coachjay Member since Jul-03-10 · Last seen Jan-27-22 Chess coach since 1994. FIDE Trainer. FIDE = 2080. Author of "Coach Jay's Chess Academy" series and "Fried Liver & Burning Pants". I create new lessons daily, so I am constantly here!

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Dec-30-21 D Gukesh vs Makan Rafiee, 2019   coachjay: Definitely incorrect notation as currently posted. 23.Nf6+ must have been played instead of Nxh6, as Black saves the queen with 23. ... Nxh6 24.Bxh6, then ignore the bishop. (or even 23. ... Kh8).      Dec-10-14 D Freeman vs M Legein, 2011    coachjay: A fun game by the man of the hour! Congrats on 13 years of fun for all of us Daniel!      Dec-24-13 Santa Claus    coachjay: Dear Santa, I already have a premium membership (best investment of the year - especially for a chess coach), and I wanted to tell you that my entire family has enjoyed the Present Hunt this year. Very creative. Thanks for all your hard work on that! Merry Christmas - Coach Jay ...      Jun-30-11 Efimov vs Shirov, 1991    coachjay: Abuzic - Thanks for those references! Great variations to know. Great games to review.      Jun-28-11 Vescovi vs Karpov, 2004    coachjay: What a coincidence. Larry Christiansen was player of the day yesterday, and he had a VERY quick game against a World Champion who blundered badly. You guessed it - Karpov!      Apr-06-11 Pachman vs Guimard, 1955    coachjay: Couldn't tell who was winning for much of the game. Many games in one. Nice!      Feb-16-11 Tal vs D Keller, 1959    coachjay: At several junctures in this game, Tal puts his attack on hold for a move to play defense of solidify. Then at other points he moves pieces to squares that your brain tells you are off-limits. Amazing!      Jan-12-11 Ponomariov vs Wang Hao, 2007    coachjay: Kellmano - Thanks!      Nov-24-10 O Loewenborg vs M Marchand, 1916    coachjay: Black simply walks into mate on the final move. Instead, 24. ... Kd6 leads to a line in which Black gives up the queen for White's rook, but it's still roughly equal. My guess is that the game really continued 22. Qe5+ Kf7 and 23. Qg7#.      Nov-11-10 C Duncan vs T Gavriel, 1993    coachjay: Awww. White had all of the cool moves, but loses in the end. I guess "cool" doesn't necessarily mean "good".

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