College"]
[Date "2011.04.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ed Hartley"]
[Black "John Coffey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3
cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Nce2 Qb6 11. c3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 f6 13.
O-O-O fxe5 14. Bxc5 Qxc5 15. fxe5 Nxe5 16. Nd4 Ng4 17. Re1 e5 18. Nb3
Qb6?!?! (I was trying to give up a pawn for activity.) 19. Be2? Nf6
20. Rhf1 Be6 21. Qg5 Ne4 (ditto) 22. Qxe5 Qe3+ 23. Kb1 Nd2+ 0-1

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chess game

[Event "Quick tournament"]
[Site "Salt Lake Community College"]
[Date "2011.03.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "John Coffey"]
[Black "Grant Hodson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. Rc1 Qa5 7. cxd5
Nxd5 8. Qb3 Bb4 9. e4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Ba3 11. Rb1 1-0 eventually. I
don't have the rest of the game.

Chess game

[Event "Quick Tournament"]
[Site "Salt Lake Community College"]
[Date "2011.03.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Val Bradshaw"]
[Black "John Coffey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 b6 5. Nf3 Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3
Ne4 8. e3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 d6 10. Be2 Nd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qc2 f5 13. d5 e5
14. g3 Qf6 15. Rab1 Nc5 16. Rfd1 Rae8 17. a4 Bc8 18. Nd2 f4 19. Ne4
Qg6 20. Bd3 Nxd3 21. Qxd3 f3 22. Nxd6 Qxd3 23. Rxd3 cxd6 24. e4 Ba6
0-1 eventually. I am unsure about the accuracy of white's moves
since I pulled the game from memory.
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Chess game

[Event "Quick Tournament"]
[Site "Salt Lake Community College"]
[Date "2011.03.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "John Coffey"]
[Black "NADEW Haile"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A53"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. h3 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. Be3 Nc6
8. d5 Ne7 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. Qd2 f5 11. Bh6 Nc5 12. Bc2 fxe4 13. Bxg7 Kxg7
14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Rf4 16. Qd3 a6 17. O-O Qf8 18. Rac1 Bd7 19.
Rfe1 b6 20. Qc3 a5 21. Nxe5 dxe5 22. Qxe5+ Qf6 23. Qxc7 Rf8 (Bh3!?)
24. Qxd7 Rf7 25. Qe6 (b4!?) Qxb2 26. Rc2 Qd4 27. Bf3 R4f6 28. Qe5 Qc5
29. Qe3 Qb4 1-0 eventually.

In Defense of Speed Chess

There might be some debate, and even question in my mind, as to what constitutes “chess skill.”  The two areas of the game that I have studied the most are tactics and endgames, especially king and pawn endings, and consequently I can pick up on ideas in these areas very quickly.   These two areas are “intuitive” for me in the sense that they are more automatic.  Someone who spends a couple minutes thinking about their move might make the same move that I would, but for some of these positions I would only need a few seconds.
 
From my perspective, a speed game is more of a measure of a person’s chess skill because it shows what they know intuitively.   From my perspective, someone who is good at analyzing can compensate for less intuition in a longer game.   I see the flip side argument to this, where you could say that in a longer game, chess skill consists of a person’s intuition and knowledge combined with an ability to analyze the game well.
 
Maybe I take this position because I get my best results at faster time controls.
 
Speed chess may make some people more impulsive, but it also helps for tournament time scrambles.  I think that people who don’t play speed chess negatively impact their tournament chess results.
 
There is also the enjoyment factor.  Given the choice between more rounds at a faster time control or fewer rounds with a longer time control, I think that I would have much more fun with the faster time control.
 
I think that about 4 weeks ago I was playing my best chess that I ever played.  Then I got sick, so now I feel that my chess skill is a little off.
 
Best wishes,
John Coffey 


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I find these studies to be an intellectual curiosity

http://www.entertainmentjourney.com/g0211.htm
http://www.entertainmentjourney.com/g0212.htm

I think that I found a winning move here ...

Chess Tactics #2

Check out this video on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0f3z21ciaKg&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Chess Tactics #1

Check out this video on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FUQDCXDnoQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player

iPod/iPhone chess tactics problems

I saw an app for $2.99 that had 1200 tactics problems.   I can no longer find this app.  I am thinking that it was removed from the app store.  I also read online about an app with the same description, but I could not find the app name in the app store.

 

I am thinking of paying $7.99 for the full shredder to get the extra 1100 tactics problems, so that I can have them on my trip.

John Coffey

 

Great Quote

Chess is an example of something that is just beyond human mental abilities, but not so far beyond them that we cannot make a decent stab at it. We’re very good at language, no better than rats at mazes, and somewhere in between at chess.

– Noam Chomsky

The Kings of iPhone Chess

http://blog.chess.com/DeepGreene/the-kings-of-iphone-chess

Chess Lessons

Message:

Hi John: I live in Brigham City and was wondering if you ever give chess lessons? Let me know. Thanks, Kevin.

I give chess lessons at my club (Coffee Club, 4879 South Redwood road, Salt Lake City, Utah), one on one, for free, on Tuesday and Thursday nights, usually for just 15 minutes at a time.  I want to spend most of my time playing.

My blog page at http://www.entertainmentjourney.com has a link to my free online chess lessons at http://www.entertainmentjourney.com/index1.htm

Best wishes,

John Coffey

More GameKnot chess puzzles

This problem only took me about 20 seconds to solve ...

It took me about 30 seconds to solve this one ...
http://gameknot.com/chess-puzzle.pl?pz=4115

This one was about a minute.  It seemed impossible at first.
http://gameknot.com/chess-puzzle.pl?pz=2473

This one took a little over a minute.  I failed to get the main idea at first ...
http://gameknot.com/chess-puzzle.pl?pz=4114

Chess game

 [Event "Quick Tournament"]
 [Site "Salt Lake Community College"]
 [Date "2010.11.13"]
 [Round "1"]
[White "John Coffey 1930"]
 [Black "Charles Rasmussen 1640"]
 [Result "1-0"]
 [ECO "D38"]

 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qb3 Bxc3+ 7.
 bxc3 h6 8. Ba3 c6 9. e3 Qb6 10. Rb1 Nbd7 11. Bd3 Qxb3 12. Rxb3 Nb6 13. O-O Be6 14. Rfb1 Kd8 15. Ne5 Kc7 16. Bc5 Rhb8 17. Ra3 Nc8 18. c4 b6
 19. Bf8 Ne8 20. cxd5 Bxd5 21. e4 Be6 22. d5 cxd5 23. Rc1+ Kd8 24. Nc6+
 Kd7 25. Bb5 1-0

 This is a good one.   Click here for diagrams and analysis.
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Chess Game

[Event "Quick Tournament"]
[Site "Salt Lake Community College"]
[Date "2010.11.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "David Catalini ~1700 "]
[Black "John Coffey 1930]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]

1. e4 e6 2. c3 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Na3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Ne2
Qg5 8. O-O Qxe5 (d4!) 9. d4 Qh5 10. Qd3 Bd6 11. Bf4 Bxf4 12. Nxf4 Qg4
13. Qe3 cxd4 14. Qxd4 Nf6 15. Rae1 O-O 16. Re3 Qf5 17. f3 Nd7 18. Nd3
Rfe8 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. Rxe5 Qf6 21. f4 Qg6 22. Rf3 f5 23. Rg3 Qf7 24.
Nc2 Re7 25. Qf2 Rc8 26. Nd4 Ba4 27. Rge3 Rce8 28. Qh4 Bd7 29. Nxf5 Kf8
30. Qxh7 Bb5 31. Qh8+ Qg8 32. Qxg8+ Kxg8 33. Nxe7+ Rxe7 34. Rxe6 Rf7
1/2-1/2 because black eventually swindled a stalemate. The score
toward the end is not totally accurate. It is as close as I can get.

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Chess Game

[Event "Quick Tournament"]
[Site "Salt Lake Community College"]
[Date "2010.11.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "John Coffey 1930"]
[Black "Vishwa Srinivasan 1332"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. dxe5
dxe5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Bg5 Rd6 10. Nb5 Rc6 11. Nxe5 Rc5 12. O-O-O Rxe5
13. Rd8+ Re8 14. Bxf6 Rxd8 15. Bxd8 Nc6 16. Bxc7 Be6 17. Be2 Bh6+ 18.
Kb1 Rc8 19. Bg3 a6 20. Nd6 Rc7 21. Nf5 gxf5 22. Bxc7 fxe4 23. b3 e3
24. fxe3 Bxe3 25. Bg4 f5 26. Re1 fxg4 27. hxg4 Bxg4 28. Rxe3 Nd4 29.
Re8+ Kf7 30. Rb8 Bf5+ 31. Kb2 1-0

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Chess game

[Event "Utah Championship"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2010.11.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Harold Stevens 2267"]
[Black "John Coffey 1905"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Qg4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. h4 h5 7. Qg3 Nh6
8. Bd3 Nf5 9. Bxf5 exf5 10. a3 Be6 11. O-O Rc8 12. b4 a5 13. b5 Na7
14. Nxd4 Qd7 15. a4 g6 16. Be3 Bc5 17. Nb3 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Ra8 19. N1d2
Nc8 20. Nc5 Qc7 21. Nf3 b6 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Qg5 Qf7 24. c4 Ne7 25.
Rac1 O-O 26. Qh6 Qh7 27. Qxh7+ Kxh7 28. Ng5+ Kg8 29. Nxe6 Rfc8 30. c5
bxc5 31. Nxc5 Rcb8 32. Nd7 Rb7 33. Nf6+ Kf7 34. Rc5 Ke6 35. f4 Rc8 36.
Rxc8 Nxc8 37. Rc1 Nb6 38. Rc6+ Kf7 39. Kf2 Nxa4 40. Nxd5 Rxb5? 41. e6+
1-0

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Chess game

[Event "Utah Championship"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2010.11.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "John Coffey 1905"]
[Black "Brenda Ahlemann 1670"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A57"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. e4 g6
8. Nf3 Bg7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Qxb6 11. Nd2 Bb7 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. Bf4
Rfd8 14. a4 Ne8 15. a5 Rdb8 16. Qc2 Bc8 17. Na4 Ra7 18. Rfc1 Bd4 19.
Nab6 Nef6 20. Ra3 Rab7 21. Rd3 Nxb6 22. Nxb6 Rxb6 23. axb6 Qxb6 24. b3
Qb4 25. Bd2 Qb6 26. Be3 Nxe4 27. Bxd4 cxd4 28. Qc4 Bf5 29. Rxd4 Nxf2
30. Kxf2 Rc8 31. Qxc8+ Bxc8 32. Rxc8+ Kg7 33. Rc4 e5 34. dxe6 fxe6 35.
Rb4 Qc5 36. Kf1 e5 37. Rdc4 Qe3 38. Rc7+ Kf6 39. Bxa6 Qd2 40. Rbb7
Qd1+ 41. Kf2 Qd2+ 42. Be2 e4 43. Rf7+ Kg5 44. Rb5+ d5 45. Rd7?? Qf4+
46. Ke1 Qc1+ 47. Bd1 Qe3+ 48. Kf1 1/2-1/2

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Chess game.

 [Event "Utah Championship"]
 [Site ""]
 [Date "2010.11.06"]
 [Round "2"]
 [White "Steve Hoisington 1887"]
 [Black "John Coffey 1905"]
 [Result "1/2-1/2"]
 [ECO "A46"]

 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Nbxd2 b6 6. e3 Bb7 7.
 Bd3 O-O 8. O-O d6 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. Rac1 Qe7 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Bxe4
 13. Qxe4 Nf6 14. Qc2 Nd7 15. b4 a5 16. b5 f5 17. Ne1 f4 18. Qe4 fxe3
 19. Qxe3 Qf6 20. Nd3 Rae8 21. c5 e5 22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 Rxe5 24.
 Qb3+ Qf7 25. Qxf7+ Rxf7 26. cxb6 cxb6 27. a4 Rf4 28. Rc6 Rxa4 29. Rxb6
 Rb4 30. Rxd6 Rexb5 31. Ra6 a4 32. g3 Rb6 33. Ra7 Rb7 34. Ra6 R7b6 35.
 Ra7 Rb7 36. Ra6 R7b6 1/2-1/2

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Want To Be A Chess Master?

http://lascruceschessclub.com/us-chess/2009/want-to-be-a-chess-master/

RE: 12-year-old Utahn #2 chess player in the world (for his age group)

Yes.  I know.  I am on the board of directors of the Utah Chess Association that donated money to help him go to Greece.

I have played him in tournaments a number of times.

From: Witmer, Robert C.

http://www.abc4.com/content/news/slc/story/12-year-old-Utahn-2-chess-player-in-the-world/v8rD-QNpfk6o2x9q5YaQ0Q.cspx

Fire chess engine

On Oct 21, 2010, at 8:53 AM, <granthodson wrote:

John,

Q:  What's this cool new chess program you mentioned that is free?  Do you need to be a programmer to know how to use it?

The Fire chess engine is a separate download from the UCI front end.  I recommend using a commercial program as the front end.   From Fritz you click on "Add UCI engine" and then "Change main engine". 

 If the Fire download is a .zip or .tar file then you might want to download the free 7zip utility to extract the files.  

Best wishes,

John Coffey

Interesting game

Click here for a tricky mate in 3!

Playing a guy in Belgium

I am playing a chess game on itsyourturn.com.  I was able to find a picture of my opponent on the internet.

GEICO - Soccer meets Chess

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ixwKBwfT38&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Re: Chess Rating

From: John 
Subject: Re: Chess Rating

Glicko is enough.   The Glicko weights recent results more based on how infrequently you compete.  

Best wishes,

John Coffey

http://www.entertainmentjourney.com

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Larry wrote:

Do you think the Glicko system is good enough, or could you design a better one?

Chess Rating

From: larry.r.trout@
Date: September 22, 2010 6:50:39 

'The Elo rating system was invented half a century ago by Hungarian-born physicist and chess master Arpad Elo. It is the most famous technique for rating chess players and is used throughout the chess world. It has been applied to many other contests as well, including other board games, sports, and video games.  However, it has never really been demonstrated that the Elo approach to calculating chess ratings is superior.  Elo's formula was derived theoretically, in an era without large amounts of historical data or significant computing power.  With the benefit of powerful computers and large game databases, we can easily investigate approaches that might do better than Elo at predicting chess results.

There are several alternatives to the Elo approach. Professor Mark Glickman developed the Glicko and Glicko-2 systems, which extend the Elo system by introducing additional parameters to represent the reliability and volatility of player ratings.  Ken Thompson uses a linearly weighted average of a player's last 100 results to calculate a weighted performance rating.  Jeff Sonas (who put together this competition) developed Chessmetrics ratings to maximize predictive power. More details are available on the hints page.

We want to see if somebody out there can do even better.  Competitors train their rating systems using a training dataset of over 65,000 recent results for 8,631 top players. Participants then use their method to predict the outcome of a further 7,809 games.'

http://kaggle.com/chess

Halfway point:

'We have just passed the halfway mark of the "Elo vs the Rest of the World" contest, scheduled to end on November 14th. The contest is based upon the premise that a primary purpose of any chess rating system is to accurately assess the current strength of players, and we can measure the accuracy of a rating system by seeing how well the ratings do at predicting players' results in upcoming events. The winner of the contest will be the one whose rating system does the best job at predicting the results of a set of 7,800 games played recently among players rated 2200+.

So far we have had an unprecedented level of participation, with 162 different teams submitting entries to the contest! There is also a very active discussion forum to promote the free flow of ideas, although many teams are still hesitant to share too many details about their approach (especially considering that the winner will receive a copy of Fritz signed by Garry Kasparov, Viswanathan Anand, Anatoly Karpov, and Viktor Korchnoi). Both Chessbase and Kaggle have donated generous prizes, to be awarded to top-performing participants who are willing to share their methodology publicly.

A wide range of approaches have been tried, including almost every known chess rating system as well as other tries involving neural networks, machine learning, data mining, business intelligence tools, and artificial intelligence. In fact over 1,600 different tries have been submitted so far, and we anticipate far more submissions as the competition heats up over the final seven weeks.

The #1 spot is currently held by Portuguese physicist Filipe Maia, who confesses to little knowledge about statistics or chess ratings, but is nevertheless managing to lead the competition! He is also the author of El Turco, the first-ever Portuguese chess engine. Out of the current top ten teams on the leaderboard, seven use variants of the Chessmetrics rating system, two are modified Elo systems, and one is a "home-grown variant of ensemble recursive binary partitioning". That last approach belongs to the #3 team on the public leaderboard, a team known as "Old Dogs With New Tricks". This team is a collaborative effort between Dave Slate and Peter Frey, both prominent leaders in computer chess for many years.

Although the "Old Dogs With New Tricks" team clearly has a lot of chess expertise, and the #2 spot is held by Israeli mathematician and chess player Uri Blass (FIDE rating 2051), the top ten or twenty teams are primarily comprised of mathematicians, data miners, and other scientists having minimal direct experience with chess or chess ratings. This suggests that experts on chess rating theory might still have a lot to learn from experts in other fields, which of course is one of the desired outcomes of this contest. We have attracted interest from around the globe, with the top twenty comprised of participants from Portugal, Israel, USA, Germany, Australia, UK, Singapore, Denmark, and Ecuador.'

http://kaggle.com/blog/2010/09/21/elo-vs-the-rest-of-the-world-at-the-halfway-mark/

Do you think you either have, or could come up with a good rating system?

Chess Engine Controversy

http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/chess-engine-controversy/

Nathan Chen wins national figure skating championship

See the link below.  In chess tournaments going back many years I have played with almost all of the Chen siblings...

John Coffey

                       http://www.goldenskate.com/articles/2010/081510.shtml

 

Chess game

[Event Utah Team""]
[Site "U of U"]
[Date "2010.09.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tim Stacklin 1730 (BYU)"]
[Black "John Coffey 1920 (coffee club A Team) "]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO ""]

1. d3 d5 2. Nd2 e5 3. Ngf3 Nc6 4. e4 Nf6 5. Be2 Bc5 6. c3 O-O 7. b4
Bb6 8. b5 dxe4 9. dxe4 Ng4 10. O-O Ne7 11. h3 Nxf2 12. Rxf2 Ng6 13.
Nc4 Bxf2+ 14. Kxf2 Qe7?? 15. Ba3 Qf6 16. Bxf8 Kxf8 17. Ne3 Nf4 18. Nd5
Nxd5 19. Qxd5 Qb6+ 20. Kf1 f6?? 21. Bc4 1-0

A fine example of how not to play chess.

Utah Team Championship

> [Event "Utah Team"]
> [Site "U of U"]
> [Date "2010.09.18"]
> [Round "1"]
> [White "Isaac Balter (Coffee club B team) "]
> [Black "John Coffey (Coffee Club A Team)"]
> [Result "0-1"]
> [ECO "B23"]
>
> 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb5 Nf6 6. d3 dxe4 7. Bxc6+
> bxc6 8. dxe4 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Be7 10. Ke2 Ba6+ 11. Kf2 O-O 12. Be3 Ng4+ 0-1

Utah Team Championship

> [Event "Utah Team Championship"]
> [Site " U of U"]
> [Date "2010.09.18"]
> [Round "2"]
> [White "John Coffey 1920"]
> [Black "David Vasquez 1906"]
> [Result "1-0"]
> [ECO "C29"]
>
> 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. d3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Nc6 7.
> Nf3 d4 8. cxd4 Nxd4 9. c3 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 Be7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O c6
> 13. d4 Qd5 14. Qg3 Rd8 15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. Qxg5 Be6 17. Rf4 Qa5 18. Qg3
> Qa3 19. Bd3 b5 20. Rh4 g6 21. Rf1 Qxc3 22. Bxg6 Qxg3 23. Bxh7+ Kg7 24.
> hxg3 Bxa2 25. Rg4+ Kxh7 26. Kf2 Be6 27. Rh1# 1-0

I was lucky.

Fwd: White to play and win

Utah Senior Championship

On June 26th, 2010, I tied for first in the Utah Senior Chess Championship.

[Event "Utah Senior Championship"]
[Site "Sandy City Library"]
[Date "2010.06.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Thomas Martin 1400"]
[Black "John Coffey 1922"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 Nf6 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Bxd7+ Qxd7 6. c4 Na6? (e6) 7. a3 O-O-O 8. Nf3 e6 9. Ne5 Qc7 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. O-O Bd6 12. Qe2 Bxe5 13. Qxe5 Qxe5 14. fxe5 Ng4 15. Re1 Rhf8 16. Re2 Rf5 17. Nc3 Rxe5 18. Rxe5 Nxe5 19. b3 Nd3 20. Ne4 Rd4 21. Ng5 h6 22. Nf3 Re4 23. Rb1 g5 24. h3 h5 25. Bb2 g4 26. hxg4 hxg4 27. Nh2 Nc7 28. Bc3 e5 29. Nf1 Ne6 30. g3 Nd4 31. Ne3 Ne2+ 32. Kg2 Nxc3 33. dxc3 Rxe3 34. b4 Re1 35. Rxe1 Nxe1+ 36. Kf2 Nc2 37. a4 cxb4 38. cxb4 Nxb4 39. Ke3 Kd7 40. Ke4 Ke6 41. c5 Na6 42. a5 Nxc5+ 43. Ke3 Kd5 44. Kf2 Kd4 45. Ke2 Ke4 46. Kf2 Kd3 0-1


[Event "Utah Senior Championship"]
[Site "Sandy City Library"]
[Date "2010.06.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "John Coffey 1922"]
[Black "Wayne Larsen  988"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Nxe4?? 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. Qxe4 e6 7. d4 d5 8. Qd3 c4 9. Qc2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bf4 b5 12. Nbd2 Bb7 13. b3 Bd6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. bxc4 bxc4 16. Rab1 Rab8 17. Rb2 (Maybe Rb5) Qc7 18. Rfb1 a5 19. Rb6 Rfe8 20. Qb2 Nd8 21. Qb5 Qe7 22. Ne5 (intending Nd7 Bc6 Qc5) Qg5?? 23. Qxe8# 


[Event "Utah Senior Championship"]

[Site "Sandy City Library"]

[Date "2010.06.26"]

[Round "3"]
[White "Franklin Gonzaliz (1800)"]
[Black "John Coffey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. h3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. O-O g6 7. Re1 Bg7 8. d3 O-O 9. Bg5 a6 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. Qd2 Re8 12. Re2 b5 13. Rb1 b4 14. Nd1 d5 15. e5 Nd7 16. e6 fxe6 17. Rxe6 Rc8 18. Qe2 Nf6 19. Ne5 Bb7 20. Ng4 d4 21. Bxf6 exf6 22. a3 Qd7 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Qd2 h5 25. Nh2 Qd5 26. f3 Kh7 27. c3 Bh6 28. f4 Bxf4 29. c4 Qg5 30. Qf2 Bg3 31. Qf1 Re1 32. Qxe1 Bxh2+  0-1
See the finish of this game here!

I blew a won game against a higher rated player and former state champion, was lost, and fought back to get a draw. Damir and I are nowUtah Senior co-champs...

[Event "Utah Senior Championship"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2010.06.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "John Coffey 1922"]

[Black ""Damir Trtanj 2000]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A15"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8. O-O e5 9. Ndb5 a6 10. Nd6 Ne8 11. Nce4 h6 12. Be3 Kh7 13. Qd2 f5 14. Nxe8 Rxe8 15. Nd6 Rf8 16. Bc5 Qc7 17. Ba3 e4 18. Rad1 Ne5 19. b3 b6 20. Qd5 Nc6 21. Nxe4 fxe4 22. Bxf8 Bxf8 23. Qf7+ Bg7 24. Bxe4 Ne5 25. Qe7 Bb7 26. Bxb7 Qxb7 27. f4 Nc6 28. Rxd7 Nxe7 29. Rxb7 Nf5 30. e4 Nd6 31. Rxb6????? Bd4+ 32. Kg2 Bxb6 33. e5 Nf5 34. Rc1 Bc5 35. g4 Ne3+ 36. Kf3 Kg7 37. b4 Bd4 38. c5 Nd5? 39. Rd1 Bxe5 40. Rxd5 Bc3 41. a3 Bb2 42. a4 Rb8 43. c6 Rxb4 44. Rd7+ Kf6 45. c7 Rc4 46. Rd6+ Ke7 47. Rxa6 Kd7 Last couple of moves might not be exact.  Stopped recording before this point.    Eventually traded all the pawns and with my 11 seconds to his 20 minutes, he offered the draw.

Below we see Steve Gordon play Damir Trtanj while others watch.

Utah Class Championship

On May 22, 2010 I tied for first in the top section (Expert/A) of the 2010 Utah Class Chess Championship.  I was fortunate enough to get the top trophy on tie breaks.

10 Year Old Wins Utah Speed Chess Championship.

John Coffey I was there. I came in 4th place.