Theodorou, Nikolas – Predke, A.

2652 2025 · White wins (resignation, time or agreement)

Theodorou (2652) and Predke (2634) met in 2025 in an Alekhine Defense, and the accuracy numbers stayed close: 81 % at-least-good moves for White, 80 % for Black. Then the position swung three times in four moves. First 26.Ne4, a missed chance that moved the evaluation from +0.2 to +3.2. Black answered with 27...Nd2, handing everything back: from -3.7 to 0.0. Finally 28...Kh8 tipped it again, 0.0 to +3.9, and White converted for 1-0. The takeaway: in sharp middlegames a single move can weigh as much as the twenty-five before it.