Position after 46.Kxc3
GM Kamsky (2720) – GM Bacrot (2728) [C89]
Nalchik Grand Prix (2), 16.04.2009
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0–0 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Qe2 Bd7 16.Qf1 Rae8 17.Rxe8 Qxf1+ 18.Kxf1 Rxe8 19.Bd2 Nb6 20.Be3 Nd5 21.Bxd5 cxd5 22.Nd2 a5 23.Nb3 a4 24.Nc5 Bh3+ 25.Ke2 Ra8 26.Bf4 Be7 27.Kd2 g5 28.Bc7 Rc8 29.Bb6 Rc6 30.Re1 Bf8 31.Bd8 Bxc5 32.dxc5 Rxc5 33.Be7 Rc4 34.Bxg5 d4 35.Bh6 f6 36.Re7 a3 37.Rg7+ Kh8 38.Rf7 Rc8 39.bxa3 dxc3+ 40.Kc1 Be6 41.Rxf6 Bxa2 42.Kc2 Kg8 43.Rf3 Bd5 44.Rxc3 Be4+ 45.Kd2 Rxc3 46.Kxc3 Kf7 47.Kd4 Bg2 48.Ke5 Kg6 49.Bd2 Bh3 50.Kf4 h5 51.f3 Be6 52.g4 hxg4 53.fxg4 Bb3 54.h3 Bd1 55.Ke4 Be2 56.Ke3 Bd1 57.Ba5 Kg5 58.Bd8+ Kg6 59.Be7 Kf7 60.Bg5 Kg6 61.Bf4 Kf7 62.Bc7 Kf6 63.Bf4 Kf7 64.Kd4 Be2 65.Kc5 Bf1 66.h4 Be2 67.Kc6 Ke6 68.h5 Kf7 69.g5 Bxh5 70.Kxb5 Ke6 71.Kc6 Be8+ 72.Kc5 Kd7 73.Bg3 Ke6 74.Bf4 Kd7 75.Bh2 Ke6 76.Bg3 Kf5 77.Bh4 Kg4 78.Kd6 Kxh4 79.Ke7 Bg6 80.Kf6 Kh5 81.a4 Bc2 Game drawn ½–½
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1. e4?!? cost white a full point
His 55th move deserves the most criticism in my opinion, but White probably couldn’t have won this against good defense anyway. The queen side is static where neither side can make progress, and with black’s king in front of the kingside pawns, I really don’t see queening one of them. In the worst case for black he is forced to sacrifice the bishop for the remaining king pawn, in which case the black king then makes a8 and white has the wrong color bishop to win that end game.
I vote draw from the position given.