PCG & PCG Reversed 9/25/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

Ixb19832022 (Chess.com 1932) - JimWest (Chess.com 1902), Chess.com 9/25/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bd3 fxe4 5.Bxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Nxg6 Nf6 9.Qe5+ Kf7 10.Nxh8+ Kg7 11.Bg5 Nc6 12.Bxf6+ Qxf6 13.Qxf6+ Kxf6 14.Nc3 Bb4 15.O-O-O Bxc3 16.bxc3 Bf5 17.h3 Rxh8 18.g4 Bg6

19.f4 exf3 20.Rhf1 Be4 21.Rde1 Bd5 22.c4 Bxc4 23.Rxf3+ Kg6 24.c3 Bxa2 25.Ref1 Re8 26.Rf6+ Kg7 27.R6f5 Bc4 28.Rg5+ Kh8 29.Rf2 b6 30.h4 Rg8 31.Rxg8+ Kxg8 32.g5 a5 33.Kb2 a4 34.Ka3 b5 35.Rf6 Ne7

36.h5 Nd5 37.Rf3 Kg7 38.Kb2 Bb3 39.Rf5 c6 40.Re5 Kf7 41.Rf5+ Kg7 42.Re5 Bc4 43.Re6 b4 44.cxb4 Nxb4 45.Re7+ Bf7 46.Rd7 Nd5 47.Ka3 Kf8 48.h6 Bg6 49.Rd6 Ne7 50.Kxa4 Nf5 51.Rf6+ Kg8

52.Rxf5 Bxf5 53.Kb4 Kf7 54.Kc5 Be4 55.Kd6 Kg6 56.Ke5 Bd5 57.Kf4 Bc4 58.Kg4 Be2+ 59.Kf4 Kh5 60.Kf5 Bd3+ 61.Kf6 Bg6 62.Ke5 Kxg5 63.Ke6 Be4 64.Ke5 Bd5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2136) - finfans (lichess 2096), lichess 9/25/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Bg4 5.Be2 Bxe2 6.Nxe2 dxe4 7.fxe5 Ng4

8.d4 Qh4+ 9.g3 Qh3 10.Nf4, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 9/24/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

AlisherKaramatov (Chess.com 1834) - JimWest (Chess.com 1893), Chess.com 9/24/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.Nc3 Nf6 8.Qd2 b5 9.Bb3 b4 10.Ne2 fxe4 11.dxe4 Nxe4 12.Qxb4 Nc5 13.O-O Nxb3 14.Qxb3 Be6 15.Qe3 O-O 16.b3 Nd7 17.c4 Bg4 18.Nd2 Bxe2 19.Qxe2 Rae8

20.f3 d5 21.Rfe1 Qc5+ 22.Kh1 Nf6 23.Rac1 Qa5 24.a4 e4 25.fxe4 Nxe4 26.Nxe4 Rxe4 27.Qd1 Rxe1+ 28.Qxe1 Qxe1+ 29.Rxe1 dxc4 30.bxc4 Rf2 31.h3 Ra2 32.Re6 Rxa4 33.Rxc6 Kf7 34.Kh2 a5 35.Kg3 Ra3+ 36.Kf4 Rc3

37.Ke4 a4 38.Kd4 Rc2 39.Ra6 Rxg2 40.Rxa4 Rg3 41.Kd5 Ke7 42.c5 Kd7 43.Ra7+ Kc8 44.h4 h5 45.Kc6 Rg6+ 46.Kb5 Rg1 47.Kc6 Rg6+ 48.Kb5 Rg1 49.c6 Rb1+ 50.Kc5 Rc1+ 51.Kd6 Rd1+ 52.Ke6 Re1+ 53.Kf7 Rc1 54.Kxg7 Rxc6

55.Ra5 Kd7 56.Rxh5 Re6 57.Rf5 Ke7 58.h5 Re1 59.h6 Rg1+ 60.Kh8 Rg6 61.h7 Rg1 62.Ra5 Kf7 63.Ra8 Rg2 64.Rg8 Rf2 65.Rg7+ Kf8 66.Rg3 Rf1 67.Rg8+ Kf7 68.Ra8 Rf2 69.Ra7+ Kf8, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

dong0819 (lichess 2000) - JimWest (lichess 2138), lichess 9/24/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.g4 h5 7.gxh5 Bxf5 8.Bg2 d5

9.Ne6, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 9/23/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1919) - Japes84 (Chess.com 1881), Chess.com 9/23/2023

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 d6 3.e4 e5 4.f4 g6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Bg7 7.c3 Nbd7 8.O-O c6 9.Kh1 O-O 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 d5

12.fxe5 Nxe5 13.Bg5 Nxf3 14.Qxf3 dxe4 15.dxe4, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Veluyadav (lichess 2102) - JimWest (lichess 2121), lichess 9/23/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.O-O c6 6.d4 e4 7.Bg5 Be7 8.Bxe7 Qxe7 9.Bxg8 Rxg8 10.Nfd2 d5 11.c4 Nd7 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.Nc3 Nf6 14.Qb3 O-O-O 15.Qa4 Kb8 16.Rac1 a6

17.b4 e3 18.fxe3 Qxe3+ 19.Kh1 Qxd7 20.b5 Ne4 21.bxa6 Nxc3 22.Qb3 Bc8 23.Rxc3 Rd7 24.Rcf3 Qe2 25.axb7 Bxb7 26.Rf8+ Rd8 27.R8f7 Rd7 28.Rf8+ Rxf8 29.Rxf8+ Kc7 30.Qc3+ Qc4 31.Qg3+ Kb6

32.h3 Qc1+ 33.Kh2 Qc7 34.Rf4 h6 35.Qb3+ Ka7 36.Qa4+ Ba6 37.g3 Rf7 38.Rxf7 Qxf7 39.h4 Qf2+ 40.Kh3 Qf5+ 41.Kh2 h5 42.Kg2 Qe4+ 43.Kh2 Qe2+ 44.Kh3 Qb5 45.Qc2 Qf1+ 46.Kh2 Qe2+ 47.Qxe2 Bxe2

48.Kg1 Kb6 49.Kf2 Bc4 50.Ke3 Bxa2 51.Kf4 g6 52.Kg5 Bb1 53.g4 hxg4 54.Kxg4 Kb5 55.Kg5 Kc4 56.h5 gxh5 57.Kxh5 Kxd4 58.Kg4 Ke3, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 9/22/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

phamkhanhhuyXXX (Chess.com 1905) - JimWest (Chess.com 1912), Chess.com 9/22/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe5 Nf6 6.Nc4 d5 7.Ne3 c6 8.h3 Bd6 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O Qc7 11.Ng4 Bxg4 12.Bxg4 Nxg4 13.Qxg4 Qd7 14.Qh5 Qf7 15.Qxf7+ Rxf7 16.f3 exf3 17.Rxf3 Rxf3 18.gxf3 Nd7 19.Bg5 Rf8

20.Kg2 h6 21.Bh4 g5 22.Bg3 Bxg3 23.Kxg3 Nf6 24.Re1 Kf7 25.Re5 Kg6 26.Ne2 Nh5+ 27.Kg4 Nf4 28.c3 h5+ 29.Kg3 Nxe2+ 30.Rxe2 Rf7 31.Re6+ Rf6 32.Re7 h4+ 33.Kf2 Rf7 34.Rxf7 Kxf7

35.f4 Kg6 36.fxg5 Kxg5 37.Ke3 Kf5 38.Kf3 b5 39.b4 a6 40.a3 Kg5 41.Ke3 Kf5 42.Kf3 Kg5 43.Ke3 Kf5 44.Kf3, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

asdfghjkl2123 (lichess 1969) - JimWest (lichess 2113), lichess 9/22/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.Qh5+ g6 7.Qd1 Nxd4 8.c3 f4 9.h4 Nc6 10.Qd5 Ne7 11.Qd1 c6 12.h5 d5 13.Bb3 dxe4 14.Qxd8+ Kxd8 15.hxg6 hxg6 16.Nd2 Bf5 17.Ndxe4 Bxe4 18.Nxe4 Bg7

19.g3 fxg3 20.fxg3 Nhf5 21.Rxh8+ Bxh8 22.Ng5 Kc7 23.g4 Nd6 24.Be3 Nd5 25.Bxd5 cxd5 26.O-O-O Kc6 27.Nf3 Nc4 28.Re1 Nxe3 29.Rxe3 Re8 30.Kc2 Bg7 31.Nh4 Re6 32.Kd3 Bh6 33.Re1 Bg5 34.Nf3 e4+ 35.Kc2 Bf4 36.Nd4+ Kd6 37.Nxe6 Kxe6

38.c4 e3 39.cxd5+ Kxd5 40.Kd3 g5 41.Rc1 a5 42.Re1 b5 43.a3 a4 44.Kc3 Ke4 45.b3 axb3 46.Kxb3 Bg3 47.Rxe3+ Kxe3 48.Kb4 Bd6+ 49.Kxb5 Bxa3 50.Kc4 Kf3 51.Kd3 Kxg4

52.Ke2 Bc5 53.Kf1 Kf3 54.Ke1 g4 55.Kd2, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 9/21/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1912) - shekhar2703 (Chess.com 1842), Chess.com 9/21/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 h6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bc5 7.c3 O-O 8.d4 Bb6 9.Bd3 d6 10.O-O Bg4 11.Kh1 Qe7 12.Nbd2 Rae8 13.h3 Bh5 14.Qc2 Nd8 15.Rae1 Ne6 16.Bh2 c6 17.e5 dxe5 18.Nxe5 Bc7 19.Ndf3 Nd5

20.g4 f6 21.Ng6 Bxg6 22.Bxg6 Rd8 23.Qf5 Nxd4 24.cxd4 Qd7 25.Qxd7 Rxd7 26.Bxc7 Rxc7 27.Bd3 Nf4 28.Bc4+ Kh7 29.Kh2 b5 30.Bb3 Nd3 31.Bc2, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

IgorDorozhkinChess (lichess 2147) - JimWest (lichess 2114), lichess 9/21/2023

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.a3 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 O-O 11.Be2 Nbd7 12.Nxd7 Bxd7 13.Rb1 b6 14.O-O h6 15.Bxf6 Qxf6 16.c4 c6 17.cxd5 cxd5 18.c4 Be6 19.cxd5 Bxd5

20.Rc1 Rac8 21.Bc4 Bxc4 22.Re1 Qxf2+ 23.Kh1 Bd3 24.Rxc8 Rxc8 25.Qb3+ Kh8 26.Rg1 Qxd4 27.Qd1 Qf2 28.h3 Rf8 29.Kh2 Be2 30.Qe1 Qxe1 31.Rxe1 Bd3 32.Rc1 e3 33.Rd1 e2 34.Re1 Rf1 35.Rxf1 exf1=Q, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 9/20/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1935) - Xdevesh_pathakx (Chess.com 1772), Chess.com 9/20/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d5 5.Nc3 dxe4 6.dxe4 Qxd1+ 7.Nxd1 Nxe4 8.fxe5 Nc6 9.Nf3 Bg4 10.Bd3 f5 11.Be3 O-O-O 12.O-O Bxf3 13.gxf3 Bxe3+ 14.Nxe3 f4 15.Bxe4 fxe3 16.Bxc6 bxc6 17.Rae1 Kd7 18.Rxe3 Ke6 19.f4 Rhf8

20.Rc3 c5 21.Rxc5 Rd7 22.Rf2 g6 23.Rc6+ Kf5 24.Kg2 Rdf7 25.Kg3 Rb8 26.b3 Rb6 27.Rxb6 cxb6 28.h4 h5 29.Re2 Re7 30.c4 Ke6 31.Rd2 Rd7 32.Rxd7 Kxd7 33.Kf3 Ke6 34.Ke4 a6

35.b4 a5 36.bxa5 bxa5 37.a4 Ke7 38.Kd5 Kd7 39.c5, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Zenon_004 (lichess 2159) - JimWest (lichess 2120), lichess 9/20/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Nfd2 Bxf5 6.c4 d5 7.cxd5 Qxd5 8.Nb3 Nf6 9.Nc3 Bb4 10.Bd2 Bxc3 11.bxc3 O-O 12.c4 Qf7 13.Be2 Nc6 14.O-O Rad8 15.d5 Ne5 16.Nd4 Bc8 17.Bf4 Ng6 18.Bg3 b6 19.Qa4 a5

20.Nc6 Rde8 21.Rad1 Bg4 22.Bxg4 Nxg4 23.d6 cxd6 24.Bxd6 Nf4 25.Bxf8 Rxf8 26.Nd4 e3 27.fxe3 Nxe3 28.Rde1 Nxf1 29.Nf3 Nxh2 30.Nxh2 Qg6 31.g4 h5 32.Rf1 Ne2+ 33.Kg2 Rxf1 34.Kxf1 Ng3+ 35.Kg2 h4

36.Qd1 Qe4+ 37.Nf3 Qe2+ 38.Qxe2 Nxe2 39.Nxh4 Nc3 40.Kf3 Nxa2 41.Ke3 Nb4 42.Kd2 Kf7 43.Kc3 g5 44.Nf5 Ke6 45.Nd4+ Ke5 46.Nd2 Nc6 47.Kb3 Nd4+ 48.Nxd4 Kxd4 49.Ka4 Kxc4, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 9/19/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1925) - Zaenalbaru (Chess.com 2035), Chess.com 9/19/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 exf4 5.e5 Ng4 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.d4 g5 8.h4 Be7 9.hxg5 Bxg5 10.g3 Ne3 11.Bxe3 fxe3 12.c3 Bg4 13.Be2 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 Qd7 15.Qe2 Ne7 16.Na3 Qa4 17.Qb5+ Qxb5 18.Nxb5 Kd8 19.Ke2 a6

20.Na3 c6 21.Nc2 Nf5 22.Rag1 Ke7 23.g4 Nh4 24.Nxe3 Nxf3 25.Kxf3 Bxe3 26.Kxe3 Rag8 27.g5 Rg7 28.Kf4 Rhg8 29.Rh6 Kd7 30.a4 Ke7 31.a5 Kd7 32.b4 Kc7

33.Rg4 Kd7 34.Rh5 Ke6 35.Rh6+ Ke7 36.Rh5 Ke6 37.Rh6+ Ke7 38.Rh5 Ke6, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

ValyT (lichess 2008) - JimWest (lichess 2113), lichess 9/19/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.a3 fxe4 6.Bxg8 exf3 7.Bd5 fxg2 8.Bxg2 Nd4 9.d3 Be7 10.Qh5+ g6 11.Qd1 O-O 12.Bh6 Rf7 13.Ne4 d5 14.Nc3 c6 15.Qd2 Bh3 16.f3 Bxg2 17.Qxg2 Nxf3+ 18.Ke2 Bg5

19.Bxg5 Qxg5 20.Qxg5 Nxg5 21.Raf1 Raf8 22.Rxf7 Rxf7 23.Nd1 e4 24.Ne3 exd3+ 25.cxd3 Ne6 26.Ng4 Kg7 27.Ne5 Re7 28.d4 Nxd4+ 29.Kd3 Rxe5 30.Kxd4 Re2 31.b3 Rb2 32.Kc3 Rg2 33.h4 h5

34.Kd4 Kf6 35.Kc5 Ke6 36.Re1+ Kd7 37.a4 b6+ 38.Kd4 Rg4+ 39.Ke5 Rxh4 40.Kf6 Re4 41.Rg1 Re6+ 42.Kg5 c5 43.Rf1 a5 44.Rf7+ Kc6 45.Rf8 d4 46.Rg8 Kd5 37.Rf8 Ke4 48.Rb8 Kd3, White forfeits.

2 PCG Games 9/18/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

Papaflessas (Chess.com 1872) - JimWest (Chess.com 1922), Chess.com 9/18/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 c6 6.a4 Nf6 7.h3 h6 8.Nc3 Nbd7 9.O-O d5 10.Bb3 Bd6 11.Ne2 O-O 12.Ng3 Bh7 13.c4 Nc5 14.cxd5 cxd5 15.Ne4 Ncxe4 16.dxe4 Bxe4 17.Re1 Kh8 18.Nh2 d4

19.Ng4 Nxg4 20.Qxg4 Bf5 21.Qh5 Qe8 22.Qd1 Qg6 23.Kh1 Rad8 24.Rf1 Bb8 25.Bd2 e4 26.Bb4 Rfe8 27.Qe1 e3 28.f3 Bg3 29.Qc1 d3 30.Bc3 d2

31.Bxd2 exd2 32.Qc3 Re1 33.Rd1 Rxd1 34.Rxd1 Be1 35.Qc7 Re8 36.Bf7 Bg3 37.Bxg6 Re1+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Mozaffarifard (lichess 2089) - JimWest (lichess 2103), lichess 9/18/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 c6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bxe7 Qxe7 8.Bxg8 Rxg8 9.Nbd2 Nd7 10.Qe2 O-O-O 11.O-O-O Rde8 12.Rhe1 Rgf8 13.h3 Kb8 14.Qe3 h6 15.Kb1 Be6 16.d4 Qf7 17.a3 Bd5 18.dxe5 Nxe5 19.Nxe5 Rxe5

20.Qg3 Qxf2 21.Qxf2 Rxf2 22.Rxe5 dxe5 23.g3 e4 24.c4 Be6 25.Nxe4 Bf5 26.Re1 Rf3 27.g4 Bg6 28.Kc1 Rxh3 29.Nd6 Rh2 30.Nf5 Bxf5 31.gxf5 Rf2 32.Rg1 Rxf5 33.Rxg7 a5 34.Rh7 h5 35.Kd2 a4 36.Kc3 c5

37.b4 axb3 38.Kxb3 Ka7 39.Rh6 b6 40.Ka4 Ka6 41.Rh7 Rf4 42.Kb3 Rf3+ 43.Ka4 Rh3 44.Rh6 h4 45.Rh7 Rh1 46.Rh6 h3 47.Rh7 h2

48.Rh6 Rc1 49.Rxh2 Rxc4+ 50.Kb3 Kb5 51.Ra2 Rh4 52.a4+ Ka5 53.Rb2 Rb4+, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 9/17/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1915) - BalfaKrOOI_FCB (Chess.com 1799), Chess.com 9/17/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Bg4 5.Be2 Bxe2 6.Nxe2 Nbd7 7.fxe5 Nxe5 8.d4 Ng6 9.e5 Ne4 10.O-O Be7 11.c3 O-O 12.Nd2 f5 13.Nxe4 fxe4 14.Nf4 Nxf4 15.Bxf4 c6 16.Qd2 Qd7 17.Be3 a6 18.a4 b5 19.axb5 axb5

20.Rxf8+ Rxf8 21.Bg5 h6 22.Bxe7 Qxe7 23.b4 Qe6 24.Qe2 Rf7 25.h3 Kh7 26.Rf1 Ra7 27.g4 h5 28.Rf5 g6 29.Rf6 Ra1+ 30.Kg2 Qe7

31.gxh5 g5 32.Qf2 Ra7 33.Qf5+ Kg8 34.Rg6+ Kh8 35.Qc8+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

byjh0528 (lichess 1977) - JimWest (lichess 2100), lichess 9/17/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nc3 fxe4 8.Nxe5 Nf6 9.Nb5 Bd6 10.Bf4 Be6 11.O-O-O O-O 12.Be2 Ne8 13.Bg3 Bxe5 14.Bxe5 Rxf2 15.Bf1 Nc6 16.Bg3 Rf7 17.a3 a6 18.Nd4 Nxd4 19.Rxd4 Nf6

20.b3 Re8 21.Kb2 c6 22.a4 Rd7 23.Rxd7 Bxd7 24.Bc4+ Be6 25.Be2 b5 26.h3 bxa4 27.Bxa6 axb3 28.cxb3 Rd8 29.Bf4 Nd5 30.Bg5 Rb8 31.Re1 Nf6 32.Kc1 Rxb3 33.Bxf6 gxf6 34.Rxe4 Bd5 35.Rg4+ Kf7 36.Kc2 Ra3

37.Bc4 Bxc4 38.Rxc4 Ra2+ 39.Kd3 Rxg2 40.Rxc6 Rg3+ 41.Ke4 Rxh3 42.Kf5 Rh5+ 43.Kg4 Rg5+ 44.Kh4 Kg6 45.Rc8 Rh5+ 46.Kg3 h6 47.Kf4 Ra5 48.Kg3 h5 49.Rg8+ Kh6 50.Rh8+ Kg7 51.Rb8 Kg6 52.Rg8+ Kf5 53.Rh8 Ke4

54.Kh4 Kf4 55.Rf8 f5 56.Rb8 Ra4 57.Kxh5 Kf3 58.Rb3+ Ke4 59.Rb1 f4 60.Rf1 f3 61.Kg4 Ke3+ 62.Kg3 f2 63.Rxf2 Rg4+ 64.Kxg4 Kxf2, draw.