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Chris Webber vs. John Coffey: Stay home as much as possible. Self quarantined

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. e5 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Ne7 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. O-O Bxb5 8. Nxb5 Nf5 9. a4 Nc6 10. Bf4 a6 11. Nb5c3 g5 12. Bg3 h5 13. h3 g4 14. a5 gxh3 15. gxh3 Rg8 16. Qxh5 Nxg3 17. fxg3 Rxg3+ 18. Kh2 Rg6 19. Nd2 Qc7 20. Rae1 O-O-O

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Analysis of McCorkle, Bob vs. Nelms, Al

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

(white to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 Be7 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nbd2 d5 7. c3 Nbd7 8. O-O Ne4 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Qc2 Ndf6 11. c4 c6 12. Rac1 O-O 13. Ne5 Qb4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. b3 f6 17. Ng4 h5 18. Qxe4 hxg4 19. Qxe6+ Rf7 20. Qxg4 Qd6 21. Qf5 g6 22. c5 Qc7 23. Qxg6+ Rg7 24. Qxf6 Rf8 25. Qe6+ Rff7 26. Qe8+ Kh7 27. Qe5 Qd7 28. f4 Re7 29. Qh5+ Kg8 30. Rf3 Bc8 31. Re1 Qd8 32. Rg3 b5 33. Rxg7+ Rxg7 34. h3 Be6 35. Re2 Qd7 36. g4 Bf5 37. Kh2 Be4 38. Rf2 a5 39. f5 Bd5 40. f6 Rf7 41. g5 Rh7 42. Qg6+ Kh8 43. Qf5 Be6 44. f7 Rxf7 45. Qe5+ Kg8 46. Rxf7 Qxf7 47. Qf6 Qc7+ 48. Kg2 Bd5+ 49. Kf2 Qh2+ 50. Ke1 Qxh3 51. Qd8+ Kg7 52. Qf6+ Kh7 53. Qe7+ Kg6 54. Qf6+ Kh5 55. Qh6+ Kg4 56. Qxh3+ Kxh3 57. g6 Kg4 58. Ke2 Kf5 59. g7 Ke4 60. Kd2 CHECK!

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Analysis of robin the hood vs. John Coffey

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 h g f e d c b a +11

(black to move) 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bxf7+ Kxf7 7. Ng5+ Kg8 8. e6 Qe8 9. Qe2 Qg6 10. g3 Qxg5 11. f4 Qd5 12. Rg1 Bxe6 13. d3 Nc6 14. Na3 Bf5 15. Be3 Bxd3 16. Qd2 Nc4 17. Nxc4 Bxc4 18. Qf2 Bxa2 19. Rd1 Qe4 20. h4 d5 21. g4 d4 22. cxd4 cxd4 23. Rf1 dxe3 24. Qf3 Qb4+ 25. Ke2 Qxb2+ 26. Kxe3 e5 27. fxe5 Bc5+ 28. Kd3 Rd8+ 29. Qd5+ Rxd5+ 30. Ke4 Rxe5+ 31. Kf4 Qh2+ 32. Kf3 Re3#

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Analysis of John Coffey vs. Steven Loh

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 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3 h6 9. Bf4 Nb6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Ne5 Be6 12. Bg3 a6 13. f4 Rc8 14. Qf3 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Bg4 16. Qf2 Nh5 17. f5 g6 18. Bh4 Qd7 19. Qc2 g5 20. Be1 Qe8 21. h3 Qxe5 22. hxg4

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Analysis of FLchessplayer (2037) vs. KingsBishop (1765)

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

(white to move) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bd6 6. h3 Ne7 7. O-O O-O 8. c3 f5 9. Nbd2 fxe4 10. Nxe4 Bf5 11. Nfg5 h6 12. Qb3+ Nd5 13. Nf3 b5 14. c4 bxc4 15. Qxc4 Qd7 16. a3 Kh7 17. b4 Bxh3 18. Nfg5+ hxg5 19. Nxg5+ Kg6 20. Nxh3 Nf4 21. Bxf4 exf4 22. Rae1 Rae8 23. f3 Re3 24. Rxe3 fxe3 25. Qe4+ Qf5 26. Qxe3 c5 27. Rb1 cxb4 28. axb4 Rf7 29. Qe4 Re7 30. Qxf5+ Kxf5 31. Kf2 g5 32. d4 c6 33. Rc1 Bxb4 34. Rxc6 a5 35. Rc4 Be1+ 36. Kf1 Bd2 37. Rc5+ Kf6 38. Rc2 Bb4 39. g4 Re3 40. Kg2 Bc3 41. Nf2 Bxd4 42. Ne4+ Kg6 43. Rc6+ Kg7 44. Nxg5 Re2+ 45. Kg3 Bf2+ 46. Kf4 Be3+ 47. Kf5 Rf2 48. Rc7+ Kg8 49. Kg6 Kf8 50. Rf7+ Ke8 51. Ne4 Re2 52. Nf6+ Kd8 53. Rf8+ Ke7 54. Re8+ Kd6 55. g5 a4 56. Ng4 a3 57. Rxe3 Rxe3 58. Nxe3 a2 59. Nc2 Kc5 60. Kf6 Kc4 61. g6 Kc3 62. Na1 Kb2 63. g7 Kxa1 64. g8=Q Kb2 65. Qxa2+

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Analysis of Scott vs. John Coffey

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

(black to move) 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ndb4 8. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Nxc6 10. Bd2 e5 11. Nc3 Be6 12. b3 Rc8 13. e3 Bb4 14. Ke2 O-O 15. h4 Bg4+ 16. f3 Be6 17. Rhd1 Ne7 18. Rac1 Ba3 19. Rb1 Nf5 20. Kf2 Rfd8 21. Be1 Bc5 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Nd1 Nxe3 24. Nxe3 Rd3 25. Kf1 Bxe3 26. Ke2 Bb6 27. Kxd3 Bf5+

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Analysis of Gusev (1836) vs. john2001plus (1912)

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

(white to move) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 c5 3. d5 exd5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. c4 b5 6. cxb5 a6 7. bxa6 Nxa6 8. Nc3 d6 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Nge2 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. a3 Qf5 14. Ng3 Qd7 15. Re1 Rfb8 16. Rb1 Bd8 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bf4 Bc7 19. Nge4 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Re8 21. Qh5 Rab8 22. Re3 c4 23. Bxh6 Re5 24. Nf6+ gxf6 25. Rg3+ Kh7 26. Bg5+ Kg7 27. Qh6+ Kg8 28. Bxf6+

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Game Analysis
John Coffey (2016) vs.

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

(white to move) 1. d4 c5 2. d5 c4 3. e4 c3 4. Nxc3 h5 5. Nf3 h4 6. Be3 h3 7. e5 g6 8. e6 dxe6 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. Qd3 Bxb5 12. Qxb5+ Nc6 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. gxh3 Rxh3 15. Ng5 Rh4 16. Nxe6 Qa5 17. Qxb7 Rb8 18. Qxc6+ Kf7 19. Rd5 Qb4 20. Ng5+ Kg7 21. Rd4 Rxd4 22. Bxd4+ Nf6 23. Rg1 Rb7 24. Qe6 Qxd4 25. Qf7+ Kh8 26. Qxf8+ Ng8 27. Rg3 Qd7 28. Nf7+ Kh7 29. Ne5 Rb6 30. Qf7+ Kh8 31. Rxg6

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Analysis of Coffey, John (2016) vs. Starr, Bill

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. c3 e5 4. d4 exd4 5. cxd4 Bg4 6. dxc5 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 dxc5 8. Bc4 Qf6 9. Qb3 Qe7 10. O-O Nc6 11. Nc3 Nd4 12. Qa4+ Nc6 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. Bf4 Nge7 15. Nc7+ Kd7 16. Rfd1+ Nd5 17. Rxd5+ Bd6 18. Rxd6+ Ke7 19. Rxc6 bxc6 20. Qxc6 Kf8 21. Ne6+ Kg8 22. Nxd8 Rxd8 23. Qc7 Rf8 24. Bh6 a5 25. Qe5 gxh6 26. Qg3#

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Game Analysis
John Coffey (2016) vs.

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 b6 2. e4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 g6 5. h4 h5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. d5 exd5 8. exd5 d6 9. Qd2 Bxg5 10. Nxg5 Nf6 11. O-O-O O-O 12. f3 Bc8 13. g4 hxg4 14. h5 gxh5 15. Bd3 Re8 16. Nh7 Qe7 17. Qg5+ Kh8 18. Nxf6 Qe3+ 19. Qxe3 Rxe3 20. Nce4 Kg7 21. Nxh5+ Kg6 22. Nef6+ Rxd3 23. cxd3 Na6 24. Rdg1 Nc5 25. Nxg4 Bxg4 26. Rxg4+ Kf5 27. d4 Nd3+ 28. Kd2 Nb4 29. Rf4+ Kg5 30. Rg1+ Kxh5 31. Rfg4

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Analysis of ...
Coffey, John (2016) vs. Novag Super-Constellation lv1

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

(black to move) 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b5 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. d3 d5 6. c4 dxc4 7. dxc4 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 bxc4 9. Ne5 Bxg2 10. Kxg2 Nbd7 11. Nxc4 Bc5 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Bf4 Nb6 14. Na5 Nbd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Rac1 Nxf4+ 17. gxf4 Bd6 18. e3 g6 19. Nc4 Rfb8 20. b3 Rd8 21. Nxd6 Rxd6 22. Rxd6 cxd6 23. e4 f5 24. f3 Rf8 25. Kg3 Kg7 26. Rc7+ Rf7 27. Rxf7+ Kxf7 28. Kf2 Kg7 29. Ke3 Kf7 30. Kd4 Kf6 31. e5+ dxe5+ 32. fxe5+ Kg5 33. b4 Kf4 34. a4 Kxf3 35. b5 f4 36. a5 Kg2 37. b6 axb6 38. a6 f3 39. a7 f2 40. a8=Q+ Kg1 CHECK!

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