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Copyright 1991,1996, 1997, 1998 John Richard Coffey.
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0 [Next]	What follows is mostly analysis of my rated game Coffey vs Richard Kenny played on October 30th, 2000 in Salt Lake City, Utah. - Part 1. I went wrong here by playing g3? which allows Bxh3! which my opponent missed. What should white do?
1 [Next]	White to Move
2 [Next]	is fine for white
3 [Next]	White to move
4 [Next]	Black actually retreated the queen, but it is useful to see what happens if he had taken the pawn. White to move
5 [Next]	White to move
6 [Next]	White to move
7 [Next]	White to move
8 [Next]	The knight on e2 had threatened to go to c1. White to move
9 [Next]	And black has the delima that white may play Nc1 winning the queen and if the bishop on a3 retreats then Ra1 wins the queen. Perhaps best for black is Bxb2.
10 [Next]	In the actual game I played Re5? which should lose. Black to move
11 [Next]	Black to move
12 [Next]	Black to move
13 [Next]	Black to move
14 [Next]	Winning
15 [Next]	White to move
16 [Next]	White played Rxa5 and black should have played Ra8 as the only real defense. White to move
17 [Next]	Kc7 would have been a better defense but still lost. White to move
18 [Next]	White to move
19 [Next]	Black actually played Kd6 allowing Bg3+ Kd5 Qb3 mate. What follows here is my analysis..... White to move
20 [Next]	In the game I had analyzed Nxe6+ Kd7, Nc5+ Kd8 , Qd6+ Qd7, Qxd7 mate, but there is a faster way. White to move
21 [Next]	White to move
22 [Next]	Mate.