Wednesday, July 31, 2024

PCG Reversed & PCG 7/30/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1867) - lefoublanc (Chess.com 1792), Chess.com 7/30/2024

1.e3 Nc6 2.e4 e5 3.d3 Bc5 4.Nc3 a6 5.f4 d6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 Nf6 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 Nh5 10.Bxh5 Qh4+ 11.Kd2 Qf2+ 12.Qe2 Qxf4+ 13.Kd1 Qh4 14.Bf3 Nd4 15.Qf1 O-O-O 16.Bd2 g6 17.Ne2 f5 18.Nxd4 Bxd4 19.exf5 Rhf8


20.c3 Bb6 21.Kc2 Qa4+ 22.b3 Qa3 23.Bh6 Rf7 24.fxg6 Re7 25.Bg5 d5 26.Bxe7 Qxe7 27.gxh7 Qxh7 28.Re1 e4 29.dxe4 dxe4 30.Bxe4 Qh6 31.Qe2 Kb8 32.Rhf1 Qg5


33.Rf5 Qg3 34.Ref1 Ka7 35.R5f3 Qg5 36.a4 c6 37.Rf5 Qg7 38.a5 Bc7 39.Qf2+ Kb8 40.Rf8 Qg5 41.Rxd8+ Bxd8 42.Qf4+ Qxf4 43.Rxf4 Bxa5 44.b4 Bc7 45.Rf8+ Ka7 46.Rf7 Kb6 47.Rxc7, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

IAleksey (lichess 2051) - JimWest (lichess 2088), lichess 7/30/2024

1.Nf3 d6 2.g3 e5 3.d3 f5 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.Nbd2 Be7 6.e4 c6 7.b3 O-O 8.Bb2 a5 9.a3 Na6 10.Qe2 Qe8 11.Nh4 f4 12.Nf5 Bxf5 13.exf5 Qh5 14.Qxh5 Nxh5 15.g4 Nf6 16.h3 h6 17.Nc4 Nc5 18.Kd2 Ncd7 19.d4 e4


20.Bc3 f3 21.Bf1 a4 22.bxa4 Rxa4 23.Nb2 Raa8 24.Bc4+ d5 25.Bb3 Bd6 26.Bb4 Bf4+ 27.Kc3 Rfe8 28.Nd1 e3 29.fxe3 Bxe3 30.Nxe3 Rxe3+ 31.Kb2 f2 32.Bd2 Rf3


33.c4 Ne4 34.cxd5 Rxb3+ 35.Kxb3 Nxd2+ 36.Kc2 f1=Q 37.Rhxf1 Nxf1 38.dxc6 bxc6 39.Rxf1 Rxa3 40.Rh1 Nf6 41.Kb2 Rd3 42.Rc1 Rxd4 43.Rxc6 Rd3 44.g5 hxg5 45.Rc8+ Kh7 46.h4 gxh4


47.Rc4 Rh3 48.Kc2 Kh6 49.Kd2 Kg5 50.Ke2 Kxf5 51.Kf2 g5 52.Kg2 Rg3+ 53.Kh2 Ng4+ 54.Kh1 Kg6 55.Rc6+ Kh5 56.Rh6+ Nxh6 57.Kh2 Kg4 58.Kh1 Nf5 59.Kh2 Nd4 60.Kh1 h3 61.Kh2 Nf3+ 62.Kh1 Rg1#.

Tuesday, July 30, 2024

PCG & PCG Reversed 7/29/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

Eason_Chen (Chess.com 1776) - JimWest (Chess.com 1888), Chess.com 7/29/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d4 e4 6.O-O d5 7.Bg5 Be7 8.Bxe7 Nxe7 9.Nh4 dxc4 10.Nxf5 Nxf5 11.Qg4 O-O 12.Qxe4 c6 13.c3 Qd5 14.Qc2 Nd7 15.Nd2 Rae8 16.Rae1 Nh4 17.f3 Rxe1 18.Rxe1 Qg5


19.Ne4 Nxf3+ 20.Kh1 Nxe1 21.Nxg5 Nxc2 22.g4 h6 23.Ne6 Re8 24.Nxg7, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2084) - RASHAD77 (lichess 1926), lichess 7/29/2024

1.e3 d6 2.e4 e5 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 Be7 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 Nc6 8.O-O h6 9.c3 g5 10.Be3 Qd7 11.Nbd2 O-O-O 12.d4 Kb8 13.Qc2 Rdg8 14.Rae1 Bxf3 15.Nxf3 g4 16.Nd2 h5 17.Bb5 a6 18.Bxc6 Qxc6 19.d5 Qd7


20.Bd4 Rh6 21.Rf5 h4 22.Ref1 Rgg6 23.Nc4 c5 24.Bxf6 Rxf6 25.Rxf6 Rxf6 26.Rxf6 Bxf6 27.Ne3 Be5 28.Qe2 g3 29.h3 Kc7 30.Qh5 Bf4 31.Nf5 Qe8 32.Qf3 Bg5 33.Qg4 f6


34.Kf1 Qe5 35.Ke2 b5 36.Nxh4 Bxh4 37.Qxh4 b4 38.Kd3 bxc3 39.bxc3 c4+ 40.Kxc4 Qe8 41.Kd3 Qb5+ 42.c4 Qa4 43.Qxf6 Qd1+ 44.Ke3 Qe1+ 45.Kd3 Qd1+ 46.Ke3 Qe1+ 47.Kd3 Qd1+, draw.

Monday, July 29, 2024

2 PCG Games 7/28/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

Candy_369 (Chess.com 1720) - JimWest (Chess.com 1905), Chess.com 7/28/2024

1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.dxe5 dxe5 4.Qxd8+ Kxd8 5.Nf3 Bd6 6.Bc4 f5 7.Bg5+ Nf6 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.O-O-O Ke8 10.a3 Nxe4 11.Nxe4 fxe4 12.Nd2 Bf5 13.Rhe1 Kd7 14.Nxe4 Bxe4 15.Rxe4 Rae8 16.Bb5 a6 17.Bxc6+ Kxc6 18.Rde1 Kd7 19.c4 Rhf8


20.f3 a5 21.Bd2 b6 22.Bc3 Rf5 23.b4 axb4 24.axb4 g6 25.R1e3 Rf4 26.g3 Rxe4 27.Rxe4 Rf8 28.Re3 g5 29.Kd1 h5 30.Ke2 g4 31.fxg4 hxg4 32.Re4 Rh8


33.Bxe5 Re8 34.c5 bxc5 35.bxc5 Rxe5 36.Rxe5 Bxe5 37.Ke3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Igor_64 (lichess 2241) - JimWest (lichess 2093), lichess 7/28/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Nxg6 Nf6 9.Qh4 Rg8 10.Nxf8 Rxf8 11.Bg5 Bf5 12.O-O-O Nbd7 13.g4 Bg6 14.Bg2 Qe7 15.Rhe1 O-O-O 16.f3 Qf7


17.fxe4 Qxa2 18.c3 Rde8 19.Rd3 Nxe4 20.Rde3 Qa1+ 21.Kc2 Nxg5+ 22.Kb3 Qa5 23.d5, White resigns.

Sunday, July 28, 2024

2 PCG Reversed Games 7/27/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1896) - ferasal-kassar (Chess.com 1714), Chess.com 7/27/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Bc5 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 d6 6.c3 Ng4 7.d4 Qf6 8.Qd2 g5 9.Bxg5 Qe6 10.dxc5 Qxe4+ 11.Qe2 Qxe2+ 12.Bxe2 h6 13.Bd2 dxc5 14.Nf3 Be6 15.O-O Nc6 16.Bb5 O-O-O 17.Bxc6 bxc6 18.Na3 Bd5 19.Bf4 Rhg8


20.h3 Bxf3 21.Rxf3 Nf6 22.Bxh6 Nd5 23.Nc4 Rde8 24.Rxf7 Re2 25.Rf8+ Rxf8 26.Bxf8 Nf4 27.Bxc5 Rxg2+ 28.Kh1 Rg3 29.Bxa7 Rxh3+ 30.Kg1 Ne2+ 31.Kf2 Rh2+ 32.Ke3 Ng3 33.Rg1 Nf5+ 34.Kf4 Ne7


35.Bd4 Nd5+ 36.Kg3 Rh5 37.Kf3 Rf5+ 38.Ke2 Nf4+ 39.Kd2 Rd5 40.Kc2 Ne2 41.Re1 Nxd4+ 42.cxd4 Rxd4 43.b3 Rg4 44.Re2 Rg8 45.a4 Kb7 46.Kb2 Rg4 47.Ka3 Rg5 48.Re5 Rxe5 49.Nxe5 c5


50.Nc4 Kc6 51.Kb2 Kb7 52.Kc3 Kc6 53.Kd3 Kd5 54.Ne3+ Kc6 55.Kc4 Kb6 56.Nd5+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2091) - popaj212 (lichess 2076), lichess 7/27/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Ng6 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.Bd3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Qh4+ 11.g3 Qe7 12.O-O O-O-O 13.Nc3 Nxc3 14.bxc3 f6 15.exf6 gxf6 16.Qxf6 Qxf6 17.Rxf6 Bg7 18.Rf7 Rhg8 19.Bg5 Rdf8


20.Raf1 Rxf7 21.Rxf7 h6 22.Bd2 Nf8 23.Bf4 Kb8 24.Rxc7 Ka8 25.Rc8#.

Saturday, July 27, 2024

2 PCG Games 7/26/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

skakfan (Chess.com 1830) - JimWest (Chess.com 1888), Chess.com 7/26/2024

1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.dxe5 dxe5 4.Qxd8+ Kxd8 5.Nf3 Bd6 6.Bc4 f5 7.Bg5+ Nf6 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.O-O-O Ke8 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.exf5 Bxf5 12.Nh4 Bg6 13.Nxg6 hxg6 14.Ne4 Ke7 15.Nxd6 cxd6 16.c3 Rac8 17.Bd5 b6 18.Bxc6 Rxc6 19.h3 Ke6


20.Rd3 d5 21.Rhd1 d4 22.Kd2 dxc3+ 23.Rxc3 Rhc8 24.Rdc1 Rxc3 25.Rxc3 Rxc3 26.Kxc3 Kd5 27.f3 f5 28.Kd3 g5 29.g4 f4 30.b4 b5 31.a3 a6


32.Kc3 e4 33.Kd2 exf3 34.Ke1 Kd4 35.Kf2 Ke4 36.Kf1 Ke3 37.h4 gxh4 38.g5 h3 39.g6 h2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Dimitriy2022 (lichess 1978) - JimWest (lichess 2088), lichess 7/26/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.O-O f4 7.Nf3 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 Nxd4 10.Qh5+ g6 11.Qd1 Bg7 12.c3 Nc6 13.g3 Qd7 14.Kh2 fxg3+ 15.fxg3 O-O-O 16.Bxh6 Bxh6 17.Rf7 Ne7 18.Qb3 Kb8 19.Be6 Qe8


20.Na3 Rf8 21.Raf1 Rxf7 22.Rxf7 Be3 23.Nc4 Bb6 24.a4 Nc6 25.Nxb6 axb6 26.Rxh7 Na5 27.Qa2 Qc6 28.b4 Qxe4 29.bxa5 bxa5 30.Bd5 Qd3


31.Qb2 Qxd5 32.Rg7 Qc4 33.Rxg6 Qxa4 34.h4 Qe4 35.h5 Rh8, White forfeits.

Friday, July 26, 2024

2 PCG Games 7/25/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

Samuel_2014 (Chess.com 1917) - JimWest (Chess.com 1912), Chess.com 7/25/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.O-O f4 8.h3 a5 9.a4 Na6 10.Qd2 h6 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Qe2 Qe7 13.Nh2 Be6 14.Qh5+ Bf7 15.Bxf7+ Qxf7 16.Qxf7+ Kxf7 17.Nf3 Nc5 18.Rfe1 Ne6 19.Rad1 g5


20.Ne2 h5 21.g4 hxg4 22.hxg4 Rh7 23.Kg2 Rah8 24.Rh1 Rxh1 25.Rxh1 Rxh1 26.Kxh1 Nc5 27.b3 Na6 28.Nc3 Nb4 29.Ne1 d5 30.f3 d4 31.Nb1 Be7 32.Na3 Na2 33.Nc4 Ke6


34.Nxa5 Bb4 35.Nxb7 Bxe1 36.a5 Kd7 37.a6 Kc7 38.Nd6 Kb6 39.Nc4+ Kxa6 40.Nxe5 Kb5 41.Nf7 Bh4 42.e5 c5 43.Nd6+ Kc6 44.Ne4 Nb4 45.e6 Nd5 46.Kg1 Ne7 47.Kf1 Kd5 48.Ke2 Kxe6 49.Nxc5+ Kd5 50.Ne4 Nc6


51.Kd1 Ne5 52.Ke2 Kc6 53.Nd2 Kb5 54.Nc4 Nxc4 55.bxc4+ Kc5 56.Kf1 Bg3 57.Ke2 Bh2 58.Kf1 Bg3 59.Ke2 Bh2 60.Kf1 Bg3, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

eliasabedi (lichess 2031) - JimWest (lichess 2112), lichess 7/25/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.O-O f4 7.d4 Qc7 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.g3 Bh3 10.Re1 fxg3 11.hxg3 Bg4 12.Qd3 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 Nbd7 14.Bg5 O-O-O 15.Be6 Kb8 16.Bxd7 Rxd7 17.Bxf6 gxf6 18.Qxf6 Bg7 19.Qf5 h5


20.Rad1 Rf7 21.Qh3 h4 22.Ne2 hxg3 23.Qxg3 Bh6 24.Kf1 Bf4 25.Nxf4 Rxf4 26.Rd3 Rh1+ 27.Ke2 Rxe1+ 28.Kxe1 Rxe4+ 29.Kd2 Qf7 30.b3 Qf4+ 31.Qxf4 Rxf4


32.Ke3 Rh4 33.c4 Kc7 34.Ke2 a5 35.a4 Rf4 36.f3 e4 37.fxe4 Rxe4+ 38.Re3, draw.

Thursday, July 25, 2024

2 PCG Reversed Games 7/24/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1912) - KcrKien (Chess.com 1898), Chess.com 7/24/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Bc5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.f4 d6 6.Be2 Nd4 7.Na4 Bb6 8.Nxb6 axb6 9.Nf3 Nxe2 10.Qxe2 exf4 11.Bxf4 O-O 12.O-O Bg4 13.a3 Qd7 14.Rae1 Rae8 15.Qd2 Nh5 16.Be3 d5 17.exd5 Qxd5 18.h3 Bd7 19.Qf2 f5


20.Bd2 f4 21.Rxe8 Bxe8 22.Re1 Bc6 23.Ne5 Re8 24.Nxc6 Rxe1+ 25.Qxe1 Qxc6 26.Qe5 Qc5+ 27.Qxc5 bxc5 28.Kf2 g5 29.Kf3 Kf7 30.h4 h6 31.hxg5 hxg5 32.Kg4 Kg6 33.Bc3 c6


34.b4 cxb4 35.axb4 Ng3 36.Bd4 Nf5 37.Bb6 Nh6+ 38.Kf3 Kf5 39.c4 Ng4 40.Bd4 Ne5+ 41.Bxe5 Kxe5 42.Kg4 Kf6 43.d4, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2102) - lajewitsch (lichess 2034), lichess 7/24/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Be7 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Ng6 7.e5 Nd5 8.Nf3 d6 9.c4 Nb6 10.exd6 cxd6 11.Bd3 O-O 12.O-O Bg4 13.Nc3 Bf6 14.Be3 Re8 15.Bf2 Nf4 16.b3 Nxd3 17.Qxd3 Qd7 18.Rac1 Rac8 19.d5 Bf5


20.Qd2 h6 21.Bd4 Bxd4+ 22.Nxd4 Bg6 23.Rce1 a6 24.Rxe8+ Rxe8 25.Re1 Rxe1+ 26.Qxe1 Qd8 27.Qe3 Nd7 28.Nf3 Qf6 29.h3 Kh7 30.Ne4 Bxe4 31.Qxe4+ g6 32.Qd4 Qxd4+ 33.Nxd4 Kg7


34.Kf2 Kf6 35.Ke3 Ke7 36.Nf3 b5 37.cxb5 cxb5 38.Nd4 Nf6 39.Nxb5 Nxd5+ 40.Ke4 Nf6+ 41.Kd4 Kd7 42.a4 Kc6 43.Nc3 Nd7 44.b4 f5 45.b5+ Kb6 46.Kd5 Nf6+ 47.Ke6 Ne4 48.Nd5+ Kc5 49.Ne7 d5


50.Nxd5 Ng5+ 51.Ke5 Nf7+ 52.Ke6 Nd8+ 53.Ke5 Nf7+ 54.Ke6 Nd8+ 55.Ke5 Nf7+, draw.

Wednesday, July 24, 2024

2 PCG Games 7/23/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

Tariqkhan99 (Chess.com 1797) - JimWest (Chess.com 1927), Chess.com 7/23/2024

1.e4 e5 2.d4 d6 3.dxe5 dxe5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.Nf3 f5 6.exf5 Nf6 7.Bg5 e4 8.Bxf6 Qxf6 9.Bxe4 Bd7 10.O-O O-O-O 11.Nc3 Bb4 12.Nd5 Qh6 13.Nxb4 Nxb4 14.Qc1 Qf6 15.c3 Nc6 16.Qf4 Rhf8 17.g4 h6 18.Kh1 Rde8


19.Nd4 Nxd4 20.cxd4 g6 21.Rac1 c6 22.d5 Qd4 23.f3 gxf5 24.gxf5 Rxf5 25.Qxf5 Bxf5 26.Bxf5+ Kb8 27.dxc6 bxc6 28.Be4 Rxe4 29.fxe4 Qxe4+ 30.Kg1 Qg4+ 31.Kf2 Qf4+ 32.Kg2 Qg4+ 33.Kf2 Qf4+ 34.Ke2 Qxh2+ 35.Kd3 Kc7


36.Rf7+ Kb6 37.Rff1 Kc7 38.Rh1 Qxb2 39.Rc4 Qxa2 40.Rhc1 Qa3+ 41.R1c3 Qd6+ 42.Rd4 Qg6+ 43.Kc4 h5 44.Rcd3 Qe6+ 45.Kc3 a5 46.Rc4 Kb6 47.Rdd4 c5 48.Re4 Qh3+ 49.Kb2 Qg2+ 50.Ka3 Qf3+ 51.Ka4 Qd1+ 52.Ka3 Qa1+ 53.Kb3 Qb1+ 54.Ka3 Qa1+ 55.Kb3 Kb5


56.Ra4 Qd1+ 57.Ka3 Qd3+ 58.Kb2 c4 59.Rexc4 Qxc4 60.Rxc4 Kxc4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Arad201391 (lichess 2070) - JimWest (lichess 2106), lichess 7/23/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Qd2 a5 8.a4 Na6 9.Nh4 f4 10.Nf3 Bg4 11.h3 Bxf3 12.gxf3 h6 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Ke2 Nc5 15.Qe1 Qe7 16.Rb1 Ne6 17.Bxe6 Qxe6 18.Qg1 O-O


19.Qg4 Qxg4 20.fxg4 f3+ 21.Kf1 Bh4 22.Nd1 Rad8 23.Ne3 d5 24.exd5 cxd5 25.Nf5 Bf6 26.Ke1 e4 27.d4 g6 28.Ne3 Bxd4 29.Kd2 Bxe3+ 30.Kxe3 Rfe8 31.Rhd1 g5 32.b4 axb4 33.Rxb4 Rd7 34.Rb5 Rc8


35.Rbxd5 Rxd5 36.Rxd5 Rxc2 37.Rd8+ Kg7 38.Rd7+ Kg6 39.Kxe4 Rxf2 40.Rxb7 Ra2 41.Kxf3 Ra3+ 42.Kg2 Rxa4 43.Rb6+ Kg7 44.Rb3 h5 45.Rb7+ Kf6 46.gxh5 Rh4 47.Rb6+ Kg7 48.Rg6+ Kh7 49.Rxg5 Kh6 50.Ra5 Rxh5 51.Ra6+ Kh7 52.Kg3 Rg5+ 53.Kh4 Rg6


54.Ra7+ Rg7 55.Ra5 Rb7 56.Kg5 Rc7 57.h4 Rb7 58.h5 Rc7 59.h6 Rb7 60.Kh5 Rc7 61.Rg5 Ra7 62.Rb5 Rc7 63.Kg4 Kxh6 64.Kf3 Kg6 65.Kf4 Rc4+ 66.Kg3 Rc3+ 67.Kf4 Rc4+ 68.Ke3 Rc3+ 69.Kd4 Rg3


70.Ke4 Rg5 71.Rb6+ Kh5 72.Kf4 Rg4+ 73.Kf3 Ra4 74.Rb8 Ra3+ 75.Kf4 Ra4+ 76.Kf5 Ra5+ 77.Ke4 Ra4+ 78.Kd5 Ra5+ 79.Kc4 Ra4+ 80.Kb5 Ra1 81.Kc6 Rd1 82.Rh8+ Kg4 83.Rg8+ Kf3 84.Rf8+ Ke2 85.Kc5 Rf1


86.Rh8 Rf5+ 87.Kd4 Ra5 88.Rh2+ Kf3 89.Rh3+ Kg4 90.Rc3 Rf5 91.Rc8 Rf1 92.Rg8+ Kh5 93.Ke5 Kh6 94.Ke4 Kh7 95.Rg2 Rf7 96.Ke5 Rf1 97.Rg3 Rf2 98.Rh3+ Kg7 99.Rg3+ Kf7, draw.