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Analysis of p0nZi (1677) vs. john2001plus (1779)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 h g f e d c b a +14

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bd7 8. Bc2 Nb4 9. Bb3 Bb5 10. Nc3 Nd3+ 11. Kd2 Nxf2 12. Qc2 Bd3 13. Ba4+ Kd8 14. Qb3 Bb4 15. Rg1 Bc4 16. Qc2 Nh6 17. a3 Nf5 18. axb4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Qxd4+ 20. Ke1 Nd3+ 21. Kf1 Nxc1+ 22. Ke1 Nd3+ 23. Kd1 Qxg1+ 24. Kd2 Qxg2+ 25. Ne2 Nxb4 26. Qd1 Qg5+ 27. Ke1 Nd3+ 28. Kf1 Nf4 29. Ke1 Nxe2 30. Bb3 Nc3 31. Qf3 Qxe5+ 32. Kd2 Ne4+ 33. Kc2 Qxh2+ 34. Kc1 Bxb3 35. Qxb3 Qh1+ 36. Kc2 Rc8+ 37. Kd3 Qf3+ 38. Kd4 Rc4+ 39. Qxc4 Qf2+ 40. Ke5 Qf6#

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AUT-chT2W 9798, Austria
Schlosser, Philipp (2550) vs. Pilz, Dieter (2250)

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

(white to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O cxd4 7. Nxd4 d6 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bxc6 Bh3 11. Bxa8 Qxa8 12. f3 Bxf1 13. Kxf1 Rc8 14. Qd3 Qc6 15. b3 e6 16. Bb2 a6 17. Rd1 Ne8 18. Na4 Bxb2 19. Nxb2 h5 20. Na4 Qc7 21. Qd4 Qa5 22. Kf2 Qf5 23. Kg2 h4 24. Nc3 h3+ 25. Kf2 Qc2 26. Rd3 Qc1 27. Nd1 a5 28. Qc3 Qa3 29. Qd2 Qc5+ 30. Qe3 Qa3 31. Nc3 Ng7 32. g4 Ne8 33. Kg3 Nf6 34. Kxh3 d5 35. cxd5 Nxd5 36. Nxd5 exd5 37. Qd2 Qc5 38. Kg2 Re8 39. e3 Rd8 40. Rd4

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John Coffey vs. Michel

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 a6 8. dxc6 bxc6 9. Nc3 Qc7 10. Be3 g6 11. Bc4 Nf6 12. O-O Bg7 13. Rfd1 O-O 14. Rac1 Qb7 15. Qe2 a5 16. f4 a4 17. e5 Ne8 18. Ne4 d5 19. Nc5 Qc7 20. Bxd5 cxd5 21. Ne6 Qb7 22. Nxf8 Bxf8 23. Qc2 e6 24. Qc6 Qb8 25. Rc2 Ng7 26. Bc5 Nf5 27. Bxf8 Kxf8 28. g4 Qa7+ 29. Qc5+ Qxc5+ 30. Rxc5 Ne3 31. Rdc1 Kg7 32. Rc8 Ra6 33. Rc1c6 Ra5 34. Rc5 Ra6 35. g5 Rb6 36. Ra8 Nf5 37. Rcc8 Ne7 38. Re8 Rb7 39. Rxa4 h6 40. h4 Rd7 41. Raa8 hxg5 42. hxg5 d4 43. Kf2 d3 44. Ke1 d2+ 45. Kd1

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Analysis of John Coffey (2016) vs. Strobel

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 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Qb3 b6 6. Nc3 c6 7. Ne5 Bd6 8. e4 Bxe5 9. dxe5 dxe4 10. Bc4 Qe7 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. Nf4 Qe7 13. g4 Bxg4 14. Rg1 Nh6 15. e6 fxe6 16. Bxe6 Bxe6 17. Nxe6 Nf7 18. Rg4 g5 19. Rxe4 Qf6 20. Bd2 Kd7 21. O-O-O Kc8 22. Qg3 Qe7 23. Bb4 Qb7 24. Qg4 Nd7 25. Nf8 Rxf8 26. Bxf8 Qc7 27. Re7

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Game Analysis

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

(black to move) 1. f4 e5 2. fxe5 d6 3. Nf3 g5 4. e4 g4 5. Nd4 dxe5 6. Nf5 Bxf5 7. exf5 Nc6 8. c3 Qd7 9. Qxg4 O-O-O 10. d3 e4 11. dxe4 Nf6 12. Qe2 Bc5 13. Nd2 Rhe8 14. g3 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Rxe4 16. Bg5 Rxe2+

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Game Analysis vs. ?

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

(black to move) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d3 Nc6 5. Bg5 e5 6. Qa4 Be7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. O-O-O Ng4 9. Be3 Nd4 10. c4 b5 11. cxb5 Bd7 12. Qa3 a5 13. h3 Nf6 14. Qc3 a4 15. Kb1 Rb8 16. Nc4 Rxb5 17. Ka1 Be6 18. Qd2 Qa8 19. Na3 Rb7 20. Be2 Rfb8 21. Rb1 Nb3+ 22. axb3 axb3 23. Qc3 c4 24. dxc4 d5 25. Qc1 Nxe4 26. Rd1 Bxa3 27. bxa3 b2+ 28. Rxb2 Qxa3+ 29. Ra2 Qxa2+ 30. Kxa2 Ra8+ 31. Qa3 Nc3+ 32. Ka1 Rxa3#

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Quick Tournament, Salt Lake City, 2013-10-19
John Coffey (1965) vs. Eric Hon (1861)

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. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nxe4 7. d5 Qa5+ 8. Nc3 Nb4 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Kxd7 11. Nxe4 Nc2+ 12. Ke2 Nxa1 13. Nc3 g6 14. Qd3 Bg7 15. Bd2 Nb3 16. axb3 e5 17. dxe6 e.p.+ fxe6 18. Nb5 Qa6 19. Ra1 Qc6 20. Rc1 Qb6 21. Be3 Qd8 22. Qxd6+ Ke8 23. Nc7+ Kf7 24. Qxe6+ Kf8 25. Bc5+ Qe7 26. Bxe7#

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Casual Blitz game, L3 Communications, 2013-03-11
John Coffey (2016) vs. Fellow Employee

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

(white to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. e4 Nb4 5. Qa4+ Nb8c6 6. d5 Nxd5 7. exd5 Qxd5 8. Nc3 Qe6+ 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Bc4 Qe5 11. Nf3 Qa5 12. Qb3 Bf5 13. Bxf7+ Kd8 14. Qxb7 Rb8 15. O-O-O+ Bd7 16. Rxd7+ Kxd7 17. Rd1+ Qd5 18. Rxd5#

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Analysis of john2001plus (1922) vs. bosperty (1462)

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

(white to move) 1. d4 Nc6 2. d5 Ne5 3. f4 Ng6 4. e4 e6 5. c4 exd5 6. cxd5 d6 7. Nc3 f5 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Qe2 fxe4 10. Nxe4 Qe7 11. Bxd7+ Kxd7 12. Nf3 Nf6 13. Nxf6+ gxf6 14. Be3 a6 15. Kf2 Re8 16. g3 Qe4 17. Rhd1 Ne7 18. Rd4 Qf5 19. Qd1 Kc8 20. Rc1

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Purdue University Tournament, Around 1992
Class E Player (1250) vs. Class B Player (1700)

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

(white to move) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. d4 Bb4 7. dxe5 Nxe4 8. Qg4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nxc3 10. Qxg7 Rf8 11. Bg5 f6 12. exf6 Rf7 13. Qg8+ Rf8 14. f7#

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Casual Blitz Game, Greenwood Indiana Chess Club
Analysis of John Coffey (2016) vs. Jordan Davidson

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 c6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. g4 Bg6 6. exd5 cxd5 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. Bg2 e6 10. d4 Nf6 11. Be3 Qb6 12. Na4 Qa5+ 13. c3 Bd6 14. O-O Qc7 15. f4 g5 16. Qf3 O-O-O 17. Nc5 b6 18. Nd3 Ne4 19. Ne5 f5 20. gxf5 exf5 21. Nxc6 Qxc6 22. fxg5 Rh4 23. Qxf5+ Kb7 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. d5 Qb5 26. Rf2 Bg3 27. Qf7+ Ka8 28. Rd2 Rxh3 29. a4 Qc4 30. a5 Bb8 31. axb6 Rg3+ 32. Rg2 Rxg2+ 33. Kxg2 Qe2+ 34. Bf2 Qg4+ 35. Kf1 Qh3+ 36. Ke2 Rd7 37. Qe8 Qf3+ 38. Kf1 Qh3+ 39. Kg1 Qg4+ 40. Kf1 Qh3+ 41. Ke2 CHECK!

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john2001plus (1899) vs. bosperty (1415)

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 d6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. d5 Na6 8. O-O Nc7 9. Qc2 Bd7 10. a4 a6 11. a5 Rb8 12. Ne1 b5 13. axb6 e.p. Rxb6 14. f4 Rb4 15. h3 Qb8 16. e5 Nfe8 17. Nf3 e6 18. Ne4 dxe5 19. Nxe5 Bc8 20. d6 Bxe5 21. fxe5 Na8 22. Nxc5 Bb7 23. Nd7 Qd8 24. Nxf8 Kxf8 25. Bd2 Rb6 26. Ba5

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bosperty (1414) vs. john2001plus (1901)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Bd2 Nd4 10. h3 Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 Bd4+ 12. Kh1 Nf2+ 13. Rxf2 Bxf2 14. Qe2 Bd4 15. Rb1 a6 16. Nd5 e6 17. Ne3 Rb8 18. Ng4 Bg7 19. f5 exf5 20. Nh6+ Bxh6 21. Bxh6 Re8 22. Qf2 Qf6 23. Qg3 c4 24. Rf1 cxd3 25. cxd3 Qxb2 26. exf5 Bxf5 27. Bd5 Qe5 28. Qg5 Qxd5 29. Qf6 Qe5

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Pawn promotion:
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	- Knight