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Copyright 1991,1996, 1997, 1998 John Richard Coffey.
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0 [Next]	Eddie Boardman (1541) vs. John Coffey (2009) Casual speed chess game in Dayton Indiana, August 1991. Black to Move
1 [Next]	Black to Move
2 [Next]	Black to Move
3 [Next]	I like to play the Dragon. Black to Move
4 [Next]	Black to Move
5 [Next]	Black to Move
6 [Next]	I was expecting White to play e5 instead. My best response would probably be Bg7, but I got too agressive. Black to Move
7 [Next]	A better move for White would have been Bg1 because the black knight on g4 looks kind of misplaced. Black to Move
8 [Next]	My analysis show this was the best response, but it is not what I played...
9 [Next]	Black to Move
10 [Next]	Now maybe Be7 but I forgot about the danger to the d6 pawn. Black to Move
11 [Next]	White overlooked the hanging d6 pawn, as did Black. Black to Move
12 [Next]	Having realized that he could have won the d6 pawn, white still wants it. Black to Move
13 [Next]	Black to Move
14 [Next]	if h3 is intended as prophylaxis, then I don't really like it. Black to Move
15 [Next]	White gets a really bad idea. His knight is headed to b3 by way of c1. Black to Move
16 [Next]	I just wanted to get my biship out of the way of my rooks. Black to Move
17 [Next]	Black to Move
18 [Next]	They say time waits for no man. My opponent has run out if it, which is a pity since the continuation is forced mate in most of the variations.
19 [Next]	Black to Move
20 [Next]	Black to Move
21 [Next]	Black to Move
22 [Next]	And Black is winning.
23 [Next]	Black to Move
24 [Next]	Black to Move
25 [Next]	Mate.
26 [Next]	Black to Move
27 [Next]	Mate.
28 [Next]	Some people at the Purdue Chess Club incorrectly expressed the opinion that White can survive and win if he just puts his king on a3. Black to Move
29 [Next]	Black to Move
30 [Next]	Black to Move
31 [Next]	The key move is to force the White king to the black side of the board. Black to Move
32 [Next]	Black to Move
33 [Next]	Black to Move
34 [Next]	Mate.
35 [Next]	Black to Move
36 [Next]	Mate. There is a nice symmetry here.
37 [Next]	Find forced mate. Black to Move
38 [Next]	Black to Move
39 [Next]	Black to Move
40 [Next]	Mate.