Ivanchuk, V. – Mamedov, Nid

2728 2016 · White wins (resignation, time or agreement)

Ivanchuk (2728) against Mamedov (2588), 2016: a Queen’s Gambit Accepted that turns into an endgame almost immediately, the queens coming off on move eight. The engine flags no turning point at all — nobody hands over the game, and the evaluation never swings on a single move. White played 89% at least good moves, Black 86%. That thin margin is decided over time: the white king marches to g4, h5 and h6, rook and bishop work together on the kingside, and Black eventually runs out of resources. The takeaway for club players is unglamorous but real — clean endgames are won by stacking small accuracies, not by one brilliant blow.