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• Copyright 1991,1996, 1997, 1998 John Richard Coffey.
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0       [Next]	Coffey Vs Batsetsig, 1998 Utah State Championship White To Move
1       [Next]	White To Move
2       [Next]	White To Move
3       [Next]	For some silly reason I decided to play h3 here.
4       [Next]	My plan now was to turn this into a weird king pawn by taking on e5, but not before black moves the dark square bishop. White To Move
5       [Next]	White To Move
6       [Next]	Now I get too agressive.
7       [Next]	I continue too agressive.
8       [Next]	Snatching the f7 pawn just loses a piece. Fritz 6 prefers Qe2 but I tried ...
9       [Next]	Fritz 6 prefers a quiet Bd2, but I still wanted my kingside attack, so I tried a more aggressive...
10       [Next]	White To Move
11       [Next]	White To Move
12       [Next]	Seeing the threat to my bishop, I make a mistake. I thought that if I exchange all the pieces on f7 that I could then push g5 with a pin.
13       [Next]	White To Move
14       [Next]	Now I realize that I am going to lose a piece. White To Move
15       [Next]	White To Move
16       [Next]	White To Move
17       [Next]	It is interesting that taking with the rook is met with hxg6! Now I have nothing better to do that just ... White To Move
18       [Next]	Frit 6 likes Qg3 here. I figure that material isn't going to win the game for me so I go for broke ...
19       [Next]	I figure that she should have taken the rook but Fritz 6 doesn't disagree with her move. White To Move
20       [Next]	She makes a couple of queen moves that cost at lest a tempo White To Move
21       [Next]	Fritz 6 thinks that it is better to just take the rook. White To Move
22       [Next]	Black is a little on the defensive here. White To Move
23       [Next]	Again taking the rook was the way to go. This blunder gives the edge to White. White To Move
24       [Next]	White To Move
25       [Next]	White To Move
26       [Next]	Fritz 6 prefers Nd1 here, but I played ...
27       [Next]	Black's obsession with pushing the queenside pawns loses material. White To Move
28       [Next]	Taking the knight was a mistake, but at the very least the c6 and e5 pawns will falll. White To Move
29       [Next]	To block with the knight is even worse. White To Move
30       [Next]	Fritz 6 thinks that Qe4 is the final mistake, prefering instead to give up the queen. This position is interesting because I had well under a minute on a mechanical clock with no delay and I had to make a decision. The position looked like forced mate but I wasn't sure. White To Move
31       [Next]	Mate in 2. White To Move
32       [Next]	Yes, I should have played f7+ instead. White To Move
33       [Next]	White To Move
34       [Next]	Mate

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