Vachier Lagrave, M. – Gledura, B.

2758 2022 · White wins (resignation, time or agreement)

Catalan Opening, 2022: Vachier Lagrave (2758) has White against Gledura (2652), who answers with the solid c6 and e6 setup before placing the bishop on b7. The engine flags no inflection point at all — no blunder, no missed chance on either side. Black actually scores 100% moves rated good or better, against 86% for White, whose only blemish is a single inaccuracy. The play is all patient manoeuvring: White’s knights travel via c4 and e5, then regroup on d4, the rooks come off on the c-file, and the sequence ends with 23.Bxb7. The takeaway: a game can be won without any identifiable opponent error, simply by stacking correct moves.