Tactics Time

No chess this Thursday 2016-12-29.

Just a reminder that the MRC is closed this week so there will be no chess this Thursday. See you all in 2017

Chess Lesson 2016-12-22

I started to give this as a lesson, but we ran out of time. I will present it again in January.

Utah Senior Championship, U of U
John Coffey 1965 vs. Steve Gordon 2103

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 a b c d e f g h 0

(black to move) 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Nb6 8. Ne5 Nfd7 9. Bf4 e6 10. e4 Bg6 11. a5 Nc8 12. a6 bxa6 13. Nxc6 Qb6 14. Rxa6 Qxb2 15. Nb5 Bb4+ 16. Nxb4 O-O 17. Bd2 Bxe4 18. Ra1 Bd5 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Bc3 Re8+ 21. Be2 Qxb5 22. Ra2 Ncb6 23. O-O Nc4 24. Ra5 Qb7 25. Bxc4 dxc4 26. d5 Qb6 27. Qa4 Qc7 28. d6 Qb8 29. Qxd7 Re6 30. Qc7 Rxd6 31. Qxb8+ Rxb8 32. Rxa7

[ Flip the board | Reset | Options… ] Play chess online

 

Options:
	- allow legal moves only;
	- use short algebraic notation;
movement/animation speed: (slow) (fast)
	- show legal moves;

 

Pawn promotion:
	- Queen
	- Rook
	- Bishop
	- Knight