Erigaisi, Arjun – Keymer, Vincent

2799 2024 · Draw

Center Game, 2024: Erigaisi (2799) brought the queen out early against Keymer (2733), and both sides settled into a position that demanded patience. The engine flags no turning point at all — over sixty-six moves, neither player let the game slip. The accuracy figures back that up: 85% of White’s moves were at least good, 83% of Black’s, with 36 top-engine choices for White and 31 for Black. The rook-and-knight ending drifted through repetitions around e4 and g2 until 62...Rxg5 stripped the board down. The draw was earned, not agreed early. The takeaway: with no clear mistake from either side, a balanced position stays balanced, however long the manoeuvring lasts.