Fressinet, Laurent – Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo

2697 2010 · White wins (resignation, time or agreement)

Modern Benoni, 2010: Fressinet (2697) against Iturrizaga Bonelli (2614). With 9...b5 Black gives up a pawn for activity, and the game turns into a piece scramble with the queens chasing each other across the board. The engine keeps Black ahead until the turning point: 38.Qxf6+ is a mistake that shifts the evaluation from −3.4 to −1.9, cutting sharply into what Black held. What follows is a bishop-and-knight endgame in which White marches the king all the way to c6 and wins. Accuracy: 95% for White, 87% for Black. The takeaway: a favourable evaluation does not convert itself, and a precise opponent punishes every lapse.