Caruana, F. – Duda, J.

2782 2023 · Insufficient material — draw

Caruana (2782) and Duda (2732) played this Petroff Defense in 2023, White castling long on move 9 and lining up both rooks in the centre before the trades began. The engine flags no turning point at all: no blunder, no missed chance, with both sides at 97 percent of moves rated at least good. After 22.Qxe6+ Qxe6 the game turns into a rook endgame where every capture invites the next, down to 46.Rxg4 Kxg4, which clears the last material off the board. The draw is earned move by move rather than agreed early. The takeaway for club players: a flawless game rarely produces fireworks — it shows instead how to simplify without ever offering a target.