Vidit, S.. – Radjabov, T..

2726 2021 · Draw

In 2021, Vidit (2726) and Radjabov (2765) played a Queen’s Gambit with an early central exchange, 5.Bg5, and a long manoeuvring phase: White set up f3 and pushed f5, Black answered with b5 and Bb7. No move ever tips the evaluation — the engine finds no inflection point anywhere in the game. The accuracy figures say the same: 86% of White’s moves were at least good, 95% of Black’s, and White’s three inaccuracies never cost anything concrete. Once the rooks came off the e-file and the pieces around d4 were traded, the position dried up and the draw followed. The club-level takeaway: some games are decided by nothing at all, just small margins of precision that never turn into a chance.