Meshkovs, Nikita – Robson, R.

2534 2024 · Insufficient material — draw

Trompowsky, 2024: Meshkovs (2534) takes on f6 straight away against Robson (2700), and the doubled pawns shape everything that follows. Both sides manoeuvre patiently — 9.h4 h5, a contested c-file — before the queens come off with 23.Qe5 Qxe5 and a technical endgame appears. Robson picks up an exchange with 27...Bxe3, but captures keep trading down until the material evens out again. The engine flags no turning point: 87% at least good moves for White, 92% for Black, no error that flips the evaluation. Pawns fall one by one until 63.Kxb5 and the draw. The takeaway: endgames are held by consistency, not by one miracle move.

Robson, R.(2700)—

+0.3

Meshkovs, Nikita(2534)—

Analysis mode

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Starting position

Accuracy

Meshkovs, Nikita93%

Robson, R.92%

Analysis mode

Mistake 1 / 7

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Meshkovs, Nikita – Robson, R.

Synthesis

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