Sebag, M. – Karpov, Ana

2482 2014 · Black wins (resignation, time or agreement)

Scandinavian Defense, 2014: Sebag (2482) against Karpov (2623), who grabs the d4-pawn early with 8...Qxd4 and then lives with an exposed queen. The engine flags no turning point — no single move flips the game — but the consistency gap is stark. Black finishes at 94% at-least-good moves against White’s 81%, and just one mistake against five. The numbers tell the rest: 20 "best" moves for Black, a player who simply never let go. The result is decisive, 0-1. The lesson for club players: against a steady opponent, games are rarely lost to one disaster — they’re lost to accumulated small slips.