Chess Level 18

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Analysis of Aeilnrst (1652) vs. john2001plus (1772)

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. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 cxd4 7. O-O Bd6 8. Nxd4 Nge7 9. Nd2f3 O-O 10. c3 Bg4 11. Qc2 Rc8 12. Re1 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Nc6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Bd3 Qh4 16. g3 Qh3 17. Bf1 Qh5 18. Be3 Rc7 19. Be2 f5 20. Qd2 f4 21. Bxf4 Bxf4 22. gxf4 Qg6 23. Bxg4 Qxg4+ 24. Kf1 Rcf7 25. Re2 Qf3 26. Kg1 Rxf4 27. h3 Rf4f6 28. Kh2 Rh6 29. Qxh6 gxh6 30. Rg1+ Kh8 31. Re7 Qf4+ 32. Kh1 Qd2 33. Rgg7 Rxf2 34. Rxh7+ Kg8 35. Rhg7+ Kf8 36. Kg1 Rf3 37. Kh1 Rf1+ 38. Rg1 Rf2

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Chess Level 18

ICC tourney 1350 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
Analysis of john2001plus (1605) vs. tangent (1931)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 f5 4. e4 fxe4 5. Ng5 c5 6. dxc5 Nf6 7. Nc3 Qa5 8. Bd2 Qxc5 9. Ngxe4 Qe5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Nc6 12. Re1 Qc7 13. Rc1 b6 14. Nd5 Qd8 15. Ndxf6+ exf6 16. Nd6 Kh8 17. Be4 f5 18. Bd5 Ba6 19. Re8 Qf6 20. Nf7+ Kg8 21. Ng5+ Kh8 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Nf7+ Kg8 24. Bc3 Qe7 25. Qd2 Kf8 26. Re1 Qh4 27. Ng5 Bh8 28. Bb4+ Nxb4 29. Qxb4+ d6 30. Qxd6+ Kg7 31. Qe5+ Kh6 32. Nf7+ Kh5 33. Bf3+ Qg4 34. Qf4 Kh4 35. Qg3+ Qxg3 36. hxg3#

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Chess Level 18 White to play

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Analysis of John Coffey vs. Peter

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 d6 2. e4 e5 3. d4 Bg4 4. Be3 exd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qd2 Qf6 7. Nd4 Nxd4 8. Bxd4 Qe6 9. Nc3 c6 10. f3 Bh5 11. O-O-O b5 12. Nxb5 cxb5 13. Bxb5+ Ke7 14. e5 f5 15. exf6 e.p.+ Kf7 16. Rhe1 Qxa2 17. Qc3 Qa1+ 18. Kd2 Qa2 19. Qc7+ Kg6 20. Bd3+ Kg5 21. Re5+ dxe5 22. Qxe5+ Kh6 23. Be3+

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Chess Level 18

Casual Quick Chess, Greenwood Chess Club
Greg Marshal 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. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Bd6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Qe2+ Be6 9. Qb5+ Nd7 10. Qxb7 Rb8 11. Qxa7 O-O 12. Be2 Ra8 13. Qb7 Nb6 14. Qc6 Bd7 15. Qc3 Na4 16. Qd3 Nxb2 17. Qc3 Na4 18. Qd3 Bf5 19. Qd1 Bb4+ 20. Nbd2 Nc3 21. Qc1 Rfe8 22. Kf1 Nxe2 23. Qb1 Qa6 24. h3 Ng3+ 25. Kg1 Bxd2 26. Nxd2 Ne2+ 27. Kh2 Qd6+ 28. g3 Nxg3 29. Kg2 Re2 30. Nf3 Nxh1 31. Qxh1 Be4 32. Kf1 Rxc2 33. Qh2 Raxa2 34. Rxa2 Bxf3 35. Ra8+ Kh7 36. Qe5 Qxe5 CHECK!

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Chess Level 18

ICC tourney 1394 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
Analysis of TheBlackVeil (1363) vs. john2001plus (1724)

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

(black to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8. exd4 h6 9. Bh4 Nc6 10. Bd3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Bxf6 Qxc4 14. a3 Ba5 15. Be7 Re8 16. Bb4 Bxb4 17. axb4 Qxb4 18. O-O Bd7 19. Rfd1 Bc6 20. Ra3 Qg4 21. g3 Qh3 22. f4 e5 23. Nd5 Rac8 24. Qb1 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 exf4 26. gxf4 Qh4 27. Re5 Rxe5 28. fxe5 Qg5+ 29. Kf2 Qd2+ 30. Kf3 Rc2 31. Qf1 Qd5+ 32. Kg3 Qxe5+ 33. Qf4 Qe2 34. Qd4 Qxh2+ 35. Kg4 Rg2+ 36. Kf3 Rg3+ 37. Ke4 Rg4+

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Chess Level 18

Blitz:15'+10, New Whiteland IN
Analysis of John Coffey vs. Alexander Netipanov, 900+10

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 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 h6 7. Rc1 Ne4 8. Bd3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Ba5 10. O-O O-O 11. e4 dxe4 12. Bxe4 Ne7 13. Qd2 c6 14. Bxh6 f5 15. Bd3 gxh6 16. Qxh6 Rf7 17. Ng5 Rg7 18. Nxe6 Bxe6 19. Qxe6+ Kh7 20. Bxf5+ Nxf5 21. Qxf5+ Kh6 22. Rce1 Rg6 23. Re3 Qg5 24. Rh3+ Kg7 25. Qd7+ Kg8 26. Qh7+ Kf8 27. Rf3+ Rf6 28. Rg3 Rh6 29. Qxb7 Qf6 30. Rf3 Re8 31. Qxc6 Bd8 32. Rxf6+

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Chess Level 18

Casual Game, https://itsyourturn.com
Analysis of Schulze vs. John Coffey

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

(black to move) 1. f4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe4+ Be7 5. f5 Nf6 6. Qf4 O-O 7. Nf3 d5 8. Nc3 Bd6 9. Qh4 Nb4 10. Kd1 Bxf5 11. Bg5 Bxc2+ 12. Kd2 d4 13. Qxd4 Bg6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Rc1 c5 16. Qc4 Bxh2+ 17. Ke3 Bg3 18. Nh4 Bh5 19. Rh3 Re8+ 20. Ne4 Qd6 21. Rxg3+ Qxg3+ 22. Nf3 f5 23. Kd2 Rxe4 24. Qc3 Rd8+

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Level 18

SCC_SF_Match01, Chess.com
So, Wesley (3140) vs. Nakamura, Hikaru (3181)

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. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d5 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Bc4 Qd6 8. Qe2 O-O 9. Bg5 Bf5 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nbd2 Bb6 12. Ne4 Qe7 13. Ng3 Bg6 14. h4 h6 15. h5 Bh7 16. Nh4 Rad8 17. Ng6 Qg5 18. Ne4 Qxg2 19. O-O-O Bxg6 20. hxg6

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