Batchuluun, T. – Yu Yangyi

2521 2016 · Draw

A 2016 Leningrad Dutch: Batchuluun (2521) with White against Yu Yangyi (2729), who sets up his usual structure early with ...f5, ...g6 and the bishop on g7. Play revolves around the c-file, where the rooks come off one pair at a time, leaving a knight-and-bishop endgame with balanced resources on both sides. No turning point shows up: the engine flags no decisive error and no missed chance, with 88% at-least-good moves for White and 97% for Black. Both kings march up the board themselves, and the knight shuttling between b8 and c6 repeats the position for the draw. The lesson: a clean draw is not an empty game, it is a game where nobody gave anything away.