Durarbayli, Vasif – Praggnanandhaa, R.

2622 2024 · Black wins (resignation, time or agreement)

Durarbayli (2622) against Praggnanandhaa (2737), 2024, a Sicilian Alapin that turns into a French-style advance structure after 3.e5. Black grabs on b2 early, White gets activity on the c-file, and by move 42 the engine calls it dead level. Then comes the turning point: 43.Qc8 flips the evaluation from 0.0 to -1.9. Black answers 43...Qxf2+ and never lets go, the king walking from h2 to h5 under a chain of checks. Accuracy was high on both sides — 95% White, 94% Black — which is the lesson: one move in a balanced position was the whole game.