Position after 34.Rxd4, Black to move

How do you assess this position? White is GM Avrukh and Black is Kamsky. White just played 34.Rxd4. This is game 1 of round 2 in the World Cup.

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Bg2 Bg7 8.Nf3 0–0 9.0–0 a6 10.a4 Re8 11.Nd2 Nbd7 12.h3 Rb8 13.Nc4 Ne5 14.Na3 Nh5 15.e4 Bd7 16.a5 Qxa5 17.g4 Nf6 18.g5 Nh5 19.f4 Nc4 20.Nxc4 Qxa1 21.Nxd6 Bxc3 22.bxc3 Qxc3 23.Nxe8 Rxe8 24.Rf3 Qd4+ 25.Qxd4 cxd4 26.Rd3 Rc8 27.Bd2 a5 28.Bf3 a4 29.Bg4 f5 30.gxf6 Nxf6 31.Bxd7 Nxd7 32.e5 Nb6 33.e6 Nxd5 34.Rxd4 Ne7 35.Rxa4 Nc6 36.Re4 Kf8 37.Bb4+ Ke8 38.Kg2 b5 39.Bc5 Ne7 40.Bf2 Rb8 41.Bc5 Rc8 42.Bf2 Nc6 43.Bc5 Rd8 44.Re2 Rd5 45.Bf2 b4 46.Ra2 b3 47.Ra1 b2 48.Rb1 Rd2 49.Kf3 Na5 50.Bh4 Nc4 51.f5 Rd5 52.fxg6 hxg6 53.Kg4 Rd1 Black wins 0–1

After move 43.Rd8, the game should head to a draw. But for some reasons, White made a series of inaccurate moves to give Kamsky a gift. However, this is Kamsky’s style though. He will grind his opponent to the end and has won many games with virtually no advantage.

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