White to play

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John Coffey (2000) vs. thehungjury, Correspondent

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. c3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 Bg4 6. d5 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Ne5 8. Qb3 Qc7 9. Bb5+ Nd7 10. Be3 Ngf6 11. Nc3 a6 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. O-O axb5 14. Nxb5 Qb8 15. Rxc8+ Qxc8 16. Rc1 Nc5 17. e5 Nfd7 18. Qa4 Qb8 19. Bxc5 dxc5 20. e6

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Queen Pawn

ICC tourney 1191 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
Analysis of yoshi (1685) vs. KingsBishop (1610)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 Nc6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. e4 Bb7 6. Bd3 Qe7 7. a3 Bxd2+ 8. Bxd2 d6 9. O-O Nf6 10. d5 Nd8 11. e5 dxe5 12. Bb4 Qd7 13. Nxe5 Qc8 14. Bc2 exd5 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Ba4+ c6 17. Qxd5 Qe6 18. Qd4 a5 19. Bb3 c5 20. Bxe6 cxd4 21. Bd7#

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soitgoes317 (1851) vs. Caissarius (1798)

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

(white to move) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. g3 Bb7 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O e6 9. Re1 Qc7 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. Nf5 Qd7 14. Nxg7+ Kf8 15. Bxf6 Rg8 16. Qd2 Rxg7 17. Qh6 Qc7 18. Qxg7+ Ke8 19. Qg8+ Kd7 20. Qxf7+ Kc6 21. e5+

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Queen's Gambit Accepted

ICC tourney 1751 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
John2001plus (1719) vs. IAlwaysWin (1654)

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 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Bxc4 e6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Nbd2 Be7 9. a5 O-O 10. a6 Bd5 11. Ne5 c5 12. Qa4 Bxc4 13. Ndxc4 cxd4 14. exd4 Qd5 15. Be3 Nbd7 16. Nc6 Qxc4 17. Rac1 Qe2 18. Rfe1 Qxb2 19. Nxe7+ Kh8 20. Rb1 Qa3 21. Ra1 Qxa4 22. Rxa4 b3 23. Rb1 Rab8 24. Nc6 Rb6 25. d5 Rb5 26. dxe6 fxe6 27. Nxa7 Rbb8 28. Nc6 Rbc8 29. a7 Nc5 30. Bxc5 Rxc6 31. Bxf8 b2 32. Ba3

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Queen Pawn

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John Coffey vs. peteryusoff

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 Bf5 4. Qb3 b6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. cxd5 Na5 7. Qd1 Bd7 8. e4 e6 9. dxe6 fxe6 10. Bd3 Bb4 11. O-O Bc6 12. d5 exd5 13. exd5 Bxc3 14. dxc6 Bb4 15. a3 Bd6 16. Re1+ Be7 17. Qe2 Nxc6 18. Bb5 O-O 19. Bxc6 Rb8 20. Qxe7

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Sicilian

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Unusual Opening

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John Coffey vs. peongota

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 h6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. e4 a6 6. Be3 Nd7 7. Be2 Bf6 8. h4 Ne7 9. Qc2 e5 10. O-O-O O-O 11. g4

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Queen Pawn

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The Ultimate Windmill

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John Coffey vs. wolfwolf

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 h6 2. e4 a6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nc3 Qd6 6. Ne4 Qe6 7. Ne5 Nf6 8. Bc4 Nd5 9. Nc5 Qd6 10. Qf3 Nf6 11. Bxf7+ Kd8 12. Bg6

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Missed Opportunity

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

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French Tarrasch

ICC tourney 1704 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
SuperPuzzler (1665) vs. john2001plus (1747)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8. O-O Be7 9. c3 O-O 10. Qc2 e5 11. Re1 Qc7 12. exd5 cxd5 13. c4 d4 14. Nf3 Bd6 15. Bg5 e4 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. Rxe4 Bb7 18. Rh4 h6 19. Nxd4 Rfe8 20. Nb5 Qc6 21. f3 Bc5+ 22. Kh1 Qxf3 23. Bf4 g5 24. gxf3 Bxf3+ 25. Qg2 Bxg2+ 26. Kxg2 gxh4 27. Nc7 Re2+ 28. Kf3 Rf2+ 29. Ke4 Rxf4+ 30. Kxf4 Bd6+ 31. Kg4 Bxc7 32. Kxh4 Bxh2 33. Kg4 Rd8 34. Rh1 Rd4+ 35. Kf3 Bf4 36. Rh4 Rxc4 37. Rxf4 Rxf4+ 38. Kxf4 Kf8 39. Kg4 Ke7 40. Kh5 f5 41. Kh4 Kd6 42. Kg3 h5 43. Kf4 h4

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White to play

I present this for your consideration only because my opponent thought that he had me in checkmate, which I found amusing.

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John Coffey vs. badnite

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 f5 2. e4 d6 3. exf5 Bxf5 4. d4 g6 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Re1 d5 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Nc6 10. Ng5 Qd7 11. Ne6 Kf7 12. Bf4 Ne4 13. Nxc7 Bxd4 14. Nc3 Bxf2+ 15. Kh1 Bxe1 16. Nxe4 Bh4 17. Rf1 Bf6 18. Nxf6 exf6 19. Nxa8 Rxa8 20. Bg5 f5 21. g4 Ne7 22. Bxe7 Kxe7 23. gxf5 Rf8 24. Re1+ Kf6 25. fxg6 hxg6 26. Rf1+ Kg7 27. Rxf8 Kxf8 28. Qxg6 Qb5 29. Qf6+ Kg8 30. b3 d4 31. Qxd4 Qf1+ 32. Qg1+ Qxg1+ 33. Kxg1 Kf7 34. Kf2 Kf6 35. Kf3 Kf5 36. h4 CHECK!

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English defense

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john2001plus (1884) vs. learnychess (1512)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 b6 2. d4 c5 3. e4 Bb7 4. Bd3 e6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Qe2 d5 7. Nbd2 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4 9. e5 Ne4 10. O-O Nxd2 11. Bxd2 Bxd2 12. Nxd2 Nc6 13. Rac1 Nxd4 14. Qg4 Nc6 15. Qxg7 Rf8 16. Nf3 Kd7 17. Ng5 h6 18. Nh7 Rh8 19. Qxf7+ Qe7 20. Nf6+ Kd8 21. Qh5 Rf8 22. f4 Qg7 23. Qh4 Ne7 24. Rf3 Rc8 25. Rxc8+ Kxc8 26. Rg3 Qf7 27. Qxh6 Ng8 28. Qxf8+

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Black to play

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JariGe4 (1303) vs. soitgoes317 (1380), 1

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Qg6 7. Nxc6 Bxe3 8. fxe3 dxc6 9. Qf3 Bg4 10. Qg3 O-O-O 11. Nd2 Rxd2 12. Kxd2 Nf6 13. Bd3 Rd8 14. Kc2 Rxd3 15. Kxd3 Qxe4+ 16. Kd2 Qd5+ 17. Kc2 Bf5+ 18. Kc1 Ne4 19. Qe1 Nc5 20. Qd2 Nd3+ 21. Kd1 Nf2+ 22. Ke2 Qxg2 23. Ke1 Nd3+ 24. Kd1 Qxh1+ 25. Kc2 Nc5+ 26. e4 Bxe4+ 27. Qd3 Qxh2+ 28. Kc1 Nxd3+ 29. Kd1 Bf3#

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Queen's Gambit Accepted

ICC tourney 1688 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
john2001plus (1714) vs. IAlwaysWin (1509)

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 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 b5 5. a4 c6 6. axb5 cxb5 7. b3 e6 8. bxc4 b4 9. c5 Bb7 10. Qa4+ Nc6 11. Bb5 Qc7 12. Ne5 Rc8 13. Qxa7 Ra8 14. Qxa8+ Bxa8 15. Rxa8+ Ke7 16. Nxc6+ Kd7 17. Nxb4+ Ke7 18. Nc6+ Kd7 19. Ra7

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Queen's Gambit Accepted

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John Coffey vs. dscipio

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 dxc4 4. e3 c5 5. Bxc4 cxd4 6. O-O e6 7. exd4 Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Bf4

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French McCutcheon Variation

ICC tourney 1676 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
Zephyr (1587) vs. john2001plus (1699)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. exf6 hxg5 7. fxg7 Rg8 8. Nge2 Rxg7 9. a3 Be7 10. Qd3 c5 11. O-O-O Nc6 12. g3 c4 13. Qd2 b5 14. Nxb5 Rb8 15. a4 a6 16. Na3 Qb6 17. c3 Bxa3 18. h4 Bxb2+ 19. Kb1 Bxc3+ 20. Ka2 Qb3#

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QGD

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Coffey, John (2016) vs. NN

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

(white to move) 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. e4 dxe4 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Nxe4 Qb6 11. Bxd7+ Nxd7 12. O-O cxd4 13. Nxd4 Rd8 14. Nf5 Ne5 15. Qe2 g6 16. Qb5+ Nd7 17. Rfe1 Bb4 18. Nf6+ Kf8 19. Nxd7+ Rxd7 20. Qe5 Qxf2+ 21. Kxf2 Bxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Rd2+ 23. Kf1 Rf2+ 24. Kxf2

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French McCutcheon

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JUMPER 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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Nf3 c5 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. Rb1 Qa5 12. Qe1 Qxa2 13. Qc1 Qa5 14. c4 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 Qxd2 16. Nxd2 Nxd4 17. Bd3 Rb8 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Nb3 Nxb3 20. cxb3 b5 21. Rfc1 c4 22. bxc4 dxc4 23. Bf1 Be6 24. h3 Rfc8 25. f4 b4 26. Kf2 c3 27. Ke3 b3 28. Bd3 c2 29. Rb2 a5 30. g4 a4

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King's Indian

ICC USCF Online rated Quick tournament.
john2001plus (1740) vs. lagarto300 (1830), 12+3

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Bg5 h6 9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nd5 Rxd5 12. cxd5 c6 13. Rc1 Bg4 14. Nd2 Bd7 15. O-O

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Semi Slav Defense

ICC tourney 1651 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
john2001plus (1728) vs. karre1234 (1162)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. Bd2 Nbd7 9. Nxd5 Nxd5 10. cxd5 Bxd2 11. dxc6 Ba5 12. cxd7 Bxd7 13. Ne5 Bc8 14. Bxh7+ Kxh7 15. Qh5+ Kg8 16. Qxf7+ Kh8 17. f4 Kh7 18. Rf3 Be1 19. Rxe1 Qh4 20. Rh3 Qxh3 21. gxh3 Rd8 22. Ng4 Bd7 23. Nf6+ Kh8 24. Qh5#

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Slav Defense

ICC tourney 1635 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
Analysis of john2001plus (1702) vs. IAlwaysWin (1561)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. b3 Re8 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Bb2 a6 11. a4 b6 12. Rc1 Bb7 13. Qe2 Ne4 14. Rfd1 f5 15. Nd2 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Ndxe4 Qh4 19. Nd6 Nf3+ 20. gxf3 Be5 21. f4 Bxd6 22. Rxd6 Qh3 23. Qc4+ Kg7 24. Ne4+ Kh6 25. Qf7 Bxe4 26. Qg7+ Kh5 27. Qxh7+ Kg4 28. Rxg6+ Kf3 29. Qxh3+ Ke2 30. Qf1+ Kd2 31. Bc3#

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King's Indian

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john2001plus (1906) vs. 3ptdka (2350), 3+2

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. O-O c6 10. Qc2 h6 11. Bh4 Qc7 12. b4 Nh5 13. Rfd1 a5 14. a3 Re8 15. Nd2 Nf4 16. Bf1 Ne6 17. c5 Nd4 18. Qb2 Nf8 19. Nc4 g5 20. Bg3 axb4 21. axb4 Rxa1 22. Qxa1 Be6 23. Rxd4 h5 24. Rd6 h4 25. Bxe5 Bxc4 26. Bxg7 Bxf1 27. Bxf8 Bxg2 28. Nb5

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Queen Pawn

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Analysis of John Coffey vs. Dan

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 e6 2. d4 b5 3. e4 Bb7 4. Bxb5 Bxe4 5. O-O a6 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 h6 9. Be3 Nd5 10. c4 Nxe3 11. Qxe3 g5 12. Nc3 Nc6 13. d5 Nb4 14. Rac1 a5 15. a3 Na6 16. dxe6 dxe6 17. Rfd1 Bd6 18. Ne4 Qe7 19. c5 Bf4 20. Qc3 e5 21. g3 Bxc1 22. Nxe5 Rh7 23. Ng4 f5 24. Nef6+ Kf8 25. Nxh7+ Qxh7 26. Nf6 Qg6 27. Rd7 Bxb2 28. Qxb2 Nxc5 29. Rh7

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Chigorin Variation

ICC tourney 1588 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
Analysis of john2001plus (1754) vs. SunKing007 (1290), 12+3

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nc6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nxd5 Qd6 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. e3 O-O-O 11. Be2 a6 12. O-O f6 13. d5 Nb4 14. e4 g5 15. a3 Nxd5 16. exd5 h5 17. Nd4 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Bg7 19. Qe6+ Qxe6 20. Nxe6 Rd7 21. Nxg7 Rxg7 22. Rfe1 f5 23. Re5 f4 24. Rae1 Kd7 25. Ne4 g4 26. Nf6+ Kd6 27. b4 c5 28. Re6+ Kc7 29. d6+ Kb8 30. Re8+ Rxe8 31. Rxe8+ Ka7 32. bxc5 a5 33. d7 Rxd7 34. Nxd7 Ka6 35. a4 b5 36. c6 bxa4 37. Rb8 a3 38. Rb6+ Ka7 39. Rb7+ Ka6 40. Nc5#

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Slav Defense

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

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

(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 Ka4 24. e5 fxe5 25. dxe5 Bc5 26. Be3 Bxe3 27. Kxe3 Kb4 28. f5 exf5 29. e6

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