Svidler, Peter – Kramnik, Vladimir

2747 2013 · Draw

Nimzo-Indian, 2013: Svidler (2747) against Kramnik (2801) in a Sämisch structure where White grabs the centre and Black keeps chipping at it. Once the queens come off, the game turns into a long endgame duel, knight against bishop, with rooks working the open files. The engine flags no turning point at all: 93% at-least-good moves for both sides, and neither player ever hands over a real edge. Pawns disappear one by one until only rooks remain, and the draw arrives on its own terms. The club takeaway: a game can stay level from first move to last without being dull — here accuracy, not brilliance, settles the result.