Kryvoruchko, Y. – Shyam, SM.

2671 2014 · White wins (resignation, time or agreement)

Kryvoruchko (2671) versus Shyam (2484), 2014: a Scandinavian in which the queens vanish on move 8, leaving a technical endgame where small errors compound fast. White was at least "good" on 83% of moves, Black on 81%, yet the gap widened exactly when it mattered. The turning point is 41...Rxb7, which shifts the evaluation from +2.7 to +5.0 for White and leaves Black without a defensive base. More chances slipped away with 44...h5 (+6.3 to +8.4) and 45...g5 (+8.4 to +12.2), while 46.hxg5 gave a little back (−12.2 to −9.3) without altering the result. White finished 1-0 after 48.Bc8. The lesson: in endgames, one structural decision outweighs a dozen accurate ones.