Caruana, F. – Duda, J.

2792 2021 · Draw

Nimzo-Indian, 4.Qc2 line, 2021: Caruana (2792) against Duda (2760). Black strikes with 3...Bb4 and c5, and the game heads straight into steady simplification — queens come off with Qxd3, the rooks trade on the f-file, and material keeps melting until a bishop endgame where each side collects the leftovers on a7, b6, a2 and c4. The engine flags no turning point at all: neither player misses a chance, neither hands over an edge. The accuracy figures match, 93% at-least-good moves for White and 97% for Black, with the draw agreed after 39...Kf7. The club-level takeaway: in these structures a run of correct exchanges is enough to neutralise a game, no fireworks required.