Caruana, F. – Moussard, J.

2782 2023 · White wins (resignation, time or agreement)

Queen’s Gambit Declined, 2023: Caruana (2782) against Moussard (2661), and neither side commits a clear mistake. The engine flags no turning point at all — 94% at-least-good moves for White, 100% for Black. Black never errs; he is simply outplayed by an accumulation of accurate moves. White manoeuvres the knights patiently (14.Nc1, 19.Nb3, 22.Nf3, 24.Nf5), opens the centre with 27.e4, pushes f5 and f6, and finishes with 38.Ne7+, 1-0. The takeaway for club players: you can lose a game without a single identifiable blunder, purely on the cumulative quality of the manoeuvring.