Tkachiev, Vladislav – Morozevich, Alexander

2664 2008 · White wins (resignation, time or agreement)

Tkachiev (2664) versus Morozevich (2788), 2008: a Queen’s Gambit Accepted that turned technical almost immediately, the queens coming off with 8.Qxe7+ Bxe7. The engine flagged no turning point at all — no move that flipped the game, just a slow accumulation. White finished at 88% good-or-better moves, Black at 83%, and that gap shows up in the rook ending, where the passed pawn ran with 36.e7 and then 38.h4, 39.h5, 47.h7. After 53...Rxh7 54.Kxh7 White kept full control and sealed it with 57.Rxa5, 1-0. The takeaway: a game can be won without any single dramatic error, simply by erring less often.