Shankland, S. – Navara, D.

2731 2019 · Draw

In 2019, Shankland (2731) and Navara (2739) play a textbook Queen’s Indian: 4.g3 Ba6, White’s fianchetto, and a centre that opens with 8...d5 and 11...c5. The engine finds no turning point at all — no blunder, no missed chance — with 96% of White’s moves at least good and 100% of Black’s. Tension dissolves naturally after 12.cxd5 and 15.dxc5, and the pieces cancel each other out around the c-file. The finish says everything: Black’s knight shuttles between d5 and b4 while White’s rook rocks between c2 and c3, until 23.Rc3 seals the split point. The lesson: when neither side errs, a draw isn’t laziness — it’s the honest result.