Adelaide 2012 Checkmate Tournament: Xie George vs Mato Jelic

Adelaide 2012 Checkmate Tournament: Xie George vs Mato Jelic [D10]
Checkmate Adelaide 2012, Round 7 Game was played on board 1, 08.07.2012
[Mato]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 dxc4 4.e4 b5 5.a4 b4 6.Na2 Nf6 7.e5 Nd5 8.Bxc4 e6 9.Nf3 Nd7 10.0--0 Be7 11.Bd2 a5 12.Qe2 N7b6 13.b3 c5 14.Bd3 cxd4 15.Nxd4 0--0 16.Nc6 Qd7 17.Qe4 f5 18.exf6 Nxf6 19.Nxe7+ Qxe7 20.Qe2 Bb7 21.Rae1 Bd5 22.Nc1 Qb7 23.f4 Nc8 24.Be3 Nd6 25.Bc5 Qc6 26.Bxd6 Qxd6 27.Bc4 Ne4 28.Nd3 Bxc4 29.bxc4 Nc5 30.Nxc5 Qxc5+ 31.Rf2 Rae8 [31...Rxf4 32.Qxe6+ Kh8 33.Qe3 Qxe3 34.Rxe3 Rxc4 35.Rf7 Rc1+ 36.Kf2 h6 37.Ree7 Rc2+ 38.Kg3 Rg8µ] 32.g3 Qc6 [32...e5! 33.fxe5 Rxe5 34.Qxe5 Qxf2+] 33.Qe5 Rf5 34.Qe4 Qxa4 35.Rd2 b3 36.Rd6 Rf6 [36...Qb4 37.Rxe6 Rxe6 38.Qxe6+ Kh8 39.Qc8+ Rf8 40.Re8 Qe1+--+] 37.Rb6 Qa3 38.Qc6 Ref8 39.Qb5 a4 40.Ra6 Qb2 41.Qe5 Qxe5 42.Rxe5
42...b2? [42...Rb8! 43.Re1 b2 44.Rb1 Rb4 45.c5 Rf5 46.Ra5 Rb3 47.Rxa4 Rxc5 48.Kg2 Rc1 49.Rxb2 Rxb2+; 42...Rb8 43.Re1 b2 44.Rb1 Rb4 45.c5 Rf5 46.c6 Rc5] 43.Rb5 e5 44.Rxa4 exf4 45.Rxb2 fxg3 46.hxg3 Rf1+ 47.Kg2 Rc1 48.Rb7 Rc2+ 49.Kh3 Rc8 50.Raa7+- R2xc4 51.Rxg7+ Kf8 52.Raf7+ Ke8 53.Rxh7 Rc1 54.Kg4 R1c4+ 55.Kg5 R4c5+ 56.Kg6 R5c6+ 57.Kg7 R6c7 58.Rh8# 1--0
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