Jones, G. – Howell, D.

2683 2019 · Black wins (resignation, time or agreement)

Sicilian Alapin, 2019: Jones (2683) against Howell (2676), and the game turns concrete early after 8.Bxh6 Qxb2. The engine flags no single turning point — no blunder, no measured missed chance — so the accuracy numbers tell the story: 94% at least good moves for Black, 89% for White. Howell gave up the queen with 21...Qxd6, kept bishop and rooks active, and drove the d-pawn all the way to 64...d1=Q. White carried one more inaccuracy and one missed win on the tally; 0-1. The takeaway: in a long queen-versus-rooks-and-bishop ending, consistency decides, not one brilliant move.