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  • 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"
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  • c5
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  • Nf3
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  • d6
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  • d4
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  • cxd4
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  • Nxd4
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  • Nf6
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  • Nc3
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  • g6
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  • Be3
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  • Bg7
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  • Be2
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  • Nc6
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  • O-O
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  • O-O
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  • f4 is a book mistake here.
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  • Threatens both b2 and Nxe4!
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  • Quiz:

    What should
  • Black do here?
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  • He can play Nxe4 because there are
  • now 3 pieces attacking d4.
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  • The knight move to d5 was a surprise
  • for me.
  • Quiz:

    What should
  • Black do here?
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  • Answer:

    I did not calculate
  • deep enough to see the following
  • ....
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  • Bxd4
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  • Nxb6
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  • Bxe3+
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  • Kh1
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  • axb6! with the dual threat of Nf2+
  • and Nd2 forking both rooks.
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  • So back to what I really played
  • .....
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  • Instead I retreated the queen with
  • Qd8
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  • Nb5
  • Quiz:

    What should
  • Black do here?
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  • Answer:

    Anything but the
  • move I actually played.
  • The move a6 here is a blunder
  • because it creates a hole on b6.
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  • Nbc7
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  • Rb8
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  • Bb6. Now we should be able to see
  • why a6 was a blunder.
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  • Qd7
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  • Bd3
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  • Fritz 5 thinks Nc5 here instead.
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  • Fritz 5 thinks that instead Nxf6+
  • and then Nd5 kicks the bishop on f6.
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  • I wanted to keep the knight from
  • leaving. Instead Fritz 5 likes d5 or
  • Nb4.
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  • g4
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  • I have come to the conclusion that I
  • will not be able to win the knight on
  • c7.
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  • My opponent blunders by not taking my
  • knight.
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  • Nxc7
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  • f6
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  • 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?
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  • Rxf6
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  • Ne5
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  • Bd4
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  • Nxd3
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  • Qxd3
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  • Fritz 5 likes Ne8 instead.
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  • Rd1
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  • Quiz:

    Why is the pawn
  • move to e5 bad?
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  • Answer:

    This is an error
  • because of the prospect of Bb6 or
  • even Ba7.
  • The Queen is overloaded and white has
  • threates on d6.
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  • Instead my opponent plays Bc3.
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  • I can play d5 because of the threat
  • on g4.
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  • Bb4
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  • d4
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  • The pawn on d4 is pinned to the
  • queen.
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  • Re6
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  • Rf3
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  • Qc6
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  • Nc4
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  • Now I blunder because I miss White's
  • next move.

    Quiz:

    What
  • should
  • White do here?
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  • Fritz now thinks that the game is
  • equal
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  • I could not take the knight because
  • of mate threats on f7.
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  • Nxf7
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  • Bb7
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  • la de dah
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  • Kh8

    Quiz:

    What is the best
  • move for White?
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  • Answer:

    According to Fritz it
  • is Bc3. But this is not what my
  • opponent played.
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      [Next]
  • Qxd5
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      [Next]
  • Nxd5
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  • Bd2
  • Quiz:

    What should Black do
  • here?
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  • I felt good about attacking two
  • rooks, but this is
  • wrong. Better is Re2.
  • Quiz:

    What should white do
  • here?
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  • Rxe3.
  • A very nice move, considering that
  • if dxe3 then Bc3 check forces mate.
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  • Rxe3
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  • Bxe3
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  • dxe3
  • Quiz:

    What should white do
  • here?
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  • Answer:

    The rook move will
  • win this pawn.
  • Quiz:

    Why?
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  • 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.
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