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2017-11-14

What is the best continuation for Black?

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2017-11-13

Queen's Indian Defense

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2017-11-05

French Advance

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2017-11-03

Win against NM on USCF online tournament.

This guy is like 2200 chess.com blitz and bullet, but his rapid rating is relatively low because he says he never plays rapid oline. He blundered on move 10.

Later I made a queen sacrifice that I probably didn't need to make, but it still turned out good for me.

[Event "Live Chess"]

[Site "Chess.com"]

[Date "2017.11.03"]

[White "john2001plus"]

[Black "e4ofHearts"]

[WhiteElo "1869"]

[BlackElo "1524"]

[TimeControl "900+10"]

[ECO "E61"]

[Termination "john2001plus won by resignation"]

[Result "1-0"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d6 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 Nc6 7.d5 Nb4 8.Be2 c5 9.e4 Qa5 10.O-O Ng4 11.Bxe7 Re8 12.Bxd6 Na6 13.Qd2 Qd8 14.Bf4 Nc7 15.h3 Nf6 16.e5 Nd7 17.Qe3 Nxe5 18.Bxe5 Bxe5 19.Nxe5 f6 20.f4 Qe7 21.Rad1 Na6 22.d6 Qg7 23.Qd2 fxe5 24.d7 Bxd7 25.Qxd7 Re7 26.Ne4 Rxd7 27.Rxd7 Qh6 28.Nf6+ Kh8 29.fxe5 Rf8 30.Rxh7+ Qxh7 31.Nxh7 Rxf1+ 32.Kxf1 Kxh7 33.Bf3 b6 34.Ke2 Nb4 35.Be4 Nxa2 36.h4 Kg7 37.g4 Nb4 38.h5 gxh5 39.gxh5 Na6 40.Bc6 Nc7 41.Bd7 Kh6 42.e6 Kxh5 43.e7 Kg5 44.e8=Q Nxe8 45.Bxe8 Kf4 46.Kd3 Kf3 47.Bc6+ Kf2 48.Kc3 Ke3 49.Kb3 Kd3 50.Bb5 Kd2 51.Ka4 Kc2 52.b4 cxb4 53.Kxb4 Kb2 54.Ba6 Kc2 55.Kb5 Kd3 56.Kc6 Kd4 57.Kb7 Kc5 58.Kxa7 Kc6 59.Bb5+ Kc7 60.Ka6 1-0

Best wishes,

John Coffey

http://www.entertainmentjourney.com

2017-10-21

2nd round victory. It is nice to win against a former state champion.

[Event "Indiana State Championship"]
[Site "Airport hotel"]
[Date "Oct 21, 2017"]
[Round "2"]
[White "John Coffey 2001"]
[Black "Lester Van Meter 2200"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 e6 7. Nc3 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 d6 9. exd6 Bxd6 10. Bd3 h6 11. O-O Qf6 12. Re1 Bd7 13. Rb1 b6 14. d5 Ne5
15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. Qh5+
1-0

2017-10-06

This last round was a nail biter.

Check out this ending ...

[Event "Live Chess"]

[Site "Chess.com"]

[Date "2017.10.06"]

[White "john2001plus"]

[Black "SpeedyChess11"]

[Result "1-0"]

[ECO "A46"]

[WhiteElo "1866"]

[BlackElo "1747"]

[TimeControl "900+10"]

[EndTime "20:29:17 PDT"]

[Termination "john2001plus won by checkmate"]

[CurrentPosition "6Q1/8/5Q1k/6pp/1K6/7P/8/8 b - - 7 58"]

1.Nf3 {[%clk 0:15:09]} Nf6 {[%clk 0:13:37]} 2.d4 {[%clk 0:15:16]} e6 {[%clk 0:13:44]} 3.c4 {[%clk 0:15:22]} b6 {[%clk 0:13:48]} 4.a3 {[%clk 0:15:28]} Bb7 {[%clk 0:13:56]} 5.Nc3 {[%clk 0:15:28]} Be7 {[%clk 0:13:56]} 6.d5 {[%clk 0:15:27]} exd5 {[%clk 0:14:02]} 7.cxd5 {[%clk 0:15:33]} O-O {[%clk 0:14:10]} 8.e4 {[%clk 0:15:38]} d6 {[%clk 0:14:14]} 9.Bc4 {[%clk 0:15:18]} Re8 {[%clk 0:14:15]} 10.O-O {[%clk 0:15:24]} Nbd7 {[%clk 0:14:21]} 11.Nd4 {[%clk 0:15:06]} Ne5 {[%clk 0:14:12]} 12.Bb5 {[%clk 0:14:51]} Rf8 {[%clk 0:14:18]} 13.f4 {[%clk 0:14:48]} Ng6 {[%clk 0:14:18]} 14.Bc6 {[%clk 0:14:02]} Bxc6 {[%clk 0:14:15]} 15.Nxc6 {[%clk 0:14:10]} Qd7 {[%clk 0:14:21]} 16.Be3 {[%clk 0:12:35]} Ng4 {[%clk 0:14:04]} 17.Bd4 {[%clk 0:12:01]} Bf6 {[%clk 0:13:33]} 18.h3 {[%clk 0:12:05]} Bxd4+ {[%clk 0:13:37]} 19.Qxd4 {[%clk 0:12:11]} Nf6 {[%clk 0:13:33]} 20.e5 {[%clk 0:12:04]} Ne8 {[%clk 0:12:52]} 21.Rae1 {[%clk 0:10:42]} dxe5 {[%clk 0:12:18]} 22.fxe5 {[%clk 0:10:24]} Ne7 {[%clk 0:11:54]} 23.Nxe7+? {[%clk 0:06:41]} (23. Qg4!!) Qxe7 {[%clk 0:12:04]} 24.Qc4 {[%clk 0:04:15]} Rd8 {[%clk 0:11:49]} 25.Nb5 {[%clk 0:03:53]} a6 {[%clk 0:11:46]} 26.Na7 {[%clk 0:03:52]} b5 {[%clk 0:06:51]} 27.Nc6 {[%clk 0:03:37]} bxc4 {[%clk 0:06:23]} 28.Nxe7+ {[%clk 0:03:44]} Kh8 {[%clk 0:06:32]} 29.Rd1 {[%clk 0:02:51]} Rd7 {[%clk 0:06:21]} 30.Nc6 {[%clk 0:02:58]} Rg8 {[%clk 0:06:13]} 31.e6 {[%clk 0:02:54]} fxe6 {[%clk 0:06:13]} 32.dxe6 {[%clk 0:03:03]} Rd6 {[%clk 0:05:28]} 33.Ne5 {[%clk 0:01:35]} g6 {[%clk 0:04:58]} 34.Nf7+ {[%clk 0:01:38]} Kg7 {[%clk 0:05:07]} 35.Nxd6 {[%clk 0:01:45]} Nxd6 {[%clk 0:05:17]} 36.Rxd6 {[%clk 0:00:58]} cxd6 {[%clk 0:05:23]} 37.Rf7+ {[%clk 0:01:07]} Kh6 {[%clk 0:05:32]} 38.Rd7 {[%clk 0:01:17]} Re8 {[%clk 0:05:35]} 39.Rxd6 {[%clk 0:01:25]} a5 {[%clk 0:05:42]} 40.Kf2 {[%clk 0:01:22]} Kg5 {[%clk 0:05:49]} 41.Ke3 {[%clk 0:01:30]} Kf5 {[%clk 0:05:51]} 42.Kd4 {[%clk 0:01:37]} Kf6 {[%clk 0:05:01]} 43.Kxc4 {[%clk 0:01:40]} Rb8 {[%clk 0:05:08]} 44.b4 {[%clk 0:01:45]} axb4 {[%clk 0:05:16]} 45.axb4 {[%clk 0:01:55]} Ke5 {[%clk 0:05:13]} 46.Kc5 {[%clk 0:01:47]} Ra8 {[%clk 0:05:01]} 47.b5 {[%clk 0:01:46]} Ra2 {[%clk 0:05:02]} 48.e7 {[%clk 0:01:26]} Rc2+ {[%clk 0:05:03]} 49.Kb4 {[%clk 0:01:33]} Kxd6 {[%clk 0:04:53]} 50.e8=Q {[%clk 0:01:41]} Rxg2 {[%clk 0:05:00]} 51.Qc6+ {[%clk 0:01:44]} Ke5 {[%clk 0:05:07]} 52.Qxg2 {[%clk 0:01:52]} Kf4 {[%clk 0:05:15]} 53.b6 {[%clk 0:02:00]} h5 {[%clk 0:05:24]} 54.b7 {[%clk 0:02:09]} g5 {[%clk 0:05:32]} 55.b8=Q+ {[%clk 0:02:18]} Kf5 {[%clk 0:05:42]} 56.Qf3+ {[%clk 0:02:23]} Kg6 {[%clk 0:05:50]} 57.Qg8+ {[%clk 0:02:31]} Kh6 {[%clk 0:05:58]} 58.Qf6# {[%clk 0:02:39]} 1-0

2017-09-30

ICC game tangent vs yoshi. First place in ICC tournament.

Well, it is nice to be lucky. After I had a draw with one master in the ICC USCF online rated tournament, this FIDE Master thought that I had forced mate, when I really didn't. After he resigned, I told him that I hadn't found the path to victory yet. So through sheer dumb luck, I finished the tournament in first place

>uscf You won!!! Congratulations! This is your 9 1st place finish

> During the 5 rounds, you collected 4.5 points

>uscf

> 4.5 yoshi

> 4.0 tangent NO-Mind

> 3.5 cool64chess

> 3.0 darvid ThePontiff panorama KingsBishop xiaoqixia

> 2.5 IAlwaysWin ROWLAND BotanicalKnight rjp1888

> 2.0 TheBlackVeil canary2016 Fineas-Fogg Zephyr capatal1 getRooked

> 1.5 JRussell2 Ethius

> 1.0 Celtruler coolbaja tigeriz cyborg86

> 0.5 BIRDSMAN racertripplex

> __________ __ ______ _ __________ __ ____ _ ____________

> /_ __/ __ \/ / / / __ \/ | / / ____/\ \/ / / __ \ | / / ____/ __ \

> / / / / / / / / / /_/ / |/ / __/ \ / / / / / | / / __/ / /_/ /

> / / / /_/ / /_/ / _ _/ /| / /___ / / / /_/ /| |/ / /___/ _ _/

> /_/ \____/\____/_/ |_/_/ |_/_____/ /_/ \____/ |___/_____/_/ |_|

> Congratulations yoshi and Thanks to all :-)

[Event "ICC tourney 1318 (12 3)"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "tangent"]
[Black "yoshi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "1982"]
[BlackElo "1711"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian: Capablanca variation"]
[ECO "E16"]
[NIC "QI.06"]
[Time "19:06:22"]
[TimeControl "720+3"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O d5 8.
Qc2 Nbd7 9. Rd1 c5 10. cxd5 Bxd5 11. e4 Bb7 12. e5 Bxd2 13. exf6 Bxc1 14.
fxg7 Kxg7 15. Raxc1 Rc8 16. dxc5 Rxc5 17. Qa4 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Nc5 19. Qxa7 Nd3
20. Rd1 Bxf3 21. Bxf3 Qd4 22. Rd2 Rc8 23. Qb7 Rc1+ {White resigns} 0-1

Computer analysis gives 24. Bd1 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Qxf2+ 26. Kh1 Ne1 27. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 28. Kg2 Qe2+ 29. Kh3 Qxb2 with a strong advantage for Black.