Carlsen, M. – Anton Guijarro, D.

2864 2022 · White wins (resignation, time or agreement)

Queen’s Gambit Declined, 2022: Carlsen (2864) against Anton Guijarro (2691). After a long maneuvering phase, the exchanges on d5 lead to a queen-and-rook endgame where Black holds the balance. The turning point comes on move 44: 44...f6 swings the evaluation from +0.1 to +3.8, a missed chance that hands White a decisive edge. White gives some of it back with 50.Rd5, from -4.3 to -2.8 by the engine’s count, but the result stands: 1-0. Accuracy was 91% for White, 94% for Black — the lesson is blunt: in a level endgame, one loose move outweighs dozens of accurate ones.