Grischuk, A. – Adams, Mi

2742 2017 · Draw

A classical Catalan from 2017: Grischuk (2742) against Adams (2751), Black taking on c4 as early as move six and handing the pawn back without fuss. The engine flags no turning point at all: at depth 25, neither side lets the evaluation slip. Accuracy runs 92% for White, 95% for Black — Adams holds the tighter line. Queens come off with 30.Qxd8 Rxd8, and the rook-and-bishop-versus-rook ending stretches on for another thirty moves, all the way to 59...Rf3 and the split point. The lesson: a game without a decisive error is not a game without effort. Draws like this are earned move by move, once nothing tips anymore.