2 PCG Games 9/29/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

itsmeroberto (Chess.com 1975) - JimWest (Chess.com 1882), Chess.com 9/29/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Ng5 d5 7.exd5 cxd5 8.Bb3 Nc6 9.O-O Bb4 10.a3 Bxc3 11.bxc3 O-O 12.f4 exf4 13.Bxf4 Kh8 14.h3 h6 15.Nf3 d4 16.cxd4 Nxd4 17.Nxd4 Qxd4+ 18.Kh1 Nd5 19.Bd2 Ne3

20.Qh5 Nxf1 21.Rxf1 Qf6 22.Bd5 Be6 23.Bxb7 Rab8 24.Qf3 Qf7 25.Bb4 Rg8 26.Bc6 Rbc8 27.Bd6 Rgd8 28.Be5 Bd5 29.Bxd5 Rxd5 30.d4 Rf8 31.c4 Rxe5 32.dxe5 Qxc4 33.Qf4 Qxf4 34.Rxf4 g5 35.Ra4 Re8 36.Ra5 Re7

37.Kg1 f4 38.Kf2 Kg7 39.Kf3 Kf7 40.Ke4 Rb7 41.Kf5 Rc7 42.h4 gxh4 43.Kxf4 Rc4+ 44.Kf5 Rc2 45.Rxa7+ Ke8 46.Ke6 Rc6+ 47.Kf5 Rc2 48.Rg7 Kf8 49.Rg4 Kf7 50.Rxh4 Rxg2 51.Rxh6 Rf2+ 52.Ke4 Re2+ 53.Kd4 Rd2+ 54.Ke3 Rd5 55.Ke4 Ra5

56.Rf6+ Ke7 57.Rf3 Ke6 58.Rf6+ Ke7 59.Kf5 Rxa3 60.Re6+ Kf7 61.Rb6 Rf3+ 62.Ke4 Rf1 53.Kd5 Rd1+ 64.Kc4 Rc1+ 65.Kd3 Rd1+ 66.Ke3 Re1+ 67.Kf4 Rf1+ 68.Ke3 Re1+ 69.Kd4 Rd1+ 70.Kc4 Rc1+ 71.Kd5 Rd1+ 72.Kc5 Rc1+ 73.Kd6 Rd1+ 74.Kc7 Ke7

75.Rd6 Rc1+ 76.Kb6 Rb1+ 77.Kc5 Rc1+ 78.Kb5 Re1 79.Kc6 Rxe5 80.Rd7+ Ke6 81.Rd8 Ra5 82.Re8+ Kf7 83.Re1 Rf5 84.Kd6 Kf6 85.Re8 Ra5 86.Rf8+ Kg7 87.Rf1 Ra6+ 88.Ke7 Ra7+ 89.Ke6 Ra6+ 90.Ke7 Ra7+ 91.Ke6 Ra6+ 92.Ke7, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Yan51 (lichess 2140) - JimWest (lichess 2149), lichess 9/29/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.exf5 Bd6 8.Bg5 Nf6 9.Nc3 Bxf5 10.O-O-O Be6 11.Be2 O-O 12.a3 h6 13.Bh4 Nc6 14.Rhe1 Rae8 15.Bb5 Bd7 16.Bg3 Nh5 17.Ne4 Nxg3 18.hxg3 Bg4 19.Nxd6 cxd6

20.Rxd6 Bxf3 21.gxf3 Rxf3 22.Re2 Ref8 23.Bxc6 bxc6 24.Rdd2 e4 25.Kd1 e3 26.Rxe3 Rxf2 27.Rxf2 Rxf2 28.Re8+ Rf8 29.Re7 Rf7 30.Re6 Rc7 31.c4 Kf7 32.Rd6 Ke7 33.c5 Rd7 34.Rxd7+ Kxd7 35.Ke2 Ke6 36.Kd3 Kd5 37.b4 a5

38.bxa5 Kxc5 39.a6 Kb6 40.Kc4 Kxa6 41.Kc5 Kb7 42.a4 h5 43.a5 g5 44.a6+ Kxa6 45.Kxc6 h4 46.gxh4 gxh4, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 9/28/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

yazanismail1 (Chess.com 1834) - JimWest (Chess.com 1875), Chess.com 9/28/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.f4 Nf6 8.Nf7 Qe7 9.Nxh8 Bxe6 10.Nc3 c6 11.Be2 Kf8 12.Na4 Bd6 13.Be3 Kg8 14.Ng6 hxg6 15.O-O Nbd7 16.Bd4 a6 17.b3 Rf8 18.c4 b5 19.cxb5 cxb5

20.Nb6 Nxb6 21.Bxb6 Bc5+ 22.Bxc5 Qxc5+ 23.Kh1 d4 24.Rc1 Qd5 25.Qd2 e3 26.Qc2 Bf5 27.Bd3 Rc8 28.Qxc8 Bxc8 29.Rxc8+ Kh7 30.Rf3 Nh5 31.Rh3 e2

32.Bxe2 Qe6 33.Rc2 Qe4 34.Kg1 Qxc2 35.g4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

ValisoaJeanHerve (lichess 2178) - JimWest (lichess 2146), lichess 9/28/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.Bxg8 Rxg8 6.d4 e4 7.Bg5 Be7 8.Bxe7 Qxe7 9.O-O Nd7 10.Re1 O-O-O 11.Nbd2 d5 12.c4 Qf6 13.Ne5 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Qxe5 15.cxd5 Qxd5

16.Qa4 Kb8 17.Nb3 Rge8 18.Rad1 Qxd1, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 9/27/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

wizard62442hi (Chess.com 1839) - JimWest (Chess.com 1876), Chess.com 9/27/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.Bc4 Nf6 6.d4 e4 7.Bg5 exf3 8.Qxf3 Bc8 9.O-O-O Be7 10.Rhe1 Bg4 11.Qxb7 Nbd7 12.f3 Bh5 13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.Qxd5 Ne5 15.dxe5 Bxg5+ 16.Kb1 Kf8 17.exd6 cxd6 18.Qf5+ Qf6 19.Qd5 Rb8

20.Bb3 Bf7 21.Qxd6+ Qxd6 22.Rxd6 Bxb3 23.axb3 Rb7 24.c3 Kf7 25.Rd5 Bf6 26.b4 Re8 27.Rxe8 Kxe8 28.Kc2 Re7 29.Kd3 Rd7 30.Kc4 Rxd5 31.Kxd5 Kd7

32.f4 Bd8 33.b5 Bb6 34.c4 Be3 35.f5 Bf4 36.h3 h5 37.g4 hxg4 38.hxg4 Be3 39.c5 Kc7 40.c6 Bc1 41.b3 Bf4 42.Ke6 Be3 43.Kf7 Bd4 44.g5 a6 45.f6 gxf6 46.gxf6 axb5 47.Ke6 Bxf6 48.Kxf6 Kxc6

49.Ke5 Kc5 50.Ke4 Kb4 51.Kd3 Kxb3 52.Kd2 Kb2 53.Kd1 b4 54.Kd2 b3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2137) - taboyski74 (lichess 2109), lichess 9/27/2023

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 g6 3.e4 Bg7 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.c3 c5 9.f5 b6 10.Bg5 Qe7 11.fxg6 fxg6 12.Nbd2 h6 13.Bxf6 Nxf6 14.Nc4 Kh7 15.Ne3 Bb7 16.c4 Nh5 17.g3 Nf6 18.Nh4 Rad8 19.Qd2 a6

20.a4 Bc6 21.b3 b5 22.axb5 axb5 23.Ra5 bxc4 24.bxc4 Nd7 25.Rxf8 Rxf8 26.Ra1 Bf6 27.Nf3 Rf7 28.Rf1 Nf8 29.Ng4 Bg7 30.Nh4 Ne6 31.Rxf7 Qxf7 32.Qe1 Nd4 33.Qf1 Qxf1+ 34.Kxf1 Bd7 35.Ne3 Bf8 36.Nf3 Bh3+ 37.Kf2 Be6

38.Nxd4 exd4 39.Nd5 Bd8 40.h4 g5 41.hxg5 hxg5 42.g4 Kg6 43.Kg3 Bf6 44.Nxf6 Kxf6 45.Bd1 Ke5 46.Ba4 Bc8 47.Bc6 Ba6 48.Bd5 Bc8 49.Bc6 Be6 50.Kf3 Kf6 51.Bd5 Bxd5 52.cxd5 Ke7 53.Ke2 Kd7 54.Kd2 Kc7 55.Kc2 Kb6

 

56.Kb3 Kc7 57.Kc4 Kd7 58.Kb5 Kc7 59.e5 dxe5 60.Kxc5 Kd7 61.d6 Kd8 62.Kd5 Kd7 63.Kxe5, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 9/26/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

Sanjaypubu (Chess.com 1823( - JimWest (Chess.com 1876), Chess.com 9/26/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nf7 Qf6 8.Qe2 Bxe6 9.Nxh8 Nc6 10.c3 O-O-O 11.Be3 d4 12.cxd4 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 Bxd4 14.Nd2 Bxb2 15.Rd1 Bc3 16.Qxe4 Bxe2

17.Bc4 Bxc4 18.Qxc4 Bxd2+ 19.Rxd2 Qa1+ 20.Ke2 Re8+ 21.Kf3 Qxh1 22.Qg4+ Kb8 23.Qe6 Rc8 24.Nf7 b6 25.Nd8 Qc1 26.Qe4 Qc3+ 27.Ke2 Qxd2+ 28.Kxd2 Rxd8+ 29.Kc2 Nf6 30.Qe7 Rd7 31.Qf8+ Kb7

32.g4 h6 33.h4 a5 34.g5 hxg5 35.hxg5 Nd5 36.g6 Nf6 37.f3 c5 38.Qh8 b5 39.f4 a4 40.Qh1+ Nd5 41.f5 Kb6 42.Qe4 Nf6 43.Qe6+ Kb7 44.Qe5 b4 45.Kb2 a3+ 46.Kb3 Kc6 47.Qe6+ Kb7 48.Ka4 Kc7 

49.Kb5 a2 50.Qxa2 Rd5 51.Qa7+ Kd6 52.Qxg7 Rxf5 53.Qf7 b3 54.g7 b2 55.Qa2 c4+ 56.Kxc4 Rf4+ 57.Kd3 Rf3+ 58.Ke2 Rg3 59.Kf2 Rxg7 60.Qxb2 Ke6 61.Kf3 Kf7 62.Kf4 Kg6 63.Qc2+ Kf7 64.Kf5 Ne8

65.Qc4+ Kf8 66.Qc5+ Kf7 67.Qd5+ Kf8 68.Qc5+ Kf7 69.Qb4 Kg8 70.Qb8 Kf7 71.Qb7+ Kf8 72.Qc8 Rf7+ 73.Kg6 Rf6+ 74.Kg5 Rf7 75.Qc5+ Kg7 76.Qe3 Kf8 77.Kg6 Rf6+ 78.Kh7 Rf7+ 79.Kh8 Nf6

80.Qc5+ Re7 81.Qd6 Kf7 82.Qxe7+ Kxe7, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

AjiPengembara (lichess 2173) - JimWest (lichess 2141), lichess 9/26/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.Bxg8 Rxg8 6.dxe5 dxe5 7.Qxd8+ Nxd8 8.Nc3 fxe4 9.Nxe4 Nc6 10.O-O Bf5 11.Nfd2 O-O-O 12.c3 Be7 13.Ng3 Bd3 14.Re1 Rgf8 15.Nde4 h6 16.Be3 Kb8 17.Nc5 Bxc5 18.Bxc5 Rfe8 19.f3 b6

20.Bf2 g5 21.h3 Bg6 22.Rad1 Rxd1 23.Rxd1 Rd8 24.Rxd8+ Nxd8 25.Kf1 Ne6 26.Be3 Nf4 27.Bxf4 exf4 28.Nh1 c5 29.Kf2 Kc7 30.g3 fxg3+ 31.Kxg3 Kd6 32.h4 gxh4+ 33.Kxh4 Ke5 34.Kg3 b5 35.a3 a5 36.Nf2 Bf5

37.f4+ Kf6 38.Kh4 b4 39.cxb4 cxb4 40.axb4 axb4 41.Nd1 Kg6 42.Ne3 b3 43.Nc4 Bc2 44.Ne3 h5 45.Kg3 Kf6 46.Kh4 Kg6 47.Kg3 Kf6 48.Kh4 Kg6, draw.

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.