Balakrishnan, Praveen – Liang, Awonder

2521 2023 · Black wins (resignation, time or agreement)

A classical Scandinavian, 2023: Balakrishnan (2521) chased the black queen with 3.Nc3, but Liang (2640) tucked it away and developed the bishop to f5. Both sides stayed accurate — 90% at least good moves for White, 95% for Black — and the engine flags no turning point at all: nothing swung in a single move. Black castled long, traded the heavy pieces off step by step (37...Rd2, 40...Qxe3) and steered the game into a bishop ending where the queenside pawns rolled. After 63...b3 and 66...c3, White resigned on move 67. The lesson: with no single blunder, a small edge in precision decides the endgame.