Giri, A. – Vidit, S.

2749 2024 · Draw

Exchange Slav, 2024: Giri (2749) against Vidit (2742), with 3.cxd5 cxd5 played immediately, leaving a symmetrical structure and little to grab. White develops the bishop to f4, Black answers 6...Bf5, and the white queen tours b3, a4 and c2 without giving anything away. The engine flags no turning point at all: 100% precision for both sides, 25 top moves for White and 27 for Black. After 17.e4 nearly everything comes off, the rooks leave the c-file, and only the queens keep manoeuvring until 35.Qa5 and the draw. Club takeaway: a level position held cleanly produces no swing — it is rarely won, and usually lost by a single careless move.