Anand, V. – Karjakin, Sergey

2773 2018 · Draw

Classical Caro-Kann, 2018: Anand (2773) against Karjakin (2753), with the familiar shape after 4.Nxe4 Bf5 and the h4-h5 advance that pushes the bishop back to h7. Both sides castle queenside, and the game is settled by steady simplification: queens come off, then rooks trade on d8. The engine flags no turning point at all — at depth 25 neither player lets go of the thread. Accuracy is identical on both sides, 82% for White and 82% for Black. The rook-and-bishop versus rook-and-knight ending closes with the repetition 51.Ra6+ Kd5 52.Ra5+ Ke6 53.Ra6+. The takeaway: a game can be fought to the finish without either side making the decisive error.