Efimenko, Z. – Kadric, D.

2568 2025 · Draw

Philidor Defence, 2025: Efimenko (2568) against Kadric (2553), a game that swings three times before the split point. White loses the thread at the key moment: 44.Qxe6+ is marked a mistake, shifting the evaluation from +4.3 to +5.8 without settling anything. The black king then wanders through a long series of checks, and the chance flips: 51...Kh5 lets the win slip, from -5.0 to 0.0. Kadric errs again with 61...axb4, from 0.0 to +1.8, yet the game still ends drawn. Accuracy: 80% for White, 86% for Black. The takeaway: in these check-riddled positions, each king square matters more than the material count.