White to play

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Analysis of John Coffey vs. David

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 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 h6 7. Nc3 a6 8. Qc2 c6 9. c5 Nd5 10. e4 fxe4 11. Nxe4 Nb4 12. Qe2 d5 13. cxd6 e.p. Bxd6 14. Ne5 Nd5 15. Qg4 Kh8 16. Bg5 hxg5 17. Nxg5 Kg8 18. Be4 Nf6 19. Qh4 g6 20. Bxg6 Qc7 21. Bf7+ Kg7 22. Nxe6+ Bxe6 23. Qg5+ Kh7 24. Qg6+ Kh8 25. Qh6+ Nh7 26. Ng6#

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John Coffey vs. peteryusoff

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 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 Qd3 21. Qe6+ Kh8 22. Ne5 Qd6 23. Qh3 Kg8 24. Qb3+ Kh8 25. Bf4 Qd8 26. Rad1 Qc8 27. Nf7+

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Analysis of 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 Nc6 10. Re1 h6 11. Qd2 Nh5 12. Be3 a6 13. Bb3 b5 14. Bxh6 Bb7 15. d5 Na5 16. Re5 Nxb3 17. axb3 f5 18. Bg5 b4 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Ne2 Rad8 21. Rxe6 Qxe6 22. dxe6 Rxd2 23. Nxd2 Re8 24. Nd4 Nf4 25. Nc4 Nxe6 26. Nd6 Rd8 27. Nd4xf5 Nc5 28. h4

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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 -4

(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 Bxf4+ 19. Rxf4 Qd6 20. Bc1 Rxc1 21. Kg3 Nh5+ 22. Kg4 Qxf4+ 23. Kxh5 f6 24. Qxc5 Rxc2 25. Qa5 Rxg2

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ICC tourney 1651 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
Analysis of 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+ Kh7 17. f4 Rf8 18. Qh5+ Kg8 19. Ng6 Bb4 20. Qh8+ Kf7 21. Ne5+ Ke8 22. Qh5+ Ke7 23. Ng6+ Ke8 24. Nxf8+ Kxf8 25. Qh8+ Ke7 26. Qxg7+ Ke8 27. Qg6+ Kd7 28. Rac1 Qe8 29. Qc2 Bd6 30. e4 Qg8 31. e5 Be7 32. d5 exd5 33. f5

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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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AO6 TCEC - Tournament , ?
Shredder 12 vs. Naum 4.2

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

(black to move) 1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 c5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Qe2 e6 6. Bb2 Be7 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8. Ne5 Qc7 9. O-O O-O 10. f4 Nfd7 11. Rf3 g6 12. Ng4 h5 13. Ne5 Nc6 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Rg3 h4 16. Qh5 d4 17. f5 hxg3 18. fxg6 Kg7 19. Qh7+ Kf6 20. g7 gxh2+ 21. Kh1 Bd6 22. exd4 cxd4 23. Nc3 dxc3 24. Rf1+ Ke7 25. g8=Q cxb2 26. Rxf7+ Ke8 27. Rxf8+ Bxf8 28. Qhg6+ Ke7 29. Qg8f7+ Kd8 30. Qxf8+ Kc7 31. Qf1 Rf8 32. Qg3+ e5 33. Qfe1 Qf5 34. Qf3 Qxc2 35. Qfd1 Qxd1 36. Qxd1 Rf2 37. Qe1 Rxd2 38. Kxh2 Rc2 39. Qb1 Nd4 40. Kg3 Kd6 41. Kg4 Rxg2+ 42. Kh5 Rc2 43. Kg5 e4 44. Kf4 Kd5 45. Qh1 Rf2+ 46. Kg3 Rf3+ 47. Kg4 e3 48. Qh5+ Rf5 49. Qh1+ Kc5 50. Qb1 e2 51. Qe4 b1=Q 52. Qxb1 Rf1 53. Qe4 e1=Q 54. b4+ Qxb4 55. Qe7+ Kc4 56. Qc7+ Nc6

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

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

(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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White to play and win

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Analysis of Abishrey10 (1277) vs. john2001plus (1842)

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

(white to move) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Nbd2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nxd4 8. Bd3 Nxf3+ 9. Nxf3 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Bd7 11. O-O Rc8 12. a3 Bxd2 13. Qxd2 Ne7 14. Rac1 Nc6 15. b4 a5 16. b5 Nd4 17. Nxd4 Qxd4 18. Rxc8+ Bxc8 19. Rc1 Bd7 20. Rc7 Qa1+ 21. Rc1 Qxa3 22. h3 O-O 23. Rc7 Bc8 24. Qc2 g6 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Qxc8+ Kg7 27. Bf1 b6 28. Qc6 a4 29. Qxb6 Qb2 30. Qa6 a3 31. b6 a2 32. b7 a1=Q 33. Qxa1 Qxa1 34. b8=Q

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Analysis of john2001plus (1865) vs. Zalairian (1602)

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 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. Nc3 Qxb3 8. axb3 Nc6 9. Bb5 a6 10. Ne5 Rc8 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Rxa6 e6 13. Nxc6 Bd3 14. Rb6 Nd7 15. Ne5 Nxb6 16. Nxd3 Be7 17. Bd2 O-O 18. Ke2 Ra8 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20. dxc5 Nd7 21. b4 Rfb8 22. Rb1 Ne5 23. b3 Kf8 24. f4 Ng6 25. Na4 Ke7 26. Kd3 Nf8 27. e4 dxe4+ 28. Kxe4 Nd7 29. Kd4 Rd8 30. Kc4 Nf6 31. Bc3 g6 32. Bxf6+ Kxf6 33. b5 Ke7 34. b6 Rd5 35. Kb5 Rb8 36. Nc3 Rf5 37. g4 Rxf4 38. c6 Rd4 39. c7 Rc8 40. g5 Rd7 41. Kc6 Rd6+ 42. Kb7 Kd7 43. Rf1

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