White to play

Casual 5+2, Greenwood Chess Club
Analysis of Coffey, John (2016) vs. Gusev, Dmitri (1865)

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 a b c d e f g h -2

(white to move) 1. Nf3 Nc6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e4 e5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. Nd5 f5 9. Bd3 fxe4 10. Bxe4 f5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 fxe4 13. Qh5+ Kd7 14. Qg4+ Ke8 15. Qg6+ Kd7 16. Nf6+ Ke6 17. O-O-O Be7 18. Ne8+ Kd7 19. e6+ Kc6 20. Qxe4+ Kb6 21. Qe3+ Kc6 22. Qf3+ d5 23. Rxd5 Bxe6 24. Rd6+ Kc5 25. b4+ Kxc4 26. Qb3+ Kb5 27. a4#

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ICC tourney 1716 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
Analysis of john2001plus (1724) vs. weakfish (1239)

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 a b c d e f g h +1

(white to move) 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 h6 6. e4 Bg4 7. Bxc4 e6 8. e5 Nd5 9. O-O Bb4 10. Ne4 O-O 11. h3 Bh5 12. Bxh6 f5 13. Bg5 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Be7 15. Be3 fxe4 16. fxe4 Nc7 17. Qg4 Qd7 18. f4 Bb4 19. f5 Bd2 20. fxe6 Bxe3+ 21. Kh2 Qe7 22. Rxf8+ Kxf8 23. Rf1+ Kg8 24. Qg6 Nba6 25. Rf7 Qxf7 26. exf7+ Kf8 27. e6 Nxe6 28. Qxe6 Rd8 29. Qf5 Bxd4 30. Qh5 g6 31. Qxg6 Bg7 32. Qh7 Bd4 33. Qg8+ Ke7 34. Qxd8+ Kxd8 35. f8=Q+

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Analysis of rchambers vs. John Coffey

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 h g f e d c b a +6

(black to move) 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Bg5 Be7 4. Bxf6 Bxf6 5. c3 O-O 6. g3 c5 7. e3 d5 8. dxc5 Nd7 9. b4 a5 10. Qa4 Qc7 11. a3 Qb8 12. Nd4 axb4 13. Qc2 bxa3 14. c6 bxc6 15. Rxa3 Rxa3 16. Nxa3 Qa8 17. Qc1 c5 18. Ndb5 d4 19. cxd4 Qxh1 20. h4 cxd4 21. exd4 Ba6 22. Kd2 Bxd4 23. Qe1 Qd5 24. Bc4 Qc5 25. Qe4 Ne5 26. Bd3 f5 27. Qe2 Rc8 28. Bc2 Bxb5 29. Qxb5 Qc3+ 30. Ke2 Nf3 31. Kf1 Qe1+ 32. Kg2 Qxf2+

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Black to play for mate.

Casual blitz, Greenwood Indiana Chess Club
Analysis of Reuter, Adam (1915) vs. Coffey, John (2016)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 h g f e d c b a +3

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. g3 Bd6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. b3 Nc6 9. Bb2 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 d4 12. d3 Nb4 13. Rf2 Re8 14. Qxb7 Re1+ 15. Kh2 Rb8 16. Qxa7 g5 17. a3 gxf4 18. gxf4 Ng4+ 19. Kg3 Nxf2 20. Bc1 Qg5+ 21. Kf3 Qd5+ 22. Kxf2 Re2+ 23. Kxe2 Qxg2+ 24. Ke1 Re8+ 25. Be3 Rxe3+ 26. Kd1 Qxc2#

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Mate in 12

Greenwood Chess Club, Kroger
Analysis of Brayden vs. John Coffey

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 h g f e d c b a 0

(black to move) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 g6 6. c3 Bg7 7. Bc2 e5 8. d4 Ne7 9. d5 O-O 10. Bg5 f6 11. Be3 f5 12. Ng5 Nf6 13. exf5 Nxf5 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 Qe7 16. Bb3 b5 17. Bd5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Rxf1+ 20. Kxf1 Rf8+ 21. Kg1 Re8 22. Qc6 Bh6 23. e4 Be3+ 24. Kh1 Bc1 25. a4 Rf8 26. h3 Rf1+ 27. Kh2 Bf4+ 28. g3 Qf8 29. Kg2 Rg1+ 30. Kf2 Bxg3+ 31. Ke2 Qf1+ 32. Kd2 Qd1+ 33. Ke3 Re1#

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White to play

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Analysis of john2001plus (1846) vs. TampaChess (2815)

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 a b c d e f g h 0

(white to move) 1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 h6 5. e4 Nc6 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Nge7 8. O-O O-O 9. Qd2 Kh7 10. Rfd1 f5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Rxd8 Nxd8 14. Rd1 Be6 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Nf7 17. Bc5 Re8 18. Bxa7 e4 19. Nd4 b6 20. c5 Nxd5 21. Bc4 Nf4 22. Bxf7 Re7 23. Bc4 Rd7 24. cxb6 c5 25. Bb5 Rxd4 26. Rxd4 cxd4 27. b7 Be5 28. Bxd4 Ne2+ 29. Bxe2

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White to play and wn

ICC tourney 1581 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
Analysis of john2001plus (1753) vs. saikolli (1191)

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 a b c d e f g h +1

(white to move) 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 b6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Bb5 Rc8 9. Ne5 Bd7 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 e6 12. Qxd7+ Qxd7 13. Nxd7 Kxd7 14. Bd2 Bd6 15. Rc1 Rc7 16. Ke2 Rhc8 17. Rxc6 Rxc6 18. Rc1 a6 19. Rxc6 Rxc6 20. Bxc6+ Kxc6 21. e4 f6 22. f4 Kb5 23. Kd3 Kc6 24. h3 Kd7 25. g4 g6 26. f5 gxf5 27. gxf5 exf5 28. exf5 Kc6 29. Ke4 Bg3 30. Bb4 b5 31. d5+ Kc7 32. Kf3 Be5 33. b3 h5 34. Ke4 Bg3 35. Bc3 Bh4 36. a4 bxa4 37. bxa4 Kd6 38. Kd4 Bg3 39. Bb4+ Kc7 40. Kc4 Bh4 41. Bc3 Kb6 42. a5+ Kc7 43. Kc5 Bf2+ 44. Bd4 Bh4 45. d6+ Kd7 46. Kb6 Kxd6 47. Kxa6 Kc6 48. Ka7 Kc7 49. a6 Bg5 50. Bb6+ Kc8 51. Bf2 Kc7 52. Bg3+ Kc6 53. Kb8 Be3 54. Bh4 Bf4+ 55. Kc8 Kb6 56. Bxf6 Kxa6 57. Kd7 Kb6 58. Be7 Bh6 59. f6 Kb5 60. f7 Kc4 61. Ke6 Kd3 62. Kf6 h4 63. Kg6

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