Adams, Mi – Hebden, M.

2744 2016 · Draw

Trompowsky, 2016: Adams (2744) takes on f6 immediately against Hebden (2467), who recaptures with the e-pawn and accepts an unbalanced structure. What follows is dense but clean — the engine flags no turning point at all, no moment where the evaluation genuinely swings. Queens come off with 24...Qxg4, and the rest is patient rook work, both sides picking off pawns without ever handing over a target. Hebden finishes at 98% of moves rated good or better, Adams at 91% — flawless defending from the black side. The takeaway: in rook endings like this, the draw isn’t a lack of ideas, it’s accuracy that neither player lets slip.