(4) Skidmore,Mike (1855) - Jarosz,Stan (1903) [B22]
Michigan Open 2008 Southfield, MI (4), 09.09.2008
[Stan Jarosz]



1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 Nf6
[3...d5 goes into a French]

4.e5 Nd5 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 d6 7.Nc3 dxe5
[Looking at Nunn's Openings book after, a possible variation here is 7...Nxc3 8.bxc3 Qc7 ]

8.dxe5 Nxc3 9.Qxd8+ Kxd8 10.bxc3 h6 11.Be3 Nc6 12.Bb5 Bd7 13.Rd1 Kc7 14.Be2 Be7
I have a comfortable, playable position here.

15.0-0 Rhd8 16.Bf4 Be8 17.Nd4 Nxd4
[17...a6 but I'd give up some Black squares around my king.]

18.cxd4
transforming White's isolated pawn into a backward pawn.

18...Bc6 19.Be3 Rac8 20.f4 g6
to prevent an f4-f5 break.

21.Rc1 Kb8
Getting out of the pin.

22.Rb1 Bd5 23.Bf3 Rc2 24.Rf2 Rc3 25.Bxd5
[25.Bd2 Rd3 ]

25...Rxd5 26.Rfb2 b6 27.Bf2
White offered a draw around here.

27...Ba3 28.Rb3 Rc1+ 29.Rxc1 Bxc1 30.g3 Ra5 31.Rb1 Bd2 32.Rb2 Bc3 33.Rb3 Ba1 34.a3 Rd5 35.Rd3 Kb7 36.Kg2 Ka6 37.Kf3 Kb5 38.Ke4 Kc4
My idea is to get a passed pawn on the queenside.

39.g4 b5 40.Rd1?!
[40.Rh3 White doesn't have time here.]

40...Bc3 41.Rd3 a5 42.h4 b4 43.axb4 axb4 44.Rd1 b3 45.f5 gxf5+ 46.gxf5 h5 47.Rc1 b2 48.Rb1 Ra5 49.fxe6 fxe6 50.Kf4 Ra1 51.Rxb2 Bxb2 52.Kg5 Bxd4 53.Bxd4 Kxd4 54.Kxh5 Rg1 55.Kh6 Kxe5 56.h5 Kf6 57.Kh7 Kf7 58.h6 Rh1!!
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59.Kh8 Rxh6# 0-1