2 PCG Games 5/30/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

uumbertooooo (Chess.com 1689) - JimWest (Chess.com 1861), Chess.com 5/30/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 c6 6.Bg5 Be7

7.Nh4 Bxg5 8.Nxf5 Qf6 9.Nxd6+ Qxd6 10.Qh5+ Qg6 11.Qg4 Bd2+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

andzh1 (lichess 2095) - JimWest (lichess 2109), lichess 5/30/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Bxf6 Bxf6 9.d4 fxe4 10.Nxe4 exd4 11.Nxf6+ Qxf6 12.Qxd4 Qxd4 13.Nxd4 d5 14.Rfe1 a5

15.c4 c5 16.Nb3 dxc4 17.Bxc4+ Kh8 18.Nxc5 Nc6 19.Rad1 b6 20.Bd5 bxc5 21.Bxc6 Rb8 22.b3 Bb7 23.Bxb7 Rxb7 24.Rd5 Rc7 25.Ree5 Rfc8 26.g3 h6

27.Kg2 a4 28.h4 axb3 29.axb3 c4 30.bxc4 Rxc4 31.Rd7 R4c7, draw.

2 PCG Games 5/29/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

dtweah (Chess.com 1829) - JimWest (Chess.com 1873), Chess.com 5/29/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.Bc4 Nf6 6.d3 Be7 7.O-O c6 8.Re1 h6 9.Nxe5 dxe5 10.Rxe5 Bg6 11.Nc3 Nbd7 12.Re1 Qc7 13.Qe2 O-O-O

14.Bxh6 gxh6 15.Qxe7 Rde8 16.Qg7 Bf5 17.g4 Rxe1+ 18.Rxe1 Rh7 19.Qxh7 Bxh7 20.Re7 Qd6 21.Rf7 Bg8, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

DrSujithRam (lichess 2044) - JimWest (lichess 2110), lichess 5/29/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Be2 Ne7 8.Bh5+ g6 9.Bg4 O-O 10.O-O Nbc6 11.Be6+ Kg7 12.Qg4 Nxe5 13.Qh3 Bxc3 14.bxc3 h6 15.Bxc6 hxg5 16.Be6 Rh8 17.Qg3 Qd6

18.Bg4 Nxg4 19.h3 Qxg3 20.fxg3 Ne5 21.Bxg5 Nf5 22.g4 Nd6 23.Bf6+ Kh7 24.Bxe5 Rhe8 25.Bxd6 cxd6 26.Rf7+ Kh6 27.Rxb7 Rac8 28.Rb3 Kg5 29.Kf2 Rc4 30.Rd1 Re5 31.Ke3 a5 32.Rd4 a4 33.Ra3 Kh4

34.Rxa4 Rxa4 35.Rxa4 Kg3 36.Ra6 Re6 37.Ra8 Kxg2 38.Rh8 Kg3 39.a4 Re7 40.Rh6 Rc7 41.Kd4 e3 42.Rxg6 e2 43.Re6 Rc4+ 44.Kd3 Kxh3 45.Rxe2 Rxa4 46.Re6 Rxg4 47.Rxd6 Rg5 48.Kd4 Rg2 49.Kd3 Rg3+ 50.Kd2 Rg2+ 51.Kc1 Rg5

52.Kb2 Kg4 53.Kb3 Kf4 54.Re6 Rg8 55.Kb4 Rc8 56.Re7 Rc4+ 57.Kb3 Rc8 58.Kb2 Kf5 59.Re3 Kf6 60.Kc1 Rc4 61.Kd2 Rh4 62.Kd3 Rc4 63.Re2 Kf5 64.Re8 Kf6 65.Re1 Kf5 66.Re7 Kf6 67.Re8 Kf5 68.Rd8 Ke5 69.Re8+ Kd6 70.Rd8+ Ke5 71.Re8+ Kd6 72.Rh8 Rg4

73.Rh6+ Kc5 74.Rh5 Rg3+ 75.Kd2 Rg2+ 76.Kd3 Rg3+ 77.Kd2 Rg2+ 78.Kc1 Kc4 79.Rh3 d4 80.cxd4 Kxd4 81.Rd3+ Kc4 82.Kb2 Rg6 83.Rc3+ Kb5 84.Kb3 Kb6 85.Rc4 Rh6 86.Kb4 Rg6 87.c3 Rh6 88.Rd4 Kc6 89.Rd1 Rg6 90.Rf1 Rh6 91.Rf5 Rg6 92.c4 Rh6

93.Rc5+ Kb6 94.Rb5+ Kc6 95.Ra5 Kb6 96.c5+ Kb7 97.Kb5 Rg6 98.Ra4 Rh6 99.Rd4 Kc7 100.Rg4 Rf6 101.Rg7+ Kc8 102.Re7 Rh6 103.c6 Rh1 104.Kb6 Rb1+ 105.Ka7 Ra1+ 106.Kb6 Rb1+ 107.Kc5 Rc1+ 108.Kd6 Rd1+ 109.Ke6 Re1+ 110.Kd6 Rxe7 111.Kxe7 Kc7 112.Ke8 Kxc6, draw.

PCG & PCG Reversed 5/28/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

dipthor99 (Chess.com 1870) - JimWest (Chess.com 1867), Chess.com 5/28/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bg5 Bd6 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Qh5+ g6 11.Qd1 O-O 12.Qd2 Nc6 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.c4 Kg7 15.c5 Bf4 16.Qc3 e3

17.fxe3 Bxg3+ 18.hxg3 Qf2+ 19.Kd1 Bg4+ 20.Kc1 Qxf1+ 21.Rxf1 Rxf1+ 22.Kc2 Rxa1 23.e4 Rg1 24.Qd2 Re8 25.e5 Bf5+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2099) - Rhinoceros_2 (lichess 2096), lichess 5/28/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nxe4 7.dxe5 Qh4+ 8.g3 Nxg3 9.Nf3 Qe4+ 10.Kf2 Nxh1+ 11.Kg2 Bg4 12.Be2 Bxf3+ 13.Bxf3 Qxe5 14.Qxd5 Qxd5 15.Bxd5 O-O-O 16.Bf3 Bc5 17.Kxh1 Rhe8 18.Bd2 f5 19.Kg2 h6

20.h4 Be3 21.Bc3 g5 22.hxg5 hxg5 23.Na3 Bd4 24.Bxd4 Rxd4 25.Rd1 Rxd1 26.Bxd1 Re1 27.Bh5 Kd7 28.Kf2 Rh1 29.Bf3 Ra1 30.Bxb7 Rxa2 31.Nc4 c6 32.Ne5+ Ke6 33.Nc4 Ra4 34.b3 Ra2 35.Bxc6 Rxc2+ 36.Ke1 Rc3

37.Ba4 Kd5 38.Nd2 Kd4 39.Ke2 Re3+ 40.Kf2 f4 41.Nf3+ Ke4 42.Nxg5+ Kf5 43.Nf3 Kg4 44.Nd2 Rc3 45.Bd7+ Kg5 46.Ne4+, Black resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 5/27/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

gayake (Chess.com 1847) - JimWest (Chess.com 1868), Chess.com 5/27/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.c3 Qf6 7.d4 Bg4 8.Nbd2 Nd7 9.Bxg8 Rxg8 10.Qb3 Rh8 11.Qxb7 Rb8 12.Qxc6 Be7 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.Qxf6 gxf6 15.h3 Be6 16.Rd1 Kf7 17.Kh2 Nc5

18.Nb3 Nxe4 19.Kg1 Rhg8 20.Kf1 Bc4+ 21.Kg1 Be2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2096) - jcfg1966 (lichess 1994), lichess 5/27/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 a6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be2 O-O 8.f5 d5 9.Qc2 dxe4 10.dxe4 b5 11.Bg5 Bb7 12.Nbd2 Qd6 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.O-O-O Be3 15.Kb1 Na5 16.g4 c5 17.h4 Nc4 18.Bxc4 bxc4 19.g5 Qb6

20.Nxc4 Qc6 21.Nxe3 Qxe4 22.Nd2 Qxe3 23.Rhe1 Qf4 24.f5 g6 25.Ne4 Rad8 26.Rxd8 Rxa8 27.Nxc5 Bf3 28.Qf2 Qf5+ 29.Ka1 e4 30.a3 Qg4 31.Nxa6 Rd1+ 32.Rxd1 Bxd1 33.Qd4 h5 34.Qd8+ Kh7 35.Qf8, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 5/26/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

OhMyFrankfurt (Chess.com 1778) - JimWest (Chess.com 1893), Chess.com 5/26/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.d5 f4 7.h4 Nb8 8.Nd2 Be7 9.Qh5+ g6 10.Qxh6 Bf8 11.Ne6 Bxe6 12.Qg5 Qxg5 13.hxg5 Bf7 14.Nf3 Be7 15.Bd2 Nd7 16.b4 O-O-O 17.g3 fxg3 18.fxg3 Nb6 19.Bb3 Be8

20.Nh2 Bd7 21.Rhf1 Rdf8 22.O-O-O Bh3 23.Rf3 Rxf3 24.Nxf3 Bg4 25.Rf1 Rf8 26.Nh2 Rxf1+ 27.Nxf1 Bf3 28.Be3 Bxe4 29.Bxb6 axb6 30.Nd2 Bxg5 31.Kd1 Bxd2 32.Kxd2 h5

33.Ke3 Bf5 34.c4 Kd7 35.Kf2 Ke7 36.Bd1 Kf6 37.a4 Bd3 38.Bb3 g5 39.Ke3 e4 40.Kf2 h4 41.gxh4 gxh4 42.Kg2 e3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

SpinuEujen (lichess 2130) - JimWest (lichess 2090), lichess 5/26/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Qxg5 8.Bxb4 d4 9.Qxd4 Nc6 10.Qd2 e3

11.Qxe3 Qxe3+ 12.fxe3 Nxb4, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 5/25/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

tahsinsonmez (Chess.com 1754) - JimWest (Chess.com 1884), Chess.com 5/25/2024

1.e4 e5 2.c4 d6 3.Be2 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nc3 c6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Nf3 O-O 8.h3 a5 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.O-O f4 11.a3 Na6 12.Rb1 g5 13.Nh2 Kh8 14.Bg4 Bxg4 15.Qxg4 Nc5 16.Rfd1 Qc8 17.Qh5 Qe8 18.Qxe8 Rfxe8 19.f3 h5

20.Nf1 a4 21.Na2 Nb3 22.Kf2 Nd4 23.Nc3 Kg7 24.Nd2 Kf7 25.Rh1 Rh8 26.g4 hxg4 27.hxg4 b5 28.Kg2 Rxh1 29.Rxh1 Rh8 30.Rxh8 Bxh8 31.cxb5 cxb5 32.Nd5 Ke6 33.Nb1 Bf6 34.Nbc3 Bd8 35.Kf2 Ba5

36.Kg2 Bxc3 37.bxc3 Nc2 38.Nc7+ Kd7 39.Nxb5 Kc6 40.c4 Kc5 41.Kf2 Nd4 42.Nc3 Nc2 43.Nxa4+ Kd4 44.Ke2 Nxa3 45.Nb6 Nc2 46.Nc8 Kc5 47.Kd2 Nd4 48.Ne7 Nxf3+ 49.Ke2 Nh2 50.Nf5 Nxg4

51.Kf3 Ne3 52.Nxe3 fxe3 53.Kxe3 g4 54.d4+ exd4+ 55.Kf4 Kxc4 56.Kxg4 d3 57.Kf3 Kd4 58.e5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2110) - tu_law007 (lichess 2087), lichess 5/25/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O Bxf3 8.Bxf3 Nd4 9.c3 Nxf3+ 10.Qxf3 O-O 11.f5 d5 12.Bg5 dxe4 13.dxe4 c6 14.Nd2 Qb6+ 15.Kh1 Rad8 16.Nc4 Qc7 17.Rad1 Rxd1 18.Rxd1 Rd8 19.Rxd8+ Bxd8

20.Bxf6 Bxf6 21.Qd3 h6 22.Qd6 Qxd6 23.Nxd6 b5 24.b3 Be7 25.Nc8 Bc5 26.b4 Be3 27.Ne7+ Kf8 28.Nxc6 f6 29.g4 Ke8 30.Kg2 Kd7 31.Kf3 Bg1 32.Kg2 Bb6 33.Na5 Kc7 34.Nb3 Kd6 35.h4 Kc6

36.Kf3 Kd7 37.g5 hxg5 38.hxg5 fxg5 39.Kg4 Be3 40.Nc5+ Ke7 41.Ne6 g6 42.Nc7 gxf5+ 43.Kxf5 a6 44.Nd5+ Kd6 45.Nxe3, Black resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 5/24/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1936) - dogwoodfish (Chess.com 1868), Chess.com 5/24/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bd7 7.Be2 Bb6 8.a4 a5 9.Na3 exf4 10.Bxf4 h6 11.Qc2 Ng4 12.d4 g5 13.Bd2 Qe7 14.O-O Nce5 15.Nxe5 dxe5 16.Bxg4 Bxg4 17.Nc4 exd4 18.Nxb6 cxb6 19.cxd4 O-O

20.Bc3 Rac8 21.Rae1 Bh5 22.e5 Bg6 23.Qb3 Qe6 24.d5 Qg4 25.d6 Qc4 26.Qxc4 Rxc4 27.d7 Rd8 28.e6 fxe6 29.Rxe6 Bf7 30.Re7 Bg6 31.Rg7+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

pretty_night (lichess 2022) - JimWest (lichess 2102), lichess 5/24/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bg5 Bb4 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O c6 11.a3 Bxc3 12.bxc3 Nbd7 13.Bf4 Nxe5 14.Bxe5 b5 15.a4 a6 16.axb5 cxb5 17.Bxb5 Bb7 18.Be2 Qc8 19.Ra3 Qc6

20.Qa1 Nd7 21.Bg3 Rf6 22.Qa2 Nf8 23.c4 Kh8 24.cxd5 Qxd5 25.Qxd5 Bxd5 26.c4 Bb7 27.Rb1 Rf7 28.d5 Rd7 29.Rab3 Bc8 30.Bg4 Rd8 31.Bxc8 Raxc8 32.Rb4 Nd7 33.h3 Kg8 34.Ra1 Nc5

35.Be5 Nd3 36.Rb7 Nxe5 37.Rxa6 Rd7 38.Rxd7 Nxd7 39.Ra7 Nf6 40.Ra4 Kf7 41.Kf1 Kg6 42.Ke2 Kf5 43.Ke3 Ke5 44.f4+ exf3 45.gxf3 g5 46.Rb4 h5 47.Ra4 h4 48.Rb4 Nh5 49.Ra4 Nf4

50.Ra7 Rxc4 51.Rg7 Kf6 52.Rd7 Nxh3 53.d6 Ke6 54.Rd8 Nf4 55.Rg8 Rc5 56.Rd8 Rd5 57.Rg8 Kxd6 58.Ke4 Re5+ 59.Kd4 Ne6+ 60.Kc4 Rf5 61.Ra8 Rf4+ 62.Kd3 Rxf3+ 63.Ke4 Rf4+ 64.Ke3 Ke5 65.Ra5+ Kf6

66.Ra6 h3 67.Ra1 Rh4 68.Rf1+ Kg6 69.Rg1 h2 70.Rh1 Nf4 71.Kf3 Kf5 72.Kg3 Rh3+ 73.Kf2 g4 74.Kf1 g3, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 5/23/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

tilt89 (Chess.com 1843) - JimWest (Chess.com 1929), Chess.com 5/23/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Nfd2 Bxf5 6.Bc4 d5 7.Bb3 Nf6 8.O-O Bd6 9.c4 c6 10.Nc3 Be6 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Nb5 Nc6 13.Nxd6+ Qxd6 14.Nb1 O-O 15.Nc3 a6 16.f3 Kh8 17.fxe4 Nxe4 18.Nxe4 dxe4 19.Rxf8+ Rxf8

20.d5 Qc5+ 21.Kh1 Bxd5 22.Bxd5 Qxd5 23.Be3 Qxd1+ 24.Rxd1 h6 25.Kg1 Rf7 26.a3 Kh7 27.Rd6 Ne5 28.Rd4 Nd3 29.Rxe4 Nxb2 30.Rd4 b5 31.Rd6 Nc4 32.Re6 Nxe3 33.Rxe3 Rb7

34.Rd6 a5 35.Rd4 b4 36.axb4 axb4 37.Re1 b3 38.Rb1 b2 39.Kf1 g5 40.Ke2 Kg6 41.Kd3 Kf5 42.Kc3 h5 43.Rf1+ Kg4 44.Rb1 h4 45.Kd3 h3 46.g3 Kf3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2096) - KarapetyanXosrov (lichess 2081), lichess 5/23/2024

1.e3 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.f4 e5 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Qc7 7.f5 Nbd7 8.c3 d5 9.Qc2 Be7 10.Bg5 Nc5 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Nbd2 Nd7 13.O-O O-O 14.Kh1 Rad8 15.Rae1 a6 16.a4 b5 17.axb5 axb5 18.h3 Bxf3 19.Nxf3 Rfe8

20.g4 h6 21.h4 Ra8 22.g5 hxg5 23.hxg5 Bd8 24.Ra1 Be7 25.g6 f6 26.Ng1 Bc5 27.b4 Be3 28.Bf3 Nb6 29.Qh2 Bh6 30.Qg2 Qd7 31.Ra5 Kf8 32.Rfa1 Qb7 33.Qf2 Na4 34.Rxa8 Rxa8 35.Bd1 Qb6 36.Qxb6 Nxb6 37.Rxa8+ Nxa8

38.Bf3 Nb6 39.Kg2 Bd2 40.Ne2 Ke7 41.exd5 cxd5 42.Kf2 Kd6 43.Ng3 Bxc3 44.Nh5 Bxb4 45.Nxg7, Black forfeits.

2 PCG Games 5/22/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

parmanand1970 (Chess.com 1834) - JimWest (Chess.com 1938), Chess.com 5/22/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.a3 f5 5.exf5 Bxf5 6.d3 Nf6 7.h3 h6 8.Nf3 d5 9.Bb5 Bd6 10.O-O O-O 11.Re1 e4 12.dxe4 dxe4 13.Nh4 Bh7 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.Qxd5+ Kh8 16.Qh5 Nd4 17.Ba4 b5 18.Bb3 Nxb3 19.cxb3 Qf6

20.Be3 Bf4 21.Bxf4 Qxf4 22.Re2 Qg5 23.Qg4 Rf4 24.Qxg5 hxg5 25.g3 Rf6 26.Ng2 Rd8 27.Rc1 c6 28.b4 Rfd6 29.Rc5 Rd1+ 30.Ne1 R8d6 31.Rxg5 Bg6

32.Rc5 Kh7 33.Rc3 Bf5 34.g4 Bg6 35.Kf1 Re6 36.Rce3 Rec6, White forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

jidan75 (lichess 2077) - JimWest (lichess 2119), lichess 5/22/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.dxe5 dxe5 7.Qxd8+ Bxd8 8.O-O f4 9.Bd5 Nge7 10.a3 Bg4 11.Nd2 Nxd5 12.Nxd5 O-O 13.Nc4 b5 14.Nd2 Nd4 15.c3 Ne2+ 16.Kh1 Nxc1 17.Raxc1 a5 18.c4 c6 19.Nc3 b4

20.axb4 axb4 21.Nd1 f3 22.gxf3 Bxf3+ 23.Nxf3 Rxf3 24.Kg2 Rf7 25.Ne3 Bg5 26.Rcd1 Bxe3 27.fxe3 Rxf1 28.Kxf1 Kf7 29.Rd7+ Kf6 30.Rd6+ Kg5 31.Rxc6 Ra1+ 32.Ke2 Ra2 33.Re6 Rxb2+ 34.Kd3 Rb3+ 35.Ke2 Rb2+ 36.Kf3 Rxh2 37.Rxe5+ Kf6

38.Rb5 Rb2 39.e5+ Kf5 40.e4+ Ke6 41.Ke3 h5 42.Kf4 h4 43.Rb6+ Kf7 44.Kg4 Re2 45.Kf3 Rb2 46.e6+ Ke7 47.Kg4 Re2 48.Kf3 Rb2 49.Rb7+ Kxe6 50.Rxg7 Rc2 51.Rh7 Rxc4 52.Rxh4 b3

53.Rh1 Ke5 54.Rh5+ Kd4 55.Rb5 Kc3 56.Kf4 Rb4 57.Rd5 b2 58.Rd1 b1=Q 59.Rxb1 Rxb1 60.e5 Kd4 61.e6 Rf1+ 62.Kg5 Kd5 63.e7 Re1 64.Kf6 Kd6, White resigns.