Double Fianchetto

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John Coffey vs. Vladsky

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 b6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e4 Bb7 6. Bd3 d6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 e5 10. d5 c6 11. Bg5 Qc7 12. a3 Nc5 13. Bc2 Nh5 14. b4

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McCutcheon Variation

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Scott vs. John Coffey

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. exf6 hxg5 7. Qd3 Qxf6 8. Nf3 Nd7 9. O-O-O g4 10. Ne5 Qxf2 11. Nxg4 Qf4+ 12. Ne3 c5

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King's Indian

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John Coffey vs. Vladsky

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 b6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e4 Bb7 6. Bd3 d6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 e5 10. d5 c6 11. Bg5 Qc7 12. a3 Nc5 13. Bc2 Nh5 14. b4

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King's Indian

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John Coffey vs. Vladsky

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 b6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e4 Bb7 6. Bd3 d6 7. O-O

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	- Knight

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King's Indian

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John Coffey vs. Melinka

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 c6 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nbd7 10. Be3 e5 11. d5 cxd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Qxd5

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French McCutcheon

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Scott vs. John Coffey

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. exf6 hxg5 7. Qd3 Qxf6 8. Nf3 Nd7 9. O-O-O g4 10. Ne5 Qxf2 11. Nxg4 Qf4+ 12. Ne3 c5 13. g3 Qxd4 14. Qxd4 cxd4 15. Rxd4 Bc5 16. Nb5 Bxd4 17. Nxd4 Ne5

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Queen Pawn

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Analysis of GHAAngel (2322) vs. john2001plus (1830)

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

(black to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d5 c6 4. d6 Ne4 5. Bf4 Qb6

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Semi-Slav Defense

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John Coffey vs. JAB

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bf5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Qb3 b6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e4 dxe4 8. Ne5 Qf6 9. Bc4 Be6 10. O-O Qf5 11. d5 cxd5 12. Nxd5 Bd6 13. g4

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QGA

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John Coffey vs. gnafrof

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bf5 3. c4 Bxb1 4. Rxb1 dxc4 5. e4 e6 6. Bxc4 c6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Qb3 Qb6 9. Bxe6

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King's Indian

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John Coffey vs. Melinka

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 c6 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nbd7 10. Be3 e5 11. d5 cxd5 12. cxd5

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Note that 12. Nxd5 is just as good.

QGD

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John Coffey vs. Odd Ball

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 e6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Qc2 h6 7. e3 b6 8. g4 Nc6 9. g5 hxg5 10. Nxg5 Bb7 11. Rg1 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. O-O-O Qxh2 14. Rg3

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