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John Coffey. Got second Pfize vs. Samuel Jurado

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Ng5 Nf6 4. d3 exd3 5. Bxd3 e5 6. Bxh7 Bc5 7. Bg6+ Ke7 8. Nf7 Qg8 9. Nxh8 Qxh8 10. Bg5 d6 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Nd5+ Bxd5 13. Qxd5 Nbd7 14. Qf7+ Kd8 15. Bf5 Qe8 16. Qxg7 c6 17. Bxd7 Qxd7 18. Bxf6+ Kc7 19. Qxd7+ Kxd7 20. O-O-O Ke6 21. Bh4 Rg8 22. Bg3 Rf8 23. Rhe1 Bxf2 24. Bxf2 Rxf2 25. Rd2 Rf5 26. g4 Rf4 27. Rg2 Kf6 28. Ree2 Kg5 29. h4+ Kxh4 30. g5 Rf8 31. g6 Rg8 32. g7 Kh3 33. Ref2 d5 34. Rg6 e4 35. Rf1 Kh2 36. Rf5

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David vs. John Coffey. Got second Pfizer vaccine

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

(black to move) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c4 e5 4. Be2 d6 5. O-O g6 6. Nc3 Nge7 7. h3 a5 8. a3 Bg7 9. d3 h6 10. Nd5 O-O 11. Nxe7+ Qxe7 12. Be3 a4 13. Nh2 Bd7 14. Bg4 Be8 15. Qd2 f5 16. exf5 gxf5 17. Bf3 f4

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Analysis of Donald Byrne vs. Robert James Fischer

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 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. Bf4 d5 6. Qb3 dxc4 7. Qxc4 c6 8. e4 Nbd7 9. Rd1 Nb6 10. Qc5 Bg4 11. Bg5 Na4 12. Nxa4 Nxe4 13. Bxe7 Qc7 14. Qb4 Rfe8 15. Be2 Rxe7 16. b3 b5 17. Nb2 a5 18. Qa3 b4 19. Qa4 Nc3

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John Coffey vs. René

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nc6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nf6 7. Be2 Bb4 8. Bd3 Nxd4 9. Nxd4 c6 10. Nf3 O-O 11. e5 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qb6 13. exf6 gxf6 14. Bh6 Rd8 15. Qc2 f5 16. Qd2 f6 17. Qf4 Rxd3 18. Qg3+ Kf7 19. Qg7+ Ke8 20. Qf8+ Kd7 21. Qf7+ Kd6 22. Bf4+ e5 23. Qxf6+ Kd5 24. Qxe5+ Kc4 25. Nd2+ Rxd2 26. Bxd2 Qd8 27. Rb1 c5 28. Qf4+ Kd5 29. O-O b5 30. c4+ bxc4 31. Rfd1 Ke6 32. Bc3 Qd3 33. Rxd3 cxd3 34. Qe5+ Kf7 35. Qf6+ Ke8 36. Re1+ Kd7 37. Re7+

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John Coffey. vs. binalden

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. Nxe4 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 dxe4 10. Qxe4 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. Be3 Nd7 13. Rad1 e6 14. f4 f5 15. Qf3 Qb6 16. d5 Qxb2 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Qxc6 Nb6 19. Qxe6+ Rf7 20. c5 Nd7 21. Bc4 Nxe5 22. fxe5 Raf8 23. Qxf7+ Kh8 24. Qxg7+ Kxg7 25. Rd7+ Rf7 26. Rxf7+ Kg8 27. Rd7+ Kf8 28. Rd8+ Ke7 29. Bg5#

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Analysis of Giri, Anish vs. Jiminez, Jose Fernando Cuena, 240+2

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

(black to move) 1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 Bg4 7. Be3 Nfd7 8. O-O Nc6 9. d5 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Na5 11. Be2 Bxc3 12. bxc3 e5 13. dxe6 e.p. fxe6 14. Qd2 b6 15. f4 Qe7 16. Rae1 Nb7 17. Qc2 Nbc5 18. Rf2 Rf7 19. Ref1 Raf8 20. g3 e5 21. f5 g5 22. f6 Nxf6 23. Bxg5 Qe6 24. Bxf6 Rxf6 25. Rf5 Nxe4 26. Rxf6 Nxf6

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Coffey, John (2016) vs. Stockfish 12 at 1600 (1600)

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 a b c d e f g h +15

(white to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. g4 Ne8 9. g5 Na6 10. h4 f5 11. gxf6 e.p. Nxf6 12. h5 Qe7 13. hxg6 hxg6 14. Nf3 Nh5 15. Bg5 Qe8 16. Qd2 Bg4 17. Nh4 Rf4 18. Bxf4 Nc5 19. Bg5 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 Nf4 21. Bxf4 exf4 22. f3 b5 23. Nxb5 Rd8 24. O-O-O Qe5 25. Nxg6 Qxb2+ 26. Qxb2 Bxb2+ 27. Kxb2 a4 28. Nxc7 Rb8+ 29. Kc2 Kg7 30. Ne7 Kf7 31. Rh7+ Kf6 32. Rg1 Rb2+ 33. Kxb2 Nb3 34. Ne8+ Ke5 35. Nc6#

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Analysis of Edward Lasker vs. George Alan Thomas

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

(white to move) 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. e4 fxe4 7. Nxe4 b6 8. Ne5 O-O 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. Qh5 Qe7 11. Qxh7+ Kxh7 12. Nxf6+ Kh6 13. Neg4+ Kg5 14. h4+ Kf4 15. g3+ Kf3 16. O-O

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Analysis of john2001plus (1878) vs. Gusev (1717)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Bb5 Nf6 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 Bxf3 8. gxf3 Nd7 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Be3 Nf6 11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Qxd5 cxd5 15. O-O-O c6 16. Rhg1 g6 17. c4 dxc4 18. Rg4 c3 19. bxc3 Ba3+ 20. Kc2 O-O 21. Ra4 Be7 22. Rxa7 Rxa7 23. Bxa7 Ra8 24. Rd7 Bg5 25. Kb3 Bf4 26. e6 fxe6 27. Bd4 e5 28. Bg1 Rb8+ 29. Kc2 Rc8 30. h3 h5 31. Rd6 g5 32. Rd7 Ra8 33. Ba7 c5 34. a4 e4 35. fxe4 g4 36. hxg4 hxg4 37. a5 g3 38. Bxc5 Rxa5 39. Bd4 Bh6 40. Rd6 Kh7 41. Rd5 Ra2+ 42. Kb3 Ra1 43. Rh5 g2 44. Be3 Rh1 45. Rxh6+ Rxh6

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John Coffey vs. Shredder (1400)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 a5 5. a3 Bd6 6. e4 Nc6 7. e5 Nxd4 8. exd6 Nf5 9. dxc7 Qxc7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Bxf5 exf5 12. O-O d5 13. cxd5 Rd8 14. Qb3 Rxd5 15. Nc4 b5 16. Ne3 Rc5 17. Bd2 f4 18. Nd1 Be6 19. Qd3 Rd8 20. Qe2 g5 21. Qe1 b4 22. axb4 axb4 23. Bxb4 Rcd5 24. Ba5 Qc5 25. Bxd8 Rxd8 26. Qc3 Qf5 27. Qe5 Qxe5 28. Nxe5 Rd2 29. Nf3 Rd5 30. Nc3 Rc5 31. Rfe1 h5 32. Re5 Rxe5 33. Nxe5 Bb3 34. Ra3 Be6 35. b4 h4 36. h3 Kg7 37. b5 Nd5 38. Nxd5 Bxd5 39. Nc6 Kf6 40. Ra6 Be4 41. f3 Bb1 42. b6 Bd3 43. b7 Bxa6 44. b8=Q Kg6 45. Qd6+ Kh5 46. Qf6 Bc4 47. Qh8+ Kg6 48. Ne7#

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Analysis of Gusev (1760) vs. john2001plus (1815)

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

(black to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. c4 Be7 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 O-O 11. e4 Ba6 12. Re1 dxe4 13. Qxd8 Rfxd8 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Bxe4 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Rac8 18. Rac1 Rd2 19. Bb1 Bd3 20. Bxd3 Rxd3 21. Re3 Rd2 22. a4 Ra2 23. Re4 Ra3 24. Rb4 a5 25. Rb7 Rxa4 26. Rd1 Rxc3 27. Rdd7 Rg4 28. Rxf7 a4 29. h3 Rg5 30. Kg2 a3 31. h4 Rg6 32. Rfd7 a2 33. Rb8+ Kh7 34. Rdd8 Rgxg3+ 35. fxg3 Rc2+ 36. Kf3 a1=Q

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Analysis
vs.

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. e5 Bg7 5. Bd3 Nh6 6. Bg5 Qb6 7. O-O e6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Na4 Qa5 10. c3 b5 11. Nc5 Nd7 12. Nxd7 Bxd7 13. Qc1 Nf5 14. g4

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Game analysis
vs.

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

(black to move) 1. e4 c5 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 dxe4 4. Bxe4 Nf6 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Ne2 e5 7. c3 Qd3 8. O-O Bg4 9. f3 Be6 10. b3 Be7 11. Rf2 Nd5 12. Bf1 Ne3 13. Qe1 Nc2 14. Nf4 exf4 15. Bxd3 Nxe1 16. Be4 f5 17. Bxc6+ bxc6 18. Re2 Nxf3+ 19. Kf2 Ng5 20. h4 fxg3+ 21. Kxg3 f4+ 22. Kxf4 O-O+ 23. Kg3 Bd6+ 24. Re5 Bxe5+ 25. Kg2 Bd5+ 26. Kg1 Nh3#

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Analysis of drw vs. John Coffey

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 h g f e d c b a +15

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. a3 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d3 Nge7 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bd2 Qc7 8. Be2 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 Qxe5 10. Nc3 Bd7 11. O-O Nf5 12. f4 Qd4+ 13. Kh1 Ne3 14. Bxe3 Qxe3 15. Rf3 Qd4 16. Bf1 Bd6 17. Ne2 Qxb2 18. Qc1 Qxc1 19. Rxc1 O-O 20. g3 b5 21. c4 dxc4 22. Kg1 Bc6 23. Re3 cxd3 24. Rxd3 Rfd8 25. Bg2 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 c4 27. Rdc3 Bc5 28. Kh3 Rd2 29. Rc1c2 Rxc2 30. Rxc2 Bxa3 31. Nd4 a6 32. Nc6 Rc8 33. Ne5 c3 34. Nd7 b4 35. Nb6 Rb8 36. Nc4 Bb2 37. Nxb2 cxb2 38. Rxb2 b3 39. Kg2 a5 40. Kf2 a4 41. Ke2 a3 42. Rb1 a2 43. Ra1 b2 44. Rxa2 b1=Q 45. Rd2 Qe4+ 46. Kf2 Rb3 47. Re2 Rf3+ 48. Kg2 Qxe2+ 49. Kh3 f5 50. Kh4 Qxh2#

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World Rapid Championship
Magnus Carlsen vs. Shamsiddin Vokhidov

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e5 2. Qh5 Nc6 3. Bc4 g6 4. Qf3 Qe7 5. Ne2 Nf6 6. d3 Bg7 7. Nbc3 h6 8. Nd5 Nxd5 9. exd5 Na5 10. d6 cxd6 11. Bd5 Nc6 12. Bd2 Qf6 13. Qe4 O-O 14. O-O Ne7 15. Nc3 Qf5 16. Qb4 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Kh7 18. Nc7 Rb8 19. Qxd6 b6 20. f3 Bb7 21. Rae1 Rfc8 22. Bc3 Bf8

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John Coffey (2000) vs. David, Daily

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

(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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Analysis of Gusev (1850) vs. john2001plus (1870)

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. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. Bg5 c5 7. Ne2 Qa5+ 8. c3 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 cxd4 10. Qd2 Nc5 11. Bf3 Nb3

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john2001plus (1937) vs. Gusev (1832)

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

(white to move) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 h6 7. Be3 a6 8. a4 b6 9. Qg4 Kf8 10. f4 c5 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. O-O-O f5 13. exf6 e.p. Nxf6 14. Qg6 Qe8 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Qxe8+ Nxe8 17. fxe5 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Bc5 19. Rh3 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 Ke7 21. Rf3 Rf8 22. Bd3 Bd7 23. Rxf8 Kxf8 24. Ne4 b5 25. Nc5 Bc8 26. axb5 axb5 27. Bxb5 Ra1+ 28. Kd2 Nc7 29. Rf4+ Kg8 30. Bc6 Rg1 31. Rf2 Rh1 32. g3 Rb1 33. b3 Rg1 34. Rf3 Rg2+ 35. Kd3 Na6 36. Nxa6 Bxa6+ 37. c4 Rg1 38. Kc3 dxc4 39. Bd7 cxb3 40. Bxe6+ Kh7 41. Bxb3

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Analysis of soitgoes317 (1772) vs. john2001plus (1883), 300+3

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

(white to move) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ Qxf6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. Bg5 Qf5 8. Bd3 Qa5+ 9. c3 h6 10. Bh4 Bd6 11. Qc2 e5 12. O-O O-O 13. b4 Qb6 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Be7 Re8 17. Bc5 Qf6 18. Rac1 b6 19. Be4 bxc5 20. Bxa8 Ba6 21. Rfe1 Rxa8 22. Qe4 Re8 23. Qd5 Bb5 24. Qxc5 Bd7 25. Qxa7 Bxc3 26. Rxe8+ Bxe8 27. Qe3

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