Did an experiment finding a top player playing against a top player on games that reaches an ending. I took some top tournaments according to Jeff Jonas and analyze those games.
I define an ending position as those positions where the total piece (excluding pawns and kings) values are 2 queens or less. Q=10, R=5, B=N=3. Example for KQKQ, piecevalue = 20 is an ending. KRRKRR, piecevalue = 20 is also an ending. So the condition is: if piecevalue <= 20 it is an ending.
For each tournament check all games, if a piece value of the position reaches 20 or less, analyze it with stockfish 14.1 with 2 threads for 30s. If this position is not winning or losing (score >= -50cp and score <= 50cp), then consider it in the calculation.
AVRO 1938 Result
players games rate
0 Fine, Reuben 1 1.000
1 Reshevsky, Samuel Herman 4 0.500
2 Capablanca, Jose Raul 3 0.500
3 Euwe, Max 3 0.500
4 Botvinnik, Mikhail 2 0.500
5 Keres, Paul 1 0.500
6 Alekhine, Alexander 4 0.375
Fine had 1 game and won it. The others got 50% and Alekhine got 37.5% from 4 games.
The game where Fine won from equal ending position.
[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "Holland"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Fine, Reuben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo ""]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Nd4 Nxe5 11. f3 Nf6 12. Qe2 Nc4 13. Bc2 Qd7 14. b3 Nb6 15. Re1 O-O 16. Bg5 Rfe8 17. Nd2 Nh5 18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19. Qe5 g6 20. g4 Ng7 21. b4 Rae8 22. Qf4 Na4 23. Re3 Qd6 24. Qxd6 cxd6 25. Rae1 Rc7 26. Nb1 Bd7 27. Rxe8+ Bxe8 28. Bb3 Nb6 29. Kf2 Kf8 30. Rd1 Ne6 31. Ne2 Bc6 32. Na3 Ke7 33. Nc2 Nc4 34. Ne3 h6 35. h4 Nb6 36. Bxd5 Bxd5 37. Nxd5+ Nxd5 38. Rxd5 Rc4 39. Ke3 Kd7 40. f4 Kc6 41. Rd1 Kd7 42. Rf1 Ke7 43. Kd3 g5 44. hxg5 hxg5 45. f5 Nf8 46. f6+ Kd7 47. a4 Ng6 48. axb5 Ne5+ 49. Kd2 axb5 50. Nd4 Nxg4 51. Nxb5 Ne5 52. Nd4 g4 53. Kc2 Rc8 54. Nf5 Rg8 55. Ng3 Rh8 56. Rf2 Nf3 57. Re2 Rh3 58. Nf5 Ne5 59. b5 Rf3 60. Nd4 Rxf6 61. b6 Kc8 62. Nb5 g3 63. Kb3 Rg6 64. Rg2 f5 65. Ra2 Kb7 66. Rd2 f4 67. Nxd6+ Rxd6 68. Rxd6 g2 0-1
The ending position with stockfish 14.1 analysis:
8/2r1kp2/p2pn1pp/1p1n4/1P4PP/2P2P2/P3NK2/3R4 w - - 0 38 acd 45; acs 30; ce 0; Ae Stockfish 14.1;
- acd is the analysis depth
- acs is the analysis time in seconds
- ce is the evaluation in centipawn
- Ae is the analyzing engine name
St. Petersburg 1895
players games rate
0 Pillsbury, Harry Nelson 5 0.600
1 Steinitz, William 2 0.500
2 Chigorin, Mikhail 1 0.500
3 Lasker, Emanuel 4 0.375
Budapest 1950 Candidates
The first candidates.
players games rate
0 Bronstein D 2 0.750000
1 Kotov A 2 0.750000
2 Smyslov V 3 0.666667
3 Keres P 4 0.625000
4 Boleslavsky I 3 0.500000
5 Flohr S 1 0.500000
6 Najdorf M 5 0.400000
7 Stahlberg G 5 0.400000
8 Szabo L 2 0.250000
9 Lilienthal A 1 0.000000
Zurich 1953
players games rate
0 Geller E 3 0.666667
1 Kotov A 3 0.666667
2 Stahlberg A 3 0.666667
3 Najdorf M 7 0.571429
4 Keres P 7 0.500000
5 Szabo L 6 0.500000
6 Smyslov V 5 0.500000
7 Bronstein D 3 0.500000
8 Petrosian T 3 0.500000
9 Taimanov M 3 0.500000
10 Boleslavsky I 2 0.500000
11 Averbakh Y 7 0.428571
12 Euwe M 6 0.416667
13 Gligoric S 4 0.375000
14 Reshevsky S 2 0.250000
Reggio Emilia 1991
players games rate
0 Beliavsky, Alexander G 4 0.750000
1 Kamsky, Gata 5 0.500000
2 Gurevich, Mikhail 4 0.500000
3 Andersson, Ulf 3 0.500000
4 Ehlvest, Jaan 2 0.500000
5 Gulko, Boris F 2 0.500000
6 Polugaevsky, Lev 2 0.500000
7 Vaganian, Rafael A 2 0.500000
8 Epishin, Vladimir 1 0.500000
9 Karpov, Anatoly 1 0.500000
10 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir 1 0.500000
11 Ribli, Zoltan 1 0.500000
12 Portisch, Lajos 3 0.333333
13 Romanishin, Oleg M 1 0.000000
Las Palmas 1996
players games rate
0 Kasparov, Gary 5 0.600
1 Karpov, Anatoly 4 0.500
2 Anand, Viswanathan 2 0.500
3 Kramnik, Vladimir 2 0.500
4 Ivanchuk, Vassily 1 0.500
5 Topalov, Veselin 4 0.375
Gary is superior got 60% in 5 games. He defeated Veselin.
Linares 1998
players games rate
0 Ivanchuk, Vassily 6 0.583333
1 Kramnik, Vladimir 5 0.500000
2 Kasparov, Gary 4 0.500000
3 Topalov, Veselin 3 0.500000
4 Anand, Viswanathan 2 0.500000
5 Shirov, Alexei 2 0.500000
6 Svidler, Peter 2 0.250000
Linares 1999
players games rate
0 Kasparov, Gary 3 0.666667
1 Leko, Peter 5 0.500000
2 Ivanchuk, Vassily 4 0.500000
3 Anand, Viswanathan 3 0.500000
4 Kramnik, Vladimir 3 0.500000
5 Adams, Michael 1 0.500000
6 Svidler, Peter 1 0.500000
7 Topalov, Veselin 4 0.375000
Dortmund 2001
players games rate
0 Kramnik,V 3 0.666667
1 Topalov,V 2 0.500000
2 Adams,Mi 1 0.500000
3 Leko,P 1 0.500000
4 Morozevich,A 1 0.500000
5 Anand,V 2 0.250000
Corus A, WijkaanZee 2008
players games rate
0 Aronian,L 3 0.666667
1 Kramnik,V 5 0.500000
2 Mamedyarov,S 5 0.500000
3 Polgar,Ju 5 0.500000
4 Carlsen,M 4 0.500000
5 Adams,Mi 3 0.500000
6 Ivanchuk,V 3 0.500000
7 Leko,P 3 0.500000
8 Radjabov,T 3 0.500000
9 Van Wely,L 3 0.500000
10 Anand,V 2 0.500000
11 Eljanov,P 2 0.500000
12 Gelfand,B 2 0.500000
13 Topalov,V 3 0.333333
Average Rating: 2742
Bilbao 2008
players games rate
0 Aronian,L 2 0.750000
1 Radjabov,T 4 0.500000
2 Topalov,V 4 0.500000
3 Carlsen,M 2 0.500000
4 Ivanchuk,V 2 0.500000
5 Anand,V 6 0.416667
Average Rating: 2768
Tal Memorial 2009
players games rate
0 Carlsen,M 4 0.625
1 Morozevich,A 6 0.500
2 Aronian,L 5 0.500
3 Kramnik,V 5 0.500
4 Ponomariov,R 5 0.500
5 Svidler,P 5 0.500
6 Anand,V 4 0.500
7 Gelfand,B 4 0.500
8 Ivanchuk,V 3 0.500
9 Leko,P 5 0.400
Other tournament not in Jeff's list
Palma de Mallorca Interzonal 1970
players games rate
0 Reshevsky S 1 1.000000
1 Larsen B 5 0.700000
2 Minic D 4 0.625000
3 Uhlmann W 4 0.625000
4 Fischer R 5 0.600000
5 Portisch L 7 0.500000
6 Geller E 5 0.500000
7 Panno O 5 0.500000
8 Huebner R 4 0.500000
9 Mecking H 4 0.500000
10 Smyslov V 4 0.500000
11 Naranja R 3 0.500000
12 Suttles D 3 0.500000
13 Addison W 2 0.500000
14 Gligoric S 2 0.500000
15 Polugaevsky L 2 0.500000
16 Taimanov M 2 0.500000
17 Hort V 1 0.500000
18 Ivkov B 6 0.416667
19 Filip M 4 0.375000
20 Jimenez Zerquera E 4 0.375000
21 Matulovic M 4 0.375000
22 Ujtumen T 3 0.333333
23 Rubinetti J 2 0.250000
WijkaanZee 2010
players games rate
0 Van Wely,L 1 1.00
1 Shirov,A 2 0.75
2 Short,N 5 0.50
3 Leko,P 4 0.50
4 Anand,V 3 0.50
5 Kramnik,V 3 0.50
6 Nakamura,Hi 3 0.50
7 Carlsen,M 2 0.50
8 Ivanchuk,V 2 0.50
9 Karjakin,Sergey 2 0.50
10 Dominguez Perez,L 1 0.50
11 Caruana,F 5 0.40
12 Tiviakov,S 1 0.00
London 2013 Candidates
players games rate
0 Ivanchuk,V 3 0.666667
1 Kramnik,V 7 0.642857
2 Carlsen,M 7 0.500000
3 Aronian,L 5 0.500000
4 Gelfand,B 5 0.500000
5 Grischuk,A 5 0.400000
6 Svidler,P 5 0.400000
7 Radjabov,T 3 0.333333
WijkaanZee 2013
players games rate
0 Aronian, Levon 5 0.600000
1 Harikrishna, Pentala 8 0.562500
2 Caruana, Fabiano 5 0.500000
3 Wang, Hao 5 0.500000
4 Carlsen, Magnus 4 0.500000
5 Karjakin, Sergey 4 0.500000
6 L'Ami, Erwin 4 0.500000
7 Nakamura, Hikaru 3 0.500000
8 Sokolov, Ivan 3 0.500000
9 Van Wely, Loek 3 0.500000
10 Hou, Yifan 2 0.500000
11 Anand, Viswanathan 1 0.500000
12 Giri, Anish 7 0.428571
13 Leko, Peter 6 0.416667
WijkaanZee 2015
players games rate
0 Ding Liren 2 0.750
1 Ivanchuk,V 5 0.600
2 Radjabov,T 5 0.500
3 Aronian,L 4 0.500
4 Hou Yifan 4 0.500
5 Saric,Iv 4 0.500
6 Carlsen,M 3 0.500
7 So,W 3 0.500
8 Vachier Lagrave,M 3 0.500
9 Caruana,F 2 0.500
10 Giri,A 2 0.500
11 Van Wely,L 2 0.500
12 Wojtaszek,R 4 0.375
13 Jobava,Ba 1 0.000
Average Rating: 2746
London 2016
players games rate
0 So, Wesley 5 0.5
1 Kramnik, Vladimir 4 0.5
2 Aronian, Levon 3 0.5
3 Caruana, Fabiano 3 0.5
4 Giri, Anish 3 0.5
5 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 3 0.5
6 Adams, Michael 2 0.5
7 Anand, Viswanathan 2 0.5
8 Nakamura, Hikaru 2 0.5
9 Topalov, Veselin 1 0.5
Average Rating: 2785
Moscow 2016 Candidates
players games rate
0 Aronian,L 6 0.5
1 Giri,A 6 0.5
2 Caruana,F 4 0.5
3 Svidler,P 4 0.5
4 Karjakin,Sergey 3 0.5
5 Anand,V 2 0.5
6 Topalov,V 2 0.5
7 Nakamura,Hi 1 0.5
WijkaanZee 2016
players games rate
0 Carlsen,M 6 0.583333
1 Navara,D 7 0.571429
2 So,W 7 0.500000
3 Adams,Mi 6 0.500000
4 Giri,A 5 0.500000
5 Ding Liren 4 0.500000
6 Mamedyarov,S 4 0.500000
7 Tomashevsky,E 4 0.500000
8 Wei Yi 4 0.500000
9 Karjakin,Sergey 3 0.500000
10 Eljanov,P 2 0.500000
11 Van Wely,L 1 0.500000
12 Hou Yifan 8 0.437500
13 Caruana,F 3 0.333333
Average Rating: 2747
WijkaanZee 2017
players games rate
0 Adhiban, Baskaran 3 0.666667
1 So, Wesley 6 0.500000
2 Carlsen, Magnus 5 0.500000
3 Giri, Anish 5 0.500000
4 Harikrishna, Pentala 5 0.500000
5 Nepomniachtchi, Ian 4 0.500000
6 Aronian, Levon 3 0.500000
7 Andreikin, Dmitry 2 0.500000
8 Eljanov, Pavel 2 0.500000
9 Rapport, Richard 2 0.500000
10 Wei, Yi 2 0.500000
11 Karjakin, Sergey 1 0.500000
12 Van Wely, Loek 1 0.500000
13 Wojtaszek, Radoslaw 3 0.333333
Average Rating: 2751
Stavanger 2018
players games rate
0 Aronian,L 5 0.5
1 Anand,V 4 0.5
2 Carlsen,M 4 0.5
3 Karjakin,Sergey 3 0.5
4 Nakamura,Hi 3 0.5
5 So,W 3 0.5
6 Caruana,F 2 0.5
7 Mamedyarov,S 2 0.5
8 Vachier Lagrave,M 2 0.5
Average Rating: 2790
Stavanger 2019
players games rate
0 Caruana,F 3 0.666667
1 So,W 7 0.571429
2 Anand,V 6 0.500000
3 Aronian,L 5 0.500000
4 Carlsen,M 5 0.500000
5 Ding Liren 5 0.500000
6 Yu Yangyi 5 0.500000
7 Mamedyarov,S 3 0.500000
8 Vachier Lagrave,M 7 0.428571
9 Grischuk,A 4 0.375000
Average Rating: 2784
Saint Louis 2019
players games rate
0 Dominguez Perez,L 4 0.625
1 So,W 4 0.625
2 Caruana,F 5 0.600
3 Akobian,V 6 0.500
4 Shankland,S 6 0.500
5 Lenderman,A 5 0.500
6 Robson,R 4 0.500
7 Xiong,Jeffery 4 0.500
8 Liang,Awonder 3 0.500
9 Nakamura,Hi 2 0.500
10 Sevian,Samuel 4 0.375
11 Gareev,T 5 0.300
Average Rating: 2682
Shamkir 2019
players games rate
0 Navara,D 3 0.666667
1 Carlsen,M 5 0.600000
2 Radjabov,T 9 0.500000
3 Ding Liren 6 0.500000
4 Grischuk,A 3 0.500000
5 Karjakin,Sergey 3 0.500000
6 Mamedyarov,S 3 0.500000
7 Giri,A 2 0.500000
8 Anand,V 3 0.333333
9 Topalov,V 3 0.333333
Average Rating: 2778
WijkaanZee 2020
players games rate
0 Xiong,Jeffery 3 0.666667
1 Firouzja,Alireza 4 0.625000
2 Duda,J 5 0.600000
3 Van Foreest,Jorden 5 0.600000
4 Giri,A 8 0.500000
5 So,W 8 0.500000
6 Carlsen,M 6 0.500000
7 Caruana,F 4 0.500000
8 Vitiugov,N 3 0.500000
9 Anand,V 2 0.500000
10 Dubov,Daniil 1 0.500000
11 Artemiev,V 4 0.375000
12 Yu Yangyi 6 0.333333
13 Kovalev,Vl 3 0.333333
Average Rating: 2740
Stavanger 2020
players games rate
0 Firouzja,Alireza 7 0.642857
1 Carlsen,M 4 0.625000
2 Caruana,F 3 0.500000
3 Aronian,L 7 0.428571
4 Duda,J 4 0.375000
5 Tari,A 3 0.333333
Average Rating: 2762
WijkaanZee 2021
players games rate
0 Firouzja,Alireza 3 0.666667
1 Grandelius,N 3 0.666667
2 Vachier Lagrave,M 5 0.600000
3 Van Foreest,Jorden 6 0.583333
4 Caruana,F 8 0.500000
5 Anton Guijarro,D 7 0.500000
6 Carlsen,M 7 0.500000
7 Wojtaszek,R 6 0.500000
8 Harikrishna,P 5 0.500000
9 Tari,A 4 0.500000
10 Esipenko,Andrey 3 0.500000
11 Giri,A 7 0.428571
12 Duda,J 5 0.400000
13 Donchenko,Alexa 7 0.357143
Average Rating: 2724
Stavanger 2021
players games rate
0 Carlsen,M 3 0.666667
1 Karjakin,Sergey 4 0.625000
2 Firouzja,Alireza 2 0.500000
3 Nepomniachtchi,I 5 0.400000
4 Rapport,R 4 0.375000
Average Rating: 2760
WijkaanZee 2022
players games rate
0 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 2 0.750000
1 Karjakin, Sergey 5 0.700000
2 Giri, Anish 3 0.666667
3 Rapport, Richard 5 0.600000
4 Carlsen, Magnus 4 0.500000
5 Caruana, Fabiano 4 0.500000
6 Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi 4 0.500000
7 Dubov, Daniil 3 0.500000
8 Grandelius, Nils 3 0.500000
9 Esipenko, Andrey 2 0.500000
10 Duda, Jan-Krzysztof 4 0.375000
11 Shankland, Sam 5 0.300000
12 Praggnanandhaa, R 2 0.250000
13 Van Foreest, Jorden 2 0.250000
Average Rating: 2736