Ivanchuk, V. – Dominguez Perez, L.

2704 2014 · White wins (resignation, time or agreement)

Grünfeld Defence, 2014: Ivanchuk (2704) against Dominguez Perez (2726), with queens coming off as early as move 14 and a long technical phase following. White pushed the rook to the seventh rank, then opened lines with 31.h4 and 32.hxg5+, by which point the position was already heavily in his favour. The measured turning point came right after: 33...Ke5 moved the evaluation from +6.5 to +8.2, and 34.Rxa5 settled matters. Accuracy was modest on both sides — 60% for White, 67% for Black — a sign the game was genuinely contested before it tilted. Club takeaway: even in a lost endgame, every king move still deserves a check.