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0 [Next]	White: Bell 1600 Black: Coffey 1897 Event "Kentucky State Team Championship"Date "1998.11.21"Round "?"White "Bell 1600"Black "Coffey 1897"Result "1/2-1/2"ECO "B73"Annotator "Coffey"EventDate "1998.11.29"
1 [Next]	c5
2 [Next]	Nf3
3 [Next]	d6
4 [Next]	d4
5 [Next]	cxd4
6 [Next]	Nxd4
7 [Next]	Nf6
8 [Next]	Nc3
9 [Next]	g6
10 [Next]	Be3
11 [Next]	Bg7
12 [Next]	Be2
13 [Next]	Nc6
14 [Next]	O-O
15 [Next]	O-O
16 [Next]	f4 is a book mistake here.
17 [Next]	Threatens both b2 and Nxe4!
18 [Next]	Quiz: *What should* *Black do here?*
19 [Next]	He can play Nxe4 because there are now 3 pieces attacking d4.
20 [Next]	The knight move to d5 was a surprise for me. Quiz: *What should* *Black do here?*
21 [Next]	Answer: I did not calculate deep enough to see the following ....
22 [Next]	Bxd4
23 [Next]	Nxb6
24 [Next]	Bxe3+
25 [Next]	Kh1
26 [Next]	axb6! with the dual threat of Nf2+ and Nd2 forking both rooks.
27 [Next]	So back to what I really played .....
28 [Next]	Instead I retreated the queen with Qd8
29 [Next]	Nb5 Quiz: *What should* *Black do here?*
30 [Next]	Answer: Anything but the move I actually played. The move a6 here is a blunder because it creates a hole on b6.
31 [Next]	Nbc7
32 [Next]	Rb8
33 [Next]	Bb6. Now we should be able to see why a6 was a blunder.
34 [Next]	Qd7
35 [Next]	Bd3
36 [Next]	Fritz 5 thinks Nc5 here instead.
37 [Next]	Fritz 5 thinks that instead Nxf6+ and then Nd5 kicks the bishop on f6.
38 [Next]	I wanted to keep the knight from leaving. Instead Fritz 5 likes d5 or Nb4.
39 [Next]	g4
40 [Next]	I have come to the conclusion that I will not be able to win the knight on c7.
41 [Next]	My opponent blunders by not taking my knight.
42 [Next]	Nxc7
43 [Next]	f6
44 [Next]	Now it is my turn to make a serious blunder. This was the worst game that I played all day. The temperature in the tournament hall was about 80 and I was feeling sleepy. I only looked at the prospect of Bh8 g5 trapping my bishop forever. So I decided to give up the bishop instead of playing the more logical Bh6. I had figured that I would be 2 pawns up, so what is the worry?
45 [Next]	Rxf6
46 [Next]	Ne5
47 [Next]	Bd4
48 [Next]	Nxd3
49 [Next]	Qxd3
50 [Next]	Fritz 5 likes Ne8 instead.
51 [Next]	Rd1
52 [Next]	Quiz: *Why is the pawn* *move to e5 bad?*
53 [Next]	Answer: This is an error because of the prospect of Bb6 or even Ba7. The Queen is overloaded and white has threates on d6.
54 [Next]	Instead my opponent plays Bc3.
55 [Next]	I can play d5 because of the threat on g4.
56 [Next]	Bb4
57 [Next]	d4
58 [Next]	The pawn on d4 is pinned to the queen.
59 [Next]	Re6
60 [Next]	Rf3
61 [Next]	Qc6
62 [Next]	Nc4
63 [Next]	Now I blunder because I miss White's next move. Quiz: What should White do here?
64 [Next]	Fritz now thinks that the game is equal
65 [Next]	I could not take the knight because of mate threats on f7.
66 [Next]	Nxf7
67 [Next]	Bb7
68 [Next]	la de dah
69 [Next]	Kh8 Quiz: What is the best move for White?
70 [Next]	Answer: According to Fritz it is Bc3. But this is not what my opponent played.
71 [Next]	Qxd5
72 [Next]	Nxd5
73 [Next]	Bd2 Quiz: What should Black do here?
74 [Next]	I felt good about attacking two rooks, but this is wrong. Better is Re2. Quiz: What should white do here?
75 [Next]	Rxe3. A very nice move, considering that if dxe3 then Bc3 check forces mate.
76 [Next]	Rxe3
77 [Next]	Bxe3
78 [Next]	dxe3 Quiz: What should white do here?
79 [Next]	Answer: The rook move will win this pawn. Quiz: Why?
80 [Next]	Now I touched the black rook and then accepted my opponent's draw offer. I saw the prospect of Re8 failing to Nf7+ followed by Nd6, Nxb7 and then Rxe3.
81 [Next]	1/2-1/2
82 [Next]