Skeels, Jim (2415) - Eckert, Doug (2385)
USCCC/EM Final
[Fritz 9 (5s)]

D43: Semi-Slav: 5 Bg5 h6 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7 10.h4 g4 11.Ne5 h5 12.O-O Nbd7 13.Qc2 Nxe5 14.Bxe5 Bg7 15.Bg3 Qxd4 16.Rfd1 Qb6 17.a4 a5 18.Rd6
	[18.Qd2 b4 19.Qg5 Kf8 20.Be5 Rh6 21.Bd4 Qc7 22.Bc5+ Kg8 23.Bd6 Qc8 24.e5 Nh7 25.Qf4 bxc3 26.bxc3 Nf8 27.Rab1 Ng6 28.Qg5 c5 29.Rb6 Be4 30.Bxc4 Qd8 31.Rb5 Nxh4 32.Qe3 Bxg2 Witt,R (2287)-Al Sayed,M (2443)/Amsterdam 2004/CBM 101 ext/0-1 (36)]
	[18.Qc1 b4 19.e5 Bh6 20.Bf4 Bxf4 21.Qxf4 Nd5 22.Nxd5 cxd5 23.Qf6 Rg8 24.g3 Rg6 25.Qf4 Rc8 26.Rd4 Ba6 27.Rc1 Ke7 28.Bd1 b3 29.Rc3 Rcg8 30.Kh2 f5 31.Qe3 Rb8 32.Be2 Bc8 Johannessen,L (2543)-Matthiesen,A (2356)/Saint Vincent 2005/ CBM 110 no vc/0-1 (46)]
	[18.e5 Nd7]
18...Qc5 19.e5 Nd5 20.Ne4 White threatens to win material: Ne4xc5 20...Qb4 21.f3
	[21.Ng5 Ne7 22.Rad1 Rb8]
21...bxa4
	[21...gxf3 22.Bxf3 Rb8 23.Qc1]
22.fxg4
	[22.f4 and White can hope to live]
22...hxg4 23.Bxg4 Qb3
	[23...Qb6+ 24.Kh1 Qe3 25.Re1]
24.Qf2 Qe3 25.Qxe3 Nxe3 26.Bh3 c5 27.Nxc5 Bd5 Attacking the backward pawn on g2 28.Nxa4 Bf8 Black threatens to win material: Bf8xd6 29.Nb6 White threatens to win material: Nb6xa8 29...Rb8
	[29...Bxd6!? 30.Nxa8 Bb8
		(30...Bxa8 31.exd6 Rg8 32.Kf2)
	31.Rxa5 Rg8]
30.Nxd5 White has a mate threat 30...Nxd5 White has the pair of bishops 31.Rc6 White threatens to win material: Rc6xc4 31...Rxb2 32.Rxc4 Black has a new passed pawn: a5. .
	[32.Rxa5 Rb1+ 33.Kf2 Bb4]
32...Rb4 33.Rc8+
	[33.Rc6 a4]
33...Kd7 Black threatens to win material: Kd7xc8 34.Rc2
	[34.Rxf8 Rxf8 35.Rxa5 Kc6]
34...Rb5
	[34...a4 35.Kh2]
35.Bg4 Bc5+ 36.Kh2 Bb6 37.Bf3 Ke7
	[37...Ne3 38.Bc6+ Ke7 39.Bxb5 Nxc2 40.Ra4]
38.h5 Rb4 Black can be proud of that piece
	[38...f5 39.exf6+ Kxf6 40.Bh4+ Kg7 41.Rc6]
39.Rc6 f5
	[39...Kd7!? 40.Rxb6 Rxb6 41.Rxa5 Rh7]
40.exf6+ Kxf6
	[40...Kf7 41.Re1 Be3 42.Be5]
41.Re1 Be3 42.Rd6 Rb3
	[42...Re4 43.Kh1]
43.Bh4+ Ke5 44.Ra6 Ra3
	[44...Rd3 45.Rxa5 Kd6 46.Ra6+ Kd7 47.Bxd5 exd5 48.Rf1]
45.Bg4 Kd4
	[45...Kf4 46.Bh3 Nb6 47.g3+ Kf3 48.Bg2+ Kg4 49.Rxb6 Bxb6 50.Re4+ Kxh5 51.Re5+ Kg6 52.Rxe6+ Kh5 53.Rxb6]
46.Rxe6 Rh6
	[46...Rh7 47.Bg3 Rd3 48.Bf3]
47.Re8 Bf4+
	[47...Kc4 48.Re4+ Kd3 49.Bf3]
48.Kg1 Kc5
	[48...Be3+ 49.Kh1]
49.Bf2+ Kc6 50.Rc8+
	[50.g3 Bd2 51.R1e6+ Rxe6 52.Rxe6+ Kc7]
50...Bc7
	[50...Nc7 51.g3 Bxg3 52.Rc1+ Kd5 53.Rd8+
		(53.R8xc7?! Bxc7 54.Rxc7 a4)
		(53.R1xc7?! Bxc7 54.Rxc7 a4)
	53...Rd6 54.Rxd6+ Bxd6 55.h6]
51.Rc1+ Kb7
	[51...Rc3 52.Rxc3+ Nxc3 53.Be3]
52.Rg8 Bb6
	[52...Nb6 53.Rg7 Rc6 54.Bf3 Rxf3 55.Rxc6 Kxc6 56.Rxc7+ Kxc7 57.Bxb6+
		(57.gxf3?! is easily refuted 57...Nd7)
	57...Kxb6 58.gxf3]
53.Rg7+ Kb8
	[53...Bc7 praying for a miracle 54.Bf3 Rxf3 55.gxf3 Rxh5]
54.Rc8# 1-0