Indian Upset

 

[Event "7th World Team Championship"]
[Site "Bursa TUR"]
[Date "2010.01.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sasikiran, K."]
[Black "Gashimov, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E31"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2010.01.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 c5 5. d5 h6 6. Bh4 d6 7. e3 exd5 8. cxd5
Nbd7 9. Bd3 Qa5 10. Nge2 Nxd5 11. O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 O-O 13. Bc2 Nxc3 14. Nxc3
Qxc3 15. Rc1 Qb4 16. Qd3 g6 17. Be7 Re8 18. Qxd6 a5 19. Bd3 c4 20. Rxc4 Qxd6
21. Bxd6 Ne5 22. Re4 Bf5 23. Rxe5 Bxd3 24. Rd1 Bc4 25. a3 b5 26. h4 g5 27. hxg5
Rxe5 28. Bxe5 hxg5 29. Rd6 Kh7 30. Rc6 Be6 31. Rb6 Rd8 32. Bc3 b4 33. axb4 Rd3
34. Bd4 a4 35. Rb5 Kg6 36. Ra5 a3 37. b5 a2 38. b6 Rb3 39. Kh2 Rb4 40. g4 Rb1
41. f4 gxf4 42. exf4 Bxg4 43. Rg5+ Kh6 44. Rxg4 Rxb6 45. Rg1 Rb4 46. Bc3 Rb3 47.Ba1

Though white has a Bishop for a pawn,Black’s  hope for a win hinges on the pawn at 7th Rank. the game is still equal according to Fritz

[ 47... Rf3 48. Be5 Kh5 49. Ra1 f6 50. Bd6 Rd3 51. Bc7 Ra3 52. Kg2
Kg4 53. Kf2 Kf5 54. Ke2 Ra4 55. Kd2 Ra7 56. Bb6 Rh7 57. Ke3 Rb7 58. Bc5 Rc7 59.Bd4 Rh7 60. Rxa2 Rh3+ 61. Ke2 Kxf4 etc is still a drawn position]

 

but Black plays  47… f5?? and the game was quickly lost for black

 

 48. Bg7Kh5 49. Ra1 Kg6 50. Be5 Ra3 51. Kg2 Kf7 52. Kf2 Ke6 53. Rd1 Ra5 54. Ke2 Ra6 55.Ra1 Kd5 56. Kd3 Ra3+ 57. Kc2 Kc4 58. Kb2 1-0