Adhiban, Baskaran – Seel, C.

2674 2015 · White wins (resignation, time or agreement)

Vienna Game, 2015: Adhiban, Baskaran (2674) against Seel, C. (2474). White opens the e-file early, trades off the heavy pieces and pushes the centre pawns through 21.d6 and then 25.c7, a pawn sitting one square from promotion. Black is already in deep trouble when 28...Kh7 arrives, a mistake that drops the evaluation from -3.2 to -4.8. Two missed chances follow: 29...Qc4 (from -3.5 to -5.6) and 32...d5 (from -6.3 to -15.0), after which 33.Qxf6 ends matters. Accuracy: 94% White, 84% Black. The takeaway: against a passed pawn that far advanced, every loose move costs twice as much.