Almasi, Zoltan – Ni, Hua

2663 2009 · Black wins (resignation, time or agreement)

A mainline Sveshnikov from 2009: Almasi (2663) against Ni Hua (2710), and Black takes the point. The engine flags no turning point at all — no decisive error, no clear missed chance. This is a game decided by consistency: 88 % of White’s moves rated at least good, 95 % of Black’s. Queens and rooks come off together, and Ni Hua steers the resulting bishop ending all the way to White’s resignation. The takeaway for a club player is simple: in a Sveshnikov you don’t always win because the opponent collapses, you win by being one notch more reliable across fifty moves. Steadiness, not fireworks, settles this one.