[Event "Donetsk-ch U12"]
[Site "Makeevka"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bolshinsky, L."]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be3 Nbd7 6. h3 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8.
Qd2 Qe7 9. Rd1 Qb4 10. Nb5 Qxd2+ 11. Rxd2 Nxe4 12. Nxc7+ Kd8 13. Nxa8 Nxd2 14.
Nxd2 b6 15. Bb5 Bb7 16. Bxd7 Kxd7 17. Nxb6+ axb6 18. O-O Kc7 19. Re1 f5 20. f3
Bd5 21. Bf2 Rd8 22. Nb3 Bc4 23. Bg3 f4 24. Bf2 Bxb3 25. axb3 Rd2 26. Ra1 Kb7
27. Rc1 e4 28. Be1 Re2 29. Bc3 Bxc3 30. bxc3 e3 31. Kf1 Rf2+ 32. Kg1 b5 33. b4
Kc6 34. c4 bxc4 35. c3 Kb5 36. Rd1 Rd2 37. Re1 Ka4 38. Kf1 Rf2+ 39. Kg1 Kb3 40.
b5 Kxc3 41. Rb1 Rd2 42. b6 Rd8 43. b7 Rb8 44. Kf1 Kc2 45. Rb4 Kd3 46. Rb6 c3
47. Rd6+ Kc2 48. Rc6 Rxb7 49. Ke2 Rd7 50. Ra6 Rd2+ 51. Kf1 Kb2 52. Rb6+ 0-1

[Event "EU-ch U12 Disney"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Rc1 Bg4 13. h3 Be6 14. Nxc6 bxc6
15. Na4 Qd7 16. Kh2 Bf5 17. Bc5 Bd8 18. Bd4 a5 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Nc5 Qe7 21. e4
dxe4 22. Re1 Qe5 23. Bxe4 Qxb2 24. Nd3 Qb5 25. Rc5 Rxe4 26. Rxb5 cxb5 27. Qf3
Rxe1 28. Nxe1 Rb8 29. Qxf5 b4 30. Qc2 Bb6 31. Qd2 Kg7 32. Qd6 Rb7 33. Nd3 Bc7
34. Qc6 Ra7 35. Kg2 Bd8 36. Nf4 a4 37. Qc5 Rb7 38. Qd5 Rb8 39. Qd6 Rb5 40. Qxd8
b3 41. axb3 axb3 42. Ne6+ Kg6 43. Qd3+ Rf5 44. Nd4 1-0

[Event "EU-ch U12 Disney"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Murphy, Richard"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. Be2 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. O-O Nc6 7. c4 Nb6 8. c5
Nd5 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bg5 Bg4 11. h3 Bf5 12. Qb3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Rb8 14. Rad1 h6 15.
Bh4 g5 16. Bg3 e6 17. c4 Qe7 18. Rfe1 e5 19. d5 Nd4 20. Nxd4 exd4 21. d6 cxd6
22. Bxd6 Qd7 23. Bf3 Rfe8 24. Bxb8 Rxb8 25. c6 Qc7 26. cxb7 Be6 27. Qd3 Bf8 28.
Qxd4 Bc5 1-0

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Szeged"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ermekov, Almas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C66"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. c3 Bd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Re1 Be7 7. d4 exd4 8.
cxd4 O-O 9. Nc3 a6 10. Be2 Na7 11. e5 Ne8 12. Nd5 dxe5 13. dxe5 Be6 14. Nxe7+
Qxe7 15. Bg5 Qb4 16. Qc2 Nc6 17. Bd2 Qg4 18. Ng5 Bf5 19. Qb3 Qd4 20. Qxb7 Rb8
21. Qxc6 Qxd2 22. Nf3 Qxb2 23. Qxa6 g6 24. a4 Ng7 25. Qc6 Qb6 26. Qc1 Ra8 27.
Bc4 Ne6 28. Nh4 Nd4 29. Nxf5 gxf5 30. Qc3 c5 31. Reb1 Qc7 32. f4 Ra5 33. Qg3+
Kh8 34. Qh4 Rg8 35. Qf6+ Rg7 36. Ra3 Kg8 37. Bxf7+ Rxf7 38. Rg3+ Kf8 39. Rb8+
Qxb8 40. Qh8+ Ke7 41. Qxb8 Rxa4 42. Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Szeged"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "De Melo, Jailson Jose"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 c6 5. Nh3 Bb4+ 6. Nd2 d6 7. a3 Bxd2+ 8. Bxd2
e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Bb4 Qxd1+ 11. Rxd1 Be6 12. b3 h6 13. f3 Nbd7 14. Bd6 Kf7
15. c5 b6 16. b4 b5 17. f4 e4 18. Nf2 Nd5 19. Rxd5 Bxd5 20. g4 g6 21. e3 a5 22.
O-O axb4 23. axb4 Ra3 24. Re1 Rha8 0-1

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Szeged"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Azarov, Sergei Nikolaevich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Nf6 8.
d3 Qd7 9. Qg3 Qe6 10. Be3 O-O-O 11. O-O-O Bb4 12. Ne2 Qxa2 13. c3 Bd6 14. Qxg7
Nd7 15. Qg4 Rhg8 16. Qf5 Rg6 17. Kc2 Qa4+ 18. Kb1 f6 19. g4 Qb5 20. Rd2 c5 21.
c4 Qb3 22. Rc1 Kb8 23. Rc3 Qb4 24. h4 Rg7 25. Ng3 Ka7 26. Rd1 Re7 27. g5 Nb6
28. gxf6 Rf7 29. Nh5 Na4 30. Rc2 Qb3 31. Rdc1 Qxd3 32. Bh6 Re8 33. Bg7 Nb6 34.
Ka2 Rb8 35. Bh6 Nd5 36. cxd5 Qb5 37. Qe6 1-0

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Szeged"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Markus, Robert"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. c5 Nd5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bc4 Nxc3 7. dxc3 Bxc5 8.
Qg4 g6 9. Bf4 Nc6 10. h4 d5 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. Bb5 h6 13. Nf3 Bd7 14. a4 a5 15.
Bd2 O-O-O 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. b4 Bb6 18. Ra1 f5 19. Qxg6 d4 20. Bxh6 Rdg8 21. Bg5
Qd7 22. Qf6 Bxf3 23. gxf3 dxc3 24. Qe7 axb4 25. Qxb4 Rxg5 26. Rd1 Qc6 27. a5
Bc5 0-1

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Szeged"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B53"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 5. c4 Nc6 6. Qd2 g6 7. b3 Nf6 8. Nc3
Bg7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Be2 Bg4 11. Rd1 Qa5 12. O-O b5 13. cxb5 axb5 14. Bxb5 Nxe4
15. Nxe4 Qxb5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qc3+ f6 18. a4 Qb6 19. Rfe1 Rab8 20. Ned2 d5
21. h3 Bd7 22. Qd3 e6 23. h4 Nb4 24. Qb1 e5 25. Nc4 Qc7 26. Ncxe5 fxe5 27. Nxe5
Bf5 28. Qb2 Kg8 29. h5 Rbe8 30. f3 gxh5 31. Rc1 Qg7 32. Qd4 Nc2 33. Rxc2 Bxc2
34. Qxd5+ Kh8 35. b4 Bxa4 36. b5 Re7 37. Re4 Bc2 38. Re2 Bf5 39. b6 Be6 40. Qd6
Rfe8 41. Nc6 Rd7 42. Rxe6 Qa1+ 43. Kh2 Rxd6 44. Rxe8+ Kg7 45. b7 Qf6 46. Re4
Rd8 47. Nxd8 Qxd8 48. f4 Kf7 49. Re3 Qb6 50. Rf3 Qxb7 51. f5 Kf6 52. Kg1 Qb2
53. Kh2 h4 54. Kg1 Qe2 55. Kh2 Qe1 56. Rh3 Kxf5 57. Rf3+ Kg4 58. Rh3 Qg3+ 59.
Rxg3+ hxg3+ 60. Kh1 Kf4 61. Kg1 Ke3 62. Kh1 Ke2 63. Kg1 h6 64. Kh1 h5 65. Kg1
h4 66. Kh1 Ke3 67. Kg1 Ke4 68. Kh1 Kf4 69. Kg1 Ke3 70. Kh1 h3 71. Kg1 Ke2 72.
gxh3 Kf3 73. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Szeged"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jedynak, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2070"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be2 dxc4 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Nxd4 9. exd4 a6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. O-O b5 12. Bb3 Bb7 13. Qd2 O-O 14. Rfd1 b4
15. Na4 Nd5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Nc5 a5 18. a3 bxa3 19. Rxa3 Bc6 20. Ba4 Nb4 21.
Bxc6 Nxc6 22. Nb3 Rfd8 23. Nxa5 Nxd4 24. Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Szeged"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 5. c4 Nc6 6. Qd2 g6 7. b3 Bg7 8. Nc3
Nf6 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Be2 Qa5 11. Nd5 Qxd2+ 12. Nxd2 Nxd5 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. cxd5
Nd4 15. Rc1 Bd7 16. Rc7 Bb5 17. Bc4 Bxc4 18. Rxc4 Rac8 19. Rf1 Rxc4 20. Nxc4 f5
21. exf5 Rxf5 22. Ne3 Re5 23. Kd2 Nf5 24. Nxf5+ gxf5 25. f4 Rxd5+ 26. Ke3 Kf6
27. h3 h5 28. Rf2 Ke6 29. Rb2 Rc5 30. Kd4 Rc1 31. Re2+ Kd7 32. Kd3 Rd1+ 33. Ke3
b5 34. Rc2 a5 35. Ke2 Ra1 36. Kf3 Ke6 37. Rd2 Rf1+ 38. Ke3 Kf6 39. Rd5 Ra1 40.
Rxb5 Rxa2 41. Kf3 e5 42. fxe5+ dxe5 43. g3 e4+ 44. Ke3 Rg2 45. Rb6+ Kg5 46. h4+
Kg4 47. Rg6+ Kh3 48. Rg5 Rxg3+ 49. Ke2 f4 50. Rxa5 Kxh4 51. Ra4 Rxb3 52. Rxe4
Re3+ 53. Rxe3 fxe3 54. Kxe3 Kg3 55. Ke2 Kg2 0-1

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Szeged"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[PlyCount "187"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Nd7 7. d4 Ngf6 8.
Bc4 e6 9. c3 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Nf6 11. Qf3 Nd5 12. Bd2 Be7 13. Qg3 Bf6 14. O-O Qb6
15. b4 O-O 16. Bd3 a5 17. a3 axb4 18. axb4 Ra7 19. Rxa7 Qxa7 20. c4 Qa2 21.
cxd5 Qxd2 22. dxe6 fxe6 23. Qe3 Qa2 24. Qe4 g6 25. b5 Qd5 26. bxc6 bxc6 27. Qe2
Qxd4 28. Qxe6+ Kg7 29. Qe4 Rd8 30. Qxd4 Rxd4 31. Ba6 Ra4 32. Bd3 c5 33. Rc1 Bd4
34. Kf1 Kf6 35. Ke2 Ke5 36. Bc4 Ke4 37. g3 Rb4 38. Rc2 Ra4 39. Bg8 h6 40. Bc4
g5 41. h4 gxh4 42. gxh4 Ra3 43. Be6 Kf4 44. h5 Rf3 45. Bf7 Rxf2+ 46. Kd3 Rf1
47. Kc4 Ke5 48. Re2+ Kd6 49. Bg6 Rf3 50. Rc2 Rf4 51. Rd2 Rf3 52. Rc2 Re3 53.
Bd3 Rh3 54. Bg6 Ra3 55. Be8 Re3 56. Bf7 Ke5 57. Bg6 Ra3 58. Re2+ Kf4 59. Rc2
Ke3 60. Kd5 Ra4 61. Rc4 Ra6 62. Rc2 Rb6 63. Rc4 Kd2 64. Rc2+ Kd1 65. Rc4 Be3
66. Bc2+ Kc1 67. Bg6+ Kb2 68. Bf7 Rb7 69. Be6 Bd4 70. Kc6 Re7 71. Kd6 Rg7 72.
Kc6 Rg5 73. Bf7 Rf5 74. Bg6 Rf2 75. Bh7 Rf8 76. Be4 Re8 77. Bg6 Re7 78. Kb5 Kb3
79. Bc2+ Ka3 80. Bg6 Rb7+ 81. Kc6 Rb8 82. Bf7 Rf8 83. Be6 Rf6 84. Kd7 Kb2 85.
Ke7 Rf4 86. Kd6 Rh4 87. Bf7 Rh3 88. Kc6 Rf3 89. Be6 Rf6 90. Kd7 Ka3 91. Ke7 Kb3
92. Rxc5+ Rxe6+ 93. Kxe6 Bxc5 94. Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Szeged"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. O-O
Qxc5+ 9. Kh1 Nc6 10. Bd3 e5 11. Qe1 exf4 12. Bxf4 Ne5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Bg5 Ne8
15. Nd5 f6 16. Be3 Qd6 17. b4 b6 18. c4 Rf7 19. c5 bxc5 20. Bxc5 Qb8 21. Ne7+
Kh8 22. Bc4 Rf8 23. Nxg6+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch U12"]
[Site "Verdun"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Azarov, Sergei Nikolaevich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C87"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 Bg4 7. c3 Be7 8. h3
Bh5 9. d3 h6 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Nf1 b5 12. Bc2 Qd7 13. Ne3 Nd8 14. g4 Bg6 15. Nh4
Nxe4 16. Nxg6 Nxf2 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Kxf2 Qh4+ 19. Kg2 g6 20. Kh2 Qf2+ 21. Ng2
h5 22. Be3 Qf6 23. gxh5 Ne6 24. Rf1 Qg7 25. hxg6 fxg6 26. Qg4 Nc5 27. b4 Nb7
28. Bb3+ Kh8 29. Nh4 Kh7 30. Nxg6 Qxg6 31. Qh4+ Kg7 32. Qe7+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch U12"]
[Site "Verdun"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "De Bortoli, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B91"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 e5 8. Nde2
Be6 9. O-O Be7 10. Nd5 Rc8 11. Nxe7 Qxe7 12. b3 b5 13. Bb2 O-O 14. h3 Qd7 15.
g4 d5 16. f4 Qa7+ 17. Kh2 dxe4 18. f5 Rcd8 19. Qe1 Bd5 20. g5 Nh5 21. Qh4 g6
22. Rae1 Nd4 23. Bxe4 Qc7 24. fxg6 hxg6 25. Rf2 Rfe8 26. Ng3 Nxg3 27. Qxg3 Bxe4
28. Rxe4 Nf5 29. Qc3 Qb6 30. Qf3 Qc5 31. Rfe2 Nd4 32. Qf2 Qc7 33. Re1 Re6 34.
c3 Nf5 35. Kg1 Rd3 36. c4 Rxh3 37. Bxe5 Qd8 38. Qg2 Rh4 39. Bf6 Qb6+ 40. Kf1
Rh1+ 41. Qxh1 Ng3+ 42. Kg2 Nxh1 43. Rxh1 Rxf6 44. gxf6 Qxf6 45. Rhe1 Kg7 46.
Kg3 Qd6+ 47. Kf3 bxc4 48. Rxc4 f5 49. Rec1 Qd3+ 50. Kf4 Qd2+ 51. Kf3 Qh2 52.
Rc7+ Kh6 53. b4 f4 54. R1c3 Qg3+ 55. Ke4 f3 56. Rf7 Qg4+ 57. Kd5 f2 58. Rxf2
Qd7+ 59. Ke4 Qe7+ 60. Kd3 Qxb4 61. Rh2+ Kg5 62. Rd2 Kf5 63. Rf2+ Ke5 64. Rcc2
Qd4+ 65. Ke2 Ke4 66. Kf1 Qd1+ 67. Kg2 Qg4+ 68. Kh1 Ke3 69. Rg2 Qh4+ 70. Kg1
Qe1+ 71. Kh2 Kf3 72. Rb2 Qe5+ 73. Kg1 Qc5+ 74. Kh2 g5 75. Rb3+ Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch U12"]
[Site "Verdun"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e3 d5 6. c4 Re8 7. Be2 c5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Bb2 Bf5 11. Qc1 Qe7 12. Nc3 Rad8 13. Na4 Nf4 14. exf4
Qxe2 15. a3 Bxd2 16. Qxc5 Bg6 17. Nc3 Qe6 18. Nxd2 Rxd2 19. Nd1 f6 20. Bc1 Rxd1
0-1

[Event "EU-ch U12"]
[Site "Verdun"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Danilov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8.
Qxf3 Nd4 9. Qd1 c6 10. a3 b5 11. Ba2 O-O 12. O-O Ne6 13. Be3 Qb6 14. Qd2 Nh5
15. Ne2 Rae8 16. c3 Bxe3 17. fxe3 Nef4 18. Rf2 Ng6 19. Raf1 Re7 20. g4 Nf6 21.
Ng3 Nh4 22. g5 Ne8 23. Qe2 Qc7 24. Qg4 Ng6 25. h4 Qb7 26. h5 Nh8 27. Nf5 Rc7
28. Nh6+ gxh6 29. gxh6+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch U12"]
[Site "Verdun"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2145"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 a5 11. exd6 cxd6 12. Qb3 N8d7 13. Qb5 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Qc7
15. b3 d5 16. c5 Nc8 17. a3 Na7 18. Qd3 b6 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Nc6 21. Nb5 Qb7
22. Rab1 Ra4 23. Qc3 bxc5 24. bxc5 Qa6 25. Bd1 Ra5 26. Nd6 Bf6 27. Nb7 Ra3 28.
Qb2 Ra2 29. Qc3 Rb8 30. Bb3 Ra3 31. Nd6 Na5 32. c6 Raxb3 33. cxd7 Rxb1 34. Qc8+
Rxc8 35. dxc8=R+ Qxc8 36. Nxc8 Rxf1+ 37. Kxf1 Nc6 38. Nd6 Bxd4 39. Bc1 Na7 40.
Ba3 Be5 41. Ke2 Bxd6 42. Bxd6 f6 43. g4 Kf7 44. h4 g6 45. g5 e5 46. Bc5 Nc6 47.
Be3 f5 48. f3 Ke6 49. Bd2 d4 50. Kd3 Kd5 51. Be1 e4+ 0-1

[Event "EU-ch U12"]
[Site "Verdun"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Vamos, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[BlackElo "2145"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Nh4 e6 7. Nxf5 exf5 8. e3
Bd6 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. a5 Qc7 12. h3 b6 13. axb6 axb6 14. Rxa8 Rxa8
15. Qf3 Ra5 16. Bd2 g6 17. Rc1 Bb4 18. Qd1 Bxc3 19. Bxc3 Ra8 20. d5 Nxd5 21.
Bxd5 cxd5 22. Qd4 1-0

[Event "EU-ch U12"]
[Site "Verdun"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Azarov, Sergei Nikolaevich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bg4 8. Nd5
Nd4 9. Nxb4 Nxb5 10. Nd5 Nd4 11. Qd2 Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 Bxf3 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Qe3
Bh5 15. Qh6 Bg6 16. f4 c6 17. fxe5 fxe5 18. Nf6+ Kh8 19. h4 Rg8 20. Nxg8 Qxg8
21. Kh2 Qg7 22. Qg5 Rg8 23. Rf2 h6 24. Qg4 d5 25. Raf1 Qh7 26. Qg3 Qg7 27. exd5
cxd5 28. h5 Bxh5 29. Qxg7+ Rxg7 30. Rf5 Bg4 31. Rxe5 Be6 32. Rf4 Rg5 33. Rxg5
hxg5 34. Rb4 b6 35. a4 Kg7 36. a5 bxa5 37. Ra4 f5 38. Rxa5 f4 39. Rxa7+ Kg6 40.
b4 g4 41. b5 Kg5 42. b6 g3+ 43. Kg2 Kg4 44. Rg7+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch U12"]
[Site "Verdun"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Langheinrich, Ferenc"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Qe2 c6 8. a4
Qc7 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Bg5 Nc5 11. Rad1 Be6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Bxe6 Nxe6 14. Qc4
Rfd8 15. g3 g6 16. Rxd8+ Rxd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT2"]
[Site "Briansk"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Chetverik, Maxim"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. e3 Qb8 12. a3 Rc8 13. Nc3 Nd8 14. b4 a5 15. Qb2
axb4 16. axb4 Ne4 17. Ne5 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Bd6 20. Nd3 Qb7+ 21. f3
Rxa1 22. Rxa1 Ra8 23. e4 Rxa1 24. Qxa1 Qc6 25. Kf2 f5 26. Ke3 fxe4 27. fxe4 Be7
28. Nc5 e5 29. Qa2+ Kf8 30. Bc3 Bxc5 31. dxc5 Nf7 32. Qd5 Nh6 33. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT2"]
[Site "Briansk"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kiselev, Gennady Aleksandrov"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bb3
b4 9. Ne2 Bb7 10. O-O Bd6 11. Ng3 c5 12. Re1 O-O 13. Bc2 Qb6 14. b3 Rfd8 15.
Bb2 Rac8 16. Rc1 cxd4 17. Qxd4 Qxd4 18. Bxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT2"]
[Site "Briansk"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. Bg5
h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. c3 a6 12. b4 Ba7 13. Kh2 g5 14. g4 Bg6 15. Kg3
Ne7 16. Nxe7 Qxe7 17. Ne1 h5 18. Ng2 hxg4 19. hxg4 Qf6 20. Qe2 O-O-O 21. Rh1 c6
22. Bb3 d5 23. Bc2 dxe4 24. dxe4 Rxh1 25. Rxh1 Qxf2+ 26. Qxf2 Bxf2+ 27. Kxf2
Rd2+ 28. Kf3 Rxc2 29. Ne3 Rxc3 30. Rh8+ Kd7 31. Rb8 b5 32. Rb7+ Kd6 33. a4 bxa4
34. Ke2 a3 35. Ra7 Bxe4 36. Kd2 Rd3+ 37. Ke2 Rd4 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT2"]
[Site "Briansk"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Eismont, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 d5 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8.
Qxd2 O-O 9. O-O c6 10. Rc1 Nbd7 11. Qb2 Qe7 12. Nbd2 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Ne5
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT2"]
[Site "Briansk"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Margolin, Boris"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. Bb3 a6 7. Nbd2 h6 8. h3
Be6 9. Bc2 d5 10. Qe2 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Re1 Bf8 13. Nf1 Qe7 14. Ng3 g6 15. d4
exd4 16. e5 Ne4 17. cxd4 Nxg3 18. fxg3 Nb4 19. Bb1 c5 20. dxc5 Qxc5+ 21. Be3
Qc7 22. Qd2 Kh7 23. g4 Nc6 24. Qf2 Qd8 25. a3 Bg7 26. Bb6 Qd7 27. Bc2 d4 28.
Ba4 Bd5 29. Bxc6 Qxc6 30. Bxd4 Rac8 31. Bc3 b6 32. Kh1 Qb7 33. Rad1 Rc7 34. Rd3
1-0

[Event "RUS-chT2"]
[Site "Briansk"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Vokarev, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Qa4+ Nd7 8.
Bg5 c5 9. Nf3 O-O 10. Rc1 Qc7 11. Bd3 e6 12. e5 f6 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Qc2 c4 15.
Be2 b5 16. Bh4 Bb7 17. O-O Qc6 18. Ne1 Bh6 19. Bf3 Ne4 20. Rd1 Rf7 21. Bg3 Raf8
22. Bxe4 Qxe4 23. Qb2 Qd5 24. f3 Be3+ 25. Kh1 a5 26. Qe2 Bh6 27. Nc2 Rxf3 28.
gxf3 Rxf3 29. Kg1 Rxc3 30. Kf2 Qg2+ 31. Ke1 Qxe2+ 32. Kxe2 Rxc2+ 33. Ke1 Rxa2
34. Rf2 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT2"]
[Site "Briansk"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Purgin, Nikolaj"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bd3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Bb2 c5
9. Qe2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nbd7 11. Nd2 Qb8 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Rad1 Rc8 14. Nc4 Bf8
15. f4 Nc5 16. Bb1 Re8 17. Ne5 g6 18. Ndf3 Ba6 19. Qf2 Bxf1 20. Rxf1 Bg7 21.
Qh4 h6 22. e4 Nf6 23. Nxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yalta op"]
[Site "Yalta"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bg5 d4 11. Ne4 Be7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. b4 Nxb4 14. Nxf6+
Qxf6 15. Qxd4 Qe7 16. Qb2 Nc6 17. Rfd1 Bg4 18. h3 Bh5 19. Rd5 Bg6 20. Nh4 Rad8
21. Rad1 Rxd5 22. Rxd5 Rd8 23. Rb5 Rd1+ 24. Kh2 Nd8 25. Bxb7 Qd7 26. Nxg6 hxg6
27. Bf3 Rd2 28. Qe5 f6 29. Qc3 Kh7 30. Rb2 Rd6 31. Rb4 g5 32. Qc2+ g6 33. Kg2
Kh6 34. Qc3 a6 35. Rc4 Ne6 36. e3 Kg7 37. Rb4 Nd8 38. Rb8 Qe6 39. Qc7+ Nf7 40.
Qc8 Qxc8 41. Rxc8 Ne5 42. Rc7+ Kh6 43. Be4 f5 44. Rc5 Nf7 45. Bc2 g4 46. hxg4
fxg4 47. Bb3 Ng5 48. Rc4 Kh5 49. Rd4 Rxd4 50. exd4 Ne4 51. Kf1 Kg5 52. Ke2 Nd6
53. Ke3 Kf5 54. Bc2+ Kf6 55. Bd3 g5 56. Bxa6 Ke6 57. Be2 Kd5 58. Bxg4 Nc4+ 59.
Kd3 Nb2+ 60. Kc3 Na4+ 61. Kb4 Nb2 62. Be2 Kxd4 63. Kb3 Nd3 64. Bxd3 Kxd3 65. f4
1-0

[Event "Yalta op"]
[Site "Yalta"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Barshevich, Veniamin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B29"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. Ne5 Nxc3 7. Nxc6 Nxd1
8. Nxd8+ Kxd8 9. Kxd1 g6 10. Re1 Bg7 11. Bc4 e6 12. d3 Bd7 13. c3 Bc6 14. f3
Ke7 15. Be3 b6 16. a4 a5 17. Kc2 Rhd8 18. Bf4 Rd7 19. b3 h6 20. Re3 g5 21. Bg3
Rc8 22. h4 Bf6 23. Rh1 gxh4 24. Bxh4 Bxh4 25. Rxh4 Rg8 26. g4 Rg6 27. Kd2 Rd8
28. Ke2 Rdg8 29. Rh5 f5 30. Rxf5 Kd6 31. Rf7 h5 32. gxh5 Rh6 33. d4 cxd4 34.
cxd4 Rg5 35. Kd3 Rgxh5 36. Kc3 Rh2 37. Bd3 Rf2 38. Bc4 Bd7 39. d5 e5 40. Re2
Rxe2 41. Bxe2 Rh2 42. Bc4 Rh6 43. Kd3 Rh4 44. Kc3 Rd4 45. b4 Bxa4 46. Rf6+ Kc7
47. bxa5 b5 48. Bb3 Bxb3 49. Kxb3 Rxd5 50. Kb4 Kb8 51. a6 e4 52. f4 e3 53. Ka5
e2 54. Re6 Rf5 55. Kb6 Rf8 56. a7+ Ka8 57. f5 b4 58. Rxe2 b3 59. Ka6 b2 60.
Rxb2 Rf6+ 61. Rb6 Rxb6+ 62. Kxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yalta op"]
[Site "Yalta"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Getmanchuk, Andrei V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[BlackElo "2160"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. c4 c6 8. Nc3
f6 9. Nf3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4+ Kh8 12. h3 Nd7 13. Bd3 f5 14. Qc2 Nb6
15. c4 c5 16. d5 Bd7 17. Bb2 Na4 18. Be5 Bxe5 19. Nxe5 Nb6 20. f4 Nc8 21. g4
Nd6 22. g5 Be8 23. Qe2 Rc8 24. a4 Rc7 25. h4 a6 26. a5 Re7 27. Rfe1 Kg8 28. h5
h6 29. g6 Rc7 30. Nf3 Qf6 31. Qe6+ Kh8 32. Re5 Bd7 33. Qxf6 Rxf6 34. Re7 Nc8
35. Rf7 Kg8 36. Rxf6 gxf6 37. Nh4 Nd6 38. Rb1 b5 39. axb6 Rb7 40. Kf2 a5 41.
Ke3 Nc8 42. Bxf5 Bxf5 43. Nxf5 Nxb6 44. Kd3 a4 45. Re1 Rb8 46. Re7 a3 47. Nxh6+
Kf8 48. Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "Yalta op"]
[Site "Yalta"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Lukin, Andrei M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O Qc7 12. Nc3 a6 13. Bg5 O-O 14. Bh4 Nh5 15.
Rc1 g6 16. Na4 Bd7 17. Nc5 Rae8 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Re1 Bb8 20. Qa4 Bf4 21. Rc2
b5 22. Qxa6 Nb4 23. Bxb5 Qg7 24. Qa4 Nxc2 25. Qxc2 Rb8 26. a4 g5 27. Bg3 g4 28.
Ne5 Nxg3 29. hxg3 Bxe5 30. Rxe5 Rf6 31. Qd2 Qh6 32. Qd1 Qg7 33. Re2 Qh6 34. b4
Kh8 35. Rc2 Qh5 36. Qc1 Rbf8 37. Qe3 Kg8 38. Be2 Rh6 39. f4 Qh1+ 40. Kf2 Qb1
41. Rc7 Qxb4 42. Bxg4 Qd6 43. Qe5 Qxe5 44. dxe5 Ra8 45. Bd1 Rh1 46. Bc2 h5 47.
g4 hxg4 48. Kg3 Rg1 49. Bg6 Ra6 50. Be8 Kf8 51. Bb5 Ra8 52. Rh7 Rd8 53. a5 d4
54. f5 Kg8 55. Rb7 d3 56. Bc4 d2 57. Bxe6+ Kh8 58. Bb3 Rd3+ 59. Kh4 Rxb3 60.
Rxb3 d1=Q 61. Rb8+ Kg7 62. f6+ Kg6 63. Rg8+ Kf5 64. Rg5+ Kf4 0-1

[Event "Yalta op"]
[Site "Yalta"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Mikhailovich, Y."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C63"]
[BlackElo "2030"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Nc3 fxe4 5. Nxe4 Qe7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Re1 d5 8.
Ng3 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 e4 11. Qe2 Qc5 12. d4 Qxd4 13. c4 a6 14. Be3 Qe5
15. cxd5 axb5 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Qc2 Kd7 18. Bd4 Qe6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Nxe4 Qg6
21. Red1+ Bd6 22. Rac1 1-0

[Event "Yalta op"]
[Site "Yalta"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bezman, Vadim"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O Be7 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. e3 b6
9. Qe2 Bb7 10. d4 cxd4 11. exd4 Rc8 12. Nbd2 Na5 13. Bc3 dxc4 14. bxc4 Nxc4 15.
Nxc4 Bd5 16. Nxb6 Qxb6 17. Rfb1 Qc6 18. Bb4 Bxb4 19. Rxb4 Qc3 20. Rb2 Rfd8 21.
Rd1 Bxf3 22. Bxf3 Rxd4 23. Rxd4 Qxd4 24. Kg2 g6 25. Rd2 Qc5 26. Qa6 Kg7 27. Qd6
e5 28. Qxc5 Rxc5 29. Bd1 Rd5 30. Rxd5 Nxd5 31. Bb3 Nb6 32. Kf3 f5 33. Ke3 Kf6
34. h4 a5 35. Kd3 h6 36. Ke3 Ke7 37. Kd3 Kd6 38. f4 exf4 39. gxf4 Nd5 40. Kd4
Nxf4 41. Bc2 h5 42. Ke3 Ng2+ 43. Kf2 Nxh4 44. Kg3 g5 45. Bd1 f4+ 46. Kh3 Nf5
47. Bxh5 Ne3 48. Kh2 g4 49. Kg1 g3 50. Bf3 Kc5 51. a4 Kd4 0-1

[Event "Yalta op"]
[Site "Yalta"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kaplun, Leonid I"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Bb3 b5 8. a4
Bb7 9. axb5 axb5 10. Rxa8 Bxa8 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Nc3 b4 13. Qxd8+ Kxd8 14. Na4
Bd6 15. Nb6 Bb7 16. Nc4 Bc5 17. Nfe5 Ke7 18. Nd3 Na6 19. Na5 Bd5 20. Bxd5 Nxd5
21. Bd2 Rc8 22. Rc1 Kd7 23. Nb7 Bxe3 24. fxe3 Rxc1+ 25. Bxc1 Kc6 26. Nd8+ Kb5
27. Kf2 Kc4 28. Ke2 Kb3 29. Nxf7 Kc2 30. Nfe5 Nb6 31. Bd2 b3 32. Nc6 e5 33.
Ncxe5 Na4 34. Nc4 1-0

[Event "Yalta op"]
[Site "Yalta"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vlassov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g4 d5 2. Bg2 Bxg4 3. c4 c6 4. Qb3 Qb6 5. cxd5 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qxb3 7. axb3 cxd5
8. Nxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxd5 Nc6 10. Nf3 f6 11. d3 e6 12. Rg1 exd5 13. Rxg4 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yalta op"]
[Site "Yalta"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kiriakov, Petr"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c3 Bg7 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. Nh3 b6 7. Nf4 Bb7 8. Qa4
O-O 9. h4 Qe8 10. h5 Na5 11. Bxb7 Nxb7 12. hxg6 hxg6 13. Nd2 Nd6 14. Nf3 Ng4
15. Ng5 Ne4 16. Nd3 Nxg5 17. Bxg5 e5 18. Qc4+ Rf7 19. f3 e4 20. fxg4 b5 21. Qd5
exd3 22. Rh2 Qe4 23. Qxe4 fxe4 24. exd3 exd3 25. Bf4 Rc8 26. O-O-O c5 27. dxc5
Rxc5 28. Rxd3 b4 29. Rc2 bxc3 30. bxc3 Rc6 31. c4 Bf8 32. Rd5 Ba3+ 33. Kd2 Re7
34. Kd3 Bb4 35. Be3 d6 36. Rb5 Bc5 37. Rb8+ Kg7 38. Bd2 Ra6 39. Bc1 Kf7 40. Rh2
Bg1 41. Rh1 Bc5 42. Bg5 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch U12 final"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1995.02.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Chukhrova, Natalia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[BlackElo "2080"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1995.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Qb6 8. Nf3
cxd4 9. cxd4 Bb4+ 10. Kf1 Nf8 11. g3 Bd7 12. Kg2 Ng6 13. h4 Be7 14. h5 Nf8 15.
a3 f6 16. b4 O-O-O 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Bf4 a6 19. Qc2 Be8 20. Rab1 g5 21. Nxg5
Bxg5 22. Bxg5 Rd7 23. a4 Rc7 24. Qd2 Rg8 25. b5 axb5 26. axb5 Na7 27. Bf4 Re7
28. Rbc1+ Kd8 29. Bg5 Bd7 30. Bxe7+ Kxe7 31. Qb4+ Kd8 32. Nc3 Nc6 33. Qa4 Qxd4
34. bxc6 Qxd3 35. cxb7 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch U12 final"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1995.02.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Firman, Nazar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1995.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. O-O Bd6 12. Nc3 a6 13. Bg5 O-O 14. Bh4 Nh5 15.
Re1 g6 16. Rc1 Qg7 17. Bf1 Bd7 18. Na4 Rxf3 19. gxf3 Qxd4 20. Bg3 Nxg3 21. hxg3
Bxg3 22. Qxd4 Nxd4 23. Nb6 Nxf3+ 24. Kg2 Nxe1+ 25. Kxg3 Rf8 26. Rxe1 Bc6 27.
Rxe6 Kf7 28. Re5 Kf6 29. f4 Rd8 30. Bg2 d4 31. Bxc6 bxc6 32. Nc4 d3 33. Nd2 Rb8
34. b3 Rb5 35. Ne4+ Kg7 36. Re7+ Kg8 37. Rd7 h6 38. Rxd3 Rb4 39. Nc5 Rb5 40.
Nxa6 g5 41. a4 Rf5 42. fxg5 Rxg5+ 43. Kf4 Kh7 44. Rd6 c5 45. Rc6 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch U12 final"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1995.02.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Goroshkova, Liudmila"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1995.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d3 g6 4. c3 Bg7 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. b4
Nh5 9. Bb2 f5 10. a4 Nf4 11. Re1 Nxe2+ 12. Qxe2 g5 13. Nf1 g4 14. N3d2 f4 15.
f3 h5 16. Kh1 Ne7 17. fxg4 hxg4 18. Rec1 Ng6 19. Rc2 Qh4 20. Qe1 Qh5 21. Rac1
Bd7 22. b5 Rf7 23. c4 b6 24. Ra1 Raf8 25. Bc3 Nh4 26. g3 Nf3 27. Nxf3 gxf3 28.
Qf2 Bh3 29. Kg1 Bg2 30. Bb4 Bf6 31. Qe1 Rg7 32. Rxg2 fxg2 33. Kxg2 fxg3 34.
Nxg3 Bh4 35. Qe3 Bxg3 36. hxg3 Rh7 37. Qg1 Qf3# 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch U12 final"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1995.02.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kovchan, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B39"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1995.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8.
Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Qd2 O-O 11. Be2 d6 12. O-O Bd7 13. Rac1 Nc5 14. Bd4
Bc6 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. b4 Ne6 17. Rfd1 a6 18. b5 axb5 19. cxb5 Be8 20. e5 dxe5
21. Qe3 Qb8 22. Nd5 Nd4 23. Nc7 f6 24. Nxa8 Qxa8 25. Bc4 Qa7 26. Kh1 g5 27. Qh3
b6 28. Bd3 Rh8 29. Rc8 Bd7 30. Rxh8 Bxh3 31. Rxh7+ Kg8 32. Rxh3 Qc7 33. a4 g4
34. Rg3 f5 35. h3 Kf7 36. hxg4 e4 37. Bxe4 fxe4 38. Rxd4 Qc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch U12 final"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1995.02.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ignatchuk, Viktor"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D34"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1995.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bf4 Be6 10. a3 c4 11. Qc2 a6 12. Rad1 b5 13. Ne5 Qb6 14. Nxc6 Qxc6 15.
Bg5 Qc7 16. e4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Bxe4 Rae8 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21.
Bf5 Bd5 22. Bh3 Qe2 23. Qc3 Qe4 24. f3 Qh7 25. Bg2 Re2 26. Rf2 Rfe8 27. Rxe2
Rxe2 28. Re1 Qc2 29. Rxe2 Qxe2 30. Bf1 Qd1 31. Kf2 Kh7 32. h4 a5 33. g4 b4 34.
axb4 axb4 35. Qe3 b3 36. h5 f6 37. Kg2 Qc2+ 38. Qe2 Kg8 39. Kf2 c3 40. bxc3 Bc4
41. Qxc2 bxc2 42. Bxc4+ Kf8 43. Bd3 c1=Q 44. Be4 Qxc3 45. d5 Ke7 46. Kg3 Kd6
47. Kf2 Qd2+ 48. Kf1 Ke5 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch U12 final"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1995.02.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Tkachenko, Aleksander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1995.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g3 g6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Bg2 Bb7 9. O-O d5 10. exd5 cxd5 11. Bg5 e6 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Bxd5 Qxd5 14. Bxf6
Qxd1 15. Rfxd1 Rg8 16. c4 Bg7 17. Bxg7 Rxg7 18. b4 f6 19. c5 Rc7 20. Rdc1 Rb8
21. Rab1 a6 22. a4 Rbc8 23. b5 Rxc5 24. Rxc5 Rxc5 25. bxa6 Ra5 26. Rb8+ Ke7 27.
Rb7+ Kd6 28. Rb6+ Kd7 29. Rb7+ Kd6 30. Rb6+ Kd7 31. Rb7+ Kd6 32. Rxh7 g5 33. a7
Rxa4 34. h4 gxh4 35. gxh4 Ke5 36. h5 Kf4 37. Rg7 Kf3 38. h6 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch U12 final"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1995.02.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Drozdovskij, Yuri"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A88"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1995.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 d6 6. d4 O-O 7. O-O Qe8 8. d5 c6
9. Nd4 Bd7 10. Qb3 Na6 11. Qd1 Nc7 12. Nc2 b5 13. cxb5 cxd5 14. Nxd5 Ncxd5 15.
Bxd5+ Nxd5 16. Qxd5+ e6 17. Qxd6 Bxb5 18. Re1 Qc8 19. Nd4 Bc4 20. Nf3 Rd8 21.
Qa3 Qb7 22. Rb1 e5 23. Be3 Qf7 24. Ng5 Qd5 25. b3 Bb5 26. Qc5 Qxc5 27. Bxc5 Rd2
28. Ne6 Bf6 29. Nc7 Rc8 30. Be3 Rxc7 31. Bxd2 Rc2 32. a4 Be8 33. Be3 a6 34.
Rec1 Rxe2 35. Rc8 Kf7 36. Rc7+ Ke6 37. Ra7 g5 38. Rxa6+ Kf7 39. Ra7+ Kg6 40.
Kf1 Ra2 41. a5 Bb5+ 42. Kg1 f4 43. Bc5 e4 44. b4 Bd3 45. Rd1 Be2 46. Re1 Bc3
47. Rb1 Bd3 48. Rd1 Bc2 49. Rc1 Bd2 50. Rf1 Bd3 51. Rd7 Bxf1 52. Kxf1 f3 53.
Rd6+ Kh5 54. g4+ Kxg4 55. h3+ Kxh3 56. Rxd2 Ra1+ 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch U12 final"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1995.02.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1995.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Nf6 8. Bg2
Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. O-O O-O 11. Nb5 axb5 12. Bxb4 c5 13. Bc3 Bb7 14. Bxf6 gxf6
15. Qg4+ Kh8 16. f4 Ra4 17. Qh4 Bxe4 18. Qxf6+ Kg8 19. Rae1 Bxg2 20. Qg5+ Kh8
21. Kxg2 Qc6+ 22. Kg1 f6 23. Qh6 Kg8 24. Re3 Re4 25. Rfe1 Rxe3 26. Rxe3 c4 27.
g4 Qd6 28. c3 Rf7 29. Kf2 Rg7 30. h3 Rg6 31. Qh4 Qd2+ 32. Kf3 Qxb2 33. f5 exf5
34. Re8+ Kf7 35. Qe1 fxg4+ 36. hxg4 Kg7 37. Re7+ Kg8 38. Rxd7 Qa3 39. Qe8+ Qf8
40. Qe6+ Kh8 41. Re7 Rg8 42. Qe3 Qa8+ 43. Kg3 Qb8+ 44. Kh3 Qd8 45. Qe6 Qd3+ 46.
Kh4 Qf1 47. Qe3 Qh1+ 48. Kg3 Qd1 49. Qe6 Qg1+ 50. Kh3 Qh1+ 51. Kg3 Qg1+ 52. Kh3
Qh1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch U12 final"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1995.02.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kucherenko, Daniil"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B14"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1995.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nc6 10. O-O Nd5 11. Bxe7 Ncxe7 12. Re1 b6 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. Rc1 Rc8
15. Bb1 Qd6 16. Ne5 Nf6 17. Qd3 Ng6 18. g3 Rfd8 19. Rcd1 Qb4 20. Qe2 Rxd4 21.
Rxd4 Qxd4 22. Nxf7 Rxc3 23. Qxe6 Qd5 24. Qxd5 Bxd5 25. Nh6+ gxh6 26. bxc3 Kf7
27. f4 Ne7 28. a3 Bc4 29. Be4 Ned5 30. Bxd5+ Nxd5 31. Re4 b5 32. f5 Nxc3 33.
Rh4 a5 34. Rxh6 Kg7 35. Rc6 a4 36. g4 Nb1 37. g5 Nxa3 38. h4 Bf7 39. Rc7 Kg8
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch U18"]
[Site "Rimavska Sobota"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Mastrovasilis, Athanasios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SVK"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Ne7 8. Nh4
c6 9. Bc4 d5 10. exd5 Nfxd5 11. Ne4 f6 12. Bc1 Kh8 13. a3 Bd6 14. Nxd6 Qxd6 15.
Re1 Be6 16. Nf3 Bg4 17. Qe2 Ng6 18. h3 Bh5 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. g4 Bxg4 21. hxg4
Rae8 22. Bd2 f5 23. Bb4 Qc6 24. Bxf8 Nf4 25. Qf1 Qb6 26. Rxe5 Qg6 27. Nh2 Rxe5
28. Re1 Qe6 29. Rxe5 Qxe5 30. Bb4 fxg4 31. Qe1 Qh5 32. Qe7 Nh3+ 33. Kf1 h6 34.
Bc3 Qg6 35. Be5 Kh7 36. Ke2 h5 37. Nf1 Ng5 38. Ne3 Nf3 39. Nxd5 Qf5 40. Qxg7#
1-0

[Event "EU-ch U18"]
[Site "Rimavska Sobota"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Matikozian, Andranik"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SVK"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Nd7 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Bg5
Be7 9. Qd2 a6 10. Nge2 Bg6 11. Ng3 Nh6 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Bxg5 14. hxg5 Qxg5
15. Rxh5 Qe7 16. O-O-O O-O-O 17. Rdh1 f6 18. f4 fxe5 19. fxe5 Rhf8 20. Rf1 Nb8
21. Qd2 Rxf1+ 22. Nxf1 Nc6 23. Nh2 Qf7 24. Rh3 Kb8 25. b3 Rc8 26. Kb2 Nf5 27.
Nf3 Qg6 28. Rh2 Qg3 29. Rh3 Qg4 30. Qf2 g5 31. Rh7 Nb4 32. Qd2 Qf4 33. Qxf4
gxf4 34. a3 Nd3+ 35. Kc2 Nf2 36. Kd2 Rg8 37. Rh2 Ng4 38. Rh5 Nge3 39. Rg5 Rc8
40. Ne2 Rc2+ 41. Kd3 Rb2 42. Nd2 Nd1 43. Rg6 Nf2+ 44. Kc3 Ra2 45. Nxf4 Ne3 46.
Nf3 a5 47. b4 Rxa3+ 48. Kd2 axb4 49. Ke2 Ne4 50. Nd3 b3 51. Rxe6 Nxg2 52. Nfe1
Ra2+ 0-1

[Event "EU-ch U18"]
[Site "Rimavska Sobota"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Rabinovich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SVK"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Be3 c4 6. b3 cxb3 7. axb3 Nc6 8. Bd3
Nf6 9. h3 Bd6 10. Qf3 O-O 11. Ne2 h6 12. Nd2 Ne7 13. Bxh6 gxh6 14. Qxf6 Ng6 15.
Qxd8 Rxd8 16. b4 Re8 17. g3 h5 18. Nf3 a5 19. Rxa5 Rxa5 20. bxa5 Be6 21. Kd2
Ra8 22. Rb1 Rxa5 23. Rb6 Ra2+ 24. Ke3 Bc7 25. Rxe6 fxe6 26. Bxg6 b5 27. Be8 b4
28. Bxh5 bxc3 29. Bg6 Kg7 30. Bd3 Ba5 31. Ne1 Ra1 32. Nc2 Rd1 33. h4 Kf6 34. h5
Kg5 35. Bg6 Kf6 36. f4 Kg7 37. g4 Rh1 38. Kf3 Rf1+ 39. Kg2 Rd1 40. g5 Rd2 41.
Kf3 Rd1 42. Ne3 Rh1 43. Ng3 Rh2 44. Bd3 Kg8 45. h6 Bb6 46. Nc2 Rd2 47. Ke3 e5
48. fxe5 Bd8 49. h7+ Kh8 50. Bf5 Bxg5+ 51. Kf3 Rd1 52. Ne2 Be7 53. Ne3 Rd2 54.
Nxd5 c2 55. Nxe7 Kg7 56. Ng6 Kxh7 57. Ngf4+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch U18"]
[Site "Rimavska Sobota"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jovanic, Ognjen"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SVK"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Bd3 g6 7. Ne2 Bg7 8.
Nbc3 Nc6 9. d5 Ne5 10. b3 Nxd3+ 11. Qxd3 O-O 12. O-O e6 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. Ba3
Re8 15. Qxd6 Nxc4 16. Qxd8 Raxd8 17. bxc4 Bxc4 18. Rad1 Bxc3 19. Nxc3 Bxf1 20.
Kxf1 Rxd1+ 21. Nxd1 Rc8 22. Ne3 f5 23. g3 Kf7 24. h4 Ke6 25. Ke2 Rc6 26. Bb4
Rc1 27. a3 b6 28. Kd2 Rh1 29. Ke2 f4 30. Ng2 fxg3 31. fxg3 Rb1 32. Ne3 Rb3 33.
Bf8 a5 34. Kf3 Kf7 35. Bd6 Rd3 36. Bc7 Rxa3 37. Bxb6 a4 38. Bd4 Rb3 39. g4 a3
40. h5 g5 41. Ke4 a2 42. Nc2 Ke6 43. Ne3 Ra3 44. Ba1 Ra4+ 45. Kd3 Rb4 46. Bh8
Rb1 47. Nc2 Rg1 48. Ke3 Rxg4 49. Kf3 Rg1 50. Kf2 Rc1 51. Nd4+ Kd5 52. Nb3 Rb1
53. Na1 Ke4 54. Kg3 Kf5 55. Nc2 Rb3+ 56. Kg2 Kg4 57. h6 Rd3 58. Kf1 Rd2 59. Na1
Kh3 60. Bc3 Rd3 61. Be5 g4 62. Nc2 Rd5 0-1

[Event "EU-ch U18"]
[Site "Rimavska Sobota"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Grund, Holger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SVK"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Qc7 11. Rh4 e6 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Ne4 Qe7
15. Qa3 Qxa3 16. bxa3 Ngf6 17. Nd6+ Ke7 18. Nxb7 Rab8 19. Na5 Rhc8 20. Ne5 Nxe5
21. dxe5 Nd7 22. Rb4 Rxb4 23. axb4 Nxe5 24. O-O-O Nd7 25. c4 Nf6 26. f3 Rc7 27.
c5 Nd5 28. a3 Rc8 29. Kb2 Kd7 30. Nc4 f6 31. Kb3 Rg8 32. g4 Kc7 33. Rh1 Rd8 34.
Re1 Kd7 35. Ka4 Rb8 36. Ka5 Rb7 37. Nd6 Rc7 38. Ka6 Nc3 39. Re3 Nd5 40. Re4 Nc3
41. Rc4 Nd5 42. a4 Ne3 43. Rc1 Nd5 44. Ka5 Ke7 45. b5 Kd8 46. Rc4 Re7 47. bxc6
Kc7 48. Nb5+ Kxc6 49. Nd4+ Kb7 50. c6+ Kb8 51. Nb5 Nc7 52. Rd4 Nd5 53. f4 Kc8
54. f5 Nb6 55. fxe6 Rxe6 56. Ka6 f5 57. Nxa7+ Kc7 58. a5 1-0

[Event "EU-ch U18"]
[Site "Rimavska Sobota"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SVK"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. cxd5 Bg7 7. Qb3 O-O 8.
Be2 Nbd7 9. Bf3 Nb6 10. Nge2 Bg4 11. Bxg4 Nxg4 12. a4 Nf6 13. Nf4 Qd7 14. a5
Nc8 15. O-O Nd6 16. Rd1 Rac8 17. Nd3 Nfe4 18. Be3 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Qb5 20. Ra3 Rc4
21. Ne5 Rc7 22. c4 Qxb3 23. Rxb3 f6 24. c5 fxe5 25. cxd6 exd6 26. dxe5 Bxe5 27.
Bxa7 Ra8 28. Bb6 Rc2 29. g3 Rac8 30. Be3 R8c7 31. Kg2 Ra2 32. Rb5 h5 33. Rdb1
Ra4 34. Kh3 Ra2 35. Kg2 Ra4 36. h3 Rf7 37. Rc1 Bd4 38. Bxd4 Rxd4 39. Rc3 Kg7
40. Rf3 Ra4 1-0

[Event "EU-ch U18"]
[Site "Rimavska Sobota"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Tjomsland, Stig"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SVK"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Ne8 7. Be3 Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 c6 10. e5 Nd7 11. O-O-O Qa5 12. h4 dxe5 13. dxe5 Nc7 14. h5 Rfd8
15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Rh4 Nc5 17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. Rdh1 Nd5 19. Nxd5 Qxd5 20. Qh3 f5
21. Rh7 Qe6 22. b3 b5 23. g4 fxg4 24. Rxg7+ Kxg7 25. Qh7+ Kf8 26. Bxg6 Qg8 27.
Qh5 1-0

[Event "EU-ch U18"]
[Site "Rimavska Sobota"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SVK"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Ng8 8.
Bc4 Bg7 9. Qf3 f5 10. Bf4 e6 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. O-O Nh6 13. Bb3 Rb8 14. Bxh6 Bxh6
15. Rfe1 O-O 16. Qd3 g5 17. Na4 Rf7 18. Qd6 Qxd6 19. exd6 Rb5 20. Bc4 Ra5 21.
b3 Bf8 22. Re3 Kg7 23. Nc3 Kf6 24. b4 Re5 25. Red3 g4 26. Rd4 c5 27. bxc5 Rxc5
28. Na4 Rc6 29. Bb3 Ke5 30. f4+ gxf3 31. gxf3 Rg7+ 32. Kf2 Kf6 33. c4 Ba6 34.
c5 Bb5 35. Rc1 Rc8 36. Nb2 Rg6 37. Ba4 Bh6 38. Rc2 Rcg8 39. Rg4 fxg4 40. Bxb5
g3+ 41. hxg3 Rxg3 0-1

[Event "EU-ch U18"]
[Site "Rimavska Sobota"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SVK"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bd3 Qc7 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. O-O e6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Nbd2
Nc6 9. a3 O-O 10. Re1 Bh5 11. h3 Rac8 12. Qe2 Rfd8 13. Rac1 Qb8 14. Nf1 cxd4
15. cxd4 d5 16. e5 Ne4 17. g4 Bg6 18. N3h2 Bh4 19. Red1 f5 20. f3 f4 21. fxe4
fxe3 22. Qxe3 Nxd4 23. Rxc8 Qxc8 24. exd5 Nc2 25. Qxa7 Rxd5 26. Bxc2 Bxc2 27.
Rxd5 exd5 28. Qd4 Qc4 29. Qxc4 dxc4 30. Ne3 Bd3 31. Nf3 Be7 32. Nf5 Bc5+ 33.
Kg2 g6 34. Nd6 b6 35. Nd2 c3 36. bxc3 Bxa3 37. Kf3 Kf8 38. Ke3 Ba6 39. N2c4
Bc5+ 40. Ke4 Ke7 41. Kd5 Bf2 42. e6 Bxc4+ 43. Nxc4 Be1 44. Nxb6 Bxc3 45. Nc8+
Kd8 46. Nd6 Ke7 47. Nf7 Ba1 48. Ng5 h6 49. Nf7 Bg7 50. Ne5 Kf6 51. h4 1-0

[Event "EU-ch U20"]
[Site "Siofok"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lerch, Patrice"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1996.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "Juniors"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d4 Nbd7 6. Qe2 O-O 7. h3 c6 8. a4
exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. Be3 Bf8 11. O-O-O Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Rxe4 13. Nf3 d5 14. Bd3
Re8 15. Ng5 Nf6 16. c3 h6 17. h4 Bc5 18. Qc2 Bxe3+ 19. fxe3 Bg4 20. Be2 Bxe2
21. Qxe2 Re5 22. Nf3 Re4 23. Nd2 Rxa4 24. b3 Ra2 25. Qd3 Qe7 26. Nb1 Rxg2 27.
Rhg1 Rxg1 28. Rxg1 Re8 29. Rg3 Ne4 30. Rg1 Nc5 0-1

[Event "EU-ch U20"]
[Site "Siofok"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Delemarre, Jop"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1996.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "Juniors"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 g6 4. e5 Nh6 5. f4 Bg4 6. Qd2 e6 7. Qf2 Be7 8. h3 Bh5
9. Bd3 Nf5 10. Nge2 Na6 11. a3 c5 12. Bxf5 gxf5 13. Be3 Rc8 14. O-O-O c4 15. g4
Bg6 16. gxf5 Bxf5 17. Qf3 Qa5 18. Bf2 Bxa3 19. bxa3 Qxa3+ 20. Kd2 Nb4 21. Rc1
Qb2 22. Nd1 Be4 23. Qe3 c3+ 24. Nexc3 Qxc1+ 25. Kxc1 Bxh1 26. Qg3 Kf8 27. f5
exf5 28. e6 Nc6 29. Qd6+ Kg7 30. exf7 Rhf8 31. Qe6 Rc7 32. Be3 Rcxf7 33. Bh6+
Kg8 34. Bxf8 Kxf8 35. Nxd5 Nxd4 36. Qd6+ Kg7 37. Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch U20"]
[Site "Siofok"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Parker, Jonathan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1996.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "Juniors"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Rc1 Bg4 13. h3 Be6 14. Na4 Ne5 15.
b3 Bd7 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. Rxc5 Ne4 18. Rc2 Rc8 19. Kh2 Qa5 20. f3 Nf6 21. Rxc8
Rxc8 22. Qd2 Qa3 23. Rc1 Rxc1 24. Qxc1 Qxa2 25. Qc7 Ng6 26. Qxb7 a5 27. Qa6 a4
28. bxa4 Qxa4 29. Qxa4 Bxa4 30. Bd2 Ne5 31. Bc3 Bd1 32. Kg1 Kh7 33. Nf5 Ned7
34. Kf2 h5 35. h4 Bb3 36. Bh3 Ba4 37. Ne7 Bb3 38. Nf5 Ba4 39. Ne7 Bb3 40. Ke3
Nc5 41. Bxf6 gxf6 42. Bf5+ Kg7 43. Nc6 Bc4 44. Bd3 Bb3 45. Nd4 Ba2 46. Kd2 Nb3+
47. Kc3 Nxd4 48. Kxd4 Bb3 49. f4 Kf8 50. e3 Kg7 51. Be2 Kg6 52. Bf3 Ba2 53. f5+
Kh6 54. Bxd5 Bb1 55. Be4 Ba2 56. Bc2 Kg7 57. e4 Kh6 58. Kc3 Kg7 59. Bd3 {[#]}
1-0

[Event "EU-ch U20"]
[Site "Siofok"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Maros, Milan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1996.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "Juniors"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Nxf3+ 6. Qxf3 c6 7. d3 d6 8.
h3 Be6 9. g4 Be7 10. Be3 d5 11. g5 dxe4 12. dxe4 Nd7 13. h4 Nc5 14. Bb3 Bxb3
15. axb3 Qd6 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. O-O-O b5 18. Qf5 O-O 19. Rd7 Rad8 20. Rhd1 g6
21. Qg4 Rxd7 22. Rxd7 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. Qd7 Ba5 25. Nd1 Qd4 26. Qe8+ Kg7 {
[#]} 27. b4 Bb6 28. Qxc6 Qxb4 29. Qf6+ Kg8 30. Qxe5 Qe1 31. Qf4 Qe2 32. Qb8+
Kg7 33. Qe5+ Kg8 34. Qe8+ Kg7 35. Qe5+ Kg8 36. b3 Bxf2 37. Nxf2 Qxf2 38. Qxb5
Qe1+ 39. Kb2 Qxe4 40. c4 Qxh4 41. Qe8+ Kg7 42. Qe5+ Kg8 43. c5 Qf2+ 44. Kc3
Qf3+ 45. Kc4 Qf1+ 46. Kb4 Qf2 47. c6 Qb6+ 48. Qb5 Qd4+ 49. Ka5 Qa1+ 50. Qa4
Qe5+ 51. Ka6 Qxg5 52. Kb7 Qc5 53. c7 Qb6+ 54. Kc8 a5 55. Qe4 Qb5 56. Kd8 Qb6
57. Kd7 Qb5+ 58. Kd6 Qb6+ 59. Qc6 Qd4+ 60. Qd5 Qb4+ 61. Kc6 Qc3+ 62. Kb7 Qb4+
63. Ka8 1-0

[Event "EU-ch U20"]
[Site "Siofok"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ruck, Robert"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1996.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "Juniors"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 g6 4. Ngf3 Bg7 5. h3 Nh6 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O f6 8. c4 e6
9. b3 Nf7 10. Bb2 Nd7 11. Re1 Re8 12. Qc2 dxe4 13. Nxe4 f5 14. Nc3 b6 15. Rad1
Bb7 16. c5 Nf6 17. b4 Nd5 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Rxe8+ Qxe8 20. Re1 Qd7 21. a4 Bf8
22. Qc3 Qc7 23. Rc1 Rc8 24. Rc2 Qd8 25. Qe1 Rc7 26. Re2 Re7 27. Bc3 Rxe2 28.
Qxe2 Bc8 29. Ne5 Nxe5 30. Qxe5 Qe7 31. Qxe7 Bxe7 32. cxb6 axb6 33. a5 b5 34. g3
Kf7 35. Kg2 Bd6 36. Bd2 Kf6 37. Kf3 h5 38. h4 Ke6 39. Ke3 Kf6 40. Kf3 Ke6 41.
Ke3 Kf6 42. Kf3 Ke6 43. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch U20"]
[Site "Siofok"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Savic, Miodrag R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[PlyCount "177"]
[EventDate "1996.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "Juniors"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. cxd4 e5 7. Nc3 Bb4 8.
Be2 exd4 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 Nge7 11. Nxd4 O-O 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. Ba3 Qf6 14.
Bf3 Re8 15. Re1 Be6 16. Bxb7 Rab8 17. Qf3 Nf5 18. Be4 Rbc8 19. Bb4 Qg5 20. a4
a5 21. Bxa5 Nh4 22. Qg3 Qxa5 23. Qxh4 g6 24. Bd3 Rxc3 25. Bb5 Rec8 26. Qf6 R3c5
27. h3 Rf5 28. Qb2 Qc3 29. Qxc3 Rxc3 30. Rec1 Rb3 31. Rcb1 Kg7 32. Rxb3 Bxb3
33. Rb1 Bc2 34. Rb2 Rc5 35. f3 Bf5 36. Kf2 Rc3 37. Ra2 Be6 38. Ra1 Rc2+ 39. Kg3
Rc5 40. Kf4 Kf6 41. Ke3 Ke5 42. Bf1 Ra5 43. Bb5 g5 44. Kd3 h5 45. Kc3 Kf4 46.
Kb4 Ra7 47. Rd1 Kg3 48. Rd2 f5 49. a5 Bc8 50. Ra2 Be6 51. Rc2 Bd5 52. Rc5 Be6
53. Rc6 Bd5 54. Rc5 Be6 55. Re5 Bc8 56. Re8 Rc7 57. Re2 Rc1 58. Ra2 Rg1 59. f4
g4 60. Bc6 Ba6 61. Kc5 Rb1 62. hxg4 hxg4 63. Ra4 Kh2 64. Kd6 Re1 65. Ra3 g3 66.
Ra2 Kg1 67. Kc5 Rb1 68. Kd6 Re1 69. Kc7 Rb1 70. Ra3 Kh2 71. Rc3 Rb4 72. Rc5 Bd3
73. Rc3 Ba6 74. Rc2 Rxf4 75. Kb6 Rf2 76. Rc1 Bd3 77. Kc5 Ra2 78. Kd4 Ba6 79.
Rc5 Bf1 80. Rxf5 Bxg2 81. Bxg2 Kxg2 82. Kc4 Kh3 83. Kb5 g2 84. Rg5 Ra3 85. Rxg2
Kxg2 86. a6 Kf3 87. Kb6 Ke4 88. a7 Kd5 89. Kb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch U20"]
[Site "Siofok"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Krakops, Maris"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1996.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "Juniors"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Ng8 8.
Bc4 Bg7 9. Bf4 Qa5 10. O-O Bxe5 11. Bxe5 Qxe5 12. Re1 Qg7 13. Qd6 Kf8 14. Qc7
Qd4 15. Bb3 Qb6 16. Qf4 e6 17. Ne4 Qd8 18. Nd6 Qf6 19. Qb4 Qe7 20. Rad1 Nf6 21.
Qd4 Rg8 22. c4 Ba6 23. Qf4 Ne8 24. Ne4 Rd8 25. c5 g5 26. Qe5 f5 27. Nd6 Qf6 28.
Qe3 Kg7 29. Qd2 Nxd6 30. Qxd6 Bc8 31. Qc7 Kh8 32. Qxa7 Qxb2 33. Qb6 Rdf8 34. a4
f4 35. a5 g4 36. Bc4 Qc3 37. Rc1 Qf6 38. Bf1 g3 39. fxg3 fxg3 40. h3 Qf2+ 41.
Kh1 Rf4 42. Qb3 Rgf8 43. Qc3+ Kg8 44. Qa1 {[#]} Ba6 0-1

[Event "EU-ch U20"]
[Site "Siofok"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "1996.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "Juniors"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O Bg6 7. c3 Nd7 8. Nh4 c5
9. Be3 Nc6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Nd2 Be7 12. Nf3 O-O 13. g3 cxd4 14. cxd4 Qb6 15.
b3 Rfc8 16. h4 Rc7 17. Kg2 Nb4 18. Ne1 Rac8 19. Rh1 Nf8 20. Bf1 Qc6 21. Bd2 Nc2
22. Rc1 Nxe1+ 23. Qxe1 Qb6 24. Rxc7 Qxc7 25. Bd3 f5 26. exf6 Bxf6 27. Be3 Qb6
28. Qa1 Qb4 29. Rd1 Rc6 30. Qb2 Kf7 31. Qe2 a6 32. Qf3 Ke8 33. Bb1 Qe7 34. Qg4
Qf7 35. Re1 Be7 36. Bd2 Kd7 37. Re3 Bf6 38. Rf3 Qe8 39. Bd3 Qf7 40. Rf4 Qe8 41.
Qf3 Kc7 42. a4 e5 43. dxe5 Qxe5 {[#]} 44. Rf5 gxf5 45. Bf4 Ng6 46. Bxe5+ Nxe5
47. Qxd5 Nxd3 48. Qxd3 f4 49. Qe4 fxg3 50. fxg3 Kb8 51. b4 Bc3 52. g4 Rc8 53.
g5 Rc7 54. Qf4 a5 55. b5 b6 56. Qd6 Kb7 57. Kf3 Ba1 58. Kg4 Bc3 59. Kh5 Ba1 60.
Kg6 Bc3 61. Qf4 Ba1 62. h5 Bc3 63. Qf3+ Kb8 64. Qxc3 Rxc3 65. Kxg7 Rc7+ 66. Kf6
Rc4 67. g6 Rxa4 68. g7 Rg4 69. h6 1-0

[Event "EU-ch U20"]
[Site "Siofok"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Quinn, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1996.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "Juniors"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d6 7. exd6 Bxd6 8. O-O
Nc6 9. d4 O-O 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Qe4 h6 13. Na3 Nd5 14. Nb5 Qb6 15.
c4 Nc7 16. Nc3 f5 17. Qh4 Na6 18. Qg3 Kh7 19. Bf4 Nd4 20. Nxd4 Bxd4 21. Rad1
Bxc3 22. Qxc3 Nc5 23. Bc2 Qc6 24. f3 a5 25. Be5 Rf7 26. Rd6 Qe8 27. Qe3 Nd7 28.
Bc3 Nf6 29. Rfd1 Qe7 30. R6d2 Qc7 31. b3 Ra6 32. a4 Rc6 33. Be5 Qe7 34. Bd6 Qd8
35. Be5 Qe7 36. Bb1 Nd7 37. Bd6 Qf6 38. Ba3 b6 39. h3 Nc5 40. Bb2 Qg5 41. Qxg5
hxg5 42. Bc2 Rd7 43. g4 Kg6 44. Kf2 Kf7 45. Rxd7+ Bxd7 46. Bc1 Kf6 47. Be3 Bc8
48. Ke2 Bb7 49. Rd8 f4 50. Bf2 Rc8 51. Rd6 Rb8 52. Rxb6 Bxf3+ 53. Kxf3 Rxb6 54.
Bxc5 Rb8 55. Bd6 Rh8 56. Kg2 f3+ 57. Kxf3 Rxh3+ 58. Ke4 Rh4 59. Bd1 Rh1 60. Be2
Rb1 61. c5 1-0

[Event "EU-ch U20"]
[Site "Siofok"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Shariyazdanov, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "1996.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "Juniors"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Be3 cxd4 6. Bxd4 Nc6 7. Bb5 a6 8.
Ba4 b5 9. Bb3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Nf6 11. Nf3 Bd6 12. O-O O-O 13. Nbd2 Qc7 14. Rfe1
Ng4 15. Qxd5 Bxh2+ 16. Kf1 Bf4 17. Qxa8 Bxd2 18. Qe4 Bxe1 19. Rxe1 Nh2+ 20. Kg1
Bb7 21. Bd5 Bxd5 22. Qxd5 Nxf3+ 23. Qxf3 h6 24. Qe4 Rd8 25. a4 Qd6 26. axb5
axb5 27. g3 Qd2 28. Re2 Qd6 29. Kg2 Qd1 30. Qf3 Qd6 31. Re4 Qc5 32. Rf4 Rd7 33.
Qa8+ Kh7 34. Qe4+ g6 35. Qe8 Qd5+ 36. Kh2 Kg7 37. Qe3 Rc7 38. Rd4 Qc5 39. Qd2
Re7 40. b4 Qc6 41. Rd5 Qc4 42. Qd4+ Qxd4 43. cxd4 Kf6 44. Kg2 Ke6 45. Rxb5 Rd7
46. Re5+ Kf6 47. Re4 Rd5 48. Re2 Rxd4 49. Rb2 Ke7 50. Kf3 Kd6 51. Ke3 Rg4 52.
b5 Kc7 53. Kf3 Rg5 54. Rb4 Kb6 55. Rf4 Kxb5 56. Rxf7 Kc6 57. Kf4 Kd6 58. g4 Ke6
59. Rh7 Ra5 60. Rxh6 Kf6 61. Kg3 Ra3+ 62. f3 Rb3 63. Rh8 g5 64. Rh6+ Kg7 65.
Rd6 Rb2 66. Rd1 Kf6 67. Rf1 Rc2 68. Rf2 Rc3 69. Rd2 Rb3 70. Rd6+ Kf7 71. Kf2
Rb2+ 72. Ke3 Rb3+ 73. Ke4 Rb4+ 74. Kd5 Rb3 75. Ke4 Rb4+ 76. Ke5 Rb5+ 77. Ke4
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch U20"]
[Site "Siofok"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Dyachkov, Sergej"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1996.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "Juniors"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bg5 Nc6 10. Qc2 Bb6 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Rad1 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Na4
d4 15. Nxb6 axb6 16. a3 Bd5 17. Qd3 Rfe8 18. Qb5 Be4 19. Ne1 Qd8 20. Bxe4 Rxe4
21. Nf3 Qc7 22. Rd2 Rae8 23. Rfd1 Qe7 24. Nxd4 Nxd4 25. Rxd4 Rxe2 26. Qxb6 Re1+
27. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 28. Kg2 Qb1 29. Qxb7 Re1 30. h3 g6 31. Rf4 Qa2 32. b3 f5 33. Rc4
Re8 34. Qd5+ Kh8 35. Qd4+ Kg8 36. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Kramatorsk match"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Golubev, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1996.10.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 c4 7. Bc2 dxe5 8. Nxe5
N8d7 9. Qe2 Nxe5 10. Qxe5 Qd6 11. Qe4 Bd7 12. O-O Bc6 13. Qg4 h5 14. Qe2 Rd8
15. b3 Qd5 16. f3 e6 17. Be4 Qc5+ 18. Kh1 Bxe4 19. fxe4 h4 20. h3 Qh5 21. Qxh5
Rxh5 22. bxc4 Nxc4 23. d4 e5 24. d5 f5 25. Nd2 Ne3 26. Rf3 f4 27. Rb1 b6 28.
Nb3 Nc4 29. Kg1 Rc8 30. Kf1 b5 31. Bd2 Rh6 32. Be1 Be7 33. Nc1 Ne3+ 34. Rxe3
fxe3 35. Rxb5 Rc4 36. Ke2 Rxe4 37. Ra5 a6 38. Nd3 Rf6 39. Nc5 Bxc5 40. Rxc5 Ra4
41. Kxe3 Rff4 0-1

[Event "Kramatorsk match"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Golubev, Mikhail"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1996.10.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Ng3 e6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8.
Bd3 c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. O-O O-O 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Ne4 Be7 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Qe4
g6 15. Bf4 Qc5 16. Be5 Nd7 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Qh4 Kg7 19. Rae1 b6 20. Re5 Qd6
21. Rfe1 Bb7 22. Ng5 Rad8 23. Bc4 Qc6 24. f3 h6 25. Nh3 Rd2 26. Nf4 Rxc2 27.
Bb3 Rxb2 28. Rxe6 Qc5+ 29. Kh1 Qg5 30. Qxg5 hxg5 31. Re7 gxf4 32. Rxb7 a5 33.
Kg1 a4 34. Bxa4 Rxa2 35. Bb3 Rb2 36. Bc4 Rb4 37. Ba2 g5 38. Ree7 Ra8 39. Bxf7
Ra1+ 40. Kf2 Kh6 41. g3 Rb2+ 42. Re2 Rh1 43. Kg2 Rxh2+ 44. Kxh2 Rxe2+ 45. Kh3
Rb2 46. g4 Rf2 47. Bd5 Nxd5 48. Rxb6+ Kg7 49. Rg6+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kramatorsk match"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Golubev, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1996.10.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1
O-O 9. Na3 d5 10. exd6 exd6 11. d4 cxd4 12. Bg5 Bf6 13. Bh6 dxc3 14. Bxf8 cxb2
15. Rb1 Kxf8 16. Qd2 Bg4 17. Qf4 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 d5 19. Nb5 a6 20. Nc7 Nd4 21.
Qf4 g5 22. Qg3 Rc8 23. Ne8 Rc1 24. Qd6+ Qxd6 25. Nxd6 Nc4 26. Nxb7 Nxb3 27.
axb3 Rxb1 28. Rxb1 Nd2 0-1

[Event "Kramatorsk match"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Golubev, Mikhail"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1996.10.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 e5 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nxd4 8.
Nxd4 exd4 9. e5 Ne7 10. Qxd4 O-O 11. Rd1 Nf5 12. Qd5 d6 13. exd6 Be6 14. Qxb7
Rb8 15. Qa6 Nd4 16. Nc3 Nxb5 17. Nxb5 Bc8 18. Qxa7 Rxb5 19. Be3 Bxb2 20. Rab1
Bf5 21. a4 Ra5 22. Qb6 Bxb1 23. Qxb2 Bf5 24. d7 Ra8 25. Bh6 f6 26. Bxf8 Qxf8
27. a5 Rd8 28. a6 Rxd7 29. Rxd7 Bxd7 30. Qb3+ Kg7 31. Qb7 Qe8 32. h4 Kh6 33. a7
Bc6 34. Qb4 Kg7 35. Qb8 Qe1+ 36. Kh2 Qe4 37. Qg3 Qe5 38. Qxe5 fxe5 39. Kg3 Kf6
40. f3 Kf5 41. Kf2 e4 42. fxe4+ Kxe4 43. Kg3 h5 0-1

[Event "Kramatorsk match"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Golubev, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1996.10.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 c4 7. Bc2 Qc7 8. Qe2
g5 9. e6 dxe6 10. Nxg5 Ne5 11. O-O Bh6 12. d4 cxd3 13. Bxd3 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Qc4
15. Qf3 Bxg5 16. Bxg5 Rg8 17. h4 e5 18. Na3 Qc6 19. Qxc6+ bxc6 20. Kh2 f6 21.
Bd2 Bf5 22. f3 O-O-O 23. Rad1 Be6 24. b3 Rd3 25. Bc1 Rxc3 26. Bd2 Rd3 27. Bb4
Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Nd5 29. Bc5 a6 30. Nc4 Kc7 31. h5 Rb8 32. Rd2 Rb5 33. Ba3 Nb4 34.
Ne3 e4 35. fxe4 Rxh5+ 36. Kg3 c5 37. Kf4 a5 38. Bxb4 axb4 39. Nf5 Bxf5 40. exf5
Rh1 41. g4 h5 42. gxh5 Rh4+ 43. Kg3 Rxh5 44. Kg4 Rg5+ 45. Kf4 e5+ 46. fxe6 Re5
47. e7 Kc6 48. e8=B+ Rxe8 49. Kf5 c4 50. bxc4 Kc5 51. Rc2 Rf8 52. Rc1 Ra8 53.
Rc2 Ra6 54. Kg6 Ra3 55. Kxf6 Rc3 56. Rd2 Kxc4 57. Ke6 Re3+ 58. Kd6 Kc3 59. Rh2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Kramatorsk match"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Golubev, Mikhail"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1996.10.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. f3 d5 4. e5 Ng8 5. c3 Bf5 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 Qd7 8. Ne2
e6 9. Be3 h5 10. Nd2 Nh6 11. O-O-O c5 12. dxc5 Nf5 13. Bf2 Qc7 14. Nb3 Nd7 15.
Ned4 Nxd4 16. cxd4 b6 17. c6 Qxc6+ 18. Kb1 Qc4 19. Qe3 g6 20. Rc1 Bh6 21. f4
Qb5 22. h3 a5 23. Nd2 a4 24. g4 Bf8 25. a3 hxg4 26. hxg4 Rxh1 27. Rxh1 Rc8 28.
f5 gxf5 29. gxf5 exf5 30. e6 Nf6 31. e7 Bg7 32. Qg5 Qd3+ 33. Ka1 Kxe7 34. Qxg7
Qxd2 35. Bh4 Rc6 36. Bg5 Qxd4 37. Rh7 Qd1+ 38. Ka2 Qb3+ 39. Ka1 d4 40. Rh6 Qd1+
41. Ka2 Qb3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pamplona 9697 7th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cramling, Pia"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1996.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bg5 d4 11. Na4 Be7 12. Rc1 Be6 13. a3 Bd5 14. Nc5 Re8 15.
b4 b5 16. Nb3 a5 17. Nbxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 axb4 19. axb4 h6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Qc5
Bc4 22. Rfd1 Qe7 23. Nd4 Ra4 24. Qxe7 Rxe7 25. e3 Bxd4 26. exd4 Rxb4 27. d5 Rd7
28. d6 Ra4 29. Bc6 Rd8 30. d7 Kf8 31. Re1 Be6 32. Bxb5 Rb4 33. Rc8 Ke7 34. Re5
f6 35. Rxe6+ Kxe6 36. Rxd8 Rxb5 37. Rg8 Kxd7 38. Rxg7+ Ke6 39. Rh7 h5 40. Kg2
Rf5 41. f4 Kd5 42. Kh3 Ke4 43. Kh4 Ra5 44. Rxh5 Ra2 45. Kg4 Ra8 46. Rh6 Rg8+
47. Kh5 f5 48. Re6+ Kf3 49. Rg6 Rh8+ 50. Kg5 Rxh2 51. Kxf5 Ra2 52. Rg5 Ra6 53.
Ke5 Ra5+ 54. Kf6 Ra6+ 55. Kg7 Ra7+ 56. Kg6 Ra6+ 57. Kh5 Ra1 58. f5 Ra6 59. Rg8
1-0

[Event "Pamplona 9697 7th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Gomez Esteban, Juan Mario"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1996.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 c6 6. Nxe5 d6 7. Nf3 $11 (7.
Nd3 $5) 7... Bg4 8. h3 $5 $146 (8. d3 $6 d5 9. Be3 Nxf3+ $1 (9... dxe4 $2 10.
Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxd4 $16) 10. gxf3 Bh5 11. exd5 (11. Bd2 d4 12. Nb1 Bd6 $44)
11... Nxd5 12. Ne4 $6 (12. Bb3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Qf6 $15) (12. Nxd5 $32 Qxd5 13.
Bb3 Qxf3 14. Qxf3 Bxf3 15. Rg1 $10) (12. Qe2 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Qd5 14. Bd4+ Kd7 15.
Bb3 Qf5 $17) 12... f5 $1 (12... Nxe3 13. fxe3 Qh4+ 14. Ke2 f5 15. Nc3) 13. Ng3
(13. Nd2 Nxe3 14. fxe3 Qh4+ $17) 13... f4 14. Nxh5 fxe3 $17 {0-1 Bologan,
V-Malaniuk,V/Nikolaev zt 1995 (40)}) 8... Bxf3 (8... Nxf3+ 9. gxf3 Bh5 10. d4
Qa5 11. Qd3 $14 (11. Bb3 $2 Nxe4 $15)) 9. gxf3 g6 10. Kf1 Bg7 11. Ne2 $2 (11.
d3 $142 Nh5 12. f4 (12. Kg2 Ne6 13. Ne2 Nhf4+ $1 14. Nxf4 Qg5+ 15. Kh2 Nxf4 16.
Rg1 Qh4 17. Rg3 Be5 $15) 12... Ne6 13. Ne2 Qh4 14. Qd2 Bh6 15. Qb4 O-O-O 16. f5
Nef4 17. Nxf4 Bxf4 $44) 11... Nxf3 12. d4 Qa5 $17 (12... Nxe4 $2 13. Qd3 Nfg5 (
13... Neg5 14. h4 $16) 14. h4 $16) 13. Nc3 Ng5 14. e5 (14. d5 Ngxe4 15. dxc6 b5
16. Qe2 bxa4 17. Nxe4 O-O $17) (14. Bxg5 Qxg5 15. d5 b5 16. Bb3 b4 17. Na4 O-O
$17) 14... Nfe4 $1 (14... Nd5 $2 15. Bxg5 (15. exd6 Ne6 (15... Nxc3 16. bxc3
Ne6 17. d5 Qxa4 18. dxe6 Qc4+ (18... fxe6 19. d7+ Kd8 20. Bg5+ Kc7 21. Qd3 Qa5
22. Rg1 Qd5 23. Rd1 Qxd3+ 24. Rxd3 Rad8 25. Bxd8+ Rxd8 26. Ke2 Rxd7 27. c4 $16)
19. Kg2 fxe6 20. d7+ Kd8 21. Rb1 b6 22. Bg5+ Kc7 23. Qf3 Rhf8 24. d8=Q+ Raxd8
25. Bxd8+ Rxd8 $44) 16. Bb3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Qxc3 18. Rb1 Nxd4 $15) 15... Nxc3 16.
bxc3 Qxa4 17. exd6 Qb5+ 18. Qe2+ Qxe2+ 19. Kxe2 f6 20. Bf4 O-O-O $11) 15. Bxg5
(15. exd6 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Ne4 17. Qe2 O-O-O 18. Qxe4 Qxa4 $17) 15... Nxg5 16. Qg4
(16. d5 Bxe5 17. dxc6 b5 18. Bxb5 Bxc3 19. Qe2+ Be5 20. f4 O-O 21. fxe5 Rae8
$17 {[%csl Rf1]}) 16... Ne6 (16... h6 17. exd6 O-O 18. Bb3 Kh7 (18... c5 $2 19.
h4 cxd4 20. Nd5 $18) 19. h4 f5 20. Qg2 Qa6+ 21. Kg1 Nf7 22. h5 g5 23. d7 Rad8
24. Be6 Nd6 25. d5 Qb6 $15) 17. d5 $5 (17. exd6 O-O $17) 17... Nc5 $1 (17... h5
$5 18. Qh4 (18. Qc4 Qc5 19. Qb3 (19. Qxc5 Nxc5 20. exd6 O-O-O 21. Bb3 Rxd6 $15)
19... Nd4 20. Qxb7 O-O 21. exd6 Rab8 22. Qc7 Rxb2 23. d7 Qc4+ 24. Kg1 Bf6 $17)
18... g5 19. Qc4 Qc5 20. Qb3 (20. Qxc5 Nxc5 21. dxc6 O-O-O 22. cxb7+ Kxb7 23.
Bb3 Nxb3 24. axb3 Bxe5 $15) 20... Nd4 21. Qxb7 O-O 22. Qe7 Rae8 23. Qxd6 Qb6
24. Qa3 Rxe5 25. dxc6 Rd8 $17) 18. dxc6 O-O 19. b4 Qa6+ $8 20. Bb5 Qa3 21. Nd5
$8 Bxe5 (21... dxe5 $2 22. Qe2 (22. bxc5 Qb2 23. Kg2 Qxb5 $15) 22... Ne6 23.
cxb7 Rab8 24. Bc6 Nd4 25. Qc4 Rfd8 26. c3 (26. Ne7+ Kh8 27. Kg2 Rd7 $1 28. c3 (
28. Bxd7 Qf3+ 29. Kg1 Ne2+ $19) 28... Rxe7 29. cxd4 e4 30. Qb3 Qxb3 31. axb3
Bxd4 $17) 26... Nxc6 27. Qxc6 a5 28. b5 f5 29. Kg2 Qf8 30. Rhd1 Qf7 31. b6 e4
32. Qc7 Re8 33. Qxf7+ Kxf7 34. Rac1 Rxb7 35. c4 Rc8 36. c5 Rc6 37. Rc4 Bf8 38.
Rdc1 Ke6 39. Nc7+ (39. Nf4+ Ke5 40. Ne2 g5 41. Nd4 Rxc5 42. Rxc5+ Bxc5 43.
Rxc5+ Kxd4 44. Rxf5 Rxb6 45. Rxa5 $11) 39... Ke5 40. Nb5 Kd5 41. Rd4+ Ke5 42.
Rdc4 Kd5 $11) 22. Rd1 (22. Re1 Ne6 (22... f5 23. Qe2 Ne4 24. Qd3 $5 Qxa2 25.
Nc7 $16) 23. cxb7 Rab8 24. c4 Rxb7 25. Bc6 Rbb8 26. Bd7 Nd4 27. Kg2 Qxa2 $17)
22... Ne6 23. cxb7 Rab8 24. Rd3 Qxa2 25. Bc6 (25. c4 Rxb7 26. Rg1 $17) 25...
Qxc2 26. Qe2 (26. Qd1 Qxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Nd8 28. Ne7+ Kg7 29. Bf3 Re8 (29... Nxb7
30. Nc6 $1 $11) 30. Nc6 Nxc6 31. Bxc6 Re7 32. Rg1 Rc7 (32... Rexb7 33. Bxb7
Rxb7 34. Rg4 $15) 33. b5 h5 (33... a6 $4 34. bxa6 Rxc6 35. a7 $16) 34. Ke2 $17)
26... Qc1+ $2 (26... Qxe2+ 27. Kxe2 Nd4+ $19) 27. Rd1 Qh6 (27... Qa3 28. Rd3)
28. Qe4 (28. Qa6 Qh4 29. Qxa7 Bd4 30. Qa2 Nd8 31. b5 Nxb7 32. Qd2 Be5 $17)
28... Kh8 (28... f5 29. Qc4 Kh8 30. Ne7 Qh5 31. Qd5 Rfd8 (31... a6 32. Re1 Nf4
33. Qc4 Qh4 34. Nd5 $17) 32. b5 (32. Qf3 Qh4 33. Nc8 Nd4 34. Qd5 Nxc6 35. Qxc6
Qe4 (35... Qxb4 36. Qc7 Qb5+ 37. Kg1 $18) 36. Qxe4 fxe4 37. Nxa7 Rxb7 38. Nc6
Rc8 39. b5 (39. Nxe5 dxe5 40. Rd5 Rxb4 41. Rxe5 Rc2 42. Kg2 Rbb2 43. Rf1 Re2
44. Kg3 Kg7 45. Re7+ Kh6 46. Kg4 Rb5 $17) 39... Rxb5 (39... Rf8 40. Nxe5 dxe5
41. Rd5 Rbf7 (41... e3 42. Ke2 exf2 (42... Rxf2+ 43. Kxe3 Rb2 44. Rxe5 R7xb5
45. Rxb5 Rxb5 46. Kf3 $11) 43. Rxe5 $11) 42. Rh2 e3 43. Rxe5 Rxf2+ 44. Rxf2
Rxf2+ 45. Ke1 Rb2 46. Rxe3 Rxb5 $11) 40. Na7 Rcc5 41. Nxb5 Rxb5 42. Rg1 Kg7 $15
) 32... Nc5 $19) 29. Ne3 f5 30. Qd5 Nf4 (30... Nd8 $1 $17 {[%csl Rb7][%cal
Gh6g7]}) 31. Qf3 (31. Qa5 Qh5 $17) (31. Qa2 Qh5 $17) 31... Qg7 (31... Ne6 32.
Qd5 (32. Bd5 Ng5 33. Qg2 Ne4 34. Rd3 (34. Bxe4 fxe4 35. Qxe4 Rf4 36. Qc6 Rxb4
37. Ng4 Qf8 38. Nxe5 dxe5 39. Rd7 e4 40. Qc3+ Kg8 41. Kg2 Qf3+ (41... R8xb7 42.
Rhd1 Rxd7 43. Rxd7 a5 44. Qd2 Qf3+ 45. Kh2 e3 46. fxe3 Rh4 47. Qa2+ Kf8 48. Qe6
$11) 42. Qxf3 exf3+ 43. Kxf3 R8xb7 44. Rhd1 a5 $17)) 32... Nd8 $1) 32. Nc4 Rfd8
(32... d5 33. Nxe5 Qxe5 34. Bxd5 Nxd5 35. Rxd5 Qg7 36. Kg2 Rxb7 37. Rhd1 $15) (
32... Ne6 $1 33. Nxd6 Nd4 34. Qd5 Nxc6 35. Qxc6 Rfd8 36. Rd5 (36. Kg2 Qf6 $19)
36... Rxd6 37. Rxd6 Bxd6 38. Qxd6 Qxb7 39. Qd4+ Kg8 40. Rg1 Qe4 41. Qxe4 fxe4
42. Ke2 Rxb4 43. Ra1 Rb7 44. Ke3 Re7 $19) 33. h4 a6 (33... Qc7 34. b5 d5 35.
Nxe5 Qxe5 36. Qe3 Qe4 37. Rg1 $17) 34. Rg1 Qc7 35. Na5 (35. Rd2) 35... Qb6 36.
Qb3 d5 37. Qe3 (37. Bxd5 Qb5+ $19) (37. h5 $5 Nxh5 38. Rxd5 Bd4 39. Rxd8+ Rxd8
40. Rg2 Nf4 $17) 37... Qc7 38. Re1 (38. Qa7 Qe7 $19) 38... Bf6 39. Rg3 d4 40.
Qb3 d3 (40... Bxh4 41. Rg1 Bf6 $19) 41. h5 d2 42. Rd1 Rd6 (42... Nxh5 43. Rd3
Bg5 44. Bg2 Rxd3 45. Qxd3 h6 46. Qxa6 Nf4 $19) 43. Bh1 Kg7 $2 (43... Nxh5 $19)
44. hxg6 hxg6 45. Qc4 (45. Nc4 $2 Rh8 46. Bg2 Rd4 47. Ne3 {[%cal Ge3f5]} (47.
Nxd2 Qd7 $19) 47... Qe5 $19) 45... Qxc4+ 46. Nxc4 Rd4 47. Na5 (47. Nxd2 Nd5 $19
) 47... Rxb4 $2 (47... Rh8 48. Bf3 Rd3 49. Bc6 Rd6 $17) 48. Rb3 $11 (48. Nc6
R8xb7 49. Nxb4 Rxb4 50. Ra3 Rb6 51. Bf3 Be7 52. Ra2 Bb4 $19) 48... Rxb3 (48...
Ra4 $4 49. Nc6 Ra1 50. Rxa1 Bxa1 51. Rb1 $16) 49. Nxb3 Bc3 50. Nxd2 Ne6 51. Nb3
Kf6 $6 (51... Be5 $44) 52. Rc1 Be5 53. Rc8 Ke7 54. Bd5 Nf4 $4 (54... Nd8 55.
Na5 Kd7 56. Nc6 Nxc6 (56... Rxc8 57. Nxe5+ Kc7 58. bxc8=Q+ Kxc8 59. Nxg6 $18)
57. Bxc6+ Ke7 $11) 55. Na5 Kd7 (55... Nxd5 56. Nc6+ Kd6 57. Nxb8 Nb4 58. Rc1
$18) 56. Bc6+ $18 Ke7 57. Nc4 Bd6 58. Nxd6 Kxd6 59. Bf3 Rxb7 60. Bxb7 1-0

[Event "Pamplona 9697 7th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "De la Villa Garcia, Jesus Maria"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1996.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Nc3 Nh6 7. h3 f6 8. Be3
b6 9. Qe2 e5 10. Nd2 Nf7 11. a3 Qe7 12. a4 O-O 13. a5 Be6 14. O-O f5 15. exf5
gxf5 16. f4 Rae8 17. axb6 axb6 18. Qh5 Bc8 19. Kh1 exf4 20. Bxf4 b5 21. Nf3 c4
22. Rae1 Qf6 23. dxc4 bxc4 24. Kh2 Qg6 25. Qxg6 hxg6 26. Be3 Ne5 27. Nxe5 Rxe5
28. Bf4 Re6 29. Rxe6 Bxe6 30. Rd1 Kf7 31. h4 Ra8 32. g3 Ra7 33. Bd6 Rb7 34. Ba3
Rb8 35. Kg2 Be5 36. Re1 Bd4 37. Rd1 Be5 38. Re1 Kf6 39. Rf1 Bd5+ 40. Nxd5+ cxd5
41. Rb1 d4 42. Kf3 d3 43. cxd3 Rb3 44. g4 Rxd3+ 45. Ke2 fxg4 46. Rc1 Rd4 47.
Ke3 Kf5 48. Rh1 Rd3+ 49. Ke2 Rh3 50. Rf1+ Ke4 0-1

[Event "Pamplona 9697 7th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Magem Badals, Jordi"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1996.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 (6... dxc6 7.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. Bc4 $16 Ke8 9. Bf4 Bg7 10. O-O-O Nd7 11. Bc7 $1 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Kf8
13. Rd2 Kg7 14. Rhd1 {Gligoric-Kristiansen, Reykjavik 1964}) 7. e5 Ng8 (7...
Nd5 8. Nxd5 cxd5 9. Qxd5 Rb8 10. e6 $1 {/\Qe5+-} f6 11. Bf4 $1 Rb6 12. Bb5) 8.
Bc4 Bg7 (8... d5 9. exd6 exd6 10. O-O d5 11. Re1+ Be6 12. Bb3 Bg7 13. Na4 {
+/=/+/-}) 9. Bf4 (9. Qf3 f5 10. Bf4 Rb8 $1 11. O-O e6 12. Rfe1 Qc7 13. Bb3 Ne7
$14) 9... Qa5 10. Qf3 $6 (10. O-O $1 Bxe5 (10... f5 $5 11. Re1 e6 12. a3 (12.
Qf3 Rb8 13. b3 (13. Bb3 Ne7 14. Qg3 h6 15. h4 c5 $132) 13... Ne7 (13... d5 $2
14. exd6 Bxc3 15. Qxc6+ Bd7 16. Rxe6+ $18) 14. Rad1 $16) 12... Nh6 13. Qe2 Nf7
14. h4 h6 15. Bd2 (15. b4 Qd8 16. h5 g5 17. Bh2 f4 18. Ne4 Bxe5 19. Rad1 Qc7
$44) 15... Qxe5 $44 {Hunt,H-Fierro,M/WchG-18 Guarapuava 1995/1/2-1/2 (59)}) 11.
Bxe5 Qxe5 12. Re1 Qf4 (12... Qc7 13. Qf3 $40) 13. Re4 Qf6 14. Re3 $1 {/\Rf3,
Ne4->} d5 (14... Nh6 15. Ne4 Qf4 16. g3 Qc7 17. Nd6+ Kd8 18. Qd4 Rg8 19. Nxf7+
Nxf7 20. Bxf7 Rf8 21. Qg7 $18) 15. Bxd5 Bf5 (15... cxd5 16. Qxd5 $1 Rb8 17. Ne4
Qg7 $8 18. Rb3 $1 Rxb3 19. Qc6+ $1 $18) 16. Bf3 $2 {1/2-1/2 Timman,
J-Kortschnoj,V/Brussels cqf2 1991 (41)} (16. Re6 $1 {/\17.Bxc6+,18.Bxa8+- _|_})
(16. Ne4 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Rc8 18. c3 Nh6 19. Qa4 Kf8 20. Qxa7 $16 {1-0 Ivanov,
A-COMP ChessSystem R30/Boston Harvard Cup 1993 (63)})) 10... Bxe5 (10... f6 11.
Bg3 Ba6 12. b4 $6 (12. e6 $1 d5 (12... Bxc4 13. exd7+ Kxd7 (13... Kf8 14. Qxc6
$18) 14. O-O-O+ Bd5 15. Nxd5 $18) 13. Bxa6 Qxa6 14. O-O-O Nh6 15. h4 Nf5 16. h5
$16) 12... Qb6 (12... Qa3 13. b5 Bb7 14. e6 $1 d5 15. bxc6 Bxc6 16. Bxd5 Bxd5
17. Nxd5 Qxf3 18. gxf3 $16) 13. b5 Bb7 14. O-O cxb5 $1 (14... Rc8 $2 15. Na4
Qa5 (15... Qd8 16. b6 $1 axb6 17. Qb3 Nh6 18. Nxb6 Rb8 (18... fxe5 19. Nxc8
Bxc8 20. Qc3 $18) 19. e6 d6 20. Nd7 $18) 16. Nc5 Ba8 $4 (16... Qb4 $1 17. Nxb7
Qxc4 18. Qe3 $1 {[%cal Gb7d6]} Bh6 19. Qxa7 cxb5 $132) 17. Qb3 $18 Nh6 18. Nxd7
$1 cxb5 19. Bxb5 Bc6 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21. Bxc6+ Rxc6 22. exf6 {1-0 Unzicker,
W-Rausis,I/Daugavpils 1990}) 15. Bd5 Bc6 $44 16. e6 Rc8) 11. Bxf7+ Kxf7 12.
Bxe5+ Nf6 13. Bxf6 exf6 14. O-O d5 15. Rfe1 Bf5 $11 (15... Be6 16. Ne2 Rhe8 17.
c3 Qc7 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. b4 Re5 20. Re3 Rxe3 21. Qxe3 Re8 $11 {Csoke,A-Levitan,Y/
Jakarta iztW 1993/1-0 (65)}) 16. Ne2 (16. Re2 Rae8 17. Rae1 Qd8 $11) 16... Rhe8
17. c3 Bd7 18. b4 Qa6 19. Nd4 (19. a4 $6 Re5 20. b5 $6 cxb5 21. Nf4 Rae8 22.
Rxe5 Rxe5 $15) 19... Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Qxa2 21. h3 $44 {[%csl Ra2][%cal Gf3e3]}
Re8 22. Rxe8 Bxe8 23. Qg3 Qb1+ 24. Kh2 Qe4 25. Nxc6 Bxc6 (25... a6 26. Nd8+ Kg8
27. Nb7 Bb5 28. Nd6 Qe5 $11) 26. Qc7+ Kf8 27. Qxc6 Qf4+ 28. Kg1 Qc1+ 29. Kh2
Qf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pamplona 9697 7th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Garcia Ilundain, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Jacoby,G"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1996.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 $6 (3... Qa5) 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 (5... Bf5 6.
Ne5 e6 7. g4 Be4 8. Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Bg2 Nd6 10. O-O c6 11. c4 Nd7 12. Qb3 Qb6 13.
Nxd7 Qxb3 14. axb3 {Westerinen,H-Hernando,A/Zaragoza op 1993/EXT 93op/1/2-1/2 
(63)}) 6. Bc4 Bf5 7. Ne5 (7. O-O e6 8. Re1 Be7 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. Qe2 Nxe5 11.
dxe5 Nd5 12. Ne4 Qc7 13. Ng3 Bg6 14. a3 Nb6 15. Bb3 O-O-O 16. a4 Rd7 17. a5 Nd5
18. a6 b6 19. c3 Rhd8 20. Qg4 h6 21. h4 Bf8 22. Qc4 b5 23. Qg4 Ne7 24. Bf4 Bf5
25. Nxf5 Nxf5 26. h5 {Fernandez Urrutia,L-Gines,P/Zaragoza-B op 1996/EXT 96op2/
1-0 (42)}) 7... e6 8. g4 $5 Bg6 9. h4 Bb4 (9... Nbd7 $6 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. h5
Be4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Be3 $14) 10. Rh3 $5 (10. h5 Be4 (10... Bxc3+ $6 11. bxc3
Be4 12. f3 Bd5 13. Bd3 b5 14. h6 g6 15. Bg5) (10... Bxc2 $2 11. Qxc2 Qxd4 12.
f4 Ne4 (12... Nxg4 13. Nxg4 Qxc4 14. h6 $36) 13. Bd2) 11. f3 Bd5 12. Bd3) 10...
Nbd7 11. Qe2 Nb6 (11... h5 $2 12. Nxg6 hxg4 13. Bxe6 gxh3 (13... fxg6 14. Bxg4+
) 14. Bb3+ Be7 15. Nxh8 h2 16. Bxf7+ Kf8 17. Qe6 h1=Q+ 18. Ke2 Qg1 (18... g5
19. Bxg5 $1) 19. Ng6+ Qxg6 20. Bxg6 Qe8 21. Bxe8 $18) (11... Nxe5 $5 12. dxe5
Ne4 13. h5 Qd4 14. hxg6 Nxc3 15. gxf7+ Kf8 $13) 12. h5 Be4 13. Bf4 (13. g5 $2
Qxd4 14. gxf6 Qxe5 15. fxg7 Rg8 16. Re3 (16. h6 Nxc4 $19) 16... Rxg7 $1 $17)
13... Qxd4 (13... Bxc3+ 14. Rxc3 Nxc4 15. Nxc4 O-O 16. O-O-O $16) (13... Nxc4
$5 14. Qxc4 Nd5 (14... Bxc3+ 15. Qxc3 Nd5 16. Qd2 Bxc2 17. Nxf7 Kxf7 18. Bg5
Nf6 19. Qxc2 Qxd4 $13) 15. Bd2 Bxc3 16. bxc3 (16. Bxc3 Nf4) 16... Bxc2 $13) 14.
Rd1 Bd3 $5 (14... Qc5 $5 15. a3 Bxc3+ 16. Rxc3 Qa5 $1 $15 (16... Na4 17. g5
Nxc3 18. bxc3 Bd5 19. gxf6 gxf6 20. Bxd5 cxd5 21. Ng4 $13)) 15. Rhxd3 Qxf4 16.
Rd4 (16. Nxf7 $5 O-O (16... Qxc4 $2 17. Nxh8 Ke7 18. g5 $16) 17. Rd4 $14) 16...
Qh2 (16... Bxc3+ 17. bxc3 Qh2 18. Nxf7 O-O 19. Bxe6) 17. Nxf7 O-O 18. Bxe6 (18.
Qe5 Qxe5+ 19. Nxe5 Nbd5 $15) (18. Ng5 Nfd5 19. Qxe6+ Kh8 20. Nf7+ Rxf7 21. Qxf7
Rf8 $19) 18... Nbd5 (18... Rxf7 19. Rxb4 Re8 20. Rd3 $1 Kf8 21. Re3 Qh1+ 22.
Qf1 Qxf1+ 23. Kxf1 Rfe7 24. Bf5 Rxe3 25. fxe3 Rxe3 $14) (18... Nfd5 $5 19. Qe5
Bxc3+ 20. bxc3 Qg1+ 21. Kd2 Qxf2+ 22. Kc1 Rxf7 23. c4 Nd7 $13 24. Qf5 Qe3+ 25.
Kb1 Nc3+ 26. Ka1 Nxd1 27. Qxf7+ Kh8 28. Rxd1 (28. Rxd7 Qc1#) 28... Nc5 $17) 19.
Qe5 $1 Qg2 (19... Bxc3+ 20. bxc3 Qg1+ 21. Kd2 Qxf2+ 22. Kc1 Rxf7 23. c4 $1 $16
Qe3+ $2 24. Qxe3 Nxe3 25. Rd8+ Rxd8 26. Rxd8+ Ne8 27. Rxe8#) 20. Rxb4 $1 (20.
Nd6+ Kh8 21. R1d3 Qxf2+ 22. Kxf2 Nxg4+ 23. Kg2 Nxe5 $15) 20... Nxb4 21. Rd8
Nxc2+ (21... Qg1+ 22. Ke2 Raxd8 23. Nxd8+ Kh8 24. Nf7+ Rxf7 25. Qb8+ Ng8 26.
Bxf7 Qxg4+ 27. f3 Qg2+ 28. Ke3 Qg5+ $11) 22. Ke2 Qg1 $2 (22... Raxd8 23. Nxd8+
Kh8 24. Nf7+ Rxf7 (24... Kg8 $2 25. h6 $1 Qg1 26. hxg7 Qe1+ 27. Kd3 Nb4+ 28.
Kc4 $18) 25. Qb8+ (25. Bxf7 $2 Qxf2+ $1 26. Kd3 Ne1+ 27. Kc4 b5+ 28. Kb3 Qxb2+
$1 $19) 25... Ng8 26. Bxf7 Qxg4+ 27. Kf1 Qh3+ $11 28. Ke2 Qg4+ 29. Kd2 Qd7+ 30.
Kxc2 Qf5+ 31. Kd2 Qxf7 32. Qxa7 h6 $11) 23. Qd6 Qe1+ 24. Kd3 Re8 25. Rxa8 Nb4+
26. Kc4 (26. Kc4 b5+ 27. Kb3 Rxa8 28. Nd8+ Qxe6+ 29. Qxe6+ Kh8 30. Nf7+ Kg8 31.
Nh6+ Kh8 32. Qg8+ Rxg8 33. Nf7#) 1-0

[Event "Pamplona 9697 7th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1996.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nh3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nf4 d6 7. c3 Nc6 8. Qb3
Na5 9. Qa4 c5 10. dxc5 Bd7 11. Qc2 dxc5 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. Na3 Rad8 14. b4 cxb4
15. cxb4 Qxc2 16. Nxc2 Nc4 17. Bxb7 Ba4 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Ne3 Nxe3 20. Bxe3 e5
21. Nd3 e4 22. Ne5 Bxb4 23. Bc6 Rd1+ 24. Rxd1 Bxd1 25. Bb5 Ng4 (25... a5 26.
Nc6 {[%csl Ra5,Rf5]} Kf7 (26... Bc3 27. Ne7+) 27. Bb6) 26. Nxg4 fxg4 {[#]
starker weißer a-Freibauer, der nur auf Kosten eines eingeklemmten
hellfarbigen Läufers blockiert werden kann.} 27. Bxa7 Kf7 28. Bb6 {[%cal Ra2a7]
} Ba3 29. Kf1 Bc2 30. Ba5 Ke6 31. Bc4+ Kf5 32. Ke1 Bc1 (32... Ba4 33. Kd2 h5
34. Kc3 g5 35. Bb4 Bc1 36. Bc5 {nebst Kb4 und a4 oder Lb3 und a4}) 33. Bb5 {
[%cal Ra2a4] [#] Entweder läßt Schwarz a4 zu oder sein Lc2 wird eingekerkert}
Ba3 34. Kd2 Bb1 35. Bc4 g5 36. Bb6 e3+ (36... h5 37. Be3 h4 38. Kc3 Kf6 39. Kb3
Bd6 40. Kb2 $18) 37. Bxe3 Bb4+ 38. Kc1 Be4 39. Kb2 h6 40. Kb3 Ba5 41. Bd3 Ke5
42. Bxe4 Kxe4 43. Kc4 1-0

[Event "Pamplona 9697 7th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "1996.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 c6 6. Nxe5 d6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. h3
(8. d3 $6 {Tsesarsky} d5 9. Be3 Nxf3+ $1 (9... dxe4 $2 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxd4
$16) 10. gxf3 Bh5 11. exd5 (11. Bd2 d4 12. Nb1 Bd6 $44) 11... Nxd5 12. Ne4 $6 (
12. Bb3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Qf6 $15) (12. Nxd5 $32 Qxd5 13. Bb3 Qxf3 14. Qxf3 Bxf3
15. Rg1 $10) (12. Qe2 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Qd5 14. Bd4+ Kd7 15. Bb3 Qf5 $17) 12... f5
$1 (12... Nxe3 13. fxe3 Qh4+ 14. Ke2 f5 15. Nc3) 13. Ng3 (13. Nd2 Nxe3 14. fxe3
Qh4+ $17) 13... f4 14. Nxh5 fxe3 $17 {0-1 Bologan,V-Malaniuk,V/Nikolaev zt
1995 (40)}) 8... Bxf3 (8... Nxf3+ {Tsesarsky} 9. gxf3 Bh5 10. d4 Qa5 11. Qd3
$14 (11. Bb3 $2 Nxe4 $15)) 9. gxf3 g6 10. Nb1 $146 (10. Kf1 $2 Bg7 11. Ne2 Nxf3
12. d4 Qa5 $17 {1-0 Ponomariov,R-Gomez Esteban,J/Pamplona9697 1997 (59)}) 10...
Qa5 (10... b5 11. Bb3 Bg7 12. d3 $16) 11. c3 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Qxa4 13. d4 $5 (13.
d3 $5 Bg7 (13... Qc2 14. Na3 $18) 14. Na3 $11 (14. b3 Qa5 $11) (14. Bh6 O-O 15.
Bxg7 Kxg7 $15)) 13... Bg7 (13... Qc2 14. O-O $1 Bg7 (14... Nxe4 15. Na3 $18)
15. Re1 $14) 14. O-O O-O 15. Bg5 (15. b3 Qa5 16. Nd2 $11) 15... Nh5 16. Be7
Rfe8 17. Bxd6 Rad8 18. b3 (18. e5 f6) 18... Qa6 19. Bh2 $6 (19. Bb4 $14 {
[%csl Rc5]} Nf6 $6 (19... b6 20. Re1 c5 21. dxc5 Rd3 22. Re3 Rxe3 23. Qxe3 Nf6
24. cxb6 Rxe4 25. Qd2 axb6 26. c4 Re8 27. Nc3 Qc8 $1 (27... Ne4 {( ? )} 28. Re1
$1 (28. Qd3 $14) 28... Nxd2 29. Rxe8+ Bf8 30. Bxf8 Nf3+ 31. Kg2 Nh4+ 32. Kf1 f5
33. Bh6+ Kf7 34. Nd5 $1 g5 (34... Qa3 35. Re7+ Qxe7 36. Nxe7 Kxe7 37. Bg5+ $18)
35. Re7+ Kg6 36. Re6+ Kh5 (36... Kf7 37. Rf6+ $18) 37. Bg7 Ng6 38. Nf6+ Kh4 39.
Nxh7 Kh5 (39... Qxa2 40. Rxg6 Qb1+ 41. Kg2 Qe4+ 42. Kh2 Qf4+ 43. Kg1 $18) 40.
Nf8 Qb7 41. Rxg6 Qh1+ 42. Ke2 Qe4+ 43. Kd2 Qf4+ 44. Kc3 $18) 28. Qd3 $14 {
[%csl Rg1]}) 20. Nd2 b6 21. e5 Nd5 22. Bd6 Qa5 23. Ne4 $16) 19... c5 $1 20. d5
f5 $1 21. exf5 {"The white strong pawn center destroyed!} Rf8 $132 22. d6 (22.
Qe3 Rxd5 23. Qe6+ Qxe6 24. fxe6 Be5 25. Na3 (25. Re1 Bxh2+ 26. Kxh2 Rxf2+ 27.
Kg1 Rb2 28. e7 Rg5+ 29. Kh1 Ng3+ 30. Kg1 Ne4+ 31. Kh1 Re5 $19) 25... Re8 26.
Rad1 Nf6 27. Rxd5 Bxh2+ 28. Kxh2 Nxd5 $15) 22... Rxf5 23. Qe3 Qc6 24. Re1 $4 (
24. Rd1 $1 Bf8 25. Na3 (25. Qe6+ Kg7 26. Be5+ (26. Na3 Rg5+ $19) 26... Kh6 $1
$17) 25... Bxd6 $1 26. Qe6+ Kh8 27. Bxd6 Rg5+ (27... Ng7 28. Qe3 Rxd6 29. Nb5
$5 Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1 Rf8 (30... Qxb5 31. Rd8+ $18) 31. c4 $11) 28. Kf1 Re8 29.
Be5+ Rxe5 30. Qxc6 bxc6 31. Nc4 $11) 24... Bf8 $19 25. Rd1 Re8 26. Qd2 (26. Qd3
Rg5+ 27. Bg3 Bxd6 28. Qxd6 Re1+ $19) 26... Nf6 27. Qd3 Rd5 $6 (27... Rg5+ $142
$1 28. Bg3 $8 Bxd6 29. Nd2 (29. Qxd6 Re1+ 30. Rxe1 Qxd6 $19) (29. Kh2 Rd5 30.
Qf1 Rxd1 31. Qxd1 Ne4 32. Bxd6 Nxf2 $3 $19) 29... Rd5 30. Qf3 Bxg3 31. Qxg3 (
31. fxg3 Rxd2 $1 $19) 31... Red8 $19) 28. Qf1 Rg5+ (28... Bxd6 29. Bxd6 Qxd6
$17) 29. Bg3 Bxd6 30. Qg2 (30. Rd3 Ne4 31. Qg2 Nxg3 32. fxg3 Re1+ 33. Kh2 Rxg3
34. Rxg3 Bxg3+ 35. Kxg3 Re3+ 36. Kh2 Qd6+ 37. Kg1 Qd1+ 38. Kh2 Re2 $19) 30...
Ne4 31. Rxd6 (31. Rd3 Nxg3 $19) 31... Nxd6 32. Qxc6 Re1+ $19 (32... bxc6 $19)
33. Kh2 bxc6 34. Bxd6 Rd5 35. Bf4 Rdd1 36. Be3 a6 37. Bxc5 Rh1+ 38. Kg3 Rdg1+
39. Kf4 Rxh3 40. a4 Rhh1 41. b4 Rxb1 42. Ra2 Ra1 43. Rd2 Rhd1 44. Re2 Re1 45.
Rd2 Rad1 46. Rb2 Rd5 47. Be3 Ra1 (47... h5 $19) 48. a5 Rh1 49. Kg3 Rg1+ 50. Kh2
Rg4 51. Kh3 Re4 52. Kg2 Rd3 53. Bc5 Kf7 54. Rb1 g5 55. Rc1 Kf6 56. c4 Kf5 57.
b5 Rg4+ (57... Re5 $19) 58. Kh2 cxb5 59. cxb5 axb5 60. a6 Rc4 61. a7 Rd8 62.
Rd1 Ra8 63. Rd5+ Ke4 64. Rxg5 Kf3 65. Rf5+ Rf4 66. Rh5 Rf7 67. Rh3+ Ke4 68. Rb3
Rb7 69. Rb4+ Kd5 70. Be3 Kc6 71. f4 Raxa7 72. Bxa7 Rxa7 73. Rb1 Rb7 74. Kg3 b4
75. f5 b3 76. Kf4 Kd5 77. Kg5 b2 78. f6 Ke6 79. Re1+ Kf7 80. Rb1 Rb5+ 81. Kh6
Kxf6 82. Kxh7 Ke5 {50 last moves weren't necessary...} 0-1

[Event "Pamplona 9697 7th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1996.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O Nc6 6. d4 Be7 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3
a6 (8... O-O 9. b4 Bb6 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. Nbd2 Rd8 (11... Bd7 12. Qb1 Rad8 13. e4
dxe4 14. Nxe4 e5 15. c5 Bc7 {1/2-1/2 Bilek,I-Hernandez,Rom/Szolnok (02)/1975/})
12. Qc2 h6 (12... Bd7 13. e4 dxc4 14. Nxc4 Rac8 15. Nxb6 axb6 16. Qe2 e5 17. b5
Na7 18. a4 Bg4 19. Qe3 Qb4 20. Bxe5 Nxe4 21. Nd4 f6 22. Qxe4 fxe5 23. Qxg4 Qxd4
24. Qe6+ Kh8 25. Bxb7 {1-0 Tratar,M-Koenig,D/Werfen op (06)/1992 (29)}) (12...
e5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Rad1 Nd4 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Nc4 Nb6 17. Nxe5 Bf5 18. Qxf5
Bxb2 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Nd3 Bxa3 21. Qa5 Nc4 22. Qxa7 Qxe2 23. Nf4 Qd2 24. Bd5
{1-0 Antunes,A-Lalic,S/Benasque op (09)/1996 (28)}) 13. Rad1 a6 (13... Bd7 $5)
14. e4 dxc4 (14... dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Rxd8+ Bxd8 $1 17. Qxe4 Bd7 {/\ Be8+/-
}) 15. Nxc4 Rxd1 16. Rxd1 Ba7 17. Nfe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Bb6 {/\ Bd7} 19. Bd4 Bxd4
20. Rxd4 Kf8 21. Qd2 Ke8 22. Bf3 {1-0 Romanishin,O-Lobron,E/Biel/1987 (38)}) (
8... dxc4 $5 9. Qa4 O-O 10. Qxc4 Bb6 11. Nc3 e5 12. Rd1 Be6 13. Qh4 Qe7 14. Ng5
Bf5 $1 $13) 9. b4 (9. Nc3 d4 10. Na4 Ba7 11. b4 O-O 12. Bb2 Bd7 13. b5 axb5 14.
cxb5 Qa5 15. bxc6 Bxc6 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. Nxd4 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qxa4 19. Qxa4 Rxa4
20. e3 Rd8 21. Rfb1 Rd7 {1/2-1/2 Gierse,HD-Barthel,A/NRW-I 8889/1989 (28)})
9... Ba7 10. Bb2 (10. Nc3 dxc4 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. Nd2 Ne5 13. Bb2 Nfd7 14. Rfd1
Rb8 15. a4 f6 16. Nce4 Nc6 17. b5 Na5 18. Ba3 Bd4 19. Rab1 axb5 20. Nd6 Rg8 21.
Nf7+ Ke8 22. Nd6+ Kd8 23. Nf7+ Ke8 24. Nd6+ Kd8 {1/2-1/2 Li Manuel-Vera,R/
CUB-ch (09)/1995/}) 10... O-O 11. Nbd2 Qe7 12. Qc2 Rd8 13. e4 {This forces the
defender to choose a strategy of coping with white's center control. Das
zwingt den Verteidiger, eine Strategie zu suchen, mit der sich die weiße
Zentrumskontrolle neutralisieren läßt.} dxe4 $6 (13... dxc4 $1 14. e5 (14. Nxc4
b5 15. Nce5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bb7) 14... Nd5 15. Nxc4 $14) 14. Nxe4 e5 15. Rad1 Bg4
(15... Bf5 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Qe2 Bg4 18. h3 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Bd4 20. Bc1 $1 $14)
16. c5 $1 Nxe4 (16... Nd4 17. Bxd4 exd4 (17... Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Rxd4 19. Nxf6+
gxf6 20. Qf5 $1 $18) 18. Rxd4 $16) 17. Qxe4 f5 18. Qc4+ Kh8 (18... Qf7 19.
Qxf7+ Kxf7 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Nxe5+ Nxe5 22. Bxe5 $16) 19. h3 Bh5 (19... Bxf3
20. Bxf3 $14) 20. g4 fxg4 (20... Bf7 21. Qc3 $16) 21. hxg4 Bg6 22. Qc3 Rxd1 (
22... Bb8 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Qe3 $16) 23. Rxd1 Bb8 24. Qd2 Bc7 (24... e4 25.
Nd4 Nxd4 26. Qxd4 Bf4 27. Qd7 $16) 25. Qg5 $1 (25. Qd7 $4 Rd8 26. Qxe7 Rxd1+
$19) 25... Qe6 (25... Re8 26. Qxe7 Rxe7 27. Nh4 Bc2 28. Rd2 Bb1 $14) (25...
Qxg5 26. Nxg5 Rd8 27. Re1 $14) 26. Nh4 Bc2 (26... Bd8 27. Nxg6+ hxg6 28. Qd2
Qxg4 29. Qd7 $16) 27. Nf5 Qf7 (27... g6 28. Bd5 $1 $18) (27... Bxf5 28. gxf5
Qf7 29. Bd5 Qf6 $14) 28. Rd2 Bb3 $2 (28... Bxf5 29. gxf5 Rd8 30. Rxd8+ Bxd8 31.
Qd2 $14) 29. Qxg7+ $1 Qxg7 30. Nxg7 Rg8 (30... Kxg7 31. Rd7+ Kg6 32. Rxc7 $18)
31. Nh5 (31. Nf5 Be6 32. Nd6 Rxg4 33. Nxb7 $16) 31... Be6 (31... Rxg4 32. Rd7
Rg5 33. Nf6 Rg7 34. Rxg7 Kxg7 35. Ne8+ $18) 32. Nf6 Rg6 33. Ne8 Bxg4 (33... Bb8
34. f3 $18) 34. f3 $1 (34. Nxc7 Bf3 35. Kf1 Bxg2+ $13) 34... Bxf3 35. Nxc7 Rg7
(35... h5 36. Kh2 $18) 36. Ne8 Rg8 37. Nd6 Nd4 38. Nf7+ Kg7 39. Nxe5 Ne2+ (
39... Bxg2 40. Rxg2+ $18) 40. Kh2 Bxg2 41. Rxe2 Bd5 42. Ng4+ (42. Ng4+ Kg6 (
42... Kf8 43. Nf6 $18) 43. Re7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Pamplona 9697 7th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Speelman,J"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1996.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Fritz} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.
Bd3 c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Qe2 O-O (9... Qc7 10. Bd2 (10. O-O O-O 11. Bg5 b6 12.
Ne5 Bb7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Bxh7+ Kxh7 15. Qh5+ {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V-Karpov,A/Las
Palmas (06) 1996}) 10... O-O 11. O-O-O b6 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. f4 Nd5 14. Kb1 f6 15.
Nf3 Nxf4 16. Bxf4 Qxf4 17. Qxe6+ Kh8 18. Rhf1 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,V-Nogueiras,J/
Erevan ol (07) 1996}) 10. Bg5 h6 11. h4 Qa5+ (11... hxg5 12. hxg5 g6 13. O-O-O
Nd7 14. Bxg6 Be7 15. Bxf7+ Rxf7 16. g6 Rf6 17. Ne5 Rf5 18. f4 Bf6 19. g4 Rxe5
20. fxe5 Bg7 21. Rh5 Qe8 22. Qe4 Nf8 23. Rf1 Nxg6 24. Rf6 Nf8 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8
26. Qh7 Bd7 27. Rh6 Qf7 {0-1 Bellia,F-Kacheishvili,G/Ubeda op ;EXP 51 1996})
12. Bd2 Qb6 $1 (12... Qa4 13. Ne5 Qd4 14. c3 Qd5 15. O-O-O $1 Qxa2 16. g4 Qa1+
17. Kc2 Qa4+ 18. Kb1 Bd6 19. Nc4 Ne8 20. g5 b5 21. Nxd6 Nxd6 22. gxh6 Nc4 23.
hxg7 Rd8 24. Qh5 Na3+ 25. Kc1 {1-0 Rublevsky,S-Zakharevich,I/St.Petersburg
Petrov (01) ;CBM 52 1996}) (12... Bb4 13. O-O-O Bxd2+ 14. Nxd2 e5 15. a3 Be6
16. Nc4 Bxc4 17. Bxc4 Rac8 18. Bb3 e4 19. g4 Rfd8 20. f4 Qc7 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22.
Rf1 Nd7 23. g5 Nc5 24. Ba2 Rd6 25. Kb1 Qd7 26. Rc1 b6 27. f5 hxg5 28. hxg5 Qxf5
29. Qh2 Qd7 30. Qh5 g6 31. Qh6 Ne6 32. Qh4 Rd1 33. Qxe4 Qd2 34. Bxe6 Rxc1+ 35.
Ka2 Qxg5 36. Qa8+ Kg7 37. Qxa7 Qf6 38. Bb3 Qf1 39. Bd5 Ra1+ 40. Kb3 Qb5+ {
0-1 Hector,J-Hansen,Lars Bo/Copenhagen Open Copenhagen DEN (10) 1995}) 13. O-O
(13. O-O-O Ng4 $1 14. Bh7+ (14. Ng5 Nxf2 15. Bh7+ Kh8) (14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Qxe5
Bd4 16. Qb5 Bxf2 (16... Qxb5 $2 17. Bxb5 Bxf2 18. Bb4) 17. Bb4 Rd8 18. Ba5 Qxb5
19. Bxb5 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Bxh4 21. Bd8 Bd7 $17) 14... Kxh7 15. Ng5+ Kg8 16. Qxg4
f5) 13... e5 $5 (13... Qxb2 $5) 14. Nxe5 (14. b4 Bd6 (14... Bxb4 15. Rab1 a5
16. a3 e4 17. Bxe4 Qe6 (17... Re8 18. axb4 (18. Bh7+ Kxh7 19. Qd3+ Ne4 20. axb4
Qg6) 18... Rxe4 19. Be3 axb4) 18. axb4 Nxe4 19. bxa5 Nxd2 20. Qxd2 $10 {eg} Qf5
21. Ra1 Ra6) 15. c4 e4 16. Bxe4 Re8 17. c5 Bxc5 18. bxc5 Qc7) 14... Re8 15. Nc4
$1 (15. Bc4 Be6 (15... Bg4 $2 16. Bxf7+ Kf8 17. Bc4 $3 Bxe2 (17... g5 18. Qxg4
Nxg4 19. Nd7+) 18. Ng6#) 16. Bc3 Bd4 17. Rae1 (17. Bxd4 Qxd4 18. Rfe1 Qxh4)
17... Bxc3 18. bxc3) 15... Qd8 (15... Rxe2 16. Nxb6 Rxf2 (16... Rxd2 17. Nxa8
Ng4 18. Rae1 $1) 17. Rxf2 axb6 18. Kf1 Bxf2 19. Kxf2 $16) 16. Qf3 Bg4 (16...
Ng4 17. g3 $1 $8 Bd7 $36 18. Bc3 (18. b4 b5 19. bxc5 bxc4 20. Be4 $16) 18... b5
19. Bf5 Nxf2) (16... b5 $6 17. Qxa8 bxc4 18. Qc6 cxd3 19. Qxc5 Ne4 20. Qe3 Nc3
21. Qxe8+ Qxe8 22. Bxc3 dxc2) 17. Qxb7 $5 (17. Qg3 b5 18. Ne5 (18. Ne3 Bd6 19.
f4 Bc5 20. Kh1 Bxe3 21. Bxe3 h5) 18... Be2 {was my intention but after} 19.
Bxe2 Qxd2 {so as to play ...Ne4 next but this is trivially prevented by either}
20. Bd3 {or} (20. Bf3)) 17... Rb8 18. Qa6 Ne4 (18... Be2 $5 19. Bxe2 Rxe2 20.
Be3 (20. Bf4 $2 Ng4 21. Ne3 $2 (21. Bg3 Nxf2 22. Bxf2 Rxf2 (22... Bxf2+ 23.
Rxf2 Qd4 24. Raf1 Rxf2 25. Rxf2 Re8 26. Nd2 $18) 23. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 24. Kxf2 Qxh4+)
21... Rxe3 22. Rad1 Qxh4 23. Bxb8 Re8 $19) 20... Ng4 $1 21. Bxc5 Qxh4 22. Qd6 {
I stopped here but after} Rc8 $1 {Black can fight hard though it turns out
that White should win:} 23. b4 $1 (23. Rae1 Rxc2 (23... Re5 $1 24. Qxe5 Nxe5
25. Nxe5 Rxc5) (23... Rxc5 $2 24. Rxe2 Rh5 25. Re8+ Kh7 26. Qd3+ g6 27. Qh3 {
with the rook on f1, f2 is defended}) 24. Re4 Rxc5 25. Ne3 $2 (25. Rxg4 Qxg4
26. Qxc5 Qxc4 $10) 25... Rh5) (23. Ne3 $2 Nxf2) (23. Rfe1 Rxc2 $2 (23... Rxc5
$1 24. Rxe2 Rh5 $19 25. Re8+ Kh7)) 23... Rxc5 (23... Rxc2 24. f3 $1 (24. Rac1
$2 Rxc5 $1 (24... Rxc1 $2 25. Rxc1 Rxc5 26. Qxc5 Qh2+ 27. Kf1 Qh1+ 28. Ke2 Qxc1
29. Qc8+) 25. bxc5 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Qxf2+ 27. Kh1 Qh4+ 28. Kg1 Qf2+ $10) 24...
Rxc5 25. bxc5 Nf2 26. Nd2 $3 Nh3+ 27. gxh3 Qg5+ 28. Kh1 Rxd2 29. Rg1 $18) (
23... Re5 24. Qxe5 Nxe5 25. Nxe5 $18) (23... a5 24. Qg3 Qxg3 25. fxg3 axb4 26.
Rf4) 24. bxc5 Nxf2 25. Qh2 Qxc4 (25... Qd4 $2 26. c3 Qxc5 (26... Qxc4 27. Qb8+
Kh7 28. Rxf2 Rxf2 29. Kxf2 Qxc5+ 30. Ke2) 27. Qd6 Nh3+ 28. Kh2 Qh5 29. Qd8+ Kh7
30. Qd3+ Kg8 31. Qxh3) 26. Rae1 $3 (26. Rxf2 Rxf2 27. Qb8+ Kh7 28. Kxf2 Qxc5+
$1 29. Kg3 Qc3+ 30. Kh2 Qxa1 31. Qxa7 Qe5+ $10) 26... Rxe1 (26... Ng4 27. Qb8+
Kh7 28. Rxe2 Qxe2 29. Qf4 h5 $18) 27. Rxe1 Ne4 $5 (27... Qxc5 28. Qe5 Qb6 29.
Qe3) (27... Ng4 28. Qd6 Qxc2 (28... f5 29. Qe6+) (28... g5 29. c6 Qc3 (29...
Kg7 30. c7 Qc3 31. Rf1) 30. Re8+ Kg7 31. Qf8+ Kg6 32. Qg8+ Kh5 33. Qxf7+ Kh4
34. Re4 $1 Qxc6 35. Qb3 $1 {Fritz}) 29. Qb8+ Kh7 30. Qb1 $1 $18) 28. Qb8+ $1 (
28. Qe5 Nxc5 $10 (28... Nf6)) 28... Kh7 29. Qb3 $1 Qxc5+ 30. Qe3 $18) (18...
Nd5 19. Qa5) (18... Nd7) (18... Bc8 19. Qa5 Qd4 20. Bc3 Qxh4 21. Bxf6) 19. Be3
(19. Qa5 Nxd2 (19... Qxh4 20. Bxe4 Rxe4 21. Qxc5 Be2 22. Ne3) (19... Nxf2 20.
Qxc5 $1) 20. Qxd8 Rexd8 21. Nxd2 Be2 22. Bxe2 Rxd2 23. Bd3 Rxb2 24. g3) 19...
Bf3 $1 (19... Qxh4 20. Bxe4 Rxe4 (20... Bc8 $1 {Fritz} 21. Qc6 Rxe4 22. Bxc5
Rxc4) 21. Bxc5 Bf3 22. Qd6 Rc8 23. Ne3) (19... Bf8 20. Qxa7) 20. gxf3 (20. Bxe4
Rxe4 21. Bxc5 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Qd5 $1 {Fritz} (22... Rg4+ 23. Kf3 Qd5+ (23... h5
24. Ne3) 24. Kxg4 Qg2+ 25. Kf4 Re8 26. Ne5 Qh2+ 27. Kf3 $18) 23. Kg3 (23. f3
Rg4+ (23... Rxc4 24. b4) 24. Kh3 Rxc4 25. b4 Rxc2 (25... Qf5+ 26. Kg2 Rxh4 27.
Rh1 Qg5+ 28. Kf2) (25... Rxh4+ 26. Kxh4 Qg5+ {the queen goes back to e2}) (
25... Rb6 $1 26. Bxb6 (26. Qxc4 Qxc4 27. Bxb6 axb6) 26... Qf5+ 27. Kg2 Qg6+ 28.
Kf2 Qxc2+ 29. Kg3 Qg6+ $10 30. Kh3 Qf5+ {and not now} 31. Kh2 $4 Rxh4+ 32. Kg3
Qg5+ 33. Kf2 Rh2+ 34. Ke1 Qd2#) 26. Qd6 Qf5+ 27. Kg3) 23... Rxc4 24. Bxa7 Rbb4
$36) (20. Bxc5 $1 Nxc5 (20... Qxh4 21. Bxe4 Rxe4 (21... Bxe4 22. Ne3 Re5 23. f3
) 22. Qd6 (22. Ne3 Re5) 22... Rd8 (22... Rg4 23. Qxb8+ Kh7 24. Ne3) (22... Bxg2
23. Qxb8+ Kh7 24. Kxg2 (24. Qh2 Bf3 25. Ne3 Rg4+ 26. Nxg4 Qxg4+ 27. Qg3 Qh5 28.
Qxf3 Qxf3)) 23. Qh2 (23. Qg3 Rg4 (23... Qxg3 24. fxg3 Rxc4 25. Bxa7) 24. Qxf3
$1) 23... Qxh2+ 24. Kxh2 Rxc4 25. Be7 Rd7 26. Rfe1) 21. Qd6 Nxd3 22. Qxd8 Rexd8
23. cxd3 (23. gxf3 Nxb2) 23... Be2 24. Rfc1 Bxd3 $16) 20... Qxh4 21. Bxe4 (21.
Kg2 Bxe3 $1 (21... Rb6 22. Rh1 $1 (22. Nxb6 $5 Bxe3 23. Qb5 $1)) (21... Re6 22.
Rh1) 22. Nxe3 Qg5+ (22... Rb6 23. Qxb6 Qg5+ 24. Kh2 $16 Qh4+ 25. Kg1 Ng3 26.
Kg2 Nh5 27. Qd6 Nf4+ 28. Qxf4 Qxf4) 23. Ng4 Nf6 (23... h5 24. Bxe4 Rxe4 (24...
hxg4 25. f4) 25. Qd6 Reb4 26. b3 R8b6 (26... hxg4 27. f4 Qf5 (27... Qxf4 28.
Qxf4 Rxf4 29. c4 $16) 28. c4 Qe4+ 29. Kg1 R4b6 30. Rfe1 Qf3 31. Qd5 Rh6) 27.
Qd7 Rf4 28. Rh1 Re6) 24. Kh3 Nxg4 (24... Rb4 25. Qc6 $1 (25. Nxf6+ gxf6 $1 26.
Be4 Rbxe4 (26... Qh5+ $10) 27. fxe4 Rxe4 28. Qc8+ Kg7 29. Kh2 Rh4+ 30. Qh3) (
25. Rfe1 Qh5+ 26. Kg2 Rxg4+ $10) 25... Rxg4 (25... h5 $2 26. Nxf6+ gxf6 27.
Qxe8+ Kg7 28. Be4) 26. fxg4 (26. Qxe8+) 26... Qxg4+ 27. Kh2 Re5 28. Qa8+ Ne8
29. Qg2 Qf4+ 30. Qg3 Rh5+ 31. Kg2 Rg5 32. Rae1 Nf6 $14) (24... Nd5 25. Rae1)
25. fxg4 Rb4 26. Rg1 $1 (26. f3 Rxg4 $1 $19) (26. c4 Re3+ $1) 26... h5 27. Qc6
$16) 21... Rxe4 $10 22. fxe4 Qg4+ 23. Kh2 (23. Kh2 Rb6 24. Nxb6 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alicante op"]
[Site "Alicante"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Insua Mellado, Jose Luis"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2125"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. e5
dxe5 9. Nxe5 Nbd7 10. Bc4 c5 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Bg5 Qxd1 14. Raxd1
e6 15. f3 Rfc8 16. Bd2 Bxc3 17. Bxc3 Na4 18. Bb3 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Rxc3 20. Rd7 Bc6
21. Rc7 Rc5 22. a4 Be8 23. Rb7 Rcc8 24. a5 bxa5 0-1

[Event "Alicante op"]
[Site "Alicante"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Serrano Marhuenda, Salvador"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Qd8 9. dxc5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bxc5 11. Nc3 O-O 12. a3 e5 13. b4 Bd4 14. Bb2 Be6 15.
b5 Na5 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. Rxd4 Be6 20. Ra4 b6 21. Bc3
Nb3 22. Rd1 Nc5 23. Rad4 Rac8 24. Bb4 h6 25. Bf3 Bb3 26. Re1 Rfd8 27. Rxd8+
Rxd8 28. Re7 Bc4 29. Bxc5 bxc5 30. a4 Bb3 31. Rxa7 c4 32. Rc7 Bxa4 33. b6 Bd1
34. b7 1-0

[Event "Alicante op"]
[Site "Alicante"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Adla, Diego Gustavo"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. O-O Bd6 6. c4 c6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Ne5 b6
9. cxd5 exd5 10. Qc2 Bxe5 11. dxe5 Ne4 12. f3 Qc5+ 13. Qxc5 Nxc5 14. Ba3 Nbd7
15. Bxc5 Nxc5 16. b4 Ne6 17. f4 Bb7 18. Nc3 O-O-O 19. Bh3 g6 20. e4 dxe4 21.
Nxe4 Ba6 22. Rfd1 fxe4 23. Bxe6+ Kc7 24. Kf2 Rd3 25. Rxd3 exd3 26. Ke3 Rd8 27.
a4 d2 28. Rd1 Rd3+ 29. Ke4 Rd8 30. Ke3 Rd3+ 31. Ke4 Rd8 32. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alicante op"]
[Site "Alicante"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C59"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8.
Be2 h6 9. Nf3 e4 10. Ne5 Bd6 11. d4 exd3 12. Nxd3 Qc7 13. b3 O-O 14. Bb2 Re8
15. h3 Ne4 16. Nc3 Nc4 17. Nxe4 Nxb2 18. Nxb2 Rxe4 19. O-O Bh2+ 20. Kh1 Be5 21.
Rb1 Bxb2 22. Rxb2 Bxh3 23. gxh3 Qe5 24. c3 Qxc3 25. Qd3 Qe5 26. Rd2 c5 27. Bf3
Rd4 28. Qe2 Qxe2 29. Rxe2 Rc8 30. Rc1 a5 31. Rec2 Rd3 32. Kg2 a4 33. Rxc5 1-0

[Event "Alicante op"]
[Site "Alicante"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sanchez Guirado, Francisco Javier"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. cxd5 Bg7 7. Bb5+ Nbd7 8.
d6 exd6 9. Qe2+ Qe7 10. Bf4 Qxe2+ 11. Ngxe2 Ke7 12. O-O Nb6 13. Rfe1 Be6 14.
Rad1 a6 15. d5 Bd7 16. Ng3+ Kd8 17. Bf1 Nc8 18. Nge4 Nh5 19. Be3 h6 20. Rc1 Re8
21. Nxd6 Rxe3 22. Nxb7+ Kc7 23. Rxe3 Kxb7 24. Ne4 Bf8 25. Rb3+ Nb6 26. d6 Bc6
27. Nc5+ Ka7 28. Nd7 Bb7 29. Rxb6 Rc8 30. Rxb7+ Kxb7 31. Bxa6+ 1-0

[Event "Alicante op"]
[Site "Alicante"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Vassallo Barroche, Mauricio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5
Rb8 9. Kh1 Nb4 10. Be2 Bg4 11. a3 Na6 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nc7 14. a4 Nd7 15.
Qd3 a6 16. a5 b5 17. axb6 Rxb6 18. Nd1 Nb5 19. c3 Qb8 20. Ne3 Nd4 21. cxd4 Rb3
22. Qd1 cxd4 23. Nc4 Nc5 24. Na5 Rd3 25. Qe2 Qb5 26. Nc6 Nb3 27. Ra3 h5 28. e5
Nxc1 29. Rxc1 Rxa3 30. Qxb5 axb5 31. bxa3 dxe5 32. fxe5 Ra8 33. d6 1-0

[Event "Alicante op"]
[Site "Alicante"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "De la Villa Garcia, Jesus Maria"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Ng8 8.
Bc4 Bg7 9. Bf4 Qa5 10. Qf3 Bxe5 11. Bxf7+ Kxf7 12. Bxe5+ Nf6 13. Qf4 d5 14.
O-O-O Bf5 15. f3 h5 16. Rhe1 Qb6 17. g4 hxg4 18. Bxf6 exf6 19. fxg4 Be6 20. g5
Bf5 21. gxf6 Rae8 22. Re7+ Rxe7 23. fxe7 Re8 24. Re1 Rxe7 25. Rxe7+ Kxe7 26. b3
Qg1+ 27. Kb2 Kd7 28. Qe5 Qf2 29. Qg7+ Ke6 30. Qg8+ Kf6 31. Qd8+ Kg7 32. Qe7+
Kh6 33. Ne2 Bg4 34. Ng3 Qxh2 35. Qe3+ g5 36. Qe5 Qf2 37. Qb8 Kg6 38. Qg8+ Kh6
39. Qh8+ Kg6 40. Qg8+ Kh6 41. Qh8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alicante op"]
[Site "Alicante"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kovacevic, Slobodan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Nge7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Re1 Nf5 12. Bd3 h6 13. Bf4 Qf6 14. Qd2 Rd8
15. a4 a5 16. Rad1 Be6 17. Bxf5 Bxf5 18. Nfd4 Bg4 19. Rc1 Re8 20. h3 Bd7 21.
Nb5 Ne5 22. Bxe5 Rxe5 23. Rxe5 Qxe5 24. Re1 Qf6 25. N3d4 Re8 26. Rxe8+ Bxe8 27.
Qe2 Bd7 28. Nf3 Qf4 29. Nfd4 Bxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kiev"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Golubev, Mikhail"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Ng5 Bxe2 8.
Qxe2 Nc6 9. Be3 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Rad1 Re8 12. Nf3 Ned7 13. Qc4 a6 14. Bg5
Qc8 15. Rfe1 h6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. e5 dxe5 18. Nxe5 Qe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kiev"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Komliakov, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O h6 7. Re1 c6 8. a4
Qc7 9. a5 Rb8 10. d5 O-O 11. Bf1 b5 12. axb6 axb6 13. dxc6 Qxc6 14. Ra7 b5 15.
Nd5 Bd8 16. Be3 b4 17. Nd2 Nxd5 18. exd5 Qxd5 19. Nc4 Nf6 20. Nxd6 Be6 21. Bc4
Qxd1 22. Rxd1 Bb6 23. Bxb6 Rxb6 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Nc4 Rb5 26. b3 e4 27. h3 Rd5
28. Rda1 Rg5 29. h4 Rd5 30. Rb7 Ng4 31. Ne3 Nxe3 32. fxe3 Rf6 33. Rxb4 Rd2 34.
Rxe4 Rxc2 35. b4 Rb2 36. Rf1 Kf7 37. g4 e5 38. Rxf6+ gxf6 39. Rc4 Kg6 40. Kf1
h5 41. Ke1 hxg4 42. Rxg4+ Kh5 43. Re4 f5 44. Rxe5 Rxb4 45. Rxf5+ Kxh4 46. Ke2
Kg4 47. Rc5 Rb3 48. Ra5 Rc3 49. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kiev"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Frolov, Artur"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8.
Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. Qg4 g5 $5 (11... Bf8) 12. Qh3 Rg8 $1 13.
Nd2 $1 (13. Qxh6 $2 Bf8 $1 14. Qh7 Nf6 15. Qh3 g4 16. Qh4 gxf3 17. Qxf6 fxg2
18. Rg1 Qxh2 $19) 13... g4 $5 14. Qe3 (14. Qxh6 Bf4 15. Qh4 Bg5 16. Qg3 Bf4 17.
Qh4 Bg5 $11) 14... Bf4 15. Qe2 c5 16. g3 $1 Bxd2+ 17. Bxd2 cxd4 18. O-O-O Nc5
19. Bf4 Qb6 20. Qe5 Ke7 21. Bh7 Rd8 22. Qg7 Na4 23. b3 Qc5 24. Bg6 Qa3+ 25. Kd2
Rf8 26. Ke1 Qb4+ 27. c3 Qxc3+ 28. Bd2 Qc6 29. f3 Nc3 30. Bxh6 Bd7 31. Rf1 Nxd1
32. Kxd1 Qc3 33. Bg5+ Kd6 34. Bf4+ Kc6 35. Be4+ Kb6 36. Qe5 Rac8 37. Rf2 Qa1+
38. Ke2 Bb5+ 39. Bd3 Rc2+ 40. Bd2 Rxd2+ $1 0-1

[Event "Kiev"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Pesotsky, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Nc6 7. exd6 cxd6 8. d5
Na5 9. Qd4 f6 10. Bd2 Nxb3 11. axb3 Bg7 12. Ba5 Bf5 13. c4 O-O 14. O-O Qc8 15.
Re1 Re8 16. Nbd2 Nd7 17. Bc3 a6 18. Nh4 Ne5 19. f4 Nf7 20. Nxf5 Qxf5 21. Nf3
Qc8 22. Qd3 e5 23. dxe6 Rxe6 24. Nd4 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Qd7 26. Qe4 f5 27. Qe7 Qxe7
28. Rxe7 Rb8 29. Ne6 Bxc3 30. bxc3 b5 31. cxb5 axb5 32. Kf2 d5 33. Ke3 b4 34.
cxb4 Nd6 35. Rg7+ Kh8 36. Rd7 Ne4 37. b5 Nf6 38. Rd8+ Rxd8 39. Nxd8 Nd7 40. Kd4
Kg8 41. Kxd5 Kf8 42. Kd6 Ke8 43. Ne6 h6 44. Nc5 1-0

[Event "Kiev"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yegiazarian, Arsen"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 Nc6 4. c3 e5 5. Nf3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Re1
Nh5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Bf1 Kh8 11. Qc2 f5 12. Nc4 f4 13. Be2 g5 14. Rd1 Qf6 15.
h3 Qg6 16. b4 a6 17. a4 g4 18. hxg4 Bxg4 19. Nh4 Qg5 20. Bxg4 Qxg4 21. Nf3 Rg8
22. Nh2 Qg5 23. f3 Bf8 24. a5 Nf6 25. Ra2 Rg6 26. Qe2 Be7 27. Nd2 Rag8 28. Ndf1
h5 29. Kh1 h4 30. Rd5 Qh6 31. Qe1 Nxd5 32. exd5 h3 33. g4 fxg3 34. Nxg3 Qf8 35.
dxc6 Rxg3 36. Qxe5+ R8g7 37. Be3 bxc6 38. Qh5+ Kg8 39. Re2 Qf7 40. Qe5 Bf6 41.
Qe4 Rg2 0-1

[Event "Kiev"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Vysochin, Spartak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Qxf6 10. Nf3 h6 11. O-O Bd6 12. Be3 O-O 13. Bb5 Ndb8 14. Rc1 Bd7 15.
Ng3 Be8 16. Re1 Bg6 17. a3 a6 18. Ba4 b5 19. Bc2 Bxc2 20. Rxc2 Ra7 21. Qd3 Rc7
22. Rce2 Re8 23. Bd2 Rce7 24. Ne5 Bxe5 25. dxe5 Qh4 26. f4 Rf7 27. Nf1 Qd8 28.
g3 d4 29. Rc1 Rd7 30. Be1 Rd5 31. Rec2 Qb6 32. Bf2 b4 33. Nd2 Qb5 34. Qg6 Rdd8
35. Ne4 Re7 36. Nd6 Qd5 37. Qd3 bxa3 38. bxa3 Rxd6 39. exd6 Qxd6 40. Qe4 Rc7
41. Bxd4 1-0

[Event "Kiev"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nadanian, Ashot S"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b4 Bg4 3. Bb2 Nd7 4. b5 Ngf6 5. a4 Bxf3 6. gxf3 e5 7. Rg1 g6 8. e3
Bc5 9. a5 O-O 10. a6 b6 11. Ra4 Qe7 12. f4 e4 13. h4 Ne8 14. Qh5 f5 15. Qh6
Ndf6 16. Be2 Rf7 17. Nc3 Qe6 18. h5 Bf8 19. Qg5 Rg7 20. h6 Rd7 21. Na2 Be7 22.
Qg2 c5 23. bxc6 Qxc6 24. Nc3 Nd6 25. Qf1 Rc8 26. Rd4 Nc4 27. Ba1 b5 28. Bxc4
bxc4 29. Qh3 Kf7 30. Ne2 Rb8 31. Kf1 Rb1+ 32. Kg2 Rxg1+ 33. Kxg1 Qxa6 34. Bc3
Bc5 35. Qh4 Ng4 36. Ng3 Qe6 37. Kg2 Bxd4 38. Bxd4 Qe7 0-1

[Event "Kiev"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Malakhatko, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Be2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Re1
Qe7 9. Nf1 f6 10. exf6 gxf6 11. c4 O-O-O 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Bf4 h5 14. Rc1 Qb4
15. Qc2 Bh6 16. Bxh6 Rxh6 17. Ne3 Rg8 18. a3 Qf8 19. b4 Qd8 20. Nf5 Rhg6 21.
N3h4 Rg5 22. f4 Rxf5 23. Nxf5 Ndb8 24. b5 Na5 25. Ne7+ 1-0

[Event "Kiev"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shishkin, Vadim"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. g3 d6 8. Bg2
Bg7 9. Nh3 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Nf4 Qc7 12. Qc2 Rfb8 13. Bd2 Ne5 14. Rad1 Bc8
15. Bc1 Bf5 16. e4 Bc8 17. Nfe2 Qb6 18. b3 c4 19. Be3 cxb3 20. axb3 Qxb3 21.
Qxb3 Rxb3 22. Rb1 Rxb1 23. Rxb1 Nc4 24. Bd4 Nd2 25. Rd1 Nb3 26. Be3 Ng4 27. Bg5
Kf8 28. h3 h6 29. Bf4 g5 30. Bxg5 hxg5 31. hxg4 Bxg4 32. f3 Bd7 33. Rb1 Nc5 34.
Kf2 f5 35. exf5 Bxf5 36. Rd1 Ra3 37. Ne4 Nxe4+ 38. fxe4 Bg4 39. Rd2 Be5 40. Rc2
Kf7 41. Rd2 Kg6 42. Rd1 Bxg3+ 0-1

[Event "Kiev"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Krivoshey, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 Bd6 8.
Qe2 Qc7 9. Nf3 dxe4 10. Qxe4 Nf6 11. Qh4 Ba6 12. c4 Rd8 13. Bg5 Qa5+ 14. Ke2
Be5 15. Bd2 Qc7 16. Rab1 Nd7 17. Bg5 Bf6 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Qg3 Qxg3 20. hxg3
Ng4 21. Ne1 Ne5 22. b3 c5 23. Be4 Rd4 24. Bf3 Ke7 25. Nc2 Rd6 26. Rbd1 Rxd1 27.
Rxd1 Nxf3 28. gxf3 h5 29. Ne1 Bb7 30. Nd3 Rd8 31. Ke3 g5 32. Rh1 Bxf3 33. Rh2
Rxd3+ 34. Kxd3 e5 35. a3 a5 36. Kc3 Kd6 37. b4 axb4+ 38. axb4 cxb4+ 39. Kxb4
Kc6 40. Rh3 f5 41. g4 Bxg4 42. Ra3 f4 43. Ra6+ Kb7 44. Rg6 e4 45. Rxg5 e3 46.
fxe3 fxe3 47. Rg7+ Kc6 48. Rg6+ Kd7 49. Kc3 e2 50. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kiev"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Qxe2+ 8.
Bxe2 Be7 9. Nc3 c6 10. O-O Na6 11. Rfe1 Nc7 12. h3 h6 13. Bd2 O-O 14. Bf1 Re8
15. Re2 Bd7 16. Rae1 Bf8 17. Rxe8 Rxe8 18. Rxe8 Bxe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kiev"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Lutsko, Igor"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. O-O Bd6 6. c4 c6 7. Bf4 Bxf4 8. gxf4
O-O 9. e3 Rf7 10. Ne5 Rc7 11. Nd2 Nbd7 12. Rc1 Nf8 13. b4 Bd7 14. Qb3 Rac8 15.
a4 a6 16. Nd3 h6 17. Nf3 Be8 18. Nfe5 g5 19. Qa2 Nh5 20. fxg5 hxg5 21. f4 g4
22. Rc2 Qh4 23. cxd5 cxd5 24. Rfc1 Qe7 25. Rc5 b6 26. Rxc7 Rxc7 27. Rxc7 Qxc7
28. a5 bxa5 29. Qxa5 Qc2 30. Qd8 Ng7 31. Qh4 Nd7 32. Bf1 Nxe5 33. fxe5 Bb5 34.
Qd8+ Ne8 35. Qg5+ Ng7 36. Qd8+ Kh7 37. Qh4+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup6"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Alavkin, Arseny Nailievich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "1997.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ngf6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. c3 e6 13. a4 Nd5 14. Bd2 Qc7 15.
Qe2 Bd6 16. Nf5 Bf4 17. Ne3 N7f6 18. Nxd5 Bxd2+ 19. Qxd2 cxd5 20. Ne5 Ne4 21.
Qe3 Rb8 22. f3 Nd6 23. O-O O-O 24. Ra2 a5 25. g4 Rbe8 26. b3 Rc8 27. Rc2 f6 28.
Nd3 Qf7 29. Rfc1 b6 30. c4 dxc4 31. bxc4 e5 32. c5 bxc5 33. dxc5 Ne8 34. Nf2
Nc7 35. c6 Ne6 36. Rc3 Nd4 37. c7 Qa2 38. Kg2 Rf7 39. Qe4 Qe6 40. Rc4 Qd7 41.
Rc5 Ne6 42. Rxa5 Rxc7 43. Ra8+ Rf8 44. Rxc7 Qxc7 45. Nh3 Rxa8 46. Qxa8+ Kf7 47.
a5 Qc2+ 48. Kg3 Qc7 49. Qd5 e4+ 50. f4 Qc3+ 51. Kh2 Qc2+ 52. Kh1 Ke7 53. Qb7+
Kd6 54. Qb6+ Kd7 55. a6 Qd3 56. Kh2 Qe2+ 57. Kg3 Qe1+ 58. Qf2 Qc3+ 59. Kg2 e3
60. Qa2 Nxf4+ 61. Nxf4 Qd2+ 62. Qxd2+ exd2 63. a7 d1=Q 64. a8=Q Qxg4+ 65. Kh1
Qxf4 66. Qd5+ Ke7 67. Qb7+ Ke6 68. Qc8+ Ke5 69. Qe8+ Kd4 70. Qa4+ Ke3 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup6"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Matikozian, Andranik"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1997.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 e5 4. Ngf3 Bd6 5. Qe2 Nf6 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 Bg4 8. h3
Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nh4 Nbd7 11. Nf5 Nc5 12. h4 dxe4 13. dxe4 h5 14. Nc4 Be7 15.
Bg5 Bxf5 16. gxf5 b5 17. Nxe5 Qc7 18. f4 Rfe8 19. Bf3 Ng4 20. Bxg4 hxg4 21.
O-O-O f6 22. Ng6 Qa5 23. Kb1 Na4 24. Rd3 Qb4 25. c3 Qc4 26. e5 Ba3 27. Re3 Bxb2
28. Qxc4+ bxc4 29. Kc2 Ba3 30. Rg3 Rab8 31. Rb1 Rxb1 32. Kxb1 Rb8+ 33. Kc2 Rb2+
34. Kd1 Bc5 35. e6 Bf2 36. Rxg4 Nxc3+ 37. Kc1 Rxa2 38. Ne7+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup6"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "1997.03.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Daniliuk, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1997.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Be7 6. d4 Na5 7. Be2 exd4 8.
Qxd4 Nf6 9. e5 Nc6 10. Qh4 Nd5 11. Qg3 g6 12. O-O O-O 13. Bh6 Re8 14. c4 Nb6
15. Nc3 d6 16. c5 Nd7 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. exd6 Bf6 19. Ng5 Nd4 20. Nxf7 Nxe2+ 21.
Nxe2 Kxf7 22. Qb3+ Re6 23. Nf4 Nc5 24. Nxe6 Bxe6 25. Qf3 Qxd6 26. Rad1 Qe7 27.
Rfe1 Rd8 28. g4 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Ke8 30. Bf4 Nd7 31. Bd6 Qd8 32. Re1 Kf7 33. Re3
Qb6 34. Ba3 Kg7 35. Qe4 Bf7 36. Be7 Qc6 37. Bxf6+ Nxf6 38. Qe5 Qd5 39. h3 Qxe5
40. Rxe5 Kf8 {Forcieren der Damenflügelmehrheit und Qualitätsgewinn u.a. mit
Hilfe der Springergabel. Einfache Vorteilsrealisierung.} 41. f4 Nd5 42. f5 b5
43. a3 a5 44. Kf2 b4 45. axb4 axb4 46. fxg6 hxg6 47. Ke1 b3 48. Kd2 b2 49. Re1
(49. Kc2 Nb4+ 50. Kb1 Ba2+ 51. Kxb2 Nd3+ 52. Kxa2 Nxe5 $19) 49... Nb6 50. Kc2
Na4 51. Rb1 g5 52. Rxb2 Nxb2 53. Kxb2 Bd5 54. Kc3 Bg2 55. Kd4 Bxh3 56. Ke5 Kg7
57. Kf5 Kh6 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup6"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "1997.03.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1997.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. c4 Nb6 8. Nc3
O-O 9. h3 Bh5 10. Be3 a5 11. b3 Na6 12. Rc1 Nd7 13. Qd2 dxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe2 15.
Qxe2 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nb4 17. Rcd1 Qc8 18. Qg4 Kh8 19. Qe4 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Bxd8 21.
Rd1 Be7 22. a3 Na6 23. Nb5 Kg8 24. Qf3 Nc5 25. Bxc5 Bxc5 26. Qc3 b6 27. Qd2 Kf8
28. Qd3 g6 29. Qd7 c6 30. Nc7 Qxd7 31. Rxd7 Rc8 32. a4 Be7 33. Na6 Ra8 34. Nc7
Rd8 35. Rxd8+ Bxd8 36. Na6 Ke7 37. Nb8 Bc7 38. Nxc6+ Kd7 39. Nd4 Bxe5 40. Nf3
Bb2 41. Kf1 f5 42. Ke2 e5 43. Ne1 Bd4 44. Nc2 Bc5 45. f3 Ke6 46. Kd3 Kf6 47.
Kc3 e4 48. fxe4 fxe4 49. Kd2 Ke5 50. Ke2 Kf4 51. Ne1 Kg3 52. Kf1 h6 53. Nc2 g5
54. Ne1 Kf4 55. Ke2 e3 56. Nd3+ Ke4 57. Nb2 h5 58. g3 g4 59. h4 Bd6 60. Nd1
Bxg3 61. Nc3+ Ke5 62. Kxe3 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup6"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Petrushin, Alexander I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. h3 Bh5 8. O-O
Nc6 9. a3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Be7 11. Nc3 Qd6 12. Be3 O-O 13. Qb3 Rac8 (13... Rfd8
14. Rfd1 Rab8 {recomended by Nunn in his game against Luts in informator 62
and indeed one yesr later Lutz himself played Rab8 and good a reasonable
position with black} (14... Nd5 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Qxd5 (16. Qxb7 Rab8 (16...
Nxd4 $2 17. Qxe7 Nxe2+ 18. Kh2 Qxd1 19. Rxd1 Rxd1 20. Ne5 $16) 17. Qa6 Rxb2 $15
) 16... Rxd5 17. g4 Bg6 18. Bc4 Rdd8 19. Ne5 (19. d5 $2 Na5 20. Ba2 Be4) 19...
Be4 $15 {Bashkov,V-Schlosser,P EUcup 1992}) 15. Rac1 Nd5 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Qb5
f6 18. b4 Re8 19. Rc3 Bd8 20. Qc5 Be7 21. Qxd6 {1/2-1/2 Sermek,D-Lutz,Ch Ptuj 
(zt) 1995}) 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. Rac1 Qb8 (15... Nd5 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 17. Qxb7 $2
Nxd4 $15 {Nunn,J}) 16. d5 $1 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Rxd5 Bg6 (18... Rxd5 19.
Qxd5 Bg6 20. b4 $14) 19. Rb5 b6 (19... Rd7 20. Bc4 Bd6 (20... Bf6 $2 21. Be6 $1
fxe6 22. Qxe6+ Rf7 23. Rxc6 $16) 21. Bd5 $14) 20. Rd5 Na5 $146 (20... Bf6 $2
21. Ba6 $16 {Nunn,J-Lutz,Ch Duetschland 1994 62/142 [Nunn,J]}) (20... Qb7 21.
Rxd8+ Nxd8 (21... Rxd8 22. Qa4 $14) 22. Rxc8 Qxc8 23. Qa4 Nc6 24. Ba6 $14 {
Nunn,J}) 21. Rxd8+ Bxd8 (21... Rxd8 22. Qa4 $14) 22. Qb5 Rxc1+ (22... Bf6 23.
b4) 23. Bxc1 Bf6 24. Qd7 (24. b4 Qc8 25. Be3 Nc6 $14) 24... Nb3 (24... Nb7 25.
Bf4 Qa8 26. b4) 25. Bf4 Nc5 (25... Qa8) 26. Bxb8 Nxd7 27. Bxa7 Bxb2 28. Bb5 {
[%tqu "De","black played 28...Nc5 and after 29.a4 simply lost the 'b' pawn and
the game,there was one move which could have saved black find it and think
well,since at the begining it seems that there are 2 move...","","","d7f6","",
6]} Nc5 $4 (28... Bf5 29. g4 Be6 30. Ng5 Nc5 (30... Ne5 31. Nxe6 fxe6 32. a4
Bd4 33. Kg2 $18 {[%cal Ga4a5]} (33. a5 $4 bxa5 34. Bxd4 Nf3+)) (30... Nf6 31.
Nxe6 fxe6 32. a4 Nd5 33. Bc4 $18) 31. Nxe6 Nxe6 32. a4 Bd4 33. Bd7 (33. Bc4 b5
34. Bxd4 bxc4 35. Bc3 $16) 33... Nf4 34. Kf1 $16 {[%cal Ga4a5] /+-}) (28... Nf6
$1 {this is the only way,the knight will defend the b6 pawn from d5 where it
can go to c3 attacink the bishop on b5 and the pawn on a4 since after Nf6
white must play a4} 29. a4 Nd5 30. Bc4 Nc3 $11) 29. a4 Nb3 (29... Bc2 30. a5)
30. Bxb6 $18 Bc3 31. Kf1 Kf8 32. Ke2 Ke7 33. Ke3 Kd6 34. Nd4 Nc5 35. a5 Be4 36.
Bxc5+ Kxc5 37. Kxe4 Bxd4 38. a6 Kxb5 39. Kxd4 Kxa6 40. Kc5 f5 41. f4 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup6"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "1997.03.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1997.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. f3 g6 6. e4 Bg7 7. e5 Ng8 8. f4 d6 9.
Nf3 Nd7 10. Bd2 dxe5 11. Bc3 Nb6 12. Nxe5 Nf6 13. bxa6 O-O 14. Nc6 Qd7 15. Bxf6
Bxf6 16. Ne5 Qf5 17. Qf3 Bxe5 18. fxe5 Qxe5+ 19. Qe2 Qxd5 20. Nc3 Qf5 21. Qxe7
Be6 22. O-O-O Na4 23. Bb5 Nxc3 24. bxc3 Bxa2 25. Qe2 Qb1+ 26. Kd2 Rad8+ 27. Ke3
Rfe8+ 28. Kf3 Qf5+ 29. Kg3 Qg5+ 30. Qg4 Re3+ 31. Kf2 Qxg4 32. Rxd8+ Kg7 33. Ra1
Rxc3 34. Rxa2 Qf4+ 35. Ke1 Rc1+ 36. Rd1 Qb4+ 37. Rad2 Rxd1+ 38. Kxd1 Qb1+ 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup6"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Popov, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1997.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. Bb5 e6 6. Be3 Bd7 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. Nf3
Nh6 9. c3 Nf5 10. Bd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Be7 13. b4 b6 14. cxb6 axb6
15. O-O O-O 16. Rfc1 Bb5 17. Qe3 Rfc8 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. a3 b5 20. f4 Ra6 21. N2b3
Qa7 22. Qf2 Ra8 23. g3 Qc7 24. Qb2 h6 25. Kg2 R8a7 26. h4 Qc8 27. Ra2 Qa8 28.
Rd1 Be8 29. Nd2 f6 30. exf6 Bxf6 31. N2f3 Kh8 32. Qe2 Rxa3 33. Rxa3 Rxa3 34.
Qxe6 Qd8 35. g4 Qa8 36. g5 hxg5 37. hxg5 Be7 38. Ne5 Bf8 39. g6 Qa7 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup6"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "1997.03.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1997.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Qc2 Bb6 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Bg5 Be6 12. Na4 h6 13. Nxb6 axb6 14. Bf4
Qe7 15. Rfd1 Rfc8 16. a3 b5 17. Qb1 Bg4 18. Be3 b4 19. axb4 Qxb4 20. Rxa8 Rxa8
21. h3 Bh5 22. Kh2 Qc4 23. Rd2 Ne4 24. Rd3 Bg6 25. Qd1 Ra5 26. Nd4 Ne5 27. Rb3
Qa6 28. Nc2 Nc4 29. Bd4 Qc6 30. Rb4 f6 31. Ne1 Rb5 32. Rxb5 Qxb5 33. Nd3 Bf7
34. Qa1 Kh7 35. Qc1 Qb3 36. f3 Ned6 37. Nc5 Qb5 38. g4 b6 39. Nd3 Qb3 40. Bf1
Nb5 41. Bf2 d4 42. Bg2 Bg6 43. f4 Bxd3 44. exd3 Qxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup6"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "1997.03.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Giorgadze, Giorgi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "1997.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bb6 5. a4 a6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. d4 Bxd4 8. Nxd4
Nxd4 9. f4 d6 10. O-O h6 11. fxe5 dxe5 12. Nd5 Be6 13. Nxf6+ gxf6 14. Bd3 Nb3
15. Rb1 Nxc1 16. Qxc1 Qd4+ 17. Kh1 f5 18. exf5 Bd5 19. Be2 O-O-O 20. c3 Qe4 21.
Bf3 Qd3 22. Bxd5 Rxd5 23. Rd1 Qxd1+ 24. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. Re1 f6 27.
Kg1 Rg8 28. Re4 h5 29. h3 Rg5 30. g4 Kd7 31. Kf2 hxg4 32. hxg4 Kd6 33. Kf3 Rg7
34. Re1 Kd5 35. Rh1 Kc4 36. Rh6 Rf7 37. Ke4 Kxc3 38. Rxf6 Rxf6 39. g5 Rb6 40.
f6 Rxb4+ 41. Kxe5 Rg4 42. f7 Rxg5+ 43. Ke4 Rg4+ 44. Ke3 Rxa4 45. f8=Q Kb3 46.
Qc8 b5 47. Qxc7 Rc4 48. Qb6 Rc3+ 49. Kd4 Rc4+ 50. Kd5 b4 51. Qxa6 Rc3 52. Qa1
Rc8 53. Qf1 Rc3 54. Kd4 Ka3 55. Qa6+ Kb3 56. Qa5 Rc1 57. Qd5+ Ka3 58. Qa5+ Kb3
59. Kd3 Rc8 60. Qa6 Rc7 61. Qe6+ Ka3 62. Kd2 Rc5 63. Qd6 Rc3 64. Qd5 Rc8 65.
Kd3 Rc1 66. Qa5+ Kb3 67. Kd4 Rc4+ 68. Kd5 Rc1 69. Kd6 Rc2 70. Qa1 Rc3 71. Kd7
Rc5 72. Kd6 Rc3 73. Kd5 Rc7 74. Qd1+ Ka3 75. Qa1+ Kb3 76. Kd6 Rc3 77. Qe1 Ka3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Zagan"]
[Date "1997.07.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zulfugarli, Magomed"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1997.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 d5 5. exd5 Nf6 6. Qa4+ Nbd7 7. Nc3 Bg7 8.
g3 O-O 9. Bg2 Nb6 10. Qb3 Bf5 11. Nge2 Bd3 12. O-O Bc4 13. Qa3 Nbxd5 14. Rd1 a5
15. b3 Ba6 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Rac1 Rc8 19. Nf4 Kh7 20. Na4 b6 21.
Rxc8 Bxc8 22. Qc1 Bg4 23. Rd2 Qd6 24. h3 Bd7 25. Nb2 Rc8 26. Qe1 Bb5 27. Kh2
Rc7 28. Nbd3 Qxd4 29. Ne5 Qb4 30. Nxf7 Rc2 31. Rd1 Qxe1 32. Rxe1 g5 33. Ne6
Rxf2 34. Kg1 Re2 35. Rxe2 Bxe2 36. Nd4 Bd3 37. Ne5 Bb1 38. Nc4 Bxa2 39. Nxb6
Nd7 40. Be4+ Kh8 0-1

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Zagan"]
[Date "1997.07.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Van den Doel, Erik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1997.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4
Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bf4 d6 11. exd6 exd6 12. h3 Qf6 13. Be3 Na5 14. Bg5 Qf5 15.
Bc2 Qb5 16. Qc1 Nd5 17. Na3 Qb6 18. Qd2 Be6 19. Be4 f5 20. Bd3 Nb4 21. Be2 Bd5
22. b3 Rac8 23. Rac1 Bxf3 24. Bxf3 Qxd4 25. Nb5 Qxd2 26. Bxd2 Nxa2 27. Rxc8
Rxc8 28. Bxa5 Rc5 29. Be2 a6 30. b4 Rxb5 31. Bxb5 axb5 32. Rd1 Bf8 33. Bc7 Nc3
34. Rd3 Na2 35. Bxd6 Nxb4 36. Rd2 Nc6 37. Bxf8 Kxf8 38. Rd7 Ne7 39. Rxb7 Kf7
40. Rxb5 h6 41. Kf1 Nc6 42. Rb7+ Ke6 43. Ke2 Ke5 44. Kd3 Nd8 45. Rb5+ Kf6 46.
Kc4 Ne6 47. g3 Ng5 48. Rb6+ Kg7 49. h4 Ne4 50. Rb2 g5 51. Kd4 Kg6 52. Ke5 gxh4
53. gxh4 Kh5 54. Kxf5 Ng3+ 55. Kf4 1-0

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Zagan"]
[Date "1997.07.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gyimesi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D33"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1997.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Qb6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. O-O Be7 11. e4 Ba6 12. Re1 dxe4 13. Nxe4 O-O 14. Be3
Qb5 15. Bg5 Rad8 16. Qc2 Qc4 17. Qxc4 Bxc4 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20.
Bxc6 Rd2 21. b3 Rc8 22. Bb7 Rb8 23. Bf3 Bb5 24. Red1 Rb2 25. Rd4 Rc8 26. a4 Be8
27. Bd5 Kf8 28. Rad1 Rcc2 29. Rf4 Kg7 30. Kg2 a5 31. Rd3 Bd7 32. Bxf7 Bc6+ 33.
Bd5 Rxb3 34. Bxc6 Rxd3 35. Be4 Rdd2 36. Bxc2 Rxc2 37. Rf5 Ra2 38. Rxa5 Kg6 39.
Ra8 Kf5 40. a5 Ra3 41. a6 Ra2 42. a7 Ra1 43. h3 h5 44. Kf3 Ra3+ 45. Ke2 Ra6 46.
g4+ hxg4 47. hxg4+ Kf4 48. g5 Kf5 49. gxf6 Re6+ 50. Kf1 1-0

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Zagan"]
[Date "1997.07.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Malikgulyew, Vepa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1997.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8.
Ng3 Be7 9. c4 O-O 10. Bf4 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 c6 12. Rad1 Qb6 13. Bc1 Rfd8 14. Rfe1
Nf8 15. Nf5 Qc7 16. Qg3 Qxg3 17. Nxe7+ Kh8 18. hxg3 Re8 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. Be2
N8d7 21. Bf3 Rac8 22. g4 Nb6 23. g5 Ng8 24. b3 Ne7 25. Re5 Red8 26. g4 Rc7 27.
Ba3 Ng6 28. Rc5 Ne7 29. Kf1 Rcd7 30. Bxc6 Rxd4 31. Rxd4 Rxd4 32. Bf3 Rd2 33.
Rc7 Ng8 34. Rxf7 1-0

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Zagan"]
[Date "1997.07.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kunte, Abhijit"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1997.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 e5 4. Ngf3 Bd6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3
Bh5 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 Re8 11. Qe1 Qc7 12. Nh4 Rad8 13. a3 a5 14. Kh1 b5 15.
Nf5 Bf8 16. f4 dxe4 17. dxe4 exf4 18. gxf4 Bg6 19. Ng3 Nxe4 20. Ndxe4 f5 21.
Rd1 fxe4 22. f5 Bf7 23. Nxe4 Nc5 24. Qh4 Bd5 25. Rxd5 cxd5 26. Nxc5 Bxc5 27. f6
Rf8 28. f7+ Rxf7 29. Rxf7 Kxf7 30. Qxh7 Qg3 31. Qh5+ Ke7 32. Qe2+ Kd6 33. Qxb5
Qe1+ 34. Qf1 Re8 35. c4 Qg3 36. b4 Re1 0-1

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Zagan"]
[Date "1997.07.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1997.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Qa5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Ne2 h5 6. h3 h4 7. g4 Ne5 8. d3 Qa6
9. c4 Qd6 10. Nf4 e6 11. Nc3 a6 12. g5 Ng8 13. Bf1 Ne7 14. Ng2 N5c6 15. Bf4 e5
16. Be3 Ng6 17. Nd5 Be7 18. Be2 Nd4 19. Bh5 Nf8 20. f4 Nfe6 21. g6 f5 22. O-O
exf4 23. Bxd4 Nxd4 24. exf5 O-O 25. Rxf4 Bg5 26. Re4 b5 27. Qg4 Bd8 28. Rf1 Bb7
29. Nge3 Bf6 30. b3 Rae8 31. Qg2 Re5 32. Rxe5 Qxe5 33. Bf3 Nxf3+ 34. Qxf3 Bg5
35. Ng4 Qd4+ 36. Kh2 Bxd5 37. Qxd5+ Qxd5 38. cxd5 Re8 39. Kg2 Bf6 40. Rf4 Re2+
41. Kf3 Rxa2 42. Re4 Kf8 43. Nxf6 gxf6 44. Rxh4 Rd2 45. Rh8+ Kg7 46. Rh7+ Kg8
47. Ke3 Rb2 48. Rxd7 Rxb3 49. d6 c4 50. h4 Rxd3+ 51. Ke2 Rh3 52. Re7 Rh2+ 53.
Kd1 Rh1+ 54. Kc2 Rh2+ 55. Kc3 Rh3+ 56. Kb4 Rb3+ 57. Ka5 Ra3+ 58. Kb6 Rd3 59. d7
b4 60. h5 Kf8 61. Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Zagan"]
[Date "1997.07.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1997.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bg5 d4 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. Nd2 a6 14. Rc1 Ba7
15. Nf4 Ne5 16. Qb3 Rb8 17. Ne4 Ng6 18. Nd3 h6 19. Qa3 Bg4 20. Rfe1 h5 21. Rc2
h4 22. Bf3 Bxf3 23. exf3 Qd5 24. Rce2 Rbc8 25. Qb3 Qd7 26. f4 Rc7 27. Ng5 Bc5
28. Qd1 Be7 29. Re4 Bxg5 30. fxg5 Rd8 31. Qh5 Qf5 32. f4 Rc2 33. R1e2 Rxe2 34.
Qxe2 Qd5 35. Kf2 Nf8 36. a3 Ne6 37. Re5 Qh1 38. Rxe6 Qxh2+ 39. Kf3 Qh1+ 40. Kg4
fxe6 41. Qxe6+ Kh8 42. Ne5 Qd5 43. Ng6+ Kh7 44. Nf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Zagan"]
[Date "1997.07.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Banikas, Hristos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1997.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Be3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bd7 8.
Nc3 Qa5 9. Bd3 Bc6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. a3 Bd6 12. Ng5 Qc7 13. h3 h6 14. Nge4 Nxe4
15. Nxe4 Nf6 16. Nxf6+ gxf6 17. Be2 Qa5 18. Bf3 Qf5 19. Bxc6+ bxc6 20. Rc1 Rc8
21. Qc2 Qd5 22. Qd2 Rg8 23. f3 Kd7 24. Bf4 Bxf4 25. Qxf4 Qg5 26. Qxg5 Rxg5 27.
Rf2 Rb8 28. Rc4 Rgb5 29. b4 a5 30. bxa5 Rxa5 31. a4 Rb1+ 32. Rf1 Rb2 33. Rf2
Rb1+ 34. Rf1 Rb2 35. Rfc1 Ra6 36. Ra1 Ra5 37. Rac1 Ra6 38. Ra1 Ra5 39. Rac1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Zagan"]
[Date "1997.07.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1997.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Ng8 8.
Bc4 Bg7 9. Bf4 Qa5 10. Qf3 f6 11. e6 d5 12. Bb5 cxb5 13. Qxd5 Qb6 14. Qxa8
Qxe6+ 15. Be3 Nh6 16. O-O O-O 17. Bxh6 Bxh6 18. Rfe1 Qf5 19. Nd5 Qxc2 20. Nxe7+
Kh8 21. Nxc8 Rxc8 22. Re8+ Rxe8 23. Qxe8+ Kg7 24. Qd7+ Kg8 25. Qxb5 Qd2 26.
Qb3+ 1-0

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Zagan"]
[Date "1997.07.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1997.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 c5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. Nb3 cxd4 8.
Nbxd4 a6 9. O-O Qc7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Ng5 h6 12. Nh7 Rd8 13. Qg4 Bc5 14. Nb3 Bd6
15. Bxh6 f5 16. Qg6 Qf7 17. Qxf7+ Kxf7 18. Bd2 Bf4 19. Ng5+ Kf6 20. Bxf4 Nxf4
21. h4 Nxd3 22. cxd3 Nc6 23. d4 a5 24. a4 Rd6 25. Rad1 Nb4 26. g4 g6 27. gxf5
gxf5 28. Nd2 Rxd4 29. Ndf3 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Nd5 31. h5 Bd7 32. h6 Bc6 33. Kh2 Nf4
34. Rd4 Ng6 35. Nh7+ Ke7 36. Nh4 Ne5 37. f4 Ng4+ 38. Kg3 Rg8 39. Ng5 Nxh6 40.
Nhf3 Nf7 41. Kf2 e5 42. Rd1 Nxg5 43. Nxg5 exf4 44. Re1+ Kf6 45. Nh7+ Kg6 46.
Ng5 Kf6 47. Nh7+ Kf7 48. Re5 Kg6 49. Rxa5 Rh8 50. b4 Rxh7 51. b5 Be4 52. Ra8
Rh2+ 53. Kg1 Rb2 54. a5 f3 0-1

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Zagan"]
[Date "1997.07.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Zhang, Zhong"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1997.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 Nd7 6. a3 Ne7 7. c5 f6 8. f4 fxe5
9. fxe5 b6 10. b4 a5 11. Be3 Bg6 12. Bf2 axb4 13. axb4 bxc5 14. bxc5 Nf5 15.
Nh3 Be7 16. Nf4 Bf7 17. Bd3 Rxa1 18. Qxa1 Bg5 19. Nce2 Ne7 20. O-O O-O 21. Qb1
h6 22. Nh3 Bd2 23. Qc2 Ba5 24. Bh4 Qe8 25. Qa4 Bd2 26. Bxe7 Qxe7 27. Qxc6 Be3+
28. Kh1 Bh5 29. Nef4 Bg4 30. Qd6 Qf7 31. c6 Nb6 32. Bg6 Qa7 33. Qxf8+ Kxf8 34.
Nxe6+ Ke7 35. Rf7+ Kxe6 36. Rxa7 Bxd4 37. Rxg7 Kxe5 38. Bd3 Bc8 39. Ng1 Be3 40.
Nf3+ Kd6 41. Rg6+ Kc7 42. g4 d4 43. Ne5 Nd5 44. Be4 Nc3 45. Bf3 Bf4 46. Nc4 d3
47. Rf6 Ne2 48. Rf7+ Kd8 49. Rf8+ Kc7 50. Rf7+ Kd8 51. Nb2 Be6 52. Rf6 Nd4 53.
Rxf4 Nxf3 54. Rxf3 Bd5 55. Kg2 d2 56. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Zagan"]
[Date "1997.07.26"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Tihonov, Jurij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1997.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Be3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nc6 8.
Nc3 Qd6 9. a3 Be7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Qc2 Rd8 12. O-O Bd7 13. Rad1 Rac8 14. Rfe1
Be8 15. Bc1 h6 16. Qe2 Bf8 17. Bb1 g6 18. Ba2 Ne7 19. Ne5 Ned5 20. Rd3 Bg7 21.
Rh3 Qf8 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Qe4 b6 24. Qh4 Ne7 25. Bb1 Nf5 26. Bxf5 exf5 27. Bd2
a5 28. Rc3 f6 29. Nd3 Bf7 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Qg3 Qd8 32. Bc3 Qd7 33. h4 Bf8 34.
d5 Rxc3 35. bxc3 Qxd5 36. a4 Qc4 37. Qe3 Qxc3 38. Rc1 Qa3 39. Qd4 Bc5 40. Qd7
f4 41. Rb1 Qa2 42. Rd1 Qe2 43. Nxc5 bxc5 44. Rb1 g5 45. Rb7 Qc4 46. h5 Kg7 47.
f3 Qa2 48. Kh2 Qc4 49. Qe7 g4 50. fxg4 Qd5 51. Rb8 f5 52. g5 1-0

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Zagan"]
[Date "1997.07.27"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Savic, Miodrag R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1997.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. cxd4 e5 7. Nc3 Bb4 8.
Be2 exd4 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 Nge7 11. Nxd4 O-O 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. Ba3 Re8 14.
Bf3 Qf6 15. Re1 Be6 16. Bxb7 Rab8 17. Qf3 Qxf3 18. Bxf3 Nf5 19. Bb4 g6 20. a3
Red8 21. Rad1 h5 22. g3 Kg7 23. h4 Bc4 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Re5 Rd7 26. Rc5 Be6
27. Kg2 Nd6 28. a4 Nc4 29. a5 Rd2 30. Rc7 Ra2 31. Rxa7 Ne3+ 32. Kg1 Ra1+ 33.
Kh2 Ra2 34. g4 hxg4 35. Be4 Rxf2+ 36. Kg3 Ra2 37. Bc5 Nf5+ 38. Kf4 Ra4 39. Ke5
Nxh4 40. Bb7 Rc4 41. Bb4 g3 42. a6 g2 43. Bxg2 Nxg2 44. Re7 Bg4 45. Kd6 Nh4 46.
a7 Nf5+ 47. Kd5 Rc8 48. Rd7 Ne3+ 49. Kd6 Nc4+ 50. Ke7 Bxd7 51. Kxd7 Nb6+ 52.
Kd6 Na8 53. Ba5 g5 54. Kd5 g4 55. c4 g3 56. Be1 Nb6+ 0-1

[Event "Wch U18"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1997.09.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Dearing, Eddie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1997.09.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. h3 Bh5 8. O-O
Nc6 9. a3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Be7 11. Nc3 Qd6 12. Be3 O-O 13. Qb3 Rfd8 14. Rfd1 a6
15. d5 exd5 16. g4 Bg6 17. g5 Ne4 18. Nxd5 Qe6 19. Qxb7 Bf8 20. Nc7 Qxh3 21.
Nxa8 Qg4+ 22. Kf1 Qh3+ 23. Ke1 Qh1+ 24. Bf1 Ng3 25. Nh2 Nb4 26. Qc7 Rxd1+ 27.
Rxd1 Nxf1 28. Nxf1 Nd3+ 29. Kd2 Qxa8 30. Kc3 Qd5 31. Rd2 h5 32. Qc4 Qa5+ 33.
Kb3 Nxb2 34. Qb4 Bxb4 35. axb4 Qb5 0-1

[Event "Wch U18"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1997.09.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Toshev, Olimjon"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1997.09.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{BYE}  0-1

[Event "Wch U18"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1997.09.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Chikovani, Vakhtang"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2140"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1997.09.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bf4 c6 6. h3 Qa5 7. Bd3 e5 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Be3 Bg7 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Nge2 Nbd7 12. O-O Qc7 13. f4 exf4 14. Nxf4 Ne5
15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Na4 b6 17. Qb4 Qe7 18. Qc3 Nfd7 19. Qe1 O-O-O 20. Ba6+ Kc7
21. Qg3 g5 22. Be2 Rhf8 23. Nc3 Kb7 24. a4 Rxf1+ 25. Bxf1 a5 26. Rd1 Nf8 27.
Qf2 Rxd1 28. Nxd1 Qb4 29. Qe2 Nfd7 30. b3 Kc7 31. Qa6 Ng6 32. Qa7+ Kd6 33. Bf2
Bd4 34. Ne3 Qc3 35. Nd1 Bxf2+ 36. Nxf2 Qxc2 37. Qa8 Qxb3 38. Qg8 Nge5 39. Qg7
Qg3 40. Be2 Qe3 41. Bf1 h5 42. Qh6 h4 43. Qh5 Nf6 44. Qh8 Nxe4 45. Qf8+ Kc7 46.
Qg7+ Nd7 0-1

[Event "Wch U18"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1997.09.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Iljin, Stanislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "1997.09.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {...} 1-0

[Event "Wch U18"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1997.09.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Liang, Chong"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1997.09.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 c6 4. e3 Qb6 5. Na4 Qa5+ 6. c3 Nd7 7. b4 Qc7 8. Bd3
b5 9. Nb2 e6 10. a4 Ngf6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Qh5+ Ke7 13. a5 Qd8 14. Ne2 Qe8 15.
Qf3 Kd8 16. h3 h5 17. h4 Bd6 18. Ng3 Nf8 19. Be2 Qg6 20. Nxh5 e5 21. Qg3 Qf7
22. Qg7 Qxg7 23. Nxg7 f4 24. Nh5 Ke7 25. g3 fxe3 26. fxe3 Bf5 27. O-O Be4 28.
Nxf6 exd4 29. exd4 Bxg3 30. Nd3 Rxh4 31. Nxe4 dxe4 32. Ne1 Ne6 33. Ng2 Rh2 34.
Ne3 Rxe2 35. Nf5+ Kd7 36. Nxg3 Rg8 37. Rf7+ Ke8 38. Kf1 Rxg3 0-1

[Event "Wch U18"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1997.09.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Stevic, Hrvoje"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.09.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Nc6 7. O-O d5 8. exd6
Bxd6 9. d4 O-O 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Qe2 Be7 12. Bf4 Nd5 13. Bg3 Nf6 14. Rd1 Qa5
15. Nbd2 Nh5 16. Bh4 Bxh4 17. Nxh4 Nf6 18. Nhf3 Qh5 19. Bc2 e5 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21.
Bxe4 f6 22. Qb5 Qe8 23. Rd6 Nd8 24. Qd3 g6 25. Rd1 Be6 26. Bd5 Rf7 27. Qc4 Bxd5
28. Qxd5 Nc6 29. Rxf6 Rd8 30. Qxf7+ Qxf7 31. Rxd8+ Nxd8 32. Rxf7 Nxf7 33. Kf1
Kg7 34. Ke2 Kf6 35. Nd2 Nd6 36. Kd3 Kf5 37. c4 h6 38. b4 a6 39. a4 g5 40. c5
Ne8 41. Nc4 1-0

[Event "Wch U18"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1997.09.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Asrian, Karen"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1997.09.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2
e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Rad1 Qc8 11. Qc1 Rd8 12. Rxd8+ Qxd8 13. Rd1 Qf8 14. h3 Bxf3
15. Bxf3 Rd8 16. Rxd8 Qxd8 17. Qd1 Nd4 18. Kh1 Nd7 19. Bg4 h5 20. Be2 c6 21.
Bf1 a5 22. Nb1 Qc7 23. c3 Ne6 24. Nd2 Kh7 25. Nc4 b5 26. Nd2 Ndc5 27. b4 axb4
28. cxb4 Nd7 29. Nb3 Bh6 30. Qf3 Bf4 31. g3 Ng5 32. Qe2 Bxe3 33. Qxe3 Ne6 34.
h4 Qd6 35. Qd3 Qxd3 36. Bxd3 Kg7 37. Kg2 Kf6 38. Kf3 g5 39. hxg5+ Kxg5 40. Bf1
h4 41. Bh3 Ndf8 42. gxh4+ Kxh4 43. Bf5 Kg5 44. Ke3 Kf6 45. Bg4 Ke7 46. Nc1 Nf4
47. Nd3 Nxd3 48. Kxd3 Ng6 49. Bd1 Nf4+ 50. Kd2 Kd6 51. a4 bxa4 52. Bxa4 c5 53.
bxc5+ Kxc5 54. Ke3 Kc4 55. Bc6 Kc3 56. Be8 f6 57. Bd7 Nd3 58. Bb5 Ne1 59. Ba4
Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U18"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1997.09.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Gershon, Alik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1997.09.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bc4 b6 6. O-O Bb7 7. d4 Be7 8. dxc5
bxc5 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. Re1 Qc7 11. Nf1 Nb6 12. Bd3 d5 13. exd6 Bxd6 14. Bg5 h6
15. Bh4 g5 16. Bg3 O-O-O 17. Qe2 Kb8 18. Ba6 g4 19. N3d2 Bxg3 20. hxg3 h5 21.
Bxb7 Qxb7 22. Ne4 Rd5 23. Qe3 Nc4 24. Qf4+ Qc7 25. b3 Qxf4 26. gxf4 Nd6 27. Ng5
Rf5 28. g3 h4 29. Rad1 Nb5 30. Rd3 Nc7 31. Rd6 Kb7 32. Rd7 hxg3 33. fxg3 Rf8
34. Ne4 Kc8 35. Rd6 Ne7 36. Rd2 Kb8 37. Ne3 Rh8 38. Nxf5 Nxf5 39. Ree2 Nd5 40.
Rh2 Rc8 41. Rh7 Rc7 42. c4 Nd4 43. cxd5 Nf3+ 44. Kf2 Nxd2 45. Nxd2 exd5 46. Rh5
c4 47. bxc4 dxc4 48. Rb5+ Kc8 49. Ke2 c3 50. Nb3 c2 51. Kd2 1-0

[Event "Wch U18"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1997.09.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Iljushin, Alexei"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1997.09.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. f3 g6 6. e4 Bg7 7. Na3 O-O 8. Ne2 e6
9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Bc4 axb5 11. Naxb5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 exd5 13. exd5 Re8+ 14. Kf2 c4
15. g3 Qb6+ 16. Kg2 Na6 17. Qg1 Qa5 18. Be3 Rxe3 19. Qxe3 Nb4 20. Rad1 Nxd5 21.
Nxd5 Qxb5 22. Nc7 Qxb2+ 23. Rd2 Qa3 24. Qxa3 Rxa3 25. Rb1 Bxf3+ 26. Kf2 Bc6 27.
Rb8+ Bf8 28. Nb5 Ra5 29. Nd6 c3 30. Rc2 Kg7 31. Ne8+ Kh6 32. Rxc3 Rxa2+ 33. Ke3
Be7 34. h4 Kh5 35. Rd3 Bc5+ 0-1

[Event "Wch U18"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1997.10.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Chibukhchian, Artur"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1997.09.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 Nf6 5. a4 e6 6. Bxc4 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Qe2
Qc7 9. Rd1 Bd6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. h3 b6 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. e4 Nd7 14. Kh1 Bb7 15.
Bg5 Nde5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Ba2 Ng6 18. Rac1 Qe5 19. Be3 Rfd8 20. Bb1 h5 21. h4
Nxh4 22. f4 Qf6 23. Bxc5 bxc5 24. g3 Nf5 25. Kh2 Nd4 26. Qxh5 g6 27. Qg4 e5 28.
Rf1 Bc8 29. f5 Rb8 30. Rf2 Be6 31. Rcf1 Bc4 32. fxg6 Qxg6 33. Qxg6+ fxg6 34.
Ba2 Bxa2 35. Nxa2 Rf8 36. Rxf8+ Rxf8 37. Rxf8+ Kxf8 38. Nc3 Ke7 39. Kg2 Kd6 40.
Kf2 c4 41. Nd5 Kc5 42. Ke3 Nc6 43. g4 g5 44. Nc7 Kb4 45. Kd2 Kb3 46. Kc1 Nb4
47. Kb1 a5 48. Ne6 Nd3 49. Nxg5 Nxb2 50. Nf3 c3 51. Ne1 Nxa4 52. g5 Nc5 53. g6
Ne6 54. Nd3 a4 55. Nc1+ Kc4 56. Kc2 a3 57. Na2 Nd4+ 58. Kc1 Ne6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U18"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1997.10.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Dervishi, Erald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1997.09.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd6 8.
O-O O-O 9. Re1 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. d3 e4 13. Ng5 exd3 14. cxd3 Bxd3
15. Qb3 Na5 16. Qa4 c5 17. Ne4 Be7 18. Bf4 c4 19. Qb5 a6 20. Qh5 Nc6 21. Rad1
Re8 22. g5 Qd7 23. Qf3 Rad8 24. h4 Bxe4 25. Qxe4 Qg4 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Bg3 Qxe4
28. Rxe4 f6 29. Rxc4 fxg5 30. hxg5 Bd6 31. Bh4 Rc8 32. Bh3 Rf8 33. Be6+ Kh8 34.
Kg2 Rf4 35. Rxf4 Bxf4 36. Bc8 Na5 37. g6 Be5 38. c4 Nxc4 39. Bxb7 a5 40. Bd5
Nb6 41. Bf7 hxg6 42. Bxg6 Nd5 43. Bf7 Nc3 44. Bd8 a4 45. Bb6 g5 46. Kf3 Kg7 47.
Bc4 Kg6 48. Kg4 Bf6 49. f3 Nd1 50. Bd3+ Kg7 51. Kf5 Nb2 52. Bb5 Kf7 53. Bc5 Bd8
54. a3 Bf6 55. Be2 Kg7 56. Bd6 1-0

[Event "Swidnica op rap"]
[Site "Swidnica"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Berezin, Oleg"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qa4 Nb6 7. Qe4 g6 8.
Bg2 Bg7 9. d3 h6 10. O-O e5 11. Qe3 Qe7 12. Qd2 O-O 13. b3 Be6 14. Ba3 a5 15.
Qe3 Nd7 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. Nd2 b6 18. Nc4 Nb4 19. Bb2 Kh7 20. a3 Nc6 21. Nd5 Qd8
22. Nd6 Rb8 23. Nb5 Nd4 24. Bxd4 cxd4 25. Qf3 f5 26. b4 a4 27. Ndc7 Bb3 28. Na6
Rc8 29. Qb7 Nf6 30. Rc7 Rxc7 31. Nbxc7 Nd7 32. Bd5 Bxd5 33. Qxd5 Qe7 34. Ne6
Rc8 35. Nac7 Bf6 36. Rc1 h5 37. Rc6 Bh8 38. Rd6 Nf6 39. Qc6 h4 40. Kg2 hxg3 41.
hxg3 b5 42. Kg1 Bg7 43. Qb7 Ne8 44. Qxc8 Nxd6 45. Qa8 e4 46. Qd5 Bf6 47. Kf1
exd3 48. exd3 g5 49. f3 Kg6 50. Kg2 Kh6 51. Na6 Kg6 52. Nac5 Nf7 53. Nd7 Qd6
54. Ndf8+ 1-0

[Event "Swidnica op rap"]
[Site "Swidnica"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Galinsky, Timofey"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. a3 Bxc5 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Qe7 8. c4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Qe2 b5 11. Bd3 e5 12. e4 Nc6 13. h3 Be6 14. Be3 Rfd8 15.
Rc1 Bxe3 16. Qxe3 Qd6 17. Bf1 Nd4 18. Nbd2 Rac8 19. Nxd4 exd4 20. Qe1 Rxc1 21.
Rxc1 Nd7 22. Nf3 Nc5 23. e5 Qd5 24. Rd1 Nb3 25. Bd3 h6 26. Bc2 Qc4 27. Qe4 Nc5
28. Qh7+ Kf8 29. Qh8+ Ke7 30. Qxg7 Qxc2 31. Qf6+ Ke8 32. Qh8+ Ke7 33. Qf6+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Swidnica op rap"]
[Site "Swidnica"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jedryczka, Krystian"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Qb3 Bg7 7. cxd5 O-O 8.
Bf4 Nbd7 9. Be2 Nb6 10. Bf3 e6 11. d6 Nfd5 12. Be5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Qg5 14. Nge2
Qxe5 15. O-O Qxd6 16. Rfd1 Rd8 17. Rd4 Bd7 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Bxd5 Nxd5 20. Rxd5
Qc7 21. Rc1 Bc6 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Rd1 Re8 24. Nd4 Qa5 25. Qc3 Qxc3 26. bxc3
Bd5 27. f3 Bc4 28. Kf2 Re5 29. Rd2 Ra5 30. Nb3 Rb5 31. Ke3 Kf8 32. Kd4 Bxb3 33.
axb3 Rxb3 34. Ra2 a6 35. Re2 h5 36. c4 h4 37. h3 f5 38. Kd5 Kf7 39. c5 Rb4 40.
Ra2 Kf6 41. f4 Ke7 42. Ke5 Re4+ 43. Kd5 Rb4 44. Ke5 Kd7 45. Rc2 a5 46. Rf2 Ke7
47. Rc2 a4 48. c6 bxc6 49. Rxc6 Re4+ 50. Kd5 Kf7 51. Rc7+ Kf6 52. Rc6+ Kg7 53.
Rc7+ Kh6 54. Ra7 Rxf4 0-1

[Event "Swidnica op rap"]
[Site "Swidnica"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Palus, Ryszard"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. e3 Bb4 8. Be2
d5 9. O-O dxc4 10. Na4 Qc7 11. a3 Be7 12. Bxc4 O-O 13. Nb5 Qb8 14. Nbc3 Rd8 15.
Qc2 b6 16. Be2 Bb7 17. b4 Qc8 18. f4 e5 19. f5 e4 20. Nb5 Ne5 21. Qxc8 Raxc8
22. Nd4 Nf3+ 23. Nxf3 exf3 24. Bxf3 Bxf3 25. Rxf3 Rc2 26. Rf1 Ne4 27. b5 h5 28.
Rb1 h4 0-1

[Event "Swidnica op rap"]
[Site "Swidnica"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "189"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. O-O Ne5 8.
Nxe5 dxe5 9. d3 e6 10. f4 Bd6 11. f5 O-O-O 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. fxe6
fxe6 15. Rf3 Kb8 16. Qc2 h5 17. a3 h4 18. Raf1 h3 19. g3 a6 20. a4 Qc7 21. Nd1
Qf7 22. Qe2 Qg6 23. Nf2 Qe8 24. b3 Qg6 25. Kh1 Ka8 26. Rg1 Rh6 27. Rb1 Rhh8 28.
Kg1 Rc8 29. Rf1 Rcd8 30. Nd1 Bg5 31. R3f2 Qh6 32. Rf3 Qh5 33. Qf2 Be7 34. Nc3
Rhf8 35. Rxf8 Bxf8 36. Qe2 Qh6 37. Nd1 Be7 38. Nf2 Bg5 39. Ng4 Qh5 40. Kf2 Bd2
41. Qf3 Bc3 42. Ke2 Bd4 43. Ne3 Qg5 44. Nc2 Bc3 45. Qe3 Qe7 46. Qf3 Qd6 47. g4
Qb6 48. Rb1 Rh8 49. Qe3 Qd8 50. g5 Qe8 51. Rg1 Rf8 52. g6 Rf6 53. Qxh3 Rxg6 54.
Rxg6 Qxg6 55. Ne3 Bd4 56. Nf1 Ka7 57. Qg3 Qh5+ 58. Qf3 Qh6 59. Kd1 Qh4 60. h3
Qd8 61. Qg2 Qf6 62. Nd2 Kb6 63. Nf3 Be3 64. Kc2 Bf4 65. Qg4 Kc6 66. h4 Kd6 67.
h5 Ke7 68. Qg1 b6 69. a5 Bh6 70. Qg3 bxa5 71. Kb2 a4 72. bxa4 Kd6 73. Kc2 Bf4
74. Qe1 Qd8 75. Qc3 Qc7 76. Qe1 Qb6 77. Qb1 Qc7 78. Kd1 Ke7 79. Ke2 Kf7 80. Qg1
Kf8 81. Qg6 Qb6 82. Ng5 Qb2+ 83. Kf3 Bxg5 84. Qxg5 Qd4 85. Ke2 Qd6 86. a5 Qd4
87. h6 gxh6 88. Qf6+ Kg8 89. Qxe6+ Kg7 90. Qxa6 Qb2+ 91. Kf3 Qd2 92. Qb7+ Kg6
93. Qc6+ Kg5 94. Qxc5 Qd1+ 95. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Swidnica op rap"]
[Site "Swidnica"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ostrowski, Leszek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
O-O Bb6 9. Nc2 d6 10. f4 Be6 11. Bd3 Rad8 12. Bxb6 axb6 13. Nba3 Qh6 14. Nb5
Rc8 15. f5 Bd7 16. c4 Ne5 17. Nc3 Kh8 18. Be2 Ng8 19. a4 Nf6 20. b4 Bc6 21. Qd4
Rce8 22. Rae1 Bxe4 23. Nxe4 Nc6 24. Qd2 Rxe4 25. Qxh6 gxh6 26. Bd3 Re5 27. h3
Kg7 28. b5 Rxe1 29. Nxe1 Ne5 30. Rf4 Rd8 31. Bc2 Nfd7 32. g4 f6 33. Ng2 Nc5 34.
Ne3 c6 35. Rf1 Re8 36. Rd1 Ned3 37. Bxd3 Rxe3 38. Bf1 h5 39. gxh5 Nxa4 40. bxc6
bxc6 41. Rxd6 Re5 42. Rxc6 Rxf5 43. Rc7+ Kh6 44. Bd3 Rxh5 45. Kh2 Re5 46. Rxh7+
Kg5 47. Rg7+ Kh5 48. Rg2 Nc5 49. Be2+ Kh6 50. h4 Ne6 51. Rf2 f5 52. Bf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Swidnica op rap"]
[Site "Swidnica"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Shishkin, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Bg4 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 e6 8.
Nc3 Qa5 9. h3 Bh5 10. d5 exd5 11. O-O Bb4 12. Qxd5 Nf6 13. Qb3 O-O 14. Be3 Rad8
15. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 16. Rxd1 Rd8 17. Rxd8+ Qxd8 18. Nb5 Qe7 19. Qc4 a6 20. Nbd4 Nxd4
21. Bxd4 Bd6 22. Kf1 Qc7 23. Qxc7 Bxc7 24. g4 Bg6 25. Nd2 Ne4 26. Nb3 f6 27.
Bf3 Kf8 28. Ke2 b6 29. Ke3 Nd6 30. Be2 a5 31. Nd2 Bf7 32. a3 Ke7 33. h4 h6 34.
f4 g6 35. Bd3 h5 36. gxh5 gxh5 37. Nf1 Nc4+ 38. Kf3 b5 39. Bc3 Bb6 40. Ng3 Bc7
41. Nf5+ Kd7 42. Bxf6 Bg6 43. Bd4 Nd6 44. Nxd6 Bxd3 45. Ne4 Bxe4+ 46. Kxe4 Bd8
47. Bf2 Bf6 48. b4 axb4 49. axb4 Bc3 50. Bc5 Ke6 51. f5+ Kf6 52. Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Swidnica op rap"]
[Site "Swidnica"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Vysochin, Spartak"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Ng4 14. Ne2 Qd6
15. h3 Nf6 16. Bb5 Bd7 17. Bxc6 Bxc6 18. Qb3 Ne4 19. Rad1 a6 20. Rfe1 Rf6 21.
Qe3 Raf8 22. Nc3 Rf4 23. Rc1 h6 24. Re2 Rxf3 25. gxf3 Ng5 26. Kg2 Rxf3 27. Qe5
Qf8 28. Rh1 Rf5 29. Qe3 e5 30. Rd2 Nf3 31. Rd3 Nxd4 32. Kf1 Nc2 33. Qd2 d4 34.
Qxc2 Bxh1 35. Nd1 Kh8 36. Rd2 Bf3 37. b3 Qf7 38. Ke1 Qg6 39. Qc4 Rg5 40. Re2
Rg1+ 0-1

[Event "Swidnica op rap"]
[Site "Swidnica"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Surjadnji, Aleksei"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. a4 b4 5. Nd2 g6 6. b3 Bg7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. e4 d6 9.
g3 e6 10. Bg2 exd5 11. cxd5 Re8 12. Ne2 Nxe4 13. Bxg7 Nxd2 14. Bh6 Bg4 15. Be3
Nf3+ 16. Bxf3 Bxf3 17. O-O Nd7 18. Qd2 Ne5 19. Bf4 Qd7 20. Bxe5 Rxe5 21. Nf4 g5
22. Rae1 gxf4 23. Qd3 Bxd5 0-1

[Event "UKR-chT"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kostjukov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D55"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. O-O Ne7 11. h3 g6 12. Ne2 a5 13. Rc1 c6 14. Ne5 Nf5
15. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-chT"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bg5 d4 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. Nd2 a6 14. Rc1 Ba7
15. Nf4 Qe7 16. Nd5 Qd8 17. Nf4 Qe7 18. Nd5 Qd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-chT"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pavlov, Maxim"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5
Bg4 9. Qe1 Nb4 10. a3 Nxd3 11. cxd3 Qb6 12. Kh1 Rac8 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Rxf3 Nd7
15. Qe2 Qb3 16. Be3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Qxc3 18. Rc1 Qxa3 19. Rff1 Qa5 20. Ra1 Qc7
21. Rxa7 Ra8 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Rb1 Rb8 24. Rb5 b6 25. Qc2 Qa7 26. Bc1 Qa6 27.
Qc4 Ra8 28. Bb2 Qa4 29. Qc3 f6 30. Rb3 b5 31. Kh2 b4 32. Qc2 Rc8 33. g4 c4 34.
dxc4 Nc5 0-1

[Event "UKR-chT"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Cherniakhovsky, Petr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. O-O-O Ngf6 14. Ne4
Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qe2 O-O-O 17. Kb1 Bd6 18. c4 c5 19. Bc3 a6 20. d5 Rhe8
21. Qc2 Kb8 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Rhe1 f5 24. Qc3 e5 25. Nh4 f4 26. Nf5 f6 27. g4
fxg3 28. fxg3 Rg8 29. Re4 Qh7 30. Qf3 Rg5 31. g4 Qh8 32. a3 Qf8 33. Ka2 Rg8 34.
Rf1 Rd7 35. Nxd6 Qxd6 36. Qxf6 Qxf6 37. Rxf6 Rdg7 38. d6 b6 39. Rxh6 1-0

[Event "UKR-chT"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kutsyk, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nxd5 4. d4 g6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Re8 8.
Na3 Nb6 9. c3 c5 10. dxc5 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Na4 12. Bb5 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Rf8 14. Nd4
e5 15. Ne2 Be6 16. Bc4 Bxc4 17. Nxc4 Na6 18. Be3 Rfc8 19. Nd6 Rc7 20. Rd5 1-0

[Event "UKR-chT"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Tikhomirov, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
O-O a6 9. Bb3 Bxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. e5 Qg6 12. Nc3 Be6 13. f4 Rad8 14. Rc1 Na5
15. Bc2 Nf5 16. Bf2 Nc4 17. b3 Nb2 18. Bxf5 Qxf5 19. Qf3 h5 20. Ne2 Nd3 21. Rc3
Qe4 22. Qe3 Nb4 23. Nc1 c5 24. a3 cxd4 25. Qxd4 Nc6 26. Qd2 1-0

[Event "UKR-chT"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Zozulia, Anna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bd3 g6 5. dxc5 dxc5 6. e5 c4 7. Qa4+ Bd7 8. Qxc4
Ng4 9. f4 Nc6 10. Be4 Rc8 11. Qe2 Nd4 12. Qd2 Bf5 13. Bxf5 Nxf5 14. Qxd8+ Rxd8
15. Ke2 e6 16. Nf3 Bc5 17. Nbd2 Nf2 18. Rf1 Nd3 19. Ne4 Nxc1+ 20. Rfxc1 Be3 21.
Rd1 Bxf4 22. g3 Bh6 23. g4 1-0

[Event "UKR-chT"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sevostianov, Pavel"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d4 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 e6 7. Re1 Be7 8. e4
dxe4 9. Nxe4 O-O 10. c3 Qb6 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. Qb3 a5 13. Nd2 a4 14. Qxb6 Nxb6
15. Ne4 Be7 16. Bf4 Nd5 17. Bd2 Rfd8 18. a3 h6 19. h3 Bf5 20. Rac1 Kf8 21. Red1
Nb6 22. Rc2 Nc4 23. Bc1 e5 24. Re2 Rd7 25. Be3 Be6 26. g4 Ra5 27. Rde1 Rb5 28.
dxe5 Nxe3 29. fxe3 Rxe5 30. Nd2 Bh4 31. Rf1 Bg5 32. Rfe1 Rxe3 0-1

[Event "UKR-chT"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Solodovnichenko, Yuri"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nf3 d5 6. O-O Bd6 7. Bf4 Bxf4 8. gxf4
O-O 9. e3 Bd7 10. Qb3 Qb6 11. Qc2 Be8 12. Nbd2 Bh5 13. Ne5 Nbd7 14. Rfc1 Nxe5
15. dxe5 Ne4 16. Nf1 dxc4 17. Qxc4 Qxb2 18. Bxe4 fxe4 19. Rab1 Qe2 20. Qxe2
Bxe2 21. Rxb7 Rfd8 22. Rb2 Bd3 23. Rxc6 Rac8 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Ng3 a5 26. Rb7
g6 27. Ra7 h5 28. h4 Rc5 29. Kg2 Kf8 30. Nf1 Bb1 31. Nd2 Bxa2 32. Nxe4 Bd5 33.
f3 Bxe4 34. fxe4 Rc4 35. Rxa5 Rxe4 36. Kf3 Rb4 37. Ra8+ Ke7 38. Ra7+ Kf8 39.
Rc7 Rb2 40. Rd7 Rh2 41. Kg3 Re2 42. Rd3 Ke7 43. Ra3 Rd2 44. e4 Re2 45. Kf3 Re1
46. Ra7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cannes Generations"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "1998.02.21"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 c5 5. Bb2 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 Bd6 8. O-O
O-O 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. Nd2 a6 12. Rc1 Bd7 13. N2f3 Ne4 14. Nxc6 bxc6
15. Qd4 f6 16. Rc2 Qb8 17. Rfc1 Qb7 18. Qd1 a5 19. Nd2 Qb8 20. g3 Ng5 21. Nf3
Nf7 22. Nd4 c5 23. Rxc5 Bxc5 24. Rxc5 Qd6 25. Ba3 a4 26. b4 Rac8 27. Bf3 Rxc5
28. bxc5 Qe5 29. c6 Bh3 30. Ne2 Be6 31. Nf4 Ng5 32. Bg2 Ne4 33. Nxe6 Qxe6 34.
c7 Rc8 35. Qc2 Qe5 36. Bxe4 dxe4 37. Qxa4 h6 38. Qd1 Qxc7 39. Qd5+ Qf7 40. Qxe4
Qxa2 41. Bb2 Kh8 42. Bd4 Qa6 43. Kg2 Qb5 44. g4 Rc1 45. Qa8+ Kh7 46. Qe4+ Kg8
47. h3 h5 48. Kh2 h4 49. Qa8+ Kf7 50. Qa2+ Kg6 51. Qe6 Kh7 52. Qe4+ Kh6 53.
Qf4+ Kg6 54. e4 Qc6 55. g5 Qc7 56. Qxc7 Rxc7 57. gxf6 gxf6 58. f3 Rc4 59. Bf2
Rc3 60. f4 Rf3 61. f5+ Kg5 62. Be1 Kf4 63. Bxh4 Ke5 64. Kg2 Re3 65. Bf2 Rxe4
66. Kf3 Kxf5 67. h4 Ra4 68. Kg3 Ra3+ 69. Kg2 Kg4 70. Bd4 f5 71. Bf6 Ra2+ 72.
Kg1 Kg3 73. Kf1 f4 74. h5 Rh2 0-1

[Event "Cannes Generations"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1998.02.21"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Bxc3 7. bxc3 {
Rare guest in tournament practice.} (7. dxc3 d6 (7... Nxe4 8. Re1 (8. Nxe5 Nxe5
9. Bxe4 d6 10. f4 Ng4 11. f5 Nf6 12. Bg2 Re8 13. g4 d5 14. Bg5 c6 15. Kh1 Qd6
16. Qd4 Ne4 17. Rae1 c5 18. Qd1 Qc6 19. c4 Nxg5 20. cxd5 Qd7 21. h4 Ne6 22.
fxe6 fxe6 23. Qf3 Qe7 24. g5 Bd7 25. d6 Qd8 26. Qf7+ Kh8 27. Be4 $18 {1-0 Glek,
I-Grabarczyk,M/Katowice op 1992 (39)}) 8... Nf6 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. Rxe5 d6 11.
Re1 Re8 {+/=/=}) 8. Nh4 {/\->>>} (8. Qd3 h6 9. c4 Be6 10. Nh4 Qd7 11. Re1 Bh3
12. Bh1 Rae8 13. Bd2 Kh8 14. Bc3 g5 15. Nf5 Kh7 16. Rad1 Qe6 17. Ne3 Ne7 18. c5
dxc5 19. Nd5 Rc8 20. f4 gxf4 21. Nxf4 exf4 22. e5+ Ne4 23. Qxe4+ Ng6 24. Qxb7
Rg8 25. Qd5 fxg3 26. hxg3 Ne7 27. Qxe6 fxe6 28. Rd7 Rg7 29. Be4+ Bf5 30. Bxf5+
Nxf5 31. Rxg7+ Kxg7 32. Re4 Nd4 33. Bxd4 cxd4 34. Rxd4 Kg6 35. Ra4 Rd8 36. Rxa7
Rd1+ 37. Kf2 Rd2+ 38. Kf3 Rxc2 39. Rb7 Kf5 40. Rb5 h5 41. a4 Rc4 42. a5 Ra4 43.
Rc5 Ra2 44. b4 Ra4 45. Rxc7 Rxb4 46. Rh7 Rb3+ 47. Kg2 Ra3 48. Rxh5+ Kg6 49. g4
Rxa5 50. Kf3 {1/2-1/2 Braga,F-Sorokin,M/Clarin GP-f 1997}) (8. Ne1 Re8 9. c4
Be6 10. b3 Qc8 11. Bg5 Nd7 12. f4 exf4 13. gxf4 f6 14. Bh4 Nc5 15. f5 Bf7 16.
Nd3 Qd8 17. Qg4 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 19. Rae1 Kh8 20. Re3 Qf8 21. Be1 Be8 22. Bc3
Re7 23. Rh3 Nd7 24. Rf4 h6 25. Qg3 Ne5 26. Rfh4 Rd8 27. Bd2 Nf7 28. Bf3 Bc6 29.
Bh5 Ng5 30. Bxg5 fxg5 31. Qxg5 Rxe4 32. Rxe4 Bxe4 33. Bg6 Kg8 34. Qe3 Bc6 35.
Qe6+ Kh8 36. f6 Bd7 37. Qe7 Bxh3 38. fxg7+ Qxg7 39. Qxd8+ Qg8 40. Qf6+ Qg7 {
1/2-1/2 Lloyd,A-Sarfati,J/NZD-ch 1985}) 8... Be6 (8... Ne8 {/\g6,Ng7,f6,Be6})
9. f4 {/\f5,g4 ->K} exf4 (9... Bg4 10. Qe1 exf4 11. Bxf4 $14) 10. Bxf4 (10.
gxf4 {Ftacnik} Nxe4 $1 11. Qh5 f5 $17) 10... Ng4 {Ne5 [+]} 11. Nf5 Nge5 (11...
Bxf5 12. exf5 {+/=/+/- ^^,/^h1-a8}) 12. g4 f6 (12... g6 {Ftacnik} 13. Ne3 Qd7
14. g5 f6 15. Nd5 $36) 13. h3 Qd7 14. b3 Rae8 (14... Rad8 {Ftacnik} 15. Qd2 d5
16. Bxe5 fxe5 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Rad1 Be6 19. Qxd7 Bxd7 20. Bxc6 Bxc6 21. Ne7+
Kh8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Nxc6 bxc6 24. Rf7 $16) 15. Bg3 Nf7 {/\Ng5 קe4} 16. Qd2
Ng5 (16... Nce5 {Ftacnik} 17. Rad1 $14) 17. Rae1 Bf7 $2 {ףd7,פg5} (17... Ne5
$142 {= [+]}) 18. e5 $1 Bg6 (18... Nxe5 $2 19. Bxe5 Rxe5 20. Rxe5 Nxh3+ 21.
Bxh3 fxe5 22. Qg5 $18) (18... fxe5 $4 {von Gleich} 19. Qxg5) 19. exd6 Nf7 (
19... Rxe1 20. Qxe1 Bxf5 21. Rxf5 cxd6 22. Qd2 Nf7 23. Rd5 Nce5 24. c4 $16) (
19... Rd8 {Ftacnik} 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Re7 $18) 20. Bd5 cxd6 21. Nxd6 $1 Re7 (
21... Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Kh8 23. Be6 $18) 22. Nxf7 Bxf7 23. Rxe7 Qxe7 (23... Nxe7 $2
{Ftacnik} 24. Bxf7+ {von Gleich} Kxf7 25. Qxd7) 24. Bd6 $1 $18 Qd8 25. Bxf8
Kxf8 (25... Bxd5 {Ftacnik} 26. Bc5 $18) 26. c4 {1-0 Glek,I-Rozentalis,E/Bonn
GSK 1994}) 7... Nxe4 (7... d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Re1 Re8 10. c4 Nb6 11. d3 Bg4 12.
h3 Bh5 13. Rb1 Rb8 14. Bb2 e4 15. Rxe4 Rxe4 16. dxe4 Nxc4 17. Bc3 Na3 18. Qxd8+
Nxd8 19. Rc1 c5 20. g4 Bg6 21. Nh4 Ne6 22. Nxg6 hxg6 23. Bf1 b5 24. f4 Nd4 25.
Bd3 b4 26. Bb2 Ndb5 27. c4 Nd4 28. Bxd4 cxd4 29. c5 Nb5 30. Bxb5 Rxb5 31. c6
Rb8 32. Kf2 {Podkriznik,G-Basagic,Z/Bled op18th 1997/1-0 (43)}) (7... d6 8. d3
h6 9. Rb1 b6 10. h3 Be6 11. c4 a6 12. Kh2 Rb8 13. Be3 b5 14. cxb5 axb5 15. a3
Ne8 {1/2-1/2 Onischuk,A-Rozentalis,E/New York op 1997}) 8. Nxe5 (8. Qe1 Ng5 9.
Nxe5 Nxe5 10. Qxe5 d6 11. Qb5 c6 12. Qd3 d5 13. h4 Ne4 14. Ba3 Re8 15. c4 Qa5
16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Rab1 Nf6 18. Rb5 Qa6 19. Qb3 Be6 20. d3 Bd7 21. Rb4 Bc6 22.
Bb2 d4 23. Rxb7 $4 Qxb7 {0-1 Stoockalov,V-Himdan,M/Golden Cleopatra, Cairo EGY
1998}) 8... d5 $5 (8... Nxe5 $5 9. Bxe4 {[%cal Ge4h7]} d5 $1 (9... Re8) 10. Bg2
(10. Bxh7+ $6 Kxh7 11. Qh5+ Kg8 12. Qxe5 Bh3 13. Rd1 (13. Re1 Re8 14. Qxe8+
Qxe8 15. Rxe8+ Rxe8 16. Ba3 Re2 $15) 13... Re8 $15 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Ge8e1]})
10... Re8 $11 (10... d4 $5)) 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Ba3 Re8 11. Re1 Bf5 12. f3 Nd6
13. d3 Qg5 $5 {[%cal Yg5c1] provoking f3-f4.} (13... Nb5 $5 14. Bb2 Qf6) 14. f4
Qf6 15. Qd2 a5 (15... Rab8 16. Bc5 {[%cal Gc5a7,Gc5f2]}) (15... Nb5 $5 16. Bb2
Rab8) 16. c4 $1 $14 {[%csl Ya3,Rc6,Rd5,Yg2]} Bd7 {[%cal Gf6d4]} (16... dxc4 17.
Bxc6 Qd4+ 18. Qf2 $1 (18. Kg2 Be4+) 18... Qxf2+ 19. Kxf2 Rxe1 20. Rxe1 $16 {
[%csl Ya3,Ra5,Yc6,Rc7][%cal Ge1e7]}) 17. cxd5 (17. Bxd6 $5 Qxd6 (17... cxd6 18.
cxd5 cxd5 19. d4 $1 $16 {[%csl Rd5,Rd6]} (19. c4 Qd4+ 20. Kh1)) 18. Rxe8+ Bxe8
(18... Rxe8 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Qxa5) 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. d4 $14) 17... cxd5 18.
Bc5 $1 {[%cal Yc5a7,Yc5f2] taking under control /^a7-g1.Now White has slight,
but long-term advantage.} (18. Bxd5 $4 Qd4+) (18. Bxd6 {see 17.B:d6!?}) 18...
Nb7 19. Bf2 Bc6 20. Rab1 Rad8 21. c3 $1 {[%csl Gd4]} Qd6 22. f5 {[%cal Gg3g4]}
(22. Bd4 $5 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Gd2f2]}) 22... f6 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Re1 Rxe1+ 25.
Qxe1 {Exchange of rooks doesn't relieve fate of Black.White's pair of bishops
dominate on the board.} Nc5 $1 {Otherwise White would play Qe3 and N on b7 is
out of play.} 26. Qe3 Nd7 27. g4 {[%cal Gf2g3]} (27. c4 $1 $16 {[%cal Ge3e6]}
dxc4 $140 $4 28. Qe8+ Nf8 29. Qxc6) 27... Qe5 $1 28. d4 $6 (28. Qd2 $1 {
[%cal Gf2g3] White should refrain from the exchange.Queen is very useful in
such kind of positions.Another drawback of 28.d4?! is weakening square"c4".})
28... Qxe3 29. Bxe3 Nb6 $5 {[%csl Rc4]} (29... Bb7 $5) 30. Bf4 {The idea of 28.
d4?!} a4 $1 {Black is trying to create a fortress.The win is matter of good
technics now.Thats why 28.Qd2! was stronger.} (30... Na4 $2 31. c4 Nb6 (31...
Nc3 32. Bxc7 $18) 32. c5 (32. cxd5 $5 Nxd5 33. Bxc7)) 31. Bxc7 Nc4 {The only
plan now is preparing break through on the king side by h2-h4 and g4-g5.First
of all White has to strenghten his king.Black in this time has to play h7-h6
in order to change as many pawns as possible.} 32. Kf2 Kf7 33. Bf4 {I think
White should leave his bishop on c7 as it can help attacking f6 pawn trom d8.}
h6 34. h4 Bb7 35. Bc1 Bc6 36. Kg3 Bb7 37. Kf4 Bc6 38. Bf3 Bb7 39. g5 hxg5+ 40.
hxg5 g6 $1 {This strong move which came probably as a surprise for White.Black
has exchanged all king side pawns and now White has to win on the one flank
that is much more complicate.} 41. Bd1 Bc6 42. Bc2 (42. fxg6+ Kxg6 43. Bc2+ Kg7
44. g6 Bd7 45. Bf5 $140 Be8 46. Be6 Bc6 {and I don't see how White can improve
his position.}) 42... fxg5+ 43. Kxg5 gxf5 44. Bxf5 Nd6 45. Bc2 Ke6 $1 (45...
Ne4+ $2 46. Bxe4 dxe4 47. Kf5 $1 (47. c4 Ke6 $1 48. Kf4 Bb7 $1 {[%cal Gb7a6]}
49. Ke3 $8 Kf5 $3 $11 {see 46.Kf4 Ne4}) 47... Bd5 48. a3 {and White wins as
following:Kf5-e5,d4-d5,Ke5-d4,c3-c4 then Kd4-c5-b4 and after Bf4 Black is in
zugzwang as B on a6 and K on d7(the only squares to prevent c4-c5-c6) don't
have any moves.}) 46. Kf4 {White should continue.Here are possible variations:}
(46. Kf4 Ne4 $1 (46... Bb5 {[%cal Gd6e4]} 47. Ba3 $1 (47. Bh7 Bc4 48. a3 Nb5)
47... Bc4 (47... Ne4 $142 48. Bb4 $16 {[%cal Gc2d1,Gd1g4,Ga2a3]}) (47... Nc4 $5
) 48. Bxd6 Kxd6 49. a3 Bb3 $2 (49... Bb5 $142 $1 {[%csl Ra4,Ge8][%cal Gf5f6,
Gf6f7,Yc2g6,Yg6e8,Gf4f5,Gf7f8] preventing White's plans.Now White has definite
problems to win as plan Kf4-a5 is impossible and another one with taking his
king across to f8 and then Bc2-g6-e8 suddenly leads to a draw after capture on
e8 and Ke6.The only plan can be Ke3,Bd3 and c3-c4.Then White plays Bc4-b5:a4
and Kc3 just in time.For instance:} 50. Ke3 $1 (50. Kf5 Bd7+ 51. Kf6 Bb5 52.
Kf7 Bd7 53. Kf8 Ke6 54. Bg6 Kd6 55. Be8 Bxe8 56. Kxe8 Ke6 57. Kf8 Kf6 ({but not
} 57... Kf5 58. Ke7 Ke4 59. Kd6 Kd3 60. Kxd5 Kxc3 61. Kc5 $1 Kb3 62. d5 Kxa3
63. d6 Kb2 64. d7 a3 65. d8=Q a2 66. Kb4 a1=Q 67. Qd2+ Kb1 68. Kb3 $18) 58. Kg8
Kg6 $11) 50... Bd7 51. Bd3 Be8 52. c4 dxc4 53. Bxc4 Bc6 54. Kd2 Be8 55. Kc3 Bc6
56. Kb4 Bd7 57. Bb5 Bf5 (57... Bxb5 58. Kxb5 Kd5 59. Kxa4 Kxd4 60. Kb5 $18) 58.
Bxa4 Kd5 59. Kc3 {and White wins.}) 50. Bd3 {[%cal Gf4f5,Gf5f6,Gf6f7,Gf7e8,
Ge8d8,Gd8c8,Gc8b7,Gb7b6,Gb6a5,Gd3b5,Yf4e3,Ye3d2,Yd3c2] and White wins taking
his king across to"a5"or to"d2".}) (46... Nb5 47. Bxa4 Nxd4 48. Bd1 $1 $16 (48.
Bxc6 $2 Nxc6 $11)) 47. c4 $1 {Only chance.} (47. Bxe4 $6 dxe4 48. c4 Bb7 $1 {
[%cal Gb7a6]} 49. Ke3 $1 {[%cal Ge3d2,Gd2c3,Gc3b4,Gb4c5]} (49. d5+ $2 Bxd5 $11
(49... Kd7 $2 50. Kxe4 $18)) 49... Kf5 $3 {[%cal Gb7a6] Golod,V} (49... Kd6 50.
Kd2 Bc8 {[%cal Gc8e6]} 51. Ba3+ $1 {[%cal Gd4d5]}) (49... Ba6 50. d5+ Ke5 51.
Bb2+ Kd6 52. Kd4 e3 (52... Kd7 53. Bc1 Kc7 54. Kc5 (54. a3 Kd7 55. Bf4 Bb7 56.
Kc5 Ba6 57. Kb4 $22) 54... Kd7 55. Bf4 Kc8 $1 (55... Bb7 56. a3 {[%cal Gc5b5]}
Ba6 57. Kb4 $22) (55... Ke7 56. Kc6 Bxc4 57. d6+ Ke6 58. d7 Bb5+ 59. Kxb5 Kxd7
{[%cal Ge4e3]} 60. Kb6 $16) 56. a3 Kd7 57. Kb4 $22) 53. c5+ (53. Bc3 e2 54. c5+
) 53... Kc7 $1 {[%cal Ga6b7,Gc7d7]} 54. Ke5 $5 (54. Kxe3 $2 Bb7 55. Kd4 Kd7 $11
{[%cal Gb7a8]}) (54. c6 $5 e2 55. Bc3 Kb6 {[%cal Ga6b5]} 56. Ke5 $8 a3 57. Be1
{[%cal Ge5d6,Ge1f2]} Bc4 58. Kd6 Bd3 (58... Bxa2 59. c7) 59. Bf2+ Kb5 60. Ke5
$1 {[%cal Gc6c7]} e1=Q+ $8 61. Bxe1 Be2 62. Bb4 $1 $18) 54... e2 55. Bc3 {
and Black doesn't have time for Kd7 and Bb7.} a3 56. Ba5+ Kc8 57. c6 $1 {
[%cal Gd5d6,Gd6d7]} Bb5 58. Kd4 Ba4 59. Kc5 Bc2 60. d6 Bf5 61. Kd4 {[%cal
Gd4e5,Ge5f6,Gf6e7]}) 50. Kd2 (50. d5 Bxd5 $1) 50... Kf4 $1 51. Kc3+ e3 $1 (
51... Kf3 $2 52. d5 {[%csl Gd4]} e3 53. Kd4 e2 54. Bd2 $18) 52. Kd3 Be4+ 53.
Ke2 Bf3+ 54. Kd3 $11) (47. Bb2 Bb5 $11) 47... Nc3 48. Bd2 $1 Ne2+ (48... Nxa2
49. Bf5+ Kf6 50. Bb1 {[%csl Ra2]}) 49. Ke3 Ng3 50. c5 $14) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cannes Generations"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1998.02.21"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 132]} 1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 c6 5. Nf3 d5 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3
Qe7 8. Bb2 b6 9. Nc3 $6 {In my opinion N is better on-d2} (9. Qc2 $142 Bb7 10.
Ne5 O-O 11. cxd5 (11. Nd2 a5 12. Ndf3 Na6 13. Rac1 Rac8 14. Qb1 Ne4 15. Nd3 Nb4
16. Rfd1 {1/2-1/2 Hebden,M-Relange,E/Hastings Premier 9798 1997}) 11... cxd5
12. Rc1 Ng4 13. Nxg4 fxg4 14. e4 dxe4 15. Bxe4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 Nd7 17. Qxg4 $16 {
Van Wely,L-Kveinys,A/Erevan olm 1996/1-0(44)}) 9... Nbd7 $146 (9... O-O 10. Ne5
(10. Rc1 Bb7 11. e3 Nbd7 12. Qe2 a5 13. Rfd1 Ne4 14. Nd2 Nxc3 15. Bxc3 a4 16.
Qd3 b5 17. c5 {1/2-1/2 Gruenberg,H-Haba,P/CSR-ch int 1989}) 10... Bb7 11. a4 (
11. e3 Nbd7 12. Ne2 $2 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Ng4 14. Qc1 Ngxe5 15. Ba3 c5 16. Rd1 Nf6
17. Bb2 Nf7 18. Nf4 g5 19. Ne2 Rad8 $17 {Roobol,M-Reinderman,D/NLD-ch stud
Leeuwarden 1996/0-1(28)}) (11. Nd3 Nbd7 12. Re1 Rac8 13. e3 Ba6 14. cxd5 exd5
15. Rc1 Ne4 16. Ne2 Qg5 17. Nef4 Rfe8 18. f3 Nef6 19. Qd2 h5 $15 {Costa,
J-Klinger,J/Bern 1991/0-1(39)}) 11... a5 12. e3 Na6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Ne2 Nb4
15. Nd3 Ba6 16. Nxb4 Bxb4 17. Qc2 Ne4 18. Rfd1 Rac8 $11 {Gruen,P-King,D/BL2-W
1988/0-1(35)}) 10. Qc2 Ba6 11. Rfc1 Rc8 (11... dxc4 12. Nd2 cxb3 13. axb3 Bb7
14. Nb5 $1 $16) 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Qd1 O-O 14. a4 Ne4 15. Nb5 Rxc1 16. Rxc1 Bxb5
17. axb5 f4 $5 {[%cal Gg7g5] with initiative on >>} 18. e3 $2 (18. g4 $142 h5
$1 (18... g5 19. Ne1 $14 {[%cal Ge1d3]}) 19. gxh5 Ndf6 {[%cal Gf6g4]} 20. Nd2 (
20. Nh4 $140 $2 Nxh5 21. Ng6 Qg5 22. Nxf8 f3 $19) (20. Ne5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Ng4
22. Bd4 Qg5 (22... Qh4 23. h3 Ngxf2 24. Qf1 $18) 23. f3 Ne3 24. Bxe3 fxe3 25.
Qc2 Nf2 {[%cal Gf2h3]} 26. Qg6 Nh3+ 27. Kf1 Qxg6 28. hxg6 Nf4 29. Rc6 Re8 30.
h4 d4 $132) 20... Nxd2 21. Qxd2 Nxh5 22. Bf3 Qg5+ 23. Kh1 Nf6 24. Rc6 Rd8 25.
Qc2 $132 (25. Qc1 Ne4 26. Bxe4 dxe4 27. Rc8 (27. Qc4 Qd5 $17) 27... Rf8 28.
Rxf8+ Bxf8 $17)) 18... fxe3 $17 19. fxe3 Qf6 {[%csl Re3][%cal Gf6h6]} 20. Qe2
Qh6 21. Rc2 (21. Rf1 Bxg3 22. hxg3 Nxg3 $17) 21... Ndf6 {[%csl Re3,Rh2][%cal
Gf6g4]} 22. Bc1 (22. Ne5 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Ng4 24. Bxe4 Rf2 25. Qxf2 Nxf2 26. Rc8+
Kf7 27. Rc7+ Ke8 $17) 22... Ng4 23. h3 (23. Qd3 Ng5 24. Qd1 Nxf3+ 25. Bxf3 Nxe3
26. Qe2 {[%tqu "En","","","","e3c2","",10]} Nxc2 $1 27. Bxh6 Nxd4 28. Qe3 {
[%tqu "En","","","","f8f3","",10]} Rxf3 $1 29. Qg5 {[%tqu "En","","","","f3g3",
"",10]} Rxg3+ $1) 23... Ngf2 24. Qf1 Bxg3 25. Ba3 Qxe3 0-1

[Event "Cannes Generations"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1998.02.21"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Qe6 (9... Ba6 10. Qe4 Qb4 $6 11. a3 Qb3 12. Bd3 $1 Bxc4 $140 $2
13. Bc2 $1) 10. Qe4 {In this position Black tried all possible moves,but
Spassky's one looks most logical.} Ba6 (10... Bb4 {Blatny,P} 11. Bd2 Ba6 $1 {
Blatny,P} (11... a5 12. f4 d5 (12... Bxc3 {Blatny,P} 13. Bxc3 d5 14. Qc2 dxc4
15. Be2 $14 {^^,קc4,c6,c7}) 13. exd6 cxd6 (13... Bxc3 {Blatny,P} 14. Qxe6+
Bxe6 15. Bxc3 cxd6 16. Rd1 Ke7 17. b3 f6 18. g3 {/\Bg2+/=}) 14. O-O-O Qxe4 15.
Nxe4 d5 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Bxb4 axb4 (17... dxe4 {Blatny,P} 18. Bc5 $14) 18.
Nd6+ Ke7 19. Nxc8+ Rhxc8+ 20. Kb1 Ra5 (20... Kd6 {Blatny,P} 21. Bd3 h6 22. Rhe1
Re8 $10) 21. Rd4 $1 Nc4 $142 {Blatny,P} (21... b3 $2 22. a3 {1-0 Polgar,
J-Piket,J/Aruba m2 1995 (46)}) 22. Bxc4 Rxc4 $10) 12. b3 (12. c5 $6 Nc4 (12...
Bxf1 13. cxb6 Bc4 (13... Bxg2 $2 14. Qxg2 Qxe5+ 15. Kd1 $16) 14. bxc7 Ba5 15.
f4 $13) 13. Bxc4 Bxc4 14. f4 Bxc3 15. Bxc3 Bxa2 $15) 12... Bxc3 13. Bxc3 d5 {
see the current game.}) (10... g6 11. Bd3 Bg7 12. f4 Ba6 13. c5 Bxd3 14. Qxd3
Nd5 15. O-O Nxc3 16. Qxc3 f6 $13 {0-1 Shadrina,T-Varavin,V/Komercni Banka op
1997 (44)}) (10... Be7 11. Bd3 f6 12. exf6 Qxe4+ 13. Nxe4 gxf6 $14 {1-0 Radu,
E-Ambats,J/WchJW-U20 1993 (37)}) (10... d5 11. exd6 cxd6 12. Bd3 d5 13. cxd5
Nxd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Qxe6+ Bxe6 16. Bb5+ Kd8 17. O-O Bc5 18. Bg5+ Be7 19. Be3
Bf6 20. Rad1 Rc8 21. b4 $14 {0-1 Liska,J-Kviatkovska,Z/SVK-ch 1995 (69)}) 11.
b3 (11. c5 $5 {could lead to a very interesting position.} Bxf1 12. cxb6 f5 $5
(12... Bxg2 $6 13. Qxg2 (13. b7 $5) 13... Qxe5+ 14. Kf1 $1 (14. Kd1 $5 Qh5+ 15.
f3 axb6 16. Re1+ Kd8 $13) 14... axb6 $140 15. Bg5 $1) 13. Qe3 Bxg2 14. Rg1 Bd5
15. b7 Rd8 16. Qxa7 Qxe5+ 17. Kf1 $13 (17. Be3 $5 $13)) 11... Bb4 12. Bd2 Bxc3
13. Bxc3 d5 {The main idea of the Black's set up.} 14. Qf3 (14. cxd5 {also
doesn't promise a lot.} cxd5 15. Qb4 Bxf1 16. Kxf1 $13 (16. Rxf1 {Blatny} Nd7
17. O-O-O c5 18. Qb7 Nb6)) 14... dxc4 15. Be2 {[%cal Ge2a6] White's idea is to
use his advantage on the king side while two Black's extra pawns on the queen
side are not very useful so far.The pin on the diagonal a6-f1 is also
unplesant,but still I think that Black is not worse.} O-O 16. O-O Rfe8 17. Rfe1
Rad8 18. Bf1 {White is trying to strengthen Ljuboevic's play.} (18. Rac1 c5 19.
Bf1 Nd5 20. bxc4 Nb4 $1 (20... Nxc3 $2 21. Qxc3 Rd4 22. Qa3 $1) 21. Bxb4 (21.
a3 Na2 $1) 21... cxb4 22. Qe3 {1/2-1/2 Ljubojevic,L-Spassky,B/Montreal 1979})
18... c5 19. Rad1 (19. Rac1 {could lead to above mentioned game.}) 19... h6 20.
Ba1 {Opponents has used all useful moves and Spassky decides to go for
concrete play.} Bc8 21. bxc4 Ba6 (21... Nxc4 $5 22. Rxd8 (22. Bd3 Qg4 $1) 22...
Rxd8 23. Qc3 $44 {[%csl Ra7,Rc5,Rc7]}) 22. Bd3 {White is trying to play for
attack.} (22. Qa3 {leads to equal position.} Bxc4 23. Qxc5 $11) 22... Bxc4 23.
Bf5 Qe7 24. Bb1 $5 {[%cal Gf3e4,Gf3f5]} Be6 (24... Rxd1 $5 25. Rxd1 Rd8 {
[%csl Rg1]}) 25. Qe4 g6 26. Qe3 Kh7 27. f4 $6 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Gf4f5]} Bf5 $5 {
[%csl Ra1] Black changes his main enemy.The only drawback of the move is
weakening of the pawn sructure,but from the other hand it blocks king side and
extra pawn can become essential.} (27... Nd5 $6 28. Qf3 {[%cal Gf4f5]}) (27...
Nc4 $1 28. Qe2 (28. Qg3 Rxd1 (28... Nd2 $5 29. Bd3 c4) 29. Rxd1 Rd8 {[%csl Rg1]
}) 28... Qh4 29. g3 Qg4 $1 (29... Qh3 $5)) 28. h3 $6 (28. Bxf5 {looks more
logical.} gxf5 29. Qh3 (29. Rc1 $5)) 28... c4 $5 {[%cal Gf5b1,Gd8d3] Black
takes under control black squares and threatens to change bishops and to take
root on "d3".} (28... Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Rd8 $6 30. Rxd8 Qxd8 31. Bxf5 gxf5 (31...
Qd1+ 32. Kh2 Qxa1 (32... gxf5 $2 33. e6 $1 {[%csl Rh7]}) 33. e6 $1 fxe6 34.
Bxe6 Qd4 $15) 32. e6 fxe6 33. Qe5 Qe7 34. g4 $40) 29. Bxf5 gxf5 30. Kh2 Qe6 31.
Qc5 Rd7 32. Rxd7 Qxd7 33. a4 $1 {[%cal Ga4a5]} a5 $1 {The position is still
very complicated and Black has to play very carefully not to lose all his weak
pawns.} (33... c6 $5 {[%cal Gd7d5]} 34. a5 Qd5 35. Bd4 {[%csl Ra7]} Qxc5 36.
Bxc5 Nd5 {[%csl Rf4]} 37. Bxa7 (37. g3 a6 38. Rc1 f6 $11) 37... Nxf4 (37... Ra8
38. Bb6) 38. Rc1 (38. Rf1 Nd3 39. Rxf5 c3 40. Rxf7+ Kg8 41. Rc7 c2 42. Be3 Rxe5
43. Bxh6 $11) 38... Rxe5 39. Bb8 $1 Re4 40. Bxf4 (40. a6 Nd5 41. a7 Nb6 42. Ra1
Na8 43. Ra6 Re6 44. Ra5 $13 {[%cal Ga5c5]}) 40... Rxf4 41. a6 Re4 42. a7 Re8
43. Rxc4 Ra8 $11) 34. Qxa5 Qxa4 $6 (34... Ra8 $1 35. Qc3 {[%cal Rc3g7,Ge5e6]} (
35. Qc5 Rxa4 36. Rd1 $2 (36. e6 $6 fxe6 37. Rd1 Qf7 (37... Nd5 38. Qf8 Rxa1 39.
Rxa1 Nxf4)) 36... Qxd1 37. e6 {[%cal Gc5f5,Ge6f7]} Qh5 $1) (35. e6 $6 fxe6 36.
Qe5 Nxa4 37. Qf6 {[%cal Ge1d1,Ge1e6]} (37. Qxe6 Qxe6 38. Rxe6 c5 $1 (38... c3
$2 39. Rc6 Nb2 {[%cal Ra8a1]} 40. Rxc7+ Kg6 41. Bxb2 cxb2 42. Rb7 $11) 39. Re7+
Kg8 40. Rg7+ Kf8 41. Rh7 Ra6 {[%cal Gc4c3]}) 37... Nc5 $1 38. Rd1 Nd3) 35...
Qd3 (35... Nd5 36. Rd1 $1) 36. e6 $1 Qxc3 37. Bxc3 fxe6 38. Rxe6 Nxa4 $1 (38...
Nd5 39. Be5 Rxa4 40. Rc6 $11) 39. Re7+ Kg8 40. Bg7 c5 $1 (40... h5 41. Rxc7)
41. Bxh6 (41. Rc7 $5 c3 42. Bxc3 Nxc3 43. Rxc5) 41... c3 42. Re1 Rd8 {and
Black pass pawns are very dangerous.}) 35. Qd2 (35. Qxa4 $5 Nxa4 36. Rc1 Nb6
37. Bd4 Rc8 $1 38. Bc5 $1 {[%cal Gh2g3,Gg3f3,Gf3e3,Ge3d4,Gg2g4]}) 35... Qc6 (
35... Qd7 36. Qe2 $5 (36. Qxd7 Nxd7 37. Rc1 Ra8 {[%cal Ga8a4]})) 36. Qc2 {
[%csl Rf5][%cal Gc2h7]} Qg6 37. g4 fxg4 38. Qxg6+ Kxg6 39. hxg4 h5 $1 40. Kg3 (
40. gxh5+ $5 Kxh5 (40... Kf5 41. Kg3) 41. f5 (41. Rg1 Nd5 42. Rg7 (42. f5 c3)
42... c3 43. Rxf7 c2 (43... Kg4 44. Bxc3) 44. Bb2 Rb8 $17) 41... Kg4 42. e6 f6
$3 43. Bxf6 (43. Rf1 Nd5) 43... Kxf5 44. Rf1+ Kxe6 45. Re1+ Kf7 46. Rxe8 Kxe8
47. Kg3 Nd5 48. Bg5 $1 (48. Bd4 c3 49. Kf2 c2 50. Bb2 Nc3 51. Ke1 Na2 52. Kd2
c1=R 53. Bxc1 Nxc1 54. Kxc1 Kd7 $19) 48... c3 49. Kf3 {and White has chances
to escape.}) 40... hxg4 41. Kxg4 f5+ 42. Kf3 Kf7 43. Bd4 $1 Rd8 $1 (43... Ke6
44. Bxb6 $1 cxb6 45. Rd1 Rb8 $1 (45... Rc8 46. Rd6+ Ke7 47. Rxb6 c3 48. Rb1 $11
) 46. Rd6+ Ke7 47. Rc6 $1 (47. Ke3 b5 48. Kd4 Rd8 49. Rxd8 Kxd8 50. Kc3 Kd7 51.
Kd4 Kc6 52. Kc3 Kc5 53. Kd2 b4 54. Kc2 c3 $1 (54... b3+ 55. Kc3 Kb5 56. Kb2 Kb4
57. e6 c3+ 58. Kb1 Ka3 59. e7 c2+ 60. Kc1 Ka2 61. e8=Q b2+ 62. Kxc2 b1=Q+ $11)
55. Kb3 Kd5 56. Kc2 Kc4 57. e6 b3+ 58. Kc1 Kd3 59. e7 b2+ 60. Kb1 Kd2 61. e8=Q
c2+ 62. Kxb2 c1=Q+ 63. Kb3 Qc3+ 64. Ka4 Qc4+ $17) 47... b5 48. Rc5 $11 {
and Black hasn't got winning plan.}) 44. e6+ Ke8 45. Bf6 Rd6 (45... Rd3+ $5 46.
Kf2 (46. Re3 $4 Rxe3+ 47. Kxe3 Nd5+) 46... Nd5 47. Bg5 Nc3 {[%cal Gc3e4]}) 46.
Bg5 c3 47. e7 Nd5 48. Re2 $2 (48. Rh1 $1 Nxe7 49. Re1 Rd3+ 50. Kf2 Rd7 51. Re5
c2 52. Bxe7 Rxe7 53. Rc5 $11) (48. Re5 c2 49. Rxf5 Nxe7 (49... Rf6 50. Rxf6 (
50. Rxd5 $2 c1=Q 51. Bxf6 Qh1+) 50... Nxf6 51. f5 $11) 50. Rc5 Rc6 51. Rxc6
Nxc6 52. f5 Nb4 53. Ke4 (53. Ke2 Na2 54. Kd3 c1=Q 55. Bxc1 Nxc1+ 56. Kc4) 53...
Kd7 $1 54. f6 Ke6 55. Kd4 Na2 56. Kc5 Kf5 57. Bh6 Kxf6 $15) 48... Nb4 $1 $19 (
48... Rc6 49. Re5 $1 (49. Rc2 Rc4 50. Rh2 Nxe7 51. Re2 c2 (51... Re4 52. Rxe4
fxe4+ 53. Kxe4 c2 54. f5) 52. Bxe7 Rc3+ (52... Rxf4+ $2 53. Kg3 Re4 54. Rxe4
fxe4 55. Ba3 $11) 53. Kg2 (53. Kf2 c1=N $1 54. Re6 Kd7 $19) 53... c1=N 54. Re5
$8 Nd3 55. Bb4+ Nxe5 56. Bxc3 Ng6 $19 {[%cal Ge8e7,Ge7e6,Ge6d5]}) (49. Rh2 Nxe7
50. Re2 c2 {see49.Rc2}) 49... Nf6 50. Bxf6 c2 51. Rd5 Rxf6 52. Rc5 c6 53. Rxc2
Kxe7 54. Rc5 {see48...Nf6}) (48... Nf6 49. Re5 $1 Rc6 (49... Ne4 50. Rxf5 Nxg5+
51. Rxg5 Rc6 52. Rg1 $11) 50. Bxf6 c2 51. Rd5 Rxf6 52. Rc5 c6 53. Rxc2 Kxe7 54.
Rc5 Kd6 55. Re5 c5 56. Kf2 Kc6 57. Ke3 Kb5 58. Kd3 Kb4 59. Rd5 $11) (48... c5
49. Re5 c4 (49... c2 50. Rxf5 Rf6 51. Rxf6 Nxf6 52. f5 $11) 50. Rxf5 Nxe7 51.
Re5 (51. Bxe7 c2 $1 (51... Rd3+ 52. Ke2 (52. Kg4 Kxe7 $17) 52... Kxe7 $17) 52.
Bxd6 c1=Q $17) 51... c2 (51... Rd7 52. Bxe7 Rxe7 53. Rc5 $11) 52. f5 Rf6 $1 53.
Ke2 $11) 49. Re5 $1 {The best chance.} (49. Rh2 $4 Rd3+ 50. Kf2 Rd2+) (49. Re1
c2 50. Rh1 Re6 $19) 49... Rd3+ $1 50. Ke2 (50. Kf2 Rd5 $1 51. Re6 Rd6 $1 52.
Re5 $140 Nd3+ {[%cal Rd3f2,Rd3e5]}) 50... Rd2+ (50... Rd5 $1 51. Rxd5 (51. Re6
Rd2+ $1 (51... Rd6 52. Re5 c2 $2 (52... Rd5) 53. Rxf5 Re6+ 54. Kd2 Re1 55. Rf8+
Kd7 56. Rd8+ Kc6 57. e8=Q+ $18) 52. Kf3 Rd1 $3 $19) 51... Nxd5 52. Kd3 Kd7 53.
Kc2 c6 54. Kb3 c5 $19) 51. Kf3 Rd5 $2 (51... Rd3+ $1 52. Ke2 Rd5 $1 {see
previous comment.}) 52. Re6 $2 (52. Re1 $1 Rd3+ 53. Ke2 Rd2+ (53... Rd4 54. Rh1
Kd7 55. Rh8 Re4+ 56. Kd1 c2+ 57. Kd2 Rd4+ 58. Ke2 Re4+ $11) 54. Kf3 Nd5 55. Rh1
Nxe7 56. Re1 $11 {see above}) 52... Rd6 (52... Rd3+ 53. Ke2 $1 (53. Kf2 c2 54.
Rh6 Re3 $1 55. Rh1 Re4 $19) 53... Rd2+ $1 (53... c2 $2 54. Rh6 Re3+ 55. Kd2)
54. Kf3 Rd1 $3 {see52...Rd1}) (52... Rd1 $3 53. Rh6 Re1 $1 54. Rh8+ Kd7 55.
Rd8+ (55. Bh4 Rxe7 $1 56. Bxe7 c2 $1 57. Rh1 Kxe7 58. Rc1 (58. Ke3 Na2 59. Kd2
c1=R 60. Rxc1 Nxc1 61. Kxc1 $19) 58... Nd3 59. Rxc2 Ne1+) 55... Kc6 56. e8=Q+ (
56. Bh4 Rxe7 $1 57. Bxe7 c2) 56... Rxe8 57. Rxe8 c2 58. Re1 Nd3 $19) 53. Re5 (
53. Re1 c2 54. Rh1 Re6 $19) 53... c2 $2 (53... Rd3+ $1 54. Ke2 Rd5 $1 55. Re6
Rd2+ $1 56. Kf3 Rd1 $3 $19 {see previous comments.}) 54. Rxf5 $11 Re6 55. Rf8+
(55. Rc5 $2 Nd3) 55... Kd7 56. Rd8+ Kc6 57. f5 Rxe7 58. Rd4 $1 (58. Rd4 Re5 59.
Rxb4 Rxf5+ 60. Ke2 Rxg5 61. Kd2 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cannes Generations"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1998.02.21"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O Ne7 6. d4 Nbc6 7. Na3 O-O 8. e3
b6 9. Bd2 a5 10. Qb3 Ba6 11. Rfd1 Qd7 12. Rac1 Rfd8 13. Be1 Rac8 14. Bh3 f5 15.
Bf1 Nb8 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Nb5 c6 18. Nc3 Bxf1 19. Kxf1 Qb7 20. Ne2 Qa6 21. Qa3
Bf6 22. Rc2 Kf7 23. Qd3 Qxd3 24. Rxd3 g5 25. Rb3 Nd7 26. a4 g4 27. Nfg1 h5 28.
Nf4 h4 29. Nd3 hxg3 30. hxg3 Rh8 31. Ra3 Rh1 32. b4 axb4 33. Bxb4 Ng6 34. a5 c5
35. a6 c4 36. a7 Ra8 37. Nc1 Ne7 38. Bxe7 Bxe7 39. Ra6 b5 40. Kg2 Rhh8 41. Na2
b4 42. Rb2 b3 43. Nc3 Nf6 44. Nb5 Rhc8 45. Ne2 Ne4 46. Rb1 Bb4 47. Rb6 Kg8 48.
Rb7 Nd6 49. Nxd6 Bxd6 50. Nc3 Rc7 51. Rb8+ Rc8 52. Rxc8+ Rxc8 53. Nxd5 Ra8 54.
Nb6 1-0

[Event "Cannes Generations"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1998.02.21"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. d3 a6 7. O-O O-O 8. h3 h6
9. Be3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 Nh7 11. Nh4 Ne7 12. Kh2 c6 13. d4 Be6 14. Nf5 Bxf5 15.
exf5 Nf6 16. Qd2 Qc7 17. e4 Rad8 18. Rae1 Rfe8 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Qe3 Nc8 21. b3
Qb6 22. Qf3 Rd2 23. Re2 Rxe2 24. Nxe2 Qc5 25. Qd3 Qa5 26. Nc3 Rd8 27. Qe3 Qb6
28. Qe2 Qa5 29. Rf3 Nb6 30. g4 Rd4 31. Qe3 Nbd7 32. Rg3 Qd8 33. Bf3 Nh7 34. Ne2
Rd6 35. Rg2 Ng5 36. Ng1 Nh7 37. Rd2 Rxd2+ 38. Qxd2 Qe7 39. Ne2 Kf8 40. Kg3 Ke8
41. h4 Kd8 42. b4 Kc7 43. a3 Nb6 44. Nc1 Nf6 45. Nd3 Nfd7 46. Qc3 g5 47. fxg6
fxg6 48. Qb3 Nf8 49. a4 Nbd7 50. b5 axb5 51. axb5 Ne6 52. bxc6 bxc6 53. Qa4 Nd4
54. Qa5+ Kb7 55. Bd1 g5 56. h5 Ne6 57. Bf3 Nf4 58. Nb2 Qf6 59. Qc3 Kc7 60. Qa5+
Kb7 61. Qc3 Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cannes Generations"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1998.02.21"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Yudasin} d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 (6... b6
$5 {Yudasin}) 7. Bxa6 {Novelty! I can find no previous examples of this move.
If anyone other than Spassky had played it I would roundly condemn the idea.
As it is - profound strategical thinking from the ex-world champion.} (7. a3 {
Yudasin} c5 8. Bxa6 cxd4 9. Nxd4 bxa6) 7... bxa6 8. O-O Rb8 {It isn't easy to
challenge White's centre.} (8... Bb7 9. Qe2 d5 10. exd5 (10. e5 $5 Ne4 11. Be3
$14) 10... Nxd5 11. Ne4 {x c5}) (8... c5 9. dxc5 Bb7 $5 {is a reasonable pawn
sacrifice.}) 9. Qe2 e6 {If Black plays like this weakening his dark squares on
the kingside, then I think White is already slightly better.} (9... Bb7 {
Yudasin} 10. e5 Nd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Qxa6 Bxf3 13. Rxf3 dxe5 14. dxe5 Qd1+ 15.
Rf1 Qxc2 16. Qxa7 Rfd8 17. Qf2) 10. Kh1 (10. e5 {Yudasin} Nd5 (10... Nd7) 11.
Nxd5 exd5 $14 {/\Bf5,Bd7}) 10... Re8 (10... Bb7 {Yudasin} 11. e5 dxe5 12. dxe5
Nd5 13. Ne4 {/\c4}) 11. e5 Nd7 (11... Nd5 {Yudasin} 12. Ne4 (12. Nxd5 exd5 13.
c3 f6 $132)) 12. Ne4 d5 (12... Nb6 {Yudasin} 13. b3 {/\Ba3}) (12... f5 $5 {
Yudasin} 13. Ned2 Bb7 (13... a5 14. Nb3 a4 15. Na5 Rb6 16. Be3 Ba6 17. c4 c5
18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Bxc5 dxc5 20. Rfd1 Qb8 21. Rd2 Rd8 22. Rad1 Rxd2 23. Rxd2 Bh6
$132) 14. b3 {/\Bb2,Ba3,/\c5-Nc4}) 13. Nf2 ({I prefer} 13. Nc5 $5 Nxc5 14. dxc5
Qe7 (14... d4 $6 15. Qc4 (15. Rd1) (15. Qf2)) 15. Qf2 Bd7 (15... Bb7 16. Be3)
16. b3 $14) 13... c5 14. c3 cxd4 15. cxd4 (15. Nxd4 Bb7 {followed by ...Nc5 x
e4.}) 15... Qb6 (15... a5 $5 {Yudasin} 16. Nd3 (16. g4 f6 $13) 16... Ba6) 16.
Nd3 a5 17. Bd2 Ba6 18. Bc3 a4 (18... Qb5 {Yudasin} 19. Nfe1 Nb6 $36) 19. Qd2
Rec8 (19... Qb5 {Yudasin} 20. Rfd1 Rec8 $10) 20. g4 f5 (20... Qb5 {Yudasin} 21.
Nfe1 f6 $13) 21. Rg1 ({Capturing on f5 straightaway would be premature:} 21.
gxf5 exf5 22. Rfe1 (22. h4 Nf8 23. Rg1 Bxd3 24. Qxd3 Ne6 $15) 22... Bxd3 23.
Qxd3 Nf8 $15 {[%cal Rf8e6,Re6f4] On e6 the knight is a rock and Black still
has his queenside pressure.}) 21... fxg4 (21... Nf8 $2 22. Nc5) (21... Bxd3 22.
Qxd3 Nf8 {White doesn't need to capture on f5 yet so the knight on f8 doesn't
look so clever.}) (21... Qb5 {Yudasin} 22. Rad1 Qxd3 23. Qxd3 Bxd3 24. Rxd3
fxg4 25. Rxg4 Rc6 $14) 22. Rxg4 Qb5 23. Nfe1 {Half-time oranges and Boris is
under pressure. Can the old boy conjure something on the kingside?} Rf8 (23...
Nb6 24. a3 {followed by h4 and h5.}) 24. Bb4 (24. h4 {Yudasin} Rf5) 24... Rf7 (
24... Rf5 $5 {Yudasin}) 25. Rc1 (25. Bd6 {Yudasin} Rc8 26. Rc1 Rc4 {/\Rc4-dc4,
Bb7}) 25... Qb6 (25... Rc8 {Yudasin} 26. Rxc8+ Bxc8 27. Qc3 Qc4 28. Qxc4 (28.
Kg2 Bb7 29. a3 $14) 28... dxc4 29. Nc5 Nxc5 30. Bxc5 Bb7+ 31. Kg1 Bd5 $17) 26.
Bd6 Re8 27. Nf3 $1 {This is the crucial moment in the game. Black can take the
plunge and grab a pawn, or try to ride out White's attack on the kingside.} Qb5
(27... Bxd3 $5 28. Qxd3 Qxb2 29. Rcg1 (29. Rc7 Nxe5 $19) (29. Rb1 {Yudasin}
Qxa2 30. Ng5 Rf5 31. Rb7 $146) 29... Qxa2 30. Ng5 Qc4 {and now it would be
nice to continue the attack but Black's defences appear to be adequate:} (30...
Rf5 31. Nxe6 (31. Nxh7) 31... Rxe6 32. Qxf5 gxf5 33. Rxg7+ Kh8 34. Rg8#) {
The ending offers more chances:} 31. Qxc4 (31. Qh3 h5 32. Nxf7 hxg4 33. Qxg4 (
33. Nh6+ Bxh6 34. Qxh6 Qd3 35. Rxg4 Qf3+ 36. Rg2 $11) 33... Qd3 34. Ng5 Qf5 35.
Qh4 Nf8) 31... dxc4 32. Nxf7 Kxf7 33. Rb1 $14 (33. Ra1 $14)) 28. Rc3 Nb6 29. b3
axb3 30. axb3 Rf5 (30... Qa5 {Yudasin} 31. Bb4 Qb5 32. h4 $13) 31. Nh4 Rh5 {
This was a gamble which does not pay dividends. The rook finds itself off-side.
However, White was beginning to assert himself anyway.} (31... Rf7 {Yudasin}
32. Rg3 Qa5 33. Bb4 Qb5 34. Ng2 $13) 32. h3 $1 {Nice touch. Spassky improves
the position of his king before contemplating further action.} Nc8 33. Bc5 Ne7
34. Kh2 Nc6 (34... Nf5 {Yudasin} 35. Nxf5 Rxf5 36. Bxa7 $16) 35. Qe3 Qa5 36.
Ne1 (36. Rc2 {Yudasin} Rb8) 36... Be2 (36... Qa2+ {Yudasin} 37. Rc2 Qb1 {/\Rb8}
) 37. Nef3 Bxf3 38. Qxf3 {Rh5} (38. Nxf3 {Yudasin} Rf5 $10) 38... Ne7 (38...
Qa2+ {Yudasin} 39. Kg3 Qa1 $16) 39. Bxe7 Rxe7 40. Rc8+ Kf7 (40... Bf8 {Yudasin}
41. Nxg6) 41. Qd3 {/\Ng6} Rc7 42. Rxc7+ Qxc7 43. Nxg6 $1 Qd8 44. Kg3 Qa5 45.
Qc2 {/\Nh4-Qe1,Rh4-Qc7,Qc8,Qd7-g7} Rh6 (45... Qe1+ 46. Kh2 {and game over.})
46. Nh4 Qb6 47. f5 (47. Nf3 {Yudasin} Rg6 $18 48. Rxg6 hxg6 49. Ng5+) 47... Bf8
48. f6 {It is typical of Spassky that he prefers to continue to restrict his
opponent rather then keeping the situation fluid and going for the kill. For
instance,} (48. Nf3 {is also strong.}) 48... Qb8 49. Kg2 {Black has few decent
moves at his disposal. Here's a possible concluding continuation:} (49. Kg2 Qb7
50. Nf3 Qd7 51. Qd3 Ke8 52. Qa6 Rg6 53. Rxg6 hxg6 54. Ng5) 1-0

[Event "Cannes Generations"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1998.02.21"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bc4 d6 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 dxe5 8.
dxe5 Bb4+ 9. Nbd2 (9. Bd2 Be7 10. O-O Nc6 11. Qe2 Qb6 (11... O-O 12. Nc3 Nxc3
13. Bxc3 b6 14. Nd2 Bb7 15. Ne4 Nd4 16. Qg4 h5 17. Qxh5 Bxe4 18. Rad1 Bc5 19.
b4 Bg6 20. Qg4 Bf5 21. Qf4 Qc7 22. bxc5 bxc5 23. Bxd4 cxd4 24. Rxd4 $16 {
1-0 Wolff,P-Rotstein,A/Wijk op 1993/CBM 34 (60)}) 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bd7 14.
Bd3 Rd8 15. Rab1 Qc7 16. Rfe1 O-O 17. Ng5 $40 g6 18. Nxh7 $1 Nxe5 19. Bf4 Bd6
20. Nf6+ Kg7 21. Rxb7 $3 Nxd3 22. Qxd3 Qxb7 23. Bxd6 e5 24. Bxe5 Bf5 25. Ne8+ {
1-0 Janovsky,S-Krasenkow,M/Voskresensk 1992/CBM 31}) 9... Nb6 10. Bb3 (10. O-O
Nxc4 11. Qa4+ Nc6 12. Nxc4 Qd3 13. Nd6+ Bxd6 14. Rd1 Qa6 15. Qxa6 bxa6 16. exd6
e5 17. Be3 Bd7 18. Nd2 $16 {1-0 Svidler,P-Taimanov,M/St.Petersburg-ch 1995/CBM
47 (43)}) 10... Bd7 11. Qe2 (11. O-O Bb5 12. Re1 Nc6 13. a3 Ba5 14. Bc2 Bxd2
15. Bxd2 Bd3 16. Ng5 Nc4 17. Bf4 Nxb2 18. Qb1 Qd4 19. Be3 Qc3 20. Rc1 Nd4 21.
Bxd4 Qxd4 22. Nf3 {1-0 Markovic,M-Miladinovic,I/Heraklio op 1993/TD 93\09})
11... Nc6 12. O-O Qc7 13. Ne4 Na5 $6 (13... Nxe5 14. Bf4 Nxf3+ (14... f6 $2 15.
Nxf6+ gxf6 16. Nxe5 $18) 15. Qxf3 Qc6 (15... e5 $2 16. Bxf7+) (15... Qd8 16.
Bd6 $1 Ba5 (16... Bxd6 17. Nxd6+ Ke7 18. Qxf7+ (18. Nxf7 $18) 18... Kxd6 19.
Rfd1+ Kc5 (19... Kc7 20. Rac1+ Kb8 21. Qf4+) 20. Qh5+ Nd5 (20... g5 21. Rac1+
Kb4 22. Qg4+ Ka5 23. Rc5+ Ka6 24. Qb4) 21. Bxd5 Qe8 22. Qxe8 Raxe8 23. Bxb7)
17. Rfd1 {[%cal Gd6e5,Gf3g4,Gf3g3] with a winning initiative}) 16. Rac1 Qb5 17.
Qg3 Bf8 18. Nd6+ Bxd6 19. Bxd6 $36 {[%csl Re8] /+/-}) (13... O-O $5 14. Bd2 $14
(14. Bf4 $5 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gb3c2,Gb1h7]})) 14. Bc2 Nd5 (14... Rc8 15. Bd3
Nac4 16. Bf4) (14... Nac4 $5) 15. a3 Be7 16. Bg5 $1 f6 (16... Bxg5 $2 17. Nd6+
Ke7 18. Nxg5 $16) (16... O-O 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Rac1 $14 {[%cal Ge4d6] /+/-})
17. exf6 gxf6 18. Bh6 {[%csl Re8] black is forced to castle Queen's side,which
means white will have there strong initiative for no material sacrifise,it
means black is in trouble!} Nc6 (18... O-O-O 19. Rac1 Kb8 20. b4 Nc6 21. Ba4 {
transposes to the game}) (18... f5 19. Ng3 O-O-O 20. Rac1 Nc6 21. Rfd1 $36) 19.
Rac1 O-O-O 20. b4 a6 (20... f5 21. b5 $1 fxe4 22. Bxe4 Bxa3 23. Rc2 Bd6 (23...
Bb4 24. bxc6 Bxc6 25. Rfc1 $40 {[%cal Gf3d4]}) 24. Ra1 Kb8 25. bxc6 Bxc6 26.
Be3 a6 27. Nd4 $40) 21. Ba4 $16 {[%csl Ra6][%cal Ga4c6,Yf3d4,Gc1c8]} Kb8 (21...
e5 22. Rfd1 Nb6 23. Bb3 $36 {[%cal Ge4c5,Gh6g7]}) (21... Bf8 22. Bxf8 Rhxf8 23.
Nd4 $1 Nf4 24. Qc2 Rg8 25. g3 $16) 22. Bxc6 bxc6 $6 {after this move black
just loses a pawn and still does not free his position,22...Bxc6 was better
although white is still much better} (22... Bxc6 23. Nd4 Qc8 (23... Qb6 24.
Nxc6+ bxc6 25. Nc5 Bxc5 26. bxc5 $16) 24. Rc4 $1 {[%cal Gf1c1]} Qd7 (24... Nb6
25. Nxc6+ bxc6 26. Rc2 {[%cal Gf1c1]}) 25. Nxc6+ bxc6 26. Rfc1 Rc8 27. Nc5 Bxc5
28. Rxc5 Kb7 29. a4 $40) 23. Qxa6 Qa7 24. Qc4 (24. Qxa7+ Kxa7 25. Nd4 $16)
24... Rhg8 25. Nd4 Rg4 (25... Rg6 26. Be3 $1 (26. Bd2 e5 {and black may have
some play here} 27. Nxc6+ $2 Bxc6 28. Qxc6 f5 29. Qb5+ Rb6) 26... Nxe3 27. fxe3
$16) 26. Rfe1 Rc8 (26... f5 27. Nc5 Bxc5 28. bxc5 $16) (26... Rdg8 27. g3 f5
28. Nc5 $16) 27. Qd3 e5 28. Nb3 Bf5 (28... Rcg8 29. g3 Qxa3 30. b5 $16) 29. Na5
$1 Qb6 (29... Qd7 30. Qc4 $16 {/+-}) 30. Qf3 Nf4 (30... Be6 $142 $16) 31. Ng3
$1 $18 {[%csl Rc6,Rf5,Rg4]} Bd7 32. Red1 $1 Nd5 33. Nxc6+ $6 {it seems as a
nice combination winning a pawn,but white had an immediate win,much better
than this} (33. Nf5 $1 Bxf5 34. Qxf5 Rgg8 (34... Rg6 35. Rxd5 Rxh6 36. Qe6 $18)
35. Qe6 $18) 33... Rxc6 34. Qxd5 Rxc1 35. Rxc1 Be6 36. Qf3 {the rest is really
no big problem,just be carfull not to lose something and go on win} Qb7 37. Qe2
Rd4 38. Be3 Rd5 39. Ne4 Qb5 40. Qc2 Qd7 41. Bc5 Bf5 42. f3 Bd8 43. a4 Bg6 44.
a5 f5 45. Nf2 Rd2 46. Qc3 e4 47. fxe4 fxe4 48. Be3 Rd5 49. a6 Bf5 50. Qc4 Qb5
51. a7+ Kb7 52. a8=Q+ Kxa8 53. Qa2+ 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 14th Group3"]
[Site "Lubniewice"]
[Date "1998.09.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1998.09.18"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Alchevsk Garant-Donbass"]
[BlackTeam "Gorzow Stilon Welkopolski"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. O-O g6 8.
d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bg7 10. Nde2 O-O 11. f3 a6 12. a4 Qc7 13. Kh1 e6 14. Bg5 Nd7
15. b3 Nc5 16. Rb1 Rac8 17. Qd2 Na5 18. Nc1 Naxb3 19. Nxb3 Nxb3 20. Rxb3 Qxc4
21. Rfb1 Bxc3 22. Qxd6 Bg7 23. Rxb7 Qxa4 24. h3 a5 25. Be7 Rfe8 26. Bg5 Qd4 27.
Qf4 Rf8 28. Be7 Be5 29. Qh4 Rb8 30. Qh6 Rfc8 31. Bf6 Bxf6 32. Rxb8 Qc3 33.
Rxc8+ Qxc8 34. Qc1 Qd8 35. f4 Be7 36. Qc4 Bb4 37. Rf1 Qh4 38. Qc7 Qg3 39. Qb8+
Kg7 40. Qe5+ Kg8 41. Rc1 Bf8 42. Rc8 Qe1+ 43. Kh2 Qb4 44. Rb8 Qd2 45. f5 exf5
46. exf5 a4 47. f6 Qh6 48. Ra8 a3 49. Qd6 a2 50. Qd4 Kh8 51. g4 a1=Q 52. Rxa1
Kg8 53. Ra8 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 14th Group3"]
[Site "Lubniewice"]
[Date "1998.09.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kveinys, Aloyzas"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1998.09.18"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kaunas Margiris"]
[BlackTeam "Alchevsk Garant-Donbass"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LTU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 a6 5. Bd3 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. h3 b5 8. e5
dxe5 9. dxe5 Nd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. c4 bxc4 13. Bxc4 Qa5+ 14. Bd2
Bxf3 15. Bxa5 Bxe2 16. Bxe2 Nc6 17. Bd2 Nd4 18. Rc1 Bxe5 19. b3 Rfd8 20. Rc5
Bd6 21. Rc4 c5 22. h4 h5 23. Rh3 Kg7 24. Ra4 Rd7 25. Rc3 e5 26. Bf3 Raa7 27.
Be2 Rd8 28. Rc1 Be7 29. Be3 a5 30. g3 f5 31. Bd2 Rf8 32. Bxa5 Rfa8 33. Bc7 Rxa4
34. Bxe5+ Bf6 35. Bxf6+ Kxf6 36. bxa4 Re8 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.09.29"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Khamdamov, Suhrob"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2140"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tajikistan"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TJK"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 Nc6 6. e3 Na5 7. Ne5 Be6 8. g4
g6 9. Bg2 Bg7 10. O-O c5 11. f4 cxd4 12. exd4 Nd5 13. f5 Nxc3 14. bxc3 gxf5 15.
gxf5 Bd5 16. f6 Bxf6 17. Rxf6 exf6 18. Qe2 Rg8 19. Ng4+ Be6 20. Nh6 Rg6 21. Nf5
Nb3 22. Ba3 Nxa1 23. Nd6+ Kd7 24. Nxb7 Qg8 25. Nc5+ Kc8 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.09.30"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Wu, Wenjin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Be7 10. f4 Ng4 11. Bg1 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 e5 13. Qb4 exf4 14. Bb6
Qd7 15. Nd5 O-O 16. Bc4 Bd8 17. Nxf4 Ne5 18. Bd5 a5 19. Qd4 Bxb6 20. Qxb6 Ra6
21. Qd4 b5 22. Rhf1 Qe7 23. h3 Be6 24. Kb1 Rc8 25. g4 b4 26. Nd3 Bxd5 27. exd5
Nxd3 28. Qxd3 Ra7 29. Rde1 Qh4 30. Qe3 Rac7 31. Re2 h5 32. Rg1 hxg4 33. hxg4
Rc4 34. Qf3 Qh7 35. Rge1 f6 36. Qe3 Qh4 37. b3 Rc3 38. Qe6+ Kh8 39. Qf5 Rf8 40.
Qd7 Rcc8 41. Re7 Qh7 42. R1e2 Qh1+ 43. Kb2 Qg1 44. R7e3 Rcd8 45. Rh3+ Kg8 46.
Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.01"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Zueger, Beat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Bg5 Bd7 13. a3 Be8 14. Ng3 h6 15.
Be3 Bxg3 16. hxg3 Bh5 17. Qb3 Qb6 18. Qxb6 axb6 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Nd7 21.
Bd4 Nc5 22. Bc2 Kf7 23. b4 Nd7 24. Bd3 Bg6 25. Bb5 Ke7 26. Rfc1 Rfc8 27. g4 Kd8
28. f4 Rxc1+ 29. Rxc1 Rc8 30. Rxc8+ Kxc8 31. f5 Bf7 32. Kf2 Kc7 33. Ke3 Nb8 34.
Bd3 Nc6 35. Bc3 Kd7 36. Kf4 Ne7 37. b5 Be8 38. Bd4 Kc7 39. f6 g5+ 40. Ke3 Ng6
41. Bc3 Nf8 42. Bb4 Nd7 43. Kd4 Bf7 44. Bd6+ Kd8 45. a4 Kc8 46. Bh7 Kd8 47. Kc3
Kc8 48. Kb4 Kd8 49. a5 bxa5+ 50. Kxa5 Kc8 51. b6 Kd8 52. Kb5 Ke8 53. Bc7 Kf8
54. Kb4 Ke8 55. Kc3 Kf8 56. Kd4 Be8 57. Kc3 Kf7 58. Kb4 Nf8 59. Bc2 Nd7 60. Ka5
Kg8 61. Bd6 Bf7 62. Ba4 Be8 63. Bc7 Kf7 64. Kb4 Kg8 65. Bc2 Bf7 66. Ba4 Be8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.03"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Marciano, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "243"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "France"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Be3 Bf5 12. Rc1 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nd5
15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 c5 17. c4 Nxe3 18. fxe3 cxd4 19. exd4 Rc8 20. Rfe1 Bf6
21. Re4 g6 22. Qb3 b6 23. a4 Re8 24. Rce1 Rxe4 25. Rxe4 Qc7 26. d5 Qc5+ 27. Kf1
a6 28. g4 Bg7 29. Kg2 h6 30. h4 Rd8 31. h5 gxh5 32. gxh5 b5 33. axb5 axb5 34.
Qxb5 Qxb5 35. cxb5 Rxd5 36. Rb4 Bf8 37. Rb3 Bc5 38. b6 Bxb6 39. Rxb6 Rxh5 40.
Kg3 Kg7 41. Kf4 Rh1 42. Kf5 Rh5+ 43. Ke4 Rh1 44. Nd4 Re1+ 45. Kd5 Rd1 46. Rd6
Rf1 47. Rd8 Rd1 48. Ra8 Rf1 49. Nb5 Rd1+ 50. Ke5 Re1+ 51. Kd6 Rd1+ 52. Ke7 Re1+
53. Kd7 Rd1+ 54. Nd6 Rf1 55. Ra2 Kf8 56. Ra5 Kg7 57. Re5 Kg6 58. Re2 Kg5 59.
Ke7 f5 60. Rg2+ Kf4 61. Kf6 Kf3 62. Ra2 f4 63. Kf5 Ke3 64. Nc4+ Kd4 65. Ne5 f3
66. Kf4 f2 67. Ng4 h5 68. Ne3 Re1 69. Nf5+ Kd3 70. Rxf2 h4 71. Ra2 Re4+ 72. Kf3
Rc4 73. Ra8 h3 74. Rd8+ Kc3 75. Rh8 Kd2 76. Ng3 Kd3 77. Ne2 Rc6 78. Rxh3 Rf6+
79. Nf4+ Kd4 80. Rh1 Rf7 81. Rd1+ Kc4 82. Ke4 Re7+ 83. Kf5 Re3 84. Ng6 Re2 85.
Ne5+ Kc5 86. Ke6 Rh2 87. Rc1+ Kb5 88. Nd3 Rd2 89. Rc3 Rh2 90. Kd5 Rh5+ 91. Ne5
Kb4 92. Rc8 Kb3 93. Rc5 Kb4 94. Rc1 Kb3 95. Kd4 Rh4+ 96. Kc5 Rh5 97. Kd6 Rh6+
98. Kc7 Kb4 99. Nd3+ Kb3 100. Nc5+ Kb2 101. Rc4 Rg6 102. Ne4 Kb3 103. Rc5 Kb4
104. Rc1 Kb3 105. Nd6 Kb2 106. Rc6 Rg3 107. Nb5 Rg2 108. Kb6 Rc2 109. Rd6 Rc8
110. Ka5 Rc4 111. Nd4 Kc3 112. Ne2+ Kc2 113. Kb5 Re4 114. Ng3 Re3 115. Rg6 Kd3
116. Kc5 Re5+ 117. Kd6 Ra5 118. Rg4 Ra6+ 119. Kc5 Ra5+ 120. Kd6 Ra6+ 121. Kc5
Ra5+ 122. Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.05"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

{[%mdl 1044]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7.
O-O O-O 8. Be3 c4 9. b3 cxb3 10. Qxb3 Nc6 11. Ne5 Na5 (11... a6 12. Nxc6 bxc6
13. Rc1 (13. Nd2 Be6 14. Qc2 Ng4 15. Nb3 (15. Bf4 g5 16. Be3 Qd6 17. Nb3 Nxe3
18. fxe3 f5 $132) 15... Nxe3 16. fxe3 Bg5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Epishin,V-Vladimirov/
Tashkent 1987 (52)}) 13... Bg4 14. Qc2 $14) (11... Bd6 12. Nxc6 (12. f4 Ng4 (
12... Bf5 13. Nc3 (13. Qxb7 $2 Nb4 $15) 13... Nb4 14. Rac1 Rc8 15. a3 Nc2 16.
Rxc2 Bxc2 17. Qxc2 Qa5 18. Bd2 Qxa3 19. Rb1 $14 {1-0 Bartels,F-Lippert Frank/
Bayern RL-NW9495 1994 (30)}) 13. Nxg4 (13. Bxd5 Bxe5 14. fxe5 Nxe3 15. Bxf7+
Kh8 16. Qxe3 Nxd4 17. Na3 Nf5 18. Qb3 Qd4+ 19. e3 Nxe3 20. Nb5 Qb6 21. Nd6
Nxf1+ 22. Qxb6 axb6 23. Rxf1 Bh3 $17) 13... Bxg4 14. Nc3 Re8 15. Bf2 Bxe2 16.
Nxe2 Rxe2 17. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 Ne7 19. Qxb7 a5 $11) 12... bxc6 13. Nc3 (13.
Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. e3 Ba6 16. Rd1 (16. Rc1 Rab8 (16... Bc4 17. Qc2 $14)
17. Qc2 Rb6 18. Nd2 Rc8 $11) 16... Qf5 17. Nd2 Rab8 18. Qc3 $11 {1-0 Petrosian,
A-Jelen,I/Ptuj 1993/Inf 59 (43)}) 13... Qe7 14. Qa4 Bd7 15. Bg5 Bb4 16. Bxf6
gxf6 17. Rfc1 $16 {1-0 Rajkovic,D-Estremera,P/Leon SPA 1988 (42)}) (11... Qb6
12. Nc3 Qxb3 13. axb3 Be6 14. Nb5 a5 (14... Nxe5 15. dxe5 Ng4 16. Bxa7 $16) 15.
Nc7 Ra7 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Bh3 Nd8 18. Rfc1 $14 {1-0 Klinger,J-Brunner,L/
SUI-chI ,EXT 1989 (29)}) 12. Qd3 (12. Qa4 a6 13. Bd2 Nc4 14. Nxc4 b5 15. Qa5 (
15. Ba5 Qe8 16. Qc2 bxc4 17. Nc3 Be6 18. Rab1 Qd7 19. Qa4 Qxa4 20. Nxa4 Rab8
$132 {0-1 Hoelzl,F-Lendwai,R/AUT-ch ,EXT 1991 (42)}) 15... bxc4 16. Qxd8 Bxd8
17. Rc1 Bg4 18. Nc3 Ba5 19. f3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Tatai,S-Klinger,J/Graz 1984 (36)})
12... g6 (12... Be6 13. Nd2 (13. Nc3 a6 14. g4 $5 $132 {Tiviakov,S-Lputian,S/
Rostov na Donu 1993/Inf 59 (14)}) 13... Rc8 14. Rfc1 Qd6 15. a4 $132 {1/2-1/2
Benko,P-Dankert,P/Augsburg 1992 (21)} (15. Rab1 Qa3 16. Qxa3 Bxa3 17. Rxc8 Rxc8
$15)) 13. Nc3 Bf5 14. Qd2 (14. Qb5 a6 15. Qb2 Rc8 16. Bg5 Be6 (16... b5 $2 17.
Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nxd5 Bxe5 (18... Bg7 19. Rac1 f6 20. Rxc8 Bxc8 21. Nd3 Nc4 22.
Qb4 $16) 19. dxe5 Rc2 20. Qa3 Rxe2 21. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Be6 23. Rd1 $14) 17.
Rac1 Rc7 (17... b5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nxd5 $1 $16) 18. Qb6 (18. e4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4
Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Bxg5 21. Nxg5 Qxg5 22. f4 Qd8 $15) 18... Rc8 $14) 14... a6 15.
Bg5 $14 (15. Rac1 $14) 15... Be6 (15... Nc6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nxd5 Bxe5 18.
dxe5 Nxe5 19. Qb2 $16) 16. f4 $6 $132 {This move is connected with the play in
King Side.} (16. e3 $5 $14) (16. Rfc1 $142 $14 {[%csl Rb7,Rd5]}) 16... Re8 (
16... Rc8 $132) 17. Rad1 Rc8 18. e4 dxe4 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nxe4 Nc4 $2 (20...
Bg7 $1 21. Nc5 (21. d5 Bf5 22. d6 Nc4 $1 $15) 21... Bc4 $5 22. Rfe1 b6 $1 23.
Ne4 Bd5 $15) 21. Qf2 $2 $15 (21. Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. Qf2 $14 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gd4d5]
}) 21... Nd6 $2 (21... Be7 22. d5 Bf5 $15) 22. Nc5 $2 $132 (22. Nxd6 Qxd6 23.
Bxb7 Rb8 (23... Rc7 24. Bg2 $16) 24. Bg2 Qa3 25. d5 Bf5 26. Rd2 Bd8 27. Kh1 Bb6
28. Qf3 $16) 22... Rc7 23. Rb1 (23. Nxe6 Rxe6 24. Rfe1 $132) 23... Bc8 24. a4 (
24. Rfd1 $132) 24... Rce7 25. Rfd1 (25. Rfe1 Bg7 $132 (25... b6 $5 26. Ncd3 Bf5
(26... Bd7 $2 27. Nb4 {[%csl Rc6]} Nf5 28. Nbc6 Bxc6 29. Bxc6 Rf8 30. d5 $16)
27. Rbd1 Bd7 28. Nb4 Bxa4 29. Ra1 Bb5 30. Nbc6 Bxc6 31. Bxc6 Rf8 32. Rxa6 Nf5
33. d5 Qd6 34. Rxb6 Bxe5 35. fxe5 Rxe5 $11)) 25... Bg7 26. Re1 (26. Bd5 $5 $132
) 26... f6 27. Ned3 (27. Bd5+ Kh8 28. Nf3 b6 29. Rxe7 Rxe7 30. Nb3 Bf5 $15) (
27. Nf3 b6 28. Rxe7 Rxe7 29. Nd3 Nf5 $15) 27... b6 28. Rxe7 Rxe7 29. Nb4 $1 $11
(29. Nb3 Ne4 $15) 29... bxc5 30. Nc6 Qc7 31. Nxe7+ Qxe7 32. Re1 (32. Bd5+ Kf8
33. dxc5 Nf5 34. Re1 $132) 32... Qc7 33. dxc5 Nf7 (33... Nf5 34. Qa2+ Kf8 35.
Qd5 Ne7 36. Qd4 $44 (36. Qd6 $2 Qxd6 37. cxd6 Nf5 38. Rd1 Ke8 39. g4 Nh4 40.
Bc6+ Bd7 41. Re1+ Kd8 42. Re7 (42. Bxd7 Nf3+ $19) 42... Bxc6 43. Rxg7 Nf3+ 44.
Kf2 Nxh2 45. Kg3 Nf1+ 46. Kf2 Nd2 $17)) 34. Qd4 Bf8 35. c6 Kg7 36. Kh1 a5 37.
h3 Bb4 38. Re2 h5 39. h4 Nd6 40. Kh2 Nf5 41. Qc4 Ne7 42. Bh3 f5 (42... Bxh3 43.
Kxh3 Bd6 $11) 43. Qd4+ Kf7 44. Qc4+ Kg7 45. Qd4+ Kf7 46. Qc4+ Kg7 47. Bg2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.07"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Babula, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Czech Republic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Bg4 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 e6 8.
h3 Bh5 9. Nc3 Qa5 10. d5 exd5 11. Nd4 Bxe2 12. Qxe2+ Be7 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. O-O
Kf8 15. Re1 Bf6 16. Bd2 Qd8 17. Rac1 Ne7 18. Na4 Rb8 19. a3 h5 20. Qf3 h4 21.
Nc5 Kg8 22. b4 Rc8 23. Rc2 Ng6 24. Nd3 Qd7 25. Rec1 Kh7 26. b5 Ne7 27. Qh5+ Kg8
28. Qg4 Qxg4 29. hxg4 Kh7 30. bxc6 Rhd8 31. Kf1 g5 32. a4 d4 33. c7 Rd7 34. Ba5
Nd5 35. Rc6 Kg7 36. Nc5 Re7 37. Nb7 Be5 38. Nd6 Bxd6 39. Rxd6 Nb6 40. Rdc6 f6
41. Bb4 Rd7 42. Bd6 Nxa4 43. R1c4 Nb6 44. Rxd4 Kf7 45. f4 gxf4 46. Kf2 Re8 47.
Bc5 Rxd4 48. Bxd4 Nc8 49. Rxf6+ Ke7 50. g5 Kd7 51. g6 Kxc7 52. g7 Ne7 53. Rf8
Kd7 54. Bxa7 Rc8 55. Bd4 Ng8 56. Kf3 Ne7 57. Bf6 Ng8 58. Bxh4 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.10"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Dizdarevic, Emir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Bosnia&Herzegovina"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 g6 4. Ngf3 Bg7 5. h3 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Bf5 7. Ng3 Be6 8. c3
Nf6 9. Bd3 Bd5 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Re1 c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Bb5+ Bc6 14. Bxc6+
bxc6 15. Qxd8+ Rxd8 16. Ne5 Nd3 17. Nxd3 Rxd3 18. Be3 Rd7 19. Bc5 Nd5 20. Rad1
Rb7 21. Ne4 O-O 22. Ba3 a5 23. g3 Ra8 24. Re2 Bf8 25. Red2 h6 26. Nc5 Rc7 27.
Na4 Rb7 28. Bc5 e6 29. c4 Nf6 30. Rd8 Rbb8 31. Bb6 Kg7 32. a3 g5 33. Rxb8 Rxb8
34. Rd3 Ne4 35. Bxa5 Kg6 36. b4 c5 37. Nc3 Nxc3 38. Rxc3 Ra8 39. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.11"]
[Round "12.4"]
[White "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia II"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Ng5 Bxe2 8.
Qxe2 Nc6 9. Rd1 e6 10. Nf3 Ne7 11. h3 a6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Nd7 14. Re1 g5 15.
Bg3 Ng6 16. e5 d5 17. Nd1 c5 18. c3 cxd4 19. cxd4 Rc8 20. Ne3 Rc6 21. Rac1 Qb6
22. Rcd1 Qb5 23. Qd2 f5 24. exf6 Nxf6 25. Re2 Ne4 26. Qe1 h5 27. Nf1 Rf5 28.
Bh2 g4 29. hxg4 hxg4 30. N3d2 Nxf2 31. Rxf2 Bxd4 32. Ne3 Rxf2 33. Qxf2 Qd3 34.
Nb3 Qxd1+ 35. Nxd1 Bxf2+ 36. Nxf2 Rc2 37. Nd3 Nh4 38. Bf4 Rxg2+ 39. Kf1 Rc2 40.
Nd4 Rc4 41. Nxe6 Nf5 42. Be5 Kh7 43. Nef4 d4 44. Ne2 Rc8 45. Ke1 Rd8 46. Kd2
Kh6 47. Ndf4 Re8 48. Bxd4 Nxd4 49. Nxd4 Kg5 50. Nfe2 Kh4 51. Kd3 Kh3 52. Nf5
Re5 53. Nfg3 Rd5+ 54. Kc4 Rd2 55. Kc3 Rd8 56. Ne4 Kg2 57. Nd4 b5 58. a3 Rd5 59.
b3 Re5 60. Kd3 Rh5 61. Kc3 Rh3+ 62. Kb4 Re3 63. Nf6 Rd3 64. Nc6 Rd6 65. Nxg4
Rxc6 66. Ne5 Rd6 67. a4 Kg3 68. axb5 Rb6 69. Nc6 Rxb5+ 70. Ka4 Kf2 71. Nb4 Rb6
72. Ka5 Rb8 73. Ka4 Ke2 74. Nxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.12"]
[Round "13.4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d5 7. exd6 Qxd6 8.
O-O Bf5 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. cxd4 e6 12. Nc3 Be7 13. Qf3 O-O 14. d5 Qd7
15. dxe6 Bxe6 16. Rd1 Qc6 17. Qxc6 bxc6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Ne4 Nd5 20. Bg5 Bf6
21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Rac1 Rac8 23. g3 Rfd8 24. Rd4 Kf7 25. Rdc4 Ne7 26. Kg2 h6 27.
R1c2 e5 28. Nc5 Rd5 29. Rh4 Kg6 30. Rb4 Nf5 31. Rb7 Nd4 32. Rc1 a5 33. Ra7 Rb8
34. b3 h5 35. h4 Kf5 36. Rc4 Rb5 37. Na6 Rb6 38. Nc7 Rd7 39. Na8 Rxa7 40. Nxb6
Rb7 41. Na4 Rb8 42. Nc3 Ra8 43. f3 Ke6 44. Kf2 Ra7 45. Nd1 Kd6 46. Ne3 c5 47.
Ra4 Ke6 48. g4 hxg4 49. fxg4 Nc6 50. Rc4 Nb4 51. Kf3 Nd3 52. h5 Rd7 53. Ra4 Rd4
54. Nf5 Rxa4 55. bxa4 c4 56. h6 Nf4 57. Ne3 c3 58. h7 Ng6 59. Ke2 Kf7 60. Kd3
Kg7 61. Kxc3 Kxh7 62. Kc4 Kh6 63. Kb5 Kg5 64. Kxa5 Kf4 65. Nd5+ 1-0

[Event "Donetzk zt"]
[Site "Donetsk"]
[Date "1998.11.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Mikhaletz, Lubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1998.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8.
Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nd5 f5 12. c3 Bg7 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Nc2 O-O
15. Nce3 Be6 16. Bd3 f5 17. Qh5 e4 18. Bc2 Ne7 19. Rd1 Ng6 20. f4 exf3 21. gxf3
f4 22. Nf5 Bxf5 23. Bxf5 Re8+ 24. Kf2 Re5 25. Rhe1 Qh4+ 26. Qxh4 Nxh4 27. Rxe5
Bxe5 28. Rg1+ Kh8 29. Be4 Rf8 30. Rg5 Ng6 31. Bxg6 hxg6 32. Rxg6 a5 33. a3 Rc8
34. Rg4 Kh7 35. Ke2 Rc5 36. Nxf4 b4 37. Nd3 bxc3 38. Nxc5 cxb2 39. Rg1 dxc5 40.
Kd3 Bxh2 41. Re1 Kg6 42. Kc2 Kf5 43. Kxb2 Kf4 44. Kb3 Kxf3 45. Kc4 Bg3 46. Re8
Bf4 47. Kxc5 Bd2 48. Kb5 Kf4 49. Ra8 1-0

[Event "Donetzk zt"]
[Site "Donetsk"]
[Date "1998.11.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Golubev, Mikhail"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1998.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. O-O
Qxc5+ 9. Kh1 Nc6 10. Bd3 Bg4 11. Qe1 Bxf3 12. Rxf3 Nb4 13. Be3 Nxd3 14. cxd3
Qb4 15. Bg1 e6 16. d4 Rfc8 17. f5 exf5 18. exf5 g5 19. Qd2 h6 20. Be3 d5 21. h4
g4 22. Rff1 Nh5 23. f6 Bxf6 24. Rxf6 Nxf6 25. Bxh6 Kh7 26. Rf1 Rc6 27. Bg5 Nh5
28. Rxf7+ Kg8 29. Be7 Qc4 30. Qf2 Qd3 31. Rf8+ Rxf8 32. Qxf8+ Kh7 33. Qf7+ Ng7
34. Bf8 Qg6 35. Qxd5 Rf6 0-1

[Event "Donetzk zt"]
[Site "Donetsk"]
[Date "1998.11.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "187"]
[EventDate "1998.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O e6 6. b3 Ngf6 7. Qe2 Be7 8.
Bb2 O-O 9. c4 a6 10. d3 e5 11. Nc3 Ne8 12. Ne1 Nc7 13. Nc2 b5 14. Ne3 Bg5 15.
g3 Bxe3 16. Qxe3 bxc4 17. bxc4 Rb8 18. Rab1 Rb7 19. f4 Qe7 20. Ba1 Rxb1 21.
Nxb1 Nb8 22. Nc3 Nc6 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. exd5 exf4 25. Qxf4 Ne5 26. Bxe5 dxe5 27.
Qf5 Rb8 28. h4 h6 29. h5 a5 30. a4 f6 31. Kg2 Qd6 32. Rf2 Rb4 33. g4 Rxa4 34.
g5 hxg5 35. h6 Rb4 36. Qg6 Rb7 37. hxg7 Rf7 38. Qh6 Rxg7 39. Rxf6 Qb8 40. Rc6
Qe8 41. Re6 Qf7 42. Ra6 Qe8 43. Qc6 Qxc6 44. Rxc6 Ra7 45. d6 Rd7 46. Kf3 a4 47.
Ke4 g4 48. Rc8+ Kf7 49. Kxe5 g3 50. Rc7 Rxc7 51. dxc7 g2 52. c8=Q g1=Q 53. Qd7+
Kf8 54. Qxa4 Qd4+ 55. Ke6 Qe3+ 56. Kd5 Qxd3+ 57. Kxc5 Qe3+ 58. Kd5 Ke7 59. Kc6
Qe4+ 60. Kc7 Qf4+ 61. Kb7 Qf3+ 62. Qc6 Qb3+ 63. Kc8 Qh3+ 64. Kb8 Qh8+ 65. Kb7
Qb2+ 66. Qb5 Qg2+ 67. Ka7 Qd2 68. c5 Qa2+ 69. Qa6 Qf2 70. Qd6+ Ke8 71. Kb8 Qg1
72. Qe6+ Kd8 73. Qc8+ Ke7 74. Qb7+ Kd8 75. c6 Qh2+ 76. c7+ Kd7 77. Qb5+ Ke7 78.
Qb4+ Kd7 79. Qa4+ Ke7 80. Qa3+ Kf7 81. Qb3+ Ke7 82. Qe3+ Kf7 83. Qe4 Qb2+ 84.
Ka7 Qa2+ 85. Kb6 Qb2+ 86. Kc5 Qa3+ 87. Kb5 Qb2+ 88. Qb4 Qe5+ 89. Kc6 Qf6+ 90.
Qd6 Qc3+ 91. Kb7 Qf3+ 92. Kb8 Qb3+ 93. Kc8 Qf3 94. Kd8 1-0

[Event "Donetzk zt"]
[Site "Donetsk"]
[Date "1998.11.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zubarev, Alexander2"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1998.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. c4 Nbd7 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Qb3 Qb6 8.
Qxb6 axb6 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 e6 11. d4 Be7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Bf4 Rfc8 14. Rfc1
Kf8 15. Nb5 Rc6 16. a3 Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Nc3 f5 19. d5 exd5 20. Nxd5 Rac8
21. Rd1 Nf6 22. Be5 Nxd5 23. Rxd5 Rc5 24. Rad1 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 Rc5 26. Rxc5 bxc5
27. f3 exf3 28. exf3 Kf7 29. Kf2 g6 30. Ke3 Ke6 31. Bc3 Kd5 32. Kd3 c4+ 33. Ke3
Bg5+ 34. Ke2 b5 35. Kf2 h5 36. Ke2 Bc1 37. Kf2 g5 38. Ke2 g4 39. hxg4 hxg4 40.
Kf2 Bg5 41. Ke2 Be7 42. Kf2 Bd6 43. Bf6 Kc5 44. Bc3 Kb6 45. f4 Bc5+ 46. Ke2 Kc6
47. Bb4 Bb6 48. Bc3 Kb7 49. Ke1 Ka6 50. Ke2 Bc5 51. Ke1 b4 52. axb4 Bb6 53. Ke2
Kb5 54. Ke1 Ka4 55. Ke2 Kb3 56. Ke1 Bc7 57. Ke2 Bd6 58. Ke3 Bxb4 59. Kd4 Bd6
60. Kd5 Ba3 61. Kd4 Bd6 62. Ba5 Bf8 63. Ke5 Kxb2 64. Kxf5 c3 65. Bxc3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Donetzk zt"]
[Site "Donetsk"]
[Date "1998.11.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1998.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Rodriguez,Am} c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7.
Nf3 Nf6 {Old fashion becomes new again!} (7... Nd7 {is the old main line,
which is completely playable.}) 8. Ne5 Bh7 9. Bd3 {Rodriguez,Am: 'In the early
years of 7...Nf6 everybody went for 9.Bc4 in this position but things have
changed, nowadays most people know that Black is doing fine, so 1998 was the
year of 9.Bd3 with at least 14 known games for a move that had been played
only a few times before.'} Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 ({There are many games with
} 11. Bd2 {Rodriguez,Am as well}) 11... Nbd7 (11... Nd5 12. Bd2 {and Black has
lost a tempo, because the d5 N will be chased away by c2-c4.} Nd7 13. O-O-O
N7f6 14. c4 Nb4 15. Bxb4 Bxb4 16. Qb3 Qe7 17. Kb1 O-O 18. f4 $14 {
Lakos-Kakhiani, Elista (ol) 1998}) (11... Qa5+ $5 {Rodriguez,Am Is the move to
watch for since it has been played by Leko and Magem, two major players in
this line for Black.} 12. Bd2 (12. c3 Qa6 (12... Nbd7 13. O-O Nxe5 (13... Nd5
14. Qf3 Qd8 15. Rfe1 N7f6 16. Nh5 g6 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Re4 Qg7 $6 19. c4 Nxf4
20. Rxf4 f5 21. Nxc6 $1 Bd6 22. Re1 $1 Bxf4 23. Rxe6+ Kf8 24. Qxf4 Qd7 25. Rf6+
{1-0 Pavlovic,M-Tukmakov,V/Open, Biel SUI 1998}) 14. dxe5 Nd5 15. Qf3 Nxf4 16.
Qxf4 Rd8 17. Rfe1 Be7 18. Nh5 Rg8 $132 {Vehi Bach,V-Magem Badals,J/Linares ESP
1998}) 13. Qf3 Nbd7 14. Nxd7 Kxd7 15. Be5 Be7 16. b3 Rhd8 17. c4 Qa5+ 18. Ke2
Ke8 $13 {Black went on to win later when White made a risky sacrifice,Topalov,
V-Leko,P/Tilburg 1998}) 12... Qa6 (12... Bb4 13. c3 Be7 14. Ne4 (14. c4 Bb4 15.
a3 Bxd2+ 16. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Nbd7 {1/2-1/2 Gomez Esteban,J-Magem Badals,J/
Salamanca 1998}) 14... Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nd7 16. Nxd7 Kxd7 17. c4 Bb4 18. Rd1 Rad8
19. a3 {1/2-1/2 Kudrin,S-Magem Badals,J/Beijing 1998}) 13. Qb3 c5 14. O-O-O Nc6
15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Bb4 {1/2-1/2 Emms,J-Teske,H/GER 1997/BL9697})
12. O-O-O Be7 (12... Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Ng4 14. Qe2 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qa5 16. Kb1 Be7
17. Nh5 $1 {provoking the weakening move} g6 18. Ng3 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Kxd8 20. Qe3
Kc7 21. Qf4 Rf8 22. Ne4 Qd5 23. f3 h5 24. Nf2 Kc8 25. Rd1 $16 {Z.Almasi-P.
Schlosser, AUT-cht 1998}) 13. Kb1 O-O 14. c4 (14. Qe2 Qb6 $5 (14... a5 {
This is a well-known plan for Black to put pressure on White's <<.} 15. c4 a4
16. Rd3 Rc8 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Qb6 20. Be3 Bc5 $11 {
Ivanchuk-Anand, Frankfurt rapid 1998}) 15. Rd3 Rad8 16. c4 Nxe5 $1 17. dxe5 $2
(17. Bxe5 c5) 17... Rxd3 18. Qxd3 Ng4 19. Qe2 (19. Qf3 f5 $1) 19... Nxf2 20.
Rf1 Bc5 21. Nh5 Rd8 $19 {Shabalov-Yermolinsky, Los Angeles 1998}) (14. Ne4 Nxe4
15. Qxe4 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Qd5 17. Qe2 {Exchanging queens helps only for Black
here.} Rad8 18. c4 Qd7 19. g4 $36 {Yermolinsky} (19. Qg4 $2 f6 20. Bf4 e5 $1 {
Black liquidates for an equal _|_.} 21. Qxd7 Rxd7 22. dxe5 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 fxe5
24. Bg3 Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Bxd8 26. f3 h5 $1 $11 {blockading the >< h4})) 14... c5
$6 {This is the push White is aiming for.  Rodriguez,Am: 'It seems safer to
continue with moves like ...a5 or ...Re8'} (14... a5 $5 {/\ a4}) (14... Nxe5 $6
15. Bxe5 $142 (15. dxe5 Qxd3+ 16. Rxd3 Ng4 17. Rf1 (17. Rd2 Rad8 18. Rhd1 $2
Nxf2 $1) 17... Bxh4 18. f3 g5 $1) 15... Ng4 16. Qe2 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qc7 18. f4
$14) 15. d5 $1 {White creates a strong o^ in the [+]. Black has seen this, but
he thought that tactics will work for him...} Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Ng4 $2 {Following
the wrong plan, although this was the main idea.} (16... Nd7 $2 17. Bxg7 $1
Kxg7 18. dxe6 $18) (16... exd5 17. cxd5 (17. Nf5 $5 {/\ Qg3 deserves attention
as well.}) 17... Bd6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Nf5 $16 {and the d o^ is really strong,
deviding the black army in two parts..}) 17. Bxg7 $3 {'!' Rodriguez,Am. I
wonder if the young talent knew the old Karpov-Hubner game with the same
motif? Rodriguez,Am: 'The same sacrifice that took place in the famous game
Karpov-Hubner, Tilburg 1982, deeply analized in many publications and in
particular by Hubner himself in CBM. In that game the complications were not
clear at all, but here there is a very important difference, instead of h4-h5
White has played Kb1 so the main Black's defensive resource named ...Bg5+ does
not exist and so he is hopelessly lost and should have never allowed this
sacrifice.'} Kxg7 (17... Nxf2 {Rodriguez,Am} 18. Qe3 Kxg7 (18... Bf6 19. Nh5
Ng4 20. Qe2) 19. Qxf2 {looks poor for Black either.}) 18. Qe2 $1 f5 $6 (18...
Nf6 {was the most persistant defence, for example:} 19. dxe6 Qe8 (19... Qc7 $2
20. Nf5+ Kh7 {Rodriguez,Am: 'No direct continuations seem to work so White
probably has to content himself with'} (20... Kh8 {Rodriguez,Am No direct
continuations seem to work so White probably has to content himself with} 21.
exf7 Rxf7 22. Nxh6 Rh7 23. Nf5 Re8 24. Qf3 {to push his pawns on the kingside.
It is undoubtely that White has the better prospects but Black can put up a
tough defence.}) 21. Qd2 Ng8 22. Qc2 $18) 20. Nf5+ Kh8 (20... Kh7 21. exf7 Rxf7
22. Rhe1 Bf8 23. Qc2 $18) 21. exf7 Rxf7 22. Nxh6 $16) 19. f3 $18 Nf6 20. Qxe6 {
'+-' Rodriguez,Am.} (20. dxe6 $5 {Rodriguez,Am followed by 21.Nxf5+ and 22.g4
was also very nice.}) 20... Ng8 21. Nxf5+ Kh7 22. g4 (22. Qe4 $5 {Rodriguez,Am}
Kh8 23. g4 {was maybe a more precise order.}) 22... Qb6 23. Rhe1 Qxe6 24. dxe6
Rxf5 25. gxf5 Bxh4 26. Rd7+ Ne7 (26... Be7 27. f6 $1) 27. Rh1 Bf6 28. Rxb7 Rg8
29. Rxa7 Rg5 30. f4 Rxf5 31. Rf1 Kg6 32. a4 Rh5 1-0

[Event "Donetzk zt"]
[Site "Donetsk"]
[Date "1998.11.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kuzmin, Gennadi P"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1998.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bf4 c6 5. Qd2 b5 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. h3 Nbd7 8. Nf3
Nb6 9. Bh6 O-O 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. O-O Qc7 12. a4 b4 13. Ne2 a5 14. Ng3 e5 15. c3
bxc3 16. Qxc3 Nbd7 17. Rac1 Bb7 18. Rfd1 Rfe8 19. Bb1 Rad8 20. Ba2 Qb6 21. dxe5
Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Rxe5 23. Rxd6 Rxd6 24. Qxe5 Qd4 25. Qxa5 Qxb2 26. Qc5 Rd2 27. Rb1
Qxa2 28. Rxb7 Qxa4 29. Qg5 Qa1+ 30. Kh2 Rxf2 31. e5 Ng8 32. Nh5+ Kh8 33. Rb8
Rxg2+ 34. Kxg2 Qa2+ 35. Kg3 Qa3+ 36. Kh4 1-0

[Event "Donetzk zt"]
[Site "Donetsk"]
[Date "1998.11.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Sulypa, Oleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1998.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. cxd5 Qxd5 14. Bf4 Na5
15. Bxc7 Rac8 16. Bxa5 Qxa5 17. c4 Bf6 18. Ra2 Rfd8 19. Qb3 Qb6 20. Rb2 Qxb3
21. Rxb3 b6 22. d5 Re8 23. Re3 Bg4 24. Rd1 Bxf3 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Bxf3 Be5 27.
g3 Bd6 28. a4 a5 29. h4 g6 30. h5 Kg7 31. Kf1 Re7 32. Be2 Re8 33. Bd3 Kf6 34.
Kg2 Re5 35. hxg6 hxg6 36. Rh1 Kg7 37. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Donetzk zt"]
[Site "Donetsk"]
[Date "1998.11.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Shneider, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1998.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. f3 Be7 10. g4 O-O 11. O-O-O Rc8 12. h4 b5 13. h5 Nb6 14. Bxb6 Qxb6 15.
g5 b4 16. Ne2 Nd7 17. Kb1 Qf2 18. Bh3 Qxf3 19. Rdf1 Qxe4 20. Ng3 Qc4 21. Nf5
Rce8 22. g6 Qd5 23. Nh6+ gxh6 24. Qxh6 fxg6 25. hxg6 Rxf1+ 26. Rxf1 Nf6 27.
gxh7+ Kh8 28. Rg1 Ng4 29. Qg6 Rf8 30. Bxg4 Bxg4 31. Qxg4 Bf6 32. Nd2 Qf7 33.
Ne4 Be7 34. b3 d5 35. Ng3 e4 36. Nf5 Bc5 37. Nh6 Qxh7 38. Rh1 Rf6 39. Qg5 Qg6
40. Qxd5 Qg2 41. Qd8+ Kh7 42. Qd7+ Kg6 43. Qe8+ Kh7 44. Qd7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Donetzk zt"]
[Site "Donetsk"]
[Date "1998.11.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Komarov, Dimitri"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1998.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c5 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Rc1 Bg4 13. h3 Be6 14. Kh2 Qd7 15.
Qc2 Rac8 16. Rfd1 Bc5 17. Qa4 b6 18. Nc2 Red8 19. Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Donetzk zt"]
[Site "Donetsk"]
[Date "1998.11.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1998.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 Bg7 6. Qd2 Nbd7 7. f4 c5 8. d5
Qb6 9. Rb1 Nh5 10. Nge2 O-O 11. g4 g5 12. fxg5 Ne5 13. Bg2 hxg5 14. Qxg5 Bxg4
15. h3 Bxe2 16. Nxe2 Nf6 17. O-O Ng6 18. Bg3 Qb4 19. Qf5 Qa4 20. b3 Qd7 21. Qf3
Bh6 22. Rbd1 Bg5 23. e5 dxe5 24. Qd3 Qd6 25. Rf5 Bh6 26. Rdf1 Kh8 27. Nc3 Nf4
28. Bxf4 exf4 29. Nb5 Qd7 30. d6 Rg8 31. dxe7 Qxe7 32. Kh1 Rg6 33. Qc3 Rag8 34.
Rf2 Kh7 35. Qd3 Rd8 36. Qe2 Qe3 37. Qxe3 fxe3 38. Re2 Kg7 39. Rf1 Nh5 0-1

[Event "Donetzk zt"]
[Site "Donetsk"]
[Date "1998.11.13"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Neverov, Valeriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1998.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d5 7. exd6 Bxd6 8. O-O
Nc6 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Ne7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Bg5 Bd7 13. Re1 Bc6 14. Rc1 Re8 15.
Ne5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 h6 17. Be3 Nf5 18. Qg4 Nd7 19. Bf4 Qh4 20. Qxh4 Nxh4 21. f3
Ng6 22. Bg3 Nc5 23. Bc4 Red8 24. Red1 Nd7 25. f4 Nb6 26. Be2 Nd5 27. Nxd5 Bxd5
28. a3 Bc6 29. Kf1 Kf8 30. h4 Ke8 31. b3 Rxd1+ 32. Rxd1 Rc8 33. Rd4 Ne7 34. Rc4
b5 35. Rxc6 Nxc6 36. Bxb5 Kd7 37. Bf2 Kc7 38. Bc5 g5 39. hxg5 hxg5 40. g3 gxf4
41. gxf4 Rd8 42. Kf2 Nd4 43. Bc4 a5 44. a4 Nf5 45. Ke2 Kc6 46. Bf2 Nd4+ 47. Ke3
Nc2+ 48. Ke2 Nd4+ 49. Ke3 Nc2+ 50. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Festival comtois 3rd"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "1998.12.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1998.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3 b6 7. Bc4 c5 8. Qe2
Nxe4 {[%mdl 8]} 9. Nxe4 d5 10. Bd3 c4 11. Bxc4 dxc4 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. Nc3 Nd7 14.
O-O-O Nf6 15. h4 b5 16. Nxb5 Qa5 17. Nc3 Ne4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Bd2 Qxa2 20. Bc3
f5 21. Nd7 Rfc8 22. h5 Qa1+ 23. Kd2 Qa4 24. Ne5 Qxc2+ 25. Ke3 Qxe2+ 26. Kxe2
gxh5 27. Rxh5 e6 28. Rdh1 Rc7 29. Rg5 a5 30. Rh6 Bd5 31. g4 Rf8 32. Bxa5 Rb7
33. Bc3 fxg4 34. Rxg4 Rxf4 35. Rxe6 Bf3+ 36. Nxf3 Rxg4 37. Re8+ Kf7 38. Rc8 h5
39. Rxc4 h4 40. Rc5 Bf6 41. d5 Re7+ 42. Kf1 Bxc3 43. Rxc3 Ke8 44. Rc8+ Kd7 45.
Rf8 Kd6 46. Rf5 Rb7 47. Ne5 Rgg7 48. Nf3 Rb4 49. b3 Rgg4 50. Rh5 Rgf4 51. Kg2
Rbe4 52. Ng1 Re3 53. Rg5 Rxb3 54. Kh2 Rd4 55. Rg2 Kxd5 56. Nh3 Ke5 57. Ra2 Rdb4
58. Re2+ Kf5 59. Rf2+ Kg4 60. Rg2+ Rg3 61. Ng1 Rxg2+ 62. Kxg2 Rb2+ 0-1

[Event "Festival comtois 3rd"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "1998.12.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1998.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Bxe4 {
Very solid,but passive continuation.By this move black shows his peacefull
intentions;more ambitious is 7...Ngf6.} 8. Bxe4 c6 9. c3 (9. Re1 Ngf6 10. Bd3
Be7 11. Bg5 O-O 12. Qe2 c5 13. c3 cxd4 14. Nxd4 $14 {Mueller,H-Liemann,M/Baden
Wuerttemberg-ch 1988 (23)}) 9... Ngf6 10. Bc2 Bd6 (10... g6 11. Bf4 Bg7 12. Qe2
O-O 13. Bd6 (13. Rad1 Qb6 14. Bc1 Qc7 15. Rfe1 Rfe8 16. g3 Rad8 17. Bf4 $14 {
Renet,O-Dienavorian,M/Thessaloniki olm 1988 (32)}) 13... Re8 14. Ne5 Bf8 15.
Bxf8 Kxf8 16. f4 Qb6 17. b4 $14 {Schlosser,M-Dizdarevic,E/EUCup Gr2 1994 (36)})
11. Re1 Qc7 12. Bg5 $5 {Interesting decision:white doesn't want to exchange
the darksquared bishop,which gives black good chanses to equalize:} (12. Qe2
Bf4 (12... O-O 13. Ne5 $5 c5 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15. dxc5 Bxh2+ 16. Kh1 Be5 $13 {
Hansen,C-Rozentalis,E/Skolernes Skakklub 1997 (23)}) 13. Ne5 (13. Bxf4 Qxf4 14.
Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd5 16. a4 O-O-O 17. g3 Qg5 $11 {Xie Jun-Ivkov,B/Vienna
Walzer 1993 (37)}) 13... Bxc1 14. Raxc1 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd5 16. a4 g6 17. Qf3 Qe7
18. Re4 Rd8 $11 {Zetocha,C-Lazar,D/ROM-chT 1993 (43)}) 12... O-O ({Still
deserved attention} 12... Bf4 13. Bh4 $5 O-O 14. Qd3 Rad8 15. g3 $5 Bd6 16. Ng5
$5 $36) 13. Qd3 $14 Rad8 14. Rad1 Rfe8 15. a3 $5 {[%cal Gc2b1,Gb1a2] White's
positional advantage is not so significient,but what is the most important,the
fact that black is deprived an active counterplay and this puts on him an
additional pressure,while white may slowly improve the position.} b5 (15... c5
$6 16. Ba4 $1 {[%cal Ga4e8,Gg5d8]} cxd4 $6 (16... Be7 17. Qe2 a6 18. d5 $1 exd5
(18... Nxd5 19. Rxd5 exd5 20. Bxe7 Rc8 21. Ng5 $1 $18 {[%csl Rf7]}) 19. Bxf6 $1
Nxf6 20. Bxe8 Rxe8 21. Qd3 $14) 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qxd4 Bc5 19. Qh4 $16) 16. Bb1
a6 17. Bh4 g6 $6 {Same passive strategy.Deserved attention} (17... c5 $5) 18.
Qe2 Be7 ({It was still possible to play} 18... c5 19. Ne5 Be7 20. Bg3 (20. Ba2
$6 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Nh5 22. Bxe7 Qxe7 $11) 20... Bd6 21. h3 $14) 19. Bg3 Qb7 20.
h3 $5 {Keeping the bishop.} (20. Ba2 Nh5) 20... Nd5 21. Ba2 Bf8 22. c4 $5 {
Changing the character of the game.} bxc4 $6 {[%csl Ra6]} (22... N5b6 $5 23. c5
Nd5 (23... Na8 $5) 24. Bxd5 cxd5 25. Ne5 $1 Nxe5 26. Bxe5 Rc8 27. Rd3 $36 {
[%csl Rg8][%cal Gh3h5,Gd3h3]}) 23. Bxc4 $36 {Black pawns on the queenside
become the target for the white pieces.} a5 (23... Ra8 24. Rc1 N5b6 25. Bd3 $14
{[%csl Ra6,Rc6]}) 24. Rc1 $1 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Gc1c2,Ge1c1,Gc4a6]} Bg7 25. Rc2
Qb6 $2 {A blunder,which loses on the spot,but black already faces quiet
serious problems.For example:} (25... c5 $6 26. dxc5 Nxc5 27. Bb5 Nd7 28. Ne5
Bxe5 29. Bxe5 $16) (25... N7b6 26. Ba6 Qa8 27. Ne5 Ne7 28. Rec1 Bh6 29. Rd1 $16
) 26. Bxd5 $1 exd5 (26... cxd5 27. Bc7 $18) 27. Qxe8+ Rxe8 28. Rxe8+ (28. Rxe8+
Bf8 (28... Nf8 29. Rc8 h6 30. R8xc6 $18) 29. Ne5 Qxd4 (29... Nb8 30. Rxc6 $1
Nxc6 31. Rxf8+ Kg7 32. Rxf7+ $18) 30. Nxd7 Qd1+ 31. Kh2 Qxc2 32. Be5 f6 33.
Rxf8+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Festival comtois 3rd"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "1998.12.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1998.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Rc1 Bg4 13. h3 Be6 14. Kh2 Qd7 15.
Nxc6 bxc6 16. Na4 Bf5 17. Bc5 Bd8 18. Bd4 Ne4 19. e3 Be7 20. Nc5 Bxc5 21. Bxc5
Qb7 22. Bd4 a5 23. Qa4 Bd7 24. Qc2 Rac8 25. f3 Ng5 26. h4 Ne6 27. Bc3 a4 28. f4
c5 29. f5 Nd4 30. exd4 cxd4 31. Qd2 dxc3 32. bxc3 Qb5 33. Rf2 d4 34. cxd4 Rxc1
35. Qxc1 Re2 36. Rxe2 Qxe2 37. a3 Bxf5 38. Qc6 Kh7 39. Qf3 Qxf3 40. Bxf3 Bd7
41. Kg2 Kg6 42. Bd5 f5 43. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Festival comtois 3rd"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "1998.12.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Degraeve, Jean Marc"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1998.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. b3 f5 8. Nd2
Nf6 9. Bd3 f4 10. Bb2 O-O 11. c5 dxc5 12. Nf3 Kh8 13. Bc4 Qxd1+ 14. Rxd1 Bg4
15. Nc7 Rac8 16. Ne6 b5 17. Bd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Bxe6 19. dxe6 e4 20. Nd2 Bf6 21.
Bxf6 Rxf6 22. Nxe4 Rxe6 23. f3 h6 24. Kf2 Nb4 25. a3 Nc2 26. Rd6 Rxd6 27. Nxd6
Rc6 28. Nxb5 Rb6 29. Rc1 Rxb5 30. Rxc2 Rxb3 31. Rxc5 Rxa3 32. h4 Ra4 33. h5 Rd4
34. Ra5 Rd7 35. Rf5 Rd4 36. Ra5 Rd7 37. Rf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Festival comtois 3rd"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "1998.12.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hauchard, Arnaud"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "181"]
[EventDate "1998.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4128]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 {Diese
klassische Fortsetzung ist heutzutage nicht mehr so beliebt. Ribli.} (5. d4 $5)
5... Nxd5 6. Nxd5 $6 {Dieser Zug ist noch nicht so schlecht, aber Weiß kann
sich keine Hoffnungen auf Eröffnungsvorteil machen. Nach 6.Bg2!? Schwarz muß
entweder 6...Nc7 (Rubinstein-Aufbau) oder 6...e6 (Semi-Tarrasch-Variante)
spielen.} Qxd5 7. Bg2 g6 8. O-O Bg7 {[%csl Yd4,Gg7][%cal Gg7a1] Weiß hat
keinen Eröffnungsvorteil und die schwarze Stellung ist bequem. Schwarz
kontrolliert das Feld d4 stark und hat etwas Raumvorteil.} 9. d3 {Der schwarze
Dame muß jetzt oder später wegziehen, sonst bieten sich dem Weißen
verschiedene taktische Motive über die Diagonale a8-h1.} Qd6 10. Nd2 {[%cal
Gd2c4] Der weiße Springer strebt auf sein natürliches Feld c4.} (10. Bf4 e5 11.
Be3 Bd7 (11... O-O 12. Rc1 b6 13. Qa4 Bd7 14. Qh4 f6 15. Nd2 Rac8 16. Nc4 Qe7
17. Bd5+ Kh8 18. Be4 f5 19. Qxe7 Nxe7 20. Bg2 Bc6 21. a3 Bxg2 {1/2-1/2 Bricard,
E-Kirov,N/Sofia 1990/EXT 97 (21)}) 12. Rc1 b6 13. a3 Rd8 14. Nd2 Nd4 15. Ne4
Qe7 16. b4 cxb4 17. axb4 O-O 18. Rc7 Nb5 19. Rb7 Qxb4 20. Bg5 f6 21. Bd2 Qb2
22. Qb1 Qxb1 23. Rxb1 Be8 {0-1 Ebalard,M-Palac,M/FRA-chT9697 groupe B 1997/EXT
99 (28)}) (10. Be3 Bxb2 11. Rb1 Bg7 12. Qa4 (12. Nd2 $5) 12... O-O 13. Rfc1 b6
14. d4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 cxd4 16. Bf4 e5 17. Bxa8 Bf5 18. Qxa7 Bxb1 19. Rxb1 exf4
20. Be4 d3 21. Bxd3 Bd4 22. Kg2 Qd5+ 23. f3 fxg3 24. hxg3 Bc5 {0-1 Doda,
Z-Kirov,N/Polanica Zdroj 1974/MCD (42)}) 10... b6 11. Nc4 {[%csl Gc4]} (11. a4
$5 O-O 12. a5 Ba6 $1 $11) (11. Ne4 Qd7 12. Rb1 O-O 13. a3 Bb7 14. b4 cxb4 15.
axb4 Nd4 16. Bb2 e5 17. Bxd4 exd4 18. Qb3 Rfe8 19. Rfc1 Re5 20. Rc4 Re7 21. Rc2
Rd8 22. Ra1 Bxe4 23. Bxe4 Rxe4 24. dxe4 d3 25. Rb2 dxe2 26. Re1 Qd1 27. Rb1
Qxb3 28. Rxb3 Rd1 29. Rb1 Rxb1 {0-1 Landenbergue,C-Palac,M/Cannes 1997/CBM 57
ext (29)}) 11... Qd7 12. Bd2 (12. a4 $6 O-O 13. Be3 Ba6 $1 14. Qd2 Rac8 15.
Rfc1 Rfd8 $15 16. Rab1 Qe6 17. b3 Nb4 18. Bf3 Nd5 19. Kg2 Rc7 20. Bf4 Rcd7 21.
Bh6 $6 Bxh6 22. Qxh6 Bb7 23. Ne3 Nb4 $1 24. Bxb7 Rxb7 25. Rc4 Rd4 26. Rbc1 Nc6
$1 {1/2-1/2 Krasenkov,M-Andersson,U/Malmo 1994/Inf 61/[Krasenkov,M] (56)})
12... Bb7 13. Bc3 O-O $11 (13... Bxc3 $6 14. bxc3 $14 {[%csl Yd4] Jetzt kann
Schwarz nicht wie in der Partie ...Nd4 ziehen.}) 14. a4 {Weiß sichert seine
Springerstellung auf c4 gegen ...b5.} (14. Bxg7 Kxg7 $11) 14... Nd4 {[%csl Gd4]
} 15. Bxd4 {Früher oder später muß Weiß den aktiven schwarzen Springer auf d4
nehmen.} Bxd4 {[%csl Gd4]} (15... cxd4 $6 {[%csl Rg7]}) 16. Qb3 Bxg2 17. Kxg2
Rab8 {[%cal Ra7a6,Rb6b5,Rb5c4] Schwarz bereitet den Vorstoß ...b5 am
Damenflügel vor.} 18. Nd2 {[%cal Gd2f3]} Kg7 19. Nf3 Bf6 {[%csl Gf6] Schwarz
muß den starken Läufer auf dem Brett behalten.} 20. Qb5 Qb7 (20... Qxb5 $2 21.
axb5 Rb7 (21... Bxb2 $6 22. Rxa7 $14 {[%csl Ga7,Gb5,Rb6,Yc4,Re7][%cal Gf3d2,
Gd2c4]}) 22. Ra2 $11) 21. Rab1 (21. a5 a6 $1 22. Qxb6 Qxb6 23. axb6 Rxb6 {
[%csl Rb2]}) 21... a6 $15 {Schwarz mobilisiert seine Damenflügelbauern. Mit
Unterstützung seines Läufers sorgt das für aktives Spiel.} 22. Qc4 Rfc8 {
Schwarz verteidigt den c5-Bauern und bereitet so den Zug ...b6-b5 vor.} 23.
Rfc1 e6 (23... b5) 24. b3 b5 25. axb5 axb5 26. Qf4 Qd5 {[%csl Rb3,Gd5,Gf6]
[%cal Gb8a8,Ga8a2]} 27. Kg1 {Weiß hat eine feste, aber passive Stellung ohne
besondere Hoffnungen auf aktives Gegenspiel.} h6 28. Rc2 b4 {[%csl Yc3][%cal
Gf6c3]} 29. Nd2 {[%cal Gd2c4]} Be5 30. Qc4 (30. Qf3) (30. Qe3) 30... f5 $5 (
30... Qxc4 31. Nxc4 {[%csl Gc4]} Bc3 32. Ra2 Ra8) 31. Rbc1 Bc3 32. Qxd5 (32.
Rb1 $15) 32... exd5 {Jetzt kann Weiß nicht mehr Nc4 spielen.} 33. Nb1 d4 (33...
Bd4 $2 34. e3 $16) 34. Ra2 (34. Nd2 {[%cal Gd2c4]} Bxd2 35. Rxd2 Ra8 $17) 34...
Ra8 35. Rcc2 $8 Kf6 36. Nd2 {[%cal Gd2c4]} Bxd2 $1 {Schwarz muß den früher so
aktiven Läufer abgeben, sonst spielt Weiß 37.Nc4.} 37. Rxd2 Ra3 {[%csl Rb3]}
38. Rab2 (38. Rxa3 bxa3 {[%csl Ga3,Rb3]} 39. Ra2 Ra8 $17) 38... Ra1+ 39. Kg2
Rca8 $17 {[%cal Ga8a1] Schwarz hat großen Raumvorteil, seine Türme sind aktiv
und sein König ist auch leicht zu mobilisieren.} 40. Rdc2 R8a5 41. e3 $5 {
Mit passiven Zügen kann Weiß die Stellung kaum retten, aber der Textzug
schwächt den d3-Bauern. Trotzdem ist das die einzige aktive Möglichkeit für
Weiß.} Ke5 {[%csl Ge5]} 42. Rc4 (42. exd4+ Kxd4 $17) 42... dxe3 43. fxe3 Rd1 {
[%csl Gd1,Rd3][%cal Ga5a1]} 44. d4+ $8 cxd4 45. exd4+ Rxd4 46. Re2+ (46. Rxd4
$2 Kxd4 $19 {[%csl Rb3][%cal Rd4c3]}) 46... Kd5 47. Rec2 $15 {Das Material ist
reduziert und trotz Bauernminus hat Weiß daher einige Rettungchancen.} g5 48.
Kf2 (48. Rxd4+ Kxd4 49. Rc4+ Ke3 50. Rxb4 Ra2+ 51. Kg1 $15) 48... Ra3 49. Rxd4+
Kxd4 50. Rc4+ Kd3 {[%csl Gd3]} 51. Rxb4 Ra2+ {[%cal Ra2h2]} 52. Kg1 Ke3 {
[%csl Ga2,Ge3,Rg1]} 53. Rc4 (53. Ra4 Rb2 $15 (53... Rxa4 $2 54. bxa4 Kd4 55.
Kf2 Kc5 56. Ke3 $18 {[%csl Ga4]})) 53... Kf3 {[%csl Rg1]} 54. Rc3+ Kg4 {
[%cal Rg4h3]} 55. h4 $8 gxh4 56. gxh4 Kxh4 {Schwarz hat einen Bauern mehr,
aber auch mit zwei Bauern mehr kann Schwarz kaum gewinnen, denn gegen f- und
h-Bauern kann man im Turmendspiel theoretisch das Remis halten.} (56... f4) 57.
Rc6 h5 58. b4 Rb2 {[%csl Gb2]} 59. Rb6 {Weiß verteidigt natürlich seinen
b-Bauern, aber dessen Verteidigung ist nicht so einfach. Er wird ihn bald
abgeben müssen.} f4 60. b5 Kg3 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Rb2b1,Rb1g1] Der weiße König
steht passiv, aber im folgenden Endspiel kann er die ideale
Verteidigungsstellung einnehmen.} 61. Rg6+ Kf3 62. Rb6 Rb1+ 63. Kh2 {[%csl Gh2]
Der weiße König muß in der h-Linie stehen und der weiße Turm kann dann von der
langen Seite kommen. Die Stellung ist theoretisch bereits remis, aber Weiß muß
sich genau verteidigen, d.h., Scharz hat in der praktischen Partie noch gute
Gewinnchancen.} Kf2 {Ein ähnliches Endspiel finden wir in einer Partie
Petrosian,T. - Karpov,A. UdSSR 1976 (Weiß: Kf6, Rc8, Pf5, h3 - Schwarz: Kh7,
Rc1, Pc3 und Weiß am 42.Zug).} 64. Rb8 (64. Rf6 f3 65. Ra6 $11) 64... f3 65. b6
{In Wirklichkeit ist der weiße b-Bauer nicht von großer Bedeutung. Weiß muß
ihn im richtigen Moment aufgeben und eine theoretische Remisstellung gegen f-
und h-Bauern anstreben.} (65. Ra8 $11) 65... Rb4 (65... Kf1 66. b7 Rb2+ $5 (
66... f2 67. Ra8 $11) 67. Kh1 f2 68. Ra8 (68. Kh2) 68... Ke2 (68... Rxb7 69.
Ra1+ $11) 69. Re8+ Kf3 70. Rf8+ Kg3 71. Rg8+ Kh3 (71... Kh4 72. Kg2 $11) 72.
Rg3+ $3 Kxg3 (72... Kh4 73. Rf3 $11) 73. b8=Q+ Rxb8 $11 {[#]}) 66. Kh3 Kg1 67.
Rg8+ Kf1 68. Rb8 $2 {Weiß verteidigt seinen Bauern, aber der Turm steht passiv
auf b8.} (68. Ra8 Rxb6 (68... Rb2 69. b7) 69. Ra1+ Ke2 70. Ra2+ Ke3 71. Ra3+
Kf4 72. Ra4+ Kg5 73. Ra5+ Kg6 74. Kg3 Rf6 75. Kf2 $11) 68... f2 $1 69. b7 (69.
Ra8 Kg1 $19) (69. Kh2 Rh4+ 70. Kg3 Rg4+ 71. Kh2 Rg2+ 72. Kh1 (72. Kh3 Kg1 $19)
72... Ke2 $1 73. Re8+ Kf3 74. Rf8+ Kg3 75. Rg8+ Kh3 $19) 69... Kg1 {[%cal
Rf2f1]} 70. Rg8+ Kh1 71. Rf8 Rb3+ {[%csl Rh3]} 72. Kh4 Kg2 {Das ist die
bekannte "Lasker-Treppe".} 73. Rg8+ Kh2 74. Rf8 Rb4+ 75. Kxh5 Kg3 76. Rg8+ (76.
b8=Q+ Rxb8 77. Rxb8 f1=Q $19) 76... Kh3 77. Rf8 Rb5+ 78. Kh6 Kg3 79. b8=Q+ (79.
Rg8+ Kh4 80. Rf8 Rb6+ $19 {Und Schwarz nimmt den b7-Bauern mit Schach.}) 79...
Rxb8 80. Rxb8 f1=Q {Das Endspiel ist theoretisch leicht gewonnen für Schwarz.}
81. Rg8+ Kh4 82. Rg6 Qf7 $6 (82... Qf4+ $5) 83. Rg4+ $5 Kh3 (83... Kxg4 $4 $11)
84. Rg6 Qe7 85. Rg5 (85. Kh5 Qh4#) 85... Kh4 86. Rg6 Qe5 {[%cal Re5h8]} 87. Kh7
(87. Rg7 Qf6+ 88. Kh7 Kh5 $19) 87... Kh5 88. Rh6+ Kg5 89. Rg6+ Kf5 90. Rg7 Kf6
91. Ra7 {und Weiß gab gleichzeitig auf, denn er verliert den Turm.} (91. Kh8
Qh2+ 92. Kg8 Qh5 $1 {Diese Zugzwangstellung ist bereits seit 1777 bekannt, als
der Franzose Philidor dieses Endspiel analysierte.} 93. Ra7 Qd5+ 94. Kh8 Qh1+
95. Kg8 Qg1+ $19 {[%cal Rg1g8,Rg1a7]}) (91. Ra7 Qh2+ 92. Kg8 Qg1+ $19 {[%cal
Rg1g8,Rg1a7]}) 0-1

[Event "Festival comtois 3rd"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "1998.12.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1998.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 Bg7 8.
d5 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Na5 10. Nd2 e5 11. dxe6 Qxe6 12. Qa4+ Nc6 13. Rb1 O-O-O 14.
O-O Nge7 15. Re1 Rd7 16. Nf1 Rg8 17. f3 g5 18. Bd2 Ng6 19. Ne3 g4 20. fxg4 Nge5
21. Rf1 Nxg4 22. Nd5 Qxe4 23. Rbe1 Qg6 24. Nf4 Qh6 25. h3 Nge5 26. Re2 f5 27.
Kh1 Qh4 28. Qc2 Rf7 29. Be1 Qd8 30. Nd5 Rgf8 31. Ref2 Qd7 32. Bd2 Qe6 33. Qa4
Kb8 34. Bf4 Nd3 35. Rd2 Nce5 36. Qd1 Nxf4 37. Nxf4 Qxc4 38. Rxd6 a6 39. Nd5 Ka7
40. Rf2 Qh4 41. Rf4 Qg3 42. Qb3 Nd7 43. Re6 Rg7 44. Qb2 Qd3 45. c4 Qd1+ 46. Kh2
Rfg8 47. Rf2 Qd4 48. Qe2 Rg6 49. Re7 Nb6 50. Rxb7+ Kxb7 51. Qe7+ Ka8 52. Nc7+
Kb8 53. Nxa6+ Ka8 54. Nc7+ Kb8 55. Na6+ Ka8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Festival comtois 3rd"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "1998.12.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Kaspi,A"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1998.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Tyomkin,D} d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7.
Be3 Nc6 8. d5 Nb8 9. a4 a5 (9... Bxf3 10. Bxf3 a5 {1/2-1/2 Golubev,M-Chernin,A/
Biel 1995/EXP 48 (10)}) 10. Nd4 $146 {This variation ls not dangerous for
black at all:there are no week points in black position,pieces are placed well.
} (10. Nd2 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 c6 12. Nc4 Nfd7 13. Rad1 Ne5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Bd4
Bxd4 16. Rxd4 Nd7 17. Rd3 Qb6 18. Rh3 Nf6 19. Qd2 h5 20. Kh1 cxd5 21. exd5 Qxb2
22. Rb1 Qa3 23. g4 $4 (23. Rxb7 $13) 23... Nxg4 24. Rg1 Rac8 $19 {0-1
Sutovskij,E-Chernin,A/Rishon le Zion 1994/CBM 45 (34)}) 10... Bxe2 11. Qxe2 c6
12. f3 Qc7 13. Rad1 Na6 14. Qd2 {/\Bh6} Rfe8 {Intending to move B to-h8 after
Bh6.} 15. Rfe1 Nb4 16. Nb3 Nd7 17. Bd4 Rac8 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qd4+ Kg8 20. Rd2
{[%cal Yd2c2]} Qb6 $5 {Interesting solution which leads to complications.} 21.
Qxb6 Nxb6 22. Nxa5 Ra8 23. Nxb7 Reb8 24. dxc6 (24. a5 Nc4 25. Rd4 cxd5 26. Nxd5
Nxc2 27. Rxc4 Nxe1 28. Nxe7+ Kg7 29. Rc7 Ra7 30. a6 Rxa6 31. Nc8 Ra1 32. Kf2
Nd3+ 33. Ke3 Rc1 34. Rxc1 Nxc1 35. Ncxd6 Ra8 $11) 24... Nxc6 25. Nxd6 exd6 26.
Rxd6 Nb4 27. b3 Nxc2 28. Rc1 {[%mdl 1024] This material balance(3 pawns for
knight) doesn't give advantage to any side in this position.} Nb4 29. Nb5 Rb7
30. Rc7 {Any try of white to play for win leads to worse position.} (30. Rd4
Na6 31. Rc6 $11 (31. a5 $6 Nd7 32. Nc7 Rxc7 33. Rxc7 Nxc7 34. Rxd7 Ne6 35. b4
Rb8 36. a6 Rxb4 37. a7 Ra4 $17)) 30... Rxc7 31. Nxc7 Rb8 32. Kf2 (32. a5 $6 Na8
33. Nd5 Nxd5 34. exd5 Nc7 $17) 32... Kf8 33. Rd4 Nc6 34. Rd6 Nb4 35. Rd4 Nc2
36. Rd2 Nb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Festival comtois 3rd"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "1998.12.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1998.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7
8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Re1 O-O 11. Nf1 Re8 12. Be3 a5 13. c3 b5 14. Rc1
Rc8 15. Bd4 Ne6 16. Be5 Ne4 17. Ng3 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Bc5 19. Rc2 Qd7 20. g4 Qb7
21. Rd2 Red8 22. Nd4 Bxd4 23. Bxd4 b4 24. Be5 Qc6 25. Re3 Rd7 26. Qf3 f6 27.
Bd4 Ng5 28. Qf5 Ne4 29. Rd1 Qd6 30. Red3 Rcd8 31. cxb4 axb4 32. Be3 Qc6 33. Rd4
b3 34. axb3 Nc5 35. Qc2 Qb5 36. g5 fxg5 37. Bxg5 Ne6 38. Bxd8 Nxd4 39. Qc8 Ne2+
40. Kh2 Qb7 41. Qxb7 Rxb7 42. Rxd5 Rxb3 43. Rd2 Nf4 44. Ba5 Rb5 45. Bc3 Nd5 46.
Bd4 Kf7 47. Kg3 g5 48. Kf3 Rb3+ 49. Ke2 Nf4+ 50. Kf1 Nd5 51. Bc5 Nf6 52. Re2
Nd5 53. g3 Rb5 54. Bd6 Rb6 55. Ba3 Kg6 56. Rd2 Rb5 57. Ke2 Kf5 58. Rd4 Ke5 59.
Kd3 h5 60. b4 Rb7 61. Re4+ Kf5 62. Rc4 Rd7 63. Rc5 h4 64. gxh4 gxh4 65. Ke2 Kg4
66. Bc1 h3 67. Rc4+ Kh5 68. Kf3 h2 69. Kg2 Nxb4 70. Rxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Festival comtois 3rd"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "1998.12.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Degraeve, Jean Marc"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1998.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be3 O-O 6. Qd2 c6 7. Bh6 Bg4 8. Bxg7
Kxg7 9. Ng5 h6 10. h3 Bc8 11. Nf3 Qa5 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Nbd7 14. Ng4 Nxg4
15. hxg4 Rh8 16. f3 Nf6 17. Bc4 b5 18. Bb3 Bb7 19. O-O-O c5 20. g5 hxg5 21.
Qxg5 cxd4 22. Rxh8 Rxh8 23. Qxb5 Qxb5 24. Nxb5 Rh2 25. Re1 Kf8 26. Nxd4 Rxg2
27. Ba4 Rf2 28. Bc6 Bxc6 29. Nxc6 Rxf3 30. Rxe7 Rf1+ 31. Kd2 g5 32. Re1 Rf4 33.
Nxa7 g4 34. Nb5 Nd5 35. Re5 Nb6 36. b3 Nd7 37. Re2 f5 38. a4 g3 39. Nc7 Rg4 40.
Rg2 Kf7 41. Ke2 Ne5 42. Nd5 Re4+ 43. Kf1 Ke6 44. c4 f4 45. Re2 Rd4 46. Nxf4+
Rxf4+ 47. Kg2 Kf5 48. Re3 Ng4 49. Rf3 Rxf3 50. Kxf3 Ne5+ 51. Kxg3 Ke4 52. a5
Nc6 53. a6 Kd4 54. Kf4 Kc3 55. Ke4 Kxb3 56. Kd5 Nb4+ 57. Kd6 Nxa6 58. c5 Nxc5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Festival comtois 3rd"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "1998.12.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Hauchard, Arnaud"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1998.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 a6 6. Ne5 Nc6 7. Nxc6 Qxc6 8.
Bf4 Bg4 9. f3 Be6 10. Qd2 O-O-O 11. Be5 Bc4 12. Bd3 e6 13. Ne2 Bd6 14. Bxf6
gxf6 15. O-O Rhg8 16. Rf2 f5 17. Bxc4 Qxc4 18. b3 Qc6 19. Qd3 Rg6 20. Rd1 Rh6
21. h3 Rg8 22. Kf1 Rhg6 23. c4 Qd7 24. a4 h5 25. c5 Be7 26. Nc3 Bh4 27. Re2 c6
28. Qe3 Qc7 29. Qe5 Qa5 30. Rd3 Bg3 31. f4 Bh4 32. Red2 Bf6 33. Qe1 Qc7 34. Rf3
h4 35. Qe3 Rg3 36. Rdf2 Qa5 37. Rxg3 Rxg3 38. Rf3 Rxf3+ 39. gxf3 Qb4 40. Ne2
Kd7 41. Kf2 Qa3 42. Qc3 Qa2 43. a5 Qb1 44. Nc1 Bg7 45. b4 Bh6 46. Ne2 Bg7 47.
Nc1 Ke8 48. Ke3 Kf8 49. Kf2 Kg8 50. Ke3 Bh6 51. Qe1 Bg7 52. Nd3 Qb3 53. Qxh4
Qd5 54. Ne5 Qb3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings 9899"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1998.12.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Plaskett, H James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "1998.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. g3 g6 10. b3 Bg7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Bg2 Rae8 13. O-O Bxe5 14. Qxe5 Qxe5
15. Bxe5 Rxe5 16. cxd5 Bxf1 17. Kxf1 cxd5 18. Nc3 c6 19. Na4 g5 20. Nc5 Re7 21.
Bf3 f5 22. h3 Kg7 23. Nd3 Kg6 24. Rc1 h6 25. b4 Rb8 26. Rc5 Rb6 27. a4 Kg7 28.
g4 f4 29. Kg2 Kf6 30. b5 a6 31. bxc6 dxc6 32. a5 Rb5 33. Rxc6+ Re6 34. Rc5 Rxc5
35. Nxc5 Rc6 36. Nd7+ Ke6 37. Nb8 Rc5 38. Nxa6 Rxa5 39. Nb4 Kd6 40. Nd3 Ra2 41.
Bxd5 Rd2 42. Be4 Ke6 43. h4 Kd6 44. Bf5 Re2 45. Kf3 Re8 46. Bg6 Re7 47. Nc1 Re1
48. Nd3 Re7 49. Be4 Re8 50. h5 Re7 51. Nb4 Re8 52. Bg6 Rb8 53. Nd3 Kd5 54. Ke2
Kd4 55. Kd2 f3 56. Ne1 Rb2+ 57. Nc2+ Ke5 58. Ke3 Rb3+ 59. Bd3 Rc3 60. Ne1 Rc1
61. Nxf3+ Kf6 62. Nd4 Ke5 63. Nf5 Rc6 64. Kf3 Rc3 65. Ke2 Rc6 66. Ne3 Kf4 67.
Bf5 Rc5 68. Ng2+ Ke5 69. Kf3 Rc3+ 70. Ne3 Ra3 71. Bg6 Rb3 72. Kg2 Kf4 73. Nf5
Kxg4 74. Nxh6+ Kf4 75. Nf7 1-0

[Event "Hastings 9899"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1998.12.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1998.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8.
Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. Qg4 Kf8 12. O-O c5 13. Re1 b6 14. dxc5 Nxc5
15. Bd2 h5 16. Qh4 Bb7 17. Be2 Ne4 18. Be3 Be7 19. Ng5 Qe5 20. Bf3 Nxg5 21.
Bxg5 Bxg5 22. Rxe5 Bxh4 23. Bxb7 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings 9899"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1998.12.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1998.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. b3 e6 4. Bb2 c5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. a3 b6 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 a5 11. Ne5 Qc7 12. f4 a4 13. Rf3 g6 14. dxc5 bxc5 15.
Rh3 d4 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Rf1 Nd5 18. Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings 9899"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1999.01.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "1998.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 a6 7. Bd3 {Das ist
eine prinzipielle Variante. Weiß strebt eine Angriffsstellung an. Ribli.} Nf6
8. O-O Ne5 9. Nf3 {Dieser Zug wurde in der modernen Turnierpraxis praktisch
nie gespielt. Die Alternative 9.h3 ist die Hauptvariante, Weiß kann aber auch
9.Be2 ziehen.} Ng6 $5 {In der Hauptvariante spielt Schwarz auch diesen
Springerzug, aber dort ist der Angriffszug f2-f4 schon gemacht. Trotzdem
glaube ich, die Alternative 9...Nfg4 ist für Schwarz besser als die
Partiefortsetzung.} (9... Bd6 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. f4 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qxc3 13. e5
Nd5 14. Bd2 Qc5+ 15. Kh1 b5 {0-1 Jansa,V-Kveinys,A/Prague 1993/CBM 37 (44)}) (
9... Nfg4 $5 {Ich empfehle diesen Zug für Schwarz.} 10. Bf4 Bd6 (10... Be7 11.
Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Qh5 d6 13. Bg5 Bxg5 14. Qxg5 O-O 15. Qe3 b5 {1/2-1/2 Mohr,
G-Gostisa,L/SLO-ch 1996/EXT 96ch2 (15)}) 11. Nd4 Nxd3 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Nf3 b5
14. cxd3 Bb7 15. h3 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. d4 Qf4 18. a3 Rc8 19. Qd3 O-O 20.
Rad1 f5 21. e5 Rc7 22. Rfe1 Rfc8 23. Re3 Qh4 24. Rg3 h6 25. d5 Rxc3 $1 26. bxc3
Bxd5 $17 {1/2-1/2 Timman,J-Ribli,Z/Reykjavik WCup 1988/CBM 10 (51)}) (9...
Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 $14) 10. Na4 {[%csl Yb6] Die schwarzen Springer sind weit vom
Damenflügel entfernt, so daß Weiß dort seine Chancen sucht.} b5 11. Nb6 Rb8 12.
Nxc8 $14 {Weiß besitzt das Läuferpaar und Entwicklungsvorsprung. Schwarz ist
ohne besonderes Gegenspiel.} Qxc8 (12... Rxc8 13. a4 $16) 13. Bd4 (13. e5 $5
Nd5 14. Bd4 Bc5 15. Be4 $14) (13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 Rxb2 15. Rxa6 $14) (13. Ba7
$5 Ra8 (13... Rb7 14. Bd4 Bc5 15. a4 $14) 14. Bd4 Bc5 15. c3 $14) 13... Bc5 $5
(13... Be7) 14. c3 (14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. a4 $14) 14... d6 15. b4 Bb6 (15... Bxd4
$6 16. cxd4 $14 {[%csl Gd4,Ge4]}) 16. Rc1 O-O 17. c4 {[%cal Gc1c8] Weiß öffnet
das Spiel am Damenflügel, aber auch Schwarz bekommt seine Gegenchancen.} Bxd4
18. cxb5 $2 (18. Nxd4 bxc4 19. Rxc4 Qb7 20. Nc6 Rbc8 21. Na5 Qb6 $13) {[#]}
18... Bxf2+ $1 {Ein starker Zwischenzug, der eigentlich einen Bauern gewinnt.}
(18... Qd7 19. Nxd4 axb5 $11) 19. Rxf2 Qd7 $13 {[%cal Gd7a7,Ga7g1]} 20. Nd4 (
20. bxa6 Ng4 $36 {[%csl Rf2,Rg1][%cal Rd7a7,Ra7g1]}) 20... axb5 $17 {Schwarz
hat einen Bauern mehr und Weiß dafür nur sehr wenig Kompensation. Der b5-Bauer
ist immer eine Schwäche der schwarzen Stellung.} 21. Kh1 Qa7 {[%cal Ga7f2]} 22.
Bb1 (22. Bxb5 $2 Nxe4 $40) 22... Rbc8 (22... Ne5 $5 $17 {[%csl Ge5] Der
Springer steht ausgezeichnet auf e5. Weiß hat viele Schwächen.}) 23. Rxc8 Rxc8
{Schwarz droht jetzt, 24...Qxd4 25.Qxd4 Rc1+ zu spielen.} 24. Rf1 Qb6 25. Nf3
Qc6 {[%cal Gc8c1]} (25... Nd7 $17 {[%cal Gd7e5,Gg6e5]}) 26. Bd3 e5 $6 {Auch
nach diesem Zug besitzt Schwarz klar bessere Chancen, aber die Alternative 26..
.Nxe4 scheint mir besser zu sein.} (26... Nxe4 $1 27. Bxe4 Qxe4 28. Qxd6 (28.
Ng5 Qc4 29. Nxf7 Rf8 {[%csl Rf1,Rf7]} 30. Qf3 e5 $19 (30... Ne5 $2 31. Nh6+ $18
)) 28... Qe2 {[%cal Re2f1,Re2a2]} 29. Ra1 Rc2 $19) 27. Qb3 Nf4 28. Nd2 (28. Nd4
Qc1 29. Nxb5 (29. Rxc1 Rxc1+ $19) 29... Qd2 $19) 28... Qb6 29. g3 Ne6 30. Nf3
Nd4 31. Qb2 (31. Nxd4 Qxd4 {[%csl Gd4,Re4][%cal Rc8c3,Rc3d3,Rc3b3]}) 31... Nxf3
32. Rxf3 Qb7 {[%csl Re4]} 33. Re3 (33. Qe2 d5 34. exd5 Qxd5 $19 {[%csl Rf3,Rh1]
}) 33... Qb6 34. Re1 (34. Rf3) 34... Ng4 {[%csl Rd3][%cal Rg4f2,Rf2h1,Rf2d3]}
35. Bf1 Nf6 $2 {Schwarz spielt zu schablonenhaft. Statt der positionellen
Partiefortsetzung konnte er sofort gewinnen.} (35... Nf2+ $1 36. Kg2 Nxe4 37.
Rxe4 Qb7 {[%csl Re4,Rg2][%cal Rb7g2]} 38. Bd3 f5 $19) 36. Qd2 h6 37. a3 Rc7 38.
Qe3 Qb7 39. h3 {Gegen eventuelles ...Ng4 gerichtet.} Rc8 40. Kg1 Rd8 $6 {
Schwarz bereitet den Durchbruch ...d6-d5 vor, aber der Turm steht wohl besser
in der c-Linie.} 41. Bg2 Rc8 42. Rd1 Rc6 43. Qd3 {Weiß steht schlecht und hat
einen Bauern weniger, aber die direkten Drohungen hat er überlebt.} Ne8 44. h4
{[%cal Gg2h3,Gh3c8]} Qb6+ 45. Kf1 Rc4 {[%csl Gc4]} 46. Bf3 Kf8 {Schwarz
verbessert seine Königsstellung. Weiß kann hingegen nur abwarten.} 47. Be2 {
[%cal Ge2b5]} Ke7 {[%csl Ge7]} 48. Qb1 Rc6 49. Qd3 Nc7 {[%cal Gc7e6,Ge6d4,
Gc7b5] Der Springer verteidigt den b5-Bauern und würde gern über e6 nach d4
gelangen, ist aber langfristig an die Verteidigung des Bauern gebunden.} 50.
Kg2 Rc4 51. Qb1 Rc3 {[%cal Rc3a3]} 52. Rd3 Qc6 53. Rxc3 Qxc3 {[%csl Gc3]} 54.
Qd3 $8 Qxd3 (54... Qb2 55. Kh3) 55. Bxd3 {[%csl Rb5] Wegen der Schwäche des
Bauern b5 ist die Verwertung des schwarzen Mehrbauern äußerst schwierig.} Ke6 (
55... Kd7 56. Kf2 Kc6 57. Ke3 Ne6 $17 {[%csl Yd4][%cal Ge6d4]}) 56. Kf3 d5 57.
exd5+ Kxd5 58. Ke3 $15 h5 (58... Kc6 59. Ke4 $15) 59. Be2 g6 60. Bf1 f5 {
Schwarz aht eine 4:2-Bauernmehrheit am Königsflügel, aber sein Problem ist die
schlechte Stellung seines Springers.} 61. Bd3 Kc6 62. Kd2 Nd5 63. Bc2 Kd6 (
63... Nf6 $5 64. a4 bxa4 65. Bxa4+ Kd6 $17) (63... Nb6 64. Bb3 {[%cal Rb3f7,
Rf7g6]}) 64. Bd3 Nc7 65. Ke3 Ke6 66. Be2 Kf6 {Der junge Franzose findet keinen
Gewinnplan. Mit Abwartezügen kann er nicht vorankommen.} 67. Kf2 e4 68. Ke3 Ke5
69. Bf1 Nd5+ {[%csl Gd5,Ge4,Ge5]} 70. Kd2 Nc7 (70... e3+ $1 71. Kd3 (71. Ke1
Nc3 $19 {[%csl Gc3,Re1,Ge3][%cal Gc3b5]}) 71... f4 72. gxf4+ Kxf4 73. Kd4 Ne7
74. Bxb5 Nf5+ 75. Kd3 Nxh4 $17) 71. Ke3 Nd5+ {[%mdl 4160] Und Remis wegen
Stellungswiederholung.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings 9899"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1999.01.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "1998.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nf3 d6 ({More flexible is} 4... g6 {Now the b6
line loses most of it's sting, as Black has the effective} 5. cxb5 a6 6. b6 a5
$1 7. Nc3 Ba6 8. Bg5 Qxb6 9. Qb3 Qb4 10. e4 Bg7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. e5 Bg7 13. h4
d6 14. Qa4+ Qxa4 15. Nxa4 dxe5 16. Nxc5 O-O 17. Na4 Nd7 18. Rc1 Rfd8 19. Bxa6
Rxa6 20. Ke2 Rd6 21. Rhd1 Nf6 22. Nc3 Bh6 $17 {Epishin,V-Hertneck,G/Vienna op/
1996/}) 5. cxb5 a6 6. b6 g6 (6... a5 7. e4 $5 (7. Nc3 Ba6 $13) 7... Nbd7 8. Nc3
g6 9. Bb5 Ba6 10. b7 Ra7 11. Bxa6 Rxa6 12. O-O (12. Qa4 $5 $36 {/\e5,Bg5})
12... Bg7 13. Qe2 Rb6 14. Nd2 O-O 15. f4 Rxb7 16. e5 Ne8 17. Nc4 Qa8 18. Bd2
Nb6 19. b3 Rb8 20. Qe4 Nc7 21. exd6 exd6 22. Nxd6 Ncxd5 23. Nxd5 Qxd5 24. Qxd5
Nxd5 $11 {1/2,Urban,K-Ehrenfeucht,W/Police/1993/}) 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. e4 Nbd7 9. a4
a5 $1 {[%cal Gb8b1] Although Black weakens b5, it's very difficult for White
to gain a firm foothold on this square and Black is usually able to retain the
typical Volga gambit play dow the b-file.} (9... Qxb6 $143 10. a5 $14 {()}) 10.
Bb5 O-O 11. O-O Nxb6 12. Re1 (12. h3 Ne8 (12... e6 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. Qe2 d5 15.
exd5 Nbxd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Rd1 Qc7 18. Qe4 Bf5 19. Qh4 Nb4 20. Bh6 Bxb2 21.
Ng5 Bxa1 22. Bxf8 h5 23. Bd6 Qd8 24. Bc4 $44 {Comas Fabrego,L-Mendoza,L/Lleida/
1991/}) (12... Ba6 13. Bf4 (13. Re1 Bxb5 14. axb5 Nfd7 15. Qe2 Qc7 16. Bg5 Rfe8
17. Bf4 a4 18. Ra3 c4 19. Be3 Nc5 20. Nd4 e6 $132 {1/2,Burijovich,L-Malbran,G/
Buenos Aires/1992/}) 13... Bxb5 14. axb5 Nfd7 15. Qe2 Qc7 16. Rfe1 Bxc3 $6 17.
bxc3 f6 18. c4 a4 19. Ra3 Ra7 20. Bc1 Re8 21. Nd2 Nf8 22. Bb2 e5 23. dxe6 Rxe6
24. f4 Qf7 25. Rg3 Re8 26. Qd3 $16 {Kiselev,S-Shliahtin,I/Podolsk/1992/}) 13.
Bf4 Nc7 14. Bc6 Rb8 15. e5 Ba6 16. Re1 Nc4 17. b3 Nb2 18. Qc2 Nd3 $36 {Purgin,
N-Martin,A/Moscow/1991/}) (12. Qe2 Bd7 13. Bg5 Bxb5 14. axb5 Nfd7 15. Nd2 Re8
16. f4 Qc8 17. Nc4 Nxc4 18. Qxc4 Nb6 19. Qd3 Nd7 20. Qc4 Nb6 21. Qd3 Nd7 22.
Qc4 {1/2,Avrukh,B-Leko,P/Duisburg WChJ/1992/}) 12... Ne8 (12... Nfd7 13. Bf4
Ba6 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. Qe2 Qa8 16. Nb5 Qb7 17. Bg5 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Ra2 c4
20. Be3 Nxa4 21. Nxd6 exd6 22. Rxa4 Bxb2 $11 {Karpov,A-Foo Hsiang Ming/
Singapore sim/1997/}) (12... Ba6 13. Qc2 Bxb5 14. Nxb5 Ne8 15. Bg5 Nc7 16. Nc3
Qd7 17. Rad1 Na6 18. Qc1 f6 19. Bh6 Nxa4 20. Ne2 Rfb8 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Nf4 Nc7
$15 {Remlinger,L-Manion,J/Philadelphia/1992/}) 13. Bf4 (13. h3 Nc7 14. Bf4 Ba6
15. Qc2 Bxb5 16. axb5 Qd7 17. Rad1 Nxb5 18. Nxb5 Qxb5 19. e5 Qd7 (19... Nc4 $5)
20. Qc1 Rad8 21. Bh6 Qb7 22. Re4 $1 $40 {Moskalenko,V-Bendersky,V/Simferopol/
1990/}) 13... f6 $6 {Black prevents e5, but was this ugly move necessary?} ({
More to the point as in the previous examples seems} 13... Ba6 $5 14. Bc6 Rb8 {
/\Nc4<=>}) 14. Nd2 (14. h4 $142 $5 Bg4 15. Qd3 $14) 14... Nc7 15. Bc6 (15. Bf1
f5 $1 $132) 15... Rb8 16. Nb3 Nc4 17. Nb5 Na6 $1 $13 18. Qe2 (18. Qc2 Ne5 19.
Bxe5 fxe5 20. Na7 Qb6 21. Nxc8 Rfxc8 22. Bd7 Rf8 $11) 18... Ne5 19. Bxe5 fxe5
20. Nd2 Nb4 21. Nc4 Ba6 22. Ra3 Rc8 23. Na7 Rc7 24. Nb5 Nxc6 {Black has higher
ambitions than repetition.} (24... Rc8 25. Na7 $11) 25. dxc6 Rxc6 26. Qd2 $44
Qd7 27. Rb3 (27. Qxa5 Bb7 28. Qd2 $13 {/=}) 27... Bc8 $6 {[%csl Gc8] Now
thanks to a tactical trick White exchanges the more valuable part of Black's
^^.} (27... Kh8 $142 28. Qxa5 Bb7 $13) 28. Na7 $1 Ra6 (28... Qxa7 $2 29. Qd5+
$16) 29. Nxc8 Qxc8 30. Rb5 $14 Rd8 31. Rd1 (31. Rxa5 $5) 31... e6 32. Nxa5 (32.
Rxa5 d5 $132) 32... Qc7 33. b3 Bf8 (33... d5 $2 34. Nb7 $18) 34. Nc4 d5 35. g3
Rc6 $6 (35... Be7 $142 36. Ne3 $5 $13 (36. exd5 exd5 37. Ne3)) 36. Na5 (36. Qd3
Be7 37. Ne3 Bg5 38. exd5 Bxe3 $11) (36. Qa5 $5 Qxa5 37. Rxa5 Bg7 38. Ra7 $36)
36... Rb6 37. Nc4 Rxb5 (37... Ra6 $5 $132) 38. axb5 Be7 39. Ne3 Bg5 40. h4 Bxe3
41. Qxe3 d4 42. Qg5 $36 {עg8} Rf8 43. h5 Qf7 44. Rd2 Qf3 (44... Qf6 $5 45.
Qxf6 Rxf6 46. Rc2 (46. b6 Rf8 47. Rc2 Rb8 48. Rxc5 Rxb6 49. Rxe5 d3 50. Kf1
Rxb3 51. Ke1 Kf7 $11) 46... Rf3 (46... d3 47. Rd2 Rf7 48. Rxd3 Rb7 49. h6 $1
$36) 47. Rxc5 (47. b4 $6 d3 48. Ra2 cxb4 49. b6 Rf8 $1 50. b7 d2 51. Rxd2 Rb8
$17) 47... Rxb3 48. Kf1 $1 $14) 45. Qxe5 Ra8 46. Qxe6+ Kg7 47. Qe5+ Kh6 $8 (
47... Kf7 $2 48. Qd5+) (47... Kf8 $2 48. Qh8+) 48. Qf4+ $8 Qxf4 49. gxf4 {
[%mdl 4096]} Rb8 (49... Kxh5 $2 50. b4 (50. f3 $5 Kh4 51. Kg2 {/\} Rb8 $2 52.
Rd1 $18) 50... Rb8 (50... cxb4 51. Rxd4 b3 52. Rb4 $18) 51. bxc5 Rxb5 52. Rxd4
$18 {/\} Rxc5 $2 53. Rd5+) 50. hxg6 hxg6 51. Rd3 (51. b4 cxb4 52. Rxd4 Rxb5 $44
{=}) 51... Rxb5 52. Rg3 (52. Kg2 Kg7 $14) 52... Ra5 $2 (52... Rb4 $5 53. Rd3 (
53. e5 d3 $1 54. Rxd3 Rxf4 55. Rc3 Rb4 $11) (53. Kg2 $2 d3 $11) 53... Rb5 $14 (
53... Kg7 $14)) 53. Kg2 Ra1 54. Rg5 $1 $18 {עh6 Black's K is now cut off,
while White's R actively attacks the c5,d4 chain. White's own pawns will be
safe after f3.} Rc1 (54... d3 55. Rd5 Rd1 56. f3 $5 (56. Rxc5 Re1 (56... Rb1
57. Rd5 Rxb3 58. Kf3 Ra3 59. Ke3 d2+ 60. Ke2 $1 $18) 57. Rd5 Rxe4 58. Kf3 $16)
(56. Kf3 d2 57. e5 Rb1 58. Rxd2 Rxb3+ 59. Kg4 Rb4 $5 $16) 56... d2 57. Kf2 $18)
55. Rd5 $1 Rc3 56. f3 Kg7 (56... d3 57. Kf2 Rxb3 58. Rxc5 $18 {><d3}) (56...
Rxb3 57. Rxc5 $18) 57. Kg3 Kf6 58. f5 gxf5 (58... g5 $2 59. Kg4 {/\e5,o^e,f})
59. Rxf5+ {o^e,f} Ke6 60. Rd5 Kf6 (60... d3 61. Kf4 Rxb3 62. Rxc5 $18 {/\Rd5,
Ke3}) 61. Kf4 Ke6 62. b4 $1 cxb4 63. Rxd4 b3 (63... Rb3 64. e5 $18) 64. e5 Rc6
65. Rb4 Ra6 (65... Rc3 66. Ke4 b2 67. Rb6+ $1 $18) 66. Rxb3 Ra4+ 67. Kg5 Ra8 (
67... Kxe5 68. Re3+ Kd5 (68... Kd4 $4 69. Re4+) 69. f4 $18) 68. Rb6+ $1 (68. f4
$2 Rg8+ {/\Kf5=}) 68... Kxe5 (68... Kd5 69. f4 Rg8+ 70. Rg6 $18) 69. f4+ Kd5
70. f5 Rg8+ 71. Kh6 (71. Kh6 Ke5 72. f6 {/\f7,Kg7 with a well-know
theoretically won R_|_.}) 1-0

[Event "Hastings 9899"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1999.01.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Emms, John M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "1998.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Bd3 b5 {
Populärer ist die Fortsetzung 7...Ne5, aber der Textzug ist auch spielbar.
Typisch für die Paulsen-Variante entwickelt Schwarz zuerst den Damenflügel.
Ribli.} 8. O-O Bb7 9. Nxc6 Qxc6 {Nach diesem Zug kontrolliert Schwarz die
Diagonale a8-h1 und Weiß kann nicht e4-e5 spielen.} (9... Bxc6 10. Qe2 $14) 10.
Re1 (10. Kh1 Nf6 11. f3 Bc5 12. Qe1 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 Qc7 $1 14. a4 b4 15. Na2 a5
16. c3 bxc3 17. Nxc3 O-O $10 {Almasi,Z-Leko,P/Groningen/1995/CBM48/INF65,188/})
10... Nf6 11. a3 {Ohne diesen weißen Zug bekommt Schwarz Gegenspiel mit ...
b5-b4.} (11. Bd4 Be7 12. Qf3 b4 $5 13. Nd1 d6 14. b3 O-O 15. Bb2 Nd7 $10 {
1/2-1/2 Polgar,J-Leko,P/Dortmund 1996/CBM 54/[Ribli] (51)}) 11... Be7 12. Qf3 {
Weiß bereitet entweder Qg3 oder Qh3 mit der Absicht e4-e5 vor.} d6 13. Rad1 (
13. Qh3 Nd7 (13... Qc7 14. Bd4 e5 15. Be3 O-O 16. Bg5 Rfe8 17. Rac1 Qc8 18. Qf3
Qg4 19. Qxg4 Nxg4 20. Bxe7 Rxe7 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 Nf6 23. c4 bxc4 24. Rxc4
a5 {1/2-1/2 Kokkila,T-Hnydiuk,A/Koszalin 1998/EXP 65 (47)}) (13... h5 14. Bg5
Qc5 15. Be3 Qc6 16. f3 g5 17. a4 b4 18. Na2 g4 19. fxg4 d5 {1-0 Topalov,
V-Polgar,J/Novgorod 1996/CBM 54 (60)}) 14. Bd4 Bf6 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. e5 dxe5
17. Rxe5 O-O-O 18. Rg5 Kb8 19. Rxg7 Rhg8 20. Rxg8 Rxg8 21. f3 Qc5+ 22. Kh1 Qe3
23. Rf1 Qd2 24. Rd1 Qe3 25. Rf1 Qd2 26. Rd1 Qe3 {1/2-1/2 Golubev,M-Srokowski,J/
Germany Bundesliga 1997 (26)}) 13... Qc7 14. Qh3 Rd8 (14... O-O 15. Bf4 e5 16.
Be3 $11 (16. Bg5 $11)) 15. f4 O-O $11 {Schwarz hat endlich die Entwicklung
beendet und trotz der weißen Angriffschancen hat er eine verteidigungsfähige
Stellung.} 16. Rf1 {[%cal Gd3h7,Gh3h7,Gf1f6] Jetzt muß Schwarz immer mit e4-e5
nebst Rxf6 rechnen.} (16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5 Qxe5 18. Bb6 {[%cal Rb6d8,Re1e5]}
Qg5 (18... Bc5+ 19. Kh1 (19. Bxc5 $2 Qxc5+ $17) 19... Qxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Bxb6 21.
Rf1 h5 22. Rxf6 gxf6 23. Qxh5 f5 $13) 19. Bxd8 Rxd8 $44 {Schwarz hat Qualität
weniger, aber gutes Figurenspiel und keine Schwächen.}) 16... Rfe8 {Für den
Fall 17.e5 bereitet Schwarz ein Schlupfloch für den König auf f8 vor.} (16...
e5) 17. Kh1 (17. e5 $6 dxe5 18. fxe5 Qxe5 19. Rxf6 Bxf6 20. Qxh7+ Kf8 $17)
17... Bf8 18. Bf2 {[%cal Gf2h4,Gh4d8]} h6 (18... g6 19. Bh4 Bg7 20. f5 $14) 19.
Bh4 Be7 {Schwarz muß den f6-Springer mit einer Figur verteidigen.} 20. Rde1 Bc6
21. Nd1 $6 {[%cal Gd1f2,Gf2g4,Gd1e3,Ge3g4] Dieser Zug scheint mir zu langsam.}
(21. e5 Nd5 (21... dxe5 22. fxe5 Nd5) 22. Ne4 dxe5 23. fxe5 Bxh4 24. Qxh4 Qe7 (
24... Qxe5 25. Nf6+ Qxf6 26. Rxf6 Nxf6 $14 {Schwarz hat Turm,Springer und
Bauer gegen die Dame, aber eine feste Stellung.}) 25. Qg3 $36) 21... Nd7 $5 {
Schwarz beginnt das Springermanöver Nd7-c5, um dann auf d3 den gefährlichen
weißen Angriffsläufer zu tauschen.} 22. Nf2 (22. Bxe7 Rxe7 23. Qh4 Nc5 $11)
22... Nc5 23. Re3 {[%cal Ge3g3,Gg3g8]} Bxh4 24. Qxh4 f5 $5 {Dieser Zug nimmt
Weiß alle Angriffschancen und aktiviert den schwarzen Läufer.} (24... Qe7 $11)
25. exf5 Nxd3 26. Nxd3 exf5 {[%csl Ye4][%cal Gc6h1][%mdl 4128]} 27. Rfe1 Rxe3 (
27... Be4 $11) 28. Rxe3 Be4 {[%csl Ge4]} 29. Qf2 Kh7 {Der König steht auf h7
sicher und in einigen Varianten kann Schwarz ...g7-g5 spielen.} 30. Kg1 d5 $15
{[%csl Ge4] Schwarz hat besseres Figurenspiel, denn der Läufer ist hier dem
Springer überlegen.} 31. h3 Rc8 32. Re2 (32. c3) 32... Qc4 33. Ne5 Qc5 34. c3 (
34. Qxc5 Rxc5 35. c3 a5) 34... a5 {Schwarz bereitet den Durchbruch ...b5-b4 am
Damenflügel vor.} (34... Qxf2+ 35. Kxf2 a5 36. Ke3) 35. Qxc5 Rxc5 36. Kf2 b4 $1
{Auch nach Damentausch hat Schwarz die Initiative.} 37. axb4 axb4 38. cxb4 Rb5
{[%csl Rb4,Ge4] Schwarz bekommt den b-Bauern zurück und sein Turm wird viel
aktiver, sein weißes Gegenüber. Allerdings bietet das reduzierte Material dem
Weißen gute Rettungschancen.} 39. Nc6 Rb6 40. Nd4 Rxb4 {[%csl Gb4]} 41. Rd2 g5
{[%csl Gb4,Ge4]} 42. g3 (42. fxg5 hxg5 $15) 42... gxf4 43. gxf4 Kg6 {[%csl Gg6]
[%cal Gg6h5,Gh5h4] Der schwarze König hat Möglichkeiten, am Königsflügel
einzudringen.} 44. Nc6 Rb6 (44... Rb3 45. Ne7+ Kf7 46. Nxd5 Rxh3 47. Nc3 Rf3+
48. Ke2 Rxf4 49. Nxe4 Rxe4+ 50. Kf3 $15) 45. Ne5+ (45. Ne7+ $2 Kf7 46. Nc8 (46.
Nxd5 $2 Rd6 $19 {[%csl Rd2,Rd5]}) 46... Rb3 47. Nd6+ Ke6 48. Nxe4 fxe4 $17)
45... Kh5 {[%csl Gh5]} 46. Nd7 Rb5 47. b4 $5 {Der weiße b-Bauer ist noch nicht
stark, aber Weiß möchte die Stellung vereinfachen und strebt dabei das
Endspiel Turm gegen Turm und f- und h-Bauer an, das bei gutem weißen Spiel
theoretisch Remis wäre.} (47. Nf6+ Kh4 48. Nxe4 dxe4 49. Kg2 Rb3 $17) 47... Kh4
(47... Rxb4 48. Nf6+ Kh4 49. Nxd5 Rb3 $5 (49... Bxd5 50. Rxd5 Rxf4+ 51. Kg2 $11
)) 48. Rb2 {[%csl Gb4]} Kxh3 49. Nc5 d4 (49... Kg4 50. Ke3 $11) 50. Rb3+ d3 $6
(50... Kg4 $5 51. Ne6 d3 $17) 51. Nxd3 Bxd3 52. Rxd3+ Kg4 53. Rd4 h5 {[%csl
Rf2,Gg4] Schwarz hat einen aktiven König, einen Freibauern in der h-Linie und
der weiße Turm muß auf der vierten Reihe bleiben, aber es scheint, daß das zu
wenig für den Gewinn ist.} 54. Kg2 Rb8 55. Rc4 h4 56. Rd4 {Weiß kann nur
abwarten.} Rb7 57. Rc4 Rb5 58. Rd4 Rb6 59. Rc4 Rb8 60. Rd4 Ra8 {[%cal Ra8a2,
Ra2g2] Endlich wählt Schwarz den richtigen Plan.} 61. Rd2 $5 {Weiß gibt für
die im Turmendspiel äußerst wichtige Aktivität seinen f-Bauern auf und bleibt
nicht mit dem Turm auf der 4. Reihe. Er plant mit Rb2 seinen b-Bauern zu
unterstützen.} (61. Rc4 Ra2+ 62. Kg1 Kg3 63. Rc3+ Kxf4 $17) 61... Kxf4 62. b5 {
[%csl Gb5]} Rg8+ (62... Rb8 63. Rd4+ Kg5 64. Rb4 $11 {[%csl Gb4] Und Weiß kann
leicht Remis halten.}) 63. Kf2 h3 {[%cal Rg8g2,Rg2d2]} 64. Rd4+ Ke5 65. Rh4 {
Weiß bekommt den h-Bauern und die Stellung ist theoretisch Remis.} Rg2+ 66. Kf3
Rb2 (66... Rh2 67. b6 $11 (67. Kg3 $11)) 67. Rxh3 Rxb5 $11 {Ein wohlbekannte
Remisstellung. Der Mehrbauer ist nicht zu verwerten.} 68. Rh4 Rb3+ 69. Kf2 f4
70. Rh8 {[%cal Gh8e8,Ge8e5]} Rb2+ 71. Kf3 Rb3+ 72. Kf2 {[%mdl 4128] Und
endlich wurde Remis gegeben.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings 9899"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1999.01.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Saltaev, Mihail"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1998.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5
Bg4 9. Qe1 Bxf3 10. Rxf3 Nb4 11. Qe2 Nxd3 12. cxd3 Qb6 13. Kh1 Rac8 14. Be3 Nd7
15. Rh3 Qb4 16. Rf1 c4 17. d4 f5 18. e5 Nb6 19. Qf2 Rf7 20. Qh4 h6 21. Bc1 Na4
22. Rff3 Nxc3 23. Rxc3 Qa5 24. Qg3 Kh7 25. Qg5 Qa4 26. Be3 Qd1+ 27. Bg1 Qg4 28.
Qh4 Qxh4 29. Rxh4 Rff8 30. Ra3 b5 31. Rxa7 b4 32. Rh3 c3 33. bxc3 bxc3 34. Be3
c2 35. Bc1 Rc4 36. Rf3 Rb8 37. Rf1 Rb1 38. exd6 exd6 39. Re7 Rxd4 40. Ree1 Rxd5
41. g3 Bc3 0-1

[Event "Hastings 9899"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1999.01.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Smirin,I"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1998.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 c4 7. Bc2 Qc7 8. Qe2
g5 9. e6 ({Nothing promises} 9. Nxg5 Qxe5 10. d4 cxd3 11. Bxd3 Qxe2+ 12. Bxe2
d5 13. Na3 Bg7 14. Be3 d4 15. cxd4 Nxd4 $36 {Lerner,K-Dydyshko,V/Muenster op
1996/1/2-1/2 (46)}) 9... dxe6 10. Nxg5 Qe5 11. d4 cxd3 12. Bxd3 Qxe2+ (12...
Nd5 13. O-O Qxe2 14. Bxe2 h6 15. Nf3 e5 16. Bb5 Bg7 17. Re1 f6 18. Nbd2 O-O 19.
Nf1 Bf5 20. Ng3 Bh7 21. Nh4 e6 $13 {1-0 Maiwald,J-Mainka,R/Recklinghausen 1997
(29)}) 13. Kxe2 (13. Bxe2 h6 14. Ne4 e5 15. Na3 Bf5 16. Bf3 (16. Ng3 Bg6 17.
Nc4 Nd5 18. O-O O-O-O 19. Re1 h5 20. h4 e6 21. Bf3 f6 $13 {Adams,M-Svidler,P/
FIDE-Wch k.o. 1997/0-1 (86)}) 16... O-O-O 17. Nc2 e6 18. Bd2 Bg6 19. O-O-O f5
20. Ng3 e4 21. Be2 Nd5 $36 {Rozentalis,E-Hellers,F/Skolernes Skakklub 1997/1/
2-1/2 (53)}) 13... h6 14. Nf3 e5 15. Na3 {[%cal Ga3b5]} Bd7 16. Be3 (16. Nb5 $6
O-O-O 17. Be3 {[%cal Gb5a7]} Nd5 18. Nxa7+ Nxa7 19. Bxa7 Nf4+ 20. Ke3 Nxg2+ 21.
Kd2 e4 22. Bd4 Bc6 $1 $17) 16... Nd5 17. Be4 Nf4+ (17... Nxe3 $5 18. Kxe3 (18.
fxe3 $6 Rg8 19. Kf2 f5 $15) 18... f6 $15 {[%cal Ge7e6,Ye8c8] ^^} (18... Bg7 {
[%cal Gf7f5]} 19. Nc4 {[%csl Re5]} f5 20. Bxc6 Bxc6 21. Ncxe5 Bxe5 22. Nxe5
Bxg2 23. Rhg1 $14 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Gf2f3]}) 19. Nb5 O-O-O) 18. Kf1 Bg7 19. Nh4
O-O-O (19... e6 20. Nc4 {[%cal Gc4d6]} O-O 21. Nd6 f5 22. Bc2 $13) 20. Nf5 Bxf5
(20... Bf6 21. g3 $14) 21. Bxf5+ e6 22. Bc2 Rd7 {Giving to the white
possibility to equalize the position.Deserved attention} (22... Nd3 $142 $5 23.
Ke2 (23. Bxd3 Rxd3 24. Ke2 e4 25. Rad1 Rhd8 $15 {[%cal Gf7f5,Ge6e5,Gf5f4] /=})
23... e4 (23... Nxb2 $2 24. Bc1 $18 {[%csl Rb2]}) 24. Rab1 f5 25. Bb3 Rhe8 {
[%cal Gf5f4] and black stands slightly better}) 23. Bxf4 exf4 24. Ke2 Rhd8 25.
Rad1 $11 Ne5 26. Rxd7 Rxd7 27. Rd1 Rxd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings 9899"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1999.01.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "1998.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. e4 O-O
9. Be2 Nbd7 10. a4 a5 11. O-O Nxb6 12. Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Enghien les Bains 3rd"]
[Site "Enghien les Bains"]
[Date "1999.03.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1999.03.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e5 5. Nf3 exd4 6. Qxd4 Qxd4 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8.
Ndb5 Na6 9. Bf4 c6 10. Nd6+ Bxd6 11. Bxd6 Be6 12. e5 (12. b3 O-O-O 13. e5 Ne8
14. Ba3 b5 $17 {0-1 Kiviaho,A-Kekki,P/FIN-chT 1987/EXT 87ch2 (30)}) (12. O-O-O
O-O-O 13. Be2 Ng4 (13... b5 14. f3 Ne8 15. Be7 Rxd1+ 16. Rxd1 Nec7 17. f4 Re8
18. Bd6 f5 $17 {0-1 Maki Uuro,M-Kekki,J/Helsinki 1994/EXT 99 (52)}) 14. Bxg4
Bxg4 15. f3 Be6 16. Ne2 f6 17. h4 Rd7 18. Nf4 Bf7 19. e5 Re8 20. Rhe1 fxe5 21.
Bxe5 Rde7 22. Bc3 Rxe1 23. Bxe1 $15 {1/2-1/2 Gurevich,M-Adianto,U/Manila 1992/
TD 92\02 (31)}) (12. f4 O-O-O 13. O-O-O Ne8 14. Be7 Rxd1+ 15. Kxd1 f6 16. f5
Bf7 17. e5 Kd7 18. Ba3 fxe5 $19 {0-1 Nikolaidis,I-Greenfeld,A/Moscow 1994/CBM
45 (49)}) 12... Nd7 13. Be2 (13. b4 f6 14. f4 fxe5 15. fxe5 O-O-O 16. b5 Nac5
17. bxc6 bxc6 18. O-O-O Nb7 19. Be2 Ndc5 $15 {0-1 Epishin,V-Dorfman,J/Belgrade
1988/CBM 10 (59)}) (13. b3 O-O-O 14. bxc4 f6 15. f4 Rhe8 16. Kf2 g5 17. g3 fxe5
18. fxe5 Bf5 19. Re1 Re6 20. g4 Bg6 $17 {1-0 Borges Mateos,J-Yakovich,Y/Santa
Clara 1990/EXT 90 (51)}) (13. f4 O-O-O 14. Be2 f6 15. O-O fxe5 16. fxe5 Rde8
17. Rf4 Nc7 18. Re1 b5 19. Bf3 Nd5 20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21. Nxd5 cxd5 22. Rf7 $44 {
0-1 Ker,A-Adianto,U/Genting 1995/EXP 47 (35)}) 13... f5 $5 {With the help of
this strong move the black prevent the developing of the white initiative on
the king's side.After this they can use their material advantage on the
queen's side.} (13... O-O-O 14. O-O {[%cal Gf2f5]}) 14. O-O (14. exf6 Nxf6 15.
O-O O-O-O $17) 14... Nac5 15. Rad1 Kf7 16. f4 g6 (16... b5 $5 17. g4 g6) 17.
Rd4 b5 18. Bf3 Rac8 19. Bxc5 (19. Rfd1 b4 20. Ne2 Nd3 $17) 19... Nxc5 20. Rd6
b4 (20... Nd3 21. Bxc6 b4 22. Nb5 $132) 21. Ne2 Rhd8 $17 22. Rfd1 (22. Nd4 Rxd6
23. exd6 Bd5 24. Re1 Re8 25. Rxe8 (25. Re5 Nd3 26. Bxd5+ cxd5 27. d7 Rd8 28.
Rxd5 Nxf4 $19) 25... Kxe8 26. Nxc6 Bxf3 27. gxf3 c3 $19) 22... Nd3 23. Nd4 (23.
Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Bxc6 Rc8 $19) 23... Rxd6 24. exd6 c5 (24... Nxb2 $2 25. Re1 Bd5
26. d7 Rd8 27. Bxd5+ cxd5 28. Nc6 Rxd7 29. Ne5+ $18) (24... Bd5 $5 25. b3 (25.
d7 Rd8 26. Nxc6 Bxc6 27. Bxc6 Nxb2 28. Re1 c3 $17) 25... Bxf3 26. Nxf3 (26.
gxf3 c5 27. bxc4 cxd4 28. d7 Rd8 29. Rxd3 Rxd7 $19) 26... c3 27. Ng5+ (27. Nd4
Rd8 $1 28. Rxd3 Rxd6 $19) 27... Kg8 28. Ne6 c2 29. Rf1 c1=Q 30. Rxc1 Nxc1 31.
d7 Rb8 32. d8=Q+ Rxd8 33. Nxd8 c5 34. Kf2 (34. Nb7 c4 35. bxc4 Nxa2 $19) 34...
Nxa2 $19) 25. Nc6 $1 {[%cal Gd6d8]} Kf6 26. Rd2 Bd7 $1 (26... Ne1 $2 27. Bd5 $1
c3 28. bxc3 bxc3 29. Rd1 Bxd5 30. d7 $18) 27. Ne7 (27. Nxa7 Re8 28. g3 Re1+ 29.
Kg2 Re3 $1 $19 {[%cal Yc4c1]} (29... Re6 $5) (29... Rb1 $5)) 27... Rd8 28. Nd5+
(28. Be2 Be6 29. Bxd3 Rxd6 $19) 28... Kf7 29. b3 Re8 $1 (29... cxb3 30. axb3
Nc1 (30... Ne1 31. Be2 Be6 32. Ne3 $132 {[%csl Re1]}) 31. Nc7 Kf6 32. Bd5 $44 {
[%csl Rc1]}) 30. Ne7 (30. h3 Re1+ 31. Kh2 c3 32. Rxd3 c2 $19) 30... c3 $1 $19
31. Re2 Nxf4 32. Re5 Nd3 33. Re2 Bb5 34. h4 Rd8 0-1

[Event "Enghien les Bains 3rd"]
[Site "Enghien les Bains"]
[Date "1999.03.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Bauer, Christian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1999.03.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Be2 Be7 7. Nf1 O-O 8. Ne3
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. c4 b6 12. b3 Bb7 13. Bb2 Bf4 14. a3 Qe8 15. Qd3
Rd8 16. cxd5 exd5 17. g3 Bxe3 18. fxe3 Ng4 19. Ng5 Qxe3+ 20. Qxe3 Nxe3 21.
Rxf8+ Rxf8 22. Bd3 g6 23. Ne6 Rf7 24. Re1 Ng4 25. Bc1 Bc8 26. Bb5 Nce5 27. Ng5
Nf3+ 28. Nxf3 Rxf3 29. Re8+ Rf8 30. Rxf8+ Kxf8 31. Bf4 Ke7 32. Bxc7 Ne3 33. Bb8
Kd8 34. a4 a5 35. Kf2 Nc2 36. Be5 Bd7 37. Be2 Na1 38. Bd1 Bf5 39. Ke3 Bc2 40.
Kd2 Bxd1 41. Kxd1 b5 42. axb5 Kc8 43. Kd2 Nxb3+ 44. Kc2 a4 45. Kc3 Kb7 46. Kb4
Nd2 47. Kxa4 Kb6 48. Kb4 Ne4 49. h4 Nf2 50. Bf6 Nd3+ 51. Kc3 Nf2 52. Kb4 Nd3+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Enghien les Bains 3rd"]
[Site "Enghien les Bains"]
[Date "1999.03.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rausis, Igors"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1999.03.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Finkel,A} d5 2. d4 c5 3. dxc5 e6 4. Be3 $5 (4. e3 Nc6 5. c4 Nf6 6. a3
Bxc5 7. b4 Be7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Nbd2 a6 10. c5 $5 Qc7 11. Nd4 e5 $132 {Cruz,
R-Benko,F/ARG-ch 1960 (34)}) (4. b4 $5 a5 5. c3 axb4 6. cxb4 b6 7. e4 bxc5 8.
Bb2 $5 $13 {Piskov,Y-Magomedov,M/Cappelle op 1994}) (4. Bg5 $5 Nf6 (4... f6 5.
Bd2 Bxc5 6. c4 Ne7 7. e3 O-O 8. Nc3 Nbc6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Qb1 $5 f5 11. Be2 Qe7
12. O-O $14 {Hort,V-Polgar,Z/Biel 1987 (47)}) 5. e4 (5. c4 $6 Bxc5 6. e3 Qa5+
7. Nbd2 Ne4 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bf4 Bg4 $36 {Djurkovic,M-Susnik,M/SLO-sf 1994}) (5.
e3 Bxc5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Nbd2 a6 8. Be2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 Bd7 11. Rad1 Rc8 $11
{Hobart,S-Levin,D/World op 1992 (26)}) 5... Bxc5 6. e5 $5 Bxf2+ 7. Ke2 Qb6 8.
exf6 gxf6 9. Bc1 Bd7 10. Nc3 Na6 $44 {[%csl Re2] Kramnik,V-Seirawan,Y/Monaco
Amber blind 1994}) 4... Nd7 (4... Na6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bxc5 7. Bxc5 Nxc5 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. g3 O-O 10. Bg2 Nce4 11. O-O Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bd7 $11 {Nikolic,
P-Seirawan,Y/Barcelona WCup 1989 (44)}) 5. c4 Nxc5 ({Not so good is} 5... dxc4
$6 6. Qa4 $5 (6. Na3 Qa5+ $5 7. Bd2 (7. Qd2 Qxd2+ 8. Nxd2 (8. Bxd2 Bxc5 9. Nxc4
Ngf6 10. Rd1 O-O 11. e3 $11) 8... c3 9. bxc3 Bxc5 10. Nb5 Ke7 11. Bxc5+ Nxc5
12. Nb3 Ne4 $13) 7... Qxc5 8. Qa4 a6 9. Qxc4 b5 10. Qb3 Ngf6 $11) 6... Qc7 7.
Nc3 Bxc5 8. Qxc4 (8. Bxc5 Qxc5 9. e3 Ngf6 10. Bxc4 O-O $11) 8... Bb6 9. Qxc7
Bxc7 10. Nb5 Ba5+ 11. Bd2 $14 {and white siezes the initiative in the endgame.}
) 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. g3 Be7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O Bg4 $5 {Provoking white
to play 11.h3 depriving white bishop very comfortable position.} (10... Be6 $6
11. Nd4 Rc8 12. Rc1 a6 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Bh3 $14 {[%cal Gh3c8]}) 11. h3 Be6 12.
Nd4 Rc8 13. Rc1 a6 14. Rc2 $6 {Starting to play passively.Serious attention
deserved} (14. b4 $5 Ncd7 (14... Nce4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. a3 (16. Nxe6 fxe6 17.
Bxe4 dxe4 18. Rxc8 Qxc8 19. a3 Qc6 $11) 16... Nd6 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Rxc8 Qxc8
19. Bc5 $14) 15. a3 Nb6 16. Qb3 Nc4 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Rfd1 $14 {
with better chanses.}) 14... b5 15. a3 Qd7 16. Kh2 Rfd8 17. Rd2 Qb7 $5 18. Qb1
(18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Bd4 a5 20. Re1 b4 21. axb4 axb4 22. Na4 Ncd7 $132 {[%csl
Ra4]}) 18... Nce4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 (19... dxe4 $2 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Rfd1 $16 {
[%csl Re4]}) 20. Rd3 Bd7 21. Rfd1 Bf6 22. Qa2 (22. Nb3 Bf5 23. Bd4 Be7 $1 24.
Qa2 Re8 25. Nd2 a5 $132) 22... Re8 23. Nf3 Rc2 24. Nd4 Rc4 25. Nb3 Qc7 $1 (
25... Rc2 $2 26. Bxe4 Rxe4 27. Nc5 $18) 26. Nd2 (26. Rxd5 $6 Be6 {[%cal Ge6a2]}
27. R5d3 Rc2 {[%csl Rb2]} 28. Bf4 Qc4 $36) 26... Be6 $1 {Move by move black
improves position of the pieces.} 27. Qb1 Rc2 28. Nxe4 (28. Bf4 $6 Qc8 29. Nxe4
dxe4 30. R3d2 Bb3 $17) 28... dxe4 29. R3d2 Rxd2 $6 {For some reason rejacting
logical} (29... Bb3 $1 30. Rxc2 Bxc2 31. Rc1 (31. Qc1 Bxb2 $19) 31... Bxb1 32.
Rxc7 Bxb2 33. Ra7 (33. Bc1 Bd4 $17) 33... Bxa3 34. Rxa6 Bf8 35. Rb6 Re5 $15 {
with some chanses to win the game.}) 30. Rxd2 Bf5 31. Rd5 Bg6 32. Rc5 Qb8 33.
Qc1 $11 {Now the position is totally balanced and a draw agreement is not far
away.} h5 34. h4 b4 35. Bf4 Qb6 36. axb4 Qxb4 37. Rc8 Qb5 (37... Rxc8 38. Qxc8+
Kh7 39. Qxa6 Qxb2 $11) 38. Rxe8+ Qxe8 39. b4 Qb5 40. e3 Qxb4 41. Qc8+ Kh7 42.
Qxa6 Qb2 43. Kg1 Bc3 44. Bf1 Qa1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Enghien les Bains 3rd"]
[Site "Enghien les Bains"]
[Date "1999.03.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1999.03.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 a6 7. Be3 Nge7 8. Nb3
b5 9. f4 Bb7 10. Qd2 Na5 11. Nxa5 Qxa5 12. Bg2 d5 13. Qf2 dxe4 14. f5 Nd5 15.
fxe6 O-O-O 16. O-O Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Qb4 18. Kh1 Bc5 19. Qe2 fxe6 20. Bxe4 Qxb2 21.
Bxb7+ Kxb7 22. Qe4+ Kb8 23. Na4 Qd4 24. Nxc5 Qxc5 25. Rf7 Qd5 26. Qxd5 Rxd5 27.
Re1 h5 28. Rxg7 hxg4 29. Rxg4 Rh6 30. Re2 Kc7 31. Kg2 Rdh5 32. Kg1 Rc5 33. h4
Rch5 34. Ree4 Rc5 35. c4 Kc6 36. cxb5+ axb5 37. a4 bxa4 38. Rxa4 Rc2 39. Rg2
Rxg2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Enghien les Bains 3rd"]
[Site "Enghien les Bains"]
[Date "1999.03.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1999.03.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Bb3 cxd4 8.
exd4 Nc6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. a3 O-O 11. Bf4 Na5 12. Ba2 b5 13. d5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5
15. Bxd5 Bb7 (15... Ra7 16. Ne5 Bb7 17. Bxb7 Rxb7 18. Qf3 $14) 16. Bxb7 Nxb7
17. Ne5 {[%cal Gd1f3]} Qxd1 18. Rfxd1 (18. Raxd1 Rfe8 19. Nc6 Bf6 20. b4 Nd8
$15 {[%csl Ra3,Rb4]}) 18... Rfe8 {[%cal Ye7f6,Yf6b2]} 19. Nd7 (19. Rd5 Rac8 20.
Rad1 Bf6 $11) 19... Nc5 20. Nb6 Rad8 $11 21. Nd5 Bf8 22. Kf1 (22. b4 Ne6 23.
Bg3 (23. Be3 Rd6 24. Rd2 f5 25. Rad1 Kf7 $11) 23... f5 24. Rac1 Kf7 $11) 22...
Ne6 23. Be3 f5 24. Rac1 (24. a4 bxa4 25. Rxa4 Rd6 $11 (25... Nc7 26. Rad4 Nxd5
27. Rxd5 Rxd5 28. Rxd5 g6 29. Rd7 Re7 $11)) 24... Rc8 25. Bb6 Kf7 26. g3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Enghien les Bains 3rd"]
[Site "Enghien les Bains"]
[Date "1999.03.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1999.03.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 576]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7.
Bd3 {Das ist in letzter Zeit eine sehr beliebte Variante. Ribli.} Nf6 8. O-O
Ne5 {Schwarze droht 9...Nfg4, denn der Läufer steht auf d3 statt auf e2.} 9.
Nf3 {Das ist Ponomariovs Lieblingsvariante. Die Hauptalternative ist 9.h3,
aber auch 9.Be2 ist möglich.} d6 {Schwarz hat keine Angst vor Doppelbauern, er
möchte die Entwicklung ruhig beenden.} 10. Nxe5 (10. a4 b6 {Schwarz darf nicht
11.a5 zulassen.} 11. Nd2 (11. h3 Bb7 12. Qe2 Be7 13. Kh1 O-O 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15.
f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 e5 17. Bg5 Ne8 18. Qh5 Bxg5 19. Qxg5 f6 20. Qh5 Nd6 21. Qe2 {
1-0 Smith,R-Stuart,P/NZD-ch 1986/EXT 86ch2 (78)}) 11... Bb7 12. Be2 d5 13. f4
Bc5 14. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 15. Kh1 Ng6 16. e5 Nd7 17. Nb3 Qe7 18. Nd4 O-O 19. Bd3 Nc5
20. Nce2 {1-0 Ljubojevic,L-Najdorf,M/Buenos Aires 1979/Inf 28 (34)}) 10... dxe5
{Der schwarze Doppelbauer kontrolliert die wichtigsten Zentrumsfelder.} 11. Na4
{[%csl Yb6]} Bd7 $5 (11... Nd7 12. c4 Be7 13. c5 O-O 14. Rc1 Rb8 15. b4 Qd8 16.
Qd2 f5 17. f3 Nf6 18. Rfd1 Bd7 19. Nb6 fxe4 20. Bxe4 $14 {0-1 Teodoro,E-Polgar,
S/North Bay 1996/EXT 97 (39)}) 12. c4 {[%csl Yd4] Weiß mobilisiert seinen
Damenflügel, aber das Feld d4 wird jetzt schwach.} (12. Nb6 Rd8 13. Nxd7 Rxd7
14. Qe2 Bc5 $11) (12. Bb6 $2 Qc6 {[%csl Re4][%cal Rc6a4]}) 12... Bc6 13. Qc2
Qa5 14. Nc3 (14. Nb6 $6 Rd8 15. c5 (15. a3 Ng4 $17 {[%csl Rb6,Re3]}) 15... Ng4
$17 {[%csl Rc5,Re3]}) 14... Bc5 {Um die Schwäche des Feldes d4 offenzulegen,
tauscht Schwarz die schwarzfeldrigen Läufer.} 15. Bxc5 Qxc5 16. a3 $14 {
Weiß plant, seine Bauernmehrheit am Damenflügel mit b2-b4 zu mobilisieren.} b6
(16... a5 $6 17. b4 $14 {[%cal Ga1a8]}) 17. b4 Qe7 18. f3 {Weiß festigt seinen
e4-Bauern und bereitet 19.Qf2 vor.} O-O 19. Qf2 {[%cal Rf2b6]} Nd7 20. Rfd1
Rab8 21. Bf1 {Weiß hat die Initiative am Damenflügel, aber die schwarze
Stellung ist fest. Es ist daher nicht leicht für Weiß voranzukommen.} Rfd8 22.
Rd3 a5 $1 23. Rb1 (23. b5 $6 Ba8 {[%csl Yc5]} 24. Na4 Nc5 (24... Rdc8 25. Rxd7
Qxd7 26. Nxb6 $16 {[%cal Rb6d7,Rb6c8]}) 25. Nxc5 bxc5 $132 {[%csl Yd4]}) 23...
axb4 24. axb4 Nf6 {Schwarz bereitet den Turmtausch in der d-Linie vor.} 25. Qe3
(25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Rd1 Qe7) 25... Rxd3 26. Bxd3 Qd8 $1 {Schwarz verteidigt
den b6-Bauern und bereitet den Zug 27...Qd4 vor.} 27. Be2 (27. Ne2 Ra8 $132)
27... Qd4 28. Kf2 (28. Qxd4 $2 exd4 29. Nd1 Ra8 $15) 28... Kf8 29. Rd1 Qxe3+
30. Kxe3 Ke7 {Weiß hat minimalen Vorteil wegen der Bauernmehrheit am
Damenflügel.} 31. Kd2 Ra8 (31... Rd8+ 32. Kc2 Rxd1 33. Bxd1 $14) 32. Kc2 g5 33.
b5 $6 {Dieser Zug gefällt mir nicht. Weiß schwächt das Feld c5 und seine
Mehrheit am Damenflügel wird unbeweglich.} Be8 34. Kb3 Nd7 {[%cal Gd7c5] Der
schwarze Springer strebt nach c5.} 35. Na4 Nc5+ 36. Nxc5 bxc5 37. h4 h6 (37...
gxh4 38. Rh1 {[%csl Rh4,Rh7]} f6 39. Rxh4 h5 $14) 38. hxg5 hxg5 39. Rh1 {
[%cal Gh1h8,Ga8a1] Weiß hat einen gedeckten Freibauern auf b5, aber das ist
nicht so gefährlich, denn b5-b6 droht nicht. Der weiße Läufer spielt eine
passive Rolle.} Bd7 $11 40. Bd3 Kf6 41. g3 Be8 42. Be2 (42. Rh8 Kg7) 42... Bd7
43. Bd1 Be8 (43... Ra1 44. Kb2 $11) 44. Rh6+ Kg7 {Schwarz verteidigt mögliche
Einbruchsfelder in der h-Linie.} 45. Rh2 Rd8 (45... Kf6) 46. Bc2 Kf6 47. Rh8
Kg7 48. Rh1 {[%cal Gh1a1,Ga1a8]} Ra8 {Schwarz muß die a-Linie halten.} (48...
Kf6 $2 49. Ra1 $14 {[%cal Ga1a8]}) 49. Bd3 Kf6 50. Rh2 Rd8 51. Kc3 Ra8 52. Rb2
Ke7 53. Kd2 (53. b6 Kd6 {[%csl Rb6]}) 53... Kd6 54. Ke3 Ra3 55. Ke2 {Und in
gleicher Stellung wurde remis vereinbart.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Enghien les Bains 3rd"]
[Site "Enghien les Bains"]
[Date "1999.03.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "Lautier,J"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1999.03.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hansen,Cu} Nf6 {Aha, there goes my preparation into the waste-basket. I
had expected 1...d5} 2. Nf3 {Just in case, to discourage any Benko gambit for
example.} c5 {Yes, one can be pretty stubborn at this age.} 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 {
I gave him the long look, and boldly entered new (for me) territory.} g6 5. e4
Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Na6 {Time to take stock. My only knowledge of this
position was a vague recollection of an old Smyslov game against Schmid
himself, the inventor of Black's system. I remembered White applied the
standard Nd2-c4 manoeuvre, to which Black replied ...Nc7, followed by ...b6
and ...Ba6. The one thing that was carved in my memory was the move b2-b3 for
White, together with the fact that Smyslov had won a beautiful game, or hadn't
he? So off I went...} 8. Nd2 Nc7 9. a4 b6 {Hansen,Cu: 'White has a certain ()
in the center. Black normally directs his counterattack against the small
P-chain e4-d5 by either b6-b5 (if possible) to drive Nc3 away from the
protection of e4. Or he plays e7-e6 to destroy whites center.'} 10. Nc4 Ba6 11.
Bg5 $6 {Well, I almost got it right. As I found out afterwards, Smyslov had
played the stronger} (11. Bf4 $1 Rb8 12. b3 $1 {and duly won in brilliant
style against Schmid in the Helsinki olympiad from 1952. So what is the big
idea behind b2-b3 anyway? It's not hard to guess what Black is after in this
opening: he wishes to swap on c4 at the appropriate moment and follow-up with .
..a7-a6 and ...b6-b5. Smyslov's move stops him dead in his tracks: White will
just take back on c4 with the pawn, after which no earthly power can implement
...b6-b5.}) 11... Qd7 $1 {It now dawned on me that I must have pushed my
bishop one square too far, as it would have been much handier to have it on f4
in order to stop ...e7-e6, the next move on Black's agenda.} (11... Bxc4 {
is premature, as Black is unable to set his queenside pawns in motion after}
12. Bxc4 a6 {Hansen,Cu: 'would be a thematic continuation followed by for
example Nf6-d7'} 13. Qe2 {controlling b5 and preventing ...Rb8 since the
a6-pawn hangs.}) 12. b3 $6 {'!?' Hansen,Cu. Yes, such is my faith in the great
Vassily Vassilievich. Almost any other move would have been stronger. Hansen,
Cu: 'A slightly unusual move'} e6 $1 (12... Bxc4 {Hansen,Cu} 13. bxc4 $5 {
would stop blacks normal counterpush b6-b5 forever for the prize of a slightly
weakened P-structure.}) 13. Qd2 (13. dxe6 $2 {invites disaster:} Qxe6 $1 14.
Qd3 (14. Qxd6 Bxc4 15. Qxc7 Bxe2 16. Nxe2 Nxe4 $17) 14... Nxe4 15. Nxe4 d5 $17)
13... exd5 14. exd5 {Hansen,Cu: 'Black now only has slight problem. The Nc7 is
potentially bad placed but only if black does not manage to put P-d5 under
pressure '} Rfe8 {Not too surprisingly, Black has equalized comfortably. As a
matter of fact, his pieces coordinate very nicely, while just about every
single piece of mine is a potential tactical target. My next move is quite
forced, as Black is about to land a haymaker with 15...Ne4.} 15. Bf3 Ng4 16. h3
Ne5 17. Be2 Nxc4 $6 {The whole concept of exchanging pieces doesn't appeal to
me. I think Black would be better off keeping the tension with 17...f5} (17...
Bxc4 $6 {would amount to the same thing after} 18. Bxc4 (18. bxc4 $6 {is
clearly worse, e.g.} f5 19. Ra3 {/\ Nb5} Nf7 20. Bf4 Re7 (20... Bxc3 $5 21.
Rxc3 Qxa4) 21. Nb5 Rae8 $36) (18. bxc4 {[%csl Re5][%cal Rf2f4] Hansen,Cu})
18... Nxc4 19. bxc4) (17... f5 $142 {planning to regroup with ...Nf7.}) 18.
Bxc4 (18. bxc4 $4 {is strategically desirable, but tactically flawed:} Bxc3 19.
Qxc3 Rxe2 $19) 18... Bxc4 {'?' Hansen,Cu.} (18... Bb7 $5 {[%cal Yc7d5,Yb7d5,
Ya7a6,Yb6b5,Yg7a1] Hansen,Cu Black could go back to his old plan of putting d5
under pressure and trying to push through a7-a6 and b6-b5. It would not have
been easy for white to stop blacks b-P from moving forward} 19. Rae1 a6 20. Qd3
Rxe1 (20... f5 $132) 21. Rxe1 Re8 {And I think white has more problems
stopping b6-b5 and hanging on to d5 than black has with Nc7}) 19. bxc4 {
'+/=' Hansen,Cu. Hansen,Cu: 'Now black will clearly never be able to put d5
under pressure, and b6-b5 will also be impossible to force through. This means
Nc7 is rather badly placed.'} a6 $6 {Black overestimates his chances. The
piece exchanges that just took place have actually improved my position, as
Black still has to find use for his clumsy c7-knight.} (19... Qf5 {was
expected, when after} 20. Ra3 {preparing Nb5, I would prefer White, though
Black's game is perfectly playable.}) 20. Rab1 Rab8 21. Rb3 f5 $2 {A gruesome
weakening. It is not clear what this move achieves for Black, while White is
handed a magnificent e6-outpost and a softening of the g6-square on a silver
platter. Hansen,Cu: 'In connection with the following black N-manouvre this
move makes a rather bad impression.'} (21... b5 $2 {was undoubtedly my
opponent's intention, until he saw through my devious trick:} 22. axb5 axb5 23.
Nxb5 Nxb5 24. Rfb1 $1 Nc3 25. Rxb8 Nxb1 26. Rxb1 Qa4 27. Qd3 $16 {when White
stays a pawn to the good.}) (21... Rb7 {should have been played, when nothing
dismal has yet happened to Black's position:} 22. Rfb1 Reb8 23. Qd3 $14) 22.
Rfb1 Na8 {Black's position, and this move in particular, bear a strong
resemblance to some women portraits by Picasso. Hansen,Cu: 'Black had just
found a new job to do for Nc7. Cover the weak square e6. Unfortunately b6 has
to be covered as well'} 23. h4 $1 $16 {According to the well-known "principle
of the two weaknesses". Having already achieved maximum pressure on the
queenside, White needs to open a second front on the kingside in order to
stretch Black's defences to breaking point. The g6-pawn is particularly
vulnerable, since White can attack it easily with Ne2-f4 and Rb3-g3.} h5 (23...
Bxc3 {is hardly worth considering:} 24. Qxc3 Qxa4 25. Ra3 Qd7 26. Rxa6 $16) 24.
a5 Qc7 (24... b5 $2 {loses on the spot:} 25. cxb5 Bxc3 26. Qxc3 axb5 27. Qf6
$18) 25. Ne2 $1 {'+-!' Hansen,Cu.} bxa5 26. Nf4 Rb4 {Best under the
circumstances. Black is overrun after both} (26... Rxb3 27. cxb3 Kh7 28. Ne6
Qb7 (28... Qb6 29. Nxg7 Kxg7 30. Qc3+ Kh7 31. Qf6 Qc7 32. Bf4 $18) 29. Bf4 $16)
({and} 26... a4 27. Ne6 Qa7 28. Rxb8 Rxb8 29. Rxb8+ Qxb8 30. Nxg7 Kxg7 31. Qc3+
Kh7 32. Qf6 Qe8 33. Qxd6 a3 34. Qxa6 $18) 27. Re1 $1 {Timing is important in
the attack: threats should come with tempo whenever possible!} Qf7 (27... Be5
28. Nxg6 $40) (27... Rxe1+ $142 {was mandatory} 28. Qxe1 Qf7 29. Re3 Be5 30.
Nd3 Rxc4 31. Nxe5 dxe5 32. Rxe5 Re4 33. Rxe4 fxe4 34. Qxe4 Nb6 35. d6 $16) 28.
Re6 $1 {After this hammerblow, Black's structure falls to bits.} Rxc4 (28...
Nb6 $8 {was the stiffest defence, although after} 29. Rxg6 ({Unsatisfactory is
} 29. Qe2 Be5 $1 (29... Rxe6 30. dxe6 Qe8 31. e7 Be5 32. Ne6 $18) 30. Rxg6+
Qxg6 31. Nxg6 Bh2+ $36) 29... Nxc4 30. Qd1 Ne5 31. Rxd6 a4 32. Rxb4 cxb4 33.
Nxh5 $40 {Black can't hold out for long.}) 29. Rb7 $1 Qxb7 30. Rxe8+ Kh7 31.
Re7 Qb1+ ({Or} 31... Nc7 32. Bf6 Qb1+ 33. Kh2 Ne8 34. Ne6 $18) 32. Kh2 Rxc2 33.
Qe3 Qb2 34. Qe6 1-0

[Event "Enghien les Bains 3rd"]
[Site "Enghien les Bains"]
[Date "1999.03.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1999.03.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 48]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 {Eine moderne Zugfolge.
Jetzt ist der Springerzug 5.Nb5 weniger gefährlich, als nach 4...e6. Ribli.} 5.
Nc3 e6 6. Be3 a6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8. O-O Ne5 9. Nf3 {In der Großmeisterpraxis spielt
nur Ponomariov diesen Zug.} Nfg4 {Die Eröffnungstheorie empfiehlt dem
Schwarzen diesen Zug. Es sei angemerkt, daß hier zwei Runden zuvor Salov 9...
d6 gegen Ponomariov spielte.} (9... Ng6 10. Na4 b5 11. Nb6 Rb8 12. Nxc8 Qxc8
13. Bd4 Bc5 14. c3 d6 15. b4 Bb6 16. Rc1 {1/2-1/2 Ponomariov,R-Fressinet,L/
Premier, Hastings ENG 1999 (71)}) (9... Bd6 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. f4 Bxc3 12. bxc3
Qxc3 13. e5 Nd5 14. Bd2 Qc5+ 15. Kh1 b5 16. f5 Bb7 17. fxe6 dxe6 18. Qg4 h5 19.
Qxg7 O-O-O $13 {0-1 Jansa,V-Kveinys,A/Prague 1993/CBM 37 (44)}) 10. Nxe5 $146 {
Natürlich war dieser Zug von Ponomariov vorher analysiert.} (10. Bf4 Bd6 (10...
Be7 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Qh5 d6 13. Bg5 Bxg5 14. Qxg5 O-O 15. Qe3 b5 {1/2-1/2
Mohr,G-Gostisa,L/SLO-ch 1996/EXT 96ch2 (15)}) 11. Nd4 Nxd3 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13.
Nf3 b5 14. cxd3 Bb7 15. h3 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. d4 Qf4 18. a3 Rc8 19. Qd3 O-O
20. Rad1 f5 $1 21. e5 Rc7 22. Rfe1 Rfc8 23. Re3 Qh4 24. Rg3 h6 25. d5 Rxc3 $1
26. bxc3 Bxd5 $17 {1/2-1/2 Timman,J-Ribli,Z/Reykjavik WCup 1988/CBM 10 (51)})
10... Nxe3 (10... Nxe5 11. f4 Nxd3 (11... Bc5 12. Bxc5 (12. Qe2 $14) 12...
Qxc5+ 13. Kh1 $14) 12. cxd3 $14 {[%cal Ga1c1,Gc1c7] Weiß hat großen
Entwicklungsvorsprung.}) 11. Qh5 $8 {Weiß ist bereit, den Turm auf f1 zu
opfern. Er bekäme dafür starken Angriff.} (11. Qf3 Qxe5 12. fxe3 f6 $15 {
[%csl Ge5] Die schwarze Dame steht ausgezeichnet auf e5.}) 11... g6 (11... Nxf1
12. Qxf7+ (12. Nxf7 $2 g6 $19) 12... Kd8 13. Qh5 {[%cal Re5f7,Rf7d8,Rf7h8]} g6
14. Nxg6 Rg8 15. Nxf8 (15. Qh4+ Ke8) (15. Qxh7 $2 Qxh2+ 16. Qxh2 Nxh2 17. Nxf8
Nf3+ 18. Kf1 (18. Kh1 Rh8+ $19) 18... Ng5 $19 {[%csl Rf8]}) (15. Ne5 d6 16.
Nf7+ Kd7 17. Bxf1 $16) 15... Rxf8 16. Rxf1 $16 {[%csl Rd8]}) 12. Qf3 Qxe5 13.
fxe3 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Rf1f7]} Qg7 (13... f6 14. Qxf6 Qxf6 15. Rxf6 Bg7 16. Rf3
b5 17. Raf1 $16) (13... f5 14. exf5 Bd6 {[%cal Rd6h2]} 15. g3 exf5 16. e4 $16)
14. Qf4 {Die weiße Drohung ist klar. Er möchte e4-e5 nebst Ne4 ziehen.} d6 {
Für Schwarz scheint alles in Ordnung zu sein. Wenn er mit ...Be7 und ...0-0
die Entwicklung beenden kann, ist er zufrieden.} {[#]} 15. e5 $1 {Weiß öffnet
die Stellung und bekommt gute Angriffschancen.} dxe5 (15... Qxe5 $5 16. Qxf7+
Kd8 $13 {Der schwarze König steht scheinbar schlecht in der Mitte, aber mit
folgendem ...Bd7 / ...Kc7 kann Schwarz seine Entwicklung beenden.}) 16. Qa4+
Bd7 17. Bb5 O-O-O $8 (17... Bxb5 $2 18. Nxb5 {[%cal Ga4e8]} O-O-O 19. Qc4+ Kb8
20. Qc7+ $18) 18. Rad1 $40 f5 {[%cal Gg7d7]} (18... Bxb5 19. Rxd8+ $5 (19. Nxb5
Bc5 20. Qc4 b6 $13) 19... Kxd8 20. Nxb5 axb5 (20... Bc5 21. Qa5+ b6 22. Qxa6
$40) 21. Rd1+ Kc7 22. Qa5+ Kc6 23. a4 {[%csl Rc6,Rg7]} Bd6 24. axb5+ Kd7 25.
Qb6 $18) 19. Qa5 (19. Bxd7+ Rxd7 20. Qc4+ Kb8 21. Qxe6 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Qe7 23.
Qb6 Bg7 $11) 19... Be7 (19... axb5 $2 20. Nxb5 $18 {[%csl Rc8][%cal Ra5c7]}
Bxb5 21. Rxd8#) 20. Bxa6 (20. Bxd7+ Rxd7 21. Rxd7 Kxd7 22. Qb6 Kc8 23. Qxe6+
Kb8 24. Nd5 $14) 20... Bg5 $5 {Schwarz beschäftigt sich nicht mit dem
a6-Läufer, sondern strebt nach Gegenspiel.} (20... bxa6 21. Qxa6+ Kb8 22. Qb6+
Kc8 (22... Ka8 23. Nd5 Rc8 24. Qa6+ Kb8 25. Nb6 $18) 23. Rd3 $18 {[%cal Gd3c3,
Gc3c8] Der schwarze König befindet sich im Mattnetz.}) 21. Qc5+ (21. Rd3 Bc6
$13) 21... Kb8 (21... Bc6 $4 22. Qxc6+ Kb8 23. Qb6 $18) 22. Bxb7 $5 (22. h4 $3
$16 {Nach diesem starken Zug muß Schwarz wählen. Er kann nicht gleichzeitig
den Bauern e3 angreifen und seinen Turm auf d8 verteidigen.} Bh6 23. Qb6) 22...
Kxb7 (22... Qh6 $2 {[%cal Rg5e3,Re3g1,Re3c5]} 23. Rfe1 Kxb7 24. Rd6 $18 {
[%csl Rb7]}) 23. Rd6 {Der schwarze König scheint in ein Mattnetz zu geraten.}
Bc8 $1 {[%cal Gg7c7] Auf diese Weise verteidigt schwarz das Feld a6 mit dem
Läufer und befreit seine Dame.} 24. Rb6+ (24. Nb5 Kb8) 24... Ka8 25. Nb5 {
[%cal Rb5c7,Rc7a8]} (25. Qa5+ $2 Qa7 $19) 25... Rd7 $8 (25... Bb7 26. Rxe6 $16
{[%csl Ra8][%cal Rc5a7]}) 26. Rc6 (26. Qa3+ Ra7 27. Nxa7 Qxa7 $17) 26... Kb8
27. Rb6+ Ka8 {Mit einzigen Zügen kann Schwarz die Stellung halten.} 28. h4 {
Weiß möchte den Läufer von der Diagonalen h6-c1 verjagen, damit der Bauer e3
nicht mehr hängt.} (28. Rc6 $11) 28... Bh6 (28... Bxh4 29. Qa3+ Ra7 30. Qd6 {
[%csl Ra8][%cal Rd6b8,Rb6b8]}) 29. Rxe6 $13 (29. Re1 $5 $16) 29... Rg8 (29...
e4 $13) 30. e4 Qf8 (30... fxe4 $6 31. Qa3+ Ra7 32. Nxa7 Qxa7+ 33. Qxa7+ Kxa7
34. Rf7+ Ka8 35. Rxe5 $16) 31. Qc6+ (31. Nd6 Qd8 $13 (31... Rxd6 32. Qa3+ (32.
Rxd6 Be3+ {[%cal Re3c5,Re3g1]} 33. Qxe3 Qxd6 $17) 32... Kb8 33. Rxd6 $14))
31... Kb8 32. Nd6 (32. Rxe5 Be3+ 33. Kh1 Qd8 {[%cal Rd8h4,Rh4h1]}) 32... Be3+
33. Kh2 Qd8 {[%cal Rd8h4,Rh4h2]} 34. g3 Qc7 (34... Bb7 35. Nxb7 Rxb7 36. Rxe5
$13) 35. Qb5+ {Natürlich muß Weiß, wenn möglich, die Damen auf dem Brett
behalten.} Bb7 36. Qxe5 (36. Nxb7 Qxb7 (36... Qxc2+ 37. Kh3 Rxb7 38. Qxe5+ Ka8
39. exf5 $14) 37. Qxe5+ Ka8 $13) 36... Bxe4 $2 (36... Qxc2+ 37. Kh3 Qc5 38.
Re8+ Rxe8 39. Qxe8+ Bc8 $13) 37. Qb5+ (37. Nxe4 Qxe5 38. Rxe5 fxe4 39. Rxe4 $11
{Später entsteht in der Partie ein ähnliches Endspiel.}) 37... Ka8 (37... Ka7
38. Nxe4 $18 {[%csl Ra7][%cal Re6a6]}) 38. Nxe4 $2 $138 {In Zeitnot findet
Weiß nicht die beste Fortsetzung.} (38. Rxe4 $1 fxe4 (38... Qxc2+ 39. Kh3 fxe4
40. Qxd7 $18) (38... Rxd6 39. Rxe3 $18) 39. Qd5+ {[%cal Rd5a8,Rd5g8]}) 38...
fxe4 39. Qa4+ Ba7 (39... Kb8 40. Qb3+ $18 {[%cal Rb3b8,Rb3e3]}) (39... Qa7 40.
Ra6 $18) 40. Qxe4+ Qb7 (40... Kb8 41. Rf3 $40 {[%cal Rf3b3,Rb3b8]}) 41. Kh3
Qxe4 42. Rxe4 {Nach großen Komplikationen hat Weiß drei Bauern für die Figur.}
Rgd8 43. Rfe1 Kb7 44. a4 Rc7 {Und hier wurde Remis vereinbart. Schwarz kann
die Bauernmasse am Damenflügel gut blockieren.} (44... Rc7 45. R1e2 (45. c4 $2
Rd3 $17 {[%cal Ga7f2,Gf2g3,Gf2e1,Gd3b3]})) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Enghien les Bains 3rd"]
[Site "Enghien les Bains"]
[Date "1999.03.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1999.03.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3 b6 7. Bc4 c5 8. Qe2
Nxe4 $5 {An example of opening preparation directed against one particular
opponent. Bologan had played 7.Bc4 c5 8.Qe2 in two recent games that
Ponomariov undoubtedly new:} (8... Nc6 9. e5 Ng4 10. O-O-O Na5 (10... Qc7 11.
Bg1 cxd4 12. Nb5 Qb8 13. h3 Nh6 14. g4 $36 {פh6 Bologan,V-Leski,M/Corsican op
Bastia 1998}) 11. Bd5 Rb8 12. Bg1 e6 13. dxc5 exd5 14. cxd6 $44 {Bologan,
V-Marin,M/10th Goodricke Int Calcutta IND 1999}) 9. Nxe4 d5 {White has no way
to make it a normal exchange - white e-P for black d-P. He cannot keep his
important whitesquared B in any sensible way.} 10. Bd3 c4 11. Bxc4 dxc4 12.
O-O-O Bb7 13. Nc3 Nd7 14. Qxc4 a6 {[%csl Gb7] This P-sacrifice has certain
similarities to the following line in the Caro-Kann: 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3
dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Bc4 Ngf6 6.Ng5 e6 7.De2 Nb6 8.Bd3 h6 9.N5f3 c5 10.Be3 a6 11.
0-0-0 c4!? 12.Bxc4 Nxc4 13.Qxc4 b5. In both cases black has compensation more
or less because his B on the /^ a8-h1 is so strong} 15. Qd3 Nf6 (15... b5 $5 {
[%cal Yd7b6,Yb6c4,Yb6d5] I think the N could be better placed on b6}) 16. d5 b5
17. Bd4 b4 18. Ne4 $6 {After this move black has a comfortable position. I
think white should have tried:} (18. Bxf6 Bxf6 (18... exf6 19. Ne4) 19. Ne4 {
[%cal Yf3e5] Blacks ^^ could indeed become strong but whites two Ns also have
some good squares.}) 18... Qxd5 19. Nc5 Rac8 20. Nxb7 Qxb7 $15 {Black has easy
play on the queenside where he can become active in the c-<-> or push his a
and b-P forward. It is more difficult for white to get play against blacks K}
21. Be5 Rc5 {[%cal Yf8c8,Yc8c1]} 22. Rhe1 Rfc8 23. Rd2 a5 {[%cal Ya5a4,Yb4b3]}
24. Ng5 {[%cal Yg5e4,Ye5f6] With the intention 25.Bxf6 followed by 26.Ne4} Rd5
25. Qf3 Qc6 26. Red1 (26. Bxf6 Rxd2 27. Qxc6 Rxc6 28. Kxd2 Bxf6 $17) 26... e6 {
[%csl Rc1,Gd5] Black has managed to get control of the important square d5 and
now white cannot releave the pressure by forcing exchanges.} 27. Qh3 $2 h6 28.
Bxf6 Bxf6 29. Qxh6 Bxg5 30. fxg5 Qc4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rc4a2]} 31. Qh3 (31. Kb1 $2
Qxc2+ $19) 31... Rxd2 32. Rxd2 Qxa2 33. Kd1 Qxb2 34. Qe3 a4 35. Qe4 a3 0-1

[Event "Lausanne YM Pool A"]
[Site "Lausanne"]
[Date "1999.05.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sadvakasov, Darmen"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "180"]
[EventDate "1999.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 20480]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 Bg7 6. f4 c5 7. e5
Nh5 (7... dxe5 8. dxe5 Nfd7 9. e6 (9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Bb5 O-O 11. Qd2 $14) 9...
fxe6 (9... Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Nf6 11. Qxd8+ (11. Bb5+ Nc6 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Qxd8+
Kxd8 14. exf7 Rf8 15. Nf3 Rxf7 16. Ne5 $16) 11... Kxd8 12. exf7 Be6 13. O-O-O+
Kc8 14. Re1 Kd7 15. Nf3 $16 {1-0 Curdo,J-Burris,R/Massachusetts 1977 (21)}) 10.
Qg4 Nf8 11. Bd3 $14) (7... Ng4 $4 8. Bb5+ Bd7 (8... Nc6 9. d5 a6 10. dxc6 axb5
11. cxb7 $18) 9. Qxg4 cxd4 (9... Bxb5 10. Nxb5 $18 {1/2-1/2 Vujovic,M-Rue,D/St
Quentin FRA 1999 (34)}) 10. Bxd7+ Nxd7 11. Ne4 $16) 8. dxc5 Nxf4 (8... dxe5 9.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. O-O-O+ Bd7 11. fxe5 Bxe5 12. Nf3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 f6 14. Bc4 g5 15.
Bf2 $15 {[%csl Rc2,Rc3,Rc5]}) 9. exd6 (9. cxd6 g5 10. Bg3 Nc6 (10... Bxe5 11.
Bxf4 (11. Bb5+ Nd7 12. Bxf4 gxf4 13. dxe7 Qxe7 14. Nd5 Qe6 (14... Qh4+ 15. Kf1
$16) 15. Kf1 a6 $132) 11... gxf4 12. dxe7 Qxe7 13. Qe2 Bg4 14. Nf3 Bxf3 15.
gxf3 Qh4+ 16. Qf2 Qxf2+ 17. Kxf2 Bd4+ 18. Kg2 Rg8+ 19. Kh3 Bxc3 20. Bb5+ {
1/2-1/2 Luc,W-Lutz,R/Haderslev 1981 (20)}) 11. Bxf4 gxf4 12. Nf3 Nxe5 13. Nxe5
(13. Bb5+ Bd7 14. Qe2 $132) 13... Bxe5 14. Bb5+ Bd7 15. Qh5 exd6 16. O-O-O Bxb5
17. Rhe1 Qg5 18. Qxg5 hxg5 19. Rxd6 (19. Nxb5 O-O-O 20. Nxa7+ Kb8 21. Nb5 f3
$11 (21... Rxh2 22. Rxe5 $18)) 19... Ke7 (19... Bc6 20. Rxe5+ Kf8 21. Rxg5 Rxh2
$11 {1/2-1/2 Borngaesser,R-Dietrich,A/Wittlich ,GER 1980 (26)}) 20. Rd5 f6 21.
Rxb5 Rxh2 22. Rxb7+ Kd6 $17) 9... g5 10. Bg3 Qa5 (10... O-O $2 11. Bxf4 gxf4
12. Qf3 (12. Qd5 exd6 13. O-O-O Qa5 14. cxd6 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Qa3+ 16. Kd2 (16.
Kb1 Be6 $19) 16... Rd8 $44) 12... Nc6 13. O-O-O (13. Qxf4 exd6 14. cxd6 Re8+
15. Nge2 Re6 16. O-O-O Be5 17. Qf3 Rxd6 18. Rxd6 Qxd6 19. Ng3 Qb4 20. a3 Qf4+
21. Qxf4 Bxf4+ 22. Kb1 Be6 23. Bd3 $16) 13... e5 14. Nge2 Be6 15. g3 fxg3 16.
Qxg3 (16. hxg3 $16) 16... f5 17. Rg1 Qf6 18. Bg2 f4 19. Qf3 Kh8 20. Ne4 $16 {
1/2-1/2 Hall,J-Agrest,E/Harplinge SWE 1998 (75)}) 11. Qd2 (11. Bb5+ Bd7 12.
Bxd7+ Nxd7 13. Bxf4 gxf4 14. Nge2 Qxc5 15. dxe7 Qxe7 16. O-O $14 {[%csl Rf4]})
11... Qxc5 12. O-O-O (12. dxe7 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 Qxc3+ (13... Qxe7+ 14. Ne2 O-O 15.
Bxf4 gxf4 16. Qd4 $14 {[%csl Rf4]}) 14. bxc3 Kxe7 15. Bxf4 gxf4 16. Ne2 Bf5 17.
Rb1 b6 18. Nxf4 Bxc2 $132) 12... O-O (12... Bxc3 13. Qxc3 Qxc3 14. bxc3 exd6
$132) 13. dxe7 Qxe7 14. Nge2 $2 $132 (14. Bxf4 gxf4 15. Nge2 Be6 16. Nxf4 $16)
14... Nxe2+ 15. Bxe2 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 $5 (16. bxc3 Qa3+ 17. Kb1 Be6 18. c4 Rc8 $15
) 16... Qxe2 17. Rhe1 Qb5 (17... Qg4 18. Bd6 Rd8 (18... Nd7 19. Bxf8 Nxf8 20.
Rd8 $18) 19. Qf6 Nc6 20. Be5 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 22. Kxd1 Nxe5 23. Qxe5 $16)
18. Bd6 Rd8 (18... Nd7 19. Bxf8 Nxf8 20. Rd8 $18) 19. Bxb8 (19. Qf6 $2 Nc6 20.
Qxh6 (20. Be5 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Qxe5 22. Rd8+ Nxd8 23. Qxe5 Be6 $19) 20... Bg4 $19
) 19... Rxd1+ (19... Bd7 20. Bc7 (20. Re5 Qa4 21. Bc7 Re8 22. Ra5 Qc6 $132)
20... Rdc8 21. Re5 Qa4 22. Ra5 Qg4 23. h3 Qe6 24. Re5 Qc6 25. Rc5 Qe6 26. Rd6
$18) 20. Rxd1 Bd7 21. Qc7 (21. Qg3 Kh7 $11) 21... Be6 (21... Be8 22. b3 (22. h3
b6 (22... a6 23. g3 Qc6 $11) 23. b3 Kh7 24. Rd8 Qf1+ 25. Kb2 Qf6+ 26. Ka3 Qe6
27. Bxa7 Qc6 28. Qe7 $132) (22. c4 Qc6 $11) 22... Kh7 (22... a6 23. Rd8 $18)
23. Rd8 Qf1+ 24. Kb2 Qf6+ 25. Ka3 Bc6 26. c4 (26. g4 a5 27. Rf8 Kg7 28. Rc8 a4
(28... Rxb8 29. Qxb8 b5 30. Rxc6 b4+ 31. Ka4 Qxc6+ 32. Kxa5 $16) 29. Qe5 axb3+
30. Kxb3 Ra6 $11) 26... Bxg2 27. Rd7 Kg7 28. Qg3 Qf5 29. Be5+ Kg8 $15) 22. b3
Kh7 23. Rd8 Qb6 $2 $16 (23... Qf1+ 24. Kb2 Qf6+ 25. Ka3 b5 $132) 24. Qxb6 axb6
25. a4 Ra5 (25... Kg6 26. c4 b5 27. axb5 Ra2 28. Rd2 Rxd2 29. Kxd2 $16) 26. c4
Bf5 27. Bc7 Be4 28. Bxb6 Rf5 (28... Ra6 29. a5 Bxg2 30. b4 $18 {[%csl Ra6]
[%cal Gb4b5]}) 29. Rd2 Rf1+ 30. Kb2 f5 31. g3 Kg6 $2 $18 (31... f4 32. gxf4
Rxf4 $16 (32... gxf4 33. Rf2 $18)) 32. Bc5 f4 33. gxf4 gxf4 34. Rf2 Rxf2+ 35.
Bxf2 Kf5 36. Kc3 Ke5 37. a5 h5 38. b4 Bg2 (38... Bf5 39. b5 Bc8 40. Kb4 Ke4 41.
Kc5 f3 42. Kb6 Kd3 43. c5 Ke2 44. Bh4 f2 45. Bxf2 Kxf2 46. c6 $18) 39. Bc5 (39.
b5 $18) 39... h4 40. b5 h3 41. Ba7 (41. Bd4+ Ke6 42. a6 bxa6 43. bxa6 $16)
41... Bf1 42. Bb8+ Ke6 (42... Kf5 43. Kd4 $1 (43. a6 bxa6 44. bxa6 Bg2 45. a7
Bb7 46. Kd4 f3 47. Bg3 Ke6 48. Ke3 Kf5 49. Bf2 Ke5 50. Be1 Kd6 51. Kd4 (51.
Bb4+ Ke6) 51... Ba8 52. Kc3 Ke5 53. Kb4 Kd6 54. Kb5 Kc7 55. Bf2 Bc6+ 56. Kc5
Ba8 $11) 43... Bg2 44. Bd6 Bh1 45. Kc5 Be4 46. Kb6 f3 47. Bg3 Ke6 48. a6 bxa6
49. Kxa6 Bd3 50. c5 Kd5 51. Bf2 Be2 52. Kb6 Bd3 53. c6 Kc4 54. c7 Bf5 55. Kc6
Be4+ 56. Kd6 Bb7 57. b6 $18) 43. Bxf4 Kd7 44. Kb4 Kc8 45. Kc5 Be2 46. a6 bxa6
47. bxa6 Kd7 48. Bg3 Bf3 49. Kb6 Bg2 50. Ka7 Kc8 51. Kb6 Kd7 52. Kc5 Bf3 53.
Kd4 Kc6 54. c5 Kb5 55. a7 Bg2 56. Bc7 Ba8 57. Bb6 Kc6 58. Ke5 Kd7 59. Kf4 Ke6
60. Kg4 Bg2 61. a8=Q Bxa8 62. Kxh3 Kf5 63. Kg3 Bc6 64. Bd8 Bd7 65. h4 Be8 66.
Bc7 Bh5 67. Bf4 Be8 68. Kf3 Ba4 69. Ke3 Be8 70. Bg3 Bc6 71. Bc7 Bb5 72. Kd4 Bc6
73. Bd8 Bf3 74. Ba5 Bc6 75. Be1 Bf3 76. Bd2 Kg4 77. Bg5 Kf5 78. Bd8 Kf4 79. Kc4
Ke5 80. Kb5 Ke6 81. c6 Kd6 82. c7 Kd7 83. Kc5 Bg4 84. Kd5 Ke8 85. Ke5 Kf7 86.
h5 Bc8 87. Bg5 Bg4 88. h6 Bc8 89. Kd6 Bf5 90. Kc6 Ke8 1-0

[Event "Lausanne YM Pool A"]
[Site "Lausanne"]
[Date "1999.05.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1999.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. Nf3 d6 8. g3
Bg7 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. O-O Nb6 11. Bf4 O-O 12. Re1 Nh5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bc1 Nf6 15.
Rb1 Bc4 16. e4 Bxa2 17. Nxa2 Rxa2 18. e5 Nfxd5 19. e6 Ra4 20. exf7+ Rxf7 21.
Qc2 Rf6 22. Nh4 Nb4 23. Qe2 g5 24. Nf3 e5 25. h4 gxh4 26. Nxh4 Ra7 27. f4 Re7
28. f5 Re8 29. Bf3 Qd7 30. Bh5 Rb8 31. Bg6 N6d5 32. g4 Qb5 33. g5 Qxe2 34. Rxe2
hxg5 35. Bxg5 Rff8 36. Rh2 Nf6 37. Ng2 Nbd5 38. Rd1 Rfc8 39. Bxf6 Nxf6 40. Rxd6
Rxb2 41. Bh5 c4 42. Bd1 Kf7 43. Ne3 Rb1 44. Kf1 Bf8 45. Re6 Rd8 46. Ke2 c3 47.
Bc2 Rd2+ 48. Kf3 e4+ 49. Kg3 Rg1+ 50. Kh3 Bh6 51. Nc4 Bf4 52. Nxd2 cxd2 53. Re2
Rc1 54. Ba4 Re1 55. Bb3 Rb1 56. Bc2 Rb2 57. Bd1 Rb1 58. Bc2 Rc1 59. Ba4 Rc3+
60. Kg2 e3 61. Kf3 Bg5 62. R2xe3 Bxe3 63. Rxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lausanne YM Pool A"]
[Site "Lausanne"]
[Date "1999.05.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Bunzmann, Dimitrij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1999.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 a5 8. O-O
Be7 9. Nf3 a4 10. Nf4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nb6 12. Nh5 g6 13. Nf6+ Bxf6 14. exf6 Qxf6
15. Bg5 Qg7 16. Qd2 f6 17. Bh6 Qc7 18. h4 Kf7 19. Rfe1 Bd7 20. Bf4 Qd8 21. Rac1
Nc8 22. g4 Rf8 23. Bh6 Re8 24. h5 e5 25. hxg6+ hxg6 26. dxe5 Nxe5 27. Nxe5+
Rxe5 28. Rxe5 fxe5 29. Bg5 Qe8 30. Rc7 Qe6 31. Be4 Nb6 32. Bg2 Rb8 33. Bh4 Qxg4
34. Bg3 Qe6 35. Qh6 Kg8 36. Qg5 Qf5 37. Qxf5 Bxf5 38. Bxe5 Rd8 39. Rxb7 Nc4 40.
Bf6 Re8 41. Bxd5+ Be6 42. Rb8 Bxd5 43. Rxe8+ Kf7 44. Rd8 Ke6 45. Bc3 Nd6 46. a3
Ne4 47. Kf1 1-0

[Event "Lausanne YM f"]
[Site "Lausanne"]
[Date "1999.05.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "Bacrot,E"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1999.05.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 3]} 1. e4 {Mikhalevski,V} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 {L'écossaise est la
nouvelle arme du jeune ukrainien, il jouait auparavant des systèmes peu
ambitieux comme 3.Cc3 ou 3.Fc4. Il a prouvé а Lausanne qu'il a beaucoup
travaillé les ouvertures, sortant des variantes longues de plus de vingt coups
d'abord dans notre confrontation en poule de qualification et dans ses parties
de 1/4 et 1/2 finale contre respectivement Leitao et Sadvakasov.} exd4 4. Nxd4
Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Ba6 9. g3 g6 10. b3 Bg7 11. Bb2 O-O
12. Bg2 Rae8 ({Au championnat de France 98 contre David Marciano, malgré un
ordre de coups différent, j'avais opté pour} 12... Rfe8 {, la paix fut conclue
après} 13. O-O Nb6 14. Re1 f6 15. e6 Qxe6 16. Qxe6+ Rxe6 17. Rxe6 dxe6 18. Bxc6
Rd8 19. Na3 f5 $1) 13. O-O Nb6 (13... Bxe5 14. Bxe5 Qxe5 15. Qxe5 Rxe5 16. cxd5
Bxf1 17. Kxf1 cxd5 {Mikhalevski,V: 'well-known theoretical endgame with
approximately equal chances arises.See my comments in CBM66. ' Cette finale
devrait mener а la nulle, mais elle est bien connue de mon adversaire. La
partie Ponomariov-Plaskett, Hastings 98, fut gagnée par les blancs.}) 14. Re1
f6 (14... d5 {Mikhalevski,V} 15. Qd2 Qd7 16. Qa5 Qc8 17. Nd2 Rd8 18. Rac1 dxc4
19. Ne4 cxb3 20. Nf6+ Kh8 21. axb3 $16 {1-0 Abdel Aziem,R-Sarwat,W/Cairo EGY
1999 (29)}) 15. Qe3 $1 {Mikhalevski,V: 'has occuried only once formerly.'} (15.
e6 {Mikhalevski,V has been the most popular continuation.} Qd6 (15... Qxe6 $5
16. Qxe6+ Rxe6 17. Rxe6 dxe6 {1/2-1/2 Gashimov,S-Yudkovsky,Y/Tallinn 1997/EXT
98 (17)}) 16. Bh3 (16. e7 $2 Rf7 17. c5 Rfxe7 18. cxd6 Rxe2 19. Rxe2 Rxe2 20.
Bc3 Rc2 21. Be4 Rc1+ 22. Kg2 Bf1+ 23. Kf3 f5 {0-1 Charbonneau,P-Ippolito,D/
Philadelphia 1998/EXT 99 (23)}) 16... f5 (16... c5 17. Qd2 Bb7 18. Qxd6 cxd6
19. Na3 f5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. exd7 Nxd7 22. Bg2 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Ne5 $2 (23... a6
$5) 24. Nb5 Nf7 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. Nxa7 $16 {1-0 Palac,M-Nikolov,S/Ljubljana
1997/EXT 98 (41)}) 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qb2+ Kg8 19. Nd2 Rxe6 20. Rxe6 dxe6 (20...
Qxe6 $5) 21. Nf3 $44 {[%csl Ra7,Rc6,Rc7,Re6,Rg8] 1/2-1/2 Handoko,E-Kuzmin,A/
Doha 1992/EXT 97 (25)}) (15. Ba3 $5 {Mikhalevski,V} c5 16. Qd2 fxe5 17. Qa5 e4
18. Nc3 Bd4 (18... Rxf2 $5) 19. Nxe4 Bxa1 20. Rxa1 Qg7 $6 (20... Bb7 $5) 21.
Rb1 Rxe4 22. Bxe4 Qd4 23. Qxc5 $18 {1/2-1/2 Massenzano,G-Diaz,N/Buenos Aires
1994/Juniors (54)}) 15... Qe6 $146 {Mikhalevski,V: 'Almost forced.' C'est le
premier coup qui a surpris Ponomariov, il a bien réagi.} ({In case of} 15...
fxe5 $6 {Mikhalevski,V} 16. Ba3 c5 17. Bxc5 d6 18. Ba3 {[%cal Gb1c3] White is
clearly better:} e4 19. Nc3 c5 20. Rad1 Bb7 (20... Bd4 21. Rxd4 cxd4 22. Qxd4
$16 {[%csl Rd6,Re4]}) 21. Nxe4 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Qf7 23. Qc2 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Bd4 25.
Re2 $16 {1-0 Lejlic,S-Mujagic,R/Kladovo 1990/TD (44)}) 16. Ba3 $1 {Mikhalevski,
V: 'White decides to sacrifice a pawn in order to create piece counterplay.'
16.Cd2 Fxe5 17.Ce4 mérite également l'attention.} ({Attemps to keep the e-pawn
hand the initiative down to Black's hands:} 16. f4 {Mikhalevski,V} fxe5 17.
Bxe5 ({or} 17. fxe5 Bxc4 $1 18. bxc4 Nxc4 19. Qe2 Nxb2 20. Qxb2 Bxe5 21. Rxe5
Qxe5 22. Qxe5 Rxe5 $19) 17... Bxe5 (17... Bxc4 $5 18. bxc4 Nxc4 {is
interesting using pins along the e-file and the a1-h8 diagonal.}) 18. Qxe5 {
Black can choose between} Qxe5 ({and} 18... Qd6 19. Qxd6 Rxe1+ 20. Kf2 cxd6 21.
Kxe1 d5 $1) 19. fxe5 Rf5 {with better play for Black in all cases.}) (16. exf6
{Mikhalevski,V} Bxf6 17. Bc3 $8 (17. Qxe6+ $6 Rxe6 18. Nc3 (18. Rxe6 $2 Bxb2)
18... Bxc4 $1 19. bxc4 Nxc4 20. Rxe6 dxe6 21. Bxc6 Nxb2) (17. Bxf6 $4 Qxf6 $19)
(17. Nc3 $2 Qxe3 18. Rxe3 Rxe3 19. fxe3 Bxc4 $1 $19) 17... Qf7 18. Qd2 Rxe1+
19. Qxe1 Re8 20. Qd2 d5 {with minimal adge for Black.}) 16... Rf7 17. Nc3 fxe5
(17... Qxe5 $4 {Mikhalevski,V} 18. Qd2 {[%csl Re8]}) 18. Rad1 {Au prix d'un
pion, les blancs ont développé toutes leurs pièces et comptent maintenant sur
les Cb6 et Fa6 qui sont hors-jeu.} Bb7 {'!' Mikhalevski,V. Mikhalevski,V: 'In
order to meet 19.c5 with Nd5 and preparing d7-d5.' Mon rêve serait de jouer d5.
} 19. Ne4 ({Pendant la partie j'avais plus peur de} 19. Qd2 $5 {qui évite 19...
d6. Mais 19...h6 semble raisonnable.} h6 $1 {Maintenant que la case g5 est
protégée, les noirs veulent jouer d7-d6.} (19... d6 $2 20. c5 Nc8 21. Ne4 d5
22. Qb4 $16) 20. c5 Nd5 $1 ({Pas} 20... Nc8 21. Bf1 d5 22. cxd6 cxd6 23. Bxd6
Rd8 24. Ne4 $16) 21. Nxd5 (21. Ne4 $44) 21... cxd5 22. Bxd5 Bxd5 23. Qxd5 Qa6
$1 {Une pointe très importante, la finale résultant de 23...Dxd5 24.Txd5 est
avantageuse pour les blancs.} 24. Bb2 Qxa2 25. Rd2 Rb8 $11) 19... Qf5 {'[]'
Mikhalevski,V.} ({L'alternative} 19... d6 {est contrée par} 20. c5 Nd5 21. Qc1
$3 {la clé, si 21...Td7 22.Cg5 et les blancs vont gagner une pièce grâce а la
fourchette c5-c6, par exemple: Fh6 23.Cxe6 Fxc1 24.Txc1 Txe6 25.Fxd5 cxd5 26.c6
} Bf8 22. Ng5 Bh6 23. Nxe6 Bxc1 24. Rxc1 Rxe6 25. f4 $14 {Les blancs vont
récupérer le pion avec une bonne position.}) {[#]} 20. Bd6 {'!' Mikhalevski,V.
Mikhalevski,V: 'White has to stop an advance of the d-pawn.The current move is
the only way to do so.' Un très joli coup qui restaure l'équilibre matériel.} (
20. Ng5 {Mikhalevski,V} Bh6) 20... Nc8 {'!' Mikhalevski,V. Mikhalevski,V: 'The
d-pawn must go forward!'} (20... Rc8 {En réfléchissant а ce coup je ne voyais
pas comment je pouvais continuer! D'ailleurs les blancs prennent un net
avantage par} 21. a4 $1 {avec les variantes} Qh5 (21... Bf8 22. Bxf8 Rcxf8 23.
a5 Nc8 24. Ng5 $16) 22. a5 Bh6 23. Qc3 cxd6 24. Nxd6 $16) (20... cxd6 21. Nxd6
Qe6 22. Nxb7 d5 23. Nc5 Qd6 24. Na4 $16 {Les blancs dominent sur les cases
blanches.}) (20... Rc8 {Mikhalevski,V doesn't look good.}) 21. Bxc7 (21. Ba3 $5
{Mikhalevski,V} d5 $140 $2 (21... Nb6 $142 22. Bd6 $11) 22. Nc5 d4 23. Rxd4 $1)
21... d5 22. Nd6 {'[]' Mikhalevski,V.} Nxd6 23. Bxd6 {Arrivé а cette position
j'étais plus tranquille, car je ne risquais plus de perdre directement. Les
blancs ont un léger avantage grâce au modeste travail que fourni le Fb7 et а
leur pression sur le puissant centre noir qui peut être accentué par l'avance
b4-b5.} Rd7 {Il est logique que les tours noires soient postées derrière leurs
pions d et e. Ces pions doivent tenir position car après une avance d5-d4 ou
e5-e4 ils seraient bloqués et faibles.} (23... d4 $4 24. Rxd4) (23... Rd8 24.
Bxe5 Bxe5 25. Qxe5 Qxf2+ 26. Kh1 Qxa2 27. Rf1 $16) 24. Bc5 {Mikhalevski,V:
'Solid move.White has won back a pawn keeping Black's pawn centre under fire,
and Black's bishop on b7 is passive.So I think White obtain small positional
adge,but he should be careful to prevent from Black's pawn centre to become
dangerous.'} ({Computer's} 24. Qxa7 {Mikhalevski,V seem to be dangerous in
view of} Ra8 25. Qc5 Rxa2 {[%cal Rd7d6] /\R:d6} {but after} 26. cxd5 $5 Rxd6 {
[%csl Rf2]} 27. dxc6 {the position is very unclear.For example:} Rd4 {[%csl
Rf2]} 28. f4 $1 Bf8 $1 (28... Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Rxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Qe4+ 31. Kf2 $13)
29. Qc3 Rxd1 (29... Bc8) 30. Rxd1 Rxg2+ (30... Bc8) 31. Kxg2 Qe4+ 32. Kf2 Bxc6
33. Qc4+ Qxc4 34. bxc4 exf4 35. gxf4 $13 {But why White need any complications.
The move in the game is just better.}) 24... a6 25. a4 {Mikhalevski,V:
'preparing attack on the queenside by the means of b3- b4-b5. Piece attack of
the cenre can also be taken in consideration.'} h5 {Mikhalevski,V: 'I think
White shouldn't lose time for preparatory moves,but to go on with the attack
on the queen side.Now Black has got time for regrouping.' Le roi noir se
trouvera plus en securité en h7 que sur la huitième rangée.} 26. h4 $6 {
Un coup affaiblissant les cases blanches, spécialement g4. Le meilleur était
probablement 26.De2 avec l'idée b4-b5.} Kh7 27. Kh2 $6 {C'est а présent le
pion f2 qui est affaibli. 27.De2 était encore а l'ordre du jour.} Qf7 28. Qe2
Rdd8 $11 {La position est incomparable avec celle survenue 3 coups plus tôt:
Pendant que les blancs s'affaiblissaient, les noirs ont regroupés leurs
troupes avec succès et menacent d'activer leur seule pièce mal placée par
Fc8-g4. On peut déjà évaluer la position comme égale.} 29. b4 ({Les blancs
avaient la possibilité de forcer la nulle par} 29. Bb6 Rd6 30. Bc5 Rdd8 $11)
29... Bc8 30. b5 {Le choix le plus judicieux pour les blancs était de faire
nulle par répétition car l'initiative est entrain de passer sous contrôle noir.
} (30. Bb6 Rd6 31. b5 (31. Bc5 Rdd8 $11) 31... axb5 32. axb5 e4 (32... Bg4 33.
f3 Bf5 34. Bc5 Rdd8 35. bxc6 dxc4 $13) 33. Bd4 cxb5 34. cxb5 Bg4 35. f3 Bd7 $11
) 30... axb5 31. axb5 e4 {Mikhalevski,V: 'Black's counterattack can be very
dangerous thanks to the strong pawn centre.'} 32. Qc2 (32. Qa2 $5) 32... cxb5
33. cxb5 $2 {Mikhalevski,V: 'A serious positional mistake.White had to destroy
Black's centre immediately.' Mon adversaire, qui n'était pas d'humeur
pacifique, aurait pu égaliser par 33.cxd5. Il a oublié mon prochain coup.[#]} (
33. cxd5 {Mikhalevski,V was necessary.} Bg4 (33... Rxd5 34. Rxd5 (34. Rxe4 $5
Rxe4 35. Bxe4 Rxd1 36. Qxd1 Qc4 $140 $4 (36... Bf5) 37. Qxh5+ Kg8 38. Bd5+)
34... Qxd5 35. Rxe4 (35. Bxe4 $2 Rxe4 $1 36. Rxe4 Bf5 37. f3 Bxe4 38. fxe4 Qc4
39. Qxc4 (39. Qf2 b4) 39... bxc4 $19 {[%cal Gc4c3,Gc3c2,Gg7h6]}) 35... Rxe4 36.
Bxe4 Bf5 37. Bxd5 Bxc2 38. Bb4 $1 $11) 34. Rd2 Rxd5 35. Rxd5 Qxd5 36. Rxe4 (36.
Bxe4 $2 Rxe4 $1 {see 33...R:d5}) 36... Rxe4 (36... Bh3 37. Kxh3 Rc8 38. Rb4
Rxc5 39. Bxd5 Rxc2 $11) 37. Bxe4 Bf5 38. Bxd5 Bxc2 39. Bb4 $1 $11) 33... d4 $3
{Mikhalevski,V: 'Now Black is on top.' Le moyen le plus radical de prévenir
Fc5-d4. Toutes les pièces noires agissent maintenant très efficacement.} 34. b6
{'?' Mikhalevski,V.} (34. Bxe4 Rxe4 35. Rxe4 (35. Qxe4 Bb7 $19) 35... Bf5 $15 {
Ce sont déjà les blancs qui doivent chercher la nulle, ce qui est très
difficile en pratique.} (35... Bf5 {Mikhalevski,V} 36. Rde1 Rc8 $5 (36... Bxe4
$5 37. Qxe4 (37. Rxe4 $2 Rc8) 37... Rd5 (37... Qxf2+ $5) 38. Rc1 Qxf2+) 37. Rf4
Qd5 38. Rxf5 gxf5 39. Rc1 (39. Qd1 $5) 39... d3 40. Qd1 Rxc5 (40... d2 $5) 41.
Qxh5+ Bh6 $17 {in all lines White has already to look for escape.})) (34. Bb6
Rd6 35. Bc5 Rd5 $1 36. Bxe4 Bf5 $17) (34. Rxe4 $2 {Mikhalevski,V} Bf5 35. Rxe8
Bxc2 36. Rxd8 Bxd1 $19) 34... Bb7 $17 {Mikhalevski,V: 'Look at Black's pieces.
They are all on the ideal places.Two strong pawns in the centre are supported
by two rooks and two strong bishops.The e4-pawn is inviolable.Black is clearly
better.'} 35. Qd2 {ce coup laisse place а une combinaison [#]} (35. Bxe4 Rxe4
36. Rxe4 Qf3 $19 (36... Qf3 {Mikhalevski,V} 37. Rde1 Re8 $1 $19)) (35. Rxe4 $1
{Mikhalevski,V was the last chance.}) 35... e3 $1 {Mikhalevski,V: 'Black pawns
continue victorious procession and White's position collapses.' D'autres coups
auraient pu augmenter l'avantage mais un calcul profond me donna confiance.}
36. fxe3 dxe3 37. Qe2 ({or} 37. Qxd8 {Mikhalevski,V} Rxd8 38. Rxd8 Bxg2 $19 39.
Kxg2 $140 Qf2+ {[%csl Re1]}) 37... Bxg2 {Il faut être vigilant, mon adversaire
espèrait sûrement me placer un sacrifice de dame pour faire nulle.} (37... Rd2
$2 38. Rxd2 exd2 {[#]} 39. Qxe8 $3 (39. Qxd2 Rxe1 40. Bxb7 Re5 $19) 39... Qxe8
40. Rxe8 d1=Q 41. Bxb7 Qc2+ 42. Bg2 Qxc5 43. b7 Be5 44. b8=Q Bxb8 45. Rxb8 $11)
38. Qxg2 {Le seul coup capable de garder encore l'égalité matérielle.} (38.
Rxd8 Rxd8 39. Qxg2 Rd2 40. Re2 Qc4 $19) (38. Kxg2 Rd2 39. Rxd2 exd2 40. Qxd2
Rxe1 41. Qxe1 Qd5+ $19) 38... Rxd1 39. Rxd1 Qc4 $1 {En jouant ce coup j'étais
content, la victoire ne pouvait m'échapper. Le Fc5 n'empêchera pas le pion e
d'aller а promotion.} 40. Bd6 e2 41. Re1 {La dernière chance de salut est de
donner la tour contre le pion e en espérant compenser avec le pion b .} (41.
Rh1 Qd4 42. Bc7 e1=Q 43. Rxe1 Rxe1 44. b7 Be5 $1 {et c'est fini.}) 41... Bc3
42. Rc1 (42. Qb7+ Kg8 43. Qd7 Qe4 $1 $19 {'!' Mikhalevski,V.} 44. b7 Bxe1 45.
b8=Q Rxb8 46. Bxb8 Bb4 $19 {Il n'y a pas de perpétuel et le pion e va а dame.})
42... e1=Q 43. Rxe1 Bxe1 44. b7 Qb3 {C'est la fin, le pion b7 ne permet pas de
sauver la partie.} 45. Qc6 Re2+ 46. Kh1 Bc3 47. Bc5 Bg7 48. Ba7 Qxg3 0-1

[Event "Lausanne YM qf"]
[Site "Lausanne"]
[Date "1999.05.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Leitao, Rafael Duailibe"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D29"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1999.05.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Nc3 b5 8. Bb3
Bb7 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. Rd1 Qb6 11. d5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Bxd5 exd5 14. Rxd5
Be7 15. e4 Qb7 16. Bg5 Nb6 17. Rad1 f6 18. Bf4 O-O 19. R5d2 Rfe8 20. e5 c4 (
20... fxe5 21. Qxe5 Bf8 22. Qg5 Re6 (22... Qe7 $6 23. Qxe7 Rxe7 24. b3 a5 25.
Rd8 Rxd8 26. Rxd8 Rd7 27. Rxd7 Nxd7 28. Bc7 $1 $16 {1-0 Ivanchuk,V-Seirawan,Y/
Tilburg 1990/CBM 20/ (61)}) 23. Rd8 Re8 24. Rxa8 Qxa8 25. h4 Qc6 26. h5 c4 27.
Be5 h6 28. Qg3 Nd7 29. Rd6 Qc7 30. Re6 Qd8 31. Bc7 Qc8 32. Rxh6 $16 {1-0
Kharitonov,A-Chekhov,V/Moscow 1989/CBM 14 (43)}) 21. e6 {A risky decision. As
in Byhovsky-Zifroni,Tel-Aviv,1999 game this pawn can be both value and
weakness.Ponomariov shows that here Black can  surround a pawn.} (21. Bg3 Bc5 (
21... Bb4 $5 22. Rd4 Bc5) 22. h3 Rac8 23. e6 Rc6 24. Qe4 Rexe6 $4 25. Rd8+ Bf8
26. Bd6 Rexd6 27. R1xd6 {1-0 Jackelen,T-Watson,W/BL2-W 1992/BL2 (27)}) 21...
Bb4 22. Rd4 Bc5 23. Re4 (23. R4d2 Qc8 24. Nd4 Bxd4 (24... Nd5 $5) 25. Rxd4 Qxe6
$17) 23... Nd5 (23... Rad8 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. h4 Nd5 $132) 24. Bd2 (24. Bg3 Rad8
25. Nd4 Nb4 $17 {[%cal Yb4d3]}) 24... Rad8 25. Rf1 (25. Nd4 Ne7 26. Bc3 (26.
Ba5 Rxd4 27. Rdxd4 Bxd4 28. Rxd4 Nc6 $19) 26... b4 27. Be1 f5 $19) 25... Rd6
26. a3 Nc7 27. e7 Rd7 $19 28. Ba5 Rdxe7 29. Rxe7 Rxe7 30. Qd2 Ne6 31. Rd1 Kf7 (
31... Nf8 $5 {[%cal Ye7d7]}) 32. Qc2 g6 33. Qd2 Qe4 34. Qh6 (34. Re1 Qd3 $19)
34... Nf8 {[%cal Ye4e2,Ye2b2,Ye2f2]} 35. Rf1 Qf5 $1 {[%cal Ye7e2]} 36. Bc3 Re2
37. Nd4 Bxd4 38. Bxd4 Kg8 {[%cal Yf8e6,Ye6f4]} 39. Qh4 g5 40. Qg3 Ne6 41. Qb8+
Kf7 42. Qa7+ Kg6 43. Bc3 Nf4 $1 {[%cal Yf5d5,Yd5g2]} 44. Qxa6 (44. Qb7 Qd5 45.
Qxd5 Nxd5 46. Bd4 Rd2 $19) 44... Qd5 $1 45. Qxf6+ Kh5 46. g4+ (46. f3 Rxg2+ 47.
Kh1 Rf2 $1 $19) 46... Kxg4 47. f3+ Kh5 48. Be1 Rg2+ 49. Kh1 Qd7 $1 {[%cal
Yd7h3]} (49... Qd7 50. Bg3 Rxg3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Lausanne YM sf"]
[Site "Lausanne"]
[Date "1999.05.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Sadvakasov, Darmen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1999.05.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O
Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Bb3 Bd6 13. Nf5 Bxh2+
14. Kh1 O-O 15. Nxg7 Rd8 16. Qf3 Kxg7 17. Bh6+ Kg6 18. Rad1 $5 {Fresh idea in
a well known line. White tryed to get an advantage last years with} (18. c3 {
but it looks that black found almost by force a draw -} Nh5 19. Bc1 Bf4 20. g4
Ng3+ $1 21. fxg3 Bxc1 22. Raxc1 b6 23. Bc2+ Kg7 24. Be4 Ra7 25. Rc2 Bb7 26. Rh2
Bxe4 27. Qxe4 Qb7 28. Rxh7+ Kg8 29. Qxb7 Rxb7 30. Rh2 Rd3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Brodsky,
M-Glek,I/Wijk aan Zee-B 1999/CBM 69 (38)}) 18... Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Qe5 {N/} ({
In the first game where White played 18.Rad1 black made most natural move} 
19... Bd7 {but after} 20. Rd4 Qe5 21. Be3 Bc6 $6 22. Rg4+ $1 Nxg4 23. Qxg4+ Kf6
24. Qh4+ Kg7 25. Bd4 Kg8 26. Bxe5 Bxe5 27. c3 $16 {1-0 Korneev,O-Vakhidov,T/
Ubeda 1997/ (36) white's advantage is obvious.}) ({Deserves attention} 19...
Be5 20. Qe3 Ne4 $1 $13) 20. Be3 Qh5 {It is difficult to find another answer,
but now White get a clear and stable advantage in the ending.} 21. Qxh5+ Kxh5
22. Kxh2 Ng4+ 23. Kg3 Nxe3 24. fxe3 {[%csl Ra8,Rc8][%cal Rd1d8] Hecht: '[#]
Der weiße Vorteil gründet sich auf die aktivere Figurenstellung und den
abseits postierten schwarzen König.'} b5 (24... b6 25. Rd6 Rb8 26. Kf4 (26. Rd8
{Hecht} Ra8 27. Kf4 Kg6 $13 {[%cal Yc8b7]})) (24... Kg6 $5 {Hecht wobei
allerdings die Schwäche von h7 den Königsmarsch nach e7 problematisch
erscheinen läßt. Wenn Schwarz nach dem weiteren Kf6 und Ke7 den Bh7 einfach
opfert, mit dem Läufer auf c6 und dem Turm auf g8 erscheint, ohne den
Damenflügel mit dem Aufzug des b-Bauern zu schwächen, muß Weiß sicherlich
kräftig arbeiten, um seinen Materialvorteil zur Geltung zu bringen.}) 25. Kf4 {
[%cal Rf4e5]} f6 $8 {Hecht: 'schwächt Be6 und zwingt Schwarz danach praktisch
zu e5, wonach der bislang eingeschränkte Lb3 ein prächtiges Feld auf d5 findet.
Besser war wohl: '} (25... Bb7 26. Rd7 Bxg2 27. Rxf7 $16) (25... Kg6 $5 {Hecht}
) 26. e4 $1 {[%cal Ge4e5]} e5+ 27. Ke3 Bg4 (27... Ra7 $5) 28. Rd6 Kg5 29. Bd5
Ra7 30. Rb6 $16 {[%csl Ra7,Gb6,Gd5,Ge3,Rg5][%cal Gb2b3,Gc2c4]} Bc8 31. b3 $1 {
Hecht: 'Bereitet dem c-Bauern den Weg....'} Rc7 32. c4 bxc4 33. bxc4 h5 34. g3
$1 {Ponomariov shows good techniques!} f5 ({Why not} 34... Rc5 $5) 35. exf5
Bxf5 (35... Kxf5 $142 36. a4 $5 (36. Be4+ {Hecht} Kg5 37. Rg6#)) 36. Rxa6 Kg4
37. Kf2 Bd3 38. Ra5 $1 {[%cal Gd5e6,Gd5f3]} Kf5 (38... Bxc4 $2 39. Ra4 $18) (
38... Rd7 $2 {Hecht} 39. Be6+) 39. c5 Be4 (39... e4 {Hecht} 40. c6 Ke5 41. Ke3
Kd6 42. Bxe4 Bxe4 43. Kxe4 Rxc6 44. Rxh5 Rc2 (44... Ra6 $2 45. Rh6+) (44...
Rc4+ 45. Kf5 Ra4 46. Rh7 Rxa2 47. g4 $18) 45. Rh6+ Ke7 46. Ra6 $18 {beläßt
Schwarz dennoch einige kleine praktische Rettungschancen.}) 40. Bc4 {[%csl Rh5]
[%cal Gc4e2]} h4 $5 41. gxh4 Rh7 42. Ke3 Rxh4 43. Ra7 $18 Rh3+ 44. Kd2 Bc6 (
44... Rh2+ 45. Kc3 Rh3+ 46. Kb4 $18) 45. Ra6 Rh6 46. a4 Rh2+ (46... Ke4 47. Kc3
) 47. Kc3 Bf3 (47... Rh6 {Hecht} 48. Bb5 Rh3+ 49. Kb4 Rh4+ 50. Ka5 $18) 48. Rd6
{Hecht: '[#]'} Rh1 (48... Rh7 {Hecht} 49. c6 Rc7 50. Be6+ Kf4 51. Bd7 e4 52.
Kd4 $18 {verhindert e3 und droht Kd4-c5-b6}) 49. c6 Rh7 50. Rd7 Rh6 (50... Rh8
{Hecht} 51. c7 {[%cal Rd7d8]} Rc8 52. Ba6 $18) (50... Rh3 {Hecht} 51. Rf7+ Ke4
52. Bd3+ Ke3 53. Rxf3+ Kxf3 54. c7 Rh8 55. Bf5 e4 56. c8=Q Rxc8+ 57. Bxc8 e3
58. Ba6 $18) 51. Rf7+ Kg4 52. Rxf3 $1 Kxf3 53. Bd5+ (53. c7 $4 Rc6) 53... e4
54. c7 (54. c7 Rh8 55. Bb7 $18) 1-0

[Event "UKR ol"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Moskalenko, Viktor"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1999.05.12"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nd2 bxc4 5. e4 c3 6. bxc3 g6 7. c4 d6 8. Bb2 Bg7
9. Ngf3 O-O 10. Bd3 e5 11. O-O Nh5 12. Bc2 Nd7 13. Rb1 Nb6 14. Bc3 Bd7 15. Re1
Bh6 16. Bd3 f5 17. exf5 Nf4 18. Bf1 gxf5 19. g3 Ng6 20. Nb3 Rf7 21. Nfd2 Qf8
22. Na5 Re8 23. Nc6 e4 24. a4 e3 25. Nf3 f4 26. g4 Bxg4 27. h3 Bh5 28. a5 Nd7
29. Be2 Bg7 30. Qc2 Bxc3 31. Qxc3 exf2+ 32. Kxf2 Re3 33. Qb2 Qh6 34. Ng1 f3 35.
Bf1 Qf4 0-1

[Event "UKR ol"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nosenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "1999.05.12"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. b3 Ke7 10. Bb2 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 b6 12. Be2 Bb7 13. Nc4 Rac8 14. Rac1
Rhd8 15. Rfd1 h6 16. h3 g5 17. Nfe5 Bd5 18. Nd3 Bxc4 19. Rxc4 Bd6 20. Rdc1 Rxc4
21. Rxc4 a5 22. Rc6 e5 23. Ne1 Nd5 24. Rc1 Nc5 25. Nd3 Nd7 26. Ne1 f5 27. Nf3
Nc7 28. g4 fxg4 29. hxg4 Ne6 30. Kg2 e4 31. Nd2 Ndc5 32. Nc4 Bc7 33. Bc3 Kf7
34. Rh1 Kg6 35. Na3 Bd6 36. Nc4 Bc7 37. Rd1 Rxd1 38. Bxd1 Nd3 39. Bc2 Nec5 40.
Kf1 Nc1 41. Bb1 Kf7 42. Bd4 N1d3 43. Nd2 Ne5 44. Bxe5 Bxe5 45. Bxe4 b5 46. Bc6
b4 47. Nc4 Bc7 48. Ke2 Kf6 49. Kd2 Ke6 50. Kc2 Bd8 51. Nd2 Kd6 52. Bg2 Nd7 53.
f4 gxf4 54. exf4 Nc5 55. Nc4+ Ke6 56. Kd2 Bc7 57. Ke3 a4 58. Nd2 axb3 59. axb3
Bb6 60. Kf3 Kd5 61. Bf1 Kd4 62. Bc4 Bd8 63. Bf7 Kd3 64. Nf1 Kc3 65. Ne3 Nxb3
66. Nd5+ Kc4 67. Ne3+ Kc3 68. Nd5+ Kc4 69. Ne3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR ol"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1999.05.12"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. a4 Nc6 8. Qe2
cxd4 9. Rd1 Be7 10. exd4 O-O 11. Nc3 Nd5 12. Qe4 Nf6 13. Qe2 Nd5 14. Qe4
1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR ol"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kruppa, Yuri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1999.05.12"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1 Qc7 12. b3 Bc5 13. Nf5 O-O 14. Nxg7
Kxg7 15. Bb2 Rg8 16. Qf3 Be7 17. Re4 b5 18. Be5 Bb7 19. Bxc7 Bxe4 20. Qf4 bxc4
21. Be5 Bf5 22. Qh4 h6 23. Re1 cxb3 24. axb3 Kg6 25. c4 Rad8 26. c5 Rd5 27. c6
Rc8 28. Qg3+ Kh7 29. h3 Rxc6 30. Qf4 Nd7 31. Bd4 Rc2 32. Be3 Bg5 33. Qg3 Rd3
34. b4 Rc4 35. Ra1 Bf6 36. Rxa6 Be5 37. Qf3 Rb3 38. g3 Bg7 39. Kh2 Ne5 40. Qe2
Rc2 41. Qd1 Be4 42. g4 Nf3+ 0-1

[Event "UKR ol"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Moroz, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1999.05.12"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Be3 b5 8. f4
Bb7 9. Nb3 d6 10. O-O Nf6 11. a4 b4 12. Nb1 Be7 13. a5 O-O 14. c4 bxc3 15. Nxc3
Nb4 16. Bb6 Qb8 17. Bb1 d5 18. e5 Ne4 19. Nd4 Qc8 20. Qe1 Qc4 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22.
Bxe4 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Rac8 24. b3 Qd5 25. Qe2 Bc5 26. Rad1 Bxb6 27. axb6 Qb7 28.
f5 Qxb6 29. Kh1 Nc6 30. Nxc6 Qxc6 31. f6 Rfd8 32. fxg7 Rxd1 33. Qxd1 Qb5 34.
Qf3 Rc7 35. Qf6 Rd7 36. Rc1 Qc5 37. Qg5 Qc2 38. h4 Rd1+ 39. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 40. Kh2
Qxb3 41. h5 a5 42. h6 Qd1 43. Qe7 Qh5+ 44. Kg1 Qd1+ 45. Kh2 Qh5+ 46. Kg1 Qd1+
47. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR ol"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Rakhmangulov, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1999.05.12"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5
Bg4 9. Bc4 Nd7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Rxf3 Nb6 12. Bf1 Nc7 13. a4 e6 14. a5 Nc8 15. f5
exf5 16. exf5 Re8 17. Kh1 Be5 18. Ne4 Qh4 19. Ra4 Bd4 20. Rf4 Qd8 21. fxg6 hxg6
22. Rxd4 cxd4 23. Nf6+ Kg7 24. Qxd4 Re5 25. Rf3 Ne7 26. Bh6+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.07.31"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Al Modiahki, Mohamad"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O O-O 8. d3
Rb8 9. h3 b5 10. g4 ({Worse is:} 10. a3 a5 11. g4 (11. Be3 b4 12. axb4 axb4 13.
Ne2 Bb7 14. g4 Ra8 15. Rc1 Ra2 16. b3 Qc7 17. Qe1 Rfa8 18. f5 Rb2 19. Nf4 Raa2
20. Qf2 Nd4 21. Bxd4 cxd4 22. Nxd4 g5 23. Nfe2 Nd7 24. Kh1 Qc5 $17 {0-1
Reinderman,D-Van der Weide,K/Rotterdam 1998/CBM 66 (39)}) 11... b4 12. axb4
axb4 13. Ne2 c4 14. Be3 Bb7 15. Ng3 cxd3 16. cxd3 Ra8 17. Qd2 Qc7 18. Nd4 Nxg4
19. Nb5 Qd7 20. hxg4 Ba6 21. Na7 Rxa7 22. Bxa7 Qxa7+ $44 {0-1 Aponte,A-Van den
Doel,E/Elista 1998/CBM 66 ext (40)}) 10... b4 11. Ne2 a5 (11... c4 12. Be3 Ba6
13. Rf2 Qa5 14. f5 cxd3 15. cxd3 Nd7 16. Nf4 Nc5 17. Bf1 Rfe8 18. Rc1 Rbc8 19.
b3 e6 20. fxe6 fxe6 21. Rfc2 Bc3 22. Rf2 Bb7 23. Ng5 Qd8 24. h4 Bd4 $15 {
0-1 Kolesnik,E-Khasin,A/Koszalin POL 1999 (39)}) (11... Nd7 12. Qe1 a5 13. f5
Nde5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Bg5 a4 16. Rd1 Bd7 17. Qf2 Nc6 18. b3 Ne5 19. Qh4 Re8
20. Rf2 axb3 21. axb3 Ra8 22. Rdf1 Ra2 23. Nc1 Ra1 24. Be3 Bb5 25. g5 $36 {
1-0 Giorgadze,G-Xu Jun/Erevan 1996/EXT 97 (41)}) 12. Be3 Nd7 13. Rb1 a4 14. b3
(14. Qe1 $5 b3 15. axb3 axb3 16. c3 Ba6) 14... axb3 15. axb3 {After the
opening of the 'a' file white has nothing to put against black rooks' invasion
and has to concentrate on a king side play which is by no means an easy task:
black only waits till white plays f4-f5 and then he has nothing to e worried
about with such a beautiful blockade along the a1-h8 /^} Bb7 16. Qe1 (16. e5
dxe5 17. f5 Nd4 $17) (16. f5 Nde5) (16. Qd2 $5 {[%cal Gf4f5,Ge3h6] Trying to
remove the best defender.}) 16... e6 17. f5 $6 (17. Qg3 $142 f5 18. gxf5 exf5
19. Ng5 Qe7 20. exf5 $13) 17... exf5 18. gxf5 Nce5 (18... Ra8 19. Qg3 (19. d4
$2 Re8 {[%csl Ge4]} (19... cxd4 20. Nexd4 Nxd4 21. Nxd4 $132) 20. fxg6 fxg6 $17
{[%csl Gd4,Ge4]}) 19... Nce5 20. Rf2 Ra2 21. Nc1 Ra3 22. Ng5 $15) 19. Nxe5 (19.
Nf4 $143 Ra8 20. Qg3 Ra2 21. Nxe5 (21. Rf2 Nxf3+ 22. Bxf3 Ne5 {[%csl Ge5][%cal
Gg7f6,Gf6h4]}) 21... dxe5 (21... Nxe5 22. fxg6 (22. Nh5 Rxc2 (22... Bh8) 23. f6
(23. Nxg7 Kxg7 24. Bh6+ (24. f6+ Kh8) 24... Kxh6 25. f6 g5 26. Rf5 Rg8 27. h4
Rxg2+ $19) 23... Bh8 24. Bh6 Re8 25. Ng7 Bxg7 26. Bxg7 Nxd3 $1 $19) 22... hxg6
23. Rbc1 Qd7 $11) 22. Nd5 Rxc2 $17) (19. Qf2 $5 {[%cal Gf2f6]}) 19... Nxe5 20.
Qf2 Re8 (20... Bf6 $2 21. Bh6 Bh4 22. Qf4 Re8 23. f6) (20... Nd7 21. Bf4 Qb6 (
21... Ne5 22. Bg3 $13 (22. Be3 $11)) 22. Qg3 $11) 21. f6 Bh8 22. Qh4 Ra8 (22...
Nd7 23. Bg5 Ra8 $17) 23. Rf2 Ra2 24. Ng3 Qa8 $2 {[%cal Ga2a1]} (24... Nd7 $142
25. Rbf1 (25. Nh5 Re5 $19) 25... d5 $17 {When all white pieces are tied up
defending the 'f6' pawn a blow in the center is leathal.}) 25. Qg5 {[%cal
Gg3f5,Gf5e7]} (25. Nf5 $1 gxf5 26. exf5 Bxg2 (26... Rc8 27. Bh6 Ra1 28. Rxa1
Qxa1+ 29. Rf1 Qd4+ 30. Qxd4 cxd4 31. Bxb7 Rxc2 32. Ra1 $18) 27. Rxg2+ Ng6 28.
fxg6 hxg6 29. Rf1 {[%cal Gg2g6]} Ra7 30. Bc1 $16 {[%csl Gg8,Gh8]}) 25... Re6 (
25... Ra1 26. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 27. Rf1 Qb2 28. Nf5) 26. Rbf1 Ra1 (26... Nd7 27. Nf5
Bxf6 28. Qg3 Ra1 $17) 27. Bc1 Nd7 28. Nf5 (28. Bb2 Rxf1+ 29. Rxf1 Qa2 $19)
28... Bxf6 29. Qg3 Ne5 $6 (29... Qa6 $17) 30. Bb2 Rxf1+ 31. Rxf1 Qd8 $2 {
The final mistake.} (31... Qa2 32. Nxd6 (32. Nh6+ Kg7 33. Nf5+ Kh8 34. Nxd6
Qxb2 35. Nxb7 Qc3 $17) 32... Qxb2 33. Nxb7 Qc3 $17 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Gf6e7]})
32. Nxd6 $1 Ba6 (32... Qxd6 33. Rxf6 $1 Rxf6 34. Bxe5 Qe6 35. Bxf6 Qxf6 36.
Qb8+ {Maybe this was the move black missed while playing Qd8}) (32... Rxd6 33.
Bxe5 Bxe5 34. Qxe5 $13) 33. Nf5 Kf8 34. Ne3 Bh4 35. Qf4 Bg5 36. Qg3 (36. Qf2
Bh4 37. Qe2 (37. Qf4) 37... Nxd3 38. cxd3 Bxd3 39. Qd2 Bxf1 40. Qxd8+ Bxd8 41.
Nxf1 Rd6 $17 {[%csl Gb3]}) 36... Bh4 37. Qf4 Bg5 38. Qg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.01"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Al Modiahki, Mohamad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 1088]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Ndb5 {
Eine wirkliche Seltenheit. Ponomariov hat immer interessante Eröffnungsideen
gegen die Taimanov-Paulsen-Variante. (In der Variante 6.Be3 a6 7.Bd3 Nf6 8.0-0
Ne5 spielte er schon - und verbesserte die alte Fortsetzung - 9.Nf3!?). Ribli.}
Qb8 7. Be3 (7. a4 {Ein prophylaktischer Zug. Weiss verhindert die Variante 7...
a6, 8...b5.}) 7... a6 {Meines Erachtens ist dieser Zug gut, aber die
Alternative ist auch spielbar.} (7... Nf6 8. a3 (8. Qd2 a6 9. Nd4 Bb4 10. f3 d5
11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Bc4 Nxe3 13. Qxe3 Qa7 14. O-O-O Bc5 15. Nce2 {1/2-1/2 Jansa,
A-Zeljko,T/Kranj 1996/EXT 98 (49)}) (8. Bd3 a6 9. Nd4 Ne5 10. h3 d6 11. O-O Be7
12. f4 Ned7 13. f5 e5 14. Nf3 b5 15. Ne2 d5 16. Ng3 Bb7 {0-1 Jakus,K-Fogarasi,
T/Budapest 1994/EXT 97 (23)}) 8... a6 9. Nd4 b5 10. f3 Bb7 11. Qd2 Be7 12. Be2
O-O 13. O-O d5 14. exd5 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Qe3 {1/2-1/2
Aginian,N-Esaibekian,M/Erevan 1996/CBM 52 ext (17)}) 8. Bb6 {[%cal Rb6c7,Rc7b8]
Das ist die Pointe des weissen Spiels. Weiss gewinnt die Dame, aber er muss
dafür drei Leichtfiguren geben.} axb5 9. Nxb5 Bb4+ 10. c3 Ba5 {[%cal Ga5c7]} (
10... Qe5 11. cxb4 Qxe4+ 12. Be2 Qxb4+ 13. Kf1 Kf8 14. Rc1 Qxb2 15. Rc2 Qf6 16.
Bc5+ Nge7 17. h4 d5 18. Rh3 $44 {1-0 Al Subaihi,K-De/Dubai 1996/EXT 99 (28)})
11. Nc7+ Qxc7 (11... Kf8 12. Nxa8 Qxa8 13. Qd6+ Nge7 14. Qa3 {[%csl Ra8][%cal
Ga3a8,Rb2b4,Rb4a5] Die Fesselung in der a-Linie ist sehr unangenehm für
Schwarz.} Qb8 15. Bxa5 Qe5 16. Bb6 Qxe4+ 17. Be3 f5 18. O-O-O {1-0 Ganguly,
S-Kabir,S/Calcutta 1999/CBM 69 ext (54)}) 12. Bxc7 Bxc7 {Schwarz hat drei
Leichtfiguren gegen dame und Bauern und Weiss entfaltet positionellen Druck.
Der schwarze Damenläufer hat Entwicklungsprobleme, aber Schwarz hat keine
Schwächen und wenn er seine Figuren aktivieren kann, besitzt er die besseren
Chancen.} 13. Qg4 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Rg4g7] Weiss provoziert entweder die
Schwächung des Königsflügels oder einen Königszug.} g6 (13... Kf8 14. f4 Nf6
15. Qf3 d5 16. e5 Ne4 17. Bd3 Nc5 18. Bc2 Bb6 19. a4 g6 20. b4 Nd7 21. a5 Bc7
22. O-O Kg7 23. g4 h5 24. h3 hxg4 25. hxg4 b6 {0-1 Pyhala,A-Kanko,I/FIN-chT
1995/EXT 98 (79)}) 14. Bc4 Nge7 {[%cal Rd7d5,Rd5c4,Gc8g4] Schwarz möchte sich
mit 15...d5 befreien.} 15. Qe2 {[%cal Ge2e8]} O-O (15... d5 16. exd5 exd5 17.
Bxd5 $16 {[%cal Ge2e8]}) 16. O-O f5 $6 (16... d5 $1 {Dieser Zug scheint mir
natürlicher als die Partiefortsetzung zu sein.} 17. exd5 exd5 $132) 17. f3 {
Weiss möchte 17...fxe4 mit 18.fxe4 beantworten.} (17. exf5 Nxf5 18. Bb3 d5 $13)
17... Ra5 (17... d5 18. exd5 exd5 19. Bb3 $14 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gb3g8] Wegen 16.
..f5 ist die schwarze Königsstellung schwach.}) 18. b4 Re5 {[%cal Ge5e2]
Schwarz zentralisiert den Turm und möchte ...d7-d5 ziehen.} 19. Bd3 Bb6+ (19...
d5 20. f4 (20. b5 $5) 20... Rxe4 21. Bxe4 fxe4 22. g3 $16) 20. Kh1 {[%csl Rc8]}
f4 {Schwarz verteidigt sich gegen f3-f4 und bereitet 21...d5 vor. Nach 20...f4
wird der Befreiungszug 21...d5 aber weniger effektiv.} (20... d5 $6 21. f4 Rxe4
22. Bxe4 fxe4 23. a4 $16) 21. Qc2 d5 22. a4 $14 {Weiss beschäftigt sich nicht
mit dem d5-Bauern, er mobilisiert seine Mehrheit am Damenflügel.} (22. exd5 $2
Nxd5 {[%csl Ye3][%cal Rd5e3,Re3c2,Re3f1]}) 22... dxe4 23. fxe4 (23. Bxe4 $6 Nd5
$132 {[%csl Ye3][%cal Rd5e3,Re3c2,Re3f1]}) 23... Rh5 {[%cal Gh5h1]} 24. Be2 $1
(24. a5 Bc7 $132 {[%cal Gc7h2,Gh5h2]}) 24... Rh4 25. a5 Bc7 26. Bf3 $16 {
Alles ist verteidigt in der weissen Stellung. Der Textzug ist gegen die
Möglichkeit 26...f3 gerichtet.} g5 27. b5 $1 g4 (27... Nxa5 28. Qf2 {[%csl Ra5]
[%cal Rf2c5,Rc5c7,Rc5e7,Rb5b6,Rb6c7]} b6 (28... Bd8 29. Rfd1 b6 30. Rxa5) 29.
Rxa5 $1 bxa5 30. Qc5 {[%cal Rc5c7,Rc5e7,Rc5g5,Rg5h4,Rg5g8]} Bd8 31. Rd1 {
[%csl Rc8,Rd8,Re7]} h6 (31... g4 32. Rxd8 Rxd8 33. Qxe7 $18 {[%cal Re7d8,Re7h4]
}) 32. Rxd8 Rxd8 33. Qxe7 Rf8 34. e5 $18 {[%csl Rc8,Ge7,Rg8][%cal Rf3e4,Re7h7]}
) 28. bxc6 Nxc6 (28... gxf3 29. cxb7 Bxb7 30. gxf3 $16) 29. g3 $5 {Weiss
opfert einen Bauern und möchte so die Lage am Königsflügel klären.} (29. Bd1 f3
{[%cal Rh4h2,Rc7h2]} 30. gxf3 Rxh2+ 31. Qxh2 Bxh2 32. Kxh2 Ne5 33. f4 $18)
29... fxg3 30. Bg2 Rxh2+ 31. Kg1 {Schwarz hat nur zwei Leichtfiguren und zwei
Bauern fuür die Dame, was hier keine ausreichende Kompensation darstellt.} Bf4
(31... Rxf1+ 32. Kxf1 Bxa5 33. Qd1 {[%cal Rd1g4,Rg4g8]} h5 34. Rxa5 Nxa5 35.
Qd8+ $18 {[%cal Rd8g8,Rd8a5,Rd8c8]}) 32. Rxf4 $1 {Weiss gibt die Qualität und
gelangt in ein technisches Endspiel mit guten Gewinnaussichten.} Rxf4 33. Rf1
Rxf1+ 34. Kxf1 Rh5 (34... Nxa5 35. Qd1 $18 {[%cal Rd1d8,Rd8a5,Rd8g8,Rd8c8,
Rd1g4,Rg4g8]}) (34... h5 35. Qd2 $16 {[%cal Rd2g5,Rg5g8]}) 35. Qd1 {[%csl Rg8]
[%cal Rd1g4,Rg4g8]} Kf7 (35... Rg5 36. a6 bxa6 37. Qd6 $18 {[%csl Rc6,Rc8,Gd6,
Rg5,Rg8]}) 36. Qxg4 Rxa5 37. Qxg3 {[%cal Gg3c7] Die schwarzen Figuren
koordinieren nicht gut.} Re5 38. Qh4 {[%cal Rh4h7,Rh7f7]} Kg7 39. Bf3 b6 (39...
Bd7 40. Kf2 $16) 40. Kf2 Bd7 41. Bh5 Rc5 42. Ke2 Re5 {Es ist für Schwarz
schwierig, seine Stellung zu verbessern. Er kann praktisch nur abwarten.} (
42... Rxc3 43. Qg5+ $18) 43. Kd2 b5 (43... Rc5 44. Qg3+ $40) 44. Be2 {[%cal
Ge2d3]} Be8 45. Qf4 Bg6 46. Bd3 Bf7 (46... h5 $5) 47. Qe3 {[%csl Yb6][%cal
Ge3b6] Die aktive weisse Dame hat ständig Drohungen einzudringen.} Be8 48. Qg1+
Bg6 49. Qb6 {[%csl Gb6]} Ne7 (49... Be8 50. Bxb5 $18) 50. Qc7 (50. Qd6 Kf6 51.
Qb8 {[%cal Rb8h8,Rh8e5] Das führt zur Partiestellung.}) (50. Bxb5 $6 Bxe4 $14)
50... Kf6 51. Qb8 {[%cal Rb8h8,Rh8e5]} Nc6 (51... Bxe4 52. Qf8+ $18) 52. Qc8
$18 {[%csl Rc6,Re5,Rf6][%cal Rc8c6] Weiss gewinnt eine Figur. Die Partie ist
entscheiden.} Bxe4 (52... Ne7 53. Qh8+ $18) 53. Bxe4 Rxe4 54. Qxc6 {[%cal
Rc6b5,Rc6e4]} Re5 55. Qc7 h5 56. Kd3 Kf5 (56... Rd5+ 57. Ke4 $18) 57. Qf7+ Kg4
58. Kd4 {Schwarz gab auf.} (58. Kd4 Rd5+ 59. Ke4 $18) 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.03"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4128]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7.
Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Bc4 $5 {Quite a rare move in this position,
which is getting increasingly popular in the modern practice.} Nc6 (10... Ne5
11. Bb3 Nbc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. h4 g4 14. h5 Qa5 15. Qd2 Be6 16. Na4 Qxd2+ 17.
Kxd2 Rb8 18. Rad1 Rb4 19. Rhe1 Bf6 20. Kc1 O-O 21. Bf4 Kh7 22. Bd2 Bg5 23. Nc3
{1/2-1/2 Heiduczek,J-Kargoll,B/Passau 1998/EXT 99 (61)}) 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. h4 (
{Other options are:} 12. Qf3 Rf8 13. Bb3 Ne5 14. Qe3 Rb8 15. O-O Qb6 16. Qe2
Rh8 17. Kh1 h5 18. f4 gxf4 19. Bxf4 Bg4 20. Qd2 Be6 21. Rad1 Qa5 22. Qe1 h4 23.
h3 Nc4 24. Bc1 Kd7 25. Qf2 Rb7 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V-Topalov,V/Monte Carlo 1998/CBM
63 ext (36)}) ({and} 12. Qd2 Qa5 13. Bb3 Be6 14. Nd1 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 d5 16. f3
Nf6 17. Nf2 Nh5 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Nd3 Nxg3 20. hxg3 O-O-O 21. Bxd5 Rxd5 22.
Rae1 e6 23. Kc1 Kc7 24. g4 Kd6 25. Re4 Rd4 26. Rxd4+ Bxd4 27. Kd2 f5 28. gxf5
exf5 {1/2-1/2 Turzo,A-Avrukh,B/Szeged 1994/TD (42)}) 12... Qa5 $5 ({In his
game with Anand in Linares 1998, Topalov opted for} 12... Qb6 {, but after} 13.
Bb3 Bd7 14. hxg5 O-O-O 15. Qd2 hxg5 16. Rxh8 Rxh8 17. O-O-O Ne5 18. f3 Qa5 19.
Kb1 Bf6 20. Qe3 Kb7 21. Bf2 Rb8 22. g3 Kc8 23. Qe2 Ng6 24. Be1 Qb6 25. Na4 Qb5
26. c4 Qb7 27. Ba5 {Anand got an advantage in the middlegame.}) {The text move
yields Black good counterchances.} 13. Qf3 Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. hxg5 (15. Qxg4
{allowed Balck to force draw after} Bxc3+ 16. bxc3 Qxc3+ 17. Ke2 Qc4+ 18. Kd2
Qd4+ $11) 15... hxg5 (15... Rb8 $5 {would more suit Topalov's style.} {Now} 16.
O-O-O $5 {leads to interesting complications:} (16. gxh6 $6 {yiedls Black
excellent play after} Rxh6 ({Premature} 16... Rxb2 {loses to} 17. hxg7 Rxh1+
18. Kd2 Rxa1 (18... Qg5+ 19. Bf4) 19. g8=Q+ Kd7 20. Qfxg4 $18) 17. Rxh6 Nxh6
18. e5 Rxb2 19. Qxc6+ Kf7 20. O-O-O Qa3 $36) 16... Rxb2 $5 (16... hxg5 $2 17.
Rxh8+ Bxh8 18. Qxg4 Bxc3 (18... Rxb2 19. Qh5+ (19. Kxb2 $4 Bxc3+ $19) 19... Kd7
20. Rxd6+ exd6 21. Qh7+) 19. bxc3 $18) (16... Qb4 17. Kd2 Qxb2 18. Rb1 Bxc3+
19. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 20. Kxc3 Rxb1 21. Rxb1 Kf7 22. gxh6 Rxh6 23. Rb6) 17. e5 $1 Nxe5
18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. Qxc6+ Kf7 20. Rd3 $40) 16. Rxh8+ Bxh8 17. Kf1 $1 {The
strongest response. On the kingside White's king is placed most safely.} Ne5
18. Qe2 Kd7 19. Nd1 {White is planning to bring his currently passive knight
into play via e3 and restrict activity of the opponent's bishop by c2-c3.} Rb8
20. c3 Qa4 $6 ({After} 20... Qb5 21. b3 {White keeps a minimal advantage.}) 21.
Bxe5 Bxe5 22. g3 Bf6 $6 {After this passive reply White gets a durable
advantage.} ({After the appealing move} 22... Qb5 $1 {it is unclear, whether
White has anything better than trading quens, as other continuations are quite
risky for him, e.g.:} 23. c4 (23. Rc1 $2 Rh8 $1 24. c4 $2 Qa5 25. a3 Rh1+ 26.
Kg2 Qe1 $1 $17) (23. b3 Rh8 $1 24. c4 Qa5 $17) 23... Qa4 24. Kg2 (24. b3 Rxb3)
24... Rb4 {><c4, ><b2.}) 23. Kg2 a5 24. f3 {[%cal Gd1e3,Ge3g4] White hss a
slight but durable advantage due to the superirority of his knight over the
black bishop and good pawn structure.} c5 25. Ne3 Kc7 26. Qd2 Qb5 27. b3 a4 28.
Rb1 axb3 (28... Qa5 {is met by} 29. b4) 29. Rxb3 Qa4 30. Rxb8 Kxb8 31. Ng4 Kc7
32. e5 $1 {The strongest continuation. The pawn sacrifice augments White's
advantage and complicates Black's defensive task.} Bxe5 33. Nxe5 dxe5 34. Qe2
Kd6 35. c4 e4 $1 {Correct decision. Advancing his tripled e5-pawn in the
appropriate moment, Black forces its exchange for the much more valuable
a2-pawn, as 36.fe4 falls short after 36...Ke5.} 36. Qxe4 Qxa2+ 37. Kh3 Qb2 38.
Kg4 Qf2 $4 (38... Qf6 $1 {was the only defence.} 39. Kh5 Qf5 $1 {, and if} 40.
g4 {then} Qf7+ 41. Kxg5 Qf6+ 42. Kh5 Qh8+ $11) (38... Qd4 $2 {loses to} 39.
Kxg5 Qxe4 40. fxe4 Ke5 41. g4 Kxe4 42. Kh6 $18) (38... Qd2 $2 {fails to} 39. f4
) 39. f4 $1 $18 {[%cal Gf4g5,Gg5g8] After this decisive pawn advancement Black
is defenseless, as} Kd7 (39... gxf4 {39...gf4 leads to the entirely los for
Blak pawn ending.} 40. Qxf4+ Qxf4+ 41. Kxf4) 40. fxg5 Qb2 41. g6 Qf6 42. Qb7+
Kd6 43. Qb8+ Kd7 44. Kh5 e5 45. Qb7+ Kd8 46. Qd5+ Ke8 47. Qg8+ Kd7 48. Qf7 Qh8+
49. Kg4 Qh1 50. g7 Qe4+ 51. Kg5 Qe3+ 52. Kh4 Qe4+ 53. g4 {[%mdl 8192]} 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.04"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Bg4 8.
Nbc3 (8. f3 Bf5 9. Nbc3 e6 10. Be3 (10. O-O Qd7 11. Be3 Nb4 12. Ne4 N4d5 13.
Bf2 Be7 14. Rc1 O-O 15. Nc5 Qc8 16. Qd2 $14 {0-1 Kisseleva,N-Semenova,L/
Kishinev 1995/EXT 95 (60)}) 10... Qd7 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nf4 O-O-O 13. h4 Nxd4 14.
h5 Nxb3 15. Qxb3 Qc6 16. hxg6 Qxf3 17. Rh3 Qxg4 18. gxf7 Nd5 19. Ncxd5 exd5 20.
Qd1 $18 {1-0 Schroll,G-Volkmann,F/Aschach 1992/TD 92\04 (38)}) 8... e6 9. O-O (
9. a3 Bxe2 10. Nxe2 Qd7 11. Be3 Na5 12. Ba2 Nac4 13. Qc2 Qb5 14. Rb1 c5 15. O-O
Rc8 16. Qe4 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Be7 18. Nc3 cxd4 19. Qxd4 Qc5 $11 {1-0 Litinskaya,
M-Nutu Gajic,D/ROM-chT 1994/EXT 94ch (69)}) (9. Be3 Bxe2 10. Nxe2 Bb4+ 11. Nc3
Nd5 12. Rc1 Nxe3 13. fxe3 Qh4+ 14. Ke2 O-O 15. g3 Qe7 16. Ne4 $14 {0-1
Oosterom,E-Duyn,R/NLD-chT9495 1994/EXT 97 (30)}) 9... Qd7 (9... Nb4 10. h3 Bh5
11. f4 Bg6 12. d5 Qd7 13. dxe6 Bc5+ 14. Kh2 fxe6 15. Qxd7+ Kxd7 16. Rd1+ N4d5
17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18. b4 Bxb4 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Rxd5+ Kc6 21. Rd1 Bc5 22. Bb2 Rad8
23. Bd4 $36 {1/2-1/2 Adianto,U-Barua,D/Dubai 1992/EXP 32 (62)}) (9... Bf5 10.
a3 Qd7 11. Be3 Ne7 12. Ng3 Bg6 13. f4 Ned5 14. Qf3 c6 15. Bf2 Be7 16. Nge4 O-O
17. g4 $36 {1-0 Mohr,S-Osmanovic,K/Zuerich 1987/EXT 87op (34)}) (9... Be7 10.
f3 Bf5 11. g4 Bg6 12. f4 Na5 13. f5 Nxb3 14. Qxb3 exf5 15. gxf5 Bh5 16. Ng3
Qxd4+ 17. Kg2 Qh4 18. f6 gxf6 19. exf6 Bg4 20. Qb5+ $16 {1-0 Matveeva,S-Nutu
Gajic,D/Subotica 1991/TD 93\02 (28)}) 10. h3 (10. Be3 O-O-O (10... Be7 11. a3
Rd8 (11... O-O 12. Ba2 Bh5 13. Rc1 Rfd8 14. f3 Bg6 15. Qe1 Bf8 16. Rd1 Ne7 17.
Bg5 Re8 18. Bxe7 Bxe7 19. Nf4 c6 20. Ne4 {1/2-1/2 Tukmakov,V-Yakovich,Y/
Kujbyshev 1986/MCL 05 (20)}) 12. f3 Bf5 13. Qc1 Na5 14. Ba2 Bd3 15. Bf2 Qc6 16.
b4 Nac4 17. Rd1 Bxe2 18. Nxe2 a5 19. Rb1 axb4 20. axb4 Qb5 21. Nc3 Qa6 22. b5
$16 {1-0 Savchenko,S-Brady,S/Erevan 1996/EXT 96ch2 (60)}) 11. f3 Bf5 12. Bf2
Be7 13. Rc1 Kb8 14. Na4 Nb4 15. Nc5 Qe8 16. Ng3 Bxc5 17. Nxf5 Bf8 18. Ng3 N4d5
19. Ne4 $14 {1-0 Giorgadze,G-Gonzalez Garcia,J/Ubeda 1997/EXP 56 (47)}) 10...
Bxe2 $6 (10... Bf5) (10... Bh5) 11. Nxe2 Be7 12. Be3 Nb4 13. Ng3 $1 {[%cal
Gg3e4,Ge4c5]} O-O-O (13... O-O 14. Qg4 $40 {[%cal Gg3h5]}) 14. Qe2 N4d5 15. Ne4
Kb8 16. Rad1 (16. Rac1 $5) 16... h5 (16... f5 $140 17. Nc5 $16) 17. a3 Qe8 18.
Bd2 a6 (18... f6 19. exf6 gxf6 20. Nc5 Bxc5 21. dxc5 Nd7 22. c6 Nc5 23. Qb5
Qxc6 24. Qxc6 bxc6 25. Bc2 $16) 19. Rc1 Qg8 20. f4 $1 f5 21. exf6 $1 (21. Nc5
Qf7) 21... gxf6 (21... Bxf6 22. Nxf6 gxf6 23. f5 $16) 22. f5 $1 $16 Rh7 (22...
exf5 23. Rxf5 Qg6 24. Qf3 $16) 23. Nc5 Bd6 $2 (23... exf5 24. Ne6 Rd7 25. Rxf5
$16) 24. Nxe6 Qg3 25. Qf3 $1 $18 Qxf3 (25... Qh2+ 26. Kf2 Rg8 27. Bxd5 Nxd5 28.
Qxd5 $18) 26. Rxf3 Re8 27. Re1 h4 28. Re4 Bg3 29. Kf1 c6 30. Rg4 Kc8 31. a4 $1
Nc7 32. Nxc7 Bxc7 (32... Kxc7 33. Ba5 Rhe7 34. Be6 $18) 33. Be1 $1 Nd5 34. Bxd5
cxd5 35. Bxh4 Rhe7 36. Rc3 Kb8 37. Bxf6 Rf7 38. Rg6 Ref8 39. Rxc7 $1 Kxc7 (
39... Rxc7 40. Be5 Rxf5+ 41. Ke1 Rxe5+ 42. dxe5 Rc2 43. h4 Rxb2 44. h5 $18) 40.
Be5+ Kd7 41. g4 Rc8 42. Rb6 Rc1+ 43. Kg2 Ke8 44. h4 Rc6 45. Rxc6 bxc6 46. h5
Rb7 47. h6 Rxb2+ 48. Kg3 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o. g/15+10"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.05"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nbd2 Ke7 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. b3 b6 12. Ne1 Ne5 13. Bb2 Rd8 14. Rd1
Bd6 15. Nef3 Nc6 16. Nc4 Bc5 17. Rxd8 Nxd8 18. Nfe5 Bb7 19. Nd3 Nc6 20. Rc1 Nd7
21. Nxc5 bxc5 22. Rd1 Rb8 23. Bxg7 Rg8 24. Bb2 Nb4 25. f3 Nxa2 26. e4 Nb4 27.
Kf2 Bc6 28. Ne5 Rb8 29. Bc3 f6 30. Nxd7 Bxd7 31. Bxf6+ Kxf6 32. Rxd7 Nc6 33.
Rxh7 Rxb3 34. Bxa6 Nd4 35. Rc7 Rc3 36. h4 e5 37. Kg3 Rc2 38. Rc8 Ne6 39. Rc6
Ke7 40. h5 Nf4 41. Kg4 Rxg2+ 42. Kf5 Nxh5 43. Rh6 Nf4 44. Kxe5 Ng6+ 45. Kf5 Kf7
46. Rh7+ Kg8 47. Rh1 Kg7 48. f4 Ne7+ 49. Ke6 Nc6 50. f5 Nd4+ 51. Ke5 Nf3+ 52.
Kf4 Nd4 53. Bc4 Rc2 54. Bd5 Rf2+ 55. Ke5 Nf3+ 56. Kd6 Nd4 57. Rh5 Kf6 58. e5+
Kg7 59. f6+ Kg6 60. Rh1 Nf5+ 61. Ke6 Nd4+ 62. Ke7 Nf5+ 63. Kd7 Rd2 64. Rg1+ Kh7
65. f7 Rxd5+ 66. Ke6 Rd8 67. Kxf5 c4 68. Ke4 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o. g/15+10"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.05"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8.
Qxf3 g6 9. c3 Bg7 10. Qd1 e6 11. d3 Nge7 12. Nd2 b5 13. Nf3 Qb6 14. Be3 O-O 15.
Qd2 d5 16. Bf4 d4 17. e5 dxc3 18. bxc3 b4 19. cxb4 cxb4 20. Be3 Qb7 21. Bc5
Rfd8 22. d4 Rd7 23. Qf4 Rad8 24. Rad1 Nf5 25. g4 Bh6 26. Qe4 Nfe7 27. h4 Nd5
28. g5 Bf8 29. Bxf8 Rxf8 30. Rd2 Nc3 31. Qf4 Rfd8 32. Re3 Ne7 33. Red3 a5 34.
Nh2 Qe4 35. Qxe4 Nxe4 36. Rc2 Nc3 37. Ng4 Rxd4 38. Nf6+ Kg7 39. Rh3 Nc6 40. h5
Nxe5 41. hxg6 Kxg6 42. Nxh7 Rh8 43. f4 Rxh7 44. Rxh7 Kxh7 45. fxe5 Rg4+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o. g/25+10"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.05"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 Nf6 7. Re1 b5 8. Bc2
Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 g6 11. d3 Bg7 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Qe2 Nd7 14. Nf3 b4 15.
Ba4 Qc7 16. Bd2 bxc3 17. bxc3 Rab8 18. Rab1 e6 19. g3 Nb6 20. Bc2 Nd7 21. a4
Rxb1 22. Rxb1 Rb8 23. Qd1 Rb6 24. Kf1 Qb7 25. Ke2 h5 26. Rxb6 Qxb6 27. Qb1 Qxb1
28. Bxb1 Nb6 29. Bc2 Kf8 30. Ng5 Ke7 31. f4 Bh8 32. Nf3 Bg7 33. g4 hxg4 34.
hxg4 Bh8 35. Be1 Bf6 36. Kd2 Kd7 37. Bf2 Bg7 38. d4 cxd4 39. cxd4 d5 40. e5 Bh6
41. Bg3 Nc4+ 42. Kc3 Ne3 43. Bd3 Nxg4 44. Bxa6 Ne3 45. Bb5 Nf5 46. Bh2 Kc7 47.
Bd3 Bf8 48. Bg1 Bb4+ 49. Kb3 Ba5 50. Bxf5 gxf5 51. Be3 Kd7 52. Kc2 Ke7 53. Bd2
Bb6 54. Kd3 f6 55. exf6+ Kxf6 56. Bc3 Ke7 57. Nd2 Bc7 58. Ke3 Kd7 59. Nb3 Bd6
60. Bd2 Kc7 61. Nc1 Be7 62. Nb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o. g/25+10"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.05"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. Bg2 Qb6 7. Nc2 d5 8. O-O
Be7 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Ne3 Nxe3 11. Bxe3 Qxb2 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Bd4 Qb7 14. Bxg7
Rg8 15. Bc3 c5 16. Qc2 Rg6 17. Nd2 Qc6 18. Nc4 Bb7 19. f3 f6 20. Na5 Qc7 21.
Nxb7 Qxb7 22. Qa4+ Kf7 23. Rad1 a6 24. Rd2 Rd8 25. Rxd8 Bxd8 26. Rd1 Be7 27.
Qc4 Rg5 28. a4 Rd5 29. Ra1 h5 30. Kf2 Rd7 31. e4 Qc6 32. f4 Bf8 33. Rb1 Qd6 34.
Ke3 Bh6 35. a5 Kg6 36. Ke2 h4 37. Rf1 f5 38. Rb1 Kh5 39. Rg1 Bg7 40. gxh4 Bh6
41. e5 Qd5 42. Qxd5 Rxd5 43. Bd2 Rd4 44. Be3 Ra4 45. Kf3 Rxa5 46. Rd1 Kg6 47.
Rd6 Kf7 48. h5 Rb5 49. Rd7+ Kg8 50. Rd6 Kf7 51. Rxa6 Bf8 52. Ra7+ Kg8 53. Rc7
Rb3 54. h4 Rb5 55. Ke2 Rb2+ 56. Kd3 Rb3+ 57. Kd2 Rb2+ 58. Kc3 Rh2 59. Bxc5 Bxc5
60. Rxc5 Rxh4 61. Rc8+ Kg7 62. Kd4 Rxf4+ 63. Kc5 Ra4 64. Rc6 Kh6 65. Kd6 Kxh5
66. Kxe6 Kg4 67. Kf6 f4 68. e6 f3 69. e7 f2 70. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Artek ol U16"]
[Site "Artek"]
[Date "1999.09.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Azarov, Sergei Nikolaevich"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1999.09.09"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. f3 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. e4 dxe4 7. fxe4 Bb4 8.
Bd3 c5 9. a3 Ba5 10. dxc5 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Qa5 12. Bd6 Qxc3+ 13. Kf1 Nfd7 14. Ne2
Qf6+ 15. Ke1 Nc6 16. Rf1 Qh4+ 17. Ng3 Qg5 18. Qh5 Qe3+ 19. Ne2 Nf6 20. Rxf6 g6
21. Qh4 g5 22. Qh5 Nd8 23. Rf3 Qxf3 24. Qxf3 0-1

[Event "Artek ol U16"]
[Site "Artek"]
[Date "1999.09.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Drozdovskij, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1999.09.09"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O c4 8. b3
cxb3 9. axb3 Bd6 10. Bb5+ Kf8 11. Ne5 Qb6 12. Qe2 Qxd4 13. Ba3 Bxa3 14. Rxa3
Nbd7 15. Bxd7 Bxd7 16. Re1 Qc5 17. b4 Qb5 18. c4 dxc4 19. Nxd7+ Qxd7 20. Nxc4
Re8 21. Ne5 Qc7 22. Rc3 Qb8 23. Re3 Kg8 24. Qc4 Rf8 25. Nxf7 Rxf7 26. Re7 Qf8
27. Rxb7 Ne8 28. Rxf7 1-0

[Event "Artek ol U16"]
[Site "Artek"]
[Date "1999.09.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1999.09.09"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. h3 Qb6 6. Qc1 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. e5 Nd5 10. Nxd5 cxd5 11. exd6 exd6 12. O-O Nf6 13. b3 Bd7 14. Bh6 Bb5
15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qf4 Bxd3 17. cxd3 Rfe8 18. Rfe1 Rac8 19. Qd2 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1
Qc7 21. Qf4 h6 22. a3 a5 23. Kh2 Qd7 24. Rc1 Re8 25. Qd2 b6 26. Re1 Rc8 27. Rc1
Rc6 28. Rxc6 Qxc6 29. a4 Nd7 30. Ng1 Nf8 31. Ne2 Ne6 32. Kg3 h5 33. h4 Qd7 34.
Kh2 Qe7 35. g3 Qc7 36. Kg2 Qc6 37. Kf3 Kf6 38. Kg2 Ke7 39. Kf3 Kd7 40. Kg2 Kc7
41. Kf3 Kb7 42. Ke3 f6 43. Kf3 Qd7 44. Kg2 Nc7 45. Nc3 Qf5 46. Ne2 g5 47. hxg5
fxg5 48. Qe3 h4 49. f3 Ne6 50. g4 0-1

[Event "Artek ol U16"]
[Site "Artek"]
[Date "1999.09.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Raceanu, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2293"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1999.09.09"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. c3 Qb6 7. Na3 Nf6 8. d4
cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Nd7 11. g4 Bg6 12. e6 fxe6 13. Ng5 Nxd4 14. Be3 e5 15.
Qa4 Qd6 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Rfe1 e5 18. Bxd7+ Qxd7 19. Nb5 e4 20. Rac1 1-0

[Event "Artek ol U16"]
[Site "Artek"]
[Date "1999.09.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ni, Hua"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2369"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1999.09.09"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 b5 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. Nf3 e5 8. O-O
Bb7 9. Bh6 Bxh6 10. Qxh6 Ng4 11. Qd2 O-O 12. h3 Ngf6 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5
dxe5 15. Rad1 Qe7 16. Ne2 Kg7 17. Ng3 h6 18. f4 Rad8 19. Qe3 a6 20. Kh1 Nd7 21.
Rf2 exf4 22. Rxf4 Ne5 23. Rdf1 Rd6 24. Be2 Bc8 25. b3 Rfd8 26. a4 Rd4 27. axb5
axb5 28. Rf6 R4d6 29. Nh5+ Kh7 30. Qf4 Rxf6 31. Nxf6+ Kg7 32. Qh4 g5 33. Qg3
Rd6 34. Nh5+ Kf8 35. Bg4 Bxg4 36. hxg4 b4 37. Rf5 Re6 38. c3 Qd8 39. Rf1 Qd3
40. Qxd3 Nxd3 0-1

[Event "Artek ol U16"]
[Site "Artek"]
[Date "1999.09.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2222"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "1999.09.09"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. Qxd4 e5 7. Qd3 h6 8.
Be3 Be7 9. Bc4 O-O 10. O-O Nb6 11. Bb3 Be6 12. Rfe1 Rc8 13. Nd2 a6 14. Rad1 Qc7
15. Bxb6 Qxb6 16. Nf1 Rc7 17. Ne3 Qc5 18. Re2 b5 19. Ncd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 a5 21.
c3 g6 22. h3 Kg7 23. a3 Rfc8 24. Kh2 Rd8 25. g3 Bg5 26. Kg2 Bxe3 27. Rxe3 b4
28. cxb4 axb4 29. a4 Qc2 30. Qxc2 Rxc2 31. Rb3 Bxd5 32. Rxd5 Rc4 33. Rb5 Ra8
34. R5xb4 Rxa4 35. Rb7 Ra8 36. Kf3 Raa4 37. Rd7 Rab4 38. Ra3 Rc8 39. Raa7 Rb3+
40. Kg2 Rf8 41. Rab7 Rxb7 42. Rxb7 Rc8 43. b4 Rc4 44. Kf3 Kf6 45. g4 Rc3+ 46.
Kg2 h5 47. b5 hxg4 48. hxg4 Rb3 49. b6 Kg5 50. f3 f5 51. exf5 gxf5 52. Rb8 Rb2+
53. Kg3 f4+ 54. Kh3 Kg6 55. g5 d5 56. b7 Kg7 57. Re8 Rxb7 58. Rxe5 Rd7 59. Kg4
d4 60. Re2 d3 61. Rd2 Kg6 62. Kxf4 Rd8 63. Kg4 Rd5 64. f4 Rd4 65. Kf3 Kf5 66.
Ke3 Re4+ 67. Kxd3 Rxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Artek ol U16"]
[Site "Artek"]
[Date "1999.09.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Guseinov, Elmir"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2301"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1999.09.09"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Ndb5 Ne5 8.
Bf4 Bc5 9. e3 d6 10. Bxe5 dxe5 11. Bg2 a6 12. Na4 Bb4+ 13. Nbc3 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3
Qc7 15. O-O Bd7 16. Rb1 e4 17. Nb6 Rd8 18. Qb3 O-O 19. Rfd1 Bc6 20. h3 h5 21.
Rd4 h4 22. g4 Nh7 23. Rbd1 Ng5 24. Qb4 f6 25. Qc5 Rde8 26. Rd7 Qb8 27. R7d6 Rf7
28. Qd4 Qc7 29. c5 Ref8 30. Rd2 Qe7 31. Rd8 Rxd8 32. Qxd8+ Qxd8 33. Rxd8+ Rf8
34. Rd4 e5 35. Rd1 Ne6 36. Bf1 Nxc5 37. Bc4+ Kh7 38. Rd6 Kg6 39. Nd5 Bxd5 40.
Bxd5 Rc8 41. Rb6 Rc7 42. Kg2 Kg5 43. Rb4 g6 44. a4 f5 45. gxf5 gxf5 46. a5 Nd3
47. Rxb7 Rxc3 48. Rg7+ Kf6 49. Rd7 Ne1+ 50. Kf1 Nf3 51. Rd6+ Kg5 52. Rc6 Rd3
0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 15th Gr6"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1999.10.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1999.10.11"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Alchevsk Garant-Donbass"]
[BlackTeam "Podgorica Montenegrobanka"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MNE"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Qe1 Be7 13. Bd3 Qb6 14. Kb1
b4 15. Ne2 a5 16. f5 e5 17. Qh4 Qe3 18. Rhe1 h5 19. Nc1 Qc5 20. Nb3 Qa7 21. Bc4
a4 22. Nc1 Qc5 23. b3 a3 24. Re2 Rb8 25. g4 Bb5 26. Rd5 Qc6 27. Rxb5 Rxb5 28.
Bxb5 Qxb5 29. gxh5 Qc5 30. Nd3 Qc3 31. Rg2 Bd8 32. h6 Ke7 33. Rg7 Bb6 34. Qh5
Rf8 35. h7 Bd4 36. Kc1 Be3+ 37. Kb1 Bd4 38. Kc1 Be3+ 39. Kb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 15th Gr6"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1999.10.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1999.10.11"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Petah-Tikva Elitzur"]
[BlackTeam "Alchevsk Garant-Donbass"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. c3 e6 5. Be3 Nd7 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. Nd2 Bg6 8. f4 h5
9. Ngf3 Nh6 10. g3 Be7 11. h3 O-O-O 12. Qxb6 axb6 13. a4 f5 14. Ng5 Bxg5 15.
fxg5 Ng8 16. Nf3 Ne7 17. Kd2 Kc7 18. Be2 Bf7 19. b3 Ra8 20. Kc2 Nf8 21. Kb2
Nfg6 22. Ne1 f4 23. Bxf4 Nxf4 24. gxf4 Bg6 25. Bd3 Rhf8 26. Rf1 Rf7 27. Rd1
Raf8 28. Ng2 Bxd3 29. Rxd3 Ng6 30. Rdf3 Kd7 31. Kc2 c5 32. Kd2 Ne7 33. Ne3 Nf5
34. g6 Nxe3 35. Kxe3 Rf5 36. h4 Rc8 37. R3f2 Ke7 38. Ra1 cxd4+ 39. Kxd4 Kd7 40.
Rc1 Rc5 41. Rg1 Rf8 42. Rg5 Rfc8 43. Rxh5 Rxc3 44. Rh7 R8c5 45. Rxg7+ Ke8 46.
f5 Rxb3 47. fxe6 Rb4+ 48. Kd3 Rb3+ 49. Ke2 d4 50. Rff7 d3+ 51. Kd1 Rb1+ 52. Kd2
1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 15th Gr6"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1999.10.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ribli, Zoltan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1999.10.11"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Mravince-Dalmacijacement"]
[BlackTeam "Alchevsk Garant-Donbass"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 dxc4 7. Nxc6 Qxd1+
8. Nxd1 bxc6 9. Bg2 Nd5 10. Ne3 e6 11. Nxc4 Ba6 12. b3 Bb4+ 13. Bd2 Bxd2+ 14.
Nxd2 Nb4 15. Kd1 O-O-O 16. a3 Nd5 17. Rc1 Kb7 18. Bf3 e5 19. Re1 Kb6 20. Kc2
Nf6 21. Rcd1 c5 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Bb5 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Rd1 Rxd1 26. Kxd1
h6 27. Kd2 a5 28. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 3rd"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "1999.10.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wallhof, Dieter"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2026"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1999.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Qd2 Bg7 8.
O-O-O Qe7 9. g4 a6 10. h4 b5 11. h5 g5 12. Re1 Bb7 13. Rh3 Nd7 14. d5 O-O 15.
Re3 c5 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Nd4 Bb7 18. Kb1 Ne5 19. Rhg3 b4 20. Na4 a5 21. Bb5
Rfc8 22. b3 Qf6 23. c3 bxc3 24. Nxc3 Rc5 25. Nde2 Rac8 26. a4 Qxf2 27. Nd1 Qf6
28. Rc3 Bxe4+ 29. Ka2 Nf3 30. Rxc5 Qa1# 0-1

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 3rd"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "1999.10.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kunz, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "1999.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Qe2 d5 10. Re1 Bb7 11. Bg5 Be7 12. e5 Ng8 13. Bf4 Kf8 14. Na4 c5 15.
c4 d4 16. Be4 a5 17. Rad1 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Rb8 19. Rd3 g6 20. g4 Kg7 21. h3 h5 22.
Kg2 hxg4 23. hxg4 Nh6 24. f3 Rb4 25. b3 Rbb8 26. Rdd1 Rh7 27. Rh1 Rbh8 28. Nb2
Ng8 29. Rxh7+ Rxh7 30. Nd3 Bh4 31. Rh1 Ne7 32. Bd2 Rh8 33. Qf4 Kg8 34. Rh3 g5
35. Qe4 Kg7 36. f4 gxf4 37. Nxf4 Bg5 38. Nxe6+ fxe6 39. Rxh8 Kxh8 40. Bxg5 Qc6
41. Kf3 Qxe4+ 42. Kxe4 Nc6 43. Bh6 Kg8 44. a3 Kf7 45. a4 Nb4 46. Bc1 Kg6 47.
Ba3 Na6 48. Kf3 Kg7 49. Kg3 Kf7 50. g5 Kg7 51. Bb2 Nb4 52. Bc1 Kf7 53. Kg4 Nd3
54. Bd2 Nxe5+ 55. Kf4 Nc6 56. Ke4 Kg6 57. Bf4 Nb4 58. Bd6 Na6 59. Be7 Kh5 60.
Bd8 Kg6 61. Kf4 Nb4 62. Bxa5 Nd3+ 63. Ke4 Nc1 64. Be1 d3 65. a5 d2 66. Bxd2
Nxb3 67. Bc3 1-0

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 3rd"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "1999.10.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kalka, Arkadius Georg"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1999.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5
Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Rxf3 Nc7 11. a4 a6 12. Qe2 b6 13. Bd2 Qc8 14. Raf1 Qb7 15.
Bc4 Nd7 16. e5 Rad8 17. e6 fxe6 18. dxe6 Nf6 19. f5 d5 20. Ba2 gxf5 21. Rxf5
Qc6 22. Bg5 c4 23. Rd1 b5 24. axb5 axb5 25. Bxf6 Rxf6 26. Rxf6 Bxf6 27. Re1 Kh8
28. Bb1 Bxc3 29. bxc3 Qd6 30. Qg4 Rf8 31. Qd4+ Rf6 32. Qa7 Rxe6 33. Qb8+ Kg7
34. Rxe6 Nxe6 35. Qxb5 Qc5+ 36. Qxc5 Nxc5 0-1

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 3rd"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "1999.10.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1999.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Bd3 g6 12. Nf3 Bg7 13. Bb5+ Ke7 14. Qxd6+
Kxd6 15. Be2 Ke7 16. Rd1 b6 17. Bd2 a5 18. Bc3 Bb7 19. Bd4 Rhc8 20. c3 Ba6 21.
Kf1 a4 22. Bxa6 Rxa6 23. Rd3 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 3rd"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "1999.10.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelashvili, Tamaz"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1999.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. h3 O-O 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O
exd5 9. exd5 Na6 10. Bxa6 bxa6 11. Nd2 Re8 12. Nc4 Ne4 13. Bd2 Bd7 14. Nxe4
Rxe4 15. Nxd6 Rd4 16. Qf3 Qe7 17. Bf4 Qf6 18. Ne4 Qf5 19. Rae1 Bb5 20. c3 Rd3
21. Be3 Qxf3 22. gxf3 Rxd5 23. Rd1 Rf5 24. Rfe1 Rxf3 25. Kg2 Rf5 26. Bxc5 Bc6
27. Ba3 Re8 28. f3 Rfe5 29. Kf2 f5 30. Nd2 Bf6 31. Rxe5 Rxe5 32. c4 Kf7 33. Bd6
Re6 34. Bc5 Bxb2 35. Bxa7 Re7 36. Be3 Bf6 37. Bc5 Bh4+ 38. Kf1 Rb7 39. Ke2 Rd7
40. Be3 Re7 41. Kd3 Rb7 42. Kc2 Bf6 43. Kd3 g5 44. Bc5 Rd7+ 45. Kc2 h5 46. Rg1
Ba4+ 47. Kc1 Rd3 48. Bb4 Re3 49. Nb3 Rxf3 0-1

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 3rd"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "1999.10.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1999.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. d4 Qb6 5. dxc5 Qxc5 6. Be2 d6 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bg4 9. b4 Qb6 10. Be3 Qd8 11. Ra2 Nf6 12. Nc3 a5 13. b5 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Ne5 15.
Be2 O-O 16. c5 Rc8 17. Bd4 Ned7 18. Na4 dxc5 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. e5 Nd5 21. Rd2
e6 22. Bf3 Bh6 23. Bxd5 Bxd2 24. Bxb7 Rb8 25. Nxc5 Qd4 26. Nb3 Qc3 27. Bc6 Rfd8
28. Nxd2 Rxd2 29. Qf3 Qxe5 30. g3 Qd4 31. Re1 Rd3 32. Qe2 Rxa3 33. Kg2 Rd3 34.
Qe4 a4 35. Qxd4 Rxd4 36. Re3 Kf8 37. Kf3 Ke7 38. Rc3 Rb4 39. Ke2 Rd8 40. b6
Rb2+ 41. Ke1 Rb3 0-1

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 3rd"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "1999.10.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Klundt, Klaus"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1999.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O e6 7. Re1 Nc6 8. Be3
h6 9. h3 b6 10. Qd2 Kh7 11. Rad1 Ne7 12. Bf4 Bb7 13. Bd3 a6 14. Qe2 b5 15. Nb1
Nd7 16. Nbd2 e5 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Bg3 c6 19. c3 Qc7 20. Bc2 Nc5 21. Nb3 Na4 22.
Bb1 c5 23. Rd2 c4 24. Nc1 Rad8 25. Red1 Nc6 26. Rd5 Bc8 27. Bh4 f6 28. Bg3 Be6
29. R5d2 Qe7 30. Nh2 h5 31. Rxd8 Rxd8 32. Rxd8 Qxd8 33. Qc2 Bh6 34. Nf1 f5 35.
f3 Qg5 36. Ne2 f4 37. h4 Qd8 38. Bf2 Bf8 39. b3 Nc5 40. Nc1 Nd7 41. Qd2 a5 42.
Bc2 Qc7 43. Qe2 Ba3 44. Qd1 Bc5 45. Qd2 Bxf2+ 46. Qxf2 b4 47. bxc4 bxc3 48. Ne2
Bxc4 49. Nxc3 Nd4 0-1

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 3rd"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "1999.10.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Miezis, Normunds"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1999.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nxc6 dxc6 8.
O-O e5 9. f4 Nf6 10. Kh1 Bd6 11. f5 h5 12. a4 Bc5 13. Qf3 a5 14. Qg3 Kf8 15.
Bg5 Bd7 16. Rad1 Re8 17. Be2 Bc8 18. Qh4 Ke7 19. Rd3 Rd8 20. Nd1 Rxd3 21. Bxd3
Qd8 22. Ne3 Bd4 23. b3 b6 24. Nc4 b5 25. axb5 cxb5 26. Na3 b4 27. Nb5 Bb7 28.
h3 Bc6 29. Qg3 Bxb5 30. Bxb5 Qb6 31. Bd3 Rc8 32. Qf3 Rc3 33. Bd2 Rc8 34. g3 Rc5
35. Re1 Bc3 36. Bxc3 Rxc3 37. Rd1 Qc5 38. Kg2 Kd6 39. Qf2 Qc7 40. Qe2 Ke7 41.
Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 3rd"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "1999.10.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Grabarczyk, Miroslaw"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1999.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 g6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. a4 a5
9. e4 Bg7 10. Bb5 O-O 11. O-O Nxb6 12. h3 Ne8 13. Bf4 Bb7 14. e5 Rb8 15. Re1
Nc7 16. exd6 exd6 17. Ne4 Nc8 18. Bc4 h6 19. h4 Ba6 20. Nfd2 Rxb2 21. Bxa6 Nxa6
22. Nc4 Rb4 23. Rc1 Rxc4 24. Rxc4 Nb4 25. Rc1 f5 26. Nc3 Qxh4 27. g3 Qh3 28.
Nb5 g5 29. Bxd6 Nxd6 30. Nxd6 f4 31. Qf3 Bd4 32. Qg2 Qxg2+ 33. Kxg2 f3+ 34. Kf1
Nd3 35. Red1 Nxc1 36. Rxc1 Rd8 37. Nc4 Rxd5 38. Nxa5 Bb2 39. Rb1 Bc3 40. Nc6
Kf7 41. g4 c4 42. Kg1 Rd6 43. Na7 Rd4 44. Rb7+ Ke6 45. Rb6+ Kd5 46. Rb5+ Ke4
47. Nc6 Rd1+ 48. Kh2 Bd2 49. Re5+ Kd3 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.11.29"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ivanisevic, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[Annotator "Meulders,R"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Yugoslavia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "YUG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nc3 e6 6. Ndb5 {Ein weisser Rabe
in der (Gross)meisterpraxis.} Qb8 7. Be3 a6 8. Bb6 {Eine interessante und
scharfe Variante.} ({Der meistgespielte Zug an dieser Stelle ist} 8. Nd4 {
Ein rezenter Beispiel:...} Qc7 9. Be2 Nf6 10. O-O Bb4 11. f3 O-O 12. Na4 b5 13.
Nxc6 Qxc6 14. a3 Bd6 15. Nc3 Bb7 16. Qd2 Qc7 17. g3 Be5 18. Bd4 d5 19. exd5
Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. c3 $11 {0-1 Paul Tomillo,J-Magem Badals,J/Palencia 1999/
CBM 71 ext (34)}) 8... axb5 9. Nxb5 Bb4+ (9... Be7 $2 10. Bc7 Ra4 11. Bxb8
Rxe4+ 12. Be2 Nxb8 13. Na7 Kd8 14. Qd3 Nf6 15. a3 Nc6 16. Nxc6+ $18 {1/2-1/2
Quinta,D-Kukovec,B/Murek 1998/CBM 65 ext (31)}) 10. c3 Ba5 11. Nc7+ Kf8 $2 ({
Ich glaube der einzig spielbare Zug hier ist} 11... Qxc7 $1 {Nach} 12. Bxc7
Bxc7 {hat Schwarz drei Leichtfiguren gegen Dame und Bauern und wenn er seine
Figuren aktivieren kann, besitzt er die besseren Chancen, z.B.} 13. Qg4 Kf8 (
13... g6 14. Bc4 Nge7 15. Qe2 O-O 16. O-O f5 $6 (16... d5 17. exd5 exd5 18. Bb3
Be5 19. Rad1 Be6 20. f4 Bg7 21. g4 $16) 17. f3 Ra5 18. b4 Re5 19. Bd3 Bb6+ 20.
Kh1 f4 21. Qc2 d5 22. a4 $14 {1-0 Ponomariov,R-Al Modiahki,M/Las Vegas 1999/
CBM 72/[Ribli] (22)}) 14. f4 Nf6 15. Qf3 d5 16. e5 Ne4 17. Bd3 Nc5 $11 {
0-1 Pyhala,A-Kanko,I/FIN 1995/EXT 98 (79)}) 12. Nxa8 Qxa8 13. Qd6+ (13. Qa4 $4
Bxc3+ $19) 13... Nge7 14. Qa3 {Dank dieser Fesselung erhält Weiss grossen
Vorteil.} f5 (14... Qb8 15. Bxa5 Qe5 16. Bb6 Qxe4+ 17. Be3 f5 18. O-O-O $18 {
1-0 Ganguly,S-Kabir,S/Calcutta 1999/CBM 69 ext (54)}) 15. b4 fxe4 16. bxa5 $18
Kf7 17. Qd6 Nd5 18. Bc4 Nxb6 19. axb6 Qa5 20. O-O Qxc3 21. Rac1 Qd4 22. Qxd4 $2
{Hier konnte Weiss seinen Gegner sofort fertigmachen:} (22. Bxe6+ $1 dxe6 23.
Rxc6 $18) 22... Nxd4 23. Rfd1 Nf5 24. g4 $16 Ne7 25. Bb5 Nd5 26. Rc2 Nxb6 27.
Rdc1 d5 28. Rc7+ Kf6 29. a4 e5 30. a5 Nc4 31. Bxc4 dxc4 32. R1xc4 $18 Bxg4 33.
Rxb7 Bf3 34. Rc6+ Kg5 35. Rxg7+ Kh5 36. Rc1 Kh6 37. Rg3 Ra8 38. Ra1 Ra6 39. Kf1
Kh5 40. Ke1 Kh4 41. Kd2 Rd6+ 42. Kc3 Be2 43. Kb4 Rf6 44. Ra2 Bd3 (44... Rxf2
45. Re3) 45. Kc5 Ra6 46. Kd5 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.12.01"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "France"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 a6 6. Bc4 Nbd7 $6 (6... e6 7.
Qe2 b5 8. Bb3 Bb7 9. Be3 Nbd7 $11 {0-1 Varga,Z-Kalinitschew,S/Budapest 1996/
EXT 96b (23)}) 7. O-O (7. Bb3 e6 8. Qe2 h6 9. O-O Be7 10. Rd1 $14 {1-0 Zhelnin,
V-Zaitsev,V/St. Petersburg 1999/CBM 71 (43)}) 7... b5 8. Bb3 Bb7 $2 (8... h6 9.
Re1 $14 {/+/-}) (8... e6 9. Ng5 h6 10. Nge4 $14 {/+/-}) 9. Ng5 $1 $18 {auf den
ersten Blick ist es etwas überraschend, aber Schwarz kann sich nun wegen
seines Entwicklungsrückstandes und der ungünstigen Stellung seiner Dame nicht
mehr verteidigen.} e6 (9... Nd5 10. Nxf7 Kxf7 11. Nxd5 c5 (11... Bxd5 12. Qh5+
$18) 12. Qf3+ (12. Bf4 $5) 12... Ke8 13. Bf4 Qc6 14. dxc5 (14. Qh5+ $5) 14...
Nxc5 15. Rfd1 $18) 10. Re1 Be7 11. Nxe6 $3 {[%mdl 512] der Einschlag auf dem
richtigen Punkt.} (11. Nxf7 $2 {wäre hingegen wegen} Kxf7 12. Rxe6 Qxe6 13.
Bxe6+ Kxe6 {nicht klar.}) 11... fxe6 12. Rxe6 Qb4 13. a3 Qa5 14. Bd2 b4 15.
axb4 Qf5 16. Qe2 Ng8 17. Ra5 $1 Qf8 (17... c5 18. dxc5 Rc8 19. c6 $18) 18. Nd5
Kd8 (18... Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Rb8 20. Bc6 Kd8 21. Rxa6 Ngf6 22. b5 $18) 19. b5 Bd6 (
19... axb5 20. Qxb5 Rb8 (20... Bxd5 21. Qxd5 Rc8 22. Ra8 $18) 21. Nxe7 Nxe7 22.
Bg5 $18) 20. bxa6 Bc6 21. Nb4 Nb8 (21... Bxb4 22. Bxb4 Qxb4 $2 23. Re8#) (21...
Nb8 22. Nxc6+ Nxc6 23. Qe4 Nge7 24. Bg5 Kd7 25. Bxe7 Nxe7 26. Rxd6+ cxd6 27.
Be6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.12.02"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 b5 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Qc7 8. a4
b4 9. Ne2 Bb7 10. Bf4 d6 11. c3 Nc6 12. O-O Nf6 13. Rc1 bxc3 14. Nxc3 Be7 15.
a5 Qd8 16. Ra1 O-O 17. Qe2 Nd7 18. Rfd1 Qb8 19. Ra4 Na7 20. Raa1 Nc6 21. Ra4
Na7 22. Raa1 Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.12.03"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Izeta Txabarri, Felix"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "220"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Spain"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Bc4 (6. Be2 {main line})
6... O-O 7. O-O Na6 (7... Nbd7 8. h3 a6 9. a4 b6 10. Bf4 Rb8 11. Re1 Nh5 12.
Bh2 b5 13. axb5 axb5 14. Nxb5 Nb6 (14... Bxb2 15. Ra2 Bg7 16. Nxd6 $5 $14 (16.
Na7 $14)) 15. Bf1 Bxb2 16. Ra2 Bg7 17. c4 $14 {0-1 Terasti Pasi-Miettinen
Keijo/Avoin suomenmestaruus 1995 (64)}) (7... Qa5 8. Re1 a6 9. Bd2 Bg4 10. a4 (
10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 b5 12. Bf1 Nbd7 13. a3 $14) 10... Nbd7 11. h3 Bxf3 12.
Qxf3 Ne5 13. Qe2 Nxc4 14. Qxc4 Qb4 15. Qe2 c4 $14 {1-0 Teuchert-Kiffmeyer,C/
GER-N 1977/Inf 77 (42)}) (7... Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nbd7 10. Qd1 (10. Qe2 Nb6
11. f4 Nfd7 12. a4 Nxc4 13. Qxc4 a6 $132 {1-0 Lewandowska,K-Koglin,A/BLW 1994 
(66)}) 10... Ne8 (10... Rb8 11. a4 Ne8 12. Bf4 Nc7 13. Qd2 $14 {1-0 Van Dongen,
P-Krivokapic,R/Paris ,EXT 1993 (55)}) 11. Re1 Nc7 12. a4 (12. Bf1 Rb8 13. a4 a6
14. a5 b5 15. axb6 Rxb6 16. Na4 $14) 12... f5 13. exf5 Rxf5 14. Ne4 $5 (14. Ba2
Nb6 15. g4 Rf7 16. a5 Nd7 17. Ne4 $14) 14... Nb6 {[%csl Rd5]} 15. Bd3 $5 $14 {
1-0 Grischuk,A-Markowski,T/Batumi 1999/CBM 74_03/ (29)} (15. g4 $5 Rf8 16. Qd3
Nxc4 17. Qxc4 Qd7 18. Ra3 $14 (18. Nxc5 dxc5 19. d6+ Kh8 20. dxc7 Qxc7 21. Be3
b6 $11))) 8. h3 (8. Qe2 Nc7 9. Re1 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nd7 12. a4 b6 13.
Bf1 a6 14. Bg5 $14 (14. b3 Rb8 15. Bb2 e6 $11 {1-0 Bus,M-Bojczuk,Z/Bielsko
Biala ,EXT 1990 (43)})) (8. Re1 Nc7 9. Bf4 (9. a4 $14) 9... Nh5 10. Be3 b5 11.
Nxb5 Nxb5 12. Bxb5 Rb8 13. Qd3 (13. Bc4 Rxb2 14. Rb1 Rxb1 15. Qxb1 Bg4 $132 {
0-1 Mendoza,L-De la Riva,O/ESP ch Lleida ,EXT 1991 (28)}) 13... Bxb2 (13... f5
14. e5 dxe5 15. Qc4 e4 16. Ng5 $14) 14. Rab1 Bg7 15. Bc6 $14) (8. a4 Nc7 9. h3
a6 10. Bf4 Nd7 11. Re1 Rb8 12. a5 b5 13. axb6 Rxb6 14. Na4 Rb4 15. Qd3 Nb6 16.
Nxb6 Rxb6 17. Ra2 Bd7 18. e5 $14 {0-1 Hachian,M-Situru,N/Yerevan olm 1996/EXT
96ch2 (42)}) 8... Nc7 9. Qd3 (9. a4 a6 10. Bf4 Nd7 (10... b6 11. Re1 Bb7 12.
Qd3 Rb8 13. Rad1 Nh5 14. Bc1 b5 15. axb5 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 axb5 17. Bf1 $14 {
1-0 Izeta,F-Sanchez Guirado,F/ch-ESP, Torrevieja 1997 (64)}) 11. Re1 Rb8 12. a5
b5 13. axb6 Rxb6 14. Na4 Rb4 15. Bf1 f5 $132 {[%csl Rf4]}) (9. Re1 e5 10. dxe6
Bxe6 11. Bxe6 Nxe6 12. a4 (12. Qd3 Qd7 13. Be3 Rad8 14. Rad1 a6 15. b3 Rfe8 16.
Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Nc7 18. c4 b5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Grischuk,A-Malakhov,V/Porto San
Giorgio ITA 1999 (35)}) 12... Re8 13. Be3 Qb6 14. Qd3 a6 15. a5 Qc6 16. Qc4 b5
17. axb6 Qxb6 $14 {1/2-1/2 Izeta,F-Dumont,S/Rio de Janeiro BRA 1999 (44)}) 9...
a6 10. a4 e5 11. dxe6 (11. a5 Nh5 12. Re1 f5 13. Bg5 Qd7 14. Na4 (14. exf5 gxf5
15. Qe2 e4 16. Nh4 Qf7 17. Na4 Rb8 (17... h6 18. Bc1 Bf6 19. Bxh6 Bxh4 20. Bxf8
Kxf8 21. Nb6 Rb8 $15) 18. Rad1 (18. c3 h6 19. Bc1 Bf6 20. Nxc5 Bxh4 21. Ne6
Bxe6 22. dxe6 Qg6 23. e7+ Rf7 $17) 18... h6 19. Bc1 Bf6 20. Nxc5 Bxh4 21. Ne6
Bg5 22. Nxf8 Kxf8 $15) 14... fxe4 15. Rxe4 Qf7 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. Nxc8 Rbxc8 18.
Re2 Nf4 19. Bxf4 exf4 20. Qb3 Rb8 21. Rae1 $14) 11... Bxe6 12. Bxe6 Nxe6 13.
Rd1 b5 14. axb5 axb5 15. Rxa8 Qxa8 16. Qxb5 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 $6 {Desire white
faster to make a drawn game it is understandable, but it is better to do it
from a position of strength.} (17. Nd5 $142 $5 Rb8 (17... Nd4 18. Nxd4 (18. Qc4
Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Nf6 $15) 18... Bxd4 19. Be3 Bxe3 20. Nxe3 Rb8 21. Qe2 Rxb2 22.
Nd5 f5 (22... Ng5 23. Qe7 Ne6 24. Qf6 Qb8 (24... Qa2 25. Ne7+ Kf8 26. Nc8 Kg8
27. Nxd6 $18) 25. Ne7+ Kf8 26. Nc6 $18 {[%cal Gf6h8]}) 23. f3 Ng5 24. Qe7 Nf7
25. Nf6+ Kg7 26. Ne8+ Kg8 27. Qf6 Qxe8 28. Qxb2 $16) 18. Qc4 (18. Qd3 Nf6 19.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. b3 $11) 18... Nf6 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Rxd6 Qa1 21. Rxe6 fxe6 22.
Qxe6+ Kg7 23. Qe1 Bxb2 24. Bxb2+ Qxb2 25. Qe7+ Kg8 26. Qxc5 Qc1+ 27. Kh2 Qf4+
28. Kh1 $44) 17... Qxe4 18. Qd3 d5 19. c3 (19. Qxd5 Qxc2 20. Qd3 Qxd3 21. Rxd3
Ra8 $15) 19... Qxd3 20. Rxd3 Rd8 21. Be3 h6 22. Rd1 (22. Kf1 f5 23. c4 dxc4 24.
Rxd8+ Nxd8 25. Nd2 c3 (25... Bxb2 26. Nxc4 Bd4 (26... Bg7 27. Bxc5 $11) 27.
Bxh6 $11) 26. bxc3 Bxc3 27. Bxh6 $11) 22... f5 23. g3 g5 24. b4 f4 25. gxf4 (
25. Bxc5 Bxc3 26. Kf1 Kf7 27. Ke2 $11) 25... gxf4 26. Bxc5 Bxc3 27. Nd4 (27.
Kf1 Kf7 28. Ke2 $11) 27... Kf7 (27... Nxd4 28. Bxd4 Bxb4 29. Be5 f3 30. Rd3 $11
) 28. Kf1 $6 (28. Nxe6 Kxe6 29. Kg2 $11) 28... Nxd4 29. Bxd4 Bxb4 $15 30. Ke2 (
30. Be5 f3 31. Rd3 Ke6 32. Bg7 Rg8 33. Bxh6 Rh8 34. Re3+ Kd7 35. Rb3 Bd6 36.
Be3 Rxh3 37. Ke1 Ke6 $17) 30... Ra8 31. Kf3 Bd6 32. Bb2 $6 (32. Kg4 $1 Ke6 (
32... Rg8+ 33. Kh5 Bf8 34. h4 $44) 33. Kh5 $44) 32... Ke6 33. Re1+ $6 {Missing
for the last time capability to play by the king on g4} (33. Kg4 Rg8+ 34. Kh5
Bf8 35. h4 Bc5 36. Bd4 Bxd4 37. Rxd4 Ke5 38. Rd1 $44) 33... Kf5 34. Rd1 Ra5 35.
Bc1 Rb5 {[%cal Gb5b3]} 36. Rd3 h5 37. Bd2 Be5 38. Bc1 Rb1 39. Bd2 d4 (39... Rb5
40. Bc1) 40. Ba5 Rh1 41. Ke2 (41. Kg2 Ra1 (41... Ke4 $4 42. Rxd4+ Bxd4 43. Kxh1
Kf3 44. Bc7 Bxf2 45. Bxf4 $11) 42. Bb4 Ke4 $19) 41... Ke4 42. Bd2 (42. Rb3 Bd6
43. Bd2 Rh2 44. Ba5 Bc5 45. Be1 h4 (45... d3+ 46. Rxd3 Be3 $5 47. Ra3 f3+ 48.
Kd1 Bxf2 49. Ra2 (49. Bxf2 Rxf2 50. Ke1 Rh2 51. Ra8 h4 (51... Rxh3 52. Re8+ Kf4
53. Rf8+ Kg3 54. Rg8+ Kf4 (54... Kh2 55. Kf2 h4 56. Rg4 $11) 55. Rf8+) 52. Kf1
(52. Re8+ Kf4 53. Rf8+ Kg3 54. Rg8+ Kxh3 55. Kf1 Ra2 56. Kg1 Rg2+ 57. Kh1 Rg4
$19) 52... Kf4 53. Rg8 Rc2 (53... Rxh3 54. Rf8+ Kg3 55. Rg8+ Kh2 56. Rg4 $11)
54. Rg7 $11) 49... Bg1 50. Rxh2 Bxh2 51. Bh4 Kf4 52. Kd2 Bg3 53. Be7 Ke4 54.
Bc5 $11) 46. Rd3 Bb6 47. Rb3 d3+ 48. Rxd3 Be3 49. Ra3 f3+ 50. Kd1 Bd4 51. Ra4
Rh1 52. Kd2 (52. Rb4 Kd5 53. Kd2 Bf6 54. Rb3 Be7 55. Rd3+ Kc4 56. Rc3+ Kb5 57.
Kd1 Bb4 58. Re3 Kc6 59. Re4 Bc5 60. Kc2 (60. Rxh4 Bxf2 61. Re4 Kd5 62. Re8 Rg1
63. Kd2 Bxe1+ 64. Rxe1 f2 $19) 60... Rxh3 61. Kd3 Kd5 62. Rg4 Rh1 63. Rg5+ Kc6
64. Bc3 h3 65. Ke4 h2 66. Rh5 Bd6 67. Kxf3 Rc1 $19) 52... Rxh3 53. Kc2 Kd5 54.
Ra5+ Ke6 (54... Ke4 55. Ra4 $11) 55. Kd3 $44) 42... Bd6 43. Rb3 Rh2 44. Be1 Bc5
45. Rf3 Rg2 46. Rb3 Ba7 47. Rf3 Bb6 48. Ra3 Bc5 49. Rb3 Rg1 50. Bd2 Ra1 51. Rf3
Bd6 52. Rb3 f3+ {Ponomariov finds a way to rip a defense of white, but it is
not enough for winning..} 53. Rxf3 Ra2 54. Rb3 (54. Rd3 $2 Bb4 55. f3+ Kd5 56.
Kd1 Kc4 57. Ke2 h4 58. f4 Kd5 59. f5 Ke5 60. f6 Bxd2 61. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 62. Kxd2
Kxf6 $19) 54... Bf4 55. Rd3 Kd5 56. Kd1 Kc4 57. Rxd4+ Kxd4 58. Bxf4 Rxf2 59.
Bg5 Ke4 60. h4 {Began counting 50 moves. The position black is won. It is
necessary only to be in time.} Kf3 61. Ke1 Ra2 62. Bf6 Kg2 63. Bg5 Ra4 64. Ke2
Re4+ 65. Kd3 Kf3 66. Kd2 Re6 67. Kd1 Kf2 68. Kd2 Rd6+ 69. Kc3 {For victory it
is necessary to push aside the white king for a line c. But it is impossible
This position was analysed by B Baranov (1954)} Kf3 70. Be7 Rd7 71. Bg5 Ke4 72.
Bh6 Rd8 (72... Rd3+ 73. Kc2 $1 {diagonal opposition - Baranov} (73. Kc4 $2 Rd6
74. Bg5 Rc6+ $19) 73... Kd4 (73... Rd6 74. Bg5 Kf5 (74... Kf3 75. Kc3 Ke2 76.
Kc4 Rd3 77. Bf4) 75. Kc3 Rd1 (75... Kg6 {[%cal Gd6d5]} 76. Kc4) 76. Kc2 Rd5 77.
Kc3 Kg6 78. Be3 $11 (78. Kc4 $2 Rxg5)) 74. Bg5 Kc4 75. Be7 Re3 76. Bg5 Re2+ 77.
Kd1 Kd3 78. Bd8 Re6 79. Bg5 Ra6 80. Ke1 Ra2 81. Kf1 $11) 73. Bg5 Rd6 74. Kc2
Rd3 75. Bh6 Rd7 76. Bg5 Kf3 77. Kc3 Ke2 78. Kc4 Rd3 79. Bh6 Ra3 80. Bg5 Kf3 (
80... Ra4+ 81. Kc3 (81. Kd5 Kf3 (81... Kd3 82. Ke5) 82. Ke5 Kg4 83. Bd8) 81...
Rg4 82. Bf6 Rg6 83. Bg5 Rc6+ 84. Kd4 Kf3 85. Kd3 $11) 81. Kd4 Ra4+ (81... Ra1
82. Kd3 Rd1+ 83. Kc2 Ke2 84. Kc3 Rd7 85. Bh6 Kf3 86. Bg5 Ke4 87. Kc2 Rd3 88.
Bh6 $1 $11 (88. Bf6 Ke3 89. Bg5+ Ke2 $19)) 82. Kd3 Rg4 83. Kd2 Rd4+ 84. Kc3 Ke4
85. Kc2 Rd3 86. Bh6 Kd4 87. Bg5 Kc4 88. Kc1 Kb3 89. Be7 Rd7 90. Bf6 Rd5 91. Bg5
Kc3 92. Bh6 Rd7 93. Bg5 Rd6 94. Bf4 Re6 95. Kd1 Kd3 96. Bg5 Re4 97. Bd8 Ke3 98.
Bg5+ Kf3 99. Kd2 Rd4+ 100. Kc3 Rd7 101. Kc2 Ke2 102. Kc3 Rd3+ 103. Kc4 $1 {
Baranov} (103. Kc2 $2 Rg3 $19) 103... Ra3 104. Kd4 Ra4+ 105. Kc3 Rg4 106. Bf6
Rg3+ 107. Kd4 (107. Kc4 $1 Ke3 108. Kc3 $1 $11) 107... Rd3+ 108. Kc4 $4 {
White forgot - Bishop does not attack e3...} (108. Ke4 $11) 108... Ke3 $1 109.
Be7 Ke4 110. Bg5 Rg3 {Black has winning position, but limit of 50 moves is
over...} (110... Rg3 111. Kc5 (111. Bd8 Rg8 112. Bg5 Rc8+ $19) 111... Rc3+ 112.
Kd6 (112. Kb4 Rc8 $19) 112... Rd3+ 113. Kc5 Ke5 $1 114. Kc4 Rg3 115. Bd8 Rg8
116. Be7 (116. Bg5 Rxg5 117. hxg5 h4 $19) 116... Ke6 $19 {[%csl Rh4]}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.12.04"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. g3 d6 8. Bg2
Bg7 9. Nf3 Nbd7 (9... O-O $6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Qc2 $1 Nb6 12. Rd1 Ne8 13. Bg5
Nc7 14. a4 Bb7 15. Qb3 Ncxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Rxd5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Bxb2 19. Ra2
Bg7 20. Nd2 Ra7 21. Nc4 Qb8 22. Qd3 Rd8 23. e4 Rdd7 24. a5 Rdb7 25. e5 Rb3 26.
Qc2 Rb1+ 27. Bf1 d5 28. Nd2 $16 {Karasev,V-Arykin,A/St Petersburg/1999/}) 10.
Rb1 $5 {This method of fighting Black's setup has become very popular lately
and it has become a serious alternative to the former main line.} (10. O-O Nb6
$1 $44 {<=>}) 10... O-O (10... Nb6 11. b3 Bb7 12. Nh4 O-O 13. O-O Qd7 (13...
Ne8 14. Bb2 Bxc3 15. Bxc3 Rxa2 16. e4 e5 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Ra1 Rxa1 19. Bxa1
Qe7 20. f4 Nd7 21. Qg4 Nef6 22. Qg5 Qe8 23. Re1 Kf7 24. e5 Bxg2 25. exf6 Bd5
26. f5 Rg8 27. fxe6+ Bxe6 28. Nf3 Qa8 29. Qe3 Re8 30. Qh6 {1-0,Jussupow,
A-Kersten,U/GER-ch Altenkirchen/1999/}) 14. Bb2 Rfc8 15. Qd2 Ne8 16. e4 Nc7 17.
f4 Rd8 18. f5 $6 Qe8 19. Kh1 Ba6 20. Rfe1 Nd7 21. Nf3 Qf8 22. Nd1 Bb7 23. Bxg7
Qxg7 24. Ne3 Nb5 25. Rbc1 Rdb8 26. Nc4 Nd4 27. Nxd4 Qxd4 28. Qxd4 cxd4 29. Re2
Ba6 30. Rd2 Bxc4 31. Rxc4 Ne5 32. Rcxd4 Rc8 $44 {Slipak,S-Hoffman,A/Buenos
Aires/1999/}) 11. O-O Qa5 (11... Ne8 $5 12. Qc2 (12. Bd2 Nb6 13. b4 cxb4 14.
Rxb4 Nc4 15. Be1 Qc7 16. Nd4 Qc5 17. Ncb5 Bxb5 18. Nxb5 Rxa2 19. e3 Nf6 20. Nd4
Ne5 21. Qb3 Raa8 22. Bd2 Rfc8 23. f4 Nc4 24. Bc1 Na5 25. Qb2 Nc4 26. Qb1 Ng4
27. Rb5 Bxd4 $5 28. Rxc5 Bxc5 $44 {Arkell,K-Mortazavi,A/Cappelle la Grande/
1991/}) 12... Nc7 13. Rd1 Bxc3 $5 14. Qxc3 Bxe2 15. Bh6 Nf6 16. Rd2 Bxf3 17.
Bxf3 Re8 18. a3 Qd7 19. Kg2 Nb5 20. Qd3 Reb8 21. Re1 Nd4 22. b4 Nxf3 23. Qxf3
cxb4 24. axb4 Ng4 25. Bf4 f6 26. h3 Ne5 27. Bxe5 fxe5 28. Re4 Ra4 29. Rb2 Qb5
$11 {Illescas Cordoba,M-Stanojoski,Z/EU-chT Batumi /1999/}) (11... Nb6 12. b3
Ra7 13. a4 (13. Re1 e6 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. Ng5 Re7 16. Bh3 Bc8 17. Nce4 Nfd5 18.
Bb2 h6 19. Nf3 Bb7 20. Qd2 Nf4 $13 {Konnov,O-Dolomatov,N/Ufa/1999/}) (13. Bb2
Qa8 14. Nh4 Rb8 15. Ba1 Rab7 16. Qc2 Nc8 17. Rfd1 Na7 18. e4 Nd7 19. Nf3 Rb4
20. a3 R4b7 21. h3 Nc8 22. a4 Rb6 23. Bf1 Bxf1 24. Rxf1 Na7 25. Nd2 Qb7 26. Na2
Bxa1 27. Rxa1 Qa6 28. Rfe1 $14 {Cebalo,M-Bancod,R/Genova op/1999/}) 13... Qa8
14. Nh4 Rb8 15. Bb2 Nbd7 16. Ba1 Ne5 17. Qc2 Rab7 18. Rfd1 Qa7 19. Bf1 Ne8 20.
Ne4 Rb6 21. Nd2 Nd7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Nhf3 Nef6 24. e4 Rb4 25. Bxa6 Qxa6 26.
Nc4 Nb6 27. Nfd2 Nfd7 28. Na3 $1 $16 {Piket,J-Topalov,V/Wijk aan Zee/1999/})
12. Bd2 (12. Qc2 Rfb8 13. Bd2 {-12.Bd2}) 12... Rfb8 13. b3 {Although this move
fits White's plans, it's wiser to postpone (and prepare) it for a while, as
now it will not be so easy to repel Black's Q.} (13. Qc2 $142 $5 Ra7 $5 (13...
Qc7 14. b3 (14. Rfc1 Bc4 15. b3 Bxd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Ne1 e6 18. Nd3 Ra3 19.
e4 Ne7 20. Bb4 Ra7 21. a4 Nc6 22. Bc3 Bxc3 23. Qxc3 Qa5 24. Qxa5 Rxa5 25. Bf3
Kf8 26. Kg2 Ke7 27. Bd1 Nde5 28. Nxe5 Nxe5 29. Be2 Rb4 30. f3 f5 $17 {_|_|^,
Whiteley,A-Vukcevich,M/Hastings/1976/}) (14. Nh4 Ra7 15. b3 Rab7 16. a4 Qb6 17.
Rfe1 Ne5 18. h3 Nh5 19. g4 Nf6 20. Nd1 Nc4 21. Bc1 Qb4 22. Nf3 Na3 23. Bxa3
Qxa3 24. Nd2 Nd7 25. Ne3 Qb4 $44 {Pavlovic,D-Pap,M/Nis/1995/}) 14... Rb7 $5 (
14... Nb6 15. Nh4 Qa7 16. a4 Ne8 17. Rfd1 Nc7 18. e4 Nd7 19. Bg5 h6 20. Be3 Rb4
21. Na2 Rbb8 22. f4 Bc8 23. e5 dxe5 24. fxe5 Bxe5 25. Nxg6 Bf6 26. Nf4 Ne8 27.
Nc3 $16 {Konopelchenkova,T-Melamed,T/Moscow/ 1996/}) 15. Rfe1 Qb8 16. h3 Ne8
17. Bg5 (17. e4 $5 $14) 17... h6 {1/2,Sarosi,Z-Rat,D/HUN-chT/1998/}) (13... Nb6
14. b3 Qb4 15. Rfe1 c4 16. e4 cxb3 17. Rxb3 Qc5 18. Be3 Qc7 19. Bxb6 $2 (19.
Qb1 $14) 19... Rxb6 20. Rxb6 Qxb6 21. Qb3 Qc5 22. Na4 Qa5 23. Nc3 Ng4 $40 {
Papp,Z-Antal,S/HUN-chT/1998/}) (13... Ng4 14. a4 Nge5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. b3 Qd8
17. Rfd1 Ra7 18. Be1 Rab7 19. Na2 Qc8 20. b4 cxb4 21. Qxc8+ Rxc8 22. Nxb4 Bxe2
23. Nc6 $1 $16 {Skomorokhin,R-Eliseev,A/St Petersburg/ 1996/}) 14. Rfd1 Qc7 15.
b3 Rba8 16. Be1 Ne8 17. h3 Qa5 18. a4 Rb7 19. e4 Rab8 20. Nb5 Qd8 21. Bf1 Nc7
22. Na3 Bxf1 23. Kxf1 Na6 24. Nc4 Nb4 25. Bxb4 Rxb4 26. Kg2 Qc7 $132 {
Skomorokhin,R-Vajda,L/Budapest/1994/}) 13... Qa3 $1 (13... Ne8 14. Qc2 Bb7 15.
a4 Qd8 16. e4 Nc7 17. Rfe1 Na6 18. Na2 Rc8 19. Bf4 Qb6 20. Qd2 Nc7 21. h4 Qa5
22. Bh3 Rd8 23. Bg5 Nf6 24. Qxa5 Rxa5 25. Nd2 h6 26. Nc4 Ra6 27. Bd2 e6 28. Ba5
Nfe8 29. dxe6 fxe6 30. Rbd1 $16 {Skomorokhin,R-Mudrov,V/Novgorod/1995/}) 14.
Qc2 Nb6 15. Bc1 Qa5 16. Rd1 Ne8 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (16... Bb7 $6 17. Bd2 Ne8 (
17... Qa3 18. Nb5 $1 Qxa2 19. Rb2 Qa6 20. Nc7 $16) 18. a4 Nd7 19. e4 Qd8 20.
Nb5 Ba6 21. Bf1 Nc7 22. Nxc7 Bxf1 $6 23. Nxa8 Be2 24. Kg2 Bxd1 25. Rxd1 Rxa8
26. Be1 Rb8 27. Nd2 Qb6 28. Rb1 Qa6 29. Nc4 Ne5 30. Na3 $1 $16 {Gavrikov,
V-Lukov,V/Moscow/1989/}) 17. Bd2 {[%cal Ya2a4,Rc3b5] /\a4,Nb5} Qa3 $1 18. e4
Bc8 19. h3 Bd7 $44 20. Bc1 Qa5 21. Bd2 Qa3 22. Bc1 Qa5 23. Bb2 {White decides
to play for a win, but Black has sufficient <=>.} (23. Bd2 Qa3 $11) 23... Nc7 (
23... Bxc3 24. Bxc3 Qxa2 25. Rb2 Qa6 26. e5 $40) (23... c4 $6 24. Nd4 $16) 24.
a3 (24. a4 c4 25. Nd2 Na6 $5 $132) 24... Qa6 {Black's Q has fulfilled it's
task, now it moves over to the >>.} 25. Bf1 $6 {Only weakens White's >>.} (25.
Kh2 $142 Qc8 26. Nd2 $5 $13 {/+/=}) 25... Qc8 26. Kh2 f5 $1 {[%cal Rf5e4,Rd7f5]
/\fe4,Bf5} 27. Ra1 (27. Nd2 $5 Qf8 28. b4 $13) 27... Qf8 28. Rd2 fxe4 29. Qxe4
Qf5 $1 30. Qxf5 Bxf5 {[%csl Rb3,Rd5] ><b3,d5 As is quite typical for the Volga
gambit, an exchange of Q gives Black a good _|_, where he can attack White's
weaknesses without bothering about his K.} 31. Re1 Kf8 (31... Bxc3 $5 32. Bxc3
Ncxd5 33. Bb2 Ra7 $13) 32. Ng5 $2 (32. Nb5 $142 $1 Nxb5 (32... Bxb2 33. Nxc7
Bc3 34. Nxa8 Bxd2 35. Nxd2 Rxa8 36. a4 $16 {/\} Nxd5 37. Bg2 e6 38. g4 $18) (
32... Ncxd5 33. Bxg7+ Kxg7 34. Nc7 $1 Nxc7 35. Rxe7+ $16) 33. Bxg7+ Kxg7 34.
Bxb5 Rxa3 35. Rxe7+ Kf6 36. Re3 $8 Nc8 37. Bc4 Nb6 $132) 32... h6 33. Nge4 Nd7
$36 34. b4 (34. Bc4 Ne5 35. Re3 Nxc4 36. bxc4 Rb3 $5 (36... Rxb2 37. Rxb2 Bxe4
38. Rxe4 Bxc3 39. Rb7 Ba5 $5 $17) 37. Nb5 Rxe3 38. Nxc7 Rxe4 39. Nxa8 Bxb2 40.
Rxb2 Rxc4 $17 {[%csl Gc5] o^c}) 34... cxb4 35. axb4 Rxb4 36. Bg2 Nf6 37. Nxf6
Bxf6 38. Rc1 $2 $138 (38. Nd1 $8 Bxb2 39. Nxb2 Ra2 40. Ree2 Nb5 $36) 38... Nb5
$1 $19 (38... Bg5 39. f4 Rxf4 $17) 39. g4 (39. Nd1 Ra2 $19) (39. f4 Rxb2 40.
Rxb2 Nxc3 $19) (39. Nxb5 Bxb2 $19) 39... Bg5 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.12.05"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Pinter, Jozsef"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Bb3 cxd4 8.
exd4 Nc6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. a3 b5 12. d5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.12.06"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. O-O d4 6. e3 e5 7. exd4 exd4 8. d3
Be7 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Re8 $6 $146 (11... Ng4 12. Bf4 Bd6 $11) (
11... Nd7) 12. Bxf6 $1 {Eine undogmatische Entscheidung: das schwarze
Läuferpaar ist in dieser Stellung nicht viel wert. Der Be7 schaut seine
eigenen Bauern an, und der Bc8 ist ganz sicher nicht besser als sein Kollege
auf g2.} Bxf6 13. Nd2 Be7 14. Bd5 Rb8 15. Qf3 Rf8 16. Rfe1 $16 b6 17. Re2 Bd6
18. Rae1 {Weiß beherrscht die einzige offene Linie und die Diagonale h1-a8.
Schwarz muß sich um Schadensbegrenzung kümmern.} Bd7 19. Ne4 Bc7 20. Qh5 {
[%cal Re4g5]} h6 $8 21. h4 {[%cal Re4g5]} (21. f4 $5) 21... Be6 $8 {Traurig,
aber notwendig.} (21... a6 22. Ng5 $1 hxg5 23. Re7 $1 $18) 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. f4
{[%csl Re6]} Qd7 (23... Qe8 24. Qg4 $16) 24. Nd2 (24. Qg4 $5) 24... Rf6 (24...
e5 {wäre eine radikale Methode, das Problem des schwachen Pe6 zu lösen.} 25.
fxe5 Qe6 {[%cal Yf8f5] So richtig kann ich nicht glauben, daß das klappt; aber
immerhin: die schwarzen Figuren leben wieder.}) 25. Qg4 Re8 26. Nf3 Qf7 27. Ne5
Bxe5 28. Rxe5 Rf5 $2 (28... Rg6 29. Qf3 $16) 29. Qxf5 $1 (29. Rxf5 $2 exf5 30.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 31. Qxf5 Qe3+ $11) 29... exf5 30. Rxe8+ Kh7 31. R8e7 $18 Qg6 32. Kf2
b5 $5 {Bei passivem Verhalten gewinnt Weiß einfach durch Verdoppelung auf der
7.Reihe.} 33. R7e6 (33. Rxa7 bxc4 34. Ree7 cxd3 35. Rxg7+ Qxg7 36. Rxg7+ Kxg7
37. a4 c4 38. a5 $18) 33... Qf7 34. cxb5 Qd7 35. Rc6 c4 36. Rxc4 (36. dxc4 $143
d3 {und Schwarz hat ein paar Chancen.}) 36... Qxb5 37. b3 Qa5 38. Rc2 $2 {
Unnötig passiv.} (38. Re2 $142 $18) 38... Qa6 39. Rd2 {Keine Katastrophe, aber
vor ein paar Zügen stand Weiß noch besser.} Kg6 40. Re7 Qc6 {[%cal Rc6h1]} 41.
h5+ (41. Rde2 Qh1 42. R2e6+ Kh5 43. Rxg7 Qh2+ 44. Ke1 Qxa2 $132) 41... Kxh5 42.
Rxg7 Qf6 43. Rxa7 Kg4 44. Kg2 (44. Rd1 $6 {[%cal Yd1h1]} Qc6) (44. Rc7 $18)
44... Qc6+ 45. Kh2 Kf3 (45... Kf3 46. Re7 {und ich kann nicht erkennen, warum
dies remis sein sollte.} {z.B.:} Qg6 47. Rg2 $18) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.12.07"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Pavasovic, Dusko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Slovenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 Bg4 9. c3 f5 10. Qb3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Na5 12. Qa4 Nc6 13. Bb5 Bh4 14. g3 Bf6
15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Qxc6 Re8 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Ng5 19. c4 Re6 20. Qxd5 Qe8
21. h4 Nh3+ 22. Kg2 Rd8 23. Qc5 Qh5 24. Nf3 f4 25. Ng1 Rg6 26. Kh2 Nxg1 27.
Rxg1 Rf8 28. Bd2 Be6 29. Bb4 Rf7 30. Rad1 h6 31. Rd8+ Kh7 32. Re8 Qg4 33. Rxe6
Rxe6 34. Bc3 g5 35. Qd4 Qf3 36. g4 Qe2 37. h5 Rfe7 38. a4 a6 39. a5 Qf3 40. Qd2
Qe4 41. Rd1 Qxc4 42. Qd3+ Qxd3 43. Rxd3 Kg7 44. Kg2 Kf7 45. Rd8 Re8 46. Rd7+
R8e7 47. Rd8 Re8 48. Rd7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "SLO-chT 09th"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1999.11.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1999.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Maribor Branik"]
[BlackTeam "Ptuj"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. f4 e5 5. Nf3 exd4 6. Qxd4 Nc5 7. Be3 g6 8. e5
Ne6 9. Qa4+ Bd7 10. Bb5 Ng4 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. Qxd7+ Kxd7 13. Bd2 f5 14. h3 Nh6
15. O-O-O c6 16. Ne2 Nf7 17. Be3 Kc7 18. Ned4 Re8 19. Nxe6+ Rxe6 20. Bd4 Rg8
21. Rhe1 dxe5 22. Nxe5 Nxe5 23. Rxe5 Rxe5 24. Bxe5+ Kc8 25. c4 Bc5 26. Kc2 Rd8
27. Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "SLO-chT 09th"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1999.11.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1999.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ljubljanski LSK"]
[BlackTeam "Maribor Branik"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. h3 Bg7 6. f4 O-O 7. Qf3 Qa5 8. Bd3 b5
9. Nge2 b4 10. Nd1 Bb7 11. O-O c5 12. d5 Nbd7 13. c4 bxc3 14. Nexc3 Ba6 15.
Bxa6 Qxa6 16. Rc1 Rab8 17. Rc2 Ne8 18. Nf2 Nc7 19. h4 Nb5 20. Nxb5 Rxb5 21. b3
Qb7 22. h5 a5 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Nh3 a4 25. bxa4 Rb1 26. a5 Nf6 27. Rcc1 Rxc1
28. Rxc1 Ra8 29. e5 Nh7 30. exd6 exd6 31. f5 gxf5 32. Qxf5 Rxa5 33. Bf4 Qe7 34.
Qc2 Bd4+ 35. Kh1 Rb5 36. Qd3 Rb6 37. Qg3+ Bg7 38. Re1 Qf6 39. a4 Qg6 40. Qxg6
fxg6 41. Re6 Bf8 42. a5 Ra6 43. Rxg6+ Kf7 44. Re6 Rxa5 45. Bxd6 Ra6 46. Bxc5
Rxe6 47. dxe6+ Kxe6 48. Bxf8 Nxf8 49. g4 Ng6 50. Kg2 Ne5 51. Kg3 Nxg4 52. Kxg4
1/2-1/2

[Event "SLO-chT 09th"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1999.11.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1999.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Maribor Branik"]
[BlackTeam "Nova Gorica"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd8 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nb3 a6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7 11. Qe2 Nf6 12. Nf3 Bd6 13. Re1 b5 14. Bd3
Bb7 15. a4 b4 16. Ne5 O-O 17. Bf4 a5 18. Rad1 Rfd8 19. Bg5 h6 20. Bh4 Bxe5 21.
Qxe5 Qxe5 22. Rxe5 g5 23. Bg3 Be4 24. h4 Bxd3 25. cxd3 Rd5 26. hxg5 hxg5 27.
Rc1 Kh7 28. Rxd5 Nxd5 29. Rc5 Kg6 30. Kf1 f6 31. Ke2 Kf5 32. Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "SLO-chT 09th"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1999.11.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1999.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Maribor SK Piramida"]
[BlackTeam "Maribor Branik"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O e6 8. Nd2
exd5 9. exd5 Na6 10. Nc4 Nc7 11. a4 b6 12. Bf4 Ba6 13. Bxd6 Bxc4 14. Bxc7 Bxe2
15. Bxd8 Bxd1 16. Bxf6 Bxc2 17. Be7 Rfb8 18. d6 Rb7 19. a5 b5 20. Nd5 Bb3 21.
Nc7 Rc8 22. Rae1 Bd4 23. Bg5 Rbxc7 24. dxc7 Rxc7 25. Re8+ Kg7 26. Bf4 Rd7 27.
Be3 a6 28. h3 b4 29. Rb8 Bc2 30. Re1 b3 31. Bc1 Rd5 32. g4 g5 33. Rc8 h6 34.
Kg2 Bd3 35. Ree8 c4 36. Rcd8 Rxd8 37. Rxd8 Be5 38. Rc8 f5 39. f3 f4 40. Rc6 Kf7
41. Rxa6 Ke7 42. Ra8 c3 43. bxc3 Bxc3 44. a6 1-0

[Event "SLO-chT 09th"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1999.11.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Dizdar, Goran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1999.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Maribor Branik"]
[BlackTeam "Krsko Triglav"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7
8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Re1 O-O 11. Nf1 Re8 12. Be3 a5 13. c3 a4 14. a3 Nb3
15. Rb1 Qd7 16. Qc2 Na5 17. Re2 Nc4 18. Rbe1 Nxe3 19. Nxe3 Bc5 20. Qd3 Re6 21.
Nd4 Re5 22. Nec2 Rxe2 23. Rxe2 Re8 24. f3 g6 25. Kf1 Rxe2 26. Qxe2 Qc7 27. g3
h5 28. Kg2 Qb6 29. Nb5 Kf8 30. Nb4 Bxb4 31. axb4 Ne8 32. Na3 Nd6 33. Qd3 Qc6
34. Kf2 Ke7 35. Qe3+ Kd7 36. Qa7 Nc8 37. Qd4 Nd6 38. Ke2 Nf5 39. Qd3 Qe6+ 40.
Kd2 Nd6 41. Qe3 Qh3 42. Qf2 Qf5 43. Kc1 g5 44. Qe2 g4 45. fxg4 hxg4 46. Qd1 b5
47. Qe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "SLO-chT 09th"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1999.11.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Cebalo, Miso"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "1999.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Maribor Branik"]
[BlackTeam "Maribor Lumar Kovinar"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bg5 Bg7 7. Qd2 O-O 8. f3
Nc6 9. Nb3 Be6 10. O-O-O Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "SLO-chT 09th"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1999.11.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "1999.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tolmin AET"]
[BlackTeam "Maribor Branik"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 {Back to the latent agressive mood.} Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5.
Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Nc6 7. Be3 $5 {A strange move.I have thought I was following
the theorie.} (7. Ne2 Bg4 {why not this?} 8. f3 (8. Nbc3 e6 9. Be3 (9. h3 Bxe2
10. Nxe2 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 $11)) 8... Bf5 9. g4 Bxb1 10. Rxb1 e6 $13) 7... Bf5 8.
Nc3 (8. Nf3 e6 9. O-O Qd7 $13) 8... e6 (8... Nb4 {does not bring anything.} 9.
Qf3 $1 Nd3+ 10. Kf1 $32) 9. Nge2 Na5 10. Ba4+ $5 {I have thought provoking
c7-c6 thrust would be profitable.} c6 11. Bc2 Bxc2 (11... Bg6 12. O-O Nac4 13.
Qc1 $5 {Karpov(2715)-Speelman(2625),Bruxelles(S.W.I.F.T) 1988.}) 12. Qxc2 Nac4
13. O-O Be7 (13... Nd5 14. Qb3 $5 Na5 $11 (14... Ncb6 $6 15. a4 a5 16. Nxd5
Nxd5 17. Qxb7 Nb4 18. Bg5 $1 $16)) (13... Be7 14. Rad1 $13) 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-chT 8th"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2000.04.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Sitnikov, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2000.04.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Donetsk region Momot"]
[BlackTeam "Simferopol Cagliostro"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 f5 5. Qc2 Nf6 6. Bd3 Ne4 7. Bxe4 fxe4 8. f3
exf3 9. Nxf3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. e4 dxc4 12. Be3 b5 13. a4 Qe8 14. e5 Na6 15.
axb5 cxb5 16. d5 Bc5 17. Qf2 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 exd5 19. Nxd5 Bb7 20. Nf4 Nb4 21.
Nd4 a6 22. e6 Qe7 23. Nh5 g6 24. Rf7 Rxf7 25. exf7+ Qxf7 26. Rf1 Nd5 27. Qg3
Qe7 28. Nf5 Qc5+ 29. Kh1 Re8 30. Nd6 Re7 31. Qf3 Nf4 32. Nf6+ Kh8 33. Qxf4
Bxg2+ 34. Kxg2 Re2+ 35. Kh1 1-0

[Event "UKR-chT 8th"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2000.04.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2000.04.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kharkov Law Academy"]
[BlackTeam "Donetsk region Momot"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. d5
Ne5 9. Ng3 e6 10. Be2 exd5 11. cxd5 h5 12. O-O Nh7 13. Qd2 h4 14. Nh1 f5 15.
Nf2 Bd7 16. f4 Nf7 17. e5 dxe5 18. Bxc5 Re8 19. fxe5 Bxe5 20. Nd3 Qc7 21. h3
Nhg5 22. Bf3 b6 23. Be3 Bf6 24. Rac1 Nxf3+ 25. Rxf3 Ne5 26. Nxe5 Qxe5 27. Rcf1
Qd6 28. Bg5 Rad8 29. Bxf6 Qxf6 30. d6 Bc6 31. Rd3 f4 32. d7 Re6 33. Nd5 Bxd5
34. Rxd5 f3 35. Qf2 Re2 36. Qxf3 Qxf3 37. gxf3 Rxb2 38. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-chT 8th"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2000.04.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Alexandrova, Olga"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2000.04.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Donetsk region Momot"]
[BlackTeam "Chaika Grandmasters' School"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Ndb5 $5 Qb8 7. Be3 Nf6
8. f4 d6 (8... a6 $2 9. e5 {+/-}) 9. Qf3 $1 (9. a4 Be7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O a6
12. Na3 d5 13. e5 Nd7 14. Ne2 Nc5 15. c3 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Bd7 17. Bb6 Bd8 18. Bc5
Be7 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. Nc2 Nc6 21. Ne3 Ne7 22. Rf3 b5 23. a5 b4 24. Rh3 Ng6 25.
c4 Rd8 26. Rf1 dxc4 27. Nxc4 Bb5 28. Qe4 Bxc4 29. Qxc4 {1/2 Belikov V. -
Alexandrova O., It (cat.8), Alushta (Ukraine)}) 9... Be7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O a6
(11... Bd7 12. Rae1 Nb4 13. Nd4 {+=}) (11... e5 $6 {/\12...a6 ><Nb5} 12. Nd5 {
+/-}) 12. Nd4 Nxd4 $6 (12... Qc7 $142 {-B82}) (12... Bd7 $5) 13. Bxd4 {/\14.
e5->} e5 14. Bb6 $1 {><Qb8} exf4 15. Qxf4 (15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Bf6 17. Qxf4
Bxb2 18. Rae1 f5 {~}) 15... Be6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 g6 $8 18. Rae1 $1 (18.
Bd4 $5 Nd7 19. Rae1 Ne5 20. Rxe5 dxe5 21. Bxe5 Qe8 $1 (21... Qd8 22. Qh6 f6 23.
Bxg6 Bc5+ 24. Kh1 Qe7 25. Bxf6 Rxf6 26. Bxh7+ Qxh7 27. Qxf6 {+/- |^}) 22. d6
Bd8 {+= |^}) 18... Nxd5 (18... Nh5 19. Qh6 Bf6 20. g4 Qc8 21. Re4 Bg7 22. Qg5 {
+-}) 19. Qf3 (19. Qh6 $5 {O.Alexandrova} Bg5 $1 (19... Nxb6 20. Rxe7 Nd5 21.
Bxg6 $1 {E.Miroshnichenko} hxg6 22. Rfxf7 {+-}) (19... Bf6 20. Rxf6 Nxf6 21.
Bd4 Qd8 22. Rf1 (22. g4 $6 Re8 $1 23. Rf1 Re5 24. Qf4 Qd7 25. Qxf6 (25. Bxe5
Nd5) 25... Qxg4+ 26. Kh1 Qxd4 27. Qxf7+ Kh8 28. Qf6+ {=}) 22... Nh5 23. g4 Qh4
24. Rf4 Qe1+ 25. Bf1 {+-}) 20. Qxg5 Nxb6 {~} 21. Re7 (21. Re4 Qc8 22. Qh6 Qd7
23. Rh4 $140 f5 $132) 21... Qd8 22. h4 Rb8 {/\23...Nd5=/+} 23. Rf6 Nd5 24. Bxg6
Qxe7 25. Bxh7+ (25. Be4+ Kh8 26. Bxd5 Rbe8 {=+}) 25... Kh8 26. Be4 Nxf6 27.
Qh6+ Kg8 28. Qg5+ {=}) (19. Qd4 Nxb6 20. Rxe7 Qa7 $1 $132) 19... Nxb6 20. Rxe7
d5 21. Qf6 (21. Rxf7 Qd6 $1 22. c4 $5 Nd7 23. Rxf8+ Rxf8 24. Qxd5+ Qxd5 25.
cxd5 Rxf1+ 26. Kxf1 Kf7 {+= /=}) (21. Qf2 Qd6 22. Rxb7 Nd7 {+= ><Rb7}) 21...
Qd8 (21... Qa7 $2 22. Kh1 {+-}) 22. Rxb7 Nc4 (22... Qxf6 23. Rxf6 Na4 $5 24. b4
(24. Rxa6 Nc5 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Rb5 Nxd3 27. cxd3 Rxa2 28. Kf2 {+=}) 24... a5
25. b5 (25. Rc6 {/\><Na4} axb4 26. Rxb4 Rfb8 $132) 25... Nc3 (25... Nc5 26. Rc7
Ne6 27. Rd7 Rad8 28. Ra7 {+-}) 26. a3 Nb1 27. c4 Nxa3 28. cxd5 (28. c5 $5 Nc4
$132) 28... Rad8 29. Ra6 Rxd5 30. Bf1 Rc8 31. Rxa5 Nc4 32. Ra1 {+/-}) 23. Qxd8
(23. Rxf7 $5 Qxf6 24. R7xf6 Rxf6 25. Rxf6 Nxb2 26. Bxa6 {+/-}) 23... Raxd8 24.
b3 Ne3 25. Rf3 d4 26. c4 {+/- o^c4 ><Pa6} Ng4 $6 27. Re7 $1 a5 (27... Rfe8 28.
Rfxf7 Ne5 29. Rg7+ Kf8 30. Ra7 $1 Ra8 31. Rxa8 Rxa8 32. Rxh7 Kg8 33. Be4 {+-})
(27... Rde8 28. Rfxf7 {+-}) (27... f6 28. Rh3 Rfe8 29. Rhxh7 Rxe7 30. Rxe7 Ne5
31. Be2 $1 d3 32. Bd1 {+/-}) 28. h3 Ne3 29. Ra7 f5 30. Rxa5 Ra8 31. Rxa8 Rxa8
32. Rf2 Nd1 33. Rd2 Nc3 34. a4 Kf7 35. Bf1 Rd8 $138 (35... Rb8 36. Rxd4 Rxb3
37. Rd3 {+-}) 36. a5 Ne4 37. Rd1 Nc3 38. Rd3 Na2 39. c5 Nb4 40. Rd1 Ke6 (40...
d3 41. Bxd3 {+-}) 41. Bc4+ Ke5 42. a6 f4 (42... d3 43. Bxd3 $1 Nxd3 44. a7 Kd4
45. Ra1 Ra8 46. c6 Kc3 47. c7 Kxb3 48. Ra6 $1 {+-}) (42... Rc8 43. Re1+ Kf4 44.
Kf2 Rxc5 45. g3+ Kg5 46. h4+ Kh6 (46... Kf6 47. a7 Ra5 48. Re6+ Kg7 49. Ra6 $1
{+-}) 47. Ra1 Rc8 48. Ra4 Nc6 49. a7 Ra8 50. Bd5 {+-}) (42... Ra8 43. Re1+ Kf4
44. Re6 Kg3 45. Rd6 {+-}) 43. Re1+ Kf5 44. Re6 $1 {/\45.Rb6+-} d3 45. Rd6 Ra8 (
45... Rxd6 46. cxd6 d2 47. Be2 Nc6 48. d7 Ke6 49. a7 {+-}) 46. Kf2 Ke4 47. Rd7
h5 48. c6 (48. h4 $5) 48... g5 49. c7 g4 50. hxg4 hxg4 51. Rd8 g3+ (51... d2
52. Rxa8 $5 d1=Q 53. Re8+ Kd4 54. Rd8+ {+-}) 52. Ke1 f3 53. gxf3+ Ke3 54. Rxa8
g2 55. Re8+ 1-0

[Event "UKR-chT 8th"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2000.04.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Savchenko, Stanislav"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2000.04.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Danko-Donbass Donetsk"]
[BlackTeam "Donetsk region Momot"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. Bf3 c6 13. Be3 cxd5 14. cxd5 h6 15.
Ne6 Bxe6 16. dxe6 fxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 d5 19. Bc2 b6 20. Qg4 e4 21. Rad1
Qc7 22. Bb3 Rf5 23. Rd2 Raf8 24. Red1 Qc6 25. h4 Kh7 26. Rc2 Qxe6 27. Rc7 h5
28. Qe2 Qd6 29. Rxa7 d4 30. Qc4 b5 31. Rxd4 bxc4 32. Rxd6 cxb3 33. Rxe7 b2 34.
Rd1 R8f7 35. Rxe4 Rd5 36. Rb1 Rfd7 37. Bg5 Rd1+ 38. Re1 Rxe1+ 39. Rxe1 Ra7 0-1

[Event "UKR-chT 8th"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2000.04.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Stoockalov, Vladimir L"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2398"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2000.04.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Pavlograd Tura"]
[BlackTeam "Donetsk region Momot"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nge2 e5 7. h3 c6 8. a4
exd4 $1 (8... Na6 9. Be3 $1 Re8 10. O-O Nb4 11. f4 $1 exd4 12. Bxd4 Bd7 13. Bf2
{+=}) 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. O-O Na6 11. Re1 (11. Kh2 $5) 11... Nb4 $132 {/\12...d5}
12. Bg5 $6 (12. a5 $142 d5 13. e5 Ne4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. c3 Nd3 16. Rxe4 Nxc1
17. Qxc1 (17. Rxc1 Qxa5 {~} (17... Rxe5 18. Rxe5 Bxe5 19. a6 {+=})) 17... Rxe5
18. Rxe5 Bxe5 19. a6 Bxd4 20. cxd4 Qxd4 {=}) (12. Bf4 d5 {=+} 13. exd5 $140
Rxe1+ 14. Qxe1 c5 15. Nce2 a5 {-+}) 12... h6 13. Bd2 a5 14. Re2 $1 Bd7 15. Be1
(15. Bf4 d5 16. exd5 Nfxd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Bxd5 cxd5 {=+ ^^})
15... Qb6 16. Rd2 d5 17. exd5 Nbxd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. c4 $1 (19. c3 $6 h5 $1
$36 {/\20...h4 ><>>}) 19... Nf6 (19... Nb4 $5 20. c5 $1 Qc7 (20... Qxc5 $2 21.
Nb3 Qf5 22. g4 $1 {+-} (22. Rxd7 $2 Rxe1+ 23. Qxe1 Qxd7 {-+})) 21. f4 Bf8 22.
Rc1 Rad8 23. Bf2 Bc8 {~ /=/+}) 20. f3 $1 {><Be1} Qc7 (20... Ng4 $5 21. c5 $1 (
21. fxg4 Bxd4+ 22. Bf2 Bxf2+ 23. Rxf2 Be6 24. Qc1 Qb3 25. Qxh6 Qxg3 {=+}) 21...
Qxc5 (21... Bxd4+ $6 {^^><>>} 22. Rxd4 Qxc5 23. Qd2 $1 Re2 24. Qxe2 Qxd4+ 25.
Kh1 Re8 26. Qd1 $1 (26. Qd2 Qxd2 27. Bxd2 Re2 28. Bxa5 Nf2+ {-/+}) 26... Qxd1
27. Rxd1 Nf6 28. Bxa5 {+=}) 22. fxg4 Bxd4+ 23. Kh1 Rad8 (23... Kh7 24. Rxd4
Rxe1+ 25. Qxe1 Qxd4 26. Rd1 Re8 27. Qf1 {+-}) 24. Rc1 Qb6 25. Rxd4 Rxe1+ 26.
Qxe1 Qxd4 27. Rd1 Qb4 $1 28. Qf2 $1 (28. Qxb4 axb4 29. a5 Kf8 30. Rd4 c5 31.
Rd2 Ke7 32. Rc2 Kd6 33. Bxb7 Bc6+ 34. Bxc6 Kxc6 {-/+}) 28... Qxa4 29. Rd6 {
~= ><Bd7,Rd8}) 21. Bf2 Rad8 22. Rc1 $6 (22. Qc2 $1 {~} Nh5 $140 23. f4 Qc8 24.
Kh2 c5 25. Nb5 Bf5 26. Qc1 {+=}) 22... h5 $1 $36 23. Rc3 Bh6 24. Rdd3 (24. f4
$6 h4 {-/+ ><>>}) 24... Bc8 25. g4 Bf4 26. b3 hxg4 27. hxg4 Bg3 28. Bxg3 Qxg3
29. Ne2 Qc7 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Rd3 Re8 32. Qd2 Nd7 $1 {/\33...Nc5 ><Pb3} 33. Re3
Qb6 34. Kf2 (34. Nd4 Rd8 {-/+ |^><Nd4}) 34... Rd8 $1 35. Qd4 $2 (35. Qc3 $142
Nc5 36. Kg3 {=+}) 35... Nc5 36. Qc3 $4 (36. Qf6 Nd3+ 37. Kg3 (37. Kf1 Qxe3 38.
Qxd8+ Kh7 39. Qh4+ Kg7 {-+}) 37... Qxe3 38. Qxd8+ Kh7 39. Qxc8 (39. Qf6 Be6 40.
Nf4 Nxf4 41. Qxf4 Qxb3 {-+}) 39... Qe5+ 40. f4 (40. Kh3 Nf2+ 41. Kh4 Qh2+ 42.
Kg5 Kg7 {-+}) 40... Qxe2 41. Qxb7 Qf2+ 42. Kh2 Qxf4+ 43. Kg1 Qf2+ 44. Kh2 Ne5 {
-+}) 36... Nd3+ 0-1

[Event "UKR-chT 8th"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2000.04.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Miroshnichenko, Evgenij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2000.04.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Donetsk region Momot"]
[BlackTeam "Mariupol Azovstal"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Qa5 9. Bd2 Rc8 10. f3 a6 11. Nd5 Qc5 12. Qxc5 Rxc5 13. Nxf6+ gxf6 14. Bd3
h5 15. Be3 Rc8 16. Kf2 Bh6 17. Bd4 Bb5 18. Bc3 Bf4 19. Rae1 Bc4 20. g3 Be5 21.
Bxe5 fxe5 22. Bxc4 Rxc4 23. c3 Kd7 24. Re2 Ke6 25. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-chT 8th"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2000.04.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gaponenko, Inna"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2000.04.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Donetsk region Momot (W)"]
[BlackTeam "Donetsk region Momot"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O a6 7. Re1 e6 8. h3
Nc6 9. d5 exd5 10. exd5 Ne7 11. a4 b6 12. Bc4 Bb7 13. Bb3 Qd7 14. Bc4 Rfe8 15.
Bg5 h6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Ne4 Bg7 18. Qd3 Kf8 19. Nc3 Qf5 20. Qd2 Ng8 21. Bd3
Qd7 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Bc4 Nf6 24. Rd1 Nh5 25. Nd4 Qe7 26. g4 Nf6 27. Nc6 Qd7
28. Qd3 Nxd5 29. Nxd5 Bxc6 30. Bxa6 Bxa4 31. Nb4 Bxb2 32. c3 Bxd1 0-1

[Event "UKR-chT 8th"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2000.04.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Marchik, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2000.04.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Donetsk region Momot"]
[BlackTeam "Kryvyi Ferrum Rih"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
O-O Qg6 9. Nd2 d5 10. Nxc6 Qxc6 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Bxc5 Qxc5 13. Qh5 Be6 14. Bd3
f5 15. Nf3 Nf4 16. Qh4 Ng6 17. Qd4 Qb6 18. Rfe1 Qxd4 19. Nxd4 Bd7 20. Bc4+ Kh8
21. Rad1 Rae8 22. Be6 Bc8 23. Bxc8 Rxc8 24. Ne6 Rf6 25. Kf1 h6 26. Rd4 Kg8 27.
Nd8 b6 28. a4 a5 29. g3 c6 30. h4 h5 31. f4 b5 32. Nb7 Nf8 33. Re7 Re6 34. Rxe6
Nxe6 35. Rd6 Kf7 36. Nxa5 bxa4 37. Nxc6 Rc7 38. Ke2 Rb7 39. Rd2 g6 40. Kf1 Nc5
41. Nd8+ 1-0

[Event "Lausanne YM"]
[Site "Lausanne"]
[Date "2000.05.30"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Jenni, Florian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2000.05.30"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. g3 O-O-O 10. b3 f6 11. Bb2 fxe5 12. Bg2 e4 13. O-O e3 14. Nc3 exf2+
15. Qxf2 Ne3 16. Rae1 Ng4 17. Qf4 Qxe1 18. Rxe1 Bc5+ 19. Kf1 Rhf8 20. Ne4 Rxf4+
21. gxf4 Bb6 22. Bh3 Rf8 23. Kg2 h5 24. Bxg4 hxg4 25. Kg3 d5 26. Ng5 dxc4 27.
Bxg7 Rg8 28. Be5 Ba5 29. Rc1 cxb3 30. axb3 Be2 31. Ne6 Bf3 32. f5 Bd5 33. Ng7
Bxb3 34. Kxg4 Bd5 35. Ra1 Bb6 36. h4 Be3 37. f6 Kd7 38. Kf5 Rb8 39. Ra3 Bf2 1-0

[Event "Lausanne YM"]
[Site "Lausanne"]
[Date "2000.05.31"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Jenni, Florian"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2000.05.30"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Re1 Qc7 8. Bf4
Nh5 9. Be3 e5 10. Qd2 Nd7 11. a4 Nhf6 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Bc4 b6 14. Rad1 Bb7 15.
Qd6 Rac8 16. Rd2 Qxd6 17. Rxd6 Rc7 18. Red1 Bc8 19. Ba2 h6 20. Nd2 Re8 21. Nc4
Ba6 22. R6d2 Bxc4 23. Bxc4 Bf8 24. f3 Kg7 25. g3 a5 26. Bf1 Bc5 27. Kf2 Bxe3+
28. Kxe3 Nc5 29. Bh3 h5 30. b3 h4 31. Kf2 hxg3+ 32. hxg3 Kf8 33. Rd8 Ke7 34.
Rxe8+ Nxe8 35. f4 Nf6 36. Kf3 Nfd7 37. Nb1 Rc8 38. Bxd7 Nxd7 39. Rh1 b5 40. Nc3
b4 41. Nd1 exf4 42. gxf4 c5 43. Ne3 Nb6 44. Rd1 c4 45. e5 cxb3 46. cxb3 Rc3 47.
Rd6 Nd7 48. Ra6 Rxb3 49. Rxa5 Ra3 50. Rb5 Rxa4 51. Nd5+ Ke6 52. Kg4 b3 53. Kg5
Rc4 54. Nf6 Rc5 55. Rxb3 Nxf6 56. Rb6+ Ke7 57. Rxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lausanne YM"]
[Site "Lausanne"]
[Date "2000.06.01"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Galkin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2000.05.30"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8.
Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. O-O b6 12. Qg4 {Now Black has to make some
concessions on the >>.} g5 {This weakens the >>, but Black can still castle <<.
} (12... Kf8 {Now Black's main problem is his K and his undeveloped R on h8.
Otherwise he can quickly develop the rest of his pieces.} 13. Re1 (13. b3 {
The B is strong on the long /^ if Black will open it by c6-c5.} Bb7 14. Bb2 Nf6
{White has also problems with his Q in this line.} 15. Qh4 Nd5 (15... Ke7 $5 {
The connection between the rooks is restored, but the K is still in the [+].}
16. Ne5 (16. c4 $2 {founders on} g5 $1 17. Qh3 g4 $19) 16... Rae8 {with the
funny idea of ''castling'' <<.} (16... c5 $6 {opens up the position with his K
in the middle.} 17. Rae1 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Bc5 19. Bb2 {White has to avoid the
exchange of his attacking B.} Rag8 {The K is heading towards <<...} 20. Bc4 Kd8
21. Re2 Rf8 22. Rd1+ Kc8 {and when he arrives} 23. Nxf7 $1 $18 {is coming,
Luther-Evseev, Groningen op 1998.}) 17. f4 Kd8 18. Rad1 (18. a4 $5 {/\ a5})
18... Kc8 {This plan is hard to believe!} 19. c4 c5 20. dxc5 Bxc5+ 21. Kh1 Rd8
22. f5 exf5 23. Bxf5+ Kb8 24. Nd3 Qc6 25. Qg3+ Bd6 26. Be5 Ka8 27. Bxd6 Qxd6
28. Qxd6 Rxd6 29. Ne5 Rhd8 $1 $11 {Bellia-Arlandi, Porto San Giorgo op 1997})
16. Rfe1 Nf4 {Arakhamia-Portisch, Cancan Veterans Women 1998 CBM 67}) (13. Bd2
c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Bc3 e5 16. Bf5 h5 17. Qh3 Ne6 18. Qh4 Nf4 19. Bxc8 Rxc8 {
1/2:1/2 Lobzhanidze-Galkin, RUS-Cup Krasnodar 1998}) 13... Bb7 (13... c5 {
- Vorobiov-Gutov, Russian Club Cafe 1998 CBM 66}) (13... Nf6 14. Qh4 Bb7 15.
Ne5 c5 16. c3 Ke7 17. Qh3 {>< e6, f7, g6} Rhe8 18. Bf4 Kf8 {The K is more
vulnerable on the >>, than it was before.} 19. Bb5 Red8 20. Bxh6 $1 cxd4 21.
cxd4 $18 {Dervishi-Jakupovic, Wch U20 Yerevan 1999}) 14. Bd2 (14. h4 {securing
the place of the Q and hindering Black's development on the >>.} c5 15. c3 Rd8
16. Bd2 Nf6 17. Qh3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 cxd4 19. cxd4 Qd7 {Black can blockade the
isolated P on d5.} 20. a4 Be7 21. Bc3 a5 22. Re5 Nd5 $11 {Nevednichy-Cosma,
ROM-ch Bucuresti 1998}) (14. Qh4 $6 Re8 15. Bd2 c5 16. Be4 Bxe4 17. Rxe4 Nf6
18. Re2 c4 $15 {securing the vital >< d5 for the N, Arakhamia-Speelman,
BCF-chT 1997.}) 14... Nf6 (14... c5 $6 {opens up the position too early:} 15.
dxc5 Nxc5 16. Bc3 f6 17. Nh4 $36 {Khalifman}) 15. Qh4 c5 16. Ne5 cxd4 (16...
Rd8 17. Rad1 a5 {fighting for the >< b4.} 18. Bc3 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Nd5 20. Bd2 Qe7
21. Qh3 Nb4 $11 {Yandemirov-Vyzmanavin, RUS-Cup Novgorod 1997}) 17. Qxd4 Rd8
18. Bb4 $5 {- Yandemirov-Kharitonov, 1996 CBM 56 ext}) 13. Qh3 Rg8 14. Nd2 ({
The P on h6 is taboo:} 14. Qxh6 $4 Bf8 15. Qh7 Nf6 16. Qh3 g4 $19) (14. Bh7 $6
{leads nowhere after} {However Black can try to fight for more, for example:}
g4 $5 (14... Rh8 {and the B has to go back.} 15. Bd3 (15. Qxh6 $2 Bf8 16. Qh3
g4 $19) 15... Rg8 $11) 15. Qxh6 Bf8 $5 (15... Rh8 $2 16. Ng5 $18) 16. Qh4 (16.
Bf4 $5 Qd8 $1 (16... Bxh6 17. Bxc7 Rg7 18. Be4 gxf3 19. Bxc6 $16)) 16... Rh8
17. Re1 (17. Ng5 Nf6 $17) 17... Be7 $1 (17... gxf3 $2 18. Rxe6+ $1 $18) (17...
Rxh7 18. Qxh7 gxf3 19. Rxe6+ $1 fxe6 20. Qg6+ Kd8 21. Bg5+ Nf6 22. Bxf6+ Be7
23. Qg8+ Kd7 24. Qf7 Qd6 25. c4 $1 fxg2 26. c5 $1 $18 {P.Blatny}) 18. Rxe6 (18.
Ng5 Nf8 $17) 18... Nf8 $17 (18... fxe6 $4 19. Bg6+)) 14... Bb7 15. a4 $5 $146 {
Since Black wants to castle <<, it looks logical to begin the -> on the a <->.}
(15. Ne4 O-O-O 16. Nxd6+ Qxd6 17. Be3 Nf6 18. a4 a5 19. Qf3 Qe7 20. c3 Nd5 21.
Qe2 Rd7 22. Rfe1 Rgd8 23. Bd2 Qf6 24. Be4 $14 {Kulaots-I.Cosma, Andorra la
Vella 1999}) (15. Nc4 O-O-O 16. c3 {- Topalov-Tukmakov, Tilburg 1994 CBM 44})
15... O-O-O (15... c5 $5 16. dxc5 $1 (16. Qxh6 {is again dubious because of}
cxd4 17. Ne4 Be5 $1 18. Nxg5 (18. Ng3 Nc5 19. Be2 (19. Bxg5 $4 Nxd3 20. cxd3
Rh8) (19. Bb5+ Bc6 20. Bxc6+ Qxc6) 19... a6 $13) 18... Rh8 19. Nh7 Nc5 {
and Black grabbed the |^.}) (16. Ne4 cxd4 17. Nxd6+ (17. Qxh6 Be5 {- 16.Qh6})
17... Qxd6 18. Qxh6 Qe5 $1) (16. c3 cxd4 (16... O-O-O 17. a5) 17. cxd4 {
and White has his well-known problems with his isolated P on d4.} Nf6 18. Bb5+
(18. a5 Qc6 19. f3 (19. Nc4 Bc7) 19... Qd5 20. Ra4 g4 $1 {opening up the long /
^ and the g <-> at once.}) (18. Qxh6 $2 Ke7 $1 $17 {and suddenly the white K
is in danger!}) 18... Bc6 $13) 16... Bxc5 (16... Nxc5 17. Bb5+ $1 {confusing
Black's defensive line.} (17. Be2 O-O-O) 17... Bc6 $5 (17... Ke7 18. Nc4 a6 19.
Nxd6 Qxd6 20. Be2 $14) (17... Nd7 18. Nc4 O-O-O 19. Nxd6+ Qxd6 20. a5 $16 {
opening the a <-> against the black K.}) 18. Nc4 $1 $14 (18. Bxc6+ Qxc6 19.
Qxh6 {is still too greedy:} O-O-O 20. g3 (20. h3 g4) (20. Nf3 g4 21. Nd4 Bxh2+)
20... f5 $44)) (16... bxc5 17. Nc4 $14 {with many weaknesses in Black's camp.})
17. Ne4 $1 (17. Be4 Bxe4 18. Nxe4 {The exchanges help for Black because of his
uncertain K's position.} Be7 19. c3 Qe5 20. Qf3 Rd8 $11) 17... Bd4 (17... O-O-O
18. a5 $36) 18. c3 Be5 (18... Bg7 19. f4) 19. Rd1 O-O-O 20. a5 $14) 16. a5 Nf6
(16... b5 $5 17. c4 $5 (17. Ne4 Bf8 $1 {defending >< h6 and in case attacking
>< d4 by Bg7.} (17... Be7 18. a6 Ba8 19. Re1 Nf6 20. c3 Nd5 21. b4 $14 {
walling up the a8 B completely.}) 18. c4 bxc4 19. Bxc4 Bg7 20. Be3 f5 $13) (17.
a6 Ba8 18. Ne4 Bf8 $13) 17... b4 (17... g4 18. Qh4 $16) (17... bxc4 18. Nxc4
$16) 18. a6 Ba8 19. c5 {killing the B on a8.} (19. Ne4 f5 $1) 19... Bf8 (19...
Bf4 20. Ne4) 20. Nb3 $1 {White has to keep his stronghold on c5.} (20. Nc4 Nf6
21. Be3 Nd5 (21... Bxc5 $2 22. dxc5 Rxd3 23. Nd6+ Kb8 24. Qxh6 $16) 22. Qf3 g4
23. Qe4 h5 $13) 20... g4 (20... Nf6 21. Bd2 Nd5 22. Ra4 Bg7 23. Bc4 $16) 21.
Qe3 Nf6 22. Bd2 Nd5 23. Qe1 Bg7 24. Bxb4 Qb8 25. Ra4 h5 26. Bc4 h4 27. Bc3 Qf4
28. Nd2 Bxd4 29. Bxd5 Rxd5 30. Ne4 $16) (16... g4 17. Qh4 $14) 17. axb6 axb6
18. Nb3 (18. Nc4 {deserves attention as well.} Be7 (18... Bf4 $5 19. Be3 Kb8)
19. Be3 Nd5 (19... Kb8 20. Ra2 Nd5 21. Rfa1) 20. Ra7 $14) 18... g4 $2 {This
only weakens the position even more and the white Q will become more active.} (
18... Nd5 $1 {was the consistant continuation.} 19. c4 Nf4 20. Bxf4 gxf4 $1 {
The opening of the g <-> is more important than temporarily closing the h2-b8 /
^.} (20... Bxf4 21. Ra7 g4 22. Qh5) 21. c5 $1 {White has to close the long /^
immediately.} (21. Be4 Kb8 22. c5 (22. Qxh6 $6 {again works only for Black,
because now already two lines are opened on the >>.} Bf8 $1 {is the correct
reply not giving White a second for relief.} (22... f3 23. g3 $16) (22... Rh8
23. Qf6 Rh5 24. c5 bxc5 25. Nxc5 Bxc5 26. dxc5 f3 (26... Rxc5 27. Rfd1 $1 $16)
27. g3 Rdh8 28. Rfd1 $16) 23. Qh7 (23. Qh5 $2 f5 24. Bf3 Qg7 $1 25. Qh4 Bd6 $36
{>< Q on h4}) 23... Bg7 24. Rfd1 f5 25. Bf3 Qe7 $13) 22... bxc5 23. Nxc5 Bxc5
24. dxc5 Rd2 25. Rfd1 Rxd1+ (25... Rxb2 $2 26. Qc3 Re2 27. Bf3 Qe5 (27... Re5
28. Rdb1 $18)) 26. Rxd1 Rd8) 21... bxc5 22. Nxc5 Bxc5 23. dxc5 Qe5 24. Qf3 Rd4
$1 (24... Qd4 $2 25. Be4 $18) (24... Qxc5 $2 {opens up the c <-> against his
own K.} 25. Rfc1 Qb6 (25... Qd6 26. Ba6 $18) 26. Be4 $18) 25. Rfe1 (25. Ba6 Qd5
$1) 25... Qxc5 26. Be4 f5 27. Qb3 Rg6 28. Rec1 Qd6 29. Bf3 $14 {with a strong
pressure for the P.}) 19. Qh4 Be7 (19... Nd5 20. Bd2 $16) 20. Re1 Nd5 21. Qh5 {
One square is always enough for the Q.} Bf6 $2 (21... Bd6 {regaining the
control over the /^ h2-b8 was still the best option for Black.} 22. c4 Nf4 (
22... Nb4 23. Bb1 g3 24. hxg3 Bxg3 25. fxg3 Qxg3 26. Qe2 c5 27. Be4 $18) 23.
Bxf4 Bxf4 24. g3 Bg5 (24... Bd6 25. c5) 25. c5 $16 {and the B on b7 is
half-dead.}) 22. Bd2 Rd7 (22... Kb8 $6 23. c4 Nf4 24. Bxf4 Qxf4 25. Re4 Qf5 (
25... Qc7 26. c5) 26. Qxf7 $16 {collecting material without beeing punished
for that.}) 23. Ba6 {The sign for the real ->. Exchanging the "bad" B has only
one goal: the direct -> on the <<.} (23. Ra7 Kb8 (23... Nf4 24. Bxf4 Qxf4 25.
Ba6 Rg5 26. Bxb7+ Kb8 27. Ra8+ Kxb7 28. Rea1 $1 $18) 24. Rea1 $16 {is tempting
as well.}) 23... Rg6 (23... Nf4 $2 24. Bxb7+ Kxb7 25. Bxf4 (25. Nc5+ $5 bxc5
26. Qxc5 {is met by the counterattack} Nh3+ $1 27. gxh3 gxh3+ 28. Kh1 Qb6 29.
Qxb6+ Kxb6) 25... Qxf4 26. Ra4 $1 (26. Nc5+ $2 bxc5 27. Qxc5 Qxd4) 26... Rg6 (
26... Rg5 27. Qxh6 Bg7 28. Qh4 $18) 27. Nc5+ $1 (27. Rea1 $4 Rd5) 27... bxc5
28. Qxc5 $18 {with an unstoppable ->.}) 24. Bxb7+ Kxb7 {[#]} (24... Qxb7 $6 25.
Rxe6 Ne7 26. Rxf6 Rxf6 27. Bxh6 $18) 25. Rxe6 $1 $16 Ne7 (25... fxe6 26. Qxg6)
26. Rxf6 $1 Rxf6 27. Qxg4 {after this positional exchange sacrifice Black's
position lacks harmony.} Rd8 28. g3 Re6 $2 {This is the last mistake.} (28...
Qd7 $5 {was the persistant defence, although after} 29. Qe2 Ra8 30. Rxa8 Kxa8
31. Be3 $16 {White is clearly better.}) 29. Qf3 $18 Rf8 30. c4 Nc8 31. d5 Rg6
32. Nd4 1-0

[Event "Lausanne YM"]
[Site "Lausanne"]
[Date "2000.06.02"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Galkin, Alexander"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2000.05.30"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. f4 b5 6. Be2 b4 7. Nb1 Bb7 8. Bf3 Nf6
9. Qd3 Nbd7 10. Nd2 O-O 11. c4 bxc3 12. bxc3 c5 13. Ne2 cxd4 14. cxd4 e5 15.
Rb1 Bc6 16. O-O Bb5 17. Qc3 Rc8 18. Qb2 Re8 19. Rbe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lausanne YM"]
[Site "Lausanne"]
[Date "2000.06.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2000.05.30"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 $5 {This
variation demands from black extremly accurate play,because otherwise white
may develop dangerous attack against black king.} 7. O-O c5 8. d5 Bg4 9. Bc4 $1
{The most accurate move.} (9. h3 Bxf3 10. Rxf3 Nc7 11. a4 Rb8 12. Qe1 Nd7 13.
Bd2 Na6 14. Nd1 e6 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Bc3 Bxc3 17. Nxc3 $14 {Polgar,Zso-Hodgson,
J/Amsterdam Donner op/1995}) (9. a3 $5 Nc7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 e6 12. f5 exd5
13. exd5 Nd7 14. Qg3 Be5 15. Bf4 Ne8 16. Bxe5 Nxe5 17. Ne4 $36 {Zulfugarli,
M-Kochetkov,G/Nikolaev zt/1995}) (9. Kh1 e6 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Rxf3
Nb4 13. f5 gxf5 14. exf5 Qc8 $132 {Okkes,M-Cuijpers,F/NLD-chT9495}) (9. Qe1 $6
Nb4 10. Qh4 c4 11. Bxc4 Nxc2 12. Rb1 Bxf3 $1 13. Rxf3 Rc8 14. Bb3 Nd4 15. Rh3
Nxb3 16. axb3 h5 $15 {Plachetka,J-Jansa,V/CL Trnava-Bohemians/1992}) 9... Nc7 (
9... Nd7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 (11. Rxf3 Nc7 12. a4 Rb8 13. Qd3 Re8 14. Be3 a6
15. Raf1 $14 {Finkel,A-Zilberman,Y/ISR-ch 1996}) 11... Nc7 (11... Nb6 12. Bb5
f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. Bd2 Nc7 15. Bd3 c4 16. Be2 $14 {Krakops,M-Nogueiras,J/
Ubeda op 1997}) 12. Be3 a6 13. Rad1 b5 14. Be2 b4 15. Na4 Nb5 $132 {Hector,
J-Hoi,C/Kobenhavn op/1990}) 10. h3 (10. a4 a6 11. h3 (11. Qe2 $1 Nd7 12. h3
Bxf3 13. Rxf3 $14) (11. a5 Nb5 $1) 11... Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nd7 13. Bd2 Rb8 14. a5
b5 15. axb6 Nxb6 16. Be2 Nb5 $13 {Pedzich,D-Czerwonski,A/POL-chT 1994}) 10...
Bxf3 11. Qxf3 a6 (11... e6 $6 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Rd1 $5 (13. Be3 b6 14. Rad1 Qe7
15. Rfe1 Kh8 16. g4 Rad8 17. Bf2 Nd7 18. Qg3 $36 {Wedberg,T-Azmaiparashvili,Z/
Reykjavik op 1990}) 13... Qe7 14. f5 $36) (11... Nd7 12. a4 (12. Re1 a6 13. a4
Rb8 14. a5 b5 15. axb6 Rxb6 16. Qd3 Qb8 17. Ra2 Nb5 18. Bd2 g5 19. g3 Kh8 20.
Ne2 $14 {Tzermiadianos,A-Tsorbatzoglou,T/Ermoupoli 1996}) 12... b6 13. h4 $6 e6
14. dxe6 Nxe6 15. Qh3 Nd4 $15 {Diedrichsen,D-Brettschneider,S/OL-NW9495}) 12.
a4 b6 {Black's plan is very simple and logical:he just wants to double his
major pieces over the b-file and to transfer b5.The main drawback of this plan
is that it's too slow and white with energetic play gains an opening advantage.
} (12... Nd7 13. Qe2 $146 (13. a5 b5 14. axb6 Nxb6 15. Be2 (15. Qd3 $6 Rb8 16.
Nd1 e6 $1 17. c3 (17. dxe6 fxe6 {/\ d5}) 17... Nxc4 18. Qxc4 exd5 19. exd5 f5
$1 $15 {Harley,A-Hodgson,J/BCF-ch 1993}) 15... f5 $1 $13) (13. Qd3 Nb6 14. Ba2
Qd7 15. a5 Nc8 16. Bd2 b5 17. axb6 Nxb6 18. Rae1 Nb5 19. Nd1 $14 {
Dolmatov-Chernin/Minsk ch-SU/1987}) 13... Kh8 $5 (13... f5 $2 14. e5 $16 {()})
14. Rd1 Rb8 (14... f5 15. Bd2 {[%cal Ya1b1,Yb2b4] /\Rab1,b4|^<<} fxe4 16. Nxe4
{[%csl Rf6,Rf7,Rg7,Rh6][%cal Yd2c3] /\Bc3,׻}) 15. a5 b5 16. axb6 Rxb6 17. Ra2
$14 {Forster,R-Hodgson,J/Horgen-B 1995} (17. Bxa6 $2 Qa8 $19)) (12... Rb8 13.
a5 b5 (13... e6 14. dxe6 Nxe6 15. Ne2 Nd4 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. e5 Ne8 18. f5 $1
$36 {Wahls,M-Strikovic,A/Zaragoza op 1996}) 14. axb6 Rxb6 15. Ra2 $14 {[%csl
Gc1,Gc4,Gd5,Ge4,Gf4,Ra6] ^^,[+],><a6} (15. Qd3 Nb5 16. Bd2 Nc7 17. b3 e6 18.
Ra5 Re8 19. Kh1 Qe7 20. Na4 $14 {Matros,A-Odesskij,I/Moscow2 1994})) 13. Qd3 (
13. Re1 Nd7 14. Ra3 Rb8 15. Rb3 Kh8 16. Kh1 Qc8 17. Be3 b5 18. axb5 Nb6 19. Qf1
Nxc4 20. Qxc4 axb5 21. Nxb5 Rxb5 22. Rxb5 {1/2-1/2 Wahls,M-Nogueiras,J/
Capablanca mem-A 1996}) 13... Qb8 $5 {[%cal Gb8b7,Gf8b8,Gb6b5]} 14. Be3 (14. e5
Nd7 (14... b5 $5 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. Nxb5 Nfxd5 18. exd6 exd6 19.
Nxd6 Rd8 $1 $132) 15. e6 fxe6 16. dxe6 Nf6 17. Be3 Qb7 18. Rad1 Rab8 $13 {
[%cal Gb6b5,Gd6d5]}) 14... Qb7 15. Rab1 $1 {[%cal Gb2b4] The only,but quiet
sufficient way to advantage.} e6 (15... b5 $2 16. axb5 axb5 17. Nxb5 Nxb5 18.
Bxb5 $16) (15... Rab8 $6 16. b4 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. bxc5 $1 bxc4 19. Rxb7 cxd3
20. Rxc7 dxc2 21. e5 $1 Ne8 22. Rxe7 Rb3 23. Bd2 $16) 16. b4 (16. dxe6 fxe6 17.
Qxd6 $2 Rad8 {[%csl Rd6]} 18. Qe5 (18. Qe7 Rfe8 19. Bxe6+ Kh8 $19) 18... Nfd5
19. Bxd5 exd5 $19) 16... exd5 17. exd5 cxb4 18. Rxb4 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Bb3
$14 {[%csl Rb5,Gd5] This position is clearly better for white due to the
weakness of the oawn on b5 and awkwad position of the knight on c7.} (20. Nxb5
Ncxd5 21. Bxd5 Nxd5 22. Rb3 Nxe3 23. Qxe3 d5 $11) 20... Ra5 21. f5 Qa6 22. fxg6
(22. Rbf4 Ra1 23. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 24. Rf1 Qa5 25. Bd4 $14) 22... hxg6 23. Ne4 Ra1 $1
24. Nxf6+ Bxf6 25. Rbf4 (25. Kh2 $5 Be5+ $6 26. Bf4 Rxf1 27. Qxf1 Bxf4+ 28.
Qxf4 $16 {[%cal Gf4h6,Gb4h4]}) 25... Be5 26. R4f3 (26. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 27. Rf1 Qa5
$14) 26... Rxf1+ 27. Rxf1 Ne8 28. Bd4 $14 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lausanne YM"]
[Site "Lausanne"]
[Date "2000.06.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2000.05.30"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 b6 8.
O-O Bb7 9. Nb3 Ne5 10. Nxc5 bxc5 11. Be2 Bxe4 12. f3 Bb7 13. Bxc5 O-O 14. Nd2
d6 15. Bd4 Nd5 16. g3 Qg6 17. Kh1 Ng4 18. Nc4 Qh6 19. Bg1 Rae8 20. Qc2 f5 21.
Bd3 f4 22. Qd2 Nde3 23. gxf4 Nxf1 24. Rxf1 Rxf4 25. Qg2 Re1 26. Nd2 Rxf1 27.
Bxf1 Rf8 28. Qe2 Ne5 29. Bg2 a6 30. Bd4 Qf4 31. Bxe5 Qxe5 32. Qxe5 dxe5 33. Kg1
Rd8 34. Nc4 Rd1+ 35. Bf1 Bxf3 36. Kf2 Bb7 37. a4 Kf8 38. h4 Ke7 39. Be2 Rh1 40.
h5 Kf6 41. b4 Rc1 42. Ne3 Rxc3 43. Bxa6 Rxe3 44. Bxb7 Rb3 45. a5 Rxb4 46. a6
Ra4 0-1

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2000.07.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2000.07.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 e5 8. Nf5
g6 9. Bg2 d5 10. Bg5 gxf5 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nxd5 Qd6 (12... Qd8 13. exf5 $16 {
-77/222}) 13. exf5 Nc6 $1 {N} (13... Rg8 14. Qf3 h5 15. h3 Bh6 16. Rd1 Nc6 17.
c3 Rb8 18. Qe4 Kf8 19. Bf3 Ne7 20. Ne3 Qf6 21. Nc4 Nc6 22. Ke2 Bf4 23. Rd6 Qe7
24. Rhd1 Qc7 25. b3 Kg7 26. R1d5 f6 27. Ne3 Rd8 28. Rxd8 Nxd8 29. Rd3 Nf7 30.
Nd5 Qc5 31. Nxf4 exf4 32. Qxf4 Qe5+ 33. Qe3 b6 34. Bd5 hxg4 35. hxg4 Qxe3+ 36.
Rxe3 Bb7 37. Bxb7 Rxb7 38. Re6 Nd8 39. Rd6 Nf7 40. Re6 Ng5 41. Re3 Rc7 {
1/2-1/2 Szalanczi,E-Kocsis,L/HUN t-ch 1998 (41)}) 14. Qe2 h5 $1 (14... Bh6 15.
Rd1 O-O 16. h4 Nd4 17. Qe4 $40) 15. O-O-O (15. h3 hxg4 16. hxg4 Rxh1+ 17. Bxh1
Nb4 18. O-O-O Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Bh6+ 20. Kb1 Qf6 $17 {Svidler,P}) 15... hxg4 16.
Nb6 (16. Qxg4 $5) (16. Be4 Bh6+ $140 17. Kb1 Nd4 18. Qc4 Kf8 19. c3 Bxf5 20.
Bxf5 Nxf5 21. Nc7 Qg6 $17) 16... Nd4 $1 17. Rxd4 Qxd4 18. Nxa8 (18. Rd1 Qf4+
19. Kb1 Bc5 20. Nxa8 Bxf5 $17) 18... Bc5 $1 (18... Qf4+ 19. Kb1 Bc5 (19... Rxh2
20. Qd1 $11) 20. Nc7+ Kf8 21. Nd5 Qxf5 22. f3 $132) (18... Bd6 19. Be4 $16) 19.
Nc7+ $6 (19. f6 Qf4+ 20. Kb1 Qxf6 21. Nc7+ Kf8 22. Nd5 Qd6 $15) (19. Be4 Bxf5 (
19... Qxf2 $5 {Ponomariov,R} 20. Qxg4 Kf8 {/\Rg8}) 20. Bxf5 Qf4+ 21. Qd2 Qxf5
22. Qd5 O-O $15 (22... Qg5+ $5)) 19... Kf8 20. Nd5 (20. f6 Qf4+ 21. Kb1 Qxf6 {
-19.f6} (21... Rxh2 $6 22. Qd1 $1 Rxh1 23. Qxh1 Qxf6 24. Nd5 Qg7 25. Qh4))
20... Bxf5 21. Ne3 (21. Rd1 Qa4 $1 $19) 21... Qf4 22. Bxb7 Rh3 (22... Be6 $1
23. Qd2 Kg7 24. Nd1 a5 $1 $17) 23. Qd2 (23. Bxa6 g3 $19) 23... Rxe3 $6 (23...
Bxe3 24. fxe3 Rxe3 25. Bxa6 $13 {Svidler}) (23... Be6 $142 24. Nd1 a5 25. Bg2
Rh8 {-22...Be6}) 24. Qd8+ Kg7 25. fxe3 Bxe3+ 26. Kb1 Qc4 (26... Qb4 27. Qd5)
27. Qd1 Bd4 28. Qc1 f6 (28... Be6 29. Qg5+ Kf8 30. Qd8+ Kg7 31. Qa5 $13 (31.
Qg5+ $11)) 29. Rd1 $2 (29. Ka1 $1 Bxc2 (29... Be6 30. Qb1 {/\ 31.c3} Bf5 31.
Qc1 $11) 30. Bxa6 Qa4 (30... Qc5 31. Re1 $13) 31. Bb5 Qa8 32. Bc4 $13) 29... a5
(29... Be3 $1 30. b3 (30. Bxa6 Qf4) (30. Rd7+ Kg6 $19) 30... Qc7 $1 31. Qxe3
Qxc2+ 32. Ka1 Qxd1+ 33. Kb2 Qc2+ 34. Ka3 Qxh2 $19) 30. b3 (30. Ka1 Qxc2 $17)
30... Qc3 31. Rxd4 Qxd4 32. Qf1 Bg6 33. Qc4 Qg1+ 34. Kb2 Qxh2 35. Qxg4 Qxc2+
36. Ka3 Qc5+ (36... Qc3 37. Qc4 $5) (36... Qd2 37. Qc4 f5 38. Bd5 e4 39. Qc5
Kh6 $17) 37. Kb2 (37. b4 Qb5 38. Bc8 f5 39. Qh4 Qd3+) 37... f5 (37... e4 $5 38.
Qd7+ (38. Qf4 Qd4+) 38... Kh6 39. Qh3+ Qh5 40. Qe3+ Kg7) 38. Qc4 Qxc4 (38...
Qd6 39. Qc3 $17) (38... Qe7 $142) 39. bxc4 Kf6 40. Kc3 f4 $2 (40... Ke6 41. c5
Kd7 42. Kc4 (42. a3 Kc7 43. Bd5 Be8 $19 44. Kd3 Bc6 45. Be6 f4) 42... Bf7+ 43.
Kb5 Kc7 44. Bg2 e4 (44... Bxa2 45. Kxa5 e4 46. Kb4) 45. Kxa5 (45. a4 e3 46. Bf3
f4) 45... e3 46. Bf3 Bd5 47. Bh5 (47. Bd1 f4 48. Kb4 f3) 47... f4 48. Kb4 f3
49. Kc3 f2 50. Be2 Bf3 $19) 41. c5 Ke7 42. a3 Kd7 43. Kc4 Bc2 (43... Kc7 44.
Bg2 Be8 45. Kd5 Bc6+ 46. Kxe5 Bxg2 47. Kxf4 Kc6 48. Ke3 Kb5 49. Kd2 Ka4 50. Kc2
Kxa3 51. Kb1 $11) 44. Kd5 e4 45. Kd4 f3 (45... e3 46. Bf3 Ke6 47. c6 Kd6 48. c7
Bf5 49. Be2 a4 50. Bf3 Kxc7 51. Ke5 Bd3 52. Kxf4 e2 53. Bxe2 Bxe2 54. Ke3 $11 {
Ponomariov,R}) 46. Ke3 Ke6 47. Bc6 Ke5 48. Bb7 Bd3 49. Ba8 Kf5 50. Bb7 Ke6 51.
Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2000.07.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2000.07.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 c4 7. Bc2 Qc7 8. Qe2
g5 9. e6 dxe6 10. Nxg5 Qe5 11. d4 cxd3 12. Bxd3 Qxe2+ 13. Bxe2 h6 14. Ne4 e5
15. Na3 f5 16. Bh5+ Kd8 17. Ng3 e6 18. Nc2 Bd6 19. Bd2 Nc4 20. O-O-O Nxd2 21.
Rxd2 Ke7 22. Rhd1 Bc7 23. Nf1 b5 24. g3 Rb8 25. b4 Rd8 26. Nfe3 Rxd2 27. Rxd2
Bb7 28. a3 a6 29. Na1 Bb6 30. Nb3 Na7 31. Bd1 Nc8 32. Nc5 Nd6 33. Rc2 Bxc5 34.
bxc5 Ne4 35. c4 Rc8 36. cxb5 axb5 37. Bf3 Kd7 38. Kb2 Bd5 39. Bxe4 Bxe4 40. Rc3
Kc6 41. Nf1 Rd8 42. f3 Bd3 43. Ne3 h5 44. Kc1 Rd4 45. Nd1 Be2 46. Nf2 Rc4 47.
Kd2 Rxc3 48. Kxc3 Kxc5 49. f4 exf4 50. gxf4 Kd5 51. Kd2 Bf1 52. h4 Kc4 53. Nh1
Bg2 54. Nf2 Kb3 55. Nd3 Bd5 56. Nb4 Be4 57. Na6 Kxa3 58. Kc3 Bd5 59. Nb4 Ka4
60. Nd3 Ka5 61. Nb4 Bc4 62. Nc2 Ka4 63. Nd4 Ka3 64. Nc6 Ka2 65. Ne5 Kb1 66. Nd7
Kc1 67. Nf6 Be2 68. Ne8 Kd1 69. Ng7 Bg4 70. Nxe6 Ke2 71. Nd4+ Kf2 72. Nxb5 Kg3
73. Kd2 Kxh4 74. Ke1 Kg3 75. Nd4 h4 76. Kf1 h3 77. Kg1 h2+ 78. Kh1 Kh3 0-1

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2000.07.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2000.07.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Finkel,A} g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. f4 (5. a4 {is often the
instinctive reaction of many less experienced players, but in the Modern
defence it is rarely necessary to prevent black's queen-side expansion in this
way. Playing in the centre sharpens the struggle and intensifies the battle
for the initiative.}) 5... b5 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. Nf3 Nf6 (7... Nd7 {Finkel,A} 8. e5
c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. Bxd4 dxe5 11. fxe5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Bxe5 13. Bxb5+ axb5 14.
Qxd8+ Rxd8 15. Nxe5 $14 {De Vilder,H-Jonker,M/Dieren op 1997}) 8. e5 (8. a3 {
Finkel,A} Nbd7 9. h3 c5 10. e5 Nh5 $17) 8... Ng4 (8... Nd5 {Finkel,A} 9. Nxd5
Bxd5 10. O-O Nd7 11. Qe2 {/\a4,/\f5}) 9. Bg1 $5 (9. Qe2 {has been more often
played.}) (9. Qe2 {Finkel,A} Nc6 (9... c5 10. e6 $5 (10. Bg1 cxd4 11. Nxd4)
10... Bxf3 (10... fxe6 11. Bg1 {/\Ng5}) (10... Nxe3 11. exf7+ Kxf7 12. Qxe3
Bxf3 13. Qxf3 cxd4 14. Ne4 $40) 11. Qxf3 Nxe3 12. exf7+ Kxf7 13. Qxa8 cxd4 14.
Nd1 (14. Ne4 Nxg2+ 15. Kd2 Nxf4 16. Ng5+ Kg8 17. Raf1 Bh6 18. h4 $16) 14... Qc7
15. Nxe3 dxe3 16. Qd5+ $13 {Thorhallsson,T-Hjartarson,J/Nordic-ch VISA 1997}) (
9... Nxe3 10. Qxe3 O-O 11. O-O-O Nd7 12. e6 Bxf3 13. exf7+ Rxf7 14. gxf3 Bh6
15. Ne2 {/\h4}) 10. Bg1 O-O 11. h3 Nh6 12. h4 Nb4 13. h5 Nxd3+ 14. Qxd3 c5 15.
e6 c4 16. exf7+ Rxf7 17. Qe2 e5 $36 {Rahman,Z-Norwood,D/Dhaka 1993}) 9... c5 {
Finkel,A: 'Breaking white's center,but also sacrificing a pawn,and frankly
speaking without full compensation for it.'} (9... O-O {Finkel,A} 10. h3 Nh6
11. Bf2 dxe5 12. dxe5 f6 13. O-O Kh8 14. Ne4 $14 {Andreescu,N-Kiseleva,N/
EU-chJW U18 1995}) 10. dxc5 $5 {looks best} (10. exd6 c4 $15 {[%csl Rg1]
-Yudashin is an example of how in such a sharp line, a small slip can transfer
the initiative.}) 10... dxe5 11. h3 e4 $1 {[%cal Gg7b2,Gg4f6] '!?' Finkel,A.} (
{Deserved attention} 11... b4 {Finkel,A} 12. Be4 (12. Na4 e4 13. hxg4 exd3 14.
Qxd3 Qxd3 (14... Nc6) 15. cxd3 Nc6 16. Rd1 Rd8 17. Bf2 $14 {with better
prospects for white.}) 12... Nc6 13. Qxd8+ Rxd8 14. Nd5 Nf6 15. Nxf6+ exf6 $132
) 12. Nxe4 (12. hxg4 {Finkel,A} exf3 13. gxf3 Qa5 (13... Qc7) 14. Qd2 Nd7 15.
Be4 Bxe4 16. fxe4 $14) 12... Nf6 13. Bd4 $5 {As we shall see, this is another
bold move in the tussle for the initiative. The time-gaining aspect is clear -
this piece needed to up and leave the back-rank, but it also virtually commits
it to exchange. White had to forsee a good deal of what is to come. Putting
his knight on d6 would be a big mistake if it turns out it can be
straightforwardly undermined there.} (13. Nxf6+ {Finkel,A} Bxf6 14. c3 Nd7 15.
Bd4 Qc7 16. a4 $1 $14) 13... O-O 14. Bxf6 $1 (14. Nxf6+ {Finkel,A} exf6 15. Be2
Re8 16. Kf2 Nc6 17. c3 Nxd4 18. cxd4 $14) 14... exf6 15. Nd6 Qc7 {[%csl Yd6]
[%cal Yb2b4,Yb4c5,Yc5d6]} 16. b4 $1 {'?!' Finkel,A. Finkel,A: 'After this
natural move it seems that black manages to equalize while after'} (16. Nxb7
Re8+ 17. Be2 (17. Kf2 {Finkel,A} Qxb7 18. b4 f5 (18... a5 19. a3 axb4 20. axb4
Rxa1 21. Qxa1 Nc6 22. c3 f5 23. Qc1 $16) 19. Rb1 a5 20. a3 axb4 21. axb4 Nc6
22. Qd2 Nd4 23. Rhe1 $16 {his defensive task is far from being simple.}) 17...
Qxb7 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Gf6f5] would hand black the initiative on a plate.
However, again it is important to realise the level of decision-making
underlying such a move. White is now commited to pffering material too.}) 16...
f5 17. O-O $1 {Again critical.} (17. Rb1 Bc3+ 18. Kf1 Bd5 {[%cal Gb8c6] and it
looks as if the initiative is well on the way to changing hands}) 17... Bxf3 $1
{Not just praiseworthy for rightly resisting the material, but emphasising
again the reason why 17...Bxa1 would be so wrong, namely the central
importance of the dark squares. For obvious reasons, the exchange of bishop
for knight in general increases influence over that set of squares which is
the opposite of the exchanged bishop's domain. The knight on f3 was in
particular a heroic guardian of white's dark squares.} 18. Rxf3 Nc6 $1 (18...
Bxa1 {Finkel,A} 19. Qxa1 Nc6 20. a3 Rfd8 21. c4 $14) 19. a3 $1 a5 $1 {Perhaps
the best move of all. Material has long since been passed up ( note that aside
from the positional objections any ...Bxa1 would involve serious danger to
black's king too. ) However, the persistency with which white bolsters his
pawn chain, and black attacks it shows two players confident in their
understanding of the battleground for the initiative.} 20. Nxb5 ({The point of
black defnsive plan we can see after} 20. Rb1 {Finkel,A} axb4 21. axb4 Nxb4 $1
{[%cal Gc7c5]}) 20... Qe7 21. c3 (21. Rb1 {Finkel,A} axb4 22. axb4 Nxb4 $1 $11)
21... axb4 22. axb4 Rxa1 23. Qxa1 Nxb4 {'!' Finkel,A.} 24. Qa7 Qxa7 25. Nxa7
Bxc3 {'=' Finkel,A.} 26. Nb5 Bf6 27. Bc4 Rc8 28. Bxf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2000.07.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gallagher, Joseph G"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2000.07.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. Qd2 Nd7 6. a4 b6 7. Nf3 (7. f3 c5 8.
d5 Ngf6 9. Bh6 Bxh6 10. Qxh6 e5 11. Nge2 Ng8 12. Qd2 Ne7 13. Qh6 Ng8 $11 {
Gyimesi,Z-Ibragimov,I/III Pyramiden-Franken Cup 2000}) 7... e6 $5 {From Pirc
defense the position transformed to Uitelki defense.In other words black has
decided to deviate from long theoretical variaation in order to complicate the
matters and to cause white to think!} 8. Bc4 (8. Be2 Bb7 9. h3 h6 10. O-O Ne7
11. Rad1 g5 12. Nh2 Ng6 13. Bh5 Nf6 14. Bxg6 fxg6 $13 {Rogovoi,M-Nikolaev,N/
Petroff mem op 2000}) (8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O h6 10. h3 Ne7 11. Ne2 Nf6 12. Ng3 d5
13. exd5 Nfxd5 $132 {Karnik,P-Ianov,V/Policka op 1996}) 8... h6 9. h3 (9. Rd1
Ne7 10. O-O Bb7 11. Rfe1 Nf6 12. d5 e5 13. h3 Nh5 14. g4 Nf6 15. Qe2 g5 $13 {
Rosen,W-Chepukaitis,G/World Seniors 1999}) 9... Ne7 (9... Bb7 10. d5 e5 11. O-O
f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. Qe2 Ne7 14. Ne1 Nf6 15. f4 e4 $132 {Bojkovic,N-Voiska,M/
JUG-chW1 1996}) 10. O-O Bb7 11. Rfe1 g5 12. Nh2 Ng6 13. Nf1 (13. d5 $5 Nde5 (
13... e5 {[%csl Rf5,Rg7]} 14. Nf1 Nf4 15. Ng3 $14) 14. Bb3 Qf6 15. Ne2 exd5 16.
Bxd5 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 O-O 18. Ng3 $14) 13... Nf6 14. Ng3 (14. d5 Qe7 15. Ng3 g4
16. Bf1 $13) 14... O-O 15. Bd3 $6 c5 16. dxc5 $6 {For some reason white
doesn't want to play d5,although it was his only chanse to fight for the
advantage,while now he finds himself on defensive.} (16. d5 $1 Ne5 17. Bf1 Re8
18. Rad1 exd5 19. exd5 Qd7 20. f4 $14) 16... bxc5 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. Qe2 d5 $36
19. exd5 exd5 20. Bc1 Rae8 21. Qd2 Nh4 $1 {White minor pieces are misplaced
that's why there is no reason to change it.} (21... Nf4 $6 22. Bf1 d4 23. Nce2
Nxe2+ 24. Bxe2 $13) 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Re1 Rxe1+ 24. Qxe1 c4 25. Bf1 d4 26. Nce2
(26. Nce4 Nxe4 27. Nxe4 Qe5 28. f3 f5 29. Bxc4+ Kh8 30. Qb4 Bxe4 31. fxe4 Qg3
$19 {[%csl Rg1]}) 26... Qc5 27. Qd1 Ne4 28. Nxe4 Bxe4 29. Ng3 Bg6 30. Qe2 (30.
b3 cxb3 31. cxb3 Bc2 32. Qe2 Bxb3 33. Qe8+ Kh7 34. Bd3+ Ng6 $17) 30... d3 31.
cxd3 cxd3 32. Qe8+ Kh7 33. Be3 Qd5 $19 {[%cal Gd3d1]} 34. Bd2 Bxb2 35. f3 $6
Be5 $1 36. Ne4 Bxe4 37. fxe4 Qd4+ 38. Kh1 Qf2 $1 0-1

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "Milov,V"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2000.07.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. O-O
Nc6 9. Re1 $1 d6 10. a4 (10. Bf4 Ne5) 10... b4 11. Na2 Nf6 12. Bd2 a5 (12... d5
13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Be4 $16) (12... Qb8 13. c3 bxc3 14. Bxc3 $1 Be7 15. b4 O-O
16. b5 $16) 13. c3 bxc3 14. Nxc3 (14. Bxc3 Be7 15. e5 (15. b4 Nxb4 $1) 15...
dxe5 16. Nxe5 Bb7) 14... Be7 15. Nb5 (15. Rc1 Bd7) 15... Qb8 16. Bf4 e5 (16...
O-O 17. Nxd6 Bxd6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. e5 Qe7 20. exf6 Qxf6 21. Bxh7+ $16) 17. Rc1
(17. Bg5 O-O 18. Bc4 Nb4 19. Bxf6 $140 Bxf6 20. Nxd6 $2 (20. Qxd6 $2 Nc2) 20...
Rd8) 17... Bd7 18. Bg5 O-O 19. Bc4 Nb4 20. b3 $14 (20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Nxd6 Bxa4
$11) 20... Bxb5 21. axb5 Rd8 22. Qe2 Qb7 23. Bd2 Rd7 $1 {/\Be7-d8-b6} 24. Bxb4
$2 (24. h3 $14 {/\Nh2}) (24. Nh4 Nxe4 $1 25. Qxe4 Qxe4 26. Rxe4 d5 $11) 24...
axb4 25. h3 (25. Nh4 g6 $5) 25... Bd8 26. Nh2 h5 $1 $15 27. Nf3 g6 28. g4 (28.
Rcd1 $5 Bb6 29. Bd5 Nxd5 30. Rxd5 Ra3 $15) 28... hxg4 29. hxg4 Ra3 {/\Qa7,Bb6,
Ra2} 30. g5 Nh5 31. Bd5 Qa7 (31... Qb8 32. Rc6 (32. Nh4 Nf4 33. Qg4 Rc7 34.
Rxc7 Qxc7 $17) 32... Nf4 33. Qc4 Qa7 34. Rf1 $13 Ra2 $140 35. Ra6) 32. Rc8 Nf4
$6 (32... Kg7 33. Bc6 (33. Nh4 Nf4 34. Qg4 Nxd5 35. exd5 Rxb3 36. Ng2 Bb6 37.
Qh4 Rd8 $17) 33... Nf4 34. Qf1 Ra2 (34... Rxb3 35. Ra1 $1) 35. Ra8 Rxf2 36.
Rxa7 Rxf1+ 37. Kxf1 Rxa7 $17) 33. Qe3 Qxe3 34. Rxe3 Nxd5 35. exd5 Kg7 36. Re4
$1 Rxb3 37. Kg2 Bb6 (37... f5 38. gxf6+ Kxf6 39. Rb8 $13 {/\b6}) (37... Rb2 $5
38. Rh4 f6 39. gxf6+ Kxf6 $17) 38. Rb8 Ba7 39. Ra8 (39. Rc8 Rb7 (39... Rc3 40.
Ra8) (39... Rb2 40. Rh4) 40. Rh4 Rb8 41. Rxb8 Bxb8 42. b6 (42. Rc4 Rd3 $17)
42... Rd3 43. Rxb4 Rxd5 44. Kf1 Kf8 $17) 39... Bb6 $2 (39... Rb7 40. Rh4 (40.
b6 Bb8 41. Rc4 Ra3 $17) (40. Rd8 Rxb5) 40... Bb8 41. Nd2 Rd3 $1 (41... Ra3 $2
42. Rxa3 bxa3 43. Ne4) 42. Ne4 (42. Nc4 Rxd5) 42... Rd4 $17) 40. Rb8 Ba7 41.
Ra8 Bb6 $2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2000.07.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2000.07.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Finkel,A} d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 b5 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. Nf3
e5 8. O-O Bb7 (8... exd4 {Finkel,A} 9. Bxd4 b4 10. Ne2 c5 11. Be3 Bg7 12. a3
bxa3 13. Rxa3 O-O 14. Bh6 $14 {Zhao Zong Yuan-Wallace,J/Doeberl Cup 2000}) (
8... a6 {Finkel,A} 9. h3 (9. dxe5 dxe5 10. a4 Rb8 11. Rfd1 Be7 12. axb5 axb5
13. h3 O-O 14. Ne2 Qc7 15. Ng3 $14 {Lehner,O-Chernin,A/ch-AUT (team) 1999})
9... Bg7 10. a4 Bb7 11. axb5 cxb5 12. d5 O-O 13. Nh2 Qc7 14. Ng4 $14 {Sherzer,
A-Lechtynsky,J/Brno-B 1993/CBM 38/1-0 (26)}) 9. a4 (9. Rfe1 {Finkel,A} Bg7 10.
Bh6 (10. dxe5 dxe5 11. h3 (11. a4 b4 12. Ne2 c5 {[%cal Gf6g4]})) 10... O-O 11.
a4 $6 (11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. a4) 11... exd4 12. Nxd4 b4 13. Nd1 c5
14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Nf3 Re8 $15 {[%csl Rd1,Re4] Zapata,A-Hansen,C/Erevan olm
1996/EXT 96ch2/0-1 (52)}) (9. Bh6 {Finkel,A} Bxh6 10. Qxh6 Ng4 11. Qd2 O-O 12.
h3 Ngf6 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. Rad1 Qe7 16. Ne2 Kg7 $11 {Ni
Hua-Ponomariov,R/Ol (Children) 1999}) 9... a6 10. Rad1 (10. dxe5 {Finkel,A}
dxe5 11. Rad1 $6 Bb4 $2 (11... Bg7 $142 12. h3 O-O) (11... b4 $6 12. Ne2 c5 13.
Ng3 Bg7 (13... Ng4 $2 14. Bc4 $18) 14. Bh6 (14. c3 $14) 14... O-O 15. Bxg7 Kxg7
16. Qg5 Qc7 17. Bc4 $36) 12. Bh6 {[%csl Re8]} Qe7 $2 13. Qe2 Ng4 14. Bg5 f6 15.
Bd2 $16 {Hauchard,A-Leski,M/FRA-ch 1997}) 10... Be7 {N '?!' Finkel,A. Finkel,A:
'Ponomariov is extremly strong and very gifted young player,which is definitly
aware that in this variation bishop's place is on g7,but nevertheless played
10...Be7. In my opinion the answer is somewhere in psychological aspects of
chess, because from pure chess point of view'} (10... Bg7 11. axb5 cxb5 12.
dxe5 dxe5 13. Nxb5 axb5 14. Bxb5 Ba6 15. Bxa6 Rxa6 16. Nxe5 Qc8 17. Qd4 Nxe5
18. Qxe5+ Re6 19. Qb5+ Nd7 20. Rd5 Qc6 21. Qb4 Re5 22. Rfd1 Rxd5 23. exd5 Qc7
24. Bf4 Qc5 25. Re1+ Kd8 26. Qb7 {1-0 Kupreichik-Karasev,V/Minsk 1976 (33)}) (
10... Bg7 $5 {(Finkel,A) looks better than the move in the game.}) 11. Bh6 (11.
axb5 $5 cxb5 12. Bh6) (11. dxe5 $5 dxe5 12. Bh6) 11... exd4 (11... Ng4 $2 12.
dxe5 dxe5 13. axb5 axb5 14. Nxb5 $18) 12. Nxd4 b4 (12... Ng4 13. axb5 axb5 14.
Bf4 Nge5 15. Be2 b4 16. Nb1 c5 17. Nb5 Ra6 18. Bxe5 (18. c3 $5) 18... Nxe5 (
18... dxe5 19. Bc4) 19. f4 Nd7 20. e5 dxe5 21. fxe5 Nxe5 22. Qxd8+ Bxd8 23.
Nd6+ Rxd6 24. Rxd6 $16) (12... c5 {Finkel,A} 13. Nf3 c4 $6 14. Be2 $2 Nxe4 15.
Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Qd4 Nf6 17. Bg7 $18) 13. Nce2 c5 14. Nf3 Qc7 (14... Nxe4 $5 15.
Qf4 (15. Qe3 {Finkel,A} f5 16. Bc4 (16. Nf4 d5 17. Bxe4 fxe4 18. Nxd5 exf3 19.
Rfe1 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 $40)) 15... Nef6 (15... f5 16. Bxe4 (16. c3) 16... Bxe4 17.
Ng5) (15... Ndf6 16. Rfe1) 16. Rfe1 $44 (16. Ng3 $5)) 15. Nf4 (15. c3 $5 Nxe4
16. Bxe4 (16. Qf4 $5) 16... Bxe4 17. cxb4) 15... Ne5 (15... c4 16. Be2 c3 17.
Qd4 Qc5 18. bxc3 bxc3 19. Qxc5 Nxc5 20. e5 $16) 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Nd5 {'!'
Finkel,A. Finkel,A: 'Of coarse.The results of black's opening experiment are
quiet painfull:white is in control of what happens on the board.'} (17. Bg7 Rg8
(17... exf4 18. Bxh8 Ng4 19. h3 O-O-O 20. hxg4 c4 21. Bg7 $16) 18. Bxf6 Bxf6
19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 {'+/=' Finkel,A.} Qd6 $11) 17... Nxd5 18. exd5 c4 (18...
O-O-O 19. Qe2) (18... Bxd5 19. Bxa6 Bxg2 20. Bb5+ Bc6 21. Qd5 Rc8 22. Bg7 $16)
(18... Bxd5 {Finkel,A}) 19. d6 $1 Bxd6 (19... Qc6 20. Be4 $3 (20. f4 {Finkel,A}
cxd3 21. dxe7 Qxc2 22. Bg7 Rg8 23. Bxe5 $36) 20... Qxe4 21. f3 $16) (19... Qxd6
{Finkel,A} 20. Bxc4 Qc6 21. Bd5 Qxd5 22. Qxd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 f6 24. Rfd1 Rc8 $14
) 20. Bxc4 {'+/-' Finkel,A.} O-O-O 21. Qe2 a5 22. Bg7 (22. c3 $5) (22. c3 {
Finkel,A}) 22... Rhe8 23. Bf6 Rd7 24. Bb5 Bc6 25. c3 bxc3 26. bxc3 (26. Rc1
Bxb5 27. Qxb5 c2 28. Qb3 Qb7 29. Rxc2+ Kb8 $11) (26. Rd3 Bb4 (26... Bxb5 27.
axb5 Bb4 28. Rxd7 Qxd7 29. bxc3 Bc5 30. Qe4 $14) 27. Rxd7 Qxd7 28. bxc3 Bxb5 (
28... Bc5 29. Qc4) 29. axb5 Bc5 $14) 26... Re6 27. Bg5 Bc5 28. Rb1 f6 29. Qc4
$4 {'?' Finkel,A. Finkel,A: 'Overlooking very nice reply of black.'} (29. Ba6+
Kd8 30. Bc4 Bd5 31. Bxd5 Rxd5) (29. Be3 $5 Bxe3 (29... Bxb5 30. Rxb5 Rc6 31.
Rxc5 Rxc5 32. Qa6+) 30. Qxe3 Bxb5 31. Rxb5 Rc6 32. Rfb1 Rxc3 33. Rb8+ Qxb8 34.
Qxc3+ Qc7 35. Qf3 $36) 29... Rd5 $4 {'?' Finkel,A. Finkel,A: 'Black also
doesn't take a chanse that the Fortune has given him:'} (29... Bxb5 30. Qxe6 (
30. Rxb5 {Finkel,A} Bxf2+ $19) 30... Bc4 $3 (30... Bxf1 31. Bxf6 $18 (31. Bxf6
{Finkel,A} Bd3 32. Qe8+ Rd8 33. Bxd8 $18)) 31. Qxf6 Rf7 $19 {'-/+' Finkel,A.})
30. Be3 Bxe3 31. fxe3 Rdd6 32. Rfd1 (32. Rb3 {Finkel,A} Bxb5 33. Qxc7+ Kxc7 34.
Rxb5 Rd3 $11) 32... Bxb5 (32... Bb7 33. Qxe6+ Rxe6 34. Bd7+ Qxd7 35. Rxd7 Kxd7
36. Rxb7+ Kc8 37. Rxh7 Rc6 38. Ra7 $16) 33. Qxb5 Rxd1+ 34. Rxd1 Rd6 35. Rxd6 {
'!?' Finkel,A. Finkel,A: 'The queens endgame is much better for white,but it
demands a lot of efforts to win it. '} (35. Rb1 Qxc3 (35... Kd8 36. Qb3 $1 Kc8
$1 37. h3 f5 $14) 36. Qb7+ Kd8 37. Qxh7 Qxe3+ 38. Kh1 Rd7 (38... Qb3 39. Qh8+
Ke7 40. Qg7+ Ke8 41. Qxg6+ Kd8 42. h3 Rd1+) 39. Qxg6 Qf2 $1 40. h3 Ke7 $11) (
35. Rb1 $1 {Finkel,A}) 35... Qxd6 36. Qxa5 Qd1+ 37. Kf2 Qd2+ 38. Kf3 e4+ (38...
Qd1+ 39. Ke4 Qc2+ (39... Qg4+ 40. Kd3 Qd1+ 41. Kc4 Qe2+) 40. Kd5 Qxg2+ 41. Kd6
(41. Ke6 {Finkel,A} Qc6+ 42. Kf7 e4 $11)) 39. Kxe4 Qxg2+ 40. Kd3 Qf1+ (40...
Qxh2 41. Qa6+ Kc7 42. Qxf6) 41. Kd4 Qf2 42. Qc5+ (42. Qb6 Qxh2 43. Qxf6 h5 $132
) 42... Kd7 43. Qd5+ (43. a5 Qxh2 (43... Qd2+ 44. Kc4 Qe2+ 45. Kb4) 44. Qd5+ $2
Qd6 45. a6 (45. e4 Kc7 46. Qxd6+ Kxd6 47. a6 Kc6) 45... Qxd5+ 46. Kxd5 Kc7 47.
c4 h5 48. c5 h4) (43. Kd5 Qf3+ (43... Qg2+ 44. e4) (43... Qa2+ 44. Qc4) 44. Kc4
Qe2+ 45. Kb4 Qxh2 $11) 43... Kc7 44. Qc5+ Kd7 45. Qd5+ Kc7 46. Qe4 (46. Qf7+ {
Finkel,A} Kd6 47. Qxh7 Qd2+ 48. Kc4 Qe2+ 49. Kb3 Qd1+ 50. Kb4 Qb1+ 51. Ka5 Qf5+
52. Ka6 Qd3+ $11) 46... Qxh2 47. Qe7+ Kc8 48. Qxf6 h5 $1 {'!?' Finkel,A.} 49.
Qf8+ (49. Qxg6 h4 $11) 49... Kd7 50. Qf7+ Kc8 51. Qf8+ Kd7 52. Qg7+ Kc8 53. Kd5
(53. Qxg6 $5 {Finkel,A} h4 54. a5 Qd2+ $1 55. Kc4 Qe2+ 56. Kb3 Qb5+ 57. Kc2
Qe2+ $11) 53... Qa2+ 54. c4 Qxa4 55. Qxg6 Qd7+ 56. Ke4 Qb7+ 57. Kf4 Qc7+ 58.
Kf3 Qxc4 59. Qxh5 Qf1+ 60. Kg3 Kd7 61. Qf3 Qxf3+ 62. Kxf3 Ke7 63. Kg4 Ke6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2000.07.31"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Van Wely/Cifuentes"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2000.07.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 c5 4. d5 Nf6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bf4 Ba6 7. e5 b4 (7... Nfd7
8. e6 (8. Nf3 b4 9. Ne4 Nb6 10. d6 N8d7 11. Qe2 $44 {/\ 0-0-0 [+] |^}) 8... Nb6
(8... Nf6 9. Bxc4 $1) 9. exf7+ Kxf7 10. Qf3 Kg8 11. Qe4 $44) 8. Qa4+ $6 (8. e6
$142) (8. e6 {Huzman} fxe6 (8... Qa5 $1) 9. Qa4+ Qd7 $2 10. dxe6 Qxa4 11. Nxa4
$16 {[%csl Rc4,Rc5,Rf8] 1-0 Sakaev,K-Ibragimov,I/Moscow 1999/CBM 75/[Huzman] 
(38)}) 8... Qd7 9. e6 (9. exf6 bxc3 10. Qxd7+ Nxd7 11. fxe7 Bxe7 12. bxc3 Nb6 (
12... Bf6 {Huzman} 13. Ne2 O-O $32) 13. O-O-O O-O-O 14. d6 Bf6 $15) 9... Qxa4
10. Nxa4 Nxd5 (10... c3 11. bxc3 Bxf1 12. Kxf1 Nxd5 13. Ne2 $44) 11. exf7+ $6 (
11. Bxb8 Rxb8 12. Nxc5 Bb5 13. a4 bxa3 14. Rxa3 g6 $1 $15) (11. Nh3 $142 c3 12.
bxc3 Bxf1 13. Rxf1 bxc3 14. Nxc5 Nc6 15. O-O-O O-O-O 16. Bg3 $44) 11... Kxf7
12. Nxc5 (12. Bxb8 {Huzman} Rxb8 13. Nxc5 Bb5 14. a4 bxa3 15. Rxa3 e5 16. Rxa7+
Kg6 $40) 12... Bb5 (12... Nxf4 13. Nxa6 Nxa6 14. Bxc4+ e6 15. g3 (15. Bxa6 {
Huzman} Nxg2+ 16. Kf1 Nf4 $17)) 13. Bg3 e6 $15 14. Ne4 Nd7 15. Nf3 Be7 $1 (
15... h6 16. Rc1 Rc8 17. Ned2 N5b6 18. b3 Be7 19. bxc4 Bc6 20. Be2 Bf6 21. O-O
Na4 $15 {1/2-1/2 Hoang Thanh Trang-Varga,Z/Budapest HUN 2000 (49)}) 16. Nfg5+ (
16. Rc1 Rac8 17. Ned2 N5b6 18. b3 cxb3 $1) 16... Bxg5 17. Nxg5+ Ke7 18. Ne4 a6
19. Bd6+ Kf7 20. a4 bxa3 21. Rxa3 N5f6 (21... e5 $5 {Huzman} 22. Ng5+ Kg8 23.
g3) 22. Ng5+ Kg6 23. Nxe6 Rhe8 24. Re3 Ng4 (24... Nd5 {Huzman} 25. Nf4+ Nxf4
26. Bxf4 Nc5 27. Be5) 25. Nc7 (25. Nf4+ $143 Kf5 (25... Kf7 {Huzman} 26. Rxe8
Rxe8+ 27. Be2 c3 $1 28. bxc3 g5 29. Kd2 gxf4 30. Bxg4 Nf6 $19) 26. Rxe8 Rxe8+
27. Be2 c3 $1 28. bxc3 g5 29. c4 Bxc4 30. Kf1 Nb6 31. h3 Ne5 32. Bxe5 gxf4 (
32... Kxe5 33. Nh5 Kd4 34. Bxc4 Nxc4) 33. Bxc4 Nxc4 34. Bc3 a5 $17) 25... Nxe3
26. fxe3 Rxe3+ 27. Kf2 Rae8 28. Nxe8 Rxe8 29. Be2 Nb6 (29... Nf6 {Huzman} 30.
Bf3 Ne4+ 31. Bxe4+ Rxe4 32. Re1 $15) 30. Bd1 Nd5 31. Bc2+ Kf7 32. Rd1 Ne3 33.
Rd2 Bc6 (33... c3 {Huzman} 34. bxc3 Nc4 35. Bb3 $11) 34. Bc5 Ng4+ 35. Kg3 Nf6
36. Bd4 h6 37. h3 Be4 38. Bxf6 Kxf6 (38... gxf6 39. Bxe4 Rxe4 40. Rd6 Re2 (
40... Re6 41. Rd7+ Kg6 42. Rc7) 41. Rxa6 Rxb2 42. Rc6 Rc2 43. Kh4 $132) 39.
Rf2+ Kg5 40. h4+ Kh5 41. Re2 Bc6 42. Rd2 (42. Rf2 Be4 43. Re2 $11) 42... Re6
43. Bf5 Rf6 44. Bc2 (44. Kf4 Bxg2 $1) 44... g5 45. hxg5 hxg5 46. Rd4 Bb5 47.
Rd8 Kh6 48. Rh8+ Kg7 49. Rh5 Rf1 50. Rxg5+ Kf6 51. Rh5 Ke6 52. Be4 Kd6 53. Rd5+
Kc7 54. Kg4 $2 (54. Rd2 $11) 54... Rf2 55. Rd1 Rxb2 56. Kf4 Bc6 57. Rc1 Rb4 58.
Ke5 a5 59. g4 a4 60. g5 Rb5+ 61. Kd4 Bxe4 62. Kxe4 Rxg5 63. Rxc4+ Kb6 64. Kd3
Kb5 65. Rc8 Kb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2000.08.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2000.07.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. e5
b5 9. Qb3 Nfd7 10. e6 fxe6 11. Be3 Nf6 12. a4 bxa4 13. Rxa4 Nd5 14. Bc4 c6 15.
Ng5 h6 16. Nf3 Nd7 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Bd3 Nb6 19. Rb4 Nc4 20. Bxc4 a5 21. Rb6
dxc4 22. Qxc4+ Kh7 23. Rxc6 Bb7 24. Rc7 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Rb8 26. O-O Rxb2 27. Qc5
Rf7 28. Ra1 Rb5 29. Qxb5 Qxc7 30. Qxa5 Qxa5 31. Rxa5 Rxf3 32. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2000.08.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2000.07.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 Na6 7. Nf3 h6 8. Be3
Ng4 9. Bc1 e5 10. O-O (10. h3 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nf6 12. O-O Nc5 13. Bf3 Re8 14. Re1
c6 15. Rb1 a5 16. Bf4 Nh7 $11 {Milov,V-Gabriel,C / Schweiz 1999}) 10... c6 (
10... Qe8 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. b3 Qe6 13. Ba3 c5 14. Nd5 Nf6 15. Qc2 b6 16. Bb2
Nd7 17. a3 Bb7 18. b4 Rfc8 19. Rfd1 $14 {1-0 Milov,V-Gallagher,J/Pula 2000/CBM
77/ (31)}) 11. dxe5 (11. h3 exd4 (11... Nf6 12. Re1 Re8 13. d5 cxd5 $6 14. cxd5
Nc5 15. Bf1 a5 16. a4 Bd7 17. Nd2 Rf8 18. Nc4 Ne8 19. f4 $16 {
Todorovic-Kecskes, Budapest 1995}) 12. Nxd4 Nf6 13. Re1 (13. Bf4 Re8 14. Bf3
Nd7 15. Qd2 Ne5 16. Be2 Qh4 17. Bg3 Qf6 18. Rad1 Nc5 19. Nb3 Ned7 20. Qc2 Bf8
21. Rd2 $14 {1-0 Zhu Chen-Tong Yuanming/Beijing 1998/CBM 66 (65)}) 13... Nc5
14. Bf3 Re8 15. Bf4 g5 16. Bc1 d5 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. exd5 Rxe1+ 19. Qxe1 g4 20.
hxg4 Nxg4 21. Be3 Nd3 22. Qd2 Nxe3 23. Qxd3 Bxd4 24. Qxd4 Nc2 25. Qe5 Nxa1 26.
Ne4 $40 {1/2-1/2 Hort,V-Arakhamia,K/Copenhagen 1997/CBM 61/ (29)}) 11... dxe5
12. h3 Nf6 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Be3 Ne8 (14... Be6 $5 15. Rfd1 (15. a3 Nh5) (15.
Nxe5 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxe5 17. Bxh6 Rd4 $132) 15... Nd7 16. a3 Ndc5 17. Rxd8+ (17.
b4 Nb3 18. Rab1 Nd4) (17. Rab1 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Nb3 $11) 17... Rxd8 18. Rb1 f5
$132) 15. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 16. Rxd1 Be6 17. a3 $14 Nac7 18. Nd2 Bf8 19. Na4 $1 b6 20.
b4 Rd8 21. c5 b5 22. Nb2 f6 23. Nb3 Rxd1+ 24. Bxd1 Kf7 25. f4 (25. Na5 Bd7 26.
Nd3 Ne6 27. Bb3 Ke7 28. f4 exf4 29. Bxf4 $5 $36) 25... exf4 26. Bxf4 Bxb3 27.
Bxb3+ Ke7 28. Nd3 Bg7 (28... h5 29. Bxc7 $5 Nxc7 30. Nf4 g5 31. Ng6+ Ke8 32.
Bd1 a5 (32... h4 33. Bh5 $16) 33. Bxh5 axb4 34. axb4 Na6 35. Ne5+ Kd8 36. Nxc6+
(36. Nd3 $2 Nxb4) 36... Kd7 37. Nd4 Nxb4 38. Bg4+ Ke8 39. c6 $16) 29. Kf2 (29.
g4 $5 {[%csl Rh6]}) 29... a6 30. Ke3 (30. g4) 30... Ne6 31. Bb8 h5 $1 32. Nf4
Bh6 (32... Nxf4 33. Bxf4 $16 {[%csl Ra6,Rc6,Re8,Rg7]}) 33. g3 $1 N8c7 34. Bd1
Kd7 35. Kf3 $1 Ng5+ (35... Nxf4 36. gxf4 a5 37. bxa5 $1 Bf8 38. e5 fxe5 39. Bc2
$1 Bxc5 40. Bxg6 exf4 41. Bxh5 $16) (35... Bxf4 36. gxf4 a5 37. bxa5 Na6 38.
Ba7 Nexc5 39. Ke3 $16) 36. Kg2 Nxe4 37. Nxg6 Kc8 38. Bxc7 Kxc7 39. Bxh5 $16 Bc1
40. Bf3 (40. Nf4 Bxa3 41. Nd3 $16 a5 42. Bg6 Nc3 43. h4 Bxb4 44. Nxb4 axb4 45.
h5 $18) 40... Ng5 41. h4 (41. Nf4 Bxa3 42. Nd3 Nf7 43. h4 Ne5 44. Nxe5 fxe5 45.
g4 Bxb4 46. g5 Bxc5 47. Kh3 Kd6 $11) 41... Nf7 42. Ne7 Ne5 43. h5 f5 $1 (43...
Kd7 44. Ng6 Ke6 45. Nxe5 Kxe5 46. Bxc6 f5 47. Bb7 Bxa3 48. h6 $18) 44. Nxf5
Bxa3 $132 45. h6 Bxb4 46. Nd4 (46. h7 $1 Ng6 (46... Nf7 47. Nd4 (47. Nd6 Nh8
48. Ne4 a5 $11) 47... Bxc5 (47... Bc3 48. Nxc6 a5 (48... b4 49. Ne7 $18) 49.
Bd5 Nh8 50. Kf3 a4 51. Ke4 b4 52. Nd4 $16) 48. Ne6+ Kb6 (48... Kd6 $2 49. Nd8
Nh8 50. Nb7+ $18) 49. g4 Be7 (49... a5 50. g5 Nh8 51. Nxc5 Kxc5 52. Be4 $18)
50. g5 Nh8 51. Be4 a5 52. g6 Bf6 53. g7 Bxg7 54. Nxg7 a4 55. Kf3 b4 $132) 47.
Bxc6 (47. Nd4 Bc3 48. Nxc6 b4 {-see game}) 47... Bxc5 48. Be8 Nh8 $14) 46...
Bc3 47. h7 Ng6 48. Nxc6 b4 49. Na5 (49. Be4 b3 50. Kf2 b2 51. Ke2 b1=Q 52. Bxb1
Kxc6 53. Bxg6 Kxc5 $11) 49... Nf8 50. Be4 Ne6 51. Nb3 a5 $11 52. Bf5 a4 53.
Bxe6 axb3 54. Kf3 Kc6 55. Kf4 b2 56. Ba2 (56. Ba2 Kxc5 57. Kf5 Kd6 58. Kg6 Ke7
$11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2000.08.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Gallagher, Joseph G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2000.07.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Bc5 {Eine selten
angewandte Fortsetzung - gewöhnlich spielt man 6...Qb6, doch hinter dem
Textzug steckt dieselbe Idee: Schwarz möchte den Nd4 vertreiben.} 7. Nb3 (7.
Be3 Qb6 8. Qg4 {Eine ganz neue und interessante Idee.} (8. Be2) 8... Bxd4 9. e5
{Was für ein Zug - jetzt hängt das ganze Brett.} Bxe3 10. Qxg7 Bxf2+ 11. Kf1
Bh4 12. g3 Bb7 13. Qxh8 Bxh1 14. Qxg8+ Ke7 15. Qg4 Kd8 16. Qxh4+ Kc7 {1/2-1/2
Gallagher,J-Milov,V/Biel 2000/CBM 79_02 (84)}) 7... Be7 8. Qg4 (8. O-O d6 9.
Qe1 (9. Be3 Nc6 10. f4 Bf6 11. Qf3 Qc7 12. Bxb5 axb5 13. e5 Rb8 14. exf6 Nxf6
15. Qe2 b4 16. Nb5 Qe7 17. Rae1 O-O {0-1 Holzer,G-Braun,W/Austria 1997/EXT 99 
(47)}) 9... Nf6 10. Bd2 O-O 11. a4 b4 12. Na2 a5 13. c3 bxc3 14. Nxc3 Nc6 15.
Nb5 e5 16. Bc4 Bb7 17. f3 d5 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. Nxa5 Nxa5 21. Bxa5
Ba6 22. Qe2 Rab8 {1/2-1/2 Mitkov,N-Milov,V/zt 2000 (22)}) 8... g6 (8... Nf6 9.
Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qh6 Nc6 11. Bd2 Ne5 12. f4 Nxd3+ 13. cxd3 b4 14. Ne2 Rxg2 15. Qh3
Rg6 16. f5 exf5 17. exf5 Rg4 18. O-O-O Bb7 19. Rhe1 a5 20. Kb1 a4 21. Nbd4 Qb6
{0-1 Tiviakov,S-Bosboom,M/Hoogeveen 1999/EXT 2000 (44)}) 9. Qe2 {[%mdl 4] Der
Mohr hat seine Schuldigkeit getan, nun kann er gehen. Mit Zug 8.Qg4 hat Weiß
die Schwächung des Königsflügels provoziert, jetzt zieht Weiß ein ruhiges
Positionsspiel auf.} d6 10. O-O b4 $6 {Dieser Zug gefällt mir nicht, denn
Schwarz vertreibt den Springer, obwohl der auf c3 gar nicht besonders gut
steht. Ein weiterer Nachteil dieses Zuges ist, dass er freiwillig den
schwarzen Damenflügel schwächt.} (10... Bb7) 11. Nd1 {[%cal Gd1e3,Ge3c4] Der
Springer strebt nach e3 und später evtl. nach c4.} (11. Nb1) 11... Bb7 12. a3
$1 {Dank des 10. Zuges von Schwarz kann Weiß den Damenflügel sprengen.} Nc6 (
12... bxa3 13. Rxa3 $14) 13. Bd2 (13. axb4 Nxb4 14. Bb5+ $1 Kf8 $14 (14... axb5
15. Qxb5+ Bc6 16. Qxb4 $16)) 13... bxa3 (13... a5 14. Bb5 $16 {[%cal Gb5e8]})
14. Rxa3 $14 {Weiß hat großen Entwicklungsvorteil und starken positionellen
Druck am Damenflügel.} Qc8 {Die Dame steht unglücklich auf c8, aber sie muss
den Pa6 verteidigen.} 15. Ne3 {[%cal Ge3c4,Gc4b6]} (15. f4 $14) 15... Nf6 16.
Nc4 {[%cal Rc4b6,Rb6c8,Rb6a8]} Qc7 (16... Nd7 17. Bg5 $36 {Natürlich kann
Schwarz den Läufer wegen 18.Nxd6+ nicht nehmen.}) 17. Nca5 {[%csl Ga5] Wenn
ein weißer Springer in dieser Variante auf a5 erscheint, bedeutet das, dass
Schwarz ernsthafte Probleme am Damenflügel hat. Anschließend kann Weiß mit dem
Bb7 eine Schlüsselfigur der schwarzen Stellung abtauschen.} Ne5 18. Nxb7 Nxd3
19. cxd3 (19. Nxd6+ $2 Bxd6 20. cxd3 Bxa3 $15) 19... Qxb7 20. Na5 {[%csl Ga5]}
Qd7 (20... Qxb2 21. Rb3 Qa2 (21... Qd4 22. Nc4 {Droht der Damenfang mit 23.Be3.
} Qc5 23. Rb7 $44 {[%csl Gb7,Re8]}) 22. Rb7 $44) 21. Rb3 Rc8 (21... O-O $2 22.
Rb7 Qe8 23. Bh6 $18) 22. Nc4 {[%cal Rc4b6,Rb6d7,Rb6c8]} (22. Rb7 Rc7) 22... Bd8
23. Bh6 $36 {[%csl Re8] Weiß hat spürbar die Initiative und positionellen
Druck. Der schwarze König steht schlecht in der Mitte.} d5 {Dieser Zug ist aus
prinzipiellen Gründen nicht logisch (er öffnet das Zentrum, obwohl der König
in der Mitte steht), doch in dieser konkreten Stellung gab es keine
Alternative mehr für Schwarz.} 24. Nb6 Bxb6 25. Rxb6 $16 {Der Pa6 hängt, es
droht 26.Bg7 und den schwarzen Figuren fehlt die Koordination.} Qa4 26. Qf3 (
26. Bg7 $1 Nd7 27. b3 Qa3 28. Bb2 Qa5 29. Rxe6+ fxe6 30. Bxh8 $16) 26... Nd7 (
26... Qd4 27. Be3 Qe5 28. d4 $18) 27. b3 dxe4 (27... Qa5 28. Rb7 $16) 28. dxe4
Qa5 29. Rb7 {[%mdl 128] Es droht 30.Rxd7 nebst 31. Qxf7+.} Qh5 30. Qf4 {
Weiß muss die Damen auf dem Brett halten. Jetzt droht das Eindringen der Dame
nach d6.} (30. Qxh5 $6 gxh5 31. Ra7 $16) 30... e5 (30... Qe5 31. Qxe5 Nxe5 32.
Bg7 $18 {[%cal Rg7h8,Rg7e5]}) 31. Qd2 $18 {Der schwarze König befindet sich im
Mattnetz. Gegen die vielseitigen Drohungen gibt es keine Verteidigung.} Nc5 (
31... Rd8 32. Rd1 Qg4 33. Qc2 Qe6 34. Rbxd7 Rxd7 35. Qc8+ Ke7 36. Bg5+ f6 37.
Rxd7+ Qxd7 38. Bxf6+ $18) 32. Ra7 g5 33. Qd6 {[%csl Re8][%cal Rd6e7]} 1-0

[Event "CRO-chT2"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2000.09.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Farago, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2000.09.??"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. Ne2 c4 7. O-O Bd6 8. b3
cxb3 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. axb3 Nf6 11. Ba3 O-O 12. Nf3 Re8 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Re1
Bg4 15. Ne5 c5 16. f3 Bf5 17. Ng3 Bg6 18. Re2 Qb6 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. Ra4 cxd4
21. Qxd4 Rac8 22. Qxb6 axb6 23. Rd2 Ra8 24. Rb4 Ra2 25. Nf1 Rc8 26. Ne3 Rc6 27.
h4 Ra1+ 28. Kf2 Re6 29. Rbd4 Rc1 30. Nxd5 Nxd5 31. Rxd5 Rc6 32. c4 Rh1 33. Rd6
Rxd6 34. Rxd6 b5 35. cxb5 Rxh4 36. g4 Rh2+ 37. Ke3 Rb2 38. Rd3 Rc2 39. b6 Rc8
40. b7 Re8+ 41. Kd2 f5 42. Rc3 1-0

[Event "CRO-chT2"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2000.09.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Gyimesi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2000.09.??"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. g3 f6 10. b3 fxe5 11. Bg2 Nf6 12. O-O Qe6 13. Bb2 Bc5 14. Nc3 O-O 15.
Na4 Bb6 16. Nxb6 axb6 17. Qxe5 Qxe5 18. Bxe5 Ra7 19. Rfe1 Bc8 20. a4 Kf7 21.
Bd4 d5 22. Bxf6 Kxf6 23. cxd5 cxd5 24. Bxd5 Rd8 25. Bc4 c5 26. Rad1 Rxd1 27.
Rxd1 Rd7 28. Re1 Rd2 29. h4 h6 30. f3 Bd7 31. Re3 g5 32. hxg5+ hxg5 33. Kf1 Rc2
34. Ke1 Rg2 35. g4 Rc2 36. Kd1 Rg2 37. Rd3 Ke7 38. Rd5 Bc6 39. Rf5 Kd6 40. Ke1
Rb2 41. Rf6+ Kc7 42. Kf1 Rc2 43. f4 gxf4 44. Rxf4 Bg2+ 45. Ke1 Bc6 46. Rf7+ Kd6
47. Rf6+ Kc7 48. g5 Be4 49. Rf4 Bg6 50. Kf1 Rb2 51. Bf7 Bd3+ 52. Kg1 Kd6 53.
Rf3 Be4 54. Rg3 Ke7 55. g6 Rb1+ 56. Kf2 Rb2+ 57. Ke1 Rb1+ 58. Kd2 Rb2+ 59. Ke3
Rg2 60. Rxg2 Bxg2 61. Kf4 Kf6 62. Bc4 Bh1 63. g7 Kxg7 64. Ke5 Kf8 65. Kd6 Ke8
66. Kc7 1-0

[Event "CRO-chT2"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2000.09.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Varga, Zoltan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2000.09.??"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Be3 d6 4. Qd2 a6 5. f3 Nf6 6. c4 c6 7. a4 a5 8. Na3 Na6
9. Ne2 O-O 10. Nc3 e5 11. d5 Nc5 12. Rd1 Nb3 13. Qf2 Nd4 14. Bd3 Nh5 15. O-O c5
16. Nab5 Qe7 17. Ne2 Nxe2+ 18. Qxe2 Nf4 19. Qd2 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Bd7 21. Qd2 b6
22. Nc3 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-chT2"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2000.09.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ruck, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2000.09.??"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qb5 13. c4 Qxb2 14. Rb1 Qxa2
15. O-O Qa3 16. Qxa3 Bxa3 17. Rxb7 Be7 18. Ra1 Ngf6 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Nd7
21. Bc3 Rf8 22. Ne4 f5 23. Nd6+ Bxd6 24. exd6 Rf7 25. Raxa7 Rxa7 26. Rxa7 Nb6
27. Ra6 Nxc4 28. Rxc6 Na3 29. Rc8+ Kd7 30. Rc7+ Ke8 31. Rxf7 1-0

[Event "CRO-chT2"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2000.09.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Filipovic, Marko"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2272"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2000.09.??"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. f3 g6 6. e4 Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Nh3 d6
9. Nf2 Nbd7 10. a4 Ne8 11. Bd2 Nc7 12. Be2 axb5 13. axb5 Rb8 14. O-O Nb6 15.
Qc1 Bd7 16. Bh6 f6 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. f4 Nc8 19. h4 Bxb5 20. Ng4 Bd7 21. Ne3 Rb4
22. Nc2 Rb7 23. Ne3 Na7 24. f5 gxf5 25. Nxf5+ Kh8 26. Ra3 Bxf5 27. Rxf5 Rg8 28.
Ba6 Rb4 29. Be2 Nab5 30. Nxb5 Nxb5 31. Bxb5 Rxb5 32. Rf4 Qb6 33. Ra2 Rb3 34.
Kh2 Rbg3 35. Rf2 R3g4 36. Qc2 Qb4 37. Re2 Rxh4+ 0-1

[Event "CRO-chT2"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2000.09.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Rogic, Davor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2000.09.??"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Rd1 b5 11. Be2 Qc7 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Be7 14. Bd2 Bb7
15. Rac1 c5 16. Qb1 Qb6 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Bc3 Be4 19. Qa1 f6 20. Nd2 Bg6 21. b4
Nd3 22. Bxd3 Bxd3 23. Bd4 Qb7 24. Nb3 Be4 25. Na5 Qb8 26. Bc5 Bxc5 27. Rxc5 Rd8
28. f3 Rxd1+ 29. Qxd1 Bd5 30. a3 Ra7 31. Qd4 Rf7 32. e4 Ba8 33. Nb3 h6 34. Rc3
Kh7 35. Nc5 Qb6 36. Rd3 e5 37. Qe3 Rc7 38. h4 a5 39. Qd2 axb4 40. axb4 Bc6 41.
Rd8 Qa7 42. Kh2 Re7 43. Rc8 Bd7 44. Rf8 Be6 45. Qd8 Bf7 46. Rh8+ Kg6 47. Qc8
1-0

[Event "CRO-chT2"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2000.09.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bulat, Ante"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2304"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2000.09.??"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 d6 6. d4 Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. a3 Ng4 11. Qc2 b5 12. cxb5 axb5 13. b4 Nc4 14. bxc5 Nce3 15.
fxe3 Nxe3 16. Qb2 Nxf1 17. Nxf1 Qa5 18. Bd2 b4 19. Rc1 Qxc5+ 20. Kh1 Rxa3 21.
Qc2 bxc3 22. Bg5 Qa7 23. h4 Bf5 24. e4 Ra2 25. Qd3 Bg4 26. Be3 Qa3 27. Nh2 Qb2
28. Rg1 Bh3 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup-B"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "2000.09.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Xu, Jun"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2000.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. Bf3 c6 13. Be3 cxd5 14. cxd5 h6 15.
Ne6 Bxe6 16. dxe6 fxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 d5 19. Bc2 b6 20. Qg4 e4 21. Rad1
Qc7 22. Bb3 Rf5 23. Re2 h5 24. Qh4 Bf6 25. Qg3 Be5 26. Qh4 Bf6 27. Qg3 Be5 28.
Qh4 Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup-B"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "2000.09.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2000.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7
8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Re1 O-O 11. Nf1 Re8 12. Be3 a5 13. Nd4 Qd7 14. Qf3
g6 15. Rad1 Nce4 16. h3 b5 17. Bh6 b4 18. Qd3 Bc5 19. Be3 Rac8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup-B"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "2000.09.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2000.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Gurevich,M} c5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 {Dieser Zug ist nicht so stark, wenn
Weiß noch nicht Nf3 gespielt hat.} 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nc7 6. Qb3 Nd7 {'?!'
Gurevich,M. Auf diese Weise vermeidet Schwarz die Bildung eines Doppelbauern
am Damenflügel (nach 6...Nc6 7.Bxc6+ bxc6), dafür aber behält er eine passive
Stellung.} (6... Nc6) 7. Nf3 (7. Bxb7 $2 {Gurevich,M} c4 $1 $19 (7... Rb8 8.
Bxc8 Rxb3 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. axb3 $13)) 7... e5 (7... g6 8. h4 Bg7 9. h5 e5 10.
Ne4 Qe7 11. d3 Ne6 12. hxg6 hxg6 13. Rxh8+ Bxh8 14. Qd5 Nb6 15. Nd6+ Kd7 16.
Nxc8+ Nxd5 17. Nxe7 Nxe7 18. Bd2 {1-0 Badea,B-Sarno,S/Novi Sad 1990/TD (82)})
8. O-O Be7 9. e3 {[%cal Gf1d1,Gd2d4] '!' Gurevich,M. Weiß verfolgt einen
einfachen Plan - er möchte d2-d4 spielen und die Stellung - bei besserem
Figurenspiel - öffnen.} Ne6 (9... O-O 10. d4 (10. Rd1 Ne6 11. Nd5 (11. Ne4 Qc7
12. d4 exd4 13. exd4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Ndc5 15. Qc2 Nxd4 16. Rxd4 Be6 17. Ng5 Bxg5
18. Bxg5 Qe5 19. Qd2 {1-0 Asendorf,J-Behrhorst,F/Germany 1991/TD (39)}) 11...
Re8 12. d4 exd4 13. exd4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Rxd4 Bc5 16. Rd1 Nb6 17. Qb5
Bg4 18. Rf1 Rc8 19. Ne3 Bd7 {[Time]. 0-1 Zueger,B-Brunner,L/SWZ-ch playoff
1994/CBM 43 ext (37)}) 10... Bf6 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. Ne4 exd4 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14.
exd4 cxd4 15. Rxd4 {'+/=' Gurevich,M. Gurevich,M: '1-0 Schneider,A-Nezar,M/
Budapest 1997/CBM 59 ext (35)'} Ne6 16. Rh4 Rd8 17. Be3 h6 18. Re1 Qd6 19. Nd4
Nc5 20. Qc2 Na6 21. Nf5 Bxf5 22. Qxf5 {1-0 Schneider,A-Nezar,M/Budapest 1997/
CBM 59 ext (35)}) 10. Rd1 {'!?' Gurevich,M.} (10. Bh3 Qb6 (10... O-O 11. Bxe6
fxe6 12. Qxe6+ Kh8 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Qxe5 Bh3 {'<=>' Gurevich,M. Gurevich,M:
'1/2-1/2 Poldauf,D-Wegner,H/BL9596 1996/GER-chT (31)'} 15. Re1 Bd6 16. Qd5 Qe7
17. b3 Be5 18. Ba3 Rad8 19. Qxc5 Qf7 20. f4 Bd6 21. Qa5 b6 22. Qa6 Bxa3 23.
Qxa3 Rxd2 {1/2-1/2 Poldauf,D-Wegner,H/Germany 1996/GER-chT (31)}) 11. Qxb6 axb6
12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. d3 $14) 10... Bf6 {'!?' Gurevich,M. Schwarz verhindert zwar
den Zug d2-d4, aber seine Figuren stehen unglücklich.} (10... O-O 11. d4 exd4
12. exd4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 (13... Ndc5 {Gurevich,M} 14. Qc4 $14) 14. Rxd4 $14
{[%csl Rc8][%cal Gg2a8]}) 11. Ne4 {'!?' Gurevich,M.} (11. d4 {Gurevich,M} cxd4
12. exd4 exd4 13. Nb5 Ndc5 $13) 11... O-O 12. d3 $14 {Gurevich,M: '[/
\Bc1-d2-c3, Ne4-d6-c8]' Weiß hat eine bequeme Stellung mit besserem
Figurenspiel erreicht, Schwarz hingegen sieht sich bei der Entwicklung des Bc8
vor Probleme gestellt.} b6 {'!?' Gurevich,M.} 13. Nd6 (13. Bd2 $5 Ba6 (13...
Bb7 $2 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 (14... gxf6 15. Nxe5) (14... Nxf6 15. Nxe5 $16) 15. Nxe5
$1 $16) 14. Bc3 $14) (13. Nxf6+ {Gurevich,M} Qxf6 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Bxa8 Ng5
$132 {( +- Fritz)}) 13... Rb8 (13... Ba6 14. Qa4 Nc7 15. d4 $14) 14. Nxc8 Rxc8
15. Bd2 {'+/=' Gurevich,M. Weiß hat das Läuferpaar. Sein Bg2 ist besonders
stark, weil es viele schwache weiße Felder in der schwarzen Stellung gibt.} g6
{'!?' Gurevich,M.} 16. Bc3 Bg7 17. Qc4 {Gurevich,M: '[/\18.b4; 18.b3, Bc3-b2]'}
(17. Nd2 Nd4 $5 $132 18. exd4 exd4) (17. a4 {Gurevich,M} a5 18. Nd2 $14) 17...
Qe7 (17... Nd4 $5 {Gurevich,M} 18. Kf1 (18. exd4 cxd4 $15) 18... b5 19. Qd5
Nxf3 20. Qxf3 Nb6 21. Ba5 $14) 18. Rac1 Rc7 19. b3 Rfc8 20. Ba1 {Weiß hat dank
des Läuferpaares einen kleinen aber dauerhaften Vorteil. Schwarz hat momentan
eine solide Stellung, aber früher oder später wird es Weiß gelingen, die
Stellung für sein Läuferpaar zu öffnen. Die schwarze Stellung hingegen ist
kaum zu verstärken.} Qd6 21. Nd2 {[%cal Gd2e4,Ge4c3,Gc3d5]} Nb8 {'!?' Gurevich,
M.} 22. Qb5 {'!?' Gurevich,M.} Qd7 (22... Rd7 23. Ne4 $14 (23. Nc4 $14)) 23. a4
$1 {[%mdl 32] '!?' Gurevich,M.} Qxb5 (23... Nc6) 24. axb5 {[%csl Gb5][%cal
Gg2a8] Der Pb5 steht ausgezeichnet und garantiert Weiß Raumvorteil und
positionellen Druck am Damenflügel.} Re7 {Gurevich,M: '[/\25...Nc7]'} 25. b4 $1
{'!?' Gurevich,M.} (25. Nc4 Nc7) 25... Rec7 26. Nc4 $1 (26. bxc5 {Gurevich,M}
Rxc5 $132) 26... cxb4 (26... f6 27. Bd5 $16) 27. Rb1 Rc5 (27... Nd7 28. Rxb4
$14) 28. Rxb4 Rd8 29. Rbb1 f5 {'?' Gurevich,M.} (29... Nc7 30. Nxe5 (30. Na3 {
Gurevich,M} Ne6 31. Rb4 $14) 30... Rxe5 (30... Bxe5 {Gurevich,M} 31. d4 Rxb5
32. dxe5 Rxb1 33. Rxb1 $13) 31. Bxe5 Bxe5 32. d4 $36 {'+/=' Gurevich,M.}) {[#]}
30. Nxe5 $5 {[%mdl 64] '!' Gurevich,M. Mit diesem schönem Zug bekommt Weiß
endlich zwei Bauern + Turm für zwei Leichtfiguren, denn Schwarz kann seinen
a-Bauern nicht halten.} Rxe5 (30... Bxe5 31. d4 Bxd4 32. exd4 Rc2 33. d5 $16 {
Bei ausgeglichenem Material besitzt Weiß starke Initiative, das Läuferpaar ist
sehr stark.} (33. d5 {Gurevich,M} Nc5 34. d6 $16)) 31. Bxe5 Bxe5 32. d4 Bd6 33.
Ra1 {[%csl Ra7][%cal Ra1a7]} Nc7 (33... Rd7 34. Ra4 $16 {[%cal Rd1a1,Ra1a7]} (
34. Rdc1 $36 {Gurevich,M})) 34. Bf1 {[%cal Gf1c4,Gc4g8] '+/-!' Gurevich,M.} Nd7
35. Rxa7 $36 {Die Stellung wäre zwar materiell ausgeglichen, aber die weißen
Türme sind aktiv, Schwarz findet kein Gegenspiel.} Kf8 36. Rc1 Nd5 37. Rc6 {
[%csl Ga7,Gc6]} N7f6 (37... Ke7 38. Bc4 Ke6 39. f3 $18) 38. Be2 {Gurevich,M: '
[/\39.Bf3]'} (38. Bc4 $16) (38. Bc4 {Gurevich,M} Ne7 $2 39. Rxb6 Nc8 40. Rf7+
$18) 38... Be7 39. Bf3 g5 $2 $138 (39... Kf7) 40. Re6 $1 $16 {'+-!' Gurevich,M.
Weiß droht unangenehm mit 41.Raxe7!} Bd6 41. Bxd5 Nxd5 42. Rxh7 {Weiß hat nun
schon drei Bauern + Turm für zwei Leichtfiguren, zudem sind die weißen Türme
sehr aktiv.} Kg8 43. Rb7 f4 {'!?' Gurevich,M.} 44. Kg2 {[%cal Gg2f3,Gf3g4]
'!?' Gurevich,M.} (44. e4 $16) (44. e4 {Gurevich,M} Nc3 45. e5 Bf8 (45... Bb4
46. Rexb6) 46. Rexb6 f3 $132) 44... fxe3 45. fxe3 g4 46. Kf2 $5 {Weiß muss
sich nicht beeilen - er spielt zunächst (noch) nicht 46.e4, sondern
verbesssert seine Königsstellung.} (46. e4 $16) 46... Bb4 47. Ke2 Ba5 48. Kd3 {
[%csl Gd3]} Rc8 49. Rd7 Nc3 (49... Nb4+ 50. Ke4 $18) 50. Rc6 $1 $18 Re8 51.
Rxc3 Bxc3 52. Kxc3 Rxe3+ 53. Kc4 {Mit zwei Mehrbauern sowie aktivem Turm und
König steht Weiß auf Gewinn.} Re2 54. Rd6 Rxh2 55. Rg6+ Kf7 56. Rxg4 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup-B"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "2000.09.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ye, Jiangchuan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2000.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8.
O-O h5 9. h3 b5 10. Nb3 h4 11. f4 Bb7 12. a3 d6 13. Qe1 Be7 14. Rd1 Rc8 15. Qf2
Nd7 16. e5 dxe5 17. f5 O-O 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Qe2 Rxf1+ 20. Rxf1 Rf8 21. Qg4
Rxf1+ 22. Kxf1 Nd8 23. Ne4 Nf6 24. Nxf6+ Bxf6 25. Nc5 e4 26. Nxe4 Bxb2 27. Qxh4
Bxa3 28. Ng5 g6 29. Ne4 Bb2 30. Bg5 Nf7 31. Nf6+ Bxf6 32. Bxf6 Qh2 33. Qg4 g5
34. Qxe6 Qxg2+ 35. Ke1 Qg1+ 36. Kd2 Qf2+ 37. Kc1 Qf4+ 38. Kb1 Qb4+ 39. Bb2 Kf8
40. Bg6 Qf4 41. Bc3 Qc4 42. Qf6 Be4 43. Bxf7 Qxf7 44. Bb4+ Kg8 45. Qxg5+ Bg6
46. Kb2 Qf5 47. Qd8+ Kh7 48. Qc7+ Qf7 49. Qc3 Qg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup-B"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "2000.09.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2000.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. Nh2 Na6
9. g3 Nc5 10. b4 Na6 11. Rb1 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Rb3 Qf6 14. Be3 Nf4 15. Nb5
Nxh3 16. Qd2 Rae8 17. Be2 h5 18. c5 Bd7 19. Nc3 Nf4 20. c6 Bc8 21. Bxa7 Nxe2
22. Qxe2 e4 23. O-O Qf5 24. Rd1 Kh7 25. Nb5 Qf7 26. Bd4 e3 27. fxe3 bxc6 28.
dxc6 Bh6 29. e4 Be6 30. Nxd6 cxd6 31. Rf3 Qe7 32. Qxa6 Rxf3 33. Nxf3 Bg4 34.
Qd3 d5 35. e5 Rf8 36. Bc5 Qf7 37. Bxf8 Qxf8 38. Rf1 Qxb4 39. Nh4 Qe4 40. Qxe4
dxe4 41. Rf7+ Kg8 42. Rf6 Be3+ 43. Kf1 Bb6 44. e6 e3 45. Rxg6+ Kf8 46. Rxg4
hxg4 47. Nf5 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 16th"]
[Site "Neum"]
[Date "2000.09.24"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Winants, Luc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2000.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Donetsk"]
[BlackTeam "Eupen Rochade"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Qg6 7. Qf3 $5 (7.
Nd2 Nf6 8. f3 (8. f4 Nxd4 9. cxd4 Bb4 10. f5 Qg4 11. Qxg4 Nxg4 12. Bf4 d5 13.
h3 Nf6 14. e5 Ne4 15. g4 g6 16. fxg6 fxg6 17. a3 Bxd2+ 18. Bxd2 h5 19. Rg1 hxg4
20. hxg4 Be6 $11 {Motylev,A-Gligoric,S/Novi Sad 2000 (33)}) 8... d5 9. Bb5 Bxd4
(9... Qxg2 10. Rg1 Qxh2 11. Rxg7 Bd7 12. Qb3 Qh4+ 13. Kd1 Bxd4 14. cxd4 O-O-O
15. Kc2 $132) 10. Bxd4 dxe4 11. O-O Bd7 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nxe4 Qf5 14. Bd3 Qf4
15. Qc1 Qxc1 16. Raxc1 Ne5 17. Bc2 O-O-O $11 {0-1 Berg,E-Hector,J/ Reykjavik
1996 (67)}) (7. f3 Nge7 8. Qd2 a6 9. Nc2 Bxe3 10. Nxe3 d6 11. Be2 f5 12. exf5
Bxf5 13. O-O O-O 14. Na3 Rae8 15. Rae1 Kh8 16. Nac2 Qh6 $15 {0-1 Vajda,
S-Skembris,S/ FRA 1999 (32)}) 7... d6 $6 $146 (7... Bxd4 8. Bxd4 Nge7 9. Nd2 d5
10. Bb5 O-O 11. Be3 dxe4 12. Qxe4 Bf5 13. Qf3 Ne5 14. Qg3 Ng4 15. O-O-O c6 16.
Be2 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Nd5 $15 {0-1 Schmittdiel,E-Kupreichik,V/ Bad Woerishofen
1995 (70)}) (7... Ne5 8. Qf5 d6 9. Qxg6 hxg6 10. f3 Nf6 11. Nd2 Bd7 12. Nc2 Bb6
13. Be2 d5 14. Bxb6 axb6 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. g3 c5 17. O-O O-O $15 {0-1 Ash,
R-Martinovsky,E/ Chicago 1995 (52)}) 8. Nb5 $1 {[%csl Rc7]} Bg4 9. Qf4 (9. Qg3
$144 Bxe3 10. Qxe3 (10. Nxc7+ $2 Kd7 11. Nxa8 Bc1 $17)) 9... Bxe3 10. Qxe3 Kd7
{Black must defend the c7 pawn by king, to avoid any material damage.From now,
and until the end of the game, black king will not find complete safety.} (
10... O-O-O $2 11. f3 Bd7 12. Nxa7+ $16) 11. Nd2 Nge7 (11... Nf6 $6 12. Bd3 {
[%cal Gd3g6]} Rhe8 13. O-O Bf5 14. Rfe1 (14. f3 $2 Nd5 $17) 14... Re7 15. Nd4
Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Bh3 17. Bf1 $16 {[%csl Gd4,Rd7]}) 12. Bc4 Be6 {There was no need
to hurry with this move.} ({More logical is to complete artificial castling:} 
12... a6 13. Nd4 Rad8 14. h3 (14. O-O Kc8 $11 {[%cal Gd6d5]}) 14... Be6 15.
Bxe6+ fxe6 16. O-O $14 {[%cal Ya2a4,Yb2b4]}) 13. O-O Bxc4 14. Nxc4 Qh5 {
[%cal Rh5b5]} 15. a4 a6 16. Nd4 Rae8 (16... Rad8 17. b4 $36 Ne5 18. Nxe5+ Qxe5
(18... dxe5 $6 19. Nb3 $16 {[%csl Ra6,Rb7,Rd7][%cal Ge3a7,Gb3c5,Gb4b5,Gb3a5]})
19. f4 Qh5 20. e5 $40) 17. Qg3 Kc8 18. b4 (18. Qxg7 $6 f5 $1 $36 19. exf5 $2
Reg8 20. Qf6 Nxd4 21. Qxd4 Rxg2+ $1 22. Kxg2 Rg8+ 23. Kh1 Qf3#) 18... Nxd4 $2 {
This is already serious mistake.Black must meet side attack with center
breakthrough.} (18... d5 $1 19. Nxc6 Nxc6 (19... dxc4 20. Nxe7+ Rxe7 21. Qxg7
$16) 20. b5 $1 (20. exd5 Qxd5 21. Ne3 Qe5 $11) 20... dxc4 21. bxc6 bxc6 22. Qe3
{[%cal Ge3a7]} c5 23. f4 $14) 19. cxd4 Qg6 ({Now} 19... d5 {looks much worse
than on the previous move:} 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Rfc1 {[%csl Rc7,Rc8][%cal Gc4b6,
Gc4d6]} Kb8 (21... Re6 22. b5 $40) 22. Ne3 Nxe3 23. Qxc7+ Ka8 24. fxe3 Rxe3 25.
b5 $40) 20. Qc3 Kb8 (20... d5 21. Ne5 Qe6 22. Rfc1 c6 23. b5 f6 24. Nd3 $18)
21. Rfe1 d5 {Too late.} (21... f5 22. e5 $16) 22. Ne5 Qe6 23. b5 f6 24. Nd3
dxe4 25. Nc5 $18 Qd5 26. a5 {White's attack is irresistible.} Nf5 (26... axb5
27. a6 b6 28. a7+ Ka8 29. Na6 $18 {[%cal Ra6c7]}) 27. bxa6 Ka7 28. axb7 Qxd4
29. Qc2 Nd6 30. Red1 Qc4 {[%tqu "En","Find final combination for white.","","",
"d1d6","",8]} 31. Rxd6 $1 {[%mdl 128]} (31. Rxd6 Qxc2 32. Ra6+ Kb8 33. Ra8#)
1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 16th"]
[Site "Neum"]
[Date "2000.09.25"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2000.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zagreb Zrinjevac"]
[BlackTeam "Donetsk"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 16th"]
[Site "Neum"]
[Date "2000.09.26"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Sax, Gyula"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2000.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Miskolci"]
[BlackTeam "Donetsk"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 16th"]
[Site "Neum"]
[Date "2000.09.27"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "Ponomariov,R"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2000.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Donetsk"]
[BlackTeam "Breda"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Bb5+ $5 Bd7 4. a4 Nc6 5. d3 g6 6. Bg5 $1 Bg7 7. Nge2 Nf6
(7... Nd4 8. O-O Nxb5 9. axb5 h6 10. Be3 Nf6 11. Qc1 Ng4 12. Bd2 f5 13. h3 Ne5
14. f4 Nf7 15. exf5 gxf5 16. Be3 O-O 17. d4 b6 18. Qd2 e6 19. Ng3 $14 {
Balashov-Zagrebelny, Moscow 1996}) (7... h6 8. Be3 Nd4 9. O-O Bxb5 10. Bxd4
cxd4 11. Nxb5 e5 12. c3 $16 {Balashov-Savon, St Petersburg 1996}) 8. O-O O-O 9.
Qd2 Nd4 $5 (9... a6 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. Bh6 b5 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. f4 $36 d5 $140
$6 14. e5 Nd7 15. d4 $16 {ץc6}) 10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. Ne2 (11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5
Bxb5 13. axb5 Qd7 $13 {קb5, d5, a7, e7}) 11... d5 $1 12. e5 Ng4 13. Qb4 $1 (
13. Bxd7 Qxd7 14. f4 f6 15. exf6 exf6 16. Bh4 f5 $15) 13... Bxb5 (13... Re8 14.
e6 fxe6 15. Bxd7 Qxd7 16. h3 Nf6 17. Nxd4 $36) 14. Bxe7 $1 a5 $8 (14... Qc7 15.
Bxf8 Qxe5 16. Ng3 $18) 15. Qa3 Qc7 16. Bd6 $1 Qxc2 17. Nxd4 Qd2 $1 (17... Qxd3
18. Nxb5 Qxa3 19. Rxa3 $16) 18. Nf3 Qxd3 $1 (18... Qf4 19. axb5 Nxe5 20. Kh1 $1
$16 {/\d4}) 19. axb5 Qxa3 20. bxa3 Rfe8 21. Rfe1 f6 22. e6 Ne5 23. Nxe5 fxe5 $1
(23... Rxe6 24. Nxg6 (24. Rad1 $5 Rxd6 25. Nc4 Rdd8 26. Nb6 Rab8 27. Nxd5 $14)
24... Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 hxg6 26. Re7 Rc8 27. g3 Bf8 28. Rd7 Bxd6 29. Rxd6 Kf7 30.
Rxd5 Ke6 31. Rd4 Rc5 32. a4 $14) 24. Bxe5 Rac8 $1 25. h4 (25. g4 $5) 25... h5
$1 $11 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Rad1 Rc5 28. Re5 Rxb5 29. Rexd5 Rxd5 30. Rxd5 b6 $1
31. Rd6 b5 32. Rb6 b4 33. axb4 axb4 34. f3 Kf6 35. Kf2 Rxe6 36. Rxb4 Ra6 37.
Ke3 Ra2 38. g3 Ra3+ 39. Ke4 Ra6 40. Rc4 Ke6 41. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 16th"]
[Site "Neum"]
[Date "2000.09.28"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2000.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Donetsk"]
[BlackTeam "Kiseljak"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 16th"]
[Site "Neum"]
[Date "2000.09.29"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Winants,L"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2000.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg"]
[BlackTeam "Donetsk"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 c5 {L'une des variantes préférées du jeune champion
russe.} 4. d5 {Le plus ambitieux : Les Blancs misent sur l'avantage d'espace.}
Nf6 5. Nc3 b5 $5 {Cette réplique avait été imaginée dès les années 70, mais
n'était devenue populaire que beaucoup plus tard, suite aux succès remportés
par le grand-maître estonien Yaan Ehlvest. En 1993, Anand, Kramnik et Kamsky
l'avaient essayée au tournoi de Linares. Nous voici en l'an 2000 et toutes ces
parties jouées en Espagne font toujours autorité.} 6. Bf4 {La réponse
consacrée.} ({La tâche des Noirs deviendrait plus facile après} 6. e5 b4 7.
exf6 bxc3 8. bxc3 Nd7 $1 {etc.}) 6... Ba6 {C'est sur ce coup que reposent les
analyses de Ponomariov.} ({L'ancienne méthode} 6... Qa5 {ne paraît pas
entièrement satisfaisante :} 7. Bd2 {La suite de Shirov} ({Plus risqué serait} 
7. e5 Ne4 8. Nge2 Na6 $1 9. f3 Nb4 10. fxe4 Nd3+ 11. Kd2 g6 $3 {Avec
d'excellentes compensations pour la pièce sacrifiée, Beliavsky-Anand, Linares
1993}) ({Mais} 7. a4 {serait tout aussi bon} Nxe4 8. Nge2 Nd6 9. axb5 {
Beliavsky-Kamsky, Linares}) 7... b4 8. e5 bxc3 9. Bxc3 Qa6 10. exf6 exf6 11. b3
{Les Blancs contrôlent plus de terrain et leur développement reste harmonieux,
Shirov-Kramnik, Linares 1993}) 7. e5 {Il faut aller de l'avant.} ({Une
réaction passive telle que} 7. f3 {laisserait même l'initiative aux Noirs :} e6
8. dxe6 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 b4 10. exf7+ Kxf7 11. Na4 Nc6 {etc. Karpov-Adianto,
Jakarta 1997}) 7... b4 8. exf6 ({Ponomariov avait déjà rencontré cette
position contre Van Wely, lors du festival de Bienne disputé fin juillet. Son
adversaire avait alors choisi} 8. Qa4+ Qd7 9. e6 Qxa4 10. Nxa4 Nxd5 11. exf7+
Kxf7 12. Nxc5 Bb5 13. Bg3 e6 14. Ne4 Nd7 {Et les chances paraissaient
partagées.}) 8... bxc3 9. bxc3 gxf6 {Cette réponse avait déjà été proposée,
mais jamais essayée.} ({Une partie Adianto-Granda Zuniga, Amsterdam 1996 avait
continué par} 9... Qa5) 10. Rb1 {Menaçant déjà de gagner une pièce via l'échec
sur a4.} ({A noter que} 10. Bxc4 {ne donnait rien de particulier aux Blancs
après} Bxc4 11. Qa4+ Nd7 12. Qxc4 Nb6 {Et le contre-jeu vers d5 équilibre la
situation.}) 10... Bg7 $1 {La première surprise :} ({Un article publié en 1996
sous la plume de Lev Psakhis conseillait} 10... Nd7 11. Qa4 Qc8 {Cependant
après} 12. Be2 {, préparant l'arrivée du Fou sur g4 ou f3, les Noirs
éprouveraient encore de grosses difficultés.}) 11. Qg4 {Voilà qui paraît fort :
La Dame vise le Bg7 et les Noirs de peuvent roquer а cause de 12.Bh6.} ({
Supposons a)} 11. Qa4+ Qd7 12. Rxb8+ Rxb8 13. Qxa6 Rb1+ 14. Ke2 O-O {[%csl Ye2,
Yf1,Yg1,Yh1] Les Blancs ont pris deux pièces pour la Tour, mais leur Roi se
trouve dans une telle situation que leur partie paraît d'ores et déjà
compromise.}) ({b)} 11. Bxb8 Rxb8 12. Qa4+ Kf8 13. Rxb8 Qxb8 14. Qxa6 Qb1+ 15.
Ke2 Qd3+ {Les Noirs ont l'échec perpétuel, sinon plus.}) 11... Qxd5 $3 {
Une conception splendide : Dès la prise du Nb8, les Noirs pourront effectuer
le roque avec gain de temps, la Rf8 menacera le Bb8, et le coup ...f5,
dégageant la diagonale du Bg7 vers c3, y gagnera en puissance.} 12. Be2 {
Une réponse astucieuse, mais qui ne suffit malheureusement pas.} ({Il fallait
également envisager : a)} 12. Qxg7 $2 Qe4+ {Les Noirs gagnent}) ({b)} 12. Bxb8
O-O 13. Rd1 ({Sur} 13. Bg3 f5 14. Qf3 Bxc3+ $1 15. Qxc3 Qe4+ {gagne.}) 13...
Qg5 $1 14. Qxg5 fxg5 15. Bg3 Bxc3+ 16. Ke2 Rad8 {Les Noirs ont capturé trois
pions pour la pièce et le Roi Blanc se trouve sous le tir croisé des deux Fous.
}) ({c)} 12. Rxb8+ Rxb8 13. Bxb8 O-O (13... Bh6 14. Qd1) 14. Bf4 ({non pas} 14.
Bg3 $2 Rd8) 14... Qe4+ 15. Ne2 {suivi éventuellement de f3 et Kf2. L'attaque
des Noirs reste manifestement très forte, mais je n'ai pas trouvé de gain.})
12... Qe4 $1 13. Rxb8+ Rxb8 14. Bxb8 Qb1+ 15. Bd1 O-O 16. Bc7 {Pour empêcher
l'arrivée de la Tour ennemie sur la colonne -d-.} ({Certaines combinaisons
méritaient vraiment le détour. Supposons :} 16. Bf4 Rd8 17. Bd2 ({ou pire} 17.
Nh3 f5 18. Qf3 Bb7 $1) 17... Rxd2 $3 {Le Pc4 deviendra bientôt irrésistible.}
18. Kxd2 Qd3+ 19. Ke1 (19. Kc1 Qxc3+ 20. Bc2 (20. Kb1 f5) 20... Qa1+ 21. Kd2
c3+ 22. Ke3 Qc1+) 19... Qxc3+ 20. Ke2 (20. Kf1 Qc1 {Préparant la marche du
pion passé.} 21. g3 ({Si} 21. Ke1 c3 22. Qd7 Bh6) ({Ou} 21. Qd7 c3+ 22. Ne2 Qb2
$1 {Menaçant 23...Bxe2 suivi de c2} 23. g3 c2 24. Bxc2 Qxc2 25. Kg2 Qe4+) 21...
c3+ 22. Kg2 Bf1+ $3 23. Kxf1 c2 24. Ke1 f5 25. Qf3 Bc3+ {Et tout est fini})
20... Qe5+ 21. Kd2 c3+ 22. Kc1 (22. Kc2 Qb8 $1) 22... Qd5 23. Qf4 (23. Nf3 Qxa2
) 23... Bh6 $3 24. Qxh6 Qxa2 {Le mat suit.}) 16... Rc8 17. Qf4 (17. Bf4 {
revenait а la note précédente}) ({et} 17. Qg3 {était contré par} e5 18. Ba5
Qxa2 {Coinçant le Fou.}) 17... Qb7 (17... Qb2 {pouvait être joué immédiatement,
}) ({mais il fallait éviter} 17... e5 18. Qd2 Rxc7 $2 19. Qd8+) 18. Ba5 Qb5 19.
Bc7 Qb2 20. Ne2 e5 21. Bxe5 fxe5 22. Qg4 Rf8 23. O-O f5 {Les Noirs ont gagné
un pion, disposent encore des deux Fous, leurs fantassins dominent le centre
et les pièces blanches ne jouent pas. La cause est entendue.} 24. Qg5 f4 25.
Qe7 Bb7 26. Qxc5 Qxa2 27. Nc1 Qa6 {Regroupant les troupes.} 28. Be2 Rc8 29. Qe7
Qc6 30. Bf3 (30. Bxc4+ {ne changeait rien après} Kh8) 30... e4 31. Bg4 Re8 32.
Qh4 Qf6 {Offrant une fin de partie où le Pa7 se révélera trop fort et celui de
c3 trop faible.} 33. Qxf6 Bxf6 34. Ne2 f3 35. Nd4 Bxd4 36. cxd4 Re7 37. Rc1 Bd5
{Le Bg4 est trop éloigné de l'action pour arrêter les pions passés a7 et c4.}
38. h3 Rg7 39. Kf1 Rb7 40. gxf3 exf3 41. Ke1 a5 {Le reste n'est qu'une longue
agonie.} 42. Kd2 a4 43. Ra1 Rb2+ 44. Ke3 Re2+ 45. Kf4 c3 46. Bd7 ({Ou} 46. Rxa4
c2 47. Ra1 Re4+ 48. Kg3 Rxd4 {etc.}) 46... Rxf2 47. Bxa4 Rg2 48. Bb5 f2 49. Rc1
c2 50. Bf1 Rg1 {Et les Blancs abandonnèrent.} ({Il aurait encore pu suivre :} 
50... Rg1 51. Ke3 Rxf1 $1 52. Rxf1 Bc4) 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 16th"]
[Site "Neum"]
[Date "2000.09.30"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2000.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Donetsk"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk Siberia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. c3 e6 5. Be3 Qb6 6. Qb3 Nd7 7. Nd2 c5 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. Qxb6 Bxb6 10. Bxb6 Nxb6 11. Ngf3 Nd7 12. Bb5 Ne7 13. Nd4 a6 14. Bxd7+
Kxd7 15. N2b3 Rhc8 16. Kd2 Bg6 17. Rhe1 Rc4 18. a4 Rf8 19. f3 f6 20. Na5 Rc7
21. b4 Nc8 22. Re2 Nb6 23. exf6 Rxf6 24. Ndb3 Kc8 25. Nc5 Bf7 26. Rae1 Re7 27.
Kc1 g5 28. h3 h6 29. Nab3 Nc4 30. a5 Kc7 31. Nd3 e5 32. Nd2 Nxd2 33. Kxd2 e4
34. fxe4 dxe4 35. Rxe4 Rxe4 36. Rxe4 Bd5 37. Re2 Rd6 38. g3 Kc6 39. Re5 Bg2 40.
h4 Bf1 41. Re3 gxh4 42. gxh4 b6 43. axb6 Kxb6 44. Rf3 Bg2 45. Rf4 a5 46. c4 Rg6
47. h5 Rg5 48. Rf6+ Kc7 49. Rg6 axb4 50. Nf4 Rf5 51. Nxg2 Rxh5 52. Nf4 Rh2+ 53.
Kd3 b3 54. Kc3 b2 55. Nd5+ Kd7 56. Rb6 h5 57. Rxb2 Rh1 58. Rb6 h4 59. Rh6 h3
60. Kd4 h2 61. Kc5 Ke8 62. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 1st 30'"]
[Site "Neum"]
[Date "2000.10.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Cvitan, Ognjen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2000.10.02"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. f3 h5 10. Be2 Be7 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bf5 13. O-O Qc7 14. c4 b6 15.
f4 g6 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Nc1 a5 18. a3 Nc5 19. b3 h4 20. Ra2 O-O 21. Qe1 Kg7 22.
b4 axb4 23. axb4 Rxa2 24. Nxa2 Nd3 25. Qc3 Ra8 26. Bxd3 Bxd3 27. Qxd3 Rxa2 28.
c5 bxc5 29. Qc4 Qa7 30. Bxc5 Bxc5+ 31. bxc5 Rd2 32. Kh1 Rd4 33. Qc3 Rxd5 34.
Rc1 Qa4 35. h3 Qd4 36. Qa3 Qd3 37. Qa1 Qd4 38. Qa3 Qd3 39. Qa1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Torshavn op 3rd"]
[Site "Torshavn"]
[Date "2000.10.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bykhovsky, Anatoly A"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2393"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2000.10.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FAI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nge2 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8.
Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Bg5 c6 10. O-O Re8 11. Rad1 Nbd7 12. Bh3 Nc5 13. Bxc8 Raxc8 14. f3
Ne6 15. Be3 b6 16. Rd2 Red8 17. Rfd1 Rxd2 18. Rxd2 Kf8 19. a4 Ke7 20. Kf2 Nd7
21. a5 f5 22. Rd1 Rf8 23. axb6 axb6 24. exf5 gxf5 25. Ra1 Nd4 26. Nxd4 exd4 27.
Bg5+ Kd6 28. Ne2 c5 29. Ra7 Re8 30. b3 Kc6 31. Nc1 Be5 32. Nd3 Bb8 33. Ra1 Bc7
34. Re1 Rxe1 35. Kxe1 b5 36. Bf4 Ba5+ 37. Ke2 Kd5 38. Bh6 c4 39. Nf4+ Kd6 40.
bxc4 bxc4 41. Bg7 Bc3 42. Kd1 Bb2 43. h4 Ne5 44. Bxe5+ Kxe5 45. Ke2 Ba3 46. Nh3
Be7 47. Kd2 Bf6 48. Ke2 Kd6 49. Kd2 Kc5 50. Nf4 Be5 51. Ne2 h5 52. f4 Bc7 53.
Ng1 Ba5+ 54. Ke2 d3+ 55. cxd3 c3 56. Ke3 Kb4 57. Ne2 Bb6+ 58. d4 Kc4 59. Nc1
Bxd4+ 60. Ke2 c2 61. Kd2 Bb2 62. Nd3 c1=Q+ 0-1

[Event "Torshavn op 3rd"]
[Site "Torshavn"]
[Date "2000.10.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2000.10.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FAI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 b5 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8. O-O
Qc7 9. Re1 d6 10. a4 bxa4 11. Bf4 Nd7 12. Rxa4 Ne7 13. Qa1 Ng6 14. Be3 Qc8 15.
Qa2 Be7 16. Ra1 Bf6 17. Rc4 Qb8 18. Qa4 Ke7 19. Qb3 Rc8 20. Rb4 Rc7 21. Na4 Qc8
22. Bb6 Rc6 23. Nd4 a5 24. Rb5 Bxd4 25. Bxd4 Ba6 26. Rxa5 Bxd3 27. Rxa8 Qxa8
28. cxd3 Nf4 29. Qd1 Qa6 30. g3 Nxd3 31. Nc3 Nxb2 1-0

[Event "Torshavn op 3rd"]
[Site "Torshavn"]
[Date "2000.10.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E65"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2000.10.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FAI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. c4 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. Be3 Be6 10. Qa4 Nd4 11. Rad1 Bd7 12. Qa3 Nc2 13. Qxc5 b6 14. Qg5 h6 15.
Qh4 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Qc7 17. Qf4 Rac8 18. Qxc7 Rxc7 19. b3 a6 20. a4 e6 21. Rd3
Bc8 22. Ne5 Nd5 23. cxd5 Bxe5 24. Ne4 exd5 25. Rxd5 Re8 26. Nd6 Bxd6 27. Rxd6
Rxe3 28. Bd5 Kg7 29. Rxb6 Rxe2 30. Rbf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Torshavn op 3rd"]
[Site "Torshavn"]
[Date "2000.10.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Savchenko, Stanislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2000.10.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FAI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Bd3 Bd7 12. Nf3 Qc7 13. Re1 Bd6 14. Bg5
O-O-O 15. Qe2 Bc6 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. Qxe5 Qxe5 18. Rxe5 Rd5 19. Rae1 Rxe5 20.
Rxe5 Nd7 21. Re1 h6 22. Bc1 Nc5 23. Bf1 Rd8 24. f3 Bb5 25. c4 Bc6 26. Be3 b6
27. b4 Na4 28. h4 Kb7 29. a3 b5 30. c5 Bd5 31. Bd4 f6 32. Kf2 Bc4 33. Ke3 e5
34. Ba1 h5 35. Be2 Kc6 36. Rd1 Rd5 37. Rxd5 Kxd5 38. Bd1 g5 39. g3 Ke6 40. Bc2
gxh4 41. gxh4 1-0

[Event "Torshavn op 3rd"]
[Site "Torshavn"]
[Date "2000.10.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2000.10.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FAI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. a4 a5 8. Ng5 e6
9. f4 dxe5 10. fxe5 c5 11. c3 cxd4 12. O-O O-O 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nf3 f6 15. Nc3
fxe5 16. Bg5 Qd7 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Rxf1+ 19. Qxf1 Qd4+ 20. Kh1 Qxe5 21.
Bd8 Qc5 22. Ne4 Qb4 23. Ng5 Kh8 24. Qf7 Bd7 25. Bxe6 Rxd8 26. Qg8+ Rxg8 27.
Nf7# 1-0

[Event "Torshavn op 3rd"]
[Site "Torshavn"]
[Date "2000.10.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2000.10.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FAI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. g4 b5 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O
Nd7 9. g5 Ne7 10. f4 e5 11. Nf5 Nxf5 12. exf5 Qb6+ 13. Rf2 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Qb7+
15. Qd5 O-O-O 16. a4 b4 17. Qxb7+ Kxb7 18. Nd5 a5 19. Be3 h6 20. g6 h5 21. Rd1
h4 22. Kh3 Rc8 23. gxf7 Rc4 24. b3 Re4 25. Kg4 exf4 26. Bd4 Ne5+ 27. Bxe5 dxe5
28. Kf3 Bc5 29. Kxe4 Bxf2 30. Ne7 Bc5 31. Ng6 Rc8 32. Nxe5 1-0

[Event "Torshavn op 3rd"]
[Site "Torshavn"]
[Date "2000.10.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Danielsen, Henrik"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2000.10.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FAI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. d4 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5
Rb8 9. Bxa6 bxa6 10. Rb1 e6 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. f5 gxf5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 f4 15.
Qd2 Qb6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Na4 Qc6 18. Qxf4 Bg7 19. Nc3 f5 20. Nd5 Rbe8 21. Rbd1
c4 22. c3 Qc5+ 23. Rf2 fxe4 24. Qxe4 Bf5 25. Ne7+ Kh7 26. Qe2 d5 27. Re1 Be4
0-1

[Event "Torshavn op 3rd"]
[Site "Torshavn"]
[Date "2000.10.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2000.10.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FAI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. Ne5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. c3 Qa6 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nd7
15. Nxd7 Kxd7 16. Rh3 Rc8 17. Be5 Qc4 18. Rf3 f6 19. Bg3 f5 20. Qc2 g5 21. Be5
Rg8 22. b3 Qd5 23. c4 Qa5+ 24. Kf1 Be7 25. hxg5 Rxg5 26. Rd1 h5 27. Qe2 Qa6 28.
Bf4 Rg6 29. Re3 Rcg8 30. g3 h4 31. Re1 Bb4 32. Rxe6 Bxe1 33. Re7+ Kd8 34. Bc7+
Kc8 35. Qe5 b5 36. Bd8 Ba5 37. Rc7+ Kb8 38. Rxc6+ 1-0

[Event "Torshavn op 3rd"]
[Site "Torshavn"]
[Date "2000.10.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2000.10.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FAI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 a6 7. Qd2 c5 8. d5 b5
9. cxb5 Qa5 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Ra3 Qb4 12. Nh3 Ne5 13. Nf2 Bd7 14. b6 Qxb6 15. f4
Neg4 16. Nfd1 h6 17. Bh4 g5 18. fxg5 hxg5 19. Bxg5 Nh7 20. Bf4 f5 21. Bd3 c4
22. Bc2 fxe4 23. Bxe4 Rf7 24. h3 Ne5 25. Be3 Qb7 26. Nf2 Rb8 27. Ra2 Nf6 28.
Bc2 Nh5 29. O-O Ng3 30. Re1 Rbf8 31. Nce4 Nf5 32. Bb1 Nxe3 33. Qxe3 Qxd5 34.
Ra3 Bc6 35. Rd1 Nd3 36. Bxd3 cxd3 37. Raxd3 Qe5 38. R1d2 Bxe4 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.10.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Garcia Paolicchi, Raul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Andorra"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AND"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 b5 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. O-O
d6 9. a4 b4 10. Na2 Nc6 11. Bd2 Rb8 12. c3 bxc3 13. Bxc3 Nf6 14. b4 Be7 15. Qe2
Qb7 16. b5 axb5 17. axb5 Nd8 18. Nb4 Bd7 19. Na6 Rc8 20. Rac1 e5 21. Bb4 Ne6
22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. g3 O-O 24. Rc1 Bd7 25. Rc3 Rc8 26. Rxc8+ Bxc8 27. Qc2 Kf8
28. Qc4 Bd7 29. Bd2 Ne8 30. Qd5 Nd8 31. Qxb7 Nxb7 32. Bb4 f6 33. Bc4 Bd8 34.
Nb8 Bc8 35. Nc6 Bb6 36. Nd2 Nc7 37. Kg2 Be6 38. Bxe6 Nxe6 39. Nc4 Bc5 40. N4a5
Ned8 41. Nxd8 Nxd8 42. Bxc5 dxc5 43. b6 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.10.30"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Rogozenco, Dorian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Romania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8.
Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nd5 f5 12. c3 Bg7 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Nc2 O-O
15. Nce3 Bg6 {The move that became an interesting alternative to 15. ... Be6.}
16. h4 Be4 17. a4 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] During the game I thought that my opponent
is improvising, but as he told me later, he prepared and analyzed this novelty
at home. It is amazing that in Sveshnikov Sicilian White often fights for
advantage by pushing his marginal pawns.} Bxd5 $5 (17... Ne7 {Objectively I
think this is a better reaction. However, I wanted to create an active play
and open the position, that's why I was ready to sac a pawn.}) (17... b4 18.
Bc4 $5) 18. Nxd5 (18. Qxd5 Ne7 19. Qb3 (19. Qf3 d5 $1 (19... f5 20. axb5) 20.
Nf5 e4 21. Nxe7+ (21. Qg4 Nxf5 22. Qxf5 b4 $17) 21... Qxe7 $17) 19... d5 20.
axb5 d4 $13 (20... axb5 $5)) 18... b4 19. cxb4 (19. Nxb4 $6 Nxb4 20. cxb4 d5
$44 (20... Qb6 $44)) 19... Kh8 20. Rc1 $1 (20. Bd3 e4 $1 (20... f5 21. Rc1 $1
$16) 21. Bc2 f5 $44) 20... Ne7 21. Bc4 (21. Nc7 Rc8 22. Nxa6 e4 (22... Rxc1 $5
23. Qxc1 Qa8 $44) 23. Rxc8 Qxc8 24. Qd2 d5 $44) 21... f5 22. Rh3 (22. Qd2 Rc8
$5 23. Nxe7 Qxe7 24. Bxa6 Rxc1+ 25. Qxc1 e4 $5 $44) 22... e4 23. Qd2 (23. Nf4
Qb6 $44 (23... Qb8 $5)) 23... Be5 24. Qg5 $5 {White played very precisely
avoiding any risks, so he immediately uses the opportunity to trade Queens and
get a better endgame.} Nxd5 $2 {From my side, I was quite disappointed that I
couldn't really create counterplay and now I thought "ok, let's make a draw in
a slightly worse endgame". But here it was a decissive moment, Black needs to
play very exactly to avoid troubles.} (24... Bxb2 $1 {The right move order.}
25. Rc2 Nxd5 26. Qxd8 Raxd8 (26... Rfxd8 $2 27. Bxd5 $18) 27. Rxb2 (27. Bxd5
Be5 28. b5 axb5 29. axb5 Rb8 $14 {/=.}) 27... Nf4 (27... Nb6 28. Be2 Nxa4 29.
Ra2 Nb6 30. Rxa6 Rb8 $13) 28. Rg3 Ra8 $1 29. Rd2 Rfd8 30. Rg5 d5 $13) 25. Qxd8
Raxd8 (25... Rfxd8 $5 26. Bxd5 Rac8 $14) 26. Bxd5 Bxb2 27. Rc6 $1 Rc8 28. Rb3 (
28. b5 $142 $1 {I was afraid of this move. I might admit that Black holds, but
it is extremely unpleasant.} axb5 29. axb5 Bd4 30. Rb3 $1 Ra8 31. b6 (31. Ra6
$1 $16) 31... Ra1+ 32. Kd2 Ra2+ 33. Rc2 (33. Kc1 $2 Ra1+ 34. Rb1 Rxb1+ 35. Kxb1
Rb8 $15) 33... Rxc2+ 34. Kxc2 Bxf2 35. b7 Ba7 36. Rc3 Kg7 37. Rc8 e3 38. Kd3 f4
$16 {Maybe Black isn't losing here, but the position is extremely ugly.}) 28...
Rxc6 29. Bxc6 Bd4 30. Bb7 (30. b5 axb5 31. axb5 Bb6 $11) 30... Rb8 31. Bxa6
Rxb4 $1 32. Rxb4 Bc3+ 33. Ke2 Bxb4 {We both went to this endgame. I was sure
it is a draw, while my opponent thought the opposite. However, the ending
seems more complicated than I thought, but it is probably drawn.} 34. Bc8 f4
35. Bb7 f3+ (35... e3 $2 36. fxe3 fxe3 37. Kxe3 {This looks worse than the
game and is probably lost.}) 36. gxf3 exf3+ 37. Kxf3 Kg7 38. Kg4 Kf6 39. f4 Bd2
40. h5 h6 41. Kf3 (41. Bd5 $142 {Better, but Black holds anyway.} Ba5 42. Kf3
Kf5 $8 (42... Bd2 $2 43. Ke4 {Surprisingly, here White is winning, or at least
this is how I understand the position. The following variation shows White's
plan.} Ba5 44. Bc4 Bd2 45. Bb3 (45. Bd3 d5+ $1 $11) 45... Ba5 (45... Ke7 46.
Bc2 d5+ (46... Ke6 47. f5+ Kf6 48. Kd3 Ba5 49. Kc4 Kg5 50. Kb5 Bc3 51. a5 Kxh5
52. a6 Bd4 53. f6 $18) 47. Ke5 d4 48. f5 $18) 46. Bc2 Bd2 47. f5 Kg5 48. Kd3 $1
Ba5 49. Kc4 Kxh5 50. f6 d5+ 51. Kxd5 Bb4 52. f7 Kg5 53. a5 Kf6 54. a6 $18) 43.
Be4+ Ke6 $1 (43... Kf6 44. Bb7 Kf5 45. Bc8+ Kf6 46. Ke4 Bd2 47. Bb7 Ke6 48.
Bd5+ Kf6 49. Bc4 {/\Bd3 +-.}) 44. Bh7 (44. Bb7 d5 $11) 44... Bd2 $1 (44... d5
$2 45. Bg8+ Kd6 46. Kg4 Bd2 47. Kf5 $22 $18 Kc5 48. Ke5 Bc3+ 49. Ke6 Kb4 50. f5
d4 51. f6 Kxa4 (51... d3 52. Bh7 d2 53. Bc2 $18) 52. Bh7 Kb3 53. f7 Bb4 54. Kd7
Kc3 55. Ke8 d3 56. Bf5 d2 57. Bg4 $18) 45. Kg4 (45. Ke4 d5+ $11) (45. Bg8+ Kf5)
45... Kf6 46. Bg8 Kg7 47. Bb3 Kf6 48. Kf3 Kf5 $11) 41... Kf5 42. Bc8+ Kf6 43.
Ke4 d5+ $1 $11 {After this important advance, it is much easier to hold.} 44.
Kf3 Ba5 45. Kg4 Bd2 46. Ba6 Ba5 47. Bd3 Bc7 48. Bc2 Ba5 49. Kf3 Bb6 50. Bh7 Kg7
$1 {White can never play Bg8, and this proves to be the decisive factor.} (
50... Ba5 $2 51. Bg8 d4 52. Bh7 {[%cal Rh7d3,Gf3d5,Yf4f5] The Bishop comes to
d3, and then Ke4, f5 and Kd5 follows.}) (50... Ke6 $2 51. Bg8+ Kd6 52. Kg4 Ba5
53. Kf5 Bd2 54. Bf7 {and Black finds himself in Zugzwang.} Bc1 (54... Kc5 55.
Ke5 d4 56. f5 d3 57. Ke4 $18) 55. Be8 {First improving the Bishop's position.}
Bd2 56. Bb5 Bc1 57. Bf1 Bd2 58. Bd3 Bc1 59. a5 Kc5 60. Ke5 $18) 51. Bf5 Kf6 52.
Bc8 Ba5 53. Ke3 Bb6+ 54. Kd3 Bc7 55. f5 Ke5 56. Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.10.31"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Wohl, Aleksandar H"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Australia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O a6 7. b4 e5 8. Bb2
Nc6 9. b5 Na5 10. d3 axb5 11. cxb5 h6 12. Qc2 Be6 13. Rfc1 Qd7 14. Rab1 c5 15.
bxc6 bxc6 16. Ba1 Qa7 17. Nd2 Ng4 18. Nd1 f5 19. h3 Nf6 20. Bc3 f4 21. g4 h5
22. gxh5 Nxh5 23. Nf3 Bd5 24. Bxa5 Qxa5 25. Nc3 Nf6 26. Nxd5 cxd5 27. Ng5 Bh6
28. h4 Ra7 29. Qc6 f3 30. Bxf3 e4 31. Bg2 Qd2 32. Rc2 Qf4 33. Ne6 Qxh4 34. Nxf8
Ng4 35. Qxd5+ Rf7 36. Qxf7+ Kxf7 37. Rb7+ Kf6 38. Nh7+ Ke6 39. e3 Bxe3 40. Nf8+
Kf6 41. fxe3 Qh2+ 42. Kf1 Nxe3+ 43. Ke2 Qxg2+ 44. Kxe3 Qf3+ 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.01"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. g4 Ne7 7. g5 Nec6 8. Be3
b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. h4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Nc6 12. Qd2 Rc8 13. f4 Na5 14. h5 Be7 15. Rg1
Nc4 16. Bxc4 Rxc4 17. f5 Qc8 18. Qd3 b4 19. axb4 Rxb4 20. b3 d5 21. exd5 exf5
22. O-O-O Bd6 23. g6 fxg6 24. hxg6 h6 25. Rge1 O-O 26. Bd4 Qd8 27. Na2 Rb5 28.
c4 Ra5 29. Kb1 Bc8 30. Qc3 f4 31. c5 Bf5+ 32. Kb2 Be7 33. Nb4 Bh4 34. Nc6 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.02"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Stohl, Igor"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovakia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SVK"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nbd2 Ke7 10. Be2 Rd8 11. b3 Nc6 12. Bb2 b6 13. Rfd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.05"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Antonio, Rogelio Jr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Philippines"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "PHI"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8.
Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. O-O c5 (11... b6 12. Qg4 {
Ponomariov-Galkin, Lausanne Young Masters 2000 CBM 78}) 12. Re1 $5 (12. Qg4 {
is the popular main line these days.}) 12... c4 $6 {Black wants to secure an
excellent square for his N on d5. However White can quickly attack >< c4.} (
12... cxd4 13. Bd2 {trying to be as flexible as possible.} Nf6 14. Qxd4 Qc5 15.
Qh4 Qh5 16. Qxh5 Nxh5 17. Rad1 Nf6 18. Bb5+ Ke7 19. Nd4 g6 20. Be2 a6 21. Bf3
Nd7 22. g3 Rb8 23. Bg2 Nf8 24. c4 Bd7 25. Bc3 $14 {with slightly better
chances in the _|_, Rytshagov-Engquist, Stockholm 1997.}) (12... a6 $6 {
seems to be very slow.} 13. Qg4 Kf8 14. c3 c4 15. Bc2 b5 16. Qh3 Bb7 17. Nd2 {
/\ Ne4} Bf4 18. Ne4 g6 19. Bxf4 Qxf4 20. Re3 h5 21. g3 Qf5 22. Qh4 Qd5 23. Bd1
Nb6 24. Bf3 $16 {and Black still cannot connect his rooks, Vallejo
Pons-Arlandi, Toscolano op 1997.}) (12... Nf6 13. Qh4 Bd7 14. dxc5 Qxc5 15. Be3
Qh5 16. Qxh5 Nxh5 17. Bd4 Nf6 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. Rxe5 O-O 20. c3 Bc6 21. a4 $14 {
^^ and P majority on the <<, Bojkovic-Kostic,JUG-ch51 (Women) 1998.}) 13. Bf1
Nf6 (13... O-O 14. Qh4 Re8 15. Bd2 b5 16. a4 {Black has no time to consolidate
his <<.} Rb8 17. d5 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. axb5 exd5 20. Ba5 Qd6 21. Bc3 Bb7 22.
Rxe5 Rxe5 23. Bxe5 Qxe5 24. Rxa7 d4 25. Bxc4 Bd5 26. Bf1 Rc8 27. Rd7 $18 {
Djurhuus-Evseev, NOR-chT 1998}) 14. Qe2 $1 {provoking the weakening of the <<.}
b5 (14... c3 15. bxc3 Qxc3 16. Qb5+ $1 (16. Rb1 O-O 17. Rb3 Qc7) 16... Bd7 $1 (
16... Nd7 17. Bb2 Qxc2 18. Rac1 Qg6 19. d5 $16 {with a huge advantage of
development.}) 17. Qxb7 Rb8 18. Qxa7 (18. Bd2 Rxb7 19. Bxc3 Rc7) 18... Qxa1 19.
Bf4 Qxe1 20. Bxd6 $1 Qb1 21. Bxb8 Qxc2 (21... O-O 22. Bd6 Bb5 (22... Rc8 23. c4
) 23. Nd2 $16) 22. Bd6 Ng4 23. d5 exd5 24. Bc5 $16 {and the black K remains in
the [+].}) 15. a4 $1 Bb7 $2 (15... Bd7 16. Ne5 $1 {This is the strong
continuation.} (16. axb5 {may win a P...} Bxb5 17. b3 (17. Bd2 O-O 18. Ba5 Qb7
19. Ne5 Rab8 20. Qd2) 17... Rc8 18. bxc4 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Qxc4 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21.
Rxa7 O-O 22. Re2 Rfc8 $44 {with a good pressure against the backward P
compensating the material disadvantage.}) 16... Bxe5 (16... a6 17. Nxd7 Bxh2+
18. Kh1 Nxd7 19. axb5 Bd6 20. bxa6 $16 {o^ a}) (16... O-O 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 (17...
Qxd7 18. axb5 Qxb5 19. Qxc4) 18. axb5 Bxh2+ 19. Kh1 Bd6 20. Qxc4 Qd8 21. g3 $16
{with a healthy P up.}) 17. dxe5 Nd5 18. Qg4 $16) 16. axb5 Bd5 17. b3 $1 cxb3 (
17... c3 18. Ba3 Bxa3 19. Rxa3 O-O 20. Ne5 {was not rosy either.}) 18. c4 $1 {
This is the point. Now White's phalanx is threatening to move forward.} Be4 (
18... Bb7 19. c5) (18... Bxf3 19. Qxf3) 19. c5 Be7 20. Ra3 Bd5 21. Nd2 O-O 22.
Nxb3 $18 {and the P plus the game is lost.} Nd7 23. Nd2 Bf6 24. Bb2 Rfe8 (24...
Nxc5 $2 25. Rc1 $18) 25. Ne4 Be7 26. Nc3 Nf6 27. Nxd5 exd5 28. Re3 Bf8 29. Qf3
Re4 30. h3 Rf4 31. Qd1 Ne4 32. R1e2 Qd7 33. g3 Rf6 34. Qd3 Rb8 35. c6 Qc8 36.
Bg2 Nd6 37. Bxd5 Rxb5 38. Bg2 Qb8 39. Ba3 a6 40. Qc2 Qc7 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.06"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Bd3 Bd7 12. Nf3 Qc7 13. Re1 Bd6 14. Qe2
Nd5 15. a3 Nf4 16. Bxf4 Bxf4 17. g3 Bd6 18. Rad1 Rd8 19. c4 g6 20. b4 b6 21.
Qe3 O-O 22. Qh6 Be7 23. Bf1 Bc6 24. Ng5 Bxg5 25. Qxg5 Bb7 26. Be2 a5 27. Qf6
axb4 28. axb4 Rd6 29. Rxd6 Qxd6 30. Qc3 e5 31. b5 Qc5 32. Qe3 Qxe3 33. fxe3 Rd8
34. Rc1 f6 35. c5 bxc5 36. Rxc5 Rd7 37. Bg4 Re7 38. b6 Kf7 39. Bc8 Ke8 40. g4
Kd8 41. Bxb7 Rxb7 42. Rc6 f5 43. gxf5 gxf5 44. Kf2 f4 45. exf4 exf4 46. Kf3 Kd7
47. Rf6 Ke7 48. Rh6 Kd8 49. h4 Kc8 50. Rc6+ Kb8 51. Kxf4 Rg7 52. h5 Kb7 53. Re6
Ka6 54. Kf5 Rg1 55. Kf6 h6 56. Kf7 Rg5 57. Rxh6 Rc5 58. Rh8 Kxb6 59. h6 Rc7+
60. Kg6 Rc6+ 61. Kg5 Rc5+ 62. Kf4 Rc4+ 63. Ke5 Rc5+ 64. Kd4 Rh5 65. Ke4 Kb7 66.
Kf4 Kc7 67. Kg4 Rh1 68. Kg5 Rg1+ 69. Kf6 Rf1+ 70. Kg7 Rg1+ 71. Kh7 Kd7 72. Rg8
Rf1 73. Kg7 Rg1+ 74. Kh8 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.07"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. Bf3 c6 13. b5 cxd5 14. cxd5 h6 (14...
fxe4 15. Ngxe4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Nf5 17. Ba3 h5 18. Be2 Bh6 19. Qd3 Kg7 20. Bb4 Qe7
21. Qa3 Rd8 22. Bd3 Kh7 23. b6 $16 {1-0 Najer,E-Shinkevich,V/RUS-Cup Bor 2000/
CA (32)}) 15. Ne6 Bxe6 16. dxe6 Rc8 (16... fxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 d5 19.
Ba3 dxe4 20. Qxd8 Rfxd8 21. Bxe7 Re8 22. Bc5 Rxe6 (22... b6 23. Be3 Rxe6 24.
Rac1 Kf7 25. Red1 Bf6 26. Rc4 Rd8 27. Rxd8 Bxd8 28. Ra4 Re7 29. Kf1 g5 30. Rxe4
$14 {. 1/2-1/2 Dumitrache,D-Bagaturov,G/Memorial A.Momot, VI Enakievo (Ukraine)
1997 (39)}) 23. Rxe4 (23. Rad1 b6 24. Bb4 a6 25. bxa6 Bf8 26. Rxe4 Bxb4 27.
Rxb4 Rxa6 28. a4 Ra7 $14 {1/2-1/2 Dumitrache,D-Motylev,A/Bucharest GM October
1998}) 23... a6 24. b6 Rc8 25. Be3 Bf6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Babula,V-Degraeve,J/
Istanbul TUR 2000/The Week in Chess 313 (37)}) 17. Qb3 d5 $146 (17... Rxc3 18.
Qxc3 d5 (18... fxe4 19. Bxe4 Nxe4 20. Rxe4 d5 21. Rxe5 Rf5 (21... Qb6 $2 22.
Be3 d4 23. Qxd4 $8 Qxd4 24. Bxd4 Rd8 25. Rc1 $5 $8) 22. f4 $14 d4 23. Qc4 $5)
19. Ba3 (19. exd5 e4 20. d6 $13) 19... fxe4 20. Be2 $5) (17... fxe4 $2 18. Nxe4
Nxe4 19. Bxe4 d5 20. Rd1 $16 Qb6 21. Be3) 18. Nxd5 (18. exd5 e4 19. d6 (19. Ba3
Ne8 $1) 19... Qxd6 20. Ba3 Qc7 21. Be2 Ng4 22. Bxg4 Bxc3 $17) 18... Nfxd5 19.
exd5 e4 20. d6 $1 Rc3 (20... Qxd6 21. Ba3 Qb6 22. Bxe7 Rfe8 23. Bd8 (23. Ba3
Rc3 24. Qa4 exf3 $36) 23... Qxe6 24. Qxe6+ Rxe6 25. Rad1 Re8 $11) 21. Ba3 (21.
dxe7 $142 Qxe7 22. Qa4 exf3 23. Bb2 Rd3 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Qxa7 fxg2 26. Rac1
$13) 21... Rxb3 22. dxe7 Rxa3 23. exd8=Q Rxd8 24. Rad1 Bf6 (24... Rc8 $5 25. e7
(25. Be2 Bc3 26. Rf1 (26. Rc1 Kf8 27. Bd1 Rxa2 $17) 26... Kf8 27. Rd7 Rxa2 28.
Rfd1 Ba5 (28... Rxe2 29. e7+ Ke8 30. Rd8+ Kxe7 31. Rxc8 Bd4 32. Rc7+ Ke6 33.
Rf1 Rb2 34. Rxb7 Bb6 $15) 29. Rf7+ Ke8 30. Rg7 Rc7 $17) 25... Re8 26. Be2 Kf7
27. Rd7 Rxe7 28. Bc4+ Ke8 29. Rxe7+ Kxe7 30. Bb3 $15) 25. Be2 Kf8 26. Rxd8+
Bxd8 27. Rd1 Bg5 28. Bc4 $11 Rc3 29. Bb3 Rc1 30. Rxc1 Bxc1 31. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.08"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Qe2 Nc6 7. Ngf3 Nb4 8.
O-O Nxd3 9. cxd3 Bxc5 10. Nb3 Be7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Bd7 13. Rac1 dxe4 14. dxe4
Qb6 15. Rfd1 Ba4 16. Qc4 Bxb3 17. axb3 O-O 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. e5 Bg5 20. Rd6 Qa5
21. b4 Qa4 22. Nxg5 hxg5 23. g3 Rac8 24. Qxc8 Rxc8 25. Rxc8+ Kh7 26. Rc4 a5 27.
Rd2 Qa1+ 28. Kg2 Qe1 29. Rcd4 a4 30. b5 b6 31. h4 g4 32. Rc2 Qxe5 33. Rxa4 f5
34. Kh2 Qxb5 35. Ra1 Qd3 36. Rac1 e5 37. Rc3 Qd4 38. R3c2 Qe4 39. Rc4 Qd5 40.
Kg1 b5 41. Rc5 Qd2 42. b4 f4 43. gxf4 exf4 44. Rh5+ Kg8 45. Rc8+ Kf7 46. Rc7+
Kf6 47. Rc6+ Ke7 48. Re5+ Kd7 49. Rcc5 Qd1+ 50. Kg2 Qf3+ 51. Kg1 Qd1+ 52. Kg2
Qf3+ 53. Kg1 g3 54. fxg3 Qxg3+ 55. Kf1 Qh3+ 56. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.09"]
[Round "12.2"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. Bb3 cxd4 8.
exd4 Nc6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. a3 O-O 11. Re1 b5 12. d5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Qxd5
Bb7 15. Qf5 Bf6 16. Bg5 Nd4 17. Bxf6 Nxf5 18. Bxd8 Raxd8 19. Bc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.12"]
[Round "14.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Bosnia&Herzegovina"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Qg6 7. Qf3 $5 (7.
f3 Nge7 8. Qd2 (8. Nf5 Bxe3 9. Nxe3 O-O 10. Na3 f5 11. exf5 Nxf5 12. Nxf5 Qxf5
$11 {1/2-1/2 Thorhallsson,T-Hector,J/Reykjavik 1997/CBM 62 (36)}) 8... a6 9.
Nc2 Bxe3 10. Nxe3 d6 11. Be2 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. O-O O-O 14. Na3 Rae8 15. Rae1
Kh8 16. Nac2 Qh6 $15 {0-1 Vajda,S-Skembris,S/FRA 1999/EXT 2000 (32)}) (7. Nd2
Nf6 8. f3 d5 9. Bb5 Bxd4 (9... Qxg2 10. Rg1 Qxh2 11. Rxg7 Bd7 12. Qb3 Qh4+ 13.
Kd1 Bxd4 14. cxd4 O-O-O 15. Kc2 $132) 10. Bxd4 dxe4 11. O-O Bd7 12. Bxf6 Qxf6
13. Nxe4 Qf5 14. Bd3 Qf4 15. Qc1 Qxc1 16. Raxc1 Ne5 17. Bc2 O-O-O $11 {0-1
Berg,E-Hector,J/Reykjavik 1996/CBM 52 (67)}) 7... Ne5 (7... Bxd4 8. Bxd4 Nge7
9. Nd2 d5 10. Bb5 O-O 11. Be3 dxe4 12. Qxe4 Bf5 13. Qf3 Ne5 14. Qg3 Ng4 $11 15.
O-O-O $6 c6 16. Be2 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Nd5 18. Qg3 Qh6 $15 {0-1 Schmittdiel,
E-Kupreichik,V/Bad Woerishofen 1995/CBM 47 ext (70)}) 8. Qe2 $146 (8. Qf5 d6 9.
Qxg6 hxg6 10. f3 Nf6 11. Nd2 Bd7 12. Nc2 Bb6 13. Be2 d5 14. Bxb6 axb6 15. exd5
Nxd5 16. g3 c5 17. O-O O-O $15 {0-1 Ash,R-Martinovsky,E/Chicago 1995/EXT 98 
(52)}) 8... Nh6 (8... Qxe4 $2 9. Nd2 Qg4 10. f3 $1 ({less clear} 10. Nb5 Qxe2+
11. Bxe2 Bxe3 12. Nxc7+ Kd8 13. Nxa8 Bxd2+ 14. Kxd2 b6 $13 {[%csl Ra8]}) 10...
Qh4+ 11. g3 Qd8 (11... Qe7 12. Nf5 $18) 12. Nb5 Be7 13. Bd4 d6 14. Bxe5 dxe5
15. Qxe5 Kf8 16. Qxc7 $16) 9. f4 Neg4 (9... Nc6 $6 {is met by} 10. Nb5 Bxe3 11.
Qxe3 Kd8 12. Nd2 $36 {[%csl Rd8]}) 10. f5 $1 {Important intermediate move.} (
10. Bg1 $6 Bxd4 11. cxd4 (11. Bxd4 $2 Nxh2 $1 $17 {[%cal Rg6g3]}) 11... d5 {
and black getting control of important white squares in the center.}) 10... Qf6
({Deserves attention} 10... Qb6 {with idea to provoke some weaknesses on
white's queenside.} 11. Bg1 {[%csl Gg1][%cal Gb2b4,Ge4e5]} Ne5 12. b4 Bxd4 13.
Bxd4 (13. cxd4 Qxb4+ 14. Nd2 Nc6 15. Rb1 Qe7 $15) 13... Qd6 {[%cal Gf7f6]} 14.
Na3 Qe7 15. Nb5 d6 16. Nxa7 Bd7 17. Nb5 Bc6 {with good compensation for the
pawn.}) 11. Bg1 O-O 12. Nd2 Ne5 13. O-O-O Qa6 $2 {Sokolov intentionally
worsing his pawnstructure by swapping the queens with idea to hold his
blockade knight in the endgame.Nevertheless it's wrong decision.Ponomariov
managing to swap all good black pieces and the endgame is in his favour .} (
13... Qe7 {[%cal Gf7f6] was logical continuation with very complicated
position,for instanse:} 14. h3 f6 15. g4 Nhf7 16. Qg2 d6 17. Be2 Bd7 18. h4
Rab8 {[%cal Gb7b5]} 19. Be3 b5 20. g5 b4 21. gxf6 Qxf6 22. Bg5 Nxg5 23. hxg5
Qe7 24. Rxh7 bxc3 25. f6 cxd2+ 26. Rxd2 Rxf6 27. gxf6 Qxf6 28. Qh2 Rb4 {
with double-edged position.}) 14. Qxa6 bxa6 15. N4f3 $1 Bxg1 16. Rxg1 Nhg4 (
16... Re8 17. Nxe5 Rxe5 18. g4 $16 {[%csl Rh6]} f6 19. Bc4+ Kf8 20. Nf3 {
[%csl Ra8]} Re7 21. g5 $40) (16... Neg4 17. Re1 $16 {[%cal Gh2h3]}) 17. h3 Nxf3
18. gxf3 Ne3 19. Re1 Nxf1 20. Rexf1 $16 {Look what happened! All developed
black pieces gone; black actually start from the beginning.} f6 (20... d6 21.
Nc4 {[%cal Gc4e3]} Re8 22. Ne3 Bb7 {[%cal Gd6d5]} 23. c4 $16 {[%csl Yd5]}) 21.
h4 Bb7 (21... d5 22. Nb3 $16 {[%csl Yc5][%cal Yb3c5]}) 22. Nb3 Rae8 23. Nc5 Bc8
24. c4 {[%csl Yd5]} Kf7 25. h5 {Black pieces are hardly breathing.} Rg8 26. Nd3
{[%cal Gd3f4]} g6 27. hxg6+ hxg6 28. fxg6+ Rxg6 29. Rxg6 Kxg6 30. Nf4+ Kf7 (
30... Kg5 31. Nd5 $18 {[%cal Gd5c7,Gf1g1]}) 31. Rh1 Kg7 32. Nd5 Re5 ({Other
attempts do not save as well:} 32... c6 33. Ne3 {[%csl Yd6][%cal Ge3f5]} d6 34.
Rd1 Rd8 (34... f5 35. Rxd6 fxe4 36. fxe4 $18) 35. c5 d5 36. exd5 cxd5 37. Rxd5
Rxd5 38. Nxd5 Bb7 39. Ne7 $18 {[%cal Gc5c6,Gc6c7,Gc7c8]}) (32... Re6 33. b3 c5
34. Ne3 a5 35. Nf5+ Kg8 36. Rd1 Kf8 37. Kb2 $18) 33. Nxc7 f5 (33... Rc5 34.
Ne8+ $18 {[%cal Ye8d6]}) 34. Rh5 d6 ({The endgame after} 34... Kg6 35. Rxf5
Rxf5 36. exf5+ Kxf5 37. Kd2 Kf4 38. Ke2 Bb7 39. Nd5+ Bxd5 40. cxd5 Ke5 41. Ke3
Kxd5 42. f4 $18 {is lost.}) 35. Nd5 a5 (35... fxe4 36. Rxe5 dxe5 37. fxe4 {
with easy win.}) 36. Kd2 Bd7 37. exf5 Rxf5 38. Rxf5 Bxf5 39. Nc7 {[%cal Gc7e8,
Gc7b5]} Bb1 40. a3 Ba2 41. Kc3 Kf6 42. Nb5 d5 43. c5 Ke5 44. f4+ {[%mdl 6144]
Impressive performance by Ponomariov!} 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Dao, Thien Hai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 b5 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nxc6 Bxc6 9. Re1 Ne7 10. Qh5 Ng6 11. a4 b4 12. Nd5 Bd6 13. Be3 O-O 14. Nb6 Rb8
15. a5 Nf4 16. Bxf4 Bxf4 17. e5 g6 18. Qg4 Qg5 19. Qxg5 Bxg5 20. Be4 Bb5 21.
Red1 Bf4 22. Bd3 Bc6 23. Bxa6 Bxe5 24. Nxd7 Bxd7 25. Rxd7 Bxb2 26. Ra2 Bc3 27.
Bc4 Rfd8 28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 29. a6 Bd4 30. Kf1 Ba7 31. Ke2 Kf8 32. Rb2 Rb8 33. g4
h6 34. Rb3 Ke7 35. Rh3 Rh8 36. Bd3 h5 37. Be4 f5 38. gxf5 gxf5 39. Bb7 Kd6 40.
Rd3+ Ke7 41. Rg3 Kf6 42. Rb3 Bc5 43. c3 bxc3 44. Rxc3 Bd4 45. Rc4 Bb6 46. Rc6
Bd4 47. Rc7 Re8 48. Bf3 Re7 49. Rc4 Ba7 50. h4 e5 51. Rc8 e4 52. Bxh5 Re6 53.
Rf8+ Ke5 54. Re8 Rxe8 55. Bxe8 f4 56. h5 f3+ 57. Kf1 e3 58. fxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Dao, Thien Hai"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 Na6 8.
g4 Nc5 9. Qc2 a5 10. Be3 c6 11. g5 $146 (11. Nd2 a4 (11... Ne8 12. O-O-O cxd5
13. cxd5 a4 14. Kb1 Bd7 15. Rc1 a3 16. b3 Rc8 17. Qd1 Qa5 18. Nc4 Qd8 19. Nxa3
$16 {0-1 Ramirez J-Villaseco F/Memorial J.Capablanca Cuba 1990 (39)}) 12. dxc6
bxc6 13. Bxc5 dxc5 14. Nxa4 Qd4 15. Bg2 Be6 16. Rc1 Qd6 17. Rd1 Rfd8 18. O-O
Qe7 19. b3 Rd4 $44 {0-1 Hilarius,S-Torres Sanchez,J/Mislata op 1999/}) (11.
dxc6 bxc6 12. O-O-O Qe7 13. Bxc5 dxc5 14. Be2 Rb8 15. Rd2 Ba6 16. Rhd1 Rb4 17.
a3 Rb7 18. Qa4 Qc7 19. Kb1 Rfb8 20. Rg1 Rb3 21. Ka1 Qb6 $17 {0-1 Bukhari,
M-Saleh,N/Dubai 1986/TD (33)}) (11. O-O-O cxd5 12. cxd5 (12. exd5 Ne8 13. Nd2
f5 14. gxf5 Bxf5 15. Nde4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 b5 $36 {0-1 Cosma ,I-Grigore G./
Bucuresti TS 1990 (50)}) 12... b6 13. Bxc5 bxc5 14. Bb5 Rb8 15. Nd2 Ne8 16. Nc4
f5 17. f3 Nc7 18. a4 fxg4 19. fxg4 Rf3 20. Qg2 Bh6+ 21. Kc2 Rf4 $13 {1-0
Rodriguez,R-Dydyshko,V/Bangalore 1981/MCD (41)}) 11... Nh5 (11... Nfd7 12.
O-O-O Qc7 13. h4 $36) 12. O-O-O {[%cal Gd1d8]} cxd5 (12... Qc7 $5 13. Bxc5 dxc5
14. d6 Qd8 15. Na4 b6 16. Qb3 Ra6 $13) 13. Nxd5 b6 14. Nd2 Bb7 15. h4 Nf4 (
15... f5 16. gxf6 (16. Be2 Bxd5 17. exd5 (17. cxd5 Rc8 $17) 17... e4 $36) 16...
Bxf6 $5 (16... Nxf6 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. h5 $36) 17. Be2 Nf4 $132) 16. Kb1 (16.
Nxf4 exf4 17. Bxf4 f5 $1 $44) 16... Rc8 {[%cal Yc8c2] /\17...b5} (16... Bxd5
17. cxd5 (17. exd5 f5 $132) 17... Rc8 18. Rc1 f5 19. Bxf4 (19. gxf6 Qxf6 20.
Nc4 $14) 19... exf4 20. exf5 gxf5 21. Bb5 Ne4 22. Bc6 Nxf2 23. Rhf1 Ng4 24.
Rxf4 $16) (16... Nxd5 $6 17. exd5 b5 18. Bxc5 dxc5 19. Ne4 $16) 17. Bxf4 $5
exf4 18. Bh3 Ne6 19. Qb3 Bc6 (19... Nd4 20. Qxb6 Bxd5 21. Qxd8 Bxe4+ 22. Nxe4
Rcxd8 23. Nf6+ Bxf6 24. gxf6 Nf3 25. Rd5 $16) (19... Bxd5 20. cxd5 (20. exd5
Nc5 21. Qf3 (21. Qb5 Rc7 $15 22. Qxb6 $140 $4 Rb7 $19) 21... Rb8 22. Qxf4 b5
$44) 20... Nc5 21. Qb5 Rc7 22. f3 {[%cal Gd2c4]} Qe8 23. Bf1 $14 {[%csl Rb6,
Rd6]}) 20. Nf3 Rb8 $1 {[%cal Yb6b5]} 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Nc3 a4 (22... Bxc3 23.
Qxc3 Bxe4+ 24. Ka1 b5 $1 (24... Qc7 25. Rhe1 (25. h5 gxh5 26. Rxh5 b5) 25...
Bf5 26. Nd4 $44) 25. cxb5 (25. Rhe1 b4 $19) (25. Nd4 Bxh1 26. Nxe6 Qe7 27. Nxf8
Ba8 $19) 25... Qc8 $1 26. Qa3 (26. Qb3 Bc2 $19) 26... Qb7 27. Rh3 Qxb5 $17) 23.
Qc2 b5 (23... Bxc3 24. bxc3 b5 25. c5 b4 26. Rxd6 b3 (26... bxc3+ 27. Ka1 Qc7
28. Nd4 Bd5 (28... Bd7 29. Qxc3 $16) 29. Qxc3 Bxe4 30. Re1 $16)) 24. Nd4 $1
Bxd4 25. Rxd4 b4 $2 {[%mdl 16384]} (25... e5 $5 26. Rd2 bxc4 27. a3 (27. Nd5
Bxd5 28. Rxd5 a3 $17) 27... Rf7 28. h5 Rfb7 $36) 26. Nb5 $1 b3 27. Qd3 $1 d5
28. exd5 exd5 29. Rd1 bxa2+ 30. Kxa2 Qb6 31. Rd2 Rf7 (31... Bxb5 32. cxb5 Qxb5
33. Qxb5 Rxb5 34. Rxd5 $14 {[%csl Ra4,Rf4]}) 32. Na3 Re7 (32... dxc4 33. Qxc4 (
33. Nxc4 Qb3+ 34. Qxb3 axb3+ 35. Kb1 Re8 $11) 33... Qb3+ 34. Ka1 Qxc4 35. Nxc4
$14) 33. cxd5 Re1 34. b4 $1 (34. Nb1 $2 Bd7 35. Rxf4 Qb3+ 36. Ka1 Rc8 $19)
34... axb3+ 35. Kb2 Bd7 36. d6 Be6 $2 (36... Qc5 37. Qc4+ (37. Rc4 Qe5+ 38. Qc3
Qf5 $36) 37... Qxc4 38. Nxc4 Bf5 $132) 37. d7 Rd8 38. Qc3 $16 Bf7 39. Rd6 Qb7
$2 (39... Qa7 $142 40. Qf6 Qa5 {[%cal Ya5d2]}) 40. Qf6 Qb8 41. Rc6 $1 $18 Kf8
42. Rc8 Rxc8 43. dxc8=Q+ Qxc8 44. Rd8+ Qxd8 45. Qxd8+ Re8 46. Qd6+ Kg8 47. Qxf4
Re2+ 48. Kc3 Ra2 49. Nc4 $5 (49. Kb4 b2 50. Nb1 $18) 49... Rc2+ 50. Kxb3 Rxc4
51. Qxc4 Kf8 52. Kc3 Bxc4 53. Kxc4 {Hecht: '[#] Ausnutzen des Raums durch
zweifachen Zugzwang und Markieren einer Bauernschwäche mittels Durchbruch nach
Zurechtstellung des Königs. Ein kleines Lehrstück!'} Ke7 54. Kd5 Kd7 55. Ke5
Ke7 56. f3 $1 (56. f4 {Hecht} Kf7 57. h5 (57. Kd6 Kf8 58. Ke6 Ke8 59. Kf6 Kf8
60. h5 gxh5 61. Ke5 h4 62. Ke4 h6 63. g6 $18) 57... Ke7 58. h6 (58. hxg6 hxg6
$11) 58... Kf7 59. Kd6 Kf8 60. Ke6 Kg8 61. Ke7 Kh8 $11) 56... Kf7 57. Kd6 Kf8
58. Ke6 Ke8 59. Kf6 Kf8 60. f4 {'!' Hecht. Hecht: 'erst jetzt!'} Kg8 61. Ke7
Kg7 (61... Kh8 {Hecht} 62. Kf7 h6 63. h5 $18 (63. Kxg6 $18)) 62. h5 $1 {
Hecht: 'erst jetzt!'} h6 (62... Kg8 {Hecht} 63. hxg6 hxg6 64. Kf6 Kh7 65. Kf7
Kh8 66. f5 $18) 63. gxh6+ Kxh6 64. hxg6 Kxg6 65. Ke6 Kg7 66. f5 Kf8 67. Kf6 1-0

[Event "Donetsk m"]
[Site "Donetsk"]
[Date "2001.01.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "Ponomariov,R"]
[PlyCount "181"]
[EventDate "2001.01.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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. Be3 Be7 10. c3 Qd7 (10... Nc5 {Khalifman - Korchnoi, Ubeda1997}) 11.
Nbd2 Nxd2 $6 (11... Bg4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qd5 Qxd5 14. Bxd5 O-O-O 15. Bxc6 exf3
16. gxf3 $16 {Lautier-Korchnoi, Ubeda 1997}) (11... Rd8 $5 {Timman-Korchnoi,
1987; Anand-Korchnoi, Monte-Carlo 1993 blindfold}) (11... O-O $142 {(main line)
}) 12. Qxd2 Na5 13. Bg5 Nc4 $146 (13... c5) 14. Bxc4 bxc4 15. b4 $1 {><d4} cxb3
16. axb3 O-O (16... c5 $5 17. Ra5 $1 (17. b4 cxb4 18. cxb4 O-O $132 {קb4})
17... O-O 18. Rfa1 Rab8 19. R1a3 Bg4 20. Rxa6 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Bxg5 22. Qxg5 d4
23. Rd6 $16) 17. b4 c5 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. bxc5 Qxc5 20. Qd3 $6 (20. Nd4 $142
Rfc8 21. Rac1 a5 22. Kh1 $1 (22. f4 Bf5) 22... a4 23. f4 a3 24. f5 Bd7 25. f6 (
25. e6 fxe6 26. fxe6 Be8 27. Nf5 Bg6 $17 28. Qxd5 $140 Bxf5 29. Qxf5 Qxf5 30.
Rxf5 a2 31. Ra1 Rxc3) 25... a2 (25... Re8 26. fxg7 Rxe5 27. Rxf7 Kxf7 28. Qf4+
Kg8 29. Qxe5 a2 30. Ra1 $16) 26. Ra1 (26. Qg5 Qf8 $13) 26... Re8 27. Rxa2 Rxa2
28. Qxa2 Rxe5 29. fxg7 Kxg7 30. Qf2 Qe7 31. h3 $36) 20... f6 $6 (20... Rfc8 $1
21. Ng5 g6 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Rxa6 Rxa6 24. Qxa6 Qc6 25. Qxc6 Rxc6 26. Rc1 g5
27. Kf1 Rc4 28. f3 Kf7 29. Ke2 Kg6 30. Kd3 Kf5 31. Re1 h5 $11) (20... a5 $5 21.
Ng5 g6 $13 22. Qg3 $140 Bf5 23. Qh4 h5) 21. Rfe1 (21. Rxa6 Bf5 22. Qe2 Rxa6 23.
Qxa6 Qxc3 $11) (21. Nd4 $5 Bd7 22. e6 Bb5 $1 23. Nxb5 axb5 24. Rab1 Rab8 25.
Rfe1 Rfe8 26. Re3 Qc6 27. Rbe1 b4 28. cxb4 Rxb4 29. h3 Rb7 $11) 21... a5 22.
Nd4 Rae8 23. exf6 Rxf6 24. Qb5 Qxb5 25. Nxb5 Bd7 26. Rxe8+ Bxe8 27. Nc7 Bc6 (
27... Rc6 28. Nxe8 Kf7 29. Nxg7 Kxg7 30. g3) 28. Rxa5 Rd6 {/\ 29...d4} 29. f3 (
29. Ra6 d4 $1 30. Nb5 $4 Re6 31. f3 Re1+ 32. Kf2 Rf1+ $19) 29... d4 30. cxd4
Rxd4 31. Ne6 Rd6 32. Nf4 Rd4 33. Ne2 Rd2 34. Kf2 Rb2 35. Ke3 Rb7 (35... Bb5 $5
36. Ng3 $1 (36. Nf4 g5 $132) 36... Bc6 (36... h6 37. Ra8+ Kh7 38. Rb8) 37. Nf5
$16) 36. Rc5 Bd7 37. h4 Ra7 38. Nc3 h6 39. Kf4 Ra6 40. Nd5 Be6 41. Ne3 Ra3 42.
Rc7 (42. g4 $5 Kf7 43. h5 $16 Kf6 $140 44. Nf1 Ra4+ 45. Kg3 Ra2 46. Rc3 Re2 47.
Kf4 Ra2 48. Ng3 Bd5 49. Rd3 Ra4+ 50. Ke3 Ra5 51. Nf5 Rb5 52. Kf4 Ra5 53. Kg3
Rb5 54. Rd4 Ke5 (54... Ra5 $4 55. Rf4 $18) 55. Rf4 Rb7 56. Nh4 Rf7 57. Ra4 Rc7
58. Ng6+ Kf6 59. Rd4 Rc5 60. Rf4+ Ke6 61. Rf5 Kd6 62. Nf4 Bc4 63. Rf8 Rc7 64.
Ng6 Ke6 65. f4 Kd5 66. f5 Ra7 67. f6 gxf6 68. Rxf6 $18 {קh6}) 42... Rd3 43.
Re7 Bd7 44. Nc4 Bb5 45. Ne5 Rd4+ 46. Kg3 (46. Kf5 Bd3+ 47. Nxd3 (47. Ke6 Bc4+)
47... Rxd3 $11) 46... Rd2 $1 $132 47. Ng4 (47. h5 Bf1 48. Re8+ Kh7 49. Ng6
Rxg2+ 50. Kf4 Rxg6 51. hxg6+ Kxg6 $11) 47... Bd7 48. Ne3 Kf8 49. Re4 Kf7 50.
Nc4 Rd5 51. Kf2 Bf5 $4 52. Re3 $4 (52. Rf4 $1 Ke6 (52... g5 53. Rxf5+ Rxf5 54.
Nd6+ Ke6 55. Nxf5 Kxf5 56. Kg3 $18) 53. Ne3 Ra5 (53... Rd2+ 54. Ke1 Rd3 55.
Nxf5 Ke5 56. Rd4 Rxd4 57. Nxd4 Kxd4 58. h5 $1 $18) 54. Rxf5 Rxf5 55. Nxf5 Kxf5
56. g4+ Kf4 57. h5 $1 $18) 52... Rd4 53. Ne5+ Kf6 54. g4 Rd5 $1 55. f4 (55. Nc4
$5) 55... g5 $1 $11 56. gxf5 gxf4 57. Ng4+ Kxf5 58. Nxh6+ Kg6 59. Re6+ Kh5 60.
Kf3 Kxh4 61. Nf7 Rd3+ 62. Kxf4 Rd4+ 63. Kf3 Rd3+ 64. Ke4 Ra3 65. Rg6 Kh3 66.
Ne5 Ra4+ 67. Ke3 Ra3+ 68. Nd3 Kh4 69. Rg8 Kh5 70. Ke4 Kh4 71. Nf2 Ra7 72. Kf3
Rf7+ 73. Kg2 Ra7 74. Ne4 Kh5 75. Kf3 Rf7+ 76. Ke3 Kh6 77. Nd6 Rf6 78. Rd8 Kg6
79. Ke4 Re6+ 80. Kd5 Re7 81. Rg8+ Kh5 82. Nc4 Kh4 83. Ne5 Kh3 84. Ke4 Re6 85.
Kf5 Ra6 86. Nd3 Ra5+ 87. Kf4 Ra4+ 88. Kf3 Kh4 89. Nf2 Kh5 90. Ne4 Kh6 91. Kf4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Donetsk m"]
[Site "Donetsk"]
[Date "2001.01.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "233"]
[EventDate "2001.01.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. Nf3
{The only way to continue a fight. 8.Be2 d5 would lead to simplification and a
quick draw.} d6 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Bf4 Rc8 (11... Ne5 {was worth a
consideration:} 12. Nd2 Ned7 13. Re1 Nc5 14. Bf1 d5 15. e5 Nfe4 $13) 12. Re1 a6
13. Bf1 Qc7 14. b4 Rfd8 ({If} 14... Ne5 15. Nd2 b5 $2 {then after} 16. Bxe5
dxe5 17. c5 {white has an edge. In one of his games Robert Fischer in a
similar position has applied an interesting plan: Kh8, Rg8 and then g7-g5 with
an initiative on the king side...}) 15. Rc1 Ne5 16. Nd2 Qb8 17. h3 Bc6 18. Qe2
$14 Ng6 19. Bg3 Qb7 20. Nb3 h6 21. Rb1 $1 {planning a3-a4-a5 or c4-c5} Bf8 22.
f3 Re8 23. Bf2 Qb8 (23... d5 {does not work properly:} 24. cxd5 exd5 25. Qxa6
dxe4 26. fxe4 Nxe4 (26... Qxa6 27. Bxa6 Ra8 28. b5 $16) 27. Nxe4 Bxe4 28. Qxb7
Bxb7 29. Rxe8 Rxe8 30. Bxb6 $16) 24. Qe3 Nd7 25. Red1 Bb7 {Bad move.} (25...
Nge5 {was also not satisfactory due to} 26. f4 Ng6 27. a4 d5 28. cxd5 exd5 29.
e5 Bxb4 30. Nxd5 $16) ({The best in order to maintain tension in the position
was} 25... Be7 $1) 26. Na4 $1 $16 Nge5 (26... d5 27. Nxb6 Nxb6 28. Qxb6 dxe4 (
28... dxc4 $2 29. Na5 c3 30. Rbc1 $18) 29. Na5 Ba8 30. Qxb8 Rxb8 31. fxe4 Bxe4
32. Rbc1 {and then c5 +/-}) 27. Nxb6 Nxb6 28. Qxb6 Nxc4 29. Bxc4 Rxc4 30. Na5
Rc7 31. b5 $1 $18 Ba8 (31... axb5 32. Rxb5 Ree7 33. Nc6 $18) 32. Qxb8 $4 (32.
Qxa6 Rc2 33. b6 d5 34. b7 Bc5 (34... Rxf2 35. Kxf2 Bc5+ 36. Ke2 Qg3 (36... Qf4
37. Rb3 $18) 37. bxa8=Q $18) 35. Bxc5 Qg3 36. Qf1 $18) 32... Rxb8 33. b6 Rd7
34. b7 {34.Ba6!?} Bxb7 35. Rb3 Kh7 36. e5 $2 (36. Rdb1 Bxe4 37. Rxb8 Bxb1 38.
Rxb1 $16) (36. Rd2 $1 {and then Rdb2.}) 36... Bxf3 $1 37. Rxf3 d5 38. Nc6 Rc8
39. Nd4 Rb7 $44 40. Kf1 Kg8 41. Nb3 Rc2 42. Bd4 Rbc7 (42... Bxa3 $2 {was bad
because of} 43. Na5) ({but} 42... Ra2 $5 43. Nc5 Bxc5 44. Bxc5 Rbb2 $13 {
was an alternative.}) 43. a4 Bb4 44. Bb6 R7c4 45. Rf2 R2c3 46. Rb1 Be7 47. a5
f6 48. exf6 Bxf6 49. Rf3 Rc2 (49... Rxf3+ $5) 50. Rd1 Rb2 51. Nc5 $1 $16 e5 (
51... Rxb6 52. axb6 Rxc5 53. Rb1 Rc8 54. b7 Rb8 55. Ra3 $18) 52. Nxa6 (52. Nd7
$5) 52... e4 53. Rf2 Rxf2+ 54. Bxf2 d4 55. Be1 d3 56. Nb4 Rc5 57. g4 $2 (57. a6
$2 Rf5+ 58. Kg1 Bd4+ 59. Kh2 Rf1 60. Nc6 Bb6 61. a7 Bxa7 62. Nxa7 Rxe1 63. Rxe1
d2 $17) (57. Nxd3 $1 exd3 58. Rxd3 $16) 57... Rxa5 58. Nxd3 Ra3 $1 (58... Ra2
$2 59. Nf4 $18) 59. Nf2 Bh4 60. Nxe4 Bxe1 61. Rxe1 Rxh3 {From now on white has
a slight advantage, which is highly problematic to transform into a win.} 62.
Kg2 Rd3 63. Rh1 Kh7 64. Ng5+ Kg6 65. Nf3 Ra3 66. Rd1 Ra7 67. Rd6+ Kh7 68. Kg3
Rb7 69. Nd4 Ra7 70. Kf4 Ra4 71. Rd7 Kg6 72. Kg3 Kf6 73. Nf3 Ra6 74. Rb7 g5 {
Black could continue 74...Rc6, but transition into another set-up is also not
bad for black.} 75. Rb5 Kg6 76. Kf2 Rf6 77. Ke3 Rf4 78. Rb6+ Kh7 79. Ne5 Kg7
80. Rd6 Ra4 81. Rg6+ Kh7 82. Rc6 Kg7 $4 (82... Rf4 83. Rc7+ Kg8 84. Ra7 (84.
Rc4 Rxc4 85. Nxc4 Kg7 86. Kf3 Kg6 87. Ne5+ Kg7 $11) 84... h5 85. gxh5 Rh4 86.
Nd7 Kg7 $11) 83. Nc4 $1 $18 Ra7 84. Nd6 Ra3+ 85. Kd2 Ra2+ 86. Ke3 Ra3+ 87. Ke4
Ra4+ 88. Ke5 Ra5+ (88... Rxg4 89. Nf5+ Kh8 90. Kf6 Ra4 91. Rc8+ Kh7 92. Rc7+
Kh8 93. Ne7 Ra6+ 94. Nc6 Ra8 95. Kg6 Rg8+ 96. Kxh6 Re8 97. Ne7 $18) 89. Ke6 Kh7
90. Kf6 Ra7 91. Nf5 Rb7 92. Ra6 Rc7 93. Ke5 Rc5+ 94. Kd4 Rb5 95. Rxh6+ Kg8 96.
Rc6 Ra5 97. Ke4 Kf7 98. Nd4 Kg7 99. Rd6 Ra4 100. Ke5 Kf7 101. Rd5 Kg6 102. Rb5
Rc4 103. Rb6+ Kf7 104. Rd6 Ra4 105. Nf5 Ra5+ 106. Rd5 Ra7 107. Nd6+ Kg6 108.
Ne4 Ra4 109. Rc5 Ra6 110. Kd4 Ra4+ 111. Kd3 Ra3+ 112. Kd2 Ra2+ 113. Kc3 Ra3+
114. Kb4 Rf3 115. Rxg5+ Kh6 116. Rf5 Re3 117. Rf4 1-0

[Event "Donetsk m"]
[Site "Donetsk"]
[Date "2001.01.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "Ponomariov,R"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2001.01.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Kortschnoj} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7.
Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Be3 Nc5 $5 {'?!' Kortschnoj. Kortschnoj: '9...Be7'} 10.
Nc3 Nxb3 11. cxb3 $1 Be7 12. Rc1 Qd7 (12... O-O $5 13. Nxb5 axb5 14. Rxc6 Rxa2
15. Qb1 Ra8 16. Rfc1 Rc8 17. Qc2 $14) 13. h3 $1 (13. Ne2 Rc8 14. Nf4 O-O 15.
Bc5 Rfd8 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Qd4 Bg4 18. Ne1 (18. Nd2 c5 $1 19. Rxc5 Rxc5 20.
Qxc5 g5 21. h3 gxf4 22. hxg4 Ng6 $132) 18... c5 $3 19. Rxc5 Nf5 20. Qc3 d4 $132
{Smagin-Mikhalchishin, Moscow 1989}) 13... O-O (13... Nd8 $5 {/\c5} 14. Ne2 Nb7
15. Nf4 c5 16. Nh5 O-O 17. Qd2 Kh8 18. Bg5 d4 19. Qf4 $40) 14. Ne2 {'+/-'
Kortschnoj.} f6 $6 $146 {Kortschnoj: 'A novelty. More stubborn already applied
several times is 14...Rfc8'} (14... Rfc8 15. Nf4 a5 16. a3 Nd8 17. Nd3 Bf5 18.
Nc5 Bxc5 19. Bxc5 Ne6 20. Nd4 $14 {Groszpeter-Brunner, Biel 1990}) 15. exf6
Rxf6 {'?' Kortschnoj.} (15... Bxf6 $142 16. Ned4 (16. Qc2 {Kortschnoj Still it
had to be played:} d4 (16... Nb4 17. Qd2 $1) 17. Qxc6 dxe3 18. fxe3 Bxb2 19.
Qxd7 Bxd7 20. Rxc7 {with two bishops black has some practical chances to save
the game.}) 16... Bxd4 (16... Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Rae8 18. Re1 $16) 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18.
Bxd4 $14) 16. Ned4 {'!' Kortschnoj. Kortschnoj: 'After this strong move it
becomes clear that black is totally outplayed and will be not able to hold the
game too long.'} Nxd4 $8 (16... Bf7 $2 17. Rxc6 $1 $18) (16... Bxh3 $6 17. Rxc6
Qg4 18. Nh4 Qxh4 19. Rxf6 Bxf6 20. Nf3 Qh5 21. gxh3 $18) 17. Bxd4 {Kortschnoj:
'Of course not'} (17. Nxd4 $4 {Kortschnoj} Bxh3 $1) 17... Rf5 18. Ne5 Qc8 {
Kortschnoj: 'Black makes the only moves not to lose at once...'} 19. Nc6 $16
Bd6 20. Bc5 Qd7 21. Bxd6 cxd6 $6 {Kortschnoj: 'Since superiority of white is
based on domination along the c-file black clears it off. But now white gets
an excellent square for his pieces-d4!  '} (21... Qxd6 22. Nd4 Rf4 $1 (22...
Re5 23. Rc6 Qd7 24. Re1 Rxe1+ 25. Qxe1 Bf7 26. Qe5 Re8 27. Rxc7 $16) 23. Nxe6 (
23. Rc6 $140 $6 Rxd4 $1 24. Rxd6 Rxd1 25. Rxe6 Rd2 26. Rc1 Ra7 27. Re8+ Kf7 28.
Rc8 Rxb2 29. R8xc7+ Rxc7 30. Rxc7+ Kf6 31. Rc6+ Ke5 32. Rxa6 d4 $13) (23. Qd2
$5 Bd7 24. b4) 23... Qxe6 24. Rxc7 $16) 22. Nd4 Re5 23. Rc3 b4 {'?!'
Kortschnoj. Kortschnoj: 'It is hard to find good moves in a bad position.
Still, it was better not to create new pawn weaknesses, but to play with the
rook a8-to c8 or e8.'} 24. Rg3 {'!' Kortschnoj. Kortschnoj: 'Unexpected turn
of the game - white begins an assault on the king side!'} a5 25. Kh2 {
Kortschnoj: 'Very important preparatory move - after'} (25. f4 $6 Re4 26. f5 (
26. Nf5 $6 g6 27. Ne3 d4 28. Nc2 Qa7 $132) 26... Qa7 $1 {Kortschnoj: 'black
gets some counterplay.'}) 25... Bf7 26. Nf3 Rf5 27. Qd4 $1 {'+-!' Kortschnoj.}
g6 (27... Bg6 {Kortschnoj} 28. Nh4 {winning at least a pawn.}) 28. Qd2 Re8 29.
Nd4 Rfe5 30. f4 Re4 31. f5 $40 Kh8 32. Qh6 $1 $18 Qe7 (32... Rxd4 33. fxg6 Bxg6
34. Rf8+ Rxf8 35. Qxf8#) 33. Nf3 (33. fxg6 Bxg6 34. Rxg6 Rxd4 $1 (34... Rh4 $2
35. Re1 $3 $18) 35. Rgf6 Rg8 36. Rf7 Rh4 $1 $16) (33. f6 $5 Qf8 34. Qd2) 33...
Qf8 34. Qg5 (34. Ng5 $5 Qxh6 35. Nxf7+ Kg7 36. Nxh6 Kxh6 37. fxg6 hxg6 38. Rf6
Rg8 39. Rxd6 Re2 40. Rxd5 Rxb2 41. Rxa5 $18) (34. Ng5 {Kortschnoj was also
strong but white prefers to finish the the with mating attack.}) 34... Qg7 35.
f6 Qf8 36. Rc1 h6 37. Qd2 g5 (37... Re2 38. Qd4 R2e4 39. Qb6 Rf4 40. Qxa5 Rxf6
41. Qxb4 $18) 38. Rc7 Re2 (38... Rf4 39. h4 $1 gxh4 40. Rg7 Rxf6 41. Rcxf7 $1)
39. Qc1 R2e6 $138 40. h4 Rxf6 {Kortschnoj: '40...gh 41.Rg7 Rf6 42.Rcf7'} 41.
hxg5 Rg6 42. Qf4 Be6 43. Nh4 $1 Rg7 44. Qd4 Kh7 (44... Kg8 45. gxh6 Rxg3 46.
h7#) 45. Qd3+ (45. Qd3+ Kg8 46. gxh6 Rxg3 47. Qh7#) 1-0

[Event "Donetsk m"]
[Site "Donetsk"]
[Date "2001.01.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2001.01.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4 Nc6 6. O-O Be6 7. Bb5 Bc5 8.
Qc2 Bb6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Qxc6+ Bd7 11. Qc4 Be6 12. Qc6+ Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Donetsk m"]
[Site "Donetsk"]
[Date "2001.01.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2001.01.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 d5 9. Bd3 {[%mdl 4] White first turns from the mainline theoretical
variation.} (9. exd5 $142 {It's main line.}) 9... d4 $5 {rare move.} ({More
popular is:} 9... dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Qxd1+ 12. Kxd1 {for example:} Bd7
13. Be3 $132 {1-0 Fischer,R-Bolbochan,J/Mar del Plata 1959/ (50) and various
other games.}) 10. Ne2 e5 $132 {simply and good move. Black opens Bc8 and
places PP on the black squares in view of factor of black-squares B exchange.}
(10... Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qb6 12. b4 O-O 13. O-O Bd7 14. f4 Rac8 15. Ng3 $132 {
1/2-1/2 De Firmian,N-Khmelnitsky,I/USA-ch Modesto 1995/CBM 51_08/ (62)}) (10...
O-O 11. f4 e5 (11... Nd7 12. O-O Nc5 13. b4 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 e5 15. b5 Ne7 16.
fxe5 $16 {1/2-1/2 Luo Wei-Baltag,I/Artek UKR 1999 (51)}) 12. O-O Ng4 $132) 11.
O-O O-O 12. h3 Re8 $146 (12... Nh5 $4 13. Nxd4 {[%csl Rh5]
Bojkovic-Paaasikangas/Subotica,1991(1-0) (31)}) 13. Ng3 ({Unpleasant for Black
seems} 13. Bg5 {[%cal Gg5d8] but after} h6 14. Bh4 {and then} g5 $1 15. Bg3 Nh5
$1 16. Bh2 Nf4 $11 {Black has good position.}) 13... Nd7 {Preventing the next
move.} (13... Be6 $5 {/\Nd7}) 14. f4 exf4 15. Bxf4 Nde5 {[%csl Ge5]} 16. Qh5 f6
{[%csl Ge5] e5 important blockade square possession makes position of black at
least equal.} 17. b4 Be6 18. b5 {makes weaknesses on the queenside.} Bf7 19.
Qe2 Na5 20. Nf5 Bg6 ({or} 20... Be6 $5 $132) 21. Nh4 Rc8 (21... Bf7 22. Nf5 Bg6
$11) 22. Bxe5 Rxe5 (22... fxe5 $6 23. Nxg6 hxg6 $14 {[%csl Rg6,Rg7]}) 23. Nf3
$6 $15 (23. Nxg6 hxg6 $11) 23... Re7 24. Rae1 Rc3 {[%csl Ra3]} 25. e5 {White
had to play actively!} (25. Qf2 $143 Nc4 26. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 27. Nxd4 Nxa3 28. Rd1 (
28. Ra1 Rd7 $17 (28... Bxe4 29. Rfe1 $16)) 28... a5 29. bxa6 bxa6 $15) 25...
Bxd3 26. cxd3 Nb3 $1 (26... Rxa3 27. Ra1 Rxa1 28. Rxa1 b6 29. Qa2+ Kh8 30. exf6
gxf6 $44) 27. Qa2 {[%csl Rb3][%cal Ga2g8]} Kh8 28. exf6 gxf6 29. Nh4 Qe8 $6
$132 {Dropping all advantage.} ({Strong was} 29... Rxd3 $1 30. Nf5 Rxe1 31.
Rxe1 Qg8 $1 $15) 30. Qf2 Rxe1 31. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 32. Qxe1 Rc1 33. Kf2 Rxe1 34. Kxe1
a5 35. bxa6 bxa6 36. Ke2 (36. Nf5 a5 $11) 36... a5 37. Nf5 a4 {[%csl Ra3]} 38.
Kf3 Nd2+ 39. Kf4 Nb1 40. Ke4 (40. Nxd4 Nxa3 $11) 40... Nxa3 41. Kxd4 Kg8 42.
Ne3 Nb5+ 43. Kc4 Nc7 $1 {[%cal Gc7e6,Ge6f4]} 44. Kb4 Ne6 45. Nc2 (45. Nd5 Kf7
46. Kxa4 Nc5+ $11 {[%csl Rd3]}) 45... Kf7 46. Ne1 Kg6 47. Kxa4 Kf5 48. Kb5 Kf4
49. Kc6 (49. Kc4 Kg3 50. Kd5 Ng7 $11) 49... Kg3 50. Kd5 Ng7 51. Kd6 (51. Ke4
Kf2 $11 {[%csl Rg2]}) 51... Kf2 52. Ke7 {Makes draw by force.} Kxe1 53. Kxf6
Ne8+ 54. Kf7 Nc7 55. g4 Kf2 56. Kg7 Kg3 57. Kxh7 Kxh3 58. g5 Ne6 59. g6 Kg4 60.
d4 Kf5 61. Kh6 (61. d5 Nf8+ $11) 61... Ke4 62. g7 Nxg7 63. Kxg7 Kxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Donetsk m"]
[Site "Donetsk"]
[Date "2001.01.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2001.01.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bc1 Nhf6 8.
h3 Bh5 9. Bf4 e6 10. c4 Be7 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Nc3 O-O 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nh4 Nxg4
15. Nxg6 fxg6 16. e3 Ngf6 17. Nb5 Qa5 18. a4 a6 19. b4 Bxb4 20. Bc7 b6 21. Nd4
Bc3 22. Rb1 Bxd4 23. exd4 Qc3 24. Bxb6 Nxb6 25. Rxb6 Qxd4 26. Rxe6 a5 27. Qa1
Qxd3 28. Rd1 Qf5 29. Re5 Qc2 30. Re7 Kh8 31. Rxd5 Rab8 32. Rb5 Rbd8 33. Bf3 Rd3
34. Re3 Rxe3 35. fxe3 h5 36. Rxa5 Ng4 0-1

[Event "Donetsk m"]
[Site "Donetsk"]
[Date "2001.01.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "Ponomariov,R"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2001.01.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Nf3 h6 (
7... c5 8. dxc5 Qxd1+ $6 (8... Qa5+ $142) 9. Rxd1 Bxc5 10. Bb5+ Ke7 11. O-O h6
12. Bf4 Bd7 13. Bxd7 Nxd7 14. a3 Rhc8 $2 15. b4 Bb6 16. c4 $1 $16 {Yakovenko -
Dolmatov, St.Petersburg 2000}) 8. Bh4 c5 9. Be2 $5 (9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7
11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Qxd7+ Kxd7 14. Ke2 Ke7 15. Rhd1 Rhd8 16. c3 f5
17. Ne1 e5 $11 {Yudasin - Korchnoi, St.Petersburg 1997}) (9. Bd3 $5 cxd4 10.
Nxd4) 9... cxd4 (9... Bd7 10. O-O Qb6 $2 (10... Be7 $5) (10... cxd4) 11. Ne5 $1
cxd4 12. Bxf6 $2 {Rozentalis - Vaganian, Budapest 1996} (12. Bh5 $1 Nxh5 13.
Qxh5 g6 14. Nxg6 $18)) (9... Be7 $142 10. c3 (10. dxc5 Qa5+ 11. c3 Qxc5 12. O-O
O-O $13) 10... O-O 11. O-O b6 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. Bf3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Qd5 15. Qxd5
Nxd5 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Rfd1 $14) 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Nxd4 $14 Bc5 (
11... Bd7 12. Nb5 $1 Rc8 (12... Nd5 13. O-O-O a6 14. Rxd5 axb5 15. Bxb5 $18)
13. O-O-O $16) 12. Nb3 Bd6 13. Bf3 Ke7 14. Bg3 $1 (14. c4 $6 Bb4+ $1 15. Ke2 $2
g5 16. Bg3 g4 $19) (14. O-O-O g5 $1 15. Bg3 Bxg3 16. hxg3 g4 17. Be2 Bd7 18.
Na5 b6 19. Nc4 Bb5 $11) 14... Bxg3 15. hxg3 a5 (15... Rb8 $5 16. Na5 Rd8 17.
Rh4 Rd6 18. Rb4 (18. Rd1 $142 $5 $14) 18... Rb6 19. Rxb6 axb6 20. Nc4 b5 21.
Nb6 Bd7 22. Nxd7 Kxd7 23. Rd1+ Kc7 24. Rd4 Ne8 $1 $132 {Ponomariov-Korchnoi,
Kramatorsk (blitz) 2001}) 16. O-O-O Ra7 17. Rhe1 (17. Rh4 $5 b6 (17... Bd7 18.
Nc5 $14) 18. Rc4 Bd7 19. Nd4 $36) 17... Bd7 18. Nd4 g6 19. Re3 {/\ Rb3 xPb7} a4
(19... b5 20. Bc6 b4 21. Bxd7 Rxd7 22. Nc6+) 20. Rc3 Rc8 $8 21. Rxc8 Bxc8 22.
Nb5 Ra6 23. Rd4 Bd7 24. Nc3 (24. Nc7 $5 Rb6 25. Na8 Rb5 26. Rxa4 e5 $44 {פa8})
24... b5 25. a3 $6 (25. Be2 $142 Rb6 26. a3 $1 $16 (26. Rb4 Nd5 27. Nxd5+ exd5
$14) 26... Ne8 $140 $2 27. Rb4 Nd6 28. Nxa4 $18) 25... Ne8 $1 26. Be2 Nd6 27.
Rb4 Ra5 28. Kd2 Bc6 29. Bf1 h5 30. Ke3 e5 $1 $132 {צb4} 31. f4 Ke6 (31... Nf5+
$6 32. Kf2 Nd4 33. fxe5 Nxc2 34. Rf4 $16) 32. Kf2 Kf6 $6 (32... f5 $142 $1 $11)
33. Be2 Ke6 34. Bd3 Kf6 35. g4 $1 hxg4 36. fxe5+ Kxe5 37. Rxg4 Bd7 $6 $138 (
37... Ra8 $142 38. Rg5+ $140 Nf5 39. Bxf5 gxf5 40. g4 Bd7 41. gxf5 Bxf5 42.
Nxb5 Kf6 43. Rg3 Bxc2 $11) 38. Rg3 Ra7 39. Re3+ Kf6 40. Nd5+ Kg5 41. Re5+ $1 (
41. Re7 Rb7 42. Ke3 Bc6 43. Rxb7 Bxb7 44. Kd4 f5 45. Kc5 Nc4 $1 46. Bxc4 bxc4
47. Kxc4 f4) 41... f5 42. Ke3 Bc6 43. Nf4 Ra8 $8 44. Nxg6 Kf6 $5 (44... Kxg6
45. Re6+ Kg5 46. Rxd6 Bxg2 47. Bxb5 f4+ 48. Kd2 $16 Rb8 $140 49. c4 f3 50. Ke3
Rb7 51. Kf2 $18) 45. Rc5 $2 (45. Kd4 $1 Rd8 46. Nf4 $1 Nc4+ 47. Nd5+ $18) (45.
Kf4 Rg8 46. Rc5 Bb7 $1 47. Ne5 Rxg2 $132) 45... Bxg2 46. Nh4 $6 (46. Ne5 $5 $14
) (46. Nf4 $5 $14) 46... Be4 47. Bxe4 fxe4 48. Rc6 Ke5 49. Ng6+ Kd5 $6 (49...
Ke6 50. Nf4+ Kd7 51. Rc5 Re8 (51... Nc4+ 52. Kxe4 Nxb2 53. Rxb5 Nc4 54. Rd5+
Kc6 55. Rd3 $14) 52. Nd5 Rh8 $11) 50. Ne7+ Ke6 $2 (50... Ke5 $8 51. Rc5+ Ke6
52. Nd5 Rb8 53. Nc3 b4 54. Nxe4 Nxe4 55. Kxe4 bxa3 56. bxa3 Kd6 $11) 51. Nf5
Kxf5 52. Rxd6 Re8 $8 53. Rh6 Kg5 $8 54. Rh2 Re7 55. Rf2 Re5 $1 56. Rf4 $6 (56.
Rf1 $1 Rc5 (56... Re8 57. Rf4 Re5 (57... Rc8 58. Rxe4 Rxc2 (58... Kf5 59. Rb4
Rc5 60. Kd4 $18) 59. Re5+ Kf6 60. Rxb5 Ke6 61. Kd3 Rh2 62. Kc3 Kd6 63. Rb4 Rh3+
64. Kc4 $18) 58. Rxe4 Kf5 59. Rxe5+ Kxe5 60. Kd3 Kd5 61. b4 axb3 62. cxb3 $18)
(56... Kg6 57. Rf4 Rc5 58. c3 Re5 59. Kd4 $1 Rh5 60. Rf2 Rh4 61. Ke3 $18) 57.
Kxe4 Rxc2 58. Rf5+ Kg6 59. Rxb5 Kf6 60. Kd3 Rh2 61. Kc3 $18) 56... Rc5 57. c3
$2 (57. Rf2 Re5 58. Rf1 $1 $18) 57... Re5 $1 58. Rf8 Re7 59. Rb8 Re5 60. Rb6
Kf5 61. Rd6 Re8 62. Rh6 Kg5 63. Rh1 Re7 64. Rf1 Re8 65. Rf4 Re5 66. Rxe4 Kf5
67. Rxe5+ Kxe5 $11 68. Kd2 Kd6 69. Kc2 Kc6 70. b4 axb3+ 71. Kxb3 Kb7 72. a4
bxa4+ 73. Kxa4 Kc6 74. c4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Donetsk m"]
[Site "Donetsk"]
[Date "2001.01.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2001.01.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Ribli} c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 Be7 7. e4
O-O 8. Nf3 Qc7 $1 {It is stronger than 8...d6 played in the game 2. Ribli:
'Das ist die Neuerung von Schwarz. In der 2. Wettkampfpartie spielte der junge
ukrainische GM 8...d6 und verlor nach 117 (!) Zügen. Die Idee des Zuges ist,
dass Schwarz nicht d7-d6 zieht, sondern nach Möglichkeit gleich den für diese
Stellung typischen Ausgleichszug d7-d5 durchsetzen will.'} 9. Bg5 b6 10. Bd3 {
According to the entourage of Ponomariov 10.Bh4 was more dangerous for black.
Ribli: 'Wir haben eine Igelstellung erreicht - Weiß hat ein starkes Zentrum
mit den Bauern auf c4 und e4, die schwarze Stellung hingegen ist etwas passiv,
aber elastisch.'} h6 $5 {An interesting idea. Normally people play Bb7 and
then d7-d6 and Nc6-e5.} 11. Bh4 Nh5 {Ribli: 'Mit diesem Zug tauscht Schwarz
die schwarzfeldrigen Läufer und verringert so den positionellen Druck von Weiß.
'} 12. Bxe7 (12. Bg3 {Ribli} Nxg3 13. hxg3 Bb7 $11) 12... Nxe7 13. O-O {
13.Nb5 was worth to interpose} (13. Nb5 {Ribli} Qb8 14. e5 Bb7 $13) 13... Ba6 {
Ribli: 'Schwarz strebt vollwertiges Spiel an, er ist mit seiner etwas passiven
Stellung offensichtlich nicht zufrieden.'} (13... Bb7 {Ribli}) 14. Rc1 Nf4 15.
Nb5 {'!?' Ribli. Ribli: 'Nur auf diesem Wege darf sich Weiß Hoffnungen auf
aktives Spiel machen. - Man muß hier anmerken, dass dies die letzte Partie in
diesen Match war. Zu diesem Zeitpunkt führte Ponomariov 4:3, Kortschnoj musste
als um jeden Preis gewinnen.'} (15. b3 d5 (15... Qd6 $5 16. Bc2 Qxa3 17. Qd2
Qb4 $13) (15... Rad8 $11 {Ribli}) (15... Rfd8 $11) 16. exd5 Rfd8 $13) 15...
Bxb5 (15... Qb8 {Ribli} 16. e5 $36) 16. cxb5 {'~~' Ribli. Ribli: 'Die weiße
Bauernstruktur ist aufgrund des Doppelbauern auf der b-Linie geschwächt, doch
der Pb5 verschafft Weiß dauerhaften Raumvorteil am Damenflügel.'} Qd6 (16...
Qb7 {Ribli} 17. Qd2 (17. g3 $14) 17... Nxd3 18. Qxd3 $14) 17. Bb1 Qxd1 18.
Rcxd1 (18. Rfxd1 $4 {Ribli} Ne2+ $19) 18... d5 {The arising position is
approximately equal.} (18... Rfd8 {was also playable.}) (18... Rfd8 {Ribli} 19.
g3 Nfg6 20. e5 $14) 19. e5 g5 $1 {Thus white's e-pawn will become a
long-lasting problem of white's position.  Ribli: 'Ein tiefer,
großmeisterlicher Zug - Schwarz verteidigt sich schon im vorhinein gegen die
positionelle Drohung g3-f4.'} (19... Rfc8 {Ribli} 20. g3 Nfg6 21. Rc1 Nf8 22.
Nd4 Nd7 23. f4 Kf8 24. b4 $14 {[%csl Rd7]}) 20. Rfe1 Rac8 21. h4 {21.Nd4} g4 (
21... gxh4 $5 {Ribli} 22. Nxh4 Rc5 $13) 22. Nh2 {Ribli: 'Kortschnoj versucht,
Komplikationen am Königsflügel zu schaffen.'} (22. Nd4 {Ribli}) 22... h5 23. f3
{In order to carry out his plan without obstacles white had to play g2-g3
first.} g3 ({Black could play now} 23... gxf3 24. Nxf3 Nfg6 (24... Neg6 25. g3
$18 {[%csl Rf4]}) 25. g3 (25. Kf2 {Ribli} f6 $13) 25... Rc4 {with about equal
chances but he prefers to deviate from the main line of the white's plan.}) 24.
Nf1 Neg6 25. Rd4 (25. Nxg3 Nxh4 26. Kf2 (26. Rd2 Nfxg2 27. Rxg2 Nxf3+ 28. Kf2
Nxe1 29. Kxe1 Rc1+ $19) 26... Nhxg2 (26... f6 {Ribli} 27. exf6 Rxf6 $36) 27.
Rg1 h4 28. Ne2 (28. Nh5) 28... Nxe2 29. Rxg2+ Ng3 30. Rd4 Rc4 31. Rxc4 dxc4 32.
Rh2 Nf5 33. Bxf5 exf5 {white advantage is hardly possible to convert into a win
}) 25... Rc4 {'?' Ribli.} (25... Rc1 $142 $1 {Ribli} 26. Rxc1 Ne2+ 27. Kh1 Nxd4
28. Nxg3 Nxb5 29. Bxg6 fxg6 30. Ne2 $14) 26. Rxc4 dxc4 27. Bxg6 {The only move.
Otherwise after 27.Re4 Rc8 and then c4-c3 it is black who stands better.} fxg6
28. Nxg3 {'+/=' Ribli. Ribli: 'Nach einer Reihe von Vereinfachungen hat Weiß
einen Bauern gewonnen, in der Folge bekommt Schwarz jedoch Aktivität. '} (28.
Re4 g5 $1 29. Nxg3 (29. hxg5 h4 $44) 29... gxh4 30. Ne2 Nxe2+ 31. Rxe2 h3 $11)
28... Nd3 {Ribli: 'Der lebendige Nd3 ist der Stolz der schwarzen Stellung.'}
29. Re2 Rd8 (29... Kf7 $5 30. Ne4 Ke7 $11) 30. Ne4 {'!' Ribli. Ribli: 'Weiß
gibt den Mehrbauern zurück, um seinen Springer zu aktivieren.'} Nxe5 (30... Kf8
$2 31. f4 $1 $16) 31. Ng5 Rd5 32. a4 Kg7 33. Nxe6+ Kf6 34. Ng5 (34. Nf4 $6 {
Ribli} Rd4 $11) 34... Kf5 35. Ne4 {Ribli: 'Weiß hat wieder einen Bauern mehr,
doch die Verwertung des Materialvorteils ist keineswegs leicht, da die
schwarzen Figuren aktiv stehen.'} Rd3 36. Nc3 (36. Kh2 {Ribli}) 36... Rd4 37.
Ne4 Rd3 38. Kh2 {Ribli: 'Natürlich gibt sich Weiß nicht mit Zugwiederholung
zufrieden, er nutzte die Gelgenheit vielmher, um in der Zeitnotphase etwas
Luft zu gewinnen.'} Rb3 39. Nd6+ Kf6 40. Ne8+ Kf5 41. Nd6+ Kf6 42. Kg3 Rb4 (
42... Rd3) 43. Re4 $1 Ke6 $1 {The only move:} (43... Rxb2 44. Rxe5) (43... Rxa4
44. b3 $16) 44. Nc8 Kf6 $1 45. Nxa7 Rxa4 (45... Rxb2 $2 46. Nc6 Nd3 47. Rxc4
Ne1 48. Re4 Rxg2+ 49. Kh3 Rg1 50. a5 bxa5 51. b6 Nxf3 52. Rf4+ Kg7 53. b7 g5
54. Rxf3 g4+ 55. Kh2 $18) 46. Nc6 Nd3 47. Ne7 Nxb2 48. Nd5+ Kf7 $4 {After} (
48... Kf5 49. Nxb6 Rb4 {black would still hold the game.}) 49. Re7+ Kf8 50. Rb7
$18 Nd1 51. Rxb6 c3 52. Rc6 Ra5 53. b6 Rb5 54. Rc7 Rxd5 (54... Ke8 55. Nf6+ Kd8
(55... Kf8 56. b7 c2 57. b8=Q+ Rxb8 58. Nd7+ Ke8 59. Nxb8 $18) 56. Rd7+ Kc8 57.
Rxd1 $18) 55. b7 Rb5 56. Rc8+ Kf7 (56... Ke7 57. b8=Q Rxb8 58. Rxb8 c2 59. Rc8
Ne3 60. Kf2 Kd7 61. Kxe3 Kxc8 62. Kd2 $18) 57. b8=Q Rxb8 58. Rxb8 c2 59. Rc8
Ne3 60. Kf2 Nf5 61. g3 Nd4 62. g4 Ke6 63. Ke3 Kd5 64. Rc3 g5 65. hxg5 hxg4 66.
fxg4 1-0

[Event "Kharkov Rector Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "2001.04.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2001.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 {Der junge GM aus
der Schweiz spielt gerne diese Variante.} Qb6 7. Ndb5 Ne5 8. Bg2 a6 9. Qa4 Rb8
10. Be3 Bc5 11. Bxc5 Qxc5 12. Qa3 Qxa3 {Das ist - meiner Meinung nach - nicht
die beste Fortsetzung für Schwarz.} (12... b6 $5 13. Nd6+ Ke7 14. Qxc5 bxc5 15.
Nxc8+ Rhxc8 16. b3 g5 $5 (16... d5 17. cxd5 c4 18. b4 Rxb4 19. O-O-O Ned7 $11 {
[%cal Gd7c5]}) (16... d6)) 13. Nxa3 Ke7 (13... d6 14. f4 Nc6 15. Nc2 (15. O-O-O
$6 Ke7 16. Rd2 Nb4 17. Bf3 Bd7 18. Rhd1 d5 19. g4 Bc6 20. g5 Ne4 21. Rd4 Rbc8
22. Nab1 Nc5 $15 {0-1 Speelman,J-Timman,J/London 1989/Candidates (54)}) (15.
Rd1 Ke7 16. O-O Bd7 17. Rd2 Rhd8 18. Rfd1 Be8 19. Bf3 Nb4 20. g4 h6 21. h4 Bc6
22. g5 {1/2-1/2 Christiansen,L-Schlosser,P/Germany 1996/GER-chT (62)}) 15...
Bd7 16. O-O-O Ke7 17. Rd3 (17. e4 {Dieser Zug führt zu unserer Hauptpartie.})
17... Rhd8 18. e4 Be8 19. Re1 Nd7 20. g4 {1/2-1/2 Pelletier,Y-Eljanov,P/
Kharkov RUS 2001/(43)}) 14. f4 Nc6 15. e4 {Weiß hat spürbar Raumvorteil, aber
der Na3 steht schlecht. Die schwarze Stellung ist verteidigungsfähig, es sind
keine besonderen Schwächen in ihr auszumachen. Allerdings muss er das Problem
der Entwicklung des Bc8 noch lösen.} (15. h3 b5 16. cxb5 Na7 17. e4 axb5 18. b4
d6 19. Kf2 Ba6 20. Rhc1 Rhc8 21. Rab1 Rb6 22. Rb2 Bb7 23. Rbc2 {1-0 Vaganian,
R-Nickoloff,B/Toronto 1990/CBM 20/[Ribli] (32)}) (15. c5 b5 16. cxb6 Rxb6 17.
Na4 Rb4 18. Bxc6 dxc6 19. b3 e5 20. fxe5 Ng4 21. Nc4 Be6 22. Nab2 Rb5 {1-0
Rekhmann,P-Donchenko,A/Moscow 1990/EXT 2000 (61)}) 15... d6 16. Nc2 $5 {
[%mdl 4] Auf diesen logischen Zug ist bis jetzt noch niemand gekommen. Weil
Schwarz auf 16.0-0-0 mit 16...Nb4 antwortet, stellt der Textzug in der Tat die
beste Fortsetzung für Weiß dar.} Bd7 17. O-O-O Rhc8 $11 (17... Rbc8 18. Rd3
Rhd8 19. Re1 $14 {[%cal Gc3d5] Weiß hat spürbar Raumvorteil. Schwarz muss
immer mit Nd5+ rechnen.}) 18. Rd3 {[%cal Gh1d1,Gd1d6]} Na5 19. b3 b5 20. cxb5
axb5 21. Rhd1 {Auf den ersten Blick kann Schwarz zufrieden sein, denn er
konnte das Thematische b5 schon durchsetzen. Als gewichtiger erweist sich hier
jedoch, dass Weiß Druck auf der d-Linie entwickeln kann.} b4 $6 (21... Bc6 22.
Rxd6 b4 23. Ne2 (23. e5 Bxg2 24. exf6+ gxf6 25. Ne2 Be4 26. R6d2) 23... Bxe4
24. Bxe4 Nxe4 25. Ra6 $14) (21... Be8 $5 22. Bf3 (22. Kb2 Nc4+ $1 {[%cal Gb8b2]
}) (22. Nb4 {[%csl Gb4]} Nc6 23. a3 Nxb4 24. axb4 Rd8 $11) 22... b4 23. Ne2 Rb6
24. Kb2 Bb5 25. R3d2 e5 $11) 22. e5 Ng4 $6 {Dieser Zug verliert einen Bauern,
aber auch die Alternativen versprachen schon keinen vollen Ausgleich mehr.} (
22... bxc3 23. exf6+ gxf6 24. Rxd6 $14) (22... Rxc3 23. exf6+ gxf6 (23... Kxf6
24. Rxd6 (24. Rxc3 bxc3 25. Rxd6 $14) 24... Rbc8 25. R1d2 Bc6 26. Bxc6 Nxc6 27.
Kb2 $14 {[%csl Rb4] Der Pb4 ist ein ewiger Schwachpunkt in der schwarzen
Stellung.}) 24. Rxd6 $14) 23. Rxd6 $16 {[%csl Rh2]} Rc7 (23... Be8 24. Ne4 Ne3
(24... Rxc2+ 25. Kxc2 Ne3+ 26. Kd2 Nxg2 27. Rg1 Bc6 28. Rxc6 Nxc6 29. Rxg2 $16)
25. R1d2 Ra8 26. Bf3 Nb7 27. Rb6 Bc6 28. Rxc6 $1 Rxc6 29. Nd6 $16) (23... Rxc3
24. Rxd7+ Ke8 25. R7d3 $16) 24. Ne2 (24. Ne4 $5 Rbc8 (24... Bb5 25. R1d2 Rbc8
26. Kb2 Rxc2+ $6 27. Rxc2 Rxc2+ 28. Kxc2 Ne3+ 29. Kd2 Nxg2 30. Rb6 $16) 25. Kb1
$16) 24... Nb7 (24... Rbc8 25. Ned4 f6 (25... Ne3 26. Rd2 $16) 26. Ra6 fxe5 27.
fxe5 Ne3 28. Rd2 $16) 25. Kb1 (25. Bxb7 Rbxb7 26. Kb2 $16) 25... Nc5 26. R6d4
f6 (26... Bb5 27. R1d2 $16) 27. R1d2 $6 (27. h3 Nf2 (27... fxe5 28. Rxd7+ $18)
28. R1d2 fxe5 29. fxe5 $16) 27... fxe5 28. fxe5 Nxe5 29. Nxb4 Be8 $6 (29... g5
30. h4 Be8 (30... gxh4 31. gxh4 $16 {[%cal Ge2f4]}) 31. hxg5 Bg6+ 32. Ka1 $16)
30. Nf4 g5 {[#]} 31. Nfd5+ $1 {[%mdl 64] Mit diesem schönen Zug gibt Weiß N+N
für R + P, aber danach werden die schwarzen Springer gefesselt.} exd5 32. Nxd5+
Kd8 33. Nxc7+ Kxc7 34. Rc2 $1 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Rc2c7]} Bg6 (34... Ned7 35.
Rxd7+ $18) 35. Be4 Bxe4 36. Rxe4 Ned7 37. Rd4 $1 {[%csl Rc5,Rd7][%cal Gc2c7,
Gd4d7]} Rb7 (37... Rb5 38. b4 $18) 38. Rxd7+ Kxd7 39. Rxc5 $18 {Mit zwei
gesunden Mehrbauern steht Weiß klar auf Gewinn.} h6 40. Kb2 Rb4 41. a4 Re4 42.
Rc2 h5 43. Ka3 Re5 44. Kb4 Kd6 45. a5 1-0

[Event "Kharkov Rector Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "2001.04.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2001.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 Nd4 4. d3 g6 5. Nxd4 cxd4 6. Ne2 Bg7 7. c3 dxc3 8.
Nxc3 d6 9. d4 Nf6 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O e5 12. Be3 Bd7 13. Rc1 exd4 14. Bxd4 Bc6
15. b4 Re8 16. f3 a6 17. a4 Rc8 18. Qd2 Bd7 19. a5 Be6 20. Rfe1 Qd7 21. b5 Nh5
22. Bxg7 Nxg7 23. Qd4 Rc5 24. Na4 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 axb5 26. Nb6 Qe7 27. f4 Rd8 28.
Bxb5 Nh5 29. g3 Nf6 30. f5 gxf5 31. exf5 Bd7 32. Bxd7 Nxd7 33. Nxd7 Qxd7 34.
Qg4+ Kh8 35. Qg5 d5 36. Re1 Qd6 37. f6 Qc5+ 38. Kh1 Qf8 39. Re7 d4 40. Qh5 d3
41. Rxf7 Qg8 42. Rg7 Qd5+ 43. Qxd5 Rxd5 44. Rxb7 Kg8 45. Rb1 Rxa5 46. Rd1 Rd5
47. Kg2 Kf7 48. Kf3 Kxf6 49. Ke4 Re5+ 50. Kxd3 Kg5 51. Rf1 Re7 52. Rf4 h5 53.
h4+ Kg6 54. Kd4 Ra7 55. Re4 Ra3 56. Re3 Rxe3 57. Kxe3 Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kharkov Rector Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "2001.04.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zubarev, Alexander2"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2001.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. d4 Nc6 8. h3
Bd7 9. Be3 Rb8 10. a4 a5 11. Qd2 e5 12. Rfd1 Bf5 13. Rac1 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15.
dxe5 dxe5 16. Bc5 Qxd2 17. Nxd2 Bxg2 18. Bxf8 Bxh3 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. f3 Nd4 21.
Kf2 Bd7 22. b3 Bc6 23. c5 Ra8 24. e3 Ne6 25. f4 exf4 26. exf4 g5 27. f5 Nd4 28.
g4 Re8 29. Re1 Rd8 30. Red1 Rd5 31. Nc4 Nxb3 32. Rxd5 Bxd5 33. Rc2 Bc6 34. Ra2
Kf6 35. Ke3 Nxc5 36. Nxa5 Bd5 37. Rh2 Nxa4 38. Rxh7 c5 39. Kd3 b5 40. Rh6+ Ke5
41. Ke3 Nb2 42. Rb6 b4 43. Rb8 Nd1+ 44. Ke2 Nc3+ 45. Ke3 Kd6 46. Kd3 Ne4 47.
Rd8+ Ke5 48. Nc4+ Bxc4+ 49. Kxc4 {[#] Aktive schwarze Figuren mit Freibauern
dominieren den Turm. Taktik!} Kf4 50. Kd5 b3 (50... Nc3+ 51. Kc4 (51. Kxc5 b3
52. Rb8 b2 53. Rxb2 Na4+ $19) 51... Kxg4 52. Rf8 Ne4 53. Kd5 Nf6+ 54. Kc4 Kxf5
55. Rxf7 Ke6 56. Rg7 Ne4 57. Rg8 {scheint mir nicht ganz klar zu sein.}) 51.
Rb8 Nf6+ 52. Kc4 Nxg4 53. Rxb3 Nf2 $6 (53... Ne3+ $142 54. Kxc5 g4 55. Kd4
Nxf5+ 56. Kd3 g3 57. Rb1 g2 58. Ke2 Kg3 $19) 54. Kxc5 g4 55. Kd6 Ne4+ (55...
Kxf5 56. Ke7 f6 57. Rb5+ Kg6 58. Ke6 Nh3 59. Rb4 f5 60. Ke5 Nf2 61. Rb8 $15)
56. Kd5 $6 (56. Ke7 $5 f6 57. Rb5 g3 58. Ke6 g2 59. Rb1 Kf3 60. Re1 Kf2 (60...
Ng3 61. Rg1 Nh5 62. Kf7 Kf2 63. Ra1 $11 (63. Rxg2+ Kxg2 64. Kg6 Kf3 65. Kxh5
Kf4 66. Kg6 Ke5 $19)) 61. Rxe4 g1=Q 62. Kxf6 Kg3 $19) 56... Ng5 57. f6 g3 58.
Rb4+ Kf3 59. Rb3+ Kg4 60. Rb4+ Kh3 61. Rb3 Kh2 62. Ke5 g2 63. Rb2 Kh1 64. Kf5
g1=Q 0-1

[Event "Kharkov Rector Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "2001.04.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[Annotator "Ponomariov,R"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2001.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 132]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 Nf6 (3... Nd4 $6 4. d3 g6 5. Nxd4 cxd4
6. Ne2 Bg7 7. c3 dxc3 8. Nxc3 d6 9. d4 Nf6 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O e5 12. Be3 Bd7
13. Rc1 exd4 14. Bxd4 Bc6 15. b4 $1 $16 {Ponomariov-Moiseenko, Kharkov 2001})
4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5
11. c3 Bg7 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 O-O 14. Nce3 Be6 15. Bd3 f5 16. Qh5 e4 17. Bc2
Ne7 18. Rd1 Ng6 19. f4 exf3 20. gxf3 Qd7 $5 (20... f4 $2 21. Nf5 Bxf5 22. Bxf5
Re8+ 23. Kf2 Re5 24. Rhe1 Qh4+ 25. Qxh4 Nxh4 26. Rxe5 Bxe5 27. Rg1+ Kh8 28. Be4
Rf8 29. Rg5 $1 $18 {Ponomariov-Mikhaletz, Donetsk 1998}) 21. O-O $1 (21. f4 $2
Qa7 $1 22. Kd2 b4 $1 $36) 21... Qf7 $146 (21... Rae8 22. Kh1 f4 23. Ng2 Bh3 24.
Rfe1 Bxg2+ $6 25. Kxg2 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 Re8 27. Rxe8+ Qxe8 28. Kf2 $16 {
Kudrin-Rikardi, Mendoza 1985}) 22. f4 Rac8 23. Rf3 $1 $40 Rc5 24. Rh3 h6 (24...
Bh8 25. Nxf5 $18) 25. Rg3 Kh7 (25... Bxd5 26. Nxd5 Rxd5 27. Rxd5 Qa7+ 28. Kf1
Nxf4 29. Qxh6 Nxd5 30. Bb3 $18) 26. b4 (26. Rg5 $6 Ne7 27. Nxe7 Qxe7 28. Rxd6
Kh8 $13) 26... Rcc8 27. Rd2 $1 Bxd5 (27... Qe8 28. Re2 $18) (27... Bxc3 28.
Rdg2 Rg8 29. Nxf5 Bxf5 30. Qxf5 Bd4+ 31. Kf1 Qxf5 32. Bxf5 Rc1+ 33. Ke2 Re8+
34. Kd2 Ree1 35. Rxg6 Rcd1+ 36. Kc2 Rc1+ 37. Kb3 Rb1+ 38. Ka3 $18) 28. Bxf5 Kh8
29. Rxg6 Qa7 30. Rxh6+ Bxh6 31. Qxh6+ Kg8 32. Be6+ {0.44-1.18} 1-0

[Event "Kharkov Rector Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "2001.04.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Turov, Maxim"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2001.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Bxc6 bxc6 6. Re1 Nh6 7. c3 O-O 8.
d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 f6 10. Nc3 d6 11. h3 Nf7 12. b3 {The key position of this line:
white has more space, and the 'c6' pawn as a target, which are, to my opinion,
fully compensated, by the potential of black pieces (the B's are just waiting
for their time)} Bd7 (12... Qa5 13. Bb2 Rb8 14. Qc2 Re8 15. Ne2 Bd7 16. Bc3 Qb5
17. Rad1 Rbc8 18. a4 Qb7 19. Nd2 e5 20. Nc1 exd4 21. Bxd4 {1-0 Brodsky,
M-Sandner,G/Pardubice 2000/EXT 2001 (36)}) (12... f5 13. e5 dxe5 14. dxe5 Qxd1
15. Nxd1 c5 16. Bb2 Bb7 17. e6 Nd8 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Ne5 Rf6 20. Nc3 Rxe6 21.
Na4 Rc8 22. Rac1 Nf7 23. Nd3 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 c4 25. bxc4 Rxc4 26. Rxe7 Rxa4 {
1/2-1/2 Lobron,E-Yakovich,Y/Saint Vincent 2000/CBM 78 (26)}) 13. Bb2 Re8 {
the more flexible move, keeping both options: Qa5 and Qb6} (13... Qa5 14. Nd2
Qa6 15. Nc4 Rfe8 16. Qc2 Rac8 17. Rad1 Qb7 18. Ba1 Bh8 19. Ne3 Bg7 20. f4 e6
21. e5 {1/2-1/2 Spraggett,K-Ross,D/Brantford 1999/EXT 2000 (21)}) (13... Qb6
14. Rc1 Rad8 15. Qc2 e5 16. Red1 Rfe8 17. Na4 Qa6 18. Nd2 Bh6 19. Rb1 Qe2 $6
20. Nc3 Qh5 21. Nf1 $14 {1-0 Rublevsky,S-Iskusnyh,S/Maikop 1998/CBM 66 (34)})
14. Qc2 Qa5 15. Rad1 Qh5 $6 (15... Rac8 $142) 16. Ne2 {Bxb3 was threatenning}
g5 (16... Bxh3 $4 17. Nf4 $18) 17. e5 $6 {Any opening of position will favor
black, unless white achieves something concrete.} (17. Ng3 Qg6 18. Nf5 $14 {()}
) 17... Qg6 $1 {The Q is clearly missplaced on h5} 18. Qxg6 hxg6 19. Ng3 Be6 {
[%cal Ge6d5] One of the drawbacks of e4-e5: black pieces get space to manoeuvre
} (19... fxe5 $2 20. dxe5 {[%cal Gd1d8]} Be6 21. Ne4 $16 {[%csl Rg5,Rg6]}) (
19... dxe5 20. dxe5 {[%csl Rc6]} Be6 21. Ne4 $16 {[%cal Ge4c5]}) 20. exf6 exf6
21. Ne4 Bd5 22. Nfd2 f5 (22... Re6 23. Nc3 Rae8 24. Rxe6 Bxe6 25. d5 $1 cxd5
26. Nf3 f5 27. Nd4 $11) 23. Nc3 Bxd4 (23... Be6 $6 24. Nc4 {[%cal Gd4d5]} d5 $2
(24... Bxc4 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. bxc4 c5 27. dxc5 dxc5 28. Na4 Bxb2 29. Nxb2 Re2
30. Nd3 $11) 25. Na5 Rac8 26. Na4 $16) 24. Nxd5 Bxb2 25. Ne7+ (25. Nc7 $2 Rxe1+
26. Rxe1 Rc8 27. Re7 Bf6 $19) 25... Kg7 (25... Kf8 $2 26. Nxg6+ Kg7 27. Ne7 Kf6
28. Nxc6 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Bc3 30. Re2 $16) 26. Nc4 Bc3 27. Re3 d5 (27... Bb4 28.
Nxc6 Rxe3 29. Nxe3 Bc5 30. Nd5 $14) 28. Nxc6 dxc4 {white could have tried to
press some more, although, objectively speaking it sould be a draw.} (28...
dxc4 29. Rxc3 cxb3 30. axb3 $14) (28... Rxe3 29. Nxe3 $16) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kharkov Rector Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "2001.04.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2001.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. g4
Nfd7 9. Qd2 Nb6 10. O-O-O N8d7 11. Nb3 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] Ponomariov comes up
with an early novelty in a very modern variation. The knight prevents bihop's
development to b7, but leaves excellent central square.} (11. Qf2 Bb7 12. Bd3
Rc8 13. Nce2 Be7 (13... Nc5 14. Kb1 Nba4 15. b3 (15. h4 Qc7 16. Rc1 d5 17. e5
Qxe5 18. f4 Qd6 19. g5 Be7 20. h5 f5 {0-1 Grischuk,A-Kasparov,G/Cannes/2001/ 
(39)}) 15... Nxd3 16. cxd3 Nc5 17. Ng3 Be7 18. Qb2 b4 19. Nh5 Rg8 20. Ne2 g6 {
0-1 Polgar,J-Kasparov,G/Cannes/2001/ (50)}) 14. Kb1 Na4 15. h4 Ndc5 16. g5 O-O
17. Qg3 Qc7 18. Rd2 Rfe8 19. h5 Bf8 20. g6 fxg6 21. hxg6 h6 22. Qh2 {1-0
Grischuk,A-Georgiev,K/Mulhouse/2001/ (43)}) 11... b4 12. Nb1 (12. Ne2 $6 Nc4
13. Qd4 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 Bb7 $15) 12... a5 13. Bg5 $1 (13. Bb5 Be7 14. Nd4 Qc7 $13
) 13... f6 (13... Qc7 14. Nd4 d5 15. Nb5 Qb7 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Bc4 N7b6 18.
Bxd5 Nxd5 19. Qe2 $40) 14. Nd4 Ne5 (14... fxg5 15. Nxe6 Qf6 16. Nc7+ Ke7 17.
Nxa8 Nxa8 18. Qd5 Qxf3 19. Qxa8 Qxh1 20. h3 $14) 15. Bb5+ Kf7 (15... Bd7 16.
Nxe6 Qc8 17. Bxd7+ Qxd7 18. Nxf8 Rxf8 19. Be3 $14) 16. Bh4 Qc7 {The bishop on
c8 has to defend central pawn e6, that have lost his support from f7 neighbour.
} (16... Bb7 17. f4 Nxg4 18. Qe2 Nh6 19. f5 $16) 17. f4 Nec4 (17... Nxg4 18.
Rhg1 $40) 18. Qe2 e5 19. Nf5 (19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Nf5 g6) 19... exf4 20. g5 Ne5
21. gxf6 g6 22. Nd2 (22. Ne7 Bg4 $17) 22... a4 (22... gxf5 $2 23. Qh5+ Ng6 (
23... Ke6 $2 24. exf5+ Kd5 25. Nb3+ $18) 24. exf5 (24. Bd3 Qc5 25. exf5 $18)
24... Bxf5 25. Qxf5 Nxh4 26. Qh5+ Ng6 27. Bd3 Rc8 28. Rhg1 $18) 23. Kb1 a3 24.
Nf3 Nxf3 (24... gxf5 $2 25. Nxe5+ dxe5 26. Qh5+ $18) 25. Qxf3 axb2 26. Rxd6 $5
{[%mdl 512] This shocking move is an indirect sign, that white is not very
happy with his achievements. Accepting the sacrifice is very dangerous, but
the great combination is probably incorrect.} (26. Nd4 Qc3 27. Qxc3 bxc3 28.
Rhf1 Bh6 29. Rd3 g5 30. Be1 Rxa2 31. Rxc3 (31. Kxa2 Be6+ 32. Nb3 (32. Kb1 Ba2+
$3 33. Kxa2 Ra8+) 32... Bxb3+ 33. cxb3 Ra8+ 34. Ba4 Nxa4 35. Kb1 Nc5 36. Rxc3
$17) 31... Ra8 $15) 26... Qxd6 $2 (26... Bxd6 $1 27. Qb3+ Kf8 (27... Be6 28.
Nh6+ Kf8 29. Qxe6 Rc8 30. Bc6 $1 $16) 28. Bg5 (28. Nxd6 Qxd6 29. Be1 Qe6 30.
Bxb4+ Kf7 31. Rf1 g5 $19) 28... Bd7 29. e5 (29. Bh6+ Ke8 30. f7+ Kd8 31. Qxb2
Be5 32. Qxb4 Bxb5 $19) 29... gxf5 30. Rg1 Qc5 31. Bh6+ Ke8 32. Rg8+ Rxg8 33.
f7+ Ke7 34. fxg8=Q Rxg8 35. Qxg8 Bxb5 36. e6 Nd7 37. Bg5+ Nf6 38. Qf7+ Kd8 $17)
27. Nxd6+ Bxd6 28. e5 $1 Be6 (28... Bxe5 29. Bc4+ Nxc4 30. Qd5+ Ke8 31. Qxc4
$18) 29. Qb7+ Nd7 30. Bc4 (30. Bc4 Rhd8 (30... Bxc4 31. Qxd7+ Kf8 32. e6 $18)
31. Bxe6+ Kxe6 32. exd6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Kharkov Rector Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "2001.04.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2001.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8.
Nc3 Qa5 9. Nxe4 Be6 10. Neg5 O-O-O 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Rxe6 Bd6 13. Bg5 Rde8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Kharkov Rector Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "2001.04.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Zubarev, Alexander2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Ponomariov,R"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2001.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 8272]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7.
b3 f5 $5 8. exf5 (8. Nd2 $6 Nf6 9. Bd3 f4 10. Bb2 O-O $13 11. c5 $2 dxc5 12.
Nf3 Kh8 13. Bc4 Qxd1+ 14. Rxd1 Bg4 15. Nc7 Rac8 16. Ne6 b5 $1 $19 {
Ponomariov-Degraeve, Belfort 1998}) (8. Ba3 $5 Nf6 9. N1c3 Qa5 $1 10. Qd2 O-O
11. Nd5 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 Rd8 13. Nxe7+ $13 {1/2-1/2 Anand-Tregubov, Shenyang 2000
}) 8... Nf6 (8... Bxf5 9. Bd3 $1 e4 (9... Be6 $5) 10. Be2 Bf6 $2 11. Nxd6+ Kf8
12. Ba3 Nge7 13. Nd2 Qa5 14. Nxf5 Qxa3 15. Ng3 Bxa1 16. Qxa1 Rd8 17. Ngxe4 Nd4
18. Bd1 Nef5 19. O-O $16 {Volokitin-Poluliakhov, Cappelle la Grande 2001}) 9.
Bd3 e4 10. Be2 Bxf5 11. O-O a6 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 O-O 14. Nc3 $16 Qe8 15.
Bf4 Rd8 16. Rad1 Kh8 17. f3 Qg6 18. fxe4 Nxe4 19. Nd5 Bh3 $4 (19... Bh4 20. Bd3
Rde8 21. Ne3 Bc8 22. Bb1 $16) 20. Bf3 Ng5 21. Qd2 $1 $18 Nxf3+ 22. Rxf3 Bg4 23.
Nxe7 Qh5 24. Rdf1 Bxf3 25. Rxf3 Rde8 $6 26. Rh3 $1 Qg4 27. Qd3 h5 28. Ng6+ Kg8
29. Nxf8 {1.05-1.20} 1-0

[Event "Kharkov Rector Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "2001.04.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2001.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 a5 10. Ba3 b6 (10... axb4 11. Bxb4 b6 12. a4 Re8 {Exactly this
position will be created in this game after 13-th Black's move.} 13. Re1 (13.
Ne1 Bb7 14. Nc2 c5 15. Ba3 Rf8 16. Bb2 Bc8 17. Ra3 Bd7 18. Qd3 Ne8 19. Nb5 f5
20. f3 $132 {0-1 Janssen,R-Golubev,M/Dieren 1999/CBM 71 ext (36)}) (13. Ra2 h6
14. a5 c5 15. dxc6 Nxc6 16. Bxd6 Rxa5 $11 (16... Nd4 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Nb5 Nxe4
19. Bc7 Qe7 20. Bxb6 Nc3 21. Nxc3 dxc3 22. Bf3 $16 {1-0 Skalik,P-Antoniewski,R/
Lubniewice 1998/EXT 2000 (42)})) 13... Bf8 14. h3 Bd7 15. Bf1 h6 16. Nb5 Nc8
17. Qc2 Bg7 18. a5 c5 19. dxc6 Bxc6 20. a6 Nd7 21. Ra3 (21. Nxd6 Nxd6 22. Bxd6
Qc8 23. c5 $16) 21... Nc5 22. Bxc5 dxc5 23. Nd2 Re7 24. Nb1 Rd7 25. N1c3 $14 {
1-0 Epishin,V-Lanka,Z/Koszalin 1999/CBM 73 (46)}) 11. bxa5 Rxa5 12. Bb4 Ra8 13.
a4 Re8 {This position can be created with another moves order - see comments
to the 10-th Black's move above.} 14. Re1 (14. Nd2 c5 15. Ba3 (15. dxc6 Nxc6
16. Ba3 Nd4 17. Nb5 Nxb5 18. axb5 Bh6 19. Re1 Bb7 20. Bd3 Nd7 21. Nb1 Nc5 22.
Nc3 {1/2-1/2 Gustafsson,J-Joachim,S/Luebeck GER 2001/The Week in Chess 338 (22)
}) 15... Rf8 16. Nb3 Ne8 17. Bc1 f5 18. Bd2 Nf6 19. f3 Kh8 20. Ra2 {1/2-1/2 Xu
Jun-Ye Jiangchuan/Beijing 2000/CBM 78 (20)}) (14. a5 $6 c5 15. dxc6 Nxc6 16.
Bxd6 Rxa5 $11 {1-0 Radjabov,T-Tihonov,J/Minsk 2000/EXT 2001 (36)}) (14. Ne1 {
- see comments to the 10-th move above.}) 14... Bf8 {[%cal Gc7c5] Protecting
Pd6 and preparing c7-c5.} 15. Bf1 (15. h3 Bb7 (15... Bd7 {-see comments to the
game Epishin-Lanka above - 10-th move.}) 16. Bf1 c5 17. Ba3 Bc8 18. Nb5 Bg7 19.
Bb2 Rf8 20. Ra3 $14 {White recieved well-known type of position with slight
advantage. 1/2-1/2 Kasimdzhanov,R-Ye Jiangchuan/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001 (65)}) (
{I can recommend the next plan:} 15. g3 $5 c5 16. Ba3 Bh6 17. Nh4 $14 {with
further Bb2, Ra3 - preventing f7-f5 and Ne7 appearance on f5-d4 square - +/=.})
15... c5 16. Ba3 ({Here worse is} 16. dxc6 Nxc6 17. Ba3 {[%csl Ra4,Rb6,Rc4,Rd6]
because PPb6 and d6 weaknesses are compensated by PPa4 and c4 weaknesses.} Bg4
18. h3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Nd4 20. Qd1 Nd7 21. Rb1 (21. Bb2 Nc5 22. Nd5 Bg7 $132 {
[%csl Gc5,Gd4] 1/2-1/2 Ostojic,N-Djukic,N/Herceg Novi YUG 2001/The Week in
Chess 335 (26)}) 21... Nc5 22. Bc1 Bg7 $132 {1-0 Van Wely,L-Golubev,M/Dieren
1999/CBM 71 ext (41)}) 16... Bh6 17. Bb2 Rf8 {Black wants to realise his plan
- f7-f5 promotion.} 18. g3 (18. Ra3 Nh5 19. g3 f5 20. exf5 Nxf5 {[%cal Gf5d4]}
(20... gxf5 21. Nxe5 $18) (20... Bxf5 21. Nd2 $14) 21. Bg2 (21. g4 Nh4 22. Nxh4
Qxh4 23. gxh5 Rxf2 $19) 21... Nf6 22. Nb5 Nd4 $132) 18... Ne8 19. Nb5 f5 $132
20. exf5 Nxf5 {[%cal Gf5d4]} 21. Bg2 Nf6 22. Nd2 Nd4 23. Bxd4 (23. Nxd4 $143
cxd4 24. Ne4 Ba6 25. Bc1 Nxe4 26. Bxe4 Bxc1 27. Rxc1 Rf7 $15 {[%csl Ra4,Rc4]})
23... cxd4 24. Ne4 Nxe4 25. Bxe4 Rf6 26. Ra2 ({Worth of attention} 26. Ra3 $5
Bd7 (26... Bh3 27. g4 {[%csl Rh3][%cal Ga3h3]} Rxf2 28. Kxf2 Qh4+ 29. Kg1 $18)
27. Qd3 $132) 26... Bh3 27. Bg2 Qd7 28. Bxh3 Qxh3 29. Nc7 Rc8 30. Ne6 Rf5 (
30... Rxc4 31. Qb3 Rc8 32. Qxb6 $14) 31. Rf1 $5 ({Also for draw is enough} 31.
Qb3 $5 Bf4 $1 (31... Rh5 32. f3 Be3+ (32... Rb8 33. Qb4 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gb4d6]
} Be3+ 34. Rxe3 dxe3 35. Qxd6 $18) 33. Rxe3 dxe3 34. Qxb6 $16) 32. Rb1 $1 {
after this very strong move draw by force:} ({another continuations are much
worse, for example:} 32. Qxb6 $4 Rh5 33. f3 (33. gxf4 Qxh2+ 34. Kf1 d3 $1 $19 {
[%csl Rf1]}) 33... Bxg3 34. Ree2 Bxh2+ 35. Rxh2 Qg3+ 36. Kf1 Rf8 $1 $19 (36...
Rxh2 37. Rxh2 Qxh2 38. Qb7 $11) 37. Nxf8 Qxf3+ 38. Ke1 Qe3+ 39. Kd1 (39. Kf1
Qc1+ 40. Kg2 Rg5+ 41. Kh3 Qe3+ $19) 39... Qg1+ $19) ({Or} 32. Rb2 $4 Rh5 33.
gxf4 Qxh2+ 34. Kf1 Rh3 $1 $19) ({Or} 32. Ra3 $4 Bd2 33. Rd1 Rh5 34. Rxd2 Qxh2+
35. Kf1 Qh1+ 36. Ke2 Qe4+ $19) 32... Rh5 33. gxf4 Qxh2+ 34. Kf1 Rh3 35. f3 Qh1+
36. Kf2 Rh2+ (36... Qh2+ 37. Kf1 Qh1+ $11) 37. Kg3 Rh3+ 38. Kf2 $11) 31... Rxc4
32. Qb3 Rh5 {In view of previous move comments - we can imagine Black's Attack
is danger - but White has enough resourses for successful defence.} 33. f4 $8
Rc3 $5 34. Qb5 $1 (34. Qxb6 $5 Rxg3+ {[%csl Rf1]} 35. hxg3 Qh1+ 36. Kf2 Rh2+
37. Ke1 Qe4+ 38. Kd1 Qd3+ 39. Ke1 $11) 34... Rf5 ({Badly is} 34... Rxg3+ 35.
hxg3 Qxg3+ 36. Rg2 Qe3+ 37. Rff2 Qc1+ 38. Qf1 $16) ({Or} 34... Bf8 35. fxe5 {
[%csl Rf8][%cal Gf1f8]} Rf5 36. Nf4 $16) 35. a5 $5 $44 ({Dead draw after} 35.
Qxb6 $5 exf4 (35... Bf8 36. Raf2 $16) 36. Qd8+ Kf7 37. Rb1 Rxg3+ 38. hxg3 (38.
Kh1 Rb3 $19) 38... Qxg3+ $11) 35... bxa5 36. Rb2 $4 {Decisive mistake, now
Black wins by force very easily because of material advantage.} ({Right was} 
36. Qxa5 $5 exf4 37. Qd8+ Bf8 38. Nxf4 Qh6 (38... Rxf4 39. gxf4 Rf3 40. Rxf3
Qxf3 $44) 39. Raf2 {[%csl Rf8][%cal Gg3g4,Gf4e6]} d3 (39... Rf7 40. Ne6 $18)
40. g4 (40. Ne6 Rxf2 41. Rxf2 Rc1+ 42. Kg2 Rc2 $1 43. Qf6 Rxf2+ 44. Qxf2 d2 45.
Qd4 $11 {[%csl Rd2][%cal Ge6f4,Gd4d2]}) 40... Rf7 41. g5 Qh4 42. Ne6 Qg4+ 43.
Kh1 (43. Rg2 Rxf1+ $19) 43... Qe4+ 44. Kg1 $11) (36. Rxa5 $4 Rxg3+ $19) 36...
exf4 37. Qe8+ Bf8 38. Nxd4 (38. Nxf4 Qh6 $1 $19 {[%csl Ga5,Gd4]}) 38... Re3 (
38... Rf6 39. Ne6 f3 $19) 39. Qc8 (39. Ne6 f3 $19 (39... fxg3 $4 40. Qxf8+ $18)
) 39... fxg3 40. Nxf5 gxh2+ 41. Rxh2 Rg3+ 42. Nxg3 Qxc8 43. Re2 Bg7 44. Re6
Qc5+ 45. Kh2 Be5 46. Re8+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "Kharkov Rector Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "2001.04.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Turov, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[Annotator "Ponomariov,R"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2001.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4096]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7.
O-O Bg4 8. c4 Nf6 9. Nc3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nxd4 11. Qh3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Be7 13. Bg5
Qc8 $1 (13... O-O 14. Rad1 c5 15. Rfe1 h6 16. Bxh6 gxh6 17. Qxh6 $36 {
Kupreichik-Yusupov, 1987}) 14. Qd3 Ne6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Rfe1 (16. Qc4 $5 Qd7
17. Rad1 Qc6 18. Qxc6+ bxc6 19. Rfe1 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Kxd8 21. Rxe6 Kd7 22. Re2
Rb8 $14) 16... Qd7 $1 (16... O-O 17. Qc4 $36) 17. Qc4 O-O-O 18. Rxe6 Nd5 19.
Bxe7 (19. Re5 Nb6 $1) 19... Qxe6 20. Bxd8 Rxd8 21. g3 $5 $146 (21. Rd1 Nf4 $5 (
21... c6 22. Nxd5 (22. g3 $142) 22... b5 $1 23. Qb4 Rxd5 24. Qf8+ Kb7 25. Qxg7+
Kb6 26. Rc1 Qe2 $44) 22. Rxd8+ Kxd8 23. Qd4+ Qd6 24. Qxg7 Ne2+ 25. Kf1 Nxc3 26.
Qxc3 Qxh2 $11) 21... c6 (21... Qf5 $5 22. Qc5 b6 23. Qb5 Kb7 24. Rd1 c6 25. Qc4
$14) 22. Rd1 g5 $1 (22... Rd7 $2 23. Nxd5 Rxd5 24. Rxd5 Qxd5 25. Qxd5 cxd5 26.
f4 Kd7 27. Kf2 Ke6 28. Ke3 Kf5 29. h3 $18) 23. h4 gxh4 24. Qxh4 h6 25. Kg2 $6 (
25. Qe4 $142 Qxe4 26. Nxe4 $14 {קh6}) 25... Ne3+ $2 (25... Rd7 $11 26. Qh3
$140 Qxh3+ 27. Kxh3 Nxc3 28. Rxd7 Kxd7 29. bxc3 c5 30. Kg4 b5 31. Kf5 a5) 26.
fxe3 Rxd1 27. Nxd1 Qd5+ 28. Kh2 Qxd1 29. Qxh6 Qc2+ 30. Kh3 Qxb2 31. Qe6+ Kc7
32. g4 $16 Qe2 33. e4 c5 34. e5 c4 35. Qd6+ Kc8 36. Kh4 Qd3 37. Qe6+ Kd8 38.
Qg8+ Ke7 39. Qg7+ Ke6 40. Qf6+ Kd5 41. Qd6+ Ke4 42. Qxd3+ Kxd3 43. e6 c3 44. e7
c2 45. e8=Q c1=Q 46. Qd7+ Ke2 47. g5 Qh1+ 48. Qh3 Qd5 49. Qg4+ Kf2 50. Qf4+ Ke1
51. g6 Qxa2 $6 52. g7 Qg8 53. Qf8 $1 $18 Qc4+ 54. Kg5 Qd5+ 55. Kf6 Qc6+ 56. Ke7
Qc7+ 57. Ke6 Qc6+ 58. Qd6 Qc4+ 59. Kd7 Qa4+ 60. Kd8 Qb3 61. Qf8 1-0

[Event "Lausanne YM 3rd"]
[Site "Lausanne"]
[Date "2001.05.22"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2001.05.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. f3 h6 10. Bh4 Nbd7 11. Nh3 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Be2 a5 14. O-O Qb6 15.
Rad1 d5 16. Rd2 a4 17. Bf2 Rfd8 18. Nf4 Bc6 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Bd3 Rac8 21. Bf5
Rc7 22. Rc1 Bb7 23. Bg3 Re8 24. Bxd7 Rxd7 25. Qxc5 Qxc5 26. Rxc5 Rxe3 27. Bf2
Re8 28. Bd4 Rd6 29. Rc7 Ba6 30. Kf2 g5 31. Nd3 Ne4+ 32. fxe4 dxe4 33. Ne1 e3+
34. Bxe3 Rxd2+ 35. Bxd2 Re2+ 36. Kg3 Rxd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lausanne YM 3rd"]
[Site "Lausanne"]
[Date "2001.05.23"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2001.05.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 d6 8.
Nxd4 Bd7 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Qf3 Re8 12. b3 Qc8 13. h3 c5 14. Nf5 Bxf5
15. exf5 d5 16. Bg5 c6 17. Re2 h6 18. Bh4 Bd6 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Rae1 Qd7 21.
Nd1 Rxe2 22. Rxe2 Re8 23. Ne3 Qe7 24. Kf1 Qe5 25. Nd1 Qxe2+ 26. Qxe2 Rxe2 27.
Kxe2 Be5 28. Ne3 Kf8 29. c4 d4 30. Nf1 h5 31. Nd2 Bd6 32. Ne4 Be7 33. Ng3 Kg7
34. h4 Kh6 35. Ne4 Kg7 36. Kd3 Kh7 37. Kc2 Kh6 38. Kb2 Kg7 39. Ka3 Bd8 40. Ka4
Bb6 41. b4 cxb4 42. c5 Bc7 43. Kxb4 Bf4 44. Kc4 Be5 45. Ng3 a5 46. Ne2 1-0

[Event "Lausanne YM 3rd"]
[Site "Lausanne"]
[Date "2001.05.24"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2001.05.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bf4 d5 11. Qe3 Qa5 12. Be2 Bb4 13. Be5 dxe4 14. Qg3
Bxc3 15. Bc7 Bxb2+ 16. Kxb2 Qb4+ 17. Ka1 Nd5 18. Qxg7 Qf8 19. Qd4 Bd7 20. Bg3
Rg8 21. c4 c5 22. Qb2 Nb4 23. a3 Nd3 24. Bxd3 exd3 25. Rxd3 Qg7 26. Be5 Qxg2
27. Rhd1 Ba4 28. Bf6 Kf8 29. Rd8+ Be8 30. Qb6 Rg6 31. Bb2 Rxd8 32. Qxc5+ Rd6
33. Qxd6+ Kg8 34. Qe5 f5 35. Qh8+ Kf7 36. Be5 Ba4 37. Rb1 1-0

[Event "Lausanne YM 3rd"]
[Site "Lausanne"]
[Date "2001.05.25"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E82"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2001.05.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. Qd2
e6 9. O-O-O b6 10. d5 Ne5 11. Ng3 exd5 12. cxd5 a6 13. h3 b5 14. f4 Ned7 15. e5
dxe5 16. fxe5 Nxe5 17. Bxc5 Re8 18. Kb1 Bb7 19. a3 Rc8 20. Be3 Qa5 21. Be2 b4
22. axb4 Qxb4 23. Rhf1 Qb3 24. Rxf6 Bxf6 25. Nge4 Bg7 26. Nc5 Qb4 27. N3e4 Qxd2
28. Rxd2 Ba8 29. Nd6 Rxc5 30. Bxc5 Rd8 31. b4 Bh6 32. Rd1 Nd7 33. Bxa6 Bf8 34.
Ne4 Nxc5 35. bxc5 f5 36. c6 Bxc6 37. dxc6 Rxd1+ 38. Kc2 Rd6 39. Nxd6 Bxd6 40.
Kb3 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lausanne YM 3rd"]
[Site "Lausanne"]
[Date "2001.05.26"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2001.05.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6 7. c3 Bg4 8. d3
O-O 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. h3 Bd7 11. Nf1 Bf8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 g6 14. Bc2 Bg7 15.
Qd2 Qe7 16. d4 Qf8 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Qc1 Bc8 19. a3 Bd7 20. b4 b5 21. dxe5 Nxe5
22. Nxe5 dxe5 23. Bb3 Qe7 24. f4 Be6 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Bc2 Bc8 27. Nh2 Re8 28.
Nf3 Qe6 29. Nxe5 Nh5 30. Nf3 Qc4 31. g4 Qxc3 32. Re3 Nxf4 33. Rxc3 Ne2+ 34. Kf2
Nxc1 35. e5 Be6 36. Be4 Nb3 37. Rxc7 g5 38. Bg3 Bf8 39. Ke3 a5 40. Be1 Bc4 41.
Rd7 axb4 42. axb4 Nc1 43. Rd1 Ne2 44. h4 Nf4 45. Bc3 Ng2+ 46. Kf2 Nxh4 47. Nxh4
gxh4 48. Kf3 Rc8 49. Rh1 Bb3 50. Bd2 Rd8 51. Be3 Bd1+ 52. Kf2 Bxg4 53. Rxh4 h5
54. Bf3 Be7 55. Rh1 Rc8 56. Bxg4 hxg4 57. Kg3 Rc3 58. Kf4 Bxb4 59. Rg1 Kf8 60.
Rxg4 Rc4+ 61. Kf5 Rxg4 62. Kxg4 Ke8 63. Kf5 Kd7 64. Kf6 Bc3 65. Kxf7 Bxe5 66.
Bd2 Kd6 67. Ke8 Bf6 68. Bb4+ Kd5 69. Kd7 Kc4 70. Bf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lausanne YM 3rd"]
[Site "Lausanne"]
[Date "2001.05.27"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2001.05.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 Nf6 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Rb1 Rb8 11. b3 b5 12. Bb2 bxc4 13. bxc4 Bh6 14. Ba1 Bf5 15.
Rxb8 Qxb8 16. h3 Qb4 17. e4 Bd7 18. Qe2 Bxd2 19. Qxd2 Nxc4 20. Qe2 Rb8 21. Kh2
Nb2 22. Bxb2 Qxb2 23. Rb1 Qxc3 24. Rxb8+ Kg7 25. Qb2 Qe1 26. Rb7 Kh6 27. Qc2 g5
28. Rb1 Qa5 29. f4 gxf4 30. gxf4 Nh5 31. Qf2 Bb5 32. Rg1 f6 33. Bf3 Qc3 34.
Bxh5 Kxh5 35. Rg4 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 Nc6 7. d5 Nb4 8. Bf1
Bg4 9. Na3 a5 10. h3 Bd7 11. c3 Na6 12. Nc4 e6 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. e5 dxe5 15.
Ncxe5 Qxd1 16. Rxd1 Nd5 17. Nd3 c6 18. Ng5 Bf5 19. Nf4 Nxf4 20. Bxf4 h6 21. Nf3
Rfe8 22. Nd2 Nc5 23. Nc4 Be6 24. Nb6 Rad8 25. Be3 Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Blehm, Pawel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 b4 12. Nce2 Qb6 13. f5 e5 14. Nxc6
Bxc6 15. Ng3 h5 16. h4 Qc5 17. b3 Ke7 18. Bd3 Bh6 19. Qe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sulava, Nenad"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "170"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Kh1 Ne8 10. Rg1 (10. a4 $5 {Ovsejevitsch,S favour move.} a5 (10... h6 $6
11. a5 $1 (11. Ra3 f5 12. exf5 Nxf5 13. Ne4 Nf6 $11 {0-1 Hornicek,J-Boukal,P/
CZE 2000/EXT 2001 (37)}) 11... f5 12. b4 Nf6 13. Nd2 f4 14. c5 g5 15. f3 Rf7
16. Nc4 Bf8 17. b5 $16 {[%cal Gb5b6] 0-1 Abramchuk,K-Gaponenko,I/Alushta 1999/
EXT 2000 (49)}) (10... c5 11. a5 h6 12. Qa4 Bd7 13. Qa3 Nc7 14. b4 b6 15. Nb5
Bxb5 16. cxb5 Qd7 17. Nd2 f5 18. f3 Rfb8 19. Qd3 cxb4 20. a6 Rf8 21. Nb3 g5 22.
Bd2 Ng6 23. g3 Rf7 24. Bxb4 Raf8 25. Nd2 $14 {1-0 Ovsejevitsch,S-Koukoufikis,A/
Chania 2000/EXT 2001 (40)}) 11. Ne1 f5 12. Nd3 Nf6 13. f3 c5 (13... f4 14. c5
g5 15. cxd6 cxd6 16. Bd2 Ng6 17. Nf2 h5 18. h3 Rf7 19. Nb5 Bf8 20. Rc1 $14 {
1-0 Ovsejevitsch,S-Shavtvaladze,N/Ikaros GRE 2001/The Week in Chess 350 (42)})
14. dxc6 Nxc6 15. Nf2 Be6 16. b3 Rf7 17. Ra2 Bf8 18. Rd2 Qb6 19. Ba3 Nb4 20.
Nb5 $14 {[%csl Rd6] 1-0 Ovsejevitsch,S-Nechaev,A/Donetsk 1998/CBM 68 (70)}) ({
Last time became popular} 10. Ne1 $5 f5 (10... c5 11. a4 f5 12. exf5 Nxf5 13.
Bd3 Nd4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Miles,A-Singh,G/Scarborough HUN 2001/The Week in Chess
353 (22)}) 11. exf5 Nxf5 (11... gxf5 12. f4 Ng6 13. fxe5 (13. g3 Qe7 (13... Bd7
14. Ng2 Qe7 15. Bd2 Nf6 16. Qc2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Doettling,F-Van den Doel,E/Tel
Aviv ISR 2001/The Week in Chess 337 (25)}) 14. a4 Nf6 15. Ra3 Bd7 16. Ng2 Rae8
17. Bf3 Ng4 $132 {0-1 Gavrikov,V-Sepp,O/Helsinki 2000/CBM 77 ext (57)}) 13...
dxe5 14. Be3 f4 15. Bc5 Nd6 16. Bd3 Bf5 17. Bxf5 Rxf5 18. Bxd6 cxd6 19. Ne4 Rc8
20. Rc1 Qe7 21. Nf3 $14 {1-0 Kramnik,V-Miklos,R/Mainz GER 2001 (31)}) 12. Nf3 (
12. Nc2 c5 13. Bd3 Nd4 14. Ne4 Nf6 15. Bg5 Bf5 16. f3 Qd7 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Qd2
Nxc2 19. Qxc2 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 Kg7 $11 {1-0 Doettling,F-Guid,M/Patras 1999/CBM 72
ext (83)}) 12... Nf6 (12... Nd4 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Ne4 Bf5 15. Bd3 c6 16. Bg5
Qd7 17. Qd2 cxd5 18. cxd5 Nc7 $132 {1-0 Miles,A-Buckley,S/England 2000/CBM 74
ext (56)}) 13. Bd3 Nd4 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Bd7 (16... Qh4 17.
Qc2 (17. f4 $5 $132) 17... Bf5 18. Bxf5 Rxf5 19. Kg1 Re8 $15 {1/2-1/2 Miles,
A-Tirard,H/Cappelle la Grande 2000/CBM 74 ext (34)}) 17. Qd3 c5 18. dxc6 bxc6
19. Bd2 Rb8 20. b4 Qc8 21. Rae1 Kh8 $132 {1/2-1/2 Miles,A-Beliavsky,A/Nova
Gorica 1999/CBM 68 ext (53)  Conclusion: Black has sufficient counterplay in
10.Ne1 variation.}) 10... f5 11. exf5 gxf5 12. Ng5 Nf6 ({White leaves with
slight advantage in case of} 12... c6 13. Qb3 Qb6 14. Qxb6 axb6 15. Rd1 $14)
13. f4 $5 ({Interesting also} 13. Ne6 $5 Bxe6 14. dxe6 c6 15. Re1 d5 16. cxd5
cxd5 17. Qb3 d4 $13) 13... Ng6 14. fxe5 dxe5 15. c5 h6 16. Ne6 Bxe6 17. dxe6
Qe7 ({Approximately equal position after QQ exchange:} 17... Qxd1 18. Rxd1 Rae8
19. Bc4 Re7 $132) 18. Qb3 c6 19. Rf1 f4 20. Bd2 Nh4 {[%cal Gh4f5]} 21. g3 {
White wants to open space for his pair of BB.} Nf5 {[%cal Gf5d4]} 22. gxf4 e4
$1 {In other side, Black wants to play closed, blockade game because he has
pair of NN!} ({Badly looks} 22... Nd4 $2 23. Qc4 Nd5 24. fxe5 Nxe2 25. Nxd5
cxd5 26. Qxe2 Qxe6 27. Rxf8+ Rxf8 28. Rg1 $16) 23. Rg1 (23. Rad1 $5 Rae8 24.
Bc4 Kh8 25. Na4 $14) 23... Kh8 24. Rg2 $6 $132 (24. Qc4 $142 $1 {[%csl Re4]
[%cal Gc3e4,Gc4e4]} Rad8 25. Rad1 Rd4 26. Qb3 Rfd8 27. Bc1 $14) 24... Rad8 25.
Bc4 $6 $15 ({Stronger is} 25. Rd1 Nd4 26. Qa4 Nxe6 27. Qxa7 Nxc5 $132) 25...
Nd4 $2 $14 ({Worth of attention} 25... e3 $5 26. Be1 Nd4 27. Qa3 Nh5 {[%csl
Rf4]} 28. Bg3 Nxg3+ 29. hxg3 Nxe6 $15 {[%csl Rc5]}) 26. Qa4 Qxc5 27. Be3 $1 {
[%csl Rd4][%cal Ge3c5] Based on precise variations calculation.} b5 28. Qa5 Qe7
29. Rag1 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gg1g7]} Rg8 ({Badly is} 29... Ne8 $2 {in view of} 30.
Bb3 Nxb3 31. axb3 Rd3 32. Qxa7 $16) 30. Bb3 Nf3 31. Qxa7 $6 $44 {Not necessary
exchange sacrifice.} ({Why not} 31. Rc1 $1 $14) 31... Qxa7 32. Bxa7 Nxg1 33.
Rxg1 Rge8 34. Bc5 (34. f5 $5 $132) 34... Rd2 35. f5 h5 36. Be3 $6 $15 (36. Rg2
$1 Rxg2 37. Kxg2 Bf8 38. Bd4 Bg7 39. Bxf6 Bxf6 40. Nxe4 Kg7 $44) 36... Rxb2 37.
h3 Rd8 (37... b4 $142 $1 38. Nd1 Rb1 39. Re1 Nd5 $15) 38. e7 $1 (38. Re1 $2 Rd3
(38... h4 {[%cal Gf6h5,Gh5g3]} 39. Bc1 Rf2 40. Nxe4 Nxe4 41. Rxe4 Bf6 42. e7
Re8 43. Ba3 Kg7 44. Rg4+ Kh7 45. Re4 Kg7 46. Rg4+ $11) 39. Nd1 Rb1 40. Bc2 Ra1
41. Bxd3 exd3 42. Kg2 Rxa2+ 43. Kf3 b4 $17) 38... Rd3 $4 $18 {Now position of
Black became hopeless.} ({Right was} 38... Re8 $142 $1 39. Bc5 h4 (39... Nd7 $2
40. Nxe4 Re2 41. Rg5 Nf6 42. Nxf6 Bxf6 43. Rg6 Bxe7 44. f6 $1 Bxf6 45. Rxf6 $16
) 40. Bf7 Rc2 41. Nxe4 Nxe4 42. Bxe8 Rxc5 43. Bxc6 Nf6 44. e8=Q+ Nxe8 45. Bxe8
Rxf5 $11) 39. Nd1 Re2 40. Rg6 Ne8 41. f6 Bxf6 42. Rg8+ Kh7 43. Rxe8 Bxe7 (43...
Rdxe3 44. Nxe3 Rxe3 45. Rh8+ Bxh8 46. e8=Q $18) 44. Rxe7+ Kg6 45. Re6+ (45.
Rxe4 Kf5 46. Re8 $18) 45... Kf5 46. Rxc6 Rexe3 47. Nxe3+ Rxe3 48. Kg2 h4 49.
Kf2 (49. Rc5+ Kf4 50. Rxb5 Rg3+ 51. Kh2 $18) 49... Rd3 50. Ke2 Rg3 51. Rc5+ Kf4
52. Be6 Rg2+ 53. Kf1 Rb2 54. Bb3 (54. Rh5 Kf3 55. Ke1 Ke3 56. Kd1 Kd3 57. Kc1
$18 {[%csl Rb5,Rh4]}) 54... Kf3 55. Rf5+ Ke3 56. Rc5 (56. Rxb5 $4 Rb1+ 57. Kg2
Rb2+ $11) 56... b4 57. Rc2 Rb1+ 58. Kg2 Kd3 59. Rf2 Rc1 60. Rf1 Rc5 61. Rd1+ ({
Or} 61. Rf8 Rg5+ 62. Kf1 Rg3 63. Be6 Rg6 64. Re8 Kd4 65. Kf2 Rg3 66. Rd8+ (66.
Rb8 e3+ 67. Kf1 e2+ 68. Kxe2 Re3+ 69. Kd2 Rxe6 70. Rxb4+ Kd5 71. Rxh4 $16)
66... Ke5 67. Bg4 Ra3 68. Re8+ Kf4 69. Be6 Rf3+ 70. Ke2 (70. Kg2 Rg3+) 70...
Re3+ 71. Kd2 Rd3+ 72. Kc2 Rc3+ 73. Kb2 Rd3 74. Bg4 $18) 61... Ke2 62. Rd5 Rc7
63. Bd1+ {This isn't the only way to victory:} ({Possible also} 63. Rg5 e3 64.
Rg4 Kd3 65. Rg8 (65. Rxh4 e2 66. Kf2 Rc1 67. Bc4+ Rxc4 68. Rxc4 Kxc4 69. Kxe2
Kc3 70. h4 Kb2 71. h5 Kxa2 72. h6 b3 73. h7 b2 74. h8=Q b1=Q $11) 65... Rc1 66.
Rd8+ Ke4 67. Ba4 Ra1 (67... Rc5 68. Re8+ Kf4 69. Rf8+ Ke4 70. Kf1 $18) 68. Bc2+
Kf4 69. Rd4+ Kg5 (69... Ke5 70. Re4+ $18) 70. Rg4+ Kf6 71. Kf3 Rxa2 72. Bd3 e2
73. Rf4+ Ke5 74. Re4+ Kd6 75. Bxe2 Ra3+ 76. Kg4 $18) 63... Ke3 64. Rh5 Rd7 65.
Bb3 Rd2+ 66. Kf1 (66. Kg1 Kf3 67. Rxh4 e3 68. Kf1 Rf2+ 69. Ke1 Re2+ 70. Kd1
Rd2+ 71. Kc1 Rd8 72. Bd1+ e2 73. Bxe2+ Kxe2 74. Rxb4 Kd3 75. Kb2 $18 {[%csl
Rd3]}) 66... Rf2+ 67. Ke1 $4 $44 {[%csl Rh3] White loses P and position became
equal.} ({Wins} 67. Kg1 $18) 67... Rh2 68. Kf1 Rxh3 69. Rb5 Kf3 {[%csl Rf1]
[%cal Gh3h1]} 70. Bd1+ Ke3 71. Bb3 Kf3 72. Rf5+ (72. Bd1+ Ke3 73. Bb3 $11)
72... Ke3 73. Rh5 ({Or} 73. Rb5 $11) 73... Kd2 74. Rd5+ Rd3 $5 {Black begins
to play for winnning.} (74... Ke3 $11) 75. Rc5 Rf3+ 76. Kg1 e3 77. Rd5+ Ke1 78.
Rd1+ Ke2 79. Rb1 ({Equality after} 79. Rd4 Rg3+ 80. Kh2 Kf2 81. Bd1 e2 82. Bxe2
Kxe2 83. Rxb4 $11) 79... Rf4 80. Kg2 Rg4+ 81. Kh3 Rd4 82. Kg2 h3+ 83. Kxh3 $4
$19 {Eventually White puts decisive mistake.} ({Right was} 83. Kg3 h2 84. Ba4
Kd3 85. Kxh2 e2 86. Bb5+ Ke3 87. Kg3 Rd5 (87... Re4 88. Re1 Kd2 89. Kf3 Kxe1
90. Kxe4 $18) 88. Bxe2 Kxe2 89. Rxb4 $11) 83... Kf2 84. Bd1 Rxd1 85. Rxd1 e2
0-1

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Neverov, Valeriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O Bc5 8.
Nb3 Ba7 9. Qf3 Nc6 10. Bf4 d6 11. Be2 Ne5 12. Qg3 O-O 13. Bg5 Nfd7 14. Rad1 f6
15. Bh6 Rf7 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 Nb6 18. Qd4 Nec4 19. Bxc4 Nxc4 20. Nd2 Ne5
21. a4 Nc6 22. Qe3 Nb4 23. Nb3 Bd7 24. Rd2 e5 25. Nc1 Be6 26. f4 Rd7 27. Nd3
Nxd3 28. cxd3 exf4 29. Qxf4 Re8 30. h3 Bf7 31. Qg4 Kh8 32. Re2 Rde7 33. Ref2
Qc5 34. Kh1 Qd4 35. Rf3 Re5 36. Qh4 R5e7 37. Qf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 c5 4. d5 Nf6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bf4 Ba6 7. e5 b4 8. exf6
bxc3 9. bxc3 gxf6 10. Ne2 $146 (10. Rb1 Bg7 $1 (10... Qa5 11. Rxb8+ Rxb8 12.
Bxb8 Qxc3+ 13. Qd2 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 c3+ 15. Ke1 Bxf1 16. Kxf1 Bh6 17. Ne2 c2 18.
Bxa7 Kd7 19. Bxc5 Rb8 20. g3 c1=Q+ 21. Nxc1 Bxc1 22. Ke2 Rb2+ 23. Kd3 Rd2+ 24.
Kc3 Rxd5 25. Kc4 Kc6 26. Bxe7 $18 {1-0 Kopylov,M-Rausis,I/Hamburg GER 2001/ 
(40)}) 11. Qg4 $2 Qxd5 $1 12. Be2 Qe4 13. Rxb8+ Rxb8 14. Bxb8 Qb1+ 15. Bd1 O-O
16. Bc7 Rc8 17. Qf4 Qb7 18. Ba5 Qb5 19. Bc7 Qb2 $1 20. Ne2 e5 $17 {0-1
Khalifman,A-Ponomariov,R/Neum 2000}) (10. Bxc4 Bxc4 11. Qa4+ Nd7 12. Qxc4 Nb6
13. Qb5+ Qd7 14. Qxd7+ Kxd7 15. O-O-O Rd8 16. Ne2 Ke8 17. Be3 Nxd5 18. Bxc5 e6
19. Bd4 Rc8 20. Kc2 Bc5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kuzmin,A-Volzhin,A/Dubai UAE 2001/ (46)})
10... Nd7 (10... Qa5 $5) 11. Qa4 Qb6 12. g3 (12. Ng3 Qb2 13. Rc1 Bb5 14. Qa5
Nb6 $17) 12... Qb5 13. Qc2 Nb6 14. Bg2 Bb7 15. Rd1 (15. Qf5 Rd8 16. Bc7 Qd7 17.
Qxd7+ Rxd7 18. Bxb6 axb6 19. Rb1 Rd6 20. a4 Ba8 21. a5 bxa5 22. Rb5 Bxd5 23.
Bxd5 Rxd5 24. Rxa5 Bh6 $17) 15... e6 $17 16. a4 (16. Rb1 Qa6 17. O-O Nxd5 $17)
16... Qxa4 (16... Qb3 17. Qxb3 cxb3 $19) 17. Qxa4+ Nxa4 18. O-O e5 19. Be3 Bd6
20. Bh6 Rg8 21. Be4 Nb6 22. f4 O-O-O 23. Bxh7 (23. fxe5 Bxe5 24. Ra1 Kb8 25.
Be3 h5 $1 $36) 23... Rge8 24. Bg7 $1 (24. fxe5 Bxe5 25. Bf5+ Kb8 $17) 24...
exf4 $1 25. Nxf4 Be5 26. Rc1 Bxd5 $1 27. Nh5 Bc6 {[%cal Yd8d2]} 28. Bxf6 Rd2
29. Rf2 Rxf2 30. Kxf2 Nd5 31. Be4 (31. Bxe5 $142 Rxe5 32. g4 $15) 31... Nxf6
32. Nxf6 Bxe4 33. Nxe8 $2 (33. Nxe4 Kd7 34. Ra1 Kc6 $1 35. Rxa7 Kd5 $17) 33...
Kd8 (33... Kd7 $1) 34. Re1 f5 $19 35. Re2 Kd7 (35... Kxe8 $2 36. g4 $1 {
[%cal Ge2e8]}) 36. g4 Bxc3 37. gxf5 Bxf5 {[%csl Re8]} 38. h4 Bd3 39. Ra2 Kxe8
40. Ke3 Bd4+ 41. Kd2 Bb1 42. Rxa7 c3+ 43. Kc1 Be4 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Bh4 c5 9. Bd3 (9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Be2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bc5 12. Nb3 Qxd1+ 13. Rxd1
Bb6 14. Bf3 Rb8 15. O-O Bd7 $11 {Huebner,R-Rivas Pastor,M/Manila 1992/TD}) (9.
c3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Be7 (10... a6 11. Be2 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Re1 Qb6 14. Qb3 Qxb3
15. Nxb3 Bd7 $11 {Mackic,Z-Kalevic,S/Nis 1993/EXT 97}) 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. Qb3
Bxb5 13. Qxb5+ Qd7 14. Qxd7+ Nxd7 15. Bxe7 Kxe7 16. O-O-O Rhc8 17. Rhe1 {
1/2-1/2 Sax,G-Psakhis,L/Manila 1992/TD (17)}) 9... cxd4 10. Nxd4 Be7 (10... Bc5
11. Nf3 O-O 12. O-O b6 13. Qe2 Bb7 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. Ne5 Rfd8 16. Kh1 Rd4 17. f4
$36 {Fedorchuk,S-Mirzoev,A/Calicut 1998/CBM 67}) 11. O-O O-O 12. Bg3 {It's
very hard for white to get an opening advantage in this variation of French
defense, so in the following game Ponomariov tries to keep the pressure and to
wait for his opponent to make a mistake.} (12. c3 Nd5 13. Bg3 Bd6 14. Qe2 a6
15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Bb1 (16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Bb1 Qc7 18. Nf3 Nf6 19. Rd4 b6 20. Ne5
$14 {Skripchenko Lautier,A-Lomineishvili,M/Kishinev 1995/EXT 97}) 16... Bxg3
17. hxg3 Nf6 18. Nf3 b5 19. Rd4 Bb7 20. Rfd1 $14 {Wegener,D-Plesec,D/Budapest
1993/EXT 97}) 12... Bd7 13. c3 Qb6 14. Qe2 Bd6 (14... Bc5 $6 15. Be5 Rfd8 16.
Qf3 $1 $36) 15. f4 $5 {The only way to fight for the advantage is to keep the
darksquared bishops on the board} Qc5 (15... Bc5 $5 16. Bf2 Nd5 17. Qd2 Qc7
$132) 16. Rae1 Rae8 17. Kh1 b6 (17... Nh5 $5 18. Qe4 Nf6 19. Qf3 (19. Qxb7 $6
Rb8 20. Qf3 Rxb2 $15 {[%csl Ra2,Rc3]}) 19... Qd5 $11) 18. h3 $1 Nh5 {Black is
running out of useful moves so he decides to wait and to do nothing, because
it's not so easy for white to develop the initiative.} 19. Bh2 Nf6 20. a3 Qc7
21. Qf3 Qc5 22. Bc2 Rc8 23. Bg1 {[%cal Gd4e6]} Qc7 24. Bd3 {'Threatening' to
play Nb5} Qb8 {Defending against this threat!} 25. Ba6 Rcd8 26. Bb5 (26. Nc6 $2
Bxc6 27. Qxc6 Bxf4 $15) 26... Bxb5 27. Nxb5 Bc5 (27... Be7 28. Nd4 Qc7 29. f5
$1 e5 30. Nb5 Qb8 31. Bh2 Nd7 32. Nd4 $1 $16 {[%cal Gd4c6]}) 28. Nd4 Qa8 29.
Qxa8 Rxa8 30. f5 $14 {The ending turns out to be extremly unpleasent for black
and despite of seeming simplicity black's defensive task is far from being
easy.} exf5 31. Nxf5 Bxg1 32. Kxg1 Rfe8 33. Rxe8+ Nxe8 (33... Rxe8 34. Nxh6+
$16 {[%csl Rf6]}) 34. Rd1 Nf6 35. Rd6 Kf8 36. Rc6 (36. Nxh6 $2 Ne8 $19 {
[%cal Ge8d6,Gg7h6]}) 36... Ne8 (36... Nd5 37. c4 Ne7 38. Nxe7 Kxe7 39. Rc7+ Ke6
40. b4 $16) 37. Kf2 Rd8 38. Ke3 h5 39. c4 g6 40. Nd4 Ke7 41. b4 Kd7 42. c5 Nc7
$2 (42... bxc5 $8 43. Rxc5 (43. bxc5 Rc8 44. Rxc8 Kxc8 45. Ke4 Kc7 $14) 43...
Rc8 44. Ra5 Rc7 45. Nb5 Nd6 $1 46. Nxc7 Nc4+ 47. Kd4 Nxa5 $14) 43. Rd6+ Kc8 44.
Rxd8+ Kxd8 45. Nc6+ Kd7 46. Nxa7 bxc5 47. bxc5 Ne6 48. c6+ Kc7 49. Nb5+ $1 Kb6
50. c7 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 Nc6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Na3 c6 12. Qf3 Bg4 13. Qe3 Be6 14. Bc4 Bxc4
15. Nxc4 Nd5 16. exd5 Qxh4 17. Nxe5 cxd5 18. Nf3 Qc4 19. Rfe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Re1 Nxd3 10. Qxd3 c6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Qb5+ Qd7 13. Qb3 O-O 14. Nbd2 $5
$146 (14. Nc3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Rd8 16. Ba3 Bf6 17. Re3 Qc7 (17... Qc6 18. Be7 Re8
19. Rae1 Bxe7 20. Rxe7 Bd7 21. h3 f6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,V-Kramnik,V/Las
Vegas USA 1999 (50)}) 18. Qxd5 Be6 19. Qb5 h6 20. h3 Rac8 21. Qb2 b6 22. Rae1
Qc4 23. R1e2 Qa4 24. Kh2 Rd5 25. Bb4 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,V-Adams,M/Dortmund GER
2001/ (25)}) (14. Ne5 Qd8 15. f3 Nd6 $1 $11 {Anand,V-Kramnik,V/Linares 75/(284)
1999/Inf 75 (15)}) 14... Bf6 $1 {[%mdl 36] A witty pawn sacrifice. In a few
moves Black will blockade pawn d4 and obtain a full compensation for the pawn.}
(14... Nf6 15. Ne5 Qd6 16. Ndf3 Ne4 17. Bf4 $36) (14... Nxd2 15. Bxd2 Bf6 16.
Rac1 b6 17. Bb4 Rd8 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. Rxe5 $16) 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Rxe4 Qf5 $1 (
16... b6 17. Ne5 (17. Bg5 Bb7 18. Rh4 Bxg5 19. Nxg5 h6 20. Nf3 Rac8 $44) 17...
Bxe5 (17... Qf5 18. Nxf7 $1 $18) 18. dxe5 Bb7 19. e6 $16) 17. Rf4 (17. Re2 Be6
(17... Qh5 18. d5 Bg4 19. Bf4 $16) (17... b6 18. Ne5 (18. Bg5 $5 Ba6 19. Ree1
Bxg5 20. Re5 Qf4 21. g3 Qg4 22. Rxg5 $16) 18... Bb7 (18... Ba6 19. Re1 Rad8 20.
Nc6 Rd6 $44) 19. Bd2 Rad8 20. Bb4 $16) 18. Qxb7 Bd5 19. Qb5 Rab8 20. Qa5 Rfd8
21. Bd2 Qg6 22. Rae1 h6 $44) 17... Qh5 18. Be3 b6 19. Ne5 (19. d5 Bb7 20. Rd1
Rad8 21. d6 Rd7 22. Bd4 Rxd6 23. Bxf6 Rxf6 24. Rxf6 gxf6 25. Rd7 Qf5 $11) (19.
Ne5 Bxe5 20. Qb5 Bb7 21. dxe5 (21. Qxe5 Qg6 22. f3 Rfe8 23. Qc7 Qe6 24. Re1 Re7
$15) 21... Rfd8 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. O-O c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nbd2 Ke7 10. Be2 Nc6 11. b3 Rd8 12. Bb2 b6 13. Rfd1 Bb7 14. Ne1
Kf8 15. Nd3 Be7 16. Nc4 b5 17. Nce5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. dxe5 d5 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. Nxe4 dxe4 7. Qxd8+
Bxd8 8. Nd4 Bd7 9. Bf4 (9. Be3 O-O 10. Bc4 Re8 11. e6 fxe6 12. O-O-O Nc6 13.
Bb5 Ne5 14. Bxd7 Nxd7 15. Nxe6 Nf6 16. Nxd8 Raxd8 17. Rxd8 Rxd8 18. Rd1 $16 {
1-0 Sveshnikov,E-Donchenko,A/Moscow 1996/CBM 55 ext (48)}) 9... Nc6 10. O-O-O
Nxd4 (10... O-O 11. Bc4 Nxd4 12. Rxd4 Bf5 13. h3 c6 14. g4 Bb6 15. Rd6 Be6 16.
Bxe6 fxe6 17. Be3 Bxe3+ 18. fxe3 Rae8 19. Rd7 Rf7 20. Rhd1 Kf8 $11 {1/2-1/2
Wedberg,T-Nouro,M/Osterskan 1994/TD (40)}) 11. Rxd4 Bc6 12. Bc4 h6 {[%cal
Yd8g5]} 13. b4 a6 14. Kd2 $1 Bg5 15. Ke3 f6 16. exf6 (16. Bxg5 fxe5 (16... hxg5
17. Bd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Ke7 19. exf6+ gxf6 20. Kxe4 Rh4+ 21. Kd3 Rxb4 22. Re1+
$16) 17. Rd2 hxg5 18. Bd5 a5 $132) (16. e6 Ke7 17. Rhd1 f5 $11) 16... Bxf6 17.
Rdd1 Ba4 (17... Bc3 18. a3 Bb2 19. Bxc7 Rc8 20. Bb6 Bxa3 21. Be6 Ra8 22. c3 $16
) 18. Bb3 $1 Bxb3 19. axb3 $16 {[%csl Re4] The weakness of the "e4"pawn and
the complete control over the "d" file provides White with a considerable
advantage.} Bc3 (19... O-O 20. Rd7 Rf7 21. Rhd1 $16) 20. Bxc7 Bxb4 21. Be5 O-O
(21... Rc8 22. c3 Ba5 23. Kxe4 $16) 22. Rd7 Rf7 23. Rhd1 $16 Re8 24. Rxf7 Kxf7
25. Rd7+ Re7 (25... Ke6 26. Rxb7 Kxe5 27. Rxb4 $18) 26. Rxe7+ Bxe7 27. Kxe4 $18
b5 28. Kd5 a5 (28... g6 29. Kc6 Ke6 30. Bg7 h5 31. Kb6 Kd5 32. Kxa6 Kc6 33. Bd4
$18) 29. Kc6 a4 30. Kxb5 a3 31. Ka4 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.12"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. g3 {The
fianchetto system of the Accepted Volgam Gambit was very popular in the
European Championship, with White scoring well in this line (our game was the
only loss, Ruck-Ehlvest the only draw).} (7. Nf3 d6 8. g3 Nbd7 9. Bg2 Bg7 10.
Rb1 $5 (10. O-O Nb6 11. Re1 O-O 12. e4 (12. Bf4 $142) 12... Nfd7 13. Qc2 Nc4
14. Bf4 Qa5 15. Rac1 Rfb8 16. b3 Nce5 17. Red1 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 c4 19. bxc4 Bxc4
20. Ne2 Bb5 21. Nd4 Ba4 22. Nb3 Qb4 23. Qd2 Qa3 $11 {Ruck,R-Ehlvest,J/EU-ch
Ohrid/2001/}) 10... Nb6 11. b3 Bc8 (11... O-O 12. O-O Ra7 13. Re1 e6 14. dxe6
fxe6 15. Bh3 Re7 16. Ng5 Bc8 17. Nge4 $16 d5 18. Nxc5 e5 19. Bg2 e4 20. N5a4
Nxa4 21. bxa4 Qd6 22. Rb5 d4 23. Qb3+ Kh8 24. Ba3 $18 {Neverov,V-Gunnarsson,J/
EU-ch Ohrid/2001/}) 12. Nh4 h6 13. Qc2 Qd7 14. O-O (14. Bd2 $142 $1 g5 15. Nf3
Nfxd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Nxg5 $14) 14... g5 15. Nf3 Nfxd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bd2
(17. Nxg5 $2 hxg5 18. Bxd5 Qh3 $19) 17... Bb7 18. a4 Rc8 19. Rbd1 Nf6 20. Ne1
Rb8 21. Bc3 $13 {Epishin,V-Halkias,S/EU-ch Ohrid/2001/}) 7... d6 8. Bg2 Bg7 9.
Nh3 {A speciality of the St.Petersburg players (Aseev, Ionov, Sakaev, S.Ivanov
etc.). By developing the N to h3 White takes the sting out of Nb6 (Pd5 is
protected, thus enabling Qc2 and Rd1). On the other hand here the N is not so
active as on f3, if White plays Nf4 later on Black's Ne5 becomes unassailable.}
(9. Nf3 O-O $6 (9... Nbd7 10. O-O Nb6 {is the right move order, transposing
into the above note.}) 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Rb1 (11. Qc2 Ne8 (11... Ra7 12. Rd1 Qa8
13. Nd2 Nb6 14. Nf1 Rb8 15. Ne3 Nc4 16. b3 Nxe3 17. Bxe3 Bc8 18. Bd2 Ra3 19.
Rab1 Bf5 20. e4 Bd7 21. h3 Ne8 22. Bc1 Ra7 23. Bb2 Rb6 24. Bf1 h5 25. h4 Qb8
26. Ba1 Rab7 27. Bc4 Nf6 28. f3 Be8 29. Kg2 Ra7 30. a4 Ra8 31. Re1 Nd7 32. f4
$36 {Hulak,K-Djuric,S/EU-ch Ohrid/2001/}) 12. Rd1 Nc7 13. Bf4 Nb5 14. Nxb5 Bxb5
15. a4 Ba6 16. Rab1 Qb6 17. b3 Qb4 18. Bd2 Qb7 19. e4 Be2 20. Re1 Qa6 21. Bf1
Bxf1 22. Rxf1 Rfc8 23. a5 $14 {Bareev,E-Miton,K/Warsaw SuperCup/2001/}) 11...
Qa5 12. Qc2 (12. Bd2 Nb6 13. b3 Nfd7 14. Qc2 c4 $6 15. b4 Qa3 16. e4 Bb7 17.
Rfc1 Rfc8 18. Qd1 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Rc2 Rcb8 21. Bc1 Qa6 22. Be3 Bc8 23.
Bd4 $16 {Zueger,B-Gicov,Z/EU-ch Ohrid/2001/}) 12... Rfb8 13. Rd1 Ne8 14. Bg5
Kf8 15. Qd2 Nc7 16. Qe3 Nf6 17. Bh6 Ng8 18. Bxg7+ Kxg7 19. a3 Bc8 20. Nd2 Nb5
21. Nc4 Qa6 22. Nxb5 Qxb5 23. b3 Bd7 24. Qc3+ f6 25. e4 Qa6 26. Bf1 Bb5 27. a4
Bxc4 28. Bxc4 Qa5 29. Qxa5 Rxa5 30. Bb5 Nh6 31. b4 $16 {Atalik,S-Ilic,L/EU-ch
Ohrid/2001/}) 9... O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Qc2 (11. Bd2 Qa5 {A typical move.} (
11... Ra7 {immediately is also better than}) (11... Nb6 $6 {Black only spends
time to force a move White wants to make anyway.} 12. b3 Bb7 13. e4 Nfd7 14.
Nf4 Ne5 15. Re1 Ba6 16. Rc1 Qd7 17. h3 Rfb8 18. Be3 Ra7 19. Qd2 Na8 20. Rc2
Rab7 21. Rec1 Nc7 22. Qd1 c4 23. Nb1 $1 cxb3 24. axb3 Bb5 25. Na3 Ba6 26. Nc4
$16 {Aseev,K-De Vreugt,D/EU-ch Ohrid/2001/}) 12. Qc2 Rfb8 (12... Ne5 13. a3 Nc4
14. Be1 Bc8 15. b3 Bxh3 16. Bxh3 Ne5 17. a4 c4 18. Nb5 cxb3 19. Qxb3 Qb6 20.
Bg2 Nfd7 21. Bd2 Nc5 22. Qb4 Rfb8 {Aleksandrov,A-Van der Weide,K/Senden/1999/}
23. Be3 $14) 13. b3 (13. Rab1 c4 $5 14. Rfd1 (14. b3 cxb3 15. Rxb3 Rc8 $132)
14... Ne5 15. Ng5 Bc8 16. Nge4 Ne8 17. h3 Bf5 18. Bg5 Rb7 19. g4 Bxe4 20. Bxe4
Rab8 21. Kg2 Nf6 22. f4 Ned7 23. Bf3 Nc5 24. Bh4 Kf8 25. Bf2 Rb4 26. Bd4 Nfd7
27. Qd2 Na4 $44 {Ivanov,S-Sivokho,S/St. Petersburg/1999/}) 13... Ne5 14. Ng5 h6
15. Nge4 Bc8 16. Rab1 Ne8 17. a4 Nc7 18. Nb5 Qb6 19. Nxc7 Qxc7 20. Bc3 Qa7 21.
Nd2 Bd7 22. Bxe5 $5 Bxe5 23. Nc4 $36 {Solozhenkin,E-Salmensuu,O/Helsinki/2001/}
) 11... Ra7 {Ponomariov uses a rare setup to put White's << under pressure.} (
11... Qa5 {is the most usual method, after} 12. Bd2 {the play often transposes
into one of the above examples.}) 12. b3 (12. Nf4 $143 Ne5 13. b3 Qa8 14. Rb1
Rb8 15. a4 Rab7 16. Ba3 Qa7 (16... Rb6 $1 {/\Qb7|^}) 17. Rfd1 h5 18. Ne4 Nfg4
19. h3 Nh6 20. e3 Rb6 21. Bf1 Bc8 22. Nc3 Bf5 23. e4 Bd7 24. Kg2 $14 {Paramos
Dominguez,R-Carrasco Martinez,J/Mondariz/1996/}) 12... Qa8 13. Rb1 Rb8 14. Rd1
({It's still too early for} 14. a4 Rab7 {[%cal Yb7b6,Ya8b7] /\Rb6,Qb7 and
White doesn't have enough control over b5.}) (14. Bd2 $142 Rab7 15. Rfc1 {
would have saved a tempo, compared with the game. This perhaps gives White
chances for an edge.}) 14... Rab7 (14... Ne8 15. a4 (15. Bd2 $142) 15... Rab7
16. Na2 Rb6 17. Be3 Ne5 $132 18. b4 $6 Nc4 19. Bxc5 {Kadimova,I-Guzkowska,M/
Moscow olw/1994/} dxc5 20. d6 Qa7 21. d7 Na3 $1 22. Qxc5 Nd6 23. Rb3 Qxd7 24.
Rxa3 Bb2 $36) 15. Bd2 c4 $1 16. Rdc1 $146 (16. Be3 cxb3 17. axb3 Rc7 18. Qd2
Qb7 19. Bd4 Qb4 20. Na4 Rcb7 21. Qa2 Ng4 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Qa1+ Ngf6 24. Nf4
Ne5 $44 {Pedersen,N-Carrasco Martinez,J/WChJ Zagan/1997/}) 16... Nc5 17. bxc4
Bxc4 $132 {[%mdl 4] Ponomariov has effectively deployed his forces, because of
Black's activity the extra P isn't much felt.} 18. Nf4 Qa6 (18... Nfd7 $44 {
is similar.}) 19. Rxb7 Rxb7 20. Rb1 Rxb1+ 21. Qxb1 Nfd7 22. Qc2 Qa3 $5 (22...
Bxc3 23. Bxc3 Qxa2 24. Qxa2 Bxa2 25. h4 $11 {/+/= Black doesn't hurry with
regaining the pawn, which would give White a small advantage.}) 23. h4 Ne5 24.
Bc1 Qa7 {[%cal Re5g4] /\Ng4|^} (24... Nf3+ 25. Bxf3 Qxc3 26. Qxc3 Bxc3 27. a3
$14) 25. Bh3 Qa5 26. Bd2 Qa3 27. Kf1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] After this oversight the
advantage passes to Black. Aseev was probably negatively influenced by having
the prearranged draw turned down shortly before the game, which gave him only
about an hour to prepare.} (27. Bc1 Nf3+ 28. exf3 Qxc3 29. Qxc3 Bxc3 30. a3 Be5
$11 {regains the P shortly.}) (27. Kg2 $5 {but anyway it's hard to see how
White can make any progress.}) 27... Nf3 $1 28. Nd1 (28. Nb1 Nxd2+ 29. Nxd2 (
29. Qxd2 Qxa2 $15 (29... Qa8 {/\} 30. a3 $6 e5 $1 $36)) 29... Bxa2 $15) 28...
Nxd2+ 29. Qxd2 Bxa2 $36 {[%csl Ga2,Rd5,Gg7] ^^,(),><d5 Black has retained his
piece activity, which gives him an advantage.} 30. Bg2 Bb3 31. Ne3 Ba4 {
[%cal Rg7c3] /\Bc3-+} 32. Qa5 Qa1+ (32... Bf6 $5 $15) 33. Qe1 Qb2 34. Bf3 Nb3
$1 (34... Bc3 $143 $6 35. Nd1 $11 {exchanges one of the B and squanders
Black's edge.}) 35. Kg2 Nd2 36. Nd3 Qc3 37. Qc1 Qxc1 38. Nxc1 Bb5 (38... f5 39.
g4 $5 $15 {<=>}) 39. Nf1 Nb1 $5 {[%mdl 4096] Even in the _|_ Black still wants
to keep his activity and the tension on the board.} (39... Nxf3 40. Kxf3 $15 {
is also promising, but perhaps not enough to win.}) 40. Nb3 (40. e4 Nc3 $36) (
40. Na2 $142 $5 {[%cal Ya2b4,Yb4c6] /\Nb4-c6}) 40... Nc3 41. e4 Bd3 42. Nfd2
Bh6 $17 {White is running out of moves.} 43. Kg1 f5 44. exf5 Bxf5 (44... gxf5
$142 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Rd3a6,Ra6b7] ><d5,/\Ba6-b7} 45. Nf1 Be4 46. Bxe4 fxe4 $17
) 45. Bg2 Bc8 $6 (45... Kf7 $142 $1) 46. Ne4 $1 {White frees himself by a
simple tactic.} Bg7 (46... Nxd5 47. Nxd6 exd6 48. Bxd5+ $11) 47. Nxc3 (47. Na5
$1 $132 {= activating the N via c6}) 47... Bxc3 48. Nc1 Kf7 49. Be4 h6 50. Nd3
g5 51. hxg5 hxg5 52. Kf1 Ke8 53. Ke2 Kd8 54. f4 g4 $5 {Tries to keep his
winning chances alive.} (54... gxf4 55. Nxf4 $11) 55. Ke3 Kc7 56. Bg6 (56. Nf2
$142 {[%csl Rg4] ><g4} Kb6 57. f5 Be1 58. Nxg4 Bxg3 59. Kd4 $11) 56... Kb6 57.
Be8 (57. Nf2 $11) 57... Bf5 58. Bf7 (58. Nf2 Bb4 59. Bh5 (59. Ne4 $5 $11) 59...
Bc5+ 60. Ke2 Bxf2 61. Kxf2 Kc5 62. Bf7 Kd4 63. Ke2 Be4 64. Be6 Bf3+ 65. Kd2 $11
{But even after Black activates his K the _|_ still should be a draw!}) 58...
Kb5 59. Be6 $6 Bxe6 60. dxe6 Kc4 61. f5 $2 (61. Ke4 $8 d5+ (61... Bd4 $2 62.
Nb4 $1 {[%cal Rb4d5] /\Nd5+-}) 62. Ke3 Bd4+ 63. Ke2 Kb5 64. f5 $11) 61... Bd4+
62. Ke2 Kd5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rd5e4] The crucial difference, now the K invades.}
63. Nf4+ Ke5 (63... Ke5 64. Ng6+ Kf6 (64... Kxf5 65. Nxe7+ Kxe6 66. Nc6 Bc3 $19
) 65. Kd3 Bf2 66. Ke4 Bxg3 67. Nf8 d5+ $19) (63... Ke4 $142 $1 64. Ng6 Bf6 $19
{is even simpler. (Perhaps a mistake in the game score?)}) 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.13"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7.
Qd2 Rc8 8. f4 h6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. O-O-O Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qa5 12. Kb1 Qc5 13. Qd3 (
{The mainline is} 13. Qd2 Bg7 (13... e6 14. Bd3 h5 15. Rhf1 a6 16. Qe1 Rg8 17.
e5 $5 $13 {1-0 Santo Roman,M-Ubilava,E/Maspalomas 2000/EXT 2001 (28)}) 14. f5
h5 15. Be2 Bh6 16. Qd5 Qxd5 17. Nxd5 h4 18. Rd3 {-see commented game 0-1
Herrera,I-Franco Ocampos,Z/Havana 1998/CBM 65 [Gofshtein,L](39)}) (13. Qxc5
Rxc5 14. Bd3 e6 15. Rhe1 Be7 16. Re3 a6 17. a3 h5 18. Rh3 h4 19. g3 Rch5 20. g4
Rc5 21. Ne2 Bd8 22. Ng1 Rc8 23. Nf3 $14 {[%csl Rh4] 1/2-1/2 Andersson,
F-Vaisanen,A/Stockholm 1996/CBM 57 ext (32)}) 13... Bg7 (13... e6 14. e5 $5 (
14. Be2 Rg8 15. e5 $1 {-see commented game 1-0 Renet,O-Scarella,E/ Buenos
Aires 1994/CBM 42 [Boensch,U](35)}) 14... fxe5 (14... Bc6 15. exf6 (15. exd6 $6
Rd8 16. Ne4 (16. Nb5 a6 17. Nc7+ Kd7 $17 {[%csl Rc7]}) 16... Qf5 $8 17. Re1
Qxf4 18. Qd4 Bg7 19. Bd3 Qe5 $15) 15... Rg8 16. Ne4 $14) 15. Ne4 Qa5 16. Nxd6+
Bxd6 17. Qxd6 Qc7 18. Qxc7 Rxc7 19. fxe5 Rc5 20. Re1 Rg8 {[%cal Gg8g5]} 21. b4
$1 (21. h4 {1/2-1/2 Fressinet,L-Miroshnichenko,E/Paris FRA 2001/The Week in
Chess 351 (21)} Bc6 22. b4 Rc3 23. Rh3 Rxh3 24. gxh3 Rg1 $44 {[%csl Rh3,Rh4]})
21... Rd5 22. c4 Rd2 23. b5 $1 {[%csl Rd7][%cal Gd7c6,Gb5c6]} Ke7 24. g3 Rg4
25. Re3 $16 {[%cal Gf1e2]}) (13... f5 $6 14. e5 $1 e6 15. Be2 d5 16. g4 fxg4
17. Ne4 Qb4 18. Nf6+ Kd8 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Qxd5 Rc7 21. Bxg4 $16 {1-0 Brustman,
A-Lendwai,R/Aschach 1997/CBM 63 ext (29)}) 14. Be2 ({Worth of attention} 14.
Qg3 Kf8 15. f5 h5 16. Qf3 Bc6 17. Bd3 e6 18. Qh3 e5 19. Qf3 a6 20. h4 Ke7 $14 {
and Black eventually equalized in the game 1/2-1/2 Svidler,P-Baklan,V/Istanbul
2000/EXT 2001 (26)}) 14... a6 (14... f5 {Ftacnik} 15. e5 Be6 16. exd6 exd6 17.
Nb5 $1 d5 18. c3 $16) 15. g4 f5 $1 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Gg7c3] Black opens a long
diagonal a1-h8 for his Bg7 and recieves perspective position. Ftacnik: 'Black
has to fight the threat of suffocation, bishop's pair is the strongest in the
open positions. '} 16. e5 {'!?' Ftacnik.} ({Or} 16. gxf5 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Qxc3 18.
bxc3 Rxc3 19. Bd3 $132 Rg8 $11) 16... fxg4 17. Rhg1 h5 (17... f5 $2 {Ftacnik}
18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Ne4 $18) (17... Be6 {Ftacnik} 18. Bxg4 Bc4 19. Qe4 Rc6 20.
Bf5 Bf8 21. Na4 Qa5 22. exd6 e6 23. d7+ Kd8 24. Qd4 $18) 18. h3 Be6 $1 {
[%cal Ge6a2]} ({Dubious is} 18... Qa5 19. hxg4 h4 20. Bf3 Rd8 21. g5 (21. exd6
Be6 {[%cal Ge6a2,Gg7b2]} 22. f5 Rxd6 23. Qe4 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Bxc3 25. fxe6 Bf6
26. exf7+ $16 {[%csl Re8]}) 21... dxe5 22. g6 f5 23. fxe5 e6 24. Bxb7 Bxe5 25.
Nd5 $1 $16 {[%cal Gg1e1]}) (18... Rd8 $5 {Ftacnik} 19. hxg4 h4 (19... dxe5 $2 {
Ftacnik} 20. gxh5 $16) 20. Ne4 (20. exd6 {Ftacnik} Bc6 $17) 20... Qb6 21. Qh3
dxe5 22. f5 Bc6 $15) 19. hxg4 h4 (19... Qa5 {Ftacnik} 20. gxh5 Bh6 21. Nd5 Bxd5
22. Qxd5 Qxd5 23. Rxd5 Bxf4 24. exd6 Bxd6 25. c4 $14) (19... dxe5 $2 {Ftacnik}
20. f5 Bc4 21. Qd7+ Kf8 22. Qd8+ $1 $18) 20. Qe4 $2 $17 {White puts mistake.} (
{Why not} 20. f5 $1 Bc4 21. Qxc4 Qxc4 22. Bxc4 Rxc4 23. exd6 Bxc3 24. bxc3 $11)
({Next variation shows, how strong black position is:} 20. exd6 exd6 21. Ne4
Qb6 22. Nxd6+ Kf8 23. b3 Rc3 24. Qd2 Bxb3 $1 $19) 20... Qb6 ({Black has great
advantage after} 20... dxe5 21. f5 Bc4 22. Bxc4 (22. g5 {Ftacnik} Bxe2 23. Qxe2
Qc4 24. Qd2 Qd4 25. Qg2 $36) 22... Qxc4 23. Qxb7 Qc6 24. Qxc6+ Rxc6 $17) 21.
Kc1 Rc5 $4 $16 {[%mdl 8192] Terrible mistake in very good position... '?'
Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'Bad mistake in a sharp position, where two bishops and free
h pawn have promised good compensation for the white's initiative.'} ({Right
was} 21... dxe5 $1 22. fxe5 (22. f5 Bd7 23. g5 (23. Bf3 {Ftacnik} e6 $17) 23...
h3 (23... Qc6 $1 $17 {Ftacnik}) 24. g6 h2 25. gxf7+ Kf8 26. Rh1 Bc6 27. Nd5 Qf2
$17 {[%cal Gh8h4]}) 22... Qc5 $17 {[%csl Re5]} (22... h3 $17 {Ftacnik})) 22.
Na4 Qa5 23. Nxc5 Qxc5 24. f5 (24. exd6 {Ftacnik} Qb6 25. c3 exd6 26. Bc4 (26.
f5 {Ftacnik} d5 27. Qf3 Bd7 28. Rge1 $18) 26... Kd7 27. Bxe6+ fxe6 28. Rge1 $18
) 24... Bxa2 25. f6 {'!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'Converting the advantage is simple,
black has not a slightest chance to survive.'} (25. exd6 $18) 25... Bf8 26.
Qa4+ b5 27. Qxa2 Qe3+ 28. Kb1 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.14"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. f3
Be6 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 Qc7 12. Kb1 b5 13. g5 Nh5 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15.
exd5 Nb6 16. Na5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Qxa5 18. c4 Rab8 19. Bd3 Qa4 20. cxb5 axb5 21.
Rc1 Nf4 22. Bxf4 Qxf4 23. h4 Bd8 24. Qxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 2nd 1pl playoff g15'"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.15"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2001.06.15"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. O-O g6 8.
d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bg7 10. Nde2 O-O 11. f3 e6 12. Bg5 a6 13. a4 Qc7 14. Kh1 Nd7
15. b3 Nc5 16. Rb1 Rac8 17. Bh4 Na5 18. b4 Nxc4 19. bxc5 Ne3 20. Qd3 Nxf1 21.
cxd6 Qc4 22. Qxc4 Rxc4 23. Rxf1 Bxc3 24. Rc1 f6 25. Rxc3 Rxc3 26. Nxc3 Kf7 27.
Kg1 Rc8 28. Be1 Rc5 29. Kf2 Ke8 30. e5 f5 31. f4 g5 32. Ke3 gxf4+ 33. Kd4 b6
34. Bd2 Kd7 35. Bxf4 Kc6 36. g3 Ra5 37. Kc4 Rc5+ 38. Kb4 b5 39. axb5+ axb5 40.
h4 Rc4+ 41. Kb3 Rd4 42. h5 Rd3 43. Kc2 Rd4 44. h6 b4 45. Ne2 Rd5 46. Nc1 Kb5
47. Nb3 Kc4 48. Nd2+ Kb5 49. Nf3 Kc4 50. Nd2+ Kb5 51. Kb2 Rd3 52. Nb3 Kc4 53.
Na5+ Kb5 54. Nb7 Kc4 55. Na5+ Kb5 56. Nb3 Kc4 57. Nd2+ Kb5 58. Kc2 Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 2nd 1pl playoff g15'"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.15"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2001.06.15"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Bg5 c6 5. Qd2 b5 6. f4 Qb6 7. O-O-O b4 8. Nce2
Nf6 9. Ng3 O-O 10. f5 gxf5 11. Bh6 Bxh6 12. Qxh6 Qa5 13. Bc4 d5 14. Nh3 Ng4 15.
Qg5+ Kh8 16. Qxe7 Qd8 17. Qxd8 Rxd8 18. exd5 Ne3 19. dxc6 Nxc6 20. Bb5 Nxd4 21.
Rd2 Bb7 22. Ng5 Kg7 23. Bd3 f4 24. N3e4 h6 25. Nf3 Ne6 26. Rg1 f5 27. Nf2 Kf6
28. Nh4 Rg8 29. g3 Rad8 30. Re1 Ng2 31. Nxg2 Bxg2 32. Bc4 Ng5 33. Bxg8 Rxg8 34.
Rd6+ Kf7 35. gxf4 Ne4 36. Nxe4 Bxe4 37. Red1 Rg4 38. Rxh6 Rxf4 39. Rd7+ Kg8 40.
Rxa7 Rf2 41. Rc7 Bd5 42. Rd6 Bf7 43. Rd8+ Kg7 44. Rdd7 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 17th"]
[Site "Panormo"]
[Date "2001.09.23"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2001.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Reykjavik Hellir"]
[BlackTeam "Donetsk"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 b5 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. Nf3 e5 8. O-O
Bb7 9. h3 Bg7 10. a4 a6 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Ne2 O-O 13. Ng3 Re8 14. c4 bxa4 15.
c5 Bf8 16. Rfc1 a5 17. Rxa4 Qc7 18. Qc3 Ba6 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. Qc4 Ra7 21. Ne1
Rea8 22. Nd3 Ne8 23. Rca1 Ng7 24. Nf1 Ne6 25. Nd2 Qb7 26. R1a3 Qb5 27. b4 Be7
28. Qa2 Bg5 29. Nc4 Bxe3 30. fxe3 Qb8 31. Rxa5 Rxa5 32. Rxa5 Rxa5 33. Qxa5 h5
34. Qa6 Nd8 35. Nd6 Kg7 36. Kf2 Nf6 37. Kf3 Ne6 38. Qb7 Qxb7 39. Nxb7 Nd7 40.
Na5 Nd8 41. Nb2 Kf6 42. Ke2 Ke7 43. Nbc4 f6 44. Kd3 Nf8 45. Nd6 Kd7 46. Kc4 g5
47. b5 cxb5+ 48. Kxb5 Nde6 49. Nf5 Nc7+ 50. Kb6 Nfe6 51. c6+ Kc8 52. Ne7+ Kb8
53. Nc4 Na8+ 54. Kb5 Nac7+ 55. Ka5 Nc5 56. Nd6 h4 57. Ng8 N7e6 58. Kb5 Nd3 59.
Nxf6 Nc7+ 60. Ka5 Ne1 61. Nd7+ Ka7 62. Nc8+ Ka8 63. Kb6 Ne6 64. c7 Nc2 65. Nd6
Nxc7 66. Kxc7 Nxe3 67. Nb5 Nxg2 68. Nb6# 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 17th"]
[Site "Panormo"]
[Date "2001.09.24"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Mitkov, Nikola"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2001.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Donetsk"]
[BlackTeam "Porto Boavista"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POR"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 c6 8. a4
a5 9. b3 exd4 10. Qxd4 Ng4 11. h3 Bf6 12. Qd2 Nge5 13. Be2 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Ne5
15. Be2 Qb6 16. Ba3 Rd8 17. Rad1 Be6 18. Qf4 Ng6 19. Qf3 Be5 20. Bf1 Rac8 21.
g3 d5 22. exd5 cxd5 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Rxd5 25. Qxd5 Rxc2 26. Re3 Rc3 27.
Rxe5 Rxg3+ 28. Kh1 Nxe5 29. fxg3 Qf6 30. Kg2 Nc6 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 17th"]
[Site "Panormo"]
[Date "2001.09.25"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2001.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Donetsk"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4
$5 {This also belongs to the Anti-Marshall continuations, such as} (8. a4) (8.
h3 {or}) (8. d3) 8... d6 {The safest.} (8... exd4 $2 9. e5 Ne8 10. Bd5 $16 {
()[+]}) ({Black's main alternative is} 8... Nxd4 {when White has to choose
whether to gain, or sacrifice a P:} {More ambitious is} 9. Nxd4 (9. Bxf7+ Rxf7
10. Nxe5 Rf8 $1 {[]} (10... Nc6 $2 11. Nxf7 Kxf7 12. e5 Ng8 (12... Ne8 13. Qd5+
Kf8 14. Re3 $18 {->}) 13. Qh5+ Kf8 14. Qf5+ $1 Ke8 15. Qxh7 $18) 11. Qxd4 c5 (
11... Bb7 $132) 12. Qd1 Bb7 $44 {leads to positions, where Black has a lot of
play for the minimal investment, this guarantees him at least equality.}) 9...
exd4 10. e5 Ne8 11. c3 $5 ({without the pair of N Black gets good piece play
after} 11. Qxd4 Bb7 12. c4 bxc4 13. Qxc4 d5 14. exd6 Nxd6 15. Qg4 Bf6 16. Nc3
Nb5 $1 17. Nxb5 axb5 18. Bf4 c5 19. Rad1 Qc8 20. Qxc8 Raxc8 $11 {Polgar,J-Nunn,
J/Hastings/1992/}) 11... dxc3 12. Nxc3 $32 d6 13. Qf3 Be6 14. Nd5 Rc8 15. Bf4
Bg5 16. Rad1 Kh8 17. Bc2 {Gurevich,I-Nunn,J/Hastings/1992/} g6 $44) 9. c3 {
With this the game transposes from C88 to the index C91, but this is more or
less forced. Black already wanted to take on d4 and} (9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5
dxe5 $11 {leads only to a sterile position.}) 9... Bg4 10. d5 {Nowadays White
counter the pressure against d4 radically.} ({The other move} 10. Be3 {has
somehow went out of fashion.} Bh5 $5 {/\} ({also the more usual} 10... exd4 11.
cxd4 Na5 12. Bc2 c5 {is quite reliable}) 11. Nbd2 d5 $5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. dxe5
Nxe5 14. Bg5 Nd3 15. Bxd5 Bxg5 16. Bxa8 Nxe1 17. Qxe1 Bxd2 $11 {Chandler,
M-Romanisin,O/Leningrad/1987/}) 10... Na5 11. Bc2 {[%csl Gc2] Although
formally the Bc2 is a bad B, it's worth preserving, as Black will sooner or
later have to move his c-pawn. Then both dxc6 or cxd5 will open up new
perspectives for the Spanish B, which even in this game will play a major role.
} Qc8 $5 {Black makes a useful move, as White can't prevent the liberating c6
anyway. The text has become very popular on the highest level and is gradually
pushing out the older} (11... c6 12. h3 (12. dxc6 Qc7 {is less flexible, as
after} 13. h3 Be6 {the B retreats to a better sqaure.}) 12... Bc8 (12... Bxf3
13. Qxf3 cxd5 14. exd5 Nc4 15. Nd2 Nb6 16. Nf1 {is rarely played, as taking
the P with} Nbxd5 $6 17. Ng3 Nc7 18. Nf5 Ne6 19. a4 {|^}) (12... Bd7 $6 13.
Nxe5 $1 dxe5 14. d6 $14 {[%csl Gc1,Gc2] ^^}) 13. dxc6 Qc7 14. Nbd2 Qxc6 15. Nf1
Nc4 16. Ng3 Re8 17. a4 $5 (17. Qe2 Be6 18. Bd3 h6 19. Nh2 Rad8 20. a4 $6 {
Movsesian,S-Nunn,J/Hastings/1996/} bxa4 $1 21. Bc2 Nb6 $15) {with a chance to
gain some edge after the main replies} 17... Be6 ({or} 17... Bb7 18. Qe2 Bf8
19. Bd3) 18. Ng5) 12. Nbd2 $1 {A rare, but tricky move, which will perhaps
become more popular after this game.} ({White usually interpolates} 12. h3 {
Now on h5 the B is misplaced and quickly just becomes a target for the N after
Nbd2-f1-g3. So logical is} Bd7 13. Nbd2 c6 14. dxc6 ({Here after} 14. b4 Nb7
15. dxc6 Qxc6 16. Bb2 {the strong manoeuvre} Nd8 $1 17. Bd3 Ne6 $11 {/=/+})
14... Qxc6 15. Nf1 Nc4 (15... Rac8 16. Ng3 Rfe8 17. a4 Bd8 18. axb5 axb5 19.
Qe2 Qb6 20. Bd3 Qb8 21. Bg5 Nb3 22. Rad1 h6 23. Be3 Nc5 24. Nh4 Nd5 $1 25. exd5
Nxd3 26. Rxd3 Bxh4 27. Qh5 e4 $2 (27... Bxg3 $142 28. Bxh6 $5 Bf4 29. Rg3 Bxh6
$1 30. Qxh6 g6 31. Rxg6+ fxg6 32. Qxg6+ Kh8 33. Re4 Rc4 $11) 28. Rd4 Bxg3 29.
fxg3 Re5 30. Qe2 Ree8 31. g4 $16 {[%csl Rb5,Rd6,Re4] ><e4,b5,d6,Movsesian,
S-Adams,M/Bundesliga 9899/1998/}) 16. Ng3 g6 17. Qe2 (17. a4 $142 {Movsesian})
(17. Nh2 $5) 17... Rfe8 18. a4 Bf8 19. Nh2 Be6 20. Qf3 Bg7 21. Rd1 h5 $1 22.
Bg5 Nh7 23. Bc1 Nf6 $11 {Movsesian,S-Bacrot,E/Sarajevo/2000/}) 12... c6 13. b4
Nb7 (13... cxd5 14. bxa5 Qxc3 15. Rb1 Rac8 16. Bb3 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Rxe4
Bf5 19. Re3 Qxa5 20. Bd2 Qb6 21. Rc1 Rxc1 22. Qxc1 Rc8 23. Rc3 $14 {Ehlvest,
J-Magerramov,E/Dubai op/2001/}) 14. dxc6 {The Nb7 is usually a source of
trouble for Black in the Ruy Lopez (or even in other openings, as the King's
Indian). But this goes for positions with the closed [+], where the N has no
perspective and even after the long and time-consuming manoeuvre Ne8,g6,Ng7,
Nd8,f6,Nf7 it remains passive. Here the N has a nice square on e6 and White
can't lock it in even after} (14. c4 Bxf3 $5 (14... a5 $5 {/\} 15. dxc6 Qxc6
16. cxb5 Qc3 $5 17. Rb1 Rfc8 $36) (14... cxd5 15. cxd5 a5 $11) (14... c5 $11)
15. Qxf3 bxc4 16. Re3 a5 $13) 14... Qxc6 15. Bb2 Nd8 {Consistent, but maybe
here on should search for alternatives as} (15... Rfe8 {or}) (15... Bd8 $5 {
/\Bb6~~}) 16. Nf1 {This was White's idea. Once Black finishes his intended N
manoeuvre, his B will stay sidelined on the >>.} Ne6 17. Ne3 $6 {Logical, but
better seems} (17. h3 $142 $5 Bh5 (17... Bxf3 18. Qxf3 $36 {/\} Nd4 19. cxd4
Qxc2 20. Re2 $16 {[%cal Rf1e3,Re3f5] /\Ne3-f5->}) 18. Ng3 Bg6 19. Nh4 $14 {
with a pleasant position, the Bg6 is misplaced.}) 17... Bh5 (17... Bxf3 $6 18.
Qxf3 Ng5 19. Qe2 $16 {/\} Ngxe4 $2 20. Nf5 $16) 18. Nf5 ({A tempting
alternative was} 18. Nd5 {And finally interesting is also} Qe8 $5 {[%cal Rf6d5,
Re6g5] /\Nd5,Ng5} ({The move from the game} 18... Rfe8 $2 {fails to} 19. Nxe5
$1 dxe5 (19... Bxd1 20. Nxc6 $16) 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21. Qxh5 $16) (18... Qb7 19.
Bb3 {forces Black to invest another tempo with} Rad8 $13 {but Ng5 is still in
the air and the pin is unpleasant, because} 20. Qd3 $6 Nxd5 21. Bxd5 Nf4 $1 $15
{favours Black.}) 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 {/\} 20. Qxd6 $2 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Qc8 $1 $40)
18... Rfe8 19. Bb3 {[%cal Rb3d5] /\Bd5} Ng5 {[%mdl 64] Prompted by White's
threat Black starts to act, provoking a short, but sharp tactical shootout.} ({
The main alternative to the text was} 19... Nf4 $5 {The passive} 20. Ng3 (20.
g3 Nh3+ 21. Kg2 Ng5 (21... Bxf3+ $6 22. Qxf3 Ng5 23. Qd3 Ngxe4 24. Rxe4 $1
Qxe4+ 25. Qxe4 Nxe4 26. Bd5 $14) 22. Nxg5 Bxd1 23. Raxd1 $15 {leads to a
similar position as in the game, but here White's K is misplaced and also the
3-rd rank is closed for R manoeuvres.}) 20... Bg6 $15 {is not too enticing
either.}) ({The quiet} 19... Rac8 $13 {is interesting as well.}) 20. Nxg5 $1 {
[]} Bxd1 21. Raxd1 {White is in no hurry.} (21. Bxf7+ Kf8 22. Raxd1 h6 $5 (
22... Reb8 23. Bb3 $44 g6 24. Nxe7 Kxe7 25. Nf7 Rf8 26. Rxd6 Qc8 27. Re6+ Kxf7
28. Rc6+ $11) 23. Bxe8 Nxe8 24. Nf3 g6 $1 (24... Nf6 $2 25. N3h4 $1 $18) 25.
Nxe7 (25. Nxh6 Nf6 26. Ng5 Kg7 27. Nhf7 Rf8 $17) 25... Kxe7 $11 {/=/+}) 21...
h6 $1 {Frees a relatively safe square for the K and forces White to declare
his intentions.} ({Black couldn't safely protect f7 anyway,} 21... d5 $2 22.
Nxf7 $1 (22. exd5 Qc8 23. Nxe7+ Rxe7 24. d6 Rd7 $13 {is less convincing}) 22...
Kxf7 23. exd5 {[%cal Rd5d6] /\d6->}) 22. Nxf7 {Rightly keeps the tension.} (22.
Bxf7+ {-21.Bxf7+}) 22... Kh7 23. Rd3 (23. N7xd6 $2 Bxd6 24. Rxd6 Qc7 {/\Red8-/+
}) 23... Bf8 24. Rh3 d5 {Closing the /^ a2-g8 allows a perpetual, but Black
hardly had more, e.g. the "ambitious"} (24... g6 $2 {runs into} 25. N7xh6 $1
gxf5 26. Nxf5+ Kg6 27. Rg3+ Kh7 28. Bf7 Bh6 (28... Kh8 29. Rh3+ Nh7 30. Ree3 $1
d5 31. Reg3 $18) 29. Rh3 Ng4 30. Bc1 Rf8 31. Bg6+ $1 $18) 25. Ng5+ Kh8 $8 (
25... Kg8 $2 26. exd5 {/\} Nxd5 27. Ne3 $18) (25... Kg6 $2 26. Nh4+ Kh5 (26...
Kxg5 27. Bc1+ Kh5 28. Bd1+ Ng4 29. Bxg4+ Kxg4 30. f3+ Kh5 31. g4#) 27. Nh7 $1
$18 {->}) 26. Nf7+ Kh7 (26... Kg8 $2 27. exd5 Qd7 (27... Nxd5 28. Rd1 $18) 28.
d6 $40) 27. Ng5+ Kh8 28. Nf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 17th"]
[Site "Panormo"]
[Date "2001.09.26"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2001.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Graz Merkur"]
[BlackTeam "Donetsk"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 e5 6. a3 a5 7. d3 Nge7 8. Bg5 f6
9. Bd2 d6 10. O-O O-O 11. Ne1 Be6 12. Nc2 d5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Ne3 Nde7 15. Nc4
Rb8 16. Nb5 f5 17. Bc3 b6 18. e3 Bxc4 19. dxc4 Qxd1 20. Rfxd1 e4 21. Bxg7 Kxg7
22. Rd6 Rfd8 23. Rad1 Rxd6 24. Rxd6 Ne5 25. Bf1 N7c6 26. Nc3 Rb7 27. Be2 Rd7
28. Rxd7+ Nxd7 29. h4 Nce5 30. Kf1 Kf6 31. Ke1 Ke6 32. Nd5 Kd6 33. a4 Nc6 34.
b3 Nb4 35. Nc3 Ke5 36. Kd2 Nf8 37. Nb5 h6 38. Nc3 g5 39. hxg5 hxg5 40. Nd1 Nd7
41. Nc3 Nf6 42. Nb5 f4 43. gxf4+ gxf4 44. exf4+ Kxf4 45. Na7 Nd7 46. Kc3 Ne5
47. Nc8 Ned3 48. Nxb6 Nxf2 49. Nd5+ Ke5 50. Ne3 Nh3 51. Bd1 Ng5 52. Bh5 Ne6 53.
Bd1 Nd4 54. Ng2 Nf3 55. Ne3 Nh4 56. Ng4+ Kf5 57. Ne3+ Kf4 58. Nd5+ Ke5 59. Nb6
Nf5 60. Nd7+ Kd6 61. Nf6 Ng3 62. Ng4 Ke6 63. Kd2 Nf5 64. Be2 Nc6 65. Bf1 Ne5
66. Ne3 Nf3+ 67. Ke2 N3d4+ 68. Kf2 Nxe3 69. Kxe3 Ke5 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 17th"]
[Site "Panormo"]
[Date "2001.09.27"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2001.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Donetsk"]
[BlackTeam "Beer Sheva"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qa5 12. Bc4 e5 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Qd3
Bg4 15. Rdf1 Be6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Kb1 Qc5 18. Bb3 Kh8 19. h4 Be7 20. Qe2 Qc8
21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Rxf8+ Qxf8 23. Qb5 Qc8 24. Ne2 Qc7 25. Nc1 Re8 26. Qe2 Rf8
27. Nd3 Bd6 28. a3 Qf7 29. Rd1 Kh7 30. Ka2 Qc7 31. Ne1 Qc6 32. g3 Bc7 33. Nd3
Qe8 34. g4 Bd6 35. g5 h5 36. Ne1 Bc7 37. Qc4 Qe7 38. Qa4 Bd6 39. Qxa7 Qc7 40.
Qa4 b6 41. Qb3 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 17th"]
[Site "Panormo"]
[Date "2001.09.28"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2001.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[BlackTeam "Donetsk"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Bb3 b5 8. a4 b4
9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. e4 Be7 11. e5 Nfd7 12. Nc4 O-O 13. Nd6 Bxd6 14. exd6 cxd4 15.
Bg5 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qxg5 17. Qxa8 Nc5 18. Qf3 Nbd7 19. Rad1 Ne5 20. Qh3 Qf4 21.
Rc1 Ne4 22. Bc2 d3 23. Bxd3 Ng5 24. Bxh7+ Nxh7 25. Rfe1 Nd7 26. Qd3 Nhf6 27. h3
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 17th"]
[Site "Panormo"]
[Date "2001.09.29"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2001.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Donetsk"]
[BlackTeam "Norilsk Nikel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. c3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Re1
Bd7 9. a4 a6 10. Bc4 Be6 11. a5 Bxc4 12. dxc4 Nh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "2001.10.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2001.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5
Bg4 9. Kh1 Nc7 10. a4 a6 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 b6 13. Rb1 e6 14. b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "2001.10.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2001.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Na5 11. Bc2 b4 12. d3 Rb8 13. Nd2 O-O 14. Qe2 Re8 15.
Kh1 bxc3 16. bxc3 d5 17. Rb1 Rxb1 18. Bxb1 d4 19. Bb2 Qd7 20. Nf3 Qxa4 21. cxd4
exd4 22. Bc2 Qa2 23. Bxd4 Bxd4 24. Nxd4 g6 25. Qd2 c5 26. Nf3 Rb8 27. Qc3 Nd7
28. Kg1 Nc6 29. Rd1 Qb2 30. Qxb2 Rxb2 31. Ba4 Rb6 32. Rc1 Nce5 33. Nxe5 Nxe5
34. Rc3 Rb1+ 35. Kh2 Rb2 36. Kg3 Rd2 37. Bc2 Nc6 38. Rxc5 Nd4 39. Ba4 Rxd3+ 40.
Kh2 Ne6 41. Rc2 Kg7 42. Ra2 Nc5 43. Bc6 Rd6 44. Bd5 f5 45. f3 fxe4 46. fxe4 Nd7
47. Bc4 Rd4 48. Bxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "2001.10.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Borovikov, Vladislav"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2001.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. Qd3
Bd7 9. d5 Nb4 10. Qd2 a5 11. Nd4 Ng4 12. Rb1 c5 13. dxc6 Nxc6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15.
b3 Bf5 16. e4 Be6 17. Bb2 Rb8 18. Ne2 Bxb2 19. Rxb2 Qb6 20. Rc2 a4 21. c5 dxc5
22. bxa4 Rfd8 23. Qc1 c4 24. Nf4 Bc8 25. Rxc4 Ba6 26. Rxc6 Qa7 27. Rc7 Qd4 28.
Re1 Qxf2+ 29. Kh1 Rbc8 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Qa1 Rc2 32. Rd1 e5 33. a5 Rb2 34. Qc1
exf4 35. Rd8+ Kg7 36. Qc3+ Kh6 0-1

[Event "Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "2001.10.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2001.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. e4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. Re1 Be7 10. a4 b4 11. Nbd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "2001.10.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2001.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bc4 Nf6 8.
Bg5 Be7 9. Qd3 O-O 10. O-O-O Be6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. f4 Kh8 13. Rhf1 Rb8 14. f5
Bxc4 15. Qxc4 Qb6 16. b3 a5 17. Rf3 Rbc8 18. Na4 Qb4 19. Qxb4 axb4 20. Nb6 Rc7
21. c3 Rg8 22. Rg3 Rxg3 23. hxg3 bxc3 24. Rd3 Rb7 25. Nc8 Bf8 26. Rxc3 d5 27.
Rxc6 dxe4 28. Nb6 Kg7 29. Nd5 Kh6 30. Nxf6 Ba3+ 31. Kd2 Kg5 32. Nxe4+ Kxf5 33.
Rc4 Be7 34. g4+ Ke6 35. Kc2 Rb8 36. a4 Bb4 37. Kd3 Rd8+ 38. Ke3 Rb8 39. Kd3
Rd8+ 40. Kc2 Rb8 41. Nc5+ Bxc5 42. Rxc5 {[#] verbundene Freibauern beiderseits}
Rg8 43. Rc4 h5 44. gxh5 Rxg2+ 45. Kc3 Rh2 46. a5 Rxh5 47. a6 Rh8 (47... f5 48.
Rc8 Rh7 49. b4 Kd6 50. Kc4 (50. b5 Rc7+ 51. Rxc7 Kxc7 52. a7 Kb7 53. b6 f4 $11)
50... Rc7+ (50... f4 51. b5 f3 52. b6 f2 53. Rf8 Rh4+ 54. Kd3 Kc6 55. Rf6+ $18)
51. Rxc7 Kxc7 52. Kc5 f4 53. b5 f3 54. b6+ Kd7 55. a7 f2 56. a8=Q f1=Q 57. Qd5+
Kc8 58. Qc6+ Kd8 59. Qc7+ Ke8 60. Qxe5+ Kd7 61. Qd6+ Ke8 62. b7 $18 Qc1+ 63.
Kb6 Qb1+ 64. Kc6 Qh1+ 65. Qd5 Qh6+ 66. Kc5 Qe3+ 67. Kb5 Qe2+ 68. Kb6 Qe3+ 69.
Qc5 $18 {[%csl Yb5,Yc6,Re8]}) 48. b4 Ra8 49. b5 f5 50. b6 $1 Rxa6 51. b7 1-0

[Event "Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "2001.10.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2001.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 Nc6 8. h3
Qb6 9. hxg4 Qxd4 10. Bd3 e6 11. Be3 Qb4 12. a3 Qxb2 13. Na4 Qf6 14. g5 Qd8 15.
Nb6 Rb8 16. f4 Be7 17. Qf3 e5 18. Nd5 exf4 19. Bb6 Qd7 20. g6 Qg4 21. Rxh7 Rxh7
22. gxh7 Qh4+ 23. Kd2 Qxh7 24. Bc7 Qh6 25. Bxb8 Nxb8 26. Nb6 Be6 27. e5 dxe5
28. Qxb7 Bd6 29. Nc8 Bd7 30. Kc3 Kd8 31. Nxd6 Qxd6 32. Kb2 Qd4+ 33. c3 Qf2+ 34.
Bc2 Nc6 35. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "2001.10.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2001.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. Nc3
b5 9. d5 c4 10. Bc2 Bb7 11. dxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "2001.10.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Borovikov, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2001.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. Qg4 Ne7 7. dxc5 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 Qa5 9. Bd2 Ng6 10. Nf3 Nd7 11. Bd3 Nxc5 12. O-O Ne4 13. Be3 h5 14. Qh4
Qxc3 15. Nd4 Bd7 16. Rab1 Nxe5 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qg3 Ng4 19. Rb3 Qa5 20. Rxb7
Qe5 21. Qxe5 Nxe5 22. Rfb1 O-O 23. h3 Rfd8 24. Rc7 Rdc8 25. Rbb7 Rxc7 26. Rxc7
a6 27. Bf4 Ng6 28. Bd6 e5 29. Ne2 Be6 30. Ng3 Rc8 31. Nxe4 Rxc7 32. Bxc7 Bf5
33. f3 f6 34. c4 Ne7 35. Kf2 Kf8 36. Ke3 Ke8 37. f4 exf4+ 38. Bxf4 Bxe4 39.
Kxe4 Kd7 40. Bd2 Ke6 41. Kd4 Nf5+ 42. Kc5 Nd6 43. Bf4 Ne4+ 44. Kb6 g5 45. Bh2
Nd2 46. c5 Nc4+ 47. Kb7 Kd5 48. c6 Na5+ 49. Kxa6 Nxc6 50. Kb6 f5 51. a4 h4 52.
Bg1 g4 53. Be3 Ne5 54. Bg5 g3 55. Kb5 Nc4 56. Kb4 Nd6 57. a5 Kc6 58. Bxh4 f4
59. Bg5 f3 60. gxf3 g2 61. Be3 Nf5 62. Bf2 Nh4 63. f4 Nf3 64. f5 g1=Q 65. Bxg1
Nxg1 66. f6 Kd7 67. f7 Ke7 68. a6 1-0

[Event "Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "2001.10.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2001.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nge2 c6 6. Ng3 d6 7. Bd3 (7. Be2)
7... Nbd7 8. O-O e5 9. d5 cxd5 10. cxd5 {This may also arise via 4...d6 5.Bd3
0-0 6.Nge2 c6 7.0-0 e5 8.d5 cxd5 9.cxd5 Nbd7 10.Ng3} a6 (10... Nc5 11. Bc2 a5 (
11... Bd7 {allows} 12. b4 {and the N is passive on the edge of the board.} Na6
13. a3 Rc8 14. Bd2 Ng4 15. h3 Nh6 16. Rc1 f5 {The white N is not doing much on
g3, but against f5 he stands on the ideal square.} 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Nh5 $14 {
Kekelidze-Kottke, Boeblingen 1996}) 12. Rb1 Bd7 13. a3 {/\ b4} Ne8 (13... a4
14. Be3 Qa5 (14... b5 15. f3 Qa5 16. Na2 {/\ Nb4 >< c6}) 15. h3 {White
sometimes can change the course of the game and open lines on the >> by f2-f4.}
h5 (15... Rac8 $5 16. Qd2 Rfe8 17. f4 exf4 18. Bxf4 $36 {>< d6}) 16. Kh1 (16.
Qd2 Rac8 17. f4 exf4 18. Bxf4 Rfe8 19. Bh6 (19. Bxd6 $6 {falls into the trap
after} Ncxe4 $1) 19... Bh8 20. Qf4 $40) 16... b5 17. f4 h4 18. fxe5 $16 (18.
Nf5 $4 {This is hard to understand.} gxf5 19. exf5 e4 $19 {Hawelko-Sznapik,
Polanica Zdroj 1984})) 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4 Na6 16. Bd2 {White wants to react
on f5 by exf5 and f4, but the c3 N has to be defended.} (16. Be3 f5 17. exf5
gxf5) 16... h5 (16... f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Nh5 Bh8 19. f4 $14) 17. Ba4 Rc8 (
17... Bxa4 18. Nxa4 h4 19. Ne2 f5 20. exf5 gxf5 21. f4 e4 22. Be3 $14 {
invading >< d4.}) 18. Bxd7 Qxd7 19. Na4 $1 (19. Qa4 Qe7 {Black certainly wants
to avoid the _|_.} 20. Rbc1 h4 21. Nge2 f5 22. f3 Bf6 $13 {/\ Bg5,
Semkov-Siepelt, Wuerzburg 1991.}) 19... Qb5 20. Be3 $14) (10... Ne8 11. Be3 Nc5
12. Bc2 f5 13. exf5 gxf5 $1 {is again met by the standard} 14. f4 e4 {This
allows White to conquer >< d4.} 15. Bd4 {White has to keep control over >< d4
and e3.} Nf6 16. b4 Na6 17. a3 $14 {Hebden-Djurhuus, Gausdal 1987}) 11. b4 (11.
Bd2 h5 {This is the point of Black's counterplay.} ({playing on the << by} 
11... b5 $6 {is a wrong strategy because of} 12. b4 $16 {/\ a4}) 12. h3 Nh7 13.
Rb1 Ndf6 {/\ h4, Nh5 with some pressure on the dark squares.} (13... h4 14.
Nge2 f5 15. exf5 gxf5 16. f4 e4 17. Bc2 b5 18. Be3 b4 19. Na4 $14) (13... Bf6
$5 {/\ Bg5 deserves attention, as we will see it later.}) 14. Be3 h4 15. Nge2
Nh5 16. Qd2 (16. Na4 f5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Nb6 Rb8 $13) 16... Bd7 (16... f5 17.
exf5 gxf5 18. f4 e4 19. Bc2 $14) 17. b4 f5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. f4 e4 20. Bc2 Rc8
21. Rfc1 Kh8 22. Bb3 $14 {Pinter-Kozul, Pula 1999}) (11. a4 h5 12. Bg5 {
This only helps Black to realize his plan.} (12. h3 $5) 12... Qe8 {Here we see
the bright side of a6 against Nb5.} 13. f3 Nh7 14. Be3 h4 (14... Qe7 $5 {
/\ Bf6-g5 is a good positional plan to keep control over the dark squares.})
15. Nge2 (15. Nh1 {This is a bit sophysticated.} f5 16. Nf2 Ndf6 17. a5 Nh5
$132 {Lida Garcia-Llanos, Buenos Aires 1996}) 15... f5 16. exf5 gxf5 17. f4 $14
) (11. h3 h5 12. Bg5 {This is again running into} Qe8 {/\ Nh7} 13. Qd2 Nh7 14.
Be3 Qe7 15. Rae1 Bf6 16. Rc1 Bg5 $132 {and the exchange of the dark-squared B
is favourable for Black, Pinter-Poldauf, Dortmund 1998.}) 11... h5 (11... a5 $6
{Black is playing on the wrong flank weakening only his own position.} 12. Ba3
axb4 13. Bxb4 Ne8 14. Qe2 h5 15. Rfc1 h4 16. Nf1 Bh6 17. Rc2 Ndf6 18. Bb5 $14 {
and the white pieces are very active on the <<, Efimov-Berthelot, France 1999.}
) 12. Bg5 (12. h3 Nh7 13. Be3 {is again met by the typical} Bf6 {/\ Bg5} (13...
Ndf6 {/\ h4, Nh5 is the other major plan.})) 12... Qe8 13. Qd2 Nh7 14. Be3 (14.
Bh6 $6 {exchanging the good B deliberately is against the rules.} Bxh6 15. Qxh6
Qe7) 14... Ndf6 {/\ h4, Nh5} (14... Qe7 {/\ Bf6-g5 deserved attention.}) 15. h3
h4 16. Nge2 Nh5 17. Rac1 (17. a4 {is the other method to continue the advance
on the <<.} f5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. f4 $14) 17... Bd7 ({The immediate} 17... f5 {
is always countered by} 18. exf5 gxf5 19. f4 $14) (17... Kh8 18. b5 $14) 18.
Bb1 $6 {The B is simply worse here than on d3!} (18. a4 {was an interesting
positional P sacrifice, for example:} Bxa4 (18... f5 19. exf5 gxf5 20. f4 $14)
19. Nxa4 Qxa4 20. Rc7 Rfb8 21. Rfc1 $44) (18. b5 {is less impressive because of
} axb5 19. Rb1 f5 20. exf5 gxf5 21. f4 exf4 $1 {and the N on c3 is hanging.})
18... Kh8 {Black has still some preparatory moves.} (18... f5 {is still
premature in view of the typical} 19. exf5 gxf5 20. f4) 19. Kh2 {White cannot
find a healthy move to improve his position. He is only waiting on f5.} f5 20.
exf5 gxf5 21. f4 Rg8 22. fxe5 (22. Rf3) 22... Bxe5+ {Now we see the problems
caused by the K move.} 23. Nf4 N7f6 24. Kg1 Rg7 25. Rf2 (25. Nce2 Ne4 26. Bxe4
fxe4) 25... Ng3 {The black pieces invade the weakened squares.} 26. Bd4 Nfh5
27. Bxe5 (27. Re1 {may lead to interesting complications, for example:} Nxf4 (
27... Bxd4 $2 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Nxh5 $16) 28. Rxf4 Bxf4 $1 {This is the point!
} 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Qxf4 (30. Qf2 $2 Be5 $17) 30... Re1+ 31. Kf2 Rf1+ 32. Ke3
Rxf4 33. Bxg7+ Kxg7 34. Kxf4 Kf6 $15) 27... dxe5 28. Ne6 Bxe6 29. Qh6+ Kg8 30.
Qxe6+ Qxe6 31. dxe6 Nf4 {The _|_ looks better for Black mainly because of his
active pieces.} 32. Re1 Rc8 33. Na4 (33. Rxf4 {is a try to take the |^, but an
exchange is a heavy price for that.} exf4 (33... Rxc3 34. Rxh4) 34. Nd5 Ne4 35.
Bxe4 fxe4 36. Rxe4 (36. Nxf4 Rc4 $17) 36... f3 $17) 33... Nxe6 34. Bxf5 Nxf5
35. Rxf5 Rc2 36. Rf2 Rxf2 37. Kxf2 Nf4 38. Rg1 {This looks rather passive.} (
38. Kf3 Rg3+ 39. Ke4 Nxg2 $17 {wins the P, but White has at least some
activity.}) 38... Rg3 39. Nc5 Kg7 40. Nxb7 (40. a4) 40... e4 {The o^ e will
decide the game, White's pieces lack any of harmony.} 41. Nc5 e3+ 42. Kf1 {
The R on g1 is pathetic.} Rg6 43. a4 Rd6 44. Ke1 Rd2 0-1

[Event "Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "2001.10.07"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2001.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 a5 11. Ne2 a4 12. a3 Ne7 13. Ng3 c5 14. Re1 h6
15. Nh5 Bf5 16. c3 Nd5 17. g4 Be6 18. Nh4 g6 19. Nf6+ Nxf6 20. exf6 Kd7 21. Nf3
Re8 22. Bf4 Bd6 23. Rad1 Bb3 24. Rd2 g5 25. Bg3 Rxe1+ 26. Nxe1 Ke6 27. Ng2 Bxg3
28. fxg3 Kxf6 29. Ne3 Rc8 30. Nf5 Be6 31. Rf2 Rd8 32. Nxh6+ Kg6 33. Nf5 Rd1+
34. Kh2 Re1 35. Ne7+ Kh7 36. Rd2 Bxg4 37. hxg4 Rxe7 {[#] Lavieren und
feldweises Erkämpfen von Raum. Zugzwangmotive, schlechte weiße Bauernstruktur
und der ideelle Mehrbauer führen schließlich zu entscheidendem Bauerngewinn.}
38. Kg2 Kg6 39. Kf2 Re6 40. Kf3 (40. Rd7 $142 Rb6 41. Rxc7 Rxb2+ 42. Kf3 Rb3
43. Rxc5 Rxa3 44. Ke4 Rb3 $19 {[%csl Rg3,Rg4][%cal Yb7b5,Yb5b4,Yb3g3]}) 40...
Rd6 41. Re2 Rd3+ 42. Kf2 Kf6 43. Kg2 Rd6 44. Kf3 b6 45. Kf2 Re6 46. Rd2 Rd6 47.
Re2 Re6 48. Rd2 Ke7 49. Kf3 Rd6 50. Rg2 Ke6 {[%cal Re6d5,Rd5c4,Rc4b3]} 51. Ke4
Rd1 52. Re2 f6 53. Rg2 Re1+ 54. Kd3 Ke5 {[%cal Re1e4,Re4g4]} 55. Rf2 Rg1 56.
Re2+ Kd6 57. Re3 Rg2 58. Rf3 Ke6 59. Re3+ Kf7 {Am Ziel. Weiß ist ausgespielt
und versucht in der Folge unter radikalem Einsatz von König und Turm noch zu
Dauerschach oder gar Matt zu kommen.} 60. Kc4 Rxb2 61. Kd5 Rb3 62. Kc6 Rxa3 63.
Kd7 b5 64. Re7+ Kg6 65. Ke8 Rxc3 66. Kf8 {[%cal Rf8g8,Re7g7]} Rd3 $1 (66...
Rxg3 $2 67. Rg7+ $1 (67. Kg8 Rxg4 $19) 67... Kh6 68. Kf7 Rxg4 69. Rg8 $1 Kh7
70. Rg7+ Kh6 71. Rg8 $11) (66... f5 $2 67. Re6+ Kh7 68. Re7+ $11 Kh8 $4 69. Re2
Kh7 70. Kf7 $18) 67. Rg7+ Kh6 68. Rxc7 a3 69. Kf7 a2 70. Ra7 Rd7+ (70... Rd2
71. Ra8 Kh7 72. Kxf6 b4 73. Ra7+ (73. Kxg5 b3 $19) 73... Kh6 74. Ra8 Rf2+ $19)
71. Rxd7 a1=Q 72. Rd2 Qa7+ 73. Kxf6 Qg7+ 0-1

[Event "WchT 5th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2001.10.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[PlyCount "185"]
[EventDate "2001.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 c6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. b3 Nd7 5. Bb2 Ngf6 6. O-O e6 7. c4 Bd6 8. d4
Bxf3 9. exf3 O-O 10. f4 dxc4 11. bxc4 c5 12. Nd2 cxd4 13. Nb3 Qc7 14. Nxd4 a6
15. Rc1 Rad8 16. Qf3 Nc5 17. Nb3 Nfd7 18. Rfd1 e5 19. fxe5 Bxe5 20. Ba3 b6 21.
Qc6 Rc8 22. Qxc7 Rxc7 23. Rd5 Bf6 24. Rcd1 Rb8 25. Bh3 Ne5 26. Nxc5 bxc5 27.
Rxc5 Rxc5 28. Bxc5 Nxc4 29. Bf1 Nb2 30. Rd7 a5 31. Kg2 g6 32. Be2 Kg7 33. Be3
Rc8 34. Ra7 Bc3 35. Bg4 Re8 36. Rc7 Bf6 37. Rc5 h5 38. Be2 a4 39. h3 Rd8 40.
Rc2 a3 41. Kf1 Rd7 42. Bc5 Be7 43. Bb6 Bf6 44. Rc7 Rxc7 45. Bxc7 Be7 46. f4 f6
47. Kf2 Bc5+ 48. Kf3 Kf7 49. Bb5 Nd1 50. Ba5 f5 51. Be1 Ke7 52. Ke2 Nb2 53. Bc3
Bd6 54. h4 Bc5 55. Be5 Bb4 56. Bd4 Kf7 57. Bc6 Ke7 58. Bd5 Ke8 59. Bf6 Kf8 60.
Bb3 Ke8 61. Bd4 Ke7 62. Be3 Ke8 63. Bd2 Bc5 64. Bc3 Ke7 65. Kd2 Ke8 66. Kc2 Ke7
67. Be1 Ke8 68. Kc3 Ke7 69. Bd2 Bf2 70. Kc2 Bc5 71. Bd5 Na4 72. Be1 Nb6 73. Bg8
Nd7 74. Kb3 Nf6 75. Bc4 Ne4 76. Ka4 Ke8 77. Kb5 Bd4 78. Kc6 Bc3 79. Bxc3 Nxc3
80. Kc5 Ne4+ 81. Kb4 Nxg3 82. Kxa3 Kd7 83. Kb4 Kc6 84. a4 Ne4 85. a5 Nf2 86.
Bf1 Kb7 87. Kc5 Ng4 88. Kd4 Nh2 89. Be2 Ka7 90. Ke5 Ng4+ 91. Ke6 Ne3 92. Kf6
Nd5+ 93. Kg5 1-0

[Event "WchT 5th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2001.10.13"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Vera Gonzalez Quevedo, Reynaldo"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2001.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cuba"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CUB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. Qe2 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O b5 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 Nb4 13. Bb1 Nbd5 14. Rc1 Rc8
15. a3 Qe7 16. b4 Bd6 17. Bd3 h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 5th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2001.10.14"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Safin, Shukhrat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2001.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Uzbekistan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UZB"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. Rb1 Nd7 13. h3 Bh5 14. Rb5 Nb6
15. c4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 dxc4 17. Bc2 Qd7 18. a4 Rfe8 19. Bf5 Qc7 20. Be4 (20. a5
Qc6 21. Bxh7+ (21. Qxc6 bxc6 22. Rb2 c3 23. Rc2 Nd5 24. Bd7 Red8 25. Bxc6 Nb4
26. Rxc3 Rac8 27. d5 Nxd5 28. Rc4 Nb4 {1/2-1/2 Nataf,I-Schandorff,L/Esbjerg
DEN 2001/(28)}) 21... Kxh7 22. Qh5+ Kg8 23. axb6 axb6 24. Be3 Ra5 25. Rxa5 bxa5
26. Qxa5 b5 $17 {0-1 Sadvakasov,D-Vakhidov,T/Calcutta IND 2001/(32)}) 20... a6
21. Rg5 $1 Rxe4 $1 (21... Nxa4 $4 22. Rxg7+ Kxg7 23. Bh6+ Kxh6 24. Qf6+ Kh5 25.
g4#) (21... g6 22. Bxb7 Ra7 23. Bc6 Rc8 24. d5 $16) 22. Qxe4 Nxa4 23. Re1 g6 (
23... Rc8 $2 24. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 25. Qg4+ Kh8 26. Bg5 $1 Bh2+ 27. Kh1 Qc6 28. d5
$18) 24. h4 Nc3 (24... Rd8 25. h5 b5 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Rxg6+ fxg6 28. Qxg6+ Qg7
29. Qe6+ Qf7 30. Qg4+ Qg7 31. Qe6+ $11) 25. Qf3 Na2 $1 (25... Nb5 26. d5 (26.
h5 Nxd4 27. Qf6 Qd8 $1)) 26. Ba3 Nb4 27. h5 Nd3 (27... Bh2+ 28. Kh1 Nd3 29. Re4
(29. Re2 Qf4 30. Qxb7 Rb8) 29... Bd6) 28. hxg6 hxg6 (28... fxg6 29. Re6 Bh2+
30. Kf1 (30. Kh1 Qf4) 30... Qf7 31. Rf6 Re8 32. g3 $18) (28... Bh2+ 29. Kf1 (
29. Kh1 hxg6 30. Qf6 Nxe1 31. Rh5 gxh5 32. Qg5+ $11) 29... fxg6 (29... hxg6 30.
Qd5 Qc6 31. Qxc6 bxc6 32. Re7)) 29. Bxd6 Qxd6 30. Re4 Rd8 (30... Kg7 31. Rg3
Rh8 $17) 31. Rg3 b5 $2 (31... Qc6 $1 32. Qg4 (32. Rh3 f5) 32... Kg7 33. Rh3 Rd5
) 32. Rh3 $40 Kg7 33. Qe3 $1 $18 Qf6 34. Qh6+ Kg8 35. Qh7+ Kf8 36. Qh8+ Qxh8
37. Rxh8+ Kg7 38. Rxd8 b4 39. d5 c3 40. Rc8 1-0

[Event "WchT 5th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2001.10.16"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2001.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. c3 Bg7 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 O-O 14. Nce3
Be6 (14... Bg6 {The move played by Leko succefully last year. In this
encounter the hungarian GM goes for the more principled main line.} 15. h4 Be4
{Thanks to this maneuver 14. ... Bg6 gained back some popularity.} 16. a4 Bxd5
17. Nxd5 b4 18. cxb4 Kh8 19. Rc1 Ne7 20. Bc4 f5 21. Rh3 $1 {and although Black
has some compensation, it is probably not enough and White has better chances,
1/2-1/2 Ponomariov-Rogozenko/Istanbul (ol) 2000/ (56)}) 15. Bd3 f5 16. Qh5 e4
17. Bc2 Ne7 18. Rd1 {Ponomariov's pet line.} b4 $5 {I found this move only in
one game, where Black solved successfully his opening problems.} (18... Ng6 19.
f4 (19. g4 $5) 19... exf3 20. gxf3 Qd7 21. O-O Qf7 22. f4 Rac8 23. Rf3 $1 $36 {
1-0 Ponomariov,R-Eljanov,P/Kharkov RUS 2001 (32)}) (18... Rc8 {[%cal Gc8c5]})
19. O-O {If White's reaction to the advance b5-b4 is short castle, then
Black's position chould be okay.} (19. cxb4 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Bxb2 21. O-O Be5 22.
Kh1 Kh8 23. f3 Rc8 24. Bb1 Bf7 25. Qh6 exf3 26. gxf3 Bxd5 27. Rxd5 Rc4 $132 {
1/2-1/2 Goloshchapov,A-Volzhin,A/Moscow 1999 (38)}) (19. Nxb4 {Most principled
answer, which needs practical tests. A possible line would be:} a5 (19... d5 $2
20. Bb3) (19... Rb8 $5) 20. Nbd5 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Rb8 22. Bb3 a4 (22... Qd7 23.
Rd2) 23. Bxa4 Rxb2 24. Bb3 Bxd5 25. Bxd5+ Kh8 26. O-O Bxc3 27. Be6 Rb5 28. Rb1
$1 Rxb1 (28... Re5 $4 29. Rb7 $18) (28... Qb6 $4 29. Bxf5) 29. Rxb1 $14) 19...
bxc3 20. bxc3 Kh8 (20... Rc8 $11) 21. g3 (21. f4 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Rc8 $132) (21.
f3 $5) 21... Rc8 22. Bb3 Bf7 23. Qe2 Bxd5 24. Nxd5 Nxd5 25. Bxd5 a5 26. c4 Rb8
$11 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 5th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2001.10.18"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Nedev, Trajce"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2001.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Macedonia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MKD"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nd2 {Other theoretical lines are: 9.Nc3, 9.b3, 9.g3.} d5 {Besides
black has several options:9...a5, 9...Qe6, 9...Bb7.As well as 9...d6 which
leads to an identical position, as in the game, since white takes on d6 anyway.
} 10. exd6 cxd6 11. Ne4 {The more popular line is 11.b3. For example see the
game Hector,J-Wedberg,T /SWE-ch Linkoping 2001/CBM 85 [Postny]} Qe6 $146 (11...
Be6 12. Bf4 Nxc4 13. b3 Bd5 14. bxc4 Bxe4 15. Rd1 O-O-O 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Rxd6
Bxd6 18. Qxe4 Rhe8 19. Qxe8 Bb4+ 20. Ke2 Rxe8+ 21. Kf3 Rd8 $15 {0-1 Weir,
P-Sarapu,O/Auckland 1979/EXT 98 (42)}) 12. b3 (12. Ng5 $142 Qxe2+ 13. Bxe2)
12... d5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 (13... cxd5 14. Ng5 Bb4+ 15. Bd2 Bxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Qxe2+
17. Bxe2 O-O 18. Nf3 $14 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Yf3d4]}) 14. Ng5 Qxe2+ ({After} 14...
Bb4+ 15. Bd2 {the position will be exactly as in the game itself, just with
different moves order.}) 15. Bxe2 Bb4+ 16. Bd2 Bxd2+ 17. Kxd2 O-O {White has
superior pawn structure, however black's position is not worse, since white's
pieces are not coordinated.} 18. Bf3 (18. Bc4 Rd8 19. Rhe1 Nb6+ 20. Kc3 Nxc4
$15) 18... Rd8 19. Kc2 a5 ({Possible was} 19... Bf5+ 20. Be4 Nb4+ 21. Kc3 Bxe4
22. Nxe4 a5) 20. Rhd1 Bf5+ 21. Be4 Bxe4+ 22. Nxe4 a4 23. a3 (23. Nc3 $2 Nb4+)
23... axb3+ 24. Kxb3 Rdb8+ 25. Kc2 Ra4 {Black's pieces are very active. White
has to exchange as more pieces as possible.} 26. Nd2 g6 27. g3 Rb5 28. Rdc1 ({
Possible as well is} 28. Rdb1 Rc5+ 29. Kb2) 28... Rd4 29. Nb3 Re4 30. Kb2 Nb6
31. Rc2 (31. Rxc6 $6 Na4+ 32. Kc2 Re2+ 33. Kd3 Rxf2) 31... c5 (31... Na4+ $6
32. Ka2 c5 33. Rac1) 32. Ka2 c4 33. Nc1 Nd5 ({Deserved attention} 33... Na4 {
threatening 34...Rb2 35.Rb2 Nc3#} 34. Rb1 $8 Rxb1 35. Kxb1 g5 {[%csl Rh2]
preventing the advance h2-h4. After} 36. Na2 {white is solving his problems.})
34. Rb1 {White's dream in this position is the pawns endgame, so every
exchange would be in his favour.} Ra5 35. Rb8+ Kg7 36. Kb2 c3+ 37. Kb3 Re1 (
37... Rea4 38. Ra2) 38. a4 Re4 39. Ra2 g5 {[%csl Rh2] fixing the Ph2.} 40. Nd3
Rd4 41. Nb4 Rd2 (41... Rd1 42. Kc2 Rd2+ 43. Kb3 {The same position arised in
the game with white's turn to move, however I don't see how black can exploit
this tempo.}) 42. Rxd2 cxd2 43. Kc2 Nc7 (43... Rxa4 44. Nxd5 d1=Q+ 45. Kxd1
Rd4+ $11) 44. Kxd2 Rxa4 45. h3 $2 {A bad move, which gives black some chances
in this completely drawish position.} (45. Nc2 $11) 45... Ra1 {[%csl Rh3]} 46.
Ke2 {This is also an inaccuracy.} (46. Rb7 $142 Ne6 47. Nd3 {[%csl Rf7][%cal
Gd3e5]} Kf6 48. Rb4 {[%cal Gh3h4]} Rh1 49. h4) 46... Rh1 47. Rb7 Ne6 48. Nd3
Kf6 49. Rb6 Rxh3 50. Nc5 {The knights exchange will increase a lot white's
chances for a draw.} h5 51. Kf3 Rh2 {52...Rh1 was a bit more precise, but it
does not change the evaluation of course-the endgame is drawish if white does
not make any serious mistakes...} 52. Nxe6 fxe6 53. Rb1 Kf5 54. Rb5+ e5 55. Ra5
Rh1 56. Ra8 e4+ 57. Kg2 Rd1 58. Ra5+ Kg4 59. Ra4 Kf5 (59... Re1 $6 60. f3+ Kf5
61. Ra5+ Kf6 62. Kf2 $11) 60. Ra5+ Kf6 61. Ra6+ Ke5 {Otherwise black's K can
not escape from the checks.} 62. Rh6 Rd2 {[%cal Ge4e3]} 63. Rh8 $1 {The most
precise move.} Kf5 64. Rf8+ Ke5 65. Rg8 Kd4 {[%cal Ge4e3]} 66. Kf1 g4 67. Rd8+
Kc3 68. Rc8+ Kd3 69. Rd8+ Kc2 70. Rc8+ Kd1 71. Rc4 {White is going to level
the number of pawns, so it's time to offer a draw...} Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 5th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2001.10.19"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2001.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Nb5 (7. Qg4 Ne7
8. bxa5 dxc3 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 Nbc6 11. Nf3 {leads to more complicated game}
) 7... Bc7 8. f4 Bd7 9. Nxc7+ {Eliminate one of the best defender} Qxc7 10. Bd3
a6 11. Nf3 Nh6 12. Bb2 $5 {[%mdl 4]} ({In the case of} 12. O-O Bb5 $1 13. Bxb5+
axb5 14. Qd3 Nc6 15. Qxb5 Qd7 16. Qc5 (16. Ng5 f6 17. Nf3 O-O 18. Bb2 fxe5 19.
fxe5 Nf5 20. Qd3 h6 21. Bxd4 Nfxd4 22. Nxd4 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Nxd4 24. Qxd4 Rxa3
25. c4 {1/2-1/2 Bichsel,W-Hug,W/SUI-chT 1994 (25)}) 16... Rc8 {Black got good
counterplay, for example} 17. Re1 Nf5 18. Qb6 h5 19. Re2 O-O 20. Bb2 Nce7 21.
Nxd4 Rc4 $44 {0-1 Almasi,Z-Hug,W/Altensteig 1994 (28)}) ({Worth considering and
} 12. a4 $5 {with possible continuation} Nf5 13. Qd2 Nc6 14. Bb2 O-O (14... Qb6
15. b5 axb5 16. axb5 Rxa1+ 17. Bxa1 Qa5 18. bxc6 Qxa1+ 19. Kf2 Qxh1 20. cxd7+
Kxd7 21. Bxf5 exf5 22. e6+ fxe6 23. Ne5+ Kc8 24. Qxd4 Rd8 25. Qc5+ Kb8 26. Qb6
Kc8 27. Qxe6+ Kc7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Atlas,V-Kindermann,S/Ptuj (zt) 1995/Inf 63/ (31)
}) 15. Bxf5 (15. O-O $5 Ne3 16. Rfb1 Nc4 17. Bxh7+ $1 Kh8 18. Qf2 g6 19. Qh4
Kg7 20. Ng5 Rh8 21. Rf1 $40 {1-0 Zezulkin,J-Ribic,K/Oberliga Nord O9899 1999 
(29)}) 15... exf5 16. Bxd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 f6 18. Nf3 fxe5 19. Nxe5 d4 20. O-O
Rad8 21. Nf3 {Almasi,Z-Lputian,S/Pula 1997/1-0 (44) with white's advantage})
12... Ba4 $146 {Novelty} ({After} 12... O-O 13. Ng5 f5 14. exf6 Rxf6 15. O-O {
white's attack on >> is quite dangerous-} Nc6 16. Nxh7 Rxf4 17. Qh5 Qe5 18. Ng5
Be8 19. Bh7+ Kh8 20. Bg6 Bxg6 21. Qxg6 Qf5 22. Qxf5 Rxf5 23. Nxe6 $14 {1/2-1/2
Minasian,A-Lputian,S/EU Cup Gr1 Yerevan 1997/EXT 2001 (49)}) ({Black could
exchange bishops} 12... Bb5 {but he must pay price for it-} 13. Bxb5+ axb5 14.
Nxd4 {[%csl Rb5]} Qc4 15. Qd3 $16) 13. Bxd4 (13. Nxd4 Nc6 14. O-O O-O $13)
13... Bb5 {This is an idea of Vaganian's strategy- d4 square occupied by
bishop and White can't win pawn so quickly.But, unfortunately for Black, White
keep advantage any case.} 14. O-O (14. Bxb5+ axb5 15. Bc5 b6 16. Bd6 $140 Qc3+)
14... Nf5 15. Bf2 h5 (15... O-O 16. g4 Bxd3 (16... Ne7 17. Bxb5 axb5 18. Bc5
Nbc6 19. Qd3 $16) 17. cxd3 {[%cal Ga1c1]}) 16. Ng5 $5 {Even stronger than} (16.
a4 Bxd3 17. cxd3 Qd7 18. Qd2 $36 {also with good game}) 16... Bxd3 $6 {Open
c<-> what is clearly to white's fvour. Vaganian had to play} (16... Nc6 $5 {
and in the case of} 17. Bxb5 axb5 18. Qd3 Qd7 19. Qxb5 $140 Nxe5 $13 {with
complicated game.}) 17. cxd3 Nc6 18. Rc1 Qd8 (18... Qd7 $5) 19. Re1 Rc8 20. Bc5
$16 {[%csl Re8,Rh8] White's advantage is obvious thank's to bad position of
black monarch.} Ncd4 21. h3 b6 (21... h4 $142) 22. Bxd4 Nxd4 23. Rxc8 Qxc8 24.
Qa1 $1 Nf5 (24... Nc6 25. Rc1 {[%cal Gc1c8]}) 25. Rc1 Qd7 26. Qc3 {Ponomariov
keeps control on c <->, his pieces are more active, but Black still has some
defensive chances.} O-O {Better later than never!} 27. Qc6 Qd8 (27... Qxc6 28.
Rxc6 Rb8 29. Rc7 Rf8 30. Kf2 $18) 28. Qb7 Nd4 29. Kf2 Qb8 $8 30. Rc7 (30. Qxb8
$5 Rxb8 31. Rc7 f6 $140 $6 32. exf6 gxf6 33. Nh7 $18) 30... Qxb7 31. Rxb7 {
[%mdl 4096]} b5 ({Maybe} 31... f6 32. exf6 gxf6 (32... Rxf6 33. Rxb6 Rxf4+ 34.
Ke3 e5 35. Rxa6 $18) 33. Nf3 Nxf3 34. Kxf3 $16 {was the smallest evil.}) 32.
Ra7 h4 $5 (32... f6 33. exf6 Rxf6 34. Ke3 Nf5+ 35. Kd2 Nd4 36. Ra8+ $1 Rf8 37.
Rxa6 Rxf4 38. Nxe6 $18) 33. Ke3 ({Worth considering} 33. Nf3 $5 {and rook
ending will be very difficult for black.}) 33... Nf5+ 34. Kf3 g6 (34... Nd4+
35. Kg4 f6 36. Nf3 $18) 35. Kg4 Ne3+ $8 36. Kxh4 Nxg2+ 37. Kg3 Ne1 (37... Ne3
$5 38. Rxa6 Nf5+) 38. Rxa6 Nxd3 39. Ra7 Rc8 ({I have feeling that} 39... Nb2 $5
40. Rb7 d4 {could be last real chance for Black, for example} 41. Rxb5 d3 42.
Ne4 Nc4 43. a4 $16) 40. Nxf7 Rc4 (40... Rc3 41. Kg4) 41. Nh6+ (41. Nd6 $1 Rxf4
42. Re7) 41... Kh8 42. Rf7 g5 (42... Rc3 43. Kg4 Rxa3 44. Kg5 $18 {[%csl Gg5]})
43. fxg5 Nxe5 44. Rf6 Kg7 (44... Rc3+ $5) 45. Rxe6 Rc3+ 46. Kf4 $18 Ng6+ 47.
Kf5 Rf3+ 48. Kg4 Rxa3 49. Nf5+ Kh7 50. h4 {Rest is simple} Rb3 51. h5 Rxb4+ 52.
Kg3 Rb3+ 53. Kf2 Rb2+ 54. Ke1 Nf8 55. Rf6 Rg2 56. Rf7+ Kg8 57. Nh6+ 1-0

[Event "WchT 5th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2001.10.20"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2001.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

{[%mdl 2] This game brought Ukraine the World Team Championship gold.} 1. d4 d5
2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 {The QGA has gained a
solid reputation over the last years, mainly due to Anand.} 7. Bb3 {One of the
most topical alternatives, played by the likes of Kasparov and Kramnik.} (7.
Qe2 b5 8. Bb3 Bb7 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Nc3 Qb8 11. d5 Nxd5 (11... c4 $5) 12. Nxd5
exd5 13. Bxd5 Bxd5 14. Rxd5 Qb7 15. e4 Be7 $11 {is the older main line, which
however doesn't promise White much and is gradually disappearing from the
scenes.}) (7. dxc5 {is an attempt to use the extra tempo in a symmetrical
position without queens. Although Kramnik caused even Kasparov serious
problems with this approach in the London 2000 match (Game 4), later good
antidotes have been found:} Bxc5 $5 (7... Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 O-O (9...
Nbd7 10. Be2 b6 11. Nb3 Be7 12. Nfd4 Bb7 13. f3 O-O 14. e4 Rfc8 15. Be3 Kf8 16.
Nd2 Ne5 17. N4b3 Rc6 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. Rxc6 Rxc6 20. g4 h6 21. h4 Bc8 22. g5
hxg5 23. hxg5 $36 {Kramnik,V-Kasparov,G/London BGN WCh/2000/}) 10. Be2 Rd8 $1
11. Ne5 Be7 12. b3 Nd5 13. Bb2 f6 14. Nd3 Nc6 15. e4 Nb6 16. e5 f5 17. Rac1 Bd7
18. Nf3 $11 {1/2,Kramnik,V-Kasparov,G/Moscow Botvinnik mem/2001/}) 8. Qxd8+
Kxd8 9. Nbd2 Ke7 10. Be2 Nc6 11. b3 Rd8 12. Bb2 b6 13. Rfd1 Bb7 14. Ne1 Kf8 $1
15. Nd3 Be7 16. Nc4 b5 17. Nce5 $11 {1/2,Lputian,S-Ponomariov,R/EU-ch Ohrid/
2001/}) 7... b5 $5 {Ambitious, Black ignores development and continues his
plan. If he can get away with it, this move may well replace the more popular}
(7... Nc6 8. Nc3 cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 {Black wants to castle first and only later
fianchetto his Bc8, the central break doesn't promise White much either
immediately, or after preparation:} {A later try was} 10. Bg5 (10. a3 O-O 11.
Bf4 Na5 12. Ba2 b5 13. d5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Bb7 16. Bxb7 Nxb7 17. Ne5
Qxd1 18. Rfxd1 Rfe8 19. Nd7 Nc5 20. Nb6 Rad8 21. Nd5 Bf8 $11 {Tkachiev,
V-Ponomariov,R/Enghien les Bains/ 1999/ leads to a rather sterile position.
The main attempts to broaden White's horizons were undertaken by Kramnik:}) (
10. Re1 O-O 11. h4 $5 Na5 12. Bc2 b5 13. Qd3 Bb7 14. h5 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Qxd4 16.
Bf4 h6 $1 (16... b4 $2 17. Rad1 Qc4 18. Bd3 Qc6 19. Ne4 Nd5 20. Be5 f5 21. Qg3
Rf7 22. Nd2 Nb7 23. Nf3 Nc5 24. Nd4 Qb6 25. Nxf5 exf5 26. Bc4 Nf6 27. Bc7 {
1-0,Kramnik,V-Huebner,R/Dortmund/2000/}) 17. Rad1 Qc5 18. Qg3 Nxh5 19. Qd3 Qf5
20. Qxf5 exf5 21. Nd5 Nxf4 22. Nxe7+ Kh7 23. g3 Nh5 24. Bxf5+ g6 25. Be4 Rad8
26. Nd5 Kg7 27. Nc7 Nf6 28. Bf3 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Rc8 30. Rc1 Rd8 31. Rd1 Rc8 32.
Rc1 Rd8 33. Rd1 $11 {1/2,Bareev,E-Rublevsky,S/Montecatini Terme/ 2000/}) 10...
O-O 11. Qd2 $5 Na5 12. Bc2 b5 13. Qf4 {Nevertheless, more logical is} Bb7 ({
Interesting is} 13... Ra7 14. Rad1 Rc7 $5 (14... Bb7 $143 $2 {allows the
powerful} 15. d5 $1 Bxd5 16. Nxd5 {Kramnik,V-Anand,V/Dortmund/2001/} {/\} Nxd5
17. Rxd5 $1 exd5 18. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 19. Qh4+ Kg8 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Ng5 $16) {/\}
15. d5 exd5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Rxd5 Rd7 18. Rfd1 Bxc3 19. Rxd7 Bxd7 20. bxc3 Qc8
$132) 14. Rad1 {[%cal Rd4d5] This position is still rare in practice, the
threat of the central pawn advance is quite real:} b4 (14... g6 15. Bh6 Nh5 16.
Qg4 f5 17. Qh3 Rc8 18. d5 $1 b4 19. dxe6 Bd6 20. Rfe1 Re8 21. Ba4 Re7 22. Bd7
bxc3 23. Rxd6 cxb2 24. Bg5 $18 {Tkachiev,V-Lesiege,A/FIDE WCh New Delhi/2000/})
15. d5 $5 bxc3 16. Qh4 h5 (16... h6 $5) 17. dxe6 Qc7 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Qxh5 g6
20. exf7+ Rxf7 21. Qxg6+ Kf8 22. Nd4 $5 (22. Ng5 Bxg5 23. Qxg5 Bxg2 $1 24. Qxg2
Rg7 25. Bg6 Qc6 $15 {Epishin,V-Hort,V/Hoogeveen op/2001/}) 22... Bxd4 23. Rxd4
$44 {->}) ({After} 7... Nbd7 {Black must be ready especially for the dangerous}
8. e4 $5 Nxe4 9. Re1 $36) 8. a4 {Otherwise the game transposes into the
innocuous older main line mentioned above, e.g.} (8. Qe2 Bb7 9. Rd1 Nbd7) 8...
b4 $8 {More or less forced, Black shouldn't open the game while his
development is unfinished.} (8... Bb7 $143 9. axb5 axb5 10. Rxa8 Bxa8 11. Qe2
$36 {[%csl Re8] עe8}) (8... c4 $6 9. Bc2 $14 {[%csl Gd4,Ge3][%cal Re3e4] /+/-,
[+] gives White a free hand in the centre.}) 9. Nbd2 (9. e4 cxd4 10. Nbd2 (10.
e5 $6 Ne4 $1 11. Nxd4 Bb7 $11 {[%cal Ye4c5] /=/+,/\Nc5}) 10... Be7 $1 $11) 9...
Bb7 (9... cxd4 10. exd4 $5 Be7 11. Nc4 Bb7 12. a5 Nbd7 13. Bf4 $1 O-O 14. Re1
Bd5 15. Qd3 Ra7 16. h3 Nb8 17. Nfe5 $14 {|^,Dreev,A-Zifroni,D/EUCup Panormo/
2001/ White has good piece play, as Black has opened the position rather
prematurely.}) ({More interesting is} 9... Be7 $5 10. e4 (10. dxc5 $5 {is
perhaps better.}) 10... cxd4 11. e5 Nfd7 12. Nc4 Nc6 13. Bg5 O-O 14. Bxe7 Qxe7
15. Rc1 Bb7 16. Bc2 Rab8 17. Nxd4 {1/2,Gleizerov,E-Skripchenko Lautier,A/Saint
Vincent op/2001/}) 10. e4 $5 {Kasparov played this in 1997 and it became the
main move. Less energetic is} (10. Qe2 Nbd7 11. a5 Be7 12. Nc4 (12. Ne5 O-O 13.
f4 $6 Qc7 14. Ndf3 Bd5 15. Bxd5 exd5 $15 {Pelletier,Y-Grischuk,A/Biel/2001/})
12... O-O 13. Bd2 Qb8 $1 14. Rfc1 Bd5 15. Ba4 {Huebner,R-Rublevsky,S/Polanica
Zdroj/1996/} Qb7 $1 $11) 10... Be7 $1 {Ponomariov's novelty, we have already
said it's important for Black not to fall too much behind in development.} ({
Very dangerous is the natural} 10... cxd4 $6 11. e5 Nfd7 (11... Nd5 $143 12.
Nc4 Nc6 13. Bg5 Qd7 14. Rc1 h6 15. Bh4 Bc5 16. Nfd2 $1 O-O 17. Ne4 Be7 18. Bg3
Qd8 19. Ncd6 Na5 20. Bc2 b3 21. Bb1 Qb6 22. Qd3 g6 23. Nc5 Bc8 24. h4 $1 $40 {
Kasparov,G-Piket,Je/Tilburg/1997/}) 12. Nc4 Nc6 (12... Nc5 13. Bg5 f6 14. exf6
gxf6 15. Nxd4 $1 $16 {/\} Qd5 16. Nd6+ $1 Qxd6 17. Qh5+ Ke7 18. Nf5+ $1 exf5
19. Qf7+ Kd8 20. Bxf6+ Kc8 21. Rad1 $18) 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. Rc1 Nc5 (14... Bc5 15.
Nxd4 $1 Ndxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Nf3 Qd6 18. Qc2 Ba7 19. Rfd1 Qc7 20. Qe4 O-O
21. Bf4 Qb6 22. Be3 Qa5 23. Ng5 Qf5 24. Qxf5 exf5 25. Bxa7 Rxa7 26. Nxf7 $1 {
Topalov,V-Lautier,J/Monte Carlo rpd/1997/}) 15. Ba2 (15. Bc2 $5) 15... h6 16.
Bf4 g5 17. Bg3 $5 $44 {[%csl Re8] ->,עe8}) ({Nobody has ventured to play} 
10... Nxe4 $2 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Bg5 Qd7 13. Re1 Bd5 14. dxc5 Bxb3 15. Qxb3 $16)
11. e5 (11. dxc5 O-O 12. Qc2 Nfd7 13. Bc4 Nxc5 14. b3 Nc6 15. Bb2 Qc7 16. Rac1
Rfd8 17. Rfe1 Rac8 18. Bf1 Na5 19. Bd4 Qb8 20. Qb2 Bf8 21. Re3 Qa8 22. Qb1 h6
23. h3 Nd7 $15 {Barsov,A-Lautier,J/Bastia act/2001}) 11... Nfd7 {On d5 the N
only gets in the way of the Bb7, here it attacks e5 and also aims for c5 after
the central exchange.} 12. Nc4 O-O 13. Bc2 ({A few weeks earlier Dreev played
the more direct} 13. Nd6 Bxd6 14. exd6 cxd4 15. Bg5 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qxg5 17. Qxa8
Nc5 18. Qf3 Nbd7 19. Rad1 Ne5 20. Qh3 Qf4 21. Rc1 (21. Bc2 $5) 21... Ne4 22.
Bc2 d3 $1 23. Bxd3 Ng5 24. Bxh7+ Nxh7 25. Rfe1 Nd7 26. Qd3 Nhf6 27. h3 $13 {
/=/+,1/2,Dreev,A-Ponomariov,R/EUCup Panormo/2001/}) 13... Nc6 (13... cxd4 14.
Nxd4 $1 (14. Qxd4 b3 $5 15. Bxb3 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nc6 $44) 14... Bd5 15. Ne3 $1
Nxe5 16. Qh5 Ng6 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. Qxd5 exd5 19. Bb3 Bf6 20. Be3 Rd8 21. Rac1
Ne5 22. Rfd1 Nc4 23. Bxc4 dxc4 24. Rxc4 Ra7 25. Rd2 $14 a5 $2 26. Ne6 {1-0,
Dautov,R-Gurevich,D/FIDE-WCh Moscow/2001/}) 14. dxc5 $6 {This allows Black to
effectively deploy his forces.} (14. Qd3 $142 g6 15. Bh6 Re8 {Similar is the
aggressive} 16. Nd6 (16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Qe3 Na5 $5 (17... b3 18. Rad1 $1 $16)
18. Nd6 $5 $44) 16... Bxd6 17. exd6 cxd4 (17... e5 $6 18. Bb3 $1 {->,/\} Nxd4
19. Bxf7+ Kxf7 20. Ng5+ Kf6 21. Nxh7+ Kf7 22. Ng5+ Kf6 {gives White at least a
draw and he can aspire for more with} 23. Qc4 $5) 18. Nxd4 Nce5 19. Qg3 Qb8 20.
Rad1 $44 {[%csl Gc2,Rf6,Rg5,Rg7,Gh6] Although the Pd6 will fall, White has the
^^ and play on the weakened dark squares.}) 14... Nxc5 15. Nd6 b3 $1 {A strong
Zwischenzug.} (15... Nxe5 $2 16. Nxb7 Qxd1 17. Bxd1 $1 $18) 16. Bb1 {Not an
easy choice.} (16. Nxb7 bxc2 17. Qxc2 Qd3 $1 {and}) (16. Bxb3 Bxd6 17. exd6 Nb4
$15 {/\Nb3,Bd5 both win the P back with a pleasant position. Now the Ra1 is
locked out, but the Pb3 can also be weak.}) 16... Qc7 (16... Nxe5 $6 {already
works tactically:} 17. Nxb7 Qxd1 18. Rxd1 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Nxb7 {But White can
try even the more ambitious} 20. Be4 $5 (20. Rd7 Rac8 21. Be4 (21. Be3 Bf6 22.
Rxb7 Bxb2 23. Bxh7+ Kxh7 24. Rb1 $11) 21... Rfd8 22. Rxe7 (22. Rxb7 Rd1+ 23.
Kg2 Bf8 {is similar.}) 22... Rd1+ 23. Kg2 Nc5 24. Bb7 Nxb7 25. Rxb7 Kf8 $11)
20... Rad8 (20... Na5 21. Bxa8 Rxa8 22. Bd2 $14) 21. Rxd8 Nxd8 (21... Rxd8 22.
Bxb7 Rd1+ 23. Kg2 Bg5 24. Bxa6 Rxc1 25. Ra3 $14) 22. Bd2 $44 {[%csl Ra6,Rb3,
Gd2,Ge4][%cal Ra1c1,Rc1c7,Re4d3] /\Bd3,Rc1-c7,׫ and his ^^ forces Black to be
careful.}) 17. Be3 $2 {Shifts the balance in Black's favour.} (17. Nxb7 $6 Qxb7
$17 {[%csl Ra1] צa1}) (17. Bf4 $142 Rad8 (17... Nxe5 $2 18. Bxe5 Bxf3 19. gxf3
Rad8 20. Nc4 $18) (17... Rfd8 18. Nd2 $5 (18. Ng5 Nxe5 $1 19. Bxh7+ Kf8 $15)
18... Nxe5 (18... f5 19. Nxb3 Nxe5 20. Nxc5 Rxd6 21. Qc2 $36 {/\} Rc6 22. Nxe6
$1 $14) 19. Nxb7 Nxb7 20. Be4 $11 {White will shortly regain the P and has
little to fear with his active pieces.}) 18. Ng5 $142 $1 (18. Nd2 Ba8 19. N2c4
$13 (19. Nxb3 $6 Nxb3 20. Qxb3 Nxe5 $15 {simplifies advantageously.})) {
The most solid is} 18... g6 {but this allows White to bail out (if he wants)
with} (18... Bxg5 19. Bxg5 f6 (19... Nxe5 20. Qh5 $1 $14 {wins an exchange.})
20. Qc1 $5 (20. Be3 Nxe5 21. Bxc5 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Qxc5 23. Ne4 $14 {/~~}) 20...
Nxe5 (20... Nd4 21. Qc4 $36) 21. Nxb7 Qxb7 22. Qxc5 Nd7 23. Qe3 $14) (18... h6
19. Qh5 $1 $40) 19. Nxh7 (19. Qc1 $5 $13) 19... Kxh7 20. Qh5+ Kg8 21. Bxg6 fxg6
22. Qxg6+ $11) 17... Nxe5 18. Nxb7 $8 (18. Bxc5 $2 Bxf3 $17 (18... Nxf3+ $5 19.
gxf3 Bd5 $17)) 18... Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 Qxb7 20. Qxb7 Nxb7 21. Be4 Rab8 {[%cal
Yb7c5,Yb7d6] /\Nc5,Nd6} (21... Rfb8 $2 22. Rac1 $1 $16 {and Black can hardly
escape the lethal pin.} (22. Bf4 $143 Bf6)) 22. Ba7 {White must act, otherwise
Black consolidates his extra P.} Nc5 $1 {[%mdl 512] Probably overlooked by
Dreev.} (22... Rbd8 23. Bxb7 Rd7 24. Bxa6 $11 {[%csl Ga6,Ge7] _|_^- leads to a
drawish position.}) 23. Bc6 $6 {The shocked Dreev declines the sacrifice,
although after} (23. Bxb8 Rxb8 24. Bf3 Bf6 25. Rfb1 a5 (25... Nd3 $2 26. Be2)
26. Kf1 {it's not so easy to break the passive defence:} Nd3 (26... Rb4 27. Bc6
g6 28. Ke2 Rc4 29. Rc1 $1 Rc2+ 30. Rxc2 bxc2 31. Rc1 Nb3 32. Rxc2 Nd4+ 33. Kd3
$11) 27. Be2 Nxb2 28. Bb5 Nxa4 29. Bxa4 Bxa1 30. Rxa1 b2 31. Rb1 Rb4 32. Bc2 a4
33. Bxa4 {leads only to a theoretically drawn R_|_. Now Black will quickly get
an enormous advantage.}) 23... Rb4 24. Rfd1 Rc8 (24... g6 $142 $1 $17 {because
if White plays as in the game} 25. Bxc5 Bxc5 26. Rac1 Bd4 {[%csl Rb2] he must
already passively defend the ><b2.}) 25. Bxc5 Bxc5 26. Rac1 Bd4 $2 (26... Rxc6
$4 27. Rxc5 $18) (26... Bf8 $5 {/\g6 leads to the position from the previous
note.}) (26... Be7 $5) 27. Bb5 Rb8 $6 {Now the b-pawns will disappear, which
eases White's defence considerably.} (27... Rc2 28. Bd3 (28. Bxa6 Bxf2+ 29. Kf1
Bd4 30. Rxc2 bxc2 31. Rc1 Rxa4 $5 32. Rxc2 g6 33. Bc4 Bxb2 34. Bxe6 Be5 $17 {
/-+ wins another pawn and probably the game as well.}) 28... Rxc1 (28... Bxf2+
$2 29. Kf1 $14) 29. Rxc1 Rb8 $8 {Otherwise Rc4 draws.} 30. Rb1 (30. Bxa6 Bxb2
$19) 30... a5 $17 {and Black has much more winning chances, than in the game.})
(27... Rxc1 $2 28. Rxc1 {/\Rc4=}) 28. Rc4 $1 {Exchanges help the defence.} (28.
Bxa6 Bxb2 $19) 28... Rxc4 29. Bxc4 Bxb2 30. Bxb3 a5 31. Bc4 g6 $11 {[%mdl 4096]
/=/+ Objectively this _|_ should be a draw, but a last round massage from a
determined opponent is no fun and Dreev gradually succumbs to the pressure.}
32. g3 {In a ^-_|_ the pawns belong on the same colour as the B. But one can
hardly blame Dreev for not placing his P on g4 and h3-he was possible worried
about Black's K penetrating via f4. As for now, passive defence is still
sufficient.} Rc8 33. Bb5 Rc2 34. Bd3 Rc5 35. Kg2 Kg7 (35... g5 {typical in a
R_|_, would here after} 36. g4 $1 {only lessen the dynamic potential of
Black's P.}) 36. Bb5 Ba3 37. Rd2 Bb4 38. Re2 e5 39. Re4 h5 40. Rc4 ({More
active was} 40. h4) ({or even} 40. f4 $5) 40... Rd5 41. Rc7 e4 42. Rc4 $6 (42.
Bc4 $142 Rf5 43. Be6 Rf3 44. Bd5 Be1 45. Rc2 (45. Bxe4 Rxf2+ 46. Kg1 h4 $5 47.
Rc1 $11 {/=/+}) 45... f5 46. Re2 Rd3 (46... Bb4 47. Re3 $11) 47. Bxe4 fxe4 48.
Rxe1 Rd4 49. Rb1 Rxa4 50. Rb7+ Kf6 51. Rb6+ {practically forces a draw.}) 42...
Re5 43. Bc6 $6 (43. h4 $5 e3 (43... Bc5 44. f4 $1 {is similar.}) 44. fxe3 Rxe3
{gives White a new ><g3, but} 45. Rd4 {[%cal Yd4d3] /\Rd3 should save the game,
it's difficult for Black to activate his >>P.}) 43... f5 44. Rc2 ({Now} 44. h4
e3 45. fxe3 Rxe3 {is more passive than above, although still difficult to win:}
46. Rd4 (46. Bf3 Ra3 47. Bc6 Bd6 48. Bf3 Ra2+ 49. Kh3 Rd2 50. Rc1 $15 {/-/+,/\}
g5 51. hxg5 h4 52. Rd1 $1) 46... Be1 (46... Kf6 $6 47. Bb5 {/\Rd3}) 47. Bf3 Ra3
48. Rd1 $15) 44... g5 45. Rc4 Kf6 46. Rc2 Re7 47. Bb5 (47. Rc4 $5 {prevents f4,
but after} e3 48. fxe3 Rxe3 $17 {[%cal Yg5g4,Yh5h4] /\g4,h4 White's task is
already difficult.}) 47... f4 48. Rc6+ (48. f3 {with the idea to create a
light square blockade fails to} exf3+ 49. Kxf3 g4+ $1 $19 {/\} 50. Kxf4 $4 Bd6#
) 48... Ke5 49. gxf4+ gxf4 50. Rg6 $2 {Loses by force, this was White's last
chance to play} (50. f3 $1 {Black must still overcome considerable technical
obstacles after} e3 (50... Rg7+ 51. Kf1 exf3 52. Rh6 Rc7 53. Bc6 $17) 51. Kf1
$17) 50... Kf5 51. Rg8 Rc7 (51... f3+ $142 $1 $19) 52. Rc8 ({More resilient was
} 52. f3 $5 Rc2+ (52... e3 $5) 53. Kh1 Rc3 (53... Rd2 $143 54. Rg2) 54. fxe4+
Kxe4 $19 {[%csl Gf4] o^f}) 52... f3+ $19 53. Kf1 (53. Kh3 $2 Rxc8 54. Bd7+ Kf4
55. Bxc8 Be1 $19) 53... Rg7 54. Rc4 Ke5 55. Bc6 Rg4 56. Bb5 (56. h3 $2 e3 $1
$19) 56... Rg2 57. h3 $8 (57. Bc6 Rxh2 58. Kg1 (58. Rxe4+ Kd6 $19 {loses a
piece.}) 58... Rg2+ 59. Kf1 Rg4 $19 {only increases Black's material advantage.
}) 57... Kd5 $1 58. Rc8 (58. Rc2 Bc5 (58... e3 $2 59. Bc6+) 59. Bc4+ Ke5 60.
Bf7 Bd4 61. Bxh5 Rh2 62. Kg1 Rxh3 {[%cal Re4e3] /\e3-+}) 58... Bc5 59. Rd8+ Ke5
60. Re8+ Kf4 61. Rc8 Bxf2 62. Rc4 (62. Rc4 Kg3 {/\Rg1#}) 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Li, Wenliang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Qc7 11. Bd2 e6 12. O-O-O Ngf6 13. Kb1 {This quiet
prophylactical move improves the K's position leaving the c <-> and the c1-h6 /
^. The real main lines however are:} (13. Ne4 O-O-O 14. g3 (14. Nxf6 $6 {
Leko-Anand, Leon Man+Comp Leon 2001 CBM 84}) 14... Nxe4 (14... Nc5 {Kir.
Georgiev-Nisipeanu,FIDE-Wch k.o. New Delhi 2000 CBM 81}) 15. Qxe4 {-
Kuczynski-Piket, EU-ch 2nd Ohrid 2001 CBM 84}) ({and} 13. Qe2 {- Rabiega-Piket,
BL 2001 CBM 82}) 13... Bd6 14. Ne4 Bf4 {It is useful for Black to exchange the
bishops, but here it doesn't work.} (14... Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qe2 Bf4 17.
Be1 $5 {as in the game deserves attention.} (17. c4 Bxd2 18. Rxd2 O-O-O 19. Ne5
c5 {The mass exchanges on the d <-> usually minimize White's _|_ advantage.}
20. Rhd1 cxd4 21. f4 d3 22. Rxd3 Rxd3 23. Rxd3 Rd8 24. g4 Rxd3 25. Qxd3 Nd7 26.
Nxd7 Qxd7 $11 {Kim-Abramov, Nizhnij Novgorod 1999}) (17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Nd7
19. Qg4 Rh7 20. Qe4 Rh8 21. f4 O-O-O 22. Qa4 Kb8 23. Be3 Nb6 24. Qa3 Rxd1+ 25.
Rxd1 Rd8 26. Rd6 Nc8 $11 {Sax-Warren, Illinois 1993}) 17... O-O-O 18. g3 Bd6
19. c4 c5 20. Bc3 {may lead to similar positions to the main line.}) 15. Be1 $1
{[%mdl 32] This is an unusual method to avoid the exchanger of bishops, and
White can transpose to the main line, if Black doesn't care.} (15. Nxf6+ gxf6
16. g3 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 O-O-O {This P structure is not worse for Black, as
practice indicates.} 18. Qe3 Nb6 19. Nd2 f5 20. Nf3 Nd5 21. Qc1 Nf6 $15 {
and in the _|_ >< h5 can also be a target, Suurkaev-Rytov, Tartu 1972.}) 15...
O-O-O (15... Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Nf6 17. Qe2 O-O-O 18. g3 Bd6 19. c4 c5 20. Bc3 {
is even slightly better than the text, because the Q's position is improved.})
16. Nxf6 (16. g3 Ne5 $1) 16... Nxf6 17. g3 Bd6 18. c4 c5 19. Bc3 cxd4 20. Nxd4
a6 21. Qe2 Kb8 (21... Rd7 $5 {/\ Rad8 with pressure on the d <-> comes always
into consideration.}) 22. Nf3 {The N's best place is usually on e5.} (22. Nb3
$14) 22... Ka8 {Now the K is far from any tactical assaults, but this costs
some tempi.} 23. Ne5 Bxe5 {Soon or later Black has to eliminate the N, it is
simply too strong on e5.} (23... Rhf8 24. g4 $14) 24. Bxe5 Qc6 {Black's
counterchances are on the weakened h1-a8 /^.} 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Re1 {White
has certainly only a slightly better position because the black heavy
artillery is active.} Qg2 (26... Qc5 27. g4 {/\ f4 with further advance on the
>>, where >< g7 and h6 are fixed on the colour of the B.} Rc8 28. b3 Rd8 29. f4
$14) (26... Qd7 27. g4 Qd2 (27... Qd3+ $2 {allows White's breakthrough on the
>> after} 28. Qxd3 Rxd3 29. g5 $1 Nxh5 (29... hxg5 30. h6 $1 {is the point!})
30. Rh1 f6 31. Bc7 $18) 28. f3 Qxe2 29. Rxe2 Rd3 30. Rf2 Ne8 31. Kc2 Rd8 32.
Rd2 Rxd2+ 33. Kxd2 $14 {is the maximum White can get from the opening
exchanging Black's active Q and R.}) 27. Bxf6 gxf6 28. Qe3 {In the _|_ there
remain still a target for White, the >< h6.} f5 29. a3 {White first secures
the position of his K.} Rd7 (29... Qc6 30. Qxh6 Qxc4 31. Qe3 $14 {with a
remote o^ on h5.}) 30. Ka1 Rd8 (30... Qc6 31. Qxh6 Qxc4 32. Rc1 $16) 31. Rc1 {
/\ c5 advancing on the <<, after which the black K may feel himself
uncomfortably.} Rh8 (31... Qh2 $6 32. c5 Qxh5 33. c6 $1) 32. c5 $1 Qe4 (32...
Rc8 33. Rd1 $14) 33. Qd2 f4 $2 {This P sacrifice is completely unnecessary.} (
33... Qc6 34. Qd4 Rc8 35. Qe3 $14) 34. gxf4 $1 (34. Qxf4 Qxf4 35. gxf4 Rd8)
34... Rb8 {Black has lost the thread completely.} 35. Qd6 Qc6 36. Qxc6 bxc6 37.
Rd1 $18 {White is a P up in the R _|_ and first penetrates on the opened d <->.
} Rg8 {Black has to find an active counterplay, otherwise he loses without a
fight.} 38. Rd7 Rg1+ 39. Ka2 Rh1 40. b4 $1 {White wants to bring his K into
action, the pawns on the >> are not so important. Black's K is cut off on the
8-th rank, which is fatal for him.} (40. Rxf7 Rxh5 41. Rf6 Rxc5 42. Rxh6 Rf5
43. Rxe6 Rxf4 44. Re2 $16) 40... Rxh5 (40... Rh3 {cuts off the K, but loses
all the >> pawns.} 41. Rxf7 Rf3 42. Rf6 $18) 41. Kb3 $1 {/\ Ka4-a5 with a
winning march of the K.} Rh3+ (41... Rf5 42. Ka4 $1 {White has found already
his target on the <<, the pawns on the other flank are not important anymore.}
Rxf4 43. Ka5 Kb8 (43... Rxf2 $2 44. Kb6) 44. Kb6 $1 {Total domination!} Kc8 45.
Kxc6 e5 (45... Rxf2 46. Ra7) 46. Rc7+ Kd8 (46... Kb8 47. Kb6 $18) 47. Ra7 Rxf2
48. Kd6 $18) 42. Ka4 $1 Kb8 43. Rxf7 Kc8 44. Ka5 $1 {and the K finally has
arrived.} Kd8 (44... Rxa3+ 45. Kb6 $18) 45. a4 Rf3 46. Kxa6 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Li, Wenliang"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. c4 Nf6 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. a3 Bd6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. Nf3
a6 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 Qf6 11. Bd3 Bf5 12. Bxf5 Qxf5 13. O-O Rad8 14. d3 Rfe8
15. Rfd1 Re6 16. b4 Qh5 17. Qc4 Rg6 18. Ne1 Ne7 19. e4 Rh6 20. h3 Ng6 21. d4
exd4 22. Bxd4 Nf4 23. Be3 Rf6 24. Bxf4 Rxf4 25. Nd3 Rh4 26. Re1 Re8 27. Re3 Qb5
28. Qxb5 axb5 29. e5 Bf8 30. f4 Rh6 31. Rc1 Rc6 32. Rxc6 bxc6 33. f5 Ra8 34.
Nc5 Bxc5 35. bxc5 Kf8 36. e6 fxe6 37. Rxe6 Rxa3 38. Rxc6 Ra7 39. Kf2 b4 40. Ke2
b3 41. Kd2 Rb7 42. Kc1 b2+ 43. Kb1 Kf7 44. Re6 g6 45. g4 gxf5 46. gxf5 h5 47.
Rh6 Rb5 48. Rc6 Rb7 49. Rh6 Rb5 50. Rxh5 Rxc5 51. h4 Rb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.11.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. d3 d6 8. c3 h6
9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 Bb6 11. Nbd2 Ne7 12. Bxb6 cxb6 13. d4 Ng6 14. dxe5 dxe5 15.
g3 Qc7 16. a3 Bb7 17. Bc2 Rad8 18. Rad1 Qc6 19. Rfe1 Bc8 20. Nf1 Be6 21. Rxd8
Rxd8 22. N3d2 a5 23. Ne3 b4 24. axb4 axb4 25. c4 Nf8 26. Bb1 N8d7 27. Nd5 Qd6
28. Rd1 Nc5 29. Bc2 Bc8 30. Nb3 Nxd5 31. Rxd5 Qe7 32. Nxc5 bxc5 33. Qd3 Rf8 34.
Qe3 Bh3 35. Ba4 Rc8 36. b3 Be6 37. Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.11.30"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. h4 (10. Qd2 Rc8 ({The alternative is} 10... Nxd4 11. Bxd4
b5 (11... a5 $5 12. a3 (12. a4 {is of course critical.}) 12... b5 13. O-O Bc6
14. Kh1 Qb8 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Nd7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Rfe1 Re8 19. c3 Qb7 $11
{0-1 Christiansen,L-Tiviakov,S/Moscow 2001/ (85)})) 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. Kb1 Re8 {
Nowardays considered the best replay to 12.Kb1.} 13. h4 h5 14. Bg5 Rc5 {
and we reach the same position from the game after 14. ... Re8.}) 10... h5 11.
Qd2 Rc8 12. O-O-O Ne5 13. Bg5 Rc5 14. Kb1 Re8 {An interesting moment. Black
isn't going for the main line 14. ... b5, which to my knowledge is considered
to give Black good counterplay. On the other hand the present position may
arise after a different move order, look the previous comment.} 15. Bh6 (15.
Rhe1 Qa5 16. a3 (16. f4 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. Nb3 Qa6 19. e5 Nh7 (19... Ng4 $5
$132) 20. exd6 $13 {0-1 Bologan,V-Golubev,M/Eforie Nord 2000/ (50)}) 16... Qa6
$1 17. f4 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Rxc4 19. e5 Nh7 {gave Black a good position in Smirin,
I-Hodgson,J/Ischia 1996 (24), 0,5.}) 15... Nc4 ({Later in the match Tiviakov
deviated here:} 15... Qa5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Rhe1 Rec8 18. f4 Neg4 19. Nf3 Bc6
20. Ng5 Be8 21. Qd4 R8c6 22. f5 Rxc3 23. bxc3 Ne5 24. fxg6 Nxg6 25. Nf3 Rc5 26.
Re3 Qc7 27. Rde1 e5 28. Qd2 a5 29. a4 b5 $44 {1-0 Ponomariov,R-Tiviakov,S/
Moscow 2001/ (50)}) (15... Bh8 $5 {Taking advantages from removing the rook
from f8 Black can try to save his bishop.}) 16. Bxc4 Rxc4 17. Bxg7 (17. Nb3 Qc7
18. g4 Rxc3 $1 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. bxc3 hxg4 21. h5 gxf3 22. hxg6 fxg6 23. Rdf1
Bg4 24. Nd4 Rc8 25. Kb2 {1/2-1/2 Nunn,J-Berndt,S/Germany 2000.}) 17... Kxg7 18.
Nd5 $14 {/=. Although White's position is slightly more pleasant thanks to his
space advantage - namely a better control over central squares - Black has no
weaknesses and a solid position, which give him good chances to equalize.} (18.
Rhe1 Qa5 19. Nb3 Qc7 20. Nd5 $6 Nxd5 21. exd5 Rxh4 $15 {1-0 Polzin,R-Reschke,S/
Germany 1997/ (45)}) 18... e5 $5 $146 {Taking away square d4 from White's
pieces. The price is the weak pawn on d6. Difficult to say what is more
important. In my opinion White is better after the text move, or maybe correct
is to put it this way - most of the players would prefer playing White, even
if there is nothing substantial.} (18... Nxd5 19. exd5 b5 20. g4 $5 (20. Rhg1
$5) 20... hxg4 21. h5 $36) (18... e6 $2 19. Ne3 Rc8 20. Nb3 {simply loses the
pawn d6, Ricardi-Cabrera/Cali 2001.}) 19. Nxf6 Qxf6 20. Nb3 Re6 {Looks awkward,
but not easy for White to improve the position without taking any risks. And
it seems that Ponomariov wasn't willing to take them.} 21. Qa5 (21. g4 $2 Qxf3)
(21. Rdf1 $5 Qf4 (21... b5 22. g4 $40) 22. Qxf4 exf4 23. Rd1 $14) 21... Ra4 22.
Qc3 (22. Qc7 Bc6 23. Rd2 {Looks like Black has some problems finding useful
moves. He seems to hold though:} Ra6 (23... Qf4 24. Rxd6) 24. Na5 (24. Rhd1
Qxh4) (24. a3 $5 $14) 24... Re7 25. Qd8 (25. Qxd6 $4 Qxd6 26. Rxd6 Rxa5) 25...
Rd7 26. Qxf6+ Kxf6 $11) 22... Qd8 23. Rd2 Qb6 24. Nc1 {Unfortunately for White
the knight cannot find a good square. His only chance for advantage to create
initiative on the kingside looks less realistic without the knight, so the
position is probably close to equal.} Bb5 25. b3 (25. g4 hxg4 26. h5 (26. fxg4
$2 Rxe4) 26... gxh5 27. Rxh5 $44) 25... Ra6 26. Rhd1 {A safe and natural way
to place pieces. However, the pawn d6 is well defended.} (26. g4 $5 {This
might bring not much, but otherwise I don't see how White can break through
Black's position. The kingside activity at least requires from Black concrete
problems to solve. All the more black rook on a6 is a little far from the
kingside.} hxg4 27. fxg4 $13) 26... Qd8 27. g3 Rc6 28. Qe3 Qb6 29. Qxb6 {
After trading queens Black is out of danger - no more fear of the possible
kingside attack.} (29. Qe1 $6 Rf6 30. Rf2 Rc3 $132) 29... Rxb6 30. Ka1 f5 $11
31. Ne2 fxe4 32. fxe4 Bxe2 33. Rxe2 Rf6 34. Kb2 Rc6 (34... Rf3 35. Rd3 $11) 35.
Rd3 Kf7 36. Rg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.11.30"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. h4 h5 11. Qd2 Rc8 12. O-O-O Ne5 13. Bg5 Rc5 14. Kb1 Re8
15. Bh6 Qa5 {In the second game of the match (previous to this one), Tiviakov
played 15. ... Nc4.} (15... Nc4 16. Bxc4 Rxc4 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nd5 e5 19. Nxf6
Qxf6 20. Nb3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Ponomariov,R-Tiviakov,S/Moscow 2001/ (36)}) 16. Bxg7
Kxg7 17. Rhe1 Rec8 ({A different plan of opening the b-file failed in the
following game:} 17... b5 18. f4 Nc4 19. Bxc4 bxc4 20. Nf3 Bg4 21. Qd4 Rb8 22.
Ka1 Rb6 23. e5 $16 {1-0 Enders,P-Adla,D/Cappelle la Grande 1997/ (50)}) 18. f4
Neg4 19. Nf3 Bc6 20. Ng5 Be8 21. Qd4 R8c6 22. f5 Rxc3 $1 {Generally speaking
is quite difficult to calculate variations in such a sharp Dragon position.
There are many options for either side and often players simply rely on their
feeling. Let's not forget the present game was played with a rapid time
control and most definetely both Ponomariov and Tiviakov chose their moves
according to the intuition. The exchange sac is typical for Sicilian positions
and in the game Black had good counterplay.} (22... Ne5 23. fxg6 Nxg6 24. Nd5
$16) (22... gxf5 {unnecessary opens files and gives White square e4:} 23. exf5
Re5 24. Nge4 $36) 23. bxc3 Ne5 24. fxg6 (24. Nf3 $5) (24. Qb4 $6 Qc7) 24...
Nxg6 (24... fxg6 {is dubious because it gives White square e6 for the knight.})
25. Nf3 Rc5 $1 $44 {The presence of many pawn weaknesses in White's position
and the absence of a clear plan give Black good compensation for the exchange.
Still the position remains quite dangerous for either side and Black must be
carefull not to allow White to activate the pieces and take the initiative. On
the other hand Black's plan is simple - to advance queenside pawns and keep an
eye on White's advance e4-e5.} (25... Rxc3 $2 26. e5 $16) 26. Re3 Qc7 27. Rde1
e5 (27... a5 $2 28. e5) 28. Qd2 a5 29. a4 (29. a3 $5) 29... b5 30. Ng5 (30.
axb5 Bxb5 $44) 30... bxa4 31. Ba2 Qb6+ {Typical when having no time. The check
probably only helps White to hide the king.} (31... Nxh4 {was the simplest
decision.}) (31... a3 32. c4 {[%cal Ge3a3]}) 32. Ka1 a3 33. Qc1 Nxh4 34. Rg3
Ng6 35. Qxa3 Nh7 $2 (35... Qc6 $5 {[%csl Rc3,Re4]} 36. Rf3 $140 h4 37. Ref1
Nxe4 38. Nxe4 Qxe4 39. Bxf7 Bc6 $132) 36. Rb1 Qc7 37. Nxh7 Kxh7 38. Rf3 Nf4 (
38... Kg7 39. Rbf1 $36) 39. Rh1 Ne2 $2 {An understandeble desire to bring the
knight closer to the queenside, but it proves that black king remains with no
protection at all. On the other hand it is difficult to find an acceptable way
since white rooks will become soon very active.} (39... Qc6 40. Re3 f6 {
defends the pawn h5, but the knight is forced to go to square g2...} 41. g3 Ng2
42. Rd3 Qxe4 43. Rxd6 $18) (39... Bc6 40. Rxh5+ Nxh5 41. Rxf7+ Qxf7 42. Bxf7
$16) (39... Bd7 40. Bxf7 (40. g3 Bg4) 40... Bg4 41. Rg3 Qxf7 42. Rxg4 $16) (
39... Kg7 $1 {Probably the only way to put up resistance. Main idea is to hold
the pawn h5 and if White will play g3, then to continue similar to the game.
The difference in this case would be that White lost time for the move g3,
which which is of course in Black's favour.} 40. g3 $140 Ne2 41. c4 Nd4 42. Rf2
f6 {and comparing to the game Black kept pawn h5.}) 40. c4 Nd4 41. Rf2 Kg7 42.
Rxh5 $18 Kf8 43. Qg3 Ke7 44. Rh7 Kd8 45. c3 Rxc4 46. cxd4 Rc1+ 47. Kb2 Rd1 48.
Qg5+ Kc8 49. Qg4+ Kb8 50. Qxd1 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.11.30"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. d3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. Be3 Bb6 10. Bxb6 cxb6 11. Re1 Ne7 12. Nbd2 Ng6 13. Nf1 Bb7 14. Ne3 Qc7
15. Nf5 Rad8 16. Nd2 d5 17. Qf3 Nf4 18. exd5 N6xd5 19. Qg3 g6 20. Ne4 Kh8 21.
Bxd5 gxf5 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. Qg5 Nh3+ 24. gxh3 Rg8 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.01"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 Qb6 7. g4 Nc6 8. Nb3
e6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Bg2 Qc7 11. f4 b5 12. a3 Rb8 13. Be3 b4 14. axb4 Rxb4 15. g5
Nd7 16. O-O h6 17. gxh6 Rxh6 18. f5 Rh7 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Rf3 Nde5 21. Rh3 Rxh3
22. Bxh3 Bf6 23. Rd1 Nc4 24. Bc1 N6e5 25. Kh1 Nf7 26. Rd3 Nce5 27. Rd1 Nc4 28.
Rd3 Nce5 29. Rd1 Qc4 30. Qg2 Nc6 31. Rf1 Ne7 32. Nd2 Qc5 33. Nf3 Bd7 34. Ne1
Qc6 35. Nd3 Rc4 36. Qf3 Kd8 37. Qh5 Ne5 38. Nxe5 dxe5 39. Bg5 Be8 40. Qg4 Nf5
41. Bxf6+ gxf6 42. Qf3 Bd7 43. Bg2 Kc8 44. exf5 Qxf3 45. Bxf3 exf5 46. Kg1 a5
47. Be2 Rc5 48. h4 f4 49. h5 f5 50. Rf2 Rc6 51. Rg2 Rh6 52. Rg6 Rh8 53. h6 e4
54. Bc4 Kc7 55. Nd5+ Kb7 56. Nxf4 Be8 57. Rf6 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.02"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[Annotator "Kostakiev,D"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 (12... c5 {Gligoric's main
continuation.} 13. d5 $1 {Karpov,An-Gligoric,S/Leningrad izt/1973/1-0/63/ (25)
Karpov's move.} (13. a4 {Minic,D-Gligoric,S/Ljubljana/Portoroz/1973/ (19)}) (
13. b3 {Kavalek,L-Gligoric,S/Nica olm/1974/1-0/40/ (25)}) (13. Nf1 {Tal,
M-Gligoric,S/Hastings/1973/1/2-1/2/25/ (24)})) 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 {1956 -
Kozma.Boom - 2001; Most of the games are draw. Won games: White - 51%, Black-
49%.} 15. a4 {Other lines:} ({I nthe initial game it was:} 15. Bg5 h6 16. Be3 (
16. Bd2 $5 {[/\ Re1Xe4]} Bg7 17. Qc1 (17. a4 {1/2-1/2 Karpov,A-Kortschnoj,V/
Leningrad 1971/EXT 2001 (55)}) 17... Kh7 18. h4 d5 {1-0 Spassky,B-Berrios
Pagan,A/San Juan 1969/EXT 99 (36)}) 16... Bg7 17. Qd2 Kh7 18. d5 Qe7 19. Rad1
Bf8 {1/2-1/2 Ivanco,I-Kozma,J/Bratislava 1956/EXT 98 (23)}) (15. b3 $5) (15.
Bb3 Bg7 16. a4 c5 17. d5 c4 18. Bc2 $11 {1-0 Stein,L-Averbakh,Y/Leningrad 1963/
URS-ch (87)}) 15... c5 (15... Bg7 {1-0 Karpov,A-O'Kelly de Galway,A/Caracas
1970/MCD (41)}) (15... c6 {1-0 Geller,E-Nikolic,S/Pancevo 1987/TD (47)}) 16. d5
c4 17. Bg5 h6 18. Be3 Nc5 19. Qd2 h5 20. Bg5 Be7 21. Ra3 Nfd7 22. Be3 (22. Bxe7
Qxe7 23. Rea1 {1/2-1/2 Tatai,S-Dorfman,J/Budapest 1988/CBM 09 (36)}) 22... Bf6
23. Rea1 Nb6 $146 (23... Qc7 24. Qe2 Nb6 {0-1 Martin Gonzalez,A-Giorgadze,G/
Benasque 1999/EXT 2001 (67)}) 24. axb5 axb5 25. Rxa8 Bxa8 26. Ra5 (26. Ra7 $5)
26... h4 27. Nf1 (27. Bxc5 dxc5 28. Ne2 Nxd5 29. Rxb5 (29. exd5 $2 Qxa5) 29...
Nb6 30. Qxd8 Bxd8 31. Rxc5 Bf6 32. Rb5) 27... Nxd5 28. Rxa8 Qxa8 {[#]} 29. Bxc5
$6 (29. exd5 $1 Nd3 (29... Qa1 30. Bxc5 (30. Ng5 Bh8) 30... dxc5) 30. Bxd3 cxd3
31. Bg5 Bxg5 32. Qxg5 $16) 29... dxc5 30. exd5 {[#] NN / RP} e4 31. N3h2 Bg7 (
31... Qa1) (31... Qd8) 32. d6 (32. Qg5 b4 $1 (32... Re5 33. Qxh4 Qxd5 34. Ng4 (
34. Ne3 $14) 34... Re6 $14) 33. d6 Qc6 34. Qd2 $14 (34. Qf4 f5 35. Ne3 Be5 36.
Qxh4 b3 37. Bb1 Bxh2+ 38. Kxh2 Qxd6+ 39. g3 $11)) (32. Ng4 Qb8 33. d6 Rd8 (
33... f5) 34. Nh6+ Kf8) 32... Qc6 {[#]} 33. Qf4 $2 (33. d7 Rd8 34. Qf4 f5 35.
f3 exf3 36. Nxf3 $14) (33. f3 exf3 34. Nxf3 Rd8 35. Qg5 Qxd6 36. Qxh4 Re8 37.
Qf2 $14) 33... f5 $11 34. f3 e3 35. Nxe3 Be5 {[#]} 36. Qh6 $2 (36. Qg5 Bxh2+ $1
(36... Qxd6 $2 37. Nhf1 Qf6 38. Qh6 $16 Kf7 39. Qh7+) 37. Kxh2 Qxd6+ 38. Kg1
Qg3 39. Qh6 $11) 36... Qxd6 $17 37. Nhf1 Bf4 38. Nxf5 gxf5 39. Qh5 $2 (39. Qxh4
$17) 39... Re1 $19 40. g3 Be3+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.03"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 a6 {
Thanks to the efforts of A.Morozevich this variation became very popular and
he is ready to play variation which braught him painful losses in the past
against Leko and Lutz.} (7... Nd7 $5 8. Bd3 c5 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd2 f5 11. Nxc5
Nxc5 12. dxc5 Bf6 $5 $44 {Rogers,I-Short,N/Novi Sad olm 1990}) (7... Qd5 8. Bd3
Bd7 9. O-O Nc6 10. c4 Qh5 11. Ng3 Qg4 12. d5 $14 {Lendwai,R-Fauland,A/Graz 1991
}) 8. Qe2 (8. Qd2 f5 9. Nc3 b5 10. O-O-O {1/2-1/2 Watson,W-Anand,V/Palma de
Mallorca GMA 1989}) (8. Bd3 Nd7 9. Qe2 c5 10. dxc5 Qa5+ 11. Qd2 Qxd2+ 12. Nfxd2
Nxc5 13. Nxc5 Bxc5 $11 {Cohn,E-Swiderski,R/Wien 1908}) (8. g3 f5 9. Nc3 Bf6 10.
Bg2 c5 11. d5 Qb6 12. Rb1 O-O 13. O-O Rd8 14. Re1 $6 Nc6 15. Qc1 Nd4 $13 {
Glek,I-Short,N/ICC-0.05(+5s/z) 2000/[IG]}) 8... b5 9. g3 Bb7 10. Bg2 Bd5 (10...
Nd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfd1 $5 (12. Rad1 $6 Bd5 13. Rfe1 Kh8 14. Nfd2 (14. a3 c6
15. Nc3 f5 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 $14 {[%cal Ge2e3,Gc3e2,Ge2f4]}) 14... c6 15.
c4 bxc4 16. Nxc4 a5 $5 $132 {Polgar,J-Morozevich,A/Corus 2000}) 12... Bd5 13.
c3 f5 14. Ned2 c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Nf1 {[%cal Gf1e3,Gd1d8]} (16. c4 $6 Bb7 17.
Nb3 Qb6 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. Ne5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Bd4 $11 {Glek,I-Schlosser,P/
Deizisau e.V. 2000}) 16... Qc7 17. Rxd5 $5 exd5 18. Ne3 $44 {[%csl Rd5,Rf5]
[%cal Gf3d4] Kasparov,G-Gurevich,M/Sarajevo 2000/CBM 77}) 11. c3 (11. Nc3 c6
12. O-O-O (12. Nxd5 $5 cxd5 13. c3 Nc6 (13... O-O) 14. a4 O-O 15. O-O $14 {
Lutz,C-Morozevich,A/Frankfurt 1999/CBM 72}) 12... Nd7 13. Kb1 Nb6 14. Rhe1 $14
{Leko,P-Morozevich,A/Frankfurt-West Masters 1999}) (11. Ned2 Nd7 (11... c5 $6
12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. O-O-O $1 $36 Ra7 14. Nb3 Be7 15. Nh4 Rd7 16. f4 Bxg2 17. Nxg2
Nc6 18. f5 $16 {Glek,I-Pähtz,T/Deizisau op 2000}) 12. O-O O-O 13. Rfd1 Nb6 $146
14. c3 Na4 $6 15. Nf1 c6 16. Ne3 Qa5 $6 17. Qc2 Rac8 18. a3 $1 Rfd8 19. b3 $1
$16 {Glek,I-Volkov,S/Korinthos 2000/EXT 2001}) 11... Nd7 12. b3 $5 {Preparing
castle kingside.} O-O 13. O-O f5 14. Ned2 c5 15. c4 Bc6 (15... bxc4 16. bxc4
Bb7 17. d5 exd5 18. Qd3 $1 $36) 16. Rad1 Rc8 $6 {Permitting white to
breakthrough in the cente, which cuts black position inot pieces. Necessary was
} (16... cxd4 17. Nxd4 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Bf6 19. N2f3 bxc4 20. bxc4 $14 {with
slightly better prospects for white.}) 17. d5 $1 exd5 18. Qd3 $1 $14 bxc4 (
18... dxc4 19. bxc4 f4 20. Qf5 fxg3 21. hxg3 Qb6 22. Ne4 $36 {[%cal Gf3g5]})
19. bxc4 Ba4 (19... d4 20. Qxf5 Nf6 21. Ne5 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Qc7 23. Ndf3 $14) 20.
Rb1 dxc4 $6 21. Qxf5 {Now white initiative becomes extremly dangerous.} Rc6 22.
Nxc4 Rf6 23. Qh5 Rg6 24. Rfe1 Bf6 (24... Nf6 25. Qe5 Re8 26. Ne3 Bf8 27. Qf4
$14) 25. Ne3 Bc3 26. Rec1 Bd4 27. Nf5 $16 Qf6 (27... Bh8 28. N3h4 Rg5 29. Nh6+
Kg7 30. N4f5+ Kf6 31. Qh4 $18) 28. N5xd4 cxd4 29. Qd5 (29. Rb4 $5 Bc6 30. Nxd4
Bxg2 31. Kxg2 Qg5 32. Qxg5 Rxg5 33. Rc7 $18) 29... Bc6 30. Qxd4 $1 Bxf3 31.
Qxd7 Bxg2 32. Kxg2 h5 33. Rb3 Qf4 34. Re3 h4 35. Rc6 $1 $18 {Techinque is
probably the strongest side of young ukrainian, so all morozevich's desperate
attempts to save the game fail.} hxg3 36. hxg3 Qh6 (36... Rg7 37. Rxa6 $18) 37.
Rec3 {[%csl Ra6]} (37. Rc4 $5) 37... Qh7 38. Rxg6+ (38. Rc8 $5 Rh6 39. Qg4+ Qg6
40. Rxf8+ Kxf8 41. Rc8+ Kg7 42. Qxg6+ Rxg6 43. Ra8 $18) 38... fxg6 39. Rc7 $1 (
39. Qxh7+ Kxh7 40. Rc7+ Kh6 {[%csl Gh6]}) 39... Qxd7 40. Rxd7 Rf6 41. a4 Kf8
42. Ra7 Ke8 43. f4 {[%cal Gg2h3,Gh3g4,Gg4g5]} g5 44. fxg5 Rg6 45. Kf3 Rxg5 46.
Rxa6 Kf7 47. Rc6 $1 Rd5 48. Rc4 Rd1 49. g4 Kf6 50. Ke4 Ke6 (50... Kg5 51. Ke5
Rd2 52. Rd4 Rc2 53. Kd5 $18) 51. Rc6+ Kd7 52. Rc5 Kd6 53. Rb5 Kc6 54. Rf5 Kd6
55. a5 Ra1 56. Kf4 Ke6 57. Kg5 Ra4 58. a6 Ke7 59. Rf6 Rxg4+ 60. Kxg4 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.05"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Bb7 13. d5 Rc8 14. b3 Qc7 15. Bd3
Nxe4 16. Bxe4 f5 17. Bd3 e4 18. Bg5 Bf6 19. Bxf6 Rxf6 20. Be2 exf3 21. Bxf3 b4
22. Nd2 Rff8 23. a3 Qb6 24. axb4 Qxb4 25. Ra4 Qc3 26. Re3 Qb2 27. Nf1 Rc5 28.
Qe1 Rc1 29. Qxa5 Qb1 30. Be2 f4 31. Rf3 g5 32. Bd3 Qb2 33. Rc4 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.05"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nd7 10. d4 Bf6 11. Be3 Na5 12. Bc2 Nc4 13. Bc1 Bb7 14. a4 exd4 15.
cxd4 c5 16. axb5 cxd4 17. bxa6 Rxa6 18. Rxa6 Bxa6 19. b3 Nce5 20. Nxd4 Nc5 21.
Be3 Ned3 22. Bxd3 Nxd3 23. Re2 d5 24. e5 Bxe5 25. Nc6 Bh2+ 26. Kxh2 Qd6+ 27.
Kg1 Qxc6 28. Rd2 Qg6 29. Nc3 Bb7 30. Qg4 Qxg4 31. hxg4 Ne5 32. f3 Rd8 33. g5 f6
34. gxf6 gxf6 35. Ne4 Kf7 36. Nc5 Bc6 37. Rd4 Ng6 38. Rb4 Ne7 39. Bf2 Ra8 40.
Rb6 Ra1+ 41. Kh2 Ra2 42. Bd4 Rd2 43. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.05"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 O-O 11. a5 Rb8 (11... Ne7 12. d3 Nd7 13. Nd2 Kh8 14.
Qe2 Ba7 15. Nf3 Nc5 16. Ba2 Ne6 17. g3 Qd7 18. Kg2 Rae8 19. Bd2 f5 20. exf5
Nxf5 21. Rae1 {1-0 Sulypa,A-Malaniuk,V/Donetsk/1998/ (36)}) 12. d3 (12. Ba2 Kh8
13. b4 Ba7 14. Re1 Nd7 15. Bb2 Ne7 16. d4 c5 17. Na3 exd4 18. cxd4 cxd4 19. Nc2
Ne5 20. Qg3 N7c6 21. Rad1 Qf6 22. Kh1 d3 {0-1 Ivanov,A-Kaufman,L/Parsippany/
2001 (41)}) 12... Nd7 13. Nd2 (13. Be3 Kh8 14. Nd2 Ne7 15. Bc2 Bxe3 16. fxe3 c5
17. Bb3 c4 18. dxc4 Nc5 19. cxb5 Nxb3 20. Nxb3 Rxb5 21. Qd1 Qc7 22. Ra4 Nc6 23.
Nd2 Nxa5 24. b4 {1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G-Anand,V/Wijk aan Zee/2001/ (37)}) 13... Kh8
14. Kh1 Ne7 15. Qe2 (15. Bxf7 $6 Nc6 16. Bd5 Rxf3 17. Nxf3 Qe7 (17... Na7 18.
Ng5 Qe7 19. Nf7+ Kg8 20. Nxe5+ Kf8 21. Nxd7+ Qxd7 22. d4 c6 23. Bb3 $11) 18.
Bxc6 Rf8 19. Bg5 $13) 15... h6 (15... f5 16. Nf3 Qe8 17. Ng5 $14) 16. f4 Ng6 (
16... exf4 17. d4 Ba7 18. Rxf4 f5 19. Bc2 Re8 20. Qd3 $14) 17. f5 $1 (17. fxe5
dxe5 18. Rxf7 Nf4 19. Qf1 Rxf7 20. Bxf7 Qf6 21. Ba2 Qd6 $132) 17... Nf4 (17...
Ne7 18. Nf3 $14) 18. Qf3 Nf6 (18... Qh4 19. Bc2 Nf6 20. Nb3 N6h5 21. Kh2 $16)
19. Bc2 g5 (19... d5 $5 20. Nb3 Bd6 21. Re1 dxe4 22. dxe4 Nd7 23. Be3 $14) 20.
fxg6 fxg6 21. Nb3 Nd7 $6 {This move is too sheepish, black had to believe in
the tactical potential of his pieces and play 21...Ba7!} (21... Ba7 $1 22. g3 (
22. Bxf4 Nh5 23. Bxe5+ dxe5 24. Qxf8+ Qxf8 25. Rxf8+ Rxf8 $44) 22... Nxh3 23.
Bxh6 Rf7 24. Kg2 Qd7 25. d4 Kh7 26. Bd2 Rbf8 27. Qe2 Ng4 $13) 22. Bxf4 $1 Rxf4
(22... exf4 23. d4 Ba7 24. Qg4 g5 25. Rae1 $14) 23. Qe2 Ba7 (23... Rxf1+ 24.
Rxf1 Ba7 25. Rf7 Qe8 26. Qf1 Kg8 27. Nd2 $1 $16) 24. Rxf4 exf4 25. Qg4 g5 26.
d4 Nf6 $6 (26... Qe7 27. Re1 (27. Qh5 Qh7 28. Rc1 Nf6 29. Qf3 Qe7 30. Re1 c5
$132) 27... Nf6 28. Qf5 Nh5 29. Qg6 Ng3+ 30. Kh2 Qg7 31. Qe6 $14) 27. Qe6 Qf8 (
27... Ng8 28. e5 Qe7 29. Qxe7 Nxe7 30. exd6 cxd6 31. Re1 $16) 28. e5 $1 {
[%mdl 32] Ponomariov greatly benefits from the miserable location of the Ba7,
on the other hand black king is vulnerable.} Nh5 (28... dxe5 29. Qxa6 $1 Ra8
30. dxe5 Nh5 31. Qg6 $18) 29. exd6 Qxd6 (29... cxd6 30. Qg6 Ng3+ 31. Kh2 Qg7
32. Qxd6 Re8 33. Qxa6 Re2 34. Bd3 Rxb2 35. Re1 $18) 30. Qxd6 cxd6 31. Re1 Rf8 (
31... Ng3+ 32. Kg1 h5 33. Re6 Rd8 34. Nd2 g4 35. hxg4 hxg4 36. Rh6+ Kg8 37.
Rg6+ $16) 32. Re7 Bb8 33. Nd2 Ng7 (33... Ng3+ 34. Kg1 Rc8 35. Nf1 $1 Nxf1 36.
Kxf1 Kg8 (36... b4 37. Bf5 Rf8 38. Bd3 $18) 37. Rb7 $18) (33... Nf6 34. Nf3 Re8
35. Rb7 Nd5 36. Bg6 Rc8 37. Be4 Nf6 38. Bd3 $16) 34. Nf3 Re8 35. Rb7 {All
white pieces are stronger then their counterparts, pawn a6 is doomed.} d5 (
35... Nh5 36. Bd3 Ng3+ 37. Kg1 $18) 36. Rb6 h5 (36... Ne6 37. Bg6 $18) 37. Bg6
$1 Rc8 38. Nxg5 f3 (38... b4 39. Bf7 Nf5 40. Be6 Ng3+ 41. Kg1 bxc3 42. bxc3 $18
) 39. gxf3 Bf4 40. h4 Bc1 41. Rxa6 Bxb2 42. Bf7 Ne8 (42... Nf5 43. Rf6 Nxh4 44.
Be6 Rxc3 45. Rf7 $18) 43. Rg6 Nc7 44. Rc6 $1 Ra8 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.06"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Bh4 c5 9. Bc4 cxd4 10. O-O Be7 11. Nxd4 O-O 12. Re1 Qb6 13. Bb3 a5 14. a4
Rd8 15. c3 Nd5 16. Bg3 Bf6 17. Re2 Ne7 18. Rd2 Bd7 19. Bc4 Rac8 20. Nb5 Bxb5
21. Bxb5 Nf5 22. Qe2 Rxd2 23. Qxd2 Rd8 24. Qe2 Nxg3 25. hxg3 Qd6 26. Re1 b6 27.
g4 Qd2 28. g3 Qxe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.07"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Bd3 Nc6 9. a3 Bd6 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Nbd2 b5 12. b4 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Ra2 Bb7
15. e4 Bd6 16. Nf3 e5 17. Rd1 Qe7 18. Nh4 g6 19. Bg5 Qe6 20. Rad2 Be7 21. Bb1
Rfd8 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. Nf3 Bb6 25. Ba2 Qd6 26. Bxf6 Qxf6 27. g3
Bc8 28. Kg2 Bg4 29. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.07"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Be2 Ke7 10. Nbd2 Rd8 11. Ne5 b5 12. a4 Bd6 13. Nef3 bxa4 14. Nc4
Bc7 15. Nfe5 Bb7 16. Rxa4 Nc6 17. Nd3 Nd7 18. b3 Nb6 19. Ba3+ Ke8 20. Nc5 Nxa4
21. Nxb7 Nc3 22. Bf3 Rd5 23. Ncd6+ Bxd6 24. Nxd6+ Kd7 25. Bxd5 exd5 26. Nxf7
Rb8 27. Ra1 Rxb3 28. Bf8 Ke8 29. Ne5 Nxe5 30. Bxg7 Nc4 31. Kf1 a5 32. g4 Kf7
33. Bh8 Ne4 34. Ke2 Ke6 35. Bd4 Nc3+ 36. Ke1 Nb5 37. Bh8 d4 38. exd4 Kd5 39.
Ke2 a4 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.07"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. e5 e6 8. O-O Ne7
9. Qe1 Bb7 10. a4 b4 11. Ne4 d5 12. Nc5 Nxc5 13. dxc5 a5 14. Be3 O-O 15. Nd4
Qd7 16. Qh4 f6 17. Qh3 Nf5 18. Nxf5 exf5 19. Bd4 fxe5 20. fxe5 Rae8 21. Qg3 Re6
22. Rfe1 Qe7 23. c3 bxc3 24. bxc3 f4 25. Qg4 Bxe5 26. Qxe6+ Qxe6 27. Rxe5 Qg4
28. Re7 Rf7 29. Re8+ Rf8 30. Re7 Rb8 31. Rf1 Bc6 32. g3 g5 33. Rg7+ Kf8 34.
Rxf4+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.08"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Be6 14. cxd5 Bxd5
15. Be3 Na5 16. Ne5 Bd6 17. c4 Be6 18. Qc2 c5 19. Bd3 h6 20. Rad1 Qc7 21. Qc3
Rfd8 22. h3 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Rd7 24. Bf1 b6 25. Bf4 Rad8 26. Rd6 Nb7 27. Qg3 Kf8
28. Qd3 Kg8 29. Qg3 Kh8 30. Rxd7 Rxd7 31. Qe3 Qd8 32. Bxh6 Rd1 33. Bf4 Na5 34.
Rxd1 Qxd1 35. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.10"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "Kostakiev,D"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game shall meet us with the typical middle game technic: N sacrifice for
3 pawns: Pb5+Pa6+Pd6:} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6.
f3 e6 ({For:} 6... e5 7. Nb3 {see: 1-0 Kosteniuk,A-Zhu Chen/Moscow RUS 2001 
(38).}) 7. Be3 b5 8. g4 Nfd7 9. Qd2 Nb6 10. O-O-O N8d7 11. Bg5 Qc7 {[#]} 12.
Ndxb5 {Ftachnik wrote before this game: 'Very interesting novelty, white is
forcing exchange combination despite his vulnerable a2 pawn.'} (12. Kb1 {
Ftacnik} Bb7 13. Ndxb5 axb5 14. Nxb5 Qc5 {0-1 Svidler,P-Georgiev,K/Istanbul/
2000/ (31)}) 12... axb5 13. Nxb5 Qc6 14. Nxd6+ Bxd6 15. Qxd6 Qxd6 16. Rxd6 Ba6
{'?!' Ftacnik.} (16... Rxa2 {Ftacnik} 17. Kb1 Ra5 18. Be3 Na8 19. Be2 Ke7 20.
Rhd1 $13) 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. a3 h5 19. gxh5 $146 (19. h4 {Ftacnik} hxg4 20. fxg4
f6 21. Be3 (21. Rxe6+ $2 {Ftacnik} Kf7 22. Rxb6 Rxb6 $19) 21... Ke7 22. Rhd1 $5
Rb8 $2 {Shipov defends the position in a very passive way, white has excellent
chances due to the coordination of his pieces.} (22... Rxh4 {Ftacnik}) (22...
Nd5 $5 {Ftacnik}) 23. Rc6 {1-0 Smirnov,P-Shipov,S/Elista 2001/CBM 83/[Ftacnik]
(39)}) 19... Ra5 {May be after correct play from both sides the final shall be
draw. Probably in near future we shall see some more games on this topic which
sall confirm this opinion} (19... Rxh5 20. h4 $13) 20. h4 (20. Be3 Nc8 21. Rc6
Ne7 $11) 20... Nc4 21. Rc6 Rc5 22. Rxc5 Nxc5 {[#]} 23. b3 (23. b4 Nd7 24. a4
Rxh5 25. a5 Nb8 $15) (23. h6 $5 {/\ <->hXh4} gxh6 24. Bd2 Ke7 25. b3 $13) 23...
Nxa3 24. h6 gxh6 25. Be3 Nb7 26. Kb2 (26. e5 $5 Nb5 27. c4 Nc7 28. Kb2) 26...
Nb5 27. e5 Rg8 (27... Nc7 $5 $11) (27... h5 $5 28. c4 Nc7) 28. Bxh6 $14 {o^ Ph4
} Nd4 29. h5 Rg2 30. Kc3 Nxf3 31. Bf4 Kf8 32. Rf1 (32. h6 Kg8 $11) 32... Ng5
$11 {[#]} (32... Ng1 $5 33. Bh6+ Kg8 34. Be3 Ne2+ 35. Kd3 Nd8 $15) 33. Kb4 $5 {
It leads to a nice draw} ({From the stronger Wite's position draw should be
after:} 33. h6 $1 $14) 33... Ne4 $15 34. c4 Nbc5 35. Rf3 Ra2 36. h6 (36. Kb5
Ra3 37. Kb4 Ra8 38. h6 Kg8 39. Re3 Rb8+ $17) 36... Kg8 37. Bc1 (37. Kb5 Ra3 38.
Kc6 Nxb3 $17) 37... Ra7 38. Kb5 Nxb3 39. Kb6 Ra8 40. Be3 Rb8+ 41. Kc7 Rb4 42.
Kd8 Rxc4 43. Rf4 Na5 44. Rg4+ Kh8 45. Ke7 {[#]} Nc6+ (45... Nb7 46. Kf8 Rc8+
47. Kxf7 Nbc5 48. Rg7 Rd8 49. Rg1 Rd7+ 50. Kf8 Rd8+ 51. Kf7 $11) 46. Kf8 $11
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.11"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O Bd6 8.
c4 c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Qh5 f5 13. Re1 Qc7 (13... Qf6
14. Bg5 Qf7 15. Qxf7+ Kxf7 16. c4 h6 17. Bd2 dxc4 18. Bxc4+ Kf6 19. Reb1 b6 {
1/2-1/2 Cappello,R-Paoli,E/Reggio Emilia 1973/ (19)}) (13... Be8 14. Qf3 Kh8
15. Bc2 Rc8 16. Bd2 Qh4 17. g3 Qh3 18. Bb3 f4 19. Qg2 Qxg2+ 20. Kxg2 fxg3 21.
fxg3 Bf7 22. Re3 {1-0 Behnke,K-Berrou,M/Griesheim/1999/ (28)}) 14. Bd2 Rae8 15.
Bc2 (15. Rab1 a6) 15... g6 16. Qf3 (16. Qh6 Bb5 $11) 16... Re4 $1 {[%mdl 4]
Courageous and logical sacrifice, Svidler is confronted with unpleasant
problems.} (16... Bxh2+ 17. Kh1 Bd6 18. Qxd5+ Kh8 19. Qf3 Bc6 $13) 17. g3 (17.
Bxe4 fxe4 18. Qe2 Bxh2+ 19. Kh1 (19. Kf1 Qg3 20. Be3 Bh3 $1 $19) 19... Rf5 20.
Rac1 Rh5 $19) 17... Bb5 18. Bf4 (18. Bxe4 fxe4 (18... dxe4 19. Qe3 Bd3 20. Qg5
$16) 19. Qg4 Rf5 $44) 18... Bxf4 19. gxf4 Qd6 (19... Qxf4 20. Bxe4 fxe4 21.
Qxf4 Rxf4 22. Rab1 $11) (19... Rxf4 20. Qxd5+ Rf7 21. Qxb5 Rxf2 22. Re8+ Kg7
23. Kxf2 Qxh2+ 24. Kf3 $18) 20. Bxe4 fxe4 21. Qg3 (21. Qe3 Rxf4 $40) 21... Rxf4
22. Rab1 Bd7 23. f3 (23. h3 b5 24. Re2 Qf6 $15) (23. Rxb7 $2 Rg4 $19) 23... b6
24. Re3 Qf6 $6 {Serious inaccuracy that could have even caused problems for
black.} (24... exf3 25. Kf2 (25. h3 Rg4 $19) 25... Bf5 26. Re8+ Kf7 27. Rbe1
Be4 28. Ra8 $132) 25. Rf1 $2 (25. Kg2 h5 $1 $17) (25. h3 $1 Rxf3 26. Rxf3 Qxf3
27. Qxf3 exf3 28. h4 Bf5 29. Rb5 Be4 30. a4 $14) 25... Bg4 $1 26. Qxg4 (26. Rf2
Bxf3 27. h3 h5 28. Kf1 g5 $17) (26. fxg4 Rxf1+ 27. Kg2 Ra1 28. Qb8+ Qf8 29.
Qxf8+ Kxf8 30. Re2 Rc1 31. Kg3 g5 $19) 26... Rxg4+ 27. fxg4 Qg5 28. Rg3 (28.
Re2 Qxg4+ 29. Rg2 Qh5 $19) 28... b5 29. Rf2 (29. Rb1 Qd2 30. Rxb5 $2 Qe1+ 31.
Kg2 Qe2+ $19) 29... Kg7 30. Kg2 a5 31. Rb2 b4 32. cxb4 axb4 (32... Qc1 33. Rf2
axb4 34. Rb3 Qd1 $17) 33. h3 Qc1 {The rooks are too passive and clumsy as
defenders, black queen dominates the game.} 34. Rgb3 Kh6 35. Rxb4 Qd1 36. Kf2 (
36. a4 $2 e3 37. Rb1 e2 $19) 36... Kg5 37. Re2 (37. a4 Kf4 38. R4b3 Qxd4+ $19)
37... Kf4 38. Rb3 (38. a4 e3+ 39. Rxe3 Qd2+ 40. Re2 Qxb4 $19) 38... Qxd4+ 39.
Kg2 Qc4 40. Rf2+ Kg5 41. Rf7 d4 42. h4+ (42. Rxh7 Kf4 43. Rb2 e3 $19) 42...
Kxh4 (42... Kxg4 $4 43. Rg3+ Kh5 44. Rxh7#) 43. Rxh7+ Kxg4 44. Rg3+ Kf5 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.13"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "Kostakiev,D"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Even short game between great players could be imporant for the opening
theory.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 {In my country this line is called
'Bulgarian variation'. Devoted to the topic, about 25 years ago Jivko
Kajkamdjozov wrote small nice opening book with this title. Looking back in
the time we can see that yet in 1864 Popert use the move 3.c3 against Staunton.
Alekhine said that the move is not worse than 3.d4. Today gm. Sveshnikov is
among the big partisans of this line.} Nf6 (3... d5 4. e5 (4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4
Nc6 {1/2-1/2 Grob,H-Kostic,B/Meran 1926/EXT 2000 (52)}) 4... Nc6 5. d4 (5. Bb5
Bd7 (5... Qb6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 {0-1 Moreau,C-Maroczy,G/Monte Carlo 1903/HCL (50)})
6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. O-O d4 8. d3 Qd7 9. c4 Ne7 {0-1 Albin,A-Maroczy,G/Monte Carlo
1902/EXT 2000 (58)}) 5... Qb6 6. Bd3 Bd7 7. Bc2 Rc8 8. O-O {1-0 Popert,
H-Staunton,H/London 1841/EXT 99 (23)}) (3... Nc6 4. d4 d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bd3 (
6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O cxd4 8. cxd4 Be7 {1/2-1/2 Suhle,B-Anderssen,A/Berlin 1864/
EXT 99 (56)}) (6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O {0-1 Jensen,T-Aalheim,T/
Goteborg 1920/EXT 2000 (36)}) 6... Nf6 7. O-O Be6 8. Re1 Bd6 9. Bf5 O-O 10.
Bxe6 {1-0 Szen,J-Kennedy,H/London 1851/HCL (45)}) 4. e5 (4. d3 d5 5. Nbd2 Nc6
6. Qc2 Be7 7. Be2 {1/2-1/2 Wolf,H-Tartakower,S/Maehrisch Ostrau 1923/HCL (79)})
4... Nd5 5. Bc4 (5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 Be7 7. Nc3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 {1/2-1/2
Nimzowitsch,A-Vidmar,M/New York 1927/HCL (33)}) 5... d6 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nc6
8. O-O Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Qe4 {Har Zvi: 'I think it will not be a mistake to
say very clearly that Sermek is the leading player in the world in this
variation,many of the important lines in theory are in the games Sermek-Kozul
in the line 10...Qc7'} Qa5 $146 ({For} 10... Bd7 {is also ineresting the
comment of Har Zvi below:} 11. Bd3 g6 12. Bh6 Re8 {1-0 Sermek,D-Radocaj,D/Pula
1996/EXT 98 (40)}) (10... Kh8 11. Bd3 f5 12. exf6 {1/2-1/2 Chekhov,V-Dorfman,J/
Kischniev 1975/EXT 2001 (26)}) 11. Nbd2 $14 Bd7 12. Bb3 (12. Re1 $14 Rac8 13.
a3) 12... Qa6 $5 (12... Rac8 $5) 13. Qg4 Rfd8 (13... dxe5 14. dxe5 (14. Nxe5
Rfd8 $132) 14... Rad8 15. Ne4 $14) 14. Ne4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 dxe5 16. Bh6 Bf8 17.
Nc5 Qb6 18. Nxd7 (18. Bxd5 Qxc5 19. Bxb7 Rab8 $132) (18. Ndxe6 Bxe6 19. Nxe6
Qxe6 20. Qxe6 fxe6 21. Bg5 Rd7 $132) 18... Qxd4 $15 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.01.16"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 {Diese
Stellung konnte man in vielen hochklassigen Partien antreffen (Shirov, Bareev
mit Schwarz, Shirov, Leko mit Weiß) - nur Morozevich spielt 6...gxf6.} 7. Nf3
O-O 8. Qd2 Be7 (8... b6 $6 9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Ng5 $40) (8... Nd7 {
gilt als die solide Hauptvariante.}) 9. O-O-O {Weiß hält sich die Option Lc4
oder Ld3 noch offen.} Qd5 $5 {vermutlich vorbereitet} 10. Nc3 Qa5 11. a3 $5 {
Neu, Weiß verhindert einfach Lb4 - sicher eine Brettentscheidung.} (11. Ne5 Bb4
$11 12. Nc4 Bxc3 13. Nxa5 Bxd2+ 14. Rxd2 {ergibt ein völlig ausgeglichenes
Endspiel.}) 11... Nd7 12. Kb1 Qb6 (12... c6 $5) 13. Qe3 Nf6 14. Ne5 {Pläne
Weiss: Lc4 - das erschwert f6, so wird der Se5 schwer vertreibbar; Bauernzüge
f4 oder g4 Schwarz: eine Idee ist c7-c5; außerdem Sf6-d5, dann hängt es davon
ab, wie Weiß reagiert, das Grundproblem ist aber der Lc8.} Rd8 $6 {Hier hat
Ivanchuk wohl recht lange überlegt.} (14... Nd5 {scheint mir richtig zu sein.}
15. Qf3 (15. Nxd5 exd5 {Weiß steht vielleicht ein klein wenig besser, aber ich
weiß nicht, welcher Plan das bestätigen könnte.}) 15... Nxc3+ 16. Qxc3 c5 {
Das ist wohl die kritische Stellung, wiederum ist zu prüfen, wie es weiter
geht.}) 15. Bc4 $1 {Weiß steht völlig gesund da, Schwarz hat immer noch das
Problem mit dem Lc8.} Bd7 $2 (15... Nd5 {War wiederum angesagt, wenngleich
hier schon nicht mehr ganz so gut.} 16. Qg3 f6 17. Ng4 $13) 16. Bb3 Be8 17.
Rhe1 Bf8 {Schwarz spielt völlig passiv, nicht einmal a7-a5 kommt aufs Brett.
Aber was kann schon passieren, wenn die Stellung keinerlei Schwächen aufweist?}
(17... c5 18. d5 exd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Rxd5 $16) (17... Nd7) 18. g4 $1 Nd5 {
Erst jetzt, nach drei wirkungslosen Läuferzügen, kommt dieser Springerzug - zu
spät.} (18... c5 19. d5 exd5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Bxd5 {sieht auch schlimm für
Schwarz aus.}) 19. Qf3 $1 c6 $6 {Der letzte Fehler.} (19... Nxc3+ 20. Qxc3 $16
{ist aber ebenfalls klar besser für Weiß.}) 20. Ne4 $1 Qc7 (20... Rab8 21. g5 (
21. c4 f6 $5) 21... Ne7 22. g6 $5 Nxg6 23. Nxg6 hxg6 24. Ng5 Be7 25. Nxe6 $1
$18) 21. c4 $1 Ne7 (21... Nb6 22. g5 $1 Nd7 23. Nf6+ $1 gxf6 (23... Nxf6 24.
gxf6 g6 25. h4 {und Schwarz wird nicht lange überleben.}) 24. gxf6 Nxe5 25.
Qg3+ Kh8 26. Rg1 Ng6 27. Qxc7 $18) 22. Ng5 Nc8 (22... Ng6 23. Nxg6 hxg6 24. Qh3
{jetzt sieht man warum der König besser auf b1 steht}) 23. c5 {In weniger als
zwei Stunden war alles vorbei.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.01.17"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Das Motto dieser Partie könnte lauten: 'Aktivität um jeden Preis'} 1. d4 d5 2.
c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Bg4 $1 {Provoziert
die Schwächung des weißen Königsflügels.} 8. f3 Be6 9. Nbc3 Bc4 $5 {Obwohl
dieser Zug über 10 Jahre alt ist, kam er noch nicht häufig vor.} 10. Bxc4 Nxc4
11. O-O ({Als gut galt} 11. Qb3 Nb6 12. e6 fxe6 13. Qxe6 {doch} Qd7 $1 {
(statt 13...Nxd4)} 14. Qxd7+ Kxd7 15. O-O {1/2-1/2 Khalifman,A-Magem Badals,J/
Liepaja 2001/CBM 85 (15) scheint nichts herzugeben für Weiß.}) 11... e6 12. a3
{Neu.} ({RR} 12. f4 Qd7 13. Qd3 Nb6 14. f5 O-O-O 15. Bg5 Be7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17.
Qg3 g6 18. f6 Qb4 19. a3 Qc4 20. Rad1 Rd7 21. Qe3 Qb3 22. d5 Nc4 23. Qh3 (23.
Qc5 exd5 24. e6 Rd6) 23... Qb6+ 24. Kh1 N6xe5 25. b3 Qxb3 26. dxe6 fxe6 27.
Qxe6 Qb6 28. Qh3 Qe3 29. f7 Rf8 30. Qe6 Nd3 31. Qxc4 Nf2+ 32. Rxf2 Qxf2 33.
Rxd7 Qf1+ 34. Ng1 Qxc4 {0-1 Chow,A-Shamkovich,L/Chicago 1990/EXT 97 (34)})
12... Qd7 13. Kh1 Be7 14. Qb3 {Der muss immer irgend wann gespielt werden.} Nb6
15. Be3 O-O {Stellungseinschätzung: Positionell steht Schwarz okay (guter
Läufer, intakte Bauernstruktur), aber der Raumvorteil und die halboffene
c-Linie sollten eher Weiß favorisieren.} 16. Rac1 a5 17. Rfd1 a4 18. Qc2 Rfd8
19. Nf4 {Jetzt ist Weiß zu d4-d5 bereit.} Ra5 {Lässt scheinbar eine gute
Chance passieren:} (19... Nc4 $5 20. Bf2 Bg5 21. g3 (21. Nce2 b5 {mit der
Absicht Ne7} 22. d5 $1 $13) 21... b5 (21... Ne7 $6 22. Ne4 Bxf4 23. gxf4 b5 24.
Rg1 Ng6 25. h4 $40) (21... Qe7 $5) 22. Nxb5 (22. Ne4 Bh6 $1) 22... N6a5 23. Nc3
Nb3 24. Rb1 $13) 20. Qe4 $1 {Jetzt steht Weiß besser.} g6 {Verhindert Nh5} (
20... Z0 21. Nh5 Nc4 22. Qg4 g6 23. Ne4 Nxe3 24. Nhf6+ Kg7 25. Qh4 h6 26. Qe1
Nxd1 27. Nxd7 $18) 21. Qc2 $1 {Starkes Rückehrmotiv: nun folgt Ne4 mit
größerer Kraft als vorher, weil das Feld f6 geschwächt wurde. Ich glaube, nun
steht Weiß eindeutig besser.} Qe8 ({Das erwähnte Motiv funktioniert nicht mehr:
} 21... Nc4 22. Bf2 Bg5 23. Ne4) 22. Qe2 {22.Ne4 war möglich, aber Weiß hat
Zeit...} Rd7 23. Rc2 {Es fragt sich, was passiert, wenn Schwarz nun völlig
passiv agiert, was kann Weiß machen? Aber nach den Erfahrungen der ersten
Partie entscheidet sich Ponomariov für aktives Spiel.} Nd5 $5 {So hätte Fritz
nie gespielt, auch menschliche Spieler finden den Zug zweifelhaft. Ponomariov
möchte sich nicht, wie Ivanchuk zuvor, zusammenschieben lassen.} 24. Ncxd5 exd5
25. Rdc1 f6 $1 {Hier würde passives Spiel nur Weiß in die Hände spielen.} 26.
Nd3 (26. e6 $6 Rd6 {und der Pe6 ist eher schwach als stark.}) 26... fxe5 27.
dxe5 d4 28. Bh6 g5 {Mut, Verzweiflung oder genaue Berechnung?} 29. Rxc6 $5 {
Nicht notwendig, aber stark. Auch f4 und vor allem Qd2 sind gut.} (29. Qd2 Rad5
(29... Qg6 30. Rxc6 bxc6 31. Qxa5 Qxd3 32. Qxa4) 30. Bxg5 Nxe5 31. Nxe5 Rxe5 (
31... Bxg5 32. Nxd7 Qf7 33. Qb4 Bxc1 34. Qxb7 Rxd7 35. Rxc1 $16) 32. Bf4) 29...
bxc6 30. Rxc6 Bd6 {Ich denke, bei "normalen" Zuegen gewinnt Weiss leicht, er
hat die Dame als Reserve, alle Figuren decken sich, mit h4 und dann f4, f5
gibt es eine gute Idee.} (30... Bd8 $5) 31. f4 Rf7 (31... gxf4 32. Qg4+ Kh8 33.
exd6 $18) 32. Rc1 Rxf4 $1 {Wieder spielt Ponomariov aktiv! Er rettet sich in
ein Endspiel mit Minusfigur aber ein paar Remischancen.} 33. Nxf4 Rxe5 34. Qc4+
Qf7 35. Nd3 Rf5 36. Qxf7+ (36. g3 {sollte leicht gewinnen.}) 36... Kxf7 37. h4
gxh4 38. Kg1 Ke6 {noch Kd5, c5 und Schwarz waere gerettet.} 39. Rc4 h3 $1 {
Wieder aktiv gespielt um den Preis von Material - fuer den schwarzen Koenig
wird das Feld f3freigekaempft!} 40. gxh3 {Das ist eine forcierte Variante.} Kd5
41. Rxa4 Ke4 42. Nf2+ Kf3 {Hat Ivanchuk die Figur bewusst zurueckgegeben?} 43.
Rxd4 $2 {Gibt die Figur unnoetig zurueck.} (43. Rc4 $1 {sollte gewinnen.})
43... Bc5 {Weiss steht immer noch besser.} 44. Rd2 Rf6 (44... Kg3 $5 {Ja, der
kommt in Frage.} 45. Rd3+ Rf3 46. Rxf3+ Kxf3 {Ja, Weiss hat gute Gewinnchancen.
Bei so wenig Material bin ich etwas vorsichtig.}) 45. Bg5 (45. Rc2 $5 {
vielleicht die letzte Chance. Der Lh6 kann erhalten bleiben.} Bd4 (45... Bb6
46. Bc1 (46. Rc3+ Ke2 47. Be3 {sagt Herr Fritz}))) 45... Rg6 {Jetzt gewinnt
Schwarz den Laeufer statt des Springers und hat damit das Remis fast sicher.}
46. Kf1 Rxg5 47. Rd3+ Kf4 48. Rc3 Bb6 49. b4 Rd5 50. Rd3 Rf5 {Schwarz hat es
nicht noetig den Turm zu tauschen.} 51. Nd1 c5 {Das war's endgueltig.} 52. Nc3
cxb4 53. axb4 {Haette Weiss einen Laeufer und Schwarz einen Springer, saehe
die Sache anders aus.} Ke5+ 54. Ke1 Rf4 55. Rd5+ Ke6 56. Rb5 Bc7 57. Nd5 Re4+
58. Kf2 Bd6 {Der b4 geht verloren. remis Ivanchuk hat also den Gewinn
ausgelassen. Ich scheue mich, das Glueck fuer Ponomariov zu nennen. Er hat
sich glaenzend verteidigt. Es war m.E. eine hochklassige Partie.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.01.18"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "Reeh,O"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 {In der ersten Partie spielte Ivanchuk 1...e6. Diesmal also
Sizilianisch} 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 {Die Tajmanov-Variante.} 5. Nc3
Qc7 (5... a6) 6. g3 ({Mit der gewaehlten Variante wollte Ivanchuk seinen
Gegner wahrscheinlich zu dessen eigener Erfindung einladen:} 6. Ndb5 Qb8 7. Be3
a6 8. Bb6 axb5 9. Nxb5 {usw. 1-0 Ponomariov,R-Ivanisevic,I/Batumi 1999/CBM 74 
(46). Wahrscheinlich hatte Ivanchuk etwas vorbereitet. Aber Ponomariov , mit
der Fuehrung im Ruecken, weicht aus und spielt eine ruhige, positionelle
Variante.}) 6... a6 7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O Bd7 {In diesem Abspiel entwickelt Schwarz
erst den Damenfluegel und laesst den Springer noch auf g8. Sieht etwas
ungewohnt aus, ist aber absolut spielbar.} 9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. Re1 Be7 11. Qg4 {
So moechte Weiss ausnutzen, dass der Sg8 noch nicht auf f6 steht. Schwarz muss
jetzt etwas andere Entwicklungswege am Koenigsfluegel suchen.} h5 {Vertreibt
die weisse Dame. Aber Schwarz verzichtet damit auch auf die kurze Rochade, die
mit dem Bauern auf h5 viel zu riskant waere.} 12. Qe2 ({Nicht etwa} 12. Qxg7 $4
Bf6) 12... h4 13. a4 hxg3 14. hxg3 Rc8 (14... Nf6 15. Bf4 (15. Be3 Rc8 16. a5
e5 17. Bb6 Qd7 18. Rad1 Kf8 19. f4 Qg4 20. Qxg4 Nxg4 21. Re2 exf4 22. gxf4 Rh4
23. Rd3 {1/2-1/2 Adams,M-Lautier,J/Tilburg 1998/EXT 99 (23).}) 15... Rc8 16.
Rad1 e5 17. Bg5 Kf8 18. Bf3 g6 {1/2-1/2 Adams,M-Movsesian,S/Sarajevo 2000/CBM
77 (41). (40)}) 15. a5 {Fixiert das Loch auf b6.} (15. Bf4 e5 16. Be3 Nf6 17.
Rad1 Qd7 18. f4 Qg4 19. Qf3 Qg6 20. f5 Qg4 21. Qxg4 Nxg4 22. Bb6 Nf6 23. Bf1 g6
24. fxg6 fxg6 25. b3 Bd8 {1/2-1/2 Zhigalko,A-Jaracz,P/Polanica Zdroj 2001.})
15... Kf8 {Ein haeufige s Motiv in dieser Variante. Der Koenig kann zwar nicht
gut rochieren, will aber auch nicht in der Mitte stehen bleiben.} 16. Be3 Nf6
17. Bb6 (17. Red1 e5 18. Rd2 {1/2-1/2 Svidler,P-Movsesian,S/Polanica Zdroj
2000/CBM 79 (18).}) 17... Qb8 18. Bf3 {Mit der Idee Kg1-g2 und Te1-h1.} Nd7 (
18... e5 {gefolgt von g7-g6 und Kf8-g7 war auch eine Idee.}) 19. Bd4 Bf6 20.
Bxf6 gxf6 {Sieht erstmal seltsam aus - warum nicht Sxf6? Aber nach gxf6 hat
der schwarze Koenig etwas mehr Luft (Feld g7), ausserdem hat Schwarz nun mehr
Kontrolle ueber die Zentrumsfelder.} 21. Bg2 {Weiss will nun den f-Bauern
mobil machen.} Ne5 22. f4 Qa7+ {Ein wichtiger Zwischenzug.} ({Nach} 22... Ng6
23. Qe3 {beherrscht Weiss das Brett.}) 23. Kf1 (23. Qf2 Qxf2+ 24. Kxf2 Ng4+)
23... Ng6 24. Qf2 {Die schwarze Dame steht zu gut auf der Diagonalen und muss
getauscht werden.} Qxf2+ 25. Kxf2 {In diesem Endspiel steht Weiss wegen der
gesuenderen Bauernstruktur etwas besser. Ein Plan waere fuer ihn die
Mobilisierung der Bauernmajoritaet am Damenfluegel mit c2-c4 und b2-b4. Dazu
muesste aber erst einmal der Sc3 ziehen, und dies versteht Ivanchuk in der
Folge clever zu verhindern.} Rh5 26. Rh1 (26. Nd1 f5 {ist jetzt nicht so
ergiebig.}) 26... Rc5 {Interessante Turmueberfuehrung: Schwarz entfaltet Druck
in der c-Linie. Ausserdem wird weiter der weisse Ba5 beaeugt.} 27. Rh7 (27. Bf1
f5 {ist unangehm fuer Weiss}) 27... Ke7 28. Bf1 {Weiss will den Laeufer nach
d3 spielen, um die Schwaeche c2 zu ueberdecken.} Nf8 29. Rh8 Bb5 $1 ({
Interessant, aber vielleicht nicht voellig ausreichend ist das typische
Qualitaetsopfer} 29... Rxc3 30. bxc3 Bxe4 31. Bd3 Bxd3 32. cxd3 Rxc3 33. Rb1)
30. Bd3 ({Nicht} 30. Nxb5 Rxc2+ {, und nach}) (30. Bxb5 axb5 {haette Weiss
grosse Schwierigkeiten in der c-Linie (Schwaeche c2!).}) 30... Bxd3 31. cxd3
Nd7 32. Rxc8 Rxc8 33. d4 Rc4 34. Ra4 {Der schwarze Turm steht zu aktiv und
soll getauscht werden.} Rxa4 35. Nxa4 f5 36. exf5 exf5 {Nun hat Schwarz zwar
die isolierten Doppelbauern auf f7/ f5, aber auch die weisse Bauern neigen zur
Schwaeche. Ein Remisausgang wird immer wahrscheinlicher.} 37. Nc3 Nf6 38. d5 {
Bei allen Abwicklungen ins Bauern-Endspiel muss man beachten, dass Weiss mit
dem b-Bauern zwei Wartezuege zur Verfuegung hat.} Nd7 (38... Ne4+ $2 39. Nxe4
fxe4 40. g4 f5 41. gxf5 (41. g5 $4 {ist remis}) 41... Kf6 42. Ke3 Kxf5 43. b3 {
und da hat Schwarz den Salat: Zugzwang.}) 39. b4 Nf6 {Durch das
Springermanoever hat Schwarz die Wartezuege mit dem b-Bauern aus der Partie
genommen.} 40. Ke3 Kd7 41. Kd4 {Der Koenig deckt den Bauern d5 und macht den
Sc3 beweglich. Idee: Sc3-d1-e3 mit Angriff auf f5.} Nh5 42. Ne2 Nf6 43. Kc4 Ne4
44. b5 axb5+ 45. Kxb5 Kc7 46. Kc4 Kb8 47. Kb4 {remis} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.01.19"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 {So spielte Ponomariov auch in der zweiten Partie, wo er
mit dem Ruecken zur Wand stand und nur gerade so ueberlebte.} 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5
Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 ({In der zweite Partie spielte Ivanchuk} 6. Bd3 {
es folgte} Nc6 7. Ne2 Bg4 8. f3 Be6 9. Nbc3 Bc4 {usw. Offenbar hatte
Ponomariov irgendwo eine Verbeserung in petto, aber Ivanchuk wollte diese
nicht sehen und wich gleich ab, 6.Lb3 ist der haeufiger gespielte Zug.}) 6...
Nc6 7. Ne2 Bf5 8. Nbc3 e6 9. O-O Qd7 10. Be3 O-O-O ({RR} 10... Rd8 11. Ng3 Bg6
12. h4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Qxd4 14. Qf3 Qxh4 15. Qxb7 Bc5 16. Qc6+ Nd7 17. Rad1 Bb6
18. Rxd7 Rxd7 19. Rd1 O-O 20. Rxd7 Qxg3 21. Qxb6 Qxc3 22. bxc3 cxb6 23. Rxa7
Rc8 24. c4 h5 25. Rd7 Rc5 26. f4 b5 27. cxb5 Rxb5 28. Kf2 Rc5 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,
A-Anand,V/Dortmund 1992/CBM 29/[Ftacnik] (28)}) 11. Qc1 $146 {Ein typisches
Manoever, das aber an dieser Stelle wohl neu ist. Bisher wurde meist erst 11.
a3 gespielt.} (11. a3 {und nun z.B.:} h5 (11... f6 12. exf6 gxf6 13. Ng3 Bg6
14. Qe2 Kb8 15. Rfd1 Ne7 16. Nge4 Ned5 17. Nc5 Qe8 18. Rac1 Bh5 19. f3 Rg8 20.
Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Re1 Bd6 23. Nd3 Qe6 24. Kh1 Rde8 25. Qd2 Bxf3 26.
gxf3 Qh3 {0-1 Mohr,S-Huebner,R/SUI 1996/CBM 55 ext (26)}) 12. Ba2 h4 13. h3 f6
14. f4 g5 15. fxg5 fxg5 16. Bxg5 Be7 17. Be3 Rhg8 18. Rxf5 exf5 19. Bxg8 Rxg8
20. Qb3 Rg7 21. Rf1 Na5 22. Qc2 Nac4 23. Bc1 Bg5 24. Rxf5 Be3+ 25. Bxe3 Rxg2+
26. Kh1 Rg8 27. Bf2 Nd5 28. Qe4 {1-0 Seres,L-Fernandez,R/Budapest 2001/CBM 83
ext (28)}) 11... Nb4 {Schwarz nutz t sofort aus, dass Weiss auf a2-a3
verzichtet hat und erhoeht die Kontrolle ueber das Feld d5.} 12. Rd1 Kb8 13.
Nf4 c6 {Womit klar ist, das der von Weiss gewuenschte Durchbruch d4-d5 nicht
realisierbar ist.} 14. Qd2 h5 15. Qe2 h4 16. Rac1 Be7 17. a3 N4d5 18. Nd3 f6
19. Bd2 (19. exf6 gxf6 {waere im Sinne von Schwarz, der dann die g-Linie zum
Angriff nutzen kann.}) 19... Bxd3 20. Qxd3 f5 {Nun wird Weiss in die Defensive
gedraengt.} 21. Ne2 (21. f4 g5 {gefiel Ivanchuk nicht.}) 21... g5 22. Bc2 g4
23. b4 Rdf8 24. Rf1 Qd8 (24... f4 25. f3 h3 $5) 25. f4 gxf3 26. gxf3 {um den
Angriff auf der g-Linie zu neutralisieren.} ({Nach} 26. Rxf3 {hat Schwarz eine
Reihe von Angriffszuegen:} Bg5 (26... h3) (26... Rfg8)) 26... Rfg8+ 27. Kh1 h3
28. f4 Rg2 29. Rf3 Qg8 30. Rg3 Rxg3 {Diagramm #} 31. hxg3 {will die Linien
geschlossen halten.} (31. Qxg3 Nc4 $17) (31. Nxg3 Rh4 $17) 31... h2 {Sonst
spielt Weiss 32.Kh2.} 32. Rf1 {Der weisse Plan ist nun Tf1-f2-g2 und Df3-f2
mit Gewinn des h-Bauern.} Qg4 33. Rf2 Qh5 (33... Qh3 $5 34. Bb3 (34. Qf3 Nc4
$17) (34. Rg2 $4 Qxg2+ 35. Kxg2 h1=Q+ 36. Kf2 Rh2#) 34... Nc7 35. Qf3 Nbd5 36.
Rg2 {macht wohl keinen grossen Unterschied.}) 34. Bb3 Nc7 35. Qf3 Qh3 36. Rg2
Nbd5 37. Qf2 Nb5 38. Bxd5 {Wickelt in ein Endspiel mit Mehrbauern ab, das
Weiss aber aufgrund seines schlechten Laeufers nicht gewinnen kann.} cxd5 39.
a4 Na3 40. Rxh2 Qxh2+ 41. Qxh2 Rxh2+ 42. Kxh2 Nc4 43. Bc3 Kc7 44. Kh3 b5 45.
axb5 Kb6 46. Be1 Ne3 47. Bd2 Nc4 48. Be1 Ne3 49. Bd2 Nc4 50. Be1 Ne3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.01.21"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O {
Bereit zum Marshall-Angriff.} 8. h3 {Blatny: "Es ist eine 'moralische'
Genugtuung für jeden Marshall-Angriff-Anhänger, wenn man sieht, dass selbst
der stärkste Spieler auf der Erde lieber dieser Eröffnung ausweicht." Nun, das
hat er zu einer Partie von Kasparov gesagt, aber vielleicht kann es bald auch
für Ponomariov gelten?} (8. c3 d5 $5 {- Marshall}) 8... Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Nb8
11. Nbd2 Nbd7 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ng3 c6 14. Nh2 {Es ist wohl keine gute Idee der
Vorgängerpartie auszuweichen.} ({RR} 14. Nf5 Bf8 15. Nh2 d5 16. Qf3 Kh8 17. Bg5
h6 18. Bh4 $16 {1-0 Shirov,A-Adams,M/Wijk aan Zee 1998/CBM 63 (40)}) 14... d5
15. Qf3 g6 $1 {Damit wird der Sg3 kaltgestellt - die Schwächung der schwarzen
Felder spielt dagegen keine Rolle.} 16. Ba2 Bf8 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bd2 Bg7 19. Ng4
Nxg4 20. hxg4 {Das weiße Spiel macht keinen überzeugenden Eindruck.} Nc5 21.
Rad1 Rc8 22. Nf1 Ne6 23. Qg3 (23. Qh3 $5) 23... Kh7 24. Nh2 f6 25. Nf3 c5 26.
Qh2 $6 (26. Qh3) 26... Nd4 $1 27. Nxd4 cxd4 28. c3 $6 ({Nach} 28. Rc1 {ist
Weiß noch im Geschäft.}) 28... dxc3 29. bxc3 dxe4 30. dxe4 Qe7 {Die weißen
Figuren sind unkoordiniert, Schwarz steht klar besser.} 31. a4 bxa4 32. Qh3 {
[%cal Gh3d7] Weiß droht jetzt 33.Lxh6! Lxh6 34.g5; wäre die Dame doch gleich
nach h3 gegangen.} Red8 {Schwarz hat keine Mühe die Drohung abzuwehren.} (32...
Z0 33. Bxh6 Bxh6 34. g5 $18) 33. Qf3 Rc7 $1 34. Bc1 Rcd7 {Es ist nicht nur der
Mehrbauer: a4 ist schon recht weit vorn, e4 ist schwach, Schwarz hat die
d-Linie.} 35. Bb1 Qe6 {[%cal Re6b3]} 36. Rxd7 Rxd7 37. Bc2 Bc6 38. Rd1 Qa2 39.
Rxd7 Bxd7 40. Qd1 Bb5 (40... Bxg4 $5 {hat Ivanchuk sicher gesehen, und bei
knapper Zeit wegen} 41. Qxg4 Qxc2 42. Bxh6 $1 {verworfen; doch es geht weiter:}
f5 (42... Qxc3 43. Bxg7 Kxg7 44. Qd7+ Kh6 45. Qxa4 a5) 43. exf5 Qxf5 44. Qxf5
gxf5 45. Bc1 Bf8 {Schwarz sollte gewinnen.}) 41. Be3 Qc4 $19 42. Kh2 Bc6 43.
Qa1 Bf8 44. Bb1 a3 (44... Bxe4 {war sicher stark genug.}) 45. f3 Qb3 46. Qa2
Ba4 $1 {Weiß kann nun nicht mehr viel ziehen; allerdings ist es für Schwarz
technisch schwierig, irgendwann den Bc3 einzusammeln - Weiß hat dann meistens
einen Damenausfall. Am besten ist wohl der Übergang ins Endspiel.} 47. Kg3 Kg7
$2 {Wirft den Gewinn weg. Vermutlich ist hier schon das Endspiel gewonnen,
aber Ivanchuk könnte auch zunächst ein paar nützliche Züge machen.} (47... Be7
48. Kh3 Kg7 49. Kh2 a5 50. Bd2 Qxa2 51. Bxa2 Bc2 52. Kg1 a4 53. Bd5 Bb3 54. Bc1
a2 55. Bb2 Ba3 56. Ba1 Bc1 {Wäre der weiße König näher dran, würde Schwarz mit
Kf8-e7-d6 gewinnen.} 57. Kf2 Bxd5 58. exd5 a3 $19) 48. Qd2 $1 g5 {Ivanchuk
verschmäht das Remis - wer will es ihm verdenken - und begibt sich in
Verlustgefahr.} (48... Qxb1 49. Bxh6+ Kg8 50. Qd5+ Kh8 51. Bxf8 Qe1+ 52. Kh2
Qh4+ $11) 49. Ba2 Qb7 50. Qd3 Be8 51. Qd5 Qxd5 (51... Qf7 52. c4 Z0 53. c5) 52.
exd5 {Objektiv sollte das Endspiel remis sein.} a5 53. c4 Bb4 54. c5 Kf8 55.
Kf2 Bb5 56. c6 Ke7 57. Ba7 Kd8 58. Bb6+ Kc8 $2 ({Nach} 58... Ke7 {sehe ich
nicht, wie Weiß Fortschritte machen will.} 59. Ke3 Ba4 60. Kd3 Bb5+ 61. Ke4 {
aber es gibt keinen Zugzwang.}) 59. Ke3 $18 a4 (59... Ba4 {war die einzige
Chance:} 60. Kd3 $1 (60. Bc4 Bd6 61. Bxa5 Bc2) 60... Bd6 (60... Bb5+ 61. Ke4
$18) 61. Bxa5 Bd1 62. Bc4 Ba4 63. Kc3 Bd1 64. Kd2 Ba4 65. Kc1 $18 {Zugzwang})
60. Ke4 Be2 61. Kf5 e4 62. Ke6 exf3 63. d6 Bxd6 64. Kxd6 {Während sich
Ponomariov das Remis in der 2. Partie mit einer starken Verteidigung verdient
hatte, ist nun dieser Punktgewinn äußerst glücklich. Die fragwürdige
Bedenkzeitregelung der FIDE verhinderte, dass Ivanchuk die Partie sauber nach
Hause fuhr. Schade auch für das Match, das nun wohl entschieden ist.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.01.22"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 {Weiß hat nun etliche Möglichkeiten (11.Be3, 11.cd5,
11.a3 etc.) und Ivanchuk dachte einige Zeit nach.} 11. Ne5 {Auch das ist ein
ganz moderner Zug.} f6 12. Nf3 Kh8 13. h3 $6 {Das ist neu, doch ich habe große
Zweifel, ob der Zug auch gut ist.} f5 $1 {Nun droht dxc4 und Weiß muss
reagieren.} ({Auch} 13... c5 {scheint okay zu sein.}) 14. a3 Nc6 15. Nxd5 ({
Nach} 15. c5 $6 {hat Schwarz am Königsflügel die Oberhand während Weiß auf der
anderen Seite noch viel Zeit braucht.}) 15... Bxd5 16. cxd5 Qxd5 $15 {Pd4 ist
schwach, Weiß hat dafür kaum Kompensation.} 17. Qa4 (17. Bf4 $5) 17... Bf6 {
[%cal Rf6d4]} 18. Rd1 Rad8 19. Be3 (19. Bc4 Qd6 20. d5 a6 21. Qc2 Ne5 {Statt
d4 ist nun d5 schwach.}) 19... f4 $1 20. Bxf4 Nxd4 21. Nxd4 Bxd4 22. Be3 c5 23.
Bxd4 $1 (23. Bf3 Rxf3 $1 24. gxf3 Ng5 $40) (23. Qxa7 Nxf2 24. Bxd4 cxd4 25. Rf1
Qe5 $19 {(Fritz)}) 23... cxd4 24. f3 d3 $5 {Nur durch die Matchsituation
bedingt wickelt Ponomariov praktisch zum Remis ab.} ({Nach} 24... Nc5 25. Qc4 (
25. Qxa7 $2 Nb3 26. Rab1 Qc6 $19 {(Fritz)}) 25... Qe5 {steht Schwarz natürlich
auch sehr gut, aber mir scheint, dass der Springer auf c5 vom Wege abgekommen
ist.}) ({Nach} 24... Ng3 $1 25. Bc4 (25. Bd3 $2 Rxf3 26. gxf3 Qxf3 $19) 25...
Qg5 26. Qxa7 {hat Schwarz viele schöne Möglichkeiten; der Springer kann nach
f5 und h5 (später nach e3, h4 und f4), auch der d-Bauer stellt für Weiß eine
große Gefahr dar. Einen Gewinn in einer gründlichen Analyse (mit Hilfe von
Fritz) nachzuweisen ist freilich etwas leichter als das praktische Spiel.}) 25.
Qxe4 $1 {Auch Ivanchuk geht kein Risiko ein.} (25. Qxa7 Nc5 26. Bf1 d2 27. b4
Nb3 28. Ra2 Rfe8 29. Qf2 Qe6 {[%cal Re6e1]} 30. Raxd2 Nxd2 31. Rxd2 Rxd2 32.
Qxd2 Qe3+ 33. Qxe3 Rxe3 $17) 25... Qxe4 26. fxe4 dxe2 27. Rd5 $1 ({Nach} 27.
Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Re1 Rd2 29. b4 (29. Kf2 $2 Rxb2 30. Rxe2 Rxe2+ 31. Kxe2 Kg8 32.
Kd3 Kf7 33. Kd4 Ke6 $19) 29... Ra2 30. Kf2 Rxa3 31. Rxe2 Rb3 32. Rc2 h6 {
kann Schwarz noch risikolos auf Gewinn spielen.}) (27. Rd5 $1 Rde8 28. Rd4 Rf4
29. Re1 Rfxe4 30. Rxe4 Rxe4 31. Kf2 Kg8) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.01.23"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 {Immerhin eine Überraschung.} 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Nc6 {Das
erweist sich als schlechte Wahl.} 5. c4 Nb6 6. e6 fxe6 7. Nc3 g6 8. Be3 Bg7 9.
h4 $1 O-O $6 $146 ({RR} 9... e5 10. d5 Nb4 11. a3 Na6 12. h5 Bf5 13. hxg6 hxg6
14. Rxh8+ Bxh8 15. Ng5 Qc8 16. Be2 c6 17. g4 Bd7 18. Qd3 Kd8 19. c5 e4 20.
Ncxe4 Nxd5 21. cxd6 {CBM 56-6.e6 fe6 7.Nc3 g6 8.h4/Opening 1996/CBM 56/
[Ftacnik] (21)}) ({RR} 9... d5 10. c5 Nc4 11. Bxc4 dxc4 12. Qa4 Qd7 13. O-O-O
b5 14. Qxb5 Rb8 15. Qxc4 Nb4 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Ba6 18. Rxd7 Bxc4 19. Rhd1
Rc8 20. Bg5 Nc6 21. b3 Ba6 22. Bh6 Nxe5 23. R7d4 Nf7 24. Be3 {Nunn,J-Vaganian,
R/London 1986/MCL/1-0 (36)}) 10. h5 $1 e5 11. d5 Nd4 {Das nimmt die Schärfe
aus der Stellung, aber bei anderen Zügen stände Schwarz vielleicht noch
schlechter.} 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Bxd4 $16 g5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. h6+ Kg8 16. Qd2 e5
17. Rh5 g4 (17... Rf4 18. g3 Nxc4 19. Qc1 $18) 18. Qg5+ Qxg5 19. Rxg5+ Kh8 20.
Rg7 Rf6 21. Rxc7 Rxh6 22. b4 {Unter normalen Umständen würde Weiß natürlich
mit guten Chancen auf Gewinn weiterspielen. Doch das Remis genügt zur
Eroberung des WM-Titels, und dieses Ziel stand natürlich im Vordergrund.} (22.
b4 a5 23. bxa5 Rxa5 24. Rb1 Rc5 25. Re7 $18) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 19th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2002.02.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4
O-O 8. Bd3 f5 9. exf6 Rxf6 10. Bg5 Rf7 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qd1 Nbc6 13. Nf3 Qf8 14.
O-O c4 15. Be2 h6 16. Bc1 Bd7 {Black did quite successfully in this
complicated line in modern practice Ftacnik: 'Black players have finally found
a way to cope with the challenges of this sharp opening line. Ponomariov is
challenged to look for an advantage for his bishop's pair.'} 17. Ne1 $146 {
[%mdl 2048] A new plan, White wants to play f4 in the future. Usually White
continued here} (17. a4 {with possible continuation} Qg7 18. Qd2 Kh7 19. Ba3 g5
20. Rab1 b6 21. Bd6 Ng6 $5 $13 {><e5} (21... Nf5 22. Be5 Qg6 23. h3 $1 Rg8 24.
g4 $16 {Macieja-Schmidt (Polen 1998)})) 17... g5 18. g3 Nf5 (18... Qg7 19. f4 (
19. Ng2 $2 e5 $1 20. dxe5 Qxe5 $36 {><c3})) (18... e5 {Ftacnik} 19. dxe5 Nxe5
20. f4 gxf4 21. Bxf4 Bh3 22. Ng2 N5g6 $13) 19. Ng2 (19. f4 $5 {Ftacnik} Nd6 (
19... gxf4 {Ftacnik} 20. Bxf4 $14) 20. Bh5 (20. fxg5 {Ftacnik} Rxf1+ 21. Bxf1
Ne4 22. Be3 hxg5 23. Bg2 $14) 20... Rf5 21. Nf3 Ne4 22. Bg4 $14) 19... Qg7 20.
f4 Nd6 {[%cal Gd6e4]} 21. Qe1 (21. a4 $2 {[%cal Gc1a3]} Ne4 22. Qe1 Nxc3 $1 23.
Qxc3 Nxd4 24. Kf2 $8 gxf4 25. Nxf4 (25. gxf4 Nxe2 26. Qxg7+ Rxg7) 25... e5 $17)
(21. Bh5 {Ftacnik} Rff8 22. Bf3 Nb5 23. Bd2 gxf4 24. a4 Nbxd4 $1 25. cxd4 Qxd4+
26. Kh1 fxg3 $13) 21... b5 {[%cal Ga7a5,Gb5b4] Starting counterplay on the
Qside} ({Worth considering} 21... g4 $1 {[%cal Gc6e7,Ge7f5]} {and after} 22. a4
(22. Ne3 {Ftacnik} h5 23. h3 gxh3 24. Bxh5 Re7 $13) 22... Ne7 $5 (22... Ne4 23.
Ba3 b6 24. Ne3 h5) 23. Ba3 Nef5 24. Bxd6 Nxd6 25. Ne3 h5 $13) (21... Ne4 $2 22.
Bxc4 $1 dxc4 23. Qxe4) 22. fxg5 Rxf1+ 23. Bxf1 hxg5 24. Ne3 (24. h4 {Ftacnik}
e5 $1 25. Bxg5 exd4 26. Nf4 Re8 $15) 24... Rf8 25. Bg2 a5 (25... Be8 {Ftacnik}
26. Ng4 Nxd4 27. cxd4 Qxd4+ 28. Be3 Qxg4 29. Bc5 $1 Nf7 30. Bxf8 Kxf8 31. Qb4+
$16) 26. Bd2 Qg6 $6 {'?' Ftacnik.} ({At this moment Ivanchuk lost great chance.
He could play} 26... b4 $1 $132 {attacking white's pawn chain and starting big
and unclear complications, for example.} 27. cxb4 $142 {'!' Ftacnik.} (27. axb4
axb4 28. Ra6 bxc3 29. Bxc3 Nb5 30. Nxd5 Nxc3 31. Nxc3 (31. Qxc3 Nxd4 32. Ne7+
Kf7 $1 $19) 31... Qxd4+ 32. Kh1 Nb4 33. Ra5 Nxc2 $132) 27... axb4 (27... Nxd4
28. bxa5 $14 Nf3+ 29. Bxf3 Rxf3 30. Rb1 $16) 28. Bxb4 Nxb4 29. axb4 Qxd4 $13 {
After text Ponomariov easily got an advantage and with hard hand won game -
opportunity seldom knocks twice!} 30. c3 $14) 27. Ng4 {'!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik:
'Fine manouvering of white pieces has presented Ivanchuk with distinct
positional problems due to the weakness of the e5 square.'} Rf5 (27... Ne4 28.
Bxe4 (28. Qe3 $5 $36) (28. Rb1 $14 {Ftacnik}) 28... dxe4 29. Qe3 e5 30. Nxe5
Nxe5 31. dxe5 Rf5 32. Qa7 Qe6 33. Be3 Rxe5 34. Rd1 $16) (27... Qxc2 28. Qe3 Qg6
29. Qxg5 $16) 28. Qe3 $16 {[%csl Rg5,Rg8]} Kg7 (28... a4 {Ftacnik} 29. Rf1
Rxf1+ 30. Bxf1 $14) 29. Rb1 Kh7 30. a4 {'!?' Ftacnik.} (30. h3 $5 $16) 30...
bxa4 (30... b4 $2 {Ftacnik} 31. cxb4 axb4 32. Bxb4 Nxb4 33. Rxb4 $18) 31. Bc1 {
'!' Ftacnik.} Rf7 32. Ba3 Qxc2 $2 (32... Nf5 33. Qe2 Qg7 (33... Ncxd4 34. cxd4
Nxd4 35. Qe5) 34. Bc5 $16) (32... Ne4 $142 $13 {Ftacnik}) 33. Rc1 Qf5 34. Bh3 {
'!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'This part of game is dominated by the tactics, black
has to part with some material. '} (34. h3 $16) 34... Ne4 (34... Nb5 35. Ne5 $1
Qxh3 (35... Qf2+ 36. Qxf2 Rxf2 37. Nxd7 Rf3 38. Bb2 a3 39. Ba1 $16) 36. Nxf7
Kg6 37. Rf1 Qxf1+ $8 38. Kxf1 Kxf7 39. Bc1 $18) 35. Ne5 Qf2+ (35... Qxh3 {
Ftacnik} 36. Nxf7 Qg4 37. Nd6 Nxc3 38. Qxc3 Qxd4+ 39. Qxd4 Nxd4 40. Kf2 $14)
36. Qxf2 Rxf2 (36... Nxf2 $5 37. Nxf7 Nxh3+ 38. Kg2 g4 39. Nd6 $16 (39. Rb1 {
Ftacnik} Kg6 40. Rb7 $16)) 37. Nxd7 Ra2 38. Bc5 Nd2 39. Bg2 (39. Bg4 $1 a3 (
39... Kg7 $5) 40. Nf8+ Kh6 41. Nxe6 Nb3 42. Rf1 $18) {Ivanchuk play his last
trump - aP} 39... a3 40. Nf8+ (40. Re1 Nb3) 40... Kh6 $2 {Ftacnik: 'The last
inaccuracy will prevent black's counterplay from exploiting it's whole
potential.'} (40... Kh8 $1 41. Re1 (41. Nxe6 $5 Nb3 42. Rf1 Rxg2+ 43. Kxg2 a2
44. Nc7 a1=Q 45. Rxa1 Nxa1 46. Nxd5) 41... Nb3 42. Bxa3 Rxa3 43. Nxe6 Nd2 44.
Rc1 $16) (40... Kg8 {Ftacnik} 41. Nxe6 Nb3 42. Rf1 Rxg2+ 43. Kxg2 a2 44. Nc7
a1=Q 45. Rxa1 Nxa1 46. Nxd5 Nb3 47. Nb6 $16) 41. Re1 $18 {'!' Ftacnik. It
seems that Black's position can no longer be saved - there are too many White'
pieces pointed at the black king, who is all alone} e5 (41... Ne4 42. Bxe4 dxe4
43. Nxe6 $18) (41... Nd8 {Ftacnik} 42. Nxe6 Nxe6 43. Rxe6+ Kg7 44. Re7+ (44.
Bxd5 {Ftacnik} Ra1+ 45. Kg2 a2 $11) 44... Kg6 45. Re1 Rc2 46. Bxa3 Rxc3 47. Bc5
$18) 42. dxe5 {[%csl Ge5]} g4 43. e6 Nf3+ 44. Bxf3 gxf3 45. Kf1 $1 {Avoiding
last trap} ({It is still open question if White can win after} 45. e7 $2 {
for example} Nxe7 46. Rxe7 (46. Re6+ Kh5 47. h3 Rg2+ 48. Kf1 Nf5 49. g4+ Kh4
50. gxf5 a2 51. Re1 Rb2 52. Ng6+ Kxh3 53. Nf4+ Kg3 54. f6 Rb1 55. Bf2+ Kxf4 56.
f7 Rxe1+ 57. Bxe1 a1=Q 58. f8=Q+ Ke4 59. Qe7+ $16) 46... Rg2+ 47. Kf1 a2 48.
Re1 $1 (48. Be3+ Kh5 49. Re5+ Kg4 50. Rg5+ Kh3 51. Rh5+ Kg4 52. Rg5+ $11) 48...
Re2 $1 (48... Rb2 49. Be3+ Kh5 50. h3 $1 {[%csl Rh5]} Re2 (50... Rb1 51. Bc1 {
[%cal Re1e5]}) 51. Ra1 Rxe3 (51... Rb2 52. Bc1 Rb1 53. Rxa2 Rxc1+ 54. Kf2 Rxc3
55. Ne6 $18) 52. Rxa2 Rxc3 53. Rxa5 $18) 49. Ra1 (49. Rc1 Rb2) 49... Rb2 50.
Be3+ Kg7 51. Bc1 Rb1 52. Rxa2 Rxc1+ 53. Kf2 Kxf8 54. Ra3 Rc2+ 55. Kxf3 Rxh2 56.
Rxa5 Rd2 $11) 1-0

[Event "Linares 19th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2002.02.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. d5 {The positional approach.} ({
The sharper} 12. a4 h6 13. Bc2 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15. Bb1 c5 16. d5 Nd7 17. Ra3
{and now either} c4 {(positional) or} (17... f5 {(tactical) is heavily
analysed. No clear verdict has been reached. The results are mixed with a
slight plus for White.})) 12... Nb8 13. Nf1 Nbd7 14. N3h2 Nc5 15. Bc2 c6 16. b4
Ncd7 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Bg5 {A deviation from 18.Ng4 played by Adams against
Beliavsky in Leon last year. Exchanging the black-squared B for a N is logical
given the weakness of d5.} (18. Ng4 Nxg4 19. hxg4 Nb6 20. Qd3 (20. Ne3 d5 21.
exd5 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Qxd5 23. Qxd5 Bxd5 $13 {1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G-Ivanchuk,V/
Linares 1998/CBM 64/[ChessBase] (54)}) 20... g6 21. Rd1 Qc7 22. Qf3 Bd7 23. Bb3
Be6 24. Bg5 a5 25. Ne3 Bxb3 26. axb3 axb4 27. cxb4 Rxa1 28. Rxa1 d5 $1 $132 {
0-1 Adams,M-Beliavsky,A/Leon 2001/CBM 86/[Wedberg] (60)}) 18... h6 (18... Qc8
19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Ng4 Nxg4 21. hxg4 Bd7 22. Ne3 Ra7 (22... Qxc3 23. Nd5 Qc6 24.
Bb3 Qb7 25. g5 Be6 26. Re3 $40 {1-0 Almasi,Z-Bacrot,E/Szeged 2000/CBM 78 (34)})
23. Bb3 Qxc3 24. Nd5 Qc8 25. Nb6 Qd8 26. Nxd7 Qxd7 27. Bd5 $44 {1/2-1/2 Hracek,
Z-Beliavsky,A/Germany 2000/CBM 74 ext (37)}) (18... Qc7 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Ng4
Nxg4 21. hxg4 Qb7 22. Qd3 Rac8 23. Bb3 Bd7 24. Ne3 Be6 25. Nd5 $14 {1-0
Delchev,A-Levar,N/Belisce 1999/EXT 2000 (36)}) 19. Bxf6 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (19.
Bh4 Qc7 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. Ng4 Nxg4 22. hxg4 Be7 23. Bb3 Bg5 24. Qf3 Rf8 25.
Rad1 Bd7 26. Rd3 Be6 27. Red1 Rfd8 28. Ne3 Bxe3 29. Rxe3 {Black´s play in this
game is a model for the handling of this line. 1/2-1/2 Almasi,Z-Beliavsky,A/
AUT 2001/EXT 2002 (29)}) 19... Nxf6 20. Ng4 Nxg4 21. Qxg4 {[%cal Yc2b3,Yf1e3,
Ye3d5,Yb3d5,Ya1d1,Yd1d5][%mdl 2048] For good reasons Adams spurns the more or
less standard recapture with the h-P. The main idea remains the same though -
to capitalize on the d5-square.} (21. hxg4 d5 $1 $13) 21... d5 $6 {Ponomariov
tries to break free immediately. But freedom comes with a cost in this case,
because White is better mobilized.} (21... Bd7 22. Qf3 Rc8 {[%csl Rc3][%cal
Yd8c7,Yd7e6,Yf8e7,Ye7g5] would have been more prudent. There are weaknesses on
both sides. See the comment to move 19.}) 22. exd5 (22. Rad1 $6 d4 $132) 22...
Qxd5 23. Bb3 {[%cal Yf1e3,Ya1d1,Ye3f5,Yb3f7,Yd1d7] White´s B is the dominant
minor piece and it´s sway can be enhanced by all the other pieces. It´s
already tricky for Black.} Qd8 (23... Qd3 24. Re3 $36) (23... Qd7 24. Qh5 $36)
24. Qh5 $1 $16 Ra7 (24... Qf6 25. Ne3 {[%cal Ye3g4] is difficult for Black.} g6
26. Ng4 Qg7 27. Qh4 g5 28. Qh5 Ra7 29. Rad1 $16) (24... Qc7 25. Ne3 Rad8 26.
Ng4 Bd5 (26... Bd6 $2 27. Qg6 $18) 27. Re3 $40 {[%cal Ye3g3,Ya1e1]}) 25. Rxe5 (
25. Ne3 Qg5 {relieves some pressure.}) 25... Rxe5 26. Qxe5 Qg5 27. Qxg5 hxg5 {
White is a P up, but Black has some compensation in the pair of B:s. White´s
plus is clear though. In percentage terms I would give White 75% here.} 28. Ne3
g6 (28... a5 29. bxa5 Rxa5 30. Rd1 $14) 29. Rd1 Rc7 30. Kf1 Kg7 31. Ke2 Be7 32.
Bd5 $1 {White centralizes effectively.} Bd7 33. Rd3 Bf6 (33... f5) 34. c4 bxc4
35. Bxc4 Bc8 36. a3 Bb2 37. Kd2 f5 38. Kc2 Bxa3 (38... Bf6 39. Kb3 $16 {
[%cal Ye3d5]}) 39. Rxa3 f4 40. Kb3 fxe3 41. fxe3 Re7 42. Ka4 $18 {The weak a-P
will fall and then the b-P wins.} Re5 43. Rd3 Bf5 44. Rd2 Rxe3 45. Bxa6 Be4 46.
Rf2 Kh6 47. Bf1 g4 48. hxg4 Re1 49. Be2 Ra1+ 50. Kb3 Rb1+ 51. Kc3 Rc1+ 52. Kd4
Bb7 53. Bf3 Ba6 54. Rb2 Bb5 55. Be2 Bc6 56. Bf3 Bb5 57. Be2 Bc6 58. Ba6 Rg1 59.
b5 Bxg2 60. b6 Kg5 61. Bc8 Kf4 62. Kc5 Be4 63. Rb4 Ke5 64. b7 Rc1+ 65. Kb5 Bxb7
66. Bxb7 Kf6 67. Rc4 Rb1+ 68. Kc6 Kg5 69. Bc8 Rd1 70. Bd7 Kh4 71. Kc7 Rd2 72.
Kd8 Re2 73. Rc6 g5 74. Bf5 Re3 75. Re6 Rg3 76. Rh6# 1-0

[Event "Linares 19th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2002.02.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. Nd2 Bg5 7. h4 Bxd2+ 8.
Bxd2 Nf6 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. Bxd5 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qd2 Ne7 14. Bc4
O-O 15. Kf1 Rad8 16. Re1 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Qe2 Rfe8 19. Qe4 Nb6 20. Bb3 Rd4
21. Qxb7 c4 22. dxc4 e4 23. Kg1 Rd7 24. Qa6 e3 25. fxe3 Rxe3 26. Rxe3 Rd1+ 27.
Kh2 Qxh4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 19th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2002.02.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 Nd4 12. Nd2 c6 13. e3 Nb5 14. Nxb5 cxb5 15.
Nb3 Na4 16. Bb2 Bd5 17. e4 Bf7 18. d4 Rc8 19. d5 Qd7 20. Qe2 Bd8 21. Ba1 Bb6
22. Rbc1 a6 23. h4 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rc8 25. Rc2 Rc7 26. Bf3 Qc8 27. Rxc7 Qxc7 28.
Qd3 Qc4 29. Be2 Bg6 30. Qxc4 bxc4 31. Bxc4 Bxe4 32. Nd2 Bf5 33. d6+ Kf8 34. Bd5
Bc8 35. d7 Bxd7 36. Bxb7 Bb5 37. Be4 h6 38. Bc2 Ke7 39. Kg2 Bd4 40. Nb3 Bxa1
41. Nxa1 Kd6 42. Bb3 Nc3 43. Nc2 Bc6+ 44. Kf1 Bd5 45. Bxd5 Kxd5 46. Ne3+ Ke4
47. h5 f5 48. Nc4 f4 49. Nd6+ Kf3 50. gxf4 exf4 51. Nf5 Nb5 52. a4 Nc3 53. Nxg7
Nxa4 54. Nf5 Kg4 55. Nxh6+ Kxh5 56. Nf5 Nc3 57. Nd4 Kg4 58. Kg2 Nd5 59. f3+ Kg5
60. Nc6 Kf6 61. Kh3 Kf5 62. Kh4 Ne3 63. Nb8 Nc2 64. Nxa6 Nd4 65. Kh3 Nxf3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 19th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2002.03.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2838"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2
Be7 9. g4 O-O 10. O-O-O Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. a3 Nd7 13. h4 Rb8 14. f4 Bb7 15.
g5 Nc5 16. Bg2 a5 17. Bxc5 dxc5 18. Qxd8 Rfxd8 19. Nxb5 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 Rxb5 21.
Rxd8+ Bxd8 22. f5 exf5 23. Bxf5 g6 24. Re1 Kg7 25. Bd3 Rb7 26. Re5 Be7 27. c3
h6 28. Kc2 hxg5 29. hxg5 Kf8 30. Rd5 Rb8 31. Rd7 Bxg5 32. Bc4 Be7 33. Ra7 g5
34. Rxa5 g4 35. Bd5 f5 36. Be6 g3 37. Bd5 Rd8 38. Bf3 Kf7 39. b4 Rh8 40. Kb3
Rh2 41. Bd5+ Kf6 42. Ra8 Rd2 43. Bf3 Kf7 44. bxc5 Bxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 19th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2002.03.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. Be2 a6 8. N5c3
Bg5 9. Nd2 Nf6 10. O-O O-O 11. b3 Nd4 12. Nf3 Bxc1 13. Rxc1 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Be6
15. Qd2 Qc7 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. h3 h6 18. Qe2 Rac8 19. Bg4 Qa5 20. Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 19th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2002.03.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Nc6 5. Nc3 Nd5 6. Qxc4 Nb6 7. Qb3 (7.
Qd3 e5 8. dxe5 (8. Nxe5 Nb4 (8... Qxd4 9. Nxc6 Qxd3 10. exd3 bxc6 11. Be2 Bf5
12. O-O O-O-O 13. Ne4 Kb7 14. a3 Be7 15. Be3 Nd5 16. Bd2 Rhe8 17. Bf3 Nf6 18.
Bc3 Rxd3 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Rac1 Bd7 21. Nc5+ Bxc5 22. Rxc5 {1/2-1/2 Reshevsky,
S-Portisch,L/Tel Aviv 1964/MCD (22)}) 9. Qb1 (9. Qd1 Qxd4 10. Qxd4 Nc2+ 11. Kd1
Nxd4 12. e3 Ne6 {1/2-1/2 Davies,N-Stempin,P/Polanica Zdroj 1989/EXT 97 (12)})
9... Qxd4 10. Nf3 Qd6 11. e4 Bg4 12. a3 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Nc6 14. Nb5 Qe7 15. Be3
O-O-O 16. Bh3+ Kb8 17. O-O Qh4 18. Kg2 a6 19. Nc3 Rd6 20. Ne2 Nc4 21. Bf4 Rg6+
22. Bg3 Nd2 $19 {0-1 Conquest,S-Dlugy,M/New York 1984/MCD (32)}) (8. e3 exd4 9.
Nxd4 Nxd4 10. exd4 Be7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Be6 13. Rd1 c6 14. Bf4 Re8 15. Bf3
Nd5 $15 {0-1 Ritter,M-Dlugy,M/New York 1993/TD (58)}) 8... Qxd3 9. exd3 Nb4 (
9... Bg4 10. Bf4 Bc5 11. Be2 O-O-O 12. d4 Be7 13. O-O-O Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nxd4 15.
Bg4+ Kb8 16. Be3 Ne6 $14 {1-0 Bewersdorff,O-Szymczak,Z/BL2-O 1994/GER-chT2 (52)
}) 10. Kd1 Bf5 11. Ne1 O-O-O 12. a3 Nc6 13. f4 Bc5 14. Nf3 Nc4 15. Kc2 Ne3+ 16.
Bxe3 Bxe3 17. g3 Bg4 18. Ng5 Nd4+ 19. Kb1 Rhf8 20. Nd1 Bd2 21. Nf2 Bf5 22. Bh3
Bxh3 23. Nfxh3 f6 24. exf6 gxf6 25. Ne4 Ba5 26. b4 Bb6 27. Ra2 f5 28. Nc3 Rfe8
$44 {0-1 Goormachtigh,J-Velikov,P/Haifa 1989/EU-chT (36)}) 7... e5 $146 (7...
Be6 8. Qd1 Bg4 9. d5 Nb8 10. Ne5 Bc8 11. e4 $16 {0-1 Pacheco,D-Vasta,E/Mar del
Plata op-28 Mar del Plata 1997 (38)}) (7... Bg4 8. d5 Bxf3 9. gxf3 Nd4 10. Qd1
e5 11. e3 Nf5 12. f4 Bb4 13. e4 Nd6 14. Bg2 Qh4 15. fxe5 Nxe4 16. Qd4 Nxd5 17.
Bxe4 Rd8 18. Bd2 O-O 19. Nxd5 Bxd2+ 20. Kxd2 Rxd5 21. Qxd5 Rd8 22. Qxd8+ Qxd8+
23. Ke3 $18 {1-0 Bukal,V-Hansen,L/Sitges op 1999 (38)}) 8. dxe5 (8. Nxe5 $5
Nxe5 (8... Be6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Qd1 $16) 9. dxe5 Be6 10. Qc2 Qd4 11. g3 (11. f4
O-O-O 12. e3 Qb4 $44) 11... Qxe5 (11... Bb4 12. Bg2 O-O-O 13. O-O Qxe5 14. Bf4
$36) 12. Bf4 Qc5 13. Bg2 O-O-O 14. Rc1 (14. O-O Nd5 $11) 14... Bd6 15. Bxd6
Qxd6 16. O-O $36) 8... Be6 9. Qc2 Nd4 10. Qd3 (10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. g3 $5) 10...
Bc5 11. e3 (11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. Be3 (12. Qxd4 Bxd4 13. f4 Bxc3+ (13... Nc4 14.
Nb5 Bb6 15. e4 $16) 14. bxc3 Na4 15. Bd2 O-O-O $44) 12... Qxe5 13. Qb5+ Nd7 $11
) 11... Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 Qxd3 13. Bxd3 O-O-O 14. Be2 (14. Bc2 $5 Nc4 15. f4)
14... Bb4 15. Bd2 Na4 16. a3 (16. Rg1 g6 $11) 16... Bxc3 17. Bxc3 Nxc3 18. bxc3
Rd5 19. f4 Rc5 20. Rc1 (20. Rc1 Ra5 21. Ra1 Rc5 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 19th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2002.03.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Re4 g5 16. Qe2 Nf6 (16... f5 17. Bxd5+ (17. Re6 Bxe6 18. Qxe6+ Kh8 19. Qxd6 (
19. Bxg5 Rae8 $19) 19... Rae8 20. Bd2 f4 21. Bxd5 (21. Bd1 Rf6 $1) 21... cxd5
22. f3 g4 {0-1 Smirin,I-Grischuk,A/Panormo 2001/ (22)}) 17... cxd5 18. Re6 f4
19. Rxd6 Bg4 20. Qf1 Qxf1+ 21. Kxf1 Rae8 22. Bd2 Bh3+ 23. Kg1 fxg3 24. hxg3 Re2
25. Be3 Rxe3 26. fxe3 Rf1+ 27. Kh2 g4 28. Rxd5 {1/2-1/2 Ponomariov,R-Anand,V/
Linares 2002/ (28)}) 17. Nd2 Bf5 18. f3 (18. Re5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Ng4 20. Nf3 Rae8
21. Qf1 Qxf1+ 22. Kxf1 h6 23. h4 Be4 24. Ne1 Rxe5 25. f4 gxh4 26. gxh4 Re7 {
0-1 Petrosian,T-Averbakh,Y/Moscow 1947/ (40)}) 18... c5 {[%mdl 8] New move in
a very sharp position, the sacrifice on e4 prevents black's rooks from
reaching the vital square e1.} (18... Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. fxe4 Be7 21. Be3
Kh8 22. Rf1 f5 23. Be6 Qg4 24. Qxg4 fxg4 25. Bd7 {1-0 Sax,G-Atalik,S/Bled 2000/
(31)}) 19. Qf2 c4 (19... cxd4 20. cxd4 Rac8 21. Re1 $16) 20. Bc2 h6 21. b3 $1
cxb3 (21... Nd5 22. bxc4 Nxc3 23. Re3 Bxc2 24. Rxc3 Bg6 25. c5 $18) 22. axb3
Rfc8 23. Bb2 Bb4 $2 {The tactics that will unfortunatelly bacfire against
Adams. The open diagonal a1-h8 will represent grave danger for black king.} (
23... Nxe4 24. fxe4 Bg6 25. c4 Bb4 26. c5 $36) (23... a5 $5 24. Bd3 a4 25. Bf1
Qh5 26. Re5 $14) 24. Re5 $1 Bxc2 25. cxb4 Bg6 26. Rc5 Re8 (26... Rd8 27. d5 $18
) 27. Nf1 Rad8 (27... Bd3 28. Ne3 Qe6 29. Re1 Nd7 30. d5 Qd6 31. Qd2 $18) 28.
d5 $1 Nd7 29. Ne3 h5 (29... Nxc5 30. bxc5 Kf8 31. Rxa6 $18) 30. f4 (30. Rc6 $18
) 30... h4 (30... Nxc5 31. bxc5 Qc8 32. Rc1 $18) 31. f5 hxg3 32. hxg3 Bh5 (
32... Bh7 33. Rxa6 Nxc5 34. bxc5 $18) 33. d6 Re4 34. Rac1 Nxc5 $6 {The tired
defender is resigning his hopes for more resistance, white is getting the
chance to march forward with the terrible pawn duo.} (34... Nf8 35. Re5 $18) (
34... f6 35. Rc8 Rde8 36. Nd5 Rg4 37. Rxe8+ Bxe8 38. Rc3 $16) 35. bxc5 Kh7 36.
Bf6 Rg8 (36... Rd7 37. Bxg5 $18) 37. d7 Rh4 38. Qg2 Bf3 39. Qxh3 (39. Qxf3 Qh2+
40. Kf1 Qh1+ 41. Qxh1 Rxh1+ 42. Ke2 Rxc1 43. b4 $18) 39... Rxh3 40. Kf2 g4 41.
Nf1 $1 Rh5 42. d8=Q Rxd8 43. Bxd8 Rxf5 44. Ne3 Rh5 45. Bh4 1-0

[Event "Linares 19th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2002.03.07"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Be3 Nb4 8.
Be4 f5 9. exf6 exf6 10. Nc3 f5 11. Bb1 N4d5 (11... Bd6 12. Nf3 Be6 13. O-O Qd7
14. a3 N4d5 15. Ng5 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Bd5 17. Bd3 O-O 18. Re1 {1/2-1/2 Pelletier,
Y-Sorokin,M/Elista 1998/CBM 66 ext (18)}) 12. Nf3 Bd6 (12... Bb4 13. Bd2 Be7
14. O-O O-O 15. Re1 Bf6 16. a3 Kh8 17. Ba2 f4 $8 18. Ne5 f3 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20.
Nf7+ $2 (20. Bb4 $1 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Nxb4 22. Qxd8 Rxd8 23. axb4 $16) 20... Rxf7
21. Bxd5 Rf8 22. Bxf3 Bxd4 $11 {1-0 Huebner,R-Sulskis,S/Pula 1997/Inf 69/
[Huebner,R] (60)}) 13. Bg5 Be7 (13... Qd7 14. Qe2+ Qe6 15. Ne5 O-O 16. O-O Nxc3
$1 17. bxc3 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Qc6 19. Bd3 Be6 $15 {0-1 Timman,J-Salov,V/Sanghi
Nagar (m4) 1994/[Salov,V] (69)}) 14. Bd2 {White needs this B-maneuvre to pave
his way to the seizure of the e-file} O-O 15. O-O Nxc3 {Like in plenty of
other similar positions, two black Ns prove to be one too many for the purpose
of controlling the "d5" square. To get rid of an "unnecessary" piece, Black
allows his opponent to bring some support to his recently isolated pawn.} 16.
bxc3 Be6 {If Black could only stop the "c3" pawn from moving forward, he would
have but little reason to worry about his position..} 17. Re1 Bd5 18. Bd3 (18.
Ne5 c5 $132) 18... Nc4 (18... c5 19. Qe2 Bd6 20. c4 $5 (20. dxc5 Bxc5 21. Bg5
Qe8 22. Qd2 Qh5 23. Ne5 h6 24. Bf4 Rad8 $11) 20... Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Qh4 22. h3
Qxd4 23. Rad1 Nxc4 (23... Rae8 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Be3 Qe5 26. g3 Qf6 27. Bxf5
$36) 24. Bxc4+ Qxc4 25. Bg5 $44) 19. Bxc4 $1 Bxc4 20. Ne5 Bf7 (20... Bd5 21. c4
Be4 22. Bc3 $16) 21. Nxf7 Rxf7 22. Qb3 c5 (22... b6 23. Re5 Qd7 24. Rae1 $16)
23. d5 (23. Qxb7 $5 cxd4 24. cxd4 Rb8 (24... Bf6 25. Qf3 Bxd4 26. Rad1 Bf6 27.
Bc3 Qf8 28. Bxf6 Rxf6 29. Rd7 $16) 25. Qa6 Qxd4 26. Be3 $36) (23. Re5 cxd4 24.
Rxf5 Bf6 25. Rd5 Qb6 26. Qxb6 axb6 27. cxd4 Rc7 $14 {Black can considerably
increase his survival chances by exchanging his doubled "b-pawns" for those on
"a2" and "d4"}) 23... b5 $1 {[%mdl 256]} (23... Qd7 24. c4 Bd6 25. Re6 Re8 26.
Rae1 Rfe7 $14) 24. Re6 (24. Bf4 Qd7 (24... Bd6 25. Bxd6 Qxd6 26. Re6 Qd7 27.
Rc6 $16) 25. d6 c4 (25... Bxd6 26. Qd5 $16 Rd8 $140 27. Bxd6 Qxd6 28. Re8+ $18)
26. Qd1 Bf6 27. Qd5 Qb7 $132) 24... Qd7 25. Rae1 (25. a4 $5 Rd8 (25... Rc8 26.
axb5 (26. Bf4 b4 27. c4 Bf6 28. Rae1 $14) 26... c4 27. Qd1 Qxd5 28. Qe2 Bf6 29.
Rxa7 Rxa7 30. Re8+ Kf7 31. Rxc8 Ra1+ 32. Be1 Qxb5 33. Qh5+ Ke7 $15) 26. axb5
Qxd5 27. Qxd5 Rxd5 28. Be3 c4 $1 29. Rc6 Rxb5 30. Bxa7 {[%csl Rc4]} Rf6 31.
Rc8+ Kf7 32. Kf1 (32. Rxc4 $4 Ra6 $19) 32... Rb2 33. Rxc4 Re6 34. Rc7 $16)
25... c4 26. Qd1 Rd8 $11 27. Qe2 Qxd5 28. Rxe7 Rxe7 (28... Qxd2 29. Re8+ Rf8
30. Rxf8+ Kxf8 31. Qe7+ Kg8 32. Qe6+ {-see the text.}) 29. Qxe7 Qxd2 30. Qe6+
Kf8 31. Qxf5+ Kg8 32. Qe6+ Kf8 33. Qe7+ Kg8 34. Qe6+ Kf8 35. h4 Qd7 36. Qa6 Qd2
37. Qe6 Qd7 38. Qe5 Re8 39. Qc5+ Kg8 40. Rxe8+ Qxe8 41. Qd5+ Kh8 42. Kf1 h6 $11
43. f3 a5 44. Kf2 Qg6 45. Qa8+ Kh7 46. Qxa5 Qc2+ 47. Kg3 Qg6+ 48. Kf2 (48. Kh2
Qd6+ 49. g3 Qe5 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 19th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2002.03.08"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nxc6 Bxc6 9. Qe2 Ne7 10. Bd2 Ng6 11. a4 b4 12. Nd5 a5 13. c3 b3 14. g3 Bd6 15.
Ne3 O-O 16. Nc4 Bc5 17. Be3 Qe7 18. Nd2 Ne5 19. Bxc5 Qxc5 20. Nxb3 Qd6 21. Bb5
f5 22. f4 Ng4 23. e5 Qd5 24. Bxc6 dxc6 25. Nd4 c5 26. Nb5 Rad8 27. h3 Nh6 28.
Rfd1 Qb3 29. Rd6 1-0

[Event "Linares 19th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2002.03.09"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2838"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 3]} 1. e4 e6 {Ponomariov has never played the French before, but
preparing against it for his last round game with Anand he decided to give the
Rubinstein a try with Black.} 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 {By far the
most popular move. About a decade ago even elite players (Karpov, Kramnik,
Andersson) tested} (4... Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8. Ng3 {but
Black's position remains rather passive. White controls more space and
counterplay with c5 is difficult to implement effectively.} (8. Neg5 $5)) 5.
Nf3 {The most natural continuation, but not the only move.} (5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Qe2
c5 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bd2 O-O 10. O-O-O $5 (10. Nf3 e5 $1 11. O-O-O
e4 12. Bxe4 Qe7 13. Rhe1 Qe6 14. a3 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Bxf2 16. Re2 Qxe4 17. Rxe4
Be6 18. Be3 Bf5 19. Re7 Bxe3+ 20. Rxe3 Rfe8 21. Rde1 Rxe3 22. Rxe3 Kf8 $11 {
Ivanchuk,V-Anand,V/FIDE WCh Moscow/2001/}) 10... Qd5 11. Kb1 (11. Bc3 $5 Qxa2 {
hasn't been tested so far, but is perhaps playable for Black. After} (11...
Qg5+ 12. Kb1 Nd5 13. Be5 Qxg2 $2 14. Qh5 f5 15. Nf3 Qg4 16. Rhg1 Qxh5 17. Rxg7+
Kh8 {Sadler,M-Miles,A/BCF-ch Hove/1997/} 18. Rdg1 $1 $18 {mates quickly.}) 12.
Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qh5 Qa1+ 14. Kd2 Qa5+ 15. Ke2 f5 16. g4 Kh8 $5 $132 {the
position remains tense.}) 11... e5 $142 $1 $132 {/\} ({Extremely risky is} 
11... Qxg2 $6 12. Nf3 Qxf2 13. Qe5 Be7 (13... Nd7 14. Bxh7+ Kxh7 15. Qh5+ Kg8
16. Rhg1 Be3 17. Bxe3 (17. Bc3 f6 18. Rdf1 Qe2 19. Re1 Qf2 20. Ref1 Qe2 21. Re1
Qf2 22. Qg4 Rf7 23. Rgf1 Nf8 24. Rxf2 Bxf2 25. Rf1 Bb6 26. Qh5 g6 27. Qh4 e5
28. Nd2 g5 29. Qh6 Bd8 30. Ne4 {1-0,Anand,V-Van Wely,L/Monte Carlo/2001/})
17... Qxe3 18. Rg3 Qc5 $2 19. Qh6 {1-0,Morozevich,A-Van Wely,L/Wijk aan Zee/
2002/}) 14. Rdf1 Qc5 15. Qg3 Nh5 16. Qh3 g6 17. Rhg1 $44 Nf4 $2 18. Bxf4 e5 19.
Qh6 exf4 20. Rg5 $1 {[%cal Rg5h5] /\Rh5,1-0,Khalifman,A-Bareev,E/Wijk aan Zee/
2002/}) 12. Bc3 e4 13. Bxf6 exd3 14. Rxd3 Qc6 $44 {/\Bf5|^}) ({Rather tame is} 
5. g3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bg2 e5 $1 8. Nf3 exd4 9. Qxd4 Be7 10. Qxd8+ Bxd8
11. O-O O-O 12. Be3 c6 13. Rfe1 Bb6 14. a4 Re8 15. a5 Bxe3 16. Rxe3 Rxe3 17.
fxe3 a6 18. Ra4 Kf8 19. Nd4 Ke7 20. Nb3 Kd6 21. Rd4+ Kc7 22. Nc5 Nd7 $11 {
Van den Doel,E-Van Wely,L/Leeuwarden/2001/ All this indicates once Black gets
in e5 unharmed, he should be doing fine.}) 5... Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ {The most
flexible.} (6. Bg5 {leads to a position more often arising after 3...Nf6 4.Bg5
de4 5.Nxe4 Nbd7, Black can now choose between:} {But Black can also fight for
the important e5-square with} Be7 (6... h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6 8. Bh4 (8. Bxf6 Qxf6
9. Bb5+ c6 10. Bd3 Bd7 $5 11. Qe2 c5 12. Qe4 Rb8 13. Ne5 Bd6 14. f4 cxd4 15.
O-O Bxe5 16. fxe5 Qg5 17. Qxd4 Bc6 18. Be4 O-O 19. Bxc6 {1/2,Topalov,V-Bareev,
E/Cannes/2002/}) 8... c5 $14 {/=} (8... c5 $14 {/= The position bears the
typical characteristics of a Caro-Cann, Black has reasonable <=> and good
chances for full equality.} 9. Bd3 (9. Bc4 cxd4 10. O-O Be7 11. Nxd4 O-O 12.
Re1 Qb6 13. Bb3 a5 14. a4 Rd8 15. c3 Nd5 16. Bg3 Bf6 17. Re2 Ne7 18. Rd2 Bd7
19. Bc4 Rac8 20. Nb5 Bxb5 21. Bxb5 Nf5 $11 {Ponomariov,R-Bareev,E/FIDE WCh
Moscow/2001/}) (9. Be2 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 12. Nb5 Rc8 13. O-O-O a6
14. Nd6+ Bxd6 15. Rxd6 g5 16. Bg3 Ne4 17. Rd4 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Ke7 19. Bf3 Rc7 20.
a4 e5 21. Rb4 a5 22. Rxb7 Rxb7 23. Bxb7 Bxa4 24. g4 {1/2,Galkin,A-Bareev,E/
RUS-chT Tomsk/2001/}) 9... cxd4 10. Nxd4 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Bg3 Bd7 13. c3 Qb6
14. Qe2 Bd6 15. f4 $5 {Ponomariov,R-Psakhis,L/EU-ch Ohrid/2001/} Bc5 16. Bf2
Nd5 $132)) 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6 8. h4 O-O 9. Bd3 c5 10. Qe2 cxd4 11. Qe4 g6 12. O-O-O
e5 13. Qd5 $5 Re8 14. Rhe1 Re6 15. Bb5 Qa5 $1 16. Bc4 Qc7 17. Bb3 Nc5 18. Bxf6
Nxb3+ 19. axb3 Rxf6 20. Qxe5 (20. Rxe5 Be6 21. Qxd4 Bxb3 22. Rc5 Rc6 $11 {
/=/+,Glek,I-Gurevich,M/Zwolle/2002/}) 20... Qxe5 21. Rxe5 Bg4 22. Rxd4 Bxf3 23.
gxf3 Rxf3 $132) (6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O Nxe4 $1 8. Bxe4 Nf6 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Be7
11. Bf3 O-O 12. Re1 Qb6 $1 13. Nb3 Rd8 14. Qe2 Bd7 {and Black is ready ro
finish his development and equalize. Only to trouble leads the radical} 15. Bd2
Bb4 16. c3 Bd6 17. c4 $6 a5 18. Rac1 a4 $1 19. c5 Bxh2+ 20. Kh1 Qc7 21. Na5 Bb5
$1 22. Qxb5 Rxd2 $36 {Polgar,J-Van Wely,L/Hoogeveen/2001/}) 6... Nxf6 7. c3 c5
8. Ne5 $1 {[%cal Rf1b5] /\Bb5 A less known, but aggressive move, which
according to Dokhoian Kasparov analysed for a while before Linares.} (8. Be3
Qc7 9. Ne5 a6 10. Qa4+ Nd7 11. O-O-O cxd4 12. Nxd7 $5 (12. Bxd4 Bd6 $11) 12...
Qxd7 (12... Bxd7 $5 13. Qxd4 Bc6 $13 {/\Rd8=}) 13. Qc2 Bc5 14. Bxd4 Bxd4 15.
Rxd4 Qc7 16. Bd3 Bd7 17. g3 h6 18. Rd1 O-O-O 19. Rc4 Bc6 20. Be4 Rxd1+ 21. Qxd1
Rd8 22. Qf3 Rd6 23. h4 Kb8 24. Bxc6 Rxc6 25. Rxc6 bxc6 26. h5 Kb7 27. Kc2 f5
28. Qd3 Qf7 29. Qe2 {Adams,M-Anand,V/Linares/2002/} g6 $5 $11 {/+/=}) 8... Nd7
$2 {This gives White a raging initiative, nearly always a mistake against
Kasparov.} ({Black can't solve his problems with} 8... Qa5 $6 9. Be3 $32 {|^} (
9. Qb3 $5 $36)) ({Thus Black should parry Bb5 with the radical} 8... a6 $142 9.
Qa4+ ({White can transpose into the above note with} 9. Be3) 9... Bd7 (9... Nd7
10. Be3 $32) 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Qxd7+ Kxd7 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Be2 Rhd8 14. a4 (
14. Bf3 Kc7 15. Ke2 e5 $5 $132) 14... a5 15. Bf4 Ke7 16. Bf3 Rd7 17. O-O Rad8
18. Rfe1 h6 19. h4 Nd5 20. Bg3 Bd6 21. Bxd6+ {1/2,Kasimdzhanov,R-Dorfman,J/
Bundesliga 0102/2002/ Here Black's centralized forces enable him to fight
effectively against White's ^^.}) (8... cxd4 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Qxd4
a6 12. Be2 $5 $14 {/+/- also isn't ideal, the ^^ in an open position gives
White a permanent advantage.}) (8... Qc7 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Be3
O-O-O 12. O-O Nf6 13. Qf3 Bd6 14. g3 Kb8 15. Rfd1 Nd5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Bxc5
Qxc5 18. Bf1 Qc7 19. c4 Nf6 20. Bg2 $36 {Topalov,V-Milov,V/Eurotel Prague/2002/
}) 9. Bb5 Bd6 $8 (9... a6 10. Qf3 f6 11. Qh5+ g6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Bxd7+ $18) (
9... Be7 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qf3 O-O 13. Bxd7 Bxd7 14. Bh6 $18) (9...
cxd4 10. Qf3 Qf6 11. Nxd7 Qxf3 12. Ne5+ $5 Qc6 13. Nxc6 a6 14. Nxd4+ $16) 10.
Qg4 Kf8 $8 (10... g6 $6 11. Qf3 $40 (11. Bh6 $40) (11. Bf4 $40)) (10... O-O $2
11. Bxd7 $1 Bxe5 (11... Bxd7 12. Bh6 $18) 12. Bxc8 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bxd4 14. Bxb7
$16) 11. O-O $5 {[%mdl 512] Kasparov sacrifices a pawn to get maximum out of
the position.} ({Fritz recommends} 11. Qh5 {but after} Nxe5 (11... Bxe5 $2 12.
dxe5 {doesn't cost a tempo, but the gaping dark-square holes are worth more.})
12. dxe5 Be7 13. O-O h6 $5 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. Bf4 a6 $14 {Black has chances to
consolidate.} (15... g6 16. Qf3 Kg7 17. Rd6 $1 $36)) (11. Bxd7 $142 Bxd7 12.
Bg5 f6 13. Nxd7+ Qxd7 14. O-O-O $1 $32 {|^}) (11. Bf4 $36) 11... Nxe5 12. dxe5
Bxe5 {Black must meet the challenge, after} (12... Be7 13. Rd1 $16 {he is a
few tempi down compared to the line above.}) 13. Bg5 {White first develops his
B with tempo, d1 is the square for the Ra1.} Bf6 $5 {Exchanges help the
defence, but here the Be5 is an important piece, which controls squares on the
d-file. Nevertheless Black's move is probably the best, as} (13... f6 14. Rad1
{is even more dangerous:} Qc7 $142 $5 (14... Qb6 $6 15. Be3 $40 {[%csl Rc5]
><c5,/\} Kf7 16. Bd7 Rd8 $2 {viazne na} 17. Qh5+ Kg8 18. Be8 $1 g6 19. Bf7+ $1
Kxf7 20. Qxh7+ Ke8 21. Qg8+ Ke7 22. Bxc5+ Qxc5 23. Rxd8 $18) (14... Qe7 15. Be3
{[%cal Re3c5] /\Bc5} (15. Rfe1 $5) 15... Kf7 (15... a6 $2 16. Bxc5 $1 Qxc5 17.
Rd8+ Kf7 18. Rxh8 Qxb5 19. Qh5+ Ke7 20. Rd1 {[%cal Rd1d8] /\Rdd8+-}) 16. Bc4 {
/\f4-f5->}) 15. Be3 $142 $1 (15. Qh5 {forces the weakening} g6 {but isn't too
convincing after} 16. Qh6+ (16. Bh6+ Kf7 17. Qh4 a6 $13) 16... Kf7 17. Be3 a6
18. Be2 Bd7 $5 $132 {/\} 19. Bxc5 Ba4) 15... a6 (15... Kf7 16. Bc4 b5 (16...
Bd7 17. Rxd7+ Qxd7 18. Rd1 Qc6 19. Bxe6+ Qxe6 20. Rd7+ $18) (16... g5 17. f4
$16) 17. Bxb5 Rb8 18. Bc4 Rxb2 19. f4 Bxc3 20. f5 $16 {->}) 16. Bc4 (16. Bxc5+
$2 Kf7 $19) 16... f5 17. Qh5 $1 b5 (17... g6 18. Qh4 Kf7 19. Bg5 b5 (19... Bd7)
20. Bd8 Qa7 21. Be2 $36) 18. Bxc5+ $5 Qxc5 19. Rd8+ Ke7 20. Rxh8 $44) (13...
Qc7 14. Rad1 f6 {-13...f6} (14... g6 $2 15. Qh4 h5 16. Bd8 $18)) 14. Rad1 Qc7 (
14... Qe7 15. Bxf6 gxf6 (15... Qxf6 16. Qg3 g6 (16... Qe7 17. Rd6 $16) 17. Qc7
$16) 16. Qh4 (16. Qh5 h6 17. Rd3 $44 {/\} a6 $2 18. Rfd1 $1 axb5 19. Rd8+ Kg7
20. Rxh8 Kxh8 21. Qxh6+ Kg8 22. Rd3 $18) 16... h5 17. Rd3 (17. Be2 $5 $36)
17... e5 18. Rfd1 $40) 15. Qh4 $1 (15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Qh4 Ke7 {suits Black,
although he will probably lose the Ph7, his K is safer and he will manage to
connect his R faster.}) 15... Bxg5 {[%csl Rh8] Now the Rh8 remains passive,
but after} (15... Ke7 {Kasparov intended the powerful} 16. f4 a6 17. f5 $1 e5 (
17... axb5 18. fxe6 Qe5 19. Bxf6+ gxf6 20. Rde1 Ra4 21. Qh6 Qg5 22. exf7+ Be6
23. Rxe6+ Kxe6 24. f8=Q Rxf8 25. Qxf8 $18) 18. Bc4 b5 19. Bd5 Ra7 20. Bxf6+
gxf6 21. Qh5 $36) 16. Qxg5 f6 17. Qh5 g6 (17... Qe7 18. Rd2 $40 (18. Rfe1 $5
$40)) (17... Ke7 18. Rfe1 $16 {/\} a6 19. Bc4 b5 $2 20. Bxe6 Bxe6 21. Rxe6+
Kxe6 22. Qd5+ Ke7 23. Re1+ $18) 18. Qh6+ Kf7 $8 (18... Qg7 $2 19. Rd8+ Kf7 20.
Be8+ $1 $18) 19. Rd3 $6 {Now Black gets a chance to relieve the pressure, as
d3 will for one move be inacessible to the B.} (19. Rd2 $142 a6 20. Bd3 f5 (
20... Bd7 21. Rfd1 Bc6 (21... Rad8 22. Bxg6+ $1 hxg6 23. Qxh8 Rxh8 24. Rxd7+
$18) 22. Be4 $1 $16) 21. Rfd1 $36) 19... a6 20. Rh3 $8 {The only move to keep
the initiative alive.} Qe7 ({Invests more time, but a sensible alternative was
} 20... Bd7 21. Be2 (21. Bxd7 Qxd7 22. Qxh7+ Rxh7 23. Rxh7+ Ke8 $11 24. Rh8+
Ke7 25. Rxa8 $6 Qd2 $36 {/=/+}) 21... Qe5 (21... Rag8 $5 {[%cal Yg8g7,Yh8f8,
Yf8d8] /\Rg7,Rd8,Rf8 White has some compensation, but nothing too concrete.}))
(20... axb5 $2 21. Qxh7+ $18) (20... Qb6 $2 21. Be8+ $1 Kxe8 22. Qg7 Rf8 23.
Rxh7 Qd6 24. Qxg6+ Kd8 25. Qh5 $1 {[%cal Rf1d1] /\Rd1+-}) 21. Bd3 {[%cal Rd3g6]
/\Bg6} f5 $8 (21... Bd7 $2 22. Qxh7+ Rxh7 23. Rxh7+ Kf8 24. Rxe7 Kxe7 25. Bxg6
$18) 22. g4 $1 {White plays on, spurning the drawish} (22. Qxh7+ $11) 22... Qf6
(22... Bd7 $5 23. Rd1 $44 {~~} (23. gxf5 gxf5 24. Qh5+ Kf8 25. Re1 Rg8+ $11 {
only activates the passive R.})) ({Risky is} 22... fxg4 23. Rh4 Bd7 24. f3 $5 (
24. Rxg4 e5 25. Rg3 Qf6 26. f4 $14) 24... Rag8 (24... gxf3 $2 25. Bxg6+ $1 hxg6
26. Rxf3+ $18) (24... Raf8 $2 25. Bxg6+ $1 hxg6 26. fxg4+ Ke8 27. Qxh8 $18) 25.
fxg4+ Ke8 26. Bxg6+ $1 (26. g5 $6 e5 $132) 26... Kd8 (26... hxg6 $2 27. Qxh8 $1
$18) 27. Be4 $14) 23. Rd1 b5 $5 (23... fxg4 24. Re3 $13 {[%cal Yf2f3] /\f3} (
24. Rg3 e5 25. Bc4+ $44)) ({A safe continuation was} 23... g5 24. Qh5+ (24.
gxf5 Qxh6 25. Rxh6 Kg7 $11 {is similar.}) 24... Qg6 (24... Kg7 $5) 25. gxf5
Qxh5 26. Rxh5 exf5 27. Rxg5 Be6 $1 $11 {Was Ponomariov with more time on the
clock already getting ambitious?}) 24. Be2 e5 (24... Ra7 $143 25. Qxh7+ $5 Rxh7
26. Rxh7+ Qg7 27. Rxg7+ Kxg7 28. g5 $14 {/+/-}) (24... g5 $5 25. gxf5 Qxh6 26.
Rxh6 Kg7 27. Rh5 h6 (27... exf5 28. Rxg5+ Kf6 29. Rh5 Be6 $132) 28. h4 exf5 $11
{leads to a drawish _|_.} (28... gxh4 $11)) (24... fxg4 $6 25. Bxg4 $40 {
[%cal Rh3f3] /\Rf3}) 25. Rhd3 Ra7 $2 {[%mdl 128] Now Kasparov finally gets a
chance to pursue his -> with increased vigor.} (25... Be6 26. gxf5 (26. Rd6 $5
e4 27. Rb6 $16) 26... Bxf5 27. Rd6 Qe7 28. a4 {->}) ({The last chance to save
the game was} 25... fxg4 $142 $1 {So White should play the modest} 26. Rd6 (26.
f3 {M.Pein} c4 $1 (26... Qf4 27. Qh4 $1 Ra7 (27... g3 $2 28. Rd7+ $1 Bxd7 29.
Rxd7+ Kg8 30. Qe7 Qe3+ 31. Kg2 Qxe2+ 32. Kh3 Qxh2+ 33. Kg4 $18) 28. fxg4 (28.
Rd8 $2 Qe3+ 29. Kf1 gxf3 $1 $17) 28... e4 29. Rh3 $1 (29. Rd8 $2 Qe3+ 30. Kf1
Rxd8 31. Rxd8 Kg7 $1 $19 {->}) 29... Qe5 30. Rd8 $16 {[%csl Rf7] עf7}) (26...
Be6 27. fxg4 e4 28. Re3 (28. Rf1 exd3 29. Rxf6+ Kxf6 30. Qf4+ Kg7 31. Qe5+ Kf7
32. Qc7+ Kf6 $11) 28... Qe5 29. Rf1+ $40 {/\} Ke7 30. Bf3 Bd5 31. Bxe4 Bxe4 32.
Rfe1 $18) 27. Rd6 Qf4 $15 {/\} 28. Qh4 $2 gxf3 29. Rd7+ Bxd7 30. Rxd7+ Kg8 31.
Qe7 Qg4+ 32. Kf2 Qg2+ 33. Ke3 Qxe2#) 26... Qf4 27. Rxg6 (27. Rd7+ $2 Bxd7 28.
Rxd7+ Ke8 29. Qg7 Qf8 $19) (27. Qh4 g3 $11) 27... Qxh6 28. Rxh6 Bf5 29. Rd5 Kg7
30. Rhd6 c4 31. Rxe5 Rhe8 $11) 26. Rd6 Qg7 {Misplaces the Q, but hardly any
better was} (26... Be6 27. Rc6 (27. a4 $5) 27... g5 28. Qh5+ Kg7 29. Rdd6 Re7
30. h4 $1 $16 {/+-}) (26... Qe7 $6 27. Rxg6 hxg6 28. Qxh8 Be6 29. Rd8 {[%cal
Rd8g8] /\Rg8+-}) 27. Qe3 Rc7 28. a4 $1 {Once White gains c4 for his B the
defence collapses.} e4 (28... c4 29. Qb6 $18) (28... f4 29. Qe4 $18) 29. axb5
axb5 30. Bxb5 $18 Qe5 31. Qg5 Qe7 (31... Kg7 $2 32. R1d5 Qe7 33. Rd7 $1 $18) (
31... c4 32. Bxc4+ $1 {/\} Rxc4 $2 33. Rd7+ $18) 32. Qh6 Be6 (32... fxg4 33.
Bc4+ Ke8 34. Qf4 $18 {e.g.} Bf5 35. Rd8+ Qxd8 36. Qe5+ Qe7 37. Qxh8+ Qf8 38.
Rd8+ $1) (32... c4 33. Rxg6 hxg6 34. Qxh8 fxg4 35. Be8+ $5 $18) 33. Qf4 $138 (
33. gxf5 gxf5 34. Be2 $18) 33... Bc8 (33... Rb8 34. Rxe6 $1 Kxe6 35. gxf5+ Kf7
(35... gxf5 36. Bc4+ $18) (35... Kf6 36. Rd6+ Kf7 37. Bc4+ $18) 36. Bc4+ Kg7
37. f6+ $1 $18) (33... c4 34. Bc6 $5 $18 {[%cal Rd6e6,Rc6e4] /\Re6,Be4}) (33...
Ra7 34. Qe5 Rf8 35. Bc6 $18) 34. Qh6 Be6 35. gxf5 gxf5 (35... Bxf5 36. Bc4+ Ke8
37. Qf4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd6d8,Rc4b5] /\Rd8,Bb5}) 36. Be2 $1 Qf6 (36... Rg8+ 37.
Kh1 Rg6 38. Qxh7+ Kf6 39. Rxe6+ $1 $18) 37. Bh5+ Ke7 38. Rxe6+ (38. Rxe6+ Kxe6
(38... Qxe6 39. Qg7+ $18) 39. Rd6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Linares 19th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2002.03.10"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Re4 g5 16. Qe2 f5 17. Bxd5+ cxd5 18. Re6 f4 19. Rxd6 Bg4 20. Qf1 Qxf1+ 21. Kxf1
Rae8 22. Bd2 Bh3+ 23. Kg1 fxg3 24. hxg3 Re2 25. Be3 Rxe3 26. fxe3 Rf1+ 27. Kh2
g4 28. Rxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2002.04.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Zhu, Chen"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 a5 11. bxa5 Rxa5 12. a4 c5 13. Ra3 Nf6 14. Bf1 Ne8 15. g3
f5 16. exf5 Nxf5 17. Ng5 Nf6 18. Nb5 Nd4 19. Nxd4 cxd4 20. Bd2 Ra7 21. Ne6 Bxe6
22. dxe6 Qe7 23. Bh3 d5 24. c5 Ne4 25. Rxe4 dxe4 26. Qe1 e3 27. fxe3 e4 28. Bb4
Rf5 29. Bxf5 gxf5 30. c6 Qxe6 31. Bc5 b6 32. Bxb6 Ra8 33. exd4 Qxc6 34. a5 Rc8
35. Qb1 Bf8 36. Qb3+ Kg7 37. Ra1 Be7 38. a6 Rb8 39. a7 Rxb6 40. Qxb6 Qxb6 41.
a8=Q Qxd4+ 42. Kh1 Qd3 43. Qa7 Kg6 44. Qa6+ Qxa6 45. Rxa6+ Bf6 46. Kg2 h5 47.
Kf2 Kg7 48. Ke3 Be5 49. Re6 Bb8 50. Re8 Bd6 51. Kd4 h4 52. gxh4 Bxh2 53. Re6
Bf4 54. h5 Kh7 55. Rf6 e3 56. Kd3 Bg5 57. Rg6 Bh6 58. Ke2 Bf4 59. Kf3 Bh6 60.
Rf6 Bg7 61. Rxf5 Bd4 62. Rd5 Bc3 63. Kxe3 Kh6 64. Kf3 Bb2 65. Kg4 Bc1 66. Rc5
Bd2 67. Rc2 Be3 68. Rc6+ Kg7 69. Kf3 Bd2 70. Rc2 Bg5 71. Kg4 Be3 72. Rc7+ Kh6
73. Rc6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2002.04.03"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Zhu, Chen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Be7 9. Qd2 h5 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bf5 13. O-O O-O 14. Na5 Qc7
15. c4 Bf6 16. Rac1 b6 17. Nc6 a5 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 Bg6 20. Bd3 Bxd3 21.
Qxd3 Rae8 22. Rc2 Nb8 23. Qg3 h4 24. Qf3 Nxc6 25. dxc6 Re6 26. Rd2 Rc8 27. b3
Qxc6 28. Rd5 Rce8 29. a4 Qc7 30. g4 Be5 31. g5 Qe7 32. Bd2 Bb2 33. Rf5 Bd4+ 34.
Kh1 Rf8 35. Qd5 Bc5 36. Bc3 Rg6 37. Re1 Qd8 38. Kg2 Qa8 39. Qxa8 Rxa8 40. Re7
f6 41. Kh3 d5 42. Re2 d4 43. Bd2 fxg5 44. Kg4 Rf8 45. Rxf8+ Kxf8 46. Re5 h3 47.
Kxh3 g4+ 48. Kg2 d3 49. Bf4 Rf6 50. Re4 d2 51. Bxd2 Rf2+ 52. Kg3 Rxd2 53. Kxg4
Rd3 54. h4 Rxb3 55. Rf4+ Kg8 56. Kf5 Kh7 57. h5 Rh3 58. Kg4 Ra3 59. h6 Kxh6 60.
Kf5 g6+ 61. Kf6 Kh5 0-1

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.06.01"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Vlassov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2002.06.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bd6 8.
Be2 Nf6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nd2 Re8 11. Re1 a6 12. Nf1 Ne5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Ng6
15. Bg3 Bc5 16. Bf3 Rxe1 17. Qxe1 Qb6 18. Nb3 Bf5 19. Nxc5 Qxc5 20. Qd2 Ne4 21.
Bxe4 dxe4 22. Re1 Qc6 23. Qd4 Re8 24. c4 Nf8 25. Ne3 Bg6 26. Nd5 Ne6 27. Qc3 f6
28. Rd1 Nc5 29. Nb4 Qc8 30. Rd6 e3 31. f3 e2 32. h3 Na4 33. Qd2 e1=Q+ 34. Bxe1
Rxe1+ 35. Kh2 Re8 36. Nd5 Qf5 37. Rd7 Qe5+ 38. f4 Qxb2 39. Ne7+ Kh7 40. Qd5 Nc3
41. Qxb7 Qxb7 42. Rxb7 Be4 43. Ra7 Rb8 44. f5 Rb2 45. Kg3 Rxa2 46. Kf4 Bxg2 47.
Ke3 Ne4 48. Nd5 h5 49. Nf4 Nd6 50. Nxh5 Nxf5+ 51. Kd3 Ra3+ 52. Kd2 Kh6 53. Nf4
Be4 54. c5 g5 55. Ne6 Rd3+ 56. Ke1 Nd4 57. Rxa6 Kg6 58. h4 Nxe6 59. Rxe6 0-1

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.06.01"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Vlassov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2002.06.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 d4 5. Nd5 f5 6. exf6 Nxf6 7. Bg5 Be6 8.
Bxf6 (8. Bc4 Nxd5 9. Qh5+ (9. Bxd8 $5 Bb4+ 10. Ke2 (10. Kf1 $2 Ne3+ 11. fxe3
Bxc4+ 12. Ne2 Rxd8 $40)) 9... g6 10. Bxd8 gxh5 11. exd5 Bb4+ 12. Kf1 Bxd5 (
12... Rxd8 13. dxe6 Ne5 14. Be2 d3 15. cxd3 Nxd3 $14 {0-1 Kersten,
U-Jahrsdoerfer,G/Bad Zwesten 2002/CBM 86 ext (43)}) 13. Bxd5 Rxd8 14. Bxc6+
bxc6 15. Rd1 O-O 16. Nf3 $14 {Bryson,D-Sek,J/corr 1986/Inf 48 (24)}) 8... gxf6
9. Bc4 Bb4+ $146 (9... Ne5 10. Qxd4 Kf7 11. Bb3 c6 12. f4 cxd5 13. fxe5 dxe4
14. Bxe6+ Kxe6 15. Qxe4 Qa5+ 16. c3 Qxe5 17. Qxe5+ fxe5 18. Nf3 $14 {/+/- 1-0
Watson,W-Martin,A/Eastbourne 1990/EXT 90ch (43). (42)}) (9... Nb4 $2 10. a3
Bxd5 $2 (10... Nxd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Ne2 $16) 11. exd5 Qe7+ 12. Kf1 {1-0 Migl,
D-Stromer,A/BL2-S 1994/BL2 (12)}) (9... Bf7 10. Ne2 Bc5 11. O-O Qd6 12. Ng3
O-O-O 13. a3 Ne5 14. Ba2 Bxd5 15. exd5 $14 {/+/- 1-0 Bryson,D-Mohr,G/Moscow
1994/EXP 44 (34)}) 10. Nxb4 Bxc4 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qh5+ ({Was hat Vlassov nach
} 12. Nf3 {vorbereitet?} c5 13. c3 O-O 14. cxd4 Re8 15. Qc2 Bd5 16. O-O-O Bxe4
17. Qxc5 Re6 {ist eine Möglichkeit, die näher geprüft werden sollte.}) 12...
Bf7 13. Qc5 Qd6 14. Qxd6 cxd6 15. Ne2 c5 16. f3 (16. Nf4 $5) 16... Ke7 17. Nf4
Rhb8 18. b3 (18. O-O-O $2 Bxa2 19. b3 c4 $14) 18... a5 19. Kd2 a4 20. Nd5+ $2 {
ohne die Leichtfiguren sollte sich Schwarz durch Aktivität behaupten können.} (
20. Rhe1 Kd7 21. g4 $16) 20... Bxd5 $11 {/+/=} 21. exd5 Rg8 22. Rae1+ (22. g4
$5) 22... Kf7 23. g4 Rg5 24. Re6 Rxd5 25. Rhe1 axb3 26. axb3 d3 27. cxd3 Ra2+
28. Kc3 Rxh2 29. Re7+ Kg6 30. Rd7 Rf2 $2 (30... Rh3 31. Ree7 h5 $11) 31. Ree7
$16 Kg5 32. Rxh7 Kf4 33. Rhf7 $2 (33. Rh6 Ke3 34. Re7+ Kxf3 (34... Re5 35.
Rxe5+ fxe5 36. Rxd6 Rxf3 37. Rd5 Kf4 38. Kc4 Rg3 39. Kxc5 Rxg4 40. b4 $18) 35.
Rxf6+ Kg3 36. Re3+ Kg2 37. Rxf2+ Kxf2 38. Re6 Kf3 39. g5 $18) 33... Kg5 (33...
f5 $5 34. Rxf5+ Rxf5 35. gxf5 Ke5 {kam auch stark in Betracht.}) 34. Rh7 Kf4 (
34... Kf4 35. Rh6 $18) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.06.02"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2002.06.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{A rapid game with some good and some weaker moves, but it is interesting
because Ponomariov comes up with nothing at all against the topical Graf-line.
More tests are definitely needed in this line.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6
4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4
Nd7 12. Nbd2 exd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. d5 Nce5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 {This is the
Graf-line of the Keres-variation. Black tempts White to start a P-storm.} 16.
f4 Ng6 17. Nf3 f5 $5 {This risky looking follow-up is an important part of
Black´s strategy. White´s problem is that he is not really developed yet, so
he cannot put very much pressure behind the P:s right away. Black has two
objectives: block the P:s and start an attack against the slightly airy white
K-side.} 18. e5 $5 {Logical, but also playing into Black´s preparations.} ({
For the lacklustre} 18. Qe2 {see 0-1 Enders,P-Graf,A/Heringsdorf 2000/CBM 80/
[Wedberg] (43)}) 18... dxe5 19. fxe5 Bb7 20. d6 Bh4 21. Re2 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (
21. Rf1 Bg3 22. Ng5 Nh4 23. Qh5 h6 24. Ne6 Qb6 $13 {0-1 Korneev,O-Graf,A/
Jakarta 1997/EXT 2000 (63)}) (21. Nxh4 Qxh4 (21... Nxh4 22. e6) 22. e6 Qg3 23.
Re2 Nh4 24. Qd3 Nf3+ 25. Kf1 Nh2+ $11) 21... Bg3 22. b4 {White is begging for
time to develop, but the protected c4-P is also valuable.} c4 (22... cxb4 23.
Bb3+ Kh8 24. Bd5 Bxd5 25. Qxd5 $44) 23. Qd4 Qd7 24. Bd2 Rae8 {Black is better
for sure. White´s P:s are blocked and weak, so weak that the world champion
decides to give an exchange to protect them.} 25. Rae1 Bxf3 26. gxf3 Re6 27.
Kg2 Bxe1 28. Rxe1 Qc6 $2 $17 ({after} 28... Nxe5 $1 {it´s game over} 29. Rxe5
Rxd6 $19) 29. Bc3 Rf7 30. Kf2 Nf8 31. Rg1 Rh6 32. Qe3 Rxh3 33. e6 Nxe6 34. Bxf5
Rxf3+ {Simplifying into a won endgame.} 35. Qxf3 Qxf3+ 36. Kxf3 Rxf5+ 37. Ke4
g6 38. a4 Kf7 39. axb5 axb5 40. Bd2 Nf8 41. Bg5 Nd7 42. Be7 Ke6 43. Kd4 Rd5+
44. Kc3 Ne5 45. Re1 Kd7 46. Bf8 Rd3+ 47. Kb2 Nc6 48. Rf1 Ke8 49. Rf6 g5 50. Bh6
c3+ 51. Kc1 Nxb4 52. Bxg5 Rg3 0-1

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.06.02"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2002.06.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 Rb8 $5 8.
d5 Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Qc2 {In this line Black tries to do without the a6 move
and get in b5 with the help of a central break.} (10. Rb1 e6 11. b3 (11. a3 b5
$5 12. dxe6 bxc4 $13) 11... exd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 (12... Bf5 13. e4 Bd7 14. Re1
Nc6 15. h3 Re8 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Nf3 Qe7 18. Bb2 Ne5 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. Qe2 b5
21. cxb5 Bxb5 22. Qc2 Rbc8 23. Bf1 Bxf1 24. Kxf1 c4 25. bxc4 Qe6 $11 {Andrade,
L-Afek,Y/Lisbon op/2001/}) 13. Bxd5 Kh8 (13... Nc6 $142 $1 $132) 14. Ne4 f5 15.
Ng5 Qe7 16. Qd2 Nc6 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. f4 h6 19. Nf3 Be6 20. Bb2 Rfe8 21. Bxg7+
Kxg7 22. Rbd1 Rbd8 23. Qc3+ Qf6 24. Qa5 Qe7 25. h4 Bf7 26. Rfe1 Qe3+ 27. Kg2
Rd7 28. Rd3 $14 {Aronian,L-Nevednichy,V/EU-chT Batumi/1999/}) 10... e6 (10...
a6 {leads to the normal Yugoslav positions. Possibly it's Black's best choice
after all.}) 11. Rb1 (11. b3 a6 (11... exd5 12. cxd5 b5 (12... Bf5 $6 13. e4
Bd7 14. Bb2 b5 15. Nd1 Rc8 16. Ne3 c4 17. bxc4 Nxc4 18. Ndxc4 bxc4 19. Bc3 Ng4
20. Nxg4 Bxg4 {Adianto,U-Ehlvest,J/Liepaja act/2001/} 21. f3 $14 {/+/-[+]}) 13.
Bb2 Re8 (13... b4 14. Nd1 Ba6 15. Re1 Re8 16. Ne3 Nd7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. a3 $36)
14. a3 $5 Bd7 15. Rfe1 $14) 12. Bb2 b5 13. Rab1 $5 $14) 11... exd5 12. Nxd5 (
12. cxd5 Re8 (12... b5 $143 13. b4 $1 cxb4 14. Rxb4 Qc7 15. Qd3 Ba6 16. Ba3 Nc4
17. Nxc4 bxc4 18. Qc2 Rxb4 19. Bxb4 Rb8 20. Qa4 Qb6 21. Rb1 Bb5 22. Qc2 Ng4 23.
e3 Bh6 24. Qe2 f5 25. a4 Ba6 26. h3 Ne5 27. Ba5 $16 {Andreeva,N-Grunina,N/
Tomsk/2001/}) 13. e4 Bd7 14. b3 b5 15. Bb2 b4 16. Nd1 Bb5 17. Nc4 Nxc4 18. bxc4
Bd7 {Balogh,T-Istratescu,A/Krynica zt/1998/} 19. f4 $1 $13) 12... Bf5 $1 $146 {
[%mdl 8] A useful move, which closes the long diagonal for White's Bg2.} (12...
Nxd5 13. cxd5 f5 14. b4 cxb4 15. Bb2 Bxb2 16. Qxb2 b6 17. Nf3 Qf6 18. Qxb4 Ba6
19. Nd4 $16 {Ellers,H-Mohamed,A/WChJ Duisburg/1992/}) (12... Nc6 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6
14. Ne4 Qf5 15. Bf4 Be5 16. Bxe5 Qxe5 17. Qc3 Nd4 18. Rbe1 f5 19. f4 Qe7 20. e3
Nf3+ 21. Bxf3 fxe4 22. Bg2 h5 23. h3 Bf5 24. Rd1 Qf6 25. Qc2 Qe6 26. Rf2 b5 27.
Rd5 Rb6 28. Rfd2 b4 {Heck,N-Degenhardt,H/Hessenliga/1996/} 29. g4 $5 $14) 13.
e4 (13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Ne4 (14. Be4 Be6 (14... Bg4 $5 15. Re1 Nc6 $13) 15. b3
Nc6 16. Bb2 Nb4 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 $11) (14. e4 Be6 15. b3 Nc6 16. Nf3 Bg4 {[%csl
Rd4] ><d4}) 14... Bg7 15. Rd1 Qe7 16. Bf4 Rbd8 $13 {/\} 17. g4 Bxe4 18. Bxe4
Qe6 $132) 13... Be6 14. Nb3 Nxb3 (14... Nc6 15. Bg5 Bxd5 16. cxd5 Nb4 17. Qd2
$14) 15. axb3 (15. Qxb3 b5 $1 16. cxb5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bf5 18. Ra1 a6 $15) 15...
Nxd5 (15... Ng4 $1 $11 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Yg4e5,Ye5c6] /\Ne5-c6,><d4}) 16. cxd5 (
16. exd5 $6 Bf5 17. Be4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Re8 $36) 16... Bd7 17. Bd2 f5 (17... Bd4
18. Bc3 Qf6 19. Rbd1 $14) 18. Rfe1 (18. Bc3 f4 $5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qc3+ Qf6
$11) 18... fxe4 19. Bxe4 Bd4 20. Be3 Qf6 $11 {The position is approximately
equal, White's pawns are weak, but also Black's K is potentially vulnerable.}
21. Bxd4 Qxd4 22. Rbd1 Qf6 (22... Qb4 $2 23. Bxg6 $18) 23. Re3 Rbe8 24. Rde1
Qd4 (24... Bf5 25. Bxf5 (25. Qc3 Bxe4 26. Qxf6 Rxf6 27. Rxe4 Rxe4 28. Rxe4 Kf7
$15 {[%csl Rb2,Rb3,Rd5] ק}) 25... Rxe3 26. Rxe3 Qxf5 27. Qd2 $11 {[%cal Ge1e8]
<=><->e}) (24... Re5 $5 {/\} 25. f4 Re7 26. Bxg6 (26. Qc3 Qd4 $5) 26... Qd4 27.
Qd3 Rg7 $1 28. Be4 Qxd3 29. Bxd3 Rxf4 $36) 25. h4 Kg7 26. h5 $13 {<=>} Rf6 $2 (
26... Qf6 $11) (26... gxh5 $5 27. Bxh7 Rxe3 28. Rxe3 Qf6 $13) 27. Bxg6 $1 Rxe3
(27... hxg6 28. Rxe8 Bxe8 29. Rxe8 Qxd5 30. hxg6 Rxg6 31. Qc3+ $36) 28. Rxe3
hxg6 (28... Qxd5 29. Re7+ Kf8 30. Rxd7 (30. Be4 Bf5 $8 31. Bxd5 Bxc2 32. Rxb7
Rf5 $14) 30... hxg6 31. hxg6 Re6 (31... Ke8 32. Rh7 Re6 33. Kf1 $16) 32. Qc3
Qd1+ 33. Kg2 Qd5+ 34. Qf3+ $16) 29. Re7+ Kh6 (29... Kf8 30. Rxd7 Qxd5 {-28...
Qd5}) 30. Rxd7 Qxd5 31. hxg6 Rxg6 32. Qc1+ Rg5 $2 (32... Qg5 $8 33. Qc3 $1 $40
(33. Qxg5+ Kxg5 34. Rxb7 $16) 33... Rf6 34. Rxb7 $16 {/+-}) 33. Qf4 $18 Qd1+ (
33... Qf5 34. Qxd6+ Rg6 35. Qe7 $18) 34. Kh2 (34. Kh2 Qh5+ 35. Kg2 Qg4 36. Qf8+
Kg6 (36... Rg7 37. Qh8+) 37. Qf7+ Kh6 38. Qh7#) 1-0

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.06.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2002.06.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Qc2 c5 7. cxd5 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nxd5 9. Ndb5 Nc6 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Bf4 Rc8 12. Qc3 f6 13. Qh3 Kf7 14. e3 g5 15.
Qh5+ Kg7 16. Bg3 a6 17. Nc3 d4 18. Bc4 Qe8 19. Qxe8 Rxe8 20. Nd5 Ne5 21. Nc7
Rc8 22. Ne6+ Kg6 23. Bxe5 fxe5 24. Bb3 d3 25. Kd2 Be7 26. f3 e4 27. h4 gxh4 28.
Nf4+ Kh6 29. Rh3 Rc5 30. Ne6 Rg8 31. Nf4 Rgc8 32. Rb1 Bf6 33. fxe4 Bxe4 34. Rf1
Rb5 35. Ne6 Be7 36. Nd4 Rxb3 37. Nxb3 Rc2+ 38. Kd1 Bxg2 0-1

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.06.03"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[Annotator "Rabinovich,Al"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2002.06.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O {I bilieve that the
alternative 5.d3 is more ambicious!} (5. d3 d6 (5... Ne7 6. Qe2 (6. Nbd2 Ng6 7.
h4 h5 8. Nc4 d6 9. Bd2 e5 10. Ne3 Nf4 11. g3 Ne6 12. Ng5 f6 13. Nxe6 Bxe6 14.
c4 $14 {1-0 Anand,V-Christiansen,L/Monte Carlo 1993/CBM 34 ext (61)}) (6. Ng5
f6 7. Nh3 d5 8. Nc3 Ng6 9. Qh5 Bd6 10. Nf4 Bxf4 11. Bxf4 O-O 12. Bd2 f5 $14 {
1-0 Adams,M-Vaisser,A/France 2001/EXT 2002 (52)}) 6... Ng6 (6... f6 7. Nh4 g6
8. f4 Bg7 9. O-O (9. Nf3 O-O 10. Qf2 d6 11. Nc3 e5 12. fxe5 fxe5 13. Qh4 a5 14.
Bh6 $16 {1-0 Glek,I-Krasenkow,M/Mainz GER 2002/The Week in Chess 406 (64)})
9... d6 (9... O-O 10. Nf3 h6 11. Nc3 e5 12. fxe5 fxe5 13. Qf2 g5 14. Qxc5 d6
15. Qe3 Ng6 16. Qe1 Rb8 17. Nd2 Nf4 18. Ne2 Rb7 19. Nc4 d5 20. Ne3 dxe4 21.
dxe4 Rbf7 22. Ng3 {1/2-1/2 Fressinet,L-Lautier,J/Cannes FRA 2002/The Week in
Chess 381 (22)}) 10. Nf3 O-O 11. e5 Nf5 12. exd6 Nd4 13. Qf2 Qxd6 14. Nc3 e5
15. Ne4 Qe7 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. fxe5 fxe5 18. Qe2 Rxf1+ {1/2-1/2 Tkachiev,
V-Smirin,I/Biel SUI 2002/The Week in Chess 403 (18)}) 7. h4 h5 8. e5 f6 9. Qe4
Kf7 10. Na3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,V-Shirov,A/Monaco MNC 2002/The Week in Chess
385 (39)}) 6. e5 dxe5 7. Nxe5 Qd5 8. Nf3 c4 $13 {1/2-1/2 Adams,M-Krasenkow,M/
Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001 (21)}) 5... Qc7 (5... Ne7 {More flexible setup.} 6. d3
Ng6 7. Qe2 (7. Ng5 h6 8. Nh3 d5 9. Nf4 Nxf4 10. Bxf4 Qf6 11. Qc1 g5 12. Bg3 Rg8
13. Nc3 h5 14. f4 gxf4 15. Qxf4 Qxf4 16. Bxf4 Ba6 17. Rae1 d4 18. Nb1 c4 $15 {
0-1 Sadvakasov,D-Van Wely,L/Amsterdam NED 2002/The Week in Chess 404 (38)}) (7.
e5 f6 8. Qe2 Be7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nc4 Qc7 11. Bd2 fxe5 12. Ncxe5 Nf4 13. Qe4 Nd5
$15 {0-1 Wang,H-Tyomkin,D/Toronto CAN 2002/The Week in Chess 406 (37)}) 7... e5
8. c3 Ba6 9. a3 Bd6 10. b4 O-O 11. Be3 f5 $132 {1-0 Rozentalis,E-Kotronias,V/
Cappelle la Grande FRA 2002/The Week in Chess 380 (42)}) 6. b3 {A rare
continuation.Which shouldn't give white something real.} Ne7 7. Ba3 d6 8. c3 (
8. e5 dxe5 9. Bxc5 e4 $132) (8. d4 $5 cxd4 9. Qxd4 c5 10. Qd3 {[%csl Rd6][%cal
Gc2c4]}) 8... Ba6 9. Re1 Ng6 10. d4 Be7 (10... cxd4 11. cxd4 (11. Qxd4 $14 {
[%csl Ra6][%cal Gc3c4]}) 11... Be7 $14) 11. dxc5 dxc5 12. Qc2 Qa5 $1 {[%csl
Ra3,Rb1] Very important move.Black almost forces white bishop to back up and
releazes the pressure on Pc5.} 13. Bb2 O-O 14. c4 {[%csl Ra6][%cal Gb1c3,Gb2g7]
} e5 {Pawns c6-c5 have some bad points,but as wel as good: they allow black to
play e5-close the Bb2 and at the same time hold the d5-square!} 15. Nc3 f6 $11
{[%cal Gg6f4,Gf4e6,Ge6d4] Black can be satisfied with the results of the
opening. The d4 square is shining and waiting for one of black pieces to come,
spacially knight!} 16. Na4 Nf4 17. Qc3 Qc7 18. Ba3 Ne6 19. Qe3 (19. Rad1 Rad8 {
[%csl Gd4]} 20. Nh4 g6 21. Nf3 $11) 19... Qa5 {[%cal Ga5c5,Ge6d4]} 20. Qd2 Qc7
21. Qe3 Qa5 {Both sides checking the opponent's opinion about the draw result.
Which is quiet logical in this position.} 22. Qd2 Qxd2 $2 {[%mdl 16384]
Objectivly the position is equal and the best decision was to play 22...Qc7.
The move in the game,trying to win by force just getting white into the
trouble!} (22... Qc7 $11) 23. Nxd2 Bc8 $6 (23... Rad8 24. Rad1 $14) 24. Nf1 {
The final destination for the knight is c5-square!} Bd7 25. Rad1 Be8 (25...
Rad8 $142) 26. Ne3 g6 27. f3 $1 {[%cal Gf3g4,Gg4f2,Gf2d3,Gd3c5] Very sharp
move! Preparing knight's rout to the c5!} Rf7 {Missing a simple whit'e idea!}
28. Ng4 $16 {[%cal Gg4h6,Gg4f2]} Bf8 29. Nf2 {Now black position is looking
bad! No counterplay,simply loosing the pawn and in addition to that white
controls the only open d-file!} Nd4 {Other moves ain't better.} 30. Bxc5 Bxc5
31. Nxc5 {[%csl Re8]} g5 32. Ng4 $1 {[%cal Gg4e3,Gg4h6] After the knight from
d4 will be moved,black will resign! The same idea twice in the game,the knight
already was at this square with similar ideas!} Kf8 33. Nh6 Re7 34. Nf5 Nxf5
35. exf5 {It was suitible place to resign!} h5 {The last moves really don't
change anything.} 36. Rd6 Kg7 37. Kf2 a5 38. Red1 {Zugzwang!!Black has almost
no moves.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.06.04"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2002.06.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8.
Nexd4 Nc5 9. Be3 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Be2 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Ne4 13. O-O Bd7 14. Bd3
a6 15. Qe2 Nc5 16. Rf2 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Rc8 18. g4 f5 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Re1 Qc7
21. Qe3 Bxd4 22. Nxd4 Rce8 23. g5 Bc8 24. a3 Qf7 25. Qg3 Qg6 26. Re5 Bd7 27. h3
Rf7 28. Kh2 Ref8 29. Qe3 Qh5 30. Nxe6 Bxe6 31. Rxe6 Rf5 32. Re5 Qg6 33. Kg3 h6
34. h4 hxg5 35. hxg5 R5f7 36. Rxd5 Qc6 37. Qd4 Qc7 38. Rd6 Rf5 39. Rd7 Rxg5+
40. Kh4 Qc6 41. Kxg5 1-0

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.06.04"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2002.06.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Bc2 Bg4 6. d3 e6 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. h3
Bh5 9. Nf1 Nd7 10. g4 Bg6 11. Ng3 h5 12. Be3 hxg4 13. hxg4 Rxh1+ 14. Nxh1 Qb6
15. Bb3 O-O-O 16. Ng3 Nde5 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Qc2 Qa6 19. O-O-O Na5 20. f3 c4
21. dxc4 Nxc4 22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 23. Bxc4 Qxc4 24. b3 Qc6 25. Kb2 a6 26. a4 Bh4 27.
Nf1 f5 28. Qh2 Bd8 29. Nd2 f4 30. Bf2 b5 31. axb5 axb5 32. Qh8 Qd7 33. Kc2 Be8
34. b4 Bc7 35. Nb3 Bd6 36. Bc5 Bc7 37. Bf8 g6 38. Bg7 Bb6 39. Bxe5 Be3 40. Bd4
1-0

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.06.04"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2002.06.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Bd3 Be7 8.
O-O a6 9. Be3 Qc7 10. f4 d6 11. Qf3 O-O 12. g4 b5 13. g5 Nd7 14. Qh5 g6 15. Qh6
Re8 16. Rf3 Bf8 17. Qh4 Qd8 18. Raf1 Bb7 19. Rh3 h6 20. Nd4 Nxd4 21. Bxd4 e5
22. Be3 exf4 23. Bxf4 Ne5 24. gxh6 Qxh4 25. Rxh4 Be7 26. Rh3 Bc8 27. h7+ Kh8
28. Bxe5+ dxe5 29. Rhf3 Be6 30. a4 bxa4 31. Nxa4 Kxh7 32. b3 Kg7 33. Kg2 Reb8
34. Nb2 a5 35. Bc4 Bxc4 36. Nxc4 f6 37. Rd3 Rd8 38. Rfd1 Rxd3 39. Rxd3 Ra7 40.
Nb6 Kf7 41. Rd5 Ke6 42. Kf3 Rc7 43. c4 Rb7 44. Rb5 Bc5 45. Nd5 Rxb5 46. cxb5 f5
47. b6 Kd7 48. b7 Ba7 49. h4 Kd6 50. Ne3 fxe4+ 51. Kxe4 Kc6 52. Nc4 Kxb7 53.
Nxe5 Bf2 54. Nxg6 Bxh4 55. Nxh4 a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.06.04"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "Rabinovich,Al"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2002.06.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 8212]} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. c3 {
Another possible move here is:} (6. Re1 Nh6 (6... Nf6 7. e5 Nd5 8. c4 Nc7 9. d4
cxd4 10. Qxd4 O-O 11. Qh4 $36 {1-0 Sutovsky,E-Tibensky,R/Kaskady SVK 2002/The
Week in Chess 400 (28)}) 7. c3 O-O 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 f6 10. b3 Nf7 11. Nbd2
$14 {1-0 Morozevich,A-Kasimdzhanov,R/Wijk aan Zee NED 2002/The Week in Chess
376 (69)}) 6... Nh6 (6... Nf6 {Less flexible move,but should be checked as
well.In some variations occure positions from 6.Re1} 7. e5 (7. Re1 $5 {[%cal
Gd2d4]}) 7... Nd5 8. d4 cxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Qa4 Bb7 (10... Bd7 $6 11. exd6 exd6
12. Re1+ $14) 11. exd6 Qxd6 12. Na3 $14 {[%cal Ga3c4,Gc4a5,Ga5b7,Ga5c6] 1/2-1/
2 Minasian,A-Kovalevskaya,E/Moscow RUS 2002/The Week in Chess 379 (22)}) 7. d4
cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 {[%cal Gh6f7]} 9. Nc3 Nf7 (9... O-O $5 10. Re1 {What probably
should lead to the same setup as in the game.}) 10. Re1 (10. h3 d6 11. Re1 O-O
12. Be3 Qb6 13. b3 Qb7 14. Rc1 Bd7 15. Nd2 Rad8 16. Nc4 Qa6 17. Qd2 e5 18. dxe5
fxe5 {[%cal Gd7e6] 1-0 Anand,V-Taleb,M/Dubai UAE 2002/The Week in Chess 387 
(38) Black should be satisfied with the opening results.}) 10... d6 11. b3 (11.
h3) 11... O-O 12. Bb2 Bd7 {The position rised is not easy for evaluation.
White position without any weaknesses and strong center,well placed pieces
looking promising. On the other hand black pawn setup and light pieces
flexibly placed and no real weak squares neither pawns are on the board.} 13.
Qc2 {[%cal Gf3d2,Gd2c4,Gc4a5,Ga5c6]} Qa5 14. h3 Rfe8 {[%cal Ge7e5]} (14... f5
$6 15. exf5 (15. e5 $1 dxe5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Nd5 $40 Bxb2 (18...
Qxd5 19. Rad1 $18) 19. Nxe7+ Kf7 20. Qxb2 Rae8 21. Re5 $18 {[%cal Ga1e1]})
15... Bxf5 $132 {[%cal Ga8e8]}) 15. Ne2 Rac8 $11 16. Bc3 Qa6 17. Qb2 {[%cal
Gb2g7] Preparing ..........} e5 18. dxe5 fxe5 19. Rad1 Be6 $6 (19... Bh8 $1 {
[%cal Gf7h8] Protecting the bishop.}) {[%tqu "En","White did white plan by
playing 17.Qb2?!","Look at white bishop+queen!","The pin of the e5 pawn!",
"e2f4","Correct!",10]} 20. Nf4 $1 {Black can't take on f4 and forced to back
up with the bishop.} Bd7 21. Nd3 g5 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (21... Re7 $1 $11 {
[%csl Gd7] This move still holds the equality.}) {[%tqu "En","Now white has an
opportunity to punish black for his last move!","Use the d-file!","","d3c5",
"Correct! Now black is in trouble.",10]} 22. Nc5 $1 $16 {[%cal Gc5d7,Gc5a6]}
dxc5 $8 23. Rxd7 {[%csl Rc5,Rc6,Re5,Rf7,Rg5,Rg7]} h6 24. Red1 Re6 25. Nd2 (25.
Ne1 $1 {[%cal Ge1d3,Gd3c5]} Rce8 26. Nd3 Bf8 27. Qe2 {[%cal Ge2f3,Gf3f7]})
25... Nd6 26. Nc4 $1 {Exchanging the knights white has almost a piece up,since
Bg7 won't take a part in the game!} Nxc4 27. bxc4 Rf8 (27... Qxc4 28. Qb7 $18 {
[%cal Gb7c8,Gd7g7]}) 28. Qb7 $1 {The easy way to win is ending !} Qxb7 29. Rxb7
{[%cal Gd1d7]} a6 30. Rdd7 $18 {Black is helpless. White pieces dominate and
black can't defend none of his weak pawns.} Bf6 31. Ra7 h5 32. Rxa6 Rf7 33.
Raa7 Rxd7 34. Rxd7 {It was good moment to resign,but black makes a few moves
automaticly and only then...........} Re8 35. Rd6 Kf7 36. Rxc6 Ra8 37. Rxc5
Rxa2 38. Bxe5 {3 pawns up should be enough! The rest is simple and requier no
comments.} Be7 39. Rc6 g4 40. hxg4 hxg4 41. Bg3 Re2 42. e5 Bg5 43. Kf1 Rc2 44.
Rc8 Ke6 45. Kg1 Kf5 46. c5 Be7 47. c6 Rc4 48. Rc7 Ke6 49. Kh2 Rc2 50. Rc8 Rc4
51. Rg8 Kf5 52. Rg7 Ke6 53. c7 Rxc7 54. Rxg4 Rc8 55. Rg6+ Kf5 56. Rg7 Bg5 57.
Rf7+ Ke6 58. Rh7 Rc4 59. Kh3 Ra4 60. Rh5 Bd2 61. f4 Kd5 1-0

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.06.05"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2002.06.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. f4 Nbd7 10. Kh1 b5 11. Ng3 g6 12. f5 b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Nf6
15. Bh6 Bb7 16. Ne4 Nxd5 17. Bxf8 Qxf8 18. Qd2 Rc8 19. Rae1 a5 20. b3 Nf4 21.
Rxf4 exf4 22. Qxf4 d5 23. Ng5 h6 24. Nf3 g5 25. Qd4 Bc5 26. Qg4 Re8 27. Rf1 f6
28. Nd4 h5 29. Qxh5 Bxd4 30. Qg6+ Kh8 31. Rf3 Re1+ 32. Bf1 Qg7 33. Qh5+ Qh7 34.
Qg4 Be5 35. Kg1 Ba6 0-1

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.06.05"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2002.06.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. f3 Nbd7 10. Nh3 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Be2 Qb6 13. O-O a5 14. Rfd1 d5
15. Rac1 Ba6 16. Rd2 Rab8 17. Bh4 Rfc8 18. Bf2 a4 19. Nf4 g5 20. Nh3 h6 21. Bg3
Rb7 22. Be5 Nxe5 23. Qxe5 Nd7 24. Qg3 Qa5 25. Rcd1 d4 26. exd4 cxd4 27. Rxd4
Rxb2 28. Rxd7 Rxe2 29. Nf4 Rc2 30. Nh5 R2xc4 31. h3 Rc1 32. Kh2 Rxd1 33. Rxd1
Qf5 34. Qd6 Bb7 35. Qd4 e5 36. Qb6 Bxf3 37. Rd8+ Rxd8 38. Qxd8+ Kh7 39. gxf3
Qxf3 40. Nf6+ Kg7 41. Ng4 Qf4+ 42. Kg2 h5 43. Nf2 g4 44. hxg4 hxg4 45. Qh4 Qf3+
46. Kg1 f5 47. Qe7+ Kg6 48. Qe6+ Kg5 49. Qxe5 Qc6 50. Qe7+ Kg6 51. Qe3 Qc2 52.
Nd3 Qb3 53. Kf2 Kf6 54. Qe5+ Kg6 55. Nf4+ Kf7 56. Qxf5+ Ke7 57. Nd5+ Kd6 58.
Ne3 Qb2+ 59. Kg3 Qb3 60. Qf8+ Kc6 61. Kf4 g3 62. Nf5 g2 63. Nd4+ Kd5 64. Qd8+
Kc4 65. Nxb3 g1=Q 66. Nd2+ Kc3 67. Ne4+ Kb2 68. Qd3 Qh2+ 69. Kf5 Qc2 70. Qxc2+
Kxc2 71. Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Duel of the Champions"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2002.08.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2002.08.16"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8.
Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. O-O b6 12. Qg4 g5 13. Qh3 Rg8 14. Nd2 Bb7
15. a4 O-O-O 16. a5 c5 17. axb6 axb6 18. Be4 g4 19. Bxb7+ Qxb7 20. Qc3 Kb8 21.
dxc5 Nxc5 22. b4 Ne4 23. Nxe4 Qxe4 24. Qa3 Bc7 25. Be3 Qb7 26. c4 Be5 27. Ra2
Kc8 28. c5 bxc5 29. bxc5 Qc6 30. Qa7 f5 31. Ra6 Qc7 32. Qxc7+ Bxc7 33. c6 Rd5
34. Rb1 Ra5 35. Rxa5 Bxa5 36. Ra1 Rd8 37. g3 Rd5 38. Bxh6 Kc7 39. Rc1 Bd2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Duel of the Champions"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2002.08.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2002.08.16"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Ne5 11. f3 Nbc6 12. Bf2 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Be6 14. Qd2 Qa5 15.
a3 O-O 16. h4 Ng6 17. b4 Qc7 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. O-O-O Rh8 21. Rxh8
Rxh8 22. Kb2 f6 23. g3 Ne5 24. f4 gxf4 25. gxf4 Nc4+ 26. Bxc4 Qxc4 27. e5 dxe5
28. fxe5 f5 29. Qg2+ Kf7 30. Rd3 Qf4 31. Qxb7 Rh2 32. Qf3 Qxe5 33. Re3 Qd4 34.
Re2 Rh8 35. Re4 Qf6 36. Re3 Qd4 37. Qe2 Qc4 38. Qg2 Qd4 39. Qe2 Qc4 40. Qg2 Qd4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Duel of the Champions"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2002.08.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2002.08.16"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. O-O Bxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. c3 {
The most critical line against Sveshnikov Sicilian.} Bg7 (14... Qd7 15. Nc2 $1
$14 {[%cal Ga2a4]}) 15. Qh5 e4 {Sooner or later Black must make this advance
and White will start his play against Black's central pawn formation.} 16. Bc2
O-O 17. Rae1 Qc8 (17... Rc8 {is another plan - to bringthe rook to c5. Here
too, White must protect his d5-pawn with} 18. Bb3 $14) 18. Bb3 (18. Kh1 {
Considered best until Leko's novelty in Dortmund, which might re-evaluate it.
I guess 18.Bb3 will become more popular in the near future, since in the
practice Black didn't demonstrate a clear way here yet.} Rb8 $1 {Leko.}) 18...
Ng6 (18... a5 19. Qg5 $1 (19. Nxb5 a4 20. Bd1 Qc5 {was good for Black in
Nunn-McShane, Hastings 1998}) 19... Ng6 20. Nxb5 a4 21. Bd1 Qc5 22. c4 Qxc4 23.
Nxd6 Qxa2 24. Re2 Qxd5 25. Nxf5 Ra5 26. g4 $16 {1-0 Bruzon Bautista,L-Handke,F/
Oropesa del Mar 1999 (53)}) 19. Nc2 Re8 (19... Nf4 20. Qg5 Nd3 21. Ne3 h6 22.
Qxf5 Nxe1 23. Rxe1 {and White has a very good compensation for the exchange,
keeping positional advantage, Acs,P-Malakhatko,V/Yerevan 2001.}) 20. f4 {
Black's problem in these positions is connected with his pawn chain f5-e4. If
speaking from strictly strategical point of view, then in principle White
always has better prospects thanks to the potential weakness of pawn f5 and as
a consequence pawn e4. That's why Black's chances must be connected with a
dynamic play of the pieces.} exf3 21. Rxe8+ (21. Qxf3 f4 22. Nb4 Qc5+ 23. Kh1
Re3 24. Rxe3 Qxe3 25. Qd1 {1-0 Van den Doel,E-De Vreugt,D/Antwerp 1998 (39)})
21... Qxe8 22. Qxf3 f4 23. Re1 Qd7 (23... Qd8 $5 {[%cal Gd8g5]}) 24. Nb4 {
The present game shows that White is better and with Black it is rather a
difficult task to play it against a strong positional player. That's why Black
must find other ways to deal against White's opening plan.} a5 25. Nc6 Re8 26.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 27. Kf1 {[%csl Ra5,Rb5] A stable plus for White, who plays for a
win with no risk at all.} (27. Nxa5 Qe1+ 28. Qf1 Qd2 $132) 27... b4 (27... a4
28. Bc2 {[%csl Rb5][%cal Gc2d3]}) 28. cxb4 axb4 29. Qe2 Qd7 $6 (29... Qxe2+ {
Black surely has good drawing chances here. Although it is understandable that
Anand wanted to keep counterchances with queens on the board, it would have
been objectively stronger to enter this inferior endgame, which might be just
drawish with some accuracy. The problem is that due to White's dominance on
the light squares and strong pieces, Black is not able to create threats
against the opponent's king.}) 30. Bc2 {[%csl Rb4,Rf4]} Ne5 (30... Bxb2 $2 31.
Bxg6 hxg6 32. Qxb2) (30... Kf8 31. Nxb4 Qb7 32. Nd3 $1 (32. a3 $2 Bxb2 33. Bxg6
Bxa3 34. Nc2 Qb1+) (32. Nc6 Qxb2 33. Bxg6 Qc1+ $1 34. Kf2 hxg6) (32. Qd2 Bxb2
$1 33. Bxg6 Ba3 $1 34. Qxf4 hxg6 $1) 32... Qxd5 33. a4 $16 {[%cal Gb2b4]}) 31.
Qe4 f3 {Trying to organize some counterplay. However, as mentioned above, it
turns out that Black cannot create anything against white king. On the other
hand it must be added that here Black already had little choice. White is
technically winning.} 32. Qxh7+ Kf8 33. Qe4 fxg2+ 34. Kxg2 Ng4 (34... Qg4+ {
Now the endgame should be very difficult, since after} 35. Qxg4 Nxg4 36. Bb3
Bxb2 37. Nxb4 {White has two passed pawns and even many opposite-coloured
bishops endgames can be lost now.}) 35. h3 Ne5 (35... Nf6 36. Qxb4 Nxd5 37.
Qb8+ Qe8 38. Qxd6+ $18) 36. Ba4 {Now the outcome becomes clear. Black loses
too much material (two pawns) without any compensation.} Kg8 37. Qxb4 Ng6 38.
Bc2 Qe8 39. Qe4 Qa8 40. a4 Bxb2 41. Qg4 Kh8 (41... Kg7 42. Bxg6 fxg6 43. Ne7
$18) 42. Bxg6 fxg6 43. Qxg6 Qxa4 44. Ne7 1-0

[Event "Duel of the Champions"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2002.08.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "Anand/Ftacnik"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2002.08.16"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Ruslan had just taken the lead with a fine win in our 3rd game.} 1. e4 c5 2.
Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 {Following our 2nd game. Since he
dominated the play on the first day, I felt that it wasn't enough to try and
come up with some little refinement on our 2nd game. I wanted to go for really
sharp lines to try and fight for the initiative in the match.} 6. f3 $1 {
This skips the Ng4 line and takes the play into sharper lines.} e6 7. Be3 b5 8.
g4 Nfd7 9. Qd2 Bb7 (9... Nb6 10. O-O-O N8d7 {Ponomariov has some experience
with this position, but earlier this year Grischuk had a famous win against
Dvoiris from the Aeroflot open .} (10... Bb7 {Transposing back to the game.})
11. Ndxb5 $1) 10. O-O-O Nb6 11. Nb3 N8d7 12. Na5 Qc7 {Of course, Black isn't
going to play Bc8.} (12... Rb8 13. Bf4 Nc8 14. Nxb7 Rxb7 15. Kb1 Be7 16. h4 O-O
17. Ne2 Ncb6 18. Nd4 Rc7 19. Bg5 d5 20. exd5 Nxd5 {Blehm,P-Kalod,R/Paget
Parish 2001/ 0-1 (35)}) 13. Kb1 {Maybe technically a novelty, but simply one
of the "useful" moves one makes in the Sicilian - the kingside equivalent is
Kh1.} (13. a3 Be7 14. Bxb5 axb5 15. Nxb5 Qb8 16. Bxb6 Nxb6 17. Nxd6+ Bxd6 18.
Qxd6 Qxd6 19. Rxd6 Rxa5 20. Rxb6 Ra7 21. Rd1 {Sharapov,E-Fish,G/ Sevastopol
2000/ 1-0 (80)}) (13. Bf4 Nc8 14. Ne2 Rb8 15. Nxb7 Rxb7 16. h4 Be7 17. Bg5 Ndb6
18. Nd4 O-O 19. Kb1 Re8 20. Bd3 Bf8 21. Qe2 Na4 22. Bc1 {Fedorov,A-Ermenkov,E/
Ohrid 2001/ 1-0 (41)}) 13... Be7 (13... b4 14. Ne2 d5 {The thematic reaction
in the centre.} 15. Ng3 Be7 16. Nxb7 Qxb7 17. f4 O-O (17... dxe4 18. Nxe4) 18.
Bd3) (13... Nc4 {Ftacnik} 14. Nxc4 bxc4 15. Qd4 Rc8 16. Be2 $14) 14. h4 {
Here I already saw the possibility of playing Bg5, but decided to wait a bit.}
(14. Bg5 Bxg5 15. Qxg5 O-O 16. Nxb7 Qxb7 17. Rxd6 Qc7 $44) 14... O-O $6 (14...
Ne5 15. Qd4 $1 Nbd7 16. Nxb7 Qxb7 17. f4 b4 (17... Nf3 18. Qd3 $16 (18. Qxg7
Bf6 19. Qh6 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Qxe4 21. Bc1)) (17... Nxg4 18. Qxg7 Nxe3 19. Qxh8+
Nf8 20. Re1 $18) 18. Na4 Nxg4 19. Qxg7 Nxe3 20. Qxh8+ Nf8 21. Re1 Qxe4 22. Bd3
Qxf4 23. Qg8 $16) (14... b4 $1 15. Ne2 d5 16. Nd4 (16. Nxb7 Qxb7 (16... Nc4 17.
Qc1 dxe4 18. Ng3 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Qxb7 20. Nxe4 O-O 21. g5 $14) 17. Ng3 O-O $13)
16... dxe4 17. Nxb7 Qxb7 18. fxe4 O-O $11) 15. Bg5 $1 {The point of the
previous move. White can recapture with the h-pawn and attack on the h-file.
Ftacnik: Anand is treating the opening line with deep uderstanding, black has
to worry about the d6 pawn.} f6 {This weakens the e6 square and gives White an
easy target. The only thing that concerned me was that White has lost some
time.} (15... Nf6 16. h5 $1 {White just continues his attack.} (16. Bxf6 Bxf6 (
16... gxf6 17. g5 $16) 17. Qxd6 Rac8 18. Qxc7 Rxc7 19. Ne2 {Black has enough ~/
= with his two bishops.} (19. Nxb7 Rxb7 $44) 19... Na4)) (15... Bxg5 {Ftacnik}
16. hxg5 Rfd8 17. g6 fxg6 18. Qxd6 $16) 16. Be3 Ne5 17. Qf2 Nbc4 18. Nxb7 Qxb7
(18... Nxe3 {Ftacnik} 19. Qxe3 Qxb7 20. Ne2 Nc4 21. Qb3 Rac8 $11) 19. Bd4 (19.
Ne2 f5 $1 20. gxf5 exf5 21. Bh3 fxe4 22. Be6+ Kh8 23. Bd5 Qc8 24. Bxa8 Qxa8 $15
) 19... Rac8 20. Ne2 (20. Qg3 {This stops f5, but White has to take some
sacrifices into account.} b4 21. Ne2 Na3+ $1 (21... Qc6 22. Ka1) 22. bxa3 bxa3+
{At the board, I felt that this was very dangerous and decided to stick to 20.
Ne2. Later analysis confirmed this:} 23. Kc1 {Counter-intuitively, White
ambles off to the other side. The obvious tries don't break through.} (23. Ka1
Rxc2 24. Rb1 Rb2 $3 25. Bg2 (25. Bxb2 Rb8 $19) (25. Rxb2 axb2+ 26. Kb1 Nc4 $19)
25... Rb8 26. Qe1 Nc4 $17) {However, an unusual knight retreat keeps Black
going.} 23... Nc6 $1 (23... Rxc2+ 24. Kxc2 Rc8+ 25. Kd2) (23... Rc7 24. Ba1
Rfc8 25. Nd4) (23... Qb4 24. Ba1 Rxc2+ (24... Rb8 25. Nc3 Rfc8 26. f4) 25. Kxc2
Rc8+ 26. Nc3) 24. Ba1 (24. Kd2 d5 $1 25. Ke1 Nxd4 26. Nxd4 e5) 24... Nb4 25.
Nc3 d5 $1 {A sample variation follows.} 26. exd5 Rxc3 27. Bxc3 Nxa2+ 28. Kd2
Nxc3 29. Kxc3 Bb4+ 30. Kd3 Qxd5+ 31. Ke2 Qxd1+ $1 32. Kxd1 a2) (20. h5 {Ftacnik
} Qc6 21. Bg2 Nf7 $11) 20... Nc6 (20... f5 21. gxf5 exf5 22. Qg3 $1 {This
looks fine for White.} (22. exf5 Qxf3 23. Qxf3 (23. Bh3 Nd2+ $1 24. Ka1 (24.
Rxd2 Qxh1+) 24... Rxc2 $19) 23... Nxf3 24. Bg2 Rxf5 (24... Nxd4 25. Nxd4 Ne3
26. Rde1 Bf6 27. Rxe3 Bxd4 28. Ra3) 25. Bh3 Nxh4 26. Ng3 Rcf8 27. Nxf5 Nxf5)
22... fxe4 $140 23. f4) 21. Be3 (21. Bh3 b4 22. g5 {This also looked strong,
but I wanted to get my knight to f4 and for that I have to move my B.}) (21.
Bc3 {Ftacnik} b4 22. Be1 Nd8 $11) 21... Nxe3 (21... f5 22. exf5 exf5 23. g5
N6e5 24. Nd4 $16) (21... Nb4 22. Nd4 (22. c3 Nc6 23. Nf4 $16) 22... e5 23. Nf5
(23. Bxc4+ Rxc4) 23... Nxb2 24. Kxb2 Rxc2+ 25. Qxc2 Nxc2 26. Kxc2 $16) 22. Qxe3
Qa7 $6 {Probably he just missed White's next. However, his position was
already difficult.} (22... Ne5 23. Nd4 Qd7 24. Bh3 $36) 23. Qb3 $1 d5 $2 {
[%mdl 16384] Ftacnik: Ponomariov has lost his patience, this tactical solution
has deep flaws in many lines.} (23... Qd7 $142 24. Nf4 Kf7 {No further
commentary is needed.} 25. h5 Na5 26. Qe3 $11 {Ftacnik}) 24. exd5 Na5 25. Qd3
Nc4 {Here I found the simplest way.} (25... Rfd8 {Ftacnik} 26. Nf4 exd5 27.
Nxd5 $16) 26. Nf4 (26. Nd4 $5 {Ftacnik} Ne5 (26... exd5 27. Nc6 $16) 27. Qe2
exd5 28. f4 Ng6 29. Ne6 Bd6 30. Qd2 Rfe8 31. Bg2 $16) 26... Ne3 27. Nxe6 (27.
Rd2 {Ftacnik} exd5 28. Nxd5 Bc5 $14) 27... Nxd1 28. Qxd1 $1 {I couldn't bring
myself to calculate Nxf8 since this move wins trivially. White just plays Bd3
and follows up on the kingside - Black is helpless. Ftacnik: In the duel of
champions the former one is chosing the safe sontinuation instead of very
tempting one with 28.Nxf8!?} (28. Nxf8 $5 Nc3+ $1 (28... Nf2 29. Qxh7+ Kxf8 30.
Bd3 $1 (30. Qh8+ {Ftacnik} Kf7 31. Qxc8 Nxh1 32. Qe6+ Kf8 33. d6 Bd8 34. d7 Be7
35. Qd6 Qa8 36. Qh2 Qxf3 37. Qb8+ Kf7 38. Qe8+ Ke6 39. d8=N+ Kd6 40. Be2 Qe4
41. a3 Nf2 $14) 30... Nxh1 (30... Nxd3 {Ftacnik} 31. Qh8+ Kf7 32. Qxc8 Nf4 33.
Re1 $16) 31. Qh8+ Kf7 32. Bg6+ $1 Kxg6 33. Qh5#) 29. bxc3 Bxf8 30. Qf5 $18 (30.
g5 Re8 31. Bh3 $16)) 28... Rfe8 29. Bd3 {There is no way for Black to counter
White's attack. White just pushes his kingside pawns.} (29. f4 {Ftacnik} Qf2
30. Qe2 Qxe2 31. Bxe2 Bd6 32. Bd3 $16) 29... Qf2 30. f4 (30. Qe1 {Ftacnik}
Qxe1+ (30... Qxf3 $2 31. Be4 Qxg4 32. Rg1 $18) 31. Rxe1 Bd6 32. Re4 $16) 30...
Bd6 (30... Qg2 {Ftacnik} 31. g5 g6 32. h5 Qxd5 33. hxg6 hxg6 (33... Qxe6 34.
Qh5) 34. Bxg6 Qxd1+ 35. Rxd1 Red8 36. Nxd8 Rxd8 37. Rxd8+ Bxd8 38. gxf6 Bxf6
39. c3 $16) 31. g5 $1 {Ftacnik: Black is striggling to avert strong attack,
white pieces are dominating the board.} Rxe6 (31... f5 {Ftacnik} 32. Bxf5 g6
33. Be4 Qe3 34. Qd3 Bxf4 35. Bxg6 Qxd3 36. Bxd3 $18) (31... Bxf4 {Ftacnik} 32.
Rf1 Qd2 33. Nxf4 $18) 32. dxe6 Qxf4 (32... f5 {Ftacnik} 33. Bxf5 Qxf4 34. Rf1
Qc4 35. e7 Bxe7 36. Bxc8 $18) 33. Rf1 Qe5 34. Re1 (34. gxf6 {Ftacnik} gxf6 (
34... Qxe6 35. Bf5 $18) 35. Re1 $18) 34... Qc5 (34... Qf4 35. e7 $18) 35. gxf6
gxf6 36. Qg4+ Kh8 37. Rg1 Qc7 38. e7 1-0

[Event "Duel of the Champions"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2002.08.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2002.08.16"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Nbd7 9. g4 b5 10. g5 b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bf5 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Be7 15.
h4 O-O 16. O-O-O a5 17. Nd2 f5 18. Kb1 Qc8 19. f4 Qa6 20. Qxa6 Rxa6 21. Nc4 Rc8
22. b3 Bd8 23. Rhe1 Kf7 24. Bc1 Rxc4 25. bxc4 e4 26. Bb2 Bb6 27. Re2 Bc5 28. h5
Kf8 29. Bd4 Bxd4 30. Rxd4 Nc5 31. Re1 Rb6 32. Kc1 a4 33. Kb2 Ke7 34. a3 b3 35.
Re3 Kd7 36. Rd1 Kc7 37. Rb1 Kb7 38. Kc3 Ka6 39. Rb2 Rb7 40. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Duel of the Champions"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2002.08.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2002.08.16"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. Nbd2 exd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. d5 Nce5 15.
Nxe5 (15. a4 b4 16. a5 Ra7 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. f4 Ng6 19. Nc4 Bd7 20. Be3 Bb5 21.
b3 Bh4 22. Rf1 Re8 $132 {0-1 Cela,A-Graf,A/Kavala 1997/EXT 2001 (38). (38)})
15... Nxe5 16. a4 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (16. f4 Ng6 17. Nf3 f5 {is the start of the
facinating Graf variation. The results so far seem to favour Black, so Anands
deviation is not surprising.} (17... Bh4 $5) 18. e5 dxe5 19. fxe5 Bb7 20. d6
Bh4 21. Re2 Bg3 22. b4 c4 23. Qd4 Qd7 24. Bd2 Rae8 $17 {0-1 Ponomariov,
R-Beliavsky,A/Moscow 2002/CBM 90/[Wedberg] (52)}) 16... Rb8 (16... b4 {similar
to Cela-Graf above is also a possibility.}) 17. axb5 axb5 18. f4 Ng6 19. Nf3
Bh4 (19... f5 20. e5 {gives more chances to White than the line 16.f4 since
White has the a-file at his disposal.}) 20. Nxh4 (20. Rf1 Bg3 $132) 20... Qxh4
21. f5 {Only move to continue fighting, but with the N on e5 Black has little
to worry about.} (21. Rf1 Bxh3 $11) 21... Ne5 22. Rf1 Bd7 23. Bf4 Ra8 $11 {
Black has a decent Benoni of sorts.} 24. Qd2 Qe7 25. b4 Nc4 26. Qc3 cxb4 27.
Qxb4 Qf6 28. Qe1 Qb2 29. Rc1 Rfe8 30. Qf2 Ra3 $15 31. Bb1 Qxf2+ (31... Qf6 $5 {
and Black can enjoy his activity.}) 32. Rxf2 f6 33. Rf3 Rea8 34. Bd3 $1 Ne5 35.
Bxe5 dxe5 36. Bf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Duel of the Champions"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2002.08.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "2002.08.16"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Be3 Bb4 9. Na4 Be7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Nb6 Rb8 12. Nxc8 Qxc8 13. e5 Nd5 14. Bd4
O-O 15. c4 Nf4 16. g3 c5 17. Bc3 Nh3+ 18. Kg2 Ng5 19. Qd3 f5 20. Rad1 Rb7 21.
Bf3 Nxf3 22. Qxf3 a5 23. a4 Ra7 24. Rd3 Rd8 25. Rfd1 Qa6 26. b3 Qc8 27. h3 Rf8
28. Kh2 Rf7 29. Qe2 Bf8 30. Qd2 Qc7 31. f4 Qb6 32. Qc2 g6 33. Be1 Qc6 34. Qg2
Qxg2+ 35. Kxg2 h5 36. Kf3 Kh8 37. Bf2 Rb7 38. Kg2 Kg8 39. Be1 Ra7 40. Bd2 Rh7
41. Be3 Rb7 42. g4 hxg4 43. hxg4 fxg4 44. Kg3 Be7 45. Kxg4 Kf8 46. Kg3 Ke8 47.
Kg2 Rh5 48. Bd2 Ra7 49. Rf1 Kf7 50. Rff3 Rh7 51. Rh3 Rxh3 52. Kxh3 Bd8 53. Be1
Rb7 54. Kg4 Kg7 55. Bh4 Bxh4 56. Kxh4 Rc7 57. Kg5 Rb7 58. Rd6 Kf7 59. Kh6 Ke7
60. Rd3 Rb8 61. Kxg6 Rg8+ 62. Kh5 Rg1 63. Kh4 Rg2 64. Rg3 Rf2 65. Kg5 Kd8 66.
Rh3 Kc7 67. Kg4 Rg2+ 68. Kf3 Rb2 69. Ke4 Re2+ 70. Re3 Rf2 71. Rd3 Re2+ 72. Kf3
Rb2 73. f5 exf5 74. Kf4 Rf2+ 75. Rf3 Rxf3+ 76. Kxf3 Kd8 77. Kf4 Ke7 78. Kxf5
Kf7 79. Kf4 Ke7 80. Ke3 Kf7 81. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Duel of the Champions"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2002.08.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2002.08.16"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {McShane} d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. a4
Nc6 8. Qe2 Be7 9. Rd1 O-O 10. dxc5 Qc7 11. b3 Bxc5 12. Bb2 b6 13. Nbd2 Bb7 14.
Rac1 (14. Bxf6 {(McShane) is possible, of course, but the loss of the bishop
pair is more significant than the weakening of the Black king.}) 14... Nb4 15.
Ng5 $1 Qe7 16. Ndf3 (16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qh5 Qf5 (17... h6 18. Nge4 Qe7 19. Nxc5
bxc5 20. Be2 $14) 18. g4 Qg6 19. Qxg6 hxg6 20. Nde4 Rfd8 21. Nxc5 bxc5 $11 {
[%csl Rg5]}) 16... h6 17. Nh3 Rfd8 18. Nf4 {McShane: 'The position must be
about equal here, but Anand clearly wanted to win to level the match score.'}
Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Qxd8 21. Ne5 $36 {/\22Nh5} Nbd5 22. Nh5 (22. Bxa6
$2 {McShane} Nxf4 23. exf4 Bxa6 24. Qxa6 Qd2 $1 {hits f2 and b2.}) 22... Be7 (
22... Nxh5 23. Qxh5 Qe7 24. Ng4 Qg5 $11) 23. h3 Qc7 (23... Nc7 $1 {[%cal Yb6b5,
Yc7e6]} 24. Nf4 $11) 24. e4 Nb4 25. Nxf7 {'!' McShane. McShane: 'The first of
two knight sacrifices which tear away the black king cover. '} (25. Qf3 Qd8 $1
$132 {[%cal Yd8d2]} (25... b5 26. axb5 axb5 27. Bxe6 $1 fxe6 28. Nxg7 $1 Qc2 (
28... Kxg7 29. Qg3+ $1 $18 {[%cal Gg3c7]}) (28... Bxe4 29. Qg3 Kh7 30. Nxe6 $18
) 29. Nxe6 $18) 26. Nxg7 $140 $2 Kxg7 27. Bxe6 Qd2 $1 $17 {[%cal Yd2g5,Yd2b2]})
(25. Nxg7 Kxg7 26. Qe3 $1 {[%cal Ge5g4,Gg4f6,Gg4h6,Ge3h6]} Nxe4 $1 (26... Qc5
27. Bd4 Qa5 28. Bxe6 Nc6 29. b4 $1 Qxb4 30. Nxf7 $18) (26... Bc5 27. Qg3+ Kh7
28. Bxe6 Bxe4 29. Bxf7 $18) 27. Ng4+ (27. Nd7+ f6) 27... Kf8 28. Qxh6+ Ke8 29.
Qh8+ Bf8 30. f3 Qc5+ 31. Kh2 Nd2 $1 32. Bg7 Nd5 33. Bxd5 Nf1+ 34. Kh1 Ng3+ 35.
Kh2 Nf1+ $11) 25... Kxf7 26. Nxg7 {'!' McShane.} Bc8 $6 (26... Kxg7 27. Qg4+
Kh8 (27... Kf8 $2 28. Qxe6 Nbd5 29. exd5 Bc8 30. Qe3 $18) (27... Kh7 28. Qxe6
Qd8 29. e5 (29. Qf7+ $5 Kh8 30. Bxf6+ Bxf6 31. Qxb7 Bd4 {[%cal Yd8f8,Yf8f2]}
32. Qf7 Bc5 33. Kh2 Qf8 34. Qxf8+ Bxf8 35. f4 $13 {/+/=}) 29... Bd5 (29... Nfd5
$5 30. Qf7+ Kh8 31. e6+ Nf6 $11) 30. Qf5+ Kg7 31. exf6+ Bxf6 32. Qg4+ $14) 28.
Qg6 (28. Qh5 Kg7 29. Qg4+ $11) (28. Qh5 {McShane}) (28. Qxe6 {McShane} Qd8 {
also defends}) 28... e5 29. Qxh6+ Nh7 30. Qg6 (30. Qe6 $5 Qd8 31. Bxe5+ Bf6 32.
Bc7 Qc8 33. Qxc8+ Bxc8 34. Bxb6 $13 {/=/+}) 30... Qd8 31. Bg8 $1 (31. Bxe5+ Bf6
32. Bxf6+ Nxf6 $17) 31... Bxe4 (31... Qxg8 32. Bxe5+ Bf6 33. Bxf6+ Nxf6 34.
Qxf6+ Qg7 35. Qd8+ Kh7 36. Qh4+ Kg8 37. Qd8+ Qf8 38. Qg5+ $11) 32. Bxe5+ Nf6
33. Qxe4 Kxg8 34. Bxf6 Bxf6 35. Qxb4 $13) 27. Nf5 {McShane: 'White is only one
piece down now, and is well coordinated. The position is still very
complicated, but Anand must have been satisfied with the practical chances his
sacrifice brought.'} b5 $2 (27... Qf4 28. Nxe7 Kxe7 29. g3 $44 Qg5 {is very
unclear.} (29... Qxe4 $4 {McShane} 30. Bxf6+)) 28. axb5 axb5 29. Nxe7 (29. e5
$1 bxc4 30. Nxh6+ Kg6 31. exf6 Bxf6 32. Qe4+ Kxh6 33. Bxf6 $16) (29. Nxh6+ Kg6
30. e5 Nh7 $15) 29... Kxe7 $2 (29... bxc4 30. Bxf6 (30. Nxc8 c3 31. Nd6+ Qxd6
32. Bxc3 Qd3 $11) 30... Kxf6 31. Nxc8 Qxc8 32. bxc4 Nc6 33. Qe3 $11) 30. Bxb5
Qc2 $6 (30... Qc5 $142) 31. Ba3 $1 ({Instead} 31. Qxc2 {McShane} Nxc2 32. Bd3
Ne1 (32... Nb4 $4 {McShane} 33. Ba3) 33. Bb1 Ba6 $1 {prevents White trapping
the knight with Kg1-f1, and gives the knight a square on d3.}) 31... Qc3 (31...
Qxb3 32. Qd3 $1 Qxd3 33. Bxd3 $18) 32. Qc4 $1 $18 Qa1+ 33. Kh2 Qxa3 34. Qxc8 {
McShane: 'Ponomariov has found himself in desperate trouble, despite having
succeeded in exchanging the dangerous dark squared bishop. Anand's immediate
threat is e4-e5, forcing the knight away to play Qc8-e8 mate.'} Qa5 (34... Qxb3
35. e5 Nbd5 36. exf6+ Nxf6 37. Qc7+ Kf8 38. Bc4 $18) 35. Qc5+ Kd8 36. Qd6+ Kc8
37. Qxe6+ Kb8 38. Bc4 Qc7+ 39. e5 Ne4 40. f4 {McShane: 'White has four clear
pawns for a piece and a safer king - a won position.'} Nd2 41. Qxh6 Nxc4 42.
Qf8+ Ka7 43. Qxb4 Nb6 44. e6 Nc8 45. Qd4+ Kb8 46. Qe5 1-0

[Event "RUS-The World"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.09.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "Rabinovich,Al"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2002.09.08"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "The World"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 16392]} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 {Black can choose here
between two moves: 4...dxc6 and 4...bxc6.} dxc6 (4... bxc6 $5 {[%cal Ga8b8,
Gb8b2,Gb7c6,Gc6d5] It seems that in this line white keeps small but long range
advantage.} 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 (6. c3 Nh6 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4 {[%csl Gd4,Ge4]} f6
9. Nc3 Nf7 10. Re1 (10. h3 d6 11. Re1 O-O 12. Be3 Qb6 13. b3 Qb7 14. Rc1 Bd7
15. Nd2 $14 {[%cal Gd2c4,Gc4a5] 1-0 Anand,V-Taleb,M/Dubai UAE 2002/The Week in
Chess 387 (38)}) 10... d6 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 Bd7 13. Qc2 Qa5 14. h3 Rfe8 15.
Ne2 Rac8 16. Bc3 Qa6 17. Qb2 e5 18. dxe5 fxe5 19. Rad1 $14 {[%cal Gb2g7] 1-0
Akopian,V-Ponomariov,R/Moscow RUS 2002/The Week in Chess 396 (61)}) 6... Nh6 (
6... Nf6 7. e5 Nd5 8. c4 Nc7 9. d4 cxd4 10. Qxd4 O-O 11. Qh4 f6 12. Nc3 Ne6 13.
exf6 exf6 14. Be3 $36 {1-0 Sutovsky,E-Tibensky,R/Kaskady SVK 2002/The Week in
Chess 400 (28)}) 7. c3 O-O 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 f6 (9... d6 10. h3 f6 11. b3 Nf7
12. Bb2 Bd7 (12... e5 13. Nbd2 Be6 14. Rc1 Qb6 15. dxe5 fxe5 16. Re3 Bh6 17.
Rec3 $14 {[%cal Gd2c4] 1-0 Hracek,Z-Jakubiec,A/CZE 2001/The Week in Chess 388 
(50)}) 13. Nbd2 Rc8 14. Rc1 f5 $6 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Nc4 Bh6 17. Ne3 Be4 18. Nd2
$16 {[%cal Gd4d5] 1-0 Kobalia,M-Roiz,M/Halkidiki GRE 2002/The Week in Chess
412 (26)}) 10. b3 Nf7 11. Nbd2 d6 12. Bb2 Ba6 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. b4 e5 15. Nb3 Qb6
16. Bc3 $14 {1-0 Morozevich,A-Kasimdzhanov,R/Wijk aan Zee NED 2002/The Week in
Chess 376 (69)}) 5. d3 {It is better to wait with 0-0,since in some variations
king should be castled long side.} Bg7 6. h3 {This move is not really
nessasary,since Bg4 will lead to small but clear advantage for white.The idea
behind 6.h3 is mostly to wait for black's knight development and after that 
to choose his own plan.} Nh6 $5 {[%mdl 8] This move was yet tested on highest
levels.} (6... Nf6 $5 7. Nc3 O-O (7... Nd7 $5 {In my opinion this move is the
best attempt for black.} 8. Be3 e5 9. Qd2 Qe7 10. O-O (10. Bh6 Bxh6 11. Qxh6 f6
12. Nd2 (12. Nh4 Qf8 13. Qd2 Qe7 14. O-O-O f5 15. g3 f4 16. Ng2 fxg3 17. fxg3
$32 {1-0 Ivanchuk,V-Filippov,V/Halkidiki GRE 2002/The Week in Chess 412 (41)})
12... Nf8 13. f4 exf4 14. Qxf4 Ne6 15. Qh6 Nd4 16. O-O-O Be6 $11 {1/2-1/2
Smirin,I-Shirov,A/Sarajevo BIH 2002/The Week in Chess 395 (22)}) 10... Nf8 11.
Bh6 Ne6 12. Bxg7 Nxg7 13. Ne2 f6 14. Nh2 g5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V-Ivanchuk,V/
Prague CZE 2002/The Week in Chess 391 (50)}) 8. O-O (8. Be3 b6 9. Qd2 e5 10.
Bh6 Qd6 11. O-O-O (11. g4 Be6 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. O-O-O Rad8 $132 {[%cal Gc5c4]
1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Leko,P/Monaco MNC 2002/The Week in Chess 386 (32)}) 11... a5
$5 {A strong improvment! Pushing the aP is the quickest way.} (11... Be6 12.
Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Qg5 Nd7 14. Qg3 b5 15. d4 $14 {0-1 Grischuk,A-Shirov,A/Dubai UAE
2002/The Week in Chess 387 (30)}) (11... b5 12. Ne2 a5 13. Ng3 Re8 14. Nh4 Bxh6
15. Qxh6 a4 16. Qg5 Nd7 17. Ngf5 Qf6 18. Qxf6 {1/2-1/2 Grischuk,A-Leko,P/Dubai
UAE 2002/The Week in Chess 387 (18)}) 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Nh2 (13. g4 a4 14. Ne2
b5 15. Ng3 b4 16. Qg5 Re8 $132 {[%cal Gb4b3,Ga4a3] 0-1 Shirov,A-Leko,P/
Dortmund GER 2002/The Week in Chess 401 (31)}) 13... a4 14. Ng4 Ng8 15. Ne2 (
15. Kb1 a3 16. b3 Qd4 17. Nh2 b5 18. Nf3 Qd6 19. Ne2 Be6 20. g3 Rad8 21. Ng5 c4
$36 {1/2-1/2 Grischuk,A-Leko,P/Moscow RUS 2002/The Week in Chess 410 (55)})
15... Bxg4 16. hxg4 Qe6 17. Kb1 Qxg4 18. f3 Qe6 19. g4 $44 {1/2-1/2 Grischuk,
A-Ponomariov,R/Moscow RUS 2002/The Week in Chess 409 (28)}) 8... Nd7 9. Be3 e5
10. Qd2 Re8 11. Nh2 b6 12. Bh6 Bh8 13. Kh1 Qe7 14. Rae1 Nf8 15. Ne2 Ne6 16. b3
a5 17. a4 Bd7 18. f4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Adams,M-Leko,P/Dortmund GER 2002/The Week in
Chess 400 (44)}) 7. Nc3 {[%cal Gc1e3,Gd1d2]} f6 (7... O-O $2 8. Be3 b6 9. Qd2
$18 {[%csl Rh6]}) 8. Be3 b6 9. O-O (9. a4 $5 {[%cal Ga4a5]}) (9. Qd2 Nf7 10. g4
Qd6 $11) 9... O-O 10. a3 $5 {[%cal Gb2b4] Typical idea in this kind of
positions.White attacks the stucture a7-b6-c5.} Nf7 11. b4 $2 {[%mdl 16384]
But this is just too soon.It was better first to play 11.Qd2} (11. Qd2 $1 {
[%cal Gf1d1,Gd3d4,Gb2b4] And threating both:d4 and b4 white should wait until
black will play e5.}) 11... f5 $1 {[%csl Gc8][%cal Gg7c3] Black must react on
white's attack on Qside by strike in the center.} 12. Bd2 (12. Qe1 $2 fxe4 13.
dxe4 Ba6 $17) 12... Qd6 $6 (12... fxe4 $1 {It was the best time to open the
position!} 13. dxe4 (13. Nxe4 cxb4 14. axb4 Bxa1 15. Qxa1 {White has some
compensation for the exchange,but with good defence black should stay some
material up.}) 13... Ba6 14. Re1 Ne5 {[%cal Ge5f3,Gf8f3,Ga6f1,Gg7c3,Gd8d1]} 15.
Nxe5 Bxe5 16. bxc5 Qd4 $19 {[%csl Rc3,Rd2,Rf2][%cal Gd4f2,Ga8d8]}) 13. Rb1 e5 (
13... f4 $5 $15 {[%cal Gh7h5,Gg6g4]}) 14. Na4 c4 (14... cxb4 $6 15. axb4 fxe4
16. dxe4 Ba6 17. Re1 Rad8 $132) 15. dxc4 fxe4 16. Ng5 {White is out of danger.}
Nxg5 (16... Qd4 $5 17. Qe2 Nxg5 18. Bxg5 Be6 19. Nb2 $13 {[%csl Re4,Re5]}) 17.
Bxg5 Qd4 18. Qe2 Be6 19. Rfd1 Qxc4 (19... Bxc4 20. Rxd4 Bxe2 21. Rxe4 $14) 20.
Qxc4 Bxc4 21. Nc3 $1 $11 {With some sharp play white succeded to equalize.} h6
22. Be3 Rad8 23. Nxe4 Be2 24. Re1 (24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. f3 {[%cal Gg1f2]} Bb5 $11)
24... Bb5 25. Rbd1 Ba4 26. Rc1 Rf7 {[%cal Gf7d7]} 27. Nc3 Bb5 28. Nxb5 (28.
Red1 Rfd7 29. Rxd7 Rxd7 $11 30. Rd1 $2 Rxd1+ 31. Nxd1 Ba4 $17) 28... cxb5 29.
c4 Rd3 (29... Rd3 30. c5 bxc5 31. Rxc5 (31. bxc5 Rxa3 32. c6 Rc7 33. Red1 Ra6
34. Rd6 Kh7 {White has enough compensation for the pawn,but not more than that.
}) 31... Rxa3 (31... a6 32. a4 bxa4 33. Ra5 Bf8 $11) 32. Rxb5 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-The World"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.09.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2002.09.08"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "The World"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Qc2 Na6 10. a3 f5 11. c5 Bb8 12. Bxa6 bxa6 13. Nc3 f4 14. Re1 Bf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-The World"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.09.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2002.09.08"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "The World"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 d6 {
Schwarz stellt Sf6 lange zurück, um dem Keresangriff (Plan g2-g4-g5) möglichst
aus dem Weg zu gehen.} 7. Be3 Nf6 8. f4 Be7 9. g4 (9. Qd2 Nxd4 (9... Bd7 10.
Bf3 Qc7 11. O-O-O Na5 $132 {1-0 Overeem,M-Molenaar,J/Haarlem NED 2001/The Week
in Chess 350 (43). (42)}) 10. Qxd4 b5 $6 11. a4 $1 bxa4 12. Rxa4 O-O 13. O-O
Rb8 14. b3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Short,N-Sokolov,A/Montpellier 1985/CAND (75)}) 9... d5
$5 {Schwarz folgt der Regel, dass ein Flankenangriff meist durch einen
Gegenschlag im Zentrum beantwortet werden sollte.} 10. e5 Nd7 11. g5 {Ftacnik:
'The first independent decision in the game is stemming from the fear, that
the opponent might sucessfully compromise central pawns with the move g7-g5. '}
Nxd4 12. Qxd4 h6 $6 {Vadim Zvjaginsev beginnt, mit dem Feuer zu spielen.} (
12... b5 $5 13. O-O-O b4 14. Na4 Qa5 15. b3 Bb7) (12... Bc5 {Ftacnik} 13. Qd2
Bxe3 14. Qxe3 b5 15. O-O-O Qa5 16. a3 b4 17. axb4 Qxb4 $11) 13. g6 Bh4+ $6 {
Der Läufer steht hier nicht günstig.} ({Sofortiges} 13... f6 {scheint mir
genauer zu sein.}) 14. Kd2 fxg6 $6 {Ftacnik: 'This move belongs to the secondd
rate strategic solutions, much sounder impression makes the attack against
white center with the move 14...f6!? ' dies eröffnet Weiß eine klare
Angriffsfront am Königsflügel, und es dauert nicht mehr lange bis der Sturm
losbricht.} (14... f6 {oder}) (14... f5 {waren besser. Die schwarze Stellung
ist allerdings auch dann wenig vertrauenerweckend.}) (14... O-O $6 15. gxf7+
Rxf7 16. Bh5 Rf8 17. Rag1 $40) 15. Rhg1 Nf8 16. Bd3 g5 (16... Kf7 17. Rg4 h5
18. Rg2 $16) 17. Raf1 Bd7 18. Kc1 Qe7 (18... gxf4 $2 19. Rxg7 fxe3 20. Qf4 $18)
19. f5 Bc6 20. f6 (20. fxe6 $5 Qxe6 (20... Nxe6 21. Bg6+ Kd8 22. Qb6+ Qc7 23.
Rf7 Qxb6 24. Bxb6+ Kc8 25. Bf5 $18) 21. Bf5 Qe7 22. Nxd5 $40) 20... gxf6 21.
Rxf6 O-O-O 22. Rgf1 Be8 $2 {Ftacnik: 'Coordination of black pieces is clearly
horrible after this passive retreat, Ponomariov will decide the game with the
swift aggression.'} (22... Qc7 23. Qb4 Qxe5 24. Bd4 a5 25. Qb6 (25. Bxe5 $2
axb4 26. Rf7 Nd7 27. Bxh8 Rxh8 28. Nb5 $13) 25... Nd7 26. Qxd8+ Rxd8 27. Bxe5
Nxe5 28. Rxe6 $16) 23. Qa7 $1 $18 g4 24. Bxa6 (24. Bxa6 Bc6 (24... bxa6 25.
Qxe7 $18) 25. Rf7 $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-The World"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.09.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2002.09.08"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "The World"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 {Now the main line 5.b3 is
replaced more and more by other posible lines like: 5.Qb3,5.Qa4,5.Qc2 and the
move in the text.} Be7 {Other possibilities are:} (5... Bb4 6. Qc2 (6. Qa4 $6
c5 7. a3 Bxd2+ 8. Bxd2 O-O 9. Bg2 d5 $132 {0-1 Bonin,J-Ibragimov,I/Kerhonkson
USA 2002/The Week in Chess 409 (30)}) 6... Bb7 7. Bg2 Be4 (7... c5 8. d5 exd5
9. Nh4 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. cxd5 Nd4 12. Qd3 Bxd2 $15 {1/2-1/2 Nikolac,
J-Damljanovic,B/Neum BIH 2002/The Week in Chess 396 (44)}) 8. Qb3 Bxd2+ 9. Bxd2
O-O 10. O-O d6 11. Rfd1 (11. Qe3 Nbd7 12. Bc3 a5 13. Rfd1 c6 $14 {0-1 Zivanic,
M-Kovacevic,A/Belgrade YUG 2002/The Week in Chess 400 (36)}) 11... Nbd7 12.
Rac1 Re8 13. Be1 Qe7 14. Qe3 a5 15. Bf1 Bb7 $11 {0-1 Sakaev,K-Adams,M/
Halkidiki GRE 2002/The Week in Chess 412 (51)}) (5... c5 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. dxc5
bxc5 8. O-O Qc7 9. b3 Be7 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Qc2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Shushpanov,R-Aseev,
K/St Petersburg RUS 2002/The Week in Chess 380 (29)}) 6. Bg2 d5 7. cxd5 (7. O-O
O-O 8. Ne5 Bb7 9. Qc2 (9. b3 a5 10. Bb2 Na6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nd3 Re8 13. Nf4
Bd6 14. Nc4 Bxf4 15. gxf4 Ne4 $15 {0-1 Kuzmin,A-Istratescu,A/Dubai UAE 2002/
The Week in Chess 390 (43)}) 9... c5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Nb3 Qb6 12. cxd5 exd5
13. Be3 Na6 14. Rac1 $14 {1-0 Gavrilov,A-Jurek,J/Olomouc CZE 2002/The Week in
Chess 405 (98)}) 7... exd5 8. O-O O-O 9. Ne5 {Important to play this move now
in order to prevent the easy development of the Nb8.} Bb7 (9... c5 $5 10. b3
Re8 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. Rc1 Na6 13. e3 Bd6 14. Re1 Qe7 $11 {0-1 Prakash,
G-Ibragimov,I/Guntur, AP 2000/CBM 77 (51)}) 10. b3 Na6 11. Bb2 c5 {The opening
is almost over. The setup chosen by black might be a bit passive, but it
demands a very careful play on the white side.} 12. Rc1 Nc7 (12... Qc8 {
[%cal Gc8e6]} 13. Qc2 Qe6 14. Rfd1 Rac8 15. Qb1 Rc7 16. e3 Rfc8 17. Nd3 Qf5 $14
{1-0 Koutsin,S-Timoscenko,G/Seefeld 1999/EXT 2001 (40)}) 13. dxc5 $5 bxc5 $6 (
13... Bxc5 $142 14. Nd3 $14) 14. Nd3 $6 {[%mdl 8192] A tactical blunder.} (14.
Ndc4 $1 {[%cal Gc4a5,Ga5c6]} Ne6 15. Ne3 {[%cal Ge3f5,Gd1d2,Gf1d1] With much
better position for white.}) 14... Nd7 15. Nf4 (15. e4 $5 d4 16. Nc4 Ne6 17. f4
f5 18. Qe2 $14) 15... Rb8 $11 {Preparing d4 in some variations,so the Bb7 will
be protected.} 16. e4 $6 (16. e3 $5 {More accurate.}) 16... d4 17. Nc4 Bg5 $1 {
All black pieces are ideally placed for the upcoming battle.} 18. Rc2 $2 {
Too passive,now black gets a better position.} (18. Qg4 $142 Ba6 $1 {[%cal
Ga6c4,Gd7e5]}) 18... Bxf4 19. gxf4 Qh4 20. Qf3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Simply loses a
pawn.} (20. Bc1 $142 f5 21. e5 Be4 22. Bxe4 fxe4 $15 {/-/+}) 20... Ne6 21. Qg3
(21. f5 Ng5 $19 {[%csl Re4][%cal Gg5e4,Gb7e4,Gh4e4]}) 21... Qxf4 22. Bc1 Qxg3
23. hxg3 Ba6 $1 24. Rd1 Nb6 (24... Bxc4 $143 25. Rxc4 Ne5 26. Ra4) 25. Ne5 (25.
Bf1 Bxc4 26. Bxc4 Nxc4 27. Rxc4 Rb5 $17) 25... Rbc8 26. Ba3 Rfd8 27. Bf1 (27.
Bh3 $142 c4 28. bxc4 Nxc4 29. Nxc4 Rxc4 30. Rcd2 Ra4 31. Be7 {With some
chances.}) 27... Bxf1 28. Kxf1 f6 29. Nc4 (29. Nd3 c4 30. bxc4 Rxc4 $17) 29...
g5 $5 {[%cal Gg5g4] Preventing f4!} 30. f3 Kg7 31. Kf2 h5 32. Nb2 (32. Rdc1 h4
33. gxh4 gxh4 $17 {[%cal Ge6f4,Gf4d3]}) 32... Rc7 33. Rdc1 Rdc8 34. Nc4 Nxc4
35. Rxc4 Kg6 $19 {The position is winning for black,from now on it is just a
matter of technique and black definitely shows some good one!} 36. b4 $2 {
[%mdl 4096] This move transfers the game into an easily winning ending for
black.} (36. Ra4 $142 {[%cal Ga4a6]}) 36... cxb4 37. Rxc7 Rxc7 38. Rxc7 Nxc7
39. Bxb4 Ne6 40. Bd2 f5 $1 {Exactly on time!} 41. exf5+ (41. e5 f4 {[%cal
Gg6f5]} 42. g4 h4 $19 {[%cal Gg6f7,Gf7d7,Gd7c6]}) 41... Kxf5 42. Ke2 Ke5 43.
Be1 (43. Bxg5 Nxg5 44. f4+ Kf5 45. fxg5 Kxg5 $19) 43... Kd5 {White can't stop
the advance of dP.} 44. Bd2 g4 45. Bc1 (45. f4 Ke4 $19 {[%cal Ge6g7,Gg7f5]})
45... Kc4 46. Bd2 Ng7 47. Bf4 Nf5 $22 {White must exchange on g4,since he has
no other moves.} 48. fxg4 (48. Bc7 Kc3 49. fxg4 hxg4 50. Kd1 Kd3 51. Bb8 a6 52.
Be5 Ke3 $19) 48... hxg4 49. Kd2 a6 {The rest is simple and black doesn't slip.}
50. Kc2 d3+ 51. Kd1 Kd4 52. Kd2 Ke4 53. Bb8 Nd4 54. Bf4 Nc2 55. Bd6 Ne3 56. Bf4
Nc4+ 57. Kd1 (57. Kc3 d2 58. Kc2 Kf3 59. Kd1 Kf2 60. a3 Kf3 61. a4 Kf2 62. a5
Kf3 $19) 57... Kf3 58. Bc7 d2 59. Bf4 Kf2 $22 {White has only moves with aP .}
(59... Kf2 60. Bc7 Ke3 {[%cal Gc4b2,Gd2d1]}) 0-1

[Event "RUS-The World"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.09.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "Rabinovich,Al"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2002.09.08"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "The World"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 768]} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 (5. O-O $6 Bg7 (
5... Bg4 6. d3 Bg7 7. Nbd2 Nf6 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Nxf3 Nd7 10. Be3 O-O 11. c3 e5 {
0-1 Ljubojevic,L-Kramnik,V/Monte Carlo 1995/CBM 46 ext (44) Doesn't promise
white much.}) 6. d3 Nf6 7. h3 O-O 8. Re1 Ne8 9. e5 Nc7 10. Be3 b6 11. Qc1 f5
12. exf6 exf6 13. Bh6 Be6 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Nc3 Qd7 $132 {[%cal Gc7d5,Ga8e8]
0-1 Antonio,R-Vladimirov,E/Aden YEM 2002/The Week in Chess 380 (38)}) 5... Bg7
6. h3 {[%csl Gg4]} Nf6 (6... Nh6 $5 7. Nc3 f6 8. Be3 b6 $13 {Ponomariov.}) 7.
Nc3 O-O (7... Nd7 $5 8. Be3 e5 9. Qd2 Qe7 10. O-O Nf8 11. Bh6 Ne6 12. Bxg7 Nxg7
13. Ne2 f6 14. Nh2 g5 $5 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V-Ivanchuk,V/Prague CZE 2002/The Week
in Chess 391 (50)}) 8. Be3 (8. O-O Nd7 9. Be3 e5 10. Qd2 Re8 11. Nh2 b6 12. Bh6
Bh8 13. Kh1 Qe7 14. Rae1 Nf8 15. Ne2 Ne6 16. b3 a5 17. a4 Bd7 18. f4 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Adams,M-Leko,P/Dortmund GER 2002/The Week in Chess 400 (44) With small
advantage for white.}) 8... b6 9. Qd2 {The idea with long castle is now more
and more coming in fashion.} e5 10. Bh6 Qd6 11. O-O-O (11. g4 Be6 12. Bxg7 Kxg7
13. O-O-O Rad8 14. Rhf1 b5 15. Ng5 h6 16. Nxe6+ Qxe6 17. Kb1 c4 {1/2-1/2
Shirov,A-Leko,P/Monaco MNC 2002/The Week in Chess 386 (32)}) 11... a5 12. Bxg7
Kxg7 13. Nh2 $5 {This move is better than 13.g4} (13. g4 a4 14. Ne2 b5 15. Ng3
b4 16. Qg5 Re8 17. Nd2 a3 18. bxa3 h6 19. Qe3 Be6 20. Nb3 Rxa3 21. Qxc5 Qb8 22.
Kb2 Nd7 23. Qe3 Nb6 $40 {0-1 Shirov,A-Leko,P/Dortmund GER 2002/The Week in
Chess 401 (31)}) 13... a4 14. Ng4 Ng8 (14... Bxg4 $6 15. hxg4 Nxg4 16. f3 Nf6
17. Qh6+ Kg8 18. g4 $40) 15. Ne2 $5 {[%cal Gf2f4] Sacrafise of the pawn is
very logical,since it is rapid game and position occured is very tactical.} (
15. Kb1 {In the same tournament Grischuk tried also this move,but without any
spacial success.} a3 16. b3 Qd4 17. Nh2 b5 18. Nf3 Qd6 19. Ne2 Be6 20. g3 Rad8
21. Ng5 c4 $36 {[%csl Rb1] 1/2-1/2 Grischuk,A-Leko,P/Moscow RUS 2002/The Week
in Chess 410 (55)}) 15... Bxg4 16. hxg4 Qe6 17. Kb1 Qxg4 18. f3 Qe6 (18... Qxg2
$5 {It is scary and stupid to play such a move in rapid,but black could have
tried it.} 19. Qe3 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Gd1g1]} (19. f4 $5 $44 {[%cal Gd1g1]})
19... f5 $1 20. Rdg1 (20. exf5 Rxf5 21. Rdg1 Qxf3 22. Ng3 $3 Raf8 $8 23. Nxf5+
Rxf5 24. Qd2 Nf6 $15) 20... f4 $17) 19. g4 f6 20. f4 a3 (20... Qxg4 21. f5 {
[%cal Gd1g1]} Qg5 22. Qe1 a3 23. b3 $44 {[%csl Rg5]}) 21. f5 $44 Qd7 22. b3 g5
$5 {The best decision.Now black has only one weakness on h7,which he can
easily protect.} 23. Qe3 {[%cal Gc2c3,Gd3d4]} h6 24. c3 {Of course that
black's extra pawn is not felt now,so white concentrates on advancing d4 and
bringing his knight into the game.} Qe7 $1 {Again some sharp defensive idea by
Ponomariov.There was no taste on trying to prevent d4,but putting pressure on
e4 pawn is clearly the best.} (24... Rad8 25. d4 cxd4 26. cxd4 $36 {[%csl Rg7,
Rg8]}) 25. Ng1 (25. d4 $6 exd4 26. cxd4 Rfe8 $1 27. Ng3 cxd4 28. Qxd4 c5 $15 {
[%cal Ge7e5,Ge5b2]}) 25... Rfe8 {All the preparations against d4.} 26. Nf3 Rad8
27. Kc2 Rd7 28. Rd2 $15 {[%cal Gh1e1,Ge1d1,Gd2h2] The position is about to be
equal,but it still was playble for both sides.It seems to be like black avoids
d4 and white has no real plan exept advancing d4,so it looks like no side
wanted to take a risk.Black has some small adge due to the extra pawn.} (28.
Rhe1 Red8 29. d4 $2 (29. Rd2 Kf8 $5 {[%cal Gh6h5,Gg8h6]}) 29... cxd4 30. cxd4
exd4 31. Nxd4 $2 (31. Rxd4 Rxd4 32. Nxd4 Qc5+ $19) 31... Qc5+ $19) (28. Rd2
Red8 29. Rhd1 Qd6 30. Rh1 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-The World"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.09.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2002.09.08"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "The World"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nc3 c4 13. Bd2 h6 14. b4 cxb3 15. cxb3
Nc6 16. b4 Bc8 17. Rc1 Be6 18. Nd5 Rc8 19. d4 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Rxc1 21. Bxc1 exd4
22. Nxe7+ Qxe7 23. Bb1 Rc8 24. Bb2 Bc4 25. Qxd4 Qe6 26. e5 dxe5 27. Rxe5 Qd7
28. Qxd7 Nxd7 29. Re3 Be6 30. Be4 Rc7 31. Rg3 f6 32. Rd3 Rc4 33. Bb7 Rc2 34.
Bd4 Bc4 35. Rd1 Ra2 36. Ra1 Rd2 37. Be3 Rd6 38. Bf4 Ne5 39. Re1 Rd3 40. Bxe5
fxe5 41. Re3 Rd6 42. Rxe5 Kf7 43. Kh2 Rb6 44. Be4 a5 45. Rc5 axb4 46. axb4 Ke6
47. f4 Kd6 48. Rc8 Ra6 49. Rd8+ Ke7 50. Ra8 Rd6 51. Rb8 Rd4 52. Bc6 Rxf4 53.
Bxb5 Bxb5 54. Rxb5 Rc4 55. Kg3 Kf6 56. Kf3 Kg6 57. Rb7 Rc3+ 58. Kf4 Rb3 59. h4
Kh5 60. Rxg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-The World"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.09.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2002.09.08"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "The World"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 Nd4 12. Nd2 c6 13. Nde4 Rf7 14. e3 Nb5 15.
Nxb5 cxb5 16. Bb2 Na4 17. Ba1 Rc8 18. d4 f5 19. Nc5 Nxc5 20. bxc5 Bc4 21. Bxb7
Rb8 22. Bg2 Bxf1 23. Bxf1 exd4 24. exd4 Kh8 25. Rc1 Rc8 26. Bxb5 Bf6 27. Qd3
Rf8 28. Bc3 f4 29. g4 f3 30. Rd1 Bh4 31. Qd2 Bg5 32. Qe1 Bf4 33. h3 Bb8 34. Ba5
Qh4 35. Qf1 Qf6 36. Kh1 Qf4 37. Qg1 Qh6 38. Qf1 Qf4 39. Qg1 Qh6 40. Qf1 Qf4
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-The World"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.09.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2002.09.08"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "The World"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O Bd6 8.
c4 c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Qh5 f5 13. Re1 Qc7 14. Bd2
Rae8 15. g3 $1 $146 {It is a strong prophylactic move.} (15. Bc2 g6 16. Qf3 Re4
$1 17. g3 Bb5 18. Bf4 Bxf4 19. gxf4 Qd6 20. Bxe4 fxe4 21. Qg3 Rxf4 22. Rab1 Bd7
23. f3 b6 $44 {0-1 Svidler,P-Ponomariov,R/Moscow 2001/CBM 86/[Ftacnik] (44)})
15... g6 16. Qf3 Re4 {This sacrifise is analogous to that one from the game
Svidler,P-Ponomariov,R but now Ponomariov is ready to show refutation of his
idea.} 17. Rec1 $1 {[%cal Gc3c4]} b5 18. a4 a6 (18... bxa4 19. Bxe4 dxe4 (19...
fxe4 20. Qe2 {[%cal Gc3c4]} Rc8 21. c4 dxc4 22. Qxe4 $16) 20. Qe2 $16 {[%cal
Gc3c4]}) 19. Bh6 Rc8 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Qe3 $1 {[%cal Gh6f4]} Qc4 22. axb5 Bxb5
23. Bf4 $16 Bf8 24. Be5 h6 25. g4 Qe6 26. gxf5 Qxf5 27. Qf4 (27. Rab1 $5) 27...
Kf7 28. c4 $2 Qxf4 29. Bxf4 Rxc4 30. d5 Rd4 $1 $11 31. Rd1 Rd3 32. Rxd3 exd3
33. Bd2 Bc4 34. Ra4 Bxd5 35. Rxa6 Be4 36. Ra4 Bf5 37. Kg2 h5 38. Bg5 Ke6 39.
Kf3 Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-The World"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.09.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2838"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2002.09.08"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "The World"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. b3 {A semi-waiting move, keeping the
possibility to play Nc3 instead of Nbd2 later. But it also weakens the long
diagonal from f6 to a1, so it isn´t risk free.} cxd4 $5 {Ponomariov goes for
active play in the centre. An interesting choice given the slightly weakening
move b3. Black had an assortment of choices here:} (12... exd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14.
Nc3 (14. d5 Nb4 15. Nc3 Bf6 16. Bb2 Nxc2 17. Qxc2 $11 {1/2-1/2 Stein,L-Tal,M/
Moscow 1964/EXT 2000 (19)}) 14... Bf6 15. Be3 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bb7
$11 {1/2-1/2 Stein,L-Darga,K/Amsterdam 1964/IZT (32)}) (12... Rb8 13. Bb2 Nc6
14. d5 Na7 15. a4 bxa4 16. Rxa4 c4 $13 {0-1 Vitolinsh,A-Romanishin,O/Jurmala
1983/MCD (44)}) (12... Qc7 13. Bb2 Bf6 14. d5 Nb6 15. Nbd2 g6 16. Qe2 c4 17.
Ba3 Bd7 18. Bb4 cxb3 19. axb3 Nb7 $13 {1/2-1/2 Zhang Zhong-Peng Xiaomin/
Shanghai 2001/CBM 85 (27)}) 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nc3 exd4 {[%mdl 8]} (14... Nb4 15.
Bb2 {allowing the exchange of Bc2 makes life easier for Black.} (15. Bb1 $142 {
and it´s not clear what Black accomplished with his last move.}) 15... Nxc2 16.
Qxc2 Bb7 17. d5 Rc8 18. Qd3 Nc5 19. Qd2 b4 20. Nd1 a5 $15 {0-1 Siveri,A-Paoli,
E/Reggio Emilia 1962/EXT 2000 (32). (32)}) 15. Nd5 $1 (15. Nxd4 $2 Nxd4 16.
Qxd4 Bf6 $36) 15... Nde5 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 {This pawn formation occurs
regularly in the closed Ruy Lopez. At first sight it might look clearly
advantageous for White. Black seems to have no compensation for the weak d6-P.
But practise has shown that it´s not so simple to prove this advantage. One
reason is that Black has free play for his pieces. Another is the more subte
fact that the e4-P is a weaknes too. True, White can protect it with f3, but
then his K-side looks like a swiss cheese with P-s on f3 and h3. So one could
claim that the P on h3 actually weakens e4.} Bf6 18. Kh1 (18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 {
[%cal Yc8h3,Re5f3,Yf6d4]} 19. Kh1 Qh4 {with lots of activity for Black.}) 18...
Bxh3 {[%mdl 512] A bold strike. Is it correct? I don´t think so.} (18... Re8
$142 {[%cal Yc8b7,Ya8c8]}) 19. gxh3 Qc8 {[%cal Yc8c2,Yc8h3] This is the
justification. Black gets the material back.} 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21. Rg1+ (21. Bd1
$2 Qxh3+ 22. Kg1 Kh8 $1 23. Bf4 Rg8+ 24. Bg3 Rxg3+ 25. fxg3 Qxg3+ 26. Kf1 Rg8
$19) (21. Qe3 Qxc2 22. Ba3 {White´s B is better than Black´s N.} Qd3 23. Qxd3
Nxd3 24. Re3 $16) 21... Kh8 22. Qe3 (22. Rg3 Qxc2 23. Ba3 Rg8 $13) 22... Qxc2
23. Qf4 $1 $16 {Kasparov hits the weak spot in Black´s position - f6. White is
clearly better and Black must start defending.} (23. Ba3 Nd3 24. Raf1 Rg8 $132)
23... Nd7 24. Qf5 Rg8 25. Be3 d5 $5 {Ponomariov is an expert in finding tricky
defending moves. Just remember his miraculous escapes against Ivanchuk in the
World Championship. But this move doesn´t change anything, it´s just a trick.}
26. Qxd7 $2 {Accepting a draw in a very good position is unusual for the
fighter Kasparov. Perhaps the prestige of the encounter got to him.} (26. Qxd5
$1 Rae8 (26... Ne5 27. Bg5 $1 {Not the only good move, but a nice way to
increase the advantage.} Nd7 28. Bh6 $1 {[%csl Rh8][%cal Rh6g7,Yd5a8]} Rad8 29.
Rxg8+ Rxg8 30. Rg1 Rxg1+ 31. Kxg1 Qc8 32. Qxf7 $18) (26... Rad8 27. Rac1 Qe2
28. Qf5 {Black is all tied up and will soon lose.}) 27. Rxg8+ Rxg8 28. Rc1 Qe2
29. Qd1 Qxd1+ 30. Rxd1 $16) 26... Qxe4+ 27. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-The World"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.09.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2002.09.08"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "The World"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. b3 Kc8 11. Bb2 Be7 12. Rad1 a5 13. a4 h5 14. Rd3
b6 15. Rfd1 Be6 16. Ne4 c5 17. c4 Kb7 18. Nfg5 Bxg5 19. Nxg5 Rae8 20. g3 Rhf8
21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. f4 Kc8 23. Kg2 Rd8 24. Kf3 Rxd3+ 25. Rxd3 Rd8 26. Rxd8+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-35"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2002.10.27"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Uzbekistan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UZB"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. h3 Nc6 8. Be3
a6 9. Bg2 Qc7 10. f4 Bd7 11. Nb3 Be7 12. h4 h5 13. g5 Ng4 14. Bg1 b5 15. a3 b4
16. axb4 Nxb4 17. Qd2 Rb8 18. Bf3 e5 19. Bxg4 Bxg4 20. Be3 exf4 21. Bxf4 Qc4
22. Na5 Qc5 23. Qf2 Qxf2+ 24. Kxf2 Nxc2 25. Ra4 Nb4 26. Nc4 O-O 27. Kg3 Rfd8
28. Ne3 Be6 29. Rh2 Bf8 30. Rd2 g6 31. Rd4 Nc6 32. Rd2 Nb4 33. Rd4 a5 34. Rd2
Ra8 35. Ra1 Bg7 36. Nb5 a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-35"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2002.10.28"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Estonia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "EST"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 d5 6. O-O dxc4 7. Bxc4 a6 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. a4 c5 10. Nc3 Bd6 11. Rd1 cxd4 12. exd4 Qc7 13. d5 O-O 14. dxe6 Bxf3
15. gxf3 Bxh2+ 16. Kg2 fxe6 17. Bxe6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-35"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2002.10.29"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 Be7 11. Bf4 Be6 12. a3 Rd8 13. Rad1 h6 14. Rfe1
a6 15. Ne4 Rd5 16. g4 Nh4 17. Nxh4 Bxh4 18. Bg3 Be7 19. Nc3 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 h5
21. f3 b5 22. Kg2 a5 23. Ne2 hxg4 24. hxg4 Bc5 25. Nf4 g6 26. Nd3 Be7 27. Be1
a4 28. Ba5 Bd8 29. Nb4 Bd7 30. Na6 Bc8 31. Nxc7+ Bxc7 32. Bxc7 Bd7 33. b3 axb3
34. cxb3 Ke7 35. Bd6+ Kd8 36. a4 Be6 37. Ra1 Kd7 38. b4 bxa4 39. Rxa4 Rh7 40.
Ra7+ Kd8 41. Ra1 Kc8 42. Kg3 Bd5 43. f4 Rh1 44. Ra7 Rg1+ 45. Kh4 Be6 46. f5
gxf5 47. gxf5 Bxf5 48. Rxf7 Rg4+ 49. Kh3 Be6 50. Re7 Rg6+ 51. Kh4 Bd5 52. Kh5
Re6 53. Rg7 Re8 54. Ra7 Rg8 55. Kh6 Kd8 56. Be7+ Ke8 57. Bg5 Kf8 58. Rc7 Ke8
59. e6 Bxe6 60. Re7+ Kd8 61. Rxe6+ Kd7 62. Re4 Kd6 63. Be7+ Kd5 64. Rf4 Ke5 65.
Rf1 Rg2 66. Bc5 Ke6 67. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-35"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2002.10.30"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Czech Republic"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. a4 Rc8 12. a5 Nc5 13. Nxc5 dxc5 14. Qxd8 Rfxd8
15. f3 c4 16. Na4 Nd7 17. Rfd1 Bb4 18. Bd2 Bxd2 19. Rxd2 Nb8 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21.
Kf1 Nd7 22. Ra3 Rc8 23. Rc3 Rc6 24. Ke1 Kf8 25. Kd2 Ke7 26. b4 cxb3 27. cxb3
Kd6 28. b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-35"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2002.10.31"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6 7. c3 Bg4 8. h3
Bh5 9. d3 Nd7 10. Be3 h6 11. Nbd2 Bg5 12. d4 Bxe3 13. fxe3 O-O 14. Nf1 Bg6 15.
Ng3 Nf6 16. Bc2 Re8 17. Qd2 Nh5 18. Qf2 Nxg3 19. Qxg3 Bh7 20. Re2 Qe7 21. Rf1
Rf8 22. Nd2 Rae8 23. Ref2 Nd8 24. Bb1 Qg5 25. Qf3 Ne6 26. g3 exd4 27. exd4 Qb5
28. b4 Ng5 29. Qg2 d5 30. e5 Bxb1 31. Rxb1 Qd3 32. Rc1 f6 33. h4 Ne4 34. Nxe4
dxe4 35. Rd2 Qe3+ 36. Qf2 Qxf2+ 37. Rxf2 fxe5 38. d5 Rf3 39. Kg2 Rd3 40. c4 Rf8
41. Re1 Rd4 42. Rfe2 Rxc4 43. Rxe4 Rxe4 44. Rxe4 Rf5 45. g4 Rf7 46. a3 Re7 47.
Kf3 Kf8 48. Re3 Ke8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-35"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2002.11.02"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qc7 10. Bb2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. h3 Bf5 13. Qe2 Rad8 14. Rfd1 h6
15. Ba2 Rfe8 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qxe5 18. c4 Qe6 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Rd1 Rxd1+
21. Qxd1 Qb6 22. Be5 Qa5 23. Qc1 Nd7 24. Bb2 f6 25. Qd1 Qb6 26. Qd2 Kh7 27. g4
Bg6 28. Bc3 Ne5 29. Bxe5 fxe5 30. f4 Be4 31. fxe5 h5 32. Qf2 Qd8 33. Kh2 hxg4
34. hxg4 Qg5 35. Qg3 Qh6+ 36. Kg1 Qh1+ 37. Kf2 Qd1 38. Bb3 Qd2+ 39. Kg1 g5 40.
e6 Qc1+ 41. Kf2 Qb2+ 42. Kg1 Kg6 43. e7 Qa1+ 44. Kf2 Qf6+ 45. Ke1 Qxe7 46. Bd1
Kf6 47. Qf2+ Ke6 48. Qh2 Qf6 49. Qb8 Bc6 50. Be2 Qe5 51. Qg8+ Kd7 52. Qf7+ Kd6
53. Kf2 Be4 54. Qf8+ Kc7 55. Qh6 Qe7 56. Qh8 Bc6 57. Qc3 Kb6 58. Qb2+ Ka6 59.
Qc3 Qd6 60. Ke1 b6 61. Qb2 Qg3+ 62. Kd2 Qf2 63. Qb1 Qf6 64. Qb3 Qd6+ 65. Ke1
Qg3+ 66. Kd2 Qg2 67. Ke1 Bd7 68. Qd1 Qg3+ 69. Kd2 Qe5 70. Qb1 Ka5 71. Qd3 Be6
72. Qc3+ Qxc3+ 73. Kxc3 Ka4 74. Kb2 a6 75. Bd1+ Ka5 76. Kc3 b5 77. cxb5 axb5
78. e4 b4+ 79. axb4+ cxb4+ 80. Kd4 b3 81. Bxb3 Bxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-35"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2002.11.04"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Spasov, Vasil"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Nbd7 9. g4 b5 10. g5 b4 11. Ne2 Nh5 12. Qd2 h6 13. gxh6 g6 14. O-O-O a5 15. Kb1
Nhf6 16. Ned4 exd4 17. Nxd4 Qc7 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Bh3 Kf7 20. Rhg1 Ne5 21. Qg2
Rg8 22. f4 Nc4 23. Bd4 e5 24. fxe5 dxe5 25. h7 Nxh7 26. Rdf1+ Nf6 27. Rxf6+
Kxf6 28. Qg5+ Kf7 29. Rf1+ Ke8 30. Be6 Be7 31. Qh6 Rf8 32. Qxg6+ Kd8 33. Bxc4
Qxc4 34. Bb6+ Kc8 35. Rd1 Rf1 36. Qe8+ Kb7 37. Qxe7+ Ka6 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-35"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2002.11.05"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

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. Nbd2 Be7 10. c3 Nc5 11. Bc2 Bg4 12. Re1 O-O 13. Nf1 d4 14. h3 Bh5 15.
Ng3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 d3 17. b4 dxc2 18. bxc5 Qd7 19. Nf5 Qe6 20. Nd4 Nxd4 21. cxd4
Rfd8 22. Bb2 a5 23. Qc3 a4 24. a3 Qb3 25. Rac1 b4 26. axb4 Rab8 27. Rxc2 Rxb4
28. Qxb3 Rxb3 29. Ra1 a3 30. Rxa3 Rxa3 31. Bxa3 Rxd4 32. Rb2 h5 33. Rb8+ Kh7
34. Rc8 Ra4 35. Rxc7 Bg5 36. Bb2 Rb4 37. Bc3 Rc4 38. e6 fxe6 39. Be5 Bf4 40.
Bxf4 Rxf4 41. Kf1 Kg6 42. Ke2 Rc4 43. Kd3 Rc1 44. Kd4 Kf6 45. Rc8 Ke7 46. Rg8
Kf7 47. Rh8 g6 48. g4 hxg4 49. hxg4 g5 50. Rh3 Ke7 51. Rc3 Rd1+ 52. Ke3 Re1+
53. Kd2 Re4 54. f3 Rf4 55. Ke3 Kd7 56. Rd3+ Kc7 57. Rd4 Rf6 58. Ke4 Kc6 59. Ke5
Rxf3 60. Kxe6 Rf4 61. Ke5 Rf8 62. Rd6+ Kxc5 63. Rg6 Re8+ 64. Kf5 Kd4 65. Kxg5
Ke4 66. Kh5 Kf4 67. Rf6+ Kg3 68. g5 Rh8+ 69. Rh6 Ra8 70. Rh7 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-35"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2002.11.06"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Ye, Jiangchuan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
Be6 9. f4 exf4 10. Bxf4 Nc6 11. Qd2 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Qxd5
Bxd5 15. O-O O-O 16. Rad1 Be6 17. c3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-35"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2002.11.07"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 Be7 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O O-O 10. g4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. g5 Nd7 13. h4 b4 14. Ne2 a5 15.
Ng3 Ne5 16. Qf2 Qc7 17. f4 Ng4 18. Qf3 e5 19. Nf5 exd4 20. Qxg4 b3 21. axb3 a4
22. Bd3 d5 23. g6 Bxf5 24. exf5 axb3 25. f6 hxg6 26. fxe7 Qxe7 27. Qh3 Qb4 28.
Kb1 Qa5 29. cxb3 Rfc8 30. Qxc8+ Rxc8 31. h5 Ra8 32. Kc2 Rc8+ 33. Kb1 Ra8 34.
Kc2 gxh5 35. Rxh5 g6 36. Rhh1 Qc7+ 37. Kb1 Qxf4 38. Rh3 Re8 39. b4 Re3 40. Rhh1
Qf3 41. Rhf1 Qh3 42. Rh1 Qg2 43. Rhg1 Qh2 44. Rh1 Qg3 45. Rhg1 Qd6 46. b5 Qb4
47. Rg4 Re1 48. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 49. Kc2 Qb4 50. Rg3 Qa4+ 51. Kc1 Qb3 52. Rf3 f5 53.
Be2 Qb4 54. Kc2 Kg7 55. Rb3 Qc5+ 56. Kd2 Qb6 57. Ra3 Kh6 58. Ra6 Qc5 59. Bd3
Kg5 60. Ra1 Kf4 61. Rg1 Qb4+ 62. Kc2 Qa4+ 63. Kd2 Qb3 64. Rxg6 Qxb2+ 65. Kd1
Ke3 66. Rg3+ Kf2 67. Rh3 Qb3+ 68. Kd2 Qc3+ 69. Kd1 Qa1+ 70. Kd2 Qe1+ 71. Kc2
Kg2 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-35"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2002.11.08"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Macedonia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MKD"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. e3 Bd7 8. Qe2
b5 9. a4 Rb8 10. axb5 axb5 11. b3 cxb3 12. Nbd2 Bb4 13. Nxb3 O-O 14. Bb2 Ne4
15. Ne1 Nc3 16. Qc2 Na4 17. Nd3 Nxb2 18. Qxb2 Bd6 19. Rfc1 Rb6 20. h4 Qe7 21.
Nd2 Rfb8 22. Ne4 Be8 23. h5 h6 24. Nf4 Bxf4 25. gxf4 Nb4 26. Nc5 Nd5 27. Ra7
Qh4 28. Na6 Rd8 29. Nxc7 Nxc7 30. Raxc7 Qxh5 31. Qb4 Qh4 32. Qc5 Rbb8 33. Qb4
Qf6 34. Be4 g6 35. Kg2 h5 36. R1c5 Rd7 37. Rxd7 Bxd7 38. Rg5 Rc8 39. Qd6 Be8
40. d5 Rc4 41. Bd3 Rc8 42. dxe6 fxe6 43. Bxb5 Bxb5 44. Rxb5 Rd8 45. Qc6 Qf7 46.
Rb6 Re8 47. Rb5 Re7 48. Qc3 Kh7 49. Kg3 Qg7 50. Qc5 Qf6 51. Qd6 Kg7 52. Kg2 Kh7
53. Qd8 Qg7 54. Qd6 Qf6 55. Kg3 Kg7 56. Rb8 e5 57. Rg8+ Kxg8 58. Qxf6 exf4+ 59.
exf4 Rf7 60. Qxg6+ Rg7 61. Qg5 1-0

[Event "Benidorm Bali"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2002.11.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Granero Roca, Antonio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2002.11.29"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 32]} c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7.
Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Qc7 11. Bd2 e6 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Kb1 (
13. Ne4 Ngf6 14. g3 {is the well-analyzed main line.}) 13... Ngf6 14. c4 Bd6
15. Ne4 Nxe4 (15... Bf4 {Black wants to exploit the absence of g3.} 16. Nxf6
Nxf6 17. Bc3 {It is better to avoid the exchange of bishops, the white one has
a bright future on the long /^.} Qe7 18. Qe2 Bd6 19. Ne5 {/\ f4, g4 advancing
the pawns on the >>.} Rhe8 20. f4 Nd7 21. Rh3 f6 {White has provoked this
weakening move.} 22. Ng6 Qf7 23. Re3 c5 24. b3 cxd4 25. Bxd4 Bc5 26. Red3 Bxd4
27. Rxd4 $14 {Sulskis-Burmakin, St Petersburg 1995}) 16. Qxe4 Nf6 17. Qe2 Rhe8
(17... c5 $142 {immediately looks more to the point.} 18. Bc3 cxd4 (18... Qc6
$6 {runs into} 19. d5 $1 exd5 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Rxd5 {This P structure clearly
favours White.} Bc7 22. Qd3 Rxd5 23. cxd5 {/\ Nh4-f5} Qd7 24. Nh4 $16 {
Lazic-Ristic, JUG-chT Vrnjacka Banja 1999}) (18... Rhe8 {- 17...Rhe8}) 19. Nxd4
(19. Bxd4 Bc5 {It is already an achievement for Black if he can exchange the B.
} 20. Bxc5 Qxc5 21. Ne5 Nd7 $1 (21... Qc7 22. f4 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. a3 a6
25. g4 Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 Ne8 27. Qd4 $14 {is a typical example for a slightly
better _|_, Dvoirys-Burmakin, Graz op 1994.}) 22. Rxd7 Rxd7 23. Nxd7 Kxd7 24.
Rd1+ Kc8 {Here White has no advantage at all.} 25. Qd3 (25. Qf3 Qc7 26. b3 Rd8
$11) 25... Qxh5 26. Qd7+ Kb8 27. Qd6+ Kc8 28. Qd7+ Kb8 {1/2:1/2 Mohrlok-Fuchs,
Varna ol (Men) 1962}) 19... a6 20. g3 Rd7 21. Nb3 {/\ Ba5 provoking another
weakness.} Rhd8 22. Ba5 b6 23. c5 {(Loeffler-Claverie, Besancon 1998)} bxa5 24.
cxd6 Qb6 25. Rd4 (25. Nc5 Rxd6 $11) 25... Rxd6 26. Rc1+ Kb8 27. Rxd6 Rxd6 28.
Qe5 $14) 18. Bc3 c5 19. Ne5 cxd4 (19... Kb8 {allows White to strengthen his
position by} 20. f4 $14) (19... Bxe5 20. dxe5 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 {White has a big
space advantage here, and the N has no good squares.} Nd7 22. Rd6 Nb6 23. b3
$14) 20. Bxd4 Bxe5 21. Bxe5 Qc6 22. g4 {This is the typical plan here.} (22.
Bxf6 $5 gxf6 23. Qe3 {deserved attention with only a minimal _|_ advantage for
White.} (23. g3 f5) 23... Qxg2 24. Rdg1 Qc6 25. Qxh6 $14 {Kalka-Kuhnen,
Sparkassen op-A 2000}) 22... Rxd1+ ({Forcing matters by} 22... Qe4+ 23. Qxe4
Nxe4 {may lead to a slightly better _|_ for White:} 24. Rxd8+ (24. Bd4 $143 e5
25. Be3 (25. Bxa7 Nd2+ 26. Ka1 Nxc4 27. b3 (27. Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. Rc1 b5 29. b3
Kb7 30. bxc4 Kxa7 31. cxb5 Kb6 $11) 27... Na5 28. Bb6 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Nc6 $11)
25... Nf6 $11) (24. Bxg7 Nxf2 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 {- 24.Rxd8}) (24. f3 Nd2+ 25. Rxd2
(25. Kc2) 25... Rxd2 26. Bxg7 Rf2 $11) 24... Rxd8 25. Bxg7 Nxf2 26. Rg1 $14)
23. Rxd1 Rd8 (23... Qe4+ $2 {is now clearly worse.} 24. Qxe4 Nxe4 25. f3 $16)
24. Re1 $5 {White usually keeps his R hoping that he can neutralize the
pressure on the d <->.} (24. Rxd8+ Kxd8 25. f3 $14) 24... Ne8 25. f4 f6 {
Now many pawns are fixed on the colour of the B, always a breakthrough g4-g5
is hanging in the air.} 26. Bc3 Nc7 27. b3 Rd7 28. a4 Qd6 29. Qe3 Qd3+ {
White is usually happy with the exchange of queens, because his small
advantage in the _|_ is the main idea of this entire system.} (29... Kb8 30.
Kb2 $14) (29... Qa3 30. Bb2 Qb4 31. g5 $1 {clearing the long /^ for the B.}
hxg5 32. fxg5 fxg5 (32... e5 33. h6 $16) 33. Rg1 $16) 30. Kb2 b6 31. Qxd3 Rxd3
32. g5 $1 Rh3 (32... Rf3 {was the real alternative!} 33. gxh6 gxh6 34. Bxf6
Rxf4 35. Bg7 (35. Be5 Rf5 36. Bxc7 Kxc7 37. Rxe6 Rxh5 38. Re7+ Kb8 {is only a
drawish R _|_.}) 35... Rf5 36. Bxh6 (36. Rh1 Ne8) 36... Rxh5 37. Bf4 $14 {
with light pieces on the board White has some hopes.}) 33. gxf6 gxf6 34. Bxf6
Rxh5 35. Rd1 Na6 36. Rd8+ Kc7 37. Ra8 Kb7 38. Re8 Nc5 39. Re7+ Kc6 $2 {This is
the real blunder!} (39... Ka8 $1 {was probably still enough for a draw, for
example:} 40. Be5 (40. a5 Rh2+ 41. Ka3 Rh3) 40... Nd3+ 41. Kc3 Nxe5 42. fxe5
Rxe5 43. Kd4 Re1) 40. Rxa7 $18 {Now White will win the _|_ on the <<.} Rh2+ 41.
Ka3 Rh3 42. Be5 $1 Nb7 43. Kb2 Rh2+ 44. Ka3 Rh3 {[#]} 45. a5 $1 {This is a
very nice breakthrough clearing the way for the K.} bxa5 46. Ka4 Rh2 (46... Kb6
47. Bd4+ Kc7 48. Ra6 Rd3 49. Be5+ Kd7 50. Rb6 Nc5+ 51. Kb5 $1 Nxb3 52. Rb7+ (
52. c5 Rd5 $1) 52... Kc8 53. Rh7 $18) (46... h5 47. Ra6+ Kd7 48. Rb6 Nc5+ 49.
Kb5 $1 Nxb3 (49... Nd3 50. Rb7+ $18) 50. c5 $18) 47. Ra6+ Kd7 48. Rb6 Nc5+ 49.
Kxa5 Ra2+ 50. Kb4 Nd3+ 51. Kb5 Nxe5 52. fxe5 Re2 53. Rb7+ Kc8 54. Rh7 Rxe5+ 55.
c5 h5 56. Kc6 Kd8 57. b4 1-0

[Event "Benidorm Bali"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2002.11.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2002.11.29"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Be7 9. Qd2 h5 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bf5 13. O-O O-O 14. c4 Qc7 15.
f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Bg6 17. Rac1 Qb6+ 18. Be3 Bg5 19. Bxb6 Bxd2 20. Nxd2 Nxb6 21.
Bf3 Nd7 22. Be4 Ne5 23. Bxg6 Nxg6 24. Ne4 Rad8 25. Ng3 h4 26. Nf5 h3 27. gxh3
Ne5 28. Rc3 g6 29. Nh6+ Kg7 30. Ng4 Rfe8 31. Nf6 Rh8 32. Rb3 Rc8 33. Rxb7 Rxc4
34. Ng4 Nxg4 35. Rfxf7+ Kh6 36. hxg4 Rxg4+ 37. Kf2 Kg5 38. Rh7 Rf4+ 39. Ke3
Rhf8 40. Rh3 Re8+ 41. Kd3 Re5 42. Rg3+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Benidorm Bali"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2002.11.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2002.11.29"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nbd2 Ke7 10. b3 Nbd7 11. Bb2 b6 12. Be2 Bb7 13. Rfd1 Rhd8 14. Ne1
Kf8 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Nd3 Be7 17. Nc4 b5 18. Na5 Ba8 19. a3 Nc5 20. Nxc5 Rxd1+
21. Bxd1 Rxc5 22. b4 Rxc1 23. Bxc1 Ne4 24. Bb2 Bd8 25. f3 Nd6 26. Bd4 Bxa5 27.
bxa5 Nc4 28. e4 Nxa5 29. a4 Bc6 30. Bc3 Nc4 31. axb5 Bxb5 32. Bb3 f6 33. Kf2
Ke7 34. Bxc4 Bxc4 35. Ke3 Kd7 36. f4 h5 37. Kd4 Bf1 38. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Benidorm Bali"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2002.11.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2002.11.29"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Nf6 11. Qe2 $5 {Ponomariov is comming with the whole new
concept of treating this famous position. The queen sits more naturally on e2
than on f3.} Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Bxe5 O-O 15. h4 (15. g3 Be6 16.
Bg2 Qb6 17. O-O-O Rad8 18. f4 $14) 15... g4 $1 16. g3 Qb6 17. O-O-O Be6 18. Bg2
Rfd8 19. Rhe1 (19. f3 Qa5 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. fxg4 Bxg4 22. Qe3 Be6 $15) 19...
h5 20. b3 (20. f3 $1 Qa5 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. fxg4 Bxg4 23. Qe3 $14) 20... Rac8
21. Na4 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Qb5 23. Bf1 $2 {[%mdl 64] White misses small
combination of his lady opponent in the very moment, when he had the chance to
get serious advantage.} (23. Qxb5 cxb5 (23... axb5 24. Nb6 Rf8 25. Bxc6 $18)
24. Bb7 Rf8 25. Nc5 Bc8 26. Bxa6 $16) 23... Bc4 $1 24. Qxc4 (24. Qe1 Bxf1 25.
Bxf6 Bxf6 26. Qxf1 e6 $15) 24... Qxe5 25. c3 (25. Qxa6 Qa1+ 26. Kd2 Rd8+ 27.
Bd3 Ne4+ 28. Ke1 Qe5 $17) 25... Qf5 26. Qc5 (26. Qxa6 Bh6+ 27. f4 gxf3+ 28. Kb2
Rc7 29. Qd3 Qxd3 30. Rxd3 f2 $15) 26... Qf3 27. Bd3 Bh6+ 28. Kc2 Ne4 29. Qe5 $2
{The centralization of the strongest piece is not necessarily always the best
move, much more promising was 29.Qxh5!} (29. Qxh5 $1 Qxf2+ (29... Nxf2 30. Nb2
Nxd1 31. Qxh6 Ne3+ 32. Kc1 Nf5 33. Qg5+ Ng7 34. Qh6 $11) 30. Kb1 Qf3 31. Bc2
Bg7 32. Rd3 Qe2 33. Qa5 Rf8 34. Kb2 $13) 29... Nxf2 (29... Qxf2+ $5 30. Kb1 Qf3
31. Bc2 Nxg3 32. Qxe7 Rf8 $17) 30. Be2 Qg2 (30... Nxd1 31. Bxf3 Ne3+ 32. Kb2
gxf3 33. Qxh5 f2 34. Qxh6 f1=Q (34... Nd1+ 35. Kc2 f1=Q 36. Qg5+ Kf8 37. Qh6+
Ke8 38. Qh8+ Kd7 39. Nb6+ $16) 35. Qxe3 Qg2+ 36. Ka3 $11) 31. Re1 (31. Bf1 Qh2
32. Re1 Nh1+ 33. Kb1 Nxg3 $17) 31... Rd8 32. Qxe7 (32. Bf1 Rd2+ 33. Kb1 Qd5 34.
Qxd5 cxd5 35. Bxa6 Ne4 $19) 32... Rd2+ 33. Kb1 Qd5 34. Ka1 (34. Nb2 Rxb2+ 35.
Kxb2 Qd2+ 36. Ka3 Bf8 $19) (34. Bc4 Rd1+ 35. Kb2 Bc1+ 36. Kc2 Qd2+ 37. Kb1 Ba3+
38. Rxd1 Qxd1#) 34... Ne4 {The FIDE world champion is in real trouble, as
black pieces are clearly dominating the board.} 35. Qe8+ Kg7 36. Nb2 (36. Bxg4
hxg4 37. Qxe4 Rd1+ 38. Kb2 Bc1+ 39. Kc2 (39. Ka1 Be3+ 40. Kb2 Rd2+ 41. Ka3 Qxe4
$19) 39... Qd2+ 40. Kb1 Ba3+ 41. Rxd1 Qxd1#) 36... Rxb2 (36... Nd6 37. Bc4 Nxe8
38. Bxd5 cxd5 39. Rxe8 Rg2 40. Na4 Rxg3 $19) 37. Kxb2 (37. Bc4 $1 Rxa2+ 38.
Kxa2 Qa5+ (38... Nxc3+ 39. Kb2 Qd2+ 40. Ka3 Nb5+ 41. Bxb5 axb5 42. Qe2 Qd6+ 43.
Ka2 Qxg3 $17) 39. Kb2 (39. Kb1 Nxc3+ 40. Kc2 Qa2+ 41. Kxc3 Qd2#) 39... Qxc3+
40. Ka2 Qa5+ 41. Kb2 Qd2+ 42. Ka3 Nd6 43. Qe2 Nxc4+ 44. bxc4 Qc3+ 45. Ka2 Kg8
$17) 37... Qd2+ 38. Ka3 Nf6 $1 (38... Nf6 $1 39. Rd1 Qxd1 40. Bxd1 Nxe8 $19)
0-1

[Event "Benidorm Bali"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2002.11.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Paunovic, Dragan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2002.11.29"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. d4 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. Qb3 Bxf3 7. gxf3 (7. Qxb7 {
ist anscheinend naoch nicht versucht worden. Nach} Bxg2 8. Rg1 dxc4 (8... Be4
9. Bxe4 Nbd7 10. Bd3 {sieht recht angenehm für Weiß aus.}) 9. Rxg2 (9. Bxc4 {
scheitert an.} Bd5 10. Bxd5 Nxd5 11. Qxa8 Qc7) 9... cxd3 10. Qxa8 Qc7 11. Nd2
e6 (11... e5 12. dxe5 Nfd7 13. Nc4 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Qb7 {ist ungünstig
für Schwarz.}) 12. Nc4 Be7 13. Bd2 O-O {entsteht eine schwer einzuschätzende
Stellung, doch ist verständlich, daß die Weißen sich nicht gerne auf dies
Abspiel einlassen wollen: ihre Stellung könnte sich rasch als verloren
herausstellen.}) 7... Qc7 8. Nc3 e6 9. Bd2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12.
Rc1 (12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. fxe4 O-O 14. Rc1 Rd8 15. Ke2 b6 16. f4 Nc6 17. Rhg1 Qxf4
18. Rxg7+ Kh8 19. Rcg1 Rxd2+ 20. Kxd2 Qf2+ 21. Kc1 Qxe3+ 22. Qxe3 Bxe3+ 23. Kc2
Bxg1 24. Rxg1 Rg8 25. Rxg8+ Kxg8 26. Kc3 Nb8 27. Kd4 Kf8 28. e5 Ke7 29. a3 a5
30. Bb5 Nd7 31. Bxd7 Kxd7 32. Kc4 Ke8 33. b4 axb4 34. Kxb4 f5 35. exf6 Kf7 36.
a4 e5 37. a5 bxa5+ 38. Kxa5 Kxf6 39. Kb4 Kf5 40. Kc3 Kg4 {0-1 Van Wely,
L-Bacrot,E/Bled 2002/EXT 2003 (40).}) 12... Nc6 13. Be2 Be7 14. O-O O-O 15.
Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Be1 Rxd1 17. Rxd1 Rc8 18. f4 b5 19. a3 Na5 20. Qa2 (20. Qc2 {
sieht natürlicher aus.}) 20... g6 21. h3 $6 (21. b3 $5) 21... Nc4 22. Bxc4 $2 {
Dies ist ein schwerer positioneller Bock; Weiß sollte seinen weißfeldrigen
Läufer auf keinen Fall abgeben.} (22. Bf3 Qb6 23. Qb3 {gefolgt von Nc3-e2
führt zu einer ungefähr ausgeglichenen Stellung.} ({Nach} 23. Ne2 Nxe3 24. fxe3
Qxe3+ 25. Kg2 Rc2 26. Bf2 Rxe2 27. Bxe2 Qxe2 28. Re1 Qd2 {steht Weiß auf
Verlust.})) 22... bxc4 $17 23. Rd4 Qc6 24. Qb1 Ne8 (24... Qf3 {bringt nichts
ein:} 25. Kh2 Rc5 26. Qd1 Qb7 27. Qe2 {mit verteidigungsfähiger Stellung für
Weiß.}) 25. Qe4 Qc7 26. Rd1 Bf6 27. Qc2 Nd6 $6 (27... Rb8 {ist genauer:
Schwarz schaltet die Antwort Sc3-e2 aus und behält Vorteil.}) 28. Qa4 $6 (28.
Ne2 {nebst Le1-c3 gibt dem Weißen eine haltbare Stellung.}) 28... Qb6 $6 ({Nach
} 28... a5 {behält Schwarz einigen Vorteil.}) 29. Qc2 $2 (29. Rxd6 Qxd6 30. Ne4
Qd8 (30... Qe7 31. Bb4 Qd8 32. Ba5) 31. Ba5 Qe7 32. Bb4 $11 {führt zum Remis.})
29... Nf5 30. Qe2 $6 {Bessere Überlebensaussichten bot} (30. Rb1 {mit der
Absicht, Sc3-e4 und Le1-c3 folgen zu lassen.}) 30... Kg7 $6 (30... Qb7 {
ist noch wirksamer.}) 31. Kh2 Qb3 $6 {Dies scheint mir sinnlos zu sein.} (31...
Qb7 {sieht natürlicher aus.}) 32. Rc1 Qb7 33. f3 $2 {Damit ruiniert Weiß seine
Bauernstruktur endgültig; er verliert alle Rettungsaussichten. Statt dessen
hätte er sich die indifferenten letzen Züge des Schwarzen zunutze machen
können:} (33. Nd1 {mit guten Überlebensaussichten, denn} Nh4 34. e4 {bringt
dem Schwarzen nichts ein.}) 33... Rd8 34. Rd1 Rb8 (34... Rd3 35. Bf2 Qd7 {
kommt ebenfalls in Betracht.}) 35. Rd2 e5 36. Ne4 $6 ({Zäher ist} 36. e4 Nd4
37. Qe3 {doch dürfte Weiß nach} Ne6 38. Bg3 exf4 39. Bxf4 Nxf4 40. Qxf4 Qe7 {
sich auf die Dauer nicht halten können.}) 36... exf4 37. Nxf6 (37. exf4 Qc7 38.
Bg3 Bd4 {ist hoffnungslos für Weiß.}) 37... fxe3 38. Rd7 Qxb2 39. Qxb2 Rxb2+
40. Kg1 Rb1 41. Ne8+ Kf8 42. Kf1 Kxe8 0-1

[Event "Benidorm Bali"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2002.11.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Vera Gonzalez Quevedo, Reynaldo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2002.11.29"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. g3 Nbd7 6. Bg2 b6 7. O-O Ba6 8. cxd5
cxd5 9. Qa4 Bb7 10. Ne5 a6 11. Bg5 b5 12. Qb3 Be7 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. e4 Bxe5 15.
exd5 Bxd4 16. dxe6 Nc5 17. exf7+ Kf8 18. Qb4 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 a5 20. Qxb5 Rb8 21.
Qc4 Rb4 22. Qe2 Qa8+ 23. Kg1 Kxf7 24. a3 Rb6 25. Rad1 Rd8 26. Qh5+ g6 27. Qxh7+
Bg7 28. Qh4 Ne6 29. Ne4 Qb8 30. Qg4 Rb5 31. Rfe1 Rf5 32. h4 Rd4 33. Qe2 Qd8 34.
Rc1 Rd7 35. Rc6 Nd4 36. Qc4+ Kf8 37. Rc8 Nf3+ 38. Kf1 Nxe1 39. Kxe1 Bxb2 40.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 41. Ng5 Re8+ 42. Kf1 Bxa3 43. g4 1-0

[Event "Benidorm Bali"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2002.11.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Amura, Claudia Noemi"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2002.11.29"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. Bf4 d6 4. e3 Nd7 5. h3 e5 6. Bg3 Ne7 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. e4
O-O 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Nd5 Nc5 11. Bh4 Qd6 12. Ne7+ Nxe7 13. Qxd6 cxd6 14. Bxe7 Re8
15. Bxd6 Nxe4 16. Ba3 Bd7 17. Bc4 Bc6 18. O-O b5 19. Bb3 a5 20. c3 Rab8 21.
Rac1 Ba8 22. Rfe1 b4 23. cxb4 axb4 24. Rc7 Rf8 0-1

[Event "Benidorm Bali"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2002.11.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2002.11.29"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 a6 4. Bg2 b5 5. b3 Bb7 6. O-O c5 7. Nc3 Qa5 8. e3 Be7
9. Qe2 bxc4 10. bxc4 O-O 11. Rb1 Bc6 12. Rb3 d6 13. d3 Nbd7 14. Bd2 Qc7 15. e4
Rfb8 16. Rfb1 Rxb3 17. axb3 Ne5 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. f4 Rd8 20. Ra1 Bb7 21. Nd1
Qd6 22. Nf2 Nd7 23. f5 Rb8 24. fxe6 fxe6 25. Bh3 Re8 26. Bc3 Bf8 27. Rf1 Bc8
28. Ng4 Be7 29. Rd1 Rf8 30. Qb2 Bf6 31. Nxf6+ gxf6 32. Qe2 Nb8 33. Bd2 Nc6 34.
Bh6 Rf7 35. Bg4 Nd4 36. Qe3 Rb7 37. Rf1 Qe7 38. Bd1 Qf7 39. h4 Qe7 40. g4 Nc6
41. Qf2 Nd4 42. Qxf6 Qxf6 43. Rxf6 Rf7 44. g5 Bd7 45. Bh5 1-0

[Event "Benidorm Bali"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2002.12.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kurajica, Bojan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2002.11.29"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O e6 6. b3 b6 7. Bb2 Bb7 8. e3 Be7
9. Nbd2 O-O 10. a3 Rc8 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. c4 cxd4 13. exd4 Rfd8 14. Rac1 Qb8 15.
c5 bxc5 16. dxc5 a5 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Bc6 19. Rfe1 Nd7 20. f4 Bf6 21. Qe3
Bxd4 22. Qxd4 Nf6 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 Rd7 25. Rb1 Bb5 26. Re3 Ra7 27. h3 Ra2
28. Rb2 Qa7 29. Kh2 h5 30. Qc3 Rd8 31. Nb3 Ne4 32. Qd4 Rxb2 33. Qxb2 h4 34.
gxh4 Qe7 35. Bxe4 dxe4 36. Rg3 f6 37. Nd4 Be8 38. f5 Rd5 39. Nxe6 g6 40. Qg2
Kh8 41. Qxe4 Rxf5 42. Qe3 Re5 43. Qh6+ Kg8 44. Nf4 Re2+ 45. Nxe2 Qxe2+ 46. Rg2
Qe5+ 47. Kg1 Qe1+ 48. Kh2 Qe5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Benidorm Bali"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2002.12.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2002.11.29"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 32768]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Qc2 c5 {Schwarz ist
bereit, mit einem Isolani zu spielen.} ({Etwas "sauberer" bringt die gleiche
Idee R.Kasimdzhanov zum Ausdruck:} 5... O-O 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg5 c5 8. dxc5 Qa5
9. Nd4 Qxc5 10. Nb3 Qd6 11. e3 Be6 12. Be2 Nc6 13. Rd1 h6 14. Bf4 Qd8 15. O-O
Rc8 16. a3 a6 17. Bf3 Qb6 $11 {Khenkin,I-Kasimdzhanov,R/Moscow 2001}) 6. cxd5
exd5 7. Bg5 Nc6 8. dxc5 $1 ({Mit mehr Risiko behandelte diese Stellung A.Dreev
in seiner Schnellschachpartie gegen Onischuk:} 8. Rd1 $5 Bg4 9. dxc5 Qa5 10. e3
Bxf3 11. gxf3 Qxc5 12. Qa4 d4 $2 (12... O-O $5 $13) 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Ne4 Qe7
15. Bb5 O-O 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. exd4 Rab8 18. b3 Rb4 19. Qxc6 Bxd4 20. Qd6 Qxd6
21. Nxd6 $16 {Dreev,A-Onischuk,A/Moscow 2002/}) 8... Be6 $2 {Für diesen
Entwicklungszug hat Schwarz keine Zeit, er sollte schnellstmöglich den Bauern
c5 gewinnen.} (8... d4 $2 9. O-O-O Bxc5 10. e3 Bg4 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. exd4 Bxf3
13. gxf3 Bxd4 14. Bb5 O-O 15. Rhg1+ Kh8 16. Rg4 $18 {Sibilio,M-Jovicic,M/
Caorle 1984}) ({Besser ist} 8... Qa5 9. e3 (9. O-O-O Be6 $13) 9... Qxc5 10. Rc1
(10. Bb5 O-O) 10... O-O 11. Qd2 $14) 9. e3 Qa5 10. Bb5 $1 {Nun ist es zu spät,
und Schwarz muß weitere Tempi verlieren.} a6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. O-O Qxc5 13.
Rac1 $16 {Schwarz gewann endlich den Bauern zurück, aber es geschah auf Kosten
seiner Entwicklung. Gegen die durchsichtige Drohung 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Ne4 gibt
es keine zufriedenstellende Verteidigung.} O-O 14. Bxf6 gxf6 $2 ({Er mußte in
den saueren Apfel beißen und die Stellung nach 14...Bf6 spielen:} 14... Bxf6
15. Ne4 Qe7 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Nd4 Bd7 $16) 15. Nd4 Rfc8 $2 {Der Verlustzug.} (
15... Rac8 $142 $16) 16. Na4 $18 Qxc2 17. Rxc2 Rab8 (17... c5 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19.
Nb6 $18) 18. Rxc6 Bf8 19. Rxa6 Rc4 20. b3 Bc8 21. Rxf6 Rc7 22. Rc6 Rxc6 23.
Nxc6 Rb7 24. Nd4 Rc7 25. Rd1 Ba6 26. h3 h5 27. Nb6 Bb7 28. a4 Bb4 29. Nb5 Rc5
30. Nd7 Rc6 31. Ne5 Rc2 32. Nd3 Bf8 33. Nf4 Rb2 34. Nxh5 Rxb3 35. Nf6+ Kg7 36.
Nxd5 Rb2 37. Nf4 Ra2 38. Rd7 Bc6 39. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Benidorm Bali"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2002.12.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2002.11.29"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8.
Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d5 10. exd6 Qxd6 11. Qe3+ Be7 12. Nc3 c6 13. Ne4 Qc7 14. Bd2
O-O 15. Rae1 f6 16. Qb3+ Kh8 17. Bb4 Bxb4 18. Qxb4 Bf5 19. Re2 Qb6 20. Qxb6
axb6 21. Nd6 Bg6 22. b3 Rfd8 23. Nc4 b5 24. axb5 cxb5 25. Ne3 Kg8 26. f3 h6 27.
Kf2 Ra6 28. g3 Rc6 29. Ra1 Ra6 30. Rae1 Rc6 31. Ra1 Ra6 32. Rc1 Ra2 33. Ke1 Kf8
34. Rd2 Raa8 35. Rxd8+ Rxd8 36. Ra1 Be8 37. Rd1 Rc8 38. Kd2 Bc6 39. f4 Be4 40.
Ra1 Kf7 41. Ra5 Bc6 42. Ra1 h5 43. Nf5 Rd8+ 44. Ke3 Re8+ 45. Kd2 Rd8+ 46. Ke3
Re8+ 47. Kf2 Rd8 48. Re1 g6 49. Ne3 Be4 50. Ke2 g5 51. fxg5 fxg5 52. Ra1 Ke6
53. Ra5 Bc6 54. c4 bxc4 55. bxc4 Kf6 56. h4 gxh4 57. gxh4 Rd4 58. Rxh5 Rf4 59.
Kd3 Bf3 60. Rh6+ Kg7 61. Re6 Kh7 62. Nd5 Rxh4 63. Re7+ Kg6 64. Rxb7 Bxd5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Benidorm Bali playoff"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2002.12.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "166"]
[EventDate "2002.12.01"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Be7 10. h3 Be6 11. Bg5 Bxg5 12. Nxg5 Ke7 13. Rad1 Bc4 14.
Rfe1 h6 15. Nf3 g5 16. g4 Ng7 17. Nd4 Be6 18. Ne4 Rad8 19. Ng3 c5 20. Ndf5+
Bxf5 21. gxf5 f6 22. exf6+ Kxf6 23. Ne4+ Kxf5 24. Nxc5 b6 25. Nd3 Rhe8 26. Kg2
Ne6 27. Kg3 Nd4 28. c3 Nc6 29. Rxe8 Rxe8 30. Nb4 Nxb4 31. cxb4 Re2 32. Rc1 Rxb2
33. Rxc7 Rxa2 34. b5 h5 35. Rf7+ Kg6 36. Rc7 Ra3+ 37. Kg2 h4 38. Rd7 Kf5 39.
Rg7 Kf4 40. Rf7+ Ke5 41. Rg7 Kf6 42. Rc7 Ra5 43. Rd7 Ke6 44. Rg7 Kf6 45. Rc7
Ke5 46. Kf3 Kf5 47. Rf7+ Ke6 48. Rg7 Kf6 49. Rc7 Rxb5 50. Rxa7 Rb4 51. Rb7 b5
52. Rb8 Ke6 53. Kg2 g4 54. hxg4 Rxg4+ 55. Kh3 Rb4 56. f4 Kd6 57. f5 Kc7 58. Rf8
Rf4 59. f6 b4 60. Rf7+ Kb6 61. Rf8 Kb7 62. Rf7+ Kc6 63. Rf8 Kd7 64. Rb8 Kc7 65.
Rb5 Kc6 66. Rb8 Kc5 67. Rf8 Kc4 68. Rc8+ Kb3 69. Rc6 Kb2 70. Rb6 b3 71. Kg2 Kc2
72. Rc6+ Kb1 73. Kh3 b2 74. Rb6 Kc2 75. Rc6+ Kd3 76. Rb6 Kc3 77. Rc6+ Kb3 78.
Rb6+ Kc2 79. Rc6+ Kb1 80. Rb6 Ra4 81. f7 Rf4 82. Rb7 Kc2 83. Rc7+ Kb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Benidorm Bali playoff"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2002.12.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2002.12.01"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1
d6 8. e4 Nbd7 (8... a6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7 {is a more usual move order in
this line.}) 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 {[%cal Re4e5] /\e5} Rb8 $6 {Black's 8-th move
forces him to prevent White's immediate threat, Polgar does it in a strange
way.} ({Also risky is} 10... Qb8 11. Nd5 $5 exd5 (11... Bd8 12. Nb4 $1 $16) 12.
exd5 Kd8 13. Nc6+ Bxc6 14. dxc6 $16 {Chumfwa,S-Uribe,M/Istanbul olm/2000/}) (
10... Nc5 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 Qc7 13. Rc1 a6 14. f4 Rac8 15. f5 e5 16. Nc2 b5
17. cxb5 axb5 18. Nb4 Rfe8 19. h3 Qa5 20. a3 Qa8 21. Ncd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 Nfd7
23. Kh2 Bf6 24. Bf1 Qb7 25. Nc6 e4 26. Bxf6 Nxf6 27. b4 Ncd7 28. Qe2 $14 Qb6 $4
29. Ne7+ {1-0,Paunovic,D-Micic,C/Becici/1993/}) (10... Qc8 11. f4 $5 (11. Ndb5
Qb8 12. f4 O-O 13. Be3 a6 14. Nd4 Qc7 15. Rc1 {leads to the main line positions
}) 11... O-O 12. Be3 $14) ({More natural, and an attempt to justify the 
(temporary) omission of a6 is} 10... Qc7 $5 11. Be3 (11. Ndb5 {gives Black a
choice between} Qb8 {and} (11... Qc6 $5 $13)) (11. b3 Rc8 $5 12. Bb2 O-O 13.
Rc1 Qb8 14. Rc2 Rfe8 15. Rd2 a6 16. f4 Bf8 17. Bf3 h6 18. h4 h5 $1 19. Bxh5
Nxh5 20. Qxh5 Nf6 21. Qd1 b5 $44 {Ruck,R-Prusikhin,M/Griesheim/2003/}) 11...
Rc8 12. Rc1 Qb8 13. b3 Nc5 14. f4 $5 (14. f3 a6 15. Bf2 O-O 16. f4 Qa8 17. Qe2
Rfe8 18. g4 g6 19. f5 $6 exf5 20. gxf5 Bf8 21. fxg6 hxg6 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. cxd5
Nfxe4 $17 {Garcia Paolicchi,R-Marin,M/Andorra la Vella/2002/}) 14... Ncxe4 15.
Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. f5 e5 18. Qg4 Qb7 19. Nb5 g6 20. Qf3 gxf5 21. Qxf5
a6 22. Nd4 $44 {Cacho Reigadas,S-Suba,M/ESP-chT/2001/}) 11. b3 $6 $146 {
Too soft, but one has to realize this is a 5 minute game.} (11. f4 O-O 12. Ndb5
a6 13. Nxd6 Bxd6 14. Qxd6 Nc5 15. Qxd8 Rfxd8 16. e5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Ne8 18. Be3
$16 {Christiansen,L-Wallace,J/Internet/2001/}) (11. Ndb5 $1 Ne5 (11... O-O 12.
Nxa7 Qc7 13. b3 $16) 12. Nxa7 O-O 13. b3 $16 {and White seems to have a
healthy extra P.}) 11... a6 12. Bb2 O-O 13. h3 Qc7 {Now despite Black's 10...
Rb8 we have a normal Hedgehog position with a full board of pieces and the
typical possibilities for both sides. Ponomariov doesn't have too much
experience with the White side of the English Opening yet, he opts for a
direct P assault against the >>, something typical for the Sicilian.} 14. Qd2
Nc5 15. Rad1 Rfe8 16. f4 Ba8 17. Qf2 Ncd7 ({Possibly safer was} 17... Rbd8 $5 {
/\} 18. e5 dxe5 19. fxe5 Nfd7 20. b4 Bxg2 21. Qxg2 Nxe5 22. bxc5 Bxc5 23. Ne4
Nxc4 $13) 18. g4 {Here comes the aforementioned bayonet attack.} (18. Kh2 $14 {
/<=>= was a typical Karpovian noncommittal waiting move.}) ({The immediate
tactical break is unclear:} 18. e5 dxe5 19. fxe5 Nxe5 20. Ncb5 Qd7 $5 (20...
axb5 21. Nxb5 Qc8 22. Bxe5 Bc5 23. Nd4 $14) 21. Rxe5 (21. Nf5 $2 Bc5 $17) (21.
Nc6 $6 Bc5 22. Qxc5 bxc5 $15 {/-/+}) 21... axb5 22. Rxb5 Bxg2 23. Qxg2 Bc5 $13)
18... h6 19. g5 $5 {A double-edged move, now Black gets more [+] influence 
(the e5-square!), but also his K becomes vulnerable.} hxg5 20. fxg5 Nh5 (20...
Nh7 21. g6 Nhf6 22. gxf7+ Kxf7 23. Qg3 $14 {|^}) 21. g6 Bf6 $5 {[%csl Rd6]
This active move costs Black material in the end (><d6), but resolves the >>
tension.} (21... Nhf6 {-20...Nh7}) 22. gxf7+ Kxf7 23. Bf3 (23. Ndb5 axb5 24.
Nxb5 Qc5 25. Nxd6+ Ke7 26. Bxf6+ gxf6 27. Nxe8 Rxe8 $13 {/=/+ is not too
worrying for Black, his pieces are well coordinated, while White's P are still
far from dangerous.}) 23... Nf4 24. Bg4 g5 25. Nde2 Qc5 $1 (25... Nxe2+ 26.
Rxe2 $40 {/\} (26. Nxe2 $5 {/\Nd4->}) 26... Ke7 27. Nd5+ $1 exd5 28. Bxd7 $18)
26. Nxf4 (26. Qxc5 $5 Nxc5 (26... bxc5 27. Rxd6 Ne5 (27... Ke7 28. Rxa6 $16)
28. Nxf4 gxf4 29. Na4 $14) 27. Nxf4 gxf4 28. Bh5+ Ke7 29. Bxe8 Rxe8 30. Nd5+ $5
Bxd5 (30... exd5 31. exd5+ Be5 32. Bxe5 Rg8+ 33. Kf2 dxe5 34. Rxe5+ $14 {/+/-})
31. Bxf6+ Kxf6 32. exd5 e5 33. b4 Nd7 $14 {~~}) 26... gxf4 27. Qxc5 bxc5 28.
Rxd6 (28. Bh5+ Ke7 29. Bxe8 Rxe8 $44 {[%csl Re4,Rh3][%cal Rf6d4,Rd7e5] /\Bd4,
Ne5,><e4,h3 gives Black excellent play on the dark squares.}) 28... Bd4+ 29.
Kf1 Ne5 30. Rxa6 $6 {Seems too greedy.} (30. Na4 $13 {/+/= keeps White well in
the game.}) 30... Nxg4 31. hxg4 Rh8 $40 {All of a sudden Black has a dangerous
attack.} 32. Ra7+ $2 {In the fast tempo of a blitz game White isn't up to his
defensive task. This thoughtless check just opens the <->f for Black's Rb8.} (
32. Kg2 $5 Rbg8 (32... f3+ 33. Kxf3 Bxc3 34. Bxc3 Rh3+ 35. Kf4 Rxc3 36. Ke5 $16
) 33. Ra7+ Kf6 34. Nd5+ Ke5 $5 $36 (34... exd5 $6 35. Bxd4+ cxd4 36. exd5 $16))
32... Kg6 33. Kg2 f3+ $1 34. Kg3 (34. Kxf3 Rbf8+ 35. Ke2 (35. Kg3 Bf2+ $19)
35... Rf2+ 36. Kd1 $8 Rxb2 $19) 34... Be5+ 35. Kxf3 (35. Kf2 Rh2+ $19) 35...
Rh3+ 36. Ke2 (36. Kf2 Rf8+ 37. Kg1 Rg3+ $19 38. Kh1 Rh8+ $19) 36... Rh2+ 37.
Ke3 Rxb2 38. Na4 $2 {The final mistake, although the game could hardly be
saved anyway.} (38. Ne2 $142 Kg5 $17 {/-+}) 38... Rxa2 $19 {[%cal Re5d4] /\Bd4}
39. Rh1 Bd4+ 40. Kf3 Rxb3+ 41. Kf4 e5# 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Be7 (6... Nd7 7.
cxd5 cxd5 8. Bg5 {- Yagupov-Anastasian,Hotel Anibal op 2000 CBM 75}) (6... Ne7
7. Bg5 {- Gelashvili-Asrian, EU-ch Batumi 2002 CBM 90}) 7. g3 (7. cxd5 cxd5 8.
Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Nc6 10. Nf3 Rc8 (10... Nb4 {- Gulko-Karpov, Dos Hermanos 1994
CBM 41}) (10... Bb4 {/\ Nge7} 11. O-O Qd7 (11... Nge7) 12. Ne2 Nge7 13. a3 Ba5
14. b4 {White can also insert some pressure on the <<.} Bb6 15. Bd2 Nf5 16. a4
$14 {Van der Wiel-Grooten, NED-ch Rotterdam 2000}) (10... Nh6 {/\ Nf5} 11. Bxh6
{It is advisable for White to get rid of his bad B.} Rxh6 12. g3 Qb6 13. O-O
Rc8 14. Rab1 Rh8 15. Rfc1 $14 {and White has pressure on both flanks,
Maiwald-Lauber, BL 1999/2000.}) (10... a6 11. g3 Bb4 12. O-O Nge7 13. Ne2 Nf5
14. a3 (14. Bg5 $5) 14... Be7 15. b4 (15. Bg5 $5) 15... Rc8 16. Bg5 Bxg5 17.
Nxg5 Qb6 18. Rfd1 a5 19. b5 Nce7 {Black's stronghold on f5 is impregnable.} 20.
Rac1 O-O $11 {Shtyrenkov-Alexandrova, Alushta Golden Autumn 2001}) 11. O-O (11.
g3 Bb4 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nge7 14. a4 f5 {- Bischoff-Epishin, Brno-A 1994
CBM 43}) 11... Nh6 12. Bxh6 Rxh6 13. g3 Kf8 14. Rac1 (14. Rfc1 $5) 14... g6 15.
Qb5 Qd7 16. Na4 Kg7 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Rxc5 Rhh8 $11 {Becerra Riviero-Morovic,
Capablanca mem Elite 1999}) (7. Qb3 Qb6 {- Akopian-Sargissian, Moscow Aeroflot
op 2002 CBM 88} 8. c5 (8. Nf3 Na6 9. c5 Qxb3 10. axb3 Nc7 {White has space
advantage on both flanks, but Black's position is a tough nut to crack.} 11.
Be3 Nh6 12. g3 Ng4 13. Bf4 Kd7 14. Ng5 Bg6 15. b4 b6 $1 $132 {Lejlic-Rogers,
Troll Masters, 1995}) 8... Qc7 9. Qa4 f6 $5 (9... Nd7 {- Akopian-Sargissian,
Moscow Aeroflot op 2002 CBM 88}) 10. Bf4 Nd7 11. Nf3 Nh6 12. g3 Qc8 13. exf6
gxf6 14. Bxh6 Rxh6 15. Bg2 b6 $132 {A.Ivanov-Palo, Bled ol (Men) 2002}) 7...
Nh6 (7... Nd7 8. cxd5 cxd5 (8... exd5 {Now Black has to blockade both >< f5
and >< e6!} 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nf8 (10... Nh6 11. Nge2 Nf8 12. Nf4 g6 13. e6
$1 {This breakthrough is White's main threat.} Qd6 14. exf7+ Nxf7 15. b4 Bf6
16. b5 c5 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. Bd2 Ne5 19. Qxd5 Qxd5 20. Ncxd5 Nf3+ 21. Ke2 Nxd2
22. Nxf6+ Kf7 23. N6d5 Ne4 24. Rhc1 $18 {Minasian-Barash, World Open
Tournament of Champions Philadelphia 1999}) 11. Nge2 Qd7 12. Be3 Nh6 13. Bxh6
Rxh6 14. O-O-O $16 {Kosanovic-Tadic, Novi Sad op 1989}) 9. Bd3 $14) 8. Bg5 $5 {
This is a critical idea, White wants to exchange his bad B for his counterpart.
} (8. Bxh6 $5) 8... dxc4 {Ftacnik: 'Interesting theoretical novelty, black is
trying to solve the strategical problems by the means of undermining
opponent's pawn structure in the center.'} (8... Bxg5 9. hxg5 Qxg5 10. Rxh5 Qe7
11. cxd5 (11. g4 Bg6 12. Rh3 O-O) 11... exd5 $13 {Minasian-Savchenko, Elista
ol (Men) 1998 CBM 66 ext}) 9. Bxe7 (9. Bxc4 Bxg5 10. hxg5 Qxg5 11. Rxh5 Qg6 12.
Be2 Nd7 13. Nh3 $14) 9... Qxe7 10. Qxh5 {It is hard to get back the c4 P after
that...} (10. Bxc4 {looks more natural.} Nd7 $13) 10... Qb4 $5 (10... Na6 11.
a3 O-O-O 12. Qg5 f6 $13) 11. O-O-O $6 {White is pushing too hard, this idea of
the exchange sacrifice cannot be correct.} (11. Qe2 Nd7 (11... Bd3 12. Qd2 Bxf1
13. Kxf1 Nf5 (13... c5 {Ftacnik} 14. a3 Qb6 15. dxc5 Qxc5 $11) 14. Nf3) 12. Qd2
(12. O-O-O Bd3) 12... O-O-O 13. Ne4 Qxd2+ 14. Nxd2 Nb6 15. Ngf3 Bg4 $13) 11...
Bg4 12. Qg5 Bxd1 13. Qxg7 Qf8 (13... Rg8 {Ftacnik} 14. Qxh6 Bg4 15. Qd2 $14)
14. Qxf8+ Kxf8 15. Nxd1 c5 $1 $15 {Black has to open up the position for his
rooks.} (15... b5 16. Bg2 Nf5 (16... a5 {Ftacnik} 17. Ne3 $14) 17. Ne2 $44 {
and the rooks have no open lines.}) 16. dxc5 (16. Bg2 $6 {Ftacnik} Nd7 $15)
16... Nd7 17. c6 {'!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'In the ensuing middle game without
queens white aims to maximally weaken pawn structure of the opponent with the
extra exchange. '} (17. f4 {Ftacnik} Nxc5 18. Bxc4 Ne4 19. Nc3 Nxc3 20. bxc3
Rc8 21. Bd3 Rxc3+ 22. Kd2 Ra3 $17) 17... bxc6 (17... Nxe5 {Ftacnik} 18. cxb7
Rb8 19. Bg2 Nf5 20. Kd2 Nd6 21. Kc3 Nxb7 22. f4 Ng4 23. Bf3 Rg8 24. Ne2 $13)
18. f4 (18. Bxc4 {Ftacnik} Nxe5 19. Be2 Nf5 $15) 18... Rg8 $1 {>< g3} (18...
Nf5 19. Ne2 Nc5 20. Bh3 $44) 19. Ne2 Rd8 (19... Nf5 {>< g3 was also tempting.}
20. Nf2 (20. Rg1 {Ftacnik} Nc5 21. Bh3 $14) 20... Nxg3 21. Nxg3 Rxg3 22. Bxc4
Kg7 $15) 20. Ne3 Nb6 $1 (20... Nc5 21. Nxc4 Nd3+ 22. Kc2 Nf2 23. Rg1 $44) 21.
Bh3 $6 (21. Bg2 {looks more natural.} Rd3 22. Nf1 Ng4 23. Nd2 (23. h5 {Ftacnik}
Nd5 24. Nd2 c3 25. bxc3 Nxc3 26. Kc2 Nxe2 27. Kxd3 Nxg3 $15) (23. Bxc6 {Ftacnik
} Nf2 24. Rg1 Nd5 25. Bxd5 exd5 26. Kc2 $11)) 21... Rd3 $1 22. Nc2 (22. Nd1
$142 Nd5 23. Nf2 Re3 24. Kd2 Rf3 25. Rf1 Rfxg3 $1 26. Nxg3 Rxg3 $15 {Black
gives back the exchange, but gets the activity.}) (22. Nf1 {Ftacnik} Nd5 23. h5
Ke7 $13) 22... c5 (22... Nd5 23. h5 c5 $15) 23. Rf1 {'?' Ftacnik. Ftacnik:
'Ponomariov becomes the victim of a feeling, that he has to open up the
position quickly. In this phase of the game were the chances for both sides
probably still quite equal.'} (23. h5 Nd5) (23. Na3 $5 {Ftacnik} Ke7 24. Nb5
Nd5 25. h5 $13) 23... Nd5 $17 24. f5 exf5 25. Bxf5 Re3 $1 {'!?' Ftacnik.
liquidating for a favourable _|_ for Black.} (25... Nxf5 {Ftacnik} 26. Rxf5 Ke7
27. Ne1 Re3 28. Kd2 Rd8 29. Nc3 Rxg3 30. Nxd5+ Rxd5+ 31. Kc2 Rh3 $19) 26. Nxe3
Nxe3 27. Bh3 Nxf1 28. Bxf1 Nf5 {Ftacnik: 'White has very thin chances to hold
the endgame without exchange, Bareev would have to help a lot.'} 29. Nc3 (29.
Kd2 Nxg3 30. Nxg3 Rxg3 31. Bxc4 Rh3 $19) 29... Ne3 30. Be2 Rxg3 $19 {Black is
a clear exchange up, the rest is technique.} 31. Kd2 Ng4 32. Ne4 Rg2 33. e6
fxe6 34. h5 Ke7 35. Nxc5 Nf6 36. Ke3 Rg5 37. Kd4 Nxh5 {'?!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik:
'Time trouble could have played a role, much easier was the win after 37...
Rd5+!'} (37... Rd5+ $1 {Ftacnik} 38. Kxc4 Rd2 39. Bd3 (39. Bf3 {Ftacnik} Rc2+
40. Kb4 Rxb2+ 41. Ka3 Rf2 $19) 39... Rxb2 40. a4 Nxh5 $19) 38. Kxc4 Nf4 39. Bf3
Rg3 40. Be4 Nh5 41. a4 Nf6 42. Ba8 Rg4+ 43. Kb5 Ne8 44. Ka5 Rc4 45. b4 Nd6 46.
Ka6 Rxb4 47. Kxa7 e5 48. Ka6 e4 49. Ka5 Rc4 50. Kb6 e3 51. Bf3 Rf4 52. Bh5 Rh4
53. Bf3 Nc4+ 54. Kb5 Ne5 55. Be2 Rh2 56. Nd3 Nxd3 57. Bxd3 e2 58. Bxe2 Rxe2 59.
a5 Kd7 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd2 Nd7 9. g3 b6 {Kramnik is transfering the game into queen's indian pawn
structure with a feeling, that nothing much can endanger him.} 10. Nxd5 exd5
11. Bg2 Nf6 (11... c6 12. Rc1 Bb7 13. O-O Nf6 14. Bb4 $13) 12. O-O Ne4 13. Rc1
Bb7 (13... Bf5 14. Nf4 Re8 15. Bb4 $13) 14. Qc2 Rc8 (14... Nxd2 15. Qxd2 Re8
16. Nf4 c6 $11) 15. Rfd1 Bd6 16. Bb4 $5 {[%mdl 32] The original strategical
solution, for which Ponomariov in the end got the coveted point from the world
champion of the company Braingames.} Qf6 (16... c5 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Be1 Qe7
19. Nc3 $14) (16... Bxb4 17. axb4 Qd6 18. b5 a5 19. bxa6 Bxa6 20. Nf4 $14) 17.
Nc3 Nxc3 (17... Bxb4 18. axb4 $14) (17... c5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 (18... bxc5 19. Ba5
(19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Bc3 Qe6 $11) 19... Qe6 20. Qb3 $14) 19. Bh3 Rc7 20. Qe2 Rd8
$11) 18. Qxc3 (18. bxc3 Ba8 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 $11) 18... c6 (18... c5 19. dxc5 Be5
(19... Qxc3 20. Bxc3 Rxc5 21. e4 Rfc8 22. exd5 $16) 20. Qb3 Rfd8 21. Bc3 $16)
19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. b4 Rc7 21. a4 (21. b5 Rfc8 (21... c5 22. dxc5 Rxc5 (22...
bxc5 23. Bxd5 $1 Bxd5 24. e4 $16) 23. Qd3 Rd8 $14) 22. Bh3 Re8 23. bxc6 Rxc6
24. Qb4 $14) 21... Bc8 22. a5 (22. b5 Bg4 23. Re1 Rfc8 $11) 22... Ba6 23. Ra1
Bb5 (23... Bc4 24. axb6 axb6 25. Bf1 (25. e4 Re8 26. Re1 Rce7 $11) 25... b5 26.
Ra6 $14) 24. Rdc1 Re8 25. axb6 axb6 26. Bf1 $1 {White is keeping small
advantage, but for winning chances he has to eliminate the strong black bishop.
} (26. Ra3 h6 27. Rca1 Rce7 28. Bf1 $14) 26... Bxf1 27. Kxf1 Rb8 28. Ra6 Qd7
29. Kg1 h6 30. Qa3 Rcc8 (30... Qc8 31. Qa2 Qe6 32. Ra1 $14) 31. h4 (31. Ra1 $14
) 31... Qf5 32. Ra7 g5 33. h5 $1 {Due to the passivity of black rooks
Ponomariov has achieved serious progress, exact move 33.h5! is for black very
unpleasant.} (33. hxg5 $2 hxg5 34. Qa6 Kg7 35. Qf1 $11) 33... Qf3 34. Qd3 Kh8 (
34... Qxh5 35. Qf5 Qg6 36. Qxg6+ fxg6 37. Rd7 Ra8 38. Rd6 b5 39. Rxg6+ Kh7 40.
Rgxc6 Rxc6 41. Rxc6 Ra4 42. Rc5 Rxb4 43. Rxd5 $16) 35. Qa6 (35. Ra3 $5 Rc7 36.
Qa6 Qxh5 37. Rac3 Qg6 38. b5 c5 39. dxc5 $16) 35... Kg7 $6 (35... Qxh5 36. Rb7
Ra8 37. Qxb6 Qf3 38. b5 Ra2 39. Rf1 Kg7 40. bxc6 Rc2 (40... Qf6 41. Qb3 Qxc6
42. Rxf7+ Kxf7 43. Qxa2 $16) 41. c7 Qf5 42. Qd6 Qe6 43. Rb6 $16) 36. b5 $1 c5 (
36... Qf6 37. bxc6 Rxc6 38. Rxf7+ Kxf7 39. Qa7+ Qe7 40. Qxe7+ Kxe7 41. Rxc6 b5
42. Rxh6 b4 43. Ra6 b3 44. Ra1 $18) 37. dxc5 bxc5 38. Qg6+ {This move was
nearly for sure overlooked by Kramnik, under duress even the best players are
committing nice mistakes.} (38. Qg6+ Kf8 39. Qxh6+ Kg8 40. Qxg5+ Kf8 (40... Kh8
41. Ra6 $18) 41. h6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Be7 9. e4 O-O 10. Bd3 c5 11. O-O Qc7 12. Qe2 Nd7 13. e5 Rfd8 14. h4 Nf8
15. h5 Rac8 16. Be3 Qc6 17. a4 cxd4 18. cxd4 Bb4 19. h6 g6 20. Rfc1 Qd5 21. Bg5
Rxc1+ 22. Rxc1 Rc8 23. Rxc8 Bxc8 24. Qb2 a5 25. Qc1 Bb7 26. Bb5 Qb3 27. Qf4
Qb1+ 28. Kh2 Qf5 29. Qxf5 exf5 30. Bd8 Ne6 31. Bxb6 Bd5 32. Ng1 f6 33. Ne2 Kf7
34. Kg1 Bd2 35. g3 Ke7 36. Nf4 Nxf4 37. exf6+ Kxf6 38. gxf4 Ke6 39. Be8 Bxf4
40. Bxa5 Bxh6 41. Bb6 Bc4 42. Bc6 Bf4 43. a5 Ba6 44. Bg2 Kd7 45. Bd5 Kd6 46.
Bg8 h5 47. Bh7 h4 48. Kg2 Be2 49. f3 h3+ 50. Kxh3 Bf1+ 51. Kh4 g5+ 52. Kh5 Be2
53. Bxf5 Bxf3+ 54. Bg4 Bxg4+ 55. Kxg4 Be3 56. d5 Kxd5 57. Bxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Bb7 12. Bg2 Qb6 13. exf6 O-O-O 14. O-O c5 15.
d5 b4 16. Na4 Qb5 17. a3 exd5 18. axb4 cxb4 19. Be3 Nc5 20. Qg4+ Rd7 21. Qg7 $5
{Ivanchuks Damenopfer aus seiner Partie gegen Shirov aus Wijk aan Zee. Wie ich
in CBM 91 bereits erläutert hatte, sind die Folgen dieses scheinbar brillanten
Damenopfers jedoch alles andere als klar.} Bxg7 22. fxg7 Rg8 23. Nxc5 {Die
weiße Kompensation für die Dame besteht in den Angriffsmöglichkeiten gegen den
schwarzen König. Vermutlich ist dies jedoch nicht genug.} Rxg7 (23... d4 $6 24.
Bxb7+ Rxb7 25. Nxb7 Qb6 26. Bxd4 $3 Qxd4 27. Rfd1 $40 {Ivanchuk,V-Shirov,A/
Wijk aan Zee 1996/[Shirov]}) 24. Nxd7 $146 (24. Bh3 f5 $1 25. Bxf5 Rgf7 26. Bh3
Rh7 27. Be6 Rhe7 28. Rxa7 Rxe6 29. Nxe6 d4 30. Nxd4 Qd5 31. Rxb7 Rxb7 32. Ra1
c3 33. bxc3 b3 34. Nxb3 Rxb3 $19 {0-1 Ernst,T-Hermansson,E/Stockholm 2002/CBM
91/[Lutz] (65)}) (24. Bd4 f5 25. Bh3 Rgf7 26. Rxa7 Rc7 27. Ne6 Rce7 28. Ng5 Qe8
$1 29. Nxf7 Qxf7 $15 {1-0 Lalic,B-Wilson,J/London 1996/Inf 66/[Lalic,B] (46)})
(24. Rxa7 {Lalic,B} d4 $5 25. Bxb7+ $140 Rxb7 26. Nxb7 Qb6 $1 $17) 24... Qxd7
25. Rxa7 Rg6 26. Rfa1 Re6 $1 {Schwarz plant nun das Qaulitätsopfer ...Rxe3
nebst ...Qe6-e5. Ohne den schwarzfelrigen Läufer hätte Weiß keinen Angriff
mehr gegen den schwarzen König.} 27. Bd4 {Weicht dem Opfer aus, aber nun
dringt der Turm ein.} (27. Bh3 d4 $17 {und entlang der Diagonalen a8-h1
zeichnet sich ein Unglück für Weiß ab.}) (27. R1a5 Rxe3 28. fxe3 Qe7 $17) 27...
Re2 28. h4 Rd2 29. Be3 Rxb2 $19 {Drei schwarze Freibauern sind einfach zu viel.
} 30. R1a5 b3 31. Rc5+ Kd8 $1 {Shirov hat alles genau berechnet.} (31... Kb8 $2
32. Raa5 {mit den Ideen Bf4+ und Bxd5}) 32. Rxb7 Qxb7 33. Rxd5+ Qxd5 34. Bxd5
Rb1+ 35. Kg2 b2 {Die beiden Bauern werden beide weiße Läufer kosten.} 36. Be4 (
36. Bxc4 Rd1 $1 (36... Rg1+ $2 37. Kxg1 b1=Q+ 38. Kh2 $11 {und Weiß errichtet
eine Festung.}) 37. Ba2 Ra1 $19) 36... Rd1 37. Bg5+ Ke8 38. Bf6 b1=Q 39. Bxb1
Rxb1 40. h5 Kf8 41. g4 (41. Kf3 c3 42. Bxc3 Rb3 $19) 41... Rd1 42. Bb2 Kg8 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Rd1+ Ke8 11. Bg5 Bxg5 12. Nxg5 Ke7 13. Rd3 h6 14.
Nge4 Rd8 15. Rxd8 Kxd8 16. Rd1+ Ke7 17. f4 Ne3 18. Rd2 Bf5 19. Ng3 Bh7 20. Kf2
Ng4+ 21. Kg1 Ne3 22. Kf2 Nc4 23. Rd4 b5 24. b3 Na3 25. Nce4 Nxc2 26. Rd2 Bxe4
27. Nxe4 Nb4 28. a3 Nd5 29. Kf3 a5 30. Rc2 Kd7 31. Nc5+ Ke8 32. f5 Nb6 33. e6
a4 34. bxa4 Nxa4 35. exf7+ Kxf7 36. Ne6 Nb6 37. Rxc6 Rxa3+ 38. Ke2 Nd5 39. Nxc7
Nf4+ 40. Kf2 b4 41. Rc4 Ra2+ 42. Kf3 Nd3 43. Ke3 Ne1 44. Nd5 Nxg2+ 45. Ke4 b3
46. Rc7+ Kg8 47. Rc8+ Kh7 48. Rc7 Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Bd6 7. c5 Be7 8. b4 b6
9. Bd2 c6 10. Nf4 bxc5 11. bxc5 e5 12. dxe5 Nfd7 13. Na4 Nxe5 14. Bc3 Qc7 15.
Qc2 Nbd7 16. Bd4 Qa5+ 17. Bc3 Qc7 18. Rc1 Nf6 19. Qb2 Ng6 20. Nxg6 fxg6 21. Be5
Qd8 22. Be2 Ba6 23. O-O Bxe2 24. Qxe2 Qa5 25. Qc2 Rf7 26. Nb2 Qxa3 27. Nd3 Qa6
28. Bd4 Bf8 29. Nb4 Qb7 30. Qa4 Rc8 31. Rb1 Qc7 32. f3 g5 33. Nd3 Re8 34. Qa6
h5 35. Rb2 h4 36. h3 Rfe7 37. Nf2 Nh5 38. Qd3 Ng3 39. Rfb1 Qd7 40. Qg6 Qf5 41.
Qxf5 Nxf5 42. Ng4 Nxd4 43. exd4 Rc7 44. Kf2 Kh7 45. Ra1 Re6 46. Re2 Rxe2+ 47.
Kxe2 Be7 48. Kd3 Bf6 49. Ra6 Kg6 50. Ne3 Kf7 51. Nc2 Ke6 52. Nb4 Kd7 53. Ke3
Be7 54. f4 gxf4+ 55. Kxf4 Bf6 56. Ke3 Bg5+ 57. Kd3 Bf6 58. Kc3 Bg5 59. Kd3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Nf6 8.
Nc4 ({Usually white play here} 8. Bg5 {transfering to a normal Sveshnikov})
8... b5 9. Ne3 b4 $6 {[%mdl 8] This novelty only shows,that Ruslan was really
out of his usual shape ,during Corus tournament.Probably all the commotion
around his match with Kasparov had very bad influence on him.} (9... Be6 10. a3
$6 (10. Bd3 $142) 10... Rc8 11. Be2 $2 (11. Bd3 $142) 11... Nd4 12. O-O Be7 13.
f4 Qb6 14. f5 Nxe2+ 15. Nxe2 Bc4 16. Kh1 Nxe4 $17 {1/2-1/2 Alekhine,A-Galindo/
Madrid 1941/EXT 99 (22)}) (9... Be7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Rb8 12. Ncd5 Nxd5 13.
exd5 Na5 14. a4 b4 15. Bd2 f5 16. c3 bxc3 17. Bxc3 e4 18. Bc2 Bf6 19. g3 Bd7
20. Rb1 Nb7 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Ivanchuk,V/Wijk aan Zee NED 2003/The Week in
Chess 428 (20)}) 10. Ncd5 $1 (10. Na4 $143 Be7 11. Bc4 O-O 12. O-O Be6 {
and black is ok}) 10... Nxe4 {Obviously it's very clear,that to take this pawn
is very dangerous for black,especially against such a player, like Anand.This
game shows once again his great feeling of developing the initiative.} 11. a3
bxa3 (11... b3 $142 $5 12. cxb3 (12. c3 Nc5) 12... Nd4 13. Bc4 Be7 14. O-O O-O
15. b4 Bb7 16. b3 $14 {[%cal Gc1b2]}) 12. Rxa3 g6 (12... Be7 13. Bb5 Bb7 14.
Bxc6+ Bxc6 15. Qg4 {[%csl Ge4,Gg7]} Nf6 16. Qxg7 $16) (12... Bb7 13. c3 (13.
Bc4 $5) 13... Nc5 (13... Be7 $140 14. Qg4 {[%csl Ge4,Gg7]}) 14. Bc4 $40) 13. c3
$1 {[%cal Gd1a4]} Bd7 $2 {This is already too optimistic} (13... Bb7 14. Qf3 f5
15. Nxf5 gxf5 (15... Nd4 16. Qxe4 Nxf5 17. Nf6+ $18 {[%cal Ge4b7]}) 16. Qh5+
Kd7 17. Qxf5+ $18 {[%cal Gf5e4]}) (13... Nc5 14. b4 {[%cal Gb4b5]}) ({
Necessary was} 13... f5 $142 {White has a lot of opportunities to seize the
initiative :} 14. f3 (14. Nc4 $5 Rb8 15. Be3 {[%cal Ge3b6]} Nc5 16. b4 f4 $1
$132) (14. g4 $5) 14... Nc5 15. b4 Ne6 16. b5 $36) 14. Nc4 $16 {[%csl Gd6]
[%cal Gc4b6]} Rb8 15. Be3 {[%cal Ge3b6]} f5 {Already very difficult to
reccomend something for black} 16. Bb6 Rxb6 (16... Qh4 17. g3 Nxg3 18. fxg3
Qe4+ 19. Kf2 Qxh1 20. Nf6+ $18) 17. Ncxb6 Bh6 18. Bd3 $1 {Easily refuting
black idea,in fact Bd2 is not a serious threat.} O-O (18... Bd2+ 19. Ke2 Bg5
20. h4 $1 Bxh4 (20... Be7 21. h5) 21. Bxe4 fxe4 22. Nxd7 Kxd7 23. Rxa6 $18) 19.
Bxe4 fxe4 20. O-O Be6 21. Rxa6 Qh4 22. Qe2 Nd8 23. Ra8 $18 {It was quite
logical to give up here,but Ruslan continues to fight for some moves.} Kg7 24.
g3 $1 (24. Rfa1 $5 $18 {[%cal Ga1a7]}) 24... Bg4 (24... Qh3 25. Qxe4) 25. gxh4
Bxe2 26. Rfa1 g5 27. Nd7 $1 Rf5 28. Rxd8 gxh4 {[%cal Gf5g5]} 29. Rg8+ $1 Kf7 (
29... Kxg8 30. Ne7+ {[%cal Ge7f5]}) 30. Ra7 Rf3 31. N7f6+ Ke6 32. Re7+ Kf5 33.
Ng4 Bd2 34. Nge3+ 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O
Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. f3 Kh8 $132 {White Ng5 will
jump to e6 and will be exchanged by Bc8. Pe6 wil be rather weakness than
powerful P. White will not be able to protect the Pe6 and therefore opening
results are in Black's favour.} (12... Nh5 {-see detailed commented game 1-0
Bareev,E-Radjabov,T/Wijk aan Zee 2003/CBM 93_01[Tsesarsky,I] (32)}) 13. Rb1 {
New move. Position evaluation however doesn't change.} (13. Be3 Ne8 14. Rc1 (
14. c5 f4 15. Bf2 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Qxg5 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. Rc1 Be6 19. Bf1 Rd8 20.
Re2 $44 {0-1 Korobov,A-Volokitin,A/Kharkov 2001/EXT 2002 (33)}) 14... c6 {
-see commented game 1-0 Kramnik,V-Ivanchuk,V/Monte Carlo 2000/CBM 76 [Huzman,A]
(23)}) (13. a4 a5 (13... Ne8 $6 14. c5 $1 a5 15. bxa5 dxc5 16. a6 bxa6 (16...
b6 17. a5 $16) 17. Be3 Qd6 18. Bc4 Rb8 19. Ne6 Bxe6 20. dxe6 Nc6 21. Bxa6 Nd4
22. Bc4 $16 {1/2-1/2 Shneider,A-Volokitin,A/Alushta 2001/EXT 2002 (49)}) 14.
bxa5 (14. b5 h6 15. Ne6 Bxe6 16. dxe6 fxe4 17. fxe4 c6 $132) 14... Rxa5 $132) (
13. c5 a5 14. bxa5 dxc5 15. a6 b6 16. a4 h6 17. Ne6 Bxe6 18. dxe6 Qd4+ 19. Qxd4
exd4 20. e5 Ne8 21. Nb5 $13 {0-1 Kotanjian,T-Voitsekhovsky,S/St Petersburg
2002/EXT 2003 (44)}) 13... h6 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 {Ftacnik: 'The pawn on e6
can become weak, but also very unpleasant factor depending on the results of
the play with other pieces. '} fxe4 16. fxe4 Nc6 17. Nd5 Ng8 ({Not} 17... Nxe4
$2 18. Qd3 Nf6 19. Qxg6 $16) 18. Bd3 (18. Rf1 Rxf1+ 19. Bxf1 Nd4 20. Qg4 c6 $15
{[%csl Re6]}) 18... Nd4 19. Qg4 g5 ({Badly is} 19... c6 $2 {in view of obvious
piece sacrifice:} 20. Qxg6 cxd5 21. exd5 Nf6 22. Bxh6 $16 {[%csl Rh8][%cal
Ge1f1]}) (19... Kh7 $6 {Ftacnik} 20. Be3 Nf6 21. Qh3 $16) 20. Qh3 {'?!'
Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'Ponomariov was really suffering in Wijk and it was not only
because of the feud with FIDE. In chess sense he was clearly out of form and
was often choosing weaker solutions.'} (20. h4 $1 {Ftacnik} gxh4 21. Be3 Nf6 $1
(21... c6 {Ftacnik} 22. Bxd4 exd4 (22... cxd5 {Ftacnik} 23. exd5 exd4 24. Qg6
Nf6 25. e7 $18) 23. e5 $18) 22. Qxh4 Nxe6 23. Bxh6 Kg8 $14) 20... c6 21. Ne3
Qf6 22. Ng4 ({Probably better was} 22. Nf5 Nxe6 23. Rf1 Nf4 24. Bxf4 exf4 (
24... gxf4 {Ftacnik} 25. c5 $11) 25. c5 $1 {It is very easy to be clever
afterward, to estimate this position wasn't easy. g5-g4 threat looks dangerous,
but it isn't.} Ne7 26. Nxd6 a5 (26... g4 $2 27. Qxg4 Qd4+ 28. Kh1 Qxd3 29. Qd7
$1 $18 {[%csl Rd3,Re7][%cal Gd6f7]}) 27. bxa5 (27. a3 axb4 28. axb4 Ra3 $17 {
[%cal Ga3h3]}) 27... Rxa5 28. Qd7 Ng6 29. Rxb7 Ne5 {[%csl Rd3][%cal Ge5d3]} 30.
Qc7 $132 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Gc7a5]}) 22... Qe7 ({Approximately equal position
after} 22... Qxe6 23. Bxg5 Nf6 24. Bxf6 Rxf6 25. Nxf6 Qxh3 26. gxh3 Nf3+ $11)
23. Be3 $6 (23. Ne3 $142 Qxe6 24. Qxe6 Nxe6 25. Nf5 Rad8 26. Be3 $44) 23...
Nxe6 24. g3 Qd7 (24... Nd4 {[%cal Gd4f3]} 25. Rf1 Qe6 $15 26. Bxd4 exd4 27. Rf5
$11) 25. Rf1 d5 $6 $44 {This move allows pair of BB to play.} (25... Nd4 $142
$15) 26. Rf5 $2 $17 {Ftacnik: 'The real reason behind white's loss, any other
solution of problems in the center was stronger.'} ({Why not} 26. cxd5 $1 cxd5
27. Rxf8 (27. Rbc1 $5 $44) (27. Rbd1 {Ftacnik} Rxf1+ 28. Bxf1 d4 29. Bc4 $13)
27... Rxf8 28. Bxa7 Rf3 {[%csl Rd3][%cal Ge6f4,Gf4h3]} 29. Ne3 (29. Be2 Nf4 $19
) (29. Nf2 Nf6 30. exd5 Qxd5 $17) 29... d4 30. Bc4 Rxe3 31. Bxe6 Qc7 {[%csl
Ra7][%cal Gb7b6]} 32. Rf1 $44) (26. exd5 $5 {Ftacnik} cxd5 27. Nf2 Rae8 28.
Rbd1 $11) 26... dxc4 27. Bxc4 Nd4 28. Rxf8 Rxf8 {[%csl Rh3] White BB still
aren't dangerous, Qh3 is allocated passive.} 29. Qh5 $6 $19 ({More stubborn was
} 29. Kg2 Qe8 $17 {[%csl Rh3]}) 29... Qd6 30. Kg2 b5 {Ftacnik: 'Excellent move,
after which Radjabov will definitely start decisive counter attack.'} 31. Bf7
Nc2 32. Bc5 Qd2+ 33. Nf2 ({Loses} 33. Kg1 Ne1 34. Nf2 Nf6 35. Qg6 Ng4 36. h3
Nxf2 37. Bxf2 Nf3+ 38. Kg2 g4 39. h4 Qe2 $19 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Gf3d2]}) 33...
Nf6 34. Qg6 ({In case of} 34. Rd1 Ne3+ {Black eventually wins:} 35. Bxe3 Qxe3
36. Qg6 Qe2 37. h3 Qb2 $1 {[%cal Gb2e5]} 38. a3 g4 $1 ({Not} 38... Nxe4 39.
Qxe4 Rxf7 40. Rd8+ Bf8 41. Qe3 Kg7 $17) 39. hxg4 Nxg4 40. Qxg4 Rxf7 41. Rf1
Qxa3 42. Qc8+ Rf8 43. Qxc6 Qxb4 $19) 34... Ng4 $1 {Better than} (34... Nxe4 $2
35. Rd1 Qe2 36. Qxe4 Qxe4+ 37. Nxe4 Rxf7 $17) 35. Kg1 Nce3 36. Bxe3 Nxe3 37. h4
Qe2 38. Qh5 g4 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Be7 {The latest twist in the Berlin defence is to play
for exchanges with Nh4. Results are mixed so far. Gary Kasparov took a heavy
beating by Judit Polgar in this line (with h3 and h6 in), but that was only a
rapid game.} 10. Rd1+ (10. Bg5 Bxg5 $1 (10... h5 11. Rad1+ Ke8 12. Ne2 Be6 13.
Nf4 c5 14. Bxe7 Kxe7 15. Ng5 Bc4 16. Rfe1 Nd4 17. e6 $1 $16 {time. 1-0 Schmid,
L-Toran Albero,R/Munich 1958/MCD (36) time. 1-0 Schmid,L-Toran Albero,R/Munich
1958/MCD (36)}) (10... Be6 11. g4 Nh6 12. h3 Ng8 13. Bxe7+ Nxe7 14. Ng5 h5 15.
Nxe6+ fxe6 $14 {1/2-1/2 Astengo,C-Capata,I/Bratto 2001/EXT 2002 (47) 1/2-1/2
Astengo,C-Capata,I/Bratto 2001/EXT 2002 (47)}) 11. Nxg5 Ke7 12. Rad1 h6 13.
Nge4 b6 14. h3 Ba6 15. Rfe1 Rad8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Gligoric,S-Tot,B/Ljubljana 1947/
EXT 99 (30) 1/2-1/2 Gligoric,S-Tot,B/Ljubljana 1947/EXT 99 (30)}) (10. b3 $5 {
In general the b3-setup is not so popular any more due to the manouvre Bb4,
Bb2 Bxc3 =. Here Black has already played Be7 which makes it a little bit more
attractive to play b3.} Ke8 (10... Be6 11. Bb2 Kc8 12. Rad1 Rd8 13. h3 g5 14.
Rxd8+ Kxd8 15. g4 $36 {1/2-1/2 Letelier Martner,R-Donoso Velasco,P/La Serena
1972/EXT 99 (37) 1/2-1/2 Letelier Martner,R-Donoso Velasco,P/La Serena 1972/
EXT 99 (37)}) ({Perhaps} 10... a5 {planning Bb4.}) 11. Bb2 Be6 (11... h5 {
giving away g5 is risky.} 12. Rad1 a5 13. a4 Be6 14. Ne2 Rd8 15. Bc3 Bb4 16.
Bxb4 axb4 17. Nf4 c5 18. Rxd8+ Kxd8 19. Ng5 $14 {1-0 Mikhalchishin,A-Salov,V/
Lvov 1984/URS-ch (44) 1-0 Mikhalchishin,A-Salov,V/Lvov 1984/URS-ch (44)}) 12.
Ne2 Bd5 13. Nfd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bc5 15. Nf5 g6 $6 16. e6 $1 $16 {1-0 Sumets,
A-Fingerov,D/Odessa 2001/EXT 2002 (66) 1-0 Sumets,A-Fingerov,D/Odessa 2001/EXT
2002 (66)}) (10. Ne2 Be6 11. b3 Ke8 12. Bg5 $6 Bd5 $1 13. Bxe7 Bxf3 14. gxf3
Kxe7 $15 {1/2-1/2 Kapengut,A-Lazarev,E/Riga 1968/MCD (41) 1/2-1/2 Kapengut,
A-Lazarev,E/Riga 1968/MCD (41)}) 10... Ke8 (10... Bd7 $6 11. Ng5 $1 $36) 11. g3
$5 {[%mdl 8] A new idea. Topalov decides to rule out Nh4 completely. So far
White has always accepted the exchange on h4 since it costs Black some time.
The g3 move looks a bit "ugly" but it´s not clear how Black can profit from
this defect. White can always cover the white squares with Kg2 or later expand
with h3 and g4.} h6 12. b3 Be6 (12... a5 {is another try} 13. Bb2 Bb4 14. Ne4
Be6 15. a3 Bf8 $5 $132 (15... Be7 16. g4 Nh4 17. Nxh4 Bxh4 18. Nc5 Be7 19. Nxe6
fxe6 $13)) 13. Bb2 Rd8 {I don´t like this move much since it takes away the
option to play for a5-a4.} (13... a5) 14. h3 g5 $14 {[%csl Rf6] Weakening f6 -
Black is really on the defensive now.} 15. g4 Ng7 16. Ne4 Bd5 (16... h5 $2 17.
Nf6+ $18) 17. Nf6+ Bxf6 18. exf6 {The P on f6 is very strong making operations
against the Black K a real possibility.} Ne6 19. Ne5 Nf4 20. Re1 Be6 21. Bc1
Nd5 (21... Nxh3+ 22. Kg2 Nf4+ 23. Bxf4 gxf4 24. Re2 $14 {[%csl Rf4,Rh6][%cal
Yg2f3,Yf3f4,Ya1h1] White is better due to more options for active play.}) 22.
Nd3 b6 23. c4 $1 Nxf6 24. Nb4 c5 {Ponomariov goes for a defence an exchange
down.} (24... Kf8 25. Nxc6 Rd3 26. Bb2 Kg7 27. Rad1 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 $16) 25. Bb2
cxb4 26. Bxf6 Rf8 27. Bxd8 Kxd8 {White´s advantage cannot be in doubt. The win
is not certain yet though.} 28. c5 {This eventually helps Black create
counterplay on the Q-side.} (28. Kg2 $16 {[%cal Yg2g3,Yf2f4,Ya1d1]}) 28... Kd7
29. Rac1 Kc6 30. Re5 (30. cxb6+ Kxb6 31. Re5 $5 (31. f4 gxf4 32. Re4 a5 33.
Rxf4 Rd8 $132 {[%cal Yd8d3,Yd3d2]}) 31... Rd8 32. Rec5 $14) 30... b5 31. Rd1 a5
32. Rd4 Ra8 33. f4 gxf4 34. Rxf4 a4 $1 35. Rxb4 $2 (35. Rf6 $1 axb3 36. axb3
Ra3 37. Rxh6 Rxb3 38. g5 {[%cal Yg5g6]} Kd7 39. Kf2 $16 {[%cal Yg5g6]}) 35...
axb3 36. axb3 Ra3 37. h4 Bxb3 38. h5 Bc4 39. Kf2 Ra1 40. Rb2 f6 $1 {Black is
fighting well.} 41. Re7 (41. Rf5 Rf1+ 42. Ke3 Rxf5 43. gxf5 Kxc5 $13) 41... f5
42. Rh7 (42. gxf5 Rf1+ 43. Kg3 Rxf5 44. Kg4 $14) 42... fxg4 43. Rxh6+ Kxc5 44.
Rg6 Rh1 45. Rg5+ Kb6 (45... Kd4 $1 $11) 46. Kg3 c6 47. Rxg4 $1 {[%cal Yg4c4]}
Bd3 48. Rh2 Rxh2 49. Kxh2 c5 50. Rg6+ Ka5 51. Rc6 c4 52. h6 Kb4 53. Kg3 Kc3 54.
Kf4 b4 55. Rc7 b3 56. h7 Bxh7 57. Rxh7 Kc2 58. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. h3 Bg7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Nc3 c4 8. O-O
cxd3 9. cxd3 c5 10. Be3 b6 11. d4 Bb7 12. d5 O-O 13. Qb3 Qc8 14. Rad1 e6 15.
Bg5 exd5 16. e5 c4 17. Qc2 Nd7 18. Nxd5 Kh8 19. Qc3 Re8 20. Bf6 Nxf6 21. exf6
Bf8 22. Ne7 Bxe7 23. fxe7+ Kg8 24. Rfe1 Qc6 25. Qe5 Rac8 26. Rd6 Qc5 27. Qf6
Bxf3 28. gxf3 Qf5 29. Qxf5 gxf5 30. Kh2 h6 31. Rxh6 Kg7 32. Rd6 f6 33. Ree6 c3
34. bxc3 Rxc3 35. Kg3 Ra3 36. Re2 Kf7 37. Rd7 Rg8+ 38. Kh2 Re8 39. h4 Rxf3 40.
Rxa7 Rf4 41. Kg3 Rg4+ 42. Kh3 Rg1 43. f3 f4 44. Kh2 Rg3 45. Rg2 Rxf3 46. h5 Rd3
47. h6 f5 48. Rb7 Rd6 49. Rg7+ Kf6 50. a4 Rd2+ 51. Rg2 Rd6 52. h7 Kf7 53. Rg8
Rh6+ 54. Kg2 Rg6+ 55. Rxg6 Kxg6 56. Rxb6+ Kxh7 57. Rb7 Kg6 58. a5 Kf7 59. a6
1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. h3 e6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bf4 Bd6 8. e3
O-O 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. O-O b5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Rc1 Bb7 14. Bb1 Qe7 15.
Ne2 Rfc8 16. Nf4 g6 17. Qd2 Kg7 18. e4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Nb4 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. a3
Bxf4 22. Qxf4 Nd3 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. c4
Nf6 9. h3 Nb4 10. Be2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 O-O 12. Nc3 c6 13. Re1 Nbd5 14. Qb3 Nb6 15.
Bd3 Be6 16. Qc2 Bd5 17. Ne5 h6 18. Bf4 Re8 19. Re2 Be6 20. Qd2 Bf8 21. Rae1
Nbd5 22. Bg3 Rc8 23. Bh4 g5 24. Bg3 Nh5 25. Nxd5 Nxg3 26. fxg3 cxd5 27. Bb1 Qf6
28. Ng4 Qg7 29. Bf5 h5 30. Rxe6 Rxe6 31. Rxe6 hxg4 32. Re5 Rc7 33. Bxg4 Be7 34.
Rxd5 Qg6 35. Kh2 Qb6 36. b3 Bf6 37. Bf3 Kg7 38. Be4 Re7 39. Bd3 Qe6 40. Bc4 Qe4
41. Qd1 b6 42. Rd6 Rc7 43. Qf3 Qxf3 44. gxf3 b5 45. Bd3 Rc3 46. Be4 Re3 47. h4
gxh4 48. gxh4 Bxh4 49. Kh3 Bf6 50. Kg4 a5 51. Kf5 Be7 52. Ra6 Bb4 53. Ra7 Re2
54. a3 Bxa3 55. Rxa5 b4 56. Rb5 Rd2 57. d5 Rh2 58. Rb6 Rh5+ 59. Kg4 Rh8 60. Bd3
Rd8 61. Bc4 Kf8 62. d6 Bb2 63. Kf5 Bd4 64. Rc6 Bc3 65. Ra6 Ke8 66. Ke4 Bd2 67.
f4 Kf8 68. f5 Kg7 69. Bb5 Kf6 70. d7+ Kg5 71. Ra7 Bc3 72. Rc7 Bb2 73. Bd3 Bf6
74. Kd5 Rh8 75. Rc8 Bd8 76. Rxd8 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.26"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D28"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Qe2 b5 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. a4 b4 12. Nbd2 Bb7 13. Nb3 Na5 $2 {[%mdl 32]
From higher point of view this solution represents a small crime. Black his
voluntarily giving up very important dark squared bishop and on top of it
locates the knight on the ugly square at the edge of a board.} (13... Bd6 14.
e4 O-O 15. Bg5 Ng4 16. g3 h6 17. Bd2 $11) 14. Nxc5 Qxc5 15. e4 Nb3 16. Rb1 O-O
(16... Nxc1 17. Rbxc1 Qa5 (17... Qh5 18. Rc7 $16) 18. Nd2 O-O 19. Nc4 $16) 17.
Be3 Qh5 (17... Qc6 18. Bc2 Nc5 19. e5 $16) (17... Qc7 18. Bc2 Nc5 19. Rbc1 Ng4
20. Bd4 $14) 18. Qc2 Na5 19. Rbc1 (19. Qc5 Qxc5 20. Bxc5 Rfd8 21. Bxb4 Rxd3 $1
22. Rxd3 Bxe4 $11) 19... Rad8 $2 {Ponomariov is again demonstarting very poor
form, his pieces have no chance of holding on the dark squares.} (19... Rac8
20. Qe2 Nxe4 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Bxa6 Nf6 $14) 20. Bb6 Rd6 (20... Rxd3 21. Qxd3
Bxe4 22. Qxa6 Bxf3 23. Rc8 Ne8 (23... Qg4 24. Rxf8+ Kxf8 25. Qc8+ $18) 24. gxf3
$18) 21. Qc5 $1 Qxc5 (21... Rxd3 22. Rxd3 Bxe4 23. Qxh5 Nxh5 24. Re3 $18) 22.
Bxc5 Rd7 (22... Rxd3 23. Rxd3 Rc8 24. Rcd1 Nc6 25. Bxb4 Nxe4 26. Ba3 $18) (
22... Rc6 23. Ne5 Rfc8 24. Nxc6 Nxc6 25. f3 $18) 23. Ne5 Rdd8 (23... Rxd3 24.
Rxd3 Rc8 25. Rcd1 $18) 24. Bxb4 Nb3 25. Rc3 $18 {In this phase the game only
varies the cat and mouse theme, black just have to find the appropriate moment
for the innevitable capitulation.} (25. Rc7 Bxe4 26. Bxf8 Kxf8 27. Rxf7+ Kg8
28. Rc7 $18) 25... Rfe8 (25... Nd4 26. Bxf8 Kxf8 27. Rc7 $18) 26. Rxb3 Bxe4 27.
f3 Bf5 28. Rd2 Rb8 29. Bxa6 1-0

[Event "Linares 20th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2003.02.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2003.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 {Nowadays the hight of fashion, after Kramnik's
success with the Berlin against Kasparov in 2000 a lot of people started
playing it (Ponomariov in the last months of 2002 and was successful with it
in Wijk 2003).} 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 (5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O $11 {
was played already in the first World title match Steinitz-Zukertort in 1886!
The symmetric position doesn't promise White much.}) 5... Nd6 6. Bxc6 (6. Bg5 {
practically disappeared from practice after the strong novelty} f6 $1 7. dxe5
$6 Nxb5 8. exf6 gxf6 9. Re1+ Kf7 10. Qd5+ (10. Bf4 $142 $5) 10... Kg7 11. Bf4
Nd6 12. Nh4 Rg8 13. Nc3 Kh8 14. Qh5 Nd4 15. Nd5 b6 16. Nxf6 (16. Rad1 $142 $15)
16... Qxf6 17. Be5 Bg7 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Re3 Bb7 20. Rg3 Rae8 21. Kh1 Ne4 22.
Ng6+ Rxg6 23. Rxg6 Nxf2+ 24. Kg1 Ne2+ 25. Kf1 Nf4 26. Rxf6 Nxh5 27. Rxf2 Kg7
$19 {Socko,B-Lautier,J/EU-chT Leon/2001/}) 6... dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8
9. Nc3 {[%csl Gc8,Ge6,Gf5,Gf8,Gg4] The basic Berlin position. White has a lead
in development and a better P-structure, but a clear road to an advantage is
hard to find. This is because Black has also some trumps-his solid setup has
no visible weaknesses, he has the ^^ and last, but not least firmly controls
the light squares on the >> (e6,f5,g4).} Be7 {One of the many possible
alternatives. Black started playing like this only recently and practice has
proven his setup is viable even without the ^^. All in all the Berlin defence
is not so much about concrete moves and forced variations, but about long-term
plans. Especially Kramnik has studied the nuances of the whole system very
deeply, as the following examples prove:} (9... h6 10. b3 Ke8 (10... Bd7 11.
Bb2 Kc8 12. Rad1 b6 13. h3 Ne7 {is not so ideal, after} 14. Rd2 c5 15. Rfd1 Be6
16. Ne2 g5 17. Rd8+ Kb7 18. Rxa8 Kxa8 19. h4 g4 20. Nh2 h5 21. Rd8+ Kb7 22. Nf4
Ng6 23. g3 c4 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. bxc4 $14 {Socko,B-Kharlov,A/EU-ch Batumi/2002/
Black is still far from full equality.}) 11. Bb2 Be7 12. Rad1 a5 13. a4 h5 14.
Ne2 Be6 15. c4 Rd8 16. h3 b6 17. Nfd4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 c5 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Rxd8+
Kxd8 21. Bc1 Kc8 22. Rd1 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Kxd8 24. g4 g6 $1 {and Black's fortress
seems unbreakable, e.g.} 25. f4 (25. h4 $6 hxg4 26. Bg5 Bxg5 27. hxg5 Ke8 28.
Kg2 {1/2, Deep Fritz-Kramnik,V/Manama m/2002/}) 25... Ke8 26. Kg2 hxg4 27. hxg4
Kf7 28. Kf3 (28. Kh3 Kg7 29. Be3 Kh7 30. Bf2 Kg7 31. Bh4 Bxh4 32. Kxh4 Kh6 33.
Kg3 Kg7 34. Kf3 Kf7 35. Ke4 Ke7 36. f5 g5 $1 37. Ke3 Kf7 $11 {and the extra c6
tempo saves Black}) 28... Bd8 (28... Bh4 29. Ke4 Be1 30. f5 gxf5+ 31. gxf5 Ke7
32. Bg5+ Kd7 {is possibly also sufficient}) 29. Ke4 g5 $5 (29... Be7 30. f5 Bd8
31. Bh6 {[%cal Re4f4,Rh6g5] /\Kf4,Bg5+-}) 30. f5 c6 31. Be3 Kg7 32. fxe6 Kg6
$11 {and as the << break with b4 is insufficient, White has no visible way to
improve his position.}) ({But Black's whole defence hangs on a thin thread and
even a slight change of the P-structure can render the _|_ untenable, as
witness} 9... Ke8 10. h3 a5 11. a3 h6 12. Re1 Be7 13. Ne4 Be6 (13... a4 $142 $5
$132) 14. g4 Nh4 15. Nxh4 Bxh4 16. Nc5 a4 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Re4 Be7 19. Be3 c5
20. Rd1 Rf8 21. Kg2 Rf7 22. Kg3 b5 23. h4 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Kxd8 25. h5 Kd7 26. c4
c6 27. Rf4 $1 Ke8 28. Rxf7 Kxf7 29. Kf3 g5 30. Bc1 b4 31. b3 $1 axb3 32. a4 $18
{Anand,V-Almasi,Z/Bundesliga 0203/2003/ and after picking up the Pb3 White
went on to win.}) ({Later Almasi tried} 9... Ne7 10. h3 h6 11. b3 (11. Ne4 Bf5
12. Re1 Nd5 13. Nd4 Bg6 14. Bd2 c5 15. Nb5 a6 16. Na3 Kc8 17. Rad1 Nb4 18. Bxb4
cxb4 19. Nc4 a5 20. Rd5 b6 21. Ned6+ Kb8 22. Nb5 Bc5 23. Rd7 Rc8 $13 {Shirov,
A-Almasi,Z/Monte Carlo blind/2003/}) 11... Ng6 12. Bb2 Bd7 13. Rad1 Kc8 14.
Rfe1 Nf4 15. Nd4 a5 16. Nce2 Ne6 17. Nxe6 Bxe6 18. Nd4 a4 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Re4
axb3 21. axb3 Ra2 22. Bc3 b5 23. Rd2 Be7 24. g3 c5 25. Rde2 Rd8 26. Kg2 Rd1 27.
Be1 g5 28. c4 Rxe2 29. Rxe2 bxc4 30. bxc4 Rd4 31. Rc2 Re4 32. Bd2 $16 {Anand,
V-Almasi,Z/Monte Carlo blind/2003//\} Rxe5 $2 33. g4 $1 Re4 34. Be3 Kd7 35. Kf3
$18) 10. Rd1+ ({Pono's first experience woith the line was} 10. h3 Be6 (10...
h6 {or}) (10... Ke8 {can lead to the above mentioned positions.}) 11. Bg5 Bxg5
12. Nxg5 Ke7 13. Rad1 Bc4 14. Rfe1 h6 15. Nf3 g5 $5 16. g4 Ng7 17. Nd4 Be6 18.
Ne4 Rad8 19. Ng3 c5 $5 20. Ndf5+ Bxf5 21. gxf5 f6 $1 $11 {Polgar,J-Ponomariov,
R/Benidorm 5' plof/2002/}) (10. Bg5 Bxg5 11. Nxg5 Ke7 $11 {/+/= enables Black
to save a tempo in comparison with the game, on the other hand it's to White's
advantage to occupy the <->d with his Ra1, leaving the other R to support his
>>P.}) 10... Ke8 11. Bg5 (11. g3 h6 12. b3 Be6 13. Bb2 Rd8 (13... g5 $5 $13)
14. h3 g5 15. g4 Ng7 16. Ne4 Bd5 17. Nf6+ Bxf6 18. exf6 Ne6 19. Ne5 Nf4 20. Re1
Be6 21. Bc1 Nxh3+ (21... Nd5 $2 22. Nd3 b6 23. c4 $1 Nxf6 24. Nb4 c5 25. Bb2
cxb4 26. Bxf6 $16 {Topalov,V-Ponomariov,R/Wijk aan Zee/2003/}) 22. Kg2 Nf4+
$132) 11... Bxg5 12. Nxg5 Ke7 13. Rd3 h6 14. Nf3 $146 {[%cal Rg2g4][%mdl 8] /
\g4 The text is new, but at best only a slight improvement compared to} (14.
Nge4 Rd8 15. Rxd8 Kxd8 16. Rd1+ Ke7 17. f4 $6 {This is premature.} (17. h3 $142
$5 $14) 17... Ne3 18. Rd2 Bf5 19. Ng3 Bh7 20. Kf2 Ng4+ 21. Kg1 Ne3 22. Kf2 Nc4
{Black already spurns a draw by repetition, but White retains enough
counterchances.} 23. Rd4 b5 24. b3 Na3 25. Nce4 Nxc2 26. Rd2 Bxe4 27. Nxe4 Nb4
28. a3 Nd5 29. Kf3 $44 {Grischuk,A-Ponomariov,R/Wijk aan Zee/2003/}) 14... g6 (
{The active} 14... g5 $5 15. Rad1 Ng7 16. Nd4 Nf5 {has its positive (gains
space on the >>) and negative (also weakens the >>) sides, it's difficult to
say if it's better than the text.}) 15. Rad1 Ng7 16. h3 ({The seemingly
promising} 16. Nd4 Nf5 $5 {probably didn't seem enough to Anand, the text fits
his plans as well.}) 16... Be6 17. Nd4 Rad8 18. f4 (18. Nxe6 Rxd3 $142 (18...
Nxe6 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Rxd8 Kxd8 (20... Nxd8 21. f4 Ne6 22. Ne2 $14 {is similar
}) 21. Ne2 g5 22. g3 $14 {_|_ gives White a pleasant _|_, which he can play
for a win without any risk.}) 19. Rxd3 (19. Nxg7 $2 Rxd1+ 20. Nxd1 Rg8 $19)
19... Kxe6 $5 (19... Nxe6 20. Ne4 $14 (20. Ne2 Nc5 $132)) 20. f4 g5 $132) ({
However, the immediate advance of the Pf2 is rather committal, deserving
attention was} 18. Ne4 $5 $14) 18... Bc4 $1 19. R3d2 c5 20. Nf3 (20. Ndb5 Nh5
$11 {[%csl Rf4] and White can't protect the important Pf4.}) 20... Nh5 21. b3 (
21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Rxd8 Kxd8 23. b3 Ba6 24. Ne4 Nxf4 25. Nxc5 Ne6 $5 $11) 21...
Rxd2 (21... Be6 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Rxd8 Kxd8 24. Ne2 c4 25. b4 $14) 22. Rxd2 {
Logical, but interesting was also the other recapture} (22. Nxd2 $5 Be6 23. Rf1
{/\} Ng3 24. Rf2 Rd8 25. Kh2 Nf5 26. Nde4 $14) 22... Be6 23. Ne2 c4 $1 $132 {
Black exchanges his doubled P and is close to full equality.} 24. Kf2 $1 (24.
g4 Ng7 {/\h5} (24... cxb3 $5 {is also playable, but hardly necessary}) 25. Kf2
{-24.Kf2}) ({Even after} 24. b4 c3 25. Rd4 Bxa2 26. Nxc3 Be6 27. g4 Ng7 $132 {
/= White's advantage is more or less illusory.}) 24... cxb3 25. cxb3 {White
has more space and potentially a more dangerous P majority, but the f5-square
is under strong control.} (25. axb3 a5 {[%csl Ga5][%cal Gb7b5] gives Black
chances to create a more dangerous outside o^ on the a<->.}) 25... c5 $6 (25...
Rd8 $142 $5) 26. g4 Ng7 27. Nc3 h5 {[%csl Rg5] In the future the weakening of
g5 will play a major role, but it's difficult to recommend passive waiting
moves.} (27... Rd8 {is already not ideal due to} 28. Rxd8 Kxd8 29. Nb5 $36 {
e.g.,} a6 30. Nd6 {[%cal Rf3h4,Rf4f5] /\Nh4,f5->}) 28. Kg3 hxg4 29. hxg4 Rd8 $2
{[%mdl 18432] This is however a more serious positional mistake, now Anand
coordinates his pieces ideally and shows precise technique.} ({More in keeping
with Black's 27-th move was} 29... Rh1 $5 30. Nb5 a6 31. Nd6 b6 $14 {<=>}) 30.
Rxd8 Kxd8 31. Ng5 {First improve the Nf3...} Ke7 32. Nge4 b6 (32... c4 33. bxc4
Bxc4 34. Nd6 $18 Ba6 35. Nd5+ Ke6 36. Nc7+ $16 {/+-}) 33. Kh4 {[%cal Rh4g5,
Re4d6,Rf4f5] /\Kg5,Nd6,f5 Then the K...} Bd7 {Prevents the aforementioned plan,
but now White activates also his Nc3.} 34. Nd5+ Kf8 ({More active, but weaker
is} 34... Ke6 $143 35. Ndf6 Ke7 (35... Bc6 36. Nd6 {[%cal Rh4g5,Rg5h6] /\Kg5-h6
} Ke7 (36... b5 37. Kg5 Ke7 38. f5 gxf5 39. gxf5 Ne8 40. Nc8+ $18) 37. f5 gxf5
38. gxf5 Ne8 {and White can afford even a P_|_:} 39. Nfxe8 Bxe8 40. Nxe8 Kxe8
41. Kg5 {a plausible line is} b5 (41... Ke7 42. Kf4 Kd7 43. Ke4 Kc6 44. a4 a6
45. f6 Kd7 46. Kd5 $18) 42. Kf4 f6 (42... Kd7 43. Ke4 Kc6 44. f6 $18) 43. e6
Ke7 44. Ke4 Kd6 45. a3 Kc6 46. a4 a6 47. axb5+ axb5 48. e7 Kd7 49. Kd5 c4 50.
bxc4 bxc4 51. Kxc4 Kxe7 52. Kc5 $18) 36. Nxd7 $5 Kxd7 37. Kg5 Ke7 (37... Ne8
38. Nf6+ $1 $18 {-see above.}) 38. f5 gxf5 39. gxf5 Ne8 (39... Kf8 40. Nd6 $18)
40. f6+ $1 Kf8 (40... Ke6 41. Kf4 {[%cal Re4g5] /\Ng5+-}) 41. e6 $1 fxe6 42.
Kg6 $18 {[%csl Gf6] and the o^f6 will cost Black his N.}) 35. Nd6 Ne8 (35...
Ne6 $142 $5 36. f5 gxf5 37. gxf5 Bc6 (37... Nd4 38. Kg5 Kg7 39. Nf6 Nf3+ 40.
Kf4 Bc6 41. Nc8 Ne1 42. Ng4 $16 {is also no bed of roses}) 38. Ne3 Nd4 39. Kg5
Kg7 40. Nc8 {loses material, but Black would get at least a whiff of <=>. Now
he will be practically pushed of the board.}) 36. Nc4 b5 (36... Be6 37. Nce3 {
[%csl Re8][%cal Rh4g5,Rf4f5] /\Kg5,f5,פe8}) 37. Nce3 Ng7 38. Kg5 Bc6 39. Nc7
$1 {[%csl Rc5] ><c5} (39. f5 $16 {/+- was also possible, but Anand targets a
new >< and for the time being avoids exchanges.}) 39... a5 (39... Ke7 40. f5
gxf5 41. gxf5 Kd7 42. Na6 $18) 40. f5 gxf5 41. gxf5 Bd7 (41... Ne8 42. Nxe8
Kxe8 43. Kf6 {[%cal Re5e6] /\e6+-}) 42. Na6 c4 43. Nc5 Bc8 $8 {The only move,
but now White has achieved full domination.} (43... cxb3 44. Nxd7+ Ke7 45. f6+
$18) 44. bxc4 bxc4 45. Ne4 {[%cal Re4d6] /\Nd6} Bd7 46. Nc5 Bc8 (46... Bb5 47.
a4 $18 {loses both <<P.}) 47. e6 $1 $18 {Despite the simplification this break
is decisive.} c3 (47... fxe6 48. f6 Nf5 (48... Ne8 49. Nxc4 $18 {[%csl Gf6]
[%cal Rc4e5] /\Ne5,o^f6}) 49. Nxc4 {/\} e5 (49... Kf7 50. Nxa5 $18 {[%cal
Ra5c6] /\Nc6}) 50. Nb6 Nd6 51. Nxc8 Nxc8 52. Kg6 Nd6 53. Nd7+ Ke8 54. Nxe5 a4
55. a3 $22 (55. f7+ Ke7 56. a3 $2 Nxf7 $1 57. Nxf7 Ke6 $11) 55... Kf8 56. Nd7+
Ke8 57. Nb6 $18 {[%cal Rb6a4] /\Na4}) 48. e7+ $1 Ke8 (48... Kxe7 49. f6+ Kf8
50. fxg7+ Kxg7 51. Ne4 Be6 52. a3 $18 {and the last Pa3 will decide the game.})
(48... Kg8 49. f6 Ne8 50. Ne4 $18 {[%csl Rc3] loses the o^c3}) 49. f6 Ne6+ 50.
Nxe6 Bxe6 (50... fxe6 $2 51. Nc4 $18) 51. Kf4 {The B must cover d5 and f5 and
is tied to e6.} Kd7 52. Ke5 $1 Bg4 (52... Bxa2 53. Nf5 c2 54. Nd6 c1=Q 55.
e8=Q+ Kc7 56. Qc8+ Kb6 57. Qb7+ Kc5 58. Qb5#) 53. Kd4 Bd1 54. Kxc3 Ba4 {
Now Black can activate his K, but he will lose a piece in the process and
Anand's N will be back on time.} 55. Kd4 Ke6 56. Nd5 Kf5 57. Kc5 Ke5 58. a3 (
58. Nc7 $18) 58... Ke6 59. Nc7+ Kxf6 60. e8=Q Bxe8 61. Nxe8+ Ke6 62. Kb5 Ke5
63. Kxa5 f5 64. Ng7 (64. Ng7 f4 65. Nh5 f3 66. Ng3 Kf4 67. Nf1 $18 {The Pf3 is
going nowhere and the Pa3 will decide the game.}) 1-0

[Event "Linares 20th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2003.02.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2003.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. h3 Bg7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Nd7 8.
Be3 e5 9. Qd2 h6 10. O-O Qe7 11. a3 Nf8 12. b4 Ne6 13. Na4 b6 14. Nh2 f5 15. f3
f4 16. Bf2 h5 17. bxc5 b5 18. Nb2 g5 19. d4 exd4 20. Nd3 Nxc5 21. Nxc5 Qxc5 22.
Rfd1 Be6 23. Qb4 Qb6 24. a4 c5 25. Qxb5+ Qxb5 26. axb5 Kf7 27. Ra5 Rhb8 28. Nf1
Be5 29. Rda1 d3 30. Rxa7+ Kf6 31. Rxa8 Rxa8 32. Rxa8 dxc2 33. Rf8+ Kg6 34. Re8
Kf7 35. Rf8+ Kg6 36. Re8 Bc4 37. Rxe5 c1=Q 38. Rxc5 Qxf1+ 39. Kh2 Qxf2 40. Rxc4
g4 0-1

[Event "Linares 20th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2003.02.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2003.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Qc2 c5 6. cxd5 cxd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8.
Bg5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Nxe7 10. Rd1 Qb6 11. Qb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 20th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2003.02.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "220"]
[EventDate "2003.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. h3 Bg7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be3 b6 9. Qd2 e5 10. Bh6 Qd6 11. g4 Be6 12. Qe3 a5 13. Ne2 a4 14. a3 b5 15. Ng3
Ne8 16. O-O f6 17. Nd2 Rd8 18. Bxg7 Nxg7 19. f4 exf4 20. Qxf4 Qxf4 21. Rxf4 c4
22. Rf3 Bc8 23. Ndf1 Ne6 24. Ne2 cxd3 25. Rxd3 Rxd3 26. cxd3 Rd8 27. Rc1 c5 28.
Rc3 Ba6 29. Kf2 Rd6 30. b4 axb3 31. Rxb3 b4 32. axb4 Bxd3 33. bxc5 Nxc5 34.
Rb8+ Kg7 35. Nfg3 Nxe4+ 36. Nxe4 Bxe4 37. Re8 Bd5 38. Re7+ Bf7 39. Ra7 Kf8 40.
Ra8+ Be8 41. Ke3 Re6+ 42. Kf2 Re4 43. Nc3 Re5 44. Rd8 Kg7 45. Nd5 Bf7 46. Ne3
h5 47. Rd7 Kf8 48. Rc7 h4 49. Rc8+ Kg7 50. Rc7 Ra5 51. Kf3 Ra2 52. Ng2 Ra3+ 53.
Ne3 Kf8 54. Rc8+ Ke7 55. Rc7+ Ke8 56. Kf2 Be6 57. Rc2 Ke7 58. Re2 Kf7 59. Rd2
Ra4 60. Kf3 Bc8 61. Rb2 Ra7 62. Kf2 Bb7 63. Ng2 g5 64. Ne1 Be4 65. Re2 Bd5 66.
Re3 Ra4 67. Kg1 Be4 68. Nf3 Ra1+ 69. Kf2 Ra2+ 70. Kf1 Bd5 71. Kg1 Ra4 72. Ne1
Be6 73. Nf3 Ke7 74. Rd3 Bc4 75. Re3+ Be6 76. Rd3 Bc4 77. Re3+ Kd6 78. Nd4 Ra1+
79. Kf2 Ra2+ 80. Kg1 Kc5 81. Nf5 Ra6 82. Kf2 Be6 83. Ng7 Bd5 84. Nf5 Kc4 85.
Re2 Be6 86. Ng7 Bd7 87. Rd2 Bb5 88. Nf5 Kc5 89. Ne3 Bc6 90. Rc2+ Kd4 91. Nf5+
Ke5 92. Rc5+ Ke4 93. Rc4+ Kd5 94. Rc3 Ra2+ 95. Kg1 Bb5 96. Re3 Rd2 97. Ne7+ Kd4
98. Nf5+ Kd5 99. Ne7+ Kc5 100. Nf5 Bd3 101. Ng7 Rd1+ 102. Kf2 Kd4 103. Ne6+ Kc4
104. Ng7 Rd2+ 105. Kg1 Kd4 106. Re1 Be4 107. Nh5 f5 108. Ng7 fxg4 109. Ne6+ Kd5
110. Nxg5 Bf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 20th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2003.02.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2847"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2003.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. c4 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 Bf6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Rc1 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bf4 Nxc3 {Exchange of the knight on c3 is very
risky, Ponomariov will be quickly exposed to the severe test.} 12. bxc3 Na6 13.
e4 $1 dxe4 14. Nd2 g5 $2 {[%mdl 16384] This maddeningly courageous move is
dubious for two reasons. Simple logic is teaching, that it is not very smart
to tease the tiger ready to attack and on top of it 14..g5? is objectively
very weak solution of the problems.} (14... Re8 $1 15. Re1 g5 16. Nxe4 Rxe4 (
16... Bxe4 17. Rxe4 gxf4 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Qf1 (19. Bb7 fxg3 20. hxg3 c5) (19.
Qd3 b5 20. Bxa8 Qxa8 21. a4 c6 22. axb5 Nc7 $11) 19... b5 20. Bxa8 Qxa8 21.
Qxb5 Qc8 22. Re1 c6 $11) 17. Rxe4 gxf4 18. Re8+ Qxe8 19. Bxb7 fxg3 (19... c5
20. Qg4+ Bg7 21. Qxf4 cxd4 22. cxd4 Rd8 23. Bxa6 Rxd4 24. Qf5 $14) 20. hxg3 c5
21. Bxa6 cxd4 22. cxd4 Rd8 $11) 15. Be3 (15. Nxe4 $5 Bxe4 16. Bxe4 gxf4 17. Qh5
Re8 18. Qxh7+ Kf8 19. Bb7) (15. Nxe4 Bxe4 (15... Rb8 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Bxb7
Rxb7 18. Qg4 h6 19. h4 $16) 16. Bxe4 gxf4 17. Qh5 Re8 18. Qxh7+ Kf8 19. Bb7 c5
20. Bxa6 cxd4 21. Rfd1 fxg3 22. hxg3 $16) 15... Re8 16. f4 exf3 (16... gxf4 17.
Rxf4 Bg7 (17... Bg5 18. Rg4 f6 19. Nxe4 $18) 18. Nxe4 $16) 17. Bxf3 Bd5 (17...
c6 18. Ne4 Be7 19. Bh5 Rf8 20. Qb3 Qd5 21. Qxd5 cxd5 22. Bxg5 $16) (17... Bxf3
18. Qxf3 Re6 19. Ne4 Qe8 20. Nxf6+ Rxf6 21. Qxf6 Qxe3+ 22. Kg2 $18) 18. Bxd5
Qxd5 19. Rxf6 Rxe3 20. Qg4 {Ponomariov is fighting with the problems of
exposed kingside pawns, but also with the miserable location of the knight on
a6.} Re6 (20... Rae8 $5 21. Rf5 (21. Nf3 R3e4 (21... h6 22. Qh5 $16) 22. Qxg5+
Qxg5 23. Nxg5 Re2 24. Nxf7 Rxa2 25. Ne5 Nc5 26. Re1 $14) 21... Qe6 22. Qxg5+
Qg6 23. Qf4 $14) 21. Rf5 Qc6 (21... Qxa2 22. Qxg5+ Rg6 23. Qf4 c5 24. Rf1 Rf8
25. Ne4 $16) 22. Qxg5+ Rg6 23. Qh5 Rf8 (23... Nb4 24. Nf3 Nxa2 25. Ne5 Qe4 26.
Rxf7 Qe3+ 27. Kg2 $18) 24. Nf3 f6 (24... Qe4 25. Re1 Qc2 26. Ng5 Rh6 (26... h6
27. Nxf7 $18) 27. Qxh6 Qxf5 28. Re4 $16) 25. Nh4 Rg7 26. Qh6 Nb8 27. Rh5 f5 (
27... Re8 28. Nf5 Rf7 29. Rh4 Kh8 30. Qh5 Qd7 31. Rf1 $16) 28. Qf4 Qe4 (28...
Nd7 29. Rxf5 $16) 29. Rf1 Qxf4 30. Rxf4 Rg4 (30... Rgf7 31. Nxf5 Kh8 32. Ne7
Rxf4 33. Ng6+ Kg8 34. Nxf4 $18) 31. Rfxf5 Nd7 {The knight has finally managed
to join the playing orchestra, but in the meantime black's position has become
hopeless.} (31... Re8 32. Re5 $18) 32. Rxf8+ Nxf8 33. Kf2 Nd7 34. Nf5 Kh8 (
34... Re4 35. Rg5+ Kf7 36. Rg7+ Ke6 37. g4 Nf6 38. Kf3 $18) 35. Kf3 Rg8 (35...
Rg6 36. Ne3 $18) 36. Rh6 Rf8 37. g4 Nf6 38. c4 Kg8 (38... c5 39. dxc5 bxc5 40.
Kf4 $18) 39. Kf4 Rf7 40. g5 Ne8 (40... Nd7 41. Re6 $18) 41. Ke5 Rd7 (41... Ng7
42. Rf6 Nxf5 43. Rxf7 Kxf7 44. Kxf5 $18) 42. Ke6 Rf7 (42... Rd8 43. Ke7 Rb8 44.
Rf6 Nxf6 45. gxf6 $18) 43. Rf6 $1 {The spirited final combination is
shortening defender's suffering, white's dominating pieces will force the f
pawn through.} Nxf6 (43... Nxf6 44. gxf6 Rf8 (44... Kf8 45. Nh6) 45. f7+ Rxf7
46. Nh6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Linares 20th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2003.03.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2003.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. g4 Bb4 8. Bd2
Qe7 9. Bd3 e5 {Dieser Zug tauchte zuvor nur in zwei Partien von Kempinski auf,
mit befriedigendem Ergebnis für Schwarz. Aber Ponomariov ist gut gewappnet.} (
9... dxc4) (9... h6) (9... b6) (9... Nxg4) 10. cxd5 $1 $146 {Eine interessante
und vermutlich starke Neuerung. Es sieht so aus, als käme Schwarz zum
Gegenspiel auf den weißen Feldern, aber Weiß scheint immer die Nase vorn zu
haben.} (10. dxe5 Nxe5 (10... Nxg4 11. e6 fxe6 12. Bxh7 Qf6 13. Qg6+ Qxg6 14.
Bxg6+ Kf8 15. Bd3 Nde5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Ke2 Nxd3 18. Kxd3 Be7 19. Rhg1 {
1/2-1/2 Kempinski,R-Ramesh,R/Biel 2001/CBM 83 ext (19)}) 11. Nxe5 Qxe5 12. f4
Qe7 13. g5 Ng4 14. O-O-O dxc4 15. Bxh7 Nf2 16. g6 Nxd1 17. gxf7+ Kf8 18. Rxd1
Be6 19. a3 Ba5 20. Rg1 Qh4 21. Bg6 Rd8 22. Qe4 Qf6 $17 {0-1 Kempinski,
R-Rogozenko,D/Koszalin 1998/CBM 65 ext (44)}) 10... Bxc3 {Schwarz lässt sich
auf die Komplikationen ein, da das Zurückschlagen auf d5 nicht die Probleme
löst.} (10... Nxd5 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. dxe5 Bxd2+ (12... O-O 13. Bxh7+) 13. Qxd2
Nxe5 (13... O-O 14. Qc3) 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Qb4 $36) (10... cxd5 $2 11. dxe5 {/\
} Nxe5 $2 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. Qa4+ $18) 11. Bxc3 e4 12. dxc6 exd3 (12... bxc6 13.
g5 exd3 14. gxf6 Qxf6 15. Qd1 Ba6 16. Rg1 Qh6 17. Rg3 $40 {und die Drohung d4/
d5 hängt in der Luft.}) (12... Nb8 13. g5 exd3 14. gxf6 dxc2 (14... Qxf6 15.
Qd1 Bg4 $2 16. cxb7 $18) 15. fxe7 Nxc6 16. Kd2 $16) 13. cxd7+ Qxd7 (13... Bxd7
14. Qxd3 Bc6 15. g5 Nd5 (15... Bxf3 16. gxf6 Qxf6 17. Rg1 {/\ d5}) 16. Ne5 Nb4
17. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 18. Qd2 Qxd2+ 19. Kxd2 Bxh1 20. Rxh1 Rc8 21. e4 $16 {/\ Ng4-e3})
14. Qb3 $1 {Ein wichtiger Zug, den Schwarz möglicherweise unterschätzt hat.
Weiß lässt nicht zu, dass die schwarze Dame nach d5 oder c6 kommt.} (14. Qxd3
Qd5 15. e4 Nxe4 (15... Qxe4+ 16. Qxe4+ Nxe4 17. Rg1 $14) 16. h3 (16. O-O Bxg4
17. Rfe1 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 f5) 16... O-O $44) 14... Qxg4 (14... Qc6 15. d5 Qxd5 16.
Qxd5 Nxd5 17. Bxg7 Rg8 18. Bd4 $16 {Schwarz kann sich zwar auf g4 bedienen und
so das Material vorübergehend ausgleichen, aber der Pd3 wird bald fallen.}) 15.
Qd1 {In Verbindung mit Nf3-e5 wird Weiß nun den Pd3 abholen. Zwar hat Schwarz
durch seine Kontrolle über die weißen Felder etwas Kompensation für den Bauern,
aber m.E. nicht genug.} Ne4 {Versuche, die Damen auf dem Brett zu lassen (um
gegen den weißen König zu spielen) helfen Schwarz auch nicht:} (15... Qh3 16.
Ne5 O-O 17. Qxd3 Be6 18. Rg1 $36) (15... O-O 16. Rg1 Qe4 17. d5 Ne8 18. Nd4 $40
) 16. Ne5 Qxd1+ (16... Qg2 17. Qa4+ Ke7 18. O-O-O $40) 17. Rxd1 f6 18. Nxd3 $16
{Weiß erfreut sich nun eines Mehrbauern. Aufgrund der ungleichfarbigen Läufer
und der weißfeldrigen Schwächen im weißen Lager gestaltet sich dessen
Verwertung aber als äußerst schwierig.} Bg4 19. Rc1 Bf3 20. Rg1 Kf7 21. Nc5 Nd6
22. Nb3 Ne4 23. Nd2 Nxd2 24. Kxd2 g5 25. Kd3 Rhe8 26. Bb4 Rac8 27. Rxc8 Be4+
28. Ke2 Rxc8 29. Bc3 Bd5 30. f3 $1 {Eine bemerkenswerte Entscheidung. Weiß
gibt seinen Mehrbauern zurück, verbessert aber seine Bauernstruktur radikal.} (
30. a3 h6 $5 {/\} 31. f3 f5) 30... Bxa2 31. e4 a5 32. Ra1 Bc4+ 33. Ke3 b6 34.
d5 {[%csl Ra5,Rb6,Gc3,Rc4,Rf6,Rg5][%cal Yc3d4,Yd4b6,Yd4f6] Der Bc3 nimmt die
schwarzen Bauern aufs Korn, während der Bc4 durch die Bauernkette f3-e4-d5
massiv eingeschränkt wird.} Bb3 35. h4 h6 36. Rh1 Kg6 37. f4 gxf4+ 38. Kxf4 a4
39. Rh3 Bc2 40. Rh2 Bb1 41. Rh1 Bc2 42. Rc1 Bb3 43. Ke3 f5 44. Rg1+ Kh5 45. d6
fxe4 46. Bf6 Be6 47. Kxe4 Rc2 48. Bd4 b5 49. Rg7 Kxh4 50. d7 Bxd7 51. Rxd7 Rc4
52. Kd3 h5 53. Rd5 Rb4 54. Bf6+ Kg4 55. Rg5+ Kf3 56. Rxh5 Rb3+ 57. Kc2 Ke4 58.
Bc3 Ke3 59. Rh4 Kf3 60. Rb4 Rxb4 61. Bxb4 Ke4 62. Kc3 Kd5 63. Bf8 Kc6 64. Kb4
Kb6 65. Be7 Kc6 66. Bc5 a3 67. b3 Kd5 68. Bf8 1-0

[Event "Linares 20th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2003.03.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2003.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Ne7 6. Qe2 Qc7 7. Ng5 h6 8.
Nh3 g6 9. f4 Bg7 10. c4 e5 11. Nc3 d5 12. O-O O-O 13. g4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Qd7 15.
exd5 cxd5 16. Rae1 Nc6 17. Nxd5 Nd4 18. Qg2 Qxg4 19. Ne7+ Kh7 20. Nxc8 Qxg2+
21. Kxg2 Raxc8 22. Bd2 g5 23. Re7 Kg6 24. Rxa7 Ne6 25. b4 Rfd8 26. b5 Rxd3 27.
Bc1 Rcd8 28. Raxf7 Rc3 29. Re7 Rd6 30. Nf2 Bf6 31. Re8 Rc2 32. Kh1 Rxc4 33. Re1
Nc7 34. Rg8+ Kh7 35. Rb8 Re6 36. Rf1 Nd5 37. Rc8 Bd4 38. Ng4 h5 39. Rd8 Nf4 40.
Bxf4 gxf4 41. Nf2 Rc3 42. Rf8 Rc2 43. Rxf4 Ree2 44. b6 Bxf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 20th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2003.03.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2003.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. Kh1 $146 {Kramnik comes up with not
easily understandable novelty, as the king's retreat to corner comes ahead of
the queenside development.} (12. Nbd2) (12. dxc5 dxc5) (12. d5) (12. a4) 12...
Bb7 13. d5 (13. Nbd2 cxd4 14. cxd4 Rc8 $13) 13... f5 14. exf5 (14. Nbd2 $5 Qc8
(14... fxe4 15. Nxe4 h6 (15... Nc4 16. Nfg5 $16) 16. b4 cxb4 17. cxb4 Nc4 18.
Qd3 Qb6 19. Ng3 Nf6 20. Bxh6 Bxd5 21. Bxg7 $18) 15. b3 Nf6 16. c4 bxc4 17. bxc4
f4 $13) 14... Nc4 15. Nbd2 Nxd2 (15... Bxd5 16. Nxc4 (16. Be4 Ncb6 17. Bxd5+
Nxd5 18. Ne4 N7b6 19. a4 bxa4 20. c4 Nb4 $17) 16... Bxc4 17. a4 Rb8 18. axb5
axb5 19. b3 Bf7 20. Ra7 $13) (15... Ncb6 16. Ne4 Bxd5 17. Neg5 Bxg5 18. Nxg5
Qf6 19. Be4 Bxe4 20. Nxe4 Qxf5 21. Qxd6 $11) 16. Qxd2 Nf6 17. Ng5 Bxd5 18. f4
$1 Qc7 (18... exf4 19. Qxf4 Qd7 20. Ne6 Rfe8 21. Qg3 Bf8 22. Bg5 $14) (18... e4
$2 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 Nxe4 21. Qd5+ Kh8 22. Rxe4 $16) 19. Ne6 Bxe6 20. fxe6
Nh5 (20... Rae8 21. a4 c4 22. axb5 axb5 23. Qd1 Qc6 24. f5 (24. fxe5 dxe5 25.
Rxe5 Bd6 26. Re1 Bg3 $15) 24... e4 25. Be3 d5 $11) 21. Qd5 (21. fxe5 dxe5 22.
Qd1 Nf6 23. Bg5 Rad8 $11) 21... Rad8 {Ponomariov is defending with a great
deal of souverenity, white's only trumph is the pawn e6.} (21... Nxf4 22. Bxf4
exf4 23. Qh5 (23. a4 Rab8 24. axb5 Rxb5 25. Rxa6 Rxb2 26. Be4 g6 27. Rea1 $13)
23... g6 24. Bxg6 hxg6 25. Qxg6+ Kh8 $11) 22. f5 (22. fxe5 $2 dxe5 $19) 22...
Ng3+ 23. Kh2 Nxf5 24. Rf1 Nh4 (24... g6 25. Be4 Qc8 26. a4 b4 27. cxb4 cxb4 28.
Bg5 Qc5 $13) 25. Bg5 Ng6 (25... Kh8 $2 26. Bxh4 $1 Bxh4 27. Qe4 g5 $8 28. Rxf8+
Rxf8 29. Rd1 $16) 26. h4 (26. Bxg6 hxg6 27. a4 Kh7 28. Bxe7 Qxe7 29. axb5 axb5
$11) 26... Nf4 (26... Kh8 27. Bxg6 hxg6 28. Rf7 Rxf7 29. exf7 Rf8 30. Rf1 $11)
27. Bxf4 exf4 28. g3 $5 {White is still trying to complicate matters, he can
force drawn at any moment with the move Qh5.} (28. Qh5 g6 29. Bxg6 hxg6 30.
Qxg6+ Kh8 31. Qh6+ $11) 28... f3 (28... fxg3+ 29. Kxg3 Kh8 30. Qh5 g6 31. Bxg6
Bf6 32. Bf7 $36) 29. Rxf3 (29. Qh5 g6 30. Bxg6 $11) 29... Rxf3 30. Qxf3 Rf8 31.
Qd3 (31. Qh5 g6 32. Bxg6 $11) 31... g6 32. Rf1 (32. h5 $2 Rf2+ 33. Kg1 (33. Kh3
c4 34. Qe4 d5 35. Qxd5 Rxc2) 33... c4 34. Qe4 Qc5 $19) 32... Qc8 33. Rxf8+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 20th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2003.03.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2003.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. O-O Nf6 7. Ng5 O-O 8. f4
Bg4 9. Qe1 exf4 10. Bxf4 Nd4 11. Qd2 Qd7 12. h3 Bh5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nd5 b5 15.
Bb3 Bd8 16. Rae1 Nxb3 17. axb3 Nxd5 18. exd5 Bf6 19. Nf3 Rfe8 20. Qh2 Bxb2 21.
Bxd6 a5 22. Be5 Bxe5 23. Rxe5 Rxe5 24. Qxe5 Re8 25. Qc3 Qd6 26. Kf2 b4 27. Re1
f6 28. Rxe8+ Bxe8 29. Qc4 Bf7 30. d4 Bxd5 31. dxc5 Qd7 32. Qf4 Bxf3 33. Qxf3
Qd2+ 34. Qe2 Qf4+ 35. Kg2 Kf7 36. c6 Qd4 37. c7 Qd5+ 38. Qf3 Qc5 39. Qb7 Qxc2+
40. Kf3 Qc3+ 41. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 20th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2003.03.06"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2003.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 Qc7 7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O
Bd7 9. a4 Nf6 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. a5 Be7 12. Be3 O-O 13. Re1 Nd7 14. Na4 Rae8 15.
Nb6 f5 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Qd3 fxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Rf5 20. Bd4 Bd8 21. b4
d5 22. Qe2 Bf6 23. Rad1 Qc6 24. c3 Bxd4 25. cxd4 Qc3 26. Qd2 Rf3 27. Qxc3 Rxc3
28. Rc1 Rb3 29. Rb1 Rxb1 30. Rxb1 Rc8 31. b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 20th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2003.03.07"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E50"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2847"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2003.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d5 Ne7 8. e4 d6
9. Bd2 exd5 10. exd5 Bf5 11. Qc2 Qd7 12. O-O Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Qf5 14. Qxf5 Nxf5
15. Rfe1 Rfe8 16. Rac1 h5 17. Kf1 a6 18. h3 b5 19. b3 Kf8 20. Ng5 h4 21. Re2
Rab8 22. Rce1 Rxe2 23. Kxe2 Nd7 24. f4 g6 25. Kd3 Ba5 26. Nge4 bxc4+ 27. bxc4
Bd8 28. Rb1 Rxb1 29. Nxb1 Nf6 30. Nbc3 Ke8 31. Be1 Nh5 32. Ne2 Kd7 33. Bc3 Be7
34. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 20th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2003.03.09"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2003.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2
Bf6 9. Qc2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 d6 11. Rfd1 Nd7 12. b4 {Vallejo Pons is coming up
with a new strategic plan, after b4-b5 black will experience some problems
with the sensitive square c6.} g6 13. a4 (13. d5 $6 a5 $1 14. a3 $140 axb4 15.
axb4 Rxa1 16. Rxa1 exd5 17. cxd5 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Bxd5 $15) 13... a5 14. b5 Bg7
15. Rac1 Qe7 (15... Re8 16. e3 Rc8 17. Qd3 e5 18. Nd2 $14) 16. Qg5 $1 {The
exchange of the queens aims to diminish the importance of the bishops pair,
for the endgame type of battle white pieces are already perfectly prepared.}
Nf6 (16... Qxg5 17. Nxg5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 h6 19. Nf3 $14) (16... Rae8 17. Qxe7
Rxe7 18. e3 $14) 17. Ne1 Bxg2 18. Nxg2 Rac8 (18... Rfe8 19. e4 e5 20. dxe5 Qxe5
21. Qxe5 Rxe5 22. f3 $14) 19. Ne4 Rfd8 (19... c5 20. dxc5 dxc5 21. Rd3 $13) 20.
Ne3 h6 21. Nxf6+ Qxf6 (21... Bxf6 22. Qxh6 Bg5 23. Qh3 c5 24. f4 $14) 22. Qxf6
Bxf6 23. c5 $1 dxc5 (23... bxc5 24. dxc5 d5 25. Rc2 Rb8 26. Rb1 Bd4 27. Nf1 $14
) 24. dxc5 Bg5 (24... Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 bxc5 26. Nc4 Kf8 27. Rc1 Ke8 28. Kg2 Ra8
29. Kf3 $14) 25. c6 (25. f4 $5 Be7 (25... Bf6 26. c6 Bb2 27. Rb1 Bd4 28. Kf2
Rd6 29. Kf3 Rcd8 30. Nc4 Rd5 31. e4 $14) 26. c6 Bc5 27. Kf2 Kf8 28. Kf3 Bxe3
29. Kxe3 Ke7 30. Ke4 $14) 25... Kf8 26. Rd7 {White is unduly avoiding the
possibility of 26.f4!, since in that case the defense would be more
problematic for Ponomariov.} (26. f4 $1 $14) 26... Bxe3 27. fxe3 Rxd7 28. cxd7
Rd8 29. Rxc7 Ke7 30. Rb7 Rxd7 31. Rxb6 (31. Rxd7+ $2 Kxd7 $19) 31... Rd1+ 32.
Kf2 Ra1 33. Rb7+ (33. e4 Rxa4 34. e5 Rb4 35. Rb7+ Kd8 36. b6 a4 37. h3 a3 38.
Kf3 a2 (38... Ra4 39. Ra7) 39. Ra7 Rb2 40. Ra8+ Kd7 41. b7 $11) 33... Kd6 34.
Rb6+ (34. Rxf7 Rxa4 35. Rf6 g5 36. Rxh6 Rb4 37. h4 Rxb5 38. Rh8 $11) 34... Kd5
35. e4+ $2 {The frustrated Spaniard feels, that he completely have lost the
advantage, but this pawn sacrifice will be dangerous for him.} (35. Rb7 Rxa4
36. Rxf7 Rb4 37. Rf6 Rxb5 38. Rxg6 a4 39. Rxh6 a3 40. Rh4 Ra5 41. Rd4+ Ke5 42.
Rd1 a2 43. Ra1 Kd5 44. h4 Kc4 45. g4 Kb3 46. h5 $13) 35... Kxe4 36. Ra6 (36.
Rb7 f5 $15) 36... Rxa4 37. b6 e5 38. b7 Rb4 39. Ra7 (39. Rxa5 Rxb7 40. Ra4+ Kf5
41. h3 Rb6 $17) 39... h5 40. h3 (40. b8=Q Rxb8 41. Rxf7 Ra8 42. Rf3 a4 43. Ra3
Kd4 $19) 40... f6 41. Rxa5 (41. g4 $1 hxg4 42. hxg4 Kf4 43. Rxa5 Rxb7 44. Ra4+
Kg5 45. e3 Rh7 46. Kg3 Rh4 47. Re4 f5 48. Rxe5 Rxg4+ 49. Kf3 $17) 41... Rxb7
42. Ra4+ (42. g4 $1 hxg4 (42... Kf4 43. gxh5 gxh5 44. Ra4+ Kf5 45. e3 $17) 43.
Ra4+ Kf5 44. hxg4+ Kg5 45. e3 $17) 42... Kf5 43. e4+ $2 {It seems most likely,
that after this move white is beyond hope. Brilliant technician from Ukraine
will realize the advantage with great confidence.} (43. g4+ $1) 43... Kg5 44.
Ra6 (44. h4+ Kg4 45. Ra3 Rb2+ 46. Kf1 f5 $19) 44... Rf7 45. Kf3 h4 $1 46. Rb6 (
46. g4 Rc7 47. Ra2 Rc3+ 48. Kg2 Rg3+ 49. Kh2 Re3 50. Ra4 Kf4 51. Ra6 Re2+ 52.
Kg1 Rxe4 $19) (46. gxh4+ Kxh4 47. Ra8 Rh7 48. Rg8 Kg5 49. Kg3 Rh6 50. Rg7 Rh8
$19) 46... Rh7 47. Re6 (47. g4 Ra7 $19) 47... hxg3 48. Kxg3 Rh4 $1 49. Rxf6 $8
Rxh3+ 50. Kxh3 Kxf6 51. Kg4 Kf7 52. Kh4 Kg8 53. Kg4 Kh7 0-1

[Event "Andorra m g/5'"]
[Site "Andorra"]
[Date "2003.03.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "De la Riva Aguado, Oscar"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2003.03.12"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bc5 8.
O-O O-O 9. Re1 Re8 10. d3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Rb1 Bb6 13. Be3 Qd7 14. g4 Bg6 15.
Nh4 Rad8 16. Qe2 Qe7 17. Nf5 Qe6 18. Be4 Qxa2 19. Rb3 Na5 20. Rb4 Qe6 21. Qf3
Bxe3 22. fxe3 b6 23. h4 c5 24. Ra4 c4 25. Rf1 cxd3 26. cxd3 Qb3 27. Raa1 Qxc3
28. Rac1 Qb3 29. Rc7 Qe6 30. g5 Rd7 31. h5 Qxf5 32. Qg4 Rdd8 33. hxg6 hxg6 34.
Qh4 Nb3 35. Rf3 Rd6 36. Rh3 Qg4+ 37. Qxg4 Rdd8 38. Bd5 Nc5 39. Bc4 a6 40. Rf3
Rf8 41. d4 exd4 42. exd4 b5 43. Bd5 Na4 44. Kg2 Nb6 45. Ba2 Nc4 46. Qd7 f5 47.
Kf2 Rde8 48. Qxe8 Rxe8 49. Rc3 Re6 50. Rc6 Rxc6 51. Rb3 Nd6 52. Ke3 Kf7 53. d5
Ke7 54. Kf3 f4 55. Kf2 Ne4+ 56. Kf1 Kd6 0-1

[Event "Andorra m g/5'"]
[Site "Andorra"]
[Date "2003.03.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "De la Riva Aguado, Oscar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2003.03.12"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 d5 4. Bxf6 exf6 5. e3 Be6 6. Bd3 Qd7 7. h4 h5 8. Nh3
Nc6 9. a3 O-O-O 10. b4 Ne7 11. Nf4 Bf7 12. g3 Kb8 13. Be2 g6 14. Bf3 Bh6 15.
Nd3 Nc8 16. Nc5 Qe8 17. Qd3 Nb6 18. a4 Nc4 19. O-O g5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Bxd5
Rxd5 22. Qxc4 Rd6 23. hxg5 fxg5 24. Qb5 Qc8 25. Kg2 f4 26. Rh1 h4 27. exf4 Rf8
28. Rae1 a6 29. Qd3 Bg7 30. c3 Rdf6 31. Re7 gxf4 32. Nd7+ Ka8 33. Rxg7 fxg3 34.
fxg3 Rf2+ 35. Kh3 hxg3 36. Rg4 R2f6 37. Kxg3 1-0

[Event "Andorra m g/5'"]
[Site "Andorra"]
[Date "2003.03.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "De la Riva Aguado, Oscar"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2003.03.12"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. g3 Nd7 7. Bg2 Ngf6 8. d4
dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Nf6 11. Qe3 Nd5 12. Qe2 Bb4+ 13. Bd2 Bxd2+ 14. Qxd2
O-O 15. O-O Qb6 16. c4 Ne7 17. Rfd1 Rad8 18. Qc3 Rd7 19. Rd2 Rfd8 20. Rad1 g6
21. b3 a5 22. Be4 Qb4 23. Qe3 a4 24. h4 axb3 25. axb3 b5 26. h5 bxc4 27. bxc4
Qxc4 28. h6 Nd5 29. Qf3 Qb4 30. Rc2 Qf8 31. Kg2 Qxh6 32. Rxc6 Ne7 33. Rc4 Qg5
34. Rdc1 Rxd4 35. Rc7 R4d7 36. R7c5 Nd5 37. Bxd5 Rxd5 38. Rc7 Rf5 39. Qc3 Qd2
0-1

[Event "Andorra m g/5'"]
[Site "Andorra"]
[Date "2003.03.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "De la Riva Aguado, Oscar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2003.03.12"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 Na6 7. Nd2 c6 8. O-O
e5 9. d5 c5 10. a3 Ne8 11. Rb1 f5 12. b4 Nf6 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Rb3 Rc8 15. Nb5
Qb6 16. Bb2 Nb8 17. bxc5 Qxc5 18. a4 Qb6 19. Ba3 Rc5 20. a5 Qxa5 21. Nxd6 Rc7
22. Nxb7 Rxb7 23. Bxf8 Rxb3 24. Nxb3 1-0

[Event "Andorra m g/5'"]
[Site "Andorra"]
[Date "2003.03.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "De la Riva Aguado, Oscar"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2003.03.12"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. c3 g6 6. Nbd2 Bg7 7. Nf1 O-O 8. Ng3
Bd7 9. Ba4 Re8 10. O-O a6 11. Re1 b5 12. Bc2 Na5 13. b4 Nc6 14. a4 Ne7 15. h3
Qb8 16. a5 c5 17. Be3 cxb4 18. cxb4 Nc6 19. Rb1 d5 20. Bc5 d4 21. Bb3 Be6 22.
Bxe6 Rxe6 23. Nd2 Nd7 24. Nb3 Re8 25. Qd2 Nxc5 26. Nxc5 Qd6 27. Rbc1 Bf8 28.
Rc2 Nxa5 29. bxa5 Rec8 30. Rec1 Rc7 31. Nb3 Rxc2 32. Qxc2 Qb4 33. Rb1 Re8 34.
Nf1 Re6 35. Nfd2 Qc3 36. Rc1 Qxc2 37. Rxc2 Bb4 38. Nb1 Kg7 39. Kf1 h5 40. Ke2
g5 41. Rc7 g4 42. h4 g3 43. N1d2 gxf2 44. Kxf2 Kg6 45. Nf3 f6 46. Ke2 Bc3 47.
Nfd2 Rd6 48. Nf1 f5 49. exf5+ Kxf5 50. Kf3 Rf6 51. Ng3+ Kg6+ 52. Ke2 Rf4 53.
Rc6+ Kf7 54. Rxa6 Rg4 55. Kf2 Rf4+ 56. Kg1 Be1 57. Ne4 Ke7 58. Rb6 Rf8 59. Rxb5
1-0

[Event "Andorra m g/5'"]
[Site "Andorra"]
[Date "2003.03.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "De la Riva Aguado, Oscar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2003.03.12"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. h4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. h5 e5 13. Be3 b4 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15.
Bxd5 Rc8 16. hxg6 hxg6 17. Qd2 Be6 18. O-O-O Qc7 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Kb1 a5 21.
Bh6 Rfd8 22. Bxg7 Qxg7 23. Qg5 Kf7 24. f4 exf4 25. Qxf4+ Ke7 26. Qg5+ Ke8 27.
Qxa5 Rc5 28. Qxb4 Rdc8 29. Rxd6 Qe5 30. Qd4 1-0

[Event "Ponomariov-Short Training match"]
[Site "Yalta"]
[Date "2003.08.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C52"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2003.03.28"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 d6 7. Qb3 Qd7 8. dxe5
Bb6 9. Nbd2 Na5 10. Qc2 Nxc4 11. Nxc4 d5 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Qg4 14. O-O-O g5
15. e6 Bxe6 16. exd5 Bd7 17. Rhe1+ Kf8 18. Re4 Qf5 19. g4 Qh7 20. Nfe5 Be8 21.
Qe2 Nf6 22. Rf4 Qg7 23. d6 Kg8 24. d7 Nxd7 25. Rxd7 gxf4 26. Qf3 Bxd7 27. Nxd7
Be3+ 28. Kb2 Bd4 29. Kb3 Bxc3 30. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 31. Kxc3 Re8 32. Nce5 Rxe5 33.
Nxe5 Kg7 34. Nd3 f3 35. Bg3 Re8 36. Ne5 c5 37. Nxf3 b5 38. h3 Re2 39. Nd2 a5
40. Kc2 a4 41. Kd1 Re6 42. Bf4 Kg6 43. Be3 Re5 44. Kc2 h5 45. Nf3 Rd5 46. Ne1
hxg4 47. hxg4 c4 48. Kc3 f5 49. Ng2 Rd3+ 50. Kb4 fxg4 51. Nf4+ Kf5 52. Nxd3
cxd3 53. Kc3 Ke4 54. Bc5 Kd5 55. Be7 Ke4 56. Kd2 Kf3 57. Bh4 Ke4 58. a3 Kd4 59.
Bg5 Kc4 60. Bf6 Kb3 61. Be7 Kc4 62. Ke3 Kc3 63. Bf8 b4 64. Bxb4+ Kc2 65. Bd2
Kb3 66. Kxd3 Kxa3 67. Kc2 1-0

[Event "Leon 16th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2003.06.07"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2003.06.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 a5 10. d4 a4 11. Bc2 Bd7 12. Nbd2 Re8 13. Nf1 h6 14. Ng3 Bf8 15. Bd2
Na5 16. b3 axb3 17. axb3 c5 18. d5 Qc7 19. Nh2 c4 20. b4 Nb7 21. Qf3 Nh7 22.
Ng4 Rec8 23. Be3 Qd8 24. Ba7 g6 25. Be3 Qh4 26. Qe2 h5 27. Nh2 Qd8 28. Ba7 Bh6
29. Ra6 Qe7 30. Rea1 f6 31. Nf3 Nd8 32. Nh4 Be8 33. R1a5 Bg5 34. Nf3 Bf4 35.
Be3 Rxa6 36. Rxa6 Nf7 37. Qd2 Bxe3 38. Qxe3 Qd8 39. Nh4 Nf8 40. Qa7 Rc7 41. Qb6
Rc8 42. Qa7 Rc7 43. Qe3 Rc8 44. Qa7 Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon 16th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2003.06.07"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2003.06.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 c6 8. h3 (
8. Bd3 b6 9. b4 a5 10. a3 Ba6 11. O-O Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Qc8 13. h3 Qb7 14. Rab1
axb4 15. axb4 Ra3 16. Qc2 Rfa8 17. Rfc1 h6 18. Ne1 Bd8 19. Nd3 b5 20. f3 Bc7
21. g4 g5 22. Bh2 Qb8 23. Bxc7 Qxc7 24. Qh2 Qxh2+ 25. Kxh2 Kg7 26. Kg3 h5 27.
Kf2 hxg4 28. hxg4 Rh8 $11 {Dreev,A-Balashov,Y/Smolensk 2000}) 8... b6 9. b4 a5
10. a3 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Rxa6 12. O-O ({Ponomariov verzichtet auf die scharfen
Varianten nach} 12. b5 cxb5 13. c6 Qc8 14. c7) 12... Qa8 13. Rb1 Qb7 14. Qc2
axb4 15. axb4 Rfa8 16. Ne1 {Weiß folgt dem Plan aus der Partie Dreev-Balashov,
s. die Variante zu 8.Bd3.} b5 17. Nd3 Bd8 18. f3 Bc7 $11 {Vallejo spielte die
Eröffnung sehr sicher und erreichte eine ausgeglichene Stellung.} 19. g4 Qb8
20. Bxc7 ({In Frage kam} 20. Qh2 $5 Bxf4 21. exf4 $13 {, und Weiß erobert das
wichtige Feld e5.}) 20... Qxc7 21. Qh2 Qd8 $1 {Vallejo verzichtet auf das
Endspiel und hofft, die etwas "luftige" Stellung des weißen Königs auszunutzen.
} 22. Qg3 Ra3 23. Rfc1 Ne8 24. h4 Qe7 25. Kf2 f6 26. g5 Qf7 27. Ke2 Qg6 28. Qg4
(28. Nf4 $2 Qf5 29. e4 $4 dxe4 30. fxe4 Rxc3 $1 $19) (28. Kd2 $5) 28... Nc7 29.
Nf4 Qf7 $6 {Läßt die Verankerung des weißen Springers auf g6 zu, was in einer
Schnellschachpartie immer unangenehm ist. Vorsichtiger war 29...Qe8.} (29...
Qe8 30. gxf6 Nxf6 31. Qg5 Nd7 $11) 30. g6 $1 hxg6 31. Nxg6 e5 32. Kd2 (32. Qh5
Qe8) 32... f5 $6 {Eine Ungenauigkeit, die unbestraft bleibt.} (32... Ne6 33.
Qh5 Qe8 $11) 33. Qxf5 $6 (33. Qh5 $1 Qf6 (33... Qe6 34. Qxf5 $16) 34. Qxf5 exd4
35. Qxf6 dxe3+ 36. Kxe3 Nxf6 37. Ne7+ $16) 33... exd4 34. exd4 Ne6 $1 $11 35.
Re1 Nxd4 36. Qh5 Qxf3 $4 {[%mdl 8192] Ein furchbarer Patzer, der nur mit
Zeitnot zu erklären ist. Schwarz wird nun forciert mattgesetzt. Nach 36..Qf6
hätte Ponomariov Dauerschach geben müssen.} (36... Qf6 37. Ne7+ Kf8 38. Ng6+
$11) (36... Nxf3+ 37. Kd1 Qf6 38. Ne7+ $11) 37. Qh8+ Kf7 38. Re7+ Kxg6 39.
Qxg7+ 1-0

[Event "Leon 16th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2003.06.07"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2003.06.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4 Nc6
8. Qd2 Bg4 9. O-O-O Qd7 (9... Bxf3 10. gxf3 Qd7 11. h4 O-O-O 12. Qd5 f5 13. Bb5
g6 14. h5 g5 15. Be3 f4 16. Bxa7 $16 {1-0 Cabanas,F-Kruger,B/CAN 1985/EXT 2002
(49)}) 10. Bc4 (10. h3 Bxf3 11. gxf3 a6 12. h4 O-O 13. Bh3 f5 14. Qd5+ Kh8 15.
h5 Qd8 16. h6 g6 17. Be3 Bg5 18. f4 Bxh6 19. Bf1 Bg7 20. Qg2 Qe8 21. Qh3 h5 22.
Bg2 $44 {1-0 Dembo,Y-Sendur,A/Budapest 2001/CBM 80 ext (40)}) 10... Be6 (10...
O-O 11. Bd5 Rae8 12. h3 Be6 13. c4 Bf6 14. Bg5 Bxg5 15. Nxg5 Bxd5 16. cxd5 Ne5
17. Rhe1 h6 18. Ne4 {1/2-1/2 Volokitin,A-Christiansen,L/Bermuda 2003/CBM 94_01
(18)}) 11. Bd3 (11. Bd5 O-O-O 12. c4 Bf6 13. Rhe1 h6 14. h3 Rhe8 15. Re3 Bxd5
16. cxd5 Ne5 17. Qb4 Nxf3 18. Rb3 c5 19. dxc6 Qxc6 20. Rxf3 Re2 $132 {1-0
Geller,J-Kazantsev,V/Samara 2001/EXT 2003 (39)}) 11... O-O-O 12. Rhe1 a6 13.
Ng5 Bxg5 14. Bxg5 Rde8 15. Bf4 Bf5 16. Bc4 Na5 $1 17. Bd5 Be6 18. b3 Bxd5 19.
Qxd5 Nc6 $11 20. c4 Rxe1 (20... Re6 21. c5 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 dxc5 23. Qxc5 $14) 21.
Rxe1 Re8 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Qf5+ $5 (23. c5 dxc5 (23... Qe1+ 24. Kb2 Qxf2 $2
25. Qf5+ Kb8 26. cxd6 $18) 24. Qxc5 g6 $11) 23... Kb8 24. Qxh7 Qe1+ 25. Kb2
Qxf2 26. Qe4 b6 $1 27. g4 $2 (27. Qxc6 Qxf4 28. h3 $11) 27... Nd8 $1 $15 28.
Qe3 Qf1 29. a4 a5 30. Bg3 Qf6+ 31. Qc3 Qg6 32. Qf3 Ne6 33. Qf5 $2 (33. Bf2 $142
Ng5 34. Qf4 (34. Qf5 Qxf5 35. gxf5 Kc8 $15) 34... Ne4 (34... Nh3 35. Qf3 Nxf2
36. Qxf2 $11) 35. Bd4 $11) 33... Qxf5 34. gxf5 Nd4 35. f6 g6 $17 {[%csl Rf6]}
36. c3 Nc6 37. Ka3 $2 (37. Kc2 Kc8 38. Kd3 Kd7 39. c5 $1 dxc5 (39... bxc5 40.
Kc4 Na7 41. Bf2 $132 {[%cal Gb3b4,Gf2a7]}) 40. Ke4 Nd8 $17 {[%cal Yd8b7,Yb7d6]}
) 37... Ne5 $19 38. c5 bxc5 39. b4 $2 Nc4+ 40. Kb3 Nd2+ 41. Kc2 Ne4 42. b5 Nxg3
43. hxg3 Kc8 44. Kd3 (44. c4 Kd7 45. Kd3 Ke6 46. Ke4 g5 47. g4 d5+ 48. cxd5+
Kd6 $18) 44... d5 45. c4 d4 46. Ke4 Kd7 47. g4 g5 48. Ke5 d3 0-1

[Event "Leon 16th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2003.06.07"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2003.06.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. a3 c5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 {Die Variante mit 7.a3 wird in der letzten
Zeit häufiger gespielt. Die Erklärung ist einfach: in der entstandenen
Hauptstellung läuft Weiß keinerlei Verlustgefahr, während Schwarz sehr genau
spielen muß, um Remis zu erreichen.} 11. Be2 {Meistens wird hier 11.Be5
gespielt, aber der Textzug hat auch seine Vorteile.} (11. Be5 Bf6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6
13. Qd4 Qxd4 14. Nxd4 Bd7 15. f3 Rfc8 $1 16. Kd2 Ne6 17. Nxe6 $1 Bxe6 18. Bd3
Kf8 19. g4 h6 20. h4 Ke7 21. g5 Rh8 22. Kc3 $14 {Zvjaginsev,V-Vescovi,G/
Poikovsky 2003}) 11... Bg4 (11... Bf6 12. Be5 Bxe5 13. Nxe5 Be6 (13... Qf6 $2
14. Qxd5 $16) 14. Nf3 $1 Qb6 15. Qd4 Nb3 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. Rd1 Rfc8 18. Bd3 Nc5
19. Bc2 b5 20. Nd4 $14 {Gurevich,M-Golod,V/Cappelle la Grande 1999}) (11... Bg4
12. Be5 Bf6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qd4 Qxd4 15. Nxd4 Bxe2 16. Kxe2 Rfd8 17. Rhd1 Kf8
18. Rac1 Rac8 19. Rd2 Ne4 20. Rdc2 Rxc2+ 21. Rxc2 Ke8 22. f3 Nf6 23. Rc7 Rd7
24. Rc8+ Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Kxd8 26. Nb5 Ne8 27. Kd3 Kd7 28. Kd4 Nd6 29. Nxa7 Nf5+
30. Kxd5 Nxe3+ 31. Kc5 Nxg2 32. Kb6 Ne1 33. Kxb7 Nxf3 34. Nc6 Nd2 35. a4 Nc4
36. b4 f5 37. a5 f4 38. a6 f3 39. a7 Nd6+ 40. Kb6 Nc8+ 41. Kc5 Nxa7 42. Ne5+
Ke6 43. Nxf3 Kf6 44. Nd4 g5 45. Nc6 Nc8 46. b5 Ke6 47. Na7 Nd6 48. b6 g4 49.
Nc8 Nb7+ 50. Kc6 Na5+ 51. Kc7 h5 52. Nd6 h4 53. Nc4 g3 54. hxg3 hxg3 55. Nxa5
g2 56. b7 {1/2-1/2 Stojanovic,M-Vujosevic,V/Herceg Novi 2000/EXT 2001 (56)})
12. Be5 Bf6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qd4 Qxd4 (14... Ne4 15. Qxf6 Nxf6 16. Nd4 Bxe2
17. Kxe2 Rfc8 18. Rac1 a6 19. f3 Kf8 20. g4 g6 21. Rhd1 $14 {Leitao,R-Bruzon,L/
Havana 2003}) 15. Nxd4 Bxe2 16. Kxe2 $14 {Weiß hat ein leicht besseres
Endspiel- sein König ist aktiv, und der gegnerische Isolani neigt zur Schwäche.
} Rfc8 $1 $146 (16... Rfd8 17. Rhd1 Kf8 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. Rd2 Ne4 20. Rdc2
Rxc2+ 21. Rxc2 Ke8 22. f3 Nf6 23. Rc7 Rd7 24. Rc8+ Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Kxd8 26. Nb5
$14 {Stojanovic,M-Vujosevic,V/Herceg Novi 2000}) 17. Rac1 Ne6 (17... Kf8 18.
Rc2 Ne6 19. Nxe6+ (19. Rhc1 Nxd4+ 20. exd4 Rxc2+ 21. Rxc2 $14) 19... fxe6 20.
Rhc1 Rxc2+ 21. Rxc2 $14) 18. Nf5 Kf8 19. Rhd1 g6 20. Nd6 (20. Rxc8+ Rxc8 21.
Nd6 Rd8 22. Nb5 a6 23. Nd4 Rc8 $11) 20... Rxc1 $2 {In einer
Schnellschachpartie achtet man selten auf Details. Schwarz konnte mit 20...
Rc6! die c-Linie halten. Nach dem fehlerhaften Textzug landet Schwarz in einer
äußerst unangenehmen Stellung.} (20... Rc6 $1 21. Nb5 (21. Rxc6 bxc6 22. b4 Rb8
23. Rc1 Ke7 24. Rxc6 Kd7 25. b5 Nd8 26. Ra6 Rb6 $17) 21... Rac8 22. Rxc6 bxc6
$11) 21. Rxc1 d4 $1 (21... Rd8 $2 22. Rc8 Rxc8 23. Nxc8 a6 24. Kd3 $16 {/\Nb6})
(21... Ke7 $2 22. Rc8 $16) 22. b4 {/\Nxb7} Rb8 23. Rc8+ (23. exd4 Nxd4+ 24. Kd3
Ne6 25. Ke4 $16) 23... Rxc8 24. Nxc8 a6 25. exd4 Nxd4+ 26. Kd3 Ne6 27. Ke4 $16
{Die Partie liefert ein gutes Beispiel dafür, daß in einem Springerendspiel
die Aktivität des Königs nicht selten entscheidend ist.} h5 (27... Nc7 28. a4
$16) 28. Ke5 h4 29. Nd6 b5 30. Kf6 $18 Nf4 (30... Nd8 31. h3 Kg8 32. g3 hxg3
33. fxg3 Kf8 34. g4 $18) 31. Nxf7 Nxg2 32. Ne5 h3 33. Nxg6+ Ke8 34. Ke6 Ne1 35.
f4 Nf3 36. f5 Nd4+ 37. Kf6 Nf3 38. Kg7 Kd7 39. f6 1-0

[Event "Leon 16th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2003.06.08"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2003.06.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 Nd4 12. Ne4 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Bd5 14. Qc2 a5
15. Be3 axb4 16. axb4 c6 17. b5 Ra2 18. Qc1 Na4 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Ra1 Rxa1 21.
Qxa1 Qa5 22. Bd2 Qa8 23. Rb1 Nc5 24. Bb4 Qxa1 25. Rxa1 Nb3 26. Bxe7 Nxa1 27.
Bxf8 Kxf8 28. Bg2 Nb3 29. Nc3 Bxg2 30. Kxg2 Ke7 31. Kf1 Ke6 32. Ke1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon 16th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2003.06.08"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2003.06.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Be7 10. Kb1 Rc8 11. h4 h6 12. Be3 h5 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Ne2 d5
15. e5 Nd7 16. f4 Bb5 17. g3 g6 18. Bg2 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 Qc7 20. Rd3 Nc5 21. Rc3
Qd7 22. Bxc5 Bxc5 23. Rd1 b5 24. Bf1 Ke7 25. Rcd3 Bb6 26. Qd2 Kf8 27. Rb3 Bc5
28. c4 bxc4 29. Bxc4 Qa7 30. Be2 Kg7 31. Qd3 a5 32. Qa6 Qxa6 33. Bxa6 Rb8 34.
Bb7 Bb4 35. Bc6 Rhc8 36. Rc1 Rb6 37. Ba4 Rxc1+ 38. Kxc1 Bc5 39. Rf3 Rb4 40. Bc2
a4 41. b3 axb3 42. axb3 Rb7 43. Kd1 Ra7 44. Ke2 Bb4 45. Rf2 Rc7 46. Bd3 Rc3 47.
Rf1 Rxb3 48. Rb1 Rxb1 49. Bxb1 Kf8 50. Bc2 Ke7 51. Ba4 d4 52. Bb5 Ba5 53. Bd3
Kd8 54. Bb5 Bb4 55. Bd3 Kc7 56. Bb5 Kd8 57. Bd3 Ba5 58. Bb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon 16th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2003.06.08"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2003.06.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2]} 1. e4 {Hecht} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3
Ne7 7. Qg4 Qa5 8. Bd2 O-O 9. Bd3 Nbc6 10. Nf3 f5 11. exf6 Rxf6 12. Qh5 Nf5 13.
Ne5 $5 $146 (13. O-O {White failed to get any advantage after} c4 14. Bxf5 (14.
Be2 Nd6 15. Qg5 Ne4 16. Qe3 Ne7 17. Bd1 Qb6 18. Bc1 Ng6 19. Ng5 Nxg5 20. Qxg5
Bd7 21. Qg3 Ne7 22. Qe5 Ng6 {1/2-1/2 Bucher,D-Romon Poves,R/EU-ch B20 Aviles
2000/ (22)}) 14... Rxf5 15. Qg4 Bd7 16. Qg3 Raf8 17. Bh6 R8f7 18. Nh4 Rh5 19.
Bf4 Rxh4 20. Qxh4 Qxc3 21. Be3 Qxc2 22. a4 b6 23. Qg3 Qe4 24. Rad1 h6 25. Rfe1
Qh7 26. Bf4 Kh8 27. Be5 Qc2 {Sibarevic-Sevo/YUG t-ch2 2000/0-1 (38)}) ({or} 13.
dxc5 Qxc5 (13... e5 $6 14. Nxe5 $1 Qxc5 15. O-O Nxe5 16. Qe8+ Rf8 17. Qxe5 $16)
14. g4 Nh6 15. g5 g6 16. Qh3 e5 17. Qg2 Rxf3 $5 (17... Rd6 $5) 18. Qxf3 e4 19.
Qe3 Qxe3+ 20. Bxe3 exd3 21. gxh6 dxc2 22. Kd2 Bf5 $15 {1-0 Korneev,O-Rodriguez
Gerrero,E/Sevilla op 2002 (34)}) (13. c4 $5) (13. g4 $5 c4 $132) 13... c4 ({
Worth considering} 13... Nxe5 14. dxe5 Rf7 (14... Rf8 15. g4 c4 (15... g6) 16.
gxf5 cxd3 17. f6 $18) 15. c4 (15. g4 g6 16. Qg5 Ne7 17. h4 $5 c4 18. Be2 Qa4
$132) (15. O-O $5) 15... Qc7 16. f4 d4 $13) (13... Qa4 $5) 14. Bxf5 Rxf5 ({
Weaker was} 14... exf5 $6 {after} 15. Nxc6 bxc6 (15... Rxc6 $4 16. Qe8#) 16.
Qe8+ Rf8 17. Qxc6 Rb8 18. O-O {white's advantage is obvious}) 15. Qe8+ Rf8 16.
Nxc6 bxc6 17. Qxc6 {'las blancas han ganado un peón'} Rb8 {'pero las negras
parecen tener compensación  ¿será suficiente? Fritz considera que el blanco
está un poco mejor. '} 18. O-O {Thanks to the new interesting opening idea
White has won a pawn. Of course Black has some compensation, but is is clear
that he can fight just for draw.} Rb2 {'a pesar de haberse enfrentado a una
novedad Ponomariov tiene más tiempo que su rival casi 18 mn. contra 13'} 19.
Bf4 $5 {'el blanco devuelve el peón para tomar la iniciativa por las casillas
negras con Bd6 o e5 en caso de ataque al rey los alfiles de distinto color son
un arma terrible.'} ({I am quite sure, that moves like} 19. Rfc1 {Topalov even
didn't start to consider.}) 19... Qxc3 {Only move, otherwise Black lose
without struggle, for example:} ({No es posible} 19... Rxc2 $4 {por} 20. Bd6
$18 {[%csl Rf8] or}) (19... Rxf4 $2 20. Qxc8+ Rf8 21. Qxe6+) 20. Bd6 Rb6 {
'esta intermedia es la clave del juego negro'} ({Black could try also} 20...
Rd8 {with possible continuation} 21. Qc7 Re8 22. Be5 Rb7 23. Qc6 Rf8 {just
with small advantage of white}) 21. Qc7 Rb7 (21... Rxd6 $143 22. Qxd6 Qxc2 23.
Rab1 $16 {[%cal Gb1b8]}) 22. Qc5 Re8 23. Qc6 {'Topalov tiene 8 minutos;
Ponomariov 14'} Rd8 24. Rab1 $5 {[%mdl 2560] Topalov would like to exploite
more active positions of his pieces, especially clear difference in bishops
activity, and he is ready to sacrifice pawn for exchange rook b7 - main
defender of Black king.} Rxb1 25. Rxb1 Qxc2 26. Rf1 {'Fritz que es un gran
comedor de peones considera la posición igualada, lo que hace pensar que la
actividad del blanco es lo bastante fuerte para, por lo menos, compensar el
peón sacrificado'} Qg6 {Black is a pawn up but his bishop c8 is so weak, that,
I think, any case he can just dream about equalization of chances.} 27. Qc7 Qe8
(27... Re8 28. Qxa7 $16) 28. Be5 Qd7 29. Qc5 Qb7 30. h3 {White don't need to
be in hurry/} Re8 ({Unfortunately, Black bishop still can't move -} 30... Bd7
$4 31. Qe7 $18) 31. Re1 {'la torre estaría estupendamente colocada en la
tercera fila'} Bd7 32. Qa5 $1 {Avoiding simple trap} ({Tras} 32. Re3 $2 Qb6 $15
{y las negras fuerzan el cambio de damas}) 32... Rc8 33. Re3 Be8 34. Rg3 Bg6 {
Too dangerous was to play} (34... g6) 35. h4 {Simple and strong move} Qb6 {
'según Illescas "una cagada"'} (35... h5 $5 36. Rxg6 $140 $2 Qb1+ $19) 36. Qa4
$1 {'[#] amenaza entrar en d7'} ({Obviously White has to keep the queens on
the board} 36. Qxb6 $2 axb6 37. h5 Bf5 38. Rxg7+ Kf8 $15 {y el peón c es muy
fuerte}) 36... Qb7 ({o bien la mas sutil pero no necesariamente mejor} 36...
Qb1+ $5 37. Kh2 Qb7 38. h5 Be8 $1 39. Qb4 $142 Qxb4 40. Rxg7+ Kf8 41. axb4 Bxh5
$1 42. Rxh7 Bf7 $15) 37. h5 Be8 (37... c3 $5 38. hxg6 c2 39. Bf4 c1=Q+ 40. Bxc1
Rxc1+ 41. Kh2 Rc6 $13) 38. Qd1 {White protect important h5 pawn} ({But he
could play} 38. Qc2 Bxh5 39. Rxg7+ Qxg7 40. Bxg7 Kxg7 {y el peón c debe dar
contrajuego para tablas.} 41. Qb2 $1 {with some chances.}) 38... g6 {'Topalov
tiene poco más de un minuto'} 39. Qg4 Qb1+ (39... Qe7 40. Qf4 $5) 40. Kh2 Qf5
41. Qh4 c3 $5 {Passed pawn has to go forward!} 42. Rg5 (42. Qe7 Qf7 43. Qh4 Qf5
$11) 42... Qe4 $4 {[%mdl 8192] Terrible mistake!} ({Good or bad, Ponomariov
had to play} 42... Qf8 {and White has just draw, for example:} 43. hxg6 Bxg6 {
y no se ve remate para las blancas} 44. Rxg6+ hxg6 45. Qh8+ Kf7 46. Qf6+ Ke8
47. Qxe6+ Kd8 48. Qxd5+ Ke8 49. Qe6+ Kd8 $11) (42... Qf7 $4 43. hxg6 hxg6 44.
Qh8#) {[#]} 43. Rg4 $4 {Missing ( first but not lat time! ) easy victory} ({
Gana} 43. Rxg6+ Bxg6 (43... hxg6 44. Qf6 $18) 44. Qf6 Qxe5+ 45. dxe5 $18 {
wins immediately}) 43... Qf5 44. Rg5 Qe4 $4 45. Qh3 $4 ({de nuevo deja pasar} 
45. Rxg6+) 45... Rc6 46. hxg6 Bxg6 47. Qh6 Kf7 48. f3 (48. Qg7+ $5 Ke8 49. Qb7
Qh4+ ({After} 49... Rc4 $2 {white wins immediately} 50. Qb8+ Kd7 51. Qd6+ Kc8
52. Qxe6+ Kb7 53. a4 $1 a5 (53... c2 54. Qd7+ Ka8 55. Qd8+ Kb7 56. Qb8+ Ka6 57.
Qb5#) 54. Qd7+ Ka8 55. Qb5 $18) 50. Kg1 Qxg5 51. Qxc6+ Kf7 52. Qxc3 {with some
advantage in ending}) 48... Qe1 {I afraid that both players we in severe time
trouble.} ({Era imprescindible dejar defendido el alfil} 48... Qb1 $1 {leads
to force draw -} 49. Qg7+ Ke8 50. Bc7 $1 (50. Bf6 Qb8+ 51. Re5 Qc7 $17) 50...
Rxc7 (50... c2 51. Qg8+ Ke7 52. Qd8+ Kf7 53. Qd7+ Kf8 54. Bd6+ Rxd6 55. Qxd6+
Kf7 $11) 51. Qxc7 c2 52. Qc8+ $11) 49. Rxg6 $1 {Finally removing the only
defender standing between White's attacking pieces and Black's king 'por fin,
con segundos en el reloj Topalov encuentra el remate'} Qxe5+ $8 ({Contra} 49...
hxg6 {Fritz anuncia mate} 50. Qg7+ Ke8 51. Bf6 {with mate in few moves.}) 50.
dxe5 hxg6 51. Qh7+ Kf8 (51... Ke8 {Hecht} 52. Qxg6+ Kd7 53. Qc2 Kc7 54. Kg3 $1
d4 55. Kf2 d3 56. Qc1 $1 d2 57. Qc2 Rc5 58. f4 Rd5 59. Ke2 Rc5 60. g4 Kd8 61.
Kd1 Rc7 62. Qd3+ Ke8 63. f5 exf5 64. gxf5 $18) 52. Qd7 Rc4 {'[#]'} 53. Qd8+ $2
{Difficult to believe, but this natural move is mistake.Topalov could win by
force atter  Hecht: 'D. Barlov schreibt in der ROCHADE8: "Es ist unglaublich,
was Topalov hier in Zeitnot macht! Ganz einfach und schnell gewinnt 53.Dxe6 ...
..". Da der Bulgare aber nur wenige Züge später auf Zeit verliert, hat er hier
angesichts horrender Zeitnot den Versuch unternommen, mittels Dauerschach
wenigstens einen halben Punkt zu retten. Die wenig komplizierte Gewinnführung
in der Variante hätte Topalov zeitlich ohnehin nicht überlebt. Das ist meine
Meinung aus der Ferne. '} ({Hecht: Es gewinnt} 53. Qxe6 $1 c2 54. Qf6+ Ke8 (
54... Kg8 55. Qxg6+ Kh8 56. Qh6+ Kg8 57. Qc1 d4 58. Qg5+ {Hecht: 'mit
Turmgewinn; z.B.'} Kh7 59. Qe7+ Kh8 60. Qf8+ Kh7 61. Qf7+ {[%cal Rf7c4] '+-'
Hecht. winning rook c4}) 55. e6 $1 Rc7 $8 56. e7 Rxe7 (56... c1=Q {Hecht} 57.
Qf8+ Kd7 58. e8=Q#) 57. Qxg6+ {'+-' Hecht. y gana el peón de c2} Kd7 58. Qxc2
$18) 53... Kg7 54. Qf6+ Kh7 55. Qf7+ Kh6 56. Qf8+ Kh7 57. Qe7+ Kh8 $11 58. Qf6+
$138 {And in this moment White lost on time. Sad end of very interesting game.
Hecht: 'ZÜ' 'Y Topalov pierde por tiempo una partida que ha tenido ganada
varias veces. un desenlace increible que recuerda como Ponomariov ganó el
match contra Ivanchuk que le proclamó campeón del mundo.'} 0-1

[Event "Leon 16th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2003.06.08"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2003.06.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O Na6
9. dxe6 Bxe6 $16 {The idea of this variation is to recieve good piece play for
weak Pd6. However, in my opinion, White has steady advantage in this variation.
I woudn't recommend to play it vs R. Ponomarev.} 10. Bf4 {[%csl Rd6]} ({
Interesting is} 10. Bg5 $1 Qb6 11. Qd2 Rfe8 12. Ne1 (12. Rfd1 $14) 12... Nb4
13. f4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Bxc4 15. Nf6+ Bxf6 16. Bxc4 Bd4+ 17. Kh1 d5 18. Be2 $16 {
1/2-1/2 Vaisser,A-Lechtynsky,J/Vrnjacka Banja 1984/MCD (41)}) 10... Qa5 ({
The most popular move is} 10... Qb6 11. Rb1 (11. Qb3 Qxb3 12. axb3 Rfd8 13.
Rfd1 Ne8 14. Rd2 Rd7 15. Rad1 Rad8 16. Nb5 b6 (16... h6 17. Nxa7 $16 (17. Nxd6
Nxd6 18. Bxd6 Bg4 19. Bf4 $16)) 17. Ng5 Nb8 (17... Nb4 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Bg5
Bf6 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. Rxd6 Rxd6 22. Rxd6 Rxd6 23. Nxd6 $16) 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19.
Bg5 Bf6 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. Rxd6 Nxe4 22. Rxd7 Rxd7 23. Rxd7 Nxd7 24. Nxa7 Nd6
25. Nc6 $16 {1-0 Hort,V-Cifuentes,A/Havana 1967/EXT 2001 (54)}) (11. Qd2 Rad8 (
11... Rfd8 12. Ng5 (12. h3 Qb4 13. a3 Qb3 14. Qd3 Nd7 15. Rab1 Ne5 16. Bxe5
dxe5 17. Nd5 Qxd3 18. Bxd3 Kf8 19. Rfd1 h6 20. Ne1 Rac8 21. Nc2 Bxd5 22. cxd5
c4 23. Be2 Nc5 $17 {0-1 Krush,I-Rogers,I/Hawaii 1998/EXT 99 (30)}) 12... Bd7
13. Rae1 Bc6 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 h6 16. Nh3 Re8 17. Bd3 $14) (11... Rfe8 12.
Ne1 Rad8 13. Rd1 Nb4 14. Bg5 Rd7 15. Qf4 Qd8 16. Qh4 b5 17. e5 $1 (17. a3 $2 {
0-1 Caoili,A-Calotescu,A/Oropesa del Mar 2001/EXT 2002 (48)}) 17... dxe5 18.
Rxd7 Bxd7 19. Ne4 Re6 20. Nxc5 $18) 12. Rad1 (12. Rfe1 Nb4 13. h3 Nc6 14. b3
Rfe8 15. Rac1 Nd4 16. Bg5 Rc8 17. Nh2 Qc6 18. Bd3 $14 {0-1 Jurek,J-Petrov,M/
Pardubice 2001/CBM 83 ext (39)}) 12... Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nc7 15. Bxd6
Nce8 16. e5 Nxd6 17. exd6 Ne8 18. Na4 Qxd6 19. Qa5 Bd4 20. Qxa7 Nf6 21. Nc3 (
21. Qxb7 Qf4 22. Qb3 $16) 21... Qe6 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. Bxd5 Qf5 24. Qb6 $16 {
0-1 Browne,W-Wilder,M/Lone Pine 1980/MCD (38)}) (11. a3 Rfd8 12. Qc2 Nc7 13.
Rfd1 a6 14. Rd2 h6 15. Rad1 Nce8 16. h3 g5 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Nh2 b6 19. f4 gxf4
20. Bxf4 $16 {1/2-1/2 Goehler,A-Muresan,M/Dresden 1990/TD (64)}) ({Premature is
} 11. Bxd6 $2 Rfd8 12. e5 Ne8 13. Nb5 Nb4 14. a3 Nc6 15. b4 Nxd6 16. exd6 Bxa1
17. Qxa1 cxb4 18. Nc7 Rac8 $17 {1/2-1/2 Mellano,S-Giaccio,A/Buenos Aires 1991/
EXT 2002 (50)}) 11... Rad8 12. h3 Rfe8 13. Bg5 h6 14. Be3 Qc6 15. Nd2 Bc8 16.
a3 Nc7 17. b4 $14 {-see commented game  1-0 Kortschnoj,V-Plachetka,J/Ostrava
1994/CBM 42 [Ftacnik,L](38)}) 11. Re1 ({Possibly also} 11. Qd2 Rad8 12. a3 Rd7
13. h3 Rc8 14. Rad1 Qb6 15. Qc2 Nb8 16. Rd2 a6 17. Rfd1 Rcd8 18. g4 $16 {
0-1 Baragar,F-Gruenfeld,Y/Zagreb 1987/CBM 04 (65)}) 11... Rfe8 12. Bf1 (12. Qb3
Rad8 13. Rad1 {[%csl Rd6]} Bc8 {[%csl Re4]} 14. Bf1 Qb4 15. Qc2 {[%csl Rd6,Ge4]
} (15. Bxd6 Qxb3 16. axb3 Bf8 17. Bxf8 Rxd1 18. Nxd1 Kxf8 19. Nc3 Bg4 20. Nd2
$16) 15... Qb6 16. Nb5 Bf8 17. Bg5 Bg7 18. Qd2 $16) 12... Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14.
Qxf3 Nb4 {[%cal Gb4c2]} 15. Rac1 Nd7 16. Bxd6 ({Or} 16. a3 Nc6 17. Bxd6 Re6 18.
Bf4 (18. Qf4 Nde5 19. Red1 Nd4 20. b4 $18) 18... Rae8 19. Qd3 Bd4 20. Re2 $16)
16... Nxa2 17. Ra1 $2 $132 {Serious mistake.} ({Very strong was} 17. Nxa2 Qxa2
18. e5 $1 {This strong promotion was overlooked probably by both sides...} Qa6
(18... Nxe5 19. Qxb7 $22 $18 {[%csl Ra2,Ra8,Rc5,Re8]}) (18... Bxe5 19. Bxe5
Nxe5 20. Qc3 $18 {[%csl Ra2,Re5]}) 19. Qd5 Qb6 20. f4 $16) 17... Qb6 {[%csl
Rd6]} 18. Nb5 Nb4 19. Bc7 Qc6 20. Rad1 Nc2 21. Re2 a6 22. Rxc2 axb5 23. Bf4 b4
24. Rd6 Qxe4 25. Qxe4 Rxe4 26. Rxd7 $6 {Gives to the opponent strong
initiative.} ({Why not} 26. Be3 Nf8 27. Bxc5 (27. g3 Ra1 28. Kg2 Bd4 29. Bxd4
Rxd4 30. Rxd4 cxd4 31. Rd2 Ne6 $17) 27... b3 28. Rc1 Ra2 29. Rb1 Ne6 30. Be3
Bxb2 31. Rb6 $1 {and White equalizes:} (31. Rd3 $6 Rxe3 $1 (31... Bd4 32. Rbxb3
$11) 32. Rxe3 Nc5 33. g3 Bd4 34. Re2 Rxe2 35. Bxe2 b2 36. Kg2 Ne4 37. Bd3 Nxf2
38. Bc2 f5 39. Rf1 Ne4 40. Rd1 $15) 31... Bd4 32. Rxb7 Rxe3 33. fxe3 Bxe3+ 34.
Kh1 Nc5 35. R7xb3 $11) 26... Rxf4 27. g3 Rd4 28. Rxb7 Rd1 {[%cal Ga8a1]
Threatening Ra8-a1} 29. Kg2 Rb1 {[%csl Rb2]} 30. Bd3 Re8 (30... Rxb2 31. Rxb2
Bxb2 32. Be4 Ra2 (32... Bd4 33. Rxb4 cxb4 (33... Re8 34. Bc6 cxb4 35. Bxe8 b3
36. Ba4 b2 37. Bc2 $11) 34. Bxa8 b3 35. Be4 $11) 33. Bd5 Bd4 34. Rxf7 Kh8 35.
h4 b3 36. g4 h5 37. Rf8+ Kh7 38. Rf7+ Bg7 39. Rb7 b2 40. gxh5 gxh5 $11) 31. Re2
$2 $17 {Mistake!} ({Why not} 31. Rc7 $1 Bd4 32. Rd2 Rbe1 33. Ra7 $11) 31...
Rxe2 32. Rb8+ Bf8 33. Bxe2 Rxb2 34. Bf3 Kg7 35. Bd5 f5 36. g4 ({Or} 36. Kf1 h5
37. h4 Ra2 38. Rb6 Ra7 39. Ke2 (39. f4 Be7 40. Ke2 Bf6 {[%cal Gf6d4]} 41. Rb7+
Rxb7 42. Bxb7 b3 43. Kd1 Bd4 44. Kc1 Bf2 $19) 39... Be7 40. Kf3 Bf6 41. Kf4 Ra2
42. f3 Re2 43. g4 $17) 36... Re2 $2 $44 ({In case of} 36... Bd6 $2 37. Rb7+ $4
({White equalizes:} 37. Rd8 $1 Be5 {[%csl Rf2][%cal Ge5d4]} (37... Bf4 38. Kf3
Be5 39. g5 h6 40. Rd7+ Kh8 41. Rd8+ Kh7 42. Rd7+ Bg7 43. h4 Rc2 44. Rb7 $44)
38. g5 h6 39. Rd7+ Kh8 40. Rd8+ (40. gxh6 b3 $17) 40... Kh7 41. Rd7+ Bg7 42. h4
b3 43. Rb7 Rb1 44. Bf7 Rb2 (44... b2 45. Rb6 $16) (44... hxg5 45. hxg5 Rb2 46.
Bd5 $11) 45. Rb6 Bd4 46. Bxg6+ Kg7 47. gxh6+ Kxh6 48. Bxf5+ $11) 37... Kf6 38.
Rxh7 fxg4 39. hxg4 Be5 40. Kf3 Bd4 41. Rf7+ Kg5 42. Kg3 Rb3+ 43. f3 Be5+ 44.
Kf2 Rb1 $19) ({Worth of attention} 36... fxg4 $1 37. hxg4 Bd6 38. Rd8 Be7 (
38... Bf4 39. Kf3 g5 40. Rc8 Be5 41. Rxc5 Rxf2+ 42. Kxf2 Bd4+ 43. Kf3 Bxc5 44.
Be4 Kf6 {[%cal Gf6c3]} 45. Bxh7 Ke5 46. Ke2 Kd4 47. Kd2 b3 48. Kc1 $11 {
[%cal Gh7f5,Gc1b1]}) 39. Rd7 Kf8 40. Rc7 h6 $17 {With stable initiative.}) 37.
Kf3 Re1 38. g5 $1 {[%csl Rg7] Now Black pieces will remain on passive
positions.} Re7 39. h4 Rc7 40. Ke2 Ra7 41. Kd3 Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 14th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Agrest, Evgenij"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sweden"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. d3 Bxf3 5. exf3 c5 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Nc6 8.
Qd1 g6 9. Be2 Bg7 10. f4 O-O 11. Be3 e6 12. O-O Ne7 13. Qa4 Nf5 14. Rad1 Nxe3
15. fxe3 Qc7 16. Kh1 a6 17. Bf3 Ra7 18. Rd2 Rc8 19. Be2 Qb8 20. Qb3 Bf8 21. e4
d6 22. f5 Nd7 23. fxe6 fxe6 24. Bg4 Re8 25. Ne2 Ne5 26. Bxe6+ Rxe6 27. c5 d5
28. Qxd5 Rae7 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 14th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.12"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Papaioannou, Ioannis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Greece"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GRE"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 c6 5. Bc4 Bf5 6. Bd2 Nf6 7. Nf3 e6 8.
Nd5 Qd8 9. Nxf6+ gxf6 10. Bb3 Nd7 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Nh4 Bg6 13. O-O-O O-O-O 14.
g3 Kb8 15. Ng2 Bd6 16. h4 h5 17. Nf4 Bf5 18. Nxh5 c5 19. g4 Rxh5 20. gxf5 Rxf5
21. Be3 cxd4 22. Bxd4 Bc5 23. Bxc5 Nxc5 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. h5 Nxb3+ 26. axb3
Qd5 27. Qd1 Kc7 28. h6 Qxd1+ 29. Kxd1 Rd5+ 30. Ke2 Rd8 31. b4 a6 32. c4 Rh8 33.
Ke3 Rh7 34. Kf4 Rh8 35. Rh3 Rg8 36. h7 Rh8 37. Ke4 Kd6 38. Kd4 Kc6 39. Rh6 Rd8+
40. Kc3 Rh8 41. Rh5 Kd6 42. c5+ Kc6 43. Kc4 b6 44. cxb6 Kxb6 45. b5 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 14th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.13"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O b5 8. a4
b4 9. Na2 e5 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Qe1 Qb6 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Nd2 Na5 14. Nc4 Nxc4 15.
Bxc4 Rb8 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. c3 bxc3 18. Nxc3 O-O 19. a5 Qb4 20. b3 Be6 21. Ra4
Qc5 22. Nd5 Bg5 23. Qe2 Kh8 24. Nb6 Bd8 25. Bxe6 Bxb6 26. axb6 fxe6 27. Rxa6
Rxb6 28. Rxb6 Qxb6 29. Qc4 Re8 30. Rd1 Rf8 31. Rd2 Qa5 32. Rxd6 Qe1+ 33. Qf1
Qxe4 34. g3 h6 35. Rxe6 Rd8 36. h4 Qf5 37. Re7 Qf6 38. Rc7 Qf3 39. Rc1 Qxb3 40.
Qe2 Qd5 41. Re1 Re8 42. Qe3 Kh7 43. Re2 Qd1+ 44. Kh2 Qd5 45. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 14th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.14"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Godena, Michele"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. Nb5 $6 {It's quite
strange to see this move on the top level, but the effect of surprise can work
well here.} Bxe3 7. fxe3 Qh4+ (7... Qe5 8. Nd2 Kd8 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. Qf3 d6 11. h3
Be6 12. O-O-O $13 {Encyklopaedia of chess openings.}) 8. g3 Qd8 (8... Qxe4 9.
Nxc7+ Kd8 10. Nxa8 Qxh1 11. Qd6 (11. Qg4 Qg1 12. Qxg7 Qxe3+ 13. Be2 Qg1+ 14.
Bf1 Qe3+ 15. Be2 Qg1+ 16. Bf1 Qe3+ {1/2-1/2 Langer,M-Kamberi,S/22nd NAO,
Oklahoma USA 2003 (16)}) 11... Nf6 12. Nd2 Ne4 13. Qc7+ Ke7 14. O-O-O Nxd2 15.
Bb5 Qd5 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Rxd2 Qc5 18. Rd4 f6 19. b4 Qc3 20. Re4+ Kf7 21. Qxa7
Re8 22. Rxe8 Qe1+ 23. Kb2 Qxb4+ 24. Kc1 Qe1+ 25. Kb2 Qb4+ 26. Kc1 {1/2-1/2
Mieses,J-Sergeant,E/Hastings 1945}) 9. Qg4 g5 $5 $146 {Godena prefers "active
defense", but this move creates weak squares on the kingside.} (9... g6 $6 10.
Qf4 d6 11. Bc4 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. O-O Nge7 14. N1c3 Ne5 15. Qf6 Kd7 16. Nd4
Qg8 17. Ncb5 N7c6 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Rad1 Rf8 20. Qxe5 Rxf1+ 21. Kxf1 Qf7+ 22.
Kg2 Rf8 23. Nxd6 Qf3+ 24. Kh3 Qxd1 25. Qg7+ Kxd6 26. Qxf8+ $18 {1-0 Spielmann,
R-Rubinstein,A/Stockholm 1919/HCL (42)}) (9... Kf8 10. Qf4 d6 {- see the
commented game Nataf,I-Onischuk,A/Montreal 2003/CBM 97 [Postny,E]}) 10. N1c3 d6
11. Qe2 a6 12. Nd4 Ne5 13. Qg2 ({Deserved attention} 13. Qf2) 13... Be6 {
Black is preparing castling to queenside.} 14. O-O-O Qd7 15. h4 gxh4 $6 {
This exchange helps white to get play on the kingside. It was stronger to
capture more space by 15...g4, though this move has some drawbacks as well.} ({
After} 15... g4 16. Nd5 O-O-O {black's position looks preferable.}) 16. gxh4
Bg4 $1 (16... O-O-O 17. Qg7 Ne7 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Bh3 {[%csl Re6] putting
pressure on e6.}) 17. Be2 Ne7 $6 ({Logical was} 17... h5 {in order to secure
black's g4 stronghold.}) 18. Bxg4 (18. Nd5 $6 Nxd5 19. exd5 O-O-O $15) 18...
Qxg4 19. Qf2 {Of course, with such a terrible pawns white can not afford
himself to exchange queens.} O-O-O 20. Qf6 Qd7 21. h5 Rhg8 22. Rhg1 (22. Rdg1
Rxg1+ 23. Rxg1 Qh3 {[%csl Re3]} 24. Nf5 N7c6 $13) 22... Qh3 {[%csl Re3]} 23.
Rge1 $6 (23. Nf5 Nxf5 24. Qxf5+ Qxf5 25. exf5 Nf3 $11) 23... Rde8 24. Qh6 Rg2
$6 (24... Qg4 $1 $15 {Black is threatening 25...Qg5, getting favourable
endgame.}) 25. Rh1 (25. Qxh7 Rh2 $15 {[%csl Rh5]}) 25... Qg3 26. Qxh7 Qxe3+ 27.
Kb1 Reg8 {Black controls the "g" file, but can not really make use of it,
while white's "h" pawn may become dangerous.} 28. Nf5 Nxf5 29. Qxf5+ Kb8 30. h6
R2g6 (30... Rf2 31. h7 Rh8 32. Qh3 $14) 31. Nd5 Qg5 32. Rdf1 {The alternatives
do not yield white advantage as well:} (32. Qxg5 Rxg5 33. h7 Rh8 34. Nf6 Kc8
35. Rdg1 Rxg1+ 36. Rxg1 Ng6 $11) (32. Nf4 Qxf5 33. exf5 Rg4 34. Nd5 Rh8 35. h7
Nd7 $1 $11 {[%csl Yf6]}) 32... Rh8 33. h7 c6 34. Nf6 Qxf5 35. Rxf5 Kc7 {
[%cal Gc7d8,Gd8e7] White has no resources to make a final push to promote the
"h" pawn. The position is balanced.} 36. b3 Kd8 37. Ng8 Rg7 38. Rd1 (38. Rfh5
Nd7 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Gd7f8]}) 38... Rgxh7 39. Rxd6+ Kc7 40. Rd2 Rxg8 (40... Nc4
$5 41. bxc4 Rxg8 42. Rdf2 Rgg7 43. c5 $11) 41. Rxe5 f6 42. Rf5 Re8 {The
endgame is completely equal, but Ponomariov continues the fight till the very
end.} 43. Rf4 Rhe7 44. Rd4 Rd7 45. c3 Re5 46. Kc2 c5 47. Rxd7+ Kxd7 48. Kd3 Re6
$6 {Inaccuracy.} (48... Ke6 $142 49. Rh4 Rg5 50. Rh7 b5 $11) 49. Ke3 Rd6 50.
Rf5 b6 51. Rd5 Ke6 52. c4 ({The pawns endgame is drawish as well:} 52. Rxd6+
Kxd6 53. Kf4 Ke6 54. c4 (54. a4 b5 55. a5 c4 56. b4 Ke7 57. Kf5 Kf7 58. e5 fxe5
59. Kxe5 Ke7 $11) 54... b5 55. a3 b4 $1 56. axb4 cxb4 57. Ke3 Ke7 58. c5 Kd7
59. Kd3 a5 60. Kd4 Kc7 61. Kc4 Kc6 $11) 52... Rd7 53. Kf4 Rh7 54. Rd8 {The
last try to make something out of nothing.} Rh4+ 55. Kf3 Rh3+ 56. Kg4 Rh2 57.
Re8+ Kd6 (57... Kf7 58. Rb8 $14) 58. Kf5 Rf2+ 59. Kg6 Rxa2 60. Kf7 $1 b5 (60...
Rb2 61. Re6+ Kc7 62. Rxf6 Rxb3 63. e5 Re3 64. e6 Kd6 $11) 61. Re6+ Kd7 62. Kxf6
{White has got now a passed pawn, but it's not enough to win the game.} Rf2+
63. Ke5 Rb2 64. Rd6+ Kc7 65. Rd3 Kc6 66. Ke6 bxc4 67. bxc4 Rc2 68. Rd6+ Kc7 69.
Rxa6 Rxc4 70. e5 Rh4 71. Kd5 Rd4+ $1 72. Kxc5 Rd1 {A well known drawish
position has arised.} 73. Rd6 (73. e6 Rc1+ 74. Kd5 Kd8 $11) 73... Rxd6 74.
exd6+ Kd7 75. Kd5 Kd8 76. Ke6 Ke8 77. d7+ Kd8 78. Kd6 {No more moves! Draw.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 14th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.17"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Graf, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. Nbd2 exd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. d5 Nce5 15.
Nh2 $5 {In principle this is better than exchanging on e5. White has more
space and should keep as many pieces as possible on the board. Black must find
a way to deploy all his minor pieces.} g5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An idea copied
from the Modern Benoni. The N is secured on e5, but the price is a permanent
weakening of f5.} (15... Ng6 16. g3 (16. Ndf1 Bg5 17. Ne3 Nde5 18. Nf5 Bxc1 19.
Qxc1 Ne7 20. f4 Nxf5 21. fxe5 Nd4 $13 {1/2-1/2 Anagnostopoulos,D-Skembris,S/
Athens 1996/CBM 55 ext (50)}) 16... Nf6 17. h4 Ne5 18. Ndf1 h5 19. Bf4 Nfg4 $13
{1/2-1/2 Ponomariov,R-Adams,M/Cap d'Agde 2003/CBM 98 no vc (29)}) 16. Ndf1 {
[%cal Yf1g3,Yg3f5]} Bf6 17. Qh5 Kh8 18. Ng3 Rg8 19. Ng4 Rg6 (19... Nxg4 $5 {
Black should take the chance to simplify the position.} 20. hxg4 Be5 21. Nf5
Nf6 22. Qh3 (22. Qxf7 Bxf5 23. exf5 Rg7 24. Qe6 Re7 25. Rxe5 Rxe6 26. Rxe6 Nxg4
$13) 22... Bxf5 $13) 20. Ne3 c4 21. Rb1 Nc5 22. b3 Ncd3 (22... g4 $5) 23. Bxd3
Nxd3 24. Rd1 Nxc1 25. Rdxc1 c3 {Blacks main problem is the square f5. After an
exchange on b3 White would have had the c-file as well.} 26. b4 $1 {Now c3 is
quite weak.} Bd7 (26... a5 $5) 27. Rc2 Qe7 28. Qf3 Re8 29. Re1 Qe5 30. Nh5 $1 {
[%csl Rc3] Aimed at c3.} g4 $6 (30... Qxe4 31. Qxf6+ $1 Rxf6 32. Nxf6 Qe5 33.
Nxe8 Bxe8 34. Rec1 $16) (30... Rc8 31. Ng4 Bxg4 32. Qxg4 Rc4 33. a3 $16) 31.
hxg4 Bd8 32. Qxf7 Bxg4 33. Nf4 Rgg8 34. Nxg4 Qg5 (34... Rxg4 35. Ne6 Reg8 36.
f4 Qf6 37. Qxf6+ Bxf6 38. e5 $18) 35. Rxc3 Ref8 (35... Qxg4 36. Rg3 Qc8 37. Rh3
$18) 36. Ng6+ Qxg6 37. Qxg6 Rxg6 38. Ne3 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 14th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.18"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Serbia & Montenegro"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "YUG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. Nbd2 exd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. d5 Nce5 15.
Nxe5 Nxe5 16. f4 Ng6 17. Nf3 Bh4 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (17... f5 {Has been played
several times with good results for Black. Ponomariovs choice has the
advantage of avoiding the forced draw that can result after 17. - f5.} 18. e5
dxe5 19. fxe5 Bb7 20. d6 Bh4 21. Nxh4 {leads to a draw.} (21. Rf1 Bg3 22. Ng5
Nh4 23. Qh5 h6 24. Ne6 Qb6 $13 {0-1 Korneev,O-Nenashev,A/Jakarta 1997/EXT 2000
(63)} 25. Qe2 Bxg2 26. Be3 Qc6 27. Nxf8 Rxf8 $13 {0-1 Korneev,O-Graf,A/Jakarta
1997/EXT 2000 (63)}) 21... Qxh4 (21... Nxh4 22. e6 $16) 22. e6 Qg3 23. Re2 Nh4
24. Qd3 Nf3+ 25. Kf1 Nh2+ $11) 18. Nxh4 (18. Rf1 Bg3 $15) 18... Qxh4 19. f5 {
More or less forced.} (19. e5 Nxf4 20. Bxf4 Qxf4 21. Qd3 g6 22. e6 Qf6 $17) (
19. Rf1 {allows a draw (if Black wants it) with} Bxh3 20. gxh3 Qg3+ $11) 19...
Ne5 {The N is strong on e5 but it can be exchanged. Who is better? Well, the
situation looks fairly balanced. White has a space advantage and Black has a
flexible P-majority on the Q-side.} 20. Rf1 Bd7 21. Bf4 Qe7 22. Qe1 {White
would like to develop an attack on the Black K.} (22. g4 $5 {seems more in the
spirit of the position. White must play hard on the K-side to balance Black´s
Q-side play.}) 22... f6 23. Qg3 Rfe8 24. b3 a5 25. Bd1 Qd8 26. Bh5 Re7 27. Kh2
Be8 28. Bxe8 (28. Be2 {is better.}) 28... Qxe8 29. Rae1 a4 $15 {Black has all
the play there is.} 30. Re3 b4 31. Qh4 Kh8 32. Bxe5 Rxe5 33. Qf4 axb3 34. axb3
Ra2 35. Rfe1 Kg8 36. Rg3 Ra7 37. Rge3 Qc8 38. Rg3 Qa6 39. Rge3 Qa2 40. Qf1 Ra5
41. Rg3 Qb2 42. Qf4 Ra7 43. Qf1 Re8 44. e5 $6 {Slightly desperate, but the
position was not very inspiring.} fxe5 45. f6 e4 46. Rg5 Qd2 47. h4 Rf7 48. Qb5
Ref8 49. fxg7 Qf4+ 50. g3 Qf2+ 51. Kh3 Rxg7 52. Rxg7+ Kxg7 53. Qd7+ Rf7 54.
Qg4+ Kh8 55. Ra1 Rf8 {Premature ending to the game. Perhaps White lost on time.
} (55... Rf8 56. Qxe4 Qf5+ 57. Qxf5 Rxf5 58. Rd1 Rf3 59. Re1 Rxb3 60. Re6 Rd3
61. Rxd6 c4 62. Rb6 b3 63. d6 Kg7 $19) 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 14th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.19"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Qc7 8.
g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 g5 12. Ne3 gxf4 13. Nxf5 O-O-O 14. Qc2
Nc5 15. O-O Ne6 16. Qe4 fxg3 17. hxg3 a5 18. Rad1 Bb4 19. Nh6 Nc5 20. Rxd8+
Rxd8 21. Qxh7 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Nxa4 23. Qc2 Nb6 24. Qf5+ Kb8 25. Ra1 Nec4 26. Qxf7
a4 27. e4 Qe5 28. Qf4 Qxf4 29. gxf4 Nb2 30. Bf3 N6c4 31. e5 Rf8 32. e6 Rf6 33.
e7 Nd6 34. Ng4 Re6 35. Ne5 Rxe7 36. Ra2 Nbc4 37. Nxc4 Nxc4 38. Rxa4 Nd6 39. Kf1
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 14th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.20"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 {Other ways to fight
for an advantage are:} (6. Qa4 {1/2-1/2 Svidler,P-Gelfand,B/Rethymnon 2003/CBM
98/[Erenburg] (30)}) (6. e5 Nd5 7. d4 {0-1 Vydeslaver,A-Fressinet,L/Rethymnon
2003/CBM 98/[Erenburg] (40)}) 6... O-O 7. h3 {More popular is} (7. d4 d5 {
Rozentalis,E-Nataf,I/Montreal 2003/CBM 97_01/[Erenburg] (29)}) 7... Qb6 {
Black has other theoretical possibilities:} (7... d5 {1/2-1/2 Kveinys,
A-Sarakauskas,G/Vilnius 2002/CBM 90/[Rabinovich,Al] (46)}) (7... Qc7 $1 8. d4
cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Na5 13. Ba3 Bd7 $1 $132 {
[%cal Gc7c3,Ra5c4] 0-1 Christiansen,L-Gurevich,D/Salt Lake City 1999/CBM 73 
(60)}) (7... e5 {0-1 Kveinys,A-McShane,L/Germany 2002/CBM 88/[McShane] (69)})
8. Na3 d5 {attacking white's centre. Black waits for white's e4-e5 to transfer
the knight to c7 via e8. Black can play more solid:} (8... d6 9. d3 e5 10. Be3
a6 11. Nc4 Qc7 12. Bxc6 Qxc6 $15 {0-1 Campora,D-Yakovich,Y/Santo Antonio 1999/
CBM 70 ext (88)}) 9. e5 {seems more principal, than} (9. d3 {0-1 Wells,
P-Harikrishna,P/Torquay 2002/CBM 91/[Rabinovich,Al] (27)}) 9... Ne8 10. d4 ({
Interesting alternative is} 10. d3 Nc7 11. Ba4 Ne6 12. Nc2 d4 $5 13. cxd4 Ncxd4
14. Ncxd4 cxd4 15. Bb3 $14 {/= 1-0 Smyslov,V-Polgar,Z/Prague 1995/CBM 48 (29)})
10... cxd4 11. cxd4 (11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. cxd4 Nc7 {-12...bxc6 variation.} (12...
c5 13. dxc5 $1 Qxc5 14. Bg5 $1 $16)) 11... Nc7 12. Bxc6 Qxc6 ({Deserves
attention:} 12... bxc6 {, opening the "b" file for a rook. Sometimes black can
provide the breakthrough c6-c5.} 13. Re3 Bf5 14. Rc3 Ne6 15. Rb3 Qa6 16. Ng5 c5
17. Nxe6 Bxe6 $15 {1/2-1/2 Schleifer,M-Kogan,A/Montreal 2000/CBM 79 (66)}) 13.
Qb3 $146 {According to Megadatabase, this position appeared for the first time.
In the previous game white tried} (13. Be3 Bd7 14. Qd2 Rfc8 15. Rec1 Qb6 16.
Rc3 Ne6 17. Rb3 Qc7 18. Ne1 (18. Bh6 $5 $14) 18... b6 $11 {1/2-1/2
Chiburdanidze,M-Simic,S/Baden-Baden 1987/TD (24)}) 13... Ne6 {Black occupies
the excelent square by the knight and intends to play f7-f6, thus, putting
pressure on the white's centre. The disadvantage of this move, that black
remains with passive light-squared bishop.} (13... Bf5 {comes to consideration.
} 14. Be3 Qd7) 14. Be3 {with following occupation of "c" file by the rook.} f6
15. Rac1 (15. exf6 exf6 16. Rac1 {-16.exf6.}) 15... Qd7 16. Nc2 {The knight is
going to be transfered to d3 via b4-d3, thus white strengthens the e5 square.}
({White gets nothing after} 16. exf6 exf6 17. Nb5 b6 18. Bd2 Rf7 $1 {[%cal
Ga7a6]} (18... Re8 19. Nc7 $1 Nxc7 20. Rxc7 Rxe1+ 21. Nxe1 Qd8 22. Bf4 Be6 23.
Nc2 $14) 19. Rxe6 Qxe6 20. Nc7 Rxc7 21. Rxc7 Bd7 $11) 16... b6 {The only way
to get the light-squared bishop into the game.} 17. Nb4 Bb7 18. Nd3 g5 {
In my opinion, black should change the rook as soon as possible, as he suffers
from lack of space:} (18... Rac8 19. Qa3 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 a5 $11) 19. Bd2 h6 {
Now black is ready to play f6-f5, so white robs from him this possibility:} 20.
exf6 exf6 21. a4 $14 {The position is near to equality, but it is clear, that
the sides play only on two results (1:0 or draw). I would prefer to play white,
as black's pair of bishops are passive in this close position and white has a
slight space advantage.} Rab8 22. a5 Ba8 $6 ({More principle was to occupy the
a6-f1 diagonal by the light-squared bishop.} 22... Ba6 23. axb6 $5 Rxb6 $5 (
23... axb6 24. Nb4 Bc4 25. Qc2 $14) 24. Nb4 Bc4 25. Qa3) 23. axb6 axb6 24. Nb4
$1 {keeping in the mind an option of transfering the queen on the kingside via
d3.} Nc7 (24... Rfe8 25. Na6 Rb7 26. Re3 $14) (24... Rbc8 25. Qd3 $14) 25. Re3
h5 {sometimes threatening the breakthrough g5-g4, after which black can occupy
the h6-c1 diagonal by the dark-squared bishop.} (25... Rfe8 26. Rce1 $14) 26.
Qd3 (26. Qc2 Nb5 {-see the game.}) 26... Nb5 27. Rce1 Rbe8 28. Nc2 {intending
to transfer the knight to e3 after a change of the rooks.} Re4 (28... Rxe3 29.
Nxe3 Re8 30. Nf5 $16) 29. Bc3 ({Interesting was} 29. Bb4 {, robbing from black
the resourse of g5-g4.} Rfe8 30. Nd2 Rxe3 31. Rxe3 Bc6 32. Rxe8+ Qxe8 33. Ne3
$14) 29... Rfe8 {In my opinion, black had to change the character of the
struggle with aggressive} (29... g4 30. hxg4 hxg4 31. Nd2 Rxe3 32. Nxe3 (32.
Rxe3 Nxc3 33. bxc3 Bh6 $11) 32... f5 33. Bb4 Re8 34. Nb3 f4 35. Nxg4 Rxe1+ 36.
Bxe1 Qxg4 37. Qxb5 f3 $44) 30. Qd1 $6 {Again white gives black chance to open
the dark-squared bishop.} ({Better is} 30. Nd2 $14) 30... Nd6 $6 ({Why not} 
30... g4 31. Nd2 Rxe3 32. Rxe3 Rxe3 33. Nxe3 f5 $11 {?}) 31. Nd2 Rxe3 32. Nxe3
(32. Rxe3 g4 $11) 32... h4 $2 {In my opinion, quite serious strategical
mistake. It's not particularly logical to locate the pawns on the dark squares,
because it is limitting the possibilities of the dark-squared bishop. More to
the point was} (32... g4 33. Bb4 Nb5 (33... gxh3 34. Bxd6 Qxd6 35. Qxh5 $16)
34. hxg4 hxg4 35. Nf5 Rxe1+ 36. Qxe1 Qxf5 37. Qe8+ Kh7 38. Qxb5 Qe6 $11) 33.
Bb4 {preventing f6-f5, and, at the same time, threatening the occupation of f5
square.} Ne4 34. Nxe4 Rxe4 35. f3 Re8 (35... Re6 36. Qd3 Qe8 37. Bd2 $14) 36.
Qd3 Bc6 37. Kf2 (37. Bd2 $5) 37... Qf7 38. Nf5 {White's chances are obviously
better, as black's bishops are passive. In case of the trade of dark-squared
bishops, white will have a powerful combination of Q+N.} Rxe1 39. Kxe1 Bd7 40.
Ne7+ Kh8 41. f4 $1 {[%cal Gd3e3] Very strong move. White is going to create
some weaknesses in the black camp.} gxf4 42. Ng6+ Kg8 43. Kf2 (43. Nxf4 f5 44.
Kf2 {-the game.}) 43... f5 44. Nxf4 $14 Qe8 $2 {There was no reason to give on
central pawn. This mistake is typical for time-trouble situation...} (44... Qf6
45. Bc3 Qd6 46. Qf3 Be6 $14) 45. Nxd5 Bb5 46. Qd1 ({Only not} 46. Qd2 Qe4) (46.
Qe3 {seems strong as well:} Qxe3+ 47. Kxe3 Bf1 (47... Kf7 48. Nxb6 Bf1 49. Kf2
Bxd4+ 50. Kxf1 Bxb6 51. Ke2 $18) 48. Nf4 Bh6 49. Kf2 $16) 46... Kh7 (46... Qe4
47. Ne7+ Kf7 48. Qh5+ $18) 47. Nc3 (47. Nxb6 $2 Qe4 48. Bc5 Bf6 $1 $44 {
[%cal Gb5d3]} (48... Bd3 49. Qh5+ Kg8 50. Qg5)) (47. Nc7 {is also legitimic
way to get an advantage:} Ba4 (47... Qd7 48. Nxb5 Qxb5 49. Qh5+ Kg8 50. Bc3 $18
{[%cal Gh5h4]}) 48. b3 Qe4 49. bxa4 Bxd4+ 50. Kf1 Qf4+ 51. Qf3 Qc1+ 52. Ke2
Qc4+ 53. Qd3 Qxb4 54. Qxf5+ Kh8 55. Qc8+ Kh7 56. Qd7+ $16) 47... Bd7 (47... Bc6
$142) 48. Bd6 $1 $16 {[%cal Gd6e5]} Qe6 $2 ({More resistant was} 48... Bc6 49.
Bf4 $16) 49. Be5 {Changing one of the black's bishops, white gets a decisive
advantage.} Bxe5 ({Doesn't change too much:} 49... Kg8 50. Bxg7 Kxg7 51. Qd2
$18) 50. dxe5 Bc6 51. Qd4 $18 {White is a pawn up. The Q+N are much stronger
here, than Q+B, also black has too much weaknesses, so the rest is a matter of
technique.} Kg7 52. Ne2 $1 {transfering the knight to f4.} Qg6 53. e6+ {
winning another pawn.} Qf6 (53... Kg8 54. Qd8+ $18) 54. Qxb6 Qxe6 (54... Be4 {
doesn't help black at all:} 55. Qc7+ Kg8 56. Qd6 $18) 55. Nd4 {winning a
bishop.} Qd5 56. Nxc6 Qd2+ 57. Kf3 Qd3+ 58. Kf4 1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde-A"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2003.10.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2003.10.24"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. Nbd2 exd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. d5 Nce5 15.
Nh2 Ng6 16. g3 Nf6 17. h4 Ne5 18. Ndf1 h5 19. Bf4 Nfg4 20. Bxe5 dxe5 21. Qd2 c4
22. b3 cxb3 23. axb3 Bc5 24. Nxg4 Bxg4 25. Bd1 Qd6 26. Qd3 Bb4 27. Re3 Bc5 28.
Re1 Bb4 29. Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde-A"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2003.10.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2003.10.24"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 b6 8.
Bg2 Bb7 9. O-O O-O 10. d5 Qa6 11. Re1 Ne4 12. Qc2 f5 13. Ng5 exd5 14. cxd5 Bxd5
15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Bxe4 fxe4 17. Qxe4 Nc6 18. Qd5+ Rf7 19. Bf4 Re8 20. e4 Na5
21. Rad1 Qc4 22. Qxc4 Nxc4 23. Rd5 h6 24. h4 Re6 25. f3 Kf8 26. Kf2 Ke8 27.
Red1 a5 28. Ke2 Kd8 29. Rb1 a4 30. h5 Na3 31. Rb2 Nc4 32. Rb1 Na3 33. Rb2 Nc4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde-A"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2003.10.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2003.10.24"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Bh4 c5 9. Ne5 (9. Bd3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Be7 (10... Bc5 11. Nf3 O-O 12. O-O b6
13. Qe2 Bb7 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. Ne5 Rfd8 16. Kh1 Rd4 17. f4 $14 {Fedorchuk,
S-Mirzoev,A/Calicut 1998}) 11. O-O O-O 12. c3 Nd5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Re1 Qc7 $5
15. a4 $5 Bd7 $13 {Kovacevic,A-Antic,D/Banja Koviljaca 2002/CBM 89}) (9. c3
cxd4 10. Nxd4 Be7 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. Qb3 Bxb5 13. Qxb5+ Qd7 14. Qxd7+ Nxd7 15.
Bxe7 Kxe7 16. O-O-O Rhc8 17. Rhe1 {1/2-1/2 Sax,G-Psakhis,L/Manila 1992/TD (17)}
) (9. Bc4 cxd4 10. O-O (10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Nxd4 a6 12. a4 Bd7 13. f3 Rc8 14. Bb3
Bc5 15. O-O-O Rd8 16. Rd3 $14 {Dutreeuw,M-Arkhipov,S/Miskolc 1990}) 10... Be7 (
10... Bc5 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Rad1 Qb6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nxd4 Qxb2 15. Rd3 $40 {
Kling,T-Vuksanovic,S/Erevan olw 1996 (25)}) 11. Qe2 a6 12. Rad1 b5 $6 13. Bb3
Nd7 $6 (13... Bb7 14. Nxd4 Qb6 15. Rd3 Rd8 16. Rfd1 O-O 17. Nf5 $14) 14. Qe4 $1
$16 {Morozevich,A-Ulibin,M/Maikop 1998}) (9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Be2 cxd4 11. Nxd4
Bc5 12. Nb3 Qxd1+ 13. Rxd1 Bb6 14. Bf3 Rb8 $11 {Huebner,R-Rivas Pastor,M/
Manila 1992}) (9. dxc5 Qa5+ (9... Qxd1+ 10. Rxd1 Bxc5 11. Be2 Ke7 12. Ne5 g5
13. Bg3 Ne4 14. Bh5 Rf8 15. Bf3 $14 {Vallejo Pons,F-Kaminski,M/WchJM-U18 1995 
(42)}) 10. Qd2 Qxd2+ 11. Nxd2 Bxc5 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Ne4 Be7 15.
Be2 f5 16. Nd6 Rd8 $11 {Toth,A-Borcsok,L/HUN 1995}) (9. Be2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11.
c3 Qb6 12. Qc2 Rd8 13. Rfd1 Bd7 14. a4 Rac8 $132 {Mirumian,V-Zifroni,D/
EUchJM-U18 1994 (42)}) 9... a6 (9... Qxd4 10. Bb5+ Nd7 $2 (10... Bd7 11. Nxd7
Nxd7 12. c3 Qe5+ 13. Kf1 Qc7 14. Qa4 Be7 15. Bg3 e5 $13 {Erdogdu,M-Spasov,V/
Istanbul 2003}) 11. Qe2 Qxh4 12. g3 Qb4+ 13. c3 Qa5 14. O-O-O Be7 15. Rxd7 $1
$18 {Boersma,J-Span,P/Amsterdam 2002}) (9... Qa5+ 10. c3 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Bc5 12.
Qf4 Bd6 13. Bg3 O-O 14. Be2 Nd7 15. Nc4 $14 {Nataf,I-Kosic,D/Budva 2002}) 10.
dxc5 Qa5+ 11. c3 Qxc5 12. Bg3 (12. Qe2 Be7 13. O-O-O O-O 14. f4 b5 15. Kb1 Bb7
16. Bf2 Qc7 17. Rg1 Rad8 18. Rc1 Bc5 $15 {Acs,P-Jeremic,V/Rethymnon 2003/CBM 98
}) 12... Bd6 13. Ng4 $5 Bxg3 $6 {Not that black is doomed to lose after this
move, but safer was to retreat to e7 with the bishop.} (13... Nd5 14. Bxd6 Qxd6
15. Bc4 O-O 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Ne3 $14) (13... Be7 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Be2 (15.
Bd6 Qc6 16. Qd3 e5 17. O-O-O Be6 $15) 15... Bd7 16. O-O Bc6 $11) 14. Nxf6+ gxf6
15. hxg3 $14 {[%csl Rh6]} Bd7 16. Rh4 Rd8 (16... Bc6 17. Qd4 Qxd4 18. Rxd4 Ke7
19. O-O-O Rad8 20. Rh4 Rxd1+ 21. Kxd1 e5 $11) 17. Qd4 Qxd4 18. Rxd4 Bc6 19.
Rad1 Rxd4 20. Rxd4 Ke7 21. Be2 e5 22. Rh4 f5 (22... a5 23. Bf3 Bxf3 24. gxf3 b6
25. Ke2 Kd6 26. Ke3 $14) 23. Bf3 e4 $6 {The idea of putting the pawns on the
light squares is quite dubious, even though also after the trade of the
bishops blavk faces certain problems.} (23... Bxf3 24. gxf3 f4 25. gxf4 exf4
26. Rxf4 h5 27. Rh4 Kf6 28. Kf1 Kg5 29. Rb4 $14) 24. Be2 Kf6 25. Kd2 $16 Kg5
26. Ke3 h5 {[%csl Rh5]} (26... a5 27. Rh5+ Kf6 28. Kf4 Bd7 29. g4 $16) 27. c4
Bd7 28. Rh1 $1 Be6 29. b3 a5 30. Rd1 Rh6 $6 {[%cal Gh5h4]} 31. Rd8 h4 32. gxh4+
Rxh4 33. g3 Rh3 34. Rb8 f4+ 35. Kxe4 f5+ $2 (35... fxg3 36. Rg8+ Kf6 (36... Kh4
$2 37. Kf4 $18) 37. Rxg3 $16) 36. Ke5 $18 fxg3 37. f4+ Kg6 38. Kxe6 1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde-A"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2003.10.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "2003.10.24"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qa4+ Nd7 8.
Nxd5 Bxd5 9. Qc2 c5 10. e4 Bb7 11. Bf4 cxd4 12. Rd1 Qc8 13. Qb1 Be7 14. Rc1 Nc5
15. b4 Bxe4 16. Qb2 O-O 17. bxc5 Bxc5 18. Nd2 Bd5 19. f3 e5 20. Bg3 Qe6 21. Bc4
Bxc4 22. Rxc4 f5 23. Qb3 e4 24. Ra4 Qxb3 25. Nxb3 f4 26. Bh4 Rae8 27. O-O e3
28. Rxd4 Bxd4 29. Nxd4 h6 30. Rb1 g5 31. Be1 Rc8 32. Kf1 Rfd8 33. Ne2 Rd3 34.
a4 Ra3 35. a5 bxa5 36. g3 fxg3 37. hxg3 a4 38. Nd4 Rd3 39. Nf5 Rc2 40. Rb7 Rb3
41. Rxa7 Rc1 42. Ra8+ Kh7 43. Rxa4 Rbb1 44. Nxe3 Rxe1+ 45. Kf2 Rh1 46. Ra7+ Kg6
47. Ra6+ Kf7 48. f4 gxf4 49. Ra7+ Ke6 50. Ra6+ Kd7 51. gxf4 Rb2+ 52. Kg3 Rb3
53. Ra7+ Kd6 54. Ra6+ Kc5 55. Re6 Kd4 56. Kg2 Rh5 57. Nc2+ Kc5 58. Ne3 Kd4 59.
Nc2+ Kd5 60. Re2 Rhh3 61. Re5+ Kd6 62. Nd4 Rbg3+ 63. Kf2 Rg4 64. Nf5+ Kd7 65.
Re7+ Kd8 66. Re4 h5 67. Nh6 Rg7 68. Nf5 Ra7 69. Nd4 Ra2+ 70. Ne2 h4 71. f5 Rh2+
72. Kf3 h3 73. Nf4 Ra3+ 74. Kg4 Rh1 75. f6 Rg1+ 76. Kf5 Ra5+ 77. Ke6 Ra6+ 78.
Kf5 Rxf6+ 79. Kxf6 h2 80. Ne6+ Kd7 81. Rd4+ Kc6 82. Rc4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde-A"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2003.10.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2003.10.24"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7 7. Nc3 d6 8. f4
b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. Be3 Nbd7 11. Qf3 Nc5 12. Rae1 Be7 13. Kh1 O-O 14. Bg1 Rfe8 15.
Qh3 Bf8 16. Nf3 Nxd3 17. cxd3 h6 18. Rc1 Qd7 19. Bd4 e5 20. fxe5 dxe5 21. Bxe5
Qxh3 22. gxh3 Nd7 23. Bd4 Rad8 24. Ne2 f5 25. Ng3 fxe4 26. dxe4 Bxe4 27. Nxe4
Rxe4 28. Rc6 a5 29. Kg2 Be7 30. Bc3 b4 31. axb4 axb4 32. Re1 bxc3 33. Rxe4 cxb2
34. Re1 Bf6 35. Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde-A"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2003.10.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2003.10.24"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Bg3 c5 12. Qe2 a6 13. a4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Bb4
15. Na2 Bc5 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. Nc3 Rfd8 18. Rac1 Nf8 19. Nb3 Bd6 20. Bxd6 Rxd6
21. Rxd6 Qxd6 22. Rd1 Qc7 23. Nd4 Ng6 24. Bb3 Ne5 25. h3 Qc5 26. Rc1 Qb4 27.
Na2 Qe7 28. Nc3 Rc8 29. Rd1 Qb4 30. Na2 Qe7 31. Nc3 Rc5 32. Bc2 Qc7 33. Bd3
Nxd3 34. Qxd3 Qe5 35. Nde2 Rc8 36. Qd6 Qg5 37. Ng3 Bc6 38. Qd4 Qc5 39. Nge2
Qxd4 40. Rxd4 Kf8 41. f3 Ke7 42. Kf2 Nd7 43. e4 Ne5 44. Ke3 Bd7 45. b3 Nc6 46.
Rc4 Kd6 47. f4 f6 48. b4 Na7 49. Rxc8 Bxc8 50. Nd4 Bd7 51. Kd3 Nc6 52. Nxc6
Bxc6 53. Kc4 e5 54. f5 Be8 55. g4 Bf7+ 56. Kd3 Bb3 57. h4 Kc6 58. Ne2 Bxa4 59.
Ng3 Bd1 60. Nh5 Bxg4 61. Nxg7 Kd7 62. Ne6 Bh5 63. Nf8+ Kd6 64. Ne6 Bf7 65. Nf8
Ke7 66. Ng6+ Bxg6 67. fxg6 h5 68. Kc4 Kf8 69. Kd5 Kg7 70. Kc6 a5 0-1

[Event "Cap d'Agde-A"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2003.10.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2003.10.24"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. Be3 Bh5 11. h3 exd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. e5 Ne4 14. Nc3 Nxc3 15.
bxc3 Na5 16. Bc2 Nc4 17. g4 Bg6 18. Bf5 a5 19. Nd2 Nxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2003.10.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2003.10.27"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15.
b3 Bg7 16. d5 Rc8 17. c4 c6 18. Bd2 a5 19. Be3 Qc7 20. Bd3 bxc4 21. bxc4 Ba6
22. Bf1 Nc5 23. Bxc5 dxc5 24. Rb1 Bh6 25. Qc2 Rb8 26. Rxb8 Rxb8 27. dxc6 Bf4
28. Ne2 Qxc6 29. Nxf4 exf4 30. Qd2 Re8 31. e5 Nh5 32. Qxa5 Bb7 33. Nh2 f3 34.
Nxf3 Nf4 35. Qd2 Ne6 36. Ng5 Rd8 37. Qe3 Rd4 38. Nxe6 Qxe6 39. Qa3 Qb6 40. Qc3
Ba6 41. a4 Qe6 42. Qa5 Qc6 43. Rb1 Bxc4 44. Bxc4 Rxc4 45. Qd8+ Kg7 46. Rb8 Kh6
47. Qf8+ Kg5 48. Qxf7 Qe4 49. Qf6+ Kh6 50. Kh2 Rxa4 51. e6 Ra7 52. Rf8 Qd4 53.
Qxd4 cxd4 54. Rf7 Ra2 55. h4 Re2 56. g4 g5 57. hxg5+ Kxg5 58. Kg3 Kg6 59. Re7
h5 60. gxh5+ Kxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2003.10.27"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2003.10.27"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qb3 {That move has became very
popular in last few years.} Nc6 {The most principal continuation.Black is
trying to use some vulnerablity of Qb3.} ({another possibility here is:} 5...
c6 {[%cal Gd7d5]} 6. Bf4 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. e4 d5) 6. Nbd2 ({another
continuation} 6. Bd2 {is not dangerous for black in view of:} Bb7 7. d5 (7. Bc3
Ne4 8. a3 (8. Bg2 $2 Nxc3 9. Nxc3 (9. bxc3 Na5 $17) 9... Nxd4 $17) 8... Nxc3 9.
Qxc3 Be7 $132) 7... Ne7 8. dxe6 dxe6 9. Bg2 Nf5 10. O-O Be7 11. Rd1 O-O 12. Bf4
Qc8 13. Nc3 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Fominyh,A-Aseev,K/Samara 2000/CBM
78 (41)} 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Rxd4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Bf6 18. Rd2 Qb7+ 19. Kg1 Rad8 $14
{1/2-1/2 Fominyh,A-Aseev,K/Samara RUS 2000/The Week in Chess 294 (41)}) 6... d5
{That is Anand's favourite.This move has a clear drawback:the pawn structure
is in white's favour,and he may reach advantage if he could transfer his
knight to c3.} (6... Na5 7. Qc3 c5 8. dxc5 bxc5 9. e4 Bb7 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nxe4
Bxe4 {is another solid option for black.}) (6... Bb7 7. e4 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9.
e5 {is less promising for black.}) 7. Bg2 {That is probably the most direct
order of moves.} (7. cxd5 exd5 8. Qa4 Bb7 9. Bg2 Bd6 10. O-O (10. Nc4 dxc4 11.
Ne5 {but after:} Bxe5 12. Bxc6+ Bxc6 13. Qxc6+ Kf8 14. dxe5 Qd5 $1 15. Qxd5
Nxd5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Leko,P/Monaco MNC 2002/The Week in Chess 385 (37)})
10... O-O 11. Nb1 Ne4 12. Bf4 Re8 13. Rc1 Bxf4 14. gxf4 Ne7 15. Nc3 Nf5 16. e3
c5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Gelfand,B-Leko,P/Monaco 2002/CBM 87 ext (25)}) (7. Qa4 Bb7 8.
Bg2 Qd7 9. O-O Bd6 10. Qc2 Nb4 11. Qd1 c5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. b3 O-O 14. Bb2 Be7
15. Ne5 Qe6 $11 {0-1 Piket,J-Leko,P/Monaco 2002/CBM 87 ext (47)}) 7... Qd7 {
Black doesn't move to remove his bishop from a6,because it puts pressure on
white's pawns c4 and e2.} ({there are some alternatives,after which white has
good chanses to reach advantage:} 7... Bb7 8. cxd5 (8. O-O {Gershon} Be7 9.
cxd5 exd5 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Nf3 Bb7 13. Bf4 Re8 14. Rac1 $14 {
1-0 Vallejo Pons,F-Tkachiev,V/Biel SUI 2002/The Week in Chess 403 (44)}) 8...
exd5 9. Ne5 a6 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Nf3 Bd6 12. Ne5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Ne4 14. Qc2 Bb7
15. O-O O-O 16. Be3 Qe7 17. f3 Nc5 18. Bxc5 bxc5 19. f4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Vallejo
Pons,F-Anand,V/Germany 2002/EXT 2003 (24)}) (7... Be7 8. Qa4 Bb7 9. cxd5 exd5
10. Nc4 $6 (10. Ne5 $142 {Gershon} Qd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Ndf3 $14 {[%cal Gc1f4]})
10... dxc4 (10... Qd7 11. Ne3 O-O 12. O-O $11) 11. Ne5 Bb4+ $6 (11... Nd5 $1 {
Gershon} 12. Nxc6 (12. e4 Ndb4 13. d5 Nc2+ $19) 12... Qd7 13. Bxd5 Qxd5 14.
Nxe7+ Kxe7 15. Qa3+ Kd7 16. f3 Rae8 17. Be3 $13) 12. Kf1 O-O 13. Nxc6 Qd7 14.
Bg5 $1 $36 {1-0 Pelletier,Y-Naiditsch,A/Zurich 2002/CBM 91/[Gershon] (38) A
very good move, exploiting the fact black cannot move the N, due to an
unprotected Q.} (14. Qxb4 $6 Bxc6 15. Qxc4 Bb5 $40)) 8. O-O $1 $146 {[%mdl 8]
It is very strange,but that natural move is a novelty! More than that,it
improves on white's previous play.} (8. Qa4 Bb7 9. O-O Bd6 10. cxd5 exd5 11.
Nb1 Ne4 12. Be3 Ne5 $1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Gelfand,B-Grischuk,A/Moscow RUS 2002/The
Week in Chess 410 (81)}) 8... Bd6 $6 {That move seems to be not accurate,since
it allows Nf3-e5 is very powerful after that.} (8... Be7 $142 9. Qc3 (9. Ne5
Nxe5 10. dxe5 dxc4 $1 11. Nxc4 Nd5 12. Rd1 (12. e4 Nb4 {[%cal Gd7d3]}) 12...
Qb5 13. e4 Qxb3 14. axb3 Nb4 $15) 9... O-O 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Ng4) 9. Qc3 $1
{[%cal Gf3e5] Ruslan comes with an excellent new idea!The placement of Nc6 and
Bd6 is not comfortable,and he uses that fact!} O-O $6 {That is another
inaccurasy,after which white gets a serious advantage.} (9... Bb4 $142 10. Qc2
Bxd2 $1 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd2 Rd8 13. Rd1 Nf6 $1 {and white has only a slight
advantage here.}) 10. Ne5 $1 Bxe5 $8 11. dxe5 Ng4 (11... d4 $2 12. Qa3 $18 {
[%csl Ra6,Rf6]}) (11... Ne8 12. b3 Rd8 13. Ba3 Ne7 14. Rad1 $16 {[%csl Re8]})
12. b4 $1 {White's play is very enegretically! Now black is forced to take on
c4.} (12. f4 $6 Rad8 13. b3 (13. Qf3 Nh6 {[%cal Gc6d4]}) 13... dxc4 14. Nxc4
Nd4 $132) 12... dxc4 $8 (12... d4 $2 13. Qa3 $1 Bb7 14. b5 Na5 15. Bxb7 Nxb7
16. Qf3 $18 {[%csl Rb7,Rg4]}) 13. Nf3 $1 {[%csl Rg4][%cal Gh2h3] All black's
minor pieces are in troubles now!} f6 {That move is a sad
necessarity-otherwise there is no way for Ng4.} (13... Rad8 14. h3 Nh6 15. a4
$1 {[%cal Gb4b5]} Nd4 (15... Nf5 16. b5 Ncd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxc4 $18) 16.
Nxd4 Qxd4 17. Qxd4 Rxd4 18. b5 Bc8 19. Be3 $16 {[%csl Rh6][%cal Gf1c1]}) 14. a4
$1 b5 ({after} 14... Bb7 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Qxc4 $16 {white has a great
positional advantage.}) 15. Bf4 $2 {Till that moment,white has played very
strong,but this move is a serious mistake.} ({after the most natural} 15. exf6
Nxf6 (15... gxf6 16. h3 Nge5 17. Nxe5 fxe5 18. Bb2 $16) 16. Ne5 $1 Nxe5 17.
Bxa8 Rxa8 18. axb5 Bxb5 (18... Qxb5 19. Ra5) 19. Qxe5 $16 {black has no
visible compensation for an exchange-his king is very weak.}) 15... Rad8 $1 16.
Bh3 $6 {That is another mistake,that allows black to consolidate the position
and keep an extra material.} ({white could reach some compensation for a pawn
after:} 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. axb5 Bxb5 19. Qxe5 c6 20. Bh3 $44) 16...
fxe5 17. Nxe5 (17. axb5 Bxb5 18. Nxe5 Ngxe5 19. Bxe5 a6 $15) 17... Ngxe5 18.
Bxe5 bxa4 19. Rad1 $2 {It's just unbelievable! White allows black to save a
strong passed pawn on a4!} ({after} 19. Rxa4 Bb5 20. Raa1 a6 $15 {black is
better,but white has a good chanses for a draw due to some weaknesses of
black's pawns chain.}) 19... Qf7 20. Bf4 Bb5 $19 21. Qe3 e5 $1 {Vishi shows an
excellent technic! The most effective way for a win is to give up one
pawn-that would let black to change a lot of material.} ({less clear was} 21...
Rfe8 $6 22. Rxd8 Nxd8 23. Qc5 $17 {and white has some hopes due to activity of
his pieces.}) 22. Rxd8 (22. Bg5 Rd4 {is completely hopeless.}) 22... Rxd8 23.
Bxe5 Re8 24. f4 a6 $1 {Black is not in a hurry.It is very important that all
his pawns are under control now.} 25. Bg2 Nxe5 26. fxe5 Qe6 27. Qc5 (27. Qf2 c3
28. Qc5 Qb6 29. Bd5+ Kh8 30. Qxb6 cxb6 31. Rc1 Rc8 $19) 27... c6 {[%csl Rd5]
[%cal Yc6d5]} (27... Qb6 $6 28. Bd5+ Kh8 29. e6 $17) 28. Rf3 Qe7 $1 {Now the
trade of queens is unavoidable.} 29. Qxe7 (29. Qd6 Qxd6 30. exd6 Rd8 $19) (29.
Qd4 Qxb4 $19) (29. Re3 Qxc5 30. bxc5 Kf7 $19) 29... Rxe7 30. Re3 Kf8 {The king
will stop white's pawn.Now the only black has to do is to activate his rook.}
31. Kf2 Ra7 $1 32. Ra3 Ke7 33. Ke3 Rd7 34. Be4 h6 {[%cal Gd7d1]} ({there was
no reason to hurry:} 34... Ke6 $6 35. Bxh7 Kxe5 36. Bc2 {with some chanses for
a draw.}) 35. Bc2 Rd5 {Now white is not able to save his passed pawn.} 36. Bxa4
(36. Kf4 c5 37. bxc5 Rxc5 $19 {[%cal Gc4c3]}) (36. Ke4 Rd2 37. Bxa4 Rxe2+ 38.
Kf5 Rxh2 39. Bxb5 Rh5+ $1 40. Kf4 axb5 $19) 36... Rxe5+ 37. Kf2 Kd6 38. Bc2 c5
{Creating a second passed pawn.The rest is a usual agony for rapid.} 39. bxc5+
Kxc5 40. e4 Kb4 41. Ra2 c3 42. Ke3 Re7 {[%cal Ge7d7,Gd7d2] White's passed pawn
e4 is too far away.} 43. Ra1 Rd7 44. Rb1+ Kc5 $1 (44... Kc4 $143 45. Bb3+ Kc5
46. Bd5) 45. Rb3 Kc4 46. Rb1 Rd2 47. Bb3+ (47. Rc1 a5 48. e5 a4 49. Bg6 a3 50.
e6 Kb3 51. e7 a2 $19) 47... Kc5 48. Rc1 Rd3+ {''Cutting'' white's king.} (48...
Kb4 49. Bc2 Ka3 $19) 49. Kf4 Kb4 50. Bc2 Rd2 51. h4 Rxc2 $1 {A simple,but
elegant final sucrifice.White is not able to stop the pawn.} 52. Rxc2 Kb3 0-1

[Event "Ponomariov sim"]
[Site "Ukraine"]
[Date "2004.??.??"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Korniyuk, Mariya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Nb5 Bc7 8. f4 Bd7
9. Nxc7+ Qxc7 10. Bd3 a6 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. O-O Nge7 13. Qe1 g6 14. g4 h5 15. h3
O-O-O 16. Kg2 Rdf8 17. a4 Kb8 18. b5 axb5 19. axb5 Na7 20. Ba3 Nac8 21. Nxd4
hxg4 22. hxg4 Rh7 23. Rh1 Rxh1 24. Kxh1 Rh8+ 25. Kg2 b6 26. Bb4 Rd8 27. Qc1 Qb7
28. Qa3 Be8 29. Kg3 Rd7 30. Rh1 Qa7 31. Qxa7+ Kxa7 32. Kh4 Kb7 33. Kg5 Kc7 34.
Kf6 Kd8 1-0

[Event "Ponomariov sim"]
[Site "Ukraine"]
[Date "2004.??.??"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Manilyk, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 Qa5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Qf3 d5 7. Bd3 Nxc3 8. Bd2
e6 9. bxc3 Nd7 10. f5 Nb6 11. Nh3 Be7 12. O-O Bd7 13. fxe6 Bxe6 14. Nf4 Kd7 15.
Qg3 g6 16. Rf2 Qa4 17. Raf1 Rae8 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Rf7 Qa3 20. Qh3 Ref8 21.
R1f6 Kd8 22. Rxf8+ Rxf8 23. Rxf8+ Bxf8 24. Qxe6 Qe7 25. Qg4 Qf7 26. e6 Qg7 27.
Qg3 Nc8 28. Bf4 Be7 29. Be5 Bf6 30. Bb8 Qe7 31. h3 Bh4 32. Qe5 Bf6 33. Qe3 Qa3
34. Qf2 Qe7 35. Qg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ponomariov sim"]
[Site "Ukraine"]
[Date "2004.??.??"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kruglyakov, Pavlo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2147"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O d6 7. c4 g6 8. Nc3
Bg7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. h3 Qc7 11. Bf4 Nbd7 12. Qd2 Ne5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Be3 Nh5
15. Rfd1 Bd7 16. Be2 Rfd8 17. Bxh5 gxh5 18. Qe2 Be8 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Rc1 f6
21. c5 f5 22. f3 Bc6 23. b4 f4 24. Bf2 Rd4 25. Bxd4 exd4 26. Nd1 Bb5 27. Qd2
Qe5 28. Nf2 d3 29. a4 Bxa4 30. Qxd3 Qd4 31. Qa3 Qd2 32. Rf1 Qd7 33. Kh1 Bd4 34.
Nd3 Qb5 35. Re1 1-0

[Event "Ponomariov sim"]
[Site "Ukraine"]
[Date "2004.??.??"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Grinev, Valeriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. O-O-O O-O-O 14. Ne4
Ngf6 15. Kb1 c5 16. c4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 cxd4 18. Bf4 Bd6 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Rxd4
Nf6 21. Qe3 Qb6 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Qxb6 axb6 24. Kc2 Ng4 25. Rf1 Rd7 26. Kc3
Rc7 27. b4 b5 28. c5 b6 29. Kd4 Rd7+ 30. Kc3 Rd5 31. cxb6 Kb7 32. Nd4 Rxh5 33.
f3 Ne3 34. Re1 Nd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ponomariov sim"]
[Site "Ukraine"]
[Date "2004.??.??"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Dziadyk, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Qg4 Nf6 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qh6 Ne5 11. Qh3 d6 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 Nfg4 14. Qf4
Rg6 15. h3 Nf6 16. N1d2 Nh5 17. Qe3 Qh4 18. f4 Rg3 19. Qf2 Qxh3 20. fxe5 Nf4
21. Qxg3 Qxg3 22. Rxf4 Qxf4 23. Nc4 dxe5 24. Rf1 Qg5 25. Nd6+ Ke7 26. Nxf7 Qe3+
27. Kh2 Bd7 28. Nxe5 Rf8 29. Rxf8 Qh6+ 30. Kg1 Qxf8 31. Nd2 Qf4 32. Nef3 Qe3+
33. Kf1 Bb5 0-1

[Event "Ponomariov sim"]
[Site "Ukraine"]
[Date "2004.??.??"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kostiuk, Artem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Be7 9. Qd2 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Qxd5 Bxd5 13. O-O-O Bxb3 14. axb3
Nd7 15. Bc4 Rd8 16. Bd5 b6 17. Bc6 Bc5 18. Bxc5 bxc5 19. Rxd7 Rxd7 20. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Ponomariov sim"]
[Site "Ukraine"]
[Date "2004.??.??"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Melnichuk, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 Rc8 11. Bb3 Ne5 12. O-O-O Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. h5 Qa5
15. hxg6 fxg6 16. Kb1 Qc7 17. g4 e6 18. Nde2 Ne8 19. Bh6 Bc8 20. Bxg7 Qxg7 21.
Rh3 Rf7 22. Qe3 a6 23. f4 b5 24. a3 Bb7 25. f5 exf5 26. exf5 Re7 27. Qb6 Rxg4
28. fxg6 Rxg6 29. Nf4 Rg5 30. Nfd5 Ree5 31. Rhd3 Qf7 32. Nb4 d5 33. R3d2 Re6
34. Qd4 Nf6 35. Nd3 Rg4 36. Qa7 d4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ponomariov sim"]
[Site "Ukraine"]
[Date "2004.??.??"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Gavriliuk, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 Be7 8. d4
exd4 9. cxd4 Bg4 10. Be3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Qd7 12. Qb1 h6 13. a3 Rfe8 14. Re1 Bf8
15. h3 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 Rab8 17. b4 Rbd8 18. Bd3 g6 19. Qc2 Nb8 20. Rac1 Re7 21.
d5 Bg7 22. Bd4 Nh5 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Qb2+ Kh7 25. Nh2 Ng7 26. Ng4 Qc8 27. Qd2
Nh5 28. Qxh6+ Kg8 29. e5 1-0

[Event "Ponomariov sim"]
[Site "Ukraine"]
[Date "2004.??.??"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Bezkrovny, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 e6 8. Ne5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nd7 11. f4 Ngf6 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. O-O-O Be7 14. Ne4 Nxe4
15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qe2 g6 17. g4 Nd7 18. h5 Nxe5 19. fxe5 g5 20. Rhf1 O-O 21. Rf3
c5 22. dxc5 Qxc5 23. Rc3 Qb6 24. Rb3 Qd4 25. Rxb7 Rab8 26. Rxb8 Rxb8 27. Bc3
Qa4 28. Kb1 Qc6 29. Bd4 Rb4 30. b3 Qa4 31. Bb2 Qa5 32. Qf3 Rb8 33. Rf1 Rf8 1-0

[Event "Ponomariov sim"]
[Site "Ukraine"]
[Date "2004.??.??"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Pokotilo, Marina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 h5 11. O-O-O Na5 12. Bb3 Nxb3+ 13. axb3 Qa5 14. Kb1 Rfc8
15. Bh6 Nh7 16. Nd5 Qxd2 17. Nxe7+ Kf8 18. Bxg7+ Kxe7 19. Rxd2 f6 20. Bh6 g5
21. hxg5 fxg5 22. Rxh5 Be8 23. Bxg5+ Nxg5 24. Rxg5 Kf6 25. Rd5 Ke7 26. Nf5+ 1-0

[Event "Canarias en Red final"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Belov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2004.05.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O a5 11. b3 Ne4 12. Qc2 f5 13. Nd2 Qh4 14. f3 Nxd2 15.
Bxd2 Rf6 16. Be1 Qg5 17. Qd2 Raf8 18. Rf2 Rh6 19. b4 Qh5 20. h3 Ra8 21. Qc1 Qg5
22. Kh2 axb4 23. axb4 Rxa1 24. Qxa1 Qxe3 25. Qa7 Qf4+ 26. Kg1 Qc1 27. Kf1 Bc6
28. b5 1-0

[Event "Canarias en Red final"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Essing, Arnold"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2253"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2004.05.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. a4 a5 8. Ng5 d5
9. c3 O-O 10. f4 f6 11. Nf3 Na6 12. Be3 Be6 13. Nbd2 Rc8 14. h4 Bg4 15. O-O
fxe5 16. fxe5 e6 17. Qe1 c5 18. Qg3 Bh5 19. Ng5 Qe7 20. Qh3 Be2 21. Rxf8+ Rxf8
22. Qxe6+ Qxe6 23. Nxe6 Re8 24. Nxg7 Kxg7 25. dxc5 Nc4 26. Nxc4 dxc4 27. Re1
Bd3 28. Bd1 Kf7 29. Bd4 Nc7 30. Bf3 Ne6 31. Bxb7 Rb8 32. c6 Ke7 33. Bb6 1-0

[Event "Canarias en Red final"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "185"]
[EventDate "2004.05.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 Na5 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 Qxc3 12. bxc3 d5 13. Bf4 Bd7 14. Bc7
Nc6 15. e5 Ng8 16. Kd2 Nge7 17. Bd3 Rc8 18. Bd6 f6 19. Rhe1 fxe5 20. Bxe5 Kf7
21. Rb1 b5 22. f4 Nxe5 23. Rxe5 Nc6 24. Re3 Nxd4 25. cxd4 g6 26. h4 Rc7 27. Rh1
h5 28. Re5 Kf6 29. Rg1 Be8 30. Re3 Bf7 31. c3 Rhc8 32. Be2 Be8 33. Rb1 Kf5 34.
g3 Kf6 35. Rb3 Rc6 36. Bd3 Ke7 37. Re1 Kd6 38. Ra1 R6c7 39. Rc1 Kc6 40. Re1 Bf7
41. Kc2 Kd6 42. Kd2 Be8 43. Rc1 Ke7 44. Rc2 Kf6 45. Rc1 Rc4 46. Bxc4 Rxc4 47.
Re1 Bd7 48. Re5 a5 49. Rb1 Ra4 50. Rb3 Be8 51. Kc2 Rc4 52. Kb2 Rc8 53. Kc2 Rc4
54. Rb1 Ra4 55. Kb3 Rc4 56. Rg1 Rc8 57. g4 hxg4 58. Rxg4 Rc7 59. Kb2 Rh7 60.
Kc2 Rc7 61. Kd2 Bf7 62. Rg1 Rc4 63. Rb1 Be8 64. h5 Rc7 65. hxg6 Bxg6 66. Rxb5
Rh7 67. Rxa5 Rh2+ 68. Ke1 Rc2 69. Rc5 Rc1+ 70. Kd2 Rc2+ 71. Kd1 Ra2 72. Ra5 Be4
73. a4 Bf5 74. Ra6 Bc2+ 75. Kc1 Bd3 76. Raxe6+ Kf7 77. Rd6 Rc2+ 78. Kd1 Rxc3
79. Rdxd5 Ra3 80. a5 Bc4 81. Rc5 Bb3+ 82. Kd2 Ra1 83. Kc3 Bd1 84. Kb2 Ra4 85.
d5 Rxf4 86. d6 Rd4 87. Red5 Rb4+ 88. Kc3 Rb3+ 89. Kc4 Rb8 90. Rxd1 Ke6 91. d7
Ke7 92. d8=Q+ Rxd8 93. Rxd8 1-0

[Event "Canarias en Red final"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Fernandez Manrique, Agustin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2119"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2004.05.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
c4 9. Bh6 Ng6 10. Bxg6 fxg6 11. Bd2 Qe8 12. h4 Qf7 13. Be3 Qf5 14. Qe2 Bd7 15.
g4 Qf7 16. f4 Nc6 17. Nf3 h6 18. Kd2 Ne7 19. a4 Rfb8 20. a5 b5 21. axb6 axb6
22. Qd1 b5 23. Qb1 b4 24. cxb4 Rxa1 25. Qxa1 Rxb4 26. Qa3 Nc6 27. Ra1 Qf8 28.
Ke2 Qb8 29. Bd2 Rb2 30. Qc3 Rb1 31. Ke3 Rxa1 32. Qxa1 Qb6 33. Bc3 Kh7 34. Nd2
Ne7 35. Qa3 Qd8 36. Nf3 Kh8 37. Bb4 Nc6 38. Bc5 Qb8 39. Nd2 Kh7 40. c3 Qb5 41.
Qa1 Na5 42. Bb4 Nb3 43. Qb1 Kh8 44. Qxg6 Nxd2 45. Kxd2 Qa4 46. Bf8 Qa2+ 47. Ke3
1-0

[Event "Canarias en Red final"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Devyatkin, Andrei"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "280"]
[EventDate "2004.05.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Nc6 7. Bb5 Bg4 8. Qa4
Bd7 9. Ne5 Qb6 10. Bxf6 Nxe5 11. Na3 Nc6 12. Bh4 cxd4 13. O-O f6 14. Rfe1+ Kf7
15. c4 Bxa3 16. Qxa3 Rhe8 17. Qd3 Kg8 18. Qg3 Kf7 19. Qd6 Ne5 20. Qxd5+ Be6 21.
Bxe8+ Rxe8 22. Qe4 Bxc4 23. Qxh7 Bd3 24. Qh5+ Bg6 25. Qe2 d3 26. Qd2 Qd4 27.
Bg3 Nc4 28. Qb4 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 d2 30. Rd1 b5 31. b3 Bc2 32. Rxd2 Qxd2 33. Qxd2
Nxd2 34. Bf4 Nb1 35. Kf1 Nc3 36. a3 Bxb3 37. Ke1 Bc4 38. Bb8 Nd5 39. f3 Ke6 40.
Bxa7 g5 41. Kd2 f5 42. g3 f4 43. Bd4 Kf5 44. g4+ Kg6 45. Bf2 Bf1 46. h4 Bg2 47.
Ke2 Nc3+ 48. Kd3 Na4 49. Ke2 Nb2 50. hxg5 Kxg5 51. Bc5 Nc4 52. Be7+ Kg6 53. Kf2
Bh1 54. Ke2 Ne5 55. Bd6 Nxf3 56. Bxf4 Nd4+ 57. Kd3 Nc6 58. Kc3 Bd5 59. Kd3 Kf6
60. Kc3 Be6 61. Kd3 Bxg4 62. Ke4 Be6 63. Kd3 Ke7 64. Kc3 Kd7 65. Kd3 Kc8 66.
Kc3 Kb7 67. Kd3 Kb6 68. Bd2 Kc5 69. Kc3 Kb6 70. Be3+ Ka5 71. Kb2 Ka4 72. Bc5
Na5 73. Bf8 Nc4+ 74. Ka2 Nxa3+ 75. Kb2 Nc4+ 76. Kc3 Nb6 77. Bd6 Nc8 78. Bc5 Ka5
79. Kd4 Nb6 80. Ke5 Bg8 81. Kd4 Nd7 82. Bd6 Ka4 83. Kc3 Nf6 84. Bf8 Nd5+ 85.
Kd4 Nc7 86. Kc3 Ne6 87. Be7 Nf4 88. Kd4 Nd5 89. Bd6 b4 90. Bxb4 Kxb4 91. Ke5
Kc5 92. Kf5 Kd4 93. Kg6 Ke5 94. Kg7 Be6 95. Kg6 Ne7+ 96. Kg7 Bc4 97. Kh6 Kf6
98. Kh7 Ng6 99. Kh6 Bg8 100. Kh5 Ne5 101. Kh6 Ng4+ 102. Kh5 Kf5 103. Kh4 Kf4
104. Kh5 Bf7+ 105. Kh4 Bg6 106. Kh3 Ne5 107. Kh4 Nf3+ 108. Kh3 Bd3 109. Kg2 Ke3
110. Kg3 Bf5 111. Kg2 Kf4 112. Kf2 Bd3 113. Kg2 Ng5 114. Kf2 Ne4+ 115. Ke1 Ke3
116. Kd1 Nc5 117. Kc1 Na4 118. Kd1 Be4 119. Kc1 Bf5 120. Kd1 Kd3 121. Kc1 Kc3
122. Kd1 Nb2+ 123. Kc1 Nc4 124. Kd1 Na5 125. Ke2 Nb3 126. Kf3 Nd4+ 127. Kf4 Kc4
128. Kg5 Kd5 129. Kf6 Kd6 130. Kg7 Ke7 131. Kh8 Ne6 132. Kg8 Ng5 133. Kh8 Nf7+
134. Kg7 Be4 135. Kg8 Kf6 136. Kf8 Bh7 137. Ke8 Ne5 138. Kf8 Nd7+ 139. Ke8 Ke6
140. Kd8 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Canarias en Red final"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2004.05.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. a4 Bb7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Re1 d6 10. c3 Nd7 11. Be3 Nc5 12. Bxc5 dxc5 13. Bd5 Bd6 14. Na3 b4 15.
Nc4 Qe7 16. a5 Rab8 17. Nfd2 Nd8 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. Nf1 c6 20. Nfe3 g6 21. g3
Ne6 22. Kg2 Rd8 23. h4 Bb8 24. Qe2 Rbd7 25. Rad1 Bc7 26. Rh1 h5 27. Rd2 Qf6 28.
Rhd1 Qe7 29. Nf1 Qf6 30. Nh2 Qe7 31. Qe3 Kg7 32. Nf3 Qf6 33. Ng5 Nxg5 34. Qxg5
Qxg5 35. hxg5 Rb8 36. Kf3 Rb5 37. Ra1 f6 38. gxf6+ Kxf6 39. Ke3 g5 40. Rh1 Kg6
41. Rdd1 bxc3 42. bxc3 Rb3 43. Kd2 Rf7 44. Rh2 Rb8 45. Rdh1 Rh7 46. Kc2 Rb5 47.
f3 Rb8 48. Ne3 Rb5 49. Nc4 Rb8 50. Rf2 Rb5 51. Rff1 Rh8 52. Rhg1 Rf8 53. Rg2
Rf7 54. Kd2 Rb8 55. Ke3 Rb5 56. Rh1 Rb3 57. Rgh2 Rh7 58. Kd2 Rb5 59. Kc2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Canarias en Red final"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2004.05.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Nbd7 9. Qd2 b5 10. a4 b4 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nb6 13. Bxb6 Qxb6 14. a5 Qb7 15.
Bc4 Be7 16. Ra4 Rb8 17. Nc1 Bd8 18. b3 O-O 19. O-O Bxa5 20. Kh1 Bb6 21. Rxa6
Qe7 22. Nd3 Nh5 23. Qe1 f5 24. Nxb4 Qf6 25. Nc6 Rb7 26. g3 g5 27. Qb4 Qh6 28.
Kg2 Nf4+ 29. gxf4 g4 30. Rxb6 Qh3+ 31. Kh1 g3 32. Qd2 Rxb6 33. Rg1 Kh8 34. Rxg3
Qh6 35. Ne7 Rb7 36. Nc6 Rbf7 37. Qg2 Qxf4 38. h3 Qc1+ 39. Kh2 Qf4 40. Kh1 e4
41. b4 e3 42. Bd3 Qh6 43. b5 Ra8 44. Nd4 f4 45. Rg4 Qf6 46. c3 Rff8 47. Kh2 Ra3
48. Rg5 Rxc3 49. Rf5 Qe7 50. Rxf8+ Qxf8 51. Be4 Qf6 52. Qg4 Qxd4 53. Qxf4 Qd2+
54. Kg3 Qf2+ 55. Kg4 Qg2+ 56. Kh5 Rc8 57. Qf6+ Qg7 58. Qe6 Rg8 59. h4 e2 60.
Bf5 1-0

[Event "Canarias en Red final"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.09"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Panarin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2004.05.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nxe5 Be7
8. Qe2 Be6 9. d3 Nf5 10. c3 O-O 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Nd2 Qh4 13. Qf3 Rfe8 14. Ne4 f6
15. Nxd6 cxd6 16. Nc4 Bd5 17. Rxe8+ Rxe8 18. Bg3 Bxf3 19. Bxh4 Nxh4 20. gxf3
Nxf3+ 21. Kg2 Nh4+ 22. Kh3 Nf5 23. Kg4 g6 24. Na5 Re7 25. Kf3 Kf7 26. a4 c5 27.
Nb3 h5 28. a5 a6 29. Nd2 g5 30. h3 Nh4+ 31. Kg3 Re2 32. Nc4 Ke6 33. Ra3 d5 34.
Ne3 Rxb2 35. c4 d4 36. Nd5 Rb1 37. f4 Rg1+ 38. Kf2 Rg2+ 39. Kf1 Rb2 40. fxg5
fxg5 41. Ra1 Nf3 42. Nb6 g4 43. hxg4 hxg4 44. Na4 Rh2 45. Nxc5+ Kf5 46. Ra4 g3
47. Ne4 Kf4 48. Nxg3 Kxg3 49. Ra2 Rxa2 0-1

[Event "Canarias en Red final"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.09"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Dovramadjiev, Tihomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2331"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2004.05.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 O-O 7. h3 d6 8. d4
cxd4 9. cxd4 a6 10. Bf1 b5 11. Bg5 Bb7 12. Nc3 Rc8 13. Qd2 Na5 14. d5 Nc4 15.
Bxc4 Rxc4 16. a3 Nd7 17. Bh6 Qb6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Rad1 Rfc8 20. e5 dxe5 21.
Nxe5 Nxe5 22. Rxe5 R4c7 23. Rde1 Qf6 24. Qe3 Rd8 25. f4 Rcd7 26. Ne4 Qh4 27.
Nc5 Rc7 28. Kh2 Bxd5 29. Rd1 e6 30. Rexd5 Rdc8 31. Rg5 Kg8 32. b4 Qh6 33. Rd6
Qg7 34. Re5 a5 35. Re4 axb4 36. axb4 Qb2 37. Red4 Rf8 38. Qe5 f6 39. Qxe6+ Kg7
40. Rd7+ Rxd7 41. Rxd7+ Kh6 42. Qe7 1-0

[Event "Canarias en Red final"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.09"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Krivoshey, Sergei"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2004.05.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
d6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Be3 a6 11. Rac1 Rc8 12. b3 O-O 13. Qh4 Re8 14. Bh3 Rc7 15.
Ne1 Qb8 16. Nd3 Nc5 17. Nb4 h5 18. Nbd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. cxd5 a5 21. Bd4
Qb7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Qd4+ f6 24. f4 b5 25. e4 b4 26. e5 Qb6 27. Kh1 Rf8 28.
Re1 Qa7 29. Rc4 a4 30. Rxb4 axb3 31. axb3 Qa2 32. Qe3 fxe5 33. f5 e4 34. Re2
Qa1+ 35. Kg2 Qe5 36. fxg6 Rf3 37. Qd4 Qxd4 38. Rxd4 Rxb3 39. Bf5 Rd3 40. Rxd3
exd3 41. Rd2 Ra7 42. Bxd3 Nxd3 43. Rxd3 Kxg6 44. Re3 Kf7 45. Rf3+ Ke8 46. Rf5
h4 47. gxh4 Ra2+ 48. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Canarias en Red final"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.09"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2004.05.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 Bd7 7. Nbd2 g6 8. O-O
Bg7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Bc2 Nh5 11. Nf1 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Ng5 Qd7 14. Ng3 Nxg3
15. hxg3 d5 16. Bb3 Na5 17. f4 Rae8 18. fxe5 Bxe5 19. Bf4 Bxf4 20. gxf4 Rxe1+
21. Qxe1 Nxb3 22. axb3 Bxd3 23. Qe3 Bf5 24. Re1 h6 25. Nf3 Be4 26. Nd2 Re8 27.
Qg3 Kf7 28. b4 b6 29. Qh4 h5 30. Kf2 c5 31. bxc5 bxc5 32. Qg5 Qf5 33. Qh6 Kg8
34. Re3 Rf8 35. g3 Rb8 36. b3 a5 37. c4 a4 38. cxd5 Bxd5 39. Re5 Qd3 40. Rxd5
Qxd5 41. Qxg6+ Kf8 42. Ne4 Qd4+ 43. Kg2 Rxb3 44. Ng5 Qd5+ 45. Ne4 Re3 46. Qf6+
Ke8 47. Qh8+ Kd7 48. Qg7+ Kc6 49. Qf6+ Kb5 50. Qb2+ Ka6 51. Kh2 Qxe4 52. Kh3
Qh1+ 53. Qh2 Qxh2+ 54. Kxh2 a3 0-1

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2004.07.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2004.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
f5 9. exf6 Rxf6 10. Bg5 e5 11. Qh4 e4 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qxf6 exd3 14. Qg5+ Kh8
15. Qf6+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2004.07.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2004.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3
d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. a4 Bf8 14. Bd3
c6 15. b3 g6 16. Bf1 {Not a novelty, but quite unusual. Whites basic central
strategy is the same though. Moves like Bb2/a3, Qc2 and Rad1 are in the
pipeline.} (16. Qc2 {is more common.}) 16... Qc7 (16... Rc8 17. Ba3 Qb6 18. Qc2
Nh5 19. Rad1 Nf4 20. Qa2 Ne6 $13 {0-1 Stefansson,H-Bologan,V/New Delhi/Teheran
2000/CBM 80 (49)}) 17. Bb2 Rac8 {Ftacnik: 'The battle is being fought in a bit
special position, since the pawn structure can take rather varied forms. It is
not easy to choose the flexible squares for pieces in order to be ready for
different alternatives. '} (17... Bg7 {Ftacnik} 18. Qc2 d5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. c4
$14) 18. Qc2 Qb8 19. g3 (19. axb5 {Ftacnik} axb5 20. Bd3 Bg7 21. dxe5 dxe5 22.
c4 $14) 19... Bg7 20. Rad1 Ba8 {Its a game of wait and see for the moment.
Both sides are making useful moves in case the other side decides to open the
game.} (20... bxa4 $5 {Ftacnik} 21. bxa4 Qc7 $11) 21. axb5 axb5 22. b4 $1 {
White is about to create som real pressure with the typical manouvre dxe5
followed by c4.} c5 $5 {Handing the centre to White, but Blacks two connected
passed P:s are valuable too.} (22... d5 23. dxe5 Nxe5 24. Nxe5 Qxe5 25. c4 $36)
23. bxc5 exd4 (23... dxc5 {Ftacnik} 24. d5 (24. dxe5 Nh5 25. Be2 Rcd8 26. c4 b4
27. Nb3 Qc7 28. Qc1 $14) 24... Qb6 25. Rb1 $16) 24. cxd4 dxc5 25. d5 c4 26. Bc3
Qc7 27. Rb1 Rb8 28. Qa2 Nxe4 $2 {This is highly dubious. Maybe Black was
concerned about the passive B on a8.} (28... Nc5 $13) 29. Nxe4 Bxd5 30. Bxg7
Bxe4 31. Rxe4 $1 (31. Ba1 {Ftacnik} Bxf3 32. Qb2 c3 (32... f6 33. Rxe8+ Rxe8
34. Qxb5 Rc8 35. Rc1 Ne5 36. Bxe5 Qxe5 37. Bxc4+ Kh8 $11) 33. Qxc3 Qxc3 34.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 35. Bxc3 $11) 31... Rxe4 32. Bc3 Re6 {'?' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'This
mistake will be very costly, since the retreat of the rook is giving white a
precious tempo.'} (32... Nc5 {Ftacnik} 33. Bg2 Na4 34. Bf6 Ree8 35. Qd2 Re6 $13
) 33. Qd2 $1 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Yc3g7,Yd2h6,Yh6g7,Yd2d4] White has chances for
an attack - that is the factor that gives him the edge.} f6 34. Qd5 Qc6 (34...
Qd6 {Ftacnik} 35. Rxb5 Qxd5 36. Rxd5 $18) 35. Qxc6 Rxc6 36. Nd4 Rc5 37. Rxb5 $1
{The winning trick. Ftacnik: 'The rest of the game is only a matter of good
technique and the exchampion is convincingly cashing the advantage in the
style of Karpov.'} Rbxb5 38. Nxb5 Ne5 39. Nd6 Kg7 40. f4 Nd7 41. Nxc4 $18 h5
42. Kf2 Rc6 43. Bd4 Nc5 44. Kf3 Ne6 45. Bb2 Kf7 46. Ne3 Nc7 47. Bc4+ Kg7 48.
Ke4 Ne8 49. Bd4 Rc7 50. Kd3 Rd7 51. Bb5 Rd8 52. Bxe8 Rxe8 53. Nd5 Re6 54. Nxf6
$1 {Simplifying into an easily won P-ending.} Rxf6 55. g4 hxg4 56. hxg4 Kf7 57.
Bxf6 Kxf6 58. Kd4 Ke6 59. Kc5 Ke7 60. Kd5 Kd7 61. Ke5 Ke7 62. g5 1-0

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2004.07.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2004.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. d3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. Nbd2 c4 13. b4 cxd3 14. Bxd3 Nc6
15. a4 Rb8 16. Qe2 Qb6 17. h3 Bd7 18. Rfb1 Nd8 19. axb5 axb5 20. c4 Ne6 21. Kh1
Nc7 22. Ra2 Rfc8 23. Rc2 Ne6 24. Kh2 h6 25. Rbc1 bxc4 26. Rxc4 Rd8 27. Rb1 Bc6
28. b5 Bb7 29. Rcb4 Nc5 30. Bc2 Rdc8 31. R1b2 Qd8 32. Qe1 Rc7 33. Qb1 d5 34. b6
Rcc8 35. Qe1 Ncd7 36. Qg3 dxe4 37. Bxe4 Bxe4 38. Nxe4 Rxb6 39. Nxf6+ Rxf6 40.
Nxe5 Nxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2004.07.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "173"]
[EventDate "2004.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 a5 4. a3 Be7 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 f5 7. e3 Nf6 8. Ne2
Nxd5 9. cxd5 O-O 10. O-O Nd7 11. d4 Nf6 12. Nc3 Kh8 13. Bd2 Bd7 14. Rc1 Qe8 15.
Qb3 b6 16. a4 Rc8 17. Rc2 Qf7 18. Nb5 c5 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Na7 Rb8 21. Bc3 e4
22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Rd1 Rfd8 24. Nb5 Bc6 25. Rcd2 Bxb5 26. Qxb5 Rd6 27. Qe2 Be5
28. b3 h5 29. f3 exf3 30. Qxf3 Rf8 31. Rf2 g6 32. Qe2 Rf6 33. Qc4 Qe7 34. Rdf1
Kg7 35. Rf3 Re8 36. R1f2 Rd6 37. Rd2 Qg5 38. Rd3 Re7 39. Kf1 Qg4 40. Rf2 h4 41.
Qxg4 fxg4 42. gxh4 Re8 43. Kg1 Rh8 44. Bf1 Rxh4 45. Rdd2 Rd8 46. Rg2 Rdh8 47.
d6 g3 48. d7 gxh2+ 49. Kh1 Rd8 50. Bb5 Rh3 51. Rde2 Kf6 52. Ref2+ Kg7 53. Re2
Bc7 54. Rg4 Rf3 55. Re1 Bg3 56. Bc6 Bxe1 57. Bxf3 Rxd7 58. Kxh2 Bf2 59. Be2
Bxe3 60. Re4 Bg5 61. Kg3 Rd4 62. Kf3 Bh4 63. Bc4 g5 64. Rxd4 cxd4 65. Ke4 Bf2
66. Kf5 Be3 67. Be2 Kf7 68. Bh5+ Ke7 69. Ke5 Kd7 70. Kd5 Bf2 71. Be2 Kc7 72.
Bg4 d3 73. Bf5 d2 74. Bg4 Bg3 75. Bd1 Kd7 76. Bg4+ Ke7 77. Bd1 Kf6 78. Bg4 Bf2
79. Ke4 Bc5 80. Kd3 Bb4 81. Ke4 Ke7 82. Kd5 Bc5 83. Ke5 Bg1 84. Kd5 Bh2 85. Bd1
Bc7 86. Bg4 Bb8 87. Bd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2004.07.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2004.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 a5 7. a4 (7. Bb5+ Nc6
8. Nc3 Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Be6 11. Qe2 Na7 12. Bc4 Qc7 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Rf2
b6 15. Rd1 Qc6 16. a4 d5 17. exd5 {1/2-1/2 Short,N-Ivanchuk,V/Skanderborg 2003/
(17)}) (7. Nc3 Be7 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. a4 Nc6 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O Be6 12. Nd5 Bxd5
13. exd5 Nb4 14. c4 Nh5 15. Qd2 {1/2-1/2 Magem Badals,J-Borovikov,V/Pamplona
2003/ (15)}) (7. c4 a4 8. N3d2 Nc6 9. Nc3 a3 10. b3 Qb6 11. Ndb1 Be7 12. Be2
O-O 13. Na4 Rxa4 14. bxa4 Nd4 15. Nc3 Be6 16. Rb1 Qc5 17. Nb5 Nxe4 18. Nxd4
Bh4+ 19. g3 Nxg3 20. hxg3 Bxg3+ 21. Kf1 exd4 22. Rb5 Qc6 23. Qxd4 {1-0
Mastrovasilis,D-Petraki,M/Kavala 2004/ (30)}) 7... Nc6 8. Bb5 Be7 9. c4 O-O 10.
Be3 Na7 {Ponomariov is cleverly underlining the fact, that in the heat of the
fight white has decided for the dubious closing of the bishop on b5 square.} (
10... Be6 11. Nc3 Nb4 12. O-O Rc8 13. Qe2 $14) 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Qd3 Nh5 (12...
Nxb5 $5 13. axb5 Nh5 14. g3 Bg5 15. Bf2 f5 $13) 13. g3 f5 14. Nd2 (14. Nd5 Nxb5
15. Bb6 fxe4 16. fxe4 Qd7 17. axb5 Nf6 $13) 14... fxe4 15. fxe4 Bg5 (15... Nxb5
16. axb5 Nf6 $11) 16. O-O-O (16. Bxa7 Rxa7 17. Nf3 Be7 18. O-O Ra8 $11) 16...
Bxe3 17. Qxe3 Nf6 18. Rhf1 Qc7 (18... Nxb5 19. Nxb5 (19. axb5 Rc8 $17) 19...
Rc8 20. Kb1 Rc6 $15) 19. b3 Nc6 20. Nf3 Bh3 $1 21. Rfe1 Bg4 22. Rd2 (22. Rf1
Bxf3 23. Rxf3 Nd4 24. Rxd4 exd4 25. Qxd4 Kh8 $15) 22... Nxe4 $5 {Exchampion is
fighting for the advantage and it is not his fault, that after losing a pwn
white get's some compensation in a solid control of the center.} (22... Bxf3
23. Qxf3 Nd4 24. Qd1 Rac8 25. Rxd4 exd4 26. Qxd4 $15) 23. Nxe4 (23. Nd5 Qd8 24.
Nxe5 Nxd2 25. Nxg4 Nf3 26. Rd1 Nce5 $17) 23... Bxf3 (23... Rxf3 24. Qg5 Bd7 25.
Rxd6 Bf5 26. c5 Nd4 $15) 24. Bxc6 bxc6 (24... Qxc6 25. Nxd6 e4 $11) 25. Nxd6 e4
26. c5 Rab8 27. Kb2 Kh8 28. Qc3 Qe7 (28... Rb4 29. Rd4 Rxd4 30. Qxd4 Qe7 31.
Re3 $14) 29. Rd4 Qe5 $2 {It is possible, that black has even decided to
sacrifice the queen, but better chances are residing with white.} (29... Bg2
30. Re3 Rf3 31. Nxe4 Rxe3 32. Qxe3 Qe6 33. Qd3 Qe7 $14) (29... Rb4 $5 30. Rxb4
axb4 31. Qd4 (31. Qxb4 e3 32. Qd4 e2 $11) 31... Qe6 32. Qxb4 e3 $11) 30. Nf7+
$1 Rxf7 31. Rd8+ Rxd8 (31... Qe8 32. Rxe8+ Rxe8 33. Qxa5 $18) 32. Qxe5 h6 33.
Qc3 Rd3 (33... Ra7 34. Re3 (34. Kc2 Rd3 35. Qe5 Rb7 36. Rxe4 Rbxb3 37. Re1 Bh5
$14) 34... Rd5 35. Ka3 $16) 34. Qxa5 Bd1 (34... e3 35. Qa6 Be4 36. Qc4 Rd2+ 37.
Ka3 Bd5 38. Qa6 Re7 39. Qc8+ Kh7 40. a5 $16) 35. Qb4 (35. Qa8+ Kh7 36. Qxc6
Rf2+ (36... Rxb3+ 37. Kc1 Bf3 38. Qd5 Rbb7 39. a5 $18) 37. Ka1 Bf3 38. Qe6 $18)
35... e3 {[%mdl 1024] In a mildly irrational position each move can turn
against the author. McShane can lean on his material advantage and possible
transfers into rook endgames are also not promissing black equality.} (35...
Rf2+ $5 36. Ka3 $1 (36. Ka1 Rxb3 37. Qxe4 Rc3 38. Rxd1 Ra3+ 39. Kb1 Rb3+ 40.
Kc1 Rc3+ $11) 36... Bxb3 37. Qxb3 Rff3 38. Qxd3 Rxd3+ 39. Kb4 e3 40. a5 $16) (
35... Rxb3+ 36. Qxb3 Bxb3 37. Kxb3 Re7 38. a5 e3 39. Kc3 e2 40. Kd2 Re4 41.
Rxe2 Ra4 42. Re6 Rxa5 43. Rxc6 $16) 36. a5 (36. Qc4 Rfd7 37. Rf1 Rd2+ 38. Ka3
Rd8 39. Qe6 e2 40. Rf4 $16) 36... e2 (36... Rxb3+ 37. Qxb3 Bxb3 38. Kxb3 Re7
39. Kc3 Re4 40. Ra1 e2 41. Kd2 e1=Q+ 42. Rxe1 Ra4 43. Re6 Rxa5 44. Rxc6 $16)
37. a6 Rdd7 (37... Rxb3+ 38. Qxb3 Bxb3 39. Kxb3 Ra7 40. Rxe2 Rxa6 41. h4 Kg8
42. Re7 $14) 38. Qe4 Rde7 (38... Rc7 39. b4 $18) 39. Qxc6 Rf1 40. a7 $1 Rxe1 (
40... Rxa7 41. Qe8+ Kh7 42. Rxe2 Bxe2 43. Qxe2 Raf7 44. Qe4+ $18) 41. a8=Q+ Kh7
42. Qf8 {Similar material relationships on the board are not seen every day.}
Re5 (42... Rf1 43. Qxe7 e1=Q 44. Qce4+ Qxe4 45. Qxe4+ $18) 43. Qfd6 (43. Qfd6
Rf1 44. Qg6+ Kg8 45. Qd7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2004.07.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2004.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. g3 dxc4 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8. Bg2
h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. a5 Bb4 11. O-O O-O 12. Qa4 Qe7 13. Rfd1 Rb8 14. Qa2 c5 15.
d5 exd5 16. Nxd5 Qxe2 17. Nxb4 cxb4 18. Rd2 Qe7 19. Qxc4 Nf6 20. Rd4 b5 21.
Qxb4 Qxb4 22. Rxb4 Bb7 23. Rd4 Rfd8 24. Rad1 Rxd4 25. Nxd4 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Rd8
27. Kf3 Nd7 28. Ke2 Ne5 29. Nf5 Re8 30. Kf1 Nc6 31. Rd6 Nxa5 32. Rxa6 Nc4 33.
b4 Re5 34. Nd4 Rd5 35. Nc6 Kh7 36. Ra7 Rd6 37. Ne7 Ne5 38. Rb7 Nf3 39. h4 Nd4
40. h5 Rd8 41. Kg2 Rd6 42. g4 Kh8 43. f4 g6 44. hxg6 fxg6 45. Kg3 Re6 46. Rd7
Ne2+ 47. Kf3 Nd4+ 48. Rxd4 Rxe7 49. Rd6 Kg7 50. Rb6 Re1 51. Rxb5 Rf1+ 52. Ke4
Re1+ 53. Kd4 Rd1+ 54. Ke5 Re1+ 55. Kd6 Re4 56. g5 h5 57. Rb7+ Kg8 58. b5 h4 59.
Re7 Rxe7 60. Kxe7 h3 61. b6 h2 62. b7 h1=Q 63. b8=Q+ Kg7 64. Qf8+ Kh7 65. Qf7+
Kh8 66. Kf8 Qa8+ 67. Qe8 Qb7 1-0

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2004.07.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2004.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. Ne5 Bg7 11. f4 $2 {Gemäß K.Sasikiran in 'New in Chess' 2004/6
eine zweifelhafte Neuerung. Besser ist der Normalzug 11.h4.} (11. h4 {0-1 Oms
Pallise,J-Korneev,O/Dos Hermanas 2001/CBM 83/[Lutz] (26)}) 11... Nfd7 $1 12.
Nxf7 {Wie Sasikiran in seinen ausführlichen Kommentaren darlegt, stellt dieses
Springeropfer die beste praktische Initative dar, da nach anderen Zügen die
Initative an Schwarz übergeht.} (12. Ng4 h5) (12. O-O Nxe5 13. fxe5 Nd7 {
nebst ...c6-c5}) (12. Nf3 g4) (12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. e5 gxf4 14. Bxf4 c5 15. Nxb5
Qa5+ 16. Nc3 cxd4 17. Qxd4 Nxe5) 12... Kxf7 13. Bh5+ Ke7 $5 {Schwarz will mit
dem König zum Damenflügel, aber das gibt Weiß Gegenchancen.} ({Die klarste
Widerlegung des weißen Opfers bestand in} 13... Kg8 $1 14. O-O Kh7 15. fxg5 Rf8
$17 {(Sasikiran)}) 14. e5 (14. O-O $5) 14... Qb6 15. fxg5 $2 (15. O-O $5 {
hätte laut Sasikiran zu unklarem Spiel geführt.}) 15... Kd8 16. Qg4 Bxe5 $2 {
Eine nervöse Reaktion. Schwarz opfert eine Figur, um Damentausch zu erreichen,
aber auch ohne Damen wirkt sich sein Entwicklungsnachteil aus.} (16... c5 $1 {
ist nach Sasikiran vorteilhaft für Schwarz, ein Aszug aus seinen Varianten:}
17. O-O-O (17. gxh6 Bf8 18. O-O-O cxd4 19. Rxd4 Bc5) 17... cxd4 18. Rxd4 Nc6
19. Rd6 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Qe3+) 17. dxe5 Qe3+ 18. Qe2 Qxe2+ 19. Bxe2 Na6 20. Ne4 $1
$16 Nac5 21. Nxc5 Nxc5 22. O-O-O+ Kc7 23. Rhf1 {Der schwarze König ist
weiterhin eine Zielscheibe für die weißen Figuren und der Bb7 spielt nicht mit.
} hxg5 24. Rf7+ Kb6 25. Bf2 Rab8 (25... Rxh2 26. Rxb7+ Kxb7 27. Bxc5 Rxg2 28.
Bf3 Rh2 29. Rd7+ Kc8 30. Bxc6 $18 {(Sasikiran)}) 26. b4 cxb3 27. axb3 a5 28.
Rd2 Rhf8 29. Rf6 Rfd8 30. Rc2 Rd5 31. Rxe6 Bc8 32. Re8 g4 33. h4 $1 {Schwarz
ist völlig gebunden.} 1-0

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2004.07.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2004.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 Nf6 {Diese
Zugfolge ist rar.} 7. f4 Bb4 {Und dies ist wohl eine interessante
Exzentrizität!} 8. Ndb5 Qa5 9. Bd2 a6 10. e5 axb5 11. exf6 Bxc3 (11... gxf6 12.
Nxb5 {ist zu gefährlich.}) 12. bxc3 (12. Bxc3 b4 13. fxg7 Rg8 {bereitet dem
Nachziehenden kein Problem.}) 12... gxf6 (12... g6 {geschah in Fernandez
Romero-Lakos, Pamplona 2002. Schwarz eroberte zwar später den Bauern zurück,
aber unter grosser Zeiteinbuße.}) 13. Qg4 {Die prinzipielle Fortsetzung.} b4
14. Qg7 Rf8 15. Qxf6 bxc3 16. Bxc3 ({Im Endspiel nach} 16. Qxc3 Qxc3 17. Bxc3 {
gleicht Schwarz mittels} b6 $11 {[%cal Gc8a6] aus}) 16... Qc5 {[%csl Re1,Re8]}
17. Bd3 b6 ({Auch in Frage kam} 17... Ra4 {[%cal Gc5e3]}) 18. Bxh7 Ra4 19.
O-O-O $5 {Der weisse König ist nicht so in Gefahr, wie es zuerst aussieht. Der
schwarzfeldrige Läufer vollbringt nämlich eine wichtige defensive Leistung.}
Nb4 $1 ({Schwarz muss seine Kräfte entwickeln, daher wäre} 19... Rxa2 {zu
langsam.}) 20. Bb2 Bb7 21. Rhe1 (21. a3 Nd5) 21... Nxa2+ (21... Nd5 22. Qe5 d6
23. Qg7 Rxf4 $13 {[%cal Gf4f8] war auch möglich, da die Drohung Rxe6 wieder
pariert ist. Aber die Partiefortsetzung erscheint mir konsequenter.}) 22. Kb1
Bd5 (22... Nb4 $2 23. Rxe6+ $1) 23. Rxd5 $2 ({Nach} 23. Qe5 Nb4 $13 {wären in
dieser komplizierten Stellung die Chancen verteilt.} (23... Rb4 $2 24. Re3))
23... Qxd5 24. c3 {Das war die weisse Idee. Der Na2 findet keinen Weg zur
frischen Luft. Aber Schwarz verfügt über genug Ressourcen, um dies zu
kompensieren.} (24. Qe5 Qxe5 25. Bxe5 Ke7) 24... Qd2 (24... Qxg2 25. Bc2 Ra5
26. Bb3) 25. Qe5 ({Nach z.B.} 25. Rg1 {entscheidet schon} Ra3 $1 {[%csl Gc3]
Nach dem Textzug ist dieser Trick unmöglich wegen 26.Qb8+ und 27.Bxa3+}) 25...
f5 $1 {Die Drohung Qd3+ erzwingt den Damentausch, wonach der weisse Läufer
ebenfalls im Käfig bleibt.} 26. Bg6+ Kd8 (26... Ke7 $2 27. Ba3+ $1 (27. Qg7+ $2
Kd8 28. Qxf8+ Kc7 $19) 27... Nb4 28. Bxb4+ Rxb4+ 29. cxb4 $11) 27. Qe3 Qxe3 28.
Rxe3 Rh8 {[%cal Gh8h6]} 29. Rh3 Rxh3 30. gxh3 Rxf4 {[%csl Ge6,Gf5] Der
Springer war ohnehin verurteilt, aber Schwarz erhält nun viele Bauern, wobei
seine eigenen Freibauern die Entscheidung bringen werden.} 31. Bh5 ({
Hartnäckiger, auch wenn ungenügend, war} 31. Kxa2 Rh4 32. Bc1 Rxh3 33. Bg5+ Kc7
34. Kb3 d6 $19) 31... Rh4 32. Bd1 Rxh3 33. Kxa2 f4 34. Bg4 (34. Kb3 f3 35. Bc1
f2 36. Be2 Rxh2 37. Be3 Ke7 38. Bb5 Kf6 $19) 34... Rh4 35. Bd1 Rxh2 36. Kb3 e5
37. Bf3 $6 Rh3 38. Bg2 Rg3 39. Bf1 f3 40. c4 Rg1 0-1

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2004.07.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2004.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Nf3 Bg4 9. Rc1 O-O 10. Be2 Qa5 11. Qd2 Rd8 12. d5 e6 13. O-O exd5 14. exd5 Nd7
15. c4 Qxd2 16. Bxd2 Nf6 17. h3 Bf5 18. Be3 Rac8 19. Rfe1 Rd6 20. g4 Bd7 21.
Bf4 Ra6 22. Ne5 Ba4 23. Rb1 Rb6 24. Rxb6 axb6 25. Bd1 Bxd1 26. Rxd1 Ne4 27. d6
Rd8 28. d7 Kf8 29. f3 Nc3 30. Re1 h6 31. h4 Kg8 32. g5 h5 33. Re3 Nxa2 34. Ra3
Nb4 35. Ra7 Kf8 36. Rxb7 Ke7 37. Rxb6 Bxe5 38. Bxe5 Kxd7 39. Kf1 Nc6 40. Bg3
Ra8 41. Rb5 Ra5 42. Bf2 Rxb5 43. cxb5 Nd4 44. Bxd4 cxd4 45. Ke2 Kd6 46. Kd3 Kc5
47. f4 Kxb5 48. Kxd4 Kc6 49. Ke5 Kd7 50. Kf6 Ke8 51. Kg7 Ke7 52. Kg8 Ke8 53.
Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2004.07.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2004.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Ng5 Qxg5 12. Qf3 O-O-O 13. Bxe6+ fxe6 14. Qxc6
Qxe5 15. b4 Qd5 16. Qxd5 exd5 17. bxc5 dxc3 18. Nb3 d4 19. Ba3 g6 20. Bb4 Bg7
21. a4 d3 $1 22. axb5 d2 23. bxa6 {Very unusual theoretical position. Black is
very correctly fighting for the real counterplay with 21...d3! and impressive
central pawns.} (23. c6 Kb8 24. Rad1 Rd5 25. bxa6 Rhd8 26. Na1 Ka7 27. Nc2 Rb8
28. Rb1 Rdb5 29. Rb3 R8b6 30. Rxc3 Bxc3 31. Bxc3 Rc5 32. Bxd2 Rxc2 33. Be3 Kxa6
34. Bxb6 cxb6 35. f4 b5 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Anand,V/Mainz 2004/ (42)}) 23... c2
24. Nxd2 (24. Bxd2 Bxa1 25. Rxa1 Rhe8 26. a7 Kb7 27. a8=Q+ Rxa8 28. Rc1 {
1/2-1/2 Delchev,A-Gyimesi,Z/Nova Gorica 2004/ (28)}) 24... Bxa1 25. Rxa1 Rhe8
26. Rc1 Re4 27. Bc3 Rc4 28. Rxc2 {[%mdl 4] The first independent move,
unfortunatelly with promotion of the a pawn white only manages to hold the
balance.} (28. a7 Kb7 29. Rxc2 Rd3 30. Ra2 Ka8 31. Kf1 (31. Ba5 Rc1+ 32. Nf1
Rdd1 33. g4 Rxf1+ 34. Kg2 Rg1+ 35. Kf3 Rxc5 36. Bd2 $15) 31... Rcxc3 32. Ke2
Ra3 33. Rxa3 Rxa3 34. Ne4 Kxa7 {0-1 Berry,N-Eynon,D/Grangemouth 1999/ (44)})
28... Rd3 29. Rb2 Rcxc3 (29... Ra4 $2 30. a7 Rxa7 31. Rc2 $18) 30. a7 Ra3 31.
Rb8+ Kd7 32. a8=Q Rxa8 33. Rxa8 Rxd2 34. g4 Kc6 {After the demise of the c5
pawn the position is completely equal.} 35. Kg2 (35. Ra5 Rd5 36. Kg2 Rxc5 $11)
35... Kxc5 36. Kg3 Rd7 37. f4 Kd4 38. Ra1 Rf7 39. Rd1+ Ke3 40. Re1+ Kd4 (40...
Kd2 41. Re5 Kd3 42. Kf3 Kd4 43. Re4+ $11) 41. Rd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mainz Ordix op"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2004.08.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Beutel, Hubert"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2123"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2004.08.05"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 c6 4. a3 g6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. Be3 O-O 7. Qd2 Nbd7 8. Bh6
e5 9. Bxg7 Kxg7 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. O-O-O Qb6 12. Bf3 Nc5 13. h4 h5 14. Qg5 Qc7
15. Nge2 Ne6 16. Qe3 b5 17. Ng3 Qb6 18. Qxb6 axb6 19. Kb1 Bb7 20. Be2 Nf4 21.
Rhg1 Rfd8 22. Bf3 Kf8 23. Nge2 Ne6 24. g3 Ke7 25. Rge1 Nc5 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27.
Rd1 Rxd1+ 28. Nxd1 Ncxe4 29. Kc1 Kd6 30. Nec3 Nxc3 31. Nxc3 Bc8 32. Kd2 Bf5 33.
Nd1 Bg4 34. Bxg4 Nxg4 35. f3 Nh6 36. Ke3 Nf5+ 37. Kf2 Nd4 38. Ne3 f5 39. c3 Ne6
40. Nf1 c5 41. Nd2 c4 42. a4 Nc5 43. axb5 0-1

[Event "Mainz Ordix op"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2004.08.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Silber, Henning"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2307"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2004.08.05"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. Bd3 b6 8. Ne5
Bb7 9. a3 Nbd7 10. f4 Ne4 11. O-O Nxd2 12. Qxd2 f5 13. Rf3 Nxe5 14. fxe5 Rc8
15. Rh3 c4 16. Be2 c3 17. Bxc3 Qc7 18. Bb4 Bxb4 19. axb4 Qxc2 20. Qxc2 Rxc2 21.
Bb5 a6 22. Bxa6 Ra8 23. b5 Bxa6 24. bxa6 Rc3 25. b4 Rb3 26. e4 Rxb4 27. exd5
exd5 28. a7 b5 29. Rha3 Rxd4 30. Ra5 Rb4 31. e6 Kf8 32. Rc1 Ke7 33. Rc7+ Kxe6
34. Rxg7 Ra4 35. Rxb5 R8xa7 36. Rxa7 Rxa7 37. Kf2 Ke5 38. Rb8 Ke4 39. Re8+ Kd3
40. Re3+ Kc4 41. Re5 d4 42. Rxf5 d3 43. Ke3 Re7+ 44. Kd2 Re2+ 45. Kd1 Rxg2 46.
Rh5 Kc3 47. Rc5+ Kd4 48. Rh5 Ke3 49. Rh3+ Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bilbao Human-Comp"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2004.10.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Comp Hydra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2004.10.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. d4 e6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O b5 13. c5 e5 14. b4 e4 15. e3
Qc7 16. Re1 Bg5 17. a4 bxa4 18. Rxa4 Bb5 19. Ra3 Nf6 20. Bf1 a6 21. Qa1 Rab8
22. Bxb5 axb5 23. Ra7 Qc8 24. Qa6 Qe6 25. Ra1 h5 26. Rc7 h4 27. Rxc6 Qf5 28.
Qa2 Ng4 29. Nf1 Qf3 30. h3 Nxe3 31. fxe3 Bxe3+ 32. Kh2 Bf2 33. gxh4 e3 0-1

[Event "Bilbao Human-Comp"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2004.10.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Comp Fritz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2004.10.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Bg5 Qxd1 10. Rfxd1 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nd4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5
f5 15. Rd2 Rf7 16. Be3 Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 Bf8 18. Rc1 a5 19. Kf1 Bd6 20. Ke2 Kf8
21. Rdc2 a4 22. Rc4 Ke7 23. h4 Kd7 24. h5 gxh5 25. Rh1 f4 26. Bd2 a3 27. b3 h4
28. Rxh4 Rc8 29. Kd3 Rg8 30. Rc1 Rg2 31. Ke2 Rgg7 32. Bc3 Re7 33. Rh5 Rg6 34.
Rch1 Rgg7 35. Rf5 Rg2 36. Kf1 Rg8 37. Rhh5 Rge8 38. Ke2 Rg8 39. Kf1 Rge8 40.
Rfg5 c6 41. dxc6+ Kxc6 42. Rh6 b5 43. Ke2 Kd7 44. Rgh5 b4 45. Bd2 Rf7 46. Rxh7
Rxh7 47. Rxh7+ Kc6 48. Rh6 Kc7 49. Rh7+ Kc6 50. Rh6 Kc7 51. Rh7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bilbao Human-Comp"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2004.10.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Comp Junior"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2004.10.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Nbd7 9. Qd2 b5 10. O-O-O Be7 11. g4 Nb6 12. g5 Nh5 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Bd7
15. Na5 O-O 16. Kb1 f5 17. Nc6 Qe8 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Rg1 f4 20. Bb6 g6 21. Bd3
Bf5 22. Bxf5 Rxf5 23. Qb4 Rf7 24. Rd3 Ng7 25. Rc3 Nf5 26. Rc6 Re8 27. Qe4 Qd7
28. Bf2 Ra8 29. Rb6 Ne7 30. h4 Nc8 31. Rc6 Ne7 32. Rb6 Nc8 33. Rc6 Ne7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bilbao Human-Comp"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2004.10.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Comp Hydra"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2004.10.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. f4
O-O 9. a4 Nc6 10. Be3 Bd7 11. Nb3 b6 12. Qd2 Qc7 13. Rf3 Ng4 14. Rd1 Nxe3 15.
Rxe3 Rfd8 16. Rg3 Be8 17. f5 Bf6 18. Rf1 Qe7 19. Bd3 Ne5 20. Kh1 Rdc8 21. Nd4
Kh8 22. Rh3 Nc4 23. Qe2 Bxd4 24. Bxc4 Bxc3 25. bxc3 exf5 26. Rxf5 g6 27. Rf4
Rc5 28. Qf1 Ra7 29. Bd5 Kg7 30. c4 b5 31. Qc1 h5 32. g4 f6 33. gxh5 g5 34. Rg3
Kh7 35. Rf2 bxc4 36. Qf1 Bf7 37. Rxf6 Bxd5 38. Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "Zabala Memorial op"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2004.10.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Zambrana, Oswaldo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2004.10.12"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. Bd2 Nxc5 7. a3 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 Nce4 9. Bd4 d5 10. f3 Nd6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. e3 Bf5 13. Qa4+ Bd7 14. Qb4
Bc6 15. Bd3 O-O 16. Ne2 Re8 17. O-O a5 18. Qc3 Nb5 19. Qd2 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Nd7
21. Rac1 Rc8 22. Rc3 g6 23. Rfc1 Ne5 24. Be2 Qb6 25. f4 Nd7 26. Bb5 Nf6 27.
Bxc6 Ne4 28. Bxe8 Rxc3 29. Qe1 1-0

[Event "Zabala Memorial op"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2004.10.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mitkov, Nikola"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "184"]
[EventDate "2004.10.12"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. Bc4 Bg7 4. Nge2 Nc6 5. a3 d6 6. d3 e6 7. O-O Nge7 8. Ba2
O-O 9. Be3 Nd4 10. Qd2 Nxe2+ 11. Qxe2 Bd7 12. Qd2 Nc6 13. Bh6 Rb8 14. Bxg7 Kxg7
15. f4 f5 16. Rae1 Qf6 17. Nd1 b5 18. c3 a5 19. Qe3 b4 20. axb4 axb4 21. e5
dxe5 22. fxe5 Qe7 23. d4 bxc3 24. bxc3 cxd4 25. cxd4 Nb4 26. Bb3 Bb5 27. Rf3
Bc6 28. Rf2 Bd5 29. Bxd5 Nxd5 30. Qd3 Qb4 31. Qd2 Rfc8 32. Ne3 Qxd2 33. Rxd2
Rb5 34. Nxd5 Rxd5 35. Ra1 Rc7 36. Ra6 Kf7 37. h4 Rcd7 38. Ra4 h6 39. Kf1 Rxe5
40. dxe5 Rxd2 41. Ra7+ Kf8 42. Ra8+ Ke7 43. h5 gxh5 44. Rh8 Rd5 45. Rh7+ Kf8
46. Rxh6 Rxe5 47. Rxh5 Kf7 48. Kf2 Kg6 49. Rh8 Ra5 50. Re8 Kf6 51. Rf8+ Kg5 52.
Rg8+ Kf4 53. Rb8 Ra2+ 54. Kf1 e5 55. Rb3 e4 56. Rb8 Ke3 57. Rb3+ Kd2 58. Kf2 f4
59. Rb8 Kd1+ 60. Kf1 e3 61. Rb1+ Kd2 62. Re1 Kd3 63. Rb1 Rc2 64. Rd1+ Rd2 65.
Ra1 Rf2+ 66. Kg1 Rc2 67. Kf1 Kd2 68. Re1 Rc5 69. Re2+ Kd3 70. Re1 Rh5 71. Rd1+
Ke4 72. Rd8 Kf5 73. Ke2 Rg5 74. Kf1 Kg4 75. Rd7 Kg3 76. Re7 Rg8 77. Re6 Rh8 78.
Rg6+ Kh2 79. Rg4 Rf8 80. Rh4+ Kg3 81. Rh3+ Kg4 82. Ke2 Ra8 83. Rh7 Ra2+ 84. Kf1
Kf5 85. Re7 Ra1+ 86. Ke2 Rg1 87. Rf7+ Ke5 88. Re7+ Kf6 89. Re8 Rxg2+ 90. Kf3
Rf2+ 91. Kg4 e2 92. Rf8+ Ke7 0-1

[Event "Zabala Memorial op"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2004.10.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Campora, Daniel Hugo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2004.10.12"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. Nbd2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1
O-O 9. a4 a6 10. Bc4 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nf1 Qe8 13. Bg5 Bxa4 14. Bxf7+ Qxf7 15.
Qxa4 Nc6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Ne3 b5 18. Qa2 Qxa2 19. Rxa2 a5 20. Nd5 Bd8 21. Nd2
Rf7 22. g3 Bg5 23. Nb1 b4 24. Ra4 Raf8 25. Re2 Rf3 26. h4 Bh6 27. Nd2 Bxd2 28.
Rxd2 Kg7 29. Kg2 h5 30. Nb6 R3f7 31. Nc4 Rd7 32. Rd1 Kh6 33. f3 Rb8 34. Raa1
Rb5 35. Kf2 Kg7 36. f4 Kf6 37. Ke3 Ke6 38. Rf1 Rf7 39. f5+ gxf5 40. Rxf5 Rg7
41. Rg5 Rbb7 42. Rf1 a4 43. cxb4 cxb4 44. Ra1 Rxg5 45. hxg5 Rg7 46. Rxa4 Rxg5
47. Ra6 Kd7 48. Kf2 Rg6 49. Ra8 Rf6+ 50. Kg2 Nd4 51. Rh8 Rf3 52. Rh6 Rxd3 53.
Rxd6+ Kc7 54. Rd5 b3 55. Nxe5 Rd2+ 56. Kh3 Nf3 57. Nxf3 1-0

[Event "Zabala Memorial op"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2004.10.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Genov, Petar"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2004.10.12"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Qc7 8.
g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Qd4 f6 13. Bg2 Qa5 14. Bxe5
fxe5 15. Qe3 Qc5 16. Qg5 Bg6 17. Be4 Bxe4 18. Nxe4 Qb4+ 19. Nc3 Qe7 20. Qg4 h5
21. Qg6+ Qf7 22. Qxf7+ Kxf7 23. O-O-O Ke6 24. h4 Be7 25. Rd3 Rad8 26. Rhd1 Rxd3
27. Rxd3 g5 28. hxg5 Bxg5+ 29. Kc2 h4 30. Ne4 Be7 31. gxh4 Rxh4 32. f3 Rh1 33.
Rd1 Rxd1 34. Kxd1 Kd5 35. b3 Kd4 36. Kd2 Bb4+ 37. Kc2 Ke3 38. Kd1 a5 39. Nf6
Kd4 40. Kc2 b5 41. Ng4 bxa4 42. e3+ Kd5 43. bxa4 c5 44. Nf6+ Ke6 45. Ne4 c4 46.
f4 Kf5 47. Nd2 c3 48. Nb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zabala Memorial op"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2004.10.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2004.10.12"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. O-O Rb8 8.
Nd2 Nf6 9. e4 O-O 10. e5 Nd5 11. c4 Nb6 12. Re1 d6 13. exd6 exd6 14. Bxc6 Qc7
15. Bg2 Be6 16. Rb1 Nxc4 17. Nxc4 Qxc4 18. b3 Qa6 19. Bb2 Qxa2 20. Bxg7 Kxg7
21. Qxd6 Rxb3 22. Ra1 Qb2 23. Rxa7 Rb6 24. Qf4 Qf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zabala Memorial op"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2004.10.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Herraiz Hidalgo, Herminio"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2004.10.12"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Bg5 Nh5 10. Ne1 Nf4 11. Nd3 Nxe2+ 12. Qxe2 h6 13. Bd2 f5 14. f4 exf4 15.
Nxf4 g5 16. Nh5 Be5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. g4 Bg6 19. Rxf8+ Qxf8 20. Rf1 Qc8 21. Ne4
Bxh5 22. gxh5 Qh3 23. Nf6+ Kh8 24. Bc3 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Ng8 26. Nxg8 Rxg8 27. Rf6
Qxc3 28. Rxh6+ Kg7 29. Rg6+ Kh7 30. Rxg8 Kxg8 31. Qe8+ Kh7 32. Qg6+ Kh8 33.
Qh6+ Kg8 34. Qxg5+ Kh7 35. Qf5+ Kg7 36. Qg5+ Kh7 37. Qf5+ Kg7 38. Qg6+ Kh8 39.
Qe8+ Kg7 40. Qg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zabala Memorial op"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2004.10.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Perez Rodriguez, Luis Manuel"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2004.10.12"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. d3 c6 5. Nf3 d6 6. a4 O-O 7. O-O a5 8. h3 Na6
9. Qe2 Nc5 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Re8 12. Qf3 Qb6 13. Rd1 Qb4 14. b3 Ncd7 15. Ba3
Ne5 16. Qg3 Qb6 17. Bf1 h6 18. f4 Ng6 19. Bc4 Kf8 20. Qf3 Ne5 21. Qg3 Nxc4 22.
bxc4 Kg8 23. Kh1 Bf8 24. e5 dxe5 25. Bxf8 Nh5 26. Qf2 exd4 27. Ba3 Nxf4 28.
Rxd4 Ne6 29. c5 Qc7 30. Rd6 Ng5 31. Rf1 f6 32. Bc1 Nf7 33. Rd3 Be6 34. Rg3 Bc4
35. Rxg7+ Kxg7 36. Qxf6+ Kh7 37. Qf5+ Kh8 38. Qf6+ Kh7 39. Qf5+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lioe, Dede"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Indonesia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "INA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Nbd7 9. Qd2 h5 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Kb1 Be7 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nb6 14. Bxb6
Qxb6 15. c4 O-O 16. Bd3 Rfe8 17. Qe2 g6 18. Nd2 h4 19. g3 Kg7 20. Rhg1 Nh5 21.
Ne4 f5 22. Nc3 hxg3 23. hxg3 Bg5 24. g4 Nf4 25. Qc2 e4 26. fxe4 fxg4 27. Rxg4
Re5 28. Rdg1 Rh8 29. Ne2 Nh3 30. R1g2 Rh6 31. a3 Bf6 32. Qd2 Nf2 33. R4g3 Nxd3
34. Rxd3 Rxe4 35. Rdg3 Be5 36. Rf3 Rh1+ 37. Ka2 Qc5 38. Qg5 Qxc4+ 39. Rb3 Rh6
40. Qe7+ Kh8 41. Qf8+ Kh7 42. Rf2 g5 43. Rf7+ Kg6 44. Qe8 Qxd5 45. Re7+ Kf5 46.
Qc8+ Re6 47. Rf7+ Kg4 48. Re7 Bf6 49. Nc3 Bxc3 50. Qxc3 Qxb3+ 51. Qxb3 Rxe7 52.
Qd1+ Kh4 53. Qxd6 g4 54. Qh2+ Kg5 55. Qg2 Re2 56. Qd5+ Kf4 57. Qd4+ Kf3 58.
Qd5+ Kg3 59. a4 R2e4 60. b3 Kh3 61. Qf5 Kg2 62. Kb2 g3 63. Kc2 Re2+ 64. Kd1 Kg1
65. Qc5+ R2e3 66. Qb6 g2 67. Qxb7 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Czech Republic"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 d5 6. f4 Nf6 7. Nf3 Ba6 8. e5
Nd7 9. O-O Be7 10. b3 O-O 11. Re1 c4 12. dxc4 dxc4 13. Ne4 Qc7 14. Qe2 c5 15.
Qf2 Rfd8 16. Bb2 Bb7 17. Nfd2 cxb3 18. axb3 Nb6 19. c4 Rd3 20. Re3 Rxe3 21.
Qxe3 a5 22. Ba3 Nd7 23. Nc3 Qc6 24. Qf2 f6 25. Nf3 fxe5 26. fxe5 Rf8 27. Nb5
Rf5 28. Bb2 Nf8 29. Nd6 Bxd6 30. exd6 Qxd6 31. Rxa5 Ng6 32. Qd2 Qxd2 33. Nxd2
Nf4 34. Nf3 Nd3 35. Bc3 e5 36. Ne1 Nc1 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Nh4 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. g4
Bg6 9. g5 Nd5 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. e4 Nb4 12. Be3 e5 13. Bxc4 exd4 14. Qb3 Qc7 15.
Bxd4 N8a6 16. Bxa6 Nxa6 17. O-O-O Nc5 18. Qc2 Ne6 19. Be3 Bd6 20. Ne2 a6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. dxe5 d5 7. exd6 Nxd6
8. Nc3 Be6 9. Qf3 g6 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 c6 12. O-O Bg7 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Bf4
Be5 15. Bxe5 Qxe5 16. Re1 Qg5 17. Qa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. d5 Bd7 13. b3 Rfe8 14. Nbd2 g6 15. Nf1
Nh5 16. Be3 Nb7 17. Qd2 c4 18. b4 a5 19. g4 Ng7 20. a3 Ra6 21. Ng3 Rea8 22.
Rac1 axb4 23. axb4 Ra2 24. Nh2 Nd8 25. f4 exf4 26. Bxf4 f6 27. Nf3 Nf7 28. Kh2
Ne5 29. Nxe5 dxe5 30. Be3 Ne8 31. Re2 Nd6 32. Rf1 Nf7 33. Ref2 R8a6 34. Qd1 Qd8
35. Qf3 R2a3 36. Bc5 Be8 37. h4 Bf8 38. Ne2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e4 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 g6 {As we know the
Maroczy variation of Sicilian can be reached by different move orders. So in
this game there was a transposition from English.} 7. Be2 Nxd4 (7... Bg7 {
is the main alternative.}) 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12.
f3 Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. Na4 (14. Nd5 {usually leads to a full equality after
exchange of all heavy pieces.} Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Bd7 17. Rxc8+ Rxc8
18. Rc1 Rxc1 19. Kxc1 Kf8 20. a4 e6 {1/2-1/2 Grabarczyk,B-Pigusov,E/Panormo
2001/CBM 84 ext (20).}) 14... Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Nd7 16. g4 f5 {A very popular
position in the Maroczy variation has been arised.} 17. gxf5 $5 {For some
reason this logical continuation is very uncommon. White opens the g-file and
tries to attack the black king having in mind the exchanging sacrifice on g7.}
(17. exf5 {is the main line.}) 17... gxf5 18. Rhg1 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Ge3d4,
Ge3h6]} (18. exf5 $6 {only helps Black to unpin the pieces.} Bxf5 19. Rhg1 Kf7
20. f4 e6 21. Bh5+ Bg6 22. Bf3 Rc7 $11 {and Black is ok.0-1 Khechumyan,G-Vogt,
L/Budapest 2000/EXT 2004 (44)}) 18... Kh8 {The most logical. Black takes his
king away from the g-file.} (18... Rf8 {doesn't seem to equalize in view of}
19. Nc3 $1 {[%cal Gc3d5]} (19. Bd4 Rf7 20. f4 Kf8 21. Bxg7+ Rxg7 22. Rxg7 Kxg7
23. exf5 Bxf5 24. Bf3 Rb8 $14 {1/2-1/2 Alburt,L-Beliavsky,A/Vilnius 1975/MCL 
(33). (32)}) 19... Kf7 20. Nd5 $1 $16 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gd5c7,Gd5e7]}) 19. Bd3
$1 {[%cal Ge4f5] The most unpleasant for Black, who has to look for tactics to
save a pawn.} ({White also tested two other options, which I believe, are also
enough for getting a slight advantage.} 19. Nc3 fxe4 20. Nxe4 d5 21. Ng5 Bg8
22. cxd5 Bxd5 23. Rg3 $6 (23. Bc4 $5 $14) 23... Rxc1 24. Kxc1 Nf6 $11 {1/2-1/2
Lau,R-Polgar,Z/New York 1985/MCD (31)}) (19. exf5 Bxf5 20. f4 {[%cal Ge2f3]}
Bf6 (20... Rab8 $5 $14) 21. Bf3 Rc7 22. Nc3 e6 23. Ne4 Bxe4 24. Bxe4 Nc5 25.
Bf3 $14 {1-0 Ganguly,S-Borg,A/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001 (39)}) 19... Ne5 $6 {
[%cal Ge5f3] It looks like a good way to prevent 20.exf5, but...} (19... fxe4 {
allows White to create pressure both on the queen side and along the e-file.}
20. Bxe4 Rab8 21. Nb6 (21. Ba7 {is met by} Bh6+) 21... Nxb6 22. Bxb6 $14 {
[%csl Rb7,Re7][%cal Gc1e1]}) (19... Rf8 {was worth trying, but I still
consider White's chances to be higher.}) 20. Rxg7 $1 {Ponomariov certainly
underestimated this move. Now the weakness of the dark squares combined with
the idea of Nb6 give White a clear advantage.} Kxg7 (20... Nxf3+ $2 21. Ke2
Kxg7 22. Kxf3 $18) 21. Bd4 $1 {[%cal Gf3f4,Ga4b6] A strong intermediate move.
White is not in a hurry to return an exchange and develops unpleasant
initiative on the kingside.} ({White is also better after} 21. Nb6 $5 Nxf3+ 22.
Ke2) 21... Rf8 $6 {This clever attempt to prevent f4 doesn't reach the goal.} (
{In the only preceding game Black tried} 21... fxe4 $6 {which looks wrong.
After} 22. Bxe4 Rf8 23. Ke3 (23. Bxb7 $5) 23... Kf7 24. Bxe5 dxe5 25. Bxb7 Ra7
26. Be4 $16 {1-0 Rotstein,A-Vogt,L/Austria 2002/CBM 91 ext (53) White obtained
a clear advantage at the endgame, which he later converted into a full point.})
(21... Kg6 $5 {seems to be the best defense with the idea} 22. Bxe5 (22. Rg1+
Kh6 23. Bxe5 dxe5 24. exf5 Bf7 25. Nb6 $140 Rg8 $1) 22... dxe5 23. Nb6 f4 $1 {
[%csl Rf3,Rh2] with some counterplay.}) 22. f4 $1 {Anyway.} fxe4 23. fxe5 exd3
24. exd6+ Kf7 (24... Kh6 {is hardly better:} 25. Re1 $1 Bf5 26. dxe7 $16 {
[%csl Ge7]}) 25. Rf1+ Ke8 $6 {After this inaccurate move Black is lost, but
even after the better 25...Kg6 White has a big advantage.} ({Or} 25... Kg6 26.
Re1 $1 $16 (26. Rg1+ $5)) 26. Re1 $1 {[%csl Re6,Re7]} Rf4 {The only way to
save the bishop, which however can't save the game.} 27. Rxe6 Rxd4 28. Nb6 $1 {
Another strong intermediate move.} Rd8 29. Rxe7+ Kf8 30. c5 $18 {A pair of
connected passed pawns supported by a strong knight and a rook plus a bad king
on the 8th rank doesn't leave any doubts about the outcome of the game and
Vaganian is precise to the end.} Kg8 31. Nd7 $1 Rf4 32. Ne5 $1 Rd4 33. Nxd3 b6
34. b4 a5 35. Ke3 $1 bxc5 36. bxc5 Rh4 37. Ne5 (37. Nf4 $1 {[%cal Gf4e6] is
even better.}) 37... Rxh2 38. Nc6 Ra8 39. d7 Kf8 40. Re4 {[%cal Gd7d8]} Rxa2
41. Rf4+ Kg7 42. d8=Q Rxd8 43. Nxd8 a4 44. Rc4 $1 (44. c6 $5) 44... a3 45. c6
Ra1 46. c7 a2 47. c8=Q Re1+ 48. Kf2 Rf1+ 49. Kxf1 a1=Q+ 50. Kg2 Qa2+ 51. Kh3 {
A clear win of Vaganian!} 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cuba"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CUB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

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. Be3 {A solid line, which became more popular on the top level recently.}
({The main line goes with} 9. Nbd2) 9... Be7 (9... Nc5 $6 10. Nc3 Nxb3 11. cxb3
$1 $14 {Ponomariov,R-Kortschnoj,V/Donetsk 2001/CBM 81}) (9... Bc5 {1-0 Akopian,
V-Adianto,U/Tripoli 2004/CBM 102 [Postny,E] (43)}) 10. c3 Qd7 {A flexible move.
Black does not play the castling immediatly, and prepares to develop the rook
to d8.} ({Another playable option for black is} 10... O-O 11. Nbd2 Bg4 {
1/2-1/2 Sadvakasov,D-Kortschnoj,V/Astana 2003/CBM 93 [Postny,E] (44)}) 11. Nbd2
O-O 12. Re1 (12. Bc2 f5 {0-1 Ganguly,S-Nielsen,P/Tripoli 2004/CBM 102 [Postny,
E] (29)}) 12... Rad8 13. Bc2 Bf5 (13... Nxd2 14. Qxd2 Bf5 15. Rad1 Bxc2 16.
Qxc2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Khalifman,A-Mikhalevski,V/Linares 1997/CBM 58 (41)}) ({
More aggressive alternative is} 13... f5 14. exf6 Nxf6 {1-0 Timoshenko,G-Amin,
B/Ismailia 2004/CBM 103 [Postny,E] (45)}) 14. Nxe4 {After the following
massive exchanges whites gets only a minimal advantage. However, the
alternatives are not troublesome for black.} (14. Nb3 Bg6 15. Nbd4 Na5 16. e6
Qd6 17. exf7+ Rxf7 18. a4 Nc4 19. axb5 Nxe3 20. Rxe3 axb5 21. Nxb5 Qb6 22. Nbd4
c5 23. Nb3 Bf6 $44 {0-1 Fedorowicz,J-Kamsky,G/Los Angeles 1991/CBM 25 (54)}) (
14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. cxd4 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 c5 17. Bxf5 Qxf5 18. Qa5 Qe6 19. dxc5 d4
20. Bd2 Bxc5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kholmov,R-Shurygin,S/Decin 1996/CBM 53 ext (56)})
14... Bxe4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qxd7 Rxd7 17. e6 $1 {This intermediate move
breaks black's pawn structure.} fxe6 18. Nd2 Ne5 19. Nxe4 Rfd8 $146 (19... Nd3
20. Re2 Rf5 (20... c5 21. g3 c4 22. b4 Rf5 23. a4 Kf7 24. axb5 axb5 25. Kg2 Re5
26. f3 Bf6 27. Ra3 h6 28. h3 Be7 29. Ra8 Bf6 30. Rb8 Rxe4 31. fxe4 Bxc3 32.
Rxb5 Bxb4 $44 {1/2-1/2 Dolmatov,S-Jussupow,A/Wijk aan Zee 1991/Candidates (61)}
) 21. g3 Kf7 22. a4 h6 23. axb5 axb5 24. Ra6 Re5 25. f3 Red5 $11 {1/2-1/2
Shirov,A-Mamedyarov,S/Izmir 2004/CBM 104_01 (32)}) 20. f3 Bh4 $6 {I don't like
the idea of exchanging bishops.} (20... Nd3 21. Re2 c5 $11 {[%cal Gc5c4]}) 21.
Bf2 Bxf2+ $6 ({It was possible to admit the inaccuracy made on the previous
move by} 21... Be7 {but, Ponomariov is consequent.}) 22. Nxf2 {Without bishops
it's easier for white to attack black's Pe6 weakness.} Rd5 23. a4 Nc4 $2 {
It's not clear what Ponomariov has missed, but after this move black's
position seems to be beyond saving.} ({Logical was} 23... Kf7 24. axb5 axb5 25.
Ra7 R8d7 {keeping worse, but defendable position.}) 24. axb5 axb5 25. Rxe6 Nxb2
26. Rc6 Rd2 (26... R8d7 27. Ra7 $18 {[%csl Rc7]}) 27. Rxc7 Rc2 28. h4 Na4 29.
Ne4 {White's centralized knight is extremely strong and it's also restricting
the opponent's knight.} h6 30. c4 Kh8 31. h5 {Black is actually in zugzwang.
Black can not move neither his Rc2, nor his knight due to penetration of
white's Ra1.} Rb8 (31... Nc3 32. Nd6 $1 Rf8 (32... Rxd6 $2 33. Ra8+ Kh7 34.
Rcc8 {mating.}) 33. Raa7 $18) 32. Kh2 Rf8 33. Rc6 Nb2 34. cxb5 {Two extra
pawns promise white an easy win.} Rxc6 35. bxc6 Rc8 36. Rc1 Rc7 37. Nd6 Nd3 38.
Nb5 Rc8 39. Rc3 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qb3
Nbd7 9. Rc1 Ne4 10. Be3 Nd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 Ne5 10. Nb3 b5 11. Kb1 {Dies ist eine beliebte Fortsetzung von
Topalev. Mit diesem Königszug er hat in einer schönen Partie gegen Lutz
gewonnen (Topalov,V - Lutz,C 2002 Dortmund). Die bekannten Alternativen sind -
11.Qe1 (die moderne Fortsetzung) und 11.Bd4 (der traditionelle Zug). Nach dem
Königszug droht sofort 12.Nxb5.} Nc4 {Das ist die direkte Fortsetzung, jedoch
kommt auch die Alternative in Betracht.} (11... Be7 $5) 12. Bxc4 bxc4 13. Nc1 {
Dies ist die Idee des Zuges 11.Kb1 - der Springer besitzt nun ein Schlupfloch
auf c1.} (13. Nd4 Rb8 14. Ka1 O-O 15. g4 d6 16. a3 Ba5 {1/2-1/2 Sax,
G-Goloshchapov,A/Rethymnon GRE 2003/(16)}) 13... Qb7 $146 {Schwarz möchte die
halboffene b-Linie besetzen. Er besitzt zwar das Läuferpaar, jedoch stehen sie
nicht aktiv (besonders Bc8).} (13... Rb8 14. Bf4 (14. N1e2 O-O (14... Qb7 15.
b3 O-O 16. Bf4 Ra8 17. Bd6 Bxd6 18. Qxd6 cxb3 $6 (18... a5 $5) 19. axb3 a5 20.
Rd4 {1-0 Topalov,V-Lutz,C/Dortmund 2002/CBM 90/[Ribli] (34)'}) 15. Ka1 $6 (15.
Bf4 $5 e5 16. Bg5 Ba3 17. b3 Qb6 18. Be3 $14) 15... d5 16. Bg5 dxe4 17. Bxf6
gxf6 18. Qh6 Qe5 19. f4 Qf5 20. g4 Qg6 21. Qh3 Kh8 22. Rhg1 Bc5 23. f5 Qg7 {
0-1 Korneev,O-Delchev,A/Navalmoral de la Mata 2004/CBM 103 ext (41)}) 14... e5
(14... Bxc3 $2 15. Bxc7 Rxb2+ 16. Ka1 Rxc2+ 17. Qxc3 Rxc3 18. Kb2 Re3 19. Bf4
$18) 15. Bg5 Qb6 16. N1e2 O-O 17. Bxf6 Ba3 18. b3 Qxf6 19. Nd5 $14 {0-1 Zufic,
M-Delchev,A/Zadar 2004 (46)}) (13... O-O 14. Bf4 Bxc3 15. Bxc7 Bxd2 16. Rxd2 c3
17. bxc3 d5 {Grischuk,A-Svidler,P/Cap d'Agde (rapid) 47) 2003/(25)}) 14. N1e2 (
14. Qd4 Rb8 15. Na4 $5) 14... O-O 15. Qd4 {[%csl Rc4,Rc8] Es hängt der Pc4,
aber das größere Problem der schwarzen Stellung besteht in der passiven
Stellung des Bc8.} (15. Bf4 d5) 15... Rb8 16. Bc1 $5 $14 {Weiß steht sicher
und übt positionellen Druck auf die d-Linie aus.} (16. Qxc4 d5 $13) 16... d6 (
16... Ba3 17. b3 Bxc1 18. Rxc1 cxb3 19. cxb3 Rd8 20. e5 Ne8 21. Ne4 $16) (16...
Qc6 17. Bf4 Bc5 18. Qxc4 Rb4 19. Qd3 $14) 17. Qxc4 Bd7 18. b3 Rfc8 {[%csl Gb8,
Gc8][%cal Gb8b1,Gc8c1] Durch den Druck auf der b- und c-Linie besitzt Schwarz
zwar Kompensation für den Minusbauern, jedoch ergeben sich daraus keine
konkrete Drohungen.} 19. Qd3 a5 20. a3 Bc5 (20... Bxc3 21. Nxc3 a4 22. b4 $14)
21. a4 Be8 22. Bb2 Bb4 (22... Nd7) 23. Na2 (23. Nd4 d5) 23... Bc5 {Es droht 24.
..Bxa4.} 24. Bxf6 $1 {Weiß tauscht seinen Läufer, und im weiteren Verlauf wird
der Pf6 nicht zu halten sein.} gxf6 25. Nec3 {[%csl Ga2,Gc3] Die weißen
Springer verteidigen sicher die Königsstellung; es ist somit nicht leicht für
Schwarz, seinen Angriff zu forcieren.} Bc6 26. Rhe1 Qb6 27. f4 Kh8 28. Re2 {
[%mdl 256] Die weiße Stellung steht gegen eventuelle Angriffe von Schwarz
sicher. Natürlich ist es noch nicht leicht, den Mehrbauern zu mobilisieren} Rg8
29. g3 Rbd8 30. Qc4 (30. Red2) 30... Rd7 31. Red2 {[%cal Gd1d8]} Bb7 32. Qe2 {
[%csl Ge2][%cal Ge2h5,Gh5h4,Gh4f6] Die weiße Dame zielt auf den Königsflügel,
um den schwachen f-Bauern anzugreifen.} Qc6 33. Qh5 Qb6 34. Qh4 Qd8 35. f5 $1 {
Weiß verbessert seine Stellung kontinuierlich.} exf5 (35... Qe7) 36. exf5 Rg5
37. Qf4 Re7 38. Nd5 $16 {[%csl Gd5]} Re5 39. g4 Bxd5 40. Rxd5 Rxd5 41. Rxd5 Qe7
{[%csl Ge7,Gg5] Schwarz verfügt über einige Aktivitäten am Königsflügel. Der
Springer auf a2 steht hingegen noch weit vom Hauptkriegschauplatz entfernt.}
42. Qf3 (42. h3 $16) 42... Qe1+ 43. Rd1 Qh4 44. h3 h5 {[%csl Rg4]} 45. Nc3 $1 {
Weiß gibt den Bauern zurück, um seinen Springer zurück ins Spiel zu bringen.} (
45. Rh1 Kg7) 45... hxg4 46. hxg4 Rxg4 (46... Qxg4 47. Rh1+ (47. Qxg4 Rxg4 48.
Nd5 Kg7 49. c3 $16) 47... Kg7 48. Qa8 Rh5 49. Rxh5 Qxh5 50. Qxa5 Qxf5 51. b4
Qf1+ 52. Kb2 Bd4 53. Qc7 $16) 47. Nd5 {[%csl Gd5] Die Stellung ist materiell
ausgeglichen, aber Weiß besitzt die bessere Bauernstruktur.} (47. Ne2 $142 $1
Kg7 48. Rh1 Qg5 49. Qh3 Kf8 50. Qh8+ Ke7 51. Qc8) 47... Kg7 48. Rh1 Rg3 (48...
Qg3 49. Rh7+ $1 Kxh7 50. Nxf6+ $18) 49. Qd1 Qd4 50. Qxd4 Bxd4 51. Kc1 {[%mdl
4096]} Rg5 $2 (51... Rf3 $142 52. Rh5 Bc5 53. c3 $16) 52. Rf1 Rg2 53. c3 Be5
54. Rd1 Kf8 55. Rd2 Rg1+ (55... Rxd2 56. Kxd2 $18) 56. Kc2 Ke8 57. b4 $18 {
[%csl Ga4,Gb4,Gd5,Re5] Weiß bekommt am Damenflügel unweigerlich einen
Freibauern, dem Schwarz nichts entgegenzusetzen hat. Der Be5 ist scheinbar
stark, jedoch kann er den Freibauern nicht aufhalten} Kd7 (57... axb4 58. cxb4
$18) 58. bxa5 Kc8 59. Nb4 Rg5 60. Rd5 Rxf5 61. Rb5 $1 {[%csl Gb5,Rc8][%cal
Gb5b8] Dem schwarzen König bleibt der Zugang zur b-Linie verwehrt; es droht
a6-a7.} Rf2+ 62. Kb3 Rf3 63. Nd5 Rd3 64. Kc4 (64. a6 Rxd5 65. Rxd5 Kb8 66. Kc4
$18) 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Nbd7 9. Qd2 Be7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. g4 Nb6 12. Kb1 O-O 13. h4 a5 14. g5 Nh5 15.
Nxa5 Ra8 16. Nb3 Ng3 17. Bxb6 Qxb6 18. Rh2 Nxf1 19. Rxf1 Qa6 20. Rd1 b5 21. Nc1
Bc4 22. b3 Rfb8 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. Qxd5 b4 25. Rhd2 Rc8 26. Qd3 Qa3 27. Qb5 Qa7
28. Qe2 Rc6 29. Rd5 g6 30. Rb5 Ra6 31. a4 bxa3 32. Na2 Bd8 33. Qc4 Ra5 34. Nc3
a2+ 35. Ka1 Bb6 36. Rxa5 Bxa5 37. Nd5 Qf2 38. Qc6 Rf8 39. Kxa2 Qxh4 40. Qxd6
Bd8 41. Nf6+ Bxf6 42. gxf6 Ra8+ 43. Kb2 h5 44. Qe7 Qf2 45. Rd8+ Rxd8 46. Qxd8+
Kh7 47. Qe7 Qd4+ 48. Ka2 Kh6 49. Qxf7 Qc5 50. Qg7+ Kg5 51. Qe7 Qxc2+ 52. Ka3
Qc1+ 53. Kb4 Qd2+ 54. Kb5 Qd3+ 55. Ka5 Qc3+ 56. b4 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. Qc2 ({Nowadays,more popular is:} 10. Qd3 {You can see my
annotations to Rowson,J-Beliavsky,A/Mallorca,2004/CBM 104(0-1)(51)}) 10... c5 (
{It deserves serious attention:} 10... h6 $5 11. Bh4 $140 c5 $13 {For further
details you can see my comments to game: Kacheishvili,G-Polgar,J/Batumi,1999/
CBM 74(0-1)(33)}) 11. Rd1 {Besides twice were checked up in previous games:} (
11. Nc3 cxd4 12. exd4 Qc7 13. Bd3 Rac8 (13... h6 $5 14. Bh4 Rfc8 15. O-O d5 16.
Bg3 Qc6 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Be4 N7f6 19. Nxd5 Qxc2 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21. Bxc2 Rxc2
22. b4 Rd8 $15 {1/2-1/2 Sokolov,I-Timman,J/Amsterdam,1996}) 14. O-O Ba6 $1 15.
Qa4 (15. Rfc1 $5 Bxc4 $140 16. Nd1 $11 Qb8 17. Bxc4 d5 18. b3 b5 $15) 15...
Bxc4 16. Nb5 Bxb5 17. Bxb5 $44 {Ivanchuk,V-Topalov,V/Linares,1999/Inf 75/474(1/
2-1/2)(Ivanchuk,V)(60)}) 11... Qc7 $5 {I think,that Ruslan Ponomariov has
prepared this continuation directly ahead of this meeting,as he was familiar
with the following game:} (11... cxd4 $5 12. Rxd4 Qc7 13. Nc3 a6 14. Qd1 d5 15.
cxd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. e4 Bc6 18. Be7 Rfc8 19. Bd6 Qb7 20. f3 e5 21. Rd2
b5 $11 {Sokolov,I-Stefansson,H/Calvia,2004(1/2-1/2)(32)}) 12. Nc3 a6 13. d5
$146 {White block a /^a8-h1 with idea to finish development: Be2 and 0-0.} ({
The same position,with rearrangement of moves,has met in one more game:} 13.
Be2 $6 h6 $1 (13... Bxg2 14. Rg1 $44) 14. Bh4 $6 (14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. O-O $11)
14... Bxg2 15. Rg1 Bb7 16. d5 Rfe8 $15 {Lafuente,P-Garcia Martinez,S/Havana,
2004(0-1)(24)}) 13... exd5 {It's the most logical reaction to novelty of White.
Black is obliged to prepare "b5",differently they will not receive a
counterplay.} 14. cxd5 ({Hardly it was better:} 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Rfe8 {
/\Re5 with easy and comfortable game.}) 14... b5 $132 15. Bd3 ({It was weakly:
} 15. Be2 $2 {in view of:} b4 {קd5}) ({Is more interesting alternative:} 15.
e4 $5 b4 (15... Rfe8 $144 16. f3) 16. Ne2 Rfe8 17. f3 Qb6 $13) 15... b4 16.
axb4 cxb4 17. Ne2 $6 {The pleased doubtful decision.After this move,Ivan
Sokolov already can not equalize a position.} (17. Ne4 $5 Qxc2 18. Bxc2 (18.
Nxf6+ $4 gxf6 19. Bxc2 fxg5 $19) 18... Rac8 (18... Rfc8 $5) 19. Bd3 Nxe4 20.
Bxe4 f5 21. Bb1 Rf7 (21... Nb6 $6 22. Be7 Rf7 23. Bxd6 Bxd5 24. Bxb4 Bxg2 25.
Rg1 $11) 22. f3 Nb6 23. e4 fxe4 24. Bxe4 Re8 25. O-O Re5 26. Bd2 $11) 17...
Qxc2 18. Bxc2 Bxd5 {Black lose of the pawn,but get rid of weakness :)} ({
There is no sense to worsen an coordination of the pieces:} 18... Nxd5 $6 19.
Be4 N7b6 20. Bf3 (20. Nf4 $4 Nxe3 $1 21. Bxb7 (21. Rxd6 Bxe4 22. fxe3 Rfc8 23.
O-O Nc4 $19) 21... Nxd1 22. Bxa8 Nxb2 $1 $19 {[%csl Ra8,Rf4,Rg5][%cal Gh7h6]})
20... Rfe8 21. Rd4 $44) 19. O-O ({Leads to favourable simplifications for
Black:} 19. Bf5 h6 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. Nf4 Bb3 22. Rxd6 Rfd8 $15) 19... Rfc8 20.
Nd4 {White try to make active his pieces.} ({A little prematurely:} 20. Bf5 Be6
21. Bb1 (21. Bxe6 $143 fxe6 22. Rxd6 Rc2 23. Nd4 Rxb2 24. Nxe6 a5 $17) 21... d5
22. Nd4 {=/+/-/+}) 20... a5 $15 21. Bf5 ({I do not think that it was much
better:} 21. Ra1 Rc5 22. Bh4 (22. Bf4 $143 Ne5) 22... h6 23. Rfd1 $15) 21...
Rc5 22. Bxd7 $1 {White had no other worthy alternative.} Nxd7 23. Be7 Ra6 24.
Rfe1 $1 {White have created threat: 25.e4 Bb7 26.Nf5 (קd6)} (24. Nf5 $2 {
is refuted by:} Bc4 {[%csl Rf1,Rf5]}) (24. Ne2 $6 a4 {/\a3}) 24... Be4 {
Black prevent a threat of White and,at the same time,translate his B on the
important /^b1-h7.} (24... f5 $2 25. Nxf5 $1 Bb3 $140 26. Rxd6 Rxd6 27. Nxd6
Rc2 28. Nb7 a4 29. Bxb4 Rxb2 $44) ({In this position I would accept the
following decision:} 24... g6 $5 25. e4 $140 Ba8 26. f3 a4 {=/+/-/+}) 25. f3
Bg6 26. e4 $6 {White had a uneasy choice,and he did not manage to find the
best continuation:} (26. Ne2 $1 {קd6} Rcc6 (26... Rc2 $143 27. Bxd6 Rxb2 28.
Bxb4 $1 (28. Be5 $2 Rb1 $1 $19) 28... axb4 29. Rxd7 h6 30. e4 $15) 27. Nd4 Rcb6
28. Rc1 $44 {<->c}) 26... f6 27. Ne2 $6 {Now white's bishop is in the large
danger.} ({It was necessary:} 27. Nf5 Bxf5 (27... Rc2 $2 28. Bxd6 Rxb2 29. Bxb4
axb4 30. Rxd7 Bxf5 31. exf5 $132 {[%csl Gd7,Ge1,Rg8]}) 28. exf5 (28. Bxd6 $4
Rcc6 $19) 28... Rxf5 29. Bxd6 Ne5 {=/+/-/+}) 27... Rcc6 {/\Kf7(ץe7)} 28. Nd4
Rcb6 $17 29. Bd8 $4 {Painful blunder leading to immediate loss.} (29. Rc1 Nc5
30. Red1 a4 $140 31. Bxd6 Rxd6 32. Rxc5 a3 $17) 29... Rb7 $2 {Ruslan
Ponomariov missed an excellent opportunity to receive a material advantage:} (
29... Rb8 $1 30. Bxa5 $140 (30. Ne6 Kf7 31. Bc7 Rc8 $19) (30. Bc7 Rb7 31. Rc1 (
31. Bd8 Nc5 {/\Rd7 -+}) 31... Nc5 32. Bd8 (32. Bxd6 Rxd6 33. Rxc5 Rxd4) 32...
Rd7 $19) 30... Nc5 $1 (30... Rxa5 $4 31. Nc6 Ra2 32. Nxb8 Nxb8 33. Rxd6 Na6 34.
Rc1 $13) 31. Bc7 Rb7 32. Bd8 Rd7 33. Bxf6 gxf6 $19) 30. Ne6 Bf7 (30... Ra8 $6
31. Be7 Re8 $140 (31... a4 $5 32. Bxd6 a3 $15) 32. Nd8 $1 {By such original
way,it is possible to protect of Be7.} Rb6 33. Bxd6 $1 Rxd8 (33... Rxd6 $143
34. Rxd6 Rxd8 35. Red1 Be8 36. Ra6 $11) 34. Bc7 Rc8 35. Rxd7 Rb7 36. Rd8+ Rxd8
37. Bxd8 a4 38. Ra1 Be8 $15) 31. Nc7 Raa7 32. Rxd6 $8 ({Immediately loses a
game the following move:} 32. Nd5 $2 {because of:} Ra8 33. Ne7+ (33. Be7 $2 Ne5
34. Bxd6 Nc4 $19) 33... Kf8 34. Nc6 Ne5 35. Nxe5 (35. Nxa5 $143 Rd7 36. Bb6 Ra6
37. f4 Ng6 $19) 35... dxe5 36. Rd6 a4 $19) 32... Rxc7 33. Bxc7 Rxc7 34. Red1 {
Besides White has two acceptable alternatives:} (34. Ra6 $5 Bb3 35. Rxa5 Ne5
$17 {/\Nd3 קb2}) ({and} 34. Ra1 $5 Ra7 (34... Kf8 $5 35. Rxa5 Ne5 $17) 35. Rd4
{/\Rxb4} b3 36. Rda4 Rc7 37. Rxa5 Be6 (37... Rc2 $4 38. Ra8+ Nf8 39. Rd1 {
/\Rdd8(פf8)} g5 40. Rdd8 Rxb2 41. Rxf8+ Kg7 42. Rfb8 $16) 38. Ra7 Rxa7 39.
Rxa7 Nc5 $17) 34... Be8 35. Ra6 Rc5 (35... Rc2 $143 36. b3 $1 (36. Rxa5 Rxb2
37. Rb5 b3 $17) 36... Nc5 $140 37. Rxa5 Nxb3 38. Ra8 Kf7 {=/+/-/+}) 36. Ra7 {
White try to create a counterplay.} Kf8 37. Rd5 {קa2} ({Leads to immediate
disaster:} 37. Raxd7 $2 Bxd7 38. Rxd7 Rc1+ 39. Kf2 Rc2+ 40. Kg3 Rxb2 $19) 37...
Rxd5 {In my opinion,this continuation is better,than:} (37... Rc1+ 38. Kf2 Rc2+
39. Kg3 Rxb2 40. Rdxa5 $17 {[%csl Ga5,Ga7,Rb4,Rf8][%cal Ga7b7]}) 38. exd5 Nb6
39. d6 $5 (39. Rxa5 $143 Ke7 $1 (39... Nc4 $2 40. Ra8 {/\Rb8 קb4} Ke7 (40...
Nxb2 $2 41. d6 Kf7 42. Ra7+ Ke6 43. Re7+ Kxd6 44. Rxe8 $14) 41. Rb8 Nxb2 42.
Rxb4 Nd3 $15) 40. Kf2 Kd6 41. Ra6 Kc5 42. Ra7 Bd7 43. Rb7 g5 $17) 39... a4 40.
Rb7 ({After:} 40. Kf2 $6 {Black can keep Pb:} b3 $17 ({The sacrifice of bishop
did not conduct to the purpose:} 40... Nc4 $2 41. d7 Bxd7 42. Rxd7 Nxb2 43. Ke3
a3 (43... b3 44. Rb7) 44. Kd4 $13)) 40... Nc4 $1 {It's absolutely correct
decision.} 41. Rxb4 $8 ({Previous move of Black,is directed against:} 41. d7 $2
Bxd7 42. Rxd7 Nxb2 {which considerably loses in force,as now white's K can not
help the his rook to stop the pawns of the contender.For example:} 43. Rb7 (43.
Kf2 $143 a3 44. Ra7 Nc4 {/\b3 -+}) 43... Nd3 44. Ra7 Nc5 $1 $19 45. Ra5 (45.
Kf2 $143 b3 46. Ke3 b2 47. Rb7 a3 48. Kd2 a2 $19) 45... b3 46. Rxc5 b2 47. Rb5
a3 48. Kf2 a2 49. Rxb2 a1=Q $19) 41... Nxd6 $17 42. Kf2 ({Now and on the
subsequent moves does not pass:} 42. b3 {in view of:} a3 43. Rb6 Nb5 44. Ra6
Ke7 {[%csl Ga3][%cal Yd7c7,Yc7b7,Ye7d7] with easy win.}) 42... Ke7 43. Ke3 Ke6
{Clearly,that in endgame it's necessary to move the kings in the centre.} 44.
Kd4 Nf5+ 45. Kc5 h5 $1 {Black's idea is: to create additional weakness on the
king side of contender,differently,it will be not simple to win this game.} 46.
Rb6+ Kf7 ({The attempt to escape in the centre from white's rook:} 46... Ke5 {
is senseless:} 47. Rb4 Ke6 48. Rb6+) 47. Rb7+ Kg6 {Black have hidden the king
and now can quietly consolidate his pieces.} 48. Rb4 (48. Rb8 $143 Bf7 {
[%csl Yf7][%cal Yf7b3]}) 48... h4 49. g4 Nh6 $1 {The fixing of pawn "h2" -
perhaps,sole way to struggle for a victory.} (49... hxg3 $6 50. hxg3 {For
White it's certainly favourable to exchange these pawns,than is less pawns-
the less problems for him.} Nxg3 $140 $4 51. Rg4+ Kf5 52. Rxg3 g5 $11) 50. h3
f5 51. Kd4 (51. Rb6+ Kg5 $140 52. Rb4 fxg4 53. fxg4 Ng8 $17 54. Rb7 (54. b3
axb3 (54... a3 $2 55. Rb7 a2 56. Rxg7+ Kf4 57. Ra7 Kg3 58. Rxa2 Kxh3 59. b4 $11
) 55. Rxb3 Nf6 {From my point of view,Black gradually win this endgame.}) 54...
g6 (54... Kg6 $5 55. b4 axb3 56. Rxb3 Nf6 $17) 55. Ra7 Nf6 56. Kd6 $140 $6 Nxg4
$1 57. Ra5+ Kf4 58. Ra8 Bb5 59. Ra5 Bd3 $1 60. Rxa4+ Be4 $19) 51... fxg4 52.
fxg4 Nf7 {[%csl Rh3][%cal Gf7g5]} 53. Rb8 $2 {It was not necessary to make
this intermediate move.It's discrepancy,which allows to improve a position of
the black's bishop.} ({Also it was badly:} 53. Rc4 $2 Ng5 54. Rc3 Bb5 {/\Bf1
קh3 -+}) (53. Rb6+ $142 Kh7 (53... Kg5 $143 54. Ke3 Bd7 55. Ra6 {/\Ra5+}) 54.
b3 $1 (54. Rb8 $2 Bc6 {/\Bg2 קh3}) 54... a3 55. Ra6 Ng5 56. Rxa3 Nxh3 57. Ke3
g5 {with good chances to win.}) 53... Bd7 54. Rb7 {The rather doubtful
decision,but is very difficult to give good advice:} (54. Rb6+ Kg5 55. Rb7 Be6
{/\Bb3}) (54. b3 a3 55. Ra8 Ng5 56. Ra6+ Kh7 57. Rxa3 Nxh3 $19) 54... Be6 55.
Rb6 Kf6 {The black's pieces are consolidated.In the near future,will be lost
the Ph3 ... and together with him all game.} 56. Ra6 Ng5 57. Rxa4 Nxh3 58. b4 (
58. Ke3 g5 {/\Nf4 קg4}) 58... Nf4 59. b5 (59. Ke4 g5 {קg4}) 59... h3 $19 {
The Ph3 is much more dangerous,than Pb5.} 60. Ke3 (60. Ra1 Kg5 61. b6 Bd5 $19)
60... h2 61. Rxf4+ (61. Ra1 Bd5) 61... Kg6 {[%csl Gh2][%cal Ye6d5] The further
resistance is senseless. Despite the mistakes,this game was very interesting
and important for the theory of this variant.} 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. a3 d6 6. e3 e6 7. Nge2 Nge7 8. Nf4
Rb8 9. O-O O-O 10. Rb1 b6 11. d3 Bb7 12. Bd2 Ne5 13. e4 N7c6 14. Be1 Nd4 15.
Nh3 f5 16. f4 Ng4 17. Bd2 Qd7 18. Nf2 Nxf2 19. Rxf2 a6 20. a4 Ba8 21. Ra1 Bc6
22. Kh1 Qb7 23. g4 b5 24. axb5 axb5 25. cxb5 Nxb5 26. gxf5 exf5 27. Nxb5 Qxb5
28. Bc3 Bxc3 29. bxc3 fxe4 30. dxe4 Qc4 31. Qxd6 Bxe4 32. Bxe4 Qxe4+ 33. Kg1
Rb1+ 34. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 35. Rf1 Qf5 36. Qc6 Kg7 37. Qf3 Rd8 38. Re1 Rd3 39. Re3 {
Überraschenderweise kann Schwarz aus seiner überlegenen Struktur und Aktivität
kein rechtes Kapital schlagen:} Rd2 (39... c4 $5 40. Kf2 Rd2+ 41. Kg3 Qb1 42.
h3 Qg1+ 43. Kh4 $11) 40. Re2 Rxe2 41. Qxe2 Kf6 42. Qa6+ Qe6 43. Qxe6+ Kxe6 44.
Kf2 Kf5 ({Auch} 44... Kd5 {bringt letztlich nichts:} 45. Ke3 Kc4 46. Kd2 Kb3
47. Kd3 h6 48. h3 h5 49. h4 Kb2 50. Kc4 Kc2 51. Kxc5 Kxc3 52. Kd5 Kd3 53. Ke5
Ke3 54. f5 gxf5 55. Kxf5 Kd4 56. Kg5 Ke5 57. Kxh5 Kf6 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bc1
Nf6 9. Bc4 e6 10. Bb3 Nc6 11. Be3 Be7 12. f4 O-O 13. Qf3 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 b5 15.
Bxf6 Bxf6 16. e5 Bh4+ 17. g3 Rb8 18. O-O-O Be7 19. exd6 Bxd6 20. Ne4 Bb7 21.
Qe3 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Rb6 23. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8. Bf4
$5 {Unusual introduction to the development of the queenside, but the move is
certainly sound.} (8. g4) (8. Qe2) 8... Nbd7 (8... Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Rd8
11. g4 Nfd7 12. Bxd6 Ne5 13. Nd5 exd5 14. Bxe7 Re8 15. Bc5 Qf6 16. f4 Nxg4 17.
h3 Qh6 18. e5 Qh4 19. Bb5 axb5 20. hxg4 Qd8 21. f5 {1-0 Feuerstack,
A-Magalashvili,D/Chalkidiki 2003/ (42)}) 9. g4 Be7 10. Qe2 (10. Qd2 Ne5 11. Be2
O-O 12. O-O-O Qc7 $13) 10... h6 11. h4 Qc7 12. O-O-O b5 13. a3 {Anand is
willing to slow down advance of the black's b pawn since his knight has no
good squares for the retreat.} Rb8 14. Qg2 Nc5 (14... b4 {or} 15. axb4 Rxb4 16.
g5 Nh5 17. Bd2 Nc5 $11) (14... Ne5 {Nc4}) 15. g5 Nh5 16. Be3 Na4 $6 {
Ponomariov clearly understands the necessity to create some counterplay, but
it might have been more promissing to try the advance of the b pawn.} (16...
Nxb3+ $5 17. cxb3 b4 18. axb4 Rxb4 19. Bc4 Qc6 (19... d5 20. exd5 Nf4 21. Qc2
$14) 20. Qd2 a5 21. gxh6 gxh6 22. Kb1 Ba6 $13) 17. Rd3 $1 g6 18. Kb1 (18. gxh6
Nc5 19. Nxc5 dxc5 20. Qh2 Qxh2 21. Rxh2 Bf8 22. Rhd2 Bb7 $13) 18... Bb7 19. Be2
e5 20. Qf2 Bc6 $6 {This moves was heavily criticized in the post mortem, but
Anand's suggestion 20...Nc5 is not much better.} (20... Nc5 21. Nxc5 dxc5 22.
Rhd1 b4 23. axb4 cxb4 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 $16) 21. gxh6 $1 (21. Nd5 Bxd5 22.
Rxd5 Nb6 23. Rdd1 Nc4 24. Bc1 $14) 21... Nb6 22. f4 $1 {Important strategical
moment, the timely f3-f4 is gaining great popularity in many lines of the
English attack. The opening of the position comes at undesirable moment for
black.} (22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. exd5 Na4 $1 24. f4 $1 Nxf4 25. Bxf4 exf4 26. Qxf4 $16
) 22... Nf6 $6 (22... exf4 23. Bxf4 Nxf4 24. Qxf4 Nc4 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. exd5 Ne5
{White has prepared a small surprise for his opponent, he seriously
contemplated sacrifice of the exchange. Black king would become unsafe
anywhere on the board.} (26... Bf8 27. h5 Bxh6 28. Qf6) 27. Nd4 $3 Nxd3 28.
Bxd3 $16) 23. fxe5 dxe5 24. Rf1 O-O 25. Nc5 $1 Bb7 {[%mdl 2048] A modest
retreat and an admission, that black pieces are poorly coordinated.} (25... Qa7
26. Rd6 $3 Nc4 27. Bxc4 bxc4 28. Rxf6 $18) 26. Ne6 $1 fxe6 27. Bxb6 Qc6 28. Qg1
$1 Kh7 29. Rdf3 {Ponomariov's position has fallen apart, his survival chances
are negligable.} Qe8 (29... Rbc8 30. h5 $18) 30. Bc5 Bxc5 (30... Nd7 31. Rxf8
Nxf8 32. Qg3 Nd7 33. Bxe7 Qxe7 34. Qg5 $18) 31. Qxc5 Nd7 32. Qe3 Qe7 33. Qg5
Qxg5 34. Rf7+ $1 Rxf7 (34... Kxh6 35. hxg5+ Kxg5 36. Rg1+ Kh6 37. Rxd7 $18) 35.
Rxf7+ Kh8 36. hxg5 {There is not a slightest doubt that endgame is lost for
black. Anand shows his patient side a realizes his advantage mit maximum
security-rather slowly.} Bc6 37. b4 Nf8 38. Rf6 Kg8 39. Bg4 Bd7 40. Kb2 Re8 41.
Nd1 Re7 42. Nf2 Be8 43. Rf3 (43. Nd3 $5 Nh7 44. Nxe5 Nxf6 (44... Nxg5 45. Nxg6
$18) 45. gxf6 Rh7 46. Bxe6+ Kf8 47. f7 Rxh6 48. fxe8=Q+ Kxe8 49. Bf7+ Ke7 50.
Bxg6 Ke6 51. Nd3 $18) 43... Rf7 (43... Nh7 44. Nh3 Bc6 45. Re3 $18) 44. Rxf7
Kxf7 45. Kc3 Nh7 46. Nh3 Bc6 47. Kd3 Ke7 48. Ke3 Kd6 49. Be2 Ke7 50. Bd3 Kd6
51. Kf3 Ke7 52. Kg4 Nf8 53. Ng1 Nh7 54. Nf3 Kd6 55. Kg3 Be8 56. Kf2 Bc6 57. Ke3
Bd7 58. c4 $1 {At long last white's extra pawn is marching forward and
breaking the resistance.} bxc4 59. Bxc4 Bc8 (59... Bb5 60. Bd3 Kc7 61. Nxe5
Nxg5 62. Nxg6 $18) 60. a4 Bb7 61. a5 Bc8 62. Bd3 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 O-O 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5
15. Bc4 Rb8 16. Ra2 (16. b3) 16... Kh8 17. Nce3 {This move has been always
concidered harmless, but in this impressive game Ponomariov shows that White
has plenty of hidden ideas.} (17. O-O f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 $11) (17. h4 Bh6 18.
Nce3 Bxe3 19. Nxe3 Ne7 $11 20. b3 f5 21. exf5 Nxf5 22. Nxf5 Bxf5 23. O-O Be4
24. Bd5 Bxd5 25. Qxd5 Qxh4 26. Rxa5 Qf6 27. Ra6 e4 28. Rxd6 Qxc3 29. Qxe4 Qxb3
{1/2-1/2 Asrian,K-Khalifman,A/Bled 2002}) 17... g6 ({In order to avoid the
game continuation Black can play} 17... Bxe3 18. Nxe3 Ne7 19. O-O f5 $14 {/=})
18. h4 $1 {White takes full advantage of the rook on h1.} (18. O-O f5 $11)
18... Bxh4 (18... Bh6 $6 19. h5 $16) (18... Bxe3 $6 19. Nxe3 $16) 19. g3 Bf6 ({
Better is} 19... Bg5 {with complicated position:} 20. f4 (20. b3 {[#]} Bxe3 21.
Nxe3 Be6 (21... f5)) (20. b4 $5) 20... exf4 21. gxf4 Bh4+ 22. Kf1 f5 $13 23. b3
(23. b4 fxe4 24. Rah2 g5 25. b5 Ne5 26. Qd4 Rb7 $13 {0-1 Holmsten,A-Filippov,V/
Polanica Zdroj 1999 (36)}) 23... fxe4 24. Rah2 g5 25. Ng2 Rb7 26. Nxh4 gxh4 27.
Rxh4 Rg7 (27... Qe8 28. Bb5 Bf5 29. Bxc6 Qxc6 30. Qd4+ Rg7 31. Ne7 Qb5+ 32. Ke1
e3 33. Rh5 $18 {1-0 Maus,S-Birnboim,N/Tel Aviv 1987 (54)}) 28. Qh5 Bf5 29. Qh6
e3 $13 {1/2-1/2 Stangl,M-Kindermann,S/Altensteig 1987 (53)}) 20. b3 $1 Bg7 21.
f4 {[%cal Ga2h2]} exf4 22. gxf4 Re8 (22... Ne7 $2 23. Rah2 h6 $2 24. Rxh6+ Bxh6
25. Qd4+ f6 26. Nxf6 Nc6 27. Rxh6+ {1-0 Saheli,N-Raghavi,N/Bikaner 2004}) (
22... f5 23. Rah2 h6 24. Qf3 fxe4 25. Qg2 $18) 23. Qf3 (23. Rah2 $5 h6 (23...
h5 $2 24. Rxh5+ gxh5 25. Qxh5+ Kg8 26. Qh7+ Kf8 27. Rg1 $18) (23... Rxe4 24.
Rxh7+ Kg8 25. Qc2 $18) 24. Qf3 Kg8 25. Qg2 $40) 23... Kg8 (23... h6 24. Rah2
Ne7 $2 25. Rxh6+ Bxh6 26. Rxh6+ Kg7 27. Qh1 $1 Rh8 28. Rxh8 Qxh8 29. Qxh8+ Kxh8
30. Nxe7 $18 {1-0 Maki,V-Holmsten,A/Vammala 1999/EXT 2000 (58)}) 24. Rah2 h5
25. Rxh5 $5 ({After the simple} 25. Qg2 $1 {planning f4-f5 White has a strong
attack.}) 25... gxh5 26. Qxh5 Re6 {The analysis below shows that this
complicated poition is equal. Most likely it must end with perpetual check.}
27. Qh7+ (27. Rg1 Kf8 28. Rxg7 $1 Kxg7 29. Nf5+ Kg8 30. Nh6+ Kg7 (30... Rxh6 $2
31. Qxh6 $18) 31. Nf5+ $11 {(Kramnik)}) (27. Nf5 Rxe4+ 28. Kd1 Bxf5 29. Qxf5
Re6 30. Qh7+ Kf8 31. Rg1 Rg6 32. Rxg6 fxg6 33. Nc7 Qxc7 34. Qg8+ Ke7 35. Qxg7+
Kd8 36. Qg8+ Ke7 37. Qf7+ $11 {(Shipov)}) 27... Kf8 28. Rg1 (28. Kf2 Rg6 29.
Nf5 Ne5 $1 (29... Rb7 $2 30. Nxg7 Rxg7 31. Qh8+ Rg8 32. Qh6+ Ke8 33. Nf6+ Ke7
34. Nxg8+ Qxg8 35. Rg1 Qd8 36. Rg7 $18) 30. fxe5 Qg5 31. Nf6 Qd2+ 32. Kf1 Qf4+
33. Ke1 Qc1+ 34. Kf2 Qc2+ 35. Kf1 {is also a draw}) 28... Rg6 29. Rxg6 fxg6 30.
f5 (30. Nc7 d5 $1 (30... Ne7 31. Ned5 $1 Nxd5 32. Bxd5 Qxc7 33. Qg8+ Ke7 34.
Qxg7+ Kd8 35. Qg8+ $11) 31. Nexd5 Ne7 32. e5 $1 ({Black wins after} 32. f5 $2
gxf5 33. Nxe7 Bxc3+ $1 34. Ke2 Qd2+ $19) 32... Bg4 33. f5 $1 Bxf5 34. Nxe7 Qxc7
35. Qg8+ Kxe7 36. Qxg7+ Kd8 37. Qg8+ Kd7 38. Qd5+ {and again Black cannot
avoid the draw:} Kc8 39. Ba6+ Rb7 40. Qg8+ Kd7 41. Qd5+ Ke7 42. Qxb7 Qxb7 43.
Bxb7 Ke6 $11) 30... Qg5 (30... Rb7 31. Ne7 Kxe7 (31... Nxe7 32. f6 Nd5 $1 33.
fxg7+ Rxg7 34. Qh8+ Rg8 35. Qh6+ Ke8 36. Bxd5 Rf8 37. Qxg6+ Kd7 $11) 32. Qxg7+
Ke8 33. Qxg6+ Kd7 34. Qg7+ Ke8 $11) 31. Nf4 $8 $11 Ne7 (31... Qxf4 $4 32. Qg8+
Ke7 33. Nd5+) (31... Bxc3+ 32. Ke2 Nd4+ $2 (32... Ke8 33. Qg8+ Kd7 34. Qe6+ Kc7
35. Nfd5+ Kb7) 33. Kd3 $18) 32. Nxg6+ Ke8 (32... Nxg6 $2 33. Qg8+ Ke7 34. Nd5+
$18) 33. Nd5 Qg1+ 34. Kd2 Qg5+ 35. Ke1 Bf6 36. Ngxe7 Bxe7 (36... Qh4+ 37. Kf1
Bxe7 (37... Qxh7 38. Nxf6+ $1 Kxe7 39. Nxh7 $16) 38. Qg6+ Kd8 39. Qg8+ Kd7 40.
Qe6+ Kd8 41. Qg8+ $11) 37. Qh8+ Kd7 (37... Bf8 38. Nf6+ Ke7 39. Nd5+ Ke8 40.
Nf6+ $11) 38. f6 Qg3+ (38... Bd8 $2 39. Bb5+ $1 (39. Qg7+ Qxg7 40. fxg7 Bb7 41.
Ke2 Bg5 42. Kf3 $11) 39... Rxb5 40. Qg7+ Qxg7 41. fxg7 $18 {(Ponomariov)}) 39.
Ke2 Qg2+ 40. Ke3 Qg3+ 41. Ke2 Qg4+ 42. Kf2 {In spite of players combativity
the draw is inevitable.} Bd8 43. Bf1 (43. Be2 Qxe4 44. Bf3 Qg6 {is a draw as
well.}) 43... Kc6 44. Qxd8 Qh4+ 45. Kg1 ({White loses after} 45. Ke3 $2 Qe1+
46. Be2 Qxe2+ $1 {This wins, everything else loses.} 47. Kxe2 Bg4+) 45... Qg3+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Bb4 7. Qc2 O-O 8.
a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 c6 10. e3 h6 11. Bh4 Qe8 12. Nd2 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Qxe4 14. Bg3 Re8
15. Qd3 Qe7 16. Qc2 Nf6 17. Bd3 Ne4 18. Bf4 g5 19. Be5 f6 20. Bxe4 fxe5 21. Bg6
Rf8 22. dxe5 Qxe5 23. O-O Bf5 24. Bxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 Bg4 9. c3 f5 10. Qb3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Na5 12. Qc2 Nc6 13. b4 a6 (13... Bd6 14.
b5 Ne7 (14... Nxd2 15. Nxd2 Ne7 16. Nf1 h6 17. f3 Bh5 18. Ng3 Bg6 19. Ne2 Qd7
20. Bf4 Rae8 21. Be5 $14 {1-0 Cheparinov,I-Gomez Esteban,J/Elgoibar ESP 2004/
(40)}) 15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Nc5 17. Nb3 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 f4 19. Qd4 Ng6 20. Nc5
Nh4 21. Bxf4 Nxg2 $1 22. Bg3 (22. Kxg2 Qh4 23. Qe3 Rxf4 $17) 22... Nxe1 $17 {
1/2-1/2 Arakhamia Grant,K-Engedal,K/Stockholm 1994/EXT 2000 (34)}) 14. a4 (14.
Ne5 $5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Bh4 16. Rf1 Bxf2+ 17. Rxf2 Nxf2 18. Kxf2 Qh4+ 19. Kg1 Qe1+
(19... Rae8 20. Bb2 Rxe5 21. c4 Re1+ 22. Nf1 $14) 20. Nf1 $14 {1-0 Karjakin,
S-Vasilevich,T/playchess.com INT 2004 (35)}) 14... Bd6 15. Ba3 (15. h3 Bh5 16.
Ba3 Nxd2 17. Nxd2 Ne7 18. Be2 Bxe2 19. Rxe2 Ng6 $11 {1-0 Citak,S-Moen,A/Izmir
TUR 2004/(39)}) 15... Kh8 (15... Rf6 16. b5 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 Bxf3 18. bxc6 Rg6 19.
g3 bxc6 20. Bxd6 (20. Bxf5 Rf6 21. Qd3 Bxa3 22. Rxa3 Qf8 23. Bxh7+ Kh8 24. Ra2
Qf7 $17 {1/2-1/2 Morozevich,A-Shirov,A/Monaco 2002/CBM 87 ext (36)}) 20... cxd6
(20... Qxd6 $142) 21. Bxf5 Rf6 22. Qd3 g6 23. Qxf3 Rxf5 24. Qe2 $14 {0-1
Morozevich,A-Karpov,A/Prague 2002/CBM 89/[Huzman] (97)}) (15... Qf6 16. b5 axb5
17. Bxd6 cxd6 18. axb5 Na5 19. b6 Rfc8 20. Qb2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Amonatov,F-Turov,M/
St Petersburg 2003/EXT 2004 (20)}) 16. b5 axb5 17. Bxd6 cxd6 18. axb5 (18. Bxb5
$5 Na5 19. Rac1 Rc8 20. Qb2 Qb6 21. Qb4 Bxf3 22. Nxf3 Rc7 23. Rc2 Rfc8 24. Rec1
Nc4 25. Ne1 $14 {1-0 Santo Roman,M-Koch,J/Belfort FRA 2004/(45)}) 18... Na5 19.
h3 Bh5 20. Nh2 (20. Ra3 b6 21. Qa2 Qc7 $11) 20... Rc8 21. Ra3 b6 22. Ndf1 {
[%cal Gf2f3] White is ready to drive away the Ne4 by the move f3.} f4 $1 {
This move is a strong positional pawn sacrifice.} 23. f3 ({In case of
accepting the sacrifice Black receives good compensation exploiting the weak
light squares in White's position and the passivity of White's knights.} 23.
Bxe4 dxe4 24. Qxe4 Re8 25. Qb1 Qd7 $44) 23... Qh4 24. Re2 Ng3 (24... Rfe8 $5)
25. Nxg3 fxg3 26. Nf1 Bxf3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 27. gxf3 Rxf3 28. Nd2 $2 {After
this mistake Black receives good winning chances.} ({The correctness of
Black's sacrifice had to be proven after the best defence of White.} 28. Rg2
Rcf8 {[%cal Yf3f2]} 29. Ra2 Rf2 (29... Nc4 30. Be2 $16) 30. Qd1 (30. Rxf2 gxf2+
31. Kg2 Qg5+ 32. Ng3 Nc4 $40) 30... R2f3 31. Be2 Rxc3 $13) 28... Rf2 $1 29.
Rxf2 gxf2+ 30. Kg2 Qg5+ $1 31. Kxf2 Rf8+ 32. Nf3 Qf4 33. Qe2 (33. Be2 Qh2+ 34.
Ke1 Rxf3 $19) 33... Qh2+ 34. Ke1 Qg3+ 35. Qf2 Rxf3 $17 36. Qxg3 Rxg3 37. Bf1 h5
38. Kd2 $2 (38. Kf2 h4 $17) 38... Rf3 $2 (38... Rxh3 $1 39. Rxa5 Rh2+ 40. Be2
bxa5 41. b6 Rf2 $19) 39. Ke2 Rg3 40. Kd2 Rf3 41. Ke2 Rg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 1]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7.
Bc1 Nf6 8. f3 Qb6 9. g4 Nc6 10. Nb3 e6 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Be3 b5 13. O-O-O Nd7 14.
Qf2 Be7 15. g5 (15. h4 Nce5 16. Kb1 Rb8 17. g5 b4 18. Ne2 (18. Na4 $2 Qc6)
18... Nc4 {Blehm,P-Gershon,A/Wch U20 /Guarapuava 1995/}) 15... Nce5 16. a3 Rb8
17. Rg1 Nb6 {Ponomariov's plan of queenside counterplay is a bit artificial.
Apart from a nice knight on c4 he will not be able to claim any achievements.}
(17... b4 $5 18. axb4 Rxb4 19. f4 Nc6 20. h4 Na5 21. Nd4 Nc4 (21... Nc5 $5) 22.
Bxc4 Rxc4 23. f5 {L'Ami,A-Acs,A/ Amsterdam 2004/ 1-0 (42)}) 18. f4 Nec4 19.
Bxc4 (19. Bd4 e5 20. Bxb6 Qxb6 21. Qxb6 Nxb6 22. f5 Bb7 $11) 19... Nxc4 20. Bd4
O-O (20... Rg8 $5 21. Rd3 b4 22. axb4 Rxb4 23. Rh3 $14) 21. Bf6 $1 {[%mdl 128]
This type of moves is well known from various Sicilian lines, but in the given
position it is rather devastating. Black can not do much against the transfer
of white's rook to h3.} Bb7 (21... b4 22. axb4 Rxb4 23. Rd3 Bd8 24. Rh3 Qb6 25.
Bd4 Qb7 26. Qh4 h6 27. Bxg7 $18) 22. Rd3 Rfc8 23. Rh3 Kf8 (23... gxf6 24. gxf6+
Kf8 25. Rxh7 Bxf6 (25... Ke8 26. Rg8+ Kd7 27. Rxf7 Rxg8 28. Rxe7+ Kd8 29. Rxc7
Kxc7 30. Nd4 $18) 26. Qg3 d5 (26... Ke7 27. Rxf7+ Kxf7 28. Qg6+ Kf8 (28... Ke7
29. Qh7+ $18) 29. Qg8+ Ke7 30. Qh7+ Kd8 31. Rg8#) 27. Qg8+ Ke7 28. Qxf7+ Kd6
29. Qxf6 Qxh7 30. Rg7 Qxg7 31. Qxg7 $18) 24. Rxh7 Ke8 25. Bxg7 Kd7 26. g6 {
In the end defender was not able to offer any real resistance, Grischuk wins
without any effort.} a5 (26... fxg6 27. Bf6 Re8 28. Rxg6 $18) 27. gxf7 Bf8 28.
Bxf8 Rxf8 29. Rd1 Bc8 30. f5 e5 31. Nd5 {A truly crushing defeat for the
former world champion.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C73"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 Nf6 8.
O-O Be7 9. e5 c5 10. Qd3 dxe5 11. Qxd8+ Bxd8 12. Nxe5 Be7 13. Re1 Be6 14. Bg5
O-O 15. c4 Rfe8 16. Nc3 h6 17. Bh4 Bd6 18. b3 g5 19. Bg3 Nh5 20. Nf3 Nxg3 21.
hxg3 Kg7 22. Rad1 Bf5 23. Kf1 g4 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Ne1 h5 26. Na4 Re5 27. Nd3
Bxd3+ 28. Rxd3 Kf6 29. Nc3 Kg6 30. Ne2 Rf5 31. f3 Re5 32. Kf2 f5 33. Nf4+ Kg5
34. Rd1 Re8 35. Nd3 Re6 36. a3 a5 37. f4+ Kf6 38. Rh1 Re4 39. Nb2 Kg6 40. Re1
Rxe1 41. Kxe1 Kf7 42. Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 {This was a bit unusual to watch Moro playing the
main line of Sicilian.} cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 {After the bad experience
in Najdorf against Grischuk in round 10, Ponomariov decided to try different
Sicilian variation- the Rauzer.} 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Qb6 8. Nb3 Be7 9. O-O-O O-O
10. f3 a6 11. g4 Rd8 12. Bf4 $146 {Dubious novelty by Moro, however even after
the most popular 12.Be3 white doesn't have any advantage.} (12. Be3 Qc7 13. g5
Nd7 14. h4 b5 15. h5 (15. g6 $6 $146 fxg6 16. h5 gxh5 17. Rxh5 Nf6 18. Rh1 b4
19. Na4 Rb8 20. Qf2 Rf8 21. Qg1 Ne5 {1-0 Short,N-Muir,A/Catalan Bay 2004/CBM
098 ext (36) black's position looks preferable.}) 15... b4 16. Na4 Nc5 17.
Naxc5 dxc5 18. Qe1 Rxd1+ 19. Qxd1 a5 20. Nd2 a4 {1/2-1/2 Svidler,P-Xu Jun/
Shanghai 2001/CBM 085 (39) with mutual play.}) 12... d5 $1 {That's the main
drawback of 12.Bf4- it doesn't prevent d6-d5 unlike 12.Be3;} 13. e5 Nd7 14. Be3
Qc7 15. f4 b5 {Black is just faster on a queenside, than white- on a kingside.}
16. Qf2 $6 (16. Ne2 Nb6 17. Ned4 Nc4 18. Qf2 Bb7 $15) 16... Rb8 {The rook is
very useful on b-file in Rauzer setups.} 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Nc5 $17 {
[%cal Gb5b4] White doesn't have time to think about his attack even- black
threatens something with his every move.} 19. Kb1 b4 20. Ne2 a5 {There is no
reason for black to hurry up with Ne4 move- the knight is doing good job on c5
so far!} 21. Ng3 a4 22. Bd3 b3 23. cxb3 axb3 24. a3 (24. Bxc5 Bxc5 25. Rc1 Qa7
$1 26. Rxc5 d4 $1 {White can not save Rc5 now!} 27. Ne4 (27. Rc4 Qxa2+ 28. Kc1
Ba6 $19) (27. Rc6 Qxa2+ 28. Kc1 Bb7 $19) 27... Bb7 $19) 24... Qa5 25. Nh5 {
and again, white's attack is coming with big delay.} (25. f5 Nxd3 26. Rxd3 Ba6
27. Rc3 Rdc8 $17) 25... Ne4 26. Bxe4 {No choice.} (26. Qe3 Bxa3 $1 27. bxa3
Qxa3 28. Qe2 b2 $19 29. Bxe4 dxe4 30. Bxb2 Rxd1+ 31. Rxd1 Ba6 32. Qc2 Bd3 33.
Rxd3 exd3 34. Qd2 Qb3 $19 {[%cal Gb8c8,Gc8c2]}) 26... dxe4 {[%cal Gc8a6,Ya6d3]}
27. Bc3 Qc7 28. f5 {White's attack is fictitious- it just takes too much time
here to create some serious threats on a kingside.} Ba6 29. Nf4 Bg5 $1 {
Black intends to trade on f4- then, in opposite bishops endgame, black's
attack will be even stronger, also black will gain d3 outpost for his bishop.}
(29... Bxa3 $143 30. fxe6 {and white gets a hope.}) 30. h4 {30.fxe6 was more
resistant, however black has a large advantage there anyhow.} (30. fxe6 Bxf4
31. Rxd8+ Rxd8 32. Qxf4 fxe6 $17 {[%cal Ga6d3]}) 30... Bxf4 31. Qxf4 (31. Rxd8+
Qxd8 $1 32. Qxf4 Qd3+ 33. Ka1 e3 $1 $19 {[%cal Ge3e2,Rd3d1]}) 31... Bd3+ 32.
Ka1 (32. Rxd3 Rxd3 {[%cal Rd3c3]} 33. Rc1 Rbd8 34. f6 (34. Qxe4 Rd1 $19 {
[%cal Gc7c5,Gc5g1]}) 34... gxf6 $1 35. Qxf6 Rf3 36. Qg5+ Kh8 37. Bd2 Qd7 38.
Bf4 Rg8 $1 39. Qf6+ Rg7 {[%cal Gh8g8,Yg7g6,Yg7g4]}) 32... Ra8 $1 $19 {[%cal
Ga8a3] The rest is quite simple- black pieces dominate.} 33. Bb4 (33. Qc1 Ra4
34. f6 Rda8 {[%cal Gc7c5,Ra4a3]} 35. fxg7 Rxa3+ 36. bxa3 Rxa3+ 37. Qxa3 Qxc3+
38. Qb2 Qa5+ 39. Qa3 Qxa3#) 33... Rd4 34. Qd2 (34. Rxd3 Rxd3 35. Qxe4 Rad8 36.
Bd6 Qc2 $19) 34... Qxe5 35. Qc3 Qd5 {Black is up some material and black's
attack continues!} 36. fxe6 fxe6 37. Qc5 Rc4 38. Qe7 (38. Qxd5 exd5 39. Bd6 Ra6
40. Bf4 Rc2 $19 {[%cal Ra6a3]}) 38... Rac8 {[%cal Gc4c7] Ruslan doesn't give
any single chance to Morozevich.} 39. h5 R4c7 40. Qd6 (40. Qh4 Qd4 {[%cal
Gc7c2]}) 40... e3 41. Qxd5 exd5 42. Bc3 Be2 43. Rd4 (43. Rxd5 Bf3 $19) 43...
Rc4 44. Rxc4 Bxc4 45. g5 d4 $1 {the fastest!} 46. Bxd4 e2 {[%cal Gc8d8,Gd8d1]}
47. h6 Rd8 48. g6 {Probably Morozevich played this to entertain the
specatators :-).} Rxd4 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.30"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bd7 14. Nf1 Rac8 15.
Re2 Nc6 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bh4 Nh5 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. Bb3 Nf6 20. Rc2 Qb8 21. Ng3
Ng6 22. Rac1 Rxc2 23. Rxc2 Rc8 24. dxe5 dxe5 25. Nh5 Rxc2 26. Nxf6+ gxf6 27.
Bxc2 Be6 28. Nh2 Qc7 29. Bb3 Bxb3 30. axb3 Qc6 31. Ng4 Kg7 32. Qd5 Qc1+ 33. Kh2
Nf4 34. Qd6 Ne6 35. Ne3 Nd4 36. Nd5 Qg5 37. Qxa6 f5 38. exf5 Qxf5 39. Qd6 Nxb3
40. f4 exf4 41. Nxf4 Nc5 42. Qd4+ Kh7 43. b4 Nd7 44. Nd3 Nf8 45. Qf4 Qxf4+ 46.
Nxf4 Nd7 47. Kg3 Ne5 48. Nd5 Kg6 49. Kf4 Nc6 50. h4 f5 51. g3 h5 52. Ke3 Kf7
53. Kd3 Ke6 54. Nf4+ Ke5 55. Kc3 Ne7 56. Nxh5 Nd5+ 57. Kb3 Ke4 58. Ng7 f4 59.
gxf4 Kxf4 60. Ne6+ Kg4 61. Nd4 Kxh4 62. Nxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Solak, Dragan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. d4 e6 7. Bd3 Nc6 8.
Nf3 Bb4 9. Bd2 O-O 10. O-O Nf6 {Eine seltene Fortsetzung, viel häufiger sieht
man hier 10...Be7.} (10... Be7) 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 {Interessant ist auch 12.
Be3 mit der Absicht Qd2 und Bxh6.} (12. Be3 Bd6 13. Rc1 (13. Qd2 $5) 13... e5
$5 14. h3 (14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. h3 Be6 $11) 14... Be6 15. Qd2 $5 Qa5
16. Bxh6 exd4 $1 17. Nb5 Qxd2 18. Bxd2 Bb8 19. Nbxd4 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Bxa2 $11 {
Polgar,J-Karpov,A/Dos Hermanas 1999}) 12... Be7 {Ponomariov verfolgt einen
bekannten Plan, die schwarzfeldrigen Läufer sollen nach Nh5 abgetauscht werden.
} 13. a3 {In Frage kommt 13.Re1, wonach der weiße Turm schnell auf die 3.
Reihe überführt werden kann.} (13. Re1 Nh5 (13... b6 $5) 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Ne5
Nf6 16. Re3 Bd7 17. Rg3 Kh8 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 $36 {Iuldachev,S-Prakash,G/
Kelamabakkam 2000}) 13... Nh5 (13... b6 14. Re1 Nd5 15. Bg3 Bb7 16. Bc2 Qd7 17.
Qd3 g6 18. Bb3 $14 {Grund,H-Riedel,H/Schwaebisch Gmuend 1997}) 14. Bxe7 Nxe7
15. Ne5 Nf6 {Schwarz hat sein Ziel erreicht, die schwarzfeldrigen Läufer
verschwanden vom Brett. Als Nächstes ist Bd7-c6 geplant.} 16. Ne4 (16. Re1 Bd7
17. Qd2 (17. Re3 $5 Bc6 18. Rg3) 17... Bc6 18. Rad1 Ned5 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. Na4
Qb8 21. g3 Rd8 $11 {Esserman,M-Enhbat,T/Seattle 2003}) 16... Nfd5 (16... Ned5
17. Qf3 Qb6 $11 (17... b6 $2 18. Nc6 Qd7 19. Nxf6+ Nxf6 20. Ne7+ $16)) 17. Bc2
Nf5 (17... b6 $5 18. Qd3 g6 $11) 18. Ng3 Nh4 $2 {Dies wirkt etwas gekünstelt.
Vorzuziehen war der Abtausch auf g3 nebst Bd7.} (18... Nxg3 19. hxg3 (19. fxg3
$2 Ne3 $17) 19... Bd7 20. Be4 Bc6 $11) 19. Qd3 g6 20. Qd2 Kg7 (20... Qg5 $2 21.
f4 Qe7 22. f5 $40) 21. Ng4 {Diese Aktion ist für Schwarz ungefährlich. Mit 21.
Be4! konnte Weiß die Schattenseiten des Springer auf h4 zum Vorschein bringen.}
(21. Rac1 b6 22. Be4 Bb7 $11) (21. Be4 $1 Nf6 22. Rfe1 Nxe4 23. Rxe4 Nf5 24.
Rg4 $14 (24. Nxf5+ exf5 25. Re3 Be6 $14)) 21... Rh8 22. Ne3 Nf4 23. Nef5+ gxf5
24. Qxf4 Ng6 {Hier fand der Springer einen guten und sicheren Platz.} 25. Qd2 (
25. Nh5+ Kh7 26. Qe3 Qg5 $11) 25... h5 26. Ne2 (26. Bd1 h4 27. Nh5+ Kg8 28. d5
f4 $1 $13) 26... Qd6 27. Rad1 Bd7 $11 28. d5 e5 29. f4 e4 30. Qc3+ Qf6 31.
Qxf6+ Kxf6 {Das entstandene Endspiel ist ausgeglichen, aber Ponomariov gelingt
es, seinen Gegner nach und nach zu überspielen.} 32. Nc3 Rac8 33. Bb3 Rc5 $1
34. Kf2 (34. d6 Be6 $15) 34... Rhc8 {Nun muß Weiß dauernd mit dem
Qualitätsopfer auf c3 rechnen.} 35. g3 b5 36. Rc1 (36. d6 Rxc3 37. bxc3 Rxc3
38. Rb1 a5 $15) 36... Ke7 37. Ke3 $2 {Notwendig war 37.d6+! Diese taktische
Chance ausgelassen, gerät Weiß in Schwierigkeiten.} (37. d6+ $1 Ke8 38. Rfd1 a5
39. Ke3 $11) 37... Kd6 $15 38. Kd4 a5 39. Ne2 $2 a4 40. Rxc5 Rxc5 41. Bd1 Rxd5+
42. Kc3 Rd3+ 43. Kc2 h4 44. Nc1 Rd5 45. Bh5 hxg3 46. hxg3 Be6 47. Rd1 Rxd1 48.
Bxd1 Ne7 49. Kc3 Nd5+ $2 {Ein untypischer Fehler für Ponomariov, der für seine
hervorragende Endspieltechnik bekannt ist. Schwarz erlaubt die Zentralisierung
des gegnerischen Königs.} (49... Kc5 50. b4+ axb3 51. Nxb3+ Bxb3 52. Bxb3 Nd5+
$19) 50. Kd4 Nb6 $2 {Es war noch nicht zu spät für 50...Ne7!} (50... Ne7 $1 51.
Kc3 Kc5 $19) 51. Ne2 Na8 $2 (51... Nc4 52. Nc3 Kc6 53. Be2 $17) 52. Nc3 Nc7 53.
g4 $1 {Weiß rettet sich.} fxg4 54. Nxe4+ Ke7 55. Ng3 Bd7 (55... Kf6 $5 56. Bc2
Bb3 $15) 56. f5 Kf6 57. Bxg4 Kg5 58. Bh5 $1 Kh4 59. Bxf7 Kxg3 60. Ke5 Ne8 61.
f6 Kf2 62. Bg6 Nxf6 63. Kxf6 Ke3 64. Ke5 Kd2 65. Kd4 Kc1 66. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Galkin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 (1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 {El gambito de dama aceptado fue la defensa
escogida por Anand en las tres partidas en que tuvo las negras. Visto el
resultado hay que aplaudir su elección ya que solo en esta ocasión conseguí
inquietarle. Debo reconocer que mi preparación teórica para este match no
estuvo a la altura de las circunstancias pero tenía una interesante idea para
esta última partida.} 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Bb3 {Esta
línea apareció invariablemente a lo largo del encuentro. Mi entrenador, el GM
Roberto Cifuentes tenía interesantes ideas para mejorar el juego de las
blancas en las variantes principales.} Nc6 {Al igual que en el resto de
partidas Anand prefiere evitar la lucha teórica directa y enfoca la partida
desde un punto de vista estratégico donde su mayor conocimiento del tipo de
posiciones con peón aislado pueda prevalecer.} 8. Nc3 {En la primera partida
que disputé con blancas jugué 8.Qe2 pero no obtuve una posición satisfactoria.}
cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Re1 O-O {*} 11. Bf4 Na5 12. Bc2 b5 {Este resulta ser el
mejor método para desarrollar el alfil de b7; el peón en b5 también puede ser
útil en un futuro para hostigar al caballo blanco de c3 mediante el avance
b5-b4} 13. d5 $1 {Un interesante sacrificio de peón cuyas consecuencias no
quedan claras tras esta partida aunque promete una indudable compensación a
las blancas. Lo cierto es que a estas alturas del encuentro yo había
comprendido que en esta variante, tras la jugada 7.Bb3, las negras obtienen
una cómoda posición si consiguen desarrollar a tiempo el flanco de dama. Por
ello había preparado esta entrega; las blancas abren el juego en un momento
muy oportuno, con el alfil negro todavía en c8 y el caballo algo descolocado
en a5} exd5 (13... Nxd5 {era la otra posibilidad para aceptar el peón. Tras la
lógica captura} 14. Nxd5 exd5 {desaparece el mejor defensor del enroque negro
y en mi opinión el ataque de las blancas compensa sobradamente la pequeña
desventaja material. Futuras partidas pueden confirmar o desmentir este
extremo.} 15. Rc1 $1 $44 {[%cal Gc2h7,Rf4c7]}) 14. Qd3 (14. Nd4 $5 {era otra
interesante posibilidad, de corte más estratégico. La excelente ubicación de
las piezas blancas parece suficiente a cambio del peón de menos.} Bg4 15. Qd3
$40) (14. Bg5 Nc6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nxd5 g6 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Be4 Bf5 19. Bxc6
Qxc6 {1/2-1/2 Yevseev,D-Yakovich,Y/Samara 2000/CBM 78 (19)}) 14... g6 $1 {
Necesaria para contarrestar la fuerza del tándem Bc2-Qd3. Las debilidades
surgidas en torno al enroque son sin duda graves pero no había más remedio.} (
14... Nc6 15. Bc7 $1 Qd7 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 g6 18. a4 (18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19.
Nxd5 Bg7 20. a4 bxa4 21. Bxa4 Qd8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G-Anand,V/Wijk aan Zee
A sp 1999/[Poldauf] (22)}) 18... Bb7 (18... Qd8 19. axb5 Bf5) 19. axb5 axb5 20.
Qxb5 Qxb5 21. Nxb5 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 Rc8 23. Bd3 Nd7 24. Bc3 Nc5 25. Bf1 Ba6 26.
Nd4 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Anand,V/Mainz 2001/CBM 84/[Huzman] (26)}) 15. Rxe7 $6 {
Un sacrificio un tanto precipitado. La verdad es que la noche anterior,
mientras alternábamos con un grupo de amigos, entre ellos varios GM y MI,
estuvimos analizando las consecuencias del avance 12.d5 y llegamos incluso a
considerar este sacrificio de calidad. Análisis posteriores parecieron
demostrar las bondades del mismo, pero Anand se encargó de demostrar que las
negras tienen suficientes recursos defensivos e incluso mejores posibilidades
tras la jugada textual.} (15. Bg5 {hubiera sido mejor y tras} Be6 16. Nd4 $44 {
las blancas tienen buena compensación por el peón.}) 15... Qxe7 16. Bg5 {
La continuación lógica. Las blancas plantean ahora amenazas decisivas, pero
Anand, con gran sangre fría, conseguirá rechazarlas.} Qd6 $1 $17 {0-1 Illescas
Cordoba,M-Anand,V/Leon 1997/CBM 60/[Illescas Cordoba] (16) Las negras
comprenden a tiempo que su mejor defensa pasa necesariamente por deshacer la
clavada sobre su caballo.}) 1... c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6
6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bc4 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 a6 11. Bb3 Nf6 12. Bf4 (
12. a3 Na5 (12... b5 13. d5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Ra7 15. Be3 Rd7 16. Nxe7+ Nxe7 17.
Qc2 Bb7 18. Ne5 $16 {1-0 Farago,I-Pachman,L/Baden-Baden 1985/MCL (26)}) 13. Bc2
b5 14. Qd3 Bb7 15. Bg5 g6 16. Ne5 Rc8 17. Qh3 Qd6 18. Qh4 Nd5 19. Nxd5 $2 (19.
Ne4 $142) 19... Bxg5 20. Qxg5 Bxd5 $15 {0-1 Bruno,E-Devcic,M/Buenos Aires 1994/
EXT 97 (27)}) (12. Be3 Nb4 13. Ne5 Bd7 14. Qf3 Bc6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Red1 Nbd5
17. Rac1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Korneev,O-Gipslis,A/Cattolica 1992/EXT 98 (46)}) 12...
Na5 13. Bc2 b5 14. d5 exd5 15. Qd3 Nc6 16. Bc7 Qd7 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 g6 19.
Qf3 (19. Rad1 Bb7 20. Qf3 Qg4 21. Qxg4 Nxg4 22. Bd4 Bf6 $11) 19... Qg4 $1 {
Black gives the extra pawn but equalizes the game.} 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Qxd5 Be6
$11 22. Qe4 (22. Qb7 Bc5 23. h3 Qc4 24. Bb3 Qh4 25. Qf3 Bxb3 26. axb3 Rfe8 $11)
22... Qxe4 23. Bxe4 Ra7 (23... Rad8 24. a4 b4) 24. a4 bxa4 25. Rxa4 Bb3 26.
Raa1 (26. Rd4 Bc5 27. Rd3 Re7 $11) 26... Rd8 27. Bc3 Bc4 $1 (27... f6 28. Bf3
Kf7 29. Be2 Rd6 30. Ra5 $14 {[%csl Ra6]}) 28. Bc6 Rd6 29. Bf3 Bb5 30. Re5 Rad7
31. Rae1 Bf6 32. Re8+ (32. Re8+ Kg7 33. Bb4 Rd8 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 (6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.
Bd3 c5 8. Be3 cxd4 (8... Qc7 9. Qe2 Bd6 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Kb1 b5 12. dxc5 Bxc5
13. Bc1 Bb7 $13 {Losev,D-Shestoperov,A/Voronezh 1999}) 9. Bxd4 Be7 10. Qe2 O-O
11. O-O-O Qa5 12. Kb1 b6 13. Bc3 $14 {Small,V-Cornford,L/New Zeeland 1985})
6... Nxe4 7. Bxe4 Nf6 8. Bd3 {Quite unpretentious move, which was extremly
rarely tried at the top level.} (8. Bg5) 8... c5 9. Be3 cxd4 10. Bxd4 (10. Nxd4
Nd5 11. Bd2 Qb6 12. Nb3 Bd6 13. O-O O-O $11) 10... Qa5+ (10... Be7 11. Qe2 Qa5+
12. c3 Bd7 13. O-O Qh5 14. Rae1 Bc6 15. Ne5 Qxe2 16. Rxe2 O-O 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18.
Rd1 $14 {Sambuco Salomone,L-Mendez,P/Vicente Lopez 2004}) 11. c3 (11. Qd2 Qxd2+
12. Nxd2 Be7 13. O-O-O Bd7 14. Nc4 $14) 11... Be7 12. Qc2 Bd7 ({It's too early
for} 12... Qh5 $6 {since white can switch to the queenside castle.} 13. O-O-O {
[%csl Rh5]}) 13. O-O Ba4 14. b3 {[%csl Rc3] May be a bit more accurate was} (
14. Qe2 $5 {since an endgame arsing after} Qh5 {is preferable for white.} (
14... Bc6 15. Ne5 O-O 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. b4 Qc7 $14) (14... O-O 15. Ne5 (15.
Bxf6 $6 Bxf6 16. Qe4 g6 17. Qxb7 $2 Rab8 $17 {[%csl Rb2]}) 15... Rfe8 16. Rfe1
Bf8 17. b3 $16) 15. Ne5 Qxe2 16. Bxe2 O-O 17. Bf3 Rfb8 18. Rfe1 Bd6 19. b3 $14)
14... Bc6 15. Ne5 Qd5 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 17. a4 O-O 18. a5 ({White could've taken
on h7 right away, but it doesn't seem to make a difference comparing to the
game:} 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. Be4 Qxc3 21. Qxc3 Bxc3 22. Rac1 Be5 23.
Rc5 f6 24. Bxb7 Rab8 25. Rb5 Rfd8 $14 {[%cal Gd8d2,Ge5d4] and black is pretty
safe despite of being a pawn down.}) 18... Rfd8 19. Rac1 {[%csl Gc3]} ({
An attempt to take an advantage of opening up a diagonal a8-h1 would also lead
to equality} 19. a6 b6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Bxh7+ Kf8 22. Be4 Qxc3 $11) 19... Qc7
{Black insists on sacrificing a pawn!} (19... h6) 20. Bxf6 $6 {Ponomariov
finaly breaks down and accepts the sacrifice, heading straight for a draw!} (
20. b4 h6 21. Qe2 $14) 20... Bxf6 21. Bxh7+ Kf8 22. Be4 Rac8 $1 23. c4 Qxa5 24.
Bxb7 Rc7 25. Bf3 Rd2 $44 26. Qh7 Qc5 27. Rc2 Rcd7 {[%csl Rf2][%cal Gf8e7]} 28.
Rxd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kotsur, Pavel"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 e4 7. Nc3 d5 8.
cxd5 cxd5 9. f3 exf3 10. Nxf3 O-O 11. O-O Nc6 12. Rae1 Re8 13. Ng5 h6 14. Nh3
Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. e3 Bxh3 17. Bxh3 Ne5 18. Bg2 Nc4 19. Qb4 Nd6 20. Rc1 Qb6
21. Qa3 Rac8 22. Bh3 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 g6 24. Rc5 Kg7 25. b3 Rd8 26. Qa5 Qxa5 27.
Rxa5 a6 28. Rc5 f5 29. g4 Kf6 30. Kf2 Rc8 31. gxf5 gxf5 32. b4 b6 33. Rd5 Ke6
34. Re5+ Kf6 35. Rd5 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Ne7 {The usual
developing square for this knight is f6, but Ponomariov choose a less used
continuation.} 7. h3 ({Other way of development goes with} 7. Be2) 7... O-O 8.
Bd3 Nd7 (8... exd5 9. cxd5 Nd7 10. O-O Ne5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Bh6 Bg7 13. Qd2
Bd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. f4 Qa5 16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5 Nxd5 18. Bc4 Nb6 19. Bxf7 $1
Rxf7 20. Rxf7+ Kxf7 21. Qh6 Bf5 22. Qxh7+ Ke8 23. e6 {1-0 Psakhis,L-Saravanan,
V/Andorra 2000/CBM 076 ext [Psakhis] (23)}) (8... a6 9. a4 exd5 10. exd5 h6 11.
O-O Bf5 12. Re1 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nd7 14. Bf4 Nf6 15. Rab1 $14 {1-0 Ibragimov,
I-Saravanan,V/Guntur 2000/CBM 077 [Finkel] (39)}) 9. Bg5 {Probably, not the
best move in this position.} (9. O-O h6 (9... a6 10. a4 h6 11. Ra3 Kh7 12. Bb1
exd5 13. cxd5 Ng8 14. Bf4 Qe7 15. Re1 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. a5
$14 {1-0 Krasenkow,M-Minasian,A/Batumi 2002/CBM 090 [Tsesarsky] (42)}) 10. Nb5
Nb6 11. a4 a6 12. Nc3 exd5 13. exd5 Nd7 14. Bf4 Nf6 15. Re1 Nf5 16. Bh2 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Izoria,Z-Milov,V/Antalya 2004/CBM 101 (42)}) 9... h6 10. Be3 exd5 11.
exd5 {White got a space advantage, but black has reasonable counterplay on the
dark squares.} f5 12. Qc2 Nf6 $146 ({An interesting pawn sacrifice was applied
twice by Minasian:} 12... a6 13. O-O-O b5 14. cxb5 axb5 15. Bxb5 f4 16. Bd2 Nb6
(16... Ne5 $6 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. g4 Qb6 19. Rhe1 {1-0 Campos Moreno,J-Minasian,
A/Linares 2000/CBM 075 [Alterman,B] (32)}) 17. Bd3 (17. Rhe1 $1 {Alterman})
17... c4 18. Be4 Bd7 19. Rde1 Na4 20. Nh4 Nc5 21. Nxg6 Nxg6 22. Bxg6 Qf6 23.
Bh7+ Kh8 $40 {0-1 Halkias,S-Minasian,A/Ubeda 2000/CBM 075 [Alterman,B] (43)})
13. O-O g5 $1 {This is a typical plan in this opening. Black is starting an
assault against the white king, even at a price of some weakening of his own.}
14. Rae1 Kh8 15. Bd2 Bd7 16. b3 Nh5 17. a4 Ng6 ({It was possible to cover the
b5 square by} 17... a6) 18. Nb5 {[%csl Rd6]} Bc8 19. Bc3 {Correctly exchanging
black's strong bishop.} a6 20. Bxg7+ Kxg7 21. Nc3 Nhf4 22. Ne2 Qf6 (22... g4 $6
23. hxg4 fxg4 24. Nd2 Nxd3 25. Qxd3 Bf5 26. Qc3+ $14) 23. Nxf4 Nxf4 24. Re3 Bd7
25. Rfe1 Rf7 26. Bf1 g4 {The right time for this breakthrow.} 27. hxg4 fxg4 28.
Nd2 Raf8 $2 {This natural-looking move is the critical moment of the game.
Black, certainly overrated his chances.} (28... Nxg2 29. Bxg2 Qxf2+ 30. Kh1 (
30. Kh2 $2 Rf5 31. Qc3+ Kg8 32. Ne4 Rh5+ 33. Rh3 Rxh3+ 34. Qxh3 Qxe1 35. Qxh6
g3+ 36. Nxg3 Qe5 $17 {[%cal Ge5h8]}) 30... Qh4+ 31. Kg1 Qf2+ $11) ({The same
perpetual after} 28... Nxd5 29. cxd5 Qxf2+ 30. Kh1 Qh4+ 31. Kg1 Qf2+) 29. Ne4
Qg6 30. b4 $1 {Emphasizing the weaknesses on the queenside. Black missed his
chance for a perpetual check, and is not able to create serious threats
anymore.} Bf5 (30... cxb4 31. Qb2+ Kg8 32. Qxb4 {[%csl Rd6]}) (30... Kg8 31.
bxc5 dxc5 32. Qb3 $16) 31. bxc5 Bxe4 32. Qxe4 dxc5 33. g3 Qxe4 $6 (33... Nh5
34. Qxg6+ Kxg6 35. Bd3+ Kg7 36. Re6 Nf6 (36... Rf6 $2 37. R6e5 $18 {[%csl Rh5]}
) 37. a5 {and white is in total control. Still, this would have been the least
of the evils for black.}) 34. Rxe4 Ng6 35. Rxg4 {White has an extra pawn and a
winning position.} h5 36. Rg5 Rf5 (36... Kh6 37. f4 $18) (36... Rxf2 37. Bd3
R2f6 38. Re6 $18) 37. Rxg6+ Kxg6 38. Bd3 Kg5 39. f4+ Kg4 40. Kg2 {[%csl Rg4]
[%cal Gd3e2] Suddenly, black's king is in the mating net.} R5f7 41. Rh1 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 Rb8 13. Bd3 O-O 14. O-O Be6
15. a4 bxa4 16. Ndb4 Ne7 17. Bxa6 Bb3 18. Qd3 Qc7 19. Bb5 Qc5 20. Na3 Rbc8 21.
Ba6 Rc7 22. Qg3 h6 23. Bd3 Rcc8 24. Bc2 f5 25. Bxb3+ axb3 26. Qd3 fxe4 27. Qxe4
Rf4 28. Qe2 Rf5 29. Rad1 d5 30. g4 Rf4 31. Nd3 Qd6 32. Nxf4 Bxf4 33. c4 d4 34.
Rd3 Ng6 35. Rxb3 Bg5 36. Qe4 Nf4 37. Rb7 d3 38. Nb5 Qe6 39. Kh1 Rxc4 40. Rb8+
Rc8 41. Rxc8+ Qxc8 42. Nd6 Qxg4 43. Ra1 Be7 44. Nf5 Bf8 45. Rg1 Qh5 46. Ng3 Qf7
47. Qf5 Qd5+ 48. Ne4 d2 49. f3 Qd3 50. Nf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 a5 10. Re1 h6 11. h3 Bd7 12. Bd2 Kc8 13. Rad1 c5 14. Bc1
Ne7 15. Ne2 g5 16. Nh2 Ng6 17. Ng4 Be6 18. a3 b5 19. Ng3 Kb7 20. Nh5 a4 21. f4
gxf4 22. Bxf4 b4 23. Ngf6 Kc6 24. Bc1 c4 25. axb4 Bxb4 26. c3 Bc5+ 27. Kh2 Rad8
28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Bxh6 Nxe5 30. Ra1 Kb5 31. Nf4 Bf5 32. N6d5 c6 33. Bg5 Rxd5
34. Nxd5 cxd5 35. Bf6 Nd3 36. Ra2 Be3 37. g4 Be4 38. Be7 d4 39. cxd4 Bxd4 40.
Ba3 Nb4 41. Ra1 Nc2 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Gyimesi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 (13. b4 {Fischer,
R-Spassky,B/Reykjavik m-10/1972/}) 13... Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bd2 Bg7
17. a4 c5 18. d5 c4 19. b4 cxb3 (19... Nh7 $6 20. Be3 h5 21. Qd2 Rf8 22. Ra3
Ndf6 23. Rea1 Qd7 24. R1a2 Rfc8 25. Qc1 Bf8 26. Qa1 $16 {1-0 Fischer,R-Spassky,
B/Belgrade 1992/CBM 031/[Chandler,M] (49)}) 20. Bxb3 Nc5 21. c4 $5 (21. axb5
axb5 22. Bc2 Qc7 23. Rb1 Ba6 24. Rb4 Nfd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Thipsay,P-Sriram,J/
Calicut 2003/CBM 097 ext (35)}) 21... bxc4 (21... Qd7 22. cxb5 axb5 23. a5 Rec8
24. Bc2 Rc7 25. Ra3 Rac8 26. Nh4 Kh7 27. f4 exf4 28. Bxf4 Ng8 29. Ngf5 $13 {
1/2-1/2 Mista,A-Socko,B/Warsaw 2004/CBM 101 (51)}) 22. Bxc4 $14 {White has
more space. So at least his game is more comfortable.} Qc7 23. Qe2 Reb8 24. a5
Bc8 25. Be3 Nfd7 26. Rec1 Kh7 27. Ne1 Bf6 28. Nf3 Qd8 29. Qd2 Bg7 30. h4 $1 {
White must use a two front strategy to make the most of his mobility. Now the
threat to play h5 is quite annoying to Black who has no structurally good
answer. He decides to stop it.} h5 31. Ng5+ Kg8 32. Ra3 $1 {White is using all
that space he commands. Black has no easy way to improve his coordination.} Qe7
33. Qd1 $1 {Black now also has to watch out for a sac on h5.} Ra7 34. Rac3 Rc7
35. Be2 Rb4 36. Nxh5 $1 {[%mdl 512] Daring but logical.} gxh5 37. Bxh5 f6 38.
Bf7+ Kf8 39. Ne6+ Kxf7 (39... Nxe6 40. Rxc7 Nxc7 41. Rxc7 Qxf7 (41... Kxf7 42.
Rxc8 Nf8 43. h5 Rxe4 44. h6 $18) 42. Rxc8+ Ke7 43. Qc1 $40) 40. Nxg7 Kxg7 41.
Qh5 $18 {[%cal Ye3h6,Yc3g3] The R on the third rank decides.} Rxe4 42. Bh6+ Kh8
43. Rg3 1-0

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 1st"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2005.05.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2005.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8.
Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 c5 11. O-O Nf6 12. Qh4 cxd4 (12... Qc7 {-
Ivanchuk-Karpov, Dortmund 1997 CBM 60}) 13. Re1 {The whole variation looks a
little bit better for White.} Bd7 14. Nxd4 (14. Qxd4 $5 Bc6 15. Ne5 Bxe5 16.
Qxe5 Qd5 $14 {Bologan-Svidler, Poikovsky 2005}) 14... Qa5 15. Be3 g5 $5 (15...
Kf8 $6 {- Lautier-Karpov, Credit Suisse 1997 CBM 60}) (15... O-O-O $2 {loses
the a7 P.} 16. Nb3 Qc7 17. Bxa7 g5 18. Qh3 e5 19. Qf3 $18) (15... O-O $6 {
founders on} 16. Bxh6 $1 $16) (15... Rd8 $2 {runs into} 16. Nf5 $1 Bf8 {
This is a sad retreat.} 17. Bd4 Bc6 18. Qg3 Kd7 19. Nxg7 $18 {L.
Dominguez-Rasmussen, Copenhagen 2002}) (15... Qh5 16. Qxh5 Nxh5 17. Nf5 Bf8 (
17... exf5 $2 18. Bc5+) 18. Rad1 {White wants to get the ^^, which is a big
advantage in an open position.} Nf6 (18... O-O-O $6 {is met by the witty} 19.
Bxa7 $3 exf5 20. Bb6 $1 Nf6 (20... Bd6 $2 21. Bxd8 Rxd8 22. Be2 $18) (20... g6
$2 21. Bxd8 Kxd8 22. Bb5 Nf6 23. Rxd7+ Nxd7 24. Rd1 $18) 21. Bxd8 Kxd8 22. Bxf5
g6 (22... Kc7 $6 23. Bxd7 Nxd7 24. Re8 $16) 23. Bxd7 Nxd7 24. Re3 Rh7 $1 25.
Rde1 $14 {White has a R and two pawns for B and N, so the _|_ is better for
him.}) 19. Bf4 O-O-O 20. Nd6+ Bxd6 21. Bxd6 $14 {White's ^^ is very strong.})
16. Qh3 O-O-O (16... Be5 17. c3 Qd5 18. Rad1 $14) 17. Qf3 (17. Nb3 {deserved
attention as well.} Qa4 (17... Qd5 18. Rad1 Bc6 19. Be2 $16) 18. Bd4 $1 {
White gives up the ^^, but ruins Black's P structure.} (18. Qf3 Be5 19. Nc5 Qc6
20. Qe2 $13) 18... e5 19. Qf3 exd4 (19... Ng4 20. Bc5 $16) 20. Qxf6 Qc6 $1 (
20... Be6 21. Bf5 $16) (20... Bc6 21. Qxf7 $16) 21. Qxf7 (21. Qxd4 Kb8) 21...
Qc7 22. Nxd4 Bxh2+ 23. Kf1 Qb6 24. c3 Kb8 25. Qb3 Qf6 26. Be4 Qa6+ 27. Re2 Rhe8
$14 {with some compensation for the sacrificed P.}) 17... Be5 (17... Qe5 $5 {
was the critical question.} 18. g3 g4 {deserved attention.} (18... Nd5 19. Nf5
$1 (19. Qxf7 Nxe3 20. c3 (20. fxe3 h5) 20... Rdf8 21. Qg6 Be8 22. Qxe6+ Qxe6
23. Nxe6 Nd5 24. Rad1 $44) 19... g4 (19... exf5 20. Bxa7 $16) 20. Nxd6+ Qxd6
21. Qxf7 (21. Qxg4 Nxe3 22. Rxe3 Bc6) 21... Nxe3 22. Rxe3 Qd4 23. Rd1 $16) 19.
Qe2 Qh5 (19... Bc5 20. c3 h5 $13) 20. c4 Kb8 $13) 18. a4 $1 Nd5 $6 (18... Qd5
19. c3 g4 (19... a6 20. Qe2 $36) 20. Qe2 Qd6 21. g3 $14) 19. Nb5 $1 {This is
the point! The N is very annoying, and as we will see, Black cannot get rid of
him easily.} (19. Nb3 Qc7 20. Bxa7 Bxh2+ 21. Kh1 Be5 {is not that clear.})
19... a6 (19... Bxb2 $2 20. Nd6+ Kb8 21. Nc4 Qc3 22. Rab1 $18) (19... Nxe3 20.
Qxe3 Bf4 21. Qxa7 Qxa7 22. Nxa7+ Kb8 23. Nb5 Bxb5 $14 {leads to ^-, but White
has an extra P and the rooks are still on the board.}) 20. c3 $1 {The N
doesn't want to leave this excellent square.} Nxe3 (20... axb5 $2 21. axb5 $18)
21. Qxe3 (21. b4 $1 {is the phantastic zwischenzug!} Qb6 22. a5 Bc6 (22... g4
23. Qe4 Bxh2+ 24. Kxh2 g3+ 25. fxg3 f5 26. axb6 fxe4 27. Nd6+ Kb8 28. Bxe4 $18)
23. Qh5 Bxh2+ 24. Qxh2 Ng4 25. axb6 Nxh2 26. Na7+ Kb8 27. Nxc6+ bxc6 28. Be2
$18) 21... Bc7 22. b4 Qb6 23. Qxb6 Bxb6 24. Nd6+ Kb8 (24... Kc7 25. Nxf7 Rhf8
26. Nxd8 Bxf2+ 27. Kh1 Bxe1 28. Nxe6+ $1 Bxe6 29. Rxe1 Rd8 30. Bf1 {It is
advisable to avoid the R _|_.} (30. Rxe6 Rxd3 31. h4 Rxc3) 30... Bb3 31. a5 Rd2
32. Kg1 $14) 25. Nxf7 Rhf8 ({missing the liquidation to the R _|_ after} 25...
Bxf2+ $1 26. Kxf2 Rhf8 27. Bg6 Be8 28. Rxe6 Bxf7 29. Bxf7 Rxf7+ 30. Ke2 Rdf8 {
and Black has the well-known drawing chances in the R _|_.}) 26. Nxd8 Bxf2+ 27.
Kh1 Bxe1 28. Nxe6 $1 {This important zwischenzug White the edge in the _|_.} (
28. Rxe1 Rxd8 29. a5 Bc6 $11) 28... Bxe6 29. Rxe1 $16 Bb3 (29... Rd8 30. Bf1 $5
(30. Rxe6 Rxd3 31. h4 gxh4 32. Rxh6 Rxc3 33. Rxh4 $16) 30... Bb3 31. a5 Rd2 32.
Kg1 Rc2 33. Re3 $16) 30. a5 Rc8 31. Rc1 Bc4 $6 (31... Rd8 $5 32. Bf5 Rd2 33.
Kg1 Bc4 $14) 32. Be4 $1 {White still wants to avoid the R _|_.} (32. Bxc4 Rxc4
33. Kg1 Kc7 34. Kf2 Kc6 35. Ke3 Rh4 $14) 32... Re8 33. Bf3 Kc7 34. Kg1 Re3 35.
Kf2 Rd3 36. Be4 Rd6 37. Ke3 Bb5 (37... h5 38. Rc2 h4 39. Rf2 $18) 38. Rc2 (38.
c4 Bc6 39. Bxc6 Rxc6 40. Kd4 Rd6+ 41. Kc3 Re6 $16) 38... Bc6 {Now finally
Black exchanges the bishops, but White has significantly improved his K.} 39.
Bxc6 Rxc6 40. Kd4 Rf6 41. Ke5 Rf1 42. h3 Kc6 43. Rd2 Re1+ (43... Kb5 44. Rd6
Rf2 45. g4 Kc4 46. Rxh6 Kxc3 47. Rb6 Rf7 48. Ke6 Rh7 49. Kf6 $18) 44. Kf5 Rc1
$2 (44... Re3 {looks more persistant.} 45. Rd8 $1 (45. c4 Rb3 46. Kg6 Rxb4 47.
Kxh6 Rxc4 48. Kxg5 Rc5+ 49. Kg6 Rxa5 50. h4 Ra4 $1 51. h5 Rg4+ 52. Kf5 Rh4 53.
Kg5 Rh2 $1 54. h6 b5 $132) (45. Kg6 Rxc3 46. Kxh6 Rg3 $132) 45... Rg3 $1 (45...
Kc7 46. Rh8 Rxc3 47. Rh7+ $18) (45... b6 46. axb6 Kxb6 47. Kg6 Rxc3 48. Kxh6
Rg3 49. Rb8+ Kc7 50. Rg8 Rxg2 51. h4 $1 $18) (45... Kb5 46. Rd7 Rxc3 47. Rxb7+
Ka4 48. Rb6 Rg3 49. Rxa6 Kxb4 50. Rxh6 Kxa5 51. Rg6 Rxg2 52. Rxg5 Rh2 53. Kg4+
Kb6 54. Rd5 $1 $18) 46. c4 Rxg2 47. Rh8 Rf2+ 48. Kg6 $1 (48. Ke5 Rb2 49. Rxh6+
Kc7 50. Rb6 Rb3 $11) (48. Ke4 Rf4+ $1) 48... Rb2 49. Rxh6 Rxb4 50. Kxg5+ Kc7
51. h4 $1 Ra4 (51... Rxc4 52. Rf6 $18) 52. Rf6 Rxa5+ 53. Kg6 $18) 45. Rd3 $1
$18 Kb5 46. Rd7 Rxc3 (46... Kc6 47. Rh7 Rxc3 48. Rxh6+ $18) 47. Rxb7+ Ka4 48.
Kg6 Rg3 (48... Rb3 49. Kxh6 Rxb4 50. Rxb4+ Kxb4 51. Kxg5 $18) 49. b5 $1 {
Kramnik's technique is excellent.} axb5 (49... Kxa5 50. bxa6 Kxa6 51. Rb2 $18)
50. a6 Re3 51. Kxh6 Re6+ 52. Kxg5 Rxa6 53. h4 Ra8 54. g4 Rg8+ 55. Kf4 Rf8+ 56.
Kg3 Ka5 (56... b4 57. h5 b3 58. h6 $18) 57. h5 Ka6 58. Re7 b4 59. h6 b3 60. Re3
1-0

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 1st"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2005.05.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2005.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 Be6 7. c4 a5 8. Be3
Be7 9. Be2 a4 10. N3d2 Qa5 11. Nc3 O-O 12. O-O Bd8 13. Nb5 Bb6 14. Bf2 Nc6 15.
Nb1 Ne8 16. N1c3 Bc5 17. Kh1 a3 18. bxa3 Nc7 19. Rb1 Nxb5 20. Nxb5 Bxf2 21.
Rxf2 Qb6 22. Qg1 Nd4 23. Rff1 Ra6 24. Nxd4 Qxd4 25. Qxd4 exd4 26. Rfd1 Rxa3 27.
Rxd4 Rxa2 28. Bf1 h5 29. Kg1 Rfa8 30. Rxd6 Rc2 31. Rdb6 Raa2 32. Rxb7 Bxc4 33.
Bxc4 Rxc4 34. R1b2 Rc2 35. Rxc2 Rxc2 36. h4 g6 37. Kh2 Kg7 38. Kg3 Re2 39. Rb6
Kf8 40. Rb1 Kg7 41. Rg1 Ra2 42. Kf4 Rb2 43. g3 Rb4 44. Rd1 Ra4 45. Ke3 Ra2 46.
Rd4 Rg2 47. Kf4 Rg1 48. e5 Re1 49. Re4 Rg1 50. Re3 Rg2 51. Re1 Rf2 52. g4 hxg4
53. Kxg4 Rg2+ 54. Kh3 Rf2 55. Kg3 Ra2 56. Rd1 Re2 57. Rd5 Re1 58. Kf2 Rh1 59.
Rd4 Rh2+ 60. Kg3 Re2 61. Re4 Ra2 62. Re3 Ra1 63. Rd3 Re1 64. f4 Rg1+ 65. Kf3
Rh1 66. Kg4 f5+ 67. Kg3 Rg1+ 68. Kf3 Rh1 69. Rd7+ Kg8 70. Ke3 Rxh4 71. e6 Kf8
72. Kd4 g5 73. Ke5 gxf4 74. Rf7+ Ke8 75. Rxf5 Rh1 76. Rxf4 Ke7 77. Rf2 Re1+ 78.
Kd5 Rxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 1st"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2005.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne5 Bd6 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] Very interesting
novelty.Black start to attack Ne5.} 12. a3 (12. f3 Nxc3 (12... Nf6 13. a3 (13.
c5 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7 15. f4 d4 $1 $132) 13... Na6 (13... Nc6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15.
c5 Be7 16. Bd3 $14) 14. Bg5 (14. f4 c5 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. f5 cxd4 17. fxe6 Bxe5
18. exf7+ Kh8 19. Nxd5 Qxd5 20. Bxa6 bxa6 21. Qf3 Qd8 22. Bd2 Bf6 $11) 14...
dxc4 15. Nxc4 Be7 16. Na5 $5 (16. Ne5 c5 17. Bxa6 cxd4 18. Bxb7 dxc3 19. Bxa8
Qb6+ 20. Rf2 (20. Kh1 cxb2 21. Rb1 Rxa8 $15) 20... Bc5 21. Qe2 Bxf2+ 22. Qxf2
cxb2 23. Rb1 Rxa8 $11) 16... c5 17. Nxb7 Qb6 18. d5 Bxd5 19. Nxd5 (19. Bxf6 Bb3
$1 20. Qd3 c4+ 21. Qd4 Bxf6 22. Qxb6 axb6 $15) 19... Nxd5 20. Qxd5 Nc7 $1 (
20... Bxg5 21. Qxg5 Qxb7 22. Bc4 $1 $16) 21. Qe5 Bxg5 22. Qxg5 Qxb7 23. Qxc5
Qxb2 24. Bc4 Qb6 $11) (12... c5 $5 13. fxe4 cxd4 14. cxd5 Bxe5 15. dxe6 Qh4 16.
exf7+ Kh8 (16... Rxf7 17. h3 Rxf1+ 18. Kxf1 (18. Bxf1 Rf8 $1 19. Bc4+ Kh8 20.
Ne2 d3 $17) 18... dxc3 19. Qb3+ Kh8 20. Qxb4 cxb2 21. Bxb2 Qf6+ 22. Kg1 Bxb2
23. Qxb7 Re8 $44) 17. h3 dxc3 18. bxc3 Bxc3 19. Bd2 $1 $16) 13. bxc3 Bxe5 $1 (
13... Nc6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. c5 Be7 16. Bd3 $16) (13... Na6 14. f4 $36) 14. dxe5
Nc6 15. cxd5 Qxd5 $11) (12. Bf3 $5 f6 13. Nd3 (13. cxd5 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nxd5 15.
Nd3 c6 16. c4 Ne7 17. c5 Bc7 18. Re1 Bd5 19. Rb1 Qd7 20. Bg4 f5 21. Bg5 Ng6 22.
Bh5 Rae8 $11) 13... Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 c6 (15... dxc4 16. Qe4 Bc8 17.
Be2 $36) 16. cxd5 Bxd5 (16... cxd5 17. Qb5 a6 18. Qxb7) 17. Bxd5+ (17. c4 Bxf3
18. Qxf3 Qd7 $11) 17... cxd5 18. Qb5 Rf7 $11) 12... Bxe5 $1 13. axb4 (13. dxe5
Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nc6 15. cxd5 Qxd5 $11) (13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. dxe5 Nd3 15. Bxd3 exd3
(15... Qxd3 16. Qxd3 exd3 17. b3 a5 18. a4 $11) 16. b3 Qd4 (16... a5 17. a4 $11
) 17. Be3 Qxe5 18. Qxd3 $11) 13... Bf6 $1 {[%cal Yf6d4]} 14. Nxe4 (14. cxd5
Bxd5 (14... Bf5 15. Bd3 Nxc3 (15... Nd6 16. Bf4 Re8 17. Bxd6 Bxd3 18. Bxc7 Qxc7
19. Qxd3 $16) 16. bxc3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Qxd5 18. Ra5 $14) 15. Bd3 Re8 (15... Nxc3
16. bxc3 Qd7 17. Re1 Rfe8 $14) 16. Qc2 Nxc3 17. bxc3 (17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. bxc3 g6
19. Bxg6 fxg6 20. Qxg6 Be4 21. Qh5+ Bh7 $17) 17... g6 18. Bf4 Qd7 19. f3 (19.
c4 Qg4 20. Bg3 Be4 $11) 19... a6 $11) 14... dxe4 15. Be3 (15. d5 Bf5 16. Qb3
Be5 $132 {[%cal Yd8h4]}) 15... c6 $11 {[%cal Yf6d4,Yd8d4]} 16. Qd2 Qd6 17. Rfd1
Rfd8 18. b5 {White try to take initiative on the queen's side by pawn
sacrifice.} (18. Qc2 Qxb4 (18... Bf5 $5 19. Ra5 Qe6 20. d5 cxd5 21. Rdxd5 Rxd5
22. Rxd5 $14) 19. Ra4 Qd6 20. Qxe4 b5 $5 (20... Re8 21. Qf3 Qd7 $11) 21. Ra6 (
21. cxb5 Bb3 $17) 21... bxc4 22. Rxc6 Qd7 $11 23. Bxc4 $140 $2 Bf5 24. Qf3 Bg4
$19) 18... cxb5 19. d5 Bd7 (19... Qc7 20. Qa5 (20. Qb4 Be7 21. Qe1 Bd7 22. c5
$1 Bf6 23. Qb4 a6 24. Bd4 $44) 20... Qxa5 21. Rxa5 Bd7 22. cxb5 Bxb2 23. Rxa7
Rxa7 24. Bxa7 Rc8 $11) 20. c5 Qe7 21. Ra3 (21. Qc2 a6 22. Bf4 Bf5 $11) 21...
Bc6 $1 {Black force the move d6.They hope to blocade pawns of White.} 22. d6
Qe5 23. b4 (23. Bd4 $5 Qxd4 24. Qxd4 Bxd4 25. Rxd4 Kf8 26. f3 exf3 27. Bxf3 a5
(27... Bxf3 28. gxf3 Rac8 29. b4 b6 30. Rd5 Rd7 31. Ra6) 28. Kf2 a4 $11 {
[%csl Rc5]}) 23... Qb2 {It will be easier to blocade pawns of White in the
endgame.} 24. Qxb2 Bxb2 25. Ra5 a6 26. Rb1 (26. Bd4 Bxd4 27. Rxd4 f5 28. f3 Kf7
$11) 26... Be5 27. f4 exf3 28. Bxf3 Rac8 $11 29. Ra3 f6 30. Bg4 Bd7 31. Bf3 Bc6
32. Bg4 Bd7 33. Bf3 Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 1st"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2005.05.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2005.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d4 Bg4 8.
Qb3 Bxf3 9. gxf3 e6 10. Qxb7 Nxd4 11. Bb5+ Nxb5 12. Qc6+ Ke7 13. Qxb5 Qd7 14.
Nxd5+ Qxd5 15. Qxd5 exd5 16. Be3 Ke6 17. O-O-O Bb4 18. Rd3 Rhc8+ 19. Kb1 Bc5
20. Rc1 Bb6 21. Rg1 Bxe3 22. Rxe3+ Kf6 23. Rg4 Rc7 24. Rf4+ Kg6 25. Rg4+ Kf6
26. Rf4+ Kg6 27. Rg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 1st"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2005.05.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2005.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ {Eine sehr populäre Variante in
Großmeisterturnieren; Schwarz stört die übliche weiße Entwicklung.} 5. Bd2 Be7
6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Bf4 b6 9. Nc3 Ba6 (9... Bb7 10. Rc1 Nh5 11. Bxb8 (11.
Be3 Nf6 12. Qb3 Nbd7 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Rc2 Nb8 15. Ne5 Nbd7 16. Nd3 Nb8 17. Nb4
Qd6 18. a3 Nc6 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. Rfc1 Qd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Sakaev,K-Sargissian,G/
Moscow 2005/(25)}) 11... Qxb8 $5 (11... Rxb8 12. Ne5 a6 $5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14.
Na4 Nf6 15. Qb3 Ba8 16. e3 Nd7 17. Nd3 a5 $1 {1/2-1/2 Roiz,M-Macieja,B/Cesme
92/(470) 2004/Inf 92/[Roiz,M] (25)}) 12. Ne5 Nf6 13. e3 Rd8 14. cxd5 cxd5 15.
f4 g6 16. g4 Nd7 17. Qe1 {1/2-1/2 Khalifman,A-Adams,M/Izmir 2004/CBM 104}) 10.
cxd5 cxd5 11. Rc1 Nc6 $5 $146 {[%mdl 4] Eine interessante Neuerung - Schwarz
fürchtet nicht den Bauernverlust.} (11... Qe8 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. Qa4 Qxa4 14. Nxa4
Na6 15. a3 Rac8 16. Nc3 Nc7 17. Nd3 Nfe8 18. Rfd1 Nd6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Sosonko,
G-Karpov,A/Brussels 1987/CBM 02 (52)}) (11... Bb7 12. Nb5 a6 (12... Nc6 13. Ne5
Nxe5 14. dxe5 Ne4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qxd8 Bxd8 17. Rfd1 a6 18. Nd6 Bd5 19. a3 f6
20. Rc3 b5 21. h4 {1/2-1/2 Sturua,Z-Rodriguez Cespedes,A/Yerevan 1996/EXT 97 
(65)}) 13. Nc7 Ra7 14. Qa4 Ne4 15. Nb5 Ra8 16. Nc3 b5 17. Qd1 Nc6 18. Ne5 {
1/2-1/2 Prusikin,M-Gyimesi,Z/Miskolc 2004/(18)}) 12. Nxd5 {Das ist die
konsequente Fortsetzung.} (12. Qa4 Bb7 $11) 12... Qxd5 13. Ne5 {[%cal Rg2a8]}
Nxd4 $8 14. Bxd5 Nxe2+ 15. Qxe2 $1 {Weiß muss die Dame zurückgeben, sonst
gerät er in eine zu passive Stellung.} (15. Kh1 $6 Nxd5 16. Qa4 Bb7 17. Qd7
Rab8 $40) 15... Bxe2 16. Bxa8 Rxa8 $1 (16... Bxf1 17. Rc7 $1 $16) 17. Rfe1 Bb5
18. Rc2 $1 {[%cal Ge1c1,Gc1c8]} Nd5 $13 {Schwarz hat zwei Bauern für die
Qualität und das Läuferpaar. Anderseits besitzt Weiß seine zwei Türme und wenn
er in die schwarze Stellung eindringen kann, sind seine Gewinnaussichten
besser.} 19. Rec1 Bc5 {[%csl Gc5]} 20. Bd2 f6 $5 {Schwarz spielt auf Gewinn -
im Falle von 20...a5 hätte Schwarz das Remis erreichen können.} (20... a5 21.
Rxc5 bxc5 22. Rxc5 Rb8 23. Bxa5 f6 24. Nf3 Be2 $11) 21. b4 $1 Bf8 (21... Nxb4
22. Bxb4 Bxb4 23. Rc8+ Rxc8 24. Rxc8+ Bf8 25. Nc6 Bxc6 (25... a5 26. Nd8 $1)
26. Rxc6 $14) (21... Bxb4 22. Bxb4 fxe5 23. Rc8+ Rxc8 24. Rxc8+ Kf7 25. Bd6 e4
26. Be5) 22. Ng4 Rd8 $6 (22... Nxb4 23. Rc8 Rxc8 24. Rxc8 Nxa2 25. Nxf6+ gxf6
26. Bh6 $16) (22... Bxb4 23. Bxb4 Nxb4 24. Rc8+ Rxc8 25. Rxc8+ Kf7 26. Rc7+ Kg6
27. Rxa7 $16) (22... Kf7 $142) 23. Rc8 $14 Rd7 24. Nh6+ $1 {[%mdl 64] Ein
wirklich unerwartetes Springeropfer.} gxh6 25. Bxh6 Rf7 26. Rd8 {[%csl Rf7,Rf8,
Rg8] Die schwarzen Figuren sind gefesselt.} Ne7 {[%cal Ge7g6]} (26... Ba6 27.
b5 Bb7 (27... Bxb5 28. Rcc8 $18) 28. Rb8 $22) 27. Rc7 {Droht 28.Rxe7 Rxe7 29.
Rxf8#.} Ng6 28. Rcc8 e5 29. f4 $1 {[%cal Rf4f5,Rf5g6]} (29. f3 Bd7 30. Rb8 Bh3
$8 {Sonst kommt Weiß mit 31.h4 und 32.h5.}) 29... Bd7 (29... exf4 30. gxf4 f5
31. Kf2 (31. h4 Be2) 31... Bd7 (31... Ba6 32. Rb8 $18) 32. Rb8 $18 {[%cal
Rh2h4,Rh4h5]}) 30. Ra8 Bh3 {Der Läufer muss den h-Bauern blockieren.} 31. Kf2
b5 (31... Bf5 32. h4 Bg4 33. h5 Bxh5 34. f5 $18) (31... e4 32. a4 $1 f5 33. a5
bxa5 34. bxa5 Bg4 35. a6 $1 Bh3 36. Ke3 Bg4 (36... Bf1 37. h4) 37. Rdb8 Bh3 38.
Rb7 $18 {[%csl Ra7]}) 32. Rdb8 $22 {Schwarz befindet sich in Zugzwang.} exf4
33. gxf4 Bd7 34. h4 {[%csl Rf8][%cal Rh4h5,Rh5g6,Ra8g8]} Bc6 35. h5 Bxa8 36.
hxg6 hxg6 37. Rxa8 $22 $18 {Schwarz hat einen Bauern mehr, aber steht auf
Verlust, ihm bleiben nur einige Bauernzüge.} f5 38. Kg3 a6 39. Kh4 Rg7 40. Kg5
$1 {[%csl Ga8,Rf8,Gg5,Rg7,Rg8,Gh6]} 1-0

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 1st"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2005.05.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2005.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Nh5 8. e3
Nxg3 9. hxg3 Bg7 10. Qc2 Nc6 11. O-O-O Qe7 12. g4 {Ponomariov correctly fixes
the kingside, the pawn h6 will require long term attention.} (12. a3 O-O-O 13.
d5 Ne5 14. Nd4 Kb8 15. Be2 g4 16. Kb1 c5 17. Nb3 f5 18. Rd2 Nf7 19. Nc1 Bxc3
20. Qxc3 exd5 21. cxd5 Nd6 22. Rdd1 Ne4 23. Qe1 Qe5 {1/2-1/2 Antoshin,
V-Polugaevsky,L/Sochi 1966/ (28)}) (12. d5 Nb4 13. Qb3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Na6 15.
Be2 e5 16. Rh5 O-O-O 17. Qc2 Qf6 18. Bd3 Nc5 19. Bf5 Ba6 20. Nd2 Nb7 21. Rdh1
Kb8 22. g4 Nd6 {1/2-1/2 Jost,C-Schabanel,S/France 1995/ (27)}) 12... Nb4 (12...
O-O-O 13. a3 Kb8 14. Be2 h5 15. gxh5 g4 16. Nd2 f5 17. f3 Qg5 18. f4 Qf6 19.
Nf1 Ne7 20. Bd3 d5 21. Ng3 c5 22. dxc5 d4 23. Na4 dxe3 24. cxb6 axb6 25. Qb3 {
1-0 Zilberman,Y-Farago,I/Cappelle la Grande 2004/ (34)}) 13. Qd2 (13. Qb3 c5
14. a3 Nc6 15. d5 Na5 16. Qc2 a6 17. d6 $14) 13... c5 (13... O-O-O 14. a3 Nc6
15. Bd3 $14) 14. d5 exd5 15. a3 dxc4 $6 {[%mdl 1024] Kramnik has played in
Sofia with a great courage and was not afraid to sacrifice material.
Unexpected investment of the piece is nearly for sure incorrect, but white had
to show courage and phantasy.} (15... Bxc3 16. bxc3 Nc6 17. cxd5 Ne5 18. Nxe5
Qxe5 19. f4 Qf6 20. g3 $14) (15... d4 16. exd4 Bxf3 17. Re1 $18) 16. axb4 $1 (
16. Bxc4 Rc8 17. e4 a6 $13) 16... cxb4 17. Nb5 (17. Nd5 c3 18. bxc3 bxc3 19.
Qa2 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 $16) 17... d5 18. Nbd4 Bf6 (18... Qc5 19. Nf5 Bf6 20. Kb1 Bc6
21. N3d4 Bd7 22. Qe2 c3 23. e4 $16) 19. e4 $1 {Exchampion of the world from
Ukraine hints at the solution of the defensive problems- it will be
counterattack. Kramnik's king has abolutely nowhere to hide.} c3 (19... dxe4
20. Nf5 c3 21. bxc3 (21. Qe3 Qc5 22. Nd6+ Ke7 23. Nxb7 Qxe3+ 24. fxe3 exf3 25.
gxf3 cxb2+ 26. Kb1 Rac8 27. Bd3 a5 $13) 21... Qc7) 20. bxc3 dxe4 (20... bxc3
21. Qa2 Bxd4 (21... O-O 22. Rxh6 $16) 22. Nxd4 Qxe4 23. Qa3 Qe7 24. Bb5+ Kf8
25. Qxc3 Rc8 26. Nc6 Qc5 27. Qxc5+ bxc5 28. Nxa7 $16) 21. Nf5 Qc7 (21... Bxc3
22. Qa2 $1 Qc7 23. Bb5+ Kf8 24. Rd7 $18) 22. Bb5+ $2 (22. Nd6+ $1 Kf8 (22...
Ke7 23. Nd4 bxc3 24. Qe3 Kf8 25. N4b5 $16) 23. Nxb7 exf3 (23... Qxb7 24. Qd6+
Kg7 25. Nd4 bxc3 26. Nf5+ Kg6 27. Qh2 h5 28. Rd6 $18) 24. Qd6+ Qxd6 25. Nxd6
Bxc3 26. gxf3 a5 27. Bc4 $16) 22... Kf8 23. N3d4 Rc8 $2 {In the somewhat
irrational position even the best players are playing without confidence,
better impression is made by the alternative moves 23...bxc3 and 23...a6!?} (
23... bxc3 24. Qa2 (24. Qe2 a6 25. Ba4 b5 26. Bb3 b4 $36) 24... a6 25. Bc4 b5
26. Bd5 b4 $11) (23... a6 $5 24. Be2 bxc3 25. Qa2 Rd8 $13) 24. Ne2 e3 (24... a6
25. Qd6+ Qxd6 26. Nxd6 axb5 27. Nxb7 $16) (24... Rd8 25. Qe3 Bd5 (25... bxc3
26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27. Rd1 Qa8 28. Nxc3 Qc8 29. Kb2 $18) 26. f3 $16) 25. Qxe3 (25.
Qa2 Rh7 (25... Bxc3 26. Rd7 Bb2+ 27. Kxb2 Qc2+ 28. Ka1 $18) 26. Rd7 Qc5 27.
Rxb7 Qxb5 28. Nd6 b3 29. Qa3 $18) 25... Bxg2 (25... Bxc3 26. Nxc3 Bxg2 27. Kb1
bxc3 28. Rd7 Qc5 29. Qxc5+ bxc5 30. Re1 Rb8 31. Kc2 $18) 26. Rhg1 (26. Rd7 $1
Qc5 27. Rxh6 Rxh6 28. Nxh6 Be7 29. Nf5 Qxe3+ 30. fxe3 $18) 26... Bc6 $6 {
The last moment when black was able to prepare more difficult problems for his
enemy with the move 26...Bxc3!?} (26... Bxc3 $5 27. Kb1 $1 (27. Nxc3 Be4 28.
Nd6 Qxc3+ 29. Qxc3 Rxc3+ 30. Kb2 Rc2+ 31. Kb3 Bg6 $13) 27... Bc6 28. Qd3 Bxb5
29. Qxb5 Qe5 30. Nxc3 Qxc3 31. Rd3 $18) 27. Bxc6 Qxc6 28. Rd6 $1 Qa4 29. Rxf6
Qa1+ (29... Re8 30. Qf3 (30. Rxf7+ Kxf7 31. Nd6+ Kg7 32. Qd4+ Kh7 33. Nxe8 Rxe8
34. Qd3+ $14) 30... Qa1+ 31. Kc2 Qa2+ 32. Kd3 Qa6+ 33. Kd4 Rxe2 (33... Qxe2 34.
Rxf7+ Kxf7 35. Nxh6+ $18) 34. Qa8+ Re8 35. Qc6 Rd8+ 36. Rd6 Qc8 37. cxb4 $18)
30. Kd2 Qa2+ 31. Kd1 Re8 (31... Qb1+ 32. Nc1 Rd8+ 33. Nd6 $18) 32. Qd3 Qa4+ 33.
Qc2 $1 {White enjoys so much extra material, that he can easily offer one
piece for simplifying the position.} (33. Ke1 Qa1+ 34. Kd2 Qa2+) 33... Qxc2+ (
33... b3 34. Qb2 Qa2 35. Qxa2 bxa2 36. Kd2 $18) 34. Kxc2 Rxe2+ 35. Kb3 (35. Kd3
Re6 36. Rxe6 fxe6 37. Nd4 $16) 35... bxc3 36. Rd1 Rd2 (36... c2 37. Rd8+ Re8
38. Rd7 c1=N+ (38... c1=Q 39. Rdxf7+ Kg8 40. Rg7#) 39. Kc2 Rc8+ 40. Kd1 Rh7 41.
Rc6 $18) 37. Rc1 (37. Rxd2 cxd2 38. Rd6 f6 39. Rxd2 $18) 37... c2 38. Rc6 {
Kramnik is punished for the poor cordination of his forces, there is no
discussion about the real resistance.} Kg8 (38... Rd8 39. R1xc2 h5 $2 40. Rc8
Ke8 41. R2c7 $18) 39. Nxh6+ Kh7 (39... Kg7 40. Nf5+ Kg8 41. Rc8+ Kh7 42. Rh1+
$18) (39... Kf8 40. Rc8+ Kg7 41. Nf5+ $18) 40. Nxf7 Rg8 41. R1xc2 Rxc2 42. Kxc2
Rg7 43. Rf6 Kg8 44. Ne5 Kh7 45. Rf5 1-0

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 1st"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2005.05.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2005.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 h6 10. h3 Ne7 11. Be3 Bd7 12. Rad1 Kc8 13. Rd2 b6 14. Rfd1
Be6 15. Nd4 Nd5 16. Nxc6 Nxc3 17. Rd8+ Kb7 18. bxc3 Bd6 19. Rxh8 Rxh8 20. exd6
Kxc6 21. dxc7 Kxc7 22. a3 Rd8 23. Rxd8 Kxd8 24. g4 h5 25. gxh5 Bxh3 26. h6 gxh6
27. Bxh6 Bf5 28. Kf1 Bxc2 29. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 1st"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2005.05.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2005.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Re1 Ne4 {
Black simplifies the position, in this line White doesn't have attacking
chances, as after the more complex} (7... d6 8. e4 a6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7
11. Be3 O-O 12. Rc1 Nbd7 13. f4 $13 {|^>>}) 8. Nxe4 Bxe4 9. d3 Bb7 10. e4 {
White naturally wants to make use of his 7-th move, the immediate} (10. d4 cxd4
11. Qxd4 (11. Nxd4 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Nc6 $11) 11... O-O $132 {makes it difficult
for him to put Black under pressure.}) 10... Nc6 {Black wants to solve his
problems by further exchanges. If he is not afraid of a typically cramped
position, he can play more in the spirit of the Hedgehog:} (10... O-O 11. d4
cxd4 12. Nxd4 d6 (12... a6 $5 13. Qg4 Re8 14. b3 d6 15. Bb2 Bf8 16. a4 Qc7 17.
Qe2 Nd7 18. Rec1 Rac8 19. Rc3 Qb8 20. Re3 g6 21. Qd1 Ba8 22. Re2 Nc5 23. b4 Nd7
$132 {Agrest,E-Ghaem Maghami,E/Calvia olm/2004/}) 13. a4 $5 {is an attempt to
emulate the Beliavsky-Lutz game (see below):} (13. b3 a6 14. Be3 Nd7 15. f4 Re8
16. Bf2 Qc7 17. Rc1 Bf6 18. Qd2 Rad8 19. g4 Nc5 (19... g6 $142 $5 $13) 20. b4
g6 21. Nc2 Nd7 22. g5 Bg7 23. Ne3 {Vallejo Pons,F-Adams,M/Linares/2002/} f5 $5
$13 {/+/=}) (13. Be3 Nd7 14. Rc1 a6 15. f4 Re8 16. Bf2 Qc7 17. b4 Rac8 18. Qb3
Qb8 19. f5 e5 20. Nc2 b5 21. Ne3 Bg5 22. cxb5 axb5 23. Rcd1 Nf6 24. Qd3 Red8
$132 {Psakhis,L-Adams,M/playchess.com/2004/}) 13... Nc6 (13... Nd7 $5) 14. Nxc6
Bxc6 15. b3 Qc7 16. Ba3 Rfd8 17. Ra2 a6 18. Bb4 $14 b5 $6 19. cxb5 axb5 20. a5
d5 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. exd5 Qd6 23. a6 Bxd5 24. Bxd5 Qxd5 25. Qxd5 Rxd5 26. Rc1
$16 {Chuchelov,V-Medvegy,Z/Bundesliga 0405/2005/}) 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 {
Consistent with Black's 10th move.} (12... O-O {allows White to play either}
13. Be3 {, or even keep the knights with} (13. Nb5 $5 $14)) 13. Qxd4 O-O 14. b3
{The text-move achieves precious little, so the question is - how to put Black
under some pressure?} ({The best chance to achieve this seems to be} 14. Rd1 $5
{White wants to force d6 and leave Black defending the ><d6 with the passive
Be7.} d6 ({Still untested, but interesting is} 14... Bc6 $5 15. Bf4 Bc5 $14 {
/\Qe7<=>}) 15. a4 $1 (15. Qe3 Qc7 16. b3 Qc5 17. Qe2 Bf6 18. Be3 Qc7 19. Bd4
Be7 20. Bb2 Rad8 21. Rd3 Bc6 22. Rad1 b5 $132 {Tukmakov,V-Gheorghiu,F/Crans
Montana/2000/}) 15... Qc7 16. Ra2 Bc6 ({more critical is} 16... f5 17. b3 Qc6
$132 {/+/=}) 17. b3 Rfd8 18. Ba3 Rd7 19. Rad2 Rad8 20. Qe3 Qb7 21. f4 h6 22. h4
a6 23. Bb4 Bf8 24. Kh2 $14 {()|^,Beliavsky,A-Lutz,C/Mitropa Cup Leipzig/2002/})
({Another try to play on the d-file is} 14. Bf4 Bc5 $142 $5 (14... d6 15. Qd3 (
15. Qd2 Qc8 16. b3 Rd8 17. Be3 Bc6 18. a4 Qb7 19. Bd4 a6 $6 20. b4 $1 e5 21.
Be3 $36 {Ehlvest,J-Lindberg,B/Stockholm/1998/}) 15... Qc7 16. Rad1 Rfd8 17. b3
Bc6 18. b4 e5 19. Bd2 Bd7 20. Rc1 Be6 21. Bf1 a6 22. Rb1 Rdb8 23. Rec1 Qd8 24.
a4 a5 25. bxa5 bxa5 26. Rb5 Bd7 27. Qd5 $5 $44 {|^,Rausis,I-Womacka,M/Gausdal/
2002/} Bxb5 28. cxb5 Bg5) 15. Qd3 Qe7 16. e5 (16. Be5 f5 17. exf5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2
Rxf5 19. f4 Rd8 20. Rad1 Rf7 21. a3 a5 22. a4 g5 23. h4 gxf4 24. Bxf4 Qf6 25.
b3 $13 {1/2,Beckhuis,G-Roeder,M/Muenster/1997/}) (16. Rad1 e5 $5 17. Be3 d6 $11
) 16... Bxg2 17. Kxg2 f6 18. Rad1 fxe5 19. Rxe5 d6 20. Re2 Qb7+ 21. Qe4 Qxe4+
22. Rxe4 Rf6 23. Be3 Bxe3 24. Rxe3 Rd8 25. Red3 e5 26. Rd5 Re6 27. c5 bxc5 28.
Rxc5 Rb8 29. Rc2 Rb5 $11 {Gurevich,M-Roeder,M/BL2W 9596/1996/}) 14... Bc5 $1 {
[%csl Gc5] Now Black doesn't hesitate to post his B actively.} 15. Qc3 (15. Qd2
Qe7 16. a3 a5 17. Bb2 Bc6 18. Qd3 f6 19. Re2 Rab8 20. a4 Rbd8 21. Rd1 Qf7 22.
Kh1 Qh5 23. f4 e5 24. f5 Qf7 25. h4 g5 26. g4 h6 27. Bf3 Kg7 28. Rh2 Rh8 29.
Kg2 Qe7 30. Rh3 Rh7 31. Kf1 Rdh8 32. Rh2 Kf8 33. Ke2 Qg7 34. h5 {Davies,
N-Schandorff,L/DEN-chB/1988/}) 15... Qe7 {Anand can afford to be patient.} (
15... f5 16. exf5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Rxf5 18. f4 Qf6 19. Bd2 d5 20. Rad1 (20. Qxf6
$142 Rxf6 21. Bc3 d4 22. Bb2 $14) 20... dxc4 21. Qxc4 Rd5 22. Bc3 Qf7 $11 {
Schlosser,P-Yermolinsky,A/Groningen op/1996/}) 16. Re2 $146 (16. a3 a5 17. Bb2
f6 (17... f5 $5 18. exf5 (18. e5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 f4 20. f3 $13 {/=/+}) 18... Bxg2
19. Kxg2 Rxf5 $132) 18. Re2 Bc6 19. a4 Qf7 20. Ba3 Qh5 21. Rd2 Rf7 22. Bxc5
Qxc5 23. Rad1 Raf8 24. Qd4 Qxd4 25. Rxd4 Rb8 26. Rd6 Rb7 27. f4 Kf8 28. e5 Bxg2
29. Kxg2 fxe5 30. fxe5 Ke7 31. Rf1 Rxf1 32. Kxf1 Rb8 33. Ke2 Kd8 34. Rd4 Ke7
35. Ke3 Rc8 $11 {<=>,Vaganian,R-Yermolinsky,A/Tilburg/1993/}) 16... a5 17. a4 (
17. Bb2 f6 $11 {can transpose into the above game. Ponomariov puts his pawn on
a4 - if his rook leaves a1, Black can play a4 himself, while on a3 the pawn
would require extra protection (Vaganian went a4 on move 19 anyway). The
drawback is Black's outpost on c5 is now fully secure.} (17... f5 $5)) 17... f5
$5 {Anand chooses the active option.} 18. e5 (18. exf5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Rxf5 20.
f4 $11) 18... Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Rad8 20. Qf3 (20. Bb2 $6 f4) (20. h4 h6 $11) (20.
Bf4 d5 (20... g5 $5 $13) 21. exd6 Bxd6 $11 {/\} 22. Be5 Qb7+ 23. Kg1 Bc5 $5 {
[%cal Gd8d1] <->d}) 20... d6 21. exd6 Qxd6 22. Bg5 (22. Bf4 Qd3 $1 23. Rxe6
$140 Qxf3+ 24. Kxf3 Rd3+ $36) 22... Rd7 23. Rae1 (23. Rd2 Bd4 (23... Qxd2 $5
24. Bxd2 Rxd2 25. Rf1 Rfd8 $44) 24. Be3 e5 $11) 23... Qd3 $1 $11 {Again this
active sortie guarantees Black sufficient <=>.} 24. Qxd3 (24. Rxe6 Qxf3+ 25.
Kxf3 Rd3+ 26. Kg2 Rxb3 {leads to the same position.}) 24... Rxd3 25. Rxe6 Rxb3
26. Be7 Re8 $6 (26... Rc8 $5 27. Bxc5 Rxc5 $132) ({Although the text-move
draws in the long run, a safer way to achieve this result seems to be} 26...
Bxe7 27. Rxe7 Rf7 $1 28. Re8+ Rf8 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. Re5 Rb4 (30... g6 31. c5
b5 $1 32. c6 bxa4 33. Rc5 Rb8 $11) 31. c5 bxc5 32. Rxf5+ Ke7 33. Rxc5 Rxa4 34.
Rc7+ $11) 27. Bxc5 Rxe6 28. Rxe6 bxc5 29. Re8+ $1 Kf7 30. Re5 $14 {White wins
a P and Black must still be on his toes.} Rb4 31. Rxf5+ Kg6 (31... Ke6 32. Rxc5
Rxa4 33. Rc7 $14) 32. Rxc5 Rxa4 33. Kf3 Ra2 34. h4 (34. Rc7 a4 35. Ra7 a3 36.
Ke3 Rc2 37. Kd4 a2 $132 (37... Rxf2 38. Rxa3 Rxh2 39. c5 $36)) 34... a4 35. Ra5
a3 36. Ke4 (36. Ke3 Rc2 37. Kd4 a2 38. f4 Kf6 $14 {is similar to the game.})
36... Re2+ 37. Kd4 (37. Kd3 $2 Rxf2 38. Rxa3 $140 $4 Rf3+ $19) 37... a2 38. f4
Kf6 39. g4 (39. c5 $5) 39... g6 40. c5 Rd2+ 41. Ke4 (41. Kc3 Rf2 $132) 41...
Re2+ 42. Kd3 Rh2 {[%csl Rf4,Rg4,Rh4] ׻P} 43. Ra6+ (43. c6 Ke7 44. f5 gxf5 45.
Ra7+ Kd6 46. c7 Kd7 47. gxf5 Rxh4 (47... Rh3+ 48. Kd4 Rxh4+ 49. Ke5 Rh2 $11)
48. Rxa2 Kxc7 $11) 43... Ke7 44. Ke4 ({The last chance was} 44. f5 {, although
even here Black should draw:} gxf5 (44... Rxh4 45. f6+ Kf7 46. g5 $5 $36 (46.
Rxa2 Kxf6 $11)) 45. gxf5 Rxh4 (45... Rh3+ 46. Ke4 Rxh4+ 47. Ke5 $36) 46. Rxa2
Rf4 47. Ra7+ Kd8 48. Rf7 h5 (48... Ke8 49. c6 $1) 49. c6 (49. Ke3 Rc4 $11)
49... h4 50. c7+ Kc8 51. Ke3 Rf1 52. Ke4 h3 53. Rh7 Rh1 (53... Re1+ $5) 54. Ke5
(54. Kf3 Rf1+ 55. Kg4 Rg1+ $1 56. Kf4 Rh1 57. Kg3 Rg1+ 58. Kh2 Rf1 59. Rf7 Rf3
60. f6 Kb7 $11) 54... h2 55. Kf6 Kb7 $11) 44... Rxh4 45. Rxa2 Rxg4 46. Ke5 Kd7
$11 47. Ra7+ Kc6 48. Rxh7 Kxc5 49. Rc7+ Kb4 50. Rc1 Kb5 {Although Black's K is
cut off, White can't concentrate his forces for an effective attack of Black's
last P. The following moves allows an immediate draw.} 51. Ke4 g5 52. Rf1 Rxf4+
53. Rxf4 gxf4 54. Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 1st"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2005.05.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2005.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 1]} 1. d4 {I believe Ponomariov was prepared for 1.e4 - the move which
Topalov used to beat Ruslan in Corus 2005;} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5.
b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O (7... c6 8. e4 d5 9. Qc2 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Bb7 11.
Neg5 {1-0 Topalov,V-Anand,V/Sofia 2005/CBM 107_01/[Tyomkin,] (52)}) 8. Rc1 {
Topalov's variation again! I must notice that it's his first victory in this
variation!} (8. Bg2 {is a move usually played in this position;}) 8... c6 {
I recommended this move in CBM 105, but missed a strong improvement for White
in this line on move 10... I'm sorry, Ruslan;} (8... Bb7 9. Bg2 d5 10. Ne5 Na6
11. cxd5 exd5 12. O-O c5 13. Be3 Re8 14. Nd3 Qd7 15. Na4 cxd4 16. Bxd4 Ne4 $11
{1/2-1/2 Topalov,V-Kramnik,V/Monaco 2004/CBM 099 ext (41)}) (8... Ba3 {Finkel}
9. Rc2 (9. Rb1 d5 10. cxd5 (10. b4 c5 11. bxc5 bxc5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Qa4 cxd4
14. Qxa3 dxc3 15. Bxc3 Ne4 $13) 10... exd5 11. Bg2 c5 12. O-O Nc6 13. Bg5 Re8
$132) 9... Nc6 10. Bc1 Bb4 (10... Bxc1 11. Rxc1 Bb7 12. Bg2 Ne7 13. O-O d6 14.
Qd3 Re8 15. e4 $14) 11. Bg2 (11. a3 Bxc3+ 12. Rxc3 Bb7 13. Bg2 Ne7 14. O-O d6
$13) 11... b5 $5 {Beliavsky is famous for his uncompromising style, that's why
he starts a fight for the initiative from the very first moves.} 12. cxb5 {
1/2-1/2 Ionov,S-Beliavsky,A/Sochi 2004/CBM 101/[Finkel,A] (81)} Bxb5 13. Bd2 (
13. O-O Bxc3 14. Rxc3 Ne4 (14... Rb8 15. Re1 Ne4) 15. Re3 d5 16. a4 Ba6 17. Ba3
$14) 13... Rb8 14. O-O a5 {Black's play on the queenside is based on the
advance of the a-pawn.} 15. Nxb5 Rxb5 16. Bg5 Be7 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Qd2 Nb4 19.
Rcc1 c6 20. Rfd1 Qa8 21. e3 (21. e4 d5 22. e5 Be7 23. Rc3 Rb6 24. Rdc1 $13)
21... Rfb8 22. Ne5 $6 {I don't like the idea to give Black a chance to get rid
of the knight.} Bxe5 23. dxe5 R5b7 24. Rc4 Nd5 {1/2-1/2 Ionov,S-Beliavsky,A/
Sochi 2004/CBM 101/[Finkel,A] (81)}) (8... d5 {From my annotations in CBM 105:
Judit invents a novelty, while it seems like Black got good play in the
previous games. I am not sure that Judit prepared this move at her home
preparation - she probably more expected 1.e4 from Topalov in this game.  8...
c6 followed by d5 looks like the strongest move;} 9. cxd5 Nxd5 (9... exd5 10.
Bg2 $14) 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Bg2 Re8 12. Rc2 {This rook will serve to protect e2
- White intends to move the bishop d2 and then to castle if possible... but
this game got a completely different scenario!} Bd6 13. Bg5 Bb4+ $1 {This
intermediate check prevents white from castling in this game! Topalov
definitely expected this move.} 14. Kf1 f6 15. Bf4 Nd7 $6 {0-1 Topalov,
V-Polgar,J/Wijk aan Zee 2005/CBM 105_03/[Tyomkin,D] (53) 15...Bd6 looks safe
and logical, while Judit goes for the fast development.} (15... Bd6 16. Ne5 $1
Bb7 17. Nd3 a5 $1 $11 {[%cal Gb8a6,Ga6b4]})) 9. e4 d5 10. e5 $1 {From Sofia
reports: Veselin explained at the press conference in Sofia, he simply forgot
to play 10.e5 first (referring it to his game vs Gelfand), and opted for 10.
Bd3?! unintentionally!} (10. Bd3 dxe4 (10... dxc4 $5 11. bxc4 e5 {'!' and
black look very good here.}) (10... dxc4 $5 11. bxc4 e5 $1 {and black looks
great here.}) 11. Nxe4 Nbd7 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. Bc3 c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Qe2 Bb7
16. O-O h6 (16... Re8 $5 {[%cal Ge6e5]} 17. b4 e5 18. Ng5 $6 Bd4 19. Ne4 Rc8
20. Nxf6+ Qxf6 $15 {0-1 Bologan,V-Tkachiev,V/Belfort 2004/EXT 2005 (35)}) 17.
b4 Be7 18. Rfd1 Qc7 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Be4 Bxe4 21. Qxe4 a5 $1 $11 {1/2-1/2
Topalov,V-Gelfand,B/Monaco 2004/CBM 099 ext (50)}) 10... Ne4 {A good
alternative could be 10...Nfd7.} (10... Ne8 11. Bd3 c5 12. dxc5 {with a
similar scenario.}) (10... Nfd7 $5 11. Bd3 $140 (11. Bf4 $5) (11. Be3 $5) 11...
c5 {Black looks OK here;}) 11. Bd3 {Ruslan definitely saw this position for
the first time in his life...} Nxc3 $6 {All of Black's problems started from
this move;} (11... f5 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Qe2 $14 {following with 0-0. White has
a clear edge here;}) (11... Nxd2 $142 12. Qxd2 f6 13. O-O Nd7 {and here White
must prove that he has something;}) 12. Rxc3 {From Sofia reports: "Both
Kramnik and Anand, absolutely independently from each from other, stated that
the outcome of the Topalov-Ponomariov game was already pre-determined on move
12 - here!"} c5 {Black needs to get any counterplay really fast, otherwise he
will lose on the kingside;} 13. dxc5 bxc5 {Here Ruslan could have received
counterplay by 13...d4;} (13... d4 14. Rc1 Bb7 15. cxb6 Nd7 {Black doesn't
look that bad here!}) 14. h4 {[%mdl 128] With an obvious threat Bxh7 and Ng5
then. I bet, you are familiar with this idea!} h6 $2 {Ruslan should've tried
14...Qc7 which is the best defensive move here;} (14... Re8 15. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7
16. Ng5+ Kg8 17. Qh5 Bxg5 18. hxg5 Kf8 19. g6 $18 (19. Rf3 $1)) (14... Nc6 15.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Ng5+ Kg8 17. Qh5 Bxg5 18. hxg5 {with a mate in few;}) (14... d4
15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Rc1 Bb7 17. Bb1 $18) (14... Qc7 $1 {Fritzy recommends 15.0-0
but I doubt that Topalov had this move in mind here;} 15. Kf1 $5 {A
recommendation of GM Shipov;} h6 16. Bb1 Nd7 17. Qc2 f5 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. Bxh6
Ne4 {with a big mess on the board;}) 15. Bb1 $16 {Ponomariov said on the press
conference: "I thought that I made all normal moves, but then I found myself
in a bad position". Topalov and his second, young prodigy and a champion of
Bulgaria Ivan Cheparinov analysed this line up to this position!} f5 {
According to Topalov, the only move was 15...Nd7;} (15... Nd7 16. Bxh6 $1 (16.
Qc2 f5 17. exf6 Nxf6 18. Re3 {This line was suggested by Topalov, but it
doesn't look very clear;} Bb7 19. Rxe6 dxc4 20. Qxc4 Bxf3 21. Rd6+ Bd5 22. Rxd8
Raxd8 $17 {and suddenly black is attacking here!}) 16... gxh6 17. Qc2 f5 18.
exf6 Rxf6 19. Qh7+ Kf8 20. Ng5 $1 $18) (15... d4 16. Qc2 g6 17. Rd3 (17. Bxh6
dxc3 18. h5 Bb7 19. hxg6 f5 $17) 17... h5 18. g4 hxg4 19. h5 {It is hard to
believe that Black can stand this attack.}) 16. exf6 $18 Bxf6 (16... Rxf6 17.
Qc2 $18) 17. Qc2 d4 (17... Bxc3 18. Bxc3 d4 19. Qh7+ Kf7 20. Qg6+ Ke7 (20...
Kg8 21. Ne5) 21. Nxd4 $1 {with decisive attack;}) {[%tqu "En","Play like
Veselin Topalov!","","","f3g5","This combo will appear in many books! You
don't need to be Topalov to continue the attack here;",10]} 18. Ng5 $1 {
[%mdl 128] This combination will appear in many books! You don't need to be
Topalov to continue the attack here;} hxg5 (18... Bxg5 19. Qh7+ Kf7 20. Bxg5 $1
hxg5 21. Rf3+ $18) 19. hxg5 dxc3 20. Bf4 {Many commentators got excited by Rh8
check in this position. In fact, 20.Bf4 is same good as 20.Rh8, and wins even
faster! But 20.Bf4 move required careful calculation from Veselin, especially
the position after 26.Rh7 where white is down a piece, and black starts
checking white king!} (20. Rh8+ Kf7 21. Qg6+ Ke7 22. gxf6+ gxf6 23. Rh7+ Kd6
24. Bf4+ Kc6 (24... e5 25. Bxe5+ $1) 25. Qe4+ ({or} 25. Be4+ $18 {and Bc7 then;
}) 25... Kb6 26. Bc7+ {seven checks in a row in this line!} Qxc7 27. Rxc7 Kxc7
28. Qxa8 $18) 20... Kf7 (20... Bd4 21. Qg6 $1 {and Rh8 next;}) 21. Qg6+ Ke7 22.
gxf6+ Rxf6 23. Qxg7+ Rf7 24. Bg5+ {Here Veselin was double-checking the
consequences of Bg5+, although White didn't have a good alternative;} Kd6 25.
Qxf7 Qxg5 26. Rh7 {The white king escapes from the checks easily;} Qe5+ (26...
Qc1+ 27. Ke2 Qd2+ 28. Kf3 Qd1+ 29. Kg2 $18) 27. Kf1 Kc6 28. Qe8+ Kb6 29. Qd8+
Kc6 30. Be4+ $1 {Final accord! 30...Qxe4 31. Qc7# Ra8 and Nb8 are still on
starting positions!} 1-0

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 1st"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2005.05.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2005.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. Nc3
d6 9. axb5 axb5 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. c3 Ne7 14. d4 Nxd5 15.
Bxd5 exd4 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. cxd4 O-O 18. Rc1 Bb7 19. Bxb7 Rxb7 20. O-O Qe7 21.
Qc2 c5 22. dxc5 dxc5 23. Qxc5 Qxe4 24. Rfe1 Qg4 25. h3 Qd7 26. b4 Rd8 27. Re5
Qd3 28. Re3 Qd2 29. Rce1 Rbb8 30. R1e2 Qd1+ 31. Kh2 g6 32. f4 Rdc8 33. Qe5 Qd7
34. Re4 Rb6 35. Rd4 Qc7 36. Qd5 Rbb8 37. Re5 Rd8 38. Qe4 Rxd4 39. Qxd4 Rd8 40.
Qe4 Qd7 41. f5 g5 42. Rc5 Re8 43. Qd5 Qe7 44. Qd3 Rd8 45. Qg3 Qe2 46. Rc6 Rd3
47. Qb8+ Kg7 48. Rxh6 Rd8 49. Qxd8 Qe5+ 50. Kh1 Qe1+ 51. Kh2 Qe5+ 52. Kh1 Qe1+
53. Kh2 Qe5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vicente Bonil op 29th"]
[Site "Albox"]
[Date "2005.06.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Meler Tevar, Sergio"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2005.06.04"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. c4 Bg7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. b4
d6 9. a4 c5 10. bxc5 dxc5 11. Bb2 Nc6 12. Qc2 Nb4 13. Qb1 a5 14. Ne5 Nd7 15.
Nef3 Rc8 16. Be4 Ba6 17. d5 exd5 18. Bxd5 Nxd5 19. cxd5 Bxf1 20. Nxf1 Nf6 21.
Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Ra2 Qxd5 23. Rd2 Qe6 24. Rd3 c4 25. Nd4 Bxd4 26. Rxd4 Rfd8 27.
Qb2 Rxd4 28. Qxd4 c3 29. Qd1 c2 30. Qc1 Qd5 0-1

[Event "Vicente Bonil op 29th"]
[Site "Albox"]
[Date "2005.06.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Pomes Marcet, Juan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2005.06.04"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 d6 4. g3 f5 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. f4 e4 7. Nh3 Be7 8. Nf2 O-O
9. c4 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. a3 Bf6 12. Ra2 Be6 13. g4 Bh4 14. O-O Bxf2+ 15. Kxf2
fxg4 16. Kg1 Bf5 17. b4 Kh8 18. Nc3 Nxc3 19. Bxc3 Qd5 20. Rc2 a5 21. Qa1 Rf7
22. Qb2 axb4 23. axb4 Ne7 24. Ra1 Rxa1+ 25. Qxa1 h5 26. Bf1 Be6 27. Bd4 Nf5 28.
Rc5 Qd8 29. Bc3 Qh4 30. Re5 g3 31. h3 Bd7 32. Bg2 Rf6 33. Rxe4 Ra6 34. Qb2 Bc6
35. Re5 Bd7 36. Rd5 Rd6 37. Bxg7+ Nxg7 38. Rg5 Qxg5 39. fxg5 h4 40. Qc3 Bc6 41.
Bxc6 Rxc6 42. Qd4 Kg8 43. Qxh4 Nf5 44. Qf4 1-0

[Event "Vicente Bonil op 29th"]
[Site "Albox"]
[Date "2005.06.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Del Rio de Angelis, Salvador Gabriel"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2005.06.04"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 b6 6. a3 Ba5 7. Rb1 Na6 8. Ng3
O-O 9. Bd3 d5 10. O-O cxd4 11. exd4 Bxc3 12. bxc3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Qc7 14. Qe2 Nb8
15. Bb2 Nbd7 16. Bd3 Bb7 17. c4 Rfe8 18. f3 Rac8 19. Qf2 Qf4 20. Ne2 Qd6 21.
Rfd1 Nf8 22. Rbc1 Ng6 23. Qg3 Qe7 24. Qg5 Red8 25. Ng3 Nd5 26. Qd2 Ndf4 27.
Bxg6 Nxg6 28. d5 f6 29. Re1 Qf7 30. d6 e5 31. Qb4 Rc5 32. Red1 Qe6 33. Qd2 Nf4
34. a4 Rxc4 35. Rxc4 Qxc4 36. Nf5 Qe6 37. Qc2 e4 38. Qc7 Rd7 39. Qb8+ Kf7 40.
Ne7 Rxe7 41. dxe7 Qxe7 42. Qxf4 exf3 43. Qc4+ Kf8 44. Rd8+ Qxd8 45. Ba3+ Ke8
46. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "Vicente Bonil op 29th"]
[Site "Albox"]
[Date "2005.06.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Krivoshey, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2005.06.04"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nxd5 4. d4 Bf5 5. Nh4 Bc8 6. g3 e5 7. dxe5 Nc6 8.
Bg2 Be6 9. O-O Ndb4 10. Nd2 g5 11. Nhf3 g4 12. Ne1 Nxe5 13. Bxb7 Bd5 14. Qe2
Bxb7 15. Qxe5+ Qe7 16. Qxh8 O-O-O 17. Qxh7 Nc6 18. Qf5+ Kb8 19. Qxg4 Nd4 20.
Ndf3 f5 21. Qg5 Qxg5 22. Bxg5 Bxf3 23. h4 Rd7 24. Nxf3 Nxf3+ 25. Kg2 Nd4 26.
Rad1 1-0

[Event "Vicente Bonil op 29th"]
[Site "Albox"]
[Date "2005.06.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Peralta, Fernando"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2005.06.04"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 b6 6. a3 Ba5 7. Rb1 Na6 8. f3
Bb7 9. Ng3 O-O 10. Bd3 cxd4 11. exd4 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 d5 13. O-O dxc4 14. Bxc4
Rc8 15. Qe2 Nb8 16. Bd2 Rxc4 17. Qxc4 Ba6 18. Qa4 Bxf1 19. Nxf1 Qc7 20. Ne3 Nc6
21. Be1 Rc8 22. Bg3 Qd7 23. Qb5 Na5 24. Qxd7 Nxd7 25. Be1 Nf6 26. Kf2 Kf8 27.
Ke2 Ke7 28. Kd3 Nd5 29. Nxd5+ exd5 30. Bg3 Kd7 31. Bf4 Nc4 32. a4 Re8 33. g4
Re6 34. g5 f6 35. h4 Kc6 36. Ra1 a5 37. Rb1 fxg5 38. hxg5 Re7 39. Be5 Nxe5+ 40.
dxe5 Rxe5 41. Rh1 Rxg5 42. Rxh7 Rg3 43. Kc2 Kc5 44. Kb3 d4 45. cxd4+ Kxd4 46.
Rh4+ Ke3 47. Kc4 Rxf3 48. Kb5 g5 49. Rh5 Rf5+ 50. Kxb6 Kf4 0-1

[Event "Vicente Bonil op 29th"]
[Site "Albox"]
[Date "2005.06.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2005.06.04"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qc2 O-O 8.
a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 c6 10. Nd2 Qe8 11. f3 Qe6 12. Bh4 Re8 13. Bf2 Nf8 14. e3 Ng6
15. Bd3 Nf4 16. O-O Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Qf5 18. Qxf5 Bxf5 19. Rfc1 a5 20. a4 Nd7 21.
Rc3 Ra6 22. Rb3 Rb6 23. Rxb6 Nxb6 24. b3 f6 25. Rc1 Kf7 26. Rc5 Ra8 27. Bg3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Vicente Bonil op 29th"]
[Site "Albox"]
[Date "2005.06.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2005.06.04"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. b3 Nd7 5. Bb2 Ngf6 6. O-O Bxf3 7. exf3 g6 8.
d4 Bg7 9. Nd2 O-O 10. f4 e6 11. Nf3 c5 12. Ne5 cxd4 13. Bxd4 Nxe5 14. fxe5 Nd7
15. f4 Rc8 16. c3 Nb8 17. Qf3 Nc6 18. Bf2 Re8 19. Rfd1 Qc7 20. Rac1 Qa5 21. a4
Bf8 22. Kh1 Ne7 23. g4 Rc7 24. Be1 Rec8 25. h4 b5 26. axb5 Qxb5 27. Rb1 a5 28.
h5 a4 29. hxg6 hxg6 30. Bf1 Qc6 31. b4 a3 32. b5 Qb6 33. Ra1 Ra8 34. Bd3 Ra4
35. Bf2 Qa5 36. Bd4 Rxc3 37. Bxc3 Qxc3 38. Be2 Qa5 39. Ra2 Nc8 40. f5 exf5 41.
gxf5 Rh4+ 42. Kg2 Ne7 43. Rxa3 Qc7 44. Ra8 Qxe5 45. Rh1 Nxf5 46. Bd3 Rg4+ 47.
Kf2 Rf4 48. Rh3 Qb2+ 49. Kf1 Ne3+ 50. Kg1 Rxf3 0-1

[Event "Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2005.07.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Drozdovskij, Yuri"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2005.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 c5
9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Be2 Nd7 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. O-O Nf6
15. Qc2 Rac8 16. Rfd1 Ne4 17. Nd2 f5 18. Nxe4 fxe4 19. Bg4 Rc7 20. b4 c4 21.
Qc3 Kh8 22. Rd2 Qg5 23. h3 h5 24. Bd1 Bc8 25. Kh2 Rcf7 26. Rcc2 Rf6 27. f4 exf3
28. Bxf3 Rxf3 29. gxf3 Rxf3 30. Rg2 Rxh3+ 31. Kg1 Bg4 32. Rcf2 Rxe3 33. Qd2 Qe5
34. Rf8+ Kh7 35. Qc2+ g6 36. Rf7+ Kh6 37. Qc1 g5 38. Qf1 Re1 39. Rf6+ Qxf6 40.
Qxe1 Bf3 41. Rg3 h4 42. Rh3 Be4 43. Qe3 Kg6 44. Rh2 Qa1+ 45. Kf2 c3 46. Qe2 c2
47. Qa6+ Qf6+ 0-1

[Event "Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2005.07.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Podgaets, Mikhail"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2005.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bd2 g6 8. e4
dxe4 9. Nxe4 Bg7 10. Bc4 O-O 11. O-O Ndf6 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. Qb3 Nd5 14. Rfe1
a5 15. Ne5 a4 16. Qf3 Be6 17. h4 Nc7 18. Bxe6 Nxe6 19. Bc3 Nxd4 20. Qh3 Nb5 21.
Rad1 Qc8 22. Nd7 Nxc3 23. bxc3 Re8 24. h5 Qc7 25. Qh4 Bxc3 26. Rxe7 Rxe7 27.
Qxe7 Qf4 28. Rd3 Qc4 29. Re3 Bg7 30. Nb6 Qxa2 31. Nxa8 Bf8 32. Qf6 Qd5 33. hxg6
hxg6 34. Nb6 Qd1+ 35. Kh2 Bxc5 36. Re8+ Bf8 37. Qe7 Kh7 38. Rxf8 Qh5+ 39. Kg3
1-0

[Event "Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2005.07.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Klinova, Masha"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2391"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2005.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 e5 3. Nf3 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bf4 O-O 7. Qd2 Nc6 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Be6 10. Kb1 a6 11. Bc4 Bxc4 12. Qxc4 Qc8 13. f3 b5 14. Qd3
b4 15. Ne2 Qb7 16. Nd4 Nd7 17. g4 Nc5 18. Qc4 Bf6 19. Be3 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 a5 21.
Rd5 Na4 22. Qb5 Qxb5 23. Rxb5 Rfb8 24. Rxb8+ Rxb8 25. Rd1 Nb6 26. Bxb6 Rxb6 27.
Rd5 Ra6 28. c3 bxc3 29. bxc3 Kf8 30. Kc2 Ke7 31. Rb5 a4 32. c4 Ke6 33. Kc3 h6
34. h4 Ra7 35. f4 Kd7 36. Rb8 Ke7 37. Kb4 a3 38. Kb5 Ke6 39. Kc6 Ra4 40. Re8+
Kf6 41. Kb5 Ra7 42. e5+ dxe5 43. fxe5+ Kg6 44. e6 fxe6 45. Rxe6+ Kf7 46. Rc6
Ke7 47. Kb4 Kf7 48. h5 Ke7 49. Rg6 Kf7 50. Kb3 Ra5 51. Rc6 Ra7 52. Kc3 Rb7 53.
Ra6 1-0

[Event "Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2005.07.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bogdanovich, Stanislav"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2128"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2005.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O
d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Bc3 O-O 12. Nd2 Rb8 13. e4 b5 14. exd5 cxd5
15. cxb5 Bxb5 16. Re1 Nf6 17. Bf1 Qb6 18. Bxb5 Qxb5 19. Qe2 Qxe2 20. Rxe2 Rfc8
21. Rc1 Bb4 22. Nb1 Ne4 23. Bb2 Rxc1+ 24. Bxc1 Rc8 25. Be3 Kf8 26. f3 Nd6 27.
Kf2 Nf5 28. Bd2 a5 29. Be3 Ke7 30. g4 Nxe3 31. Kxe3 Rc1 32. Rb2 Re1+ 33. Kd3
Rd1+ 34. Ke3 Kd7 35. a3 Be7 36. b4 axb4 37. axb4 Bf6 38. Nd2 Kc6 39. Rc2+ Kb6
40. Nb3 Rb1 41. Nc5 Kb5 42. Nd3 Kb6 43. Nc5 Rxb4 44. Nd7+ Kb7 45. Nc5+ Ka7 46.
Ra2+ Kb6 47. Nd7+ Kc6 48. Nxf6 gxf6 49. Ra7 Rb7 50. Ra8 Rb3+ 51. Kf2 Rb2+ 52.
Kg3 e5 53. dxe5 fxe5 54. Rh8 d4 55. Rxh7 d3 0-1

[Event "Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2005.07.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Golubev, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2005.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. a4 Nc6 5. Nge2 g6 6. d3 Bg7 7. O-O e6 8. Be3
Nge7 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 O-O 11. Qd2 Ne5 12. Be2 Rc8 13. Ndb5 d5 14. exd5 exd5
15. Bxa7 Qa5 16. Be3 Qb4 17. Rfd1 Bxb5 18. Nxb5 Qxb2 19. Nd4 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Rxc4
21. Rab1 Qa2 22. Rxb7 Bxd4 23. Bxd4 Nf5 24. Bf6 Qxa4 25. Qxd5 Rxc2 26. Rbb1 Qf4
27. Rf1 Rd2 28. Qc5 Qd6 29. Qc3 Rd3 30. Qa1 Nd4 31. Bg5 Qd5 32. Bh6 Rh3 33.
Qxd4 Qxd4 34. Bxf8 Kxf8 35. gxh3 Kg7 36. Rb3 h5 37. Rf3 Qe4 38. Re3 Qf4 39. Rd1
Qf5 40. Rc1 Kh6 41. Rc7 Kg7 42. Kg2 Qg5+ 43. Rg3 Qe5 44. Rcc3 h4 45. Rgf3 Qg5+
46. Kf1 Qb5+ 47. Ke1 Qe5+ 48. Rce3 Qxh2 49. Re7 1-0

[Event "Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2005.07.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Beim, Valery"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2005.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 b6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 Bb7 7. a3 g6 8. d5
Bg7 9. Be2 exd5 10. cxd5 O-O 11. O-O Na6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Re8 14. Nd4 Nc5 15.
Bf3 g5 16. Bg3 Nfe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Rxe4 19. Nf5 Qf6 20. Nxg7 Kxg7 21.
Re1 Rae8 22. Qd2 Bxd5 23. Rxe4 Bxe4 24. Re1 Re6 25. Qxd7 Qxb2 26. h4 Qf6 27.
hxg5 hxg5 28. Qxa7 Qc3 29. f3 g4 30. Qc7 Qxc7 31. Bxc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2005.07.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Fingerov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2361"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2005.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 Ngf6 9. Neg5 h6 10. Nh3 O-O 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Ne4 13. Bxh6 Nxf2 14.
Nxf2 gxh6 15. Qh5 Kg7 16. Re3 Rh8 17. Rf1 Qd4 18. Ng4 Be8 19. Kh1 f5 20. exf6+
Bxf6 21. Nxf6 1-0

[Event "Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2005.07.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2005.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 O-O 6. Qc2 Nc6 7. Ngf3 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 Qd5 9. O-O Bxd2 10. Qxd5 exd5 11. Bxd2 Re8 12. Rfe1 Bg4 13. Be3 Ne4 14.
Rac1 Re7 15. Ne5 Bd7 16. Nxd7 Rxd7 17. f3 Nd6 18. Bf2 a5 19. Rc5 Ne7 20. Bh3 f5
21. e4 c6 22. Rc2 g6 23. e5 Nb5 24. g4 Rf8 25. a4 Nc7 26. e6 Rdd8 27. Bh4 Rde8
28. Re5 fxg4 29. Bxg4 Rf4 30. Rd2 Nf5 31. Bg5 Rxd4 32. Bxf5 Rxd2 33. Bxd2 gxf5
34. e7 Kf7 35. Rxf5+ Kxe7 36. Rh5 Rg8+ 37. Kf2 Rg7 38. Bxa5 Ne6 39. Bb4+ c5 40.
Bd2 Kd6 41. Rf5 d4 42. h4 b5 43. axb5 Rb7 44. b4 c4 45. Bf4+ Nxf4 46. Rxf4 Ke5
47. Rg4 h6 48. Rg8 Rxb5 49. Re8+ Kf5 50. Rd8 d3 51. Rd4 Rxb4 52. Ke3 Ke5 53. h5
Ra4 54. f4+ Kf5 55. Rd5+ Kg4 56. Rc5 Rb4 57. Rc6 Kxh5 58. f5 Kg5 59. f6 Kg6 60.
f7+ Kxf7 61. Rxh6 Rb2 62. Rh1 Rc2 63. Rb1 d2 64. Ke2 c3 65. Kd1 Ra2 66. Ke2
d1=Q+ 0-1

[Event "Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2005.07.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Legky, Nikolay A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2005.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 h6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nb4 6. exd5 exd5 7. Bf4 Nxd3+ 8.
Qxd3 c6 9. O-O-O Nf6 10. Ne5 Be7 11. f3 O-O 12. Kb1 Be6 13. g4 Nd7 14. Nxd7
Qxd7 15. h4 Rae8 16. Ne2 h5 17. gxh5 Bf5 18. Qd2 Bb4 19. Qxb4 Rxe2 20. Ka1 Bxc2
21. Rdg1 Kh7 22. Qxf8 1-0

[Event "WchT 6th"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "2005.11.02"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2005.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. e3 c5 8.
Bb5 Qa5 9. Bxd7+ Nxd7 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Qc2 Re8 13. a4 Nb6 14. Nd2
c4 15. Rfb1 Bd7 16. Rb4 Bc6 17. Bf4 Rac8 18. Qf5 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 6th"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "2005.11.05"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Huang, Qian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2005.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "China (W)"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nge2 e5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. Bg5
h6 9. Bh4 c6 10. O-O a5 11. Bc2 Qc7 12. Qd2 cxd5 13. cxd5 Kh7 14. f3 Nc5 15.
Bf2 Bd7 16. Bd3 a4 17. Bb5 Rfc8 18. Rab1 Qa5 19. Bxd7 Nfxd7 20. Nc1 Qb4 21. Qe2
Bf8 22. a3 Qa5 23. Nb5 Qd8 24. b4 axb3 25. Nxb3 Nxb3 26. Rxb3 Nc5 27. Rc3 Na4
28. Rc4 Nb6 29. Rb4 Nd7 30. Rfb1 b6 31. g3 Qe7 32. Rc4 Rxc4 33. Qxc4 Nc5 34.
Kg2 h5 35. Rb4 Qd7 36. a4 Be7 37. Nc3 Bd8 38. Qb5 Ra7 39. Qxd7 Rxd7 40. Kf1 Nd3
41. Rc4 Nc5 42. Ke2 Kg7 43. Rb4 Kf8 44. Bxc5 dxc5 45. Rb2 Ra7 46. Kd3 Ke8 47.
Kc4 Kd7 48. f4 f6 49. fxe5 fxe5 50. Rf2 Ke7 51. Kb5 1-0

[Event "WchT 6th"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "2005.11.07"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2005.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Nbd7 9. Qd2 b5 10. O-O-O Be7 11. g4 b4 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nb6 14. Qxb4 Nfxd5
15. Bxb6 Nxb6 16. f4 Qc7 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Qe4 O-O 19. h4 a5 20. a4 g6 21. Bb5
f5 22. Qg2 f4 23. Nd2 Bb4 24. g5 Rac8 25. Nf3 Bc3 26. Qh3 Rf5 27. Ne1 f3 28.
bxc3 Qxc3 29. h5 Qa1+ 30. Kd2 Qc3+ 31. Kc1 Qa3+ 32. Kb1 Qb4+ 33. Kc1 Qa3+ 34.
Kb1 Qb4+ 35. Kc1 Qa3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 6th"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "2005.11.09"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2005.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ {Diese Variante ist sehr populär in
Großmeisterturnieren.} 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 {Schwarz spielt die
geschlossene Variante und der weiße Läufer auf d2 steht weniger gut, da die
Zugfolge b3 gefolgt von Bb2 nun unmöglich ist.} 8. Bf4 b6 9. Nc3 Ba6 (9... Bb7
10. Rc1 Nh5 11. Bxb8 Qxb8 $5 12. Ne5 Nf6 13. e3 Rd8 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. f4 g6 16.
g4 Nd7 17. Qe1 {1/2-1/2 Khalifman,A-Adams,M/Izmir 2004/CBM 104}) 10. cxd5 cxd5
11. Ne5 {Dieser Springerzug ist eine natürliche Fortsetzung, aber die
Alternative 11.Rc1 kommt ebenfalls in Betracht.} (11. Rc1 Nc6 $6 (11... Bb7 $5
12. Nb5 a6 13. Nc7 Ra7 14. Qa4 Ne4 15. Nb5 Ra8 16. Nc3 b5 17. Qd1 Nc6 18. Ne5 {
1/2-1/2 Prusikin,M-Gyimesi,Z/Miskolc 2004/(18)}) 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Ne5 Nxd4 $8
14. Bxd5 Nxe2+ 15. Qxe2 $1 Bxe2 16. Bxa8 Rxa8 17. Rfe1 Bb5 18. Rc2 $1 Nd5 19.
Rec1 Ba6 (19... Bc5 20. Bd2 f6 21. b4 $1 Bf8 22. Ng4 {1-0 Ponomariov,R-Topalov,
V/Sofia 2005/CBM 107/[Ribli] (40)}) 20. Bd2 f6 21. Nc4 $1 $14 Rd8 22. a3 Kf7
23. Ne3 {1-0 Kramnik,V-Topalov,V/Dortmund 2005/CBM 108/[Ribli Zoltan] (41)})
11... Bb7 12. Rc1 Nbd7 13. Nb5 {Einfacher ist wohl die Alternative 13.Qa4, die
zu einer ausgeglichenen Stellung führt..} (13. Qa4 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 a6 (14... Ng4
15. Bf4 a6 16. Qb3 b5 17. Na4 $1 Rc8 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. dxc5 e5 20. Bh3 $36) 15.
Bc7 Qxc7 16. Nxd5 Qd6 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Bxb7 Ra7 19. Be4 Qxd4 20. Qxd4 Bxd4
21. e3 Bf6 $11) 13... Nxe5 14. dxe5 $6 {Weiß nimmt den Doppelbauern in Kauf,
da er das d4-Feld mit dem Springer besetzen möchte. Der große Nachteil des
Textzugs ist, dass nun der e5P der Zielpunkt des schwarzen Spiels wird.} (14.
Bxe5 $11) 14... Nd7 (14... Ne4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qxd8 Bxd8 17. Rfd1 a6 18. Nd6
Bd5 19. a3 f6 20. Rc3 b5 21. h4 {1/2-1/2 Sturua,Z-Rodriguez Cespedes,A/Yerevan
1996/EXT 97 (65)}) 15. h4 {Weiß sichert seine Läuferstellung auf f4, sonst
kann Schwarz immer g7-g5 ziehen.} (15. Nd6 Ba6 16. Qa4 Bxe2 17. Rfe1 Bh5 18.
Nb7 Nc5 19. Nxd8 Nxa4 20. Nc6 Bc5 21. b4 Rfc8 $17) 15... Rc8 16. Qd2 (16. Nxa7
Rc5 17. b4 Rxc1 18. Qxc1 Qa8 19. Qc7 Qxa7 20. Qxd7 Bxb4 21. Rc1 Bc5 $17) 16...
Rc5 17. Nd4 (17. a4 a6 18. Nd6 Ba8 19. b4 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Nxe5 21. Bxe5 Bxd6 $17)
17... Qb8 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gb8e5]} 18. Qe3 (18. Nf3 $142 Rfc8 19. Rfd1 Qc7 20.
Qd3 $11) 18... Rfc8 $15 {[%cal Gc8c1]} 19. Bh3 {[%cal Gd4e6]} Nf8 $1 {[%csl
Re3,Rf4,Gf8,Rh3][%mdl 256] Der Springer steht gut auf f8; er verteidigt die
schwarze Stellung gegen eventuell Nxe6. Schwarz kontrolliert die c-Linie, weil
die weißen Figuren etwas unglücklich am Königsflügel stehen.} (19... Rxc1 20.
Rxc1 Rxc1+ 21. Qxc1 Nxe5 $4 22. Qe3 Bf6 23. Kf1 {Mit diesem Zug bereitet Weiß
20.Nf3 vor.} h6 24. Nf3 $18) 20. h5 h6 21. Rfd1 Ba6 {[%csl Ga6][%cal Ga6e2]
Mit der Verbeserung der schwarzen Läuferstellung ist ein seltenes Bild in der
Katalanische Verteidigung erreicht, denn der schwarze weißfeldrige Läufer
steht viel aktiver, als sein Kollege auf h3.} 22. b4 $2 (22. Qd2) 22... Rxc1
23. Rxc1 Bxb4 $1 $17 24. Nc6 {[#]} Rxc6 $1 {[%mdl 64] Das ist die Pointe des
schwarzen Spiels, er opfert temporär die Qualität, die er schnell
zurückgewinnt.} 25. Rxc6 Bc5 {[%csl Rc6]} 26. Qb3 (26. Rxc5 bxc5 27. Qxc5 Bxe2
$19) 26... Qb7 (26... Bb7 $17) 27. Qa4 (27. Rd6 Bxd6 28. exd6 Bxe2 $19) 27...
Bxe2 {[%csl Gc5,Ge2,Rh5] Schwarz hat zwei Mehrbauern für die Qualität und die
weißen Figuren sind schlecht koordiniert.} 28. Be3 d4 $19 (28... Bd1 29. Qb5)
29. Bg2 (29. Bf4 Bf3 $19) 29... dxe3 30. Rxc5 Bf3 {[%csl Rc5,Rg1]} 31. Bxf3
Qxf3 {[%csl Ge3,Gf3,Rg1]} 32. Rc8 Qxf2+ 33. Kh1 e2 0-1

[Event "WchT 6th"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "2005.11.10"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2005.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. d4 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 f5 8. d5
O-O 9. Qc2 Nxd2 10. Nxd2 e5 11. O-O-O Bb4 12. Nf3 d6 13. h4 Nd7 14. Ng5 Bxc3
15. Qxc3 Qf6 16. e4 g6 17. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bilbao Human-Comp 2nd"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2005.11.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Comp Junior"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2005.11.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d3 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. Nbd2 Nbd7 5. Bg2 e5 6. O-O Bd6 7. e4 O-O 8. Kh1
Re8 9. Qe1 a5 10. a4 b6 11. Nh4 Nc5 12. f3 g6 13. Rf2 Ra7 14. Re2 Rae7 15. Qf1
Nh5 16. Bh3 Ne6 17. Nb3 Ra7 18. Ng2 Rc7 19. Be3 Nef4 20. Bxf4 Bxh3 21. Bd2 f5
22. Qg1 fxe4 23. fxe4 Rf7 24. Rf1 Rxf1 25. Qxf1 Be7 26. exd5 Qxd5 27. Kg1 Nf6
28. Qe1 Ng4 29. Ne3 Nxe3 30. Bxe3 Rf8 31. Rf2 Rxf2 32. Qxf2 e4 33. Nc1 c5 34.
b3 g5 35. c4 Qc6 36. Ne2 exd3 37. Nc3 Bd8 38. Nd5 Qe6 39. Bd2 Qe4 40. Nc3 Qg4
41. Nd5 h5 42. Qe3 Qd1+ 43. Be1 Kg7 44. Kf2 Bg4 45. Bc3+ Kf7 46. Qd2 Qxd2+ 47.
Bxd2 Bd1 48. Ke3 Bxb3 49. Kxd3 Bxa4 50. h4 gxh4 51. gxh4 Bb3 52. Kc3 a4 53. Bg5
Bxg5 54. hxg5 b5 55. Nf4 b4+ 56. Kb2 Bxc4 57. Nxh5 a3+ 0-1

[Event "Bilbao Human-Comp 2nd"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2005.11.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Comp Fritz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2005.11.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c3 d5 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. Qb3 Nbd7 6. Qxb7 Bd6 7. Bxd6 cxd6 8.
Qa6 Rb8 9. Qa3 Qb6 10. b4 O-O 11. Nd2 e5 12. Ngf3 Qc7 13. Ba6 e4 14. Ng1 Rb6
15. Rc1 Nb8 16. Be2 Rc8 17. Bd1 Bd7 18. Ne2 Bb5 19. O-O Nbd7 20. Nb3 h5 21. Re1
h4 22. h3 Rb7 23. Na5 Rbb8 24. Ba4 a6 25. Bb3 Nb6 26. Qb2 Qd7 27. a3 Rc7 28.
Qa2 Rbc8 29. Nf4 Qf5 30. a4 Bd3 31. g4 hxg3 32. fxg3 g5 33. g4 Qh7 34. Nh5 Nxh5
35. gxh5 Qxh5 36. Qh2 Qh4 37. Kg2 Rxc3 38. Rxc3 Rxc3 39. Qg3 Bc2 40. Qxh4 gxh4
41. Rc1 Rxb3 42. Nxb3 Bxb3 43. a5 Nc4 44. b5 Ba4 45. bxa6 Bc6 46. a7 Kg7 47.
Rb1 Ba8 48. a6 1-0

[Event "Bilbao Human-Comp 2nd"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2005.11.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Comp Hydra"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2005.11.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 a5 {This is
a side line. Black is trying to create some play on the queenside before
competing his kingside development.} (7... cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 {is the main line.})
8. O-O c4 $2 {[%mdl 16384] Ponomariov decided to close the centre in order to
reduce the number of concrete variations to a minimum. This kind of strategy
was quite successful against computers some years ago, but in the last few
years computer's ability to play well and consequently in closed positions has
raisen up dramatically. I am sure that Ponomariov would not have played like
this against a human opponent. Basically, this move is nearly forbidden for
black in the French defense, since black's main play often concentrates on
pressure against white's Pd4. After the move in the text white gets a free
hand on the kingside, while black's counterplay on the other side of the board
usually comes too late...} ({Black should choose between the following
playable options:} 8... a4) (8... Be7) (8... cxd4 9. cxd4 Nb6) 9. Bc2 b5 10. b3
$5 $146 {A typical computer move. A human player would not play on the wing
where the opponent is stronger, but concentrate his efforts on the kingside.} (
{Previously seen in human practice:} 10. f4) (10. Nf4) 10... Nb6 11. bxc4 bxc4
(11... dxc4 {was worth considering. However, white can hinder black's control
over the crucial d5 square, namely:} 12. Nf4 Bb7 13. Be4 $16 {and now bad is:}
Be7 14. Qf3 Rc8 15. Nh5 O-O 16. Nxg7 $1 Kxg7 17. Qg4+ Bg5 18. Nf3 $18) 12. Rb1
Kd7 $5 {This is a typical human move. Ponomariov is transfering the king to a
relatively safer location. The seemingly obvious development by 12...Be7
followed by castling would be virtual suicide due to white's quick attack by
Ne2-f4 followed by the queen leap to g4 or h5.} (12... Bd7 13. Nf4 Na7 14. Qg4
g6 (14... Ba4 $2 15. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 16. Qxe6+ Be7 17. Bxh7 Rxh7 18. Qg6+ Kd7 19.
Qxh7 $18) 15. Nf3 Nb5 16. Ng5 {and soon white will crash through.}) 13. Nf4 Kc7
14. Qf3 (14. Qg4 {is a possible alternative.}) 14... Rb8 (14... g6 15. Nh3 {
[%csl Rf7]} Qe7 16. Ng5 $1 (16. Re1 {followed by Nd2-f1 is also good.}) 16...
Bh6 (16... Qxg5 17. Nxc4 $18 {[%csl Rb6,Rg5]}) 17. Nge4 $3 (17. Nxf7 $2 Rf8 18.
Nxh6 Rxf3 19. Nxf3 {is not so clear.}) 17... dxe4 18. Bxe4 Nd5 (18... Bb7 19.
Rxb6 $1 Kxb6 20. Nxc4+ Kc7 21. Bxh6 $18) 19. Nxc4 Bxc1 20. Rfxc1 $40 {Fritz
shows here nearly 4 pawns advantage for white, so I guess white's attack is
strong enough here...}) 15. Nh5 $1 Qe7 16. Re1 Ba6 $6 {The bishop looks
awkward on a6.} ({More logical seems to be} 16... Bd7 17. Qg3 Kb7 18. Nf3 $16)
17. Qg3 g6 $2 {Black's surrender of the f6 square is crucial.} ({It was
necessary to move the king to a safer place:} 17... Kb7 {[%cal Yb7a7]} {
Of course, white is much better here and can increase his pressure by} 18. Nf3
({But not} 18. Nxg7 $4 Rg8 19. Nf5 Rxg3 20. Nxe7 Rxc3 21. Nxc6 Kxc6 {and black
gets the best of it.})) 18. Nf6 Kb7 {[%tqu "En","If you can crack this one,
you can be proud of yourself.","","","d2e4","This completely unobvious move
crashes through black's defences.",20]} 19. Nde4 $3 {[%mdl 128] This
completely unobvious move crashes through black's defences.} Ka7 ({Accepting
the sacrifice leads to some spectacular lines, for instanse:} 19... dxe4 20. d5
Na7 (20... exd5 21. Nxd5 $18) 21. Be3 (21. Rxb6+ Kxb6 22. Be3+ Kb7 23. d6 Qd8
24. Bxe4+ Kc8 25. Bxa7 $18) 21... Nac8 22. Bxb6 Nxb6 23. Rxb6+ Kxb6 24. Qe3+
Kb7 (24... Qc5 25. Nd7+ $18) 25. d6 Qd8 26. Bxe4+ Kc8 27. Qc5+ {mating.}) 20.
Nd6 {[%csl Gd6,Gf6][%cal Cf8g7,Cg7f6] White's knights have penetrated the
heart of black's position.} Nc8 21. Ba3 Rxb1 22. Rxb1 Nxd6 (22... Qc7 23. Bc5+
Ka8 24. Ba4 $18) 23. Bc5+ $1 Ka8 24. Ba4 $1 {[%mdl 2048] White brings all his
reserves into play, not selling his position short by prematurely taking on d6.
} Bb7 (24... Qc7 25. exd6 $18) 25. exd6 $1 Qxf6 26. Bxc6 Bxc6 27. d7 $1 Bxc5
28. Qc7 {[%cal Rc7a5,Rc7c6]} e5 29. dxc5 {A very brutal and impressive
performance. I would say that white's level of play in this game was something
unreachable. Therefore, one should not blaim a human and particularly great
player like Ruslan Ponomariov for his seemingly poor performance, but praise
the chess engine for the great game. In my opinion, the question about the
better player, human or computer is becoming retoric. Therefore, people should
concentrate on competing between themselves...} 1-0

[Event "Bilbao Human-Comp 2nd"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2005.11.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Comp Junior"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "305"]
[EventDate "2005.11.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Qb1
c4 9. Nh3 f5 10. Be2 Nc6 11. O-O b6 12. Bh5+ g6 13. Bf3 Bd7 14. Qc1 O-O-O 15.
Ng5 Rf8 16. h4 h6 17. Nh3 Rf7 18. g3 Rfh7 19. Bg2 Nge7 20. Rb1 Kc7 21. Re1 Bc8
22. Bf3 Bd7 23. Be3 Bc8 24. Qb2 Bd7 25. Bc1 Be8 26. Bd2 Bd7 27. Rec1 Be8 28.
Ra1 Bd7 29. Re1 Be8 30. Bg2 Bd7 31. Bc1 Be8 32. Be3 Bd7 33. Bd2 Be8 34. Qb1 Bd7
35. Qc1 Be8 36. Bf4 Kc8 37. Rb1 Bd7 38. Bd2 Kc7 39. Be3 Be8 40. Bf3 Bd7 41. Bd2
Be8 42. Bf4 Bd7 43. Ra1 Be8 44. Bd2 Bd7 45. Re3 Be8 46. Rb1 Bf7 47. Re2 Be8 48.
Bg2 Bd7 49. Qb2 Rg8 50. Bh1 Rgh8 51. Bf3 Be8 52. Bg2 Bd7 53. Qc1 Be8 54. Be3
Bd7 55. Ra1 Be8 56. Bf3 Kd7 57. Re1 Kc7 58. Bf4 Bd7 59. Qb2 Rg8 60. Bd2 Be8 61.
Qc1 Rgh8 62. Qd1 Rg8 63. Be3 Bd7 64. Qc1 Rgh8 65. Bg2 Kc8 66. Qd2 Kc7 67. f3
Bc8 68. Re2 Bd7 69. f4 Rb8 70. Nf2 b5 71. Nd1 Nc8 72. Re1 Nb6 73. Bf3 Qa5 74.
Qf2 Na4 75. Rb1 Qa6 76. Bd2 Qc8 77. Ne3 Ne7 78. Kg2 Bc6 79. Nd1 Qf8 80. Nb2
Nxb2 81. Rxb2 Rb6 82. Kg1 Be8 83. Rbb1 Nc6 84. Bc1 Nd8 85. Kf1 Nf7 86. Ke2 Rg7
87. Qh2 Qe7 88. Ke3 Bc6 89. Rg1 g5 90. hxg5 hxg5 91. Rh1 Rb8 92. Qf2 Rh8 93.
Rxh8 Nxh8 94. Bb2 Ng6 95. Rg1 Be8 96. Bc1 Rh7 97. fxg5 Qxg5+ 98. Ke2 Qe7 99.
Kd1 Nf8 100. g4 fxg4 101. Bxg4 Nd7 102. Qg3 Bh5 103. Bxh5 Rxh5 104. Qg6 Rf5
105. Be3 Qf7 106. Qxf7 Rxf7 107. Rg6 Nf8 108. Rg8 Kd7 109. Kd2 Ke8 110. Bh6 Rf1
111. Bg7 a6 112. Ke2 Rf7 113. Ke1 Rf3 114. Kd1 Rf1+ 115. Kd2 a5 116. Ke2 Rf7
117. Bh6 a4 118. Bg7 Rf5 119. Rh8 Rf7 120. Bh6 Rf5 121. Bd2 Rf7 122. Be1 Rh7
123. Rxh7 Nxh7 124. Bh4 Nf8 125. Kf3 Nd7 126. Bg5 Nb8 127. Ke2 Kf7 128. Bd8 Nc6
129. Bb6 Kg6 130. Bc5 Kf5 131. Kf3 Nd8 132. Bd6 Nf7 133. Be7 Kg6 134. Kg4 Nh6+
135. Kf4 Nf5 136. Bb4 Kh5 137. Bf8 Kh4 138. Bd6 Kh5 139. Bf8 Nh4 140. Kg3 Ng6
141. Bd6 Kg5 142. Bc7 Kf5 143. Kf3 Nh8 144. Bd8 Nf7 145. Be7 Kg6 146. Kg4 Nh6+
147. Kf4 Kh5 148. Bd6 Ng4 149. Kf3 Kh4 150. Be7+ Kh5 151. Bd6 Nh6 152. Kf4 Nf5
153. Bf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Adly, Ahmed"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 h6 8. Bc4
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bb3 Nc6 11. Nh4 Na5 12. Bd5 Bg4 13. Qd3 Nc6 14. Bb3 Na5 15.
h3 Nxb3 16. axb3 Be6 17. Rfd1 Rc8 18. Rac1 Rc6 19. Nf3 Qc8 20. Nd2 Rd8 21. Nd5
Re8 22. Nb4 Rc7 23. Bb6 Rd7 24. c4 Bd8 25. Be3 Ba5 26. Nd5 Qd8 27. b4 Bxd5 28.
bxa5 Be6 29. Bb6 Qe7 30. Qe2 Kh7 31. Nb1 g5 32. Rd3 Rg8 33. g4 h5 34. f3 Kg7
35. b3 Nh7 36. Qd2 Nf8 37. Be3 Kh7 38. Rd1 Ng6 39. Bxg5 f6 40. Be3 f5 41. Bg5
Qf7 42. Nc3 fxg4 43. hxg4 Nf4 44. Bxf4 exf4 45. Qh2 Rg5 46. Nd5 Kg8 47. Qxf4
Rg6 48. Qg3 hxg4 49. f4 Rh6 50. f5 Bxd5 51. Qxg4+ Qg7 52. Rg3 Bxe4 53. Kf2 Rh2+
54. Ke3 Bxf5 55. Qxg7+ Rxg7 56. Rxg7+ Kxg7 57. Rxd6 Kf7 58. Kd4 Ke7 59. Kc5 Rh3
60. b4 Be4 61. Rd2 Bc6 62. Rb2 Rc3 63. Kd4 Ra3 64. Kc5 Rc3 65. Kd4 Rh3 66. Kc5
Rh6 67. b5 Bh1 68. Rd2 Rg6 69. Rh2 Bf3 70. Rh7+ Ke8 71. Rh8+ Kd7 72. Rh7+ Ke8
73. Rh8+ Ke7 74. Rh7+ Kf8 75. Rh8+ Kg7 76. Rd8 axb5 77. cxb5 Rg5+ 78. Kb4 Kf7
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Adly, Ahmed"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "218"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 d5 4. c4 cxd4 5. exd4 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. h3 O-O 8. Be2
Nc6 9. O-O Be6 10. c5 Ne4 11. Be3 Nxc5 12. dxc5 d4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bf3 Rc8
15. Bd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd4 e5 17. Be3 Bc4 18. Qxd8 Rfxd8 19. Rfd1 f5 20. f3 Bf6 21.
Rac1 Bd3 22. Rd2 Kf7 23. a4 a6 24. b4 e4 25. fxe4 fxe4 26. b5 axb5 27. Nxb5 Ke6
28. Na7 Rc7 29. Nb5 Rc6 30. Nc3 b6 31. Ne2 Bxe2 32. Rxe2 Rd3 33. Kf1 bxc5 34.
Rxc5 Rxc5 35. Bxc5 Kd5 36. Rc2 Rd1+ 37. Ke2 Ra1 38. Be3 Rxa4 39. Rc5+ Kd6 40.
Rc2 Be5 41. Rd2+ Ke6 42. Rc2 Ra5 43. Rd2 Bc3 44. Rd8 Ra2+ 45. Kf1 Be5 46. Rd2
Ra3 47. Ke2 Bd6 48. Rd1 Rb3 49. Rd2 Rb5 50. Rc2 Be5 51. Rd2 Bf6 52. Ra2 Kd5 53.
Rd2+ Ke6 54. Ra2 Bc3 55. Ra7 Rb2+ 56. Kf1 h5 57. Ra6+ Kf5 58. Rb6 Ra2 59. Rb5+
Ke6 60. Rb6+ Kd5 61. Rxg6 Kc4 62. Rd6 Be5 63. Rd8 Bg3 64. Rd4+ Kc3 65. Rd1 h4
66. Bh6 Rf2+ 67. Kg1 Kc2 68. Ra1 Rf6 69. Be3 Kd3 70. Ba7 Rf7 71. Ra3+ Kc2 72.
Ra2+ Kb3 73. Ra6 Kc3 74. Ra3+ Kb2 75. Ra4 Kc3 76. Ra3+ Kb4 77. Ra2 Rf8 78. Be3
Kc3 79. Bb6 Rb8 80. Ba5+ Kd3 81. Ra3+ Kc4 82. Kf1 Rb2 83. Re3 Rf2+ 84. Kg1 Ra2
85. Rxe4+ Kd3 86. Re1 Rxa5 87. Rb1 Kc2 88. Rf1 Re5 89. Ra1 Kd2 90. Ra2+ Kd3 91.
Ra3+ Kd4 92. Ra4+ Kd5 93. Ra5+ Ke6 94. Ra1 Re1+ 95. Rxe1+ Bxe1 96. Kf1 Bg3 97.
Ke2 Kf5 98. Kf3 Bf4 99. Kf2 Ke4 100. Ke2 Be3 101. Kf1 Kf4 102. g4 hxg3 103. Kg2
Bd4 104. h4 Be5 105. h5 Kg5 106. Kf3 Kxh5 107. Kg2 Kg4 108. Kh1 Kf3 109. Kg1
Bc3 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.11.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. a4
c5 16. d5 c4 17. Bg5 h6 18. Be3 Nc5 19. Qd2 h5 20. Bxc5 dxc5 21. Bd1 Re7 22.
Be2 Ne8 23. b3 cxb3 24. axb5 axb5 25. Bxb5 Nd6 26. Qd3 Rxa1 27. Rxa1 b2 28. Rb1
Qa5 29. Rxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.12.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 Bxc3 5. bxc3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O O-O 8.
d3 d6 9. e4 Nbd7 10. Nh4 d5 11. exd5 exd5 12. Nf5 Re8 13. Bg5 Re5 14. g4 h6 15.
Bh4 Qc8 16. Re1 Rxe1+ 17. Qxe1 Qf8 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Qe5 Nxg4 20. Qxc7 Qb8 21.
Qg3 Qxg3 22. hxg3 Rd8 23. cxd5 g6 24. Ne7+ Kf8 25. Nc6 Bxc6 26. dxc6 Rxd3 27.
c4 Ke7 28. Bd5 Kd6 29. Re1 g5 30. Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.12.02"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Nc3 b5 11. Qd3 b4 12. Nb1 Be4 13. Qe3 c5 14. Nbd2 Bb7 15.
dxc5 Nbd7 16. Nb3 Rc8 17. Rd1 Nd5 18. Qd3 Nxc5 19. Nxc5 Rxc5 20. Bd2 a5 21. Be3
Nxe3 22. Qxe3 Qc7 23. Nd4 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Bf6 25. Rd3 Qb7+ 26. f3 Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.12.02"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Bb2 Bd7 10. g4 Nfe7 11. Nc3 Na5 12. Nd2 ({Quite often White has used
another plan :} 12. Qc2 {but I have the feeling that after the almost forced}
Nc4 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. Nd2 Qc6 15. Nce4 {Black could have received good chances
without too many problems, for example:} Nc8 (15... c3 16. Nd6+ Kd8 ({It will
be interesting to check in future} 16... Qxd6 17. exd6 cxd2+ 18. Qxd2 Nd5 {
[%csl Gd5] with some compensation for the queen}) 17. Nxf7+ (17. Qxc3 Qxh1+ 18.
Ke2 Nd5 $5 19. Qg3 Qxa1 20. Bxa1 Bxd6 21. exd6 Rc8 $36) 17... Ke8 18. Nd6+ Kd8
19. Nf7+ Ke8 20. Nd6+ {1/2-1/2 Sveshnikov,E (2557)-Radjabov,T (2656)/Tallinn
Keres mem rap 2004/CBM 100/[Psakhis]}) (15... Nd5 16. Nxc4 Nb6 17. Ncd6+ Bxd6
18. Nxd6+ Ke7 19. Qxc6 Bxc6 20. Rg1 Nc8 21. d5 $5 (21. b5 Bd5 22. Rc1 Nxd6 23.
Rc7+ Kd8 24. exd6 Rc8 $44 {1/2-1/2 Sveshnikov,E (2561)-Potkin,V (2518)/RUS-ch
Krasnoyarsk 2003}) 21... Bxd5 22. Rc1 $36 {Black is stuck for passive defense
in the endgame.}) 16. Nxc4 b5 17. Ne3 Qxc2 18. Nxc2 Bc6 19. f3 Nb6 20. Ne3 Na4
21. O-O-O O-O-O 22. Rhf1 Be7 23. Kb1 Kb7 {0-1 Molander,R (2323)-Johannessen,L 
(2564)/Stockholm RC 2005/The Week in Chess 582 (42)}) 12... Rc8 13. Rc1 Ng6 {
[%mdl 4]} ({Worth considering and sharp:} 13... h5 $5 14. Rc2 Nc4 (14... Nac6
15. Na4 Qd8 16. Nc5) 15. Bxc4 dxc4 16. Nce4 Nd5 17. Nxc4 Rxc4 $5 18. Rxc4 a5
19. O-O (19. gxh5 axb4 20. a4 Qa6) 19... axb4 20. axb4 Qd8 $132 {1/2-1/2
Ivanchuk,V (2717)-Bareev,E (2707)/Dubai FIDE GP 2002/CBM 89/[Psakhis] (50)
with a crazy position.}) 14. Qe2 $146 {This new move can't change the
evaluation of the line as quite favorable for Black.} (14. h4 Be7 15. g5 (15.
h5 Nf4 16. Nf3 (16. Qf3 Bg5 17. Ne2 Rxc1+ 18. Nxc1 O-O $17 {1/2-1/2 Grischuk,
A-Kruppa,Y/RUS Cup Elista 2000/CBM 79/[Psakhis,L] (28)}) 16... Nc4 17. Qb3 O-O
18. Na4 Bxa4 {0-1 Degraeve,J (2606)-Komarov,D (2556)/Marseille 2000/ChessBase})
15... O-O ({Black didn't equalize after} 15... h6 16. gxh6 Rxh6 17. h5 Nh4 (
17... Nf8 18. Rc2 Nc4 19. Nxc4 dxc4 20. Bc1 Rh8 21. Qg4 a5 22. b5 Rh7 23. Bg2
f5 24. exf6 gxf6 25. h6 a4 {1/2-1/2 Thipsay,P-Barua,D/IND-ch Calicut 2003/80)})
18. Qg4 Nf5 19. Bd3 Bf8 (19... Nxd4 20. Qxg7 Bf8 21. Qg8 $36) 20. Ne2 Nc4 $6 (
20... Nc6 21. Nf3 Nce7 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. Bc1 Rh8 $14) 21. Nxc4 dxc4 22. Bxf5
exf5 23. Qg2 $16 {1-0 Grischuk,A (2712)-Radjabov,T (2624)/Wijk aan Zee 2003 
(99)}) 16. Rg1 (16. Ne2 Rfd8 17. h5 Nf8 18. Rg1 Rxc1 19. Nxc1 Nc6 20. Rg4 Rc8
21. Ncb3 Nd8 22. Nc5 Bb5 23. Rg3 Bxf1 24. Kxf1 a5 25. Bc3 axb4 26. axb4 Ra8 27.
Kg2 Qb5 28. Nd3 Nc6 29. Qb1 Ra3 30. Bb2 {Shirov,A (2710)-Gurevich,M (2652)/WCC
Khanty Mansyisk 2005/ 0-1 (37)}) ({Interesting complications could have arisen
after} 16. h5 Nf4 17. h6 g6 {for example:} 18. Qf3 Qxd4 19. Nd1 (19. bxa5 Bxg5
$36) 19... Qxb2 $1 20. Nxb2 Rxc1+ 21. Nd1 Ba4 $1 22. Be2 (22. Qxf4 Bxd1 23. Ne4
Nb3 $19) 22... Nxe2 23. Kxe2 Nc6 $17) 16... Nxh4 {At least, a very brave move.}
17. Bd3 g6 (17... Ng6 18. Qg4 $13 {[%cal Gc3d5]}) 18. Qg4 Nf5 19. Bxf5 exf5 20.
Qh4 Rfe8 21. Nxd5 Rxc1+ 22. Bxc1 Qc6 {[%cal Rc6c1,Rc6d5]} 23. Nxe7+ $8 Rxe7
$132 {1/2-1/2 Potkin,V (2522)-Hug,W (2453)/EUR-ch Istanbul 2003/CBM 96/
[Psakhis] (28)}) (14. Bb5 Nc6 15. Nf3 Be7 16. h4 Ncxe5 17. dxe5 Bxb5 18. h5 Nf8
19. Nxb5 Rxc1 20. Qxc1 Qxb5 21. Qc8+ Bd8 $17 {0-1 Alekseev,E-Ivanov,S/St
Petersburg-ch 2001/ (35)}) 14... Be7 15. Qe3 O-O (15... Nh4 $5) (15... Nc4 $5
16. Bxc4 dxc4 17. O-O O-O 18. f4 $132 {[%cal Rf4f5]}) 16. h4 f6 (16... Nxh4 $6
17. g5 Nf5 18. Qh3 h6 19. gxh6 $40) (16... Bxh4 17. Bd3 Be7 18. g5 $5 Nc4 19.
Bxc4 dxc4 20. Nce4 $36 {[%cal Re3h3,Od2c4,Re4f6]}) 17. h5 Nh8 18. Rc2 (18. h6
$5 g6 {[%cal Gh8f7]}) 18... Nc6 19. Na4 Qd8 {White has big advantage in space,
but how to use it?} 20. exf6 (20. h6 $5 g6 21. b5 Na5 22. Rxc8 Bxc8 23. Bc3 Nf7
{and Black is doing fine.}) 20... Bxf6 21. Nc5 e5 $1 {Black exploits the
drawbacks of White's set-up very convincingly! Possibly, Motylev just missed
this move} ({but and after} 21... Nf7 {Black's position is solid as rock.}) 22.
Nxb7 $2 (22. dxe5 $142 Nxe5 $1 23. Nxb7 $140 (23. Bxe5 Bxe5 $40) 23... Rxc2 $1
24. Nxd8 Rxb2 {with numerous threats}) 22... exd4 $5 {Now Black obtains the
decisive advantage is all variations, but and} (22... Nxd4 $1 {could have been
a good alternative to the text, for example} 23. Rc3 (23. Bxd4 exd4 24. Nxd8
dxe3 25. Rxc8 exd2+ 26. Kxd2 Bxc8 $19) 23... Rxc3 24. Qxc3 (24. Nxd8 Rxe3+ 25.
fxe3 Nc2+) 24... Qb6 25. Nc5 Bxg4 $19) 23. Qf3 ({Maybe White had to try} 23.
Qb3 {and after} Qe7+ 24. Kd1 (24. Be2 d3 $5 25. Qxd5+ Nf7 26. Qxd3 Bxb2 27.
Rxb2 $140 Nxb4 $1 $19) 24... d3 (24... Bxg4+ $5 25. f3 Ne5) 25. Bxd3 Bxb2 26.
Qxd5+ Nf7 27. Rxb2 Bxg4+ 28. f3 Be6 {Black's advantage is obvious, but I
didn't found a forced win.}) 23... Qe7+ 24. Kd1 Ne5 (24... d3 $5 25. Bxd3 Bxb2
26. Qxd5+ Nf7 27. Rxb2 Be6 28. Bxh7+ $5 Kh8 29. Qg2 Qxb7 {and three white
pawns couldn't fully compensate the black knight and great attacking
possibilities.}) 25. Qxd5+ Be6 $19 (25... Nhf7 $5 26. Na5 Nxg4 $40) 26. Qd6 ({
Doesn't help and} 26. Qg2 Bxg4+ 27. Kc1 d3 $1 28. Rc5 Nc4 $1 $19) 26... Bxg4+
27. f3 Qxb7 $19 28. fxg4 Rxc2 29. Kxc2 Nhf7 30. Qe6 Qxh1 {The rest is simple.}
31. Bxd4 Qc6+ 32. Qxc6 Nxc6 33. Bc5 Rd8 34. Ne4 Bd4 35. Bc4 Bxc5 36. Nxc5 Rd4
37. Be6 Kf8 38. Kc3 Rd6 {A great game by Ruslan Ponomariov.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.12.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Xu, Jun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. f3
O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. Qe1 $5 e5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Bc4 Be6 14. Bf2
Qc7 {[%mdl 4] The whole line is rather important for the future of 9...d5 line,
since 10.Qe1!? seems to be the most challenging white's response.} (14... Rb8
15. Bb3 a5 16. Na4 Qc7 17. Bc5 Rfe8 18. h4 Rb5 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21.
h5 {1-0 De la Riva Aguado,O (2425)-Semprun Martinez,F/San Sebastian 1995 (41)})
15. Ne4 (15. Bxd5 cxd5 16. Bg3 f6 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Qc4 19. Qd2 Bb4 20. c3
Qxa2 21. Re1 Rfc8 22. Rd7 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Qa1+ 24. Kc2 Qa4+ 25. Kc1 {1-0 Wang
Hao (2519)-Xu Jun (2582)/Hyderabad 2005 (39)}) 15... Rfd8 {Aseev has managed
to find a more promissing plan with advance of the a pawn.} (15... f6 $5 16. h4
a5 17. a4 Rfb8 18. Rd3 Rb4 19. Bb3 Bf7 20. g3 Rab8 21. Qd2 Qb7 22. Kd1 h6 23.
Bc5 Bxc5 24. Nxc5 Qa7 $17 {1/2-1/2 Bezgodov,A (2576)-Aseev,K (2517)/Samara
2000 (78)}) 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. Bxc5 Nf4 18. Bxe6 Nxe6 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Be3 c5
21. Qe2 c4 22. Rd1 Rxd1+ 23. Kxd1 (23. Qxd1 Qc6 24. Bxa7 Qa4 25. Be3 Qxa2 26.
Qd5 Qa1+ 27. Kd2 Qxb2 28. Qa8+ Nf8 29. Bc5 c3+ 30. Ke3 Qc1+ 31. Kd3 Qd2+ 32.
Kc4 h6 33. Qxf8+ Kh7 34. Kb3 {1-0 Motylev,A (2552)-Aseev,K (2517)/Samara 2000 
(43)}) 23... e4 {Xu Jun is right in beeing worried about his chances of
survival. White has the bishop and assymetry of the pawns thus plays into his
hands.} (23... c3 24. b3 Kf8 25. Qc4 (25. Qa6 Nf4 26. g3 Qd7+ 27. Kc1 Nd5 28.
Qxa7 Qxa7 29. Bxa7 $16) 25... Qxc4 26. bxc4 a6 27. Ke2 Ke7 28. Kd3 $14) 24. h3
(24. fxe4 Qxh2 25. Bxa7 Qd6+ 26. Qd2 Qh2 $11) 24... c3 (24... Qd8+ 25. Kc1 exf3
26. Qxf3 h6 27. c3 $14) 25. b3 (25. bxc3 exf3 26. Qxf3 Qxc3 27. Qa8+ Nf8 28.
Qxa7 Qc6 29. Bc5 $14) 25... exf3 (25... Qd6+ 26. Ke1 (26. Kc1 Qa3+ 27. Kd1 Qd6+
) 26... exf3 27. Qxf3 h6 $14) 26. Qxf3 h6 (26... Qd6+ 27. Ke1 h6 $14) 27. Qa8+
Kh7 28. Qe4+ Kg8 29. Ke2 Qa5 (29... Qd6 30. a4 a6 31. b4 $14) 30. a4 Qh5+ $6 {
Defense is becoming more difficult by the day since white king has planned the
advance towards black c3 pawn. The bishop is fully dominating black's knight.}
(30... g5 31. Kd3 Nc5+ 32. Bxc5 Qxc5 33. b4 $16) 31. Kd3 Qa5 32. Qc6 (32. Qa8+
Kh7 33. Qxa7 Qd5+ 34. Kxc3 Qxg2 35. b4 $18) 32... Kh7 33. Kc4 a6 34. Qd6 Qh5 (
34... Kg8 35. g4 $16) 35. Kxc3 a5 36. Kd2 g6 37. Kc1 Qf5 38. Qd2 h5 39. Qf2 $1
1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.12.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Xu, Jun"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O (7. a3
Be7 8. b4 Be6 9. Rb1 f6 10. O-O a5 11. b5 Nd4 12. d3 a4 13. Nd2 Bd5 14. Nxd5
Nxd5 15. Bb2 Nxb5 16. Qc1 c6 17. Qc4 Ra5 18. Qg4 O-O 19. Nc4 Ra6 20. Be4 $44 {
1-0 Istratescu,A-Stefanova,A/Aix-En-Provence 2004/(30)}) 7... Be7 8. a3 Be6 {
Mit dieser selten gespielten Fortsetzung möchte sich Schwarz die Rochade
sparen und das Plustempo am Damenflügel oder im Zentrum verwenden.} (8... O-O)
9. b4 f6 {[%mdl 4]} (9... Nd4 10. Rb1 Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 c6 12. b5 (12. d3) 12...
Rc8 13. bxc6 (13. a4 O-O 14. a5 Nd5 15. a6 $6 {1/2-1/2 Golubovic,B-Atalik,S/
Neum 2005/CBM 106 ext/[Atalik] (56)}) 13... bxc6 14. d3 O-O 15. Bb2 Qd7 (15...
f6 16. a4 Nd5 17. d4 Nxc3 18. Bxc3 exd4 19. Qxd4 Qxd4 20. Bxd4 c5 21. Bc3 Rb8 {
1/2-1/2 Bui Vinh-Rytshagov,M/Bled olm 2002/(21)}) 16. Qc2 Bd5 17. Ne4 f6 18. a4
Bf7 19. a5 Nd5 20. Nc5 Qc7 21. Bg4 Nb4 22. Qc3 Na2 23. Qc2 Nb4 24. Qc3 Na2 {
1/2-1/2 Dittmar,P-Romanishin,O/St Vincent 2004 (24)}) 10. d4 {Weiß opfert
temporär einen Bauern, um die Initiative zu erlangen, aber meiner Meinung nach
wäre es klüger, ruhig zu spielen.} (10. d3 Qd7 (10... O-O)) (10. Rb1) 10...
exd4 (10... Nxd4 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Nb5 Qd7 (12... c6 13. Nxd4 Bd5 14. e4 $36)
13. Nxd4 O-O-O 14. Bb2 Bh3 15. Qb3) 11. Nb5 d3 {Mit diesem Zug möchte Schwarz
die gegnerische Bauernstellung verschlechtern} (11... O-O 12. Nbxd4 Nxd4 13.
Nxd4 Bd5 14. e4 (14. Bxd5+ Qxd5 15. e4) 14... Bc4 15. Re1) 12. Bf4 Nd5 {
[%cal Gd5c7,Gd5f4]} (12... dxe2 $6 13. Qxe2 Bc4 14. Nxc7+ Qxc7 15. Qxc4 Nxc4
16. Bxc7 $14) 13. Qxd3 Nxf4 14. Qxd8+ Rxd8 15. gxf4 Bd6 (15... Bc4 16. Nxc7+
Kd7 (16... Kf7) 17. Rac1 Bxe2 18. Rfe1) 16. e3 a6 17. Nxd6+ (17. Nfd4 Nxd4 18.
Nxd4 Bc8 19. Rac1 $11) 17... Rxd6 $11 {Schwarz hat eine bequeme Stellung ohne
Schwächen. Nachfolgend möchte er Ke7 und Rhd8 spielen.} 18. Rfc1 Ke7 19. a4 $6
{Meiner Meinung nach ist es besser den Bauern auf a3 lassen.} (19. Ne1 $5 {
[%cal Gg2a8,Gc1c8]}) 19... Nxb4 (19... Rc8 $6 20. b5 $36) 20. Rxc7+ Rd7 21.
Rcc1 (21. Rxd7+ Bxd7 22. Nd4 b6) 21... Nc6 22. Rab1 Rhd8 {[%csl Gc6,Ge6][%cal
Gd8d1] Schwarz kontrolliert die d-Linie und seine Leichtfiguren stehen
ebenfalls aktiv.} 23. h4 Bf5 (23... Bd5) 24. Rb2 Rd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 26. Kh2
Rb1 27. Ra2 (27. Rxb1 Bxb1 28. Nd2 Bc2 $17) 27... Be6 28. Ra3 Rb2 (28... Rc1)
29. Kg3 Ra2 $1 {Auf diese Weise kann Schwarz endlich die Türme tauschen.} 30.
Rxa2 Bxa2 $15 {[%csl Ya4][%mdl 4096] In diesem Endspiel hat Schwarz die
besseren Aussichten: er besitzt eine komfortable Bauernmehrheit am Damenflügel,
denn der a4P ist potentiell schwach.} 31. Nd2 Na5 (31... f5 $15) 32. Be4 Bg8 $1
{Schwarz belässt seine beiden Bauern am Königsflügel auf der 6. und 7. Reihe.}
(32... h6 $15) 33. Nf3 $6 (33. Bd3 $5) 33... Bb3 {[%csl Ra4][%cal Rb3a4]
Schwarz ergreift seine Chance, den weißen a-Bauern zu gewinnen.} 34. Bxh7 Bxa4
$17 {[%csl Ga6,Gb7] Schwarz besitzt bereits zwei verbundene Freibauern am
Damenflügel.} 35. Nd4 Bd7 36. Kf3 Nc4 37. Ke4 a5 38. Kd5 (38. Kd3 b5 $17) 38...
Nd6 39. Kc5 {[%csl Gc5] Die einzige weiße Gegenchance ist der aktive König.} f5
{[%csl Rh7]} (39... b5 $5) 40. f3 (40. Kb6 a4 $17) 40... b6+ {Mit diesem
Bauernopfer verjagt Schwarz den gegnerischen Koönig von c5.} (40... b5 41. e4
$132) 41. Kxb6 Nc4+ {[%cal Gc4a5,Rc4b6,Rc4e3]} 42. Ka6 (42. Kc5 Nxe3 $17) 42...
a4 43. Nc2 $6 (43. Nxf5+ $2 Bxf5 44. Bxf5 Nxe3 45. Bb1 Nd5 $19) (43. Bxf5 $1
Nxe3 (43... Bxf5 44. Nxf5+ Kf6 45. e4 a3 46. Nd4 a2 47. e5+ Kf7 48. Nc2) 44.
Bxd7 Kxd7 45. Kb5 a3 46. Kb4 a2 47. Nb3 Ke6 48. Ka3 Kf5 49. Kxa2 Kxf4 50. Nc5
$11) 43... Kf7 44. e4 $2 (44. h5) 44... g6 $1 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Rf7g7,Rg7h7]}
45. exf5 gxf5 46. h5 Kg7 47. Bg6 a3 {[%csl Ga3,Rg6] Der a-Bauer entscheidet
die Partie: Weiß spielt potentiell mit einer Figur weniger.} 48. Nb4 Ne3 $19
49. Ka5 Be6 50. Kb5 (50. Ka4 a2 51. Nxa2 Bxa2 $19) 50... Bb3 $1 {[%csl Gb3,Rb4]
Schwarz bereitet 51...Nd5 vor und verteidigt sich gegen 52.Nc2.} (50... a2 $19)
51. Be8 Nd5 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.12.06"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8.
e3 d5 9. b4 $5 {It's the main alternative in this position. Quite recently,
for CBM 110 I commented a game with different continuation - 9.b3} c5 $5 {
This is a move is a continuation for pronciple, which lowers White's
opportunities significantly.} ({On:} 9... Nbd7 {you can find five games in
Mega DataBase 2005}) ({Also once was checked in the preceding game:} 9... dxc4)
10. dxc5 {Otherwise, Black will exchange the pawns on "d4" himself.} bxc5 11.
Bb2 {White approves his "b4" move, and brings his dark squared bishop to the
big /^ a1-h8.} Nbd7 12. Be2 Nb6 ({After:} 12... dxc4 $143 13. Qxc4 Bd5 {
White keeps a positional advantage:} 14. Qc3 Qb6 15. O-O cxb4 16. axb4 Rfb8 17.
Ra4 $14 {Dobrov,V-Belov,V/playchess.com 2005(1/2-1/2)(22)}) 13. cxd5 {It's
rather difficult to continue the game without this logical move:} (13. bxc5 $6
Na4 14. Qb4 Nxb2 15. Qxb2 (15. Qxb7 $143 Nxc4 16. Bxc4 dxc4 $11) 15... Rb8 $44)
13... cxb4 14. axb4 Nbxd5 15. Qa3 a6 $1 $146 {A very important preventive move.
His idea is to prevent White from pushing his pawn to "b5" and fixate black's
backward pawn on "a7". Despite the fact that White has the bishop pair, Black
doesn't have any problems, because he has key squares in the center, and the
important square "b5".} (15... Qe7 $143 16. b5 {קa7} Qxa3 17. Rxa3 Rfc8 18.
O-O Rc2 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Nd4 Rc3 21. Ra5 $14 {Gurevich,M-Cmilyte,V/Gibraltar,
2006(1-0)(62)}) 16. O-O Qe7 17. Rfb1 Rfc8 {It is obviously that Black can't
touch the "b4" pawn:} (17... Qxb4 $4 18. Qxb4 Nxb4 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Rxb4 $18)
({or:} 17... Nxb4 18. Bxf6 {[%csl Rb4][%cal Ga3b4]}) 18. Bd4 {Of course, White
isn't in a hurry to exchange the queenside pawns:} (18. b5 $6 axb5 19. Qxe7
Nxe7 20. Bxb5 $11) 18... Ne4 19. Rb3 Nc7 $1 {[%cal Yb7d5,Gc7b5] Ruslan
Ponomariov moves his forces very well: the square "d5" is freed for the light
squared bishop, and the knight moves to the important defensive square "b5".}
20. Qb2 Bd5 21. Rba3 Rab8 $11 {Now the weak "b4" pawn, is compensation for the
weak "a6" pawn.} 22. Rb1 Nb5 23. Bxb5 ({After:} 23. Rxa6 $6 Nxd4 24. Nxd4 Nc3
$1 {Black takes the initiative!}) 23... Rxb5 24. Ne1 $6 {And still it was
better to go on the safe side:} (24. Rxa6 $5 Qxb4 (24... Rxb4 $143 25. Rc1 $1 {
[%csl Rg8]} Rxc1+ 26. Qxc1 Qb7 27. Ra7 $1 Rb1 $140 28. Ra8+ Qxa8 29. Qxb1 $11)
25. Qxb4 Rxb4 26. Rd1 (26. Rxb4 $4 Rc1+ 27. Ne1 Rxe1#) 26... f6 27. Raa1 {=/=/+
}) 24... Rcb8 25. Ra4 a5 26. f3 $6 ({Probably Loek Van Wely overlooked that
after:} 26. Nd3 {Black develops a sudden initiative on the kingside:} Qg5 {
[%csl Gd5,Rg2,Gg5]} 27. f4 Qg6 28. Ne5 Qh5 $15 {but all the same it was
necessary to play so !}) 26... Rxb4 27. Rxb4 $8 Rxb4 28. Qc2 Rxb1 29. Qxb1 Nf6
$15 30. Qb5 $6 {The wrong decision, this is not a successful place for white's
queen.} (30. Qa1 $142 {[%csl Ga1,Ra5][%cal Gd4c3]} Qc7 $140 31. Be5 (31. Bxf6
$6 gxf6 32. Qxf6 a4 $17 {It will be very hard to stop the passed "a4" pawn.})
31... Qc5 32. Bd4 Qb5 33. Bxf6 (33. Bc3 $6 a4 34. Bxf6 gxf6 35. Qxf6 a3 36.
Qd8+ Kg7 37. Qg5+ Kf8 38. Qd8+ Qe8 39. Qd6+ Qe7 40. Qb8+ Kg7 41. Qg3+ Kh6 {
[%csl Ye7,Yh6][%cal Yh6g6] The black king gets away from the checks.}) 33...
gxf6 34. Qxf6 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gf6d8,Gf6g5]} Bb7 35. Kf2 $15) 30... Qb4 31.
Qxb4 axb4 {[%mdl 4096] =/+/-/+ Now Black is left with an extra pawn in the
endgame, and very good chances to win.} 32. Nd3 b3 33. Kf2 {White is
considering to bring his king closer to "b3" and to eliminate it, and Black in
his turn plans to prevent that, and while he's at it, create some weaknesses
in white's kingside.} Bc4 34. Nb2 $6 ({It was necessary to decide on the more
active continuation:} 34. Ne5 $5 Bb5 35. e4 {=/+/-/+ and so on.}) 34... Bb5 35.
e4 {Obviously the exchange on "f6" was not in White's favour:} (35. Bxf6 gxf6
36. Ke1 Kg7 37. Kd2 Bf1 38. g3 Bg2 39. f4 Kg6 $17 {[%csl Yg6][%cal Cd2c3,Cc3b3,
Yg6f5,Yf5g4,Yg4h3,Yf5e4] and Black begins attacking White's kingside pawns.})
35... Nd7 36. e5 {White doesn't let the black pawn occupy that square,
although it could have been done differently:} (36. f4 $5 f6 37. e5 {forcing
the black pawn to "f6".}) 36... h5 37. h4 ({After:} 37. Ke3 Kh7 38. Kd2 Kg6 39.
Kc3 Bf1 40. g3 Bg2 41. f4 Bd5 $17 {White can not protect all weaknesses on the
kingside.}) 37... Kh7 38. g4 Nb8 $1 $17 {Puslan Ponomariov gradually improves
his position.} 39. Nd1 Nc6 40. Bc3 g5 $1 {Black tries to give White more
weaknesses this way.} 41. hxg5 $6 {After this exchange, White gets two pawn
islands on the kingside.} (41. Kg3 $142 gxh4+ 42. Kxh4 hxg4 43. Kxg4 $17) 41...
hxg4 42. fxg4 (42. f4 $2 {leads to a hopeless position:} Kg6 43. Kg3 Be2 44.
Ne3 Nb4 $19 {[%csl Gb3][%cal Gb3b2,Ce3g4,Yb4d3]}) 42... Kg6 43. Kg3 Kxg5 44.
Bd2+ Kg6 45. Bc3 Be2 {Black continues to improve the positions of his pieces.}
46. Nb2 Ne7 47. Na4 Nd5 48. Bb2 Bd3 49. Bd4 Bc2 {Ruslan placed his knight and
bishop in ideal positions, but you can't win the game without the king. So his
next goal is to transfer his king to the queenside.} 50. Bb2 Kg7 51. Bd4 Kf8
52. Kf2 Ke7 53. Ke2 Kd7 54. Kd2 {The white king goes to meet his black
colleague, with a tough goal, to stop his mission.} Kc6 55. Bb2 Nf4 56. Ke3 Nd3
{The knight comes to help his king, and controls new squares.} 57. Bd4 Kb5 58.
Nb2 (58. Nc3+ $2 Kb4 {/\b2} 59. Kd2 Kc4 60. Ne2 Kd5 {קe5 -+}) 58... Nb4 {
Now White's knight is stuck on "b2" and Black changes the direction of his
attack. His goal - to get rid of the pawn on "e5".} 59. Kd2 Nc6 60. Bc3 Kc5 61.
Na4+ Kd5 62. Ke3 Bd1 $1 {It was important not to hurry to grab the pawn on
"e5":} (62... Nxe5 $4 63. Nb6+ Kc6 64. Bxe5 Kxb6 65. g5 $11 {despite the 2
extra pawns, the opposite bishops provide White a unapproachable fortress.})
63. g5 $140 Bh5 {The bishop has met his purpose on "c2" square, and now is
transfered to the strongest position on /^ e8-h5.} 64. Bb2 ({A little bit
better:} 64. Nb6+ {For example, I can give this variation:} Kc5 65. Nd7+ Kc4
66. Kd2 Nb4 67. Nb6+ Kb5 68. Nc8 Bg6 69. Nd6+ Ka4 70. Nc4 Nd5 71. Bd4 Kb4 72.
Nb2 Ka3 73. Nc4+ Ka2 74. Nb2 Nf4 $19 {Black finally gets through his
opponent's defense.}) 64... Bg6 65. Nb6+ Kc5 66. Nc8 Nb4 67. Nd6 Nd3 68. Bd4+
Kd5 $19 {White can't both protect the e5 pawn, and prevent the "b" pawn from
becoming a queen.} 69. Nb5 Kc4 70. Nd6+ ({This doesn't change anything:} 70.
Na3+ Kb4 71. Nb1 b2 72. Bc3+ (72. Nd2 Ka3 {/\Ka2 and b1Q}) (72. Kd2 Kc4 73. Bc3
Kb3 74. Bd4 Nc1 75. Nc3 Kc4 {/\Nb3+}) 72... Kb3 73. Bd4 Kc2 74. Na3+ Kc1 $19)
70... Kb4 71. Nxf7 Ne1 $1 {[%csl Rd4,Re3,Rf7][%cal Ge1c2] As strange as it
seems, this also lead to a win:} (71... Bxf7 $2 72. Kxd3 Ka3 73. Kc4 (73. Kc3
$4 b2 74. Kc2 Bg6+) 73... b2 74. Bxb2+ Kxb2 75. Kc5 Kc3 76. Kd6 Kd4 77. Ke7 Bg8
78. Kf6 (78. Kf8 $144 Bh7 79. Kg7 Bf5 80. Kf6 Kd5 $19) 78... Ke4 79. g6 Kf4 80.
Kg7 Kg5 {with mate in 18 moves.}) 72. Kd2 Nf3+ {A good game, one to learn from!
} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.12.07"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d6 7. exd6 Bxd6 8. O-O
Nc6 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 {This position often arises via a different move order:
2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 d5 7.exd6 e6 (the main move is 7...
Qxd6) 8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 Bxd6 10.0-0.} Nd5 (10... O-O $142 $13) (10... Ne7 $5) ({
Even} 10... Be7 {is interesting, arranging pieces more typically against IQP.})
11. Bg5 $146 (11. Nc3 $14) 11... Be7 12. Bxd5 $1 $14 Qxd5 ({Safer is} 12...
exd5 {but then White is just slightly better in a symmetrical pawn structure,
with no risk of losing. In this second game of the match Van wely had to win
with Black in order to level the score, so his decision is understandable.}) (
12... Bxg5 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14. Nxg5 Qxg5 15. Qc1 {is also not an attempt to
play for a win.}) 13. Nc3 Qf5 {Overstepping the line. Now White achieved a
very strong initiative.} ({The objectively best} 13... Qd6 $14 {must have been
rejected automatically by Loek in view of} 14. Nb5 Qd8 15. Bf4 O-O 16. Nc7 Rb8
17. Nb5 Ra8 18. Nc7 $11 {and White would have achieved immediately the win in
the match.}) 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Qa4+ $1 Bd7 (15... Nc6 16. d5 exd5 17. Rfe1+ Be6
18. Nd4 Qg4 19. Nxe6 Qxa4 20. Nc5+ Qe4 21. N3xe4 dxe4 22. Rxe4+ $16) 16. Qa3
$16 Nd5 (16... Bc6 17. Ne5 f6 18. Nxc6 Nxc6 19. d5 exd5 20. Nb5 $16) 17. Ne5
Nxc3 ({Relatively bets is} 17... Bc6 {although White has a huge advantage
after the simple} 18. Rfe1) 18. bxc3 Qg5 19. Rab1 $18 Bc8 (19... b6 20. Rxb6
$18) 20. Rfe1 Qe7 21. Qa4+ Kf8 22. d5 {Black is helpless. White opens up the
position and everything is over.} h5 (22... exd5 23. Ng6+ $18) 23. Rbd1 exd5
24. Ng6+ fxg6 25. Rxe7 Kxe7 26. Qd4 Kf7 27. Qxd5+ Kf6 28. Qd4+ Kf7 29. Qc4+ Be6
30. Rd7+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.12.09"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8.
e3 d5 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. b4 Nce4 13. Qb3 dxc4 14. Bxc4
Qc7 15. Bb2 Ng4 16. g3 Qe7 17. h3 Ngf6 18. Be2 Rac8 19. Rac1 Rfd8 20. Bd4 h6
21. Qb2 Bd5 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rc1 Rxc1+ 24. Qxc1 Qb7 25. Bxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.12.10"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. a3 Bb7 10. g3 Qa5 11. Ra2 Rc8 12. Bg2 b4 13. axb4 Qxb4 14. O-O cxd4 15. Nxd4
Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bc5 17. Rd1 Bxd4+ 18. Qxd4 Rc4 19. Qf2 O-O 20. Bf1 Rc7 21. Qd4 a5
22. Qxb4 axb4 23. Nb5 Rxc2 24. Nd4 Rcc8 25. Ra7 Nc5 26. Rc1 Ba8 27. Ba6 Nxa6
28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Rxa6 g5 30. b3 gxf4 31. gxf4 Bb7 32. Rb6 Rc7 33. Kf2 Bc8 34.
Rc6 Rxc6 35. Nxc6 Bb7 36. Nxb4 d4 37. Nc2 d3 38. Nb4 d2 39. Ke2 Kg7 40. Kxd2
Kg6 41. Ke3 Kf5 42. Nd3 Bc6 43. b4 Kg4 44. Nf2+ Kf5 45. h3 h5 46. h4 Ba4 47.
Kf3 Bc6+ 48. Kg3 Ba4 49. Nd3 Bc6 50. Ne1 f6 51. Nf3 fxe5 52. Nxe5 Ba4 53. Nc4
Kf6 54. Kf3 Bb5 55. Nd6 Bc6+ 56. Ke3 e5 57. b5 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.12.12"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. Bf4 dxc4
15. Bxc4 Bd6 16. Rxe8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.12.13"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. a4 Nc6 10. Bf3 Be6 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Na5 13. Nd2 Rc8 14. b3 Qc7 15.
Ra2 b6 16. Re1 Ra8 17. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.12.14"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
b6 9. Bf4 Ba6 10. b3 Nbd7 11. Rd1 Rc8 12. Nc3 Qe8 13. e4 dxc4 14. bxc4 Bxc4 15.
Nd2 Ba6 16. Qa4 Bd3 17. Ndb1 b5 18. Qxa7 Bxb1 19. Raxb1 b4 20. Ne2 Ra8 21. Qc7
Rxa2 22. Nc1 Rc2 23. Nd3 Qc8 24. Qxc8 Rxc8 25. Nxb4 Bxb4 26. Rxb4 c5 27. Rb7
cxd4 28. e5 Nc5 29. exf6 Nxb7 30. Bxb7 Rd8 31. fxg7 Rc5 32. Bh6 Rh5 33. Be3 Rb5
34. Bf3 e5 35. Bg5 Rdb8 36. Be4 Kxg7 37. g4 h6 38. Bh4 h5 39. h3 hxg4 40. hxg4
Rb4 41. Kg2 Ra4 42. Be7 d3 43. Kf3 Rh8 44. g5 Rh4 45. Bf6+ Kg8 46. Bc6 Rac4 47.
Bb5 Rcf4+ 48. Ke3 Rh3+ 49. Kd2 Rxf2+ 50. Kc3 d2+ 51. Kc2 e4 52. Rxd2 e3 53. Re2
Rhh2 54. Kd1 Rh1+ 55. Kc2 Re1 56. Rxf2 exf2 57. Kd2 f1=Q 58. Bxf1 Rxf1 59. Ke2
Rf5 60. Ke3 Kh7 61. Ke4 Kg6 62. Bd8 Rxg5 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.12.14"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Bg4 3. e4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Be2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. h3 Bh5 8. Be3
c6 9. Nd2 Bxe2 10. Nxe2 d5 11. e5 Nfd7 12. Nf4 c5 13. c3 Nc6 14. Qg4 cxd4 15.
cxd4 Nb4 16. Nh5 g6 17. Bh6 Re8 18. Ng7 Bf8 19. Bg5 Be7 20. Nxe8 Bxg5 21. Nf3
Be7 22. Nd6 Qb6 23. Qf4 Rf8 24. Qh6 f6 25. Rac1 Nc6 26. Rc3 fxe5 27. dxe5 Qa6
28. Ng5 Bxg5 29. Qxg5 Nd4 30. Rc7 Ne2+ 31. Kh2 Nf4 32. Rfc1 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.12.15"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. Nf1 Bc8 14. c3 Be6 15. Bxe6
fxe6 16. b4 Qd7 17. Qb3 Rfb8 18. Bd2 a5 19. Ng5 axb4 20. axb4 cxb4 21. Nxe6 d5
22. Ng5 bxc3 23. Bxc3 b4 24. Bb2 Na5 25. Qd1 dxe4 26. Bxe5 Rb5 27. d4 b3 28.
Qe2 Rc8 29. Ne3 Nd5 30. Nxd5 Bxg5 31. Rxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.12.16"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Bd3
dxc4 {Eine solide Entwicklungsart. Unter anderem geht Schwarz allen Varianten
mit Bxf6, cxd5 aus dem Weg.} 9. Bxc4 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Qe2 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4
13. Bg3 Bd6 14. Bb5 $5 {Ein vielseitiger Zug. Weiß verhindert den
Befreiungsvorstoß c7-c5 und will sich mittels Rc1, Bc6 auf dem Punkt c6
einnisten.} (14. Rfd1 Bxg3 15. hxg3 Qe7 16. Rac1 Rfd8 17. Bb5 c5 18. a3 Rac8
19. Ba6 Rc7 $11 {Khalifman,A (2690)-Short,N (2682)/Moscow 2002}) (14. Rac1 Bxg3
15. hxg3 c5 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. Bb5 Rfd8 $11) 14... Bxg3 15. hxg3 c6 $1 {Die
beste Antwort. Der weiße Läufer wird zurückgeworfen, womit sich Schwarz das
spätere Durchsetzen von c6-c5 erleichtert.} (15... c5 $2 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. Bxd7
Qxd7 18. dxc5 $16) (15... Qe7 16. Rac1 Qd6 17. Rfd1 $14) 16. Ba4 b5 {
Vorzuziehen war m.E. 16...Rc8 nebst 17...Qe7, aber der Textzug reicht
ebenfalls zum Ausgleich.} (16... Rc8 17. Rfd1 Qe7 18. Rac1 Qb4 $1 19. Bb3 Rfd8
20. Qa6 Rc7 21. Nd2 Bg6 22. Qa4 Qxa4 23. Bxa4 Rdc8 $11 {Berkes,F (2614)
-Portisch,L (2543)/Hungary 2005}) 17. Bc2 Bxc2 18. Qxc2 Qb6 (18... Rc8 $6 19.
b4 Qe7 20. a3 e5 21. Rac1 $14) 19. Rac1 Rfc8 20. g4 $1 {Aronian will eine
zweite Front am Königsflügel eröffnen. Das sture Festlegen des Bauern c6
bringt ihm nichts.} (20. b4 a5 21. a3 axb4 22. axb4 Ra4 $11) 20... Qd8 ({Nach} 
20... c5 21. g5 cxd4 22. Qxc8+ Rxc8 23. Rxc8+ Kh7 24. exd4 hxg5 25. Nxg5+ Kg6
26. Nf3 $14 {wären die weißen Türme stärker als die schwarze Dame.}) 21. Qd3 a6
22. Rfd1 Qe7 23. Rc3 Rc7 $2 {Dies führt Schwarz in Schwierigkeiten, während
ihm 23...c5 einen problemlosen Ausgleich ermöglichte.} (23... c5 24. dxc5 Nxc5
25. Qc2 b4 $1 {Ein wichtiger Zwischenzug.} 26. Rc4 Rc7 27. Rc1 Rac8 $11) 24. a3
Nf6 25. Rdc1 $2 {Stärker war 25.g5!} (25. g5 $1 hxg5 (25... Nd5 26. Rc5 hxg5
27. e4 Nf4 28. Qc2 $16) 26. Rdc1 Rac8 27. Nxg5 e5 (27... c5 28. Rxc5 Rxc5 29.
Rxc5 Rxc5 30. dxc5 Qxc5 31. Qd8+ Qf8 32. Qc7 $16) 28. b4 exd4 29. Qxd4 $14)
25... Nxg4 26. Rxc6 Rac8 27. Rxc7 Rxc7 28. Rc3 Qd6 29. Qc2 Rxc3 30. Qxc3 Qd5 $6
{Schwarz hat noch nicht ausgeglichen, denn die weiße Dame ist aktiver und der
Zenrumsbauer d4 ist mehr Wert als der Randbauer h6. Am besten war es wohl, den
König mit 30...g6 oder 30...g5 abzusichern.} 31. Ne1 $1 {Tapfer gespielt! Die
Drohung f3 und e4 zwingt Schwarz regelrecht zu einer Invasion auf dem
Königsflügel. Aronian hat jedoch deren Folgen ganz genau eingeschätzt.} Qd6 32.
Kf1 Qh2 33. Qc6 $1 g5 34. Qxa6 Qh1+ 35. Ke2 Nh2 36. Qa8+ Kg7 37. Qe4 $2 {
Aronian gewann einen Bauern und konnte hier mit 37.Nd3! seinen Vorteil perfekt
machen. Der naheliegende Textzug gibt Schwarz eine Chance zum Ausgleich.} h5 $2
(37... Qf1+ $1 38. Kd1 Kg8 $1 $11 (38... Qxf2 $4 39. Qe5+)) 38. Kd2 $18 Nf1+
39. Kd1 $6 (39. Kc2 $18) 39... Qg1 40. Qf3 $2 (40. Ke2 Nh2 41. Nd3 $18) 40...
g4 41. Qf4 g3 42. Ke2 h4 43. Nd3 gxf2 $2 {Erneut geht Ponomariov an seiner
Remischance vorbei.} (43... Nh2 $1 44. Qxh4 Qf1+ 45. Kd2 Nf3+ $1 46. gxf3 g2
47. Qg5+ $11) 44. Qxh4 Nxe3 45. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 46. Kxf2 Nf5 47. d5 $1 exd5 48. Nb4
{Das entstandene Springerendspiel ist sehr unangenehm für Schwarz.} d4 $2 (
48... Kf6 $1 49. Nxd5+ Ke5 50. Nc7 Nd6 {, und Schwarz hat gute
Überlebenschancen (Ponomariov).}) 49. Kf3 $16 Nd6 50. b3 f5 51. Nc6 Kf6 52.
Nxd4 Ke5 53. Ke3 f4+ 54. Kd3 Kd5 55. Ne2 Ke5 56. Nc3 (56. Kc3 $1 Ke4 57. Kb4
Ke3 58. Nc3 Kf2 59. Nd5 $18) 56... Nf5 57. Nxb5 Nh4 {[%mdl 256]} 58. a4 Nxg2
59. Nd4 Ne1+ 60. Ke2 Ng2 61. a5 Ne3 62. Kd3 Kd6 63. b4 Ng4 64. Kc4 Ne3+ 65. Kb5
Nd5 66. Nf3 Nc7+ 67. Kc4 Nd5 68. b5 $2 (68. Nd2 Ne3+ 69. Kb5 Nd5 70. Nc4+ Kc7
71. Kc5 $18) 68... Ne3+ $11 69. Kd4 Nf5+ 70. Kc4 Ne3+ 71. Kd3 Kc5 72. b6 Nd5
73. b7 Nb4+ 74. Ke4 Na6 75. Nd4 f3 76. Ne6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.12.17"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D60"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[Annotator "Babula,V"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 {The
Tartakower is one of the most solid defences against the Queen's Gambit.} 8.
Bd3 Nbd7 ({It is more logical to develop the bishop at first} 8... Bb7) 9. cxd5
$5 {White immediately strives to exploit that fact.} (9. O-O Bb7 {leads to the
main lines.}) 9... Nxd5 ({Possible is also} 9... exd5 10. O-O Bb7 {but Black
stays with the closed Bb7. Usually in the Tartakower it is suitable for Black
to capture on d5 with a piece to keep the diagonal h1-a8 open for his bishop.
And when Black is forced to capture on d5 with a pawn, then he strives to
develop his bishop on e6. But in the game Black can't manage things this way,
it is a drawback of his move 8.}) 10. Nxd5 exd5 ({An interesting alternative is
} 10... Bxh4 {White maybe wanted to continue} 11. Nc3 $5 (11. Nxh4 exd5 12. Nf5
Nf6 13. Rc1 g6 14. Ng3 Qe7 15. Qc2 Bd7 16. O-O c6 17. Rfe1 Rfe8 18. a3 h5 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Pinter,J-Short,N/Rotterdam 1988/CBM 009 (41)})) 11. Bg3 $5 {Keeping
the bishops on the board gives White more chances for an opening advantage.} (
11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. O-O c5 13. Rc1 Bb7 $14 {1/2-1/2 Matras,O-Cechura,P/Plzen
1993/EXT 2004 (61)}) 11... Bb4+ {White doesn't mind this check.} 12. Ke2 {
The king is here in safety.} c5 $2 {A serious oversight, which can happen in
rapid game very easily.} 13. a3 Ba5 $6 ({If Black foresaw White's reply, he
would surely continue} 13... c4 $142 14. axb4 cxd3+ 15. Qxd3 $16) 14. b4 $3 {
[%mdl 64]} cxb4 15. Qb3 $1 $18 {[%csl Rb4,Rd5] The point of White's idea.
Black can't avoid decisive material losses.} Nc5 (15... bxa3 16. Qxd5 {[%csl
Ra8]}) (15... Qe7 16. Qxd5 Nf6 17. Qxa8 Bb7 18. Bd6 $1) 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. axb4
c4 $6 ({After} 17... Bxb4 $142 18. Rhd1 a5 $18 {Black can fight yet.}) 18. Bh7+
$1 Kh8 19. Qc3 {The further resistance is futile, Black continues to play just
because it is a rapid game.} Bxb4 20. Qxb4 Kxh7 21. Qd6 Bf5 22. Qxd8 Rfxd8 23.
Nd4 Bg6 24. Kd2 a5 25. Ra4 Ra6 26. Rha1 Rda8 27. Nb5 Rb6 28. Rxa5 c3+ 29. Nxc3
Rb2+ 30. Ke1 Rc8 31. R5a2 Rxa2 32. Nxa2 d4 33. exd4 Ra8 34. d5 Bf5 35. d6 Bd7
36. Bf4 Kg6 37. Bd2 Ra6 38. Bc3 Rxd6 39. Nb4 Bb5 40. Nc2 Rd3 41. Ra3 f6 42. Bd4
Rxa3 43. Nxa3 Bc6 44. f3 Kf7 45. Nc4 Ke6 46. Ne3 Bb7 47. Bc5 Bc6 48. Kf2 Bb7
49. f4 Be4 50. g3 h5 51. Ke2 g5 52. Kd2 h4 53. Kc3 hxg3 54. hxg3 gxf4 55. gxf4
Bb1 56. Kd4 Bg6 57. Bb6 Bb1 58. Bd8 f5 59. Kc5 Be4 60. Bg5 Bb1 61. Nd5 Be4 62.
Nb4 Kd7 63. Na2 Ke6 64. Nc3 Bf3 65. Nb5 Be4 66. Nd4+ Kd7 67. Bf6 Kc7 68. Ne6+
Kd7 69. Ng7 Kc7 70. Be7 Kd7 71. Bf8 Kc7 72. Kd4 Kd7 73. Ke5 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.12.17"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a3
d6 9. c3 Be6 10. d4 Bxb3 11. Qxb3 Re8 12. Qc2 Bf8 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Bg3
g4 16. Nh4 exd4 17. Nd2 dxc3 18. Qxc3 Ne5 19. Nf5 Nh5 20. Nf1 Nxg3 21. N1xg3
Re6 22. Rad1 Rc8 23. Ne2 Qg5 24. Ned4 Rf6 25. h4 gxh3 26. Qxh3 Qg4 27. Qxg4+
Nxg4 28. Nc6 Re6 29. f3 Ne5 30. Nfd4 Ree8 31. Re2 d5 32. exd5 Nxc6 33. dxc6 Bg7
34. Rxe8+ Rxe8 35. Nf5 Bxb2 36. Rd7 Re6 37. Rxc7 Bxa3 38. Kf1 Bc5 39. Ng3 b4
40. Rc8+ Kh7 41. Ne4 b3 42. c7 Rc6 43. Nf6+ $2 (43. Rb8 Rxc7 44. Nxc5 Rxc5 45.
Rxb3 {bot nicht zu unterschätzende Remischancen.}) 43... Kg6 44. Rg8+ $2 (44.
Ne4 {war die letzte Chance, den Kampf fortzusetzen, z.B.} b2 (44... Kg7 $5) 45.
Nd2 Kf5 (45... Bb4 46. Rg8+ Kf5 47. c8=Q+ Rxc8 48. Rxc8 Bxd2 49. Rb8 $17) 46.
Rb8 Rxc7 47. Rxb2 $17) 44... Kxf6 45. c8=Q Rxc8 46. Rxc8 {[%tqu "De","Wie
sicherte Aronjan ab, dass seine Bauern den Tag entscheiden?","","","c5b4","und
die schwarzen Freibauern laufen durch:",3]} Bb4 $1 {[%mdl 4096] und die
schwarzen Freibauern laufen durch:} 47. Rc1 a5 48. Ke2 a4 49. Rc6+ (49. Rc4 a3
50. Rxb4 a2 51. Ra4 b2 $19) 49... Kg7 50. Kd3 a3 51. Ra6 a2 {[%cal Gb3b1]} 0-1

[Event "Pamplona 15th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "2005.12.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2005.12.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. a3 Ba5 7. Be3 Nf6 8. h3
O-O 9. Nge2 Ne7 10. O-O c6 11. Ng3 Ng6 12. Qd2 Re8 13. Rae1 Qd6 14. f4 Bd7 15.
Qf2 Bc7 16. Nce2 Re7 17. Bd2 a5 18. f5 Rxe2 19. Rxe2 Qxg3 20. Qxg3 Bxg3 21.
fxg6 hxg6 22. Bg5 Nh7 23. Bf4 Bh4 24. Bd6 Bd8 25. c3 Ng5 26. Be7 Ne6 27. Bxd8
Rxd8 28. Ref2 Be8 29. Re1 Bd7 30. Kh2 a4 31. Ref1 Be8 32. Re1 Bd7 33. Ref1 Be8
34. h4 b6 35. Re1 Rd6 36. Bc2 c5 37. dxc5 bxc5 38. Rd2 Bc6 39. Be4 Kf8 40. Bf3
Ke7 41. Kg3 f5 42. Kf2 Kf6 43. g4 g5 44. gxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pamplona 15th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "2005.12.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Izoria, Zviad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2005.12.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. c3 Be7 {Black's main
idea is to prevent White from 0-0-0.} 14. c4 Qa4 $5 {[%mdl 8]} (14... Qc7 {
This allows 0-0-0.} 15. O-O-O (15. d5 {- Z.Almasi-Khenkin, Palma de Mallorca
2004 CBM 104}) 15... Ngf6 (15... b5 $5 16. c5 Ngf6 17. Rde1 O-O {Now White has
a clear target: the enemy K!} 18. Qc2 Nd5 19. Ne4 b4 20. g4 $36 {
Neelotpal-Ovetchkin, Alushta 2004}) 16. Kb1 {- Kritz-Ruck, Gothenburg 2005 CBM
109}) (14... Bb4 $6 {- Acs-Gyimesi, Heviz 2003 CBM 96}) (14... Qa6 $5 {-
Landa-Shaposhnikov, Sochi 2005 CBM 107}) 15. d5 $5 {This positional P
sacrifice gives at least adequate compensation.} (15. O-O Ngf6 16. Rfe1 O-O 17.
Nf5 $14) 15... cxd5 16. cxd5 Nc5 (16... exd5 17. O-O $44 {and Black has
problems with castles.}) 17. Qe2 exd5 18. O-O Ne6 (18... Kf8 {Here the h8 R is
out of play for a long time.} 19. Be3 (19. Rfe1 Re8 (19... Ne4 20. Nxe4 dxe4
21. Qxe4 Qxe4 22. Rxe4 Nf6 23. Rd4 $14 {White's lead of development is
important also in the _|_.})) 19... Re8 20. Nf5 Ne4 21. Rac1 $44) 19. Nf5 Qa6
20. Qxa6 bxa6 21. Rac1 {As it was mentioned before the exchange of queens is
not solving the problem of lack of development.} Bf6 {[#]} (21... Nf6 22. Rc6
Ne4 (22... Nxh5 23. Re1 $36) 23. Be3 Bf6 24. Rd1 O-O 25. Rxd5 Bxb2 26. Ra5 $14
{The a pawns are easy targets.}) 22. Bb4 $1 Ne7 23. Nd6+ Kf8 24. Nf5 {It is
not easy for Black to connect his rooks.} (24. Rfe1 Kg8 25. Rc2 d4 26. Ne4 Nd5
27. Nxf6+ Nxf6 28. Rd2 Nxh5 29. Nxd4 $44) 24... a5 $2 {This helps only for
White.} (24... Ke8 {was more persistant.}) 25. Ba3 g6 26. hxg6 fxg6 27. Bxe7+
Bxe7 28. Rfe1 gxf5 (28... Bg5 29. Nxg5 hxg5 30. Rxe6 gxf5 31. Rf6+ Ke7 32. Rxf5
$16 {and the pawns on the 5-th rank will fall one by one.}) 29. Rxe6 Bd8 (29...
Kf7 30. Re5 $16) 30. Rc5 Kf7 31. Rec6 Bb6 (31... Bf6 32. Rxd5 $16) 32. Rxd5
Rhc8 {Finally Black has made a R move, but it is too late.} 33. Ne5+ Ke8 34.
Re6+ Kf8 35. Rxh6 1-0

[Event "Pamplona 15th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "2005.12.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2005.12.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 d6 5. exd6 e6 6. d4 Bxd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Bd3 (8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Nxd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Tartakower,S-Reti,R/Baden-Baden
1925/HCL (78)}) 8... O-O 9. Qc2 $146 (9. O-O Nc6 {- 8...Nc6 9.0-0 0-0} (9... g6
$6 10. Bh6 Re8 11. Qc2 Bf8 12. Bxf8 Rxf8 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Nbd2 b6 15. a3 Bb7 16.
Qa4 Nd7 17. Qh4 Qf4 18. Qxf4 Nxf4 19. Be4 Bxe4 20. Nxe4 Nd5 21. Rd2 N7f6 22.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 23. Rad1 Rac8 24. Rd4 b5 25. a4 bxa4 26. Rxa4 Rfd8 27. Rda1 Rc7 28.
Kf1 Rb8 29. R1a2 Rbb7 30. Ra6 Kf8 31. Ke2 Nd5 32. g3 Rb6 33. Ne5 Rxa6 34. Rxa6
Rb7 35. Ra2 Rc7 36. Kd3 f6 37. Nf3 e5 38. Ra5 Nb6 39. b3 Ke7 40. c4 Kd7 41. c5
Nd5 42. Kc4 Ne7 43. b4 Nc6 44. Ra6 e4 45. Nd4 Nxd4 46. Kxd4 f5 47. Kd5 Ke7 48.
b5 Rb7 49. b6 axb6 50. cxb6 Kd7 51. Ra7 Kc8 52. Kc6 {1-0 Hansen,B-Bjerno,L/Em
1999/Inforbase 2003 (52)}) (9... h6 $6 10. Ne5 Nd7 11. Nxd7 Bxd7 12. Qh5 Bd6
13. c4 Nf4 14. Bxf4 Bxf4 15. Qf3 Qc7 16. g3 Be5 17. Qe2 Bc6 18. Na3 a6 19. Rad1
Rad8 20. b4 Bf6 21. Be4 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Bb2 23. Nc2 Rd7 24. Rxd7 Qxd7 25. Ne3 Bf6
26. Rd1 Qc7 27. a4 Be7 28. b5 Bc5 29. Ng2 Rd8 30. Rxd8+ Qxd8 31. Nf4 Qd1+ 32.
Kg2 Qd2 33. Qe2 Qa5 34. Nxe6 fxe6 35. Qxe6+ Kh8 36. Qc8+ Kh7 37. Qf5+ Kh8 38.
Qxc5 axb5 39. Qc8+ Kh7 40. Qxb7 Qxa4 41. cxb5 {1-0 Rodriguez Lopez,G-Lorinczi
Retek,P/Asturias 1998/EXT 2005 (41)}) (9... Nd7 {/\N7f6})) 9... h6 (9... g6 $6
{׻}) 10. O-O Nc6 11. Rd1 (11. Nbd2 $5) 11... Qc7 (11... Qf6 $5) 12. a3 $5 {
[/\b4, c4]} (12. Qa4 $5 {/\Qe4, /\Qh4, |^>>}) (12. Nbd2) 12... b6 13. Nbd2 $6 (
13. b4 $142 Be7 14. c4 Nf6 15. Nc3 Bb7 $11 {/\a5}) (13. c4 Nf6 14. b4 Nd4 $5 (
14... Be7 {- 13.b4}) 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 $11) 13... Bb7 14. Ne4 Be7 15. c4 Nf4 (15...
Nf6 16. b3 $11) 16. Bf1 Rad8 (16... Ne5 $142 $15) 17. Be3 Ng6 (17... Ne5 18.
Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Ng3 $11) 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Re1 (19. Rd1 $142 $6 $11) 19... Nge5
20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21. Ng3 Bf6 $6 (21... Bc5 $15) 22. b4 Qb2 23. Qxb2 Bxb2 24. Bc1
Bc3 (24... Bxc1 25. Rxc1 $11) 25. Re3 Bd4 (25... Bd2 26. Bxd2 Rxd2 $11) 26. Rd3
a5 $6 (26... Kf8 $11) (26... f6 $11) 27. b5 Ne5 $8 (27... Ne7 28. Bf4 $18) 28.
Rxd4 Rxd4 29. Bb2 Rxc4 30. Bxe5 Rc2 $13 {_|_} 31. f3 (31. Bd4 Ra2 (31... a4 32.
Ne2 (32. Bxb6 Rc3 {/\Ra3, o^a4}) (32. Nh5 e5 $5 33. Bxb6 Rc3 $13) 32... Bd5 33.
Nc3 Bb3 $13) 32. Nh5 $5 (32. Bxb6 Rxa3 {o^a5}) 32... Rxa3 (32... f6 33. Bc4)
33. Bxg7 Bd5 (33... a4 $2 34. Bc4 $1 Bd5 35. Bb2 $18) (33... Kh7 34. Bd4 Kg6
35. Nf4+ Kf5 36. Nd3 $16) 34. Bd4 a4 35. Nf6+ Kf8 36. Bxb6 Rb3 $13) (31. Ne2 $6
Rc5 32. f4 Rxb5) 31... Bd5 32. Ne4 (32. Bd4 Ra2 33. Nh5 Rxa3 34. Bxg7 a4 35.
Bd4 Rb3 (35... Ra2 $2 {(צa2)} 36. Nf6+ Kf8 37. Bxb6 a3 38. Bc5+ Kg7 39. Nxd5
exd5 40. Bd4+ Kg6 41. Bd3+ $18) 36. Nf6+ Kf8 37. Bxb6 a3 38. Bc5+ Kg7 39. Bd4
Kf8 $11 (39... Kg6 40. Kf2 a2 41. b6 $14 {עg6})) 32... f6 (32... Bc4 33. Bxc4
Rxc4 34. Kf2 $14) 33. Bd6 (33. Bd4 Ra2 34. Bxb6 (34. Nc3 Rxa3 35. Nxd5 exd5 36.
Bxb6 a4 37. Bd4 Rb3 38. b6 a3 $17) 34... Rxa3 35. Bc5 (35. Kf2 a4 36. Be2 Ra1
37. Bd4 Rc1 38. Nc3 a3 39. b6 a2 40. Nxd5 exd5 41. b7 Rb1 42. Ba6 Kf7 $17)
35... Ra1 (35... Rb3 36. Kf2 a4 37. Nd2 Rb2 38. Ke1 Ra2 39. Bd3 $14) 36. Kf2 a4
37. Bd4 (37. Nc3 a3 $17) 37... Rc1 (37... Rd1 38. Bc5 Ra1 $11) 38. Nc3 a3 39.
Nxd5 exd5 40. b6 a2 41. Bb5 (41. b7 Rb1 42. Ba6 Kf7 $17) 41... a1=Q 42. Bxa1
Rb1 43. Bc6 Rxa1 44. Bxd5+ Kf8 45. b7 Rb1 $17) 33... Bxe4 (33... Bc4 34. Bxc4
Rxc4 35. Kf1 (35. g4 f5 36. gxf5 exf5 37. Ng3 Kf7 38. Ne2 Ke6 $13) 35... Rc2 (
35... e5 36. Ke2 Rc2+ 37. Nd2 Kf7 38. Kd3 $14) 36. g4 e5 37. h4 Kf7 38. h5 $14)
34. fxe4 Kf7 35. e5 fxe5 (35... f5 $5) 36. Bxe5 Ra2 37. Bd6 (37. Bc7 Rxa3 38.
Bxb6 a4 39. Bd4 (39. Bc5 Rb3 40. b6 a3 $19) 39... Rb3 40. b6 a3 41. Ba6 Rb1+
42. Kf2 e5 (42... a2 43. b7 $11) 43. Bxe5 Rxb6 44. Bc4+ $11) 37... Kf6 38. g3
$2 (38. Bc7 Rxa3 39. Bxb6 a4 40. Bc5 Rb3 41. b6 a3 42. Bc4 Rb1+ 43. Kf2 $11)
38... e5 39. Bc7 $6 (39. Bh3 $5) 39... Rxa3 40. Bxb6 a4 41. Bd8+ Kf5 42. b6 (
42. Be7 Rb3 43. Bc4 Rc3 44. Bd5 a3 $19) 42... Rb3 43. Bc4 Rb4 $2 (43... Rb1+
44. Kf2 Ke4 $1 $17) 44. Bd5 a3 45. Bc7 Rb5 46. Bc4 Rb4 47. Bd5 Rb5 48. Bc4 (48.
b7 $4 Rxb7 $19) 48... Rb1+ 49. Kf2 Ke4 50. Bd6 Kd4 51. Bg8 Rb2+ 52. Kf1 Rxb6
53. Bxa3 Kd3 (53... e4 54. Ke2 $11) 54. Bc5 Rc6 55. Ba7 e4 (55... g5 56. Bh7+
e4 57. Bf5 $11) 56. h4 $1 Ra6 (56... e3 57. Bxe3 Kxe3 58. Bd5 $11) 57. Bf2 Rf6
58. Kg2 Kd2 (58... e3 59. Bxe3 Kxe3 60. Bd5 $11) 59. Bc4 e3 60. Bxe3+ Kxe3 61.
Bd5 Rd6 62. Bb7 Rd2+ 63. Kg1 Rb2 64. Bc6 Kd4 65. Bf3 Ke5 66. Kf1 Kf5 67. Kg1 g5
$11 {_|_} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pamplona 15th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "2005.12.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2005.12.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. d5 exd5 8. Nh4
c6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nf5 Bf6 11. e4 Ne7 12. Nd6 Ba6 13. Re1 Be5 14. f4 Bxd6 15.
Qxd6 c5 16. Nc3 Nbc6 17. Be3 Nb4 18. Qd2 d5 19. exd5 Nf5 20. Bf2 Nd3 21. Re5
Nd4 22. Re4 Nxf2 23. Kxf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pamplona 15th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "2005.12.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2005.12.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 Nd7 (5... Ne7 6. a3 {/\ c5, b4
gaining more space on the <<.} (6. Nge2 {/\ Ng3} Nd7 7. Ng3 dxc4 $142 {in
order to fight against the weak P on d4.} (7... Bg6 8. h4 (8. Be2 {is not
aggressive enough.} Nf5 9. Nxf5 Bxf5 10. O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 {So White had to
lose a tempo taking back on c4.} Nb6 12. Bb3 h5 13. Be3 Be7 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. Qe2
Rc7 {/\ Rd7 >< d4} 16. Rcd1 Rd7 17. f3 a6 18. Ne4 Nd5 $13 {Lein-Balashov,
SU-ch39 1971}) (8. Be3 Nf5 9. Nxf5 Bxf5 10. Be2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nb6 $1 (11... Be7
12. O-O O-O 13. f4 Nb6 14. Bb3 Nd5 15. Qf3 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 {White is happy to
get rid of his bad B for the excellent N on d5.} Qb6 17. h3 {/\ g4} h5 18. Rad1
Rad8 19. Na4 Qb4 20. Nc5 $14 {with some space advantage for White.}) 12. Bb3 {
- 8.Be2}) 8... h5 9. Bg5 $1 {This is the right place for the B.} (9. Be2 dxc4
$1 {wins a tempo again.}) 9... Qb6 (9... f6 10. exf6 gxf6 11. Be3 $14 {
provoking some weaknesses in Black's camp.}) 10. Qd2 dxc4 (10... O-O-O 11. c5
$1 {with a huge space advantage on both flanks.}) 11. Bxc4 Nd5 12. O-O f6 $5 (
12... Be7 13. Nxd5 (13. Bxe7 Nxe7) 13... cxd5 14. Bxe7 dxc4 15. Qg5 $40) 13.
exf6 gxf6 14. Rfe1 $1 $16 {Orlov-Asrian, St Petersburg 1999 CBM 74} (14. Bxd5
$5 cxd5 (14... fxg5 15. Bxe6 $40) 15. Bf4 Rc8 (15... Bg7 16. Rfe1) 16. Rfe1 $14
)) 8. Bxc4 Nb6 {Black has to keep the vital d5 square in his hands.} 9. Bb3 Bg6
10. O-O Qd7 {keeping both Nf5 and Nd5 valid.} (10... Nf5 11. Nxf5 Bxf5 12. g4
$5 {White grabs the |^ on the >>.} (12. Be3 {is too solid.} Qh4 13. a4 a5 14.
Ne2 Bb4 15. Ng3 g6 16. Qc1 Qd8 17. f3 {/\ Ne4} h5 18. Ne4 Be7 $11 {Lein-Barcza,
Chigorin mem 1964}) 12... Bg6 13. f4 {/\ f5} Qh4 14. f5 exf5 15. gxf5 {Now
White has achieved a lot. His B on b3 is active, and his central pawns are
dangerous.} Bh5 16. Qd3 O-O-O 17. Rf4 Qe1+ 18. Qf1 Qxf1+ 19. Kxf1 Be7 20. Kf2
$14 {Hellers-Rowley, Philadelphia 1990}) (10... Ned5 11. Nce4 {Although Black
has an excellent N on d5, the N on e4 is also rather strong.} (11. Be3 {
The B is usually badly placed here.} Be7 (11... Nxc3 12. bxc3 {improves
White's P structure.} Be7 13. c4 O-O 14. f4 $14 {with a mighty P chain.}) 12.
Nce4 O-O) 11... Be7 12. h4 $1 (12. a3 O-O) (12. Be3 {- 11.Be3}) 12... h5 {
Now the white B can be activated on g5.} (12... Bxh4 $2 {leaves the >< d6
unattended.} 13. Nd6+ Kf8 14. Nxb7 Qc7 15. Nc5 $16) 13. Qf3 Qc7 14. Bg5 O-O-O
15. Nd6+ $1 {winning the exchange.} (15. Rfe1 {is an unnecessary preparation.}
Kb8 16. a3 Bxg5 $1 (16... f6 $2 {is inferior due to the simple} 17. exf6 gxf6
18. Nxf6 $16 {Van der Wiel-Peelen, Nederland 1990}) 17. Nxg5 Qe7 18. N3e4 f6 $5
{Black has to drive back the active N.} (18... Nc7 19. Nd6 Nb5 $1 20. Nxb5 cxb5
$13) 19. exf6 gxf6 20. Nh3 Ka8 $13 {Van der Wiel-Van der Sterren, Lyon 1990})
15... Bxd6 16. Bxd8 Qxd8 17. exd6 Qxd6 $14 {Vander Wiel}) 11. Be3 Nbd5 (11...
O-O-O) 12. Qe2 h5 13. Bg5 h4 14. Nge4 Nf5 15. Rad1 Be7 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Nc3
O-O 18. Qg4 Bxg5 19. Qxg5 Qe7 20. Qg4 Rac8 $11 {Benjamin-Christiansen, USA ch
1990}) 6... dxc4 {Otherwise c4-c5 may come.} 7. Bxc4 Nd7 (7... Nd5 {Black has
a firm control over the vital blockading square d5, but White's space
advantage is also important. He has a typical attacking plan Ng3 and f4-f5.} 8.
Nge2 Nd7 {- 7...Nd7} (8... Be7 9. O-O Nd7 10. Ng3 Nxc3 (10... Bg6 11. f4 $36 {
/\ f5}) 11. bxc3 {Now the P structure has been changed for White's favour.} Bg6
12. f4 Nb6 13. Bb3 Qd7 14. Qe2 $14 {R.Mainka-Boehnisch, GER-ch Binz 1995})) 8.
Nge2 Nb6 (8... Nd5 9. O-O (9. Ng3 Bg6 10. O-O N7b6 11. Bb3 Be7 12. f4 Qd7 13.
Qf3 f5 {otherwise f4-f5 comes.} 14. Bd2 Nc7 $13 {with a solid blockading
position.} (14... h5 $5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 cxd5 $132 {Bigaliev-Oblitas
Guaerrero, Budapest 1995})) 9... h5 $5 {Radically preventing the Ng3, f4-f5
plan.} (9... Be7 {- 7...Nd5}) 10. Ng3 g6 11. Be2 h4 12. Nxf5 gxf5 13. Bf3 Be7
14. Qc2 N7b6 {Black's main problem is his K's position.} 15. Ne2 Qd7 16. Bd2
O-O-O {Now White has good attacking chances on the <<.} 17. b4 Kb8 18. Rfb1 $40
{Morozevich-Meduna, EUCup 1994}) 9. Bb3 (9. Ba2 Ned5 (9... Qd7) 10. Ng3 Bg6 11.
O-O (11. Nce4 Be7 $11 {(Reschun-Wegerer, AUT-chT 2002)} 12. O-O $13) 11... Be7
$11) 9... h6 (9... Qd7 10. O-O Bg6 11. Nf4 (11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3 {doesn't seem
to be very impressive, h6 is not a derious weakness at all.} Ned5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5
14. Bxd5 cxd5 15. Nf4 Bf5 16. Rc1 Be7 $11 {Lastin-Turov, RUS-ch Ekaterinburg
1996}) 11... Nf5 12. Be3 Be7 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. g4 Nxe3 15. fxe3 {-
Sutovsky-Ruck, Neum 2004 CBM 102} f5 $13) (9... Ned5 10. Ng3 Bg6 11. Nge4 (11.
h4 h5 {White can now exploit the weakness of g5.} (11... h6 12. h5 {gaining
some space on the >>.} Bh7 13. Nce4 $5 (13. O-O Qd7 (13... f6 $2 14. exf6 gxf6
15. Re1 $16) 14. Nce4 {- 13.Nce4}) 13... f6 {Without this move Black has no
counterplay.} (13... Qd7 {/\ 0-0-0} 14. O-O O-O-O (14... Rd8 15. Qf3 $14) 15.
a4 $1 $36) 14. exf6 gxf6 15. Qe2 Qe7 $1 16. Bd2 f5 $5 (16... O-O-O 17. a4 $1 {
White immediately begins his P storm against the enemy K, Sutovsky-Rogers,
Mallorca 2004 CBM 104.} (17. Nc5 e5 $13)) 17. Nc5 f4 18. Nge4 Bg7 $13 {was
exciting, too. Black is flexible in chosing his K's position.}) 12. Nce4 Be7
13. Qf3 Qc7 14. Bg5 $5 (14. Bd2 O-O-O 15. Ba5 f6 $1 {This is Black's
counterplay blowing up White's [+].} 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Nxf6 gxf6 18. O-O Qf7
19. Rfe1 $13 {Sutovsky-Izoria, Aghia Pelagia 2004})) 11... Be7 12. O-O Nc7 13.
a4 a5 14. h4 $1 $36 {Nataf-Midoux, Port Barcares 2005 CBM 107}) 10. O-O Qd7 11.
Nf4 Ned5 12. Ncxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 {and Black is OK} 14. Bc2 Bxc2 15. Qxc2
Be7 $11 {Cornette-Burmakin, Lausanne 2004}) 6. a3 (6. cxd5 cxd5 {This exchange
helps usually for Black.} 7. Nge2 Ne7 8. Ng3 Bg6 9. h4 h5 10. Bd3 (10. Be2 Nc6
$11 {Ag.Ruiz-Magem,Espana 1993}) 10... Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nc6 {In this French type
of position Black has exchanged his "bad French" B.} 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7
14. O-O-O O-O-O $11 {Nunn-Seirawan, Amsterdam 1995}) 6... Ne7 (6... dxc4 $142
7. Bxc4 Nb6 8. Ba2 Ne7 {fighting fiercly for the key-square d5.} 9. Nge2 {
- 5...Ne7}) 7. c5 $1 {White wants to gain more space on the <<.} (7. Be3 {
allows Black again to begin the fight for >< d5.} dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nb6 9. Bb3 Ned5
10. Nge2 Be7 $5 {is good and safe.} (10... Nxe3 {Exchanging the strong N for
the bad B is only good if Black can quickly open up the position.} 11. fxe3 Qg5
12. Nf4 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Qf3 Rad8 15. Rac1 $36 {Fogarasi-Ganaus, Graz 2004})
) 7... b6 {Black has to attack White's [+] immediately, only the move order is
the qauestion.} (7... Qc7 $6 {loses a vital tempo for the fight against the
white [+].} 8. f4 h5 9. Be2 Bg6 10. Be3 Nf5 11. Bf2 Be7 12. Nf3 b6 13. b4 bxc5
14. bxc5 (14. dxc5 $5 a5 15. O-O $14) 14... Qa5 15. Qd2 Rb8 16. O-O $14 {
A.Hoffman-Arencibia, Matanzas 1995}) (7... b5 $5 {doesn't challenge White's
space advantage.} 8. b4 (8. Be3 a5 {Now White can only open the << by a piece
sacrifice.} 9. Be2 (9. Nxb5 $5 cxb5 10. Bxb5 Rb8) 9... Bg6 10. f4 (10. Nf3 Nf5
11. O-O Be7) 10... h5 11. Nf3 Nf5 12. Bf2 h4 13. Qd2 Be7 14. O-O Bh5 15. b4 O-O
$13 {Predojevic-Baramidze, Portoroz 2005}) 8... a5 9. bxa5 f6 10. f4 {holding
the [+].}) (7... f6 8. f4 {White has to keep his central advantage.} (8. exf6
$2 gxf6 9. f4 e5 10. Nf3 Ng6 11. Be2 e4 {1/2-1/2 Shilin,D-Podgaets,M/Odessa
2005}) 8... fxe5 (8... b6 9. b4 {(Mastrovasilis-Papaioannou, Aghia Pelagia
2004)} a5 10. Be3 Bg6 (10... fxe5 11. fxe5 {- 8...fxe5}) (10... Be4 11. Nxe4 (
11. Nge2 $2 {allows Black to activate his pieces quickly.} Nf5 12. Bf2 axb4 (
12... g5 $2 {Black has to open the position on the other side of the board.}
13. Nxe4 (13. b5 $5 $16) 13... dxe4 14. Ng3 Nxg3 15. hxg3 axb4 16. axb4 bxc5
17. bxc5 Rxa1 18. Qxa1 Qb8 19. Be2 $16 {Moser-G.Timoshenko, Cappelle la Grande
2006}) 13. axb4 Rxa1 14. Qxa1 Bd3 $15) 11... dxe4 12. Bc4 Nf5 $1 (12... Nd5 $2
{allows White a breakthrough:} 13. Bxd5 exd5 (13... cxd5 14. f5 $16) 14. e6 $16
) 13. Bf2 (13. Qe2 Qe7 14. b5 {opening up the position for the active pieces.}
cxb5 15. Bxb5 $14) 13... e3 14. Bxe6 exf2+ 15. Kxf2 $44) 11. Nf3 Nf5 12. Bf2
axb4 13. axb4 Rxa1 14. Qxa1 Be7 15. Be2 O-O 16. O-O $14 {and Black lacks space
on both flanks.}) 9. fxe5 Ng6 (9... b6 10. b4 a5 11. Be3 Bg6 {/\ Nf5} 12. Bf2
axb4 13. axb4 bxc5 14. bxc5 Nf5 15. Nh3 {/\ Nf4} Be7 16. Nf4 Bf7 17. Bd3 {
Black cannot blow up White's [+].} Rxa1 18. Qxa1 Bg5 19. Nce2 $14 {Zhang
Zhong-Ponomariov, Zagan 1997}) 10. Be3 (10. Nf3 b6 (10... Be7 11. Be2 O-O 12.
O-O Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Bg5 15. Bg4 Rxf1+ 16. Qxf1 Ndf8 17. g3 Bxc1 18.
Qxc1 b6 19. Ne2 $16 {and Black still cannot come out of passivity,
Valiente-Morovic Fernandez, Santiago 1995.}) 11. b4 Be7 12. Be2 a5 13. Be3 O-O
14. O-O $14) 10... b6 11. b4 bxc5 12. bxc5 Rb8 {Black has no real threats on
the b <->.} 13. Nf3 Be7 14. Be2 O-O 15. O-O $14 {Nataf-Epishin, Moscow 2005})
8. b4 a5 (8... f6 9. f4 {- 7..b6}) 9. Be3 axb4 (9... Bg6 10. Nf3 Qc7 (10... Nf5
11. Be2 {White is not afraid of exchanging his "bad" B.} Be7 12. O-O) 11. Be2
Nf5 12. O-O Nxe3 13. fxe3 Be7 14. Bd3 axb4 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. axb4 $14 {keeping
a slight edge due to his space advantage, Najer-Dreev, playchess.com 2004.})
10. axb4 bxc5 11. bxc5 Rxa1 12. Qxa1 f6 13. f4 {[#]} g5 $5 {Black wants to
blow up White's mighty P chain at any rate.} (13... Bg6 14. Nf3 Nf5 15. Bf2 Be7
16. Be2 O-O 17. O-O $14 {leaves the White [+] unchallenged.}) 14. exf6 Nxf6 15.
fxg5 Ng4 16. Bd2 Qb8 {Black has good practical counterchances for the
sacrificed P.} 17. Nge2 (17. Nf3 h6 $1 $44 (17... Bg7 18. Ne2 Qb3 19. Qc3 Qxc3
20. Bxc3 Ne3 21. Ng3 h6 22. Nh5 Kf7 23. Nxg7 Kxg7 24. gxh6+ Rxh6 25. Bd2 $16 {
Zhang Zhong-Li Wenliang, Beijing 1996})) 17... h6 $1 {Is this a Benko Gambit
mirrored on the other flank?!} 18. h3 hxg5 19. Bxg5 {[#]} (19. hxg4 Rxh1 20.
gxf5 Nxf5 $44 {looks very messy.}) 19... Bg6 $6 (19... Bg7 $1 {sacrificing
everything for development!} 20. hxg4 (20. Qa4 Bd3 21. Qa3 (21. Bxe7 Kxe7)
21... Ng6 $13) 20... Rxh1 21. gxf5 Nxf5 $44) 20. Rg1 {Now White can repell the
first wawe of ->.} (20. g3 e5 $44) (20. Qa6 Bg7 21. g3 Be4 $1 22. Rg1 (22. Nxe4
$2 Qb1+) 22... Bf6 23. Qb6 Qa8 24. Bxf6 Nxf6 25. Qb2 Nf5 $44) 20... Bh6 $1 21.
Qc1 (21. Bxe7 $2 {is met by the strong intermediate move} Ne3 $1 $132) 21...
Bxg5 22. Qxg5 Nh6 (22... Nh2 $2 {helps only for White to solve his problems of
development.} 23. Qf4 Qxf4 24. Nxf4 O-O (24... Nxf1 25. Rxf1 $18) 25. Nce2 $16)
23. Qf4 Qb4 $1 (23... Qb2 $5 24. g4 Nf7 25. Kf2 $16) 24. g4 Nf7 25. Qe3 $1 (25.
Qf6 Bd3 $1 26. Kf2 (26. Rg3 Bxe2) 26... Rf8 27. Kg2 Nd6 $1 28. Qxe6 Ne4 $44 {
and the black pieces are very active.}) (25. Kf2 e5 $1 26. dxe5 Qxc5+ 27. Kg2
O-O $44) 25... Be4 26. Bg2 e5 $1 27. Bxe4 dxe4 28. Rg3 exd4 29. Qxd4 $2 {
Black now gets a good counterplay in the _|_.} (29. Nxd4 $1 Qxc5 30. Nxe4 Qe5
31. Rf3 $16 {and the white pieces are finally well-centralized.}) 29... Qxd4
30. Nxd4 Ng5 31. Ke2 (31. Nf5 Nxf5 32. gxf5 Rxh3 33. Rxh3 Nxh3 34. Kd2 Ke7 35.
Nxe4 Nf4 36. Ke3 Nd5+ 37. Kd4 Nb4 $11) 31... Kd7 (31... Kf7 32. Ke3 Nd5+ 33.
Nxd5 cxd5 34. c6 (34. h4 Rxh4 35. c6 Rh1 36. c7 Rc1 37. Nb5 Ke7 38. Kd2 Rc4 39.
Rc3 Kd7 40. Rxc4 dxc4 41. Ke3 Ne6 $11) 34... Kf6 35. c7 Rc8 36. h4 Ne6 37. g5+
Ke7 38. Nxe6 Kxe6 $11) 32. Nf5 Ng6 33. Ke3 Rxh3 $14 34. Nxe4 Rxg3+ 35. Nfxg3 {
[%mdl 4096] White's extra P cannot be converted by correct play, there is not
much material left.} Nf7 36. Nh5 Ke6 37. Kd4 (37. Nf4+ Nxf4 38. Kxf4 Kd5 39. g5
(39. Kf5 Nh6+ $1 $11) 39... Nxg5 $11) 37... Nfe5 38. Nf2 Nf3+ 39. Ke3 Nfe5 $6 (
39... Nge5 $1 {was the easier way for the draw.} 40. Nf4+ (40. Ke4 Nd2+ 41. Ke3
Nb3 42. Nf4+ Ke7 $11) 40... Kf6 41. Ne4+ (41. N4d3 Kg5) 41... Ke7 42. Nf2 (42.
Nd3 Nxd3 43. Kxf3 (43. Kxd3 Ne5+) 43... Ke6) 42... Kf6 $11) 40. Ke4 $1 Nd7 $2 {
Now the situation is severe, Black cannot hold the g P anymore. If he
sacrifices both of his knights for the pawns, the arising _|_ is theoretically
won for White.} (40... Nf7 41. Nd3 Ng5+ 42. Ke3 Ne5 43. Nhf4+ Kf6 44. Nh5+ Ke6
$11 {and White cannot advance the g o^.}) 41. Nd3 $1 Ngf8 42. g5 $1 (42. Nhf4+
Kf6) 42... Kf7 (42... Nh7 43. Nhf4+ $1 (43. Kf4 Kd5 $11) 43... Kf7 44. Kf5 Nxg5
45. Kxg5 Ke7 46. Kf5 Nxc5 47. Nxc5 Kd6 48. Nfe6 $18 {and two knights usually
win against the P, if they can blockade it rather early.}) 43. Nhf4 Kg8 44. Kf5
Kg7 (44... Nh7 45. g6 Nhf8 46. Ne6 Nxg6 47. Kxg6 Kh8 48. Kf7 Nxc5 49. Ndxc5 $18
{and soon mate will come.}) 45. Ne6+ Nxe6 46. Kxe6 Nf8+ 47. Ke7 Nh7 48. Nf4 1-0

[Event "Pamplona 15th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "2005.12.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "De la Riva Aguado, Oscar"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2005.12.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bb2 Nc6 6. g3 g6 7. Na3 Bg7 8. Nc4
O-O 9. Bg2 b6 10. O-O Ba6 11. d3 Bxc4 12. dxc4 Nde7 13. Qe2 Qc7 14. Rae1 Rad8
15. Bc1 d6 16. exd6 Qxd6 17. Bf4 Qd7 18. Rd1 Qc8 19. h4 Nf5 20. Qe4 Ncd4 21.
Nxd4 Nxd4 22. c3 Nf5 23. Qc2 Bh6 24. Bxh6 Nxh6 25. Bh3 Kg7 26. Qe2 Qc7 27. Rxd8
Rxd8 28. Rd1 Rxd1+ 29. Qxd1 f5 30. Qd2 Ng8 31. Bg2 Nf6 32. Bf3 e5 33. Kf1 e4
34. Be2 Kf7 35. Ke1 Qe5 36. Qe3 Kg7 37. Kd2 Qd6+ 38. Kc2 Nd7 39. Kc1 Nf8 40.
Kc2 Ne6 41. Bf1 h6 42. Kc1 g5 43. hxg5 hxg5 44. Kc2 Kf6 45. Kc1 f4 46. gxf4
Qxf4 47. Kd2 Ng7 48. Bg2 Ke5 49. Bxe4 Qxe4 50. Qxg5+ Nf5 51. Qd8 Qb7 52. Ke2
Kf4 0-1

[Event "Pamplona 15th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "2005.12.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2005.12.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ngf6 11. Bf4 e6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 O-O 14. Ne5 Nxe5
15. Bxe5 Ng4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cuernavaca Young Masters"]
[Site "Cuernavaca"]
[Date "2006.02.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2006.02.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. axb5
axb5 9. Nc3 h6 10. Nd5 d6 11. c3 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Be3 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Ne7 15.
Bb3 Bb6 16. d4 exd4 17. cxd4 c5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. O-O O-O 20. e5 Rc8 21. e6 Qb6
22. exf7+ Bxf7 23. Re1 Ng6 24. Bxf7+ Rxf7 25. Qd5 Qb7 26. Qxb7 Rxb7 27. Ra6 Ne5
28. Nxe5 dxe5 29. Rc1 Rbc7 30. Bxc5 Rxc5 31. Rxc5 Rxc5 32. Rb6 Rc1+ 33. Kh2 Rc2
34. Rxb5 Rxf2 35. Kg3 Rc2 36. Rxe5 Rxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cuernavaca Young Masters"]
[Site "Cuernavaca"]
[Date "2006.02.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "170"]
[EventDate "2006.02.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. Qg4 g6 8. Nf3
Bd7 9. Qf4 f5 10. h4 h6 11. Bd2 c4 12. a4 Qa5 13. Be2 Nge7 14. O-O O-O-O 15.
Rfb1 Rdg8 16. Rb5 Qd8 17. Qg3 Na5 18. Rbb1 Nec6 19. Re1 Kb8 20. Bc1 Ka8 21. Bd1
Qe7 22. Kf1 Nd8 23. Ke2 Nf7 24. Rh1 Rg7 25. Qf4 Qd8 26. Qd2 Nc6 27. Ba3 g5 28.
h5 Be8 29. g4 fxg4 30. Nh2 g3 31. Ng4 gxf2 32. Kxf2 Ne7 33. Nf6 g4 34. Bxg4 Ng5
35. Raf1 Bxa4 36. Rhg1 Bc6 37. Ke2 Nc8 38. Qe1 Nb6 39. Bc1 Nd7 40. Bh3 Nxf6 41.
Rxf6 Be8 42. Bxg5 Bxh5+ 43. Kd2 hxg5 44. Bxe6 Rg6 45. Qf2 Re8 46. Bg4 Rxf6 47.
Qxf6 Qxf6 48. exf6 Bxg4 49. Rxg4 Rf8 50. Rxg5 Kb8 51. Rf5 Kc7 52. Ke3 Kd6 53.
Kf4 Ke6 54. Re5+ Kxf6 55. Rf5+ Ke7 56. Rxf8 Kxf8 57. Ke5 a5 58. Kxd5 b5 59. Kc6
a4 60. d5 a3 61. d6 a2 62. d7 Ke7 63. Kc7 a1=Q 64. d8=Q+ Kf7 65. Qd5+ Kf6 66.
Qd4+ Kf5 67. Kb6 Qb2 68. Qd5+ Kf6 69. Qd6+ Kf7 70. Qb4 Qxc2 71. Kxb5 Ke8 72.
Qxc4 Kd7 73. Qc6+ Kd8 74. c4 Qb2+ 75. Ka6 Qa1+ 76. Kb6 Qd4+ 77. Ka6 Qa1+ 78.
Kb6 Qd4+ 79. c5 Qb2+ 80. Ka7 Qa1+ 81. Kb7 Qg7+ 82. Kb8 Qe5+ 83. Qd6+ Qxd6+ 84.
cxd6 Kd7 85. Kb7 Kxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cuernavaca Young Masters"]
[Site "Cuernavaca"]
[Date "2006.02.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2006.02.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Bd3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. f4 Nbd7 10. Kh1 b5 11. a3 Nc5 12. Ng3 Be6 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Be3 Nfd7
15. Be2 Rc8 16. Bg4 Nf6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Qe2 Qe8 19. Bg5 Ncd7 20. Rad1 h6 21.
Be3 Qg6 22. Bg1 h5 23. Rf3 h4 24. Nf1 Nc5 25. Nd2 Nh5 26. Be3 Nf6 27. Bg1 Nh5
28. Be3 Nf6 29. Bg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cuernavaca Young Masters"]
[Site "Cuernavaca"]
[Date "2006.02.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2006.02.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. a3 d6 8. f4
Be7 9. Qf3 O-O 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Rg1 Nxd4 12. Rxd4 b5 13. g4 d5 14. exd5 Bb7
15. Bd3 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Qh3 g6 18. f5 Bf6 19. Rb4 Be5 20. Rf1 a5 21.
Rxb5 Rfb8 22. fxe6 Bxe6 23. a4 Rxb5 24. axb5 Bd5 25. b6 Qc6 26. Qh4 a4 27. Qe7
Bxb2+ 28. Kxb2 a3+ 29. Kc1 a2 30. Kd2 Be6 31. Qf6 Qg2+ 32. Rf2 a1=Q 33. Qxa1
Qxf2+ 34. Bxf2 Rxa1 35. b7 Rb1 36. Be4 Bxg4 37. Bg3 Bf5 38. Bh1 Rxh1 39. b8=Q+
Kg7 40. Qe5+ Kh6 41. Qe3+ Kg7 42. Qe5+ Kh6 43. Qf6 Rg1 1-0

[Event "Cuernavaca Young Masters"]
[Site "Cuernavaca"]
[Date "2006.02.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Leon Hoyos, Manuel"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2006.02.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 e6 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. b3 d6 8. Bb2
Nbd7 9. d4 cxd4 10. Qxd4 a6 11. Rfd1 Qc7 12. Rac1 O-O 13. Qf4 Rad8 14. Rc2 Nc5
15. Nh4 h6 16. b4 Ncd7 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Nf3 Rc8 19. a3 Rc7 20. Rdc1 Rfc8 21.
Nd1 Ne4 22. Qe3 d5 23. Qd3 dxc4 24. Rxc4 Rxc4 25. Rxc4 Rxc4 26. Qxc4 b5 27. Qc2
Ng5 28. Nxg5 Bxg5 29. Bd4 Qd5 30. e3 e5 31. Qc8+ Kh7 32. Nc3 Qe6 33. Bc5 f5 34.
a4 Nxc5 35. Qxc5 Be7 36. Qc7 bxa4 37. Nxa4 Bxb4 38. Qc2 e4 39. h4 a5 40. Kg2
Qd7 41. Qb3 Be1 42. Nb2 Qd2 43. Nd1 Qe2 44. Kg1 Bb4 45. Qd5 Qf3 46. Qd7 h5 47.
Qa4 f4 48. exf4 Bc5 49. Qc2 Qxg3+ 50. Kf1 Qd3+ 51. Qxd3 exd3 52. Nb2 d2 53. Ke2
Bb4 54. f5 Kg8 55. Nd3 Kf7 56. Kd1 Ke7 57. Kc2 Kd6 58. Nf4 a4 59. Nd3 Bc3 60.
f3 a3 61. Nf2 a2 0-1

[Event "Cuernavaca Young Masters"]
[Site "Cuernavaca"]
[Date "2006.02.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2006.02.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 b5 {Andere Hauptfortsetzungen
sind} (5... Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 (6... Nc6 7. Nxc6 dxc6 8. O-O e5 9. f4 Bc5+ 10. Kh1
Nf6 11. f5 h5 12. Qf3 Ng4 13. Bg5 $14 {Diese Variante wird sehr oft von dem
lettischen GM Normunds Miezis gespielt. Seine Partien kann man als Beispiel
für das schwarze Spiel nehmen, allerdings bleibt die Stellung trotzdem besser
für Weiß.}) (6... Bb4 {Macht wenig Sinn, da das Nehmen auf c3 sehr gefährlich
ist:} 7. O-O Bxc3 (7... Nf6 8. Bd2 Be7 9. Qe2 $16 {De Firmian - Forsaa 
(Politiken Cup, 2005)}) 8. bxc3 Qxc3 9. Rb1 $1 Ne7 (9... Qxd4 10. Bb2 Qc5 11.
Bxg7 $18) 10. Bb2 Qc7 11. Qg4 Ng6 12. e5 b5 13. f4 $16) 7. O-O Be7 (7... d6 8.
Qe2 $14) 8. Kh1 Nc6 (8... O-O 9. f4 d6 10. Qf3 $16 {Es entsteht typische
Scheweningenstellung, wo Schwarz sich schon mit dem Zug Dc7 festgelegt hat und
Weiß statt Le2-Lf3/Ld3 sofort Ld3 gezogen hat und damit ein Tempo gewonnen hat,
was in solch scharfen Stellungen sehr stark die Stellungsbewertung
beeinflüssen kann.}) 9. Nxc6 $1 bxc6 {Ähnliche Stellungen erhält man in der
Variante 1.e4 c5.2.Sf3 e6.3.d4 cd.4.Sd4 a6.5.Sc3 Sc6.6.Sc6 bc.7.Ld3. Der Zug
Dc7 ist hier nicht unbedingt notwendig.} (9... dxc6 10. f4 e5 11. f5 $16 {
Erneut entsteht ähnliche Struktur wie in Miezis-Variante, nur statt den Läufer
auf c5 zu entwickeln, steht er jetzt passiv auf e7.}) 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 d5 (
11... e5 $6 12. f4 d6 13. Qf3 $14 {Gashimov - Ahlander (Saint Vincent, 2005)
Jetzt hat sich der weiße Aufbau gelohnt - nach Nd1-e3 ist der Läufer b2 sehr
aktiv.}) 12. f4 (12. e5 $6 Qxe5 13. f4 Qc7 14. Ne2 Ng4 $1 15. Qe1 Bf6 $17)
12... c5 13. e5 Nd7 14. Qh5 g6 15. Qh3 Bb7 $132) (5... Nc6 {was zuletzt sehr
aktuell geworden ist:} 6. Nxc6 (6. Be3 Nf6 7. Qd2 Bb4 8. f3 d5 9. a3 Qa5 $1 $11
) 6... bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. O-O $132) 6. Bd3 Qb6 (6... d6 7. O-O Nf6 8. a4 (8. Qe2
{ist auch möglich} Be7 9. a4 {Das ist zwar gut spielbar, jedoch nicht ganz
folgerichtig. Wenn man schon 8.Qe2 spielt, dann sollte man versuchen, im
Zentrum und am Königsflügel zu spielen:} (9. Bd2 Bb7 10. Rae1 O-O 11. Kh1 Nbd7
12. f4 $14) 9... b4 10. Na2 Qb6 11. Be3 Qb7 12. Bg5 {Weiß führt keinen
konkreten Plan durch, sondern versucht seinen Entwicklungsvorsprung mittels
taktischen Tricks auszunutzen.} h6 $5 (12... O-O 13. e5 $1 dxe5 14. Bxf6 $1
Bxf6 15. Be4 Qa7 16. Qh5 g6 17. Qf3 exd4 (17... Qxd4 18. c3 bxc3 19. bxc3 Qxa4
20. Nb4 Qb5 21. Bxa8 Bg7 22. Rfb1 $14) 18. Bxa8 Be7 19. Rfd1 e5 20. c3 bxc3 21.
bxc3 dxc3 22. Nxc3 $14) (12... Nbd7 13. a5 Nc5 14. f3 $14) 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3
e5 $5 {sehr interessante Idee - der weiße Läufer g3 wird für kurze Zeit aus
dem Spiel ausgeschloßen und Schwarz bekommt gutes Spiel.} 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. exf5
e4 $132 {Smirin - Arencibia (Khanty Mansiysk, 2005)}) 8... b4 9. Na2 Qb6 (9...
e5 {ist die andere Möglichkeit} 10. Nb3 (10. Nf5 $6 Bxf5 $1 {man muss hier
keine Angst davor haben, den Läufer zu geben - schwarze Überlegenheit im
Zentrum kompensiert es völlig.} (10... d5 $5 11. exd5 (11. Qf3 $5 $14) 11... e4
12. Nd4 exd3 13. Re1+ Be7 14. Nxb4 $44) 11. exf5 d5 (11... Nc6 12. c3 bxc3 13.
Nxc3 d5 14. Bg5 Be7 15. Bc2 Nb4 16. Bb3 d4 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Ne4 $14) 12. Re1
e4 13. c3 Be7 14. Bf1 bxc3 15. Nxc3 Qd6 16. Bg5 Nbd7 $132) 10... Nc6 (10... d5
11. Bg5 Bb7 12. exd5 Qxd5 13. f3 Nbd7 (13... Be7 14. c4 bxc3 (14... Qe6 15. Qc2
$14) 15. Nxc3 Qe6 16. Be3 $14) 14. Qe1 Qd6 (14... a5 15. Rd1 $14) 15. Rd1 $14)
11. Bd2 Qb6 (11... d5 12. Qe1 Qd6 13. Na5 $3 $14) 12. a5 Qb7 13. Bg5 Be7 14.
Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Bc4 Qc7 16. c3 $14) 10. Be3 (10. a5 $5 Qxa5 11. Bd2 (11. c3 $5
bxc3 (11... Bb7 12. cxb4 Qc7 13. Nc3 $14) 12. Nxc3 Qd8 (12... Qxa1 13. Nb3 $16)
(12... Qb6 13. Be3 $14) 13. Be3 Be7 14. Bb5+ Bd7 15. Qf3 Bxb5 16. Ncxb5 $13 {
Weiß verfügt zwar über gewiße Kompensation aufgrund des Entwicklungsvorsprungs,
aber es ist fraglich ob es genug ist.}) 11... d5 12. e5 Ne4 $13) 10... Qb7 11.
c3 e5 (11... bxc3 12. Nxc3 Be7 13. b4 Qxb4 14. a5 $1 (14. Rb1 Qa5 15. Nb3 Qc7
16. a5 Bd7 17. Qd2 O-O 18. Rfc1 $44) 14... O-O 15. Qd2 Qb7 16. Rfb1 Qc7 17. Rc1
Qd8 18. Na4 $16 {Zhang Pengxiang - Markowski (Merida, 2005)}) 12. Nb3 bxc3 (
12... Nc6 13. cxb4 Nxb4 14. Na5 Qb8 15. Nxb4 Qxb4 16. Nc4 $16) (12... a5 $5 {
sieht zwar absourd aus, ist aber nicht so einfach zu widerlegen} 13. cxb4 axb4
14. Bb5+ Bd7 15. Nxb4 Bxb5 16. axb5 Rxa1 17. Nxa1 Qxb5 18. Nd5 $14) 13. Nxc3
Nc6 (13... Be6 $5 {wäre womöglich stärker gewesen, um den weißen Läufer nicht
über c4 auf d5 rauszulassen} 14. Na5 $1 (14. Nd2 Nbd7 15. Nc4 Rc8 $13) 14...
Qb4 15. Nd5 Bxd5 (15... Qxa5 16. Bb6 $18) 16. Bd2 Qb6 17. exd5 Nbd7 18. b4 $14)
14. Bc4 Be7 (14... Be6 15. Nd5 $1 Nxe4 (15... Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Rb8
18. Rfc1 $16) 16. Rc1 $36) 15. Nd5 Be6 16. Nxf6+ gxf6 17. Bd5 (17. Bxe6 {
verspricht Weiß nicht so viel} fxe6 18. Qh5+ Kd7 19. Nd2 Rag8 $132) 17... Bxd5
18. Qxd5 $14 {Bei dem Bauernstruktur hat Weiß natürlich großen Vorteil.
Radjabov - Kazhgaleyev (Khanty Mansiysk, 2005)}) 7. Nf3 {In dieser Variante
hat Weiß zwei wichtige Ideen. Er versucht mittels e5-Bf4-Ne4 den schwarzen
d-Bauern in seiner Bewegung zu begrenzen und damit das Feld d6 zu erobern,
oder, wenn Schwarz d6 spielt, dann schaltet Weiß auf den anderen Plan um - er
spielt a4, zwingt den Gegner zu b4 und a5 und spielt dann am Damenflügel.} (7.
Nb3 Qc7 8. O-O Nf6 9. Qe2 d6 10. Bd2 Be7 11. a4 (11. f4 Bb7 12. Kh1 O-O 13.
Rae1 Nbd7 $132 {Das ist die alte "klassische" Stellung mit Chancen für beide
Seiten.}) 11... b4 12. Na2 a5 13. c3 bxc3 14. Nxc3 $14) (7. Be3 Bc5 8. Be2 Nc6
9. Nxc6 dxc6 $1 (9... Bxe3 10. fxe3 dxc6 11. Qd4 $1 {xg7} Qxd4 12. exd4 $14 {
Wegen seines starken Zentrums steht Weiß angenehmer.}) 10. Bxc5 (10. Qd6 $5
Bxd6 $1 (10... Bxe3 11. fxe3 Ra7 12. O-O-O Rd7 (12... Qxe3+ 13. Kb1 $16) 13.
Qg3 $14) 11. Bxb6 e5 12. O-O-O Ke7 $11) 10... Qxc5 11. f4 e5 12. f5 Nf6 13. Qd3
Bd7 14. Qg3 Qe7 $1 15. O-O-O O-O-O $11) 7... Bb7 (7... Qc7 8. O-O Bb7 (8... d6
9. a4 b4 10. Na2 a5 11. c3 bxc3 12. Nxc3 $16) 9. Re1 Bc5 10. Qd2 $1 Be7 (10...
Nf6 11. Qg5 $16) (10... h6 11. b4 Be7 (11... Bxb4 12. Nxb5 axb5 (12... Bxd2 13.
Nxc7+ Kd8 14. Nxa8 Bxe1 15. Rb1 $18) 13. Qxb4 $18) 12. a4 $16) 11. b3 d6 12.
Bb2 $14) (7... d6 $2 8. a4 b4 (8... bxa4 9. Nxa4 Qc7 10. O-O Nf6 11. Be3 $16)
9. a5 $1 {Das ist die eigentliche Idee des Weißen.} Qc7 10. Na4 Nd7 (10... Qxa5
11. Be3 Qc7 (11... Nd7 12. Nb6 $18) 12. Nb6 $18) 11. Be3 Rb8 12. O-O Be7 13.
Qe2 $16) (7... Nc6 8. O-O d6 (8... Qb8 9. e5 $5 {/\ Re1-Bf4-Ne4} Nxe5 10. Nxe5
Qxe5 11. Qf3 Qb8 (11... d5 12. Bf4 Qd4 (12... Qf6 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Rfe1+ Be7
15. Qxd5 Ra7 16. Qc5 $18) 13. a4 $1 (13. Bxb5+ axb5 14. Nxb5 Qa4 15. Nc7+ Kd8
16. Nxa8 Qxa8 17. a4 Nf6 $13) 13... b4 14. Bb5+ $3 axb5 (14... Bd7 15. Bxd7+
Kxd7 16. Rfd1 Qc4 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Rxd5+ $18) 15. Nxb5 Qxb2 16. Nc7+ Kd8 17.
Nxa8 $18) 12. Bf4 Bb7 (12... d6 13. Rfe1 Nf6 14. Ne4 Bb7 15. Nxf6+ gxf6 16. Be4
Bxe4 17. Qxe4 $44) 13. Be4 Bxe4 14. Nxe4 Qd8 15. Nd6+ Bxd6 16. Bxd6 $14) 9. a4
b4 10. a5 $5 (10. Na2 $5 Nf6 11. Be3 Qb8 12. c3 $14) 10... Nxa5 11. Na4 Qc7 12.
Be3 Rb8 13. Nb6 Rxb6 14. Rxa5 Rb8 15. Qa1 $14) 8. O-O Nc6 9. a4 (9. Bf4 Nge7 (
9... d6 10. a4 b4 11. Ne2 Nf6 12. Qd2 Be7 13. a5 Qc7 (13... Nxa5 14. Be3 Qc7
15. Qxb4 $14) 14. Be3 Nd7 15. Nfd4 $14) 10. Re1 Nc8 $2 {Weiß will ja demnächst
e5 spielen. Bei dieser Bauernstruktur muss man den Springer nach g6 stellen,
um maximalen Druck auf den e-Bauer zu machen. Auf c8 macht der Springer nichts.
} 11. e5 $1 {Weiß droht mit Ne4-d6 und Schwarz hat eindeutig nicht genug
Gegenspiel.} h6 (11... Nb4 12. Be4 (12. Ng5 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 d5 $1 {Das ist wohl
das kleinere Übel.} 14. Be3 Qc6 15. Bd4 Nb6 16. b3 $14) 12... Bxe4 13. Nxe4 Nd5
14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 g5 16. Bg3 Bg7 17. a4 b4 18. c4 bxc3 19. bxc3 $16) 12. Ne4
Nb4 13. Bf1 Nd5 14. Bg3 Be7 15. c3 $16 {Weiß hat ein leichtes Spiel. Man kann
die Idee b3-c4 spielen, um den schwarzen Springer zu vertreiben und das Feld
d6 noch stärker zu schwächen. Schwarz dagegen hat gar keine aktiven
Möglichkeiten.}) (9. e5 $5 Nge7 10. Re1 Ng6 11. Be4 $14) 9... b4 10. a5 Qc7 (
10... Nxa5 11. Na4 Qc7 12. Be3 Nc6 13. Nb6 Rb8 14. Bxa6 Bxa6 15. Rxa6 Nf6 16.
Nd5 $3 exd5 (16... Qc8 17. Nxf6+ gxf6 18. Qd3 $16 {Fressinet - Charbonneau 
(ACP Blitz, 2004)}) 17. exd5 Qc8 18. Ra1 Ne7 19. d6 Nf5 20. Bf4 $16 {/\ Re1})
11. Na4 Nf6 12. Be3 $16 {Weiß hat großen Vorteil Dank der Schwäche des Feldes
b6 und der besseren Bauerstruktur.} Be7 13. Bb6 Qb8 14. Qe2 O-O 15. Nc5 Bxc5
16. Bxc5 Rc8 17. Bb6 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. b3 Qc3 20. Qe1 e5 21. Ra4 d5 22. f3
dxe4 23. fxe4 Bc6 24. Rxb4 Bb5 25. Qxc3 Rxc3 26. Bxb5 axb5 27. Rf2 1-0

[Event "Cuernavaca Young Masters"]
[Site "Cuernavaca"]
[Date "2006.02.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "2006.02.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Qd7 11. Nc3 Nd8 12. Ne2 Ne6 13. Ng3 Rfe8 14. c3 Bf8 15. Ng5
c5 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. d4 Qf7 18. Bg5 Nd7 19. Qd2 h6 20. Be3 d5 21. exd5 exd5 22.
dxc5 Nxc5 23. Ba2 Rad8 24. Rad1 Kh8 25. Qc2 Nd7 26. Ne4 Qe6 27. Re2 Nb6 28. Nc5
Bxc5 29. Bxc5 Nd7 30. Ba7 Nb6 31. Bb1 e4 32. Ba2 Qc6 33. Qc1 Rf8 34. Qe3 Nc4
35. Bxc4 bxc4 36. Qd2 Rde8 37. Re3 Re6 38. Rg3 Rg6 39. Re1 Rxg3 40. fxg3 Kh7
41. Bd4 Qg6 42. g4 Qf7 43. Be3 Qf6 44. Re2 Qf1+ 45. Kh2 Bc6 46. Rf2 Rxf2 47.
Bxf2 Ba4 48. Qf4 e3 49. Qf5+ Kh8 50. Qf8+ Kh7 51. Qf5+ Kh8 52. Bxe3 Qxf5 53.
gxf5 Bc2 54. g4 g6 55. fxg6 Kg7 56. Kg3 a5 57. h4 Kxg6 58. h5+ Kg7 59. Kf4 a4
60. Ke5 Be4 61. g5 hxg5 62. Bxg5 Bf3 63. h6+ Kg6 64. Bc1 Bg2 65. Kd4 Bf3 66.
Bd2 Bg2 67. Be3 Be4 68. Bf4 Bf3 69. Bc1 Bg2 70. Kc5 Bf3 71. Bd2 Be4 72. Be3 Bf3
73. Bf4 Be4 74. Bc1 Bf3 75. Kb4 Bd1 76. Kb5 Kh7 77. Kc5 Bf3 78. b4 cxb3 79. Kb4
b2 80. Bxb2 Bd1 81. Bc1 Bb3 82. Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cuernavaca Young Masters"]
[Site "Cuernavaca"]
[Date "2006.02.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Felgaer, Ruben Alejandro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2006.02.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. f3 c5 4. d5 e6 5. c4 b5 6. cxb5 exd5 7. exd5 Be7 8. Bc4
Nbd7 9. Ne2 Nb6 10. b3 Nfd7 11. a4 Bf6 12. Ra2 Ne5 13. Na3 a6 14. O-O Nexc4 15.
bxc4 axb5 16. Nxb5 Nxc4 17. Qc2 Ne5 18. f4 Ng6 19. Ng3 O-O 20. Ne4 Bf5 21. Qc4
Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Re8 23. Qc4 Qd7 24. Kh1 Ne7 25. Re2 Nc8 26. Rxe8+ Qxe8 27. Qb3
Qe7 28. Bd2 Nb6 29. Re1 Qd7 30. a5 c4 31. Qb4 Nxd5 32. Qxc4 Ne7 33. Nd4 d5 34.
Qb5 Qd6 35. Bb4 Qxf4 36. Bxe7 Bxd4 37. Qxd5 Rc8 38. Qd7 Rb8 39. Bh4 Rf8 40. Bg3
Qd2 41. a6 Qb4 42. a7 h5 43. Rd1 Bc5 44. Bd6 Ra8 45. Qc6 1-0

[Event "Cuernavaca Young Masters"]
[Site "Cuernavaca"]
[Date "2006.02.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2006.02.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Bd3 e5 7. a3 exd4 8. axb4
dxc3 9. bxc3 Nc6 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. Nd4 Ne5 12. f3 c5 13. fxg4 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nc6
15. Qc3 Qb6 16. O-O Qxb4 17. Qxb4 Nxb4 18. g5 Nxd3 19. gxf6 Rfe8 20. Rd1 Nxc1
21. Rdxc1 Rxe4 22. Rcb1 gxf6 23. Rxb7 Rxd4 24. Re1 a5 25. Ree7 Kg7 26. Rxf7+
Kg6 27. Ra7 Rxa7 28. Rxa7 a4 29. Rxa4 d5 30. Kf2 dxc4 31. Ke3 Rg4 32. Kf3 h5
33. Ra6 Kg5 34. Rc6 h4 35. Rc5+ f5 36. Rc6 Re4 37. g3 Rd4 38. Ke3 Rd3+ 39. Ke2
Rc3 40. Kd2 hxg3 41. hxg3 Rxg3 42. Rxc4 Rg4 43. Rc1 Re4 44. Kd3 Re5 45. Kd4 Re2
46. Kd3 Rg2 47. Ke3 Kg4 48. Rc4+ Kg3 49. Rf4 Re2+ 50. Kxe2 Kxf4 51. Kf2 Kg4 52.
Kg2 f4 53. Kf2 f3 54. Kf1 Kg3 55. Kg1 f2+ 56. Kf1 Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 07th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2006.03.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Na5 11. Bc2 b4 12. d3 Rb8 13. Nd2 O-O 14. Kh1 d5 15. d4
bxc3 16. bxc3 Bd6 17. exd5 exd4 18. cxd4 Re8 19. Rb1 Rxb1 20. Nxb1 Bb4 21. Nc3
Nc4 22. Qd3 Nb6 23. Na2 Ba5 24. Bg5 Nbxd5 25. Qxa6 Qa8 26. Qxa8 Rxa8 27. Rb1
Bb6 28. Bxf6 Nxf6 29. Nb4 Bxd4 30. Kg1 g6 31. Nc6 Bc5 32. a5 Nd7 33. Kf1 Kg7
34. Be4 Bd6 35. Ne5 Re8 36. Nxd7 Rxe4 37. Ra1 Re7 38. Nb8 c5 39. Nc6 Rc7 40. a6
Rxc6 41. a7 Rc8 42. a8=Q Rxa8 43. Rxa8 Kf6 44. Ke2 h5 45. Kd3 Be5 46. Ke4 Bd4
47. f4 Kg7 48. Ra7 Kf6 49. g4 hxg4 50. hxg4 Ke6 51. Ra6+ Ke7 52. Kd5 Kf8 53.
Kd6 Be3 54. Ra4 Kg7 55. Ke7 Bd2 56. Re4 Bc1 57. Kd6 Ba3 58. Rc4 Kf6 59. Rc2 Bb4
60. Kd7 Ba3 61. Ke8 Bb4 62. Re2 Ba5 63. Re7 c4 64. g5+ Kg7 65. Rxf7+ Kg8 66.
Rf6 1-0

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 07th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2006.03.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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. Nbd2 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Nd4 Nxd4 12. cxd4 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5
15. Qh5 Bd4 16. Rad1 Qb6 17. Bb4 Rfe8 18. Rd2 g6 19. Qg5 a5 20. Bd6 a4 21. Bd1
Bc5 22. Bxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 07th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2006.03.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. Qd3 c5 11. Nc3 Qe7 12. Rd1 Rfd8 13. d5 h6 14. Bh4 Ne5 15.
Qc2 Ng6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Be2 Ne7 18. O-O exd5 19. Bf3 Rab8 20. Bxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 07th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2006.03.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 c5 8.
Ne5 a6 9. Be3 Qc7 10. Qa4+ Nd7 11. O-O-O cxd4 12. Nxd7 Bxd7 13. Qxd4 Bc6 14.
Bc4 Rd8 15. Qg4 h5 16. Rxd8+ Qxd8 17. Qe2 Be7 18. Rd1 Qa5 19. f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 07th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2006.03.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Qd7 11. Nbd2 Rae8 {Ponomariov is displaying the model set
up in Ruy Lopez defense from the point of modern theory. Black is very quickly
marshalling his pieces into play and prepares d6-d5 advance.} 12. c3 (12. Nf1
Bd8 13. Be3 (13. Ne3 Nd4 (13... Ne7 14. a4 c5 15. axb5 axb5 16. c4 Bc7 17. cxb5
d5 18. exd5 Nexd5 19. Nc4 Nb4 20. b6 Bb8 21. Ba4 Qxd3 22. Bxe8 Qxc4 {0-1
Antoniewski,R (2415)-Jackova,J (2230)/Rymarov 1999 (35)}) 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Nf1
(15. Ng4 Nxg4 16. Qxg4 Qxg4 17. hxg4 d5 18. f3 dxe4 19. dxe4 c5 20. Bf4 Ba5 21.
Red1 Rd8 22. Ba2 Bb6 {1/2 L'Ami,E (2478)-Van den Doel,E (2599)/Leeuwarden 2004
(39)}) 15... c5 16. Ba2 (16. Bd2 Qc6 17. Ba2 d5 18. e5 Nd7 19. f4 f6 20. exf6
Qxf6 21. Qh5 Qf7 22. Qxf7+ Kxf7 23. Nh2 Bh4 {0-1 Nijboer,F (2534)-Van der Wiel,
J (2529)/Wijk aan Zee 1999 (72)}) 16... Kh8 17. b4 Qc6 18. Bb2 d5 19. e5 Nd7
20. Nd2 Nxe5 21. bxc5 Qxc5 22. Nb3 Qd6 23. Nxd4 Bc7 24. Kf1 {1-0 Beliavsky,A 
(2626)-Almasi,Z (2646)/Wijk aan Zee 2006 (79)}) 13... Ne7 14. Ng3 Ng6 15. Qd2
c5 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Nf5 c4 18. Ba2 Kh8 19. Bg5 d5 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. dxc4 bxc4 {
1/2 Sowray,P (2342)-Hebden,M (2521)/Birmingham 2005 (34)}) (12. a4 Na5 13. Ba2
b4 14. c3 (14. Nf1 Bd8 15. Ng3 Kh8 16. c3 bxc3 17. bxc3 c5 18. Bg5 Bc6 19. Qc1
Ng8 20. Bxd8 Rxd8 21. d4 Qc7 {1/2 Karjakin,S (2635)-Aronian,L (2693)/Warsaw
2005 (64)}) 14... bxc3 15. bxc3 c5 16. Nc4 Nxc4 17. Bxc4 h6 18. a5 Bd8 19. Be3
Kh7 20. Qb3 Bc8 21. Nd2 Qb7 22. Reb1 {1-0 Cheparinov,I (2625)-Almasi,Z (2646)/
Wijk aan Zee 2006 (40)}) 12... d5 13. a4 $5 (13. Ba2 dxe4 14. dxe4 Nh5 15. Nb3
Qxd1 16. Rxd1 Nf6 17. Re1 Nb8 18. Nxe5 Bd6 19. Nd3 Bxe4 20. Nbc5 Bd5 21. Rxe8
Rxe8 22. Bxd5 Nxd5 23. Kf1 f6 {1/2 Topalov,V (2700)-Svidler,P (2713)/Linares
1999 (35)}) 13... dxe4 14. Nxe4 {Bologan is clearly well prepared fo the duel.
The opponent will have to fight for equality due to the novelty 13.a4!?} (14.
dxe4 Rd8 15. axb5 axb5 16. Qe2 Qd3 $11) 14... Rd8 (14... Nxe4 15. axb5 axb5 16.
dxe4 $14) 15. axb5 axb5 16. Ng3 h6 (16... Qxd3 17. Qxd3 Rxd3 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19.
Rxe5 Bd6 20. Rxb5 Bc6 21. Rba5 Bxg3 22. Bc2 Bxf2+ 23. Kxf2 Ne4+ 24. Kg1 $14)
17. Bc2 (17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Rxe5 Bd6 19. Re2 c5 $11) 17... Rfe8 {Black´s set up
is not prepared for the defense of the e5 pawn, active pieces will try to
prove sufficient compensation.} (17... Ra8 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Rxe5
Bd6 21. Re1 Ra1 22. Qe2 $14) 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Rxe5 Bd6 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Bd2
$6 (21. Qf1 $1) 21... c5 (21... Qc6 22. Ne4 $14) (21... Bxg3 $1 22. fxg3 Qd5
23. Qf1 Qxg2+ 24. Qxg2 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Re2+ 26. Kf3 Rxd2 $15) 22. Qf1 Qc7 (22...
Bc6 $5 23. Re1 Ra8 $13) 23. Ne4 $1 {Bologan has noticed, that his queen from
the square f1 is aiming at b5 pawn. The exchange in the center will reduce
enormous pressure of the black pieces.} (23. Nf5 Bh2+ 24. Kh1 Bf4 25. Bxf4 (25.
Qd1 g6 26. Nxh6+ $2 Kg7 27. Qc1 Qd7 $1 28. Kg1 Qc6 $19) 25... Qxf4 26. Ne3 Nh5
$36) 23... Bxe4 (23... Nxe4 24. dxe4 Bxe4 25. Bxe4 Rxe4 26. Qxb5 $16) 24. dxe4
Qc6 (24... c4 25. Qe2 Qe7 26. Re1 $16) 25. c4 $5 {Due to the problems along
the a4-e8 diagonal Ponomariov faced serious discomfort with the b5 pawn. The
stars are turning to the white´s favour.} (25. f3 c4 26. Be3 Nh5 $14) 25...
Bh2+ (25... Nxe4 26. Be3 Nf6 (26... bxc4 $2 27. Ba4 $18) 27. cxb5 $16) 26. Kh1
(26. Kxh2 Qd6+ 27. e5 $1 (27. Kg1 Qxd2 28. Qd1 Qxd1+ 29. Bxd1 bxc4 30. f3 Rb8
31. Be2 $14) 27... Qxd2 28. exf6 Qxc2 29. cxb5 Qxb2 30. fxg7 $16) 26... Bc7 27.
e5 $5 (27. Be3 Qd6 28. g3 Nxe4 29. Bxe4 Rxe4 30. cxb5 $14) 27... Bxe5 (27...
Ne4 28. cxb5 Nxd2 29. Qd3 (29. bxc6 Nxf1 30. Rxf1 Rxe5 31. Kg1 $16) 29... Ne4
30. Qxe4 Qxe4 31. Bxe4 Bxe5 32. b6 Bxb2 33. Ra4 $16) 28. cxb5 Qd6 $6 {The
puzzled exchampion of the world suddenly doesn´t know, how to complicate the
task for his opponent. Somewhat more challenging seems the active move 28..Qd5
with activity on the queenside.} (28... Qd5 29. Rd1 Qa2 30. Be3 (30. Re1 Qxb2
31. Qc4 Bd6 $14) 30... c4 31. b6 Bxb2 32. Qe2 $16) 29. Rd1 Qb6 (29... Bxb2 $2
30. Bc3 $18) 30. b3 Bb8 (30... Bd4 31. Re1 Ra8 32. Qe2 $16) 31. Bc3 Qc7 (31...
Be5 32. Bxe5 Rxe5 33. Qc4 $16) 32. g3 Qb7+ 33. Kg1 Nd7 (33... Be5 34. Bxe5 Rxe5
35. Rd8+ Ne8 36. Qa1 Re7 (36... Qe7 37. Qa8 $18) 37. Bd3 $16) 34. Qd3 Nf8 {
The modest defensive move serves as a bad omen for black. Active
centralisation 34...Ne5 would have let the white queen towards the black king
with a simple win.} (34... Ne5 35. Qh7+ Kf8 36. Be4 Qxb5 37. Rd2 $18) 35. Re1
Rxe1+ 36. Bxe1 Ne6 37. Bc3 (37. Qh7+ Kf8 38. Bc3 Qxb5 39. Bd1 Nd4 $16) 37...
Kf8 38. b4 $1 Qc7 (38... cxb4 39. Bxb4+ Ke8 40. b6 Qd7 41. Qa6 Kd8 42. Ba4 $18)
39. Bb3 Nd4 (39... cxb4 40. Bxb4+ Kg8 41. Bc2 Nf8 42. Qc3 $18) 40. b6 $6 {
[%mdl 64] The haunted 40th move is somewhat spoiling the artistic impression
of the huge white advantage. Under more favourable circumstances white would
easily have calculated the consequence of the attractive continuation 40.
bxc5!! with a brilliant win.} (40. bxc5 $3 Nxb3 41. b6 Qe7 (41... Qc6 42. Qd8+
Qe8 43. Bxg7+ $18) (41... Qc8 42. c6 Nc1 43. Bb4+ Kg8 (43... Ke8 44. Qe4+ Qe6
45. c7 Bxc7 46. bxc7 Kd7 47. Qb7 $18) 44. Qd7 $18) 42. Bb4 Nc1 43. Qc4 Ne2+ 44.
Kg2 $18) 40... Qxb6 (40... Qc6 41. bxc5 Nf3+ 42. Kh1 Nd4+ 43. f3 Be5 44. Bxd4
Qd7 45. Bd5 Qxd5 46. b7 $18) 41. bxc5 Qxb3 (41... Ne2+ $2 42. Kf1 Qc7 43. Kxe2
$18) 42. Qxd4 f6 43. c6 Bc7 (43... Kg8 44. Qd8+ Kh7 45. c7 $18) 44. Bb4+ Kg8 (
44... Kf7 45. Qd7+ Kg6 46. Qxc7 Qxb4 47. Qc8 $18) 45. Bd6 {The spare pawn on
the c6 square is the huge force and the queen endgames are hopeless for the
defender. The next phase is the fight for space, white needs to combine the
attack with actions against the black king.} Bb6 (45... Bxd6 46. Qxd6 Qb1+ 47.
Kg2 Qe4+ 48. Kh2 Qf5 49. Qd4 $18) 46. Bc5 Ba5 (46... Bc7 47. Qd7 Qb8 48. Kg2
$18) 47. Qd6 Qf7 48. Qb8+ Kh7 49. Qb7 Qc7 (49... Bc7 $2 50. Bb6 $18) 50. Qb1+
Kg8 (50... g6 51. Qb7 $18) 51. Qe4 Qd8 (51... Kf7 52. Qd5+ Kg6 53. Bd6 $18) 52.
Qe6+ Kh8 53. Bd6 Bb6 (53... Bc7 54. Bxc7 Qxc7 55. Qd7 $18) 54. Kh2 Kh7 55. h4
h5 {This move was not made with an easy heart, but otherwise white would have
occupied the light squares.} (55... Kh8 56. h5 $18) 56. Qf5+ g6 (56... Kh6 57.
Bf4+ g5 58. hxg5+ fxg5 59. Qe6+ Kh7 60. Qf7+ Kh6 61. Be5 $18) 57. Qe6 Kg7 58.
Kg2 Ba5 59. Be7 Qd4 60. Qd7 {Due to the open kingside defender stands no
chance, the bishop on a5 is not protecting the main master.} Qe4+ 61. Kh2 Qc2 (
61... Qf5 62. Qa7 Kh8 63. Bc5 $18) 62. Bc5+ Kh6 (62... Kh8 63. Qe8+ Kh7 64.
Qf7+ Kh8 65. Qxf6+ Kh7 66. Qf7+ Kh8 67. Bd4#) 63. Bf8# 1-0

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 07th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2006.03.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Re1 Be7 10. e5 Nd7 11. Qg4 g6 12. Na4 Qa5 13. Bh6 Qb4 {The active
theoretical discussion is taking place in this position. Black is unable to
castle and thus tries to transfer into the queenless middlegame.} (13... Rb8
14. b3 Rb4 15. Qe2 Rxa4 16. bxa4 Bb4 17. Red1 Bc3 18. Bd2 Bxd2 19. Rxd2 {
1-0 Benjamin,J (2560)-Piasetski,L (2390)/Thessaloniki 1988 (74)}) 14. Qxb4 Bxb4
15. c3 Ba5 (15... Bf8 16. Bxf8 Rxf8 17. c4 Ke7 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Rac1 Ra7 20.
b4 Bb7 21. f4 Rc8 22. Rxc8 Bxc8 23. Rc1 Kd8 24. Kf2 {1-0 Carlsen,M (2625)
-Vescovi,G (2633)/Wijk aan Zee 2006 (39)}) 16. b4 Bc7 17. f4 a5 18. b5 Nb6 19.
Nxb6 (19. Nc5 Nd7 {1/2 Hazai,L (2450)-Romanishin,O (2585)/Sochi 1982}) 19...
Bxb6+ 20. Kf1 cxb5 $6 {[%mdl 4] The experience of the defenders in this system
are not encouraging, one of the reasons is this illogical opening of the play.}
(20... c5 21. c4 Bb7 22. Rad1 a4 23. a3 Rd8 24. Bg5 Rd7 25. Kf2 $14) 21. Bxb5+
Bd7 22. Rab1 Bxb5+ (22... Rb8 23. c4 Ba7 24. Ba6 Bc6 25. cxd5 exd5 26. f5 Rxb1
27. Rxb1 Kd7 28. Rc1 gxf5 29. Bd3 {1-0 Bacrot,E (2725)-Rublevsky,S (2652)/
Khanty Mansiysk 2005 (40)}) 23. Rxb5 Bc7 (23... Bd8 24. c4 dxc4 25. Rc5 $16)
24. c4 $1 {White is very naturally rushing the opening of the files, since the
defender is struggling with the lack of space and communication between pieces.
} dxc4 (24... d4 25. Ke2 Kd7 26. Kd3 Kc6 27. Reb1 Rhd8 28. a4 $16) 25. Rc5
O-O-O (25... Bd8 26. Rb1 Be7 27. Rxc4 Bf8 28. Bg5 Bg7 29. Rbc1 O-O 30. Be7 Rfe8
31. Rc7 $16) 26. Rxc4 Rd7 (26... Kb7 27. Rb1+ Bb6 28. Bg5 Rd7) 27. Bg5 Kb7 28.
Rb1+ Bb6 29. f5 $5 {Very tempting advance of the pawn, since white opens
access to the e3 square for his bishop. Despite that objectively the best
choice was gradual mounting of the pressure with all pieces.} (29. Ke2 $1 Rb8
30. a4 Ka7 31. Bh4 $16) 29... Ka7 $2 (29... Rc7 $1 30. Rd4 Rb8 31. Rd6 Rc6 32.
Be3 Kc7 33. fxe6 fxe6 34. Ke2 Ba7 $14) (29... gxf5 $2 30. Be3 $18) 30. Rc6 $1
Bd4 (30... Rb7 $2 31. Rbxb6 Rxb6 32. Be3 Rhb8 33. fxe6 fxe6 34. Rxe6 $18) 31.
fxe6 fxe6 32. Bf6 (32. Rxe6 Rf8+ 33. Rf6 Re8 $16) 32... Re8 33. Rb5 Rd5 (33...
h6 34. Rxa5+ Kb7 35. Rc4 $18) 34. Rxe6 $1 {Rublevsky was not able to find the
best defense and the his resources are now unable to avert huge problems.} Rxb5
(34... Rxe6 35. Rxd5 Bc3 36. Ke2 $18) 35. Rxe8 Rb2 (35... a4 36. Ke2 Ba1 37.
Kf3 $16) 36. Bh4 $1 g5 (36... Rxa2 37. e6 Ra1+ 38. Ke2 Ra2+ 39. Kf3 Ra3+ 40.
Ke4 Bg1 41. e7 $18) 37. Bg3 Rxa2 38. e6 {Despite material equality the fates
of the opponents are very different. Preventing the advance of the white e
pawn is possible only at the cost of huge sacrifices.} Ra1+ 39. Ke2 Ra3 40. Rd8
(40. e7 Re3+ 41. Kd1 Re6 42. Rd8 Rxe7 43. Rxd4 $18) 40... Bc5 41. Rd5 Ra2+ (
41... Kb6 42. Rxc5 $1 Kxc5 43. e7 $18) 42. Kd3 Bb4 43. e7 Bxe7 (43... Rd2+ 44.
Ke3 $18) 44. Rd7+ Kb6 45. Rxe7 Rxg2 46. Rxh7 a4 47. Re7 a3 48. Re2 $1 {
Ponomariov has handled the advance of the black´s pawn with remarkable
confidence.} Rxe2 (48... a2 49. Be5 $18) 49. Kxe2 Kc5 50. Kd3 1-0

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 07th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2006.03.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f4
exf4 9. Bxf4 Nc6 10. Qd2 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Qxd5 Bxd5 14. O-O-O
O-O-O 15. g3 Bd6 16. Bh3+ Kc7 17. Rhf1 Bxf4+ 18. Rxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 07th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2006.03.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5
Bg4 9. Kh1 Rb8 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Rxf3 Nc7 12. a4 a6 ({As always, the alternative
is the immediate} 12... e6) 13. a5 (13. Qe2 e6 14. Bc4 exd5 15. exd5 Re8 16.
Qf1 Qd7 17. f5 b5 $36 {0-1 Binder,G-Rotariu,G/GER jub50 corr 1996/Corr 2000 
(43)}) 13... e6 {But now, this looks already like the best chance for adequate
counterplay.} (13... Nb5 14. Nxb5 $1 (14. Bd2 Rc8 15. b3 Nd4 16. Rf2 e6 17. Qg1
exd5 18. exd5 Nb5 19. Na4 Nxd5 20. c4 Nd4 21. cxd5 Nxb3 22. Ra2 Nxd2 23. Rfxd2
Qxa5 24. Qb1 Qb4 25. Nb6 Rc7 26. Re2 Qxf4 27. Re4 Qg3 28. Rg4 Qe5 {1/2-1/2
Seirawan,Y (2595)-Speelman,J (2610)/Reykjavik 1990/CBM 018/[King]}) (14. Bxb5
$5 axb5 15. e5) 14... axb5 15. Bxb5 Nxe4 {In spite of having exchanged a
central pawn for a marginal, White retains the better chances because his pair
of bishops and his advantage of space in the centre and on the king side. True,
Black's position remains hard to break.} 16. Qe2 Nf6 (16... f5 17. Bd3 Nf6 18.
c4 Ra8 19. Bd2 Rf7 20. Bc2 Nh5 21. g4 fxg4 22. hxg4 Nf6 23. f5 $40 {1-0
Bachmann,B-Szewczyk,G/ICCF corr 2001/Corr 2004 (35)}) 17. c4 Kh8 18. Bd2 Ng8
19. Bc3 Bxc3 20. Rxc3 f5 21. Re3 Ra8 22. Qe1 Rf7 23. Rea3 Nf6 24. a6 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Mkrtchian,L (2374)-Socko,M (2439)/Mallorca 2004/CBM 102 ext (60)}) (
13... b5 14. axb6 Rxb6 15. Na4 Rb8 16. c4 e6 17. Bd2 Nd7 18. Qc2 exd5 19. exd5
$14 {We have a typical KI position, with virtually no counterplay for Black. 1/
2-1/2 Petrova,L-Schoeneberg,G/Baltic Sea tt6 corr9196 1991/Corr 2000 (24)}) (
13... Nd7 14. Na4 Kh8 $6 (14... e6 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Bc4 b5 $1 17. axb6 Nxb6
18. Nxb6 Rxb6 19. Rd3 Qe7) 15. c4 e6 16. Bd2 exd5 17. exd5 $14 b5 $8 (17... f5
18. Rb1 $14 {[%cal Yb2b4]}) 18. axb6 Nxb6 19. Nc3 $14 {Again, Black's position
is pretty passive. 0-1 Thipsay,P (2492)-Lalic,B (2550)/Great Britain (ch) 1999
[Lalic,B] (45)}) 14. dxe6 $146 (14. f5 $5 exd5 15. exd5 Nd7 $6 (15... Ncxd5 16.
Nxd5 Nxd5 17. fxg6 hxg6 18. Bxg6 fxg6 19. Qxd5+ Kh7 20. Bg5 Qd7 21. Raf1 Qc6
22. Qc4 Rxf3 23. Rxf3 d5 24. Qh4+ Kg8 25. Bf6 Re8 $11) 16. Ne4 $1 $36 Ne5 17.
Rf1 Nxd5 18. fxg6 hxg6 19. Bxa6 $1 $14 {1-0 Seidel,M-Grott,P (1948)/DESC email
2001/Corr 2004 (24)}) 14... Nxe6 $5 {[%csl Ga5][%cal Ye6d4,Yd4c6] Black aims
for active piece play. Among others, he plans to transfer the knight to c6 in
order to attack the a5-pawn.} (14... fxe6) 15. Nd5 $5 (15. Bc4 {fails to
conolidate White's control on light squares because of the relative weakness
of the e4-pawn.} Nd4 16. Re3 (16. Rf2 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 d5) 16... Re8 $132 {
[%csl Gc1][%cal Yd4c6,Yg7h6]}) 15... Nd4 16. Rf1 Nh5 (16... Nxd5 17. exd5 {
[%cal Yf4f5] would leave Black with problems stoping White's king side attack
based on f5.} f5 {is not a reliable solution because of} 18. c3 Nb5 19. g4 {
when the knight is too far from the king side.}) 17. Kh2 Nc6 18. Qd2 {Not a
very natural way to develop.} (18. Bd2 $5 Bxb2 19. Rb1 $44 {[%csl Gb6,Gd5]
[%cal Yb1b7]}) 18... Re8 19. Ra4 Ne7 20. Nxe7+ ({With his incomplete
development, White cannot afford to avoid the exchange of knights with} 20. Nb6
Nc8 21. Nc4 {because of} d5 $132) 20... Rxe7 21. b3 Qc7 22. Be2 Rbe8 $5 {
Black has completed his development and has strong counterplay based on the
pressure against the e4-pawn. However, White's king side initiative has not
been prevented completely yet.} 23. Bxh5 gxh5 24. f5 $1 Be5+ (24... d5+ 25. Kh1
{[%cal Yf5f6]}) 25. Kh1 f6 26. Qh6 Bd4 27. Bd2 {This move simplifies Black's
task.} ({The critical line seems to be} 27. Rf3 $5 Rg7 (27... Rxe4 $2 28. Rg3+
Kh8 29. Rxd4) 28. c3 Rxe4 $5 29. cxd4 Re1+ 30. Kh2 Re2 31. Rg3 Rxg3 32. Kxg3
Qc6 33. d5 $1 {[%cal Ya4h4]} Qxd5 34. Qxf6 (34. Kh4 $5) 34... Qxb3+ 35. Kh2
Qxa4 36. Bh6 Rxg2+ $1 37. Kxg2 Qc2+ 38. Kg3 Qd3+ $11) 27... Rxe4 $132 {Because
of his strong centralisation, Black has little to fear.} 28. c3 Be3 29. Rxe4
Bxh6 30. Rxe8+ Kf7 31. Re2 Bxd2 32. Rxd2 Kg7 33. c4 Qxa5 34. Rxd6 b5 35. cxb5
axb5 36. Rc6 Qc3 37. Rf3 Qe1+ 38. Kh2 Qe5+ 39. Kh1 Qe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 07th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2006.03.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e3 g6 8. Bb5+
c6 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. O-O Nxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. a4 c5 13. a5 Qc7 14. axb6 axb6 15.
Rxa8 Bxa8 16. Qe2 Rd8 17. Rd1 Nc6 18. Bb5 Na7 19. Bd3 Nc6 20. Bb5 Na7 21. Bd3
Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 13th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2006.04.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2006.04.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow Youth of"]
[BlackTeam "Samara Yunilain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Na3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 Bg7 5. d3 Nf6 6. f4 O-O 7. Nf3 d6 8. O-O
Bd7 9. Qe1 e6 10. Qh4 Nh5 11. g4 Qxh4 12. Nxh4 Bf6 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. gxh5 gxh5
15. Ba4 d5 16. Bd1 c4 17. e5 Be7 18. dxc4 d4 19. Nc2 dxc3 20. bxc3 Na5 21. Ba3
Bxa3 22. Nxa3 Rac8 23. Be2 f6 24. Rad1 Be8 25. f5 fxe5 26. fxe6 Rxf1+ 27. Rxf1
Kg7 28. Bf3 b5 29. cxb5 Rxc3 30. Nb1 Rc5 31. Be2 e4 32. Kf2 e3+ 33. Kxe3 Re5+
34. Kf3 Bxb5 35. Bxb5 Rxb5 36. Re1 Rf5+ 37. Kg3 Kf8 38. Nd2 Ke7 39. Nf3 Rd5 40.
Kh4 Nc4 41. Ng5 Rd2 42. Rc1 Nd6 43. h3 Ne8 44. Kxh5 Rxa2 45. Kg6 Ra4 46. Rb1
Nd6 47. Rb8 Rf4 48. Ra8 Rf6+ 49. Kh5 Nb5 50. h4 Rf4 51. Rh8 Nd6 52. Rh7+ Ke8
53. Rxa7 Nf5 54. Nh7 Nd4 55. Kg6 Nxe6 56. Nf6+ Kd8 57. Ra8+ Kc7 58. Nd5+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 13th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2006.04.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2006.04.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Samara Yunilain"]
[BlackTeam "Sverdlovsk Ural region"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. Qd2
b4 9. Na4 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Qa5 11. b3 Bb7 12. a3 Qc7 13. axb4 d5 14. c4 dxe4 15.
f4 Nd5 16. Nc2 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Be7 18. Rxd7 Qxd7 19. Nb6 Qc7 20. Nxa8 Bxa8 21.
Be2 O-O 22. Rd1 a5 23. bxa5 Qxa5 24. Rd7 Bc5 25. Qd2 Qb6 26. b4 Rb8 27. b5 e3
28. Qc3 Bxg2 29. Qe5 Bc6 30. Rc7 Bf3 31. Bxf3 Bd6 32. Rc6 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 13th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2006.04.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2006.04.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazan Ladya"]
[BlackTeam "Samara Yunilain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. Qe2 Nc6 8.
exd5 Nxd5 9. Ne4 Be7 10. c4 Nf6 11. O-O Qc7 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Be3 Ne5 14. Bf4
Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Be5 16. Bxe5 Qxe5 17. b4 O-O 18. Be4 Qc7 19. Rac1 f5 20. Bb1 Bd7
21. Rfd1 Rae8 22. Qd3 Bc8 23. Qd6 Qxd6 24. Rxd6 Rd8 25. Rcd1 Rxd6 26. Rxd6 Kf7
27. f4 Ke7 28. c5 Bd7 29. Bd3 a5 30. Rb6 Bc6 31. bxa5 Rc8 32. Bc4 Bd7 33. Bb5
Rxc5 34. Bxd7 Kxd7 35. Rxb7+ Kd6 36. a6 Ra5 37. a7 Rxa2 38. Rxg7 h5 39. g3 e5
40. fxe5+ Kxe5 41. Kf1 f4 42. gxf4+ Kxf4 43. h4 Ke5 44. Rh7 Kf4 45. Rg7 Ke5 46.
Ke1 Kf6 47. Rg5 Rxa7 48. Rxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 13th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2006.04.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2006.04.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Samara Yunilain"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nc3 Nc6 13. Nh2 Nd4 14. Bg5 Nd7 15. Bxe7
Qxe7 16. Nd5 Qg5 17. c3 Ne6 18. Nf3 Qd8 19. a4 Nf6 20. Ne3 Qd7 21. Bxe6 Qxe6
22. b3 g6 23. axb5 axb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 13th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2006.04.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2006.04.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saratov Ekonomist SGSEU"]
[BlackTeam "Samara Yunilain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. Nd2 h6 7. Bh4 Qe7 8. f3
d5 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 e5 11. O-O exd4 12. exd4 Re8 13. Rf2 g5 14. Bg3 Nc6 15.
Nb3 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Rad8 17. Qd3 Kg7 18. f4 Ng4 19. Re2 Qd7 20. d5 Rxe2 21. Qxe2
Re8 22. Qd2 Na5 23. Bb5 Nxb3 24. Bxd7 Nxd2 25. Bxe8 gxf4 26. Be1 f3 27. Bc6 Ba6
28. gxf3 Nxf3+ 29. Kg2 Nfe5 30. Bg3 Ne3+ 31. Kh1 N3c4 32. a3 Bxc3 33. bxc3 Nxc6
34. dxc6 Bb5 35. Bxc7 Bxc6+ 36. Kg1 Kg6 37. Kf2 Kf5 38. Kg3 Ke4 39. Rf1 Nxa3
40. Rf6 Bd5 41. Rxh6 Nb5 42. Bb8 Nxc3 43. Bxa7 b5 44. h4 Ne2+ 45. Kg4 Kd3 46.
h5 Be4 47. Bc5 f5+ 48. Kg5 f4 49. Re6 f3 50. Rxe4 Kxe4 51. h6 Nf4 52. h7 Ne6+
53. Kg4 Nxc5 54. h8=Q f2 55. Qh1+ Ke3 56. Qf3+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 13th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2006.04.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2006.04.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Samara Yunilain"]
[BlackTeam "Saransk TPS"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O Bc5 8.
Nb3 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. a4 Nc6 11. a5 b5 12. axb6 Qxb6+ 13. Kh1 O-O 14. Qf3 Nb4
15. Be3 Qc7 16. Bd4 Bb7 17. Na5 Rab8 18. Nxb7 Qxb7 19. Qh3 h6 20. Qg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 13th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2006.04.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2006.04.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Meriya Moscow - Ulan-Ude"]
[BlackTeam "Samara Yunilain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d3 d6 10. a5 Be6 11. Nbd2 Qc8 12. Bc4 Rd8 13. Bxe6 Qxe6 14. Nc4 Rab8 15.
b3 Rb5 16. Bb2 Nd7 17. Ne3 Re8 18. d4 exd4 19. Nd5 Bd8 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21. Qxd4
Qe5 22. Qxe5 Nxe5 23. Red1 Nc6 24. f3 f5 25. exf5 Re2 26. Rac1 Rc5 27. Nf4
Rexc2 28. Ne6 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 30. Bxc1 Bf6 31. Nxc7 Nxa5 32. Nxa6 Nxb3 33.
Be3 Bc3 34. Nc7 Nd4 35. Nd5 Nb5 36. Nxc3 Nxc3 37. Bd2 Ne2+ 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 13th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2006.04.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2006.04.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Samara Yunilain"]
[BlackTeam "Togliatti Lada"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 Bf6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Rc1 d6 10. d5 Nxd2 11. Nxd2 e5 12. b4 a5 13. a3 Nd7 14. Nb3 Be7 15. c5
axb4 16. axb4 bxc5 17. bxc5 Ba6 18. c6 Nb6 19. Ra1 f5 20. Qc2 g6 21. Ra5 Bc4
22. Rfa1 Bxb3 23. Qxb3 Rxa5 24. Rxa5 Qb8 25. Nb5 Nc8 26. Qa4 Nb6 27. Qb4 Nc8
28. Ra6 Bg5 29. e3 Kg7 30. Qa5 Bd8 31. Bf1 g5 32. e4 fxe4 33. Qe1 Ne7 34. Qxe4
Ng8 35. Qe3 Kh8 36. Bd3 Rf7 37. Qa7 Qxa7 38. Rxa7 Kg7 39. Ra8 Rf8 40. Bf5 Nf6
41. Be6 Ne4 42. Rc8 h5 43. Nxc7 g4 44. Rxd8 Rxd8 45. Bf5 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 13th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2006.04.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Asrian, Karen"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2006.04.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Chelyabinsk South Ural"]
[BlackTeam "Samara Yunilain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bd2
d6 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. Bxd5 Qe8 11. O-O Be6 12. a4 Bf6 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Qxa8
15. c4 bxc4 16. dxc4 Rb8 17. Bc3 Bxd5 18. cxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 13th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2006.04.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2006.04.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Samara Yunilain"]
[BlackTeam "Samara Termosteps"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8.
Be3 e6 9. f3 b5 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. g4 h6 12. O-O-O Bb7 13. h4 b4 14. Na4 Qa5 15.
b3 Nc5 16. a3 Nxa4 17. axb4 Qc7 18. bxa4 Nd7 19. Kb1 Be7 20. c4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 2nd"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2006.05.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2006.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Qd7 11. Nc3 Nd8 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Re8 14. Nf5 Ne6 15.
Qf3 Bf8 16. Be3 c5 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Nc7 20. Bd2 Rxe1+ 21.
Rxe1 Re8 22. Rxe8 Nxe8 23. b3 g6 24. Nh6+ Bxh6 25. Bxh6 {In spite of the
relatively advanced stage of the game, this position is not new: it had been
seen less than two weeks earlier in the game Ivanchuk-Grischuk, Sochi 2006.} f6
({The aforementioned game continued with} 25... Qe7 {featuring a similar
scenario: Black managed to hold a slightly inferior position. Apparently,
Kamsky was not aware of this detail, given the fact that he had consumed
considerable amount of time until this moment, which left him in slight time
trouble.}) 26. c4 Kf7 27. Qd3 Ke7 28. g4 Kd8 29. Kg2 Kc8 30. Bd2 Nc7 31. Bc3
Qf7 32. Qf3 Ne8 33. Qe4 Nc7 34. Kg3 Kd7 35. Ba5 Qe8 36. Kf3 Qxe4+ 37. Kxe4 bxc4
38. bxc4 Ne8 39. Bd2 Ke7 40. Kd3 Kd7 41. Kc3 Kc7 42. Kb3 Kb6 43. Bh6 Kb7 44. h4
f5 45. gxf5 gxf5 46. Bg5 Kc8 47. h5 Kd7 48. Kc3 h6 49. Bxh6 Nf6 50. Kb3 Nxh5
51. Ka4 Nf6 52. Bf4 Ng4 53. Bg3 f4 54. Bxf4 Nxf2 55. Bg3 Ne4 56. Bf4 Kc7 57.
Kb3 Kd7 58. Kc2 Nf2 59. Kd2 Ne4+ 60. Kd3 Nf2+ 61. Ke2 Ne4 62. Kd3 Nf2+ 63. Ke2
Ne4 64. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 2nd"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2006.05.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2006.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Nbd7 9. g4 Be7 10. Qd2 O-O 11. g5 Nh5 12. O-O-O b5 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 f5 {
This line is remarkable in it´s nature. Black has next to no firepower on
light squares, but his counterplay will be build around the dark ones.} 15.
gxf6 Bxf6 16. Na5 Nf4 17. Nc6 (17. Kb1 Nb6 18. c4 bxc4 19. Qb4 Nd7 20. Nc6 Qc7
21. Qxc4 Rfc8 22. h4 Kh8 23. Qe4 Nxd5 24. Bd3 Nf8 25. Qxd5 Qxc6 26. Qxc6 Rxc6
27. Be4 $16 {1-0 Arakhamia Grant,K (2452)-Vajda,S (2391)/Chisinau 2005 (48)}) (
17. c4 bxc4 18. Bxc4 Ng2 19. Qxg2 Qxa5 20. Kb1 Rab8 21. Qd2 Qd8 22. b3 a5 $11 {
1-0 Zontakh,A (2543)-Purtov,A (2404)/St Petersburg 2005 (58)}) 17... Qc7 18. c4
$5 $146 {Novelty and the whole concept is aimed against the counterplay with
Nb6.} (18. Bd3 Nb6 19. Bxb6 Qxb6 20. Rhg1 Kh8 (20... Nxd3+ 21. Qxd3 Bh4 (21...
Rf7 22. Rg4 Raf8 23. Rf1 g6 24. Kb1 Bg7 25. a4 bxa4 26. Rb4 Qc5 27. Rxa4 $14 {
0-1 Vovk,Y (2421)-Areshchenko,A (2660)/Evpatoria 2006 (52)}) 22. Kb1 Rf4 23.
Qf1 Qc7 24. Qh3 Re8 25. Rg4 Bf6 $11 {1/2 Kryvoruchko,Y (2474)-Bindrich,F (2326)
/Deizisau 2005 (78)}) 21. Be4 b4 22. Kb1 a5 23. Rg4 Rf7 24. Rdg1 Nh3 25. Rf1
Nf4 {1/2 Mutschnik,I (2410)-Bindrich,F (2326)/Deizisau 2005}) (18. Kb1 Nb6 19.
Bxf4 exf4 20. c3 Rae8 21. Rg1 Re3 22. Rg4 Rxf3 23. Bd3 Qf7 24. Rxf4 Rxf4 25.
Qxf4 Qh5 $11 {1/2 Bologan,V (2666)-Efimenko,Z (2648)/Sochi 2006 (39)}) 18...
Nb8 (18... Nb6 $2 19. Qa5 $16) (18... bxc4 19. Bxc4 a5 $5) 19. Qa5 Rc8 $2 {
Indirectly Ponomariov is admitting, that Black has serious problems. The only
chance for real resistance must be connected with the retreat of the black
queen.} (19... Qb7 20. cxb5 axb5 21. Qxb5 Qxb5 (21... Qf7 22. Bxf4 exf4 23. Bh3
$14) 22. Bxb5 Rxa2 23. Kb1 Ra8 24. Rc1 Nd7 $13) 20. Kb1 (20. Qxc7 $5 Rxc7 21.
Kb1 $14) 20... bxc4 {The choices were already pretty rotten for the second
player.} (20... Nxc6 21. Qxc7 Rxc7 22. dxc6 Rxc6 (22... Rb8 23. cxb5 axb5 24.
Rxd6 $16) 23. cxb5 axb5 24. Bxb5 $16) (20... Qb7 21. cxb5 axb5 22. Qxb5 Qd7 23.
Qc4 $16) 21. Qxc7 Rxc7 22. Bxc4 Kf8 (22... Nxc6 23. dxc6+ d5 24. Rxd5 Nxd5 25.
Bxd5+ Kf8 26. Bb6 Rac8 27. Bxc7 Rxc7 28. Kc2 $16) 23. Na5 $1 {[%mdl 2048] Very
fine move clearly underlining the fact, that the black queenside pieces are
under lot of pressure.} (23. Bb3 Nxc6 24. dxc6 Ke7 25. Bxf4 exf4 26. Rhe1+ Be5
27. Bd5 $16) 23... Nd7 24. Rc1 Bg5 (24... Rac8 25. Bxa6 (25. b4 $5 $16) 25...
Rxc1+ 26. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 27. Bxc1 Nxd5 28. Nc6 $16) 25. h4 Bh6 26. Bb3 Rac8 27. Rc6
$1 Ne2 {Ponomariov must have agonized about the most promissing line of
resistance, the tactics with 27...Nxd5 was not exactly encouraging.} (27...
Nxd5 28. Bxh6 Rxc6 29. Nxc6 N7f6 (29... Rxc6 $2 30. Bxd5 Rc5 31. Be6 $18) (
29... N5f6 30. Bxg7+ $1 Kxg7 31. Ne7 Rd8 32. Nf5+ Kf8 33. Nxd6 $16) 30. Na5 (
30. Nxe5 gxh6 31. Nc4 $16) 30... gxh6 31. Rd1 Rc5 32. Nb7 Rb5 33. Nxd6 $16) 28.
Bxh6 gxh6 29. Bc4 (29. Rxd6 $4 Rc1+ $19) 29... Nd4 30. Bxa6 $5 {Reportedly
Svidler have played this move pretty quickly and it is hard to tell how much
he had calculated or felt.} (30. Rxd6 Ke7 31. Rxh6 Rxc4 32. Nxc4 Rxc4 33. Rxh7+
Kd6 34. Rf7 $16) 30... Nxc6 31. dxc6 Rxc6 (31... Ra8 32. cxd7 Ke7 (32... Rxd7
33. Bb5 $18) 33. Bc8 $1 Rxa5 34. Rg1 Rac5 $1 (34... Rxd7 35. Rg7+ Kd8 36. Bxd7
Ra7 37. Rg8+ $18) 35. Rg7+ Kf6 36. d8=Q+ Kxg7 37. a4 Rxc8 38. Qxd6 $18) 32.
Nxc6 Rxc6 33. Bb5 Rc7 34. Rc1 $1 {This is the position Peter was striving for,
nominally the position is equal but the white bishop and two passed pawns
promise a huge advantage with no risk.} Nc5 (34... Rxc1+ 35. Kxc1 Nc5 36. Kd2
$16) 35. Bc4 (35. b4 $2 Rb7 36. a4 Nxa4 $1 $19) 35... e4 (35... Ke7 36. b4 Rb7
37. a3 Ne6 38. Bd5 $16) 36. b4 $1 Rb7 37. a3 exf3 38. Rf1 Na4 39. Rxf3+ Kg7 40.
Bb3 Nb6 41. Kb2 {Ponomariov has no arguments for preventing the advance of the
white queenside pawns.} Re7 42. a4 Re4 43. Ka3 (43. Ka3 Rxh4 (43... Nc4+ 44.
Bxc4 Rxc4 45. a5 Rc1 46. Ka4 Ra1+ 47. Kb5 d5 48. a6 $18) 44. a5 Nc4+ 45. Ka4
Nd2 46. a6 Nxf3 47. a7 Rh1 48. Ka3 Ra1+ 49. Ba2 $18) 1-0

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 2nd"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2006.05.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2006.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The clash between Topalov and Ponomariov is usually highly interesting: they
always succeed to complicate things no matter of the situation on the board.
In this game too, both opponents were playing for a win an interesting
position, which nevertheless was all the way balanced and about equal.} 1. d4
Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 a6 {The move orders in modern chess
become more and more flexible. The present game seemed to start with either
Nimzo or Queen's Indian, then Queen's Gambit, transposing into Semi-Slav and
finally we have a popular nowadays mix of Meran with Chebanenko Slav. Notice
that a top GM should be well prepared against all these systems. For instance
in our case before reaching the position after 5th move, Ponomariov had to be
prepared to play against Queen's Indian, Queen's Gambit and Meran, while
Topalov had to be ready against White's possible choices of Nimzo Indian,
Catalan and the sharp 5.Bg5 in the Semi-Slav. Each of these openings contains
a huge amount of theoretical variations...} 6. c5 {Just like in the Chebanenko
Slav, this advance (played first by Euwe in the World Championship Match 1935
versus Alekhine) represents the most ambitious continuation, being the most
commiting move at the same time. It must be mentioned though, that the
inclusion of moves e3/e6 is crucial and the arising positions here are
completely different than those after 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5.}
(6. b3) ({and} 6. Qc2 {are the main alternatives, which also have their
drawbacks.}) 6... b6 {In my opinion this is the strongest continuation, which
underlines the main difference from the Chebanenko Slav: here the inclusion of
moves e3/e6 enables Black to fight against White's queenside space advantage 
(thanks to the open diagonal of the Bf8).} (6... Nbd7 7. b4 {secures White a
slight, but rather stable advantage.}) 7. cxb6 (7. b4 $2 a5 $17) 7... Nbd7 {
Black's main strategical goal in this structure is to advance ...c5.} ({
A reasonable alternative looks} 7... Qxb6 8. Na4 Qa7 9. Bd3 Nbd7 $5 {which
wasn't tested in practice yet}) 8. Na4 (8. Bd3 c5 $11) 8... Nxb6 9. Bd2 (9. Bd3
Nxa4 ({not} 9... Bd7 10. Nc5 $1) 10. Qxa4 Bd7 11. Qc2 ({or} 11. Ne5 c5 12. Nxd7
Qxd7 13. Qxd7+ Kxd7) 11... Qb6 12. Ne5 c5 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 {must be about equal.})
(9. Nc5 Bxc5 10. dxc5 Nbd7 $132) 9... Nxa4 10. Qxa4 Bd7 {This move was
mentioned in the World Championship 1935 matchbook as yielding White the
bishop pair and for that reason the entire variation was considered
insufficient for Black. In fact the strongest move 10...Bd7 offers Black very
good chances to equalize.} (10... Qb6 $6 {is inferior due to} 11. Rc1 Bd7 12.
Ne5 Qxb2 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. Bd3 Rb8 15. Ke2 {and White had a big advantage in
1-0 Euwe,M-Alekhine,A/Netherlands 1935/ (69).}) 11. Ne5 ({After} 11. Qc2 {
Black has a rather pleasant choice between} Qb6 ({or} 11... Ne4 12. Bd3 Nxd2
13. Nxd2 Bd6 14. Nb3 a5 15. O-O h6 16. Rac1 O-O 17. Nc5 Bc8 18. Be2 Qc7 19. g3
Bxc5 20. Qxc5 Ba6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Nielsen,P (2626)-Krivoshey,S (2495)/Germany
2003 (33)}) 12. Rc1 Rb8 $11 13. Ne5 (13. b3 Ba3 14. Rd1 Ne4 $15) 13... Ne4 14.
Nc4 (14. Nxd7 Kxd7 $36) 14... Qb7 15. Bd3 Nxd2 16. Nxd2 c5 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18.
O-O Bd6 $15 {1-0 Vennemann,H-Wellenreiter,H (2480)/ICCF corr 1998 (38)}) 11...
Ne4 $146 {Typicaly, when given an opportunity Veselin finds a way to
complicate matters. Topalov's move has the idea to send White's bishop to a5
and eventually provoke f2-f3. However, White can try to take advantage from
all this as well.} ({White is only marginally better after} 11... c5 12. Nxd7
Qxd7 13. Qxd7+ Kxd7 {In spite of White's bishops pair, Black has easy
development and will create pressure on the b-file.}) 12. Ba5 c5 $8 (12... Qc8
$2 13. Rc1 c5 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Qxd7+ Kxd7 16. f3 Nf6 17. dxc5 $18) (12... Qb8
$2 13. b4 $16) 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Qxd7+ Kxd7 15. f3 Nf6 16. Rc1 {Ruslan is
correctly trying to use the position of the bishop on a5 in his favour.} (16.
dxc5 {justifies Topalov's play. After} Bxc5 {[%csl Re3] Black benefits from
the weaknesses created by 15.f3.}) 16... c4 $5 (16... cxd4 {temporarily
handles over the initiative to White. Nevertheless it seems that Black can
neutralize it:} 17. Rc7+ (17. exd4 Bd6 $11) 17... Kd6 ({Even} 17... Ke8 {
might be playable:} 18. exd4 Bd6 19. Rb7 Nd7 20. Kf2 Ke7 {[%cal Gh8b8]}) 18.
exd4 (18. Rxf7 dxe3 $13) 18... Be7 19. Rc2 (19. Kd2 Bd8 20. Rc5 Bxa5+ 21. Rxa5
Rhb8 22. b3 Ng8 $5 $132 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gg8e7,Ge7c6]}) (19. Rc5 Kd7 20. Rc2
Rhb8 $11 {[%cal Ge7b4]}) 19... Rhc8 {and White is just marginally better.}) 17.
b3 Rb8 $5 {Initiative at all costs. Topalov sacrifices a pawn for that purpose.
} ({Again a quieter continuation was a reasonable alternative, although
White's chances are slightly preferable after} 17... cxb3 18. Rc7+ Kd6 19. axb3
Be7 {[%cal Ge7d8]} 20. Rc1 $1 (20. Rb7 Nd7 21. Bd3 (21. Bb4+ $2 Kc6) 21... Rhc8
{[%csl Rb7][%cal Gd6c6]} 22. Kd2 Kc6 23. Rc7+ Rxc7 24. Rc1+ Nc5 $11)) ({
Another possibility to sacrifice a pawn was} 17... Ba3 18. Rc3 Rhb8 19. bxc4
Rb1+ 20. Kd2 Bb2 21. Rc2 dxc4 22. Rxc4 Ra1 $44) 18. bxc4 Bb4+ 19. Bxb4 Rxb4 20.
c5 {One should not ask Ponomariov twice: he immediately uses the opportunity
to create such a long-term advantage as the protected passed pawn.} (20. Bd3
dxc4 21. Rxc4 Rxc4 22. Bxc4 Rc8 23. Bb3 Rc1+ 24. Bd1 Ra1 25. a4 Nd5 26. e4 Nc3
({or} 26... Ne3) 27. Kd2 {leads to a draw}) ({Deserved attention} 20. Kd2 Rb2+
21. Rc2 Rb1 22. c5 h5 $5 (22... Rhb8 23. g4 {[%cal Gf1g2]}) 23. g3 {and
although the control of the b-file secures Black compensation, it is unclear
if it is enough to hold the balance.}) 20... Rb2 ({Bad is} 20... a5 $2 21. a4
$1 $16) ({but} 20... Rhb8 21. Bxa6 Ra4 (21... Rb2 $2 22. O-O Rxa2 23. Ra1 $16)
22. Be2 Rxa2 23. Kf2 Rbb2 24. Rhe1 Kc7 (24... h5 $2 25. Rb1 $16) 25. Rb1 Rc2 {
was an interesting alternative, since it is difficult for White to make
progress.}) 21. a4 Ra8 22. Be2 (22. Bd3 Ra2 (22... Rxg2 $6 23. Be2 Rb8 24. Kf1
$16) 23. Bc2 (23. O-O $5) 23... Rb8 24. Kd2 Rb4 (24... Rbb2 25. Kc3 $16) 25.
Rb1 (25. Kc3 Rc4+ 26. Kb3) 25... Rc4 (25... Rbxa4 26. Rb7+ Ke8 27. Rhb1 $132)
26. Rhc1 Kc7 $44) (22. Ra1 Kc6 $5 (22... Kc7 23. Be2 e5 24. Kf2 exd4 25. exd4
Re8 26. Rhe1 a5 27. Kf1 Rd2 28. Bb5 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Kd8 30. c6 $36) 23. Be2 e5
24. Kf2 Rab8 25. Rhe1 exd4 26. exd4 Ne8 $44 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Ge8c7]}) 22... Kc7
(22... Ra2 23. Kf2 Rxa4 24. Ra1 (24. Rb1 Kc7 25. Rb2 Nd7 26. Rhb1 Rb8 $11)
24... Rxa1 25. Rxa1 a5 26. Bb5+ Kc7 27. Ke2 $14) 23. Rf1 (23. Kf2 {doesn't
work:} Rab8 24. Ra1 a5 25. Rhe1 R8b3 {and White is paralyzed.}) 23... Rab8 24.
Rf2 R8b3 $132 {[%csl Re3]} 25. Bxa6 Rxe3+ 26. Kf1 Rb4 27. Ra2 Reb3 $1 {Topalov
rightly keeps control over the b-file.} (27... Rxd4 {allows} 28. Rb1 $132) 28.
Rd1 Ng8 $1 {The knight goes to e7 and then inevitably comes either to c6 or f5,
attacking pawn d4.} 29. a5 (29. Bb5 Ne7 30. Be8 $5 Nf5 31. Kg1 f6 32. Rad2 {
is too passive. Black has the advantage after} Rb2) 29... Ne7 30. Be2 Nc6 ({
Another equal variation could be} 30... Nf5 31. a6 Kb8 $1 ({No time for} 31...
Ne3+ 32. Kg1 Nxd1 33. a7 $18) 32. Rc1 (32. a7+ Ka8 33. Rc1 Nxd4 34. c6 Rb1 $17)
32... Rb1 (32... Nxd4 $2 33. c6 Rb1 34. c7+ Kc8 35. a7 Rxc1+ 36. Bd1 $18) (
32... Ka7 $5) 33. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 34. Kf2 Nxd4 35. Bd3 Rb3 (35... Rc1 $2 36. Rb2+
$16) 36. Bxh7 Ka7 37. Bg8 f6 38. Rd2 Rb4 39. Ke3 Nf5+ 40. Kf2 Nd4 41. Ke3 $11)
31. a6 Kb8 $1 32. Rad2 Ra3 33. Kf2 g5 {Topalov is playing for a win and I
suspect that Ponomariov was happy with such a decision.} (33... Raa4 34. Ke3
Ra3+ 35. Kf2 $11) 34. h4 $1 gxh4 (34... h6 35. hxg5 hxg5 36. Rh1 $132) 35. Rh1
Rxd4 (35... Nxd4 $6 36. Rxh4 e5 37. Rxh7 $16) 36. Rb2+ (36. Rb1+ {Interesting
was trying to keep the rook on the second rank, for instance:} Kc7 (36... Rb4
37. Rxb4+ Nxb4 38. Rb2 Ra4 $13 39. Bd1 $140 $2 Ra2) (36... Kc8 $5) 37. Rb7+ Kc8
38. Rdb2 $16 {and Black cannot create counterplay. However, in this case White
had to reckon with 36...Rb4~~.}) 36... Kc7 (36... Rb4 $2 37. Rxb4+ Nxb4 38. Rb1
Ra4 39. Bd1 Ra2+ 40. Kf1 $18) 37. Rhb1 (37. Rb7+ Kc8 38. Rhb1 Rd2 $132) 37...
Ne5 (37... Nd8 $6 38. c6 $5 $36) 38. Rb8 Kc6 $1 39. Rc8+ Kd7 40. Rg8 {Time for
Ponomariov to show his aggressive intentions.} (40. Rcb8 {threatens mate in
two and forces a draw by repetition:} Kc6 41. Rc8+ Kd7 42. Rcb8 $11) 40... Ke7
({Still} 40... Kc6 {would have probably lead to repetition and an immediate
draw.}) 41. Rb7+ Kf6 42. a7 {White wins the knight by force, but even this is
doesn't break the balance.} Rda4 43. c6 $1 Nxc6 44. Bb5 Ra2+ 45. Kg1 Rxa7 46.
Bxc6 Rxb7 47. Bxb7 {Finally the position is clarified: White cannot convert
his extra bishop: black king protects well the pawns, while the king from g1
is unable to enter actively into play. The position is a draw.} h5 $1 {[%csl
Rg4] An important resource. Without this pawn White would have won easily 
(either the rook comes to g4, or the king to h3).} 48. Kh2 (48. Rh8 Kg5 49. Rh7
Kg6 $11) 48... Ra1 {Now the move Kh3 is not possible due to mate on h1.} 49.
Bc6 Rc1 {The simplest method - the bishop does not have a stable central
square and therefore White cannot create any activity.} 50. Bb5 Rb1 51. Be2 Re1
52. Ba6 Ra1 53. Bd3 Rd1 54. Bh7 {Finally the bishop found a shelter. However,
there is no clear plan how to improve further anyway.} d4 {Now the pawns can
become a target for attack, but thanks to the fact that White cannot include
the king into play, Black easily protects them.} 55. Rb8 Kg7 56. Rb1 Rd2 ({
There is no need to even calculate} 56... Rxb1 $2 {which allows White to free
the king.}) 57. Be4 f5 58. Bb7 e5 59. Rb5 ({After} 59. Kh3 d3 {White's king
still cannot join the action.}) 59... Kf6 60. f4 (60. Kh3 d3 61. Kxh4 Rxg2 $11)
(60. Bc8 Rc2 61. Bd7 d3 62. f4 e4 63. Rxf5+ Kg7 $11) 60... e4 61. Bc8 d3 62.
Rxf5+ Kg7 63. Rg5+ ({After} 63. Re5 Rc2 {again it is vital that the bishop
cannot use square g4. An amazing variation is} 64. Bf5 d2 65. Rd5 e3 66. Bxc2
e2 67. Rg5+ Kf6 68. Rf5+ Kg7 69. Rg5+ $11) 63... Kf6 64. Rf5+ Kg7 65. Rg5+ Kf6
66. Rf5+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 2nd"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2006.05.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2006.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. h4 h6 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 {From the opening variations that are frequently seen
at top level, this is one of the oldest. Commenting on his win (as Black)
against a young Boris Spassky, back in 1966, "the Patriarch" wrote that he
does not understand why his opponent chose a line where during the past 50
years White made only one or two major discoveries. This statement looks
somewhat outdated nowadays. In fact, White does not need to make any
revolutionary discoveries, since his considerable advance of space is not easy
to neutralize. The final outcome of the game ususlly depends on small nuances,
not always too easy to grasp.} e6 11. Bf4 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 {In Botvinnik's
time, Black usually castled long. By transferring the king to the opposite
wing (as frequently happens in modern games), Black intends to keep his
slightly vulnerable pawns safely defended.} 13. Ne4 ({A thematic exchange
aiming to clear the way to the g-pawn and cause Black problems with carrying
out the pawn break ...c5. Anand knew quite well what kind of problems Black
can have after the ensuing simplifications from the following game:} 13. Kb1
O-O 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qe2 Qd5 17. Ne5 Qe4 (17... Qxg2 {loses to}
18. Bxh6 $1 {or to the simpler 18.Rh(d)g1.}) 18. Qxe4 Nxe4 19. Rhe1 Nf6 ({
Of course, not} 19... Nxf2 $2 {because of} 20. Rd2 {, trapping the knight.})
20. g4 Rfd8 21. Be3 Bd6 22. f3 Rac8 23. c4 a5 24. a4 Nd7 25. Bd2 Bc7 26. Bc3
Nxe5 27. dxe5 c5 28. Kc2 {Kasparov-Anand, Linares 2003. In spite of the
blocked character of the position, White's advantage of space on the king side
faces Black with serious dangers. Kasparov pushed his pawns prematurely and
reached a rook ending with only vague winning chances, which Anand misplayed
terribly and lost.}) 13... Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6 15. Qd3 Qd5 16. c4 Qe4 17. Qxe4
Nxe4 {The main difference compared to the game Kasparov-Anand consists of the
fact that the moves Ne5 and ...0-0 are missing. This detail slightly restricts
White's posibilities, forcing him to defend the f2-pawn with the apparently
passive} 18. Be3 {However, as we shall soon find out, Black is better adviced
not to rely on this small achievement too much.} O-O ({One of Black's main
problems in this line is to find a good square for his knight. My personal
feeling is that Anand's plan from the aforementioned game (to exchange it for
the e5-knight) is the most appropriate, although it does not guarantee 100%
equality. Here is a game where Black managed to obtain the perfect d5-square
for his knight, but for several other reasons could not make use of it!} 18...
Nd6 19. b3 Bf6 20. g4 b5 21. Nd2 Kd7 22. Kc2 Bd8 23. Nf3 Bf6 24. Ne5+ Kc7 25.
c5 Bxe5 26. dxe5 Nc8 {If Black could jump with his knight directly to d5, his
position would be not worse at all. However, one can only make one move at a
time.} 27. Rh3 $1 Ne7 28. Rf3 Rhf8 29. Rd6 $1 {After the radical activation of
White's rooks, Black was reduced to complete passivity in Kramnik-Bareev, Wijk
aan Zee 2003. In case of 29...Nd5, the knight would stand "nicely" but would
fail to counter White's simple plan: Bd2, followed by the transfer of the king
to e4 and the opening of the king side by means of g5, hxg5 Bxg5 followed by
h6, which would win the f7-pawn. At the same time, Black has no time to expell
the enemy rook from d6 with} Nc8 {because of} 30. Rd4 {followed by Rdf4.}) 19.
Ne5 Bd6 ({A new move, putting the e5-knight under pressure and thus preparing
the thematic break ...c5. The more natural} 19... Rfd8 {, completing the
development, does not promisse complete equality either, for instance} 20. g4
c5 21. f3 cxd4 22. Rxd4 Rxd4 23. Bxd4 Ng5 24. Rf1 Re8 25. b3 {and White
managed to gradually amplify his advantage of space in Strikovic-Kortschnoj,
Val Maubuee 1990.}) 20. f3 Ng3 ({A questionable decision. It is hard to
refrain from "winning" several tempi by jumping around with the knight, but
the more restrained} 20... Nf6 {, more or less transposing to Kasparov-Anand,
seems a safer choice. In the game, the knight will soon land on a very passive
square.}) 21. Rh3 Nf5 22. Bf2 Rad8 ({By taking the d7-square under control,
Black intends to play ...c5 with all the comfort. One natural question is why
didn't Black place the other rook on d8 with} 22... Rfd8 {After the game
continuation} 23. g4 Ne7 24. Nd3 b5 25. b3 {he could try to open a new file on
the queen side with} a5 {. However after the accurate} 26. a4 $1 {Black would
be simply left with an additional weakness on a5, while his counterplay along
the b-file is not too realistic, for instance} bxa4 27. bxa4 Rab8 28. Kc2 {
followed by Rhh1 and Rb1. One can feel the perfect placement of the white
knight.}) ({With hindsight, it is easy to recommend the immediate opening of
the position with} 22... c5 {. Even though White seems to be able to maintain
an advantage, the situation would have been less one-sided than in the game.
Here is a possible continuation.} 23. Nd7 Rfd8 24. dxc5 $1 ({In case of} 24.
Nxc5 Bf4+ 25. Kb1 Be3 26. Bxe3 Nxe3 {White's central pawns are suddenly
vulnerable.}) 24... Bf4+ 25. Kb1 Be3 26. Bxe3 Nxe3 27. Rd4 {. Black can now
win his pawn back, but the control of the d-file would leave White on top, for
instance} Nxg2 {(Ledaing to a more unbalanced situation than after the capture
on c4)} 28. Rh2 Ne3 29. Rhd2) 23. g4 Ne7 24. Nd3 $1 {It becomes clear now that
Black is reduced to absolute passivity. His knight has no good squares at its
disposal, while after White's last move it is hard to play ...c5.} b5 25. b3
Bc7 26. Rhh1 Bb6 27. Nc5 Rfe8 28. Kc2 bxc4 ({The double exchange that follows
might seem premature, but after a neutral move such as} 28... Kf8 {White could
force the events with} 29. a4 {anyway.}) 29. bxc4 Bxc5 30. dxc5 {The following
phase of the game is a perfect illustration of Siegbert Tarrasch' statement
that if a piece is badly placed, the whole position is bad. Finding a good
square for the knight will cost Black so much time that White will manage to
obtain a decisive advantage on a different area of the board. If we compare
with the position from the game Kramnik-Bareev, we can safely state that the
double pawns are more of a strength than a weakness. Just try to remove the
pawn from c4 and place it on e5: Black would get chances to consolidate with a
further ...Nd5.} e5 31. Rd6 Rb8 32. Rhd1 ({The immediate occupation of the
seventh rank with} 32. Rd7 {looks playable, too, since the counterplay basedon}
Rb4 {can be easily parried with} 33. Kc3 {. Anand might have felt
uncomfortable to move again with his d6-rook and preferred to take the d-file
under even stricter control first.}) 32... Rb7 33. Rd8 {Exchanging one pair of
rooks makes part of White's main plan and pursues two main aims: to prevent a
possible black counterplay and to open new perspectives for the remaining rook.
} Rxd8 (33... Kf8 {could be answered with} 34. R1d7) 34. Rxd8+ Kh7 35. Rf8 f6 (
{The sophisticated plan of freeing the knight initiated by this move will
result just too slow. The immediate} 35... Ng8 {, creating the additional
threat of ...e4 followed by ...Nf6 deserves being mentioned. White would
probably have to spend a tempo on preventing this idea with} 36. Re8 {but, as
we shall see, this is hardly a loss of time since the rook is well placed on
the e-file.} f6 ({Exchanging rooks with} 36... Re7 37. Rxe7 Nxe7 {would leave
Black helpless against the white king's marching in starting with} 38. Kb3 {
and heading for a7.}) 37. Be1 Rd7 38. Bc3 g6 ({Black is not sufficiently well
prepared for this pawn break, but} 38... Ne7 {would just transpose to the game
joyless continuation after} 39. Rf8 Ng8 40. a4) 39. hxg6+ Kg7 40. Re6 $1 {
A very good square for the rook.} Ne7 (40... Rc7 {allows the simple} 41. Rxe5
$1) 41. Rd6 Rc7 42. Kd3 {and Black has no adequate way of capturing on g6, for
instance} Nxg6 43. Ba5 {or 42...Kxg6 43.Bxe5, leaving him helpless against the
centralisation of the white king.}) 36. Be1 Rd7 37. Bc3 {After this accurate
bishop maneouvre it appears that the black rook enjoys no greater mobility
than the knight.} Ng8 38. a4 $1 {With the brutal threat of advancing the pawn
to a6 and transfer the rook to b7.} g6 39. a5 $1 ({White ignores the king side
situation. In case of} 39. hxg6+ {Black would win a tempo with} Kg7 {followed
by ...Ne7, with chances for survival.}) 39... gxh5 40. gxh5 Kg7 41. Rb8 Ne7 42.
a6 Kf7 {The king hurries to support the rook in view of the threat Rb7.
However, White has an additional idea of attacking the a7-pawn.} 43. Ba5 $1 Nf5
44. Bb6 $1 {It is all over now. White's advantage of space is decisive.} Ne3+
45. Kc3 Ke6 46. Rc8 Kf5 47. Rxc6 Nd1+ 48. Kb4 Rd2 49. Bxa7 {I suppose that
Ponomariov played the following sequence of moves by mere inertia. He could
have safely resigned already.} Rb2+ 50. Ka3 Rb1 51. Rb6 Ra1+ 52. Kb3 e4 53.
fxe4+ Kxe4 54. c6 {This was precisely the moment when I incidentally connected
to playchess.com through my mobile phone. I first thought that the position
was filipped, not believing that the game was still on with such advanced
white pawns. The detail that made me understand my mistake was that Black's
next move is legal.} Kd3 {Indeed, with the position flipped, the king would be
in check here.} 55. c7 Rb1+ 56. Ka3 1-0

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 2nd"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2006.05.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2006.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d3 d6 10. a5 Be6 11. Nbd2 Rb8 ({The main alternative is} 11... Qc8 {
. The reader might remember that after} 12. Nc4 Rb8 13. Bg5 {Aronian surprized
Leko in the last round of Linares 2006 with the slightly exotic} Kh8 $5 {
. Leko went down quickly and in the notes to that game I recommended} 14. d4 {
as a possible improvement for White. Apparently, Leko came to the same
conclusion, and tried it with the very next occasion, but the king move proved
to be more than just an experiment:} exd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Ng8 17. Bf4 f5
18. exf5 Bf6 19. Qd3 Bxf5 20. Qg3 Bg6 21. Bg5 Rb5 22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. f3 Nh5 24.
Qh4 Nf4 25. Ne3 Rh5 26. Qg3 Qd8 {and, just like against Aronian, Leko found
himself under very strong king side pressure in Leko-Anand, Monte Carlo 2006.})
12. Bc4 Qc8 13. b3 Nd7 14. Nf1 Bf6 15. Ne3 g6 16. Bb2 Bxc4 17. Nxc4 ({After
this re-capture, the whole knight manoeuvre can be regarded as a loss of two
whole tempi, laeving Black with an entirely adequate position. However, in
case of} 17. dxc4 {, aiming to strengthen the control over the d5-square,
White's structure would have lost flexibility, allowing Black prepare the
thematic king side break ...f5 by means of, say,} Nc5 18. Nd5 Bg7 19. Qd2 Qd7)
17... Re8 18. d4 {Slightly careless.} exd4 19. Nxd4 Nce5 ({Black misses the
opportunity to win a pawn with the simple trick} 19... Bxd4 $5 20. Bxd4 d5 {
, when the exposed position of the bishop does not allow White obtain
counterplay along the a1-h8 diagonal easily, something Bacrot might have
feared when refraining from this line.}) 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Rb1 Qb7 22. f3 Nf6
23. Qd2 c5 $6 ({Offering White an unexpected chance. Black could have played} 
23... Nh5 {with the idea of activating his position by means of ...Nf4, ...
Qa7-c5, ...d5, etc. If} 24. g3 {then} c5 25. Ne2 Bxb2 26. Rxb2 d5 $5 {could
raise interesting complications, where White pieces would be slightly
uncoordinated.}) 24. Nf5 $1 {Black's king starts feeling uncomfortable now.}
Bxb2 25. Rxb2 Rbd8 26. Rbb1 Qc7 27. Qh6 Nh5 28. Ne3 Nf6 29. Nf5 Nh5 30. Rbd1 {
(White had no reasons to agree to a draw by repetition, of course.)} gxf5 31.
Qxh5 $6 ({Ponomariov misses the chance to obtain a powerful attack with} 31.
exf5 $5) 31... fxe4 32. Qg5+ Kf8 33. Rd5 Re6 34. Rxe4 Rde8 35. Qh5 Qxa5 36.
Qxh7 Qa1+ 37. Kf2 Rxe4 38. fxe4 Re6 39. Rd3 Rf6+ 40. Rf3 Rxf3+ 41. gxf3 Qc1 42.
Kg3 Qxc2 43. Qh6+ Kg8 44. Qg5+ {Finally switching to the B-plan: giving
perpetual check.} Kh7 45. Qh5+ Kg7 46. Qg5+ Kh7 47. Qh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 2nd"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2006.05.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2006.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Qd7 {Kamsky does not mind playing this variation with both
colours. This is the third time in this tournament that he reaches this very
position. The first time it happened against the same opponent, but with
reversed colours.} 11. Nbd2 ({But now he deviates from Ponomariov's} 11. Nc3)
11... Rfe8 ({Ponomariov shows that he has his own ideas, too.} 11... Nd8 {
was succesfully tried in Anand-Kamsky, Sofia 2006.}) 12. Nf1 Nd8 13. Ng3 Ne6
14. c3 c5 15. d4 {If we compare with the game Anand-Kamsky, Black cannot hold
his e5-pawn here, because White is much better developed and the threat of
winning a pawn is quite real.} exd4 16. cxd4 d5 17. e5 Ne4 18. Nf5 Bf8 19. Be3
Rac8 20. dxc5 N6xc5 21. N5d4 {The almost absolute stability on the d4-square
offers White the more pleasant position.} Nxb3 22. Qxb3 Nc5 23. Qd1 a5 24. Qb1
Ne4 25. Rd1 b4 26. axb4 Bxb4 27. Nc2 Qe7 28. Nxb4 Qxb4 29. Qa2 Ra8 30. Rd4 Qb5
31. Ra4 Bc6 32. Rxa5 Rxa5 33. Qxa5 Qxb2 34. Rc1 Ba8 35. Rc7 {In spite of
simplifications, White maintains unpleasant pressure. With his next move,
Ponomariov tries to solve his problems by unblocking the d4-square and
activating the a8-bishop (something Nimzovich would certainly recommend from
general point of view) but misses Kamsky's spectacular reply.} d4 $2 36. e6 $3
{This successive pawn moves are very much related to each other regarding
their basic ideas but differ enormously from the point of view of their
objective merits. White cleares the fifth rank for his queen and the long dark
diagonal for his bishop, forcing Black to weaken his seventh rank at the same
time. Can we ask for more from a modest pawn?} Qb1+ ({Removing the queen from
the exposed b2-square. The immediate} 36... fxe6 {would have been met by} 37.
Rxg7+ $1) 37. Kh2 fxe6 38. Qh5 {The Black king is helpless against the
combined action of the white pieces.} Nd6 39. Bxd4 {The bishop captures this
pawn 3 moves later than Ponomariov might have expected and with devastating
effect we must say.} Bxf3 40. Rxg7+ Kf8 41. Qh6 ({After} 41. Qh6 Re7 {(What
else?)} 42. Qf6+ {Black has a choice betwen two echo-variations:} Rf7 ({
In case of} 42... Nf7 43. Rg8+ Kxg8 {the mate is delivered on a different
square:} 44. Qg7#) 43. Rg8+ Kxg8 {and now} 44. Qh8#) 1-0

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 2nd"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2006.05.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2006.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7 7. Qe2 d6 8. c4
g6 {After the success obtained with the Gruenfeld Defence, Svidler's desire to
develop his bishop in fianchetto again is entirely understandable.} 9. Nc3 Bg7
10. Nf3 {The standard attack based on f4-f5 would be less effective now,
against Black's well defended king side. Therefore, White concentrates his
efforts against the d6-pawn, which has been slightly weakened after ...Bg7.}
O-O 11. Bf4 Nc6 12. Rac1 Nd7 13. Qe3 Nce5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Be2 b6 16. Rfd1 Re8
17. Qd2 Nxc4 18. Bxc4 Qxc4 19. Qxd6 {From structural point of view, the
exchange of these pawns is supposed to favour Black. However, Black's dark
squares have been weakened even more now, especially after the dissapearance
of the black knight. Besides, the light-squared bishop will be severly
restricted by the white central chain of pawns. These latter aspects allow
White count on a minimal, but stable advantage.} Bb7 20. Be5 $1 {Exchanging
the last remaining defender of the dark squares.} Bxe5 21. Qxe5 Rad8 22. f3 b5
23. Kf2 $3 {The initiation of a very original plan. The transfer of the king
to e3 is motivated by two aspects. Firts of all, in case of an attacking
action of the other pieces, His Majesty could easily remain exposed on the
back rank, as a consequence of the relative weakness of the g1-a7 diagonal.
Secondly, the presence of this "extra-piece" in the centre will allow White
consolidate his domination. Such a plan is possible only because Black's
bishop is so desperately passive. Although all this looks quite logical, the
artistic impression (or, if you wish, extravagancy) is similar to that caused
by a football goal-keeper advancing to attacking positions.} Qc6 24. Ne2 Qb6+
25. Rd4 Rd7 26. b4 {Taking just another dark square under control.} Red8 27.
Ke3 $1 {White maintains the tension in the centre without the necessity of
abandoning the control of the c-file.} Rxd4 28. Nxd4 Rd6 29. Qf6 Rd7 30. Rc5
Qd6 31. g3 a5 32. a3 axb4 33. axb4 Qa6 34. Ne2 Qd6 35. Qc3 h5 36. Qd4 Qe7 {
Of course, with such a centralized white king, Black would have no interest in
entering into the endgame.} 37. Qe5 f6 38. Qb8+ Kg7 39. Nc3 ({Possibly not
best.} 39. e5 {would have allowed White make further progress with his
strategy on dark squares.}) 39... e5 {Black has managed to cover the king side
dark squares in acceptable way. However, the d5-square has been weakened now,
which determines White switch to another plan.} 40. Nd5 Bxd5 41. exd5 {Like
recommended by Nimzowitsch, the strong outpost has been converted into a
strong passed pawn. However, the king starts feeling a bit insecure now.} f5 ({
This activity in the centre will only result into material losses.} 41... Ra7 {
might have offered better chances for counterplay.}) 42. Qxb5 f4+ 43. Kf2 e4
44. fxe4 fxg3+ 45. hxg3 Qf6+ 46. Kg2 Qb2+ 47. Kh3 Rf7 48. Qd3 {Black's attack
has failed completely. He now has to allow the exchange of queens, thus
reaching a hopeless rook ending. Otherwise the white queen would occupy the
a1-h8 diagonal, when, all of a sudden, the black king would find himself under
strong attack.} Qxb4 49. Qc3+ Qxc3 50. Rxc3 Re7 51. Rc4 Kf6 52. Kh4 Ke5 53. Rc6
{En elegant way to finish the game. The e4-pawn is taboo in view of the check
on e6. Otherwise, White plans to play Kg5 and give the check on e6 anyway.} 1-0

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 2nd"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2006.05.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2006.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a4 Na5 {Topalov had already some previous experience with
this position. Although played quite differently in those games, White
employed the same queen side plan as in the present game.} (10... h6 11. Bd2 b4
12. c3 a5 13. d4 bxc3 14. Bxc3 $1 {Instead of maintaining the flexibility of
his structure, White aims for rapid activation of pieces.} exd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4
16. Qxd4 $14 {Topalov,V (2757)-Grischuk,A (2710)/Wijk aan Zee 2005/CBM 105}) (
10... Nb8 11. axb5 axb5 12. Rxa8 Bxa8 13. Na3 c6 14. c4 {Once again ruining
his pawn structure, followed by the transfer of the bishop to c3.} bxc4 15.
Nxc4 Nbd7 16. Bd2 Re8 17. Qc2 Bf8 18. Ba2 Qb8 19. Bc3 {Topalov,V (2801)
-Ivanchuk,V (2729)/Morelia/Linares 2006 with complicated, balanced, fight.})
11. Ba2 c5 12. Nbd2 Nd7 $146 (12... Bc8 {was tried in Anand,V (2803)-Svidler,P
(2743)/Sofia 2006}) ({Soon after the M-Tel tournament, the following game was
played, in which Black delayed for one move the trabsfer of the bishop to e6,
possibly waiting for White to define his intentions:} 12... Qc7 13. Nf1 Bc8 14.
Bd2 ({More to the point seem to be} 14. Ne3 $5) ({or} 14. Bg5 $5 {fighting for
the d5-square.}) 14... b4 15. c3 bxc3 16. Bxc3 Nc6 17. Ne3 Rb8 18. Nh2 Be6 19.
Nhg4 Nxg4 20. hxg4 Bg5 $15 {Amonatov,F (2569)-Beliavsky,A (2622)/Turin Ol 2006}
) 13. Nf1 Nb6 14. Bd2 b4 15. c3 bxc3 16. Bxc3 {Same pattern again. In the long
run, Topalov intends to concentrate his pieces against the enemy king.} Nc6 {
In the next phase of the game, both sides will manoeuvre with their pieces in
such a way that they take under control the numerous important squares made
available after the structural modifications. Besides, White will aim to open
the long dark diagonal by means of f4.} 17. a5 Nc8 18. Ne3 N8a7 19. Nf5 {
This is a highly commital move, revealing Topalov's intentions to play
everything on one single cart: a king side attack. However, after this knight
jump, White's position loses part of its harmony.} ({More natural looks to be} 
19. Nd2 Nb5 20. Ndc4 Rb8 21. Nb6 {taking the numerous weak squares under
control. True, the weaknesses from the own camp are also under black control,
which causes the position to be more or less equal.}) 19... Bc8 20. Nd2 Rb8 21.
f4 Bxf5 22. exf5 exf4 23. Qg4 Nd4 24. Ne4 Nab5 25. Bd2 {Of course, Topalov is
not the kind of player to be afraid of "losing" an exchange after the fork on
c2. According to the terminology instituted by Rudolf Spielmann (the last of
the romantic platers, as he was frequently named) this is a passive sacrifice.
White does not force, but allows his opponent to win the exchange. Although
his compensation will prove to be insufficient, the position will be rather
difficult to handle over-the-board, which will cause Ponomariov to lose
control.} Nc2 26. Bxf4 Kh8 27. Qh5 Nxe1 (27... Nxa1 28. Rxa1 Nd4) 28. Rxe1 Qxa5
29. Ra1 {The only way to defend both attacked pieces, which, if underestimated,
could become a very dangerous attacking move at the same time.} Rbd8 $2 (29...
f6 {looks like a relatively safe way to parry White's incipient threats.} 30.
Kh2 $145 {/\ 31.Bg8!} d5 31. Bxb8 Rxb8 $19 {(Poldauf/Schach 7-2006)}) 30. f6 $2
(30. Kh2 $145 $1 {(Poldauf)} Qc7 (30... d5 31. Bxd5 $1 Qxa1 32. f6 gxf6 (32...
Qf1 33. fxg7+ Kxg7 34. Bh6+ Kh8 35. Qe5+ $18) 33. Ng5 fxg5 34. Be5+ f6 35. Be4
$18) (30... Nd4 $2 31. Bxf7 $1 Qxa1 32. Bg6 h6 33. Bxh6 $18) 31. Bxf7 Rxf7 32.
Qxf7 Rf8 33. Qd5 $16 {(Poldauf)}) 30... gxf6 {This is the correct way to
capture.} (30... Bxf6 $2 31. Nxf6 gxf6 32. Qh6 Qb4 (32... Rg8 33. Qxf6+ Rg7 34.
Bh6 Rdg8 35. Bxf7 $18) 33. Qxf6+ Kg8 {and now,} 34. Bc4 $1 $18 {[%csl Gd4]
[%cal Yf4h6] prevents ...Qd4 and threatens Bh6 followed by mate.}) 31. Kh2 $1 {
Removing the king from the exposed g1-square, White threatens 32.Bxf7 Qxa1 32.
Bg6.} d5 $2 {This natural move is the decisive mistake in fact. Black had
several reasonable continuations at his disposal.} (31... Nd4 32. Bxf7 Qxa1 33.
Bg6 Rf7 34. Bxf7 Qf1 35. Bg6 (35. Be3 Qf5) 35... Qxf4+ 36. g3 Nf3+ 37. Kg2 Ne1+
38. Kh2 $11) (31... Qc7 32. Bxf7 f5 33. Rxa6 Rxf7 (33... fxe4 34. Be5+ dxe5 35.
Rh6 $18) 34. Qxf7 Rf8 35. Nxd6 Bxd6 (35... Nxd6 $2 36. Be5+) 36. Qxf8+ Bxf8 37.
Bxc7 Nxc7 38. Rf6 $13) ({Possibly best would have ben} 31... Rg8 $5 {when it
is hard to suggest an efficient way of continuing the attack for White.}) 32.
Nxf6 Bxf6 33. d4 $3 {A brilliant move, turning the tables to White's favour.
The threat Bb1 can be parried only by sacrificing the queen.} Qxa2 34. Rxa2
Nxd4 {Black has some hopes to build up a fortress, but White's energetic play
demolishes his plan little by little.} 35. b4 $1 Ne6 (35... cxb4 {loses
material to} 36. Be5) 36. Be5 Bg7 37. bxc5 Rc8 38. Bd6 Rfd8 39. Ra5 Kg8 40.
Rxa6 Rd7 41. Qxd5 Bf8 42. Qf3 Bxd6+ 43. cxd6 Rcd8 44. Qd5 Ng7 45. Ra8 Ne6 46.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 47. g4 {Black's fortress cannot last for tyoo long, because his
king's position is too weak.} h6 48. h4 Rb8 49. Kg3 Re8 50. Kf3 Nf8 51. Qd2 Kg7
52. Qd4+ Kg8 53. Qf6 Re6 54. Qe7 Kg7 55. Qc7 Kg8 56. d7 Nxd7 57. Qxd7 Kg7 58.
Qd4+ Kg8 59. Kf4 Rg6 60. Kf5 Re6 61. Qd7 {Threatening Qxe6, which would
transpose to a winning pawn ending.} Rg6 62. h5 Rg5+ 63. Kf6 Kh8 64. Qe8+ Rg8
65. Kxf7 1-0

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 2nd"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2006.05.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2006.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg2 Bd6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Bf4 Qe7 11. Re1 Rfe8 12. Rc1 c6 13. Qc2 Bb4 14. Bg5 h6 15.
Bd2 c5 16. a3 Bxc3 17. Bxc3 Ne4 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. Nd2 f5 20. b4 Nb6 21. Nxe4
dxe4 22. Bh3 Bc8 23. bxc5 Qxc5 24. Bb2 Qe7 25. f3 exf3 26. Qb3+ Be6 27. Qxf3
Nc4 28. Bd4 Rad8 29. Qf2 Nd2 30. Qf4 Rxd4 31. Qxd4 Nb3 32. Qb4 Qxb4 33. axb4
Nxc1 34. Rxc1 Rb8 35. Rc7 Rxb4 36. Rxa7 Kf8 37. Kf2 h5 38. Bg2 h4 39. Ra8+ Kf7
40. Ra7+ Kf6 41. Ra6 hxg3+ 42. hxg3 Ke5 43. Ra5+ Kf6 44. Ra6 Ke5 45. Ra5+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 2nd"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2006.05.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2006.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 c5 9. e4 Nc6 {This is an ambitious setup, popularized several years ago
by Joel Lautier. Usually in this variation, Black develops his knight to d7.}
10. Be3 ({Here is a recent example from Lautier's practice:} 10. Bb2 Rc8 11.
Rd1 cxd4 12. cxd4 Bd6 {Wojtaszek,R (2591)-Lautier,J (2672)/Gothenburg 2005/CBM
109/[Ftacnik]}) 10... cxd4 {It is important to exchange on d4 right now in
order to win time for the further development of pieces.} (10... Be7 11. d5 $5
$146 {Sokolov,I (2706)-Kramnik,V (2777)/Wijk aan Zee 2004/CBM 099/[Ftacnik]})
11. cxd4 Rc8 12. Qa2 $146 ({Previously, the seemingly more active} 12. Qa4 {
had been played. In fact, the slightly exposed position of the queen offered
Black counterplay after} Be7 13. Ne5 {(otherwise, Black would play at some
moment a6 and b5)} O-O 14. Ba6 b5 15. Bxb5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bc5 17. Bxc5 {1/2-1/2
Solozhenkin,E (2514)-Ionov,S (2541)/St Petersburg 2003/CBM 095}) 12... Bd6 13.
Bd3 {By placing the bishop on this (again, not very typical) square, Black
prepares the transfer of the knight to g6.} O-O 14. O-O Ne7 15. Rfc1 Ng6 {
This whole plan looks rather time consoming. Besides, the knight is not too
stable on g6.} ({Black's previous play could have ben justified by} 15... Qd7 {
[%cal Yf7f5] planning to break the enemy centre with ...f5, when the
usefullness of placing the knight on e7 is obvious.}) 16. g3 {[%csl Yf4,Gg6,
Yh4][%cal Gh2h4,Gh4h5]} Qe7 17. a4 Bb4 (17... h6 18. a5 $14) 18. h4 Rfd8 ({
After} 18... f5 19. Bc4 {Black would more or less be forced to sacrifice an
exchange with} Rxc4 20. Qxc4 fxe4 {but after} 21. Ne5 Nxe5 22. dxe5 $14 {
White would remain in control.}) 19. h5 Nf8 20. h6 gxh6 21. Rxc8 {By giving up
the control of the c-file so soon, White allows his opponent obtain certain
counterplay.} (21. Bxh6 $6 Qf6 {[%csl Yf3,Yh6]}) (21. Kg2 $5 {[%cal Yc1c8,
Ya1h1]} Bc3 22. Rab1 f5 23. exf5 Bd5 24. Qe2 exf5 25. Bxf5 Ne6 26. Kh2 $14)
21... Rxc8 22. Rd1 ({Even here,} 22. Kg2 {is possible because} Rc3 23. Qe2 f5 {
would be strongly met by} 24. exf5 exf5 25. Bc4+ $16 {[%cal Yd4d5]}) 22... h5
$132 23. d5 exd5 24. exd5 Ng6 25. Ng5 Rd8 26. Bf5 (26. Be4 $5 {[%csl Gd5]})
26... Qf6 27. Bh3 Bc5 {[%csl Yg5]} 28. Bxc5 Qxg5 29. Be3 Qe5 30. Bg2 h4 $36 {
Suddenly, the previously weak h-pawn becomes a dangerous attacking instrument.}
31. a5 hxg3 32. axb6 axb6 33. Bxb6 Qh5 34. Rd3 Ra8 35. Ra3 Rxa3 36. Qxa3 Qd1+
37. Bf1 gxf2+ ({It seems that Black missed a clear win here:} 37... g2 38. Kxg2
Qxd5+ 39. f3 Nf4+ {with decisive attack. In some lines, the b6-bishop would be
hanging, for instance} 40. Kg3 Qg5+ 41. Kf2 Qh4+ 42. Ke3 Nd5+ {[%cal Yd5b6]})
38. Kxf2 Qxd5 $17 {Black still has winning chances, but the technical task is
anything but easy.} 39. Qe3 Qf5+ 40. Ke1 Be4 41. Bd4 Qe6 42. Kf2 f6 43. Qg3
Qf5+ 44. Ke1 Qa5+ 45. Qc3 Qxc3+ 46. Bxc3 Kg7 47. Be2 Ne5 48. Kf2 Kg6 49. Kg3
Nf7 50. Bc4 Nd6 51. Be6 Bf5 52. Bd5 Ne4+ {Ponomariov wasprobably bored already
and he immediately transposed to a drawn ending.} (52... h5 $5 $15) 53. Bxe4
Bxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Foros Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Re4 g5 16. Qf1 Qxf1+ 17. Kxf1 h6 18. Nd2 Bf5 19. Re1 Rae8 20. Nf3 Bh3+ 21. Kg1
Bg4 22. Ne5 f6 23. Nd3 Bf5 24. Rd1 Bg4 25. Rd2 Kg7 26. a4 Nb6 27. axb5 axb5 28.
Bd1 Bf5 29. Bf3 Ra8 30. Rxa8 Rxa8 31. Rd1 Ra1 32. Ne1 c5 33. dxc5 Bxc5 34. b4
Na4 35. Bd2 Rxd1 36. Bxd1 Bd6 37. Be2 Bd7 38. Nc2 Be5 39. c4 bxc4 40. Bxc4 Bf5
41. Ne3 Be4 42. Bb3 Nb6 43. Bc2 Bxc2 44. Nxc2 Nc4 45. Be3 f5 46. Bd4 Kf6 47. f4
gxf4 48. gxf4 Bxd4+ 49. Nxd4 Ne3 50. b5 Nd5 51. h4 Ke7 52. Nxf5+ Ke6 53. Nxh6
Nxf4 54. Kf2 Ng6 55. Kg3 Kd5 56. h5 Nf8 57. Ng4 Kc5 58. Ne5 Kxb5 59. h6 Nh7 60.
Kf4 Kc5 61. Kf5 Kd5 62. Nd7 Kd6 63. Kg6 1-0

[Event "Foros Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 a5 11. bxa5 Rxa5 12. Nd2 Nf4 13. Bf1 Ra8 14. c5 dxc5 15.
Nc4 Bd7 16. Rb1 b6 17. a4 Nc8 18. a5 bxa5 19. Be3 Nd6 20. Bxc5 Nxc4 21. Bxc4
Re8 22. g3 Nh3+ 23. Kg2 h5 24. Bb5 Ng5 25. h4 Bh3+ 26. Kh2 Bg4 27. Be2 Bxe2 28.
Qxe2 Nh7 29. Rb7 Qc8 30. Reb1 Nf6 31. Kg2 Nd7 32. Qb5 Nxc5 33. Qxc5 Bf8 34. Qc6
Re7 35. Nb5 Qd8 36. Na7 Qd7 37. Qc4 Qd6 38. Nc6 Ree8 39. Ra1 Qc5 40. Qb3 a4 41.
Rxa4 Rxa4 42. Qxa4 Bd6 43. Qb3 Ra8 44. Rb8+ Rxb8 45. Qxb8+ Kg7 46. Qb3 Qb6 47.
Qc2 Qb5 48. f3 Qa6 49. g4 hxg4 50. fxg4 Qa1 51. Qf2 Qd1 52. Qf3 Qxf3+ 53. Kxf3
Kh6 54. Nd8 Kg7 55. h5 f6 56. Ne6+ Kh6 57. hxg6 Kxg6 58. Ke2 Kf7 59. Kd3 Ke7
60. Ng7 Kd7 61. Kc4 c6 62. Nf5 Bf8 63. Ne3 Bh6 64. dxc6+ Kxc6 65. Nd5 Bg5 66.
Nb4+ Kd6 67. Kb5 Bh4 68. Nd5 Bg5 69. Nb6 Bh4 70. Nc4+ Ke6 71. Kc6 Kf7 72. Nd2
Kg6 73. Nf3 Bg3 74. Kd7 Bf2 75. Ke6 Bg3 76. Kd5 Bf4 77. Ke6 Bg3 78. Kd5 Bf4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Foros Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. b3 O-O-O 10. g3 g5 11. Bb2 Bg7 12. Nd2 Rhe8 13. O-O-O Nb6 14. f4 gxf4
15. gxf4 f6 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Qxe7 Bxb2+ 18. Kxb2 Rxe7 19. Bh3 Rf8 20. Rhe1
Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Kd8 22. f5 Bc8 23. Nf3 c5 24. Rg1 d5 25. Ng5 h6 26. Nh7 Rf7 27.
Rg8+ Ke7 28. f6+ Kd6 29. Rd8+ Ke5 30. Re8+ Kd6 31. Bxc8 Nxc8 32. Nf8 Rxf6 33.
Rxc8 dxc4 34. bxc4 Rf2+ 35. Kb3 Rf3+ 36. Kc2 Rf2+ 37. Kd3 Rf3+ 38. Kd2 Rf2+ 39.
Ke3 Rxh2 40. Re8 c6 41. Re6+ Kc7 42. Ng6 Rxa2 43. Ne5 h5 44. Rxc6+ Kb7 45. Rxc5
h4 46. Nf3 h3 47. Rh5 Ra3+ 48. Ke4 Rc3 49. Nd2 Ra3 50. Kd4 a5 51. Ne4 a4 52.
Nc3 Ra1 53. Rxh3 a3 54. Rh2 1-0

[Event "Foros Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. g3
Nbd7 9. Bg2 dxc4 10. Qe2 Nb6 11. O-O Bb4 12. a3 Ba5 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. e4 e5 15.
Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Foros Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Bd7 7. Bb3 g6 8. f3
Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bg7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Qe3 b5 12. a4 bxa4 13. Nxa4 Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6
15. O-O Qc7 16. b3 Rfc8 17. Rad1 Rab8 18. c4 Kf7 19. f4 Qb7 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21.
Rd3 Kg8 22. e5 dxe5 23. fxe5 Bg7 24. Qh3 Qe4 25. Nc3 Qxe5 26. Re3 Qd4 27. Qxe6+
Kh8 28. Nb5 Qc5 29. Qxe7 Rxb5 30. cxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Foros Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Nbd7 9. g4 Nb6 10. g5 Nh5 11. Qd2 Be7 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Kb1 Rc8 14. Rg1 g6 15.
Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Bf5 17. Bd3 Qd7 18. Qb4 Rc7 19. Bb6 Rcc8 20. Be4 f6 21. gxf6
Nxf6 22. Nd2 Rf7 23. Be3 b5 24. Qa3 Bxe4 25. fxe4 Ng4 26. Bb6 Qb7 27. Qh3 Qxb6
28. Qxg4 Qc5 29. c3 Rcf8 30. Rg2 Rf4 31. Qd7 R8f7 32. Qb7 Qe3 33. Kc2 Qh3 34.
Rdg1 Rf2 35. Rxf2 Rxf2 36. Qxe7 Rxd2+ 37. Kxd2 Qxh2+ 38. Kd3 Qxg1 39. Qe8+ Kg7
40. Qe7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Foros Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Bc6 14. Bd2
Bc5 15. Qf4 Nd7 16. Ne4 Qa4 17. Nc3 Qa5 18. Ne4 Qa4 19. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Foros Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Bg5 d6 6. Qd2 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Nge2
exd5 9. cxd5 a6 10. a4 h5 11. Nc1 Qe8 12. f3 Nbd7 13. Be2 Nh7 14. Bh6 f5 15.
Bxg7 Kxg7 16. exf5 Rxf5 17. O-O Ndf6 18. Bd3 Re5 19. N1e2 Bd7 20. Rae1 Qf7 21.
Nf4 Rxe1 22. Qxe1 Nf8 23. Qg3 Kh6 24. Ne4 Nxe4 25. fxe4 Qe7 26. e5 Qxe5 27.
Bxg6 Bg4 28. Bf7 Nh7 29. h3 Ng5 30. hxg4 Nxf7 31. gxh5 Ng5 32. Re1 Qd4+ 33. Kh2
Rg8 34. Ng6 Qf6 35. Qg4 b5 36. axb5 axb5 37. Re3 c4 38. Qe2 Qd4 39. Re6 Nxe6
40. Qxe6 Kh7 41. Qd7+ Rg7 42. Qf5 Kh6 43. g4 Qd2+ 44. Kg3 Qd3+ 45. Kf4 Rf7 0-1

[Event "Foros Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. g4 h6
9. Qd2 b4 10. Na4 Nbd7 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. b3 Bd7 13. Nb2 d5 14. Nd3 Nxd3+ 15.
Bxd3 Qc7 16. h4 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. fxe4 a5 19. Rhf1 Be7 20. g5 hxg5 21.
hxg5 a4 22. Kb1 axb3 23. cxb3 Rh2 24. Rf2 Rxf2 25. Qxf2 Qe5 26. Qh4 g6 27. Nc2
Bf8 28. Qf4 Qxf4 29. Bxf4 Ra5 30. Ne3 e5 31. Nc4 exf4 32. Nxa5 Be7 33. Nc4 Bxg5
34. Nd6+ Ke7 35. Nxf7 Bf6 36. e5 Bh4 37. e6 Kxe6 38. Kc2 g5 39. Nh6 Bb5 40. Rd4
f3 41. Re4+ Kd5 42. Rxb4 Bd7 43. Kd3 f2 44. Rd4+ Ke5 45. Re4+ Kd5 46. Rd4+ Ke5
47. Re4+ Kf6 48. Ke2 Bh3 49. Ng4+ Kf5 50. Nxf2 Bxf2 51. Re8 Bc5 52. a4 g4 53.
a5 g3 54. Rc8 Bd4 55. Rf8+ Ke6 56. Re8+ Kf7 0-1

[Event "Foros Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qe2 Ne4 11. Bg3 Ndf6 12. Rad1 Nxc3 13. bxc3 dxc4 14. Bxc4
Ne4 15. Qc2 Nxg3 16. hxg3 c5 17. d5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. e4 d4 20. cxd4 cxd4
21. Nxd4 Qc8 22. Qe2 Re8 23. Nf5 Bf8 24. Nd6 Bxd6 25. Rxd6 Qb7 26. Rd4 Rad8 27.
Rfd1 Rxd4 28. Rxd4 Qc6 29. Qc4 Qxc4 30. Rxc4 Rd8 31. a4 Rd1+ 32. Kh2 a5 33. e5
Rb1 34. f4 Rb4 35. Rc8+ Kh7 36. Rc6 g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Foros Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Be3 O-O 9. f4 d6 10. Kh1 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 b6 12. f5 Bb7 13. fxe6 fxe6 14. Qc4 Qxc4
15. Bxc4 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Rxf8+ Rxf8 20. Kg1
Bc5 21. Bxc5 bxc5 22. Rd1 d4 23. Re1 c4 24. Re4 Rb8 25. b3 cxb3 26. cxb3 Rc8
27. a4 Rc1+ 28. Kf2 Rc2+ 29. Kf1 Rb2 30. Rxd4 Rxb3 31. Rd8+ Kf7 32. Rd7+ Kf6
33. Rxa7 Rb1+ 34. Kf2 Rb2+ 35. Kf3 Rb3+ 36. Ke4 Rb2 37. Ra6+ Kg5 38. Ra5+ Kf6
39. Kf3 Rb3+ 40. Kg4 Rb4+ 41. Kh3 h5 42. Kg3 h4+ 43. Kh3 g5 44. Ra8 Kf5 45. a5
Rb3+ 46. g3 hxg3 47. hxg3 Ra3 48. a6 Ra2 49. g4+ Kg6 50. Kg3 Kg7 51. Kf3 Ra4
52. Ra7+ Kg6 53. Ra8 Kg7 54. Ra7+ Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Izmailov Memorial 10th"]
[Site "Tomsk"]
[Date "2006.07.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2006.07.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1-0

[Event "Izmailov Memorial 10th"]
[Site "Tomsk"]
[Date "2006.07.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2006.07.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Bc6 14. Bd2
Bc5 15. Qf4 Nd7 16. Rhe1 Qc7 17. Qg3 Rfc8 18. Bh6 Bf8 19. Rd4 g6 20. Bxf8 Nxf8
21. h4 Rd8 22. Rf4 Rd7 23. h5 Rad8 24. Qh4 Rc8 25. Bd3 Qd8 26. Qg3 Rd4 27. Ref1
Rxf4 28. Qxf4 Rc7 29. Be4 gxh5 30. Bxc6 Ng6 31. Qh6 bxc6 32. Ne4 f5 33. exf6
Qd4 34. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Izmailov Memorial 10th"]
[Site "Tomsk"]
[Date "2006.07.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2006.07.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "Izmailov Memorial 10th"]
[Site "Tomsk"]
[Date "2006.07.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2006.07.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1/2-1/2

[Event "Izmailov Memorial 10th"]
[Site "Tomsk"]
[Date "2006.07.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2006.07.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Nbd7 9. Qd2 b5 10. O-O-O Be7 11. g4 b4 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nb6 14. Na5 Nfxd5
15. Nc6 Qc7 16. Nxb4 Nxb4 17. Qxb4 Rc8 18. Bd3 Nc4 19. Qa4+ Qc6 20. Qxc6+ Rxc6
21. Bf2 h5 22. h4 hxg4 23. Be4 Rc7 24. fxg4 O-O 25. Rh3 Rb8 26. Rb3 Rbc8 27.
Rc3 g6 28. g5 Kg7 29. b3 Na3 30. Rxc7 Rxc7 31. c4 Nxc4 32. bxc4 Rxc4+ 33. Bc2
Rf4 34. Rd2 f6 35. gxf6+ Kxf6 36. Kd1 Ke6 37. Bb3+ Kf5 38. Ke2 a5 39. Bg3 Rb4
40. Kf3 a4 41. Bc2+ Ke6 42. Be4 g5 43. Bd5+ Kf5 44. hxg5 Bxg5 45. Re2 Rd4 46.
Be4+ Ke6 47. Bc2 Rc4 48. Bh7 Rc7 49. Bg8+ Kf5 50. Be1 Bf4 51. Bb4 Rb7 52. a3
Rg7 53. Bd5 Rg3+ 54. Kf2 Kf6 55. Bc6 Rd3 56. Bb5 Rd4 57. Bxa4 d5 58. Rc2 Bg5
59. Rc6+ Kf5 60. Bc2+ Kg4 61. Ke2 Bh4 62. Bc3 Rf4 63. Rg6+ Kh5 64. Rg2 e4 65.
Ba4 Rf8 66. Bd7 Rd8 67. Bg4+ Kg5 68. Be6+ Kh5 69. Bf7+ Kh6 70. Rh2 d4 71. Rxh4+
Kg7 72. Bb4 Kxf7 73. Rxe4 Re8 74. Kd3 Rxe4 75. Kxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Izmailov Memorial 10th"]
[Site "Tomsk"]
[Date "2006.07.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2006.07.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nge2 O-O 6. Ng3 c6 7. Be2 a6 8. Be3
Nbd7 9. O-O e5 10. d5 cxd5 11. cxd5 h5 12. Rc1 Nh7 13. Qd2 h4 14. Nh1 f5 15.
exf5 gxf5 16. f4 exf4 17. Bxf4 Ne5 18. Nf2 Bd7 19. Kh1 Rc8 20. Nh3 b5 21. a3
Qf6 22. Be3 Ng6 23. Bh5 Ne5 24. Be2 Ng6 25. Nf4 Nxf4 26. Bxf4 Qg6 27. Bd3 Rfe8
28. Qf2 Nf6 29. Qxh4 Ne4 30. Nxe4 fxe4 31. Be2 Bf6 32. Bh5 Qf5 33. Qg3+ Kh7 34.
Bxe8 Rxe8 35. Bxd6 Qg6 36. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Izmailov Memorial 10th"]
[Site "Tomsk"]
[Date "2006.07.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2006.07.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nge2 O-O 6. Ng3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Be2
Na6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Be3 Nh7 11. Qd2 h5 12. O-O-O Bd7 13. Kb1 Nc5 14. Nf1 Na4 15.
Nb5 f5 16. Qc2 Nc5 17. Nd2 b6 18. f3 Bf6 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. fxe4
Bd7 22. Rhf1 Bg5 23. Rxf8+ Kxf8 24. Bg1 Kg7 25. a3 Nf6 26. Ka2 Rc8 27. Rf1 Qe7
28. Bd3 h4 29. b4 axb4 30. axb4 c6 31. Nc3 cxd5 32. cxd5 h3 33. Kb2 Ng4 34. Rf3
hxg2 35. Qxg2 Bh6 36. h3 Nf6 37. Bxb6 Nh5 38. Ba6 Rb8 39. Ba5 Nf4 40. Qf1 Qh4
41. Qc4 Rf8 42. Qc7 Rf7 43. Qxd6 Bxh3 44. Bd8 Qh5 45. Rg3 Kh7 46. Kb3 Bg4 47.
Ka4 Bd7+ 48. Bb5 Bxb5+ 49. Kxb5 Qh2 50. Rg5 Bxg5 51. Bxg5 Ne2 52. Nxe2 Qxe2+
53. Kb6 Qxe4 54. Qc5 Qg4 55. Be7 e4 56. d6 Qe6 57. Bg5 Qd7 58. Be7 Qe6 59. Bg5
Qd7 60. Be7 Qe6 61. Bg5 Qd7 62. Be7 Qe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Izmailov Memorial 10th"]
[Site "Tomsk"]
[Date "2006.07.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2006.07.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Qa4 Bg7 7. e5 Ng8 8.
Bf4 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Bc4 Qa5 11. Qb3 d5 12. Bb5 O-O 13. O-O e6 14. Bxc6 bxc6
15. Qa4 Qxa4 16. Nxa4 Nd7 17. Bd6 Re8 18. Rfe1 e5 19. c3 Ba6 20. Nc5 Nxc5 21.
Bxc5 Bd3 22. Rad1 Be4 23. Nd2 Bf5 24. Nf1 a5 25. Ng3 a4 26. Rd2 Kf7 27. f3 Ra5
28. Bd6 Rb5 29. c4 dxc4 30. Nxf5 gxf5 31. Rc2 Rd8 32. Ba3 Rd4 33. Re3 Ke6 34.
Kf2 Kd5 35. Ke2 c5 36. Rec3 Bf8 37. Rd2 h5 38. f4 exf4 39. Rh3 Bg7 40. Rxh5
Rxd2+ 41. Kxd2 Ke4 42. Kc2 Bd4 43. Rh7 f3 44. Re7+ Kf4 45. gxf3 Kxf3 46. h4 f4
47. h5 Rb6 48. Rc7 Ke4 49. Bxc5 Rxb2+ 50. Kc1 Rh2 51. Re7+ Kd3 52. Bxd4 Kxd4
53. Rh7 Kc3 54. Kd1 f3 55. Ke1 Kb2 56. h6 c3 57. Rb7+ Kxa2 58. h7 c2 59. Rc7
Kb2 60. Rb7+ Kc3 61. Rc7+ Kb2 62. Rb7+ Kc1 63. Ra7 a3 0-1

[Event "Izmailov Memorial 10th"]
[Site "Tomsk"]
[Date "2006.07.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2006.07.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 Be7 8. e4
Nxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Bd3 c5 11. O-O Qc7 12. Qe2 Nd7 13. Bb2 Rac8 14. Nd2 Nf6
15. f4 cxd4 16. cxd4 g6 17. g4 Nd7 18. Rac1 Qb8 19. Rxc8 Bxc8 20. e5 Bb7 21. f5
gxf5 22. gxf5 Kh8 23. Be4 Rg8+ 24. Kh1 Qa8 25. f6 Bf8 26. Qf3 Bxe4 27. Qxe4 Qc8
28. Nf3 Qc4 29. Rf2 Nc5 30. Qc2 Nd3 31. Rg2 Nxb2 32. Rxg8+ Kxg8 33. Qxb2 Qf1+
34. Ng1 b5 35. Qc3 Qf2 36. Qd3 h5 37. Nf3 Bh6 38. d5 Be3 39. Qd1 exd5 40. h3 d4
41. e6 fxe6 42. Ne5 Qf5 43. f7+ Kf8 0-1

[Event "Izmailov Memorial 10th"]
[Site "Tomsk"]
[Date "2006.07.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2006.07.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Bd7 7. O-O g6 8.
Nxc6 Bxc6 9. Nd5 Bg7 10. Re1 O-O 11. c3 Nd7 12. Bg5 Re8 13. Qd2 Nc5 14. b4 Ne6
15. Bh4 Rc8 16. Rac1 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Qc7 18. c4 Nd4 19. c5 e6 20. Bb3 dxc5 21.
bxc5 Nxb3 22. axb3 Be5 23. g3 Qc6 24. b4 b6 25. Bg5 bxc5 26. Rxc5 Qd6 27. Qc2
Rxc5 28. bxc5 Qc6 29. Rd1 Rc8 30. Bh6 a5 31. Qd2 Qc7 32. Kg2 a4 33. Qb4 Ra8 34.
Rd3 Bg7 35. Bxg7 Kxg7 36. Qc3+ e5 37. Rd6 Qe7 38. Qa3 h5 39. c6 Ra7 40. h4 Kh7
41. Qd3 a3 42. Rd7 Rxd7 43. Qxd7 Qxd7 44. cxd7 a2 45. d8=Q a1=Q 46. Qf8 Qa7 47.
Qd6 Qa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Villarrobledo op 21st"]
[Site "Villarrobledo"]
[Date "2006.08.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Garcia Gata, Jorge David"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2060"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2006.08.05"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 d6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 b6 7. c4 Bb7 8. O-O
g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. d5 exd5 11. cxd5 Bxd5 12. Bxe4 Bxe4 13. Qd4 Nf6 14. Nc3 Bxf3
15. gxf3 Bg7 16. f4 O-O 17. fxg5 hxg5 18. h4 Re8 19. Qc4 d5 20. Qxc7 Qxc7 21.
Bxc7 gxh4 22. Rfd1 Rac8 23. Bf4 Ne4 24. Rxd5 Nxc3 25. bxc3 Rxc3 26. Rg5 Rc5 27.
Rxc5 bxc5 28. Rc1 Rc8 29. Bg5 c4 30. Bxh4 c3 31. Be7 f5 32. Kf1 Kf7 33. Ba3 Rc4
34. Rc2 Ra4 35. Bc1 Ke6 36. Ke2 Kd5 37. Kd3 Rh4 38. f3 Rh3 39. f4 Rh1 40. Ba3
a5 41. Rg2 Bf6 42. Kc2 Ra1 43. Rg6 Rxa2+ 44. Kb3 Rxa3+ 45. Kxa3 c2 46. Rg1 Kc4
47. Ka4 Bb2 48. Kxa5 c1=Q 49. Rxc1+ Bxc1 0-1

[Event "Villarrobledo op 21st"]
[Site "Villarrobledo"]
[Date "2006.08.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Almagro Mazariegos, Sebastian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2311"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2006.08.05"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Be7 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. g4 O-O 11. g5 Nh5 12. O-O-O b5 13. Kb1 Rc8 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15.
exd5 Nb6 16. Na5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Qxa5 18. c4 Rb8 19. Bd3 g6 20. Rc1 Nf4 21. Bxf4
exf4 22. cxb5 axb5 23. h4 Ra8 24. Bxb5 Rab8 25. a4 Rbc8 26. h5 Rxc1+ 27. Rxc1
Qd8 28. hxg6 hxg6 29. Bd3 1-0

[Event "Villarrobledo op 21st"]
[Site "Villarrobledo"]
[Date "2006.08.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Moreno Carnero, Javier"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2006.08.05"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
Be6 9. f4 Qc7 10. g4 h6 11. g5 hxg5 12. fxg5 Nh7 13. h4 Nf8 14. Nd5 Qd8 15. Qe1
Nbd7 16. Qf2 Ng6 17. h5 Nf4 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Nxf4 Ne5 20. Nd4 Bxg5 21. Ndxe6
fxe6 22. Ng6 Qc7 23. Nxh8 O-O-O 24. Nf7 Nxf7 25. Qxf7 Qc5+ 26. Kg2 Qe5 27. Bg4
Kb8 28. Qxe6 Qxb2 29. Qb3 Qd4 1-0

[Event "Villarrobledo op 21st"]
[Site "Villarrobledo"]
[Date "2006.08.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Borges Matos, Juan R"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E07"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2006.08.05"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Qb3 Nbd7 6. g3 Be7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
a5 9. Rd1 a4 10. Qc2 dxc4 11. Nxa4 b5 12. Nc3 Bb7 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15.
Ne4 Be7 16. b3 cxb3 17. axb3 Qb6 18. Qc3 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 c5 20. Nxc5 Nxc5 21.
dxc5 Bxc5 22. e3 Rc8 23. Qb2 Be7 24. Rc1 Ra8 25. Qc2 Bf6 26. Nd2 Rc8 27. Qb1
Rd8 28. Bxb7 Qxb7 29. Qe4 Qa6 30. Qc2 Qa3 31. Ne4 Be7 32. Rd1 Rxd1+ 33. Qxd1
Qb2 34. Qd3 b4 35. Qc4 Qe5 36. Kf1 Bf8 37. Ke2 Qh5+ 38. Ke1 Qxh2 39. Nd2 Qh1+
40. Ke2 Qb7 41. Nf3 g6 42. Nd4 Bg7 43. Nc6 Bc3 44. Qc5 Kg7 45. Kf3 Qa6 46. Qe7
Qa2 47. Qc7 Be1 48. Qe5+ Kh7 49. Qb2 Qa8 50. Ke2 Bc3 51. Qc2 Kg7 52. Qd3 Qa2+
53. Kf3 Qxb3 0-1

[Event "Villarrobledo op 21st"]
[Site "Villarrobledo"]
[Date "2006.08.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Perez Rodriguez, Luis Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2006.08.05"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bf4 d5 11. Qe3 Bb4 12. a3 Ba5 13. exd5 cxd5 14. Be2
O-O 15. g4 Bc7 16. Bxc7 Qxc7 17. h4 Rb8 18. g5 Nh7 19. gxh6 g6 20. Qd4 e5 21.
Nxd5 Qd6 22. Qe3 Bf5 23. Bc4 Rfc8 24. Nc3 Qc7 25. Bb3 a5 26. h5 a4 27. hxg6
axb3 28. gxh7+ Kxh7 29. Rd5 bxc2 30. Qxe5 Qxe5 31. Rxe5 Bg6 32. Rb5 Ra8 33. Nd5
Ra6 34. Ne7 Rc4 35. Nxg6 Rxg6 36. Rf5 Rc7 37. Rf3 Rgc6 38. Rg3 f5 39. Rhh3 Rd6
40. Rg7+ 1-0

[Event "ESP-chT Honor Gp2"]
[Site "San Sebastian"]
[Date "2006.09.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cramling, Pia"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2006.09.13"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 exd5 4. cxd5 d6 5. e4 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Bd3 Ne7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Re1 Bg4 10. Nbd2 Nd7 11. Be2 h6 12. Nc4 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 b5 14. Ne3 c4 15.
a4 a6 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. Nc2 Qa4 19. Nd4 Nc5 20. Be3 Qb4 21. Re2
Nd3 22. b3 Rd8 23. h3 Qc3 24. Rc2 Qa1 25. bxc4 Bxd4 26. cxb5 Bxe3 27. fxe3
Qxd1+ 28. Bxd1 Ra8 29. Rd2 Ne5 30. Kf2 Rb8 31. Be2 Kg7 32. Ra2 Ng8 33. Ra6 Rb7
34. Kf1 Nf6 35. Bf3 g5 36. Rxd6 h5 37. Ra6 g4 38. hxg4 hxg4 39. Bd1 Nxe4 0-1

[Event "ESP-chT Honor Gp2"]
[Site "San Sebastian"]
[Date "2006.09.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2006.09.13"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. Ng5 Rf8 11. Nf3 Re8 12. d4 Bb7 13. Ng5 Rf8 14. Nf3 Re8 15.
Nbd2 Bf8 16. d5 Nb8 17. Nf1 Nbd7 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. N3h2 g6 21. Ng4
Nd7 22. a4 Nc5 23. axb5 h5 24. Nge3 axb5 25. Bc2 Rxa1 26. Qxa1 Qd7 27. b4 Ra8
28. Qb1 Na4 29. c4 c6 30. dxc6 Qxc6 31. cxb5 Qxb5 32. Bd3 Qd7 33. Qb3 Nb6 34.
Nc4 Qa4 35. Qxa4 Nxa4 36. Na5 Rb8 37. Nxb7 Rxb7 38. b5 Bh6 39. Ne3 Nc3 40. Rc1
Bxe3 41. fxe3 Na4 42. Rc6 Kf8 43. Rxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT Honor Gp2"]
[Site "San Sebastian"]
[Date "2006.09.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Llobel Cortell, Enrique"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2006.09.13"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Qd2 b5 8. f3
Nbd7 9. g4 Nb6 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. Bd3 Rc8 12. Kb1 Nfd7 13. Qf2 Rxc3 14. bxc3 Be7
15. h4 Qc7 16. Ne2 Na4 17. g5 d5 18. Rhf1 O-O 19. Bd4 e5 20. Be3 b4 21. cxb4
Bxb4 22. exd5 Bxd5 23. c4 Bxc4 24. Bxc4 Qxc4 25. Rxd7 Qb5 26. Ka1 0-1

[Event "ESP-chT Honor Gp2"]
[Site "San Sebastian"]
[Date "2006.09.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2006.09.13"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 O-O 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5
15. Bc4 Rb8 16. b3 Kh8 17. Nce3 g6 18. h4 Bxh4 19. g3 Bg5 20. f4 exf4 21. gxf4
Bh4+ 22. Kd2 f5 23. Bd3 Ne7 24. Rxh4 Nxd5 25. Qh1 Nf6 26. exf5 gxf5 27. Nxf5
Bxf5 28. Bxf5 Qc7 29. Bc2 Rb5 30. Rc4 Rc5 31. Rxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-ch final"]
[Site "Lugo"]
[Date "2006.11.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2006.11.03"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. a4 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O d5 8. exd5
exd5 9. Be2 Nf6 10. d4 Be6 11. Be3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bb4 13. Bf3 O-O 14. Nce2 Ne5
15. Nf4 Re8 16. Nd3 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Bg4 18. Qg3 Bd6 19. Bf4 Bxf4 20. Nxf4 Qb6
21. c3 Qxb2 22. h3 Bh5 23. Rfb1 Qd2 24. Nb3 Qc2 25. Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-ch final"]
[Site "Lugo"]
[Date "2006.11.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2006.11.03"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Bd7 8. a4
Qa5 9. Qd2 f6 10. Rb1 O-O-O 11. Rb5 Qxa4 12. Be2 c4 13. Rb1 Nge7 14. O-O Ng6
15. Bb2 Qa5 16. Ra1 Qc7 17. Ba3 fxe5 18. Ng5 exd4 19. f4 dxc3 20. Qe3 e5 21.
Nf7 exf4 22. Qxc3 Be6 23. Nxh8 Rxh8 24. Bc5 b6 25. Bf2 Rd8 26. Bf3 Nge5 27. Bd4
Nxf3+ 28. Rxf3 g5 29. Bf6 Rg8 30. Qd2 Qd6 31. Bd4 Kb7 32. Rfa3 Re8 33. Ra6 Bg4
34. Qc3 Nxd4 35. Qxd4 Qe5 36. Rxa7+ Kc6 37. Qxe5 Rxe5 38. Rxh7 Bf5 39. Rh6+ Kc5
40. c3 Re3 41. Rh5 Rxc3 42. Rxg5 Be4 43. h4 b5 44. h5 Rg3 45. Rxg3 fxg3 46. h6
c3 47. Kf1 b4 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 1st"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.11.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2006.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. c5 {The most interesting
and at the same time rather difficult part about this strategically very
complex system against the Chebanenko Slav is that lots of different pawn
structures may arise. Black has basically one positional idea in mind - the
central advance ...e7-e5, while White can combine play in the center (e3-e4)
with activity on the queenside (a2-a4). Nevertheless many other, less usual
pawn formations are possible, like in the present game.} (6. b3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3
8. gxf3 {(a new approach by the time when this game was played)} e6 9. c5 Nbd7
10. f4 g6 11. Bd3 Nh5 12. Bb2 a5 13. Qc2 Bg7 14. O-O-O Bf6 15. Ne2 Qc7 16. Kb1
Ng7 17. Ng1 Nf5 18. Nf3 Be7 19. Ne5 a4 20. b4 Nxe5 21. dxe5 O-O-O 22. Qe2 (22.
e4 $1 $16) 22... Qb7 23. Rd2 Rhe8 24. Rhd1 Bf8 25. Bc2 Ne7 26. f3 h5 27. a3 Bh6
28. Bc3 Rd7 29. Rd3 Red8 30. Qh2 Nf5 31. Bb2 Qc7 32. Qd2 Ne7 33. Bc1 Nf5 34.
Qf2 d4 35. exd4 Rd5 36. Kb2 Qe7 37. Bb1 Qh4 38. Qxh4 Nxh4 39. Kc3 {1/2-1/2
Sakaev,K (2555)-Rublevsky,S (2515)/St Petersburg 1993}) 6... g6 (6... Bg4 7. h3
Bxf3 8. Qxf3 (8. gxf3 e5 9. dxe5 Nfd7 10. f4 Nxc5 $13) 8... Nbd7 $14 {[%cal
Ge7e5]}) 7. Bd3 Bg4 {If Black wanted to place the bishop on g4, then it made
sense to do it on the previous move, since after the bishop sortie to g4
Black's priority is to develop the queen's knight on d7 with the intention of
a quick ...e5, rather than playing ...g6 and ...Bg7. See 6...Bg4.} (7... Bg7 8.
h3 $14) 8. h3 Bxf3 9. gxf3 $146 {Formally speaking this is a novelty (it
wasn't played in this particular position before). On the other hand nowadays
taking with the pawn on f3 became a usual method for White in many similar
positions. The idea to double pawns in the Chebanenko Slav was used for the
first time by Sakaev against Rublevsky (see above). It didn't attract much
attention until years later, when White players realized that doubling pawns
by recapturing g2xf3 can offer multiple benefits.} (9. Qxf3 {is not a bad move
either. White keeps an edge, although Black's play is easier here.} Bg7 (9...
Nbd7 $142 {[%cal Ge7e5]} 10. e4 $14) 10. Qe2 $1 O-O 11. Bd2 Nbd7 12. f4 Ne8 13.
g4 e6 14. g5 f6 15. h4 $16 {1-0 Galicek,S-Jirka,J (1885)/Plzen 1995 (36)}) 9...
Nbd7 ({If Black had sensed the danger, he would have gone for} 9... e5 10. dxe5
Nfd7 11. f4 Nxc5 {and although White should be better here too, Black keeps
considerably more possibilities than in the game.}) 10. f4 {Without his making
obvious mistakes, Black's position has become quite unpleasant. He has no
counterplay, while White has several plans to attack his opponent's pawn
structure (first of all a2-a4 and f4-f5). Besides, White has the bishop pair
and a space advantage, so in reality Black's situation can easily turn out to
be more difficult than it appears now. In order to defend such a position one
should play very accurately with Black. First of all it would be good to avoid
creating weaknesses, secondly Black should usually prevent the opening of the
position (or rather be well prepared for that).} a5 ({Black could defend
against f4-f5 by means of} 10... e6 {when we reach a position that has been
met in practice by another move order. White is slightly better, but with a
patient defence Black has good chances to reach the draw.} 11. Bd2 (11. b4 a5 (
11... Bg7 12. a4 O-O $14) 12. bxa5 Qxa5 13. Bd2 $14) (11. b3 {I show this
somewhat illogical-looking move in order to help understand by a simple
comparison that in such a structure White's prospects are always slightly
preferable. Now we have the position from the mentioned game Sakaev-Rublevsky
after the move 11.Bd3 (see 6.b3 above), where White kept an edge for the
entire game and at one point could achieve a clear advantage. Of course here
White can try to find more useful moves than 11.b3...}) 11... Bg7 (11... a5 12.
Qc2 $14 {[%cal Ge1c1,Gc3e2,Ge2g1,Gg1f3]}) 12. b4 Ng8 $1 {The knight goes to f5,
just like in the Sakaev-Rublevsky game.} 13. a4 Ne7 14. Ne2 Nf5 15. Nc1 O-O 16.
Nb3 Qh4 17. Qf3 Qe7 18. Kd1 Nf6 19. Rg1 Nh4 20. Qe2 Qd7 21. Kc2 Rfb8 22. Ra3
Ne8 $1 {Another important defensive maneuver: the knight goes to c7.} 23. Rga1
Nc7 24. axb5 axb5 25. Qd1 Nf5 26. Rxa8 Rxa8 27. Rxa8+ Nxa8 28. Qa1 Qb7 29. Qa5
Bf6 30. f3 Kf8 31. Qa1 Nc7 32. e4 Nh4 33. Be2 Ke8 34. Kd3 Kd7 35. Be1 Qa8 36.
Na5 Na6 37. Qa3 Bd8 38. Nb3 Ng2 39. Bd2 Bc7 40. e5 Nh4 41. Kc3 Nf5 42. Bd3 Bd8
43. Nc1 {1/2-1/2 Piket,J (2605)-Bosch,J (2370)/Netherlands 1994. Although it
is clear that only White tried to win in this game, most likely this is the
right way for Black to handle such positions: to forget about any ambitious
plans and instead accurately neutralize White's pressure.  By allowing f4-f5
possibly Grischuk simply wanted to avoid passivity.}) 11. f5 gxf5 {A
questionable decision, leaving Black with an inferior pawn structure.} (11...
Bh6 12. Qf3 e5 13. fxe6 fxe6 14. Qg3 $14) (11... e5 12. fxe6 fxe6 13. f4 $14)
12. Bxf5 e6 13. Bc2 e5 14. Qf3 Bh6 {Soon it will become clear that Black had
to start with 14...Qe7.} (14... e4 15. Nxe4 $5 (15. Qf5 $14 {[%cal Gf2f3]})
15... dxe4 16. Bxe4 {and after taking the third pawn for the piece White will
have an obvious pressure.}) (14... Qe7 $142 15. Ne2 Bh6 16. Bd2 $14 {[%csl Rf5]
[%cal Ge1c1]}) 15. Bd2 exd4 $6 {Black is worse, but this leads to a
strategically lost position.} (15... Qe7 16. O-O-O O-O (16... O-O-O $16) 17.
Qg3+ Kh8 18. Qh4 Ng8 19. Qh5 $14 {/+/-}) 16. exd4 Qe7+ (16... Bxd2+ 17. Kxd2
Nf8 18. Rae1+ Ne6 19. Rhg1 Qe7 20. Bf5 $16 O-O-O $140 21. Rg7 $18) 17. Be3 $1 {
Very strong, underlining the drawbacks of opponent's play.} Bxe3 ({Too late
for regrouping the pieces:} 17... Nf8 18. O-O-O Bg7 19. Rhg1 Ne6 20. Rxg7 Nxg7
21. Bg5 Ngh5 22. Rd2 $18) 18. fxe3 {Adding another plus in White's position:
the open f-file.} O-O 19. O-O-O $16 {Now it becomes obvious that with his last
moves Black ruined the position. White's only weakness on e3 is easy to defend,
while Black is left with a lot of weaknesses. Besides, White still has space
advantage and a very strong bishop on c2.} Rae8 20. Rhg1+ Kh8 21. Rg3 b4 22.
Ne2 Ne4 (22... Rg8 23. Rdg1 Rxg3 24. Rxg3 $16) 23. Bxe4 Qxe4 24. Qxe4 Rxe4 {
[%mdl 4096]} 25. Rf1 Re7 26. Kc2 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Gc2b3,Gb3a4] On top of all
in endgame Black is suddenly confronted with the weak pawn on a5.} Rg8 27.
Rxg8+ Kxg8 28. Rf3 a4 {Otherwise White comes with the king on a4, but now
follows} 29. a3 $1 {gaining square c3 for the pieces and it turns out that on
a4 the pawn is also very weak.} bxa3 (29... b3+ 30. Kc3 Re8 31. Kb4 Ra8 32. Nc3
$18) 30. bxa3 Kg7 31. Ng3 {The a4-pawn won't run away.} ({Possible is also the
materialistic} 31. Nc3 Nf6 32. Nxa4 Ra7 33. Kb3 Rb7+ 34. Ka2 (34. Nb6 Nd7 $16)
34... Ne4 35. Nb6 $18) 31... Kf8 (31... Kg6 32. Nf5 Re6 33. Nd6 Nf6 34. Kc3
Ne4+ 35. Nxe4 Rxe4 36. Kb4 f5 37. Kxa4 f4 38. Rxf4 Rxe3 39. Ka5 $1 $18 {
[%csl Rc6]}) 32. Nf5 Re6 33. Kc3 Nf6 34. Nd6 Ne4+ 35. Nxe4 Rxe4 36. Kb4 $18 {
Technical play. Ponomariov doesn't mind any simplifications, as he easily wins
the resulting rook endgame with an extra pawn.} Ke7 37. Kxa4 f5 38. Ka5 f4 39.
exf4 (39. Rxf4 Rxe3 40. Rh4 {is another win}) 39... Rxd4 40. f5 Rc4 41. Kb6 d4
42. Rf4 Ra4 43. f6+ Kf7 44. h4 Rxa3 45. Rxd4 Kxf6 46. Kxc6 h5 47. Kd6 Ra8 48.
Rf4+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 1st"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.11.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2006.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 c5 7. dxc5 d4 8.
Qg3 O-O 9. Bh6 Ne8 10. e3 Nc6 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. Qxc7 Nxc7 13. Bf4 e5 14. Bg3
dxe3 15. fxe3 a5 16. Ne2 Ne6 17. Rd5 f6 18. Nc3 a4 19. Ne4 Ne7 20. Rd1 Nc6 21.
Rd5 Ne7 22. Rd1 Nc6 23. Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 1st"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.11.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2006.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 d5 {
The activity on the kingside is met by black in accordance with the strategic
textbook with the counterblow in the center. Unfortunatelly due to the
d7-d6-d5 Morozevich has in higher sense lost one tempo.} 8. g5 Nxe4 9. Nxe4
dxe4 10. Qg4 (10. Bg2 Nd7 11. Nb3 Be7 12. Qd2 Nb6 13. Qd4 Qxd4 14. Bxd4 Nc4 15.
Bxg7 Rg8 16. Bc3 Nd6 17. h4 Bd7 18. O-O-O Bc6 19. Be5 Bd5 20. Kb1 Nc4 {1/2
Kobalia,M (2505)-Dvoirys,S (2585)/St Petersburg 1998/ (38)}) 10... Nd7 (10...
Qa5+ 11. c3 Be7 (11... Bd7 12. Qxe4 Nc6 13. Nb3 Qe5 14. Bg2 Qxe4 15. Bxe4 Be7
16. Nc5 O-O-O 17. Nxd7 Rxd7 18. Ke2 Ne5 19. Rad1 $14 {1-0 Shirov,A (2700)
-Georgiev,K (2670)/Belgrade 1997/ (46)}) 12. h4 Bd7 13. Qxe4 Nc6 14. Nb3 Qe5
15. Bg2 O-O-O 16. O-O-O Qxe4 17. Bxe4 Be8 18. Rde1 Kc7 $11 {0-1 Filipenko,A 
(2415)-Akhmadeev,V (2395)/Kstovo 1994/ (41)}) 11. O-O-O Qa5 (11... Nc5 $2 12.
Nc6 $18) 12. Nb3 Qf5 (12... Qxa2 13. Qxe4 Be7 14. h4 $40) 13. Qg3 {Ponomariov
is obviously ahead in the development race, the next task will be to win the
black e4 pawn.} Be7 14. h4 Qf3 (14... O-O 15. Bg2 Qe5 (15... a5 16. Nd2 a4 17.
Bxe4 $14) 16. Qxe5 Nxe5 17. Bxe4 Ng4 18. Bb6 $14) 15. Qh2 Qf5 (15... O-O 16.
Nd4 Qh5 17. Be2 Qg6 18. h5 $18) 16. Bg2 O-O 17. Qc7 (17. Rd4 Qe5 18. Bf4 Qb5
19. Bxe4 Nc5 20. Bf3 $14) 17... Bd8 18. Qc4 Bb6 (18... Ne5 19. Qxe4 Qxe4 20.
Bxe4 f5 21. gxf6 Bxf6 22. Na5 $14) 19. Bxe4 {The Ukrainian exchampion of the
world is trying to solve the problem of the best continuation. Tempting was
also the exchange of the bishops on the square b6.} (19. Bxb6 Nxb6 20. Qd4 Qb5
21. Qxe4 $14) 19... Bxe3+ (19... Qb5 20. Qc3 $14) 20. fxe3 Qe5 21. Qd4 Rb8 (
21... f5 22. gxf6 Qxd4 23. f7+ Rxf7 24. Rxd4 $14) (21... Qxd4 22. exd4 a5 23.
a4 $14) 22. h5 b6 (22... Qxg5 23. h6 e5 24. Qa7 g6 25. Bd5 $14) 23. h6 $1 {
Thanks to the centralized queen on the square e5 Morozevich will not succumb
to the mating attack, but he still has continue fighting for equality.} g6 24.
Nd2 (24. Bc6 Qxd4 25. Nxd4 Ne5 26. Rh4 f5 27. gxf6 Rxf6 28. Rf4 Kf7 29. Re4 $14
) 24... b5 25. Nf3 Qxd4 26. exd4 Rb6 (26... f5 27. Bc6 (27. gxf6 Nxf6 28. Bc6
Ng4 29. Rdg1 Rb6 $11) 27... Bb7 28. d5 Nc5 29. Bxb7 Rxb7 30. dxe6 $14) 27. Rhf1
b4 (27... Bb7 28. Bxb7 Rxb7 29. a3 $14) 28. Rde1 (28. Nd2 Bb7 29. Rfe1 Ba8 30.
Bxa8 Rxa8 31. Ne4 Rb5 32. Re3 $14) 28... a5 29. Ne5 {Ponomariov had no easy
task in improving his position, since the opponent was careful at defending
his weak spots.} (29. Bd3 Rd6 30. c4 bxc3 31. bxc3 Bb7 $11) (29. Nd2 Rd6 30.
Rf4 f6 31. Bf3 fxg5 32. Rxf8+ Kxf8 33. Ne4 Rxd4 34. Nxg5 $14) 29... Nxe5 30.
dxe5 Rb5 31. Bd3 Rc5 32. Rf4 Bb7 33. Rc4 Rfc8 {[%mdl 4096] The endgames are
naturally better for White due to the pawn majority on the queenside. The
structure on the kingside flank is firmly fixed.} (33... Rd5 $5 34. Rc7 Ba8 35.
b3 Rd4 36. Ra7 Rg4 37. Rxa5 Rb8 $11) 34. Rxc5 Rxc5 35. Kd2 Rd5 36. Re4 (36. c4
Rd4 37. Rg1 Rf4 38. Ke3 Rf3+ 39. Kd4 Rf2 $13) 36... Kf8 37. c4 Rc5 $6 {It
seems, that White would have tougher task in achieving progress after the swap
on the c3 square.} (37... bxc3+ $1 38. bxc3 Ke7 $11) 38. Re3 Ke7 39. b3 Kd8 40.
Be4 Bc8 (40... Bxe4 41. Rxe4 Ke7 42. Kd3 Rc7 43. Rd4 Rc6 (43... Rc5 44. Ke4 Rc6
$14) (43... Rd7 44. Ke4 Kd8 45. Rd6 $16) 44. Ke4 a4 45. Rd2 a3 46. Kd4 $16) 41.
Bf3 Kc7 42. Kd3 Kb6 43. Ke4 Rc7 (43... Bb7+ 44. Kf4 $16) 44. Rd3 Rd7 45. Rd6+
$1 (45. Rxd7 $6 Bxd7 46. Kd4 Bc8 47. c5+ Kb5 48. c6 Kb6 49. c7 Kxc7 50. Kc5 Bd7
51. Be2 $16) 45... Kc5 46. Kf4 $22 {Ponomariov is using his chances to the
hilt, black is facing the great crises.} Rxd6 (46... Rc7 47. Rd8 Bb7 48. Bxb7
Rxb7 49. Rh8 $18) 47. exd6 Kxd6 48. c5+ $1 Kxc5 $2 {The white combination was
making rounds in the world chess press, but hardly anybody took time to
investigate the consequences of the correct defence 48...Ke7! The task of the
defender would have remained very serious, but the burden of the prove would
remain on White.} (48... Ke7 $1 49. Ke5 Ba6 50. c6 Bd3 51. c7 Ba6 52. Be2 Bc8
53. Bb5 Bb7 54. Kd4 Kd6 55. Be8 e5+ (55... Ke7 56. Bc6 Bc8 57. Kc5 $18) 56. Kd3
Ke6 57. Bb5 Bc8 58. Bc4+ Kf5 59. Bxf7 Kxg5 60. Ke4 Kf6 (60... Kxh6 61. Kxe5)
61. Bd5 (61. Bg8 Bb7+) 61... Bf5+ 62. Ke3 Bc8 63. Bc4 $14) 49. Ke5 Ba6 50. Kf6
Kd6 51. Be4 $1 Be2 52. Kxf7 Bg4 53. Bxg6 {There is no way to stop the h pawn,
Morozevich admitted his defeat.} (53. Bxg6 hxg6 54. h7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 1st"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.11.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2006.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Be7 8. b3
c5 9. dxc5 bxc5 {A typical position has arisen. Black's two queenside pawns
hold three white pawns, with an eventual possibility of undermining ...
a7-a5-a4. It is very essential that the white knight is on d2 (it would better
stay on c3 controlling the a4 square and aiming at b5 in case of ...a7-a5).
White's counterchances are on the kingside; to ...a7-a5 he can reply a2-a4 and
then try to bring his knight to b5 after all. If White plays e2-e4, Black,
besides the queenside undermining, has another plan: ...e6-e5 then bringing
his knight to d4. Generally, the position is roughly equal.} 10. Bb2 d6 11. Qc2
Nbd7 12. Rad1 {The following game illustrates Black's triumphant strategy:} (
12. e4 Qc7 13. Rfe1 Rfd8 14. Rad1 h6 15. h3 Nh7 16. Nf1 Bf6 17. Bc1 Be7 18. g4
$6 Ne5 19. Ng3 Nf8 20. Nh5 Nxf3+ 21. Bxf3 e5 22. Ng3 Ne6 23. Nf5 Bg5 24. Bg2
Rd7 25. h4 Bf4 26. Qc3 Bxc1 27. Rxc1 Kh7 28. Qg3 g6 29. Ne3 Nf4 30. Rc2 a5 31.
Nd5 Bxd5 32. exd5 f5 $19 {0-1 Adianto,U-Adorjan,A/Indonesia 1983/MCD (46)})
12... Qc7 13. e4 (13. Ng5 $5 {needs more tests. In the following game White
was successful:} Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Rac8 15. Nge4 Qb7 16. Kg1 d5 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. e4 Rfd8 20. exd5 exd5 21. Rfe1 Re8 22. Qd3 dxc4 23. Nxc4 $14 {
1-0 Bischoff,K-Nagatz,F/Germany 1992/GER-chT (42)}) 13... Bc6 14. Rfe1 Qb7 15.
h3 a5 16. a4 Rfb8 17. Nh2 Ne8 18. Ba1 Bf6 (18... e5 $5 {[%cal Yd7f8,Yf8e6] V.
Emelin} 19. f4 exf4 20. gxf4 Nc7 $132 {[%cal Yc7e6]}) 19. Bxf6 Ndxf6 20. f4 Ra6
21. Nhf3 Qe7 22. Kh2 e5 23. f5 Rab6 24. Re3 {Black has no real counterplay now
but his position is extremely solid.} h6 25. g4 Nc7 26. Rg1 g5 27. Bf1 Kg7 28.
h4 Rh8 29. hxg5 hxg5+ 30. Bh3 Nfe8 31. Nf1 f6 32. Qd2 Ra6 33. Ng3 Kf8 34. Nh5 {
Black must now carefully follow White's possible piece sacrifices on f6 or g5.}
Rg8 35. Rd1 Ra7 36. Ne1 Na6 37. Nc2 Qd8 38. Bg2 Nb4 39. Nxb4 (39. Na3 Rd7 40.
Nb5 Bb7 {[%cal Yb4c6,Yc6d4] V.Emelin}) 39... axb4 40. Rd3 Rd7 41. Kg3 Rh8 42.
Bf3 Rhh7 43. Rh1 Kg8 44. Rd1 Kf8 45. Kf2 Kg8 46. Bg2 Kf8 47. Rh1 Kg8 48. Rdh3
Rdf7 49. R1h2 Qe7 50. Bf3 Qd8 51. Qc1 Qe7 52. Qh1 Bb7 53. a5 {This pawn later
becomes rather weak than strong and eventually falls but it's a fortress
anyway.} Ba6 54. Qd1 Bb7 55. Qa1 Ba6 56. Qh1 Bb7 57. Ng3 Rxh3 58. Rxh3 Rh7 59.
Rxh7 Qxh7 60. Qa1 Ba6 61. Qa4 Kf8 62. Nf1 (62. Qc6 Qb7) 62... Qb7 63. Ne3 Ke7
64. Qa1 Kd8 65. Qh1 Qg7 66. Nd5 Kd7 67. Qh5 (67. Qa1 Kd8 68. Qa4 Qd7) 67... Kd8
68. Be2 Kd7 69. Qg6 Qxg6 70. fxg6 Bc8 71. Kg3 Kc6 72. Ne7+ Kc7 73. Nf5 Be6 74.
g7 Kb7 75. Kf2 Ka6 76. Kg3 Kxa5 77. Kf2 Kb6 78. Kg3 Kc7 79. Kf2 Kd7 80. Ke3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 1st"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.11.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2006.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bg5 {
[%mdl 4] About this system - see the opening review in this issue. It is
really amazing that 7.Bg5 was not played in tournament games before 2004!} c5
8. Rc1 cxd4 9. cxd4 O-O 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. d5 Nd7 12. Be2 Nf6 {Not the best
square for the knight but Black didn't want to exchange his g4 bishop.} (12...
Qa5+ 13. Qd2 Qa3 14. O-O Rfc8 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 $14 {[%cal Rf3g4]}) 13. h3
Bd7 14. Bd3 h6 $6 (14... Qa5+ $142 15. Qd2 Qa4 (15... Qa3 16. Rc3 Qa4 17. Rc4)
16. Rc4 Qa3 {P.Svidler} 17. O-O Rac8 18. Rfc1 Rxc4 19. Rxc4 Bb5 20. Rc3 Qa6 21.
Bxb5 Qxb5 22. Rb3 $14) 15. Bf4 e6 $6 {This leads to a bad position for Black.}
(15... Qa5+ $142 16. Qd2 {[%csl Rh6]} Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Rfc8 $14 {_|_} 18. Be3 $5)
16. Bc7 Qe8 17. d6 {[%csl Gc7,Gd6]} Bc6 18. Qe2 Nh5 19. g3 e5 20. O-O Qd7 21.
Kh2 Bf6 22. Rfd1 $6 {This move is too sluggish. White's outposts in the centre
needed active support:} (22. Rc5 $142 $1 Ng7 (22... Rfe8 23. Bb5 $1) 23. Nxe5
Bxe5 24. Rxe5 Ne6 25. Rxe6 $1 Qxe6 26. e5 $16 {[%csl Gc7,Gd6,Ge5] V.Emelin})
22... Ng7 23. Bc4 Rac8 24. Bd5 Ne6 25. Bxc6 bxc6 26. Qa6 Nxc7 27. Qxa7 Kg7 28.
Qb7 Qd8 29. dxc7 Qxc7 30. Qxc7 (30. Qxc7 Rxc7 31. a4 Ra7 32. Rc4 Rfa8 33. Ra1
Ra5 34. Kg2 $14 {[%csl Ga4,Rf6] and White could still play for a win although
a draw was highly probable.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 1st"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.11.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2006.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Nbd7 9. Qd2 b5 10. a4 b4 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nb6 13. Bxb6 Qxb6 14. a5 Qb7 15.
Bc4 Be7 16. Ra4 Rb8 17. Qd3 Ra8 18. Qd2 Rb8 19. Nc1 Bd8 20. b3 O-O 21. Na2 e4
22. Kd1 exf3 23. gxf3 Nd7 24. Rxb4 Qc7 25. Ra4 Qc8 26. Be2 Nc5 27. Rg4 Bf6 28.
Nb4 Na4 29. Nc6 Nc3+ 30. Qxc3 Bxc3 31. Ne7+ Kh8 32. Nxc8 Rfxc8 33. Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 1st"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.11.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2006.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. a5 d5 {Although White has not weakened the d3-square, Aronian plays in
the spirit of the Marshall attack. The ground for such a daring action is that
White has remained far behind in development by advancing his a-pawn.} ({
In fact, the more restrained} 9... d6 {is entirely playable as well.} 10. d4 (
10. h3 Be6 11. d4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Qxd4 c5 14. Qd3 d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16.
Nd2 Nc7 17. Qg3 Bh4 18. Qf3 Nb5 $11 {Hjartarson,J (2430)-Smyslov,V (2600)/
Copenhagen 1985/MCD (1/2-1/2, 32)}) 10... Nxd4 (10... Bg4 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12.
Nbd2 Nfd7 13. h3 Bh5 14. g4 Bg6 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Bd5 Rb8 17. Nc4 Bc5 $11 {
Nunn,J (2575)-Kortschnoj,V (2635)/Zuerich 1984/MCD (1/2-1/2, 35)}) 11. Nxd4
exd4 12. Qxd4 Rb8 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Ng4 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Nd2 Be6 $11 {
Klinger,J-Hort,V/Biel 1986.}) 10. exd5 e4 $5 {This is a deviation from the
typical Marshall Attack scenario.} ({In case of} 10... Nxd5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12.
Rxe5 c6 13. d3 Bd6 14. Re1 {the fact that the d3-square is securely defended
might help White repell the attack.}) 11. dxc6 exf3 12. d3 $146 {The safest
continuation. White has to continue his development at any cost.} ({After} 12.
Qxf3 Bg4 {White has a hard time finding an adequate square for the prematurely
queen.} 13. Qd3 (13. Qe3 Re8) (13. Qf4 Bd6) 13... Qxd3 14. cxd3 Bc5 $15 {
Baramidze,D (2550)-Graf,A (2637)/Altenkirchen 2005/CBM 106 (0-1, 24)}) ({
Copmared to the game continuation,} 12. d4 {exposes the d-pawn too early,
restricting the active possibilities of the own queen.} fxg2 13. Bg5 Nd5 14.
Bxe7 Nxe7 15. d5 Ng6 16. Nd2 Nf4 17. Re3 (17. Qf3 Nh3+ 18. Kxg2 Qg5+ $19 {
Suetin}) 17... Qg5 18. Rg3 Qe5 $36 {Suetin,A-Zaitsev,I/USSR 1983 (1-0, 25)})
12... fxg2 13. Qf3 {Now that the g2-square has become available and the d-pawn
is not hanging, this move is playable.} Rb8 {[%cal Yb8b5]} 14. Bc4 Ne8 15. Bf4
Bf6 16. Nd2 {Usually, time ismore important than pawns in such position.} (16.
Ra2 Nd6 $44 {[%csl Gc4]}) 16... Bxb2 (16... Nd6 $6 {is bad now because of} 17.
Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Ne4 $16) 17. Rab1 Bc3 {White has completed his development and
avoided immediate dangers. Now, he starts active operations already.} 18. Bg5
$5 Bf6 (18... Qxg5 $2 19. Qxf7+ $1 $18) 19. Rxe8 Rxe8 20. Ne4 {White's
pressure becomes annoying...} Rxe4 $1 {Wisely liquidating to an equal endgame.}
(20... Bxg5 $2 21. Nxg5 $36 {[%csl Yf7,Yh7]}) 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Qxf6 gxf6 23.
dxe4 Kf8 24. Kxg2 Ke7 25. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 1st"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.11.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2006.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Qa4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bd6 8.
O-O O-O 9. Bc3 Nd5 10. Qxc4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Na5 12. Qd3 c5 13. Nbd2 cxd4 14. cxd4
Bd7 15. Ne4 Be7 16. h4 h6 17. Rac1 Bc6 18. Ne5 Bd5 19. Nc3 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Rc8
21. Rfd1 Ba3 22. Rb1 Bd6 23. Nf3 Qe7 24. Ne4 Rfd8 25. Rb5 Nc6 26. g4 a6 27. Rb6
Bb8 28. e3 Ba7 29. Rbb1 Rc7 30. g5 Nb4 31. Qa3 Nd5 32. Qxe7 Rxe7 33. Rdc1 f6
34. Nc5 Bxc5 35. Rxc5 Kf7 36. Kg3 Red7 37. a4 Ne7 38. Kg4 Rc8 39. Rxc8 Nxc8 40.
Ne1 b6 41. Rc1 Ne7 42. f4 Nd5 43. e4 Rc7 44. Rxc7+ Nxc7 45. Nc2 Ne8 46. gxh6
gxh6 47. f5 exf5+ 48. Kxf5 Nd6+ 49. Kf4 b5 50. a5 Nc4 51. Nb4 Nxa5 52. Nxa6 h5
53. e5 fxe5+ 54. dxe5 Nc6 55. Kg5 Nxe5 56. Kxh5 Kf6 57. Nc7 b4 58. Nd5+ Kf5 59.
Nxb4 Ng6 60. Nd5 Nxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 1st"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.11.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2006.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Be7 9. e4 O-O 10. Bd3 c5 11. O-O Qc7 12. Qe2 Nd7 13. Bb2 Rfd8 14. d5 exd5
15. exd5 Bf6 16. c4 b5 17. cxb5 Bxd5 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Bc4 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2007.01.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Ra7 11. Rc1 Be4 12. Qb3 Nc6 13. e3 Qa8 14. Qd1 Nb8 15.
Ba5 Rc8 16. Bb6 Rb7 17. Bc5 Bxc5 18. dxc5 Ra7 19. Nbd2 Bd5 20. Qc2 a5 21. a3 a4
22. Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2007.01.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d6 5. Qc2 Nbd7 6. g3 c5 $6 {About this
dubious system - see CBM 91, annotations by GM V.Golod to Hillarp Persson -
Agrest.} 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O a6 (8... Qe7 9. Rd1 a6 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 Re8 12.
b4 e5 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Bb2 Rb8 15. b5 Qe6 16. a4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Soppe,G-Giaccio,
A/Cordoba 1998/EXT 1999 (73)}) 9. Rd1 (9. a3 $5 Bxc3 10. Qxc3 {[%csl Gc1,Gg2]
V.Golod}) 9... cxd4 $146 (9... Qc7 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 Re8 12. b3 b6 13. Bb2
Bb7 14. Rac1 Rac8 15. b4 $5 cxb4 16. axb4 Qb8 17. Qa3 $14 {0-1 Hillarp Persson,
T-Agrest,E/Skara 2002/CBM 091/[Golod,V] (50)}) 10. Nxd4 Qc7 11. b3 (11. a3 {
deserved attention here, too, although Black could now play} Bc5) 11... d5 $6 {
It's not easy for Black to develop his queenside. Still, it was probably
better to keep the position closed:} (11... Nc5 {[%cal Yc8d7]}) 12. Na4 $1 {
[%cal Rc4d5]} dxc4 13. Qxc4 Qxc4 14. bxc4 $16 {[%csl Gg2][%cal Gd1d8,Gg2a8]
Any Catalan player would be glad to get such a position from the opening!} Re8
15. Rb1 Bf8 16. Bd2 e5 17. Nb3 e4 {Shutting up the terrible bishop. However,
White's other pieces are strong enough to keep the black pieces down.} 18. c5
Nd5 19. Be1 N7f6 20. Na5 {[%csl Rb7]} Ra7 {[%csl Ra7]} 21. e3 Bd7 22. Nc3 Bc6
23. Nxc6 bxc6 24. Nxd5 Nxd5 25. Ba5 {[%csl Ra6,Rc6,Re4] Finally, White has got
a strong bishop pair. Black can capture the c5 pawn but he has many more weak
pawns (a6,c6,e4).} g6 26. Bf1 Raa8 27. Rbc1 Bh6 28. Rc2 Rab8 29. Bc4 Nb4 30.
Bxb4 {It is well-known that one of the advantages of the bishop pair is that
one of the bishops can be traded at an appropriate moment.} Rxb4 31. Rd7 Rf8
32. Bxa6 {Despite the opposite-coloured bishops, Black's position is hopeless.
His pawns are on light squares and he can hardly protect them. And don't
forget about White's passed a-pawn!} Rfb8 33. Bc4 R4b7 34. Bxf7+ Kf8 35. Be6
Bg5 36. Rd4 Re7 37. Bb3 Bf6 38. Rd6 Kg7 39. Rxc6 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2007.01.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Ne5 ({Another critical
test for Black's quite dubious opening set-up is} 6. Qb3 b5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. a4
b4 9. Qxb4 Nc6 10. Qc5 Na5 11. Bxa6 Rxa6 12. Qb5+ Rc6 13. Ne5 Bd7 14. Nxd7 Nxd7
15. Bd2 Rc8 16. Nxd5 Nc4 17. Rc1 Nd6 18. Rxc8 Qxc8 19. Qa6 $1 Qxa6 20. Nc7+ Kd8
21. Nxa6 {The game 1-0 Radziewicz,I (2421)-Kononenko,T (2417)/Ekaterinburg
2006 (48) showed that Black is struggling in this endgame.}) 6... h6 (6... e6 {
runs into} 7. g4 Bg6 8. h4 $16) ({Perhaps instead Black should develop a piece
with} 6... Nbd7 {although his position looks pretty shaky anyway, in spite of
the draw in the following game:} 7. Qb3 Qc7 8. cxd5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5
cxd5 11. Bd2 e6 12. Rc1 Qd7 13. Be2 (13. Qb6 Rc8 14. Rxc8+ Qxc8 15. Be2 Bc5 $1)
13... Be7 14. Qb6 Bd8 (14... Rc8 15. Rxc8+ Qxc8 16. O-O $36) 15. Qb4 Be7 16.
Qa5 Rc8 (16... Bd8 17. Qa3 Be7 18. Bb4 Bxb4+ 19. Qxb4 $16) 17. Rxc8+ Qxc8 18.
O-O Bd8 19. Qa3 f6 20. Rc1 Qd7 21. exf6 gxf6 $14 22. Ba5 Kf7 23. Bxd8 {1/2-1/2
Gelfand,B (2723)-Svidler,P (2765)/Monte Carlo (rapid) 2006}) 7. Qb3 Ra7 (7...
b5 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. a4 $16) 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Bd2 e6 10. Rc1 Nbd7 (10... Bd6 11.
Qa4+ Nbd7 12. Nb5 $18) (10... Be7 11. Qa4+ Nbd7 12. Nb5 $18) 11. Bb5 (11. Nxd7
Nxd7 12. Ne2 Nb8 13. Nf4 Bd6 14. Bb4 Bxb4+ 15. Qxb4 Nc6 16. Qc5 Ra8 $11 {
0-1 Radjabov,T (2610)-Morozevich,A (2716)/Moscow 2002 (34)}) (11. Na4 Be7 (
11... Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. Nb6 $1 Nxb6 (13... Qxb6 14. Rc8+ Ke7 15. Bb4+ $18)
14. Ba5 $16 {1-0 Kachiani Gersinska,K (2444)-Ionescu Brandis,I (2366)/Istanbul
2003 (36)}) (11... b5 12. Nc6 $1 bxa4 13. Qd1 Qb6 14. Nxa7 Qxa7 15. Rc8+ Ke7
16. Bb4+ $18)) (11. Qa4 Ra8 $1 {brings White nothing.}) 11... Bd6 (11... Be7
12. Bxd7+ Nxd7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Na4 Qb5 15. Nb6 Qxb3 16. axb3 a5 17. Nc8 Ra6
18. Nxe7 Kxe7 19. Rc7+ Kf6 20. Rxb7 a4 21. bxa4 Rxa4 22. Ke2 $16 {1-0 Pert,N 
(2503)-Tippleston,C (2203)/Swansea 2006 (50)}) 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bxd7+ Qxd7 $2
$146 {A bad novelty. It remains a mystery whether Carlsen tries to improve
over the existing theory, or he simply didn't know the variation. Considering
the fact that the theory of this line is based on a game of PH Nielsen, who is
Carlsen's coach, it would be very surprising for Magnus to know nothing about
it. In any case 12...Qxd7 is a result of a superficial homework, since now
White achieves a large advantage by force.} (13... Kxd7 14. Na4 b5 15. Nc5+ Ke7
{should be better for White, but things aren't simple and this is definitely
preferable to 12...Qxd7.} 16. f3 (16. a4 $5 Qb8 17. a5 $1 Rc8 18. Bb4 Kf8 19.
Kd2 Kg8 20. Nd3 Bxb4+ 21. Nxb4 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Qxh2 23. e4 $1 Bxe4 24. Qg3 Qh5
25. f3 Bf5 26. Qf4 $44 {[%csl Ra6] 1-0 Vaganian,R (2653)-Frolov,D (2418)/
Togliatti 2003 (36)}) 16... Re8 17. e4 dxe4 18. fxe4 Bg6 19. e5 Bxc5 20. Bb4
Kd7 21. Bxc5 Qh4+ 22. g3 Qe4+ 23. Kf2 Qf5+ 24. Qf3 {1/2-1/2 Nielsen,P (2625)
-Hansen,S (2537)/Malmo 2003. It would have been interesting to see where
Ponomariov would have improved White's play here.}) 14. Na4 $1 O-O (14... Bc7
15. Nb6 Qd8 16. Qa4+ Ke7 17. Ba5 Bxb6 18. Qb4+ Qd6 19. Qxb6 Qxb6 20. Bxb6 Raa8
21. Rc7+ Kf6 22. Kd2 {The endgame looks very difficult for Black:} Rhc8 23.
Rhc1 Rxc7 24. Rxc7 Rb8 25. b4 (25. Ba7 Re8 $1 26. Rxb7 Re7 $11) (25. Kc3 $5 $16
{[%cal Gc3b4,Gb4a5,Yb6a7,Ra2a4,Ga5b6]}) 25... g5 26. a4 h5 27. Kc3 {leads to a
probably lost endgame for Black:} (27. a5 g4 28. b5 axb5 29. Ba7 Ra8 $1 (29...
Re8 $2 30. Rxb7 Re7 31. a6 $18) 30. Rxb7 b4) 27... Be4 28. f3 Bf5 29. b5 axb5
30. axb5 Ra8 31. Rxb7 {and White should be winning.}) (14... b5 15. Nb6 $18 {
[%cal Gc1c8]}) 15. Nb6 Qd8 16. Nc8 $1 {Possibly Magnus simply missed this.
White wins material.} ({After} 16. O-O a5 $1 (16... Bc7 17. Ba5 Qd6 18. g3 {
still requires accuracy from Black} (18. Rc3 {would be a mistake due to the
unexpected} Qxh2# {A very rare mate for the Slav Defense indeed...})) 17. Nc8 (
17. Qb5 Bd3 $1 18. Qxd3 Qxb6 $11) (17. h3 Bc7 $15) 17... Ra8 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 {
White's advantage disappears}) 16... Qxc8 (16... Ra8 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. Bb4 $18)
17. Rxc8 Rxc8 18. Qb6 $1 ({The quiet} 18. O-O Rc6 19. Rc1 Rxc1+ 20. Bxc1 b5 {
[%cal Ga7c7] allows Black to activate the pieces and reach a perfectly
playable position.}) 18... Bb8 19. O-O Kh7 20. Rc1 $18 {Ponomariov's precise
play leaves Black with no hopes to survive.} Bc2 21. Ba5 Kg6 (21... Rc6 22. Qd8
Ra8 23. Qd7 $18 {[%csl Rb7,Rf7]}) 22. Qb4 Rc4 (22... b5 23. Qd2 $18) 23. Qd2
Bf5 24. Rxc4 dxc4 25. Bb6 Ra8 26. Qe2 e5 ({Black cannot even take his pieces
out, since} 26... Bd6 27. e4 {loses the bishop.}) 27. Qxc4 exd4 (27... Bd6 28.
Qd5 $18) 28. Qxd4 f6 29. f4 Bb1 30. Qd5 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2007.01.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. f4 b5 10. O-O-O Be7 11. h3 Rc8 12. Bd3 exf4 13. Bxf4 Ne5 14. Kb1 O-O
15. g4 Nfd7 16. Nd4 Nb6 17. Rhe1 Bf6 18. g5 Nec4 19. Bxc4 Nxc4 20. Qc1 Bxd4 21.
Rxd4 Qb6 22. Rd3 Rfe8 23. Be3 Qa5 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. exd5 Re5 26. Bf2 b4 27. Rxe5
Nxe5 28. Rd4 Qb5 29. Qd1 a5 30. b3 Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2007.01.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 e5 10. Qc2 exd4 11. exd4 Nb6 12. Bb3 Bg4 13. Ne5 Bc7 14. Be3 Qd6
15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Nxg4 Nf6 17. Ne5 Nbd7 18. Nf3 Nd5 19. Qf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2007.01.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Ba6 7. b3 d5 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. Nc3 c5 10. Bg2 Nc6 11. Ne5 Nxd4 12. e3 Ne6 13. Nxd5 O-O 14. Nc6
Qe8 15. Nxf6+ gxf6 16. O-O-O Rc8 17. Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2007.01.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 {Topalov
ocasionally plays the Benoni (in its traditional move order, based on 2...c5)
which means that he is not too worried about KI systems that allow undermining
the centre with a later advance of the c-pawn.} 7. d5 e6 8. Bd3 exd5 9. cxd5
Re8 10. Nge2 {The development of the knight to e2 is typical for the Penrose
system, where White does not commit his queen's bishop so soon.} ({For years,
I have tried to find an antidote against} 10. Nf3 {Here is my (generally
unpleasant) experience.} c4 11. Bc2 b5 12. a3 Bd7 (12... Na6 13. O-O Nc5 14.
Re1 Qb6 15. Qd2 $14 {Rogozenko,D (2480)-Marin,M (2515)/Bucharest 1993/CBM 034/
[Knaak] (1-0, 39)}) (12... a5 $6 13. Nxb5 $1 Qb6 14. Qd4 $1 Qxb5 15. Bxf6 Bxf6
16. Qxf6 Nd7 17. Qd4 $16 {Chernin,A (2600)-Marin,M (2515)/Budapest 1993/CBM
034/[Hansen,Cu] (1-0, 44)}) (12... a6 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Qd2 Qc7 15. Rfe1 Bb7 16.
Rad1 $14 {Despite his advantage of space on the queenside, Black has not
equalised completely. His queen's bishop is passive, while the d4-square will
serve White quite well to increase his pressure.}) 13. O-O a5 14. Nd4 Qb6 (
14... Na6 $2 15. Ndxb5 $16 {Rogozenko,D (2480)-Marin,M (2515)/Odorheiu
Secuiesc 1993/CBM 036/[Knaak] (1-0, 24)}) 15. Be3 (15. Ndxb5 {Belov} Bxb5 16.
Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nxb5 Na6 18. a4 Bxb2 19. Rb1 Bg7 $15) 15... Qb7 16. Qf3 $1 Na6
17. Bg5 Ng4 18. Nc6 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Bf6 b4 21. axb4 axb4 22. Nd1 Nc5 $13
{Ziegler,A (2372)-Marin,M (2555)/Gothenburg 2000/CBM 076 (1/2-1/2, 58). This
is the first (and only) game where I obtained a reasonable positoon out of the
opening.}) 10... Nbd7 11. O-O {This position has occurred in practice rather
rarely.} h6 {By refraining from ...a6, Topalov has a concrete ideain his mind,
as we shall see.} ({However,} 11... a6 {seems entirely playable, too.} 12. a4
h6 (12... Qc7 13. Ng3 h6 14. Be3 c4 15. Bc2 h5 $132 {Lee Chee Sing-Hernandez,R/
Siegen 1970/EXT 2002 (0-1, 31)}) 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 c4 15. Bc2 Nc5 16. f3 Nh5
$132 {Atalik,S (2595)-Velimirovic,D (2535)/Ulcinj 1998/EXT 99/[Bulletin] (0-1,
34)}) 12. Be3 Ne5 13. a4 {It appears that White cannot prevent his bishop from
being exchanged without making some other kind of concession.} (13. Bc2 b5 $1
14. Nxb5 Nc4 15. Bc1 Nxe4 $15) (13. Bb5 Bd7 {just helps Black complete his
development, leaving the d3- and c4-square vulnerable.}) 13... Nxd3 14. Qxd3 b6
{After the dissapearence of the white light-squared bishop, such an
arrangement of the queenside pawns is very appropriate. The c5-pawn is
consolidated in order to inhibit a central break with e5, while the weakness
of the light squared induced by the advance of the b-pawn is not too relevant.}
15. Ng3 Nh7 {Here we can see another drawback of the move Bg5. The advance of
the h-pawn by just one square proves useful for Black. With his last move, he
prepares undermining the e4-square with ...h5.} ({The immediate} 15... h5 {
could have been met by} 16. Bg5 $1) 16. f4 h5 17. f5 {Ponomariev considers the
weakness of the e5-square to be not too relevant, since Black is left with
just one knight, which is placed on a different route.} h4 18. fxg6 fxg6 19.
Nge2 g5 $132 {Very entreprising. Black not only continues restricting the
e2-knight, but prepares active kingside operations at the same time.} 20. Rf2
a6 21. Raf1 Ra7 {A typical way of bringing the queen's rook into play. In
positions where the opponent has an advantage of space in the centre, this is
frequently the only method of achieving a reasonable development.} 22. Nb1 {
[%csl Gd6,Ge5,Gg5,Gh4][%cal Yb1d2,Yd2c4,Yd2f3] This manoeuvre is justified
strategically, but too slow fromconcrete point of view.} g4 23. hxg4 Bxg4 24.
Nd2 Bxb2 {Well, why not? Black wins a pawn and clears the g7-square for his
rook at the same time.} 25. Nc3 $6 (25. Nc4 $5 Be5 26. Rb1 Nf6 $132) 25... Rg7
26. Nc4 Bxc3 27. Qxc3 Bh5 28. Bf4 $6 Rxe4 29. Ne3 ({Could Ponomariov have
missed that after} 29. Bxd6 Rxc4 {the f8-square is well defended?}) 29... Qf6
$17 {Black has two extra-pawns, a harmonious regrouping of forces and a solid
pawn structure.} 30. Qc2 Bg6 31. Ng4 Qd4 32. Nh6+ Kh8 33. Bc1 Re1 34. Qd2 Rxf1+
35. Kxf1 Bd3+ 36. Kg1 Ng5 37. Kh2 Ne4 38. Rf8+ Kh7 39. Qf4 Nc3 40. Qxd4 cxd4
41. Nf7 Ne4 42. Bb2 Bf1 43. Rh8+ Kg6 44. Rxh4 Kxf7 45. Rf4+ Kg8 46. Rxf1 Rh7+
47. Kg1 d3 48. Rd1 Rh1+ 49. Kxh1 Nf2+ 50. Kg1 Nxd1 51. Bc1 Nb2 52. Kf2 Nxa4 53.
Bf4 Nc3 54. Kf3 a5 55. Bd2 Nb1 56. Bf4 a4 57. Bxd6 d2 58. Ke2 Nc3+ 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2007.01.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 d5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. Nc3 b6
9. Rc1 Bb7 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bg3 Bd6 12. Bd3 Nce7 13. O-O Rc8 14. Ne4 Nf5 15.
Qa4 a6 16. Nxd6 cxd6 17. Rxc8 Qxc8 18. Bxf5 exf5 19. Bxd6 Re8 20. Be5 Re6 21.
Ne1 Rc6 22. Qb3 Rc1 23. Nd3 Rxf1+ 24. Kxf1 a5 25. Ke1 Qe6 26. Kd2 Kh7 27. Qc2
f6 28. Bb8 g5 29. h3 Kg7 30. Qc4 h5 31. Bh2 h4 32. Ne1 Bc6 33. Qd3 Qd7 34. Kc1
Bb5 35. Qc2 Bf1 36. e4 fxe4 37. Qxe4 Qc6+ 38. Kd2 Qb5 39. Kc1 Qe2 40. Qxe2 Bxe2
41. g3 hxg3 42. fxg3 Kg6 43. Kd2 Bf1 44. h4 Kh5 45. hxg5 fxg5 46. Nc2 Kg4 47.
Ne3+ Nxe3 48. Kxe3 Bg2 49. d5 Bxd5 50. Bg1 Kxg3 51. Bf2+ Kg2 52. Be1 Bc6 53.
Bc3 g4 54. Kf4 Bd7 55. Be1 Kf1 56. Bh4 b5 57. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2007.01.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2
Be7 9. O-O-O O-O (9... Ng4 10. g3 (10. Nd5 Nxe3 11. fxe3 O-O 12. Na5 b6 13. Nb7
Qd7 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Nxd6 Nc6 16. Qc3 Na5 17. Qxe5 Rfd8 18. Be2 Nc6 19. Nf5
Qf8 20. Qg3 {1-0 Frolov,A-Loginov,V (2455)/Uzhgorod 1988/ (38)}) 10... Nxe3 11.
Qxe3 Nd7 12. Kb1 b5 13. f4 b4 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. Rxd5 O-O 16. Be2 Qc7 17. Rc1 Nb6
18. Ra5 $11 {0-1 Krstic,U (2366)-Palac,M (2549)/Ljubljana 2004/ (30)}) 10. f4
exf4 $6 {[%mdl 4] Karjakin was probably unprepared for the white plan of
skipping the f2-f3 set up. In order to keep the balance black may have to jump
with his knight to g4 square at some stage.} (10... Ng4 11. g3 Nd7 (11... a5
12. Na4 Nd7 13. Bb5 Qc7 14. Kb1 Ngf6 15. Qd3 Rfc8 16. Nd2 d5 17. f5 dxe4 18.
Nxe4 Bd5 19. Nac3 Bc6 20. Bxc6 Qxc6 21. Bg5 a4 22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. Nxf6+ Bxf6 24.
a3 h6 25. Qe4 {1/2 Firman,N (2495)-Szelag,M (2472)/Krakow 2006/ (51)}) 12. Bg1
b5 13. h3 Ngf6 14. Bg2 Rc8 15. Kb1 Qc7 16. f5 Bc4 17. Be3 a5 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19.
exd5 b4 20. g4 a4 21. Nc1 e4 22. Qxb4 Bxd5 23. Bxe4 $4 (23. Qxa4 Bc6 24. Qd4
$13) 23... Rb8 24. Qxa4 Qb7 25. Qb3 Bxe4 $19 {0-1 Mongontuul,B (2408)-Motoc,A 
(2313)/Instanbul 2005/ (49)}) 11. Bxf4 Ne8 (11... Nc6 $5 12. Be2 (12. Bxd6 Bg4
13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Re1 Rad8 $44) 12... Re8 13. Kb1 (13. Bxd6 Bxb3 14. cxb3 Bxd6
15. Qxd6 Qa5 $11) 13... Rc8 $13) 12. Be2 Nc6 13. g4 $1 {Ponomariov is
exercising a very good plan of an immediate kingpawns advance. White fully
benefits from the passive location of the knight on e8.} (13. Nd5 Bf6 14. Kb1
Be5 15. Rhf1 $14) 13... Bf6 (13... a5 $5 14. Nd5 a4 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Bg5
17. h4 $14) 14. g5 Be5 15. h4 Rc8 (15... a5 16. Bxe5 Nxe5 (16... dxe5 17. Qxd8
Nxd8 18. Nc5 $16) 17. Nd4 $16) (15... Bxb3 $5 16. axb3 Qa5 17. Kb1 Nc7 18. Bxe5
dxe5 19. Bc4 $14) 16. Kb1 Qb6 (16... Bxb3 17. axb3 Nc7 18. Qe3 Ne6 19. Bxe5
Nxe5 20. Rhf1 $16) 17. Nd5 $1 {White's control of the center is excellent, the
poor knight on e8 is still not participating in the battle.} Bxd5 (17... Qd8
18. Be3 b5 19. h5 $16) 18. exd5 Bxf4 (18... Ne7 $2 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. d6 $18)
19. Qxf4 Ne5 20. h5 Qd8 (20... f5 21. Nd4 Qc5 (21... Nc4 22. b3 Na3+ 23. Kb2
Qb4 24. Qd2 $18) 22. c3 Nc7 23. Nxf5 Rce8 24. g6 $18) 21. Nd4 Qd7 (21... Nc7
22. Nf5 a5 23. Rhf1 Na6 24. c3 Nc5 25. h6 $16) 22. Nf5 b5 {The first signs of
a potential counterplay, but white is much closer to the success.} 23. Rdf1 Nc7
(23... Rc5 24. Qe4 Nc7 25. Bd3 $1 g6 (25... Nxd3 26. Ne7+ Kh8 27. cxd3 Ne6 28.
Rxf7 Rxf7 29. Ng6+ hxg6 30. dxe6 $18) 26. hxg6 fxg6 27. Nh6+ Kg7 28. Rxf8 Kxf8
29. Qf4+ Ke8 30. Qf6 $18) 24. Qd4 a5 25. Bg4 Qd8 (25... Kh8 26. h6 g6 27. Ne3
$18) 26. Re1 Ra8 (26... Re8 27. Nxd6 $1 Qxd6 28. Bxc8 $18) 27. h6 g6 (27... Re8
28. Nxg7 Rf8 29. Bf5 $18) 28. Rxe5 $1 {Ponomariov doesn't hesitate with the
impressive final fireworks.} dxe5 (28... gxf5 29. Re7 $18) 29. Qxe5 f6 30. Ne7+
Kf7 (30... Kh8 31. gxf6 Rf7 32. Be6 $18) 31. Qxf6+ Ke8 32. Qc6+ (32. Qc6+ Kxe7
33. Re1+ Kf7 34. Be6+ Ke7 35. Bg8+ Ne6 36. Rxe6#) 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2007.01.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. f3 b5 10. a4 b4 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nb6 13. Bxb6 Qxb6 14. a5 Qb7 15.
Bc4 Be7 16. Ra4 Rb8 17. Qd3 Ra8 18. Qd2 Rb8 19. Nc1 Bd8 20. b3 O-O 21. Na2 e4
22. Nxb4 Re8 23. Kd1 e3 24. Qc3 e2+ 25. Bxe2 Nxd5 26. Nxd5 Qxd5+ 27. Bd3 Bf6
28. Qc4 Qg5 29. Qg4 Qe3 30. Qf5 g6 31. Qf4 Bc3 32. Qxe3 Rxe3 33. Re4 Re8 34.
Rxe3 Rxe3 35. Bxa6 Bxa5 36. Kc1 Kf8 37. Kb2 d5 38. Ka3 Bc3 39. b4 Ke7 40. Ka4
Kd6 41. Rb1 Re1 42. Rxe1 Bxe1 43. Kb3 f5 44. c3 h5 45. Bb5 g5 46. Kc2 f4 47.
Kd3 h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2007.01.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 a5 9. f3 d5 10. Bxd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Nb4 12. Nde2 e6 13. a3 Nxd5 14. Nxd5
exd5 15. Bd4 Bh6 16. O-O Re8 17. Kh1 Qh4 18. Bf2 Qc4 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. Re1 Rac8
21. c3 Rxe1+ 22. Qxe1 Re8 23. Qd1 b5 24. Bg1 Bf4 25. Qc2 h5 26. h3 Bh6 27. Qd1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2007.01.27"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Nb3 Nd7 7. g3 Be7 8.
dxc5 Nxc5 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Qb6 11. c4 Nxb3 12. Qxb3 Qxb3 13. axb3 Nb4 14. Be3
a6 15. Bb6 Bd7 16. Ne5 Bc6 17. Rfd1 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 f6 19. Rd7 Rae8 20. Nf3 Rf7
21. Rxb7 Bf8 22. Rxf7 Kxf7 23. Ba5 Rb8 24. Bxb4 Rxb4 25. Rxa6 Rxb3 26. Ra7+ Kg6
27. Nd4 Rb6 28. Nb5 Rb8 29. Rd7 f5 30. f4 Kf6 31. b3 h6 32. Nd4 Ra8 33. Nc6
Ra2+ 34. Kf1 Kg6 35. b4 Rc2 36. c5 Kh5 37. Nd4 Rc1+ 38. Kf2 Bxc5 39. bxc5 Rxc5
40. Rxg7 Rd5 41. Ke3 e5 42. Nxf5 exf4+ 43. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2007.01.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
b4 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Bb7 11. O-O Bd6 12. b3 Nf6 13. Bd3 c5 14. Bb5+ Ke7 15.
Bb2 cxd4 16. Bxd4 Qa5 17. Be2 Ne4 18. Qe1 Nc3 19. Nd2 Qc7 20. Nc4 Bxh2+ 21. Kh1
Bd6 22. Bxc3 bxc3 23. Qxc3 Qc5 24. Qa5 Rac8 25. Qxc5 Bxc5 26. b4 Bxb4 27. Rfb1
Rb8 28. Rxb4 Bxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Rxb4 30. a3 Rbb8 31. Rh1 h6 32. Rh5 f5 33. e4 Kf6
34. exf5 exf5 35. Ne3 g6 36. Rh4 Rb2 37. Bf3 h5 38. Ra4 Rh7 39. Nc4 Rc2 40.
Ra6+ Kg5 41. Ne5 Rg7 42. Bd5 Rcc7 43. Nf3+ Kh6 44. Nd4 Rgd7 45. Nxf5+ Kh7 46.
Ne3 Re7 47. Ra5 Kh6 48. Bf3 Re6 49. Rd5 Rf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zafra Ruy Lopez"]
[Site "Zafra"]
[Date "2007.03.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2007.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 b5 4. a4 c6 5. axb5 cxb5 6. Nc3 Bd7 7. Nf3 e6 8. Be2
Nf6 9. O-O Be7 10. d5 exd5 11. exd5 Qb6 12. Bf4 Bc5 13. Bxc4 bxc4 14. Qe2+ Kf8
15. Ne5 Bf5 16. Na4 Qb5 17. Nxc5 Qxc5 18. Nxc4 Qd4 19. Be5 Bd3 20. Qd2 Qxd5 21.
Rfd1 Qxc4 22. Rac1 Qa6 23. Bxf6 Nd7 24. Bc3 Bb5 25. Qg5 Nf6 26. Qc5+ Kg8 27.
Bxf6 h6 28. Bc3 Re8 29. Rd6 Qb7 30. Qf5 Qe7 31. Qxb5 1-0

[Event "Zafra Ruy Lopez"]
[Site "Zafra"]
[Date "2007.03.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2007.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 b6 7. e3 c5 8. b4
Ba6 9. Bb2 d5 10. d3 Nbd7 11. Be2 Rc8 12. b5 Bb7 13. O-O Re8 14. Rfe1 e5 15.
cxd5 Nxd5 16. Qb3 Qf6 17. Nd2 Nc7 18. a4 Qg6 19. Bf1 Ne6 20. Kh1 Ng5 21. e4 Nf6
22. h3 Nh5 23. Nc4 Qf6 24. Qc2 Rcd8 25. a5 Nf4 26. Re3 Ng6 27. Kg1 Bc8 28. axb6
axb6 29. Ra7 h5 30. Bc3 h4 31. Qb2 Rd4 32. Ra8 Bd7 33. Ra7 Bc8 34. Rc7 Qd8 35.
Rc6 Bd7 36. Rxb6 Rxc4 37. Rxg6 Rxc3 38. Rd6 Qa5 39. Rxd7 Rb8 40. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zafra Ruy Lopez"]
[Site "Zafra"]
[Date "2007.03.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2007.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nd7 10. d4 Nb6 11. Nbd2 Bf6 12. Nf1 Na5 13. Bc2 c5 14. d5 g6 15. g4
Nb7 16. Ng3 a5 17. Kh2 c4 18. Be3 Nc5 19. Qd2 Kh8 20. Rg1 Qd7 21. Rg2 Ba6 22.
Rag1 Nba4 23. g5 Bg7 24. Rb1 b4 25. a3 bxa3 26. bxa3 Rfb8 27. h4 Rxb1 28. Bxb1
Rb8 29. Bc2 Bc8 30. Qc1 Nd3 31. Bxd3 cxd3 32. Nd2 Rb2 33. Qf1 Nxc3 34. Qxd3 Nd1
35. Kg1 Qb5 36. Qxb5 Rxb5 37. Kh2 a4 38. Ba7 Rb7 39. Rg1 Rxa7 40. Rxd1 Bf8 41.
Rc1 Bd7 42. Ngf1 h6 43. Nf3 hxg5 44. hxg5 Be7 45. N1d2 Kg7 46. Kg3 Rb7 47. Rc2
Kf8 48. Kh4 Bd8 49. Nh2 f5 50. gxf6 Bxf6+ 51. Kg3 Bg5 52. Nhf3 Bf4+ 53. Kg2 Ke7
54. Ne1 g5 55. f3 Be3 56. Nc4 Rb3 57. Ra2 Bc5 58. Nc2 g4 59. fxg4 Bxg4 60. Ne1
Rc3 61. Rc2 Bf3+ 62. Kg3 Rxc2 63. Nxc2 Bxe4 64. N2e3 Kd7 65. Kg4 Bf3+ 66. Kg3
Be4 67. Kg4 Kc7 68. Kg5 Bxe3+ 69. Nxe3 Kb6 70. Kf6 Kc5 71. Ke6 Bf3 72. Ke7 Bxd5
73. Nf5 e4 74. Kf6 Ba8 75. Kg5 d5 76. Kf4 d4 77. Ke5 d3 78. Ne3 d2 0-1

[Event "Zafra Ruy Lopez"]
[Site "Zafra"]
[Date "2007.03.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Perez Candelario, Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2007.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 10. h3 Nf8 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. O-O-O Be6 14. Kb1
Rac8 15. Ka1 a6 16. g4 c5 17. dxc5 Rxc5 18. g5 N6d7 19. Qa4 Rec8 20. Qd4 Ra5
21. Rc1 Nb8 22. Ne4 Qd8 23. Rxc8 Qxc8 24. Nd6 Qd7 25. Qb6 Qa4 26. a3 Nbd7 27.
Qd4 Qc6 28. Ne8 Ne5 29. Qxe5 Qxe8 30. Qc7 Qa4 31. Nd4 Qb4 32. Bb1 b6 33. Rc1
Ra4 34. Rc3 Bd7 35. Bc2 Ra5 36. Kb1 1-0

[Event "Zafra Ruy Lopez"]
[Site "Zafra"]
[Date "2007.03.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2007.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be6 8.
Nc3 Bc4 9. Bxc4 Nxc4 10. Qb3 N6a5 11. Qc2 e6 12. Nf3 Nc6 13. O-O Nb4 14. Qe4
Nd5 15. Bg5 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Qd5 17. Qxd5 exd5 18. Nd2 Nxd2 19. Bxd2 f5 20. h3 Be7
21. g4 Rf8 22. Kg2 Kd7 23. Rab1 b6 24. a4 h5 25. gxh5 Rh8 26. h6 g5 27. h4 g4
28. f3 Rag8 29. fxg4 Rxg4+ 30. Kf3 Rhg8 31. Rg1 Bxh4 32. Rxg4 fxg4+ 33. Kg2 Ke6
34. Rh1 Be7 35. Kg3 Kf5 36. h7 Rh8 37. Rh5+ Kg6 38. Kxg4 Bf8 39. e6 1-0

[Event "Zafra Ruy Lopez"]
[Site "Zafra"]
[Date "2007.03.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2007.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Qc2 dxc4 7. Qxc4 a6 8. Qc2
b5 9. Ne5 Ra7 10. O-O Bb7 11. Rd1 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Qc8 13. a4 b4 14. Nd2 c5 15.
dxc5 Rc7 16. Nb3 Bxc5 17. Qd3 Nbd7 18. Bf4 Nd5 19. Nf3 Nxf4+ 20. gxf4 Nf6 21.
Rac1 Nd5 22. e3 Be7 23. Rxc7 Qxc7 24. Nbd4 Qb7 25. Rc1 Rc8 26. Rxc8+ Qxc8 27.
f5 Bf6 28. fxe6 fxe6 29. Qe4 Qe8 30. b3 Nc7 31. Nc6 Nd5 32. Nfd4 Bxd4 33. Nxd4
Nc3 34. Qg4 h5 35. Qg5 Qf7 36. f3 Nd5 37. e4 Nf4+ 38. Kg3 Qd7 39. Qxf4 Qxd4 40.
Kh4 g6 41. Kg5 Qg1+ 42. Kh6 Qa7 43. Qf6 1-0

[Event "Zafra Ruy Lopez"]
[Site "Zafra"]
[Date "2007.03.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2007.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 Nc6 4. e4 d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Nge7 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Nbd2 Ng6 11. Bg3 f5 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Be5 Bb6 14. Qa4
c5 15. Qc6 Ba6 16. Qe6+ Rf7 17. Rfe1 Qd7 18. Qxd7 Rxd7 19. a4 Re8 20. h4 Rde7
21. a5 Bd8 22. Bd6 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 24. Nxe1 c4 25. h5 Nf8 26. Bc5 Bxa5 27.
Bxa7 Nd7 28. Nc2 Nf6 29. Bd4 Nxh5 30. Ne3 Nf4 31. Nxf5 Kf7 32. Kf1 g6 33. Ne3
Ke6 34. Nf3 Bd8 35. Ne1 g5 36. N1c2 Nd3 37. Nd1 h5 38. f3 Bb5 39. Ne1 Nc1 40.
Be3 Nb3 41. Nc2 Kd6 42. Nf2 Bd7 43. g4 hxg4 44. fxg4 Nc5 45. Ne1 Na4 46. Bc1
Bb6 47. Nf3 Bxf2 48. Kxf2 Bxg4 49. Nxg5 Ke5 50. Ke3 Nc5 51. Nf7+ Ke6 52. Ng5+
Ke5 53. Nf7+ Kf6 54. Nd6 Nb3 55. Bd2 Bd7 56. Be1 Ke6 57. Bg3 Bc6 58. Bh2 Ba4
59. Nb7 Bb5 60. Nd8+ Ke7 61. Nb7 Ke6 62. Nd8+ Ke7 63. Nb7 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zafra Ruy Lopez op 1st"]
[Site "Zafra"]
[Date "2007.03.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Holgado Maestre, Andres"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "1930"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2007.03.24"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
Bb7 9. Nc3 bxa4 10. Rxa4 d6 11. Nd5 Nb8 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. Nh4 Nbd7 14. Nf5 Qd8
15. Be3 c5 16. f4 Nb6 17. fxe5 Nxa4 18. exf6 Nxb2 19. Nh6+ Kh8 20. fxg7+ Kxg7
21. Qg4+ Kh8 22. Rxf7 d5 23. Qg7# 1-0

[Event "Zafra Ruy Lopez op 1st"]
[Site "Zafra"]
[Date "2007.03.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Garcia Romero, Benjamin Abel"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2007.03.24"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. a5 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Bb7 14. Nd2 Re8
15. Ne4 Nf6 16. Qxd8 Raxd8 17. Ng5 Bd5 18. Bxd5 Nxd5 19. Bd2 Bf6 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8
21. Rb1 c5 22. Nf3 c4 23. c3 bxc3 24. bxc3 Nxc3 25. Bxc3 Bxc3 26. Rc1 Rb8 27.
Kf1 Rb3 28. g3 h6 29. Ng1 Bxa5 30. Rxc4 Bb6 31. h4 a5 32. Ne2 Rf3 33. Nd4 Rf6
34. Ke2 Bxd4 35. Rxd4 Ra6 36. Ra4 Kf8 37. Kd3 Ke7 38. Kc4 Ke6 39. Kb5 Ra8 40.
h5 g5 41. f4 gxf4 42. Rxf4 a4 43. Rf2 a3 44. Ra2 Kf5 45. Kb4 Kg4 0-1

[Event "Zafra Ruy Lopez op 1st"]
[Site "Zafra"]
[Date "2007.03.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Khamrakulov, Ibragim S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2007.03.24"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. Bc4 d6 6. O-O Be6 7. Bxe6 fxe6
8. Qh5+ Kd7 9. c3 dxc3 10. Nxc3 c6 11. d4 Nf6 12. Qh3 Qa5 13. b4 Qh5 14. Qd3
Be7 15. b5 Rhc8 16. bxc6+ bxc6 17. Rb1 Ke8 18. Rb7 c5 19. d5 c4 20. Qb1 Kf8 21.
dxe6 Qe5 22. Nd5 Re8 23. Nxe7 Nxe4 24. Re1 1-0

[Event "Zafra Ruy Lopez op 1st"]
[Site "Zafra"]
[Date "2007.03.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Spasov, Vasil"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2007.03.24"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bd2
d6 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. Bxd5 Qe8 11. a4 Rb8 12. axb5 axb5 13. O-O Kh8 14. Ng5 Bxg5
15. Bxg5 f6 16. Be3 Be6 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. f4 f5 19. exf5 Rxf5 20. fxe5 Rxe5 21.
Bf4 Rf5 22. Qe2 Bd5 23. Bg3 Rxf1+ 24. Rxf1 Re8 25. Qf2 h6 26. h3 Re6 27. Qf8+
Kh7 28. Rf2 Rg6 29. Kh2 Qc5 30. Qf5 Qe3 31. Qf4 Qe1 32. Qf5 Be6 33. Qxb5 Qe3
34. Rf3 Qe2 35. Rf2 Qe3 36. Rf3 Qe2 37. Qc6 h5 38. Rf2 Qe3 39. Qf3 Qc5 40. b4
Qg5 41. Bf4 Qf5 42. Bg3 Qg5 43. Qf4 Qxf4 44. Rxf4 Rf6 45. c3 Ba2 46. Bf2 Rg6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Zafra Ruy Lopez op 1st"]
[Site "Zafra"]
[Date "2007.03.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Fedorchuk, Sergey A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2007.03.24"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 Bd7 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Nbd2
h6 9. Bh4 Nh5 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. g3 c5 13. Nc4 Nf6 14. Nfd2 Rb8
15. Qc2 c6 16. O-O-O Ng4 17. f3 Nf2 18. Nxd6+ Kf8 19. N2c4 Nxh1 20. Rxh1 h5 21.
Qf2 Be6 22. f4 exf4 23. gxf4 Bxc4 24. Nxc4 Rd8 25. Kc2 Rh6 26. Rg1 Kg8 27. Rg5
h4 28. Rxc5 Rg6 29. Rh5 Qd7 30. Ne5 Qh3 31. Nxg6 Qxd3+ 32. Kb3 Qd1+ 33. Ka3
Qxh5 34. Ne7+ Kh7 35. Nxc6 Re8 36. e5 Qg4 37. Nd4 h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zafra Ruy Lopez op 1st"]
[Site "Zafra"]
[Date "2007.03.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2007.03.24"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Nb8 11. Nbd2 Nbd7 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ng3 Nc5 14. Ba2 Ne6 15.
b4 Bf8 16. Bb2 g6 17. c4 Bg7 18. Rc1 Nd7 19. d4 exd4 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21. Bxd4 Ne5
22. c5 dxc5 23. Rxc5 Re7 24. Ne2 Rd7 25. Qc2 Qe7 26. Qc3 Re8 27. Bb1 f5 28.
Qb3+ Nc4 29. Bxg7 Qxg7 30. Bd3 Kh8 31. Bxc4 bxc4 32. Rxc4 fxe4 33. Qc3 Ree7 34.
Qxg7+ Kxg7 35. Nc3 Rd3 36. Re3 Kf6 37. Kf1 Rd2 38. Re2 e3 39. fxe3 Rxe3 40.
Rxc7 Rdxe2 41. Nxe2 Bxg2+ 42. Kf2 Re8 43. Rc5 Bd5 44. Rc7 Rd8 45. Nc3 Bh1 46.
Ra7 Rd6 47. Na4 Rd2+ 48. Ke3 Rh2 49. Rxa6+ Ke5 50. Ra5+ Kf6 51. Nc5 Rxh3+ 52.
Kf4 Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zafra Ruy Lopez op 1st"]
[Site "Zafra"]
[Date "2007.03.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2007.03.24"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 d5 8. exd5
Qxd5 9. a4 Rb8 10. axb5 axb5 11. d4 exd4 12. Re1+ Be7 13. cxd4 Bg4 14. Nc3 Qd6
15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Nxd4 18. Qh5 g6 19. Qh6 Ne6 20. Be3 Rd8 21.
b4 Bf8 22. Qh4 Be7 23. Qh6 Bf8 24. Qh3 Bg7 25. Bc5 Nxc5 26. bxc5 Qd4 27. Bd5+
Be5 28. Rad1 Qb2 29. f4 O-O 30. fxe5 Qb4 31. Qe3 Kg7 32. Rf1 1-0

[Event "Zafra Ruy Lopez op 1st"]
[Site "Zafra"]
[Date "2007.03.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2007.03.24"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Na5 11. Bc2 b4 12. d3 O-O 13. Nd2 Rb8 14. Kh1 Re8 15.
Qd1 d5 16. f4 dxe4 17. fxe5 exd3 18. exf6 dxc2 19. Qxc2 Qd5 20. c4 Qc6 21. Qf5
Re6 22. fxg7 f6 23. Nf3 Kxg7 24. Qh5 Kh8 25. Bh6 Rg8 26. Rae1 Nb3 27. Rxe6 Qxe6
28. Re1 Qxc4 29. Ne5 1-0

[Event "UKR-chT 14th"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2007.04.23"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Borovikov, Vladislav"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2007.04.22"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Simferopol Taurida National University"]
[BlackTeam "Kiev Keystone"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Qb3
Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rd1 Re8 12. Be2 c6 13. O-O Nd7 14. Rfe1 Nf8
15. e4 g6 16. e5 Bg7 17. h4 Ne6 18. Bf1 f5 19. Qc2 Rf8 20. g3 Qe7 21. Bh3 Qf7
22. b4 g5 23. hxg5 hxg5 24. Bg2 b5 25. a4 a6 26. Qd3 Qh5 27. axb5 axb5 28. Ra1
f4 29. Rxa8 Rxa8 30. Qf5 Bc8 31. g4 Qh6 32. Qc2 Bf8 33. Qb2 Bd7 34. Qb3 Nc7 35.
Nh2 Kg7 36. Qb2 Be7 37. f3 Ne6 38. Rd1 Be8 39. Nf1 Bg6 40. Qb3 Qh8 41. Ne4 Qc8
42. Nd6 Bxd6 43. exd6 Qd7 44. Qc3 Qxd6 45. Nd2 Ra4 46. Re1 Kf7 47. Re2 Rxb4 48.
Qa3 Nxd4 49. Qa7+ Kf6 50. Re1 Ra4 51. Qb7 Nc2 52. Rc1 Qc5+ 53. Kh2 Ra7 0-1

[Event "UKR-chT 14th"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2007.04.25"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Kovchan, Alexander"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2007.04.22"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kharkov Law Academy"]
[BlackTeam "Kiev Keystone"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Re1 Bb7 10. Qf3 Be7 11. Qg3 Kf8 12. Bd2 h5 13. h3 d4 14. e5 h4 15.
Qf3 dxc3 16. exf6 cxd2 17. fxe7+ Qxe7 18. Red1 c5 19. Qg4 Rd8 20. Qe2 Qg5 21.
f3 Rh5 22. b3 Qf6 23. Qxd2 Rg5 24. Kf1 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Qxf3+ 26. Qf2 Qxh3+ 27.
Ke1 Rd4 28. Rd2 Qh1+ 29. Bf1 Rf5 30. Qg2 Rxf1+ 31. Qxf1 Qxf1+ 32. Kxf1 Rxd2 0-1

[Event "UKR-chT 14th"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2007.04.28"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2007.04.22"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kiev Keystone"]
[BlackTeam "Lwiw Ivan Franko University"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. Qb3 O-O 10. Rd1 c6 11. g3 Re8 12. Bg2 Nd7 13. O-O Nf8 14. Rd2 Ne6
15. Rc1 Qe7 16. e3 Rad8 17. Qa4 Ba8 18. Qd1 c5 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21.
Rxd5 Bxb2 22. Rb1 Bxa3 23. Ne5 Rxd5 24. Qxd5 Bb4 25. Nc6 Qc7 26. Bf1 a5 27. Bb5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates sf"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2007.05.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 c5 {This
move was hardly a surprise for Ponomariov. Although Rublevsky has never played
it before, as Kramnik's second in the Elista match it was clear that he might
use one of Kramnik's favourite opening ideas. It seems that 7...c5 is indeed a
clever choice in match play. Black is happy with the draw, which is
particularly important in matches.} 8. e4 Bg6 9. Be3 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11.
Bxd4 Nfd7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bxc4 Rc8 $5 $146 {In connection with the next move
this is a new plan for Black, who doesn't mind giving up control over the
b5-square.} ({In the fifth game of the match Rublevsky already went for the
well-known path:} 13... a6 14. Ke2 ({Aronian prefers the immediate} 14. h4)
14... Rg8 15. h4 Rc8 16. Ba2 Bc5 $1 {A small trick. Black doesn't waste time
for ...h5 yet.} 17. Bxc5 (17. Rhd1 Ke7 $11) 17... Rxc5 18. Rac1 h5 19. b4 Rc6
20. Nb1 Ke7 21. Rxc6 bxc6 22. Nc3 Rb8 23. Rb1 f5 24. Bc4 fxe4 25. fxe4 Nf6 26.
Ke3 Nd5+ $1 {Another trick.} 27. Nxd5+ (27. exd5 $2 Bxb1 28. Nxb1 Rxb4 29. Nd2
cxd5 30. Bxa6 Rxa4 31. Be2 Rxh4 $19) 27... exd5 28. Bxa6 Bxe4 29. Rb2 Kd6 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Ponomariov,R (2717)-Rublevsky,S (2680)/Elista 2007 (40)}) 14. Ba2 ({
Nothing appears to be achieved by} 14. Bb5 a6 15. Bxd7+ Kxd7 {For instance:}
16. Ke2 ({or} 16. O-O-O Ke8 17. Rd2 f6 18. Rhd1 Be7) 16... f6 17. Rhd1 Ke8 (
17... Bd6 $2 18. e5 fxe5 19. Bxe5 Rc6 20. Bxg7 $18 Rg8 21. Be5 Bc2 22. Rxd6+
Rxd6 23. Bxd6 Kxd6 (23... Rxg2+ 24. Kf1 $18) 24. g3 $16) 18. Bb6 (18. Rd2 Bb4
19. Rad1 Ke7 20. Bb6 Be8 $11 {[%cal Ge8c6]}) 18... Bc5 19. Bxc5 Rxc5 20. Rd2
Ke7 21. Rad1 Rc7 $11) 14... a5 $5 {The game shows the resources of Black's
position. First he gives up the b5-square, then he will unnecessary lose a
tempo, but even so will still make a draw rather easily. With 14...a5 Black
achieves a favourable blockade on the queenside, so from the positional point
of view the move is quite attractive. Its drawback is that Black is behind in
development and the advance of the a-pawn doesn't help Black in that respect.
The second drawback is the newly created weakness of the b5-square. In the
present game White couldn't take advantage of the said drawbacks.} 15. h4 ({
If White wanted to reach the game position after Black's 16th move, then more
precise is to start with} 15. Rc1 {when} Rg8 16. h4 h5 17. Ke2 Bc5 {leads to
the game}) ({But perhaps White should try to take control over the d-file as
soon as possible, without wasting time on Rac1. Deserving attention is} 15. Ke2
Rg8 16. h4 (16. Rhd1 Bc5 17. Nb5 Ke7 18. Bc3 b6 19. Rd2 f6 20. Rad1 Rgd8 21.
Nd4 Bf7 $13 {/=}) ({It is interesting to sacrifice a pawn for quick activity:} 
16. Nb5 $5 Rc2+ 17. Kd3 Rxg2 18. Rac1 Kd8 19. Rhd1 $44) {although after} 16...
Bc5 (16... h5 17. Rhd1 Bc5 18. Nb5 Ke7 19. Bc3 b6 (19... Bb4 20. Bxb4+ axb4 21.
Rac1 $14) 20. Rd2 f6 21. Rad1 Rgd8 22. Nd4 ({It is not clear how to improve
the position after} 22. Nd6 Rc7) 22... Bf7 23. Nf5+ $1 exf5 24. Bxf7 fxe4 25.
Bxh5 exf3+ 26. Bxf3 $14) 17. Rad1 (17. Rhd1 Ke7 $11) 17... h5 18. Nb5 Ke7 19.
Bc3 Bb4 $1 20. Bxb4+ axb4 {Black has little to fear.}) (15. Nb5 Bb4+ 16. Kf2
Ke7 $11) 15... h5 16. Rc1 Rg8 ({Black could exploit White's move order with} 
16... Bc5 17. Nb5 (17. Bxg7 $2 Rh7 $19) (17. Ne2 O-O 18. O-O e5 19. Bxc5 Nxc5 {
[%csl Ra4] Here the advantages of 14...a5 can be seen: the queenside is
blockaded in Black's favour.}) 17... Ke7 18. Bc3 (18. Bxg7 Bd4 $1 19. Rxc8 Rxc8
20. Bh6 Bxb2 $11) 18... b6 19. Ke2 f6 20. Rhd1 Rhd8 {and compared to the game
Black is a tempo up (he didn't waste time for ...Rg8). On the other hand it
must be mentioned that Black is so solid, that even an extra tempo doesn't
give White anything substantial.}) 17. Ke2 {It would have been nice for White
to bring somehow the knight via e2 to f4 (taking advantage of the inclusion of
h4/h5), but due to Black's pressure on the c-file White cannot achieve it
under good circumstances.} (17. O-O Bc5 18. Ne2 Ke7 $11) 17... Bc5 18. Nb5 (18.
Rhd1 Ke7 19. Rd2 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 Ne5 21. Rcd1 Rgd8 $11) 18... Ke7 19. Bc3 b6 (
19... Bb4 20. Bxb4+ axb4 21. Rhd1 Rgd8 22. Bb3 $5 $14 f6 $140 (22... Nc5 $2 23.
Rxd8 Kxd8 24. Nd6 $18) 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rd4 $16 {[%csl Rb4]}) 20. Rhd1 f6 {
White's edge is minimal, if any at all.} 21. Rd2 (21. Nd4 Bf7 22. f4 (22. Nf5+
exf5 23. Bxf7 Kxf7 24. Rxd7+ Ke6 $11) 22... g5 $5 $132) 21... Rgd8 22. Rcd1 Nf8
23. Na7 Rxd2+ 24. Bxd2 Rc7 25. Nb5 Rc8 26. Na7 Rc7 27. Nb5 Rc8 28. Bf4 Be8 ({
With} 28... e5 {Black would even keep the bishop pair.} 29. Be3 (29. Bd2 Ne6
$11) 29... Bxe3 30. Kxe3 Rc2 31. Rd2 Rxd2 32. Kxd2 Be8 $11) 29. Nd6 (29. Bd6+
$2 Bxd6 30. Nxd6 Rc2+ $19) 29... Rd8 (29... Bxd6 30. Bxd6+ Kf7 31. Bb3 b5 32.
axb5 (32. Ra1) 32... Bxb5+ 33. Ke3 a4 34. Ba2 Ng6 {is also very close to equal}
) 30. Nxe8 Rxe8 31. Bd2 Ng6 {White's bishops don't secure an advantage here.
They are not particularly active, while the B on c5 is stable and all Black
needs to do is to bring the knight to c6.} 32. Rc1 (32. Bc4 Rd8 (32... Nxh4 33.
Rh1 Ng6 (33... Nxg2 $2 34. Rh2 $18) (33... g5 34. g3) 34. Rxh5 $14) 33. g3 (33.
Bb5 $2 Nxh4 34. Rh1 Nxg2 35. Rh2 Rxd2+ 36. Kxd2 Nf4 $17) 33... Ne5 34. Bb5 Rd6
$11 {followed by Nc6 anyway}) 32... Rd8 (32... Nxh4 33. Rh1 Ng6 (33... Nxg2 $2
34. Rh2 $18) 34. Rxh5 {is not necessary for Black}) 33. g3 Ne5 34. Bc3 Nc6 35.
Bc4 Nd4+ 36. Bxd4 Rxd4 37. b3 g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates sf"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2007.05.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8.
Bg5 Qa5 9. Qd2 Be7 10. O-O-O Nc5 11. Rhe1 h6 {The extremely speedy
concentration of the white forces in the centre has one serious drawback. The
dark-squared bishop has no good square and has to be exchanged on f6.} 12. Bxf6
Bxf6 13. Kb1 Bd7 14. f4 O-O-O 15. Ncb5 $5 {Rublevsky is ready to draw some
benefit from the centralised pieces which are ready to leap into action.} Qb6 (
15... Qxd2 16. Nxd6+ Kc7 17. Rxd2 Kxd6 18. Nxe6+ Kc6 19. Nxd8+ Bxd8 (19... Rxd8
20. Bxf7 $16) 20. Bxf7 Rf8 21. Bd5+ $16) 16. Nxd6+ Qxd6 17. e5 Qc7 (17... Bxe5
18. fxe5 Qc7 19. Qf2 $14) 18. exf6 gxf6 19. Qe3 (19. g3 $2 e5 $1) 19... Kb8 20.
Bc4 Bc8 21. Be2 $6 {White's bishop is heading for the promising f3 square, but
Black can now improve his pawn structure.} (21. g3 Na4 22. Bb3 $14) 21... e5 $1
22. fxe5 fxe5 23. Nf3 (23. Nb3 Nxb3 24. axb3 Bf5 25. Bc4 Bg6 (25... h5 26.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Qxe5 Rd1+ 28. Ka2 Rxe1 29. Qxe1 Bxc2 30. Qe8+ Ka7 31. Bxf7 Qa5+
32. Qa4 Qc5 $14) 26. g4 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Rc8 $11) 23... Rxd1+ (23... f6 24. Rxd8
Rxd8 25. Qxh6 e4 26. Nh4 Qxh2 27. Qxf6 Rd2 $13) 24. Rxd1 f6 25. Nh4 {Rublevsky
as White has no claim to fame any more, only the black h6 pawn is really
vulnerable.} (25. Nd2 h5 26. Nc4 Be6 27. b3 $11) 25... Be6 26. Rf1 Rc8 27. g3 (
27. Rxf6 $2 Nd7 28. Rf1 Qxc2+ 29. Ka1 Qa4 (29... Bxa2 30. Qd3 $17) 30. Qa3 Qxh4
31. Qd6+ Rc7 32. Qxe6 Qf2 $1 $19) 27... Bd5 28. Bf3 (28. Rxf6 Nd7 29. Rf1 Qxc2+
30. Ka1 Bxa2 31. Kxa2 Rc5 $19) (28. b3 Be4 29. Rc1 f5 $15) 28... Na4 29. Rc1
Be6 (29... e4 30. Be2 Qe5 31. Qa3 Nc5 32. Ng6 $11) 30. Be2 Qa5 (30... Rd8 $5 {
Ponomariov must have been happy about his prospects. In retrospect it seems,
that it was probably more promising to start activating the pieces with the
quiet rook move to d8.} 31. c4 (31. Rd1 Rxd1+ 32. Bxd1 Qc4 33. b3 Nc3+ 34. Kc1
Qb4 $15) 31... Qa5 32. Qa3 Rd2 33. Rc2 Rxc2 34. Kxc2 Qe1 35. Qd3 Kc7 $15) 31.
c4 Qb4 32. Qb3 Qd2 (32... Qxb3 33. axb3 Nc5 34. Kc2 Rd8 35. Rf1 $11) 33. Qc2
Qe3 (33... Qxc2+ 34. Rxc2 Rd8 35. Kc1 $11) 34. Rf1 Nb6 35. Nf5 (35. b3 Nd5 36.
Rf3 Qg5 37. Qd3 b5 38. Rf1 $13) 35... Bxf5 36. Rxf5 Nxc4 {Taking the immediate
draw even though it was possible to trouble the opponent in the rook endgame
with an extra pawn.} (36... Qg1+ 37. Rf1 Qxh2 38. Rxf6 Nxc4 39. Bxc4 Qxc2+ 40.
Kxc2 Rxc4+ 41. Kd2 Rg4 42. Rxh6 Rxg3 43. Re6 $15) 37. Bxc4 Qe1+ 38. Qc1 Qe4+ (
38... Qxc1+ 39. Kxc1 Rxc4+ 40. Kd2 Rc6 41. Rh5 $11) 39. Qc2 Qe1+ 40. Qc1 Qe4+
41. Qc2 Qe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates sf"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2007.05.29"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[PlyCount "184"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Na4 O-O 11. c4 Bb7 12. e5 Nd7 13. Bf4 Nb6 14. cxd5 cxd5
15. Nc3 Nd7 16. Rad1 Nc5 17. Bb1 a5 18. Rfe1 g6 19. Be3 Ba6 20. Qd2 Rb8 21. Bd4
Rb4 22. Qe3 Nd7 23. a3 Rb7 24. f4 Bc4 25. Rd2 Nb8 26. Bd3 Bxd3 27. Qxd3 Nd7 28.
Na4 Qb8 29. Rc1 Rc8 30. Rdc2 Rbc7 31. Rxc7 Rxc7 32. Rxc7 Qxc7 33. Qc3 Qb7 34.
Kf2 Qb5 35. Qc2 Nb8 36. Nc3 Qb7 37. Ne2 Nc6 38. Bc5 Qb5 39. Bxe7 Nxe7 40. Qc3
h5 41. Nd4 Qb6 42. Ke2 Nf5 43. Nxf5 gxf5 44. b4 axb4 45. axb4 Qa6+ 46. Ke3 Qa7+
47. Qd4 Qa3+ 48. Kf2 h4 49. Qb6 Qb2+ 50. Ke1 Qc1+ 51. Ke2 Qc4+ 52. Kd1 Qf1+ 53.
Kc2 Qc4+ 54. Kd1 Qf1+ 55. Kc2 Qxf4 56. Qd8+ Kh7 57. Qe7 Qxe5 58. Qxf7+ Kh6 59.
b5 Qe2+ 60. Kc3 Qc4+ 61. Kd2 d4 62. Qf8+ Kg6 63. Qg8+ Kh5 64. Qe8+ Kg5 65. Qd8+
Kg4 66. b6 Qc3+ 67. Kd1 Qd3+ 68. Kc1 Qf1+ 69. Kb2 Qxg2+ 70. Kb3 Qf3+ 71. Kc4
Qc3+ 72. Kb5 Qb3+ 73. Ka6 Qa3+ 74. Kb5 Qb2+ 75. Ka6 Qa2+ 76. Kb5 Qe2+ 77. Kc5
Qc2+ 78. Kd6 d3 79. b7 d2 80. Kxe6 Qe4+ 81. Kf6 Qc6+ 82. Ke5 Qxb7 83. h3+ Kxh3
84. Qd3+ Kh2 85. Qxd2+ Qg2 86. Qd1 Qf2 87. Kf6 f4 88. Kf5 f3 89. Kg4 Qg3+ 90.
Kh5 f2 91. Qf1 Qf3+ 92. Kh6 Qg2 0-1

[Event "Candidates sf"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2007.05.31"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qf3 Qb6 10. Be3 Qb7 11. Qg3 b4 12. Na4 Nbd7 13. f3 O-O 14. Rac1 Rb8 {
This slightly mysterious move controls the square b6 and thus indirectly
questions the integrity of the white knight on a4.} 15. c3 (15. Rfd1 Ne5 16. c4
bxc3 17. Rxc3 Bd7 18. Nb6 Qxb6 19. Nf5 exf5 20. Bxb6 Rxb6 21. exf5 Bxf5 22. Kh1
Re8 {0-1 Michiels,B (2454)-Schlosser,P (2562)/Differdange 2007/ (27)}) 15...
bxc3 16. Rxc3 Ne5 17. Rfc1 Bd7 18. Qe1 {Rublevsky plays a sensible move
instead of the dubious rook foray to c7.} (18. Rc7 Qb4 19. Ra7 Rfc8 (19... Bxa4
20. Rxe7 Bxb3 21. axb3 Rfc8 $11) 20. Ra1 Bxa4 21. Rxe7 Bxb3 22. axb3 Nc6 23.
Nxc6 Rxc6 $15) 18... Bd8 (18... Bxa4 $2 19. Bxa4 Qxb2 20. Bb3 $16) 19. Qd1 Ba5
(19... Bxa4 20. Bxa4 Qxb2 21. Bb3 Ba5 22. R3c2 Qa3 23. Nc6 Nxc6 24. Rxc6 Bb4
25. Ba7 $14) 20. R3c2 Rfc8 {Ponomariov has no reason to complain about the
outcome of the opening. White's queen has returned from g3 to its original
square d1 giving Black enough time to equalise matters.} 21. Rxc8+ (21. Qe2 h6
$11) 21... Rxc8 22. Rxc8+ Qxc8 23. Bd2 Qc7 24. Bxa5 (24. Qe2 Bxd2 25. Qxd2 a5
$11) 24... Qxa5 25. Nc3 Qc5 26. Kf1 a5 27. Nde2 (27. Na4 $2 Bxa4 28. Bxa4 Nc4
$17) 27... Kf8 28. Qd4 {White is indirectly offering a draw as his position
promises no advantage.} Qxd4 29. Nxd4 Nd3 30. Ke2 (30. Nd1 Nc1 31. Bc4 d5 32.
exd5 exd5 33. Ne2 Nxe2 34. Bxe2 Ke7 $11) 30... Nxb2 31. Kd2 a4 32. Kc2 $1 (32.
Bc2 $2 Ke7 $17) 32... axb3+ 33. axb3 e5 {Black's knight is trapped but it did
a good job of eliminating White's queenside pawn majority.} (33... Nc4 34. bxc4
Ke7 $11) 34. Nde2 Nc4 (34... Ke7 35. Kxb2 Ke6 36. Ng3 g6 37. b4 d5 38. exd5+
Nxd5 39. Nxd5 Kxd5 40. Ne4 Bc6 41. Kc3 $11) 35. bxc4 Be6 36. Nd5 (36. Kd3 Ke7
37. Nc1 Nd7 38. Nd5+ Bxd5 39. cxd5 $11) 36... Nd7 (36... Nxd5 37. exd5 Bf5+ 38.
Kc3 Ke7 39. Ng3 $14) 37. Nec3 f5 38. Nb5 (38. exf5 Bxf5+ 39. Kd2 Be6 $11) 38...
fxe4 39. fxe4 Bxd5 40. cxd5 {This position is completely equal as White can
not hope to exploit his minimal space superiority.} (40. exd5 Ke7 $11) 40...
Ke7 41. Kd3 Nf6 42. Na3 Ng4 43. h3 Nf6 (43... Nf2+ 44. Ke3 Nd1+ 45. Ke2 Nc3+
46. Kd3 Na4 $11) 44. Nc4 Kd7 (44... Nh5 45. Ke3 Nf4 46. Kf2 Nd3+ $11) 45. Ke3
Ke7 46. Kf3 Kd7 47. g4 h6 48. Ne3 g6 49. Ng2 Ke7 50. Nh4 Kf7 51. Ke3 Nh7 52.
Nf3 Kf6 {It is never too late to blow the whole game with a horrible blunder...
} (52... Ng5 $4 53. Nxg5+ hxg5 54. Kd3 Ke7 55. Kc4 Kd7 56. Kb5 Kc7 57. Ka6 $18)
53. h4 Ke7 54. Nd2 Nf6 55. Kf3 Kd7 56. g5 (56. g5 hxg5 57. hxg5 Nh5 58. Nc4 Nf4
$11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates sf"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2007.06.01"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 c5 8. e4 Bg6
9. Be3 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Bxd4 Nfd7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bxc4 a6 14. Ke2 Rg8
15. h4 Rc8 16. Ba2 Bc5 17. Bxc5 Rxc5 18. Rac1 h5 19. b4 Rc6 20. Nb1 Ke7 21.
Rxc6 bxc6 22. Nc3 Rb8 23. Rb1 f5 24. Bc4 fxe4 25. fxe4 Nf6 26. Ke3 Nd5+ 27.
Nxd5+ exd5 28. Bxa6 Bxe4 29. Rb2 Kd6 30. g3 Ke5 31. b5 cxb5 32. axb5 d4+ 33.
Kd2 Rb6 34. Bc8 Kd6 35. Bh3 Kc5 36. Bf1 Rf6 37. Ke1 d3 38. b6 Rxb6 39. Rxb6
Kxb6 40. Kd2 Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates sf"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2007.06.02"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. c3 Qd5 7. Qb3 Nd7 8.
Nf3 Nb6 9. c4 Qh5 10. Be2 Bg7 11. Be3 O-O 12. O-O e5 13. Qc2 Bf5 14. Qd1 Bg4
15. h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Qg6 17. Bh5 Qe4 18. Bf3 Qg6 19. Bh5 Qe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT Honor Gp1"]
[Site "Lugo"]
[Date "2007.06.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2007.06.20"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be4 11. Qc1 Nbd7 12. Ba5 Rc8 13. Nbd2 Ba8 14. Qc2 Qe8 15.
b4 Bd6 16. Rac1 e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qxe5 20. Nf3 Qe7 21.
Nd4 Rfe8 22. Nf5 Qe6 23. Rfd1 Bf8 24. Nd4 Qd5+ 25. Nf3 Qb7 26. Qd3 c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT Honor Gp1"]
[Site "Lugo"]
[Date "2007.06.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2007.06.20"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bb3 Bb6 7. Nbd2 Ne7 8. Nc4
Ng6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Be6 11. h3 h6 12. a4 c6 13. Nxb6 Bxb3 14. Qxb3 axb6 15.
Be3 Ra6 16. Nd2 d5 17. exd5 cxd5 18. Nf3 Qc7 19. Qb5 Rfa8 20. Ra3 Qc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT Honor Gp1"]
[Site "Lugo"]
[Date "2007.06.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2007.06.20"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. a3 c5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Be5 Bf6 12. Be2 Bxe5 13. Nxe5 Ne6 14. Nf3
Qb6 15. Qd2 Rd8 16. Rd1 d4 17. exd4 Bd7 18. d5 Ba4 19. Rc1 Bb5 20. O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT Honor Gp1"]
[Site "Lugo"]
[Date "2007.06.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2007.06.20"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. O-O-O O-O-O 14. Kb1
Ngf6 15. c4 c5 16. Qe2 cxd4 17. Nxd4 a6 18. Nb3 Bd6 19. c5 Bxg3 20. Ba5 Qe5 21.
Qc2 Rde8 22. c6 Nb8 23. cxb7+ Kxb7 24. Bc3 Qf5 25. Qxf5 exf5 26. fxg3 Rhg8 27.
Rhf1 Nxh5 28. Rxf5 Nf6 29. Nc5+ Ka7 30. Rd6 Rd8 31. Rxd8 Rxd8 32. Bxf6 gxf6 33.
Rxf6 Rd1+ 34. Kc2 Rg1 35. Rxf7+ Kb6 36. Na4+ Kc6 37. Rf2 Nd7 38. Nc3 Rh1 39. b4
Rh5 40. Kb3 Rg5 41. Ne4 Re5 42. Rc2+ Kd5 43. Nc3+ Ke6 44. Re2 Rxe2 45. Nxe2 Kd5
46. a4 Ke4 47. Nf4 Ke3 48. a5 Ne5 49. Kc3 Nf7 50. b5 1-0

[Event "ESP-chT Honor Gp1"]
[Site "Lugo"]
[Date "2007.06.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2007.06.20"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Qb3 Bb7 8. a4 a5
9. e4 Bg7 10. Bb5+ Nbd7 11. Nf3 O-O 12. O-O Nxb6 13. Bf4 Ne8 14. Rfe1 Nc7 15.
Bf1 Na6 16. Rad1 Nb4 17. Rd2 h6 18. h4 Bc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon 20th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2007.07.06"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2007.07.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. Qg4 g6 8. h4
h6 9. Bd2 c4 10. Qg3 Bd7 11. h5 g5 12. f4 f6 13. Nh3 Qc7 14. Be2 O-O-O 15. O-O
Be8 16. Rae1 Rd7 17. Qh2 f5 18. fxg5 hxg5 19. Nxg5 Nd8 20. Rf4 Rg7 21. Rh4 Nh6
22. Nh3 Qe7 23. Nf4 Qxa3 24. Rh3 Qf8 25. Rg3 Rxg3 26. Qxg3 Qe7 27. Ra1 a6 28.
Be1 Rg8 29. Qh4 Qxh4 30. Bxh4 Bf7 31. Bf3 Nc6 32. Kf2 Kd7 33. Bf6 Na7 34. Ke2
Nb5 35. Kd2 Nc7 36. Rb1 Kc6 37. Be7 Ne8 38. Nh3 b5 39. Ra1 Kb7 40. Bg5 Rh8 41.
Nf4 Ng8 42. h6 Nc7 43. Rh1 Rh7 44. Bh5 Bxh5 45. Rxh5 Kc6 46. Ng6 Ne8 47. Nf8
Rh8 48. h7 Ng7 49. Ng6 1-0

[Event "Leon 20th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2007.07.06"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2007.07.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. d3 Bf6 11. Nbd2 Nf4 12. Ne4 Nxd3 13. Nxf6+ gxf6 14. Bh6
Nxe1 15. Qxe1 Ne7 16. Rd1 Qe8 17. Nh4 Be6 18. Qe3 Ng6 19. Bxf8 Qxf8 20. Nxg6
hxg6 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Qe4 Qe8 23. g3 Rb8 24. h4 Rb6 25. Kh2 Rd6 26. Rxd6 cxd6
27. Qb7 d5 28. Qxa6 Qd7 29. Qa3 d4 30. cxd4 exd4 31. Qd3 Kg7 32. g4 e5 33. f3
f5 34. h5 gxh5 35. gxf5 Kf6 36. Kg3 Qxf5 37. Qxb5 Qf4+ 38. Kg2 h4 39. Qb6+ Kf5
40. Qb7 Qg3+ 41. Kf1 h3 42. Qf7+ Kg5 43. Ke2 Qg2+ 44. Kd3 Kh4 45. Qh7+ Kg3 46.
Qg7+ Kf2 47. Qxe5 h2 48. Kxd4 Qg1 49. Kd3 Qd1+ 50. Kc4 0-1

[Event "Leon 20th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2007.07.06"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2007.07.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. Qg4 g6 8. Bd2
Bd7 9. h4 h6 10. Bd3 Qe7 11. Nh3 O-O-O 12. O-O c4 13. Be2 Be8 14. Nf4 Kb8 15.
a4 Ka8 16. Bc1 f5 17. exf6 Nxf6 18. Qxe6 Qg7 19. Qh3 Bd7 20. Qg3 Bf5 21. Nh5
Qe7 22. Nxf6 Qxe2 23. f3 Rhf8 24. Bxh6 Rxf6 25. Bg5 Rff8 26. Rf2 Qe8 27. Bxd8
Qxd8 28. Re2 a6 29. Qg5 Qd6 30. Kf2 Ka7 31. a5 Rh8 32. Qg3 Qf6 33. Qg5 Qd6 34.
Qg3 Qd8 35. Qg5 Rxh4 36. Qxd8 Nxd8 37. Re5 Bxc2 38. Rxd5 Ne6 39. Re5 Nc7 40.
Rc5 Rh7 41. Rxc4 Rd7 42. Re1 b5 43. Rc6 Kb7 44. Rb6+ Ka7 45. Rc6 Kb7 46. Rb6+
Ka7 47. Rc6 Kb7 48. Rb6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon 20th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2007.07.06"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2007.07.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Ra7 11. Rc1 Be4 12. Qb3 Nc6 13. e3 Qa8 14. Qd1 b4 15. a3
Rb8 16. Be1 a5 17. Nbd2 Bd5 18. Bf1 bxa3 19. bxa3 a4 20. Nc4 Na5 21. Bxa5 Bxf3
22. Qe1 Nd7 23. Rab1 Rxb1 24. Rxb1 Bxa3 25. Ra1 Bf8 26. Rxa4 Nb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Villarrobledo op 22nd"]
[Site "Villarrobledo"]
[Date "2007.08.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Costa Costa, Enrique"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2035"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2007.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 Bg4 4. Ne5 Nxe5 5. Bxe5 f6 6. Bg3 c5 7. c3 Nh6 8. h3
Bh5 9. Qa4+ Qd7 10. Qxd7+ Kxd7 11. dxc5 e5 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nd2 e3 14. Bb5+ Kc7
15. Nb3 Nf5 16. Bh2 Bf7 17. g4 exf2+ 18. Kxf2 Bxb3 19. axb3 Bxc5+ 20. Ke2 Ne7
21. b4 Bb6 22. Rhd1 Rad8 23. g5 a6 24. Bc4 Ng6 25. gxf6 gxf6 26. Bg3 f5 27. Be6
f4 28. Bh2 Nh4 29. Rd5 Rhe8 30. Rxe5 Rd6 31. Bxf4 Ng6 32. Bf7 Nxf4+ 0-1

[Event "Villarrobledo op 22nd"]
[Site "Villarrobledo"]
[Date "2007.08.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Fernandez Gil, Marco Antonio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2007.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 Nf6 6. Ng5 O-O 7. f4 exf4 8.
Bxf4 d6 9. O-O Ng4 10. Qd2 Nd4 11. Nd5 Ne2+ 12. Qxe2 Bxg5 13. h3 Bxf4 14. Nxf4
Ne5 15. Bd5 Ng6 16. Qh5 Nxf4 17. Rxf4 Qe7 18. Raf1 Be6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. c4
Rxf4 21. Rxf4 Rf8 22. Rxf8+ Qxf8 23. e5 h6 24. Qg4 Qf5 25. exd6 Qxg4 26. hxg4
Kf7 27. Kf2 Ke8 28. Ke3 Kd7 29. d4 b6 30. Kd3 Kxd6 31. Ke4 a6 32. b3 a5 33. a3
cxd4 34. Kxd4 e5+ 35. Ke4 Kc5 36. Kxe5 a4 37. bxa4 Kxc4 38. Kf5 Kb3 39. Kg6
Kxa4 40. Kxg7 Kxa3 41. Kxh6 b5 42. g5 b4 43. g6 b3 44. g7 b2 45. g8=Q 1-0

[Event "Villarrobledo op 22nd"]
[Site "Villarrobledo"]
[Date "2007.08.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2007.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. a3 c5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Be5 Bf6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qd4 Qd6 14. Rd1
Rd8 15. b4 Ne6 16. Qe5 a5 17. Qxd6 Rxd6 18. Bc4 axb4 19. axb4 Nc7 20. O-O Bg4
21. Be2 Ra2 22. Rfe1 Rb6 23. Rc1 Ne8 24. h3 Bxf3 25. Bxf3 Rd2 26. Red1 Rxd1+
27. Rxd1 Rxb4 28. Rxd5 Kf8 29. Rd7 b5 30. g4 Rc4 31. Kg2 Rc7 32. Rd5 Rb7 33.
Bd1 Nf6 34. Rd4 Rd7 35. Rxd7 Nxd7 36. Kf3 Nc5 37. g5 b4 38. e4 b3 39. Ke3 Ke7
40. f4 Kd6 41. h4 g6 42. Kd4 Ne6+ 43. Ke3 b2 44. Bc2 Kc5 45. f5 Nd4 46. Bd3 Nc6
47. Bb1 Ne5 48. Ba2 Nc4+ 49. Kd3 Na3 50. e5 gxf5 51. Ke3 Nb5 52. Bb1 Nd4 53. h5
Kd5 54. Kf4 Ke6 55. Ba2+ Ke7 56. Bb1 Kf8 57. Ke3 Ne6 58. Bxf5 Nxg5 59. Kd2 Kg8
60. Kc3 Nf3 61. Bh3 Nd4 62. Bg4 Kf8 63. Bd1 Ke7 64. Bc2 f6 65. Bxh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Villarrobledo op 22nd"]
[Site "Villarrobledo"]
[Date "2007.08.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2007.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Qc2 c5 7. dxc5 Na6 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. a3 Qxc5 11. Rc1 Bd7 12. Qd2 Qd5 13. Qxd5 exd5 14. g3
Rac8 15. Bg2 Rxc1+ 16. Bxc1 Bf6 17. O-O Rc8 18. b4 Nc7 19. Bg5 Bxg5 20. Nxg5 h6
21. Nf3 Nb5 22. Ne5 Be6 23. f4 f5 24. Rd1 Kf8 25. Bxd5 Rd8 26. Bb3 Rxd1+ 27.
Bxd1 Nxa3 28. Kf2 Ke7 29. Ke3 Kd6 30. Ba4 Nc4+ 31. Nxc4+ Bxc4 32. Bc2 Ke6 33.
Bd1 b6 34. Kd4 Bb5 35. Bb3+ Kd6 36. e4 fxe4 37. Kxe4 a5 38. bxa5 bxa5 39. Kd4
a4 40. Bc2 a3 41. Bb3 Bd7 42. Kc3 Be6 43. Bc2 Bf7 44. h4 a2 45. Kb2 h5 46. Bd1
Kc5 47. g4 hxg4 48. Bxg4 Kd4 49. Bd7 Ke4 50. f5 Ke5 51. Bc8 Bd5 52. Bd7 Bg8 53.
Ka1 Kd6 54. Bc8 Bc4 55. Bb7 Kc7 56. Be4 Bg8 57. f6 gxf6 58. h5 Kd6 59. h6 Ke5
60. h7 Bxh7 61. Bxh7 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Villarrobledo op 22nd"]
[Site "Villarrobledo"]
[Date "2007.08.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Cabrera Pino, Alexis"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2007.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. Bg5 Bg7 8. Nbd2
h6 9. Bh4 O-O 10. Nf1 Ne7 11. Ne3 g5 12. Bg3 Ng6 13. h4 g4 14. Nh2 h5 15. f3
Bh6 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. exf5 Nf4 18. O-O gxf3 19. Qxf3 Kh7 20. Kh1 Rg8 21. Bb3 d5
22. Bf2 Rxg2 23. Rg1 Rxg1+ 24. Rxg1 Qd7 25. c4 e4 26. dxe4 dxe4 27. Qc3 Qxf5
28. Rf1 Rg8 29. c5 Qg6 30. Rg1 Qxg1+ 31. Bxg1 Ne2 32. Qe1 Rxg1+ 33. Qxg1 Nxg1
34. Kxg1 Be3+ 35. Kg2 Kg6 36. c6 bxc6 37. Nf1 Bf4 38. Bc4 a5 39. a4 Nd5 40. Ba6
f5 41. Bb7 Nb4 42. Ng3 Bxg3 43. Kxg3 Nd3 44. b3 c5 45. Bd5 Kf6 46. Bc4 f4+ 47.
Kg2 Kf5 48. Bd5 f3+ 49. Kg3 f2 50. Kg2 Nf4+ 0-1

[Event "Villarrobledo op 22nd"]
[Site "Villarrobledo"]
[Date "2007.08.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Giaccio, Alfredo Gustavo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2007.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Qb1
c4 9. h4 Nc6 10. h5 h6 11. g3 Nge7 12. Bg2 Bd7 13. Nh3 O-O-O 14. O-O Kb8 15.
Nf4 Nc8 16. Bh3 Nb6 17. Qc1 Ka8 18. Ng2 Qa5 19. a4 Nxa4 20. Ne3 b5 21. Bg2 Bc8
22. f4 g6 23. Bf3 a6 24. Kg2 Ne7 25. Ng4 Qc7 26. Rh1 Nf5 27. Nf6 Bb7 28. Rh3
Nb6 29. g4 Ne7 30. Qh1 Nd7 31. hxg6 Nxg6 32. Nxd7 Qxd7 33. Kf2 Rdg8 34. Rh5 Qd8
35. f5 Ne7 36. f6 Ng6 37. Bxh6 Rxh6 38. Rxh6 Qb6 39. Kg3 Qc7 40. Qh5 Qd8 41.
Rh7 Qf8 42. Qh6 Qxh6 43. Rxh6 Ka7 44. Rh7 Rf8 45. g5 Kb6 46. Bh5 Nh8 47. Rxh8
Rxh8 48. Bxf7 1-0

[Event "Villarrobledo op 22nd"]
[Site "Villarrobledo"]
[Date "2007.08.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2007.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. a3 c5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Be5 Bf6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Rc1 Ne6 14. Nd4
Bd7 15. Be2 Rac8 16. Rxc8 Rxc8 17. O-O Nxd4 18. exd4 g6 19. Qd2 Bf5 20. Bf3 Rc4
21. Rd1 Rc2 22. Qf4 Kg7 23. Bxd5 Rxb2 24. h3 Be6 25. Qxf6+ Kxf6 26. Bf3 Ba2 27.
Rc1 Rd2 28. Bxb7 Rxd4 29. Rc6+ Kg7 30. Ra6 Rd7 31. Bf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Karlsbad Czech Coal"]
[Site "Karlovy Vary"]
[Date "2007.09.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2007.09.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O
Bd6 9. g3 O-O 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. b3 a6 12. Bf3 b5 13. Bd2 Bc7 14. Rc1 bxc4 15.
bxc4 Nb6 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Na4 Nc4 18. Bb4 Bd6 19. Bxd6 Nxd6 20. Be2 Qa5 21.
Rc6 Rfd8 22. Nb6 Rab8 23. Qa4 Qxa4 24. Nxa4 a5 25. Rfc1 Rb4 26. Nc3 Nfe4 27.
Nxe4 Nxe4 28. R1c2 g5 29. Bd3 g4 30. Kg2 Ng5 31. Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Karlsbad Czech Coal"]
[Site "Karlovy Vary"]
[Date "2007.09.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2007.09.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Rc1
g6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. b4 a6 13. a4 Qd6 14. Qb3 Nf6 15. b5
axb5 16. axb5 Be6 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. Qc2 Rfc8 19. Nd2 Nd7 20. Nb3 Bf8 21. Ne2 c5
22. dxc5 Nxc5 23. Nxc5 Rxc5 24. Qxc5 Qxc5 25. Rxc5 Bxc5 26. Nf4 g5 27. Nxe6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Karlsbad Czech Coal"]
[Site "Karlovy Vary"]
[Date "2007.09.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2007.09.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. e3
a5 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2 Re8 12. Rae1 Nf8 13. Ne5 Ng4 14. Bxe7 Rxe7
15. f4 f6 16. Nxg4 Bxg4 17. h3 Bh5 18. g4 Bf7 19. Qf2 Qd6 20. Re2 Rae8 21. h4
Kh8 22. Qf3 Nd7 23. g5 Be6 24. f5 Bg8 25. Qf4 Qxf4 26. exf4 Rxe2 27. Bxe2 Nb6
28. Kf2 Bf7 29. Rb1 Nc8 30. Bd3 Nd6 31. g6 hxg6 32. fxg6 Be6 33. Re1 Bg4 34.
Rxe8+ Nxe8 35. Kg3 f5 36. h5 Nc7 37. Be2 Bxe2 38. Nxe2 Kg8 39. Kf3 Ne8 40. Kg3
Nc7 41. Kf3 Ne8 42. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Karlsbad Czech Coal"]
[Site "Karlovy Vary"]
[Date "2007.09.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D48"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2007.09.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O a6 10. a4 b4 11. Ne4 c5 12. Ned2 Be7 13. Re1 O-O 14. e4 cxd4 15. e5
Ng4 16. h3 Nc5 17. Ne4 Ne3 18. fxe3 Nxe4 19. exd4 Ng3 20. Kh2 Nf5 21. Be4 Bxe4
22. Rxe4 Qd5 23. Qd3 Rfd8 24. Bf4 Rac8 25. Rd1 h6 26. Bg3 Qc4 27. Be1 Qxd3 28.
Rxd3 Rc2 29. b3 a5 30. Kg1 Bg5 31. Nxg5 hxg5 32. Bd2 f6 33. exf6 gxf6 34. Rxe6
Rxd4 35. Re8+ Kf7 36. Rd8 Rxd8 37. Rxd8 Rb2 38. Rd3 Ke6 39. Be3 Nxe3 40. Rxe3+
Kd5 41. Rf3 Ke5 42. Kh2 f5 43. Rg3 Kf4 44. Rf3+ Ke4 45. Rg3 Rb1 46. Rxg5 Rxb3
47. h4 Rc3 48. h5 Rc8 49. g4 Kf4 50. Rxf5+ Kxg4 51. Rb5 Rh8 52. Kg2 Rxh5 53.
Rb8 Kf4 54. Kf2 Rh2+ 0-1

[Event "Karlsbad Czech Coal"]
[Site "Karlovy Vary"]
[Date "2007.09.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2007.09.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. c3 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. Nbd2 Re8 13. Nf1 h6 14. d4 cxd4 15. cxd4
exd4 16. Nxd4 Bf8 17. Nf5 Rc8 18. N1g3 Qc7 19. Re2 Nc4 20. Qd4 Ne5 21. Bf4 Qc5
22. Rd1 Qxd4 23. Nxd4 Ng6 24. Bc1 d5 25. exd5 Rxe2 26. Ngxe2 Bxd5 27. Bb3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Karlsbad Czech Coal"]
[Site "Karlovy Vary"]
[Date "2007.09.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2007.09.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Nf3 Qa5 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. Rb1 O-O 11. Rb5 cxd4 12. Rxa5 dxe3 13. Qxe3 Nxa5 14. h4
Be6 15. h5 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Bxc4 17. e5 Rfd8 18. Rh4 Bxa2 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Ra4 Bd5
21. Rxa7 Rxa7 22. Qxa7 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Bxe5 24. Qa5 Bxc3+ 25. Qxc3 e6 26. Qc7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Karlsbad Czech Coal"]
[Site "Karlovy Vary"]
[Date "2007.09.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2007.09.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O f5 $5 {This undermining, quite common for the Gruenfeld, is
better in this position than the old} (9... e5) 10. h4 $132 {>>} fxe4 11. h5
gxh5 {This interesting line was examined in CBM 81, annotations to the game
Golod-Herrera.} 12. Rxh5 {The most obvious move but White has some other
possibilities seen in practice:} (12. Bh6 Bxh6 13. Qxh6 Qd6 14. Qxh5 Bf5 15.
Nxe4 Qb4 16. a3 Qb3 17. Qg5+ Kh8 18. d5 Na4 19. Qd2 Rad8 20. Qc2 Qxc2+ 21. Kxc2
Ne5 $17 {0-1 Raceanu,V-Lupulescu,C/Predeal 2006/CBM 113 ext (30)}) (12. d5 Ne5
(12... Na5 $5 13. Bh6 Bxh6 14. Qxh6 Qd6 15. Rxh5 Qxh6+ 16. Rxh6 Nac4 17. Re1
Bf5 18. fxe4 Bg6 $11 {1-0 Kuzmin,A-Danin,A/St Petersburg 2004/CBM 102 (51)})
13. Bh6 {[#]} Nec4 $1 (13... Rf7 $6 14. Bxg7 Rxg7 15. Rxh5 Nbc4 $2 (15... Nf7 {
Ftacnik}) 16. Qd4 b5 17. Rxe5 Nxe5 18. Qxe5 exf3 19. Nxf3 Qd6 20. Nxb5 Qxe5 21.
Nxe5 $18 {1-0 Sakaev,K-Timofeev,A/Istanbul 2003/CBM 096/[Ftacnik] (23)}) 14.
Qg5 Rf7 15. Rh4 (15. Bxc4 Nxc4 16. Bxg7 (16. Rh4 Qd6 17. Bxg7 Rxg7 18. Qxh5 Bd7
19. Rxe4 Qb4 20. Rd2 Qc5 21. Rdd4 $2 (21. Rd1 Ne3 $17) 21... Nd6 22. Rf4 Nf5
$19 {0-1 Aleskerov,F-Sanikidze,T/Instanbul 2005/CBM 109 ext (33)}) (16. Rd4 $2
Nxb2 $1 $17 17. Kxb2 $140 $2 c5 18. Rxe4 Qb6+ 19. Ka1 Qxh6) 16... Rxg7 17. Qxh5
exf3 18. gxf3 Qf8 $13 {Ftacnik}) 15... Qf8 (15... Nxb2 $2 16. Rf4 Qd6 17. Rxf7
Qxh6 18. Rxg7+ Qxg7 19. Qxg7+ Kxg7 20. Kxb2 exf3 21. Nxf3 $16 {1-0 Rodshtein,
M-Sanikidze,T/Chalkidiki 2003/EXT 2004 (69)}) (15... Nd6 16. fxe4 Bg4 17. Be2
e5 18. Bxg4 Qxg5+ 19. Bxg5 hxg4 20. Rxg4 Kh8 21. Nf3 Nd7 22. Rh4 Re8 23. Rdh1
Nf8 24. b3 $14 {0-1 Meessen,R-Swinkels,R/Eupen BEL 2006/The Week in Chess 634 
(71)}) 16. Bxc4 Nxc4 17. Rxe4 Nd6 18. Rh4 e5 $13 {Ftacnik}) 12... Bf5 13. Rg5 {
A double-edged move. This rook is active but vulnerable. However, White has no
good alternatives:} (13. Rh1 Bg6 14. Nh3 e5 15. d5 Nd4 16. fxe4 c6 17. Bd3 Rc8
18. Bh6 Bxh6 19. Qxh6 cxd5 20. exd5 e4 $17 {1/2-1/2 Bucher,M-Flumbort,A/
Winterthur 2002/EXT 2004 (34)}) (13. d5 Bg6 14. Bh6 Bxh5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qg5+
Bg6 17. dxc6 Qc8 18. Qxe7+ Rf7 19. Qe5+ Kg8 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21. Qxe4 bxc6 22.
Qxc6 Qf5 $17 {0-1 Hillarp Persson,T-Howell,D/St Helier 2005/CBM 104 ext (56)})
(13. Bh6 Bg6 (13... Qxd4 $1 14. Qxd4 Bxd4 15. Bxf8 Rxf8 $17) 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15.
Qh6+ Kg8 16. Rg5 Qe8 17. d5 Nd8 18. fxe4 Rf6 19. Qh2 Nf7 20. Rg3 $14 {1/2-1/2
Zhang,Z-Qiao Liang/Wuxi 2005/CBM 106 ext (25)}) 13... Bg6 14. Be2 (14. fxe4 $2
Nxd4) 14... e5 15. d5 Nd4 {[%csl Gd4] A recent improvement of Black's play.} (
15... exf3 {keeps an extra pawn for Black but helps White's development:} 16.
Nxf3 Nd4 17. Nxe5 (17. Bd3 Nf5 $1 18. Bc5 Rf7 19. g4 $2 (19. Rh1 $5 Nd7 20. Ba3
$13 {Golod}) 19... Nd6 $1 $17 {1/2-1/2 Golod,V-Herrera,I/Linares 2001/CBM081/
[Golod,V] (65)}) (17. Nh4 $5 $13) 17... Nxe2+ 18. Qxe2 Re8 19. Qg4 Bxe5 20.
Rxg6+ hxg6 21. Qxg6+ Bg7 22. Bd4 Qe7 23. Rh1 Nd7 24. Qh7+ Kf8 25. Rf1+ Bf6 26.
Qh8+ Kf7 27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. Qh8+ Kf7 29. Qh7+ Kf8 {1/2-1/2 Baumgartner,U-Kopasov,
E/LSS 2006/Telechess CBM 119}) 16. fxe4 c6 17. dxc6 (17. Nf3 Bf6 18. Rg3 Nxe2+
19. Qxe2 cxd5 20. exd5 (20. Bxb6 $5 axb6 21. Rxd5 Qc7 22. Kb1 $13) 20... Rc8
21. Ng5 Bxg5 22. Bxg5 Qd6 23. Bh6 Rf7 24. Qg4 Rf2 25. Rd2 Rf1+ 26. Rd1 Rxd1+
27. Kxd1 Rd8 $13 {0-1 Moiseenko,A-Li Chao1/Moscow 2007/CBM 117 (60)}) 17...
Nxc6 18. Qe1 Qf6 19. Qg3 $6 (19. Rg3 {, moving the rook to a safer place, is
probably more cautious, e.g.} Nd4 20. Nf3 Nxe2+ 21. Qxe2 $13 {It may be tested
in future games. In my opinion, Black should not be worse in any case.}) 19...
Nd4 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] Quite an obvious novelty improving on my game against
Laznicka, in which, for mysterious reasons, I played} (19... Rad8 $6 {, which
lead to an unclear position:} 20. Nf3 Nd4 21. Bd3 Nxf3 22. gxf3 Rc8 23. Kb1
Qxf3 24. Qg1 $44 {[%csl Rg8]} Rc6 25. Rf1 Qh3 26. Rff5 $1 Bh6 27. Bf1 Qh4 28.
Bf2 Qxg5 29. Rxg5 Bxg5 30. Bb5 $14 {0-1 Laznicka,V-Krasenkow,M/Ostrava 2007/
CBM 118 (57)}) 20. Bh5 Bxh5 (20... Ne6 $5 21. Bxg6 Nxg5 22. Bf5 Nf7 {is also
possible although White keeps some compensation for the exchange after} 23. Nf3
Nh6 24. Bh3 {[%csl Ge3,Gh3]}) 21. Rxh5 Rac8 22. Kb1 $2 {This is just losing.
Black sacrifices an exchange and gets a decisive attack.} (22. Bh6 Qg6 $5 23.
Qxg6 hxg6 24. Bxg7 gxh5 25. Bxf8 Rxf8 $15 {[%csl Gd4]} 26. Nge2 Nxe2+ 27. Nxe2
Rf2 28. Ng3 Rxg2 29. Nxh5 Kf7 30. Rd3 $1 $15 {may be a lesser evil for White.})
22... Rxc3 $1 {[%mdl 640]} 23. bxc3 Na4 {[%cal Rf6b6]} 24. Bxd4 exd4 25. Kc2 (
25. cxd4 Qb6+ 26. Qb3+ Qxb3+ 27. axb3 Nc3+ 28. Kc2 Nxd1 29. Kxd1 Rf1+ $19)
25... Qf7 (25... Qb6 26. Rb1 Rf2+ $1 27. Qxf2 d3+ {was even nicer.}) 26. Rxd4 (
26. Rd5 Nxc3 27. R1xd4 Nxd5 28. Rxd5 Qf1 29. Nf3 Rc8+ 30. Kd2 Kh8 $1 $19 {
[%cal Rg7h6,Rg7b2]}) 26... Qxa2+ 27. Kd3 Qb1+ 28. Kd2 Qb2+ 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 23rd"]
[Site "Kemer"]
[Date "2007.10.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Maki Uuro, Miika"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Espoo"]
[BlackTeam "Keystone"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FIN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 b6 7. e3 Bb7 8.
Be2 Ne4 9. Qc2 Ng5 10. b3 Nxf3+ 11. gxf3 c5 12. Bb2 d5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Rg1 d4
15. Qf5 Nc6 16. O-O-O g6 17. Qf4 Na5 18. b4 Nb3+ 19. Kb1 Bd5 20. Bd3 a5 21. b5
Qe7 22. Rg5 Rad8 23. Bc2 a4 24. h4 Qd6 25. Qxd6 Rxd6 26. exd4 cxd4 27. Bxb3
axb3 28. Re1 Bc4 29. Rge5 Kg7 30. f4 Rc8 31. Rc1 Bd3+ 32. Ka1 Rc2 33. Rxc2 bxc2
34. a4 Rd8 35. a5 Ra8 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 23rd"]
[Site "Kemer"]
[Date "2007.10.04"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Keystone"]
[BlackTeam "Sarajevo Zeljeznicar"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bd3 Be6 7. Nc3 Bd5 8.
Nxd5 Qxd5 9. Nf3 e6 10. O-O Nc6 11. a3 O-O-O 12. Be3 f5 13. exf6 gxf6 14. Re1
Kb8 15. Rc1 Bd6 16. g3 f5 17. Bg5 Rdf8 18. Bc2 f4 19. Be4 Qb5 20. Qe2 Qxe2 21.
Rxe2 h6 22. Bh4 Nd5 23. g4 Rhg8 24. h3 h5 25. g5 Kc8 26. Rce1 Kd7 27. Bh7 Rg7
28. Bd3 Kd8 29. g6+ Be7 30. Bxe7+ Kxe7 31. Kh2 Kd6 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 23rd"]
[Site "Kemer"]
[Date "2007.10.05"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Kveinys, Aloyzas"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Vilnius"]
[BlackTeam "Keystone"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LTU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 e5 10. h3 h6 11. Rd1 exd4 12. exd4 Nb6 13. Bb3 Nbd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5
15. Bxd5 cxd5 16. Qb3 Re8 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Rxe5 19. Bf4 Rf5 20. Qg3 Rf6
21. Be5 Rg6 22. Qf3 Be6 23. Rac1 Qh4 24. Bg3 Qe4 25. Qd3 h5 26. h4 Rg4 27. b3
a5 28. Rc7 Qb4 29. Rdc1 Re8 30. Kh2 g5 31. a3 Qxa3 32. f3 Rxg3 33. Kxg3 Qd6+
34. Kf2 gxh4 35. f4 Qxf4+ 36. Qf3 Qxf3+ 37. gxf3 Rb8 38. Rg1+ Kh7 39. f4 Kh6
40. Ke3 d4+ 41. Kxd4 Rd8+ 42. Ke3 Bd5 43. Kf2 h3 44. Kg3 Be6 45. f5 Bxf5 46.
Rxf7 Kg5 47. Rg7+ Kf6 48. Rxb7 Rd3+ 49. Kf4 Rd4+ 50. Ke3 Re4+ 51. Kf2 Bg4 52.
Rb5 h4 53. Rxg4 Rxg4 54. Rxa5 h2 55. Ra1 h3 56. Rh1 Rg2+ 57. Kf3 Kg5 58. b4 Kh4
59. b5 Rb2 60. Ra1 Rxb5 61. Ra4+ Kh5 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 23rd"]
[Site "Kemer"]
[Date "2007.10.06"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Keystone"]
[BlackTeam "Alkaloid"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MKD"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. d5 Nb6 13. Nbd2 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15.
Bxf5 Rxf5 16. Ne4 Qe8 17. Bg5 Nb7 18. Qd3 c4 19. Qd2 Qg6 20. Kh1 Bxg5 21. Nfxg5
Nc5 22. Nxc5 Rxg5 23. Ne6 Rf5 24. Re4 Qf7 25. f3 Re8 26. Rg4 g6 27. Rd1 Nd7 28.
Ng5 Qe7 29. Ne4 Nf6 30. Nxf6+ Rxf6 31. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 23rd"]
[Site "Kemer"]
[Date "2007.10.07"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Vesnianka Gran"]
[BlackTeam "Keystone"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BLR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Nc6 5. c3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Bb3 O-O 8. Re1
b5 9. h3 b4 10. d4 bxc3 11. bxc3 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 23rd"]
[Site "Kemer"]
[Date "2007.10.08"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Keystone"]
[BlackTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qb3 Nb6 7. d4 Bg7 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Be6 10. Qd1 O-O 11. e3 c5 12. dxc5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Bxe7
Qxe7 15. Qxd5 Bxb2 16. Rb1 Bc3+ 17. Ke2 Na6 18. g3 Nxc5 19. Bh3 Rfd8 20. Qc4
Bf6 21. Rhc1 b6 22. Rc2 Rd3 23. Rd1 Rxd1 24. Kxd1 Rd8+ 25. Ke2 Rd3 26. Nd2 Rd4
27. Qb5 Kg7 28. Nb3 Nxb3 29. Qxb3 h5 30. Bg2 h4 31. Rd2 Rxd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 23rd"]
[Site "Kemer"]
[Date "2007.10.09"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Keystone"]
[BlackTeam "Ashdod"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Bg5 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Qb3 c5 8.
a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. e3 a6 12. Be2 b6 13. O-O Bb7 14. Rfc1 c4
15. b3 b5 16. bxc4 dxc4 17. Qb4 Bc6 18. a4 Qe7 19. Qa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogeveen Essent Crown 11th"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2007.10.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2007.10.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
b6 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. Qe2 c5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Ba6 Rc7
15. e4 Ba8 16. Rcd1 Qe8 17. a3 Be7 18. d5 exd5 19. exd5 Bd6 20. Qd3 Qd8 21.
Rfe1 Bb7 22. Bc4 Bc8 23. Re6 Nf6 24. Rxd6 Qxd6 25. Be5 Qd8 26. Ng5 g6 27. Bxc7
Qxc7 28. d6 Qd7 29. Re1 b5 30. Bxb5 Qg4 31. Ne4 Nxe4 32. Rxe4 Qg5 33. f4 Qf6
34. d7 Bb7 35. Re8 Qa1+ 36. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Hoogeveen Essent Crown 11th"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2007.10.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2007.10.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. a3 c5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Be5 Bf6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qd4 Qe7 14. Rd1
Rd8 15. Bd3 b6 16. h3 Nxd3+ 17. Qxd3 a5 18. Nd4 Ba6 19. Qf5 Rac8 20. Qf4 b5 21.
O-O b4 22. Rfe1 bxa3 23. bxa3 Qxa3 24. Ra1 Qc5 25. Nb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogeveen Essent Crown 11th"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2007.10.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2007.10.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c3 g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. Re1 b5
9. Bb3 Nf6 10. Be3 O-O 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Bc5 Re8 14. Nd2 Be6 15.
Bxe6 Rxe6 16. Nb3 Qxd1 17. Raxd1 a5 18. f3 a4 19. Nc1 Bf8 20. Be3 Rd6 21. Kf2
Nd7 22. Ke2 f6 23. Rxd6 Bxd6 24. Nd3 Kf7 25. Rc1 c5 26. c4 b4 27. g4 Ke6 28.
Rd1 Rh8 29. h3 h5 30. b3 hxg4 31. hxg4 Ra8 32. Nb2 axb3 33. axb3 Ra3 34. Rd3
Ra2 35. Rd2 Ra3 36. Rd3 Ra2 37. Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogeveen Essent Crown 11th"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2007.10.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2007.10.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Be2 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. f4 Bd7 10. Bf3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. Qe2 a6 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Kh1 e5
15. Be3 b5 16. a3 Rac8 17. Rd2 Qb7 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Bg5 Ne8 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21.
Qe3 Nf6 22. Rfd1 Bb7 23. h3 h6 24. Rd6 Rc4 25. R1d2 Rfc8 26. Kh2 R4c6 27. Rxc6
Bxc6 28. Qb6 Bb7 29. Kh1 Qc7 30. Qe3 Kh7 31. Kg1 g6 32. Kf2 Kg7 33. Qd3 b4 34.
axb4 Qb6+ 35. Qe3 Qxb4 36. Kg3 Qxb2 37. Nd1 Qc1 38. Rd6 Rxc2 39. Rb6 Qxe3 40.
Nxe3 Rc7 41. Kh2 Bxe4 42. Bxe4 Nxe4 43. Rxa6 h5 0-1

[Event "Hoogeveen Essent Crown 11th"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2007.10.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2007.10.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Qb3
c6 9. Rd1 Nd7 10. Bd3 a6 11. Bb1 g6 12. h4 Bg7 13. Qc2 Re8 14. e4 e5 15. cxd5
exd4 16. Nxd4 Nb6 17. h5 c5 18. Nde2 g5 19. O-O Be5 20. Ng3 Qf6 21. d6 Bg4 22.
Nd5 Nxd5 23. Rxd5 Rad8 24. Qxc5 Rxd6 25. Rxd6 Qxd6 26. Qxd6 Bxd6 27. b3 Kg7 28.
Nf5+ Bxf5 29. exf5 Re2 30. Rc1 Ba3 31. Kf1 Rxa2 32. Bxa2 Bxc1 33. b4 Bd2 34.
Bd5 Bxb4 35. Bxb7 a5 36. g4 a4 37. Ke2 a3 38. Bd5 Kf6 39. Ke3 Bc5+ 40. Ke4 Bxf2
41. Ba2 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogeveen Essent Crown 11th"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2007.10.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Van Wely,L"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2007.10.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3
Be6 8. Qd2 Be7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. f4 $5 {This is apparently the way to play
against me these days, although my score vs f3 also gives food for thought,
and Ruslan, I suspect after having seen especially my game with Morozevich,
couldn't resist the temptation any longer.} Ng4 {Ftacnik: 'Despite the time
invested, Black is correct to grab his opponent's dark-squared bishop.  '} 11.
g3 Nxe3 12. Qxe3 b5 13. Kb1 ({Smeets played in August in the Staunton memorial
in London} 13. h4 {which isn't so silly either.}) 13... Nf6 14. Be2 Qb8 ({
After the more natural} 14... Qc7 {I was afraid of} 15. f5 Bd7 16. a3 (16. g4
b4 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Rxd5 Bc6 19. Rd2 {is no picnic for Black either.}) 16...
Rb8 17. g4 {and White simply looks too fast.}) 15. Nd5 $5 {A move, which I
have to admit, I had completely missed, and not a bad one. Strangely enough I
had only been looking to knight moves to d5, when being forced away by b4 for
example.} Bxd5 16. exd5 Qc7 {Now Black has to lose a tempo in order to prevent
Na5-c6.} 17. g4 (17. Rhe1 $1 {Ftacnik} Rc8 18. c3 O-O 19. Bd3 $16) 17... O-O
18. fxe5 dxe5 19. g5 Ne8 {Of course, I wasn't so happy to be forced to put my
knight on e8 and preferred a setup with a bishop on d6 and a knight on c5, but
Ftacnik: 'As a consequence of the lost time Black was forced to play somewhat
passively. '} (19... Nd7 $2 {was simply losing at once:} 20. d6 Bxd6 21. Qd2 {
but fortunately, although due to a mistake of Ruslan, I managed to get an even
better setup, bishop on c5 and a knight on d6.}) 20. Bg4 {An annoying move,
first of all controlling c8, and secondly after a possible freeing action by
Black with f5, ready to sit on e6.} (20. Rhe1 $5 {was an interesting
alternative, trying to maximize everything by playing on the edge} {but after}
f5 21. gxf6 Nxf6 22. Bd3 Bd6 23. Bf5 Nh5 {life is still not so simple.}) 20...
a5 {But at least now I can start to push my friends on the queenside.} 21. Rhe1
Bd6 22. Qd3 $2 {A mistake, which allows Black to take over. White could have
kept his momentum going with:} (22. Nd2 f5 (22... Bc5 $5 23. Qxe5 Nd6 {still
gives Black some play, but it's a completely different story compared to the
game.}) (22... a4 {Ftacnik} 23. Ne4 $14) 23. gxf6 Nxf6 24. Be6+ Kh8 {and White
is clearly in charge.}) 22... a4 23. Nc1 ({For some reason Ruslan had missed
that after} 23. Nd2 a3 24. b3 Bb4 $1 {he will face serious problems on the
dark squares. Unfortunately for him, the text move doesn't change his fate.})
23... a3 24. b3 Bb4 $1 {a small nuance, to provoke White's rook into going to
e4.} 25. Re4 $2 {Ftacnik: 'Now the rook occupies the e4-square and the whole
position becomes awkward for White.'} (25. Re3 {Ftacnik} Nd6 (25... Qe7 26. Qe2
Bd6 (26... Qxg5 27. Rxe5 Qh6 28. Qxb5 $14) 27. h4 Nc7 28. Bf5 $14) 26. Rxe5 (
26. Rh3 e4 27. Qg3 Qe7 28. Qe3 Qe5 29. c3 Ba5 $17) 26... Nc4 27. d6 Nxe5 (27...
Bxd6 $2 28. Rxb5 $18) 28. dxc7 Nxd3 29. Rxd3 $11) 25... Be7 26. Qe3 Bc5 27. Qc3
Nd6 $1 {Aaron Nimzovitsch lives!} 28. Rxe5 b4 29. Qd3 Rae8 $1 ({Not falling for
} 29... Nb5 $2 30. d6 $1 Nxd6 31. Rxc5 $1) 30. Re2 Rxe2 31. Nxe2 Qe7 {Entering
the house, or as my teacher used to say: dedans sans frapper!} 32. c3 Qxg5 33.
Bd7 Qe5 34. Rc1 Qxh2 {Black wants to go to bed with a full stomach!} 35. cxb4
Bxb4 36. Rc2 Qh1+ 37. Nc1 Rd8 {Finally forcing White to make up his mind which
diagonal he wants to control. Whatever his choice would have been, compared to
his collegue on the dark squares, he looks a bit sad.} 38. Bc6 f5 39. Re2 Qg1
$1 {Total domination.} 40. Re6 Rf8 41. Qe2 Ne4 {Time to put Ruslan out of his
misery.} 42. Kc2 Qd4 0-1

[Event "Chess Champions League"]
[Site "Vitoria Gasteiz"]
[Date "2007.11.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2007.11.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. a4
Rb8 9. d4 Bb6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Bg4 12. Qc2 Re8 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rfe1 Bh5
15. dxe5 dxe5 16. h3 Bxe3 17. Rxe3 Ra8 18. Rd1 Qb8 19. Bd5 Qb6 20. b4 Rad8 21.
Ba2 Na7 22. Nf1 Rxd1 23. Qxd1 Bg6 24. Ng3 Nc8 25. Nf5 Bxf5 26. exf5 e4 27. Nd4
Nd6 28. g4 c5 29. bxc5 Qxc5 30. Nb3 Qe5 31. Qd4 Nd5 32. Re2 Nxc3 33. Rc2 e3 34.
Qxe5 Rxe5 35. fxe3 Rxe3 36. Nc5 Kf8 37. Kg2 Ke7 38. Bb3 h5 39. gxh5 Nxf5 40.
Rd2 Nd6 41. Rd3 Rxd3 42. Nxd3 Nf5 43. Nb4 Nd4 44. Nd5+ Nxd5 45. Bxd5 b4 0-1

[Event "Chess Champions League"]
[Site "Vitoria Gasteiz"]
[Date "2007.11.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2007.11.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Bg5 Bc5 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 Bxd4 11. exd4 h6 12. Bh4 Qd6 13. Bg3 Qe7 14. Qd3 Re8
15. O-O Bf5 16. Qd2 Ne4 17. Nxe4 Qxe4 18. Bb5 Qxd4 19. Qxd4 Nxd4 20. Bxe8 Ne2+
21. Kh1 Rxe8 22. Rad1 d4 23. Rd2 d3 24. Rfd1 Nd4 25. h3 Nb3 26. Rxd3 Bxd3 27.
Rxd3 Nc5 28. Rd5 Ne4 29. Rd7 Nxg3+ 30. fxg3 b5 31. Rxa7 Re3 32. Rb7 Rb3 33. a4
b4 34. a5 Rxb2 35. a6 Ra2 36. a7 Kh7 37. Rxf7 b3 38. Rb7 b2 39. Rxb2 Rxa7 40.
g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Champions League"]
[Site "Vitoria Gasteiz"]
[Date "2007.11.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2007.11.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. g3 a6
9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Kf2 b5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Bd2 Bd6 13. a4 b4 14. Na2 a5 15. Bb5+
Nbd7 16. Nc1 O-O 17. Nb3 e5 18. Rc1 g5 19. Kg2 e4 20. f4 gxf4 21. exf4 Nb6 22.
Be3 Nc4 23. Qe2 Nxe3+ 24. Qxe3 g6 25. Rhf1 Kg7 26. h3 Rh8 27. f5 Nh5 28. g4 Qh4
29. gxh5 Rxh5 30. f6+ Kh7 31. Kh1 Bg3 32. Bd7 Rd8 33. Rg1 Bf4 34. Rg4 Bxe3 35.
Rxh4 Rxh4 36. Rc7 Bf4 37. Rb7 Rxd7 0-1

[Event "Chess Champions League"]
[Site "Vitoria Gasteiz"]
[Date "2007.11.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2007.11.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1
c6 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. h3 exd4 13. exd4 Nb6 14. Bb3 Re8 15.
Re1 Bf5 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Qd2 Qd7 18. Re1 Nd5 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. Ne5 Qd6 21. g4
Be6 22. f4 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Qb6+ 24. Kg2 d4 25. Qd3 Bxb3 26. axb3 Rd8 27. f5 Qc6+
28. Kf2 Qd5 29. Re4 Re8 30. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 31. Rxd4 Rxe5 32. Rb4 b6 33. Ra4 a5 34.
b4 f6 35. bxa5 bxa5 36. b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Champions League"]
[Site "Vitoria Gasteiz"]
[Date "2007.11.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2007.11.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Bg5 Bg4 10. Qxd8 Raxd8 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nd5 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Bg5 14. Rad1
Nd4 15. Nxc7 Rc8 16. Nb5 Rxc4 17. Nxd4 Rxd4 18. Rxd4 exd4 19. Be2 d3 20. Bxd3
Rd8 21. Rd1 Rc8 22. g3 Rc1 23. Rxc1 Bxc1 24. b3 a5 25. Kg2 b6 26. f4 g5 27. Kf3
gxf4 28. gxf4 f6 29. Kg4 h6 30. Kf5 Kf7 31. Bc4+ Ke7 32. h4 Bd2 33. h5 Bc1 34.
a4 Bd2 35. e5 fxe5 36. fxe5 Bc1 37. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Champions League"]
[Site "Vitoria Gasteiz"]
[Date "2007.11.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2007.11.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. Rc1 h6 7. Bh4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 b6 {It would be very optimistic to believe, that this game will enhance
the popularity of this side line. Black scores much better with the move 8...
Nc6.} 9. e3 Bb7 10. Ndb5 $1 Na6 11. Nd6 Bxd6 12. Qxd6 {At this moment the
omens are not especially good for Black. The absence of the dark squared
bishop will be felt for the rest of the game.} Rc8 (12... Qc7 13. Nb5 $16) 13.
f3 Rc6 14. Qd4 Qe7 15. Be2 (15. Rd1 Rd8 16. Be2 $16) 15... g5 $6 {Polgar shows
her teeth, but weakens the kingside forever. Ponomariov will demonstrate his
attacking skills with great confidence.} (15... Nc7 16. O-O d5 17. cxd5 exd5
18. Bd3 $16) 16. Bg3 d5 (16... Nh5 17. Rd1 (17. Bf2 f5 18. h4 $16) 17... Nxg3
18. hxg3 Rd8 19. Ne4 $16) 17. h4 (17. Be5 Nd7 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Bg3 $16) 17...
Nh5 (17... dxc4 $2 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. Ne4 Nh7 20. Bd6 $18) 18. Bf2 Ng7 19. hxg5
hxg5 (19... Qxg5 20. cxd5 exd5 21. g4 $16) 20. Qe5 $5 {[%mdl 128] This funny
looking move aims to relocate the white queen to the open h-file. Black is
slowly facing the impossible task of defending the hopeless cause.} (20. cxd5
exd5 21. Bb5 Rc5 22. a3 $16) 20... f6 (20... dxc4 $2 21. Nd5 $18) 21. Qh2 (21.
Nxd5 Qd8 22. Qh2 exd5 23. Qh7+ Kf7 24. Rd1 $40) 21... dxc4 (21... Nc7 22. f4
$16) 22. f4 g4 {Moves like this are not made with love; Black desperately
tries to avoid the impending disaster.} (22... Kf7 23. fxg5 fxg5 24. Bh5+ Nxh5
25. Qxh5+ Kg8 26. Bg3 $18) (22... gxf4 $4 23. Qh7+ Kf7 24. Bh5#) 23. Bxg4 Rc5
24. e4 Kf7 (24... Rc7 $4 25. Qh7+ Kf7 26. Bh5#) (24... Ra5 25. e5 Kf7 26. Bh5+
Nxh5 27. Qxh5+ Kg8 28. Rh4 $18) 25. Bxc5 {Any decent computer program would be
ashamed to grab the material, since the direct attack was winning much more
swiftly.} (25. e5 $5 Rc7 (25... Ke8 26. Bh4 Nb4 27. Be2 Nd3+ 28. Bxd3 cxd3 29.
exf6 $16) 26. Rd1 Ke8 27. Bh4 $18) 25... Qxc5 (25... Nxc5 26. Be2 Rd8 27. Kf1
Nd3 28. Rd1 $18) 26. Qh7 Ke7 (26... Bxe4 27. Qxe4 f5 28. Qb7+ $18) (26... Qe3+
27. Ne2 Rg8 28. Bxe6+ $18) 27. Qxg7+ {Once again it made more sense to refrain
from consuming the the spoils, but Ponomariov is simply spoilt for choice...} (
27. Rd1 $5 Rf7 (27... Qe3+ 28. Ne2 Nc5 29. e5 Ne4 30. Qxg7+ Rf7 31. Qxf7+ $1 (
31. Rd7+ Kxd7 32. Qxf7+ $18) 31... Kxf7 32. Rd7+ Ke8 33. Bxe6 $18) 28. Qg8 Ne8
29. Bh5 $18) 27... Rf7 28. Qg8 Nb4 (28... Qe3+ 29. Ne2 Nc5 30. Rd1 Nd3+ 31.
Rxd3 cxd3 32. Rh8 $18) 29. Ke2 (29. Rd1 Nd3+ 30. Rxd3 cxd3 31. Bh5 $18) 29...
Nd3 30. Rcf1 Qb4 31. Rh8 $1 Qxb2+ 32. Ke3 {The race on the board doesn't look
nice for Black. White's king sits in relative safety while Black is hopelessly
exposed.} Kd6 (32... Qxc3 33. Qd8#) 33. e5+ $5 (33. Qb8+ $1 Rc7 (33... Kc6 34.
Qe8+ $18) 34. Rh7 $18) 33... fxe5 34. fxe5+ Nxe5 (34... Kxe5 35. Qb8+ $18) 35.
Qb8+ Rc7 (35... Kc6 36. Qxe5 Rxf1 37. Qxe6+ $18) 36. Rd1+ (36. Rd1+ Kc6 37.
Qe8+ Rd7 38. Bf3+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Chess Champions League"]
[Site "Vitoria Gasteiz"]
[Date "2007.11.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2007.11.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 O-O 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5
15. Bc4 Rb8 16. b3 Kh8 17. Qe2 Ne7 18. Nxe7 Bxe7 19. O-O Bd7 20. Ra2 Be6 21.
Rfa1 Bxc4 22. bxc4 Rb3 23. Na3 Rb6 24. Nb5 Ra6 25. g3 g6 26. Ra4 Qb6 27. Rd1
Kg7 28. Rd5 Rc8 29. h4 h5 30. Kg2 Rc5 31. Rd1 Ra8 32. f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Champions League"]
[Site "Vitoria Gasteiz"]
[Date "2007.11.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2007.11.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. a3 c5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Be5 Bf6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qd4 Qd6 14. Bd3
Rd8 15. Bc2 b6 16. O-O Ba6 17. Rfe1 Rac8 18. Bf5 Rc7 19. Rad1 g6 20. Bb1 Bc4
21. h3 a5 22. Nd2 Rcd7 23. Qh4 b5 24. Nf3 Qe7 25. Qd4 Re8 26. Qf4 Qd6 27. Qh4
Qe7 28. Qf4 Qd6 29. Qh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Champions League"]
[Site "Vitoria Gasteiz"]
[Date "2007.11.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2007.11.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. Qb3 cxd4 10. exd4 Bxc3 11. bxc3 b6 12. Ng5 Re8 13. Re1 Nf8 14. f3 Bb7
15. Bf1 Rc8 16. Bb2 Qc7 17. c4 Red8 18. Rac1 Qf4 19. Nh3 Qc7 20. Nf2 Rd7 21.
Ne4 Qd8 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. d5 Qg5 24. Re4 Qd8 25. Qc3 f6 26. dxe6 Re7 27. Rg4
Rxe6 28. Qa3 h5 29. Rd4 Qe7 30. Rcd1 Qxa3 31. Bxa3 Ree8 32. c5 bxc5 33. Rh4 g6
34. Ra4 a6 35. Bc4+ Kg7 36. Rb1 Rc7 37. Bxc5 Rxc5 38. Rxb7+ Kh6 39. h4 a5 40.
Ra7 Re1+ 41. Kh2 Ree5 42. Rf7 Nh7 43. Bb3 Re8 44. Rd4 Rf8 45. Ra7 f5 46. Rd6
Nf6 47. a4 f4 48. Rb6 Rc1 49. Bf7 Kg7 50. Be6+ Kh6 51. Rxa5 Rd8 52. Rb4 Rd6 53.
Bb3 Rb1 54. Rab5 Rd3 55. Bc2 Rxb4 56. Rxb4 Rd2 57. Bb3 Rb2 58. Rb7 g5 1-0

[Event "Chess Champions League"]
[Site "Vitoria Gasteiz"]
[Date "2007.11.14"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2007.11.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Rb1 Rb8 11. b3 b5 12. Bb2 Bh6 13. e3 bxc4 14. Nxc4 Nxc4 15.
bxc4 Qa5 16. Ba1 Bd7 17. Rb3 Bg7 18. a3 Ng4 19. Bf3 Ne5 20. Be2 Bh3 21. Re1 Nd7
22. Rxb8 Rxb8 23. Ne4 Bf5 24. Bxg7 Bxe4 25. Bh6 Ne5 26. Rf1 Qxa3 27. f3 Bd3 28.
Bxd3 Qxd3 29. Qxd3 Nxd3 30. Ra1 Rb6 31. e4 Ne5 32. Kf2 Rb2+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 a6 5. b3 c5 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4
dxc4 9. bxc4 Be7 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Nc3 Qa5 12. Qb3 Rd8 13. Rfd1 Qb4 14. Qc2 Bd7
15. a3 Qb6 16. Rab1 Rac8 17. d5 Na5 18. Ne5 exd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Rxd5 Be6 21.
Bc3 Qa7 22. Rxa5 b6 23. Ra4 Bc5 24. Bf3 Rd6 25. h3 a5 26. Be4 h6 27. Nd3 Qc7
28. Rb5 Bd7 29. Rxc5 bxc5 30. Rxa5 Qb6 31. Qb2 Qxb2 32. Nxb2 Be6 33. Rb5 Re8
34. Bf3 Bd7 35. Rxc5 Ra6 36. a4 Bxa4 37. Nxa4 Rxa4 38. Bc6 Rc8 39. Bxa4 Rxc5
40. Bb5 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. c4 Nb6 8. exd6
cxd6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. b3 d5 12. c5 Nc8 13. b4 a6 14. Ne5 Bxe2 15.
Qxe2 Bf6 16. Rd1 Bxe5 17. Qxe5 Nc6 18. Qe2 N8e7 19. Bg5 Re8 20. Rab1 h6 21. a4
a5 22. b5 Nb4 23. f4 Qc7 24. Bxe7 Rxe7 25. Qf2 Rae8 26. Rd2 f6 27. Rbd1 Rf7 28.
Qf3 Qd7 29. Re1 g5 30. Rde2 Ree7 31. fxg5 hxg5 32. Qg3 Kh7 33. Nd1 Rg7 34. Nf2
f5 35. Qf3 Rg6 36. Re5 Rf7 37. Qe2 Rff6 38. Nh1 Rh6 39. Ng3 Kg7 40. Nh5+ Rxh5
41. Qxh5 Nd3 42. Qxg5+ Rg6 43. Qe3 Nxe1 44. Qxe1 Kf6 45. Qh4+ Kf7 46. Re3 Qc8
47. Qh7+ Rg7 48. Qh5+ Kf6 49. Qh4+ Kf7 50. Rg3 Qg8 51. Kh2 Ke8 52. Rxg7 Qxg7
53. Qf4 Qf6 54. h4 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Qb3 c6 8. Rd1
Nd7 9. e3 O-O 10. Bd3 Nb6 11. e4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nxc4 13. Qxc4 b5 14. Qb3 Ba6 15.
Qa3 Qb6 16. b4 Bb7 17. Qb2 a5 18. a3 axb4 19. axb4 Qa6 20. O-O Qa3 21. Rb1 Qxb2
22. Rxb2 Ra3 23. Rc1 Rfa8 24. h3 Be7 25. e5 Rd8 26. Kf1 f5 27. exf6 Bxf6 28.
Ne4 Bxd4 29. Nxd4 Rxd4 30. Nc5 Bc8 31. Ke2 e5 32. Rd1 Bf5 33. Rxd4 exd4 34. Rd2
d3+ 35. Nxd3 Rb3 36. Ne5 Rxb4 37. Nxc6 Re4+ 38. Kf3 Rc4 39. Ne7+ Kf7 40. Nxf5
Rc3+ 41. Ke4 b4 42. Rb2 b3 43. Nd4 Kf6 44. Rxb3 Rc4 45. Rb6+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Qb3
c6 9. Rd1 Nd7 10. Bd3 Nb6 11. c5 Nd7 12. e4 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15.
exd5 Bg4 16. O-O Bxd1 17. Rxd1 Bxc3 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. Bh7+ Kxh7 20. Rxd8 Rfxd8
21. bxc3 Rab8 22. Qc2+ Kg8 23. h3 Rb5 24. Qe4 Rxc5 25. Qe7 Rdd5 26. Qe8+ Kh7
27. Qxf7 Rxc3 28. Qxa7 c5 29. Qf7 Re5 30. Qf4 Re8 31. a4 Kh8 32. a5 Ra3 33. Qc7
Ra8 34. Qxc5 R3xa5 35. Qc3 R5a6 36. Kh2 Rf6 37. f3 Re8 38. Qc4 Rd8 39. h4 Rfd6
40. Qg4 Rd4 41. f4 Rf8 42. g3 Ra8 43. Qf5 Rdd8 44. h5 Rf8 45. Qg6 Rf6 46. Qe4
Rd8 47. Qe5 Rdf8 48. Kh3 R6f7 49. Kg4 Rf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. h3 a6 8. e4 b5
9. Bd3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bf4 Re8 12. Re1 Ra7 13. a3 Rae7 14. Rc1 Qb6 15. b4
Nbd7 16. Qd2 Bb7 17. Bh2 Nh5 18. g4 Nhf6 19. Qf4 c4 20. Bb1 Ne5 21. Nxe5 dxe5
22. Qd2 Ra8 23. Kg2 Ne8 24. f3 Rd7 25. Bg1 Qd8 26. Be3 Nd6 27. h4 f5 28. exf5
gxf5 29. gxf5 Qf8 30. Bc5 Bh6 31. Be3 Rg7+ 32. Kf2 Qf6 33. Bg5 Bxg5 34. hxg5
Rxg5 35. Rg1 Kh8 36. Qxg5 Qxg5 37. Rxg5 Rf8 38. f4 Bc8 39. fxe5 Nf7 40. Rh5
Nxe5 41. Ke3 Nd3 42. Bxd3 cxd3 43. Kxd3 Rxf5 44. Rh6 Rf3+ 45. Kd4 Rf4+ 46. Ke5
Rc4 47. Ne4 Kg7 48. Rh2 Bg4 49. Nf6 h5 50. d6 Kf7 51. Nxh5 Rxc1 52. Nf4 Re1+
53. Kd5 Bf3+ 54. Kc5 Rc1+ 55. Kd4 Rd1+ 56. Ke5 Re1+ 57. Kf5 Be4+ 58. Kg5 Rg1+
59. Kh4 Rd1 60. Re2 Bf5 61. Re7+ Kf6 62. Nh5+ Kg6 63. Nf4+ Kf6 64. Nh5+ Kg6 65.
Nf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Korotylev, Alexey"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 g6 6. b3 Bg7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Be2
Re8 9. O-O e5 10. d3 Nbd7 11. Rfd1 Nf8 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Na4 b5 14. Nc5 Qd6 15.
b4 h5 16. a4 Rb8 17. axb5 axb5 18. h3 N8h7 19. Ra7 g5 20. d4 e4 21. Ne5 Rf8 22.
Rda1 g4 23. h4 g3 24. fxg3 Bh6 25. R1a3 Ng4 26. Bxg4 Bxg4 27. Qf2 Nf6 28. R3a6
Rb6 29. Rxb6 Qxb6 30. Ra6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Nc3 d5 6. Qb3 O-O 7. Bg2 Qb6 8. c5
Qxb3 9. axb3 Bg4 10. b4 a6 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. Bf4 Bf5 13. h3 h5 14. f3 Rfd8 15.
g4 Be6 16. e3 hxg4 17. hxg4 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Nd7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Kf2 Rh8 21. g5
f6 22. gxf6+ Nxf6 23. Rag1 Rxh1 24. Rxh1 Rf8 25. Ke2 Bd7 26. Nd1 Re8 27. Nf2 e5
28. dxe5 Rxe5 29. Nd3 Re7 30. Kd2 Bf5 31. Nf4 Nd7 32. Ne2 Nf8 33. Nd4 Ne6 34.
Nxf5+ gxf5 35. Rh5 f4 36. e4 dxe4 37. fxe4 Nd4 38. Kd3 Rd7 39. e5 Kg6 40. Rh8
Ne6+ 41. Ke2 Rd4 42. Bh3 Ng5 43. Rg8+ Kh6 44. Bf5 f3+ 45. Ke3 f2 46. Rh8+ Kg7
47. Rh1 Rxb4 48. Rf1 Nf7 49. e6 Nh6 50. Rxf2 Kf6 51. Bh3+ Ke7 52. Rd2 Ng4+ 53.
Bxg4 Rxg4 54. Rd7+ Kxe6 55. Rxb7 Kd5 56. Kd3 Kxc5 57. Kc2 a5 58. Rh7 Kb5 59.
Kb3 Rg3+ 60. Ka2 a4 61. Rh5+ c5 62. Rh4 c4 63. Rh8 Kb4 64. Rb8+ Kc5 65. Rc8+
Kd4 66. Ra8 Rg2 67. Rxa4 Kc5 68. Ra3 Kb5 69. Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 g6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. h3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 c5 11. dxc5 Nc6 12. a3 b4 13. axb4 Nxb4 14. Qa4 Nd3+
15. Bxd3 Qxd3 16. Qd4 Qf5 17. e4 Nxe4 18. Qe3 Nxc5 19. O-O Nb3 20. Ra3 Qe6 21.
Re1 Nxc1 22. Qxc1 Qd7 23. Rd1 Qb7 24. Ra5 Rb8 25. Qe3 Qxb2 26. Nd5 Bb7 27.
Nxe7+ Kh8 28. Ng5 Qf6 29. Rd7 Ba8 30. Nd5 Bxd5 31. Raxd5 Kg8 32. Ne4 Qa1+ 33.
Kh2 Rb1 34. Rd8 Rb8 35. Rxb8 Rxb8 36. Qd3 Rf8 37. g3 a5 38. Rd7 a4 39. Qd5 a3
40. Ra7 Qb2 41. Kg2 h6 42. Nd6 Qf6 43. Rxa3 Rd8 44. Rd3 Bf8 45. Ne4 Qe7 46.
Qxd8 Qxe4+ 47. Rf3 Qe6 48. Qf6 Qd5 49. Kh2 Bg7 50. Qf4 Be5 51. Qe3 Bg7 52. Qe8+
Bf8 53. Re3 Qf5 54. Re2 Qf6 55. Kg2 h5 56. Qe4 Qd6 57. Rc2 Kg7 58. Rc6 Qd7 59.
Qe5+ Kg8 60. Rc7 Qd8 61. Rb7 Qa8 62. Qd5 Qe8 63. Qd7 Qxd7 64. Rxd7 Kg7 65. Kf3
Bc5 66. Rd2 Kf6 67. Ke4 Kg7 68. Rc2 Bb6 69. Kd5 Ba7 70. Kd6 Bd4 71. Kd7 Kf6 72.
Ke8 Ke6 73. Rc6+ Kd5 74. Rc2 Ke6 75. Re2+ Kf6 76. Re7 g5 77. Rxf7+ Ke6 78. g4
hxg4 79. hxg4 Bf6 80. Kf8 Ke5 81. Kg8 Ke6 82. Rf8 Be7 83. Rf5 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 Bg4 6. Ne5 Bh5 7. Qb3 Ra7 8. Nc3
e6 9. Bd2 Bd6 10. h3 Bxe5 11. dxe5 Nfd7 12. g4 Bg6 13. f4 h5 14. g5 Nc5 15. Qa3
Nbd7 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Rd1 O-O 18. Bc1 a5 19. Rh2 Re8 20. b4 axb4 21. Qxb4 b5
22. h4 Na4 23. Ne2 Bf5 24. Ng3 Bg4 25. Be2 Bxe2 26. Rxe2 g6 27. Rc2 Ra6 28. e4
Qb6 29. Ke2 c5 30. Qe1 d4 31. Kf3 c4 32. Kg2 d3 33. Rf2 b4 34. Be3 Qb5 35. Bd4
Nac5 36. Qe3 c3 37. f5 d2 38. e6 Nxe6 39. fxe6 Rexe6 40. Bxc3 bxc3 41. Qxc3
Rxa2 42. Rfxd2 Nf8 43. Kf3 Re8 44. Ne2 Ne6 45. Rb2 Qd7 46. Ng3 Qxd1+ 47. Kg2
Qg4 48. Qf6 Qxh4 49. Rf2 Rf8 50. e5 Qg4 51. Kh2 Nxg5 52. Ne2 Ne4 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ndf3 Rb8 8. Bd3
b5 9. Ne2 g6 10. O-O Qb6 11. g4 h5 12. h3 b4 13. Qa4 bxc3 14. bxc3 cxd4 15. Rb1
Qc7 16. Rxb8 Ndxb8 17. cxd4 Bd7 18. Qc2 Qa5 19. Bxg6 Nb4 20. Qb1 Qxa2 21. Bd2
Qxb1 22. Bxb1 hxg4 23. hxg4 Bb5 24. Re1 N8c6 25. Nc3 Bc4 26. Kg2 a5 27. Na4 Bb3
28. Nc5 Bxc5 29. dxc5 a4 30. Bxb4 Nxb4 31. Nd4 Bc4 32. Re3 Kd7 33. Ra3 Ra8 34.
f5 Nc6 35. Nf3 Rb8 36. Ra1 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. Qb3 a6 10. a4 Qe7 11. Rd1 h6 12. h3 Rb8 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. e4 Bd6 15.
Be3 b6 16. Nd4 Bb7 17. f3 Rfc8 18. Qa2 Ne5 19. Bxe6 Rd8 20. Nf5 Qf8 21. Kh1
fxe6 22. Qxe6+ Nf7 23. Bxh6 Bc8 24. Qxf6 gxf6 25. Bxf8 Bxf8 26. Rxd8 Nxd8 27.
Ne3 Kf7 28. Rd1 Nc6 29. g4 Bc5 30. Ned5 Be6 31. Kg2 Ne5 32. b3 Rc8 33. f4 Nc6
34. Kg3 Nb4 35. h4 Rd8 36. f5 Bxd5 37. Nxd5 Nxd5 38. exd5 Bd6+ 39. Kf3 Rc8 40.
Rd3 Rc1 41. g5 Rf1+ 42. Kg4 Rf4+ 43. Kh5 Rxf5 44. Rc3 fxg5 45. hxg5 Rxd5 46.
Rc6 Be7 47. Rxb6 Rxg5+ 48. Kh6 a5 49. Ra6 Re5 50. Kh7 Rh5+ 51. Rh6 Rxh6+ 52.
Kxh6 Ke6 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Nb6 6. Bf4 Bg7 7. e3 O-O 8.
Rc1 c5 9. dxc5 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qxd1+ 11. Rxd1 N6d7 12. Bb5 Nc6 13. Rd5 Nf6 14.
Rd1 Ne4 15. Ne2 Nxc5 16. O-O Kg7 17. Nd4 e5 18. Bxc6 exf4 19. Bd5 fxe3 20. fxe3
Rb8 21. Rf4 Bd7 22. Rdf1 f6 23. Nb3 Na4 24. Rxa4 Bxa4 25. Nc5 Rfe8 26. Nxa4
Rxe3 27. Nc5 f5 28. c4 b6 29. Ne6+ Kf6 30. Nd4 Rbe8 31. g4 Re1 32. g5+ Kg7 33.
Kf2 Rxf1+ 34. Kxf1 h6 35. Ne6+ Kh7 36. h4 hxg5 37. hxg5 Re7 38. Ke2 Kg8 39. Kd3
Rh7 40. Kd4 Rh2 41. Ke5 Rxa2 42. Kf6 a5 43. Nf4+ Kh7 44. Nxg6 Rg2 45. Bxg2 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 c5 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bc3 Na6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. e3 Be7 12. Nbd2 Nc5 13. Rc1 Qc7 14. Qe2 Rac8
15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Be5 d6 17. Bb2 a6 18. Nd4 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qb7+ 20. f3 d5 21. a3
h6 22. cxd5 Nxd5 23. e4 Nf6 24. Nc4 a5 25. Ne5 Rd6 26. b4 Ncd7 27. Rxc8+ Qxc8
28. Rc1 Qb7 29. Nec6 Bf8 30. e5 Rxd4 31. Bxd4 Nd5 32. b5 Nc5 33. Ra1 Nb3 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Nb6 8.
Nc3 Nc6 9. d5 Na5 10. Nd4 c6 11. e4 cxd5 12. exd5 Nac4 13. b3 Nd6 14. Re1 Re8
15. Bg5 Nf5 16. Nxf5 Bxf5 17. Rc1 Rc8 18. Nb5 Qd7 19. Rxc8 Nxc8 20. Nd4 Bh3 21.
Bxh3 Qxh3 22. Qd3 Qd7 23. Nf3 Rd8 24. d6 Qxd6 25. Qxd6 Rxd6 26. Bxe7 Re6 27.
Rxe6 fxe6 28. Bc5 b6 29. Ba3 Bf6 30. Kf1 Kf7 31. Ke2 Ne7 32. Bxe7 Kxe7 33. Ne1
Kd6 34. Nc2 b5 35. Kd3 a6 36. Ke4 Kc5 37. f3 a5 38. h3 a4 39. g4 axb3 40. axb3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. c3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 h6 8. Bh4
Nh5 9. O-O c5 10. Re1 cxd4 11. cxd4 b6 12. Rc1 Bb7 13. Bb5 a6 14. Bc6 Bxc6 15.
Rxc6 b5 16. e5 dxe5 17. dxe5 Nf4 18. Ne4 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Qxd1 20. Rxd1 Bxe5 21.
Bxe7 Rfc8 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. g3 Ne6 24. b3 Rc2 25. Nf6+ Kg7 26. Ne8+ Kh8 27.
Rd7 Rxa2 28. Ra7 Rxf2 29. Ra8 Rd2 30. Nf6+ Nd8 31. Bxd8 Kg7 32. Ne8+ Kf8 33.
Ba5 Rd1+ 34. Kg2 Ke7 35. Bb4+ Kd7 36. Ra7+ Kc6 37. Rxf7 Rb1 38. Rf3 Rb2+ 39.
Kh3 h5 40. Nf6 Bc7 41. Rc3+ Kb7 42. Nd5 Be5 43. Re3 Bd4 44. Rd3 Bg1 45. Bd2 a5
46. Kg2 Bc5 47. Kf3 a4 48. h4 a3 49. Bc1 Rf2+ 50. Ke4 a2 51. Ba3 a1=Q 52. Bxc5
Qh1+ 53. Kd4 Rb2 54. Bd6 Qg1+ 55. Ke5 Qf1 56. Nf4 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Rg1
Bd7 9. h4 h5 10. gxh5 Nxh5 11. Ndb5 Qb8 12. Qd2 a6 13. Nd4 b5 14. O-O-O b4 15.
Nce2 Qb7 16. f3 Ne5 17. Nf4 Nxf4 18. Bxf4 Rxh4 19. Bg3 Rh8 20. f4 Nc6 21. Nf3
a5 22. f5 b3 23. cxb3 a4 24. Bc4 Na5 25. fxe6 fxe6 26. Nd4 axb3 27. Bxb3 Nxb3+
28. Nxb3 Qxe4 29. Qd3 Qxd3 30. Rxd3 e5 31. a3 Rc8+ 32. Kd2 Bf5 33. Rc3 Rxc3 34.
Kxc3 Kd7 35. a4 Be7 36. Bf2 Rc8+ 37. Kb4 Rb8+ 38. Kc3 Bf6 39. a5 d5 40. Nc5+
Kc6 41. b4 Kb5 42. a6 d4+ 43. Kb3 Bh7 44. a7 Bg8+ 45. Kb2 Ra8 46. Ra1 Bd8 47.
Nd7 Bc7 48. Bg3 Kxb4 49. Bxe5 Bxe5 50. Nxe5 Kc5 51. Ra6 Bd5 52. Nd7+ Kb5 53.
Rd6 Bc6 54. Ne5 Be8 55. Rxd4 Rxa7 56. Kc3 Ra3+ 57. Kd2 Kc5 58. Rd8 Bb5 59. Ng4
Rg3 60. Ne3 g5 61. Rc8+ Kb6 62. Rf8 Rg1 63. Rf6+ Kc5 64. Rf5+ Kb4 65. Nd5+ Kb3
66. Ne3 Ba6 67. Ra5 Bc8 68. Rc5 Bh3 69. Rb5+ Ka4 70. Rb7 g4 71. Rh7 Kb4 72. Ke2
Kc3 73. Kf2 Ra1 74. Rg7 Kd3 75. Nxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qc2 Qa5 8. cxd5
cxd5 9. e3 Ne4 10. Bd3 Nxg5 11. Nxg5 g6 12. O-O Be7 13. f4 Nf6 14. Nf3 Bd7 15.
Ne5 Rc8 16. Qe2 Bc6 17. g4 Nd7 18. Nf3 Bb4 19. f5 exf5 20. gxf5 O-O 21. Qg2 Kg7
22. Ng5 Rce8 23. Nxh7 Rxe3 24. Nxf8 Nxf8 25. fxg6 fxg6 26. Rf3 Rxf3 27. Qxf3
Bxc3 28. bxc3 Qxc3 29. Rf1 Qxd4+ 30. Kh1 Nh7 31. Qf7+ Kh8 32. Qxg6 Qg7 33. Qe6
d4+ 34. Be4 Bxe4+ 35. Qxe4 Ng5 36. Qh4+ Kg8 37. Rg1 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 b6 8. O-O
Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Qe2 Nc7 11. Rad1 cxd4 12. Nxd4 e5 13. N4f3 h6 14. Bh4 Qd6
15. Nc4 Qe6 16. Ncxe5 Ne4 17. Nd3 Rfe8 18. Bg3 Nxg3 19. hxg3 d4 20. Nxd4 Qxa2
21. Nb4 Qa5 22. Ndc6 Qc5 23. Rd7 Ne6 24. Qf3 Ng5 25. Qd5 a5 26. Qxc5 bxc5 27.
Nd5 Ne6 28. Ra1 a4 29. Rb7 Nd8 30. Nce7+ Kf8 31. Rd7 Ne6 32. f4 c4 33. f5 gxf5
34. Nxf5 Red8 35. Nb6 Rxd7 36. Nxd7+ Kg8 37. Nb6 Rb8 38. Nxc4 Nc5 39. Rd1 Bf8
40. Rd4 Kh7 41. Kh2 Kg6 42. Nfd6 Bxd6 43. Rxd6+ Kg7 44. Rd5 Ne4 45. Ra5 Rc8 46.
Rxa4 Nc5 47. Ra7 Ne4 48. Ne5 Kf6 49. Nxf7 Rb8 50. Nxh6 Rxb2 51. Ra6+ Ke5 52.
Nf7+ Kd5 53. Ra5+ Kc4 54. Ra4+ Kd3 55. Ne5+ Kxe3 56. Ng4+ Kd3 57. Rd4+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Qd2 Bd7 12. Rfe1 Rc8 13. Rad1 Nb4 14. Bb3 Bc6
15. Qe2 Nfd5 16. Bd2 a5 17. Ne5 Bg5 18. Ne4 Bxd2 19. Qxd2 b6 20. g3 Bb7 21. h4
h6 22. f4 Nf6 23. Nxf6+ Qxf6 24. Kh2 Rcd8 25. f5 Qxf5 26. Rf1 Qe4 27. Rf4 Qh7
28. Qf2 Bd5 29. Bxd5 Nxd5 30. Rxf7 Nf6 31. Rxf8+ Rxf8 32. Qe2 Qf5 33. Kg2 Nd5
34. Rd3 Rc8 35. Rf3 Rc2 36. Rxf5 Rxe2+ 37. Rf2 Ne3+ 38. Kf3 Nd1 39. Kxe2 Nxb2
40. Nc6 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 e6 7. Qb3 Qc7 8. Ne5
Bh5 9. e4 dxc4 10. Nexc4 b5 11. Ne3 c5 12. dxc5 Nbd7 13. Qc2 Nxc5 14. Be2 Bxe2
15. Kxe2 Rc8 16. f3 Bd6 17. Nb3 Nxb3 18. Qxb3 Bxh2 19. Bd2 O-O 20. a4 Nh5 21.
Rhc1 Qd7 22. axb5 axb5 23. Bb4 Rfd8 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Rd1 Qc6 26. g4 Nf4+ 27.
Kf2 Ng6 28. Qd3 h6 29. Qd7 Qxd7 30. Rxd7 Ne5 31. Rd1 Bf4 32. Ng2 Rc2+ 33. Kf1
Bg3 34. Ne1 Rxb2 35. Bc3 Rf2+ 36. Kg1 Nxf3+ 37. Nxf3 Rxf3 38. Bb2 Re3 39. Kg2
Bh4 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. Nd2 h6 7. Bh4 Qe7 8. f3
c5 9. a3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Nc6 11. e3 g5 12. Bf2 d6 13. Bd3 Na5 14. h4 g4 15. h5
gxf3 16. gxf3 O-O-O 17. Bh4 Rdg8 18. Qe2 Rg7 19. Qh2 Rhg8 20. Qf4 Rg5 21. Bxg5
Rxg5 22. O-O-O cxd4 23. exd4 Nxh5 24. Qe3 Qf6 25. Be4 Qf4 26. Qxf4 Nxf4 27.
Rxh6 Rg2 28. Rh8+ Kd7 29. Bxb7 Nxb7 30. Rdh1 Na5 31. R8h2 Rg8 32. Kc2 Ke7 33.
Rh4 Ng2 34. Rh8 Rg5 35. Ra8 Nf4 36. Rxa7+ Kf6 37. Rh7 Rg2 38. Raxf7+ Kg5 39.
Rhg7+ Ng6 40. Kd3 Kh6 41. Rh7+ Kg5 42. Ne4# 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Bg5 O-O 8.
e3 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qxd1+ 13. Rxd1 Na4 14. h4 g4
15. Nd4 Nxc5 16. f3 f6 17. Bc4+ Kg7 18. e4 Na4 19. Ne6+ Bxe6 20. Bxe6 gxf3 21.
gxf3 Nc6 22. Rg1 Kh7 23. Bf4 Nxc3 24. Rd7 Rfd8 25. Bf5+ Kh8 26. Bxh6 Rxd7 27.
Bg7+ Kg8 28. Be6+ Kh7 29. Bf5+ Kg8 30. Bh6+ Kh8 31. Bg7+ Kg8 32. Be6+ Kh7 33.
Bf5+ Kg8 34. Bxf6+ Kf7 35. Bxc3 Rd6 36. Rg7+ Kf8 37. Rh7 Rad8 38. h5 Nd4 39.
Bxd4 Rxd4 40. h6 R8d6 41. Kf2 Rd2+ 42. Kg3 e6 43. Bg6 Rd8 44. Rf7+ Kg8 45. Rxb7
Rxa2 46. Kf4 a5 47. Ke5 a4 48. Ra7 a3 49. Bf7+ Kh8 50. Bxe6 Ra1 51. f4 Rh1 52.
Rxa3 Rxh6 53. f5 Rf8 54. Ra7 Rh5 55. Rd7 Rg5 56. Kd6 Rg1 57. e5 Rf1 58. Ke7 Ra8
59. f6 Re1 60. Rd5 Ra7+ 61. Bd7 Ra8 62. e6 Kh7 63. Rf5 Kg6 64. Rf2 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4 Nb6 7. Be3 O-O 8. h3
f5 9. exf5 Bxf5 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Bb5 Nb4 12. Qb3+ N4d5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Qxd5+
Nxd5 15. Bc4 Rad8 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bh4 c6 18. O-O g5 19. Bg3 Bxh3 20. Rfe1 Rd7
21. Ne5 Bxe5 22. Bxe5 Be6 23. f3 Bf7 24. a3 Nf4 25. Bf1 Ne6 26. Rad1 Rfd8 27.
g3 Kf8 28. Bh3 c5 29. Bxe6 Bxe6 30. Kf2 Kf7 31. Rh1 Kg6 32. Ke3 Rd5 33. f4 Bg4
34. Rd2 b6 35. b4 cxb4 36. axb4 a5 37. Rdh2 h5 38. bxa5 Rxa5 39. Rb2 Ra3+ 40.
Kf2 gxf4 41. gxf4 Kf5 42. Rxb6 Ra2+ 43. Ke3 Rc8 44. Rb3 Rcc2 45. d5 Re2+ 46.
Kd4 Bf3 47. Rg1 Red2+ 48. Ke3 Bg4 49. Rb8 Re2+ 50. Kd4 Red2+ 51. Ke3 Re2+ 52.
Kd4 Rad2+ 53. Kc5 Ke4 54. Rb4+ Kf5 55. Rb8 Rc2+ 56. Kd4 Red2+ 57. Ke3 Rxd5 58.
Rf8+ Ke6 59. Re1 Rcd2 60. Ke4 Kd7 61. f5 Ra5 62. Kf4 Rdd5 63. f6 Ra4+ 64. Kg5
Raa5 65. Kf4 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxc6 Qe8 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Qa4 c5 12. Qxc4 cxd4 13. Qxd4 e5 14.
Qh4 Rb8 15. O-O Rb4 16. e4 h6 17. f3 Rd8 18. g4 Ba6 19. Re1 Rd3 20. Qf2 Qd7 21.
Be3 Qb7 22. Re2 Rxe3 23. Rxe3 Rxb2 24. Qe1 h5 25. g5 Nh7 26. h4 Nf8 27. Rb1 Ng6
28. Rxb2 Qxb2 29. Nd5 Qxa2 30. Qf2 Qa4 31. Re1 Bc4 32. Ne3 Be6 33. Kh2 a5 34.
Ng2 Qb4 35. Rc1 a4 36. Qc5 Qb3 37. Qc3 Qb5 38. Kg3 Kh7 39. Qa3 Bb3 40. Qc5 Qe2
41. Qf2 Qa6 42. Qe3 Bc4 43. Qc3 Bf1 44. Ne3 Bb5 45. Nd5 Bd7 46. Nc7 Qd6 47. Nd5
Qe6 48. Rh1 Qa6 49. Ra1 Qe2 50. Qe3 Qb2 51. Qa3 Qb8 52. Qc3 Qb5 53. Qc7 Be6 54.
Nc3 Qb2 55. Re1 Nf4 56. Qxe5 Nd3 57. g6+ fxg6 58. Qxe6 Qf2+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Korotylev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Qc2 c5 8. d5
exd5 9. Ng5 h6 10. h4 Na6 11. cxd5 Nb4 12. Qd1 hxg5 13. hxg5 Nh7 14. a3 Na6 15.
e4 g6 16. f4 f5 17. gxf6 Bxf6 18. Qg4 Qe8 19. Bd2 c4 20. O-O-O Nc5 21. e5 Nd3+
22. Kb1 Nf2 23. Qe2 Nxd1 24. Rxd1 Bg7 25. Qxc4 Rc8 26. Qd3 d6 27. Be4 dxe5 28.
Bxg6 e4 29. Bxe4 Nf6 30. Bf5 Rd8 31. Re1 Qh5 32. Be6+ Rf7 33. Re5 Qh7 34. Rf5
Bc8 35. Bxf7+ Kxf7 36. Rxf6+ Kxf6 37. Qxh7 Bf5+ 38. Ne4+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "26"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. g3 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Bg2 O-O 8.
O-O Ne5 9. Qb3 Be7 10. Rd1 a6 11. Bf4 Qc7 12. Na4 d6 13. Nb6 Rb8 14. Rac1 Nfd7
15. Nxd7 Bxd7 16. c5 dxc5 17. Nf3 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 e5 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. Rxd7 b5
21. Qa3 Rfd8 22. Rcd1 Rxd7 23. Rxd7 Bf8 24. Qxa6 Qxb2 25. Rxf7 Kxf7 26. Qa7+
Be7 27. Qxb8 Qxa2 28. Qxb5 Qe6 29. Qd3 Qh6 30. Qf5+ Ke8 31. Be4 Qf6 32. Qxh7
Qd4 33. e3 Qe5 34. Qg8+ Kd7 35. Qc4 Bf6 36. h4 Ke7 37. Kg2 Qd6 38. Bf3 Be5 39.
h5 Bf6 40. Qb5 Qc7 41. Qc4 Qd6 42. Be4 Qe5 43. Bg6 Kd8 44. Qf7 Qd6 45. Be4 Kc8
46. g4 Qe5 47. Bf5+ Kb8 48. Qd7 Bh4 49. Qc6 Ka7 50. Be4 Qe7 51. Bd5 Bg5 52. f4
Bf6 53. Kf3 Bc3 54. g5 Bd2 55. e4 c4 56. Qxc4 Qa3+ 57. Kg4 Qe3 58. Qc7+ Ka6 59.
Bc4# 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "27"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 b5 6. Nbd2 c5 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. d5
exd5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bb2 Nf6 11. O-O Be7 12. e4 d6 13. Nh4 Rc8 14. Nf5 O-O 15.
f4 Ne8 16. Nh6+ gxh6 17. Qg4+ Bg5 18. fxg5 Qxg5 19. Qe2 Nd4 20. Qf2 b4 21. Nc4
Bxc4 22. bxc4 Ng7 23. a3 a5 24. axb4 axb4 25. Ra7 Nge6 26. Rxf7 Qg6 27. Rf5 Qg7
28. h4 Ra8 29. Kh1 Ra2 30. Rxf8+ Nxf8 31. e5 dxe5 32. Bd5+ Nfe6 33. Qg2 Qg6 34.
Rf2 Kg7 35. Kh2 Rxb2 36. Rxb2 Qf6 37. Rf2 Qe7 38. Qe4 Nf8 39. Qg4+ Ng6 40. h5
e4 41. hxg6 hxg6 42. Rf7+ Qxf7 43. Bxf7 Kxf7 44. Qxe4 b3 45. Kg2 Kf6 46. Qb7
Ke5 47. Qd5+ Kf6 48. Qxc5 Ne6 49. Qe3 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "28"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nd2 h6 4. Bh4 c5 5. e4 g5 6. Bg3 cxd4 7. e5 Nd5 8. h4
Qb6 9. Bc4 Qxb2 10. Bxd5 exd5 11. hxg5 Nc6 12. Rb1 Qxa2 13. Ngf3 b6 14. O-O Qa3
15. Nb3 hxg5 16. Nbxd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Qc5 18. Re1 Bb7 19. Rb3 Bc6 20. Qd2 Be7
21. Rd3 Rh7 22. Nf5 O-O-O 23. Rc3 Rdh8 24. Bh4 Qb4 25. Nxe7+ Qxe7 26. Qxd5 Rxh4
27. f3 Kb7 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "29"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. Bd3 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Nxe4 8.
Bxe4 c5 9. c3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 f5 12. Qb3+ Kh7 13. Bxb7 f4 14. Bxa8
fxe3 15. fxe3 e5 16. Nf3 Ba6 17. Be4 Nd7 18. Rd1 Qe7 19. Qd5 Rxf3 20. Bxf3 e4
21. Qxe4 Ne5 22. h4 Nxf3+ 23. gxf3 Qc7 24. Rg1 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "30"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be2
Nbd7 9. O-O Rc8 10. a4 Nb6 11. a5 Nc4 12. Bxc4 Rxc4 13. Qd3 Qc8 14. Rfc1 Rb4
15. Nd2 Be7 16. b3 Qc6 17. Na2 Rb5 18. Nc3 Rb4 19. Na2 Rb5 20. Bb6 d5 21. c4
dxe4 22. Qc3 Rxb6 23. axb6 Qxb6 24. Qxe5 Bc5 25. Qb8+ Qd8 26. Qxd8+ Kxd8 27.
Re1 Bf5 28. b4 Bd6 29. c5 Bf4 30. Rad1 Kc7 31. g3 Bh6 32. Nc4 Be6 33. Rd4 Rd8
34. Red1 Re8 35. Nc3 Bg4 36. Re1 Bf3 37. Nd6 Re7 38. Nf5 Re5 39. Nxh6 gxh6 40.
Rd6 Ng4 41. Nd5+ Kc8 42. h3 Rh5 43. Nf4 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "31"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Qc2 Be7 8.
h3 O-O 9. e3 Nh5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Bd3 Nhf6 12. O-O-O Re8 13. g4 Ne4 14. Kb1
Ndf6 15. Ne5 Nxc3+ 16. Qxc3 Ne4 17. Qc2 f6 18. Nf3 Be6 19. Rc1 a5 20. Rhf1 a4
21. Nd2 Bf7 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. Bc4 Ra5 24. Qd2 Rg5 25. Rg1 h5 26. Bxf7+ Qxf7 27.
Qb4 hxg4 28. hxg4 Ra8 29. Rc5 Rxc5 30. Qxc5 a3 31. b3 Qd5 32. Qe7 b5 33. g5 f5
34. g6 Rd8 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "32"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
h5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. a4 Nb6 11. a5 Nc4 12. Bxc4 Bxc4 13. Na4 Nd7 14. Nc1 Be7 15.
b3 Be6 16. O-O O-O 17. Ne2 g6 18. Nec3 Rc8 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 f5 21. c4 Kh7
22. Rac1 Nc5 23. Nxc5 dxc5 24. b4 cxb4 25. Bb6 Bc5+ 26. Bxc5 Rxc5 27. Qxb4 Qxa5
28. Qxb7+ Rc7 29. Qb2 Qc5+ 30. Kh1 Qd6 31. Rfe1 Re8 32. h3 Ree7 33. Qc3 Rc5 34.
Qb3 a5 35. Qa4 e4 36. fxe4 fxe4 37. Qc2 e3 38. Qd3 Qf4 39. d6 Rd7 40. Rcd1 Rc6
41. c5 Rxc5 42. Rxe3 Re5 43. Rf3 Qe4 44. Qb3 Kh6 45. Qg8 Re8 46. Qa2 Qe6 47.
Qa3 Red8 48. Rfd3 Qe5 49. Rd5 Qf6 50. Qxa5 Rxd6 51. Qd2+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "33"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Qc2 O-O 12. Rad1 Qe7 13. Rfe1 b6 14. e4 Bb7 15.
a3 Rac8 16. e5 b5 17. Ba2 c5 18. d5 c4 19. h4 Nc5 20. h5 exd5 21. hxg6 d4 22.
Rxd4 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Nd3 24. Rxd3 cxd3 25. Qxd3 Kh8 26. gxf7 Qg5+ 27. Kf1 Bxe5
28. Re4 Bxc3 29. bxc3 Qc1+ 30. Kg2 Qxc3 31. Qd6 Qc6 32. Qe5+ Kh7 33. Rg4 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "34"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. Qg4 g6 8. Bd2
Bd7 9. h4 h6 10. Bd3 Qe7 11. Nh3 c4 12. Be2 O-O-O 13. O-O Kb8 14. a4 Be8 15. a5
Ka8 16. Nf4 Rc8 17. Nxd5 Qd8 18. Ne3 Nxa5 19. d5 exd5 20. Rxa5 Bd7 21. Rxa7+
Kxa7 22. Qd4+ Kb8 23. e6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "35"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. e3 Bd7 8. Nc3
Nd5 9. Nd2 Nb6 10. Qg4 h5 11. Qe2 Na5 12. e4 h4 13. Nf3 Be7 14. Bf4 Bb5 15.
Rad1 hxg3 16. hxg3 Bd6 17. Bg5 Be7 18. Bc1 O-O 19. Bh3 Nc6 20. a3 Bf6 21. Be3
Na4 22. Kg2 Nxc3 23. bxc3 Na5 24. Rh1 Bc6 25. d5 exd5 26. e5 Be7 27. Nd4 Nb3
28. Qh5 g6 29. Qh6 Nxd4 30. Rxd4 Bf6 31. Be6 Bh4 32. Qxg6+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "36"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. b3 e5 4. Bb2 Nc6 5. d3 h5 6. h3 Bb4+ 7. Nd2 Be6 8. a3
Bd6 9. e3 Qe7 10. b4 O-O-O 11. b5 Nb8 12. a4 Nbd7 13. Ngf3 Kb8 14. a5 Rc8 15.
a6 b6 16. Ng5 c6 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. bxc6 Rxc6 19. O-O Rc7 20. c4 Rhc8 21. Qe2
Bb4 22. Rfc1 Qd6 23. Nf3 e4 24. dxe4 dxe4 25. Nd4 Qe7 26. Nb5 Rc6 27. Rc2 e5
28. Ra4 Bc5 29. Nc3 R6c7 30. Nxe4 Nxe4 31. Bxe4 Nf6 32. Bg2 e4 33. Bxf6 gxf6
34. Qxh5 Rd7 35. Ra1 Rcd8 36. Qf5 Re8 37. Rcc1 Qe6 38. Qxe6 Rxe6 39. Rd1 Kc7
40. Rxd7+ Kxd7 41. Rd1+ Kc6 42. g4 b5 43. cxb5+ Kxb5 44. Bf1+ Kb4 45. Rb1+ Kc3
46. Rc1+ Kb4 47. Rc4+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "37"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qb3 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. O-O Rb8 12. Ne4 Ba6 13. Qc2 Be7 14. a3
Qb6 15. b4 Rfc8 16. Bg5 f6 17. Bd2 Bxe2 18. Rfe1 Bh5 19. Bh3 Bf7 20. Rac1 Rc7
21. Nc5 Bxc5 22. Qxc5 Qxc5 23. Rxc5 e5 24. Rec1 Rd8 25. Rxc6 Rxc6 26. Rxc6 Ne7
27. Rc2 Rd3 28. Bf1 Rxa3 29. Rc7 Ra1 30. f3 Kf8 31. Be3 Nd5 32. Bc5+ Ke8 33.
Rb7 a5 34. bxa5 Rxa5 35. Bb5+ Rxb5 36. Rxb5 Kd7 37. Rb7+ Ke6 38. Bf8 g5 39. Kf2
h5 40. Ra7 Bg6 41. Ke2 g4 42. fxg4 hxg4 43. Bc5 Be4 44. Kd2 f5 45. Ra6+ Kf7 46.
Bd6 f4 47. Bxe5 f3 48. Bd4 Bf5 49. Rd6 Be6 50. Kd3 Ne7 51. Ra6 Nf5 52. Bf2 Bd5
53. Kc3 Be6 54. Kb4 Ne7 55. Kc5 Nf5 56. Ra4 Nh6 57. Kd6 Nf5+ 58. Ke5 Ng7 59.
Ra7+ Kg6 60. Ra6 Kf7 61. Bd4 Bb3 62. Rb6 Bc4 63. Bf2 Ba2 64. Kf4 Be6 65. Kg5
Ne8 66. Rb7+ Kg8 67. Bc5 Nd6 68. Rb8+ Kg7 69. Bd4+ Kf7 70. Kf4 Bd5 71. Rb6 Ne4
72. Rb2 Ke6 73. Kxg4 Nd6 74. Kf4 Nc4 75. Rf2 Na5 76. g4 Nc6 77. Bc3 Ne7 78. h4
Ng6+ 79. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "38"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "197"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 Be6 7. c4 Nbd7 8. Be3
Rc8 9. Nc3 Bxc4 10. Bxc4 Rxc4 11. Qd3 Rc6 12. Bxa7 b6 13. a4 Be7 14. a5 O-O 15.
Qb5 Qc8 16. axb6 Rxc3 17. bxc3 Qxc3+ 18. Kd1 d5 19. Rc1 Qb2 20. Re1 Nc5 21. Re2
Qxb3+ 22. Qxb3 Nxb3 23. Rb1 Nd4 24. Ra2 dxe4 25. b7 Nc6 26. Rc2 Nb4 27. Rc8 Nd7
28. fxe4 f6 29. Rc4 Na6 30. Rc8 Kf7 31. Ke2 Nab8 32. Rd1 Ke6 33. Rdc1 Bd6 34.
Rxf8 Bxf8 35. Rc8 Bd6 36. Rg8 g6 37. Re8+ Kf7 38. Rh8 h5 39. Rd8 Ke7 40. Rg8
Kf7 41. Rd8 Ke7 42. Rg8 Kf7 43. Rd8 Ke7 44. Rg8 Nf8 45. Rg7+ Ke6 46. Kd3 Nc6
47. Be3 Be7 48. Ba7 Nd7 49. Be3 Na5 50. Rxg6 Nxb7 51. Rh6 Kf7 52. Rh7+ Ke6 53.
Rxh5 Nd6 54. Rh7 Nf8 55. Rh5 Kf7 56. g4 Kg6 57. Rh6+ Kg7 58. h4 Nf7 59. Rh5 Ne6
60. Rf5 Nd6 61. Rf1 Kg6 62. h5+ Kg7 63. Ra1 Nf7 64. Ra7 Bf8 65. Ke2 Kg8 66. Ra6
Bd6 67. Ra7 Kg7 68. h6+ Kg6 69. h7 Nh8 70. Ra6 Nf8 71. Rxd6 Nxh7 72. Rd7 Nf7
73. Kd3 Nhg5 74. Bxg5 Nxg5 75. Ra7 Kh6 76. Ra4 Kg6 77. Rc4 Ne6 78. Rb4 Kg5 79.
Rb6 Nf4+ 80. Ke3 Ng6 81. Ra6 Nh4 82. Rb6 Ng6 83. Rc6 Nf4 84. Ra6 Kg6 85. Kf3
Nd3 86. Ke3 Nf4 87. Rb6 Kg5 88. Kf3 Kg6 89. Rb8 Ne6 90. Ke3 Ng5 91. Kd3 Ne6 92.
Kc4 Nf4 93. Kc5 Nh3 94. Kd5 Kg5 95. Rg8+ Kf4 96. Rg6 Ng5 97. Rxf6+ Kxg4 98. Rg6
Kf4 99. Rxg5 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.11.24"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "El Gindy, Essam"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "Grivas,E"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 ({Another try is} 8... c5 9. Nf3 h6 10. Bh4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 d5 12. cxd5
Bxd5 13. f3 Nbd7 14. e4 Rc8 15. Qe3 Bc4 16. Bxc4 Rxc4 17. b3 Rc8 18. O-O $14 {
Ivanchuk,V-Beliavsky,A/Batumi 1999.}) 9. Ne2 ({White has also played} 9. f3
Nbd7 10. Ne2 c5 (10... h6 11. Bh4 c5 12. Qb3 cxd4 13. Nxd4 d5 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15.
Qd1 $14 {Bareev,E-Volokitin,A/Warsaw 2002}) 11. Qd3 h6 12. Bh4 d5 13. cxd5 exd5
14. Nc3 Re8 15. Be2 cxd4 16. Qxd4 Qe7 17. Kf2 Ne4+ 18. Qxe4 dxe4 19. Bxe7 exf3
20. gxf3 Rxe7 21. Rad1 Ne5 22. Rd4 $14 {Bareev,E-Volokitin,A/Warsaw 2002.})
9... Nbd7 (9... c5 10. dxc5 dxc5 11. Qc2 h6 12. Bh4 Qe7 13. O-O-O Rd8 14. Rxd8+
Qxd8 15. Nc3 Nbd7 16. f3 $14 {was seen in Kramnik,V-Bologan,V/Dortmund 2003.})
10. Qd3 ({The main alternative is} 10. Qc2 c5 11. Rd1 (11. Nc3 cxd4 12. exd4
Qc7 13. Bd3 Rac8 14. O-O Ba6 $13 {Ivanchuk,V-Topalov,V/Linares 1999}) 11... Qc7
(11... Rc8 12. Nc3 cxd4 13. Rxd4 Rc5 14. Bh4 Qa8 15. Be2 d5 16. b4 Rcc8 17. O-O
$13 {Bareev,E-Efimenko,Z/Turin 2006}) 12. Nc3 cxd4 13. Rxd4 a6 14. Be2 h6 15.
Bh4 Bxg2 16. Rg1 Bh3 17. Ne4 $44 {Morozevich,A-Beliavsky,A/Heraklion ETC 2007.}
) 10... a5 $5 ({Black seems to be fond of either} 10... Ba6 11. b4 (11. Nc3 d5
12. Qc2 Bxc4 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. Qa4 c5 (14... h6 15. Bh4 c5 16. Qxc4 cxd4 17.
Qxd4 Nc5 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. O-O-O Rfc8 $11 {Ivanchuk,V-Kasparov,G/
Rethymnon ECC 2003}) 15. Rd1 cxd4 (15... Qc8 $6 16. O-O Nd5 17. Qxc4 Nxc3 18.
Qxc3 Qb7 19. f3 h6 20. Bh4 Rfc8 21. e4 cxd4 22. Qxd4 Nf8 23. Rd2 $14 {Navara,
D-Pelletier,Y/Fuegen 2006}) 16. Rxd4 Qc7 17. O-O Rfc8 18. Rfd1 Qc5 19. Bh4 Qh5
20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. Rxc4 $11 {Shirov,A-Naiditsch,A/Sochi 2006}) 11... c5 12. b5
Bb7 13. Nc3 a6 14. f3 h6 15. Bh4 Qe7 16. Be2 cxd4 17. Qxd4 e5 18. Qd1 g5 19.
Bg3 axb5 20. Nxb5 d5 21. O-O $14 {Kasparov,G-Grischuk,A/Rethymnon ECC 2003}) ({
or} 10... h6 11. Bh4 c5 12. Nc3 Qe7 13. Rd1 (13. Be2 cxd4 14. Qxd4 e5 15. Qd1
Bxg2 16. Rg1 Bc6 17. Bg4 $44 {Bareev,E-Karpov,A/Cap d'Agde 2002}) 13... Rfd8
14. Be2 cxd4 15. Qxd4 Nc5 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qxf6 gxf6 18. Rd4 (18. Nb5 d5 19.
cxd5 Bxd5 20. Nc7 Bb3 21. Nxa8 Bxd1 22. Bxd1 Rxa8 23. Bc2 Rc8 24. Kd2 Kf8 $11 {
Bareev,E-Karpov,A/Wijk aan Zee 2003}) 18... Nb3 19. Rh4 Kg7 20. Kd1 d5 21. Kc2
Na5 22. cxd5 Bxd5 23. Nxd5 Rxd5 24. Rd1 Rc8+ 25. Kb1 Rcd8 26. Rxd5 Rxd5 27. Kc2
Rc5+ 28. Kd3 $14 {Bareev,E-Leko,P/Monte Carlo 2003. But the text-move chosen
by Ruslan is a good example of playing the opening according to the opponent's
strength.}) 11. Nc3 a4 12. Be2 ({The alternative is} 12. Bh4 Ra5 13. f3 Qa8 (
13... c5 14. Be2 d5 15. cxd5 exd5 16. O-O Re8 17. Rfe1 Ba6 18. Qd2 Bxe2 19.
Rxe2 $14 {Masse,H-Mikanovic,G/Toronto 2004}) 14. Be2 (14. O-O-O d5 15. Qc2 Rd8
16. Kb1 {1/2-1/2 Morovic Fernandez,I-Arencibia,W/Havana 2004}) 14... d5 15.
cxd5 Ba6 16. Qd2 exd5 (16... Nxd5 17. O-O c5 18. Bxa6 Qxa6 19. Nxd5 exd5 20.
dxc5 Nxc5 21. Rad1 Nb3 22. Qd3 Qxd3 23. Rxd3 Re8 24. Rfd1 $14 {Farrell,N-Aloma
Vidal,R/Calvia 2007}) 17. Bd1 Bc4 18. Kf2 Re8 19. Re1 b5 20. Kg1 $14 {
Khismatullin,D-Kiriakov,P/Tomsk 2004.}) 12... Ra5 13. h4 $5 ({A new move.
Instead of transposing to the above comments on White's 12th move with 13.Bh4,
he has also tried the less ambitious} 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. O-O Qg5 15. f3 c5 16.
Bd1 cxd4 17. exd4 Rfa8 18. Bc2 Nf6 19. Qe2 d5 20. cxd5 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Qxd5 $11 {
Sutter,O-Pelletier,Y/Switzerland 2005.}) 13... Qa8 (13... Bxg2 $2 14. Rg1 Ba8
15. O-O-O {gives White a strong attack and should be avoided.}) 14. Bxf6 $6 ({
This move has nothing in common with the previous one (13.h4!?).} 14. f3 {
is preferable.}) 14... Nxf6 15. f3 e5 16. O-O-O $6 (16. d5 {looks safer.})
16... e4 $1 17. Qc2 (17. fxe4 $6 Nxe4 {can only be helpful to Black.}) 17...
exf3 18. gxf3 Bxf3 19. Rhg1 {Black sacrificed a pawn in order to get some
attack against the black king. But still it seems that Black's defence will
not be broken easily and then the extra-pawn will carry the day.} Be4 20. Bd3
Bg6 21. Rdf1 Qd8 22. Qg2 Qe7 23. Rf3 Kh8 24. e4 $6 ({Black seems to be doing
OK even after} 24. Bxg6 fxg6 25. e4 Rh5 {but White had to try it.}) 24... Rh5
25. Rf4 c5 $1 26. d5 Re5 {Now Black is a healthy pawn-up, combined with a
positional advantage due to the control of the dark squares and the weak white
e4-pawn. It seems that another Goliath-David battle will soon finish in favour
of the stronger side, contrary to history...} 27. Rf5 Nh5 28. Rxe5 dxe5 $6 (
28... Qxe5 {was rather natural and strong.}) 29. Qg4 Nf4 30. Bc2 f6 $6 (30...
Ra8 31. Kb1 h5 32. Qg3 Kg8 {was the right track for Black.}) 31. Re1 $6 ({
White had to go for} 31. Bxa4 f5 32. exf5 Bxf5 33. Qg3 $13 {.}) (31. Nxa4 $2
Bh5) 31... Ra8 32. Kd2 Bh5 33. Qg3 Be8 34. Rg1 Bd7 35. Bd1 g6 36. Bg4 Kg7 37.
Bxd7 Qxd7 {Black is clearly winning. A healthy extra pawn and a safe king. But
still several technical difficulties have to be overcome.} 38. Rf1 Rf8 39. Re1
h6 $6 ({As} 39... h5 40. Rg1 {does not help much, I think that Black ought to
open the f-file by}) (39... f5 {. Then he would have good chances to convert
his material advantage.}) 40. Kc2 g5 41. Rh1 Kg6 42. Rh2 h5 43. Kb1 Kh6 44. Nd1
Qh7 45. Nc3 Qg6 46. Ka2 Ra8 47. Rd2 gxh4 48. Qxh4 Qg5 49. Qh1 Qg4 50. Rh2 Kg6
51. d6 Kf7 $2 ({Black's chosen plan with the expansion of his kingside pawns
was a dangerous one. He should now have second thoughts about his strategy and
draw with} 51... Rd8 52. Nd5 Rxd6 (52... Nxd5 53. Rg2 Nf4 54. Rxg4+ hxg4 55.
Qh4 Rxd6 56. Qxg4+ Kf7 57. Qc8) 53. Nxf4+ Qxf4 54. Rxh5 Rd2 55. Rh8 Rxb2+ $11 {
.}) 52. Nd5 Rh8 (52... Nxd5 53. cxd5 Rh8 54. Rg2 Qc8 55. Qf1 h4 56. Rg5 $1 $18
{.}) 53. Ne3 $2 ({White throws away his chances. He should continue with} 53.
Nxb6 Qe6 54. Qd1 h4 55. Qxa4 Qxd6 56. Nd5 $16 {.}) 53... Qe6 54. Nf5 Qxc4+ 55.
Ka1 Ke8 56. d7+ Kxd7 57. Qd1+ Kc6 58. Qd6+ Kb5 $2 ({Again the 'playing the
opponent' strategy. Black had to be satisfied with a draw:} 58... Kb7 59. Qd7+
Kb8 60. Qd6+ {.}) 59. Qd7+ Ka5 60. Nd6 Qf1+ 61. Ka2 Ra8 62. Rc2 $1 Qd3 63. Rc3
({Not bad also was the straightforward} 63. Rxc5+ bxc5 64. Qc7+ Ka6 65. Qc6+
Ka5 66. Nb7# {.}) 63... Qe2 64. Rc4 {As mate follows, Black resigned. A
painful defeat. White attacked the black king on the kingside but finally
mated him on the queenside!} 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.11.26"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "El Gindy, Essam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Qa5 9. h4 Rc8 10. f3 e6 11. O-O-O Be7 12. Kb1 a6 13. Qd2 Qc7 14. Bd3 b5
15. Ne2 a5 16. Nd4 Rb8 17. g4 b4 18. Be3 a4 19. g5 Nh5 20. f4 e5 21. fxe5 dxe5
22. Nf5 Bxf5 23. exf5 e4 24. Be2 Rd8 25. Qc1 Ng3 26. Bb5+ Kf8 27. Bf4 Qb6 28.
Bxg3 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Qxb5 30. Qf4 b3 31. Qxe4 bxc2+ 32. Qxc2 a3 33. Qc8+ Qe8 34.
Rc1 axb2 35. Qxe8+ Kxe8 36. Rc8+ Bd8 37. Bc7 Kd7 38. Rxd8+ Rxd8 39. Bxd8 Kxd8
40. Kxb2 Ke7 41. Kc3 f6 42. gxf6+ Kxf6 43. a4 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.11.26"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "El Gindy, Essam"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 c6 8. Bd3
b6 9. b4 a5 10. a3 Ba6 11. O-O Qc8 12. Re1 Qb7 13. h3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 axb4 15.
axb4 Rxa1 16. Rxa1 Ra8 17. Qb1 h6 18. Ne1 Bd8 19. Nd3 bxc5 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21.
bxc5 Ne4 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. Nb2 f5 24. Nc4 Nf6 25. Nd6 Nd5 26. Be5 Bc7 27. Qd1
Kh7 28. Qh5 g6 29. Qh4 Bd8 30. Qg3 Be7 31. Kh2 Qd8 32. Nf7 Qf8 33. Nd6 Qd8 34.
Nf7 Qf8 35. Nd6 Qd8 36. Nf7 Qf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.11.27"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 a5 7. e3 Na6 8. Bd3 Nb4
9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Be7 11. Nxf6+ gxf6 12. Bh4 e5 13. O-O Be6 14. Re1 Qc7 15.
Qb1 O-O-O 16. Bf5 Bxf5 17. Qxf5+ Qd7 18. Qb1 Rhg8 19. Bg3 exd4 20. Nxd4 Bc5 21.
Nb3 Ba7 22. c5 Nd3 23. Re3 Qd5 24. Qf1 Qxb3 25. Rd1 Qxd1 26. Qxd1 Nxb2 27. Qf1
Rd1 28. Re1 Rxe1 29. Qxe1 Rd8 30. Bd6 Bxc5 31. Bxc5 Rd1 32. Qxd1 Nxd1 33. Bd4
b5 34. axb5 cxb5 35. Kf1 b4 36. Ke2 Nc3+ 37. Kd3 f5 38. Bb6 a4 39. Bc5 Na2 40.
Kc4 a3 41. Bd4 Kd7 42. Kb3 Nc1+ 43. Kxb4 a2 44. Ba1 Nd3+ 45. Kb3 Nxf2 46. Kxa2
Ng4 47. Kb3 Ke6 48. Kc3 Nxh2 49. Kd3 Ng4 50. Bc3 Kd5 51. Ba5 Ne5+ 52. Ke2 f4
53. Bc7 Ke4 54. Kf2 h5 55. Bd6 Ng6 56. Bc7 Nf8 57. Bd6 Ne6 58. Be7 Kf5 59. Kf3
Ng5+ 60. Kf2 Kg4 61. Bd8 Ne4+ 62. Kg1 f3 63. gxf3+ Kxf3 64. Kh2 Kg4 65. Bb6 f5
66. Bd4 h4 67. Bb6 Ng3 68. Bc5 f4 69. Kg2 Nf5 70. Bb4 Ne3+ 71. Kh2 h3 72. Kg1
Kg3 73. Bd2 Kf3 74. Ba5 Ke2 75. Bc7 f3 76. Bg3 Nf5 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.11.28"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 a6 7. f4 Qc7 8. O-O
Be7 9. a4 O-O 10. Be3 Nc6 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bd3 Bd7 13. Qf3 Nb4 14. a5 Bc6 15.
Qg3 Bf8 16. Nf3 Nd7 17. Bd4 Rac8 18. e5 Nxd3 19. cxd3 dxe5 20. fxe5 f5 21. exf6
Qxg3 22. f7+ Kxf7 23. hxg3 Kg8 24. Ne5 Nxe5 25. Bxe5 Red8 26. d4 Bd6 27. Rfd1
Bxe5 28. dxe5 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Rf8 30. Kg1 Rf5 31. Re1 Rg5 32. Re3 Rg4 33. Ne2
Rb4 34. b3 Kf7 35. Rd3 Bb5 36. Rf3+ Ke7 37. Nf4 Bc6 38. Re3 Rb5 39. g4 Rb4 40.
g3 h6 41. Kf2 g5 42. Nh5 Rxg4 43. Nf6 Rb4 44. g4 Rb5 45. Ke2 Bd5 46. Rd3 Rxa5
47. Ke3 Rb5 48. Kd4 a5 49. Rc3 Rb4+ 50. Kd3 Bc6 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.11.29"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bf4 Nc6 7. Rc1 Bf5 8. e3
Rc8 9. Be2 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. Qb3 Na5 12. Qa4+ Nc6 13. Bxa6 Ra8 14. Bxb7 Rxa4
15. Bxc6+ Kf8 16. Nxa4 Bd3 17. Rfd1 Be2 18. Rd2 Bxf3 19. gxf3 g5 20. Be5 g4 21.
fxg4 Bd6 22. f3 h5 23. Nc5 Bxe5 24. dxe5 Nxg4 25. Nd7+ Kg7 26. fxg4 Qg5 27. Re1
hxg4 28. Rg2 Rh3 29. Nf6 g3 30. hxg3 Qxe5 31. Ng4 Qc7 32. Rc1 Qb6 33. Rc3 f5
34. Nf2 Qxb2 35. Nxh3 Qxc3 36. Bd7 Qxe3+ 37. Kh2 e5 38. Bxf5 d4 39. a4 d3 40.
a5 d2 41. Bg4 Qd4 42. Bd1 e4 43. Nf4 Kh6 44. a6 e3 45. Rg1 Qc3 46. Be2 Qb2 47.
Kg2 Kg7 48. Kf3 Qc1 49. Rd1 Qc3 50. Bd3 Kf7 51. Kxe3 Qc5+ 52. Kxd2 Qf2+ 53. Ne2
Ke6 54. Ra1 Qa7 55. Rb1 Qc5 56. Rb7 Qa5+ 57. Ke3 Qe5+ 58. Kf2 Qc5+ 59. Kf1 Qf8+
60. Kg2 Qc5 61. Nf4+ Kd6 62. Rh7 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.11.29"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Nbd7 9. g4 Nb6 10. g5 Nh5 11. Qd2 Be7 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Kb1 Qc7 14. Rg1 g6 15.
h4 Rac8 16. f4 exf4 17. Bxf4 Nxf4 18. Qxf4 Na4 19. Rg3 Nxc3+ 20. Rxc3 Qb6 21.
Re3 f6 22. Qg3 fxg5 23. hxg5 Qc7 24. Bd3 Bc4 25. c3 Bxd3+ 26. Rexd3 Rf7 27. Nd4
Re8 28. Qh3 Qc8 29. Ne6 Bf8 30. Nxf8 Qxh3 31. Rxh3 Kxf8 32. Rxd6 Rxe4 33. a3
Re5 34. Rg3 Ke7 35. Rd4 Ke6 36. a4 Rff5 37. Rh3 Rf7 38. Rdh4 Rxg5 39. Rxh7 Rgf5
40. R7h6 Rg7 41. Rg3 Kf6 42. Kc2 Rf4 43. b4 Kf5 44. Rh8 g5 45. Kb3 g4 46. Rh5+
Ke4 47. Rh4 Kf5 48. Rh8 Kg5 49. Rhh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.11.30"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 Bg7 7. e4 Bc6 8.
d3 O-O 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O a5 11. e5 Ne8 12. d4 Nb6 13. Qc5 Qd7 14. Rd1 Nd5 15.
Bg5 b6 16. Qc4 h6 17. Be3 f5 18. Rac1 e6 19. h4 Rf7 20. Qb3 Bf8 21. Nxd5 Bxd5
22. Bc4 a4 23. Qc2 Ra5 24. Bxd5 Rxd5 25. Qc6 f4 26. Bd2 Ng7 27. Qxd7 Rdxd7 28.
Rc6 Be7 29. Rdc1 g5 30. hxg5 hxg5 31. Rxc7 Bd8 32. Rxd7 ({Keeping both rooks
would have made Black's task considerably more difficult. After} 32. Rc8 {
Black does not have square f7 for his king, and a move like} Rf8 {is bad in
view of} 33. Bb4) 32... Rxd7 33. Rc8 Kf7 34. g4 fxg3 35. Bxg5 Bxg5 36. Nxg5+ {
All this is only visually strong for White. In reality the exchange of pieces
and pawns reduces from White's advantage.} Kg6 37. Nf3 Nf5 38. fxg3 Nxd4 39.
Nh4+ Kg7 40. Kf2 Rf7+ 41. Ke3 Nf5+ 42. Kd3 Nxg3 43. Rc4 Kh6 44. Rg4 Nh5 45. Ke3
a3 46. bxa3 Ra7 47. a4 Ra5 48. Nf3 Ng7 49. Rb4 Nf5+ 50. Kd3 Ne7 51. Nd4 Kg6 52.
Rxb6 Rxa4 53. Rxe6+ Kf7 54. Rf6+ Ke8 55. Rf2 Nd5 56. Rb2 Rxa2 57. Rxa2 Nb4+ 58.
Kc4 Nxa2 59. Ne2 Ke7 60. Nf4 Kd7 61. Nd3 Ke6 62. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.12.01"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 d5 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. Ne5 Bb4+ 8. Kf1
Bd6 9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. Nc6 Qc8 11. Nxc4 Bb7 12. Qd3 Nb8 13. N6e5 O-O 14. Bb2 Bxg2+
15. Kxg2 Qb7+ 16. Qf3 Ne4 17. Rac1 f6 18. Nd2 fxe5 19. Qxe4 Qxe4+ 20. Nxe4 exd4
21. Bxd4 Na6 22. Rhd1 Rfd8 23. Nxd6 cxd6 24. Be3 Kf7 25. Rc6 d5 26. Rd4 Rd7 27.
Rf4+ Ke7 28. Rg4 Kf7 29. Rf4+ Ke7 30. Rg4 Kf7 31. Bd4 Rg8 32. Rc8 e5 33. Rxg8
Kxg8 34. Bxe5 Nc5 35. Rd4 Kf7 36. Rd2 g5 37. f3 h5 38. b4 Ke6 39. Bd4 Na6 40.
a3 Nc7 41. Be3 g4 42. a4 Ne8 43. Rd4 Rg7 44. Bf4 Nf6 45. Rd3 Rd7 46. Re3+ Kf7
47. Be5 Ng8 48. h3 gxh3+ 49. Kxh3 Ne7 50. b5 a6 51. Rb3 axb5 52. Rxb5 Ra7 53.
Rxb6 Rxa4 54. Rf6+ Ke8 55. Bd6 Nc8 56. Bf4 Ra2 57. e3 Ne7 58. Bg5 Nc8 59. Rh6
Rf2 60. Rh8+ Kd7 61. Rd8+ Kc7 62. Rxd5 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.12.03"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{After losing the first match games in the first two rounds and making a draw
in the third round, Ponomariov finally starts a match with a win.} 1. d4 d5 2.
c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4 Nc6 6. O-O Be6 7. Bb5 Bc5 8. b4 Bb6 9. a4
a6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Nbd2 Nf6 12. Qc2 O-O 13. Qxc6 Re8 14. Bb2 Bd7 15. Qc2 Qe7
16. Nxd4 Qxb4 17. Bc3 Qc5 18. a5 Ba7 19. Rac1 Rac8 20. Rfe1 Qh5 21. Nf1 Ng4 22.
f3 Ne5 23. Kh1 {In opposite to the game Carlsen-Adams here we have a position
where the knights are stronger than the bishops. White plans Ne3 and then jump
with the knight either to d5 or f5. It is difficult for Black to find a
constructive plan. Perhaps he should have advanced the pawn to c4, hoping to
create some dynamic play. However, the Indian GM already was short of time and
took the unfortunate decision to cover squares d5 and c5 with pawns.} g6 $2 {
The weakness of the long diagonal will sooner or later play its role.} 24. Ne3
{Now the jump to d5 will really hurt Black, therefore Sasikiran must make
another passive and ugly move.} c6 25. f4 Ng4 26. Nxg4 Bxg4 27. Ba1 Bb8 28. Rf1
Qh6 29. Qc3 f6 {Temporarily closing the long diagonal, but weakening the other
one: a2-g8. Black's position was already lost anyway.} (29... Bxf4 {loses due
to} 30. Rxf4 $1 Qxf4 31. Ne6) 30. Qb3+ Kg7 31. e5 $1 c5 (31... fxe5 32. Nxc6
$18) 32. Qb7+ Rc7 33. Qb6 Rf7 34. Nc6 Bc7 35. Qxc5 Qh4 36. exf6+ Kh6 37. Ne7
Bd8 38. Qc4 Rff8 39. Ng8+ Kh5 40. f7 Re7 41. Bf6 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.12.04"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qb3 Nc6 8. a3
Na5 9. Qa2 O-O 10. Nf3 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Rd1 Bc2 13. Rd2 Bb3 14. Qb1 Rc8 15.
Be5 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Be2 Bc4 18. O-O Nb3 19. Rdd1 Qa6 20. Rfe1 Nc5 21. Nd4
Rfe8 22. h3 Nce4 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Bxc4 Rxc4 25. Nf5 Rc6 26. Rd4 g6 27. Ng3 Qa5
28. Rc1 Rxc1+ 29. Qxc1 Qe5 30. Qc2 Kg7 31. Qb3 b6 32. Ne2 h5 33. Nc3 h4 34. Qb5
Qxb5 35. Nxb5 a6 36. Nc3 Re6 37. a4 g5 38. Kf1 Kg6 39. Rc4 Re5 40. Rc6 Re6 41.
Rc7 a5 42. Ke2 Kg7 43. Nb5 Kg6 44. Rc8 Nd5 45. Rd8 Nb4 46. b3 Rc6 47. Nd4 Rc1
48. f3 exf3+ 49. Kxf3 Rf1+ 50. Ke2 Rg1 51. Kf2 Rb1 52. Rd6+ f6 53. e4 Nd3+ 54.
Ke3 Nc5 55. e5 Re1+ 56. Ne2 Nxb3 57. Rxb6 Nc1 58. Rxf6+ Kg7 59. Rf2 Kg6 60. e6
Rxe2+ 61. Rxe2 Nxe2 62. Kxe2 Kf6 63. Kd3 Kxe6 64. Kc4 g4 65. Kb5 gxh3 66. gxh3
Kd5 67. Kxa5 Kc5 68. Ka6 Kc6 69. Ka5 Kc5 70. Ka6 Kc6 71. a5 Kc7 72. Kb5 Kb7 73.
Kc5 Ka6 74. Kb4 Kb7 75. Kc3 Ka6 76. Kd4 Kxa5 77. Ke4 Kb6 78. Kf4 Kc7 79. Kg4
Kd8 80. Kxh4 Ke7 81. Kg5 Kf7 82. Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.12.06"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O cxd4 8. Qxd4
O-O 9. Rd1 h6 $6 $146 {Once again Gata Kamski looks for his own ways. He
prevents Bg5 before playing ...Nc6. However, it doesn't pay off - White
develops his pieces and creates a strong pressure.} (9... Nc6 {is the main
theoretical move. White maintains a small edge:} 10. Qd3 (10. Qf4 Bxc3 11. bxc3
Qb8 12. Qh4 Ne7 13. Bg5 Ng6 14. Qd4 e5 $6 (14... Ne4 $11) 15. Qe3 (15. Nxe5
Nxe5 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Qxe5 $14) 15... Ng4 16. Qc1 h6 17. h3 Nxf2 18. Kxf2 hxg5
19. Qxg5 Qc7 $15 {1/2-1/2 Renet,J-Adrian,C/Epinal 1986/EXT 1997 (40)}) (10. Qh4
Rc8 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Rac1 h6 13. Bd2 Na5 14. b3 d5 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Qd4 Bf6 17.
Ne5 Nc6 $11 {1-0 Meinsohn,F-Adrian,C/Epinal 1986/EXT 1997 (37)}) 10... Be7 (
10... Na5 11. b3 d5 12. cxd5 Rc8 13. Bb2 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15. Qe3 Qe4 16.
Qxe4 Bxe4 17. Rd4 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Grahn,L-Petersen,S/Copenhagen
2000/CBM 077 ext (69)}) 11. Bg5 (11. a3 Rc8 12. b4 a6 13. Bf4 h6 14. Rac1 Re8
15. h3 Ba8 16. h4 $14 {1-0 Hasanova,E-Van Ruitenburg,J/Hoogeveen 2005/EXT 2006
(31)}) 11... d6 12. Rac1 Ne8 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qe3 Nf6 15. Rd2 Rfd8 16. Rcd1
Na5 17. b3 Rac8 $14 {1-0 Miladinovic,I-Nikcevic,N/Pula 1990/TD (30)}) 10. b3
Nc6 11. Qd3 Qe7 12. Bb2 Ba3 13. Bxa3 Qxa3 14. Nb5 Qe7 15. Nd6 {[%csl Gd6]} Rab8
16. a3 Ba8 17. b4 Rfd8 18. b5 Na5 19. Ne5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Rf8 21. Qf3 Qd8 22. Rd4
(22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Rxd7 Ng5 $1 24. Rxd8 Nxf3 25. Rxf8+ Rxf8 26. Kxf3 Rc8 {
[%cal Yf7f6]}) 22... Qc7 23. Rad1 Nb7 24. Nxb7 $6 {Missing} (24. Nexf7 $1 Nc5
$1 25. Ne5 Nd5 (25... Nfe4 26. Qe3 Rxf2+ 27. Kg1 $18) 26. Qh5 Qxd6 {[%cal
Rf8f5]} 27. Ng4 {[%cal Rg4h6]} Kh7 (27... Rf5 28. Qg6) 28. cxd5 Rf5 29. Qh4 Nb3
30. R4d3 Nc5 31. Rf3 $1 Rxd5 32. Nxh6 $1 $18) 24... Rxb7 (24... Qxe5 $5 25. Nd6
Ra8 {[%cal Ya7a6]}) 25. Rd6 Qc8 26. R1d4 Rc7 27. Qd3 Rd8 28. f3 a6 $6 {This
pawn sacrifice is hardly correct but passive defense was hopeless - White
could easily create a decisive kingside attack.} 29. a4 (29. Rxb6 $5 axb5 30.
Rxb5 Ra7 31. c5) 29... axb5 30. axb5 Rb7 31. g4 $6 {Overlooking Black's
unexpected counterplay.} (31. f4 Qc5 32. Rc6 $1 Qe7 33. Rcd6 $16 Nd5 $140 $2
34. Qa3 Nf6 35. Nc6) 31... Qc5 {[%cal Rf6d5]} 32. Nxd7 $6 {White decides to
force a draw. It was still possible to play on sacrificing an exchange:} (32.
f4 $1 Nd5 33. R4xd5 exd5 34. Rxd5 $44) 32... Rbxd7 33. Rxd7 Rxd7 34. Rxd7 Nxd7
35. Qxd7 Qxc4 36. Kf2 Qc5+ 37. e3 Qc2+ 38. Kg3 Qc5 39. Kf2 Qc2+ 40. Kg3 Qc5 41.
Kf2 {A disappointing game for the former World Champion!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.12.07"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nb3 Bd7 11. O-O-O O-O-O 12. Be2 h5 13. Rhf1 Be7 14. Rf3
Rdg8 15. Bf1 Kb8 16. Kb1 h4 17. Qe1 Rg4 {The positional treatment of the sharp
Najdorf variation with 6.Bg5 has lent it the features typical of a Richter
Rauser. Ponomariov has to play carefully in search for compensation for his
damaged central pawn structure.} 18. a3 Qc7 19. Ne2 (19. Qf2 Na5 20. Nxa5 Qxa5
$11) 19... Rh5 20. h3 Rg8 21. f5 $1 {In order to make any progress Kamsky had
to play f5 at a suitable moment.} Rhh8 (21... exf5 22. Nf4 fxe4 23. Qxe4 Re5
24. Qh7 Rgg5 25. Qxh4 Be6 26. Rc3 $14) (21... Qd8 22. Nf4 Rhh8 23. Rc3 Rg5 24.
Qf2 $14) 22. Nf4 Bf8 $6 {This academic retreat is not addressing the most
pressing needs of the position, the bishop will not land on h6 anyway.} (22...
Rg5 23. fxe6 fxe6 24. Rc3 Qd8 25. Nd2 $14) 23. Qf2 (23. Rc3 $1 Qd8 24. fxe6
fxe6 25. Qf2 Ne5 (25... Rg5 26. Bc4 Qe8 27. Nd2 $16) 26. Be2 Rg5 27. Nd4 $16)
23... Rg5 24. fxe6 fxe6 25. Rc3 Rh6 (25... Qd8 26. Nd2 Ne5 27. Nc4 $16) 26. Nd4
{[%mdl 32] Gradually White has managed to concentrate his forces against the
weak spots c6 and e6; the position is critical.} Re5 (26... Qc8 27. Bxa6 $1
bxa6 28. Nfxe6 Rg3 29. Nxc6+ Bxc6 30. Qb6+ Qb7 31. Rxc6 $18) 27. Nd3 $1 Rxe4 (
27... Ra5 28. Nb4 Ka8 29. Qe1 Rc5 30. Nbxc6 Rxc3 31. Qxc3 bxc6 32. Bxa6 $16)
28. Nb4 Rxd4 {To complete the symmetry Black was aching on a6 is well. The
exchange sacrifice reduces the pressure, but does not solve the problem.} (
28... Ka8 29. Bxa6 $1 Rxd4 (29... bxa6 30. Ndxc6 $18) 30. Rxd4 bxa6 31. Nxc6
Bxc6 32. Rdc4 $18) 29. Rxd4 Qa5 (29... Qb6 30. Nxa6+ $1 Kc8 31. Nb4 $18) 30.
Rxh4 f5 $6 {Ponomariov was left with only the task of trying to prolong the
resistance. The game move shortens the pain as it allows the amusing winning
combination.} (30... Rxh4 31. Qxh4 Be7 32. Qh7 Qd8 33. Rg3 $1 Ne5 34. Rg8 Be8
35. Be2 $18) 31. Rxh6 (31. Rxc6 $1 Bxc6 (31... Rxh4 32. Nxa6+ bxa6 33. Rxa6 $18
) (31... bxc6 32. Nxa6+ Kc8 33. Ra4 Qxa4 34. Qb6 $18) 32. Qd2 Kc7 33. Rxh6 Bxh6
34. Qxh6 $18) 31... Bxh6 32. Rb3 Nxb4 (32... Kc7 33. Qh4 Bg7 34. Nxc6 bxc6 35.
Qb4 $18) 33. Rxb4 Bc6 34. g4 {Kamsky was not paying attention to the hidden
tactical possibilities. He prefers to grind down his opponent with a
convincing technical performance.} (34. Qe1 Qe5 35. Qxe5 dxe5 36. Rh4 $18)
34... fxg4 (34... Qc5 35. Qxc5 dxc5 36. Rb3 Kc7 37. Be2 $16) 35. Rxg4 Qe5 36.
Rg8+ Kc7 37. Bd3 (37. Qh4 Bd5 38. Bxa6 bxa6 39. Qe7+ Kb6 40. Rb8+ $18) 37...
Be3 38. Qg3 Qc5 39. b4 $1 Qd4 (39... Qb6 40. Qh4 Bd7 41. Qd8+ Kc6 42. Be4+ d5
43. Bxd5+ exd5 44. Rg6+ $18) 40. Qg7+ {Effectively finishing the game, as
Black will have no way of stopping the running h-pawn.} Qxg7 41. Rxg7+ Kd8 42.
h4 e5 43. h5 e4 44. Be2 Bf4 45. Rg6 (45. Rg6 Be8 46. Re6 d5 47. h6 $18) 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2008.01.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kruppa, Yuri"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2008.01.24"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bd2 e6 8. Ne5
Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Qf3 Bb7 11. g4 Nc6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. g5 Ne4 14. Nxe4 dxe4
15. Bxe4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 Bxg5 17. h4 Bf6 18. h5 Rc8 19. Rg1 Qd6 20. Ke2 h6 21.
Rac1 Rfe8 22. f4 b4 23. Qb7 Rb8 24. Qc6 Qd8 25. b3 a5 26. Rc4 Rb6 27. Qe4 Rb5
28. Qf3 Qb8 29. Rgc1 Rd5 30. Be1 Qb5 31. Kd2 Rxh5 32. Bg3 Rd5 33. Bf2 a4 34.
Rc5 Qb7 35. Qe2 axb3 36. axb3 Ra8 37. Qc4 Ra2+ 38. Rc2 Rxc2+ 39. Kxc2 Rd8 40.
Rc6 Qa8 41. Kd3 Qa1 42. Qxb4 Qf1+ 43. Kc3 Qc1+ 44. Kd3 Qxc6 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2008.01.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2008.01.24"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. a3 Nc6 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bf5 14. c4 Qd6
15. d5 Ne5 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. a4 Qg6 18. Bf4 Bd6 19. Bg3 Ng4 20. Nb5 Bxg3 21. hxg3
Rae8 22. Bxg4 Bxg4 23. Qd4 c6 24. Nc7 Re4 25. Qxa7 Rxc4 26. Qxb7 Bc8 27. Qb6
Qd6 28. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 29. Rxc1 Qa3 30. Qxc6 Bd7 31. Qc5 Qxa4 32. d6 h6 33. Nd5 Be6
34. Ne7+ Kh7 35. Qe5 Rd8 36. Qc5 Qe4 37. Nc6 Rc8 38. Qb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2008.01.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Timoshenko, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2008.01.24"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. O-O
d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Rc1 Na6 11. Qa4 c5 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Rfd1 Qe8
15. Qc2 c4 16. Ne5 Rd8 17. Nxc4 Qe7 18. Ne3 Bg5 19. Nexd5 Bxd5 20. Nxd5 Rxd5
21. Bxd5 Nb4 22. Qe4 Nxd5 23. Qxd5 Bxc1 24. Rxc1 Qxe2 25. Rc7 Qxb2 26. Rxa7 b5
27. h4 b4 28. Kg2 Qc3 29. h5 Qd2 30. Rb7 Qc3 31. Rd7 Qd2 32. Rd8 Rxd8 33. Qxd8+
Kh7 34. Qd5 Kg8 35. Qc4 Qd1 36. d5 Kf8 37. Qxb4+ Ke8 38. Qb8+ Kd7 39. f3 Qxd5
40. Kh3 Qxa2 41. f4 f5 42. g4 Ke6 43. Kg3 Kf6 44. gxf5 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2008.01.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zhizmer, Yuri"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2319"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2008.01.24"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. c3 cxd4 5. cxd4 Qb6 6. Qb3 Ne4 7. Bd2 Nc6 8.
e3 d5 9. Nc3 Qxb3 10. axb3 Nxd2 11. Kxd2 Bd7 12. Bb5 f6 13. Rhc1 a6 14. Kd1 Bd6
15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. Na4 Kf7 17. Nc5 Rhc8 18. h3 a5 19. Na4 Rc7 20. Ne1 Bb5 21.
Rxc7+ Bxc7 22. Kd2 b6 23. Rc1 Bd8 24. Nd3 Ke7 25. Nc3 Bd7 26. Ra1 Bc7 27. b4
Bc6 28. bxa5 bxa5 29. Kc2 Rb8 30. Nc5 Bd8 31. b3 Kd6 32. f3 e5 33. N3a4 exd4
34. exd4 Be8 35. Re1 Bf7 36. Kc3 Bc7 37. Na6 Rc8 38. Nxc7 Rxc7+ 39. Nc5 Ra7 40.
Ra1 Kc6 41. Ra4 Kb6 42. b4 axb4+ 43. Kxb4 Rxa4+ 44. Nxa4+ Kc6 45. Nc3 Bg6 46.
g3 Bd3 47. f4 g5 48. fxg5 fxg5 49. Nd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2008.01.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kovchan, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2008.01.24"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. Qa4 O-O 7. O-O Bf5 8. Nc3
Nbd7 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Qb3 Nb6 11. Ne5 Ne4 12. Bf4 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Be4 14. f3 Bf5
15. a4 f6 16. Nd3 e5 17. dxe5 Bxd3 18. exd3 fxe5 19. Be3 Kh8 20. a5 d4 21. cxd4
Nd5 22. Bf2 exd4 23. f4 Ne3 24. Qxb7 Rb8 25. Qxa7 Nxf1 26. Rxf1 Rb3 27. a6 Ra3
28. Bb7 Qa5 29. Bxd4 Qc7 30. Bxg7+ Qxg7 31. Qe3 Rd8 32. Qb6 Qd4+ 33. Qxd4+ Rxd4
34. Rf3 Ra2 35. h4 Rb4 36. Rf2 Ra3 37. Kg2 Rd4 38. Rd2 Kg7 39. Kf2 Kf6 40. Ke3
Rda4 41. Rc2 h6 42. g4 g5 43. Rc6+ Kg7 44. hxg5 hxg5 45. fxg5 Rxg4 46. Rc5 Rga4
47. Rd5 Kg6 48. Re5 Kf7 49. Bd5+ Kg6 50. Be4+ Kg7 51. Bb7 Kf7 52. Re4 Ra5 53.
Rg4 Kg7 54. Ke4 Kg6 55. d4 Ra1 56. Rg2 Re1+ 57. Kd3 Rd1+ 58. Kc3 Rb1 59. Be4+
Kg7 60. Bxb1 Rxa6 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2008.01.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Baryshpolets, Andrey"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2389"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2008.01.24"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 g6 5. Bf4 Bg7 6. e3 O-O 7. Nc3 a6 8. Be2 b5
9. cxd5 cxd5 10. O-O Bf5 11. Qb3 Nc6 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Be6 14. a4 Ne4 15.
Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Qc3 Rc8 18. Qb4 Bc4 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. Qb3 Qd7 21.
axb5 axb5 22. h3 e6 23. Ra5 Rb8 24. Rfa1 Rb7 25. Ra8 Rbc7 26. g3 Qd5 27. Qd1
Rc2 28. R8a2 Qf5 29. Qf1 h5 30. b3 Qd5 31. Rxc2 Rxc2 32. Rb1 Qc6 33. h4 b4 34.
Qe1 Qb5 35. Qd1 Rc3 36. Qd2 Qa5 37. Qd1 Qa2 38. Ra1 Qxb3 39. Qxb3 Rxb3 40. Ra7
Rc3 41. Rb7 b3 42. Kf1 Kf8 43. Ke2 Rc2+ 44. Kd1 Rxf2 45. Rxb3 Rf3 46. Ke2 Rxg3
47. Rb5 Rg4 48. Kf2 Rxh4 49. Kg3 Rg4+ 50. Kh3 Kg7 51. Rb7 Kf6 52. Rb5 Rg5 53.
Rb7 Rf5 54. Kg2 Rf3 55. Rb3 h4 56. Ra3 Kg5 57. Rb3 Kg4 58. Rb7 g5 59. Rc7 h3+
60. Kh2 f5 61. Re7 Rf2+ 62. Kg1 h2+ 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2008.01.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Pavlov, Sergey1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2008.01.24"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 f5 8. d5
Bf6 9. Qc2 Nxd2 10. Nxd2 O-O 11. O-O Na6 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 Qf6 14. Rac1 Qxc3
15. Rxc3 e5 16. b4 d6 17. e4 Bc8 18. Rfc1 Bd7 19. Bf1 Nb8 20. c5 bxc5 21. bxc5
fxe4 22. cxd6 cxd6 23. Nxe4 Bg4 24. Nxd6 Nd7 25. Ne4 Bf5 26. Nd6 Bg6 27. Bg2
Rab8 28. Rc7 Nf6 29. Nc4 Ng4 30. d6 e4 31. d7 Nxf2 32. Ne5 Nd3 33. Nxd3 exd3
34. Bd5+ Kh8 35. Rc8 d2 36. Rxf8+ Rxf8 37. Rd1 Rd8 38. Be6 Be4 39. Rxd2 g6 40.
Rd4 Bc6 41. Rc4 Bxd7 42. Rd4 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2008.01.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nyzhnyk, Illya"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2008.01.24"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 c6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 Bf5 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. a3 Re8 12. b4 a6 13. Rab1 b5 14. a4 Nb6 15.
Ne5 Qc7 16. a5 Nc4 17. f4 Nd7 18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19. Rbe1 f6 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 21. e4
dxe4 22. Nxe4 Rae8 23. Nc5 Qd5 24. Rxe7 Rxe7 25. Nxa6 Re3 26. Qc2 Qxd4 27. Kh1
Qxf4 28. Qd1 Qe5 29. Nc5 h6 30. a6 Ra3 31. Re1 Qd6 32. Qxd6 Nxd6 33. h3 f5 34.
Re6 Ne4 35. Nxe4 fxe4 36. Rxc6 Kf7 37. Kg1 Ra4 38. Rb6 Rxb4 39. a7 Ra4 40. Rxb5
Rxa7 41. Kf2 Ra2+ 42. Kg3 Rd2 43. Re5 Re2 44. h4 Kf6 45. Re8 h5 46. Kf4 Rxg2
47. Rxe4 Rg4+ 48. Kf3 Kf5 49. Re8 Rxh4 50. Rf8+ Kg5 51. Kg3 Ra4 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2008.01.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Golichenko, Ilja"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2351"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2008.01.24"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 Bf6 8. Rc1
O-O 9. O-O d6 10. d5 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Bxc3 12. Rxc3 e5 13. b4 a5 14. a3 f5 15. e4
fxe4 16. Nd2 Bc8 17. Nxe4 Bf5 18. c5 axb4 19. axb4 bxc5 20. bxc5 Bxe4 21. Bxe4
Nd7 22. c6 Nc5 23. Bg2 Ra4 24. Qc2 Qa8 25. Rxc5 dxc5 26. d6 cxd6 27. Bd5+ Kh8
28. c7 Qa6 29. Be6 Ra1 30. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 31. Kg2 Qa7 32. c8=Q Rxc8 33. Bxc8 Qa8+
34. f3 Qxc8 35. Qc4 h6 36. h4 Qg8 37. Qa6 Qe6 38. h5 c4 39. Qa8+ Qg8 40. Qc6 d5
41. Qd6 c3 42. Qxe5 Qc8 43. Qe3 c2 44. Qc1 d4 45. Kf2 Qc3 46. g4 Qe3+ 0-1

[Event "Kharkov Champions m"]
[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "2008.03.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2008.03.05"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e4 dxe4 4. d5 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Qe2 g6 7. Nxe4 Nxe4 8.
Qxe4 Bg7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. Ne2 Nd7 11. Qe3 Nf6 12. Nc3 b5 13. Qxc5 Bf5 14. Qb4
Rc8 15. Rd2 Ne8 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. cxd3 Qxd5 18. Kb1 Qxg2 19. Qe4 Qxe4 20. dxe4
Nf6 21. Rhd1 Rxc3 22. bxc3 Nxe4 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2008.04.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2008.04.02"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow Spasio"]
[BlackTeam "Ekaterinburg Ural"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4 12. Nc2 a5 13. Qf3 Be7 14. a3 bxa3
15. Qxa3 O-O 16. Bd3 Rb8 17. O-O Be6 18. Rfd1 Bxd5 19. cxd5 Nb4 20. Nxb4 Rxb4
21. Rd2 Rd4 22. Rdd1 Rb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2008.04.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2008.04.02"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Buryatia Shatar"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow Spasio"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. Nf1 Bc8 14. Bg5 Ne8 15. Bd2
Nc7 16. Ne3 Be6 17. Nd5 a5 18. a4 b4 19. c3 Rb8 20. Be3 Bf6 21. Nd2 Rb7 22. Bc4
Bg5 23. Nxc7 Rxc7 24. Bxe6 Bxe3 25. Bxf7+ Rcxf7 26. fxe3 Qh4 27. Re2 g5 28. Qb3
Kg7 29. Rf1 Rxf1+ 30. Nxf1 g4 31. Qe6 bxc3 32. bxc3 c4 33. Qxc4 gxh3 34. gxh3
Ne7 35. Qc7 Kh8 36. Qxd6 Ng6 37. Qe6 Qd8 38. d4 exd4 39. cxd4 Rf6 40. Qd5 Qf8
41. Ng3 Nh4 42. Qh5 Qe7 43. Rf2 Rg6 44. Kh2 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2008.04.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2008.04.02"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow Spasio"]
[BlackTeam "Cheliabinsk Southern Ural"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd2 e6 7. Nh4 Bg4 8. Qb3
Ra7 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Nfd7 11. Ng2 Bg6 12. Nf4 Be7 13. O-O-O dxc4 14. Bxc4 b5
15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Nxe6 Bf7 17. Nxg7+ Kf8 18. Ne6+ Kg8 19. Nxd8 Bxb3 20. axb3
Bxd8 21. e4 Nf6 22. f3 Nbd7 23. Kc2 Kf7 24. Be3 Bb6 25. h4 Rd8 26. h5 Nf8 27.
g5 Ne8 28. Rd3 Rad7 29. Rhd1 Kg8 30. Ne2 Rf7 31. f4 Ng7 32. h6 Ne8 33. Rc3 Rc8
34. Kd3 Ng6 35. f5 Ne7 36. f6 Ng6 37. e5 Rd7 38. e6 Rd5 39. f7+ Kf8 40. fxe8=Q+
Kxe8 41. Rf1 Rd6 42. Nf4 Nxf4+ 43. Rxf4 Rxe6 44. Re4 Rxe4 45. Kxe4 Kd7 46. Bf4
Rg8 47. d5 cxd5+ 48. Kxd5 Bd8 49. Rc6 Rf8 50. Be5 Bxg5 51. Rc7+ Kd8 52. Rxh7
Rf3 53. Ke6 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2008.04.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2008.04.02"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow Spasio"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. c5 Bf5 6. Bf4 Nbd7 7. e3 g6 8. h3 Bg7
9. Be2 Ne4 10. O-O O-O 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Ne5 Bxe5 13. Bxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qc7
15. Qb3 Qxe5 16. Qxb7 Rfb8 17. Qxc6 Rc8 18. Qb7 Rcb8 19. Qc6 Rc8 20. Qb7
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2008.04.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2008.04.02"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow Spasio"]
[BlackTeam "Saransk"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 c5 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O Nf6 7. Bb3 Be7 8. Qe2
cxd4 9. exd4 O-O 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Rd1 Na5 12. Bc2 b5 13. Bg5 Bb7 14. Rac1 Rc8
15. Bb1 Nc4 16. Ne5 Nd5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Nxc4 bxc4 20. Be4 Qb4
21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Re1 Rc6 23. Qc2 Qa5 24. Qc3 Qxa2 25. Ra1 Qb3 26. Ra5 Re6 27.
Rxe6 Qxc3 28. bxc3 fxe6 29. Rxa6 Rb8 30. Kf1 Rb1+ 31. Ke2 Kf7 32. Ra2 Rc1 33.
Kd2 Rh1 34. g3 Rxh2 35. Ke3 Rh1 36. Rc2 Rd1 37. Kf4 Kf6 38. g4 h6 39. f3 Rd3
40. Rc1 g5+ 41. Kg3 e5 42. dxe5+ Kxe5 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2008.04.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2008.04.02"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg Finek"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow Spasio"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bb4 6. e5 Ne4 7. O-O Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Bxc3 9. Rb1 h6 10. Be3 Ne7 11. Rb3 Ba5 12. Bc1 Bd7 13. Ba3 Ba4 14. Rb2 Bb6
15. Qd2 a6 16. Bc5 Bb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2008.04.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2008.04.02"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow Spasio"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Qc2 O-O 12. Rad1 b6 13. e4 Bb7 14. Rfe1 Rac8
15. e5 Qe7 16. a3 Rfd8 17. h4 a6 18. Ba2 Nf8 19. Qe4 Rd7 20. Qf4 c5 21. d5 exd5
22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Rxd5 24. Bxd5 Rd8 25. Qe4 Ne6 26. Rc1 Kh8 27. g3 Nd4 28.
Nxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2008.04.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2008.04.02"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow Spasio"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Nbd7 9. Qd2 b5 10. g4 b4 11. Ne2 h6 12. g5 hxg5 13. Bxg5 a5 14. Ng3 a4 15. Nc1
Qb6 16. Be3 Qb7 17. Bg2 Rc8 18. Nd3 d5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. f4 Rxc2 21. Bxd5 Rxd2
22. Bxb7 Rxd3 23. f5 Rxe3+ 24. Kd2 Rxg3 25. fxe6 Rgh3 26. exd7+ Kxd7 27. Rhf1
Rxh2+ 28. Kd3 f6 29. Kc4 Rxb2 30. Kb5 b3 31. a3 Bd6 32. Bc6+ Ke7 33. Kxa4 Rc2
0-1

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2008.04.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2008.04.02"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow Spasio"]
[BlackTeam "Nizhniy Tagil Polytechnik"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 e5 7. d4 Nbd7 8. h3
Re8 9. e4 a6 10. d5 b5 11. Re1 b4 12. Na4 Nb6 13. Nxb6 cxb6 14. a3 bxa3 15. b4
Qc7 16. Bxa3 Nd7 17. Nd2 Bh6 18. Bf1 a5 19. Nb3 Ba6 20. bxa5 bxa5 21. Bc1 Bxc1
22. Qxc1 Bc8 23. Qc3 a4 24. Qb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2008.04.13"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2008.04.02"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saratov Economist"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow Spasio"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. a4 Nc6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3 Bf8 13. Nb3 Nd7 14. a5 b5 15.
axb6 Nxb6 16. Be2 Bb7 17. Qd2 Red8 18. Rfd1 d5 19. Bxb6 Qxb6 20. exd5 Nb4 21.
Na4 Qc7 22. c4 Rab8 23. Nd4 exd5 24. c5 Nc6 25. Nxc6 Bxc6 26. b4 a5 27. bxa5
Bxa4 28. Rxa4 Bxc5 29. Qc2 Qe7 30. Bd3 h6 31. Raa1 Ba7 32. Re1 Qd6 33. g3 Re8
34. a6 Qb4 35. Rxe8+ Rxe8 36. Kg2 Qd4 37. Rd1 Qe3 38. Qd2 Qd4 39. Bh7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Odessa Pivdenny Bank 4th"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2008.05.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "209"]
[EventDate "2008.05.30"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. a3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. exd4 Nb6 11. Ba2 Nbd5 12. Bg3 b6 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. Re1
Rc8 15. Qd3 Nh5 16. Ne2 Bg5 17. Rad1 g6 18. Nf3 Ndf4 19. Nxf4 Nxf4 20. Bxf4
Bxf4 21. g3 Bh6 22. Ne5 Bd5 23. Bxd5 Qxd5 24. Ng4 Bg7 25. Ne3 Qf3 26. Qe2 Qxe2
27. Rxe2 Rfd8 28. Red2 Kf8 29. Kf1 Rd6 30. Ke2 Rcd8 31. Nc2 Rd5 32. Rd3 a5 33.
a4 b5 34. axb5 Rxb5 35. b3 Rdb8 36. Ra1 Ke7 37. Ra3 Rd8 38. Ra4 Rdb8 39. Ra3 h5
40. Ne3 Rd8 41. Ra4 Kf8 42. Nc4 Rxd4 43. Rxa5 Rb8 44. Ra3 Bf6 45. Rxd4 Bxd4 46.
Nd2 Rb5 47. f4 Bc3 48. Kd3 Bxd2 49. Kxd2 h4 50. Kc3 Rc5+ 51. Kd3 Rd5+ 52. Ke3
Rb5 53. Kf3 hxg3 54. hxg3 Kg7 55. Kg4 Kf6 56. Kf3 g5 57. Kg4 Kg6 58. Kf3 Rb4
59. fxg5 Kxg5 60. Ra5+ f5 61. Ra3 e5 62. Kf2 e4 63. Ke3 Kg4 64. Kf2 Rb8 65. Ra7
Rxb3 66. Rg7+ Kh5 67. Rg8 Kh6 68. Re8 Kg5 69. Rg8+ Kf6 70. Rf8+ Ke6 71. Re8+
Kf7 72. Ra8 Ke6 73. Re8+ Kd6 74. Rd8+ Ke7 75. Ra8 Rf3+ 76. Kg2 Ke6 77. Ra6+ Ke5
78. Ra5+ Kf6 79. Ra6+ Kg5 80. Ra8 Rb3 81. Rg8+ Kf6 82. Kf2 Rb6 83. Ke3 Rb3+ 84.
Kf2 Rf3+ 85. Kg2 Ke5 86. Ra8 Rd3 87. Kf2 Rd2+ 88. Ke3 Rg2 89. Re8+ Kf6 90. Rg8
Kf7 91. Rg5 Ke6 92. Rg8 Ra2 93. Re8+ Kf7 94. Rb8 Ra3+ 95. Kf2 Rf3+ 96. Kg2 Ke6
97. Ra8 Kd5 98. Ra5+ Kc4 99. Re5 Kd3 100. Ra5 Kd2 101. Ra2+ Kc1 102. Ra1+ Kb2
103. Ra5 Kb3 104. Re5 Kc3 105. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Odessa Pivdenny Bank 4th"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2008.05.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2008.05.30"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. e4 Nc6 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e5 Ne4 8. Bb5
Be7 9. Qa4 Nxc3 10. dxc3 Bd7 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. Qg4 g6 13. Bh6 Qd7 14. Qf4 Qf5
15. Qxf5 gxf5 16. O-O Rg8 17. Rfd1 d4 18. Ne1 dxc3 19. bxc3 Rg4 20. f3 Rc4 21.
Rac1 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Kxd8 23. Nd3 Ra4 24. Ra1 Kd7 25. Be3 b6 26. Nb2 Ra5 27. c4
b5 28. cxb5 Rxb5 29. Nc4 Bd5 30. Rc1 Rb3 31. Kf2 Ke6 32. Nd6 Rxa3 33. Bxc5 Ra2+
34. Kg3 a5 35. Nb5 Bd8 36. Re1 f4+ 37. Kxf4 Rxg2 38. Nd4+ Kd7 39. Ke3 Bg5+ 40.
f4 Bh4 41. Re2 Rxe2+ 42. Kxe2 Bc4+ 43. Ke3 a4 44. Nf5 Be1 45. Nd6 Bb3 46. Ba3
Ke6 47. Kd4 Bf2+ 48. Ke4 f5+ 49. exf6 Kxf6 50. Kf3 Bd4 51. Ke4 Bg1 52. h3 Bc2+
53. Kf3 Ke6 54. Ke2 Bd4 55. Kd2 Bb3 56. f5+ Kd5 57. Kd3 Be5 58. Ne4 Bc2+ 59.
Kxc2 Kxe4 60. Bc1 Kxf5 61. Kd3 Bf4 62. Ba3 Bg5 63. Kc4 Kf4 64. Bc1+ Kf5 65. Ba3
Bf6 66. Bc1 Be7 67. Bd2 Ke4 68. Be1 Kf3 69. Kc3 h5 70. Kc4 Kg2 71. h4 Kh3 0-1

[Event "Odessa Pivdenny Bank 4th"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2008.05.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Beim, Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2008.05.30"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Nf6 4. Bxf6 exf6 5. e3 Be6 6. Nge2 Qd7 7. Nf4 Bf7 8.
a3 Nc6 9. Bd3 Ne7 10. Qf3 c6 11. h4 h5 12. b4 Nc8 13. Qg3 Rh6 14. f3 Nd6 15.
O-O g6 16. Rab1 Be7 17. b5 Kf8 18. bxc6 Qxc6 19. Ncxd5 Bxd5 20. Nxg6+ Rxg6 21.
Qxg6 Bf7 22. Qh7 Qe8 23. Qh8+ Bg8 24. Qh6+ Kf7 25. c4 Qf8 26. Qxf8+ Kxf8 27. c5
Nc4 28. Rxb7 Nxe3 29. Rfb1 Bd5 30. Rb8+ Kf7 31. g3 Rxb8 32. Rxb8 f4 33. gxf4 f5
34. Kf2 Nd1+ 35. Ke2 Nc3+ 36. Kd2 Na2 37. Bxf5 Bxh4 38. Be4 1-0

[Event "Odessa Pivdenny Bank 4th"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2008.05.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2008.05.30"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. Nc3 axb5 6. Nxb5 Ba6 7. Nc3 g6 8. Nf3
Bg7 9. Nd2 e6 10. e4 Bxf1 11. Kxf1 O-O 12. Nc4 Na6 13. Be3 exd5 14. exd5 d6 15.
g3 Qb8 16. Kg2 Rd8 17. Rc1 Qb4 18. b3 Nc7 19. Qf3 Nd7 20. Na4 Ne5 21. Nxe5 Bxe5
22. Rc4 Qb7 23. Rd1 Nb5 24. h4 h5 25. g4 hxg4 26. Rxg4 Kg7 27. h5 Rh8 28. Rh1
Raf8 29. Qe4 Re8 30. hxg6 f5 31. Rh7+ Rxh7 32. gxh7+ fxg4 33. Bxc5 dxc5 34.
Nxc5 Qf7 35. Ne6+ Rxe6 36. dxe6 Qxe6 37. a4 Nd6 38. Qd3 Qh6 39. a5 Qxh7 40. Qe3
Qe4+ 41. Qxe4 Nxe4 42. f3 gxf3+ 43. Kxf3 Nc5 44. b4 Nd7 45. Ke4 Bc3 46. a6 Bxb4
47. Kd5 Ba5 48. a7 Nb6+ 49. Kc6 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Odessa Pivdenny Bank 4th"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2008.05.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Golubev, Mikhail"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2008.05.30"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 c5 7. Be3 Nc6 8. dxc5
h5 9. Nf4 Bh7 10. Bg2 hxg4 11. Qxg4 Nh6 12. Qe2 Nf5 13. O-O-O Qa5 14. Kb1 Nxe3
15. fxe3 O-O-O 16. Rhf1 Bxc5 17. Nd3 Bg6 18. e4 d4 19. Nd5 exd5 20. exd5 Nb4
21. Nxb4 Qxb4 22. d6 Kb8 23. a3 Qb6 24. Qf3 Bh5 25. Qd5 Bxa3 26. b3 Bxd6 27.
exd6 Rxd6 28. Qe5 f6 29. Qg3 Bxd1 30. Rxd1 Qc7 31. Re1 d3 32. cxd3 Rc8 33. Re2
Ka8 34. Qe1 Rxd3 35. Rb2 Rc3 0-1

[Event "Odessa Pivdenny Bank 4th"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2008.05.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Drozdovskij, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2008.05.30"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. Bg2
Nbd7 9. O-O c5 10. Nc3 b4 11. Na4 Rc8 12. Bg5 cxd4 13. Qd1 e5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15.
b3 Nc5 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. Rc1 O-O 18. Qd2 e4 19. Nh4 Qd5 20. Rfd1 Rfd8 21. Rc4
a5 22. Qf4 Qg5 23. Rdc1 Qxf4 24. gxf4 Bd6 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Rxc8+ Bxc8 27. Bxe4
Bxf4 28. Nf5 Bxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Odessa Pivdenny Bank 4th"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2008.05.31"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2008.05.30"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Qc2 c6 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. Nbd2 b6 12. e4 Be7 13. Rfd1 Bb7 14. Ne5 Rc8
15. Rac1 dxc4 16. Ndxc4 b5 17. Ne3 Qb6 18. b3 Rfd8 19. Qb2 Nd7 20. Nxd7 Rxd7
21. d5 cxd5 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. exd5 Bc5 24. Qc2 Rd8 25. dxe6 Rxd1+ 26. Nxd1
Bxe6 27. Nc3 Bd4 28. Nd5 Qd6 29. Qc7 Qxc7 30. Nxc7 Bd7 31. Bf1 b4 32. Na6 Bc3
33. Bd3 Bh3 34. Nb8 Bd4 35. Na6 Bc3 36. Nb8 Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Odessa Pivdenny Bank 4th"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2008.05.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2008.05.30"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O
Bd6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Rd1 Re8 11. Qe2 a6 12. a3 e5 13. dxe5 Bxe5 14. cxd5 cxd5 15.
Qd2 Rc8 16. Ne2 Nc5 17. Rb1 Nfe4 18. Qe1 Qf6 19. Bc2 Red8 20. f4 Bb8 21. b4 Nd7
22. Bb2 Qe7 23. Rbc1 Nb6 24. Bxe4 Qxe4 25. Qg3 Qg6 26. Bd4 Nc4 27. Qxg6 hxg6
28. Rc3 f6 29. Rcd3 Kf7 30. g4 Re8 31. Kg2 Bd6 32. Kf3 Re7 33. Nc3 Rh8 34. Nxd5
Rd7 35. Kg2 a5 36. Nb6 Rc7 37. Nxc4 Rxc4 38. bxa5 Ra4 39. Bxf6 Bxa3 40. Bxg7
Kxg7 41. Ra1 Rxa5 42. Raxa3 Rc5 43. Rd7+ Kf6 44. Rxb7 1-0

[Event "Odessa Pivdenny Bank 4th"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2008.05.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2008.05.30"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6
9. O-O O-O 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Bc2 d5 12. exd5 Bxd5 13. Re1 Bd6 14. Nf1 h6 15. Ng3
Qd7 16. h3 Rfe8 17. Nh4 Be6 18. Qf3 Bd5 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. dxe4 Be6 21. Nf5 Ne7
22. Qg4 Ng6 23. h4 Kh8 24. h5 Bxf5 25. exf5 Nf4 26. Qf3 Qd8 27. axb5 axb5 28.
g3 Nh3+ 29. Kg2 Ng5 30. Qd5 Qf6 31. Bxg5 hxg5 32. Ra6 Red8 33. Qe4 Kg8 34. b4
Kf8 35. Rd1 Qh6 36. Qf3 Qf6 37. Rd5 Qe7 38. Be4 f6 39. Rd1 c5 40. h6 Kg8 41.
hxg7 Bc7 42. Re6 Qxg7 43. Bd5 Kf8 44. bxc5 g4 45. Qe4 Ba5 46. Rh1 Rbc8 47. Rh4
Rxc5 48. Rxg4 Qf7 49. Ba2 Rxc3 50. Rg6 Rd4 51. Qa8+ Rd8 52. Qxa5 Qb7+ 53. Kh2
Rd2 54. Rexf6+ Ke8 55. Rg8+ 1-0

[Event "Odessa Pivdenny Bank 4th"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2008.05.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Beim, Valery"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2008.05.30"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Bg5 d6 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. Nf3 e5 8. O-O
Re8 9. Qc2 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Bg3 Qe7 13. Rfd1 c6 14. Nd2 e4 15.
Nb3 Nf8 16. Bd6 Qe6 17. c5 Qf5 18. Nd2 Ng6 19. Qb3 Ne5 20. Nc4 Nfg4 21. Rf1 Be6
22. Bxe5 Nxe5 23. Nd6 Bxb3 24. Nxf5 Bc2 25. Nd6 Re7 26. Ndxe4 Nd7 27. Nd6 Bxc3
28. bxc3 Nxc5 29. Rac1 Bg6 30. Rfd1 Rd8 31. Nc4 Red7 32. Rxd7 Rxd7 33. Kf1 Kg7
34. f3 f6 35. e4 Bf7 36. Rc2 Be6 37. Ne3 b5 38. Kf2 a5 39. g4 Kf7 40. Kg3 Ke7
41. h4 a4 42. Bf1 a3 43. Kf2 Kd6 44. hxg5 hxg5 45. Rd2+ Ke5 46. Rxd7 Nxd7 47.
Nc2 Bxa2 48. Nxa3 Bb3 49. Nb1 Kf4 50. Nd2 Bc2 51. Be2 Nc5 52. Nf1 Na4 53. Ne3
Bb3 54. c4 b4 55. Ng2+ Ke5 56. Ke3 Nc3 57. Bd3 c5 58. Bf1 Ba4 59. f4+ gxf4+ 60.
Nxf4 Nd1+ 61. Kf3 b3 62. Bd3 b2 63. Nd5 Bc6 64. Ne7 Bb7 65. Nd5 Bxd5 66. cxd5
Nc3 0-1

[Event "Odessa Pivdenny Bank 4th"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2008.06.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2008.05.30"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c6 8. Qc2
g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. Nd2 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Nd7 12. e3 Nf6 13. Bd3 Qe7 14. a3 Bd6 15.
O-O-O Be6 16. e4 dxe4 17. Ndxe4 Nd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Nxd6+ Qxd6 20. Rhe1+ Kd7
21. Be4 Rae8 22. Bxd5 Qxd5 23. Re5 Qa2 24. Qf5+ Kc7 25. d5 Kb6 26. dxc6 bxc6
27. Rd4 a5 28. Rb5+ Ka6 29. Rxa5+ Kb6 30. Qc5+ 1-0

[Event "Odessa Pivdenny Bank 4th"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2008.06.01"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Golubev, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2008.05.30"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Bg5 Bg7 7. Qd2 Nc6 8.
Nb3 O-O 9. Bh6 Bxh6 10. Qxh6 a5 11. a4 Be6 12. Bb5 Rc8 13. Rd1 Nb4 14. Nd4 Bc4
15. Bxc4 Rxc4 16. O-O Qb6 17. Nf3 Ng4 18. Qg5 Nf6 19. Rd2 Rxe4 20. Nxe4 Nxe4
21. Qh6 f6 22. Re2 Qc6 23. Nd4 Qd5 24. Qe3 f5 25. c3 e5 26. Nb5 Nd3 27. Rd1
Nec5 28. b4 f4 29. Qd2 f3 30. Re3 axb4 31. cxb4 fxg2 32. Rxd3 1-0

[Event "Odessa Pivdenny Bank 4th"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2008.06.01"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Drozdovskij, Yuri"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2008.05.30"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. Ne2 h6 10. Bh4 c5 11. Qc2 cxd4 12. Nxd4 a6 13. Be2 Nbd7 14. O-O Rc8
15. Rac1 b5 16. Qb1 bxc4 17. Bxc4 Qb6 18. b4 d5 19. Be2 e5 20. Nb3 Bc6 21. Qb2
Bb5 22. Rfd1 Bxe2 23. Qxe2 g5 24. Bg3 Qe6 25. f3 Kg7 26. Qb2 Nh5 27. Bf2 f5 28.
Nc5 Nxc5 29. Rxc5 Nf6 30. Be1 f4 31. Bc3 Rxc5 32. bxc5 fxe3 33. Bxe5 Re8 34.
Bd4 Kg6 35. Re1 e2 36. Kf2 Qf5 37. Rxe2 Ng4+ 38. Ke1 Rxe2+ 39. Kxe2 Nxh2 40.
Qd2 Kh5 41. g4+ Nxg4 42. fxg4+ Kxg4 43. Qd3 Qe6+ 44. Kf2 Kh4 45. Qf3 Qc6 46.
Qf6 Qa4 47. Qxh6+ Kg4 48. Qe6+ Kh4 49. Qe3 Qc2+ 50. Qe2 Qc1 51. Kg2 g4 52. Qf2+
Kh5 53. Qf5+ Kh6 54. Qe6+ Kh5 55. Qxd5+ Kg6 56. Qe6+ Kh5 57. Qe5+ Kg6 58. Qe4+
Kh5 59. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "Odessa Pivdenny Bank 4th"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2008.06.01"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2008.05.30"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nd7
8. Qd2 Ne5 9. O-O-O O-O 10. h4 Re8 11. h5 Bg4 12. Be2 Qc8 13. h6 g6 14. Nxe5
Bxe2 15. Nxg6 Bxd1 16. Qd4 f6 17. Qd5+ 1-0

[Event "Villarrobledo op 23rd"]
[Site "Villarrobledo"]
[Date "2008.08.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bendayan Claros, Aaron Arturo"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2060"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. c3 d6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. Ne2 g6 8. Nd2
Bg7 9. O-O Qe7 10. f4 c5 11. Rc1 a6 12. a4 b6 13. Nc4 b5 14. Ne3 Rb8 15. axb5
axb5 16. f5 O-O 17. Qd2 Bb7 18. fxg6 fxg6 19. Rxf8+ Rxf8 20. Nf1 c4 21. Bc2 e5
22. d5 Nc5 23. Nfg3 h5 24. Rf1 Kh7 25. Rxf8 Qxf8 26. Qe3 Bh6 27. Qf3 Qxf3 28.
gxf3 Nd3 29. b4 Ne1 30. Bd1 Be3+ 31. Kf1 Nxf3 32. Kg2 Nd2 33. Nf1 Nxf1 34. Kxf1
Bc8 35. Ke1 Kh6 36. Ng3 h4 37. Nf1 Bg1 38. Bf3 Kg5 39. Ke2 Kf4 40. Bg2 g5 41.
Bh1 Bg4+ 42. Kd2 Bh3 43. Ke2 g4 0-1

[Event "Villarrobledo op 23rd"]
[Site "Villarrobledo"]
[Date "2008.08.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Velcheva, Maria"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2281"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Be3 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Qe1 O-O 11. Qg3 Bd7 12. Kh1 b5 13. a3 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bc6
15. Rae1 Qb7 16. Bf3 Rad8 17. Re2 g6 18. b4 a5 19. f5 e5 20. Be3 axb4 21. axb4
Bxe4 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Qxe4 24. f6 Bxf6 25. Rxf6 Qxb4 26. h3 Ra8 27. Rf1
f5 28. Bh6 Rf7 29. Qd3 Qc4 30. Rd1 Rc8 31. Qxc4 Rxc4 32. Rxd6 Rfc7 33. Rxe5 1-0

[Event "Villarrobledo op 23rd"]
[Site "Villarrobledo"]
[Date "2008.08.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lafuente, Pablo"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. a5 h6 8. Bh4
dxc4 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. Qa4 Qd6 11. e3 Qb4 12. Qxb4 Bxb4 13. Ra4 Nd5 14. Kd2 c5
15. Ne5 b5 16. axb6 Nxb6 17. Ra1 cxd4 18. exd4 Bb7 19. Nxc4 Nxc4+ 20. Bxc4 Ke7
21. Rhc1 Bxg2 22. Bxa6 g5 23. Ke2 Rhd8 24. Nb5 Kf6 25. f3 Bd6 26. Nc3 Bf4 27.
Rd1 Rab8 28. Rab1 Kg7 29. b4 Bxh2 30. Kf2 Bh3 31. Ne2 Bf5 32. Bd3 Bxd3 33. Rxd3
Bc7 34. b5 Bb6 35. Kg3 Rd5 36. Rb4 Bc7+ 37. Kg2 Rdxb5 38. Rxb5 Rxb5 39. Rc3 Bb6
40. Rc2 Rd5 41. Rd2 e5 42. Ng3 exd4 43. Kh3 Bc7 44. Rxd4 Rxd4 45. Nf5+ Kg6 46.
Nxd4 h5 47. Ne2 Be5 48. Nc1 Kf5 49. Nd3 Ke6 50. Nc5+ Kd5 51. Ne4 f6 52. Kg2 Kd4
53. Nf2 f5 54. Nh3 Bf6 55. Nf2 Ke3 56. Nd1+ Ke2 57. Nf2 Be5 58. Nh3 Bf4 59.
Ng1+ Ke1 60. Nh3 Be3 61. f4 g4 62. Ng5 Bxf4 63. Ne6 Be5 64. Nc5 Ke2 0-1

[Event "Villarrobledo op 23rd"]
[Site "Villarrobledo"]
[Date "2008.08.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Guliyev, Namig"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4 O-O
8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nc5 10. Be3 Bg4 11. Be2 Qc8 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 c6 14. c4
Re8 15. Rhe1 Bf8 16. c3 a5 17. Bxc5 Rxe1 18. Qxe1 dxc5 19. Qe5 a4 20. Bg4 Qe8
21. Qxe8 Rxe8 22. Rd7 Rb8 23. Bd1 a3 24. bxa3 g6 25. f4 Bg7 26. Kc2 Bf6 27. Bf3
Kf8 28. a4 Ke8 29. Rd1 Bd8 30. Re1+ Kd7 31. f5 Ra8 32. Kb3 Bg5 33. Bg4 Kc7 34.
h4 Bxh4 35. Rh1 gxf5 36. Bxf5 Be7 37. Rxh7 Rf8 38. a5 Kd6 39. g4 Ke5 40. Rh1
Ra8 41. Re1+ Kf6 42. g5+ Kxg5 43. Rxe7 Kxf5 44. Rxf7+ Ke6 45. Rxb7 Rxa5 46. Rh7
Ra8 47. a4 Kd6 48. Ka3 Ra6 49. Rh1 Ra8 50. Kb3 Rb8+ 51. Kc2 Ra8 52. Ra1 Kc7 53.
a5 Kb7 54. Kb3 Ka6 55. Ka4 Rb8 56. Rh1 Rb2 57. Rh6 Ra2+ 58. Kb3 Rxa5 59. Rxc6+
Kb7 60. Rd6 Ra1 61. Rh6 Kc7 62. Kc2 Rg1 63. Re6 Rh1 64. Rf6 Rg1 65. Kb3 Ra1 66.
Kc2 Rg1 67. Kd3 Rg3+ 68. Ke4 Rxc3 69. Kd5 Rg3 70. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Villarrobledo op 23rd"]
[Site "Villarrobledo"]
[Date "2008.08.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Paunovic, Dragan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d4 e6 8.
Bd3 Bb4 9. Bd2 O-O 10. O-O Nf6 11. Be3 Ne7 12. Ne5 Nf5 13. Qb3 Bd6 14. Rad1
Nxe3 15. fxe3 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7 17. Bb5 Qc7 18. Bxd7 Bxd7 19. Rd6 Bc6 20. Qb4
Qe7 21. Qg4 Rad8 22. Rfd1 Rxd6 23. Rxd6 Qc7 24. Qd4 a6 25. h4 h6 26. a3 Qe7 27.
Qg4 Rd8 28. Qd4 Rc8 29. Qg4 Qc7 30. Qd4 Be8 31. Kh2 Qc4 32. Ne4 Qxd4 33. exd4
Bc6 34. Nc5 a5 35. Kg3 Kf8 36. Kf2 b6 37. Nd3 Be4 38. Ke3 Bxg2 39. Rxb6 g5 40.
hxg5 hxg5 41. Ra6 g4 42. Rxa5 g3 43. Rc5 Rb8 44. b4 Ra8 45. Rc3 Bb7 46. Nf4 Ke8
47. Ke2 g2 48. Kf2 Rd8 49. Rc7 Ba6 50. Kxg2 Rxd4 51. Kf3 Bb5 52. Ke3 Rd1 53.
Rc5 Bd7 54. Ne2 Ra1 55. Rc3 Kd8 56. Nd4 Re1+ 57. Kf4 f6 58. Re3 fxe5+ 59. Rxe5
Rf1+ 60. Kg5 Ke7 61. Rc5 Kd6 62. Nb5+ Bxb5 63. Rxb5 e5 64. Rb8 e4 65. Re8 Ra1
66. Rxe4 Rxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Villarrobledo op 23rd"]
[Site "Villarrobledo"]
[Date "2008.08.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Herraiz Hidalgo, Herminio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 b6 11. O-O-O O-O 12. Qe3 Qe7 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. Qh3 g6
15. Qe3 f6 16. exf6 Qxf6 17. Ne2 Bxd4 18. Nxd4 Qxf4 19. Qxf4 Rxf4 20. Nxe6 Rf2
21. Rd2 Rxd2 22. Kxd2 Nc5 23. Nd4 Rf8 24. Re1 Ne4+ 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. Ke3 Rd8
27. Rf1 Rd6 28. c4 a5 29. Rc1 Kg7 30. c5 bxc5 31. Rxc5 Rb6 32. b3 a4 33. bxa4
Ba6 34. Rc7+ Kh6 35. Rc6 1-0

[Event "Villarrobledo op 23rd"]
[Site "Villarrobledo"]
[Date "2008.08.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. Bd3 Bb4+ 8. Nd2
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. a3 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Ba2 e5 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6
15. Qh4 Re8 16. Rd1 Qe7 17. Bd2 exd4 18. exd4 Qe2 19. Bc3 Re4 20. Qg5 Rf4 21.
Rd2 Qe7 22. Qa5 Re8 23. Rf1 Bb8 24. d5 b6 25. Qa6 Nxd5 26. Bxd5 cxd5 27. Rxd5
Re4 28. Qb5 h6 29. Qd7 Be5 30. Bxe5 Rxe5 31. Qxe7 R8xe7 32. Rd8+ Kh7 33. Rd2
Re2 34. Rfd1 Rxd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Villarrobledo op 23rd"]
[Site "Villarrobledo"]
[Date "2008.08.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Palac, Mladen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. Bg2
e5 9. Nf5 g6 10. Qe2 gxf5 11. exf5 Rg8 12. h3 Qc7 13. f4 Bd7 14. O-O-O Bc6 15.
fxe5 dxe5 16. Bb6 Qxb6 17. Qxe5+ Be7 18. Rhe1 Qb4 19. Bxc6+ Nxc6 20. Qxf6 Qf4+
21. Kb1 Kf8 22. Rxe7 Nxe7 23. Qxe7+ Kxe7 24. Nd5+ Kd6 25. Nxf4+ Ke5 26. Nd3+
Kf6 27. Nc5 Rad8 28. Rg1 Rd5 29. Ne4+ Ke7 30. Ng3 Re5 31. Kc1 Rd8 32. b3 Rd4
33. Rf1 Kf6 34. Rf3 Kg5 35. Rc3 Kh4 36. Nh5 Rde4 37. Nf6 Re3 38. Rc8 Rxh3 39.
Rc7 Kg5 40. Rxf7 Re2 41. Nd5 Rhh2 42. Rg7+ Kh4 43. Rc7 Kxg4 44. f6 Rhf2 45. Kb2
h5 46. Rg7+ Kf5 47. f7 Ke6 48. f8=Q Rxf8 49. Re7+ Kxd5 50. Rxe2 h4 51. Kc3 h3
52. Rh2 Rf3+ 53. Kb4 b6 54. c4+ Kc6 55. a3 Rg3 56. Rh1 a5+ 57. Ka4 Kc5 58. Rh2
Kd4 59. Rh1 Rc3 60. Rh2 Ke4 61. b4 axb4 62. axb4 Kf4 63. Kb5 Kg3 64. Rh1 h2 65.
Kxb6 Rxc4 66. b5 Kg2 67. Rxh2+ Kxh2 68. Ka7 Ra4+ 69. Kb7 Kg3 70. b6 Kf4 71. Kc7
Rc4+ 72. Kd7 Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Villarrobledo op 23rd"]
[Site "Villarrobledo"]
[Date "2008.08.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kolev, Atanas"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. f4
O-O 9. a4 Nc6 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bd3 Bd7 13. Qf3 Nb4 14. a5 Rac8 15.
Qg3 Bc6 16. Nf3 d5 17. Bb6 Qb8 18. e5 Ne4 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Nd4 Bd5 21. f5 f6
22. Nxd5 exd5 23. Ne6 Bf8 24. c3 Nd3 25. exf6 Qxg3 26. hxg3 gxf6 27. Bd4 Kf7
28. Nf4 Nxf4 29. Rxf4 Bc5 30. Rd1 Bxd4 31. Rxd4 Rc5 32. Rb4 Re7 33. Kg1 Rxa5
34. Kf2 Ra1 35. Rh4 Ke8 36. Rh6 e3+ 37. Ke2 Rg1 38. Rxf6 Rxg2+ 39. Ke1 Rxg3 40.
Re6 Rxe6 41. fxe6 b5 42. Rh4 Ke7 43. Rxh7+ Kxe6 44. Ke2 a5 45. Rh4 Kd6 46. b3
Ke5 47. Rh5+ Kf4 48. Rxd5 Rg2+ 49. Ke1 a4 50. bxa4 bxa4 51. Ra5 Kf3 52. Rf5+
Ke4 53. Ra5 Kd3 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2008.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4 O-O
8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nc5 10. Be3 Re8 11. Bc4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Nxe6 13. h4 Qd7 14.
Qd5 Qc6 15. Qf5 Qc4 16. Kb1 g6 17. Qh3 h5 18. Nd2 Qe2 19. Rde1 Qg4 20. Qh2 d5
21. f3 Qa4 22. g4 Bd6 23. Qg1 Nf4 24. c4 Rxe3 25. Qxe3 Ng2 26. Qf2 Nxe1 27.
Rxe1 Re8 28. gxh5 Rxe1+ 29. Qxe1 gxh5 30. Qg1+ Kf8 31. Qd4 dxc4 32. Qh8+ Ke7
33. Qxh5 c3 34. Qg5+ Kf8 35. Ne4 Qc4 36. Qd8+ Kg7 37. Qf6+ Kg8 38. Qg5+ Kf8 39.
a3 Qf1+ 40. Ka2 cxb2 41. Qd8+ Kg7 42. Qg5+ Kf8 43. Qd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2008.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qc2 O-O 8.
a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 c6 10. Nd2 Qe8 11. e3 Ne4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Bf4 Qe6 14. Be2
Nb6 15. Bg3 Qg6 16. Qc5 Bg4 17. Bxg4 Qxg4 18. Qe7 Nd7 19. Qb4 Nb6 20. Qe7 Nd7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "173"]
[EventDate "2008.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
g3 Bc5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Qa4 Bg4 13. Bg5 Bxe2 14. Nxe2
Rxe2 15. Rac1 Bb6 16. Qxc6 Qe8 17. Bxf6 Qxc6 18. Rxc6 gxf6 19. Bxd5 Rd8 20. Bc4
Rxb2 21. Rxf6 Rd7 22. Rf3 Rbd2 23. Kg2 Kg7 24. Re1 R2d4 25. Bb5 R7d6 26. Re5
R6d5 27. Rxd5 Rxd5 28. Bc4 Rd7 29. Kf1 Re7 30. Rf4 Bc7 31. Rg4+ Kf8 32. Rh4 Kg7
33. Bd3 h6 34. Rg4+ Kf8 35. Rd4 Re6 36. Rd7 Re7 37. Rd5 Re5 38. Rd4 Re6 39. Rc4
Bb6 40. Rc2 Rd6 41. Bb5 Ke7 42. f4 Rd5 43. a4 Rd6 44. Ke2 Kf6 45. Kf3 Kg7 46.
h4 Rd5 47. g4 Bd8 48. Ke4 Rd6 49. h5 Re6+ 50. Kd5 Re7 51. Rc4 Bc7 52. Ba6 Bb6
53. Kd6 Re6+ 54. Kd7 Be3 55. Bb5 Rf6 56. f5 Rb6 57. Rc7 a5 58. Kc8 Rf6 59. Rd7
Bf4 60. Ra7 Bd2 61. Kd7 Rb6 62. Kc7 Rf6 63. Ra8 Bb4 64. Rd8 Be7 65. Rd5 Bb4 66.
Bc6 Kf8 67. Rd8+ Kg7 68. Kb6 Bc3 69. Kb5 Bb4 70. Bd5 Be1 71. Bc4 Bc3 72. Ra8
Be1 73. Rxa5 Bxa5 74. Kxa5 Rd6 75. Kb5 Kf6 76. a5 Kg5 77. a6 Kxg4 78. a7 Rd8
79. Kb6 Kxf5 80. Bd5 Ke5 81. Kc7 Rh8 82. Bb7 f5 83. Bc8 Rh7+ 84. Bd7 Rh8 85.
Bc8 Rh7+ 86. Bd7 Rh8 87. Bc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2008.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 d6 9. e4 c5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. O-O-O Nc6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Ne2 e5 14. Qd2 Nd4
15. Qh6 Kh8 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Bd3 Qe7 18. g4 a5 19. Rhg1 Rg8 20. Rg3 Rg6 21.
Qd2 a4 22. Kb1 Bc6 23. f4 Rag8 24. Rdg1 exf4 25. Qxf4 Qe5 26. Rf1 Re8 27. Ka1
Kg7 28. Qf2 Bxe4 29. Bxe4 Qxe4 30. Rf3 Re6 31. h3 d3 32. Qd2 Qxc4 33. Rxd3 Rg5
34. Rc1 Qa6 35. Rd1 Rc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2008.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 {There was a long time when
White could not find anything against the Marshall Attack. The situation is
about to change and lately Black has lost quite a few games at teh top level.}
Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15. Be3 Bg4 16. Qd3 Rae8 17. Nd2 {Almost in any
opening, what we use to call "the old main line" is the one which, objectively,
offers the best chances for White, although fashion rarely has anything to do
with it.} Qh5 {A rare move, which Leko had tried in practice before.} ({
"The old main line" goes} 17... Re6 {Lately, there have been some interesting
developments after} 18. Qf1 $5 Qh5 19. f3 Nxe3 20. Qf2 Nd5 21. fxg4 Qxg4 22.
Qf3 $5 Qxf3 (22... Qg5 {Kramnik,V (2772)-Aronian,L (2759)/Yerevan 2007/CBM 118/
[Marin,M] (1-0, 45)}) 23. Nxf3 h6 $5 (23... Rfe8 {was my recommendation in the
notes to the aforementioned game}) 24. Rxe6 fxe6 25. Nd2 a5 26. a4 ({It may
have been better to maintain the tension with} 26. a3 $5 $14 b4 $140 $2 27.
axb4 axb4 28. c4 Nc7 29. Ra7 $16) 26... b4 27. c4 Nc7 28. Bc2 (28. c5 $5) 28...
c5 29. Ne4 Rd8 30. Nxc5 Bxc5 31. dxc5 Rd4 32. b3 Na6 33. c6 Kf7 $44 {and White
could not break Black's dark-squared blockade in Naiditsch,A (2665)-Ivanisevic,
I (2664)/Subotica 2008 (1/2-1/2, 50)}) 18. Bc2 $5 {An interesting idea.
Usually, White keeps the bishop on b3, in order to neutralize the d5-knight.
However, the last few years have shown that Marshall Attack players know how
to defend positions in which they enjoy stability on light squares (as would
be the case of an eventual exchange on d5, even if White retains the extra
pawn).} ({Here is a typical example:} 18. Qf1 Re7 $5 19. a4 Rfe8 20. Bxd5 Qxd5
21. axb5 axb5 22. Bf4 $5 Rxe1 23. Rxe1 Rxe1 24. Qxe1 Bf8 25. Qe4 f6 26. Qxd5+
cxd5 {and White did not try too hard to win this ending in Anand,V (2786)-Leko,
P (2738)/Dortmund 2007/CBM 119/[Marin,M] (1/2-1/2, 29)}) 18... f5 19. f3 Bxf3 {
However, Black has faced constant problems in positions where the b3-bishop
has no counterpart. This was the case in the games quoted in the notes to the
17th move and this will be the case in the curent game. Probably, a different
approach is needed to defend such "just slightly" worse endings, something
that has to be discovered yet. Or maybe there is no 100% proof solution for
Black and this is the kind of positions White should be aiming for. The future
will tell.} ({Less than two weeks after his win over Leko, Ponomariov faced a
novelty from a much lower rated player:} 19... Bh3 20. Bf2 Qg6 21. Rxe8 Rxe8
22. Re1 Rxe1+ 23. Bxe1 h5 $44 24. Bb3 Kh7 25. Bf2 Nf4 26. Qe3 h4 27. Nf1 Nd5
28. Qd3 Nf4 29. Qe3 Nd5 30. Qd3 Nf4 31. Qe3 {1/2-1/2 Ponomariov,R (2718)
-Gustafsson,J (2620)/Cala Mayor 2008}) 20. Nxf3 Qxf3 21. Bd2 $1 Qxd3 ({Black
could avoid the exchange of queens only at the cost of losing activity:} 21...
Qh5 22. Rxe8 Qxe8 23. a4 $14) 22. Bxd3 f4 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Kf2 $14 {White's
pair of bishops offer him a long term advantage. Confronted with an unpleasant
psychological situation, Leko will go down rather painfully.} fxg3+ (24... c5
$5 25. c4 $140 Ne3 $5) 25. hxg3 c5 26. c4 Nb6 27. cxb5 c4 28. Bf1 axb5 29. Bg2
Rf8+ 30. Bf3 Be7 31. Ba5 Na4 $6 (31... Nd5 32. a3 Bd8 33. Bxd8 Rxd8 34. Re1 Nf6
35. Re5 Rb8 (35... Rxd4 36. Rxb5 $14) 36. Rc5 $14) 32. b3 Bf6 33. Kg2 $1 $16
Bxd4 $2 34. Rf1 $1 Rxf3 35. Rxf3 Nb2 36. Rf5 c3 37. Rxb5 c2 38. Rb8+ Kf7 39.
Rc8 Nd1 40. Bd2 Bc3 41. Bc1 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2008.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. c6 $6 $146 {
[%mdl 8] This move looks so senseless... However, if you want to avoid
thoroughly investigated theoretical lines, you must look for paradoxical
decisions.} ({The most common moves are} 7. a3) (7. g3) (7. Bd2) (7. e3) 7...
dxc6 {In several games from the following blitz tournament Black tried} (7...
bxc6 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 Nc5 ({or} 9... d5 10. e3 (10. b4 Ne4 11. Qc2 c5 12. b5
Nc7 13. e3 a6 14. a4 Ne8 15. Bd3 N8d6 16. O-O Bb7 17. Bb2 dxc4 18. Bxc4 Nxc4
19. Qxc4 Bd5 20. Qe2 axb5 21. axb5 Qb6 $15 {1/2 Carlsen,M (2775)-Leko,P (2741)/
Moscow RUS 2008/The Week in Chess 721 (46)}) 10... Nc5 11. Qc2 Nce4 12. Be2 a5
(12... Bb7 13. O-O c5 14. b3 Qe7 15. Bb2 h6 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. Ne5 Rfd8 18. f3
Nd6 19. Bd3 Nd7 20. Ng4 dxc4 21. bxc4 e5 22. e4 f6 23. Ne3 Nf8 24. Nd5 $14 {
1-0 Morozevich,A (2788)-Alekseev,E (2708)/Moscow RUS 2008/The Week in Chess
721 (35)}) 13. b3 Qb6 14. O-O Rb8 15. Rb1 Ba6 16. Ne5 c5 17. f3 Nd6 18. Bd2
Rfc8 19. Bd3 h6 20. a4 Qc7 21. Qc3 Rb4 22. Qa1 Rb7 23. Rfc1 $14 {1/2
Morozevich,A (2788)-Leko,P (2741)/Moscow RUS 2008/The Week in Chess 721 (44)})
10. Qc2 a5 11. Be3 Nce4 (11... Qe7 12. g3 a4 13. Bg2 Ba6 14. Ne5 Rfc8 15. Rd1
d5 16. O-O Ncd7 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Qxa4 Bxc4 19. Qc2 Rcb8 20. Rd4 Rb3 21. Rfd1
Rab8 $132 {1-0 Morozevich,A (2788)-Karpov,A (2651)/Moscow RUS 2008/The Week in
Chess 721 (33)}) 12. c5 a4 13. Nd2 Nxd2 14. Bxd2 Ba6 15. g3 Nd5 16. Bg2 f5 17.
e4 fxe4 18. Bxe4 Qf6 19. f4 Rab8 20. O-O-O Bc4 21. Rde1 Bb3 22. Bxh7+ Kh8 23.
Qg6 Qd4 $1 $19 {0-1 Morozevich,A (2788)-Ponomariov,R (2718)/Moscow RUS 2008/
The Week in Chess 721 (34)}) {Of course, we can hardly derive any conclusions
from the blitz games except the one that 7...bxc6 is worth testing in serious
chess. I'll dare to say that the text move is inferior.} 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3
Nc5 (9... Ne4 $6 10. Qe5 Nac5 11. b4 f6 12. Qf4 Nc3 13. Bd2 N5e4 14. Bxc3 Nxc3
15. Qe3 Na4 16. Qb3 Nb6 17. c5 Nd5 18. e4 $16) 10. Be3 Nce4 $2 (10... Qe7 {
is safer but White keeps a small plus after} 11. Rd1) 11. Qe5 $1 {[%csl Re4]
[%cal Rg2g4] The e4-knight now finds itself in serious trouble.} b5 (11... Qe7
12. O-O-O {[%cal Rg2g4]}) (11... Qd6 12. Rd1 Qxe5 13. Nxe5 $18 {[%cal Rf2f3]})
12. g4 $1 c5 (12... h6 13. h4) 13. g5 Qa5+ 14. b4 cxb4 15. gxf6 $18 {White has
won a piece; the game is over.} Bb7 16. Bd2 Rfc8 17. Bxb4 Qb6 18. c5 Qd8 19.
Rg1 g6 20. Rd1 Qxf6 21. c6 Bxc6 22. Rg4 Qxe5 23. Nxe5 f5 24. Nxc6 Rxc6 25. Bg2
a5 26. Bxe4 fxe4 27. Bd2 Rc4 28. Rg5 Ra4 29. Rxb5 Rxa3 30. Rb7 a4 31. Bf4 Rb3
32. Rxb3 axb3 33. Rb1 e3 34. Bxe3 Rb8 35. Kd2 Rb4 36. f3 e5 37. Bf2 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2008.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 e5 {The advance of the pawn from the square e6 is a radical twist in the
strategical solution of the situation. It had not previously been witnessed in
the games of strong players.} 9. Nb3 d6 10. Nc3 f5 11. f4 $1 {Ponomariov rises
to the challenge and due to the development advantage quickly opens the
position despite the bishop pair being in the hands of his opponent.} (11. f3
f4 $5 12. Nd5 Be7 13. Qd3 Be6 $11) (11. exf5 Bxf5 12. Nd5 Be7 13. Be3 O-O 14.
Bb6 Qd7 $11) 11... g6 $2 (11... Be7 12. Be3 O-O 13. Nd5 Be6 14. fxe5 Nxe5 15.
exf5 Bxf5 16. Nb6 $14) 12. fxe5 dxe5 (12... Nxe5 13. Be3 $16) 13. Qxd8+ Kxd8
14. Bg5+ $2 {Shirov's catastrophic reaction to the crises in the opening would
deserve severe punishment. Both super grandmasters have missed the fact that
Black would be confronted with insurmountable problems after the strong
centralisation of the knight.} (14. Nd5 $1 Bd6 (14... f4 15. Rd1 Bg4 16. Rd3
$16) (14... Be7 15. Be3 f4 16. Bb6+ Kd7 17. Rad1 Bd6 18. Nxf4 exf4 19. Bc5 $16)
15. Bg5+ Ke8 16. Rad1 Bb8 17. Be3 f4 18. Bf2 Be6 19. Nc5 $16) 14... Ke8 15.
exf5 Bxf5 (15... gxf5 16. Bf6 Rg8 17. Bxe5 $16) 16. Nd5 (16. Bf6 Rg8 17. Bxe5
Kf7 18. Nd5 Rd8 $14) 16... Kf7 17. Rf1 $1 h6 18. Bh4 Kg8 {Black was able to
weather the storm and at the transition to the middlegame his chances are only
somewhat worse.} (18... h5 $1 19. Rad1 b5 20. Nb6 Rb8 21. Nd7 Rc8 $13) 19. c3 (
19. Ne3 Be6 20. Rf6 Bf7 21. Raf1 Rh7 $11) 19... Bd3 (19... a5 $1 20. Rae1 a4
21. Nd2 Bc5+ 22. Kh1 Rf8 $13) 20. Rfe1 g5 21. Bg3 Rd8 22. Nf6+ Kf7 23. Ng4 $1 {
[%mdl 2048] White is excellently exploiting the fact that his opponent is
still struggling to finish his development and coordinate his pieces.} e4 (
23... Bg7 24. Nxe5+ Nxe5 25. Bxe5 $16) 24. Nf2 Be7 25. Nxe4 Bc4 $2 {The
disadvantage of playing with fire is that the room for tolerable mistakes is
becoming much more narrow. It was necessary to centralise the rook with some
compensation for the missing pawn.} (25... Rd5 26. Bf2 Rhd8 27. Nbc5 $14) 26.
Nbc5 $1 Bxc5+ (26... b6 27. Nb7 $1 $18) (26... b5 27. b3 Bd5 28. Nxa6 $16) 27.
Nxc5 Kg6 28. b3 Bf7 29. Nxb7 {Now two pawns are already missing and
counterplay remains at the level of a pipe dream.} Rd2 (29... Rd3 30. c4 $18)
30. Nd6 (30. Red1 $5 Re2 31. Rd6+ Kh5 32. Rf1 Be8 33. Nc5 $18) 30... Bd5 31.
Ne4 Rc2 (31... Bxe4 32. Rxe4 Rc8 33. Re6+ Kg7 34. a4 $18) 32. c4 Bxe4 33. Rxe4
{On top of all his troubles, Black has to face the difference in the strength
of the bishop against the short legged knight.} Nb4 (33... Rf8 34. Re6+ Rf6 35.
Rxf6+ Kxf6 36. Rd1 $18) 34. Re6+ Kf5 35. Rd6 Rxa2 (35... Nxa2 36. Rf1+ Kg4 37.
Be1 Kh5 38. h3 $18) 36. Rf1+ Ke4 37. Re1+ Kf5 38. h3 {The final punishment is
cruel. Black king is not able to get away from the mating net.} (38. h3 Ra5 39.
c5 $1 Rxc5 40. Bf2 Rc6 (40... Rcc8 41. g4+ Kf4 42. Rf6#) 41. g4+ Kf4 42. Rd4+
Kf3 43. Re3#) 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "177"]
[EventDate "2008.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. Nf3 Re8 13. Nbd2 Bf8 14. a3 h6 15. Bc2
Nb8 16. b4 Nbd7 17. Bb2 c6 18. Rc1 Rc8 19. Bb1 g6 20. Qb3 c5 21. dxc5 dxc5 22.
c4 Qe7 23. bxc5 Qxc5 24. cxb5 Qxb5 25. Rxc8 Bxc8 26. Qxb5 axb5 27. Rc1 Bb7 28.
Rc7 Ba8 29. Bd3 Bd6 30. Ra7 Bc6 31. Nb3 Bb8 32. Ra6 Bxe4 33. Bxb5 Bd5 34. Na5
Bc7 35. Ra7 Bb6 36. Bxd7 Re7 37. Ra6 Nxd7 38. Nxe5 Bc7 39. Ra7 Nxe5 40. Bxe5
Rxe5 41. Rxc7 Rg5 42. g4 Re5 43. Rc1 Re4 44. Rd1 Be6 45. Nc6 Ra4 46. Rd3 Kg7
47. f3 h5 48. Kf2 Kf6 49. Nd4 Bc4 50. Re3 Ba6 51. Nc6 Bc8 52. Nb4 Ra5 53. Kg3
hxg4 54. hxg4 Be6 55. Rc3 Ra8 56. Nd3 Ra5 57. Kf4 g5+ 58. Ke3 Ke7 59. Nc5 f5
60. Kd4 fxg4 61. Re3 gxf3 62. Rxe6+ Kf7 63. Re3 g4 64. Ne4 Kg6 65. Rc3 Kf5 66.
Ke3 Re5 67. Rc5 Rxc5 68. Nxc5 Ke5 69. Ne4 Kd5 70. Kd3 Ke5 71. Ke3 Kd5 72. Nd2
Kc5 73. Kd3 Kb5 74. Kc3 Ka4 75. Kb2 g3 76. Nxf3 g2 77. Ka2 Ka5 78. Kb3 Kb5 79.
a4+ Ka5 80. Ka3 Ka6 81. Kb4 Kb6 82. a5+ Ka6 83. Ka4 Ka7 84. Kb5 Kb7 85. a6+ Ka7
86. Ka5 Kb8 87. Kb6 Ka8 88. a7 g1=B+ 89. Nxg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2008.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. h3 O-O 8.
Nc3 Bb6 9. Re1 h6 10. Na4 c5 11. Nh2 Bd7 12. Nc3 Nh7 13. a4 Ba5 14. g4 Qe8 15.
Re3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Bxa4 17. Rg3 a5 18. c4 Bd7 19. f4 exf4 20. Bxf4 Qe7 21. Bd2
a4 22. Bc3 c6 23. Nf1 f6 24. h4 Be6 25. Ne3 Qd7 26. Qf3 a3 27. Ra2 Qb7 28. Kf2
Qb1 29. Ra1 a2 30. Qh1 Qxh1 31. Rxh1 Rfb8 32. Rgg1 Ra3 33. Ba1 Ra7 34. Bc3 Nf8
35. g5 fxg5 36. hxg5 hxg5 37. Rxg5 Rb1 38. Rhg1 Rxg1 39. Rxg1 g6 40. Ba1 Kf7
41. Nd1 d5 42. cxd5 cxd5 43. exd5 Bxd5 44. Nc3 Bc6 45. Bb2 Bd7 46. Ke3 Ra6 47.
Kd2 Bf5 48. Ra1 Be6 49. Ne4 c4 50. Ng5+ Ke7 51. Nxe6 Nxe6 52. dxc4 g5 53. Be5
Nf4 54. Kc3 Ke6 55. Bc7 Kf5 56. Kb2 g4 57. Rxa2 Rxa2+ 58. Kxa2 g3 59. Bb6 g2
60. Bg1 Nh3 61. Bh2 Ng5 62. Bg1 Nf3 63. Bf2 Ke4 64. c5 Nd4 65. Ka3 Nxc2+ 66.
Ka4 Nd4 67. Ka5 Ne6 68. c6 Kd3 69. Kb6 Ke2 70. Bg1 Kf1 71. Bh2 g1=B+ 72. Bxg1
Kxg1 73. c7 Nxc7 74. Kxc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 b6 11. g4 Ne7 12. Nd4 h5 13. f3 hxg4 14. hxg4
Ng6 15. Kg2 Bc5 16. Nxc6 Bb7 17. b4 Bxc6 18. bxc5 Nh4+ 19. Kg3 Nxf3 20. Be3
Nxe5 21. Bd4 f6 22. Rae1 Rf8 23. Bxe5 fxe5 24. Rxe5+ Kd7 25. Rd1+ Kc8 26. Nd5
Rf7 27. Ne7+ Kb7 28. Nxc6 Kxc6 29. Rd3 b5 30. a3 a5 31. Re6+ Kxc5 32. Rc3+ Kd5
33. Rec6 b4 34. axb4 axb4 35. R3c5+ Kd4 36. Rc4+ Kd5 37. R4c5+ Kd4 38. Rc4+ Kd5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grachev, Boris V"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. c3 Qb6 5. Qb3 c4 6. Qc2 Bf5 7. Qxf5 Qxb2 8.
Qxd5 Qxa1 9. Qb5 O-O-O 10. Bxc4 e5 11. Bg5 f6 12. Ne2 Ba3 13. O-O Qb2 14. Qa4
Bd6 15. Bh4 g5 16. Bg3 h5 17. h4 Qb6 18. Nd2 Qa5 19. Qb3 Qc7 20. Ne4 Kb8 21.
Nxd6 Qxd6 22. Rb1 Qc7 23. Qa4 Nge7 24. Ba6 b6 25. Bd3 Rhg8 26. c4 gxh4 27. Bxh4
exd4 28. exd4 Nxd4 29. Bg3 Rxg3 30. fxg3 Nef5 31. Rf1 Qc5 32. Kh2 h4 33. gxh4
Rh8 34. g3 Qe5 35. Qd1 Rxh4+ 36. Kg2 Rh8 37. Re1 Qc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Bc2 Nb8 13. a4 Nbd7 14. Bd3 c6 15. b3
g6 16. Bf1 Bg7 17. Bb2 Qc7 18. Qc2 Rac8 19. Rad1 Qb8 20. g3 Nf8 21. Bg2 Ne6 22.
b4 Nd7 23. axb5 axb5 24. dxe5 Nxe5 25. Nd4 c5 26. bxc5 Nxc5 27. Re3 Nc4 28.
Nxc4 bxc4 29. Ba3 Nd3 30. Rb1 Qa8 31. Nb5 d5 32. Nd6 d4 33. cxd4 Qxa3 34. Nxe8
Bxd4 35. Rf3 Bxe4 36. Nf6+ 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f3 Be7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. g4 d5 10. g5 Nh5 11. Rg1 dxe4 12. Nxe4 e5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bc4 Bf5 15.
O-O-O Qc7 16. h4 Kh8 17. Qc3 Bg6 18. Rd2 a5 19. Nc5 Bf5 20. Rgd1 Rad8 21. Rxd8
Bxd8 22. Qb3 Be7 23. Qb7 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4
Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 Be6 11. O-O f5 12. exf6 Qxf6 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Ne5 c5
15. dxc5 Qxe5 16. cxb6 axb6 17. Bd4 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Qf5 19. f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qc7 8. Bxf6
gxf6 9. Qd2 b5 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. a3 Nd7 12. f5 e5 13. Nb3 h5 14. Kb1 Rc8 15.
Be2 Nb6 16. Na5 Ba8 17. Rhf1 Ke7 18. Rf3 Bh6 19. Qe1 Bxe4 20. Rh3 Na4 21. Nb3
Bxg2 22. Rg3 Bb7 23. Rdd3 h4 24. Rg4 Bg5 25. Bf3 Nxc3+ 26. Rxc3 Qb6 27. Bxb7
Qxb7 28. Na5 Qb6 29. b4 Rhd8 30. Kb2 Kf8 31. Rh3 d5 32. Rgxh4 Bxh4 33. Qxh4 Ke7
34. Qe1 Qd4+ 35. c3 Qb6 36. Nb3 Rc4 37. Nc5 d4 38. cxd4 Rcxd4 39. Rh7 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 Qb6 8. e3
Be7 9. b3 a6 10. Bb2 Qc7 11. Ng5 h6 12. Nd5 exd5 13. Bxf6 hxg5 14. Bxe7 Qe5 15.
Bxf8 Qxa1+ 16. Kd2 Kxf8 17. cxd5 Nc6 18. dxc6 dxc6 19. h4 g4 20. h5 Be6 21. h6
Rd8+ 22. Ke2 Bf5 23. e4 gxh6 24. Rxh6 Bxe4 25. Qc5+ Ke8 26. Ke3 Bg6 27. Kf4
Qf6+ 28. Kg3 Rd5 29. Qe3+ Kd7 30. Bc4 Qd6+ 31. Qf4 Qxf4+ 32. Kxf4 Rd2 33. Kg3
b5 34. Bf1 Rb2 35. b4 Ke7 36. Rh4 f5 37. Rh8 Kf6 38. Rc8 Kg5 39. Rxc6 f4+ 40.
Kh2 Rxf2 41. Kg1 Ra2 42. Rc5+ Kh4 43. Rc3 g3 44. Rc6 Bf5 45. Rc5 Bc2 46. Rc3
Kg5 47. Rc5+ Kf6 48. Rc3 Ke5 49. Rc5+ Kd4 50. Rc6 Be4 51. Rxa6 Ra1 52. Rd6+ Kc3
53. Rd8 Kb3 54. Rd4 Re1 55. Rd8 Kxa3 56. Rd4 Kb3 57. Rd2 Kc3 58. Rd8 Kxb4 59.
Rd4+ Kc5 60. Rd2 b4 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 Ne4 8. d4
Nxc3 9. bxc3 Be4 10. Bf1 O-O 11. Nd2 Bb7 12. e4 Nc6 13. d5 Na5 14. Nb3 d6 15.
Nxa5 bxa5 16. Rb1 Rb8 17. Qg4 e5 18. Bh6 Bf6 19. Bd2 Qc7 20. f4 Bc8 21. f5 Bd7
22. Bd3 Rxb1 23. Rxb1 Rb8 24. Qd1 h6 25. h4 Rxb1 26. Qxb1 Qb6 27. Qc1 Kf8 28.
Kg2 Qd8 29. Kh3 g5 30. Qd1 Kg7 31. Qh5 Ba4 32. Bc1 Qe7 33. Qe2 Qd8 34. h5 Qb6
35. Bc2 Bxc2 36. Qxc2 a4 37. Kg4 Qa6 38. Qd3 Kf8 39. Kf3 Ke8 40. g4 Bd8 41. Ke3
Ba5 42. Kd2 f6 43. Kc2 Ke7 44. Qe2 Qb6 45. Ba3 Qb7 46. Qf1 Qa6 47. Kd3 Qb7 48.
Qd1 Qd7 49. Qb1 Bb6 50. Qb5 Kd8 51. Kc2 Kc7 52. Kd3 Kd8 53. Bc1 Kc7 54. Qxd7+
Kxd7 55. Kc2 Ba5 56. Kb2 a6 57. Bd2 Bc7 58. Ka3 Ba5 59. Kxa4 Bc7 60. Kb3 Ba5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 e5 5. d5 Ne7 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 f5 8. Nge2 Nd7
9. O-O Nf6 10. f4 exf4 11. Nxf4 c6 12. exf5 Nxf5 13. Kh1 Qb6 14. Na4 Qa6 15.
dxc6 bxc6 16. Bd2 Bd7 17. Rc1 Rae8 18. b3 Ne4 19. Nc3 Bxc3 20. Bxc3 Ne3 21. Qd3
Nxc3 22. Qxc3 Nxf1 23. Rxf1 Qb6 24. Qd2 Qc5 25. Rd1 Qe5 26. h4 Rf6 27. Kh2 Qe3
28. Qxe3 Rxe3 29. Rd2 a5 30. Nd3 Bf5 31. Nf4 Be4 32. Bxe4 Rxe4 33. Kg2 Kf7 34.
Ne2 Ke7 35. Nd4 Kd7 36. Nf3 h6 37. Nd4 g5 38. hxg5 hxg5 39. Nf3 g4 40. Nd4 Re1
41. Nc2 Re4 42. Nd4 c5 43. Ne2 Rf3 44. Nf4 Ree3 45. Nh5 Kc6 46. Rc2 a4 47. bxa4
Ra3 48. Rd2 Rxa4 49. Rc2 Rfa3 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. a4
Bb7 9. d4 Bb6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8+ Bxa8 14. d5 Ne7
15. Na3 O-O 16. Nxb5 Qf4 17. Bc2 f5 18. g3 Qg4 19. Nd2 Qh3 20. Kh1 fxe4 21. c4
Rxf2 22. Rxf2 Bxf2 23. Nxe4 Bb6 24. Qf3 Bb7 25. Qg2 Qg4 26. h3 Qd7 27. Bd3 Nf5
28. Qf3 Nd4 29. Qh5 Nxb5 30. Nf6+ gxf6 31. Qg6+ Kf8 32. Qxf6+ Qf7 33. Qxh6+ Ke7
34. Qh4+ Qf6 35. Qh7+ Kd8 36. Bf5 Bc8 37. Qg8+ Ke7 38. Qxc8 Nd4 39. Qd7+ Kf8
40. g4 Nxf5 41. gxf5 e4 42. Qe6 Qxb2 43. f6 Qc1+ 44. Kg2 Qg1# 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. f4 e6 6. Nf3 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. c3 b6
9. Be3 Ba6 10. Bf2 Rc8 11. Re1 d6 12. Na3 b5 13. d4 b4 14. Nc2 bxc3 15. bxc3
cxd4 16. cxd4 Qa5 17. g4 Bb5 18. Rc1 Ba4 19. Qe2 d5 20. e5 Rc7 21. Ne3 Bb5 22.
Qb2 Rb8 23. Rc5 Qa6 24. Qd2 Bd3 25. Rec1 Be4 26. f5 gxf5 27. gxf5 exf5 28. Nh4
Bh6 29. Bxe4 fxe4 30. Qd1 Kh8 31. Kh1 Qxa2 32. Qh5 Qxf2 33. Qxh6 Ng8 34. Qd6
Rb2 35. Nhg2 Nxd4 36. Rxc7 Nf5 37. Rxf7 Nxd6 38. Rxf2 Rxf2 39. exd6 Rf7 40.
Nxd5 Rd7 41. Rc6 a5 42. Nb6 Rd8 43. d7 Ne7 44. Re6 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 e5 8. Nf5
h5 9. g5 Nxe4 10. Nxg7+ Bxg7 11. Nxe4 d5 12. Ng3 d4 13. Bd2 Qd5 14. Rg1 Bg4 15.
Be2 Nc6 16. h4 e4 17. Bxg4 hxg4 18. Qxg4 e3 19. fxe3 dxe3 20. Bxe3 Ne5 21. Qe4
Qxe4 22. Nxe4 Nf3+ 23. Ke2 Nxg1+ 24. Rxg1 Rxh4 25. Nd6+ Kf8 26. Rf1 Rh2+ 27.
Ke1 Kg8 28. Rf2 Rxf2 29. Kxf2 Bxb2 30. Nxb7 Rc8 31. Nc5 a5 32. Ke2 Ba3 33. Nb3
Rxc2+ 34. Kd3 Rxa2 35. Nxa5 Bc5 36. Bxc5 Rxa5 37. Be7 Re5 38. Bf6 Re6 39. Kd4
Kh7 40. Kd5 Kg6 41. Bd8 Kf5 42. Kc5 Rg6 43. Be7 Rxg5 44. Kd4 Rg6 45. Bf8 Re6
0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f3 a6 8. Qd2
Be7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. g4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Nd7 12. Kb1 b5 13. h4 Bb7 14. a3 Rc8 15.
g5 Ne5 16. Qe3 Nc6 17. Bb6 Qe8 18. h5 b4 19. axb4 Nxb4 20. h6 e5 21. hxg7 Kxg7
22. Bh3 Rxc3 23. Qxc3 Qa4 24. Qb3 Qxb3 25. cxb3 Bxg5 26. Rxd6 h6 27. Bc5 a5 28.
Rd7 Ba6 29. Bxf8+ Kxf8 30. Bg4 Bd3+ 31. Ka1 Nc2+ 32. Ka2 Nb4+ 33. Ka3 Nc2+ 34.
Ka4 Nd4 35. Rb7 Be2 36. Kxa5 Nxf3 37. b4 Bd8+ 38. Ka4 Ke8 39. Rxh6 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 Nh5 6. Nh3 f5 7. e4 fxe4 8. fxe4
Qh4+ 9. Nf2 O-O 10. Be3 exd5 11. Qxd5+ Kh8 12. g3 Qf6 13. e5 Qe7 14. Be2 Nf6
15. exf6 Qxe3 16. fxg7+ Kxg7 17. O-O Nc6 18. Rae1 Qe5 19. Qd2 d6 20. a3 Bxc3
21. bxc3 Kh8 22. Bf3 Qg7 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. Qxd6 Bf5 25. Qxc5 Qxc3 26. Re3 Qg7
27. Re7 Qb2 28. Rxa7 Rxa7 29. Qxf8# 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. a4 Bf8 14. Bd3 c6 15. b3
g6 16. Bb2 Nh5 17. Bf1 Qb6 18. Qc2 exd4 19. cxd4 d5 20. a5 Qd8 21. e5 Rc8 22.
Bc3 c5 23. dxc5 Nxc5 24. Qb2 Nf4 25. Re3 Ne4 26. Bd4 Bb4 27. Bb6 Qe7 28. g3 Ne6
29. Rd1 Bc3 30. Qb1 Nxd2 31. Nxd2 d4 32. Re2 Ng5 33. f4 Nf3+ 34. Nxf3 Bxf3 35.
Qd3 Bxe2 36. Bxe2 Bb4 37. Qxd4 Rc3 38. Kf2 Rxb3 39. Bg4 Rc3 40. Bd7 Rf8 41. Kg2
Rc4 42. Qd5 Bc5 43. h4 h5 44. Kh3 Rc3 45. e6 Kh7 46. Qe5 b4 47. f5 fxe6 48.
fxg6+ Kxg6 49. Bxe6 Rff3 50. Qe4+ Kf6 51. Bd8 Rce3 52. Bxe7+ Bxe7 53. Qh7 Rxg3+
54. Kh2 Kxe6 55. Qxh5 Rh3+ 56. Kg2 Rhg3+ 57. Kf2 Rgf3+ 58. Qxf3 Rxf3+ 59. Kxf3
Bxh4 60. Ke4 Bf6 61. Rb1 Bc3 62. Kd3 Kd5 63. Rh1 Kc6 64. Kc4 Bd2 65. Rh2 Bc3
66. Rh6+ Kb7 67. Rg6 Bd2 68. Kc5 b3 69. Rg7+ Kc8 70. Rg3 b2 71. Rb3 Bxa5 72.
Rxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. f4
Nc6 9. h3 Bd7 10. Bg2 Qc7 11. Nde2 b5 12. Ng3 Be7 13. O-O Rc8 14. a3 Na5 15. g5
Nh7 16. gxh6 g6 17. f5 Nc4 18. Bd4 e5 19. Nd5 Qd8 20. fxg6 fxg6 21. Nh5 Bf8 22.
Qf3 Be6 23. Ng7+ Bxg7 24. hxg7 Rg8 25. Bc3 Rxg7 26. Rad1 Qh4 27. b3 Rf7 28. Qd3
Bxd5 29. Qxd5 Rxf1+ 30. Rxf1 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Qe2 c6 6. e5 Nd5 7. O-O O-O 8. h3
dxe5 9. dxe5 Qc7 10. Re1 h6 11. Nbd2 Bf5 12. Nf1 Nd7 13. Ng3 Be6 14. Bb3 Nc5
15. Nd4 Nxb3 16. axb3 Qc8 17. c3 c5 18. Nf3 b6 19. Ra4 Rd8 20. Rh4 g5 21. Bxg5
hxg5 22. Nxg5 Bf5 23. e6 Bg6 24. exf7+ Bxf7 25. Nxf7 Kxf7 26. Qh5+ Kf8 27. Nf5
Bf6 28. Nh6 Kg7 29. Qf7+ Kh8 30. Nf5+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Grachev, Boris V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 e6 4. Nbd2 Nf6 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2
c5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. a3 Be7 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. b4 Nd7 13. Bb2 O-O 14. e4 Rc8 15.
Qb3 N5f6 16. Nd4 Ne5 17. Rfd1 Qe8 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Bxe5 Qf7 20. Bh3 Nd5 21. f4
Qg6 22. exd5 Bxd5 23. Qe3 Rc2 24. Bf1 Qh5 25. Rdc1 Rfc8 26. Rxc2 Rxc2 27. Qd3
Rc8 28. Re1 a5 29. Bg2 Bxg2 30. Kxg2 Rd8 31. Qe2 Qe8 32. Nf3 axb4 33. axb4 Bxb4
34. Rb1 Bc5 35. h4 Qc6 36. Kh3 h6 37. Ba1 Rd5 38. Ne5 Qe8 39. Qg4 Qe7 40. Rd1
1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5
f6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh6 11. c5 g4 12. Nd2 exd4 13. Nb5 f5 14. cxd6 c6 15. Nc7
f4 16. Nxa8 fxg3 17. hxg3 Qxd6 18. Nc4 Qe7 19. e5 b5 20. Nd6 Qxe5 21. Nxc8 Rxc8
22. O-O Nd7 23. Bxg4 Nxg4 24. Qxg4 Qd6 25. Rfe1 h5 26. Qxh5 Rxa8 27. a4 b4 28.
Re8+ Rxe8 29. Qxe8+ Nf8 30. Re1 d3 31. Re7 Qd5 32. Re1 d2 33. Rd1 Bxb2 34. g4
Bc3 35. g5 Qxg5 36. Qxc6 Qg4 37. Qd5+ Kg7 38. Rxd2 Bxd2 39. Qxd2 Qc4 40. Qg5+
Ng6 41. Qa5 b3 42. Qxa7+ Kf6 43. Qb6+ Kg5 44. a5 Qc1+ 45. Kh2 b2 46. Qb5+ Kh6
47. g4 b1=Q 48. Qh5+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 f6 7. Be2 Ne7 8. O-O
fxe5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Qc7 11. c4 O-O-O 12. Qe1 d4 13. f4 c5 14. Bd2 h5 15.
Bf3 Nc6 16. Na5 Nxa5 17. Bxa5 b6 18. Bd2 Be7 19. Qe2 h4 20. a3 Rdg8 21. b4 g5
22. bxc5 Bxc5 23. Kh1 g4 24. Be4 h3 25. Qd3 hxg2+ 26. Kxg2 Rh3 27. Bxf5 Rxd3
28. Bxd3 Qc6+ 29. Kg1 g3 30. h3 g2 31. Rfe1 Qf3 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Qd2 Qc7 12. Rfd1 Rac8 13. a5 Rfd8 14. Qe1 Nc5
15. Nxc5 dxc5 16. Rxd8+ Rxd8 17. f3 Qc6 18. Na4 Nd7 19. c4 Nf8 20. Nb6 f6 21.
Nd5 Bd6 22. Ra3 Bf7 23. Rb3 Ne6 24. Rb6 Qd7 25. Qa1 Rc8 26. Bd1 Rb8 27. Ba4 Qd8
28. Qa3 Nd4 29. Bxd4 exd4 30. Qb3 Bc7 31. Rxb7 Rxb7 32. Qxb7 Bxa5 33. Kf1 Kf8
34. Ke2 Qd6 35. g3 g5 36. Bd7 Bg6 37. Kd3 h5 38. Qc8+ Kg7 39. Be6 Bd8 40. b4
cxb4 41. c5 Qf8 42. Qb7+ Kh6 43. Qxb4 f5 44. Qxd4 fxe4+ 45. fxe4 Qf1+ 46. Kd2
Ba5+ 47. Nc3 Qg2+ 48. Kc1 Qh1+ 49. Kb2 Qxh2+ 50. Kb3 Qxg3 51. Qh8+ Bh7 52. Qf8+
Kg6 53. Bf5# 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O c5 7. c4 Nbc6 8. Na3 a6
9. Be3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Nc6 12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. Bc3 Bxa3 14. bxa3 O-O
15. Qxd5 exd5 16. f4 d4 17. Bd2 Be4 18. Bf3 Bxf3 19. Rxf3 Rad8 20. Rb3 Rd7 21.
Rb6 Re8 22. Rab1 f6 23. exf6 Re2 24. R1b2 gxf6 25. Kf1 d3 26. R6b3 Ree7 27. a4
f5 28. Rc3 Rd4 29. Rc5 Rxa4 30. Rxf5 Rd7 31. Kf2 Rc4 32. Ke3 Rcd4 33. Rg5+ Kf7
34. Rh5 Re7+ 35. Kf3 Ke8 36. Be3 Rde4 37. Bf2 Re2 38. Rxe2 dxe2 39. Be1 Nd4+
40. Kf2 Rc7 41. Rd5 Rc4 42. Re5+ Kf7 43. Re4 b5 44. g4 b4 45. Re5 Nc2 46. Rf5+
Ke6 47. Kxe2 Re4+ 48. Kd3 Rxe1 49. Kxc2 Re2+ 50. Kb3 Rxh2 51. Ra5 Rg2 52. Rxa6+
Kd5 53. g5 Kc5 54. Ra5+ Kd4 55. Kxb4 Rb2+ 56. Ka3 Rb8 57. Ra7 Ke4 58. Rf7 Ra8+
59. Kb2 Rb8+ 60. Ka1 Ra8 61. f5 Kf4 62. g6 hxg6 63. fxg6+ Kg5 64. g7 Rg8 65. a4
Kg6 66. Ra7 Kh7 67. a5 Rb8 68. Ka2 Rb4 69. Ka3 Rf4 70. Rc7 Rf6 71. Kb4 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. h3 Ng6 11. Ne4 h6 12. b3 Bd7 13. Bb2 Nf4 14. Rad1
Kc8 15. Kh2 c5 16. c4 Be7 17. Nc3 Re8 18. Nd5 Ne6 19. Nd2 h5 20. f4 Bd8 21. g4
hxg4 22. hxg4 a5 23. a4 g5 24. f5 Nd4 25. Bxd4 cxd4 26. Nf3 c6 27. Nf6 Bxf6 28.
exf6 Re2+ 29. Kg3 Re3 30. Rfe1 Rxb3 31. Re7 c5 32. Rxf7 Ra6 33. Rh1 Rxf3+ 34.
Kg2 Re3 35. Rh8+ Re8 36. Rxe8+ Bxe8 37. Rf8 Kc7 38. Rxe8 Rxf6 39. Kf3 Rd6 40.
Ke2 d3+ 41. Kd2 Rd4 42. Re7+ Kc6 43. Re6+ Kd7 44. Rb6 Rxc4 45. Rxb7+ Kd6 46.
Kxd3 Rxg4 47. f6 Rxa4 48. Rg7 g4 49. Ke3 Rd4 50. Rg5 a4 51. f7 Ke7 52. Rxc5 Rb4
53. Rc7+ Kf8 54. Ra7 g3 55. Kf3 Rb3+ 56. Kg2 a3 57. Kh3 Kg7 58. Kg2 Rc3 59. Kh3
Kf8 60. Kg2 Rd3 61. Kh3 Re3 62. Kg2 Rd3 63. Kh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 g6 7. g4 Bg7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. O-O Bd7 11. Nde2 b5 12. f4 b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Na5 15.
b3 Bxa1 16. Qxa1 Rc8 17. Nd4 Nb7 18. f5 f6 19. fxg6 hxg6 20. Qe1 a5 21. Qh4 Rf7
22. Qh6 Rg7 23. g5 Nc5 24. Nc6 Bxc6 25. dxc6 f5 26. Bd4 Qf8 27. Re1 e6 28. Rxe6
Nxe6 29. Bd5 Re8 30. c7 Kf7 31. Bxg7 Qg8 32. Bd4 Ke7 33. Bb6 Kd7 34. Qh4 Qg7
35. Qc4 Qc3 36. Bxe6+ Rxe6 37. c8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "26"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Bc4 e6 7. h4 h6 8. N1e2
Nf6 9. Nf4 Bh7 10. c3 Nbd7 11. Qf3 Nd5 12. Ngh5 N7f6 13. Bd2 Nxf4 14. Bxf4 Nxh5
15. Qxh5 Bd6 16. Be5 Bg6 17. Qe2 Bxe5 18. Qxe5 Qf6 19. h5 Bh7 20. f4 Rd8 21. g4
Qxe5+ 22. fxe5 Ke7 23. Ke2 f6 24. exf6+ gxf6 25. Kf3 Rd6 26. Rhe1 Rg8 27. Re3
Rg5 28. Rae1 Bg8 29. b4 a5 30. a3 Bf7 31. Bd3 b6 32. Bc2 axb4 33. axb4 c5 34.
dxc5 bxc5 35. b5 c4 36. Rb1 Rb6 37. Ba4 f5 38. gxf5 Rxf5+ 39. Kg3 Bxh5 40. Rb4
Rg5+ 41. Kh2 Rd6 42. Rxc4 Rd2+ 43. Kh3 Bg6 44. Rf4 Bf5+ 45. Rxf5 Rxf5 46. c4
Rb2 47. Bd1 Kd6 48. Bg4 Re5 49. Ra3 Kc5 50. Ra6 h5 51. Bxe6 Rb3+ 52. Kh4 Rd3
53. Rc6+ Kb4 54. b6 Rd4+ 55. Kg3 Re3+ 56. Kf2 Rb3 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "27"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. O-O Nge7 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Re1 Nf5 12. Bd3 Bc7 13. h3 Qd6 14. Nbd4
Nfxd4 15. cxd4 h6 16. Be3 Re8 17. Bf4 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "28"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Be3 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Kh1 O-O 11. a4 Re8 12. Bf3 Bd7 13. Nb3 b6 14. Qd2 Rab8 15.
Rae1 b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Bf2 b4 18. Nd1 Rec8 19. Bg3 Be8 20. Ne3 Na5 21. e5
dxe5 22. fxe5 Nxb3 23. cxb3 Nd7 24. Nc4 Nc5 25. Nd6 Bxd6 26. exd6 Qd7 27. Qe3
Nb7 28. Qd4 Na5 29. Qd3 Rb5 30. Rc1 Rbc5 31. Rxc5 Rxc5 32. h3 f6 33. Qe3 Rc8
34. Bg4 Bf7 35. Re1 Re8 36. Qb6 h5 37. Bf3 Qd8 38. Qxb4 e5 39. d7 Re7 40. Rd1
Rxd7 41. Rxd7 Qxd7 42. Qxa5 Qd4 43. Qa8+ Kh7 44. Qe4+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "29"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Nb6 8.
Nc3 Nc6 9. e3 Re8 10. d5 Na5 11. Nd4 Bd7 12. e4 c6 13. Re1 cxd5 14. exd5 Rc8
15. Rb1 Nac4 16. b3 Nd6 17. Bb2 Na8 18. Nce2 Qb6 19. Nf4 Nc7 20. Qd2 a5 21.
Rbc1 Na6 22. Rxc8 Bxc8 23. h4 a4 24. h5 axb3 25. axb3 Nc5 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Re3
Bd7 28. Qe1 Bf6 29. Qe2 Qa6 30. Nf3 Qxe2 31. Rxe2 Nxb3 32. Ne5 Bb5 33. Re3 Na5
34. Bc3 Nac4 35. Nxc4 Nxc4 36. Rf3 Bxc3 37. Rxc3 Nd6 38. Bf1 Bxf1 39. Kxf1 Ra8
40. Ke2 Kf8 41. Rb3 Ke8 42. Kf3 Ra5 43. Rd3 Kd7 44. Ne2 Nc4 45. Ke4 Ra4 46. Nd4
Nd6+ 47. Kf3 Rc4 48. Ke3 Rc5 49. Ne2 Nf5+ 50. Kf3 b5 51. Nc3 Nd6 52. Ke3 b4 53.
Na4 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "30"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. Bg2
Nc6 9. h3 Ne5 10. Qe2 g5 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. f4 gxf4 13. Bxf4 Bd7 14. Rhf1 Be7
15. Kb1 O-O-O 16. Nf3 Bc6 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Be3 Rh7 19. Qf2 Nd7 20. h4 Kb8 21.
Rd3 Rg8 22. Bf3 f6 23. Rfd1 Rc8 24. Nd5 exd5 25. exd5 Ba4 26. Rc3 Bc5 27. d6
Qb6 28. Be4 Bxe3 29. Rxe3 Rg7 30. b3 Rxg4 31. Qe2 Rf4 32. Ka1 Bc6 33. Bg6 Rxh4
34. Bf5 Rf4 35. Be6 Qc5 36. c4 Rd8 37. Red3 Rf2 38. Qe1 Rh2 39. b4 Qf2 40. Qxf2
Rxf2 41. Rb3 Ba4 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "31"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. c6 bxc6 8. a3
Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 Nc5 10. Qc2 a5 11. Be3 Nce4 12. c5 a4 13. Nd2 Nxd2 14. Bxd2 Ba6
15. g3 Nd5 16. Bg2 f5 17. e4 fxe4 18. Bxe4 Qf6 19. f4 Rab8 20. O-O-O Bc4 21.
Rde1 Bb3 22. Bxh7+ Kh8 23. Qg6 Qd4 24. Re5 Rf6 25. Qd3 Qxc5+ 26. Kb1 Rh6 27.
Be4 Bc4 28. Qf3 Rb3 29. Bb4 Qd4 30. Qg2 c5 31. Ba5 d6 32. Rg5 Ne3 33. Bc3 Qxc3
34. Qf2 Qd4 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "32"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 d6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3
Be7 9. f4 O-O 10. a4 Bd7 11. Nb3 Na5 12. Nxa5 Qxa5 13. Qd2 Rfe8 14. Kh1 Bc6 15.
Bd3 Rac8 16. Rfb1 Qc7 17. b4 Bd7 18. Rb3 e5 19. f5 d5 20. exd5 e4 21. Bf1 Bxf5
22. b5 Ng4 23. Bg1 Bc5 24. d6 Bxd6 25. Nd5 Qxc2 26. Qxc2 Rxc2 27. h3 Nf2+ 28.
Bxf2 Rxf2 29. bxa6 bxa6 30. Bxa6 Be6 31. Rd1 Ra2 32. Bb5 Bxd5 33. Rbb1 Re5 34.
Bf1 e3 35. Rb6 e2 36. Bxe2 Bxg2+ 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "33"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Bd6 5. c3 O-O 6. Nd2 Re8 7. Bd3 f5 8.
Qf3 f4 9. Ne2 fxe3 10. fxe3 Qg5 11. e4 Bg4 12. Qf2 Nd7 13. Nf3 Qg6 14. Nh4 Qh6
15. O-O dxe4 16. Bc4 Nf6 17. h3 e3 18. Qe1 Be6 19. Nf5 Qg5 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. h4
Qg6 22. Nxe3 e5 23. Qf2 exd4 24. Nxd4 Ne4 25. Qf5 Ng3 26. Qxg6 hxg6 27. Rf3 Re4
28. Nc4 Rxh4 29. Re1 Rh1+ 30. Kf2 Rxe1 31. Kxe1 Ne4 32. Nb5 Bg3+ 33. Kd1 c6 34.
Nd4 Re8 35. Re3 Bf2 36. Re2 Bxd4 37. cxd4 Nf6 38. Nd6 Rd8 39. Nxb7 Rxd4+ 40.
Rd2 Rb4 41. Na5 Ra4 42. Nxc6 Rxa2 43. Ne5 g5 44. Kc2 Ra5 45. Nc4 Rc5 46. b3 g4
47. Rd4 Kh7 48. Kd3 Kg6 49. Ne3 Kg5 50. Ra4 a5 51. b4 axb4 52. Rxb4 Ra5 53. g3
Ra3+ 54. Ke2 Ra2+ 55. Kf1 Rd2 56. Rb5+ Kg6 57. Rb4 Rd3 58. Ke2 Ra3 59. Kf2 Kf7
60. Nxg4 Nxg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "34"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Bg6 6. O-O Ne7 7. Nbd2 Nf5 8. c3
Nd7 9. g4 Nh6 10. h3 Be7 11. Re1 Ng8 12. Nf1 h5 13. Ng3 hxg4 14. hxg4 Nh6 15.
Kg2 Nxg4 16. Rh1 Nh6 17. Bxh6 gxh6 18. Qd2 Qb6 19. b4 h5 20. Nh4 Bxh4 21. Rxh4
a5 22. bxa5 Qxa5 23. Nxh5 O-O-O 24. Rah1 Be4+ 25. f3 Bg6 26. Ng3 Rxh4 27. Rxh4
Kc7 28. Nh5 Ra8 29. Nf4 Bf5 30. Rh1 Qxa2 31. Qe3 Qb2 32. Qc1 Ra2 33. Kf2 Nb6
34. Rg1 Qxc1 35. Rxc1 Na4 36. Ke3 b5 37. Bd1 Nb2 38. Nh5 Nd3 39. Rc2 Ra3 40.
Kd2 b4 41. cxb4 Nxb4 42. Rc3 Ra2+ 43. Ke3 Rh2 44. Ng7 Bg6 45. Ne8+ Kb6 46. Nd6
Rb2 47. Ba4 Ra2 48. Bd1 Ra1 49. Kd2 Ra2+ 50. Ke3 Ra1 51. Kd2 Ra2+ 52. Ke3
1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT Honor Gp1"]
[Site "Cala Mayor"]
[Date "2008.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Gustafsson, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2008.09.03"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Be3 Bg4 16. Qd3 Rae8 17. Nd2 Qh5 18. Bc2 f5 19. f3 Bh3 20. Bf2 Qg6 21. Rxe8
Rxe8 22. Re1 Rxe1+ 23. Bxe1 h5 24. Bb3 Kh7 25. Bf2 Nf4 26. Qe3 h4 27. Nf1 Nd5
28. Qd3 Nf4 29. Qe3 Nd5 30. Qd3 Nf4 31. Qe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT Honor Gp1"]
[Site "Cala Mayor"]
[Date "2008.09.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2008.09.03"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be3 a6 6. h3 O-O 7. a4 Nc6 8. Bc4 e6
9. O-O d5 10. Bd3 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nd5 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bh4 Nce7 14. Bg3 f5 15. Ned2
c5 16. dxc5 Bxb2 17. Bd6 Nc3 18. Qe1 Ned5 19. Nc4 Bxa1 20. Qxa1 Bd7 21. Re1 Re8
22. a5 Bb5 23. Nd4 Rc8 24. Nb6 Bxd3 25. Nxc8 Qxc8 26. cxd3 Nb5 27. Nf3 Qd8 28.
Be5 Nb4 29. Qb1 Nc6 30. Ba1 Qd5 31. Ne5 Ncd4 32. Bxd4 Qxd4 33. c6 bxc6 34. Nxc6
Qc3 35. Rc1 Qa3 36. Qa1 Qxd3 37. Rd1 Qc3 38. Qxc3 Nxc3 39. Rd7 Nb5 40. Rb7 e5
41. Nb4 Ra8 42. Nxa6 Rxa6 43. Rxb5 e4 44. g4 fxg4 45. hxg4 Rc6 46. Kg2 Rc3 47.
a6 Ra3 48. Rb6 g5 49. Kf1 Ra2 50. Ke1 Kg7 51. Rb7+ Kf6 52. Rxh7 Ke5 53. a7 Kf4
54. Rf7+ Kxg4 55. Kd1 Kh3 56. Re7 g4 57. Ke1 g3 58. fxg3 Kxg3 59. Rxe4 Rxa7
1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT Honor Gp1"]
[Site "Cala Mayor"]
[Date "2008.09.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Fernandez Romero, Ernesto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2008.09.03"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Be7 10. h4 h6 11. Be3 h5 12. Bg5 Ne5 13. f4 Neg4 14. Qe1 Qc7
15. Be2 O-O-O 16. Bxg4 hxg4 17. e5 dxe5 18. fxe5 Nd5 19. Nxd5 Bxg5+ 20. hxg5
exd5 21. Rf1 Rhe8 22. Rxf7 Rxe5 23. Qf2 Rg8 24. Nb3 b6 25. Rd3 Qd6 26. Rc3+ Kd8
27. Nd4 Ke8 28. Qf4 Re1+ 29. Kd2 Qxf4+ 30. Rxf4 Rg1 31. Rf2 Rh8 32. Ne2 Rb1 33.
Rb3 Rhh1 34. Rxb6 Bb5 35. Nd4 Rxb2 36. Re6+ 1-0

[Event "ESP-chT Honor Gp1"]
[Site "Cala Mayor"]
[Date "2008.09.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2008.09.03"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c5 7. Nf3 h6 8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. a3 Bf5 10. Qa4+ Bd7 11. Qb3 Bxc3+ 12. Qxc3 O-O 13. Qxc5 Rc8 14.
Qxd5 Qb6 15. b4 a5 16. b5 Be6 17. Qe4 Qxb5 18. Qb1 Qxb1+ 19. Rxb1 Rc3 20. e4
Rxa3 21. d5 Bd7 22. Kd2 Ra2+ 23. Ke3 Ra3+ 24. Kd2 Ra2+ 25. Ke3 Ra3+ 26. Kd4
Ra4+ 27. Ke5 b5 28. Bxb5 Bxb5 29. Rxb5 Nd7+ 30. Kd6 Nf6 31. e5 Ne4+ 32. Ke7
Ra7+ 33. Ke8 Nc3 34. Rb8 Nxd5 35. Rd1 Rb4 36. Rxb4 Nxb4 37. Nd4 a4 38. f4 a3
39. f5 a2 40. Ra1 Ra8+ 41. Kd7 Ra5 42. Nc6 Rd5+ 43. Kc7 Rc5 44. e6 fxe6 45.
fxe6 Nxc6 46. Rxa2 Nb4+ 47. Kb6 Re5 48. Ra8+ Kh7 49. Re8 Kg6 50. Kc7 Kf6 51.
Rb8 Na6+ 0-1

[Event "ESP-chT Honor Gp1"]
[Site "Cala Mayor"]
[Date "2008.09.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2008.09.03"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. g3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 Nb6 8.
O-O Nc6 9. d5 Na5 10. Bf4 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qxd5 12. Bxc7 Qc5 13. Bf4 Be6 14. Qd4
Rfc8 15. Rfc1 Nd5 16. Bd2 Nc4 17. Be1 Nf6 18. Qxc5 Rxc5 19. Nd4 Bd5 20. f3 Ne3
21. Bh3 e5 22. Nc2 Nc4 23. e4 Be6 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. g4 Kf7 26. Rd1 Ke8 27. Kf1
Rac8 28. Ke2 Nd7 29. Rdb1 b6 30. a4 a5 31. Rb3 R5c6 32. Rb5 Rd6 33. Na3 Nxa3
34. Rxa3 Rc5 35. Bf2 Rc4 36. Bg3 Rc5 37. Bf2 Rc4 38. Bg3 Rc5 39. Bf2 Rc4 40.
Bg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 24th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2008.10.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Thorfinnsson, Bragi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Linex Magic"]
[BlackTeam "Bolungarvik"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISL"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qc2 Nb6 7. d4 Bg7 8.
e4 O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. d5 Ne5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Rd1 Qc8 13. f4 Bg7 14. Be2 c6
15. d6 exd6 16. Rxd6 Re8 17. O-O Bg4 18. e5 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 Qc7 20. a4 Rad8 21.
a5 Nd5 22. Nxd5 cxd5 23. Qb5 a6 24. Bb6 axb5 25. Bxc7 Rc8 26. Rc1 g5 27. g3
gxf4 28. gxf4 Bf8 29. Rxd5 Re7 30. Rdc5 Rd7 31. Bd6 Rxc5 32. Rxc5 Bxd6 33. exd6
Rxd6 34. Rxb5 Rd7 35. Kf2 Kg7 36. Kf3 Kf6 37. b4 Ke7 38. Ke4 Rc7 39. h4 Kd8 40.
Kf5 Ke7 41. h5 Rd7 42. Rb6 Rc7 43. Kg5 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 24th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2008.10.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dambacher, Martijn"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Eynatten"]
[BlackTeam "Linex Magic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2 g5 13. Rc1 a6 $6 {A rare, dubious
move, instead of the usual} (13... Ng6 {or}) (13... Rf6) {Black prevents
Nc3-b5 but wastes an important tempo, after which White's queenside pressure
becomes more dangerous than Black's kingside counter-attack.} 14. Nd3 Rf6 (
14... b6 {weakens the c6 square:} 15. b4 Rf6 16. c5 Rh6 17. cxd6 (17. Na4 Qe8
18. Kh1 Rb8 19. cxd6 cxd6 20. Rc7 b5 21. Nac5 dxc5 22. bxc5 Rb7 $1 23. Rxb7
Bxb7 24. a4 $1 Kh8 25. axb5 axb5 26. c6 Bxc6 27. dxc6 Nxc6 28. Qb3 $44 {
1/2 Khalifman,A (2653)-Inarkiev,E (2577)/Khanty Mansiysk 2005/CBM 111 (50)}) (
17. Kh1 Qe8 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. Nb1 $5 (19. b5 Nf6 (19... axb5 20. Nxb5 Nc5 $1
$13) 20. bxa6 Qh5 21. Bg1 Qg6 22. Nf2 Nh5 23. Nh3 Ng3+ 24. hxg3 Bxh3 25. gxh3
fxg3 (25... Qh5 $1 $44) 26. f4 $1 exf4 27. Bg4 $16 {1-0 Berkvens,J (2452)
-Inarkiev,E (2674)/Kemer 2007/CBM 121 (40)}) 19... Qh5 20. Bg1 Nf6 21. Nd2 b5
22. Nf2 Qh4 $2 (22... Bd7) 23. Ng4 Bxg4 24. fxg4 a5 25. Rc3 axb4 26. Rh3 $18 {
1-0 Sumets,A (2462)-Aliavdin,N (2368)/Pardubice 2006/CBM 113 ext (33)}) 17...
cxd6 18. Be1 (18. g4 fxg3 19. hxg3 Ng6 20. Kg2 Nf6 21. Rh1 Rxh1 22. Qxh1 Bd7
23. b5 axb5 24. Nb4 g4 $1 25. Nc6 Qf8 26. Rc2 h5 $1 $132 {1/2 Khalifman,A 
(2653)-Inarkiev,E (2577)/Khanty Mansiysk 2005/CBM 111/[Mikhalevski,V] (62)})
18... Nf6 19. Nf2 Rg6 20. b5 a5 21. Na4 h5 22. h3 Kh8 23. Rc3 Bd7 24. Qc2 Rc8
25. Rc6 g4 26. Rxc8 Bxc8 27. fxg4 hxg4 28. Nxg4 Bxg4 29. hxg4 Nxg4 30. Bxg4
Rxg4 31. Rf3 $16 {1/2 Pajeken,W (2360)-Chevelevitch,E (2431)/Hamburg 2006/CBM
114 ext (49)}) 15. c5 (15. g4 $5 h5 $6 (15... fxg3 $1 {is a must}) 16. h3 Rh6
17. c5 Kf7 18. Kg2 Qh8 19. Rh1 Nf6 20. cxd6 cxd6 21. Na4 hxg4 22. hxg4 Bxg4 23.
fxg4 Nxe4 24. Nb6 Re8 25. Rc7 Qh7 26. Rxb7 $18 {1-0 Sumets,A (2532)-Hirneise,T
(2382)/Ditzingen GER 2008/The Week in Chess 705 (39)}) 15... Rh6 {[%cal Yd8e8,
Ye8h5]} 16. cxd6 {White has a lot of good alternatives.} (16. c6 $5 bxc6 17.
dxc6 Nf8 $1 (17... Nxc6 18. Nxf4 $1 {[%cal Rd1d5]} Nd4 $1 19. Nfd5 Nf8 20. Bc4
Kh8 21. Ne2 $1 Nfe6 22. b4 Rb8 23. Qd2 $14 {1/2 Bluvshtein,M (2453)-Inarkiev,E
(2606)/Moscow 2004/CBM 100 (53)}) 18. Nb4 Qe8 19. Kh1 Ne6 20. Ncd5 Nxd5 21.
Nxd5 Bf6 22. b4 Bd8 23. a4 Qh5 24. Bg1 Ng7 (24... Nd4 $1 $13) 25. b5 axb5 26.
axb5 $16 {1/2 Kopylov,M (2463)-Chevelevitch,E (2423)/Hamburg 2006/CBM 112 ext 
(87)}) (16. Na4 Qe8 17. g4 fxg3 18. Bxg3 (18. hxg3 $4 Qh5 $19) 18... Ng6 19.
Kh1 Nf4 20. Rg1 Nf6 21. cxd6 $5 b5 22. Rxc7 $16 {1-0 Lastin,A (2590)-Kobylkin,
E (2418)/Voronezh 2005/CBM 106 ext (39)}) (16. Qa4 $5 Qe8 17. Kh1 Qh5 18. Bg1
dxc5 19. b4 c4 20. Nc5 Nf6 (20... Nb6 $142) 21. Ne6 (21. Bxc4 $1 Kh8 22. Ne6
$16) 21... c6 (21... Bxe6 22. dxe6 b5 23. Nxb5 Nxe4 24. fxe4 Qxe2 $132) 22.
dxc6 Bxe6 23. cxb7 Re8 24. Qxa6 $44 {1-0 Bromberger,S (2507)-Lanka,Z (2498)/
Austria 2007/EXT 2008 (41)}) (16. Qb3 $5 Nf6 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. Bb6 Qe8 19. Nf2
Rh4 $6 20. g3 (20. Bc7 $1 $18) 20... Rh6 21. g4 Nd7 22. Na4 Rf6 23. Rc7 Qg6 24.
Rfc1 Qh6 25. R1c3 Qh4 26. Qc2 Rf8 27. Nd3 $18 {1-0 Sambuev,B (2496)-Castaneda,
N (2314)/Montreal 2008/CBM 125 Extra (53)}) 16... cxd6 17. a4 (17. b4 Nf6 18.
Be1 b5 19. a4 Bd7 20. axb5 axb5 21. Nf2 Qb6 22. Kh1 Rg6 23. Ng4 Rf8 24. Qd3 Ne8
25. h3 h5 26. Nh2 Nf6 27. Nxb5 g4 $132 {1/2 Dambacher,M (2407)-Lanka,Z (2455)/
Germany 2004/EXT 2006 (52)}) 17... Qe8 (17... Kh8 18. Qb3 Qe8 19. Kh1 $6 (19.
Be1 $5 {[%cal Yd3f2]}) 19... Nf6 20. g4 fxg3 21. Bxg3 Ng6 22. Rg1 Nf4 23. Bxf4
gxf4 $36 {0-1 Van Elst,A (2271)-Hebden,M (2544)/St Affrique 2003/CBM 095 ext 
(40)}) 18. Be1 Nf6 19. Nf2 Rg6 20. a5 Bd7 21. Nb1 (21. Qb3 Rb8 22. Qb4 $16 {
was more energetic.}) 21... h5 22. h3 g4 23. fxg4 hxg4 24. hxg4 Bh6 $6 (24...
Rc8 $5) 25. Rc7 (25. Nd2 $5 Rc8 26. Nc4) 25... Rc8 26. Rxc8 $2 ({Why not} 26.
Rxb7 $1 $16 {?}) 26... Nxc8 (26... Qxc8 $142 27. Bb4 (27. Na3 Qc5) 27... Qb8
28. Na3 b5 $1 $13) 27. Nd2 (27. Qb3 Rg7 $1) 27... f3 $6 {Hardly a good
sacrifice. White has more than enough defending pieces to parry Black's attack.
} (27... Rg7 28. Nc4 Qg6 $14 {was more "normal".}) 28. gxf3 Nh5 29. Nh3 Na7 30.
Bf2 Nb5 31. Nb3 Rg7 32. Kg2 Qg6 33. Rh1 Rf7 34. Qd3 Bf4 35. Rg1 {Unnecessarily
giving up the h-file.} (35. Be3 $5 $16) 35... Rg7 36. Kf1 Bh2 37. Rg2 Nf4 38.
Nxf4 Bxf4 39. Bg3 Bxg3 40. Rxg3 Qh6 41. Qd2 Qh4 42. Qe1 Rh7 43. Rg1 Qh6 44. Qd2
Qh4 45. Qe1 Qh6 46. Qd2 {Even with two extra pawns White is glad to draw
against the former FIDE World Champion.} (46. Qf2 $1 $16 {[%cal Rg4g5] and
White should gradually break up Black's defence.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 24th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2008.10.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Nyback, Tomi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Linex Magic"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. a3 Re8 10. Ng5 Rf8 11. d4 Bg4 12. f3 Bh5 13. Nh3 Na5 14. Bc2 c5 15. d5
c4 16. Nd2 Nd7 17. Nf1 Bg6 18. g4 Nc5 19. Be3 Nab3 20. Rb1 a5 21. Ng3 Rb8 22.
Kh1 Re8 23. Nf5 Qc8 24. Qe2 Qa6 25. Rg1 b4 26. Nf2 Kf8 27. h4 Bxf5 28. exf5
Bxh4 29. Ne4 h6 30. Bxb3 cxb3 31. Qxa6 Nxa6 32. axb4 axb4 33. Ra1 Ra8 34. c4
Be7 35. f6 gxf6 36. Bxh6+ Kg8 37. g5 fxg5 38. Bxg5 Bxg5 39. Nxd6 Red8 40. Rxg5+
Kf8 41. Ne4 Rdc8 42. d6 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 24th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2008.10.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saratov Economist"]
[BlackTeam "Linex Magic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O c5 7. c4 Nbc6 8. Nc3
dxc4 9. dxc5 Nd5 10. Na4 Ndb4 11. Qxd8+ Rxd8 12. Bxc4 Nc2 13. Bg5 Nxa1 14. Bxd8
Kxd8 15. Rxa1 Kc7 16. a3 Bg4 17. Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 24th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2008.10.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E50"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Finek Gazprombank"]
[BlackTeam "Linex Magic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d5 Ne7 8. e4 d6
9. Bd2 exd5 10. exd5 Ng6 11. O-O Bg4 12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. h3 Bf5 14. Ne2 Bxd2 15.
Qxd2 b5 16. cxb5 Be4 17. Qf4 Bxd5 18. Rfd1 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 24th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2008.10.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Fercec, Nenad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Linex Magic"]
[BlackTeam "Siroki Brijeg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qe2
Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. g4 Be7 12. Bh4 Nc5 13. Bg2 O-O 14. g5 Nfd7 15.
Kb1 Nb6 16. f5 e5 17. Nb3 Nca4 18. Nxa4 bxa4 19. Na5 Rfc8 20. f6 Bf8 21. fxg7
Bxg7 22. Bh3 Rcb8 23. Be1 d5 24. Bb4 d4 25. Bf5 Bc8 26. Rhf1 Bxf5 27. Rxf5 Rd8
28. Rd3 Nc4 29. Rh3 Ne3 30. Qh5 h6 31. Rf2 Bf8 32. Bxf8 Rd7 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 24th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2008.10.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "166"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Linex Magic"]
[BlackTeam "Zagreb"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. O-O-O Ngf6 14. Kb1 {
For some reason this useful move is not popular nowadays. Usually the White
players give preference to 14.Ne4 or 14.Qe2.} O-O-O 15. c4 Bd6 (15... c5 $6 {
Black is not ready yet for this thrust.} 16. Qe2 cxd4 17. Nxd4 a6 18. Nb3 Bd6
19. c5 $1 Bxg3 (19... Nxc5 $2 20. Nxc5 Bxc5 21. b4 {[%cal Gd1c1] wins a piece.}
) 20. Ba5 Qe5 21. Qc2 Rde8 22. c6 Nb8 23. cxb7+ Kxb7 24. Bc3 Qf5 25. Qxf5 exf5
26. fxg3 $16 {1-0 Ponomariov,R (2717)-Macieja,B (2616)/Lugo 2007/CBM 119 (50)})
16. Ne4 Nxe4 (16... Bf4 {appeared in practice as well.}) 17. Qxe4 Nf6 18. Qe2 {
The best square for the queen.} c5 19. Bc3 Rhe8 (19... cxd4 20. Nxd4 $1 (20.
Bxd4 Bc5 {An exchange of pieces favours Black in this case.} 21. Bxc5 Qxc5 22.
Ne5 Nd7 $1 23. Rxd7 (23. Nxf7 $4 Qf5+ $19) 23... Rxd7 24. Nxd7 Kxd7 25. Rd1+
Kc8 $11) 20... a6 21. g3 Rd7 22. Nb3 {[%cal Gc3a5]} Rhd8 23. Ba5 b6 24. c5 bxa5
25. cxd6 $36) 20. Ne5 cxd4 21. Bxd4 Bxe5 22. Bxe5 Qc6 (22... Qc5 23. f4 Rxd1+
24. Rxd1 Rd8 25. Rc1 Qa5 26. Rc2 Qc5 27. a3 Qc6 28. Ka2 Ne8 29. g4 Qd7 30. Qe3
f6 31. Bc3 $14 {1-0 Venkatesh,M (2450)-Iljin,A (2522)/Kochin 2004/CBM 103 ext 
(58)}) 23. g4 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rd8 25. Re1 $5 {Ruslan preserves the rooks from
exchange. On the one hand, White gives up control over the d-file. On the
other hand, in the forthcoming endgame his rook + bishop might overcome
black's rook + knight.} (25. Rxd8+ Kxd8 26. Bxf6+ gxf6 27. f3 Ke8 28. Qe4 Qd7
29. Kc2 Kf8 30. b3 Kg7 31. Kc3 b6 32. Qd4 Qc6 33. Qe4 {1/2-1/2 Morovic
Fernandez,I (2565)-Kortschnoj,V (2585)/Mesa 1992/EXT 2004}) 25... Ne8 (25...
Qg2 {I've considered this move as a punch in the air in view of} 26. Bg3 {
[%cal Ge2e5] . The engine suggestion} Kd7 $5 {didn't even cross my mind. Well,
human players has a lot to learn from the machine...}) 26. f4 {Only after the
game I found out that all this had already appeared in the practice of ...
Ruslan Ponomariov!} Qd7 $1 $146 {A sensible novelty, and finally a deviation.}
(26... f6 27. Bc3 Nc7 28. b3 Rd7 29. a4 Qd6 30. Qe3 Qd3+ 31. Kb2 b6 32. Qxd3
Rxd3 33. g5 $1 Rh3 34. gxf6 gxf6 35. Bxf6 Rxh5 36. Rd1 $16 {1-0 Ponomariov,R 
(2743)-Granero Roca,A (2342)/Benidorm 2002/CBM 093/[Lukacs] (58)}) 27. Bc3 Qd3+
{I should exchange queens to activate my rook.} 28. Qxd3 Rxd3 29. f5 (29. g5 $6
{yields nothing in view of} hxg5 30. fxg5 Rh3 31. g6 f6 32. Rxe6 Kd7 33. Re1
Rxh5 34. Bb4 Re5 {[%csl Rg6] and here even White has to be careful as his Pg6
is a target.}) 29... Kd7 30. fxe6+ fxe6 31. Rf1 Ke7 32. Kc2 (32. Bb4+ Kd8 33.
Rf7 Rd7 $11) 32... Rg3 {There was a passive alternative 32...Rd7. The move in
the text required deep calculation.} 33. Bb4+ Kd8 34. Rf7 Rxg4 35. Kb3 (35.
Rxb7 Rxc4+ 36. Kb3 Rc7 37. Ba5 Kc8 38. Rxc7+ Nxc7 39. Bxc7 Kxc7 40. Kc4 Kd6 41.
b4 Kc6 (41... g6 $4 42. hxg6 Ke7 43. b5 h5 44. Kd4 h4 45. Ke3 e5 46. Kf3 {
and White's king easily neutralises Black's pawns.}) 42. a4 e5 43. b5+ Kb6 44.
Kb4 Kc7 45. a5 Kd6 46. Kc4 e4 47. Kd4 e3 48. Kxe3 Kc5 49. b6 axb6 50. axb6 Kxb6
51. Ke4 Kc6 52. Kf5 Kd6 53. Kg6 Ke7 54. Kxg7 Ke8 55. Kxh6 Kf8 $11 {This is
more or less what I had to calculate before playing 32...Rg3.}) 35... Kc8 36.
Bc5 Rg3+ 37. Ka4 Rg2 38. Kb3 Rg3+ 39. Ka4 Rg2 40. b4 {White does not have real
grounds to play for a win. However, the situation in the match forced Ruslan
Ponomariov to complicate matters.} Rxa2+ 41. Kb3 Rg2 42. Re7 Nf6 43. Bxa7 (43.
Bd6 Ne4 44. Be5 Rg5 45. Bxg7 Rxh5 46. Rxe6 Rh3+ 47. Ka4 Nc3+ 48. Bxc3 Rxc3 $11)
43... Nxh5 44. b5 Nf6 45. Bd4 Rg4 46. Bb6 h5 47. Rc7+ Kb8 48. Rf7 Kc8 49. Rf8+
{Again, my opponent rejects the repetition. The position is becoming very
sharp.} Kd7 50. Rb8 h4 (50... e5 51. Rxb7+ Ke6 52. c5 h4 53. c6 Nd5 54. Ba5 h3
55. Rb8 h2 56. Rh8 Rg3+ 57. Kc4 Rg4+ 58. Kb3 Rg3+ $11) 51. Rxb7+ Kc8 52. Rc7+
Kb8 53. Rf7 h3 {The h-pawn is heading for a promotion, but my king is in
danger of getting mated.} 54. c5 Nd5 55. Rf8+ Kb7 56. Ba5 Rg3+ 57. Kc4 Rg4+ 58.
Kd3 Nb4+ 59. Kc3 h2 60. Rh8 Nd5+ 61. Kd2 Ra4 62. c6+ Ka7 63. c7 h1=Q (63... Rc4
64. Kd3 Rc5 65. Kd4 Rc1 66. Rxh2 Nxc7 67. b6+ Ka6 68. bxc7 Kxa5 $11) 64. Rxh1
Rc4 $4 {A huge blunder but, luckily for me, Ruslan didn't exploit it.} (64...
Kb7 65. Rc1 Ne7 $11) 65. Rh8 $4 {In a mutual time-scramble both players
spoiled this well-played game.} (65. Kd3 $1 Rxc7 66. Bxc7 Nxc7 67. Kc4 {
That's the point. White simply defends his remaining pawn and wins. For
instance:} Kb6 68. Re1 g5 69. Re5 g4 70. Re3 {and Black is in zugzwang.}) 65...
Rxc7 66. Bxc7 Nxc7 67. Rh5 Kb6 $11 68. Re5 Nxb5 69. Rxe6+ Kc5 {Our game was
the last one remaining in the match. The score was 3-2 in favour of my team
"SC Zagreb" and all I needed was not to lose this dead drawn position.} 70. Rg6
Nd6 71. Ke3 Kd5 72. Kf4 Ne8 73. Kg5 Ke5 74. Rb6 Nc7 75. Kg6 Ne6 76. Rb1 Nf4+
77. Kxg7 Ne6+ 78. Kf7 Nc5 79. Ke7 Kd5 80. Rd1+ Ke5 81. Rh1 Kd5 82. Rh5+ Kd4 83.
Rxc5 {Special thanks for my opponent for sparing me the torture.} Kxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT semifinal"]
[Site "Motril"]
[Date "2008.11.01"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2008.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Linex Magic"]
[BlackTeam "Merida"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. h3 Ng6 11. b3 Ke8 12. Bb2 Nf4 13. Nd4 a6 14. Rad1
h5 15. Bc1 Nd5 16. Ne4 h4 17. c4 Nb6 18. e6 c5 19. exf7+ Kxf7 20. Nf3 Bf5 21.
Bf4 Kg8 22. Rfe1 Nd7 23. Bxc7 b5 24. Nd6 Bxd6 25. Rxd6 Nf6 26. Ba5 Rh5 27. Rc6
Bc2 28. Bc3 Ne4 29. Ba1 bxc4 30. bxc4 Ra7 31. Ne5 Kh7 32. f3 Ng5 33. Rxc5 Ne6
34. Rd5 Nf4 35. Rd2 Bf5 36. c5 Rg5 37. Kh2 Rg3 38. c6 Re7 39. Rc1 Bxh3 40. gxh3
1-0

[Event "ESP-chT final"]
[Site "Motril"]
[Date "2008.11.02"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2008.11.02"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Linex Magic"]
[BlackTeam "Cajacanarias"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. c3 Be7 14. c4 Qc7 15.
O-O-O Ngf6 16. Kb1 O-O 17. Ne4 Rad8 18. Nxf6+ Nxf6 19. Qe2 c5 20. g4 cxd4 21.
g5 hxg5 22. Bxg5 d3 23. Qe1 Ng4 24. h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT final playoff"]
[Site "Motril"]
[Date "2008.11.02"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2008.11.02"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cajacanarias"]
[BlackTeam "Linex Magic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 h6 10. h3 Bd7 11. Bf4 Kc8 12. a3 b6 13. Rad1 Ne7 14. Rfe1
c5 15. e6 fxe6 16. Ne5 Be8 17. Nd7 Bxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kharkov Rector Cup Champions m 11th"]
[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "2009.03.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2009.03.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Ne2 Nb4 6. Nbc3 Nxd3+ 7. Qxd3 Ne7 8.
h4 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. e5 Qd7 11. h5 Nc6 12. a3 f6 13. exf6 gxf6 14. Bf4 O-O-O
15. Rc1 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Rh4 Kb8 18. Kf1 Rdg8 19. Kg1 Rg5 20. Ng3 Rhg8 21.
Nce2 f5 22. Rc3 Bc8 23. Rf4 Na5 24. Qc2 Nc4 25. Rcf3 Qe7 26. Nc1 Qe1+ 27. Kh2
Nd2 28. Nd3 Nxf3+ 29. Rxf3 Qf1 30. Nf4 Qc4 31. Qd2 Rg4 32. Rc3 Qa4 33. Nge2 Ba6
34. Ng1 Qb5 35. g3 Re8 36. Nf3 Re4 37. Ne5 Rgxf4 38. gxf4 Re2 39. Qc1 Rxf2+ 40.
Kg3 Qe2 41. Qg1 Qxb2 42. Re3 Rf1 0-1

[Event "Kharkov Rector Cup Champions m 11th"]
[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "2009.03.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2009.03.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. g3
Nbd7 9. Bg2 Nb6 10. O-O a5 11. h3 Re8 12. g4 h6 13. Ng3 c6 14. f4 Nh7 15. b3
Bh4 16. Kh2 Bxg3+ 17. Kxg3 f5 18. a4 Be6 19. Bf3 Nc8 20. Ra2 Nd6 21. Rg2 Nf6
22. Kh2 b5 23. g5 hxg5 24. fxg5 Nh7 25. h4 bxa4 26. Nxa4 Nf8 27. Nc5 Bc8 28.
Qc2 f4 29. Bh5 Bf5 30. e4 Rxe4 31. Qf2 Ng6 32. Bf3 Re8 33. h5 Ne4 34. Bxe4 dxe4
35. Bxf4 Nxf4 36. Qxf4 Qe7 37. Qxf5 Rf8 38. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "Kharkov Rector Cup Champions m 11th"]
[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "2009.03.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2009.03.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nf3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 c6 6. Qb3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. e3
O-O 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. O-O Re8 11. Rae1 Nf8 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Ne6
15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Re5 Rf8 17. Rfe1 g6 18. Qb4 a5 19. Qa3 Bd7 20. Bc4 Kg7 21.
h3 b5 22. Bf1 Rfd8 23. R1e4 Be8 24. Qe3 Rd6 25. h4 h5 26. Ng5 Bd7 27. Qg3 Nxd4
28. Rf4 Nf5 29. Rexf5 Bxf5 30. Rxf5 gxf5 31. Ne4+ Qg6 32. Nxd6 Qxg3 33. Nxf5+
Kg6 34. Nxg3 Rd8 35. Be2 Rd2 36. Bxh5+ Kg7 37. Bf3 c5 38. h5 Rxb2 39. Nf5+ Kf6
40. h6 Rd2 41. h7 Rd8 42. Nd6 b4 43. Nb7 Rh8 44. Be4 Ke5 45. Bc2 f5 46. Nxa5
Rxh7 47. Bb3 f4 48. Kf1 Rg7 49. Nc4+ Kd4 50. Ke2 Rxg2 51. Kf3 Rh2 52. Nd6 Ke5
53. Nc4+ Kd4 54. Na5 Kc3 55. Nc4 Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kharkov Rector Cup Champions m 11th"]
[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "2009.03.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2009.03.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. Nxe5 Nxe4 6. Qe2 Nxe5 7. Qxe4 Qe7
8. d4 Nc6 9. Qxe7+ Bxe7 10. c3 a6 11. Ba4 d6 12. Re1 Be6 13. Nd2 Kd7 14. Nf1
Rhe8 15. Bd2 d5 16. Ng3 g6 17. Ne2 Bd6 18. Bg5 b5 19. Bc2 Ne7 20. f3 Nc8 21. a4
Nb6 22. a5 Nc8 23. b4 Bf8 24. g4 Nd6 25. Nf4 Nc4 26. Nd3 f5 27. h3 Bd6 28. Nc5+
Bxc5 29. dxc5 fxg4 30. hxg4 Bf7 31. Kf2 Ne5 32. Bf6 Nc6 33. f4 Rxe1 34. Rxe1
Re8 35. Rh1 h5 36. f5 Rg8 37. g5 d4 38. Kg3 dxc3 39. Bxc3 Ne7 40. fxg6 Bxg6 41.
Rd1+ Kc8 42. Bb3 Nf5+ 43. Kf4 Re8 44. Bf6 Ne3 45. Rd8+ Rxd8 46. Be6+ Kb7 47.
Bxd8 Nc2 48. Bf5 Bxf5 49. Kxf5 Nd4+ 50. Ke4 h4 51. Kxd4 h3 52. g6 h2 53. g7
h1=Q 54. g8=Q Qa1+ 55. Ke4 Qe1+ 56. Kf5 Qb1+ 57. Kf6 Qxb4 58. Qd5+ Kb8 59. Be7
Qxa5 60. c6 Qc3+ 61. Kf7 Qh8 62. Bf6 Qh7+ 63. Bg7 Qh3 64. Qd8+ Qc8 65. Ke8 1-0

[Event "UKR-chT qual. group 1 16th"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2009.05.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ajrapetjan, Yuriy"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2009.05.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kiev Old Guard"]
[BlackTeam "Kiev Kievchess"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 f5 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Bxc3 8.
bxc3 O-O 9. d5 Ne4 10. dxe6 dxe6 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Ng5 Re8 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14.
Bxe4 fxe4 15. c5 Nc6 16. Rd1 Rad8 17. Bg5 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 h6 19. Be3 Kf7 20. Rb1
e5 21. Kf1 Ke6 22. Ke1 Kd5 23. Kd1 Kc4 24. cxb6 axb6 25. Kc2 Ra8 26. Kb2 Ne7
27. Rh1 Nd5 28. Bd2 Rf8 29. Be1 g5 30. h4 g4 31. h5 e3 32. fxe3 e4 33. Rh4 Rf1
34. Bd2 Nf6 35. Rh2 b5 36. Kc2 c5 37. Kb2 Nd7 38. Rg2 Ne5 39. Kc2 Kd5 40. Rh2
Ke6 41. Bc1 Nc4 42. Rh4 Kf5 43. Rh2 Kg5 44. Rh4 Rf2 45. Kd1 Rg2 46. Rh1 Rxg3
47. Bd2 Rh3 48. Rf1 g3 49. Rf8 Rh1+ 50. Be1 Nxe3+ 51. Kd2 Nc4+ 52. Kd1 Kxh5 53.
Rg8 g2 0-1

[Event "UKR-chT final A 16th"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2009.05.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2009.05.26"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kharkov Law Academy"]
[BlackTeam "Kiev Kievchess"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Qb3 O-O 13. O-O Nc6 14.
Bxc6 Bxc6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. g3 Qb5 18. Rd4 Qxb3 19. axb3 Rxd4 20.
cxd4 Rb8 21. Rxa7 Rxb3 22. Ra4 Rc3 23. Kg2 c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-chT final A 16th"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2009.05.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2009.05.26"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kiev Kievchess"]
[BlackTeam "Kharkov PGMB"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O d4 12. Ne2 Bg4 13. Bg5 Qd6 14. Re1
Rfe8 15. Qd2 Bxe2 16. Rxe2 Rxe2 17. Qxe2 Re8 18. Qd2 h6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Rd1
Qe5 21. Bf1 Qh5 22. b4 Re6 23. f4 a6 24. Rb1 Re3 25. a4 b5 26. axb5 axb5 27.
Re1 Qf5 28. Rxe3 dxe3 29. Qxe3 Qxc2 30. Bd3 Qd1+ 31. Kf2 g6 32. Be2 Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Donostia-A"]
[Site "San Sebastian"]
[Date "2009.07.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2009.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Be3 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Qd3 e6 12. Rfd1 Nd7 13. a4 Qc7 14. a5 bxa5
15. Nd2 Rfc8 16. Qb5 Bf8 17. Qxa5 cxd4 18. cxd4 Qxa5 19. Rxa5 Nb6 20. Rb1 Rc3
21. Ba6 Bc6 22. g4 Ra3 23. Rxa3 Bxa3 24. f3 Rd8 25. Kf2 Kf8 26. Rb3 Bd6 27. h4
Ke8 28. Rb1 f5 29. gxf5 gxf5 30. exf5 exf5 31. Bg5 Rb8 32. Re1+ Kd7 33. Bd3 Rf8
34. Ra1 Bb8 35. Nc4 Nd5 36. Ne5+ Bxe5 37. dxe5 Ke6 38. Rxa7 Kxe5 39. Rxh7 Ra8
40. Rf7 Ra2+ 41. Kg1 Ra1+ 42. Kh2 Ra2+ 43. Kg3 f4+ 44. Bxf4+ Nxf4 45. Rxf4 Rg2+
46. Kxg2 Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Donostia-A"]
[Site "San Sebastian"]
[Date "2009.07.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2009.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Qd2 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. Bb5 O-O 11. Nf3 Bg4 12. Bxc6 Bxf3 13. gxf3 bxc6 14.
O-O c5 15. Rad1 cxd4 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Qa5 18. Qd5 Qa6 19. Qe5 Qxa2 20.
Qxe7 a5 21. Ra1 Qe2 22. Kg2 Rfe8 23. Qg5 a4 24. Rfe1 Qa6 25. Re3 Rad8 26. h4 h5
27. Rea3 Rd4 28. Rc3 Rc8 29. Rxc8+ Qxc8 30. Rc1 Qd8 31. Rc5 Qxg5+ 32. Rxg5 Kg7
33. Ra5 f5 34. Ra7+ Kf6 35. Ra6+ Kf7 36. Ra7+ Ke6 37. Ra6+ Kd7 38. e5 Rxh4 39.
Rxg6 Rd4 40. Ra6 h4 41. Kh3 Rf4 42. Kg2 Ke7 43. Rb6 h3+ 44. Kxh3 Rxf3+ 45. Kg2
Rb3 46. Ra6 a3 47. f3 f4 48. Kh3 Rxf3+ 49. Kg4 Rf2 50. Rxa3 Ke6 51. Ra5 f3 52.
Kf4 Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Donostia-A"]
[Site "San Sebastian"]
[Date "2009.07.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E07"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2009.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O Be7 8. e4
O-O 9. Bf4 Qa5 10. a4 b6 11. Qe2 Re8 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. e5 Nd5 14. Ng5 Nf8 15.
Nge4 Rd8 16. h4 Bb7 17. h5 c5 18. dxc5 Nd7 19. h6 Nxc5 20. Qg4 g6 21. Nxd5 exd5
22. Bxb4 Qxb4 23. Nd6 Qxb2 24. Qg5 Rxd6 25. exd6 f6 26. Bxd5+ Kh8 27. Bxb7 fxg5
28. Bxa8 Kg8 29. Rad1 1-0

[Event "Donostia-A"]
[Site "San Sebastian"]
[Date "2009.07.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2009.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 Be7 8. Bg2
Nfd7 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qe2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 O-O 12. O-O-O b5 13. e5 d5 14. Nxd5 exd5
15. Bxd5 Rb8 16. Ba7 Rb7 17. Bxb7 Bxb7 18. Rhe1 Qc7 19. Kb1 Nc5 20. Bxc5 Qxc5
21. f4 Bd5 22. Qe3 Qc6 23. f5 Bh4 24. Re2 h6 25. b3 Bf3 26. Rd6 Qa8 27. Rh2 Re8
28. Qf4 Bg5 29. Qd4 Be7 30. Rd7 Qb8 31. Qc3 Ba3 32. e6 Rc8 33. exf7+ Kf8 34.
Qa5 Be7 35. Qe1 Bc5 36. f6 g5 37. Rhd2 Bc6 38. Re7 Qf4 39. Qe6 Qf1+ 40. Kb2
Ba3+ 41. Kxa3 Qc1+ 42. Kb4 Qxd2+ 43. c3 a5+ 44. Kxa5 Qxc3+ 45. Ka6 Ra8+ 46. Kb6
Qd4+ 47. Kc7 Qd8+ 48. Kxc6 Ra6+ 49. Kc5 Rxe6 50. Rxe6 Qa5 51. Re7 Qxa2 0-1

[Event "Donostia-A"]
[Site "San Sebastian"]
[Date "2009.07.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2009.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Ne5 Bd7 8. Na3
cxd4 9. Naxc4 Be7 10. Qb3 Qc7 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Bf4 Qd8 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14. Ne5
c5 15. Qa4+ Kf8 16. Rac1 Qe8 17. Qb3 Nd5 18. Qb7 f6 19. Nd7+ Kf7 20. Nxc5 Qc8
21. Qb5 a6 22. Qa5 Qc6 23. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Donostia-A"]
[Site "San Sebastian"]
[Date "2009.07.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2009.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. e5 Bb7 11. Qh3 dxe5 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Qxe6+ Be7 14. Bxb5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Donostia-A"]
[Site "San Sebastian"]
[Date "2009.07.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2009.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. Rb1 Qc7 12. Bd3 Rad8 13. Qc1 Bc8 14. Rd1 b6
15. h3 Bb7 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Qa3 Na5 18. f3 c4 19. Bc2 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Be5 21.
Qc5 Nc6 22. Qxc4 Rc8 23. Bb3 e6 24. Qc5 Ba6 25. Nd4 Nxd4 26. cxd4 Bf4 27. Bxf4
Qxf4 28. Qa5 Qe3+ 29. Kh2 Bc4 30. Bxc4 Rxc4 31. Qe5 Rb4 32. d5 Qc5 33. Qf6 exd5
34. exd5 1-0

[Event "Donostia-A"]
[Site "San Sebastian"]
[Date "2009.07.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2009.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nh6 7. a3 f6 8. b4
Nf7 9. Bb2 e5 10. bxc5 Qa5+ 11. Nbd2 Qxc5 12. a4 Qa5 13. Ba3 Bf8 14. Qc1 Be6
15. O-O Qc7 16. Bxf8 Kxf8 17. d4 Kg7 18. dxe5 fxe5 19. a5 b5 20. axb6 axb6 21.
Qb2 b5 22. Rfc1 Qd6 23. Nb3 Rhd8 24. Na5 Rab8 25. Nb3 Ra8 26. Na5 Rab8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Donostia-A"]
[Site "San Sebastian"]
[Date "2009.07.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2009.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nc6 12. O-O b6 13. Rfe1 Bb7 14. d5
Na5 15. Bd3 h6 16. Qf4 Rc8 17. Rad1 Rc5 18. Nd4 exd5 19. e5 Bc8 20. h4 Nc4 21.
Bf5 Re8 22. Rd3 Nd6 23. Bxc8 Qxc8 24. Rg3 Re6 25. Nxe6 Qxe6 26. Qg4 Nf5 27. Rf3
g6 28. h5 Rc4 29. Rf4 Rxf4 30. Qxf4 gxh5 31. Rd1 d4 32. Rd3 Qd7 33. Rf3 d3 34.
Qd2 Qe6 35. Qxd3 Ne7 36. Qd6 1-0

[Event "Donostia-A playoff"]
[Site "San Sebastian"]
[Date "2009.07.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2009.07.16"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. h3
a6 9. Be3 Ne5 10. Qe2 g5 11. f4 gxf4 12. Bxf4 Nfd7 13. O-O-O b5 14. Qf2 Bb7 15.
Kb1 Qb6 16. Rhf1 Be7 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Nf3 Rh7 19. Bd4 b4 20. Na4 Nc4 21. Nd2 Rc8
22. Nxc4 Qxc4 23. b3 Qb5 24. Nb2 Ne5 25. Bxe5 dxe5 26. Nc4 Rxc4 27. bxc4 Qxc4
28. Qb6 Qc6 29. Qa5 f6 30. h4 Rg7 31. Bf3 Rg8 32. g5 hxg5 33. Qxe5 Kf7 34. Qg3
g4 35. Bxg4 Qc5 36. Bxe6+ 1-0

[Event "Donostia-A playoff"]
[Site "San Sebastian"]
[Date "2009.07.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2009.07.16"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Nbd7 8. O-O
Bb4 9. Qe2 Bg6 10. e4 O-O 11. Bd3 Bh5 12. Bf4 c5 13. e5 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Nd5 15.
Bd2 cxd4 16. cxd4 Nb8 17. h3 Nc6 18. g4 Bg6 19. Bb5 Rc8 20. Rfc1 Nde7 21. Kg2
Nxd4 22. Nxd4 Qxd4 23. Qe3 Qxe3 24. Bxe3 a6 25. Bf1 Bc2 26. Kg3 Nd5 27. Bd2 Rc7
28. a5 Rd8 29. Ra2 Rdc8 30. Rb2 h6 0-1

[Event "Villarrobledo op 24th"]
[Site "Villarrobledo"]
[Date "2009.07.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ivanov, Jordan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2009.07.25"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. b3 Nbd7 8. Bb2
e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Ng4 11. Nxd7 Bxb2 12. Nxf8 Qa5 13. Qd2 Qxd2 14. Nxd2
Bxa1 15. Nxg6 1-0

[Event "Villarrobledo op 24th"]
[Site "Villarrobledo"]
[Date "2009.07.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ubilava, Elizbar"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2009.07.25"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Rc1 O-O 8.
e3 c5 9. Bd3 Qa5 10. O-O c4 11. Bb1 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Ne4 13. Be7 Re8 14. Bb4 Qc7
15. a4 a5 16. Ba3 Ra6 17. Nd2 Rh6 18. f4 Ndf6 19. Nf3 Ng4 20. Re1 Qd8 21. Bxe4
dxe4 22. Ng5 Rxh2 23. Qe2 h6 24. Nh3 Qh4 25. Bd6 Qg3 26. f5 Re5 27. Bxe5 Nxe5
28. Qf2 Nf3+ 29. Kf1 Rh1+ 30. Ke2 Rxe1+ 31. Rxe1 Qxf2+ 32. Nxf2 Nxe1 33. Nxe4
Nxg2 34. Nd6 Bd7 35. e4 Bxa4 36. Kf2 Nf4 37. Nxc4 Bc2 38. Nxa5 Bxe4 39. Ke3 Bd5
40. Kxf4 b6 41. Ke5 bxa5 42. Kxd5 a4 43. Kc4 h5 0-1

[Event "Villarrobledo op 24th"]
[Site "Villarrobledo"]
[Date "2009.07.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2009.07.25"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. d5 Ne5 6. Bf4 Ng6 7. Be3 e5 8. Nc3
a6 9. Bxc4 Bd6 10. Be2 Nf6 11. Nd2 Bd7 12. O-O O-O 13. a3 Qe7 14. Nc4 Bc5 15.
Rc1 Bxe3 16. Nxe3 Nf4 17. Re1 Ne8 18. Bf3 Nd6 19. Ne2 Nxe2+ 20. Rxe2 Rac8 21.
Rd2 g6 22. Nc4 f5 23. Qe1 Bb5 24. Nxd6 cxd6 25. Rdc2 Rxc2 26. Rxc2 Bd3 27. Rc3
Bxe4 28. Bxe4 fxe4 29. Qxe4 Qd7 30. h3 Rc8 31. Qc2 Rxc3 32. Qxc3 Kf7 33. g4 Ke7
34. b4 Kd8 35. Qf3 Qe7 36. Kg2 Ke8 37. Qc3 Kd7 38. a4 e4 39. Qd4 Qe5 40. Qc4
Qf4 41. Qc3 Qe5 42. Qc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Villarrobledo op 24th"]
[Site "Villarrobledo"]
[Date "2009.07.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2009.07.25"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. a3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 b6 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. Bd3 Qc7 13. Re1 c4 14. Bc2 e5 15.
e4 Rfe8 16. d5 Nc5 17. a4 Ba6 18. Nd2 Red8 19. Ba3 Ne8 20. Nf1 f6 21. Ne3 Nd6
22. f3 Rac8 23. Qb1 Qf7 24. Rd1 Rc7 25. Qb2 g6 26. Bb4 Kg7 27. Qa3 Rdc8 28.
Rab1 h5 29. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Villarrobledo op 24th"]
[Site "Villarrobledo"]
[Date "2009.07.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Paunovic, Dragan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2009.07.25"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. g4 Na6
9. h4 Nc5 10. f3 c6 11. Nh3 cxd5 12. cxd5 h5 13. Nf2 a4 14. Qd2 Qa5 15. Nb5 Qd8
16. g5 Ne8 17. Nd3 Nxd3+ 18. Bxd3 Bd7 19. Qb4 Qe7 20. Rc1 Bxb5 21. Qxb5 f6 22.
Be2 a3 23. b3 fxg5 24. hxg5 Rf4 25. Kd2 Rf7 26. Rc4 Bf8 27. Rhc1 Qd8 28. Qb6
Qd7 29. Ra4 Rxa4 30. bxa4 Ng7 31. a5 h4 32. Rh1 Nh5 33. Rxh4 Nf4 34. Bf1 Rh7
35. Bb5 Qe7 36. Rxh7 Qxh7 37. Bxf4 exf4 38. Qd8 Qh2+ 39. Be2 Qg1 40. Qf6 Qe3+
41. Kd1 Bg7 42. Qe6+ Kh7 43. Qh3+ Kg8 44. Qc8+ Kh7 45. Qh3+ Kg8 46. Qc8+ Kh7
47. Qh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Villarrobledo op 24th"]
[Site "Villarrobledo"]
[Date "2009.07.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2009.07.25"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Nf4 a5 9. Bd3 c6 10. O-O Re8 11. f3 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Nfxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5
Be6 15. Nf4 Qb6 16. Kh1 Nc6 17. Qc2 h6 18. Nxe6 Rxe6 19. Bc4 Rd6 20. e4 Rad8
21. Bf4 R6d7 22. e5 Nd4 23. Qe4 Qxb2 24. Rab1 Qxa3 25. Rxb7 Rxb7 26. Qxb7 Ne6
27. Bg3 Qa4 28. Qe4 Rd4 29. Qa8+ Rd8 30. Qe4 Rd4 31. Qa8+ Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Villarrobledo op 24th"]
[Site "Villarrobledo"]
[Date "2009.07.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2009.07.25"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. h3 Nc6 8. Bg2
Bd7 9. Be3 Ne5 10. Qe2 Rc8 11. O-O-O Rxc3 12. bxc3 Qa5 13. f4 Qxc3 14. fxe5
dxe5 15. Rd3 Qa1+ 16. Kd2 Bb4+ 17. c3 Qb2+ 18. Nc2 Ba5 19. Qd1 Bc6 20. Qb1 Qxb1
21. Rxb1 Nxe4+ 22. Kc1 f5 23. Nb4 Bxb4 24. Rxb4 Kf7 25. Bxe4 Bxe4 26. Rd7+ Kf6
27. Rxe4 fxe4 28. Rxb7 Rd8 29. c4 1-0

[Event "Zuerich Champions rap"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2009.08.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2009.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. f3 Ne7 6. Bd3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Qa4+
Nbc6 9. a3 dxe4 10. Bxe4 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Ne2 Na5 13. Bd3 c5 14. Qc2 cxd4
15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Bd3 dxc3 17. O-O Rc8 18. Be3 Nd5 19. Bf2 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Rxc4
21. Rad1 Qf6 22. Rd4 Rfc8 23. Rfd1 Qg6 24. Qxg6 fxg6 25. Rxd5 c2 26. Be3
cxd1=Q+ 27. Rxd1 Re8 28. Kf2 Rc2 29. Rd2 Rxd2 30. Bxd2 Kg8 31. h4 Kf7 32. Nf4
Re5 33. Nd3 Rb5 34. Bg5 a5 35. a4 Rd5 36. Ke3 Bc6 37. f4 Rd6 38. Ne5+ Ke8 39.
g4 Bxa4 40. Nc4 Re6+ 41. Kd4 Bb5 42. f5 gxf5 43. gxf5 Rc6 44. Ne5 Rd6+ 45. Ke4
a4 46. Bc1 Rd1 47. Ba3 Ra1 48. Bb2 Rb1 0-1

[Event "Zuerich Champions rap"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2009.08.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2009.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. O-O Nd7 10. Rc1 O-O 11. Qc2 f5 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Bxd6 cxd6 14. Qb3 Ndf6
15. Rc2 Kh8 16. Rfc1 Rf7 17. Ne1 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 Ne4 19. Qb3 Qf6 20. e3 Raf8 21.
Rc7 g5 22. f3 Nd2 23. Rxf7 Rxf7 24. Qc3 Nc4 25. b3 Na5 26. f4 Re7 27. fxg5 Qxg5
28. Kf2 Kg7 29. Bf3 Nc6 30. Ng2 Nd8 31. Nf4 Ne6 32. h4 Qh6 33. Re1 Nxf4 34.
exf4 Qf6 35. Rxe7+ Qxe7 36. b4 Kf6 37. a4 Qd7 38. a5 bxa5 39. bxa5 Qa4 40. Be2
Bc6 41. Ke3 Bb5 42. Bxb5 Qxb5 43. Qc7 Qb3+ 44. Kf2 Qb2+ 45. Kf3 Qxd4 46. Qxd6+
Kf7 47. Qd7+ Kf6 48. Qd6+ Kf7 49. Qd7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Champions rap"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2009.08.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2009.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. a4 Be6 10. a5 Nbd7 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Qd2 Rfd8 13. Rfd1 Rac8 14. h3 Nc5 15.
Nxc5 dxc5 16. Qe1 Qc6 17. Bf3 h6 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Rd1 Qc7 20. Rxd8+ Bxd8 21.
Na4 Nd7 22. Qc3 Qxa5 23. Qxa5 Bxa5 24. Nxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Champions rap"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2009.08.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Hug, Werner"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2009.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 Na6 7. Nf3 Qe8 8. Nd2
e5 9. d5 c5 10. g4 Qe7 11. h4 Ne8 12. h5 f5 13. gxf5 gxf5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. h6
Bf6 16. Nde4 Kh8 17. Bg4 Bg6 18. Qe2 Rb8 19. O-O-O Nac7 20. Bh5 Bxe4 21. Nxe4
b5 22. Rhg1 bxc4 23. Qg4 Rb4 24. Rg2 c3 25. bxc3 Rxe4 26. Qxe4 Nb5 27. Rdg1 Qd8
28. Qg4 Nec7 29. Qg7+ 1-0

[Event "Zuerich Champions rap"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2009.08.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2009.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Ne2 Nb4 6. Nbc3 Nxd3+ 7. Qxd3 Ne7 8.
O-O d6 9. d5 Qd7 10. a4 a5 11. Nb5 g6 12. Qc3 e5 13. b4 Bg7 14. bxa5 Rxa5 15.
Be3 O-O 16. c5 dxc5 17. Bxc5 Nxd5 18. Qd2 Rfa8 19. Bb4 Rxa4 20. Rxa4 Rxa4 21.
Nec3 Rxb4 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Qxb4 Bc6 24. Nc3 Bf8 25. Qc4 b5 26. Qb3 b4 27. Rd1
Bd6 28. Nd5 Kg7 29. Qb2 Bxd5 30. Rxd5 Qc6 31. Kf1 f5 32. f3 fxe4 33. fxe4 h5
34. g3 Qc4+ 35. Qe2 Qc1+ 36. Qe1 Qc2 37. Qe2 b3 38. Rb5 g5 39. Qe3 Qc4+ 40. Qe2
Qc1+ 41. Kg2 Qc2 42. Kf1 g4 43. Rb7 Kg6 44. Qb5 Qd1+ 45. Kf2 Qf3+ 46. Kg1 Qe3+
47. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Champions rap"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2009.08.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2009.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Qc2 c6 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Rd1 Ne4 10. Nc3 f5 11. e3 Qe7 12. Ne2 Nxd2 13. Rxd2 Nf6 14. Rdd1 Bd7
15. Nf4 Be8 16. a3 Ne4 17. Ne5 g5 18. Nfd3 h5 19. b4 Kh8 20. f3 Nf6 21. a4 Bxb4
22. Nxb4 Qxb4 23. Rab1 Qe7 24. a5 Rc8 25. cxd5 Nxd5 26. Qb3 Rc7 27. e4 Nf6 28.
Re1 fxe4 29. fxe4 Nd7 30. Nd3 Bg6 31. Rf1 Rxf1+ 32. Rxf1 Kh7 33. Qc3 c5 34. Nf2
e5 35. d5 c4 36. Rd1 Qc5 37. d6 Rc8 38. Rd5 Qc6 39. Nh3 g4 40. Ng5+ Kg8 41. h4
Bf7 42. Nxf7 Kxf7 43. Kh2 Ke6 44. Qe3 c3 45. Qg5 Kf7 46. Qxh5+ Kf8 47. Qf5+ Ke8
48. Qe6+ Kf8 49. Rd1 Qc4 50. Qxd7 c2 51. Rc1 1-0

[Event "Zuerich Champions rap"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2009.08.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2009.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8.
Nf3 Bg7 9. Be2 Nd7 10. Ng5 Bd5 11. e4 h6 12. exd5 hxg5 13. Bxg5 Nb6 14. Bf3
Nxd5 15. Qa4+ c6 16. Qxc4 Qd6 17. Rb1 b5 18. Rxb5 cxb5 19. Qxb5+ Kf8 20. Qxd5
Rb8 21. Qxd6 exd6 22. Kd2 Rb2+ 23. Kd3 Bh6 24. Bf6 Bg7 25. Bg5 Bh6 26. Bf6 Bg7
27. Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Champions sim"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2009.08.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Maeser, Pascal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2009.08.23"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Nge7 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 f6 13. Nfd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4
Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Nf5 16. Qa4 Qb6 17. Bg3 a6 18. Bd3 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Qxb2 20. Qa5 Qd4
21. Qc7 b5 22. Re7 f5 23. Rae1 Qf6 24. R1e5 d4 25. f4 Kh8 26. a3 Qg6 27. Kf2
Qf6 28. Qc5 h5 29. Qxd4 Rb8 30. Be2 h4 31. Qe3 Rb7 32. Re8 Rbf7 33. Qc5 hxg3+
34. Kxg3 Bb7 35. Bh5 g6 36. R8e6 gxh5 37. Rxf6 Rxf6 38. Qd4 Be4 39. Kh4 R8f7
40. Re6 1-0

[Event "Zuerich Champions sim"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2009.08.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Wyss, Jonas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2269"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2009.08.23"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. f4 Nc6 7. Ndf3 Qb6 8. a3
cxd4 9. cxd4 a5 10. b3 Be7 11. h4 f6 12. Bd3 f5 13. Ne2 Qd8 14. h5 Nb6 15. g4
fxg4 16. Ng5 Bxg5 17. fxg5 a4 18. b4 Ne7 19. Nf4 Nf5 20. Qxg4 Qc7 21. Bd2 Nxd4
22. Ng6 Nb3 23. Nxh8 Nxa1 24. O-O Nb3 25. Bxh7 Qxe5 26. Bg6+ Kd7 27. Rf7+ Kc6
28. b5+ Kxb5 29. Qb4+ Ka6 30. Bd3+ Ka7 31. Bf4 Qa1+ 32. Kh2 e5 33. Bg3 Qd1 34.
Qb5 Qxh5+ 35. Kg1 Qxg5 36. Kg2 Qd2+ 37. Bf2 Qa5 38. Ng6 e4 39. Ne5 Qxb5 40.
Bxb5 Na5 41. Rxg7 Bf5 42. Rf7 Rg8+ 43. Kh2 Rh8+ 44. Kg3 Bc8 45. Rf6 Rh3+ 46.
Kf4 e3 47. Bxe3 Rxe3 48. Kxe3 Nb3 49. Rf7 d4+ 50. Kd3 Nd5 51. Bxa4 Nc5+ 52.
Kxd4 Nxa4 53. Kxd5 Ka6 54. Rf8 Kb5 55. Kd6 Bh3 56. Rf3 Bg2 57. Rb3+ Ka6 58. Nd7
Ka7 59. Kc7 Bc6 60. Nb8 Bd5 61. Rb5 Bc4 62. Ra5+ 1-0

[Event "ESP-chT Honor Gp2"]
[Site "Montcada"]
[Date "2009.09.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cuenca Jimenez, Jose Fernando"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2009.09.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 d5 8. e3 c5
9. Nc3 Nc6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. d4 Rc8 12. Ne2 Ba6 13. Re1 c4 14. bxc4 Bxc4 15.
Nc3 b5 16. Nd2 b4 17. Na4 Na5 18. Nb3 Re8 19. Nbc5 Bb5 20. a3 Nc4 21. Ra2 a5
22. axb4 axb4 23. Qb3 Rb8 24. Raa1 Bd6 25. Bc1 Qa5 26. Bb2 Qc7 27. Rec1 Qe7 28.
Rd1 h5 29. Bc1 Bc6 30. Nb2 Bxc5 31. dxc5 Qxc5 32. Nd3 Qb6 33. Nf4 Qb5 34. Bb2
Nxb2 35. Qxb2 h4 36. gxh4 Ne4 37. Rd4 b3 38. h5 Ra8 39. Rb1 Reb8 40. Nxd5 Bxd5
41. Bxe4 Bxe4 42. Rxe4 Ra2 43. Qe5 Qxe5 44. Rxe5 Rc2 45. Rd5 b2 46. Rdd1 Rbc8
47. Rf1 Kh7 48. Kg2 Kh6 49. Rfd1 R8c6 50. Kf3 Rc1 51. Ke2 R6c2+ 52. Kd3 Rxb1
53. Rxb1 Rxf2 54. Kc3 Rxh2 0-1

[Event "ESP-chT Honor Gp2"]
[Site "Montcada"]
[Date "2009.09.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2009.09.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. h4 Nc6 8. Rg1
h5 9. gxh5 Nxh5 10. Bg5 Nf6 11. Rg3 a6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qf3 Qa5 14. O-O-O Rb8
15. Bc4 Nd7 16. Qe2 Qb4 17. Bb3 Nc5 18. e5 d5 19. Rg4 Qb7 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Rxe4
Bd7 22. Rf4 c5 23. c4 d4 24. Rd3 Bc6 25. Rdf3 Be7 26. Rg3 g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT Honor Gp2"]
[Site "Montcada"]
[Date "2009.09.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E07"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2009.09.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. g3 Nbd7 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. O-O Be7 8. e4
O-O 9. Bf4 Re8 10. a4 a5 11. Qe2 b6 12. Nd2 Ba6 13. Nxc4 Bf8 14. Rfd1 Nd5 15.
Bc1 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Ne5 17. dxe5 Bxc4 18. Rxd8 Bxe2 19. Rxe8 Rxe8 20. Be3 Bc5 21.
Bxc5 bxc5 22. Bf1 Bf3 23. Bg2 Be2 24. Bf1 Bf3 25. Bg2 Be2 26. Bf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT Honor Gp2"]
[Site "Montcada"]
[Date "2009.09.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2009.09.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. g3 b6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bb7 7. e4 Nc6 8. Be3
Nf6 9. Bg2 Ng4 10. Qxg4 Nxd4 11. Qd1 Ne6 12. Rc1 O-O 13. O-O f5 14. f4 fxe4 15.
Qd2 Nc5 16. Bd4 e6 17. Rcd1 a5 18. Qe3 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 Qf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT Honor Gp2"]
[Site "Montcada"]
[Date "2009.09.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2009.09.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bf4 Nc6 7. Rc1 Ne4 8. e3
Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bf5 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 e6 12. O-O Be7 13. c4 dxc4 14. Qxc4 O-O
15. e4 Rc8 16. d5 b5 17. Qb3 Na5 18. Rxc8 Qxc8 19. Qd3 Qc4 20. Rd1 exd5 21.
Qxd5 h6 22. Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2009.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 $5 ({The well established
continuation is} 5... Be7) 6. Bg2 c6 {Black cannot ignore the threat c5
forever.} 7. O-O Nbd7 {If Black wants to give up the centre, this is the way
to do it.} (7... O-O 8. Nc3 dxc4 $6 {can be met by} 9. e4 $1) 8. Nc3 dxc4 9.
Bg5 {Play has transposed now to lines where ...Bd6 and Bg5 have been played in
one move each.} (9. e4 {is less dangerous now because of} e5) 9... h6 10. Bxf6
Qxf6 11. Ne4 Qe7 12. Nfd2 {This thematic move neglects the development.} ({
From the point of view of general rules,} 12. Qc2 {looks more desirable.} O-O (
12... Nb6 13. Ne5 $14) 13. Nxd6 Qxd6 14. Qxc4 e5 15. Rad1 exd4 16. Nxd4 Qc5 17.
Qxc5 Nxc5 18. Rd2 a5 19. Rc1 Na6 20. Rcd1 Nc7 21. a3 a4 22. f4 g6 23. Kf2 Ne6
24. e4 $14 {Ruck,R (2561)-L'Ami,E (2577)/Crete 2007/CBM 121 (1/2, 42)}) 12...
Nb6 13. f4 $146 {Trying to stop ...e5, but if this weakening of the squares
along the e-file is necessary, something must have gone wrong earlier for
White.} (13. Rc1 O-O $6 (13... e5 $1) 14. Nxc4 Bc7 15. Qc2 Qd8 16. Rfd1 Nd5 17.
a3 $14 {Lybin,D (2425)-Volodin,V (2325)/Frydek Mistek 1996/EXT 1998 (1/2, 30)})
(13. Qc2 e5) 13... O-O 14. Qc2 c5 15. Nxc4 Nxc4 16. Qxc4 cxd4 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18.
Rad1 e5 $11 {[%cal Gc8e6]} 19. fxe5 Qxe5 20. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 21. Rxd4 Be6 22. Bxb7
Rab8 23. Bd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Rxb2 25. Ra5 Re8 26. Rxa7 Rexe2 27. Rfxf7 Re1+ 28.
Rf1 Ree2 29. Rff7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2009.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Ne2 c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Rc1 Rd8 12. Qd2 ({Refraining from the
fashionable} 12. Bf4) 12... b6 $5 ({In his old monograph, Botvinnik recommends
} 12... Qa5) 13. Bh6 {According to Botvinnik, this offers White the better
play.} Rb8 $5 $146 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qe3 (15. f4 b5 16. Bb3 c4 17. Bc2 b4 $132
{[%csl Gd4][%cal Gc8g4]}) 15... e5 16. Qg3 cxd4 17. cxd4 Qd6 18. d5 Na5 19. Bd3
{Black has managed to block the position on the dark squares, but his kingside
is a bit vulnerable.} Rb7 $1 {Taking advantage of a hidden aspect of the
novelty.} 20. f4 exf4 21. Nxf4 Kg8 22. Qg5 f6 23. Qh6 Rf7 {Black's position
looks safe now.} 24. Rf3 Qe5 25. Rg3 Rg7 26. Nxg6 hxg6 27. Rxg6 Rxg6 28. Qxg6+
Kh8 29. Qh6+ Kg8 30. Qg6+ Kh8 31. Qh6+ Kg8 32. Qg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2009.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qc2 O-O 8.
e3 c5 9. Be2 Qa5 10. O-O cxd4 $5 {An interesting concept. Black usually blocks
the queenside with ...c4, with or without the prior exchange on c3.} 11. Nxd4
Bxc3 12. bxc3 Re8 13. Bf4 Ne5 14. Rab1 a6 15. Bxe5 Rxe5 16. Rfc1 Qc7 17. c4 {
White admits that the d5-pawn is no weaker than his c3-pawn and hopes to take
advantage of his advance in development. Black's hopes are mainly connected
with his queenside majority, which may become a telling factor in the event of
simplifications.} dxc4 18. Qxc4 Qxc4 19. Rxc4 b5 20. Bf3 bxc4 21. Bxa8 Kf8 22.
Rb8 Re8 23. Kf1 Nd7 24. Rb4 a5 25. Rb1 Ne5 26. Bd5 c3 27. Bb7 Bxb7 28. Rxb7 Rc8
29. Nc2 Nc6 30. a3 Rd8 31. Rb1 Rd2 32. Rc1 Ne5 33. Nd4 Rxf2+ 34. Kxf2 Nd3+ 35.
Kf3 Nxc1 36. Ke4 Ke7 37. Nc2 Kd6 38. Kd4 Nb3+ 39. Kxc3 Nc5 40. Kc4 f5 41. Nd4
g6 42. Nf3 Ne6 43. h4 Nc7 44. Ng5 h5 45. g3 Nd5 46. Kd4 Nc7 47. a4 Nd5 48. Nf7+
Ke6 49. Nd8+ Kd6 50. Nb7+ Ke6 51. Nd8+ Kd6 52. Nf7+ Ke6 53. Ne5 Nb6 54. Nxg6
Nxa4 55. Nf4+ Kf7 56. Nxh5 Nb6 57. Nf4 a4 58. Nd3 a3 59. Nb4 Kg6 60. Kc3 Kh5
61. Nc2 a2 62. Kb2 Na4+ 63. Kxa2 Nc3+ 64. Kb3 Ne4 65. Kc4 Nxg3 66. Kd5 Kxh4 67.
Ke5 Kg4 68. Nd4 Kg5 69. Nf3+ Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2009.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. e3
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Re1 Bd7 11. b3 e5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Bxe5 14. Bb2 c6 15.
f4 {Ambitiously fighting for space, but weakening the g1-a7 diagonal...} ({
The more restarined} 15. Qc2 {does not confront Black with problems.} a5 16.
Rad1 Qe7 17. h3 Qc5 18. Re2 Be6 19. Red2 Bg7 20. Ne2 Qxc2 21. Rxc2 a4 $132 {
Laylo,D (2504)-Li,C (2590)/Manila 2008/CBM 126 Extra (0-1, 70)}) 15... Bg7 16.
e4 {This looks strong, but Black has not exhausted his resources yet.} Nc4 $1 {
An elegant way to simplify the position.} 17. bxc4 Qb6+ 18. Kh1 Qxb2 19. Rb1
Qxc3 20. Qxd7 Rab8 $146 ({This may be more reliable than the previously played
} 20... b6 {when Black was struggling still, despite the presence of opposite
bishops.} 21. Qxc6 Rac8 22. Qa4 Qxc4 23. Qxa7 Bc3 24. Rec1 Ra8 25. Qxb6 Rxa2
26. Qe3 Rc8 27. Bf1 Qc5 28. Qxc5 Rxc5 $14 {Maletin,P (2576)-Negi,P (2615)/St
Petersburg 2009 (1/2, 44)}) 21. Rec1 Qa3 22. Rd1 Re7 23. Qd6 Qxd6 24. Rxd6 Rbe8
25. Bf3 Bf8 26. e5 Rc7 27. Rd3 f6 28. exf6 Re6 29. Bg4 Rxf6 30. Rd7 Rxd7 31.
Bxd7 b6 {Now is a better moment to play this move.} 32. Rd1 Rd6 $1 {And,
finally, the pawn is sacrificed only on the occasion of the exchange of the
last remaining pair of additional pieces.} 33. Rxd6 Bxd6 34. Bxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2009.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 h6 10. h3 Bd7 11. b3 Kc8 12. Bb2 b6 13. Rad1 c5 14. Nd5 a5
15. a4 c4 16. g4 {If White plans to break with e6, it makes sense to drive the
knight away at once.} ({Here is a concrete justification:} 16. e6 fxe6 17. Nf4
cxb3 18. cxb3 Bd6 19. Ng6 Rg8 20. Nfe5 Be8 21. g4 Bxe5 22. Nxe5 Ne7 23. Rfe1
Nd5 $132 {[%csl Gf4] Stellwagen,D (2605)-Efimenko,Z (2680)/Germany 2008/CBM
126 Extra (1/2, 78). Now that there is a pawn on e6, the knight can safely
land on d5.}) 16... Ne7 17. Nf4 Nc6 $5 $146 {The d5-square is not available
yet and the knight has to move to a less favourable location, in order to open
the diagonal for the undeveloped f8-bishop. The only question is whether it
makes sense to exchange on b3 previously.} (17... cxb3 18. cxb3 Nc6 {was
played in a recent game.} 19. e6 ({Probably Ponomariov feared that White could
make use of the d3-square with} 19. Rd3 {[%cal Gf1d1] and if} Nb4 {then} 20.
Rd2 $14 {, when ...Bb4 is not possible any more.}) 19... fxe6 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21.
Bxe5 Rh7 22. Ng6 Bc5 23. Kg2 Be8 24. Nf4 Bd7 25. Ng6 Be8 {1/2 Adams,M (2682)
-Bacrot,E (2709)/Novi Sad 2009}) 18. e6 fxe6 19. Ng6 Rg8 20. Nfe5 Nxe5 (20...
Be8 $5 {would maintain the tension.} 21. Nxf8 (21. Nxc6 $6 Bxg6 $15 {[%csl Gc2]
}) (21. Rfe1 Nxe5 22. Nxe5 cxb3 23. cxb3 g5 $15) 21... Nxe5 22. Nxe6 Nf3+ 23.
Kg2 Bc6 24. Kg3 g5 25. Nd4 $11) 21. Nxe5 Be8 22. Nxc4 b5 $132 23. axb5 Bxb5 24.
Rd4 a4 25. Ra1 Rb8 26. Ba3 axb3 27. cxb3 Bxc4 28. bxc4 Ra8 29. Bb2 Rxa1+ 30.
Bxa1 Bd6 31. Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "2009.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 ({After} 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 {
Black, apart from transposing into our game with} Nbd7 {has other options:} (
6... O-O 7. e3 c5 8. dxc5 Nbd7 {is currently quite topical, after} 9. Rc1 Nxc5
$5 10. Qd4 Bxc3+ 11. Qxc3 Nce4 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Be2 Bg4 {Black usually
gradually equalizes.}) ({The older line} 6... h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 Ne4 $132 {
also seems playable.})) 5... Nbd7 (5... dxc4 {leads to the Vienna line, which
featured quite prominently in Moscow (see Ivanchuk-Kramnik).}) ({Black can
also try} 5... O-O 6. e3 c5 {, which after} 7. cxd5 exd5 {transposes to a line
we mentioned in the previous note.}) 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 ({Kramnik in his
previous practice was very successful with} 7. Qc2 {The most solid reaction
seems to be postponing the c5 advance with} O-O (7... h6 8. Bh4 c5 9. e3 c4 (
9... Qa5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O c4 12. Bf5 Re8 13. Nd2 Be7 14. Rae1 Nb6 15. a3 Be6
16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. f4 $1 Nd7 19. Nf3 Qc7 20. g4 $1 Nf8 21. g5 hxg5
22. fxg5 Be7 23. e4 dxe4 24. Qxe4 Rad8 25. Re2 a6 26. Qg4 Qa5 27. Ne5 $40 {
1-0,Kramnik,V (2685)-Serper,G (2590)/Dortmund/1993/}) 10. Be2 Qa5 11. O-O Bxc3
12. bxc3 Ne4 13. Rfc1 Nb6 14. a4 Bf5 15. Qb2 O-O 16. Bd1 Rfe8 17. Ra2 f6 $6 (
17... Nd7 $1 18. Qa3 Qc7 $14 {Kramnik}) 18. Nd2 Bd7 19. Nf1 $1 $16 Nxa4 $2 20.
Qxb7 Red8 21. Bxa4 Bxa4 22. f3 Rdb8 23. Rxa4 $1 $18 {Kramnik,V (2685)-Lautier,
J (2645)/Cannes m/1993/}) (7... c5 8. dxc5 h6 9. Bd2 O-O 10. e3 Bxc5 11. Bd3 a6
12. O-O Bd6 (12... Ba7 13. Ne2 Re8 14. Bc3 Nf8 15. Nf4 Be6 16. Rad1 Rc8 17. Qb3
b5 18. Qa3 Ra8 19. Nd4 Qd7 20. Nde2 Qd8 21. Bb1 N8d7 {Kramnik,V (2715)-Lautier,
J (2655)/Monte Carlo blindfold rpd/1995/} 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Bg6 $16) 13. Ne2 (
13. Rfd1 Nc5 14. Bf5 Be6 15. Be1 Rc8 16. Nd4 Qd7 17. Rac1 Be5 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19.
Bh3 Qf7 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Rxd5 exd5 22. Bxc8 Rxc8 23. b4 b6 24. Qe2 Qb7 25.
bxc5 bxc5 $11 {Mikhalchishin,A (2512)-Aronian,L (2675)/Calvia olm/2004/}) 13...
Ne5 (13... Nc5 $5) 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Bc3 Qe7 16. Bxe5 Qxe5 17. Rac1 Be6 18. Qc3
Ng4 19. Qxe5 Nxe5 20. Bb1 Rac8 21. Nd4 $11 {/+/=,Dreev,A (2650)-Zvjaginsev,V 
(2610)/RUS-ch Elista/1997/ White has a riskless, but only very slight edge.})
8. e3 (8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 c6 {Here White lately hasn't been able to prove an
advantage:} 10. e3 (10. Nd2 Qe8 11. e3 Ne4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Bf4 Qe6 14. Be2
Nb6 15. Bg3 Qg6 16. Qc5 Bg4 $11 {Alekseev,E (2708)-Ponomariov,R (2718)/Moscow
Tal mem/2008/}) 10... Qe8 11. Qc2 Ne4 12. Bd3 h6 13. Bf4 Qe7 14. h3 Re8 15. Bh2
c5 $1 $132 16. O-O c4 17. Bxe4 Qxe4 18. Qxe4 Rxe4 19. Nd2 Re6 {Zhou Jianchao 
(2623)-Bu Xiangzhi (2702)/JinZhou/2009/} 20. e4 dxe4 21. Nxc4 Nf6 22. Nd6 Ne8
$11) 8... c5 9. Be2 (9. Bd3 Qa5 10. O-O c4 {leads to the 7.e3 c5 8.Bd3 lines.})
9... Qa5 10. O-O cxd4 ({Simpler is} 10... Bxc3 11. bxc3 Ne4 $11 {<=>}) 11. Nxd4
Bxc3 12. bxc3 Re8 13. Bf4 Ne5 14. Rab1 a6 15. Bxe5 Rxe5 16. Rfc1 Qc7 17. c4
dxc4 18. Qxc4 Qxc4 19. Rxc4 b5 20. Bf3 (20. Rc7 $142 Ne8 21. Rc3 $14) 20...
bxc4 21. Bxa8 Kf8 22. Rb8 Re8 23. Kf1 $6 (23. Bf3 Bg4 $132) 23... Nd7 24. Rb4
a5 $1 25. Rb1 Ne5 26. Bd5 c3 $36 {Ivanchuk,V (2739)-Ponomariov,R (2739)/Moscow
Tal mem/2009/}) 7... c5 8. dxc5 $5 {A rare move, which was certainly prepared
by Kramnik at home - one can hardly imagine a top GM going for the following
king-walk without checking it with a computer.} ({The main line} 8. Bd3 Qa5 9.
Qc2 c4 10. Bf5 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Nd2 g6 13. Bh3 {leads to complex play,
recently Black has been able to hold his own after} Kg7 14. Rae1 h6 15. Bh4 g5
$5 16. Bxd7 Bxd7 17. Bg3 Nh5 18. e4 Nxg3 19. hxg3 dxe4 (19... Bxc3 20. bxc3
dxe4 21. Nxc4 Qa4 22. Qxa4 Bxa4 23. Ne3 Bd7 24. c4 b6 25. g4 Rac8 26. a4 h5 27.
gxh5 f5 $132 {Zhao Jun (2560)-Wang Hao (2696)/Beijing/2009/}) 20. Nxc4 Qa6 21.
Ne5 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Bb5 23. c4 Rxe5 24. dxe5 Bxc4 25. Qxe4 Bxf1 26. Rxf1 Rd8 $11
{Zhukova,N (2461)-Kosintseva,T (2522)/RUS-chTW Dagomys/2009/}) 8... Qa5 {
The direct counterattack is the most logical reaction.} (8... O-O 9. Rc1 {
leads to a position we have already mentioned above in the note to move 5.}) 9.
Rc1 {Other moves can't cause Black any problems:} (9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. Qd4 O-O 11.
Bd3 Bxc5 $11) (9. Nd2 Ne4 10. Ndxe4 dxe4 11. Qd4 O-O 12. a3 Bxc3+ 13. Qxc3
Qxc3+ 14. bxc3 Nxc5 15. Be7 Nb3 16. Rd1 Re8 17. Bb5 Bg4 18. Bxe8 Bxd1 19. Kxd1
Rxe8 20. Bb4 Rc8 21. Kc2 Nc5 22. Bxc5 Rxc5 23. Rd1 g6 24. g4 h5 $11 {Karpov,A 
(2725)-Lautier,J (2645)/France/1993/}) 9... Ne4 (9... Qxa2 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11.
Bb5+ Bd7 12. O-O Bxc3 13. Bxd7+ Nxd7 14. Rxc3 O-O (14... Qxb2 15. Rc2 Qf6 16.
Qxd5 $36) 15. b4 Rfc8 16. Nd4 g6 17. Qc1 $16 {Lingnau,C (2365)-Gebhardt,U 
(2245)/Dortmund/1992/}) (9... O-O 10. a3 $1 {leads to a position, which arises
mostly via a different move order with Black castling earlier. Here after}
Bxc3+ 11. Rxc3 Ne4 12. b4 Nxc3 13. Qa1 $44 {White has been very successful in
current practice, the latest example is} Qa4 14. Qxc3 a5 15. b5 b6 16. c6 Nc5
17. Be2 Re8 18. O-O Bg4 19. Bd1 Ne4 20. Qb2 Qc4 21. Be2 Qc5 22. Rc1 $16 {
Bacrot,E (2709)-Korchnoi,V (2566)/EU-chT Novi Sad/2009/}) ({In the future
Black should possibly have a closer look at} 9... Bxc3+ $5 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Bd3
Ne4 $5 (11... Qxc5 12. O-O b6 13. c4 $1 Bb7 14. cxd5 (14. Qa4 $5) 14... Qxd5
15. e4 (15. Bc4 $14) 15... Qe6 16. Be3 Nc5 (16... Rfc8 $11) 17. Bxc5 bxc5 18.
Re1 Rad8 19. e5 Qg4 20. h3 Bxf3 21. hxg4 Bxd1 22. Rexd1 Nxg4 23. Rxc5 Rfe8 24.
Be2 {Van der Sterren,P (2535)-Winants,L (2515)/NED-chT/1992/} Rxd1+ 25. Bxd1
Nxe5 26. Ba4 Nd3 27. Rc7 Re1+ 28. Kh2 g6 29. f3 Ne5 $132) 12. O-O Ndxc5 13. Bb1
Na4 (13... Bg4 $132) (13... Re8 $5) 14. c4 Bg4 $6 (14... Be6 $142 $1 $11) 15.
Qxd5 Qxd5 16. cxd5 Bxf3 17. Be7 $1 Nec3 18. Bxf8 Bxd5 {1/2,Novikov,I (2545)
-Blatny,P (2495)/Budapest/1991/} 19. Bb4 Ne2+ 20. Kh1 Nxc1 21. Rxc1 $14) 10.
Qxd5 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bxc3+ 12. Kd1 $1 {[]} (12. Nd2 $2 O-O $36) 12... O-O (12...
Nf6 $2 13. Qc4 Bb4 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qb5+ Bd7 16. Qxa5 Bxa5 17. Nd4 $16 {
Danner,G (2408)-Fletcher,J/ECC Saint Vincent/2005/}) 13. Bc4 Nf6 {Ftacnik: 'N'}
({The tactical complications after} 13... Nxc5 {'?!' Ftacnik.} 14. Be7 {
seem to favour White:} Be6 (14... Bb4 15. Bxf8 Be6 16. Qd4 $5 (16. Qe5 Rxf8 17.
Bxe6 fxe6 18. Rc2 (18. Rxc5 $2 Qxa2 $1 $40) 18... Rf5 19. Qb8+ Rf8 20. Qe5 $11)
16... Rxf8 17. Ke2 $14 Rd8 18. Qh4 b5 19. Bxe6 Nxe6 20. Rc2 Qa3 21. Rd1 Rxd1
22. Kxd1 $16 {Novikov,I (2611)-Schulte,O (2392)/Edmonton/2000/}) 15. Qxc5 Qa4+
16. Bb3 Bxb3+ 17. axb3 Qxb3+ 18. Ke2 Qb2+ $1 (18... Rac8 19. Qf5 Rfe8 20. Rhd1
g6 21. Qd7 b5 22. Nd2 Qb2 23. Kf1 {1-0,Novikov,I (2545)-Tischbierek,R (2500)/
Copenhagen/1991/ Ftacnik: '1-0/Novikov,I-Tischbierek,R/Copenhagen op/1991/'}) (
18... Rfc8 19. Qf5 $16) (18... Qa2+ 19. Kf1 $16) 19. Kd3 Rfc8 20. Qd5 $1 {
/\Rc2, Bc5} (20. Rc2 $2 Qxc2+ 21. Kxc2 Bb4 $3 22. Qxc8+ Rxc8+ 23. Kb3 Bxe7 $19
{Mikhalchishin,A (2465)-Plachetka,J (2465)/Kecskemet/1983/}) 20... Ba5 $5 {
Plachetka} (20... Bb4 21. Rxc8+ Rxc8 22. Bxb4 Qc2+ 23. Kd4 Qb2+ 24. Ke4 Qxb4+
25. Nd4 $18) 21. Qe5 $5 (21. Rxc8+ Rxc8 22. Ke4 $1 (22. Qxa5 $2 Qc2+ 23. Kd4
Rc4+ $19) (22. Nd4 Qd2+ $1 23. Ke4 Qxf2 $17) 22... Qc2+ 23. Kf4 Bc7+ 24. Kg4
Qxf2 25. g3 $14) (21. Rc5 Rxc5 $1 (21... Rd8 $6 22. Bxd8 Rxd8 23. Rxa5 $1 Rxd5+
24. Rxd5 $18) 22. Qxc5 Qb3+ 23. Ke4 (23. Ke2 Qb2+ 24. Kd3 Qb3+ $11) 23... Bb6
24. Qd5 Qc2+ 25. Kf4 Qxf2 26. Qxb7 (26. Qd2 Qxe3+ 27. Qxe3 Bxe3+ 28. Kxe3 Re8
$11) 26... Re8 $13) 21... Qb3+ 22. Ke4 {[%cal Ye4f4,Yf4g3] /\Kf4-g3} Bc3 23.
Nd4 {/\} Bxd4 24. exd4 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Qb2 26. Rc7 Qxf2 (26... Qe2+ 27. Kd5 Qa2+
28. Kd6 $16) 27. Kd3 $36) 14. Bxf6 ({Time is important; the text move is
simpler than} 14. Qd3 Bb2 (14... Rd8 15. Nd4 Bg4+ 16. Kc2 $2 (16. f3 $142 Bxd4
17. exd4 Be6 18. Ke2 $14) 16... Bb4 17. Kb1 Bh5 18. Ka1 Bg6 19. Qb3 Bxc5 20.
Bxf6 gxf6 21. Rhd1 Ba3 $36 {Hefty Hilardo,J (2335)-Baron Rodriguez,J (2407)/
ESP-chT/2006/}) 15. Rc2 (15. Bxf6 $5 Bxf6 16. Ke2 $14) 15... Bg4 16. Ke2 (16.
Qb3 Ne4 $5 17. Qxb2 Nxg5 $44) 16... Be5 17. h3 Bh5 18. Qb3 $14) 14... Bxf6 15.
Ke2 b5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An ambitious novelty, but it doesn't completely solve
Black's problems. However, even after} (15... Bg4 {White can fight for an
advantage:} 16. Rhd1 (16. c6 Qb6 $5 (16... Qxd5 17. Bxd5 bxc6 18. Rxc6 Rab8 19.
Rhc1 $16 {leads to a better version of the _|_ in Novikov-Serper.}) 17. Bb3 (
17. Bd3 $5) 17... Be6 18. Qc5 Qa6+ 19. Bc4 $14) (16. Qxb7 $5 Rab8 17. Qe4 Bh5
18. Bb3 Bb2 19. c6 Bxc1 20. Rxc1 $44) 16... Rac8 (16... Rad8 17. Qxb7 Rxd1 18.
Rxd1 Qxc5 19. Qb3 $16) 17. c6 (17. Qxb7 Rxc5 $132) 17... Qxd5 18. Bxd5 bxc6 19.
Rxc6 Rxc6 20. Bxc6 Rb8 21. a4 Rb2+ 22. Kf1 Ra2 23. Rb1 Ra1 $1 24. Rxa1 Bxa1 25.
Nd4 Kf8 26. f3 Bc8 27. Ke2 Ke7 28. Kd3 Kd6 29. Bb5 f6 $14 {/=,Novikov,I (2550)
-Serper,G (2490)/URS-ch Moscow/1991/}) (15... Be6 16. Qe4 Bxc4+ 17. Qxc4 Rac8
18. Rhd1 $14) 16. c6 ({White also wants more than the simple} 16. cxb6 axb6 $14
{Now the game becomes very complex with the tension growing fast.}) 16... Ba6 (
16... Rb8 17. Qc5 $36) 17. Qf5 $5 (17. Rhd1 Bc3 $1 18. Bd3 Rad8 19. Qc5 (19.
Qe4 Rxd3 20. Rxd3 b4 $36) 19... Rxd3 20. Rxd3 Qxa2+ 21. Rd2 Bxd2 22. Nxd2 b4+
23. Ke1 Qa3 24. Qc2 b3 $5 $132) 17... Qa3 $2 (17... Bb2 $142 $1 18. Rc2 g6 {/\}
19. Qc5 Ba3 20. Qg5 Be7 $1 21. Qe5 (21. Qxe7 bxc4 $15) 21... Bd6 22. Qg5 Be7
$11) (17... Rad8 18. c7 $1 Rd6 (18... Rd7 19. a4 $5 Rxc7 20. Bd3 Rd8 21. Rxc7
Qxc7 22. axb5 $16) (18... Qxc7 $4 19. Bd3 $18) 19. Rhd1 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Qxc7 21.
Bd3 $14) 18. Bd3 Rfd8 19. c7 $6 {[%mdl 8256] Kramnik repays the tactical
favour from move 17 - a situation, which will arise even later in the game.} (
19. Qxh7+ $142 Kf8 20. c7 {/\} Qxa2+ 21. Kf1 $1 (21. Rc2 $2 Qxc2+ 22. Bxc2 b4+)
21... Re8 (21... Rdc8 22. Be4 b4+ 23. Kg1 Bb7 24. Bxb7 Rxc7 25. Re1 $16) 22.
Qh8+ (22. g3 $5 g6 23. Kg2 Bb7 24. Rhd1 $16) 22... Ke7 23. Qh5 $40) 19... Qxa2+
20. Nd2 (20. Rc2 $2 Qxc2+ 21. Bxc2 b4+ $17) (20. Ke1 Qa5+ $5 (20... Rxd3 21.
Qxd3 b4 22. Qd2 Qa5 23. Nd4 $14) 21. Nd2 Rxd3 22. Qxd3 Rc8 23. f4 b4 24. Qd6
Bc3 25. Kf2 $13 {is similar to the game continuation. However, one can
understand that White instinctively wants to keep his RR connected.}) 20...
Rxd3 $1 {Black doesn't give his opponent a second chance to take on h7.} 21.
Qxd3 (21. Kxd3 b4+ 22. Ke4 $8 Qxd2 23. c8=Q+ Rxc8 24. Rxc8+ Bd8 $1 $36) 21...
b4 22. Kf3 Bb7+ (22... Qa5 $5 23. Qe4 (23. Qd7 Qh5+ {and playing for a win with
} 24. g4 Qh3+ {is very risky}) 23... Rc8 $44) 23. Kg3 (23. Ne4 Qe6 24. Qc4 (24.
Kg3 Bxe4 25. Qxe4 Qxe4 26. c8=Q+ Bd8 $44) 24... Bc3 25. Qxe6 fxe6 26. Rhd1 Rf8+
27. Ke2 $5 Bxe4 28. Rd8 Bb7 29. Kd3 a5 (29... Kf7 30. Kc4 Ke7 31. Rxf8 Kxf8 32.
Rd1 $16) 30. Kc4 a4 31. Rcd1 Ba6+ 32. Kc5 Be5 33. Ra8 $1 Bxc7 34. Rxa6 $14)
23... h5 (23... Qa5 24. f4 Rc8 25. Rhd1 $16 {/\} Rxc7 $2 26. Nb3) 24. h3 {
White doesn't need this move.} (24. f4 $142) (24. f3 $5) 24... Qa5 25. f4 (25.
Ne4 h4+ 26. Kh2 Be5+ 27. f4 Bxc7 $132) 25... Rc8 26. Nc4 $5 (26. Qd7 Bc3 27.
Ne4 Qxc7 28. Qxc7 Rxc7 29. Nxc3 bxc3 30. Rhd1 f5 $44 (30... Be4 $5 $15 {
and already White has to fight for a draw.})) (26. Rhd1 Rxc7 27. Ne4 Be7 $44)
26... Qa6 (26... Qxc7 $142 27. Nd6 Qd8 28. Kh2 $14) 27. Ne5 $6 (27. Qd7 $1 b3 (
27... Bc6 28. Qd6 $16) 28. Rhd1 {/\} b2 29. Rc2 Bc6 30. Qf5 Rxc7 31. Rxb2 $16)
27... Qxd3 28. Nxd3 Bc3 $44 29. Rhd1 a5 (29... Rxc7 $2 30. Nxb4 $18) 30. Nc5 (
30. Nxb4 $5 {was more circumspect:} axb4 31. Rd8+ Kh7 32. Rxc8 Bxc8 33. Rd1 (
33. Kf3 Kg6 34. Ke4 Be6 $11) 33... b3 34. Rd8 b2 35. Rxc8 Be1+ (35... b1=Q 36.
Rh8+ Kxh8 37. c8=Q+ $14) 36. Kh2 b1=Q 37. Rb8 Bg3+ (37... Qd3 38. c8=Q Bg3+ 39.
Kxg3 Qxe3+ $11) 38. Kxg3 Qe1+ 39. Kh2 h4 40. c8=Q Qg3+ $11) 30... Rxc7 31. Na4
Be4 32. Rd6 $2 $138 (32. Kf2 h4 $44) 32... Kh7 $2 $138 (32... Bc2 $1 33. Nxc3 (
33. Rxc2 Be1+ $19) 33... Rxc3 $36 {[%csl Ga5,Gb4] /-/+ and Black's unleashed
o^ are very dangerous.}) 33. Ra6 h4+ 34. Kh2 $1 (34. Kf2 Rd7 35. Nxc3 bxc3 36.
Rxc3 Rd2+ 37. Ke1 Rxg2 38. Rxa5 f5 $11 {/\Rg3}) 34... Rd7 (34... f5 $5 35. Rxa5
Rc6 $44) 35. Nc5 (35. Rxa5 Rd2 36. Rh5+ Kg8 37. Kg1 Rxg2+ 38. Kf1 $14) 35...
Re7 36. Rxa5 (36. Nxe4 Rxe4 37. Rxa5 Rxe3 {/\} 38. Rh5+ Kg6 39. Rxh4 b3 40.
Rg4+ Kf5 41. Rg5+ Kxf4 42. Rb5 b2 43. Rxc3 Rxc3 $11) 36... Bd2 (36... Bg6 37.
Na4 $16 {[%cal Rf4f5] /\f5}) 37. Rc4 f5 $6 (37... b3 $5 38. Nxb3 (38. Rb5 Bc6
39. Rb6 Rxe3 40. Rxc6 b2 41. Rb6 Be1 42. g3 hxg3+ 43. Kh1 Re2 44. Ne4 Rh2+ 45.
Kg1 Bf2+ 46. Nxf2 gxf2+ 47. Kf1 b1=Q+ $11) 38... Bxa5 39. Nxa5 Re6 40. Rd4 f5
41. Nc4 Rg6 42. Rd2 Rg3 $44 {[%csl Re3,Rg2] ><e3,g2 and I don't see any way
for White to convert his extra P.}) (37... Bg6 $2 38. f5 Bxf5 39. Nb3 {/\} Be1
40. Rxf5 Rxe3 41. Rf3 $18) (37... Bf5 38. Nb3 Be1 39. Rxf5 Rxe3 $14) 38. Nxe4
fxe4 39. Rh5+ Kg6 40. Rg5+ (40. Rxh4 b3 (40... Rb7 41. Rc8 $1 (41. Rh8 b3 42.
Rc6+ Kf7 43. Rhc8 b2 44. R8c7+ Rxc7 45. Rxc7+ Ke6 46. Rb7 Bc3 $15) 41... Bxe3 (
41... b3 $2 42. Rf8 $1 Rb5 43. f5+ Rxf5 44. Rb8 Bxe3 45. Rxb3 Rf4 46. Kg3 $18)
42. Rf8 Rf7 43. Rxf7 Kxf7 44. f5 b3 45. Rxe4 $18) 41. Rc6+ Kf7 42. Rb6 Bxe3 43.
Rxb3 Bd2 $132) 40... Kf6 (40... Kh7 41. g4 $1 $16) 41. Rc6+ (41. g4 $1 hxg3+
42. Kxg3 $16) 41... Kf7 42. Rf5+ Kg8 43. g4 (43. Rc8+ $5 Kh7 44. g4 $16) 43...
Re8 $5 (43... hxg3+ 44. Kxg3 Bxe3 45. Rc8+ Kh7 46. Rh5+ Kg6 47. Kg4 $1 {/\} b3
48. Rf8 $18) 44. Re5 (44. Rb6 Bxe3 45. Rxb4 Bd2 $132) 44... Rb8 (44... Rxe5 45.
fxe5 Bxe3 46. Kg2 b3 47. Rc8+ Kf7 48. Rb8 Ke6 49. Rxb3 Bf4 50. Rb6+ Kxe5 51.
Rg6 $16) 45. g5 $6 (45. Rce6 $142 Kf8 $8 (45... Bxe3 46. Re8+ Rxe8 47. Rxe8+
Kf7 48. Rxe4 Bd2 49. Rd4 Bc3 50. Rd7+ Ke6 51. Rd3 $18) 46. Rd5 Bc3 (46... Bxe3
47. Rxe4 b3 48. Rh5 $1 Kf7 49. Rxe3 b2 50. Re1 b1=Q 51. Rxb1 Rxb1 52. Rxh4 $18)
47. Rdd6 $16) 45... Kh7 $1 (45... b3 $2 46. g6 b2 47. Rb6 $18) 46. Re7 Bxe3 47.
Rh6+ Kg8 48. Rg6 Bd4 (48... Bxf4+ 49. Kg2 Kh8 50. Rgxg7 Rc8 51. Rh7+ Kg8 52.
Reg7+ Kf8 53. Rd7 Rc2+ 54. Kf1 Rc1+ 55. Ke2 Rc2+ 56. Ke1 Rc1+ 57. Rd1 Rxd1+ 58.
Kxd1 Bxg5 $14 {gives White only practical winning chances, as he won't be able
to reach the _|_ from the game.}) 49. Rge6 Kh7 $2 (49... Bc5 $142 $1 50. Re8+
Rxe8 51. Rxe8+ Kf7 52. Rxe4 b3 53. Re1 b2 54. f5 (54. Rb1 Be3) 54... g6 $11 {
and White won't pick up the Pb2 without losing two >>P.}) (49... b3 50. g6 Rf8
(50... Kf8 51. Rf7+ Kg8 52. Rb7) 51. Rb7 b2 52. Rxe4 $18) 50. f5 Bc5 (50... b3
51. f6 Rg8 $8 (51... b2 52. Rxg7+ Kh8 53. Ree7 $18) 52. Rb7 $18) (50... Be3 51.
Rg6 (51. f6 Bxg5 52. Rxg7+ Kh6 53. Rd7 Rf8 54. f7+ Kg7 55. Rxe4 Rxf7 56. Rxf7+
Kxf7 57. Rxb4 $18 {according to Tablebases.}) 51... Bd4 52. Rxe4 $18) 51. Re8
$2 (51. Rd7 $142 $1 Kg8 52. Rxe4 b3 53. f6 gxf6 54. gxf6 $18) 51... Rxe8 52.
Rxe8 b3 (52... e3 53. Kg2 b3 54. Kf3 $18 {/\} b2 55. g6+ Kh6 56. Kg4) 53. Kg2 (
53. Rxe4 $2 g6 $1 54. f6 b2 55. Re1 Be3 56. Rb1 Bxg5 $11) 53... Be3 $2 {
Seemingly only this is the final and decisive mistake.} (53... b2 54. Rb8 Bd4
55. Kf1 Be5 56. Rb7 Kg8 57. Ke2) (53... Bd6 $142 $1 54. Rxe4 b2 55. Re1 Bf4 (
55... g6 56. Rb1 gxf5 57. Rxb2 Bf4 58. Rf2 Bxg5 59. Rxf5 $18) 56. Rb1 Bc1 57.
Kf3 g6 58. Kg4 gxf5+ 59. Kxf5 Kg7 60. g6 Kf8 61. Kf6 Kg8 62. g7 Bd2 63. Kf5 Bc3
$11 {still holds.} (63... Bc1 $2 64. Kg6 $22)) 54. Rxe4 Bxg5 55. Rb4 g6 56.
Rb7+ Kh6 57. fxg6 Kxg6 58. Kf3 Bd2 59. Kg4 Be1 60. Rxb3 $18 {[%mdl 4096] From
now on TB show the _|_ is winning for White. Although Kramnik doesn't always
take the most straightforward path, he knows the basic principles of the
winning method and he will never endanger his victory.} Bg3 (60... Kf6 61. Rf3+
Kg6 62. Re3 $18) 61. Rf3 (61. Re3 $18 {is equivalent.}) (61. Rb6+ $2 Kf7 62.
Kf5 Ke7 $11 {allows Black's K to escape the dangerous corner.}) 61... Be1 (
61... Kh6 62. Rf6+ Kg7 63. Kg5 Bc7 64. Re6 Kf7 65. Re4 Bg3 66. Re3 Kg7 67. Rf3
Be1 68. Rf1 Bg3 69. Kh5 Kh7 70. Rf7+ Kg8 71. Kg6 Bh2 72. Rd7 Kf8 73. Rd4 Bg3
74. Re4 $22 $18 {We will see this method (and final position) in the game as
well.}) 62. Re3 Bf2 ({Similar is} 62... Bg3 63. Re6+ Kf7 64. Kf5 $18) 63. Re6+
Kf7 64. Kf5 (64. Re2 $1 Bg3 65. Kg5 {is slightly faster.}) 64... Bg3 65. Re4
Bf2 66. Kg5 Bg3 67. Re2 {See the 64.Re2! line.} Kg7 68. Re7+ Kf8 69. Kf6 Bf2
70. Re6 (70. Ke6 $1 Be1 (70... Bd4 71. Rh7 $18) 71. Rc7 Bg3 72. Ra7 Bh2 (72...
Be1 73. Kf6 Bc3+ 74. Kg6 Be1 75. Ra4 $1 Bg3 76. Re4 $18) 73. Rf7+ $1 Kg8 (73...
Ke8 74. Rh7 $18) 74. Kf6 Bg3 75. Kg6 {-61...Kh6}) 70... Bg3 71. Kg6 Bh2 72. Re4
Bg3 {We have already seen that White must achieve this position with Black to
move, thus forcing zugzwang.} 73. Kf6 Bf2 74. Kg6 (74. Re7 $1 Bd4+ 75. Ke6 Bc3
76. Rh7 Be1 77. Rc7 Bg3 78. Ra7 {-70.Ke6!}) 74... Bg3 75. Re2 Bd6 76. Kg5 Bg3 (
76... Be7+ 77. Kf5 Bc5 78. Re4 Bf2 79. Kf6 Bc5 (79... Bg3 80. Kg6) 80. Ra4 Be7+
(80... Ke8 81. Ke6) 81. Ke6 Bg5 82. Ra7 Kg8 83. Kf5 Be3 84. Ra3 Bc5 85. Ra5 Bd6
86. Ra4 Bg3 (86... Be7 87. Kg6) 87. Kg6 Kf8 88. Re4 $18) 77. Kf6 Bf4 78. Re4
Bd6 (78... Bc7 79. Rc4 Bd8+ 80. Kf5 Kf7 81. Rd4 Be7 82. Rd7 $18) 79. Rd4 Bc7 ({
More resilient, but equally hopeless is} 79... Be7+ $142 80. Kf5 Kf7 ({The K
won't escape:} 80... Ke8 81. Ke6 Kf8 82. Rf4+ Ke8 83. Ra4 $18) 81. Rd7 Kf8 82.
Ke6 Bg5 83. Rb7 Bd2 (83... Kg8 84. Kf5 Bd2 85. Kg6 Kf8 86. Rb5 Bc1 (86... Be1
87. Rf5+) 87. Rh5 $18) 84. Rf7+ $1 Kg8 (84... Ke8 85. Rh7) 85. Kf6 Be1 86. Kg6
Bg3 87. Re7 Kf8 88. Re4 $18) 80. Kg6 Bg3 81. Re4 $22 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2009.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be4 11. Qc1 Bb7 12. Bf4 Nd5 13. Nc3 Nxf4 14. Qxf4 Nd7 15.
Rfd1 Bd6 16. Qe3 Nb6 17. Qd3 {A new move, delaying the exchange of the
light-squared bishops and aiming to cause Black some difficulties with the
opening of the centre.} (17. Ne5 {has been universally played so far.}) 17...
c5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Qxd8 Rfxd8 20. Ne5 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 f5 $5 {Not a typical
move. Apparently, Black weakens his kingside, but his excellent development
allows him to avoid troubles. The control of the e4-square is essential in
view of the threatened Ne4.} ({White may have relied on} 21... Rac8 22. Rxd8+
Rxd8 23. Ne4 {with problems for Black.} Bf8 (23... Be7 $6 {[%csl Gg5][%cal
Gf7f5]} 24. Nc6 Rd7 25. Nxe7+ Rxe7 26. Rc1 $16) (23... Rd5 24. Nd3 Bf8 25. Rc1
$14) 24. Rc1 Rc8 25. Rxc8 Nxc8 26. Nc6 $14 {Black will soon have to advance
his pawns (Nb8-c6), exposing them to the attack of the white king.}) 22. e3
Rac8 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Rc1 Rc8 25. Ne2 Bd6 26. Rxc8+ Nxc8 27. Nc6 Kf7 28. f4
Ke8 29. Kf3 Kd7 30. Ncd4 Ne7 31. e4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2009.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. g4 h6 10. O-O-O Ne5 $5 {The knight move is equally revolutionary as
Topalov's pet idea of 10...b5-b4. Black is moving the knight, that is already
developed and prepares real counterplay.} 11. Qe1 $146 {White has yet to find
an idea, that would put the daring concept of the opponent under pressure.
Carlsen comes with a new move, but it's merit might be modest.} (11. g5 hxg5
12. Bxg5 Bb7 13. Rg1 Qa5 14. a3 Rc8 15. Kb1 Rxc3 16. Qxc3 Qxc3 17. bxc3 Rxh2
18. Bf4 Rh5 19. Rg5 Rxg5 20. Bxg5 $11 {0-1 Motylev,A (2651)-Grischuk,A (2704)/
Moscow 2004 (34)}) (11. a3 Bb7 12. Kb1 (12. h4 Rc8 13. Rg1 Qa5 (13... g6 14. g5
hxg5 15. hxg5 Nfd7 16. f4 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. f5 Nc5 19. fxe6 Nxe6 20. Nxe6
fxe6 21. Bd4 $16 {1-0 Bologan,V (2669)-Dobrov,V (2487)/chessassistantclub.com
INT 2004 (30)}) 14. g5 hxg5 15. hxg5 Nfd7 16. g6 Nxg6 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Rxg6
Kf7 19. Rg3 Nf6 20. Bd3 e5 21. Qf2 Rxc3 22. Bb6 Qa4 23. bxc3 Qxa3+ 24. Kd2 $11
{1/2-1/2 Shirov,A (2714)-Guliyev,N (2526)/Port Barcares 2005 (42)}) 12... Rc8
13. Be2 Nfd7 14. f4 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Rxc4 16. Rhe1 Be7 17. Bf2 O-O 18. h4 Nc5 19.
g5 h5 20. b3 Rxc3 21. Qxc3 Nxe4 22. Qe3 Qa5 $17 {0-1 Grischuk,A (2719)-Belov,V
(2543)/playchess.com INT 2004 (54)}) (11. Bd3 Bb7 12. Rhe1 (12. a3 d5 13. exd5
Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Bf4 Nxf3 16. Nxf3 Bxf3 17. Qe3 Bxh1 18. Be4 Bxe4 19.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Qxe4 Rd5 $15 {0-1 Erenburg,S (2585)-Volokitin,A (2662)/Mainz
2006 (74)}) 12... b4 13. Nce2 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Kb1 Bc5 16. Bg1 Qb6 17. f4
Nxg4 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Bg6+ Kd7 20. Bxc5 Qxc5 21. Nd4 Kc8 $17 {0-1 Landa,K 
(2600)-Najer,E (2653)/Sochi 2006 (29)}) (11. f4 Nexg4 12. Bg1 b4 13. Na4 Nxe4
14. Qe1 d5 15. f5 Bd6 16. fxe6 Bxe6 17. Nb6 Qxb6 18. Nxe6 Qa5 19. Nxg7+ Kf8 $17
{1-0 Azarov,S (2544)-Najer,E (2608)/playchess.com INT 2004 (26)}) 11... Qc7 (
11... Bb7 12. a3 Qc7 $14) 12. h4 {Careful players would surely consider the
modest a3 idea, that complicates Black's counterplay for some time.} (12. a3
Bb7 $14) 12... b4 13. Nce2 (13. Na4 Qb7 14. b3 Bd7 $13) 13... Nc4 (13... d5 14.
Bf4 (14. g5 hxg5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Bxg5 Bb7 $11) 14... Bb7 15. Kb1 dxe4 16.
fxe4 Bd6 17. Rg1 Rd8 $15) 14. Nf4 (14. Bf2 e5 (14... d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Ng3
$14) 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. gxf5 a5 $13) 14... Nxe3 (14... e5 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5
exd4 17. Bxd4+ Be7 18. Bxg7 Rg8 19. Bxh6 $14) 15. Qxe3 Qb6 {Ponomariov has an
ambition of his own and the queen moves hopes to complicate opponent's life
with pressure along the dark squares.} (15... Bd7 16. Be2 e5 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18.
exd5 Be7 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. gxf5 Bf6 $11) (15... Be7 16. Nd3 a5 17. Bh3 Nd7 18.
g5 $14) 16. Bc4 $1 Qc5 $2 {Your humble annotator is amazed by the level of
neglect both players will display when dealing with hidden issue of time.
Black is repeatedly playing with the queen in a situation, when his general
development could use some attention.} (16... e5 17. Bxf7+ Kxf7 18. Qb3+ Ke8
19. Ng6 exd4 (19... Rh7 20. Ne6 Be7 21. g5 $18) 20. Nxh8 Ra7 21. Ng6 $16) (
16... Be7 17. g5 $18) (16... Nd7 $1 17. Qe2 (17. Nfxe6 fxe6 18. Bxe6 Bb7 19.
Qb3 O-O-O $13) 17... Ne5 18. Bb3 Bd7 $14) 17. Qb3 $1 d5 (17... Ra7 18. Bxe6
fxe6 19. Nfxe6 Bxe6 20. Nxe6 Qb5 21. Nf4 $16) 18. exd5 Bd6 19. Nfxe6 $1 {
[%mdl 128] In higher sense an obvious move. Carlsen has to use his initiative
and the sacrifice of a piece for three pawns destroys the e6 stronghold in
Scheveningen/Najdorf Sicilian. What is more it creates a dangerous intruder of
his own on the same most critical square!} (19. Ndxe6 fxe6 20. Nd3 Qa5 21. dxe6
Bb7 $13) 19... fxe6 20. dxe6 Be7 (20... Kf8 21. Nf5 Be7 22. Nxe7 Qxe7 23. g5
Nh5 24. Qe3 $18) 21. Qd3 (21. Nf5 O-O (21... Bb7 22. Nxg7+ Kf8 23. Nf5 $18) 22.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 23. g5 Ne8 24. gxh6 Kh8 $16) 21... O-O 22. Bb3 $2 {The next moves
by both players are strange crimes against the logic of attack and defence.
White's advantage is based partly on the fact, that Black is badly behind in
mobilizing his pieces. Peaceful retreat of the bishop throws away the lion
share of the winning advantage!} (22. g5 $1 Nh5 (22... hxg5 23. hxg5 Qxg5+ 24.
Kb1 Nh5 25. Nc6 $18) 23. gxh6 Nf4 24. Qe4 Qxc4 25. hxg7 Rd8 26. Qxf4 Bxe6 27.
Qh6 Qxa2 28. Qh8+ Kf7 29. Qh7 Kf6 30. g8=N+ Rxg8 31. Rhe1 $18) 22... Rd8 $2 {
Ponomariov was probably programmed to be beaten badly on the given day. An
independent chess mind would otherwise surely concentrate on a developing move
with the bishop, that would more or less complete the development and nearly
equalize the chances.} (22... Bb7 $1 23. g5 (23. Nf5 Rad8 24. Qe2 (24. Qxd8 $2
Rxd8 25. Rxd8+ Kh7 26. Nxe7 Bxf3 $17) 24... Kh7 $11) 23... Nh5 24. gxh6 Nf4 25.
Qe3 gxh6 26. Rhg1+ Kh8 27. Rg4 Qc7 $11) 23. g5 $1 Nh7 (23... hxg5 24. Qg6 g4
25. Nf5 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Bf8 27. e7+ Kh8 28. exf8=Q+ Qxf8 29. Rd8 $18) (23... Kh8
24. gxf6 Bxf6 25. Qf5 Qb6 26. Bd5 $18) 24. gxh6 Qh5 (24... Qxd4 25. Qxd4 Rxd4
26. Rxd4 gxh6 27. Rg1+ Kf8 28. Rf4+ $18) (24... gxh6 25. Rhg1+ Kh8 26. Qg6 Qe5
27. Nf5 Rxd1+ 28. Kxd1 Bb7 29. Nxe7 $18) 25. Qe4 $1 Qxh6+ 26. Kb1 Ra7 {The
pieces of the defender are badly scatered on the board with no common purpose.
The final execution of White's attack will be brutal and impressive.} (26...
Rxd4 27. Rxd4 Rb8 28. Qe5 Ra8 29. Qd5 Rb8 30. Qd8+ $1 Nf8 (30... Bxd8 31. Rxd8+
Nf8 32. e7+ $18) 31. Qxe7 $18) 27. Nf5 Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Qf6 29. Rd7 $1 {Chess
beauty on the highest level and a modern form of small combination!} Bxd7 30.
exd7+ Kf8 {The choice for the defender is not always so deeply rotten as in
this moment. At least both ways of going down have undeniable charm...} (30...
Kh8 31. Nxe7 Rxd7 32. Qa8+ Nf8 33. Qxf8+ $1 Qxf8 34. Ng6+ Kh7 35. Nxf8+ $18)
31. Qd5 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2009.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. e3
O-O 9. Nbd2 e5 10. Nxc4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Qxd4 13. exd4 Rd8 14. Rfd1
Bg4 15. Re1 Bb4 16. Rec1 Rab8 17. a3 Bf8 18. Ne3 Rxd4 19. Rxc7 Be2 20. Rxb7
Rxb7 21. Bxb7 Nd7 22. Nf5 Ra4 23. Re1 Bb5 24. Re8 h6 25. Be7 g6 26. b3 Ra5 27.
Bb4 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. a3 bxa3 7. Rxa3 O-O 8.
Nc3 d6 9. b4 Nc6 10. b5 Na5 11. e3 Qc7 12. Nd2 b6 13. Be2 Bb7 14. O-O Rfc8 15.
Qa4 e5 16. d5 Nd7 17. Qb4 f5 18. e4 f4 19. Bg4 Rf8 20. Bxd7 Qxd7 21. f3 Rfc8
22. Rfa1 Rc7 23. Rxa5 bxa5 24. Rxa5 g5 25. Kf2 Kh8 26. h3 h5 27. Qa3 g4 28.
hxg4 hxg4 29. b6 Rcc8 30. Rxa7 Rxa7 31. bxa7 Qc7 32. fxg4 Qb6+ 33. Kf1 Ba6 34.
Qa4 Qxa7 35. Nb5 Qb6 36. Qb4 Rxc4 37. Nxc4 Qxb5 38. Qxd6 Qxc4+ 39. Kg1 Qd4+ 40.
Kh2 Bd3 41. Qh6+ Kg8 42. Qg6+ Kf8 43. Qf6+ Kg8 44. Qe6+ Kh7 45. Qf7+ Kh8 46.
Qf8+ Kh7 47. Qe7+ Kg6 48. d6 Bb5 49. Qe6+ Kg7 50. g5 Qxe4 51. Qf6+ Kg8 52. g6
Qb7 53. Qxe5 Qd7 54. Qxf4 Bc6 55. Qf6 Bd5 56. Kg3 Qe6 57. Qxe6+ Bxe6 58. Kf4
Kg7 59. Ke5 Bd7 60. Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 b6 7. Bd2 Bb7 8. h3
Bb4 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Ne4 11. Bd3 Nxc3 12. Qxc3 O-O 13. b4 c5 14. bxc5 bxc5
15. Rb1 Rb8 16. O-O dxc4 17. Qxc4 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Qh4 19. dxc5 Qg5+ 20. Kh1 Nxc5
21. Bc2 g6 22. Rfc1 Qh5 23. Kg2 Qg5+ 24. Kh1 Qh5 25. Kg2 Qg5+ 26. Kf1 Rxb1 27.
Bxb1 Nd7 28. Qc7 Nf6 29. Qxa7 Qb5+ 30. Kg2 Qg5+ 31. Kh2 Qe5+ 32. Kg2 Qg5+ 33.
Kh1 Qh5 34. Kg2 Qg5+ 35. Kf1 Qb5+ 36. Ke1 Qb2 37. Qc5 Nd5 38. Be4 Ra8 39. Bxd5
exd5 40. Rc3 Rb8 41. Kf1 h5 42. Kg2 Qd2 43. Rc2 Qd1 44. Rc1 Qd2 45. Qc3 Qe2 46.
Qe5 Rd8 47. a4 Qd2 48. Rc7 d4 49. Qf6 Rf8 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd2 e6 6. Qc2 Nbd7 7. Nc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4
b5 9. Be2 c5 10. a4 bxa4 11. O-O Bb7 12. Rxa4 Be7 13. Rfa1 cxd4 14. Rxd4 Qb8
15. Qa4 Bc5 16. Rd3 O-O 17. Rxd7 Nxd7 18. Qxd7 Rd8 19. Qa4 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Rxd2
21. Bxa8 Qxa8 22. Ne4 Rd5 23. Nxc5 Rxc5 24. h3 h6 25. b4 Rc4 26. Qd7 Qc6 27.
Qxc6 Rxc6 28. Ra5 Rc4 29. Rxa6 Rxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 a6 7. f3 b5 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. g4 h6 10. O-O-O Ne5 11. a3 Nfd7 12. Qf2 Qc7 13. Rg1 g5 14. h4 Rg8 15.
Kb1 Rb8 16. Na2 Be7 17. Rh1 Nb6 18. Nb4 Nbc4 19. Bxc4 bxc4 20. hxg5 hxg5 21.
Bd2 a5 22. Na2 c3 23. Bxc3 Nc4 24. Ka1 Qb6 25. Qe1 Bf6 26. Nb3 Bxc3 27. Qxc3
Ba6 28. Qd4 Ne3 29. Rd2 Qxd4 30. Nxd4 Nc4 31. Rdh2 Rxb2 32. Nb3 a4 33. Nd2 Rxc2
34. Nxc4 Rxh2 35. Rxh2 Bxc4 36. Nb4 Ke7 37. Kb2 Rc8 38. Rd2 Bb3 39. Rd3 Kd7 40.
Rd2 Rh8 41. Nd3 Ke7 42. Nb4 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd2 e6 6. Qc2 Nbd7 7. Nc3 c5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. g4 h6 10. h4 Nb6 11. g5 hxg5 12. Nxg5 Bg4 13. f3 Bh5 14. O-O-O Rc8 15.
Bd3 Be7 16. Kb1 cxd4 17. exd4 Nc4 18. Ka1 b5 19. Bf4 O-O 20. Be5 Ne3 21. Qe2
Nxd1 22. Rxd1 Qa5 23. Nb1 Rfe8 24. Rg1 Bf8 25. Qg2 Rc6 26. Bf5 g6 27. Bd3 Nd7
28. f4 Nxe5 29. fxe5 Qb6 30. Qf2 Re7 31. Nh3 Bh6 32. Nf4 Bxf4 33. Qxf4 Kf8 34.
Nd2 Ke8 35. Nb3 Rec7 36. Kb1 a5 37. Nc5 Rxc5 38. dxc5 Qxc5 39. Re1 Re7 40. Qf6
Re6 41. Qh8+ Ke7 42. Qb8 Qb6 43. Qc8 Rc6 44. Qh8 Bf3 45. e6 Rxe6 46. Rc1 Be4
47. Bxe4 Rxe4 48. Qc8 Qe6 49. Qb7+ Kf8 50. Qxb5 a4 51. a3 Rxh4 52. Qb8+ Kg7 53.
Ka1 Re4 54. Qh2 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A59"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. e4 Bxf1 8.
Kxf1 d6 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. h3 Bg7 11. Kg1 O-O 12. Kh2 Qa5 13. Re1 Rfb8 14. Qc2 Ne8
15. Bd2 Nc7 16. b3 Qa3 17. Bc1 Qa6 18. Bb2 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5+ 20. Kg1 Qb7 21.
Na4 Bxb2 22. Nxb2 Nb5 23. Nc4 Na3 24. Nxa3 Rxa3 25. Qb2 Rba8 26. e5 Qxd5 27.
Rad1 Qc6 28. exd6 exd6 29. Qf6 R3a6 30. Re7 Rf8 31. Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. a3 bxa3 7. Rxa3 O-O 8.
Nc3 b6 9. e3 Bb7 10. Be2 d6 11. b4 Nc6 12. Qb1 a5 13. bxa5 Nxa5 14. O-O Rc8 15.
Nd2 Ba6 16. Qb4 Qc7 17. Nb5 Bxb5 18. Qxb5 e5 19. Rb1 exd4 20. exd4 Nc6 21. Nf3
Rfe8 22. Bf1 Rb8 23. g3 Ne4 24. Bd3 h6 25. Kg2 Ng5 26. Nxg5 hxg5 27. Qd5 Re6
28. h3 Rbe8 29. Rab3 Rb8 30. R3b2 Rf6 31. Be4 Na5 32. c5 Rd8 33. cxb6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Qe2 d6 7. Be3 Nf6 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. O-O-O Bxe3+ 10. Qxe3 a5 11. Nd4 Qe7 12. Bb5 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Qe5 14. f3
Be6 15. Qxe5 dxe5 16. Na4 Rad8 17. Nc5 Bc8 18. a4 g6 19. Nd3 c6 20. Bc4 Rfe8
21. c3 Kf8 22. Kc2 Nd7 23. b4 axb4 24. cxb4 Nb6 25. Bb3 Rd4 26. Kc3 Be6 27.
Bxe6 Rxe6 28. Nc5 Red6 29. Rxd4 exd4+ 30. Kd3 Rd8 31. Nxb7 Rb8 32. Nc5 Ke7 33.
Rb1 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. Bxc4 b5 7. Bb3 Bb7 8. O-O
c5 9. e4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Bxc6 13. f3 Bc5+ 14. Kf1 Ke7
15. Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 g5 17. Bf2 Bxf2 18. Kxf2 Rhc8 19. Rac1 Nd7 20. Ne2 Ne5 21.
Ke3 a5 22. a3 Be8 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rc1 Rb8 25. Rc2 a4 26. Ba2 b4 27. axb4 Rxb4
28. Kd2 h5 29. Kc3 Rb8 30. Rd2 h4 31. Nd4 Kf6 32. g3 Rc8+ 33. Kb4 Rc1 34. f4
gxf4 35. gxf4 Nc6+ 36. Nxc6 Bxc6 37. f5 Ke5 38. fxe6 fxe6 39. Rd3 Rc2 40. Rh3
Rxb2+ 41. Ka3 Re2 42. Rxh4 Bxe4 43. Bc4 Rc2 44. Bxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 h6 10. h3 Bd7 11. Rd1 Kc8 12. Ne4 b6 13. g4 Ne7 14. Ng3 c5
15. b3 Be6 16. c4 Kb7 17. Bb2 g5 18. Nh5 Ng6 19. Nd2 a6 20. Ne4 b5 21. Rac1
bxc4 22. bxc4 Kc6 23. Nef6 Rb8 24. Bc3 Be7 25. Nd5 Rhd8 26. Nxe7+ Nxe7 27. Rxd8
Rxd8 28. a3 Ng6 29. Ng7 Nf4 30. Kh2 Rd3 31. Nxe6 fxe6 32. Rc2 Rxh3+ 33. Kg1
Rxc3 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd2 Ne4 6. Nc3 Nxd2 7. Qxd2 e6 8. e4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 c5 11. d5 c4 12. Bc2 Bc5 13. O-O O-O 14. Rad1 exd5 15.
exd5 Bg4 16. Qf4 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Nd7 18. d6 g6 19. Ne4 Re8 20. Qf4 Re5 21. b3 Rf5
22. Qg3 Ra7 23. bxc4 bxc4 24. Qc3 Nf6 25. Nxc5 Rxc5 26. Qd4 Nd7 27. Rfe1 Qf6
28. Qe3 Rb7 29. Ba4 Re5 30. Qd2 Kg7 31. Rxe5 Qxe5 32. Bxd7 Rxd7 33. g3 c3 34.
Qd3 c2 35. Qxc2 Rxd6 36. Rxd6 Qxd6 37. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Be3 Nc6 9. f4 Bd7 10. Nb3 Na5 11. Qd2 Nxb3 12. axb3 Bc6 13. Bf3 Qc7 14. Qf2 a6
15. Bb6 Qb8 16. Rad1 Nd7 17. Bd4 b5 18. Qg3 e5 19. Be3 Bf6 20. f5 Rc8 21. Rf2
b4 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Rc6 24. Rfd2 Qc7 25. Bd1 a5 26. Qf2 Be7 27. R5d3 Nf6
28. Qf3 Qb7 29. Bg5 h6 30. Bxf6 Bxf6 31. Rd5 Qb6+ 32. Qf2 Qc7 33. g3 a4 34.
bxa4 Rxa4 35. Kg2 Ra1 36. h4 Be7 37. Rb5 Rc4 38. Qe2 Kh7 39. b3 Rc3 40. Rxb4 d5
41. Rb5 d4 42. Rd3 Rc6 43. Rd5 Bb4 44. Rb5 Rxd1 45. Qxd1 Rxc2+ 46. Kh3 Rc1 47.
Qf3 Be7 48. Rd5 Bf6 49. b4 Qc2 50. b5 Qb1 51. Rd7 Rh1+ 52. Kg4 Qg1 53. Qe2
Rxh4+ 54. Kf3 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nc3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 c6 14. Rad1 a5
15. e4 Nd7 16. e5 Be7 17. Be4 Nb6 18. Qb3 Bb4 19. Bb1 Nd5 20. Qc2 g6 21. h4 h5
22. Ne4 Kg7 23. Kg2 Be7 24. Qe2 Rh8 25. Qf3 Qb6 26. b3 Rad8 27. Rd2 Rd7 28.
Rfd1 Bb4 29. Rd3 Qd8 30. Bc2 Be7 31. R3d2 Nb4 32. Bb1 Nd5 33. Bc2 Nb4 34. Bb1
Nd5 35. Bc2 Nb4 36. Bb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 g6 5. Bf4 Bg7 6. e3 O-O 7. Nc3 a6 8. Bd3
Bg4 9. Ne5 Be6 10. h3 Nbd7 11. Rd1 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Be2 Nxe5
15. Qb3 b5 16. Nxd5 Qa5+ 17. Qb4 Qxb4+ 18. Nxb4 Nc4 19. Nc6 Rfe8 20. b3 Bc3+
21. Kf1 Nd2+ 22. Kg1 Rac8 23. Nd4 Bxd4 24. Rxd2 Bc3 25. Rd1 Bf6 26. Bd3 g5 27.
Bg3 h5 28. h4 gxh4 29. Bxh4 Red8 30. Bxf6 exf6 31. Rh4 Kf8 32. Rxh5 Ke7 33. Rh4
a5 34. Kf1 b4 35. Ke2 Rc3 36. Rd4 Rxd4 37. exd4 Kd6 38. f3 a4 39. bxa4 Ra3 40.
d5 Bd7 41. Bc4 Bxa4 42. Rd2 Rc3 43. Ba6 Bc2 44. Bb5 Bb1 45. Ba4 Bf5 46. Bb3 Bd7
47. Rd4 Kc5 48. Rf4 f5 49. Kd2 f6 50. Rh4 Bb5 51. Rh8 Rd3+ 52. Kc2 Re3 53. Rc8+
Kd6 54. Rb8 Kc5 55. d6 Bd7 56. Rf8 Kxd6 57. Rxf6+ Kc5 58. Kd2 Re5 59. f4 Re4
60. g3 Re7 61. Rg6 Bb5 62. Bc2 Re2+ 63. Kc1 Bc4 64. Bxf5 Bxa2 65. Rg5 Kd4 66.
Bh7 Kc3 67. Rc5+ Bc4 68. Kd1 Rf2 69. Rxc4+ Kxc4 70. Kc1 Kc3 71. Kd1 b3 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. Bxc4 b5 7. Bb3 Bb7 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Re1 b4 10. Nb1 c5 11. Nbd2 Be7 12. e4 cxd4 13. e5 Nd5 14. Ne4 O-O 15.
Qxd4 Qb6 16. Qxb6 N5xb6 17. Bf4 Bxe4 18. Rxe4 a5 19. Re2 Nc5 20. Bc2 Rfd8 21.
Be3 Rac8 22. g3 a4 23. Bxc5 Rxc5 24. Be4 g6 25. Kg2 Bf8 26. Rc2 Rxc2 27. Bxc2
Rc8 28. Bd3 Bg7 29. Re1 Rc5 30. Re4 Nd5 31. Bc4 Ne7 32. Bd3 Nc6 33. Rc4 Rxc4
34. Bxc4 Bxe5 35. Bb5 Na7 36. Bxa4 Bxb2 37. Nd2 Kf8 38. Nc4 Bc3 39. a3 Ke7 40.
axb4 Bxb4 41. f4 Bc3 42. Kf3 f5 43. h3 Nc8 44. Bc6 Kf6 45. Bb7 Ne7 46. Ne3 Bd4
47. Nc4 g5 48. Nd6 Bc5 49. Ne8+ Kf7 50. Nc7 gxf4 51. gxf4 Bb6 52. Nb5 Ng6 53.
Bc8 Ke7 54. Ba6 Bg1 55. Bc8 Bh2 56. Nd4 Nxf4 57. Ba6 Ng6 58. Kg2 Be5 59. Nf3
Kf6 60. Bc4 Nf4+ 61. Kg3 Bd6 62. Bb3 e5 63. h4 e4 64. Ng5 Ne6+ 65. Kf2 Nxg5 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. g4 h6 7. Rg1 Nc6 8. h4
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Be3 Be7 12. g5 hxg5 13. hxg5 Ne5 14. Qd2 Bg4
15. g6 Bf6 16. Qb4 fxg6 17. Rxg4 Nxg4 18. Ne6 Nxe3 19. Qa4+ Qd7 20. Bb5 Nxc2+
21. Qxc2 Qxb5 22. Nc7+ Kf7 23. Nxb5 Rh1+ 24. Kd2 Rxa1 25. Qc7+ Kg8 26. Qxb7 Rd8
27. Qxa7 Rb1 28. b3 d4 29. Qa6 Rb2+ 30. Kd3 Kh7 31. Qe6 Rxf2 32. Qh3+ Kg8 33.
Qe6+ Kh7 34. Qh3+ Kg8 35. Qe6+ Kh7 36. Qh3+ Kg8 37. Qe6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. Bxc4 b5 7. Bb3 Bb7 8. O-O
c5 9. e4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bc5 11. Be3 Qe7 12. Nd5 exd5 13. Nf5 Qxe4 14. Bc2 Qc4
15. Bd3 Qg4 16. Bxc5 Qxd1 17. Raxd1 Kd7 18. Nd6 Bc6 19. Nxf7 Re8 20. Nd6 Rd8
21. Rfe1 Kc7 22. Nf5 Nbd7 23. Bd4 Re8 24. Nxg7 Rg8 25. Nf5 Rg5 26. h4 Rg4 27.
f3 Rgg8 28. Rc1 Nb6 29. Bxf6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Bd3
Bb4 9. Bd2 O-O 10. a3 Ba5 11. O-O Re8 12. Qd1 e5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Qb3 Qb6 15.
Qxb6 Bxb6 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Bb5 Red8 18. Na4 Bc7 19. Rac1 Bd6 20. Rfd1 a6 21.
Be2 b5 22. Nb6 Rab8 23. Ba5 Bf8 24. f4 Ng6 25. Bf3 Ne7 26. g4 Rd6 27. g5 Nc6
28. Rxc6 Rxc6 29. gxf6 Rcxb6 30. Bxb6 Rxb6 31. Rxd5 gxf6 32. Rd8 Kg7 33. Kf2 a5
34. Ra8 a4 35. Be4 Bc5 36. Kf3 Re6 37. f5 Rd6 38. Rb8 Bb6 39. Ke2 Kh6 40. Bd3
b4 41. axb4 Kg5 42. Rg8+ Kh4 43. Be4 h5 44. Rh8 Rd7 45. Bf3 Re7 46. e4 Bd4 47.
Bxh5 Kg3 48. Ra8 Bxb2 49. Rxa4 Rxe4+ 50. Kd3 Rf4 51. Bxf7 Be5 52. Be6 Kxh3 53.
Kc2 Kg3 54. Kb3 Rf3+ 55. Kc4 Rc3+ 56. Kb5 Kf4 57. Ra2 Rc1 58. Ka6 Rb1 59. b5
Bd4 60. Re2 Kf3 61. Rc2 Ke3 62. Bd7 Ke4 63. Rc6 Ra1+ 64. Kb7 Ra7+ 65. Kc8 Ra8+
66. Kc7 Ra7+ 67. Kd6 Be5+ 68. Ke6 Bd4 69. Rd6 Ra1 70. b6 Rb1 71. b7 Be5 72.
Bc6+ Kf4 73. Rd5 Rb6 74. Rb5 Rxc6+ 75. Kf7 Bb8 76. Kg6 Ke4 77. Kf7 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. Bxc4 b5 7. Bb3 Bb7 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Re1 c5 10. e4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. e5 Nxb3 13. axb3 Nd7 14. Qg4 Qb6
15. Be3 h5 16. Qf4 Qc7 17. Nf3 Be7 18. Rac1 Qb8 19. Ne4 Bd5 20. Nd6+ Bxd6 21.
exd6 O-O 22. Rc7 Qd8 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. Qxe5 f6 25. Qg3 Rf7 26. Rec1 e5 27. Bh6
Qf8 28. Rxf7 Bxf7 29. d7 Be6 30. Rc7 Rd8 31. h3 Rxd7 32. Rc6 Bf5 33. Be3 Kh7
34. Qf3 Bg6 35. Rxa6 Qb4 36. Ra1 Qxb3 37. Qc6 Qxb2 38. Qxd7 Qxa1+ 39. Kh2 b4
40. Bc5 Qa2 41. Bf8 Bf7 42. Qf5+ Kg8 43. Bxb4 Be6 44. Qf3 h4 45. Bc5 Qc4 46.
Be3 Bd5 47. Qh5 Qc6 48. f3 Qa4 49. Qg4 Qa2 50. Qc8+ Kh7 51. Qf5+ Kh8 52. Qc8+
Bg8 53. Qg4 g5 54. Qf5 Kg7 55. Bc5 Qd5 56. Qc8 Be6 57. Qf8+ Kg6 58. Qe8+ Bf7
59. Qe7 Qd2 60. Bb6 Qf4+ 61. Kh1 Qc4 62. Bd8 Qc6 63. Kh2 Qe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Ne7 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Qxc3 O-O 8. d3
f5 9. Qc2 d5 10. exd5 exd5 11. Be2 d4 12. O-O c5 13. Ng5 Qd6 14. b4 h6 15. Bf3
Bxf3 16. Nxf3 Nd7 17. Re1 Ng6 18. Ra2 Nde5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Qd1 Ng4 21. g3
Rae8 22. Rae2 Qd7 23. h3 Nf6 24. Bf4 Rxe2 25. Rxe2 g5 26. Be5 f4 27. Kh2 fxg3+
28. fxg3 Qf5 29. bxc5 bxc5 30. Qd2 Nd7 31. Bd6 Rf7 32. Re8+ Kh7 33. Qe2 Nf6 34.
Re5 Qg6 35. Bxc5 Nd7 36. Re6 Qf5 37. Bxd4 Nf8 38. Re5 Qd7 39. Qe4+ Kg8 40. Kg2
Qa4 41. Qe2 Qxa3 42. h4 Qd6 43. Rd5 Qc6 44. hxg5 hxg5 45. Qe4 Qh6 46. Qg4 Ne6
47. Be3 Qf6 48. Qe2 Kg7 49. c5 Kg6 50. Rd6 Qf5 51. Bf2 Rf6 52. Qe4 Qxe4+ 53.
dxe4 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Nh4 Be7 8. h3
Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bg2 Nbd7 12. Bd2 Qxb3 13. axb3 g5 14. f4 gxf4
15. exf4 a6 16. O-O g6 17. Rae1 Nb6 18. c5 Nbd7 19. f5 gxf5 20. gxf5 exf5 21.
Rxf5 Kf8 22. Bg5 Re8 23. Ref1 Kg7 24. Ne2 Bd8 25. Ng3 Re6 26. h4 Bc7 27. R5f3
Bxg3 28. Rxg3 Nh5 29. Rg4 Kf8 30. Bh3 Rg6 31. Rg2 Ndf6 32. Rgf2 Kg7 33. Kh2 Re8
34. Bf5 Ne4 35. Bxg6 Kxg6 36. Rxf7 Nxg5 37. hxg5 Re3 38. Rxb7 Re2+ 39. Kh3 Re3+
40. Kg2 Kxg5 41. Rbf7 Rxb3 42. R1f2 Kg4 43. Rf8 Rg3+ 44. Kf1 Rd3 45. Rg8+ Kh3
46. Rh8 Kg4 47. Rg2+ Ng3+ 48. Ke1 Kf3 49. Rf2+ Ke3 50. Rh3 Kxd4 51. Rf6 Re3+
52. Kd1 Nf5 53. Rxe3 Nxe3+ 54. Ke2 Nc4 55. Rxc6 Nxb2 56. Rc8 Nc4 57. Kd1 a5 58.
Kc2 a4 59. Kb1 Ne5 60. Ka2 Nc4 61. Rc7 Ke5 62. Rd7 Na5 63. Ka3 d4 64. Kxa4 Nc4
65. Kb4 Ne3 66. c6 Ke6 67. Kc5 Nf5 68. Rd8 Ke7 69. c7 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 g6 6. h3 Bg7 7. Bf4 O-O 8. e3 Nbd7
9. Bd3 Ne8 10. O-O Nc7 11. Re1 Re8 12. Bg5 f5 13. b4 Nf6 14. Qb3 Be6 15. Bf4
Kh8 16. a4 Bg8 17. b5 Qc8 18. Reb1 Ne4 19. Be5 Bxe5 20. Nxe5 Nd2 21. Qb2 Nxb1
22. Rxb1 axb5 23. axb5 Ne6 24. Bc2 Qc7 25. Ba4 Reb8 26. Qc2 Nd8 27. Rb4 Be6 28.
Qb2 Kg7 29. Ne2 Bd7 30. Nf4 Be8 31. h4 Kf6 32. Bb3 Ne6 33. Nfd3 Rc8 34. Bc2 Qa5
35. Ba4 Kg7 36. Kh2 Nd8 37. g3 Nf7 38. Kg2 Nxe5 39. Nxe5 Rc7 40. Qb3 cxb5 41.
Bxb5 Bxb5 42. Rxb5 Qa2 43. Rxb7 Qxb3 44. Rxb3 Ra2 45. Rb6 Rc2 46. c6 Ra7 47.
Nd3 Raa2 48. Kf1 Ra1+ 49. Kg2 Ra7 50. Nf4 Raa2 51. Nd3 Ra7 52. Nf4 Raa2 53. Nd3
h6 54. Kf1 Ra1+ 55. Kg2 Raa2 56. Kf1 g5 57. h5 Ra1+ 58. Kg2 g4 59. Nb4 Rcc1 60.
f4 Rab1 61. Nd3 Rc2+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Be2 Ngxe5 7. Nxe5 Nxe5
8. O-O O-O 9. Nc3 Re8 10. a3 a5 11. Rb1 d6 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 Ba7 14. Bb2 c6
15. Ne4 Nxc4 16. Nf6+ gxf6 17. Bxc4 Re4 18. Bd3 Rg4 19. Qf3 Kg7 20. h3 Rg5 21.
Bxh7 Kxh7 22. Bxf6 Rf5 23. Bxd8 Rxf3 24. gxf3 Bxh3 25. Bc7 Rg8+ 26. Kh2 Bxf1
27. Rxf1 d5 28. Ra1 Bb8 29. Bxb8 Rxb8 30. Kg3 Kg6 31. Kf4 Kf6 32. e4 Ke6 33.
Ke3 Rd8 34. Rh1 Ra8 35. Rh6+ f6 36. Rh7 b5 37. Rc7 Kd6 38. Rf7 Ke6 39. Rc7 Kd6
40. Rf7 Ra3+ 41. Kf4 Ke6 42. Rc7 Rc3 43. Rc8 Rc4 44. Ke3 Kd7 45. Rf8 Ke7 46.
Rc8 Kd7 47. Rf8 d4+ 48. Kd3 Rxb4 49. Rxf6 c5 50. e5 Rb3+ 51. Ke4 d3 52. Rd6+
Ke7 53. Rxd3 Rb1 54. f4 c4 55. Rd5 c3 56. Rc5 b4 57. f5 b3 58. f6+ Ke6 59. Rc6+
Kd7 60. f7 Kxc6 61. f8=Q c2 62. Qc8+ Kb6 63. Qd8+ Kc6 64. Qd5+ Kb6 65. Qd6+ Kb5
66. Qd5+ Kb4 67. Qd6+ Kb5 68. Qd5+ Kb4 69. Qd6+ Kb5 70. Qd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O Nf6 5. c4 Be7 6. d4 O-O 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Nc3 Na6 10. b3 c5 11. Bb2 Re8 12. e3 Nc7 13. Rc1 Ne6 14. Ne5 Rc8 15.
Qd3 Bd6 16. Rcd1 cxd4 17. exd4 a6 18. h3 b5 19. Ng4 Nxg4 20. hxg4 Bb4 21. Re3
Qd7 22. Qf5 g6 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. Qxd5 Qc7 25. Rc1 Qb8 26. Rxc8 Qxc8 27. Qe4 Bd2
28. d5 Bxe3 29. Qxe3 Qc5 30. Qe5 Kf8 31. Qh8+ Ke7 32. Bf6+ Kd7 33. dxe6+ fxe6
34. Qxh7+ Kd6 35. Qxg6 Rf8 36. Qg7 Qc1+ 37. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. O-O c5 7. Nc3 b5 8. Bb3
Bb7 9. e4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nc6 11. Be3 Be7 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Qxd8+ Rxd8 14. f3 Nd7
15. Rac1 Bb7 16. Ne2 Bd6 17. Nd4 Ne5 18. a4 bxa4 19. Bxa4+ Ke7 20. Nb3 Rc8 21.
Na5 Ba8 22. Bd4 f6 23. Rfd1 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rb8 25. b3 g5 26. Kf1 h5 27. Ke2 h4
28. Ba7 Rg8 29. Bc5 Bxc5 30. Rxc5 Kd6 31. Rc3 Rb8 32. Ke3 Bb7 33. g3 hxg3 34.
hxg3 Ba8 35. Rc1 Rh8 36. Rd1+ Ke7 37. Nc4 Nxc4+ 38. bxc4 Rd8 39. Rh1 Kd6 40.
Kd4 e5+ 41. Kc3 Bc6 42. Rd1+ Kc7 43. Rxd8 Bxa4 44. Rf8 Bd1 45. Rxf6 a5 46. c5
a4 47. Kb4 Kd7 48. Rd6+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "26"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. c3 g6 6. Bg5 Bg7 7. Nbd2 Bd7 8. Nf1
h6 9. Bh4 Ne7 10. Bc4 O-O 11. Ne3 g5 12. Bg3 Ng6 13. O-O Nf4 14. Re1 Kh8 15.
Qc2 N6h5 16. d4 Qf6 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Rxd8 Qxd8 21.
exf5 Qd6 22. Nd2 Qc6 23. Qe4 Qb6 24. b4 Nf6 25. Qe3 N6d5 26. Qxb6 axb6 27. Ne4
Ra8 28. Bxf4 Nxf4 29. f6 Bf8 30. Bxf7 Bd6 31. g3 Nd3 32. Rd1 Nb2 33. Rd2 Na4
34. Bb3 b5 35. Nxd6 cxd6 36. Rxd6 Nxc3 37. f7 Kg7 38. Re6 Rf8 39. Rxe5 Kf6 40.
Re8 Kg7 41. Kg2 Nb1 42. f4 gxf4 43. gxf4 Nd2 44. Bd5 b6 45. f5 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "27"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Qc2 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5+ 8. Nc3
Qxc5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. O-O Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bd7 12. Be3 Qa5 13. Nd4 Nc6 14. Rab1
Qc7 15. Nb5 Qb8 16. Rfd1 Rd8 17. Qe4 Be8 18. c4 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 a6 20. Nc3 Qc7
21. Rb1 Rc8 22. Bb6 Qd6 23. c5 Qd2 24. Qd3 Qxd3 25. exd3 f5 26. d4 Bf6 27. Ne2
Bf7 28. h3 g5 29. g4 f4 30. Be4 Kg7 31. Kg2 Bg6 32. Bxg6 Kxg6 33. Rd1 Nb4 34.
Ba5 Nd5 35. Rb1 Rb8 36. Kf3 Kf7 37. Ke4 Ke7 38. Nc3 Nxc3+ 39. Bxc3 Kd7 40. Ba5
Bd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "28"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. h3 Nc6 8. Bg2
Bd7 9. Be3 Ne5 10. Qe2 Rc8 11. f4 Nc4 12. O-O-O Qb6 13. b3 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 e5 15.
Nd5 Qc5 16. c4 exd4 17. Rxd4 Nxd5 18. exd5+ Kd8 19. Qc3 Be7 20. b4 Qb6 21. Re4
Bf6 22. Qd2 Re8 23. Rhe1 Rxe4 24. Rxe4 Qg1+ 25. Re1 Rxc4+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "29"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Bd6 11. Ng5 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Qc8 13. e4 Qb7 14. f3 Nc6 15.
Be3 h6 16. Nh3 e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nd2 c5 19. Nf2 Rfd8 20. Nb3 c4 21. Nd4 Bf8
22. Rad1 b4 23. Nf5 b3 24. Qc3 Re8 25. a3 Nxf3 26. Kxf3 Nxe4 27. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 28.
Ke2 Rad8 29. Rf4 Qg2+ 30. Rf2 Qe4 31. Rf4 Qg2+ 32. Rf2 Qe4 33. Rd4 Rxd4 34.
Qxd4 Qxd4 35. Nxd4 c3 36. bxc3 b2 37. Rf1 Bxa3 38. Kd3 a5 39. Rb1 Rb8 40. Nc6
Ra8 41. c4 Ra6 42. Nd4 Rd6 43. Ke4 Rd8 44. Nb5 Re8+ 45. Kd3 Rd8+ 46. Bd4 Bc5
47. Rxb2 f6 48. Ra2 Bb4 49. Nc3 Ra8 50. Nd5 Bf8 51. c5 Kf7 52. Kc4 a4 53. Nb6
1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "30"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. f4 a6 7. Be2 Be7 8. a4
Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. Nb3 Na5 12. e5 Ne8 13. Nxa5 Qxa5 14. Qd2 Qc7 15.
Bd4 Bc6 16. Qe3 dxe5 17. fxe5 g6 18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Bc5 20. c3 Ng7 21. g4
Rad8 22. Kh1 Bxd4 23. cxd4 Qb6 24. Rfd1 Qxb2 25. Rab1 Qa2 26. Rxb7 Qxa4 27. Ra7
a5 28. h4 Rd7 29. Rxd7 Qxd7 30. h5 Qd5 31. Qxd5 exd5 32. Ra1 Ne6 33. Rxa5 Nxd4
34. Bf1 Rd8 35. Bg2 Nc6 36. Rxd5 Rxd5 37. Bxd5 Nxe5 38. hxg6 hxg6 39. g5 Nd3
40. Kh2 Nf4 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "31"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A77"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. e4 d6 8. Nd2
Nbd7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O a6 11. a4 Re8 12. Qc2 Qe7 13. Kh1 Ne5 14. a5 g5 15. Ra3
Ng6 16. Nc4 Nd7 17. Ne3 Nde5 18. Na4 Nf4 19. Nb6 Rb8 20. Nxc8 Rbxc8 21. Nf5 Qf6
22. Bxf4 gxf4 23. Rh3 Ng6 24. b3 Rb8 25. Bc4 b5 26. axb6 Rxb6 27. g3 Qb2 28.
Qxb2 Bxb2 29. f3 Be5 30. Rh5 a5 31. Rg5 Bf6 32. Rg4 h5 33. Rxf4 Nxf4 34. gxf4
Ra8 35. e5 dxe5 36. d6 exf4 37. Rg1+ Kf8 38. Nh6 Bg7 39. Nf5 Bd4 40. Re1 Be3
41. d7 Rd8 42. Rd1 Bd4 43. Nxd4 cxd4 44. Rxd4 Rb7 45. Rxf4 Rdxd7 46. Kg2 Rb4
47. Kg3 Rc7 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "32"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Ne5 Bd7 12. Qe2 Nb4 13. Rad1 Bc6 14. f4 Bd5
15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Bb3 Rc8 17. Bd2 Re8 18. Bc3 Qb6 19. Kh1 Nc6 20. Qc2 Na5 21.
Ba2 Nc4 22. Rf3 Bd6 23. Rh3 h6 24. Rf1 Bxe5 25. fxe5 Ne4 26. Qe2 Qc6 27. Be1
Nb6 28. a5 Nc4 29. Rhf3 Rc7 30. Bb1 b6 31. axb6 axb6 32. Bb4 Qe6 33. Bxe4 dxe4
34. Qxe4 Rd8 35. b3 Na5 36. Bxa5 bxa5 37. Rd3 Rcd7 38. h3 Qd5 39. Qg4 Rb7 40.
Rff3 Rb4 41. Rg3 g6 42. Qh4 Kh7 43. e6 g5 44. Qh5 Qxe6 45. Rdf3 Rd7 46. Rxg5
Rbxd4 47. Re5 Qg6 48. Qxg6+ fxg6 49. Rxa5 h5 50. Ra6 Rd3 51. Rxd3 Rxd3 52. b4
Rb3 53. Rb6 Rb2 54. h4 Kg7 55. Kh2 Rb3 56. b5 Rb4 57. Kg3 Rg4+ 58. Kh3 Rb4 59.
Rb8 Rb3+ 60. Kh2 Rb4 61. g3 Rb2+ 62. Kg1 Kf6 63. b6 Kf5 64. b7 Kg4 65. Rg8 Rxb7
66. Rxg6+ Kh3 67. Kf2 Rb3 68. Rg5 Ra3 69. Rxh5 Rxg3 70. Rg5 Ra3 71. h5 Kh4 72.
Rb5 Ra6 73. Kf3 Rf6+ 74. Ke4 Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "33"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Qc2 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. b3 Ba6 11. Bb2 Qb6 12. Nd2 Rac8 13. e4 Rfd8 14. Rac1 Qa5
15. a3 h6 16. b4 Qc7 17. Rfe1 dxc4 18. Nxc4 c5 19. Qa4 Qb7 20. Na5 Qb6 21. Bxf6
Bxf6 22. e5 Bg5 23. f4 cxb4+ 24. Kh1 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Qe3 26. Rg1 Be7 27. axb4 Be2
28. Nc6 Rd7 29. Nxe7+ Rxe7 30. Qc6 Bd3 31. Qc8+ Kh7 32. Qd8 Be4 33. Qxe7 Bxg2+
34. Kxg2 Qe2+ 35. Kh3 Qh5+ 36. Qh4 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "34"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 a6 7. g4 h6 8. Bg2
Nc6 9. h3 Ne5 10. Qe2 g5 11. O-O-O Bd7 12. Nf3 Ng6 13. Kb1 Rc8 14. Bd2 Bg7 15.
Nd4 b5 16. a3 Qb6 17. Be3 Rxc3 18. bxc3 Qc7 19. Bc1 Ne5 20. h4 Qxc3 21. hxg5
hxg5 22. Rxh8+ Bxh8 23. f3 Qc5 24. Nb3 Qc7 25. Qd2 Ng6 26. Qxg5 d5 27. Bb2 Qh2
28. Bxf6 Bxf6 29. Qxf6 Qxg2 30. exd5 Qe2 31. Rh1 exd5 32. Nd4 Qe3 33. Nf5 Bxf5
34. gxf5 Qxa3 35. fxg6 Qb4+ 36. Qb2 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "35"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O Nf6 13. Re1 c5 14. cxd5 Nxd5
15. Bb2 cxd4 16. Bxd4 Bb4 17. Qc2 Rc8 18. Qb2 Bc3 19. Bxc3 Nxc3 20. Ne4 Nxe4
21. Bxe4 Qf6 22. Qa3 Bxe2 23. Qxa7 Qd4 24. Qa4 Qxa4 25. bxa4 Bc4 26. Reb1 Rb8
27. Rb4 Rfc8 28. Rc1 Bxa2 29. Rxc8+ Rxc8 30. Rxb6 f5 31. Bc6 Bd5 32. Bxd5 exd5
33. Rb5 d4 34. Rxf5 d3 35. Rd5 Ra8 36. Rd4 d2 37. Kg2 Rxa4 38. Rxd2 h5 39. Rd5
g6 40. Rd7 Rc4 41. Kf3 Rb4 42. Ke3 Kf8 43. h4 Ra4 44. Rd4 Ra2 45. f3 Kg7 46.
Kf4 Ra5 47. Re4 Kf6 48. Rc4 Rb5 49. Ke4 Re5+ 50. Kd4 Re1 51. Rc6+ Kf7 52. Rc5
Kf6 53. Rg5 Rd1+ 54. Ke3 Re1+ 55. Kf2 Ra1 56. f4 Ra2+ 57. Kf3 Ra3+ 58. Kg2 Ra2+
59. Kh3 Rf2 60. Rb5 Kf7 61. Rb7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "36"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Re1 Ne4 8.
Nxe4 Bxe4 9. d3 Bb7 10. e4 c5 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 d6 13. b3 a6 14. Ba3 Nd7 15.
e5 Bxg2 16. exd6 Bf6 17. Kxg2 Nc5 18. b4 Nb7 19. c5 bxc5 20. bxc5 Qa5 21. Re3
Nxc5 22. Rc1 Nd7 23. Nc6 Qb5 24. Rb3 Qa4 25. Ne7+ Kh8 26. Rc7 Ne5 27. Qe2 Rfd8
28. f4 Nd7 29. Qc4 Qa5 30. Rd3 Qe1 31. Qc2 Nb6 32. Rd1 Qa5 33. Bb4 Qxb4 34. Nc6
Qc4 35. Qxc4 Nxc4 36. Nxd8 Ne3+ 37. Kf3 Nxd1 38. Nxf7+ Kg8 39. d7 Rf8 40. Nd6
Nc3 41. Rc8 Nd5 42. Nb7 Nb6 43. Rxf8+ Kxf8 44. d8=Q+ Bxd8 45. Nxd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "37"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Qd3 a6 5. e4 Bb7 6. Nbd2 c5 7. c3 cxd4 8. cxd4
Bb4 9. e5 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nd5 11. a3 Bxd2+ 12. Bxd2 Nc6 13. Qg4 Kf8 14. Bg2 h5
15. Qe4 Qb6 16. Be3 h4 17. O-O hxg3 18. hxg3 Nce7 19. Qd3 d6 20. Rac1 Rd8 21.
Bg5 Rh5 22. Bxe7+ Nxe7 23. Qc3 dxe5 24. dxe5 g6 25. Rfe1 Rd7 26. Rcd1 Rf5 27.
Bf3 Nd5 28. Qb3 Kg7 29. Rd2 g5 30. Ree2 Qc5 31. Bg4 Nf4 32. gxf4 Rxd2 33. Rxd2
Rxf4 34. Bd1 Qxe5 35. Qc3 Qxc3 36. bxc3 Rc4 37. Rd3 Kf6 38. Kf1 Ke7 39. Ke2 f5
40. Bb3 Re4+ 41. Re3 Rxe3+ 42. Kxe3 Kd6 43. f4 g4 44. Kd4 g3 45. Ke3 e5 46.
fxe5+ Kxe5 47. Kf3 f4 48. Bc2 Kd5 49. Bd3 Kc5 50. Bf1 a5 51. Kxf4 b4 52. cxb4+
axb4 53. axb4+ Kxb4 54. Kxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "38"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15.
a4 c5 16. d5 c4 17. Bg5 h6 18. Be3 Nc5 19. Qd2 h5 20. Ra3 Nfd7 21. Rea1 Qc7 22.
Qd1 Nb6 23. axb5 axb5 24. Ng5 Rxa3 25. Rxa3 h4 26. Nf1 Nba4 27. Qg4 f6 28. Nf3
g5 29. Nxh4 Bc8 30. Nf5 Qh7 31. N1g3 Nxb2 32. Nh5 Qg6 33. Ra8 Nbd3 34. h4 Bd7
35. Rxe8 Bxe8 36. Nhg3 gxh4 37. Qxh4 b4 38. cxb4 Nxb4 39. Bd1 Bf7 40. Bh5 Qh7
41. Qg4+ Kh8 42. Qh4 Nd7 43. Bxf7 Qxh4 44. Nxh4 c3 45. Ne2 c2 46. Nc1 Nc5 47.
Kf1 Ncd3 48. Ke2 Nxc1+ 49. Bxc1 Na2 50. Kd2 Bh6+ 51. Kxc2 Nxc1 52. Nf5 Bg5 53.
Nxd6 Ne2 54. Be8 Kg7 55. Nf5+ Kf8 56. Bh5 Nf4 57. g4 Nh3 58. d6 Nf4 59. d7 Ne6
60. Kb3 Nc5+ 61. Kc4 Nxd7 62. Kd5 Nb6+ 63. Ke6 Na4 64. f3 Nc5+ 65. Kd5 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "39"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. Nc3 axb5 6. Nxb5 Qa5+ 7. Nc3 Ba6 8.
Bd2 d6 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. g3 g6 11. Bg2 Bg7 12. O-O O-O 13. Re1 Rfb8 14. Qc2 Qb4
15. Rab1 Qb7 16. e4 Ng4 17. Red1 Nge5 18. Ne1 Nc4 19. Bc1 Qc7 20. b3 Qa5 21.
Na4 Bb5 22. Bf1 Nce5 23. Bxb5 Qxb5 24. Be3 Ng4 25. Qd3 c4 26. Qe2 Nxe3 27. Qxe3
cxb3 28. axb3 Qb4 29. Nf3 Nf6 30. Nd2 Ng4 31. Qe2 Ne5 32. Rbc1 Bh6 33. f4 Nd7
34. Kg2 Bg7 35. Qc4 Qa3 36. Rc2 Nb6 37. Nxb6 Rxb6 38. Qc7 Qb4 39. Qxe7 Rb7 40.
Qg5 Bc3 41. Qg4 Bxd2 42. Rcxd2 Qxe4+ 43. Qf3 Qxf3+ 44. Kxf3 Rxb3+ 45. Rd3 Rb5
46. Rc1 Ra2 47. Rc6 Rxh2 48. Rxd6 Rb8 49. Rc6 Rd8 50. d6 Ra2 51. d7 Raa8 52.
Rc7 Kf8 53. Re3 Kg7 54. g4 h6 55. Ke4 Kf6 56. Kd5 Ra5+ 57. Kc6 Ra6+ 58. Kc5
Ra5+ 59. Kd6 Ra6+ 60. Rc6 Ra7 61. Rc7 Ra6+ 62. Kc5 Ra5+ 63. Kb6 Rd5 64. Kc6 Rd4
65. Ra7 Rc4+ 66. Kd5 Rc1 67. Re4 Rd1+ 68. Kc6 Rc1+ 69. Kd6 Rd1+ 70. Kc6 Rc1+
71. Kd6 Rd1+ 72. Kc6 Rc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "40"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 a6 7. f3 b5 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. g4 h6 10. O-O-O Ne5 11. f4 Nexg4 12. e5 b4 13. exf6 bxc3 14. Qxc3 Nxf6
15. Bg2 Bd7 16. Bxa8 Qxa8 17. Rhg1 Ne4 18. Qa5 g6 19. Ne2 Bg7 20. Bd4 O-O 21.
Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Qb4 Rc8 23. Qd4+ Kh7 24. Ng3 Nxg3 25. hxg3 Qc6 26. c3 d5 27. Rh1
h5 28. g4 Qc4 29. Qf6 Qxa2 30. Qxf7+ Kh8 31. Qxd7 Rb8 32. b4 Qa1+ 33. Kd2 Qa2+
34. Ke3 Qc2 35. Qc7 Rf8 36. Qe5+ Kg8 37. Rd2 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "41"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 d5 4. O-O Bg7 5. c4 dxc4 6. Qa4+ c6 7. Qxc4 O-O 8.
Qc2 Na6 9. d3 Re8 10. Nc3 e5 11. a3 h6 12. b4 Nc7 13. Bb2 a6 14. Nd2 Ne6 15. e3
h5 16. Nde4 Nd5 17. Rad1 h4 18. Rfe1 hxg3 19. hxg3 Rb8 20. Qb3 Nec7 21. Nxd5
cxd5 22. Nc3 Be6 23. Qc2 Rc8 24. Rc1 Qd7 25. Na4 Qb5 26. Nc5 Bg4 27. Qb3 Red8
28. a4 Qb6 29. a5 Qb5 30. d4 e4 31. Bf1 Qe8 32. Nxb7 Rd7 33. Nc5 Rd6 34. Rc2
Bf3 35. Bg2 g5 36. Bxf3 exf3 37. e4 g4 38. Qe3 dxe4 39. Qxe4 Qxe4 40. Rxe4 f5
41. Re1 Nb5 42. d5 Nd4 43. Bxd4 Bxd4 44. Rc4 Rxd5 45. Kf1 Rc6 46. Rd1 Rh6 47.
Kg1 Bxf2+ 48. Kxf2 Rxd1 49. b5 Rh2+ 50. Ke3 f2 51. Rf4 f1=Q 52. Rxf1 Rxf1 53.
b6 Ra2 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "42"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 e6 6. Nf3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Nxb5 Nbd7 12. Nc3 Bxf3 13. gxf3 O-O 14. f4 e5
15. f5 a5 16. Bd2 Rc8 17. Bb5 Bb6 18. O-O-O Qe7 19. Kb1 Nc5 20. Be1 e4 21. Nd5
Nxd5 22. Rxd5 Qb7 23. Rd1 Bd8 24. a4 Bf6 25. Bxa5 Nxa4 26. Qxa4 Rc5 27. Rd7
Qxb5 28. Qxb5 Rxb5 29. b4 Bc3 30. Kc2 Bxb4 31. Bxb4 Rxb4 32. Rc7 Rb5 33. f6 g6
34. Rd1 Rf5 35. Rd2 Rxf6 36. Kd1 Ra8 37. Re7 Ra1+ 38. Ke2 Rh1 39. Rxe4 Rxh2 40.
Kf1 Rh1+ 41. Kg2 Ra1 42. Rdd4 Kg7 43. Rf4 Rxf4 44. Rxf4 h5 45. Rb4 g5 46. Rb5
Kg6 47. e4 h4 48. Rb6+ Kg7 49. f3 Ra2+ 50. Kh3 Rf2 51. Kg4 Rg2+ 52. Kf5 h3 53.
Rb1 Rg3 54. Rh1 Kh6 55. f4 Rf3 56. Ke5 g4 57. Kf5 Kh5 58. Ra1 Kh4 59. Ra2 g3
60. Ra8 g2 61. Rg8 Rf1 62. Rg4+ Kh5 63. Rg3 Rf3 64. Rg8 Kh6 65. e5 Kh7 66. Rg4
h2 67. Kf6 g1=Q 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.21"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "El Gindy, Essam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. a3 bxa3 7. Rxa3 O-O 8.
Nc3 d5 9. e3 Nc6 10. c5 a6 11. Be2 Rb8 12. O-O Qc7 13. Na4 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15.
Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Qd4 Qg5 17. Nb6 Bh3 18. Bf3 Rbd8 19. Rd1 h5 20. Ra4 Be6 21. Qf4
Qxf4 22. exf4 Bg4 23. Rad4 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Rfe8 25. Kf1 h4 26. Nxd5 Rxd5 27. Rxd5
Nxd5 28. Rxd5 a5 29. h3 f6 30. b3 Ra8 31. Rd4 Rc8 32. Rc4 Rc6 33. Ke2 b6 34.
Kd3 Kf7 35. f5 Ke7 36. Kd4 bxc5+ 37. Rxc5 Rb6 38. Kc3 Rb4 39. Rc4 Rb5 40. Rxh4
Rxf5 41. Re4+ Kd6 42. f4 Rh5 43. Re3 Rh4 44. Rf3 Kd5 45. Kd3 f5 46. Rg3 Rxf4
47. Rxg7 Rf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.22"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "El Gindy, Essam"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D99"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Bg4 8.
Be3 Nfd7 9. Qb3 Nb6 10. Rd1 e6 11. Be2 Nc6 12. d5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. exd5
Ne5 15. Nxe5 Bxe2 16. Kxe2 Bxe5 17. h3 Qf6 18. Rd3 a5 19. Rb1 Qa6 20. Kf1 a4
21. Qc2 Rfd8 22. Kg1 Qb5 23. f4 Bf6 24. Rbd1 Qxb2 25. Qxc7 Qxa2 26. Qxb7 a3 27.
Qc6 Bg7 28. f5 Qe2 29. f6 a2 30. Bd4 a1=Q 31. Bxa1 Rxa1 32. Rxa1 Qxd3 33. Qb6
Bf8 34. Qxd8 Qd4+ 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.24"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. cxd5 c6 7. Rc1 O-O 8.
dxc6 Qxd4 9. Qxd4 Bxd4 10. Nf3 Bxc3+ 11. Rxc3 Nxc6 12. e3 Bg4 13. Bb5 Nb4 14.
a3 Nd5 15. Rc1 Rac8 16. Ke2 Nb6 17. b3 e5 18. h3 Be6 19. Nd2 Kg7 20. a4 Rfd8
21. a5 Nd5 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Bc4 f5 24. f3 Kf6 25. g3 f4 26. Ne4+ Ke7 27. exf4
exf4 28. Rd1 Nc7 29. gxf4 Rf8 30. Ke3 Rf5 31. Nd6 Rxa5 32. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.25"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 c5 8.
Ne5 a6 9. Be3 Qc7 10. Qa4+ Nd7 11. Bb5 cxd4 12. Bxd7+ Bxd7 13. Qxd4 Bb5 14. a4
Bd6 15. Nxf7 Kxf7 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rd1 Rhd8 18. Qh4 b4 19. O-O bxc3 20. bxc3
Kg8 21. c4 Be5 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. g3 Bf6 24. Qg4 Qc6 25. Rb1 Ra8 26. c5 Ra1 27.
Rxa1 Bxa1 28. h4 Bf6 29. h5 Kf7 30. Qf4 Qd7 31. h6 Qd1+ 32. Kh2 Qh5+ 33. Kg1
Qd1+ 34. Kh2 Qh5+ 35. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.26"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Be7 9. c3 O-O 10. Re1 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Nf6 12. Bf3 Qc7 13. Nb5 Qb6 14. a4 a6
15. Be3 Bc5 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. Qd6 Qxd6 18. Nxd6 Rb8 19. a5 Rd8 20. Rad1 Kf8 21.
b4 Nd5 22. Nxf7 Kxf7 23. c4 b6 24. cxd5 bxa5 25. dxe6+ Bxe6 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27.
bxa5 Rd4 28. Re4 Rd2 29. h4 Kf6 30. Rb4 Ke7 31. Rb7+ Rd7 32. Rb6 Bc4 33. Be4 h6
34. g4 Rd1+ 35. Kh2 Ra1 36. Rb7+ Kf8 37. Rc7 Bb5 38. Bd5 Be8 39. Rc5 Bb5 40.
Rc8+ Ke7 41. Rg8 Kf6 42. f4 Rxa5 43. g5+ hxg5 44. fxg5+ Kg6 45. Rf8 Kh5 46. Kg3
Ra3+ 47. Bf3+ Kg6 48. Kf4 Bd3 49. h5+ Kh7 50. Bd5 Ra4+ 51. Ke3 Ra3 52. Bg8+ Kh8
53. Bc4+ 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.26"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qc2 O-O 8.
a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 c6 10. Nd2 Qe8 11. f3 Qe6 12. Bh4 Re8 13. Bf2 b6 14. e3 a5 15.
Bd3 Ba6 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. O-O c5 18. Rfe1 Raa8 19. e4 cxd4 20. Qxd4 dxe4 21.
Nxe4 Nxe4 22. Rxe4 Qc6 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Rd1 Nc5 25. Qc4 h6 26. h3 Qf6 27. b4
axb4 28. axb4 Ne6 29. Qc6 Rb8 30. b5 Qe5 31. Qd6 Qxd6 32. Rxd6 Nc7 33. Rxb6
Rxb6 34. Bxb6 Nxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.26"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. a3 Qa5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bxc5 Nxc5 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Na4 14. b4 Qb6 15.
Qxb6 Nxb6 16. Bd3 Bd7 17. Ne2 h5 18. Nd4 g6 19. g3 Ke7 20. Kd2 Rac8 21. h3 Rh6
22. Raf1 Rg8 23. Ke3 Rc8 24. Rhg1 Rhh8 25. Nb3 Na4 26. Kd4 Rc7 27. Rf2 Rcc8 28.
Ke3 Rh6 29. Nd4 Rc3 30. Ra1 Rh8 31. Kd2 Rc7 32. Rf3 Rhc8 33. Re3 Rg8 34. Rf1
Rh8 35. Rf2 Nb6 36. Be2 Na4 37. Rff3 Rcc8 38. g4 hxg4 39. hxg4 Rh4 40. Rh3 Rch8
41. Rxh4 Rxh4 42. Ke1 Nb6 43. Kf2 Nc4 44. Bxc4 dxc4 45. Rg3 Rh1 46. Rg1 Rh3 47.
Rg3 Rh1 48. Rg1 Rh3 49. Rg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.26"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. b4 b6 7. Qb3 c5 8. bxc5
bxc5 9. cxd5 Nbd7 10. Be2 Rb8 11. Qa3 Bb7 12. O-O Nxd5 13. Bd2 cxd4 14. Nxd4 e5
15. Nf3 e4 16. Nd4 Nf4 17. Qxa7 Nxe2+ 18. Ncxe2 Bd5 19. Rfc1 Ne5 20. Nc3 Ra8
21. Qc5 Bb7 22. Rcb1 Ba6 23. Qb6 Qxb6 24. Rxb6 Nc4 25. Rxa6 Rxa6 26. Be1 f5 27.
g3 Ne5 28. Kg2 Nf3 29. Rd1 Bxd4 30. exd4 Rd8 31. d5 Ra3 32. Nb5 Nxe1+ 33. Rxe1
Rxa2 34. Nc3 Rc2 35. Re3 Kf7 36. h4 Kf6 37. g4 Ke5 38. g5 Rb8 39. h5 gxh5 40.
d6 Kxd6 41. Ne2 Rbb2 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.27"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d4 e6 6. Nbd2 Ngf6 7. Re1 Be7 8. e4
O-O 9. c3 Bh5 10. e5 Ne8 11. Nb3 Rc8 12. Be3 c5 13. Nc1 cxd4 14. Bxd4 a6 15.
Nd3 Nb8 16. Qb3 Qc7 17. Nd2 b5 18. Nf4 Bg4 19. Nf1 Bg5 20. Ne3 Bxf4 21. gxf4
Bh5 22. a4 Nc6 23. axb5 Nxd4 24. cxd4 axb5 25. Qb4 g6 26. Qa5 Qe7 27. Rec1
Rxc1+ 28. Rxc1 Be2 29. Qd2 Bh5 30. Rc8 Nc7 31. Rxf8+ Qxf8 32. h3 Qa8 33. Kh2
Qa7 34. Kg3 Ne8 35. Bf1 Ng7 36. Bxb5 Qa1 37. Kg2 h6 38. Bd3 Nf5 39. Nxf5 gxf5
40. f3 Qa4 41. Be2 f6 42. Qc3 Kg7 43. b4 fxe5 44. fxe5 Qa2 45. Kf2 f4 46. b5
Be8 47. Qc7+ Bf7 48. Qc1 Bg6 49. Ke1 Qa5+ 50. Qd2 Qa1+ 51. Kf2 Bf5 52. h4 Qb1
53. Qxf4 Qb2 54. Qe3 Kg6 55. Kg3 Qb1 56. Qf2 Kf7 57. Bf1 Ke7 58. Qe2 Kd7 59.
Kf2 Qb4 60. Qe3 Qb2+ 61. Kg3 Qb1 62. Bh3 Bxh3 63. Kxh3 Qf5+ 64. Kg3 Qg6+ 65.
Kf2 Qc2+ 66. Qe2 Qc3 67. Qd1 Qb2+ 68. Kg3 Qxb5 69. Kg4 Qb8 70. Qd3 Qg8+ 71. Kh5
Qf7+ 72. Kxh6 Qf4+ 73. Kg7 Qxh4 74. Qb5+ Kc7 75. Qc5+ Kb7 76. Kf7 Qh7+ 77. Kxe6
Qg8+ 78. Kd7 Qf7+ 79. Qe7 Qxf3 80. Qb4+ Ka7 81. Kc6 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.28"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O (4. d3 {ist eine alternative Fortsetzung.
Man bekommt spielbare Stellungen, doch keinen Eröffnungsvorteil.} Bc5 (4... d6
$5 5. O-O Be7 6. c3 O-O 7. Re1 a6 8. Ba4 b5 9. Bc2 Re8 $132 {Es entsteht ein
typischer Spanier mit d3.}) 5. Bxc6 (5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Nbd2 a6 8. Ba4 Ba7
$132 {Wiederum hat Schwarz wenig zu befürchten.}) 5... dxc6 6. Be3 Qe7 (6...
Bxe3 $2 {verbessert die weiße Bauernstruktur und öffnet die f-Linie.} 7. fxe3
Qe7 8. O-O Ng4 9. Qd2 f6 10. Nh4 g6 11. Nc3 Bd7 12. Rf3 f5 13. g3 Nf6 14. exf5
g5 15. Ng2 e4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. dxe4 O-O-O 18. Qa5 $16 {Sutovsky - Carlsen 
(Crete, 2007)}) 7. Bxc5 Qxc5 8. Nc3 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 O-O {Schwarz hat
keine Schwierigkeiten.} 11. O-O-O a5 12. Qf5 Rfd8 13. Rhf1 a4 14. a3 b5 $132 {
Sutovsky - Aronian (Caleta, 2005)}) 4... Nxe4 5. d4 (5. Re1 {Das ist eine
bekannte Remisvariante:} Nd6 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. Rxe5+ Be7 8. Bf1 (8. Bd3 O-O 9.
Nc3 c6 10. b3 Ne8 11. Bb2 d5 12. Qh5 Nf6 13. Qh4 Be6 $11) 8... O-O 9. d4 Bf6
10. Re1 Nf5 11. c3 d5 $11 {Bei symmetrischer Bauernstruktur ist das Maximum,
was beide Seiten erreichen können, der kollektive Abtausch aller Figuren.})
5... Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 h6 (9... Ke8 10. h3 Be7
11. g4 (11. Bg5 Bxg5 12. Nxg5 h6 $1 {Es is wichtig, den gegnerischen Springer
gleich zu vertreiben.} 13. Nf3 h5 14. Rad1 (14. Ne2 Ke7 15. Nf4 g6 $1 16. Rad1
Ng7 17. Rfe1 Rd8 18. Rxd8 Kxd8 19. Ng5 Ke7 20. Rd1 a5 21. a4 Bf5 $132 {Timman
- Kritz (Amsterdam, 2002)}) 14... Ke7 $11) 11... Nh4 12. Nxh4 Bxh4 13. Kg2 h5
14. f3 Be6 $11 {Die schwarze Stellung ist zwar passiv, aber nicht zu brechen.})
10. h3 (10. Rd1+ {Das Problem dieses Zuges ist, dass Weiß eigentlich den
anderen Turm nach d1 stellen sollte.} Ke8 11. h3 a5 12. Bf4 Be6 13. g4 Ne7 14.
Nd4 Nd5 15. Nce2 Bc5 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. c4 Nb6 18. b3 a4 $132 {Kasparov -
Kramnik (London, 2000)}) (10. b3 $5 {Es macht Sinn, Zeit am Zug h3 zu sparen,
wenn man nicht mit g4 spielen will.} Bd7 11. Bb2 Kc8 12. Rad1 b6 13. Rd3 (13.
Ne2 c5 14. c4 Bc6 $11 {Kasparov - Kramnik (London, 2000)}) 13... Ne7 14. Rfd1 {
Weiß entwickelt nun eine unangenehme Initiative.} Bf5 15. Rd8+ Kb7 16. Rxa8
Kxa8 17. Nd4 Bg4 18. Nce2 c5 19. h3 Bc8 20. Nb5 Kb7 21. Nf4 $36 {Bruzon
Batista - Mitkov (Merida, 2008)}) 10... Bd7 11. b3 (11. Bf4 $5 Kc8 12. Rad1 $1
(12. a3 $2 {ist einfach zu langsam.} b6 13. Rad1 Ne7 14. Rfe1 c5 $132 {Motylev
- Ponomariov (Motril, 2008). Schwarz plant Bc6-Kb7 mit guter Stellung.}) 12...
b6 13. Rd3 Be6 14. Rfd1 Kb7 15. b3 $14 {und Schwarz hatte Probleme mit seiner
Entwicklung in Anand - Topalov (Monte Carlo, 2005)}) 11... Kc8 12. Bb2 b6 13.
Rad1 c5 (13... Ne7 {gilt als Hauptzug. Weiß hat nun mehrere
Fortsetzungsmöglichkeiten.} 14. Rd2 {Sieht am logischsten aus, aber auch
andere Ideen sind interessant.} (14. Ne2 Ng6 15. Ng3 (15. Ne1 h5 16. Nd3 c5 17.
c4 a5 18. a4 h4 $11 {Kasparov - Kramnik (London, 2000)}) 15... Nf4 16. Nd4 a5
17. a4 b5 18. Kh2 bxa4 19. bxa4 Nd5 20. Rd3 Nb6 $132 {Shirov - Kramnik (Astana,
2001)}) (14. Nd4 $5 c5 15. Nde2 a5 16. Rd2 Nc6 17. Rfd1 Be6 18. Nf4 Bf5 19. g4
$1 $16 {Efimenko - Naiditsch (Subotica, 2008)}) 14... c5 15. Rfd1 Be6 16. Ne2
g5 $132 {Anand - Kramnik (Mainz, 2001)}) 14. Rfe1 ({Nach} 14. Nd5 a5 $1 15. a4
c4 $1 {wurde Weiß praktisch gezwungen, den Bauern zu opfern:} 16. e6 fxe6 17.
Nf4 cxb3 18. cxb3 Bd6 19. Ng6 Rg8 20. Nfe5 Be8 $15 {, wonach Schwarz eindeutig
besser stand in Stellwagen - Efimenko (Wattenscheid, 2008)}) 14... a5 $5 $146 {
Der Zug ist vielleicht nicht schlecht, aber mir gefällt die sofortige
Überführung des Springers nach g6 besser.} (14... Ne7 {Die Überführung des
Springers nach g6 ist ein typisches Manöver - von dort aus kontrolliert er das
Feld f4.} 15. Nd2 (15. Ne2 Ng6 $11 {Leko - Jakovenko (Jermuk, 2009)}) 15... Be6
16. Nde4 c4 17. Kh2 cxb3 18. cxb3 Ng6 19. Nb5 Bd7 20. Nec3 Bc5 21. Ba3 Bxa3 22.
Nxa3 Re8 $11 {Motylev - Volokitin (Wijk aan Zee, 2009)}) 15. a4 {Weiß kann es
sich vielleicht erlauben, Schwarz a5-a4 spielen zu lassen.} (15. g4 $5 Ne7 16.
Nd2 h5 17. f3 a4 18. Kg2 $14) 15... Ne7 {Nachdem die Züge a5 und a4 gespielt
wurden, ist es sogar noch besser für Schwarz.} 16. Ne2 Ng6 17. h4 $2 {Es ist
unglaublich, dass man solch einen Zug nochmal spielt, nachdem man in der
Partie Leko - Jakovenko schon gesehen hatte, dass die Aufgabe der weißen
Felder nur zum Nachteil führen kann.} h5 (17... Bg4 18. Nh2 Bf5 19. h5 Ne7 20.
Rd2 Nc6 21. g4 Bh7 22. f4 $14) 18. g3 $2 {Wenn man "A" sagt, muss man auch "B"
sagen. Die einzige prinzipielle Fortsetzung ist Ng5} (18. Ng5 Be7 $1 19. Nxf7 (
19. e6 fxe6 20. Ng3 Bxg5 21. hxg5 h4 22. Ne4 e5 $11) 19... Rf8 20. Ng5 Bf5 $1
$132) 18... Be7 $11 {Schwarz hat mindestens ausgeglichen, ich wuerde seine
Stellung sogar als etwas aussichtsreicher einschätzen.} 19. c4 Bf5 {Die weißen
Felder im Lager von Weiß sehen furchtbar schwach aus.} 20. Nc3 Kb7 (20... Bc2
21. Rc1 Bxb3 (21... Bf5 22. Nd5 $11) 22. Nd2 $18) 21. Nd2 (21. Nd5 $2 Bc2 22.
Rc1 Bxb3 $17 {Der Bauer a4 ist nicht gedeckt - der Läufer kann nicht gefangen
genommen werden.}) 21... c6 22. Nf1 (22. Nde4 $4 Nxe5 $19) (22. Nce4 Rad8 $15 {
/\Rd3}) 22... Bg4 23. Rc1 Rad8 $15 {Schwarz hat eindeutig die Initiative
übernommen.} 24. Nd1 Rhe8 25. Nde3 Rd3 26. Bc3 (26. Nxg4 Rxb3 27. Rc2 hxg4 $15)
(26. Rc3 $4 Nxe5 $19) 26... Bc8 $1 {Den Läufer sollte man behalten.} 27. Nd1
Nf8 {Schwarz überführt den Springer nach d4.} 28. f4 Ne6 29. Nf2 Rdd8 30. Ne4
Nd4 31. Nfd2 Bf5 32. Kf2 Rd7 (32... f6 $5 {sieht sehr gefährlich für Weiß aus:}
33. exf6 gxf6 $17) 33. Nf6 $1 {Vielleicht die beste Chance. Ansonsten würde
Schwarz langsam aber sicher seinen gewaltigen positionellen Vorteil verwerten.}
Bxf6 (33... gxf6 $2 34. exf6 $11) 34. exf6 Rxe1 35. Rxe1 gxf6 36. Ne4 Bxe4 37.
Rxe4 f5 {Gibt den großen Teil des Vorteils weg.} (37... Nxb3 38. Bxf6 Nd2 39.
Re5 (39. Re7 Rxe7 40. Bxe7 f5 $19) 39... Kc7 40. Bh8 Nxc4 41. Rxh5 Rd2+ 42. Kf3
Rd3+ 43. Kf2 Kd7 44. Rg5 Nd6 $17 {Die Chancen von Schwarz sind viel größer.})
38. Re8 (38. Re5 $5 f6 39. Re8 Nxb3 40. Rh8 $132) 38... Nxb3 39. Rh8 Nd2 $2 {
Ein Fehler, der zum Remis führt.} (39... Rd3 $1 {würde sehr wahrscheinlich
gewinnen. Ponomariov wollte wohl kein Risiko eingehen.} 40. Be5 Nd2 41. Rxh5
Ne4+ 42. Ke1 f6 43. Rh7+ Ka6 44. Bb8 b5 45. axb5+ cxb5 46. cxb5+ Kxb5 47. h5 a4
48. h6 a3 49. Ra7 Rxg3 50. h7 Rh3 $19) 40. Bxd2 Rxd2+ 41. Ke3 Rd6 (41... Ra2
42. Rxh5 Ra3+ 43. Kf2 Rxa4 44. Rxf5 Rxc4 45. Rxf7+ Ka6 46. h5 $13 {Die Anzahl
der Bauern spielt keine Rolle - das entstandene Endspiel ist voll verrückt.})
42. Rxh5 Rf6 43. Rh8 b5 44. Rd8 Kc7 45. Rd2 b4 46. Kf3 Rd6 47. Rxd6 Kxd6 48.
Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.30"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qa4+ Nc6 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 Be6 11. a3 Bd6 12. Nb5 Bg4 13. Rc1 Ne7 14. Nxd6
Qxd6 15. Qb4 Qxb4+ 16. axb4 c6 17. b5 Rfc8 18. Kd2 cxb5 19. Bxb5 f6 20. Rxc8+
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.12.01"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "186"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Qc7 7. Bd2 e6 8.
Bb5+ Nc6 9. O-O Bd6 10. Bb4 O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Nbd2 Nd7 13. Rfc1 Rfc8 14.
Qa3 Bxb4 15. Qxb4 Bg4 16. Rc2 Rab8 17. Qa3 Qb6 18. b3 Bxf3 19. Nxf3 Qb4 20.
Qxa7 Rb7 21. Qa6 c5 22. dxc5 Rxc5 23. Rac1 h6 24. h3 Rbc7 25. a3 Qxb3 26. Rxc5
Rxc5 27. Rxc5 Qb1+ 28. Qf1 Qxf1+ 29. Kxf1 Nxc5 30. Ke2 Kf8 31. Ne5 Ke7 32. Nd3
Ne4 33. Kd1 Kd6 34. f3 Nc3+ 35. Kc2 Na4 36. Kb3 Nb6 37. a4 f5 38. Kb4 Nc4 39.
e4 fxe4 40. fxe4 g5 41. exd5 Kxd5 42. Kc3 e5 43. Nb4+ Kc5 44. Na6+ Kd5 45. Nc7+
Kc5 46. Kd3 Nb2+ 47. Ke4 Nxa4 48. Kxe5 Nb2 49. Ne6+ Kc4 50. Kf5 Kd5 51. Ng7 Nd3
52. Nh5 Ne1 53. g3 Kd4 54. Kg6 Nd3 55. Kxh6 Nf2 56. h4 gxh4 57. gxh4 Ng4+ 58.
Kg7 Ke5 59. Ng3 Nf6 60. Kg6 Nd5 61. Kg7 Nf6 62. Kf7 Ng4 63. Ne2 Nf6 64. Kg6 Nd5
65. h5 Ne7+ 66. Kg7 Nf5+ 67. Kf7 Nh6+ 68. Kg6 Nf5 69. Ng3 Nh4+ 70. Kg7 Nf3 71.
h6 Ng5 72. Ne2 Ne6+ 73. Kf7 Ng5+ 74. Kg6 Ne6 75. Nc3 Nf8+ 76. Kf7 Nh7 77. Kg7
Ng5 78. Ne2 Ne6+ 79. Kf7 Ng5+ 80. Kg6 Ne6 81. Ng1 Nf8+ 82. Kf7 Kf5 83. Nf3 Nh7
84. Kg7 Nf6 85. Nd4+ Kg5 86. Ne6+ Kh5 87. Nc7 Kg5 88. Nd5 Ne8+ 89. Kh7 Nd6 90.
Nc3 Nf7 91. Ne4+ Kf4 92. Kg7 Nxh6 93. Kxh6 Kxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.12.02"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c5 8.
a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Qe3+ Qe7 12. Qxe7+ Kxe7 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14.
Rc1 Ne6 15. e3 Rd8 16. Kd2 Bd7 17. Bd3 Rac8 18. b4 Kd6 19. h4 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Ra8
21. e4 f6 22. exd5 Nf4 23. g3 Nxd3 24. Kxd3 Kxd5 25. Rc5+ Kd6 26. Nd2 Be6 27.
Nc4+ Kd7 28. Ne3 b6 29. Rc3 Kd6 30. Ke4 g6 31. Rd3+ Kc6 32. Rc3+ Kd6 33. Rd3+
Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.12.02"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Nh4 Bc8 7. e3 e5 8. Bxc4
exd4 9. exd4 Qe7+ 10. Be2 Qc7 11. O-O Be7 12. Bd3 O-O 13. Re1 Na6 14. g3 Nb4
15. Bf4 Bd6 16. Bg5 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Nd5 18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. Nf5 Bb4 20. Ne7+ Bxe7
21. Bxe7 Re8 22. Rac1 Qd7 23. Ba3 Qxa4 24. Qb3 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Qc6 26. Qxd5 Be6
27. Qxc6 bxc6 28. f3 a5 29. Kf2 Rb8 30. g4 h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.12.02"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 h6 10. b3 Be6 11. Bb2 Kc8 12. h3 c5 13. Rad1 b6 14. Kh2
Ne7 15. Ne2 g5 16. c4 Ng6 17. Ne1 Bg7 18. f4 gxf4 19. Nd3 f3 20. Rxf3 Rd8 21.
Rdf1 Nh4 22. Rg3 Nf5 23. Rgf3 Nh4 24. Rg3 Nf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.12.02"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Nh4 Bg4 10. Qb3 a5 11. f3 Bh5 12. g4 Nd5 13. Ng2 Bg6 14. e4 N5b6 15.
Be2 Qe7 16. Be3 f6 17. Nf4 Bf7 18. Nd3 e5 19. d5 Bxc3 20. Bxb6 cxd5 21. Bf2 Bd4
22. Qxb7 O-O 23. Rac1 Rab8 24. Qc7 dxe4 25. fxe4 Bxf2+ 26. Rxf2 Qd8 27. Bf1 Rc8
28. Qxd8 Rfxd8 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. b4 Be6 31. bxa5 Ra8 32. a6 Bc4 33. Nb4 Bxf1
34. Kxf1 Nc5 35. Rc2 Nxa6 36. Nd5 Kf7 37. Ke2 Ra7 38. Kd3 Ke6 39. Rc8 h5 40.
gxh5 f5 41. Rc6+ Kd7 42. Rg6 fxe4+ 43. Kxe4 Nc5+ 44. Kxe5 Ke8 45. Rc6 Nd7+ 46.
Kd6 Rxa4 47. Rc8+ Kf7 48. Kxd7 Rh4 49. Rc2 Rxh5 50. Kd6 Kg8 51. Ke6 Kh7 52. Rg2
Kh6 53. Ne7 Ra5 54. Nf5+ Kh5 55. h4 Ra6+ 56. Ke7 Ra7+ 57. Kf8 Ra8+ 58. Kf7 Ra7+
59. Kg8 Ra8+ 60. Kh7 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.12.03"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A63"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O a6 10. a4 Re8 11. h3 Nbd7 12. Bf4 Qc7 13. Re1 Nh5 14. Bd2 Rb8 15. a5
b5 16. axb6 Qxb6 17. Na4 Qc7 18. Bc3 f5 19. e3 Nhf6 20. Rc1 Ne4 21. Bxg7 Kxg7
22. Nd4 Ndf6 23. Nc6 Rb7 24. b4 cxb4 25. Qd4 b3 26. g4 fxg4 27. hxg4 b2 28.
Nxb2 Rb5 29. Nd3 Qf7 30. Nf4 Bd7 31. Ne6+ Bxe6 32. dxe6 Qxe6 33. f3 Ng5 34. f4
Qxg4 35. fxg5 Rxg5 36. Rc2 Qxd4 37. Nxd4 Nd5 38. Nf3 Rg4 39. Nh2 Rg5 40. Nf3
Rg4 41. Nh2 Rg5 42. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.12.04"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Qa5 8. Bd2
c4 9. a4 Bd7 10. g3 O-O-O 11. h4 f5 12. Ng5 Rf8 13. h5 Nh6 14. Rh4 Nf7 15. Nxf7
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.12.05"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 d6 6. a3 Bg7 7. Rb1 a5 8. O-O
O-O 9. d3 h6 10. Bd2 Be6 11. Qa4 Bd7 12. Rfc1 Nd4 13. Qd1 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Bc6
15. b4 Bxf3 16. exf3 axb4 17. axb4 b6 18. f4 Ra3 19. Nb5 Ra2 20. Be3 Qd7 21.
Rc2 Ra4 22. bxc5 dxc5 23. Rcb2 Ra6 24. Rb3 Ng4 25. Bd2 h5 26. h3 Nh6 27. Kg2
Nf5 28. g4 hxg4 29. hxg4 Nh6 30. Kg3 Ra2 31. Be3 f5 32. g5 Ng4 33. Qf3 e6 34.
Rh1 Rfa8 35. Nc3 Bxc3 36. Rxc3 R8a3 37. Rxa3 Rxa3 38. Rb1 Nxe3 39. Rxb6 Nf1+
40. Kg2 Nd2 41. Qe2 Rxd3 42. Qe5 Kh7 43. Qxc5 Ne4 44. Qb4 Qf7 45. c5 Rd7 46. c6
Rc7 47. Rb7 e5 48. Rxc7 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.12.05"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Ngf3 Nf6 7. Qe2 Nc6 8. c3
Qc7 9. O-O Bd7 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Ne4 Be7 12. Re1 Nf4 13. Bxf4 Qxf4 14. Rad1 Rd8
15. g3 Qc7 16. Bb1 h6 17. Qc2 Bc8 18. Rxd8+ Qxd8 19. b4 Qc7 20. Ned2 Bf6 21.
Ne4 Be7 22. a4 Ne5 23. Nd4 Nc6 24. Qd3 Nxd4 25. Qxd4 O-O 26. a5 Rd8 27. Qe3 f5
28. Nc5 Bxc5 29. bxc5 Qxa5 30. g4 Qc7 31. Ba2 fxg4 32. Bxe6+ Bxe6 33. Qxe6+ Kh8
34. Qe7 Qc8 35. Rb1 Rd7 36. Qe4 Rf7 37. Qd5 Qc7 38. Rb4 Qe7 39. Re4 Qf6 40. Re2
Qf3 41. Qxf3 Rxf3 42. Re7 Rxc3 43. Rxb7 Rxc5 44. Kg2 Kh7 45. Rb6 a5 46. Ra6 h5
47. Kg3 g6 48. h4 gxh3 49. Kxh3 g5 50. Kg3 g4 51. Kh4 Rf5 52. Kg3 Kg7 53. Kh4
Kf7 54. Ra7+ Ke6 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.12.05"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. O-O Rb8 8.
Nc3 Nf6 9. e4 O-O 10. Re1 d6 11. e5 Ng4 12. exd6 exd6 13. h3 Ne5 14. b3 Bf5 15.
Bd2 h5 16. Ne2 Re8 17. Bc3 Qd7 18. f4 Nd3 19. cxd3 Rxe2 20. Rxe2 Bxc3 21. Rc1
Bd4+ 22. Kh2 c5 23. Qd2 Kg7 24. h4 Bf6 25. Rc4 a5 26. d4 Be6 27. Ra4 c4 28.
Qxa5 cxb3 29. axb3 Rxb3 30. Rb4 Rd3 31. Rb7 Qc8 32. Qc7 Qxc7 33. Rxc7 Bg4 34.
Ra2 Rxd4 35. Bh3 Bd8 36. Rcc2 Bf3 37. Rd2 Bb6 38. Rxd4 Bxd4 39. Bg2 Bg4 40. Bd5
Kf6 41. Rd2 Bc5 42. Kg2 Bf5 43. Kf3 Bg4+ 44. Kg2 Bf5 45. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.12.06"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bd2 Nhf6 8. Bf4
Nh5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bd2 Nhf6 11. Qc2 Qc7 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6
15. Qc2 Be6 16. Ne5 Nd7 17. Bf4 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Qa5+ 19. Qc3 Qxc3+ 20. bxc3 Bf5
21. O-O-O O-O-O 22. Be2 f6 23. Bg3 e5 24. Rhe1 Be7 25. Kb2 Rd7 26. dxe5 Bxc5
27. exf6 gxf6 28. Bh5 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Rd8 30. Bf4 Rxd1 31. Bxd1 Bf8 32. g4 Be6
33. h4 b5 34. h5 Kd7 35. Be3 c5 36. Bf3 Kc7 37. Bf4+ Kb6 38. Be3 Kc7 39. Bf4+
Kb6 40. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.12.07"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bd2 O-O 7. a3 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 Qe7 9. g3 e5 10. d5 e4 11. Ng5 Ne5 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 f5 14. Qe3 f4
15. gxf4 Rxf4 16. O-O-O Qf7 17. Rg1 Rxf2 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19. Qxe5 Bd7 20. Qd4 g6
21. e4 Qf4+ 22. Kb1 Re8 23. Bd3 Rxh2 24. c5 Qe5 25. Qb4 b6 26. c6 Bc8 27. Bc2
Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.12.08"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bd2 Nhf6 8. Qc2
g6 9. h3 Qc7 10. Bg5 Bg7 11. e3 e5 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Bh4 exd4 14. exd4 b6 15.
Bg3 Bh6+ 16. Kb1 Bf4 17. cxb6 Nxb6 18. Bxf4 Qxf4 19. Bd3 Qd6 20. Ka1 a5 21. Ne5
Ba6 22. Na4 Nxa4 23. Qxa4 Bxd3 24. Nxd3 Rfb8 25. Rc1 Rb5 26. Rc2 Nd7 27. Rc3
Nb6 28. Qc2 Nc4 29. a4 Rb6 30. b3 Rab8 31. bxc4 dxc4 32. Nc1 Qxd4 33. Na2 Rb3
34. Rc1 Qb6 35. Rxb3 cxb3 36. Qb2 bxa2 37. Qxb6 Rxb6 38. Kxa2 Kf8 39. Rc5 Ra6
40. Kb3 Ke7 41. Kc4 Kd6 42. f4 Ra7 43. Kd4 f5 44. Re5 Ra8 45. g4 Rf8 46. g5 Rb8
47. Rxa5 Rb4+ 48. Ke3 Rb3+ 49. Ke2 Rxh3 50. Ra7 Kd5 51. Re7 c5 52. a5 Ra3 53.
Rxh7 Rxa5 54. Rg7 Ra6 55. Rf7 c4 56. Kd2 Ke4 57. Rf6 Ra2+ 58. Kd1 Kxf4 59. Rxg6
c3 60. Rg8 Rg2 61. g6 Kf3 62. g7 f4 63. Kc1 Rg6 64. Kc2 Kg3 65. Kxc3 f3 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.12.08"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Nb6 6. Bf4 Bg7 7. e3 O-O 8.
Nf3 c5 9. dxc5 N6d7 10. Nd5 e5 11. Bg3 Nc6 12. Rc1 Nf6 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Bd3
e4 15. Bxe4 Qxb2 16. O-O Be6 17. Bd6 Rfe8 18. Bd5 Qf6 19. Rb1 Na5 20. e4 Rac8
21. e5 Qf5 22. Rb4 Bxd5 23. Qxd5 Qe6 24. Qxe6 Rxe6 25. Rb5 b6 26. cxb6 axb6 27.
Nd2 Nb7 28. Ne4 Nxd6 29. Nxd6 Ra8 30. f4 f6 31. f5 gxf5 32. Nxf5 fxe5 33. Rfb1
Bf8 34. R5b2 Bc5+ 35. Kh1 e4 36. Re2 Kf7 37. Rbe1 Ra4 38. g3 Kf6 39. Rf1 Ke5
40. Kg2 Rf6 41. g4 h5 42. h3 hxg4 43. hxg4 Rg6 44. Kh3 Ra3+ 45. Ng3 e3 46. Nf5
Rg8 47. Kg3 Rga8 48. Kf3 R8a4 49. Rfe1 Rf4+ 50. Kg3 Ke4 51. Rb1 Rf3+ 52. Kg2
Kf4 53. Rc1 Rf2+ 54. Rxf2+ exf2 55. Rc4+ Kg5 56. Nd4 Re3 57. a4 Re1 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.12.08"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Be2 dxc4 6. Bxc4 b5 7. Bb3 e6 8. O-O
Bb7 9. d4 c5 10. e4 Be7 11. e5 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Qe2 Bb7 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15.
Ng5 Nc6 16. Qh5 g6 17. Qh6 Bf8 18. Qh3 Qc7 19. Rd1 Rd8 20. Be3 Bg7 21. Bxe6
fxe6 22. Nxe6 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Qf7 24. Nxg7+ Qxg7 25. Bc5 Qf7 26. e6 Qf5 27. Qxf5
gxf5 28. Rd7 Bc8 29. Rc7 Bxe6 30. Rxc6 Kf7 31. Rxa6 Rd8 32. h3 f4 33. a4 Rd5
34. b4 bxa4 35. Rxa4 f3 36. Ra3 fxg2 37. Kxg2 Rh5 38. Rf3+ Ke8 39. Rc3 Bd7 40.
Re3+ Kd8 41. Be7+ Kc7 42. h4 Rf5 43. Kg3 Bc6 44. Bc5 h5 45. f4 Bb5 46. Re7+ Kc6
47. Rg7 Kd5 48. Kf3 Bd3 49. Rd7+ Kc4 50. Ke3 Bb1 51. Rd1 Bc2 52. Rc1 Kb3 53.
Rxc2 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.12.08"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c5 7. Nf3 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. e3 Bf5 11. Bd3 c4 12. Bxe4 Bxe4 13. Qa4+ Nc6 14. Ne5 Bxg2 15.
Nxc6 Bxc3+ 16. bxc3 Qd7 17. Rg1 Be4 18. Be5 Rg8 19. f3 Bd3 20. e4 Qxc6 21. Qa5
dxe4 22. Kf2 f6 23. Bg3 b6 24. Qb4 e3+ 25. Ke1 Qxf3 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.12.10"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5
15. Bf4 Rac8 16. h3 h6 17. Qc1 Bf6 18. Qb2 Na5 19. Be5 Bxe5 20. Nxe5 c5 21. Bf3
Qd6 22. Rad1 b6 23. Qa2 Be6 24. d5 Bxh3 25. Nxf7 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Kxf7 27. gxh3
Re8 28. Rxe8 Kxe8 29. Qe2+ Kd8 30. Qa6 Qg6+ 31. Bg2 Qb1+ 32. Kh2 Qf5 33. Qxa7
Qf4+ 34. Kg1 Qc1+ 35. Kh2 Qf4+ 36. Kg1 Qc1+ 37. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.12.11"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. Bf4 Nbd7 8. Qc2
O-O 9. O-O b6 10. Rd1 Bb7 11. Nc3 Nh5 12. Bc1 f5 13. b3 Rc8 14. Bb2 Bd6 15. e3
Qe7 16. Ne2 Nhf6 17. Nf4 Ne4 18. Qe2 Ndf6 19. Ne5 Rfd8 20. Rac1 c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.12.12"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D96"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 g6 5. Bf4 dxc4 6. Qxc4 Bg7 7. Nc3 Be6 8.
Qd3 Nd5 9. Bg3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qa5 11. e4 c5 12. Qb5+ Nc6 13. Qxa5 Nxa5 14. Bb5+
Bd7 15. Rb1 Rc8 16. Ke2 cxd4 17. cxd4 Bxb5+ 18. Rxb5 b6 19. Rd1 O-O 20. Rd5 Nc6
21. Rd7 Rfd8 22. Rxd8+ Nxd8 23. d5 Kf8 24. Nd4 Rc4 25. Ke3 Ke8 26. Nb5 Nb7 27.
d6 exd6 28. Bxd6 a6 29. Nc7+ Kd7 30. Bg3+ Kc6 31. Nxa6 Ra4 32. Nb8+ Kb5 33.
Rb1+ Kc4 34. Rc1+ Kb5 35. Rb1+ Kc4 36. Rc1+ Kb5 37. Rb1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.12.13"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 a5 11. Nc3 Na6 12. Ne5 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Nd5 14. Rad1 Nab4
15. Bc1 Nb6 16. Qb3 N4d5 17. Nb5 c6 18. Na3 Nb4 19. e4 Nd7 20. Nf3 Qb6 21. h4
Nf6 22. Bg5 h6 23. Nc4 Qd8 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Nce5 Qc7 26. Ng4 Be7 27. Qe3 h5
28. Nge5 Bf6 29. Qe2 g6 30. g4 hxg4 31. Nxg4 Qf4 32. Nxf6+ Qxf6 33. Qe3 Kg7 34.
Rh1 Rh8 35. Rh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.12.14"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d4 e6 6. Nbd2 Ngf6 7. Re1 Be7 8. e4
O-O 9. c3 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Rxe4 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Bg5 13. Re2 Bxc1 14. Rxc1
Nf6 15. Kg2 Qa5 16. Qb3 Qb6 17. Rce1 Rad8 18. Re5 Nd7 19. R5e3 Nf6 20. h4 Rd6
21. Re5 Nd7 22. R5e2 Nf6 23. Qc4 Rfd8 24. a4 Nd5 25. Be4 Nf6 26. Bc2 Rd5 27.
Qb3 Qxb3 28. Bxb3 R5d6 29. f3 h5 30. Kh3 g6 31. Bc2 Kg7 32. g4 Rd5 33. Re5 Rxe5
34. dxe5 Nd5 35. Kg3 Nb6 36. Re2 Kh6 37. a5 Nc4 38. g5+ Kg7 39. Re4 b5 40. axb6
Nxb6 41. Re2 Kf8 42. Be4 c5 43. b4 cxb4 44. cxb4 Rd4 45. b5 Nd5 46. Rc2 Rb4 47.
Rc8+ Ke7 48. Ra8 Rxb5 49. Rxa7+ Kf8 50. Ra8+ Kg7 51. Bxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.12.14"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. dxc5 $5 {
A relatively rare move. By offering the early exchange of queens, White does
not aim for a rapid draw. On the contrary, he hopes to maintain the pressure
against the enemy queenside for a long time, in pure Catalan style. So far,
Practical results have been not too encouraging for White.} Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Bxc5
9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Ne1 $5 {This move was almost never played before.}
({The routine is} 11. Nb3 {This move has the drawback of closing the b-file,
thus reducing the potential pressure against the b7-pawn. In Khanty Mansiysk,
this line once again proved as harmless.} Be7 12. c4 Bd7 13. Bb2 Rac8 14. Rac1
Rfd8 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Bc6 17. Bxc6 Rxc6 18. Rxd8+ {1/2 Wang Yue (2734)
-Bacrot,E (2700)/Khanty Mansiysk 2009}) 11... Be7 ({The only previous game
where 11.Ne1 was played continued} 11... Rd8 {Kragten,J (2330)-Hempel,R (2345)/
ICCF corr 1995/Corr 2004 (1/2, 37)}) 12. Nd3 Nd5 13. Bb2 Nb6 14. Rab1 Na5 15.
Ba1 Rd8 16. c4 $1 {All the white pieces are working and Black is
underdeveloped. This justifies concrete action.} Naxc4 17. Nxc4 Nxc4 18. Bxb7
Bxb7 19. Rxb7 Bf6 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Rc1 Nd6 22. Re7 $16 {White has the better
structure and more active pieces. A dream position for Catalan specialists.}
Nb5 23. a4 Kf8 24. Rb7 Nd6 25. Rbc7 Ne8 26. R7c5 Rab8 27. R1c4 f5 28. Kg2 Rb7
29. a5 Nd6 30. Rd4 Ke8 31. f3 Nb5 32. Rh4 Kf8 33. a6 Rb6 34. Rb4 Rd5 35. Rxd5
exd5 36. Nf4 Nc7 37. Rxb6 axb6 38. a7 d4 39. Nd5 Na8 40. Kf2 Ke8 41. e3 dxe3+
42. Kxe3 Kd7 43. Nf6+ Ke7 44. Nxh7 f6 45. g4 b5 46. g5 fxg5 47. Nxg5 Kf6 48. f4
b4 49. Kd4 Nb6 50. Nf3 b3 51. Kc3 Ke6 52. h4 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.12.14"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg4 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. e4 e6 8.
Be3 Be7 9. Qb3 O-O 10. Be2 b5 11. Ne5 Bxe2 12. Nxc6 Qe8 13. Nxe2 Nxe4 14. Qxb5
Nb6 15. O-O Nd5 16. Rac1 Bd6 17. Qd3 f5 18. f3 Nef6 19. Bf2 Nh5 20. Ne5 Rd8 21.
Qa6 Nhf4 22. Nxf4 Nxf4 23. Be3 Nd5 24. Bg5 Bxe5 25. dxe5 Rd7 26. Bd2 Nc7 27.
Qa5 Nd5 28. Rc6 Rb7 29. Rc2 Qb8 30. b3 Qxe5 31. Rfc1 h6 32. Kh1 Qd4 33. Qc5
Qxc5 34. Rxc5 Kf7 35. Kg1 Rd8 36. Kf1 Kf6 37. Ke2 g5 38. g3 Rd6 39. Rc6 Rbd7
40. Rxd6 Rxd6 41. Rc4 e5 42. a4 Ke6 43. Rc8 Rb6 44. Rh8 Kf7 45. Rh7+ Kg6 46.
Rxa7 Rxb3 47. Ra6+ Kf7 48. Rd6 Nb6 49. Rxh6 f4 50. gxf4 gxf4 51. a5 Nc4 52. a6
Rb2 53. Kd3 Nxd2 54. a7 Ra2 55. Rh8 Nxf3 56. a8=Q Rxa8 57. Rxa8 Nxh2 58. Ra6 f3
59. Ke3 e4 60. Ra1 Ke6 61. Rh1 Ng4+ 62. Kxe4 Nf2+ 63. Kxf3 Nxh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.12.14"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. c4 c5 5. d5 e6 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
exd5 9. exd5 h6 10. h3 g5 11. Re1 Nd7 12. Ne4 Nf6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bd3 Kg7
15. Qc2 b5 16. cxb5 Nxd5 17. Bd2 Rb8 18. Rad1 a6 19. a4 axb5 20. axb5 Be6 21.
Bc4 Re8 22. Bxg5 hxg5 23. Bxd5 Rxb5 24. b3 Bxd5 25. Rxe8 Bxb3 26. Qe4 d5 27.
Qe2 Qd7 28. Re1 Bc4 29. Qe3 d4 30. Qc1 Bd3 31. Qa3 Bh7 32. Ra8 d3 33. Qc1 Qd5
34. Rae8 c4 35. Qa3 d2 36. Rd1 c3 37. Qf8+ Kg6 38. Rc8 Qb3 39. Rc6 Qxd1+ 40.
Kh2 Qxf3 41. gxf3 d1=Q 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.12.14"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. e4 Nf6 7. a3 b6 8. Be3
Bb7 9. f3 Nc6 10. Rc1 h5 11. Nd5 exd5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Qe5 14. Kf2 Ne7
15. Qd2 Nxd5 16. Bg5 Ne7 17. Bc4 f6 18. Bf4 Qa5 19. b4 Qa4 20. Bb3 Qxa3 21. Ra1
1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.12.14"]
[Round "7.10"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg4 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. e4 Bxf3 8.
gxf3 e5 9. Be3 Bd6 10. O-O-O exd4 11. Bxd4 Qc7 12. Ne2 O-O 13. Qc2 b5 14. Kb1
Rfe8 15. Bh3 c5 16. Be3 Nb6 17. Bg5 Be5 18. Bc1 Nh5 19. Rhg1 Nc4 20. b3 Rab8
21. Rg5 g6 22. Rdg1 Kh8 23. f4 Bf6 24. Rxh5 gxh5 25. Ng3 Rg8 26. Rd1 Bd4 27.
Nf5 Qb6 28. e5 Qg6 29. Ne7 Qxc2+ 30. Kxc2 Nb6 31. Nxg8 Rxg8 32. Be3 Rd8 33. b4
Nc4 34. bxc5 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.12.14"]
[Round "7.11"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Be3 Nb4 8.
Be4 f5 9. exf6 exf6 10. Nc3 f5 11. Bb1 N4d5 12. Nf3 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Bd2 c6
15. Re1 Bf6 16. a3 Kh8 17. Bd3 Qd6 18. Qc2 g6 19. Bh6 Bg7 20. Qd2 Bd7 21. Ne5
Rad8 22. Re2 Bc8 23. Rae1 Nf6 24. Nf3 Rde8 25. Bf4 Qd8 26. Be5 Ng4 27. Bxg7+
Kxg7 28. h3 Nf6 29. Re5 Nbd7 30. Rxe8 Rxe8 31. Rxe8 Nxe8 32. d5 cxd5 33. Nxd5
Ndf6 34. Nxf6 Nxf6 35. Qc3 Be6 36. Bc2 Qc8 37. Nd4 Bd7 38. Qb4 Qe8 39. Nf3 Bc6
40. Nd4 Bd5 41. Bd3 b6 42. Nb5 Qd7 43. Qd4 a6 44. Nc3 Bb7 45. Qxb6 Bxg2 46.
Bxa6 Bxh3 47. Qb7 f4 48. a4 Ne8 49. Qxd7+ Bxd7 50. Bb5 Bxb5 51. Nxb5 Nf6 52.
Nc7 Nd7 53. a5 Nb8 54. a6 Nc6 55. b4 Na7 56. b5 Nc8 57. Nd5 Kf7 58. b6 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.12.14"]
[Round "7.12"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8.
O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Re1 h6 11. e4 Bh7 12. a3 Rc8 13. b4 a5 14. Bf4 Nh5 15.
Bd2 Nhf6 16. Qb3 axb4 17. axb4 Qb6 18. b5 c5 19. e5 c4 20. Qa4 Nd5 21. Nxd5
exd5 22. Bh3 Qc7 23. b6 Nxb6 24. Qb5 Qc6 25. Ra5 c3 26. Bf4 Nc4 27. Qxc6 Rxc6
28. Rxd5 c2 29. Rb5 Rb6 30. Rxb6 Nxb6 31. Bc1 Bb4 32. Bd2 Nd5 33. e6 Re8 34.
exf7+ Kxf7 35. Rc1 Bxd2 36. Nxd2 Nb4 37. Bf1 Rc8 38. Nb3 Na2 39. Ra1 c1=Q 40.
Nxc1 Rxc1 41. Rxa2 Bd3 42. Rb2 Rxf1+ 43. Kg2 Ba6 44. d5 Rd1 0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Bg4 5. Ne2 e6 6. Qb3 Qc7 7. Ng3 Nh5 8. Nc3
Nd7 9. Bd2 Nb6 10. c5 Nd7 11. e4 Nxg3 12. hxg3 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Bf5 14. Bf4 e5 15.
Ng5 Nxc5 16. dxc5 Bxd3 17. O-O-O O-O-O 18. Nxf7 Rd5 19. Rxd3 Qxf7 20. Rxd5 cxd5
21. Bxe5 Bxc5 22. f4 b6 23. Qc2 Kb7 24. Rxh7 Rg8 25. Kb1 a5 26. a3 d4 27. Qe4+
Ka7 28. Qd3 Qb7 29. Ka2 Qd5+ 30. Qb3 Rd8 31. Qxd5 Rxd5 32. Rxg7+ Ka6 33. Rh7 d3
34. Rh1 Bf2 35. g4 d2 36. Rd1 Be3 37. g3 Bf2 38. g5 Bxg3 39. g6 Rd8 40. g7 a4
41. Rxd2 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Bf4
Nbd7 9. Qc2 b6 10. Rd1 Ba6 11. Ne5 Rc8 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Nc6 Bb5 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7
15. Nc3 a5 16. Rac1 Ba6 17. Qd2 h6 18. Rc2 Qb4 19. f3 Rfe8 20. Rdc1 Rc4 21. Be3
Rec8 22. Bf2 a4 23. e3 R4c7 24. Be1 a3 25. b3 e5 26. Qd1 Qe7 27. Bf2 Qb4 28.
Be1 Qe7 29. Bf2 Qb4 30. Be1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 g6 5. c3 b5 6. Bc2 d6 7. a4 Rb8 8. axb5
axb5 9. O-O Bg7 10. h3 Nf6 11. d4 O-O 12. Re1 Bb7 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 exd4 15.
cxd4 Nb4 16. Nbd2 Nxc2 17. Qxc2 Qd7 18. Rac1 Rbc8 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. e5 Bg7 21.
Ne4 Rfe8 22. Re3 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 c5 24. dxc5 dxc5 25. b3 Qc6 26. Qxc6 Rxc6 27.
Rec3 c4 28. bxc4 bxc4 29. Rxc4 Rxc4 30. Rxc4 Bxe5 31. Nxe5 Rxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A69"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. Nd2 Bg7 8. e4
O-O 9. Be2 Re8 10. O-O a6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. f4 Rb8 13. Kh1 Qc7 14. e5 dxe5 15.
Nc4 e4 16. f5 Ra8 17. Bf4 Qd8 18. g4 h6 19. Nd6 Rf8 20. g5 hxg5 21. Bxg5 Qb6
22. Ndxe4 Nxe4 23. Nxe4 gxf5 24. Ng3 Ne5 25. Qc2 Qg6 26. Bf4 Re8 27. Nh5 Ng4
28. Nxg7 Kxg7 29. Ra3 Bd7 30. h3 Re4 31. hxg4 Rh8+ 32. Bh2 Qh6 33. Bf3 Rd4 34.
g5 Qh3 35. Qg2 Qxg2+ 36. Bxg2 Rdh4 37. Kg1 Rxh2 38. Rc3 R2h5 39. Rxc5 Rxg5 40.
b3 f4 41. Rxf4 Bh3 42. Rf2 Rh6 43. Rc3 Bxg2 44. Rxg2 Rhg6 45. Rxg5 Rxg5+ 46.
Kf2 Rxd5 47. Rc7 b5 48. Rc6 bxa4 49. bxa4 a5 50. Ke3 f6 51. Rb6 Kf7 52. Ke4 Rg5
53. Rb8 Rh5 54. Kf4 Re5 55. Ra8 Rc5 56. Ke4 Ke7 57. Ra7+ Ke6 58. Ra6+ Kf7 59.
Ra8 Rh5 60. Kf4 Re5 61. Rb8 Ke7 62. Rb7+ Kd6 63. Rb6+ Ke7 64. Rb7+ Ke6 65. Rb6+
Kf7 66. Rb8 Kg6 67. Rg8+ Kf7 68. Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. cxb5 a6 6. e4 Bg7 7. e5 Ng8 8. f4 d6 9.
Nf3 Nd7 10. Nc3 dxe5 11. fxe5 Nxe5 12. bxa6 Qa5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Bb5+ Kf8 15.
Qf3 Kg7 16. O-O Bd4+ 17. Be3 Nf6 18. d6 Bf5 19. a4 e5 20. Ne2 Qd8 21. Bxd4 cxd4
22. Qg3 Ng4 23. h3 Ne3 24. Qxe5+ f6 25. Qxd4 Nc2 26. Qc5 Nxa1 27. Rxa1 Qc8 28.
b4 Bxh3 29. d7 Bxd7 30. Qe7+ Kh6 31. Bxd7 Qxa6 32. Nd4 Qd3 33. Qxf6 Rhf8 34.
Qh4+ Kg7 35. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 g6 5. d4 b5 6. Bb3 exd4 7. a4 bxa4 8. Rxa4
Bg7 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Rxd4 Ne7 11. Bg5 O-O 12. Rd2 h6 13. Be3 d6 14. O-O Be6 15.
c3 Qb8 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Na3 Kh7 18. Re1 Qb7 19. Bd4 e5 20. Be3 Ng8 21. f3 Nf6
22. Qe2 Nh5 23. Ra1 Nf4 24. Bxf4 Rxf4 25. Nc4 h5 26. Rd5 Bh6 27. Rda5 Rf7 28.
Kh1 Bf4 29. b4 Rff8 30. Qa2 Qb8 31. Rxa6 Rxa6 32. Qxa6 Qd8 33. Qa7 Qh4 34. Qg1
Bg3 35. Ne3 Rf4 36. Nd5 Rf7 37. b5 g5 38. Ne3 Bf2 39. Qc1 Bxe3 40. Qxe3 g4 41.
Rf1 Kg6 42. c4 Qd8 43. Kg1 Qa8 44. fxg4 Rxf1+ 45. Kxf1 hxg4 46. Kf2 Kh5 47. h3
Qf8+ 48. Ke2 Qa8 49. hxg4+ Kxg4 50. Qf3+ Kh4 51. Qh3+ Kg5 52. Qf5+ Kh4 53. Qf6+
Kg3 54. Qg6+ Kh2 55. Kf3 Qa2 56. Qh6+ Kg1 57. Qc1+ Kh2 58. Qf1 Qd2 59. Kg4 Qh6
60. Qf7 Kxg2 61. Qf3+ Kg1 62. Qg3+ Kf1 63. Kf5 Qf8+ 64. Ke6 Qe8+ 65. Kf6 Qf8+
66. Ke6 Qe8+ 67. Kf6 Qf8+ 68. Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Bd6 11. Ng5 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Nbd7 13. e4 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5
15. f4 Nc4 16. b3 Nxd2 17. Nxd2 h6 18. Ngf3 Bb4 19. Rf2 Qe7 20. e5 Nd5 21. Re2
Bc5 22. Rae1 Nb4 23. Qb1 Rad8 24. Ne4 Bb6 25. f5 Nd3 26. Rf1 Qd7 27. f6 g6 28.
Nd6 cxd6 29. Qxd3 dxe5 30. Qe4 Rfe8 31. Qh4 h5 32. Qg5 Bc5 33. Rxe5 Rxe5 34.
Qxe5 Bf8 35. Re1 Qc6 36. Re2 Rd6 37. Qe8 Rxf6 38. Qxc6 Rxc6 39. a4 bxa4 40.
bxa4 Rc4 41. Ne5 Rxa4 42. Rf2 Re4 43. Nxf7 Be7 44. h4 a5 45. Ng5 Bxg5 46. hxg5
Re6 47. g4 hxg4 48. Ra2 Ra6 49. Ra4 Kf7 50. Kg3 Ke6 51. Kxg4 Kd5 52. Kf4 Kc5
53. Ke3 Kb5 54. Ra2 a4 55. Kd3 a3 56. Kc2 Kc4 57. Kb1 Ra5 58. Rg2 Kd4 59. Ka2
Ke4 60. Rf2 Rxg5 61. Kxa3 Rf5 62. Rg2 g5 63. Kb3 Kf3 64. Rg1 g4 65. Rf1+ Ke4
66. Re1+ Kf4 67. Rf1+ Kg5 68. Rg1 Rd5 69. Kc3 Kf4 70. Rf1+ Ke3 71. Kc4 Rd8 0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 g6 5. Bf4 dxc4 6. Qxc4 Bg7 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2
Be6 9. Qc2 Bf5 10. Qb3 Qb6 11. Nbd2 Nbd7 12. Qa3 Nd5 13. Nc4 Qb4+ 14. Qxb4 Nxb4
15. O-O c5 16. Rfd1 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. exd4 Nf6 19. a3 Nbd5 20. Bh6 Rfc8
21. h3 Bd7 22. Rac1 Bb5 23. b3 Rc6 24. Bf3 Rac8 25. g4 Rd8 26. a4 Ba6 27. Ne5
Rcd6 28. Bd2 Re8 29. b4 b6 30. b5 Bb7 31. Bh6 e6 32. g5 Nh5 33. Bxd5 Bxd5 34.
Rc7 Rdd8 35. Nxf7 Rc8 36. Rdc1 Rxc7 37. Rxc7 e5 38. Nxe5 Nf4 39. Kh2 Ne6 40.
Rxa7 Ra8 41. Rd7 Rd8 42. Re7 Ra8 43. Ng4 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Rc1 Rd8 11. d5 e6 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bf4 exd5 14. exd5 Nc6
15. Be2 Bf5 16. O-O Be4 17. d6 Kh8 18. Rfe1 g5 19. Bg3 h6 20. h4 c4 21. hxg5
fxg5 22. Bxc4 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Ne5 24. Bd5 Re8 25. Re3 Ng6 26. Bxb7 Rxe3 27. Qxe3
Rf8 28. d7 Qa4 29. Qd3 Nf4 30. d8=Q Nxd3 31. Qxd3 Qxa2 32. Qg6 Rf6 33. Qe4 Qd2
34. Re1 Rxf3 35. Re2 Qd1+ 36. Kg2 Rf8 37. Be5 Qd7 38. Bd5 a5 39. c4 Bxe5 40.
Qxe5+ Kh7 41. Qe4+ Kg7 42. Qd4+ Rf6 43. Re6 Qf7 44. Rb6 Qf8 45. Rb7+ Kg6 46.
Be4+ Kh5 47. Rb1 Rd6 48. Rh1+ Kg4 49. Qe3 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 O-O 7. d3 b5 8. Bb3
d6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Be6 11. Nbd2 g5 12. Bg3 Bb6 13. Re1 Nd7 14. Nf1 Qf6 15.
Ne3 Bxe3 16. Rxe3 Ne7 17. Bc2 Ng6 18. d4 Nb6 19. b3 h5 20. h3 h4 21. Bh2 g4 22.
hxg4 Bxg4 23. Qd2 Kg7 24. Rf1 Rh8 25. Ne1 c5 26. f3 Be6 27. f4 exf4 28. Ref3 h3
29. Bxf4 hxg2 30. Qxg2 Qh4 31. Bg5 Qh5 32. Bf6+ Kh7 33. Kf2 Kg8 34. Bxh8 Qxh8
35. e5 Qh4+ 36. Kg1 Kh8 37. Rg3 Rg8 38. Bxg6 Nd5 39. Nf3 Qh6 40. Bb1 Qe3+ 41.
Kh1 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Smeets, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Rc1 e6 8. Qb3
Bb4 9. Bb5 O-O 10. Bxc6 Bxc3+ 11. Rxc3 bxc6 12. Qa3 Ne4 13. Rc1 g5 14. Bg3 Qb6
15. Nf3 f6 16. Nd2 Nxg3 17. hxg3 a5 18. O-O a4 19. Qc3 Rfb8 20. b3 axb3 21.
axb3 Ra6 22. Ra1 Rba8 23. Rfc1 Kg7 24. f3 h5 25. Kf2 Ra2 26. Ke1 Qb5 27. Rxa2
Rxa2 28. Qxc6 Qd3 29. Qc3 Ra1 30. Kf2 Qxc3 31. Rxc3 Rd1 32. Ke2 Rg1 33. Kf2 Rd1
34. Ke2 Rg1 35. Kf2 Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8.
Nf3 Nd7 9. d5 Bg4 10. Qd4 Bxf3 11. Qxh8 Bxd5 12. Qd4 Nb6 13. e4 Bc6 14. f3 Qxd4
15. cxd4 Bg7 16. Rc1 Bxd4 17. Bxc4 Be3 18. Rc2 Nxc4 19. Rxc4 Rd8 20. Rc2 Bb6
21. Bg5 Ba4 22. Rc1 Rd3 23. Rb1 c6 24. Bd2 Bb5 25. Rb3 Rd7 26. Ra3 Bc5 27. Rc3
Bb4 28. Rc2 Ba4 29. Rb2 Ba3 30. Rb1 Bc2 31. Ra1 Bb2 32. Ke2 Bd3+ 33. Kf2 Bxa1
34. Rxa1 c5 35. Be3 b6 36. Rd1 Bc4 37. Rxd7 Kxd7 38. a3 Kc6 39. Bf4 a5 40. Bd2
Kb5 41. Bf4 Ka4 42. Bc7 b5 43. Ke3 Bf1 44. Kf2 Bd3 45. Ke3 c4 46. Kd4 Kxa3 47.
Bxa5 b4 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Rc1 Nd7 11. d5 Nf6 12. Bd3 e5 13. Qc2 Qc7 14. Nd2 Ng4
15. Bg5 f5 16. f3 Nh6 17. a4 Nf7 18. Be3 Nd6 19. Nc4 fxe4 20. fxe4 Bd7 21. Qb3
b6 22. Rf1 h5 23. Rc2 Rxf1+ 24. Kxf1 Rf8+ 25. Rf2 Rxf2+ 26. Bxf2 Kh7 27. Kg1
Nxc4 28. Bxc4 Qd8 29. a5 b5 30. Bxb5 Qxa5 31. Bf1 Qb6 32. Qxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Qc7 11. Rc1 Rd8 12. Qd2 Qa5 13. Qb2 b6 14. a4 Bd7
15. Rfd1 Be8 16. Qb3 Rac8 17. f4 cxd4 18. cxd4 Qb4 19. Qxb4 Nxb4 20. Bb3 Nc6
21. Bc4 Na5 22. Ba6 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Bxa4 24. Rc7 e6 25. e5 Bf8 26. Rxa7 Nc6 27.
Rb7 Nb4 28. Nc3 Nxa6 29. Nxa4 Nb4 30. Nxb6 Nc2 31. Kf2 Nxd4 32. Nd7 Nc6 33. g4
Rc8 34. Kf3 Be7 35. Nb6 Re8 36. Ke4 Bd8 37. Nd7 Kg7 38. Rb1 Be7 39. Rc1 Rd8 40.
Rxc6 Rxd7 41. f5 exf5+ 42. gxf5 gxf5+ 43. Kxf5 h5 44. e6 Rd5+ 45. Ke4 Rd6 46.
Rxd6 Bxd6 47. exf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 O-O 7. d4 Bb6 8. dxe5
Nxe4 9. Qd5 Nc5 10. Bc2 Ne7 11. Qd1 d5 12. exd6 cxd6 13. Re1 h6 14. Nbd2 Bf5
15. Bxf5 Nxf5 16. Nc4 Ba7 17. Ne3 Qd7 18. Nxf5 Qxf5 19. Be3 Rfd8 20. h3 Nd3 21.
Re2 Ne5 22. Nd4 Qg6 23. Qc2 Bxd4 24. Qxg6 Nxg6 25. Bxd4 Re8 26. Rd2 Re6 27.
Rad1 Rc8 28. a4 f6 29. a5 Kf7 30. b3 Ne7 31. Rd3 g5 32. Kf1 Nc6 33. Bb6 Ne5 34.
Rg3 Nd7 35. Bd4 Nc5 36. c4 f5 37. Rf3 Kg6 38. g3 Ne4 39. Rfd3 h5 40. Be3 Rf8
41. Bc1 g4 42. h4 Re5 43. b4 Rc8 44. Bf4 Re6 45. Rd4 Kf7 46. R1d3 Re7 47. f3
gxf3 48. Rxf3 Ke6 49. Re3 Kf7 50. Kg2 Rec7 51. c5 dxc5 52. Rd5 Rc6 53. Rxf5+
Nf6 54. bxc5 Kg6 55. Rg5+ Kf7 56. Rf3 Ke6 57. Re5+ Kf7 58. Bg5 Kg6 59. Bxf6
Rxf6 60. Rg5+ Kf7 61. Rxh5 Rd8 62. Rh7+ Kg6 63. Rxf6+ Kxf6 64. Rxb7 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8.
dxc5 O-O 9. Rc1 g5 10. Bg3 Ne4 11. e3 Qa5 12. Be5 Qxa2 13. Bd3 Qxb2 14. Bxe4
dxe4 15. Rc2 Qb3 16. Nd2 Qe6 17. Bd6 Rd8 18. O-O b6 19. Ncxe4 Nd7 20. Qa1 bxc5
21. Rb1 Bxd2 22. Bc7 Qxe4 23. Rxd2 Re8 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 Rb8 8. e4
Be7 9. Qe2 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Rd1 Qc5 12. e5 Nd7 13. Bf4 O-O 14. Ne4 Qa5
15. Qh5 f6 16. Ng5 fxg5 17. Be4 h6 18. Qg6 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. Qh7+ Kf7 21.
Qg6+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 g6 5. d4 b5 6. Bb3 exd4 7. Nxd4 Na5 8. a4
Nxb3 9. Nxb3 Bb7 10. O-O Bg7 11. Na5 Rb8 12. Nxb7 Rxb7 13. axb5 axb5 14. f4 d5
15. f5 gxf5 16. Nc3 fxe4 17. Nxd5 c6 18. Qg4 Bd4+ 19. Be3 cxd5 20. Bxd4 f6 21.
Qe6+ Re7 22. Qc6+ Qd7 23. Ra8+ 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Rc1 Nd7 11. d5 Nf6 12. e5 Ng4 13. Bf4 Qc7 14. Qe2 Bh6
15. Bxh6 Nxh6 16. h3 e6 17. Qd2 Nf5 18. g4 exd5 19. gxf5 Bxf5 20. Bg2 Be4 21.
O-O Rad8 22. Rfe1 Rfe8 23. Qf4 Rd7 24. Nh2 f5 25. Rcd1 Qxe5 26. Qxe5 Rxe5 27.
Rd2 Ree7 28. f3 c4 29. fxe4 dxe4 30. Rxd7 Rxd7 31. Bf1 Kg7 32. Be2 Rd2 33. Bxc4
Rc2 34. Re3 Kf6 35. Bb3 Rb2 36. Nf1 Ke5 37. Ng3 Rd2 38. c4 a5 39. Re2 Rd3 40.
Kg2 b6 41. Ba4 Rd4 42. Bb5 f4 43. Nxe4 Rxe4 44. Kf3 Rxe2 45. Kxe2 Kd4 46. Kf3
g5 47. a4 h6 48. Kg4 Kc5 49. h4 Kd4 50. hxg5 hxg5 51. Kxg5 f3 52. Kf4 f2 53. c5
bxc5 54. Kf3 c4 55. Kxf2 Kc3 56. Ke1 Kb3 57. Kd2 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 b6 3. d4 Bb7 4. a3 f5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. g3 Ne4 7. Nxe4 Bxe4 8. Bh3
Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. d5 Bxf3 11. exf3 e5 12. Qc2 Qf6 13. b4 c5 14. dxc6 Nxc6 15.
Bb2 Nd4 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Rad1 a5 18. c5 Be7 19. cxb6 axb4 20. axb4 Kh8 21. b7
Rab8 22. Qc7 Qc6 23. Qf4 Bxb4 24. Bxf5 Rxb7 25. Qg4 Bc3 26. Be4 d5 27. Bd3 g6
28. f4 Qf6 29. Rb1 Re7 30. Rb5 Rd8 31. Rfb1 Kg7 32. Rb7 Rde8 33. f5 Rxb7 34.
Rxb7+ Re7 35. Rxe7+ Qxe7 36. fxg6 h6 37. Qf5 Bb4 38. Qxd5 Bd6 39. Qxd4+ Be5 40.
Qd5 Bc7 41. Kg2 Bb6 42. h4 Kf6 43. Qc6+ Qe6 44. Qf3+ Kg7 45. Qb7+ Kf6 46. Be4
Bd8 47. Qb2+ 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[PlyCount "200"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Qc7 11. Rb1 Rd8 12. Bf4 Be5 13. Bxe5 Nxe5 14. Bb3
Ng4 15. Ng3 Qf4 16. h3 Nf6 17. e5 Nd5 18. Ne2 Qe4 19. Ng3 Qf4 20. dxc5 Be6 21.
Qd4 b6 22. Ne2 Qf5 23. cxb6 Nxb6 24. Qf4 Rac8 25. Qxf5 Bxf5 26. Rbd1 Bd3 27.
Rfe1 a5 28. Nf4 Bc4 29. Rxd8+ Rxd8 30. Re4 Bxb3 31. axb3 Rd1+ 32. Kh2 Rb1 33.
c4 Rxb3 34. c5 Nd7 35. c6 Nb6 36. Rd4 Rc3 37. Nd5 Nxd5 38. Rxd5 Rxc6 39. Rxa5
Rc4 40. Kg3 e6 41. f4 h6 42. Kf3 Rc3+ 43. Kf2 g5 44. fxg5 hxg5 45. Ra4 Kg7 46.
Rg4 Kh6 47. g3 Kh5 48. Ra4 Kg6 49. Ra5 Rd3 50. h4 gxh4 51. gxh4 Rd7 52. Ke3 Rb7
53. Kf4 Rb4+ 54. Kg3 Kf5 55. Ra7 Rg4+ 56. Kf3 Rg7 57. Ra5 Rg1 58. Rb5 Ra1 59.
Rc5 Ra3+ 60. Kf2 Ke4 61. h5 Ra8 62. Kg3 Kf5 63. Kh4 Ra4+ 64. Kg3 Rg4+ 65. Kf3
Rf4+ 66. Kg3 Kg5 67. h6 Rg4+ 68. Kf3 Rh4 69. Rc7 Kg6 70. Rc8 Rxh6 71. Kg4 Rh1
72. Rg8+ Kh7 73. Ra8 Rf1 74. Ra2 Kg6 75. Rg2 Rf5 76. Re2 Kg7 77. Kg3 Kf8 78.
Re4 Ke7 79. Kg4 Kd7 80. Rd4+ Kc6 81. Rd6+ Kc7 82. Rd1 Rxe5 83. Rf1 f5+ 84. Kg5
Kd6 85. Kf6 Re4 86. Rd1+ Kc5 87. Rd8 f4 88. Kg5 e5 89. Kg4 Re3 90. Rd1 Kc4 91.
Rd2 f3 92. Kg3 e4 93. Kf2 Rd3 94. Ra2 Kd4 95. Ra4+ Ke5 96. Kg3 Rd2 97. Ra5+ Kd4
98. Ra4+ Ke3 99. Ra3+ Ke2 100. Kf4 f2 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Smeets, Jan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
O-O b6 9. Nc2 Qg6 10. Nd2 Ne5 11. Be2 d5 12. Bxc5 bxc5 13. f4 N5c6 14. Bh5 Qh6
15. Bf3 Ba6 16. exd5 Bxf1 17. Nxf1 Rad8 18. g3 Nf5 19. Nce3 Nce7 20. Qa4 a6 21.
Rd1 Qb6 22. Qc2 c4 23. Qf2 Qb5 24. Rd2 Rfe8 25. h4 Nd6 26. g4 Ng6 27. Rd4 Rb8
28. h5 Nf8 29. Rd2 Re4 30. Ng3 Rxf4 31. Ng2 Rxf3 32. Qxf3 Nd7 33. Re2 f6 34. h6
Ne5 35. Rxe5 fxe5 36. hxg7 Qxb2 37. Qf6 Qb1+ 38. Kh2 Qg6 39. Qxe5 Re8 40. Qf4
Qf7 41. Nf5 Nxf5 42. gxf5 Kxg7 43. Ne3 Qe7 44. Ng4 Qd6 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 17th"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2010.04.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2010.04.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Ne5
e6 9. O-O Nfd7 10. f4 Nc6 11. Kh1 Ndxe5 12. dxe5 b6 13. Be3 Ba6 14. Rc1 Rc8 15.
Bg1 Qd7 16. Qa4 Nb8 17. Qxd7 Nxd7 18. Rfd1 Nc5 19. b4 Ne4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21.
Bxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 17th"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2010.04.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2010.04.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Saratov Ekonomist SGSEU"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 Bc5 6. d3 h6 7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O
O-O 9. e3 a6 10. b3 Ba7 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. Bb2 Bf5 13. h3 Bh7 14. a3 Qg6 15. d4
exd4 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. Bxd4 Qd3 18. Qxd3 Bxd3 19. Rfd1 Bg6 20. Bc3 Rfe8 21.
Rac1 a5 22. g4 Re7 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 Be4 25. f3 Bg6 26. e4 f6 27. c5 dxc5
28. bxc5 Ra3 29. Rd2 Rb3 30. Bf1 Bf7 31. Kf2 Kf8 32. Rb2 Rxb2+ 33. Bxb2 Re8 34.
Ra1 h5 35. Bb5 Rd8 36. Bc3 Ke7 37. Ke3 hxg4 38. hxg4 Ne5 39. Ra7 Bc4 40. Bxe5
Rd3+ 41. Kf2 Bxb5 42. Bxc7 Bc6 43. Ra8 g6 44. Bd6+ Ke6 45. Rg8 Kf7 46. Rc8 Ke6
47. Rf8 b6 48. Rc8 bxc5 49. Bxc5 Bd7 50. Rb8 f5 51. Rb6+ Ke5 52. exf5 gxf5 53.
g5 Kf4 54. g6 Rd2+ 55. Ke1 Rc2 56. g7 Rg2 57. Bf8 Kxf3 58. Rb3+ Ke4 59. Rb2 Rg5
60. Kf2 Be6 61. Re2+ Kd5 62. Kf3 Rg4 63. Re1 Bg8 64. Re7 Kc6 65. Re1 Bd5+ 66.
Kf2 f4 67. Rc1+ Kd7 68. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 17th"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2010.04.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "171"]
[EventDate "2010.04.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Sankt Petersburg Chess Federation"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. Ne5 Be6 8.
Nxd7 Bxd7 9. Na4 Qxb3 10. axb3 a6 11. Bd3 e6 12. Bd2 Bd6 13. Ba5 Ke7 14. c5 Bb8
15. Kd2 e5 16. Nb6 Ra7 17. f3 h5 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. Bc3 Bxc3+ 20. Kxc3 Be6 21.
Rhe1 Nd7 22. Nxd7 Kxd7 23. e4 dxe4 24. Rxe4 Raa8 25. Rd1 Kc7 26. Bc4 Rae8 27.
Rde1 Kd7 28. Rd4+ Kc7 29. Bxe6 fxe6 30. Re5 Re7 31. Rde4 Rh6 32. Rg5 Rf7 33.
Kd4 Rd7+ 34. Ke3 Kd8 35. Rd4 Rh7 36. Rxd7+ Kxd7 37. Ke4 Ke7 38. Ke5 h4 39. b4
Kd7 40. h3 Ke7 41. f4 Kd7 42. f5 exf5 43. Kxf5 Ke7 44. Kg6 Rh6+ 45. Kxg7 Re6
46. Rg4 Re2 47. Rxh4 Rxg2+ 48. Rg4 Rxb2 49. h4 Ke6 50. h5 Kf5 51. Rh4 Kg5 52.
Rh1 Rd2 53. h6 Rd7+ 54. Kf8 Kf6 55. Ke8 Rh7 56. Rd1 Ke5 57. Rd6 b6 58. Rxc6 a5
59. b5 bxc5 60. Kf8 Kd5 61. Kg8 Rb7 62. h7 Rb8+ 63. Kg7 Rxb5 64. h8=Q Kxc6 65.
Qe8+ Kb6 66. Qd8+ Kc6 67. Kf6 Rb4 68. Qxa5 Rd4 69. Qa6+ Kc7 70. Ke6 Rg4 71.
Qd6+ Kb7 72. Qxc5 Rg6+ 73. Kf7 Rc6 74. Qb5+ Rb6 75. Qd7+ Ka6 76. Qa4+ Kb7 77.
Ke7 Kb8 78. Kd7 Rb7+ 79. Kd8 Rb6 80. Qd7 Ka8 81. Qd5+ Kb8 82. Qc5 Rh6 83. Qe5+
Ka8 84. Qe4+ Ka7 85. Qe3+ Rb6 86. Kc7 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 17th"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2010.04.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kovchan, Alexander"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2010.04.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saratov Ekonomist SGSEU II"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. a3 b6 11. Bb5 Bb7 12. Rd1 f6 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Bxc6 Bxc6
15. Bd4 Ne4 16. Qe3 Qc8 17. O-O Nxc3 18. Qxc3 Be8 19. Qxc8 Rxc8 20. c3 Bh5 21.
Rd2 Bxf3 22. Rxf3 Rc4 23. Bxf6 Rxf6 24. f5 exf5 25. Rxd5 g6 26. Rd7 Rf7 27.
Rfd3 Rc7 28. Rxc7 Rxc7 29. Kf2 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 17th"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2010.04.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2010.04.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow Etiud-Kontakt"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. c3 e6 7. b4 Nge7 8. Nbd2
Qc7 9. Qa4 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 Ng6 11. Bb5 Ngxe5 12. Nd4 a6 13. Bf4 Ke7 14. Bg3 Qc8
15. Be2 g6 16. Bh4+ f6 17. f4 Nf7 18. O-O Bg7 19. Rae1 Nxd4 20. cxd4 Nh6 21.
Bf3 Kf7 22. Qb3 Re8 23. g4 f5 24. h3 Bxd4+ 25. Kg2 Kf8 26. Bf2 Bg7 27. Re2 Qd7
28. Rfe1 Rad8 29. a4 fxg4 30. hxg4 Nf7 31. Bh4 g5 32. fxg5 e5 33. g6 hxg6 34.
Rf2 e4 35. Bd1 Kg8 36. Qh3 Rc8 37. Rh1 e3 38. Re2 d4 39. Bb3 Re4 40. Bg3 d3 41.
Qh7+ Kf8 42. Rf1 Rc6 43. Rxf7+ Qxf7 44. Bxf7 Kxf7 45. Kf3 Rce6 46. Ra2 Rd4 47.
Qh1 d2 48. Ke2 d1=Q+ 49. Qxd1 Rxd1 50. Kxd1 Re4 51. b5 Rxg4 52. c6 Rxg3 53.
cxb7 Be5 54. bxa6 Bb8 55. Rh2 Kg7 56. Ke2 Ba7 57. Kd3 Rg4 58. b8=Q Bxb8 59. Rb2
e2 60. Rb7+ Kh6 61. Kxe2 Bh2 62. a5 Rg5 63. a7 Rxa5 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 17th"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2010.04.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2010.04.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sverdlovsk Ural region"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Be3 Bxe3 7. fxe3 Bg4
8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nd7 10. Qg3 Qf6 11. Nd2 Qg6 12. Qh4 Qf6 13. Qxf6 Nxf6 14.
Rf1 Nd7 15. g4 a5 16. a4 f6 17. Rg1 h6 18. Ke2 Nf8 19. h4 Ne6 20. Nf3 c5 21.
Rg3 Ke7 22. b3 b6 23. Rag1 Rad8 24. Kd1 Rh7 25. Kc1 Kd6 26. Kb2 Ke7 27. Kc3 Kd6
28. Kc4 Rb8 29. R1g2 Rbh8 30. Rg1 Rb8 31. g5 hxg5 32. hxg5 Rbh8 33. gxf6 gxf6
34. Rg6 Rh6 35. Rxh6 Rxh6 36. Rg4 Kc6 37. Nh4 Ng5 38. Kc3 Kd7 39. Kb2 Rh5 40.
Kc1 Ne6 41. Nf5 Ng5 42. Rg2 Rh1+ 43. Kb2 c6 44. Ng3 Rh3 45. Nf1 b5 46. Ng3 Ke6
47. Kc3 Kd7 48. Kb2 Ke6 49. Ka2 Kd7 50. Ka3 b4+ 51. Kb2 Ne6 52. Nf5 Ng5 53. Rf2
Nf3 54. Rg2 Ng5 55. Ng3 Ne6 56. c3 c4 57. cxb4 axb4 58. dxc4 Nc5 59. Kc2
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 17th"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2010.04.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2010.04.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Khanty Mansiysk Yugra"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Nf3 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 Ba6 10. Qa4 c5 11. Rd1 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Qe7 13. f3 Rc8 14. Qb4
Qxb4+ 15. axb4 Nc6 16. Nxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Astrakhan FIDE GP"]
[Site "Astrakhan"]
[Date "2010.05.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2010.05.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nbd2 d6 6. Nf1 Ng4 7. Ne3 O-O 8.
O-O Nxe3 9. Bxe3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 Be6 11. Qe1 f6 12. Nh4 Ne7 13. Ba4 c6 14. Bb3
Qd7 15. Nf5 d5 16. Ng3 b6 17. Qc3 c5 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. a4 f5 21.
e4 fxe4 22. Nxe4 Qd4+ 23. Qxd4 cxd4 24. Rxf8+ Rxf8 25. Ng5 Bd5 26. Re1 Rf5 27.
Ne4 Bxe4 28. Rxe4 h5 29. h3 Kf7 30. g4 hxg4 31. hxg4 Rf4 32. Rxe5 Rxg4+ 33. Kf2
Rg6 34. Kf3 Rc6 35. a5 Rxc2 36. axb6 Rxb2 37. bxa7 Ra2 38. Rd5 Rxa7 39. Rxd4
Ke6 40. Re4+ Kd6 41. Rg4 Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Astrakhan FIDE GP"]
[Site "Astrakhan"]
[Date "2010.05.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2010.05.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O (4. d3 {ist eine alternative Fortsetzung.
Man bekommt spielbare Stellungen, doch keinen Eröffnungsvorteil.} Bc5 (4... d6
$5 5. O-O Be7 6. c3 O-O 7. Re1 a6 8. Ba4 b5 9. Bc2 Re8 $132 {Es entsteht ein
typischer Spanier mit d3.}) 5. Bxc6 (5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Nbd2 a6 8. Ba4 Ba7
$132 {Wiederum hat Schwarz wenig zu befürchten.}) 5... dxc6 6. Be3 Qe7 (6...
Bxe3 $2 {verbessert die weiße Bauernstruktur und öffnet die f-Linie.} 7. fxe3
Qe7 8. O-O Ng4 9. Qd2 f6 10. Nh4 g6 11. Nc3 Bd7 12. Rf3 f5 13. g3 Nf6 14. exf5
g5 15. Ng2 e4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. dxe4 O-O-O 18. Qa5 $16 {Sutovsky - Carlsen 
(Crete, 2007)}) 7. Bxc5 Qxc5 8. Nc3 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 O-O {Schwarz hat
keine Schwiriegkeiten.} 11. O-O-O a5 12. Qf5 Rfd8 13. Rhf1 a4 14. a3 b5 $132 {
Sutovsky - Aronian (Caleta, 2005)}) 4... Nxe4 5. d4 (5. Re1 {Das ist eine
bekannte Remisvariante:} Nd6 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. Rxe5+ Be7 8. Bf1 (8. Bd3 O-O 9.
Nc3 c6 10. b3 Ne8 11. Bb2 d5 12. Qh5 Nf6 13. Qh4 Be6 $11) 8... O-O 9. d4 Bf6
10. Re1 Nf5 11. c3 d5 $11 {Bei symmetrischer Bauernstruktur das Maximum, was
beide Seiten erreichen können, ist der kollektive Abtausch aller Figuren.})
5... Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 h6 (9... Ke8 10. h3 Be7
11. g4 (11. Bg5 Bxg5 12. Nxg5 h6 $1 {Es is wichtig, den gegnerischen Springer
gleich zu vertreiben.} 13. Nf3 h5 14. Rad1 (14. Ne2 Ke7 15. Nf4 g6 $1 16. Rad1
Ng7 17. Rfe1 Rd8 18. Rxd8 Kxd8 19. Ng5 Ke7 20. Rd1 a5 21. a4 Bf5 $132 {Timman
- Kritz (Amsterdam, 2002)}) 14... Ke7 $11) 11... Nh4 12. Nxh4 Bxh4 13. Kg2 h5
14. f3 Be6 $11 {Die schwarze Stellung ist zwar passiv, aber nicht zu brechen.})
10. h3 (10. Rd1+ {Das Problem dieses Zuges ist, dass Weiß eigentlich den
anderen Turm auf d1 stellen sollte.} Ke8 11. h3 a5 12. Bf4 Be6 13. g4 Ne7 14.
Nd4 Nd5 15. Nce2 Bc5 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. c4 Nb6 18. b3 a4 $132 {Kasparov -
Kramnik (London, 2000)}) (10. b3 $5 {Es macht Sinn, Zeit am Zug h3 zu sparen,
wenn man nicht mit g4 spielen will.} Bd7 11. Bb2 Kc8 12. Rad1 b6 13. Rd3 (13.
Ne2 c5 14. c4 Bc6 $11 {Kasparov - Kramnik (London, 2000)}) 13... Ne7 14. Rfd1 {
Weiß entwickelt nun eine unangenehme Initiative.} Bf5 15. Rd8+ Kb7 16. Rxa8
Kxa8 17. Nd4 Bg4 18. Nce2 c5 19. h3 Bc8 20. Nb5 Kb7 21. Nf4 $36 {Bruzon
Batista - Mitkov (Merida, 2008)}) 10... Bd7 11. b3 (11. Bf4 $5 Kc8 12. Rad1 $1
(12. a3 $2 {ist einfach zu langsam.} b6 13. Rad1 Ne7 14. Rfe1 c5 $132 {Motylev
- Ponomariov (Motril, 2008). Schwarz plant Bc6-Kb7 mit guter Stellung.}) 12...
b6 13. Rd3 Be6 14. Rfd1 Kb7 15. b3 $14 {und Schwarz hatte Probleme mit seiner
Entwicklung in Anand - Topalov (Monte Carlo, 2005).}) 11... c5 $5 {Dieser Zug
wird selten gespielt. Die üebliche Fortsetzung ist 11....Kc8. Jedoch wie man
sieht, hat Schwarz nach 11....c5 noch keine Probleme gehabt.} (11... Kc8 12.
Bb2 b6 13. Rad1 c5 (13... Ne7 {gilt als Hauptzug. Weiß hat nun mehrere
Fortsetzungsmöglichkeiten.} 14. Rd2 {sieht am logischsten aus, aber auch
andere Ideen sind interessant.} (14. Ne2 Ng6 15. Ng3 (15. Ne1 h5 16. Nd3 c5 17.
c4 a5 18. a4 h4 $11 {Kasparov - Kramnik (London, 2000)}) 15... Nf4 16. Nd4 a5
17. a4 b5 18. Kh2 bxa4 19. bxa4 Nd5 20. Rd3 Nb6 $132 {Shirov - Kramnik (Astana,
2001)}) (14. Nd4 $5 c5 15. Nde2 a5 16. Rd2 Nc6 17. Rfd1 Be6 18. Nf4 Bf5 19. g4
$1 $16 {Efimenko - Naiditsch (Subotica, 2008)}) 14... c5 15. Rfd1 Be6 16. Ne2
g5 $132 {Anand - Kramnik (Mainz, 2001)}) 14. Rfe1 ({Nach} 14. Nd5 a5 $1 15. a4
c4 $1 {wurde Weiß praktisch gezwungen, den Bauer zu opfern:} 16. e6 fxe6 17.
Nf4 cxb3 18. cxb3 Bd6 19. Ng6 Rg8 20. Nfe5 Be8 $15 {Wonach Schwarz eindeutig
besser stand in Stellwagen - Efimenko (Wattenscheid, 2008).}) 14... a5 $5 $146
{Der Zug ist vielleicht nicht schlecht, aber mir gefällt die sofortige
Überführung des Springers nach g6 besser.} (14... Ne7 {Die Überführung des
Springers nach g6 ist ein typischer Manöver - von dort aus kontrolliert er das
Feld f4.} 15. Nd2 (15. Ne2 Ng6 $11 {Leko - Jakovenko (Jermuk, 2009)}) 15... Be6
16. Nde4 c4 17. Kh2 cxb3 18. cxb3 Ng6 19. Nb5 Bd7 20. Nec3 Bc5 21. Ba3 Bxa3 22.
Nxa3 Re8 $11 {Motylev - Volokitin (Wijk aan Zee, 2009)}) 15. a4 {Weiss kann
vielleicht erlauben, Schwarz a4 zu spielen.} (15. g4 $5 Ne7 16. Nd2 h5 17. f3
a4 18. Kg2 $14) 15... Ne7 {Nachdem die Züge a5 und a4 gespielt wurden, ist es
sogar noch besser für Schwarz.} 16. Ne2 Ng6 $132 {Und Schwarz hatte gutes
Gegenspiel in Motylev - Ponomariov (Khanty-Mansiysk, 2009)}) 12. Rd1 ({Es
verdient Betrachtung} 12. Bb2 $5 {mit der Idee, den anderen Turm nach d1 zu
stellen. Womöglich hat Schwarz die Möglichkeit 12....Nd4!?} Nd4 13. Nxd4 (13.
Rad1 Nxf3+ 14. gxf3 Kc8 15. Kg2 Be6 $15 {Schwarz kann nur besser stehen.})
13... cxd4 14. Ne4 c5 15. c3 $1 {Man muss dynamisch spielen, ansonsten wird
man einfacht schlecht stehen.} dxc3 16. Bxc3 Kc7 17. Rad1 Be7 18. Nd6 Bxd6 $3 (
18... Be6 19. f4 g6 20. Nxf7 $3 Bxf7 21. e6 Bxe6 22. Bxh8 Rxh8 23. Rfe1 $18)
19. exd6+ Kc6 20. Bxg7 Rhg8 21. Be5 Bxh3 22. Bg3 Be6 $11 {Es sieht so aus,
dass Schwarz sich halten kann.}) 12... Kc8 {Es ist offensichtlich, dass mit
dieser Zugfolge Schwarz etwas gewonnen hat, nämlich, dass der weiße Turm a1
nicht so leicht ins Spiel kommt.} 13. a4 (13. Bb2 Be6 14. Nd5 g5 15. c4 b6 16.
Rd2 Kb7 17. Rad1 Ne7 18. Nf6 {1/2-1/2 Motylev,A (2705)-Zhou Jianchao (2650)/
Ningbo CHN 2010/The Week in Chess 806}) 13... a5 14. Nd5 ({Auch nichts bringt} 
14. g4 Ne7 15. Rd3 Bc6 $1 $11 ({Aber nicht} 15... g5 $2 16. Bxg5 $1 hxg5 17.
Rad1 $18)) 14... g5 $1 {Schwarz kann das Feld f6 aufgeben - der weiße Springer
wird hübsch aussehen und keine Beschäftigung haben.} 15. Bb2 Be6 {Der Läufer
e6 ist unantastbar - die Felder d4 und f4 sind beide unter der Kontrolle der
schwarzen Bauern.} 16. c4 b6 17. Kh2 {Weiß bereitet den Standardplan,
g4-Kg3-h4 vor.} (17. g4 Ne7 18. Kg2 Ng6 19. Kg3 Kb7 20. h4 c6 $1 21. Ne3 gxh4+
22. Nxh4 Nxh4 23. Kxh4 Be7+ 24. Kg3 h5 $15) 17... Ne7 18. g4 Ng6 19. Kg3 Be7 {
Ponomariov will die Möglichkeit h4 ausschließen.} (19... Kb7 $5 {sieht auch
sehr vernünftig aus.}) 20. Nf6 (20. Nxe7+ Nxe7 21. Rd2 Kb7 22. Rad1 Rag8 $11 {
Weiß kann nichts machen.}) 20... Kb7 (20... Bxf6 {vereinfacht die Stellung und
führt zu einem remislichen Endspiel.} 21. exf6 Kb7 22. Rd2 Rad8 23. Rad1 Rxd2
24. Rxd2 Re8 $11 {Anscheinend wollte Schwarz mehr als nur ein einfaches Remis,
das man noch machen muss.}) 21. Nh5 {Die Idee ist, Ng7 zu spielen und den
Läufer anzugreifen. Wenn Weiß den Läufer e6 bekommt, kann er über das Feld d7
spielen.} Rhg8 $1 {Beste Entscheidung ist den Springer gar nicht nach g7 zu
lassen.} 22. Ng1 $6 {Sehr oft, wenn ein Zug schlecht aussieht, dann ist er
auch schlecht. Svidler will Nge2-f4 spielen, doch das bringt ihm nichts.} Rad8
23. Ne2 Bd7 24. Rd2 $4 {Ein Einsteller nach dem Weiß aufgeben muss.} ({
Schlecht ist auch} 24. f4 $2 gxf4+ 25. Nexf4 Bh4+ 26. Kh2 (26. Kf3 Bc6+ 27. Nd5
Rge8 $17) 26... Bc6 27. Nd5 Bxd5 28. Rxd5 (28. cxd5 Rde8 $17) 28... Ne7 $15) ({
Vielleicht das Beste, was Weiß machen kann, ist einzusehen, dass der Plan mit
der Überführung des Springers nicht funktioniert hat, und den Springer wieder
auf f3 zu stellen. Typisches Problem der Berliner Mauer ist es, wenn Weiß
nichts versucht, hat Schwarz auch kein richtiges Spiel.} 24. Ng1 $5 Bc6 25. Nf3
$11) 24... Bxa4 $1 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 {Nachdem Weiß den Läufer nimmt, kommt 26....
Rd2 und die schwarze Stellung ist gewonnen.} 0-1

[Event "Astrakhan FIDE GP"]
[Site "Astrakhan"]
[Date "2010.05.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2010.05.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c6 5. O-O d5 6. b3 Ne4 7. d4 O-O 8. Bb2
Bf5 9. e3 Nd7 10. Qe2 a6 11. Rc1 Re8 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 dxc4 14. bxc4 Be4
15. a4 c5 16. Qb2 Qc7 17. d5 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21.
cxb5 Qb7 22. Qc4 Bxf3 23. Bxf3 Ne5 24. Qe4 Nxf3+ 25. Qxf3 Qxb5 26. Qe4 Re8 27.
Kg2 Qb6 28. h4 Qd6 29. Qc4 Rc8 30. Kg1 Kg7 31. Kg2 Kg8 32. Kg1 Kg7 33. Kg2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Astrakhan FIDE GP"]
[Site "Astrakhan"]
[Date "2010.05.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2010.05.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 h6 10. Rd1+ {Das Problem dieses Zuges ist, dass Weiß
eigentlich den anderen Turm nach d1 stellen sollte.} Ke8 ({Der Versuch, in die
Variante mit der Überführung des Königs nach c8 überzugehen, endet mit eine
Katastrophe:} 10... Bd7 $2 11. g4 $1 (11. e6 fxe6 12. Ne5 Nd6 13. Rxd6 Bxd6 14.
Nf7+ Ke7 15. Nxh8 Rxh8 $19) 11... Ne7 12. e6 fxe6 13. Ne5 Nd5 14. Nf7+ Ke7 15.
Nxh8 $18) 11. h3 Ne7 {In dieser Stellung hat Weiß unterschiedliche Spielweisen
ausprobiert, doch keine scheint ihm was zu bringen.} (11... a5 12. Bf4 Be6 13.
g4 Ne7 14. Nd4 Nd5 15. Nce2 Bc5 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. c4 Nb6 18. b3 a4 $132 {
Kasparov - Kramnik (London, 2000)}) 12. Bf4 (12. Be3 {Der Läufer auf e3 sieht
ziemlich komisch aus.} Ng6 13. Ne2 Be6 14. Ned4 Bd5 15. Nd2 Bc5 16. c4 Bxd4 17.
Bxd4 Be6 18. b3 b6 19. Be3 Ke7 20. f4 h5 21. Ne4 h4 $11 {Kravtsiv - Gupta 
(Delhi, 2010). Schwarz stand zumindest mal nicht schlechter.}) (12. Nd4 Ng6 (
12... a6 $2 13. b3 {stellt eine Falle auf:} c5 $4 14. Ndb5 $1 axb5 15. Nxb5 Nd5
16. Rxd5 c6 17. Nc7+ Ke7 18. Nxa8 cxd5 19. Nb6 Be6 20. Ba3 $18) (12... Bd7 13.
Bf4 Ng6 14. Bg3 h5 15. e6 Bxe6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Bxc7 Be7 18. Ne4 $14 {Milov -
Naumann (Bad Wiessee, 2009)}) 13. f4 Bc5 14. Ne4 Bxd4+ 15. Rxd4 h5 $11) (12.
Ne4 Ng6 13. Re1 {Wenn man solche Züge machen muss, dann ist keine Rede von
Eröffnungsvorteil.} c5 14. Ng3 Be6 15. Nh5 Kd7 16. a4 Re8 17. Bd2 Bd5 18. Bc3
Bxf3 19. gxf3 Nh4 $15 {und Schwarz stand schon besser in Kosteniuk - Stefanova
(Beijing, 2008)}) 12... Ng6 13. Bh2 {Die Idee hinter diesem Manöver ist immer
die selbe - e6.} Bb4 $1 {Es ist gut, den Springer vom Feld e4 fern zu halten.}
(13... Be6 14. Nd4 $14) 14. Ne2 (14. Ne4 $2 Bf5 15. Rd4 c5 $15) 14... Bd7 15.
Nfd4 {Es droht e6, aber Schwarz kann es einfach zulassen.} Bc5 16. e6 Bxe6 17.
Nxe6 fxe6 18. Bxc7 {Hier kann man sehen, dass der Springer e2 eigentlich nicht
im Spiel ist. Schwarz hat genug Zeit, um seine Figuren zu aktivieren.} Rf8 19.
Bg3 Rd8 {Jeder Abtausch erleichtert Schwarz die Verteidigung.} 20. Nc3 (20.
Rxd8+ Kxd8 21. Rd1+ Kc8 22. Kf1 e5 $1 $11) 20... Rxd1+ (20... Bd4 {macht nicht
viel Sinn, weil Schwarz anschließend nicht auf b2 nehmen kann:} 21. Ne4 Bxb2 $2
22. Rxd8+ Kxd8 23. Rd1+ Ke8 24. Nd6+ Ke7 25. Nc4 $1 $18) 21. Rxd1 Nf4 {Der
Springer auf f4 steht sehr gut - er neutralisiert den weißen Läufer völlig.}
22. Ne4 Be7 23. Kf1 Rf5 24. c4 g5 {Schwarz hat Raumvorteil am Königsflügel und
er versucht ihn zu nutzen.} 25. b3 (25. Nd6+ Bxd6 26. Rxd6 Ke7 $11 {Weiß
bekommt nichts von dem Abtausch.}) 25... h5 26. Bxf4 ({In solchen Situationen
sollte man sehr langsam und geduldig spielen. Es scheint logisch, f3 zu
spielen, um den Läufer über f2 ins Spiel zu bringen.} 26. f3 $5 a6 27. Bf2 b5
$11) 26... Rxf4 27. Re1 {Nun ist nicht viel zu machen.} h4 $1 {Es sieht
komisch aus, dass Schwarz die Bauern auf schwarz stellt, doch eigentlich will
er im nächsten Zug g4 spielen, und am Königsflügel die Situation vereinfachen.}
28. Re3 (28. f3 Rf5 29. Rd1 Bb4 30. Ke2 Ra5 31. a4 Ke7 $11 {Es gibt einfach
kein Durchbrechen.}) 28... g4 $1 29. hxg4 Rxg4 {Nun ist der Bauer g2 schwach,
und muss ebenfalls abgetauscht werden.} 30. g3 hxg3 31. fxg3 $6 {Der einzige
mögliche Versuch, um Vorteil zu kämpfen. Jedoch hat Schwarz in diesem Endspiel
sogar etwas bessere Chancen. Es wäre einfacher, mit dem Springer zu nehmen und
gleich Remis anzubieten.} (31. Nxg3 $11) 31... Kf7 32. Kg2 e5 33. Re1 Ke6 $15 {
Wenn hier jemand aktiv spielen kann, dann nur Schwarz. Die Stellung ist
natürlich trotzdem noch im remislichen Bereich.} 34. Kf3 Kf5 35. Nf2 Rd4 36.
g4+ Ke6 37. Re4 Rd8 38. Re2 a5 ({Interessant ist} 38... b5 $5 {mit der Idee,
Linien zu öffnen.} 39. cxb5 Rf8+ 40. Kg3 cxb5 $15) 39. Ne4 Rd3+ 40. Re3 Rd1 41.
Re2 Rd3+ 42. Re3 Rd1 43. Re2 Rd3+ 44. Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Astrakhan FIDE GP"]
[Site "Astrakhan"]
[Date "2010.05.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2010.05.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qe7 10. h3 c5 11. Rd1 {A rare continuation.} (11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. e4
{is usually played here.}) 11... b6 $5 (11... a6 $5 12. a4 (12. a3 $6 b5 13.
Be2 Bb7 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. b4 Nce4 $15 {1/2 Jurek,J (2373)-Szuhanek,R (2444)/
Aschach 2005/CBM 110 ext (23)}) (12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Ne4 b5 14. Nxc5 Nxc5 15. Be2
Bb7 16. Bd2 Rac8 $11 {1/2 Drasko,M (2445)-Todorovic,G (2415)/Pula 1990/TD (40)}
) (12. e4 b5 13. e5 $5 (13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Be2 Ncd7 15. Bg5 Ne5 16. Nd4 h6 17.
Bh4 Ng6 $13 {0-1 Pushkov,N (2541)-Vitiugov,N (2382)/St Petersburg 2001/EXT
2002 (41)}) 13... bxc4 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Bb7 $1 16. exd6 (16. Qxb7 $2 Nxe5
$1) 16... Bxe4 17. dxe7 Rfe8 $11) 12... b6 (12... Nb6 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Bb3 Qc7
15. e4 Nbd7 16. Qe2 Nh5 17. e5 Ng3 18. Qe1 b6 19. Bf4 Nf5 20. Ne4 $16 {1-0
Schlosser,P (2560)-Chiburdanidze,M (2540)/Lippstadt 1996/EXT 1998 (36)}) (12...
h6 13. e4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Ne5 15. Bf1 Bb4 16. Be3 Bd7 17. f4 Nc6 18. e5 $16 {
0-1 Banikas,H (2520)-Gausel,E (2511)/Bled 2002/EXT 2003 (52)}) (12... Rd8 13.
dxc5 Nxc5 14. e4 $14) 13. b3 (13. d5 $5) 13... Bb7 14. Qe2 e5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16.
Bb2 e4 17. Nd4 Qe5 18. g3 Rad8 19. Rd2 Qg5 20. Rad1 Bc7 $13 {0-1 Schmidt,W 
(2406)-Cyborowski,L (2550)/Lubniewice 2003/EXT 2004 (34)}) 12. dxc5 (12. d5
exd5 13. Bxd5 (13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Rb8 $11) 13... Rb8 14. e4 (14. Nb5 $5
Nxd5 15. Rxd5 Bc7 $3 16. e4 $1 (16. Nxc7 Nf6 $1 $11) (16. Nxa7 $2 Bb7) 16...
Ne5 $1 $13) 14... Ne5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Be3 Be6 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18. f3 Rfd8 $11 {
1/2 Lomineishvili,M (2397)-Barbini,D/Cappelle la Grande 1999/EXT 2000 (37)})
12... Bxc5 13. e4 Bb7 {Black has developed his pieces quite comfortably and
has no serious problems.} 14. Bg5 Rfd8 (14... h6 $1 15. Bh4 Bb4 $1 $132) 15.
Qe2 $6 (15. Bb5 $142 $1 h6 16. Rxd7 Rxd7 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Bxd7 Qxd7 19. Qc1
Kg7 20. Qf4 $14 {[%csl Rg7]}) 15... h6 16. Bh4 g5 $1 17. Bg3 Nf8 $6 (17... Bb4
$5 18. e5 Bxc3 19. exf6 (19. bxc3 Ne4) 19... Bxf6 {and White hardly has
sufficient compensation for the pawn.}) 18. Ne5 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. Bd3 (20.
Rxd8 Qxd8 21. h4 $5) 20... Bd4 21. Bb1 a6 22. h4 $2 {A strange pawn sacrifice,
which Black gratefully accepts. Every move should be made in-time (see
annotation to move 20)!} (22. Qd2 $5 b5 $1 23. Nf3 Bb6 24. Bd6 Qd7 25. Qe2 $36)
22... gxh4 23. Bf4 Bxe5 24. Bxe5 Ng6 25. Bd4 b5 26. a3 $6 {White should have
aimed for an endgame with opposite-coloured bishops:} (26. e5 Nd5 (26... Nf4 $4
27. Qc2) 27. Nxd5 Bxd5 28. Qg4 Qg5 29. Qxg5 hxg5 30. Bxg6 fxg6 31. Be3 g4 32.
Bg5 Rc8 $140 33. Rc1 $1 {, and he should not lose.}) 26... Nf4 27. Qf3 N6h5 $6
(27... e5 $1 28. Be3 Rxd1+ 29. Nxd1 (29. Qxd1 N6h5 {[%cal Ye7g5]}) 29... Bc8 $1
30. Bxf4 Bg4 31. Qc3 exf4 $17) 28. Be3 {After this move Black gradually
converts his material advantage.} (28. g3 $142 Qg5 29. Kh2 hxg3+ 30. fxg3 Rxd4
$8 31. Rxd4 Ng6 $44) 28... Rxd1+ 29. Qxd1 $6 (29. Nxd1 $142 Qg5 30. Kh2 {
[%cal Rg2g3]} Qe5 31. Kg1 $17) 29... Qg5 30. Qf3 e5 31. Nd5 Bc8 $1 32. Kh2 Bg4
33. Bxf4 exf4 34. Qd3 f3 $1 35. gxf3 Be6 {[%cal Rh4h3]} 36. Qe3 Qe5+ 37. f4
Qxb2 38. Bd3 Bxd5 39. exd5 Nf6 40. Kh3 Qa1 41. Be4 Nxe4 42. Qxe4 Qxa3+ 43. Kxh4
Qd6 44. Qf5 b4 45. Qg4+ Kf8 46. Qc8+ Kg7 47. Qc4 a5 48. Kg3 a4 49. Qc6 Qg6+ $1
50. Kf3 Qd3+ 0-1

[Event "Astrakhan FIDE GP"]
[Site "Astrakhan"]
[Date "2010.05.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2010.05.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Rc1 Rd8 11. d5 e6 12. Bg5 {A popular move in this
variation.} f6 (12... Re8 $143 13. d6 $1 {[%cal Yh2h4,Yh4h5] leads to a very
unpleasant position for Black:} Bd7 (13... b5 14. h4 $1 (14. Be2 Nd7 15. e5 Bb7
16. O-O Rab8 17. Rfe1 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Nxe5 19. d7 Red8 20. Qd6 Nxd7 21. Bxd8 Rxd8
22. Red1 Bf6 23. Qf4 Kg7 $11 {1/2 Wang Hao (2708)-Mamedyarov,S (2719)/Khanty
Mansiysk 2009/CBM 134/[Marin] (52)}) 14... Bb7 15. Bd3 Nd7 16. h5 e5 17. hxg6
hxg6 18. Bh6 Bf6 19. Nh2 Re6 20. Ng4 $40 {1-0 Pashikian,A (2647)-Vachier
Lagrave,M (2730)/Moscow 2010/CBM 135 (45)}) 14. Bh6 (14. h4 $5 Bc6 15. Bd3)
14... Bf6 (14... Qd8 15. h4 $1 f6 16. e5 Bc6 17. h5 g5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. exf6+
Qxf6 20. h6+ $1 Kh8 21. Qxg5 $18 {1-0 Anand,V (2783)-Leko,P (2751)/Miskolc
2009/CBM 130 Extra (46)}) (14... Bh8 15. h4 Bc6 16. h5 Nd7 17. Ng5 Qa4 18. Be2
f6 19. Nxh7 $1 Qxe4 20. f3 Qd5 21. hxg6 $16 {1-0 Micic,N (2390)-Neven,K (2418)/
IECG 2004/Telechess CBM 115 (38)}) 15. h4 Bc6 16. h5 Nd7 17. Ng5 c4 18. Bxc4 ({
or} 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Bxc4 Qe5 {1-0 Petrosian,T (2602)-Roganovic,M (2474)/Novi
Sad 2009/CBM 133 (26)} 20. Be2 $1 $16) 18... Rad8 (18... Qe5 19. Be2 $1 $16)
19. Rh3 Qe5 20. Be2 Bxe4 21. Nxe4 Qxe4 22. Kf1 Qe5 23. Bf4 Qf5 {0-1 Palo,D 
(2510)-Ivanchuk,V (2710)/Skanderborg 2003/CBM 098 (50)} 24. Rd1 $16) 13. Bf4 (
13. c4 Nc6 $1 (13... Qxd2+ 14. Bxd2 Re8 15. Be2 (15. Bd3 $5 exd5 $140 16. cxd5
f5 17. Ng5 $1) 15... Nd7 16. Be3 exd5 17. exd5 f5 18. Rc2 b6 19. O-O Nf6 20.
Bd3 Bd7 21. h3 Ne4 $132 {0-1 Hoeksema,H (2309)-Timman,J (2569)/Dieren 2009/CBM
131 Extra (53)}) 14. Qxa5 Nxa5 15. Bd2 (15. Be3 b6 16. Bd3 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18.
Bg5 Rd6 19. Bf4 Rd8 20. Bg5 Rd6 21. Bf4 Rd7 $5 22. O-O exd5 23. Rfe1 dxc4 24.
Bxf5 Rd8 25. Bc2 Bg4 $13 {1-0 Ding,L (2530)-Li,C (2617)/JinZhou 2009/CBM 133 
(54)}) 15... b6 16. Bd3 Nb7 17. O-O Bd7 18. Rfe1 Re8 19. Bc3 Rad8 20. e5 fxe5
21. Nxe5 exd5 22. cxd5 Nd6 $11 {1/2 Melkumyan,H (2583)-Sasikiran,K (2653)/
Moscow 2010/CBM 135 (71)}) (13. Be3 $5 Nc6 14. h4 exd5 15. exd5 Bg4 16. Be2 Ne7
(16... Bxf3 17. gxf3 Ne7 {1/2 Harika,D (2445)-Gupta,A (2565)/Paleohora 2009/
CBM 131 Extra} 18. d6 $5 $36) 17. c4 (17. d6 $6 Be6) 17... Qc7 18. Ng5 Bf5 19.
Nh3 Nc8 20. g4 Bd7 21. h5 gxh5 22. Nf4 hxg4 23. Qc2 f5 24. Bxg4 Nd6 25. Be2 $44
{1-0 Sundararajan,K (2526)-Konguvel,P (2420)/Chennai IND 2010/The Week in
Chess 796 (48)}) 13... Nc6 $146 (13... exd5 14. exd5 Nc6 15. Be2 Bf5 16. O-O
Be4 17. d6 Kh8 18. Rfe1 g5 19. Bg3 h6 20. h4 c4 21. hxg5 fxg5 22. Bxc4 $18 {
1-0 Ponomariov,R (2737)-Aronian,L (2782)/Nice FRA 2010/The Week in Chess 803 
(49)}) (13... f5 14. Bc4 (14. d6 $5) 14... Qa4 15. Qe2 b5 16. Bxb5 Qxe4 17.
dxe6 $1 (17. Qxe4 fxe4 18. dxe6 Bxe6 19. Nd2 a6 20. Ba4 Nd7 21. O-O Nf6 22. c4
Bd7 23. Bc2 Bf5 $13 {1/2 Moiseenko,A (2694)-Petrosian,T (2602)/Ohrid 2009/CBM
133 (67)}) 17... Bxe6 18. Ng5 Qxe2+ 19. Kxe2 Bxa2 20. Ra1 Bf7 21. Rhd1 Rc8 22.
Nxf7 Kxf7 23. Bc4+ Ke8 24. Be6 $18 {1-0 Giri,A (2588)-Howell,D (2606)/Wijk aan
Zee 2010/CBM 135 (40)}) (13... Qa4 $5 {is the latest and so far successful
attempt for Black to equalise:} 14. Qc2 Qxc2 15. Rxc2 exd5 16. exd5 Bf5 17. Rb2
Be4 18. Bc4 (18. c4 Bxf3 19. gxf3 b6 20. Re2 Na6 21. a3 Kf7 22. h4 h5 23. Kd2
Re8 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Bd3 f5 26. Bc2 Be5 $11 {1/2 Ragger,M (2614)-Bosiocic,M 
(2562)/Chur SUI 2010/The Week in Chess 813 (47)}) 18... Nd7 19. Nd2 Bxg2 20.
Rg1 Bh3 21. Rg3 Bf5 22. Rxb7 Nb6 23. d6+ Nxc4 24. Nxc4 g5 25. h4 h6 $13 {
1/2 Ding Liren (2565)-Gupta,A (2560)/Olongapo City PHI 2010/The Week in Chess
808 (46)}) 14. Bc4 (14. Qe3 $5 exd5 (14... Nd4 $2 15. Nd2) 15. exd5 Nd4 16. Bc4
b5 $140 $2 17. Bc7 $1) 14... b5 $1 15. Be2 g5 16. Bg3 exd5 17. exd5 Ne7 $6 (
17... g4 $5 18. Nh4 Be6 19. Qe3 Bxd5 {At least Black gets rid of the main
enemy although his position remains weakened.} 20. O-O $44) 18. d6 $1 Bb7 19.
Qc2 {preventing ...Ne7-f5} Ng6 20. O-O $16 {[%csl Gd6] White has won the
opening battle. Despite his strong d6-pawn, Black has a lot of weaknesses 
(especially on the kingside).} Qb6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (20... Bc6 $142) 21. Rfd1 (
{Even} 21. Rb1 a6 22. a4 {or}) (21. Bd3 $5 {was very strong}) ({and} 21. Bxb5
$1 {was already possible:} Qxb5 (21... Bxf3 22. Bc4+ Kh8 23. gxf3 Nf4 ({or} 
23... Ne5 24. Bd5 Rac8 25. Qf5 Qxd6 26. Be4 $18) ({or} 23... Rxd6 24. Rb1 Qd8
25. Bxd6 Qxd6 26. Rfd1 $18 {[%cal Gd1d8,Gb1b8]}) 24. Bxf4 gxf4 25. Bd5 $1 Rac8
26. Qf5 Qxd6 27. Be4 $18 {[%cal Ge4h7]}) 22. Rb1 Qd7 23. Qb3+ Kh8 24. Qxb7 g4
$1 25. Ne1 $1 (25. Nd2 Qxb7 26. Rxb7 f5 27. f3 f4) 25... f5 26. Qxd7 Rxd7 27.
Nd3 f4 28. Nxf4 Rxd6 29. Nh5 $18) {GM Dmitry Jakovenko decides to mount
pressure without forcing the game, which is quite a wise decision.} 21... Qc6
$6 {It turns out that Black doesn't see the Bxb5 threat! But what can he do?} (
{After} 21... a6 22. Bd3 $1 {gains in strength}) ({If} 21... Kh8 {then} 22. Rb1
$1) ({Finally,} 21... Nf4 {loses to} 22. Bxf4 gxf4 23. Rb1 $1 a6 24. Bc4+ Kh8
25. Qf5 Rxd6 26. Rxd6 Qxd6 27. Bd3 {[%cal Gd3h7]}) 22. Bxb5 $1 {[%mdl 64]} Qxb5
23. Rb1 {With an additional tempo (Rf1-d1) White easily obtains a decisive
material advantage.} Qc6 24. Qb3+ c4 25. Qxb7 Qxb7 26. Rxb7 f5 27. Nxg5 f4 28.
Ne6 Be5 29. Nxd8 Rxd8 30. Rc7 fxg3 31. hxg3 Bxc3 32. Rxc4 $18 Ba5 33. Rd5 Bb6
34. a4 Rd7 35. a5 Bd8 36. f4 Kf7 37. Re4 Nf8 38. g4 h6 39. Kh2 Nh7 40. Rf5+ Kg7
41. Rd4 Nf6 42. g5 hxg5 43. Rxg5+ Kf7 44. Rb5 Ne8 45. a6 $5 Nxd6 {Black has
regained this pawn but now, after the rook exchange, White's remaining rook
and two connected passed pawns easily overpower Black's minor pieces.} 46. Rb7
$1 Ke7 47. Rxd7+ Kxd7 {[%mdl 4096]} 48. g4 Ke6 49. Kg3 Bb6 50. Rb4 Bc5 51. Ra4
Bb6 52. Kf3 Nb5 53. Re4+ Kf7 54. g5 Nc7 55. f5 Bc5 (55... Nxa6 56. g6+ Kg7 57.
Re7+ Kg8 58. f6 Nc7 59. Rg7+ Kf8 60. Rh7 $18) 56. Ra4 Be7 57. Kg4 Bf8 58. Rd4
Nxa6 59. Rd7+ Kg8 60. f6 Nc5 61. Rxa7 Ne4 62. Kf5 Nd6+ 63. Ke6 1-0

[Event "Astrakhan FIDE GP"]
[Site "Astrakhan"]
[Date "2010.05.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2010.05.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 {The most solid
option. The following two continations lead to more complicated positions,
since they provoke White into playing f2-f3 at some point:} (6... Be4 7. f3 Bg6
8. Qb3 Qc7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. O-O-O a6 12. c5 Nbd7 13. Na4 Rb8 14.
Bd3 Rxh2 15. g4 $13 {0-1 Wang Yue (2752)-Eljanov,P (2751)/Astrakhan RUS 2010/
The Week in Chess 810 (53)}) (6... Bg4 7. Qb3 Qc7 8. Bd2 Bh5 $5 9. Rc1 dxc4 10.
Bxc4 Be7 11. h3 Qb6 12. g3 Nbd7 13. O-O Nd5 14. Ng2 Bg6 15. f3 O-O 16. Ne2 a5
17. a3 Qa7 $1 18. Nef4 $6 (18. e4 $142) 18... Nxf4 19. Nxf4 e5 20. Nxg6 hxg6
21. dxe5 Nxe5 22. Be2 Rad8 23. Qc3 Rd5 $15 {1/2-1/2 Aronian,L (2781)-Vallejo
Pons,F (2705)/Linares ESP 2010/The Week in Chess 798 (48)}) 7. Nxg6 hxg6 {
In this variation, White gets the pair of bishops, but the position is closed
and Black does not have passive pieces. Typically White has some advantage in
endgames, due to his pair of bishops and Black's double g-pawns. On the other
hand, Black is usually fine in the middlegame and should exchange the
dark-squared bishops if possible.} 8. Bd2 Nbd7 9. cxd5 $5 {An interesting
decision. Normally, at some point Black takes the c4-pawn and then carries out
either the c6-c5 or the e6-e5 breakthrough. By taking Black's d5-pawn, White
forces his opponent to define his pawn structure right away.} exd5 {The
semi-open e-file and the pawns majority on the queenside provide Black with
some chances for counterplay, whereas after} (9... cxd5 {Black's position
becomes very passive and gives White a chance to improve his position
gradually without any risk.} 10. Bd3 a6 11. a4 Bd6 12. f4 O-O $2 {Another
illustration of how Black's position is unpleasant after 9...cxd5. Black can
not castle before White does, since Black's g6-pawn helps White to develop an
attack:} 13. g4 Ne8 14. g5 f6 15. h4 $18 {1-0 Iljushin,A (2558)-Medvedeva,A 
(1959)/Obninsk 2009/CBM 131 Extra (23)}) 10. Bd3 ({It may be too early to
define the position of the queen. In addition, it does not seem to do much on
f3 after} 10. Qf3 Bb4 11. Bd3 Qe7 12. O-O-O b5 13. Ne2 Bd6 14. Ng3 Rh4 15. Qe2
{admitting his mistake.} Nb6 16. Kb1 O-O-O 17. Nf1 Kb7 18. g3 Rhh8 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Martinovic,S (2445)-Pavlovic,M (2497)/Zlatibor 2006/EXT 2007}) (10. Qc2
Bd6 11. g3 {In my opinion, developing the light-squared bishop to the long
diagonal after Black has built the strong block consisting of the b7-c6-d5
pawns is a bad idea.} Qe7 12. Bg2 $6 O-O 13. O-O Rfe8 14. f3 c5 $1 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Shalimov,V (2393)-Lintchevski,D (2449)/St Petersburg 2007/CBM 116 ext 
(35)}) 10... Bd6 11. h3 {White still retains the option of castling to either
side.} ({White has also tried} 11. Rb1 {to create a pawn minority attack on
the queenside.} {However, after} Qe7 12. b4 O-O 13. b5 c5 {Black equalized.}
14. O-O $11 {1/2-1/2 Nyback,T (2587)-Akopian,V (2673)/Plovdiv 2008/CBM 124 (30)
}) 11... Qe7 12. Qc2 O-O {In the event of Black castling long, the semi-open
c-file would provide White with excellent chances for a successful attack.
Thus, Black has not much choice, but to castle short. It should be noticed
that once White's queen is moved away from the d1-h5 diagonal, it will take
White some time to create an attack on the kingside.} 13. O-O-O $146 {Quite a
logical novelty. Unambiguously, White is preparing attack on the kingside.} ({
White got nothing after} 13. O-O Rfe8 14. Rab1 Rac8 15. Qb3 Nf8 16. Rbe1 Ne6
$11 {1-0 Milanovic,D (2464)-Nadj Hedjesi,B (2378)/Subotica 2005/CBM 109 ext 
(35)}) 13... b5 $1 {Black had to start the counterplay on the queenside
immediately.} (13... c5 $6 {weakens the centre too much:} 14. g4 {[%cal Yg4g5]}
) 14. Kb1 {A prophylactic move. White moves away the king from the c-file and
prepares the c1-square for the rook.} ({Of course,} 14. e4 $2 {does not work
in view of} b4 15. e5 bxc3 16. Bxc3 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 $17) 14... b4 {No time
to waste.} ({The preliminary} 14... Rfc8 {would allow White to carry out the
breakthrough in the centre:} 15. e4 b4 16. e5 bxc3 17. Bxc3 $14 {and now, with
White's king on b1, Black cannot win the pawn.}) 15. Na4 ({It is often the
case that White can move away his knight to e2, hoping to occupy the d4
outpost after Black plays ...c6-c5. However, in this particular position,
White's pieces (especially White's queen) are misplaced. So, after} 15. Ne2 $2
Rfc8 {[%cal Yc6c5] Black is better.}) 15... Rac8 {It does not really matter
which rook should be moved to c8.} 16. f3 {White is covering the e4-square and
preparing to carry out the e3-e4 breakthrough. As we see, Ponomariov does not
have time to start an attack on the kingside.} (16. Rc1 {was possible, but
allowed} Ne4 $5 (16... Qe6 $5) (16... a5 $5)) 16... c5 $1 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18.
Nxc5 Rxc5 $11 {With active play, Black has been able to solve all his opening
problems. Now only Gelfand can be better, since the isolated d5-pawn is not a
weakness, White's dark-squared bishop is misplaced and the e3-pawn is weak.}
19. Qb3 (19. Qa4 a5 20. Rc1 Nd7) 19... a5 20. Rc1 Nd7 $1 (20... Qa7 $5 21. Rxc5
Bxc5 22. Bb5 $1 $11) 21. e4 {Activating the dark-squared bishop.} ({When I was
watching the live transmission of this game, it took me a while to realise,
why White cannot win the pawn after} 21. Rxc5 $2 Nxc5 22. Qxd5 Rd8 23. Rc1 {
and then} Qf6 $3 $19 {[%cal Yc5a4,Gd6f8] was found, after which White can
suffers material losses.}) 21... dxe4 22. Bxe4 Rxc1+ 23. Rxc1 Nc5 24. Qd5 Nxe4
25. Qxe4 {White should trade queens, since his king is more vulnerable than
Black's one.} Qxe4+ 26. fxe4 Re8 27. Rc6 {Driving away the bishop from its
active position, and transfering the rook to a6.} (27. Rc4 f5 28. Rc6 Bf8 29.
Rxg6 Rxe4 $11) 27... Bf8 28. Ra6 (28. Rc4 f5) 28... Rxe4 29. Rxa5 Re2 30. Kc1
$6 {After this slightly inaccurate move, Black gets some chances to get an
advantage.} (30. Rd5 {was more precise.} Rxg2 (30... f5 31. g4 $11) 31. Rd8 Kh7
32. Rxf8 Rxd2 33. Rxf7 $11) 30... b3 $1 {This tactical resource allows Black
to get a slightly better endgame.} ({Of course not} 30... Rxg2 $2 31. Ra8 Rg1+
32. Kc2 Rg2 33. Kd3 Rg3+ 34. Ke2 Rg2+ 35. Ke3 $1 $16) 31. Ra8 (31. axb3 $4 Rxd2
) 31... bxa2 32. Rxa2 Bd6 $6 {This allows White to save the g-pawn.} (32...
Rxg2 33. Ra8) (32... f5 33. Ra8 Kf7 34. Ra7+ Ke6 35. Ra6+ $11) ({Black's only
chance to keep fighting was} 32... f6 $1 33. g4 (33. Ra8 Kf7 34. Ra7+ Ke6 35.
Ra8 Be7 36. g4 Rh2 37. Ra6+ Kf7 38. Ra7 Rxh3 39. Bb4 Re3 40. Kd2 Re5 41. Kd3
Ke8 $15) 33... Rh2 34. Ra8 (34. b4 Rxh3 35. b5 Rb3 $15) 34... Kf7 35. Ra7+ (35.
b4 Rxh3 36. b5 Bc5 $15) 35... Ke6 36. Ra6+ Kd5 37. Ra8 Bc5 $15) 33. g4 {
Now that Black does not get the pawn majority on the kingside, the game is
drawn immediately.} f5 (33... Rh2 34. Ra8+ Kh7 35. Ra7 f6 36. Rd7 $11 {[%cal
Yd7d3]}) 34. Ra6 Be5 35. Kd1 Rh2 36. Rxg6 fxg4 37. Rxg4 Bxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Astrakhan FIDE GP"]
[Site "Astrakhan"]
[Date "2010.05.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2010.05.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 6. Nf3 c6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2
O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. Nbd2 b6 12. e4 Be7 13. e5 Nd7 14. cxd5 cxd5 15.
Rfc1 Bb7 16. Qc7 Ba6 17. a4 Bb4 18. Qxd8 Rfxd8 19. Rc7 Kf8 20. Bf1 Bxf1 21.
Nxf1 Ke8 22. Rac1 Rdb8 23. Ne1 b5 24. axb5 Ba5 25. R7c2 Rxb5 26. Nd2 Nb6 27.
Nd3 Bxd2 28. Rxd2 Nc4 29. Rdc2 a5 30. Kf1 Rab8 31. Ra1 f6 32. Re2 Kf7 33. exf6
gxf6 34. Rae1 R8b6 35. Nf4 e5 36. dxe5 fxe5 37. b3 exf4 38. bxc4 dxc4 39. Re7+
Kg6 40. Rc7 Rb4 41. Kg2 a4 42. Ree7 Ra6 43. g4 a3 44. Rg7+ Kf6 45. Rce7 a2 46.
Rgf7+ Kg5 47. Rf5+ Kxg4 48. Ree5 Rb3 0-1

[Event "Astrakhan FIDE GP"]
[Site "Astrakhan"]
[Date "2010.05.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "192"]
[EventDate "2010.05.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8.
O-O Nb6 9. Qb3 Qd5 10. Nbd2 Be7 11. e3 Qxb3 12. Nxb3 Be4 13. Na5 Rb8 14. Bd2
O-O 15. Rfc1 Rfc8 16. Ne5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Kf8 18. Nd3 Ne4 19. Be1 Nd5 20. Kf3 f5
21. Ke2 g5 22. f3 Nef6 23. g4 Bd6 24. h4 h6 25. Nc4 Bc7 26. Nce5 Ke7 27. hxg5
hxg5 28. gxf5 exf5 29. Bg3 Rg8 30. Rh1 Rbe8 31. Rag1 Kd8 32. Nf7+ Kc8 33. Be5
g4 34. Nh6 gxf3+ 35. Kxf3 Rgf8 36. Nxf5 Nd7 37. e4 Bxe5 38. Nxe5 Nxe5+ 39. dxe5
Rxe5 40. Rh7 Rxe4 41. Kxe4 Nf6+ 42. Ke5 Nxh7 43. Nd6+ Kb8 44. Rg7 Nf6 45. Nxb7
Nh5 46. Rd7 Nf6 47. Nc5 Nd5 48. a4 Nb6 49. Rh7 Rd8 50. b4 Nc4+ 51. Ke6 Rd6+ 52.
Ke7 Rd5 53. Ke8 Nd6+ 54. Kf8 Ka8 55. Na6 Re5 56. Rd7 Nc4 57. a5 Nxa5 58. bxa5
Rxa5 59. Nb4 Rf5+ 60. Ke7 Rb5 61. Na6 Rb7 62. Nc7+ Kb8 63. Kd6 Rb1 64. Rh7 Kb7
65. Nd5+ Ka6 66. Kxc6 Rc1+ 67. Kd6 Rd1 68. Rh4 Kb5 69. Rb4+ Ka5 70. Rb2 Ka4 71.
Kc5 Ka3 72. Rb7 Rc1+ 73. Kd4 a5 74. Ne3 a4 75. Nc4+ Ka2 76. Rb2+ Ka1 77. Re2
Rh1 78. Kc3 Kb1 79. Rb2+ Ka1 80. Rb4 a3 81. Ne3 Ka2 82. Rg4 Rb1 83. Rg2+ Rb2
84. Nc2 Rb3+ 85. Kc4 Rh3 86. Nb4+ Kb1 87. Na2 Rh8 88. Rd2 Rb8 89. Nb4 Kc1 90.
Rd3 Rxb4+ 91. Kxb4 a2 92. Rc3+ Kb2 93. Rh3 a1=Q 94. Rh2+ Kb1 95. Rh1+ Kb2 96.
Rxa1 Kxa1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Astrakhan FIDE GP"]
[Site "Astrakhan"]
[Date "2010.05.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2010.05.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be4 11. Qc1 Bb7 12. Rd1 Qc8 13. b4 Nc6 14. a3 a5 15. Nc3
axb4 16. axb4 Rxa1 17. Qxa1 Nxb4 18. Nxb5 c5 19. Qb2 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Qd7 21. dxc5
Qxb5 22. Qxb4 Qxc5 23. Qxc5 Bxc5 24. Bc3 Be7 25. Bxf6 Bxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Astrakhan FIDE GP"]
[Site "Astrakhan"]
[Date "2010.05.22"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2010.05.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. g3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Qd3 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Be7 {About this system - see Nakamura - Karjakin in CBM 135.} 9. Bf4 (9.
Bg2 {and}) (9. Nb5 {are more common continuations.}) 9... d6 (9... a6 $5) 10.
Nb5 e5 11. c5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (11. Be3 a6 (11... Be6 $5 12. Nxa7 (12. Bxa7
Nc6 13. Be3 Ra4) 12... f5 $1 $132 {[%cal Re5e4]}) 12. Na7 Bd7 13. Bg2 (13. Rb1
$1 Nc6 14. Rxb7 $16) 13... Nc6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Bxc6+ bxc6 16. O-O O-O 17.
Rab1 Qc7 $11 {1/2 Mastrovasilis,A (2510)-Fedorchuk,S (2641)/Cappelle la Grande
FRA 2010/The Week in Chess 797 (95)}) 11... exf4 12. cxd6 O-O 13. dxe7 Qxe7 14.
Bg2 $14 {[%csl Gg2]} Rd8 15. Nd4 Qc7 16. O-O fxg3 17. hxg3 Nc6 18. Rab1 Bd7 19.
Rfd1 Na5 20. Be4 g6 21. Qf3 Bc6 22. Nxc6 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Nxc6 24. Bd5 {[%mdl 32]
A typical open position, in which the white bishop is stronger than the black
knight.} Re8 25. c4 Qe7 26. Kg2 h5 27. Rd3 Kg7 (27... Ne5 28. Qe4 $1 {[%cal
Rd3e3]}) 28. Qf4 Rf8 29. Re3 Qd7 30. a3 Qd8 ({Black misses a chance to play} 
30... b6 {depriving White of a crucial target (the b7-pawn).}) 31. Rb3 Qd7 32.
e4 Qe7 $2 {This minor mistake proves decisive!} (32... b6 {was too late due to}
33. e5 {[%cal Rf4f6]} Nd8 34. Qf6+ Kh6 35. a4 $1 Re8 (35... Qxa4 36. e6 $1 Nxe6
37. Rf3 Nd8 38. Rf5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf5h5]}) 36. a5 bxa5 37. Rb8 $18) (32... f6
$142 $1 33. c5 {[%csl Rb7]} Rd8 $14 {[%cal Yd7e7,Yd8d7]}) 33. Qd2 $1 Kh7 34.
Qb2 Nd8 (34... Na5 35. Rb5 b6 36. c5 $1 $18) 35. Rf3 Nc6 36. e5 $1 a5 {
Desperation.} (36... Nxe5 37. Re3 f6 38. f4 Qc5 39. Qxb7+ Kh6 40. Qb4 $1 Nd7
41. Re7 $16) 37. e6 $1 f5 {[%csl Ge6]} (37... fxe6 38. Rxf8 Qxf8 39. Qxb7+ Ne7
40. Bxe6 $18) 38. Qb6 {White's position is strategically winning. Black can't
both stop White's e-pawn and protect his own ruined queenside. But,
interestingly, the game is decided with a kingside attack!} Re8 39. Re3 Rc8 40.
Rd3 Kg8 41. Qe3 $1 {[%cal Re3h6]} g5 (41... Kh7 42. Bxc6 Rxc6 43. Rd7 $18) 42.
Bxc6 bxc6 43. Rd7 Qf6 44. Rf7 Qg6 45. Qe5 f4 46. Rf5 f3+ 47. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Astrakhan FIDE GP"]
[Site "Astrakhan"]
[Date "2010.05.23"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D72"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2010.05.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb6 7. Ne2 O-O 8. O-O
c5 {In the Gruenfeld Indian, Black is supposed to submit the d4-pawn to strong
pressure as soon as possible. In the current position, this can be achieved
with either the text move or 8...Nc6 or 8...e5. A more flexible approach is
also possible, though.} (8... e6 $5 {[%cal Gb8c6] Donner,J-Smyslov,V/Havana
1967/MCD (0-1, 23)}) (8... a5 $5) 9. dxc5 $5 {A rare continuation.} ({The main
line goes} 9. d5 {This position has been repeatedly met in the 2009 match
between Kasparov and Karpov. The general feeling was that Kasparov did not
quite solve his opening problems, but later his pupil Carlsen also used this
variation. In Leko,P (2762)-Carlsen,M (2772)/Nanjing 2009/CBM 133 (1/2, 64),
he also faced some problems, though.}) 9... N6d7 10. Qc2 Na6 $146 (10... Nc6
11. Be3 Nde5 12. Nbc3 Qd3 13. Qxd3 Nxd3 14. b3 $16 {Hort,V (2545)-Gutman,L 
(2485)/Dortmund 1985/MCL (1-0, 36)}) 11. Rd1 (11. c6 $5 bxc6 12. Qxc6 Rb8 13.
Nbc3 $14 {Hort}) 11... Qa5 12. Nbc3 Nb4 13. Qb1 Nxc5 14. Be3 Na4 15. a3 Nxc3
16. Nxc3 Nc6 17. Rd5 Qc7 18. Qc2 Be6 19. Rc5 Rfc8 20. Rd1 $14 {The structure
is almost symmetrical, but White has space advantage in the centre and very
active pieces.} Bxc3 21. Rxc3 Rd8 22. f4 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 Rd8 24. Rd3 Rxd3 25.
Qxd3 f6 26. b4 a6 27. Bf1 Kf8 28. Kf2 Ke8 29. Be2 Nd8 30. a4 Nf7 31. a5 Qc8 32.
Bc5 Bg4 33. Bf1 Bh3 34. Be2 Bg4 35. Bxg4 Qxg4 36. Ke3 g5 37. Qf1 Qe6 38. Qe2
gxf4+ 39. gxf4 Qh3+ 40. Qf3 Qe6 41. Qd1 Qh3+ 42. Qf3 Qe6 43. Qd1 Qh3+ 44. Qf3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Astrakhan FIDE GP"]
[Site "Astrakhan"]
[Date "2010.05.24"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2010.05.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Bb4 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 c5 8.
Bd3 Qa5 9. Qc2 c4 10. Bf5 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Nd2 g6 13. Bxd7 Nxd7 14. f3 Nb6
15. e4 Bd7 16. h4 Bf8 17. Be3 Bg7 18. h5 Rad8 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Rfe1 Be6 21. e5
Bf5 22. Qc1 f6 23. f4 Na4 24. Nxa4 Qxa4 25. b3 Qd7 26. bxc4 dxc4 27. Qxc4+ Be6
28. Qe2 g5 29. Nf3 gxf4 30. Bxf4 Bd5 31. Nh4 Rc8 32. Rad1 Rc4 33. Bg3 Ra4 34.
Rd2 Ra3 35. Bf4 b5 36. Qh5 Bf7 37. Qf5 Qxf5 38. Nxf5 Rxa2 39. Rxa2 Bxa2 40. Ra1
Be6 41. Nxg7 Kxg7 42. Rxa7+ Kg6 43. exf6 Kxf6 44. Rb7 Kf5 45. Be5 Bc4 46. Kf2
Ra8 47. Rb8 Rxb8 48. Bxb8 Ke4 49. Bd6 Kxd4 50. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bazna Kings 4th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2010.06.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2010.06.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {When asked to make few comments about the present game, Ponomariov
started with the following: "It was very difficult to concentrate on chess in
this game because it was very hot in the playing hall". Indeed, the Ukrainian
was visibly disturbed by the high temperature and looked really happy that he
got out of the playing area to reach some cooler places.} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3
d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 h6
11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nc3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 c6 14. Rad1 a5 15. e4 Nd7 16. e5 Be7 17.
Be4 Qb6 18. f4 {White's aggressive plan looks strong, but it is far from
simple to break through. His main problem is the weak pawn on d4. Notice that
due to the pin on the a7-g1 diagonal White does not threat to advance f4-f5
yet. Actually a closer look will reveal some weak dark squares in White's
position.} Rad8 19. Qe2 {Carlsen: "I was very happy with my position here".
However, after Ponomariov's strong answer it seems that Black faces no
particular problems.} (19. f5 $2 {runs into} Nxe5) 19... Nb8 $1 {Opens the
d-file for the rook and transfers the knight to a better position. Actually
with this move backwards the knight is heading for square d5.} 20. Qf2 (20. f5
{The mentioned by Carlsen 20.f5 is an interesting, but of course risky pawn
sacrifice.}) 20... Na6 21. Kh1 ({Again} 21. f5 {is premature due to the very
strong answer} f6 $1 {and Black's pieces are better placed for the opening of
the position.}) 21... f5 $1 22. Bb1 ({Both players agreed that better was} 22.
Bf3 {preventing 22...h5 and preparing 23.g4.}) 22... h5 $1 23. h3 g6 24. Ba2
Nc7 {Right in time to protect everything.} 25. g4 {Black is very solid and has
no troubles at all to face this advance.} hxg4 26. hxg4 Kf7 27. Kg2 Rh8 28. g5
$1 {A common quality for many strong players is to feel the danger and switch
from their initial aggressive intentions to a more realistic approach. The
position started to become dangerous for White and Carlsen rightly leaves
aside his ambitions, trying to keep the balance now.} Rh7 29. Rh1 Rxh1 30. Kxh1
Rh8+ 31. Kg2 Qa6 {"I was happy that we passed the limit of 30 moves and I
could finally offer a draw" said Ponomariov immediately after the game.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bazna Kings 4th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2010.06.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2010.06.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The Chinese Grandmaster is still visibly tired after the long flight from
China, followed by a very tough game in the next round. So his choice of the
variation is not surprising.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O
6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be4 11. Qc1 Bb7 12. Qc2 Be4
13. Qc1 Bb7 14. Rd1 Qc8 15. Ba5 c5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Qxc5 Bxc5 18. Nbd2 {
White's hopes for advantage in such type of endgames are connected with
Black's slightly weakened queenside pawn structure. For that purpose White
exchanges the light-squared bishops and tries to find a way to use the weak
light squares in Black's camp.} Rc8 19. Rac1 Nbd7 20. Ne5 Bxg2 21. Nxd7 Nxd7
22. Kxg2 Nf6 (22... Kf8 $2 {would be a blunder in view of} 23. Nb3 ({or} 23.
Ne4)) 23. Rc2 Be7 24. Rdc1 Rxc2 25. Rxc2 Kf8 {The control of the c-file
secures White at least a slight advantage and the question is whether he will
be able to use it in order to create a real pressure. In the game Wang Yue
failed to do it.} 26. f4 {Although this move was criticized by the Chinese
Grandmaster, it looks natural. White's plan is Kf3 and g4.} (26. Rc7 Ke8 {
brings White nothing, since Black already threatens 27...Bd8.}) ({Wang Yue
suggested} 26. a3 {instead, and only then f2-f4.}) 26... Nd5 27. Rc1 ({After} 
27. Kf3 {Black can choose which piece to place on b4. However, in both cases
White still keeps chances for advantage.} Bb4 ({or} 27... Nb4 28. Bxb4 Bxb4 29.
Ne4) 28. Nb3 $1 Bxa5 29. Nxa5 Nb4 30. Rc7 Nxa2 31. Nc6 {with activity for the
pawn.}) 27... Ke8 ({With the rook on c1} 27... Bb4 {is not the same any longer}
28. Bxb4+ Nxb4 29. a3 Nd5 30. Kf3) 28. Kf3 f5 29. e4 fxe4+ 30. Nxe4 Kd7 {
Now that Black covered all important squares on the c-file the position became
equal. White's slightly better pawn structure is not enough for advantage.} 31.
Nc3 Nf6 32. Ne4 Nd5 33. Nc3 Nf6 34. Rd1+ Ke8 35. Bc7 Rc8 36. Be5 Bf8 37. g4 Nd7
38. Bd6 {White seems to have managed to create some pressure, but the next two
precise moves from Ponomariov show that Black easily keeps the balance.} Be7 $1
39. Re1 Rc6 $1 ({Not} 39... Bxd6 40. Rxe6+ Be7 41. Nd5) 40. Bxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bazna Kings 4th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2010.06.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2010.06.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 {Surprise! Ponomariov played many
different systems against King's Indian Defence, but he never played the
Samisch Variation. Apart from its surprising effect, Ponomariov must have
taken into consideration the fact that in spite of his vast experience with
the KID Radjabov faced the Samisch only few times.} O-O 6. Nge2 e5 7. Bg5 $1 {
As pointed out by Ponomariov, after Black's previous move this is the most
precise reaction. White is trying to provoke h7-h6 in order to win time later
on.} c6 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. d5 h6 {Although taking on h6 is not convenient for
White now, sooner or later Black will have to protect the h6-pawn anyway.} 10.
Be3 (10. Bxh6 {is answered with} Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Qh4+ {and Black achieves a
favourable exchange of pieces.}) 10... cxd5 11. cxd5 a6 12. Nc1 b5 (12... Nh5
$5) 13. Be2 Nb6 14. O-O {Now the pawn h6 is hanging and Black must waste a
tempo to protect it.} Kh7 15. b4 {White is better. His bishops are well places
and he is ready for queenside activity, while Black didn't even start yet his
counterplay on the kingside.} Nh5 16. a4 {Now in all cases Black will remain
with pawn weaknesses on the queenside.} ({After the game Radjabov said that
also strong for White is to bring the knight to a5 by playing} 16. Nb3) 16...
Nc4 (16... Nxa4 17. Nxa4 bxa4 18. Rxa4 f5 19. b5 {is clearly better for White.}
) 17. Bxc4 bxc4 18. N1e2 f5 19. exf5 ({After the direct} 19. Qa2 {Black gets a
typical KID attack:} f4 20. Bf2 g5 21. h3 Nf6 22. Qxc4 h5 {with compensation
for the pawn.}) 19... gxf5 {The first critical position.} 20. f4 {This
standard move is double-edged.} ({After} 20. Qa2 {Black probably must give up
a pawn and try to get some counterplay, although his compensation is hardly
sufficient. If Black is trying to protect it with} Qc7 {then after} 21. b5 {
White's chances are clearly preferable.}) 20... Bd7 21. Rab1 Re8 22. Kh1 Rb8
23. Rf3 (23. b5 $5) 23... Nf6 $1 24. h3 Nh5 25. Bg1 e4 {The second critical
moment.} 26. Re3 $2 ({White should have played} 26. Rff1 Bxc3 {Of course Black
is not forced to take the pawn, but then the retreat of the rook to f1 is
clearly preferable than the game.} 27. Qxc3 (27. Nxc3 $2 Ng3+) 27... Bxa4 28.
Ra1 Bb5 29. Bd4 {and a strong dark-squared bishop secures White compensation
for the pawn.}) 26... Qh4 $1 {Now all White pieces are misplaced and things
are suddenly becoming really bad for him.} 27. Bh2 Rg8 28. Qd1 Rb7 ({Radjabov
saw} 28... Bxc3 {but he believed that Ponomariov calculated it and White must
have a defence. In the upcoming time-trouble Teimour decided to believe his
opponent and simply play something else. In fact Black gets a decisive
advantage:} 29. Rxc3 (29. Nxc3 Nxf4) 29... Qf2 30. Qf1 Qxf1+ 31. Rxf1 Rxb4) 29.
Qf1 Rgb8 30. g3 Qd8 31. b5 axb5 32. axb5 Nf6 (32... Bxb5 33. g4 Nf6 {is a
transposition to the game.}) 33. g4 Bxb5 34. Qg2 ({Also after} 34. gxf5 Bd7 35.
Rxb7 Rxb7 {Black is clearly better.}) 34... Bd7 35. Rg1 fxg4 36. hxg4 Nxg4 37.
Rg3 Qh4 (37... h5 {is another way to win.}) 38. Rxg4 Bxg4 39. Qxg4 Qxg4 40.
Rxg4 Rb2 {The time-trouble is over and White is helpless against the activity
of black pieces.} 41. f5 R8b3 42. f6 (42. Nxe4 $2 Rxe2) ({Radjabov mentioned
that White's best practical chance was} 42. Rxg7+ Kxg7 43. Bxd6 {although
Black should be winning here too after}) 42... Bxf6 43. Nxe4 Bh8 44. N4g3 ({
Also after} 44. N2g3 Be5 {White is completely paralyzed.}) 44... c3 45. Rc4 Be5
46. Nc1 Rb1 47. Nge2 R3b2 48. Bg1 Rc2 0-1

[Event "Bazna Kings 4th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2010.06.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2010.06.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. Bg5 b4 6. a3 $1 a5 {Knowing that this
is Nisipeanu's pet variation in the Blumenfeld with 5. Bg5, Ponomariov
prepared a powerful novelty.} ({In case of} 6... h6 7. Bh4 a5 {White continues}
8. axb4 cxb4 9. Nd4 {with advantage:} Be7 (9... Bc5 10. Nb3 $1) 10. Nb5 d6 11.
c5 O-O 12. dxe6 dxc5 13. exf7+ Kxf7 14. Nd2 Kg8 15. e3 Ng4 16. Bg3 Bh4 17. Ne4
Bxg3 18. hxg3 Nc6 19. Qxd8 Rxd8 20. Nxc5 {with a pawn up for White, Ivanchuk,V
(2787)-Nisipeanu,L (2668)/Khanty-Mansiysk 2007.}) 7. e4 $1 {As indicated by
Ponomariov after the game, this idea was discovered by his second Alexander
Moiseenko.} ({Previously White continued} 7. axb4 cxb4 8. Nd4 Bc5 9. e3 {
but Nisipeanu has played it before with good results for Black.} ({with the
bishop on g5 instead of h4 the move} 9. Nb3 {doesn't work in view of} Bxf2+ 10.
Kxf2 Ng4+)) 7... h6 (7... d6 8. axb4 cxb4 9. c5 $1 {with the idea} dxc5 10. e5
{and White's initiative seems to be decisive.}) 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. e5 Qd8 (9...
Qg6 10. Bd3 Qxg2 11. Rg1 Qh3 12. axb4 cxb4 13. Nbd2 {is also far from
attractive for Black.}) 10. Bd3 (10. d6 {is not convincing in view of} Bb7 11.
Bd3 g5 $1 {with counterplay against pawn e5.}) (10. Nbd2 {is an interesting
alternative suggested by Ponomariov, with the idea to prevent} g6 {which is
just bad here because of} 11. Ne4) 10... g6 {It is already hard to suggest
anything good for Black.} (10... Bb7 11. Be4) ({After} 10... d6 {apart from 11.
0-0, White can also consider the ultra-aggressive} 11. axb4 cxb4 12. c5) 11.
Nbd2 Bg7 12. Ne4 O-O 13. O-O exd5 14. cxd5 {Black's position is difficult and
Nisipeanu tries to complicate matters by tactical means.} d6 15. Nxd6 Bg4 (
15... Bxe5 16. Nxf7 {is even worse.}) 16. Re1 $1 (16. Nc4 {allows Black to
complicate matters indeed:} Qxd5 $1 17. Nb6 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Qd8 ({or} 18... Qxe5
19. Nxa8 Qf4 20. Re1 Bxb2) 19. Nxa8 Bxe5 {with compensation}) 16... Bxe5 (16...
Nd7 17. Nc4) ({or} 16... Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Bxe5 18. Nc4 Bd4 19. d6 {is also a
large advantage for White}) 17. Nxf7 $1 ({After} 17. Rxe5 Qxd6 {Black is
actually doing okay.}) 17... Rxf7 18. Rxe5 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Nd7 20. Re3 (20. Re6
Nf8) 20... Qg5+ 21. Kh1 Ne5 22. Be2 Rd8 23. axb4 axb4 24. d6 {White is a pawn
up and his king is safer. Besides, Black has no stable square for the knight.
All this means that White should already be winning.} Rf5 {Probably not the
most stubborn way to put up resistance, but as mentioned, the situation was
difficult anyway.} 25. Qb3+ Kh8 26. Qe6 Nf7 27. d7 Kg7 28. Rg1 Qf6 29. Bd3 Rg5
30. Qe8 Rxg1+ 31. Kxg1 Qxb2 32. Re7 Qc1+ 33. Bf1 Qg5+ 34. Kh1 Qf5 35. h3 b3 36.
Bc4 1-0

[Event "Bazna Kings 4th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2010.06.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2010.06.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 c5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Be2 {This quiet move caught Ponomariov by surprise. More often White
plays 9.Rc1 or 9.Bb5+.} cxd4 {Already this might be inaccurate.} (9... Nc6 {
leaves Black with better chances to equalize.}) 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 ({After the game
Ponomariov suggested} 10... Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Nc6 12. Qxf6 gxf6 {as a possible
improvement for Black. White is slightly better, but it is hard for him to use
Black's pawn weaknesses.}) 11. Nxd4 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Ke7 13. Bf3 Rd8 14. Rb1 $1 {
White has an advantage, as it is more difficult for Black to complete
development as it may seem at the beginning. Notice that White already
threatens to win a pawn with 15.Rb5. Probably Black should play here 14...Na6,
which was actually met in one game before, although after 15.Ke2 Black still
must struggle for a draw.} b6 $2 {An unfortunate novelty.} 15. c4 $1 Bb7 16.
Rd1 Kf8 17. cxd5 Nd7 ({Loses a piece after} 17... Bxd5 18. Nf5 {(most other
moves of the knight also win a piece).}) 18. e4 Rac8 19. Be2 Nc5 20. f3 {
White is a pawn up and what a pawn - the passer on d5! The rest is a matter of
pure technique, especially for such a high-class player like Gelfand.} Na4 21.
Kf2 Nc3 22. Rd2 Nxe2 23. Kxe2 Rc4 24. Ke3 g6 25. Rb1 Rdc8 26. Nb5 Ra4 27. Rbb2
Ke7 28. Rdc2 Ra5 29. Nd4 Kd6 30. Kf4 Rxc2 31. Rxc2 f5 32. h4 fxe4 33. fxe4 a6
34. h5 Ra4 35. Rd2 gxh5 36. Nf5+ Kd7 37. Ke5 b5 38. Nd6 1-0

[Event "Bazna Kings 4th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2010.06.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2010.06.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 {Ruslan had no reasons to avoid
the Samisch Variation.} O-O 6. Nge2 Nbd7 ({In the third round against
Ponomariov Radjabov played} 6... e5 {but failed to equalize.}) 7. Be3 c5 8. d5
Ne5 9. Ng3 h5 10. Be2 h4 11. Nf1 e6 12. Nd2 exd5 13. cxd5 Bd7 14. O-O b5 {
Otherwise it is not easy for Black to get counterplay. However, after this
pawn sac Black does not get sufficient compensation.} 15. Nxb5 Bxb5 16. Bxb5
Rb8 17. a4 Nh5 ({After} 17... a6 18. Bxa6 Rxb2 19. Rb1 {White exchanges
Black's most active piece and remains with a a healthy extra pawn.}) 18. f4 $1
Nd7 19. Qg4 a6 {The first critical moment of the game.} 20. Bxa6 ({The
simplest practical solution was} 20. Bxd7 Nf6 21. Qxh4 Qxd7 22. f5 Rxb2 23. Bg5
{with large advantage for White.}) ({Also good is} 20. Bc6) 20... Rxb2 21. Rab1
Rxd2 $1 {Magnus felt that this exchange sac is Black's only chance to
complicate matters.} 22. Bxd2 Bd4+ {The second critical position.} 23. Rf2 $2 {
This is actually just a blunder.} ({After} 23. Kh1 {Black has many tricks, but
White is able to defend and keep the advantage. Few variations are:} Ndf6 24.
Qf3 {It is also possible to take the pawn.} (24. Qxh4 Nxe4 25. Be1 $1 {and
White is better. If} Kg7 {then} 26. g4) 24... Ng3+ ({doesn't work:} 24... Nxe4
25. Qxe4 Ng3+ 26. hxg3 hxg3 27. f5 $18) 25. hxg3 hxg3 26. Be1 Nxe4 27. Bxg3
Nxg3+ 28. Qxg3 Kg7 29. Rf2 $1 {and although Black still keeps the initiative,
it is hardly sufficient to compensate for the missing material.}) 23... Bxf2+
24. Kxf2 Ndf6 25. Qf3 Qe8 $1 {As Ponomariov admitted after the game, he missed
this double attack. Black wins back the pawn and remains with a better
position.} 26. e5 Qxa4 27. exf6 Qxa6 28. Bc3 Qc8 ({Black had a tactical
solution to win White's weak pawns:} 28... Qc4 29. f5 Nxf6 $1 30. Kg1 (30. Bxf6
{runs into} Qc2+) 30... Ne4 {and White is in troubles.}) 29. Kg1 ({The last
chance for White was} 29. f5 $1 Qxf5 30. Qxf5 gxf5 31. Rb6 Rd8 32. Kf3 Rd7 33.
Rb8+ Kh7 34. g4 hxg3 35. hxg3 {and the activity of white pieces would have
secured good chances to escape with a draw.}) 29... Qf5 30. Rf1 Re8 31. Ba1 Ra8
32. Qe3 Kh7 33. Bb2 Rb8 34. Bc1 Rb1 {After Black activated the rook he is
winning.} 35. Qe8 Qxd5 36. f5 gxf5 37. Qe3 Qd4 38. Qxd4 cxd4 39. Bg5 Rxf1+ 40.
Kxf1 h3 $1 41. gxh3 (41. g3 Kg6 {changes nothing, of course.}) 41... Kg6 42.
Bh4 Nf4 43. Bg3 Kg5 44. Bf2 Ne6 45. Ke2 f4 46. Kf3 d3 47. h4+ Kf5 48. Bb6 Nc5
49. h5 d2 50. Ke2 Ne4 0-1

[Event "Bazna Kings 4th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2010.06.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2010.06.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nbd7 11. Rd1 e5 12. d5 e4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nb6
15. Rb1 Re8 16. Qc2 cxd5 17. Bb5 Re6 ({Black is trying to improve on the
previously played} 17... Rc8 18. Qb3 Re6 19. Be2 h5 20. Bf3 Rd6 21. Qd3 Rd7 22.
b3 d4 23. Bb2 dxe3 24. Qxe3 Bxb2 25. Rxd7 Qxd7 26. Rxb2 {with a similar
advantage as in the game.}) 18. Qb3 Qh4 19. Bd2 d4 20. Bf1 $1 {A strong
manoeuver. White protects pawn h3 and prepares g2-g3 followed by Bg2.} Rd8 21.
g3 Qe7 22. Bg2 Qe8 ({After} 22... d3 23. Bb4 Qd7 24. Bf1 {Black loses the
d-pawn.}) 23. exd4 Bxd4 24. Bc3 Bxc3 25. Rxd8 Qxd8 26. Qxc3 Qe7 27. Rd1 {
The position is more difficult for Black than it seems due to the superiority
of the bishop versus the knight.} h5 28. b3 ({Better is} 28. h4) 28... h4 29.
g4 Rd6 {A brave decision to sac a pawn in order to transfer the knight to the
kingside.} 30. Rxd6 Qxd6 31. Bxb7 Nd7 32. Qc8+ Kg7 33. Qd8 Qe6 34. Kg2 Ne5 35.
Qd4 {Ponomariov considered that White wins automatically. As a result he
misses completely the transfer of the knight to f4.} ({Of course White should
have taken the pawn} 35. Qxh4 {then after} Qd7 36. Be4 Qd4 37. f3 Qd2+ {
White has} 38. Qf2 {with an easy win.}) 35... Qf6 36. b4 g5 {Now the knight
comes to g6 and it is not simple anymore.} 37. a4 ({After} 37. Qxa7 Nd3 38. Qe3
Nf4+ ({Bad is} 38... Nxb4 39. a4 {which is probably just lost for Black.}) 39.
Kh1 Qd6 40. a3 Qd1+ 41. Kh2 Qd6 {Perhaps White can win by a very precise play,
but Black's counterplay is obvious.}) 37... Ng6 38. Qxf6+ Kxf6 39. b5 Nf4+ 40.
Kf3 Ke5 {Black is right in time to stop the pawns with the king. The position
is a draw.} 41. a5 Kd6 42. Ke4 Nxh3 43. Kf5 Nxf2 44. Bf3 Kc7 45. Kxg5 h3 46.
Kf6 h2 47. g5 h1=Q 48. Bxh1 Nxh1 49. Kxf7 Ng3 50. g6 Nh5 51. Ke7 Ng7 52. Kf6
Nh5+ 53. Kg5 Ng7 54. Kf6 Nh5+ 55. Kf7 Kd7 56. Kf8 Kc7 57. Kg8 Nf4 58. g7 Ne6
59. Kf7 Nxg7 60. Kxg7 Kd6 61. Kf6 Kc5 62. b6 axb6 63. axb6 Kxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bazna Kings 4th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2010.06.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2010.06.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Bb3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8.
h3 a5 9. a3 ({One of the most famous games of the recent years went} 9. a4 Nd4
10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Re1 Ra6 $1 12. Qh5 Nb4 13. Na3 Rg6 14. Bf4 b6 15. Qf3 Be6 16.
Bxe6 fxe6 17. Qe4 Bd6 18. Bxd6 cxd6 19. Qxd4 Qg5 20. g3 Qf5 21. g4 h5 {with a
decisive attack for Black. Karjakin,S (2723)-Gelfand,B (2758)/Khanty Mansiysk
2009}) 9... Nd4 10. Nxd4 ({Probably better is the previously played} 10. Ba2)
10... exd4 11. Re1 {White threatens to take on d5 and e7, but...} Ra6 $1 {
This is the manoeuvre from the above mentioned game of Boris Gelfand.
According to Radjabov he realized soon that Black has a comfortable play and
got disappointed with the opening outcome.} 12. Qf3 (12. Bxd5 Qxd5 13. Rxe7 Rg6
{leads to a forces draw:} 14. f3 Bxh3 15. Re2 Qxf3 16. Qf1 Bxg2 17. Rxg2 Rxg2+
18. Qxg2 Qd1+ 19. Qf1 Qg4+ 20. Qg2 Qd1+) ({After} 12. Qh5 {Black play
similarly to the game:} Re6) 12... Re6 13. Rxe6 Bxe6 14. Nd2 c6 15. Ne4 a4 16.
Bc4 b5 17. Ba2 {Black has a slight plus thanks to his space advantage.} Nc7 18.
Bxe6 Nxe6 19. Ng3 $1 {This manoeuvfre of the knight to f5 helps White to keep
the balance.} Qd5 {Otherwise White can develop an initiative on the kingside.}
20. Qxd5 cxd5 21. Bd2 Rc8 22. Rc1 {The only real weakness in the position is
the pawn on c2. But Black can attack it only once with the rook, therefore
White has no troubles to maintain equality.} g6 23. Ne2 f5 24. g3 Kf7 25. h4
Bf8 26. Kg2 h6 27. f4 Bg7 28. Ng1 Bf6 29. Nf3 Ke7 30. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bazna Kings 4th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2010.06.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2010.06.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bb5+ Nbd7 6. Nc3 a6 7. Be2 b5 8.
d4 b4 9. Na4 Bb7 10. Nf3 Bxd5 11. Bf4 e6 12. Rc1 Be7 13. O-O (13. Bc7 Qc8 {
brings White little. The best he can do is to retreat the bishop to g3 and
then play similarly to the game:} 14. Bg3 Qd8 (14... Qb7 $4 {is a blunder in
view of} 15. Rc7) 15. O-O {and the bishop is on g3 instead of f4. This doesn't
seem to change the evaluation as equal.}) 13... O-O 14. b3 {Thanks to the
better pawn structure Black can be optimistic about the future. It is rather
White who must find a way to develop some initiative.} Ra7 {An interesting
plan - to bring the queen to a8. The drawback is obvious - the rook on a7
remains a bit out of play for a while.} (14... Rc8 {was actually a possible
alternative, since after} 15. Bxa6 Rxc1 16. Bxc1 ({or} 16. Qxc1 Bxf3 17. gxf3
Qa8 18. Be2 Nd5) 16... Qa8 {Black has some compensation for the pawn.}) 15. Ne5
Qa8 16. f3 Qd8 $5 ({After} 16... Rc8 17. Qd2 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 {Black has some
problems due to the awkward rook on a7.}) 17. Bd3 Ba8 18. Qe2 a5 19. Nc6 Bxc6
20. Rxc6 Nd5 21. Bg3 N7b6 22. Nxb6 Nxb6 23. f4 {A very aggressive and
committing move.} ({After} 23. Rfc1 Nd5 (23... Qxd4+ $4 24. Bf2) 24. R1c4 {
the position remains about equal.}) 23... g6 24. Bf2 Nd5 25. Qf3 Rd7 26. Bb5
Rd6 {The rook is back into play and Black's chances should be better now.} 27.
g4 {Continuing in the same aggressive style. But it is difficult to suggest a
sensible plan instead.} Qb8 28. Ba4 f5 $1 29. g5 Nc3 {The transfer of the
knight to e4 is very attractive. However, Black had another very attractive
possibility.} ({Here Gelfand could have played} 29... Rxc6 30. Bxc6 Qxf4 31.
Bxd5 Qxg5+ 32. Bg3 ({or} 32. Kh1 exd5 33. Qxd5+ Kg7 34. Qxa5 Bd6 35. Qd5 Qf4
36. Qg2 Qd2 37. Bg1 Qd3) 32... exd5 33. Qxd5+ Kg7 34. Qxa5 Bd6 {and White must
struggle to survive.}) 30. Re1 Ne4 31. Be3 {Black is still better, but White
has everything protected and it is not simple to break through without
allowing counterplay. After all, Black's king might become vulnerable as well.
Considering the severe time trouble (2 minutes for 10 moves) Gelfand's
decision is understandable.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bazna Kings 4th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2010.06.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2010.06.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O {The solid Four Knights
Variation is considerably less popular than Ruy Lopez, but nevertheless many
strong Grandmasters played it at least few times in their practice. Some top
players, like for instance Ivanchuk or Shirov have the the Four Knights
Variation as a stable part of their opening repertoire. On the other hand
Nisipeanu has never played it before and must have counted on its surprising
effect. As we'll see, this turned out to be an unfortunate choice.} 6. d3 d6 7.
Bg5 Ne7 ({Much more popular is} 7... Bxc3 8. bxc3 Qe7) 8. Nh4 c6 9. Bc4 d5 {
Ponomariov showed a good preparation and made his moves quickly in the opening.
First of all this happened because he played himself this variation with the
white pieces and knew it well. Secondly, Carlsen and Radjabov played recently
few times the Four Knights Variation and Ponomariov must have repeated the
theory before the tournament.} 10. Bxf6 ({After} 10. Bb3 {Black plays} Qd6 {
protecting the knight f6 with the queen.}) ({Long time ago Ponomariov himself
played here} 10. exd5 Nfxd5 11. Ne4 f6 12. Bc1 {but Black is obviously doing
fine here too.}) 10... gxf6 11. Bb3 a5 $1 {An improvement over a game played
almost 100 years ago!} (11... Qd6 12. Qf3 Kh8 13. exd5 Bxc3 14. bxc3 cxd5 15.
c4 d4 16. c5 Qc6 {was unclear in the game Tarrasch,S-Yates,F/ Karlsbad 1923})
12. a3 ({Deserved attention} 12. a4) 12... Bxc3 13. bxc3 a4 14. Ba2 Ng6 15. Qh5
{An overambitious move.} ({It was time for White to think about equality and
continue something like} 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Qf3) 15... Kh8 16. Kh1 Rg8 {White
has serious problems with his queenside pawn structure and no attacking
prospects on the kingside. His position is worse, but now Nisipeanu makes a
tactical mistake.} 17. d4 $2 ({Necessary was} 17. g3 {and White is very much
in the game. Black is only slightly better.}) 17... f5 $1 {Missed by Nisipeanu.
The main reason for White's troubles is the bishop on a2, which often remains
completely out of the game (for instance Black can play b7-b5 sometimes).} 18.
Nxf5 (18. Nxg6+ fxg6 19. Qe2 fxe4 20. c4 exd4 21. cxd5 Re8 {is also awful for
White.}) 18... Nf4 19. Qh6 ({In case of} 19. Qf3 Bxf5 20. exf5 Rxg2 21. Rg1 {
Black has a beautiful mate:} Rxh2+ 22. Kxh2 Qh4+) 19... Rg6 20. Qh4 Bxf5 21.
Qxd8+ Rxd8 22. exf5 Rxg2 23. dxe5 Rdg8 ({White is completely lost. For
instance:} 23... Rdg8 24. Rg1 ({or} 24. c4 Nh3 {and mate on g1.}) 24... Rxg1+
25. Rxg1 Rxg1+ 26. Kxg1 Ne2+ 27. Kf1 Nxc3 {losing the bishop.}) 0-1

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 38th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2010.07.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2010.07.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. Nd2 g6 10. Nf3 Qb4+ (10... Bg7 11. Bg5 f6 12. exf6 Qxe2+ 13. Bxe2
Nxf6 14. O-O-O {leads to an endgame, where White is slightly better and can
play for a win without any risk thanks to his superior pawn structure.}) 11.
Kd1 {The game has got off the main lines at an early stage. The move in the
text is the only playable one for White.} Rb8 (11... Nb6 {has appeared in the
practice of both human and non-human players.} 12. b3 Bg7 13. Qd2 Qe7 14. Kc2 (
14. Qa5 Bb7 15. Ba3 d6 16. Kc2 O-O 17. c5 Bxe5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Qe1 Nd5 20.
cxd6 Qf6 $1 21. d7 Rfd8 $17 {1/2-1/2 Baklan,V (2578)-Gyimesi,Z (2602)/Austria
2005/EXT 2006 (37)}) 14... Bb7 15. Bb2 O-O 16. h4 c5 17. Bd3 a5 18. a4 Rfd8 19.
h5 $16 {1-0 RYBKA-PANDIX/Leiden NED 2010/The Week in Chess 812 (43)}) 12. Qc2 (
12. a3 Qb3+ $6 ({Black should avoid the exchange of queens by} 12... Qb7 $13)
13. Qc2 Qxc2+ 14. Kxc2 Nb6 15. b3 $14 {0-1 Langer,M (2280)-Panchanathan,M 
(2533)/Edmonton CAN 2010/The Week in Chess 821 (59)}) 12... Ne7 13. b3 $6 (13.
Qb3 $1 {would have been a clever touch. In general White should go for a
queens swap, especially since his king remains uncastled. In an endgame
Black's structural defects would become more apparent.} {For example:} c5 14.
Bd3 Nc6 15. Bd2 Qb7 16. Qxb7 Bxb7 17. Be4 Bg7 18. Bc3 O-O 19. Re1 $14) 13...
Bg7 14. Bd2 Qb6 {Provoking the move that now follows...} 15. c5 {Otherwise
Black would play c6-c5 himself, followed by Ne7-c6 with an excellent position.}
Qb7 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 17. Qc4 {White is ready to spoil his own structure, just to
swap queens.} Qxc4 {In the forthcoming endgame Black is objectively not worse,
but he wasn't forced to go for it.} (17... Qa3 {lIt ooks a bit strange to put
the queen in such an awkward place but, as I mentioned before, Black should
try to avoid the queen exchange.} {I don't see anything better for White than
a repetition:} 18. Bc1 (18. Ke2 O-O 19. Rhd1 Nd5 {and Black is not worse.})
18... Qa5 19. Bd2 Qa3 $11) 18. bxc4 h6 {[%cal Gg6g5]} 19. h4 d5 (19... f6 $5 {
was an option to activate the bishop.} 20. Bc3 fxe5 21. Bxe5 Bxe5 22. Nxe5 O-O
23. Nd3 d5 $11) 20. cxd6 cxd6 21. Bc3 d5 22. Kc2 c5 $6 {I wouldn't move this
pawn at all, as it might become a target.} (22... dxc4 23. Rhb1 O-O 24. Rxb8
Rxb8 25. Nd2 Nd5 26. Nxc4 Nxc3 27. Kxc3 f6 $11) 23. Rab1 O-O 24. Rxb8 Rxb8 25.
cxd5 Nxd5 26. Rd1 Nb4+ 27. Bxb4 cxb4 $6 {The activation of the rook is more
important than the structure.} (27... Rxb4 28. Rd8+ Bf8 29. e6 fxe6 30. Ne5 Kg7
31. g3 Ra4 32. Kb3 Rb4+ 33. Kc3 Ra4 $11) 28. Kb3 Bf8 $2 {Only this is a
serious mistake. Black should always keep an eye on Pe5. Now White's knight
will become active.} (28... Rc8 $1 29. Kxb4 (29. Rd5 Rc1 30. Kxb4 Rc2 31. Rd2 {
would lead to the same position.}) 29... Rc2 30. Rd2 Rxd2 31. Nxd2 Bxe5 {
White's king is enormously active, but Black's bishop is superior to the
knight, so the result here should be a draw.}) 29. Rd7 a5 (29... Bc5 30. Nd4
Kf8 31. e6 Bxd4 32. Rxd4 fxe6 33. Rg4 Kf7 34. Rxb4 Rd8 35. Rb7+ Kf6 36. Rxa7
Rd2 37. Ra8 $1 {and White should win.}) 30. Nd2 Rc8 31. Ne4 {All White's
pieces are better than their counterparts.} Bg7 {Admitting the mistake...} 32.
Rd5 Re8 (32... Ra8 {would be miserable.}) 33. f4 f6 34. Nd6 Rd8 35. Rxa5 fxe5
36. fxe5 Bxe5 37. Rxe5 Rxd6 38. Kxb4 $18 {The endgame is won for White. The
a-pawn is supported by both White's remaining pieces.} Rd2 (38... Rd4+ 39. Kb5
Rxh4 40. a4 $18) 39. a4 Rxg2 40. a5 Ra2 41. Kb5 Kf7 {Black's counterplay is
not in time.} 42. a6 Kf6 43. Re4 {[%cal Ge4a4] Building the typical "bridge".}
g5 44. Ra4 Rb2+ 45. Ka5 Rb8 46. h5 $1 Rg8 47. a7 g4 48. Kb6 Kg5 (48... g3 49.
a8=Q Rxa8 50. Rxa8 Kf5 51. Rg8 Kf4 52. Rg6 $18) 49. a8=Q Rxa8 50. Rxa8 Kxh5 51.
Kc5 Kg5 52. Kd4 Kf4 53. Kd3 Kf3 54. Rf8+ Kg2 55. Ke2 g3 56. Rh8 Kg1 57. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 38th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2010.07.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[Annotator "Ponomariov,R"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2010.07.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{It has so happened that my recent games with Kramnik have been crucial in
determining the first place in tournaments. In Zurich, I agreed gentlemanly a
draw in a winning position, when the clock suddenly stopped working. In the
Tal Memorial, we had a very complicated game with mutual chances, but Vladimir
proved the stronger. In that tournament, he took first place. The present game
was played in the second round, too early to speak of its deciding first place
in the tournament. But it certainly influenced the mood of the two players. It
is always pleasant to win, especially in such style!  Es hat sich so ergeben,
dass meine letzten Partien mit Kramnik entscheidend für den ersten Platz bei
Turnieren waren. In Zürich willigte ich in Gewinnstellung gentlemanlike ins
Remis ein, als die Uhr plötzlich nicht mehr funktionierte. Beim Tal Memorial
hatten wir eine sehr komplizierte Stellung mit beiderseitigen Chancen, aber
Vladimir erwies sich als der Stärkere. Die vorliegende Partie wurde in der
zweiten Runde gespielt; zu früh, um dabei von einer Entscheidung für den
ersten Platz im Turnier zu sprechen. Aber sie beeinflusste sicherlich die
Stimmung der beiden Spieler. Es ist immer schön zu gewinnen, vor allem in
solchem Stil!} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 {In recent times, Vladimir has been
playing the Ragozin as Black, which I myself also like. Therefore, in my
preparations, I thought why not play the Catalan, in which my opponent is
considered a great specialist as White. In jüngster Zeit hat Vladimir als
Schwarzer Ragosin gespielt, was ich selbst ebenfalls mag. Daher dachte ich in
meinen Vorbereitungen, warum nicht Katalanisch spielen, worin mein Gegner als
großer Weiß-Spezialist gilt.} Bb4+ ({In recent times, my opponent's practice
has more often featured the variation In jüngster Zeit gab es in der Praxis
meines Gegners häufiger die Variante} 3... d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5
{but since game 4 of the Anand-Topalov match Black has faced definitive
problems in this line. , aber seit Partie 4 des Anand-Topalov-Matches sah sich
Schwarz in diesem Abspiel mit definitiven Problemen konfrontiert.}) 4. Bd2 Be7
5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 {An extremely solid move, defending the
c4-pawn. Ein äußerst solider Zug, der c4-Bauer wird gedeckt.} ({Against
Grischuk in Nice, I played Gegen Grischuk in Nizza spielte ich} 8. Bf4 {
but then one must seriously consider the interesting idea , aber dann muss man
ernsthaft die interessante Idee} dxc4 $5 9. Ne5 b5 10. Nxc6 Nxc6 11. Bxc6 Bd7
12. Bxa8 Qxa8 {which was also tested in the Anand-Topalov match. erwägen, die
in dem Anand-Topalov-Match auch getestet wurde.}) 8... b6 9. Rd1 Ba6 {Vladimir
considers that my move order is inaccurate and tries to take me into the
realms of the Queen's Indian Defence. Vladimir hält meine Zugfolge für ungenau
und versucht, mich in die Gefilde der damenindischen Verteidigung zu lotsen.} (
{It was possible to play Möglich war} 9... Nbd7 10. Bf4 Ba6 11. Ne5 {and now
not, by analogy with Kramnik, und jetzt nicht, in Analogie zu Kramnik,} Qc8 ({
but , sondern} 11... Rc8 {which leads into my game with Grischuk, in which
Black had a fairly solid position. , was zu meiner Partie mit Grischuk führt,
in der Schwarz eine recht solide Stellung hatte.})) 10. Ne5 $5 {Although in
this tournament it was difficult to predict that anyone would play a certain
variation, as it happens, two weeks before the event, my second Zahar Efimenko
and I had studied this very line, during a training session in Spain. Obwohl
es in diesem Turnier schwer war vorherzusagen, ob irgendjemand eine bestimmte
Variante spielen würde, hatte ich zufällig zwei Wochen vor dieser
Veranstaltung während einer Trainingsession Spanien zusammen mit meinem
Sekundanten Zahar Efimenko genau dieses Abspiel studiert.} ({The text move,
instead of the more well-studied Der Textzug, statt des besser untersuchten} 
10. b3 Nbd7 11. Bf4 ({or bzw.} 11. a4 {leading to a Queen's Indian) is
interesting. White prepares to open the centre with e3-e4 and tries to save a
tempo on the move b3. The play becomes very concrete, and one must calculate
each move accurately, in order to count on any advantage. mit Übergang zu
einem Dameninder) ist interessant. Weiß bereitet die Öffnung des Zentrums mit
e3-e4 vor und versucht, ein Tempo für den Zug b3 zu sparen. Das Spiel wird
sehr konkret, und man muss jeden einzelnen Zug genau berechnen, um auf
irgendeinen Vorteil zu zählen.})) 10... Qc8 $6 {I have to admit that even
Black's first move after the novelty was not considered by us and after this,
indepenedent play begins. But one cannot anticipate and analyse everything.
Ich muss zugeben, dass wir schon den ersten Zug von Schwarz nach der Neuerung
nicht auf der Rechnung hatten, und danach beginnt das eigenständige Spiel.
Aber man kann ja auch nicht alles vorhersehen und analysieren.} ({Black much
more often chooses Häufiger wählt Schwarz} 10... Nfd7 {trying as soon as
possible to rid himself of the obtrusive enemy knight on e5. , um zu versuchen,
sich so schnell wie möglich den lästigen feindlichen Springer auf e5 vom Hals
zu schaffen.}) 11. Nc3 {After this move, my opponent thought for a long time,
and it became clear that his previous move was more improvisation that serious
opening preparation. Nach diesem Zug dachte mein Gegner lange nach, und es
wurde klar, dass sein voriger Zug mehr Improvisation als ernste
Eröffnungsvorbereitung war.} Nbd7 ({Not good is Nicht gut ist} 11... dxc4 12.
Ne4 {and in order to retain the extra pawn (without which there is no sense in
giving up the centre) Black has to create new weaknesses - , und um den
Mehrbauern zu behaupten (ansonsten hat es keinen Sinn, das Zentrum aufzugeben),
muss Schwarz neue Schwächen schaffen -} b5 13. Nc5) 12. Rac1 (12. Bf4 {has
been seen before, and, technically, the text move is a novelty. But what could
be a more natural development? The rook on c1 also emphasises the unnatural
position of the queen on c8. But before playing this move, White had to
calculate the consequences of the exchange on e5. Once I saw the idea of the
subsequent sacrifice on d5, I could not refrain from playing this way. hat man
zuvor gesehen, und technisch gesehen ist der Textzug eine Neuerung. Aber was
könnte eine natürlichere Entwicklung sein? Der Turm auf c1 unterstreicht
außerdem die unnatürliche Stellung der Dame auf c8. Aber bevor er diesen Zug
spielte, musste Weiß die Konsequenzen des Tausches auf e5 berechnen. Nachdem
ich erst einmal die Idee des nachfolgenden Opfers auf d5 gesehen hatte, konnte
ich dieser Fortsetzung nicht widerstehen.}) 12... Nxe5 ({In the light of what
happened in the game, a more solid line looks to be Im Licht der Geschehnisse
in der Partie scheint ein solideres Abspiel} 12... Bxc4 $5 13. Nxc4 dxc4 {
White, of course, has typical Catalan compensation for the pawn, but it is not
so simple to develop the initiative. Here is one possible development of
events: Weiß hat, natürlich, typische Katalanisch-Kompensation für den Bauern,
aber es ist nicht so einfach, die Initiative zu entwickeln. Hier ist eine
mögliche Entwicklung der Ereignisse:} 14. Ne4 (14. b3 cxb3 15. Qxb3 Qb7) (14.
e4 b5 15. d5 e5) 14... b5 15. b3 Nb6 $1 16. Nxf6+ (16. Ba5 Nfd5 $1) 16... Bxf6
17. Ba5 Rd8 18. bxc4 bxc4 19. Bxb6 axb6 20. Qxc4 Qa6 21. Qxa6 Rxa6 22. Rxc6
Rxa2 23. e3 Rb2 {White's pieces are a little more active and he has the more
compact pawn structure, but the opposite-coloured bishops give Black good
drawing chances. Die Figuren von Weiß stehen ein wenig aktiver und er hat die
kompaktere Bauernstruktur, aber die ungleichfarbigen Läufer geben Schwarz gute
Remischancen.}) 13. dxe5 Nd7 ({After Nach} 13... Ng4 {White has the rather
tempting continuation hat Weiß die recht verlockende Fortsetzung} 14. Bh3 $5 ({
Or Oder} 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Qa4 {since after , denn nach} Qc4 {there is the
strong reply gibt es die starke Erwiderung} 16. b4 $1) {with the idea of mit
der Idee} 14... Nxe5 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Nxd5 $1) 14. cxd5 cxd5 {The natural
reply. In analysis, the two c-pawns are often simply removed from the board
automatically. Die natürliche Erwiderung. In der Analyse werden die beiden
c-Bauern oft einfach automatisch vom Brett entfernt.} ({But maybe Black should
consider Aber vielleicht sollte} 14... exd5 {trying to keep the c-file safe
for his queen. I would probably have continued überlegen, um zu versuchen, die
c-Linie für seine Dame sicherzuhalten. Fortgesetzt hätte ich wahrscheinlich mit
} 15. b4 $5 ({Or Oder} 15. Bf4 g5 16. Be3 Nxe5 17. Bd4 Qe6 18. e4 dxe4 19. Bxe4
f5 20. Bg2 Bf6 (20... Rad8 21. Qa4) 21. Bxe5 Bxe5 22. Nd5 Bb7 23. Nb4 Rac8 24.
Bxc6 Rc7 25. Qa4 f4 26. Rc2 $14 {[%csl Rg8]}) 15... Nxe5 16. b5 Bxb5 17. Nxb5
cxb5 18. Bc3 (18. Qb2 Qf5 19. Bf4 Ng6 20. Rxd5 Qe6 21. Be3 b4 22. Bd4 Bf6 23.
Bxf6 Qxf6 24. Qxb4 Rac8) 18... Ng4 19. Bxd5 Ba3 20. Bxa8 Bxc1 21. Qxc1 b4 22.
Bxb4 Qxc1 23. Rxc1 Rxa8 24. f3 Nf6 25. e4 $14 {In both cases, as so often in
the Catalan, White retains a small advantage, but Black is not a million miles
away from a draw. In beiden Fällen, wie so oft im Katalanen, behauptet Weiß
einen kleinen Vorteil, aber Schwarz ist keine Millionen Meilen vom Remis
entfernt.}) 15. Bf4 {As I have already said, the idea of the sacrifice on d5
had come to me even when playing my 12th move. Judging by what happened, and
the final result, this was the correct decision. From a practical point of
view. Vladimir was unable to cope with the problems created. Wie bereits
gesagt, die Idee des Opfers auf d5 war mir schon gekommen, als ich meinen 12.
Zug spielte. Den Geschehnissen - und dem Endresultat - nach zu urteilen, war
dies die richtige Entscheidung. Aus praktischer Sicht. Vladimir war nicht in
der Lage, die geschaffenen Probleme zu bewältigen.} ({But probably even
stronger was the prosaic and quiet continuation Noch stärker war aber
womöglich die prosaische und ruhige Fortsetzung} 15. Qa4 $5 Qb7 (15... Nc5 {
is bad because of ist schlecht wegen} 16. Qg4 {with numerous threats mit
zahlreichen Drohungen.}) 16. Be3 {with the idea, after almost any Black move,
to sacrifice the knight on d5. mit der Idee, nach praktisch jedem schwarzen
Zug, den Springer auf d5 zu opfern.} ({There is also the spectacular Es gibt
auch das spektakuläre} 16. Bh6 $5 gxh6 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Bxd5 Qb8 19. Qxa6 Nxe5
{but once again, the most beautiful move turns out not to be strongest , aber
erneut erweist sich der schönste Zug nicht auch als der stärkste.}) 16... b5
17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. Qxa6 Nb8 20. Rxd5 Nxa6 21. Rxb5 Rfc8 22. Rxc8+
Rxc8 23. Bxa7 {and in the ending, the four white pawns look stronger than the
black knight. und in dem Endspiel wirken die vier weißen Bauern stärker als
der schwarze Springer.}) 15... g5 {Risky, but it is hard to see any
alternative, since White is getting ready to play e2-e4, with tremendous
activity. Riskant, aber es fällt schwer, irgendeine Alternative zu sehen, denn
Weiß schickt sich an, e2-e4 zu spielen, mit gewaltiger Aktivität.} 16. Bxd5 $5
{Realising my general idea. It was funny later to see a cartoon on Chess Vibes,
connected with this move. Verwirklicht meine Leitidee. Es war später lustig,
auf Chess Vibes einen Cartoon zu sehen, der mit diesem Zug zu tun hatte.} ({
Of course, it was possible to avoid this and just play the pawn sacrifice
Natürlich war es möglich, dies zu vermeiden und einfach das Bauernopfer} 16.
Be3 Nxe5 {, but in all variations, Black manages to hold the position. zu
spielen, aber in sämtlichen Varianten gelingt es Schwarz, die Stellung zu
halten.} 17. Bd4 (17. Qa4 Nc4 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Rxd5 b5 $1 20. Rxb5 Bxb5 21.
Qxb5 Rb8 22. Qxc4 Qxc4 23. Rxc4 Rxb2) 17... Nc6 $1 ({but not aber nicht} 17...
Ng6 {because of wegen} 18. Qa4 $1 Qc4 19. b4 $1 Rfc8 20. h4 $16) 18. Nxd5 exd5
19. Qxc6 Qxc6 20. Rxc6 Bxe2 21. Re1 Bb5 $14 22. Rc3 Bb4 $1 23. Re5 h6 $8 24.
Rb3 Rac8 $8 25. h4 Rc1+ $1 26. Kh2 Rc4 27. Be3 gxh4 28. Bxh6 Re8 29. Rxd5 Bc6
30. Rg5+ Kh7 31. Bxc6 Rxc6 32. Rxb4 hxg3+ 33. Rxg3 Rxh6+ 34. Kg2 Rg6 {and the
game has simplified to a dead draw. und die Partie hat sich zu einem toten
Remis vereinfacht.}) 16... exd5 17. Nxd5 Qd8 $2 {Vladimir fails to withstand
the pressure and loses in a couple of moves. I am sure that if Magnus Carlsen
had been in his place, he would have retained his sang-froid and been able to
calculate the variations, as I learnt the hard way at the Bazna tournament...
Vladimir schafft es nicht, dem Druck standzuhalten, und verliert in wenigen
Zügen. Ich bin sicher, dass wenn Magnus Carlsen an seiner Stelle gewesen wäre,
er ruhig Blut bewahrt und es vermocht hätte, die Varianten zu berechnen, wie
ich beim Bazna-Turnier auf die harte Tour lernte...} ({Correct was Korrekt war
} 17... Bd8 $1 18. Qd2 (18. Qf5 Nc5 $1) 18... Qb8 {and no direct win is
visible for White, if indeed he even has the advantage. und es ist kein
direkter Gewinn für Weiß in Sicht, wenn er denn überhaupt Vorteil hat.} 19. e6
(19. Bxg5 Qxe5 $1) 19... gxf4 20. e7 $5 (20. exd7 fxg3 21. hxg3 Qe5) 20... Qe5
$1 {The main thing in all lines is to centralise the most powerful piece, so
as to control as much of the board as possible. Die Hauptsache in allen
Abspielen ist es, die mächtigste Figur zu zentralisieren, um so viel vom Brett
wie möglich zu kontrollieren.} 21. exf8=Q+ Nxf8 22. Qxf4 Qxf4 23. Nxf4 Ng6 {
and in the ending, the two bishops are full compensation for the rook and two
pawns. It is just important not to allow White to exchange a pair of rooks.
With sharper play, Black can think about taking the initiative. und in dem
Endspiel sind die zwei Läufer volle Kompensation für den Turm und zwei Bauern.
Wichtig ist es nur, Weiß nicht zu erlauben, ein Turmpaar zu tauschen. Bei
schärferem Spiel kann Schwarz daran denken, die Initiative zu übernehmen.}) 18.
Nc7 ({The computer considers that positional play a piece down is even
stronger: Der Computer meint, dass positionelles Spiel mit Minusfigur sogar
noch stärker ist:} 18. Be3 Nc5 (18... Nxe5 19. Qf5 Qd6 20. Nc7 $1) (18... Rc8
$2 19. Qxc8 $1 Bxc8 20. Rxc8 $18) 19. b4 $1 Ne6 20. Qc6 $3 {dominating the
whole board. But it is quite hard to find such resources at the board, with
the clock ticking. I decided instead to regain some of the material. mit
Beherrschung des ganzen Bretts. Aber es ist ziemlich schwer, solche Ressourcen
am Brett zu finden, bei tickender Uhr. Stattdessen beschloss ich, einen Teil
des Materials zurückzuerobern.}) 18... Rc8 $4 {The decisive mistake. Der
entscheidende Fehler.} ({He could maintain the tension by Er konnte die
Spannung aufrechterhalten mit} 18... gxf4 {Now White must be at his best: Nun
muss Weiß auf der Höhe sein:} 19. Nxa8 $5 {The greediest capture, and also the
strongest. Das gierigste Schlagen, und auch das Stärkste.} ({A mistake is Ein
Fehler ist} 19. Nxa6 fxg3 20. hxg3 (20. Qf5 gxf2+ 21. Kf1 Rc8) 20... Bg5 $1 21.
f4 Bxf4 22. gxf4 Kh8 {and Black suddenly goes over to the counterattack. und
plötzlich geht Schwarz zum Gegenangriff über.}) ({Quieter is Ruhiger ist} 19.
Qf5 Bc8 20. Nxa8 (20. e6 fxe6 21. Qg4+ Kh8 22. Nxe6 Rg8 23. Qf3 Qe8 24. Qxa8
fxg3 25. hxg3 Nf6 $132) 20... fxg3 21. hxg3 Nc5 22. Rxd8 Bxf5 23. Rxf8+ Kxf8
24. Nc7 {and White's chances are preferable in the ending. und in dem Endspiel
sind die Chancen von Weiß vorzuziehen.}) 19... Bc5 (19... fxg3 20. hxg3 Bg5 21.
Nc7 Bxc1 22. Nxa6 $16) 20. b4 Qxa8 21. Rxd7 $1 Bc8 22. e6 $1 Bxd7 23. exd7 Bxb4
24. Qf5 Bc5 25. Rc4 $36 {and despite the simplifications, White has a
dangerous initiative. und trotz der Vereinfachungen hat Weiß eine gefährliche
Initiative.}) 19. e6 $1 ({But not the immediate Aber nicht das sofortige} 19.
Qc6 $2 {because of wegen} Nb8 20. Qh6 gxf4 21. Rxd8 Bxd8 {and Black has too
much wood for the queen. und Schwarz hat zuviel Holz für die Dame.}) 19... fxe6
({Now there is no hope from Keine Hoffnung entspringt nun aus} 19... gxf4 20.
Rxd7 Rxc7 21. Qxc7 Qxc7 22. Rcxc7 Bf6 23. e7 $1 Re8 24. Rxa7 Bxe2 25. Rd8 Rxd8
26. exd8=Q+ Bxd8 27. Ra8 $18) 20. Qc6 $18 {Black has too many pieces hanging
and cannot avoid material loss. Bei Schwarz hängen zu viele Figuren, und er
kann Materialverlust nicht vermeiden.} Qe8 21. Qxe6+ (21. Rxd7 {is also not
bad, but the ending with two extra pawns, which now arises by force, suited me
perfectly well. ist ebenfalls nicht übel, aber das Endspiel mit zwei
Mehrbauern, was jetzt forciert entsteht, passte mir bestens.}) 21... Qf7 22.
Qxf7+ Kxf7 (22... Rxf7 23. Nxa6 Rxc1 24. Bxc1 $1) 23. Nxa6 gxf4 24. Rxc8 Rxc8
25. Rxd7 Rc2 {White has two extra pawns, and so Black's only hope lies in the
acivity of his rook, but this is easily neutralised. Weiß hat zwei Mehrbauern,
und daher liegt die einzige Hoffnung von Schwarz in der Aktivität seines Turms,
aber dies wird leicht neutralisiert.} 26. Nb4 {The knight returns to the fray,
attacking the rook and preparing to go after the bishop on e7. Der Springer
kehrt in den Kampf zurück, greift den Turm an und schickt sich an, den Läufer
auf e7 aufs Korn zu nehmen.} Rxb2 27. Nc6 Rxe2 28. Rxa7 {Black's position is
completely hopeless, and he could resign with a clear conscience. But Black
continues playing out of inertia. Die Stellung von Schwarz ist komplett
hoffnungslos, und er könnte ruhigen Gewissens aufgeben. Aber aus
Schwerfälligkeit spielt er noch weiter.} f3 29. h4 h5 30. Rxe7+ Rxe7 31. Nxe7
Kxe7 32. g4 hxg4 33. Kh2 Ke6 34. Kg3 Kf5 35. a4 Ke4 36. Kxg4 {This victory not
only gave me clear first place, but also gave me psychological confidence in
my strength, which formed the basis for a successful tournament result. Dieser
Sieg verhalf mir nicht nur zum unangefochtenen ersten Platz, sondern verlieh
mir auch psychologisches Vertrauen in meine Stärke, was die Grundlage für ein
erfolgreiches Turnierergebnis bildete.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 38th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2010.07.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "2010.07.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 h6 (9... Ke8 10. h3 Be7 11. g4 (11. Bg5 Bxg5 12. Nxg5 h6
$1 {Es is wichtig, den gegnerischen Springer gleich zu vertreiben.} 13. Nf3 h5
14. Rad1 (14. Ne2 Ke7 15. Nf4 g6 $1 16. Rad1 Ng7 17. Rfe1 Rd8 18. Rxd8 Kxd8 19.
Ng5 Ke7 20. Rd1 a5 21. a4 Bf5 $132 {Timman - Kritz (Amsterdam, 2002)}) 14...
Ke7 $11) 11... Nh4 12. Nxh4 Bxh4 13. Kg2 h5 14. f3 Be6 $11 {Die schwarze
Stellung ist zwar passiv, aber nicht zu knacken.}) 10. b3 {Die Idee dieses
Zuges ist es, die Zeit an h3 zu sparen und die Entwicklung vollenden.} (10. h3
Bd7 11. b3 (11. Bf4 $5 Kc8 12. Rad1 $1 (12. a3 $2 {ist einfach zu langsam.} b6
13. Rad1 Ne7 14. Rfe1 c5 $132 {Motylev - Ponomariov (Motril, 2008). Schwarz
plant Bc6-Kb7 mit guter Stellung.}) 12... b6 13. Rd3 Be6 14. Rfd1 Kb7 15. b3
$14 {und Schwarz hatte Probleme mit seiner Entwicklung in Anand - Topalov 
(Monte Carlo, 2005)}) 11... c5 $5 {Dieser Zug wird selten gespielt. Die
übliche Fortsetzung ist 11....Kc8. Jedoch wie man sieht, hat Schwarz nach 11...
.c5 noch keine Probleme gehabt.} 12. Rd1 ({Es verdient Betrachtung} 12. Bb2 $5
{mit der Idee, den anderen Turm nach d1 zu stellen. Womöglich hat Schwarz die
Möglichkeit 12....Nd4!?} Nd4 13. Nxd4 (13. Rad1 Nxf3+ 14. gxf3 Kc8 15. Kg2 Be6
$15 {Schwarz kann nur besser stehen.}) 13... cxd4 14. Ne4 c5 15. c3 $1 {
Man muss dynamisch spielen, ansonsten wird man einfacht schlecht stehen.} dxc3
16. Bxc3 Kc7 17. Rad1 Be7 18. Nd6 Bxd6 $3 (18... Be6 19. f4 g6 20. Nxf7 $3 Bxf7
21. e6 Bxe6 22. Bxh8 Rxh8 23. Rfe1 $18) 19. exd6+ Kc6 20. Bxg7 Rhg8 21. Be5
Bxh3 22. Bg3 Be6 $11 {Es sieht so aus, als ob sich Schwarz halten kann.}) 12...
Kc8 {Es ist offensichtlich, dass mit dieser Zugfolge Schwarz etwas gewonnen
hat, nämlich, dass der weiße Turm a1 nicht so leicht ins Spiel kommt.} 13. a4 (
13. Bb2 Be6 14. Nd5 g5 15. c4 b6 16. Rd2 Kb7 17. Rad1 Ne7 18. Nf6 {1/2-1/2
Motylev,A (2705)-Zhou Jianchao (2650)/Ningbo CHN 2010/The Week in Chess 806})
13... a5 14. Nd5 ({Auch nichts bringt} 14. g4 Ne7 15. Rd3 Bc6 $1 $11 ({Aber
nicht} 15... g5 $2 16. Bxg5 $1 hxg5 17. Rad1 $18)) 14... g5 $1 {Schwarz kann
das Feld f6 aufgeben - der weiße Springer wird hübsch aussehen und keine
Beschäftigung haben.} 15. Bb2 Be6 $11 {Svidler - Ponomariov (Astrakhan, 2010)})
(10. Rd1+ {Das Problem dieses Zuges ist, dass Weiß eigentlich den anderen Turm
auf d1 stellen sollte.} Ke8 11. h3 a5 12. Bf4 Be6 13. g4 Ne7 14. Nd4 Nd5 15.
Nce2 Bc5 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. c4 Nb6 18. b3 a4 $132 {Kasparov - Kramnik (London,
2000)}) 10... Be6 (10... Bd7 11. Bb2 Kc8 12. Rad1 b6 13. Rd3 (13. Ne2 c5 14. c4
Bc6 $11 {Kasparov - Kramnik (London, 2000)}) 13... Ne7 14. Rfd1 {Weiß
entwickelt nun eine unangenehme Initiative.} Bf5 15. Rd8+ Kb7 16. Rxa8 Kxa8 17.
Nd4 Bg4 18. Nce2 c5 19. h3 Bc8 20. Nb5 Kb7 21. Nf4 $36 {Bruzon Batista -
Mitkov (Merida, 2008)}) 11. Bb2 c5 {Schwarz muss nicht das Feld d5 sofort
aufgeben. Der Zug c5 wäre gut gewesen, wenn Schwarz zu c4 kommen würde, aber
das ist nicht der Fall.} (11... a5 12. Rad1+ (12. h3 Bb4 13. g4 Bxc3 14. Bxc3
Ne7 15. Rad1+ Kc8 16. Nd4 Bd5 $11 {Bosiocic - Svetushkin (Sarajevo, 2010)})
12... Kc8 13. a4 b6 14. Ne2 Bd5 15. Nd2 g5 16. c4 Be6 17. h3 h5 18. Ne4 Be7
$132 {Yemelin - Krasenkow (Rijeka, 2010)}) 12. Rad1+ Kc8 13. Nd5 {Sonst würde
Schwarz c4 spielen.} g5 $1 {Schwarz nimmt das Feld f4 unter Kontrolle und
erobert auch Raum am Königsflügel, so dass Weiß in Zukunft seine Bauernlawine
nicht leicht aufrollen kann.} (13... b6 14. Nf4 $14) 14. c4 b6 15. Nf6 {
Der Springer sieht auf f6 gut aus, aber was macht er denn da eigentlich?} Kb7 (
15... a5 $5 {Es macht immer Sinn, die Züge a5 und a4 einzuschließen.} 16. a4 (
16. g4 Ne7 17. Kg2 a4 $132 {und Schwarz hat Gegenspiel am Damenflügel.}) 16...
Kb7 {und weiter wie in der Partie.}) 16. g4 Ne7 17. Kg2 ({Nach} 17. h4 {
hat Schwarz eine Überraschung vorbereitet:} Ng8 $1 18. hxg5 (18. Nxg8 Rxg8 $19
{Der Bauer auf g4 ist nicht zu halten.}) 18... Nxf6 19. exf6 (19. gxf6 Bxg4 20.
Rd3 h5 $15) 19... Bd6 $1 (19... Bxg4 20. Ne5 Bxd1 21. Rxd1 hxg5 22. Nxf7 Rh7
23. Rd7 Kc8 24. Rd8+ Kb7 25. Rd7 $11) 20. g6 Bxg4 21. Kg2 fxg6 $15) 17... Ng6 (
{Gut sieht auch} 17... Ng8 $5 {aus} 18. Kg3 Nxf6 19. exf6 Bd6+ 20. Be5 Bxe5+
21. Nxe5 h5 22. h3 Rh6 $132) 18. Kg3 {Weiß will h4 spielen und danach den
f-Bauer aufrollen.} Be7 19. h4 (19. Nd5 Bd8 $11 {und Schwarz kontrolliert das
Feld h4.}) 19... Bxf6 (19... gxh4+ 20. Nxh4 Nxh4 21. Kxh4 Rag8 22. Rg1 $14) 20.
exf6 gxh4+ 21. Nxh4 Rhg8 ({Interessant ist die folgende Variante:} 21... Nxh4
22. Kxh4 Rhg8 (22... b5 $2 23. f4 $1 bxc4 24. f5 Bc8 25. bxc4 $16) 23. f3 b5 $5
24. cxb5 a6 $1 25. bxa6+ Rxa6 26. Ra1 Rga8 27. Kh5 Rxa2 28. Rxa2 Rxa2 29. Rf2
Bxb3 30. Kxh6 Be6 $132 {Das Endspiel sieht ja doch remislich aus.}) 22. f3 Nf8
$2 {Schwarz gewinnt zwar den Bauern, aber seine Stellung wird nun schlechter.}
23. Rfe1 $1 (23. Kf2 $2 h5 $1 24. gxh5 Rh8 $11) 23... h5 24. Re5 hxg4 25. f4 $1
{Das ist die Idee hinter dem Bauernopfer - Weiß gewinnt Raum durch den
Vormarsch des f-Bauern, und will danach an den Bauern f7 rankommen.} Re8 26. f5
Bd7 27. Re7 {Die Stellung von Schwarz ist kritisch.} Bc6 28. Ng2 $2 {Weiß
spielt völlig daneben und erlaubt Schwarz, zurück ins Spiel zu kommen.} (28.
Rd3 $1 {Gegen Rxf7 gibt es keine Verteidigung.} Nh7 29. Rxf7 Ng5 30. Re7 Ne4+
31. Kf4 $18) 28... Nh7 $1 {Nun ist der Bauer f7 indirekt verteidigt.} 29. Ne3 (
29. Rxf7 Ng5 30. Rg7 Ne4+ 31. Kf4 Nxf6 32. Bxf6 Bxg2 33. Kxg4 Rxg7+ 34. Bxg7
Re3 $1 35. Rg1 Bc6 36. f6 Rf3 37. Re1 Kc8 38. Re7 Kd8 $11) 29... Ng5 30. Nd5
Ne4+ 31. Kg2 Bxd5 (31... Rxe7 32. fxe7 Nd6 33. f6 Nf5 $11 {Es ist nicht zu
sehen, wie Weiß voran kommen kann.}) 32. Rxd5 Nd6 33. Bc1 {Stärker war 33.Be5.}
(33. Be5 {Schwarz muss nun ein paar einzige Züge finden.} Nxf5 $1 (33... Rxe7
34. fxe7 Kc6 35. f6 Kd7 36. Rd2 Ke6 37. Re2 Kd7 38. Kg3 $16) 34. Rxc7+ Ka8 35.
Bf4 (35. Rxf7 Ne3+ $19) (35. Rdd7 Rxe5 36. Rxa7+ Kb8 37. Rab7+ Ka8 38. Ra7+ $11
) 35... g3 $1 36. Rxf5 Re2+ 37. Kf3 (37. Kg1 Re1+ 38. Kg2 Re2+ $11) 37... Rf2+
(37... g2 38. Bh2 Re1 39. Rxf7 $18) 38. Ke4 Rxf4+ 39. Kxf4 g2 40. Rc8+ Rxc8 41.
Rg5 Kb7 42. Rxg2 Rd8 43. Rg7 Rd7 44. Ke5 Kc6 $11) 33... Kc6 34. Bh6 (34. Bf4 $2
Rxe7 35. fxe7 f6 $15) 34... b5 {Schwarz muss nicht unbedingt auf diese
Komplikationen eingehen.} (34... a6 35. a4 Rd8 36. Bf4 Rd7 $11) 35. Be3 Rxe7
36. fxe7 bxc4 37. Rxc5+ (37. bxc4 f6 38. Rxc5+ Kd7 39. Bd4 Ne4 40. Ra5 Kxe7 41.
Rxa7 Kd7 $11) 37... Kd7 38. f6 $1 {Richtige Entscheidung - Weiß riskiert wenig
mit dem Bauern auf e7.} (38. bxc4 f6 {-> 37.bxc4}) 38... cxb3 39. axb3 Ke6 (
39... Rb8 40. Bf4 {und Schwarz kann nicht den Bauern nehmen:} Rxb3 $4 41. Rxc7+
$1 $18) 40. Bd4 Ne8 {Schwarz entscheidet sich für den direktesten Weg - er
geht in das Endspiel R gegen R+B und hält sicher Remis.} 41. Ra5 Nxf6 $1 {
Erzwingt praktisch das Ergebnis.} 42. Ra6+ Kxe7 43. Bxf6+ Kd7 44. Bc3 (44. Rxa7
Rb8 45. Ra3 c5 $11 {In den nächsten Zügen werden die Bauern am Damenflügel
getauscht.}) 44... Rb8 45. b4 Rb5 $1 {Schwarz kann die Bauern des Damenflügels
forciert abtauschen.} 46. Rxa7 Kc8 47. Be1 (47. Ra5 $2 Rxa5 48. bxa5 $11 {
Sogar wenn Schwarz alle Bauern verliert, ist die Stellung wegen der falschen
Ecke Remis.}) 47... c5 48. bxc5 Rxc5 $11 {Der Rest ist Sache der Technik.
Ponomariov zeigt die Klasse, wie man dieses Endspiel Remis halten muss.} 49.
Rxf7 Rc7 50. Rf8+ Kd7 51. Kg3 Ke6 52. Ra8 Kf5 53. Ra5+ Ke4 54. Bd2 Rc4 55. Bf4
Rd4 56. Kxg4 Rd5 57. Ra8 Rd4 58. Re8+ Kd3 59. Kf5 Rd5+ 60. Be5 Ke3 61. Rh8 Rd3
62. Rh4 Kf3 63. Bd4 Rd2 64. Rf4+ Ke2 65. Ke4 Rc2 66. Rf3 Kd2 67. Rd3+ Ke2 68.
Bc3 Ra2 69. Re3+ Kd1 70. Rh3 Re2+ 71. Kd3 Rd2+ 72. Kc4 Rg2 73. Re3 Kc2 74. Re1
Rg4+ 75. Bd4 Kd2 76. Re8 Rg2 77. Bc3+ Kc2 78. Re4 Rf2 79. Rg4 Kd1 80. Bd4 Rc2+
81. Kb3 Rh2 82. Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 38th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2010.07.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "Ponomariov,R"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2010.07.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The Dortmund tournament worked out very successfully for me, but not
everything was as sweet as may seem from the tournament table. The following
game was spoiled by mutual mistakes, but also had many instructive moments.
But let us take things in their proper order.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 {
My young opponent is still not very well-known to the wider public and this
was my first meeting with him. I had started the tournament well and led with
2.5 / 3 at this moment. Le Quang, on the other hand, had lost in the previous
round and had not yet won a game in the tournament. Therefore, in agreement
with my second Zahar Efimenko, it was decided to play aggressively as Black,
for which purpose we chose a fairly dynamic opening, the Grunfeld. Who could
have known at this point how things would turn out, and that my opponent would
take second place!} 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9.
Be3 O-O 10. O-O Qc7 ({Anand, in his recent world championship match against
Topalov, tried fianchettoing the other bishop immediately with} 10... b6 {
I prefer my plan, which seems more active. After all, I was playing for a win!}
) 11. Rb1 $5 {A cunning manoeuvre. White removes the rook from the long
diagonal, so as to relieve the pressure on his centre.} ({In earlier times,
the move} 11. Rc1 {was played almost automatically, with the same idea; but in
recent times, White has faced some problems after Ivanchuk's idea} Rd8 12. Bf4
Be5 $1 {and so he has been forced to seek new paths, in order to pose his
opponent problems.However, the move in the game was not a surprise for me,
since my opponent had already played it recently, and I have also played it as
White myself.}) 11... b6 $1 {Analysing his game in this variation, I came to
the conclusion, that this pawn sacrifice is the best plan for Black.} ({
Rather slow and passive is} 11... Bd7 {which after} 12. Bd3 {leads to a
transposition to the line starting with 10...Bd7, of which Peter Svidler is
very fond.} Rad8 ({My opponent handled this variation confidently in the no
less memorable (for him) tournament in Moscow:} 12... Rfd8 13. h3 e6 14. Bg5 $1
Re8 15. Qc1 $1 $36 cxd4 16. cxd4 Qd6 17. Rxb7 Rab8 18. Rxb8 Rxb8 19. Qc5 Qxc5
20. dxc5 h6 21. Be3 {and the extra pawn gradually brought White victory.} Rb2
22. Rd1 Nb4 23. Bc4 Bc6 24. a3 Nc2 25. Rd8+ Kh7 26. Bc1 Rb7 27. Bd3 Ne1 28. Ba6
Rb1 29. Kf1 Nc2 30. Bd3 Bb5 31. c6 Bxd3 32. Rxd3 Rb6 33. c7 Rc6 34. Rd7 Nd4 35.
Bf4 Nxe2 36. Kxe2 e5 37. Be3 {1-0 Le Quang Liem (2647)-Sasikiran,K (2653)/
Moscow RUS 2010/}) 13. Qc1 Bc8 14. Rd1 b6 {Only now did my opponent decide on
this ideal piece setup, but it is still a good time for it.} 15. h3 Bb7 16.
dxc5 $1 ({An improvement on a game of Aronian's, in which} 16. f4 {was played})
16... bxc5 17. Qa3 Na5 18. f3 $1 {Suddenly Black's queenside is starting to
creak.} c4 19. Bc2 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Be5 21. Qc5 Nc6 22. Qxc4 $16 {and I managed
to realise the extra pawn.} Rc8 23. Bb3 e6 24. Qc5 Ba6 25. Nd4 Nxd4 26. cxd4
Bf4 27. Bxf4 Qxf4 28. Qa5 Qe3+ 29. Kh2 Bc4 30. Bxc4 Rxc4 31. Qe5 Rb4 32. d5 Qc5
33. Qf6 exd5 34. exd5 {1-0 Ponomariov,R -Vachier Lagrave,M /San Sebastian 2009/
}) ({The move} 11... Rd8 {looks natural, by analogy with the variation 11.Rc1,
but here there are some nuances:} 12. Bf4 ({Also interesting is} 12. Qc1 $5 {
maintaining the tension in the centre, as in my game with Vachier-Lagrave})
12... Be5 ({On} 12... e5 {there follows} 13. Bg5 {after which the minuses of
the rook's position on d8 become clear.}) 13. Bxe5 Nxe5 14. Bb3 Ng4 15. Ng3 Qf4
16. h3 Nf6 ({If} 16... Ne5 {then} 17. Qe1 $1 {If the rook were on c1, White
would not have this move and Black would be fine.}) 17. e5 Nd5 18. Ne2 Qe4 19.
Ng3 Qf4 20. dxc5 $1 Be6 21. Qd4 $14 {Ponomariov,R -Carlsen,M /Amber-rapid 2010
and although I even managed to lose this game, that had nothing to do with the
opening; Black is a pawn down and must rely on his activiy to fight for a draw.
}) ({I should also point out that it is not good to try immediately to exploit
the undefended position of the bishop on c4:} 11... cxd4 12. cxd4 Nxd4 13.
Bxf7+ Rxf7 14. Nxd4 $14 {and thanks to his activity and superior pawn
structure, White should stand better.}) 12. Bf4 {After some thought, White
plays what is nominally a novelty in this variation.} ({We have already
examined} 12. Qa4 Bd7 13. Qa3 {but now} cxd4 {is good:} 14. cxd4 Nxd4 $1 15.
Bxf7+ Rxf7 16. Nxd4 Qd6 $132 {and on account of his activity and bishop pair,
Black should get counterplay;}) ({But of course, it is tempting to test the
correctness of Black's idea and take the pawn. In the source game, White was
successful:} 12. dxc5 Ne5 13. Bd5 Rb8 14. cxb6 axb6 15. Qa4 e6 16. Bb3 Bb7 17.
f3 Rfc8 $6 ({But Black has the obvious improvement} 17... Ra8 $1 18. Qb4 Ba6 {
and only White can have problems}) 18. Rfd1 Bc6 19. Qa6 Be8 20. Bd4 b5 21. Qa3
{and White kept his extra pawn, Rao-Kamsky, 2010}) 12... e5 13. Bg3 {Now there
is already no sense in 13.Bg5 since White no longer wins a tempo. In principle,
I was happy with the strategic character of the game, since Black manages
without undue difficulty to carry out his plan of attacking the white pawn
centre. In the other hand, White has not done anything wrong, and cannot stand
badly, so it is still too early to speak of Black seizing the initiative.} Qe7
{Forcing a conflict in the centre, since White does not want to play a
strategic game after d4-d5.} ({But probably stronger was} 13... Na5 $5 {
During the game, I instinctively wished to avoid putting the knight on the
edge of the board, although I did not see a concrete refutation, eg.} 14. Bd5
Bb7 15. dxe5 Bxe5 16. f4 Bxd5 $1 (16... Bg7 17. c4) 17. exd5 (17. fxe5 Bxe4 18.
e6 Qc6) 17... Bd6 $5 (17... Bg7 18. f5 $36) 18. f5 Rad8 {[%csl Rd5]} 19. Qd2
Rfe8 $132 {and each side has his chances. White will try to create an attack
on the king, and Black to exploit the centralisation of his pieces. One should
also remember that in such variations, the white knight on e2 always stands
somewhat passively.}) 14. Bd5 ({White is promised little by} 14. dxc5 Qxc5 15.
Qd5 Qxd5 16. Bxd5 {because of} Ba6 $1 17. Bxc6 Bxe2 18. Bxa8 Bxf1 19. Bd5 Bd3
20. Rd1 Bb5 {with approximate equality. The move in the game is more ambitious
and aggressive.}) 14... Bb7 15. Qa4 Rfc8 ({Again I did not wish to direct my
knight to the edge of the board by} 15... Na5 $5 {now because of} 16. dxe5 Bxe5
(16... Bxd5 17. exd5 Bxe5 18. Rfe1 {[%csl Gd5]}) 17. c4 {[%csl Ra5,Gd5] and
White retains the initiative. But I should have settled for this as the least
of the evils. The fact that the pawn on a7 will be hanging if the other rook
comes to c8 means that Black has to break the harmony of his rooks:}) (15...
Rac8 16. dxe5 Bxe5 (16... Nxe5 17. Qxa7) 17. f4 Bg7 18. f5 $36) 16. dxe5 Nxe5 {
Now my knight is in the centre, instead of on a5. But now the sleeping white
knight comes into the game with no less effect.} 17. Nf4 $1 ({Worse is} 17. c4
Bxd5 18. cxd5 c4 $132 {and the black pieces stand well, harmonising well
together.}) 17... c4 {Essential, since otherwise Black will have no
counterplay after 18.c4. Actually, I did not assess my position
pessimistically at all. I have my trumps, in the shape of the better pawn
structure and the centralised knight on e5. The only danger is the active
white knight on f4 and bishop on d5...} 18. Rfd1 h5 $2 {A loss of
concentration. I wanted to exploit the slightly awkward position of the bishop
on g3, and to be able to play Kh7, getting the king away from the bishop on d5.
However, this fails to a hidden tactical refutation.} ({The computer recommends
} 18... Rc5 {with the idea after} 19. f3 {of} Bxd5 20. Nxd5 Qe8 {and despite
the beautiful knight on d5, nothing obvious is visible for White. In addition,
my own steed is looking to come to the square d3.}) {[%tqu "En","","","",
"f4g6","",10]} 19. Nxg6 $1 {When my opponent played this move, I froze. What's
going on. My knight defends the pawn on g6. Even so, despite this shocking
blow, the battle still remains ahead.} Nxg6 20. Bd6 Qe8 $8 ({Bad is} 20... Qxd6
21. Bxf7+ Kxf7 22. Rxd6 Bxe4 23. Re1 Bf5 24. Qd1 $1 {and with such a king,
Black cannot survive long.}) 21. Qxe8+ Rxe8 22. Bxb7 Rad8 23. Bb4 $6 {It seems
that Le Quang could not believe that after such a tactical blow, Black's
position is still far from lost, and he tries to hang on to his gains.} ({
The c3-pawn cannot be defended by} 23. Rbc1 {because of} Bh6 24. Rb1 Bg7 {
with a repetition.}) ({But very strong was} 23. g3 $1 {not worrying about
material, but simply relying on the two bishops and the lack of activity of
the black pieces.} Bxc3 24. f4 Ba5 25. e5 c3 26. Be4 Kg7 27. Rd5 $16 {and the
white pieces control the great majority of the board, which determines his
advantage.}) 23... Nf4 $2 {I was striving for the opposite-coloured bishop
ending, but this turns out to be lost for Black.} ({After the game, in the
press-centre, I was asked why I didn't hit the bishop, so as to take the
c3-pawn with tempo:} 23... a5 $1 24. Ba3 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Bxc3 {White probably
has to play} 26. Bc6 $1 ({it seemed to me that the simple} 26. Rc1 Rd8 27. Bd5
Nf4 28. Bxc4 {was strong. here I stopped my calculations, thinking that White
just has the two bishops and an extra pawn. But if we contiue the variation by
one move} Rd2 $1 {it turns out that Black has very strong counterplay}) 26...
Rc8 27. Bb5 Bb4 28. Bc1 c3 29. Kf1 {keeping some advantage.}) 24. Kf1 Rxd1+ 25.
Rxd1 Nd3 26. Bd5 Rc8 27. Rb1 Nxb4 (27... a5 {is useless:} 28. Bd6 Bxc3 29. Rxb6
Bd4 {because of} 30. Rb8 Rxb8 31. Bxb8 c3 32. Bb3 Nxf2 33. Ke2 {and with his
two bishops, without rooks on the board, White will gradually win the pawns on
c3 and a5, with a decisive advantage.}) 28. Rxb4 Bxc3 29. Ra4 $2 {A move which
attests to the fact that Le Quang could not assess the resulting ending
correctly.} ({As will become clear, it was necessary to play the immediate} 29.
Rxc4 {whereas the move in the game could have cost the victory!}) 29... Rc5 $2
{Forcing White to enter a winning endgame!} ({Of course, it was rather
difficult to foresee all the subtleties in advance. But just out of general
considerations, Black should have played} 29... a6 $1 30. Rxc4 ({Not} 30. Rxa6
{because of} Bb2) 30... Rxc4 31. Bxc4 b5 {and Black has a significantly better
pawn structure than in the game, which should in he final analysis give him a
draw.}) 30. Rxc4 Rxc4 31. Bxc4 {In this ending, Black loses because the square
a8 is controlled by the white bishop. If Black manages to exchange his two
queenside pawns for the a2-pawn, the ending will be a draw, but with correct
play by White, he cannot achieve this.} h4 ({After the game, my opponent
expressed the opinion that a draw was possible by} 31... Kg7 32. f4 f6 {
But in fact, White wins easily by creating a passed h-pawn:} 33. g3 Bd4 34. Kg2
Bc5 35. Bb5 $1 {[%cal Gb5e8]} Kf7 36. h4 Bb4 37. Kf3 Be1 38. g4 $1 hxg4+ 39.
Kxg4 Kg7 40. h5 $18 {and Black cannot stop the h-pawn and also prevent the
white king coming to d7, followed by the advance of the e-pawn.}) 32. f4 $1 {
For some reason, I missed this move completely, which proves that my mood that
day was far from ideal.} ({I thought White should first play} 32. Ke2 {However,
then} Bd4 $1 {is strong} ({during the game, I was going to play} 32... Kg7 $2
33. f4 f6 {but this loses all the same}) 33. f4 Bg1 {permanently attacking the
white pawns, and forcing a draw.} 34. h3 Bh2 35. Kf3 Bg3 $1 (35... Kg7 $2 36.
g4 hxg3 37. Kg2 $18) 36. e5 Kf8 37. Ke4 Ke7 38. a4 f6 39. Kf5 fxe5 40. fxe5 Bf2
$11) 32... Kg7 $2 {Now White's win is quite simple. But in fact, this was the
key moment in the game, important for the understanding of the whole ending
and the two mistaken moves 29.Ra4? Rc5? especially.} ({On the site crestbook.
com, Sergey Shipov published a magnificent analysis of this ending. In this
concrete position, it is difficult to add anything new, but I will try to
point out the key moments. Black could have played} 32... b5 $1 {and White is
at a crossroads. What should he play? Should he take the pawn, or stick to his
guns and advance e4-e5?} 33. Bxb5 $1 ({The young Vietnamese could easily have
gone wrong here, by sticking to his plan:} 33. Bd5 $2 Bd2 $1 {It is vital not
to allow White to create a passed pawn on the h-file.} 34. g3 hxg3 35. hxg3 b4
36. Ke2 Bc3 37. e5 Kf8 ({Of course, White must not be allowed to create two
connected passed pawns:} 37... Kg7 $2 38. e6) 38. Kf3 ({Now on} 38. e6 {
there is} f6) 38... a5 39. Bb3 Ke7 40. Ke4 Be1 41. g4 Bc3 42. g5 (42. f5 f6 $11
) 42... Bd2 $1 {tying White down to his own pawns forever.} 43. Kf5 Kf8 44. Kg4
Bc3 45. Kh5 Bd4 $1 ({He loses after} 45... Kg7 46. e6 fxe6 47. Bxe6 a4 48. f5
b3 49. a3 $1 $18 {and White avoids the exchange of the a-pawn and wins.}) 46.
e6 (46. g6 Be3 47. f5 Bd4 $11) 46... a4 47. Bc4 b3 48. axb3 ({Now there is
already no time for} 48. a3 {because of} b2 49. Ba2 fxe6) 48... axb3 49. exf7 (
{After} 49. Bxb3 fxe6 50. Bxe6 $11 {it is a draw, according to the Nalimov
6-piece tablebases, but Black must play very accurately:} Kg7 $1 {keeping the
white king back.} 51. f5 Bb2 {White has to bring his king to e6, to advance
his pawns. But as soon as he tried it, the black bishop attacks the g5-pawn,
so the white bishop has to stand on the h5-e8 diagonal, so as to prevent a
blockade. But since this diagonal is too short, it cannot be done.} 52. Bd7 Bd4
53. Be8 Bb2 54. Kg4 (54. Bg6 Bc3 55. Kg4 Ba5 $1 {If Black's bishop gets to the
d8-h4 diagonal, it will be a simple draw, wherever the white pieces are. Black
always has waiting moves with the bishop on d8 and e7, so he cannot be forced
into zugzwang.}) 54... Kf8 $1 {All other moves lose.} 55. Bh5 Ke7 $1 {Now the
white king cannot reach e6.} 56. Bg6 Ba1 57. Kh5 Bg7 $1 58. Bh7 Kf7 $1 $11 {
and here too, the white king cannot get through, as there is too little space
on the edge of the board. So it is a draw.}) 49... b2 50. Ba2 {Now the white
king cannot be kept out of g6, so Black loses, even with his pawn on b2. But
it turns out that there is a wonderful stalemate idea.} b1=Q $1 (50... Kg7 $2
51. f8=Q+ Kxf8 52. Kg6 $18) 51. Bxb1 Bc3 $1 52. f5 Bd4 53. f6 Bb2 {and White
cannot strengthen his position, since after the advance of the g-pawn, Black
always has ...Bxf6.} 54. Kg6 Bxf6 $11 {sadly, I failed to exploit a similar
stalemate idea in 1999, against Sadvakasov.}) 33... Bd2 34. g3 hxg3 35. hxg3 f6
36. Ke2 Bc3 37. Kf3 Be1 38. Kg4 Kg7 39. e5 fxe5 40. fxe5 Kf7 41. Kf4 Ke7 42. g4
Bd2+ 43. Kf5 Be3 44. Bc4 Bd2 45. g5 Be3 46. g6 Bh6 47. e6 Bg7 {It seems that
this is a draw, since the white pawns are blockaded and his king is kept back.
But the presence of the a2-pawn dooms Black.} 48. a4 Kd6 49. Bf1 $1 Bb2 50. Bh3
{White wants to bring his king to the Pa7, with idea to change the g-pawn
against the black a-pawn, with a winning endgame.} Ke7 51. Ke4 Kf6 (51... Kd6
52. Kd3 {[%cal Gd3c4,Gc4b5,Gb5a6]}) 52. Bf5 a5 53. Kd5 Ke7 54. Kc5 Bc3 55. Kb5
Kf6 56. Kb6 $1 {Zugzwang. Black cannot defend the a5-pawn and prevent the
white king getting to d7.} Ke7 (56... Bb4 57. Kc6 {[%cal Gc6d7]}) 57. g7 Bxg7
58. Kxa5 $18 {with a winning nding, as cnfirmed by the Nalimov tablebases.})
33. e5 f6 34. exf6+ Kxf6 35. g3 {White simply pushes his passed pawns, and
Black has nothing with which to oppose this.} Kf5 36. Bd3+ Ke6 37. Kg2 hxg3 38.
hxg3 Kd5 39. Kf3 Kd4 40. Ba6 Kc5 {Trying to advance the queenside pawns, but
it is already too late.} 41. g4 b5 42. g5 Kb6 43. Bc8 Kc7 44. Bf5 a5 45. Bd3 b4
46. Bc2 Kd6 47. Kg4 Bd2 48. f5 Ke5 49. f6 Be3 {If it were not for the h-file,
the position would be drawn.} 50. Kh5 $1 Bc5 51. Kh6 Ke6 52. g6 {Black
resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 38th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2010.07.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2010.07.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Bg5 dxc4 {
A recently popular line, along with some other continuations:} (7... h6) (7...
Nbd7) (7... c6) (7... c5) 8. Qxc4 (8. e3 $6 b5 (8... h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Bxc4
c5 11. Nf3 cxd4 12. Qxd4 Qxd4 13. Nxd4 Bd7 14. Ke2 Nc6 $11 {1-0 Doric,D (2464)
-Brulic,D (2348)/Sibenik 2010/CBM 136 Extra (50)}) 9. a4 c6 10. Be2 Bb7 11. Bf3
Qe7 12. Ne2 a6 13. O-O Nbd7 14. e4 h6 15. Bh4 {0-1 Paunovic,T (2355)-Bortnik,A
(2170)/ICC INT 2009/CBM 129 Extra (39)} g5 $1 $17) 8... b6 $1 {[%cal Yc8b7,
Yc8a6] The main idea.} (8... Qd5 9. Qxd5 Nxd5 10. e4 Nf6 11. f3 Nbd7 12. Rc1 c6
13. Bc4 e5 14. Ne2 exd4 15. Nxd4 h6 16. Bh4 Nh7 17. Ke2 $14 {1-0 Feigins,
M-Ichim,T/Munich 1936/EXT 2001 (32)}) 9. Rd1 (9. Nf3 Ba6 (9... Bb7 10. Rc1 $5 (
10. g3 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Bg2 c5 $11 {1/2 Enchev,I (2362)-Georgiev,K (2645)/
Radomir 2009/EXT 2010 (27)})) 10. Qa4 (10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Qxc7 Rc8 12. Qe5 Qg6
13. Qg5 Qc2 14. Qd2 Qb3 15. Qb4 Qc2 16. Qd2 Qe4 17. Qe3 Qxe3 18. fxe3 Nd7 $44
19. g3 $6 Nf6 20. Kd1 Bc4 21. Nd2 Bd5 $17 {0-1 Tarnopolsky,A (2312)-Huzman,A 
(2597)/Israel ISR 2010/The Week in Chess 810 (36)}) (10. Qc2 Nbd7 (10... h6 11.
Bh4 (11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. g3 c5 13. Bg2 Nc6 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. O-O Rac8 $132 {
1/2 Hambleton,A (2131)-Cummings,D (2375)/Toronto CAN 2010/The Week in Chess
819 (33)}) 11... Nbd7 12. e3 Bxf1 13. Kxf1 c5 14. dxc5 Rc8 15. c6 Nb8 16. Rd1
Rxc6 $11 {0-1 Sbarra,M (2256)-Salvador,R (2491)/Milan 2009/CBM 133 Extra (28)})
11. e4 (11. Rd1 Qc8 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. e3 Bxf1 14. Rxf1 c5 15. dxc5 Qxc5 16.
Qxc5 bxc5 17. Ne5 Rab8 18. Nc4 Nd5 19. Kd2 Nb6 $11 {1/2 Kelecevic,N (2277)
-Berke,A (2140)/Pula CRO 2010/The Week in Chess 816 (32)}) 11... Bxf1 12. Rxf1
Qc8 13. O-O-O c5 $11 {0-1 Poniaev,R (2256)-Galliamova,A (2487)/Kazan RUS 2010/
The Week in Chess 815 (53)}) 10... c5 11. dxc5 (11. g3 Qd7 12. Qxd7 Nbxd7 $11 {
0-1 Doric,D (2452)-Pap,G (2496)/Chur SUI 2010/The Week in Chess 813 (24)})
11... bxc5 12. Rd1 Qb6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Rd2 Nc6 15. Qg4+ Kh8 16. Qh4 Kg7 17.
Qg4+ Kh8 18. Qh4 Kg7 {1/2 Berkes,F (2663)-Almasi,Z (2685)/Paks 2009/CBM 133})
9... Ba6 10. Qa4 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. e4 Bxf1 (11... Qc8 $143 12.
Bxa6 Qxa6 13. Ne2 c5 14. O-O Rac8 15. Nc3 $14 {0-1 Mkrtchian,L (2477)
-Dzagnidze,N (2478)/Jermuk ARM 2010/The Week in Chess 817 (43)}) 12. Kxf1 Qc8
13. Ne2 (13. Qc6 e5 14. Ne2 exd4 15. Nxd4 Ne5 16. Qc2 Qa6+ 17. Kg1 Rad8 18. f3
c5 19. Nf5 Qc4 $132 {1-0 Mkrtchian,L (2477)-Chiburdanidze,M (2514)/Jermuk ARM
2010/The Week in Chess 817 (36)}) 13... c5 14. f3 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Qxc2 16. Nxc2
Rfc8 {1/2 Iljin,A (2546)-Moiseenko,A (2667)/Dresden GER 2010/The Week in Chess
820}) 10... Qd5 (10... Qd7 11. Qc2 $5 (11. Qxd7 Nbxd7 $11 {[%cal Yc7c5]})) 11.
Bxf6 gxf6 12. Nh3 $5 (12. e3 $5 Bxf1 13. Kxf1 {[%cal Yg1e2,Ye2c3]}) (12. h4 $5
{[%cal Yh1h3] K.Sakaev}) 12... Rd8 13. f3 $5 (13. Nf4 $5) 13... Qc6 14. Qxc6
Nxc6 15. e3 Bb7 16. Rc1 Rac8 17. Bd3 Ne7 18. Ke2 e5 {Black gives up the ...
c7-c5 idea; the c7-pawn now remains weak.} 19. dxe5 fxe5 20. Nf2 $6 (20. b4 {
is more logical.}) 20... Kg7 $6 (20... c5 {was quite possible:} 21. Ng4 Nc6 22.
Rhd1 Kg7 {, and Black should hold his ground.}) 21. b4 $14 {It is amazing to
see how White now outplays his opponent without any obvious mistakes from his
side.} f5 22. Rhd1 h5 23. g3 Kf6 24. Bc4 Rd6 25. f4 exf4 26. exf4 h4 27. Rxd6+
cxd6 {[%mdl 4096]} 28. Kd2 hxg3 29. hxg3 Bd5 {Of course, here, as well as at
other moments, Black has a lot of other possibilities:} (29... d5) (29... a5) (
29... Rh8) {However, he has no sure draw anywhere.} 30. Be2 Rh8 31. Ke3 Be6 $6
(31... Bg2 $142 32. Bf3 Bxf3 33. Kxf3 Nd5) 32. Rh1 Rg8 {The bishop and knight
endgame after the exchange of rooks looks dangerous for Black, so he decides
to concede the h-file.} 33. Rh6+ Ng6 34. Bh5 Bf7 35. Rh7 Nh8 36. Bf3 Kg6 37.
Rh1 Be6 38. Nd1 Nf7 39. Nc3 Kf6 40. Kf2 Rc8 41. Rc1 Nh6 $6 (41... Kg7 $142 {
preventing the following knight manoeuvre.}) 42. Nd5+ $1 Kf7 43. Nc7 $16 {
[%csl Gc7] Finally White's advantage becomes substantial.} Bd7 44. Rc3 Kf8 45.
Ke3 Ng8 46. Bb7 $1 Rb8 47. Bc6 {Interestingly, White avoided the exchange of
bishops on some earlier occasions but now it helps the invasion of his pieces
on the queenside.} Rd8 48. Kd4 Nf6 49. Bxd7 Rxd7 50. Nd5 Nh5 (50... Nxd5 51.
Kxd5 Ke7 52. Rc8 $18 {_|_}) 51. Kc4 {[%cal Yc4b5] Black decides to avoid
further torture and resigns.} (51. Kc4 a6 52. b5 $1 Ra7 (52... a5 53. Nxb6 Rc7+
54. Kd4 Rxc3 55. Kxc3 Ke7 56. Nd5+ Kd7 57. Kb3 $18) 53. Rd3 $1 Kf7 54. bxa6
Rxa6 55. Kb5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 38th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2010.07.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2010.07.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Rd1 Bc6 10. Nc3 {After publishing my article for CBM 127, I noticed
certain burst of popularity of this line at grandmaster level. It may be a
mere coincidence, though, since at the critical point White did not choose my
recommended line.} {In the first game of the playoffs, the same variation was
played again. Although he chose the main line this time, Bologan did not quite
obtain full equality.} Bxf3 {In my opinion, this is the only way to get
realistic chances for equality. It is quite deceptive for Black that he gets
no chances for counterplay in this line, though.} ({The first game that drew
my attention after writing the article went:} 10... Bb4 11. Bg5 Bxc3 12. Bxf6
$1 Qxf6 13. bxc3 Nd7 14. Qa2 Bd5 15. Nd2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 c5 17. Nxc4 Rfd8 18. a5
$14 {Laznicka,V (2637)-Bologan,V (2692)/Khanty Mansiysk 2009/CBM 134/[Marin] 
(1/2, 47). White has an advantage in the centre, while the black queenside
majority is safely blocked.}) 11. Bxf3 Nc6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Bg5 {This was my
main line on the Catalan CD published several years ago.} ({In the last
article, though, I considered} 13. a5 {to be more promissing. Well, I am
covered for both situations, anyway.}) 13... Rb8 14. e3 {White consolidates
his centre, preparing the following exchange.} a5 {The main aim of 13.a5 is
prercisely preventing Black from getting a queenside blockade on dark squares.}
({The necessity of preveting the advance of the white a-pawn is revealed by
the next game:} 14... Nd7 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Ne4 c5 ({Unlike in the main line,} 
16... Rb4 17. Nd2 $14 Nb6 $6 {fails to consolidate the queenside because of}
18. a5 $16) 17. Qxc4 Rxb2 18. Qxa6 cxd4 19. exd4 Nf6 20. Nc5 Nd5 21. Rab1 $14 {
[%csl Ga4] Nakamura,H (2651)-Petrosian,T (2592)/Internet ICC 2007/CBM 117 ext 
(1-0, 80)}) 15. Bxf6 {This is the right moment to eliminate the enemy knight.
Catalan specialists are used to the fact that Bxf6 is frequently played
without waiting for Black's losing a tempo with ...h6.} ({Delaying this
exchange offers Black good queenside counterplay:} 15. Rac1 Nd7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7
17. Ne4 Rb4 18. Nd2 Nb6 19. b3 cxb3 20. Nxb3 Rxa4 21. Qxc6 Ra3 $132 {Hulak,K 
(2534)-Iordachescu,V (2609)/Warsaw 2005/CBM 108 (1/2, 25)}) 15... Bxf6 {
This bishop is temporarily out of play and certainly does not contribute to
stabilizing the queenside. Black will have to find a form of opening the long
diagonal with either ...c5 or ...e5, thus getting certain counterplay.} 16.
Rac1 {The most natural move, but not the only one.} (16. Rab1 $5 {Aims to keep
the b2-pawn over defended and place the other rook on c1. The plan looks a bit
slow but is not easy to counter.} Qd6 17. Rdc1 Be7 18. Ne4 Qd5 19. Nd2 c3 (
19... c5 20. dxc5 $14 {[%cal Gd2c4]}) 20. bxc3 c5 {Blagojevic,D (2557)-Kreisl,
R (2380)/Zadar 2009/CBM 133 Extra (1/2, 62)} 21. Nb3 $14 {White retains the
better structure, while the black bishop still does not have too many
perspectives.}) 16... Rb4 $146 {This looks like a strong consolidating move,
but in fact the rook is not stable on b4.} (16... Qe7 $6 {is too rigid.} 17.
Ne4 Rb4 18. Nd2 c5 19. Nxc4 Ra8 (19... cxd4 20. Nxa5 $16 {[%csl Gc6]}) 20. d5
exd5 21. Rxd5 c6 22. Rd3 g6 23. b3 Qc7 24. Rcd1 $16 {Dizdar,G (2524)-Ramesa,D 
(2163)/Sibenik 2005/CBM 106 ext (1-0, 33)}) ({The playoffs of the match
Laznicka-Bologan saw:} 16... c5 {This gets rid of one of the tripple pawns,
but not of the general weakness of the queenside.} 17. dxc5 Qe7 18. Nb5 $6 ({
After} 18. c6 $1 {Black would have a harder time coordinating his pieces, for
instance:} Qc5 19. Nb5 Qxc6 20. Qxc4 Qxc4 21. Rxc4 $14 {With the b-file safely
dfeended, White retains the more active position.}) 18... c6 19. Nd4 {[%csl
Gb2]} Bxd4 $6 {A premature exchange.} (19... Qxc5 20. Qxc4 Qxc4 21. Rxc4 Rfd8
$11) 20. Rxd4 Qxc5 21. Rxc4 Qe5 22. b3 g6 23. Rxc6 $16 {Laznicka,V (2637)
-Bologan,V (2692)/Khanty Mansiysk 3.3 2009 (1/2, 32)}) 17. Na2 Rb6 {Black has
to leave the c4-pawn undefended, but hopes that the knight will have aharder
time getting active than from e4 (as in certain lines examined above).} 18. Rd2
{The most effective of activating the queen.} Qb8 ({The seemingly active} 18...
Qd5 $6 {fails to solve the strategical problems:} 19. Qxc4 Rfb8 20. Qxd5 exd5 (
20... cxd5 21. Rxc7 g5 22. Nc3 Rxb2 23. Rxb2 Rxb2 24. Ra7 $16) 21. Rcc2 $14 {
[%cal Ga2c1,Gc1d3]}) 19. Qxc4 Rxb2 20. Rxb2 Qxb2 21. Rc2 Qb1+ 22. Kg2 {White
will restore the material equality soon, maintaining the more compact
structure at the same time. Black has to rely on the dynamic factors of the
position in order to get chances for equality. One important element is the
high activity of the queen, which somewhat spoils White's coordination.} e5 23.
dxe5 Bxe5 24. Nc1 {This looks like a premature definition of the knight's
intentions.} ({After} 24. Qxc6 {, White can consider activate his knight more
rapidly, via c3, for instance:} Bd6 ({Black needs to place the bishop on a
stable square, since a neutral move such as} 24... g6 $6 {allows the forced
sequence} 25. Rc5 $1 Bd6 26. Nc3 Qe1 27. Rc4 $16 {with the better structure
and perfect coordination for White.}) 25. Rd2 g6 26. Qd5 {[%cal Ga2c3]} Bb4 (
26... Qa1 {gives up the possibility of ...Qe4+, allowing} 27. Qxa5 $16) 27.
Nxb4 axb4 28. Rd4 {White's superb centralization makes the b-pawn inoffensive.
White has excellent chances of getting a pleasant ending.} Rb8 (28... b3 29.
Rb4 b2 30. Qe5 $16) 29. Qc6 b3 30. Qxc7 Re8 31. Rf4 Rf8 32. Rb4 $14 {/+/- The
least White can count on is trading the passed pawns. The ensuing ending with
heavy pieces is not easy to defend for Black. Only a queen swap would
guarantee a draw, while the exchange of rooks would still leave White with
some practical possibilities.}) 24... Rb8 25. Qxc6 Qb6 $6 {There was no need
to retreat with the most active piece yet.} (25... Bd6 $5 $132 26. Nd3 g6 27.
e4 Qd1 28. Qc4 Rb1 29. Rc1 Rxc1 30. Nxc1 Bb4 {[%csl Ga4]} 31. Nb3 c5 32. Nxc5
Bxc5 33. Qxc5 Qxa4 34. Qc8+ Kg7 35. Qc3+ $11) 26. Qd5 Bd6 27. Ne2 (27. e4 $1
$14) 27... Qb3 28. Qc6 g6 29. Nd4 Qa3 $132 {White cannot take advantage of his
strategic advantage because he has to keep the enemy pieces' activity under
control.} 30. Rc3 Qa2 31. Rc2 Qa1 32. Rc1 Qa2 33. Rc2 Qa1 34. Rc1 Qa2 35. Qc4
Rb2 36. Rc2 Qxc4 37. Rxc4 Ra2 38. Nb5 h5 39. Nxc7 Bxc7 40. Rxc7 Rxa4 41. Ra7
Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 38th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2010.07.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2010.07.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 a5 {
A rare move... and an even rarer reply!} 8. a3 (8. Nc3 {and}) (8. Bf4 {are
usually played.}) 8... Na6 {Black consequently waits for Nb1-c3 in order to
play ...Nf6-e4 in reply.} (8... Re8 {is also possible, with the same idea:} 9.
Bf4 d5 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Nc3 Ne4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qa4 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qd4 15. Qc2
g5 $1 16. Red1 Qc5 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Qxb4 19. Bd2 Qc5 20. Bxe4 Rxa1 21. Rxa1
Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Rd8 $11 {1/2 Ikonnikov,V (2592)-Spoelman,W (2448)/Vlissingen
2008/CBM 125 Extra (29)}) (8... d5 9. cxd5 exd5 {leads to a completely
different kind of position, which is rather comfortable for White. In the
following game, however, Black seized the initiative:} 10. Nc3 Ne4 11. Qc2 Nd7
12. Be3 f5 13. Qb3 c6 14. Nxe4 $6 (14. Rac1 $142 $14) 14... fxe4 15. Nd2 a4 16.
Qa2 Kh8 17. f3 Bg5 18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. Nf1 c5 20. Rad1 cxd4 21. Rxd4 Nc5 $1 $36 {
1/2 Zatonskih,A (2440)-Hernandez Carmenates,H (2580)/Merida 2008/CBM 127 Extra
(63)}) 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Qc2 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 f5 12. Bf4 Bf6 13. Rad1 {This allows
the black knight to powerfully enter the game.} (13. Qd2 $142 $14) 13... Nc5
14. Be5 $6 (14. Nd2 $142 {preventing ...Nc5-e4.}) 14... Ne4 {[%csl Ge4]} 15.
Qc2 d6 16. Nd2 $5 {Better late than never!} Bg5 $1 17. Bf4 Bxf4 18. gxf4 Qh4
19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 fxe4 21. Qxe4 Rae8 (21... Qg4+ $5 22. Kh1 Qxf4 23. Qxe6+
Kh8 24. f3 Rae8 $44 {Black, however, takes a simpler course.}) 22. e3 e5 {
This leads to simplifications and a draw. White can't keep his extra pawn.} 23.
dxe5 dxe5 24. Qd5+ Kh8 25. Qf3 exf4 26. exf4 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Qf6 28. b4 axb4 29.
axb4 g5 30. f5 Qxf5 31. Qxf5 Rxf5 32. Re7 c5 33. Rb7 Rf4 34. Rb8+ Kg7 35. Rb7+
Kh8 36. Rb8+ Kg7 37. Rb7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 38th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2010.07.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2010.07.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Bb2 e5 12. h3 e4 {GM R. Ponomariov
criticised this move after the game.} (12... Bf5 {is the most common here.})
13. Nd2 b6 {Surprisingly, this obvious move is rarely played.} (13... Na5 {
is the main line - see Kramnik - Tiviakov in CBM 81 (annotations by GM P.Wells)
.}) 14. Bb5 $1 $146 {[%mdl 12] An interesting novelty, with an obvious plan:
to swap this bishop for the c6-knight and open up the other one by means of
c3-c4.} (14. Qe2 {is usually played (this position sometimes arises in other
move orders), and Black has no major problems:} Bb7 (14... Ne7 15. Ba2 Ng6 16.
Rac1 Re8 17. c4 Qe7 18. Bb1 cxd4 19. exd4 Nf4 20. Qe3 N6h5 21. Bxe4 $14 {
1/2 Kovacs,G (2499)-Acs,P (2548)/Hungary 2008/EXT 2009 (25)}) (14... Na5 $5 15.
Ba2 c4 16. a4 Be6 17. Ba3 Rfc8 18. Rfb1 (18. Rab1 $6 Qd7 19. Qd1 Nb3 $15 {
1/2 Korobov,A (2605)-Bu Xiangzhi (2714)/Beijing 2008/CBM 126 Extra (41)}) 18...
Qc6 19. Qd1 Qd7 20. Bb4 Nb7 21. Rb2 Bd5 22. Rab1 $11 {1-0 Andersen,L (2093)
-Benassi,A (2145)/IECG 2006/Telechess CBM 119}) 15. Ba2 (15. a4 Rac8 16. Ba2
Na5 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. c4 Nd7 19. Bb1 f5 $132 {0-1 Villeneuve,A (2282)-Horvath,
P (2457)/Le Touquet 2003/EXT 2004 (36)}) 15... Rad8 16. d5 (16. Rac1 Qe7 17.
Rfd1 Rd7 18. Nf1 Rfd8 19. Ng3 g6 20. a4 h5 21. Ba3 h4 22. Nf1 Nd5 23. Re1 Qg5
$132 {1-0 Liang Chong (2581)-Yuan Jun (2299)/Suzhou 2001/EXT 2002 (54)}) 16...
Nxd5 17. c4 Nde7 18. Nxe4 Ng6 19. Nc3 f5 20. Nd5 Qf7 21. Rad1 Rfe8 22. f4 Ba6
23. Qd3 Re4 $132 {1/2 Boleslavsky,I-Levin,M/Kiev 1958/EXT 2003 (59)}) 14... Na5
(14... a6 15. Bxc6 Qxc6 16. c4 cxd4 17. exd4 Bf5 18. d5 Qd6 19. a4 $14 {
[%cal Rb2a3,Yd1b3]}) (14... Bf5 15. c4 cxd4 16. exd4 $14) 15. c4 $1 cxd4 16.
Bxd4 Qe7 17. c5 $5 {It is essential to prevent ...Na5-b7-c5 but perhaps the
other move order was even stronger:} (17. Qc2 $1 {[%cal Rd4f6]} Bf5 18. c5)
17... a6 $6 (17... bxc5 18. Bc3 Nb7 19. Bc6 Qe6 20. Qa4 Bd7 21. Bxd7 Nxd7 22.
Qxe4 $14) 18. Ba4 $6 (18. Be2 $1 bxc5 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 (19... gxf6 20. Qa4) 20.
Nxe4 $16 {[%csl Rc5]}) 18... bxc5 19. Bc3 Nb7 20. Bc6 Ra7 $6 {Here, too,} (
20... Qe6 21. Qa4 Bd7 {was relatively better.}) 21. Qb1 {Not the best idea.
White now has to give up his strong c6-bishop for a knight.} (21. Qa4 $142 Nd6
22. Rac1 $16) 21... Qc7 22. Bxe4 Nxe4 23. Nxe4 Qc6 (23... f6 $14) 24. Ng5 Qh6
25. f4 Nd6 $6 {Black decides to give up his weak pawn but doesn't obtain any
counterplay.} (25... Qg6 $142 $14) 26. Qb6 Rb7 (26... Nb5 27. Ba5 $1 {[%cal
Rb6c5,Ra3a4]}) 27. Qxc5 Rb5 28. Qc7 Rb7 29. Qc6 Nb5 30. Qxh6 gxh6 31. Ne4 f5
32. Nf6+ Kg7 33. Be5 $1 {More energetic than} (33. Nd5+ Nxc3 34. Nxc3) 33...
Rxf6 34. Rfc1 $1 Bd7 (34... Be6 $142 35. a4 ({or} 35. Rab1 $5 {, e.g.} Bd5 36.
a4 Nd6 37. Rxb7+ Bxb7 (37... Nxb7 38. Rb1 $18 {[%cal Rb1b6]}) 38. Rd1 $1 Nf7
39. Rd7 Be4 40. g4 Kg6 41. Bxf6 Kxf6 42. Ra7 {with excellent winning chances.})
35... Nc7 (35... Na7 36. Rab1 Rd7 37. Rb6) 36. Rxc7+ Rxc7 37. Bxc7 {, and
Black, despite the opposite-coloured bishops, can hardly hold this ending.})
35. Rab1 $1 Ra7 $8 36. a4 Nd6 37. Bd4 Ra8 38. Rd1 $1 {Full domination! Black
can't avoid decisive material losses.} Ne4 39. Rb7 Rd8 40. Be5 Kg6 41. Rdxd7
Rxd7 42. Rxd7 Rc6 43. g4 Rc1+ 44. Kg2 Rc2+ 45. Kf1 Nd2+ 46. Ke1 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 38th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2010.07.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2010.07.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. g4 {g2-g4 has been apparently tried
in every possible opening, in every possible position. But here it is still
relatively new, especially at the top GM level!} O-O {Alternatives seen in
practice:} (5... h6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. h3 c6 (7... c5 $5 {looks more logical}) 8.
Ne5 Nfd7 9. Nd3 Nf8 10. Bg2 Ng6 11. Rg1 Nd7 12. Qc2 h5 13. Nf4 Nxf4 14. Bxf4
hxg4 15. hxg4 Nf8 16. O-O-O Ng6 17. Bd2 Bf6 18. e4 Bxg4 19. Rde1 Bxd4 20. exd5+
Kf8 21. Qe4 $44 {1-0 Tikkanen,H (2417)-Grabarczyk,M (2510)/Borup 2008/CBM 126
Extra (37)}) (5... dxc4 6. e4 Bb4 7. Qc2 c5 8. a3 Qa5 9. axb4 $1 Qxa1 10. Bxc4
Nc6 11. bxc5 Nb4 12. Qd1 O-O 13. g5 Nd7 14. O-O Qa5 15. e5 $44 {1-0 Eklund,L 
(2434)-Walker,G (2384)/ICCF Email 2003/ICCF CBM 120 (57)}) (5... c5 $5 {
(a very logical counter-attack in the centre)} 6. g5 (6. dxc5 $5) 6... Ne4 7.
cxd5 Nxc3 (7... exd5 $5) 8. bxc3 Qxd5 9. Rg1 $6 (9. Bg2) 9... cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6
11. Bg2 O-O 12. h4 Rd8 13. e3 Qf5 14. Qe2 Nb4 $17 {0-1 Rosenberg,E (2182)
-Gaillard,E (2153)/New York 2008/EXT 2010 (40)}) 6. g5 (6. Rg1 $6 c5 7. dxc5
Bxc5 8. e3 Ne4 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. a3 exf3 {0-1 Eklund,L (2434)
-Cranbourne,C (2455)/ICCF Email 2003/ICCF CBM 120}) (6. Qc2 $6 dxc4 $1 (6...
Nc6 7. g5 Nh5 8. e3 Bxg5 9. Rg1 Be7 10. a3 Kh8 11. Bd2 f5 12. O-O-O Nf6 13. Ng5
a6 14. f4 $44 {1-0 Quaranta,C-Bellanger,M/LSS 2007/Telechess CBM 129 (36)}) (
6... Nxg4 7. Rg1 f5 8. h3 Nf6 9. Bh6 Nh5 10. e3 Kh8 11. Bg5 Nf6 12. O-O-O Nc6
13. Ne5 Ne4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. f4 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 $44 {1/2 Richard,
A (1149)-Helfrich,C (1707)/IECC 2009/Telechess CBM 133 (30)}) 7. e4 Nc6 8. g5
Nd7 9. Bxc4 Nb6 10. Ne2 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Kxd2 Nxd4 13. Nexd4 e5 14. Bd3
exd4 15. Rag1 Qe7 16. h4 c5 17. e5 g6 18. h5 c4 $19 {1/2 Bergez,L (2413)
-Shchekachev,A (2503)/Creon 2000/EXT 2001 (34)}) 6... Ne4 7. Qc2 $5 $146 {
[%mdl 512] White just sacrifices the pawn to open up the g-file! Was the idea
evoked by computer-GM games with pawn odds?} (7. h4 c5 $1 8. Qc2 Nxc3 9. bxc3
Nc6 10. e3 f5 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Bg2 cxd4 13. exd4 e5 14. Qb3 Be6 15. Qxd5 Bxd5
16. O-O {1/2 Thier,J (2058)-Strzelczyk,A (1819)/Liberec 2009/EXT 2010}) 7...
Nxg5 8. Bxg5 Bxg5 9. h4 $5 {White even leaves this bishop alive!} (9. Nxg5 $5
Qxg5 10. h4) 9... Bh6 {It is hard to say whether} (9... Be7 {or}) (9... Bf6 {
is better. White's plan is the same: queenside castling and attack along the
g- and h-files, with the main idea Nf3-g5. If Black chooses the same plan as
in the game (...f7-f5) then the bishop would better stay on e7.}) (9... Be7 10.
Ng5 f5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. e4 $6 fxe4 13. Nxd5 Kh8 $1 {is favourable for Black.})
10. e3 c6 11. Ng5 $1 f5 {It is now rather impossible for White to break
through on the kingside but the position is closed, which makes it very
difficult for Black to convert his extra pawn, too.} (11... g6 $5 12. f4 Nd7 {
[%cal Yd7f6]}) 12. Rg1 Qe7 13. O-O-O Nd7 14. f3 Nf6 15. Kb1 Kh8 16. Bd3 e5 $6 {
Rather unfortunate as Black is still underdeveloped.} (16... Bd7 $142 $5 17. e4
$140 fxe4 18. fxe4 dxc4 19. Bxc4 b5 20. Bb3 e5 $1 21. dxe5 Qxe5 22. Nf7+ Rxf7
23. Bxf7 Bg4 {Black gives back material but obtains a positional advantage.})
17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. dxe5 Qxe5 20. Qc5 Be6 21. f4 Qf6 22. Nxe6 Qxe6
23. Bc2 {[%csl Rd5]} b6 24. Qxd5 (24. Qd4 $142 Rae8 25. Rd3 {, and the d5-pawn
will finally fall.}) 24... Qxe3 25. Bxf5 Qc5 {In the resulting endgame Black's
chances to win are slim due to the opposite-coloured bishops and active
position of White's pieces. Besides, the black king gets trapped on h8.} (25...
Qxf4 26. Bc2 Rac8 27. Qd3 g6 28. h5 $132) (25... Rae8 $5 $15) 26. Qxc5 bxc5 27.
Rd5 Bxf4 28. Rg4 (28. h5 Be3 29. Rf1 $5) 28... Be3 29. h5 Bd4 30. Kc2 a5 31. a4
Rf6 32. Rg2 Raf8 33. Bd3 g6 {Black has no other way to make progress but this
leads to further simplifications.} 34. hxg6 Rf2+ 35. Rxf2 Rxf2+ 36. Kd1 hxg6
37. Bxg6 Kg7 (37... Rxb2 38. Rd7) 38. Bc2 Kf6 39. b3 Rf1+ 40. Ke2 Rf2+ 41. Kd1
Rf1+ 42. Ke2 Rf2+ 43. Kd1 {White had to fight for a draw without any prospects
for more. Therefore I don't see any room for further development of this
bizarre line.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 38th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2010.07.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2010.07.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 {The choice of the variation by
Ponomariov is quite a surprise. He needed a draw to secure one of the greatest
successes in his career. However, the Caro-Kann has a reputation of being a
rock-solid opening. Therefore, I wonder whether it's so difficult for White to
make a draw in one of the main lines in Caro-Kann?! As for this line, Black
has already no problems whatsoever.} Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. h3 Qc7 7. Nf3 (7. Ne2 {
can be met by} e5 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Bf4 Bd6 {and Black has good piece play.})
7... g6 8. O-O Bf5 {This is the most ambitious continuation. The exchange of
light-squared bishops favours Black as it will yield him control over the
central e4-square.} ({The standard} 8... Bg7 {is playable as well.}) 9. Re1 (9.
Bxf5 gxf5 10. Re1 e6 11. c4 dxc4 12. Nc3 O-O-O 13. Qa4 Nd5 14. Qxc4 Kb8 15. Bg5
Be7 16. Nxd5 Rxd5 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Qxc7+ Kxc7 19. Ng5 $14 {1-0 Ehlvest,J 
(2581)-Harikrishna,P (2659)/Merida 2008/CBM 127 Extra (54)}) 9... Bxd3 10. Qxd3
Bg7 11. Nbd2 {To my mind this is already an inaccuracy. White should try to
develop his bishop to f4.} (11. Ne5 O-O (11... Nd7 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Bf4) 12.
Bf4 {In both cases White can't claim an advantage, but nor does he have
anything to worry about.}) 11... O-O 12. Nb3 e6 13. a4 Rfe8 14. g3 Ne4 15. Bf4
{White has managed to develop his bishop to the desirable square, but it has
cost him a slight weakening of his king's shelter.} Qd8 {Black is slightly
better thanks to the great knight on e4.} 16. h4 (16. Nbd2 g5 17. Be3 f5 $15)
16... h6 17. Kg2 g5 {The plan of the kingside offensive is the most logical.}
18. hxg5 hxg5 19. Be3 f5 20. Ng1 Qf6 ({Immense complications could arise after
} 20... e5 $6 21. f3 (21. dxe5 $2 Nxe5 22. Qd1 f4 $1 23. gxf4 gxf4 24. Bxf4 Re6
$40 {[%cal Ge6g6]}) 21... Nxg3 $1 22. Kxg3 f4+ 23. Kg2 fxe3 24. Rxe3 Qd7 (24...
g4 $5 25. fxg4 e4 $44) 25. Ne2 Ne7 26. Ng3 {[%cal Ga1h1] White should be okay
here.}) 21. Ne2 Rad8 {Bringing all reserves into play.} 22. f3 Nd6 23. Qc2 f4
24. Bf2 {Ruslan is careful enough.} (24. gxf4 $5 {One would consider this move
as a suicide, but, in fact, this was an option. For instance:} Nf5 25. Bd2 gxf4
({Doesn't work} 25... Nh4+ $2 26. Kf2 e5 27. dxe5 Nxe5 28. Nbd4 {and
everything is protected.}) 26. Rh1 e5 27. Rag1 e4 28. Kf1 Ne3+ 29. Bxe3 fxe3
30. f4 {and the position is still very hard to estimate.}) 24... Nc4 25. g4 {
Correctly closing the position on the kingside. Still, White hasn't solve all
of his problems yet. Black will come up with ...e6-e5 sooner or later.} Kf7 26.
Nd2 $2 (26. Nc5 $1 {The main purpose of this move is not to attack the Pb7,
but to transfer the knight to d3, where it will fight against e6-e5.}) 26...
Qg6 $1 {Eliminating white's only seemingly active piece.} 27. Rac1 e5 28. Qxg6+
Kxg6 29. Nxc4 dxc4 30. Red1 exd4 $2 {This helps a lot. Keeping the tension
would be unpleasant for White.} (30... b6 $1 {Just a useful move. It's hard
for White to move. For example:} 31. Rc2 (31. dxe5 $2 Nxe5 32. Nd4 Nd3 {
Here White is not in time to cover everything as he managed in the game.})
31... Rd5 32. Re1 Red8 33. dxe5 Rd2 $17) 31. Nxd4 Ne5 32. Nf5 Nd3 33. Rc2 Bf6
34. Rh1 {Now White is okay. His pieces are also active. The following exchange
determines the peaceful result.} Rh8 35. Rxh8 Bxh8 36. Re2 Nxf2 37. Kxf2 Bf6
38. Re4 Rd2+ 39. Re2 Rd3 40. Re4 Rd2+ 41. Re2 Rd3 42. Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Sestao"]
[Date "2010.08.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2010.08.23"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd2 Bd7 8. Qc2
Re8 9. Rd1 a6 10. a3 Bd6 11. Bd3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 b5 13. Bd3 e5 14. Ne4 exd4
1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Sestao"]
[Date "2010.08.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2010.08.23"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. b3
O-O 9. Nc3 Re8 10. Qc2 dxc4 11. bxc4 e5 12. e3 Nf8 13. dxe5 Bxe5 14. Nxe5 Rxe5
15. Ne2 Re8 16. Bb4 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Sestao"]
[Date "2010.08.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2010.08.23"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. Be3 exd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. e5 Ne4 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 f5 15.
Bf4 g5 16. Bc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Sestao"]
[Date "2010.08.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E84"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2010.08.23"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2
Rb8 9. Rc1 e6 10. g3 Ne7 11. Bg2 b5 12. b3 c6 13. O-O a5 14. e5 Ne8 15. f4 f5
16. c5 d5 17. b4 axb4 18. Nd1 Ra8 19. Rc2 Ra4 20. Nc1 Nc7 21. Nb2 Ra3 22. Nbd3
Na6 23. Rb2 Bd7 24. Nxb4 Nxb4 25. Rxb4 Qa5 26. Rb3 Qxd2 27. Bxd2 Rfa8 28. Rxa3
Rxa3 29. Bb4 Ra8 30. Bf3 h5 31. a3 Kf7 32. Kf2 Ng8 33. Ke2 Bf8 34. Na2 Be7 35.
h4 Bd8 36. Ra1 Ne7 37. Kd2 Bc8 38. Nc3 Bb7 39. Be2 Nc8 40. Kc2 Ke8 41. a4 bxa4
42. Rxa4 Rxa4 43. Nxa4 Kd7 44. Kb3 Bc7 45. Nc3 Ne7 46. Ka4 Ng8 47. Ba5 Nh6 48.
Bxc7 Kxc7 49. Kb4 Ng4 50. Bxg4 hxg4 51. Ka5 Bc8 52. Na4 Bb7 53. Nb6 Kd8 54. Na4
Kc7 55. Nb2 Bc8 56. Na4 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Sestao"]
[Date "2010.08.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2010.08.23"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Rxe8+ Nxe8 12. Nd5 Bh4 13. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Baile Herculane"]
[Date "2010.09.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O c5 7. c4 Nbc6 8. Na3 a6
9. dxc5 d4 10. Qa4 Ng6 11. b4 Be7 12. Rd1 O-O 13. Bb2 d3 14. Bxd3 Bxd3 15. Qb3
a5 16. Rxd3 Qb8 17. Nc2 axb4 18. Nxb4 Ncxe5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Re3 Nc6 21. Nxc6
bxc6 22. Be5 Qxb3 23. Rxb3 Bxc5 24. a4 f6 25. Bc3 Rfb8 26. Rxb8+ Rxb8 27. Kf1
Kf7 28. a5 Ke7 29. a6 Kd7 30. Ke2 Kc7 31. Ba5+ Bb6 32. c5 Bxa5 33. Rxa5 Rb2+
34. Ke3 Kb8 35. a7+ Ka8 36. Ra6 e5 37. Rxc6 Kxa7 38. Rc7+ Rb7 39. Rxb7+ Kxb7
40. f4 exf4+ 41. Kxf4 Kc6 42. Kf5 Kxc5 43. Ke6 Kd4 44. Kf7 Ke3 45. Kxg7 Kf2 46.
Kxf6 Kxg2 47. h4 Kf3 48. h5 Ke4 49. Kg7 Kf5 50. Kxh7 Kf6 51. Kg8 Kg5 52. h6
Kxh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Baile Herculane"]
[Date "2010.09.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Banikas, Hristos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 a5 8. Nc3
Ne4 9. Bd2 f5 10. Qc2 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Be4 12. Qa4 Bf6 13. Rad1 Qe8 14. Bf1 d6 15.
Qxe8 Rxe8 16. Nd2 Bb7 17. e4 Na6 18. a3 Rad8 19. f4 g6 20. Bg2 Bg7 21. Bf3 Nb8
22. Kf2 Ba8 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 c5 25. e5 cxd4 26. Bxd4 Nd7 27. Bxa8 Rxa8 28.
Nf3 dxe5 29. Nxe5 Nxe5 30. Bxe5 Ra4 31. Rb1 Rc8 32. Bxg7 Kxg7 33. Rxe6 Rxc4 34.
Rb2 Raxb4 35. Rxb6 Rxb6 36. Rxb6 Rc2+ 37. Kg1 Rc1+ 38. Kf2 Rc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Baile Herculane"]
[Date "2010.09.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "173"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Bd7 7. O-O g6 8. Nc3
Bg7 9. Nc2 a6 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Rc1 Rb8 12. a4 Be6 13. Nd5 a5 14. Ne1 Nd7 15. Nd3
Nce5 16. b3 Nxd3 17. exd3 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 e6 19. Bg2 Bd4 20. Qg4 Bg7 21. Be3 h5
22. Qe2 Ne5 23. Ba7 Ra8 24. Qe3 Nc6 25. Bb6 Qf6 26. d4 Nxd4 27. Rfd1 Nf5 28.
Qe1 Qe5 29. Qxe5 Bxe5 30. b4 axb4 31. a5 Rfb8 32. Rb1 Bc3 33. Bc7 Rc8 34. Bb6
Rc5 35. Rxd6 Nxd6 36. Bxc5 Nxc4 37. Bxb7 Rxa5 38. Bxb4 Bxb4 39. Rxb4 Ne5 40. h3
Ra1+ 41. Kg2 Nd3 42. Rb3 Rd1 43. Be4 Nc5 44. Bf3 Rd2 45. Re3 Kg7 46. Re2 Rd4
47. h4 Kf6 48. Ra2 e5 49. Ra5 Nd3 50. Bd5 e4 51. Bb3 Ne1+ 52. Kh3 Rd2 53. Ra2
Rd7 54. Re2 Nd3 55. Ba4 Rd4 56. Bc6 Ke5 57. Be8 Rd6 58. Bxf7 Rf6 59. f4+ Kd4
60. Be8 Ra6 61. Kg2 e3 62. Bf7 Ke4 63. Be8 Nc1 64. Rc2 Nb3 65. Bb5 Rb6 66. Be8
Nd4 67. Ra2 Kf5 68. Bf7 Rc6 69. Bd5 Rc1 70. Bf3 Ke6 71. Be2 Kd5 72. Ra5+ Kd6
73. Ra2 Re1 74. Bd3 e2 75. Ra6+ Kc5 76. Ra5+ Kb4 77. Re5 Kc3 78. Ba6 Kd2 79.
Re4 Nf5 80. Kh2 Ne3 81. Rd4+ Kc2 82. Bxe2 Rxe2+ 83. Kh1 Nf5 84. Rc4+ Kd3 85.
Rc6 Ke3 86. Rxg6 Kf3 87. Rg5 0-1

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Baile Herculane"]
[Date "2010.09.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Spasov, Vasil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 Nbd7 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2
c5 9. Rd1 b6 10. Ng3 cxd4 11. Bxd4 e6 12. Be2 Bb7 13. Bf2 d5 14. cxd5 exd5 15.
exd5 b5 16. d6 Re8 17. O-O Rc8 18. a4 b4 19. Nce4 Nd5 20. f4 Bh6 21. Bxa6 Bxa6
22. Qxd5 Bxf4 23. Rfe1 Bc4 24. Qb7 Be6 25. Qxb4 Rc4 26. Qa3 Qa8 27. Qf3 Bh6 28.
b3 Rb4 29. Nc5 Nxc5 30. Qxa8 Rxa8 31. Bxc5 Rxb3 32. Ne4 Bg7 33. a5 f5 34. Ng5
Bd7 35. Bb6 Bf6 36. Re7 Bb5 37. Ne6 Bxe7 38. dxe7 Re8 39. Bd8 Kf7 40. Nc7 Rxe7
41. Bxe7 Kxe7 42. Nxb5 Rxb5 43. Ra1 Rb7 44. a6 Ra7 45. Kf2 Kd6 46. Ke3 Kd5 47.
Kf4 h6 48. Ra5+ Kd6 49. h3 Ke6 50. Ke3 Kd7 51. Kd4 Kd6 52. h4 Kc7 53. Ke5 Kb8
54. Rb5+ Ka8 55. Rb6 Re7+ 1-0

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Baile Herculane"]
[Date "2010.09.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Bb3 b5 8. a4 b4
9. e4 cxd4 10. Nbd2 Nfd7 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. Nc4 Bb7 13. f3 Be7 14. Be3 O-O 15. a5
Nbd7 16. Bc2 Qc7 17. Qe2 Rac8 18. Rac1 Qb8 19. Rfd1 Rfd8 20. Qf2 Ba8 21. Nb3
Nxb3 22. Bxb3 Bc6 23. Ba7 Qa8 24. Bb6 Bb5 25. Bxd8 Rxd8 26. Nd6 Ne5 27. Nxb5
Nd3 28. Qa7 Nxc1 29. Qxe7 Rxd1+ 30. Bxd1 axb5 31. a6 Nd3 32. Be2 Ne5 33. Bxb5
1-0

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.23"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Stevic, Hrvoje"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Croatia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 d5 7. exd5 cxd5
8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. O-O Be7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. b3 Ng4 13. Bb2 Bf6 14.
Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Qf3 Rfe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.24"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Lenic, Luka"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovenia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nc3 c5 5. Bd2 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. a3 Be7 8.
e3 O-O 9. Be2 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd4 11. exd4 Nxd5 12. Bf3 Nb6 13. Be3 Nc4 14. O-O
Nxe3 15. fxe3 Bd7 16. Qb3 Rb8 17. Rac1 a5 18. Kh1 b5 19. Ne4 b4 20. Nc5 bxa3
21. Qxa3 Bb5 22. Rfd1 Bd6 23. g3 h5 24. e4 h4 25. e5 Be7 26. Qc3 Qb6 27. gxh4
Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.25"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Predojevic, Borki"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Bosnia&Herzegovina"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Qb3 c5 4. a3 Bxc3 5. Qxc3 Nf6 6. b4 d6 7. bxc5 dxc5 8.
Bb2 Nc6 9. Nf3 O-O 10. e3 Re8 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Qxe5 b6 13. Be2 Bb7 14. f4 Re7
15. a4 Ne8 16. d3 f6 17. Qh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.27"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O c5 7. c4 Nbc6 8. Na3 a6
9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bg5 Qd7 11. dxc5 h6 12. Bh4 Nf4 13. Qxd7+ Kxd7 14. Rfd1+ Kc7
15. Bf1 Bg4 16. Bg3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 g5 18. Rac1 Bg7 19. Nc4 Rad8 20. Re1 Rd5 21.
a3 Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Rxe5 23. Red1 Rd5 24. Rxd5 exd5 25. Rc2 Re8 26. Bxf4+ gxf4 27.
Be2 Re5 28. b4 Rg5+ 29. Kf1 Rh5 30. Kg2 Rg5+ 31. Kf1 Rh5 32. Kg2 Rg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.28"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Gagunashvili, Merab"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg2 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Ndf3 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Be3 Nbd7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Rc1
Rac8 15. Ne5 Qb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.29"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Bc5 5. e3 d5 6. cxd5 Nb4 7. d3 Nbxd5 8.
Nxd5 Nxd5 9. Nf3 Qe7 10. O-O O-O 11. a3 c6 12. Qc2 Nf6 13. b3 Bd6 14. Bb2 Re8
15. Nd2 Bc7 16. e4 Be6 17. d4 exd4 18. Bxd4 Red8 19. Bc3 Bb6 20. Nf3 Qc5 21. b4
Qc4 22. Qb2 Qxe4 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Qxf6 Qf5 25. Qh6 Qg6 26. Qf4 Qf5 27. Qh6 Qg6
28. Qf4 Qf5 29. Qh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.30"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. g4 Be6 10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. Be2 Rc8 13. Nb5 a6 14. Nd4 Qd7
15. Kb1 d5 16. g5 Nh5 17. f4 Nc4 18. Bxc4 dxc4 19. e5 Qd5 20. Ne2 Qg2 21. Rdg1
Qd5 22. Qc1 b5 23. Ng3 b4 24. Rd1 Qb7 25. Nxh5 gxh5 26. Qd2 Rcd8 27. Qe2 Qe4
28. Rhe1 b3 29. Rd2 Rd5 30. Ka1 Rfd8 31. Rxd5 Qxd5 32. cxb3 cxb3 33. Rc1 h4 34.
Qc4 bxa2 35. Qxd5 Rxd5 36. h3 Kf7 37. Kxa2 h6 38. Rg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.10.01"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 c6 8.
Bd3 Ne4 9. Bf4 Ndf6 10. Qc2 Bf5 11. Ne5 g6 12. f3 Nd6 13. g4 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 h5
15. g5 Nd7 16. O-O-O Nxe5 17. Bxe5 O-O 18. Bxd6 Bxd6 19. h4 Bb4 20. Ne2 Re8 21.
a3 Ba5 22. f4 Qe7 23. Rh3 c5 24. dxc5 Qxc5+ 25. Kb1 Bb6 26. f5 Rxe3 27. Rxe3
Qxe3 28. fxg6 Qxd3+ 29. Rxd3 fxg6 30. Nf4 Rf8 31. Nxd5 Bf2 32. Rh3 Kg7 33. Nf6
Bd4 34. Nd5 Rf5 35. Nc3 Be5 36. Rd3 Rf4 37. Rd7+ Rf7 38. Rd3 Kf8 39. Re3 Rf5
40. Ne2 Bg7 41. b3 Re5 42. Rxe5 Bxe5 43. Kc2 Ke7 44. Kd3 Kd6 45. Ke4 a5 46. Nd4
Bg3 47. Nf3 Bf2 48. Ne5 Bxh4 49. Nxg6 Bxg5 50. Ne5 Bd8 51. Nc4+ Kc5 52. Nb2 Be7
53. Nd3+ Kc6 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.10.03"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c5 8.
Nxd5 Qxd5 9. d4 cxd4 10. Be3 Qb5 11. Nxd4 Qxb2 12. Qa4 Bd7 13. Qc4 Nc6 14. Rab1
Qa3 15. Rxb7 Na5 16. Qb4 Qxb4 17. Rxb4 Rac8 18. Rd1 Rfd8 19. Nb5 Bxb5 20. Rxd8+
Rxd8 21. Rxb5 Nc4 22. Bf4 e5 23. Bg5 Rd1+ 24. Bf1 h6 25. Rc5 hxg5 26. Rxc4 Rd7
27. e3 Bf8 28. Rc8 Kg7 29. a4 Bb4 30. Bb5 Re7 31. e4 Ba5 32. Kg2 Rc7 33. Rxc7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8.
Bd3 Ne7 9. Qc2 g6 10. f3 O-O 11. Nge2 Nf5 12. Qd2 Re8 13. O-O-O 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 f6 8. exf6
Nxf6 9. O-O cxd4 10. cxd4 Bd6 11. Re1 O-O 12. Nf1 Qb6 13. Rb1 Nb4 14. a3 Nxd3
15. Qxd3 Bd7 16. Ng3 Bb5 17. Qd1 Rae8 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. Rxe5 Nd7 20. Rg5 e5 21.
Be3 h6 22. Rh5 Qg6 23. Rc1 Bc6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Qd2 c5 6. d5 d6 7. Bh6 Bxh6 8. Qxh6
Qa5 9. O-O-O b5 10. Bxb5 Ba6 11. a4 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. b3 d4 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O e5 7. d3 Be7 8. b4 Nxb4
9. Nxe5 O-O 10. Bb2 c5 11. a3 Na6 12. e3 dxe3 13. fxe3 Nc7 14. Nd2 Nd7 15. Nef3
Rb8 16. Qc2 b5 17. d4 Bb7 18. d5 bxc4 19. e4 Nb6 20. a4 Ba6 21. Rfe1 f6 22. Bc3
Kh8 23. Nh4 Ne8 24. Nf5 Nd6 25. Nxd6 Qxd6 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Qb6 4. Nc3 d6 5. a3 cxd4 6. exd4 Bd7 7. Rb1 e5 8. Bg5
exd4 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Ne4 d5 11. Nd2 Nc6 12. Bd3 Rg8 13. Ne2 Ne5 14. O-O O-O-O
15. Ng3 Bg4 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "187"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Ngf3 Be7 7. O-O b6 8. exd5
exd5 9. d4 O-O 10. Re1 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. c4 Rc8 14. cxd5 Nxd5
15. Nc4 Nb6 16. Qxd8 Rfxd8 17. Nce5 Nb4 18. Re2 Rd1+ 19. Kh2 Bf6 20. a3 Nd3 21.
Nxd3 Rxd3 22. g4 Bg6 23. Bf4 Nc4 24. Rae1 Rdd8 25. Bc1 Bd3 26. Re7 Bxe7 27.
Rxe7 a5 28. Ng5 Bg6 29. h4 h6 30. h5 Bxh5 31. gxh5 hxg5 32. Bxg5 Re8 33. Rb7
Re5 34. Bf4 Rxh5+ 35. Kg3 Ne5 36. a4 Ng6 37. Be3 c4 38. Ra7 Re5 39. Bh3 Rb8 40.
Bd4 Rg5+ 41. Kf3 Rb3+ 42. Bc3 Ne5+ 43. Ke4 Nd3 44. Bf5 Nc5+ 45. Kf4 Rxf5+ 46.
Kxf5 Nxa4 47. Bd4 Nxb2 48. Rxa5 Nd3 49. Ra8+ Kh7 50. Ra7 Nxf2 51. Rc7 Rf3+ 52.
Ke5 Nd3+ 53. Ke4 Rf4+ 54. Ke3 Rf5 55. Rxc4 Ne5 56. Rc7 Ng4+ 57. Ke4 Rf1 58. Kd3
Kg6 59. Ke2 Rf4 60. Kd3 f6 61. Ra7 Nh6 62. Be3 Rf5 63. Ke4 Re5+ 64. Kf3 Nf5 65.
Bf4 Re7 66. Ra5 Nh6 67. Be3 Nf7 68. Bf4 Ne5+ 69. Kg3 Kf7 70. Ra3 g5 71. Bc1 Kg6
72. Ra6 Nf7 73. Bb2 Ne5 74. Bd4 Kf5 75. Ra2 Re6 76. Rf2+ Kg6 77. Ra2 Nc6 78.
Bf2 Ne7 79. Kf3 f5 80. Ra5 Ng8 81. Bd4 Nf6 82. Ra7 Nh5 83. Ra8 g4+ 84. Kf2 f4
85. Rf8 Re4 86. Bc3 Rc4 87. Be5 Kg5 88. Bd6 Rc2+ 89. Ke1 g3 90. Rg8+ Kf5 91.
Be7 Ke4 92. Rg5 Kf3 93. Kd1 Re2 94. Bc5 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Grachev, Boris V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. O-O h6 5. d3 e6 6. c4 dxc4 7. dxc4 Nd7 8. Nc3
Ngf6 9. a3 a5 10. Bf4 Be7 11. Ne5 O-O 12. Rc1 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Ng4 14. Bf4 e5 15.
Bd2 Qb6 16. h3 Nf6 17. Na4 Qc7 18. Be3 Be4 19. Qb3 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Nd7 21. Rfd1
Rfe8 22. Rd2 Bg5 23. Rcd1 Nf6 24. Bb6 Qe7 25. e3 h5 26. Qc2 e4 27. Bc5 Qe6 28.
Nb6 Rab8 29. Bd6 Rbd8 30. c5 h4 31. Qc4 Qf5 32. Qe2 hxg3 33. fxg3 Qg6 34. Nc4
Nd5 35. Rxd5 cxd5 36. Rxd5 Bf6 37. Nxa5 Rd7 38. Nc4 Rdd8 39. Qg4 Qh6 40. Rh5
Qg6 41. Qxg6 fxg6 42. Rd5 Rd7 43. h4 Rf7 44. Bf4 Be7 45. b4 Rd8 46. Re5 Rd3 47.
Rxe4 Rc3 48. Ne5 Rc2+ 49. Kh3 Rf6 50. Nxg6 Bxc5 51. h5 Bf8 52. Re8 Rf2 53. Be5
R6f5 54. Kg4 Kh7 55. Bd6 Rf6 56. Nxf8+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. d4 dxc4 6. Bxc4 b5 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. e4 b4 10. e5 bxc3 11. exf6 Qxf6 12. bxc3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qxf3 14. gxf3
Bd6 15. a4 a5 16. Bb5 Ke7 17. c4 Bb4 18. Bf4 Rhc8 19. Bc6 Ra7 20. Rfd1 Nb8 21.
Be4 f5 22. Bc2 Nd7 23. d5 Nc5 24. Bg5+ Kf7 25. dxe6+ Kxe6 26. Rd5 g6 27. Be3 c6
28. Bxc5 cxd5 29. Bxa7 Rxc4 30. Bd3 Rc3 31. Rd1 f4 32. Kg2 Ra3 33. Bb5 Ra2 34.
Bc6 Bd2 35. Bd4 Kd6 36. Bb5 Be3 37. Bxe3 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. Qd2 Nc6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. d5 Nb4 8. a3
Na6 9. Bxa6 bxa6 10. Bh6 Qd7 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Nd4 Bb7 13. h4 h6 14. O-O-O e5
15. dxe6 fxe6 16. f3 Nh5 17. Nde2 e5 18. Qe3 a5 19. g4 Nf4 20. h5 Ba6 21. Ng3
g5 22. Nf5+ Kh7 23. Nd5 Bc4 24. Nxf4 gxf4 25. Qc3 Be6 26. Qxa5 Rab8 27. Rd3 Rb6
28. Rc3 Rfb8 29. b3 c5 30. Rd1 c4 31. bxc4 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 dxe4 6. Qg4 Nf6 7. Qxg7 Rg8 8.
Qh6 Nbd7 9. Ne2 c5 10. h3 Qa5 11. Bd2 Qa4 12. Ng3 b6 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Be2 Ba6
15. O-O Rg6 16. Qh4 Bxe2 17. Nxe2 Qxc2 18. Rad1 Ne5 19. Kh1 e3 20. fxe3 Ne4 21.
Rc1 Qd3 22. Nf4 Ng3+ 23. Qxg3 Rxg3 24. Nxd3 Nxd3 25. Rb1 Rd8 26. Rb7 Ne5 27.
Be1 Rxe3 28. Bh4 Rdd3 29. Re7+ Kf8 30. Rxe6 Ng6 31. Rxe3 Rxe3 32. Bf6 Re6 33.
Rf5 Ke8 34. Bg7 Rc6 35. Rh5 Nf8 36. Bxf8 Kxf8 37. Rxh7 Ra6 38. Rh5 Rxa3 39.
Rxc5 a5 40. Kh2 a4 41. c4 Rc3 42. Rc8+ Kg7 43. c5 a3 44. Ra8 Rxc5 45. Rxa3 Kg6
46. Kg3 f6 47. Ra4 Rc2 48. Rf4 Rc3+ 49. Kh4 Rc2 50. Rg4+ Kh6 51. Kg3 Rc5 52.
Kf3 Rd5 53. h4 Ra5 54. g3 Ra3+ 55. Kf4 Ra5 56. Rg8 Kh7 57. Rb8 Kg6 58. Re8 Ra4+
59. Re4 Ra1 60. Rb4 Rf1+ 61. Kg4 Rc1 62. Rf4 Rc3 63. h5+ Kg7 64. Kh4 Rc1 65.
Rg4+ Kh7 66. Rg6 Rh1+ 67. Kg4 Rf1 68. Kh3 Rh1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 c6 4. e3 Qb6 5. a3 Nd7 6. Bd3 e6 7. Nge2 h6 8. Bf4
Ngf6 9. O-O Be7 10. Na4 Qd8 11. b3 b5 12. Nb2 a6 13. c4 O-O 14. a4 b4 15. a5 c5
16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Nc4 Bb7 18. Bg3 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Nc5 20. Ne5 Rc8 21. Bc4 Bf6 22.
Qe2 Kh7 23. Rfc1 Nc3 24. Qe1 Bd5 25. Rc2 Bxe5 26. Bxe5 Bxc4 27. bxc4 Nd3 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 dxc4 4. Qa4+ c6 5. Qxc4 b5 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. Bg2 Nf6 8.
O-O Nbd7 9. Nc3 a6 10. e4 c5 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Rc8 13. Qe2 Bc5 14. Rd1 Qb6
15. Nb3 Bb4 16. Be3 Qc7 17. Nxb5 axb5 18. Qxb5 Be7 19. Na5 Ba8 20. Rac1 Qb8 21.
Rxc8+ Qxc8 22. Rc1 Qd8 23. Nc6 Bxc6 24. Qxc6 O-O 25. h3 Qb8 26. b3 Ne5 27. Qc2
Rd8 28. a4 Bb4 29. Qc7 Qxc7 30. Rxc7 h6 31. Rb7 Rd1+ 32. Bf1 Bc3 33. Kg2 Nxe4
34. b4 Ra1 35. a5 Nd6 36. Rb8+ Kh7 37. a6 Ndc4 38. Bf4 Rxa6 39. Bxe5 Bxe5 40.
Bxc4 Bxb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Qd2 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. d5 Nb8 8. Nd4
O-O 9. f3 e5 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. O-O-O Nc6 12. Be3 Nd7 13. Kb1 Nde5 14. Be2 Bc4
15. f4 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Nd7 17. h4 h5 18. g4 Nf6 19. gxh5 Nxh5 20. Qf2 Re8 21.
Rhg1 Nf6 22. e5 Nh5 23. Nxc6 bxc6 24. f5 Rxe5 25. fxg6 f5 26. Bd4 Rb8 27. Rg5
c5 28. Bxe5 Bxe5 29. Qxf5 Qe8 30. Rxh5 Bxc3 31. Qd5+ Kg7 32. Rh7+ Kxg6 33. Qh5+
Kf6 34. Rf1+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "291"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 f6 8. exf6
Nxf6 9. O-O Bd6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Nf1 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qb6 13. Ng3 Bd7 14. b3 a5 15.
a3 Rae8 16. Bb2 Bf4 17. Bc2 Re7 18. Bc1 Bb8 19. Bg5 Be8 20. Qd2 h6 21. Be3 Qd8
22. Re2 Bd6 23. Qd3 Na7 24. Qd2 Bb5 25. Ree1 Nc6 26. Nh4 Ref7 27. Ng6 Re8 28.
Bf4 Ng4 29. f3 Bxf4 30. Nxf4 Qg5 31. Ngh5 Nf6 32. Bg6 Nxh5 33. Bxh5 Rxf4 34.
Bxe8 Nxd4 35. Bh5 Be8 36. g3 Rf5 37. Qxg5 Rxg5 38. Bxe8 Nxf3+ 39. Kg2 Nxe1+ 40.
Rxe1 e5 41. Rd1 e4 42. Bb5 Kf8 43. Kf2 Ke7 44. Ke3 Rf5 45. Be2 Kd6 46. Rc1 Rf8
47. b4 axb4 48. axb4 Ra8 49. Rc5 Ra2 50. g4 g5 51. h3 Rb2 52. Rb5 Kc6 53. Bf1
Rb1 54. Be2 Rb2 55. Bf1 Rb1 56. Be2 Rb2 57. Rc5+ Kd6 58. Rc8 Rxb4 59. Rh8 Ke5
60. Re8+ Kd6 61. Bd1 Rb1 62. Bc2 Rh1 63. Kd4 Rxh3 64. Rd8+ Ke6 65. Rxd5 Rg3 66.
Re5+ Kf6 67. Rxe4 Rh3 68. Bd1 b5 69. Re8 Rh1 70. Bf3 Rf1 71. Rb8 b4 72. Be4 Rf4
73. Rb6+ Kg7 74. Rg6+ Kf7 75. Rxh6 Rxg4 76. Rb6 Rf4 77. Ke5 Kg7 78. Rxb4 Rf7
79. Bf5 Re7+ 80. Be6 Kg6 81. Rb8 Rg7 82. Bf5+ Kf7 83. Rb7+ Kf8 84. Rb6 g4 85.
Bg6 Ke7 86. Kf5 Kd8 87. Kxg4 Kc7 88. Rf6 Rd7 89. Kf5 Rd6 90. Rf7+ Rd7 91. Rf8
Rd8 92. Be8 Kd6 93. Kf6 Rb8 94. Rh8 Ra8 95. Kf7 Ra7+ 96. Kf8 Ra1 97. Rh6+ Ke5
98. Ke7 Ra3 99. Bd7 Rd3 100. Rh5+ Kd4 101. Ke6 Re3+ 102. Kd6 Re4 103. Rd5+ Ke3
104. Ra5 Kd4 105. Bf5 Rf4 106. Ke6 Rf3 107. Ra4+ Ke3 108. Ke5 Rg3 109. Ra2 Rf3
110. Be4 Rg3 111. Ra3+ Kf2 112. Ra1 Ke3 113. Bf5 Rf3 114. Bg4 Rg3 115. Ra4 Kd2
116. Bf5 Ke3 117. Bg4 Kd2 118. Rf4 Re3+ 119. Kf5 Rc3 120. Bf3 Ke3 121. Bd5 Rc5
122. Re4+ Kd3 123. Ke5 Rc3 124. Rd4+ Ke3 125. Rh4 Rd3 126. Be4 Rc3 127. Rh1
Rc5+ 128. Bd5 Rc3 129. Rf1 Rd3 130. Be4 Rc3 131. Kd5 Ke2 132. Ra1 Ke3 133. Ra2
Rb3 134. Ra5 Rc3 135. Rb5 Ra3 136. Bc2 Rc3 137. Bf5 Kf4 138. Kd4 Ra3 139. Bd3
Ra7 140. Rf5+ Kg4 141. Ke3 Rg7 142. Be4 Rg5 143. Rf7 Kg3 144. Rf3+ Kg4 145. Kf2
Re5 146. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c6 4. c4 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Qb3 Qc8 7. Rc1 Be7 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bg3 O-O 10. Nf3 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 a5 12. a3 Na6 13. Be2 Nb4 14. Qd2 Nd5 15.
O-O Nf6 16. Bf4 Rd8 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Nh5 19. Be5 f6 20. Bg3 Nxg3 21. hxg3
Qd7 22. Rfd1 a4 23. g4 Ra5 24. g3 Rb5 25. Rc2 e5 26. Qe4 Qd5 27. Qxd5+ Rdxd5
28. Rdc1 Rb3 29. dxe5 fxe5 30. Kf1 Rdb5 31. Rc4 Rxb2 32. Rxa4 Ra2 33. Ra8+ Kf7
34. a4 Rbb2 35. Nxe5+ Kf6 36. Nd3 Rd2 37. Rc3 c5 38. Rc8 b6 39. e4 Rxa4 40.
Rc6+ Kf7 41. Ne5+ Ke8 42. Rxb6 Rxe4 43. Nc6 Bd6 44. Rb7 g5 45. Ra3 Kf8 46. Ra8+
Re8 47. Raa7 c4 48. Rxh7 Kg8 49. Rag7+ Kf8 50. Rd7 Kg8 51. Rdg7+ Kf8 52. Rd7
Kg8 53. Rhg7+ Kf8 54. Na5 Rc8 55. Rdf7+ Ke8 56. Nxc4 Rxc4 57. Ra7 Rc8 58. Rxg5
Be7 59. Rg7 Bf8 60. Rgf7 Rcd8 61. Rf4 R2d7 62. Raa4 Be7 63. Rae4 Rd5 64. Kg2
R8d6 65. Re2 Rc6 66. Rfe4 Rc7 67. f4 Kf7 68. g5 Bf8 69. Kh3 Rd3 70. R2e3 Rxe3
71. Rxe3 Be7 72. Kg4 Rc4 73. Kf5 Rc5+ 74. Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 f6 8. exf6
Nxf6 9. O-O cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd6 11. N2f3 O-O 12. Re1 Re8 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Ne5
Qc7 15. Bf4 c5 16. Bg3 Bb7 17. Qe2 Re7 18. Nf3 Rf8 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Ne5 g6 21.
Rad1 Rg7 22. Qe3 Bc8 23. Bc2 Qc7 24. h3 Ne4 25. Ng4 Nd6 26. b3 Nf5 27. Qe5 Qxe5
28. Nxe5 Rc7 29. c4 Ne7 30. Bd3 Kg7 31. Be2 h5 32. cxd5 exd5 33. Bf3 d4 34. Rc1
Bf5 35. Rc4 Be6 36. Ra4 Bd5 37. Be2 Nc6 38. Nd3 Re7 39. Bf1 Rxe1 40. Nxe1 Be4
41. f3 Bb1 42. Bd3 Re8 43. Be4 Bxe4 44. fxe4 Rxe4 45. Nd3 Re3 46. Nxc5 d3 47.
Ne4 Re2 48. Kf1 Kf7 49. Nf2 Rd2 50. Ra6 Nb4 51. Rxa7+ Ke6 52. Ne4 Rb2 53. a3
Kd5 54. Nc3+ Kd4 55. Nb5+ Kc5 56. Nc3 Kd4 57. Nb5+ Kc5 58. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. Qd2 Nbd7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bh6 e5 8.
Bxg7 Kxg7 9. O-O-O Qe7 10. h4 h5 11. Ng5 c6 12. f3 Nb6 13. Be2 Be6 14. Rhf1 Bc4
15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Qd6 Qxd6 17. Rxd6 Bxe2 18. Nxe2 Rfd8 19. Rfd1 Rd7 20. Rxd7
Nfxd7 21. b3 Kf8 22. Kb2 Ke7 23. Nc1 Nc5 24. Kc3 f6 25. Nh3 Ne6 26. a4 a5 27.
Nf2 Nd7 28. Ne2 b5 29. axb5 cxb5 30. Kb2 b4 31. Nd3 Nb6 32. Ra1 Kd6 33. c3
bxc3+ 34. Nxc3 Nd4 35. Nc1 Rb8 36. N3e2 Nc4+ 37. Kc3 Ne3 38. Rxa5 Nxg2 39. Nxd4
exd4+ 40. Kxd4 Nxh4 41. Ke3 Ng2+ 42. Kf2 Nf4 43. Ra6+ Ke5 44. Ra5+ Ke6 45. Ra6+
Ke5 46. Ra5+ Kd4 47. Ra4+ Kc3 48. Ra6 Kd2 49. Rxf6 g5 50. Ne2 Nd3+ 51. Kf1 Rxb3
52. Ng3 Rb1+ 53. Kg2 Nf4+ 54. Kf2 h4 55. Nf5 h3 56. Rd6+ Kc3 57. Rc6+ Kd2 58.
Rd6+ Kc3 59. Rc6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D61"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 c6 6. Qc2 Nf6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. e3
Nbd7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. h4 Re8 11. g4 Nf8 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. g5 Be7 14. Rg1 Be6 15.
h5 Rc8 16. O-O-O c5 17. Kb1 b5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. g6 fxg6 20. hxg6 h6 21. Bf5
Bb4 22. Bxe6+ Nxe6 23. Rxd5 Qf6 24. Rf5 Qd8 25. Rd1 Qa5 26. Qb3 Bxc3 27. Rc1
Qd8 28. Rd1 Qa5 29. Rd6 Rc4 30. bxc3 Qc7 31. Rd3 Nc5 32. Qc2 Nxd3 33. Qxd3 Rxc3
34. Qd2 Rc8 35. Nd4 Qe7 36. Rf7 Qb4+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Qd2 O-O 6. Bh6 c5 7. Bxg7 Kxg7 8. d5
e6 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. O-O-O Nc6 11. Nf3 Qa5 12. a3 Rad8 13. Ng5 d5 14. exd5 Bxd5
15. Nxd5 Qxd2+ 16. Rxd2 Rxd5 17. Rxd5 Nxd5 18. g3 Nf6 19. Bg2 h6 20. Ne4 Re8
21. Re1 b6 22. c3 Ne5 23. Re3 Nxe4 24. Rxe4 Nd3+ 25. Kd2 Rxe4 26. Bxe4 Nxf2 27.
Bf3 h5 28. b4 Kf6 29. Ke2 Ng4 30. h3 Ne5 31. Bd5 Ke7 32. Ke3 Kd6 33. Bb3 f6 34.
Ke4 a5 35. bxa5 bxa5 36. Ba2 Kc6 37. Bb3 c4 38. Ba4+ Kc5 39. Be8 Kd6 40. Kd4
Nf3+ 41. Kxc4 Ke7 42. Bc6 Ne5+ 43. Kd5 g5 44. Bb5 Kd8 45. Be2 Kd7 46. Bxh5 Nd3
47. Be2 Nf2 48. h4 gxh4 49. gxh4 Ke7 50. c4 Nh3 51. Bf3 Nf4+ 52. Kc6 Nd3 53.
Kd5 Nf4+ 54. Ke4 Ne6 55. Bd1 Nc5+ 56. Kf5 Kf7 57. h5 Kg7 58. Bc2 Nb7 59. Ke6
Nc5+ 60. Kd5 Nd7 61. c5 Kh6 62. Bd1 Kg5 63. c6 Nb6+ 64. Kc5 Nc8 65. c7 f5 66.
Kc6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 cxd4 4. exd4 Qb6 5. Nc3 d6 6. a3 g6 7. Bc4 Bg7 8.
Nge2 O-O 9. O-O Bg4 10. h3 Bxe2 11. Nxe2 Nc6 12. c3 e5 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Ba2 Rad8
15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Qc2 Nd4 17. Bxd4 exd4 18. Rad1 Nh5 19. c4 d3 20. Rxd3 Rxd3
21. Qxd3 Bxb2 22. Rb1 Be5 23. c5 Qxc5 24. Rxb7 Nf4 25. Nxf4 Qc1+ 26. Qf1 Qxf4
27. g3 Qf3 28. Qg2 Qxa3 29. Qd5 Qd6 30. Qxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 b6 5. Nd2 Bb7 6. Ngf3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Be7 8. h3
O-O 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. a3 Rc8 11. O-O d6 12. Qe2 Qd7 13. e4 Rfd8 14. Be3 Qe8 15.
Rfe1 Na5 16. b4 Nc6 17. Ba6 Bxa6 18. Qxa6 Qd7 19. Qd3 Qb7 20. Nf1 d5 21. e5 Ne4
22. N3h2 f5 23. f3 Ng5 24. Rac1 b5 25. Ng3 a5 26. bxa5 Nxa5 27. Ne2 Nc4 28. Rc3
Qa6 29. Bc1 b4 30. axb4 Nf7 31. Rb3 Rb8 32. Nf4 Bxb4 33. Rd1 Be7 34. Nf1 Rdc8
35. Qb1 Rxb3 36. Qxb3 Nd8 37. Ne3 Nc6 38. Qd3 Nb4 39. Qb3 Kf7 40. g4 g5 41. Nd3
Nxe3 42. Bxe3 Nxd3 43. Qxd3 Qxd3 44. Rxd3 f4 45. Bf2 Bb4 46. Rb3 Rc4 47. Kf1
Ke7 48. Ke2 Kd7 49. Kd3 Kc6 50. h4 h6 51. hxg5 hxg5 52. Rb1 Rc3+ 53. Ke2 Rc2+
54. Kf1 Kb5 55. Be1 Rc4 56. Bf2 Ka4 57. Ra1+ Ba3 58. Rb1 Bb4 59. Ra1+ Kb5 60.
Rb1 Kc6 61. Ke2 Rc2+ 62. Kf1 Kb5 63. Be1 Rc4 64. Bf2 Rc3 65. Be1 Rc4 66. Bf2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 Nh6 7. Bxh6 gxh6 8. Qd2
Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Na3 f6 11. exf6 Rxf6 12. Nc2 Bd7 13. b4 cxd4 14. cxd4 a6 15.
a4 Be8 16. b5 axb5 17. axb5 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 Ne7 19. Ne5 Ng6 20. Ng4 Rf8 21. Nxh6+
Kh8 22. Ng4 Nf4 23. Bf1 Bg6 24. Nge3 Be4 25. g3 Nh5 26. Re1 Nf6 27. Bd3 Bxd3
28. Qxd3 Ne4 29. Re2 Nd6 30. Ng2 Nxb5 31. Nf4 Nc7 32. Kg2 Qd6 33. Ne1 Bh6 34.
Nh5 Qa6 35. Qd1 Rf5 36. Rc2 Qd6 37. Nd3 Rf8 38. Ne5 Ne8 39. Rc8 Qe7 40. Qc2 Ng7
41. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Nd2 Bf5 6. Qb3 Qc8 7. dxc5 e5 8. Bg5
Be6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Qa3 a5 11. Bb5 Be7 12. Qa4 Bxc5 13. Ne2 Rg8 14. Qh4 Ke7
15. Ng3 Rg4 16. Qxh7 Qh8 17. Qxh8 Rxh8 18. Bd3 e4 19. Be2 Rgh4 20. Ngf1 f5 21.
Nb3 Bb6 22. g3 Rh3 23. Nd4 Nxd4 24. cxd4 Rc8 25. Kd2 a4 26. Rc1 Ba5+ 27. Kd1
Rxc1+ 28. Kxc1 Be1 29. f3 f4 30. exf4 Bf2 31. a3 Bxd4 32. Nd2 f5 33. Bf1 Rh8
34. Be2 Bf2 35. fxe4 fxe4 36. g4 Be3 37. f5 Bf7 38. Kd1 Bg5 39. h3 Be8 40. Bf1
Bc6 41. Bg2 Kd6 42. Re1 Kc5 43. Re2 Bb5 44. Rxe4 Bxd2 45. Re5 Bf4 46. Rxd5+ Kb6
47. f6 Bc6 48. Rf5 Rd8+ 49. Ke2 Bb5+ 50. Kf2 Bc1 51. f7 Rf8 52. g5 Bxb2 53. g6
Bd3 54. Rg5 Bg7 55. h4 Ka6 56. h5 b5 57. Rd5 Bc4 58. Rd6+ Ka5 59. Rc6 Bxf7 60.
gxf7 Rxf7+ 61. Ke2 Bb2 62. h6 Bxa3 63. Be4 Bb2 64. Rc8 a3 65. Ra8+ Kb4 66. Bd3
Re7+ 67. Kd1 Rd7 68. Kc2 Rc7+ 69. Kd2 Bc1+ 70. Kd1 Bxh6 71. Bxb5 Rc1+ 72. Ke2
Rc2+ 73. Kd3 Rc3+ 74. Kd4 Bg7+ 75. Kd5 Kxb5 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Ne5 Bd6 8. g4
Be6 9. h4 Nd7 10. f4 f6 11. Nd3 h5 12. g5 Ne7 13. Be2 Bf7 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4
Nf5 16. Nxd6+ Nxd6 17. Bd2 Qb6 18. Qa4 Qb5 19. Qa3 Nc4 20. Qc3 Qd5 21. O-O-O
Nxd2 22. Nb4 Nb3+ 23. axb3 Qxb3 24. d5 Qxc3+ 25. bxc3 c5 26. Nc2 O-O-O 27. d6
Rhe8 28. Bd3 Nb6 29. Bf5+ Kb8 30. Rhe1 Rxe1 31. Rxe1 fxg5 32. Re7 Be8 33. fxg5
g6 34. Be4 Nd7 35. Ne3 b5 36. Nd5 Nf8 37. Nf6 Bd7 38. Nxd7+ Nxd7 39. Bxg6 Nb6
40. Bxh5 Nd5 41. g6 Rxd6 42. Re8+ Kc7 43. g7 Nf6 44. Rf8 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 b5 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. Nf3 Nb6 8. a4 b4
9. Ne2 a5 10. h3 Nf6 11. O-O O-O 12. Ng3 Nbd7 13. c3 bxc3 14. bxc3 c5 15. Rfe1
Qc7 16. Bh6 e5 17. Qg5 Ne8 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Qe3 Nf6 21. Nxe5
dxe5 22. Bc4 Rb8 23. Nf5+ Bxf5 24. exf5 e4 25. Rad1 Rbd8 26. fxg6 hxg6 27. Qg5
Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Re8 29. Qd2 Qe5 30. Qe3 Re7 31. Rb1 Rd7 32. g3 Qf5 33. Kg2 Nd5
34. Bxd5 Rxd5 35. Re1 Rd3 36. Qxe4 Qxe4+ 37. Rxe4 Rxc3 38. Re7 Rc4 39. Rc7 g5
40. Kf3 Kg6 41. Ke3 f6 42. Kd3 Rd4+ 43. Ke3 Rxa4 44. Rxc5 Ra1 45. Kf3 a4 46.
Ra5 a3 47. h4 gxh4 48. gxh4 a2 49. Kg2 Kh6 50. Kh2 Kg6 51. Kg2 Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "26"]
[White "Grachev, Boris V"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. c3 Qb6 6. Qb3 c4 7. Qc2 Bf5 8. Qc1
e6 9. h3 Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Be2 Qa5 12. O-O b5 13. a3 Qb6 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15.
Bxe5 Nd7 16. Bg3 a5 17. Re1 Bg6 18. Bf3 f5 19. Bf4 Qc6 20. Be2 b4 21. Nf3 Bd6
22. Qc2 Rfb8 23. Bxd6 Qxd6 24. axb4 axb4 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. b3 f4 27. Qb2 fxe3
28. fxe3 bxc3 29. Qxc3 Ra3 30. Bd1 Nf6 31. Qc1 cxb3 32. Ne5 Qb4 33. Rf1 Ra8 34.
Qc6 Rf8 35. Qxe6+ Bf7 36. Nxf7 Rxf7 37. Bh5 g6 38. Rxf6 Qb7 39. Bd1 b2 40. Qe8+
Kg7 41. Qxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "27"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 Nh5 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 g5 5. e3 Nf6 6. Bg3 Bg7 7. Bd3 d6 8. Nd2
Nc6 9. c3 e5 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. O-O-O Be6 12. h4 g4 13. h5 O-O-O 14. Ne2 Kb8 15.
Bh4 Qd7 16. Ng3 d5 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. Bxf5 Qd6 19. Nb3 Rhg8 20. Bg3 Qe7 21. Nc5
Ne8 22. Kb1 Nd6 23. Bd3 Ka8 24. Qa4 Nb8 25. Bh4 Bf6 26. Bg3 c6 27. Bc2 Rge8 28.
Qb4 Nc4 29. Bf5 Na6 30. Nxa6 bxa6 31. Qxe7 Rxe7 32. Bd3 e4 33. Be2 a5 34. b3
Rb7 35. Kc2 Na3+ 36. Kb2 Nc4+ 37. Kc1 Na3 38. Bxg4 a4 39. b4 a5 40. bxa5 Rb1+
41. Kd2 Rb2+ 42. Ke1 Nc2+ 43. Kf1 Rg8 44. Bd7 Rxg3 45. Bxc6+ Ka7 46. Bxd5 Rxe3
47. Rh3 Rxh3 48. gxh3 e3 49. Rd3 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "28"]
[White "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Bd3 c5 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nf3 O-O 12. Bf4 Nh5 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Re1 Bd7
15. Rc1 Rxf3 16. gxf3 Rf8 17. Rc3 a6 18. Qd2 Be8 19. Bb1 Rf6 20. f4 Bf7 21. Rf3
g6 22. Kh1 Ne7 23. Ng3 Rxf4 24. Rxf4 Nxf4 25. Re5 Nh5 26. Nxh5 gxh5 27. Qh6 Bg6
28. Bxg6 hxg6 29. Kg2 Kf7 30. Qh7+ Ke8 31. h4 Qb6 32. Qh8+ Kd7 33. Qf6 Nf5 34.
Rxd5+ Nd6 35. Qf7+ Kc6 36. Qxe6 Qd8 37. b3 Kc7 38. f4 Qf8 39. Qe5 Kc6 40. Kf3
Nf5 41. Qe6+ Kc7 42. Qd7+ Kb6 43. Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[Round "29"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qd2 Bg7 5. Bh6 O-O 6. Bxg7 Kxg7 7. Nf3 b6 8.
O-O-O Bb7 9. h4 h5 10. Ne5 c5 11. e3 Nc6 12. Be2 Rh8 13. f4 e6 14. Kb1 Ne7 15.
g4 hxg4 16. Nxg4 Nf5 17. Nxf6 Qxf6 18. h5 cxd4 19. exd4 gxh5 20. Bxh5 Rh6 21.
Rdg1+ Kf8 22. Ne2 Ke7 23. Bg4 Rxh1 24. Rxh1 Nd6 25. Qb4 Rh8 26. Rd1 Rh2 27. Qa3
a5 28. Qe3 Nc4 29. Qc3 Kd8 30. b3 Nd6 31. Qe3 Ba6 32. Nc3 Qg6 33. Be2 Bxe2 34.
Nxe2 Qe4 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[Round "30"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 g6 6. Ngf3 Bg7 7. O-O Nge7 8. Re1
b6 9. e5 Qc7 10. Qe2 h6 11. h4 g5 12. hxg5 hxg5 13. Nxg5 Qxe5 14. Qxe5 Nxe5 15.
Ngf3 N5c6 16. c3 Ba6 17. Bf1 Ng6 18. a4 Kd7 19. Rd1 Bf6 20. Rb1 Rh5 21. b4 cxb4
22. cxb4 Bb7 23. b5 Nce5 24. d4 Nc4 25. Bg2 Rc8 26. Nf1 Ne7 27. N1h2 Bg7 28.
Ng4 f6 29. Nh4 Nf5 30. Nxf5 Rxf5 31. Rb3 Rh5 32. Nh2 Nd6 33. Nf1 Bh6 34. Bf3
Bxc1 35. Bxh5 Bh6 36. Bg4 Rc4 37. Ra3 f5 38. Be2 Rc2 39. Bd3 Rc8 40. Nh2 Nc4
41. Ra2 Kd6 42. Nf3 Rc7 43. Re1 Bc8 44. Kg2 Bg7 45. Rh1 Bf6 46. Rh6 Rf7 47. Re2
Bd7 48. Kg1 Rf8 49. Rh7 Rc8 50. Rh6 Rf8 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[Round "31"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "8"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[Round "32"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nb6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Nf3 a5 11. Nf4 g6 12. h4 Be7 13. g3 a4 14. Bd2 Nc4 15. Bxc4
dxc4 16. Qe2 b5 17. Qe4 a3 18. b3 cxb3 19. axb3 Nb4 20. Rfc1 O-O 21. Bxb4 Bxb4
22. d5 Qa5 23. Nd3 Bc3 24. b4 exd5 25. Qf4 Qc7 26. Nd4 Qc4 27. Ne2 Qxf4 28.
Ndxf4 Bxa1 29. Rxa1 Rfc8 30. Nxd5 Rc2 31. Nd4 Rd2 32. Nb6 Ra6 33. Nb3 Rb2 34.
Nxd7 Rxb3 35. Nc5 a2 36. Nxb3 Ra4 37. Nc5 Ra3 38. Kg2 Kf8 39. Ne4 Ke7 40. Nd6
Ra4 41. Nxb5 Rxb4 42. Nc3 Rc4 43. Nd5+ Ke6 44. Nf4+ Kxe5 45. Rxa2 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[Round "33"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Qd2 a6 7. a4 Qb6 8. Rb1 O-O
9. Bd3 Qb4 10. h3 Nbd7 11. Nf3 c4 12. Be2 Nc5 13. O-O Nxa4 14. Nxa4 Qxa4 15.
Ra1 Qb5 16. Qe3 Bd7 17. b3 Rfc8 18. Bxc4 Qc5 19. Qe2 Qc7 20. Ra2 b5 21. Bd3 a5
22. c4 a4 23. bxa4 bxc4 24. Bc2 c3 25. Rfa1 Qc4 26. Qe3 Rab8 27. Bd3 Qc5 28.
Rc2 Rb2 29. a5 Bb5 30. Qe2 Bxd3 31. Qxd3 Qc4 32. Qxc4 Rxc4 33. a6 Rxc2 34. a7
Rc8 35. a8=Q Rxa8 36. Rxa8+ Bf8 37. Bh6 Nd7 38. Nd4 Rb2 39. Rc8 c2 40. Kh2 Rb8
41. Rxb8 Nxb8 42. Be3 Nd7 43. Nxc2 Bg7 44. f3 Be5+ 45. Kg1 Kg7 46. g4 Bc3 47.
Kf2 Ne5 48. f4 Nc4 49. Bd4+ Bxd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[Round "34"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 b6 6. Nbd2 Bb7 7. Re1 c5 8. e4
Nc6 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 h6 11. h4 Qc7 12. Bf4 g5 13. hxg5 hxg5 14. Nxg5 Ndxe5 15.
c3 Bd6 16. d4 cxd4 17. cxd4 Nc4 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Rxe6+ Kd8 20. Bg5+ Be7 21.
Bxe7+ Nxe7 22. Qf3 Kd7 23. Rae1 Rae8 24. Qf6 Rh7 25. Bh3 Kd8 26. Bf5 Reh8 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[Round "35"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Qb6 4. Nc3 e6 5. a3 Nc6 6. Nf3 a6 7. Be2 d5 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bd3 Bd7 12. Rb1 Rac8 13. Ne2 Na5 14. Ne5 Bb5
15. c3 Bxd3 16. Nxd3 Qb3 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nc5 Qxd1 20. Rexd1 Rc7
21. Nc1 Be7 22. N5b3 Nc4 23. Nd3 Rfc8 24. Kf1 Bd6 25. g3 f6 26. f4 Ne3+ 27. Ke2
Nxd1 28. Rxd1 Kf7 29. Nd2 g5 30. Kf2 b5 31. Nf1 a5 32. Ne3 f5 33. Nc2 Kf6 34.
Kf3 h5 35. Re1 Rxc3 36. fxg5+ Ke7 37. bxc3 Rxc3 38. Re3 Rxc2 39. Nf4 Bxf4 40.
Kxf4 b4 41. axb4 axb4 42. Rb3 Rf2+ 43. Ke3 Rxh2 44. Rxb4 h4 45. Rb7+ Kf8 46.
Kf3 hxg3 47. Kxg3 Rh1 48. Kf4 Rg1 49. Ke5 f4 50. Kf6 Ke8 51. Kxe6 Kd8 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[Round "36"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Nf3 b6 8. a4
Ba6 9. Bb5+ Bxb5 10. axb5 h6 11. O-O Ne7 12. Nh4 Ng6 13. Nxg6 fxg6 14. Qg4 Qf7
15. dxc5 bxc5 16. c4 Qf5 17. Qxf5 gxf5 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Rd1 d4 20. Ba3 Nd7 21.
e6 Nf8 22. Bxc5 Nxe6 23. Bxd4 Nxd4 24. Rxd4 O-O 25. c4 Rf7 26. c5 Rb8 27. Rb4
Rc7 28. Rc1 Kf7 29. g3 Ke6 30. Rbb1 Kd5 31. c6 Rb6 32. Kg2 a6 33. bxa6 Rxa6 34.
Rb7 Rxb7 35. cxb7 Rb6 36. Rc7 g5 37. Rh7 g4 38. h3 gxh3+ 39. Kxh3 Ke4 40. Kg2
Rb3 41. Re7+ Kd5 42. Kh3 Kd6 43. Rh7 Ke5 44. f3 Rb2 45. Rf7 Ke6 46. Rc7 Kf6 47.
f4 Ke6 48. Rh7 Kd5 49. Re7 Kd6 50. Re5 Rxb7 51. Rxf5 Ke6 52. Rh5 Rh7 53. Ra5
Rh8 54. Kh4 Kf6 55. Kh5 Kg7 56. Ra7+ Kf6 57. g4 Rf8 58. Kxh6 Rh8+ 59. Rh7 Rg8
60. g5+ Kf5 61. Rf7+ Kg4 62. Kh7 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[Round "37"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 h6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 c6 5. Bd3 Na6 6. a3 Bg4 7. f3 Bd7 8. Nge2
e6 9. O-O Nh5 10. Be5 Nc7 11. g4 Nf6 12. Kg2 Be7 13. Ng3 c5 14. h4 c4 15. Be2
Nb5 16. g5 Ng8 17. Nh5 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Bf8 19. f4 f6 20. gxf6 gxf6 21. Bg4 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[Round "38"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Nd2 Bf5 6. Ngf3 Qb6 7. Nh4 Bd7 8. Qb3
c4 9. Qc2 Nh5 10. Bg3 e6 11. Be2 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Qc7 13. e4 O-O-O 14. Nhf3 h6 15.
O-O Be7 16. b3 cxb3 17. axb3 g5 18. Bd3 dxe4 19. Nxe4 f5 20. Nc5 g4 21. Nh4
Bxc5 22. dxc5 a6 23. b4 Ne5 24. Be2 Bc6 25. Rfe1 Be4 26. Qb3 Kd7 27. c4 Ke7 28.
Qc3 Kf7 29. Rad1 Rhe8 30. Kh2 a5 31. Qe3 axb4 32. Qf4 Qb8 33. Rxd8 Rxd8 34. Bd1
Nd3 35. Qxh6 Nxe1 36. Qg6+ Ke7 37. Qg7+ Ke8 38. Ng6 1-0

[Event "Kharkov Femida 6th"]
[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "2010.11.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2010.11.23"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kiev Kievchess"]
[BlackTeam "Kharkov Law Academy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 d5 4. c4 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7
8. dxc5 Nxc5 9. O-O Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. b3 Nce4 12. Ne2 Rc8 13. Bb2 Qa5 14. a3
Qa6 15. Nfd4 Rfd8 16. f3 Nc5 17. Qd2 Bf8 18. Rfd1 Qb6 19. Qb4 Qa6 20. Qd2 Qb6
21. Rab1 Re8 22. Nf4 Bd6 23. Nd3 a6 24. Nxc5 Bxc5 25. b4 Bf8 26. Rbc1 Rc4 27.
Qd3 g6 28. Rxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kharkov Femida 6th"]
[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "2010.11.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2010.11.23"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kiev Kievchess"]
[BlackTeam "Chernigov"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 Na6 7. Nf3 e5 8. d5
Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 h5 11. Nd2 c5 12. a3 Qd7 13. h3 Nh6 14. Qa4 Qe7 15. b4
Nf7 16. g4 hxg4 17. hxg4 Bh6 18. Qb3 Kg7 19. f3 Rh8 20. Bf2 Bd7 21. b5 Nc7 22.
Kd1 Bf4 23. Kc2 Ng5 24. Raf1 Nh3 25. Be1 Rh7 26. Bd1 Bg5 27. Ne2 b6 28. Rh2
Rah8 29. Rfh1 Kf8 30. Qd3 Nf2 31. Bxf2 Rxh2 32. Rxh2 Rxh2 33. Be3 Bxe3 34. Qxe3
Qh7 35. Nc3 Qh6 36. Qe1 Qh4 37. Qe3 Qf2 38. Kd3 Qxe3+ 39. Kxe3 Ke7 40. Be2 Ne8
41. Nf1 Rg2 42. Kd3 Ng7 43. Ne3 Rg1 44. Bf1 Rh1 45. Ne2 Rh8 46. Ng3 Rf8 47. Bh3
Ra8 48. a4 a6 49. Ke2 axb5 50. axb5 Kf7 51. Bf1 Ra2+ 52. Ke1 Kg8 53. Ne2 Kh7
54. Nc3 Ra8 55. Bd3 Kh6 56. Bc2 Kg5 57. Na4 Rb8 58. Kf2 f5 59. gxf5 gxf5 60.
exf5 Bxf5 61. Bxf5 Nxf5 62. Nc3 Ra8 63. Ne4+ Kg6 64. Nf1 Ra2+ 65. Nfd2 Kf7 66.
f4 exf4 67. Kf3 Ke7 68. Kxf4 Nd4 69. Nf1 Ra8 70. Nfd2 Ra3 71. Nf2 Nb3 72. Nxb3
Rxb3 73. Ng4 Rd3 74. Ne3 Rd4+ 75. Kf3 Kf6 76. Ng4+ Kf5 77. Ne3+ Kg5 78. Ke2 Kf4
79. Ng2+ Ke5 0-1

[Event "EU-ch blitz 29th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2010.12.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Anisimov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2010.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. Rc1 Nbd7 12. Bf4 a6 13. Ne5 c5 14. Nxd7 Qxd7
15. Na4 Qb5 16. Bc7 Nd7 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Nxc5 Nxc5 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. Qxd5 1-0

[Event "EU-ch blitz 29th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2010.12.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2010.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 c6 4. e3 Be6 5. Bd3 g6 6. Nge2 Bg7 7. h4 Nd7 8. h5
Bf7 9. hxg6 hxg6 10. Rxh8 Bxh8 11. Qd2 Ngf6 12. f3 e5 13. e4 exd4 14. Nxd4 dxe4
15. fxe4 Ne5 16. Be2 c5 17. Ndb5 Qxd2+ 18. Bxd2 Ke7 19. exf5 gxf5 20. Bf4 Ne4
21. Nxe4 fxe4 22. O-O-O Rg8 23. g3 Bg6 24. Rd5 Nc6 25. Rxc5 Bf6 26. Nc3 Bd4 27.
Rg5 Bf7 28. Rxg8 Bxg8 29. Nxe4 Bxa2 30. b3 Bh8 31. Bd2 a5 32. Nc3 a4 33. Kb2
1-0

[Event "EU-ch blitz 29th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2010.12.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2010.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Nc3 c6 6. f4 O-O 7. Nf3 b5 8. a3 Bb7
9. O-O Nbd7 10. e5 Nd5 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. e6 fxe6 13. Ng5 Rf6 14. Qe2 Nf8 15.
Qxb5 Qc8 16. Qa4 h6 17. Nf3 Qc4 18. Qxc4 dxc4 19. Nd2 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Rc8 21. Rf2
Rf5 22. Nf3 Rb5 23. a4 Rb7 24. Ra3 Kf7 25. Re3 Rb4 26. g4 Rxa4 27. c3 Ra1 28.
Rf1 a5 29. Nh4 Bf6 30. g5 Bg7 31. gxh6 Bxh6 32. Rg3 Bg7 33. Nf3 Bf6 34. Ng5+
Ke8 35. Ne4 Rb8 36. Re3 Kd7 37. Re2 Rb5 38. Be3 Rxf1 39. Kxf1 Kc6 40. Kg2 Kd5
41. Kf3 a4 42. Bc1 Rb3 43. Kg4 Nd7 44. h4 Rb8 45. Ng5 Rh8 46. Bd2 e5 47. dxe5
dxe5 48. Be1 exf4 49. Kxf4 Nc5 50. Kg4 Nd3 51. Ne6 Nxe1 52. Nf4+ Kc5 53. Rxe1
Rxh4+ 54. Kf3 g5 55. Ng2 Rh3+ 56. Kg4 Rd3 57. Ra1 Kb5 58. Rb1 Be5 59. Kf5 Bd6
60. Ne1 Rd5+ 61. Ke4 Re5+ 62. Kd4 g4 63. Nc2 Re2 64. Rc1 Bc5+ 65. Kd5 e6# 0-1

[Event "EU-ch blitz 29th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2010.12.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2010.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2
O-O 9. Rd1 b6 10. a4 Ba6 11. b3 Rc8 12. a5 c5 13. axb6 Qxb6 14. Qa2 Bb7 15. e3
a6 16. Nc3 Ne4 17. Na4 Qa7 18. Be1 Bf6 19. Rac1 Rfe8 20. Qe2 Bc6 21. cxd5 Bxd5
22. Nd2 Nxd2 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. Qxd2 cxd4 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. exd4 Qb7 27. Qd3 g6
28. f3 Rb8 29. b4 Qb5 30. Nc5 Qxd3 31. Rxd3 Nxc5 32. dxc5 d4 33. Ra3 Ra8 34.
Kf1 Be7 35. Ke2 a5 36. Kd3 Kf8 37. Kc4 d3 38. bxa5 Rc8 39. Bb4 d2 40. Rd3 1-0

[Event "EU-ch blitz 29th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2010.12.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2010.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Nxd5 Qxd5 9. Bd3 Qa5+ 10. Nd2 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. O-O c5 13. Nc4 Qb5 14. Qb3
Qxb3 15. axb3 Nb4 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Kf1 Nd5 19. Bg3 f5 20. Ke2 g5
21. Be5 Rd7 22. f3 Rad8 23. e4 fxe4 24. fxe4 Nb4 25. Rxd7 Rxd7 26. Bc3 Nc6 27.
Ne5 Nd4+ 28. Kd3 Rd8 29. Kc4 a5 30. Rf1 Nc2 31. Kb5 Ne3 32. Rf6 Nxg2 33. Rxe6
Nf4 34. Rc6 Bg1 35. Ng4 h5 36. Nf6+ Kf7 37. Rc7+ Ke6 38. e5 Bxh2 39. Ne4 Kf5
40. Nd6+ Kg4 41. Ne4 h4 42. Rg7 Ne6 43. Re7 Nd4+ 44. Kxb6 Nf5 45. Rf7 Bg1+ 46.
Kc7 Ra8 47. Nf6+ Kf3 48. Nd7 Kg4 49. e6 h3 50. Ne5+ Kg3 51. Rxf5 h2 52. Rxg5+
Kh3 53. Rh5+ Kg2 54. e7 Bc5 55. Nc6 Bxe7 56. Nxe7 a4 57. bxa4 Ra7+ 58. Kd6 Rxa4
59. Nc6 Rg4 60. Rxh2+ Kxh2 61. Bd4 Rg6+ 62. Kc5 Kg3 63. b4 Rg8 64. b5 Kf3 65.
b6 Rg5+ 66. Be5 Rg1 67. b7 1-0

[Event "EU-ch blitz 29th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2010.12.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2010.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. a4
O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3 Rb8 13. g4 Bf8 14. g5 Nd7 15. Bg2
Nxd4 16. Qxd4 b6 17. f5 g6 18. f6 Ne5 19. b3 Bd7 20. Rac1 Rec8 21. Ne2 b5 22.
axb5 axb5 23. Qd2 b4 24. Nd4 Ng4 25. Bg1 Qc3 26. Qxc3 Rxc3 27. Ra1 h6 28. Ra7
Rd8 29. h4 hxg5 30. hxg5 e5 31. Nf3 Ne3 32. Bxe3 Rxe3 33. Re1 Rc3 34. Re2 Bg4
35. Rf2 Rdc8 36. Ra2 Re3 37. Nd2 Be6 38. Kh2 Rec3 39. Nf1 R8c5 40. Ng3 Rc8 41.
Bf3 Bd7 42. Kg2 d5 43. exd5 Bc5 44. Re2 Bb5 45. Rxe5 Bd6 46. Re1 Rxc2+ 47. Rxc2
Rxc2+ 48. Ne2 Rb2 49. Kf2 Rxb3 50. Rc1 Rb2 51. Rc8+ Kh7 52. Ke3 Rb3+ 53. Kf2
Rd3 54. Rd8 Bc5+ 55. Kg3 b3 56. Nf4 b2 0-1

[Event "EU-ch blitz 29th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2010.12.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2010.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O c5 7. c4 Nbc6 8. dxc5
d4 9. Re1 Ng6 10. a3 a5 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Bxc5 13. Nbd2 Qc7 14. Ne4 Be7 15.
c5 O-O 16. Nd6 b6 17. Bg5 bxc5 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Nc4 Rab8 20. Qe4 Qd7 21. Rac1
Rfd8 22. h4 Qd5 23. h5 Qxe4 24. Rxe4 Nge7 25. Nd6 Nxe5 26. Rxe5 Rxd6 27. Rexc5
f6 28. Rxa5 e5 29. b4 Nd5 30. Nd2 Nc3 31. Kf1 Rd7 32. Rc5 Ra7 33. Nc4 Kf7 34.
f3 Ke6 35. Re1 Rd8 36. f4 e4 37. f5+ Kf7 38. Nd2 e3 39. Nc4 Re7 40. b5 e2+ 41.
Kg1 d3 42. Nd2 Ne4 43. Rc7 Kf8 0-1

[Event "EU-ch blitz 29th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2010.12.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2010.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. f4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. d3 Nh6 6. Be2 f6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. O-O e6
9. Na3 Qc7 10. exf6 gxf6 11. Nh4 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Qf7 13. Be3 O-O-O 14. Rae1 Rg8
15. h3 Re8 16. c4 Nf5 17. Nxf5 exf5 18. Qf3 d4 19. Bd2 Bd6 20. Nc2 h5 21. a3 a5
22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Re1 Rxe1+ 24. Nxe1 Kc7 25. Qe2 b6 26. Nf3 Ne7 27. Nh4 Kd7
28. Qf3 Kc7 29. Qa8 Qe6 30. Qa7+ Kc6 31. Nf3 Qe2 32. b4 axb4 33. axb4 Qd1+ 34.
Kh2 Bc7 35. bxc5 bxc5 36. Qa6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch blitz 29th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2010.12.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2010.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qd3 Bb7 8. e4
a6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 c5 12. d5 b4 13. Na4 exd5 14. exd5 Bxd5 15.
O-O-O Nc6 16. Ne5 Nd4 17. h4 g4 18. Qe3 Be7 19. Bc4 Ra7 20. Rhe1 Kf8 21. b3
Bxc4 22. Nxc4 Qd5 23. Be5 Kg7 24. Qf4 Rd8 25. Qxg4+ Kh7 26. Qf4 Nh5 27. Qe4+
Qxe4 28. Rxe4 f5 29. Ree1 Bxh4 30. g3 Bg5+ 31. Kb2 Nf3 32. Rxd8 Bxd8 33. Rd1
Nxe5 34. Rxd8 Nxc4+ 35. bxc4 Re7 36. Nxc5 Re2+ 37. Kb3 Rxf2 38. Nxa6 Nxg3 39.
c5 Rf3+ 40. Kxb4 Rf1 41. c6 Rb1+ 42. Ka5 f4 43. c7 Rc1 44. c8=Q Rxc8 45. Rxc8
Kg6 46. Rf8 Kg5 47. Nc5 h5 48. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch blitz 29th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2010.12.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2010.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 dxc4 7. d5 Ne5 8.
Bxc4 Nxc4 9. Qa4+ Bd7 10. Qxc4 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 Bg7 13. Nf3 Rc8 14. Qe2
Bg4 15. O-O O-O 16. Rad1 Re8 17. h3 Bh5 18. Rd2 Qb6 19. Be5 a6 20. Re1 Nd7 21.
Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Rd3 Nf6 23. Qd2 Qd6 24. Ne5 Rc7 25. h4 gxh4 26. Rd4 h3 27. Rh4
hxg2 28. Re3 Rh8 29. Qd4 Bg6 30. Rg3 b5 31. a3 Kf8 32. Rxg6 fxg6 33. Nxg6+ Kg7
34. Rg4 Rc4 35. Ne5+ Kf8 36. Nxc4 bxc4 37. Rxg2 Kf7 38. Qxc4 h5 39. Qd3 Rg8 40.
Rxg8 Kxg8 41. Qg6+ Kf8 42. Qf5 Qc5 43. Kg2 Kf7 44. Qe6+ Kf8 45. Qxa6 Qd4 46.
Qe6 Ng4 47. Qf5+ Kg7 48. Ne4 Ne5 49. Nc3 Ng6 50. a4 Nh4+ 51. Kf1 Nxf5 52. a5
Qd3+ 53. Kg2 Qa6 0-1

[Event "EU-ch blitz 29th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2010.12.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2010.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. c5 Nbd7 7. b4 g6 8. a4 Bb7
9. Bb2 Bg7 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Be2 Ne8 12. O-O Nc7 13. Rfd1 Re8 14. axb5 axb5 15.
Rxa8 Bxa8 16. h3 Bb7 17. Bf1 Qb8 18. g3 Bc8 19. Bg2 Na6 20. Qb3 e5 21. dxe5
Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Qxe5 23. Qa3 Qh5 24. Rd2 d4 25. Nd1 dxe3 26. Nxe3 Bxb2 27. Qxb2
Nb8 28. h4 Qh6 29. Rd6 Qf8 30. Qd4 Qe7 31. h5 Qg5 32. hxg6 hxg6 33. Bf3 Bd7 34.
Kg2 Re7 35. Ng4 Be8 36. Nf6+ Kh8 37. Nxe8+ Qe5 38. Qxe5+ Rxe5 39. Nc7 Kg7 40.
Rd8 1-0

[Event "EU-ch blitz 29th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2010.12.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2010.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rd1 Nb4 12. Bf4 b6 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. Nxf7 Rxf7
15. Bxe6 Bd6 16. Be5 Qe7 17. Bxf7+ Kxf7 18. Nb5 Rd8 19. Qc4+ Nbd5 20. Nxd6+
Rxd6 21. Bxd6 Qxd6 22. h3 Kg6 23. Qc2+ Kh6 24. Qd2+ Kg6 25. Qc2+ Kh6 26. Qd2+
Kg6 27. Qc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch blitz 29th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2010.12.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2010.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 Rb8 10. Bg5 b5 11. e4 h6 12. Bh4 Ne7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nd2 Rb6 15.
a4 a6 16. axb5 axb5 17. Qh5 Kg7 18. Ra8 f5 19. Rb1 Ng6 20. h4 Qe7 21. Qe2 Re8
22. h5 Nf8 23. exf5 Qg5 24. Qe5+ Kg8 25. Ne4 Nd7 26. Qxc7 Qd8 27. Rxc8 Qxc8 28.
Qxd7 exf5 29. Qxc8 Rxc8 30. Nc5 b4 31. cxb4 c3 32. Bh3 Rd8 33. Rc1 Rxd4 34.
Rxc3 f4 35. Nd3 fxg3 36. fxg3 Rd5 37. g4 Rbd6 38. Bf1 Rd4 39. Be2 Re4 40. Kf2
Rf6+ 41. Ke1 Rfe6 42. Rc2 Rxg4 43. b5 Rg1+ 44. Kd2 Rb1 45. Rb2 Rxb2+ 46. Nxb2
Kf8 47. Nc4 Ke7 48. b6 Kd8 49. Bf3 Rf6 50. Ke3 Rf5 51. Nd6 Rf6 52. b7 Re6+ 53.
Kf4 Kc7 54. Nf5 Kb8 55. Bd5 Ra6 56. Ke5 Kc7 57. Nd4 Rb6 58. Nf5 Kd7 59. Ne3 Kc7
60. Nc4 Rb5 61. Kd4 f6 62. Ne3 Rb4+ 63. Nc4 Rb1 64. Ke4 Rh1 65. Kd4 Rxh5 66.
Nd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch blitz 29th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2010.12.17"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2010.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qg4 Nf6 5. Qxg7 Rg8 6. Qh6 dxe4 7. Nge2 c5 8.
a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nbd7 10. h3 Qa5 11. Bd2 b6 12. c4 Qa4 13. Nc3 Qxc2 14. Nb5
cxd4 15. Bb4 Qb2 16. Rd1 a5 17. Nd6+ Kd8 18. Nxf7+ Kc7 19. Qf4+ Kc6 20. Bd2
Qxa3 21. g4 Qe7 22. Bg2 Nc5 23. Ne5+ Kb7 24. g5 Nh5 25. Qg4 Qd6 26. Nf7 Qc6 27.
Qxh5 Ka6 28. O-O Bb7 29. Ne5 Qc7 30. Bf4 Raf8 31. Bg3 Qg7 32. Rxd4 Rf5 33. Qh6
e3 1-0

[Event "EU-ch blitz 29th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2010.12.17"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2010.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. f4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. d3 h5 6. Be2 g6 7. Nf3 Nh6 8. O-O Bg7
9. Na3 d4 10. Nc2 Nf5 11. Qe1 Be6 12. Ng5 Bd7 13. Bf3 e6 14. Ne4 Qb6 15. c4 a5
16. Bd2 Nb4 17. Nxb4 axb4 18. a3 b3 19. g3 Bc6 20. Kf2 Qc7 21. h3 O-O-O 22. a4
h4 23. g4 Bxe4 24. Bxe4 Ng3 25. Rg1 g5 26. Bf3 gxf4 27. Bxf4 f6 28. Kg2 Bh6 29.
Bxg3 hxg3 30. Qe4 Be3 31. Rgf1 Bf2 32. a5 f5 33. gxf5 Rxh3 *

[Event "EU-ch blitz 29th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2010.12.17"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2010.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
cxd4 9. exd4 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Rc1 Nbd7 12. Qe2 Re8 13. Rfd1 h6 14. Bh4 Rc8
15. Bb5 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Rc7 17. Ne5 g5 18. Bg3 Rc8 19. h4 a6 20. hxg5 hxg5 21.
Bxd7 Nxd7 22. Qh5 Re7 23. Qxg5+ Kh7 24. Qh5+ Kg7 25. Bh4 Nf8 26. Qg5+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch blitz 29th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2010.12.17"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Moranda, Wojciech"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2010.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 c5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 Be6 12. Rb1 b6 13. Ne5 Bf5 14. Rb2 Nc6
15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. Bf3 c4 17. a4 Rad8 18. Qa1 Rd6 19. Qa3 Rfd8 20. Ra1 g5 21.
Qb4 a6 22. g3 Kg7 23. Re2 g4 24. Bg2 h5 25. f3 Re6 26. fxg4 hxg4 27. Rf2 Bg6
28. Rf4 Rxe3 29. Rxg4 Qe6 30. Rf4 Re2 31. Raf1 Re8 32. a5 Qe3+ 33. R4f2 Re6 34.
axb6 Rf6 0-1

[Event "EU-ch blitz 29th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2010.12.17"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2010.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 g6 8. Be2
Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Qf4 12. Qd3 Nd7 13. Rad1 e5 14. g3 Qf5 15.
d5 cxd5 16. cxd5 Nf6 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Qe3 Kg7 19. Bd3 Qd7 20. Bb1 Qd6 21.
Rfe1 Bg4 22. Kg2 a6 23. h3 Bxf3+ 24. Qxf3 Rac8 25. a3 Rc5 26. Be4 Rfc8 27. Re2
h5 28. Qb3 Rb5 29. Qd3 Rbc5 30. Qb3 R8c7 31. Rc2 Rxc2 32. Bxc2 Be7 33. g4 hxg4
34. hxg4 Bg5 35. Be4 Bf4 36. Rh1 Kf6 37. Qh3 Rc4 38. Qf3 Kg7 39. Qe2 b5 40. Rd1
a5 41. Bf3 a4 42. Rd3 Rc5 43. Rd1 Rc4 44. Rd3 Qf6 45. Rd1 Qh4 46. Rh1 Qd8 47.
Rd1 Qd6 48. Rd3 f5 49. gxf5 gxf5 50. Rc3 e4 51. Bh5 Rxc3 52. bxc3 Qxd5 53. Be8
Bd6 54. Qxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch blitz 29th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2010.12.17"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Moranda, Wojciech"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2010.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 c5 7. Be3 Nc6 8. d5
Ne5 9. Ng3 e6 10. Be2 exd5 11. cxd5 a6 12. a4 h5 13. O-O Nh7 14. Qd2 h4 15. Nh1
f5 16. Nf2 Qf6 17. f4 Nf7 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Kh1 Bd7 20. Nh3 Kh8 21. Bh5 Nh6 22.
Ng5 Ng4 23. Bg1 Bh6 1-0

[Event "EU-ch blitz 29th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2010.12.17"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2010.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. Nd2 g6 7. Qxb6 axb6 8. Bc7
Nd7 9. Bb5 Bg7 10. Ngf3 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Rfe1 f5 13. a3 e6 14. h3 Bf8 15.
Ne5 Ndxe5 16. Bxe5 Bd7 17. Bc7 Nb8 18. Bf1 c4 19. Bxb6 Rc8 20. Nf3 Rc6 21. Bd8
Rc8 22. Bh4 Nc6 23. Bg3 Ra5 24. Ne5 Be8 25. Rad1 g5 26. Rd2 Nxe5 27. Bxe5 Rc6
28. f3 Bg6 29. g4 Raa6 30. f4 h6 31. Be2 Rab6 32. Bf3 Rb5 33. Ree2 Rcb6 34. Bc7
Rc6 35. Be5 Rcb6 36. Bc7 Rc6 37. Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch blitz 29th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2010.12.17"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2010.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. Nbd2 c5 7. dxc5 Nec6 8. Nb3
Nd7 9. Nbd4 Be4 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. b4 a5 12. c3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nxe5 14. Be2 Be7
15. O-O Bf6 16. b5 O-O 17. f4 Nd7 18. Be3 cxb5 19. Rb1 Qc7 20. Rxb5 Rab8 21. c4
dxc4 22. Rxb8 Rxb8 23. Qd6 Qxd6 24. cxd6 c3 25. a4 Kf8 26. Bb5 Ke8 27. Rc1 Kd8
28. Kf2 Nb6 29. g4 g6 30. f5 Nd5 31. Ba7 Ra8 32. Bc5 Rc8 33. Ba7 Be5 34. Ke2
Bxd6 35. Rf1 Ke7 36. Bd4 c2 37. Bb2 Bf4 38. Ba3+ Kf6 39. Bc1 g5 40. Kd3 Nb4+
41. Ke4 e5 42. Bd3 Ke7 43. Bb5 Bxc1 0-1

[Event "EU-ch rapid"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2010.12.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Sparpaglione, Bruno"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "1899"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2010.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. f4 d5 3. e5 g6 4. g3 h5 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 e6 8. Bg2 Qb6
9. c3 Nd7 10. d3 O-O-O 11. Nd2 f6 12. exf6 Ndxf6 13. Nb3 Bd6 14. Be3 c5 15. Qf2
Nd7 16. d4 c4 17. Nc5 Bc7 18. O-O Nh6 19. b3 cxb3 20. Rab1 Nxc5 21. dxc5 Qc6
22. Rxb3 Nf5 23. Rfb1 Nxe3 24. Qxe3 b6 25. cxb6 Bxb6 26. Rxb6 axb6 27. Rxb6 Qa4
28. Qc5+ Kd7 29. Rb7+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch rapid"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2010.12.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Baliasnyj, Timur"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2224"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2010.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
d3 Nc6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Be3 e5 11. Ne4 Nd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Bd2 Re8 14. Re1 c6
15. Rc1 a5 16. Nc5 Nd7 17. Qa4 Nxc5 18. Rxc5 Qb6 19. Rc2 Bf5 20. Qb3 Qxb3 21.
axb3 Re5 22. b4 axb4 23. Bxb4 Ra2 24. f4 Rb5 25. Ba3 Bf8 26. Bxf8 Kxf8 27. Rb1
Be6 28. Kf2 Ke7 29. e3 dxe3+ 30. Kxe3 Kd6 31. Bf3 h5 32. Be4 h4 33. Bf3 hxg3
34. hxg3 g5 35. Be4 gxf4+ 36. Kxf4 Ra4 37. Ke3 Rab4 38. Rf2 Rg5 39. Rg2 f5 40.
Bf3 Rxg3 41. Rxg3 f4+ 42. Kf2 fxg3+ 43. Kxg3 Ba2 44. Rc1 Rxb2 45. Kf4 Rh2 46.
Be4 Rh3 47. Kg4 Be6+ 48. Kf4 Bd5 49. Bxd5 Kxd5 50. Rb1 b5 0-1

[Event "EU-ch rapid"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2010.12.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Serov, Maksim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E80"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2379"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2010.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 Nc6 6. Nge2 a6 7. Be3 Rb8 8. a3 b5
9. cxb5 axb5 10. b4 Bd7 11. d5 Ne5 12. Nd4 e6 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Bxb5 Bxb5 15.
Ncxb5 Qd7 16. Nc3 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. O-O Nc4 20. Bf2 O-O 21.
Re1 Rfe8 22. Qd3 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Ra8 24. Nc2 Qf5 25. Qxf5 gxf5 26. Nd4 Rxa3 27.
Nxf5 Bc3 28. Re8+ Kf7 29. Re7+ Kg6 30. g4 Nd2 31. Rxc7 Nxf3+ 32. Kg2 Be5 33.
Rc6+ Kg5 34. h3 h5 35. Be3+ Bf4 36. Kxf3 Bxe3 37. h4# 1-0

[Event "EU-ch rapid"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2010.12.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lintchevski, Daniil"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2010.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Ne4 Qb6 14. Nxf6+
Bxf6 15. Be3 a5 16. Ne5 Qa6 17. Nxd7 Kxd7 18. Qe4 a4 19. Kb1 Qc4 20. Bf4 Ra5
21. Rh3 Rd5 22. Qd3 Qxd3 23. Rdxd3 b5 24. c3 Rc8 25. Kc2 c5 26. dxc5 Rcxc5 27.
Rxd5+ exd5 28. Rd3 Ke6 29. Be3 d4 30. Bxd4 Bxd4 31. Rxd4 Rxh5 32. Rg4 g6 33. b3
axb3+ 34. axb3 Rf5 35. f3 h5 36. Re4+ Kd6 37. f4 f6 38. Kd3 g5 39. fxg5 fxg5
40. Rd4+ Kc5 41. Re4 Rd5+ 42. Ke3 Kd6 43. Rd4 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch rapid"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2010.12.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2010.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. e3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. Ne5 Bd7 8.
Nxd7 Qxd7 9. O-O a6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. b3 cxd4 12. Qxd4 Be7 13. Bb2 O-O 14. Nc3
c5 15. Qd3 Rfd8 16. Rac1 Qe6 17. Rfd1 Rac8 18. Ne2 Bd6 19. g3 Bb8 20. Bxf6 Qxf6
21. Nc3 c4 22. Qd2 d4 23. exd4 cxb3 24. axb3 Qb6 25. Nd5 Qb7 26. Qg5 h6 27.
Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Qf5 Rd8 29. Ne3 Qxb3 30. Rb1 Qa4 31. Rb7 Qe8 32. Nd5 Bd6 33. Qg4
Qe6 34. Qxe6 fxe6 35. Ne3 a5 36. Ra7 Bb4 37. Nc4 Rxd4 38. Nxa5 Bxa5 39. Rxa5
Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch rapid"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2010.12.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sakalauskas, Vaidas"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2010.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4 Nb6 7. Be3 O-O 8. f4
Nc6 9. d5 Nb8 10. Bd4 Bxd4 11. Qxd4 e6 12. Nf3 exd5 13. exd5 c6 14. dxc6 Qe7+
15. Qe5 Qb4 16. O-O-O Nxc6 17. Qd6 Bg4 18. Qxb4 Nxb4 19. a3 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Nc6
21. Bd3 Rac8 22. Rhe1 Nd4 23. Bxg6 Nxf3 24. Bxh7+ Kxh7 25. Re3 Nxh2 26. Rh1 Kg6
27. Rxh2 Nd5 28. Rg3+ Kf6 29. Rc2 Nxc3 30. Rgxc3 Rxc3 31. Rxc3 Re8 32. Kd2 Re7
33. Rc5 b6 34. Rd5 Re4 35. Rd7 a5 36. Rb7 Rxf4 37. Rxb6+ Ke7 38. b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch rapid"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2010.12.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Staniszewski, Piotr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2010.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. a4 Qd7 11. axb5 axb5 12. Rxa8 Rxa8 13. Qd3 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Bf8
15. f4 exd4 16. cxd4 Nxd4 17. Bd1 c5 18. Be3 Qh3 19. Qf1 Qxf1+ 20. Kxf1 Re8 21.
f3 g6 22. Nc3 b4 23. Bxd4 cxd4 24. Nb5 d3 25. Re3 Nd5 26. Rxd3 Nxf4 27. Rd4 Rc8
28. Nxd6 Rc1 29. Ne8 Be7 30. e5 Kf8 31. Nf6 Ne6 32. Rd2 h5 33. Ke2 Kg7 34. Ne4
Nf4+ 35. Ke3 Ng2+ 36. Kf2 Nf4 37. Rd7 Kf8 38. Ke3 Ne6 39. Bb3 Re1+ 40. Kd3 Rh1
41. Rb7 Rxh2 42. Rb8+ Kg7 43. Re8 Nc5+ 44. Nxc5 Bxc5 45. Rc8 Rxb2 46. Bd5 Be7
47. Rc7 Kf8 48. Rc8+ Kg7 49. Rc7 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch rapid"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2010.12.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Sadzikowski, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2371"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2010.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Re1
dxe4 9. dxe4 Qc7 10. e5 Nd7 11. Qe2 b6 12. c3 Bb7 13. Nf1 a6 14. h4 b5 15. b3
Nb6 16. N1h2 Rfd8 17. h5 h6 18. Ng4 Nd5 19. Qc2 b4 20. c4 Nc3 21. Bxh6 Nd4 22.
Nxd4 cxd4 23. Bf4 d3 24. Qd2 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Rd7 26. f3 a5 27. Nf6+ gxf6 28. exf6
Bd6 29. Bxd6 Qxd6 1-0

[Event "EU-ch rapid"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2010.12.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Okhotnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2010.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Ne5 Nc6 5. d4 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Bf4 f6 8. Nf3
a6 9. h4 Nh6 10. Qd2 Nf7 11. h5 g5 12. Bg3 Bh6 13. Nh2 f5 14. f3 e6 15. O-O-O
b5 16. Kb1 O-O 17. Bf2 Qf6 18. g4 f4 19. Bd3 Bd7 20. Rhe1 Rfc8 21. Re2 Bf8 22.
Nf1 Bb4 23. Qe1 Nd6 24. Nd2 Nxd4 25. Bxd4 Qxd4 26. Rxe6 Re8 27. Nb3 Qg7 28. h6
Rxe6 29. hxg7 Rxe1 30. Rxe1 Nc4 31. Rh1 Bxc3 32. bxc3 Re8 33. Nd4 Ne5 34. Rxh7
Nxd3 35. Rh8+ Kxg7 36. Rxe8 Bxe8 37. cxd3 Kf6 38. Kb2 Ke5 39. Kb3 Bg6 40. Kc2
Kd6 41. a3 Bh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch rapid"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2010.12.19"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Gajewski, Grzegorz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2010.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 e6 7. c4 Bd6 8. d4
O-O 9. Ne5 Bf5 10. Nd2 h6 11. Ndf3 Ne4 12. Nd3 a5 13. a3 b5 14. Rc1 bxc4 15.
bxc4 Rb8 16. c5 Bc7 17. Ba1 Rb5 18. Rb1 Rxb1 19. Qxb1 Qa8 20. Qc2 Rb8 21. Rb1
Rxb1+ 22. Qxb1 Qa6 23. Bf1 Qc4 24. Qb7 Qa2 25. Bb2 Nef6 26. Nfe1 Bb8 27. Qxc6
Qb3 28. a4 Qd1 29. Qc8+ Kh7 30. c6 Bxd3 31. Nxd3 Nb6 32. Qxb8 Nc4 33. Bc1 Ne4
34. Qf4 e5 35. Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch rapid"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2010.12.19"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2010.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Ngf3 Nf6 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Ba7 9. exd5 exd5 10. Re1+ Be6 11. Nb3 O-O 12. Be3 Bb8 13. h3 Ne4 14. Nc5 Bf5
15. Bxe4 Bxe4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Qxd8 Rxd8 18. Bb6 Re8 19. Rad1 f5 20. Nd2 Be5
21. Nc4 Re7 22. Rd5 Rae8 23. Red1 g6 24. Bc5 Re6 25. Rd7 b5 26. Nxe5 Nxe5 27.
Rc7 f4 28. Kf1 g5 29. Rd5 h5 30. Bd4 g4 31. Rcc5 gxh3 32. Kg1 e3 33. fxe3 Ng6
34. Rd7 R6e7 35. Rd6 Re6 36. Rd7 R6e7 37. Rxe7 Rxe7 38. Rg5 Kf7 39. exf4 Re1+
40. Kh2 hxg2 41. Rxg2 Nxf4 42. Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch rapid"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2010.12.19"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Mchedlishvili, Mikheil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2010.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. g3 Bxc3 4. dxc3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d6 6. b3 Nge7 7. Nh3 O-O 8.
f4 Ng6 9. Nf2 exf4 10. Bxf4 Qe7 11. e4 Nce5 12. O-O Bd7 13. Be3 b6 14. h4 h6
15. Qd2 Ng4 16. Bd4 Nxf2 17. Rxf2 Ne5 18. Rf4 Rae8 19. Re1 f6 20. Kh2 Ng4+ 21.
Kg1 Ne5 22. Kh2 Ng4+ 23. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Playing against the Sicilian with Anand wasn't an ideal decision.
Ponomariov's latest successes (Dortmund 2010 being the best example) were
connected mainly with closed openings, also in Wijk after this game he
refrained from 1.e4.} c5 2. Nf3 d6 {In Wijk we saw mostly open Sicilians, with
Najdorf being the most trendy choice.} ({The only exception in the main
tournament didn't bring White anything after} 2... Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bb5 Bg7 5.
O-O Nf6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. h3 Nd7 8. d3 Nf8 $5 ({An interesting alternative to
the more common} 8... e5) 9. Ne2 (9. Be3 Ne6 10. Qd2 Nd4 11. Nh2 O-O 12. f4 b6
$132 ({or} 12... e5 $5 {can lead to similar positions.})) 9... b6 10. Nh2 Ne6
11. Rb1 O-O 12. Be3 Nd4 13. Qd2 e5 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Bh6 Be6 16. b3 Qd6 17.
Bxg7 Kxg7 18. f4 f6 19. Rf3 exf4 20. Rxf4 Rf7 21. Rbf1 Raf8 22. Nf3 h6 23. Nh4
Kh7 24. R4f3 c5 25. Qe1 f5 $11 {Grischuk,A (2773)-Vachier-Lagrave,M (2715)/
Wijk aan Zee/2011/}) 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 {Ponomariov
chooses a restrained line at an important crossroads. White has of course
numerous alternatives:} ({After} 6. f3 {the elite nowadays usually prefers the
full-blooded Najdorf continuation} e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 {and now:} Nbd7 (8...
h5 {allows White to change tack and shift his attention to the << with} 9. Nd5
Bxd5 10. exd5 Nbd7 11. Qd2 Qc7 (11... g6 12. Be2 Bg7 13. O-O O-O {allows the
unpleasant} 14. Na5 $1 Qc7 15. c4 h4 16. Rac1 Nh5 17. Rfd1 b6 18. Nc6 a5 19.
Qe1 Bf6 20. b3 Nb8 21. Qf2 Nf4 22. Bf1 Nxc6 23. Bxb6 Qc8 24. dxc6 Qxc6 25. Be3
$36 {Pruijssers,R (2484)-Van Kampen,R (2443)/Wijk aan Zee C/2011/}) 12. c4 ({
White shouldn't avoid this natural move,} 12. Rc1 a5 13. a4 $6 {led to
problems after} g6 14. Bb5 Bg7 15. O-O O-O 16. h3 b6 17. c3 Kh7 18. Na1 Ng8 19.
b4 Ne7 20. Rc2 Nf6 21. c4 Nf5 22. Bf2 Bh6 23. Qe1 axb4 $15 {Pruijssers,R (2484)
-Van Der Werf,M (2439)/Wijk aan Zee C/2011/}) 12... b6 13. Be2 g6 14. O-O Bg7
15. Rac1 a5 16. Na1 O-O 17. Nc2 Nh7 18. Na3 Nc5 19. Nb5 Qe7 (19... Qd7 $5) 20.
Rce1 f5 21. Bd1 $14 {[%csl Gb5] /~~ This complex position resembles our game,
but here it's more difficult for Black to develop >> activity and White with
his strong Nb5 can claim an edge. After the impetuous} e4 $6 22. Bc2 Bxb2 {
White could have increased his advantage with} 23. Bxe4 $1 (23. fxe4 fxe4 24.
Rxf8+ Rxf8 25. Bxe4 Qxe4 26. Bh6 $6 Qh4 27. Bxf8 $2 Nxf8 28. g3 Qxc4 29. Nxd6
Bd4+ {0-1,Nijboer,F (2584)-Navara,D (2708)/Wijk aan Zee B/2011/}) 23... fxe4
24. Bxc5 $16) ({Straightforward play on opposite flanks} 8... Be7 9. Qd2 O-O
10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. g5 b4 {has been analysed too deeply and as a
consequence players look for sidelines.} {After} 13. gxf6 ({The main
continuation is} 13. Ne2 Ne8 14. f4 a5 15. f5 a4 $13 ({or} 15... Bxb3 $5 16.
cxb3 a4 $132)) 13... bxc3 14. Qxc3 Nxf6 15. Na5 Rc8 16. Nc6 Qe8 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7
18. Qa5 Rc6 19. Rg1 Rfc8 20. Rg2 $146 ({This novelty doesn't dramatically
alter the position.} 20. c3 {is similar:} g6 21. Kb1 Nh5 22. Rg2 Bh3 23. Rgd2
Bxf1 24. Rxf1 Rb8 $132 {Schloegl,D (1796)-Prokopenko,A (2300)/corr/2009/})
20... Bh3 21. Rgd2 Bxf1 22. Rxf1 Qe6 23. Rff2 h6 {1/2,Anand,V (2810)-Grischuk,
A (2773)/Wijk aan Zee/2011/ a draw was a logical outcome - neither player can
carry out an active plan without extreme risk.}) 9. Qd2 (9. g4 b5 (9... Nb6 $5
10. Qd2 d5 11. O-O-O $5 d4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Bxd4 Be7 14. Qe3 Nbd7 15. h3 $1
$44 {Topalov,V (2702)-Ivanchuk,V (2709)/Monte Carlo blind rpd/2000/}) 10. g5 b4
11. Ne2 Nh5 12. Qd2 a5 13. Ng3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 a4 15. Nc1 Qa5 16. f4 g6 $13 {
With the K still on e8 the <->h is not so dangerous and the position is very
complex.}) 9... b5 10. O-O-O h5 $5 {combines the ideas of the previous lines -
prophaylxis with << play:} 11. Kb1 Rc8 12. g3 (12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nb6 14.
Bxb6 Qxb6 15. Qb4 (15. g3 g6 {-12.g3}) 15... Be7 16. a4 Qf2 17. Qd2 Qxd2 18.
Rxd2 bxa4 19. Bxa6 Rb8 20. Na5 Rb6 21. Bb7 Kd7 22. Bc6+ Kc7 23. c3 Ra6 24. Nc4
Nd7 25. Re2 Nc5 $132 26. f4 $6 e4 27. f5 Rb8 28. Kc2 Bf6 29. Ra1 Rxc6 $1 30.
dxc6 d5 $44 {Bacrot,E (2709)-Sutovsky,E (2676)/Antwerp/2009/}) (12. Bd3 $5 {
/\f4 is possibly the best chance to fight for an advantage.}) 12... Nb6 13.
Bxb6 Qxb6 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 g6 16. Bh3 Bh6 17. f4 Rc4 18. Qa5 Qxa5 (18...
Qf2 $5 19. Rd2 Qa7 $13) 19. Nxa5 Re4 20. fxe5 Rxe5 21. Rhe1 (21. Nc6 Rxd5 22.
Bc8 Rc5 23. Rxd6 O-O $132 {/\} 24. Rxf6 Kg7) 21... Rxe1 22. Rxe1+ Kf8 23. Nb7
Kg7 $11 {1/2,Nepomniachtchi,I (2733)-Grischuk,A (2773)/Wijk aan Zee/2011/}) ({
Anand had to face some side lines in Wijk:} 6. h3 e6 7. g4 Be7 8. Bg2 Nfd7 $5
9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qe2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 O-O 12. O-O-O b5 13. e5 d5 14. f4 Bb7 15. Qe3
Rc8 16. Kb1 Qc7 17. Rc1 Bc5 18. Ne2 a5 19. c3 Ba6 20. Rc2 Qb6 21. Rhc1 b4 22.
cxb4 Bxd4 23. Nxd4 Rxc2 24. Rxc2 axb4 25. f5 Rc8 $132 {Vachier-Lagrave,M (2715)
-Anand,V (2810)/Wijk aan Zee/2011/}) (6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Nce2 ({
More usual is the positional} 9. a4) ({If White has aggressive intentions he
mostly prefers} 9. f4 Qc7 10. g4 $5 $13) 9... Qc7 10. b3 e5 $1 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12.
exf5 d5 13. Bxd5 Rd8 14. c4 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Qa5 16. Qd2 Qxd2 17. Bxd2 Rxd5 18.
Be3 Nc6 $11 {1/2,Carlsen,M (2814)-Anand,V (2810)/Wijk aan Zee/2011/}) (6. Be3
e5 7. Nf3 (7. Nb3 {is the standard choice.}) 7... Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Qc7 $5
(9... Be6 10. Bb3 Nc6 $132 {is played more often, but this is a viable
alternative.}) 10. Nd5 (10. Bb3 Be6 11. Qd2 $6 Rc8 12. Ng5 Bc4 13. f4 Nbd7 14.
fxe5 dxe5 15. Rf5 Bb4 16. Rd1 Rd8 17. Qe1 h6 18. Nf3 Be6 $17 {Ivanchuk,V (2740)
-Anand,V (2803)/Leon rpd/2008/ However, White's Q belongs to e2 or d3 in this
line.}) 10... Nxd5 11. Bxd5 Nd7 12. c4 Nf6 13. Qb3 (13. Rc1 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15.
Qb3 Bxf3 16. Bb6 Qd7 17. Qxf3 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Rfc8 19. b3 h6 20. Be3 Bg5 $11 {
Turko,S (1958)-Zuev,K (2186)/corr/2008/ leads to a boring position, but the
text-move is no better.}) 13... Nxd5 14. cxd5 b5 $5 15. Rfc1 Qb8 16. Qc3 f5
$132 17. Qc7 Rf7 18. Nd2 Qxc7 19. Rxc7 Bd8 20. Rc6 $6 (20. Rxf7 Kxf7 21. f3 $11
{/=/+}) 20... Bd7 21. Rxd6 Bc7 22. Rxd7 Rxd7 23. f3 f4 24. Bc5 {Nepomniachtchi,
I (2733)-Anand,V (2810)/Wijk aan Zee/2011/} Rc8 $1 25. b4 a5 $15 {/-/+}) ({
The most aggressive} 6. Bg5 {was featured in Wijk only in the B and C groups -
see the notes to Ganguly-Spoelman, Wijk aan Zee B 2011.}) 6... e5 {Najdorf or
Scheveningen is a difficult choice, but still more or less a matter of taste.}
(6... e6 7. O-O Be7 8. f4 O-O 9. a4 Nc6 10. Be3 Bd7 (10... Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 {
is the main line, championed by Kasparov and many others.}) 11. Kh1 Qc7 12. Qe1
Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bc6 14. Qg3 b5 $6 ({This is probably dubious. Black plays} 14...
g6 {more often, but the P-sacrifice} 15. f5 $5 {is fraught with danger and
barely anyone dared to accept it. However, as White has the |^ in any case,} e5
16. Be3 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. f6 Bd8 19. c4 $5 $44 {is perhaps worth a closer
look.}) 15. axb5 axb5 16. Nxb5 Bxb5 17. Bxb5 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 Qxc2 19. Bd3 Qc7 20.
b4 Nh5 21. Qg4 Nf6 22. Qd1 e5 23. Ra7 Qd8 24. Bg1 exf4 25. b5 $16 {[%csl Gb5]
o^b5, Efimenko,Z (2701)-Navara,D (2708)/Wijk aan Zee B/2011/}) 7. Nb3 ({
With the B already on e2,} 7. Nf3 {is even less effective, than after 6.Be3.
An illustrative example is} h6 (7... Be7 8. Bg5 Nbd7 $11 {is also playable}) 8.
O-O Be6 9. a4 Nbd7 10. b3 Be7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Re1 Rc8 13. Bf1 Qa5 14. Qd2 Rfe8
15. Rac1 Qb4 16. h3 Bd8 $1 17. Nb1 Ba5 18. Qxb4 Bxb4 19. c3 Ba5 20. b4 Bc7 21.
Nbd2 d5 22. exd5 Nxd5 $11 {/=/+,Navara,D (2580)-Hracek,Z (2601)/CZE-ch
Luhacovice/2003/}) 7... Be7 8. O-O {This natural move is played twice as often,
as all the other continuations combined.} ({For the alternatives} 8. Be3 {and})
(8. g4 {see the notes to Carlsen-Nakamura, Wijk aan Zee 2011.}) 8... O-O {
The most flexible reaction.} ({Some time ago Anand used to play} 8... Be6 9. f4
Qc7 10. Kh1 {and now:} {Anand in 2003 introduced the novelty} h6 {, but didn't
quite manage to equalise after} (10... O-O $6 11. f5 Bc4 12. g4 $1 d5 13. g5
Nxe4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. f6 Bb4 16. Bxc4 Qxc4 17. fxg7 Kxg7 18. Be3 $40 {is
still considered dangerous for Black.}) ({Less clear is} 10... Nbd7 11. a4 ({
After} 11. g4 h6 12. g5 hxg5 13. fxg5 Nh7 14. Bg4 {the new idea from
correspondence chess circles} Ndf8 $1 $146 (14... Nxg5 15. Bxg5 Bxg5 16. Bxe6
fxe6 17. Qg4 $16 {Short,N (2690)-Ghaem Maghami,E (2500)/Teheran/2003/}) {
rehabilitates the whole line.} 15. Bxe6 Nxe6 16. g6 Nf6 17. gxf7+ Kxf7 {
[%csl Gf7,Rh1] leads to a position, in which White's K is more exposed, than
Black's:} 18. Nd2 (18. Nd5 Qc4 19. Nd2 Qc6 20. Nf3 Rac8 21. c3 Ke8 22. Re1 Nc5
23. Nxf6+ gxf6 24. Qd5 Qxd5 25. exd5 f5 26. Be3 Kd7 27. a4 Ne4 28. Ra3 Rcg8 $17
{Marczell,P (2572)-Gerzina,M (2541)/corr/2008/}) 18... Rh3 19. Rf3 Rah8 (19...
Rh4 $5 $36) 20. Rxh3 Rxh3 21. Nf3 Qc4 22. Kg2 Rh5 23. Qd3 Qxd3 24. cxd3 g5 25.
h3 Bd8 26. Ne2 Nf4+ 27. Bxf4 gxf4 28. Rc1 Ke7 29. d4 Ke6 30. dxe5 dxe5 31. Rc4
Kd6 32. a4 Bb6 $15 {Solozhenkin,E (2508)-Kanep,M (2515)/FIN-chT/2007/}) 11...
O-O 12. a5 Rac8 13. f5 Bc4 14. g4 h6 15. g5 hxg5 16. Bxg5 d5 17. Bxc4 dxc4 (
17... Qxc4 $5 18. exd5 $13) 18. Nd2 Rfd8 19. Rg1 Kf8 20. Qf3 Bb4 21. Nd5 Nxd5
22. exd5 Bxd2 23. Bxd2 Qd6 24. Qg2 Nf6 25. Rad1 Ke7 $2 (25... Ne8 $5 $14) 26.
Rge1 (26. Bc3 $142 $1) 26... Kd7 27. Bc3 $16 {Zherebukh,Y (2450)-Onischuk,V 
(2469)/Kharkov/2007/}) 11. Be3 (11. Qe1 O-O 12. Qg3 Kh8 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Nd4
Nc6 $132) 11... Nbd7 12. Nd5 $5 Bxd5 13. exd5 O-O 14. c4 b6 15. Rc1 a5 16. Nd2
Rfe8 17. Bd3 (17. Nb1 exf4 18. Bxf4 Ne4 $132) 17... Bf8 {Polgar,J (2718)-Anand,
V (2774)/Mainz rpd m/2003/} 18. Qf3 $5 $14 {For more details see my notes in
CBM 97, in any case after this game Anand switched to the text-move.}) 9. Be3 {
The main move, but White has tried other ideas as well.} (9. a4 Be6 10. Bf3 ({
While the N is still on b8, after} 10. f4 {Black can play} exf4 11. Bxf4 Nc6 {
Here a4 is more or less redundant and} 12. Kh1 d5 {equalises easily.}) 10...
Nbd7 11. a5 Qc7 12. Be3 h6 (12... Rfc8 13. Qd2 h6 14. Be2 Qc6 15. f3 d5 16.
exd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. c4 Be6 19. Rfc1 Rd8 20. Qc3 Rac8 21. Nd2 f5 22. b4
Bf6 $132 {Bajarani,U (2331)-Smirnov,P (2575)/Voronezh/2009/}) 13. Re1 Rfc8 14.
h3 b5 15. axb6 Nxb6 16. Na5 Nc4 17. Nxc4 Bxc4 18. Na4 Rab8 19. Bc1 Qb7 (19...
d5 $5 20. exd5 Rd8 21. Nc3 Bb4 $11 {is playable, but Anand wants to keep more
tension.}) 20. b3 Be6 21. Bb2 Rc6 22. Qd3 Rbc8 23. Re2 Nd7 24. Qd1 Bg5 25. c4
Rb8 26. Ra3 Nf8 $13 {Bruzon Batista,L (2226)-Anand,V (2803)/Leon rpd/2006/ led
to a complex, but roughly equal position.}) (9. f4 b5 $1 {[%csl Re4][%cal
Yc8b7] is good for Black, the Bc8 aims for the long diagonal to harass the Pe4.
}) ({More refined is} 9. Kh1 Nc6 $5 (9... b5 {has a bad reputation due to} 10.
a4 Bb7 11. Nd5 $1 bxa4 $6 (11... Nbd7 {or}) (11... b4 {is less risky, but
still doesn't fully solve Black's opening problems.}) 12. Rxa4 Bc6 13. Ra3 Nxe4
14. Na5 $1 Nf6 15. Nxc6 Nxc6 16. Bc4 Nd4 17. Rh3 g6 18. Qd2 Nf5 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6
{Kasparov,G (2785)-Anand,V (2735)/Las Palmas/1996/} {and now} 20. g4 $1 Qc8 21.
Bd5 Nh4 22. Rg1 $1 g5 23. Rxh4 $1 gxh4 24. g5 Bg7 25. g6 $40 {gives White a
crushing attack.}) ({Later Black started to play the more restrained} 9... b6
10. Be3 Bb7 {with a complex struggle after} 11. f3 b5 $5 12. a4 b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5
14. exd5 Nd7 15. c3 bxc3 16. bxc3 Bg5 17. Bf2 Qc7 18. c4 Rab8 $132 (18... a5
$13)) {After} 10. f4 (10. Be3 Be6 11. Qd2 a5 $1 12. Rfd1 a4 13. Nc1 a3 $5 ({
J.Polgar's} 13... Ra5 {can be met by} 14. Bf3 a3 15. Rb1 $5 axb2 16. Rxb2 Qa8
17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Nd4 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Rxb7 Qxb7 21. Qxa5 Rc8 22. Nb3 Rxc2
23. Kg1 $14 {Kulaots,K (2530)-Womacka,M (2461)/Gausdal/2003/}) 14. Rb1 $5 (14.
b3 Qa5 $36) 14... axb2 15. Rxb2 Qc8 (15... Qd7 16. f3 Rfc8 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18.
exd5 Nd4 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Qxd4 Qc7 21. Bd3 g6 22. Re1 Bf8 23. c4 Nd7 $44 {
Timofeev,A (2575)-Sakaev,K (2655)/Krasnoyarsk/2003/}) 16. f3 Na5 17. a4 h6 18.
N1a2 Re8 19. Bb5 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Bxc4 21. Nb4 Rd8 22. Ncd5 Nxd5 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24.
Qxd5 Rxa4 25. Rxb7 Rd7 {Moucka,J (2485)-Gooshchin,D (2468)/corr/2008/}) {
the aforementioned consideration still works and Black has} 10... b5 $1 11. Be3
(11. Bf3 Na5 $11 ({or even} 11... Bb7 {is also fine for Black.})) 11... Bb7 12.
a4 exf4 13. Rxf4 Ne5 14. Qd4 (14. axb5 axb5 15. Bxb5 Rxa1 (15... Ng6 16. Rxa8
Qxa8 17. Rf2 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Nd2 Bd5 20. c4 Bb7 21. Nf3 Qc8 22. Rf1 Qe6
23. Qd2 Bf6 24. Bd4 Ra8 $11 {Stimac,Z-Shields,G/corr/2006/}) 16. Qxa1 Ng6 17.
Rf2 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Qa4 Qa8 20. Nd2 Qxa4 21. Bxa4 Ra8 22. Nxe4 Rxa4 23.
Nd2 Bf6 24. b3 Ra2 25. c4 Be5 26. Nb1 Ra8 27. Rf1 $11 {1/2,Chovanec,M (2398)
-Borstnik,A (2360)/corr/2008/ Black's pieces are far too active to make the
o^b count for more than equality.}) 14... Nc6 15. Qd2 Ne5 16. Qd4 Nc6 17. Qd2
Ne5 $1 {Now the position requires repetition, the ambitious} 18. axb5 axb5 19.
Re1 $6 {backfired after} Ng6 20. Rff1 b4 21. Nd5 Nxe4 22. Nxe7+ Qxe7 23. Qxb4
Nh4 24. Bf3 Nxf3 25. gxf3 Qd7 $1 26. Bf4 Ra4 27. Qb6 Nf6 28. Qxd6 Qg4 29. Nd4
Rxd4 30. Qxd4 Bxf3+ 31. Rxf3 Qxf3+ 32. Kg1 Qg4+ 33. Kh1 Qc8 $1 $15 {[%csl Rh1]
/-/+,ע Carlsen,M (2814)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2733)/Wijk aan Zee/ 2011/ White's K
is permanently vulnerable and Black fully exploited it after he gradually
managed to coordinate his attacking forces.}) 9... Be6 (9... b5 $6 {is still
premature due to} 10. a4 ({or} 10. Nd5 $5 {The Latvian GM Lanka has devised an
interested theory of so called "signal" moves - A certain move is a signal for
a concrete reaction by his opponent. In this line his idea applies quite well
and we can identify a few pairs of signal moves: After White's 0-0 Black can
castle himself without risk, after Be3 the best reaction is Be6 (see
Carlsen-Nakamura!). White usually postpones the f4 advance until Black has
committed his B to e6, but tries to play it before Be3, so that he can retake
directly Bc1xf4. On the other hand, Black invariably postpones b5 until White
has played f4.})) 10. Nd5 {A relatively rare move in a well-known position.} ({
The most popular continuation is} 10. Qd2 Nbd7 (10... b5 {again isn't ideal
due to} 11. a4 $5 b4 12. Nd5 $36) 11. a4 {and now:} {Roughly equivalent is} Nb6
$5 ({After} 11... Rc8 12. a5 {However, the simplest is} Nc5 $5 ({The more
complex} 12... Qc7 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. Qe1 ({or} 14. Nc1 {occurs more often.}))
13. Nxc5 dxc5 14. Rfd1 (14. Qxd8 Rfxd8 15. f3 c4 16. Na4 Nd7 17. Rfd1 Bb4 18.
Nc3 (18. Bd2 Bxd2 (18... Be7 $5 {/\f6,Kf7=}) 19. Rxd2 Kf8 20. Kf2 Ke7 21. Ke3
Rc6 22. g3 g5 23. Rh1 h6 24. h4 Rg8 25. g4 Rb8 26. hxg5 hxg5 27. Rh5 b5 $132 {
Laznicka,V (2434)-Baramidze,D (2487)/Obrenovac/2004/}) 18... Bc5 19. Kf2 Kf8
$11 {Geller,E (2620)-Portisch,L (2625)/Las Palmas/1976/}) 14... Qxd2 (14... c4
$5) 15. Rxd2 Rfd8 16. Rxd8+ Bxd8 17. b3 Be7 18. Bc4 Bxc4 19. bxc4 Ne8 20. g4
Nd6 21. Ra4 h6 22. Nd5 Bd8 23. f3 Kf8 24. Kf1 Ke8 25. Ke2 Kd7 26. Kd3 Kc6 27.
Bd2 Ra8 28. Bc3 f6 29. h4 b6 $11 {Adams,M (2723)-Anand,V (2804)/London/2010/
Formally White is somewhat better in this _|_, but he couldn't make any
tangible inroads.}) 12. a5 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Bxc4 14. Rfd1 Rc8 15. f3 ({Prophylaxis
against} 15. Nc1 d5 $1 16. Bb6 Qe8 {Subsequent tries with} 17. Nxd5 (17. exd5
Bb4 18. d6 Qd7 19. Nd3 Qxd6 (19... Bxd6 $5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Qxd7 Nxd7 22. Rxd7
Bxc3 23. bxc3 Bb5 $11 {is even more convincing.}) 20. Nxb4 Qxb4 21. Ne4 Qxd2
22. Nxf6+ gxf6 23. Rxd2 Be6 24. f3 Rc4 25. c3 Kg7 26. Re1 Rfc8 27. Kf2 h5 $11 {
Leko,P (2722)-Shirov,A (2697)/Dortmund/2002/}) 17... Nxe4 18. Qe1 f5 {also
didn't promise White an advantage:} 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. b3 Bf7 21. c4 Rfe8 22.
Nd3 Bh5 23. f3 Ng5 $132 {Smeets,J (2669)-Giri,A (2677)/Bundesliga/2010/}) 15...
Rc6 16. Kh1 (16. Nc1 d5 $1 $11) (16. Bb6 Qc8 17. Qe1 Bd8 18. Bf2 b5 19. Na2 Be6
20. Nb4 Rc4 21. Nc1 Be7 22. b3 Rc7 23. Ne2 Qb7 24. Bb6 Rd7 25. Nc3 Rc8 26. Rd3
d5 $11 {Motylev,A (2674)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2602)/Novokuznetsk/2008/}) 16... Qc8
17. Rac1 Rd8 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Rc4 20. Qd3 e4 21. fxe4 Rxe4 22. c4 Re8 23.
Bg1 Bf8 $11 {Jakovenko,D (2742)-Carlsen,M (2772)/Nanjing/2009/ Black's
centralised pieces are very active and already White has to tread with care -
see the notes by Ftacnik in CBM 133.}) (10. f4 {is not too dangerous, after}
exf4 11. Bxf4 ({This costs White a tempo. A more fighting choice is} 11. Rxf4
Nc6 12. Nd5 {but even here after} Bxd5 13. exd5 Ne5 14. Rb4 Qc7 15. a4 Nfd7 $13
{Black has typical [+]<=>}) 11... Nc6 12. Kh1 d5 $11 {we get a position,
mentioned already in the note to White's 9th move (there the P was on a4). A
similar situation can arise also from the Scheveningen line, in which Black
plays a quick e6-e5 (there his P is on a7). In all cases he can claim equality.
}) (10. a4 {allows Black to play also} Nc6 $5 (10... Nbd7 {will in all
probability soon transpose into the 10.Qd2 lines.}) 11. a5 ({There is the
sterile line} 11. Qd2 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Rfd1 Bxb3 15. cxb3
Qxd2 16. Rxd2 Rfd8 17. Rad1 Rxd2 18. Rxd2 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Bxd8 20. Bg4 b6 21. Bf3
Nd4 22. Bxd4 {1/2,Huebner,R (2635)-Anand,V (2725)/Wijk aan Zee/1996/}) 11...
Nb4 (11... Bxb3 12. cxb3 Nxa5 13. Nd5 Nc6 14. Bb6 Qd7 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bg4
Qe7 17. Qd5 {gives White compensation for the P, although after} g6 $44 {
he probably can't claim an advantage.}) 12. Bb6 Qd7 (12... Qc8 13. Bf3 Nd7 14.
Be3 Nf6 15. Ra4 d5 $5 16. exd5 Rd8 17. Bb6 Rd7 18. dxe6 (18. Qe2 $6 Nfxd5 $36 {
Spaan,N (2195)-Marcet Bisbal,A (2319)/Sitges/2002/}) 18... Rxd1 19. exf7+ Kxf7
20. Rxd1 $44) 13. Bf3 Rac8 14. Re1 Bd8 15. Be3 Be7 16. Ba7 Rfe8 17. Re2 Rc4 18.
Nd2 Rcc8 19. Nf1 Nc6 20. Bb6 Bd8 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 Nxa5 23. Bxa5 Bxa5 24.
Rxa5 e4 $11 {Campora,D (2545)-Chandler,M (2575)/Biel/1987/}) 10... Nbd7 {
The best reaction, other moves are:} (10... Nxd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Qd2 a5 ({
We have already mentioned the motif} 12... Nd7 13. Na5 $1 $14) 13. f4 exf4 (
13... a4 14. fxe5 axb3 15. Rxf5 Rxa2 16. Raf1 $1 $36 dxe5 (16... Rxb2 $6 17. e6
$1 Rxc2 18. Qd3 {/\} fxe6 $2 19. Rxf8+ Bxf8 20. Bg4 $1 $18) 17. Bc4 Bd6 (17...
Rxb2 18. Bxb3 {[%csl Rb2] צb2}) 18. Bxb3 $14) 14. Rxf4 Bg6 15. Ra4 b6 16. Nd4
Bf6 17. Bb5 $5 (17. Rc4 Re8 18. Re1 Bxd4 19. Bxd4 Na6 20. Bf3 Rxe1+ 21. Qxe1
Nb4 22. Qg3 b5 23. Rc3 Qf8 $132 {Svidler,P (2650)-Gelfand,B (2665)/Tilburg/
1996/ See the notes by Svidler in CBM 56.}) 17... Nd7 18. Nc6 Qc7 19. Rf1 Rfe8
20. c3 $14 Ne5 $6 21. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 22. Rf4 Bb1 23. Bd4 $40 {Horchman,J (2369)
-Tinture,L (2403)/corr/1999/}) (10... Bxd5 11. exd5 Nbd7 12. c4 $13 {/+/=
leads to a similar position, as in the game, but this version is slightly
better for White.}) ({Black has also the brave} 10... Nxe4 11. Bb6 Qd7 12. Nc7
Nc6 13. Nxa8 Rxa8 {White's material advantage is only small and in practice 
(OTB, as well as corr.) he has found it very difficult to convert it, with
Black's [+] control being an important compensating factor. A possible example
is} 14. c4 a5 15. a4 Qc8 16. Bf3 f5 17. Bxe4 $6 fxe4 18. Qe2 Ra6 19. Be3 Nb4
20. Nd2 Bg4 21. f3 exf3 22. Nxf3 Bf6 $36 {Ayrosa,P (2323)-Cunha,E (2111)/corr/
2008/ However, we still lack top level games in this line.}) 11. Qd3 ({White
must already protect the Pe4 and after} 11. f3 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bf5 {Black has an
important extra tempo in comparison with 10...Nxd5 above.}) ({Swapping the bad
B with} 11. Nxe7+ $6 Qxe7 {gives Black control of d5 and comfortable play. An
ilustrative example from the Najdorf Stone Age is} 12. Bf3 Rfd8 13. Qd2 Rac8
14. Rfd1 Nf8 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Rac1 Ng6 18. Qe3 Nh4 19. Nd2 d5 20.
exd5 Bxd5 $36 {Evans,L-Rossolimo,N/New York/1965/}) 11... Bxd5 ({The usual
choice, as} 11... Rc8 12. c4 $1 {already allows} Bxd5 13. cxd5 $14 {with a
nagging edge.}) ({However, Black can also consider} 11... b5 $5 12. a4 Bxd5 13.
exd5 Qc7 {, White had nothing after} 14. Rfc1 Nc5 15. Nxc5 dxc5 16. axb5 axb5
17. Qb3 Rab8 18. Bxb5 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 Rxb5 20. b3 Rd8 21. Ra8 Rbb8 22. Rxb8 Qxb8
$11 {Voros,J (1956)-Cacko,J (2258)/corr/2006/}) 12. exd5 Nc5 $5 {With this
active sortie Black strives to change the P-structure. This gives him better
chances to achieve full-blooded <=>, than slower alternatives such as} (12...
Ne8 {or}) (12... Re8 13. c4 Bf8) 13. Qd2 (13. Nxc5 dxc5 14. Rad1 (14. c4 e4 15.
Qc3 Qc7 16. a3 Bd6 17. h3 Nd7 18. f4 exf3 19. Bxf3 Rae8 20. Rae1 Qd8 21. b4 b6
22. Bd1 Re5 23. Ba4 Nf6 24. Bc2 Rfe8 $132 {Paragua,M (2526)-Bu Xiangzhi (2714)/
Beijing/2008/}) 14... Bd6 15. Bg5 Re8 16. Qf5 h6 (16... e4 $5) 17. Bxf6 Qxf6
18. Qxf6 gxf6 19. Bg4 e4 20. g3 b5 21. Rfe1 Re5 22. Kg2 Rae8 $11 {[%csl Gd6,
Gg4] Ivanchuk,V (2730)-Gelfand,B (2675)/Cap d'Agde/1998/ The ^- practically
guarantee Black a draw.}) 13... Nfe4 {Concrete play, which fits in well with
the previous move.} (13... Qc7 14. f3 {limits Black's chances, passive
strategy can get him into serious trouble:} Nfd7 $6 (14... h6 15. c4 Nh7 $6 {
is also not ideal, after} 16. Nxc5 dxc5 17. Bd3 Bd6 18. g4 $1 Qe7 19. Qg2 Rfe8
20. Rae1 Nf8 21. g5 $40 {Apicella,M (2435)-Brunner,L (2500)/Debrecen EU-chT/
1992/ White unleashed a strong and direct attack.}) (14... a5 $142 $5 {
deserves attention}) 15. Na5 $1 b6 16. Nc6 Bf6 17. b4 Nb7 18. Rac1 Nd8 19. Rfd1
{Short - Kovaljov, Ottawa 2007. White has a strong attack.} Re8 20. a4 Nb7 21.
Bd3 Nd8 22. Qe2 $16 {Short,N (2683)-Kovalyov,A (2510)/Ottawa/2007/}) 14. Qb4 {
Other moves allow Black to swap his (still) passive B via g5.} a5 {[%mdl 36]
Gains a tempo and fits in with Black's dark-square strategy.} ({However, even} 
14... b6 15. f3 Nf6 {can't be condemned outright:} 16. Qd2 (16. Rad1 Nfd7 17.
Qd2 Qc7 18. Nc1 b5 19. b3 Nb6 20. a3 f5 21. g3 f4 22. gxf4 exf4 23. Bxf4 Rf5
24. c4 bxc4 25. bxc4 Re8 $44 {Short,N (2663)-Efimenko,Z (2688)/Wijk aan Zee B/
2009/}) (16. c4 Nh5 17. Qd2 f5 18. Rfd1 a5 19. Bf1 f4 20. Bxc5 bxc5 21. Qe2 e4
22. Qxe4 Bf6 $44 {Voitsekhovsky,S (2493)-Kokarev,D (2574)/Kazan/2008/}) 16...
Qd7 17. c3 a5 18. Rfd1 a4 19. Nc1 e4 20. f4 b5 21. h3 Bd8 22. Kh2 Bb6 23. Rb1
Rfb8 24. g4 Na6 25. Bxb6 Rxb6 $13 {Short,N (2674)-Hillarp Persson,T (2618)/
Malmo/2009/}) 15. Qb5 (15. Qc4 Rc8 (15... Bg5 16. Bxc5 Nxc5 17. Nxc5 dxc5 $11)
16. Nxc5 Nxc5 17. Qb5 f5 18. c3 {1/2,Svidler,P (2735)-Grischuk,A (2710)/
Poikovsky/2005/ This is similar to our game and comfortable for Black after} b6
$11 {/=/+ The draw offer came at the right moment...}) 15... Qc7 ({A solid
move, although Black can perhaps afford even} 15... b6 16. f3 Nf6 17. Rfd1 Nfd7
18. Nd2 Bg5 19. Bf2 Qe7 20. Nc4 f5 21. Qc6 b5 $5 22. Nxd6 Ra6 23. Bxb5 Rxc6 24.
dxc6 e4 25. cxd7 Nxd7 26. Nxf5 Rxf5 27. Bxd7 Rf8 28. fxe4 Qxe4 29. Bc5 $11 {
Milos,G (2620)-Sadvakasov,D (2612)/World Cup Khanty Mansiysk/ 2005/}) 16. Qc4 {
Around here the fight starts turning in Black's favour. Ponomariov plays an
unusual move, but it quickly transpires that it's not connected with a new
concept and White starts to slip up. However, it seems Black has nothing to
fear anyway:} (16. Rfd1 b6 (16... a4 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. Qc4 Rac8 19. b4 $1 axb3
20. cxb3 Qd8 21. Rac1 $14 {Svidler,P (2710)-Gelfand,B (2675)/Haifa rpd/1998/})
17. f3 (17. Qc4 $6 f5 18. Bd3 Qd8 19. Nxc5 Nxc5 20. a3 Rc8 21. Qb5 e4 22. Bf1
Bf6 23. Rab1 Be5 24. b4 axb4 25. Rxb4 Nd7 $36 {Svidler,P (2713)-Polgar,J (2677)
/Dos Hermanas/1999/ was ideal for Black. See Ftacnik's notes in CBM 71.}) 17...
Nf6 18. Qc4 a4 $5 (18... Qb7 $143 19. Nxc5 bxc5 20. Qb3 Qc7 21. Bb5 Nh5 22. Qc4
f5 23. c3 $14 {[%cal Rb2b4]} Rab8 $2 24. b4 $1 Kh8 25. Rab1 Nf4 26. bxc5 dxc5
27. Bxf4 exf4 28. Re1 $16 {Areshchenko,A (2625)-Efimenko,Z (2643)/UKR-ch Rivne/
2005/}) 19. Nxc5 dxc5 20. Rab1 Rfd8 21. Bf2 a3 22. Qb3 axb2 23. Rxb2 Bd6 24.
Bg3 e4 $132 {/=/+,Drake Diez de Rivera,P (2537)-Yaroshenko,Y (2514)/corr/2006/}
) (16. f3 Nf6 17. Nxc5 dxc5 18. Rad1 Rfd8 (18... Bd6 19. Bg5 Nd7 20. Kh1 f5 21.
Bd3 a4 22. Bd2 g6 23. a3 Rf7 24. Bc3 Nf6 25. Qc4 Raf8 26. Qxa4 e4 27. Bc4 $5
$14 (27. Bxf6 Rxf6 28. fxe4 fxe4 29. Rxf6 Rxf6 30. Qxe4 Bxh2 $44 {Szuecs,C 
(2605)-Hertel,P (2652)/corr/2002/})) 19. c4 a4 20. b4 cxb4 $5 (20... axb3 21.
Qxb3 e4 $11) 21. Bb6 Qd7 22. Qxd7 (22. Bxd8 Qxb5 23. cxb5 Rxd8 $36) 22... Rxd7
23. Bd3 Bd8 24. Bf2 Ba5 25. g4 h6 26. h4 $13 {Zor champ-Relic,R/playchess.com/
2006/}) (16. Nxc5 Nxc5 $5 $11 (16... dxc5 17. Qc4 Nf6 18. Rad1 $11 {/+/= is a
slightly better version of the previous lines.})) 16... Rac8 (16... f5 $5 {
is also playable, Black has little to fear after} 17. f3 (17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18.
Bxc5 Qxc5 $11) 17... Bg5 18. Bxg5 Nxg5 19. Nxc5 Rac8 $1 $11 20. f4 exf4) 17.
Rfd1 $6 {The first inaccuracy, which enhances Black >> expansion.} (17. f3 $142
Nf6 (17... Bg5 $2 18. Bxg5 Nxg5 19. h4 $18) 18. Nxc5 dxc5 (18... b6 $5) 19.
Rad1 {leads to roughly equal positions of the type we have already mentioned
in the note to White's 16th move.}) 17... f5 $1 {Anand doesn't miss his chance
to grab the initiative.} 18. c3 {White will need this move sooner or later.} (
18. Nxc5 Nxc5 19. f3 Qd8 $15) (18. f3 Bg5 $1 $15) 18... Qd8 19. Qb5 {Admits
the opening has not gone well.} ({It's difficult to compare this move with} 19.
Nxc5 Nxc5 20. Qb5 b6 $15 {, which is similar to Svidler-Grischuk above.}) 19...
b6 20. Nd2 (20. Nxc5 Nxc5 $15 (20... bxc5 $5)) ({Perhaps White should have
tried} 20. f3 $5 Bg5 21. Bxg5 Nxg5 22. Nd2 {, although even here Black is fine
after} Nd7 $15) 20... Nxd2 21. Bxd2 Bf6 22. Rab1 (22. f3 Bg5 $36 {is
unpleasant, but now Black activates his B and White will have to exchange it
anyway later on under less attractive circumstances.}) 22... e4 23. b4 Nd7 24.
Rb3 Be5 $36 {[%csl Ge5]} 25. a3 Rf7 $5 {[%cal Gf7d7,Yd8h4] Black is in no
hurry and frees his Q.} 26. c4 {There is no other constructive plan.} axb4 27.
axb4 Ra8 $1 {[%csl Rb5][%cal Ga8a1] <->a,ףb5 White's problem is his lack of
effective <=> and the fact his Q can't return to the defence.} 28. Bc3 {
A concession, but it's difficult to suggest an improvement.} Bxc3 29. Rxc3 Ra2
30. Re3 g6 31. Bf1 Qf6 32. Rde1 Kg7 {Visibly enjoying his position, Anand
misses the more energetic} (32... f4 $1 33. Rxe4 (33. R3e2 Rxe2 34. Rxe2 f3 $19
) 33... f3 34. gxf3 (34. g3 Qb2 $19 {[%csl Rf2]}) 34... Qxf3 35. Re8+ Kg7 36.
R8e2 (36. R1e2 Ra1 $18) 36... Rxe2 (36... Qg4+ 37. Kh1 Rxf2 {also wins}) 37.
Rxe2 Ne5 $19 {[%cal Rf7f5,Rf3g4,Rf3f4] ->,/\Qf4, Qg4, Rf5 with a decisive
attack.}) 33. R3e2 Ra3 $17 {Keeps the Qb5 offside} 34. Qc6 h5 35. Re3 Ra7 $1
36. h3 h4 37. Rb3 Ra2 {[%cal Rf6d4] /\Qd4} 38. Rbe3 g5 $6 ({Prolongs the game,
once again Black had a strong tactical solution} 38... Rxf2 $1 39. Kxf2 Qd4 {
[%cal Rf5f4] /\f4} 40. Rd1 (40. Ke2 f4 (40... Ne5 41. Rd1 Nxc6 42. Rxd4 Nxd4+
43. Kd2 Kf6 $19) 41. Rxe4 Qxe4+ 42. Kd2 Qd4+ $19 {->}) (40. g3 hxg3+ 41. Kg2 f4
42. Qxd6 Ne5 $1 $19) 40... Qxd1 41. Qxd6 Qd2+ 42. Be2 Qd4 43. Qf4 Ne5 44. Kg1
Rd7 {/\Nc4-+}) 39. R3e2 Ra7 40. Qc8 (40. Rc2 $1 $15 {/-/+ at least prevents
the immediate centralisation of Black's N.}) 40... Ne5 41. Rc2 $2 ({The final
error.} 41. Qb8 $142 {was more resilient.}) 41... Rf8 42. Qe6 Qd8 $1 $19 {
[%csl Re6][%cal Ra7e7,Rf8f6] /\Rf6, Re7} 43. c5 bxc5 44. bxc5 (44. Rxc5 Re8 45.
Qxf5 dxc5 46. Rxe4 Rf7 $19) 44... Rf6 45. Qxe5 dxe5 46. d6 g4 {The rest is
agony, as White's o^ are not getting anwhere.} 47. hxg4 fxg4 48. g3 (48. Rxe4
g3 49. Rg4+ Rg6 $19) 48... hxg3 49. fxg3 Qa5 50. Rec1 Qa3 51. Rc3 Qb2 52. R1c2
Qb4 (52... Qb4 53. c6 Ra1 $19 {leads to a quick mate.}) 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Bb2 e5 12. h3 Bf5 13. Bb5 e4 14. Nd2 Rad8
15. Rc1 Bg6 16. Re1 Rd5 17. Be2 Re8 18. c4 Rdd8 19. d5 Ne5 20. a4 Re7 21. Nf1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Smeets, Jan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 {Die alte Hauptvariante. Heute wird sehr oft die
Alternative 3.....Nf6 gespielt.} (3... Nf6 4. e5 (4. Bg5 {galt lange als
Hauptzug, doch nach 4...dxe4 bekommt Schwarz gleiches Spiel.} dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7
6. Nf3 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6 8. Bh4 c5 $11) 4... Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6
8. Qd2 $132 {Es entsteht eine Stellung mit verschiedenen guten Möglichkeiten
für beide Seiten.}) 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 {Eine Nebenvariante, die
jedoch präzises Spiel vom Weißspieler verlangt.} (6... Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O (7... Qc7
{Das Bauernopfer galt lange Zeit als interessant, heute hat Weiß jedoch klaren
Vorteil nachweisen können.} 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 dxc3
12. Qd3 Bd7 13. Rb1 O-O-O 14. Rg1 $14 {/\g4-Rg3}) 8. Bd3 $132) 7. Qg4 f5 {
Nach 7....Ne7 geht die Partie zur 6....Ne7 Variante über.} 8. Qg3 ({
Betrachtung verdient die Variante} 8. Qh5+ $5 g6 9. Qd1 {Weiß hat Schwarz dazu
gezwungen, schwarze felder am Königsflügel zu schwächen, er hofft später diese
Schwächen auszunutzen.} Bd7 10. Nf3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Ba4 12. Bd2 h6 (12... Qxc2
13. Qxc2 Bxc2 14. Rc1 Ba4 15. Rc7 Bc6 16. Ng5 $18) 13. Bd3 Nc6 14. O-O Nge7 15.
h4 $14 {Sutovsky - Moskalenko (Evry, 2004)}) 8... Nc6 {Alternativen sind 8...
cxd4 und 8...Ne7.} (8... cxd4 9. cxd4 Ne7 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Bd3 b6 12. Ne2 Ba6
13. Nf4 Qd7 14. h4 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Nbc6 16. Rh3 Rac8 17. Rg3 Rf7 18. h5 $36 {
Kasparov - Short (Novgorod, 1997)}) (8... Ne7 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 cxd4 11. Ne2
Nbc6 12. Qh5+ Ng6 13. Bg5 $1 Qxe5 14. f4 Qg7 15. h4 $16 {Anand - Hansen 
(Middelfart, 2003)}) 9. Nf3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nge7 {Der wichtige Unterschied zur
Variante 8....Ne7 ist, dass Weiß nicht auf g7 nehmen kann.} 11. Bd2 (11. Qxg7
$2 Rg8 12. Qxh7 Nxd4 $1 $17 {Plötzlich steht Schwarz auf Gewinn.}) 11... O-O
12. Bd3 Bd7 13. O-O {Weiß muss den König verstecken, Schwarz hat die Drohung
f4 aufgebaut!} (13. h4 f4 $1 14. Bxf4 (14. Qg5 h6 15. Qh5 Be8 16. Qg4 Nxd4 $3
17. Nxd4 Qxe5+ 18. Kf1 Qxd4 19. Qxe6+ Bf7 $19) 14... Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Qc3+ 16. Ke2
Qxd4 $15 {Lacasa Diaz - Moskalenko (Sants, 2003)}) 13... Be8 {Schwarz will
seinen schlechten französischen Läufer aktivieren.} 14. c4 $2 {Ein einfacher
Einsteller.} (14. Qh3 $5 {Erstmal bleibt der Läufer passiv. Dann kann man
Rfc1-c4 spielen.}) 14... dxc4 15. Bxc4 $2 {Nun sieht's ganz schlecht aus. Die
beste Chance war 15.Ng5.} (15. Ng5 Nd8 (15... cxd3 16. Nxe6 $18 {Die Dame
hängt und Matt auf g7 droht.}) 16. Rfc1 b5 17. a4 $44 {Und Weiß hat zumindest
eine gewisse Kompensation für den Bauern.}) 15... Nxd4 $1 {Schwarz gewinnt
einfach den Bauern und damit eigentlich schon die Partie.} 16. Nxd4 Qxc4 17.
Bb4 Rf7 (17... Qxd4 18. Bxe7 Rf7 19. Bd6 Bc6 $17 {Weiß hat sehr geringe
Chancen, die Partie zu halten.}) 18. Qc3 {Es ist schon die richtige
Entscheidung, die Damen zu tauschen, doch die Stellung bleibt weiterhin sehr
schwierig.} (18. Bxe7 $2 Rxe7 19. Rfd1 Rd8 $19) 18... Qxc3 19. Bxc3 Nd5 20. Bd2
Bd7 21. Rfc1 Rff8 {Nun kann Schwarz langsam aufspielen. Zuerst bringt er den
König nach e7 (nachdem er h6 spielt, um das Schach von g5 zu verhindern),
danach tauscht einen Turm und rollt die Bauern am Damenflügel auf.} 22. a4 $2 {
Ein ganz schlechter Zug. Der Bauer wird auf a4 fixiert und wird zur
andauernden Schwäche.} a5 $1 23. Rcb1 b6 {Die schwarzen Bauern sind
unantastbar. Dafür ist der weiße Turm nun für immer an die Verteidigung des
Bauern a4 gebunden.} 24. Ne2 $1 {Weiß findet den einzigen Weg, sich vorerst zu
retten, nämlich die Springer zu tauschen.} Rfc8 25. Nf4 Nxf4 26. Bxf4 Rc4 $1 {
Doch das Endspiel ist auch ohne Springer sehr schwer zu halten.} 27. Be3 Bxa4
$1 {Nur so!} (27... Rxa4 $4 28. Rxa4 Bxa4 29. Rxb6 Bd7 30. Rb7 Be8 31. Ra7 Rxa7
32. Bxa7 a4 33. Bc5 $11) 28. Rxb6 Bc6 {Der a-Bauer läuft!} 29. f3 a4 30. Rc1 (
30. Bc1 Ra5 31. Bb2 Rd5 $19 {Die schwarzen Türme kommen auf die 2. Reihe.})
30... Bd5 {Nun macht der Türmetausch nichts mehr aus - der Bauer läuft zu weit.
} 31. Rxc4 Bxc4 32. Rb7 a3 33. Ra7 Rxa7 34. Bxa7 f4 $1 {Weiße Bauern werden
auf den weißen Feldern fixiert.} 35. g3 g5 36. Kg2 Bd5 37. Kf2 Kf7 38. gxf4
gxf4 39. Ke2 a2 40. Bd4 Ke8 {Weiß ist hilflos - der schwarze König marschiert
zum Damenflügel und sein weißer Kollege ist an die Verteidigung des Bauern f3
gebunden.} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2814"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 d6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bxg2 9. Kxg2 Qc7 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Qa4 Be7 12. Rfd1 O-O 13. Nc6 Bd8 14. b4 Rc8
15. b5 Ne5 16. Bf4 Be7 17. c5 Nxc6 18. cxd6 Qb7 19. bxc6 Rxc6 20. dxe7 Rxc3+
21. Kg1 Re8 22. Be5 b5 23. Rab1 Rc5 24. Bd4 Rd5 25. Qxa7 Qxe7 26. Qxe7 Rxe7 27.
Bc3 h6 28. Rxd5 Nxd5 29. Bd4 b4 30. e4 Nc3 31. Rxb4 Nxa2 32. Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Ne4 7. Bd2 Nxd2 8.
Qxd2 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Qb6 10. Nc2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rab1 d6 13. b4 Rd8 14. Kh1
Bd7 15. Ne3 Bf8 16. b5 Na5 17. f4 Qc7 18. Rfc1 Rac8 19. Ne4 b6 20. Rc2 h6 21.
Rf1 f5 22. Nf2 g6 23. Nd3 Bg7 24. Rfc1 Be8 25. Nd1 Qe7 26. Qb4 Rc7 27. e4 fxe4
28. Bxe4 Qf6 29. Bf3 Bf7 30. N1f2 Qd4 31. Ne5 Bxe5 32. fxe5 Qxe5 33. Ng4 Qg7
34. Rd1 h5 35. Nf2 Qe5 36. Re1 Qd4 37. Rd1 Qe5 38. Re1 Qf5 39. Be4 Qc5 40. Qb2
Qg5 41. Bd3 e5 42. Ne4 Qe7 43. Rf1 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D99"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qb3 Nb6 6. d4 Bg7 7. e4 O-O 8.
Be3 Bg4 9. Rd1 e6 10. Be2 Nc6 11. Ng1 Bxe2 12. Ngxe2 Qe7 13. O-O Rfd8 14. e5
Qb4 15. Qc2 h6 16. a3 Qc4 17. Rc1 Nd5 18. Nxd5 Qxc2 19. Nf6+ Bxf6 20. Rxc2 Bg7
21. Rfc1 Rd7 22. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Qa5 8. a3
cxd4 9. b4 Qc7 10. cxd4 b5 11. Nf4 Qb6 12. Rb1 h6 13. Be3 a5 14. Nd3 axb4 15.
axb4 Ra4 16. Qd2 Qa7 17. Qc3 Bb7 18. Be2 Ra3 19. Qc1 Ra2 20. Bd1 Qa3 21. Qxa3
Rxa3 22. Nc5 Bxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd2 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 Bd6 9. Nb5 Bd7 10. Qb3 Ne4 11. Nxd6 cxd6 12. Bd3 Nxd2 13. Nxd2 Qa5 14. a3
Rab8 15. Qb5 Qxb5 16. Bxb5 Rfc8 17. Ne4 d5 18. Nc5 Be8 19. Bxc6 Rxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Qe2 c5 {The main
line is, naturally, short castling, but the immediate punch in the centre is
playable as well.} 14. Rhe1 O-O (14... cxd4 15. Nxd4 O-O 16. Ngf5 Bc5 {would
transpose to the line that could occur in the game (see below the comment to
White's 16th move).}) 15. Nf5 {White must grab the bishop, otherwise he has
absolutely nothing.} cxd4 (15... exf5 16. Qxe7 Qc7 17. dxc5 Rfe8 18. Qd6 Qxc5
19. Qxc5 Nxc5 20. Nd4 $6 (20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Be3 $14) 20... Nce4 21. Nxf5 $2 (
21. Re2 $11) 21... Nxf2 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Rf1 N2e4 24. Re1 Nxh5 $17 {0-1
Gashimov,V (2730)-Anand,V (2783)/Baku 2009/CBM 130 Extra (45)}) 16. Nxe7+ ({
For those who are brave enough, there is a sharp piece sacrifice available:} 
16. N3xd4 Bc5 17. Nxh6+ gxh6 18. Bxh6 {Practice has shown that Black can
defend, and the position is approximately balanced.}) 16... Qxe7 17. Nxd4 Rfc8
$6 {It is more natural to place the rooks on c8 and d8, accordingly.} (17...
Rfd8 18. g4 Nc5 19. Bf4 Nd5 20. Be5 Nd7 21. Bh2 Rac8 22. Kb1 N7b6 23. Ka1 Na4
24. Nb5 Nxb2 25. Kxb2 Qb4+ 26. Ka1 Nc3 27. Nxc3 Qxc3+ 28. Kb1 Qb4+ 29. Ka1 Qc3+
{1/2-1/2 Smeets,J (2604)-Akopian,V (2679)/Dresden 2008/CBM 128}) 18. g4 {
Starting the standard assault against the king. Black must be quick in
creating the counterplay on the other side.} Nd5 (18... Qc5 19. Be3 Qc4 20.
Qxc4 Rxc4 21. b3 Rc7 22. f3 $14) 19. Kb1 {It is necessary to move the king
away from the c-file.} N7b6 $6 {This is too slow. Instead, Black should
activate the queen and quickly create some counter-threats against the white
monarch.} (19... Qc5 $1 20. c3 Qc4 21. Qf3 b5 22. g5 hxg5 23. Bxg5 b4 24. cxb4
Qxb4 $1 (24... Nxb4 $2 25. b3 Qd5 (25... Qa6 26. Rd2 Nd5 27. Rg1) 26. Qg3 Qa5
27. a4 {In both case White's attack prevails.}) 25. Nb3 Nc5 26. Bd2 Qb7 27. Na5
Qb5 28. Rg1 Rab8 29. Bc3 Nxc3+ 30. Qxc3 Kf8 31. Qxg7+ Ke7 32. Qg5+ Kf8 {
and White doesn't have more than a perpetual check.}) 20. f4 Qc5 (20... Nc4 21.
g5 $16) 21. c3 Nc4 $6 (21... Na4 22. g5 Qb6 (22... Nxb2 23. Kxb2 Nxc3 24. Bxc3
Qxc3+ 25. Kb1 $16) 23. Nb3 Rxc3 24. Qe5 Rxb3 25. axb3 Qxb3 26. Rc1 Qd3+ 27. Rc2
Rc8 28. Qe4 Qxc2+ 29. Qxc2 Rxc2 30. Kxc2 {From a material point of view Black
is fine, but his king is unsafe even in the endgame. I am not sure that Black
can hold this. Still, this might have been the least of the evils for Black.})
(21... Qc4 22. Qf3 $16 {Compared to the line 19...Qc5 20.c3 Qc4 21.Qf3,
examined above, here Black's b-pawn is blocked by its own knight, therefore he
can't create any quick counterplay. Meanwhile, Black's king will feel the
danger very soon.}) 22. Bc1 b5 $2 {This tactical blunder is a result of simple
lack of concentration, as White's reply is so obvious. However, objectively
speaking, Black's position is already unsatisfactory. White's kingside assault
goes forward smoothly, while Black's counterplay is a bit late.} (22... Na3+ {
is a punch in the air.} 23. Ka1 Qb6 24. Qe4 Nb5 25. Nxb5 Qxb5 26. g5 $18) (
22... Qb6 23. Ka1 Na3 24. Qe4 {leads to the line above.}) (22... Kh8 23. g5 $40
) (22... Qd6 23. g5 Nxf4 24. Qg4 $18) 23. Nxe6 $1 {and Black soon collapses...}
Na3+ (23... fxe6 24. Qxe6+ Kh8 25. Rxd5 $18) 24. Ka1 Nb4 25. bxa3 (25. Nd4 Qxd4
26. cxb4 Qf6 (26... Rxc1+ 27. Rxc1 Nc4 28. g5 $18) 27. g5 {was another way to
win a piece, but the choice in the game is more human like.}) (25. cxb4 $2 Nc2+
26. Kb1 Qxb4 {is not convincing at all.}) 25... Qxc3+ 26. Bb2 Nc2+ 27. Kb1
Nxa3+ 28. Bxa3 Qxa3 29. Nd4 {Black could already resign.} Rc4 30. g5 {Black
has no threats, so White can continue his own attack.} Qc5 31. Qe5 {The
exchange of queens puts an end to Black's last hope.} hxg5 32. fxg5 Rd8 33. g6
Qxe5 34. Rxe5 Rc7 35. Rde1 {The Chinese grandmaster is very precise right till
the end.} Kf8 36. Rxb5 a6 37. Rbe5 Rb7+ 38. Ka1 Rb6 39. Rf5 Rd7 40. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 c5 7. Be3 Nc6 8. d5
Ne5 9. Ng3 h5 10. Be2 h4 11. Nf1 e6 12. Nd2 exd5 13. cxd5 {For this line - see
Ponomariov - Carlsen in CBM 137 (annotations by GM D.Rogozenco).} a6 (13... Bd7
14. O-O b5 15. Nxb5 Bxb5 16. Bxb5 Rb8 17. a4 Nh5 18. f4 $1 Nd7 19. Qg4 $16 {
0-1 Ponomariov,R (2733)-Carlsen,M (2813)/Medias 2010/CBM 137/[Rogozenco] (50)})
(13... h3 14. g3 Bd7 15. a4 a6 16. a5 b5 17. axb6 Qxb6 18. Ra2 a5 19. g4 Bc8
20. g5 Ne8 21. f4 Nd7 22. f5 Bd4 23. Nc4 $16 {1-0 Volke,K (2478)-Laurent,B 
(2400)/Fuegen 2006/CBM 115 (53)}) (13... Nh7 $5 14. f4 Nd7 15. O-O Re8 16. h3
f5 17. Bf2 fxe4 18. Ndxe4 Nb6 19. Bd3 Rf8 20. Be3 Bf5 21. Qd2 Kh8 22. Rae1 Bxe4
23. Bxe4 Nc4 24. Qf2 Nxe3 {1/2 Razuvaev,Y (2575)-Khalifman,A (2625)/Germany
1992/GER-chT}) 14. a4 Bd7 (14... Rb8 15. O-O Bd7 (15... Qe8 16. a5 Bd7 17. h3
Nh7 18. f4 Bh6 19. Qe1 Qd8 20. Nd1 {1-0 Edouard,R (2617)-Lanzani,M (2371)/
Rijeka 2010/CBM 136}) 16. Bg5 c4 17. Bxh4 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. b4 $14 {1-0
Bischoff,K (2510)-Meyer,P (2365)/Biel 1992/CBM 031 ext (56)}) (14... Nh7 15. f4
Nd7 16. O-O Re8 17. Bd3 Nhf6 18. Qf3 Nb6 {1/2 Ozolin,M (2387)-Belous,V (2312)/
Moscow 2008/CBM 122 Extra (45)} 19. f5 gxf5 20. Bg5 $36) 15. a5 $5 $146 {
[%mdl 8] Otherwise Black successfully pushes ...b7-b5.} (15. Bg5 h3 16. g3 {
0-1 Estremera Panos,S (2330)-Miguel Lago,V (2280)/Pontevedra 1992/TD (34)} b5
$1 $132) (15. O-O b5 (15... Qc8 16. Qc2 Nh5 17. Rfe1 f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Nde4
Qd7 20. Rf1 Rae8 21. Qd2 c4 22. Kh1 Rf7 23. a5 Nf6 $132 {0-1 Peregudov,N (2470)
-Shulman,Y (2425)/St Petersburg 1994/EXT 1998 (68)}) 16. axb5 (16. h3 $5 c4 17.
Qe1 Rc8 $1 18. Qxh4 b4 19. Nd1 $44 {R.Knaak}) 16... axb5 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. Bxb5
(18. h3 b4 19. Ncb1 Bc8 $132 {[%cal Yc8a6]}) (18. Nxb5 Bxb5 19. Bxb5 Rb8 $13)
18... Bxb5 19. Nxb5 Qa6 20. Nc3 Rb8 21. Qc2 Nh5 (21... Nd3 $5 22. Nd1 {1-0
Abegg,B-Alford,J/ICCF Email 2000 (33)} Nd7 $44) 22. b3 Rb4 $44 23. Na2 $4 {
1-0 Psakhis,L (2575)-Piket,M (2350)/Amsterdam 1990/CBM 020/[Knaak] (41)} Qe2 $1
$19) 15... b5 16. axb6 Qxb6 17. Ra2 $14 {White will now prepare f3-f4 etc.
pushing Black's pieces back.} Qb4 18. O-O Bb5 19. Kh1 $6 (19. f4 $142) 19...
Rfb8 (19... Rfe8 $5) 20. f4 Nc4 21. Bxc4 Bxc4 22. Ra4 $1 Bxf1 23. Rxb4 cxb4 24.
Na4 Bd3 25. Nb6 Rxb6 (25... Ra7 26. e5 $1) 26. Bxb6 {White has won a queen for
a rook and a bishop but this should not be enough to win when the opponent's
pieces are active.} Bxe4 (26... Rc8 $5 $44 {[%cal Yc8c2]}) 27. Nxe4 Nxe4 28.
Qe1 f5 29. Qxb4 Rc8 30. Bc7 Re8 $2 {After this passive move White gradually
converts his material advantage.} (30... Bd4 $1 31. Qxd4 Rxc7 {with a probable
draw.}) 31. Kg1 Kh7 32. Kf1 Rc8 ({The bishop endgame after} 32... Nc5 $5 33.
Bxd6 Nd3 34. Qd2 Re1+ 35. Qxe1 Nxe1 36. Kxe1 {should be winning for White, e.g.
} Kg8 (36... Bxb2 $2 37. Bc7 {[%cal Yd5d6,Yd6d7,Yd7d8]}) 37. Be5 Bf8 38. Bf6
Bd6 39. Bg5 Kf7 40. Ke2 Ke8 41. Kf3 {etc.}) 33. Qb7 Re8 34. Ba5 Kh6 35. Be1 h3
36. gxh3 Nc5 37. Qc6 Re3 38. Bf2 Rf3 39. Kg2 Rxf2+ 40. Kxf2 Bxb2 41. Kf3 Ne4
42. Qxa6 Bf6 43. Qb7 {White's king now triumphally marches to f7.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 c5 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Nc6 7. dxc5 Ne4 8.
Qe3 Qa5+ 9. Bd2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 Qxc5 11. Rc1 b6 12. Bg2 Bb7 13. Nh3 Qe7 14. O-O
O-O 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Qg5 Rab8 17. Rc3 Qxg5 18. Nxg5 h6 19. Ne4 d5 20. cxd5
exd5 21. Nd2 Nd4 22. Rd3 Nxe2+ 23. Kf1 Ba6 24. Nb3 Nxg3+ 25. hxg3 Rbc8 26. Nd4
g6 27. Bf3 Bxd3+ 28. Rxd3 Kg7 29. Kg2 h5 30. Bd1 a5 31. Bb3 Rc5 32. f4 b5 33.
Bd1 a4 34. Kf2 Rb8 35. b4 axb3 36. Rxb3 Rc4 37. Nxb5 h4 38. Be2 Ra4 39. Bf1
hxg3+ 40. Kxg3 Rb6 41. Be2 Kf6 42. Rc3 g5 43. fxg5+ Kxg5 44. Rc5 Rxb5 45. Rxb5
Rxa3+ 46. Kf2 Ra7 47. Rxd5+ Kf6 48. Bc4 Rc7 49. Rd4 Kg7 50. Ke3 Re7+ 51. Kd3
Kf8 52. Rg4 Rd7+ 53. Ke4 Re7+ 54. Kd5 Rd7+ 55. Kc6 Ra7 56. Rg1 Re7 57. Ra1 Re4
58. Bd5 Rf4 59. Kd7 Rf2 60. Ra8+ Kg7 61. Ra3 Kf8 62. Rd3 Rf6 63. Bf3 Kg7 64.
Bd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qe2 cxd4 10. exd4 O-O 11. Be3 b6 12. Rad1 Nb4 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. f4 Bd5 15.
Nxd5 exd5 16. Bb3 Ne4 17. Qh5 Rc8 18. Rc1 Bf6 19. Qh3 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Bxe5 21.
fxe5 f5 22. Rf1 g6 23. g4 fxg4 24. Qxg4 Rxf1+ 25. Kxf1 Qf8+ 26. Ke2 Qf5 27.
Qxf5 gxf5 28. a5 bxa5 29. Ba4 Kf7 30. Bd7 Kg6 31. Be8+ Kg7 32. Bd7 Kg6 33. h4
Nc2 34. Ba4 Ng3+ 35. Kf3 Nxe3 36. Kxe3 Kf7 37. Bd1 Ke6 38. Kf4 Ne4 39. Bc2 h6
40. Bd3 a4 41. Bc2 Nd2 42. Bxa4 Nc4 43. b3 Na3 44. b4 a6 45. Kf3 Nb1 46. Bc2
Nc3 47. Bd3 Na2 48. Bxa6 Nxb4 49. Bc8+ Ke7 50. Bxf5 Na6 51. Ke3 Nc7 52. Bc8 Kd8
53. Bb7 Ke7 54. Bc6 Kf8 55. Kd3 Ke7 56. Kc3 Kd8 57. h5 Ke7 58. Kc2 Ne6 59. Kd3
Nc7 60. Kc3 Kf8 61. Kd2 Ke7 62. Ke3 Kf8 63. Bb7 Kf7 64. Bc8 Ke7 65. Kf4 Nb5 66.
Kf5 Nxd4+ 67. Kg6 Nc6 68. Kxh6 Kf7 69. e6+ Kf6 70. Ba6 Nd4 71. e7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.30"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 c6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Rd1 b6 10. b3 Ba6 11. Bf4 Rc8 12. Nc3 Nh5 13. Bc1 Nhf6 14. e4 dxc4 15.
Bf4 Bb4 16. Nd2 Qe7 17. Nxc4 Bxc4 18. bxc4 e5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. a3 Bc5 21. Na4
Rfe8 22. Nxc5 Qxc5 23. Rdc1 Rcd8 24. Be3 Qe7 25. h3 Ng6 26. Re1 Nxe4 27. h4 Nf6
28. Bxc6 Ne5 29. Bg2 Qc7 30. Rec1 Neg4 31. Bf4 Qc5 32. Rab1 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 18th"]
[Site "Olginka"]
[Date "2011.04.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Potapov, Pavel"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "190"]
[EventDate "2011.04.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Yamal"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Be3 e5 5. h3 c6 6. Nf3 b5 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. O-O Be7 10. Ne2 O-O 11. Ng3 Re8 12. a4 a6 13. Rc1 Nc5 14. Nxe5 Nxa4 15.
Rb1 c5 16. c3 Bd6 17. f4 Bxe5 18. fxe5 Rxe5 19. Bf4 Re6 20. e5 Nd5 21. Be4 c4
22. Qf3 Nxf4 23. Bxb7 Qb6+ 24. Kh1 Rf8 25. Nf5 Ng6 26. Bd5 Kh8 27. Rbe1 Nxb2
28. Bxe6 fxe6 29. Qe3 Qxe3 30. Nxe3 Kg8 31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 32. Ra1 Na4 33. Nxc4
Nxc3 34. Nd6 Nxe5 35. Rxa6 Nd7 36. Nxb5 Nxb5 37. Rxe6 Kf7 38. Ra6 Nf6 39. g4
Nd4 40. Kg2 Ne6 41. Kg3 Ne4+ 42. Kf3 N4g5+ 43. Kg3 Kf6 44. Ra5 Ne4+ 45. Kf3
N4c5 46. h4 Ke5 47. Ke3 Kd6 48. Ra8 Nd7 49. Kf3 h6 50. Ra7 Ne5+ 51. Kg3 Kd5 52.
Ra4 Nc4 53. Ra1 Nd6 54. Ra5+ Nc5 55. Ra7 Ne6 56. Ra5+ Kc4 57. Re5 Nd4 58. Kf4
Nc6 59. Re1 Kd5 60. Ra1 Ne7 61. Ra7 Ke6 62. Kg3 g6 63. Ra1 Nc6 64. Re1+ Ne5 65.
Kf4 Ndc4 66. Ra1 Nd3+ 67. Ke4 Nc5+ 68. Kf4 Nb6 69. Re1+ Kf7 70. Ra1 Ne6+ 71.
Ke4 Nd7 72. Ra7 Kf6 73. Ra1 Ndc5+ 74. Kd5 Nd3 75. Rf1+ Ke7 76. Ra1 Nf8 77. Ke4
Nc5+ 78. Kd5 Ncd7 79. Re1+ Kf7 80. Rf1+ Kg7 81. Kd6 Nf6 82. Rf4 g5 83. hxg5
hxg5 84. Rf5 N8h7 85. Ke7 Kg6 86. Ke6 Ng8 87. Rf3 Nh6 88. Rf1 Kg7 89. Ra1 Nf8+
90. Ke5 Nd7+ 91. Ke6 Nf6 92. Ra5 Kg6 93. Ra6 Nhxg4 94. Ra5 Ne3 95. Rxg5+ Kxg5
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 18th"]
[Site "Olginka"]
[Date "2011.04.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2011.04.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Khanty Mansiysk Yugra"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 Bc5 6. Bg2 d6 7. O-O O-O 8. e3
a6 9. d4 Ba7 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. b4 Be6 13. Bb2 Nd7 14. c5 c6 15.
Nc3 f5 16. Qd6 Qe8 17. Qc7 Qb8 18. Qxb8 Bxb8 19. Rfd1 e4 20. Bh3 Be5 21. Rd2
Nf6 22. Ne2 Bxb2 23. Rxb2 g6 24. Rc1 Nd7 25. Nd4 Bd5 26. Bf1 Ne5 27. a4 Kg7 28.
Be2 g5 29. b5 axb5 30. axb5 f4 31. bxc6 bxc6 32. exf4 gxf4 33. Nc2 f3 34. Bf1
Rfb8 35. Rxb8 Rxb8 36. Ne3 Be6 37. Rd1 Ng4 38. Nxg4 Bxg4 39. h3 Be6 40. g4 Rb2
41. Re1 Bd5 42. h4 Kf6 43. Kh2 Rxf2+ 44. Kg3 e3 45. g5+ Kg7 46. Bd3 Rg2+ 47.
Kf4 e2 48. Rb1 h6 49. Rb7+ Kf8 50. Rb8+ Ke7 51. Rb7+ Kd8 52. Rb8+ Kc7 53. Rb1
h5 54. Ba6 Rg4+ 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 18th"]
[Site "Olginka"]
[Date "2011.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Frolyanov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2011.04.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Lipetsk EGU-Perspektiva"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Qa4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Nd5 8.
Qb5 Bxd2+ 9. Nbxd2 c3 10. bxc3 Nxc3 11. Qd3 Nd5 12. O-O O-O 13. Rfc1 h6 14.
Rab1 Nde7 15. Nb3 a5 16. Qc2 Ra7 17. e3 b6 18. a3 Bb7 19. Nbd2 Qa8 20. Bf1 Ba6
21. Bg2 Bb7 22. Bf1 Ba6 23. Bg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 18th"]
[Site "Olginka"]
[Date "2011.04.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E47"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2011.04.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Nizhny Tagil Politekhnik"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. a3 cxd4 7. axb4 dxc3 8.
bxc3 {#An extremely rare continuation of the Nimzo-Indian Rubinstein that has
only seen GM practice a couple of times. A surprise weapon or athe beginning
of its rehabiliation?} d6 {The classic Nimzo is a fight for the e4-square,
which is no doubt why the two previous GM forays involved d5. Ponomariov has
something else planned.} (8... d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. h3 Ne4 11. Bb2 Qg5 12. Kf1
Bf5 13. Nf3 Qe7 14. Be2 Rd8 15. b5 Nd7 16. g4 Be6 17. Kg2 Ndc5 18. Ra3 Nd6 19.
Nd4 Nc4 20. Ra2 Qf6 21. Bc1 Ne4 {0-1 (49) Granda Zuniga,J (2630)-Beliavsky,A 
(2690)/Madrid 1998/CBM 065 (49)}) 9. Nf3 e5 10. e4 Be6 11. O-O Qc7 12. Bg5 Nbd7
13. Nd2 h6 14. Bh4 a5 15. Qe2 Rfc8 {#With the center stabilized for the moment,
Black has been pressuring White's queenside pawns notably c4, and after axb4,
the b-pawn as well, and possibly the dark squares.} 16. Rfd1 axb4 17. cxb4 Qb6
18. b5 Bg4 $1 19. Nf3 Nh5 20. Qe3 Qxe3 21. fxe3 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 Nc5 23. Bc2 g5
24. Be1 Nf6 25. Nd2 {How does Ruslan increase the pressure?} Bh5 $1 26. Ra7 Bg6
27. Kf1 {#} d5 $1 28. Bg3 ({White can actually take, and it is merely another
possibility.} 28. cxd5 Nxd5 29. exd5 Bxc2 30. Nf3 Bd3+ 31. Kg1 Bxb5 32. Nxe5
Ne4 33. Ra1 Rc5 34. Rd1 Be2 35. Rd4 f5 {and Black is better.}) (28. exd5 $4
Bxc2) 28... Nfxe4 29. Nxe4 Nxe4 30. Bxe5 Nd2+ 31. Ke2 Nxc4 32. Bxg6 Nxe5 $1 {
The former FIDE world champion has been in sizzling form and his positional
play has been absolutely exemplary.} 33. Bf5 Rc7 34. b6 Re7 35. Bc8 Nc4 36.
Rxb7 Rxe3+ 37. Kf2 Rb3 38. Rd7 Rb2+ 39. Kg1 Nxb6 40. Rd8+ Kg7 41. Bf5 Nc4 (
41... Nc4 42. Rxd5 Ne3 (42... Rxg2+ 43. Kxg2 Ne3+ 44. Kf3 Nxd5 {is also
winning.}) 43. Ra5 Rxg2+ 44. Kh1 Rf2 45. Bh3 g4 46. Kg1 Re2 47. Bf1 Nxf1 48.
Kxf1 Rxh2) 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 18th"]
[Site "Olginka"]
[Date "2011.04.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2011.04.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Saratov Economist SSSEU"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Ne5
e6 9. O-O Nfd7 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Bf4 Nf6 12. Rc1 Qa5 13. a3 Bd7 14. Qb3 Qa6 15.
Rfd1 Rfc8 16. Ne5 Be8 17. Bf1 Na5 18. Qa2 b5 19. Nd3 Qb6 20. Nc5 Nh5 21. e3
Nxf4 22. gxf4 Nb7 23. Nxb7 Qxb7 24. Qb3 Bf8 25. Bd3 a5 26. a4 b4 27. Nb5 Rxc1
28. Rxc1 Rc8 29. Qd1 Rxc1 30. Qxc1 Qc6 31. Qd1 Be7 32. b3 Kf8 33. Kg2 Bd8 34.
Na7 Qd7 35. Nb5 Bb6 36. h3 Qd8 37. Qg4 Bc6 38. Qg5 f6 39. Qg4 Qe7 40. Qg3 f5
41. Qg5 Qxg5+ 42. fxg5 e5 43. f4 exf4 44. exf4 Ke7 45. Kf3 Bxb5 46. Bxb5 Bxd4
47. Bc6 Ke6 48. Be8 Bb2 49. Bc6 Bc1 50. Be8 Bd2 51. Bc6 d4 52. Bb5 Kf7 53. Bc4+
Kg7 54. Bb5 h6 55. gxh6+ Kxh6 56. Bc4 Kh5 57. Bb5 Bc1 58. Kg3 Bd2 59. Be2+ Kh6
60. h4 Be1+ 61. Kh3 Bf2 62. Bc4 Kg7 63. Be2 Kf6 64. Bc4 Ke7 65. Bd3 Ke6 66.
Bc4+ Kd6 67. Be2 Kd5 68. Bf3+ Kc5 69. Be2 Be1 70. Bc4 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 18th"]
[Site "Olginka"]
[Date "2011.04.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2011.04.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belgorod BelGu"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. Ne4 Be6 11. h3 Rd8 12. Neg5 Bc4 13. Re1 h6 14. e6
fxe6 15. Ne5 hxg5 16. Nxc4 Nd4 17. Ne3 c5 18. c3 Nc6 19. Ng4 Be7 20. f4 gxf4
21. Bxf4 Kd7 22. Ne5+ Nxe5 23. Bxe5 Rh5 24. Re4 Rg8 25. Rae1 g5 26. Rd1+ Bd6
27. Rd3 g4 28. hxg4 Rhg5 29. Kf2 Rxg4 30. Rxg4 Rxg4 31. Kf3 Rg5 32. Bh8 Rg3+
0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 18th"]
[Site "Olginka"]
[Date "2011.04.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "Ponomariov,R"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2011.04.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sankt Petersburg Chess Federation"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 {It's not always so easy to predict what Vassily will play. I think he
hadn't played 1.e4 against me 1.e4 since our match in Moscow in 2002!} e5 2.
Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Nbd2 a6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. d4
exd4 10. cxd4 {Well, despite such a rare variation I had some knoweledge about
it. During my long stay in Moscow last year I had possibility to play some
training blitz games vs. Sergey Karjakin. But of course after 6 months it was
not so easy to remember everything during this game.} Bb6 {Some players
retreat with the bishop to a safe place on a7. But I had another idea in my
mind.} 11. Qc2 Re8 12. Re1 Bd7 ({Serger himself played immediately} 12... c5
13. e5 ({But probably after} 13. d5 Ba5 14. b3 Bd7 15. Bb2 c6 {it could be my
current game vs. Ivanchuk}) 13... Nd5 14. Nc4 h6 15. Bd2 Be6 16. exd6 cxd6 17.
Nxb6 Qxb6 18. dxc5 dxc5 19. Ne5 Nb4 20. Qa4 Nd5 21. Qc2 Nb4 22. Qa4 Nd5 {
1/2 Svidler,P (2722)-Karjakin,S (2760)/Moscow RUS 2010/}) 13. b3 c5 14. d5 c6
$6 {I tried to remember my old analysis. But my memory played a joke with me.}
({How it would possible to see better is} 14... Ba5 $5 15. Bb2 c6 16. dxc6 Bxc6
{transforming to the game with a correct move order.}) 15. dxc6 {Vassily
didn't exploit his chance.} ({Very strong was} 15. Nc4 $5 {and now Black has
not such an easy choice} Bc7 ({The computer recommends} 15... cxd5 16. Nxd6
Nxe4 17. Nxe8 Bxe8 18. Bb2 f5 {and says that Black is okay here. But I think
White's chances are preferable here and it's easier to play with some extra
material, because Black needs to avoid exchanging pieces.}) 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bh4
{and this pin is quite unpleasant for Black because he can't play} g5 $140 18.
Nxg5 $1 hxg5 19. Bxg5 cxd5 20. exd5 Kg7 21. Qc3 Rh8 22. Re3 {with a dangerous
initiative for white.}) 15... Bxc6 16. Bb2 Ba5 {Now after some adventures I
was again on the right road!} 17. Rad1 h6 18. Re3 Re6 19. Nc4 Bc7 {A modest
retreat, but in fact not so bad for Black.} ({It made no sense to play} 19...
Bxe4 20. Bxf6 Bxc2 21. Bxd8 Rxe3 22. Nxe3 Bxd1 23. Bxa5 Bxf3 24. gxf3 $14 {
and only White can without any risk play for a win here.}) 20. e5 $6 {First
step along the wrong path: White has some problems with his e4-pawn. Probably
my opponent after my last move thought that now it's a time for active play,
but in the end only activated my pieces.} ({As later I realised: before at
home I had analysed} 20. Rde1 Qe7 21. Nfd2 Re8 22. Qc3 Qf8 {and probably White
has nothing better than} 23. Qd3 Qe7 24. Qc3 $11 {with a draw by repetition})
20... Nd5 21. Ree1 Nf4 {I couldn't calculate all variations during the game.
But in the same moment this move is so tempting that I couldn't stop myself!}
22. Qf5 $2 {The ball was in White's court, but he didn't solve this problem.} (
{Correct was} 22. exd6 {after which both sides must find many only moves
before reaching a draw} Bxf3 23. dxc7 Nh3+ $1 24. Kf1 $1 Bxg2+ 25. Kxg2 Qg5+
26. Kh1 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Qd5+ 28. Re4 Qg5 $1 29. Re1 Qd5+ $11 {I am not sure
that I would find all these crazy variations over the board. But sometimes we
must believe in our intuition!}) 22... Bxf3 23. gxf3 Qh4 24. Re4 {Now Vassily
offered a draw, but it's a little bit too late. Anyway now it's quite
difficult to recommend something for White and maybe it was his best practical
chance.} dxe5 ({Someone suggested the crazy winning continuation} 24... Rg6+
25. Kf1 Rg2 26. Rd2 Qxh2 27. Rxf4 Ba5 $3 $19 {, but I think my way is simpler
and not worse.}) 25. Rd7 ({On} 25. Bxe5 {I also planned to play} Rg6+ 26. Kf1
Rg2 {with a decisive attack.}) 25... Rg6+ 26. Kf1 Rg2 {This simple move was a
blunder by my opponent, as I could see when he started to shake his head. I
can't say that I am very satisfied with the quality of this game. But the
captain of my team was quite happy with such a result :)} 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 18th"]
[Site "Olginka"]
[Date "2011.04.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Romanov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2011.04.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg Mikhail Chigorin CC"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. c5 g6 7. Ne5 Bg7 8. f4 O-O
9. Be2 Qc7 10. Bf3 a5 11. a3 Be6 12. g4 Nbd7 13. Nd3 Qb7 14. Nf2 b4 15. Na4
Rad8 16. Bd2 Qb5 17. Be2 Qb7 18. Bd3 Nb8 19. axb4 axb4 20. O-O Ne4 21. Nxe4
dxe4 22. Bxe4 f5 23. Bf3 Na6 24. gxf5 gxf5 25. Kh1 Kh8 26. Nb6 b3 27. Qe2 Nc7
28. Ra5 Rf6 29. Rg1 Bf7 30. Rg3 Rg6 31. Rxg6 hxg6 32. Qg2 Nd5 33. Nxd5 Rxd5 34.
Kg1 Kh7 35. Qh3+ Kg8 36. Bc3 Qc8 37. Kf2 Bf6 38. Bxd5 Bxd5 39. Qh6 Kf7 40. Qh7+
Bg7 41. Ra1 Qe6 42. Rg1 Kf8 43. Rxg6 Bf6 44. Qh6+ Ke8 45. Rxf6 exf6 46. Qg6+
Ke7 47. Qg7+ Ke8 48. Qg6+ Ke7 49. Qh7+ Ke8 50. Qh8+ Kf7 51. Qh7+ Ke8 52. Qh5+
Ke7 53. Qh7+ Ke8 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 18th"]
[Site "Olginka"]
[Date "2011.04.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "Ponomariov,R"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2011.04.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 Be7 ({Last time in Wijk aan Zee 2011
against Aronian and Giri I played} 4... Bb4+ {So now I wanted to surprise
Gelfand with something else. But it's not so easy :)}) 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4
7. Qc2 ({Of course White can play} 7. Qa4 a6 8. Qxc4 {, but then there is no
extra option 8.a4}) 7... b5 $5 {I saw that this idea had recently become very
popular. In the Russian league it was tried by Ukrainian GM Zontakh. So after
some quick analysis I decided why not?} 8. a4 b4 9. Nfd2 {But Boris played the
next moves very quickly. So he had analysed this for sure. Well in Olginka he
played only 4 games - so he had lots of time for training there :)} ({Maybe
the same} 9. Ne5 Qxd4 10. Nxc4 c6 ({But here I can have extra options} 10...
Nd5) ({or} 10... Ba6)) 9... c6 10. Nxc4 Qxd4 11. Rd1 ({After} 11. Be3 {I
planned to retreat back home with my queen} Qd8 {I think here my queen
protects more squares.}) 11... Qc5 12. Be3 Qh5 ({I didn't like} 12... Qf5 13.
Qxf5 exf5 14. Nbd2 {because here White has very easy play. In principle, I
think Boris likes to play safe positions without queens.}) 13. Nbd2 Ng4 14. Nf3
Nxe3 {I spent quite a lot of time here looking for some active counterplay.
But in the end I didn't find anything better then this exchange.} ({Maybe} 
14... e5 {was interesting:} 15. Bd2 b3 $5 {trying to provoke some
complications.} {But after} 16. Qxb3 Bc5 17. Be1 e4 18. h3 Nxf2 19. Bxf2 Bxf2+
20. Kxf2 exf3 21. Qxf3 Qc5+ 22. Ne3 {maybe anyway White's position is slightly
preferable and easier to play.}) 15. Nxe3 {I didn't like the fact that now
Gelfand could play just natural moves. But well it's not so easy to complicate
things without taking a big risk with Black and maybe first I must think about
equality.} a5 16. Nc4 Ba6 17. Rac1 Ra7 18. Nfe5 Bxc4 {I started to worry about
my queen on h5 and that's why give up my pair of bishops.} ({but probably} 
18... Bf6 $5 {was ;possible:} 19. Bf3 Qf5 {and after} 20. Be4 Qh5 {it's just a
repetition}) 19. Nxc4 Bf6 20. Qe4 Qc5 21. h4 ({In view of my next option} 21.
b3 $5 {was probably safer, but of course after it I receive the c3-square for
my bishop. And the position of my queen on c5 becomes more stable.}) 21... Qe7
$2 {I think this is a big mistake.} ({After} 21... b3 $1 {Black gets good
counterplay against White's pawns on the queenside. For some reason I thought
that I can lose my pawn on b3. But it's not true because I can protect it with
my queen from b4 and my rook from b7.}) 22. Qe3 $1 {With an idea (23.Qb6)
which is quite unpleasant} c5 23. Qf4 Rd8 24. b3 Nd7 25. Kh2 $2 {Amnesty!} ({
After the correct} 25. Rd3 Nf8 26. Rcd1 Rxd3 (26... Rd4 27. Qb8) 27. Rxd3 $16 {
I think it could be very difficult for Black to save this game.}) 25... Nf8 26.
Rxd8 Qxd8 27. Qd6 Qxd6 28. Nxd6 Nd7 29. Nb5 Ra6 30. Bb7 Rb6 31. Bc8 Ne5 32.
Rxc5 {Boris told me that when he played 25.Kh2 he missed this exchange of
rooks.} Rc6 33. Rxc6 {and a draw was agreed because all active pieces have
been exchanged} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 18th"]
[Site "Olginka"]
[Date "2011.04.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Nevostrujev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2011.04.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Kemerovo"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 c5 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
e6 9. Be2 a6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Nb3 Qc7 12. Qd2 Re8 13. Rfd1 Bf8 14. a4 b6 15. a5
Rb8 16. Kh1 bxa5 17. Nxa5 h5 18. Bf2 Ne5 19. Bd4 Nfd7 20. f4 Bh6 21. Ra2 Nc5
22. Be3 Ng4 23. Bxg4 hxg4 24. Qxd6 Qxd6 25. Rxd6 Nb7 26. Rb6 Nxa5 27. Rxb8 Nxc4
28. Bc1 f5 29. Ra4 Nd6 30. e5 Bd7 31. Rxe8+ Nxe8 32. Rxa6 Bf8 33. Be3 Bb4 34.
Ra8 Kf7 35. Rb8 Ba5 36. b4 Bc7 37. Rb7 Ke7 38. b5 Ba5 39. Na4 Kd8 40. Nc5 Bc8
41. Rh7 Nc7 42. Bf2 g5 43. Rh8+ Ne8 44. fxg5 Bc3 45. g6 Bxe5 46. Bh4+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis m1"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2011.05.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "185"]
[EventDate "2011.05.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2 g5 13. g4 h5 14. h3 Rf6 {This
rather closed position has not attracted the attention of strong players in
the past. Nakamura has his own ideas about the King's Indian Defence, so his
choice of the line could make a difference.} 15. Nd3 Rh6 16. Kg2 c5 $146 {
[%mdl 8] The radical attempt to slow down White's advance on the queenside has
not been played in a known game.} (16... Ng6 17. Rh1 Nh4+ 18. Kf1 (18. Bxh4
gxh4 19. Kh2 (19. Kf2 hxg4 20. hxg4 h3 21. Ke1 Bf6 22. Kd2 Bh4 23. Qf1 h2 $11 {
0-1 Oliveira,H-Guimaraes,D (2179)/Petrolina 2009 (70)}) 19... hxg4 20. hxg4 a6
21. Bf1 Nf8 22. Nf2 c6 23. Rg1 Nh7 24. Nh3 Ng5 25. Nxg5 Qxg5 $11 {1-0 Amoyal,P
(2226)-Berube,R (2305)/St Lorrain 2003 (45)}) 18... b6 19. b4 Bf8 20. Rb1 a5
21. a3 Be7 22. Ke1 Kf7 23. Kd2 axb4 24. axb4 Ba6 25. Qb3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Monteau,
L-Vlcek,S (2326)/Parthenay 2000 (47)}) (16... Kf7 17. c5 Nf6 18. Rc1 (18. Rh1
Qh8 19. cxd6 cxd6 20. Nb5 Ne8 21. Rc1 Qh7 22. Nc7 Nxc7 23. Rxc7 hxg4 24. hxg4
Rxh1 25. Qxh1 Qxh1+ 26. Kxh1 $16 {1/2-1/2 Kleeschaetzky,R (2235)-Sawatzki,J 
(2230)/Germany 2008 (59)}) 18... Bd7 19. Qb3 Ng6 20. cxd6 cxd6 21. Qxb7 Qh8 22.
Nb5 Nh4+ 23. Bxh4 gxh4 24. Nxd6+ {1-0 Fedorovsky,M (2305)-Svab,J/Decin 1997}) (
16... Nf6 17. c5 b6 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. a4 Bd7 20. Nb5 Ne8 21. Rc1 Qb8 22. Qb3
Kf8 23. Rc3 a6 24. Na3 b5 25. axb5 axb5 {1-0 Szymanski,M (2359)-Misiuga,A 
(2193)/Karvina 2001 (58)} 26. Nb4 $16) 17. dxc6 Nxc6 (17... bxc6 18. Rh1 $14)
18. c5 $1 {Ponomariov knows very well, that he can not win on the kingside.
Pushing ahead on the opposite flank is simply compulsory for him.} dxc5 (18...
Nd4 19. cxd6 Nb6 (19... Rxd6 20. Nb5 Nxb5 21. Qb3+ Kh7 22. Qxb5 $16) 20. Nb5
Nxb5 21. Qb3+ Be6 22. Qxb5 Qxd6 23. Nc5 $16) 19. Nxc5 Nd4 {Black could have
tried to equalise with the simple means of a knight exchange 19...Nxc5!?, but
he has higher ambitions.} (19... Nxc5 $5 20. Qxd8+ (20. Bxc5 Bd7 21. Qd5+ Kh7
22. Rfd1 Nd4 $11) 20... Nxd8 21. Bxc5 Ne6 22. Bc4 Kh7 23. Be7 Kg6 $11) 20. Bc4+
(20. Nb3 $5 Nxe2 21. Qxe2 Nf6 (21... Nb6 22. Nc5 Qe7 23. Rfd1 $14) 22. Nb5 $14)
20... Kh7 21. Nb3 Nf6 $2 {It is no secret, that Nakamura thrives on tactics,
so his choice of a knight move towards g4-pawn seems more than logical.
Unfortunately it can be easily refuted, so Black is thrown off balance.} (21...
Nb6 $1 22. Bd3 Be6 $11) 22. Nxd4 exd4 23. e5 $1 (23. Bxd4 $2 hxg4 24. hxg4 Nxg4
$1 $17) 23... hxg4 (23... Nd7 24. Qd3+ Kh8 25. Bxd4 Nb8 26. Rfe1 Nc6 27. Rad1
$16) (23... Ng8 24. Qd3+ Kh8 25. Bxd4 $16) 24. hxg4 Nxg4 {For better or worse
now Black has to sacrifice a piece in order to play on.} (24... Bxg4 25. fxg4
dxc3 26. exf6 $18) (24... Nd7 25. Qd3+ Kh8 26. Bxd4 $18) 25. fxg4 Bxe5 (25...
Bxg4 26. Qxg4 dxc3 27. Qf5+ Kh8 28. Rh1 $18) 26. Rh1 Qd7 27. Ne4 {Ponomariov
has understood, that he has won the game. His next few choices are directed
towards safety, not the highest efficiency.} (27. Be2 $1 dxc3 28. Qc2+ Kg7 29.
Rxh6 $18) 27... Rxh1 28. Qxh1+ Kg7 29. Qh5 (29. Be2 Qd5 30. Qb1 d3 31. Qxd3
Qxd3 32. Bxd3 Bxg4 33. Nxg5 $18) 29... Qxg4+ 30. Qxg4 Bxg4 31. Nxg5 d3 {
Black has a miserable two pawns for the piece, so the rest is a matter of
technique. As a tactical wizard he is looking at least for chances to fight on.
} (31... Rc8 32. Be6 Bxe6 33. Nxe6+ Kf7 34. Nxd4 $18) 32. Bxd3 Rd8 33. Be2 (33.
Be4 Bf6 34. Nf3 Re8 35. Re1 $18) 33... Bf5 (33... Bxe2 34. Ne6+ Kf6 35. Nxd8
$18) 34. Rd1 (34. Rg1 Bxb2 35. Nh3 Rd2 36. Nxf4 $18) 34... Rxd1 35. Bxd1 Bxb2
36. Bxa7 {Unless Black manages to exchange the last white pawn his survival
chances are close to zero.} Kf6 37. Nf3 (37. Nh3 Bc1 38. Bd4+ Ke6 39. Bb3+ Kd6
40. Ng5 $18) 37... Bd3 38. Kf2 Bc1 39. Bb3 Be4 (39... b5 40. Bd4+ Ke7 41. Ng5
Bg6 42. Kf3 Bh5+ 43. Ke4 Bg6+ 44. Ke5 Bh5 45. Nh3 f3 46. Bd5 $18) 40. Ke2 Ke7
41. Bb8 Be3 42. Be5 Kd7 43. Ng5 Bc6 44. Bc4 Bc1 45. Nf3 Be3 46. Bc3 Kd6 47.
Bb4+ Kc7 48. Ne5 Be8 (48... Be4 49. Nd3 Kc6 50. Bd2 $18) 49. Bd5 Bh5+ 50. Kd3
Bc1 51. Bc5 b5 (51... b6 52. Bd4 Kd6 53. Ke4 b5 54. Bf7 Bd1 55. Nd3 Bc2 56. Be8
$18) 52. Ke4 Bd2 53. Nf3 Bg6+ 54. Ke5 Be3 55. Bxe3 fxe3 56. Kd4 e2 57. Ke3 Kd6
58. Bg8 Kc5 59. Kxe2 {This might have been the magical moment for resigning
after a heroic defence, but Black manages 33 more moves.} Bh5 60. Ke3 Kb4 61.
Nd4 Bg6 62. Kd2 Kc5 63. Nc2 Bf5 64. Kc3 Be4 65. a3 Kb6 (65... Bxc2 66. Kxc2 b4
67. a4 $18) 66. Nd4 Ka5 67. Bb3 Bg2 68. Bc2 Bf1 69. Nb3+ Ka4 (69... Kb6 70. Kb4
$18) 70. Nd2+ Kxa3 71. Bb3 Bd3 (71... b4+ 72. Kc2 Bd3+ (72... Bb5 73. Nb1#) 73.
Kxd3 $18) 72. Kxd3 Kb2 73. Be6 Kc1 74. Nb3+ Kb2 75. Kd2 b4 76. Kd3 Ka3 77. Kc4
Ka4 78. Bf5 Ka3 79. Nc5 Kb2 80. Kxb4 Ka2 81. Kc3 Ka1 82. Nb3+ Ka2 83. Be4 Ka3
84. Bb1 Ka4 85. Nd4 Ka5 86. Kc4 Kb6 87. Nb5 Kb7 88. Bf5 Kc6 89. Bc8 Kb6 90. Bd7
Kb7 91. Kc5 Ka6 92. Nd6 Ka5 93. Nb7+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis m1"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2011.05.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2011.05.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8.
Nxd4 d5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Qd3 Qd7 11. Nd2 a5 12. Re1 Bb4 13. c3 Be7 14. Nb3 c5
15. Qf3 O-O 16. Be3 c4 17. Nd4 Rb8 18. Re2 Rb6 19. Rd2 c5 20. Ne2 Bb7 21. Qh5
g6 22. Qh6 Re8 23. Nf4 Bf8 24. Qh3 Qxh3 25. gxh3 Rxe5 26. Rad1 Kg7 27. Nxd5 Rd6
28. Nc7 Rxd2 29. Rxd2 Be7 30. Ne8+ Kf8 31. Nd6 Bxd6 32. Rxd6 Rd5 33. Rxd5 Bxd5
34. Bxc5+ Ke8 35. Bb6 Bc6 36. Bxa5 Bxa4 37. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis m1"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2011.05.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2011.05.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Re1
c6 9. Be3 Ng4 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bh4 Qe8 12. c5 {White is rushing to create crises
on the board, since both black knight can easily dream up better locations.
The c-pawn advance was played in nearly all the games where this position has
arisen.} dxc5 (12... exd4 13. Nxd4 (13. Bxa6 dxc3 14. Bc4+ Be6 15. Bxe6+ Qxe6
16. Qxd6 Qf7 17. bxc3 h5 {1/2-1/2 Hoegy,K (2145)-Bracker,A (2219)/Wismar 2009}
18. h3 Rad8 19. Qg3 Nh6 20. e5 $16) 13... dxc5 14. Nb3 h5 15. Bxa6 bxa6 16. Bg3
c4 17. Na5 Be6 18. Qa4 Ne5 19. Bxe5 fxe5 20. Qxc6 Qf7 (20... Rb8 21. Re2 Rb6
22. Qxe8 Rxe8 23. Rd1 Rc8 $11) 21. Re2 Rac8 22. Qxa6 h4 23. h3 Rfd8 24. Rd1 Rd4
25. Rxd4 exd4 26. Nd5 d3 27. Rd2 {1-0 Bilobrk,F (2372)-Viskic,P (2222)/Sibenik
2008 (36)} Qe8 28. Ne3 Bh6 $11) 13. dxe5 (13. Bxa6 bxa6 14. d5 Nh6 15. dxc6
Qxc6 16. Qd5+ Qxd5 17. Nxd5 g5 18. Bg3 Rf7 19. Rac1 Bf8 20. b4 $2 (20. h4 gxh4
21. Bxh4 Kg7 $11) 20... cxb4 21. Rc6 Bg7 $17 {0-1 Schildt,R (2001)-Meissner,H 
(2221)/Berlin 2007 (64)}) 13... Nxe5 14. Nxe5 fxe5 $6 {[%mdl 4] Recapturing
with the pawn on e5 is strategically risky. Black is ready to defend the
position with 2 doubled and 5 isolated pawns.} (14... Qxe5 15. Bxa6 bxa6 16.
Qa4 f5 17. Qxc6 Rb8 18. exf5 Qxf5 19. Nd5 Kh8 20. Ne7 Qd7 21. Qxc5 Rxb2 22.
Rad1 Qb5 $11 {1-0 Gavrilov,A (2484)-Shimanov,A (2520)/Moscow 2011 (51)}) 15.
Bxa6 bxa6 16. Qd6 (16. Na4 $5 c4 (16... Rb8 17. Qc2 c4 18. Qxc4+ Rf7 19. f3 $16
) 17. Qc2 Be6 18. Nc5 $14) 16... c4 17. Rad1 Be6 $6 {Even the
supergrandmasters are finding it difficult to play this complicated position
with any degree of precision.} (17... Rf7 18. Qa3 Bf8 19. Qa5 $14) 18. Bg3 (18.
Be7 $1 Bg4 19. f3 Rf7 20. fxg4 Rxe7 21. Qc5 Bf8 22. Qxc4+ Rf7 23. h3 $14) 18...
Rf7 (18... Rb8 19. Bxe5 (19. Re2 $6 Rd8 $15) 19... Bxe5 20. Qxe5 Rxb2 21. Nd5
Rbxf2 22. Nc7 Rxg2+ 23. Kh1 Qf7 24. Rf1 Rf2 25. Rxf2 Qxf2 26. Qxe6+ Kh8 27.
Qe5+ Kg8 $11) 19. Bxe5 (19. f3 Rd7 (19... Rb8 20. Bxe5 Bxe5 21. Qxe5 Rxb2 22.
Rd6 $14) 20. Qc5 Bf8 21. Qxe5 Rd3 $132) 19... Bg4 20. Bxg7 Bxd1 21. Bf6 $6 {
Ponomariov must have felt, that the dark squares are promising him enough
counterplay for the sacrificed pawn. Unfortunately his choice of solution is
among the least precise in the position.} (21. Rxd1 Kxg7 22. Qd4+ Kg8 23. e5
Qe6 24. Ne4 Qd5 25. Nf6+ Rxf6 26. exf6 Qxd4 27. Rxd4 Rb8 $11) (21. Be5 Rd8 22.
Qc5 Bc2 23. f3 $11) 21... Bg4 22. e5 Qd7 $6 {Nakamura is handling the position
by intuition and also misses the most exact continuations.} (22... Bf5 23. Bg5
Qe6 24. Qb4 Rc8 $15) 23. Ne4 (23. Qc5 $1 Be6 (23... Rb8 24. Qxc4 Qe6 25. Qxe6
Bxe6 26. b3 $11) 24. h3 Rb8 25. Re2 $11) 23... Bf5 24. Qb4 (24. Rd1 Re8 25.
Qxd7 Rxd7 26. Nd6 Rb8 27. f3 $15) 24... Bxe4 25. Rxe4 Re8 $1 {Finally the
tactical idea, that Black can understand well. White has to worry about the
back rank as well as about the e-file.} (25... Qd1+ 26. Re1 c5 27. Qa5 Qd5 (
27... Qd4 28. Qxa6 Rb8 29. h3 Qxb2 30. Qxc4 Qb4 31. Qc1 $11) 28. h3 Rb8 $15)
26. f3 (26. Re1 Qd4 27. Rf1 c5 28. Qa4 Rb8 29. Qxa6 Qxb2 30. Qxc4 Qd4 $17)
26... Rxf6 27. exf6 Rxe4 28. fxe4 Qd4+ 29. Kf1 Qxe4 {Black is only a pawn up
in the queen ending, but his lady is active and the f6-pawn can be eliminated.}
30. Qb7 (30. Qb8+ Kf7 31. Qxa7+ Kxf6 32. Qb8 Qf5+ 33. Kg1 Qc5+ 34. Kf1 Qd5 $17)
30... Qf5+ 31. Ke2 Qxf6 32. Qb8+ Kf7 33. Qxa7+ Ke6 34. Qb7 (34. Qxa6 Qxb2+ 35.
Kd1 Qd4+ $17) 34... Qe5+ (34... Kf5 $5 $17) 35. Kf3 Qf5+ 36. Ke3 Qc5+ 37. Kf3
$2 {Tired by the unpleasant defence Ponomariov makes a serious mistake. The
quiet king's retreat to e2 would make the realisation of the advantage very
difficult.} (37. Ke2 Qd5 (37... Qb5 38. Qc8+ Kf6 39. Qf8+ Kg5 40. Qe7+ $13) 38.
Ke3 $15) 37... c3 $1 38. Qc8+ Kd5 39. bxc3 Qxc3+ 40. Kg4 {White is now doomed,
as he cannot prevent further pawn losses or the exchange of queens.} (40. Kf2
Qf6+ 41. Kg1 (41. Ke2 Qe6+ $19) 41... Qd4+ 42. Kf1 Qf4+ 43. Ke1 Qe3+ 44. Kf1
Qd3+ 45. Kf2 Qf5+ $19) 40... Qd4+ 41. Kh3 Qe3+ 42. Kh4 (42. g3 Qe6+ $19) 42...
Qe7+ 43. Kg3 Qg5+ (43... Qg5+ 44. Kf3 Qf5+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis m1"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2011.05.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2011.05.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8.
Qxd3 Nf6 9. Nge2 Nh5 10. Bxb8 Rxb8 11. f3 O-O 12. O-O f5 13. a3 a6 14. b4 Qd7
15. Rae1 Rbe8 16. Nc1 a5 17. bxa5 Bxa3 18. Nxd5 Bxc1 19. Nb6 Qe6 20. Rxc1 Qxe3+
21. Qxe3 Rxe3 22. d5 cxd5 23. Nxd5 Re5 24. Rfd1 Nf6 25. Nxf6+ gxf6 26. Rd7 Rf7
27. Rcc7 Rxd7 28. Rxd7 Rxa5 29. Rxb7 Ra1+ 30. Kf2 Ra2+ 31. Kg3 f4+ 32. Kxf4
Rxg2 33. h4 Rh2 34. Kg4 Rh1 35. f4 Rh2 36. Rc7 Rh1 37. Ra7 Rh2 38. Ra1 Kg7 39.
Ra5 Rh1 40. Ra2 Kg6 41. f5+ Kh6 42. Ra6 Rg1+ 43. Kf4 Rf1+ 44. Kg4 Rg1+ 45. Kh3
Kg7 46. Ra7+ Kg8 47. Ra8+ Kf7 48. Ra7+ Kg8 49. Ra8+ Kg7 50. Ra7+ Kg8 51. Ra8+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis m1"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2011.05.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2011.05.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Re1
c6 9. Be3 Ng4 10. Bg5 Qc7 11. h3 exd4 12. Nxd4 Qb6 13. Bxg4 Bxg4 14. hxg4 Bxd4
15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Rxe3 Nc5 17. Qd2 Rad8 18. Rd1 Rfe8 19. b3 a5 20. Qd4 Rd7 21.
g3 Qd8 22. f4 f6 23. Kg2 Qe7 24. Rde1 Qe6 25. Kf3 Rg7 26. Nd1 h5 27. Nf2 Rh7
28. Rd1 Rd7 29. gxh5 gxh5 30. Rh1 Rh7 31. Rh4 b6 32. Kg2 d5 33. cxd5 cxd5 34.
e5 f5 35. Nh3 Ne4 36. Rxe4 dxe4 37. Ng5 Qd7 38. Qc4+ Kh8 39. Qe2 Rh6 40. e6
Rexe6 41. Nxe6 Qxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis m1"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2011.05.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2011.05.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8.
e3 Qg6 9. Qxg6 hxg6 10. b4 a6 11. f3 Nd7 12. Bd3 Ne7 13. Nge2 g5 14. Kf2 Nf6
15. g4 Kd8 16. Kg3 Bd7 17. a4 Nc8 18. h3 Re8 19. Kf2 Nd6 20. a5 Re7 21. Rac1
Nfe8 22. Ng3 g6 23. h4 gxh4 24. Rxh4 f5 25. gxf5 Nxf5 26. Nxf5 gxf5 27. Rh8 Rb8
28. Na4 Kc7 29. Nb6 Be6 30. Rf8 Rf7 31. Rxf7+ Bxf7 32. Bxf5 Nd6 33. Bd3 Rh8 34.
Rg1 Kd8 35. Na4 Nc4 36. Nc5 Rh2+ 37. Rg2 Rxg2+ 38. Kxg2 Kc7 39. Bxc4 dxc4 40.
Na4 Be8 41. Nc3 b6 42. e4 Kb7 43. Kf2 c5 44. bxc5 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis m1 rap"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2011.05.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "186"]
[EventDate "2011.05.24"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 d6 5. O-O Bg7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 c6 8. d5 e6
9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. b3 Na6 11. Bb2 Re8 12. Qc2 Qe7 13. Rad1 Rad8 14. e3 Nb4 15.
Qb1 a5 16. Ng5 Bc8 17. Ne2 Ng4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Nf3 Qf6 20. a3 Na6 21. b4 Be6
22. Rc1 axb4 23. axb4 Bf7 24. Ned4 c5 25. bxc5 dxc5 26. Nb5 b6 27. h3 Ne5 28.
Nxe5 Qxe5 29. Qa2 Nb4 30. Qa7 Qb8 31. Qxb8 Rxb8 32. Nd6 Red8 33. Nxf7 Kxf7 34.
Rfd1 Ke7 35. e4 f4 36. Rxd8 Rxd8 37. gxf4 Nd3 38. Rb1 Nxf4 39. Rxb6 Rd4 40. Bf1
h5 41. f3 Rd2 42. h4 Ne6 43. Bh3 Nf4 44. Bf1 Rc2 45. e5 Ne6 46. Bd3 Rc3 47.
Bxg6 Rxf3 48. Rb7+ Kf8 49. Be4 Re3 50. Bd5 Rxe5 51. Kf2 Ke8 52. Kf3 Kf8 53. Rh7
Ng7 54. Kf4 Re1 55. Kg5 Rg1+ 56. Kf6 Ne8+ 57. Kf5 Rf1+ 58. Kg5 Rg1+ 59. Kh6 Ng7
60. Be4 Kf7 61. Rh8 Rg4 62. Bd5+ Kf6 63. Rf8+ Ke5 64. Rf7 Nf5+ 65. Kxh5 Rxh4+
66. Kg5 Rf4 67. Be6 Nd4 68. Bd5 Nf3+ 69. Kg6 Rg4+ 70. Kh5 Rh4+ 71. Kg6 Nd2 72.
Rf5+ Kd4 73. Be6 Ne4 74. Rd5+ Kc3 75. Kf5 Kb4 76. Rd1 Nc3 77. Re1 Rh5+ 78. Kf6
Na4 79. Ke7 Nb2 80. Re4 Rh7+ 81. Kd6 Rh6 82. Kd5 Nd1 83. Rf4 Nb2 84. Re4 Na4
85. Ke5 Rh1 86. Rf4 Rd1 87. Rf8 Nb2 88. Rb8+ Kc3 89. Kf6 Ra1 90. Rb5 Nd3 91.
Bf5 Ra6+ 92. Ke7 Rc6 93. Kd7 Rh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis m1 rap"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2011.05.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2011.05.24"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d3 O-O 7. Nd2 Re8 8.
e4 Nd7 9. Ne2 Nf8 10. O-O Ne6 11. Kh1 c5 12. Nc4 f6 13. Ne3 a5 14. a4 Nd4 15.
Ng3 Be6 16. Nef5 Bf8 17. f4 Bxf5 18. exf5 exf4 19. Ne4 Nxf5 20. Rxf4 Nd4 21.
Bxd4 cxd4 22. Rf5 Ra6 23. Qf3 Rc6 24. Qf2 Bd6 25. Rxa5 Be5 26. Rc5 Rxc5 27.
Nxc5 Qd5 28. Ne4 Re6 29. Re1 g6 30. g4 Kg7 31. Qf3 c6 32. Re2 Re7 33. Nd2 Qc5
34. Ne4 Qd5 35. h3 b5 36. a5 b4 37. g5 f5 38. Nd2 Qxa5 39. Qxc6 Bd6 40. Rxe7+
Bxe7 41. Nf3 Qa1+ 42. Kg2 Qc3 43. Qc4 Kf8 44. h4 Bc5 45. Kf1 Ke7 46. Ke2 Kd6
47. Qf7 Qxc2+ 48. Nd2 Ke5 49. Qc7+ Kd5 50. Qxh7 Ke5 51. Qc7+ Ke6 52. Qc6+ Ke5
53. Qxg6 Kf4 54. Qc6 Qc1 55. Qf3+ Ke5 56. Nc4+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis m1 rap"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2011.05.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2011.05.24"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 e6 5. Bf4 dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. e4
Nbd7 9. Nbd2 a6 10. a4 Bb4 11. Bd3 c5 12. axb5 axb5 13. O-O c4 14. Be2 Rc8 15.
d5 Qb6 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. e5 Nd5 18. Bg3 O-O 19. Ng5 Rf5 20. Nxe6 Qxe6 21. Bg4
Ne3 22. Bxf5 Nxf5 23. Nf3 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Nc5 25. Rfd1 h5 26. Ra7 h4 27. Bf4 Qg6+
0-1

[Event "Saint Louis m1 rap"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2011.05.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2011.05.24"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. cxb5 a6 6. bxa6 Bg7 7. Bg2 d6 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Nf3 Nxa6 10. O-O Bf5 11. Re1 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Nd2 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Qa5
15. e4 Nb4 16. a3 Nd3 17. Re3 Qa6 18. Qc2 Nb4 19. Qd1 c4 20. Rb1 Nd3 21. Nxc4
Nxf2 22. Kxf2 Qxc4 23. b3 Qd4 24. Qd3 Rfc8 25. Kg2 Qb6 26. b4 Rc3 27. Qe2 Raxa3
28. Rxc3 Rxc3 29. b5 Qc5 30. Bd2 Rc2 31. b6 Qd4 32. b7 Rxd2 33. b8=Q+ Bf8 34.
Qxd2 Qxd2+ 35. Kh3 Qe2 36. Qc8 h5 37. Rb8 Kh7 38. Qxf8 Qf1+ 39. Kh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch 80th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2011.06.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2011.06.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2 g5 13. g4 fxg3 14. hxg3 Ng6 15. Ng2
Nf6 16. Qd2 Nh5 17. Ne3 Ngf4 18. Kh2 Nxe2 19. Qxe2 Qf6 20. Nf5 Bxf5 21. exf5
Qxf5 22. g4 Qf4+ 23. Kg2 e4 24. Nxe4 Rae8 25. Rae1 Rxe4 26. Qxe4 Be5 27. Rh1
Qxe4 28. Rxe4 Nf4+ 29. Kf1 Nd3 30. Be3 Nxb2 31. Kg2 Na4 32. Bxg5 Nc5 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch 80th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2011.06.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2011.06.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O c5 7. Na3 Nec6 8. c4
cxd4 9. Nb5 a6 10. Nbxd4 Be4 11. Ng5 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Nc6 13. Qe3 Bg6 14. cxd5
Qxd5 15. Bf3 Qc5 16. Rd1 h6 17. Qd2 Qe7 18. Qc3 Qc5 19. Qd2 Qe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch 80th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2011.06.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Miroshnichenko, Evgenij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2011.06.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Be2 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 Nd7 12. O-O dxc4 13. Bxc4 b6 14. Bd3 c5
15. Qc2 Bb7 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Be4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 f5 19. Qf4 Rae8 20. Rd1 e5 21.
dxe5 Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Qxe5 23. Qxe5 Rxe5 24. Rd7 f4 25. Rxa7 Rd5 26. h3 Rd1+ 27.
Kh2 Rd2 28. exf4 Rxf4 29. Rg3 g5 30. Re3 Rdxf2 31. Rb7 Rf6 32. Re8+ Rf8 33.
Ree7 R8f6 34. Rb8+ 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch 80th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2011.06.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2011.06.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nbd2 a6 8. Bxc6
bxc6 9. d4 exd4 10. cxd4 Bb6 11. Qc2 Re8 12. Re1 Bd7 13. b3 c5 14. Bb2 cxd4 15.
Bxd4 Bxd4 16. Nxd4 a5 17. Rad1 Qb8 18. N4f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch 80th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2011.06.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Vovk, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2011.06.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Qd2 Qa5
9. Rc1 exd5 10. cxd5 Nbd7 11. Nh3 a6 12. Be2 b5 13. b3 Re8 14. O-O Nh5 15. Nf2
Nb6 16. g4 Nf6 17. Bf4 Bb7 18. Rfe1 Rad8 19. Kg2 h5 20. h3 Kh7 21. Bd3 Qb4 22.
Bg5 Nbd7 23. a4 bxa4 24. bxa4 Qa5 25. Qc2 Rc8 26. Bd2 Qc7 27. Ncd1 Ne5 28. Be2
Qe7 29. Ne3 Bh6 30. Nc4 Bxd2 31. Qxd2 Nxc4 32. Bxc4 Nd7 33. f4 Rb8 34. Rb1 Qf6
35. a5 Bc8 36. Rxb8 Nxb8 37. e5 dxe5 38. Ne4 Qd8 39. fxe5 Rxe5 40. Qf4 Nd7 41.
Qxf7+ Kh6 42. Re2 hxg4 43. hxg4 Qh4 44. Qf4+ Kg7 45. Nd6 Rxe2+ 46. Bxe2 Qd8 47.
g5 Qg8 48. Bc4 Qd8 49. Bd3 Qg8 50. Qe4 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch 80th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2011.06.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2011.06.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e4 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Na2 Nf6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Bxc4 e6
9. Nf3 a5 10. O-O Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Bd2 c5 13. Qe2 Qb6 14. Nc1 Rc8 15. Qb5+
Qxb5 16. axb5 Nac7 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Rxa5 O-O 19. Nd3 Bb6 20. Ra4 Nxb5 21. Nxb4
Rfd8 22. Nxd5 Rxd5 23. Be3 Bxe3 24. fxe3 h6 25. Rb4 Rdc5 26. Rd1 Nc7 27. e4 Na6
28. Rb6 R5c6 29. Rxc6 Rxc6 30. Rd6 Rc1+ 31. Kf2 Nb4 32. Ke3 Rb1 33. Rd2 g5 34.
h4 gxh4 35. Nxh4 Re1+ 36. Kf4 Rb1 37. Ke3 Re1+ 38. Re2 Rd1 39. Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch 80th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2011.06.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2011.06.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f4
exf4 9. Bxf4 Nc6 10. Qd2 d5 11. O-O-O Nxe4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qe3 Qf6 14. Qxe4
Be7 15. Bd3 Bd5 16. Qxd5 Qxf4+ 17. Kb1 O-O 18. Qe4 Qxe4 19. Bxe4 Rfd8 20. c3
Rac8 21. Rhf1 Rc7 22. Rxd8+ Nxd8 23. Nd4 g6 24. Kc2 Kg7 25. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch 80th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2011.06.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Vysochin, Spartak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2011.06.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Bc5 4. Nf3 c6 5. Nc3 Qe7 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Nf6 8.
Nf5 Qf8 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. Nxe3 Qe7 11. Qd4 O-O 12. O-O-O Na6 13. Nf5 Qc5 14. Nd6
Qa5 15. e3 Nc5 16. Bd3 Nxd3+ 17. Rxd3 b6 18. h4 Ba6 19. Rh3 Ne8 20. Rg3 g6 21.
Rg5 Qb4 22. Nce4 f5 23. a3 Qe1+ 24. Rd1 Qe2 25. Ng3 Qxf2 26. Ngxf5 Nf6 27. Ne4
c5 28. Nxf6+ Kh8 29. Qxd7 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch 80th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2011.06.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2011.06.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 h6 10. b3 Be6 11. Bb2 c5 12. Rad1+ Kc8 13. Nd5 g5 14. h3
b6 15. c4 Kb7 16. g4 Ne7 17. Kg2 b5 18. Kg3 bxc4 19. bxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch 80th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2011.06.20"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kovchan, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2011.06.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Na5 11. Bd3 b6 12. Rc1 e5 13. dxc5 Be6 14. c4 bxc5
15. Bxc5 Bh6 16. f4 Re8 17. Bf2 exf4 18. Nd4 Bg7 19. Be2 f3 20. Nxf3 Rc8 21. c5
Bxa2 22. Ba6 Qxd1 23. Rfxd1 Bb2 24. Bxc8 Rxc8 25. Ra1 Bb3 26. Rxa5 Bxd1 27.
Rxa7 Bc3 28. Ng5 Bb4 29. Nxf7 Bxc5 30. Nh6+ Kh8 31. Bxc5 Rxc5 32. h3 Rh5 33.
Nf7+ Kg8 34. Kf2 Bb3 35. Nd6 Rc5 36. Kf3 h5 37. Rb7 Be6 38. Ne8 Rc3+ 39. Kf4
Kf8 40. Nf6 g5+ 41. Ke5 Bc8 42. Rh7 g4 43. h4 Ba6 44. Rxh5 Rg3 45. Rh8+ Kf7 46.
Rh7+ Kf8 47. Rc7 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch 80th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2011.06.21"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2011.06.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. e3 c5 8.
Bd3 Qa5 9. Qc2 O-O 10. O-O c4 11. Bf5 Re8 12. Nd2 g6 13. Bh3 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Qxc3
15. bxc3 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Rfb1 Nb6 18. Bxc8 Raxc8 19. Rb5 Rc6 20. Ra5 f6
21. Bf4 Rd8 22. Rxa7 Nd5 23. Rxb7 Nxc3 24. Bh6 Rdc8 25. Rg7+ Kh8 26. a4 Nd5 27.
Rd7 Nb4 28. d5 Rc5 29. Bg7+ Kg8 30. Bxf6 c3 31. d6 c2 32. h4 Rd5 33. Kh2 c1=Q
34. Rxc1 Rxc1 35. Rg7+ Kf8 36. Rxh7 Nc6 37. Rc7 Ke8 38. Rc8+ Kd7 39. Rc7+ Kxd6
40. Rg7 Ke6 41. Bb2 Rc2 42. Rxg6+ Kf7 43. Rf6+ Ke7 44. Kg3 Rdd2 45. h5 Rxb2 46.
Rxc6 Rxf2 47. h6 Rxg2+ 48. Kf4 Kf7 49. a5 Rbf2+ 50. Kxe4 Rg4+ 51. Kd3 Ra2 52.
a6 Rga4 53. h7 Kg7 54. h8=B+ Kxh8 0-1

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 39th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2011.07.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "Ponomariov,R"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2011.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Last year, I managed to win the Dortmund tournamewnt, in large measure thanks
to a striking win against one of the favourites, Vladimir Krtamnik, at the
start of the tournament. This time, the draw brought us together in the very
first round, and there was no doubt that a principled battle would ensue,
which might well have a large say in the future course of the tournament.} 1.
d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 $5 {A small surprise. Here Vladimir thought for a time,
wondering whether I was planning to play the Grünfeld Defence, which he had
pointedly avoided in his Candidates match against Grischuk, by playing English
setups.} 3. Nc3 {But no; I had decided to trust my luck with the King's Indian.
} Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O exd4 ({In his match with me,
Nakamura chose either} 7... Nc6) ({or} 7... Na6 {and although he did not solve
all his opening problems, the positions reached are quite complicated, with
chances to confuse matters. In preparing for the match, I had to look at other
alternatives for Black, one of which I decided to try here.}) 8. Nxd4 Re8 9. f3
c6 10. Kh1 {Logical prophylaxis against ...Qb6.} ({It is well known that the
transposition into the Gligoric System favours Black after} 10. Be3 d5 $1 {
Admittedly, if White wishes to simplify the game, this is not so bad. For
example, several games have continued} 11. cxd5 Nxd5 ({or} 11... cxd5 12. Qb3)
12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Qb3 Nc6 14. Rad1 {and it is not so easy for Black to
complicate matters, if he needs to win at all costs.}) 10... Nbd7 ({Not} 10...
d5 $6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Bg5 {which looks dangerous for Black. The most
well-known example of this is the game Tal -Spassky,Montreal 1979.}) ({But
there is the interesting} 10... Nh5 $5 {which Alexander Grischuk tried at the
recent Monaco tournament. In choosing the game continuation I was motivated
more by subjective criteria than by trying to find the strongest move. During
the Candidates matches in Kazan, Kramnik's opponents were Radjabov and
Grischuk, so he was bound to have looked at the King's Indian. But I thought
he was likely to have given less attention to the text move, whilst such a
development of his pieces should not be so bad for Black.}) 11. Be3 $5 {
But Vladimir is not caught out and shows that in every line, he has his ideas.}
({The main move is considered to be} 11. Bg5 {preventing d5.}) 11... a6 $5 ({
Here too, Black should look at} 11... d5 $5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 $1 ({If} 12... cxd5 {
then there is the very unpleasant} 13. Ndb5 dxe4 14. Bf4 $1) {But I did not
like the fact that White has quite a pleasant choice between simplifying with}
13. exd5 ({and the more ambitious} 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Nb5 Nb6 (14... dxe4 15.
Nd6 $14) 15. Bf4) 13... Rxe3 14. dxc6 {Probably, Black should have
compensation for the pawn here. But White is not risking much. In the game, I
wanted to retain more tension and not exchange so many pieces.}) ({In any
event, this variation has not been explored much and it is hard to say what is
best. Again, an interesting alternative is the Grischuk-style idea} 11... Nh5
$5 12. g4 Nhf6) ({or} 11... a5 $5 12. Qd2 a4 {If one looks at the games from
the 1953 Zurich Candidates tournament, one can find games with the same pawn
structure, only there it was with the white bishop on g2, rather than e2. So,
whom does this favour?}) 12. Nc2 $5 {[%csl Rd6] Judging by the times, I think
here Vladimir started to play on his own resources, The move he played is
quite ambitious; he emphasises the main weakness of the black position, the
weak pawn on d6. But at the same time, without positional grounds, White
retreats his knight from the centre. However, at the board it is impossible to
calculate every line and the choice is about one's confidence in one's own
strengths.} ({Admittedly, White cannot play totally routinely. On} 12. Qd2 {
there is already the very strong} d5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. exd5 Nb6 $132) ({
But the cautious} 12. Bg1 {is possible, after which I intended to drive the
white knight from the centre by} c5 $5 ({The computer even recommends losing a
couple of tempi by} 12... Nh5 13. f4 Nhf6 14. Bf3 Nb6 15. b3 c5 16. Nde2 Bg4
17. Qd2 Bxf3 18. gxf3 $13 {[%csl Rd6,Rf3,Rf4] but I think it is easier to play
White here.}) ({Black does not solve all his problems by} 12... d5 13. cxd5
cxd5 14. exd5 Nb6 15. Qb3 Nfxd5 (15... Nbxd5 16. Bc4 $16) 16. Ne4 $36 ({or} 16.
Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bc4 Bxd4 18. Bxd4 Be6 19. Rfd1 Qg5 20. Bf1 Re7 21. Rac1 $14 {^^})
) 13. Nc2 Ne5 {and the later possibilities include Be6, Nc6, Nd7 in general,
Black has sufficient counterplay}) 12... Ne5 {Also principled. Black must play
actively, else his weaknesses will gradually tell.} 13. f4 (13. Qd2 Be6 14. b3
b5 $132) 13... Neg4 14. Bg1 h5 $1 {The last three moves are reminiscent of the
Modern Benoni. Black is prepared to sacrifice a knight for active play.} 15.
Bf3 ({A good example of Black's idea is the direct} 15. h3 $6 Nxe4 $1 16. Nxe4
Rxe4 17. hxg4 Qh4+ 18. Bh2 hxg4 $5 19. g3 Qe7 20. Bd3 b5 $1 {and the white
king is quite unsafe.}) 15... Be6 16. b3 $6 {The first step in the wrong
direction. Of course, it is natural to defend the pawn on c4, but at the same
time, the move b2-b3 weakens the long diagonal and gives Black additional
tactical possibilities.} ({The correct continuation for White was pointed out
by Konstantin Landa, in his online analysis:} 16. Qd3 $1 {after which I think
White's chances are better, although Black still has ways to defend his
position} b5 ({Either} 16... g5 17. Bxg4 Nxg4 18. h3 $1 gxf4 19. hxg4 hxg4 20.
Rxf4 Be5 21. Qg3 $16) (16... Nd7 17. Qxd6 $1) 17. Rfd1 $1 Bh6 $5 ({The
exchange of queens turns out to be bad for Black after} 17... Bxc4 18. Qxd6 {
since the knight on g4 is out of play.}) 18. g3 g5 19. cxb5 axb5 $13 {and
White still has to find a series of accurate moves to neutralise Black's
activity.}) 16... Qa5 $1 $13 17. Qe1 $6 {[%csl Rc3,Re4][%cal Ge8e1] A strange
move, which I did not even consider during the game. The white queens stands
on the e-file, opposite the black rook on e8. As a result, the number of
possible tactical blows grows.} (17. Qd2 {is stronger although White has to
see in advance that after} Nd5 $5 {he has the not very human move} 18. Nb1 $1
Qxd2 19. Nxd2 {and Black now has} Nxf4 20. Bxg4 Bxg4 21. Rxf4 Bc3 $1 $132 22.
Nf3 (22. Be3 Bxa1 23. Nxa1 Be2) 22... Bxa1 23. Nxa1 Bxf3 24. gxf3 d5 25. cxd5
cxd5 $132 {and the bad position of the white pieces cancels out his small
material advantage, although not more than that.}) ({I would note too that on} 
17. Qd3 {Black has another tactical trick} d5 $1 {Although here too, White
should be able to maintain equality.} 18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Bxa1 20. Bb6 Qb5
21. Qxb5 axb5 22. Nc7 Bc3 23. Nxe8 Rxe8 24. h3 Nf6 25. Bd4 Bxd4 26. Nxd4 $11)
17... b5 $6 ({Of course, we both saw the pin} 17... Bf5 $1 {but it seemsed to
us both that Black is not threatening to take on e4, and so White has a move
to consolidate. However, this is not the case. On} 18. h3 $6 ({Or} 18. Nd4 Qd8
$36) {I did not see the quiet move} 18... Qd8 $3 {after which White has very
serious problems with the e4 pawn. But such retreating moves are not so easy
for a human to see, especially when the queen has only recently come from d8.
Instead of this, I played another natural move, keeping the tension.}) 18. c5
$2 {It is strange, but my opponent did not take long over this decision,
although the position appears very complicated. In addition, White does not in
any way solve the problem of his hanging centre.} ({This was a good moment for
the consolidating move} 18. h3 $1 {and if} bxc4 19. Nd4 $1 {returning the
knight to the centre. Frankly speaking, I do not see anything clear for Black,
and if his activity dioes out, his position is strategically hopeless.}) 18...
b4 19. Na4 {Another important moment in the game, and maybe the tournament.}
Bc4 $2 {Sadly, I saw this move and could immediately understand why it was bad.
} ({I saw the blow} 19... Nxe4 $1 {If there were no other moves in the
position, one would play it automatically. But I was rather put off by the
fact that Vladimir had allowed it so happily. The variations are not so
complicated, but I did not manage to assess them properly.} 20. Qxe4 (20. Bxe4
$6 Bd5 $5 ({Less clear is} 20... Bf5 21. Bxf5 Rxe1 22. Raxe1 gxf5 23. cxd6 $13
{Black has won the queen, but the white passed pawn is very unpleasant}) 21.
Qxb4 Qxb4 22. Nxb4 Bxe4 23. Rae1 a5 24. Nb6 axb4 25. Nxa8 d5 $1 26. Nb6 Bc3 $5
$36 ({Or} 26... Nh6 {and Black has excellent compensation for the exchange})) (
20. Qxb4 Qxb4 21. Nxb4 Nxc5 {Unlike the game, Black cannot be worse in the
complications} ({Also interesting is} 21... Nef2+ $5 22. Bxf2 Nxf2+ 23. Kg1
dxc5 (23... Ng4 24. Nxc6 Bxa1 25. Rxa1 dxc5 26. Nb6 Rab8 27. Nxb8 Rxb8 28. Na4
c4 29. Nc5) 24. Kxf2 Bd4+ 25. Kg3 Bxa1 26. Rxa1 cxb4 27. Bxc6 Bf5 $11)) 20...
Bxb3 21. axb3 Rxe4 22. Bxe4 Bxa1 23. Rxa1 {I was afraid that I could lose all
my queenside pawns and the minor pieces would be stronger than the queen. But
in reality, White has more problems here, because of the bad position of his
king. The computer suggests} Re8 $1 ({but also good is the human move} 23...
Qc7 $5) 24. cxd6 (24. Bxc6 $140 Re2 25. Nb6 Nf2+ 26. Bxf2 Rxf2 $19) 24... Qd8
25. Bxc6 Re6 $36 {[%csl Rh1] with excellent play}) 20. Qxb4 {Giving up the
exchange, but at the same time, the queens are exchanged and many dangers are
past for White.} Qxb4 21. Nxb4 Bxf1 22. Rxf1 Nxe4 23. Nb6 {Only now did I
understand that things are not so simple for Black. Although he has an extra
exchange, it is his move, and his pieces, especially the knights, are very
active, I could not find anything to do. The white pieces somehow seem to slip
away from the attacks.} ({ÏFor some reason, at first I only reckoned on the
capture} 23. cxd6 Rad8 24. Bxe4 Rxe4 25. Bc5 Bf8 $1 26. Nxc6 Rxd6 27. Bxd6 Bxd6
{White has regained the exchange and even has an extra pawn, but because of
his king, he still has problems.}) 23... Ra7 $5 ({Nor is there anything clear
for Black after} 23... dxc5 24. Nxc6 {I decided not to hurry returning the
exchange.}) 24. cxd6 Nxd6 25. Bxc6 {Staring from move 20, with queens gone,
Vladimir starts to play very well, choosing the most unpleasant moves for
Black.} ({Black's play would be easier after} 25. Nc4 Nxc4 (25... Rae7 $5 26.
Nxd6 Re1 27. Rxe1 Rxe1 28. h3 Bd4 29. hxg4 hxg4 30. Bxg4 Bxg1 31. Nd3 Ra1 32.
Nc4 $13) 26. Bxa7 Nd2 27. Bxc6 (27. Rd1 Nxf3 28. gxf3 Ne3 $132) 27... Re7 $1
28. Bc5 Re6 29. Rc1 (29. Rd1 Bf8 $1) 29... Bb2 30. Rd1 Ba3 31. Bf3 Nxf3 32.
gxf3 Nf2+ 33. Bxf2 Bxb4 $132 {and because of his weak pawns, it is quite hard
for White to realise his small material advantage.}) 25... Re2 26. N6d5 ({
Someone at the press conference suggested} 26. Bf3 {, but again, it is easier
for Black to play here:} Rd2 27. Nc4 Nxc4 28. Bxa7 Nce3 {and the activity of
his pieces gives Black good grounds for optimism.}) 26... Nc8 $8 {Almost
unnoticed, my knight has retreated from the centre to the edge of the board,
whilst White has brought his knight from a4 into the centre!} 27. h3 Nh6 $2 {
I was still too optimistic and hoped to seize the initiative, although after
his latest knight manoeuvres, Black should be a little careful.} ({Otherwise I
would of course have played} 27... a5 $1 $14 {with good drawing chances, eg.}
28. hxg4 (28. Nd3 Nh6) 28... axb4 29. Nxb4 (29. Bxa7 Nxa7 30. Nxb4 Nxc6 31.
Nxc6 Rxa2 32. gxh5 Rc2 33. Ne7+ Kf8 34. Nd5 Rd2) 29... hxg4 30. Bb5 Re4 31. Rc1
Nd6 32. Bxa7 Nxb5 33. Bc5 Rxf4 34. Nd5 Re4 35. a4 Nd4 $132) 28. Rc1 $1 {
It turns out that White does not have to rush to take the rook on a7, as it is
not going anywhere.} Nf5 {To my horror, I realised that in the tactics, White
can take the Nc8 with check, after which the Ra7 becomes indefensible. At the
same time, I cannot even organise perpetual check, because when the bishop on
g1 takes the Ra7, it frees g1 for the white king!} ({No better is} 28... Kh7
29. Ba4 Nf5 30. Kh2 $1 Nfd6 31. Bxa7 Nxa7 32. Rc2 {and White neutralises the
activity of the black pieces.}) 29. Bb5 $1 Ng3+ ({Maybe more practical chances
were offered by} 29... Rc7 $5 {which at least is a very striking move. But
after} 30. Nxc7 (30. Rxc7 $140 $2 Ng3+ 31. Kh2 Nf1+ $11) 30... axb5 31. Nxb5
Nce7 {there are still no threats to the white king, whilst the white passed
pawns should decide.}) 30. Kh2 Nf1+ 31. Rxf1 axb5 {Unfortunately, now Black
does not have the resource a6-a5 and the white knight feels totally
comfortable.} 32. Bxa7 Nxa7 33. Kg3 $1 ({After} 33. Rc1 {White traps the enemy
knight, but after} h4 {his king still has problems.}) 33... Nc8 34. Rd1 {
[%csl Rc8]} Bf8 $138 35. Kf3 Rb2 36. g4 $5 Kg7 {It is hard for Black to defend
and my time-trouble made White's task easier.} ({It was dangerous, but still
possible to open the h-file by} 36... hxg4+ 37. hxg4 Kg7 38. g5 Rh2 $1 {
Instead, I decided to try to activate my pieces at the cost of a second pawn,
but my opponent was very accurate.}) 37. gxh5 Nd6 ({Here too, there was the
more tenacious} 37... gxh5 38. Rg1+ Kh6 {and in any event, White cannot play
for a direct attack:} 39. Nd3 $6 Rd2 $1 40. Ke3 Rh2 41. Ne5 $4 Bc5+) 38. hxg6
fxg6 39. Nc7 $1 Kf7 $6 (39... Nf5) 40. Nd3 $1 Rxa2 41. Ne5+ Kf6 ({Or} 41... Kg8
42. Nxg6 $18) 42. Nd7+ {and in view of further material losses Black resigned.
Probably, the choice of opening in this game, and my play in general, was
rather risky. But as Vladimir's game from the final round showed, it is
perfectly possible to play the King's Indian against him. If I had utilised my
chances in this game, with 17...Bf5 or 19...Ne4, maybe the tournament also
would have ended differently. In the next two rounds, I managed to win both in
a row, despite this defeat. But after his start, Vladimir made a fantastic 4,5
out of 5 in the first cycle and as a result, won Dortmund for the tenth time.
I would like to congratulate him on this unique achievement! .} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 39th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2011.07.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[Annotator "Ponomariov,R"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2011.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. d4 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Rd1 {Probably White will not play this again,
after the present game, since Black easily solves all of his opening problems.}
({I would advise White to look into} 11. e4 $5 {since he has few other active
plans.} e5 12. h3 Re8 (12... exd4 {is not dangerous:} 13. Nxd4 Nc5 14. Rd1 $1 {
and everything is under control}) 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16.
Be3 a6 17. a4 Rac8 18. Rac1 {White's moves look very logical. Black still has
some problems with the Bb7} Qe7 19. f3 Bb8 20. Qf2 g6 21. Ne2 Nd7 {and here,
for example, it is worth considering} 22. f4 $5 $14 ({together with} 22. b3 {
1/2 Sasikiran,K (2676)-Negi,P (2622)/New Delhi IND 2011 (48)})) 11... b4 $1
$146 {A strong idea. Black wants to solve the problems of activating the Bb7
as soon as possible. For some reason, until now, this has only been played in
computer games, with such strong GMs as Shirov, Kramnik, Grachev, Potkin, etc
preferring otehr moves, as I had noted in my preparation.} (11... a6 {
transposes to 9...a6}) (11... Qe7) (11... Qc7) (11... Qb8) (11... Rc8) 12. Na4
({On} 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 {Black woudl even have more possibilities} Nf6 ({
But also interesting is} 13... f5 $5 14. Bd3 (14. Bxc6 $4 Rc8) 14... c5 {
although things are no so simple. White also has an object of attack in the
pawn e6. But he should play very energetically, eg.} 15. e4 $1 Rc8 (15... Qe8
16. Ng5 $1 {[%csl Re6][%cal Gg5e6,Gd3c4]}) 16. Qe2 cxd4 17. Bc4 (17. exf5 Bxf3
18. Qxf3 Ne5) 17... Bxe4 18. Bxe6+ Kh8 19. Nxd4 Qe7 20. f3 Bc5 21. Bb3 Qe5 22.
Be3 Bb7 23. Qd2 $1 $14 {and although all this is not forced, of course, it
well illustrates both sides' possibilities.}) 14. Bd3 c5 15. dxc5 Rc8 16. Qe2
Rxc5 {leads to a transposition into the game.}) ({During the game, I also
thought about the active} 12. e4 $6 bxc3 13. e5 {but after the simple} cxb2 14.
Bxb2 (14. Qxb2 $6 Rb8 15. exd6 c5 $1 $36) 14... Be7 15. exf6 Nxf6 $15 {Black
has an extra pawn and his game seems easier to play.}) 12... c5 {This is the
idea of Black's previous move, otherwise there was no point in weakening his
pawn structure. Admittedly, for some reason, Anish spent some time on it.
Maybe he was checking something in the complications?} 13. dxc5 Rc8 14. Qe2 {
I could not see anything that good for White, so I decided to play simply and
solidly.} ({White only brings problems down on his own head by} 14. Ng5 Bxh2+
$1 {The simplest} ({although there is also the cunning} 14... Kh8 $5) 15. Kxh2
Ng4+ 16. Kg1 Qxg5 $36 {[%csl Rg1,Rg2][%cal Gb7g2,Gg5g2,Gg4e3]} {After} 17.
Bxh7+ Kh8 18. Rxd7 Bc6 19. Rd4 Qh4 $19 {the computer thinks White can already
resign!}) ({If White tries to win a pawn by} 14. Bxh7+ Nxh7 15. Rxd6 {then}
Bxf3 16. gxf3 Qg5+ 17. Kf1 ({Or} 17. Kh1 Nxc5 18. Nxc5 Rxc5 19. Qe2 Rfc8 20.
Bd2 Qh5 $1 $44) 17... Nxc5 18. Nxc5 Rxc5 $36 {and in both cases Black has more
than enough compensation for the pawn, as White has still not completed the
development of his queenside, and the pawn protection of his king is damaged.})
14... Nxc5 15. Nxc5 Rxc5 16. Bd2 {White already has to be accurate, and this
is at the very start of the game!} ({For example, after} 16. e4 $6 {there is
the tactical blow} Nxe4 $1 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 {although by finding some unlikely
moves, White can maintain the balance and not fall into a bad position:} 18.
Rxd6 $1 (18. Qxe4 Bxh2+ 19. Kxh2 Qxd1 $17) 18... Bxf3 19. Qd2 $8 Rd5 20. Rxd5
Bxd5 21. Qxb4 $11) 16... a5 ({Black gets nothing from} 16... Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Rd5
18. Be1 $1 Rxd3 19. Rxd3 Bxh2+ 20. Kxh2 Qxd3 21. Bxb4 {and material is still
equal.}) ({But there is the interesting} 16... Qa8 $5 17. e4 (17. Bxb4 $4 Bxf3
$19) 17... Rh5 $5 {Preventing e4-e5.} 18. Re1 a5 {and Black has quite an
active position and pressure on the long diagonal.}) 17. e4 Qb8 ({After} 17...
Rh5 18. h3 Qa8 {White is not obliged to spend a tempo on Re1 and can play} 19.
Be3 $1 {Preparing Nd2} g6 (19... Bxe4 $2 20. Bxe4 Nxe4 21. Ng5 $1) 20. Nd2 Be5
21. f3 $1 Bxb2 22. Rab1 Be5 23. Nc4 {with god compensation for the pawn, since
the balck pieces are temporarily uncoordinated.}) 18. h3 Bf4 $6 {If Black has
played the opening superbly, and solved all of his problems easily, and even
having some chance of hoping for more, then starting from this moment, his
play gives rise to many questions. For example: why exchange dark-squared
bishops, when White is a little cramped and exchanges help him?} ({For example,
he could have played the simple} 18... Rd8 19. a3 Rcc8 $1 {and I do not think
that Black can have any problems at all. White cannot attack the weak pawn on
b4, becauser he must think the whole time about his pawn pawn on e4.}) 19. a3
$1 $14 {Creating counterplay on the queenside. Even so, it is surprising that
Anish lost this position in a few moves.} Bxd2 20. Nxd2 Ba8 $6 {Another
strange move. Why limit his own bishop, which has fewer squares from a8 than
from b7?} ({Of course, compared with a move ago, now Black has definite
problems with the defence of his queenside, eg.} 20... bxa3 21. Rxa3 Rd8 (21...
Ba8 22. Nb3 Re5 23. Rxa5) 22. Nb3 Rcc8 23. Rda1 $1 {and the pawn on a5 cannot
be saved.} (23. Nxa5 Bxe4) {But even here, the most White can get is an ending
with an extra exchange after} 23... Qf4 24. g3 Qe5 25. Nxa5 Bxe4 26. Re1 Rxd3
27. Qxd3 Qxb2 28. Nc4 Bxd3 29. Nxb2 Bb5 {which should objectively be drawn
because all the pawns are on one side.}) ({Another more accurate move than the
text was} 20... h6) ({or} 20... Qf4) 21. Qe3 Rc7 22. a4 $1 {Whilst Black
cannot attack the e4-pawn, White fixews the weakness on a5. Now Black has no
objects of attack, as the e4-pawn is no longer a weakness, but splendidly
shuts out the black bishop and restricts the Nf6. The b-file is now closed,
which means that the black queen will not be able to get at the b2-pawn either.
Black faces a long and cheerless defence, because of the chronic weakness of
his queenside.} Bc6 {It is already hard to know what to advise Black.} ({
For example,} 22... Rd8 23. f3 $1 Rcd7 24. Nc4 Qc7 25. Rac1 {and White's
position is much easier to play.}) 23. Nb3 Qa7 ({Keeping queens does not
change the seriousness of the situation:} 23... Qa8 24. Rdc1 Rfc8 25. Rc5 $1
$16 {[%csl Ra5]}) 24. Qxa7 Rxa7 25. f3 $1 {All according to plan.} Rd8 $2 {
The decisive mistake. Now Black simply loses by force.} ({Even though it was
passive, he had to play} 25... Rb8 26. Rdc1 Be8 27. Rc5 $140 Nd7 {and White
wins material}) 26. Bb5 Rxd1+ ({Nor is there any help from the strange-looking
} 26... Bd7 27. Rd4 Kf8 28. Rad1 Ke7 29. Nc5 e5 30. Rd6 $18 Rc7 31. Nxd7 Nxd7
32. R1d5 f6 33. Kf2 {and Black will soon be in zugzwang.}) 27. Rxd1 {Now we
see how much better it would have been if Black had created luft for his king
at move 20, instead of the pointless manoeuvre he played.} Bxb5 28. axb5 Kf8
29. Nc5 $1 $18 Ra8 ({He also loses after} 29... Rc7 30. b6 Rxc5 31. b7 Rb5 32.
Rd8+ Ke7 33. b8=Q Rxb8 34. Rxb8 Kd6 35. Rb5 Nd7 36. Rxa5 $18) 30. b6 Ke7 31. b7
Rb8 32. e5 ({It was also possible to play for domination:} 32. b3 $5 {after
which Black has no constructive moves. But the text wins by force.}) 32... Nd5
33. Ra1 Kd8 34. Rxa5 (34. Rxa5 Kc7 35. Na6+) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 39th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2011.07.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E58"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2011.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qc7 10. Bb2 Re8 {A rare continuation instead of the main} (10...
dxc4) 11. h3 (11. a4 Na5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Ne5 Rxe5 $5 14. dxe5 Qxe5 15. e4 Bg4
16. f3 dxe4 17. Qe2 Be6 $13 {1-0 Wang Hao (2718)-Harikrishna,P (2669)/Ningbo
CHN 2011/The Week in Chess 872 (59)}) (11. Qc2 Na5 12. Ne5 Nxc4 13. Nxc4 dxc4
14. Bxc4 Bd7 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Qe2 e5 17. f3 b5 18. Ba2 c4 19. e4 Nh5 20. g3 f5
$132 {1/2 Peralta,F (2603)-Marin,M (2555)/Barcelona ESP 2011/The Week in Chess
854 (45)}) (11. Rc1 dxc4 (11... Na5 $5) 12. Bxc4 e5 13. Ng5 Bg4 14. f3 $6 (14.
Qc2 Bh5 15. Bd3 Bg6 $11) 14... Bh5 15. g4 $6 h6 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. fxe4 Bg6 $15 {
1/2 Rabar,B-Janosevic,D/Sarajevo 1951/EXT 2002 (41)}) (11. Qe2 dxc4 (11... Na5
$5) 12. Bxc4 e5 13. h3 Bf5 14. Rfd1 Rad8 15. Bb5 e4 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Ne5 Rb8
18. a4 Nd5 $11 {1-0 Swiercz,D (2488)-Arutinian,D (2576)/Rijeka 2010/CBM 136 
(31)}) 11... Na5 (11... b6 $5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. dxc5 Na5 14. Qa4 bxc5 15. c4
Bd7 16. Qc2 dxc4 17. Bxc4 Nxc4 18. Qxc4 Ne4 $11 {1/2 Zhukova,N (2499)
-Kosintseva,N (2533)/Moscow 2010/CBM 138 Extra (42)}) (11... dxc4 12. Bxc4 b6
13. Qe2 Bb7 14. Rac1 Ne7 15. Rfd1 Ng6 16. Ba2 Qc6 17. c4 cxd4 18. Rxd4 e5 19.
Rdd1 Ne4 $11 {1-0 Kasimdzhanov,R (2652)-Groszpeter,A (2508)/Deizisau 2004/CBM
099 ext (50)}) 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Nd2 (13. Ne5 c4 14. Bc2 Ne4 (14... Nc6 15.
Nxc6 Qxc6 16. a4 {1/2 Jakab,A (2417)-Lukacs,P (2423)/Hungary 2009/EXT 2010})
15. Qh5 g6 16. Qh6 Bf5 (16... Nd6 17. Qf4 Qe7 18. Rae1 Nc6 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. f3
Rb8 21. Bc1 Rb3 22. e4 $36 {1-0 Stocek,J (2578)-Votava,J (2546)/Czechia 2008/
EXT 2009 (42)}) 17. f3 Ng3 18. Bxf5 Nxf5 19. Qf4 Rac8 {[%csl Gc7]} 20. e4 f6
21. Nxg6 hxg6 22. Qxc7 Rxc7 23. exf5 gxf5 24. Rae1 Rce7 $11 {1/2 Jakovenko,D 
(2725)-Leko,P (2735)/Astrakhan 2010/CBM 137/[Marin,M] (42)}) 13... Be6 14. Rc1
$6 {An inaccuracy allowing a strong reply.} (14. Qe2 Rac8 15. a4 a6 16. Ba3 c4
17. Bc2 Qd7 18. Qf3 Nb3 19. Nxb3 cxb3 20. Bxb3 Rxc3 21. Rfb1 Bf5 22. Bb4 Rc6
23. Rb2 Qc7 24. Bd2 Be4 25. Qe2 Rb8 {1/2 Pappier,C (2400)-Schulze,M (2436)/
IECG 2002/Telechess CBM 95}) 14... b5 $1 {Preventing c3-c4 and seizing the
c4-square completely.} 15. dxc5 (15. Bxb5 $4 Reb8) 15... Nc4 $15 {[%csl Rb2,
Gc4][%mdl 32]} 16. Rb1 (16. Nxc4 $142 dxc4 (16... bxc4 $5 17. Bc2 Rab8 $15) 17.
Bc2 Rad8 18. Qe2 Nd7 $15 {[%cal Yd7c5,Yc5d3]}) 16... Qxc5 17. Nb3 Qc7 18. Bc1
a6 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. Bc2 Rac8 21. Ne2 Qe5 22. Ng3 {An incorrect pawn sacrifice
but what to do?} (22. Qd4 Qxd4 23. Nxd4 Ne4 24. Bxe4 dxe4 $17 {[%csl Ra3,Rc3,
Rd3]}) 22... Qxc3 23. Rb3 Qe5 24. Bb1 a5 25. Rd3 Qe7 26. Re1 b4 27. axb4 Qxb4
28. Bd2 Nxd2 29. Qxd2 g6 30. Ba2 Bb5 31. Rb1 Qxd2 32. Rxd2 Rc5 33. Rb3 a4 34.
Ra3 Ra8 35. f3 Rc1+ 36. Kf2 $2 {[%csl Rf2]} (36. Kh2 $142 $17) 36... Rac8 37.
e4 R8c2 38. Rxc2 Rxc2+ 39. Ke3 Rxg2 40. Kf4 Kg7 41. h4 h6 {[%cal Rg6g5]} 0-1

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 39th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2011.07.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E31"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "180"]
[EventDate "2011.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. d5 d6 7. e3 exd5 8. cxd5
Nbd7 9. Bb5 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qa5 11. Bxd7+ Nxd7 12. Ne2 Qa6 13. O-O O-O 14. Bg3
Nf6 15. f3 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Qxe2 17. Rfe1 Be6 18. Rxe2 Bxd5 19. Bxd6 Rfc8 20. e4
Be6 21. a4 Rc6 22. e5 Rac8 23. Rb2 b6 24. a5 Bc4 25. axb6 Rxb6 26. Rxb6 axb6
27. Kf2 g5 28. h4 Kg7 29. h5 b5 30. Ke3 Be6 31. Ra5 b4 32. cxb4 cxb4 33. Bxb4
Kh7 34. Be7 Rc3+ 35. Kd2 Rc8 36. Bf6 Rc4 37. g3 Rc8 38. Ra7 Kg8 39. f4 gxf4 40.
gxf4 Bg4 41. Ke3 Be6 42. Be7 Rc3+ 43. Kd2 Rc4 44. Ra8+ Rc8 45. Ra1 Kh7 46. Kd3
Bg4 47. Rh1 Bf5+ 48. Kd4 Be6 49. Bc5 Rd8+ 50. Ke3 Rg8 51. Ke4 Rg3 52. Rf1 Rh3
53. f5 Rh4+ 54. Ke3 Rxh5 55. fxe6 Rxe5+ 56. Kd4 Rxe6 57. Rxf7+ Kg6 58. Rf1 h5
59. Kd5 Re2 60. Bf2 Kg5 61. Rg1+ Kf5 62. Be1 Ra2 63. Rh1 Kg4 64. Ke4 Re2+ 65.
Kd3 Ra2 66. Rh4+ Kg5 67. Rc4 Ra3+ 68. Ke2 Rh3 69. Bf2 Kf5 70. Kf1 Rb3 71. Kg2
Rd3 72. Bg3 Rd1 73. Kh3 Rh1+ 74. Bh2 Kg5 75. Rc5+ Kg6 76. Kg2 Rb1 77. Bf4 Rb4
78. Kf3 Rb3+ 79. Be3 h4 80. Rg5+ Kf6 81. Rg4 h3 82. Rh4 Ke6 83. Rxh3 Kd5 84.
Rh5+ Kc4 85. Ke4 Rb5 86. Rh1 Kb3 87. Kd3 Rd5+ 88. Bd4 Rb5 89. Rb1+ Ka4 90. Rxb5
Kxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 39th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2011.07.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "Le Quang Liem"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2011.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 ({An
alternative is} 6... Bb4 {with similar play to the Ragozin Defence.}) 7. Qc2 (
7. e3 {is premature, as Black can exchange his knight for White's bishop
favourably.} Nh5 8. Bg5 Qb6 9. Qc2 h6) 7... Nh5 ({If} 7... Be7 {then White has
time for} 8. h3 {keeping his strong bishop from exchanging} O-O 9. e3 $14 {
Later on White can even consider castling long and starting an offensive with
his pawns on the kingside.}) 8. Bd2 Nhf6 (8... Bd6 {allows} 9. e4 {with active
play for White.}) ({After} 8... Be7 {Black must reckon with} 9. h3 $5 O-O 10.
g4 Nhf6 11. Bf4 $13) 9. Bf4 ({In this kind of position White would not like to
play e3 when his bishop remains passive on d2.} 9. e3 Bd6 10. Bd3 O-O) 9... Nh5
10. Bg5 {So White has to force the exchange of bishops.} Be7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12.
e3 {In the Carlsbad structure like this, White usually has two plans: either
to castle short and start a minority pawn attack, or to castle long and attack
on the kingside.} Nb6 {Black keeps his position flexible and open for all
possibilities.} (12... O-O $6 {would be a slight positional mistake, as after}
13. Bd3 g6 {White can choose} 14. O-O-O $5 {with good attacking prospect. The
g6-pawn now becomes a target. It looks like White can open the kingside quite
fast.} (14. O-O)) 13. Ne5 (13. Bd3 {is not good now because of} Nf4 $1 {
White does not have the intermediate check on h7 (comparing to the line 12...
0-0)}) (13. Be2 {is pretty slow:} Bg4 14. O-O Nf6 {Black should be fine.})
13... g6 14. O-O-O Bf5 15. Qe2 Nf6 16. g4 Be6 17. f3 O-O-O {Of course Black
does not want to castle on the opposite side. His king feels much safer on the
queenside.} (17... h5 $5 {might be a good try, with the idea of exchanging a
pair of knights; that makes Black's game easier.} 18. g5 Nfd7 19. Nxd7 Bxd7 20.
h4 O-O-O $11) 18. h4 Nfd7 ({Now} 18... h5 {makes no sense, because White can
play simply} 19. g5 Nfd7 20. Nd3) 19. Nd3 Rhe8 20. Bg2 {Both sides manoeuvre
slowly. White has a slight space advantage and Black is very solid.} f6 21. Qf2
Qd6 22. Kb1 Kb8 {Trying to improve all the pieces by putting them on their
best squares.} 23. Ka1 {White would wish to play e4, but first he has to
protect the g4-pawn. But that is not so easy to accomplish along with a
harmonious development of the pieces. So I decided to make a "waiting"
prophylactic move.} (23. g5 Bf5 $13) 23... h6 24. Rhg1 Bf7 $6 {A mistake,
perhaps underestimating White's next move.} (24... g5 {is more logical:} 25.
Bh1 Re7 26. f4 {The position is dynamically equal.}) 25. g5 hxg5 26. hxg5 f5 $6
(26... fxg5 {is stronger:} 27. Bh3 Rh8 28. Bxd7 Nxd7 29. Rxg5 {though White is
still positionally better.}) 27. e4 $1 {Now the game enters a concrete phase,
with lots of possible tactics.} dxe4 28. fxe4 Ka8 (28... fxe4 {is bad because
of} 29. Nxe4 Qe6 30. Qg3+ Ka8 31. b3 Nc8 $8 32. Rgf1 $16 {White pieces
dominate the board.}) ({The correct defence seems to be} 28... Bc4 $5 29. exf5
Bxd3 (29... gxf5 30. Nf4) 30. Rxd3 gxf5 31. Qxf5 Ne5 32. Rdd1 Nec4 {but White
is also clearly better after} 33. Qf2 $1) 29. Nc5 ({The best move is} 29. exf5
$1 gxf5 30. Nf4 $16 {with the idea to answer} (30. Qxf5 Bh5) 30... Nf8 {with}
31. d5) 29... Nc4 $6 {This move looks tempting, but it falls short for a
tactical reason.} 30. Nb3 $2 {Returning the faavour. This "human move" almost
spoils all of White's advantages. But it was not easy to calculate everything
in such a complicated positon, escpecially when both sides were low on time.} (
{I saw} 30. exf5 {but rejected it because I thought Black might be able to
hold after} Ne3 (30... Nxc5 31. dxc5 Qe5 32. Be4 $16) (30... gxf5 $2 31. Nb5 $1
) 31. N5e4 (31. Nb5 Nxd1 32. Rxd1 Qe7 $8 (32... Qb8 33. Na6) (32... Qh2 33.
Nxb7 Bd5 34. Nxd8 Rxd8 35. Rg1 gxf5 36. Nc3) 33. Nc7+ Kb8 34. Nxe8 Nxc5 35.
Qg3+ Kc8 36. Nf6 gxf5 37. Bh3 $16) 31... Nxd1 32. Nxd6 Nxf2 33. Nxf7 gxf5 34.
Nxd8 Rxd8 35. Rf1 Ng4 36. Rxf5 Ne3 37. Rf2 $16 {In fact, although it's far
from winning, White is still much better.}) 30... Qb4 (30... Bg8 $5 31. d5 cxd5
32. Nb5 Qb8 33. exf5 a6 {Black is quite close to equality.}) 31. d5 (31. exf5
Ne3) 31... Qb6 $6 {Under strong pressure, Black decides to sacrifice a pawn in
order to exchange queens, but this turns out to be a serious compromise.} ({
The correct defence is} 31... cxd5 32. exf5 Qb6 $1 (32... Ne3 33. Rd4 {(this's
why White had to play 31.d5 before taking the f5 pawn - to take the d4-square
for the rook)} Qb6 34. fxg6 Qxg6 35. Be4 dxe4 36. Qxe3 $14) 33. Qxb6 Ndxb6 34.
f6 Ne3 35. Rd2 Nbc4 36. Rf2 Re5 $11) (31... c5 32. exf5 (32. d6 $5) 32... gxf5
(32... Ne3 33. Rde1 Nxf5 34. Bh3) 33. Qxf5 $14) 32. Qxb6 Ndxb6 33. dxc6 {
Now White is just a pawn up.} Rxd1+ 34. Nxd1 fxe4 35. cxb7+ Kb8 36. Nc3 Re5 $6
(36... Nd6 37. Nc5 Re5 38. N5xe4 (38. Rd1 Rxc5 39. Rxd6 Kxb7 40. Bxe4+ Kc7 41.
Rf6 Be8 42. Bxg6 Bd7 43. Be4 Rxg5 {Black should be able to hold this if he
plays accurately.}) 38... Nxb7 39. Rf1 $14) 37. Bxe4 Nd6 38. Nd4 $16 Rc5 (38...
Rxe4 39. Nxe4 Nxe4 40. Nc6+ Kxb7 41. Nd8+ $18) 39. Rf1 (39. Bh1 {is stronger,
with the following forced variation} Nxb7 40. Nc6+ Kc7 41. Nxa7 Nd6 42. Rc1 $1
{(I failed to see this key move)} Kd7 43. Rd1 Kc7 44. Rxd6 $1 Kxd6 45. Ne4+ Kd5
46. Nxc5+ Kxc5 47. Nc6 $18 {White should win without much difficulty.}) 39...
Nxe4 40. Nxe4 Rc4 41. Rd1 Bd5 42. Nd6 Rc7 43. Rf1 Bxb7 44. Rf8+ (44. b3 $5 Nc8
45. Nxb7 Rxb7 46. Rf6 $16 {is perhaps a better version than the text move.})
44... Nc8 45. b4 Rd7 46. Nc6+ Kc7 47. Nxb7 Kxb7 48. Rf6 Rd6 49. Ne5 Rd5 50. Nf3
(50. Nf7 Ne7 51. Re6 Nc6 52. b5 Nd4 53. Rxg6 Nxb5 54. Kb2 $16) 50... Rd3 51.
Kb2 Nb6 52. Ne5 Rd5 53. Nf7 a5 $6 (53... Rd7 {is more stubborn} 54. Kb3 (54.
Nd6+ $4 Rxd6) 54... Nd5 55. Rf3 Re7 56. Kc4 Ne3+ 57. Kd3 Ng4 58. Kd4 $16) 54.
bxa5 Rb5+ 55. Ka1 Rxa5 56. Rxg6 {And White is two healthy pawns up. The rest
is just a matter of technique.} Rc5 57. Kb2 Rb5+ 58. Kc3 Ra5 59. Nd6+ Kc7 60.
Kb3 Rd5 61. Ne8+ Kb7 62. Rg7+ Kc6 63. Rc7+ Kb5 64. g6 Rg5 65. Nd6+ Ka6 66. g7
Rg3+ 67. Kc2 Nd5 68. Rf7 Rg2+ 69. Kb3 Ne3 70. Ne8 Rg3 71. Rf3 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 39th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2011.07.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2011.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. Nd2 c6 8.
Ba4 d6 9. c3 Bb6 10. Nc4 Bc7 11. Bb3 O-O 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 Bg4 15.
f3 Be6 16. Re1 Nh5 17. Bf2 Nf4 18. d4 exd4 19. cxd4 d5 20. exd5 Bxd5 21. Qc2 g4
22. Nd2 Qg5 23. Ne4 Qg6 24. Bxd5 Nxd5 25. Qb3 Rae8 26. Ng3 h5 27. fxg4 hxg4 28.
Rxe8 Rxe8 29. Qxb7 Rb8 30. Qxa7 Rxb2 31. Rf1 Qc2 32. Qc5 Rxa2 33. Qxc2 Rxc2 34.
Nf5 Kh7 35. g3 Bb6 36. Re1 Bd8 37. Ne3 Nxe3 38. Rxe3 Kg6 39. Re4 Bg5 40. Kf1 f6
41. d5 cxd5 42. Rxg4 Kf5 43. Rd4 Ke5 44. Rd1 Ke4 45. Rd4+ Kf3 46. Rd3+ Ke4 47.
Rd4+ Ke5 48. Rd1 Ke4 49. Rd4+ Kf3 50. Rd3+ Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 39th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2011.07.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2011.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. a3 c5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Be5 Bg4 12. Be2 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Bf6 14. Bxf6
Qxf6 {This line was examined in CBM 138, annotations to Mamedyarov-Kramnik by
GM M.Marin.} 15. Qc2 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] This simple idea - just to capture the
d5 pawn avoiding the pin along the d-file - is surprisingly new!} (15. O-O {
was usually played:} Rfd8 $5 (15... Qxb2 16. Qxd5 Rac8 17. Rfd1 Qf6 18. Qd4 Qe7
19. Qb4 Rfd8 20. h3 (20. Rd4 $5) (20. a4 $5) 20... b6 21. a4 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rd8
23. Rd4 {1/2 Erdos,V (2591)-Nielsen,P (2687)/Germany 2009/CBM 133 Extra.}) (
15... Rad8 16. Rc1 $1 (16. Qd4 $6 Qxd4 17. exd4 Ne4 18. Rfd1 f5 {1/2 Kunte,A 
(2513)-Mas,H (2421)/Parramatta 2009/CBM 129 Extra}) 16... Ne6 17. Qb3 d4 18.
Qxb7 $14 {M.Marin}) 16. Rc1 Ne6 17. Qb3 d4 18. Qxb7 Rab8 19. Qxa7 Rxb2 20. Qa6
g6 21. a4 Kg7 $44 {1/2 Mamedyarov,S (2761)-Kramnik,V (2790)/Dortmund 2010/CBM
138/[Marin,M] (31)}) ({The other moves are harmless:} 15. Rc1 Rac8 16. Rc2 Ne4
17. O-O Qe5 18. Qc1 Rxc2 19. Qxc2 Ng5 20. Be2 Ne6 21. Bd3 g6 22. Rc1 Rd8 $11 {
1/2 Vorobiov,E (2592)-Grover,S (2411)/Kavala 2010/CBM 137 Extra (33)}) (15. Rb1
Rad8 16. O-O d4 17. Qc2 b6 18. exd4 Rxd4 19. Rbd1 Rfd8 20. Rxd4 Rxd4 21. Rd1 g6
{1/2 Kunte,A (2527)-Maheswaran,P (2297)/Gurgon 2009/CBM 128 Extra}) 15... Rac8
(15... Qxb2 $6 16. Qxb2 Nd3+ 17. Ke2 Nxb2 18. Bxd5 $16 {[%csl Rb7,Gd5]}) 16.
Bxd5 Rfd8 {After this White eventually keeps his extra pawn.} (16... Ne6 17.
Qa4 $1 (17. Qe2 $6 Nd4 $1 18. exd4 Rfe8 19. Be4 Qxd4 20. f3 f5) (17. Qd2 Rfd8
18. O-O Nc7 19. e4 Nxd5 20. exd5 Rc5 21. Rad1 Qd6 22. Rfe1 g6 $11 {[%cal Yc5d5]
}) 17... Nc5 18. Qb5 Qf5 19. Rd1 Rfd8 20. e4 Nxe4 21. O-O $14) 17. Rd1 Qe5 18.
Qc4 b5 (18... Qxb2 19. Bxf7+ Kh8 20. O-O Qxa3 21. Ra1 $16) (18... Ne6 19. Qb3
Nc5 20. Qa2) 19. Qa2 Rd7 20. O-O Na4 21. Bb3 (21. Be6 $1 {was probably even
better as after} Rxd1 22. Bxf7+ Kh8 23. Rxd1 Nxb2 24. Rb1 Na4 25. Qe6 {White's
kingside two-pawn advantage increases the importance of his bishop and
therefore his winning chances.}) 21... Rdc7 {Of course, evading} (21... Rxd1
22. Rxd1 Nxb2 23. Bxf7+ Kh8 {, which leads to the line from the previous
annotation.}) 22. Rd4 (22. Rd5 $143 Qxb2 23. Qxb2 Nxb2 24. Rxb5 Nc4) 22... Nb6
23. Rfd1 g6 24. Qb1 Kg7 25. g3 Nc4 26. Kg2 Qf6 27. Bxc4 {Of course, is it
difficult to convert White's extra pawn without minor pieces on the board but
Black's knight was too strong.} bxc4 28. Qe4 Re7 29. Qd5 c3 30. bxc3 Rxc3 31.
Rf4 Qc6 32. Qxc6 Rxc6 {[%mdl 4096]} 33. Rdd4 Rc2 34. Rd5 h5 35. Ra5 Rb7 36. h3
Ra2 37. Rfa4 Rbb2 38. Rf4 Rb7 39. g4 hxg4 40. hxg4 Rc7 41. Kg3 Rb2 42. g5 Rb1
43. Kg2 Rb2 44. Rfa4 Rcc2 45. Rf4 Rb7 46. Kg3 Rc1 47. Rd4 Rb2 48. Rf4 Rb7 49.
Rd4 Rb2 50. f3 a6 {Black must use tactical means to stay in the game.} (50...
Rb7 $5 51. Rda4 Rg1+ 52. Kf4 Rb2 53. Rb4 $1 (53. Rxa7 Rf2 {[%cal Yg1f1]}) 53...
Rh2 54. Ke4 Rc2) 51. Rxa6 Rb5 $2 (51... Rg1+ $8 52. Kf4 Rb5 {regaining the
g5-pawn and keeping some chances to survive, e.g.} 53. e4 Rgxg5 54. Ra7 Rg2 $1
55. Rdd7 $140 g5+ 56. Ke3 Rb3+) 52. f4 Rb3 53. Re4 Rcc3 54. a4 Rxe3+ 55. Rxe3
Rxe3+ {This way Black has regained one of the missing pawns as well but the
resulting endgame is lost for him as his king is caged in the corner.} 56. Kf2
Ra3 57. Ra7 Kf8 58. a5 Ke8 59. a6 Kf8 60. Ke2 Ke8 (60... Kg7 61. Kd2 Ra4 62.
Kc3 Rxf4 63. Rd7 Ra4 64. a7 $18 {- Black has no moves on the kingside, and
White's king goes forward.}) 61. Ra8+ Kd7 62. a7 Kc6 63. Rc8+ Kb7 64. Rf8 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 39th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2011.07.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2011.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Bg5 Qxd1 10. Rfxd1 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nd4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5
f5 15. Kf1 Rf7 16. Rac1 fxe4 17. Bxe4 Bf8 18. Rd3 Bd6 19. Be3 Nf5 20. Bd2 a5
21. Rf3 b6 22. g4 Ne7 23. Rfc3 Rd8 24. Bg5 Rd7 25. h4 Rf8 26. Bh6 Rf7 27. Ke2
Kh8 28. Bg5 Rf8 29. f3 Ng8 30. Rh1 Nf6 31. Bxf6+ Rxf6 32. g5 Rf4 33. h5 Kg8 34.
hxg6 hxg6 35. Rh6 Rg7 36. Bxg6 Rb4 37. b3 a4 38. Rc1 axb3 39. axb3 Rxb3 40.
Rch1 Kf8 41. Rh8+ Rg8 42. Be4 Rb2+ 43. Kf1 Be7 44. g6 Bf6 45. R8h7 Bg7 46. R1h5
Ke7 47. Rxe5+ Kd6 48. Re6+ Kc5 49. Re7 Ra8 50. Rxc7+ Kd6 51. Rc1 Bd4 52. f4 Bc5
53. Rc2 Rb1+ 54. Kg2 Rg1+ 55. Kh2 Rg4 56. Bf5 Rxf4 57. Be6 Rf6 58. g7 Rxe6 59.
dxe6 Rg8 60. Re2 Ke7 61. Re4 b5 62. Kh3 b4 63. Rh5 Bd6 64. Rb5 Kf6 65. e7 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 39th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2011.07.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2011.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. f4
O-O 9. a4 Qc7 10. Kh1 Nc6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Bf3 Na5 13. Bf2 Nd7 14. Bg3 Bf6 15.
Re1 Rb8 16. Qd3 Nc5 17. Qd1 Nd7 18. Qd3 Nc6 19. Nb3 b6 20. Rad1 Be7 21. Qc4 Nc5
22. f5 Ne5 23. Bxe5 dxe5 24. fxe6 Nxe6 25. Be2 Qb7 26. Nd5 Bg5 27. a5 b5 28.
Qc3 Nf4 29. Nc5 Qc6 30. Bf3 b4 31. Nxb4 Qb5 32. Nbd3 Nxd3 33. Nxd3 Be6 34. Nc5
Qxb2 35. Qxb2 Rxb2 36. Nxe6 Rxe6 37. Rb1 Rxb1 38. Rxb1 g6 39. Be2 Bd2 40. Rb6
Bxa5 41. Rxe6 fxe6 42. Bxa6 Bc3 43. g3 Kf7 44. Kg2 g5 45. Kf3 h5 46. g4 h4 47.
Ke2 Ke7 48. Kd3 Bd4 49. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 39th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2011.07.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2011.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qb3 Bb7 8.
O-O Nbd7 9. d4 a6 10. Ne5 Qb6 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. Be3 c5 13. d5 exd5 14. Bxd5
Bxd5 15. Qxd5 Rd8 16. a4 Be7 17. axb5 axb5 18. Nc3 O-O 19. b4 Qf6 20. Nxb5 cxb4
21. Ra7 Nc5 22. Qf3 Qxf3 23. exf3 Rfe8 24. Nd4 Rd7 25. Rxd7 Nxd7 26. Nc6 Bf8
27. Rb1 Ne5 28. Nxe5 Rxe5 29. Kf1 f6 30. Ke2 Rd5 31. Ra1 Kf7 32. Ra6 h5 33. h3
Rd7 34. Rb6 Rc7 35. g4 Rc2+ 36. Kd3 Rc3+ 37. Ke4 Kg6 38. f4 hxg4 39. hxg4 Rc4+
40. Kd5 Rc7 41. Ke4 Rc4+ 42. Kd5 Rc7 43. Ke4 Rc4+ 44. Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.08.28"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Gwaze, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 e5 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Be7 7. c3 Nf6 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. a3 b5 10. Re1 Kh8 11. d4 Bd7 12. b4 cxd4 13. cxd4 exd4 14. Bb2 Rc8 15.
Nb3 a5 16. bxa5 Bg4 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Nd7 19. Qe2 Nc5 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21. Bxd4
Nb3 22. Bb6 Qd7 23. Rad1 f6 24. Qe3 Qe6 25. Rb1 Nc5 26. Rxb5 Qa2 27. h4 Na4 28.
Bd4 Qc2 29. h5 h6 30. Qb3 Qxb3 31. Rxb3 Rc4 32. Rb4 d5 33. Rxc4 dxc4 34. a6 Bc5
35. Bxc5 Nxc5 36. Rc1 Nxa6 37. Rxc4 Re8 38. Bh3 Kg8 39. Rc6 Nb8 40. Rb6 Rd8 41.
a4 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.08.29"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Gwaze, Robert"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. h3 Nc6 8. Be3
Bd7 9. Qe2 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Qa5 11. O-O-O Rc8 12. Kb1 Be7 13. Qd2 Bc6 14. f3 a6
15. Qf2 Qc7 16. Bb6 Qb8 17. h4 d5 18. Ba7 Qc7 19. Bb6 Qb8 20. exd5 Nxd5 21.
Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Qe3 Bc6 23. Be2 Bd6 24. Qd4 Be5 25. Qb4 g6 26. Rhf1 g5 27. Bd4
Rd8 28. Bb6 Rc8 29. Rh1 Bf6 30. hxg5 hxg5 31. Rhe1 Qf4 32. Qa3 Rh2 33. Bd3 Be7
34. Bc5 Rc7 35. Bxe7 Rxe7 36. Be4 Bxe4 37. fxe4 Qc7 38. Qb3 Rd7 39. Rxd7 Qxd7
40. a3 Qd2 41. Rc1 b5 42. c4 b4 43. c5 Re2 44. axb4 Rxe4 45. c6 Re1 46. Rxe1
Qxe1+ 47. Ka2 Qe5 48. Ka1 Qd5 49. Qc3 Kd8 50. Qf6+ Kc7 51. Qxf7+ Kxc6 52. Qe8+
Kc7 53. Qf7+ Kd6 54. Qa7 Qc4 55. Qb6+ Kd7 56. Qb7+ Ke8 57. Kb1 Qb5 58. Qc8+ Kf7
59. Qc7+ Kg6 60. Qc2+ Kf6 61. Qc3+ Ke7 62. Qc7+ Qd7 63. Qc5+ Kf6 64. Qf2+ Kg7
65. Qe2 Qd6 66. Qe1 Qd3+ 67. Ka1 Qd5 68. Qc3+ e5 69. Qc7+ Kf6 70. Qc8 Qe6 71.
Qh8+ Kf7 72. Qh7+ Kf8 73. Qh8+ Kf7 74. Qh7+ Ke8 75. Qh5+ Kd7 76. Qxg5 e4 77.
Qg7+ Ke8 78. Qh8+ Kd7 79. Qd4+ Ke8 80. Qh8+ Kd7 81. Qd4+ Ke8 82. Qh8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.08.31"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ni, Hua"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 e5 5. O-O Nf6 6. d3 Bd6 7. e3 O-O 8. exd4
Nxd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Nd2 Rb8 11. Re1 Bg4 12. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ni, Hua"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. Qf2 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b6 13. Qe3 Bb7 14. Bd3 Bxd4
15. Qxd4 f6 16. exf6 Qxf6 17. Qxf6 Rxf6 18. g3 Re8 19. Rhe1 b5 20. Bf1 Nb6 21.
Rd4 Bc6 22. a4 Nxa4 23. Nxa4 bxa4 24. Bxa6 Ra8 25. Bd3 h6 26. Rb4 Ra7 27. Kb1
Kf7 28. Ka2 Ke7 29. f5 Kd6 30. fxe6 Rxe6 31. Rxe6+ Kxe6 32. Ka3 Kd6 33. Bb5
Bxb5 34. Rxb5 Rf7 35. Kxa4 Rf2 36. Rb6+ Kc7 37. Rg6 Rxc2 38. b4 Rxh2 39. Kb5 d4
40. Rxg7+ Kd6 41. Kc4 h5 42. Kxd4 h4 43. Rg6+ Kc7 44. g4 h3 45. Ke5 Rb2 46.
Rg7+ Kd8 47. Kd6 Ke8 48. Kc5 h2 49. Rh7 Rg2 50. b5 Kf8 51. b6 Kg8 52. Rh5 Kg7
53. b7 Rb2 54. Kc6 Rc2+ 55. Kb6 Rb2+ 56. Kc6 Rc2+ 57. Kb6 Rb2+ 58. Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.02"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Ni, Hua"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2
O-O 9. Rd1 b6 10. Bf4 Ba6 11. b3 Rc8 12. Nc3 Nh5 13. Bc1 Nhf6 14. Bf4 Nh5 15.
Bc1 Nhf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.02"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ni, Hua"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[PlyCount "228"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Be7 8. g3
O-O 9. Bh3 b5 10. O-O b4 11. Nf4 Nb6 12. Kg2 bxc3 13. bxc3 Nc4 14. Qa4 Qb6 15.
dxc5 Qa6 16. Qxa6 Bxa6 17. Nd3 Ne3+ 18. Bxe3 Bxd3 19. Rfe1 Be4 20. Bd4 f5 21.
exf6 Bxf6 22. Bxf6 Rxf6 23. Rxe4 dxe4 24. Ng5 Nd8 25. Nxe4 Rf7 26. Rd1 Rc7 27.
Rd6 Kf7 28. Ng5+ Ke7 29. Nxe6 Nxe6 30. Rxe6+ Kf7 31. Re5 Rd8 32. Bg4 g6 33. h4
Re7 34. Rxe7+ Kxe7 35. c6 Kd6 36. Kf3 Kxc6 37. Ke3 Kc5 38. Be2 Rb8 39. Bd3 Rb2
40. a4 Ra2 41. Bb5 Rc2 42. g4 Rxc3+ 43. Kf4 Rb3 44. Kg5 Rf3 45. Kh6 Rxf2 46.
Kxh7 Rh2 47. Kxg6 Rxh4 48. g5 Kd6 49. Kf5 Rh2 50. g6 Rf2+ 51. Kg5 Ke7 52. Bc6
Kf8 53. a5 Kg7 54. a6 Rf6 55. Bb7 Rxg6+ 56. Kf5 Rb6 57. Ke5 Kf8 58. Kd5 Ke7 59.
Bc8 Kd8 60. Bb7 Kc7 61. Kc5 Rg6 62. Kd5 Kb6 63. Kd4 Rg5 64. Kc4 Rc5+ 65. Kd4
Rc1 66. Kd5 Kb5 67. Kd4 Ra1 68. Bc8 Rd1+ 69. Ke3 Rd6 70. Bb7 Kc4 71. Bc8 Rd3+
72. Ke2 Kc3 73. Bb7 Rd6 74. Ke3 Re6+ 75. Kf4 Kd4 76. Kf5 Re1 77. Bc8 Re5+ 78.
Kf6 Kd5 79. Bb7+ Kd6 80. Bc8 Re8 81. Bb7 Rf8+ 82. Kg5 Ke5 83. Kg4 Rf6 84. Kg3
Rf4 85. Bc6 Rf6 86. Bb7 Rf7 87. Kg4 Rf8 88. Kg3 Kd6 89. Kg4 Rf7 90. Kg5 Rf1 91.
Kg4 Rf2 92. Kg5 Ke5 93. Kg4 Kd4 94. Kg3 Ke3 95. Kg4 Rf8 96. Kg5 Kd4 97. Kg4 Ke5
98. Kg3 Rf4 99. Bc6 Kf5 100. Ba8 Kg5 101. Bb7 Rf6 102. Bc8 Rc6 103. Bb7 Rc3+
104. Kf2 Kf4 105. Ke2 Ke5 106. Kd2 Kd4 107. Ke2 Ra3 108. Kf2 Re3 109. Ba8 Kd3
110. Bb7 Kd2 111. Ba8 Re6 112. Bb7 Rf6+ 113. Kg3 Ke3 114. Kg4 Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.02"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ni, Hua"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Be7 8. a3
a5 9. Nf4 a4 10. Bd3 Nb6 11. O-O O-O 12. h4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc4 14. g3 b5 15. Bc2
f5 16. exf6 gxf6 17. Re1 Qd6 18. Nh2 Rf7 19. Ng4 Kh8 20. Nh6 Rg7 21. Nh5 e5 22.
Nxg7 Kxg7 23. Qh5 Be6 24. Nf5+ Bxf5 25. Bxf5 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.02"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Ni, Hua"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Nge7 7. Qe2 O-O 8.
Bg5 f6 9. Bd2 d6 10. O-O-O Be6 11. Kb1 a5 12. f4 a4 13. Nc1 f5 14. g4 Nd4 15.
Qg2 fxe4 16. f5 Bf7 17. f6 gxf6 18. Nxe4 Bg6 19. Bd3 d5 20. Ng3 Kh8 21. Nh5 Qd6
22. Rhf1 Bxh5 23. gxh5 Rg8 24. Qh3 Ndc6 25. Bc3 d4 26. Bc4 Nd5 27. Bxd5 Qxd5
28. Rxf6 Qg2 29. Qxg2 Rxg2 30. Bd2 Kg7 31. Rf5 Ne7 32. Re5 Nc6 33. Re4 Rf8 34.
Nd3 Rf5 35. h6+ Kf8 36. h4 Bc5 37. a3 Be7 38. Nf4 Rf2 39. Ne6+ Kf7 40. Bg5 Re5
41. Rxe5 Nxe5 42. Nxc7 Bc5 43. Nb5 Nf3 44. Bf4 Ke6 45. h5 b6 46. Bc7 Kd5 47.
Bg3 Rg2 48. Nc3+ Ke6 49. Ne4 Kf5 50. Nd6+ Ke6 51. Ne4 Kf5 52. Nd6+ Ke6 53. Ne4
Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 c5 6. Bxb4 cxb4 7. Bg2 Bb7 8.
O-O O-O 9. a3 bxa3 10. Nxa3 a5 11. Qb3 Na6 12. Ne5 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Nb4 14. Nd3
Nxd3 15. Qxd3 d5 16. Rac1 Qd6 17. Nb5 Qd7 18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. e4 Nb4 20. Qe2 Rac8
21. Rfd1 h6 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Nc3 Re8 24. Qf3 Nc6 25. d5 Ne5 26. Qe2 exd5 27.
exd5 Ng4 28. Qb5 Qxb5 29. Nxb5 Nf6 30. d6 Re5 31. Nc3 Nd7 32. f4 Re6 33. Kf3 f5
34. Nd5 Kf7 35. Ne3 g6 36. g4 fxg4+ 37. Nxg4 h5 38. Ne5+ Ke8 39. Ke4 Nf6+ 40.
Kf3 Nd7 41. Nc6 a4 42. h4 Nf6 43. Ne5 Nd7 44. Rd5 b5 45. Nc6 Re1 46. Rxb5
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. Nd2 c6 8.
Ba4 d6 9. c3 Bb6 10. Bb3 O-O 11. Nc4 Bc7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 Bg4 15.
Qc2 Nh5 16. Ne3 Bd7 17. d4 Qe7 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. f3 Nxg3 20. hxg3 Kg7 21. f4
exf4 22. gxf4 gxf4 23. Rxf4 d5 24. Nf5+ Bxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.05"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 Ne7 8. d4
Bb6 9. Nbd2 Ng6 10. Re1 c6 11. Bd3 Re8 12. Nf1 d5 13. Bg5 dxe4 14. Rxe4 Bf5 15.
Re1 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 h6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Ng3 Nf4 19. Qf5 Qxf5 20. Nxf5 exd4 21.
N3xd4 Nd3 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. b4 Rd8 24. Rd1 Nf4 25. Re1 Kf8 26. a3 h5 27. a4
Nd5 28. Ne2 g6 29. Nfg3 Re8 30. a5 Bc7 31. Kf1 h4 32. Nh1 Re4 33. g3 a6 34.
gxh4 Rxh4 35. Nhg3 Be5 36. Rc1 Rxh3 37. Kg2 Rh4 38. Kf3 f5 39. Nf1 Rh3+ 40.
Nfg3 Ke7 41. Re1 Kf6 42. Rd1 Rh4 43. Nf1 Nxc3 44. Nxc3 Bxc3 45. Rd6+ Ke5 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.05"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 Nd7 5. Nf3 c6 6. Qd2 b5 7. Bd3 Ngf6 8. h3
O-O 9. O-O e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Ne2 Nh5 12. a4 bxa4 13. Rxa4 Nb6 14. Ra5 f5 15.
Nxe5 fxe4 16. Bxe4 Qc7 17. Bxb6 Qxb6 18. Bxc6 Ba6 19. Rxa6 Qxa6 20. Bxa8 Kh8
21. Qd5 Nf6 22. Nf7+ Kg8 23. Nh6+ Kh8 24. Nf7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.06"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Rd1+ Ke8 10. Nc3 Ne7 11. h3 Ng6 12. Re1 Be7 13. Ne4 h5 14. Bd2
Kf8 15. Rad1 h4 16. Bg5 Rh5 17. Rd4 b6 18. Red1 Be6 19. Bxe7+ Kxe7 20. Neg5 c5
21. Nxe6 cxd4 22. Nxg7 Rh7 23. Nf5+ Kf8 24. N5xd4 c5 25. Nc6 a5 26. Rd7 Rc8 27.
Rd6 Re8 28. Ng5 Rg7 29. Nf3 Re6 30. Rd8+ Re8 31. Rd6 Re6 32. Rd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.07"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Bb3 Rc8 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Rfd1 h6 14. Bxf6 Nxf6
15. Nh4 Qd7 16. g3 Rc5 17. Rd3 Rac8 18. Ng2 Bd8 19. Rad1 Ba5 20. Rxd6 Qe7 21.
Nh4 Bxc3 22. Rxe6 fxe6 23. Nf5 Qe8 24. Nd6 Qe7 25. Nxc8 Rxc8 26. bxc3 Rxc3 27.
Qd2 Rc6 28. Qa5 Nxe4 29. Qxe5 Nc5 30. Qb8+ Kh7 31. Rd8 Qc7 32. Rh8+ Kg6 33. Qg8
Nxb3 34. cxb3 Rc1+ 35. Kg2 Qc6+ 36. Kh3 Rc5 37. Qh7+ Kf7 38. Qg8+ Kg6 39. Qh7+
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.08"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 a5 7. e4 a4 8. a3
dxe4 9. dxe4 Nc6 10. b4 axb3 11. cxb3 Nd7 12. Bb2 Nc5 13. Bc3 b6 14. Qc2 Ba6
15. Rfd1 Be2 16. Re1 Bd3 17. Qb2 f6 18. e5 f5 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Ba6 21.
Bxc5 Bxc5 22. Nf3 Bb7 23. b4 Be7 24. Red1 Qc8 25. Rac1 Kh8 26. Nd4 Bxg2 27.
Kxg2 c5 28. Kg1 Re8 29. Qb3 Bf8 30. b5 h6 31. a4 Kh7 32. Nc6 Qc7 33. Rd3 Qf7
34. Rcd1 f4 35. Qc4 fxg3 36. hxg3 Kh8 37. Kg2 Qf5 38. Rf3 Qg6 39. Rd7 Rec8 40.
Rb7 Qe8 41. Qe4 Kg8 42. Rf6 Qh5 43. Rxe6 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.08"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. e3 Qb6 5. Bxf6 exf6 6. Ngf3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Qxb2
8. Rb1 Qc3 9. Rb3 Qc7 10. c4 Bc5 11. Nb5 Qd8 12. cxd5 O-O 13. Nc3 Nd7 14. Be2
Bd6 15. Nc4 Nc5 16. Rb2 Be5 17. Nxe5 fxe5 18. O-O Bf5 19. Qd2 Rc8 20. Rd1 Qf6
21. f3 a6 22. a4 Qd8 23. Rb4 Qa5 24. Qb2 Rfd8 25. h3 h6 26. Rc4 Nxa4 27. Nxa4
Rxc4 28. Bxc4 Qxa4 29. Rc1 b5 30. Ba2 Qa5 31. e4 Bd7 32. Kh2 Re8 33. f4 exf4
34. e5 Qb6 35. Re1 Qg6 36. Qf2 Qg3+ 37. Qxg3 fxg3+ 38. Kxg3 Kf8 39. e6 fxe6 40.
dxe6 Bc8 41. Kf4 Bb7 42. Ke5 Ke7 43. Rf1 Rf8 44. Rxf8 Kxf8 45. Kd6 Bxg2 46. e7+
Ke8 47. Be6 Bc6 48. Bf5 Kf7 49. Bd7 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.08"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. d3 d5 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. Re1 Bc5 8. h3
O-O 9. e4 dxe4 10. dxe4 e5 11. Nh4 g6 12. Nb3 Be7 13. Bh6 Re8 14. Qe2 Bf8 15.
Bg5 h6 16. Bd2 a5 17. Rad1 Qe7 18. a3 Qe6 19. Bc1 a4 20. Nd2 Nc5 21. Kh2 Rad8
22. Qe3 Kh7 23. f3 Qc6 24. Qc3 Nh5 25. Bf1 Qf6 26. Ng2 Ne6 27. Nc4 Nd4 28. Rd3
c5 29. g4 Ng7 30. Nd2 b5 31. Rde3 c4 32. Kg3 Nge6 33. h4 Bc5 34. b4 Ba7 35. Qb2
Qg7 36. c3 f5 37. exf5 Nxf5+ 38. gxf5 gxf5+ 39. Kh2 f4 40. Qc2+ Kh8 41. Ne4
fxe3 42. Bxe3 Bxe3 43. Rxe3 Rg8 44. Qf2 Rdf8 45. Re1 Nf4 46. Nc5 Ba8 47. Ne3
Nd3 48. Nxd3 Rxf3 49. Qg2 Rh3+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.08"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 c5 3. d4 Bg7 4. dxc5 Qa5+ 5. c3 Qxc5 6. Na3 Nf6 7. Be3 Qa5 8.
Nc4 Qc7 9. e5 Ng4 10. Bf4 b5 11. Ne3 Nxe3 12. fxe3 Qb6 13. Qd4 Qb7 14. Bd3 O-O
15. O-O Nc6 16. Qc5 b4 17. Be4 bxc3 18. bxc3 Qb6 19. Qa3 Qa6 20. Qxa6 Bxa6 21.
Rfd1 Rad8 22. Bxc6 dxc6 23. Rd4 Rxd4 24. cxd4 f6 25. Rc1 g5 26. Bg3 Rc8 27.
exf6 exf6 28. Kf2 Bf8 29. Nd2 c5 30. Ne4 cxd4 31. Rxc8 dxe3+ 32. Kxe3 Bxc8 33.
Nxf6+ Kf7 34. Ne4 Kg6 35. Bd6 Bg7 36. Bc5 a6 37. Bd4 Bh6 38. g3 g4+ 39. Kd3 Bf5
40. Be3 Bg7 41. Bd4 Bf8 42. Ke3 Bh6+ 43. Kd3 Kf7 44. Be3 Bg7 45. Bd4 Bf8 46.
Bb6 Ke6 47. Kd4 Bg7+ 48. Ke3 Kd5 49. Nd2 Bh6+ 50. Ke2 Kc6 51. Be3 Bf8 52. Nb3
Bb1 53. a4 Kd5 54. Nd2 Bc2 55. a5 Kc6 56. Bb6 Kb5 57. Nf1 Be4 58. Ne3 h5 59.
Bd8 Bb4 60. Bc7 Bxa5 61. Bxa5 Kxa5 62. Nc4+ Kb4 63. Nd6 Bg6 64. Kd2 a5 65. Kc1
a4 66. Kb2 a3+ 67. Ka2 Bc2 68. Ne8 Bb3+ 69. Ka1 Kc3 70. Nf6 Bf7 71. Nh7 Kd4 72.
Ng5 Bg8 73. h3 Ke5 74. Kb1 Kf5 75. h4 Ke5 76. Ka1 Kd4 77. Kb1 Kd3 78. Ka1 Ke3
79. Kb1 Bd5 80. Ka1 Kf2 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.08"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg2 g6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. d3
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 e6 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. Nd2 Qe7 12. Bg2 h5 13. e3 h4 14. a3 Ng4 15. d4
hxg3 16. hxg3 Qg5 17. Rfe1 Qh5 18. Nf1 Rfe8 19. e4 dxe4 20. Rxe4 Ndf6 21. Re2
Nh7 22. Rae1 Ng5 23. f3 Nf6 24. f4 Nf3+ 25. Bxf3 Qxf3 26. Re3 Qg4 27. Nh2 Qh3
28. Qg2 Qxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Red8 30. R3e2 Ne8 31. Nf3 Nd6 32. g4 Rac8 33. Ne5 b5 34.
c5 Ne8 35. Kg3 Nf6 36. Nf3 Rd5 37. Ne5 Nd7 38. Nf3 a5 39. Ba1 Rd8 40. Bb2 Ra8
41. Ba1 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.08"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. d4 Bb7 4. c4 e6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bf4 Na6 8. O-O
d5 9. Ne5 c5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rc1 Re8 12. Qa4 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Bc5 14. Qa4 g5 15.
Nxf7 Kxf7 16. Bxg5 Qd7 17. Qh4 Qf5 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qxh7+ Qg7 20. Qf5+ Qf6 21.
Bxd5+ Bxd5 22. Qxf6+ Kxf6 23. Nxd5+ Kf7 24. e3 Rad8 25. Rfd1 Rd7 26. Nc3 Red8
27. Rxd7+ Rxd7 28. Ne4 Be7 29. Kf1 Nb4 30. a3 Nd3 31. Rc2 b5 32. Ke2 b4 33.
axb4 Nxb4 34. Rc4 Rb7 35. h4 Nd5 36. Rc2 Nb4 37. Rd2 Nc6 38. f4 Na5 39. Rc2 Nb3
40. Kf3 Na1 41. Rc1 Nb3 42. Rc6 Na5 43. Rc2 Rb3 44. h5 Bd8 45. Nc5 Rb5 46. g4
Bf6 47. Nd3 Rb3 48. Ke2 Rb5 49. b4 Nb7 50. g5 Bd8 51. h6 Nd6 52. Rc6 Nf5 53.
Ne5+ Kg8 54. Rc8 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.09"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 c5 6. d5 exd5 7. Nh4 g6 8. Nc3
Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 Qe8 11. Bf4 Qd8 12. Bg5 Qe8 13. Bf4 Qd8 14. Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.10"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "Gashimov,V"]
[PlyCount "206"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{I have never before analysed for for a magazine a game, which I lost. But
this game was important and I made many mistakes before and during the game.} 
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O $6 Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5
Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Rd1+ Ke8 10. Nc3 Ne7 11. Nd4 Bd7 12. Ne4 Ng6 13. f4 Be7 (
13... Rd8 14. f5 Bxf5 15. Bg5 Bxe4 16. Bxd8 Kd7 17. Nb3+ Kc8 18. Bg5 $14) 14.
Re1 c5 15. Nf3 Be6 {Here, I spent most of my time to calculate sharp lines.
But, it's always logical to stop the calculations and to check if there is
another (easy) possibilty for your opponent, and especially when you are
playing against Ponomariov.} 16. Nfg5 Bxg5 $1 (16... Bf5 17. Ng3 Bxc2 18. f5
$13 {no reason to continue, as right after my move, I understood that my
opponnent won't go to this line.}) 17. Nxg5 Bf5 18. Ne4 b6 $11 19. Ng3 Ne7 20.
Nxf5 Nxf5 21. c3 h5 22. Kf2 Rd8 23. Be3 Ke7 24. Rad1 f6 25. exf6+ Kxf6 26. Rxd8
Rxd8 27. Bc1 a5 28. a4 c4 29. g3 Rd3 30. Ke2 Ke6 31. Bd2 Rd5 32. Rf1 g6 33. Rf3
Kf7 34. Rf1 Rd8 35. Bc1 Ke6 36. Re1 Rd3 37. Bd2 Rd8 38. Kd1+ $2 {It was time
to stop, and to take a draw...!} Kf7 39. Re5 Nh6 40. Kc2 Ng4 41. Re2 Nf6 42.
Be1 Rd6 43. h3 Rd3 44. b3 Rf3 45. bxc4 h4 46. gxh4 Rxf4 47. c5 $2 {The problem
is, sometimes when you start making mistakes, then you continue making them...}
Rxa4 48. cxb6 cxb6 49. Re5 Re4 50. Rxe4 Nxe4 51. c4 Ke6 52. Kb3 Kd6 53. Kc2 Ke5
54. Kd3 Kf4 55. Kd4 Kf3 56. Kd3 Nc5+ 57. Kd4 a4 $2 (57... Ke2 $1 $19) 58. Bb4
Ke2 59. Kc3 Ke3 60. Ba3 Ne4+ 61. Kb4 Kd3 62. Kb5 Kc3 63. Be7 (63. Kxa4 $1 {
I was sure, one of the two options is a draw the other would lose. But it was
simply not my day.} Kxc4 64. Be7 Nf2 65. h5 gxh5 66. h4 b5+ 67. Ka3 Nd3 68. Ka2
b4 69. Kb1 b3 $11) 63... Kb3 64. Kxb6 Kxc4 65. Kc6 Ng3 66. Kd7 Kd5 67. Ke8 Ke6
68. Ba3 Nf5 69. Kf8 Nxh4 70. Kg7 Kf5 71. Kh6 Nf3 72. Be7 Ke6 73. Ba3 Kf6 74.
Bc5 Nh4 75. Bd4+ Kf5 76. Bc5 g5 77. Be7 Nf3 78. Kh5 Ng1 79. Bxg5 a3 80. Bc1 a2
81. Bb2 Nxh3 82. Kh4 Nf4 83. Kg3 Ke4 84. Ba1 Nd3 85. Kg2 Ke3 86. Kg3 Nc5 87.
Kg2 Ke2 88. Kg3 Na4 89. Kg2 Nb6 90. Kg3 Nc4 91. Kg2 Ne3+ 92. Kg3 Nd1 93. Kg2
Ke3 94. Kg3 Kd2 95. Kf3 Kd3 96. Kf4 Kc2 97. Ke4 Nb2 98. Ke3 Na4 99. Ke2 Kc1
100. Kd3 ({The last chance was} 100. Ke1 Nc5 $1 101. Ke2 Kb1 102. Kd1 Na4 $19)
100... Kb1 101. Kd2 Nb2 102. Kc3 Kxa1 103. Kc2 Nd3 {And I finished. I think
that my main problem was, that it was only my second knock-out tournament, I
played well, but not well enough. But I had to lose one such game to
understand what I must not do :)} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.12"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nbd2 h6 8. h3
Bb6 9. Nc4 Ne7 10. Ba4 Ng6 11. Bc2 Be6 12. a4 c6 13. Nxb6 axb6 14. Be3 d5 15.
d4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Bd7 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Bd2 Qf6 19. Qf3 Ndf4 20. Bxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.13"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Qa4+ Bd7 {
This move is considered second-rate.} 8. Qa3 Nc6 {This is Peter Svidler!
Instead of "normal" moves like} (8... O-O {or}) (8... b6) {he prepares ...
e7-e5 and ...Qd8-e7.} 9. Nf3 e5 10. Be3 (10. d5 $5 Ne7 11. Bd3 $14 {looks
simpler.}) 10... exd4 11. cxd4 Qe7 (11... Bg4 {was played in an old game, in
which this position arose after 8...e5 9.Nf3 exd4 10.cxd4 Nc6 11.Be3. White
quickly obtained a big advantage:} 12. Bb5 Qf6 $2 (12... Qd6) 13. Ne5 Bd7 14.
Nxd7 Kxd7 15. Rc1 a6 16. Bxc6+ bxc6 17. Qa4 Rhb8 18. d5 Rb5 19. Rxc6 Qa1+ 20.
Rc1 Bc3+ 21. Kd1 Qb2 22. Qc4 {1-0 Gavrikov,V (2535)-Birnboim,N (2390)/Lugano
1989/TD}) 12. Qxe7+ Nxe7 13. Rb1 $14 O-O-O 14. Bc4 f5 $1 {This typical
undermining is Black's only chance to create counterplay.} 15. Ng5 fxe4 $1 16.
Nf7 Nf5 17. O-O Nxd4 18. Bxd4 $2 {After this wrong exchange Black obtains
excellent compensation for his minor material deficit: a bishop pair and
strong queenside pawns.} (18. Rfd1 $1 Bf5 (18... Bg4 19. Bxd4 Bxd4 20. Nxh8
Bxd1 21. Nf7 Rd7 22. Be6 Be2 23. Re1 Bd3 24. Ng5) 19. h3 h5 20. Bxd4 Rxd4 (
20... Bxd4 21. Nxh8 Bxh8 22. Rxd8+ Kxd8 23. Rxb7) 21. Rxd4 Bxd4 22. Nxh8 Bxh8
23. Re1 {then regaining the e4-pawn. The absence of the rook pair is
favourable to White.}) 18... Bxd4 19. Nxh8 Rxh8 {[%mdl 4096]} 20. Bd5 b5 21.
Bxe4 c5 {[%csl Gb5,Gc5] The initiative clearly belongs to Black. White fails
to organise any defence and gradually loses:} 22. g3 a5 23. Kg2 b4 24. Bd5 Kc7
25. Bc4 Kd6 26. Rfe1 a4 27. f3 Rb8 28. Re2 $2 {[%mdl 16384]} (28. g4 $8 $17)
28... Bf5 29. Rd1 b3 30. axb3 axb3 {[%csl Gb3]} 31. g4 Bd7 32. Re3 b2 33. Rb3
Rxb3 34. Bxb3 Bb5 35. Ba2 Kc6 36. Rd2 Kb6 37. f4 Bc6+ 38. Kg3 Be4 39. Rd1 Kb5
40. Re1 Bd3 41. Re7 (41. Rd1 c4 42. Rxd3 cxd3 43. Kf3 Kb4 44. Bb1 Kc3 {, and
when pawn moves are exhausted, White will be in zugzwang.}) 41... c4 42. Rd7 c3
43. Rd5+ Bc5 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.16"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Bxc3 7. bxc3 Re8 8.
Rb1 e4 (8... b6 9. d3 e4 10. Nd4 Nxd4 11. cxd4 Bb7 12. d5 c6 13. dxe4 Nxe4 14.
Bb2 cxd5 15. cxd5 d6 16. Rc1 Nc5 17. Re1 Ba6 18. Qd2 Qe7 19. Bf3 f6 20. Bd4 Bb5
21. h4 {1-0 (37) Christiansen,L (2530)-Silman,J (2410) San Mateo 1989}) 9. Nd4
d5 10. cxd5 Qxd5 11. Nb5 Qd7 12. d3 a6 13. Nd4 Nd5 14. Bb2 Nxd4 15. cxd4 e3 16.
Qc1 c6 17. Be4 Qg4 18. f3 Qe6 19. Qc5 b6 20. Bxd5 cxd5 21. Qc7 Re7 22. Qd8+ Re8
23. Qc7 Re7 24. Qf4 f6 25. Ba3 g5 26. Qd6 Qxd6 27. Bxd6 Rb7 28. Rfc1 Bd7 29. g4
Kf7 30. Kg2 h5 31. h3 Rh8 32. Rb2 Ba4 33. Bh2 hxg4 34. hxg4 Kg6 35. a3 a5 36.
Bd6 b5 37. Rc6 Ra8 38. Be5 Rf7 39. Rb6 Rc8 40. f4 gxf4 41. Kf3 ({Ivanchuk had
excellent chances to play for a win here with} 41. Bxf4 Rc3 {Black has little
choice and must try to create counterplay to compensate his doomed e3 pawn.}
42. Ra6 Rxa3 43. Rxa5 Rb7 44. Ra6 Kf7 (44... Kg7 45. g5 {and Black is lost
since White pieces gang up on the king.}) 45. Rb1 b4 46. Rh1 $16) 41... Rc1 42.
Bxf4 Rf1+ 43. Kg3 Rg1+ 44. Kf3 Rf1+ 45. Kg3 Rg1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.17"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Bb5+ Nbd7 11. Bxf6 Qxc3+ 12. Kf1 gxf6 13. Nxe6 $2 {
This "brilliant" blow is a well-known mistake. Ruslan Ponomariov obviously
mixed something up.} (13. h4 {is the main move}) (13. Rc1 {is also possible})
13... Qe5 {Of course, not} (13... fxe6 $4 14. Rc1 Qe5 15. Rxc8+ $18) 14. Nd4 (
14. Ng7+ Kf8 15. Nf5 (15. Bxd7 $142 Bxd7 16. Nf5 $15) 15... Qxb5+ 16. Kg1 Qe5
$1 17. h4 Rg8 18. Rh3 Rg6 19. Rc1 Nb6 20. Qd8+ Qe8 21. Qd6+ Kg8 22. Re3 Be6 23.
h5 Rg5 $17 {0-1 Lobron,E (2545)-Polgar,Z (2500)/Dortmund 1990/CBM 018/[Polgar,
Zsu] (38)}) 14... O-O {White has regained the pawn, but Black now completes
his development and obtains a clear advantage due to White's uncastled king.} (
14... a6 $143 $6 15. Ba4 O-O 16. Nf3 Qe7 17. Qe2 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Re1 Be6
20. Bb3 Bxb3 21. axb3 Rac8 22. h4 Rc3 23. Rh3 Rd8 24. Kg1 Rxh3 25. Qg4+ Kh8 26.
Qxh3 $11 {1-0 Malakhatko,V (2568)-Galinsky,T (2424)/Kiev 2000/CBM 077/[Ribli] 
(62)}) 15. Qd3 {Or else:} (15. Rc1 Nb6 $1 {[%cal Rf8d8]} 16. Qd3 $8 a6 $17 (
16... Rd8 $143 17. Nf3)) (15. Rb1 Nc5 16. Nf3 Qxe4 17. Rc1 b6 18. Qd6 Be6 19.
Re1 Qb4 20. Be2 Rfd8 $19 {0-1 Gormally,D (2471)-Wells,P (2485)/Halifax 2003/
CBM 097 ext (27)}) (15. Be2 Nc5 16. Nf3 Qxe4 17. Qd6 Ne6 18. h4 Nf4 19. Re1 Be6
20. Ba6 Qa4 21. Bxb7 Rad8 $17 {1/2 Prakash,G (2435)-Lahiri,A (2426)/Sangli
2000/EXT 2001 (49)}) (15. a4 Rd8 16. Nf5 Nf8 17. Qg4+ Ng6 18. Re1 a6 19. Be2
Rd4 20. Bf3 Bxf5 21. Qxf5 Rxa4 $17 {0-1 Szuhanek,R (2450)-Rezan,S (2337)/
Rijeka 2001/EXT 2002 (37)}) (15. Qg4+ Kh8 16. Rd1 Nc5 17. Qh4 (17. Nf5 Bxf5 18.
Qxf5 Nxe4 19. Qxe5 fxe5 20. Re1 Nc3 21. Rxe5 Nxa2 22. Re7 Nc3 23. Bc4 b5 24.
Bxf7 Rfd8 $17 {0-1 Somogyi,I (2243)-Galyas,M (2371)/Budapest 2001/CBM 082 ext 
(36)}) 17... Ne6 $1 18. Bc4 (18. Be2 Rd8 $1 (18... Nxd4 $143 19. f4 Qd6 20. e5)
19. Nxe6 Rxd1+ 20. Bxd1 Bxe6 $17) 18... Nxd4 (18... Rd8 19. Bd5 Nxd4 20. f4 Nf5
$1 21. exf5 Qxf5 $19) 19. f4 Qd6 20. e5 fxe5 21. fxe5 Qxe5 22. Rxd4 Bf5 $17 {
0-1 Schmidt,H (2332)-Slobodjan,R (2521)/Saarbruecken 2002/CBM 093/[Ribli] (44)}
) 15... Nc5 16. Qg3+ Kh8 (16... Qxg3 17. hxg3 Rd8 18. Nb3 Nxe4 $17 {was quite
possible, too.}) 17. Qxe5 fxe5 18. Nf3 a6 {Other options:} (18... f6 19. Nd2
Rd8 20. Ke2 Be6 $15) (18... Nxe4 19. Nxe5 Be6 $17 {[%cal Ye4c3] was probably
the strongest.}) 19. Bc4 Nxe4 20. Nxe5 f6 21. Nf3 Bf5 22. h3 (22. Nd4 Bg6 $1 (
22... Nd2+ 23. Ke2 Nxc4 24. Nxf5 $11) 23. Bd5 Nd2+ $1 24. Ke2 Rad8) 22... b5
23. Bb3 Nc3 24. Nd4 Bd3+ 25. Kg1 a5 {[%csl Ga5,Gb5]} 26. Kh2 a4 27. Bd1 Bc4 (
27... b4 28. Bf3 Rac8 29. Nc6 b3 30. axb3 axb3 31. Ra3 $1 Be4 32. Rxb3 $1 Bxf3
33. Ne7 $1 Bd5 $1 34. Rxc3 Rxc3 35. Nxd5 $11) 28. a3 Rad8 29. Nc6 Rd2 30. Bf3
Rxf2 {Black has won a pawn, but it is very difficult to convert it.} 31. Rhc1
Na2 32. Re1 Rc8 33. Re7 (33. Ne7 $1 Rd8 34. Nf5 $15) 33... Nc3 34. Nb4 f5 35.
Rae1 $6 (35. Re3 $142 $15) 35... Rg8 {[%cal Gg8g2]} 36. R7e5 (36. Rd7 Ne4 $1)
36... Be2 $1 {White overlooked this strong move.} 37. Rxf5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (
37. Bc6 Ne4 38. Rg1 Bf1 39. Re8 Rxe8 40. Bxe8 f4 41. Bc6 Nd2 $19) (37. R1xe2
Nxe2 38. Nd3 Rxf3 39. gxf3 Nd4 40. Ne1 {was the only way to continue
resistance.}) 37... Bxf3 38. Rxf3 Rgxg2+ 39. Kh1 Rh2+ 40. Kg1 Ne2+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.18"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D98"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Bg4 8.
Be3 Nfd7 9. Rd1 Nc6 10. Be2 Nb6 11. Qc5 Qd6 12. e5 Qxc5 13. dxc5 Nc8 14. Bf4
Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Bxe5 17. O-O c6 18. Rfe1 Bg7 19. Rd7 Rb8 20. Ne4
Bxb2 21. g3 b6 22. Rc7 Rd8 23. Rxc6 bxc5 24. Nxc5 Bd4 25. Rd1 Nb6 26. Na6 Rbc8
27. Nb4 Bf6 28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 29. Rc7 Rd7 30. Rxd7 Nxd7 31. Nc6 a6 32. a4 Nc5 33.
a5 Kf8 34. Be2 Bc3 35. Nb8 Bxa5 36. Nxa6 Nb3 37. Bd1 Nd4 38. Nc5 Bb4 39. Nd3
Bd6 40. f4 h6 41. Kf2 g5 42. Ke3 Nf5+ 43. Kf3 e6 44. Nf2 Ba3 45. Nd3 Ke7 46.
Kf2 Bd6 47. Bh5 Bc7 48. Kg2 Ne3+ 49. Kf2 Nd5 50. fxg5 hxg5 51. Bf3 Bb6+ 52. Ke2
Nc3+ 53. Kd2 Nb5 54. g4 Kd6 55. h3 Bd4 56. Ke2 Bg1 57. Kf1 Nd4 58. Be4 Be3 59.
Kg2 Bd2 60. Ba8 Be3 61. Kg3 Nb5 62. Bb7 Kc7 63. Bg2 Nd6 64. h4 gxh4+ 65. Kxh4
Kd7 66. g5 Ke7 67. Kg4 Bd2 68. Bc6 Kf8 69. Nc5 Bb4 70. Ne4 Nf5 71. Kh5 Ba3 72.
Ba4 Bc1 73. Bc2 Kg7 74. Bd3 Nd4 75. Bb1 Nf3 76. Bc2 Be3 77. Bd3 Kf8 78. Bc2 Ke7
79. g6 f5 80. Nd6 Bd4 81. Nxf5+ exf5 82. Bxf5 Bg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.19"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qb3 d5 6. cxd5 Qxd5 7. Nc3 {This
normal move (well, White gets his pawn structure damaged but quickly develops
his pieces) is very rarely played. But indeed, it is not very promising.} (7.
Qc2 {is the main theoretical line.}) (7. Qd1 {- see Morozevich - Anand in CBM
117.}) 7... Qxb3 8. axb3 Bb7 (8... Bb4 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. O-O a5 11. Bf4 Na6 12.
Ne5 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Nd5 14. Rfc1 Nxf4+ 15. gxf4 f6 16. Nd3 Kd7 17. Kf3 Rhd8 18.
e3 Bf8 19. h4 Kc8 20. Ke2 Kb7 21. h5 h6 22. Rg1 Nb4 $11 {1/2 Short,N (2682)
-Gwaze,R (2429)/Luanda ANG 2011/The Week in Chess 864 (43)}) (8... Nd5 9. Nxd5
exd5 10. Bf4 Bb4+ 11. Kd1 Bd6 12. Bxd6 cxd6 13. Bh3 Bb5 14. Rc1 Bd7 15. Bg2 Be6
16. Kd2 Kd7 17. Rc3 Nc6 18. Rhc1 Rhc8 19. e3 h6 20. Ne1 Nb4 $11 {1/2 Lysyj,I 
(2576)-Iljin,A (2529)/St Petersburg 2007/CBM 117 ext (40)}) 9. Bg2 a6 (9... a5
{is more active:} 10. O-O Na6 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Rfc1 O-O-O 13. Bxd6 Rxd6 14. e3
Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Nd5 {1/2 Huzman,A (2591)-Kishnev,S (2497)/Chalkidiki 2002/CBM 092
}) 10. O-O (10. Bf4 Bd6 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Bxd6 cxd6 13. Nd2 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Ke7
15. b4 Rhc8 16. e4 d5 17. e5 Ne8 18. Ra3 Nc7 19. Rfa1 Rcb8 (19... Rab8 $142)
20. Nb3 Kd8 21. Nc1 Kc8 22. b5 a5 23. Nd3 Ra7 24. b4 Rba8 25. f4 $14 {1-0
Bunzmann,D (2498)-Rau,H (2325)/Schwaebisch Gmuend 2003/EXT 2004 (51)}) 10...
Nbd7 11. Bg5 {This plan is weaker than} (11. Bf4) 11... Bd6 12. Rfc1 O-O 13.
Nd2 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Rfc8 15. Nce4 Bf8 {Too passive. Black allows White to
destroy his pawn structure on the kingside and create potential objects of
attack. Other options were more appropriate:} (15... Bb4) (15... Be7) (15...
Ne8) 16. Bxf6 (16. Rc6 Nd5) 16... gxf6 17. g4 (17. Rc6 {looks logical but
Black will easily oust that rook:} f5 18. Ng5 Nb8 19. Rc2 c5 $11) 17... c5 18.
dxc5 Bxc5 19. Nf3 Kf8 20. b4 Bxb4 21. Rxa6 Bc5 22. Rca1 Rxa6 23. Rxa6 {[%mdl
4096]} b5 24. Ra5 b4 25. Rb5 $14 Be7 26. b3 Rc7 27. Nd4 Kg7 28. f4 Bf8 29. e3 {
Black is completely passive.} Kg6 30. h4 (30. f5+ $5 exf5 31. Nxf5) 30... Kg7
31. Kf3 Be7 32. Ke2 Nc5 33. Nd2 Nb7 34. Nc4 Nc5 35. Nd2 Nb7 36. Ne4 Nd6 37. Rc5
$6 {A strange decision. Without rooks White's winning chances will be slim.
Don't forget that two knights can't mate a bare king!} (37. Nxd6 $142 Bxd6 38.
h5) 37... Rxc5 38. Nxc5 h5 $1 39. gxh5 Kh6 40. Nc6 Bf8 41. Nxb4 Kxh5 42. Nc6
Kxh4 43. Kf3 Kh5 44. b4 Kg6 45. Nd7 Bh6 46. Ke2 (46. Nd4 $142 {but Black
should not lose after} e5 47. fxe5 fxe5 48. Nxe5+ Kg5) 46... e5 47. Ne7+ (47.
fxe5 fxe5 48. Ncxe5+ Kf5) 47... Kg7 48. Kf3 exf4 49. e4 Nb5 50. Kg4 (50. Nf5+
Kg6 51. Nxh6 Kxh6 52. Kxf4 {was the last chance. Black must defend accurately,
e.g.} Kg6 53. Nb6 Kg7 54. Nd5 Kg6 55. Ne7+ Kg7 56. Ke3 Kf8 (56... Kh6 {is also
good, e.g.} 57. Kd3 Kg5 58. Kc4 Nc7 $1 59. Nd5 Ne6 60. b5 f5 61. b6 Nd8) ({
or even} 56... f5 $5 57. Nxf5+ Kf6) 57. Nf5 Ke8 58. Kd3 Kd7 59. Kc4 Na3+ 60.
Kd5 (60. Kc5 Ke6) 60... Nb5 61. Kc5 Nc3 62. Ng3 Ke6 63. Kc4 Nb1 64. Kb3 Nd2+ {
etc.}) 50... f3 51. Nf5+ Kh8 52. Kxf3 Bd2 53. Nxf6 Bxb4 54. e5 Bc3 55. Ke4 Nc7
56. Nd7 Kh7 57. Kf4 Nd5+ 58. Ke4 Nc7 59. Ne7 Kg7 60. Kf5 Bb4 61. Nc6 Ba3 62.
Nd4 Ne6 63. Nxe6+ fxe6+ 64. Kxe6 Bb2 65. Ke7 Bxe5 66. Nxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 27th"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina"]
[Date "2011.09.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2011.09.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Hellir CC"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISL"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 e6 5. Qc2 Nbd7 6. d4 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O
Be7 9. b3 Qc7 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Ne5 h6 12. f4 c5 13. Rad1 Rad8 14. Qe2 Qb8 15.
Bb1 cxd4 16. exd4 Bb4 17. a3 Bxc3 18. Bxc3 Rfe8 19. Bb2 Qa8 20. a4 dxc4 21.
bxc4 Be4 22. Ba2 Qb7 23. h3 Bh7 24. Bb3 Ne4 25. Kh2 Nd6 26. a5 Nb8 27. Ba4 Rf8
28. Ba3 Qa6 29. Nd7 Nxd7 30. Bxd6 Rfe8 31. Bb5 Qxa5 32. Qb2 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 27th"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina"]
[Date "2011.09.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2011.09.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Novy Bor"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 Qa5+ 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Qd3 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Nc5 9. Qd1 Nc6 10. e3 O-O 11. O-O Qd8 12. Rb1 a5 13. b3 b6 14. Ba3 Bb7 15.
Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Bxc6 dxc6 17. Bxc5 Bxc3 18. Qxd8 Rfxd8 19. Bxb6 Rd2 20. a3 a4 21.
Bc5 Bb2 22. Bb4 Rc2 23. bxa4 Rxa4 24. Bxe7 Raxc4 25. Rfd1 Kg7 26. Kf1 c5 27.
Rd6 Rc1+ 28. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 29. Ke2 c4 30. g4 f5 31. gxf5 gxf5 32. Rc6 Kf7 33. Bb4
Rc2+ 34. Kf3 Be5 35. h4 h5 36. e4 f4 37. a4 c3 38. a5 Ra2 39. Bd6 Bd4 40. Kxf4
Rxf2+ 41. Kg3 Rf6 42. Rc7+ Ke6 43. e5 Rf1 44. a6 Kd5 45. a7 Ra1 46. Kf3 Rxa7
47. Rxa7 Bxa7 48. Ke2 Bb6 49. Kd3 Bd4 50. Kc2 Bxe5 51. Bxe5 Kxe5 52. Kxc3 Kf4
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 27th"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina"]
[Date "2011.09.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2011.09.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saratov Ekonomist"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. d5 (
8. Qd2 $5 Nd7 $146 9. d5 Na5 $6 10. Ng3 Qb6 11. b3 $1 a6 12. Rc1 $16 {
Mikhalchishin-Basagic, Bled , 2002; >= 9...Ne5 10.Ng3 a6 /\ 11...b5 <=>}) 8...
Ne5 9. Ng3 {The favourite variation of the former European Champion against
the King's Indian.} h5 ({It is possible to attack the centre immediately by} 
9... e6 10. Be2 exd5 (10... a6 11. f4 $1 (11. O-O exd5 12. cxd5 b5 13. a4 b4
14. Nb1 c4 $13) 11... Neg4 12. Bxg4 (12. Bd2 $5) 12... Nxg4 13. Qxg4 exd5 14.
Qf3 (14. f5 h5 $1 15. Qf3 d4 16. O-O dxe3 17. Kh1 $44) 14... d4 15. Bd2 (15.
Bxd4 $5 cxd4 16. Nd5 b5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. O-O $14) (15. Nd5 $5 dxe3 16. O-O
Bxb2 17. Rab1 Bd4 18. Kh1 b5 19. f5 $44) 15... dxc3 16. Bxc3 b5 (16... f5 17.
O-O fxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 Bf5 20. Rae1 $14) 17. O-O $5 (17. O-O-O $5 Be6
18. e5 Bxc4 19. Rxd6 Qc7 20. b3 Be6 21. Rhd1 $16) (17. b3 $5) 17... bxc4 (17...
Be6 18. b3 bxc4 19. f5 $16) 18. Rad1 $1 Rb8 (18... Bb7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qc3+
f6 21. Qxc4 $16) 19. e5 $16 Bb7 (19... Rb6 $2 20. Ba5 $18) 20. Qf2 (20. Ne4 $2
Qe8 $1 21. Rxd6 f5 $1) 20... d5 21. Qxc5 (21. Ne4 dxe4 $5 22. Rxd8 Rfxd8 23.
Qxc5 Rbc8 24. Qf2 Bf8 $44) 21... Qc8 $1 22. Qe3 (22. Qf2 $6 f6 $1 $132) 22...
Qc6 23. Rd2 (23. Bd4 $5) 23... Rfe8 24. Ne2 $2 (24. f5 $1 Bxe5 25. Bxe5 f6 26.
fxg6 hxg6 27. Qh6 fxe5 28. Nh5 $1 gxh5 29. Qg5+ Kh8 30. Rf7 $40) 24... f6 $1
25. Nd4 Qb6 26. e6 f5 27. Nxf5 (27. Re1 $2 Bc8 $1 $17) 27... Qxe3+ 28. Nxe3
Bxc3 29. bxc3 Rxe6 30. Nxd5 Bxd5 31. Rxd5 Rb2 32. Rg5 {1/2
Mikhalchishin-Bologan/Bled (ol) 2002}) 11. cxd5 h5 ({Some players like to
include typical moves on the queenside:} 11... a6 12. a4 Bd7 (12... h5 13. O-O
Nh7 14. Qd2 h4 15. Nh1 f5 16. Nf2 Bd7 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Nh3 Ng6 19. Nf4 Nxf4 (
19... Re8 20. Ne6 Bxe6 21. dxe6 Nhf8 22. Bc4 Nxe6 23. Rad1 $14) 20. Bxf4 Qf6
21. Kh1 Rae8 $146 (21... Rfe8) 22. a5 Rf7 23. Bc4 Rfe7 24. Rac1 Kh8 25. b3 Qg6
26. Rce1 $14 {Tomashevsky,E (2664)-Khairullin,I (2574)/Moscow 2009}) 13. h3 b5
14. f4 Nc4 15. Bxc4 bxc4 16. O-O Rb8 17. e5 (17. Rf2) (17. Qe2) 17... Ne8 18.
Qd2 Qc8 $5 $146 (18... dxe5) 19. Rae1 $5 dxe5 20. fxe5 Bxe5 21. Nge4 f5 22.
Nxc5 (22. Bxc5 Nd6 23. Bxd6 Bxd6 24. Nxd6 Qc5+ 25. Rf2 Qxd6 $13) 22... Rf7 $6 (
22... Bd6 23. Ne6 $14 Bxe6 $140 24. dxe6 Qc6 25. Bh6 Ng7 26. Nd5 $16) 23. Bf2
$1 Bd6 24. Ne6 $14 {1/2 Tomashevsky,E (2646)-Inarkiev,E (2669)/Russia (ch) 2008
}) 12. O-O Nh7 13. Qd2 h4 14. Nh1 f5 15. Nf2 Bd7 16. a4 (16. Rad1 $6 Re8 17. b4
$5 b6 $13 {Khenkin-Efimenko, Germany, 2002; >= 16.exf5 Bxf5 (16...gxf5 17.Nh3+/
-) 17.Nfe4+/=, Mikhalchishin}) 16... Qf6 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Nh3 Ng6 19. f4 a6
20. Bf2 Rae8 21. Kh1 Rf7 22. a5 Rfe7 23. Bh5 Nhf8 24. Rg1 Bh6 25. g3 {1-0
Tomashevsky,E (2701)-Khairullin,I (2617)/Rijeka 2010. The opening of the
g-file fixes White's advantage.}) 10. Be2 h4 11. Nf1 e6 12. f4 Neg4 13. Bxg4 ({
White should not lose time:} 13. Bg1 exd5 14. cxd5 b5 15. h3 b4 16. Na4 Nh6 17.
e5 dxe5 18. fxe5 Nxd5 19. Bf3 Bb7 20. Nxc5 Bc6 21. Qd2 Nf5 22. Be4 Qe7 23. Bxf5
Qxe5+ 24. Be4 f5 {0-1 Gunina,V (2295)-Girya,O (2342)/St Petersburg, 2008})
13... Nxg4 14. Qxg4 exd5 {A typical piece sacrifice, which seems to guarantee
Black excellent counterplay.} 15. f5 d4 16. Nd5 ({White is forced to go
forward as the retreat just leaves him with pawn weaknesses.} 16. Bd2 dxc3 17.
Bxc3 Bxc3+ 18. bxc3 Re8) 16... dxe3 17. Nfxe3 ({Immediate castling appears to
be more dynamic:} 17. O-O-O e2 18. Qxe2 Re8 19. fxg6 fxg6 20. Qd3 b5 21. Nfe3
Rb8 22. cxb5 Bd7 23. a4 a6 {1-0 Hovmoller,K (2287)-Szabo,G (2376)/Hallsberg ,
2003/. With very unclear play, in which the bishop pair can certainly have its
word to say.}) 17... Bxb2 18. O-O $3 {An exchange sacrifice (plus pawn) for a
complete blockade of the centre, executed by the white knights.} Bxa1 ({
Ponomariov adopts the principled line, but other players would try to keep
control over the black squares:} 18... Bd4 19. Rad1 Bd7 20. Rf3 $13) 19. Rxa1
Kg7 20. Rf1 $1 ({The materialistic way would be illogical:} 20. f6+ Qxf6 21.
Nxf6 Bxg4 22. Nexg4 a6 23. Rf1 b5 {trying to open space for the black rooks.})
20... Rh8 21. Qf4 g5 {Black is forced to close the king's flank, as opening it
would be too dangerous.} (21... gxf5 22. exf5 Kf8 23. Re1) 22. Qf3 ({It was
possible to develop the attack differently, as most of the black pieces are
not participating in the defence:} 22. f6+ Kh6 23. Qf3 Be6 24. Ng4+ Kh7 25. Ne7
a5 26. Ne3 Kh6 27. N3f5+ {but the black pieces are so pressured with the lack
of space, that Tomashevsky can improve his position in a more relaxed way!})
22... f6 23. Ng4 Rf8 24. Qe3 Bd7 {There now follows a combinational attack
according to the recommendations of the great Capablanca - improve your pieces
maximally and you'll find a lot of tactical motifs!} 25. Ndxf6 $1 Rxf6 26.
Qxg5+ Kf7 27. e5 $1 dxe5 28. Rd1 Rxf5 29. Nh6+ Kf8 30. Qg8+ Ke7 31. Qh7+ {
A fantastic achievment by the former European Champion!} 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 27th"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina"]
[Date "2011.09.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D71"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2011.09.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Nf3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. O-O O-O 11. Rb1 b6 12. d5 Bf5 13. Rb5 Na5 14. Nd4 Bd7
15. Rb1 Rc8 16. Bb2 Qc7 17. Ba3 Qe5 18. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 27th"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina"]
[Date "2011.09.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2011.09.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SOCAR"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Nbd2 h6 8. h3
Bb6 9. Re1 Ne7 10. d4 c6 11. Bd3 Ng6 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ng3 Bd7 14. Be3 c5 15.
dxe5 dxe5 16. Bc4 Be6 17. Qb3 Qc7 18. Nd2 Qc6 19. a4 Rad8 20. Qb5 Qxb5 21. Bxb5
Nd7 22. Nc4 Bc7 23. Red1 Ngf8 24. Nd6 Bxd6 25. Rxd6 Bb3 26. Nf1 a6 27. Be2 Re6
28. Bxc5 Bxa4 29. Rd2 Bc6 30. f3 Ree8 31. Bf2 Ne6 32. b4 Nf6 33. Bc4 Nf4 34.
Ra5 Rc8 35. Ne3 Bd7 36. Rc2 Be6 37. Bf1 Red8 38. Rxe5 b5 39. Nf5 Bxf5 40. Rxf5
Nd3 41. Bb6 Rd6 42. Ba5 Nd7 43. Rd5 Rxd5 44. exd5 N3e5 45. d6 Rc6 46. f4 Ng6
47. c4 bxc4 48. Bc7 Nxf4 49. Rxc4 Rxc4 50. Bxc4 Kf8 51. Bxa6 Ke8 52. b5 Ne6 53.
b6 Nxb6 54. Bxb6 Kd7 55. Bc4 Kxd6 56. Bxe6 Kxe6 57. Kf2 Kf5 58. Kf3 f6 59. Bd4
Kg5 60. Be3+ Kf5 61. Bd2 h5 62. g3 Ke5 63. Bc3+ Kf5 64. Bb2 Kg5 65. Ke4 Kg6 66.
Kf4 Kf7 67. Kf5 g6+ 68. Ke4 Ke6 69. Bc3 Kf7 70. Kd5 Ke7 71. Bd4 Kf7 72. Kd6 g5
73. g4 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 27th"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina"]
[Date "2011.10.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Dambacher, Martijn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2011.09.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Eynatten"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qc2 c6 7. h3 g6 8. Bh6
Bf5 9. Qc1 Nbd7 10. g4 Be4 11. Bg2 Nf8 12. g5 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 N6d7 14. Bg4 Nb6
15. h4 Ne6 16. e3 Bf8 17. Bxf8 Rxf8 18. Qc2 Qe7 19. O-O-O O-O-O 20. Rhe1 Kb8
21. f4 f5 22. gxf6 Qxf6 23. h5 Nc4 24. Kb1 Rde8 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. Ne4 Qd8 27.
Bxe6 Rxe6 28. Nc5 Re7 29. e4 Ka8 30. exd5 Rxe1 31. Rxe1 Qxd5 32. Qxg6 a5 33.
Ne6 Rc8 34. Qd3 Ka7 35. b3 Na3+ 36. Kb2 Nb5 37. a4 Re8 38. Re5 Qg2+ 39. Re2 Qf1
40. Qd2 Nd6 41. Qxa5+ Kb8 42. Qc7+ Ka7 43. Re5 1-0

[Event "CZE-chT 1112"]
[Site "Czech Republic"]
[Date "2011.12.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2011.10.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lysa nad Labem"]
[BlackTeam "Novoborsky"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 d5 4. c4 a6 5. b3 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Bb2
Bd6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Ne5 Ne4 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. Rc1 Qe7 13. Nf3 f5 14. Qe2 a5 15.
Ne5 a4 16. f4 c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "CZE-chT 1112"]
[Site "Czech Republic"]
[Date "2011.12.04"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2011.10.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Turnov"]
[BlackTeam "Lysa nad Labem"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O O-O 7. Qc2 c5 8. b3
d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. a3 Bxc3 11. dxc3 Nbd7 12. Rd1 Re8 13. Nh4 Ne4 14. f3 Nef6
15. Nf5 Re6 16. Bf4 g6 17. Nh6+ Kg7 18. Bh3 Re8 19. Ra2 Qe7 20. Qc1 Nh5 21. Bg5
f6 22. Bd2 Kh8 23. Be1 Ne5 24. Bf2 f5 25. Bg2 Nf6 26. h3 Rf8 27. Be3 a5 28. a4
Qe6 29. Bg5 Rae8 1/2-1/2

[Event "CZE-chT 1112"]
[Site "Czech Republic"]
[Date "2012.04.22"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Miton, Kamil"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2011.10.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ostrava Labortech"]
[BlackTeam "Lysa nad Labem"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nge2 Nbd7 7. O-O c5 8. d5
Ne5 9. f4 Nxd3 10. Qxd3 a6 11. a4 b6 12. b3 Bd7 13. Bb2 Rb8 14. Nd1 b5 15. axb5
axb5 16. Bc3 bxc4 17. bxc4 Rb3 18. Qc2 Qb8 19. Nc1 Rb6 20. Ne3 Qb7 21. h3 Ra8
22. Rxa8+ Qxa8 23. e5 Ba4 24. Qd3 Ne8 25. Qd2 Qb8 26. Nd3 Rb1 27. Bb2 Rxf1+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Saratov Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Saratov"]
[Date "2011.10.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2011.10.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. e4 e5 12. h3 a6 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15.
Be3 Re8 16. f4 Bxc3 17. bxc3 c5 18. e5 c4 19. Bf5 g6 20. Rad1 Nd5 21. Be4 Nxe3
22. Rxd8 Nxc2 23. Rxa8 Bxa8 24. Bxc2 f6 25. Rd1 fxe5 26. fxe5 Kf7 27. Rd6 Re6
28. Rd7+ Re7 29. Rd6 Rxe5 30. Rxa6 Bxg2 31. Bxg6+ hxg6 32. Kxg2 Re3 33. Rb6
Rxc3 34. Rxb5 Ra3 35. Rc5 Rxa2+ 36. Kf3 Rc2 37. h4 Rc3+ 38. Ke2 Kf6 39. h5 g5
40. h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saratov Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Saratov"]
[Date "2011.10.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2011.10.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 14.
Nce4 c5 15. Nxe6 Rxe6 16. Rfe1 Rd8 17. Rxd8+ Kxd8 18. c3 b5 19. Re2 h4 20. g4
hxg3 21. fxg3 b4 22. Kf2 Ra6 23. b3 bxc3 24. Nxc3 g5 25. Rd2+ Kc8 26. g4 Nh4
27. Nd5 Bd8 28. Bg3 c4 29. bxc4 c6 30. Nb4 Ra3 31. Rd3 Ra4 32. Nxc6 Bb6+ 33.
Kf1 Rxc4 34. Ne7+ Kb7 35. Rd7+ Rc7 36. Rxc7+ Bxc7 37. Ke2 Bd8 38. Nf5 Kc6 39.
Nd6 Kd5 40. Nxf7 Be7 41. Bxh4 gxh4 42. g5 Ke6 43. g6 Bf8 44. Kf3 Kf5 45. Nd6+
Kxg6 46. Kg4 Bg7 47. e6 Bf8 48. Nf5 Kf6 49. e7 Bxe7 50. Nxe7 Kxe7 51. Kxh4 Kf6
52. Kg4 Kg6 53. a4 a5 54. Kf4 Kh5 55. Ke5 Kh4 56. Kd5 Kxh3 57. Kc5 Kg4 58. Kb5
Kf5 59. Kxa5 Ke6 60. Kb6 Kd7 61. Kb7 1-0

[Event "Saratov Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Saratov"]
[Date "2011.10.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2011.10.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 c5 6. d5 exd5 7. Nh4 g6 8. Nc3
Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 Qe8 11. Bf4 Qe7 12. Bg5 Qe8 13. Bf4 Qe7 14. Nb5 Ne8 15.
Bxd5 Bxd5 16. Qxd5 Nc6 17. Qd2 Qe6 18. Rac1 a6 19. Nc3 Qxc4 20. Nd5 Qxa2 21.
Nxb6 Rd8 22. Nf3 d6 23. Ra1 Qxb2 24. Qxb2 Bxb2 25. Rxa6 Nc7 26. Ra2 Bg7 27. Nc4
Ne8 28. Rc1 d5 29. Nb6 c4 30. Rd2 Nf6 31. Bc7 Ne4 32. Rdd1 Rde8 33. Rxd5 Nc3
34. Rxc3 Bxc3 35. Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saratov Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Saratov"]
[Date "2011.10.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2011.10.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 c6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Rd1 b6 10. Bf4 Ba6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Ne5 Rc8 13. Nc6 Nh5 14. Be3 Nb8
15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Nc3 f5 17. Qd2 Nc6 18. Rac1 Qd7 19. f3 h6 20. Bf2 Nf6 21. b3
Rc7 22. Bf1 Ne7 23. Rc2 Rfc8 24. Rdc1 Kf7 25. Nb1 Rxc2 26. Rxc2 g5 27. Rxc8
Qxc8 28. Nc3 h5 29. Bg2 g4 30. Be1 Ng6 31. Qg5 Qh8 32. h3 Nh7 33. Qe3 Nf6 34.
Qg5 Nh7 35. Qe3 Nf6 36. Qg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saratov Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Saratov"]
[Date "2011.10.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ni, Hua"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2011.10.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Bd2 Nbd7 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 b4 10. Na4 e5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Qf4 Bd6 14. Qd4 O-O
15. Rc1 Qe7 16. Be2 a5 17. O-O Bb8 18. Qc5 Qe6 19. Rfd1 Ne4 20. Qb6 Ba7 21.
Qxe6 fxe6 22. Be1 Rac8 23. Ba6 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 d4 25. exd4 Bxd4 26. Rc2 g5 27.
Re2 Nc3 28. Rd2 Rd8 29. Kf1 Nxa4 30. bxa4 Kf7 31. Bb5 Rd5 32. Rc2 Bb6 33. Ke2
Ng6 34. Bd2 Re5+ 35. Kf1 Ne7 36. Bc4 Nd5 37. Bd3 h5 38. Rc4 Nc3 39. Bxc3 bxc3
40. Rxc3 Bc5 41. g3 Kf6 42. Rc2 h4 43. gxh4 gxh4 44. Rc4 Rd5 45. Ke2 Bd4 46. f4
Bc5 47. Bc2 Bd6 48. Bb3 Rf5 49. Ke3 Bc5+ 50. Kf3 e5 51. Kg4 Rxf4+ 52. Rxf4+
exf4 53. Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saratov Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Saratov"]
[Date "2011.10.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Roiz, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2011.10.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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. Be3 Be7 10. c3 Nc5 11. Bc2 Nd7 12. Re1 Ndxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Bd4 Ng6
15. Bxg7 Rg8 16. Bxg6 Rxg7 17. Rxe6 hxg6 18. Re2 Kf8 19. Nd2 Bf6 20. Nf3 Rh7
21. a4 Kg7 22. Qb3 c6 23. Qb4 Rh8 24. Rae1 bxa4 25. h3 Qc7 26. Qxa4 c5 27. Ne5
Rhe8 28. Ng4 Rxe2 29. Rxe2 Qd6 30. Nxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saratov Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Saratov"]
[Date "2011.10.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2011.10.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Rd1 b6 10. Bf4 Ba6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Ne5 Rc8 13. Nc6 Nh5 14. Bc1 Nb8
15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Qd2 Nc6 17. b3 b5 18. a3 Nf6 19. Nc3 Qc7 20. Na2 Qb6 21. Qb2
h6 22. Bf4 Rfd8 23. Nb4 Nxb4 24. axb4 Bb7 25. Rac1 Nd7 26. h4 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Rc8
28. Rxc8+ Bxc8 29. Qc3 Bb7 30. g4 Qc6 31. Qd2 a6 32. g5 hxg5 33. hxg5 Nf8 34.
Bg3 Ng6 35. Bf3 Bc8 36. Bh5 Ne7 37. Be5 Qd7 38. Qc3 Qc6 39. Qd2 Qd7 40. Bf4 Qc6
41. Kh2 Bd7 42. Bg4 Be8 43. Qe3 Ng6 44. Bg3 Qc2 45. Bd6 Qe4 46. Qxe4 dxe4 47.
f4 Nh4 48. d5 Nf5 49. Bc5 g6 50. d6 f6 51. gxf6 Kf7 52. Bxf5 exf5 53. Bd4 Ke6
54. Be5 Bf7 55. Kg3 Be8 56. Kf2 Bf7 57. Ke3 Kd7 58. Kd4 Kc6 59. Kc3 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saratov Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Saratov"]
[Date "2011.10.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2011.10.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e3 c5 7. b3 b6 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O cxd4 10. exd4 d5 11. Bb2 Nc6 12. Rc1 Re8 13. Re1 Bf8 14. c5 bxc5 15.
dxc5 a5 16. Bb5 Nd7 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Rb8 19. Ne5 Qc7 20. Ndf3 Ndxe5 21.
Nxe5 f6 22. Nd3 e5 23. Qb3 Kh8 24. Qxd5 Nxb4 25. Qc4 Nxd3 26. Qxd3 Red8 27. Qe2
Bc6 28. Bxc6 Qxc6 29. Rc2 Rb5 30. Ba3 h6 31. Rc3 Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saratov Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Saratov"]
[Date "2011.10.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2011.10.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 c5 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qb3 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. O-O Qa5 12. Bd2 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Nxc3 14.
bxc3 Ba6 15. Qb4 Qxb4 16. cxb4 Rab8 17. a3 Rfc8 18. Rfc1 Bxe2 19. Bxc6 Kf8 20.
f4 Rd8 21. Ra2 Bb5 22. Bxb5 Rxb5 23. Rac2 a5 24. Rc8 Rxc8 25. Rxc8+ Ke7 26.
Rc7+ Kf6 27. Rc4 axb4 28. axb4 Rd5 29. Rc1 Rb5 30. Rc4 Rd5 31. Rc1 Rb5 32. Rc4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Saratov Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Saratov"]
[Date "2011.10.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2011.10.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Bxd7+ Nxd7 13. O-O Qxc3
14. Qa4 O-O 15. Nxe6 Nb6 16. Qd4 Rfc8 17. Qxc3 Rxc3 18. Nf4 Rc5 19. g4 Kf8 20.
Nh5 Ke7 21. Ng3 Rd8 22. Rfc1 Na4 23. Rd1 Nc3 24. Nf5+ Ke8 25. Ng7+ Ke7 26. Nf5+
Ke8 27. Ng7+ Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saratov Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Saratov"]
[Date "2011.10.19"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2011.10.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 c5 7. d3 b6 8.
Ng5 Rb8 9. Bf4 Bb7 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 b5 12. Qc2 Bxe4 13. dxe4 Rb7 14. O-O
Be7 15. a4 a6 16. Nc3 O-O 17. e5 c4 18. axb5 axb5 19. Ne4 Qb6 20. Rfd1 Qc6 21.
h4 Nc5 22. Ng5 g6 23. h5 Rd7 24. Rxd7 Qxd7 25. Ne4 Nxe4 26. Qxe4 Rc8 27. Be3 b4
28. Ra7 Qe8 29. h6 c3 30. b3 c2 31. Bc1 Bf8 32. Kg2 Qd8 33. Qb7 Qd5+ 34. Qxd5
exd5 35. Rd7 g5 36. Rxd5 Bxh6 37. g4 Bg7 38. Kf3 Rc3+ 39. Ke4 h6 40. Rd3 Rc5
41. Rd5 Rc3 42. Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.04"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 c6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Rd1 a5 10. Bf4 Nh5 11. Bc1 b5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. e4 dxe4 14. Qxe4 Rb8
15. Qe2 Nhf6 16. Bf4 Rb6 17. Ne5 Nd5 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Nc3 Nxe5 20. dxe5 d4 21.
Be3 dxe3 22. Qxe3 Bg5 23. Qc5 Be7 24. Qe3 Bg5 25. Qc5 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.05"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A24"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Croatia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. d3 a5
9. e4 Na6 10. h3 Rb8 11. Bg5 Nc7 12. d4 b5 13. cxb5 cxb5 14. Rc1 Bd7 15. Re1
Re8 16. b3 b4 17. Na4 h6 18. Be3 Nxe4 19. dxe5 Rxe5 20. Ba7 Rbb5 21. Bb6 Nc3
22. Nexc3 Rxe1+ 23. Qxe1 bxc3 24. Bf1 Rxb6 25. Nxb6 Ne6 26. Nd5 Bc6 27. Bg2
Bxd5 28. Bxd5 Nc7 29. Qd1 Qg5 30. Bf3 d5 31. h4 Qf5 32. Bg4 Qe5 33. h5 gxh5 34.
Bxh5 d4 35. Be2 Ne6 36. Bc4 Ng5 37. Qd3 Nh3+ 38. Kg2 Ng5 39. f4 Qe4+ 40. Qxe4
Nxe4 41. Kf3 Nc5 42. Ke2 Kf8 43. a3 Ke7 44. b4 axb4 45. axb4 Ne4 46. g4 h5 47.
gxh5 Ng3+ 48. Kd3 Nxh5 49. Re1+ Kd6 50. f5 Nf4+ 51. Ke4 Bh6 52. Rh1 Bg5 53. Rh2
Bf6 54. Ra2 Nh5 55. Ra6+ Ke7 56. Bd3 Ng3+ 57. Kd5 Nh5 58. Ra7+ Ke8 59. b5 Bd8
60. Ra8 Kd7 61. Kxd4 Bf6+ 62. Kc4 Nf4 63. Ra7+ Kd6 64. Rxf7 Nd5 65. Kb3 Kc5 66.
Be4 Bd4 67. Bxd5 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.06"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. a4
Nbd7 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O exf4 11. Kh1 Ne5 12. Bxf4 Be6 13. Nd4 O-O 14. Qd2 Rac8
15. a5 Rfe8 16. Bg5 Nfg4 17. h3 Bxg5 18. Qxg5 Qc5 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. hxg4 Nxd3
21. Qxc5 Nxc5 22. Rad1 Rc6 23. Rd4 b5 24. axb6 Rb8 25. Ne2 Rcxb6 26. b3 e5 27.
Rc4 Rb4 28. Rxb4 Rxb4 29. Nc3 Nxe4 30. Nd5 Rb7 31. Kg1 a5 32. Ne3 Rc7 33. Nc4
a4 34. Re1 Nc3 35. Re3 d5 36. Rxc3 a3 37. b4 Rxc4 38. Rxa3 Rxb4 39. Ra5 Rd4 40.
c3 Rd2 41. c4 dxc4 42. Rc5 Rd4 43. g5 Re4 44. Kf2 Kf7 45. Kf3 Rf4+ 46. Ke3 Ke6
47. Rc7 g6 48. Rxh7 Kf5 49. Rf7+ Kxg5 50. Re7 Kf6 51. Re8 Rd4 52. Rf8+ Ke6 53.
Rg8 Kd5 54. Rxg6 c3 55. Rg8 c2 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.07"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8.
Nf3 Bg7 9. Qb1 Qd5 10. Be2 Bf5 11. Qb2 Nd7 12. O-O {This position has been
seen in several games of Grischuk's team mate Peter Svidler. Although the
outcome of the opening was slightly favourable for White on most occasions,
Svidler obtained excellent results: 2.5 out of 3!} Bd3 (12... Nb6 13. a4 a5 14.
Nd2 Bd3 15. Bxd3 cxd3 16. Rfb1 Qc6 {Aronian,L (2741)-Svidler,P (2750)/Moscow
2006/CBM 116/[Krasenkow] (0-1, 24)}) (12... e5 13. Qb4 c5 14. Qxc4 Qxc4 15.
Bxc4 Rc8 16. Bd5 Bd3 17. Rfd1 Ba6 18. Rab1 $14 {Aronian,L (2761)-Svidler,P 
(2742)/Dortmund 2006/CBM 114/[Krasenkow] (0-1, 47)}) 13. Bxd3 cxd3 14. Rad1
$146 (14. Rfd1 Qe4 15. Qb1 c5 16. Rxd3 Rc8 17. a4 $14 {Eljanov,P (2751)
-Svidler,P (2735)/Astrakhan 2010/CBM 137/[Marin,M] (1/2, 44)}) 14... e5 $5 {
Grischuk may have prepared this same pawn break against 14.Rfd1 as well. Black
gets the e7-pawn out of the enemy bishop's reach, threatening to consolidate
his d3-pawn and getting ready to castle. Besides, Rxd3 is prevented in view of
...e4} 15. e4 {A logical atttempt to take over the initiative. Capturing on e5
does not offer much.} (15. dxe5 O-O 16. Qb3 (16. Qb1 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18.
Rxd3 Qc4 $11) 16... Qc6 {it is not easy to take advantage of the exposed
position of the black queen, for instance} 17. Nd4 $6 Qe4 {[%csl Gh4]}) (15.
Nxe5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 O-O $11 17. f4 Qe4 $132 {[%cal Ge4e3,Gg7e5]} 18. Bf2 $6 c5
$1) (15. c4 $5 {deserves to be investigated, as the main alternative to the
game move.}) 15... Qxe4 16. Rfe1 Qd5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Qb4 {The only way to
keep fighting for the initiative.} c5 19. Qb5+ Qc6 20. Qxc6+ bxc6 21. dxe5 c4 {
Black's pawns are not as impressive as they look. In fact, they will both
perish within a few moves.} 22. Re4 O-O 23. Rxc4 Bxe5 24. Rxd3 {White is not
in a hurry to take on c6. In the long run, the c6-pawn may become a real
weakness.} (24. Rxc6 Rac8 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Rxd3 Rxc3 $11) 24... Rfe8 25. g4 (
25. Rxc6 Rac8 $11) 25... Re6 26. Kg2 {White's rooks are slightly more active,
but Black finds the best defensive method: simplifying to a rook ending where
White's extra pawn will be impossible to convert. We can conclude that Black's
new idea ...e5 has been justified.} h6 $1 27. Re3 Rae8 28. Ra4 g5 29. Bg3 Bxg3
30. Rxe6 Rxe6 31. hxg3 Re5 {Rook activity is more important than material.} (
31... Re7 32. Ra6 Rc7 33. Kf3 $14 {Black's passivity may cause him troubles.})
32. Rxa7 Re4 33. Kf3 Rc4 34. a4 ({White, does not like having a passive rook
either:} 34. Ra3 Kg7 35. Rb3 c5 $1 {><b4} (35... Kf6 36. Ke3 Rxg4 $6 37. Rb4 $1
$16 {leads to a dangerous pawn ending.}) 36. Ra3 (36. a3 Kf6 $22 {drops a pawn
already.}) 36... Kf6 $11 {Despite his extra pawn, White is doomed to passivity.
}) 34... Kg7 35. Re7 Rxa4 ({Avoiding the trap} 35... Rxc3+ $2 36. Re3 {
followed by Ra3, with a probably winning endgame.}) 36. Re4 Ra6 37. Ke3 Kf6 38.
Kd4 Ra2 39. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.08"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. h3 Bd7 10. O-O Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. Re1 e5 13. Be3 Nxe4 14. Nxe4
Bxe4 15. Qd2 Bc6 16. Rad1 e4 17. Bd4 Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.09"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Gallagher, Joseph G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Ne2 O-O 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Nbc3 c5 8. d5
Ne5 9. Ng3 e6 10. Be2 exd5 11. cxd5 a6 12. a4 Bd7 13. h3 b5 14. f4 Nc4 15. Bxc4
bxc4 16. O-O Rb8 17. e5 Re8 18. Qf3 Rxb2 19. exf6 Qxf6 20. Rac1 Qd8 21. Kh1 f5
22. Bf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.10"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Danielsen, Henrik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Iceland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISL"]

1. d4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O e6 8. b4
Nbd7 9. Bb2 b6 10. Qb3 Bb7 11. Rfd1 Re8 12. Rac1 Qb8 13. h3 a5 14. a3 axb4 15.
axb4 Rc8 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Na4 Bc6 18. b5 Bb7 19. Rxc8+ Bxc8 20. Ne1 Bf8 21.
Nd3 Bb7 22. Nb4 Bd6 23. Nc6 Qf8 24. Bd3 Rc8 25. Rc1 Rc7 26. Rc3 Qa8 27. Qc2 Kf8
28. f3 Kg7 29. e4 Bg3 30. Ba3 h5 31. e5 Ne8 32. Kf1 h4 33. Bb4 Bf4 34. Ke2 Bg5
35. Kf2 Bf4 36. Ne7 Rxc3 37. Nxc3 Qa1 38. Qb1 Qxb1 39. Bxb1 g5 40. Ne2 Bh2 41.
f4 gxf4 42. Kf3 f6 43. Nxf4 fxe5 44. Nxe6+ Kf6 45. Nd8 Ba8 46. Bf5 Nc5 47. dxc5
Kxe7 48. Nc6+ Kf6 49. Bd7 bxc5 50. Bxc5 Nd6 51. b6 Ne4 52. Be7+ Kf7 53. Bxh4
Nc5 54. Nd8+ Kf8 55. Bc6 e4+ 56. Ke2 Bxc6 57. Nxc6 Ke8 58. Bf2 Kd7 59. Nb4 Kd6
60. g3 d4 61. h4 e3 62. Be1 Ne4 63. Kf3 Nf6 64. Nc2 Kd5 65. b7 Nd7 66. Kg2 1-0

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Melilla"]
[Date "2011.11.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2011.11.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Taldea Gros Xake"]
[BlackTeam "Reverte Albox"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc2
O-O 9. Be2 c5 10. Bf4 cxd4 11. exd4 dxc4 12. Nxc4 Qd8 13. O-O Nb6 14. Qb3 Bxc3
15. bxc3 Nxc4 16. Bxc4 Qa5 17. Rfe1 Bd7 18. Re5 Qc7 19. Bd3 b5 20. Qc2 Rfc8 21.
Rc1 Qb6 22. Qb1 b4 23. c4 Qxd4 24. Bg3 Ba4 25. Qxb4 Qxd3 26. Qxa4 Ne4 27. Qc2
Qxc2 28. Rxc2 Rab8 29. Kf1 Rxc4 30. Rxc4 Nd2+ 31. Ke2 Nxc4 32. Rc5 Rb2+ 33. Kd3
Nb6 34. Ra5 Nc8 35. Rc5 Nb6 36. Ra5 Nc8 37. Rc5 Nb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Melilla"]
[Date "2011.11.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2011.11.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Colegio Marcote EIKM"]
[BlackTeam "Taldea Gros Xake"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Be2 Ne4 8. cxd4
Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Nxd2 10. Nbxd2 O-O 11. O-O f6 12. a3 Ba5 13. Bb5 Ne7 14. Qc2 Bf5
15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Ng6 17. g3 c5 18. b4 cxb4 19. Nb3 bxa3 20. Nxa5 Qxa5 21.
Qb3 fxe5 22. Rxa3 Qd8 23. dxe5 Qd7 24. e6 Qxe6 25. Qxb7 a5 26. Nd4 Qe4 27. Rd1
Rab8 28. Qa6 Rb1 29. Rad3 Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1 Ne5 31. Qxa5 Ng4 32. Nc6 $2 (32. Qe1
Qxe1+ 33. Rxe1 $15) 32... Ne3 $1 $19 33. fxe3 Qxe3+ 34. Kg2 Rf2+ 35. Kh3 Qh6+
36. Kg4 Qg6+ 0-1

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Melilla"]
[Date "2011.11.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2011.11.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Taldea Gros Xake"]
[BlackTeam "Linex Magic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nbd2 a6 8. Bxc6
bxc6 9. d4 exd4 10. cxd4 Bb6 11. Qc2 Re8 12. Re1 c5 13. d5 Bg4 14. b3 Ba5 15.
Re3 c6 16. dxc6 d5 17. exd5 Rxe3 18. fxe3 Qxd5 19. Bb2 Bf5 20. Qc1 Ne4 21. Qc4
Qxc6 22. Ne5 Qb7 23. Nxe4 Bxe4 24. Rd1 Rf8 25. Qxc5 Bb6 26. Qc3 Qc8 27. Qxc8
Rxc8 28. Nc4 Rd8 29. Bd4 Bc5 30. Kf2 f6 31. Rd2 Be7 32. Bc5 Rxd2+ 33. Nxd2 Bxc5
34. Nxe4 Be7 35. Nd2 Kf7 36. e4 Ke6 37. Nc4 Bc5+ 38. Kf3 h5 39. h3 g6 40. a3 a5
41. Nxa5 Bxa3 42. Nc4 Bf8 43. Nb2 f5 44. Nd3 g5 45. Ke3 Be7 46. Kd4 fxe4 47.
Kxe4 Kd6 48. Kf5 Kd5 49. Ne5 g4 50. Ng6 Bd8 51. Nf4+ Kd6 52. Nxh5 gxh3 53. gxh3
Bh4 54. Ke4 Kc5 55. Kd3 Kb4 56. Kc2 Kc5 57. Ng7 Bf6 58. Nf5 Kd5 59. Kd3 Ke5 60.
Ne3 Bd8 61. Ng2 Be7 62. h4 Kf5 63. Kc4 Kg4 64. b4 Kg3 65. b5 Kxg2 66. h5 1-0

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Melilla"]
[Date "2011.11.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fedorchuk, Sergey A"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2011.11.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cajacanarias"]
[BlackTeam "Taldea Gros Xake"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. Nc3 e5 8.
Qd3 h6 9. Nd2 Rc8 10. Nc4 Qc7 11. Ne3 Nf6 12. O-O Be7 13. a4 Qc5 14. Rd1 Be6
15. Qe2 O-O 16. Rd3 Bd8 17. Qf3 Kh7 18. Nf5 Rc6 19. b3 Ba5 $2 (19... Qa5 20.
Ba3 Bxf5 $16) 20. Nxg7 $1 Kxg7 {[%tqu "En","","","","c1h6","",10]} 21. Bxh6+ $1
Kg6 22. Nd5 Nh7 23. Qg3+ Kh5 {[%tqu "En","","","","d5f6","",10]} 24. Nf6+ $1
Nxf6 25. Qg5# 1-0

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Melilla"]
[Date "2011.11.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2011.11.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Taldea Gros Xake"]
[BlackTeam "Solvay"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 b5 6. cxb5 Bxb5 7. Bg2 d5 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Nc3 Ba6 10. Ne5 Bd6 11. Bf4 O-O 12. Nc6 Qe8 13. Bxd6 cxd6 14. Qd2 Nb6
15. Na5 Rc8 16. Rfc1 Qd8 17. a4 Nc4 18. Nxc4 dxc4 19. b4 Rb8 20. b5 Bb7 21. d5
a6 22. e4 exd5 23. exd5 axb5 24. Nxb5 Rc8 25. Qd4 Rc5 26. Rxc4 Bxd5 27. Nxd6
Ra5 28. Nb7 Bxb7 29. Qxd8 Rxd8 30. Bxb7 g5 31. Rc6 Kg7 32. Ra6 Rxa6 33. Bxa6
Ra8 34. Bb5 Ra5 35. Rc1 h6 36. Kf1 Ra7 37. Ra1 Ne4 38. Ra3 Nd6 39. Bd3 Ra5 40.
Ke2 Kf6 41. Kd2 Ke7 42. Kc3 g4 43. Kb4 Rh5 44. a5 Nc8 45. Rc3 Kd8 46. Be2 Rxh2
47. Bxg4 f5 48. Bxf5 Nd6 49. Rf3 h5 50. a6 Rh1 51. Ra3 1-0

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Melilla"]
[Date "2011.11.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2011.11.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sestao"]
[BlackTeam "Taldea Gros Xake"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Nf5 11. c3 d5 12. Bf4 c6 13. Nd2 Nh4 14. Bg3 Bf5
15. Nb3 Ng6 16. Nc5 b6 17. Nd3 Qd7 18. Qd2 Rfe8 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. Re1 h5 21.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 22. Qe2 Qc8 23. h3 h4 24. Bh2 c5 25. dxc5 bxc5 26. Qf3 c4 27. Nf4
Be4 28. Qe3 Qb7 29. Nxg6 Bxg6 30. Qd2 Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2011.12.09"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Bxd5 exd5 11. Be3 Bxc3+ 12. Qxc3 Qa6 13. Qd3 Qxd3 14.
exd3 Bd7 15. Kd2 Nc6 16. Rac1 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bc6 18. g4 Rfe8 19. g5 a6 20. f4
Rac8 21. f5 Bd7 22. f6 g6 23. h4 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rc8 25. Rxc8+ Bxc8 26. Bc5 Bf5
27. Ke3 Bh3 28. Kf4 Bf5 29. d4 Bb1 30. a4 a5 31. b4 axb4 32. Bxb4 Bd3 33. a5
Bc4 34. Ke5 Bb3 35. Kd6 Bc4 36. Kc5 Kh8 37. Kb6 Ba6 38. Bf8 Kg8 39. Bg7 h5 40.
gxh6 Kh7 41. Kc7 Kg8 42. Kd6 Bc4 43. Ke7 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2011.12.09"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Bxc3 8.
bxc3 d6 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. Nh4 h6 12. Qf3 Ng6 13. Nf5 Re8 14. a4 Bxf5 15.
Qxf5 Qc8 16. Qf3 Qg4 17. Qxg4 Nxg4 18. g3 Nf6 19. Bd2 Rac8 20. a5 Rc7 21. f3
Kf8 22. Kf2 Ke7 23. Bc2 Rh8 24. f4 Nf8 25. Ke2 N8d7 26. h3 Nh5 27. Rg1 Rg8 28.
Ba4 Nhf6 29. Kd3 Rcc8 30. Rab1 Rb8 31. f5 Rh8 32. g4 Kd8 33. h4 Kc7 34. Be3 h5
35. g5 Ng8 36. Rgf1 Rd8 37. Rb2 Ne7 38. Rfb1 b6 39. Bxd7 Rxd7 40. axb6+ axb6
41. Rxb6 Ra8 42. f6 gxf6 43. gxf6 Ng6 44. Rc6+ Kd8 45. Rbb6 Nxh4 46. Rxd6 Ng6
47. Bxc5 h4 48. Ra6 Nf4+ 49. Ke3 Rxa6 50. Rxa6 h3 51. Bb6+ Kc8 52. c5 h2 53. c6
1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2011.12.09"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8.
Nf3 Bg7 9. Qb1 b6 10. Ng5 Bd5 11. e4 Bb7 12. Bxc4 O-O 13. O-O Nc6 14. Qb3 Qe8
15. Bb5 a6 16. Bd3 e5 17. d5 Na5 18. Qc2 Bc8 19. Bg3 Nb7 20. f4 f6 21. Nf3 Nc5
22. c4 Bg4 23. Nd2 Bh6 24. Nb3 exf4 25. Bxf4 Bxf4 26. Rxf4 Qe5 27. Raf1 Bd7 28.
Nxc5 bxc5 29. Qf2 Kg7 30. Qxc5 Rab8 31. R4f2 Rb6 32. Qe3 Rb4 33. Qg3 Qxg3 34.
hxg3 Rbb8 35. Rc2 c5 36. Kf2 Kf7 37. Ke3 Ke7 38. Rcf2 Bg4 39. Rf4 h5 40. e5 f5
41. R4f2 Rg8 42. Kf4 g5+ 43. Ke3 h4 44. d6+ Ke6 45. Bxf5+ Bxf5 46. Rxf5 Rb4 47.
Rf6+ Kd7 48. Rd1 Rxc4 49. e6+ Kc6 50. d7 Rd4 51. d8=Q Rgxd8 52. e7+ 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2011.12.09"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Qe2 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. d3 Re8 7. Ba4 a6 8. Nbd2
b5 9. Bc2 d5 10. h3 Bb6 11. Nf1 dxe4 12. dxe4 Be6 13. Bb3 Bxb3 14. axb3 Na5 15.
Qc2 Nb7 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bh4 Nd6 18. N1d2 Qe7 19. c4 Bd4 20. c5 Nb7 21. b4 Nd8
22. Nxd4 exd4 23. O-O Nc6 24. Qb3 g5 25. Bg3 Nxe4 26. Nxe4 Qxe4 27. Bxc7 d3 28.
Rfd1 Nxb4 29. Ba5 Nc2 30. Rab1 Rac8 31. Qxd3 Qxd3 32. Rxd3 Rxc5 33. Rd6 Re6 34.
Rbd1 b4 35. Bd8 Rc6 36. R6d5 Kg7 37. Ba5 Re2 38. Rf5 Kg6 39. g4 f6 40. Rfd5 Re5
41. Rxe5 fxe5 42. Rd8 b3 43. Bd2 Kf7 44. Rd3 Rb6 45. Bc3 Ke6 46. Rd8 Rc6 47.
Re8+ Kd7 48. Rb8 Nd4 49. Bxd4 exd4 50. Rxb3 Kd6 51. Kf1 Kc5 52. Ke2 Re6+ 53.
Kd3 Rf6 54. Rb8 Rxf2 55. b4+ Kd5 56. Rd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2011.12.09"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 c5 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. O-O d6 8. d3
Ne8 9. Be3 Nd4 10. Rb1 Bg4 11. f3 Bd7 12. b4 b6 13. Qd2 Nc7 14. h3 Rc8 15. f4
f5 16. bxc5 dxc5 17. e5 Nxe2+ 18. Qxe2 e6 19. a4 Rb8 20. a5 Na6 21. axb6 axb6
22. d4 cxd4 23. Bxd4 Nc5 24. Rfd1 Qc7 25. Nb5 Bxb5 26. cxb5 Rfd8 27. Qc4 Bf8
28. Bc6 Qf7 29. Kg2 h6 30. Be3 Rbc8 31. h4 Be7 32. Ra1 g5 33. hxg5 hxg5 34.
fxg5 Qg6 35. Bxc5 Rxd1 36. Rxd1 Bxc5 37. Bd7 Rf8 38. Bxe6+ Kh8 39. Qh4+ Qh7 40.
Rd7 Qxh4 41. gxh4 Re8 42. Bxf5 Rxe5 43. Bd3 Re3 44. Rd8+ Kg7 45. h5 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2011.12.09"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 b5 5. O-O Nbd7 6. a4 b4 7. a5 Ba6 8. c3
bxc3 9. bxc3 c5 10. Qa4 Bxe2 11. Re1 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Be7 13. Bf4 O-O 14. Nd2 Re8
15. Rab1 Qc8 16. Rb3 Nf8 17. Reb1 Ng6 18. Rb8 Qd7 19. Qxd7 Nxd7 20. Rxa8 Rxa8
21. Rb7 Ngf8 22. a6 Bd8 23. Nb3 cxd4 24. cxd4 Bb6 25. Be2 Rc8 26. Bb5 Rc3 27.
Bxd7 Nxd7 28. Nc5 g5 29. Nxd7 gxf4 30. Nxb6 f3 31. h4 Rc1+ 32. Kh2 Rc2 33. Rxa7
Rxf2+ 34. Kg1 Ra2 35. Nd7 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2011.12.09"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. dxe5 d5 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. Nxe4 dxe4 7. Qxd8+
Bxd8 8. Nd4 c6 9. Be3 Bc7 10. e6 Bxe6 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Bc4 e5 13. O-O-O Nd7
14. Rhe1 Nf6 15. Be6 Ke7 16. Bf5 Rhd8 17. Rxd8 Rxd8 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bxf6+ gxf6
20. Rxe4 Bb6 21. Re2 a5 22. c3 Kd6 23. g3 Kc7 24. Kc2 Bc5 25. f3 Bg1 26. Rg2
Be3 27. Re2 Bg1 28. Rg2 Be3 29. Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2011.12.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. d3 Nd7 5. Nbd2 e5 6. h3 Bh5 7. c4 Ngf6 8. g4
Bg6 9. Nh4 Bd6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. b4 O-O 12. Rb1 Nb6 13. O-O a5 14. bxa5 Rxa5
15. Qb3 Na4 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Bb2 Nc5 18. Qd1 Rxa2 19. d4 exd4 20. Bxd4 Qe7 21.
Bxf6 gxf6 22. Bxd5 Ra7 23. Bg2 Kg7 24. e3 Rd8 25. Qc2 Nd3 26. Rfd1 Nb4 27. Qb3
Nc6 28. Nc4 Bc7 29. Bf3 Ne5 30. Qb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2011.12.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e3 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Ne4 Qd5 7. Nd2 c3 8. bxc3
bxc3 9. Nb1 Qa5 10. Qb3 e6 11. Nxc3 Na6 12. Bd2 Rb8 13. Qc4 Nb4 14. Ne4 Qd5 15.
Bxb4 Bxb4+ 16. Nd2 Bxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Rb2+ 18. Kc3 Rxf2 19. Qxd5 exd5 20. Bd3 Rxg2
21. Ne2 Nf6 22. Rab1 O-O 23. Rb8 Ne4+ 24. Kb4 Nf2 25. Nf4 Nxd3+ 26. Nxd3 Rd2
27. Nc5 Rb2+ 28. Nb3 Bf5 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. Ka3 Re2 31. Na5 Rxe3+ 32. Kb4 Bd7
33. Nb7 f5 34. Nc5 Ke7 35. Ka5 Bc8 36. Rb1 f4 37. Rf1 f3 38. h4 g6 39. Kb4 h6
40. Nb3 g5 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2011.12.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Be3 Bxe3 6. fxe3 d6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6
8. Nc3 O-O 9. O-O c5 10. b3 Be6 11. Qe1 g6 12. h3 Nh5 13. g4 Ng7 14. Qg3 f6 15.
Rf2 Qe7 16. Raf1 Rf7 17. Kh2 c6 18. Na4 Raf8 19. c4 Kh8 20. Nc3 Bc8 21. Qh4 h5
22. Qg3 g5 23. Rh1 h4 24. Qg1 Ne6 25. Qd1 Kg7 26. Qd2 Qc7 27. Rb1 a5 28. Kg1
Bd7 29. Qe1 Rb8 30. Rfb2 Rff8 31. Qd2 Rb7 32. Ne1 Rfb8 33. Nc2 Be8 34. Kf2 Bf7
35. Ke1 Be8 36. Kd1 Bf7 37. Kc1 Be8 38. Na4 Bf7 39. Nc3 Be8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.13"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2011.12.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O d6 7. c3 e5 8. a3 Nge7
9. b4 b6 10. b5 Nb8 11. d4 Bb7 12. Re1 Nd7 13. a4 O-O 14. Nbd2 a6 15. Rb1 axb5
16. axb5 Qc7 17. Qb3 h6 18. Bb2 Kh7 19. Ra1 exd4 20. cxd4 d5 21. Rxa8 Bxa8 22.
e5 Nf5 23. Bh3 Nxd4 24. Nxd4 cxd4 25. Bxd7 Qxd7 26. Bxd4 Re8 27. f4 Re6 28. Nf3
Bb7 29. Kf2 Bc8 30. Rc1 Qd8 31. Rc6 Bf8 32. Bxb6 Qe8 33. Qxd5 Bd7 34. Rxe6 Bxe6
35. Qd3 Qb8 36. Be3 Qa8 37. b6 Bg4 38. Nd2 Bf5 39. Qc4 Be6 40. Qe4 Bd5 41. Qd4
Qc6 42. h4 Bh1 43. Ke1 Qc1+ 44. Ke2 Qc6 45. Qc4 Qg2+ 46. Bf2 Kg7 47. e6 fxe6
48. Qxe6 Qa8 49. Bd4+ 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.13"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2011.12.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Qc2 c6 8.
e3 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Be2 g6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rab1 Nb6 13. Bd3 Ng7 14. Rfe1
Bf5 15. h3 Rfe8 16. Ne5 f6 17. Nf3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Nf5 19. b4 a6 20. a4 Nd6 21.
b5 cxb5 22. axb5 a5 23. Nd2 Qf7 24. Ra1 Rec8 25. e4 dxe4 26. Ndxe4 Nxe4 27.
Nxe4 Rd8 28. Nc5 Nd5 29. b6 Rd6 30. Qd2 Nb4 31. Rxa5 Rxa5 32. Qxb4 Ra8 33. Nxb7
Re6 34. Rxe6 Qxe6 35. Nc5 Ra1+ 36. Kh2 Qd6+ 37. g3 Qd5 38. g4 Rh1+ 39. Kg3 Rg1+
40. Kf4 Qd6+ 41. Ke3 Qe7+ 42. Kf3 f5 43. gxf5 Qh4 44. Qc4+ Kg7 45. Ne6+ Kh6 46.
Qc7 Qxh3+ 47. Ke2 Qg4+ 48. Kd2 Qd1+ 49. Kc3 Qc1+ 50. Kd3 Qb1+ 51. Ke3 Re1+ 52.
Kd2 Rd1+ 53. Ke3 Qd3+ 54. Kf4 Qxf5+ 55. Ke3 Rd3+ 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.13"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2011.12.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 Na6 7. Nf3 h6 8. Be3
e5 9. O-O Ng4 10. Bc1 c6 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. h3 Nf6 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Be3 Nh5 15.
Rfd1 Re8 16. a3 Nf4 17. Bf1 g5 18. Kh2 Nc7 19. g3 Nfe6 20. b4 Bf6 21. Kg2 h5
22. Be2 Kg7 23. c5 a6 24. Na4 Rb8 25. Nb6 Nb5 26. Nd2 Nc3 27. Re1 Nxe2 28. Rxe2
Nf4+ 29. gxf4 exf4 30. Bxf4 gxf4 31. Rd1 Be6 32. Nf3 Kh6 33. e5 Be7 34. Rd4
Rg8+ 35. Kh2 Rbd8 36. Red2 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.13"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2011.12.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bb6 5. a4 a6 6. c3 Nf6 7. d3 d6 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. O-O Re8 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nc4 Ba7 13. b5 Ne7 14. Bg5 Ng6 15.
Nh4 Nxh4 16. Bxh4 Rf8 17. Qb3 Bc5 18. Rad1 axb5 19. axb5 Qe8 20. d4 exd4 21.
cxd4 Ba7 22. Bxf6 Rxf6 23. Rd2 Rf4 24. Ra1 d5 25. Ne3 Bb6 26. Rxa8 Qxa8 27.
exd5 exd5 28. Nxd5 Rf7 29. Nxb6 cxb6 30. Rd3 Kf8 31. Rf3 Rxf3 32. Qxf3+ Ke7 33.
Qe4+ Kf7 34. Qf5+ Ke7 35. Qe5+ Kf7 36. Qc7+ Kg8 37. Qxb6 Qc8 38. Qc5 Qe6 39.
Qe5 Qd7 40. h4 h6 41. g3 Qc8 42. Qd5+ Kh8 43. Kg2 Qc7 44. Qe5 Qd7 45. h5 Kh7
46. Qe4+ Kh8 47. b6 Kg8 48. d5 Kh8 49. Qe6 Qd8 50. d6 Qxb6 51. Qe8+ Kh7 52. d7
1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.13"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2011.12.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 e5 5. Nge2 Ne7 6. g3 Bg4 7. dxe5 Bf3 8. Rg1
dxe5 9. Bg2 Bxg2 10. Rxg2 c6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3 Nd7 13. f4 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blindfold"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2011.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Nxe4
Bxe4 9. Nh4 Bxg2 10. Nxg2 d5 11. Qa4 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. cxd5 Qxd5 14. Be3 Qb7
15. Rac1 Nd7 16. Rfd1 Nf6 17. b3 Rac8 18. Bg5 Rfd8 19. Nf4 Nd5 20. Bxe7 Qxe7
21. Qe4 Nxf4 22. Qxf4 Rd5 23. Qe3 Qd6 24. Rd3 h6 25. Rc4 a5 26. Qd2 Rd8 27. Qc3
Rxd3 28. Qxd3 Qxd3 29. exd3 Rxd3 30. Rxc5 a4 31. bxa4 Ra3 32. a5 g5 33. Kg2 Kg7
34. g4 Rxa2 35. h3 Ra3 36. Rb5 Kg6 37. Rc5 f6 38. Rb5 h5 39. Rc5 hxg4 40. hxg4
f5 41. gxf5+ exf5 42. Rb5 g4 43. Rc5 f4 44. Rb5 Ra2 45. Kg1 Kf6 46. Rc5 Ra1+
47. Kg2 Ra2 48. Kg1 Ra1+ 49. Kg2 Ra2 50. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blindfold"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2011.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Nf3 Ne4 6. cxd5 Nxg5 7. Nxg5 e6 8.
Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qb3 Qxg5 10. Qxb7 O-O 11. Qxa8 Bxd4 12. Rd1 Qf6 13. Rxd4 Qxd4 14.
Qb7 exd5 15. e3 Qf6 16. Qxd5 Bc6 17. Qd4 Qxd4 18. exd4 Rd8 19. Kd2 Rxd4+ 20.
Ke3 Rd8 21. f3 Nd7 22. Be2 a5 23. b3 Kf8 24. Rc1 Rb8 25. Nb1 Re8+ 26. Kf2 Re6
27. Nd2 Nb6 28. a4 Rd6 29. Ke1 Nd7 30. Rc3 Ke7 31. Nc4 Rd5 32. Nxa5 Bxa4 33.
bxa4 Rxa5 34. Rxc7 Kd6 35. Rb7 Nc5 36. Rxf7 Rxa4 37. Rxh7 Ra1+ 38. Kf2 Ra2 39.
Rg7 Ke5 40. Re7+ Ne6 41. Re8 Kd6 42. Ke1 Ra1+ 43. Bd1 Kd7 44. Rg8 Ra2 45. g3 g5
46. Rh8 Nd4 47. Rh5 Ke6 48. h4 gxh4 49. Rxh4 Ke5 50. Re4+ Kd5 51. Be2 Ra1+ 52.
Kf2 Rh1 53. Bf1 Rh8 54. g4 Rb8 55. Re3 Rf8 56. Bd3 Kd6 57. Kg3 Ne6 58. Bc4 Nd4
59. f4 Rc8 60. Bf1 Rg8 61. Bd3 Rc8 62. f5 Rc3 63. Kf4 Rc1 64. g5 Rg1 65. g6 Rg2
66. Be4 Rf2+ 67. Kg5 Rf1 68. Kf6 Rg1 69. g7 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blindfold"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2011.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 Ne4 6. O-O Be7 7. Nxd4 O-O 8.
Bxc6 dxc6 9. Re1 Nc5 10. Nc3 f5 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Be3 Ne6 13. Nce2 b6 14. Nxc6
Qxd1 15. Raxd1 Bxb2 16. Ned4 Bxd4 17. Bxd4 Re8 18. Be5 Bb7 19. Nd4 Bd5 20. a3
Nxd4 21. Rxd4 Rad8 22. f4 c5 23. Rd2 Rd7 24. Red1 Red8 25. c4 Be6 26. Rxd7 Rxd7
27. Rxd7 Bxd7 28. Bb8 a6 29. Ba7 b5 30. cxb5 Bxb5 31. Bxc5 h5 32. Bd4 g6 33.
Kf2 Kf7 34. h3 Ke6 35. g4 hxg4 36. hxg4 Ba4 37. f5+ gxf5 38. gxf5+ Kxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blindfold"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "180"]
[EventDate "2011.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Nb6 7. d3 Be7 8. a3
Be6 9. Nbd2 a5 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 f6 12. Qc2 Qd7 13. Nc4 Rfd8 14. Rfd1 Qe8 15.
d4 a4 16. Ncd2 exd4 17. b4 Qh5 18. Qd3 Bf5 19. Ne4 Ne5 20. Nxe5 fxe5 21. Rdc1
c6 22. e3 Rd7 23. exd4 exd4 24. Qd2 Qf7 25. Qf4 Be6 26. Qxf7+ Kxf7 27. Bf1 d3
28. Nd2 Rad8 29. f3 Bf6 30. Bxf6 gxf6 31. Kf2 Rd4 32. Rc3 Bc4 33. Re1 Bb5 34.
Re4 Rxe4 35. fxe4 Nd7 36. Bxd3 Ne5 37. Bxb5 Rxd2+ 38. Ke3 Rxh2 39. Bxa4 Rg2 40.
Kd4 Rd2+ 41. Ke3 Rg2 42. Kd4 Ke7 43. Kc5 Nd7+ 44. Kd4 Ne5 45. Kc5 Nd7+ 46. Kd4
Kd6 47. Rf3 Ra2 48. Bd1 b5 49. g4 h6 50. Rh3 Ne5 51. Bb3 Rxa3 52. Rxh6 Nxg4 53.
e5+ Kc7 54. Rh7+ Kb6 55. Kc3 Nxe5 56. Rh6 Nd3 57. Kc2 Nxb4+ 58. Kb2 Ra7 59.
Rxf6 Rd7 60. Rh6 Nd3+ 61. Kc3 Nf4 62. Kb2 Rd2+ 63. Kc3 Rd7 64. Kb2 Kc5 65. Kc3
Rd3+ 66. Kb2 Rd6 67. Rh4 Nd3+ 68. Kc3 Kb6 69. Bc2 Ne5 70. Rh5 Nc4 71. Rh8 Ne5
72. Rh5 Nd7 73. Rh8 c5 74. Bd3 b4+ 75. Kc2 Ne5 76. Be2 Nc6 77. Bc4 Rd4 78. Bf7
c4 79. Rh6 Kc7 80. Rh5 Rf4 81. Bg8 Kb6 82. Rh6 Kc5 83. Rh5+ Kd4 84. Rd5+ Ke3
85. Bh7 Nd4+ 86. Kb1 c3 87. Rh5 Rf1+ 88. Ka2 b3+ 89. Ka3 c2 90. Rh3+ Nf3 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blindfold"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E74"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2011.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 h6 8. Be3 e6
9. Qd2 exd5 10. exd5 Kh7 11. h3 Re8 12. Bd3 b5 13. Nxb5 Ne4 14. Bxe4 Rxe4 15.
Rc1 a6 16. Nc3 Rxc4 17. a3 Nd7 18. Nf3 a5 19. O-O Qb6 20. Qc2 Rb8 21. Nd2 Rh4
22. f4 Ba6 23. Rf3 Qxb2 24. Qxb2 Rxb2 25. Nde4 Nb6 26. Nxd6 Bxc3 27. Rxc3 Nxd5
28. Rxc5 Nxe3 29. Rxe3 Rxf4 30. Rxa5 Rf1+ 31. Kh2 Rff2 32. Rxa6 Rxg2+ 33. Kh1
Rh2+ 34. Kg1 Rbg2+ 35. Kf1 Ra2 36. Kg1 Rag2+ 37. Kf1 Ra2 38. Kg1 Rag2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blindfold"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2011.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
d3 Be6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nd2 f5 11. Nb3 Kh8 12. Nc5 Bc8 13. b4 Rb8 14. a3 Nd4 15.
f4 Bf6 16. fxe5 Bxe5 17. Bf4 Bxf4 18. gxf4 Ne6 19. e3 Qe7 20. Nb3 c6 21. Qc2
Bd7 22. Rae1 Rbe8 23. Nb1 h6 24. N1d2 g5 25. fxg5 hxg5 26. d4 f4 27. exf4 Qg7
28. fxg5 Nxg5 29. Rxe8 Rxe8 30. Nf3 Nd5 31. Nxg5 Qxg5 32. Qd2 Ne3 33. Rf3 Qxg2+
34. Qxg2 Nxg2 35. Kxg2 Be6 36. Kf2 Bd5 37. Rh3+ Kg7 38. Nc5 b6 39. Rg3+ Kh6 40.
Nd7 Re4 41. Rd3 Rf4+ 42. Kg3 Kg5 43. Ne5 Rf1 44. Nf3+ Kf5 45. Re3 a5 46. bxa5
bxa5 47. h4 Rd1 48. h5 Bxf3 49. Rxf3+ Kg5 50. Rc3 Rxd4 51. Rc5+ Rd5 52. Rxd5+
cxd5 53. h6 Kxh6 54. Kf4 Kg7 55. Ke5 a4 56. Kxd5 Kf6 57. Kc4 Ke6 58. Kb4 Kd7
59. Kxa4 Kc8 60. Kb5 Kb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blindfold"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2011.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. e3 c5 8.
cxd5 Qxd5 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O b6 12. Qb3 Be6 13. Qa3 Qh5 14. Bg3
cxd4 15. cxd4 Qa5 16. Qxa5 Nxa5 17. Rfc1 Rfc8 18. Bc7 Bd5 19. Ba6 Bb7 20. Bb5
Bd5 21. Bd7 Rf8 22. Rc2 f6 23. Nd2 f5 24. Rac1 Kf7 25. Nf3 Bf6 26. Ne5+ Bxe5
27. Bxe5 Be6 28. Bb5 a6 29. Be2 b5 30. Bf3 Rac8 31. d5 Bd7 32. Be2 Rxc2 33.
Rxc2 Rc8 34. Rxc8 Bxc8 35. f3 e6 36. Bc3 Nb7 37. dxe6+ Kxe6 38. Kf2 Nd6 39. h3
Bb7 40. g4 Bd5 41. gxf5+ gxf5 42. a3 Nc4 43. Bxc4 bxc4 44. Kg3 Bb7 45. Kf4 Bc6
46. h4 Bb7 47. a4 Bc6 48. a5 Bb7 49. e4 fxe4 50. fxe4 Bc6 51. Ke3 Bb7 52. Kd4
h5 53. Kxc4 Bxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "San Sebastian KO GpA"]
[Site "San Sebastian"]
[Date "2011.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Brunner, Nicolas"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2011.12.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 O-O 7. f3 Nbd7 8.
e4 c5 9. Bd3 d5 10. e5 cxd4 11. Qxd4 dxc4 12. exf6 cxd3 13. fxg7 Re8 14. Qxd3
Qh4+ 15. g3 Qf6 16. Qe3 b6 17. Ne2 Bb7 18. O-O Ne5 19. Nf4 Rad8 20. Nh5 Nxf3+
21. Rxf3 Qxf3 22. Qxf3 Bxf3 23. Nf6+ Kxg7 24. Nxe8+ Rxe8 25. Be3 e5 26. Kf2 Bc6
27. Rd1 Re6 28. Bg5 Kg6 29. Bd8 Kf5 30. Ke3 Rh6 31. Rd2 Ke6 32. Bc7 Bd5 33. Bb8
a6 34. Bc7 b5 35. Rf2 Rg6 36. Bd8 f5 37. Ba5 h5 38. Rc2 h4 39. Be1 Rg4 40. Kf2
f4 41. Rc3 fxg3+ 42. hxg3 h3 43. Kg1 Re4 0-1

[Event "San Sebastian KO GpA"]
[Site "San Sebastian"]
[Date "2011.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Brunner, Nicolas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2011.12.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8.
O-O Be7 9. e3 O-O 10. Rd1 Rc8 11. Qe2 Bg6 12. Nc3 b5 13. b3 Ne4 14. Bb2 Nxc3
15. Bxc3 Qb6 16. b4 Qb7 17. e4 Rfd8 18. a4 a6 19. a5 c5 20. dxc5 Bxe4 21. Rac1
Nf6 22. Ne1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Bxg2 24. Nxg2 Nd5 25. Qe4 Qc6 26. Be5 Bf8 27. Ne3 Rd8
28. Nxd5 exd5 29. Qf3 Qe6 30. Bc3 Qd7 31. Kg2 Qc6 32. h4 Qd7 33. Bd4 Qe6 34.
Rd3 Qd7 35. Re3 Qc6 36. h5 h6 37. Qf5 Qb7 38. g4 Qc6 39. g5 Qd7 40. Qxd7 Rxd7
41. Re8 1-0

[Event "San Sebastian KO GpA"]
[Site "San Sebastian"]
[Date "2011.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Franco Alonso, Alejandro"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2011.12.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2
b6 9. Rd1 Ba6 10. b3 O-O 11. a4 Rc8 12. a5 c5 13. axb6 Qxb6 14. Qa2 Bb7 15. b4
cxb4 16. c5 Nxc5 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Be1 Ra8 19. Qa5 Qxa5 20. Rxa5 Bb6 21. Rb5
Ba6 22. Rxb4 Bxe2 23. Rc1 Nd7 24. Nc3 Bd3 25. Na4 Rfc8 26. Rxc8+ Rxc8 27. Nxb6
axb6 28. Rd4 Be4 29. Rd1 h6 30. Nd4 Bxg2 31. Kxg2 Ne5 32. Nf3 Nc4 33. Rb1 Rc6
34. Nd2 Nd6 35. Nf3 Nc4 36. Nd2 Nd6 37. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "San Sebastian KO GpA"]
[Site "San Sebastian"]
[Date "2011.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Franco Alonso, Alejandro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2011.12.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qd3 Be7 8. e4
b4 9. Na4 Ba6 10. Qc2 Bxf1 11. Kxf1 Qa5 12. b3 Qb5+ 13. Kg1 Nbd7 14. Be3 O-O
15. h3 Rfc8 16. Nc5 Nxc5 17. dxc5 a5 18. Kh2 a4 19. Rac1 axb3 20. axb3 Ra5 21.
Rhd1 Rca8 22. Ne5 Ra2 23. Qc4 Qb8 24. f4 Qb7 25. Rd2 Bd8 26. Nd3 Rxd2 27. Bxd2
Bc7 28. Rc2 Rd8 29. Be3 h6 30. Ra2 Bb8 31. Qxb4 Qc7 32. Qc4 Qd7 33. Nf2 g5 34.
g3 h5 35. fxg5 h4 36. gxf6 hxg3+ 37. Kg2 gxf2 38. Qe2 Qd1 39. Kxf2 Be5 40. Ra6
Qxe2+ 41. Kxe2 Rb8 42. Rxc6 Rxb3 43. Rb6 Rc3 44. Rb1 Bxf6 45. Rc1 Rxc1 46. Bxc1
Kf8 47. Kd3 Ke7 48. Kc4 Kd7 49. Kb5 Be5 50. Kb6 Bd4 51. Ba3 Kc8 52. Kc6 Be5 53.
Bc1 Bg3 54. Bb2 f5 55. exf5 exf5 56. Kd5 f4 57. Be5 Kd7 58. c6+ Kc8 59. Ke4 Bh2
60. Bxf4 Bxf4 61. Kxf4 Kc7 62. h4 1-0

[Event "San Sebastian KO GpA"]
[Site "San Sebastian"]
[Date "2012.01.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Feller, Sebastien"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2011.12.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 c6 8.
Qc2 O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. h3 Ne4 11. Bf4 Ndf6 12. Ne5 g6 13. O-O Nd6 14. Rad1 Bf5
15. f3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Nh5 17. Bh2 f6 18. Ng4 f5 19. Ne5 Bf6 20. e4 dxe4 21. fxe4
fxe4 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. Qxe4 Bg7 24. Qf3 Qd5 25. Qxd5+ cxd5 26. Rc1 Rac8 27. b4
Bh6 28. Rc5 Be3+ 29. Kh1 Red8 30. g4 Ng7 31. Nd7 Bxd4 32. Rxd5 Bc3 33. a3 Ne6
34. Rfd1 Bg7 35. Be5 Nf8 36. Nf6+ Bxf6 37. Bxf6 Rxd5 38. Rxd5 Kf7 39. g5 h6 40.
Bd4 hxg5 41. Bxa7 Rc3 42. a4 Rxh3+ 43. Kg1 Ke8 44. Rb5 Rh7 45. a5 Ne6 46. Rb6
Re7 47. b5 Nd4 48. Kf1 Nb3 49. a6 bxa6 50. Rb8+ Kd7 51. Rb7+ Ke6 52. bxa6 Rd7
53. Be3 Rd1+ 54. Ke2 Ra1 55. a7 Ra2+ 56. Kf3 g4+ 57. Kxg4 Na1 58. Rb8 Nc2 59.
Bb6 Ra4+ 60. Kg5 Ne1 61. a8=Q Nf3+ 62. Qxf3 1-0

[Event "San Sebastian KO GpA"]
[Site "San Sebastian"]
[Date "2012.01.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Feller, Sebastien"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2011.12.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 a6 5. Nbd2 c5 6. b3 cxd4 7. exd4 Be7 8. Bb2
O-O 9. Bd3 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Rc1 Nbd7 12. Qe2 Re8 13. Rfd1 Bf8 14. Ne5 g6 15.
Ndf3 dxc4 16. bxc4 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Nd7 18. f4 Bh6 19. Qf2 Rc8 20. Rc2 b5 21. Ng4
Bg7 22. cxb5 Rxc2 23. Qxc2 Qb6 24. a4 Bxd4+ 25. Kh1 e5 26. fxe5 Bxb2 27. Qxb2
h5 28. Bc4 Qc7 29. e6 Qxc4 30. exd7 Rd8 31. Nf6+ Kf8 32. Re1 1-0

[Event "San Sebastian KO GpA"]
[Site "San Sebastian"]
[Date "2012.01.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2011.12.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 e5 6. Qd3 a6 7. Bxd7+ Bxd7 8.
c4 Rc8 9. O-O b5 10. Na3 Qb6 11. Rd1 Qb7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 Nf6 15.
Nd2 Be7 16. b3 Nh5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Nc2 Be6 19. a4 bxa4 20. bxa4 O-O 21. Rdb1
Qa8 22. Nb4 Rc5 23. Na6 Rc6 24. Nb4 Rc5 25. Na6 Rc6 26. Nb4 Rc5 27. Na6 Rc6
1/2-1/2

[Event "San Sebastian KO GpA"]
[Site "San Sebastian"]
[Date "2012.01.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2011.12.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. Qg4 g6 8. Nf3
Qa5 9. Bd2 Qa4 10. Be2 c4 11. Ra2 Bd7 12. Qh4 h6 13. O-O Nce7 14. Bg5 Bc6 15.
g4 Qa5 16. Rb1 Nc8 17. a4 Nb6 18. Rb4 Nxa4 19. Bf6 Nxf6 20. exf6 b5 21. Qg3 Qd8
22. Ne5 Qd6 23. f4 Nb6 24. f5 g5 25. Rb1 Bd7 26. fxe6 Qxe6 27. Re1 Kd8 28. Bf3
Qxf6 29. Rea1 Re8 30. Nxd7 Nxd7 31. Bxd5 Rc8 32. Rxa7 Re7 33. Bb7 Rb8 34. Bc6
Qf4 35. Qxf4 gxf4 36. Ra8 Re3 37. d5 Ke7 38. Rxb8 Nxb8 39. Bxb5 Kd6 40. Ra8 Kc7
41. d6+ Kb7 42. Ra4 Rxc3 43. Rb4 Nc6 44. d7 Nd8 45. Rxc4 Rxc4 46. Bxc4 Kc6 47.
Kf2 Kd6 48. Kf3 Ke5 49. h4 f6 50. c3 Nc6 51. Bb5 Nd8 52. c4 Ne6 53. c5 Nd4+ 54.
Kf2 Ne6 55. c6 Kd6 56. Bc4 Nd8 57. Bd5 Kxd5 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 19th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2012.04.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Landa, Konstantin"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2012.04.09"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belorechensk Univ"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Qd2 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. Bb5 O-O 11. Ne2 Bd7 12. Rb1 e6 13. O-O a6 14. Bd3 b5
15. Rbc1 Rc8 16. a4 bxa4 17. Bxa6 Ra8 18. Bc4 Qa5 19. Nc3 Rfc8 20. Rfd1 a3 21.
h3 Rab8 22. Bh6 Rb2 23. Qf4 Bxh6 24. Qxh6 Ne7 25. e5 Nf5 26. Qf4 Rxc4 27. Ne4
Rxc1 28. Qxc1 Kg7 29. Nf6 Qa4 30. Rf1 Qc2 31. Qg5 h6 32. Nh5+ Kh7 33. Nf6+ Kh8
34. Qf4 Bc6 35. g4 g5 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 19th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2012.04.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2012.04.09"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. O-O
b5 9. Bb3 Bb7 10. e4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nc6 12. Be3 Be7 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Qxd8+ Rxd8
15. f3 O-O 16. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Rc8 18. Ne2 Kf8 19. Kf2 Nd7 20. Nd4 Nc5 21.
Nxc6 Rxc6 22. Bc2 Ke8 23. Ke2 Bf6 24. b3 Na4 25. bxa4 Rxc2+ 26. Rd2 Rxd2+ 27.
Kxd2 bxa4 28. Kd3 Kd7 29. Kc4 Be5 30. h3 Bd6 31. g4 Kc6 32. Bd4 g6 33. Be3 Ba3
34. Bd4 Bd6 35. Be3 Ba3 36. Bd4 Bd6 37. Be3 Ba3 38. Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 19th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2012.04.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2012.04.09"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg Chess Fed"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qb3 dxc4 7. Qxc4 O-O 8.
Bf4 Bf5 9. e3 c6 10. Qb3 Qb6 11. Bc4 Nbd7 12. O-O Qxb3 13. Bxb3 Nh5 14. Bg5 e5
15. h3 h6 16. Be7 Rfe8 17. Bd6 exd4 18. Nxd4 Bd3 19. Rfd1 Ba6 20. Nf3 Nb6 21.
g4 Nf6 22. Ne5 Nfd5 23. Nxd5 Nxd5 24. Bxd5 cxd5 25. Rxd5 Rac8 26. Rad1 Rc2 27.
b4 b6 28. b5 Bb7 29. Nc6 Bxc6 30. bxc6 Rxc6 31. Bg3 Rce6 32. Rd7 R6e7 33. Rxe7
Rxe7 34. Rd8+ Kh7 35. Kf1 Bf6 36. Ra8 Kg7 37. Ke2 Rd7 38. a4 g5 39. Kf3 Re7 40.
Bd6 Rd7 41. Bf8+ Kg6 42. Ke4 Bg7 43. Bxg7 Kxg7 44. Ke5 Rb7 45. Kd6 b5 46. axb5
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 19th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2012.04.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2012.04.09"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Khanty Mansyisk Yugra"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d4
Bb6 9. Be3 Bg4 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. h3 Bh5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Qe2 Qe7 14. Rfd1 Bxe3
15. Qxe3 Na5 16. Nf1 Nxb3 17. axb3 Qe6 18. b4 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Rfd8 20. Ne3 g6 21.
b3 Kg7 22. c4 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 bxc4 24. bxc4 Rb8 25. Nd5 c6 26. Nxf6 Qxf6 27.
Qxf6+ Kxf6 28. Rd6+ Ke7 29. Rxc6 Rxb4 30. Rxa6 Rxc4 31. Ra7+ Ke6 32. Ra6+ Ke7
33. Ra7+ Ke6 34. Ra6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 19th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2012.04.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2012.04.09"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Saratov Economist"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Nbd2
Re8 9. Re1 Bf8 10. Nf1 h6 11. Ng3 b5 12. Bc2 g6 13. a4 Rb8 14. d4 Bg7 15. axb5
axb5 16. h3 Bd7 17. Be3 Ra8 18. Qd2 Kh7 19. b3 Qb8 20. d5 Ne7 21. c4 bxc4 22.
bxc4 c5 23. Ne2 Nc8 24. Nc3 Nb6 25. Bd3 Qc7 26. Rab1 Ra6 27. Nb5 Bxb5 28. Rxb5
Rea8 29. Reb1 Nfd7 30. g3 Ra1 31. Kg2 Rxb1 32. Rxb1 Ra3 33. Qc2 Qa7 34. Nd2 Ra2
35. Rb2 Ra1 36. Rb1 Ra2 37. Rb2 Ra1 38. Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 19th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2012.04.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2012.04.09"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Nizhniy Tagil Polytechnik"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
dxc5 Qa5 9. e4 Nf6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qb3 Nfd7 12. Nh3 Qc7 13. a4 Nxc5 14. Qa3 b6
15. Nf2 Nbd7 16. a5 Ba6 17. Bxc5 Nxc5 18. Bxa6 Nxa6 19. axb6 axb6 20. O-O Qc6
21. Rfd1 Nc5 22. Qb4 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 Rd8 24. Rd1 Rxd1+ 25. Nxd1 Qd6 26. Nf2 f6
27. g3 Kf7 28. Kf1 h5 29. Ke2 g5 30. Qd4 Qc6 31. Nd3 g4 32. Nxc5 bxc5 33. Qd3
c4 34. Qd4 e5 35. Qa7+ Kg6 36. Qb8 Kg7 37. Qa7+ Kg6 38. Qb8 Kg7 39. Qa7+ Kg6
40. Qb8 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 40th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2012.07.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2012.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Ne5 Ke7 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. Nc4 Ra7 $146 (11... Rd8 12. Nbd2 Kf8 {
1-0 Baldauf,M (2362)-Huschenbeth,N (2459)/Rosenheim 2010/CBM 138 Extra (56)}) (
11... Ne4 {0-1 Laznicka,V (2591)-Ganguly,S (2603)/Dresden 2008/CBM 128 (54)}) (
11... a5 {1/2 Georgiev,K (2672)-Laznicka,V (2637)/Pamplona 2009/CBM 134 (23)})
(11... b5 {1/2 Maiorov,N (2524)-Grishchenko,S (2390)/Minsk 2008/CBM 125 Extra 
(40)}) 12. Nbd2 {After this move Black will not face problems with completing
his development.} (12. Bd2 b5 $140 13. b4 {may be the critical test of Black's
novelty.}) 12... b5 13. Na5 Rc7 14. a4 bxa4 15. Ndc4 Nb8 16. Rxa4 Bd7 17. Ra1
Bb5 18. b3 Ne4 19. Bb2 f6 20. Bf3 Ng5 21. Be2 Rd8 22. Rfc1 Bb4 23. Bf1 Nd7 24.
Ba3 Bc5 25. Bxc5+ Nxc5 26. Na3 Bxf1 27. Kxf1 Rdc8 28. f3 Nf7 29. Rc3 Nd7 30.
Rxc7 Rxc7 31. N3c4 Nfe5 32. Ke2 Nxc4 33. Nxc4 Nc5 34. Na5 Nb7 35. Nxb7 Rxb7 36.
Rxa6 Rxb3 37. Ra7+ Kf8 38. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 40th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2012.07.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Ponomariov,R"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2012.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Strangely enough, this was my first serious game with Fabiano. Previously, we
had only played a couple of blitz games during the Nice tournament.
Seltsamerweise war dies meine erste ernste Partie mit Fabiano. Zuvor hatte wir
nur beim Turnier in Nizza ein paar Blitzpartien gespielt.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6
{The Chelyabinsk Variation has again become popular, after the Anand - Gelfand
match, as might have been expected, just like the Catalan and Queen's Gambit.
Thus, in my preparation for the tournament, I had to look into a great many
nuances in these lines. Die Chelyabinsk-Variante ist wieder populär geworden,
nach dem Match Anand-Gelfand, wie man hätte erwarten können, genau wie
Katalanisch und das Damengambit. Daher musste ich in meiner Vorbereitung auf
das Turnier in diesen Abspielen eine große Vielzahl von Nuancen untersuchen.} (
{Even so, in the recent Ukrainian Championship, Pasha Eljanov tricked me, by
playing Allerdings legte mich bei der kürzlichen ukrainischen Meisterschaft
Pasha Eljanov rein, indem er} 2... e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 {
and thus avoiding the Rossolimo. But that is another story. spielte und somit
Rossolimo vermied. Aber das ist eine andere Geschichte.}) 3. Bb5 d6 $6 {
In our computerised day, even an inaccuracy at move 3 can lead to difficulties.
But even a couple of years ago, it was hard to believe that this second-most
popular move in this position may not actually be so good. In unserem
computerisierten Zeitalter kann sogar eine Ungenauigkeit im 3. Zug zu
Schwierigkeiten führen. Doch selbst ein paar Jahre zuvor war es kaum zu
glauben, dass dieser zweitbeliebteste Zug in dieser Stellung tatsächlich
vielleicht nicht so gut ist.} ({It is probably correct to play а la Gelfand
with Wahrscheinlich ist es richtig, а la Gelfand zu spielen mit} 3... e6 $1 {
Even so, months had been spent preparing this! Allerdings steckte monatelange
Vorbereitung darin!}) 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 {
The bishop has to be given up, conferring on White a small, but stable edge.
Der Läufer muss gegeben werden, was Weiß ein kleines, aber stabiles Plus
verschafft.} (8... Bh5 $6 {is dubious, as shown by the following game between
two of my teammates for Ukraine: ist zweifelhaft, wie durch die folgende
Partie zwischen meinen Mannschaftskollegen für die Ukraine gezeigt wird:} 9. g4
$1 Bg6 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 e5 (11... d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nc3 $36) 12. Nc3 Be7
13. Nd5 $1 $146 O-O 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. d5 Nb8 16. Bg5 Nbd7 17. Nd2 $14 {
1-0 Efimenko,Z (2689)-Moiseenko,A (2711)/Kiev UKR 2012 (62)}) 9. Qxf3 g6 10. d3
Bg7 11. Be3 O-O ({If immediately Wenn sofort} 11... Nd7 {, then White has the
additional plan , so hat Weiß den zusätzlichen Plan} 12. Qd1 O-O 13. a4 $5 Rb8
14. Na3 b5 $6 15. axb5 axb5 16. d4 c4 17. b3 $16 Na5 18. bxc4 bxc4 19. Nxc4
Nxc4 20. Bxc4 Qc7 21. Qd3 Rfc8 22. Bb5 Nb6 23. c4 Nxc4 24. Rec1 Rxb5 25. Rxc4
Rc5 26. dxc5 d5 27. Rcc1 {1-0 Zhigalko,S (2658)-Sjugirov,S (2622)/Moscow RUS
2012/}) 12. Nd2 Nd7 13. Qd1 {13 moves have been made, but already after 3...d6,
it was hard for Black to avoid this position. In my preparation, I
concentrated on a recent game by Garry Kasparov. Even though only a blitz game,
the opening choice of the 13th world champion is always a mark of quality.
Therefore, I played my moves quite quickly and confidently. Fabiano, on the
contrary, was thinking a long time, perhaps condemning himself for his opening
choice. As a result of this waste of time, he suffered from time shortage
until the end of the game. 13 Züge wurden gemacht, aber schon nach 3...d6 war
es schwer für Schwarz, diese Stellung zu vermeiden. In meiner Vorbereitung
konzentrierte ich mich auf eine kürzliche Partie von Garry Kasparov. Obwohl es
nur eine Blitzpartie war, ist die Eröffnungswahl des 13. Weltmeisters immer
ein Qualitätsmerkmal. Daher spielte ich meine Züge recht schnell und
zuversichtlich. Fabiano dagegen dachte lange Zeit nach, wobei er sich
vielleicht selbst für seine Eröffnungswahl verurteilte. Als Resultat dieser
Verschwendung litt er bis ans Ende der Partie unter Zeitknappheit.} b5 ({
The above-mentioned game continued Die oben erwähnte Partie ging weiter mit} 
13... Rc8 14. f4 e5 15. f5 gxf5 16. exf5 d5 17. g4 e4 18. Bf4 Nde5 19. dxe4 d4
20. g5 Re8 21. Qh5 dxc3 22. bxc3 Nd3 23. Bxd3 Qxd3 24. f6 Bf8 25. Qf3 c4 26.
Qxd3 cxd3 27. e5 Nd8 28. Ne4 Ne6 29. Be3 Red8 30. Rad1 Rd5 31. Bd4 Nxd4 32.
cxd4 Rxd4 33. Kf2 Re8 34. Ng3 Rd5 35. h4 Bb4 36. Re4 Bc3 37. Nf5 Kf8 38. Ne7
Rd4 39. Kf3 Red8 40. Rxd4 Rxd4 41. Nf5 Rd5 42. Ne3 Rd4 43. Nf5 Rd5 44. Ne3 Rd4
45. Rc1 Ba5 46. Rc8+ Bd8 47. h5 Ke8 48. e6 d2 49. e7 d1=Q+ 50. Nxd1 Rxd1 51. h6
Rd6 52. Kg2 Rd2+ 53. Kf3 Rd6 54. Ke2 Re6+ 55. Kd3 Rd6+ 56. Ke4 b5 57. g6 fxg6
58. exd8=Q+ Rxd8 59. f7+ {1-0 Kasparov,G (2812)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2715)/
Clichy 2011/ Not bad, eh? Especially for someone who gave up professional
chess quite a while ago, playing an opponent who is the European Champion and
the World Mind Games blitz champion. Nicht übel, eh? Vor allem für jemand, der
professionelles Schach vor einer ganzen Weile aufgegeben hat und gegen einen
Gegner spielt, der Europameister ist und der World-Mind-Games-Blitzchampion.})
14. Nf3 {Now it was my turn to think. I wanted to play the same plan as
Kasparov with f2-f4, but Black's counterplay with b5-b4 must be watched. Nun
war es an mir nachzudenken. Ich wollte den gleichen Plan spielen wie Kasparov
mit f2-f4, aber man muss das schwarze Gegenspiel mit b5-b4 im Auge behalten.} (
{This can be stopped with Dies lässt sich stoppen mit} 14. a3 {. But looking
at my opponent, I saw he was looking only at the queenside. I decided he was
probably calculating only moves on that side of the board, so I decided to
play the text, which may not be objectively stronger, but turns out to be more
unpleasant for Fabiano. Aber als ich meinen Gegner anblickte, sah ich, dass er
nur zum Damenflügel schaute. Ich entschied, dass er vermutlich nur Züge auf
dieser Brettseite berechnete, daher beschloss ich, den Textzug zu spielen, der
vielleicht objektiv nicht stärker ist, aber sich für Fabiano als unangenehmer
erweist.}) 14... Nb6 $6 {This was what I expected most of all. Dies war, was
ich vor allem erwartet hatte.} ({In reality, In Wirklichkeit ist} 14... b4 {
is not so strong, and was tested in the recent Ukrainian Championship. That is
how quickly theory develops! nicht so stark und wurde in der kürzlichen
ukrainischen Meisterschaft getestet. So schnell entwickelt sich Theorie!} 15.
Qa4 ({\/Also good is Gut ist auch} 15. d4 $5 Qa5 16. Rc1 bxc3 (16... Qxa2 17.
Ra1 (17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Qd5 Qxd5 19. exd5 bxc3 20. bxc3 Na7 21. Bxc5 dxc5 22.
Rxe7 Nb5 $11) 17... Qxb2 18. Qa4 (18. Re2 Qxc3 19. Rc2 Qxa1 20. Qxa1 b3 $13)
18... Rfc8 19. Reb1 bxc3 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. Bxc5 dxc5 22. Rxb2 cxb2 23. Rb1 a5 (
23... Nd4 24. Ng5) 24. Nd2 $16) 17. bxc3 Rab8 18. Qd3 Rb6 (18... cxd4 19. cxd4
Nb4 20. Qd2 Qxa2 21. Qxa2 Nxa2 22. Rc7) 19. e5 {[%csl Ge3,Gf1]}) 15... Qc7 16.
d4 Rfb8 17. Rac1 Nb6 18. Qc2 bxc3 19. bxc3 Na5 20. Nd2 e6 21. g3 $14 {White
has the pawn centre and two bishops. Black could not stand the tension and
started to give up material. Weiß hat das Bauernzentrum und zwei Läufer.
Schwarz konnte die Spannung nicht ertragen und begann, Material zu geben.} Qd7
$2 22. dxc5 dxc5 23. Bxc5 Qc6 24. Bd4 Nac4 25. e5 Qc7 26. Bg2 Nxd2 27. Bxa8
Nbc4 28. Bg2 Rb2 29. Qa4 h5 30. Rc2 h4 31. Rxb2 Nxb2 32. Qxa6 Nbc4 33. Qa8+ Kh7
34. Qb7 {1-0 Fedorchuk,S (2634)-Kuzubov,Y (2623)/Kiev UKR 2012}) ({I thought
Black's best move was Für den besten Zug von Schwarz hielt ich} 14... e5 {
Now if White plays d3-d4, the position can simplify quite quickly and it will
be hard for White to count on winning chances. I would therefore probably have
played Wenn Weiß jetzt d3-d4 zieht, kann sich die Stellung recht schnell
vereinfachen, und es wird für den Anziehenden schwer sein, sich Gewinnchancen
auszurechnen. Gespielt hätte ich daher wahrscheinlich} 15. g3 {, retaining the
tension. Depending on events, I had in mind several plans: a3-b4, or h3-h4-h5,
or admitting my error and moving the knight from f3 and playing f2-f4. If
White manages to open the position favourably, then his two bishops will
obtain space for action. which will give him a small but lasting advantage. ,
was die Spannung aufrechterhält. Je nach Verlauf hatte ich mehrere Pläne im
Auge: a3-b4, oder h3-h4-h5, oder Einräumen meines Irrtums und Abzug des
Springers von f3 nebst f2-f4. Wenn Weiß es schafft, die Stellung günstig zu
öffnen, so werden seine Läufer Aktionsraum erhalten, was ihm einen kleinen,
aber anhaltenden Vorteil verschafft.}) 15. d4 Na4 $6 16. Re2 Qa5 $6 {Where is
she going? I could not understand Fabiano's plan. Surely he cannot think I am
going to blunder a pawn on b2 or a2? It is also clear that the knight on a4 is
occupying an unstable position and will sooner or later be driven back with
b2-b3. So Black just loses precious time. Wo will sie hin? Ich konnte Fabianos
Plan nicht begreifen. Er kann doch wohl nicht denken, dass ich auf b2 oder a2
einen Bauern einstelle? Klar ist auch, dass der Springer auf a4 eine unsichere
Stellung innehat und früher oder später mit b2-b3 zurückgetrieben wird. Daher
verliert Schwarz einfach kostbare Zeit.} 17. Rc1 {Defending the c3-pawn and in
what follows ready for a possible opening of the c-file. Deckt den c3-Bauern
und im Folgenden bereit für eine mögliche Öffnung der c-Linie.} Rad8 ({The
instability Black's pieces on the queenside is well illustrated by the
following variation, where he attempts to become active: Die Instabilität der
Figuren von Schwarz am Damenflügel wird gut illustriert durch die folgende
Variante, wo er versucht, aktiv zu werden:} 17... b4 $2 18. cxb4 {Now the
c-pawn cannot take, because the knight on c6 will be left hanging, whilst
after Nun kann der c-Bauern nicht nehmen, weil der Springer auf c6 hängen wird,
und nach} Qxb4 19. a3 $1 {Black loses the Na4. verliert Schwarz den Na4.}) 18.
Rec2 Qc7 19. b3 Nb6 20. a4 {Scenting blood, I also started to lose patience,
which almost cost me my advantage. In addition, my opponent finally obtains a
position where calculation matters: there is no need to think in terms of
plans, but concrete variations are everything. In such positions, he is
especially strong. Blut witternd, begann ich ebenfalls, die Geduld zu
verlieren, was mich fast meinen Vorteil kostete. Außerdem erhält mein Gegner
endlich eine Stellung, wo Berechnung zählt: Es ist nicht nötig, planbezogen zu
denken, dafür sind konkrete Varianten alles. In solchen Stellungen ist er
besonders stark.} ({The truth is that I thought this the best moment to open
the position, whereas after, for example, Die Wahrheit ist, dass ich diese für
den besten Moment hielt, die Stellung zu öffnen, während nach beispielsweise} 
20. Rd2 Na5 {it is not so easy to open the queenside, and it may be necessary
to transfer the focus of the battle to the other flank, which requires some
preparation and accuracy. nicht so leicht fällt, den Damenflügel zu öffnen,
und es vielleicht nötig ist, den Fokus der Schlacht auf die anderen Flanke zu
richten, was einiges an Vorbereitung und Genauigkeit erfordert.}) 20... bxa4
21. bxa4 c4 $5 {It often happens that if one player wants something, the other
tries to prevent it out of psychological considerations, even if objectively
it is not the best decision. Oft passiert es, dass wenn ein Spieler etwas will,
der andere versucht, dies aus psychologischen Erwägungen zu verhindern, selbst
wenn es objektiv nicht die beste Entscheidung ist.} ({I considered the logical
continuation to be Für die logische Fortsetzung hielt ich} 21... Nxa4 22. Ra2
Nb6 23. Rxa6 {and the white pieces obtain operating space on the queenside.
Now, however, the c4-pawn is cut off from the rest of its forces and becomes a
target. und die weißen Figuren erhalten Operationsspielraum am Damenflügel.
Jetzt allerdings ist der c4-Bauer vom Rest seiner Kräfte abgeschnitten und
wird zur Zielscheibe.}) 22. a5 $6 {Black's calculations prove correct. I
wanted immediately to open as many lines as possible on the queenside. Die
Berechnungen von Schwarz erweisen sich als korrekt. Ich wollte sofort so viele
Linien wie möglich am Damenflügel öffnen.} ({Otherwise, it is hard to explain
why I did not play the logical Ansonsten ist es schwer zu erklären, warum ich
nicht das logische} 22. Rb1 Na5 23. Rcb2 {occupying the only open file.
spielte, was die einzige offene Linie besetzt.} Rb8 ({Or Oder} 23... Nb3 24.
Qc2 $1 {followed by Nd2. nebst Nd2.} ({Things are not quite clear after Nicht
ganz klar sind ist die Sache nach} 24. Bxc4 Nxc4 (24... Qxc4 25. Rxb3 Nxa4 26.
Rb4 $18) 25. Rxb3 Nxe3 26. fxe3 Qc6 $1 {regaining the pawn , was den Bauern
zurückgewinnt -} 27. Qd3 Qxa4) 24... Nxa4 $140 25. Ra2 Nb6 26. Rxa6) 24. Nd2 {
with a clear advantage to White. It is far from clear how much longer Black
can defend his weaknesses on the queenside. mit eindeutigem Vorteil für Weiß.
Es ist bei weitem nicht klar, wie lange noch Schwarz seine Schwächen am
Damenflügel verteidigen kann.} Nb3 (24... e6 25. d5) (24... d5 25. g3) 25. Qc2
Nxa4 26. Ra2 Nxd2 27. Bxd2 Rxb1 28. Qxb1 Bh6 29. Bxh6 Nxc3 30. Qb2 Nxa2 31.
Bxf8 c3 32. Qxa2 Kxf8 33. Bd3 $18 {[%cal Gg1f1,Gf1e2,Ge2d1,Gd1c2]}) 22... Nxa5
23. Ra1 Nb3 24. Rxa6 d5 $6 {I find it strange that Black does not fight for
the open a-file. Ich finde es seltsam, dass Schwarz nicht um die offene
a-Linie kämpft.} (24... Ra8 {Maybe Caruana did not see that after Vielleicht
sah Caruana nicht, dass es nach} 25. Rca2 $2 {there is the double attack den
Doppelangriff} ({I would probably have played Gespielt hätte ich wahrscheinlich
} 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Rb2 Ra1 27. Rb1 Rxb1 28. Qxb1 {retaining some advantage,
although probably not as much as after 24...d5. , was einigen Vorteil
behauptet, wenngleich nicht so viel wie nach 24...d5.} d5) 25... Rxa6 26. Rxa6
Qb7 $1 {gibt.}) 25. exd5 Nxd5 26. Qe2 Na5 27. Bd2 Ra8 28. Rxa8 Rxa8 29. Ra2 Rc8
$6 {Another passive move, the only point of which is to defend the pawn on c4.
Noch ein passiver Zug, dessen einzige Zweck ist, den Bauern auf c4 zu decken.}
({Again, why not occupy the open file? Nochmals, warum nicht die offene Linie
besetzen?} 29... Rb8 30. g3 ({White gets little from Wenig erreicht Weiß mit} 
30. Ng5 Rb5 31. g3 h6 32. Nf3 e6) ({Or Oder} 30. Ne5 Bxe5 31. Qxe5 Qxe5 32.
dxe5 Rb5 (32... Nb3 $6 33. Be1 Nc1 34. Ra5 Nb6 35. Rb5 Nd3 36. Bd2 Nd7 37.
Rxb8+ Nxb8 38. f4 Nd7 39. Bxd3 cxd3 40. Kf2 $16) 33. g3 Rc5 34. Ra4 Nb6 35. Rb4
Nd5) 30... Nb3 (30... Rb1 31. Qe4) 31. Ra4 Nxd2 32. Qxd2 Nb6 33. Ra5 e6 34. Qa2
$14 {and one weakness on c4 may be insufficient for victory. In addition, not
much material remains and the opposite bishops neutralise much of the value of
any material advantage. und eine Schwäche auf c4 reicht vielleicht nicht für
den Sieg. Außerdem bleibt nicht viel Material, und die ungleichfarbigen Läufer
neutralisieren einen Großteil des Wertes jeglichen Materialvorteils.}) 30. Ng5
$5 {My opponent was already seriously short of time, which may explain his
passive moves. Mein Gegner war bereits in ernster Zeitnot, was vielleicht
seine passiven Züge erklärt.} ({Objectively the strongest was Objektiv am
stärksten war} 30. Ra4 $14 {, eyeing the c4-pawn. But I decided on another
move, which is not best, but is more unpleasant for my opponent in this
specific position. The move 30.Ng5 is a bit like knocking the puck into the
opponent's half in ice hockey. There are many threats: Ne6, Qf3, maybe even
Nxf7, whilst the Na5 is also hanging. , was den c4-Bauern beäugt. Aber ich
entschied mich für einen anderen Zug, welcher nicht der beste, aber für meinen
Gegner in dieser spezifischen Stellung unangenehmer ist. Der Zug ist ein
bisschen so, als würde man beim Eishockey den Puck in die gegnerische Hälfte
schlagen. Es gibt viele Drohungen: Ne6, Qf3, vielleicht sogar Nxf7, zudem
hängt auch noch der Na5.}) 30... Nb3 31. Qxc4 Nxd2 $4 $138 {My suspicions
quickly prove true. Fabiano cannot manage just with 30 second increments and
loses quickly, practically in just two moves. Meine Annahmen bewahrheiten sich
schnell. Fabiano schafft es nicht mit nur 30 Sekunden Aufschlag und verliert
rasch, praktisch in gerade zwei Zügen.} ({Of course, Natürlich ist} 31... Qxc4
{is bad: schlecht:} 32. Bxc4 Rxc4 33. Ra8+ Bf8 34. Ne6 $1 fxe6 35. Bh6 {
with a nice mate mit einem schönen Matt}) ({Best is Am besten ist} 31... Qb7 $1
32. Qa6 Qxa6 33. Bxa6 Ra8 {and Black is OK. und Schwarz ist okay.} 34. Be3 ({
Probably, if this had happened, I would not have risked Nicht risikiert hätte
ich wahrscheinlich, wäre es so gekommen,} 34. Be1 {since then it is White who
can have problems, with correct play: denn dann ist es Weiß, der bei korrektem
Spiel Probleme haben kann:} Nc1 $1 (34... Nc7 35. Rb2 Nxd4 36. Bc4 Nde6 37.
Nxe6 Nxe6 38. Bxe6 fxe6 39. Kf1 $14) 35. Rc2 Rxa6 36. Rxc1 Bh6 $1 {[%cal Gh6c1]
}) 34... Nxc3 35. Rc2 Nd1 36. Bc4 Nxd4 37. Bxf7+ Kh8 {with equality. mit
Ausgleich.}) 32. Qxd5 Nxf1 33. Nxf7 $1 {The most accurate. Am genausten.} ({
If Falls} 33. Qxf7+ Kh8 34. Ne6 Qh2+ 35. Kxf1 Bf6 36. Nc5 Qh1+ 37. Ke2 Qxg2 38.
Qe6 {Black still has some chances. He is only one pawn down, after all, whilst
in the game, he loses two at least. , so hat Schwarz noch einige Chancen. Er
hat schließlich nur einen Bauern weniger, während er in er Partie mindestens
zwei verliert.}) 33... e6 ({If Falls} 33... Qc4 {I considered, given my time
advantage, that it was good enough to play , so hielt ich es angesichts meines
Zeitvorteils für gut genug,} 34. Nh6+ $1 Kh8 35. Qxc4 Rxc4 36. Ra8+ Bf8 37.
Rxf8+ Kg7 38. Rf7+ Kxh6 39. Kxf1 Rxc3 40. Rxe7 {with a winning rook ending. zu
spielen, mit gewonnenem Turmendspiel.}) 34. Qxe6 Rf8 35. Ne5+ Kh8 36. Kxf1 {
and Black loses three pawns. und Schwarz verliert drei Bauern.} (36. Kxf1 Qxc3
37. Nf7+ Rxf7 38. Qxf7 {Thus I scored my first win in the tournament. In
general, Fabiano's play rather surprised me: in the first few rounds he, as
well as to me, should also have lost to Naiditsch and Leko. But he found some
strength from somewhere for the second half of the tournament, and in the end,
shared first place with Karjakin.   Damit erzielte ich meinen ersten Sieg in
dem Turnier. Generell fand ich Fabianos Spiel ziemlich überraschend: In den
ersten Runden hätte er, abgesehen von mir, auch gegen Naiditsch and Leko
verlieren sollen. Aber von irgendwoher fand er Kraft für die zweite Hälfte des
Turnier und teilte sich am Ende den ersten Platz mit Karjakin.}) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 40th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2012.07.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2012.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 {The most solid
continuation. The alternatives 6...Be4 and 6...Bg4 provoke some pawn advances,
but it's not clear whether it's a concession or not.} 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O dxc4 {
The standard operation in the centre. Later on Black is going to push one of
the two pawns: c6-c5 or e6-e5.} (8... Bd6 9. g3 O-O 10. a3 dxc4 11. Nxg6 hxg6
12. Bxc4 c5 13. Be2 Nb6 14. Bf3 Qe7 15. Qb3 Rfd8 16. Rd1 Rac8 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18.
Bd2 Rd7 19. Be1 $14 {1-0 Meier,G (2638)-Antoniewski,R (2607)/Marrakesh 2010/
CBM 137 Extra (47)}) 9. Nxg6 {Now it's time to capture the bishop.} ({In the
event of} 9. Bxc4 {Black has an option of keeping the bishop by} Bh5 $5 {
even though after} 10. Be2 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 {White can hope for a slight edge
thanks to his superiority in space.}) 9... hxg6 {White has got the pair of
bishops, the advantage of which may become apparent in the long run. Meanwhile
Black has opened the h-file for counterplay.} 10. Bxc4 Qc7 {Threatening mate
in one. Just in case.} (10... Bd6 11. g3 Qe7 12. f4 c5 13. d5 Nb6 14. Bb5+ Kf8
15. dxe6 Qxe6 16. Be2 c4 17. Bf3 Bc5 18. Qe2 Rd8 $132 {1/2-1/2 Bacrot,E (2721)
-Ivanchuk,V (2703)/Jermuk 2009/CBM 132 (63)}) 11. h3 g5 {[%cal Gg5g4]} 12. Be2
{The safest way. Instead White had the option to go for 12.e4, which could
force Black to sacrifice a piece. The resulting variations are spectacular,
but objectively risky for White as his king will be going for a walk.} (12. e4
g4 13. e5 gxh3 $1 14. exf6 hxg2 15. Kxg2 Qh2+ 16. Kf3 O-O-O (16... Ne5+ $6 17.
dxe5 Qh5+ 18. Ke3 Qxe5+ 19. Kd2 O-O-O+ 20. Bd3 Rh3 21. Kc2 Rdxd3 22. Qxd3 Rxd3
23. Kxd3 $14) 17. Ke2 c5 18. Qc2 Nxf6 19. Nb5 (19. Be3 cxd4 20. Rh1 dxe3 21.
Rxh2 Rxh2 22. Kxe3 Bc5+ 23. Kf3 Rxf2+ 24. Qxf2 Bxf2 25. Kxf2 Rd2+ 26. Ke3 Rxb2
$15) 19... a6 20. Na7+ $1 Kb8 21. Nc6+ $1 bxc6 22. Rh1 $1 Qxh1 23. Bf4+ Bd6 24.
Rxh1 Rxh1 25. Qb3+ Kc7 26. Bxd6+ Kxd6 27. dxc5+ Ke7 28. Qb7+ Rd7 29. Qxc6 $13)
12... e5 13. Bd2 (13. d5 e4 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Qc2 Qe5 {with ideas such Bf8-d6
and g5-g4 promises Black good counterplay.}) 13... Rd8 14. Rc1 Nb6 15. Re1 (15.
a4 a6 16. a5 Nbd5 17. Nxd5 Rxd5 18. Bc4 Rd7 {is very similar to the game. The
position is approximately equal.}) 15... Be7 16. a4 a6 {Black should not allow
the white pawn to get to a6 and ruin the structure.} 17. a5 Nbd5 18. Nxd5 Rxd5
(18... Nxd5 $6 19. dxe5 Qxe5 20. Qb3 Rd7 21. Bf3 O-O 22. Rcd1 Bd6 23. g3 $14)
19. Bc4 Rd7 20. Qb3 (20. dxe5 $2 Ne4 21. Qf3 Qxe5 $1 22. Qxf7+ Kd8 23. Bc3 Nxc3
24. bxc3 Bd6 25. Qe6 Qh2+ 26. Kf1 Rf8 27. Rcd1 Qh1+ 28. Ke2 Qxg2 $17) 20... O-O
{Black can no longer delay castling.} 21. d5 Ne4 22. Qd3 (22. Bb4 $1 c5 (22...
Bxb4 $6 23. Qxb4 c5 24. Qa3 Nd6 25. Be2 Rc8 26. Rc2 $16 {[%csl Rc5]}) 23. Bd3
Qd8 24. Bc3 (24. Bxe4 cxb4 $11) 24... Nxc3 25. Qxc3 Rxd5 26. Be4 Rd7 27. Qxe5
g6 (27... Qxa5 $4 28. Qf5 $18 {[%cal Gf5d7,Gf5h7]}) 28. Qc3 {White doesn't
have much, but still Black is the one who needs to equalise.}) 22... Nxd2 23.
Qxd2 e4 {Now Black is fine.} 24. Red1 Rfd8 25. Qe2 (25. Qd4 Qxa5 26. Qxe4 Bf6
$15) 25... c5 {The centre has become static, White's passed pawn will be
safely blocked by the bishop.} (25... Qxa5 $6 26. dxc6 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 bxc6 28.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. Qg4 $14) 26. b4 Qe5 {The position is still equal, but from a
practical point of view it's easier to handle it for the Black side, as he can
potentially create some threats against the white king.} 27. b5 Bd6 28. Qg4 $6
{The queen is not well posted here. In general White should play g2-g3 and
transfer his bishop to g2. This will secure the king's residence.} (28. g3 axb5
29. Bxb5 Re7 30. Qc2 f5 (30... Qf5 31. Bf1 $11) 31. Qc3 {After the exchange of
queens White will never get mated.}) 28... axb5 29. Bxb5 Re7 30. g3 g6 31. Kg2
$6 ({Again} 31. Bf1 $142 {[%cal Yf1g2] to make the king safe.}) 31... Kg7 32.
Rh1 $6 {Another step in the wrong direction. After this it's already difficult
for White to defend.} (32. Bf1 Rh8 33. Qe2 f5 34. Rb1 f4 35. Qb2 {is the
saving idea.}) 32... Rh8 33. Be2 (33. Rb1 f5 34. Qxg5 $2 Rh5 35. Qf4 Qf6 $19 {
[%csl Rf4]}) (33. Qe2 f5 $17 {[%cal Gf5f4]}) {[%tqu "En","Find the best move
for Black.","","","h8h5","Simply protecting the Pg5. Now Black is going to
roll the f-pawn forward to assault the white king.",5]} 33... Rh5 $1 {[%cal
Gf7f5] Simply protecting the Pg5. Now Black is going to roll the f-pawn
forward to assault the white king.} 34. Qc8 $2 {Obviously, a disastrous move
as the queen is going into a desert. On the other hand White's position is
already bad.} (34. Bc4 f5 35. Qd1 f4 36. Rc2 Qf6 $1 $40 (36... fxe3 $2 37. Qa1
{swapping the queen even at the cost of a pawn.})) 34... Rc7 35. Qa8 Rh8 36.
Qa7 {The queen has gone too far from the battlefield.} f5 37. Qb6 f4 {Black's
attack is irresistible.} 38. exf4 gxf4 39. gxf4 Qxf4 40. Qb3 Rf8 41. Qe3 {
The queen comes back to the defence, but too late.} Qf6 (41... Qh4 $1 {[%cal
Gc7f7] was more convincing.}) 42. Rc4 Bf4 43. Qxe4 Re7 44. Qd3 Bd6 {An extra
pawn doesn't help White much, the king is too vulnerable. Opposite coloured
bishops clearly favour the attacking side.} 45. f4 Rfe8 46. Bg4 Re3 47. Qc2
Bxf4 48. Rb1 Rg3+ 49. Kh1 Rxg4 $1 {The decisive strike.} 50. hxg4 Qh4+ 51. Kg1
Qxg4+ 52. Kf1 Qh3+ {A good game by Ponomariov.} (52... Qh3+ 53. Qg2 Qd3+ $19)
0-1

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 40th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2012.07.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2012.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 {Weiß muss genau wissen,
wie er nach 5...Nf6 in Vorteil kommt:} (5... Nf6 6. d4 $1 {Der stärkste Zug.} (
6. Nxe5 Be7 7. d4 O-O 8. Nc3 a6 9. Be2 d6 10. Nf3 Re8 11. Bf4 Bf8 12. Qd2 h6
13. h3 Bf5 $11 {Carlsen - Anand (Kristiansund, 2010)}) 6... e4 7. d5 Be7 8. Ng5
(8. dxc6 bxc6 9. Bxc6 dxc6 10. Qxd8+ Bxd8 11. Nc3 O-O $15) 8... a6 9. Ba4 b5
10. Bb3 Ne5 11. Nc3 $14) 6. Nxe5 {Nicht mehr als die Möglichkeit, den Gegner
in eine Falle zu locken, bringt 6.Bxc6:} (6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nxe5 Be7 8. Qe2 Be6
9. d3 Nf5 $1 (9... O-O $2 10. Nxf7 Rxf7 11. Qxe6 $16) 10. Nd2 O-O $11) 6... Be7
7. Bf1 (7. Bd3 O-O 8. Nc3 Nxe5 9. Rxe5 c6 10. b3 Ne8 11. Qf3 d5 12. Bb2 Bf6 13.
Re2 Nc7 14. Na4 Bxb2 15. Nxb2 Ne6 $11 {Shirov - Ivanchuk (Monte Carlo, 1995)})
7... Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 {Die Hauptvariante ist 9.d4, aber auch dann
gleicht Schwarz leicht aus.} (9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Nf5 11. c3 (11. d5 Re8 12. Nd2
Rxe1 13. Qxe1 d6 14. Ne4 Bd4 15. c3 Bb6 16. a4 a6 17. a5 Ba7 $11 {Popov - Ni
Hua (Dagomys, 2008)}) 11... d5 12. Bf4 c6 13. Nd2 Nh4 14. Bd3 Bf5 $11) 9... Bf6
10. Re1 c6 {Ich denke, dass Schwarz nach 10....Nf5 leicht ausgleicht.} (10...
Nf5 11. Nd5 c6 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. c3 d5 14. d4 Nd6 15. Qh5 h6 $11 {Zinchenko -
Kryvoruchko (Rethymnon, 2010)}) 11. d4 Nf5 12. d5 $1 {Hier nutzt Weiß die
Stellung des schwarzen Bauern auf c6 aus.} d6 13. Ne4 {Die Alternativen
bringen wenig.} (13. Bd3 Be5 14. Be4 Bd7 15. Qd3 g6 $1 (15... Qf6 $2 16. g4 $1
Nh4 17. g5 Qd8 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 19. Re4 $16 {Guseinov - Sargissian (Porto Carras,
2011)})) (13. Bf4 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qf6 15. c4 c5 16. Bd3 Nd4 17. Be3 h6 18. Qh5
Bd7 19. c3 Nf5 20. Bd2 Nh4 $11 {Fedorov - Sturua (Dubai, 2009)}) 13... Be7 {
Der Rückzug sieht etwas passiv aus. Mir gefällt der typische Zug ...Be5 besser:
} (13... Be5 14. c3 (14. f4 $2 Bd4+ 15. Kh1 cxd5 $15) 14... Qb6 {Schwarz
verhindert f4.} 15. dxc6 (15. Bc4 Bd7 16. Qb3 Rae8 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bd2 Qc7 $132
{Vishnu - Hess (Chalkis, 2010)}) (15. Kh1 cxd5 16. Qxd5 Be6 $36) 15... bxc6 16.
Nd2 Qd8 17. Nc4 Bf6 18. Bf4 d5 $11 {Asrian - Sargissian (Moscow, 2006)}) 14. c3
Nh4 {Der Springer macht Platz für den weißfeldrigen Läufer.} (14... cxd5 15.
Qxd5 Qb6 16. Bg5 Be6 17. Qd2 $14 {Guliyev - Meszaros (Bastia, 2010)}) 15. g3
Ng6 (15... cxd5 $6 16. Nd2 (16. Qxd5 Nf3+ $19) 16... Nf5 17. Nb3 Be6 18. Bg2
$14 {Weiß gewinnt den Bauern zurück und Schwarz verbleibt mit isoliertem Bauer
d6.}) 16. f4 f5 17. Nf2 c5 $11 {Das ist eine typische Stellung mit
gleichwertigen Chancen.} 18. Bd2 (18. c4 Bf6 $11) 18... Bf6 19. Qc2 Ne7 20. c4
$6 {Mir scheint der Zug verdächtig zu sein. Der Plan mit der Überführung des
Springers nach c4 sieht interessanter aus.} (20. Nd1 $5 Bd7 (20... Nxd5 $4 21.
Bc4 $18) 21. a4 Kh8 22. Ne3 Ng8 23. Nc4 $14) 20... Kh8 21. a4 (21. Bc3 Ng8 22.
Nd3 Bxc3 23. Qxc3 Nf6 $11) 21... Bd7 $1 {Schwarz lässt sich auf keine
Provokationen ein. Ein Fehler wäre es, ...a5 zu spielen:} (21... a5 22. Nd1 $14
{/\Nc3-Nb5}) 22. Bd3 Qc7 23. Kg2 Rae8 {Schwarz will Figuren tauschen und sich
damit das Leben leichter machen.} 24. Nh3 b6 (24... h6 25. Ng1 Qc8 26. Nf3 $14)
25. Bc3 {Wenn Weiß seinen Springer gegen den schwarzen Läufer tauschen lässt,
sind die Folgen gar nicht so eindeutig.} (25. Ng5 Bxg5 $5 26. fxg5 Ng6 27. Rxe8
Rxe8 28. Bc3 Ne5 $132) 25... Bxc3 26. Qxc3 Ng8 (26... h6 27. Ng1 Ng6 28. h4
Rxe1 29. Rxe1 Qd8 30. h5 Ne7 31. Qc2 $14 {/\Nf3-Nh4.}) 27. Ng5 Nf6 28. b3 (28.
Ne6 Bxe6 29. Rxe6 Rxe6 30. dxe6 Qc6+ 31. Kg1 Ne4 32. Bxe4 fxe4 $132) 28... h6 {
Schwarz will Weiß zu Ne6 zwingen.} 29. Nf3 (29. Ne6 Bxe6 30. Rxe6 Rxe6 31. dxe6
Qc6+ 32. Kg1 Ne4 33. Bxe4 fxe4 $132) 29... Kh7 $1 {Der Druck von Weiß wird
reduziert. Nun will Schwarz ...g6 spielen.} 30. h3 (30. Nh4 g6 31. Rxe8 Nxe8
32. Re1 Qd8 $11) 30... Qd8 31. Ra2 {Weiß hat sehr langsam gespielt, so dass
Schwarz überhaupt kein Problem hat. Er kann einfach alle Türme tauschen und
damit in ein gleiches Endspiel gehen.} Rxe1 32. Qxe1 Re8 33. Re2 Rxe2+ 34. Qxe2
g6 $11 {Schwarz hat keine Schwächen und die Stellung ist Remis.} 35. Nd2 Kg7
36. Nb1 Kf7 37. Nc3 Nh5 {Nun muss Weiß aufpassen, die schwarze Dame will nach
f6 und dann nach d4 gehen.} 38. Qe3 Qf6 39. Be2 Ng7 40. Kf2 g5 41. Bf3 g4 42.
Bg2 h5 43. h4 a5 44. Ke1 Qe7 45. Qxe7+ Kxe7 46. Bf1 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 40th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2012.07.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D29"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2012.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Qe2 Nc6 9. e4 b5 10. Bb3 Bb7 (10... Nd4 {is the main theoretical line. The
text move is considered less accurate but the present game doesn't confirm
that conclusion.}) 11. Nc3 (11. e5 {is another option.}) 11... Nd4 (11... Qc7
12. e5 Nd7 13. Bf4 Nd4 (13... g5 $6 14. Nxg5 Nd4 15. Qh5 O-O-O {1-0 Vera
Gonzalez Quevedo,R (2455)-Rechlis,G (2515)/Berlin West 1988/TD (27)} 16. Kh1
$16 {R.Vera}) (13... Ne7 14. Ne4 Ng6 15. Bg3 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 $16 {[%cal Gh2h4,
Gh4h5] 1-0 Ehlvest,J (2610)-Zilberman,Y (2560)/Eupen 1997/CBM 062/[Huzman] (27)
The advantage of two bishops and possibility of an attack on the kingside
gives White a clear advantage}) (13... Na5 14. Bc2 Rc8 {1-0 Vera Gonzalez
Quevedo,R (2480)-Espinoza,R (2355)/Durango 1989/EXT 2010 (31)} 15. Rac1 $36)
14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15. Rac1 Nc5 16. Rfd1 Rd8 17. Qg4 O-O 18. Bg5 Bxe5 19. Bxd8 Rxd8
$14 {1-0 Hjartarson,J (2605)-Ross,D (2345)/Winnipeg 1997/CBM 060 ext (24)}) (
11... Nd7 12. e5 Nd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. Rd1 Qb6 15. Qd2 Qc6 16. Bd5 exd5 17.
Qxd4 O-O 18. Nxd5 Rfe8 19. Bf4 Qxd5 20. Qxd5 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Nb6 22. Rd2 Nc4 23.
Re2 $14 {1/2 Georgiev,K (2675)-Gyimesi,Z (2505)/Ulcinj 1998/EXT 1999 (50)}) 12.
Nxd4 Bxd4 13. e5 Nd5 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (13... Nd7 {leads to the
above-mentioned line.}) 14. Nxd5 (14. Rd1 Bxc3 15. bxc3 O-O {is hardly
dangerous for Black.}) 14... Bxd5 15. Rd1 Bxb3 16. axb3 Qb6 17. Bd2 O-O 18. Ba5
Qa7 19. Rd2 f6 {The simplest course.} 20. exf6 ({Or} 20. Bc3 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Qc5
$5 22. exf6 Qxc3 23. Qxe6+ Rf7 24. Rad1 Qxf6 {, and Black should safely reach
a draw.}) 20... Rxf6 21. Rxd4 Qxd4 22. Bc3 Qf4 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 $11 {Black has a
weak e6-pawn but White's doubled pawns need protection, too. Therefore the
position is equal.} 24. Rc1 Qf5 25. h3 Qd5 26. Qe3 h6 27. b4 Rf8 28. f3 Rd8 29.
Kh1 Kh8 30. Re1 Qd4 31. Qc3 Qxc3 32. bxc3 Rd3 33. Rxe6 Rxc3 34. Rxa6 Rc4 35.
Rb6 Rxb4 36. f4 Rxf4 37. Rxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 40th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2012.07.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2012.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1
b5 9. Bc2 Nd7 {Despite the lack of tension in the centre, Black starts
regrouping in the spirit of the Keres Variation.} 10. d4 {A rare continuation.
The loss of one tempo is relative. Black has retreated with his bishop
directly to c2, which can be useful sometimes. For instance if White plays
d4-d5 he does not need to fear ...Na5. Having saved on h2-h3 is not a big
achievement, since the pawn is useful on h3 anyway (in fact, White will play
that move at a slightly later stage of the game).} ({White usually delays the
occupation of the centre in order to keep Black in some confusion about his
real plans. True, it could all lead to a transposition.} 10. Nbd2 Nb6 (10...
Bf6 11. Nf1 Ne7 12. d4 {Now that Black has released the pressure against the
d4-square, this looks logical.} Ng6 13. Ne3 Nb6 14. a4 $14 {Sivokho,S (2469)
-Orlov,A (2367)/St Petersburg 2000/EXT 2001 (1-0, 80)}) 11. d4 {White has at
least waited until Black committed his knight.} (11. h3 $5 {deserves attention,
but the following game is not too relevant, since Black played poorly:} Re8 12.
Nf1 h6 13. Ng3 Bf8 14. d4 g6 15. b3 Bg7 16. Be3 exd4 17. cxd4 d5 18. Qd2 h5 19.
e5 $16 {Hanley,C (2418)-Boudre,J (2325)/Donostia San Sebastian 2006 (1-0, 32)})
(11. Nf1 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. d4 Bxc2 14. Qxc2 Bf6 $132 {Romanov,E (2500)
-Howell,D (2471)/Yerevan 2006/CBM 114 ext (1-0, 54)}) 11... Bf6 12. Nf1 exd4 (
12... Bg4 13. d5 Ne7 14. h3 Bd7 15. Ng3 g6 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Qd2 c6 18. dxc6 Bxc6
19. Rad1 Nc4 20. Qc1 Qc7 21. Rd3 d5 22. Ng5 $36 {Zaitsev,I (2450)-Lukacs,P 
(2385)/Szolnok 1975/MCD (1-0, 39)}) 13. Nxd4 (13. cxd4 $6 Bg4) 13... Bd7 14.
Ng3 g6 15. Bh6 Re8 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Qc1 Nc4 $11 {Kobalia,M (2672)-Beliavsky,A
(2619)/Aix-les-Bains 2011/CBM 142 (1-0, 41)}) 10... Bb7 11. Nbd2 ({If} 11. d5 {
as in Horstmann,B-Banik,N/Wewelsburg 1994/EXT 2002 (1/2, 46), the best way to
maintain the flexibility is} Ncb8 12. a4 c6 $132) 11... Bf6 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ne3
$146 {[%cal Ge3g4,Ge3d5,Ge3f5] Targetting several important squares.} (13. Ng3
{is less active.} g6 14. a4 Na5 15. axb5 axb5 16. Bd3 exd4 17. cxd4 b4 18. Bf4
Nc6 {1/2 Bouaziz,S (2379)-Malupande,L (2338)/Cairo 2001/CBM 084 ext}) 13... Nb6
(13... Ne7 14. Ng4 Ng6 {is likely to transpose above to Sivokho,S (2469)-Orlov,
A (2367)/St Petersburg 2000/EXT 2001 (1-0, 80).}) 14. Ng4 {Quite consistent,
but not the only plan.} (14. d5 $5 {Blocking the centre is always an important
option.} Ne7 15. Ng4 Nd7 (15... Ng6 $2 16. Nxf6+ $16 Qxf6 $2 17. Bg5 $18) 16.
a4 Ng6 17. g3 Be7 18. h4 $5 $14 {Black has serious problems finding good
squares for ALL his minor pieces.}) 14... Bc8 15. h3 {So, White has played
this typical move anyway.} ({Exchanging at once allows Black complete his
development:} 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. h3 Qg6 17. Kh2 Bd7 {Black's position is quite
solid. For White, it is not easy to put his bishop pair to work.}) 15... Bxg4 {
Relatively best.} ({If} 15... Bd7 16. d5 $5 {the knight could not go to e7
already.}) 16. hxg4 $14 {White has the bishop pair, a strong centre and space
advantage on the kingside. In the long run, he might get an attack along the
h-file.} g6 (16... h6 17. d5 Nb8 (17... Ne7 18. g5 $36) 18. a4 $14) 17. d5 Ne7
18. g3 {In the next phase of the game, Ponomariov will dedicate too much
attention to the kingside, where his attacking chances are not too concrete
yet.} ({The absence of Black's light-squared bishop would have made itself
felt after a2-a4, now or slightly later:} 18. a4 $5 $14 {[%cal Gd1e2,Gc2d3]
Apart from weakening the b5-pawn, White would solve the problem of his
queenside development.}) 18... Qd7 19. g5 Bg7 20. Kg2 (20. a4 $5) 20... c6 21.
dxc6 Qxc6 22. Nh2 d5 $132 {Black has improved his position a lot over the past
few moves. He has gained space in the centre and got rid of the backward
d6-pawn. At the same time, White's development is not complete yet.} 23. exd5 (
23. Ng4 {may have been more consequent with the initial plan, although the
position remains unclear after} Rad8 24. Qf3 d4 25. Rh1 $13) 23... Nexd5 24.
Be4 Rad8 25. Qf3 Qe6 {Black's harmonious development compensates for the
slight strategic problems on the kingside.} 26. Ng4 Na4 27. Rd1 Nc7 28. Rxd8
Rxd8 29. Bc2 Nc5 (29... Nd5 $5 {would have made it harder for White to develop
his queenside.}) 30. Be3 {At last White makes some progress with his
development, but this does not guarantee him an advantage since Black is very
active.} Nd3 31. Rd1 e4 32. Nf6+ Bxf6 33. Qxf6 Qxf6 34. gxf6 Nd5 35. Bd4 (35.
Bxd3 Nxe3+ 36. fxe3 Rxd3 $1 $15 37. Rxd3 $2 exd3 38. Kf2 h5 39. Ke1 g5 $19)
35... Nxb2 36. Re1 e3 $5 37. Be4 (37. fxe3 Nxf6 $5 $13 38. Bxf6 $2 Rd2+ $17)
37... exf2 38. Kxf2 h5 $15 {White's bishop pair looks active, but Black's
knights have good squares, too. Black's structure is better not only from the
qualitative point of view, but also numerically!} 39. Kf3 Nc7 40. Bb7 Rb8 41.
Re7 Rxb7 42. Be5 Rb6 43. Rxc7 Nc4 $17 44. Bd4 Re6 45. Kf4 Nd6 46. Ra7 Nf5 47.
Be5 Nxg3 48. Re7 Nf5 49. Rd7 Nh6 50. Re7 Ng4 51. Bd4 Kf8 0-1

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 40th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2012.07.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2012.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c4 $5 {The old
Duras system.} O-O 8. h3 Nd7 9. Be3 Bf6 10. Nc3 Nd4 11. Bxd7 $146 (11. Bxd4
exd4 12. Ne2 c5 13. Qd2 b5 {Guseinov,G (2557)-Jenni,F (2522)/Plovdiv 2003/CBM
098 (0-1, 60)}) (11. b4 c6 12. Nh2 a5 13. b5 Nc5 {Bodnaruk,A (2417)-Tarasova,V
(2275)/St Petersburg 2011/CBM 144 Extra (1-0, 59)}) 11... Bxd7 12. Nd5 b5 13.
c5 $5 dxc5 14. Rc1 c6 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Rxc5 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Qxf3 18. gxf3 Rae8
19. Kh2 f5 $11 {The mutual weaknesses tend to compensate for each other and
the presence of opposite-coloured bishops increases the probability of a draw.}
20. Rg1 Rf6 21. d4 exd4 22. Bxd4 Rg6 23. Rxg6 hxg6 24. Be5 Kf7 25. h4 Rh8 26.
Kg3 Rh5 27. Bf4 fxe4 28. Rxh5 gxh5 29. fxe4 Be6 30. a3 c5 31. Bd6 b4 32. a4 a5
33. Bxc5 Bd7 34. Bb6 Bxa4 35. Bxa5 b3 36. Kf4 g6 37. Bc3 Bd7 38. Kg5 Bg4 39. f4
Bf3 40. f5 Bxe4 41. fxg6+ Bxg6 42. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 40th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2012.07.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gustafsson, Jan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2012.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Mueller,Ka} d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7.
Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 e5 {In recent times, Black has tried all sort of
semi-waiting moves before getting his counterplay started. In this game,
Ponomariov prefers to play simple chess and will do it wonderfully well!} 10.
Bb3 {This line made a great furore about a quarter of a century ago, much
under the influence of the analytical efforts of Lev Polugajevsky..} h6 $5 {
A relatively rare continuation, preparing ...Re8 followed by ...e4.} ({The old
continuation is} 10... Qe7 11. Bd2 {, when Black is somewhat short of
constructive plans.} e4 ({With the queen on e7,} 11... h6 {is strongly met by}
12. Nh4 {as, for instance, in Polugaevsky,L (2620)-Daillet,E (2290)/Meudon
1991/ (1-0, 38)}) 12. Ng5 {This looks risky, but Polugaevsky had worked out
all the details.} Bxh2+ 13. Kxh2 Ng4+ 14. Kg1 Qxg5 15. Qxe4 Ndf6 16. Qf4 Qxf4
17. exf4 Nh6 18. d5 $36 {Polugaevsky,L (2595)-Pinter,J (2575)/Zagreb 1987/CBM
004/[Ftacnik] (1-0, 83). Ulterior games did not change the evaluation of this
line as favourable for White.}) 11. h3 (11. Rd1 $5 {deserves attention,
forcing Black to define his intentions regardind the queen.} Qc7 (11... Qe7 12.
Nh4 $16 {Zagorskis,D (2485)-Just,F (2215)/Berlin 1997/CBM 059 ext (1-0, 29)}) (
11... exd4 $5 $146 {may be the best solution. After the rook has been
committed to d1, the opening of the e-file may be less dangerous for Black.})
12. h3 b5 13. Bd2 Bb7 14. Rac1 a6 15. dxe5 $6 (15. Nd5 $1 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Rac8
17. Qf5 $36) 15... Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Rfd8 19. Bf3 c5 20.
Bxb7 Qxb7 {1/2 Eingorn,V (2560)-Bagirov,V (2460)/Palma de Mallorca 1989/TD})
11... Re8 12. Bd2 e4 {The most ambitious continuation, gaining space and
playing against the d2-bishop.} ({In fact, it seems that even the slightly
"cooperative"} 12... exd4 {is playable:} 13. exd4 Nf8 14. Rad1 Be6 {Sokolov,I 
(2615)-Arduman,C (2405)/Pula 1997/CBM 057 ext (1-0, 41). Despite the final
result, Black seems to be OK here.}) 13. Nh4 $146 {A novelty that does not
change anything essentially.} ({Black managed to consolidate on light squares
after} 13. Nh2 Nb6 14. f4 Bd7 15. Rfd1 Nbd5 16. a3 Be6 {Andriulaitis,V (2581)
-Lueers,J/ICCF Email 1999/Corr 2002 (1/2, 25)}) 13... Bb8 14. Nf5 Nb6 15. Ng3
Bxg3 16. fxg3 Be6 {Black has achieved a good position, with some hopes of
simplifying to an ending with a good knight versus a bad bishop. It is
interesting to follow how this will actually happen in the game!} 17. g4 Bc4
18. Bxc4 Nxc4 19. Ne2 $6 {Gustafsson obviously lost his way by this moment.
This move will eventually lead to the loss of two tempi.} (19. Rf5 Nd6 20. Re5
$5 {looks more active, although Black could more or less force a draw with} Nc4
{(Exchanging rooks on e8 would just bring Black closer to the desired ending).}
) ({Or why not:} 19. Rf2 $5 {[%cal Ga1f1,Gd2c1]}) 19... Nd6 20. Nc3 $6 ({After
} 20. Ng3 Nd5 {the d5-knight surely is irritating.}) ({Optically, it looks
better to play} 20. Nf4 {although after} Nd5 {things may gradually transpose
to the game.}) 20... Rc8 21. Be1 Nd5 22. Nxd5 $6 {One more concession. Opening
the c-file permits further simplifications.} ({It would have been wiser to
maintain the tension with} 22. Qe2 $5 {[%cal Ge1g3]}) 22... cxd5 23. Qe2 Re7
24. Bh4 f6 25. Rac1 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Rc7 27. Qe1 Rxc1 28. Qxc1 Qc8 29. Qxc8+ Nxc8
{We have finally reached the aforementioned dream ending. I wonder whether
Gustafsson had anticipated the danger, because I am amazed to see that my
computer does NOT!!} 30. Kf1 Kf7 31. Ke2 Kg6 {Black clears the way for his
king by exploiting the relative weakness of the doubled pawns.} 32. Bg3 h5 $1
33. gxh5+ Kxh5 34. Bc7 Ne7 35. Bd6 Nc6 36. b3 g5 37. g3 f5 38. Kd2 f4 $1 39.
gxf4 $2 {I believe that after this natural move White cannot save the game
anymore.} (39. exf4 $2 {is equally bad.} g4 $1 (39... gxf4 40. Bxf4 Nxd4 {
is not entirely clear.}) 40. hxg4+ (40. h4 Nxd4 41. Bc5 Nf5 42. Bf2 e3+ 43.
Bxe3 Nxg3 $19) 40... Kxg4 41. Ke3 Kxg3 $17 {[%cal Gg3g4,Gg4f5]} 42. f5+ $6 Kg4
43. f6 Nd8 $19) (39. Ke2 $5 {was the only hope to set up a reliable fortress.}
fxg3 ({I am not sure whether Black can open the position after} 39... f3+) 40.
Kf1 g4 41. Kg2 gxh3+ 42. Kxh3 g2 43. Kxg2 Kg4 {Black's king is less advanced
than in the game, and I suspect that White should be able to defend.}) 39...
gxf4 40. Bxf4 Kh4 41. Bd6 Kxh3 42. Ke2 Kg2 {The black king has reached such an
advanced position that, with the minor pieces off board the ending would be
easily won for Black. The way it is, Black only needs to get his knight to g3
in order to win, but the mobile white bishop can try to prevent this plan.} 43.
Bc5 a6 44. Bd6 Nd8 45. Be5 Nf7 {Just checking! /\...Ng5-h3-f2-h1-g3+; /\...
Nh6-g4-f2-h1-g3+} 46. Bf4 $1 Nd8 {Changing the plan.} 47. Be5 Kg1 48. Ke1 Nc6
49. Bd6 Na7 $1 {Mueller,Ka: When the knight has full control it has time for
long manoeuvres and can often work wonders:} 50. a4 $2 {Mueller,Ka: 'This
fatally weakens the queenside.'} ({I have not managed to break a waiting
defence, e.g.} 50. Bb4 {Mueller,Ka} Kg2 51. Ke2 Nb5 52. Bf8 Nc3+ ({Sending the
knight to the kingside does not help as White can defend one flank
successfully, e.g.} 52... Nc7 53. Bg7 Ne6 54. Bf6 Nf8 55. Bd8 Ng6 56. Bf6 Kg3
57. Be5+ Kg4 58. Bf6 Nh4 59. Be5 Kh3 60. Kf2 Nf3 61. Kf1 Nh2+ 62. Kg1 Ng4 63.
Bf4 $11) 53. Kd2 Nxa2 54. b4 {[%cal Ga2b4,Ga2c3,Ga2c1] and Black can not win
as his knight is trapped, e.g.} Kf2 55. Bd6 b6 ({The enterprising knight
sacrifice} 55... Nc1 $5 {also fails to win:} 56. Kxc1 Kxe3 57. Bg3 Kd3 58. Kd1
Kc4 59. Be1 Kxd4 60. Ke2 e3 61. Bg3 Ke4 62. Bc7 d4 63. Bb6 d3+ 64. Ke1 Kf3 65.
Bd8 d2+ 66. Kd1 Kf2 67. Bb6 $11) 56. Be7 a5 (56... Kf3 57. Bd6 Kg2 58. Kc2 Kf2
59. Kd2 $11) 57. b5 Nb4 58. Bd8 a4 59. Bxb6 a3 60. Kc3 Kxe3 61. Bc5 a2 62. Kb2
Nd3+ 63. Kxa2 Kf3 64. b6 e3 65. b7 e2 66. b8=Q e1=Q 67. Qf8+ $11) 50... Nc6 $1
{Mueller,Ka: 'The invasion of the knight can not be stopped in the long run.'}
51. b4 (51. Ke2 {Mueller,Ka} Na5 52. Kd2 Nxb3+ 53. Kc3 Na5 54. Kb4 Nc4 55. Bc7
b6 $19) 51... Kg2 52. Ke2 Na7 53. Bc5 Nc8 $3 {Mueller,Ka: 'For the moment the
knight is dominated but White will fall in zugzwang sooner or later.'} 54. a5 (
54. b5 {Mueller,Ka is met by} axb5 55. axb5 b6 56. Bf8 Na7 57. Be7 Nxb5 58. Bd8
Nc3+ 59. Kd2 Nb1+ 60. Kc1 Na3 61. Bxb6 Nc4 $19 {[%cal Gc4b6,Gc4e3]}) 54... Kg3
$1 {Mueller,Ka: 'This puts White in deadly zugzwang.'} 55. Bf8 Na7 56. Bd6+ Kg2
57. Bc5 Nb5 58. Bf8 Na3 59. Be7 Nc4 60. Bc5 Nb2 61. Be7 Nd3 62. Bd6 Nf2 63. Bf4
{And once again we can see a familiar pattern: the knight gets cornered before
being crowned the hero of the game!} Nh1 $3 {As in a famous
Nimzowich-Rubinstein game, the corner is the best square for changing paths.}
64. Kd2 Kf3 65. b5 {Mueller,Ka: 'Desperation as waiting passivly does not help,
e.g.'} (65. Ke1 {Mueller,Ka} Ng3 66. Bg5 Nf5 67. Kd2 Nd6 $19 {[%cal Gd6c4]})
65... axb5 66. Kc3 Nf2 67. Bg5 Nd1+ 68. Kb4 (68. Kd2 {Mueller,Ka} Nb2 $19 {
[%cal Gb2c4,Gc4e3,Gc4a5]}) 68... Nxe3 69. Kxb5 Nc4 70. Kc5 e3 {Mueller,Ka:
'and White resigned as his counterplay is always just too slow:'} (70... e3 71.
Bxe3 (71. Bh4 Ke4 72. Be1 e2 73. Bc3 Ne3 74. Kb6 Nc2 75. Kxb7 Kd3 76. a6 Kxc3
77. a7 e1=Q 78. a8=Q Qe7+ $19) 71... Nxe3 72. Kb6 Nc4+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 40th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2012.07.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2012.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Rc1 b6 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. g3 Ba6 12. e3 Bb7 $146 {Hardly a worthy
novelty. Black has no reason to evade the exchange of his rather passive
bishop.} (12... c5 {is usually played here:} 13. dxc5 (13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. O-O
Nc7 (14... Qb7 15. b3 Rac8 16. Nh4 Rfd8 17. Qg4 Kh7 18. Rfd1 g6 19. Nf3 $14 {
1-0 Lputian,S (2625)-Sargissian,G (2470)/Yerevan 1999/CBM 074/[Tsesarsky] (87)}
) (14... c4 $5) 15. b3 Rac8 16. Re1 Rfd8 17. h4 {1-0 Petrosian,T (2640)
-Portisch,L (2645)/Palma de Mallorca 1974/Candidates/[Bulletin] (40)} Ne8 $11 {
[%cal Ye8f6]}) 13... bxc5 (13... Bb7 14. Bg2 bxc5 15. O-O Nd7 16. Qb3 Rfb8 17.
Qa3 Qe6 18. Rfd1 a5 19. Ne1 a4 20. Nd3 d4 {1/2 Kortschnoj,V (2695)-Karpov,A 
(2700)/Merano 1981/MainBase/[Kavalek] (31)} 21. e4 $1 $14 {L.Kavalek}) 14. Bxa6
Nxa6 15. Qxd5 Nb4 16. Qc4 Qf6 17. Nh4 Qxb2 18. O-O Qxa2 19. Qxa2 Nxa2 20. Rxc5
Rfc8 $11 {1/2 Kortschnoj,V (2695)-Karpov,A (2700)/Merano 1981/MainBase/
[Chandler,M] (45)}) 13. Bg2 c5 (13... Ba6 $6 14. Ne5) 14. Ne5 $6 (14. dxc5 $142
{leading to the above line.}) 14... c4 $1 {In this typical structure, with a
reduced number of pieces, Black's queenside pawn advantage is quite essential.}
15. O-O b5 16. b3 Nd7 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. bxc4 dxc4 (18... bxc4 {[%csl Gc4] may
be even stronger. White has no knight to safely blockade the c4-pawn. He must
prepare e3-e4 and try to equalize.}) 19. d5 b4 $6 (19... a5 $142) 20. Rxc4 $1 {
White wins two pawns for the exchange. Fortunately for Black, his pieces are
active enough to create sufficient counterplay.} Ba6 21. Rxb4 Bxf1 22. Bxf1
Rab8 23. Rg4 (23. Rb3 Qa4 $132) 23... Rb1 24. Qxb1 Qxg4 25. Qb7 Qa4 26. Bb5
Qxa2 27. d6 a5 $6 (27... Qb1+ 28. Kg2 a6 $1 29. Qxa6 Qe4+ 30. Kg1 Qb1+ $11 31.
Bf1 $140 Rd8 {[%csl Rd6]}) 28. d7 a4 29. Qb6 $6 {Missing a good chance:} (29.
Qc6 a3 30. Qc5 $1 (30. Qd6 $143 Qb1+ 31. Bf1 Rd8) 30... Qb1+ (30... Rd8 31. Qe7
) 31. Kg2 Qd1 32. Qxa3 {, and the show goes on.}) 29... Qb1+ 30. Kg2 Qe4+ 31.
Kg1 Qb1+ 32. Kg2 Qe4+ 33. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch 81st"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2012.07.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2012.07.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Be2 Bb4 7. O-O Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Nxe4 9. Bf3 d5 10. Bxe4 dxe4 11. Ba3 Nxd4 12. cxd4 Qa5 13. Qc1 f6 14. Re1
Bd7 15. Rxe4 Kf7 16. c4 Rhe8 17. Re3 Rac8 18. Qc2 Kg8 19. Rb1 Bc6 20. Bc5 Ba4
21. Qb2 b6 22. Bb4 Qf5 23. Rc1 Bc6 24. h3 b5 25. cxb5 Qxb5 26. Rc5 Qb7 27. Rec3
Bd5 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Rxc8+ Qxc8 30. Bc5 a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch 81st"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2012.07.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2012.07.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Bg3 Ne4 11. Bxe4 dxe4 12. Nd2 f5 13. Nb5 e5 14. dxe5 Nc5
15. Nb3 Nd3 16. N3d4 Qc8 17. Qb3 Bc5 18. Ne2 g5 19. e6 f4 20. exf4 a6 21. Nbc3
gxf4 22. Nxf4 Nxf4 23. Bxf4 Rxf4 24. Nd5 Rf5 25. Qh3 Qxe6 26. Nxc7 Qg6 27. Nxa8
Bxa8 28. Rad1 Rf8 29. Rd7 e3 30. Kh1 e2 31. Rg1 Bxf2 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch 81st"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2012.07.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[PlyCount "202"]
[EventDate "2012.07.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. exd5 exd5 7. Nb3 Nbd7 8.
Be3 Qc7 9. Nf3 Nxc5 10. O-O Be6 11. Re1 O-O-O 12. Bd4 Kb8 13. c3 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5
15. Be2 Ne6 16. Be5 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Nfd4 Bg6 19. a4 Ne4 20. Bf1 Rhe8 21.
a5 Qf4 22. Qf3 Qc7 23. h4 Rd6 24. Qe3 f5 25. Bd3 f4 26. Qh3 Qf7 27. Rad1 Bh5
28. Qf5 Qxf5 29. Nxf5 Bxd1 30. Nxd6 Nxd6 31. Rxd1 Nc4 32. Bxh7 Rh8 33. Bf5 Nc7
34. Re1 Rxh4 35. Re7 Rh5 36. Bg4 Rg5 37. f3 Ne5 38. Nc5 Nxg4 39. fxg4 Rxg4 40.
Nd7+ Kc8 41. Nb6+ Kb8 42. Kf2 Rg5 43. Nd7+ Kc8 44. Nc5 Rg6 45. Rf7 Ne6 46. Na4
Rg5 47. Re7 Nc7 48. Nb6+ Kb8 49. Rd7 d4 50. Rxd4 Rxa5 51. Rd8+ Ka7 52. Nc8+ Kb8
53. Nd6+ Ka7 54. Kf3 g5 55. Nc8+ Kb8 56. Nd6+ Ka7 57. Rd7 Kb8 58. c4 Ra2 59. b4
b6 60. Rd8+ Ka7 61. Rd7 Kb8 62. Rg7 Rd2 63. Rg8+ Ka7 64. Rd8 Rb2 65. Rd7 Kb8
66. Rd8+ Ka7 67. Rd7 Kb8 68. c5 bxc5 69. bxc5 Ne6 70. Ne4 Rb4 71. Rd6 g4+ 72.
Kxg4 Rxe4 73. Rxa6 Re5 74. Kf3 Re3+ 75. Kg4 Kb7 76. Rd6 Kc7 77. Ra6 Re5 78. Kf3
Kd7 79. Ra3 Rg5 80. Ra7+ Kc6 81. Re7 Rg3+ 82. Kf2 Nxc5 83. Rf7 Nd3+ 84. Kg1 Kd5
85. Kh2 Ke4 86. Ra7 Nf2 87. Ra4+ Kf5 88. Ra5+ Kf6 89. Ra6+ Kg5 90. Ra5+ Kg6 91.
Ra6+ Kh5 92. Kg1 Nd1 93. Kh2 Ne3 94. Ra2 Ng4+ 95. Kg1 Rb3 96. Ra1 Kh4 97. Rf1
Kg3 98. Kh1 Re3 99. Kg1 Ne5 100. Ra1 Nd3 101. Kf1 Re1+ 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch 81st"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2012.07.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2012.07.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. h3 a6 7. Bb3 h6 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Nf1 Be6 10. Ng3 d5 11. Qe2 Re8 12. O-O Bf8 13. Rd1 d4 14. Bxe6 Rxe6 15.
Nf5 Kh7 16. cxd4 exd4 17. a3 g6 18. Ng3 a5 19. b3 Nd5 20. Qc2 Nc3 21. Rf1 Bg7
22. Bd2 b5 23. Rae1 Ne7 24. Nh2 Raa6 25. f4 f5 26. Nf3 c5 27. Ne5 b4 28. a4 Qc7
29. Nc4 Bf6 30. exf5 Nxf5 31. Rxe6 Rxe6 32. Ne4 Bh4 33. Rf3 Ne2+ 34. Kh1 g5 35.
Qd1 Nc3 36. Qf1 Nxe4 37. dxe4 Ng3+ 38. Rxg3 Bxg3 39. fxg5 Qg7 40. Qf3 Bc7 41.
Qf5+ Qg6 42. Qxc5 Bg3 43. Qa7+ Kg8 44. gxh6 Rxe4 45. Qxa5 Rf4 46. Qd5+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch 81st"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2012.07.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2012.07.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 Qa5+ 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Qd3 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Nc5 9. Qd1 Nc6 10. e3 Ne6 11. Nxe6 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 dxe6 13. O-O O-O 14. Qb3
Qc7 15. c5 e5 16. c4 Bf5 17. Bd2 Rad8 18. Rfd1 Bg4 19. f3 Be6 20. Bf1 e4 21.
Bc3 exf3 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Rd1 Rxd1 24. Qxd1 Ne5 25. Bxe5 Qxe5 26. Qd8+ Kg7 27.
Qd4 Qxd4 28. exd4 g5 29. Bd3 g4 30. a3 f5 31. Kf2 Kf6 32. h4 Bd7 33. Bc2 e5 34.
d5 h6 35. Ke3 e4 36. c6 bxc6 37. Ba4 cxd5 38. Bxd7 d4+ 39. Kd2 e3+ 40. Kd3 e2
41. Kd2 d3 42. Ke1 Ke5 43. c5 Kd4 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch 81st"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2012.08.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2012.07.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nbd2 Ne7 8. Re1
Ng6 9. d4 a6 10. Ba4 Ba7 11. h3 b5 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bb7 14. Ng3 d5 15. Nxe5
Nxe4 16. Nxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch 81st"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2012.08.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Vovk, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E76"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2012.07.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. dxe6
fxe6 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. O-O Nd4 11. Bd2 Bd7 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Nb5 Bc6 14. Qe2 Ne8
15. e5 Bxb5 16. cxb5 dxe5 17. fxe5 Nc7 18. Rxf8+ Qxf8 19. Rf1 Qc5 20. Qf3 Rf8
21. Qxb7 Rxf1+ 22. Kxf1 Bxe5 23. g3 Kf7 24. Ke2 Ke7 25. a3 Bd6 26. Kd1 Kd7 27.
Qf3 Be7 28. Qb7 Bd6 29. a4 Qd5 30. Qxa7 Bc5 31. b6 Qb3+ 32. Ke2 Qxb6 33. Qxb6
Bxb6 34. b4 Nd5 35. a5 Bd8 36. Be4 Kd6 37. Kd3 e5 38. b5 Kc5 39. b6 Nb4+ 40.
Ke2 Kb5 41. h4 Kxa5 42. b7 Bc7 43. g4 Kb5 44. h5 Nc6 45. h6 Nd8 46. Bd5 Kc5 47.
Bg8 Nxb7 48. Bxh7 e4 49. Bxg6 e3 50. Be1 Bf4 51. h7 Be5 52. Bh4 Kd5 53. Kf3 Ke6
54. Bb1 Nd6 55. Ba2+ Kd7 56. Bb3 Bh8 57. Be1 Ke8 58. Kf4 Nf7 59. g5 d3 60. Bb4
e2 61. Ba4+ Kd8 62. Bb5 Ne5 63. Ke4 Nf7 64. Kf4 Ne5 65. Ke4 Nf7 66. g6 Nd6+ 67.
Kxd3 Nxb5 68. Kxe2 Nd4+ 69. Kd3 Nf3 70. Ke4 Nh4 71. Kf4 Nxg6+ 72. Kf5 Nh4+ 73.
Kg4 Ke8 74. Kxh4 Kf7 75. Kh5 Kg7 76. Bc3+ Kxh7 77. Bxh8 Kxh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch 81st"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2012.08.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zubov, Alexander"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2012.07.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 c6 7. O-O Bf5 8. b3
Ne4 9. Bb2 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Be4 11. e3 b5 12. Qe2 bxc4 13. bxc4 c5 14. Rfd1 Nd7
15. Bf1 Rb8 16. Rac1 Qc7 17. Nd2 Bc6 18. Nb3 Ba4 19. Qb2 Bc6 20. dxc5 Bxc3 21.
Qxc3 Nxc5 22. Nxc5 dxc5 23. Bg2 Ba4 24. Rd5 e6 25. Rd2 Rfd8 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27.
Be4 Bc6 28. Bxc6 Qxc6 29. Qf6 Qb6 30. Qa1 Qb4 31. g4 Qd2 32. h3 a5 33. Kg2 a4
34. g5 e5 35. Qc3 Qxa2 36. Qxe5 a3 37. Qf6 Rd2 38. Kg3 Qb2 39. Qxb2 axb2 40.
Rb1 Kf8 41. Kf3 Ke7 42. e4 Kd6 43. Ke3 Rc2 44. h4 Rc3+ 45. Kd2 Rxc4 46. Rxb2
Rxe4 47. h5 Rg4 48. Rb6+ Kd5 49. hxg6 hxg6 50. Rf6 Rxg5 51. Rxf7 Rf5 52. Rd7+
Kc6 53. Rg7 Rxf2+ 54. Kd3 Rg2 55. Rg8 Rg3+ 56. Kc4 Rg4+ 57. Kd3 g5 58. Rd8 Rg1
59. Rc8+ Kd6 60. Rd8+ Ke5 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch 81st"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2012.08.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2012.07.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. O-O dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 a6 10. a4 Be7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Nh5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Re1 O-O 15.
Nbd2 Rad8 16. Bf1 e5 17. axb5 cxb5 18. d5 f5 19. exf5 Bxd5 20. Qc2 Rc8 21. Qd3
Nf4 22. Qa3 b4 23. Qe3 Rxf5 24. g3 Ng6 25. Rxa6 Rf6 26. Ra5 Qf7 27. Bg2 Rd6 28.
Ne4 Bxe4 29. Qxe4 Rc4 30. Qa8+ Kh7 31. h4 Qf5 32. Qd8 Rc2 33. Ra8 Qf7 34. h5
Ngf8 35. Qe8 Qf6 36. Qd8 Qf7 37. Qe8 Qf6 38. Qd8 Qf7 39. Qe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch 81st"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2012.08.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Miroshnichenko, Evgenij"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2012.07.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Ne4 7. e3 e6 8.
Nxe4 dxe4 9. Nd2 Bb4 10. a3 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 O-O 12. Bc4 b6 13. O-O Bb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch 81st"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2012.08.07"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Fedorchuk, Sergey A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2012.07.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O c5 8. a3
Bxd2 9. Qxd2 d5 10. cxd5 Bxd5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. b4 Nbd7 13. Qe3 cxb4 14. axb4
a5 15. b5 Nb6 16. Qd4 Nc4 17. Bf4 Qe7 18. b6 Qb7 19. Bc7 a4 20. Nh4 Na5 21.
Qxa4 Bxg2 22. Nxg2 Nd5 23. Nf4 Nc6 24. Qe4 Rxa1 25. Rxa1 Nxc7 26. bxc7 Qxc7 27.
Rc1 Rc8 28. Nh5 Qd6 29. Qg4 Qe5 30. Rc5 Qa1+ 31. Kg2 Ne7 32. Rxc8+ Nxc8 33. Qg5
Qd4 34. e3 h6 35. Qb5 Qd8 36. Qe5 Qg5 37. Qb8 Qd5+ 38. Kg1 Qd1+ 39. Kg2 Qd5+
40. Kg1 Qd1+ 41. Kg2 Qd5+ 42. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.08.28"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ahmed, Abdul Sattar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2314"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Iraq"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IRQ"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Qe2 d6 6. O-O Be7 7. c3 O-O 8. d4 d5
9. e5 Ne4 10. Rd1 b6 11. Be3 a5 12. Ne1 cxd4 13. cxd4 f5 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. Nc3
Ba6 16. Qd2 Rc8 17. Nd3 Qd6 18. Rac1 Rce8 19. b3 Kh8 20. h3 Bd8 21. Bf4 Qd7 22.
Ne5 Nxe5 23. Bxe5 Ng8 24. Ne2 Ne7 25. Nf4 Rf7 26. Qc3 Nf5 27. Qc6 Bb7 28. Qxd7
Rxd7 29. Bf1 Nd6 30. h4 Kg8 31. Bd3 Ree7 32. Nh5 Rf7 33. Rc2 Bf6 34. Nf4 Rfe7
35. Re1 Ne4 36. Bxf6 gxf6 37. f3 Nxg3 38. Rg2 Rg7 39. Nxe6 Rde7 40. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.08.30"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Bg4 8. f3
Be6 9. Nbc3 Qd7 10. Ne4 Bd5 11. Nc5 Qc8 12. Bd2 Nc4 13. Qc2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 e6
15. Rc1 Be7 16. b4 Bh4+ 17. Kf1 a6 18. a3 f6 19. Nc3 fxe5 20. Nxd5 exd5 21.
dxe5 Nxe5 22. Re1 Bxe1 23. Qxe1 O-O 24. Qxe5 c6 25. Kf2 Qg4 26. Nxb7 Qh4+ 27.
g3 Qh6 28. Nd6 a5 29. b5 Qf6 30. Qxf6 Rxf6 31. Nf5 cxb5 32. Rb1 Rb8 33. Ne7+
Kf8 34. Nxd5 Rd6 35. Be4 g5 36. Ke3 Rh6 37. Rb2 b4 38. Kd4 Kg7 39. a4 Rc6 40.
Bd3 Rc1 41. f4 Ra1 42. fxg5 Rxa4 43. Re2 b3+ 44. Kc3 b2 45. Bb1 Ra3+ 46. Kc2
Rb7 47. Nc3 a4 48. h4 Rab3 49. Nxa4 Rxg3 50. Rd2 Rg1 51. Nxb2 Rc7+ 52. Kd3 Rxb1
53. Rh2 Kg6 54. Ke4 Re1+ 55. Kf3 Rf7+ 56. Kg3 Re3+ 57. Kg4 Ref3 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.08.31"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 {White decided to use
his development advantage to carry out the breakthrough in the centre. The
less aggressive attempts are 6.c3 or 6.Re1.} ({For example, here is the game
of the top 2 players:} 6. c3 O-O 7. Re1 Bd7 8. Nbd2 Re8 9. Nf1 Bf8 10. Bg5 h6
11. Bh4 Nb8 $5 12. Bc4 Be6 13. Bxe6 Rxe6 14. Qb3 Qc8 15. d4 Nbd7 16. Qc2 g6 17.
dxe5 dxe5 18. Rad1 c6 19. Ne3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V (2817)-Aronian,L (2808)/
Monte Carlo 2011/CBM 142}) 6... O-O 7. Bxc6 ({White has never tried to push
the pawn forward, and probably for a reason. For example,} 7. d5 Nb8 8. Bd3 (8.
Nc3 c6) 8... Nbd7 {[%cal Yd7c5] with comfortable play for Black.}) 7... bxc6 8.
Nc3 Nd7 $5 {It seems that Black is allowing White to get a much better pawn
structure, but it has to be noted that Black keeps control over the majority
of central squares and gets the b-file and diagonals a7-g1 and a6-f1 at his
disposal.} ({A more standard way would be to give up on the centre with} 8...
exd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Qf3 c5 (10... Qc8 $5 {deserves attention, with the idea
to parry} 11. e5 $6 {with} dxe5 12. Nxc6 Bd6 $15) 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. Qxf5 Rb8 13.
b3 Nd7 14. Bd2 Bf6 15. Rae1 g6 16. Qh3 Bg7 17. Bh6 Nb6 18. e5 $14 {1-0 Solak,D
(2598)-Atalik,E (2436)/Kavala 2011/CBM 143 Extra (41)}) 9. Qe2 $146 {White
decided to keep the pressure in the centre.} ({The capture was tried and
yielded nothing to White in the preceding game:} 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qe2 Bd6 11.
Be3 Qe7 {Yes, White has a superior pawn structure, but with the queens on the
board, it is compensated for by the activity of Black's pieces.} 12. Rfd1 (12.
Qc4 Bb7 13. Bg5 Qe8 $13) 12... Nb6 13. a4 a5 14. b3 Ba6 15. Qe1 Nd7 16. Ne2 g6
17. Bh6 Rfb8 18. Ng3 c5 19. Nd2 c4 20. Nxc4 {1/2-1/2 Socko,B (2631)-Atalik,E 
(2436)/Kavala 2011/CBM 143 Extra} ({Black can only be better after} 20. Nxc4
Bxc4 21. bxc4 Rb4 {[%cal Yd7b6]})) 9... Bf6 10. Be3 Re8 {Black can continue to
improve its position by playing a5 with a subsequent Ba6, whereas, it is not
very clear what White's plan is. Therefore, GM Bartel decides to change the
pawn structure.} 11. d5 (11. Qc4 Bb7 12. Rfe1 Nb6 $11) 11... cxd5 {Apparently,
this capture is more precise than} (11... Bb7 12. dxc6 Bxc6 13. Qa6 Nb6 14. a4
{[%csl Rb6][%cal Ya4a5] , where White has some kind of initiative.}) 12. Nxd5
c6 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 $11 {Black can be completely satisfied with the outcome of
the opening. He has no passive pieces and the pawn majority in the centre
promises him good prospects. In fact, White has to play carefully not to get a
worse position.} 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 {This might have been overambitious.
Perhaps it was the right time to admit the failure of the opening strategy and
go for the equal position:} (15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Rfd1 Bg4 ({White is fine after} 
16... d5 17. exd5 e4 18. Nd4 cxd5 19. Qe3) 17. c4 Rad8 $11) 15... Bg4 16. h3
Bh5 {[%cal Rh5e2,Gd6d5]} 17. g4 {White had to prevent the threat of the
breakthrough in the centre.} (17. Rad1 $6 {would allow} g5 18. Bg3 d5 $15)
17... Bg6 18. Rad1 Re6 $1 {This allows Black to liberate the queen for more
important issues than protecting his knight.} 19. Nd2 d5 ({Perhaps} 19... Rb8 {
was a little more precise. The idea is to grab the b3-square from White's
knight. Thus, in the event of} 20. Nb3 (20. b3 d5) 20... Qb6 $15 {[%cal Ya7a5,
Ya5a4] Black can continue to develop his initiative on the queenside.}) 20. Nb3
Qd6 21. f3 $1 {White's bishop gets back into the game!} Nd7 22. Bg3 Nb6 23. Qf2
Ree8 24. c3 f6 $11 {Preparing the f7-spot for the bishop. Although the
position is approximately equal, it is easier to play it for the Black side,
since he has a stronger centre and White's king is potentially the more
vulnerable.} 25. Nc5 Qe7 26. a4 $6 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Yb8b2]} ({I think that
White should have refrained from creating additional weaknesses in his camp
and continue with more cautious} 26. b3 Rad8 27. Rfe1 $15 {/=}) 26... Rad8 27.
b3 Nd7 $1 {The foundation of White's stable centre is the knight on c5, so
Ponomariov is getting rid of it.} 28. Nb7 Rb8 (28... Rc8 {was an interesting
alternative.}) 29. Na5 Qe6 {[%csl Rb3,Re4,Rg4][%cal Yd5e4,Gh6h5,Yh5g4] Black
is steadily creating some additional weaknesses in the white camp.} 30. Rfe1 ({
The last chance to change the character of the struggle was to gamble on} 30.
Qxa7 Ra8 31. Qc7 Nf8 (31... Rec8 32. Qb7 Bf7 33. Bf2 $11) 32. b4 (32. Nb7 Rec8
33. Qb6 Rcb8 34. a5 Qc8 35. Nd6 Qd7 36. Qc5 Ne6 37. Qa3 Qa7+ 38. Kg2 Qxa5 $15)
32... Rac8 33. exd5 (33. Qb6 dxe4 34. fxe4 Bxe4 35. Qf2 $13) 33... cxd5 34. Qb7
Bf7 $44) (30. Rd2 h5 31. Rfd1 (31. Qxa7 hxg4 32. hxg4 Ra8 33. exd5 cxd5 34. Qc7
Bf7 $17) 31... Nb6 $15) 30... h5 31. b4 $6 {This move weakens the c4-square.
In fact, this mistake is the direct follow-up of White's inaccuracy committed
on the 26th move. However, it should be noted that White can not equalise
anymore:} (31. Rd2 hxg4 32. hxg4 dxe4 33. Red1 Nf8 34. Rd6 Qf7 $15) (31. Qxa7
hxg4 32. hxg4 Ra8 33. exd5 cxd5 34. Qc7 Rec8 35. Qb7 Bf7 $17) 31... hxg4 32.
hxg4 Nb6 33. f4 $2 {Apparently, White was in time trouble.} ({Much better was} 
33. g5 Nxa4 34. Rd3 Re7 35. Qd2 $15) 33... exf4 34. exd5 $2 {I am not sure
what White missed, but now he is simply down a piece} (34. Bxf4 Qxg4+ 35. Qg3
Qxg3+ 36. Bxg3 Rbc8 $17) 34... fxg3 35. Qxg3 Qf7 36. Nxc6 Rbc8 $19 {No
compensation can be seen, so White could easily resign here.} 37. Qd6 Be4 38.
Rd4 Qg6 39. Re3 Qxg4+ 40. Rg3 Qe2 41. Qxf6 Qe1+ 42. Kh2 Qh1# 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.09.01"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Qc2 e6 6. d4 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Be2
Nc6 9. Ne5 Qc7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. e4 Be6 12. Be3 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. dxc5
Qa5+ 15. Bd2 Qxc5 16. Qxe4 Qd5 17. Bf3 Qxe4+ 18. Bxe4 Bd5 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. Ke2
Kd7 21. Rhd1 Ke6 22. Bc3 f6 23. Rd3 Bc5 24. Rad1 Rhd8 25. f4 Rac8 26. Ba5 Rd6
27. Rc1 Rdc6 28. Rdc3 Kd7 29. Rb3 Bd6 30. Rb7+ Ke6 31. Rxc6 Rxc6 32. Bd2 Bc7
33. Kd3 h5 34. b4 Kd7 35. b5 axb5 36. Rxb5 Ra6 37. Rxd5+ Kc6 38. Rxh5 Ra3+ 39.
Bc3 Bxf4 40. Ra5 Rxa5 41. Bxa5 Bxh2 42. Bc3 Kd5 43. a4 Bc7 44. a5 f5 45. a6 Kc6
46. Bxg7 Kb6 47. Kd4 Kxa6 48. Kd5 Kb7 49. Ke6 Kc6 50. Kxf5 Kd7 51. g4 Ke7 52.
Kg6 Ke6 53. Bh6 Bd8 54. Bg5 Bc7 55. Bh6 Bd8 56. Bg5 Bc7 57. Bh6 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.09.03"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Blagojevic, Dragisa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Montenegro"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MNE"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nge7 5. c3 g6 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 b5 8. Bb3
Bg7 9. d5 Na5 10. Bd2 c5 11. d6 Nec6 12. Bc3 O-O 13. Bd5 Bb7 14. Qd2 Nb4 15.
Bxb7 Nxb7 16. O-O Nc6 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nc3 b4 19. Na4 Qa5 20. b3 c4 21. Qe3
Nxd6 22. Rad1 cxb3 23. axb3 Nb5 24. Rxd7 Rad8 25. Rd5 Ne7 26. Rc5 Rd6 27. e5
Rd5 28. e6 Nf5 29. Qe4 Rxc5 30. Nxc5 Nc3 31. Qc6 Ne7 32. Qd6 Nf5 33. Qc6 Ne7
34. Qd6 Nf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.09.04"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Spain"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 Bf6 7. Be3 Ne7 8.
h3 Ng6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Qd2 b6 11. Rad1 c5 12. Nd5 Be7 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. Nh2 a5
15. a3 Be6 16. f4 f5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. fxe5 Nxe5 19. Rde1 Nc6 20. Nf3 Qd7 21.
Bf4 Rae8 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Qf2 Bg6 24. Ne5 Nxe5 25. Bxe5 Qe7 26. Re1 Qd7 27.
Qg3 a4 28. Bc3 Rxe1+ 29. Qxe1 c4 30. dxc4 Bxc2 31. Qe5 h6 32. c5 bxc5 33. Qxc5
Bb3 34. Qe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.09.05"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. c3 h6 7. O-O Nd7 8. Na3 Bh7
9. Nc2 c5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Ncd4 Nc6 12. Be3 Be7 13. c4 O-O 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15.
Nd4 Rc8 16. Rc1 a5 17. cxd5 Qxd5 18. Bf3 Be4 19. Bxe4 Qxe4 20. Qc2 Qxc2 21.
Rxc2 Rfd8 22. g3 Rd5 23. Rfc1 g5 24. Nf5 exf5 25. Bxc5 Rxe5 26. Bxe7 Rxe7 27.
Rxc6 Rxc6 28. Rxc6 Re2 29. Ra6 Rxb2 30. Rxa5 Kg7 31. a4 Ra2 32. Kg2 g4 33. Rxf5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.09.06"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Ne4 8. Qc2
f5 9. Ne5 Bf6 10. Nxd7 Bxd7 11. f3 Ng5 12. Bxg5 Bxg5 13. f4 Bf6 14. b4 g5 15.
g3 Kh8 16. Be2 Rg8 17. O-O-O b6 18. Ba6 Rb8 19. Rhg1 Qe7 20. a3 Qg7 21. Ne2 c6
22. Qc3 gxf4 23. exf4 Bc8 24. Bxc8 Rgxc8 25. Kc2 a5 26. Rb1 Qa7 27. Kd3 Rb7 28.
Rb2 axb4 29. axb4 bxc5 30. bxc5 Rxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.09.07"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O b5 10. a4 b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 Ra7 13. Be3 Be6 14. Qd3 Rb7 15.
Rfc1 Qc7 16. c3 Bc4 17. Qc2 Be6 18. Qd1 Qd8 19. Bf1 bxc3 20. Rxc3 Bg5 21. Bxg5
Qxg5 22. Bc4 Bxc4 23. Rxc4 Nd7 24. Rac1 Qd8 25. Rc6 Qb8 26. Rxd6 Rxb3 27. Rxd7
Rxb2 28. Qd5 Rb1 29. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 30. Kg2 Qa1 31. a5 h6 32. Rd6 Rc8 33. Rxa6 Rc1
34. Ra8+ Kh7 35. Qxf7 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.09.09"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. a3 Be7 8. b4
Be6 9. d3 O-O 10. O-O Nd4 11. Bb2 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 c6 13. Ne4 Nd7 14. Qc2 Bd5 15.
Bc3 ({The first game which brought this variation into the limelight went} 15.
Nd2 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 Bd6 17. Nd2 Qe7 18. Ne4 Rae8 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. a4 {Kasparov,
G (2760)-Salov,V (2595)/Moscow 1988/URS-ch (1-0, 58). Although Kasparov won a
good endgame, the general feeling was that he did not have an advantage out of
the opening.}) 15... Re8 16. a4 $146 {Strictly speaking, this is a new move,
but it does not change the character of the position.} (16. Rfd1 Rc8 17. Qb2
Bf8 18. Nd2 Bxf3 19. Nxf3 Bd6 20. a4 a6 21. Nd2 Bf8 22. Nc4 b5 $5 {Vitiugov,N 
(2722)-Wang Hao (2724)/Ningbo 2010/CBM 138 (0-1, 36)}) 16... Bf8 17. Nd2 Bxf3
18. Nxf3 Rc8 19. Rfd1 Qe7 20. Qb2 Rc7 21. b5 {In fact, the true novelty is
that the knight has stayed on f3.} e4 $5 $132 {And Black immediately takes
advantage of it.} 22. dxe4 Qxe4 23. bxc6 Qxc6 24. Bd4 Nc5 25. a5 Qe6 26. Be3
Qa6 27. Rdc1 g6 28. Qa2 Rec8 29. Bf4 Bd6 30. Bh6 Ne6 31. Rxc7 Rxc7 32. Rd1 Qc6
33. h4 Bf8 34. Be3 b5 35. axb6 axb6 36. Ne5 Qc2 37. Qd5 Qxe2 38. Bxb6 Bc5 39.
Bxc7 Bxf2+ 40. Kh1 Bxg3 41. Nf3 Bxc7 42. Re1 Qf2 43. Rxe6 Qf1+ 44. Ng1 fxe6 45.
Qxe6+ Qf7 46. Qxf7+ Kxf7 47. h5 g5 48. Nh3 Kf6 (48... h6 49. Nf2 Be5 50. Ng4
Bg7 51. Kg2 $11) 49. Nxg5 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 13th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2012.09.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2012.09.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O
Bd7 9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. a4 Nf6 11. a5 Be7 12. Be3 Nd7 13. Na4 O-O 14. Nb6 Nxb6 15.
Bxb6 Qd7 16. c4 f5 17. Qd3 fxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Bd8 20. Be3 Rf5 21. Rfd1
Rc8 22. b4 Bf6 23. Ra3 d5 24. Rad3 Re5 25. Qf4 Rf5 26. Qe4 Re5 27. Qf4 Rf5 28.
Qe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 13th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2012.09.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2012.09.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Re8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Be3 Bf5 14. Rad1 Qb6
15. b3 Rad8 16. Rd2 Ng4 17. Bf4 Qa5 18. Rc1 g5 19. Bg3 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 Qxc3 21.
Rxc3 Nf6 22. Bb5 Ne4 23. Re3 Nxd2 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Bxe8 Ne4 26. Ne5 f6 27.
Nc4 Kf8 28. Bb5 Nxg3 29. Bxa6 bxa6 30. hxg3 Ke7 31. f3 Bb1 32. a3 Bc2 33. Na5
Kd6 34. Nc4+ Kc7 35. Na5 Bg6 36. Nc4 Bf7 37. d6+ Kd7 38. Kf2 Bg6 39. Ke3 Bc2
40. Na5 Kxd6 41. g4 Bg6 42. Nc4+ Ke6 43. Na5 Kd5 44. Nc4 f5 45. gxf5 Bxf5 46.
Na5 Bd7 47. Nc4 Bb5 48. Nd2 a5 49. Ne4 Bc6 50. Kd3 Ke5 51. Nxc5 Kf4 52. Ke2 Kg3
53. Kf1 g4 54. fxg4 Bxg2+ 55. Kg1 Bd5 56. b4 axb4 57. axb4 Kxg4 58. Kf2 Kf4 59.
Na4 Bc6 60. Nc3 a6 61. Ne2+ Ke4 62. Ng3+ Kd3 63. Nf5 h5 64. Ng7 h4 65. Nf5 h3
66. Kg3 Kc3 67. Ne3 Bg2 0-1

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 13th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2012.09.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2012.09.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bd6 6. Nc3 dxe4 7. Ng5 O-O 8.
Ngxe4 Nxe4 9. Nxe4 Bf5 10. Qf3 Bxe4 11. dxe4 Nd7 12. O-O Nc5 13. Be3 Nxb3 14.
axb3 Qc7 15. Rfd1 a6 16. Bb6 Qxb6 17. Rxd6 Rad8 18. Qd3 Rxd6 19. Qxd6 Rd8 20.
Qxe5 Qd4 21. Qxd4 Rxd4 22. Re1 Rd2 23. Rc1 Re2 24. Kf1 Rxe4 25. Rd1 Kf8 26. Rd7
Re7 27. Rd8+ Re8 28. Rd7 Re7 29. Rd8+ Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 13th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2012.10.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2012.09.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. cxb5 a6 6. bxa6 d6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Nc3 Nb6 11. Ne1 Bxa6 12. Nc2 Ne8 13. Ne3 Nc7 14. Bd2 Nb5
15. Rc1 Nd4 16. b3 Qd7 17. Re1 Rfb8 18. h4 Bb7 19. Nc4 Qd8 20. g4 Ba6 21. Na5
Bc8 22. Nc6 Nxc6 23. dxc6 Bxg4 24. a4 Qc8 25. Nb5 Bh3 26. Bf3 Bg4 27. Bg2 Bh3
28. Bf3 Bg4 29. c7 Rb7 30. Bg5 Bf8 31. e4 Bd7 32. e5 Bxb5 33. Bxe7 d5 34. Bxf8
Qxf8 35. Bxd5 Nxd5 36. Qxd5 Rxc7 37. axb5 Rb8 38. Qc4 Rcb7 39. e6 Qe7 40. Rcd1
Kg7 41. Rd5 Rc7 42. Ree5 Rbb7 43. exf7 Qf6 44. f8=Q+ Kxf8 45. Rxc5 Rf7 46. Qd4
Rbd7 47. Rcd5 Rc7 48. Rd8+ Kg7 49. Red5 Rc1+ 50. Kg2 Qxd4 51. Rxd4 Rb1 52. Rd3
Kh6 53. b6 Rb2 54. Kg3 Rb7 55. R8d6 Ra2 56. R3d4 Ra5 57. Rb4 Rf5 58. Rc6 Rff7
59. f3 Rb8 60. h5 Rbf8 61. f4 Rb8 62. hxg6 hxg6 63. Kg4 Rbb7 64. Rb5 Kh7 65.
Rbc5 Rg7 66. Kg5 Rb8 67. Rd5 Kh8 68. Rdd6 Ra8 1-0

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 13th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2012.10.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2012.09.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
b6 9. Ne5 Ra7 10. Qxc4 Bb7 11. Bxb7 Rxb7 12. Nc3 c5 13. Rd1 cxd4 14. Be3 b5 15.
axb5 axb5 16. Qxd4 Qxd4 17. Bxd4 b4 18. Na4 Nfd7 19. Rac1 f6 20. Nc6 Nxc6 21.
Rxc6 e5 22. Be3 b3 23. Nc3 Kf7 24. Nd5 Rd8 25. Kg2 Nb8 26. Rb6 Rdd7 27. Nxf6
Rxb6 28. Nxd7 Rb5 29. Nxb8 Rxb8 30. Rc1 Bf6 31. Bd2 e4 32. Rc7+ Ke6 33. Bc3 Rd8
34. Rc6+ Kf7 35. e3 Rd3 36. Bxf6 gxf6 37. Rb6 h5 38. Kf1 Kg6 39. Ke2 Kg5 40. f3
Rd5 41. fxe4 Rc5 42. Kf3 h4 43. gxh4+ Kxh4 44. Rxb3 1-0

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 13th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2012.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2012.09.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Ne5 Ke7 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. Nc4 a5 12. Nc3 b6 13. Na4 Ba6 14. Nxc5
bxc5 15. b3 Rhb8 16. Bb2 a4 17. Rfc1 Ne8 18. Rab1 axb3 19. axb3 f6 20. Rd1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 13th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2012.10.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2012.09.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d3 d6 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Ba2 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. c3 bxc3 14. bxc3 Nd7 15.
Nb3 Nxb3 16. Qxb3 Nc5 17. Qc2 Qe8 18. d4 Nd7 19. Qd3 exd4 20. cxd4 c5 21. Ba3
cxd4 22. Nxd4 Qf7 23. Re2 Rfc8 24. Rc2 Bf6 25. Rxc8+ Rxc8 26. Bxd6 Nc5 27. Bxc5
Rxc5 28. Rd1 Qd7 29. g3 Ra5 30. Qb3 Rxa4 31. Nxe6 Qxd1+ 32. Qxd1 Ra1 33. Qxa1
Bxa1 34. Kf1 a5 35. Ke2 a4 36. Kd3 a3 37. Kc2 a2 38. Kb3 Bd4 39. Kxa2 Bxf2 40.
Kb3 Kf7 41. Ng5+ Kg6 42. Nf3 Kh5 43. Kc4 Kg4 44. e5 Bb6 45. Nd4 Kh3 46. Nc6 Be3
47. Nd4 Bc1 48. Kb3 Bg5 49. Ne6 Be7 50. Nxg7 Kxh2 51. Nf5 Bd8 52. g4 Kg2 53.
Kc4 Kf3 54. Nh6 Ke4 55. e6 Ke5 56. Nf7+ Kxe6 57. Nxd8+ Kf6 58. Kd5 Kg5 59. Ne6+
Kxg4 60. Ng7 h5 61. Nxh5 Kxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 13th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2012.10.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2012.09.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Ne7 6. Nxe5 Qd4 7. Qh5 g6 8.
Qg5 Bg7 9. Nd3 f5 10. e5 c5 11. b3 b6 12. Bb2 Qg4 13. Qe3 Nd5 14. Qe1 Bb7 15.
f3 Qg5 16. Nc3 O-O-O 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Qe2 f4 19. b4 c4 20. Nf2 Rhe8 21. Rfe1
Qe7 22. a3 Bf6 23. d3 cxd3 24. Nxd3 Bh4 25. Nxf4 Bxe1 26. Rxe1 Bb7 27. e6 Qh4
28. g3 Qe7 29. h4 g5 30. hxg5 Qxg5 31. Kf2 Rg8 32. Rg1 Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 13th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2012.10.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2012.09.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. O-O
b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. dxc5 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Bxc5 12. Nd2 Nc6 13. Nde4 Be7 14. Nd6+
Bxd6 15. Rxd6 Ke7 16. Rd1 Rhd8 17. Bd2 Ne5 18. Be1 Rac8 19. Kf1 Rxd1 20. Rxd1
Nc4 21. b3 Nb6 22. Bd3 b4 23. Ne2 a5 24. f3 Nfd7 25. e4 Nc5 26. Bb5 Ba6 27.
Bxa6 Nxa6 28. Bg3 Nd7 29. Bd6+ Ke8 30. Rc1 Rxc1+ 31. Nxc1 Ndc5 32. Ke2 Nb7 33.
Bg3 Kd7 34. Kd3 f6 35. Kc4 Kc6 36. e5 f5 37. Ne2 Nc7 38. Nd4+ Kd7 39. Bf4 Nd8
40. Kc5 Nb7+ 41. Kb6 Nd5+ 42. Kxb7 Nxf4 43. g3 Nd3 44. f4 g5 45. Ne2 a4 46. Kb6
axb3 47. axb3 gxf4 48. gxf4 h5 49. Kb5 h4 50. Kc4 Nf2 51. Ng1 h3 52. Nf3 Kc6
53. Ng5 Kd7 54. Kb5 Ke7 55. Kc6 Nd3 56. Nxh3 Nc1 57. Kc5 Nxb3+ 58. Kxb4 Nd4 59.
Nf2 Nf3 60. h3 Nh4 61. Nd3 Ng6 62. Kc5 Nh4 63. Ne1 Kd7 64. Kb6 Ng6 65. Ng2 Ne7
66. h4 Nd5+ 67. Kc5 Ke7 68. h5 Kf7 69. h6 Nc3 70. h7 Kg7 71. Kd6 Kxh7 72. Kxe6
Kg6 73. Ne3 Ne2 74. Nd5 Nd4+ 75. Ke7 Nc6+ 76. Kd7 Nb8+ 77. Kd6 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 28th"]
[Site "Eilat"]
[Date "2012.10.12"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Popilski, Gil"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2012.10.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Rishon Le Zion"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. Qe2
b5 9. a4 b4 10. Nd5 Bb7 11. Bd2 Nc5 12. Bxb4 Ncxe4 13. Nxf6+ gxf6 14. g3 d5 15.
Bxf8 Kxf8 16. fxe5 fxe5 17. Nxe5 Qc7 18. Ng4 h5 19. Ne3 d4 20. O-O-O dxe3 21.
Qxe3 Re8 22. Qd4 Rh6 23. Bc4 Rd6 24. Qh8+ Ke7 25. Qe5+ Kd8 26. Qf4 Qxc4 27.
Rxd6+ Nxd6 28. Qxd6+ Kc8 29. b3 Qc3 30. Rd1 Qa1+ 31. Kd2 Qb2 32. Qc5+ Kb8 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 28th"]
[Site "Eilat"]
[Date "2012.10.13"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2012.10.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Ashdod"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. Nc3 Nxc3
8. bxc3 Bd6 9. Qh5 Qe7+ 10. Be3 c6 11. O-O g6 12. Qh6 O-O-O 13. c4 dxc4 14.
Bxc4 f6 15. Bb3 Qf8 16. Qh4 g5 17. Qh5 Qe8 18. Qd1 h5 19. Qd3 h4 20. f4 g4 21.
Rae1 Kb8 22. f5 Qh5 23. Qe4 g3 24. Bf4 Bxf4 25. Qxf4+ Ka8 26. h3 Qh6 27. Be6
Bc8 28. c4 Qf8 29. Qe3 Qd6 30. d5 cxd5 31. cxd5 b6 32. Qd4 Ba6 33. Rf4 Qc5 34.
Qxc5 bxc5 35. Rc1 c4 36. Kf1 Kb7 37. Ke2 Kb6 38. Kd2 Kc5 39. Kc3 Rb8 40. Rg4
Rh7 41. d6 Kxd6 42. Rd4+ Kc7 43. Bxc4 Bxc4 44. Rxc4+ Kd8 45. Rd1+ Ke8 46. Rd6
Rb1 47. Rc8+ Ke7 48. Re6+ Kd7 49. Ra8 Rb7 50. Ra6 Rh5 51. Rxf6 Ke7 52. Rff8 Rh6
53. Rae8+ Kd7 54. Re2 Rc6+ 55. Kd3 Rd6+ 56. Ke4 Rb4+ 57. Ke5 Ke7 58. Rh8 Ra6
59. Rh7+ Kf8 60. Rc2 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 28th"]
[Site "Eilat"]
[Date "2012.10.14"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Karttunen, Mika"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2012.10.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Tammer Shakki"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FIN"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. d5 Na6 8. Nc3
Nc5 9. Be3 Nce4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Qc2 Qc7 12. Rac1 c5 13. Ne1 d6 14. Nd3 Qa5
15. a3 b5 16. cxb5 Qxb5 17. b4 cxb4 18. Nxb4 Nc3 19. Rfe1 Bb7 20. Qd2 Ne4 21.
Qd3 Qxd3 22. exd3 Nc3 23. Bd2 a5 24. Nc6 Na4 25. Rxe7 Ba6 26. d4 Bb5 27. Rb1
Bd3 28. Rbb7 Bf6 29. Re6 Ba6 30. Rc7 Rf7 31. Bxa5 Bb5 32. Rxd6 Bxc6 33. dxc6
Rxa5 34. Rxf7 Kxf7 35. c7 Ke7 36. Rxf6 Kd7 37. Rc6 Kc8 38. Bf1 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 28th"]
[Site "Eilat"]
[Date "2012.10.15"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2012.10.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg CF"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Bxc3 7. bxc3 Re8 8.
Ne1 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Qc2 Bg4 11. f3 Be6 12. e4 Nb6 13. d3 Qd7 14. f4 f5 15.
g4 fxe4 16. f5 Bf7 17. Bxe4 Nd5 18. g5 g6 19. Ng2 Nce7 20. f6 Nf5 21. Rb1 c5
22. Rf2 Nd6 23. Bf3 c4 24. dxc4 Nxc4 25. Qd3 e4 26. Bxe4 Ne5 27. Qg3 Rac8 28.
Bd2 Qg4 29. Qxg4 Nxg4 30. Re2 Nxc3 31. Bxc3 Rxc3 32. Rxb7 h6 33. h3 Rxh3 34.
Bd5 Rxe2 35. Bxf7+ Kf8 36. Bxg6 Re8 37. Rf7+ Kg8 38. Rg7+ Kh8 39. Rh7+ 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 28th"]
[Site "Eilat"]
[Date "2012.10.16"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2012.10.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ugra"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Nc3 b5 8. Be2
Nbd7 9. d5 exd5 10. Nxd5 Bb7 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. Qxd8+ Rxd8 13. a4 b4 14. Nd2
Bd6 15. f3 Nd5 16. Nc4 Bc7 17. e4 Nf4 18. Bxf4 Bxf4 19. e5 Bd5 20. Rfe1 Ke7 21.
a5 Be6 22. Rad1 b3 23. g3 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Bxc4 25. Bxc4 Bxe5 26. Rd3 Rb8 27. Rxb3
Rxb3 28. Bxb3 Bxb2 29. Bc4 Bc3 30. Bxa6 Bxa5 31. Bc4 g5 32. Kf2 f5 33. Bd3 Kf6
34. g4 fxg4 35. Bxh7 gxf3 36. Kxf3 c4 37. h3 c3 38. Kg4 Bb6 39. h4 gxh4 40.
Kxh4 c2 41. Bxc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 28th"]
[Site "Eilat"]
[Date "2012.10.17"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2012.10.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "SOCAR"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 c5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. e3 e5 6. Nge2 Nge7 7. a3 d6 8. d3 a5
9. Nb5 O-O 10. Nec3 f5 11. Bd2 Kh8 12. Rb1 Be6 13. Nd5 Bg8 14. O-O Nxd5 15.
cxd5 Na7 16. Qb3 Qd7 17. Nxa7 Rxa7 18. a4 Bf7 19. Bc3 Be8 20. Ra1 b5 21. axb5
Qxb5 22. Qc2 a4 23. f4 Re7 24. e4 Bd7 25. Rf2 Rfe8 26. Raf1 exf4 27. gxf4 Qb3
28. Qxb3 axb3 29. Rc1 Bb5 30. Bxg7+ Kxg7 31. Rc3 fxe4 32. dxe4 c4 33. Kf1 Bd7
34. Ke1 Bf5 35. Re2 Bxe4 36. Rce3 c3 37. Rxe4 Rxe4 0-1

[Event "CZE-chT 1213"]
[Site "Czech Republic"]
[Date "2013.03.23"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Mista, Aleksander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2012.11.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lysa nad Labem"]
[BlackTeam "Poruba"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Rc8 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. Bg5 e6 11. Nd5 h6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qf3 Bg7 14. Nf4 Qa5
15. Nh5 Kf8 16. Rad1 Qe5 17. Qh3 Rg8 18. c3 Bh8 19. Re3 Bd7 20. Nf3 Qc5 21. Qh4
Ke7 22. Red3 Bc6 23. Rxd6 Rg5 24. Nxg5 fxg5 25. Qg4 Qxd6 26. Rxd6 Kxd6 27. h4
Rg8 28. Qg3+ Kd7 29. e5 Rg6 30. Qd3+ Ke8 31. Qd6 gxh4 32. f3 Bxf3 33. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "CZE-chT 1213"]
[Site "Czech Republic"]
[Date "2013.03.24"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Miton, Kamil"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2012.11.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ostrava Labortech"]
[BlackTeam "Lysa nad Labem"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Nc3 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Rfe1 Bd5 14. Qd3 Bxf3
15. Bxf3 c6 16. Qc4 Qa5 17. Reb1 Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2012.11.05"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2012.11.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Gros Xake Taldea"]
[BlackTeam "Equigoma"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Qa4 d6 7. e5 dxe5 8.
Nxe5 Bd7 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. Be3 Bg7 11. Rd1 Qf5 12. Bd3 Qe5 13. O-O O-O 14. Rfe1
Rfd8 15. a3 e6 16. h3 Rd7 17. Bf1 Qc7 18. Bf4 Qb6 19. Qb5 Qxb5 20. Bxb5 Rad8
21. Rxd7 Rxd7 22. Na4 Bf8 23. c4 a6 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. Be3 Rd3 26. Kf1 Nd7 27.
Ke2 Rb3 28. Rd1 Rb7 29. b4 Be7 30. f4 Kf8 31. Nb2 Ke8 32. Nd3 f6 33. g4 Rb8 34.
Rb1 a5 35. Kd2 axb4 36. axb4 e5 37. fxe5 Nxe5 38. c5 Nc4+ 39. Ke2 Ra8 40. Bf4
Ra2+ 41. Kf3 Ra3 42. Ke2 Ra2+ 43. Kf3 Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2012.11.06"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Marin, Mihail"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2012.11.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Foment Martinenc"]
[BlackTeam "Gros Xake Taldea"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 {I had spent for preparing this game considerably more time than usual:
about two hours. This was not only a form of implicit respect for the former
World Champion, but also a normal reaction to his wide opening repertoire.} g6
{But this took me out of the book already! After a one-minute hesitation, I
decided to try a transposition to the Torre Attack, which I had examined in
three succesive articles.} 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. e4 ({The standard Torre Atack move
order would be} 3. Bg5 {, but I wanted to avoid the ...d7-d5 systems. Later, I
found a new confirmation of the rule that there is no such thing as the
perfect move order.}) 3... d6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
e5 {By now, I understood that I risked being caught in an unfavourable line,
since I had developed my light-squared bishop before Black had chosen between
6...c5, 6...Nbd7 and 6...Nc6.} 9. Na3 $5 {My first serious over-the-board
decision. I developed the knight without obstructing the d-file.} ({My problem
was that after} 9. Nbd2 g5 (9... exd4 10. Nxd4) 10. Bg3 g4 11. dxe5 ({I
vaguely knew that sacrificing the pawn does not offer enough compensation.
Actually, I had illustrated this with} 11. Ne1 exd4 12. cxd4 Nxd4 {Motylev,A 
(2674)-Korotkjevich,S (2349) Mainz 2008 (1-0 105)}) 11... dxe5 {two of my
minor pieces were hanging, forcing} 12. Ne1 $8 {, when I could not find an
advantage for White. Later, I discovered that this had been my conclusion in
the article for CBM 149.}) 9... Bg4 {A logical reaction. With the queen's
knight on d2, it would be pointless, since White could reply with 10.h3.} 10.
Nc2 Qe8 {A standard manoeuvre, unpinning the f6-knight and putting pressure on
e4.} 11. Re1 $146 {Curiously, this natural move (which I played automatically),
proved to be a novelty.} (11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Ne3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Bg7 14. dxe5 Nxe5
15. Qe2 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Qe6 $11 {Sargissian,G (2290)-Zaichik,G (2505) Panormo
1998 (1/2, 50)}) (11. h3 Bd7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Ne3 exd4 14. Nd5 Qd8 $15 {
Stratil,L (2320)-Karlik,V (2310) Trnava 1986 (1-0, 23)}) 11... exd4 {Strictly
speaking, this may be considered a concession, but Ponomariov rightly thought
that with the bishop on g4 he could not tolerate the positional threat for too
long.} (11... Nd7 12. d5 Ne7 13. Ne3 $14 {ץg4}) (11... Nh5 12. Rc1 $5 Rc8 13.
d5 Ne7 14. Ne3 Bd7 15. c4 $36) 12. cxd4 Nd7 {Ponomariov criticised this move} (
{and suggested} 12... Nh5 {instead. However, things are not entirely clear:}
13. Rc1 Rc8 14. Bb5 $5 {/^b5-e8, פh5} g5 (14... a6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. e5 $5
dxe5 17. h3 $36) 15. Bg3 a6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. e5 Nxg3 18. hxg3 $36) 13. Rc1 $5
{An indirect form of defending the d4-pawn with a developing move, which I had
seen in the game Jussupow-McNab, Oviedo 1993, which I analysed in the
aforementioned article.} Rc8 {A small achievement for White, since the c1-rook
is more active than its counterpart.} (13... Nxd4 14. Ncxd4 Bxd4 15. Rxc7 $14)
(13... Bxd4 14. Ncxd4 Nxd4 15. Rxc7 Ne5 16. Be2 $14 {עg8}) 14. Bb5 {The only
way to keep the central pawns compact.} Bxf3 $6 {Black will not be able to
take advantage of the kingside weaknesses, while the bishop pair will make
itself felt. Ponomariov confessed that he had overlooked my 16th move.} (14...
a6 {is somewhat better, but after} 15. Bf1 $14 {there is no obvious way for
Black to get counterplay.}) 15. gxf3 a6 16. Bf1 $1 $16 {[%cal Gf1h3,Gf3f4] /
\f4, e5} Nd8 $5 {/\...Ne6-d4} 17. f4 {I consider this and the next two moves
as the most natural from a human point of view, but the computer's
alternatives are quite good as well.} (17. Ne3 $5 Ne6 18. Nf5 $16) 17... c5 (
17... Ne6 18. f5 $40) 18. d5 (18. Ne3 Bxd4 19. Nf5 $36 {ףe8}) 18... Bxb2 19.
Rb1 Bg7 20. Bh3 $5 (20. e5 dxe5 21. fxe5 g5 (21... Nxe5 22. Bg3 $1 {/\f4. I
underestimated this move} ({and was put off by the fact that} 22. f4 {is met by
} Qa4 $1)) 22. Bg3 Bxe5 23. Qh5 $36) 20... f6 {Still, if Black needs to defend
this way, it means that my last three moves were not that bad.} (20... b5 21.
e5 $40) 21. a4 $16 Rc7 (21... c4 22. Nd4 $16) 22. Bg3 {><d6} Qe7 23. Ne3 ({
The immediate occupation of the e6-square was possible one move earlier than
it took place in the game:} 23. Be6+ $5 Kh8 (23... Nxe6 24. dxe6 Qxe6 25. f5
$18 {/\Bxd6}) 24. f5 g5 25. a5 c4 $140 26. Bxd7 Qxd7 27. Nd4 $16) 23... c4 $8
24. Be6+ $1 Kh8 (24... Nxe6 25. dxe6 Qxe6 26. f5 $18 {/\Bxd6}) 25. f5 g5 {
Black is awfully passive, but hopes to improve his position while White
regroups for retrieving the pawn.} 26. Qe2 c3 27. Rec1 Nf7 28. Nc4 ({I was
reluctant to part with my active bishop, but the most direct path to a clear
advantage might have been:} 28. Bxf7 Rxf7 29. Nc4 Ne5 30. Rxc3 $16) 28... Nfe5
29. Rxc3 Nc5 30. a5 Na4 31. Bxe5 (31. Rc2 Nxc4 32. Rxc4 Nc3) 31... fxe5 32. Rc2
Rd8 33. Rbc1 Nc5 {By this moment, I had started experiencing some slight time
trouble and losing the thread.} 34. Qe3 Bf8 35. Nb6 {/\Na4} Qe8 36. Qe2 $138
Rg7 $138 {More than 20 years ago, I happened to get familiar with Petrosian's
games. Immediately after that, I started sacrificing exchanges whenever given
a chance, much to the astonishment of my team mates. In those happy years, I
would not have missed the opportunity to sacrifice on c5, neither now nor on
the next move.} 37. Rb1 $6 (37. Rxc5 $1 dxc5 38. Nc4 {(/\Nxe5 +-)} Qb5 39. Qc2
Bd6 40. f6 Rg6 41. f7 Rf6 42. Rb1 $18 {ףb5}) 37... g4 38. f6 $2 (38. Rxc5 dxc5
39. Nc4 $18) 38... Rg6 39. Bf5 Rg5 40. Kh1 Qf7 41. Bxg4 Qxf6 (41... Qxf6 42.
Rc3 Be7 43. Bf5 Rdg8 44. Rg3 $14) 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2012.11.07"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Alsina Leal, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2012.11.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Gros Xake Taldea"]
[BlackTeam "Barcelona Uga"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. Nc3 Nd7 8.
g4 Bg6 9. Bf4 h5 10. Rg1 hxg4 11. hxg4 Qb6 12. Qd2 e6 13. O-O-O O-O-O 14. Qe3
Be7 15. Bg3 Bf6 16. e5 Be7 17. Nd2 Qa6 18. Nc4 Nb6 19. Nd6+ Bxd6 20. exd6 Nd7
21. Rh1 Rde8 22. a3 Qa5 23. Ne4 f6 24. f4 e5 25. Rxh8 Rxh8 26. fxe5 fxe5 27.
Nd2 Qd8 28. Nf3 Qf6 29. Nxe5 Re8 30. Re1 Qe6 31. Qg5 Nxe5 32. Rxe5 Qf6 33.
Rxe8+ Bxe8 34. Qxc5 Qf1+ 35. Kd2 Qg2+ 36. Kc3 Qf3 37. Qxa7 Qxg3 38. Qa8+ Kd7
39. Qxb7+ Ke6 40. Qe7+ Kd5 41. Qxe8 1-0

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2012.11.08"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2012.11.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Gros Xake Taldea"]
[BlackTeam "Solvay"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. a4 b4 10. d3 Rb8 11. Nbd2 Na5 12. Ba2 Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. d4 bxc3 15.
bxc3 exd4 16. cxd4 d5 17. exd5 exd5 18. Qe2 Bb4 19. Qxa6 Re8 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21.
Qd3 Bd6 22. g3 c5 23. dxc5 Bxc5 24. Ba3 Qxa4 25. Bb2 Qb5 26. Qf5 Qd7 27. Qxd7
Nxd7 28. Bxg7 Nb3 29. Nxb3 Rxb3 30. Nd2 Rd3 31. Bh6 Ne5 32. Rc1 Bd4 33. Kf1 Ng4
34. Ke2 Ra3 35. Rc8+ Kf7 36. Rf8+ Ke6 37. Bg5 h6 38. Bf4 Nxf2 39. Bxh6 Ng4 40.
Rf4 Re3+ 41. Kd1 Nxh2 42. Rxd4 Rxg3 43. Rf4 Ng4 44. Bf8 Ne5 45. Rf2 d4 46. Ne4
Rg1+ 47. Kc2 Kd5 48. Nd2 Rc1+ 49. Kxc1 Nd3+ 50. Kc2 Nxf2 51. Bg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2012.11.09"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2012.11.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sestao"]
[BlackTeam "Gros Xake Taldea"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Ne2 b6 12. Rd1 Ba6 13. Nf4 Rd8 14. Bd2
Nd4 15. Nxd4 Rxd4 16. a4 Bc8 17. a5 a6 18. Be3 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 b5 20. Nd3 Be7
21. Bc5 Bd8 22. Nb4 Rh6 23. f4 f5 24. c3 Bh4 25. Rd3 Rg6 26. Kh2 Bb7 27. Nc2
Bc8 28. g3 Bd8 29. h4 Be6 30. Nb4 Bc8 31. Rd2 Bb7 32. Rd1 Bc8 33. Rh1 Bb7 34.
Kg2 Be7 35. Nd3 Bd8 36. Kf2 Rh6 37. Re1 Bc8 38. Nb4 Kf7 39. Rd1 Ke8 40. Re1 Kf7
41. Re3 Rg6 42. Ke2 Rh6 43. Kd2 Rg6 44. b3 Rh6 45. c4 Rg6 46. Kc3 Rh6 47. Nc2
Re6 48. Nd4 Re8 49. Rd3 bxc4 50. bxc4 Bd7 51. Re3 Be7 52. Bxe7 Kxe7 53. e6 Bc8
54. Kb4 Kf6 55. Kc5 Bb7 56. Nxc6 g6 57. e7 Ba8 58. Re5 Bb7 59. Nd8 Bg2 60. Nc6
Kf7 61. Nb4 Rxe7 62. Rxe7+ Kxe7 63. Nxa6 Kd8 64. Nb4 Ba8 65. Nc6+ Kc8 66. a6
1-0

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2012.11.10"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2012.11.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Gros Xake Taldea"]
[BlackTeam "Extremadura"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Re1 Nbd7 11. a4 Nb6 12. Nd2 Rc8 13. Nf1 d5 14. exd5 Nbxd5
15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. c3 Bc5 17. Ne3 Bxe3 18. Bxe3 f6 19. a5 Nxe3 20. Rxe3 Qc7 21.
Rd3 Rfd8 22. Be4 g6 23. Bd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Kg7 25. Ra4 Rxd5 26. Qxd5 Rd8 27. Rc4
Qe7 28. Qc5 Qe6 29. Kg2 Rd7 30. Rb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2012.11.11"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Mchedlishvili, Mikheil"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2012.11.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Reverte Albox"]
[BlackTeam "Gros Xake Taldea"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Ne5
Ng4 9. Nxg4 Bxg4 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. h3 Bd7 12. e3 e6 13. b3 Qe7 14. Bb2 Rfc8 15.
Qd2 Qb4 16. Rfd1 h5 17. Rac1 Ne7 18. Nb1 Qxd2 19. Nxd2 Bb5 20. Nb1 Rxc1 21.
Rxc1 Rc8 22. Rxc8+ Nxc8 23. Ba3 Bf8 24. Bxf8 Kxf8 25. Nc3 Nd6 26. f3 Ke7 27.
Kf2 b6 28. f4 f5 29. Bf3 Bd3 30. Ke1 Nb5 31. Nxb5 Bxb5 32. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2nd"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2012.11.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Re1 Bg4 10. Nde2 Nc6 11. h3 Bd7 12. a4 Rc8 13. Be3 Ne5 14. Bd4 Nc6 15.
Be3 Ne5 16. b3 Qa5 17. Rb1 b5 18. axb5 Bxb5 19. Ra1 Qc7 20. Nxb5 axb5 21. Nd4
Nfd7 22. Nxb5 Qxc2 23. Qxc2 Rxc2 24. Rec1 Rxc1+ 25. Rxc1 Rb8 26. Bf1 Nc5 27.
Bxc5 dxc5 28. Kg2 Nd7 29. Rd1 Nb6 30. Rc1 Nd7 31. Rd1 Nb6 32. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2nd"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2012.11.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
Rb8 9. axb5 axb5 10. Nc3 d6 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Nd4 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Bd2 Bd7
15. Ra7 Ra8 16. Qa1 Qb8 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. Qa5 Qxa5 19. Bxa5 Rc8 20. Ra1 Ra8 21.
Ra3 Ra7 22. Bd2 Rxa3 23. bxa3 Kf8 24. Ba5 Bd8 25. Kf1 Ke7 26. Ke2 f6 27. f3 c5
28. dxc6 Bxa5 29. cxd7 Kxd7 30. a4 bxa4 31. Bxa4+ Ke6 32. Bb3+ Ke5 33. g3 g5
34. Bf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2nd"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2012.11.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
O-O 9. Qf3 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Rfd1 Nb6 14. Nd2 Nfd7 15.
Qg3 Nc5 16. Bh6 Ne6 17. Be3 Nc5 18. Bh6 Ne6 19. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2nd"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2012.11.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Qe2 O-O 8.
Bg5 {The Scotch Game in its modern form is anything but a boring opening.
White sports very ambitious plans, hoping for long castling and an attack.
Black's development advantage gives him a chance to start the immediate
counterattack.} (8. Be3 Re8 9. f3 d5 (9... Bxe3 10. Qxe3 d6 {0-1 Karjakin,S 
(2269)-Zubov,O (2328)/Alushta 2001/ (58)}) (9... d6 10. O-O-O Be6 11. Kb1 Nd7
12. Qf2 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 a6 14. Be2 (14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Qf6 16. Be2 b5 17. Rhe1
Qh6 18. g3 Nb6 19. f4 Rad8 20. e5 c5 21. Qf2 dxe5 22. fxe5 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Nd7
$11 {1/2 (32) Hansen,S (2577)-Georgiev,V (2566) Istanbul 2012}) 14... b5 15.
Rhe1 Nb6 16. Qf4 Ne5 17. Bf1 h6 18. Nd4 Qg5 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Qg3 Rf8 21. Ne2
Rae8 22. b3 Qxg3 23. hxg3 g5 $11 {1/2 (41) Panarin,M (2538)-Khalifman,A (2651)
Tyumen 2012}) 10. O-O-O Be6 11. Qf2 Ne5 $6 {/\...Ng4} (11... Qd6 $5) 12. h3 Ng6
13. Bxb6 axb6 14. f4 (14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. c4 $2 Qg5+ $17) 14... Bd7
15. f5 $36 Ne5 16. exd5 b5 17. a3 Nc4 18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. Nd2 b5 20. g4 b4 21.
axb4 Ra1+ 22. Ndb1 Ne4 23. Nxe4 Rxe4 24. f6 $14 {1/2 (60) Caruana,F (2775)
-Naiditsch,A (2700) Dortmund 2012}) 8... Nd4 {Black does not have to worry
that he would not get a chance for counterplay. Naturally, the question about
achieving the maximum and crossing White's plans is difficult to answer.
Ponomariov is refraining from chasing away the bishop on g5, since it would
weaken the kingside.} (8... h6 9. Bh4 $1 (9. h4 d6 10. f3 hxg5 11. hxg5 Ng4 12.
fxg4 Qxg5 13. Qf3 Bxg4 14. Qg3 Ne5 15. Be2 f5 16. exf5 Qxf5 17. O-O-O Bxe2 18.
Nxe2 Qf2 19. Qh2 Qxe2 20. Qh8+ Kf7 21. Rdf1+ Bf2 22. Qh7 Ke6 23. Kb1 Qg4 {
0-1 Rublevsky,S (2649)-Anand,V (2781)/Bastia 2004}) 9... a5 (9... d6 10. O-O-O
Be6 11. Kb1 {1/2 (11) Leitao,R (2626)-Milos,G (2597) Santos 2011}) (9... Re8
10. O-O-O d6 11. f3 Be6 12. Kb1 Qe7 13. g4 Rad8 14. Qe1 Ne5 15. Be2 Ng6 16. Bg3
Bxb3 17. axb3 d5 18. exd5 Ba5 19. Bc4 Qf8 20. Qf2 a6 21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. fxe4 $14
{1/2 (53) Bok,B (2512)-Avrukh,B (2605) Biel 2012}) 10. a4 (10. O-O-O a4 11. Nd2
g5 12. Bg3 d5 13. h4 g4 14. h5 a3 15. b3 Bd4 16. Nb5 Bb2+ 17. Kb1 dxe4 18. Nc4
Qe7 19. Qe3 Nb4 20. Qxh6 $16 {1-0 (32) Negi,P (2658)-Sanikidze,T (2586) Baku
2012}) 10... Nd4 (10... Re8 11. O-O-O d6 12. f3 $5 Be6 13. g4 Bxb3 (13... Ne5
14. Nd4 $16) 14. cxb3 Nd4 15. Qg2 $5 Nxb3+ 16. Kb1 Nd4 17. Bc4 c6 18. g5 hxg5
19. Bxg5 $16) 11. Qd3 Nxb3 12. cxb3 Re8 13. O-O-O d6 14. Qc2 $1 Bd7 $6 (14...
c6 15. Bc4 Qe7 16. Rhe1 Be6 17. Nd5 $5 (17. f3 Bxc4 18. bxc4 Qe6) 17... cxd5
18. exd5 g5 $1 19. Bg3 Nxd5 20. Rxd5 Bc5 $11) 15. Bc4 Be6 16. Rhe1 Qe7 17. e5
$1 dxe5 18. Rxe5 Qf8 $8 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Re2 $16 {1-0 (38) Carlsen,M (2826)
-Bacrot,E (2716) Nanjing 2010. Carlsen was able to put his strong opponent
under serious pressure.}) 9. Qd2 Nxb3 10. axb3 {The difference to the
Carlsen's game against Bacrot lies in the location of white queen. The plan
with opening the c-file becomes simply unrealistic.} (10. cxb3 h6 11. Bf4 Re8
12. f3 d5 $15) 10... Re8 {The impression from the opening is quite
double-edged for White. The adversary has no serious problems with equalising
the game. Ponomariov could have contemplated the move 10..h6 with equality,
but he might have been dreaming about something better.} (10... h6 11. Be3 Bxe3
12. Qxe3 Re8 (12... d5 13. O-O-O Ng4 14. Qg3 d4 15. Nb5 c5 16. Be2 Nf6 17. Nd6
Be6 18. e5 Nd5 19. Bc4 Nb4 20. c3 Bxc4 21. bxc4 dxc3 22. bxc3 Nc6 23. f4 $14 {
1/2 (40) Darini,P (2503)-Bruzon Batista,L (2711) Istanbul 2012}) 13. f3 (13.
O-O-O c6 14. Qd4 Qe7 15. f3 b5 16. Qd6 Qxd6 17. Rxd6 Re6 18. Rxe6 dxe6 19. e5
Nd5 20. Ne4 a5 21. c4 Ne3 22. Kd2 Nf5 $11 {1-0 (51) Negi,P (2638)-Sargissian,G
(2679) Leon 2012}) 13... c6 14. O-O-O d5 15. Qc5 Qb6 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. exd5
Ra1+ 18. Kd2 Rxd1+ 19. Kxd1 Rd8 20. Bc4 (20. Bd3 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Rxd5 22. Ke2 Kf8
23. b4 Bf5 24. Bxf5 Rxf5 25. Ra1 $11 {1/2 (30) Bruzon Batista,L (2711)
-Fressinet,L (2714) Istanbul 2012}) 20... b5 21. Bd3 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Rxd5 23. Ke2
Kf8 24. b4 Ke7 25. Ra1 Kd6 $11 {1/2 (30) Wang Hao (2726)-Aronian,L (2816)
Istanbul 2012 The endgame is completely even.}) 11. f3 h6 12. Bf4 {Retreating
with the bishop is not easy for White, each and every square has some
disadvantages.} (12. Bh4 Nxe4 13. Bxd8 Nxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Rxd8 15. Nd5 d6 16. Nxb6
cxb6 17. Bd3 Bd7 $15) 12... d5 13. O-O-O d4 14. Kb1 (14. Bc4 Nh5 15. Bg3 Nxg3
16. hxg3 Qd6 $11) 14... Be6 {Both players have been creative in the original
position, so missing a small finesse was quite understandable. In the peace of
the home study it seems that Ponomariov missed the chance for the better idea
14...c5!? with prospects for taking the initiative.} (14... c5 $5 15. Nb5 Nh5
16. Bc4 Be6 $15) 15. Nb5 Qe7 (15... c5 16. g4 $14) 16. g4 (16. Nxd4 $2 Bxd4 17.
Qxd4 Rad8 $19) 16... Rad8 (16... a6 17. Na3 Bc5 18. g5 $14) 17. h4 {Svidler
has decided for the risky unclear opening for a good reason, he was hoping for
the violent attack on the kingside.} c6 18. Na3 Bc7 (18... Bc5 19. g5 Nh5 20.
gxh6 Nxf4 21. Qxf4 Qf6 22. Qg5 Qxg5 23. hxg5 b5 $11) 19. Nc4 (19. Bxc7 Qxc7 20.
g5 Nh5 21. gxh6 g6 22. Qg5 Qf4 23. Bc4 $14) 19... Bxf4 20. Qxf4 Qc5 {
Ponomariov is not ready to play highly risky chess and so he plans to
eliminate the danger with the help of the queen exchange.} (20... Bxc4 21. Bxc4
b5 22. Bf1 Nh7 $11) 21. g5 Nh5 22. Qh2 Bxc4 23. Bxc4 b5 24. Bd3 Qe5 {Very
similar to the English Attack in the Sicilian Defence: the black knight on h5
feels much better than the first glance could ever reveal. It prevents the
opening of the h-file and due to its control of the f4-square is obstructing
the enemy activities on the kingside.} 25. Rdg1 (25. gxh6 Qxh2 26. Rxh2 gxh6
27. Rg2+ Kf8 $11) 25... Qxh2 26. Rxh2 g6 27. Rg4 (27. gxh6 a5 28. Rf2 Nf4 29.
Rg4 Nh5 $11) 27... Ng7 $6 {The main disadvantage of the current balanced
position is the difference in dynamics. Black would prefer the status quo,
White will actively try to improve his position. Ponomariov is trying to force
the taking on h6 due to the h6-h5 threat, but it will cost him two precious
tempi.} (27... a5 28. f4 Kg7 29. e5 Re7 $11) 28. gxh6 Nh5 29. f4 Kh7 (29... Kh8
30. b4 (30. e5 f5 $1 31. exf6 Re1+ 32. Ka2 Nxf6 33. Rxg6 Nd5 34. b4 Re3 35. Kb3
a5 $11) 30... Kh7 31. e5 Kxh6 32. Kc1 $14) 30. e5 Kxh6 31. b4 $1 {An important
detail that reveals the touch of a true master. Svidler is active on the
kingside, but he will not forget about fixing the structure on the opposite
flank.} Kg7 (31... Ra8 32. Re2 a5 33. f5 gxf5 34. Bxf5 $14) 32. Rf2 Kf8 (32...
Rd7 33. f5 Rxe5 34. fxg6 f6 35. Kc1 $14) 33. f5 $1 {[%mdl 32] The opening of
the position comes at a moment which is really unpleasant for the defender.}
gxf5 (33... Rxe5 34. fxg6 f6 35. g7+ Kg8 36. Bg6 Re1+ 37. Ka2 Re5 38. Bxh5 Rxh5
39. Rxf6 d3 40. cxd3 Rh7 41. Rxc6 Rxg7 42. Rxg7+ Kxg7 43. Rc7+ $16) 34. Rg5 (
34. Rxf5 Ng7 35. Rf6 Rxe5 36. Rxc6 Ne6 37. Ra6 $14) 34... Ng7 35. h5 Re6 $6 {
The defence forever remains an ungrateful task for any player. Choosing
properly what threats to parry first is next to impossible, one slip can
trigger dire consequences.} (35... Rxe5 36. h6 Ne6 37. h7 $18) (35... f4 $1 36.
h6 Ne6 37. h7 Ke7 38. Rg1 $14) 36. Rfg2 Ne8 37. Rxf5 {White has managed to
open up the position and created a very dangerous passed pawn on the h-file.} (
37. Bxf5 Rh6 38. Be4 $14) 37... Rd7 (37... Rd5 38. Rgg5 Nc7 39. Rf1 Ne8 (39...
Rdxe5 40. Rxe5 Rxe5 41. h6 Rh5 42. h7 $18) 40. Rgf5 Rd7 41. R5f3 $16) 38. Rf1
Rh6 {If anybody should be hesitating to believe that Black is under great
pressure he might consider the charming tactical line with a break of the
passed h-pawn after 38...Rde7.} (38... Rde7 39. Bg6 Rxe5 40. h6 Re1+ 41. Ka2
Rxf1 42. h7 Rh1 43. Bh5 $18) 39. e6 $1 Re7 (39... Rxe6 40. Bf5 Rf6 41. h6 $18)
40. exf7 Nf6 {The tragedy is complete, since Black can not even recapture the
daring pawn f7.} (40... Rxf7 41. Rxf7+ Kxf7 42. Bg6+ $18) 41. Rg6 Rxg6 42. hxg6
Nh5 43. Rh1 Re5 44. Be2 $1 {Svidler has managed to demonstrate his true
strength, his play was very impressive.} (44. Be2 $1 Rxe2 45. Rxh5 Rf2 46. Rh8+
$18) 1-0

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2nd"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2012.11.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 {We will witness some
strange sort of metamorphosis of the structure in the opening: it starts as a
genuine French, but after the exchange on d4 it may well be a Paulsen Sicilian
in which Black has played ...d7-d5 early; and as happens many times in the
Paulsen, the later exchange on c6 will transpose to a typical French again!} 6.
Bb5 {A typical Sicilian reaction when ...d7-d5 arrives early. White tries to
induce some lack of harmony in Black's camp.} (6. Nxc6 bxc6 {looks like
throwing away a tempo if compared to the Paulsen, where the exchange on c6 is
usualy carried out after ...a7-a6. See for instance the Paulsen game
Leko-Svidler from this same tournament. And here is a recent example from
French territory:} 7. Bd3 Nf6 8. O-O Be7 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 a5 11. a4 {
Relatively unexplored.} ({In some older games} 11. Qe2 a4 {was played, with a
good position for Black.}) 11... Ba6 12. Bxa6 Rxa6 13. Qe2 Ra8 14. Rad1 Qb6 15.
Kh1 Rad8 16. e5 Nd7 17. f4 c5 18. f5 exf5 19. Rxf5 c4 (19... Qe6 20. Rdf1 Rde8
{[%csl Re5][%cal Ge7d8,Gd8c7]}) 20. Rdf1 Rc8 21. Qf3 Qe6 $13 {Malakhov,V (2732)
-Wang Hao (2724)/Ningbo 2010/CBM 137 Extra (0-1, 35)}) 6... Bd7 7. Nxc6 (7.
Bxc6 bxc6 {Christiansen,L (2595)-Jussupow,A (2655)/Munich 1992/CBM 030/
[Jussupow] (1/2, 64)}) 7... bxc6 (7... Bxc6 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. c4 {Topalov,V 
(2796)-Kamsky,G (2725)/Sofia 2009/CBM 129/[Stohl] (1-0, 55)}) 8. Bd3 {Strictly
speaking, White has lost a tempo, but Black has spent it on ...Bc8-d7, which
does not really improve the bishop's placement. On the contrary, the bishop is
farther now from a6 and the knight will not have at its disposal the d7-square
in the event of ...Nf6, e4-e5. Therefore, Black will have to either develop
the knight to e7, or release the tension with ...dxe4. For the time being, he
can make some useful moves before taking a decision regarding the knight.} Bd6
9. Qe2 Qc7 ({To my taste, the most flexible continuation is} 9... Ne7 {After
all, the queen is supposed to be the last piece to be developed.} 10. Nf3 Ng6
11. O-O O-O 12. e5 Bc7 13. Ng5 (13. c4 Qe7 14. Bd2 f6 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Rfe1 g5
{Tal,M-Kortschnoj,V/Moscow (blitz) 1972/EXT 2001 (1/2, 28)}) 13... Qe8 14. f4
f5 15. c4 Bb6+ 16. Kh1 Ne7 17. b3 a5 $13 {Fedorchuk,S (2635)-Vitiugov,N (2726)/
Germany 2012/CBM 148 (1/2, 22)}) 10. Nf3 dxe4 {The logical consequence of the
previous move.} (10... Ne7 11. e5 Bc5 {was never tried, but Black's regrouping
looks a bit unnatural.}) ({Preparing ...Ne7 with} 10... f6 {creates a serious
weakness. Would it not be simpler to play 9...Ne7?!} 11. c4 Ne7 12. O-O O-O 13.
Be3 (13. Re1 Rae8 14. e5 fxe5 15. Nxe5 $14 {Adla,D (2491)-Fernandez Romero,E 
(2396)/Zafra 2004/CBM 100 ext (1/2, 29)}) 13... Rae8 14. Rac1 Qb8 (14... dxe4
$5) 15. Rfd1 $14 {Baron Rodriguez,J (2419)-Fernandez Romero,E (2445)/Alcudia
2003/EXT 2005 (1/2, 47)}) 11. Qxe4 Nf6 (11... f5 $6 12. Qe2 {Evans,L (2405)
-Bennett,T (2270)/London 1978/MCD (1-0, 41)}) 12. Qh4 {At the cost of a
minimal structural concession, Black has managed to maintain the harmony of
his development, but faces a concrete problem: castling is not a good idea yet.
} h6 (12... O-O $2 13. Bg5 $18) (12... Rb8 {Yudasin,L (2605)-Gulko,B (2635)/
Biel 1993/CBM 037/[Ftacnik] (1-0, 23)}) 13. O-O c5 {Preparing ...Bc6, with the
hope that the threat ...Bxf3 will distract White's attention from the h6- and
f6-squares.} (13... O-O $2 14. Bxh6 $1 $18) (13... Rb8 14. Bd2 Nd5 $6 {This
loses too much time and allows White to develop his initiative.} (14... Rxb2
15. Bc3 $16) ({The constructive} 14... c5 $5 {[%cal Gd7c6] was playable, with
the possible nice variation:} 15. Bc3 Bc6 16. Bxf6 $140 gxf6 17. Qxf6 Rg8 {
[%cal Gd6h2]} 18. g3 Bxg3 $1 19. fxg3 Rxg3+ 20. Kh1 Rh3 $1 21. Kg1 Rg3+ $1 $11)
15. c4 Nf4 (15... Nb4 16. Be4 $16 {פb4, /\a3, b4} c5 17. Bc3 $1 $40 O-O 18.
Bf6 $1 Rfc8 19. Qg4 Bf8 20. Be5) 16. c5 Nxd3 17. cxd6 Qxd6 18. Rad1 Rb5 19. Bc3
O-O {Yakovich,Y (2515)-Shulman,Y (2435)/Vladivostok 1994/CBM 043 ext (1/2, 51)}
20. Ne5 Rd5 21. Nxd3 Rxd3 22. Bb4 Rxd1 (22... c5 23. Bxc5 $1) 23. Bxd6 Rxd6 24.
Qa4 Ra8 25. Qb4 Rd5 26. Qb7 $16) 14. Nd2 $5 $146 {Removing the knight from the
exposed square in advance and hoping to cause some discomfort to the d6-bishop.
} (14. Bg5 {Guseinov,G (2625)-So,W (2640)/Khanty Mansiysk 2009/CBM 134/
[Erenburg] (1-0, 44)}) (14. Bd2 Bc6) 14... Nd5 {I did not find any concrete
problem with this move, but since Black will have to play ...Bf4 anyway, why
not do it right away?} (14... Bf4 15. Re1 (15. Nc4 Bxc1 16. Raxc1 O-O {In this
line, the knight stands well on f6, enjoying absolute stability and defending
the king's position.}) ({Maybe Morozevich felt uncomfortable about} 15. Ne4 {
, but after} Be5 {Black seems to be doing fine.}) 15... g5 $1 (15... O-O $6 16.
Ne4 Be5 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Qe4 $16) 16. Qh3 g4 17. Qh4 Bg5 18. Qg3 Bf4 $11 {
Here, too, the knight is useful on f6, taking away the h5- and g4-suares from
the queen.}) 15. Nc4 Bf4 16. Re1 Rb8 17. Be4 {White intends to force Black to
take on c1, but the bishop will be exposed on e4.} ({A more flexible way to do
it was} 17. b3 {[%csl Rf4][%cal Gc1b2]} Bxc1 18. Raxc1 O-O 19. Qe4 Nf6 20. Qe5
Qxe5 21. Rxe5 Rfc8 {[%cal Gg8f8,Gf8e7,Gg7g5] White's position looks more
active, but Black's kingside majority should not be underestimated.}) 17...
Bxc1 18. Raxc1 Nb6 $6 {I believe that only this move is wrong. Black takes his
knight too far from the kingside and in the end it will even be cut off from
the play with c2(-c3)-c4. Morozevich was probably irritated by the blocking
c4-knight, but since the dark-squared bishops have been exchanged, the
blockade is not that important. Besides, with a white knight on c4, there is
no way to drive the active black knight away from d5, so that the positional
factors compensate for each other.} (18... O-O {looks absolutely fine for
Black.}) 19. Ne3 O-O 20. b3 f5 {An ambitious plan, possibly intended from the
beginning of the knight manoeuvre. In the end, Black will be left with just
weaknesses.} 21. Bd3 (21. Bf3 e5 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. Bxd5+ Kh7 24. f3 $14 {
is a pleasant alternative, but with the game continuation White is obviously
plaing against the b6-knight and does not intend to exchange it!}) 21... e5 22.
f3 Rbe8 23. Rcd1 Kh8 24. c3 {Maybe a bit hesitatant. WHite prepares the bishop
retreat to c2, but does not go all the way with his pawn.} ({Once again,
playing for the d5-square and against the hanging pawns was possible:} 24. Nc4
Bc6 25. Qg3 Nxc4 26. Bxc4 $14 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Gc4d5]}) ({Or if he wanted to
play against the knight,} 24. c4 {looks more direct.}) 24... Rf6 (24... e4 25.
fxe4 fxe4 26. Bc2 $14 {with a nice blockade on e3.}) 25. Bc2 Be6 {Somehow,
Black does not find a proper way to regroup. His hanging pawns are more of a
weakness than a strength.} 26. Rd2 a5 27. c4 {Facing the positional threat ...
a5-a4, with pressure against b3, White finally decides to restrict the enemy
minor pieces.} Nc8 $6 {Black initiates a long manoeuvre aimed at installing
the knight on d4, but the temporary knight retreat allows an effective
tactical blow. The reader can find a similar situation in the game
Nisipeanu-Spasov from the comments to Karjakin-Ponomariov from this same
tournament.} (27... a4 28. g4 $5 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Yc2h7]}) 28. Bxf5 $1 Rxf5 (
28... Bxf5 29. Nd5 Qf7 30. Nxf6 Qxf6 31. Qxf6 gxf6 32. Rd5 $16) 29. Nxf5 Bxf5
30. Qh5 Rf8 31. Rd5 Kh7 32. Rdxe5 $16 {White has obtained a small material
advantage and activated his position even more.} Bg6 33. Qh4 Rd8 34. Qg3 Bf7
35. Qf4 Bg6 36. h4 Rd4 $2 {Allowing the start of a decisive attack.} 37. Qf8
Qd7 38. h5 Bf7 39. Qxc5 a4 40. Re7 Nxe7 41. Rxe7 Rd1+ 42. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2nd"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2012.11.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Nc3 Qf6 7. Qf3 Bd4
8. Bd2 Qxf3 9. gxf3 Rb8 10. Na4 Ne7 11. Ba5 Bb6 12. Bc3 f6 13. h4 d5 14. h5 Kf7
15. b4 Be6 16. Bd3 a5 17. a3 axb4 18. axb4 Rhd8 19. Ke2 Ra8 20. Nxb6 cxb6 21.
Rxa8 Rxa8 22. Bd4 c5 23. bxc5 Nc6 24. c3 dxe4 25. fxe4 bxc5 26. Bxc5 Ne5 27.
Bb1 Rb8 28. Bd4 Rb2+ 29. Ke3 Bc4 30. Kf4 g5+ 31. hxg6+ hxg6 32. Kg3 g5 33. Rc1
Nd3 34. Bxd3 Bxd3 35. f3 Rb1 36. Rxb1 Bxb1 37. c4 f5 38. exf5 Bxf5 39. f4 gxf4+
40. Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2nd"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2012.11.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 Nd4 $5 {Die Hauptvariante ist
5...a6, aber ich glaube, Gelfand hat Recht, dass er nicht in diese Variante
gehen will.} (5... a6 6. Bxc6 $5 Nxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 d6 (8... Qc7 9. Nc3 d6
10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qg4 e5 12. Qg3 h5 13. h4 Be6 14. b3 $14 {1-0 Bacrot,E (2723)
-Maze,S (2571)/Nice 2011/CBM 141 Extra (50)}) (8... Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Nxc6
dxc6 11. e5 $14 {Wieder steht Weiß besser, weil Schwarz den schlechten Läufer
auf c8 hat, der nicht bald aktiv wird.}) 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qg4 Kf8 (
11... O-O 12. Bh6 Bf6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Rad1 Qe7 15. Ne4 Kh8 16. Be3 $18) 12. b3
Qa5 13. Bb2 $14 {Safarli,E (2620)-Korobov,A (2705)/Baku 2012/CB39_2012 (34)})
6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. c3 {Die Alternative 7.d3 spielte Caruana gegen Gelfand im
gleichen Turnier:} (7. d3 a6 (7... Nc6 8. Nd2 Be7 9. Qg4 O-O 10. e5 f5 11. exf6
Bxf6 12. Ne4 d6 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Qg3 h6 15. Rf1 e5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Harikrishna,
P (2664)-Krasenkow,M (2636)/Wijk aan Zee 2008/CBM 122 (45)}) 8. Ba4 Nc6 (8...
b5 9. Bb3 Bb7 10. Nd2 Nc6 11. f4 Na5 12. Bd5 $1 Be7 13. Bxb7 Nxb7 14. Nf3 Qb6
15. Qe2 Na5 16. Qf2 Bc5 17. a3 $14 {1-0 Caruana,F (2786)-Gelfand,B (2751)/
Tashkent 2012/CB48_2012 (59)}) 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. e5 d6 11. Bf4 dxe5 12. Bxe5 f6
13. Bg3 Be7 14. Qh5+ g6 15. Qh6 Bf8 16. Qc1 Bg7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Zvjaginsev,V 
(2643)-Moiseenko,A (2668)/Dagomys 2010/CBM 136 (36)}) 7... a6 8. Bf1 (8. Ba4
Nc6 9. d3 b5 10. Bb3 Bc5 11. Qg4 Qf6 12. Qe2 d6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Zhang Zhong (2637)
-Gulko,B (2597)/Shanghai 2002/CBM 091 (32)}) 8... Nc6 9. Na3 {Selten gespielt,
öfter sieht man 9.d3. In beiden Fällen ist die Idee von Weiß, Schwarz dazu zu
bringen, auf c3 zu nehmen. Dann kann Weiß später auf ein starkes Zentrum
hoffen. Doch Schwarz kann die Kontrolle über das Feld d4 locker behalten.} (9.
d3 Bc5 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Nb3 (11. e5 Be7 12. Nf3 dxc3 13. bxc3 d6 14. exd6 Qxd6
15. d4 b5 16. Bd3 Bb7 17. Qe2 $132 {1-0 Kveinys,A (2500)-Umanskaya,I (2320)/
Cappelle la Grande 1996/CBM 051 ext (32)}) 11... Ba7 12. cxd4 Nxd4 13. Be3 Nxb3
14. Qxb3 $14 {1-0 Nolte,R (2489)-Sveshnikov,E (2525)/Beijing 2008/CBM 126
Extra (65)}) 9... Bc5 $1 {Das wichtigste in dieser Stellung ist die Kontrolle
über das Feld d4.} (9... b5 10. Nc2 Bc5 11. b4 Bb6 12. cxd4 Nxd4 13. Bb2 Nxc2
14. Qxc2 O-O 15. d4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Shahade,J (2290)-Turova,I (2295)/Yerevan 1999/
CBM 072 ext (47)}) 10. b4 Ba7 11. Rb1 (11. Nc2 Qh4 $1 12. Qf3 O-O 13. Bb2 d3 $1
14. Nd4 Ne5 15. Qg3 Qxg3 16. hxg3 d6 $132) 11... O-O 12. b5 {Die logische
Fortsetzung des Planes 11.Rb1.} axb5 13. Nxb5 {Weiß will nun Ba3 spielen und
das Feld d6 okkupieren.} Bc5 (13... dxc3 {ist möglich, aber unnötig. Schwarz
kann in der entstehenden Stellung kaum auf Gewinn spielen.} 14. dxc3 Bc5 15.
Be3 Bxe3 16. Rxe3 Rxa2 17. Bc4 Ra8 18. Nd6 $44) 14. Bb2 dxc3 15. Bxc3 d5 $1 {
Niemand braucht hier den Bauern a2.} (15... Rxa2 16. d4 Bb6 17. Bc4 Ra8 18. Nd6
$16) 16. exd5 (16. d4 Bb6 17. e5 Rxa2 $132 {Das ist eine ziemlich unklare
Französische Verteidigung. Weiß hat einen Minusbauern, aber was er sonst noch
hat, ist eine große Frage.}) 16... exd5 {Erzwungen.} (16... Qxd5 17. Nc7 $18)
17. d4 Be7 {Der Läufer geht nach f6, von wo er gleichzeitig den König
verteidigt und den Bauern d4 angreift.} (17... Bb6 18. Qc2 Qf6 19. Bd3 g6 20.
Re3 $36) 18. Qc2 Bf6 19. Bd3 g6 {Weiß steht etwas angenehmer, aber etwas
Konkretes hat er auch nicht. Sein strategischer Vorteil basiert auf dem
schlechten Läufer c8, aber dadurch, dass der Turm a8 im Spiel ist, weil die
a-Linie geöffnet ist, hat Schwarz keine großen Probleme.} 20. f4 $5 {Ein sehr
aggressiver Versuch.} (20. a3 $5 Be6 21. Qd2 Re8 22. Qf4 Bg5 23. Qg3 Bh4 $11)
20... Bd7 21. f5 {Es ist fraglich, ob Weiß wirklich Angriff hat. Seinen
eigenen König hat er auch geschwächt.} Na7 22. fxg6 (22. Nxa7 Rxa7 23. Re3 Re8
24. Rf3 g5 $1 $11 {und Schwarz ist sicher.}) 22... hxg6 23. Nd6 (23. Nxa7 Rxa7
24. Bxg6 fxg6 25. Qxg6+ Bg7 $17 {Weiß hat keine logische Fortsetzung seines
Angriffs.}) 23... Ba4 {Eine ruhige Fortsetzung, die zum Ausgleich führt. Ein
ganz anderes Spiel sieht man nach 23...Qc7:} (23... Qc7 $5 24. Nxb7 (24. Bxg6
Qxd6 $19) 24... Nb5 25. Bxb5 (25. Ba1 Qxc2 26. Bxc2 Rxa2 27. Bb3 Rxa1 28. Rxa1
Bxd4+ 29. Kf1 Bxa1 30. Rxa1 Bc6 $17) 25... Bxd4+ 26. Bxd4 Qxc2 27. Bxd7 Rxa2
28. Bh3 Qd3 $132) 24. Qxa4 Qxd6 25. Bb4 {Dies führt ebenfalls zum Ausgleich,
so wie auch das Nehmen auf b7:} (25. Rxb7 Nc6 26. Qc2 Nxd4 $11) 25... Bxd4+ 26.
Kh1 Bc5 27. Bxc5 Qxc5 28. Qg4 (28. Rxb7 Nc6 29. Qh4 Qd4 (29... Rxa2 30. Bxg6
$18) 30. Qxd4 Nxd4 31. Rd7 Rxa2 32. Rxd5 $11) 28... Qc3 29. Bxg6 {Beide Seiten
können nichts machen.} fxg6 (29... Qg7 30. Bf5 Qxg4 31. Bxg4 $14) 30. Qxg6+ Qg7
(30... Kh8 $2 31. Qh6+ Kg8 32. Re7 $18) 31. Qe6+ Qf7 (31... Rf7 $2 32. Rxb7 $16
) 32. Qg4+ Qg7 33. Qe6+ Qf7 34. Qg4+ Qg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2nd"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2012.11.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Be3 Nb4 8.
Be4 f5 9. exf6 exf6 10. Nc3 f5 11. Bb1 N4d5 12. Nf3 Nxe3 13. fxe3 Bd6 14. O-O
O-O 15. e4 c6 16. Qb3+ Kh8 17. e5 Be7 18. a4 Nd5 19. Ba2 Rb8 20. a5 Ne3 21. Ne2
f4 22. Rf2 Ng4 23. Rff1 Ne3 24. Rf2 Ng4 25. Rff1 Ne3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2nd"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2012.12.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 {Over recent years, there seems to
have been a revival of this old favourite of Bent Larsen.} ({The classical
main lines are} 4... g6) ({and} 4... Bg4) 5. Nxe5 c6 {The modern
interpretation of the line, preparing ...Nb8-d7 without allowing nasty
tactical blows. Kamsky's attention might have been drawn to this line after
having faced it with White twice (the games are quoted below).} ({Larsen used
to be braver:} 5... Nd7 6. Nxf7 Kxf7 7. Qh5+ Ke6 8. c4 ({There is some
historic interest regarding} 8. Qg4+ {Fischer,R-Larsen,B/Santa Monica (free
game) 1966/Fischer (1-0, 17)}) 8... N5f6 9. d5+ Kd6 10. Qf7 Ne5 11. Bf4 c5 12.
Nc3 a6 {Boruchovsky,A (2333)-Savchenko,B (2580)/Plovdiv 2012/CBM 148/[Let's
Check] (1-0, 29)}) 6. Be2 (6. c4 {allows Black to develop with gain of time:}
Nb4 7. Be3 Bf5 8. Na3 Nd7 9. Nf3 e5 $1 ({There is nothing wrong with the
neutral} 9... e6 {, of course.}) 10. Be2 (10. dxe5 Qa5 $19) (10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11.
dxe5 Qa5 12. Qd2 Rd8 13. Qc3 Rd3 $1 14. Bxd3 Nxd3+ 15. Ke2 Qxc3 16. bxc3 Bxa3
$17) 10... e4 11. Nd2 Nd3+ 12. Bxd3 exd3 $132 {Kamsky,G (2697)-Mamedyarov,S 
(2722)/playchess.com INT 2006/CBM 115 ext (1/2, 40)}) 6... Bf5 7. O-O Nd7 8.
Nf3 ({Kamsky had been successful against:} 8. Bg4 {Grischuk,A (2763)-Kamsky,G 
(2746)/Istanbul 2012/CBM 151/[Stohl,I] (0-1, 64)}) ({Previously, he had used
the g4-square for the other available minor piece:} 8. Ng4 e6 9. c4 N5f6 10.
Ne3 Bg6 11. f4 Qc7 {White has not sufficient development to sustain his pawn
attack yet.} 12. Nc3 (12. f5 {is premature:} exf5 13. Nxf5 Bxf5 14. Rxf5 Bd6
15. h3 Ne4 $36) 12... Bd6 13. g3 Rd8 14. Qe1 O-O {White's somewhat unusual
development is compensated for by his advantage in space. Time has come for
resolute action.} 15. c5 Be7 16. f5 exf5 17. Nxf5 Bxf5 18. Rxf5 Rfe8 19. Qf2
Nf8 20. Bf4 Qd7 21. Be5 Ng6 22. Rf1 b6 $13 {Kamsky,G (2744)-Benjamin,J (2559)/
Rockville 2012/CBM 149 Extra (1-0, 87). Since Black cannot take over the
control of the d5-square, the position is dynamically balanced.}) 8... e6 9. c4
(9. a3 {is sometimes played, but as we will see in the next comment it is not
really necessary.}) 9... N5f6 {The best squuare for the knight, defending the
kingside and controlling d5.} (9... Nb4 $6 {starts a risky adventure:} 10. a3
$1 Nc2 $6 ({The safer} 10... Na6 {simply loses time, taking the knight away
from the favourable squares.} 11. Nc3 $14) 11. Ra2 Nxd4 (11... c5 12. dxc5 $1
$146 {[%cal Gb2b4] leaves the knight in trouble.}) 12. Qxd4 c5 (12... Bxb1 13.
Bg5 f6 14. Rxb1 fxg5 15. Rd1 $16 {Gharamian,T (2557)-Barthel,A (2235)/
Boeblingen 2007/CBM 122 Extra (1-0, 25)}) 13. Qc3 Bxb1 14. Bg5 f6 15. Rxb1 fxg5
16. Qe3 $16 {Carlsen,M (2552)-Madsen,D (2287)/Trondheim 2004/CBM 100 ext (1-0,
33)}) 10. Bf4 $5 ({I am not entirely sure why this move is sometimes preferred
over the more natural and more frequent:} 10. Nc3 {Here are some possible
reasons: the knight gets exposed to either ...Bb4 or ...Ne4, the h2-b8
diagonal is left to Black's mercy. In practice, not all these aspects have
been relevant so far, though.} Bd6 (10... Bb4 $6 {The plan of giving away the
bishops pair is at least dubious.} 11. Bf4 Bxc3 $6 12. bxc3 O-O 13. Qb3 Qc8 14.
Nh4 Bg4 15. f3 Bh5 16. g4 Bg6 17. Bd6 Rd8 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. g5 $16 {Shashikant,
K (2340)-Short,N (2655)/Nagpur 2008/CBM 126 Extra (1/2, 44)}) (10... Ne4 {
this makes slightly more sense, but I would be afraid to lose so much time
with the king two tempi away from castling.} 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Ng5 Bg6 13. d5
e5 14. Bd3 {1/2 Zinchenko,Y (2493)-Sergeev,V (2472)/Alushta 2005/CBM 108 ext})
(10... Qc7 11. Nh4 Bg6 12. Bf3 Bd6 13. g3 O-O 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. c5 {This looks
premature, Black will have little trouble maintaining his stability after the
weakening of the d5-square.} Be7 16. Bf4 Qc8 17. b4 a6 18. Re1 Re8 19. a4 Nd5
20. Nxd5 exd5 21. Ra2 Nf8 22. Bg4 f5 23. Rae2 Qd7 24. Bh3 Bf6 $11 {Balogh,C 
(2624)-Sergeev,V (2508)/Eforie Nord 2008/CBM 126 Extra (1/2, 45)}) 11. Nh4 Bg6
12. g3 O-O 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Bf3 a6 15. Re1 Re8 16. Bg5 Qa5 17. Bd2 Qc7 18. a3
Rad8 19. Qc2 Qb8 {Maybe a bit passive.} (19... c5 $5) (19... e5 $5) 20. Bg5 Rc8
21. b4 $14 {Karjakin,S (2775)-Kamsky,G (2762)/Beijing (blitz) 2012 (1-0, 50)})
10... Qb6 ({Even if it does not lead to the knight exchange,} 10... Ne4 {
makes some sense, here, too. It is the start of an original regrouping:} 11.
Bd3 Qf6 12. Qe2 Nd6 13. Bg3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Nf5 15. Qb3 O-O-O 16. Rd1 Nxg3 17.
hxg3 {Bacrot,E (2720)-Degraeve,J (2569)/Belfort 2010/CBM 138 (1-0, 38)} g5 $5
$36) 11. Qc1 $146 {The most consistent way of defending b2.} (11. b3 {
unnecessarily weakens the position:} h6 12. Nc3 Bb4 13. Na4 Qd8 14. a3 Be7 (
14... Ba5 $5 {[%cal Ga5c7] with the idea of neutralising the f4-bishop, is
interesting.}) 15. Re1 O-O 16. h3 a5 17. Bf1 Re8 18. Qc1 Rc8 19. Qb2 b5 $132 {
Furlan,M (2331)-Bogdanovski,V (2398)/Ljubljana 2010/CBM 138 Extra (0-1, 74)})
11... Be7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. a3 {Preparing the queenside expansion.} Ne4 {A
familiar pattern: Black aims to get some relief by trading pieces.} 14. b4 ({
White coult prevent ...Bg4 with} 14. h3 {, but then the position would be ripe
for} c5 $1) 14... Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Nf6 $6 ({In view of the next comment, it would
have made sense to prepare the second exchange with} 15... Bg4 $1 {at once.})
16. Qb2 $6 (16. Ne5 $1 {would have prevented ...Bg4 and caused Black some
troubles. The immediate threat is g2-g4-g5 followed by the fork Nd7} h6 (16...
Rfd8 17. Nxf7 $1 Qxd4 18. Qxd4 Rxd4 19. Be3 Rd7 20. Ne5 $14) 17. Rfe1 a5 {
This is the only way to strive for counterplay, but it weakens the queenside.}
18. c5 $36 {[%csl Ga5,Gb6][%cal Ge5c4]}) 16... Bg4 $1 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 {
Black has reached an entirely viable Caro-Kann type of position.} a6 19. Be3
Qc7 20. a4 Ne8 $5 {The knight is heading for d6. One typical pattern is that
d4-d5 can be met by ...cxd5, cxd5 e5! with an excellent blockade on the dark
squares.} 21. Rac1 (21. d5 {is premature and does not bother Black at all:}
cxd5 22. cxd5 Bf6 23. Bd4 exd5 $11 (23... Bxd4 24. Qxd4 e5 25. d6 $1) 24. Rad1
(24. Bxd5 $6 Bxd4 25. Qxd4 Rd8 $36) 24... Bxd4 25. Rxd4 Nf6 26. Bxd5 $11) 21...
Nd6 22. g4 $6 {Aiming to restrict the knight, but allowing Black to regroup
properly.} ({This was the only moment in this game when the central break
would have posed some problems:} 22. d5 Nf5 23. Bc5) 22... Bf6 23. Bg2 g6 24.
f4 Rad8 25. Rfd1 (25. c5 Nc8 26. b5 Ne7 {is completely harmless.}) 25... Rfe8
26. Qf2 Qe7 {White's space advantage looks impressive, but there is no obvious
way to break through. Besides, the d4-pawn may become vulnerable.} 27. Qf3 Rd7
28. Bf2 Bh4 (28... Red8 29. d5 cxd5 30. cxd5 e5 $132) 29. Be3 Bf6 30. Bf2 Qd8 {
Black is so confident that he even does not force the repetition of moves.} 31.
Rd2 (31. d5 cxd5 32. cxd5 e5 $132) 31... Nc8 32. Rcd1 Ne7 33. Qb3 Qc7 34. Bg3
Qb6 35. Bf2 Qc7 36. Bg3 Qb6 37. Bf2 Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2nd"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2012.12.03"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. g3 {A flexible move order, retaining the
possibility to switch back to the open lines with d2-d4 or alternatively keep
the game within the Closed Sicilian territory.} Nc6 5. Bg2 g6 6. d3 {This is
by far not the most aggressive Closed Sicilian setup. In the main lines, White
plays either f2-f4 followed by Nf3 or Be3 followed by Qd2 and, if allowed, Bh6.
} Bg7 7. h3 O-O 8. O-O Rb8 9. f4 Nd7 10. a4 a6 11. f5 {Clearing the f4-square
for the e2-knight, while the e3-square is reserved for its colleague.} ({
The plan involving Ne2-g3 is less threatening.} 11. g4 b5 12. axb5 axb5 13. Ng3
(13. f5 {would transpose back to the main game.}) (13. e5 {does not lead to
anything constructive after} Nd4) 13... b4 (13... c4 $5 14. dxc4 bxc4 15. Kh2
Nd4 16. Ra2 Nb5 17. Bd2 Nc5 18. Nxb5 Rxb5 19. Bc3 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Ra5 21. Qa1
Rxa2 22. Qxa2 Bb7 23. Rd1 $13 {Suetin,A (2420)-Siegel,G (2475)/Biel 1996/EXT
1998 (1-0, 68)}) 14. Nce2 Bb7 (14... Qb6 15. Kh1 Ba6 16. f5 Ra8 17. Nf4 c4 $36
{Serrano Salvador,E (2251)-Llanes Hurtado,M (2299)/Lorca 2004/EXT 2005 (0-1,
30)}) 15. f5 Ra8 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. c3 bxc3 18. bxc3 Qa2 $36 {Molinari,G-Werle,
J (2223)/Leiden 1999/EXT 2000 (0-1, 61). In all these lines, the knight is not
doing much on g3.}) 11... b5 12. axb5 axb5 13. g4 b4 {The most natural.} ({
The over-ambitious} 13... e6 {, aiming to restrict the c3-knight, has the
drawback of weakening the f6-square too soon and allows White to get a huge
space advantage:} 14. g5 $1 Be5 15. f6 Qb6 ({Black probably feared that} 15...
b4 16. Nb1 {[%cal Gb1d2,Gd2f3] would help White to improve his queen knight's
position.}) 16. Kh1 Bb7 17. Nf4 Nd4 18. Nce2 Nxe2 19. Qxe2 Ra8 20. Rb1 c4 21.
h4 cxd3 22. cxd3 Bxf4 $6 {Giving up the bishop pair is an important positional
concession. Since White has not make any major commitment yet, he will be able
to switch back from attacking to positional play.} (22... Rfc8 23. h5 $40 {
is way too dangerous for Black.}) (22... h5 $2 23. Nxh5 $1 $16) ({The most
flexible move was} 22... h6 $5 {, but Black would have to be aware of tactical
threats at every step.}) 23. Bxf4 h5 24. gxh6 Kh7 25. Be3 Qa6 26. d4 $14 {
Jobava,B (2730)-Wojtaszek,R (2717)/Poznan 2012/CBM 150 (1-0, 49)}) 14. Nd5 e6
$146 ({Exchanging one pair of knights with} 14... Nb6 15. Nef4 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 {
helps White, whose coordination was far from perfect a few moves ago.} Bd4+ (
16... e6 {Andreikin,D (2687)-Le Quang,L (2687)/Havana 2011/CBM 143 (1/2, 39)}
17. f6 $5 Bh8 18. Bh6 exd5 19. exd5 Nd4 20. Bxf8 Kxf8 21. g5 {With his bishop
locked on h8 forever, Black is in trouble despite his material advantage.}) 17.
Kh1 e6 18. Ne3 Bf6 19. Nc4 $14 {Andreikin,D (2689)-Sjugirov,S (2626)/Moscow
2011/CBM 141 (1/2, 28)}) 15. Ne3 Nd4 16. Nf4 Nb6 {I am not sure that this was
really necessary. The knight stands well on d7, keeping the f6- and e5-squares
under control.} ({The following developing sequence deserves attention:} 16...
Qe7 17. Bd2 Nb5 18. Nc4 ({If White plays in the same way as in the game,
Black's queenside attack develops much faster:} 18. Ra2 $6 Bb7 19. Qf3 Ra8)
18... Nb6 {Now, this knight move iis justified.} 19. Nxb6 Rxb6 20. Ra2 Ra6 $132
{[%csl Gb2]}) 17. Bd2 {[%cal Gc2c3]} Nb5 18. Ra2 Re8 $5 {A subtle move, but
Black will not spot its real merits.} ({If} 18... Ra8 19. Rxa8 Nxa8 20. Bc1 {
defends the queenside, retaining strong kingside pressure.}) 19. Qf3 d5 $6 {
Weakening the light squares so much plays into White's hands. Black rightly
decides that he should open the play somehow, in order to put a stop to
White's attack, but does not find the best way to do it.} (19... Nd4 {is
natural and good.} 20. Qf2 (20. Qd1 {is not an attempt to play for a win.})
20... exf5 $1 21. gxf5 Bf6 22. Be1 {Apparently, White has managed to maintain
his pressure, but now the hidden force of the e8-rook comes to tell:} Nxf5 $1
23. exf5 (23. Nxf5 Bxf5 $1 {[%csl Rf2,Rg1]}) 23... Rxe3 $1) 20. exd5 $5 {
This offers some pressure, but the evaluation remains uncertain.} ({The pawn
chain has to be undermined as close as possible to its base:} 20. Nxe6 $1 Bxe6
(20... dxe4 21. Qf4 Bxe6 22. fxe6 f6 23. Bxe4 $14) (20... fxe6 21. f6 $14) 21.
fxe6 fxe6 22. exd5 Rf8 23. Qg3 exd5 24. Rxf8+ Bxf8 25. g5 $5 $36 {[%cal Ge3g4]}
) 20... exf5 21. gxf5 Nd4 22. Qf2 Nxf5 23. Nxf5 Bxf5 24. c3 bxc3 25. bxc3 {
The strong d5-pawn causes Black some problems with his coordination, but I
doubt that this is enough to claim an advantage.} Nd7 26. Nh5 Be5 27. d4 {
An obvious way to gain space, but now any simplifications would bring the game
closer to a worse ending.} cxd4 28. cxd4 Bd6 29. Ra7 {White has reached almost
a maximum of activity, but the position remains static mainly.} Nb6 $2 {
Overlooking the hidden threats.} (29... Kh8 30. Bh6 Rg8 {would avoid immediate
problems and entitled Black to hope for the best in the long run.}) 30. Bh6 $1
$16 {[%cal Gh5g7] /\Ng7. Suddenly, Black is in trouble.} Bf8 $2 31. Bf4 $6 (31.
Bxf8 $1 Rxf8 32. Qg3 $18) 31... Rc8 (31... Bd6 $16) 32. Qg3 $18 {/\Bc7} Be7 33.
Rxe7 $1 Qxe7 (33... Rxe7 34. Nf6+ Kh8 (34... Kg7 35. Qg5 $18) 35. Qh4 h5 36.
Qg5 Qf8 37. Bd6 $18) 34. Bg5 Qe2 35. Nf6+ Kg7 36. Nxe8+ Rxe8 37. Rxf5 (37. Rxf5
gxf5 38. Be7+ $1 $18) 1-0

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2nd"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2012.12.04"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 {In the early days of the Sveshnikov
System, this resolute move was hardly taken seriously, mainly because White
irrevocably weakens the d4- and c5-squares. Practice of the past years has
shown that it is not that simple for Black to take advantage of his trumps. If
his blocking plan fails, he will find himself in a worse endgame, with just
another pawn (b4) on a dark square.} b4 12. Nc2 O-O 13. g3 Be6 {There are
several ways of dealing with the potentially "bad bishop".} ({Some players
prefer activating it at once with} 13... Bg5 {, thus freeing the queen from
the task of defending it.} 14. Bg2 Qa5 15. O-O Qc5 16. b3 Be6 $2 {This kind of
carelessness is typical for blitz chess.} ({Black should have prepared the
bishop's development with} 16... Rb8) 17. h4 $2 ({Missing his chance:} 17. Nc7
Ra7 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Qg4 Raf7 20. Qxe6 Kh8 21. Kh1 $1 $16 Rxf2 $2 22. Rxf2
Qxf2 23. Rf1 $18) 17... Bh6 18. Nde3 $6 {Allowing Black to solve all his
strategic problems.} Bxe3 $1 19. Nxe3 a5 {with excellent play, Balogh,C (2616)
-Wang Yue (2736)/Beijing (blitz) 2008/CBM 126 Extra (0-1, 50)}) 14. Bg2 ({
Alternatively, White can prevent ...Bg5 with:} 14. h4 a5 15. Bg2 Re8 16. Qd3
Rb8 17. Bh3 Be7 {Freeing the queen takes a bit more time than in the previous
example, which compensates for White's tempo spent on h2-h4.} 18. Kf1 Qc8 19.
Kg2 Bd8 20. Rad1 Qb7 21. b3 Bb6 $6 {In this concrete position, exchanging this
bishop does not work out well. White is better mobilised and the pressure
against d6 makes it difficult for Black to maintain the blockade on c5.} ({
Actually, the bishop stands well on d8, controlling the d5-knight and being
prepared to defend d6 if the knight retreats. Therefore, a neutral move such as
} 21... Ra8 $5 {preparing ...a5-a4 deserves attention.}) 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Nxb6
Qxb6 24. Rd2 $14 Rbd8 {A bit passive, since the threat against d6 is not real
yet.} (24... a4 $5 25. Qxd6 $2 Rbd8 $19) 25. Rhd1 Nb8 {Black is still dreaming
of installing the knight on c5, but this is not realistic. The temporary
knight retreat to a passive square allows White to develop his initiative.} (
25... Rd7 $5) 26. Qe3 ({The pawn break} 26. c5 $1 {which Nisipeanu will carry
out later was already possible.} Qxc5 27. Ne3 Nc6 28. Rc2 Qb6 29. Nc4 $16 {
[%cal Gc4d6]}) 26... Qc6 27. Ne1 Rd7 (27... Na6 28. Nd3 $16) 28. Nf3 Qc7 (28...
Red8 29. c5 Qxc5 30. Qxc5 dxc5 31. Rxd7 Rxd7 32. Rc1 Rc7 33. Nxe5 $16) 29. Qg5
Ree7 30. c5 $1 $18 dxc5 (30... Qxc5 31. Rxd6 $1 $18) 31. Rxd7 Rxd7 32. Rxd7
Nxd7 33. Qe7 $18 {Nisipeanu,L (2683)-Spasov,V (2621)/Baile Herculane 2010/CBM
138 Extra (1-0, 41)}) 14... Bg5 ({And here is another example from Nisipeanu's
recent practice:} 14... a5 15. O-O Rc8 16. Qd3 g6 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. b3 Qe7 19.
Rad1 Rfd8 20. h4 {Nisipeanu,L (2672)-Radjabov,T (2740)/Medias 2010/CBM 137/
[Nisipeanu] (1-0, 39)}) 15. O-O Qb8 (15... a5 {Anand,V (2791)-Gelfand,B (2727)/
Moscow 2012/CBM 149/[Krasenkow] (1/2, 27)}) 16. b3 a5 {So far, both sides have
manoeuvred in the spirit of existing theory, but now comes a surprise.} 17. f4
$5 $146 {Not only a new move, but also an unusual concept. White gains space
and obstructs the c1-h6 diagonal at the cost of allowing Black to get rid of
one of his pawns placed on a dark square.} (17. Nde3 Rd8 18. Nf5 g6 19. h4 Bf6
20. Nfe3 h5 21. Kh2 Bg7 22. Bh3 Qa7 23. Qe2 Nd4 24. Qd3 Qc5 $11 {Salgado Lopez,
I (2623)-Tregubov,P (2596)/Forni di Sopra 2012 (1/2, 68)}) 17... Bd8 {As we
can see from the next comment, Black does not need to consider exchanging on
f4 yet.} 18. Kh1 (18. f5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Nd4 20. Nxd4 Qa7 $1 {is at least fine
for Black.}) 18... Ra7 ({The merits of} 18... exf4 {largely depend on the
final evaluation of the next variation.}) 19. Qh5 (19. f5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Nd4 21.
Nxd4 exd4 22. f6 $1 {Otherwise, the bishop would return to f6 with better
chances for Black.} Bxf6 23. Rxf6 gxf6 24. Be4 f5 25. Bxf5 Qb6 26. Qh5 f6 27.
Re1 d3 $132 {[%cal Gb6d4] White's initiative looks dangerous, but Black is
kicking back.}) 19... f6 $6 {After this "ugly" move, ...exf4 becomes
unappealing, which allows White prepare the kingside attack based on f4-f5 at
his leisure.} ({There seems to be nothing wrong with} 19... exf4 20. gxf4 a4
$132 {Black has started some queenside counterplay already, while the kingside
attack does not look too promising:} 21. f5 Bxd5 22. exd5 Ne5 23. f6 Bxf6 24.
Rxf6 gxf6 25. Nd4 Ng6 26. Nc6 (26. Nf5 Kh8) 26... Qb6 27. Nxa7 Qxa7 $15) ({
Actually, the immediate} 19... a4 {is worth mentioning, since after} 20. f5 {
Black can reduce White's attacking potential with the intermediate} axb3 $1)
20. Rad1 Ne7 {Black relies too much on the solid character of his position and
does not care about starting his counterplay.} (20... a4 $5) 21. Nce3 Bb6 22.
Nxb6 Qxb6 23. Rd3 Qc5 24. Qd1 Rd8 25. f5 $1 Bf7 26. g4 $40 {After thorough
regrouping, White switches to the main plan: a massive kingside attack!
Black's position is critical already.} a4 27. g5 axb3 (27... fxg5 28. Qg4 h6
29. h4 $40) 28. axb3 Kf8 29. Qg4 ({The move order} 29. gxf6 gxf6 30. Qg4 {
was possible, but not necessary (see the next comment)}) 29... Rda8 (29... Ng8
{, hoping to capture on f6 with the knight fails to} 30. g6 $1 hxg6 31. fxg6
Be8 (31... Nh6 32. Qh4 Bxg6 33. Nd5 {[%csl Gf6][%cal Gd3g3]}) 32. Qh5 Bd7 33.
Bh3 $18) 30. gxf6 gxf6 31. Qh4 Ng8 32. Ng4 (32. Bf3 Ra1 33. Bd1 $18 {[%cal
Gf1g1,Gh4g3]}) 32... Ke7 33. Qxh7 $16 {White is a pawn up and the black king
is exposed. besides, the black knight has problems getting back into the game.
Black's control over the dark squares offers him just a feeble consolation.}
Ra1 34. Ne3 Kf8 35. Qh4 R8a2 36. Qg3 Qc6 37. h3 Rxf1+ 38. Nxf1 Ra1 39. Kh2 Ra2
40. Qe1 Bh5 (40... Qc5 41. Ne3 $18 {[%cal Gd3d2,Ge3c2]}) 41. Ng3 Be8 42. Qxb4
Qc5 43. Qe1 Bc6 44. Nf1 Nh6 45. Qh4 Nf7 46. Qe1 Ke7 47. h4 Nh6 48. Rd2 Qa5 49.
Kh3 Ra3 50. Qg3 Nf7 51. Rd3 Qa8 52. Ne3 Qh8 53. c5 Ra2 $6 (53... dxc5 54. Nc2 (
54. Nc4 Ra2 $14) 54... Ra5 (54... Ra2 55. Qf2 Ra5 56. b4 cxb4 57. Qb6 $18) (
54... Ng5+ 55. Kg4 $18) 55. Qe1 Qa8 56. Rg3 $16) 54. cxd6+ Nxd6 55. Nd5+ Bxd5
56. Rxd5 Qc8 57. b4 Rc2 58. Kh2 Qc4 59. Rc5 Qe2 60. Qg8 Nf7 61. Rxc2 Qxc2 62.
Qb8 Qd2 63. Qa7+ Kf8 64. Qc5+ Kg7 65. b5 Nh6 66. Qe7+ Nf7 67. Qa3 Nd6 68. b6
Nxe4 69. Qf3 Nd6 70. b7 Qb4 71. Qh5 Nf7 72. Bd5 Nh8 73. Kh3 Qb1 74. Qg4+ Kh6
75. Qf3 Qb6 76. Qb3 Qf2 77. b8=Q Qxf5+ 78. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Zug FIDE GP"]
[Site "Zug"]
[Date "2013.04.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Qc2 c5 7. dxc5 Na6 8. e3
Nxc5 9. Be2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 a6 11. Rd1 Qa5 12. Ne5 Nce4 13. O-O Nxc3 14. bxc3 Qc5
15. Be2 Nd5 16. c4 Nxf4 17. exf4 b6 18. Qb3 Bd6 19. Bf3 Ra7 20. Rfe1 Rc7 21. g3
Bxe5 22. Rxe5 Qxc4 23. Qxb6 Rd7 24. Qb2 Rxd1+ 25. Bxd1 Rd8 26. Bf3 h6 27. Re1
Qb5 28. Rb1 Bd7 29. Be2 Qxb2 30. Rxb2 a5 31. f3 Bc6 32. Kf2 Bd5 33. a4 Kf8 34.
Rb5 Ra8 35. Rc5 g5 36. fxg5 hxg5 37. f4 gxf4 38. gxf4 Kg7 39. h4 Bb3 40. Bb5
Rh8 41. Kg3 Kf6 42. Be2 Bxa4 43. Rxa5 Bc2 44. Bf3 Rg8+ 45. Kf2 Bf5 46. Ra8 Rxa8
47. Bxa8 Kg7 48. Kg3 f6 49. Bh1 e5 50. fxe5 fxe5 51. h5 Kh6 52. Bf3 Kg5 53. Kf2
Kf4 54. Bg2 Bh7 55. Bf3 Bb1 56. Bg2 Bc2 57. Bf3 Bd3 58. Bg2 Bf5 59. Bf3 Bh7 60.
Bg2 Bb1 61. Bf3 Bh7 62. Bg2 Kg4 63. Bf3+ Kf4 64. Bg2 e4 65. Bf1 Bf5 66. Be2 e3+
67. Ke1 Kg5 68. Bf3 Bd3 69. Be2 Bxe2 70. Kxe2 Kxh5 71. Kxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zug FIDE GP"]
[Site "Zug"]
[Date "2013.04.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d4
Bb6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Re1 Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. h3 Nc6 14. dxc5 dxc5 15.
a4 Rb8 16. axb5 axb5 17. c4 Nb4 18. cxb5 Bd7 19. Nc4 Bxb5 20. Nfd2 Bc7 21. Ra3
Bxc4 22. Nxc4 Qxd1 23. Bxd1 Nxe4 24. Ra7 Nd6 25. Ba4 Rec8 26. Nxe5 Nb5 27. Bxb5
Rxb5 28. Bd2 Nc2 29. Nc6 Bd6 30. Ne7+ Bxe7 31. Rexe7 Rf8 32. Bc3 Nb4 33. Red7
h6 34. Kf1 Rb6 35. f3 Nc6 36. Rac7 Nb8 37. Rd5 Na6 38. Ra7 Rc6 39. Rdd7 c4 40.
Rd4 Rfc8 41. Re7 R6c7 42. Rxc7 Rxc7 43. Ke2 Rc6 44. f4 Kf8 45. f5 g6 46. g4
gxf5 47. gxf5 Nc7 48. Kd2 Ke7 49. Re4+ Kd7 50. Bb4 Rf6 51. Re5 Ne8 52. Ke3 Rb6
53. Rd5+ Kc6 54. Rc5+ Kd7 55. Bc3 Nd6 56. Kf4 Ra6 57. Be5 f6 58. Bxf6 Ra1 59.
Bc3 Rf1+ 60. Kg4 Rf2 61. h4 Rf1 62. Rd5 Kc6 63. Ra5 Kb6 64. Re5 Kc6 65. Bb4 h5+
66. Kxh5 Nxf5 67. Kg5 Nd4 68. Rc5+ Kb6 69. Rxc4 Nf3+ 70. Kh5 Ne5 71. Re4 Nd3
72. Bc3 Kc6 73. Rc4+ Kb5 74. Rd4 Nf4+ 75. Kg4 Ne6 76. Re4 Nc5 77. Re1 1-0

[Event "Zug FIDE GP"]
[Site "Zug"]
[Date "2013.04.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Qe2 d6 8.
Be3 Be6 9. O-O-O Qe7 10. g3 O-O-O 11. Bg2 Rhe8 12. Rhe1 Kb8 13. h3 Bxb3 14.
axb3 Bxe3+ 15. Qxe3 Qe5 16. Nd5 Ne7 17. Nxf6 Qxf6 18. f4 Nc8 19. Rd4 Qe7 20.
Red1 h6 21. Qf3 c6 22. h4 Nb6 23. Qg4 f6 24. h5 Kc7 25. R4d3 Qd7 26. Qe2 Qf7
27. Qd2 Qxh5 28. Bf3 Qf7 29. Rxd6 Qf8 30. e5 fxe5 31. fxe5 Rxd6 32. exd6+ Kb8
33. Bg4 Qf6 34. c4 Qe5 35. Qf4 Qxf4+ 36. gxf4 a5 37. Rg1 g5 38. Bh5 Rd8 39.
fxg5 hxg5 40. Rxg5 Nc8 41. c5 b6 42. Bf3 bxc5 43. Rxc5 Nxd6 44. Bxc6 Rc8 45.
Rc3 Ka7 46. Ba4 Kb6 47. Kc2 Rxc3+ 48. bxc3 Kc5 49. Kd3 Nf7 50. Ke4 Nd6+ 51. Ke5
Nc4+ 52. bxc4 Kxc4 53. Kd6 Kxc3 54. Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zug FIDE GP"]
[Site "Zug"]
[Date "2013.04.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d4
Bb6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. h3 Na5 12. Bc2 Bb7 13. Qb1 exd4 14. cxd4 Nc4
15. Nxc4 bxc4 16. Nd2 Rb8 17. Nxc4 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Nxe4 19. Qd3 Qd7 20. Rfc1 Nf6
21. Bd2 Ba7 22. Re1 h6 23. b3 Qb5 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Re1 Rxe1+ 26. Bxe1 Qd5 27.
Bc3 c5 28. Bb2 cxd4 29. Nd2 Qa5 30. Bxd4 Bxd4 31. Qxd4 Qxa2 32. Qxd6 a5 33.
Qd8+ Kh7 34. Qd3+ Kg8 35. Qd8+ Kh7 36. Qd3+ Kg8 37. Qd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zug FIDE GP"]
[Site "Zug"]
[Date "2013.04.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 d5 6. e3 O-O 7. Nc3 Qe7 8.
Rc1 Rd8 9. Qc2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 c5 11. O-O cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bd7 13. Bb5 a6 14. Bxd7
Nbxd7 15. Na4 Qf8 16. Qc7 Rab8 17. Nb6 Nxb6 18. Qxb6 Nd5 19. Qb3 Qb4 20. a3 Qb6
21. Rc2 e5 22. Qxb6 Nxb6 23. Nf3 f6 24. Rfc1 Rbc8 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Rxc8+ Nxc8
27. Nd2 Kf7 28. Kf1 Ke6 29. Ke2 Kd5 30. Kd3 Nd6 31. e4+ Kc6 32. Nc4 Nxc4 33.
Kxc4 b5+ 34. Kc3 a5 35. b4 a4 36. g4 g5 37. Kd3 Kd6 38. Kc3 Kc6 39. Kd3 Kd6 40.
Kc3 Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zug FIDE GP"]
[Site "Zug"]
[Date "2013.04.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Ponomariov,R"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Bd3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O {With the help of a cunning move order (first the English, then the
Slav, then the Panov System in the Caro-Kann) the game has finally ended up in
a variation of the Nimzo. Quite recently, for example, it was tested in the
Gelfand-Anand match, and also in the Candidates tournament in London. I was
pleased that this variation had not occurred often in my opponent's tournament
practice, and so he was perhaps not familiar with all of its nuances. Mit
Hilfe einer schlauen Zugfolge (erst Englisch, dann Slawisch, dann das
Panow-System im Caro-Kann) ist die Partie schließlich in einer Variante des
Nimzo gelandet. Diese wurde vor kurzem, zum Beispiel, beim Match Gelfand-Anand
getestet, und auch beim Kandidatenturnier in London. Ich war erfreut, dass
diese Variante in der Turnierpraxis meines Gegners nicht häufig vorgekommen
und er daher vielleicht nicht mit all ihren Feinheiten vertraut war.} 9. O-O b6
10. Bg5 Bxc3 $6 {It seems to me that this is already a small inaccuracy by
Black. For the moment, there was no necessity to give White the advantage of
the two bishops and increase his superiority in the centre. Mir scheint, dass
dies bereits eine leichte Ungenauigkeit von Schwarz ist. Im Moment gab es
keine Notwendigkeit, Weiß den Vorteil der zwei Läufer zu überlassen und seine
Überlegenheit im Zentrum zu vergrößern.} ({Such top players as Anand, Kramnik
and Topalov have preferred Solche Topspieler wie Anand, Kramnik und Topalov
haben} 10... Bb7 {and probably not for nothing. After bevorzugt, und
wahrscheinlich nicht von ungefähr. Nach} 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. Bd3 {Black is still
not forced to take on c3 and can play ist Schwarz noch immer nicht zum
Schlagen auf c3 gezwungen und kann} Rc8 13. Rc1 Re8 {spielen.} {Of course,
White can insist by Natürlich kann Weiß insistieren mit} 14. a3 Bxc3 15. bxc3 {
but then Black gains a tempo, and after , aber dann gewinnt Schwarz ein Tempo,
und nach} Qc7 16. Bh4 Qd6 {the a-pawn is less well placed and comes under
attack. ist der a-Bauer weniger gut platziert und wird zum Angriffsobjekt.})
11. bxc3 Nbd7 12. Bd3 Bb7 $6 13. Re1 $1 {It seems to me this is the best
square for the rook. Dies scheint mir das beste Feld für den Turm.} ({After
Nach} 13. Qe2 Qc7 14. c4 {Black has the important resource verfügt Schwarz
über die wichtige Ressource} Ng4 $1 15. Be4 (15. g3 $6 Qc6) 15... Bxe4 16. Qxe4
Ngf6 17. Qe2 Rac8 {exchanging a pair of bishops, when Black has no special
problems. In addition, White probably needs to be the more accurate, since his
pawn structure in the centre is unstable and can become the object of an
attack. mit Abtausch eines Läuferpaars, wonach er keine besonderen Probleme
hat. Außerdem ist wahrscheinlich schon Weiß derjenige, der genauer vorgehen
muss, denn seine Bauernstruktur im Zentrum ist instabil und kann zum
Angriffsobjekt werden.} 18. Rac1 h6 19. Bh4 Qb7 20. Rfe1 Rfe8 21. a4 Qa6 {
1/2 (50) Radjabov,T (2793)-Kramnik,V (2810) London ENG 2013}) 13... Qc7 14. c4
Rfe8 ({Now after Jetzt kann Weiß nach} 14... Ng4 {White can play mit} 15. h3
Bxf3 16. Qxf3 {and fortsetzen, und} Qh2+ {is not mate, but only check! And
after ist kein Matt, sondern nur Schach! Und nach} 17. Kf1 Ngf6 18. Bf4 Qh1+
19. Ke2 $18) 15. Bh4 {[%cal Gh4g3] I am not sure how correct this manoeuvre is,
since the white pieces stand practically ideally. But it is necessary to
develop the initiative somehow. The ideal thing would be to attack the king,
of course, but if the queens come off, one can also think of queenside play by
a2-a4-a5. Ich bin nicht sicher, wie korrekt dieses Manöver ist, da die weißen
Figuren praktisch optimal stehen. Aber es ist nötig, irgendwie Initiative zu
entwickeln. Ideal wäre ein Angriff auf den König, natürlich, aber wenn die
Damen verschwinden, kann man auch an Spiel am Damenflügel mit a2-a4-a5 denken.}
({During the game I looked at the headlong move Während der Partie betrachtete
ich den überfallartigen Zug} 15. Ne5 {but then I did not like , dann aber
missfiel mir} Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qc6 $1 17. Bf1 Ne4 {and it is not clear what White
has achieved. More likely Black will take the initiative, so I decided against
forcing matters. , wonach nicht klar ist, was Weiß erreicht hat.
Wahrscheinlicher ist eher, dass Schwarz die Initiative übernehmen wird, daher
entschied ich mich dagegen, die Dinge zu forcieren.}) ({However, it also made
sense to consider Sinnvoll war es allerdings auch,} 15. Qe2 $5 {zu erwägen.})
15... Rad8 {[%cal Gd8d4] Eyeing up the d4-pawn. During the game, this made me
wish the bishop were on b2, rather than h4! Beäugt den d4-Bauern. Während der
Partie entstand dadurch bei mir der Wunsch, der Läufer wäre auf b2 und nicht
auf h4!} ({In such positions, Black often plays In derartigen Stellungen
spielt Schwarz oft} 15... Nh5 {However, after the correct reply Doch nach der
korrekten Erwiderung} 16. Ng5 ({White gets nothing from the tempting Nichts
hat Weiß von dem verlockenden} 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Ng5+ {because of wegen} Kg8
$1 (17... Kh6 18. Nxf7+ Kg6 19. Ng5 $18) (17... Kg6 18. Qd3+ f5 19. Nxe6 $36)
18. Qxh5 Nf6 19. Qe2 (19. Qd1 Qxc4) 19... Qf4 {and White has no activity
remaining. und Weiß hat keine Aktivität mehr.}) 16... g6 17. Be2 $1 {It turns
out that the knight on h5 is not very stable. After for example Es erweist
sich, dass der Springer auf h5 nicht sehr stabil steht. Nach beispielsweise}
Nf4 18. Bf3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 h6 20. Ne4 g5 21. Bg3 f5 22. Nc3 Qxc4 23. Bxf4 gxf4
24. Rab1 {[%csl Rg8] Black has definite problems, because of the exposed
position of his king. hat Schwarz definitive Probleme wegen der exponierten
Stellung seines Königs.}) 16. Qe2 $6 {But this is a bit too cunning. Aber dies
ist ein bisschen zu gewitzt.} ({More natural is Natürlicher ist} 16. Bg3 {
given that White has already played 14. Bh4. , da Weiß ja auch bereits 14. Lh4
gespielt hat.} Qc8 (16... Qc6 17. Rc1 Nf8 18. c5 b5 19. a4 bxa4 20. Bc2 $18)
17. Rc1 {[%cal Gc1c8]} Qa8 ({on auf} 17... Nf8 {now there is gibt es jetzt} 18.
c5) 18. Nh4 Nf8 19. Bc7 Rd7 20. Be5 Ng6 21. Nxg6 hxg6 22. f3 $14 {and White
retains all the advantages of his position, in the form of the two bishops and
mobile pawn centre. und Weiß behauptet alle Vorzüge seiner Stellung in Form
der zwei Läufer und des mobilen Bauernzentrums.}) 16... Qf4 $6 {Tempting but
wrong! Verlockend, aber falsch!} ({I do not know how we both failed during the
game to look seriously at Ich weiß nicht, wie wir beide es während der Partie
versäumen konnten, ernsthaft} 16... Nf8 $1 {continuing to attack d4, since ...
Rad8 had already been played. zu betrachten, was weiter d4 angreift, da ja
bereits ...Rad8 gespielt wurde.} 17. Rad1 ({Not Nicht} 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. d5
exd5 19. Qxe8 Rxe8 20. Rxe8 dxc4 {White has no attack und Weiß hat keinen
Angriff.}) 17... Ng6 18. Bg3 Nf4 19. Bxf4 (19. Qe3 N6h5 20. Be4 Bxe4 21. Qxe4
Nxg3 22. hxg3 Ng6) 19... Qxf4 20. Ne5 Nd7 21. Nxd7 Rxd7 {With every exchange
of minor pieces, Black's game becomes easier. I do not believe White can
create anyting serious. Mit jedem Leichtfigurentausch wird das Spiel von
Schwarz einfacher. Ich glaube nicht, dass Weiß irgendetwas Ernstes bewirken
kann.} 22. d5 Qg5 {although the computer still prefers White. , obwohl der
Computer noch immer Weiß bevorzugt.}) 17. Qe3 Qg4 ({After Nach} 17... Qxe3 18.
fxe3 {White should have a stable plus in the ending, again thanks to the two
bishops and pawn centre. sollte Weiß ein stabiles Plus im Endspiel haben,
wiederum aufgrund der zwei Läufer und des Bauernzentrums.} Nc5 (18... e5 19.
Bf5) 19. Be2 Nce4 20. a4) 18. h3 Qh5 19. Bxf6 (19. Bg3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Qxf3 21.
gxf3 Nc5) 19... Nxf6 20. Ne5 {This is probably what my opponent was aiming for,
since I have had to relinquish the two bishops. But Black still has definite
problems, because of the bad position of his queen, whilst the white pieces
are quite harmoniously placed. Dies ist vermutlich, was mein Gegner anstrebte,
da ich ja die zwei Läufer aufgeben musste. Doch Schwarz hat noch immer
definitive Probleme aufgrund der schlechten Stellung seiner Dame, während die
weißen Figuren recht harmonisch platziert sind.} Nd7 $6 {It is hard for Black
to reconcile himself to leaving the strong white knight on e5. But the whole
of the following plan, with the exchange on e5, only worsens Black's position.
Es ist schwer für Schwarz, sich damit abzufinden, den starken weißen Springer
auf e5 zu belassen. Aber der ganze folgende Plan, mit dem Abtausch auf e5,
macht die schwarze Stellung nur schlechter.} ({Houdini recommends Houdini
empfiehlt} 20... Qh4 21. Rad1 (21. f4 $2 Nh5) 21... Re7 22. Bf1 Rc7 $14 {
and patiently awaiting some activity from White. But it is quite hard for a
human to sit and wait, playing without any particular activity. und erwartet
geduldig irgendeine Unternehmung von Weiß. Aber für einen Menschen ist es
ziemlich schwer, ohne jegliche eigene Aktivität einfach nur abzuwarten.}) 21.
f4 ({Housini agains recommends Housini empfiehlt erneut} 21. Nxd7 Rxd7 22. d5 {
Then Black cannot take on d5, but at the same time, White isn't threatening to
take on e6. I am not even sure how to assess this. Maybe White can organise
active play with the advance of the a-pawn. Dann kann Schwarz nicht auf d5
nehmen, gleichzeitig droht Weiß aber auch nicht, auf e6 zu schlagen. Ich bin
nicht einmal sicher, wie dies einzuschätzen ist. Vielleicht kann Weiß mit dem
Vorrücken des a-Bauern aktives Spiel organisieren.}) 21... Nxe5 22. fxe5 Qh4 ({
After the game, my opponent claimed he should have played Nach der Partie
meinte mein Gegner, er hätte} 22... f6 23. exf6 gxf6 {Probably any move would
have been better for him than what happened in the game, but again, after
spielen sollen. Wahrscheinlich wäre jeder Zug besser gewesen als das, was in
der Partie geschah, aber auch hier hätte nach} 24. Qf2 {[%csl Re6,Rf6,Rg8]
Black has problems due to his bad king. Schwarz Probleme wegen seines
schlechten Königs.}) 23. Rad1 Re7 {This is Gata's idea - to pressurise the
pawn on d4. But by quite simple manoeuvres, White can defend the pawn and
start to exploit the opening of the f-file. Dies ist Gatas idea - er will den
Bauern auf d5 unter Druck setzen. Doch mittels recht simpler Manöver kann Weiß
den Bauern verteidigen und beginnen, die Öffnung der f-Linie auszunutzen.} 24.
Rf1 $1 Kh8 25. Rf4 Qg5 26. Qf2 Red7 27. h4 ({Also quite strong was the
immediate Ebenfalls recht stark war das sofortige} 27. d5 $1 Kg8 (27... Qxe5
28. Re1) (27... exd5 28. e6) 28. Rf1 Rf8 29. Qe2 {But I decided first to
strengthen my position further, since Black has no active moves. Aber ich
beschloss, erst meine Stellung weiter zu verstärken, da Schwarz keine aktiven
Züge hat.}) 27... Qe7 28. Rf1 Rf8 29. d5 $1 {Now is the right time for this,
as the white pieces stand ideally. I don't think it is realistic for Black to
defend this position. To all Black's other problems was added serious
time-trouble, since in Zug, we played the first 60 moves with no time
increment. Nun ist die richtige Zeit dafür, da die weißen Figuren ideal stehen.
Ich glaube nicht, dass es realistisch für Schwarz ist, diese Stellung zu
verteidigen. Zu allen anderen Problemen für Schwarz kam auch noch ernste
Zeitnot, denn in Zug spielten wir die ersten 60 Züge ohne Zeitaufschlag.} f5 ({
Black cannot take on d5: Schwarz kann nicht auf d5 nehmen:} 29... exd5 30. e6
Rdd8 (30... Qxe6 31. Bf5 Qd6 32. Bxd7 Qxd7 33. Rxf7) 31. Rxf7 Rxf7 32. Qxf7 $18
) 30. exf6 Rxf6 $2 $138 ({More tenacious is Zäher ist} 30... gxf6 {although it
is no fun to defend such a position in time trouble. , obwohl es keine Spaß
macht, seine solche Stellung in Zeitnot zu verteidigen.} 31. Re1 e5 32. Rf5
Rdd8 33. Rf1) 31. Re1 $1 {[%csl Re6]} Rd6 32. Qe3 Rxf4 33. Qxf4 Bc8 34. h5 {
With quite simple moves, White's position has become winning. Now Black has no
normal defence against the threat of Qe4. Mit recht einfachen Zügen hat sich
die weiße Stellung zum Gewinn verdichtet. Nun hat Schwarz keine normale
Verteidigung gegen die Drohung Qe4.} Rd8 35. Qe4 g6 36. hxg6 Qf6 37. gxh7 $1 {
In crude style, White just takes everything on offer. In grobem Stil nimmt
Weiß einfach alles, was dargeboten wird.} ({White can also win with the more
elegant Gewinnen kann Weiß auch mit dem eleganteren} 37. Rf1 exd5 38. cxd5 $18)
37... Bd7 38. Rf1 Qg7 39. dxe6 {Another pawn. Noch ein Bauer.} Bxe6 40. Qxe6
Qd4+ (40... Rxd3 41. Qe8+ Kxh7 42. Rf7) 41. Rf2 Rf8 42. Bf5 ({More elegant is
Eleganter ist} 42. Qe5+ {but Black had suffered enough and resigned anyway. ,
aber Schwarz hatte genug gelitten und gab trotzdem auf.}) 1-0

[Event "Zug FIDE GP"]
[Site "Zug"]
[Date "2013.04.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O Ba6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Qa4 Qc8 11. Bd2 Re8 12. a3 Bf8 13. b4 c5 14. bxc5 bxc5
15. Rab1 c4 16. Rb2 Nc7 17. Rfb1 a6 18. Rb6 Re6 19. Rxe6 fxe6 20. Ne5 Nb5 21.
Nxb5 axb5 22. Qxb5 Bxa3 23. f3 Bd6 24. Qc6 Qxc6 25. Nxc6 Ra2 26. Bb4 Bc7 27.
Be1 Ra6 28. Nb4 Ra3 29. Nc2 Ra2 30. Rc1 Kf7 31. Nb4 Ra3 32. Nc2 Rb3 33. h3 Ke8
34. Kf1 Kd7 35. Ke2 e5 36. Ra1 Rb2 37. Kd1 exd4 38. exd4 Nh5 39. Bd2 Bb6 40. g4
Nf6 41. Ba5 Ne8 42. Bxb6 Rxb6 43. Ne3 Nc7 44. Ra5 Rb5 45. Rxb5 Nxb5 46. Nxd5
Nxd4 47. Nb6+ Ke6 48. Nxc4 Nxf3 49. Ke2 Ng1+ 50. Ke3 Nxh3 51. Nd2 Ng5 52. Kf4
h6 53. Nb3 Kf6 54. Nd2 Ne6+ 55. Kg3 Nc5 56. Nc4 Nd3 57. Ne3 g6 58. Nc4 Ke6 59.
Ne3 Ke5 60. Nc4+ Kd5 61. Nb6+ Ke4 62. Nd7 Ne5 63. Nf6+ Ke3 64. Ng8 Nf7 65. Ne7
g5 66. Ng8 Ke4 67. Nf6+ Ke5 68. Ng8 Ke4 69. Nf6+ Ke5 70. Ng8 Ke4 71. Nf6+ Ke5
72. Ng8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zug FIDE GP"]
[Site "Zug"]
[Date "2013.04.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "166"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8.
Be3 Ng4 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Bg7 12. Qd2 Nc6 13. Nb3 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5
15. Bd3 Qd7 16. O-O O-O 17. f4 Bxd3 18. cxd3 gxf4 19. Bxf4 a5 20. h3 a4 21.
Nxa4 Rxa4 22. hxg4 Qe6 23. Rae1 Qg6 24. a3 e5 25. Bh2 Rxf1+ 26. Rxf1 Rxg4 27.
Rf3 d5 28. Qe2 h5 29. Kh1 h4 30. Bg1 Ne7 31. Nd4 Rg3 32. Nc2 Nf5 33. Bh2 Rg5
34. Rh3 Ng3+ 35. Bxg3 hxg3 36. Qe3 d4 37. Qf3 Rf5 38. Qxg3 Qxg3 39. Rxg3 Rf2
40. Nb4 Rxb2 41. Kh2 Kf7 42. Kh3 Rb3 43. Kg4 Ke6 44. Kf3 Bf6 45. Ke4 Rxa3 46.
Nd5 Ra1 47. Nc7+ Kd7 48. Rg6 Rf1 49. Nd5 Ke6 50. Nc7+ Kd7 51. Nd5 Ke6 52. Nc7+
Kf7 53. Rh6 Rf4+ 54. Kd5 e4 55. dxe4 d3 56. Rh1 d2 57. Rd1 Rf2 58. Kc4 Bg5 59.
Nb5 Re2 60. Kd3 Re1 61. Kc2 Bf4 62. g3 Bxg3 63. Rxd2 Rxe4 64. Nd6+ Bxd6 65.
Rxd6 Ke8 66. Kb3 Re7 67. Kb4 Rd7 68. Rxd7 Kxd7 69. Kb5 Kc7 70. Kc5 b6+ 71. Kb5
Kb7 72. Kb4 Kc6 73. Kc4 b5+ 74. Kb4 Kb6 75. Kb3 Ka5 76. Ka3 b4+ 77. Kb3 Kb5 78.
Kb2 Kc4 79. Kc2 b3+ 80. Kb2 Kb4 81. Kb1 Ka3 82. Ka1 b2+ 83. Kb1 Kb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zug FIDE GP"]
[Site "Zug"]
[Date "2013.04.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Bg4 8.
Be3 Qd7 9. Nbc3 O-O-O 10. a4 Nxe5 11. Be4 f5 12. a5 Nbc4 13. Bxb7+ Kxb7 14.
Qb3+ Ka8 15. dxe5 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Bxe2 17. Nxe2 Qd5 18. Qxd5+ Rxd5 19. Kf2 g6 20.
Rhd1 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Bg7 22. Rd5 Rb8 23. Nd4 Rxb2+ 24. Kf3 Kb7 25. Ne6 Bh8 26.
Rc5 c6 27. Nd8+ Ka6 28. Rxc6+ Kxa5 29. Re6 Ka4 30. Rxe7 a5 31. Re8 Bg7 32. Ne6
Bh6 33. Re7 Rb5 34. Nd4 Bg5 35. Re8 Rc5 36. Ne2 Ka3 37. g3 a4 38. h4 Bh6 39. e6
Re5 40. Nf4 Bxf4 41. Kxf4 Re4+ 42. Kg5 Rxe3 43. Kf6 Rxg3 44. e7 Re3 45. Rb8 Ka2
46. Rb6 Rxe7 47. Kxe7 a3 48. Kf6 Ka1 49. Kg7 a2 50. Kxh7 f4 51. Rb3 1-0

[Event "Zug FIDE GP"]
[Site "Zug"]
[Date "2013.04.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nd2 d5 10. exd6 cxd6 11. b3 Bg4 12. f3 Be6 13. Bb2 d5 14. cxd5 Nxd5
15. O-O-O Qg5 16. h4 Qe3 17. Kb1 Be7 18. Rc1 O-O 19. g4 a5 20. Rxc6 Rfd8 21.
Ne4 a4 22. Qxe3 Nxe3 23. Bc4 Nxc4 24. bxc4 Rac8 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. c5 Bxc5 27.
Nxc5 Rxc5 28. Rd1 h6 29. Rd4 Rc4 30. Rxc4 Bxc4 31. g5 Kh7 32. a3 Kg6 33. Kc1
hxg5 34. hxg5 Kxg5 35. Bxg7 Kf4 36. Kb2 Kxf3 37. Be5 f5 38. Bd6 f4 39. Bxf4
Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zug FIDE GP"]
[Site "Zug"]
[Date "2013.04.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Qa5 9. Bxf6 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qxc3+ 11. Kf1 gxf6 12. Bb5+ Ke7 13. Rc1 Qa5 14.
e5 fxe5 15. Qh5 Nd7 16. Qg5+ Kf8 17. Rxc8+ Rxc8 18. Bxd7 Qd8 19. Nxe6+ fxe6 20.
Qh6+ Kf7 21. Qxe6+ Kf8 22. Qf5+ Ke7 23. Qe6+ Kf8 24. Qf5+ Ke7 25. Qe6+ Kf8
1/2-1/2

[Event "CHN-chT"]
[Site "China"]
[Date "2013.12.21"]
[Round "19.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ji, Dan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2374"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2013.04.30"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Jiangsu"]
[BlackTeam "Qinhuangdao"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qa5 10. a3 Qxc5 11. Ba2 b6 12. Nge2 Bb7 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Rac1 Rfc8
15. Rfd1 Nf8 16. Qa4 Qh5 17. Bg3 a6 18. f3 b5 19. Qh4 Qc5 20. Qd4 Qxd4 21. Nxd4
b4 22. axb4 Bxb4 23. e4 Rd8 24. Na4 Rac8 25. Bf2 N6d7 26. Nb3 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Rc8
28. Rxc8 Bxc8 29. Kf1 Ng6 30. Nbc5 Nge5 31. Ke2 Kf8 32. Bd4 Nxc5 33. Nxc5 Nc6
34. Be3 Ne5 35. h3 Ke7 36. f4 Nd7 37. Nd3 Ba5 38. Bd4 f6 39. Ke3 Bb7 40. Nc5
Nxc5 41. Bxc5+ Kd7 42. g4 g5 43. f5 exf5 44. gxf5 Bc7 45. Be6+ Ke8 46. Bc4 Be5
47. b4 Kd7 48. Be6+ Ke8 49. Kf3 h5 50. Bc4 Kd7 51. Bf7 h4 52. Be6+ Kc7 53. Bc4
Kd7 54. Bd3 Ke8 55. Kg4 Kf7 56. Bc4+ Kg7 57. Kf3 Bc8 58. Be2 Kf7 59. Ke3 Ke8
60. Bd4 Ke7 61. Bxe5 fxe5 62. Bc4 Kf6 63. Kf3 Bb7 64. Be2 Kf7 65. Kg4 Kf6 66.
Bd3 Bc6 67. Kf3 Bb7 68. Bc4 Bc8 69. Kg4 Bb7 70. Kf3 Bc8 71. Bf1 Bb7 72. Ke3 Bc8
73. Kd3 Bd7 74. Ke3 Bc8 75. Be2 Bb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "CHN-chT"]
[Site "China"]
[Date "2013.12.22"]
[Round "20.5"]
[White "Wang, Shuai"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2013.04.30"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Qingdao"]
[BlackTeam "Jiangsu"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O
8. O-O Re8 9. Qf3 Bd6 10. Re1 Be5 11. Bf4 Qe7 12. Bxe5 Qxe5 13. Qg3 Qxg3 14.
hxg3 d6 15. f3 h5 16. Kf2 g6 17. Re3 Re5 18. Na4 Kg7 19. b3 Be6 20. Rae1 Rb8
21. Be2 Ra5 22. c4 Nd7 23. Rc1 Kf6 24. Rc2 Ke7 25. Rec3 Nb6 26. Nxb6 axb6 27.
a4 Rh8 28. f4 h4 29. gxh4 Rxh4 30. g3 Rh8 31. Bf3 g5 32. Rc1 Rh2+ 33. Kg1 Rh6
34. Kf2 gxf4 35. gxf4 c5 36. Rh1 Rxh1 37. Bxh1 c6 38. Bf3 b5 39. cxb5 cxb5 40.
axb5 Rxb5 41. Bd1 Rb4 42. Bc2 Rb8 43. e5 Rh8 44. exd6+ Kxd6 45. Ke3 Rh3+ 46.
Kd2 Rh2+ 47. Ke3 Bd5 48. Bf5 Kc6 49. Bd3 Kb6 50. Bc4 Bxc4 51. bxc4 Ka5 52. Ke4
Kb4 53. Rc1 Rh5 54. f5 f6 55. Rg1 Kxc4 56. Rg6 Rh4+ 57. Ke3 Rh3+ 58. Ke4 Rh4+
59. Ke3 Kd5 60. Rxf6 Ke5 61. Rc6 Re4+ 62. Kd3 c4+ 63. Rxc4 Rxc4 64. Kxc4 Kxf5
1/2-1/2

[Event "CHN-chT"]
[Site "China"]
[Date "2013.12.23"]
[Round "21.3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2013.04.30"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Jiangsu"]
[BlackTeam "Tianjin"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. h4 h6 11. Kb1 Bf6 12. Bb5 a6 13. Bxc6 Qxc6 14. Bd4
Bxd4 15. Nxd4 Qxg2 16. Rhg1 Qh3 17. Rxg7 O-O-O 18. Qf4 Rdg8 19. Rxg8+ Rxg8 20.
Qxh6 Kb8 21. Qf6 Bc8 22. Qxf7 Rh8 23. Re1 Rxh4 24. a3 Rh7 25. Qb3 Ka7 26. Qg8
Rh8 27. Qg5 Kb8 28. Ka2 Qh4 29. Qe3 Rf8 30. Re2 Qf4 31. Qxf4 Rxf4 32. Kb1 c5
33. Nb3 Bg4 34. Rd2 Kc7 35. Nc1 c4 36. b3 Be6 37. bxc4 Rf3 38. Kb2 Bxc4 39. Nb3
Bxb3 40. cxb3 b5 41. b4 Kd7 42. Kb3 Kc6 43. Rc2 d5 44. Rd2 Kd6 45. Kc2 Ke6 46.
Re2+ Kd7 47. Kb2 Kd6 48. Rc2 Kd7 49. a4 bxa4 50. Ka3 Kc6 51. Kxa4 Kb6 52. Rd2
Rxc3 53. Rxd5 Rf3 54. Rd2 Kc6 55. Rc2+ Kb6 56. Re2 Kc6 57. Re6+ Kb7 58. b5
axb5+ 59. Kxb5 Rxf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "CHN-chT"]
[Site "China"]
[Date "2013.12.24"]
[Round "22.4"]
[White "Wan, Yunguo"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "2013.04.30"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hebei"]
[BlackTeam "Jiangsu"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. f4 b5 10. O-O-O Be7 11. f5 Bc4 12. h3 Rc8 13. Bd3 Qc7 14. Kb1 Nb6 15.
Bxb6 Qxb6 16. g4 h6 17. Rhg1 a5 18. h4 a4 19. g5 hxg5 20. hxg5 axb3 21. gxf6
bxa2+ 22. Ka1 Bxf6 23. Bxc4 Rxc4 24. Qd5 Qc6 25. Nxb5 Qxd5 26. Rxd5 Rxc2 27.
Nxd6+ Ke7 28. Rgd1 Rb8 29. Rb5 Rxb5 30. Nxb5 Bg5 31. Rd3 Rc4 32. Nc3 Rd4 33.
Rg3 Bd2 34. Nd5+ Kd6 35. Rxg7 Rxe4 36. Nf6 Re1+ 37. Kxa2 e4 38. Nxe4+ Rxe4 39.
Rxf7 Re2 40. Rf6+ Kd5 41. Rb6 Rf2 42. f6 Be3 43. Rb8 Bd4 44. Ka3 Rxf6 45. Kb3
Rf3+ 46. Ka2 Kc4 47. Rc8+ Bc5 48. Rc7 Rf8 49. Rh7 Rb8 50. Rh2 Ra8+ 51. Kb1 Kd3
52. Rh3+ Be3 53. Rh2 Rf8 54. Rh3 Rf2 55. Rh8 Bd4 56. Rb8 Rf5 57. Rb7 Rf8 58.
Rb3+ Kd2 59. Rb7 Rc8 60. Rd7 Rc1+ 61. Ka2 Rc4 62. Kb3 Kd3 63. Rh7 Rc8 64. Rh3+
Be3 65. Rh2 Ra8 66. Rh7 Bd2 67. Rd7+ Ke2 68. Kc2 Rc8+ 69. Kb1 Kd1 70. Rd6 Rc1+
71. Ka2 Rc5 72. Kb1 Ke2 73. Re6+ Be3 74. Rd6 Rc4 75. Rd7 Bd4 76. Rh7 Rb4 77.
Rh2+ Kd3 78. Rh3+ Kc4 79. Rh2 Bc3 80. Rc2 Rxb2+ 81. Rxb2 Bxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Thessaloniki FIDE GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2013.05.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bd7 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qb8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Be6 14. Nbd2 O-O 15. h3
Rc8 16. Bg3 cxd4 17. cxd4 Nh5 18. Bh2 Nf4 19. axb5 axb5 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. Bd3
Nc4 22. Qe2 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 Bf6 24. Rc1 Nxd2 25. Rxc8+ Bxc8 26. Qxd2 g5 27. Qe2
g4 28. hxg4 Bxg4 29. e5 dxe5 30. dxe5 Bxf3 31. gxf3 Qxe5 32. Qxe5 Bxe5 33. Bxb5
Bxb2 34. Kg2 Kg7 35. Bc4 Kg8 36. Bb3 Kg7 37. Bc4 Kg8 38. Bb3 Kg7 39. Bc4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Thessaloniki FIDE GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2013.05.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. a4 Nd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Bxa8
15. Na3 Bb4 16. Re5 Bd6 17. Re1 Bb4 18. Re5 Bd6 19. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Thessaloniki FIDE GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2013.05.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Be2 Nbd7 {
Every student of the Scheveningen/Najdorf Sicilian complex was taught that the
knight from b8 belongs on the c6-square. Virtually the only good players
experimenting with placement of the knight on d7 have been Topalov and his
Bulgarian analytical team.} 8. g4 h6 9. f4 g5 $5 {The internal logic of the
chess struggle will sometimes hint at correct solutions to problems somewhat
automatically. Black wanted to play g7-g5 and if necessary is even prepared to
do it as a form of positional sacrifice.} 10. f5 {It makes little sense to
hold White responsible for his alibistic approach. Ponomariov was well aware
of the fact, that Topalov would not have played the line without thorough
preparation. Objectively speaking the only move able to aspire for any real
advantage will have to be the accepting of the sacrifice with 10.fxg5.} (10.
fxg5 hxg5 11. Bxg5 b5 (11... Qb6 12. Nb3 (12. Qd2 Qxb2 13. Rb1 Qa3 $13) 12...
Rxh2 $1 13. Rf1 Bg7 (13... Be7 14. Qd2 Nxg4 $2 15. Bxe7 Kxe7 16. Qg5+ Ngf6 17.
e5 dxe5 18. O-O-O Rf2 19. Nd2 Rxf1 20. Rxf1 Qd8 21. Nc4 $16) 14. Bf4 (14. Qd3
Ne5 15. Qg3 Rxe2+ $1 16. Kxe2 Nfxg4 $132) 14... Rh3 15. g5 Nh7 16. Qd2 $16) 12.
Bf3 (12. e5 dxe5 (12... Nxe5 $2 13. Bf3 Ra7 (13... d5 14. Qe2 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3
Bg7 16. Nc6 Qc7 17. Bxf6 $18) 14. Nc6 Nxc6 15. Bxc6+ Bd7 16. Bxd7+ Rxd7 17. Rf1
Be7 18. Qd4 e5 19. Qf2 $18) 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Bf3 Rb8 15. Qd3 Kf7 16. h4 $44) (
12. a3 Bb7 13. h4 Be7 14. Rf1 Ne5 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. g5 Bg7 17. Bh5 Qe7 18. Qe2
Rc8 19. O-O-O Rxc3 20. bxc3 d5 21. Nxe6 Qxe6 22. exd5 Qd6 23. Rxf7 Kd8 24. Rxg7
Nc4 25. Qe7+ Qxe7 26. Rxe7 Kxe7 27. Re1+ Kd6 $11 {1/2 (52) Jakubowski,K (2510)
-Kukawski,M (2338) Warsaw 2011}) 12... Ne5 (12... b4 13. Nce2 (13. Ncb5 $5 axb5
14. e5 dxe5 15. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 16. Bxa8 Be7 17. h4 $14) (13. e5 bxc3 14. b4 d5
15. exf6 Qc7 16. Qe2 $13) (13. Nd5 exd5 14. Nc6 Qb6 15. Qe2 Qb5 $1 $17) 13...
Ne5 14. Ng3 Be7 15. h4 Bb7 $13) 13. Nc6 $5 (13. Qe2 Be7 14. O-O-O Bb7 15. Bf4
Nfd7 16. Kb1 Rc8 17. Bc1 Nb6 18. g5 Rxc3 19. bxc3 Na4 20. Rd3 Bxg5 21. Bxg5
Qxg5 22. Ka1 Nxd3 23. cxd3 Nxc3 $19 {1-0 (39) Ponkratov,P (2605)-Inarkiev,E 
(2680) Khanty-Mansiysk 2013}) 13... Nxc6 14. e5 Qb6 $1 (14... Nxe5 15. Bxa8 Be7
16. Qd4 $16) 15. Bxf6 Rh3 $1 16. exd6 (16. Bg5 $5 d5 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Qxd5
Rxf3 $1 19. Qxf3 Bb7 20. Rf1 (20. e6 $6 Bb4+ $1 21. c3 Ne5 22. exf7+ Nxf7 23.
Qe2+ Kf8 $17) 20... Nxe5 21. Qe2 Qe6 22. O-O-O $13) 16... Qe3+ 17. Be2 Ne5 $1 (
17... Rf3 18. Bg5 $1 Qf2+ 19. Kd2 Qd4+ 20. Kc1 Rxc3 21. Qxd4 $1 Nxd4 22. bxc3
Nxe2+ 23. Kd2 Nxc3 24. Kxc3 Bxd6 $14) 18. Qc1 $6 (18. Bxe5 $2 Qxe5 $17) (18.
Rf1 Bb7 19. Qc1 Qxc1+ 20. Rxc1 Bxd6 21. Rd1 Bc7 $44) 18... Nf3+ 19. Kd1 Qb6 $6
(19... Qc5 $1 20. Qf4 e5 21. Qe4 Qxd6+ 22. Bd3 Rb8 23. g5 b4 24. Ne2 Bb7 25.
Qe3 Nxg5 26. Qxe5+ Qxe5 27. Bxe5 Rd8 $17) 20. Ne4 $1 {0-1 (28) Bologan,V (2657)
-Cheparinov,I (2670) Kemer 2007} (20. Qf4 $2 Bxd6 21. Qe4 Bb7 $19)) 10... Ne5
11. h3 {The results for Black in the games of strong players are not exactly
encouraging, but the culprit might not have been the objective value of the
position.} (11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Nf3 Nfd7 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Qd4 Bd7 15. O-O-O Be7
16. Kb1 Qa5 17. a3 O-O-O 18. Rhf1 Qc5 19. Qd2 Qc6 20. h4 Rhg8 21. hxg5 Bxg5 22.
Bxg5 Rxg5 23. Rf6 Nxg4 24. Rxh6 $14 {1-0 (114) Salgado Lopez,I (2626)
-Huschenbeth,N (2521) Chennai 2011}) (11. a4 Bg7 12. a5 O-O 13. h4 gxh4 14. g5
Nh7 15. gxh6 Bf6 16. Qd2 Kh8 17. Nb3 exf5 18. Bb6 Bg5 19. Bxd8 Bxd2+ 20. Kxd2
Rxd8 21. Rxh4 Ng5 22. Rf1 Nxe4+ 23. Nxe4 fxe4 24. Rxe4 $14 {1-0 (44) Kovalev,A
(2515)-Oparin,G (2257) Alushta 2009}) 11... b5 {[%mdl 4] Black's ambition to
prepare real counterplay on the queenside must be a correct strategy. White
can only hope for some medium term advantage.} (11... Bd7 12. fxe6 fxe6 13. Nf3
Bc6 14. Qd4 Nfd7 15. O-O-O Rg8 16. Nd2 Qe7 17. Nb3 Ng6 18. Na5 Nde5 19. Rhf1
Rd8 20. Kb1 Bg7 21. Qb4 Rf8 22. Bb6 $14 {1-0 (52) Alekseenko,K (2434)-Al Sayed,
M (2511) St Petersburg 2012}) 12. a3 Qe7 (12... Bg7 13. Qd2 Qe7 14. fxe6 fxe6
15. Nf3 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Nd7 17. e5 d5 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Bxd5 Rb8 20. O-O-O $36)
13. fxe6 fxe6 14. Nf3 Bb7 {The defender is not afraid of exchanges on the
e5-square. Doubled pawns in the centre need protection, on the other hand they
manage to steal a huge amount of attractive squares from the white pieces.} (
14... Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 Bb7 16. Qd2 Bg7 17. O-O-O Rd8 18. Bg2 $14) 15. Nxe5 (15.
Rf1 Bg7 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Bd3 O-O $11) 15... dxe5 16. Bd3 Qc7 {Topalov is
acting in the style of truly classical players and thus he prepares an
exchange of the dark squared bishops. It is hard to prove, that the natural
development with 16...Bg7 would not have been sufficient for the equality.} (
16... Bg7 17. Qd2 O-O 18. O-O-O b4 19. axb4 Qxb4 20. Rhe1 Bc6 21. Nb1 Qb7 $11)
17. h4 Bc5 (17... gxh4 18. Rxh4 O-O-O 19. Qf3 Nd7 $13) 18. Qe2 (18. Bxc5 Qxc5
19. Qf3 Rf8 20. Qe2 O-O-O $11) 18... Bxe3 (18... Bd4 19. Bd2 O-O-O 20. O-O-O
$14) 19. Qxe3 Nxg4 20. Qg3 h5 {The temporary solution for the knight on g4 is
sufficient for the slowing down of White's initiative.} (20... Nf6 21. hxg5 Nd7
22. Rxh6 O-O-O 23. O-O-O $18) 21. O-O-O O-O-O (21... gxh4 22. Qxh4 Qe7 23.
Bxb5+ axb5 24. Qxg4 hxg4 25. Rxh8+ Kf7 26. Rh7+ Kf8 27. Rxe7 Kxe7 28. Rg1 Rg8
29. Kd2 Bc6 $11) 22. hxg5 Qg7 23. Qh4 (23. Rdf1 Qxg5+ 24. Kb1 Rd7 $11) 23...
Rdg8 24. Be2 Qxg5+ 25. Qxg5 Rxg5 {The results of the opening battle must be
quite pleasing for the second player. The extra pawn is forcing the opponent
into activity directed at proving enough compensation for the missing material.
} 26. Rh4 Nf6 (26... Kc7 27. Rg1 Rf8 28. Rgh1 Nf6 29. Bxh5 $11) 27. Rf1 Rh6 28.
b4 Rg2 {The black pieces are fairly tied down, so it will be difficult for him
to generate active play.} (28... Rg3 29. Kb2 Kd8 30. a4 bxa4 31. Ra1 Re3 32.
Rxa4 Nxe4 33. Nxe4 Rxe2 34. Nc5 $11) 29. Bf3 (29. a4 bxa4 30. Bf3 Rg3 31. Nxa4
$11) 29... Rg3 30. a4 Bc6 {It must have been very difficult for Black to judge,
in which line his chances for any progress are the best.} (30... Ne8 31. Kb2 (
31. axb5 Rf6 32. Be2 Rxf1+ 33. Bxf1 Rg1 34. bxa6 Rxf1+ 35. Kd2 Bxa6 $17) 31...
bxa4 32. Nxa4 Nd6 33. Be2 Re3 34. Nc3 Nxe4 35. Rf8+ Kc7 36. Rf7+ Kd6 37. Rxb7
Nxc3 38. Bd3 $11) 31. axb5 axb5 (31... Bxb5 32. Nxb5 axb5 33. Be2 Kc7 34. Bxb5
Rg4 35. Rxg4 hxg4 36. Be2 $11) 32. Ne2 (32. Kb2 Kc7 33. Be2 Kb6 34. Rd1 Re3 35.
Rd6 Kc7 36. Rxe6 Rxc3 37. Rxf6 Rxc2+ 38. Kxc2 Rxf6 39. Rxh5 $11) 32... Rg5 33.
Kd2 Rh7 $15 34. Rg1 {Ponomariov is well aware of his relative misfortune in
this position, but the problems are still manageable due to his opponent's
weaknesses on b5 and h5.} (34. Nc1 Rd7+ 35. Nd3 Rd4 36. Re1 Rg3 37. Re3 Kc7 $15
) 34... Rxg1 35. Nxg1 Kd8 (35... Rd7+ 36. Ke3 Rd4 37. c3 Rc4 38. Ne2 Be8 39.
Kd2 Kd8 $15) 36. Ke3 Be8 (36... Ra7 37. Ne2 Ra3+ 38. c3 Be8 39. Kd3 $15) 37.
Be2 Ra7 (37... Rc7 38. Nf3 Rxc2 39. Nxe5 Ke7 40. Rf4 Ra2 $15) 38. Nf3 Ng4+ 39.
Kd2 Ke7 (39... Rd7+ 40. Kc1 Rg7 41. Ne1 Nf2 42. Nd3 Nxd3+ 43. cxd3 $11) 40. Ne1
Nf6 41. Nd3 {White has managed to survive the first time control without any
additional harm and real improvements for the black position are difficult to
imagine.} Kd6 42. Nc5 Ra1 43. Rh3 Rb1 44. c3 (44. Kc3 Rg1 $15) 44... Rg1 45.
Nb7+ Ke7 46. Nc5 Rg2 47. Ke1 {The white pieces are located at optimal squares
and it is up to the enemy to prove that his defensive setup is insufficient.}
Rg5 48. Kf2 Bc6 49. Rg3 $1 {Ponomariov is exchanging yet another pair of rooks
along the g-file. The resulting endgame with reduced material is fairly easy
to hold.} (49. Bf3 Rg8 50. Rg3 Rh8 $11) 49... Rxg3 50. Kxg3 Be8 (50... Bxe4 51.
Bxb5 Bf5 52. Be2 Nd5 53. Bxh5 Nxc3 $15) 51. Kh4 Bc6 52. Bf3 Kd6 53. Kg5 Ke7 54.
Kh4 {Black is unable to make any real progress.} Kd6 55. Kg5 Ke7 56. Kh4 Kd6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Thessaloniki FIDE GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2013.05.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Ng5 Re7 13. d5 Na5 14. Bc2 c6 15. dxc6
Bxc6 16. b3 Qc7 17. a4 bxa4 18. bxa4 h6 19. Ngf3 d5 20. Ba3 Re6 21. Bb4 Nb7 22.
exd5 Bxd5 23. Bf5 Ree8 24. Ne4 Bxe4 25. Bxe4 Rad8 26. Qb3 Nd6 27. Bxd6 Bxd6 28.
Rad1 a5 29. g4 Rb8 30. Qc2 Bf8 31. g5 hxg5 32. Nxg5 g6 33. Bd5 Nxd5 34. Rxd5
Rbd8 35. Red1 Rxd5 36. Rxd5 e4 37. Nxe4 Qf4 38. Ng3 Qf3 39. c4 Rc8 40. Rxa5 Bc5
41. Ne4 Re8 42. Nf6+ Qxf6 43. Rxc5 Qf3 44. Qd2 Qxh3 45. Rg5 Qh4 46. Kg2 Qxc4
47. Qd5 Qe4+ 48. Qxe4 Rxe4 49. a5 Ra4 50. Rb5 Ra3 51. Kf1 Ra2 52. Kg2 Ra3 53.
Kf1 Ra2 54. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Thessaloniki FIDE GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2013.05.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. Rd1 Kc8 11. Ng5 Be8 12. b3 b6 13. Rd3 Kb7 14. Bb2
Be7 15. Nge4 Rd8 16. Rad1 Kc8 17. g3 Rxd3 18. Rxd3 Bd7 19. f3 Re8 20. Kf2 Bd8
21. Ne2 c5 22. h4 g6 23. c4 h5 24. Nf6 Bxf6 25. exf6 b5 26. Nf4 bxc4 27. bxc4
Nd6 28. Ba3 Re5 29. Rd5 Nxc4 30. Bxc5 Rxd5 31. Nxd5 Kb7 32. Nf4 Ne5 33. Bd4 Nc6
34. Ke3 Nd8 35. Nd3 Bf5 36. Ne5 Be6 37. a3 Nc6 38. Nxc6 Kxc6 39. Bxa7 Kd5 40.
Kf4 Kc4 41. g4 Bd5 42. Kg3 Be6 43. Kf4 Bd5 44. Kg3 Be6 45. Kf4 Bd5 46. Kg3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Thessaloniki FIDE GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2013.05.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Ngf3 ({Die Hauptvariante
in diesem Abspiel der Französischen Tarrschachvariante entsteht nach} 6. c3
Nc6 7. Ndf3 Rb8 ({Üblich ist} 7... Qb6) 8. Bd3 b5 9. Ne2 g6 10. O-O Qb6 11. g4
h5 12. h3 b4 13. Qa4 bxc3 14. bxc3 cxd4 15. Rb1 Qc7 16. Rxb8 Ndxb8 17. cxd4 Bd7
18. Qc2 Qa5 19. Bxg6 Nb4 20. Qb1 Qxa2 21. Bd2 Qxb1 22. Bxb1 hxg4 23. hxg4 Bb5
24. Re1 N8c6 25. Nc3 Bc4 26. Kg2 a5 27. Na4 Bb3 28. Nc5 Bxc5 29. dxc5 a4 30.
Bxb4 Nxb4 31. Nd4 Bc4 32. Re3 Kd7 33. Ra3 Ra8 34. f5 Nc6 35. Nf3 Rb8 36. Ra1 {
0-1 (36) Shirov,A (2739)-Ponomariov,R (2705) Moscow 2007}) 6... Nc6 7. Nb3 ({
Die Alternative ist} 7. c3) 7... c4 ({Der Partiezug wirkt logischer als} 7...
cxd4 8. Nbxd4 Nc5 (8... Bc5) 9. Be3 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Be2 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Ne4
13. O-O Bd7 14. Bd3 a6 15. Qe2 Nc5 16. Rf2 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Rc8 18. g4 f5 19. exf6
Bxf6 20. Re1 Qc7 21. Qe3 Bxd4 22. Nxd4 Rce8 23. g5 Bc8 24. a3 Qf7 25. Qg3 Qg6
26. Re5 Bd7 27. h3 Rf7 28. Kh2 Ref8 29. Qe3 Qh5 30. Nxe6 Bxe6 31. Rxe6 Rf5 32.
Re5 Qg6 33. Kg3 h6 34. h4 hxg5 35. hxg5 R5f7 36. Rxd5 Qc6 37. Qd4 Qc7 38. Rd6
Rf5 39. Rd7 Rxg5+ 40. Kh4 Qc6 41. Kxg5 {1-0 (41) Ponomariov,R (2743)-Akopian,V
(2678) Moscow 2002}) 8. Nbd2 b5 9. Be2 Nb6 ({Gespielt wurde hier auch schon} 
9... Qb6 {und nun:} 10. Nf1 f6 11. Ne3 fxe5 12. fxe5 Be7 13. c3 O-O 14. O-O b4
15. Qe1 bxc3 16. bxc3 Qa5 17. Bd1 Rf7 18. Bc2 Nf8 19. Nd1 Bd7 20. Qg3 Nd8 21.
a4 Nc6 22. Bh6 Be8 23. Rf2 Kh8 24. Bd2 Qd8 25. Ng5 Rxf2 26. Nxf2 Bxg5 27. Bxg5
Qd7 28. h4 Bg6 29. Bxg6 Nxg6 30. h5 Nge7 31. h6 Nf5 32. hxg7+ Qxg7 33. Qf4 Qg6
34. Bf6+ Kg8 35. Kh2 Rb8 36. g4 Nh6 37. Rg1 Rb2 38. Kh3 Na5 39. Rg3 Nb3 40. Be7
Nf7 41. Nd1 Rd2 42. Ne3 Qb1 43. Nf1 Rd3 44. Rf3 Qxf1+ {0-1 (44) Smagin,S (2613)
-Gurevich,M (2688) Essen 2001}) 10. Nf1 h5 {Ein neuer Zug an dieser Stelle.} (
10... Bd7 11. Ne3 Be7 12. O-O Qc7 13. Bd2 a5 14. Be1 O-O-O 15. b3 a4 16. Rb1
Qa7 17. bxc4 bxc4 18. Bf2 Na5 19. f5 g6 20. f6 Ba3 21. Ng5 Be8 22. Bg4 Nc6 23.
Nxe6 fxe6 24. Bxe6+ Rd7 25. Nxd5 Nxd5 26. Qf3 Nd8 27. Bxd5 Qa6 28. e6 Rxd5 29.
Qxd5 Nxe6 30. Bg3 Nc7 31. Bxc7 Kxc7 32. f7 Bd7 33. Qe5+ {1-0 (33) Malakhov,V 
(2716)-Shulman,Y (2624) Bursa 2010}) 11. Ne3 Bd7 12. O-O Be7 13. b3 g6 14. Bd2
a6 15. Be1 Qc7 16. h3 O-O-O $2 {Der schwarze König steht am Damenflügel
nicht sicher und Schwarz wird sehr schnell mit konkreten Problemen
konfrontiert.} (16... O-O 17. Bh4 $5 Bb4 $5) 17. a4 Kb7 18. Qb1 Na7 ({Besser
war noch} 18... cxb3 19. Qxb3 Ra8) 19. a5 (19. a5 {Auf} Nbc8 20. bxc4 dxc4 21.
Nxc4 {hatte Ivanchuk schon keine Lust mehr.}) 1-0

[Event "Thessaloniki FIDE GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2013.05.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 exd4 6. Nxd4 Ne7 7. Bxc4 Nbc6
8. Be3 O-O 9. O-O Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Nc6 11. a3 Qxd4 12. Qxd4 Nxd4 13. axb4 Be6 14.
Bxe6 Nxe6 15. b5 f5 16. exf5 Rxf5 17. Rfd1 a5 18. bxa6 Rxa6 19. Rxa6 bxa6 20.
f3 Kf7 21. Kf2 Rc5 22. Ke3 Re5+ 23. Kf2 Rc5 24. Ke3 Re5+ 25. Kf2 Rc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Thessaloniki FIDE GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2013.05.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. Nc3 O-O 8. d3
h6 9. Nd5 d6 10. c3 Rb8 11. h3 Nxd5 12. exd5 Ne7 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Qd7 15.
Qd3 Bb7 16. Bc2 Ng6 17. Nf5 Rfe8 18. b3 Re5 19. c4 Qd8 20. Bd2 Bc8 21. Ng3 Qh4
22. Kh2 Bd7 23. f4 bxc4 24. bxc4 Re7 25. Rae1 Rxe1 26. Bxe1 Bb6 27. Qc3 Re8 28.
Bf5 Re3 29. Qb2 Rxe1 30. Rxe1 Bxf5 31. Qxg7+ Kxg7 32. Nxf5+ Kf6 33. Nxh4 Nxh4
34. Kg3 Nf5+ 35. Kf3 Nh4+ 36. Kg3 h5 37. Rb1 Nf5+ 38. Kf3 Nh4+ 39. Kg3 Nf5+ 40.
Kf3 h4 41. Re1 a5 42. Re8 Kg7 43. Ke2 Ng3+ 44. Kf3 Nf5 45. Ke2 Ng3+ 46. Kf3 f5
47. Re7+ Kg6 48. Re6+ Kg7 49. Re7+ Kg6 50. Re6+ Kh7 51. Re7+ Kh6 52. Re6+ Kh7
53. Re7+ Kh6 54. Re6+ Kh5 55. Rf6 Bc5 56. Rf7 Kg6 57. Rxc7 Ne4 58. Rc8 a4 59.
g4 hxg3 60. h4 a3 61. Rg8+ Kf7 62. Rc8 Nc3 63. Rc7+ Kg6 64. Rxc5 dxc5 65. d6 g2
66. Kxg2 Ne2 67. Kf3 Nd4+ 68. Kf2 Kh5 69. d7 Ne6 70. Kg3 Kg6 71. Kf2 Kf6 72. h5
Ke7 73. Ke3 Kxd7 74. h6 Nf8 75. Kd2 Ke6 76. Kc3 Kf6 77. Kb3 Ne6 0-1

[Event "Thessaloniki FIDE GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2013.06.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. Qd3 h6 5. Bh4 e6 6. e4 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Be7 8.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Nf3 b6 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. Rg1 c5 14.
dxc5 bxc5 15. Qxd8 Rfxd8 16. Re1 Kf8 17. g4 Rd4 18. Rg3 Rf4 19. Rb3 Rb4 20.
Ree3 Rc8 21. c4 Rxb3 22. Rxb3 Rc7 23. Ra3 a6 24. Kd2 Ke7 25. Be2 Nd7 26. Nd3
Kd6 27. Ke3 g5 28. h3 Ne5 29. Nxe5 Kxe5 30. Rb3 f5 31. f3 f4+ 32. Kf2 Bc6 33.
Rb8 Rb7 34. Rc8 Kd6 35. b3 a5 36. Rh8 a4 37. Rxh6 axb3 38. axb3 Rxb3 39. Rg6
Rb2 40. Rxg5 Ba4 41. Rg8 Ke7 42. Kf1 Rb1+ 43. Kf2 Rb2 44. Ke1 Rb1+ 45. Kd2 Rb2+
46. Kd3 Rb3+ 47. Kd2 Rb2+ 48. Kd3 Rb3+ 49. Kd2 Rb2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Thessaloniki FIDE GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2013.06.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. h3 d6 7. c3 Bb6 8. Bb3
Ne7 9. Nbd2 c6 10. Re1 Ng6 11. d4 h6 12. Bc2 Re8 13. a3 a5 14. Nc4 Bc7 15. Be3
exd4 16. Bxd4 Nh5 17. e5 d5 18. Ne3 Nhf4 19. Nf5 Be6 20. Qd2 Bxf5 21. Bxf5 Ne6
22. Rad1 Nh4 23. Nxh4 Qxh4 24. g3 Qg5 25. Qc2 g6 26. Bd3 h5 27. h4 Qg4 28. Be2
Qe4 29. Qc1 Qf5 30. Bd3 Qg4 31. Be2 Qf5 32. Kg2 Ng7 33. Bd3 Qd7 34. f4 b5 35.
Qc2 Rab8 36. Kh2 Bb6 37. Bf1 Qa7 38. Bh3 b4 39. f5 bxa3 40. bxa3 gxf5 41. Bxf5
Bxd4 42. cxd4 Nxf5 43. Qxf5 Rb2+ 44. Kh3 Re6 45. Qxh5 c5 46. dxc5 Qxc5 47. Rf1
Qe7 48. Rxd5 Rg6 49. Rf6 Rxf6 50. exf6 Qxf6 51. Qg4+ 1-0

[Event "Thessaloniki FIDE GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2013.06.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Qxd7 7. Qf3 cxd4
8. exd4 Nc6 9. Ne2 f5 10. O-O e6 11. Rd1 O-O-O 12. b3 Rg8 13. c4 dxc4 14. Nbc3
Bg7 15. bxc4 Bxd4 16. Rab1 Ne5 17. Qh3 Qc6 18. Nd5 Bc5 19. Nd4 Qa6 20. Nb3
Bxf2+ 21. Kxf2 exd5 22. Qxf5+ Qe6 23. Nd4 Qxf5+ 24. Nxf5 Rg5 25. Ne7+ Kb8 26.
cxd5 Rd7 27. d6 b6 28. h4 Rg4 29. Rb5 Ng6 30. Rf5 Nxh4 31. Rxf7 Rxg2+ 32. Kf1
Kb7 33. Rxh7 Rg4 34. Kf2 Nf5 35. Kf3 Ra4 36. Nxf5 Rxh7 37. d7 Rh8 38. d8=Q Rxd8
39. Rxd8 Rxa2 40. Ke4 Rc2 41. Nd6+ Ka6 42. Kd5 Ka5 43. Ra8 Rc7 44. Ne8 Rh7 45.
Kc6 Kb4 46. Nd6 a5 47. Rb8 a4 48. Rxb6+ Kc3 49. Nb5+ Kb4 50. Nc7+ Kc4 51. Nb5
Rh6+ 52. Nd6+ Rxd6+ 53. Kxd6 a3 54. Ra6 Kb3 55. Rxa3+ Kxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2013.06.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2013.06.06"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d4 Nf6 6. c4 dxc4 7. a4 Be6 8. Na3
Bd5 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Nxc4 Na6 11. Bd2 c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Ne3 Rc8 14. Nxd5 Qxd5
15. Rac1 Qb3 16. Be3 Qxc2 17. Rxc2 Nxa4 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. Ra1 Nxb2 20. Rxa7 Nd5
21. Bd2 Nc4 22. Rxb7 Bf6 23. Bg5 Nd6 24. Rb1 Kg7 25. Bxf6+ Nxf6 26. Nd4 e5 27.
Nf3 e4 28. Nd4 e3 29. fxe3 Rc3 30. Bf3 Rxe3 31. Rb6 Nc4 32. Rb7 Kf8 33. Rc7 Ne5
34. Rc8+ Kg7 35. Rc7 h5 36. h3 Ra3 37. Kf2 Ra6 38. Rc5 Nfd7 39. Rd5 Kf6 40. Nb5
Ke7 41. Rd2 Rb6 42. Nc3 Rb3 43. Nd5+ Kf8 44. Rc2 Rb5 45. Ne3 Nf6 46. Rc8+ Kg7
47. Rc2 Nh7 48. Nc4 Rc5 49. Ne3 Rxc2 50. Nxc2 Ng5 51. Kg2 Kf6 52. Ne3 Ke7 53.
Nd5+ Kd6 54. Nf4 Kc5 55. Kf2 Kd4 56. Bg2 Nh7 57. e3+ Kc3 58. Ke2 Nf8 59. Bd5
Nfd7 60. Bxf7 Nxf7 61. Nxg6 Nf6 62. g4 hxg4 63. hxg4 Nxg4 64. Kf3 Nge5+ 65.
Nxe5 Nxe5+ 66. Ke4 Nc4 67. Kd5 Nxe3+ 68. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2013.06.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "2013.06.06"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. g4 Be6 8. h4
Nd7 9. g5 h6 10. g6 Ngf6 11. Bd3 Ne4 12. gxf7+ Bxf7 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Bxe4 Nf6
15. Bf3 O-O 16. Ne2 c5 17. Rg1 Kh8 18. Bxb7 cxd4 19. Bxa8 Qa5+ 20. Kf1 Rxa8 21.
Qxd4 Qa6 22. f3 Rd8 23. Qe5 Rd2 24. Rg2 Bd6 25. Qf5 Rd5 26. Qc2 Bxf4 27. exf4
Rd3 28. Rf2 Nd5 29. Kg1 Ne3 30. Qc7 Qg6+ 31. Kh1 Qf5 32. Ng1 Nd5 33. Qe5 Qc8
34. Rg2 Nf6 35. Re1 Rd5 36. Qe7 Rd7 37. Qa3 Qd8 38. Nh3 Nh5 39. Re5 Nxf4 40.
Nxf4 Qxh4+ 41. Rh2 Qxf4 42. Re1 Bd5 43. Rh3 Rf7 44. Re8+ Kh7 45. Qd3+ Rf5 46.
Kg2 Bf7 47. Re4 Qb8 48. Rg3 Qxb2+ 49. Re2 Qf6 50. Rd2 Bh5 51. Qe4 Bg6 52. Qd4
Qf8 53. Qxa7 Rf7 54. Qd4 Rf6 55. a4 Qa3 56. Kh2 Rxf3 57. Rxf3 Qxf3 58. Rg2 Qh5+
59. Kg1 Qf5 60. Qc3 Qd7 61. a5 Be4 62. Re2 Qg4+ 63. Kf2 Qf4+ 64. Ke1 h5 65. a6
Qh4+ 66. Kd2 Qd8+ 67. Kc1 Bg6 68. a7 h4 69. Re7 Qxe7 70. a8=Q Qd7 71. Qaf3 Qb5
72. Qf4 Qb1+ 73. Kd2 Qa2+ 74. Ke3 Qa7+ 75. Qfd4 Qe7+ 76. Kf2 Be4 77. Qce3 Qf7+
78. Ke1 Bg6 79. Qxh4+ Bh5 80. Qee4+ Kh6 81. Qhf4+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2013.06.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2013.06.06"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. a3 b6 7. e3 c5 8. dxc5
bxc5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Rc1 Qb6 12. h3 Rfd8 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5
exd5 15. Qc2 Rac8 16. Rfd1 c4 17. Nd4 Bf6 18. Bg4 g6 19. Qa4 Nc5 20. Qb4 Ra8
21. Qxb6 axb6 22. Bc7 Re8 23. Rc2 Bxd4 24. exd4 Na4 25. Rb1 Bc8 26. b3 cxb3 27.
Rxb3 Bxg4 28. hxg4 Rec8 29. Rc1 Ra7 30. Bf4 Rxc1+ 31. Bxc1 f6 32. Bd2 Kf7 33.
Kf1 Rc7 34. Ke2 Rc2 35. Kd1 Rc4 36. Be3 g5 37. Kd2 Ke6 38. Kd3 Kd7 39. Bd2 Kc6
40. Rb1 Kd7 41. Bb4 Rc7 42. g3 Ke6 43. Re1+ Kf7 44. Re2 Kg6 45. f3 h5 46. gxh5+
Kxh5 47. Re6 Kg6 48. Re2 Rc1 49. g4 Rd1+ 50. Ke3 Rb1 51. Rc2 Nb2 52. Rc7 Nc4+
53. Kf2 Rb2+ 54. Ke1 Ne3 55. Bf8 f5 56. Rg7+ Kf6 57. gxf5 Kxf5 58. Be7 Rg2 59.
Bd8 b5 60. Rf7+ Kg6 61. Rf6+ Kh5 62. Re6 Nc2+ 63. Kf1 Nxd4 64. Re5 Nxf3 65. Rf5
Kg4 66. Rxd5 Rd2 67. Rxd2 Nxd2+ 68. Ke2 Nc4 69. Kd3 Ne5+ 70. Ke4 Nc4 71. Kd4
Nxa3 72. Kc5 Kf5 73. Bxg5 Kxg5 74. Kb4 Kf4 75. Kxa3 Ke5 76. Kb4 Kd4 77. Kxb5
Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2013.06.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2013.06.06"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Nc6 7. Qxb7 Bd7 8.
Qb3 Rb8 9. Qd1 e5 10. d3 Bb4+ 11. Nfd2 h5 12. Nc3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 h4 14. Ba3 Qa5
15. Qc1 Rc8 16. Nb3 Qc7 17. Nc5 Bf5 18. e4 dxe4 19. dxe4 Bg4 20. h3 Bh5 21. O-O
O-O 22. Rb1 Rfd8 23. g4 Bg6 24. Rd1 Na5 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. f3 Nc4 27. Bf1 Nd2
28. Rb7 Nxf3+ 29. Kg2 Qc8 30. Kxf3 Nxe4 31. Nxe4 Bxe4+ 32. Kxe4 Qxb7+ 33. Ke3
Qh1 34. Qe1 e4 35. Qf2 Rd1 36. Bg2 Rd3+ 37. Kxe4 Qb1 38. Kf4 Rxc3 39. Bd6 Qd3
40. Be7 Rc4+ 41. Kg5 Rc2 42. Qxa7 Qd2+ 43. Kxh4 Qxg2 44. Qb8+ Kh7 45. Qf4 Rc3
46. Kg5 Qxh3 47. Qe4+ Kg8 48. Qa8+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2013.06.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2013.06.06"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Nf4 c6 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. O-O Re8 11. f3 Nf8 12. Bc2 Ne6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe6 Bxe6
15. fxe4 c5 16. e5 Nd5 17. Qd3 g6 18. Ba4 cxd4 19. Ne4 Bd7 20. Bb3 Be6 21. Ba4
Bd7 22. Bb3 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2013.06.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2013.06.06"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. e3 a6 6. Nge2 d6 7. O-O O-O 8. a3
Ba7 9. b4 Bf5 10. d3 Qd7 11. Re1 Bh3 12. Bh1 Ng4 13. d4 exd4 14. exd4 Rae8 15.
c5 dxc5 16. dxc5 Qxd1 17. Rxd1 Nge5 18. f4 Nc4 19. Kf2 Bg4 20. Bd5 Nd6 21. Re1
Ne7 22. Bg2 c6 23. h3 Bc8 24. Nd4 Ndf5 25. Nxf5 Nxf5 26. Bb2 h5 27. Bf3 h4 28.
g4 Nd4 29. Rad1 Rxe1 30. Rxe1 a5 31. Nd5 Nxf3 32. Ne7+ Kh7 33. Kxf3 Be6 34. f5
Bb3 35. g5 Bb8 36. Be5 Bxe5 37. Rxe5 f6 38. gxf6 gxf6 39. Re4 Rd8 40. Ke3 Kg7
41. Ng6 Bc2 42. Re7+ Kh6 43. Nxh4 Rd3+ 44. Kf4 Rxa3 45. bxa5 Ra4+ 46. Kg3 Rxa5
47. Rxb7 Rxc5 48. Rf7 Rc3+ 49. Kf4 Rc4+ 50. Kg3 Rc3+ 51. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2013.06.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2013.06.06"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 f6 4. e3 e5 5. c5 a5 6. Bc4 axb4 7. exd4 e4 8. Qe2 Qe7
9. Nh4 g6 10. d3 f5 11. g3 Bg7 12. Bb2 Nc6 13. O-O Nxd4 14. Qd2 Qxc5 15. Rc1
Qe5 16. dxe4 fxe4 17. Re1 Ne7 18. Qxb4 Nf3+ 19. Nxf3 Qxb2 20. Bb3 Qxa1 21. Ng5
Qd4 22. Qb5+ c6 23. Qf1 Bf5 24. Rd1 Qc5 25. Nf7 Nd5 26. Nxh8 Bxh8 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2013.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2013.06.06"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 e6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
cxd4 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Nxd4 O-O 11. Be3 Bg4 12. Rc1 Qd7 13. Qa4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4
Rfd8 15. Rfd1 Be6 16. Bf4 Qb5 17. Be5 Bf8 18. Qd3 Qxd3 19. Rxd3 Rd7 20. Bd4 f6
21. Rdc3 b6 22. e3 Kf7 23. Bf1 Bb4 24. Rc6 Rad8 25. Bd3 Bd6 26. f4 g6 27. Kf2
Be7 28. Kf3 f5 29. a3 Bf6 30. Bb5 Re7 31. Bxf6 Kxf6 32. Rd1 Kf7 33. Rd4 Red7
34. h3 h5 35. h4 Re7 36. Kf2 Bc8 37. Bc4 Be6 38. Bb3 Red7 39. Ke2 Rd6 40. Rc3
Ke7 41. Kd2 R6d7 42. Ba4 Rb7 43. Bb5 Kf7 44. Bc6 Re7 45. Rcd3 Rc7 46. Bxd5 Bxd5
47. Rxd5 Rxd5 48. Rxd5 Ke6 49. Rd4 Rc6 50. a4 Rc7 51. e4 fxe4 52. Rxe4+ Kf6 53.
Re5 Rd7+ 54. Kc3 Rd1 55. b4 Rg1 56. Rg5 Ra1 57. a5 bxa5 58. bxa5 Rb1 59. Kc4 a6
60. Rd5 Rg1 61. Rd6+ Kf5 62. Rxa6 Rxg3 63. Rd6 Kxf4 64. a6 Ra3 65. Rxg6 Ra1 66.
Kb5 Rb1+ 67. Kc6 Kf5 68. Rg5+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2013.06.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2013.06.06"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 c6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Be7 8.
Qc2 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. O-O-O Nb6 11. h3 Be6 12. Bd3 O-O-O 13. Nd2 Kb8 14. Nb3
g6 15. g4 Ng7 16. f3 h5 17. Kb1 Bc8 18. Qf2 Ne6 19. Ne2 Qd6 20. Ng3 hxg4 21.
hxg4 Qb4 22. Qd2 Qd6 23. Qg2 Qb4 24. Qd2 Qd6 25. Qg2 Qb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2013.06.07"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2013.06.06"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. d4 d6 8. dxe5
Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Bg5 Re8 12. Nb5 Re7 13. Rfd1 Be6 14. Bxb7
Rb8 15. Bg2 c6 16. Nd6 h6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Ne4 Bg7 19. b3 f5 20. Nc5 e4 21.
Rac1 Bf7 22. e3 Bb2 23. Rc2 Ba3 24. Na4 Bb4 25. c5 Rbb7 26. Rd6 Re6 27. Rd8+
Re8 28. Rd4 Re5 29. Rd6 Re6 30. Bf1 Kf8 31. Bc4 Rxd6 32. cxd6 Be8 33. Ba6 Rd7
34. Rxc6 Rxd6 35. Rxd6 Bxd6 36. Nb2 Ke7 37. Kf1 Kf6 38. Nc4 Bc7 39. Nd2 Ba5 40.
Ke2 g5 41. Kd1 Bc6 42. a3 Bc7 43. b4 h5 44. Bc4 h4 45. gxh4 gxh4 46. h3 f4 47.
exf4 Bxf4 48. Be2 Ba4+ 49. Ke1 Ke5 50. Bg4 Kd4 51. Bf5 Bc6 52. Nb3+ Kc3 53. Nc5
e3 54. Ne6 exf2+ 55. Kxf2 Bc1 56. Nd8 Be8 57. Be4 Bxa3 58. Nc6 Bxb4 59. Nxa7
Bc5+ 60. Kg2 Bxa7 61. Kh2 Kd4 62. Bf3 Ke3 63. Kg2 Bd7 64. Bb7 Bb8 65. Bd5 Bb5
66. Bb7 Bg3 67. Bf3 Kd2 68. Kg1 Ke1 69. Be4 Bc4 70. Bf3 Bf2+ 71. Kh1 Bd4 72.
Kg2 Bf1+ 73. Kh2 Kf2 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2013.06.08"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2013.06.06"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nbd2 f6 12. a4 Kh8 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Bxa8
15. Ne4 Na5 16. Ba2 c5 17. c3 Nc6 18. Ng3 Qd7 19. Nh4 g6 20. Nf3 Kg7 21. h4 Rd8
22. Ne4 Qg4 23. Qb3 b4 24. Qc4 Qc8 25. h5 Na5 26. Qb5 Qc7 27. Qa4 Bc6 28. Qd1
g5 29. Qe2 Kh8 30. d4 exd4 31. cxd4 b3 32. Bb1 c4 33. h6 Bb4 34. Bd2 Nf4 35.
Qd1 Bxd2 36. Qxd2 Rf8 37. Re3 Nd5 38. Re1 Nb7 39. Ng3 Nd6 40. Nh5 Qf7 41. Ng7
Nf4 42. Qb4 Rd8 43. Qb6 Qd7 44. Bf5 Nxf5 45. Nxf5 Nd5 46. Qa5 Rg8 47. Qc5 c3
48. bxc3 b2 49. Nd2 Qxf5 50. Qxc6 Nf4 51. Rb1 Ne2+ 52. Kf1 Ng3+ 53. Kg1 Ne2+
54. Kf1 Ng3+ 55. Ke1 Rc8 56. Qb7 Qe6+ 57. Kd1 Nf5 58. Rxb2 Nxh6 59. Rb6 Qf5 60.
Rxf6 Qxf6 61. Qxc8+ Kg7 62. Ne4 Qf4 63. Qe6 Nf7 64. Ke2 Qc1 65. g4 Qc2+ 66. Kf3
Qd1+ 67. Kg2 Qc1 68. Ng3 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2013.06.08"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "2013.06.06"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Bc5 4. Nf3 c6 5. Nc3 d6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Nf6 8. g3
d5 9. Nb3 Bb4 10. cxd5 Qxd5 11. Qxd5 Nxd5 12. a3 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Nd7 14. Bg2 Ne5
15. Na5 Nb6 16. Be3 Nbc4 17. Nxc4 Nxc4 18. Bd4 O-O 19. a4 a5 20. Rb1 Re8 21. f4
Bg4 22. e4 Bf5 23. Rxb7 Bxe4 24. O-O Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Ne3+ 26. Bxe3 Rxe3 27. Rd1
g6 28. Rdd7 Rf8 29. Ra7 Rxc3 30. Rxa5 Rc2+ 31. Kh3 Kg7 32. Raa7 c5 33. a5 c4
34. a6 Ra2 35. Rdc7 Ra4 36. Kg4 h5+ 37. Kf3 Kf6 38. Ke4 h4 39. gxh4 c3+ 40. Kf3
Ra3 41. Kg4 Kg7 42. h5 Kh6 43. Rc6 c2 44. hxg6 fxg6 45. Rcc7 Rh8 46. Rxc2 Ra4
47. Rcc7 Ra2 48. h4 Rg2+ 49. Kf3 Ra2 50. Rf7 Ra4 51. Kg3 Ra3+ 52. Kg4 Ra1 53.
Rfe7 Rg1+ 54. Kf3 Ra1 55. Ke4 Ra5 56. Kd4 Ra4+ 57. Ke5 Ra5+ 58. Ke6 Ra4 59. Rf7
Re8+ 60. Kd6 Kh5 61. Kc5 Kxh4 62. Rf6 Kg4 63. Rg7 Rc8+ 64. Kb5 Rcc4 65. Rgxg6+
Kf3 66. Rg5 Rcb4+ 67. Kc5 Rb1 68. Rb6 Rba1 69. Rgg6 Ra5+ 70. Kc4 R5a4+ 71. Kc3
R4a3+ 72. Kc4 Ra4+ 73. Kd5 Ra5+ 74. Kd4 R5a4+ 75. Kc5 Ra5+ 76. Kc6 Rxa6 77. f5
Rxb6+ 78. Kxb6 Ke4 79. f6 Rf1 80. Kc6 Ke5 81. Kd7 Rxf6 82. Rxf6 Kxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2013.06.08"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Rakhmanov, Alexander"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2013.06.06"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 Qd7 7. e3 Bxc3 8. bxc3
b6 9. e4 Bb7 10. Re1 e5 11. d3 O-O-O 12. Nd2 f5 13. Nf1 Rf8 14. exf5 gxf5 15.
Ne3 h5 16. Nd5 h4 17. Rb1 hxg3 18. hxg3 Nce7 19. a4 Nxd5 20. cxd5 Nf6 21. c4 f4
22. gxf4 Rfg8 23. Re3 exf4 24. Re6 Rxg2+ 25. Kxg2 Qg7+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2013.06.08"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2013.06.06"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. Qxc4 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
d3 e5 9. O-O h6 10. Be3 Re8 11. Rac1 Be6 12. Qa4 Nd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Rc5 Ne7
15. Rfc1 c6 16. Bd2 b6 17. R5c2 c5 18. Qh4 g5 19. Qa4 Ng6 20. Ne1 a5 21. a3
Bxg2 22. Nxg2 f5 23. Qb5 a4 24. b3 axb3 25. Qxb3+ Kh7 26. Rb1 e4 27. dxe4 Rxe4
28. Bc3 Bxc3 29. Qxc3 Rd4 30. Ne3 f4 31. Nf5 Rd1+ 32. Kg2 Qd5+ 33. f3 Ra7 34.
Rxd1 Qxd1 35. Rd2 Qb1 36. Qf6 fxg3 37. hxg3 Qe1 38. Qxb6 Rg7 39. Qf6 Ra7 40.
Rb2 c4 41. Qe6 g4 42. fxg4 Qa5 43. Rb8 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2013.06.08"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2013.06.06"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Qe2 d6 7. Nc3 Be7 8.
Be3 O-O 9. O-O-O Be6 10. h3 Nd7 11. f4 Nb6 12. f5 Bc4 13. Qg4 Bxf1 14. e5 Ba6
15. Bh6 g6 16. f6 Bxf6 17. exf6 Qxf6 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. Qd4 Qxd4 20. Rxd4 c5 21.
Re4 f5 22. Re7 Rf7 23. Rhe1 Bb7 24. g3 Bc6 25. a4 Nxa4 26. Nxa4 Bxa4 27. Kd2 a6
28. c4 Bc6 29. Rxf7 Kxf7 30. Ra1 Bb7 31. Ra3 g5 32. Rb3 Bg2 33. h4 gxh4 34.
gxh4 f4 35. Rb8 Be4 36. Rc8 c6 37. Ra8 Kf6 38. Rxa6 Kf5 39. Ke2 Kg4 40. Ra7
Kxh4 41. Kf2 Kg5 42. Re7 d5 43. Re6 h5 44. Rxc6 h4 45. cxd5 h3 46. Kg1 f3 47.
Rxc5 f2+ 48. Kxf2 h2 49. d6+ Kf6 50. d7 Ke7 51. Rh5 h1=Q 52. Rxh1 Bxh1 53.
d8=Q+ Kxd8 54. b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 7th"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nc3 Nxc3 8.
dxc3 c6 9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10. Bg5 Re8 11. Rfd1 Na6 12. Nd4 Bxd4 13. cxd4 f6 14. Bf4
Be6 15. a3 g5 16. Bd2 Bb3 17. Rdc1 Rad8 18. e3 Nc7 19. Ba5 Rd7 20. Rc3 Be6 21.
Bxc7 Rxc7 22. b4 Rd8 23. b5 Bd5 24. Rac1 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Rdc8 26. Rc5 e6 27. Kf3
Kf7 28. bxc6 Rxc6 29. Rxc6 Rxc6 30. Rxc6 bxc6 31. Ke4 Ke7 32. Kd3 g4 33. Kc4
Kd6 34. Kb4 f5 35. Kc4 h5 36. a4 Kd7 37. Kc5 Kc7 38. Kb4 Kb6 39. a5+ Kc7 40.
Kc5 Kd7 41. Kb4 Kd6 42. Kc4 Kd7 43. Kb4 Kd6 44. Kc4 Kd7 45. Kb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 7th"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 O-O 8. O-O
d6 9. Rd1 Bb6 10. d3 Be6 11. Nbd2 Bxb3 12. axb3 Ne7 13. Nf1 Ng6 14. Ng3 Re8 15.
Be3 c5 16. Nf5 Ne7 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. c4 Nd7 19. h3 Nf8 20. b4 f6 21. bxc5 dxc5
22. b4 Ne6 23. Rdb1 Qd7 24. Qc2 Qc6 25. cxb5 axb5 26. Rxa8 Rxa8 27. bxc5 Bxc5
28. Bxc5 Nxc5 29. Rc1 Rc8 30. Qa2+ Kf8 31. d4 exd4 32. Nxd4 Qxe4 33. Ne6+ Nxe6
34. Rxc8+ Kf7 35. Rc7+ Kg6 36. Re7 Kf5 37. g4+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 7th"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Potapov, Pavel"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 h6 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Qf3 Rb8 13. b3 Rb4 14. Ne2 Bxf4
15. Nxf4 Qd6 16. Ne2 c5 17. Rad1 g6 18. c3 Rb8 19. Nf4 Bb7 20. Qg3 g5 21. Nh5
Rbd8 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. f4 Kh8 24. fxg5 Qxg5 25. Qc7 Rg8 26. Rf2 Bc8 27. Qxf7
Rg7 28. Qf3 Rdg8 29. Rdd2 Qh4 30. Bf5 Rg3 31. Qxd5 Bxf5 32. Qxf5 Re3 33. Qf6+
Qxf6 34. Rxf6 Rxh3 35. Rdd6 Rxc3 36. Rxh6+ Kg7 37. Rhg6+ Kh7 38. Rxg8 Kxg8 39.
Rd8+ Kf7 40. Rd7+ Ke6 41. Rxa7 Kf5 42. Rb7 Kf4 43. Kh2 Kg5 44. a4 c4 45. bxc4
Rxc4 46. a5 Ra4 47. Ra7 Ra3 48. a6 Kg6 49. Ra8 Kg7 50. g3 Ra2+ 51. Kh3 Ra4 52.
Kg2 Ra3 53. Kf2 Kh7 54. g4 Kg7 55. Ke2 Kh7 56. Kd2 Ra4 57. g5 Ra5 58. a7 Kg7
59. Kc3 Ra1 60. Kb2 Ra6 61. g6 Ra5 62. Kb3 Ra1 63. Kb4 Rb1+ 64. Kc5 Rc1+ 65.
Kb6 Rb1+ 66. Kc6 Rc1+ 67. Kd6 Rd1+ 68. Ke5 Re1+ 69. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 7th"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Potapov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. e3 Nc6 7. Nge2 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. f4 f6 10. f5 Nb4 11. d4 exd4 12. exd4 c6 13. g4 Bd6 14. Ne4 N4d5 15.
Kh1 Bc7 16. Qd3 Re8 17. g5 Qe7 18. Bd2 Qf7 19. N2g3 Bd7 20. g6 Qf8 21. Nh5 hxg6
22. fxg6 Bg4 23. Nhg3 Rad8 24. h3 Bc8 25. Nf5 Bxf5 26. Rxf5 Rxe4 27. Qxe4 Qd6
28. Kg1 Nc4 29. Rd1 Ne7 30. Rf2 Nxd2 31. Rdxd2 Nd5 32. Rde2 Qh2+ 33. Kf1 Qd6
34. Qh4 Ne7 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 7th"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Gordievsky, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Bd3 Ne7 6. a3 Bxc3 7. dxc3 O-O 8.
Qe2 a5 9. b4 Ng6 10. O-O d6 11. Bg5 Qe8 12. c5 bxc5 13. bxc5 Ba6 14. Rab1 Bxd3
15. Qxd3 dxc5 16. h4 h6 17. Be3 Nd7 18. Qb5 Nf6 19. Bxc5 Qxb5 20. Rxb5 Rfb8 21.
Rxb8+ Rxb8 22. Re1 Nf4 23. Bd4 Rb3 24. g3 Nd3 25. Rd1 Nb2 26. Rb1 a4 27. Nd2
Rxa3 28. Rxb2 Ra1+ 29. Kg2 a3 30. Rb8+ Kh7 31. Bxf6 gxf6 32. Ra8 a2 33. Nc4 Kg7
34. Ne3 Rc1 35. Rxa2 Rxc3 36. Kf3 Rc1 37. Rc2 Rxc2 38. Nxc2 Kg6 39. Nd4 h5 40.
Nc6 f5 41. e5 f6 42. Kf4 Kf7 43. Ke3 Kg6 44. f4 Kf7 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 7th"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gordievsky, Dmitry"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8. Ng5
Bd5 9. e4 h6 10. exd5 hxg5 11. Bxg5 Nxd5 12. Bxc4 Nb6 13. Bb3 Nc6 14. Ne2 Qd7
15. O-O e6 16. h4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. Qe2 c5 19. Rfd1 Nd5 20. h5 Kg7 21. Qg4
Rh8 22. hxg6 f5 23. Qg3 Rh5 24. Rxd4 cxd4 25. Qe5+ Kxg6 26. Bxd5 Rxg5 27. Bxe6
Qg7 28. Qf4 Qf6 29. Bd5 Rd8 30. Bxb7 Rg4 31. Qf3 d3 32. Rd1 d2 33. Bd5 Qd4 34.
Bb3 Qe4 35. Qh3 Kg7 36. Qc3+ Qd4 37. Qc7+ Kh6 38. Qf7 Rdg8 39. Kf1 Qd3+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 7th"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3
d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. Nf1 Be6 13. h3 h6 14. Ng3 Re8 15. d4
cxd4 16. cxd4 exd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Rc8 19. Bb3 d5 20. e5 Bc5 21. Qd3 Qb6
22. Be3 d4 23. Bxh6 Nd5 24. Bd2 Nb4 25. Bxb4 Bxb4 26. Re4 Bc4 27. Qf3 d3 28.
Nf5 Bf8 29. Ne3 Bxb3 30. axb3 Qe6 31. Rd1 Qxb3 32. Ng4 Re6 33. Rxd3 Qxb2 34.
Rd7 Be7 35. Rxe7 Rxe7 36. Nf6+ Kf8 37. Qh5 Qc1+ 38. Kh2 Qh6 39. Qf5 Rd8 40. Rd4
Ree8 41. Nxe8 Rxd4 42. Qc8 Qf4+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 7th"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Ne2 Nf6 5. Nec3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. Bg5
h6 9. Be3 Nc5 10. Nd2 a5 11. a3 a4 12. Bxc5 dxc5 13. Nxa4 b6 14. Nc3 h5 15. O-O
Bh6 16. Qc2 Qe7 17. Nf3 Ne8 18. Nb5 Bd7 19. b4 cxb4 20. axb4 Rxa1 21. Rxa1 Qxb4
22. Qc3 Qxc3 23. Nxc3 f6 24. Ra7 Rf7 25. Kf1 Bf8 26. Bd1 Kg7 27. Ba4 Bxa4 28.
Rxa4 Nd6 29. Ke2 Nb7 30. Ne1 Nc5 31. Ra7 f5 32. f3 fxe4 33. Nxe4 Nxe4 34. fxe4
Bd6 35. Nd3 Kf6 36. Ra8 Kg7 37. Re8 Rf8 38. Rxf8 Kxf8 39. Kd2 Ke7 40. Kc3 Kd7
41. Kb3 c6 42. Ne1 Kc7 43. Nf3 Kd7 44. Nh4 g5 45. Nf5 Bf8 46. Ng3 h4 47. Nf5
Kc7 48. Kc2 Kd7 49. Kd3 Kc7 50. h3 Kd7 51. Kc3 Kc7 52. Kb3 Kd7 53. Ne3 Kc7 54.
Nc2 Kd7 55. Nb4 Bxb4 56. Kxb4 Kd6 57. Kb3 Kc5 58. Kc3 Kd6 59. Kb4 Kc7 60. Kc3
Kd6 61. Kd3 Kc5 62. Ke3 Kd6 63. Ke2 Kc5 64. Kd3 Kd6 65. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 7th"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. d3 h6 8. Bd2
a5 9. a3 Bc5 10. Na4 Re8 11. Nxc5 dxc5 12. Bc3 Qd6 13. Nd2 Bg4 14. h3 Bd7 15.
Kh2 Rad8 16. b3 b6 17. Re1 Nd4 18. e3 Nc6 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Ne7 21. Qc2 f5
22. Bf3 Bc6 23. Be2 Qe6 24. Rad1 Bb7 25. f3 Rd7 26. Rf1 Ng6 27. Rf2 Red8 28.
Rg1 Rd6 29. a4 R6d7 30. Bb2 Rd6 31. Bc3 R6d7 32. Bf1 e4 33. dxe4 fxe4 34. f4
Qe7 35. Be2 Rd3 36. Bxd3 exd3 37. Qd2 Qe4 38. f5 Ne5 39. Rgf1 Re8 40. f6 gxf6
41. Rxf6 Re7 42. Rf8+ Kh7 43. R8f4 Qg6 44. e4 Bc6 45. Rf6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 7th"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. e3 Rb8 8. Qe2
b5 9. b3 cxb3 10. axb3 Be7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Rc1 Nb4 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. Bxb7 Rxb7
15. Nc6 Nxc6 16. Rxc6 Qd5 17. Qc2 Ne4 18. h4 g5 19. f3 Nxg3 20. e4 Qd7 21.
Raxa6 gxh4 22. Qd2 Bf6 23. d5 Bxb2 24. Qxb2 exd5 25. Qf6 Qd8 26. Qh6 dxe4 27.
Rg6+ fxg6 28. Rxg6+ hxg6 29. Qxg6+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 7th"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. Bb3 cxd4 8.
exd4 Nc6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bg5 b5 12. Qd2 Na5 13. Bc2 Bb7 14. Ne5 Rc8
15. Rad1 Nc4 16. Nxc4 Rxc4 17. Qd3 g6 18. a4 Nd5 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. axb5 axb5
21. Bb1 Nc6 22. Nxb5 Rb4 23. d5 exd5 24. Nc3 d4 25. Ne4 Rxb2 26. Nc5 Ba8 27.
Qa3 Rb8 28. Be4 Qd6 29. Rc1 Ne7 30. Qg3 Qxg3 31. hxg3 Bxe4 32. Rxe4 Nd5 33.
Rxd4 Nf6 34. Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 7th"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. Nf3 d6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8.
Nxc6 Bxc6 9. e4 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Be3 Nd7 12. Rc1 a5 13. b3 Nc5 14. Nd5 Rb8
15. Bg5 Re8 16. Re1 h6 17. Bf4 Ne6 18. Be3 b5 19. cxb5 Bxb5 20. Qd2 Kh7 21. Rc2
Nc5 22. Bxc5 dxc5 23. e5 e6 24. Nf6+ Bxf6 25. exf6 Qxd2 26. Rxd2 c4 27. bxc4
Bxc4 28. h4 Red8 29. Rc2 Rd4 30. Rec1 Bd5 31. Rc7 Rf8 32. Bxd5 Rxd5 33. R1c5
Rxc5 34. Rxc5 Ra8 35. a4 Ra6 36. Kg2 Ra8 37. Kf3 Kg8 38. Ke4 Kf8 39. g4 Ke8 40.
Rb5 Ra7 41. f4 Kd7 42. h5 gxh5 43. Rxh5 Kd6 44. Kf3 Rc7 45. Rxa5 Rc3+ 46. Ke4
Rc4+ 47. Ke3 Rc3+ 48. Kd4 Rg3 49. Ra6+ Kd7 50. Ra7+ Kd6 51. Ra6+ Kd7 52. Ke5
Re3+ 53. Kd4 Rg3 54. Kc5 Rc3+ 55. Kb5 Rb3+ 56. Kc5 Rc3+ 57. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 7th"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. e3 Nc6 7. Nge2 Bd6 8.
O-O O-O 9. f4 exf4 10. Nxf4 Bxf4 11. Rxf4 Be6 12. d4 Nd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. e4
Be6 15. Be3 Ne7 16. d5 Bd7 17. Rc1 Ng6 18. Rf2 c6 19. Qd4 f6 20. a3 Ne5 21. h3
Qb6 22. Qc3 Qc7 23. Bf4 Rfe8 24. Rd2 Rac8 25. Kh2 c5 26. d6 Qc6 27. Rd5 b6 28.
Bxe5 fxe5 29. Rcd1 Re6 30. Rxe5 Rxd6 31. Re7 Rd4 32. Rxd4 cxd4 33. Qxd4 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 7th"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
Nd2 Bb7 9. Nf3 O-O-O 10. Bd2 f6 11. O-O-O Re8 12. Re1 Qf7 13. g3 Bd6 14. Bh3
Bxe5 15. Nxe5 fxe5 16. Rhf1 Kb8 17. Qd3 Nf6 18. Qa3 d6 19. Re3 Nd5 20. Rb3 Nb6
21. Qa5 c5 22. f3 Rhf8 23. Ra3 a6 24. Rb3 Ka7 25. Rf2 Nc4 26. Qa4 Nb6 27. Qa5
Qd5 28. Rd3 Qc6 29. b3 e4 30. Re3 exf3 31. Rxe8 Rxe8 32. Bg4 Rf8 33. Qc3 Rf7
34. Be6 Rf6 35. Bh3 Qe4 36. Bf1 Nd5 37. Qd3 Qxd3 38. Bxd3 h6 39. c4 Nb4 40. Bb1
Nc6 41. Bc3 Nd4 42. Kd2 Re6 43. Bd3 Kb6 44. b4 Bc6 45. a3 Kb7 46. bxc5 dxc5 47.
Rf1 g5 48. g4 Ne2 49. Rb1+ Ka7 50. Ba5 Nf4 51. Bf5 Re2+ 52. Kc3 f2 53. Bxc7 Re1
0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 7th"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Bb3 a6 7. O-O d6 8. h3 h6
9. Re1 Re8 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Nf1 d5 12. Ng3 Bf8 13. Qe2 Qd7 14. Be3 Rad8 15.
Rad1 Qc8 16. Bc1 g6 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. dxe4 Be6 20. Bd5 Bg7 21. Bb3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 7th"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 Na6 7. Nf3 h6 8. Be3
e5 9. O-O Qe8 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. h3 b6 12. a3 Bb7 13. Qc2 Nc5 14. Bxc5 bxc5 15.
Nd5 Qd8 16. Rfd1 c6 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Rd2 Rfd8 19. Rad1 Qe7 20. Qb3 Rxd2 21.
Rxd2 Bc8 22. Qa4 Qc7 23. Ne1 Be6 24. Bg4 Bxg4 25. hxg4 Bf6 26. Qd1 Rd8 27.
Rxd8+ Bxd8 28. Qd3 Bg5 29. g3 Qc8 30. Qd1 Be7 31. Kg2 Qe6 32. b3 Qc8 33. Nd3
Qd7 34. Nb2 Qd4 35. Qxd4 cxd4 36. b4 Kf8 37. Nd3 Bd6 38. Kf3 Ke7 39. Ke2 h5 40.
gxh5 gxh5 41. Kf3 Ke6 42. Kg2 f5 43. f3 Kf6 44. Kh3 Kg6 45. a4 a6 46. b5 cxb5
47. cxb5 axb5 48. axb5 Bc7 49. Kg2 Kf6 50. Nb2 fxe4 51. fxe4 Ke6 52. Nc4 Bd8
53. b6 d3 54. Kf3 Kd7 55. Nxe5+ Kd6 56. b7 Bc7 57. Nxd3 Kc6 58. Nf4 Kxb7 59.
Nxh5 Kc6 60. Kg4 Kd7 61. Kf5 Ke7 62. e5 Ba5 63. g4 Kf7 64. g5 Bc3 65. g6+ Ke7
66. Nf6 Kf8 67. e6 Bb4 68. Nd5 Ba3 69. Kg5 Bc1+ 70. Kh5 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 7th"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2013.06.10"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 Nd5 6. Bb5 a6 7. Ba4 Nb6 8. Bb3
d5 9. cxd4 Bg4 10. Be3 Qd7 11. h3 Bh5 12. Nbd2 f6 13. g4 Bg6 14. Rc1 O-O-O 15.
a3 Kb8 16. Bc2 Bxc2 17. Qxc2 h5 18. Rg1 hxg4 19. hxg4 fxe5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21.
dxe5 d4 22. Bf4 Nd5 23. Qe4 Nxf4 24. Qxf4 Be7 25. Qe4 g5 26. Rg3 Qd5 27. Ke2
Rhf8 28. Qxd5 Rxd5 29. Rf3 Rxe5+ 30. Kd3 Rxf3+ 31. Nxf3 Rb5 32. b4 Bf6 33. Ke4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 7th"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2013.06.10"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nc7 6. Qa4+ Nd7 7. Nf3 g6 8.
d4 Bg7 9. dxc5 O-O 10. Be3 Ne6 11. Qa3 Nf6 12. O-O Ng4 13. Rad1 Qe8 14. Bc1 Bd7
15. h3 Nf6 16. Ne5 Qc8 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Nd5 Bf6 19. Be3 Ne5 20. Qa4 Nxc5 21.
Qb4 Ne6 22. Nxe7+ Bxe7 23. Qxe7 Re8 24. Qf6 Nd7 25. Qf3 Ne5 26. Qd5 Nc4 27. Bh6
Nxb2 28. Rc1 Qd8 29. Qxb7 Rb8 30. Qxa7 Nd4 31. Kh2 Nxe2 32. Rc7 Qf6 33. Bd5 Rf8
34. Bxf8 Rxf8 35. Qe3 Nd4 36. Bb3 Nf5 37. Qf3 Qe5 38. Rd7 Qb5 39. Rfd1 Nxd1 40.
Qxd1 Qc5 41. Kg2 Qc6+ 42. Qd5 Qf6 43. a4 h5 44. a5 h4 45. g4 Ng7 46. Qd6 Qc3
47. Bd5 Qxa5 48. Qf6 Kh7 49. Bxf7 Qa8+ 50. Kg1 Qe4 51. Bxg6+ Qxg6 52. Qxf8 Qb1+
53. Kg2 Qe4+ 54. Qf3 Qe8 55. Qd3+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 7th"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2013.06.10"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Ne2 Nf6 5. Nec3 O-O 6. Be2 Nc6 7. d5 Ne5 8. O-O
c6 9. h3 a6 10. Be3 b5 11. cxb5 axb5 12. dxc6 b4 13. Nd5 Nxc6 14. Nd2 Nxd5 15.
exd5 Ne5 16. Nb3 Ba6 17. Bd4 Qb8 18. Re1 Qb7 19. f4 Nd7 20. Bxa6 Qxa6 21. Bxg7
Kxg7 22. Rxe7 Nf6 23. Qd4 Rfe8 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Nd2 Qe2 26. a4 bxa3 27. bxa3
Re3 28. Nf3 Rd3 29. Qf2 Qxf2+ 30. Kxf2 Ne4+ 31. Ke2 Rxd5 32. Ke3 f5 33. a4 Ra5
34. Nd2 Nc5 35. Nc4 Rxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 7th"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2013.06.10"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Be2 Bc5 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. d4 Bd6 7. dxe5 Bxe5
8. Nb5 O-O 9. f4 Nxe4 10. Qd5 Bf6 11. Qxe4 Re8 12. Qf3 a6 13. Nc3 Bxc3+ 14.
bxc3 Qe7 15. Bd2 d5 16. O-O 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 7th"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2013.06.10"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 e4 6. Ne5 g6 7. g4 h6 8. Bg2 Bg7
9. h4 cxd4 10. exd4 d5 11. g5 hxg5 12. hxg5 Rxh1+ 13. Bxh1 Nh5 14. cxd5 Nxe5
15. dxe5 Bxe5 16. Qa4+ Kf8 17. Qxe4 Qe7 18. Be3 Bf5 19. Qa4 Rc8 20. Rc1 Nf4 21.
Kd2 Nd3 22. Qb3 Nxc1 23. Kxc1 b6 24. Bd2 Qc5 25. Be3 Bd4 26. Kd2 Re8 27. Ne2
Bxe3+ 28. fxe3 Qa5+ 29. Qc3 Qxc3+ 30. Nxc3 Ke7 31. e4 Bd7 32. e5 Rh8 33. Bf3
Rh2+ 34. Ke3 Rxb2 35. d6+ Kd8 36. Bd5 Be6 37. Bf3 b5 38. Ne4 Rxa2 39. Nc5 Rc2
40. Nb7+ Kd7 41. Be4 Rc3+ 42. Kd2 b4 43. Na5 Rc5 44. Nb7 Rxe5 45. Bc2 Bd5 46.
Ba4+ Bc6 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 7th"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2013.06.10"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. d3 a6 8. a3
Ba7 9. b4 h6 10. Bb2 Bg4 11. h3 Be6 12. e3 Qd7 13. Kh2 Ne7 14. Qe2 Ng6 15. d4
c6 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. c5 Rad8 18. Rfd1 Qc8 19. e4 Bb3 20. Rd2 Qe6 21. Qe3 Bb8
22. Rc1 Bc7 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Nd2 Nf4 25. Bf1 Rd3 26. Qe1 Rd8 27. gxf4 exf4 28.
Nf3 Nd7 29. Ne2 Qxe4 30. Ned4 Bd5 31. Qxe4 Bxe4 32. Re1 Nf6 33. Kg1 Kf8 34. Bg2
Bd5 35. Nd2 Ba2 36. Ne4 Be5 37. Ne6+ Bxe6 38. Bxe5 Nxe4 39. Bxe4 g5 40. Bd6+
Kg7 41. Kg2 Re8 42. f3 Bd5 43. Kf2 Bxe4 44. Rxe4 Rxe4 45. fxe4 Kf6 46. Kf3 Ke6
47. h4 f5 48. h5 Kf6 49. Bf8 Ke5 50. exf5 Kxf5 51. Bxh6 g4+ 52. Kf2 Ke4 53. Bg5
g3+ 54. Kg2 Kf5 55. Bxf4 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 7th"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2013.06.10"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 g6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. O-O a5 8. d3 a4
9. Nbd2 axb3 10. axb3 Na6 11. Bc3 Bg4 12. b4 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 dxc4 14. dxc4 Qxd1
15. Rfxd1 Ne4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nd4 Nc3 18. Rdc1 e5 19. Rxc3 exd4 20. Rb3 Nc7
21. Rd1 Ne6 22. b5 Ra4 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. Bxc6 Rxc4 25. Bd5 Rc2 26. Kf1 Re8 27.
Rbd3 Nc7 28. Bf3 Ne6 29. R3d2 Rxd2 30. Rxd2 Rd8 31. Bc6 f5 32. Bb5 Kf6 33. Bc4
Nc5 34. Kg2 Ne4 35. Rb2 Rd7 36. Rb6+ Kg7 37. Bd3 Nc5 38. Bb5 Rb7 39. Rxb7+ Nxb7
40. h4 Kf6 41. Kf3 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 7th"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2013.06.10"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. Nf4 c6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bd3 a5 10. O-O Na6 11. f3 Re8 12. Bc2 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Ncxd5 Nxd5
15. Nxd5 Be6 16. Nf4 Qb6 17. Qd3 g6 18. Kh1 Rad8 19. Qc3 Bf8 20. Nxe6 Rxe6 21.
Qb3 Nc5 22. Qxb6 Rxb6 23. e4 Nb3 24. Bxb3 Rxb3 25. Bg5 Rc8 26. Rf2 Bg7 27. Rb1
h6 28. Bf4 g5 29. Bc1 Rd8 30. Rd2 Rbd3 31. Rxd3 Rxd3 32. Kg1 Rd1+ 33. Kf2 Be5
34. g3 a4 35. Ke2 Rh1 36. Kd3 b5 37. h4 gxh4 38. gxh4 h5 39. Kc2 Rxh4 40. Bd2
Rh2 41. Kd3 h4 42. f4 Bg7 43. Rg1 Kh7 44. e5 Bf8 45. Be3 Rxb2 46. Rh1 Bxa3 47.
Rxh4+ Kg6 48. Ke4 Rb4+ 49. Kd5 Bb2 50. f5+ Kxf5 51. Rxb4 a3 52. Rf4+ Kg6 53.
Rf6+ Kg7 54. Bd4 Bc1 55. Kc5 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 7th"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2013.06.10"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A55"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 e5 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2
Qc7 9. Be3 Re8 10. h3 Nf8 11. Rfe1 Ng6 12. Rad1 a6 13. a3 Rb8 14. Bf1 b6 15. b4
Bd7 16. c5 bxc5 17. dxc5 dxc5 18. bxc5 Qa5 19. Na4 Be6 20. Nb6 Qxa3 21. Nd2
Red8 22. Ra1 Qb4 23. Reb1 Rxd2 24. Bxd2 Qxe4 25. Bd3 Qh4 26. Rb4 Qh5 27. Rxa6
Rd8 28. Be3 Nf4 29. Ra3 h6 30. Bf1 Bf5 31. Qb2 Rd1 32. Ra1 Rxa1 33. Qxa1 N6d5
34. Nxd5 Nxd5 35. Rb8+ Kh7 36. Qxe5 Bf6 37. Qg3 Qd1 38. Qf3 Qc2 39. Qe2 Qc3 40.
Qd2 Qa1 41. Qc1 Qe5 42. Ra8 Be7 43. Ra3 Bd8 44. Qa1 Qe6 45. Ra6 Bc7 46. Bd4 Nf4
47. Ra3 Be4 48. Rg3 Nh5 49. Re3 Qg6 50. Qc3 Bf5 51. g4 Nf4 52. Be5 Nd5 53. Qd4
Nxe3 54. Qxe3 Bxe5 55. Qxe5 Be4 56. Bg2 Bxg2 57. Kxg2 Qc2 58. Kg3 g6 59. f3 Qd3
60. Qd6 Qe2 61. Qxc6 Qe1+ 62. Kf4 Qd2+ 63. Ke5 Qe3+ 64. Kd6 Qf4+ 65. Kd7 Qh2
66. Qd5 Kg7 67. c6 Qxh3 68. c7 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 7th"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2013.06.10"]
[Round "26"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d3 e5 6. Nbd2 Ne7 7. e4 O-O 8. Re1
Nd7 9. Qe2 a5 10. Nf1 a4 11. a3 b6 12. h4 Ba6 13. h5 Re8 14. hxg6 hxg6 15. Ng5
Nf6 16. Ne3 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Ned5 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Qf3 Nxe3 20. Bxe3 e4 21. dxe4
Bxb2 22. Rab1 Bxa3 23. Bxb6 Qe7 24. e5 Bb5 25. e6 fxe6 26. Qg4 Rab8 27. Bd4 Qf7
28. Be4 e5 29. Bxg6 Qg7 30. Qh5 exd4 31. Bxe8 Bf8 32. Re6 Qh7 33. Rg6+ Bg7 34.
Qe5 Rd8 35. Qe6+ Kh8 36. Kg2 d3 37. Rh1 Qxh1+ 38. Kxh1 d2 39. Rh6+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 7th"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2013.06.10"]
[Round "27"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 b6 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Bb7 7. Nf3 d6 8. g3
O-O 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. O-O Qe7 11. b3 e5 12. Bb2 Rfe8 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. b4 a5 15.
Rfd1 Ne4 16. Qc2 axb4 17. axb4 Rxa1 18. Bxa1 Nef6 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Bxb7 Qxb4
21. Bxe5 Rxe5 22. Rd8+ Re8 23. Rxe8+ Nxe8 24. Qe4 Kf8 25. Bd5 Nf6 26. Qe5 Qc5
27. Qf5 b5 28. Qc8+ Ke7 29. Qb7 bxc4 30. Bc6 Kd6 31. Ba4 c3 32. Qa6+ Ke7 33.
Qd3 g6 34. Bb3 Nd7 35. Qe4+ Qe5 36. Qc4 f5 37. Ba4 Nb6 38. Qb4+ Qd6 39. Qxc3
Nxa4 40. Qg7+ Kd8 41. Qxh7 Nc5 42. h4 Ne4 43. h5 gxh5 44. Qxf5 Nf6 45. e4 Ke7
46. e5 Qd1+ 47. Kg2 Qd5+ 48. f3 Nd7 49. Qh7+ Qf7 50. Qe4 c5 51. Qh4+ Ke6 52.
Qc4+ Ke7 53. Qh4+ Ke8 54. Qe4 Qe6 55. f4 c4 56. Qd4 Qc6+ 57. Kf2 c3 58. Qd1 c2
59. Qc1 Qc3 60. Ke2 Nc5 61. e6 Qd3+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 7th"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2013.06.10"]
[Round "28"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "173"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 dxc4 4. Bg2 Nd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Na3 Nb6 7. Ne5 Qd4 8.
Nexc4 Be6 9. Na5 Bd5 10. Nb3 Qg4 11. f3 Qb4 12. Nc2 Bxb3 13. Nxb4 Bxd1 14. Rxd1
e5 15. Nd3 Nfd7 16. b3 f6 17. Bb2 Nc5 18. Nf2 Ne6 19. e3 Be7 20. f4 exf4 21.
gxf4 Rd8 22. Bh3 Kf7 23. Kf1 Nd5 24. Rac1 Rhe8 25. a3 a5 26. Ne4 Bf8 27. Bg2 g6
28. Nc3 Nxc3 29. Rxc3 f5 30. Rc2 Rd7 31. Bf3 Red8 32. Bc3 Ra8 33. b4 axb4 34.
axb4 Nc7 35. Be2 Nd5 36. b5 cxb5 37. Bd4 b4 38. Bc4 Be7 39. Rb1 Ke6 40. Ke2
Rad8 41. Bb3 Bf6 42. Bxd5+ Rxd5 43. Bxf6 Kxf6 44. Rxb4 R8d7 45. Rb6+ Kg7 46.
Rcb2 Kh6 47. d4 Re7 48. Rxb7 Re4 49. Kf3 Ra5 50. R2b3 Ra8 51. Rc7 Rae8 52. d5
R4e7 53. d6 Rxc7 54. dxc7 Rc8 55. Rc3 Kg7 56. e4 Kf6 57. Rc6+ Ke7 58. exf5 Kd7
59. Rf6 Kxc7 60. fxg6 hxg6 61. Rxg6 Kd7 62. h4 Ke7 63. Kg4 Kf7 64. h5 Rc1 65.
Ra6 Kg7 66. Kg5 Rg1+ 67. Kf5 Rf1 68. Rg6+ Kh7 69. Ke5 Rh1 70. f5 Rxh5 71. Kf6
Rh1 72. Rg7+ Kh8 73. Ra7 Kg8 74. Ra8+ Kh7 75. Kf7 Rb1 76. Ra7 Rb8 77. f6 Kh6
78. Rd7 Ra8 79. Rc7 Rb8 80. Rd7 Ra8 81. Ke6 Ra6+ 82. Rd6 Ra7 83. Rd7 Ra6+ 84.
Ke7 Ra8 85. Rd6 Kg6 86. Rc6 Ra7+ 87. Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 7th"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2013.06.10"]
[Round "29"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. g4 Be6 8. h4
Nd7 9. g5 h6 10. g6 fxg6 11. Bd3 Ngf6 12. Bxg6+ Bf7 13. Bxf7+ Kxf7 14. Nf3 Rf8
15. Rg1 h5 16. Ng5+ Ke8 17. Ne6 Qb6 18. Qc2 Ne4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. O-O-O Nf6 21.
Rxg7 Rc8 22. Nxf8 Bxf8 23. Rg5 Be7 24. Kb1 Nd5 25. Re5 Qb5 26. Bg5 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 7th"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2013.06.10"]
[Round "30"]
[White "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Be2 Ke7 10. Ne1 Bd7 11. Nd3 Bd6 12. Na3 Rc8 13. Bf3 Bc6 14. Nc4
Bxf3 15. Nxd6 Kxd6 16. gxf3 Nbd7 17. Bd2 Ke7 18. Rac1 Nd5 19. e4 N5b6 20. b3
Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Rc8 22. Rd1 Ke8 23. Kf1 Nc5 24. Nb2 Ncd7 25. Nd3 Nc5 26. Nb2 Ncd7
27. Nd3 Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch 82nd"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2013.06.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Bogdanovich, Stanislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2013.06.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Qe2 Be6 8.
Be3 Nf6 9. O-O-O Qe7 10. g3 O-O-O 11. Bg2 Rhe8 12. Rhe1 h6 13. h3 Qf8 14. f4
Bxb3 15. axb3 Bxe3+ 16. Qxe3 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 d5 18. Nd6+ Qxd6 19. Qxe8 Rxe8 20.
Rxe8+ Kd7 21. Re3 Ne7 22. Rde1 Nc6 23. h4 Qc5 24. c3 d4 25. Rd1 Qb5 26. Kc2 a5
27. Bxc6+ Kxc6 28. Re5 Qa6 29. Rxd4 Qf1 30. Re7 Qg2+ 31. Kb1 Qxg3 32. Ka2 Qxh4
33. Rxf7 Qg3 34. Rdd7 b5 35. Rxc7+ Kd6 36. Rb7 a4 37. Rxg7 axb3+ 38. Kxb3 Qxf4
39. Rxb5 Qf1 40. Ra5 Qd1+ 41. Ka2 Qh1 42. Rh7 Qe4 43. Rxh6+ Kc7 44. Kb3 Qd3 45.
Rc5+ Kb7 46. Rh4 Kb6 47. Rd4 Qe2 48. Rc8 Qe6+ 49. Rdc4 Kb7 50. R8c5 Qe2 51.
Rb4+ Ka6 52. Ka2 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch 82nd"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2013.06.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2013.06.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. Be3 exd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. e5 Ne4 13. h3 Bh5 14. Nbd2 Nxd2 15.
Qxd2 Bxf3 16. Qc3 Bxg2 $146 ({Den Mut, diesen Bauern zu nehmen, hatte bislang
noch niemand. In einer Vorgängerpartie geschah:} 16... Rb8 17. gxf3 Qd7 18. a3
b4 19. Qc2 Na5 20. Ba4 Qxh3 21. Qxc7 bxa3 22. bxa3 Bh4 23. Qd7 Qxf3 24. Bd1 Qe4
25. Qh3 Nc4 26. Bg4 Bd8 27. Bf3 Qg6+ 28. Qg2 Qxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Nxe3+ 30. fxe3 Bh4
31. Reb1 Bg5 32. Rxb8 Rxb8 33. Bxd5 Bxe3 34. Rf1 Bxd4 35. Rxf7 Kh8 36. e6 Bc5
37. a4 {1/2-1/2 (39) Bester,B (2392)-Green,W (2439) ICCF email 2010}) 17. Kxg2
Nb8 18. Rac1 c6 19. Kh2 {Weiß nutzt die offene g-Linie zu einem Angriff auf
den schwarzen König.} f5 20. Rg1 Ra7 ({Nach} 20... f4 21. Bd2 {ist auf einmal
der weißfeldrige Läufer stark.}) 21. Rg2 Qd7 22. Rcg1 Rf7 23. Bd1 g6 24. Bh5
Bf8 25. Bf4 Qe8 26. Rxg6+ {Nachdem Weiß seinen Angriff auf der g-Linie
systematisch verstärkt hat, schlägt er nun taktisch zu.} hxg6 27. Rxg6+ Bg7 28.
e6 {Weiß hat zwar einen Turm weniger, aber gewinnt das Material bald mit
Zinsen zurück.} Rf8 29. Qc5 Qe7 30. Bd6 Qh4 31. Qxa7 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch 82nd"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2013.06.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Neverov, Valeriy"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2013.06.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. Nf4 c6 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Ba2 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 b6 14. Nd3
Nxd3 15. Rxd3 Ba6 16. Rd1 Rfd8 17. Bd2 Kf8 18. Be1 Ng4 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Rd1
Ne5 21. Rxd8+ Bxd8 22. Bd2 f5 23. f4 Nc4 24. Bc1 Bf6 25. Nd1 Ke7 26. Bb1 Nd6
27. Kf2 Bc4 28. Nc3 Bxc3 29. bxc3 Ke6 30. g4 g6 31. gxf5+ gxf5 32. Kg3 c5 33.
Bc2 a5 34. Kh4 Kf6 35. Kg3 Bd5 36. Bb2 Be4 37. Bd1 Nc4 38. Bc1 b5 39. Be2 Nd6
40. Bb2 c4 41. Bd1 Bc6 42. Bc2 Kg6 43. Bc1 Ne8 44. Bd2 Nf6 45. Kf2 Be4 46. Bd1
Nd5 47. Be2 Kf6 48. Ke1 Ke7 49. Kd1 Kd6 50. Kc1 Kc5 51. Kb2 Nf6 52. Bf1 Ng4 53.
h4 Nh2 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch 82nd"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2013.06.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2013.06.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Ba6 7. b3 d5 8.
cxd5 Ne4 9. Qc2 exd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 O-O 12. Rc1 Qe7 13. e3 Qe4 14. Be2
c6 15. Qc2 Bxe2 16. Kxe2 Qe6 17. Rhe1 Rc8 18. Kf1 f6 19. Nh4 Nd7 20. Qf5 Re8
21. Rc2 a5 22. Rec1 Rac8 23. Qxe6+ Rxe6 24. Nf5 Nb8 25. g4 g6 26. Ng3 Kf7 27.
h4 Rd6 28. Kg2 Nd7 29. Ne2 Nb8 30. g5 Na6 31. Nf4 c5 32. dxc5 Rxc5 33. Rxc5
Nxc5 34. Ne2 Ne6 35. f4 d4 36. exd4 Nxd4 37. Nxd4 Rxd4 38. Kf3 fxg5 39. hxg5
Rd2 40. Rc7+ Kg8 41. Rb7 Rxa2 42. Rxb6 a4 43. bxa4 Rxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch 82nd"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2013.06.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kravtsiv, Martyn"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2013.06.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5
Be6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qd3 O-O 11. Rd1 Nc6 12. Qxd6 Nd4 13. Qxd8 Rfxd8 14. Nxd4
exd4 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Rxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch 82nd"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2013.06.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "225"]
[EventDate "2013.06.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qb3 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6
Qxf6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. e3 O-O 11. Bb5 d4 12. Bxc6 dxc3 13. Qxb4 cxb2 14. Rb1
bxc6 15. O-O Ba6 16. Rfe1 Rab8 17. Qa3 Bc4 18. Nd4 Rfe8 19. Rxb2 Rxb2 20. Qxb2
Bxa2 21. Qxa2 Qxd4 22. Qxa7 Qc3 23. Rd1 Qc2 24. Ra1 Re6 25. h3 Rf6 26. Ra2 Qd1+
27. Kh2 Qd5 28. Rc2 Rg6 29. g3 Rf6 30. Qa1 h5 31. Qd4 Qf3 32. Rd2 Kh7 33. Kg1
Qf5 34. h4 Re6 35. Re2 Re4 36. Qd3 Re5 37. e4 Qg4 38. Qd4 Rxc5 39. Qxc5 Qxe2
40. Qxc6 Qf3 41. Qd5 g6 42. Qd4 Qe2 43. Kg2 Kg8 44. Qe5 Qd3 45. Qf4 Kg7 46. Qf3
Qd2 47. g4 hxg4 48. Qxg4 Kf8 49. h5 gxh5 50. Qxh5 Qc3 51. Qf3 Qg7+ 52. Qg3 Qd4
53. Qf4 Qc3 54. Qd6+ Ke8 55. f3 Qe3 56. Kg3 Qg5+ 57. Kf2 Qc1 58. Ke2 Qc3 59.
Kf2 Qc1 60. Qe5+ Kf8 61. Kg3 Qg1+ 62. Kh4 Qf2+ 63. Kg4 Qg1+ 64. Kf5 Qg6+ 65.
Kf4 Qh6+ 66. Kg4 Qg6+ 67. Qg5 Qd6 68. Qf5 Qd4 69. Kh5 Qh8+ 70. Kg5 Qg7+ 71. Kf4
Qh6+ 72. Ke5 Qh2+ 73. Qf4 Qb2+ 74. Kf5 Qb5+ 75. Qe5 Qd7+ 76. Kg5 Qd2+ 77. Kh5
Qd1 78. Qc5+ Kg7 79. Kg4 Qe2 80. Qg5+ Kf8 81. Qh6+ Ke7 82. Qh3 Qd1 83. Kh5 Qd6
84. Qh4+ Kf8 85. Kg4 Qe6+ 86. Kg3 Qe5+ 87. Qf4 Qg7+ 88. Kh3 Qd4 89. Qh6+ Ke7
90. Qg5+ Kf8 91. e5 Qf2 92. Qd8+ Kg7 93. Qg5+ Kf8 94. Qd8+ Kg7 95. Qf6+ Kg8 96.
Qf4 Qc2 97. Kh4 Qb1 98. Qg4+ Kf8 99. f4 Qh7+ 100. Qh5 Qe4 101. Kg3 Qd3+ 102.
Kg4 Kg7 103. Qg5+ Kf8 104. Qh6+ Kg8 105. Qd6 Qe3 106. f5 Qg1+ 107. Kf4 Qf2+
108. Ke4 Qe2+ 109. Kf4 Qf2+ 110. Kg5 Qg3+ 111. Kh5 Qh3+ 112. Kg5 Qg3+ 113. Kh5
1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch 82nd"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2013.06.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2013.06.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Ne8 10. d5 Bc5 11. Re1 d6 12. Nc3 Bf5 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Rxe3
Nf6 15. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch 82nd"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2013.06.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2013.06.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd2 c5 7. dxc5 Nc6 8. Rc1
Bg4 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Ndb4 12. Qe4 Qd7 13. Be2 Bxc3 14. Bxc3
Nxa2 15. Rc2 Nxc3 16. Rxc3 Rfd8 17. O-O Qd2 18. Rc2 Qb4 19. Bf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch 82nd"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2013.06.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2013.06.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1
Re8 9. Nbd2 Bf8 10. Nf1 h6 11. Ng3 b5 12. Bc2 d5 13. Bd2 dxe4 14. dxe4 Be6 15.
Qc1 Nd7 16. Be3 Na5 17. b3 c5 18. Qb2 Nc6 19. Rad1 Qc7 20. Nf5 a5 21. Bc1 Nb6
22. Ne3 Rad8 23. Bd3 c4 24. bxc4 bxc4 25. Bf1 Na4 26. Qc2 Nb6 27. Qb2 Na4 28.
Qc2 Nb6 29. Qb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch 82nd"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2013.06.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2013.06.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Be2 Qc7 8. Qd2
b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. f3 Nbd7 11. O-O-O Rc8 12. Kb1 h5 13. Ndxb5 axb5 14. Nxb5 Qc6
15. Na7 Qc7 16. Nb5 Qc6 17. Na7 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch 82nd"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2013.06.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Baryshpolets, Andrey"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2013.06.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Nd2 b6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. h3 a6 13. f4 Nh5 14. Kh2 Rb8 15. g4
Nhf6 16. g5 Nh5 17. Nc4 Qc7 18. Ne4 Bf8 19. Bd2 f5 20. Nf2 b5 21. axb5 axb5 22.
Na5 Ra8 23. e4 Nb6 24. exf5 Bxf5 25. Ng4 b4 26. Re1 Rxe1 27. Qxe1 Qf7 28. Qf1
Bd7 29. Qf2 Bg7 30. Qf1 Qf8 31. Qc1 Ra7 32. Nc6 Rxa1 33. Qxa1 Nxf4 34. Qa7 Nxg2
35. Kxg2 Bxg4 36. hxg4 Nxd5 37. Qa2 Qf7 38. Qa8+ Bf8 39. Nd8 Nb6 40. Nxf7 Nxa8
41. Nd8 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Hansen, Torbjorn Ringdal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 e5 13. Bc5 Be6 14. Ne4 Re8
15. h4 h5 16. Bc4 Qc7 17. Bb3 a5 18. a4 Nf4 19. Bd6 Qb6 20. Bxe6 Nxe6 21. g4
Qd4 22. Qxd4 Nxd4 23. g5 Rad8 24. c3 Nf5 25. b3 Rd7 26. Bc5 Rd5 27. Bf2 Red8
28. c4 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Nd4 30. Kb2 Kf8 31. Bxd4 exd4 32. b4 axb4 33. Kb3 Ke7 34.
a5 Kd7 35. Kxb4 Rb8+ 36. Ka4 Kc7 37. c5 Rb5 38. Nd6 Rb8 39. a6 Be5 40. Nxf7 Bg3
41. Rxd4 Ra8 42. Kb4 Rxa6 43. Re4 Kd7 44. Nh8 Ra1 45. Nxg6 Rb1+ 46. Kc4 Rc1+
47. Kd3 Rxc5 48. Nf8+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Hansen, Torbjorn Ringdal"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bxe7 Nxe7 8.
dxe5 Nxb5 9. a4 b6 10. axb5 Bb7 11. Nc3 Ng6 12. Ra4 O-O 13. Rd4 Bxf3 14. Qxf3
Nxe5 15. Qb7 c6 16. f4 Rb8 17. Qxa7 Ra8 18. Qb7 Rb8 19. Qa7 Ra8 20. Qb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. d3 h6 8. Na4
a5 9. e3 Bc5 10. b3 Ba7 11. Bb2 Bd7 12. h3 Ne7 13. Nc3 c6 14. Ba3 Bb8 15. Ne4
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.15"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 Qc7 7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O
Bd7 9. Nb3 Nf6 10. f4 Be7 11. Kh1 O-O 12. g4 d5 13. e5 Ne8 14. Be3 f6 15. exf6
Nxf6 16. g5 Ne8 17. f5 Qe5 18. fxe6 Rxf1+ 19. Qxf1 Bxe6 20. Re1 Bf7 21. Bf4 Qf5
22. Nd4 Nxd4 23. Rxe7 Ne6 24. Bg3 Qxf1+ 25. Bxf1 Nxg5 26. Bg2 Nf6 27. Rxb7 Re8
28. Rb8 Rxb8 29. Bxb8 d4 30. Ne2 d3 31. cxd3 Bxa2 32. Nc3 Bb3 33. Kg1 Ne6 34.
Kf2 Kf7 35. Ke3 g5 36. d4 Ng4+ 37. Kf3 Nf6 38. Ke3 Ng4+ 39. Kd3 Nf2+ 40. Ke2
Ng4 41. Kd3 Nf2+ 42. Kd2 Nf4 43. Bxf4 gxf4 44. Ne2 Ng4 45. h3 Ne3 46. Bf3 Nf5
47. Kc3 Bd1 48. Bd5+ Kf6 49. Nxf4 Kg5 50. Ne6+ Kf6 51. Nc5 a5 52. Kd3 Nd6 53.
Ne4+ Ke7 54. Bg8 h6 55. Nc3 Bf3 56. Bd5 Bh5 57. Ke3 Be8 58. Kf4 Bd7 59. Bg2 Nc4
60. Nd1 a4 61. Bd5 Nb6 62. Bg2 Nc4 63. Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.16"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 Qc7 7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O
Bd7 9. Nb3 Nf6 10. f4 Be7 11. Kh1 O-O 12. g4 h6 13. Be3 Rac8 14. h4 d5 15. g5
hxg5 16. hxg5 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Bxe4 f5 19. gxf6 Rxf6 20. Rf2 Nb4 21. Qg4
Bc6 22. Rg2 Bf8 23. Bxc6 Qxc6 24. Bd4 Rh6+ 25. Kg1 Nd5 26. Re1 Ne7 27. c3 Rd8
28. Be3 Rd5 29. Nd4 Qd7 30. Kf2 Rdh5 31. Reg1 Nd5 32. Qf3 Rh3 33. Rg3 Rxg3 34.
Rxg3 Qf7 35. Ne2 Be7 36. Rg2 Bf6 37. Kg1 Be5 38. Qe4 Nxe3 39. Qxe3 Bd6 40. Qd4
Bc7 41. Qe4 Bb6+ 42. Nd4 Qh5 43. Kf2 Rf6 44. Ke3 Bc7 45. Qxb7 Bxf4+ 46. Kd3 Bh6
47. Kc2 e5 48. Qd5+ Kh8 49. Qa8+ Kh7 50. Qe4+ Kh8 51. Qa8+ Kh7 52. Qe4+ Kh8 53.
Qa8+ Kh7 54. Qe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.16"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 Bxc3 6. bxc3 Re8 7. O-O c6 8.
d3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.16"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O Nf6 5. c4 c6 6. b3 Ne4 7. d4 O-O 8. Bb2
Bf5 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Be4 11. Rc1 Nd7 12. Bh3 Bxf3 13. exf3 dxc4 14. bxc4
Nb6 15. Ba1 e6 16. Qb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.16"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. Bf4 e5 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Bg5
a6 9. N5c3 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nd2 O-O 12. Nc4 Be6 13. Nd5 b5 14. Nce3 Bg5
15. Be2 g6 16. O-O Kh8 17. c3 f5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. f4 Bh6 20. Kh1 Ne7 21. a4
Rb8 22. axb5 axb5 23. Ra6 Bc8 24. Ra7 Nxd5 25. Nxd5 Bb7 26. Qd3 Qh4 27. g3 Qd8
28. Qd2 Qb6 29. Raa1 Qc5 30. Rad1 Rbe8 31. Bf3 e4 32. Be2 Bg7 33. Qe3 Rc8 34.
Qxc5 Rxc5 35. Ne3 d5 36. Rd2 b4 37. cxb4 Rcc8 38. Rfd1 d4 39. Rxd4 Bxd4 40.
Rxd4 Rfd8 41. Rxd8+ Rxd8 42. Kg1 Rd2 43. Kf1 Rxb2 44. Nxf5 Rxb4 45. Ne3 Rb2 46.
h4 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.16"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Bg4 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Nd7 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 Ngf6 8.
d3 Be7 9. Bf4 O-O 10. a3 Rc8 11. Qb3 Nc5 12. Qa2 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Qb6 14. Be3 Qb3
15. Bxc5 Qxa2 16. Nxa2 Rxc5 17. Rfc1 Rfc8 18. Rxc5 Rxc5 19. Rc1 Nd7 20. e3 Kf8
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.16"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. c5 Ne4 8. Bd2
Bxc3 9. Nxc3 O-O 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.16"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. c4 g6 5. Nf3 d6 6. d3 Bg7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Be2
Re8 9. a3 Ne7 10. b4 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Rc1 c5 13. Qc2 Qc7 14. Ng5 h6 15. Nge4
Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. dxe4 Nc6 18. Bc3 cxb4 19. axb4 a5 20. b5 Nd8 21. Rfd1
Ne6 22. Rd5 Nc5 23. Rcd1 Bf8 24. Bb2 h5 25. f4 exf4 26. Qc3 f6 27. Qxf6 Qg7 28.
Rxd6 Qxf6 29. Rxf6 Re6 30. e5 Rxf6 31. exf6 fxe3 32. Bf3 Re8 33. Kf1 Kf7 34.
Ke2 a4 35. Bc6 Rc8 36. Bd5+ Ke8 37. Kxe3 Bh6+ 38. Kf3 Kf8 39. Be5 Rd8 40. Bc7
Rd7 41. Bxb6 Nb3 42. Rd3 Bg5 43. f7 Be7 44. Re3 Rd6 45. Bc7 Rd7 46. Bf4 Kg7 47.
Rxe7 Nd4+ 48. Kf2 1-0

[Event "World Cup ACP"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2013.09.13"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2013.09.13"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bf5 6. Nc3 e6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5
Nbd7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. a3 Bd6 11. Bd2 a6 12. Bd3 b5 13. c5 Bc7 14. f4 Ng8 15.
Qf3 g5 16. O-O-O gxf4 17. exf4 Qh4 18. Ne2 a5 19. Be1 Qd8 20. h4 a4 21. h5 Ne7
22. Nc3 Qb8 23. Bd2 b4 24. axb4 a3 25. b5 axb2+ 26. Kc2 cxb5 27. Nxb5 Nc6 28.
Bc3 Ra5 29. Bxa5 Bxa5 30. Kb1 Nf6 31. Rh2 Kf8 32. Rxb2 Qd8 33. Rh1 Ne8 34. g5
Nc7 35. Qe3 Nxb5 36. Bxb5 Ne7 37. h6 g6 38. Qe5 Rh7 39. Qd6 Bc7 40. Qxd8+ Bxd8
41. Bd3 Bc7 42. Rf1 Ke8 43. Kc2 Kd8 44. Ra1 Bxf4 45. Ra8+ Kc7 46. Ba6 Bxg5 47.
Ra7+ 1-0

[Event "World Cup ACP"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2013.09.13"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2013.09.13"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h4 dxc4 6. e4 c5 7. d5 b5 8. h5 O-O
9. hxg6 fxg6 10. e5 Ng4 11. d6 e6 12. Rxh7 Nc6 13. Rxg7+ Kxg7 14. Bg5 Qd7 15.
Ne4 Ncxe5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxc5 Qc6 18. Qd4 Rf5 19. Be3 Kg8 20. O-O-O Bd7 21.
Kb1 Rc8 22. Qh4 Nf7 23. Ne4 Kg7 24. f3 Rh8 25. Qf2 Rd5 26. Re1 e5 27. g4 Nxd6
28. Nc3 Rd3 29. Bxd3 cxd3 30. Bd4 exd4 31. Qxd4+ Kg8 32. Qxd3 Nc4 33. Nd5 Qd6
34. Qd4 Be6 35. Qf6 Qxd5 36. Qxg6+ Kf8 37. Qf6+ Kg8 38. Qg6+ Kf8 39. Qf6+ Kg8
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup ACP"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2013.09.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2013.09.13"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. cxd5
cxd5 9. Qb3 b6 10. Bd2 Ne4 11. Be1 Nc6 12. Bb5 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Qd6 14. Qa4 Bd7
15. Rfc1 Rfc8 16. Qd1 a6 17. Be2 e6 18. Ne1 h5 19. Nd3 a5 20. f4 Ne7 21. Ne5
Nf5 22. Bd2 b5 23. Bd3 Be8 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Bxf5 exf5 26. Bxa5 b4 27. Qd2 Rb8
28. Nd3 b3 29. Bb4 Qa6 30. a3 Bf8 31. Bxf8 Kxf8 32. Rc1 Bb5 33. Qb4+ Kg7 34.
Nc5 Qa7 35. Qxb3 Bc4 36. Qc3 h4 37. h3 Qe7 38. b3 Be2 39. a4 g5 40. Qd2 Bh5 41.
fxg5 Qxg5 42. Qf2 Re8 43. Rc3 Qg3 44. Kf1 f4 45. Qxg3+ fxg3 46. b4 f5 47. b5 f4
48. b6 fxe3 49. b7 Bf3 50. Rxe3 1-0

[Event "World Cup ACP"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2013.09.14"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2013.09.13"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. Qc2 g6 6. O-O-O Bg7 7. h4 O-O 8. e3
c6 9. Be2 h6 10. Bf4 Qe8 11. Nf3 Nb6 12. c5 Nbd5 13. Bc4 dxc5 14. dxc5 Be6 15.
Be5 Rd8 16. Rd4 Qf7 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Bd3 Rc8 19. Kb1 Ne4 20. b4 a5 21. a3 axb4
22. axb4 Bf6 23. Rc1 Qg7 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. Qb2 Bf7 26. Bb5 Rc7 27. Rc2 b6 28.
c6 Ra8 29. Rd1 Rca7 30. Nd4 e5 31. Nb3 Nd6 32. Be2 Nc4 33. Bxc4 dxc4 34. Nd2
Qxc6 35. Nf3 c3 0-1

[Event "World Cup ACP"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2013.09.15"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2013.09.13"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. e3 Ne4 6. Bh4 c5 7. cxd5 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Qxd5 9. Nf3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O e5 13. dxe5 Qxd1 14.
Rfxd1 Nxe5 15. Nd4 Bd7 16. Rab1 b6 17. h3 Ba4 18. Rdc1 Rfc8 19. Ba6 Rxc1+ 20.
Rxc1 Nd7 21. Be7 Re8 22. Ba3 Nb8 23. Bb5 Bxb5 24. Nxb5 a6 25. Nd6 Rd8 26. Nb7
Re8 27. Rc7 Be5 28. Bd6 Bg7 29. f4 b5 30. Kf2 h5 31. Kf3 f5 32. g4 hxg4+ 33.
hxg4 fxg4+ 34. Kxg4 Bf8 35. Be5 Re6 36. Nd8 Re7 37. Kg5 Nd7 38. Bd6 Rg7 39. Rc6
Bxd6 40. Rxd6 Nf8 41. e4 a5 42. e5 b4 43. Nc6 Rh7 44. e6 Rh5+ 45. Kg4 Nh7 46.
Rd8+ Kg7 47. Rd7+ Kf6 48. Nd4 Ng5 49. fxg5+ 1-0

[Event "World Cup ACP"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2013.09.15"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2013.09.13"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{With Ponomariov having won the first game with White, "Nepo" was in a dire
situation.} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. g4
Be6 8. h4 Nd7 9. g5 h6 10. g6 $1 {No holding back! In only 10 moves of chess
this little pawn has made it to the 6th rank and will capture on f7. White
loses time but breaks apart his opponent's king's cover.} Ngf6 11. gxf7+ Bxf7
12. Bd3 Ne4 {Interestingly this position had already been played by Ponomariov.
.. but with White! It was his game against Riazantsev earlier this year.} 13.
Bxe4 (13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Bxe4 Nf6 15. Bf3 O-O 16. Ne2 c5 17. Rg1 $16 {
Ponomariov-Riazantsev, 2013}) 13... dxe4 14. Nge2 {Black has some problems
with his e4 pawn and king positioning, but never underestimate the power of
the two bishops.} O-O 15. Qc2 Nf6 16. Rg1 Kh8 17. Be5 {White's pressure is
intensifying, and in a rapid game you never want to be on the defensive.} Qa5
18. Nf4 Bb4 19. Bxf6 (19. f3 $5 {sets up a nasty trap:} exf3 20. Ng6+ Bxg6 21.
Qxg6 Bxc3+ 22. Kd1 $1 {and suddenly black is defenseless!}) 19... gxf6 20. Qxe4
Rg8 21. Rxg8+ (21. Kd2 $5 {keeping the tension, was worth playing.}) 21... Rxg8
22. Kd2 {Black's obtained serious counterplay, but a pawn is a pawn.} f5 23.
Qf3 Bc4 $2 {This move looks much better than it is. Now Nepo gets a free
attack.} (23... Bd6 {was far more subtle and kept chances alive for both
players.}) 24. Qh5 Kh7 25. d5 $1 {Very annoying! Either the bishop or the
queen are cut off from the defense!} Bxd5 26. Qxf5+ Kh8 27. Ng6+ Kg7 28. Ne7
Bxc3+ 29. bxc3 Rd8 30. Qe5+ Kf7 31. Nf5 {Extremely precise and fearless play.
There are no important discoveries as the countercheck Nd6+ covers them all.}
Rd7 32. Nd6+ Kf8 33. Qe8+ {Nepo shows cold blood in this tournament.} 1-0

[Event "World Cup ACP"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2013.09.15"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2013.09.13"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. e3 c5 6. Nf3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. Rc1 e5 12. Nb3 h6 13. Bh4 b5 14. Bf3 Rb8
15. Ne4 g5 16. Bg3 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Nb6 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19. Na5 Bd7 20. f3 Nc4 21.
Nxc4 bxc4 22. Rfd1 Be6 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Be1 f5 25. Bc2 e4 26. fxe4 fxe4 27.
b3 cxb3 28. Bxb3 Bxb3 29. axb3 Rd3 30. Rc8+ Kh7 31. Kf2 Rxb3 32. Re8 Rb2+ 33.
Kf1 Rb1 34. Ke2 Rb2+ 35. Kf1 Ra2 36. Rxe4 a5 37. Re7 Kg6 38. Ra7 a4 39. Bb4 Be5
40. e4 Bxh2 41. Ra6+ Kh5 42. Bf8 Bg3 43. Bxh6 Rf2+ 0-1

[Event "World Cup ACP"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2013.09.15"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2013.09.13"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. d4 Nf6 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 Qe8 7. g4 Na6 8. Bg5 c5
9. Qd2 b6 10. Rd1 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bb7 12. f3 Nc5 13. Bh6 a6 14. Be2 Rd8 15. h4 e5
16. Nf5 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 Ne6 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. cxd5 gxf5 20. gxf5 Kh8 21. Qf6+ Ng7
22. Rg1 Rg8 23. h5 1-0

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.09.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "2:00:00"]
[BlackClock "2:00:00"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:01:29] Ponomariov was able to neutralize
Fressinet's White pieces without too many problems. The players kept playing
on in a strategicaly interesting game. Black was able to break through on the
queenside with b5, a standard idea in this pawn structure. White's b-pawn was
left isolated and weak, but Fressinet was able to exchange enough pieces to
make Ponomariov's d6 pawn vulnerable. With this the game further simplified
into a drawn endgame.} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:25]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 3. Bb5+ {
[%emt 0:00:07]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 4. d4 {[%emt 0:01:06]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:01:
51]} 5. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 6. Bxd7+ {[%emt 0:00:24]}
Bxd7 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 7. c4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:03:06]} 8. Bg5 {
[%emt 0:08:09]} e6 {[%emt 0:02:41]} 9. Nc3 {[%emt 0:01:36]} Be7 {[%emt 0:12:52]
} 10. Rd1 {[%emt 0:09:48]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:10:02]} (10... Qc7 11. O-O Rc8 (11...
O-O $6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. e5 {Ponomariov})) 11. O-O {[%emt 0:03:50]} O-O {
[%emt 0:02:11]} (11... Qc7) 12. Qd3 {[%emt 0:07:18]} (12. Rfe1 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6
14. Qxd6 Qxd6 15. Rxd6 Rfc8 16. Rd3 b5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. a3 Rab8 19. Nd4 b4 20.
Nxc6 Rxc6 21. axb4 Rxb4 22. e5 Bg5 23. g3 Rxb2 24. Ne4 Rcc2 25. Rd7 Ra2 26. Rb1
Re2 27. Rb8+ Kh7 28. Nxg5+ hxg5 29. Rxf7 Re1+ 30. Kg2 Rxe5 31. Rbb7 Rf5 32.
Rxf5 exf5 33. Rb5 Kg6 34. Rb6+ Kh5 35. Rb7 Kh6 36. Rb5 g6 37. h3 Ra3 38. Rb4
Ra2 39. Rc4 Rb2 40. Ra4 Rc2 41. Rb4 Ra2 {Bologan,V (2663)-Van Wely,L (2680)
playchess.com INT 2004 1/2-1/2}) 12... Qc7 $146 {[%emt 0:05:04]} (12... Qb6 13.
Rd2 Rfd8 14. Rfd1 h6 15. Bh4 Rac8 16. Qe2 Qc7 17. b3 b6 18. Rd3 Qb7 19. Re1 Qc7
20. Red1 Qb7 21. Re1 Qc7 22. Red1 Qb7 23. Re1 Qc7 {1/2-1/2 (23) Melkonian,S 
(2301)-Martiyanov,N Salekhard 2003}) 13. a4 {[%emt 0:09:03]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:11:
50]} 14. Rfe1 {[%emt 0:05:03]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 15. Nd4 {[%emt 0:05:44]}
Be8 {[%emt 0:03:44]} 16. b3 {[%emt 0:01:18]} Qc5 {[%emt 0:03:39]} 17. Be3 {
[%emt 0:03:29]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:04:11]} 18. Bd2 {[%emt 0:01:40]} Qc5 {[%emt 0:01:
21]} 19. h3 {[%emt 0:01:37]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:03:00]} 20. Be3 {[%emt 0:02:15]} Qa5
{[%emt 0:04:11]} 21. Qd2 {[%emt 0:02:46]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:03:02]} 22. Nc2 {
[%emt 0:08:54]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:05:09]} 23. Rc1 {[%emt 0:07:10]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:04:
05]} 24. Red1 {[%emt 0:06:10]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:03:41]} 25. Nd4 {[%emt 0:02:43]}
Qb4 {[%emt 0:01:50]} 26. Rb1 {[%emt 0:02:20]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:03:46]} 27. Bxd4 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} Bxd4 {[%emt 0:01:29]} 28. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:28]} b5 $132 {
[%emt 0:00:32][%csl Rb1,Rb3]} 29. axb5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} axb5 {[%emt 0:00:03]}
30. Nxb5 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Bxb5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 31. cxb5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qxb5
{[%emt 0:00:09]} 32. Rbc1 {[%emt 0:01:50]} Qxb3 {[%emt 0:02:34]} 33. Rxc8 {
[%emt 0:00:20]} Rxc8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 34. Qxd6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:
24]} 35. Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Qxd3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 36. Rxd3 {[%emt 0:00:06]}
g5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 37. h4 {[%emt 0:01:58]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 38. hxg5 {
[%emt 0:00:28]} hxg5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 39. f3 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Rc4 {[%emt 0:00:
54]} 40. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:36]} gxf3
{[%emt 0:00:23]} 42. gxf3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 43. Rd7 {
[%emt 0:00:12]} Ra4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 44. Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rc4 {[%emt 0:00:
08]} 45. Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ra4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 46. Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rc4
{[%emt 0:00:06]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.09.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "2:00:00"]
[BlackClock "2:00:00"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nf6 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} 3. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:
00:11]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 6.
dxc3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 7. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:17]} 8. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 9. O-O-O {[%emt 0:
00:37]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 10. Kb1 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 11.
Bg5 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Bxg5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 12. Nxg5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} O-O-O {
[%emt 0:00:04]} 13. Nxe6 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Qxe6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 14. g3 {
[%emt 0:00:37]} Kb8 $146 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 15. Bg2 {[%emt 0:01:54]} Rhe8 {
[%emt 0:00:41]} 16. Bd5 {[%emt 0:20:32]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 17. Qg5 {[%emt 0:
02:13]} f6 {[%emt 0:08:40]} 18. Qh4 {[%emt 0:05:55]} h6 $11 {[%emt 0:01:16]
Ponomariov was unable to obtain much against Giri's Petroff. The bishop
against knight duel really didn't favor the bishop. At least some credit has
to be given to Ponomariov as he refused a repetition in an equal position to
try to play for more. Even though he wasn't able to push through in the end it
is refreshing that at least one player wanted to play chess today.} 19. Rd2 {
[%emt 0:10:40]} Re7 {[%emt 0:06:02]} 20. b3 {[%emt 0:03:37]} Rde8 {[%emt 0:00:
38]} 21. Kb2 {[%emt 0:03:48]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:05:35]} 22. Qb4 {[%emt 0:03:07]} Nc6
{[%emt 0:00:09]} 23. Qf4 {[%emt 0:02:52]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 24. Qb4 {
[%emt 0:02:36]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 25. Qf4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:
05]} 26. h3 {[%emt 0:00:23]} c6 {[%emt 0:07:18]} 27. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Qc7 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} 28. c4 {[%emt 0:01:43]} Nf7 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 29. Qf5 {[%emt 0:
14:52]} Qb6 $1 {[%emt 0:06:16][%cal Gb6c5,Gc5f5]} 30. Rhd1 {[%emt 0:02:03]} Qc5
$132 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 31. Qxc5 {[%emt 0:06:17]} dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 32. h4 {
[%emt 0:00:28]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 33. Bh3 {[%emt 0:07:37]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:
05]} 34. Rxd8 {[%emt 0:01:15]} Nxd8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 35. a4 {[%emt 0:01:48]} a5
{[%emt 0:03:23]} 36. Bf5 {[%emt 0:02:27]} Nf7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 37. Kc1 {
[%emt 0:00:55]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:03:26]} 38. c3 {[%emt 0:01:24]} g6 {[%emt 0:03:32]
} 39. Bc2 {[%emt 0:01:42]} f5 {[%emt 0:08:14]} 40. h5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} gxh5 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Rh1 {[%emt 0:01:34]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 42. Bxf5 {
[%emt 0:02:38]} Nxf2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 43. Rxh5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rg7 {[%emt 0:
03:20]} 44. Rh2 {[%emt 0:03:15]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 45. Bxg4 {[%emt 0:00:28]}
Rxg4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 46. Rxh6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rxg3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 47. Kc2 {
[%emt 0:00:08]} Rg2+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} 48. Kc1 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rg1+ {[%emt 0:
00:03]} 49. Kc2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rg2+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 50. Kc1 {[%emt 0:00:06]}
Rg1+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.09.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "171"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bf4 dxc4 {I examined this line in
my recent article published with CBM 155. Therefore, I will not mention the
early deviations now.} 6. e3 a6 7. a4 Bd6 8. Bg3 {Grischuk confessed that
choosing this move was a bit casual.} ({Slightly earlier, while walking
through the playing hall, he noticed that} 8. Bg5 {was played in the other
game of the same round with this variation, Gelfand,B (2764)-Dominguez Perez,L
(2757) Elancourt 2013 (1-0, 97) [Gelfand] Grischuk jokingly said that he did
not wish to feel like playing against two players at the same time, so he
decided to deviate.}) 8... Bxg3 $146 {Black releases the tension at once, in
order to sped up his counterplay with ...c7-c5.} (8... b6 9. Bxc4 Bb7 {Carlsen,
M (2786)-Ivanchuk,V (2786) Cap d'Agde 2008 EXT 2009 [Marin] (1/2, 58)}) 9. hxg3
c5 10. Bxc4 Nb6 11. Bb3 cxd4 12. exd4 {A typical isolani position, but with
some small particularities. The dark-squared bishops are off the board,
somewhat reducing White's attacking potential. But if Black later has to
capture on d5 with the pawn, his other bishop may become "bad". At the same
time, the early opening of the h-file offers White additional attacking ideas.
Ponomariov must have taken all these aspects into account when choosing his
next move.} Bd7 ({In principle, it would be desirable to maintain the complete
control over the d5-square with} 12... Qd6 {, but it seems that it does not
work properly, partly because of Black's delay in development.} 13. a5 Nbd5 14.
Ne5 Bd7 (14... O-O {runs into} 15. g4 $36 Qb4 $6 16. Kf1 $16 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Qxc3
18. Rh3 Qb4 19. g5 $18) 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 (15... exd5 16. g4 $36) 16. Qh5 g6 17.
Qf3 Qe7 ({Black has to give up the piece control over d5, since} 17... O-O 18.
g4 $36 {would be too dangerous.}) 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. O-O $14 {This is an
improved version of the game continuation from White's point of view, since
Black has played the strategically undesirable move ...g7-g6, weakening the
dark squares even more.}) 13. a5 Nbd5 14. Bxd5 {Grischuk settles for a minimal
but stable advantage, hoping to get an ending with a good knight versus a bad
bishop.} ({The similar plan to that from the previous comment does not work
out so well:} 14. Ne5 Bc6 15. g4 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Bxg2 17. Rh2 Bc6 {White
certainly has compensation for the pawn, but the position remains double-edged.
}) 14... Nxd5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Qe2+ Be6 {Now and later when given a choice,
Ponomariov decides to keep the queens on board. I assume he was right, after
the queen exchange, the rooks would most surely disappear, too, leaving Black
in a dangerous endgame, where the white king and knight could walk and jump
freely on the dark squares.} (16... Qe7 17. Rh5 Qxe2+ 18. Kxe2 Be6 19. Kd2 $14)
17. Qd3 h6 18. Qa3 f6 $1 {Ever since Philidor, it has been known that this is
the way to place the pawns: on squares of opposite colour with respect to the
bishop's. Besides, the last move has the concrete purpose of connecting rooks
without exchanging queens.} (18... Qe7 19. Ne5 Rc8 20. Kd2 $14) 19. O-O Kf7 20.
Nd2 Bd7 21. Nb3 Re8 22. Nc5 Bc6 {White has obtained stable domination, but
howcan he make progress? Grischuk could not answer this question within the
next few moves, which he rightly called a waste of time.} 23. Qf3 (23. Rfe1 $5)
23... Kg8 24. Qg4 Qe7 25. Qf3 Qe2 $6 {Ponomariov offers the queen exchange
under what would be favourable circumstances: the occupation of the second
rank. White does not have to cooperate, though.} ({Grischuk recommended} 25...
Qc7 {followed by ...Re7 and ...Rae8.}) 26. Qc3 Qb5 {Ponomariov admitted that
at first he did not realise that the queen does not feel comfortable here.} ({
However, after} 26... Qg4 27. Rfe1 {Her Majesty would also be somewhat out of
play. However, the important thing is that queens are still on the board,
preventing the radical activation of the white king.}) 27. Rfe1 Kf7 28. b3 Rac8
29. Qd2 Bd7 30. Rac1 Kg8 31. f3 {In the absence of an immediate active plan,
White starts restricting the enemy bishop even more.} Rcd8 32. g4 Bc8 33. Qc3
Rxe1+ 34. Rxe1 Re8 35. Rxe8+ Qxe8 {The ending looks pleasant for White, but
little more than that. Black should have no problems holding it.} 36. Kf2 Kf7
37. Qb4 Qc6 38. Qe1 b6 {Getting rid of one of the weaknesses.} 39. axb6 Qxb6
40. Qc3 Qc7 41. Qb4 a5 {Ponomariov was not sure whether this was a good idea.
Optically, the pawn belongs on a5, but in the long run it could also become a
weakness. Intuitively, I believe his last move is correct.} 42. Qc3 Bd7 43. Qe1
Bc8 44. Qc3 Bd7 45. Qd2 Bb5 46. Qe1 Qb6 47. Qh1 Kf8 48. Qh5 Qc6 49. Qf5 Kf7 50.
Qh5+ Kf8 51. Qf5 Kf7 52. f4 {Not much has happened over the past ten moves.
Still, White's pressure remains unpleasant and Ponomariov confessed that he
started fearing that he would blunder because of tiredness if he did not force
the events a bit.} g6 53. Qc2 Qc7 54. Qd2 g5 55. g3 gxf4 56. gxf4 f5 57. Qe3
Qe7 58. Qxe7+ Kxe7 59. g5 Kf7 $6 {Grischuk praised this move and confessed
that he had overlooked it. The idea is correct, but its execution imperfect,
though.} ({Clearing the f4-square with} 59... hxg5 $2 60. fxg5 Kf7 {would lead
to disaster:} 61. Kg3 Kg6 62. Kf4 Bc6 (62... Be2 63. Nb7 $18 {[%cal Gb7a5]})
63. Nd3 Bb5 64. Ne5+ Kg7 65. Kxf5 $18) ({The correct way to reach a similar
position as in the game was} 59... Bc6 $1 {, controlling b7, for instance} 60.
Kg3 Kf7 61. Nd3 Be8 62. Kh4 Kg7 {and the fortress resists.}) 60. Nb7 Kg6 61.
gxh6 $6 ({Black would have faced bigger practical difficulties after} 61. Nxa5
hxg5 62. fxg5 Kxg5 63. Nb7 Kf6 64. Ke3 Ke7 65. Kf4 Kf6 66. b4 $14 {There
probably is no forced win here, but Ponomariov would have faced the worst of
his fears: an unpleasant position in which he could easily blunder when
confronted with real and illusory threats.}) 61... a4 62. bxa4 Bxa4 63. Nd6 Bd7
64. Kg3 Kxh6 $11 {White cannot force his way through now and a draw is
inevitable.} 65. Nf7+ Kh5 66. Ne5 Bb5 67. Nf3 Bd3 68. Ng5 Bb5 69. Ne6 Bd7 70.
Nc7 Bc6 71. Kh3 Bb7 72. Nb5 Bc6 73. Nc3 Bb7 74. Nd1 Bc6 75. Ne3 Kg6 76. Kh4 Bb7
77. Nc2 Bc8 78. Nb4 Bb7 79. Nd3 Kh6 80. Ne5 Ba8 81. Nf7+ Kg6 82. Nd6 Bc6 83.
Nc8 Bb7 ({Grischuk said that he actually lost the knight with the previous
move. Luckily for him, Black can only lose if he tries to get the knight:} 
83... Kf6 84. Kh5 Ke6 85. Kg6 Kd7 86. Na7 Ba4 87. Kxf5 Kc7 88. Ke5 Kb7 89. f5
Kxa7 90. f6 Be8 91. Kxd5 $18) 84. Na7 Kh6 85. Nb5 Kg6 86. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.09.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "2:00:00"]
[BlackClock "2:00:00"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:28]} e6 {[%emt 0:
00:07]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:46]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 4. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:01:23]} f5
{[%emt 0:00:51] Tomashevsky recently adopted the triangle set-up against d4,
with the idea of playing a Stonewall, as his pet defense. It seems solid
enough for now as no one has really been able to break it down. Ponomariov was
actually slightly worse out of the opening but he really had no issues as
Tomashevsky was more interested in holding a solid draw with Black.} 5. g3 {
[%emt 0:01:04]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 6. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:
10]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:01:27]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 8. b3 {[%emt 0:00:53]} O-O {
[%emt 0:04:48]} 9. Bb2 {[%emt 0:01:14]} b6 {[%emt 0:14:17]} 10. Ne5 {[%emt 0:
02:32]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 11. Nd3 {[%emt 0:01:27]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:04:29]} 12.
e3 {[%emt 0:02:23]} a5 {[%emt 0:08:09]} 13. Rc1 {[%emt 0:06:33]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:
03:40]} 14. Rc2 $146 {[%emt 0:17:26]} a4 {[%emt 0:04:37]} 15. Qc1 {[%emt 0:06:
17]} axb3 {[%emt 0:02:19]} 16. axb3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:04:35]} 17.
f3 {[%emt 0:07:00]} Nxd2 {[%emt 0:02:42]} 18. Qxd2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} c5 {
[%emt 0:00:17]} 19. f4 {[%emt 0:02:31]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:19:25]} 20. dxc5 {[%emt 0:
08:28]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 21. Nxc5 {[%emt 0:05:29]} bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:20]}
22. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:01:43]} Qxf6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 23. cxd5 {[%emt 0:02:18]} Bxd5
{[%emt 0:00:14]} 24. Qc3 {[%emt 0:05:57]} Qxc3 {[%emt 0:01:50]} 25. Rxc3 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} Ra2 {[%emt 0:02:41]} 26. Rf2 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Ra1+ {[%emt 0:00:
09]} 27. Rf1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 28. Rf2 {[%emt 0:00:04]}
Ra1+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 29. Rf1 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.09.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "2:00:00"]
[BlackClock "2:00:00"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 4. O-O {[%emt 0:
00:06]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 5. d4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 6.
Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} dxc6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 7. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nf5 {
[%emt 0:00:08]} 8. Qxd8+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kxd8 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 9. h3 {[%emt 0:
00:07]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 10. Rd1+ {[%emt 0:00:22]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 11.
Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:38]} (11... a6 12. Bf4 Bd7 13. Rd3 Ne7 14.
Rad1 Be6 15. Nd4 Bc4 16. R3d2 c5 17. Nb3 b6 18. e6 fxe6 19. Bxc7 Nd5 20. Nxd5
Bxd5 21. Bxb6 c4 22. Nc1 c3 23. bxc3 Rc8 24. Ba5 Be7 25. Nb3 Bf6 26. Bb4 Kf7
27. Rd3 Rc7 28. Na5 Rhc8 29. c4 Bxc4 30. Rd7+ Rxd7 31. Rxd7+ Ke8 32. Rd6 Bxa2
33. Rxa6 Rxc2 34. Rc6 Rb2 35. Ba3 Rb1+ 36. Rc1 Rxc1+ 37. Bxc1 Bd5 38. Be3 Kd7
39. Kf1 Kc7 40. Bd2 Kb6 41. f3 {Karjakin,S (2779)-Carlsen,M (2837) Astana 2012
0-1}) 12. Bf4 {[%emt 0:01:55]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 13. e6 {[%emt 0:21:46]}
Bxe6 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 14. Bxc7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rxd1+ $146 {[%emt 0:05:20]} (
14... Rd7 15. Rxd7 Kxd7 16. Bh2 Bd6 17. Rd1 Ke7 18. Bxd6+ Nxd6 19. Nd4 Bd7 {
1/2-1/2 (19) Hanemann,I (2188)-Huisl,W (2284) Germany 2009}) 15. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:
01:19]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 16. g4 {[%emt 0:26:56]} Nh4 {[%emt 0:02:08]} 17.
Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:14:07]} 18. Re1 {[%emt 0:05:13]} Kf8 {
[%emt 0:09:12]} 19. Bg3 {[%emt 0:01:10]} g5 {[%emt 0:10:12]} 20. Bxh4 {[%emt 0:
03:01]} gxh4 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 21. Ne4 {[%emt 0:02:55]} Kg7 $11 {[%emt 0:17:56]
[%cal Gh8d8] Caruana posed no problems to Ponomariov's Berlin Defence, and it
was even the black player that held a slight edge due to his pair of bishops
and then an extra (but crippled) pawn. It's hard to say that White was in any
real danger at any point but it was certainly Black that had the easier game.}
22. Kg2 {[%emt 0:30:55]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:05:16]} 23. c3 {[%emt 0:01:14]} h5 {
[%emt 0:09:49]} 24. f3 {[%emt 0:06:10]} Bc8 {[%emt 0:11:08]} 25. Nf5+ {[%emt 0:
06:56]} Bxf5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 26. gxf5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rd5 {[%emt 0:00:46]}
27. c4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rxf5 {[%emt 0:02:55]} 28. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ra5 {
[%emt 0:05:56]} 29. Rd7 {[%emt 0:01:01]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:02:32]} 30. Nxf6 {
[%emt 0:02:38]} Kxf6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 31. a3 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:04:
26]} 32. Rxb7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Rxc4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 33. Rxa7 {[%emt 0:00:03]}
Rc2+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 34. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rxb2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 35. a4 {
[%emt 0:01:16]} Rh2 {[%emt 0:06:26]} 36. Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Rxh3 {[%emt 0:00:
44]} 37. Rxc6+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 38. Rc3 {[%emt 0:00:45]}
Rh1+ {[%emt 0:01:29]} 39. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 40. Rc4 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Rxh4 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:
42]} 42. Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 43. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Rg1+
{[%emt 0:00:18]} 44. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 45. Kg3 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} Rg1+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 46. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:
08]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.09.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "2:00:00"]
[BlackClock "2:00:00"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Nf6 {
[%emt 0:00:08]} 3. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:02:48]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:
00:10]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 5. d4 {[%emt 0:00:45]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 6. Bd3
{[%emt 0:00:21]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:44]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:
08]} 8. c4 {[%emt 0:01:14]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 9. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:44]} O-O {
[%emt 0:00:11]} 10. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 11. a3 {[%emt 0:
01:17]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 12. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:06]}
13. Bf4 {[%emt 0:08:41]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:07:04]} 14. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Bd6 {
[%emt 0:00:22]} 15. Bg5 {[%emt 0:02:14]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:04:54]} 16. Nh4 {[%emt 0:
04:49]} Na5 {[%emt 0:08:56]} 17. Bd3 {[%emt 0:05:52]} Bxd3 {[%emt 0:15:28]} 18.
Qxd3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qg4 {[%emt 0:08:53]} 19. Nf3 {[%emt 0:02:16]} Qe6 {
[%emt 0:27:34]} 20. Rfe1 {[%emt 0:09:50]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:05:08]} 21. Be7 {
[%emt 0:06:15]} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 22. Ng5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} f5 {[%emt 0:01:
42]} 23. Bxd6 {[%emt 0:05:21]} cxd6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 24. Qh3 $146 {[%emt 0:01:
50]} (24. Nh3 Nc4 25. Nf4 Qf7 26. d5 Ne5 27. Qc2 Rac8 28. Ne6 Qg6 29. Nd4 f4
30. Qxg6 hxg6 31. Nb5 Red8 32. Nxa7 Rxc3 33. Nb5 Rc5 34. Nxd6 Rxd6 35. Rxe5
Rcxd5 36. Rxd5 Rxd5 37. Rb1 {1/2-1/2 (33) Alekseev,E (2711)-Ivanchuk,V (2740)
Dagomys 2008}) 24... h6 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 25. Qh5 {[%emt 0:00:53] Ponomariov
was simply unable to put a dent in Dominguez's Petroff and he had to settle
for a draw to make sure that his pawn structure didn't become a serious issue.}
Rxe1+ {[%emt 0:02:09]} 26. Rxe1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} hxg5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 27. Re8+
{[%emt 0:00:58]} Rxe8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 28. Qxe8+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:
00:08]} 29. Qh5+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 30. Qe8+ {[%emt 0:00:04]
} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 31. Qh5+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.09.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "2:00:00"]
[BlackClock "2:00:00"]

1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} e6 {
[%emt 0:00:31]} 3. g3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 4. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:
06]} Be7 {[%emt 0:01:55]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:03:28]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:14]} 6. d4 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 7. Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:
39]} 8. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 9. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:00:02]}
Qe8 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 10. Nxe7+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qxe7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 11. Qc2 {
[%emt 0:00:36]} c5 {[%emt 0:02:31]} 12. Qxc4 {[%emt 0:03:06]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:
32]} 13. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} e5 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 14. Qh4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Ba6
$146 {[%emt 0:19:05]} (14... Rb8 15. b3 Qe6 16. Bg5 Nd5 17. e4 Nb4 18. Be7 Re8
19. Bxb4 Rxb4 20. Nc3 Bb7 21. Rac1 Rd4 22. Rfe1 Bc6 23. Qg5 h6 24. Qe3 Red8 25.
Qe2 R8d6 26. Qb2 Rd2 27. Qa3 Qd7 28. Qc5 f6 29. b4 a6 30. Qa5 Kh7 31. a4 Rb2
32. Rcd1 Rdd2 33. Rf1 Rxd1 34. Rxd1 Qb7 35. Nd5 Qa7 36. Rf1 Qd4 37. Qxa6 Bxd5
38. exd5 Rxb4 39. Qe6 Rxa4 40. Qf5+ Kg8 41. Qc8+ Kh7 42. Qf5+ {1/2-1/2 (42)
Iturrizaga Bonelli,E (2660)-Onischuk,A (2667) Tromso 2013}) 15. Bg5 {[%emt 0:
24:12]} Bxe2 {[%emt 0:05:29] In another Catalan in the Ukrainian duel it was
impossible to say that White obtained anything from the opening. The variation
is well known; White wins a pawn but the opposite colored bishops and the easy
play for Black give him compensation. However on top of this Ponomariov was
able to quickly regain his pawn and secure full equality.} 16. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:
08]} Bd3 {[%emt 0:16:42]} 17. Nc3 {[%emt 0:01:24]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:02:58]} 18.
Bxf6 {[%emt 0:21:18]} gxf6 {[%emt 0:22:14]} 19. Ne4 {[%emt 0:01:10]} Bxe4 {
[%emt 0:00:47]} 20. Qxe4 {[%emt 0:07:07]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:04:34]} 21. b3 {
[%emt 0:01:32]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 22. Rad1 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:
00:28]} 23. Qe3 {[%emt 0:01:24]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 24. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:06]}
Rxd1 {[%emt 0:05:55]} 25. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:22]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 26. Qd3 {
[%emt 0:03:05]} h6 {[%emt 0:04:38]} 27. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:01:
07]} 28. Qd6 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Rc2 {[%emt 0:01:26]} 29. Qxe6 {[%emt 0:00:10]}
fxe6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 30. Rd6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rxa2 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 31. Rxe6 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} e4 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 32. g4 {[%emt 0:01:51]} fxg4 {[%emt 0:00:
38]} 33. Rxe4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 34. Re6 {[%emt 0:00:36]} a5
{[%emt 0:02:55]} 35. Ra6 {[%emt 0:06:02]} Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 36. h3 {[%emt 0:
00:18]} gxh3+ {[%emt 0:00:44]} 37. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rxb3 {[%emt 0:00:34]}
38. Rxa5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rf3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 39. Rxh5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rxf2+
{[%emt 0:00:04]} 40. Kxh3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.09.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A64"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c5 5. d5 O-O 6. Nc3 e6 7. Nf3 exd5 8. cxd5
d6 9. O-O Re8 10. Nd2 a6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. h3 Rb8 13. Nc4 Ne5 14. Na3 Nh5 15. e4
Bd7 16. a5 b5 $5 {The latest fashion, and quite an explosive one.} 17. axb6 Bb5
{Some time ago, a dear friend who does not really play the Benoni suggested to
me this (unplayed then) idea. A couple of years later, I showed it to my pupil
Daniele Vocaturo, who used it to get an excellent position against Grischuk,
although, to tell the truth, by that time there had been one game with it
already! Grischuk seemed to have liked the idea, since he took it up for a
rapid game against Aronian. When preparing to annotate the present game I was
surprised to find out that a few dozen games had been played in the meanwhile.
My non-Benoni friend's idea seems to have become one of the main lines...
During the press conference, both players confessed that neither of them
expected this line to be played. However, Bacrot had done his homework on
another occasion, while Ponomariov was kind of on his own. True, he remembered
something he had not liked as Black when trying to include this line into his
repertoire, but could not remember exactly what. Yet, Ponomariov jokingly
admitted that he was glad to play this kind of position. He was sure of one
thing: his series of draws would finally come to an end. He was proved right,
but not the way he might have hoped for...} 18. Naxb5 {Played after 25 minutes.
} (18. g4 $5 {is an interesting exchange sacrifice.} Bxf1 19. Qxf1 {This
leaves the king exposed on g1.} ({The paradoxical} 19. Kxf1 $5 {deserves
attention.} Nf6 20. f4 Ned7 21. Nc4 Nxb6 22. Na5 Qc7 23. Nc6 Ra8 24. e5 Nfd7 {
and now that White has made some progress in the centre, he could think of
returning with the king, in order to create the threat e5-e6 followed by f4-f5.
} 25. Kg1 $5) 19... Nf6 20. f4 Nexg4 (20... Ned7 21. Nc4 Nxb6 22. Na5 Nxg4 $36
23. hxg4 $2 Bd4+ 24. Kh2 Qh4+ 25. Bh3 Bxc3 26. bxc3 Rxe4 $19) 21. Bf3 (21. hxg4
Nxg4) 21... Nxe4 22. Nxe4 Bd4+ 23. Kg2 Ne3+ 24. Bxe3 Bxe3 25. Re1 Bxf4 $13 {
Baryshpolets,A (2477)-Yilmaz,M (2515)/Kharkov 2011/CBM 145 Extra (1-0, 75)})
18... axb5 19. Nxb5 Qxb6 20. Na3 {Aimed at controlling the c4-square, but in
the long run White might have problems with this knight.} (20. Nc3 c4 21. g4 (
21. Na4 Qb3 22. Bd2 Nd3 23. Bc3 Bxc3 24. bxc3 Nf6 $15 {Michiels,B (2501)
-Nielsen,P (2687)/Germany 2011/CBM 146 (1/2, 39)}) 21... Nf6 22. Be3 (22. Ra2
Nd3 23. Qe2 Nd7 $36 {Skrbin,K (2264)-Saric,A (2489)/Pula 2011/CBM 143 Extra 
(0-1, 58)}) 22... Qxb2 23. Bd4 Nfd7 24. Rb1 Qa3 25. Nb5 Qa5 26. Bc3 Qb6 27. Bd4
Qa5 28. Bc3 Qb6 29. Bd4 Qa5 {1/2 Le Quang,L (2717)-Sjugirov,S (2657)/Loo 2013/
CBM 154}) 20... Qb3 {The start of as typical queenside invasion.} (20... c4 $6
{is premature with the knight on a3.} 21. Kh2 Qc5 22. Be3 Qb4 23. Nc2 Qxb2 24.
Ra6 Red8 25. Nd4 c3 26. Nc6 c2 27. Qc1 Nxc6 28. Rxc6 $16 {Anastasian,A (2555)
-Gopal,G (2480)/Abu Dhabi 2007/CBM 119 ext (46) 1-0}) 21. g4 (21. Kh2 Qxd1 22.
Rxd1 Rb3 23. Be3 Rxb2 24. Rdb1 Reb8 25. Rxb2 Rxb2 26. Rb1 Rxb1 {1/2 Smeets,J 
(2660)-Anisimov,P (2532)/Aix-les-Bains 2011/CBM 142}) (21. Qxb3 Rxb3 22. Rd1
Reb8 $44 {Sasikiran,K (2689)-Arnold,M (2505)/Bastia 2011/EXT 2012 (1-0, 36)}) (
21. Rb1 Qxd1 22. Rxd1 Rb3 23. Bd2 Ra8 24. g4 Nf6 25. Bc3 $5 Rxc3 26. bxc3 Rxa3
27. f4 Nc4 28. e5 dxe5 29. d6 $13 {Le Quang,L (2714)-Giri,A (2714)/Beijing
2011/CBM 145 Extra (1/2, 82)}) 21... Nf6 22. Qxb3 (22. Rb1 Qxd1 23. Rxd1 Rb3
24. Bd2 (24. Kf1 {Sasikiran,K (2689)-Battaglini,G (2452)/Bastia 2011/EXT 2012 
(1-0, 39)} Nd3 $5) 24... Nfd7 25. Bc3 g5 26. Kh1 Ra8 27. Bf1 (27. Ra1 Nxg4 28.
hxg4 Bxc3 29. Nc4 Rxa1 30. Rxa1 Be5 31. Ra7 Nf6 32. Nxe5 dxe5 33. f3 Rxb2 34.
Bf1 $44) 27... Rxc3 28. bxc3 Rxa3 $19 {Aronian,L (2808)-Grischuk,A (2747)/
Monte Carlo 2011/CBM 142 (0-1, 43)}) (22. f4 Nd3 23. Qxb3 Rxb3 24. Nc4 Nxe4 25.
Bxe4 Nxc1 26. Rfxc1 (26. Re1 $5 $13) (26. Nxd6 $13) 26... Bd4+ 27. Kg2 Rxe4 $36
{Golichenko,I (2408)-Grinev,V (2404)/Kiev 2012/CBM 148 Extra (1-0, 66)}) 22...
Rxb3 23. Rd1 (23. Kh1 h6 (23... Ra8 $5) 24. f4 Nd3 25. Nc4 Nxc1 26. Nxd6 Rd8
27. Rfxc1 Rxd6 28. e5 Rd8 29. exf6 Bxf6 30. Rxc5 Rxb2 $44 {Yuffa,D (2373)
-Shariyazdanov,A (2584)/Izhevsk 2013/CBM 155 Extra (1/2, 43)}) 23... h6 $146 {
A half-waiting and useful move, probably planning ...g6-g5. This way, Black
could later play ...Nfd7, without fearing f2-f4 anymore. Besides, in some
lines when his rooks would leave the back rank undefended on being sent on
active missions, the h7-square might come in handy to the king.} ({The
straightforward} 23... Nfd7 {was very much OK in Grischuk,A (2760)-Vocaturo,D 
(2581)/Khanty-Mansiysk 2010/CBM 139/[Marin,M] (1-0, 44). The final result is
not necessarily connected with the opening, since Black rejected a draw at
some point.}) 24. Nc2 $2 {Both players agreed that this immediately put White
into an unpleasant position. According to Ponomariov, this mistake was
provoked by miscalculation. His obvious idea was inhibiting ...g6-g5 in view
of Ne3-f5. True, it is not easy to suggest an useful move for White, that is
the main problem.} (24. Kf1 {may be useful in some cases, by defending e2, but
in the following logical sequence the king will be placed badly:} g5 (24... Nd3
25. Nc4) 25. Nc2 Nd3 26. Ra4 Nd7 27. Ne3 Nxc1 28. Rxc1 Rxb2 29. Nf5 Bd4 {
Suddenly, the king is in some trouble.} 30. Nxd4 cxd4 31. Rxd4 Ra8 {with
fantastic compensation for the pawn.}) 24... Nd3 ({Ponomariov had considered
also} 24... Nc4 25. Ra2 Nxe4 26. Ra4 $13 Bxb2 $2 27. Re1 $16) 25. Ra4 ({
Ponomariov's first intention was} 25. Ra3 {but he overlooked} Nxc1 $1 ({
He had relied on} 25... Nxb2 26. Rxb3 Nxd1 27. Rd3 $18 {trapping the knight.})
26. Rxc1 Rxb2 {White does not seem to get enough play with} 27. Ne3 Nxe4 28.
Bxe4 Rxe4 29. Nc4 Rbe2 30. Nxd6 Rf4 {and the king is in a dangerous situation.}
) 25... Nd7 26. Ra6 Nxc1 27. Rxc1 Bxb2 28. Rd1 Be5 29. Na3 Nb6 $17 {Black has
got everything he could dream of in the Benoni. Opposite-coloured bishops,
active pieces, the passed c-pawn...} 30. Bf1 Rb8 31. Kg2 Rb4 32. Bd3 c4 33. Be2
({Quite possibly, the last chance for survival was} 33. Rxb6 R8xb6 34. Nxc4 Rb8
{when White's fortress might not have been that easy to break.}) 33... c3 34.
Kf3 Rb3 35. Bd3 Nd7 36. Nc2 Nc5 37. Raa1 Rb2 38. Ke3 g5 $1 $19 {Finally this
thematic move, enabling ...Bf4+ and depriving White of the defence based on
Rc1.} 39. Ra3 Rxc2 40. Bxc2 Rb2 41. Bb1 c2 42. Bxc2 Rxc2 {The rest is not too
difficult.} 43. Kf3 Rb2 44. Re3 Bf4 45. Ra3 Kg7 46. h4 Nd7 47. hxg5 hxg5 48.
Rda1 Ne5+ 49. Kg2 Nxg4 50. R1a2 Rxa2 51. Rxa2 f5 52. f3 Nf6 53. Ra4 Kg6 54. Kf2
fxe4 55. fxe4 g4 56. Rc4 Kg5 57. Ra4 Kh4 58. Kg2 Be5 0-1

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.10.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "2:00:00"]
[BlackClock "2:00:00"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} e6 {[%emt 0:
00:08]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 4. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} d5
{[%emt 0:00:49]} 5. a3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Bxc3+ {[%emt 0:00:28]} 6. Qxc3 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 7. Qc2 {[%emt 0:01:05]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:17]
} 8. dxc5 {[%emt 0:02:15]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 9. e3 {[%emt 0:04:04]} Qa5+ {
[%emt 0:00:56]} 10. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nxd2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 11. Qxd2 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 12. Qxa5 {[%emt 0:07:36]} Nxa5 {[%emt 0:
00:12]} 13. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} b5 {[%emt 0:02:51]} 14. cxb6 {[%emt 0:01:41]}
Bb7 {[%emt 0:06:04]} 15. Nf3 {[%emt 0:17:59]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:11:40]} 16. Nd2 {
[%emt 0:01:49] The players followed a long theoretical variation in the
Nimzo-Indian. Nakamura played the new moves 16.Nd2 but it is unclear exactly
how good this move is} (16. bxa7 Bxf3 17. gxf3 {Parligras,M (2625)-Adams,M 
(2733) Bundesliga 1112 2011 (5.1) 1/2}) 16... axb6 {[%emt 0:03:07]} 17. Bxc4 {
[%emt 0:13:53]} Rhd8 {[%emt 0:30:10]} (17... Nxc4 18. Nxc4 Bxg2 19. Rg1 Be4 20.
Nxb6 Rab8 21. Na4 Rhc8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Nc3 h6 24. Ke2 Bg6 25. Rc1 Bh5+ 26. f3
Rc4 27. Kf2 Rh4 28. Kg3 g5 29. Ne2 Ra4 30. Rc8 Bg6 31. Nc3 Ra6 32. Rc7+ Kd8 33.
Rc4 Rd6 34. b4 Rd3 35. b5 Bf5 36. b6 Rd7 37. e4 Bg6 38. a4 f5 39. a5 {1-0 (39)
Grigoryan,A (2216)-Kim,V (2047) Nevinomyssk 2009}) (17... Rac8 {Black had the
choice of playing as he did in the game or immediately pinning the knight on
c4 with 17...Rac8, definitely the most logical way of continuing and maybe
White would have had to solve a few issues. The continuation in the game gave
Ponomariov enough compensation for the pawn and allowed him to simplify into
an easily drawn rook endgame.}) 18. Bb5 {[%emt 0:06:30]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:02:34]}
19. Rc3 {[%emt 0:01:10]} Rxc3 {[%emt 0:05:27]} 20. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rc8 {
[%emt 0:00:51]} 21. c4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bxg2 {[%emt 0:03:16]} 22. Rg1 {[%emt 0:
00:08]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 23. Rg4 {[%emt 0:01:27]} h5 {[%emt 0:05:22]} 24.
Rh4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:05:35]} 25. Rxh5 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Bxb5 {
[%emt 0:00:51]} 26. Rxb5 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Nxc4 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 27. Nxc4 {
[%emt 0:00:16]} Rxc4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 28. Rxb6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rh4 {[%emt 0:
01:43]} 29. Ke2 {[%emt 0:01:07]} Rxh2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 30. a4 {[%emt 0:00:10]}
Rh4 {[%emt 0:03:30]} 31. a5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Ra4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 32. a6 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} Ra2+ {[%emt 0:03:09]} 33. Kf3 {[%emt 0:01:35]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:
57]} 34. Rb7+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 35. a7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} g5
{[%emt 0:00:08]} 36. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 37. f3 {[%emt 0:
00:13]} g4 {[%emt 0:01:58]} 38. fxg4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Rxe3+ {[%emt 0:00:08]}
39. Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Re4+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} 40. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ra4 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. gxf5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} exf5 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 42. Rc7 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 43. Re7+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:
07]} 44. Re8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rxa7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 45. Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:04]}
Re7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 46. Rxe7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kxe7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 47. Kxf5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.10.03"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. c3 {The point of this
order of moves is probably to avoid the messy line 6.0-0 c5, while after 6.c3
c5 White can take 7.dxc5 and protect the pawn by b2-b4 before castling.} Nd7 ({
Black can also play} 6... h6 {followed by Bf5-h7. Later on the knight might
come out to f5.}) 7. O-O h6 8. Na3 a6 {Black needs to cover the b5-square, as
he is going to play c6-c5.} 9. Nc2 Bh7 (9... c5 {In this particular position
rather risky.} 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Ncd4 Be4 12. Be3 Ng6 $6 (12... Qc7 $14) 13.
Nd2 $2 {Correct idea, but wrong execution.} (13. b4 $1 Nd7 14. Nd2 $1 Ngxe5 15.
f4 Nc6 $2 (15... Nd3 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Bxd3 exd3 18. f5 e5 19. Ne6 $1 $16) 16.
Nxe6 $1 fxe6 17. Bh5+ Ke7 (17... g6 18. Nxe4 gxh5 19. Qxh5+ Ke7 20. f5 dxe4 21.
fxe6 $18) 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. f5 {with crushing attack.}) 13... Nxe5 14. Nxe4
Nxe4 15. f4 Nd7 $17 {0-1 (38) Sutovsky,E (2654)-Morozevich,A (2707) Beersheba
2005}) 10. Nfe1 (10. Nce1 c5 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Nxd3 Ng6 13. g3 Be7 14. h4 h5 15.
Re1 Rc8 16. Be3 c4 17. Nc1 Rc6 18. Qc2 Nb6 19. Ne2 $14 {1/2-1/2 (94) Anand,V 
(2650)-Karpov,A (2730) Brussels 1991}) 10... c5 11. Bd3 {White has to exchange
the light-squared bishops, otherwise he can't really develop his play on the
kingside.} Bxd3 12. Nxd3 Rc8 $146 (12... Ng6 13. f4 c4 {In general, this idea
of closing the centre is not recommended for Black.} 14. Nde1 Ne7 15. Ne3 $14)
13. g3 {Perhaps too slow.} (13. Nxc5 Nxc5 14. dxc5 Rxc5 15. Be3 Rc8 16. Nd4 Ng6
17. f4 Bc5 18. f5 exf5 19. Nxf5 O-O $11) (13. Nf4 $5 {deserved attention with
an idea to place the knight on h5.}) 13... Qc7 14. Ne3 h5 (14... cxd4 15. cxd4
Qb6 16. Nf4 Nc6 17. Nc2 Be7 $11) 15. a3 Nc6 16. Nf4 cxd4 17. cxd4 Qb6 {The Pd4
is the main target for Black. White has to defend it, and therefore can't have
a free hand on the kingside.} 18. Ne2 Na5 (18... h4 19. Qd3 Be7 20. f4 hxg3 21.
hxg3 f5 $11) 19. b4 Nc4 20. Ng2 {Ruslan decided to keep the knights rather
than an exchange for a while. Basically the side with space superiority should
refrain from exchanges, but here White won't be able to keep that for long.}
Nb8 21. Bg5 Nc6 {[%cal Ga6a5]} 22. Ne3 Nxe3 (22... a5 $2 23. Nxc4 dxc4 24. d5
$36) 23. fxe3 Be7 24. Bxe7 Nxe7 25. Rc1 (25. Nf4 g6 $11) 25... Rxc1 26. Qxc1
O-O $11 27. Qc5 Qd8 28. Nf4 g6 29. Rc1 {White controls the c-file, but it
doesn't bring him any real benefits. Black gets counterplay on the other side
of the board due to the weakness of White's kingside.} Nf5 30. Kf2 Qg5 31. Rg1
b6 32. Qc3 (32. Qxb6 $4 Rc8 $19 {[%cal Gc8c2]}) 32... Ne7 33. Rc1 h4 34. Kf3 $6
(34. Qe1 Nf5 35. Kf3 Nh6 36. h3 hxg3 37. Qxg3 $11) 34... hxg3 35. hxg3 Nf5 $6 (
{Black could pose a problem to his opponent by} 35... f6 $1 36. Qc7 (36. Nxe6
$2 Qf5+ $19) (36. exf6 $2 Qxf6 $19 {[%cal Gg6g5]}) 36... fxe5 37. dxe5 Nf5 38.
Rg1 Ng7 {The idea of moving the queen to f5 (or h6), followed by g6-g5 is very
unpleasant.}) 36. Qe1 {Now White is safe.} a5 37. b5 Qe7 38. Rc3 a4 39. g4 Nh6
40. Rc2 Kg7 41. Qc1 Qh4 42. Rg2 Qe7 43. Rg1 Rh8 44. Rh1 Qg5 45. Rg1 {Neither
side can improve his position.} Qe7 46. Rh1 Qg5 47. Rg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.10.04"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Annotator "Meulders,R"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. b3 Na6
9. Bb2 Qc7 10. d5 e5 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. Ng5 Bd7 13. Qd2 Rad8 14. Rad1 ({Die
üblichen Plätze für die weißen Türme sind auf d1 und c1, also z.B.} 14. Rfd1
Bc8 15. Rac1 Nc5 (15... Qe7 16. Ba3 Nc5 17. b4 Nce4 18. Ncxe4 fxe4 19. b5 Rfe8
20. bxc6 (20. Bxd6 $2 e3 21. fxe3 Rxd6 22. Qxd6 Qxe3+ 23. Kh1 Qxg5 $17) 20...
bxc6 21. f4 $13) 16. b4 h6 17. Nf3 (17. bxc5 dxc5 18. Qe3 hxg5 19. Qxc5 Qf7 (
19... Be6 20. Nd5 Qf7 21. Nxf6+ Bxf6 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Qxa7 $14) 20. Qxa7 Rxd1+
(20... Qxc4 $2 21. Nd5 $16) 21. Nxd1 Re8 $44) 17... Nce4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Qc2
Qb6 20. Bd4 Qxb4 21. Nh4 Bxd4 22. Rxd4 Qc5 23. Rcd1 g5 24. Bxe4 fxe4 25. Qxe4
Rf6 26. Ng2 Rdf8 27. Ne3 Rxf2 28. Qg6+ Kh8 29. Qxh6+ Kg8 30. Qg6+ Kh8 31. Qh6+
(31. Rxd6 $4 Rf1+ $1 32. Rxf1 Qxe3+ 33. Kg2 Qxe2+ $19)) 14... Bc8 15. Rfe1 Nc5
16. Qc2 a5 17. Nf3 Rfe8 18. Nd4 Qf7 19. Bc1 h6 20. Bb2 Kh7 21. e3 Nfe4 22. Rf1
(22. f3 Nxc3 23. Bxc3 Qc7 24. Qd2 b6 25. Qc2 Bb7 26. a3 {und Weiß hat einen
gewissen Druck.}) 22... Nf6 23. Rfe1 Nfe4 24. Rf1 Nf6 {Es genügte Gelfand ein
halber Punkt zum geteilten Turniersieg mit Caruana, also wozu sich anstrengen?}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Kings 7th"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2013.10.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2013.10.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This first round of the Kings Tournament started with a quiet draw between
Teimour Radjabov and Ruslan Ponomariov. It is very difficult to get an
advantage against classical openingsќ, concluded Radjabov after the game.
Indeed, Black didn't have any problems to equalise and on move 31 the draw was
agreed. The encounter Nisipeanu-Caruana was much more exciting. The Romanian
grandmaster surprised his opponent in the opening with the hyper-aggressive
move 5.h4 against the Gruenfeld, but something went wrong and Black didn't
have any opening problems, to say the least. Soon Caruana got clearly better
prospects, but allowed White a nice combination, which should have saved
Nisipeanu. With little time on the clock the Romanian GM missed a forced draw
though. Later in the worse position on moves 39 and 40 White made further
mistakes, allowing Caruana to achieve a decisive advantage, which the Italian
converted into a full point on move 57.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6
5. Bg5 Nbd7 {An invitation to play the Cambridge-Springs Variation: 6.e3 Qa5.}
6. cxd5 {Radjabov goes for a safer line: the Exchange Variation of the Queen's
Gambit.} exd5 7. e3 Be7 8. Qc2 Nh5 {This move has been popular lately and it
was used also by Ponomariov earlier in a rapid and a blitz game. Black
exchanges the dark-squared bishops, which strategically seems to favour White,
but on the other hand it frees more squares for the black pieces as well.} 9.
Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Be2 {Usually White is trying to fight for the advantage in this
system by castling long. However, as mentioned by Radjabov after the game, the
latest games showed that White is also taking some risks with his king on the
queenside.} (10. O-O-O Nb6 11. h3 Be6 12. Bd3 O-O-O 13. Nd2 Kb8 14. Nb3 g6 15.
g4 Ng7 16. f3 h5 17. Kb1 Bc8 18. Qf2 Ne6 19. Ne2 Qd6 20. Ng3 hxg4 21. hxg4 Qb4
22. Qd2 Qd6 23. Qg2 Qb4 24. Qd2 Qd6 25. Qg2 Qb4 {1/2-1/2 Jakovenko,D (2713)
-Ponomariov,R (2743) Khanty-Mansiysk (rapid) 2013}) 10... g6 11. O-O O-O 12.
Rfb1 (12. Rab1 Nb6 13. Bd3 Ng7 14. Rfe1 Bf5 15. h3 Rfe8 16. Ne5 f6 17. Nf3 Bxd3
18. Qxd3 Nf5 19. b4 a6 20. a4 Nd6 21. b5 cxb5 22. axb5 a5 {and Black had
advantage in the blitz game Giri,A (2714)-Ponomariov,R (2723) Beijing 2011.})
12... Nb6 13. Qb3 Bf5 14. Rc1 {Radjabov's idea to provoke the bishop on f5 was
to slow down Black's possible plan with the advance of the f-pawn.} Nf6 {
Ponomariov rearranges his knights after which Black is very close to complete
equality.} 15. a4 (15. Qa3 {was a move suggested after the game, but it is
also not sufficient:} Qxa3 16. bxa3 Nc8 17. a4 a5 {and Black is fine.}) 15...
Nc8 16. Qa3 a5 ({Slightly more precise is} 16... Qxa3 17. Rxa3 a5 $11 {
(Radjabov)}) 17. Qxe7 Nxe7 18. b3 Nc8 19. Ne5 Nd7 20. Nxd7 Bxd7 21. Rab1 Nd6
22. b4 axb4 23. Rxb4 {Black has just one weakness on b7, which he easily
protects.} Ra5 24. Rb6 Rfa8 25. f3 f5 26. Kf2 Kf7 27. Bd3 Ke7 28. h4 Be6 29.
Rcb1 R8a7 30. Kg3 h6 31. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Kings 7th"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2013.10.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2013.10.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 {Surprise! Nisipeanu had played the Russian Game (also
known as the Petroff Defence) only once before and that happened long ago - in
1996 - when he was facing his trainer...} 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 {
A fashionable modern line.} Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4 O-O 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nc5
10. Be3 c6 ({One of the best specialists of this opening, Vladimir Kramnik
usually preferred here} 10... Re8) 11. c4 {Caught by surprise Ponomariov
chooses a move with a poor reputation.} ({The main continuation is} 11. Bxc5
dxc5 12. Qf4) 11... Ne4 12. Qe1 Re8 13. Bd3 Bf6 14. Qb4 c5 15. Qb3 b6 {We can
draw the conclusion after the opening: the white queen is somewhat misplaced
on b3 and Black has an easy game.} 16. c3 {The queen wants to return to c2.}
Bb7 17. Qc2 Re6 {As mentioned before Black is extremely solid. White can play
something like Rhe1 or maybe Nd2 at once, but these moves will most likely
lead to exchange of pieces and positions where White can hardly play for a win.
Instead of this Ponomariov chooses the most aggressive plan: to attack the
black king!} 18. h4 $5 h6 (18... h5 {was another option, although the Romanian
GM didn't like White's possibility to go with the knight to g5 (now or later
on).}) 19. Rh3 Qd7 20. g4 Re7 21. Rg1 h5 {Very sharp play begins!} ({A good
alternative was} 21... d5 $1 {which Nisipeanu saw during the game, but he was
very tempted by the advance of the h-pawn.}) 22. Ng5 $1 Rae8 ({The
consequences of} 22... hxg4 23. Bxe4 Bxg5 {were difficult to evaluate during
the game. They lead to a double-edged position after} 24. Bxb7 Bxe3+ (24...
Rxe3 $2 25. hxg5) 25. fxe3 Qxb7 26. Rxg4) 23. Qd1 $1 {Again the strongest move.
} hxg4 24. Rxg4 Bc8 25. Nxe4 {The start of a forced variation, leading to an
equal endgame.} Rxe4 26. Rxe4 Rxe4 27. Bxe4 Qxh3 28. Qxd6 Qf1+ 29. Kc2 Qxc4 30.
Qc6 Qe6 31. Qa8 Qe8 32. h5 Bd7 33. Qb7 ({A more precise move is} 33. Qxe8+ Bxe8
34. Bf4 Bd8 35. Kd3 {and unlike in the game it is Black who needs some
accuracy.}) 33... Bg4 {Nisipeanu shows his ambitions, attacking the h5-pawn
and threatening Qa4+.} ({Black could repeat the moves instead with} 33... Bc8
34. Qa8 Bd7) 34. f3 ({After} 34. Bd5 {Black plays the simple} Bxh5) 34... Bxf3
35. Bxf3 Qxe3 36. Kb3 {Black is a pawn up, but White's king is safer. The
opposite-coloured bishops neutralise completely Black's slight material
advantage and after} Qe7 {the draw was agreed.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Kings 7th"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2013.10.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2013.10.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{In today's round players with the white pieces put considerable pressure on
their opponents. Caruana achieved a pleasant strategic advantage against
Ponomariov, but converting it into a full point proved to be impossible and
the draw was agreed on move 41. In the other game Wang Hao with the black
pieces was constantly under pressure against Nisipeanu and lost an exchange in
a complicated middlegame. The resulting endgame was difficult for Black and
Nisipeanu converted his advantage by sacrificing back the exchange and
creating a passed pawn, which decided the game. White won on move 42.} 1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nf6 {Apparently the Petroff Defence was starting to be popular in
Bucharest.} 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 ({Ponomariov
himself against Nisipeanu played yesterday} 7. Bf4 {but the opening outcome
was more than satisfactory for Black.}) 7... Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O ({Another plan is} 
8... Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 {after which Black can choose later which side to castle.
}) 9. O-O-O Ne5 {Caruana had this position in his previous practice four times
and in all games he inevitably chose 10.h4. But in the present game the
Italian GM went for a completely different setup.} 10. Nxe5 {A relatively rare
move, never met at this high level before.} dxe5 11. Bd3 Be6 {Looking at the
position it seems that Black is doing very well thanks to his superior pawn
structure. All he needs to do is to exchange pieces, ideally the queens. But
obviously things are not so simple. White will avoid the exchange of queens
and will try to create some activity on the kingside, taking advantage of the
fact that his own king is potentially better protected against a possible
advance of his opponent's pawns. As we'll soon see, Caruana's plan is to
provoke the advance f5-f4 and then use the e4-square for his pieces.} 12. Qe2
Qe8 13. Kb1 f5 {After some 20 minutes of thought Ponomariov chooses the most
natural move in the position: Black is trying to make use of his kingside pawn
majority.} 14. Bc4 Bf6 {A serious inaccuracy, after which Black will suffer
for the entire game.} ({As indicated after the game by the players, Black
shouldn't have had many problems after} 14... Bd6) 15. g4 $1 {Now suddenly
White gets a strategic advantage.} Bxc4 ({If Black tries to keep his mighty
pawn on f5 with} 15... g6 {then after} 16. gxf5 gxf5 17. Bh6 {White has good
attacking prospects.}) (15... fxg4 16. Qxg4 $14) 16. Qxc4+ Qf7 17. Qb4 $1 {
As mentioned before, White is avoiding the trade of queens.} ({Black has no
problems whatsoever in an endgame:} 17. Qxf7+ Rxf7 18. gxf5 Bh4 $5) 17... f4
18. Bc5 (18. Bc1 {was suggested by Caruana as a possible improvement. The idea
is to transfer the bishop to the long diagonal later to put pressure on e5.})
18... Rfb8 {Protecting b7.} 19. f3 b6 (19... Bh4 $5) 20. Bf2 Rd8 21. Qe4 $14
Qe6 22. c4 g6 23. h4 Kf7 24. h5 c6 25. a4 ({Here White missed the opportunity
to transfer the bishop to the desired diagonal:} 25. hxg6+ hxg6 26. Bd4 $1 {and
} Qxc4 $2 {loses due to} 27. Rh7+ Ke6 28. Qxg6) 25... Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Rd8 27.
hxg6+ hxg6 28. Rxd8 Bxd8 29. Be1 a5 $1 30. Bf2 Qd6 31. Kc1 Ke8 32. c3 Kd7 33.
Kc2 c5 {White's positional advantage is not enough for a win.} 34. Qb7+ Bc7 35.
Qd5 g5 $1 (35... Qxd5 36. cxd5 {looks very dangerous for Black. After the game
Ponomariov indicated the following win for White if Black continues} Kd6 {:}
37. Kd3 Kxd5 38. c4+ Ke6 39. Bh4 $1 Kd6 40. Ke4 Ke6 41. b3 Kd6 42. Bf6 Ke6 43.
g5 {and Black loses due to zugzwang.}) 36. Be1 Ke7 37. Qe4 Qh6 38. Bd2 Qh1 {
Now that Black has counterplay Caruana gave up his hopes.} 39. Qb7 Kd8 40. b4
Qf1 41. Qd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Kings 7th"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2013.10.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2013.10.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 {The Petroff Defence is no longer a surprise in this
year's edition of the Kings Tournament.} 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6.
dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. h4 h6 11. Kb1 Bf6 12. Nd4 Nxd4
13. Bxd4 Bxd4 14. Qxd4 O-O 15. Be2 (15. Rg1 Rae8 16. g4 Qc6 17. Bg2 Qa6 18. b3
Bd7 19. g5 h5 20. g6 Re7 21. Bd5 Be6 22. Rde1 c5 23. Qd1 Rfe8 24. Qxh5 fxg6 25.
Rxe6 {1-0 (25) Caruana,F (2652)-Landa,K (2664) Reggio Emilia 2010}) 15... Rae8
16. Bf3 b6 17. g4 Qb5 18. g5 {A logical novelty.} (18. Qd2 f6 19. Rhe1 Bf7 20.
Be4 d5 21. Bd3 Qa5 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. b3 Qc5 24. h5 Kf8 25. Kb2 d4 26. Bf5 dxc3+
27. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 28. Kxc3 a5 {was equal and ended with a draw in (44) Ni Hua 
(2657)-Giri,A (2588) Wijk aan Zee 2010.}) 18... Qc4 {A logical answer by Wang
Hao. Without queens White's kingside attack is obviously less dangerous for
Black.} 19. gxh6 {White is forced to trade queens, since the pawn a2 was under
attack.} Qxd4 20. Rxd4 gxh6 21. Bc6 Rd8 22. Ra4 a5 23. b4 axb4 24. cxb4 Bd7 25.
Bxd7 Rxd7 26. Re1 Kg7 {In the future White has the possibility to create a
passed a-pawn and therefore the endgame is not so simple for Black, who needs
to play carefully in order to reach the draw.} 27. Kb2 Kg6 28. Ra3 (28. h5+
Kxh5 29. Rg1 {with the idea Ra3-h3 mate is refuted by} Re8 {(or Re7)} 30. Ra3
Re4 31. Rh3+ Rh4) 28... Kh5 {"Too optimistic" (Wang Hao).} 29. Rg3 f5 $2 ({
Correct is} 29... c5) 30. Re6 $1 {Now Black is really walking on the edge.} b5
31. Kb3 f4 32. Rgg6 Rh7 33. f3 Rf5 34. c4 bxc4+ ({Probably} 34... Re5 {is
better:} 35. cxb5 Re3+ 36. Kc4 Ra3 (36... Kxh4 $2 37. Rxe3 fxe3 38. Kd3 {
must be winning for White})) 35. Kxc4 Re5 36. Ref6 $1 Kxh4 {Here and on the
next move White should have pushed the a-pawn and only deep analysis can show
if Black is able to defend.} (36... Re3 37. Rg4 Rxf3 38. Rgxf4 Rh3 39. a4 {
is also difficult for Black.}) 37. Rxf4+ (37. a4 Rg5 38. Rxf4+ Kg3 39. Rg4+ $1
Kxf3 40. R4xg5 hxg5 41. Rxg5 $16) 37... Kh3 38. Rfg4 ({Again} 38. a4 {would
have been highly unpleasant for Black:}) 38... h5 {Now Black is out of real
danger.} 39. Rg3+ Kh2 40. Rg2+ Kh1 41. Rg1+ Kh2 42. R6g2+ Kh3 {[#]} 43. Rg7
Rxg7 44. Rxg7 Re3 45. a4 (45. Rxc7 Ra3 $1) 45... Ra3 46. Kb5 c5 47. bxc5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Kings 7th"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2013.10.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2013.10.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 ({Another plan is} 5. c3) ({
Yesterday Caruaa won against Radjabov by playing} 5. d4 {but the result wasn't
due to the outcome of the opening.}) 5... a6 6. Bxc6 bxc6 ({Much more often
Black recaptures with the knight on c6 -} 6... Nxc6 {However, Radjabov's 6...
bxc6 is rather typical as well: Black has a compact pawn mass in the center
and would like to keep the knight closer to his king.}) 7. d4 {Amazingly,
nobody had played this move before.} (7. e5 Ng6 8. b3 Be7 9. c3 O-O 10. d4 cxd4
11. cxd4 c5 12. Ba3 cxd4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qxd4 Bb7 15. Nbd2 f6 {happened in
Kamsky,G (2741)-Radjabov,T (2793) Zug 2013.}) (7. c3 {now is less dangerous
for Black in view of} Ng6 8. d4 d5 {and the knight is well placed on g6.}) ({
Another important option for White is} 7. b3) 7... cxd4 8. Qxd4 Ng6 9. Be3 d6
10. Nbd2 e5 11. Qd3 Be7 12. Nc4 Bg4 13. Rad1 O-O $1 (13... Bxf3 14. Bb6 $1 Bxe4
15. Rxe4 Qb8 16. Nxd6+ Bxd6 17. Qxd6 {and Black cannot take on b6 because of}
Qxb6 18. Rb4 {(Ponomariov)}) 14. Nxd6 Bxd6 (14... Bxf3 15. gxf3 Nh4 16. Rf1 (
16. Nf5 Nxf3+ 17. Kf1 Nxe1 18. Qe2 Qe8 19. Bh6) 16... Nxf3+ 17. Kg2 (17. Kh1
Bxd6 18. Qxd6 Qh4) 17... Nh4+ 18. Kh1 g6 19. Bh6) 15. Qxd6 Qc8 {"Somehow I
made all logical moves and then suddenly White was worse", said Ponomariov
after the game.} 16. Qd3 ({The only way for White to keep some advantage was} 
16. Rd3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Qh3 18. Qd7 $1 f5 (18... Qxf3 $2 19. Bc5) 19. Bg5 $1 Qh5
(19... h6 20. f4 Qh5 21. exf5) 20. h4 {but this is easier to advise than to
play in a practical game. White's idea is} Nxh4 (20... h6 21. exf5 Nxh4 22.
Bxh4 Qxh4 23. Re4) 21. Qe6+ Kh8 22. Bxh4 Qxh4 23. Qxe5 Rae8 24. Qg3 {and in
spite of the exposed position of the white king it is difficult for Black to
create threats.}) 16... Bxf3 17. gxf3 Qh3 {Now Black has some advantage,
although with accurate play White can defend successfully, and this is what
happened in the game.} 18. Qf1 Qxf3 19. Rd3 Rfd8 20. Bg5 (20. Qg2 $2 Nh4) 20...
Rxd3 21. Qxd3 Qh5 22. Qg3 h6 23. Be3 Nh4 24. Kh1 Rd8 (24... Nf3 25. Bxh6 g6 26.
Re3 Nd2 27. Qg5 Qd1+ 28. Qg1 Qh5 (28... Qxc2 $2 29. Re2) 29. Qg5 $11) 25. Rg1
Qf3+ (25... g5 26. h3 Qf3+ 27. Qxf3 Nxf3 28. Rc1 f5 29. exf5 e4 {was suggested
by Ponomariov after the game as a possible plan for Black, but the players
agreed that White has nothing to fear after} 30. c4 Kf7 31. b4 Kf6 32. a4 Rb8
33. Rb1) 26. Qxf3 Nxf3 27. Rc1 Ng5 28. Bxg5 ({A more precise move was} 28. Re1
f6 ({After the game Radjabov showed that with White's help Black has a nice
mate:} 28... Nf3 29. Re2 g5 30. Kg2 g4 31. Kg3 $4 h5 32. h3 Rd1 $1 33. hxg4
Rg1+ 34. Kxf3 hxg4#) (28... Nxe4 29. Bb6 Rb8 30. Ba7) 29. Kg2 $11) 28... hxg5
29. Kg2 g4 {Black has some advantage thanks to his control over the d-file,
but White achieves a draw rather easily.} 30. h3 $15 gxh3+ 31. Kxh3 Rd4 32. f3
Rd2 33. b4 g6 ({Coming with the king to the centre is also an easy draw:} 33...
Kf8 34. a4 Ke7 35. b5 axb5 36. axb5 cxb5 37. Rb1 Rxc2 38. Rxb5) 34. a4 Kg7 35.
b5 cxb5 36. axb5 axb5 37. Rb1 f5 38. Rxb5 Kf6 39. Rb6+ Kg5 40. Re6 Kf4 41. Rxg6
fxe4 42. fxe4 Rxc2 43. Re6 Re2 44. Re8 Kxe4 45. Kg3 Kd3 46. Ra8 Rc2 47. Ra3+
Rc3 48. Ra2 Ke3 49. Kg2 e4 50. Kg3 Rd3 51. Kg4 Rc3 52. Kg3 Rc8 53. Ra3+ Kd4 54.
Kf2 Rc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Kings 7th"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2013.10.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2013.10.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 {The Rubinstein Variation represents the
most classical line against the Nimzo Indian.} O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O
dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nc6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Qc7 11. Bb2 e5 12. h3 Bf5 {In this
complicated strategic position White has several plans. He can retreat the
bishop to a2 in order to prepare d5 and c4, connect the rooks with 13.Qe2 and
decide later how to proceed in the centre, or force Black to advance the
e-pawn by playing the move from the game.  Unlike his opponent, who had never
had this position in his previous practice, Ponomariov had played this
position with both colours before.} 13. Bb5 {By threatening to take on c6 and
e5 White forces his opponent to define the pawn structure.} (13. Qe2 Rad8 14.
Rfd1 h6 15. Ba2 Rfe8 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qxe5 18. c4 Qe6 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20.
Rd1 Rxd1+ 21. Qxd1 {Radjabov,T (2628)-Ponomariov,R (2743) Bled 2002 (Olympiad).
}) 13... e4 ({Opening the centre with} 13... exd4 {would be a clear strategic
mistake for Black. After} 14. cxd4 cxd4 15. Nxd4 {White has a stable advantage
thanks to his bishop pair in an open position. But a possible alternative was
to place a rook to d8, although after White's answer Qd1-e2 Black would have
to advance the e-pawn anyway.}) 14. Nd2 Rad8 15. Rc1 {A few years ago the
Ukrainian GM had already played this position, but... on the white side!} h6 {
Black's position is solid and he can allow himself to make quiet useful moves.}
({The game Ponomariov,R (2744)-L'Ami,E (2628) Wijk aan Zee 2011 finished with
a draw after} 15... Bg6 16. Re1 Rd5 17. Be2 Re8 (17... Rg5 18. h4) 18. c4 Rdd8
19. d5 Ne5 20. a4 Re7 21. Nf1) 16. Re1 Bg6 17. Bxc6 (17. c4 $2 {would be a
blunder due to} cxd4 18. Bxc6 dxe3 {and Black wins an important central pawn.})
({but a move like} 17. a4 {was a better choice.}) 17... bxc6 18. c4 cxd4 $1 19.
exd4 ({or} 19. Bxd4 Nd7) 19... Rfe8 20. Re3 Nh5 $1 {Black has an advantage now.
His idea is simple: to advance the f-pawn, therefore Nisipeanu forces matters.}
21. Nxe4 (21. f3 exf3 22. Qxf3 Rxe3 23. Qxe3 f6 {is also advantage Black})
21... Qf4 (21... Rxe4 $2 22. Rxe4 Bxe4 23. Qxh5 $16) 22. g3 Nxg3 23. Rxg3 Rxe4
(23... Bxe4 {is weaker:} 24. Qg4 $1 Qf6 ({Black has nothing to fear after the
exchange of queens either} 24... Qxg4 25. hxg4) 25. Ba1 {and thanks to the
threat d4-d5 White has counterplay.}) 24. d5 $1 {The right decision: White
needs his own activity in order to distract Black from taking advantage of the
weaknesses on the kingside. For the price of a pawn the Romanian GM opens
lines for his pieces. Especially important is the opening of the long diagonal
for the bishop from b2. At this moment Nisipeanu had 22 minutes left (before
reaching the time control on move 40) against Ponomariov's almost one hour.} (
24. Rg4 Qb8 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Gg6h5]} 25. Rxe4 Bxe4 {[%cal Gd8d6,Gd6g6] with
the idea Rd6-g6 and "we can go home", said Nisipeanu after the game, meaning
that White can resign.}) 24... Rxc4 25. Rxc4 Qxc4 26. d6 {A critical moment.}
Qf4 (26... Qc5 $1 {which prevents the answer 27.Qa1 was correct. Then} 27. Qd4
({The Ukrainian GM thought that here White can play} 27. Qb3 {attacking the
bishop on g6, but after the simple} Rxd6 {Black wins}) ({Also} 27. Qa1 Rxd6 28.
Bxg7 Qc2 {favours Black}) 27... Qxd4 28. Bxd4 Rxd6 29. Bxa7 Rd1+ 30. Kh2 Be4 {
and White has to struggle for the draw}) 27. Qa1 $1 {A very good move by
Nisipeanu, which saves White.} Qxd6 28. Bxg7 Kh7 {Black is still better, but
White should be able to save himself without too much difficulty. Nisipeanu's
only problem was his time trouble.} 29. Bf6 Re8 30. Qd4 Re6 31. Qxd6 Rxd6 32.
Bc3 c5 33. h4 h5 34. Re3 c4 35. Re8 Bb1 36. Rc8 Rg6+ 37. Kf1 Bd3+ 38. Ke1 Rg4 (
38... Re6+ 39. Kd1 Re4 {would have kept practical chances for Black.}) 39. Rh8+
Kg6 40. Rg8+ Kf5 41. Rxg4 hxg4 ({After} 41... Kxg4 {the players agreed that}
42. Bf6 c3 43. f3+ Kxf3 44. Bxc3 {is an easy draw.}) 42. Kd2 Kf4 43. Bd4 a6 44.
Kc3 {The "wrong corner" for Black saves White, who will soon give up his
bishop for Black's last kingside pawn.} f5 45. Bb6 Kf3 46. h5 f4 47. h6 Ke2 48.
Bc7 Kxf2 49. Bxf4 g3 50. Bxg3+ Kxg3 51. h7 Bxh7 52. Kxc4 Kf2 {[#]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Kings 7th"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2013.10.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "Caruana,F"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2013.10.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Qe2 e5 $5 {An interesting new
concept. Usually 5...d6 or 5...d5 is played.} 6. O-O Be7 7. c3 (7. d3 O-O {
, and Black will prepare ...d5 while it's not clear what White is doing.}) 7...
O-O 8. d4 {Ruslan instinctively went for the most critical line.} (8. Rd1 d5 9.
exd5 Qxd5 {is very fine for Black.}) 8... cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 $5 {Enterprising,
but not required.} (9... exd4 10. e5 Ne8 {seems fine for Black, but it seemed
a bit awkward to me.}) 10. exd5 (10. dxe5 dxe4 11. exf6 exf3 {liquidates
everything with complete equality.}) 10... Nxd4 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Qe5 d3 {
This pawn looks like it's ready to fall off the board, but it's surprisingly
difficult to get rid of!} 13. Nc3 ({During the game I was more concerned by} 
13. Bf4 Re8 14. Qd4 Bf5 15. d6 {, but as I mentioned during the press
conference, Black is doing well after} Qd7 {, and next ...Rad8.}) 13... Re8 14.
Bf4 $2 {A terrible blunder.} ({After} 14. Qd4 Bf5 15. Bf4 Qd7 {the position is
balanced.}) 14... Ba3 {I imagine Ruslan completely overlooked this move.
Suddenly White is on the verge of losing.} 15. Qd4 Bxb2 16. Qxd3 {Correctly
sacrificing the exchange, and keeping some practical chances to hold on.} (16.
Rab1 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Nxd5 {is simply hopeless for White, two pawns down.}) 16...
Bxa1 17. Rxa1 Bd7 18. h3 Rc8 19. Be3 Bf5 {A difficult decision. I chose well,
but there were other attractive options.} 20. Qxf5 Rxc3 21. Bd4 Rc4 $6 {
A ridiculous move. Now White gets an extra tempo to play Bf1.} (21... Rc7 $1
22. Rd1 (22. Bxa7 Rd7 {wins the d-pawn because} 23. Rd1 $2 b6 {traps the bishop
}) 22... b6 {, and Black has an advantage which I feel will be sufficient to
win.}) 22. Rd1 Qd6 $2 {Another strange mistake. I had begun to drift and
almost lost all my advantage.} ({Prophylaxis was required:} 22... a6 $1 23. Bf1
Rc7 {, and now White doesn't have Bb5.} 24. Bb6 {is met by} Qd7) 23. Bf1 Rb4 (
23... Rcc8 24. Bd3 {is starting to look very unclear.}) (23... Rc7 24. Bb5 $1 {
is what I had missed, although Black still keeps a significant advantage after}
Nd7) 24. Bc3 ({I was most concerned by} 24. Qc2 $5 {, which nearly traps my
rook! I can fight on with} Qd7 {, but White has very good chances to defend by
now.}) 24... Rbe4 $1 {This took a fair amount of calculation. I saw I could
more or less take a draw with 24...Rb6, or play this risky but principled move.
In the end I realized it would be such a shame to spoil an advantage like I
had from the opening, so I pulled myself together and finally calculated a
line or two.} (24... Rb6 25. Bd4 {just repeats.} Qxd5 26. Qxd5 Nxd5 27. Bxb6
Nxb6 28. Bg2 {is absolutely equal.}) 25. Bb5 (25. Bd3 $2 Qxd5 26. Qxd5 Nxd5 27.
Bxe4 Nxc3 {wins.}) 25... Qc5 {Forced or I'm worse.} 26. Bxf6 $2 {This loses.
The alternative wasn't great but White would have chances to survive.} (26.
Bxe8 Qxc3 27. Bb5 g6 28. Qg5 Re1+ 29. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 30. Kg2 (30. Bf1 Ne4 31. Qe3
Qxe3 32. fxe3 Nxg3 {seems winning.}) 30... Qe4+ 31. Kg1 Nxd5 {, with an extra
pawn and chances to win, but the outcome is far from certain.}) 26... Re1+ (
26... Qxb5 $4 27. Qg5 Re1+ 28. Kh2 g6 29. Qh6 {mates.}) 27. Kh2 (27. Kg2 Qxb5 {
, and now after Qg5 I have a crucial check on f1.}) (27. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 28. Kh2
gxf6 {is also winning.}) 27... Rxd1 28. Bxe8 Rxd5 $1 {I imagine Ruslan missed
this move when he took on f6.} 29. Be5 (29. Bxf7+ Kxf7 30. Be5+ Ke7 31. Qg5+
Ke6 $19) 29... Rxe5 (29... f6 $1 {is even more clinical, but this was too much
to ask from me.}) 30. Qxf7+ Kh8 {White is simply an exchange down with no
compensation. I could have been more accurate finishing the game, but it was
enough.} 31. Bd7 Qe7 32. Qf4 Qf6 33. Qd2 b5 34. Bg4 h5 35. Bd1 h4 36. Bg4 Re8
37. gxh4 Qxh4 38. Kg2 Qe7 39. Bf3 Rd8 40. Qf4 Qf6 41. Qg4 g6 42. Qe4 Qg5+ 43.
Kf1 a5 44. h4 Qf5 45. Qc6 Rf8 46. Qc3+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "Bucharest Kings 7th"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2013.10.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Wang,Hao"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2013.10.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game was played in the last round of the 7th edition of the Kings
tournament. With White against Ponomariov, I was just trying to make an
interesting game. Anyway, the game was totally peaceful up to a certain point..
.} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 {Recently I had already
faced this position against a few good players.} 6. cxd5 ({Previously I only
played} 6. dxc5 {with Gelfand and Radjabov.}) 6... Nxd5 {Now the position has
transposed to the Semi-Tarrasch Variation.} (6... exd5 {is another main line,
which was played by Matlakov with me in the European Club Cup, which has just
finished recently. That game ended in a draw.}) 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. a3 b6
{This idea was played by Ivanchuk 2 years ago; I analysed it and thought the
position should be equal with good play.} (9... cxd4 10. exd4 {the position
transposes to the Caro-Kann.}) 10. Qc2 Nxc3 11. bxc3 g6 12. Rd1 Qc7 (12... cxd4
{was played in the game Le Quang Liem - Ivanchuk. After} 13. cxd4 Bb7 14. Bb2
Rc8 15. Qe2 Na5 16. e4 Bf6 17. Rac1 Qe7 {,the position was pretty decent. The
text move was also good.}) 13. Bb2 Bb7 14. dxc5 {I decided to open the
diagonal for my dark-squared bishop.} (14. Qe2 Rfd8 15. e4 Na5 {offers a
promising position for Black since b2 is not a ideal square for my
dark-squared bishop.}) 14... bxc5 {Logical.} (14... Bxc5 15. c4 Rad8 16. h4 {
looks good for White, but Black also has enough resources to defend with} f6 $1
{.}) 15. c4 f5 16. Rab1 Rad8 17. Be2 Rxd1+ 18. Bxd1 Ba8 19. Qd2 ({Maybe} 19. h3
{was a better move, but after} e5 {, Black is totally fine.}) 19... Rd8 20. Qc3
e5 $1 21. Ne1 Qa5 $1 {I overlooked this move. Now it's clear that the position
is just nothing special for White. Anyway, I decided to adopt a risky plan.}
22. f3 {Followed by Bc2 and Nd3, my idea is to try to regroup my pieces,
against the c5- and e5-pawns.} Kf7 {Very logical, time to bring the king to
the battlefield.} (22... Qxc3 23. Bxc3 f4 {is very close to a draw.} (23... e4
{is also totally fine for Black, as I thought during the game.})) 23. Bc2 $2 {
I was over-optimistic about my position. Here was a very critical moment.} (23.
Be2 {was a safer choice.}) 23... Bf6 $2 {Looks logical, but soft indeed.} (
23... Bg5 $1 {was an very strong move for Black, with some attacking ideas. It
was my good fortune that my opponent missed this move during the game. White
must be very careful, for example:} 24. Kf2 (24. e4 Kf6 {with a slightly
better position for Black only.}) 24... Rd2+ 25. Kf1 Bh4 $1 26. g3 Bf6 27. h4
Qd8 $1 {with the initiative. If} (27... Rh2 28. Qd3 Ne7 29. Kg1 Qd2 30. Qxd2
Rxd2 31. Bc1 $11) 28. Nd3 {,} (28. Kg1 e4 29. Qxf6+ Qxf6 30. Bxf6 exf3 $1)
28... Rh2 29. Bd1 (29. Nf2 $2 Nd4 $1 30. exd4 exd4 31. Qd3 Qd6 $1 {Black is
winning.}) 29... f4 $1 30. exf4 Nd4 31. Nxe5+ Bxe5 32. fxe5 Qc8 $1 33. g4 Rh1+
34. Kf2 Qd8 {, Black has a strong attack.}) 24. e4 $1 {Finally I started to
play for the initiative. Frankly speaking, the position is still roughly equal,
but since only White has some play here, Black must be careful.} Qxc3 25. Bxc3
Nd4 $6 (25... Ke6 $1 {was what I mainly considered during the game. After} 26.
Nd3 Kd6 $1 27. exf5 (27. f4 fxe4 28. fxe5+ Nxe5 29. Nxe5 Ke6 $1 30. Bxe4 Bxe5
31. Bxa8 Bxc3 $11) 27... gxf5 28. f4 $1 Nd4 $1 (28... Rg8 29. g3 Nd4 30. Bxd4
exd4 31. Nf2) 29. fxe5+ Bxe5 30. Nxe5 Kxe5 (30... Rg8) 31. Rb5 Ke6 32. Bxd4
Rxd4 33. Rxc5 Rd2 34. Bxf5+ Kd6 35. Ra5 Rxg2+ 36. Kf1 Rxh2 {, the position is
very close to a draw.}) (25... fxe4 26. Bxe4 Nd4 27. Kf2 Bxe4 28. fxe4 Rd7 {
would offer a minimal edge for White although Black should hold without
problems.}) 26. Bxd4 Rxd4 27. exf5 {Now with a pawn up, I have got some slight
chances to play for a win.} gxf5 (27... e4 {would also offer Black excellent
drawing chances:} 28. fxg6+ hxg6 29. Kf2 Ke6) 28. Rb8 (28. Bxf5 Rxc4 29. Rb8
Bd5) 28... Bc6 ({During time pressure, my opponent failed to find a brilliant
idea to simplify the position:} 28... e4 $1 29. Rxa8 Rd2 30. Rxa7+ Kf8 31. h3 (
31. fxe4 Bd4+ 32. Kh1 Re2) 31... Bd4+ 32. Kh2 Be5+ $11) 29. Bxf5 Rxc4 $6 (29...
Ke7 $1 {was better. After} 30. Bd3 (30. Rc8 {is not good as Black has} Kd6)
30... e4 31. fxe4 Bxe4 32. Bxe4 Rxe4 {, Black will hold the position without
many problems, thanks to his active pieces.}) 30. Rc8 Bb5 $2 {A decisive
mistake.} (30... Bd5 {was necessary, to keep the bishops and counterplay. And
I believe that Black has enough resources to save the game, for example:} 31.
Rc7+ (31. Nd3 e4 32. fxe4 Bxe4) 31... Kf8 32. Kf2 (32. Bxh7 Rc3 33. Kf2 Bc4 $1
34. Be4 Bg5) 32... h5 33. Nd3 Rc3 34. Nxc5 Bh4+ 35. Ke2 Rxa3) 31. Rc7+ Be7 32.
Bd3 $1 Rc1 33. Bxb5 Rxe1+ 34. Kf2 Rh1 35. Kg3 a5 36. Ra7 Rc1 37. Rxa5 {It
seems that the opposite-coloured bishops would offer some drawing chances for
Black, but he is short of counterplay, and his pawns are quite weak. The
position is not hopeless for Black yet, but indeed difficult.} c4 38. Bc6 c3
39. Be4 h5 40. a4 Ra1 41. Ra6 Bd8 42. Bc2 Bg5 43. Rc6 Ra3 $2 (43... Bd2 {
was necessary, although it offers the h4-square for White's king.}) 44. Rb6 $1
{Trying to exchange rooks. If the rooks are swapped from the board, White
would win the game without needing precise technique.} Be7 ({If} 44... Ke7 45.
Rb3 Rxb3 46. Bxb3 Kd6 47. h4 Be3 48. Kh3 {would be a very easy win for White
since he is going to create passed pawns on the kingside very soon; it's too
difficult for Black to defend the a- and h-pawns at the same time.}) 45. Rb7
Ra1 46. Rb1 Ra3 47. Kh3 h4 48. g3 hxg3 49. hxg3 Kg7 50. Rb7 Kf7 51. Rb5 {
Now black is totally lost.} e4 52. fxe4 Ra1 53. Rb1 Ra3 54. Kg4 Kg7 55. Rb3
Rxa4 56. Rb7 Ra2 57. Bb3 Rb2 58. Rxe7+ Kf6 59. Re6+ Kf7 60. Bd5 {Black
resigned.} 1-0

[Event "CZE-chT 1314"]
[Site "Czech Republic"]
[Date "2014.03.22"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2013.11.02"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Novoborsky"]
[BlackTeam "Lysa nad Labem"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 Nd7 8. e4
dxe4 9. Nxe4 Qf4 10. Bd3 e5 11. O-O Be7 12. Rfe1 exd4 13. Bc2 O-O 14. Qd3 f5
15. Ng3 Nc5 16. Qd1 d3 17. Rxe7 dxc2 18. Qxc2 Qd6 19. Re5 Qd3 20. Qc1 b6 21. b4
Ne4 22. Qb2 Qc3 23. Qxc3 Nxc3 24. Nd4 f4 25. Ne4 Nxe4 26. Rxe4 Bd7 27. h4 a5
1/2-1/2

[Event "CZE-chT 1314"]
[Site "Czech Republic"]
[Date "2014.03.23"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2013.11.02"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lysa nad Labem"]
[BlackTeam "Turnov"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. f3
h5 9. Qd2 Be6 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bf5 13. O-O Qc7 14. c4 O-O 15.
Na5 Bg6 16. b4 f5 17. Rac1 f4 18. Bf2 e4 19. fxe4 Nf6 20. Bf3 Bxe4 21. c5 Qd7
22. c6 bxc6 23. dxc6 Qf5 24. Nc4 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Ne4 26. Qe2 d5 27. Nb6 Rae8 28.
fxe4 Qg5+ 29. Bg3 fxg3 30. Nxd5 Rf2 31. Qe3 Qh4 32. Qxg3 Rxf1+ 33. Rxf1 Qxe4
34. Qf3 Qg6+ 35. Kh1 Bd6 36. c7 Rc8 37. a4 Rf8 38. Qxf8+ Bxf8 39. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2013.12.12"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Nf3 Ne4 6. Bh4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 dxc4 8.
e3 b5 9. Be2 Nd7 10. a4 c6 11. Nd2 a6 12. Bf3 Bb7 13. O-O O-O 14. Qb1 Rb8 15.
axb5 axb5 16. Rd1 Re8 17. Bg3 e5 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. Ne4 Bc8 20. Ra7 Bxg3 21.
hxg3 Re6 22. Nc5 Qb6 23. Nxd7 Qxa7 24. Nxb8 Qxb8 25. Rd8+ Kg7 26. Qb4 Kf6 27.
Qf8 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2013.12.12"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. Rd1 Kc8 11. Ng5 Be8 12. b3 b6 13. Rd3 Kb7 14. Bb2
Nh4 15. Rad1 Be7 16. Nge4 Ng6 17. Ne2 c5 18. N4g3 c4 19. bxc4 Ba4 20. R1d2 Bg5
21. f4 Bxf4 22. Nxf4 Nxf4 23. Rf3 Ne6 24. Rxf7 Rad8 25. Rd6 Rhe8 26. Nf5 Ka6
27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Ne3 Rd7 29. Rxd7 Bxd7 30. Kf2 Be8 31. Nd5 c6 32. Ne7 c5 33.
Ke3 Kb7 34. Nd5 g5 35. Bc1 Bg6 36. Kd2 h6 37. Kc3 Be4 38. g3 b5 39. Nf6 b4+ 40.
Kb2 Bf3 41. h4 gxh4 42. gxh4 h5 43. c3 a5 44. cxb4 cxb4 45. a3 Nc5 46. axb4
axb4 47. Kc2 Be2 48. Be3 Kc6 49. Bxc5 Kxc5 50. e6 Kd6 51. Kb3 Kxe6 52. Nd5 Kf5
53. Kxb4 Kg4 54. Nf6+ Kxh4 55. Nxh5 Bxc4 56. Kxc4 Kxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2013.12.12"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e3 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Ne4 Qd5 7. Ng3 Nf6 8. Be2 g6
9. Nf3 Bg7 10. O-O Ba6 11. Bd2 h5 12. h4 c3 13. bxc3 bxc3 14. Bxc3 O-O 15. Bxa6
Nxa6 16. Qe2 Nc7 17. e4 Qd7 18. Ne5 Qe8 19. Qc4 Kh7 20. Nxc6 Ng4 21. d5 Bxc3
22. Qxc3 f5 23. f3 Nf6 24. Qe5 Qd7 25. Qxe7+ Qxe7 26. Nxe7 fxe4 27. fxe4 Nd7
28. Rac1 Na6 29. Rxf8 Rxf8 30. Rc6 Nac5 31. e5 Nd3 32. e6 N7e5 33. Rc8 Rf4 34.
Rc7 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2013.12.12"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. Ne2 b6 11. Re1 c5 12. e6 Bxe6 13. Nf4 Bd6 14.
Rxe6+ fxe6 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2013.12.12"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 c6 5. O-O Nf6 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 a5 8. c4 a4
9. bxa4 dxc4 10. Na3 Qa5 11. Nxc4 Qxa4 12. Qc1 Qa6 13. a4 Be6 14. Nfd2 Nbd7 15.
e4 Nb6 16. Nxb6 Qxb6 17. Bc3 Rfd8 18. a5 Qa7 19. Qb2 Ne8 20. d5 cxd5 21. exd5
Bxc3 22. Qxc3 Bxd5 23. Bxd5 Rxd5 24. Nc4 Rad8 25. Nb6 Rd3 26. Qe5 e6 27. Rac1
Qa6 28. Qc5 h5 29. Nc8 Nf6 30. Rb1 R3d7 31. Nb6 Rd2 32. Nc4 Ne4 33. Qb5 R2d5
34. Qxa6 bxa6 35. Rb4 Nc3 36. Rb6 Rc5 37. Nd6 Rxa5 38. Rc6 Ne2+ 39. Kg2 Nd4 40.
Rb6 Nf5 41. Ne4 Kg7 42. Re1 Rd7 43. Ng5 Ra2 44. Rb3 a5 45. Reb1 Rdd2 46. Rf3
Rab2 47. Rc1 Rbc2 48. Rb1 Rd7 49. Ra3 Rc5 50. h4 Ra7 51. Rb8 Rd5 52. Ne4 Nd6
53. Ng5 a4 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2013.12.12"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. f4 a6 7. Be3 b5 8. Nxc6
Qxc6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. Bf3 Rc8 11. a4 b4 12. e5 Qc7 13. Ne4 Nh6 14. a5 Bd5 15. O-O
Nf5 16. Bb6 Qc4 17. Re1 Nh4 18. Rc1 Be7 19. b3 Nxf3+ 20. gxf3 Qc6 21. c4 bxc3
22. Rxc3 Qb7 23. Rxc8+ Qxc8 24. f5 Qb7 25. Qd3 exf5 26. Nf6+ gxf6 27. exf6 Rg8+
28. Kf2 Be6 29. fxe7 Qb8 30. Rh1 Qf4 31. Qc3 Kxe7 32. Qc5+ d6 33. Qc7+ Kf6 34.
Qc3+ Ke7 35. Qc7+ Kf6 36. Qc3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2013.12.12"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 d6 4. c4 b5 5. cxb5 a6 6. b6 Nbd7 7. Nc3 g6 8. e4 Bg7
9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Nxb6 11. h3 Ne8 12. Re1 Nc7 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bf4 Bd7 15. Qd2
a5 16. Rad1 a4 17. a3 Qb8 18. Nh2 Qb7 19. Ng4 Rab8 20. Qe2 Kh8 21. h4 Nc8 22.
Rd2 f5 23. exf5 Bxf5 24. Bh6 Nxd5 25. Bxf5 Rxf5 26. Nxa4 Nf4 27. Qe4 Bxh6 28.
Nxh6 Qxe4 29. Rxe4 Rf8 30. g3 Nh5 31. Ng4 Rb3 32. Re3 Rb7 33. Nc3 Na7 34. Nd5
Nc6 35. b4 cxb4 36. axb4 e5 37. Kg2 Rfb8 38. Ra3 Nxb4 39. Nde3 e4 40. Rxd6 Nd3
41. Ra1 Rf8 42. Re6 Ndf4+ 43. gxf4 Nxf4+ 44. Kg3 Nxe6 45. Ra4 Rf3+ 46. Kh2 Nf4
47. Ra1 Kg7 48. Kg1 Nh3+ 49. Kg2 Nxf2 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. a4 b4 5. Nd2 g6 6. e4 d6 7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2 O-O 9.
Ne2 Nbd7 10. O-O Rb8 11. Rb1 e6 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. b3 Bb7 14. Bb2 Qe7 15. h3 Ne5
16. f4 Nc6 17. Kh2 Nd7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Nf3 e5 20. f5 Nd4 21. Nexd4 exd4 22.
fxg6 hxg6 23. Nh4 Ne5 24. Qd2 Rbe8 25. Rbe1 Bc8 26. Rf4 Rxf4 27. gxf4 Qxh4 28.
fxe5 dxe5 29. Rf1 Rf8 30. Rxf8 Kxf8 31. Qd3 Qf4+ 32. Kg1 Kg7 33. Kh1 a5 34. Kg1
Kh6 35. Kh1 Kg5 36. Qe2 Qc1+ 37. Kh2 Qe3 38. Qd1 d3 39. Bf3 Qf2+ 40. Bg2 d2 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. dxe5 Nc5 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Be3 c6 9. c4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Be6 11. Bxe6 Nxe6 12. Qc2 Na6 13. Nc3 Nb4 14. Qb3
Qc7 15. a3 Nd3 16. Nb5 cxb5 17. Qxd3 a6 18. Rac1 Qd8 19. Qe4 Qb8 20. Nd4 Nxd4
21. Bxd4 Rd8 22. f4 Rc8 23. e6 Qd6 24. exf7+ Kxf7 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Qf5+ Bf6
27. Bxf6 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Rxe8+ Nxe8 12. Nd5 Bg5 13. c4 c6 14. Nc3
d6 15. d4 Bxc1 16. Rxc1 Nf6 17. Qd2 h6 18. h3 Bf5 19. b4 Qd7 20. Re1 Bg6 21. a3
Kf8 22. g3 d5 23. c5 Ne4 24. Qe3 Re8 25. h4 f6 26. Nxe4 dxe4 27. Bg2 Bf7 28.
Qf4 Bd5 29. Kh2 Qe6 30. Bh3 Qf7 31. Re3 g5 32. Qf5 Kg7 33. Bg2 Qg6 34. Bh3 Qf7
35. Bg2 Qg6 36. Bh3 Qf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Ba7 8. Qe2
d6 9. Be3 e5 10. a4 bxa4 11. Rxa4 Nf6 12. O-O O-O 13. Rfa1 h6 14. h3 Re8 15.
Nd2 Bxe3 16. Qxe3 Nbd7 17. b4 Nb6 18. R4a3 d5 19. exd5 Nbxd5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21.
Qc5 Nf4 22. Be4 Rb8 23. Nc4 Re6 24. Ne3 g6 25. Rd1 Qg5 26. Qc7 Reb6 27. Rd8+
Kg7 28. Rxc8 Nxh3+ 29. Kf1 Rxc8 30. Qxc8 Rxb4 31. gxh3 Rxe4 32. Rxa6 Rxe3 33.
fxe3 Qxe3 34. Ra8 Qf3+ 35. Ke1 Qe3+ 36. Kd1 Qg1+ 37. Kd2 Qd4+ 38. Kc1 Qf4+ 39.
Kb2 Qd4+ 40. Kb3 Qd5+ 41. c4 Qd3+ 42. Kb4 Qd2+ 43. Kb5 Qb2+ 44. Kc6 Kf6 45. c5
e4 46. Qd8+ Kf5 47. Qd5+ Kf4 48. Qxf7+ Ke3 49. Ra2 Qb8 50. Qf2+ Kd3 51. Qd2+
1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Ne7 6. e4 d4 7. a4 c5 8. Na3 Nbc6
9. c3 h6 10. cxd4 cxd4 11. Bd2 O-O 12. b4 Bg4 13. Nc4 Rc8 14. b5 Nb8 15. Bb4
Nd7 16. Qd2 b6 17. a5 Be6 18. axb6 axb6 19. Rfc1 Bxc4 20. dxc4 Nc5 21. Qc2 Qd7
22. Ne1 f5 23. Bxc5 Rxc5 24. Nd3 Rc7 25. c5 bxc5 26. b6 Rcc8 27. Nxc5 Qd6 28.
b7 Rb8 29. Ra6 Qc7 30. exf5 gxf5 31. Qb1 e4 32. Nxe4 Qe5 33. Nc5 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. c3 a6 7. Be3 Nxe5 8. Nbd2
Nf6 9. Be2 Nxf3+ 10. Nxf3 g6 11. O-O Bg7 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 O-O 14. c4 e6 15.
Rc1 Qd7 16. Qb3 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 Rac8 18. Bd4 Qe7 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21.
Bxd5 Rc7 22. Re1 Qd7 23. Bf3 Qc8 24. Qb6 Kg7 25. b4 Rd2 26. Rcd1 Rxa2 27. Qd6
Rb2 28. Re4 Rc6 29. Qd5 Qc7 30. g3 a5 31. bxa5 Rxc5 32. Qd6 Qxd6 33. Rxd6 Rcc2
34. Rb6 Rxf2 35. Rxb2 Rxb2 36. Rc4 Bd8 37. Ra4 h5 38. a6 Bb6+ 39. Kh1 bxa6 40.
Rxa6 Bc7 41. g4 Rh2+ 42. Kg1 Rxh3 43. Bg2 Rh4 44. gxh5 Rxh5 45. Rc6 Bd8 46. Bf3
Rf5 47. Kg2 Re5 48. Rd6 Be7 49. Rd7 f5 50. Rd5 Re6 51. Rb5 Kf6 52. Bd5 Ra6 53.
Bc4 Rc6 54. Bd5 Rc2+ 55. Kf3 Bc5 56. Bb3 Rc3+ 57. Ke2 Re3+ 58. Kf1 Re5 59. Rb7
g5 60. Rf7+ Kg6 61. Rd7 Re3 62. Bc2 Rf3+ 63. Ke1 g4 64. Rd5 Bg1 65. Bd3 Kf6 66.
Be2 Rf4 67. Rb5 Bf2+ 68. Kf1 Bd4+ 69. Ke1 g3 70. Bf1 Bc3+ 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Qe6 10. Qe4 Ba6 11. b3 Bb4 12. Bd2 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 d5 14. Qh4 dxc4
15. Be2 Nd5 16. Bxc4 g5 17. Bxd5 gxh4 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Rd1 Rg8 20. g3 Rd8 21.
Rxd8+ Kxd8 22. Kd2 c5 23. Ke3 Kd7 24. Rc1 Rd8 25. Rd1+ Ke7 26. Rxd8 Kxd8 27. g4
h3 28. f4 Bb7 29. f5 Ke7 30. Bb2 Kf7 31. Ba3 c4 32. bxc4 a6 33. Bb4 Bg2 34. Ba5
c5 35. Kd2 Bf3 36. f6 Bxg4 37. Bb6 Bf3 38. Bxc5 Ke8 39. Kc3 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O Bg6 7. Nbd2 Nf5 8. c3
Nd7 9. Ne1 c5 10. Ndf3 c4 11. g3 h6 12. Ng2 Bh7 13. Bd2 a6 14. b3 Rc8 15. bxc4
dxc4 16. a4 b6 17. Nf4 Ne7 18. Re1 Qc7 19. Bf1 g5 20. Nh5 Nd5 21. h4 Bg6 22.
Nf6+ N7xf6 23. exf6 Bh5 24. hxg5 hxg5 25. Bg2 Bd6 26. Qe2 Nxf6 27. Bxg5 Nd5 28.
Qd2 Rg8 29. Bh4 Bf4 30. Qb2 Rg4 31. Ne5 Rxh4 32. gxh4 Qd8 33. Kf1 Kf8 34. Re4
Qxh4 35. Rae1 Kg7 36. Qa3 b5 37. axb5 axb5 38. Qa7 Nxc3 39. Nxf7 Rc7 40. Qb6
Nxe4 41. Rxe4 Rxf7 42. Qxb5 Bg6 43. Rxe6 Bg3 44. Re2 Bxf2 45. Qe5+ Kh7 46. Bd5
Be3+ 47. Bxf7 Qh1# 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A86"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nh3 O-O 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. O-O e6 8. d5
Ne5 9. b3 Nf7 10. Ba3 Re8 11. dxe6 dxe6 12. Qc2 c6 13. Rad1 Qa5 14. Bb2 e5 15.
a3 Qc7 16. e4 f4 17. f3 Be6 18. Ne2 g5 19. Nf2 a5 20. Bh3 h5 21. Bxe6 Rxe6 22.
Kg2 g4 23. Rd3 gxf3+ 24. Rxf3 Ng5 25. gxf4 Nxf3 26. Kxf3 Ng4 27. Rg1 Rg6 28.
Nxg4 hxg4+ 29. Kg3 exf4+ 30. Nxf4 Rf8 31. e5 Rg5 32. Ne6 Bxe5+ 33. Kg2 Qe7 34.
Nxg5 Qxg5 35. Bxe5 Qxe5 36. Qg6+ Qg7 37. Qe6+ Kh7 38. Kh1 Rf4 39. Rd1 Rf7 40.
Rg1 Rf4 41. Rd1 Rf7 42. Rg1 Rf4 43. Rd1 Rf7 44. Rg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. f4 a6 7. Be3 b5 8. Nxc6
Qxc6 9. Be2 Ba3 10. Nxb5 axb5 11. bxa3 Qxe4 12. Bd4 Bb7 13. Qd3 Ne7 14. Qxe4
Bxe4 15. Bxb5 Bxc2 16. Rc1 Ba4 17. Bd3 Bc6 18. Bc5 Ng6 19. O-O f6 20. Bb4 Kf7
21. f5 Ne5 22. fxe6+ dxe6 23. Be2 Rhc8 24. Rc5 Bd5 25. Rfc1 Rxc5 26. Rxc5 Nc6
27. Rc2 Nxb4 28. axb4 Rxa2 29. Rxa2 Bxa2 30. Kf2 Ke7 31. Ke3 Kd6 32. Kd4 e5+
33. Kc3 f5 34. g3 g5 35. Ba6 Bd5 36. Bc8 f4 37. Kd3 h5 38. Bf5 h4 39. gxh4 gxh4
40. Bg6 Bc6 41. Bf5 Bb5+ 42. Kd2 Kd5 43. Bg6 e4 44. Ke1 Kd4 45. Kf2 Bc6 46. Bf7
e3+ 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O Nf6 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 c5 7. c4 Nc6 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bxg7 Kxg7 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4+ Nf6 13. Qe5 Qd6 14. Qxd6
exd6 15. Nc3 Rd8 16. Rfd1 a6 17. Rd4 Rb8 18. Rad1 Bf5 19. e4 Bg4 20. e5 Bxd1
21. exf6+ Kxf6 22. Rxd1 Kg7 23. Nd5 Rbc8 24. Ne3 Rc7 25. Kf1 a5 26. Ke2 b5 27.
Rd5 Rc5 28. Rd4 h5 29. Be4 Kf8 30. Bd3 Ke7 31. Nd5+ Kf8 32. Kd2 Rdc8 33. Nb6
Rd8 34. Nd5 b4 35. Bc4 Kg7 36. Rf4 Rd7 37. h4 Ra7 38. Kd3 Rc8 39. Re4 Kf8 40.
Kd4 Re8 41. Nf6 Rxe4+ 42. Nxe4 Ke7 43. Ng5 f5 44. Ne6 Kf6 45. Nf4 g5 46. hxg5+
Kxg5 47. Kd5 a4 48. Kxd6 axb3 49. axb3 Ra2 50. f3 Ra1 51. Kc5 Rg1 52. Nh3+ 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 d6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Qd2 a5 11. Rc1 Be6 12. O-O a4 13. f4 Qa5 14. Kh1 Rfc8
15. b3 axb3 16. axb3 Kh8 17. Bd3 Bd7 18. Qe2 Bc6 19. Nd5 Re8 20. b4 Qd8 21. Nc3
b6 22. e5 Kg8 23. Bh4 Nh5 24. Be4 Bxe4 25. Qxe4 Qb8 26. g4 Nf6 27. exf6 exf6
28. Qg2 Ra3 29. Nd5 Qa7 30. Rce1 Re6 31. f5 Re5 32. Bxf6 Bxf6 33. Nxf6+ Kg7 34.
Rxe5 dxe5 35. fxg6 hxg6 36. Ne8+ Kg8 37. Nd6 Ra1 38. Qf3 Rxf1+ 39. Qxf1 Qd7 40.
Qxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bc5 6. O-O b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3
h6 9. Nd5 d6 10. c3 Ba7 11. a4 Bb7 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. Bd5 Nd8 14. Be3 c6 15.
Bb3 Ne6 16. Bxa7 Rxa7 17. axb5 cxb5 18. g3 Nc5 19. Bc2 d5 20. d4 exd4 21. e5
Qe7 22. Qxd4 Raa8 23. Rae1 Rfd8 24. Nh4 Bc8 25. b4 Ne4 26. Rxe4 dxe4 27. Qxe4
Qb7 28. Qh7+ Kf8 29. Be4 Qb8 30. Qh8+ Ke7 31. Qxg7 Bh3 32. Ng6+ Kd7 33. Qxf7+
Kc8 34. Ne7+ 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "180"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Qa4 d6 7. e5 dxe5 8.
Nxe5 Bd7 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. Be3 Bg7 11. Rd1 Qc8 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O a6 14. Qh4 b5
15. a3 Ne5 16. Bc1 Ra7 17. a4 bxa4 18. Qxa4 e6 19. Rd6 Nfd7 20. Be3 Qc7 21.
Rxa6 Rxa6 22. Qxa6 Rb8 23. Bc1 Nc5 24. Qa3 Qc6 25. Rd1 Bf8 26. Qa2 Ne4 27. Nxe4
Qxe4 28. Bd3 Nxd3 29. cxd3 Qe2 30. Rf1 Qxd3 31. Qa7 Qb5 32. Bf4 Rc8 33. Qa1 Bg7
34. Qd1 Qxb2 35. Be3 h5 36. h3 Qb5 37. Qd2 Qd5 38. Qe2 Qc4 39. Qd2 Qc3 40. Qd7
Qc6 41. Qd2 Qc2 42. Qd7 Qc7 43. Qd2 Rd8 44. Qe2 Qd6 45. Rc1 Be5 46. Qc4 Kg7 47.
Qc2 Bh2+ 48. Kh1 Bf4 49. Bxf4 Qxf4 50. f3 Rd5 51. Qc3+ e5 52. Re1 Qd4 53. Qc2
Rc5 54. Qe2 h4 55. Rd1 Qc4 56. Qe3 Qc2 57. Re1 Rd5 58. Qg5 Qc3 59. Rg1 Qd4 60.
Qe7 Rd7 61. Qe8 Rd8 62. Qe7 Rd7 63. Qe8 Qd6 64. Ra1 Rd8 65. Qb5 Qd4 66. Re1 Rd5
67. Qe8 Qc3 68. Rg1 Qd2 69. Qe7 Qf4 70. Re1 Qf6 71. Qb7 Qd6 72. Qb3 Rd3 73. Qc2
Rd2 74. Qe4 Rd1 75. Qxh4 Qd4 76. Qxd4 Rxe1+ 77. Qg1 Rxg1+ 78. Kxg1 f5 79. Kf2
Kh6 80. g3 Kg5 81. Ke3 Kf6 82. h4 Ke6 83. g4 Kd5 84. Kd3 fxg4 85. fxg4 e4+ 86.
Ke3 Ke5 87. h5 gxh5 88. gxh5 Kf5 89. h6 Kg6 90. Kxe4 Kxh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. Nbd2 a6 7. Bb3 h6 8. O-O
Re8 9. Re1 d6 10. Nf1 Be6 11. Bc2 d5 12. Qe2 Bf8 13. Ng3 g6 14. h3 Bg7 15. Be3
Qd7 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. a3 Qc8 18. b4 b5 19. Nh2 a5 20. Qf3 Kh7 21. Bd2 axb4 22.
axb4 d4 23. Ne2 Qd7 24. Ra1 Ra8 25. g4 dxc3 26. Bxc3 Qd6 27. Qg3 Nd7 28. Rab1
Ra2 29. Rec1 Rea8 30. Nf3 Kg8 31. h4 R2a3 32. g5 h5 33. Bd2 Bg4 34. Nc3 Rb8 35.
Nd5 Bxf3 36. Qxf3 Nd4 37. Qe3 c6 38. Nc3 Rba8 39. Bd1 Nf8 40. Kg2 Nfe6 41. Qh3
Nf4+ 42. Bxf4 exf4 43. Kh1 Be5 44. Ne2 Kg7 45. Ng1 Ra2 46. Qg2 Rd2 47. Nf3 Nxf3
48. Bxf3 Raa2 49. Rf1 Bd4 50. e5 Qxe5 51. Rbe1 Qd6 52. Bxc6 Rxf2 53. Rxf2 Rxf2
54. Qd5 Qxb4 55. Rg1 Qb2 56. Rg2 f3 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. d4 O-O 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
Na6 9. Rd1 Bd7 10. b3 Kh8 11. Bb2 Qe8 12. Ba3 h6 13. Rac1 g5 14. e3 Qh5 15. Qe2
Rae8 16. Ne1 Qg6 17. Qc2 Nc7 18. Nf3 Qh5 19. c5 d5 20. Ne5 Bc8 21. h3 Rd8 22.
Bb4 Be6 23. Ba5 Rc8 24. g4 fxg4 25. Ng6+ Kg8 26. Nxe7+ Kf7 27. Nxc8 Rxc8 28.
hxg4 Nxg4 29. Bxc7 Rxc7 30. Qe2 Kg8 31. f3 Qh2+ 32. Kf1 Rf7 33. Ke1 Rf8 34. Kd2
Qg3 35. Rg1 Nh2 36. f4 Qh4 37. Kc2 Bf5+ 38. e4 dxe4 39. Bxe4 Qxf4 40. Bxf5
Qxf5+ 41. Kb2 Nf3 42. Rgf1 Bxd4 43. Rxf3 Qxf3 44. Qc4+ Kh7 45. Qxd4 Rf7 46. Rc2
g4 47. Ne4 g3 48. Rc3 Qe2+ 49. Ka3 Qa6+ 50. Kb2 Qe2+ 51. Rc2 Qf3 52. Rc3 Qe2+
53. Ka3 g2 54. Rg3 Qa6+ 55. Kb4 Qb5+ 56. Kc3 Qf1 57. Kb4 Qb5+ 58. Kc3 Qf1 59.
Kb4 Qb5+ 60. Kc3 Qf1 61. Kb2 Qe2+ 62. Ka3 Qa6+ 63. Kb2 Qe2+ 64. Ka3 Qa6+ 65.
Kb4 Qb5+ 66. Kc3 Qf1 67. Qe3 a5 68. Kb2 a4 69. bxa4 Rd7 70. Ka3 Rf7 71. Kb4
Qb1+ 72. Ka5 Qf1 73. Nd6 Rg7 74. Qe4+ Kh8 75. Qe8+ Kh7 76. Qe4+ Kh8 77. Qe5 Qf8
78. Rxg2 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. Rb1 a5
9. b3 Na6 10. Bb2 Qc7 11. Re1 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. e4 Re8 14. Ba3 Nb4 15. Qe2
fxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Bf5 18. Qh4 Bxb1 19. Rxb1 e4 20. Ng5 Bf6 21. Bc1 e3
22. fxe3 Nd3 23. Qg4 Bxg5 24. Qxg5 Qf7 25. h4 Qf2+ 26. Kh1 Qc2 27. Ra1 Nxc1 28.
h5 Qb2 29. hxg6 Qxa1 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. Ne2 b6 11. Rd1 Bb7 12. a4 a5 13. Nfd4 Nxd4 14.
Nxd4 Rd8 15. Bg5 Rd7 16. e6 fxe6 17. Nxe6 Bd6 18. Rd3 h6 19. Bh4 Ba6 20. Rf3
Rf7 21. Bg3 Re7 22. Nd4 Bxg3 23. Rxg3 g5 24. Nxc6 Re4 25. Rd1 Rf8 26. Re3 Rxe3
27. Rd8+ Kf7 28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. fxe3 Kf7 30. Kf2 Ke6 31. e4 Kd6 32. Nd4 Ke5 33.
Ke3 Bb7 34. Nf3+ Kf6 35. b3 Ba6 36. Kd4 Bf1 37. g3 Ke6 38. Nd2 Bh3 39. Nc4 Bg2
40. Ne3 Bf3 41. Nd5 c5+ 42. Ke3 Bd1 43. Kd2 Bf3 44. Nxb6 Bxe4 45. Nc4 Kf5 46.
Nd6+ Ke5 47. Nxe4 Kxe4 48. c3 Kf3 49. b4 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "287"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c3 Bg7 5. h4 Nc6 6. Nd2 e5 7. d5 Ne7 8. d6 Nc6
9. Nc4 O-O 10. Bd5+ Kh8 11. Nf3 b5 12. Ncxe5 Nxd5 13. Qxd5 Qe8 14. h5 gxh5 15.
Bf4 Bb7 16. Qxb5 Nxe5 17. Qxb7 Rb8 18. Qd5 c6 19. Qxe5 Bxe5 20. Bxe5+ Kg8 21.
b3 Rb5 22. Bf4 Qe4 23. Rxh5 Re8 24. Kf1 Rd5 25. Kg2 Re6 26. Rah1 h6 27. c4
Rdxd6 28. Bxd6 Rxd6 29. e3 Qc2 30. R1h4 c5 31. Rf4 Rf6 32. Nh4 Qxa2 33. Nxf5
Kh7 34. Rfh4 Qxb3 35. Nxh6 Kg6 36. Ng4 Qb7+ 37. Kh2 Re6 38. Rh7 a5 39. R4h6+
Kf5 40. Rh4 Rg6 41. R7h5+ Ke6 42. Re5+ Kd6 43. Rd5+ Kc7 44. Rxc5+ Rc6 45. Rxa5
Rxc4 46. Rf5 Qb4 47. Rf4 Rxf4 48. gxf4 Qe4 49. Kg3 Qb1 50. Rh2 d6 51. Rg2 Kd7
52. Rh2 Qg1+ 53. Kf3 Qd1+ 54. Kg3 Qg1+ 55. Rg2 Qd1 56. Nh2 Ke6 57. Nf3 Kd5 58.
Rh2 Kc6 59. Rh6 Qb1 60. f5 Kd7 61. Nd4 Qg1+ 62. Kf3 Qg5 63. Rh7+ Ke8 64. Rh8+
Ke7 65. Rh1 Qg8 66. Rh6 Qg5 67. Re6+ Kd7 68. Rg6 Qh5+ 69. Kg3 Ke7 70. Rg7+ Kf6
71. Rd7 Qg5+ 72. Kf3 Qh5+ 73. Ke4 Qh2 74. Kd3 Qe5 75. f4 Qc5 76. Rb7 d5 77. Rb3
Qc4+ 78. Kd2 Qa6 79. Rc3 Qa2+ 80. Rc2 Qa5+ 81. Ke2 Qa1 82. Rc6+ Kf7 83. Nf3
Qa2+ 84. Ke1 Qb1+ 85. Kf2 Qxf5 86. Rc7+ Ke8 87. Nd4 Qe4 88. Rc6 Kf7 89. Rd6 Kf8
90. Rf6+ Kg7 91. Rf5 Qh1 92. Nf3 Qd1 93. Rg5+ Kf6 94. Kg3 Qb3 95. Re5 Qc4 96.
Nd4 Qc5 97. Re6+ Kf7 98. f5 Qc1 99. Kf4 Qb1 100. Ke5 Qe4+ 101. Kd6 Qg2 102. Nc6
Kf8 103. f6 Qf3 104. Ne5 Qg3 105. Kxd5 Qg2+ 106. Kd6 Qd2+ 107. Kc7 Qa5+ 108.
Kc6 Qa6+ 109. Kd5 Qa2+ 110. Nc4 Kf7 111. Rd6 Qb3 112. Kc5 Kg6 113. e4 Qc3 114.
e5 Kf7 115. Rd7+ Kg6 116. f7 Kg7 117. e6 Qf6 118. Rd6 Qe7 119. Ne5 Qa7+ 120.
Kd5 Qb7+ 121. Rc6 Qb3+ 122. Kd6 Qb4+ 123. Rc5 Qb8+ 124. Kd7 Qa7+ 125. Kd6 Qb8+
126. Kd5 Qb7+ 127. Nc6 Qb3+ 128. Kd6 Qa3 129. Ne5 Qa6+ 130. Rc6 Qa3+ 131. Kd5
Qb3+ 132. Ke4 Qb1+ 133. Kd5 Qb3+ 134. Rc4 Qb5+ 135. Kd6 Qb8+ 136. Rc7 Qb4+ 137.
Kd5 Qa5+ 138. Rc5 Qa8+ 139. Nc6 Qa2+ 140. Kd6 Qa3 141. Nd4 Qa6+ 142. Ke5 Qa1
143. Rc8 Qa5+ 144. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. Ne2 b6 11. Rd1 Ba6 12. Nf4 Be7 13. g4 Nh4 14. Nxh4
Bxh4 15. Be3 Be7 16. Rd2 Rd8 17. Rad1 Rxd2 18. Rxd2 Bc8 19. h3 f6 20. Bd4 Kf7
21. exf6 gxf6 22. Bc3 Re8 23. Kg2 f5 24. Nd3 Bd6 25. f3 c5 26. Kf2 c4 27. Nc1
Bf4 28. Rd1 Be3+ 29. Kg2 h5 30. gxh5 Rg8+ 31. Kh2 Bf4+ 32. Kh1 Bb7 33. Rf1 Bxc1
0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d3 d6 3. e4 e5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. exf5 Bxf5 6. d4 e4 7. Nh4 Bg4 8. Be2
Bxe2 9. Qxe2 d5 10. Bg5 Bb4 11. O-O O-O 12. Nf5 Nc6 13. Rad1 Qd7 14. Ne3 Ne7
15. Bxf6 Rxf6 16. Nxe4 Ra6 17. Ng5 h6 18. Nf3 Rxa2 19. Ne5 Qe6 20. f4 Rf8 21.
Qd3 Rxb2 22. f5 Qd6 23. N3g4 h5 24. f6 hxg4 25. fxe7 Rxf1+ 26. Rxf1 Qxe7 27.
Qf5 Bd6 28. Qc8+ Kh7 29. Qf5+ Kg8 30. Nxg4 Qe4 31. Qf7+ Kh8 32. Qh5+ Kg8 33.
Qf7+ Kh8 34. Qh5+ Kg8 35. Qf7+ Kh8 36. Qh5+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e5 Nh5 5. Be2 Ng7 6. f4 h5 7. Be3 b6 8. Nf3 c6
9. Bf2 Ba6 10. h3 Qd7 11. Qd2 Ne6 12. O-O-O Bh6 13. Be3 Bxe2 14. Nxe2 Ng7 15.
Rdg1 h4 16. Bf2 Nf5 17. Nxh4 Nxh4 18. Bxh4 Na6 19. Bf2 O-O-O 20. g4 Kb7 21. h4
Rdg8 22. Be3 Nc7 23. Kb1 f5 24. g5 Bf8 25. Ng3 e6 26. h5 c5 27. hxg6 Rxh1 28.
Rxh1 Rxg6 29. Qh2 Qb5 30. Qh8 cxd4 31. Bxd4 Qe8 32. Nh5 Qa4 33. c3 Bc5 34. Qh7
Bxd4 35. cxd4 Qxd4 36. Rc1 Qd3+ 37. Ka1 Ka6 38. Qxc7 Qe2 39. Nf6 Qd2 40. a3
Qxf4 41. Nd7 Rxg5 42. Nb8+ Kb5 43. Qc6+ Ka5 44. b4+ 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nbd2 g6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O a6 8. b4
Bg4 9. a4 e6 10. Ba3 Re8 11. b5 axb5 12. cxb5 Nbd7 13. Qb3 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 Bf8
15. Bxf8 Rxf8 16. Rfc1 Qb6 17. Qc3 Ne4 18. Qc2 cxb5 19. Bxb5 Ndf6 20. Rab1 Nd6
21. Qc5 Qd8 22. Ne5 Rc8 23. Qa7 Kg7 24. f3 Rc7 25. Rc5 Nf5 26. Rbc1 Rxc5 27.
Rxc5 Nd6 28. h3 h5 29. Kh2 h4 30. a5 Nh7 31. f4 Nf6 32. Bd3 Nd7 33. Nxd7 Qxd7
34. a6 Rd8 35. Qb6 bxa6 36. Rc7 Qe8 37. Bxa6 Nf5 38. Bb5 Qf8 39. Qxe6 Rd6 40.
Qe5+ Kh6 41. Rc3 f6 42. Qe8 Qxe8 43. Bxe8 Re6 44. Bf7 Rxe3 45. Rc5 Re1 46. g4
hxg3+ 47. Kg2 Re2+ 48. Kg1 Ne3 49. Rc1 Rg2+ 50. Kh1 Rf2 51. Rg1 g2+ 52. Kh2
Rxf4 53. Kg3 Rf1 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. f4 a6 7. a4 Bc5 8. Nb3
Ba7 9. Qg4 g6 10. Bd3 d6 11. Qe2 Nf6 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 O-O 14. O-O Nd7 15.
Kh1 b6 16. f5 Nde5 17. f6 Kh8 18. Qh6 Rg8 19. Nd2 Qd8 20. Nf3 Qf8 21. Qh4 g5
22. Nxg5 h6 23. Nf3 Bb7 24. Ne2 Rg6 25. h3 Nxf3 26. Rxf3 Ne5 27. Nf4 Rg5 28.
Re3 Kh7 29. Be2 Qh8 30. Rd1 Qxf6 31. Rxd6 Rag8 32. Rxb6 Ng6 33. Nxg6 Qxg6 34.
g4 Bxe4+ 35. Kh2 Rd5 36. Qf2 Rd2 37. Rxa6 Rxc2 38. Ra7 Rg7 39. a5 Rxb2 40. a6
Ra2 41. Rc7 f5 42. Qf4 Rxc7 43. Qxc7+ Qg7 44. Qxg7+ Kxg7 45. gxf5 exf5 46. Kg3
Kf6 47. Kf4 Ra4 48. Kg3 Ke5 49. Kf2 Ra2 50. Rb3 f4 51. Rb5+ Kf6 52. Rb6+ Kg5
53. Re6 Bd3 54. Ke1 Bxe2 55. Rxe2 Rxa6 56. Kf2 Ra3 57. Re5+ Kf6 58. Rh5 Kg6 59.
Rh4 Kg5 60. Rg4+ Kf5 61. Rh4 Ke4 62. Rxh6 Ra2+ 63. Kg1 Kf3 64. Rb6 Kg3 65. Rg6+
Kxh3 66. Kf1 f3 67. Rg8 Kh4 68. Rg7 Kh3 69. Rg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. Bf4 g6 5. h3 Bg7 6. e3 O-O 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Bh2 e6
9. Be2 Qe7 10. O-O Kh8 11. Rc1 Nd8 12. c5 Nf7 13. Qb3 e5 14. cxd6 cxd6 15. Qa3
e4 16. Nd2 g5 17. Nb5 f4 18. exf4 g4 19. Rc7 Qd8 20. hxg4 Bxg4 21. Bxg4 Nxg4
22. Rxb7 Nxh2 23. Kxh2 Qh4+ 24. Kg1 Qxf4 25. Qe3 Qxe3 26. fxe3 Bh6 27. Nxe4
Bxe3+ 28. Kh2 d5 29. Nec3 Nh6 30. Rxf8+ Rxf8 31. Nxd5 Bf2 32. g3 Nf5 33. g4
Nxd4 34. Nbc3 Ne6 35. Re7 Ng5 36. Kg2 Bc5 37. Re2 Kg7 38. b3 h6 39. Nb5 Rf7 40.
Rc2 Ne6 41. Nbc7 Nxc7 42. Rxc5 Ne6 43. Ra5 Ng5 44. Ne3 Kg6 45. Ra6+ Kh7 46. Nf5
Ne4 47. Rxh6+ Kg8 48. Re6 Nc5 49. Rc6 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[Round "26"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. O-O b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
b4 9. Nd5 Na5 10. Nxf6+ Bxf6 11. Ba2 O-O 12. d3 Rb8 13. Be3 b3 14. Bxb3 Nxb3
15. cxb3 Bg4 16. Ra3 Be7 17. Qc2 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Qd7 19. Kg2 d5 20. Raa1 d4 21.
Bd2 Rb6 22. Rg1 Rfb8 23. Qc4 Rxb3 24. Qxa6 Rxb2 25. Ba5 Bh4 26. Rgf1 h5 27. Qc4
Qe7 28. Ra2 Qg5+ 29. Kh3 Qf4 30. Kg2 Rxa2 31. Qxa2 Ra8 32. Bd2 Qf6 33. a5 Qa6
34. Qb3 Bd8 35. Rc1 Qg6+ 36. Kf1 Qa6 37. Ke2 c6 38. Qa4 Rc8 39. Qb4 Bc7 40. Qc5
Bb8 41. Rb1 Bc7 42. Rc1 Bb8 43. Rb1 Bc7 44. Rc1 Bb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[Round "27"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Bg5 h6 3. Bh4 g5 4. Bg3 Nf6 5. e3 d6 6. Nd2 Bg7 7. h4 g4 8. Bc4 Nc6
9. Ne2 e5 10. c3 Qe7 11. Qb3 a6 12. h5 b5 13. Bd3 Be6 14. Qa3 Kf7 15. Bh4 Qd7
16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Ng3 Ne7 18. Bc2 a5 19. O-O c5 20. dxe5 dxe5 21. Rad1 Qc6 22.
c4 b4 23. Qd3 Rad8 24. Qe2 e4 25. b3 Be5 26. Ngxe4 fxe4 27. Nxe4 Bf5 28. Ng3
Bxc2 29. Qxc2 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Bxg3 31. fxg3 Qe6 32. Rf1+ Ke8 33. Qf2 Qe5 34. Qf7+
Kd7 35. Rd1+ Kc8 36. Rf1 Rd8 37. Kh2 Rd2 38. Qe8+ Kc7 39. Rf8 Nc6 40. Qg6 Qxe3
41. Rf6 Ne7 42. Qe8 Rd1 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[Round "28"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. f3 g6 4. Ne2 Bg7 5. Be3 O-O 6. Qd2 c5 7. Nbc3 Qa5 8. g4
Nc6 9. h4 b5 10. h5 b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 cxd4 13. Bh6 Ne5 14. Bg2 Nc4 15.
Qf4 Be5 16. Qe4 f5 17. gxf5 Bxf5 18. Qh4 Ne3 19. Bh3 Qxd5 20. Bxf8 Rxf8 21.
hxg6 Bxg6 22. Qxe7 Qxf3 23. Be6+ Kh8 24. Kd2 Qf6 25. Qxf6+ Rxf6 26. Bb3 Rf2 27.
Rag1 Ng2 28. Kd1 d3 29. cxd3 Bxd3 30. Nc1 Be4 31. Rh3 Bf4 32. Ne2 Be5 33. Bc4
Bf5 34. Rh5 Ne3+ 35. Ke1 Rg2 36. Rxg2 Nxg2+ 37. Kf2 Bg6 38. Rxe5 dxe5 39. Kxg2
Kg7 40. Nc1 Kf6 41. Nd3 a5 42. Nc5 e4 43. Kf2 Ke5 44. Ke3 h5 45. Bf1 Kd5 46.
Nb3 a4 47. Nd2 a3 48. b3 h4 49. Bg2 Ke5 50. Bh3 Bf7 51. Bg2 Bd5 52. Bh3 Bf7 53.
Bf1 Be6 54. Nc4+ Kd5 55. Bg2 Kc5 56. Nd2 Bd5 57. Bxe4 h3 58. Bxd5 Kxd5 59. Nf3
Kc5 60. Ke4 Kc6 61. Kd4 Kd6 62. Kc4 Ke6 63. Ng5+ 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[Round "29"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. b3 Na6
9. Bb2 Qc7 10. d5 e5 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. Ng5 Bd7 13. Qc2 Rad8 14. Rad1 Nc5 15. e3
a5 16. Rfe1 Bc8 17. Qb1 Rfe8 18. Qc2 Qe7 19. Nf3 Ng4 20. h3 Ne5 21. Nd4 Nf7 22.
f4 Qc7 23. Kh2 Re7 24. Re2 Rde8 25. Rde1 Qb6 26. Qd1 a4 27. Nxa4 Nxa4 28. bxa4
Bd7 29. Qb3 Qa7 30. Bc3 Qa6 31. a5 Bc8 32. a4 h5 33. Nf3 Bxc3 34. Qxc3 Be6 35.
Qf6 Nh8 36. Rd2 Rf7 37. Qb2 Rd7 38. c5 d5 39. Qc3 Ra8 40. Qf6 Bf7 41. Ne5 Rc7
42. e4 fxe4 43. f5 Qxa5 44. Rde2 Qc3 45. Qd6 Re8 46. Qxc7 Qxe5 47. Qxb7 h4 48.
fxg6 Nxg6 49. Rf1 Re7 50. Qxc6 Qxg3+ 51. Kh1 Nf4 52. Rb2 Kg7 53. Rb6 Qxg2# 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[Round "30"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Be7 9. g4 Nc6 10. g5 Nd7 11. h4 Nb6 12. Qf3 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Bxc4 14. O-O-O Rc8 15.
Kb1 b5 16. Nd2 Be6 17. Nd5 O-O 18. Qg2 Bxd5 19. exd5 Na5 20. Ne4 Qd7 21. b3 Nb7
22. h5 Qf5 23. f3 Rc7 24. Bb6 Rd7 25. Rhg1 Bd8 26. Be3 Rc7 27. Rd3 a5 28. Qe2
Qh3 29. h6 g6 30. Rg4 f5 31. gxf6 Bxf6 32. Rd1 Be7 33. Rg3 Qf5 34. Bb6 Rcc8 35.
Qxb5 Bh4 36. Rgg1 Qxf3 37. Qd7 Qf7 38. Qg4 Qf4 39. Qd7 Qf7 40. Qg4 Qf4 41. Qd7
Qf7 42. Qg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord Basque"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.17"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2013.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Re1
Ne4 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. bxc3 e5 11. e4 fxe4 12. Qxe4 Bf5 13. Qe3 Nd7 14. Ba3 Nb6
15. Qe2 Re8 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Rad1 Qc8 18. Ng5 Bg4 19. f3 Be6 20. Rd6 Bxc4 21.
Qe4 Qf5 22. Qh4 h6 23. Ne4 g5 24. Qh3 Qxh3 25. Bxh3 Bd5 26. Bc5 Bxe4 27. fxe4
Bf8 28. Rg6+ Kf7 29. Bxf8 Kxg6 30. Bf5+ Kf6 31. Bc5 Na4 32. Ba3 Nxc3 33. Rf1
Kg7 34. Bg4 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord Basque"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.17"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2013.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 b5 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Qc7 8. O-O
Nf6 9. Qe2 d6 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. a4 b4 12. Na2 Qb7 13. Rab1 Be7 14. c3 bxc3 15.
bxc3 Ne5 16. Bc2 Qc7 17. a5 Bd7 18. Nd4 Qc4 19. Nb4 Qxe2 20. Nxe2 Bb5 21. Rfe1
Nc4 22. Bc1 Nxa5 23. Nd4 O-O 24. Ra1 Bd8 25. Bg5 Bb6 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Nxb5
axb5 28. Bd3 Nc4 29. g3 Rfc8 30. Kg2 Kg7 31. Nc2 Rxa1 32. Rxa1 Ne5 33. Bxb5
Rxc3 34. Ne1 Rb3 35. Be2 Rb2 36. Kf1 Ng4 37. Nd3 Nxh2+ 38. Ke1 Rb3 39. Kd2 Bxf2
40. Nxf2 Rxg3 41. Ra6 d5 42. exd5 exd5 43. Rd6 Rg5 44. Nd3 h5 45. Nf4 Ng4 46.
Nxh5+ Rxh5 47. Bxg4 Re5 48. Bf3 Kf8 49. Rxd5 Rxd5+ 50. Bxd5 f5 51. Ke3 f4+ 52.
Kxf4 f5 53. Kxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord Basque"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.17"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2013.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O Nd7 7. Nbd2 h6 8. Nb3
Rc8 9. Bd2 g5 10. c4 dxc4 11. Na5 Qc7 12. Nxc4 Nd5 13. Rc1 Be7 14. a3 N7b6 15.
Na5 Rd8 16. b4 Qb8 17. h3 Rg8 18. Re1 h5 19. Nh2 Nf4 20. Bxf4 gxf4 21. Kh1 h4
22. Ng4 Bg5 23. Bf3 Bxg4 24. hxg4 Rh8 25. Kh2 Kf8 26. b5 cxb5 27. Nxb7 Rc8 28.
Qb3 a6 29. Nd6 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Kg7 31. Rc6 Nc4 32. Rxa6 h3 33. gxh3 Nxd6 34. exd6
Rd8 35. Qb4 Bf6 36. Kg2 Rd7 37. Qc5 Bh4 38. Qe5+ Bf6 39. Qxf4 Ra7 40. Rxa7 Qxa7
41. d5 Qxa3 42. g5 Bc3 43. dxe6 fxe6 44. d7 Qe7 45. Qc7 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord Basque"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.17"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2013.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. dxc5 Qxc5 7. Nbd2 e6 8.
e3 Be7 9. h3 O-O 10. Be2 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. a4 Rac8 13. Rfd1 h6 14. Qa2 Bd8 15.
Nb3 Qe7 16. Qa3 Qxa3 17. Rxa3 Be7 18. Raa1 a6 19. Nfd4 Ne4 20. Nxc6 Rxc6 21.
Nd4 Rcc8 22. Bf3 Ng5 23. Bg4 Rfd8 24. h4 Ne4 25. h5 Nf6 26. Be2 Kf8 27. g4 Ne4
28. f3 Nd6 29. Kf2 Nc4 30. Bxc4 Rxc4 31. Rg1 Bc8 32. Ke2 f6 33. Bg3 e5 34. Nf5
Bd7 35. a5 bxa5 36. Rxa5 Rb8 37. Ra2 Ra4 38. Rga1 Rxb2+ 39. Rxb2 Rxa1 40. Rb8+
Kf7 41. Rb7 Bxf5 42. gxf5 a5 43. e4 Ra2+ 44. Kd3 dxe4+ 45. fxe4 a4 46. Ra7 a3
47. c4 Ke8 48. Ra8+ Kd7 49. Ra7+ Ke8 50. Ra8+ Kd7 51. Ra7+ Kd8 52. Be1 Rg2 53.
Ba5+ Ke8 54. Bb6 Rg3+ 55. Kc2 Bb4 56. Ra4 Rc3+ 57. Kb1 Rb3+ 58. Kc2 Rb2+ 59.
Kd3 a2 60. c5 Rb3+ 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord Basque"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.17"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2013.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Nbd2
Re8 9. Re1 Bf8 10. h3 b5 11. Bc2 Bb7 12. d4 Nb8 13. a4 Nbd7 14. Bd3 c6 15. Qc2
Qc7 16. b3 g6 17. Bb2 Rac8 18. Rad1 exd4 19. cxd4 d5 20. e5 Nh5 21. e6 Rxe6 22.
Rxe6 fxe6 23. Bxg6 Ndf6 24. Bxh5 Nxh5 25. Ne5 bxa4 26. bxa4 c5 27. dxc5 Qxc5
28. Qb3 Qb4 29. Qf3 Qxb2 30. Qxh5 Bg7 31. Ndf3 Rf8 32. Qg5 Kh8 33. Qe7 Bc8 34.
Re1 a5 35. Nf7+ Kg8 36. Nd6 Qf6 37. Nxc8 Rxc8 38. Qxf6 Bxf6 39. Rxe6 Bc3 40.
Rd6 Rc4 41. Rxd5 Rxa4 42. g4 Ra1+ 43. Kg2 a4 44. Rd7 a3 45. Ra7 Bb4 46. Nd4 Bc3
47. Nf5 Ra2 48. g5 Be1 49. Nh6+ Kf8 50. Ng4 Bc3 51. h4 Bd4 52. Ra5 Ke7 53. h5
Ke6 54. Kf3 Ra1 55. Ke4 a2 56. Ra6+ Ke7 57. Kf5 Kd7 58. f4 Kc7 59. Nf6 Kb7 60.
Ra4 Bc3 61. Nd5 Be1 62. Nb4 Bxb4 63. Rxb4+ Kc6 64. Rb2 Kd7 65. Re2 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord Basque"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.17"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2013.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Bg5 Nd7 12. Bd5 Bb7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nbd2 Rad8
15. Qe2 Nc5 16. a5 Nb8 17. Bxb7 Nxb7 18. Nc4 f6 19. h4 Qc5 20. h5 Nc6 21. Ne3
Nd6 22. Qxa6 Ra8 23. Qd3 Rxa5 24. Nd5 Rxa1 25. Rxa1 f5 26. Nxc7 fxe4 27. Qb3+
Qc4 28. Qxc4+ Nxc4 29. Ng5 e3 30. fxe3 Nxe3 31. c3 b3 32. Ra6 Ne7 33. Nce6 Rb8
34. Ra7 N7f5 35. Ne4 h6 36. Kh2 Rb6 37. N6c5 Nc4 38. Ra4 Nxb2 39. Ra3 Nc4 40.
Rxb3 Rxb3 41. Nxb3 Kf7 42. Nbc5 g6 43. g4 Nfe3 44. Kh3 Nd5 45. hxg6+ Kxg6 46.
Kg3 h5 47. gxh5+ Kxh5 48. Nd3 Nxc3 49. Nxc3 Kg5 50. Nxe5 Nxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord Basque"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.18"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2013.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Rd1+ Ke8 10. Bf4 h6 11. h3 Bc5 12. Nc3 Be6 13. Ne4 Bb6 14. b3
Bd5 15. Re1 Rd8 16. Rad1 Ke7 17. Kf1 Ke6 18. c3 Ne7 19. Ned2 Ng6 20. Bh2 c5 21.
h4 Bc6 22. Ke2 Bb5+ 23. c4 Bc6 24. h5 Ne7 25. g4 g6 26. hxg6 Nxg6 27. Bg3 Ba5
28. Rg1 Bxd2 29. Nxd2 Nxe5 30. Bf4 h5 31. gxh5 Rxh5 32. Be3 b6 33. Rg3 a5 34.
Rdg1 a4 35. Bf4 Rf5 36. Bxe5 Rxe5+ 37. Re3 Rh8 38. Rgg3 Rh1 39. Rxe5+ Kxe5 40.
Re3+ Kf6 41. bxa4 Bxa4 42. Ne4+ Kg7 43. Nc3 Bd7 44. Re7 Be6 45. Rxc7 Bxc4+ 46.
Kd2 Rh2 47. Ke3 Rh3+ 48. f3 Rh6 49. a4 Re6+ 50. Kf4 Kg6 51. a5 Rf6+ 52. Ke3
Re6+ 53. Kf4 Rf6+ 54. Ke3 Rd6 55. axb6 Rd3+ 56. Kf4 Rxc3 57. Rxc5 Rb3 58. Rxc4
Rxb6 59. Rc5 Rf6+ 60. Kg4 Rd6 61. f4 Rd4 62. Rg5+ Kf6 63. Rf5+ Ke6 64. Re5+ Kf6
65. Rf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord Basque"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.18"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2013.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Bf4 Bg7 6. e3 O-O 7. Be2 Nc6 8. Bg3
e6 9. O-O h6 10. Rc1 Nh5 11. d5 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Ne7 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. Qb3 Rb8 15.
Qa3 a6 16. Rfd1 Bf7 17. Nd5 Re8 18. Rc2 c5 19. Nc3 Qc7 20. b3 Red8 21. Ne1 Nc6
22. Qc1 Qa5 23. a3 b5 24. Nd5 bxc4 25. Bxc4 Ne5 26. b4 Qa4 27. Ba2 cxb4 28.
axb4 Kh8 29. Nd3 Bxd5 30. Bxd5 Nxd3 31. Rxd3 Rxb4 32. Rc8 Qe8 33. Rdc3 Rb1 34.
Qxb1 Rxc8 35. Rb3 h5 36. Bb7 Rb8 37. Bxa6 Rxb3 38. Qxb3 Kh7 39. Bc4 Qe7 40. Qd1
Qe5 41. Qb3 Qa1+ 42. Bf1 Kh6 43. Qd3 Qe5 44. Be2 Qa1+ 45. Kh2 Qe1 46. f4 h4 47.
gxh4 Qxh4+ 48. Kg1 Qe1+ 49. Bf1 Bf6 50. Qe2 Qc1 51. g3 d5 52. Kg2 Be7 53. Qd3
Bc5 54. Qxd5 Qxe3 55. Kh3 Qe4 56. Bg2 Qxd5 57. Bxd5 g5 58. g4 fxg4+ 59. Kxg4
gxf4 60. Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord Basque"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.18"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2013.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. d3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Rc1 Re8 9. a3 Bf8 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Ne4 Bg4 12. Bc5 Bd6 13. b4 h6 14. O-O Qd7 15.
b5 Ne7 16. a4 Nbd5 17. Nfd2 Be6 18. Nc4 Nf5 19. e3 b6 20. Ncxd6 cxd6 21. Ba3 a6
22. Nc3 Nxc3 23. Rxc3 d5 24. Qb1 axb5 25. axb5 Ra5 26. Rfc1 Rxb5 27. Qa1 Ra5
28. Qb2 Qa4 29. Qb4 Qxb4 30. Bxb4 Ra4 31. Ba3 d4 32. exd4 exd4 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord Basque"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.18"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2013.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Qe2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. c3 a6 8. Rd1
b5 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. e5 Nd7 12. Bf4 b4 13. Nbd2 a5 14. Nf1 Ba6 15. Qd2
Nb6 16. b3 Na7 17. h4 Nb5 18. Bg5 Nc3 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Re1 Rfc8 21. N1h2 Ne4
22. Qf4 Rc2 23. Ng4 Rac8 24. Ng5 Nc3 25. Bf3 Bd3 26. Kg2 h6 27. Rh1 Ne2 28.
Bxe2 Rxe2 29. Ne3 hxg5 30. hxg5 Be4+ 31. Kf1 Rxe3 32. Rh2 Bd3+ 33. Kg1 Re4 34.
Qf3 Qxg5 35. Qxd3 Nd7 36. Kg2 Nf8 37. Rah1 Ng6 38. Qf3 Qg4 39. Qd3 Nf4+ 0-1

[Event "Danzhou 5th"]
[Site "Danzhou"]
[Date "2014.06.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Zhou, Weiqi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2014.06.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 Re8 6. a3 Bf8 7. Ng3 d5 8. Be2
dxc4 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Bxc4 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. b4 Be7 13. Qb3 a5 14. Bb2 axb4
15. axb4 Rxa1 16. Rxa1 Nb6 17. Rd1 Qc7 18. Be2 Bd7 19. Nb5 Bxb5 20. Bxb5 Rd8
21. Rc1 Qd6 22. Be2 Qxb4 23. Qxb4 Bxb4 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Rb1 Nd5 26. Bf3 Bc3
27. Rxb7 f5 28. e4 fxe4 29. Nxe4 Bf6 30. Nxf6+ Nxf6 31. g3 Rd7 32. Rxd7 Nxd7
33. Be2 Kg7 34. Kg2 h6 35. Kf3 Ne5+ 36. Ke4 Nd7 37. Kf3 Ne5+ 38. Ke4 Nd7 39.
Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Danzhou 5th"]
[Site "Danzhou"]
[Date "2014.06.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2014.06.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Qe6 10. Qe4 Bb4 11. Bd2 Ba6 12. b3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 d5 14. Qh4 dxc4
15. Rc1 Qg6 16. g3 O-O 17. Be2 c5 18. O-O Bb7 19. bxc4 Rfe8 20. Rfe1 Nd7 21. e6
Rxe6 22. Bh5 Qh6 23. Rb1 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Rf8 25. Bg4 Qxh4 26. gxh4 Bc6 27. Bxd7
Bxd7 28. Re5 f6 29. Rxc5 c6 30. Ra5 Be6 31. Rxa7 Rd8 32. Re7 Bxc4 33. a4 Rd3
34. Re3 Rd1+ 35. Re1 Rd3 36. Re3 Rd1+ 37. Re1 Rd3 38. Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Danzhou 5th"]
[Site "Danzhou"]
[Date "2014.06.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ma, Qun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2014.06.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d4 Nf6 7. Bd3 dxe4 8.
Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Qxe4 Nd7 10. c3 Nf6 11. Qe2 Bd6 12. Bg5 Qa5 13. h4 h6 14. Bd2 Qh5
15. g3 Qxe2+ 16. Kxe2 h5 17. Rhe1 O-O-O 18. Rad1 g6 19. a3 Rd7 20. Bc2 Bf8 21.
Bg5 Bg7 22. Rd3 Ne4 23. Bf4 Bh6 24. Be5 Rg8 25. Rg1 Nd6 26. Bb3 Bg7 27. Bf4 Nf5
28. Rgd1 Bh6 29. Be5 Bg7 30. Bf4 Bh6 31. Be5 Bg7 32. Kf3 Bxe5 33. dxe5 Rxd3+
34. Rxd3 g5 35. hxg5 Rxg5 36. Bd1 Nh6 37. Ke4 Ng4 38. Bxg4 Rxg4+ 39. f4 h4 40.
gxh4 Rxh4 41. Rg3 Kd7 42. Rg7 Ke7 43. Rg8 Rh2 44. b4 Ra2 45. Rb8 Rxa3 46. Rxb7+
Ke8 47. c4 a5 48. bxa5 Rxa5 49. Rc7 c5 50. f5 exf5+ 51. Kxf5 Ra1 52. Ke4 Re1+
53. Kd5 Rd1+ 54. Kxc5 Re1 55. Kd6 Rd1+ 56. Kc6 Re1 57. c5 Rxe5 58. Ra7 Re2 59.
Ra6 Ke7 60. Kb7 Rc2 61. c6 Kd6 62. Rb6 f5 63. Rb1 f4 64. Rd1+ Ke5 65. c7 f3 66.
c8=Q Rxc8 67. Kxc8 Ke4 68. Kd7 Ke3 69. Ke6 Ke2 70. Ra1 f2 71. Ra2+ Ke1 72. Rxf2
Kxf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Danzhou 5th"]
[Site "Danzhou"]
[Date "2014.06.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Xiu, Deshun"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2014.06.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Nbd7 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
g3 Re8 9. Bg2 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. O-O Qe7 12. b3 Nf8 13. Bb2 Ng6 14. Rad1 Bf5
15. Ne1 Ne4 16. Qf3 Qf6 17. g4 Nh4 18. Qe3 Nxg2 19. Nxg2 Bg6 20. f3 Nd6 21. f4
Be4 22. Rxd6 Qxd6 23. Qxe4 Qb6+ 24. Qe3 Qxe3+ 25. Nxe3 exf4 26. Nf5 f6 27. Kf2
Rad8 28. Bc1 Re4 29. Kf3 Rde8 30. Bxf4 Rxe2 31. Rd1 g6 32. Ne3 Rb2 33. Rd3 c5
34. h4 Kf7 35. Bg3 Rb1 36. Bf2 b6 37. Nd5 Rb2 38. Bg3 Ree2 39. Bb8 Rf2+ 40. Ke4
Rbe2+ 41. Re3 Rd2 42. Rd3 f5+ 43. gxf5 gxf5+ 44. Ke5 Rxd3 45. Bxa7 Rxb3 46.
Bxb6 Rc2 47. a4 Rxc4 48. a5 Ra4 49. Kxf5 Rb5 50. Nc3 Raxa5 0-1

[Event "Danzhou 5th"]
[Site "Danzhou"]
[Date "2014.06.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2014.06.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Bg5 d6 6. Qd2 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Nge2
exd5 9. cxd5 b5 10. Nxb5 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nec3 a6 13. Na3 Nd7 14. Bd3 Ne5
15. O-O Rb8 16. Nc4 Re8 17. Rfe1 Nxc4 18. Bxc4 Bd4 19. Rac1 Qg5 20. Qxg5 hxg5
21. b3 g4 22. g3 Ra8 23. Na4 Rb8 24. Nc3 Ra8 25. Na4 Rb8 26. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Danzhou 5th"]
[Site "Danzhou"]
[Date "2014.07.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2014.06.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8.
Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d5 10. exd6 Qxd6 11. Qe3+ Be6 12. Nc3 a6 13. Rd1 Qc6 14. Rd3
Be7 15. Nb5 Bc4 16. Rd1 Rd8 17. Rxd8+ Kxd8 18. Nd4 Qd7 19. Qc3 Bd5 20. Bf4 Bf6
21. Rd1 Re8 22. Qc5 Bxd4 23. Bxc7+ Kc8 24. Qxd4 Kxc7 25. f3 Qe6 26. Qxd5 Qe3+
27. Kf1 Qe2+ 28. Kg1 Qe3+ 29. Kf1 Qe2+ 30. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Danzhou 5th"]
[Site "Danzhou"]
[Date "2014.07.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2014.06.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Kb1 Bf6 11. h4 h6 12. Be2 O-O-O 13. Nd4 Bxd4 14.
Bxd4 f6 15. Be3 Rhe8 16. Rhe1 Re7 17. Bf1 a6 18. b3 h5 19. f3 Rde8 20. Kb2 Bf5
21. Bf2 Rxe1 22. Bxe1 Bg6 23. Bf2 Re7 24. c4 Qf5 25. Qc3 Qe5 26. c5 dxc5 27.
Bxc5 Qxc3+ 28. Kxc3 Re8 29. a4 Ne7 30. g4 hxg4 31. fxg4 Bf7 32. g5 Nd5+ 33. Kb2
Nf4 34. gxf6 gxf6 35. a5 f5 36. Bf2 Bh5 37. Rd4 Ne6 38. Rd5 Bg4 39. Bc4 Nf4 40.
Rd4 Ne6 41. Rd2 Nf4 42. Bc5 Nh5 43. b4 f4 44. Rd5 Ng3 45. Rg5 Be6 46. Bd3 Rh8
47. Be7 Re8 48. Bf6 Rf8 49. Bd4 Bf5 50. Bc4 Kd8 51. Be5 Ne4 52. Rg7 Bd7 53. h5
Rf5 54. Rg8+ Ke7 55. Bxc7 Rxh5 56. Rg7+ Ke8 57. Bxf4 Rh4 58. Be5 Nd6 59. Bxd6
Rxc4 60. Kb3 Rd4 61. Bc5 Rg4 62. Re7+ Kd8 63. Re5 Bb5 64. Bb6+ Kd7 65. Rd5+ Ke6
66. Rd8 Bc4+ 67. Kc3 Bd5 68. Bc5 Be4 69. Rd6+ Ke5 70. Rd2 Rg2 71. Rxg2 Bxg2 72.
Ba7 Kd5 73. Kb3 Bf1 74. Bb6 Bc4+ 75. Kc3 Bb5 76. Kb3 Bc4+ 77. Kc3 Bb5 78. Kb3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Danzhou 5th"]
[Site "Danzhou"]
[Date "2014.07.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2014.06.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 e6 3. e3 c5 4. f4 b6 5. Nf3 Bb7 6. Rg1 Nc6 7. g4 d5 8. g5 Nd7
9. Nc3 Qc7 10. f5 O-O-O 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Bh3 Re8 13. Qe2 a6 14. O-O-O Bd6 15.
Kb1 Kb8 16. d4 b5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. a3 b4 19. axb4 Nxb4 20. Rd4 Qa5 21. Rgg4
Nd7 22. Na4 Nc6 23. Rd1 Nde5 24. Rf4 Re7 25. Nxe5 Nxe5 26. Rdf1 Rc8 27. Rf8 Nc4
28. Bc3 Qb5 29. Ka2 Rec7 30. Rxc8+ Bxc8 31. e4 Na3 32. Qf2 e5 33. Bxc8 Rxc8 34.
exd5 Nxc2 35. Kb2 Nd4 36. Bxd4 exd4 37. Rd1 Re8 38. Re1 Rxe1 39. Qxe1 Qxd5 40.
h4 d3 41. Qd2 Qe4 42. Qa5 Be5+ 43. Ka3 Qd4 44. Qxa6 d2 45. Qb5+ Kc7 46. Nc5
Qa1+ 47. Kb4 Bc3+ 48. Kc4 Qf1+ 49. Nd3 d1=Q 50. Qc5+ Kd7 51. Qb5+ Ke7 52. Qc5+
Ke8 53. Qc6+ Kf8 54. Qa8+ Kf7 0-1

[Event "Danzhou 5th"]
[Site "Danzhou"]
[Date "2014.07.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Zhao, Jun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2014.06.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. a3 Be7 7. Bd3 d5 8. b3
O-O 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. O-O c5 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Qe2 cxd4 13. exd4 Re8 14. Rfd1 Bf8
15. Nf1 dxc4 16. bxc4 Qc7 17. Ne3 g6 18. Bb1 Nh5 19. g3 Nhf6 20. Ba2 Ba8 21. d5
e5 22. Bb1 Bd6 23. h3 Bb7 24. Ng4 Ba6 25. Nd2 Nxg4 26. hxg4 Nc5 27. Kg2 Qd7 28.
Bc3 Bf8 29. Qf3 Bg7 30. Bb4 e4 31. Bxe4 Nxe4 32. Nxe4 Rxc4 33. Rxc4 Bxc4 34. g5
Re5 35. d6 Ba6 36. Qe3 Rxe4 37. Qxe4 Bb7 38. Rd5 f5 39. gxf6 Bxf6 40. f3 Qf7
41. d7 Bxd5 42. Qe8+ Kg7 43. Bc3 Bxf3+ 44. Kxf3 Qd5+ 45. Kf2 Qf5+ 46. Ke2 Qc2+
47. Bd2 Qc4+ 48. Kf2 Qd3 49. Bf4 g5 50. Be5 Qd2+ 51. Kf1 Qd1+ 52. Kf2 Qd2+ 53.
Kf1 Qd1+ 54. Kf2 Qd2+ 55. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 42nd"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2014.07.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2014.07.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. b4 e5
9. dxe5 dxe5 10. e4 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 f4 12. Bb2 fxg3 13. hxg3 Bg4 14. Re1 Nbd7 15.
Nd2 a5 16. a3 Rfd8 17. Ncb1 b6 18. Nf3 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Bf8 20. b5 cxb5 21. cxb5
Rac8 22. Nc3 Nc5 23. Red1 Nd3 24. Na4 Nxb2 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Nxb2 Rd4 27. Rd1
Rxd1+ 28. Bxd1 Nxe4 29. Bc2 Nc3 30. a4 Bc5 31. Nd1 Ne2+ 32. Kf1 Nd4 33. Bd3 Kg7
34. Nc3 h5 35. Ne4 Be7 36. Kg2 g5 37. Bb1 g4 38. Bd3 Bb4 39. Bc4 Kg6 40. Bd3
Kf7 41. Bc4+ Kg6 42. Bd3 Kf7 43. Bc4+ Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 42nd"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2014.07.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "Caruana,F"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2014.07.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The previous day I had won a long and exhausting game against David Baramidze,
which might explain my rather sedate choice of opening in this game.} 1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 {The modern treatment of the Petroff.
It might seem a bit innocuous to the uninitiated, but this quiet line carries
with it a surprising amount of positional venom.} Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Qd2 {In our previous game in this variation, Ruslan castled kingside. This
time he goes for the safer queenside castle, where he is unlikely to meet a
crude attack.} Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Kb1 Bf6 11. h3 $5 {For this game I decided
to try an uncommon plan with g4 and Bg2. Years ago, I preferred the more
straightforward 11.h4 and won a nice game against Landa, but since then
remedies have been found for Black.} h6 12. b3 a6 13. g4 O-O-O 14. Bg2 g5 $2 {
This move surprised me. I was expecting the natural 14...Kb8.} (14... Kb8 {
My intention was} 15. Ng1 $5 {, with the idea of playing Ne2-f4 or f4-f5,
depending on Black's response. Although White's play is slow, Black remains
under some pressure. In any case, this was better for him than the game.}) 15.
Nd4 Nxd4 16. cxd4 d5 17. f4 {Now Black's kingside is weakened.} gxf4 18. Bxf4
h5 19. g5 Bg7 20. Rde1 {I wasn't very comfortable allowing ...h4, but I felt
it was necessary to act fast to prevent ...f6.} ({I saw no clear-cut way to
continue after} 20. h4 f6) 20... h4 21. Be5 {Now it seems I have a grip over
the dark squares, but due to the weakness of g5 and h3, it's difficult to make
any inroads into Black's position.} Rdg8 22. Qf4 Qd8 23. Bf1 Kb8 24. Bd3 {
Creating the threat of g6. I felt this was a clever maneuver, but Ruslan
quickly responded with an even more clever defense:} Bc8 $1 {I overlooked this.
} 25. Kb2 ({I was initially attracted to} 25. Qxf7 Bxe5 26. dxe5 Rf8 27. e6 $5
{, which seemed highly promising if Black accepts the queen sacrifice. Then I
noticed} Qxg5 $1 28. Qg6 Qe7 $1 {, and the e-pawn is safely blockaded.}) 25...
Bxe5 26. Rxe5 Rg7 {At this point I realized that I have no constructive ideas
to improve my position. On the other hand, Black also doesn't want to spoil
his ideal setup, so I decided to give him a move.} 27. a4 a5 {Not entirely
ideal, as this weakens the b5-square. I could see Pono was hesitant to play
this, but it's difficult to find another move.} 28. Ka2 {Keeping on waiting...}
Ka7 (28... Rhg8 29. Qxh4 Rxg5 30. Rxg5 Qxg5 31. Qxg5 Rxg5 32. h4 Rh5 33. Be2
Rh6 34. h5 {seems dangerous for Black, but because White's king is so far from
the action, Black shouldn't have many problems defending.}) 29. Qd2 Kb8 30. Qf4
Ka7 31. Rhe1 {Finally doing something, now that the king is misplaced on a7.}
Bxh3 32. Rh1 {This was the point of my last move. The only chance at progress
is to eliminate the h-pawns.} (32. Re7 Qd6 {poses Black no problems.}) 32...
Bc8 (32... Qd7 $2 33. Qf6 Rhg8 34. Re7 Qc8 35. g6 $1 {is immediately decisive.}
) 33. Rxh4 Rxh4 34. Qxh4 {Considering how quickly the game ends from here,
it's possible to assume that Black doesn't have significant improvements. In
fact, the position is far from lost for Black, although it is rather
unpleasant to defend.} b6 $2 {The first and perhaps already the decisive
mistake.} ({After} 34... c6 {, d5 is securely defended and White will have a
hard time breaking down Black's defense.}) 35. Qh6 Rg8 36. Qc6 $1 {A very
powerful move, luring Black's bishop to b7.} Be6 (36... Rxg5 37. Rxg5 Qxg5 38.
Qxc7+ Bb7 39. Qxf7 {might be defensible, but I'd rather not endure such a
torture.}) (36... Bb7 37. Qf6 Qxf6 38. gxf6 Kb8 39. Re7 Rf8 40. Bb5 $1 {
is where I finished my calculations during the game. Black is completely
passive and likely to be positionally squashed.}) 37. g6 Rg7 $2 {When he
played this move, I became very excited. I had already seen the winning
combination while he was thinking about his 36th move, but could hardly
believe my good fortune when he fell into it - so I spent my remaining time in
double and triple checking.} (37... Rf8 38. g7 Rg8 39. Rg5 $3 {is another
beautiful end to the game. Black is unable to take the rook, and has to sit
and wait for Rg1 and Bh7.}) (37... Bd7 {was the only chance to survive, but
it's also pretty close to hopeless:} 38. Qxd5 fxg6 39. Be4 Qc8 40. Re7 Rd8 41.
Qf7 Kb8 42. Qxg6 {, and besides being down a pawn, Black is also horribly
passive with a weak king.}) 38. gxf7 Bxf7 39. Re7 $1 {Now comes a double
deflection.} Qxe7 40. Ba6 $1 {There is no way for Black to stop mate.} Kxa6 41.
Qa8# {One of the most satisfying combinations I have ever played! The rest of
the tournament went just as smoothly, and I finished on a solid 5.5/7, without
any losses.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 42nd"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2014.07.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2014.07.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6
8. Qd2 Bxg5 9. Nxg5 Nf6 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Be2 b6 12. Bf3 Rb8 13. Kb1 h6 14. Ne4
Bb7 15. Rhe1 Bxe4 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. Rxe4 Qd5 18. Qf4 Rbd8 19. Rd3 Rd7 20. h4
Rfd8 21. b3 Qf5 22. Qxf5 exf5 23. Rf4 g6 24. c4 Kg7 25. Kc2 Kf6 26. g4 c5 27.
d5 Re7 28. Re3 Rxe3 29. fxe3 Ke5 30. Kd3 Rg8 31. Ke2 f6 32. Kf3 fxg4+ 33. Rxg4
f5 34. Rg1 a5 35. Rg2 Rg7 36. Rg1 Rg8 37. Rg2 Rg7 38. Rg1 Rg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 42nd"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2014.07.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2014.07.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. Be3 Bb6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8.
h3 O-O 9. Re1 h6 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Nf1 Rb8 12. b3 c5 13. Ng3 Nd7 14. c3 d5 15.
d4 cxd4 16. cxd4 Ba5 17. Bd2 Bxd2 18. Qxd2 dxe4 19. Rxe4 exd4 20. Rxd4 c5 21.
Rd3 Qc7 22. Nh5 Bf5 23. Qc3 f6 24. Re3 Bg6 25. Ng3 Nb6 26. Rae1 Nd5 27. Qc4 Bf7
28. Re4 Rb4 29. Qc1 Bg6 30. Rc4 Rc8 31. Nh4 Bd3 32. Ngf5 g6 33. Nxh6+ Kg7 34.
Ng4 g5 35. Qd2 Nf4 36. Rxb4 cxb4 37. Qxb4 Ne2+ 38. Rxe2 Bxe2 39. Nf5+ Kh8 40.
Ng3 a5 41. Qe4 Bxg4 42. Qxg4 Rd8 43. Qh5+ Qh7 44. Qf3 Qe7 45. Nf5 Qe1+ 46. Kh2
Kg8 47. Ne3 Qc3 48. g3 Rd2 49. Kg1 Rxa2 50. Qd5+ Kf8 51. Qd8+ Kf7 52. Qd7+ Kf8
53. Qd8+ Kf7 54. Qd7+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 42nd"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2014.07.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Baramidze, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2014.07.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15.
a4 c5 16. d5 c4 17. Bg5 Rb8 18. Qd2 Bc8 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ra7 Nc5 21. Rea1 Bg7
22. Be3 Re7 23. Bxc5 dxc5 24. Rxe7 Qxe7 25. Qg5 b4 26. Qxe5 Qb7 27. Qf4 Nd7 28.
Ne2 h6 29. h4 Ra8 30. Qc1 b3 31. Bd1 Nb6 32. Rb1 f5 33. Nd2 fxe4 34. Nxe4 Qxd5
35. N2g3 Bb7 36. Bf3 Qe5 37. Qd2 Rf8 38. Ra1 Kh8 39. Ra5 Qe7 40. Rxc5 Ra8 41.
Qc1 Qxh4 42. Rb5 Qd8 43. Nf1 Bxe4 44. Bxe4 Qe8 45. Bxa8 Qxb5 46. Be4 Kh7 47.
Ne3 h5 48. Qb1 Qe8 49. Kf1 Bh6 50. Nd5 Nxd5 51. Bxd5 Qe5 52. Bxc4 Qf4 53. Bxb3
Qc1+ 54. Qxc1 Bxc1 55. c4 Bxb2 56. c5 h4 57. Ke2 Kg7 58. Kd3 g5 59. Ke4 Kf6 60.
f4 gxf4 61. Kxf4 Be5+ 62. Kg4 Bg3 63. c6 Ke7 64. c7 Kd7 65. c8=B+ Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 42nd"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2014.07.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2014.07.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. a4 Bf8 14. Bd3 c6 (14...
b4 {is a more concrete way to handle this position.}) 15. Qc2 {Quite a popular
setup. White may postpone the development of the dark-squared bishop.} Qc7 16.
b3 g6 {The fianchetto is the most popular move in this particular position.} ({
It can be also done one move later, as the following game shows:} 16... Rad8
17. Ba3 g6 18. Bf1 Bg7 19. Rab1 Ba8 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Rxe5 22. c4 bxa4 23.
c5 axb3 24. Nxb3 {1/2-1/2 Volokitin,A (2638)-Istratescu,A (2667)/Saint-Quentin
FRA 2014}) 17. Bb2 ({In the following nice game Vishy was able to secure a
clear advantage after} 17. Ba3 {But Black's play may be improved upon. In fact,
White's bishop found itself on b2 just few moves later anyway:} Bg7 18. Rad1 (
18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. c4 bxa4 21. c5 axb3 22. Qxb3 Bc8 $11) 18...
Rac8 19. Bb2 Nh5 20. Bf1 bxa4 (20... Nf4 $5) (20... exd4 $5 21. cxd4 Nf4 22. g3
Ne6) 21. bxa4 d5 22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24. c4 $14 {1-0 Anand,V (2791)
-Leko,P (2751)/Nice 2009/CBM 129 Extra (36)}) 17... Rac8 18. Rad1 ({In the
preceding game Black experienced definite problems:} 18. Bf1 Qb8 19. Rad1 Bg7
20. g3 Ba8 21. axb5 axb5 22. b4 Bf8 $6 (22... d5 $5) 23. Qb3 h6 24. dxe5 Nxe5
25. c4 $14 {1-0 Cheparinov,I (2696)-Alekseev,E (2715)/Elista 2008/CBM 128/
[Marin,M] (35)}) 18... Nh5 19. Qb1 {A typical complicated strategic battle.
The setup of both sides is very flexible, but White has someyhing of a space
advantage.} (19. Bf1 Nf4 20. g3 Ne6 21. h4 Bg7 $11) 19... bxa4 $146 {A double
edged novelty in a rare position. Releasing the pressure may help Black to
push c6-c5 at some point, but now there are some targets along the b-file.} ({
In my opinion, Black has a comfortable position after} 19... Nf4 20. Bf1 Ne6
21. Qa1 (21. g3 Bg7 22. Bg2 exd4 23. cxd4 d5 $11) 21... Bg7 22. Bd3 Qb6 23. Bc2
Rcd8 24. Nf1 Qc7 25. Ne3 d5 $11 {0-1 Neuschmied,S (2308)-Diermair,A (2429)/
Austria 2012/EXT 2013 (36)}) ({Or} 19... Bg7 20. g3 bxa4 21. bxa4 d5 $11) 20.
bxa4 exd4 {That is one of Black's main ideas in such a positions - now the
pawn structure becomes stable, and the knight gets a nice route to e6.} (20...
Nf4 21. Bf1 exd4 22. cxd4 d5 23. g3 Ne6 $11) 21. cxd4 d5 22. Rc1 Nf4 23. Bf1
Qb8 {This move looks a bit passive, but actually Ruslan's position is still
very solid.} ({I can also suggest:} 23... Rb8 $5 {with a nice tactical idea:}
24. g3 $140 dxe4 25. Rxe4 Rxe4 (25... Nd5 26. Rxe8 Rxe8 27. Ne4 $14) 26. Nxe4
c5 $1 27. gxf4 Qxf4 28. Nfd2 Bxe4 29. Nxe4 cxd4 $132) 24. g3 Ne6 25. h4 {
Arkadij is trying to develop some attack on the k-side, but it will take a
long time.} Bg7 26. Bh3 c5 {This natural advance is not bad at all, but now
the price of each move becomes higher.} ({There were some good alternatives:} 
26... Ba8 $5 27. Ng5 c5 28. Nxe6 fxe6 29. Qa2 c4 $132) (26... dxe4 27. Nxe4 c5
28. Ne5 Bxe4 29. Rxe4 Nf6 30. Re2 cxd4 31. Rxc8 Qxc8 32. Bxd4 Nd7 $1 33. Nxd7
Bxd4 34. Bxe6 fxe6 35. Ne5 Qc3 $11) 27. dxc5 Bxb2 28. Qxb2 {The Kg8 is
somewhat exposed, so Black must be careful...} Ndxc5 $2 {A serious mistake.
This knight was covering important squares, so it was better to take with the
other one.} (28... Nexc5 29. Rb1 (29. Qd4 dxe4 30. Bxd7 Nxd7 31. Ng5 Rxc1 32.
Rxc1 Ne5 33. Ndxe4 Bxe4 34. Qxe4 h6 $11) 29... dxe4 $1 30. Bxd7 Nxd7 31. Qxb7
Qxb7 32. Rxb7 Nc5 $11) 29. Ne5 $1 {Now White has a dangerous initiative.} Red8
$8 {As a result, Black has to find a couple of only moves.} (29... dxe4 $2 30.
Ng4 Nd3 31. Nh6+ Kf8 32. Qf6 Rc7 33. Bxe6 Nxc1 34. Nxf7 Rxe6 35. Qh8+ Kxf7 36.
Qxb8 $18) 30. Bxe6 Nxe6 31. Rxc8 Qxc8 (31... Rxc8 $2 32. Nd7 $18) 32. Rc1 {
This natural move is a slight inaccuracy - the rook was quite useful on e1.} (
32. exd5 $142 Bxd5 33. Ng4 Qb7 34. Nh6+ Kf8 35. Qh8+ Ke7 36. Qg7 Rf8 37. Ng4
$16) 32... Qa8 33. exd5 ({Another way to develop the initiative was} 33. Ng4 $5
d4 34. h5 Rc8 35. Rxc8+ Qxc8 36. Qb4 $36) 33... Bxd5 34. Ng4 Bh1 $2 {This
attempt to create some threats has a concrete refutation.} ({Ruslan had to
find the tough} 34... h5 $1 35. Nh6+ (35. Nf6+ Kf8 36. Qb4+ Kg7 37. Qc3 Kf8 $11
) 35... Kf8 36. Qf6 Qb7 37. Rb1 Qc7 $14) 35. Nf6+ Kf8 (35... Kg7 36. Nfe4+ Kh6
37. Kxh1 f5 38. f3 fxe4 39. Nxe4 $18) 36. Nxh7+ Kg8 37. Nf6+ Kf8 {White is a
pawn up, but that is not such a big deal. The real trouble for Black comes now.
..} 38. f3 $1 {The bishop is trapped, so the next move is forced.} Bxf3 (38...
Rxd2 39. Qxd2 Qxf3 40. Rf1 $18) 39. Qa3+ Kg7 40. Nxf3 Kxf6 {Now there is a
material balance, but the king is too weak...} (40... Qa7+ 41. Kf1 Kxf6 42.
Qb2+ Ke7 43. Ne5 Ke8 44. Nc6 Qe3 45. Nxd8 Qf3+ 46. Qf2 Qh1+ 47. Qg1 Qf3+ 48.
Ke1 Qe4+ 49. Kf2 $18) 41. Qb2+ $6 {Now Black is still in the game.} ({A much
stronger move was} 41. Qc3+ Ke7 42. Ne5 Ke8 (42... Nd4 43. Qc7+ Kf6 44. Rf1+
$18) (42... Qa7+ 43. Kg2 Qb7+ 44. Nc6+ Ke8 45. Kh3 $18) 43. Nc6 Rd6 44. Qh8+
Nf8 45. Qe5+ Re6 46. Qc7 $18 {with complete domination.}) 41... Ke7 42. Ne5 Nd4
{Somehow Black is able to parry the immediate threats at the cost of a pawn.}
43. Rf1 (43. Rc4 f6 $1 44. Nxg6+ Kf7 45. Rxd4 Rxd4 46. Qxd4 Kxg6 $16) 43... f5
$2 {But this is already a decisive mistake.} ({It wasn't easy to find the
precise defence:} 43... Qd5 $1 44. Qb4+ Ke8 45. Rxf7 Rd6 46. Rh7 (46. Qb8+ Rd8
47. Qc7 $6 Nf5 48. Kh2 Qa2+ 49. Kh3 Qd5 $132) 46... Ne6 47. Rh8+ Ke7 48. Nxg6+
Kf7 49. Nf4 Qd1+ 50. Kh2 Qd2+ 51. Qxd2 Rxd2+ 52. Ng2 Ra2 $16) 44. Re1 $1 $18 {
Now Black cannot avoid a massive loss of material.} (44. Nxg6+ Kf7 45. Ne5+ Kf6
46. Ng4+ Kg7 47. Rxf5 Qe4 48. Rf4 $18) 44... Qd5 (44... Kf6 45. Qb6+ Ne6 46.
Nd7+ $18) 45. Qb6 $1 {Not the only, but the most effective way.} Rd6 46. Qc7+
Kf8 ({Or} 46... Ke8 47. Ng4+ Ne6 48. Nf6+ Kf8 49. Nxd5 Nxc7 50. Nxc7 $18) 47.
Nxg6+ $1 {A nice final touch.} Rxg6 48. Qe7+ Kg8 49. Qe8+ ({Black resigns in
view of} 49. Qe8+ Kh7 50. Re7+ Rg7 51. Qh5+ Kg8 52. Re8#) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 42nd"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2014.07.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2014.07.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
Nf3 d5 9. d4 O-O 10. Nc3 Bb4 11. Bf4 Nce7 12. a3 Bd6 13. Qd2 c6 14. g3 f6 15.
h4 Bxf4 16. Qxf4 Ng6 17. Qd2 Nd6 18. Bg2 Bf5 19. b3 Qd7 20. Re3 Be4 21. Rae1
Rae8 22. R3e2 Ne7 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Nh2 f5 25. c4 Rd8 26. f3 Qc7 27. Qc3 Rd7
28. fxe4 Nxe4 29. Bxe4 fxe4 30. Rxe4 Nf5 31. Kg2 Qd6 32. c5 Qg6 33. Rg4 Qh6 34.
Nf3 Ne7 35. Ng5 Qg6 36. Qe3 Nd5 37. Qe4 Qh6 38. Qe2 Qf6 39. Re4 h6 40. Ne6 Rff7
41. Nf4 Nc7 42. Qe3 Qf5 43. a4 Rf8 44. Qe2 Rfd8 45. Qc4+ Kh7 46. Re5 Qf6 47.
Qd3+ Kg8 48. R1e4 Rf8 49. Qe2 Rfd8 50. Re7 Rxe7 51. Rxe7 Nd5 52. Re8+ Kf7 53.
Nxd5 Rxd5 54. Rb8 Qxd4 55. Qe8+ Kf6 56. Rxb7 Qxc5 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.02"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Zaibi, Amir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2297"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Tunisia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUN"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 e5 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. d4 exd4 8.
Qxd4 Nf6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Qa4 Nbd7 12. Rd1 Qb6 13. Qc2 Re8 14. a3 Qa5
15. e4 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. h3 Qh5 18. g4 Qg6 19. Ne2 h6 20. f4 Bxg4 21. hxg4
Nxe4 22. Bxe4 Bc5+ 23. Qxc5 Qxg4+ 24. Kf2 Rxe4 25. Be3 Rae8 26. Rd3 b6 27. Qc3
R8e6 28. Rg1 Qh4+ 29. Rg3 Rg6 30. Kg2 Qh5 31. Rd8+ Kh7 32. Qd3 c5 33. Rxg6
Qxg6+ 34. Ng3 f5 35. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Gomez, John Paul"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E28"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Philippines"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "PHI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Ne2 Qa5 8.
Qc2 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. a4 d5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. f3 Re8 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. Nb5 Qe5
15. Be2 Bf5 16. Qb2 Na5 17. O-O b6 18. Qa3 Bg6 19. Rfe1 Nd7 20. c4 Nxc4 21.
Bxc4 dxc4 22. Nd6 Red8 23. Nxc4 Qe6 24. Qa2 Nc5 25. e4 f6 26. Ne3 Qxa2 27. Rxa2
Bf7 28. Nd5 Bxd5 29. exd5 Rxd5 30. a5 Rad8 31. axb6 axb6 32. Re2 b5 33. h4 h5
34. Kh2 R8d7 35. Kg3 Kf7 36. Rb2 Nd3 37. Rb1 Re7 38. Re4 Rxe4 39. fxe4 Rc5 40.
Rb3 Ne5 41. Bb4 Rc8 42. Bd6 Nc4 43. Bf4 Rc5 44. Kf2 Ke6 45. g3 Kd7 46. Ke2 Kc6
47. Rb1 Ne5 48. Bxe5 fxe5 49. Kd3 Rc4 50. Rf1 Rd4+ 51. Ke3 b4 52. Rf8 Rc4 53.
Rc8+ Kb5 54. Rb8+ Ka4 55. Ra8+ Kb3 56. Ra5 Kc3 57. Rxe5 b3 58. Rb5 b2 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.05"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Abdulla, Al Rakib"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Bangladesh"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BAN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. Nf3 b6 8. b4
Nbd7 9. Bb2 Bb7 10. e3 a5 11. Be2 axb4 12. axb4 Rxa1+ 13. Bxa1 Ne4 14. Qb2 Qf6
15. O-O Ng5 16. Nxg5 Qxg5 17. d5 f5 18. f4 Qe7 19. Qd2 Nf6 20. Bf3 exd5 21.
cxd5 Qf7 22. Rd1 Re8 23. h3 Ra8 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. Qc1 Qf7 26. Qc3 h6 27. Rd2
Re8 28. Kf2 Ba6 29. Rc2 Re7 30. Qd4 Qf6 31. Qxf6 gxf6 32. Rc3 Kg7 33. Ke1 Bb5
34. Kd2 Kf8 35. Ra3 Kg7 36. Ra8 Bf1 37. h4 Bb5 38. g4 Bd7 39. gxf5 Bxf5 40. Ke2
Be4 41. Kf2 Bxf3 42. Kxf3 f5 43. h5 Re4 44. Rd8 Rxb4 45. Rd7+ Kf6 46. Rxc7 Rb5
47. Rb7 Rxd5 48. Rxb6 Rd2 49. Rb1 Rh2 50. Kg3 Re2 51. Kf3 Rh2 52. Kg3 Re2 53.
Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.06"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Filippov, Anton"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Uzbekistan"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UZB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Rd1 h5 11. Nc3 Be7 12. Bf4 Nh4 13. Nxh4 Bxh4 14.
Rd2 Be7 15. Ne4 Bf5 16. Re1 Rd8 17. Nd6+ cxd6 18. exd6 Be6 19. dxe7 Rxd2 20.
Bxd2 Kxe7 21. Bb4+ Kd7 22. h4 Re8 23. a3 Bf5 24. Rxe8 Kxe8 25. c3 f6 26. Bc5 a6
27. f3 Kd7 28. Kf2 Ke6 29. Ke3 g5 30. hxg5 fxg5 31. Bb6 g4 32. fxg4 Bxg4 33.
Kd4 h4 34. Bd8 h3 35. gxh3 Bxh3 36. Kc5 Kd7 37. Bh4 Bf1 38. Kb6 Kc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.08"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Gallagher, Joseph G"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Switzerland"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 Re8 8.
O-O c6 9. h3 Na6 10. Re1 Bf8 11. Bf4 Nd7 12. Qd2 Ne5 13. Rad1 Bd7 14. Kh2 Nc5
15. Qc1 a5 16. a4 Qc7 17. b3 Rad8 18. Bg5 f6 19. Be3 Nf7 20. f4 Bc8 21. Qd2 g6
22. Qf2 Bg7 23. Kh1 Rd7 24. g4 Rde7 25. Qg3 Kh8 26. Bf2 Bd7 27. Re2 f5 28. exf5
Rxe2 29. Ndxe2 gxf5 30. Nd4 fxg4 31. hxg4 d5 32. Nxc6 Qxc6 33. Bxd5 Qh6+ 34.
Kg1 Ne6 35. f5 Be5 36. fxe6 Bxg3 37. Bd4+ Ne5 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.09"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kotsur, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Kazakhstan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KAZ"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. Qe2 d6 8. f4
Nbd7 9. g4 Nc5 10. g5 Nfd7 11. Bd2 Be7 12. h4 Nb6 13. O-O-O Bd7 14. Kb1 O-O-O
15. Rhf1 Kb8 16. f5 e5 17. Nb3 f6 18. Nxc5 dxc5 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Bd6 21.
c4 Rde8 22. Be4 b5 23. Rf3 bxc4 24. Qxc4 Bb5 25. Qc2 Qd7 26. Rg1 c4 27. Be3 Re7
28. h5 Rc8 29. h6 Ba4 30. Qc1 Qb5 31. hxg7 Rxg7 32. gxf6 Rxg1 33. Bxg1 c3 34.
Rxc3 Rxc3 35. Qxc3 Qf1+ 36. Qc1 Qe2 37. Be3 h5 38. f7 h4 39. Ka1 Qb5 40. Bh6
Qb4 41. Bh1 Bf8 42. a3 Qe7 43. Bxf8 Qxf8 44. Qc4 Bb5 45. Qxh4 Qxf7 46. Qd8+ Ka7
47. d6 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.10"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 O-O {Not a lucky variation for Ponomariov. It
yielded him his only loss during the 2009 World Cup final against Gelfand.} 11.
Nb3 {When I started playing the Catalan, I tried making this plan work, but
somehow did not believe in White's dynamic resources in the absence of the
queens. It seems I was wrong.} ({Gelfand managed to surprise Ruslan with} 11.
Ne1 {in the aforementioned Gelfand,B (2758)-Ponomariov,R (2739)
Khanty-Mansiysk 2009 CBM 134 [Marin,M] (1-0, 52)}) 11... Be7 12. c4 Bd7 13. Bb2
Rfd8 14. Nfd4 Rac8 15. Nb5 b6 {So far, both sides had played relatively
quickly, but Cheparinov spent 12 minutes on his next move.} 16. Nd6 $1 $146 ({
A novelty over} 16. Rac1 {as examind in the notes to Andreikin,D (2709)
-Mamedyarov,S (2757) Khanty-Mansiysk 2014 CBM 160 [Marin,M] (1/2-1/2, 46). The
last move seems to settle some new kind of problems, since Ponomariov needed
17 minutes to adapt himself to the changed circumstances.}) 16... Rc7 {The
most natural answer. Black keeps his rook on the open file, refraining from
making any positional concessions yet.} (16... Rb8 17. Rd2 $14) ({A player
with good defensive skills and good capacity of endurance would consider} 16...
Bxd6 17. Rxd6 Be8 18. Rxd8 Nxd8 19. Rc1 Bc6 (19... Nd7 20. f4 Nc5 21. Nxc5 Rxc5
22. Ba3 Rc8 23. c5 b5 24. Rd1 $14) 20. f3 $1 {Keeping the two bishops.} Nd7 21.
c5 (21. Ba3 Nb7 {[%csl Gc5]}) 21... Bd5 22. cxb6 Rxc1+ 23. Nxc1 Nxb6 24. e4 Bc4
25. Kf2 $14 {The bishop pair and the more active king offer White the better
ending. How big his winning chances are - that is another question. But from a
practical point of view it surely is no fun to play with Back.}) 17. Ba3 $1 {
A kew move in White's plan. The bishop was not doing much on the long diagonal,
while from a3 it creates all sorts of tactical motifs. The immediate threat is
18.Nb5 Rcc8 19.Bxc6 winning a piece.} Kf8 {Since White's coordination is
obviously better, Ponomariov tries to relieve his position by using numeric
superiority. This is a known method when the game gets close to an ending. If
the defending side can use his king as an extra piece in the main area of
combat, he has every chance of a favourable outcome. The main problem is that
the position is far from getting to an endgame yet, being closer to a complex
queenless middlegame. This makes the last move double-edged.} ({True, there
was no obvious way to equalising. If} 17... Ne5 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. Rxd8+ Bxd8 20.
cxb5 {the strong Catalan bishop and the queenside space advantage offers White
better chances in the endgame. A possible continuation is} Be7 21. Bxe7 Rxe7
22. Rc1 g5 23. Nd4 Rd7 24. Rc8+ Kg7 25. e3 g4 26. Bc6 Re7 {Black is solid, but
awfully passive. White may well fail in proving a way to increase his
advantage, but who would like to sit and wait with Black for the rest of the
endgame?}) ({We can also understand that Black was not keen to weaken his
queenside with} 17... a6 18. c5 bxc5 (18... b5 19. Bb2 $14) 19. Rac1 Ne5 20.
Nxc5 Bc8 21. Nxc8 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rxc8 23. Rc1 a5 24. Nb3 Rxc1+ 25. Bxc1 $14 {
Another version of the ending with the bishop pair. Additionally, the a5-pawn
is vulnerable.}) 18. c5 {Reinforcing the threat 19.Nb5, this time with a
different idea (see the next comment to better understand).} Nb8 $2 {The
decisive mistake.} ({A neutral move such as} 18... h6 {would run into} 19. Nb5
Rcc8 20. Bxc6 Rxc6 21. Nxa7 Rc7 22. cxb6 {In this line, the Catalan bishop
proved its force by a well-timed capture on c6. With his last move, Ponomariov
not only cleared the long diagonal, but took the b5-square under control as
well. In doing so, he failed to notice the hidden force of the other bishop.})
({A better way of neutralising the g2-bishop would have been} 18... Nd5 {
In some lines White may win a pawn, but his pieces could be left a bit hanging.
} 19. Rac1 bxc5 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Bxc5 Be6 22. Nb5 Rb7 23. N5d4 $14 {White
will soon reach an ending with a good knight against a (at least theoretically)
bad bishop. In view of all the alternatives to Ponomariov's play examined
above, I believe it is safe to conclude that Cheparinov's novelty offers White
a small, but lasting advantage in the endgame.}) 19. Nb5 $1 {Unexpectedly,
this move is possible and winning! Ponomariov sank into deep thought (possibly
interrupted by self-reproaches) for almost half an hour, but there is nothing
to be saved anymore.} Rcc8 ({The tactical point is that} 19... Bxb5 {loses the
exchange to} 20. Rxd8+ Bxd8 21. cxb6+) 20. Nxa7 Rc7 21. cxb6 {White has won
two pawns while retaining normal coordination. The game is over.} Rc2 22. Nd4
Rc4 23. Rac1 Rxc1 24. Bxe7+ Kxe7 25. Rxc1 Kd6 26. Ndb5+ Bxb5 27. Nxb5+ Ke7 28.
a4 Rd2 29. Nc3 Nfd7 30. a5 Rb2 31. Ra1 Rc2 32. Ra3 Rc1+ 33. Bf1 Nc6 34. Nb5
Nce5 35. b7 Nc4 36. a6 Nxa3 37. Nxa3 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.11"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O c5 7. c4 Nbc6 8. Na3
Be4 9. dxc5 Nf5 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. cxd5 Bxd5 13. Nb5 Bxf3 14. Bxf3
Nxe5 15. Rc1 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 O-O 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Nd6 Nxd6 19. cxd6 Rxd6 20.
Rxd6 Qxd6 21. Qxb7 Rd8 22. g3 a5 23. Rc7 Qf8 24. Qa6 Ra8 25. Ra7 Rxa7 26. Qxa7
Qd8 27. a3 Qd1+ 28. Kg2 Qd5+ 29. Kg1 Qd1+ 30. Kg2 Qd5+ 31. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.12"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. Bg2
Nbd7 9. a4 c5 10. O-O b4 11. Bg5 Rc8 12. Nbd2 Be7 13. Rfc1 h6 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15.
Qd3 O-O 16. Ne5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qd5+ 18. Ndf3 cxd4 19. Qb5 Qe4 20. Nc6 Nd5 21.
Nxe7+ Nxe7 22. Rxc8 Nxc8 23. Rd1 Nd6 24. Qe5 Qxe5 25. Nxe5 f6 26. Ng6 Rb8 27.
Rxd4 Rb6 28. a5 Ra6 29. Rxb4 Rxa5 30. Rb8+ Kf7 31. Nh8+ Ke7 32. Ng6+ Kf7 33.
Nh8+ Ke7 34. Ng6+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.14"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Ne7 5. e3 c5 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8.
exd4 Nbc6 9. O-O O-O 10. a3 Ba5 11. Qd3 a6 12. Rd1 Ng6 13. Bg5 f6 14. Be3 Kh8
15. b4 Bc7 16. Bb3 Nf4 17. Bxf4 Bxf4 18. Qe4 Bh6 19. Na4 Ne7 20. Bxe6 Bxe6 21.
Qxe6 Nd5 22. Nc5 Re8 23. Qf5 Re7 24. Re1 b6 25. Nd3 g6 26. Qh3 Kg7 27. Rxe7+
Qxe7 28. g3 Rd8 29. Qf1 Nc3 30. Qe1 Qxe1+ 31. Ndxe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final 7th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2014.09.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "Havasi,G"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2014.09.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 {Black starts with 1...d6, allowing White to transpose to the Pirc by
2.e4. If he wants to play the King's Indian, he should play more
straightforwardly with 1...Nf6.} 2. Nf3 {However, White doesn't want to take
advantage of the transposition.} g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nf6 {After an interesting
move order, we are in a King's Indian.} 5. e4 O-O 6. h3 {This move is becoming
more and more popular, many top players have employed it recently.} e5 7. d5 a5
8. Be3 $5 {This setup is less popular, than 8.Bg5, but this plan has been
played by many good players recently. The plan is to play g4, Nd2 and
continuing the development. It's important to know, that the whole 6.h3 system
is played against Black's ...f5.} (8. Bg5 {is more popular.}) 8... Na6 {
Here White usually prepares for ...f5, this can be done in two ways, 9.Nd2 and
9.g4.} 9. g4 ({Ding Liren preferred to start with} 9. Nd2 Nd7 {and Black
decided not to transpose} (9... Nc5 10. g4 {would transpose to 9.g4}) 10. g4 f5
11. gxf5 gxf5 12. exf5 Ndc5 13. Nde4 Bxf5 14. Bg2 Qh4 $1 15. Bg5 $1 Nd3+ $1 {
The only move.} 16. Ke2 (16. Qxd3 Qxg5 17. Nxg5 Bxd3 {Black's activity seems
to compensate for Black's weaknesses.}) 16... Qh5+ $1 17. Bf3 Qxf3+ $1 18. Kxf3
Bxe4+ 19. Ke3 Nxf2 (19... Bg6 $5 $40 {also comes into consideration, after
which White will have to fight hard to avoid losing immediately.}) 20. Qg1 Bxh1
21. Bh6 Rf3+ 22. Kd2 Rf7 23. Bxg7 Rxg7 24. Qxf2 Rf8 $44 {Ding Liren-Lin Chen,
Jiaxing 2014}) 9... Nc5 (9... Nd7 {was preferred by Nakamura and he managed to
get a nice position after} 10. h4 Ndc5 (10... Nf6 {may also be interesting})
11. Nd2 Nb4 {Forcing White to give up the B pair.} 12. Bxc5 dxc5 13. a3 Na6 (
13... Bxg4 14. f3 $1) 14. Bd3 Qf6 15. g5 Qe7 ({The straightforward} 15... Qf4
$6 {isn't good, because} 16. Ne2 $1 Qg4 17. Qc2 {is promising for White.}) 16.
Qf3 f6 17. Qg3 c6 18. Nf3 (18. O-O-O $5) 18... Nc7 19. O-O-O Ne8 $13 {Wang
Hao-Nakamura, Dubai 2014}) 10. Nd2 c6 (10... Nfd7 {is also possible} 11. Rg1
Kh8 12. Qc2 Nb6 13. g5 f5 14. h4 f4 15. Bxc5 dxc5 16. Qd3 $16 {Wang
Hao-Sandipan, Dubai 2014. White has a nice position, because of the Bh3 and h5
plan.}) 11. Be2 Bd7 12. g5 Ne8 13. h4 (13. Nb3 Nxb3 14. Qxb3 a4 15. Qc2 f5 $13
{Bacrot-Ding Liren, Biel 2013}) 13... f6 $146 {This is in practical terms
Ponomariov's novelty. Black tries to undermine White's centre, but White's
position is very stable.} (13... Nc7 14. h5 Re8 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Kf1 N7a6 17.
a3 a4 18. Kg2 $36 {Raznikov-Kozul, Skopje 2013}) (13... f5 14. h5 Rf7 15. hxg6
hxg6 16. exf5 Bxf5 $13 {Izzat-Guseinov, Baku 2013}) 14. Nb3 b6 (14... Nxb3 15.
Qxb3 $16) 15. Nxc5 bxc5 16. Qd2 $1 {There is no reason to hurry with h5.} fxg5
(16... f5 17. O-O-O $16 {is a typical better position for White, he will play
h5 and Black can't do anything.}) 17. hxg5 cxd5 (17... Qb6 18. O-O-O $16 {
is hopeless for Black, because he is positionally lost.}) 18. Nxd5 Rf7 19.
O-O-O Rb8 {White has achieved a nice position, his strategy has completely
triumphed, but now he has to find a way to improve the position.} 20. Rh2 Be6
21. Nc3 (21. Qd3 $1 {was very strong. White overprotects the b2 P by Rd2 in
order to play f4 at some point.}) 21... Qb6 22. Nb5 Bf8 $1 {Black takes his
chance. He defends the d6 P in order to play Nc7.} 23. a4 Qb7 $6 (23... Nc7 $1
{was the last chance for Black in connection with the Na6-b4-c6-d4 manoeuvre.})
24. Qc2 {White played this move instead of f3 for two reasons, he wanted to
put pressure on the d6 P and he wanted to play f4, so he decided not to commit
himself to playing f3.} (24. f3 {was good as well.}) 24... Be7 25. Kb1 Qc6 26.
Bd2 Bd8 27. Qd3 Rbb7 28. Rf1 {Having achieved a nice advantage, Anand decides
to break through.} Rf8 29. f4 $1 exf4 30. Rxf4 Rxf4 31. Bxf4 Rf7 32. Bd2 Be7
33. Rg2 $1 {This is the second phase of the plan. He exchanges his '"bad" B.}
Qb6 34. Bg4 Bxg4 35. Rxg4 Nc7 36. Rf4 $1 {Now exchanging the Rs, because the K
is left without defenders.} Ne6 (36... Rxf4 37. Bxf4 $40) 37. Rxf7 Kxf7 38. Qd5
Qd8 39. Ka2 Bf8 40. Bf4 Qd7 41. b3 (41. Ka3 Qd8 42. Nxd6+ Bxd6 43. Bxd6 $18 {
was also good.}) 41... Be7 42. Nxd6+ Kf8 43. e5 Nxg5 (43... Bxd6 44. Bg3 $18)
44. Qxc5 {The rest is easy.} Qg4 45. Bc1 h5 46. Qxa5 (46. Qc6 $18) 46... Qg2+
47. Bb2 h4 48. Qb5 Qa8 49. c5 h3 50. c6 Bd8 51. Qd5 Bc7 52. Bc1 Qa5 53. Nb5 Qe1
54. Ba3+ Kg7 55. Nxc7 h2 56. Ne8+ Kh6 57. Nf6 Qe2+ 58. Bb2 Ne4 59. Qxe4 Qxe4
60. Nxe4 h1=Q 61. c7 1-0

[Event "Grand Slam Final 7th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2014.09.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2014.09.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 c6 {Two blacks in a
row, two King's Indian Defenses. Ponomariov is no stranger to a fight!} 7. O-O
Bf5 8. Bg5 {Very rare. 8.b3, 8.Nh5, 8.Ne1 and 8.Re1 are more common. Actually
besides Bg5 there are many other moves that are semi-popular.} h6 (8... Ne4 {
looked like a logical continuation. Ponomariov probably wanted to avoid some
king of preparation.}) 9. Be3 Na6 10. Qc1 Kh7 11. h3 Rb8 12. g4 Bd7 13. Qd2 Nc7
14. a4 b5 15. axb5 cxb5 16. b3 {White can be very pleased with the opening. He
has more space, pressure on the a7 pawn and the h6 pawn.} bxc4 17. bxc4 Rb4 18.
Qd3 a6 19. d5 (19. Bd2 $1 $16) 19... e6 20. Nd4 exd5 21. cxd5 Re8 22. Rfb1
Rxb1+ 23. Rxb1 Nb5 24. Nc6 (24. Ndxb5 axb5 25. Nxb5 {looks like an extra pawn.
Aronian was probably trying to be more ambitious.}) 24... Bxc6 25. dxc6 Nxc3
26. Qxc3 Nd5 27. Qc4 Nxe3 28. fxe3 {Despite (or perhaps, because) the opposite
colored bishops Black has some real problems. It is not easy for him to
coordinate the g7 bishop in such a way that it defends against the advance of
the c-pawn or for it to really threaten White's king. Meanwhile White just has
to cover some problems around his king while marching the pawn up the board.}
d5 $5 {Creating space.} 29. Qxd5 $6 (29. Bxd5 $1 {was a better capture.}) 29...
Qe7 30. Kh1 Rd8 31. Qc4 Be5 $1 {Black has managed to stop the c-pawn and
prepares Bc7-Qe5.} 32. Rf1 Kg7 33. Bd5 f6 34. Rb1 Rb8 35. Rb7 Rxb7 36. cxb7 Qd6
37. Be4 $2 {Time pressure.} (37. Qe4 $16) 37... a5 $2 (37... Qd1+ $1 {In time
pressure Ponomariov underestimates his chances with a queen and a bishop.} 38.
Kg2 Qe1 $11 {It's not possible to escape the perpetual, nor is it feasable to
create any danger against the opponent in only one move.}) 38. Qb5 Qd8 39. Kg2
Bb8 40. Qc6 Qe7 41. Kf1 Bc7 42. Bd3 Qd6 $2 {The final mistake.} (42... Bh2 {
still forces White to find a plan.}) 43. Qe8 {Ponomariov must have missed this
lethal threat. Now g6 is impossible to defend.} f5 44. Bc4 $1 (44. gxf5 {
also does the trick.}) 44... Kf6 45. Qf7+ (45. h4 $1) 45... Kg5 46. gxf5 gxf5
47. Qg7+ Kh4 48. Be6 $1 {A nice touch. h6 is under attack and the bishop is
taboo.} Bd8 (48... Qxe6 49. Qxc7 $18) 49. Qxh6+ Kg3 50. Qg7+ Kh4 51. Kg2 {
A nice effort from Aronian, taking full advantage of his opponent's time
trouble mistakes.} 1-0

[Event "Grand Slam Final 7th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2014.09.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[Annotator "Havasi,G"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2014.09.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 {This line is very
popular nowadays.} e6 (6... e5 {and}) (6... g6 {are other setups.}) 7. g4 Be7
8. Bg2 Nfd7 {This move wants to prepare for g5. Many top players have played
this line against 6.h3 recently.} 9. Nce2 $146 {This is Ponomariov's novelty.
At the first sight it's hard to evaluate this move. After this move, White
will be able to play c4 at some point. However the main idea of this move is
to place the N on g3 and attack on the K-side, when the N may be useful there.}
(9. Be3 {is the most popular move, the plan is Qe2 and 0-0-0, with an unclear
fight.} Nc6 10. Qe2 O-O 11. O-O-O Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. e5 d5 14. f4 Bb7 15. Qe3
b4 16. Ne2 a5 17. f5 Rc8 18. Nf4 Qc7 $13 {Shirov-Karavade, Caleta 2013}) (9.
O-O O-O {leads to a complicated Scheveningen fight.}) 9... Nc6 (9... h5 {
was also interesting}) (9... O-O {is also possible.}) 10. c3 (10. O-O {is also
possible} O-O {would be a normal setup, White can play both} 11. Ng3 {followed
by c3 and f4 and} (11. c4)) 10... h5 $6 {This move is a mistake. If White
takes on h5, the R won't be able to recapture.} (10... O-O {would be a natural
move} 11. O-O {with an unclear position. This position needs serious practical
testing to tell anything about it.}) 11. gxh5 Rxh5 $2 {This move is losing.
Maybe Black overlooked 14.b4.} (11... Qc7 12. Ng3 {and I prefer White, however
the position isn't so easy after a move like} b6) 12. Nxc6 $1 bxc6 13. Nd4 Rc5
14. b4 $1 {This is the point.} Rxc3 (14... Rc4 15. Bf1 $1 $16) 15. Bb2 Rc4 16.
Nxe6 $1 {This is the point, otherwise White is worse.} Qb6 (16... fxe6 {
would lead to a forced mate} 17. Qh5+ Kf8 18. Qh8+ Kf7 19. Qxg7+ Ke8 20. Qg6+
Kf8 21. Bg7+ Kg8 22. Bh6+ Kh8 23. Qg7#) 17. Nxg7+ Kf8 18. O-O (18. a3 {is also
good according to the computer.}) 18... Ne5 (18... Bf6 19. Nf5 $1 Bxb2 20.
Qxd6+ Kg8 21. Qg3+ Kf8 22. Rad1 $40) 19. Nh5 (19. Nf5 {is also good} Bxf5 20.
exf5 $36) 19... Qxb4 20. Rb1 Qc5 (20... Qa5 21. Qb3 $1 {followed by Qg3.}) 21.
Kh1 $1 {White finds the strongest move. The point of this move is that Bg5
won't work, because there is no check on f3 after taking the B compared to 21.
Qd2 line.} (21. Qb3 {also came into consideration, but now the R is defended,
so it isn't winning like in the 20...Qa5 line.}) (21. Qd2 Bg5 $1 {isn't so
clear.}) 21... Ng6 22. Nf6 Rb8 (22... Ne5 23. Nh7+ Ke8 24. f4 $40 {White has a
winning attack.}) 23. Qd2 $18 (23. Bc1 $1 $18 {was even better.}) 23... Bxf6
24. Bxf6 Rb5 25. Rbd1 d5 26. Qh6+ Ke8 27. exd5 cxd5 28. Rfe1+ Kd7 29. Qg7 Qf8
30. Bxd5 Rxd5 31. Rxd5+ Kc7 32. Be5+ Kc6 33. Qxf8 1-0

[Event "Grand Slam Final 7th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2014.09.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2014.09.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 7. a3 Bxd2+ 8.
Qxd2 Nbd7 9. O-O c6 10. a4 Nb6 11. Na3 Ne4 12. Qc2 Nd6 {Black clings on to the
pawn on c4, trying to force White to simplify material for its recovery or to
force e4-e5.} 13. e4 O-O 14. Rfd1 Qe7 15. Rac1 (15. e5 Nf5 16. Nxc4 Nxc4 17.
Qxc4 Rd8 {is extremely solid for Black.}) 15... c3 $5 16. Rb1 {White loses a
pawn, but he obtains strong compensation for it.} (16. Qxc3 Nxe4 $17) (16. bxc3
Nxe4 $13) 16... cxb2 17. Rxb2 Ne8 {Sadly Black didn't have a lot of
alternatives.} (17... Nd7 18. e5 Nf5 19. Nc4 $14) 18. Rxb6 (18. Ra1 $1 {
In a position with more space I prefer keeping some material alive.}) 18...
Qxa3 19. Ne5 Qe7 20. Qc3 Qd8 21. Qc5 Nf6 22. f4 Nd7 23. Nxd7 Qxd7 24. e5 Rd8
25. Be4 Qe8 26. Kf2 Qf8 27. Qc2 h6 28. Ke3 Ra7 29. h4 {Black is basically
paralyzed, but White has no way of breaking in. Making progress on the
kingside is double-edged.} Bd7 30. Qc5 h5 31. Qc3 Qe7 32. Rdb1 Be8 33. R1b2 Kf8
34. Bf3 f5 35. Rb1 g6 36. R1b2 Kg7 37. Bg2 Rd7 38. Bf3 Rc7 39. Qc5 Qxc5 40.
dxc5 Rd7 41. Rb1 {Neither side can seriously make progress here.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final 7th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2014.09.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2014.09.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ {The point of this move is to
force Black's knight to c6, which is not always the most comfortable place for
it.} Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd2 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bd6 9. O-O e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. Qc2 (11. e4
h6 12. h3 a6 13. Qc2 {led to a draw in Ushenina-Koneru earlier this month in
the Grand Prix.}) 11... h6 12. h3 a6 13. a3 Bf5 14. e4 Bd7 {Forcing e4 has its
pros and cons. f4 is weakened and White doesn't get access to e4 for a knight,
but it reinforces the center.} 15. Rfe1 Ng6 16. Nd1 c6 17. Ne3 Rc8 18. Bc3 cxd5
19. Bxd5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Be6 21. Rad1 f6 22. Qa4 Rf7 23. Bb4 Bxb4 24. Qxb4 Qf8 {
One can remember the Anand-Vallejo game, with a similar pawn structure;
however here Black is the one better placed.} 25. Qa4 Rd8 26. Ne3 Nf4 27. Rxd8
Qxd8 28. Rd1 Rd7 (28... Qc8 {kept some chances alive, but Anand was surely
happy with a solid position.}) 29. Rxd7 Qxd7 30. Qxd7 Bxd7 31. Ne1 Ne2+ 32. Kf1
Bb5 33. a4 {forcing a perpetual.} Ng3+ 34. Kg1 Ne2+ 35. Kf1 Ng3+ 36. Kg1 Ne2+
37. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final 7th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2014.09.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2014.09.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Qf5 7. Qb3 Nc6 8.
Bd2 a5 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 a4 {A typical Nimzo position. White has the pair of
bishops but on the other hand Black's development is acceptable and he has a
certain control over the light squares.} 11. Qd1 O-O 12. e3 b6 13. Bd3 Qd5 14.
Qe2 Ne4 15. O-O Nxc3 {After this move it is clear that the position will favor
White. His superior pawn structure and central control will make things easy
for him to play out. Maybe it was better to keep the tension by playing Bb7.}
16. bxc3 Bb7 17. c4 Qd6 18. c5 $5 {Maybe this was some kind of bluff?} Qe7 $2 {
Ponomariov absolutely had to take the intruder.} (18... bxc5 19. Qc2 (19. dxc5
Qxc5 20. Rfc1 Qe7 {is only enough for equality.}) 19... cxd4 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21.
Be4 f5 $1 {this seems fine for Black.}) 19. Be4 $6 (19. Rab1 $16) 19... f5 $6
20. Bxc6 Bxc6 21. Ne5 Bd5 22. Rfc1 Rfb8 23. Nd3 Bb7 24. Nb4 Ra5 25. c6 Bc8 26.
e4 fxe4 27. Qxe4 {White's advantage is obvious now, Black's bishop is squashed
out of play.} Ba6 28. Rc3 Re8 29. Re1 Bc8 30. Rce3 Rg5 31. f4 Rh5 32. d5 Qd6
33. h3 Kf8 34. f5 e5 35. g4 Rh4 36. Nd3 h5 37. Nxe5 $18 {Black's position was
strategically hopeless, now it is completely hopeless.} Kg8 38. Qf4 hxg4 39.
hxg4 (39. Ng6 $1 $18) 39... Qxd5 40. Nf3 Rxe3 41. Rxe3 Rh3 42. Kg2 1-0

[Event "CZE-chT 1415"]
[Site "Czech Republic"]
[Date "2015.01.10"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2014.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lysa nad Labem"]
[BlackTeam "Turnov"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. dxc5 Nxe4 5. cxd6 Nc6 6. Be3 e6 7. Nd4 Qa5+ 8.
c3 Nxd4 9. Bxd4 Nxd6 10. Na3 Bd7 11. Nc4 Nxc4 12. Bxc4 Bc6 13. Qg4 h5 14. Qf4
Be7 15. O-O O-O 16. Rae1 Qg5 17. Qxg5 Bxg5 18. f4 Bf6 19. f5 Bxd4+ 20. cxd4
exf5 21. Rxf5 g6 22. Rf4 b5 23. Bb3 Rad8 24. Re7 Bd5 25. Bxd5 Rxd5 26. Rxa7 f5
27. h4 Rfd8 28. Rb7 R8d7 29. Rxd7 Rxd7 30. Kf2 Ra7 31. d5 Rxa2 32. Rb4 Kf7 33.
Rxb5 Kf6 34. Rb6+ Ke5 35. d6 Ra4 36. g3 f4 37. d7 fxg3+ 38. Kxg3 Rd4 39. Rb7
Ke6 40. b4 Ke7 41. b5 Rg4+ 42. Kh3 g5 43. hxg5 Rxg5 44. b6 Rb5 45. Kh4 Kd8 46.
Ra7 Rxb6 47. Kxh5 Rd6 48. Kg5 Rxd7 49. Rxd7+ Kxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "CZE-chT 1415"]
[Site "Czech Republic"]
[Date "2015.01.11"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2014.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Novoborsky"]
[BlackTeam "Lysa nad Labem"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Bg6 8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. h4 Nd7 11. h5 Bf5 12. Nge2 h6 13. Nf4 a5 14. f3 Bd6
15. Kf2 a4 16. a3 Nb6 17. Rc1 Ke7 18. Be2 Ra5 19. Rhe1 Bd7 20. Bd3 f5 21. g3
Kd8 22. Nce2 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch 83rd"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "2014.11.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2014.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Karjakin,S} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7.
Nde2 h5 8. g3 Be7 ({RR} 8... b5 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. Nd5 Bb7 11. Nec3 Rc8 12. Bg2 ({
RR} 12. h4 Qa5 13. b4 Nxd5 14. bxa5 Nxc3 15. Qc1 Bxe4 16. Rh2 d5) 12... Be7 13.
Nxe7 Qxe7 14. h4 Nb6 15. Qd3 Qc7 ({RR} 15... O-O 16. O-O-O b4 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18.
exd5 Rc5) 16. Bh3 ({RR} 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. O-O) 16... Rb8 ({RR} 16... Nfd7 17.
O-O-O b4 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5) 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. O-O-O b4 ({RR} 18... Ke7 19.
Kb1) 19. Nd5 Nxd5 ({RR} 19... Bxd5 20. exd5 Qc4 21. Kb1 ({RR} 21. Qxc4 Nxc4 22.
Rd3) 21... Qxd3 22. cxd3 Na4 ({RR} 22... Nxd5 23. d4) 23. Bf5) 20. exd5 Bc8 21.
f4 Bxh3 ({RR} 21... a5) 22. Rxh3 Kf8 ({RR} 22... Rc8 23. Rh2 Qc4 24. Qf5) 23.
fxe5 {Karjakin,S (2759)-Gelfand,B (2777) Wijk aan Zee 2014 CBM 159 [Karjakin,S]
1-0 (60)}) 9. Bg2 O-O $146 ({RR} 9... Be6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. O-O Rc8 12. a5 h4 13.
g4 Nh7 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. Qxd5 Rc6 16. c3 O-O 17. f4 Qc7 18. Be3 exf4 19. Nxf4
Bg5 20. Kh1 Ne5 21. Qa2 Re8 22. Nd5 Qd7 23. Bd4 Kh8 24. Nb6 {Motylev,A (2682)
-Wojtaszek,R (2742) Germany 2014 1/2-1/2 (59)}) ({RR} 9... b5 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11.
Qxd5 Ra7 12. Be3 Be6 13. Qd2 Rb7 14. f4 Nd7 15. b3 Nf6 16. O-O-O Qa8 17. g4 Rc7
18. Ng3 O-O 19. f5 h4 20. g5 Nh7 21. fxe6 hxg3 22. exf7+ Kxf7 23. Kb1 Kg8 24.
h4 {Areshchenko,A (2701)-Duda,J (2587) Lublin 2014 1-0 (65)}) ({RR} 9... Be6
10. Be3 Nbd7 11. O-O b5 12. Qd2 Rc8 13. a4 b4 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Bf5 16.
Rfc1 a5 17. c3 b3 18. Re1 Nb6 19. Nc1 Nc4 20. Qe2 Bc2 21. Nd3 O-O 22. Bc1 h4
23. g4 Bg5 24. Be4 {Ochsner,B (2195)-Krzyzanowski,M (2356) Porto Carras 2010
0-1 (38)}) ({RR} 9... b5 10. a4 b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 Ra7 13. Be3 Be6 14.
Qd3 Rb7 15. f4 Qc8 16. b3 a5 17. O-O-O Qc6 18. g4 Na6 19. f5 Bc8 20. Ng3 h4 21.
Nh5 Kf8 22. Qd5 Rc7 23. Qxc6 Rxc6 24. Rd5 {Gundavaa,B (2480)-Akkozov,B (2347)
Shenzhen 2011 0-1 (62)}) 10. Be3 Nbd7 11. a4 Qc7 12. g4 hxg4 13. hxg4 Nb6 14.
g5 Ng4 15. Qd3 Qd8 16. a5 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Nc4 18. Qg3 Bxg5 19. b3 Nxa5 20. Rxa5
Qxa5 21. Qxg5 Be6 22. Qh5 f6 23. Bf3 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch 83rd"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "2014.11.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2014.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qb3 d5 6. cxd5 Qxd5 7. Qc2 Nc6 8. Nc3
Nb4 9. Qa4+ Qc6 10. Qb3 $146 ({RR} 10. Qxc6+ Nxc6 11. e3 Bxf1 12. Kxf1 O-O-O
13. Ke2 Bd6 14. Rd1 Rhe8 15. Ng5 Rd7 16. f4 Bb4 17. Bd2 Bxc3 18. Bxc3 h6 19.
Nf3 Ne4 20. Be1 f6 21. Kd3 Nc5+ 22. Ke2 Ne4 23. Kd3 Nc5+ 24. Ke2 Ne4 {Bacrot,E
(2719)-Almasi,Z (2695) Germany 2014 1/2-1/2}) 10... Nd3+ 11. exd3 Qxf3 12. Qa4+
b5 13. Qxa6 Qxh1 14. Qxb5+ Nd7 15. d5 Rb8 16. Qc4 Bd6 17. dxe6 Ne5 18. exf7+
Kf8 19. Qe4 Qxh2 20. d4 Nxf7 21. Qf3 Re8+ 22. Be3 Qh6 23. Bb5 Qf6 24. Qxf6
Rxe3+ 25. fxe3 gxf6 26. Ne4 Bb4+ 27. Ke2 f5 28. a3 Be7 29. Nc5 Bxc5 30. dxc5
Rg8 31. Rf1 Rxg3 32. Rxf5 Ke7 33. b4 Ng5 34. Rd5 h5 35. Rd7+ Kf6 36. Rxc7 h4
37. Bc6 h3 38. b5 Rg1 39. b6 axb6 40. cxb6 Rb1 41. b7 Rb2+ 42. Kd1 h2 43. Rc8
Nh3 44. Kc1 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch 83rd"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "2014.11.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2014.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 O-O 8.
Nc3 Ne4 9. Qd3 Nxc3 10. Ng5 Ne4 11. Nxe4 d5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Nc3 c6 14. O-O
Nd7 15. b4 Nf6 16. Rfc1 $146 ({RR} 16. Rfd1 Qd7 17. a4 Rac8 18. a5 c5 19. bxc5
bxc5 20. dxc5 Rxc5 21. a6 Bc6 22. Qe3 Rc4 23. Rd4 Re8 24. Qd3 Rxd4 25. Qxd4 Rb8
26. h3 h6 27. Ra5 Rb6 28. Kh2 Qe6 29. e3 Kh8 30. Nxd5 Bxd5 {Kulaots,K (2547)
-Quparadze,G (2362) Istanbul 2007 0-1 (39)}) 16... Qd7 17. e3 Rfc8 18. a4 a5
19. Rab1 Ba6 20. Qc2 Bc4 21. bxa5 bxa5 22. e4 dxe4 23. Nxe4 Bd5 24. Nxf6+ gxf6
25. Be4 Qg4 26. Re1 Re8 27. Bxd5 cxd5 28. Qc6 Rf8 29. Qxf6 Rae8 30. Re5 Rxe5
31. Qxe5 Qf3 32. Rc1 h6 33. Rc6 Kh7 34. Rf6 Qe4 35. Qh5 Qe1+ 36. Kg2 Qe4+ 37.
Kh3 Kg8 38. Qxh6 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch 83rd"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "2014.11.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2014.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Krasenkow,M} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7.
Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 b4 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Bb7 11. Nd2 ({RR} 11. O-O) ({RR} 11. Qa4
Qc7 12. Bd2 c5 13. Bxb7 Qxb7 14. O-O Bd6 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Ne5 Qd5 17. Nxd7
Qxd7 18. Qa5 O-O 19. Bxb4 Bxb4 20. Qxb4 Rab8 21. Qa3 Rfd8 22. b3 e5 23. h3 h6
24. Rac1 Rb5 25. Rc5 Qe7 {Buker,M (2097)-Ozer,O (1802) Antalya 2013 1-0 (59)})
11... Qc7 ({RR} 11... Rc8 12. a3 ({RR} 12. O-O Qc7 13. Nc4 Be7 14. a3 bxa3 15.
b3 Nf6 16. Bf3 O-O 17. Bxa3 c5 18. dxc5 Bxc5) 12... bxa3 13. O-O ({RR} 13. b3
Qa5 14. O-O) 13... Ba6 14. Re1 Bd6 ({RR} 14... Bb4 15. bxa3 Ba5) 15. b3 Qe7 16.
Nc4 Bxc4 17. bxc4 O-O ({RR} 17... Bxh2+ 18. Kxh2 Qh4+ 19. Kg1 Qxe4 20. f3 Qg6
21. Bxa3) 18. Qd3 f5 19. Bf3 e5 ({RR} 19... c5 20. Bxa3) 20. c5 Bb8 21. Bxa3 ({
RR} 21. Qd1 e4 22. Be2 Nf6 23. Rxa3) 21... e4 22. Qb3+ Kh8 23. Be2 Nf6 ({RR} 
23... f4) 24. Rab1 ({RR} 24. Bc1 h5) 24... h5 ({RR} 24... f4) 25. Qb7 ({RR} 25.
g3 h4 26. Rb2 Ng4 27. Reb1) 25... Qe8 26. Rb3 {Kasimdzhanov,R (2684)
-Mamedyarov,S (2729) London 2012 CBM 151 [Krasenkow,M] 0-1 (45)} ({RR} 26. g3
h4)) ({RR} 11... Be7 12. O-O O-O ({RR} 12... Qc7 13. b3 O-O 14. Bb2 f5 15. Bf3
e5 16. Nc4 e4 17. Be2 c5 18. Rc1 ({RR} 18. d5 Bd6) 18... Rad8 19. Qc2) 13. b3 (
{RR} 13. Nc4 Qc7 14. b3 c5) ({RR} 13. Nb3 Qb6 14. Qc2 g6 15. a3 bxa3 16. bxa3
c5 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Rb1 Qc8 19. dxc5) 13... Nf6 14. Bf3 Nd5 15. Bb2 ({RR} 15.
Ne4 f5 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. dxc5 Nc3) 15... c5 16. dxc5 ({RR} 16. Ne4 Ba6 17. Be2
Bxe2 18. Qxe2 cxd4 19. Bxd4 f5 20. Nc5 Qd6 21. Rac1 e5 22. Bb2 Rac8) 16... Bxc5
17. Nc4 Qe7 18. Rc1 Rac8 19. Rc2 Rfd8) 12. b3 $146 ({RR} 12. O-O Bd6 13. a3 Ba6
14. Re1 Bxh2+ 15. Kh1 Bd6 16. axb4 Bb5 17. Nb3 f5 18. Bf3 Qd8 19. g3 Bxb4 20.
Bd2 Bxd2 21. Qxd2 O-O 22. Rec1 e5 23. Bxc6 Bxc6+ 24. Rxc6 Qe8 25. dxe5 Nxe5 26.
Qd5+ Kh8 {Savina,A (2407)-Girya,O (2365) Dagomys 2010 1/2-1/2 (35)}) ({RR} 12.
a3 c5 13. Qf3 Rb8) ({RR} 12. O-O Bd6 13. a3 Ba6 14. Re1 Bxh2+ 15. Kh1 Bd6 16.
axb4 Bb5) ({RR} 12. O-O c5 13. Qf3 Rb8 14. b3 cxd4 15. exd4 Nf6 16. Bxb7 Qxb7
17. Qg3 g6 18. Nc4 Rd8 19. Bg5 Qe7 20. Na5 Rd6 21. Rac1 Bg7 22. Nb7 Qxb7 23.
Qxd6 Qd7 24. Qb8+ Ke7 25. Qxb4+ Kd8 26. Qa5+ Ke8 {Wilde,M-Rahner,F Baden 1992
1-0}) ({RR} 12. a3 c5 13. Qf3 Bxe4 14. Nxe4 Rc8 15. O-O Be7 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17.
Nxc5 Qxc5 18. axb4 Qb6 19. b5 O-O 20. Ra6 Qxb5 21. Rxa7 Qc5 22. Rd7 Bf6 23. e4
Qb5 24. Rd3 Bxb2 25. Rb3 Qxf1+ 26. Kxf1 Rxc1+ {Gutov,A (2412)-Gordievsky,D 
(2397) Sochi 2012 1/2-1/2 (44)}) 12... c5 13. Qf3 Bxe4 14. Nxe4 Rd8 15. O-O c4
16. bxc4 Qxc4 17. a3 a5 18. axb4 axb4 19. Qg3 Qd5 20. f3 f5 21. Ng5 Be7 22. Ra6
f4 23. exf4 Qxd4+ 24. Qf2 Qxf2+ 25. Kxf2 Nc5 26. Rb6 O-O 27. Nxe6 Rf6 28. f5
Nxe6 29. Rxe6 Bc5+ 30. Ke2 Rxf5 31. Be3 Bxe3 32. Kxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch 83rd"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "2014.11.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Zubov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2014.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Baburin} e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3
Nbd7 8. Bd3 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nge2 Nb6 11. O-O-O ({RR} 11. Rb1 g6 12. b4 a6
13. a4 O-O 14. a5 Nd7 15. Na4 f5 16. O-O Ndf6 17. Qc1 Be6 18. Bc2 Ne4 19. Rb3
g5 20. f3 Nd6 21. Nc5 Rae8 22. Re1 Bc8 23. Ng3 Nxg3 24. hxg3 f4 25. g4 ({RR} 
25. gxf4 gxf4 26. e4) 25... Qg7 {Bareev,E (2709)-Boensch,U (2547) Germany 2000
CBM 076 [Baburin] 0-1 (39)}) ({RR} 11. h3 g6 12. g4 Ng7 13. O-O-O Bd7 14. Kb1
O-O-O 15. Ng3 Kb8 16. Rhe1 Be6 17. f4 Qh4 18. Qf2 f5 19. Rh1 Qe7 20. g5 Ne8 21.
Nf1 Nd6 22. Nh2 Ne4 23. Qc2 Nxc3+ 24. Qxc3 Nc4 25. Rde1 Nd6 {Thuesen,M (2235)
-Sorensen,P (2021) Ballerup 2014 1/2-1/2 (48)}) 11... Bd7 12. Kb1 O-O-O 13. Nc1
Kb8 $146 ({RR} 13... g6 14. Nb3 Ng7 15. Nc5 Bf5 16. N3a4 Kb8 17. Ka1 Rhe8 18.
Bxf5 Nxf5 19. Nd3 Nc4 {1/2-1/2 (19) Komljenovic,D (2495)-Hoffman,A (2445)
Valencia 1992}) 14. Nb3 Nf6 15. Rhe1 Rhe8 16. f3 Be6 17. Nc5 Qc7 18. h3 Nbd7
19. Nxe6 Rxe6 20. e4 dxe4 21. fxe4 Nb6 22. Qf2 Re7 23. Bc2 h6 24. a3 Ka8 25.
Bb3 Ne8 26. Rc1 Qd7 27. e5 Nc7 28. Ne4 Nbd5 29. Nd6 f6 30. Ka1 fxe5 31. dxe5
Re6 32. Bc2 g6 33. Qg3 Qe7 34. Bxg6 Qg7 35. Qb3 Rb8 36. Bf5 Rxe5 37. g4 Qe7 38.
Rxe5 Qxe5 39. Ne4 Ne6 40. Qg3 Qxg3 41. Nxg3 Nef4 42. h4 Rg8 43. Rf1 Kb8 44. Ne4
Kc7 45. g5 hxg5 46. hxg5 Rg7 47. Ka2 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch 83rd"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "2014.11.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kovchan, Alexander"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2014.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O e6 7. h3 ({RR} 7. Re1
Nc6 8. h3 a6 9. Be3 b5 10. e5 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Ne7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bf3 Rb8 14. Bxf6
Bxf6 15. Ne4 Bg7 16. Nc5 Rb6 17. c3 Nd5 18. a4 b4 19. a5 Rd6 20. Qb3 bxc3 21.
bxc3 Qe8 {Potkin,V (2613)-Ehlvest,J (2595) Moscow 2009 1-0 (38)}) ({RR} 7. Re1
Nc6 8. Be3 h6 9. h3 b6 10. Qd2 Kh7 11. Rad1 Ne7 12. Bf4 Bb7 13. Bd3 a6 14. Qe2
b5 15. Nb1 Nd7 16. Nbd2 e5 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Bg3 c6 19. c3 Qc7 20. Bc2 Nc5 21.
Nb3 Na4 {Klundt,K (2407)-Ponomariov,R (2616) Bad Wiessee 1999 0-1 (49)}) 7...
Nc6 8. Be3 a6 9. a4 ({RR} 9. Qc1 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. Bg5 Ne7 12. Qf4 Nh5 13. Qh4
f6 14. Be3 Bh8 15. g4 Ng7 16. Rad1 Ne8 17. Nd2 Qd7 18. Nb3 f5 19. f3 Nf6 20.
Na5 Bc8 21. Bh6 Bg7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. g5 Nh5 {Jahncke,G (2241)-Emami,M (2003)
Hamburg 2014 1-0 (37)}) 9... b6 $146 ({RR} 9... h6 10. Qd2 Kh7 11. Rad1 Ne7 12.
Bd3 Nd7 13. Rfe1 b6 14. h4 Bb7 15. h5 gxh5 16. e5+ Ng6 17. Ne4 Qe7 18. exd6
cxd6 19. Bf4 e5 20. dxe5 dxe5 21. Ng3 Bxf3 22. Nf5 Qf6 23. Bxh6 Bxh6 24. Qxh6+
{Rozentalis,E (2616)-Henrichs,T (2476) Reykjavik 2013 1-0 (40)}) 10. Qd2 Bb7
11. Rad1 Re8 12. Bg5 Qc8 13. Rfe1 e5 14. d5 Nd4 15. Be3 Nxe2+ 16. Qxe2 Nh5 17.
g4 Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch 83rd"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "2014.11.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2014.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik,L} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7.
Be2 Be7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Nc6 10. f4 Qc7 11. Bf3 ({RR} 11. Kb1 Bd7 ({RR} 
11... Nxd4 12. Bxd4 e5 13. Be3 b5 14. Bf3 ({RR} 14. Rhf1 Bb7 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16.
exd5 Nd7 17. fxe5 Nxe5 18. Bd4 Qd7 19. Qf4 Ng6 20. Qf3 Rae8 21. Bd3) 14... Bb7
15. g4 b4 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 exf4 18. Bxf4 Nd7 19. g5 f6 20. h4 ({RR} 20. g6
hxg6 21. Rdg1 g5 22. Qg2) 20... fxg5 21. hxg5 Bxg5 22. Qh2) 12. g4 Nxd4 13.
Qxd4 Bc6 ({RR} 13... e5 14. Qd3 Bxg4 15. Bxg4 Nxg4 ({RR} 15... exf4 16. Bxf4
Nxg4 17. Nd5) 16. Nd5 Qd8 17. Bb6 Qd7 18. h3 Nf6 19. fxe5 Nxd5 20. Qxd5) 14. g5
Nd7 ({RR} 14... Ne8 15. h4) 15. h4 Nc5 16. Bf3 Rad8 ({RR} 16... f5 17. gxf6
Bxf6 18. Qxd6 Qxd6 19. Rxd6 Bxc3 20. Bxc5 ({RR} 20. bxc3 Bxe4) 20... Rxf4 21.
bxc3 Rxf3 22. Rxe6 Rxc3) 17. h5 f6 ({RR} 17... f5 18. h6) 18. g6 f5 ({RR} 18...
h6 19. f5 exf5 20. Nd5) 19. h6 Bf6 ({RR} 19... gxh6 20. gxh7+ Kxh7 21. Rxh6+ {
RR} Kxh6 22. Rh1+ Kg6 23. Bh5+ Kh7 24. Bf7+ Bh4 25. Rxh4#) 20. hxg7 Bxg7 ({RR} 
20... Bxd4 21. Bxd4 hxg6 ({RR} 21... h6 22. gxf8=Q+ Rxf8 23. Rxh6 e5 24. Rh7) (
{RR} 21... e5 22. gxf8=Q+ Rxf8 23. gxh7+ Kh8 24. fxe5 dxe5 25. Bxc5) 22. Rh8+
Kf7 23. gxf8=Q+ Rxf8 24. Rh7+) ({RR} 20... Qxg7 21. gxh7+ Kh8 {RR} 22. Qd2) 21.
Rxh7 ({RR} 21. gxh7+ Kh8 22. Qd2 Nxe4 ({RR} 22... fxe4 23. Bg4 Bf6 24. Rdg1)
23. Bxe4 ({RR} 23. Nxe4 fxe4 24. Bg4 Bd5 25. Rdg1 Qc4 26. b3 Qc3 27. Qxc3 Bxc3)
23... fxe4 24. Rdg1) 21... fxe4 ({RR} 21... Bxd4 22. Bxd4 ({RR} 22. Rxc7 Bxe3)
22... Qxh7 23. gxh7+ Kf7 ({RR} 23... Kxh7 24. Rh1+ Kg8 ({RR} 24... Kg6 25. Bh5+
Kh7 26. Bf7#) 25. Rh8+ Kf7 26. Bh5+ Ke7 27. Rh7+) 24. Bh5+ Ke7 25. e5 Ne4 26.
Nxe4 fxe4 27. exd6+ Kd7 28. Bg6) 22. Nxe4 ({RR} 22. Rdh1 e5 ({RR} 22... Bxd4
23. Bxd4 e5 24. fxe5 ({RR} 24. Rxc7 exd4 25. Rhh7 Ne6) 24... dxe5 25. Bxc5 Qc8
26. Rh8+ Kg7 27. R1h7+ Kxg6 28. Bh5+ Kg5 29. Rg7+ Kf6 30. Rg6+ Kf5 31. Rhh6 Rd4
32. Bg4+ Kf4 33. Ne2+ Ke3 34. Rh3+ Kd2 35. Rh2) 23. fxe5 exf3 24. exd6 Bxd4 25.
Bxd4) 22... Bxd4 23. Bxd4 ({RR} 23. Rxc7 Bxe3 24. Nxc5 dxc5) 23... Qxh7 ({RR} 
23... e5 24. Rxc7 exd4 ({RR} 24... Bxe4 25. Bxe4 Nxe4 26. Be3) 25. Ng5 Bxf3 26.
Nxf3 Rxf4 27. Nxd4) 24. gxh7+ Kxh7 ({RR} 24... Kf7 25. Nxd6+ Rxd6 26. Bh5+ Ke7
27. Bxc5) 25. Rh1+ Kg6 {Bologan,V (2620)-Lesiege,A (2553) Koszalin 1999 CBM
073 [Ftacnik,L] 1/2-1/2 (38)} ({RR} 25... Kg8 26. Rh8+ Kf7 27. Bh5+ Ke7 28.
Rh7+)) ({RR} 11. Kb1 Rd8 12. Nb3 b5 13. Bf3 Rb8 14. g4 b4 15. Na4 d5 16. e5 Nd7
17. Qf2 a5 18. Be2 f6 19. exf6 Nxf6 20. Bb6 Ne4 21. Bxc7 Nxf2 22. Bxb8 Nxb8 23.
Nxa5 Rf8 24. Nb6 Bd8 25. Nxc8 Bxa5 {Elistratov,S (2211)-Timofeev,A (2610)
Togliatti 2014 1/2-1/2 (70)}) 11... Na5 12. Qd3 Rb8 $146 ({RR} 12... Nd7 13.
Nb3 Nc4 14. Bf2 b5 15. Rhe1 Bb7 16. Qe2 Rac8 17. Qd3 b4 18. Nb1 a5 19. N1d2 Ba6
20. Nxc4 Bxc4 21. Qd2 a4 22. Nd4 b3 23. axb3 axb3 24. c3 Qa5 {0-1 (24) Le Bris,
Y (1914)-Kambrath,Y (2292) Saint Paul Trois Chateaux 2013}) 13. Kb1 b5 14. Bc1
Nc4 15. b3 Re8 16. Rhe1 Nd7 17. Bh5 Bf6 18. Qf3 Bb7 19. f5 exf5 20. Nxf5 Qa5
21. Nd4 g6 22. Rf1 gxh5 23. Qxh5 Qxc3 24. Rxf6 Bxe4 25. Qg4+ Bg6 26. Rf3 Ne3
27. Rxe3 Rxe3 28. Bxe3 Rc8 29. Rd3 Qc7 30. Qg5 f6 31. Qg3 Kf7 32. Bh6 Ne5
1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch 83rd"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "2014.11.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zubarev, Alexander2"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2014.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nc6 4. Nc3 Nge7 5. d4 Nxd4 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Nc6 8.
Qd1 Bc5 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O d6 11. b3 e5 12. Qd2 Be6 13. Bb2 a6 14. Bd3 $146 ({
RR} 14. Rac1 Rc8 15. Nd5 Qh4 16. Bf3 Nd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. g3 Qd8 19. Bg2 Qd7
20. a4 Bxd5 21. cxd5 b5 22. a5 Rc5 23. Rxc5 dxc5 24. Rc1 Rc8 25. Bf1 Rd8 26. h4
h6 27. Kh2 Qg4 28. Bg2 Qg6 {Malakhov,V (2395)-Landa,K (2510) Groningen 1994
1-0 (51)}) 14... h6 15. Kh1 Qg5 16. Qe1 Nb4 17. Rd1 b5 18. cxb5 Nxd3 19. Rxd3
axb5 20. Rg3 Qh5 21. Qd2 Kh7 22. f4 f5 23. exf5 Qxf5 24. Nxb5 Rxa2 25. Rgf3 Qg6
26. b4 Rb8 27. Rg3 Qf5 28. Nxd6 Rxb2 29. Rxg7+ Kh8 30. Qxb2 Bxd6 31. Rg3 Rxb4
32. Qa1 Rxf4 33. Rxf4 Qxf4 34. Rg6 Qf7 35. Rxh6+ Kg7 36. Rh4 Qf2 37. Ra4 Kf6
38. Qd1 Bd5 39. Qg1 Qe2 40. Ra1 Ke6 41. Qf1 Qxf1+ 42. Rxf1 e4 43. Rc1 Bb4 44.
Kg1 Bd2 45. Rc2 e3 46. Kf1 Bb3 47. Rc8 Kd7 48. Rc5 Kd6 49. Rc8 Ba4 50. Rb8 Kc7
51. Rb1 Bc2 52. Ra1 Bd3+ 53. Kg1 Kd6 54. g3 Ke5 55. h3 Bc4 56. Kg2 Bd5+ 57. Kf1
Bf3 58. Kg1 Ke4 59. Ra7 Kd3 60. Re7 Bb4 61. Re8 Be1 62. Kf1 Bxg3 63. Rd8+ Ke4
64. Re8+ Be5 65. h4 Bh5 66. Re7 Kf5 67. Kg2 e2 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch 83rd"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "2014.11.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2014.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8.
dxc5 Nc6 9. Nf3 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Nxd2 11. Nxd2 Qxc5 12. e3 d4 13. b4 Qe7 14. Be2
dxe3 15. fxe3 O-O 16. O-O b6 $146 ({RR} 16... Qg5 17. Rf3 f5 18. c5 Ne5 19. Rg3
Qf6 20. Rf1 Ng6 21. Ne4 Qe5 22. Nd6 a5 23. Bc4 axb4 24. axb4 Ra1 25. Qd2 Rxf1+
26. Bxf1 f4 27. exf4 Nxf4 28. Rf3 Bd7 29. Qe3 Qxe3+ 30. Rxe3 Bc6 31. b5 {
Golod,V (2582)-Kosteniuk,A (2531) playchess.com INT 2006 1-0 (47)}) 17. c5 bxc5
18. Ne4 Bb7 19. Qxc5 Rad8 20. Rfd1 Ba8 21. Rac1 Qb7 22. Bf3 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Qb8
24. Ng5 Rc8 25. Qc2 g6 26. Qf2 Ne5 27. Bxa8 Qxa8 28. Qf4 Qb8 29. Ne4 Nc4 30.
Qh4 Qe5 31. Nf6+ Kg7 32. Ng4 Qc3 33. Qh6+ Kh8 34. h3 Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch 83rd"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "2014.11.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Bogdanovich, Stanislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2014.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 h6 9. Bf4 Nh5 10. Nf3 Nxf4 11. exf4 Nf6 $146 ({RR} 11... O-O 12. O-O-O Bb4
13. g4 Nf6 14. h3 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Ne4 16. f5 c5 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. dxc5 Qa5 19.
Nd2 Bd7 20. Nb3 Qc7 21. Qd2 Rad8 22. Qe3 Ba4 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rd1 Rxd1+ 25.
Kxd1 Qh2 26. Kc1 {Mamedyarov,S (2743)-Grachev,B (2672) Kocaeli 2014 1/2-1/2 
(38)}) ({RR} 11... O-O 12. O-O Nf6 13. Rfe1 b6 14. Ne5 Bb7 15. Qe2 Bd6 16. Bc2
c5 17. Rad1 Rc8 18. Qd3 cxd4 19. Qxd4 Bc5 20. Qd3 Ne4 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. Qe2 Qh4
23. g3 Qh3 24. Rd7 e3 25. f3 Bb4 26. Red1 {Gonzalez Velez,F (2420)-Medina
Garcia,A (2400) Spain 1998 0-1 (48)}) ({RR} 11... Bd6 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. fxe5 Bb4
14. O-O Bxc3 15. Qxc3 O-O 16. f4 f5 17. b4 Be6 18. a4 Rc8 19. Qd2 Rf7 20. Kh1
h5 21. Rfc1 g6 22. Rc5 a6 23. Rac1 Ra8 24. Be2 Rd7 25. R1c3 Rg7 26. Rg3 {
Sarwinski,M (2395)-Jankovec,I (2325) Rzeszow 1986 1-0 (39)}) 12. h3 Qd6 13. Ne5
Qb4 14. O-O-O Qxd4 15. Ng6 Rg8 16. Rhe1 Be6 17. Bf5 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch 83rd"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "2014.11.22"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2014.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2] The decisive game for Kuzubov - after surprisingly losing in the
penultimate round to a tail-ender, the competition cought up with him and only
a win would give him the gold.} 1. e4 ({If White plays the King's Indian
reversed with the move-order} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 {
, here quick castling} O-O (5... c5 {enables} 6. e4 $1 Nc6 ({Nobody has dared
to accept the sacrifice,} 6... dxe4 7. dxe4 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Nxe4 9. Ne5 Nd6 10.
Na3 f6 11. Nec4 Nxc4 12. Nxc4 $44) 7. Qe2 O-O 8. e5 Nd7 9. c4 d4 10. h4 Kh8 11.
Bf4 f5 12. Ng5 Bxg5 13. hxg5 Qc7 14. g6 $5 hxg6 15. Nd2 Kg8 16. Nf3 Re8 17. Ng5
Nf8 18. g4 Nd8 {Svidler,P (2758)-Karjakin,S (2766)/Khanty-Mansiysk/2014/} 19.
gxf5 $1 $36 {For more details see the notes to this game by Motylev in CBM 160.
}) {is already more accurate, forcing White to invest a tempo into the e4 push
with} 6. Nbd2 {However, there is no guarantee Ponomariov would have reacted
this way to 1.Nf3...}) 1... c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 {Avoiding a highly theoretical
clash to fight for an advantage in the (early) middlegame is a time-honored
method:} ({We have seen even Carlsen spurning} 3. d4 {in the Sochi match.})
3... Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 {This natural developing move is the most usual choice,
but Anand in keeping with his style opted for} (4... d5 $5 {forcing an early
confrontation:} 5. exd5 (5. d3 $6 dxe4 6. dxe4 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 b6 8. c3 Ba6 9.
Bf1 O-O-O+ 10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. Kc2 Nf6 12. Bd3 h6 13. Re1 g5 14. h3 g4 15. hxg4
Nxg4 16. Rf1 h5 17. a4 Nce5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Be2 h4 $36 {Ree,H-Portisch,L/
Wijk aan Zee/1968/}) 5... exd5 6. O-O (6. d4 Nf6 {would probably only
transpose after} 7. O-O) 6... Nf6 7. d4 Be7 8. Be3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bg4 $1 ({
Actively develops his bishop, forcing White to commit his queen.} 9... O-O {
allows} 10. h3 $5 (10. Nc3 Bg4 11. Qd3 Qd7 (11... a6 $6 12. Rfe1 Qd7 13. Nxc6
$1 bxc6 14. Na4 Qf5 15. Bf4 (15. Qc3 $5) (15. Bd4 $14) 15... Bb4 16. Qxf5 Bxf5
17. c3 Ba5 18. Bf1 Bd8 19. b3 Ne4 20. h4 Bf6 21. Rac1 g5 22. hxg5 Nxg5 $132 {
Jones,G (2635)-Caruana,F (2767)/Reykjavik/2012/}) 12. Rfe1 Rac8 (12... Rfe8 $5)
13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bd4 Rfe8 15. Qa6 Bf5 16. Re2 Bg4 17. Re3 Be6 18. Ree1 c5 19.
Be5 Ng4 20. Bf4 g5 21. Bd2 h6 22. Qa4 Qxa4 23. Nxa4 Bf6 24. Nc3 Ne5 25. Rad1
Nc4 $11 {Jones,G (2624)-Tregubov,P (2602)/Bastia/2011/}) {although even here
Balck can hold his own after} 10... Re8 11. Re1 (11. Nc3 Bb4 12. Nce2 Bd6 13.
c3 Bd7 14. Nf4 Bxf4 15. Bxf4 Qb6 16. Nb3 Ne5 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Bd4 Bb5 19. Bxe5
Rxe5 20. Re1 Rae8 21. Rxe5 Rxe5 22. Nd4 Bc6 23. Qd2 h6 24. Re1 Qe7 25. Rxe5
Qxe5 26. Nc2 Kf8 27. Ne3 Ne4 28. Qd3 h5 29. h4 g6 $14 {/=, Adams,M (2740)
-Kryvoruchko,Y (2678)/Tromsoe WCup/2013/CBM 156 (54)}) 11... Bf8 (11... h6 12.
Nd2 Bd6 13. c3 Bd7 14. Qb3 a6 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Nf1 Re7 17. Qc2 Rae8 18. Nf5
Bxf5 19. Qxf5 Qa5 20. Qb1 Qb5 21. b3 {Short,N (2696)-Caruana,F (2675)/Wijk aan
Zee/2010/} Qa5 $132) 12. c3 Bd7 13. Nd2 Rc8 14. Nf1 h6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Bxa7
c5 17. Rxe8 Bxe8 18. b4 cxb4 19. cxb4 Bxb4 20. Ne3 Bc5 21. Bxc5 Rxc5 22. Qd4
Ra5 $11 {Carlsen,M (2881)-El Debs,F (2511)/Caxias do Sul rpd/2014/}) 10. Qd3
Qd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. N2f3 Rfe8 13. Rfe1 ({Black has no reason to fear} 13. Nxc6
bxc6 14. Ne5 Qe6 $5 15. Nxg4 Nxg4 $11) 13... Bd6 14. c3 h6 15. Qf1 {[%cal
Yh2h3]} (15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Bd4 Ne4 17. c4 Bf5 18. cxd5 c5 $5 19. Be5 Bxe5 20.
Nxe5 Rxe5 21. Bxe4 Bxe4 22. Rxe4 Rxd5 $11) 15... Bh5 ({A typical isolated QP
position; Black has more than one alternative, giving him good piece play:} 
15... Ne4 16. Nh4 g5 $5 17. Nhf3 f5 $13) (15... Bc7 16. h3 Bh5 $11 {and once
White pushes g4, Black can build up a battery on the h2-b8 diagonal.}) (15...
Rad8 $132) 16. h3 (16. Nh4 $5) 16... Bg6 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. c4 Be4
$6 ({This is a nice square for the knight,} 19... Qb7 $142 20. cxd5 cxd5 21.
Bd4 Ne4 $13 {ostava dost nejasna.}) 20. Bd4 Nh7 21. cxd5 Bxd5 (21... cxd5 $5
22. Qa6 $14) 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Qd3 Nf8 24. Nh4 ({Simplification eases Black's
task, subsequently Magnus pointed out the more refined} 24. Bc3 $5 $36) 24...
Be5 25. Bxd5 Qxd5 26. Bxe5 Qxe5 27. b3 Ne6 28. Nf3 Qf6 29. Kg2 Rd8 30. Qe2 Rd5
$5 31. Rxd5 cxd5 $11 {Carlsen,M (2863)-Anand,V (2792)/WCh Sochi (4)/2014/}) 5.
d3 (5. Qe2 {has lately become fashionable, White retains the option to play
d2-d4 after either c3, or 0-0 and Rd1. Dejan Antic wrote an article about this
line in CBM 161. Here a good reaction for Black, which Ponomariov experienced
firsthand, is} e5 $5 6. O-O Be7 7. c3 O-O 8. d4 $6 (8. d3 $142 Re8 9. Nbd2 d6 {
is complex and roughly equal.}) 8... cxd4 9. cxd4 exd4 $1 (9... d5 10. exd5 (
10. dxe5 dxe4 11. exf6 exf3 12. Qxf3 Bxf6 13. Nc3 Nd4 14. Qd1 Re8 15. Bf4 Nc6
16. Nb5 Bxb2 17. Rb1 Be5 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19. Bxe5 Nxe5 20. Nc7 Rb8 21. Na6 Bf5
22. Nxb8 Bxb1 23. Rxb1 Rxb8 24. Rxb7 Rxb7 25. Bxb7 Kf8 $11 {Grover,S (2475)
-Mchedlishvili,M (2628)/Dubai/2014/}) 10... Nxd4 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Qe5 (12. Qc4
Qb6 13. Nd2 Bd7 14. a4 Rac8 15. Qd3 {Bachmann,A (2652)-Lei,T (2450)/Benasque/
2014/} Rfe8 {/\} 16. Nb3 Ng4 $132) 12... d3 13. Nc3 Re8 14. Bf4 $2 (14. Qd4 Bf5
15. Bf4 Qd7 $11) 14... Ba3 $1 15. Qd4 Bxb2 16. Qxd3 Bxa1 17. Rxa1 Bd7 18. h3
Rc8 19. Be3 Bf5 20. Qxf5 Rxc3 $17 {Ponomariov,R (2751)-Caruana,F (2779)/
Bucharest/2013/ For more details about this game see the notes by Caruana in
CBM 157.}) 10. e5 Ne8 11. Rd1 Qb6 12. Nbd2 d5 13. Nb3 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3
Nc7 16. Bg2 a5 17. Bf4 Rfe8 18. Qd3 Ne6 19. Bxd5 Nb4 20. Qf3 Nxd5 21. Qxd5 Red8
$36 {Zhurikhin,A (2333)-Bukavshin,I (2607)/Vladivostok/2014/}) 5... d5 ({
The normal reaction, but even here} 5... e5 $5 $146 {seems possible:} 6. O-O
Be7 7. Nc3 d6 8. h3 O-O 9. Nh4 Nd4 10. Ne2 Ne8 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Nf5 Bg5 13. f4
Bxf5 14. exf5 exf4 15. Bxf4 Bxf4 16. Rxf4 Qb6 17. a4 Nf6 18. a5 Qc5 19. Bxb7
Rab8 20. a6 Rfe8 $44 {Anand,V (2793)-Giri,A (2768)/London blitz/2014/}) 6. Nbd2
Be7 7. O-O b6 {An important crossroads, Black has to decide about the future
of his king. Ponomariov puts it off, toying with the 0-0-0 option.} ({However,
more usual and perhaps objectively better is} 7... O-O 8. Re1 b5 9. e5 {
The traditional approach, championed already by Fischer ao. White shifts his
attention to the kingside.} (9. exd5 exd5 10. d4 (10. Nb3 Re8 11. h3 Qb6 12. c3
Bb7 13. Be3 Rad8 (13... Nd7 $5 $13) 14. d4 $5 c4 15. Nc5 Bc8 16. b4 cxb3 17.
axb3 b4 18. cxb4 Qxb4 19. Rc1 $14 {[%csl Gc5]} Ne4 (19... h6 20. Bf4 $14) 20.
Nxe4 dxe4 21. Bd2 (21. Rxc6 exf3 22. Rc4 $36) 21... Qb6 22. Rxe4 Bf5 (22... Be6
$5) 23. Re1 (23. Re3 $1 {/\} Nxd4 24. Qe1 {[%cal Re3e7,Rd2a5]}) 23... Nxd4 24.
Be3 {Zvjaginsev,V (2655)-Lysyj,I (2686)/RUS-ch Kazan/2014/} Bf6 25. Nxd4 Bxd4
$11) (10. a4 b4 (10... Rb8 11. axb5 Rxb5 12. b3 Be6 13. Bb2 Qd7 14. Ne5 Nxe5
15. Bxe5 Ng4 16. Bc3 Bf6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Ra6 Rc8 19. Qa1 Rc7 20. Nf3 $36 {
[%csl Ra7] Movsesian,S (2700)-Karjakin,S (2756) WChT Antalya/2013/}) 11. d4 Bf5
$5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Nb3 Bb6 14. Nfd4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Be4 16. a5 Bc5 17. Be3 Rc8
$6 (17... Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Re8 $132) 18. Bh3 Nd7 19. f3 Bg6 20. c3 bxc3 21. bxc3
Rc7 22. Bf4 Rb7 {Kabanov,N (2502)-Hou,Y (2571) Khanty-Mansiysk/ 2009/} 23. Qa4
$36) 10... Bg4 $5 (10... c4 11. a4 $14) 11. h3 Bh5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Nb3 Bb6
14. a4 (14. Bg5 Rc8 15. c3 b4 $5 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qxd5 Bg6 $44) 14... bxa4 15.
Rxa4 Re8 16. Bg5 Rxe1+ 17. Qxe1 h6 18. Be3 Bg6 19. c3 Bc2 20. Ra3 Rb8 21. Nfd4
Bxd4 22. Nxd4 Nxd4 23. Bxd4 Rxb2 24. Kh2 Be4 $11 {Topalov,V (2772)-Caruana,F 
(2791)/Norway blitz/2014/}) 9... Nd7 10. Nf1 b4 11. h4 a5 {A recent twist is}
12. h5 ({Earlier White attacked mainly with his pieces after} 12. Bf4 {[%cal
Yf1h2,Yf3g5,Yd1h5]} a4 13. a3 $5 ({Already Fischer came to the conclusion it's
advisable to prevent} 13. N1h2 a3 14. b3 Ba6 {[%csl Ra2][%cal Yc6a7,Ya7b5,
Yb5c3] , for example} 15. Ng5 Qe8 $5 16. Qh5 h6 17. Ng4 Bxg5 18. hxg5 f5 $1 $15
) 13... bxa3 14. bxa3 Ba6 15. Ne3 (15. N1h2 Rb8 16. Ng5 Nd4 17. c3 Nb3 $132)
15... Rb8 $1 (15... Nd4 $143 16. c4) 16. c4 dxc4 17. Nxc4 Nb6 18. Nd6 (18. Nxb6
Rxb6 19. Re3 {Amin,B (2551)-Sadek,S (2384)/Cairo/2009/} Nd4 20. Qxa4 Nf5 $36)
18... Nd5 19. Qxa4 Rb6 (19... Nxf4 20. gxf4 Rb6 $44) 20. Rac1 (20. Bg5 $142 $5)
20... Nxf4 21. Qxf4 Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Bxd6 23. Qe3 Rb3 24. a4 Qc7 $11 {/=/+,
Svidler,P (2756)-Karjakin,S (2772)/RUS-chT Loo/2014/}) {Despite the dangers of
weakening the kingside, Black should prefer} 12... h6 $5 {It seems that he has
ample resources to to deal with the potentially threatening sacrifice on h6:} (
12... a4 13. h6 g6 14. N1h2 Ba6 15. Ng4 Nd4 16. Nxd4 (16. c4 dxc4 17. dxc4 Bxc4
18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. Qxd4 Bd5 20. Bxd5 Nb6 21. Ne3 Ra5 22. Rd1 Nxd5 23. Qe4 Qa8
24. Nxd5 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 exd5 (25... Qxd5 $142 $132) 26. Qd4 Rc8 27. e6 f6 28.
Bd2 Rc4 29. Qd3 $36 {[%csl Ge6,Rg8,Gh6] Markos,J (2602)-Leitao,R (2649)/
Tromsoe olm/2014/}) 16... cxd4 17. b3 {[%cal Yc1b2]} a3 $6 {Blockading the
queenside deprives Black of any effective counterplay. White can combine play
on the dark squares with attacking d4.} 18. Nh2 $1 Rc8 19. Nf3 Qb6 20. Bg5 Bxg5
21. Nxg5 Rc6 (21... Rc3 22. Bh3 Qc6 23. Rc1 $16 {[%csl Rd4,Rf7][%cal Yd1d2,
Yd2f4]}) 22. Qd2 Qc5 23. Nf3 $5 Qxc2 24. Qxb4 Qc5 (24... Qxd3 25. Qe7 Rc7 26.
Ng5 $18 {[%cal Rg5e6]}) 25. Qd2 Rfc8 26. Rad1 Qb6 27. Qg5 Qb4 28. Rd2 Rc1 29.
Rxc1 Rxc1+ 30. Kh2 Qf8 31. Bh3 Rc3 32. Nxd4 $18 {Kamsky,G (2713)-Lenderman,A 
(2582)/USA-ch Saint Louis/2014/}) 13. N1h2 Re8 (13... a4 14. Ng4 Ba6 15. a3
bxa3 16. Rxa3 Bb7 17. Bxh6 gxh6 18. Qd2 Bg5 (18... Nd4 $142 $1 $13 {/=/+}) 19.
Nxh6+ Bxh6 20. Qxh6 f6 $2 (20... Qe7 $8 {/\} 21. Ng5 f6 22. Bh3 Nd4 23. c3 fxg5
24. cxd4 Rae8 25. Qg6+ Kh8 26. dxc5 Nxc5 27. Rc1 Nb3 28. Qh6+ Kg8 $11) 21. Bh3
Re8 22. exf6 Qxf6 23. Bxe6+ Rxe6 24. Rxe6 $18 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2730)-Le,Q 
(2712)/Dubai blitz/2014/}) 14. Ng4 ({Rather too slow is} 14. Bf4 Ba6 15. Qd2
Bf8 16. Bh3 a4 17. g4 Qc7 18. Bg3 Be7 19. Re2 c4 $36 {Sevian,S (2464)-Perez
Garcia,R (2357)/Montreal/2014/}) 14... Bf8 15. Bf4 a4 16. c4 bxc3 17. bxc3 Ba6
18. Bf1 a3 19. Qc1 Qe7 20. Rb1 Rec8 $132 21. Bxh6 $6 gxh6 22. Nxh6+ Bxh6 23.
Qxh6 Qf8 24. Qf4 Rcb8 25. h6 Ne7 26. c4 Ng6 27. Qg5 Rxb1 28. Rxb1 Rb8 29. Re1
Bb7 30. Bh3 Qe7 31. Qh5 dxc4 32. Ng5 Ndxe5 33. h7+ Kh8 34. f4 Qxg5 $1 35. fxg5
Bf3 36. Qh6 cxd3 {0-1, Grischuk,A (2783)-Dominguez Perez,L (2754)/Beijing rpd/
2013/ A model counterattack by Black.}) ({Another way to postpone castling is} 
7... Qc7 8. Re1 b6 9. Nf1 ({Play usually transposes to the game with} 9. c3 Bb7
({, but Black can also consider the alternative} 9... Ba6 $5)) 9... dxe4 10.
dxe4 Ba6 11. e5 Rd8 12. Bd2 Ng4 13. c3 O-O 14. Qa4 Bxf1 15. Qxg4 Bxg2 16. Bh6
g6 17. Kxg2 Rfe8 18. Re4 Rd3 $132 {Kasparov,G (2815)-Kramnik,V (2780)/Moscow
blitz/1998/}) 8. Re1 Bb7 9. c3 (9. e5 Nd7 10. c4 (10. c3 {transposes back to
the game after} Qc7 {, but Black has also} (10... g5 $5 $15)) (10. Nf1 g5 $1
11. h3 h5 $132 {/=/+}) 10... dxc4 (10... Nb4 11. Nf1 dxc4 12. dxc4 Qc7 13. a3
Nc6 14. Qe2 O-O) 11. Nxc4 (11. dxc4 g5 $1) 11... O-O (11... b5 $2 12. Nd6+ Bxd6
13. exd6 Nf6 14. d4 Qxd6 15. Bf4 $32 Qe7 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Rc1 Qb6 18. Be3 Qa6
19. Bc5 Rd8 20. Qb3 Na5 21. Qe3 h6 22. Red1 $40 {[%csl Re8]} Bd5 $2 23. Qa3 $1
$18 {1-0 Naiditsch,A (2715)-Blomqvist,E (2506)/Bilbao 2014/CBM 163 (27)}) 12.
h4 Qc7 13. Bf4 Rad8 14. Rc1 Nb4 15. a3 Nd5 16. Bg5 Bxg5 (16... h6 $5 $11 {
is a safe choice}) 17. hxg5 Ne7 18. b4 Ng6 19. d4 (19. Qe2 $142 $13) 19... Qb8
20. bxc5 bxc5 21. Nfd2 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 cxd4 23. Qh5 Ndxe5 24. Rxe5 $2 (24. Nxe5
Nxe5 25. Rh1 Qb7+ 26. f3 h6 27. gxh6 f5 28. Rc5 Nd3 29. Rc6 $1 $132) 24... Nxe5
25. Rh1 {Amin,B (2544)-Burmakin,V (2590)/Cappelle la Grande/2010/} f5 $1 $17 {
/\} 26. gxf6 Qb7+ 27. f3 gxf6 $19) 9... Qc7 10. e5 Nd7 11. Nf1 $5 (11. d4 cxd4
12. cxd4 Nb4 13. Re3 Qc2 $36) ({White uses a tactical finesse to avoid} 11. Qe2
g5 12. h3 h5 13. g4 hxg4 14. hxg4 O-O-O 15. Nf1 Rdg8 {[%csl Gc8,Rg1][%cal
Yd7f8,Yf8g6,Yf7f6] , when his king is more vulnerable, than Black's:} 16. a3 c4
$5 17. dxc4 dxc4 18. Qxc4 Nc5 19. b4 Ba6 20. b5 Na5 21. Qe2 Bb7 22. Be3 Nd7 23.
Bd4 Nf8 24. N3d2 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Ng6 $40 {Ribeiro,F (2305)-Illescas Cordoba,M 
(2620) Linares/1995/}) 11... d4 (11... Ndxe5 $2 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Bf4 Bd6 14.
Bxe5 Bxe5 15. Qh5 Bd6 (15... Bf6 16. Rxe6+ Kd8 (16... Kf8 17. Rxf6 gxf6 18.
Qh6+ Kg8 19. Ne3 $18) 17. Re2 $16) 16. Rxe6+ Kf8 17. Re2 g6 18. Qh6+ Kg8 19.
Rae1 $40) ({Ponomariov's reaction is very natural, as} 11... O-O-O {already
enables White to play} 12. d4 $14 {[%csl Gd4,Ge5] safely.}) 12. Qe2 ({White is
unwilling to expose his bishop with} 12. Bf4 h6 13. h4 dxc3 (13... O-O-O 14.
cxd4 cxd4 15. a3 Kb8 16. Rc1 Nf8 17. b4 b5 {Reinke,M-Kirwald,D/Germany/1995/}
18. N1d2 Ng6 19. Nb3 $36 (19. Re4 $5)) 14. bxc3 g5 $5 15. hxg5 hxg5 16. Nxg5
Bxg5 17. Bxg5 Ncxe5 $132) 12... dxc3 (12... h6 13. h4 O-O-O 14. N1h2 Kb8 15. a3
Ka8 16. cxd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 cxd4 18. b4 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qb7+ 20. Qe4 Nb8 21. Nf3
Rd5 {Kochyev,A (2500)-Keitlinghaus,L (2400)/Dortmund/1991/} 22. Bb2 g5 23. hxg5
hxg5 24. Rh1 $36) (12... O-O-O 13. a3 h6 14. h4 (14. cxd4 $1 $14) 14... g5 15.
hxg5 hxg5 16. N1h2 Rxh2 $5 17. Nxh2 Ncxe5 18. cxd4 cxd4 19. f4 Ng6 20. Bd2 Bxg2
21. Qxg2 Kb8 22. fxg5 {Seidl,S (1913)-Balacek,T (1988)/Kouty nad Desnou/2009/
EXT 2011} Nc5 $44) 13. bxc3 b5 14. d4 cxd4 15. cxd4 O-O $146 (15... Nb4 $5 16.
Bd2 a6 17. Rec1 Qd8 18. h4 (18. a4 $5 bxa4 19. Rxa4 a5 20. Ne3 O-O 21. Qb5 Be4
22. Ne1 Bxg2 23. N1xg2 Nxe5 24. Qxe5 Nd3 $44) 18... h6 $6 {[%csl Rh6]} (18...
Nb6 $142 $132) 19. Ne1 Bxg2 20. Nxg2 Nb6 21. Qg4 {[%csl Rg7]} g5 22. Bxb4 Bxb4
23. Nfe3 Be7 24. Rc6 Nd5 25. Qe4 gxh4 26. Nxd5 (26. Nf4 $1 $40) 26... Qxd5 27.
Qxd5 exd5 28. Nxh4 Kd7 29. Rac1 Rhc8 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Rxc8 Kxc8 32. Nf5 Bf8
33. Kf1 Kd7 {Yermolinsky,A (2660)-Ehlvest,J (2610)/Tallinn/Parnu/1998/} 34. g4
$14 {[%csl Rh6] h6, Yermolinsky For more details about this game see the notes
by Horn in CBM 066.}) 16. Ne3 (16. Qxb5 Rab8 17. Qe2 Nb6 18. Be3 $11 {/+/=
Kuzubov spurned this greedy alternative, as it's very difficult to make any
progress. Still, White should be slightly better here.}) (16. d5 exd5 (16...
Ncxe5 $5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Qxe5 Nxe5 19. Rxe5 Bf6 20. Bb2 Bxe5 21. Bxe5 Bxd5
22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Ne3 Rfd8 $11 {also seems defensible}) 17. Ne3 Ncxe5 (17...
Nb6 18. Qxb5 (18. Nf5 $5) 18... Qc8 $132) 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 (18... Qxe5 19. Bb2 Qe6
20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Qd1 Qd6 22. Qxd5 $14) 19. Bb2 Bf6 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 Rae8
22. Ba3 Be7 (22... Qa5 23. Bxf8 Nf3+ 24. Bxf3 Rxe2 25. Rxe2 Kxf8 26. Rd1 $36)
23. Bxe7 Rxe7 24. Qxb5 Rb8 $11 {/+/=}) 16... b4 $2 {White was obviously
preparing the following central break and this impetuous advance only enhances
its strength.} (16... a6 $142 17. d5 (17. Bb2 Nb4 $11) 17... Ncxe5 18. Nxe5
Nxe5 19. Bb2 Bf6 (19... Nc4 20. Nxc4 bxc4 (20... Qxc4 $2 21. d6 Bxg2 22. dxe7
$18) 21. Rac1 Rac8 22. Qg4 g6 23. Qd4 (23. dxe6 Bxg2 24. Qd4 f6 25. Kxg2 Qb7+
$132 {[%cal Yf8d8]}) 23... e5 24. Qxe5 Qxe5 25. Bxe5 Bb4 26. Red1 $14) 20. Rac1
Qb6 21. Bxe5 (21. Nd1 Nd7 22. dxe6 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 (23. Bxf6 Nxf6 24. e7 Rfe8 25.
Kxg2 Qb7+ 26. Qf3 Qxf3+ 27. Kxf3 Nd5 {[%csl Re7]}) 23... Qxe6 $11) 21... Bxe5
22. Nf5 Bf6 23. dxe6 Bxg2 (23... fxe6 24. Bxb7 Qxb7 25. Qxe6+ Qf7 26. Rc7 Qxe6
27. Rxe6 $11 {/+/=}) 24. e7 $1 (24. Kxg2 Qxe6 $11) 24... Rfe8 25. Kxg2 g6 26.
Nh6+ Kg7 27. Qf3 Kxh6 28. Rc6 Qb7 (28... Qa5 29. Rxf6 Qxe1 30. Rxf7 Qe5 31. g4
Rxe7 32. Qh3+ Qh5 33. Rxe7 Qxh3+ 34. Kxh3 g5 35. Re6+ Kg7 36. Kg3 $14) 29. h4 {
[%cal Rf3f4]} Bc3 $1 30. Qe3+ Kg7 31. Qxc3+ Kg8 32. Qf3 Rxe7 33. Rxe7 Qxe7 34.
Rxg6+ hxg6 35. Qxa8+ Kg7 36. Qxa6 Qe4+ 37. Kh2 Qd4 $11) 17. d5 $1 {[%mdl 512]}
Ncxe5 (17... exd5 18. Nxd5 Qd8 19. Rd1 $5 $16) 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Bb2 Bf6 20.
Rac1 Qb8 {An ugly retreat, but other moves are not much better and can't solve
Black's problems.} (20... Qb6 $2 21. Bxe5 Bxe5 22. Nc4 $18 {highlights the
main drawback of 16...b4?}) (20... Qd7 21. f4 $16 (21. Red1 $5 $40)) (20... Qd6
21. dxe6 (21. f4 Ng6 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. dxe6 Bxg2 24. exf7+ Rxf7 25. Kxg2 $36 {
[%csl Rf5,Rg8]}) 21... Bxg2 22. Nxg2 Ng4 23. Nf4 $16) 21. Nd1 $6 ({More
energetic was} 21. Nc4 $1 Nxc4 22. Bxf6 gxf6 (22... exd5 23. Qg4 g6 24. Ba1 Qd8
25. Qd4 f6 26. Rxc4 dxc4 27. Qxc4+ Kg7 28. Bxb7) (22... Nb6 23. Qg4 g6 24. dxe6
) 23. Rxc4 $1 {, which wins practically by force after} Bxd5 (23... f5 24. Qh5
$18 {[%cal Rc4h4,Rd5e6]}) 24. Rh4 Qe5 (24... Bxg2 25. Qg4+ Kh8 26. Qh5 $18) (
24... Rd8 25. Qg4+ Kf8 (25... Kh8 26. Qh3 Kg7 27. Rxh7+ Kf8 28. Qg4) 26. Rxh7
Ke7 27. Bxd5 Rxd5 28. Qxe6+ $18) 25. Qd1 $1 Qc3 26. Bxd5 exd5 (26... Rfd8 27.
Re3 Rxd5 28. Qg4+ Rg5 29. Rxc3 $18) 27. Re3 Qc8 28. Qh5 Qc2 29. Kg2 $1 {
[%cal Rh4g4,Rh5h6]} Kh8 30. Re7 $1 {[%cal Rh5h6]}) 21... Nd7 22. dxe6 fxe6 $2 (
{Black slips up again and this time he won't get back into the game properly.
Necessary was} 22... Bxg2 23. Kxg2 $142 (23. exd7 Bxb2 24. Qxb2 (24. Nxb2 Qb7
$36 {[%cal Rg2h3]}) 24... Bh3 25. Rc4 Bxd7 (25... a5 26. g4 {[%csl Rh3]}) 26.
Rxb4 Qc7) 23... Qb7+ 24. Qe4 (24. Kg1 fxe6 25. Qxe6+ Kh8 26. Qd6 Rac8 $132)
24... Qxe4+ 25. Rxe4 fxe6 26. Rxb4 $14 {White has a slightly better endgame,
but is certainly far from winning.}) 23. Qxe6+ Rf7 $8 24. Rc6 ({More forcing
was} 24. Bf1 $5 {[%cal Rf1c4]} Nb6 (24... Bxb2 25. Bc4 Ne5 26. Rxe5 Bxe5 27.
Qxf7+ Kh8 28. Be6 Ba6 (28... Bc3 29. Nxc3 bxc3 30. Rxc3 $16) 29. Rc8+ Qxc8 30.
Bxc8 Rxc8 31. Qe6 Rd8 32. Qxa6 Rxd1+ 33. Kg2 $16 {/+-}) 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Ne3
$40 (26. Qg4+ Kh8 27. Qxb4 $16)) 24... Nb6 (24... Qf8 25. Rc7 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 $16
) (24... Bxc6 25. Bxc6 Bxb2 26. Nxb2 Nb6 27. Nd3 Qc8 28. Bxa8 Qxe6 29. Rxe6
Nxa8 30. Nxb4 $16) 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Rd6 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 Qc8 28. Qe4 Qc4 29. Qf3
$36 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Rd6b6,Yd1e3,Ye3f5][%mdl 128] Despite mutual inaccuracies
White has kept his iniative alive and proceeds to attack Black's exposed king
for the rest of the game. His persistence finally nets him the full point.}
Qxa2 (29... Raf8 $142 $5 30. Ne3 Qc3 (30... Qxa2 31. Nf5 $18) 31. Red1 $16) 30.
Ne3 Kh8 31. Re2 Qa1 $8 (31... Qa6 $2 32. Qxa8+) (31... Qa5 32. Rxf6 $18) 32.
Nf5 {[%cal Rf3a8]} Raf8 33. Nh6 (33. Qh5 $142 $1 {[%cal Rh5f7]} Nd7 34. Re8 $18
) 33... Rc7 34. Rde6 f5 35. Re8 (35. R2e5 Qc3 36. Qh5 $18 {[%cal Re6e8,Re5f5]})
35... Qg7 36. Nxf5 (36. Qxf5 Rc8 $14) (36. R2e6 $1 {(.)} Qxh6 (36... Rc8 37.
R8e7) (36... b3 37. Rxf8+ Qxf8 38. Qf4) 37. Qxf5 Kg8 38. Rxh6 Rxe8 39. Rxh7
Rxh7 40. Qg6+ $18) 36... Rcf7 $8 (36... Qf6 37. R2e6 $18) 37. g4 Qf6 (37... Nd7
$5 38. Rxf8+ Qxf8 39. Qf4 $40) 38. R2e6 Rxe8 (38... Qg5 39. R6e7 Qxe7 40. Rxe7
Rxe7 41. Qd1 $18 {[%cal Rd1d4,Rd1a1,Rf5e7]}) 39. Rxf6 (39. Rxe8+ $5 Rf8 40. Qe4
Nd7 41. Re7 $18) 39... Rxf6 40. Qf4 Kg8 ({More resilient was} 40... Ref8 $142
$1 {At some point Black can take the beastly Nf5 in an attempt to build a
fortress.}) 41. Qxb4 $18 {Black is losing, as his knight won't manage to help
ou the defence.} Ref8 42. Ne7+ Kg7 (42... Kf7 43. Qe4 Kg7 44. Qe5 Kf7 45. Qc7
$18) 43. Qd4 {[%cal Rg4g5]} h6 44. f4 Kh7 45. Kg3 R8f7 (45... Rxf4 $2 46. Qd3+
Kh8 47. Ng6+) 46. Qd8 Rf8 47. Qd3+ Kg7 48. Qd4 Kf7 (48... Kh7 49. h4 $18 {
[%cal Rg4g5]}) 49. Qe4 Kg7 50. h4 R8f7 (50... Nd7 51. g5 hxg5 52. hxg5 Rb6 53.
Nf5+ $18) 51. g5 hxg5 52. hxg5 Rxf4 53. Qe5+ (53. Qe5+ Kf8 54. Ng6+ Kg8 55.
Qh8#) 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2014.12.11"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
Be6 9. O-O-O Bc4 10. Bh6 Bxf1 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Rxf1 c5 13. d5 e6 14. h4 exd5
15. exd5 N8d7 16. Nh3 Nc4 17. Qf4 Nde5 18. Nf2 Qb6 19. b3 Qa5 20. Nb1 Qxa2 21.
bxc4 Nxc4 22. Nd1 Na5 23. Ndc3 Nb3+ 24. Kd1 Qb2 25. Re1 Nd4 26. Qd2 Qb3+ 27.
Kc1 Rfe8 28. h5 Qc4 29. Qa2 Qd3 30. Ne4 f5 31. Ng5 Ne2+ 32. Kb2 Qd4+ 33. Kc2
Rad8 34. Rd1 Qf2 35. Rd2 Nd4+ 36. Kd1 Qg3 37. Rxd4 Qxg5 38. Rd2 Qf6 39. hxg6
hxg6 40. Qxa7 Rd7 41. Qxc5 Ra8 42. Ke2 Ra4 43. Kf2 Rh4 44. Re1 Kh7 45. d6 Kh6
46. Qe5 Qd8 47. Nc3 Kh7 48. Nd5 Rf7 49. Rdd1 Qa8 50. Rh1 Qa2+ 51. Kg3 g5 52.
Rxh4+ gxh4+ 53. Kh2 Qf2 54. d7 h3 55. Kxh3 Kg6 56. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2014.12.11"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 a6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O Nf6 7. Bb3 cxd4 8.
exd4 Nc6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Qd2 b5 12. d5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5
Bb7 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Rfe1 Ng6 19. h4 Qc7 20. h5
Rad8 21. Qe3 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Ne7 23. Qa3 Nf5 24. Qxa6 Qc2 25. Rd2 Qc1+ 26. Kh2
Nh4 27. Qd6 Nxf3+ 28. gxf3 h6 29. Re2 Qc4 30. Re5 Qxa2 31. Rxb5 Qa8 32. Kg2 Rd8
33. Qc7 Rc8 34. Qf4 Qa7 35. b4 Rd8 36. Rc5 Qe7 37. Rc7 Qg5+ 38. Qxg5 hxg5 39.
b5 Rd4 40. b6 Rb4 41. b7 Kh7 42. Rxf7 Kh6 43. Rf8 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2014.12.11"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. Nf3 b6 8. g3
Bb7 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. O-O c5 11. b4 Qe7 12. Bb2 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Rac8 14. Rfd1 Ne5
15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Qxe5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Rxc4 18. Rac1 Rcc8 19. f3 h6 20. Kf2 Rfd8
21. Qf4 Nd5 22. Qd4 Nf6 23. Qf4 Nd5 24. Qd4 Nf6 25. Qf4 Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2014.12.11"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bb6 10. Nbd2 Nh5 11. Nc4 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. d4 Nxg3 14. hxg3 exd4
15. Nxb6 axb6 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 c6 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Qf6 20. a4 Rae8
21. Qc2 d5 22. Qb3 Qd8 23. Rfe1 Kg7 24. Qb4 c5 25. Qb5 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Qd6 27.
a5 bxa5 28. Qxb7+ Rf7 29. Qb5 d4 30. Rd1 Qf6 31. Qxc5 Qxf2+ 32. Kh2 dxc3 33.
Qxc3+ Qf6 34. Rd4 Kh7 35. Qd2 Qf2 36. Qd3+ Qf5 37. Qc4 Qg6 38. Rd8 Qh5+ 39. Kg1
Qg6 40. Qd4 Qf6 41. Qe4+ Kg7 42. Qe8 Rf8 43. Rd7+ Rf7 44. Rd8 Rf8 45. Rd7+ Rf7
46. Rxf7+ Qxf7 47. Qe5+ Qf6 48. Qxa5 Qxb2 49. Qc7+ Kg6 50. Qc6+ Kg7 51. Qc7+
Kg6 52. Qc6+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2014.12.11"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Nb5 Na6 8.
Nc3 Qd8 9. a3 Be7 10. Qf3 Nc5 11. b4 Ncd7 12. Nc4 Nb6 13. Nxb6 Qxb6 14. Be3 Qc7
15. Bf4 e5 16. Nb5 Qb8 17. Bg3 a6 18. Nd4 Bg4 19. Qb3 Bd6 20. Nf3 O-O 21. Be2
e4 22. Nd4 Bxe2 23. Nxe2 Bxg3 24. Nxg3 h5 25. O-O h4 26. Nf5 Qe5 27. Qh3 g6 28.
Ne3 Qg5 29. c4 Rad8 30. Rad1 Rfe8 31. c5 Rd3 32. Rxd3 exd3 33. Rd1 Nd5 34. Qf3
Nxe3 35. fxe3 Rxe3 36. Qxb7 d2 37. Rf1 Re7 38. Qf3 h3 39. c6 Qb5 40. Qd1 hxg2
41. Kxg2 Qxc6+ 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2014.12.11"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 dxc4 4. Qa4+ c6 5. Qxc4 Nf6 6. Qc2 c5 7. dxc5 Nc6 8.
a3 Bd7 9. b4 a5 10. b5 Na7 11. a4 Nd5 12. e4 Nb4 13. Qb3 Bxc5 14. Be2 O-O 15.
O-O Nc8 16. Bb2 f6 17. Nbd2 Nb6 18. Nc4 Qe7 19. Rfd1 Be8 20. Bd4 Nd7 21. Qb2
Bg6 22. Nxa5 Rxa5 23. Bxc5 Nxc5 24. Qxb4 b6 25. Rdc1 Qa7 26. Nd4 Rxa4 27. Rxa4
Qxa4 28. Qxa4 Nxa4 29. Nxe6 Re8 30. Bc4 Bf7 31. Bb3 Bxe6 32. Bxa4 Ra8 33. Bd1
Ra2 34. f4 Rb2 35. Rc6 Bd7 36. Rd6 Bxb5 37. Bh5 g6 38. Bg4 Be2 39. Be6+ Kf8 40.
Bd5 f5 41. exf5 gxf5 42. Rf6+ Ke7 43. Rxf5 b5 44. Rf7+ Kd6 45. Be4 h5 46. Rf6+
Kc5 47. f5 Kd4 48. Re6 Bc4 49. Re8 h4 50. g4 Re2 51. Bc6 Rxe8 52. Bxe8 b4 53.
Ba4 b3 54. Bxb3 Bxb3 55. Kg2 Ke5 56. Kh3 Bc2 57. Kxh4 Bxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2014.12.11"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qd2 Bb4 9. Rc1 b6 10. Bd3 Ba6 11. O-O Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 h6 14. Bh4 c5
15. e4 Nf4 16. Qd2 Ng6 17. Bg3 O-O 18. d5 exd5 19. exd5 Rfe8 20. Rfe1 Qa4 21.
d6 Qc4 22. h4 Re6 23. Rxe6 fxe6 24. Re1 Re8 25. Qc2 Ngf8 26. Re4 Qd5 27. c4 Qf5
28. Be5 Ng6 29. Qe2 Rd8 30. g4 Qf7 31. Bg3 Ngf8 32. g5 h5 33. Kg2 Re8 34. Ne1
Ng6 35. Nd3 Qf5 36. Re3 e5 37. Qxh5 Re6 38. Qf3 Qxf3+ 39. Kxf3 Rxd6 40. h5 Ne7
41. Nxe5 Nf5 42. Nxd7 Rxd7 43. Re5 Nxg3 44. Kxg3 Kf7 45. Rd5 Re7 46. f4 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2014.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8.
dxc5 Nc6 9. Nf3 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qxc5 11. e3 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 dxc4 13. Bxc4 O-O 14. b4
Qe7 15. O-O Rd8 16. Qb2 Bd7 17. Rac1 Be8 18. Be2 Rac8 19. Nb3 Rc7 20. h3 Rdc8
21. Bf3 b6 22. Rfd1 h6 23. g3 f6 24. Bg2 Ne5 25. Rxc7 Rxc7 26. Nd4 Ba4 27. Rc1
Kf7 28. Rxc7 Qxc7 29. Qa2 Qc4 30. Qa1 Ke7 31. Bf1 Qd5 32. Qc3 Bc6 33. Nxc6+
Qxc6 34. Qxc6 Nxc6 35. Bb5 Ne5 36. Kf1 Nf7 37. Ke2 Nd6 38. Bd3 e5 39. Kd2 g5
40. Kc3 Kd7 41. Bc2 Kc6 42. Bd3 Kd5 43. Kd2 Nc4+ 44. Kc3 Nd6 45. Kd2 f5 46. a4
f4 47. exf4 exf4 48. gxf4 gxf4 49. Ke2 Kd4 50. Bc2 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2014.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Bg5
Nbd7 9. Nbd2 h6 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. Qc2 b6 12. e4 Be7 13. Rac1 Bb7 14. cxd5 cxd5
15. e5 Nd7 16. h4 Rc8 17. Qb3 Rc7 18. Rfe1 Qc8 19. Rxc7 Qxc7 20. Bf1 Rc8 21.
Bd3 a6 22. Bb1 Nf8 23. Qd3 Qd7 24. a3 Qb5 25. Qxb5 axb5 26. Bd3 b4 27. a4 f5
28. exf6 gxf6 29. h5 Kf7 30. Nf1 Bd6 31. Ne3 f5 32. Ng2 Nd7 33. Nf4 Bxf4 34.
gxf4 Nf6 35. Ne5+ Ke7 36. Kg2 Nxh5 37. Kf3 Nf6 38. Rg1 Rg8 39. Rc1 Rc8 40. Rh1
h5 41. Rg1 Ng4 42. Rh1 Rh8 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2014.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 d5 8. Bg2
Nxe4 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Bxe4 Nd7 11. c3 Qc7 12. Qe2 Be7 13. Be3 Nf6 14. Bg2 O-O
15. O-O-O Rd8 16. Kb1 Nd5 17. Bc1 Nf4 18. Bxf4 Qxf4 19. Nf5 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Bf8
21. Qe3 Qc7 22. Qg3 e5 23. Bd5 Rb8 24. Re1 Bxf5+ 25. gxf5 Re8 26. h4 b5 27. h5
Qd6 28. Rd1 Qf6 29. Qf3 Rd8 30. a3 Rd6 31. Be4 Rxd1+ 32. Qxd1 Qh4 33. Qf3 a5
34. Bd5 b4 35. cxb4 axb4 36. a4 Qd4 37. Ka2 Bc5 38. Bb3 Qd8 39. Qb7 Qe7 40.
Qc8+ Qf8 41. Qc7 Qe7 42. Qb8+ Qf8 43. Qxe5 Bxf2 44. Qd5 Kh8 45. Bc4 g6 46. f6
gxh5 47. Qxh5 Bd4 48. Qh4 Qd6 49. Bd3 Qd5+ 50. Kb1 h5 51. Qh3 Bxf6 52. Qf5 Qxf5
53. Bxf5 Bd4 54. Kc2 Kg7 55. Kb3 Kf6 56. Bc8 Ke5 57. Kxb4 Bxb2 58. Kc4 Kf4 59.
Kd3 Kg3 60. Ke2 Bd4 61. Kf1 h4 62. Bb7 f5 63. a5 f4 64. Ke2 h3 65. a6 Ba7 66.
Bc6 h2 67. Bb7 Bb6 68. Bc6 Ba7 69. Bb7 Bb6 70. Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2014.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 e5 10. h3 h6 11. a3 Re8 12. Ba2 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nc5 14. Nf5 Bxf5 15.
Qxf5 Be5 16. Rd1 Qb6 17. Rb1 Nb3 18. Qc2 Nxc1 19. Rbxc1 Rad8 20. Na4 Qc7 21.
Nc5 Qe7 22. Bb1 g6 23. Ba2 Kg7 24. Nd3 Bb8 25. Nc5 h5 26. b4 h4 27. Qc3 Rxd1+
28. Rxd1 Rd8 29. Rxd8 Qxd8 30. Qb3 Qe7 31. Kf1 Bd6 32. Nd3 a6 33. Ke2 Nd5 34.
Qb2+ Nf6 35. Qb3 Bb8 36. Qc3 Qe4 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2014.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8.
e3 d5 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Be2 c5 11. O-O Rc8 12. a4 Qc7 13. Rd1 dxc4 14. bxc4 Bxf3
15. gxf3 cxd4 16. exd4 Rfd8 17. f4 Nf8 18. Qg3 Ne4 19. Qf3 Nd6 20. Be3 Nf5 21.
a5 Ng6 22. axb6 axb6 23. Rab1 h6 24. Rb4 Rd7 25. Qe4 Nge7 26. Rdb1 Nc6 27. Rxb6
Ncxd4 28. Bf1 Nxe3 29. fxe3 Nf5 30. Rb7 Qd8 31. Rxd7 Qxd7 32. Bd3 Qa7 33. Kf2
Rd8 34. Be2 Rd2 35. Rd1 Rb2 36. Rd8+ Kh7 37. Qd3 Qa2 38. c5 Rc2 39. Rd7 Rxc5
40. Rxf7 Qc2 41. Qxc2 Rxc2 42. Rd7 Kg6 43. Kf3 Rc3 44. Bd3 Kf6 45. Bxf5 exf5
46. Rd6+ Kf7 47. h4 h5 48. Rd7+ Kf6 49. Rd6+ Kf7 50. Rd7+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2014.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 a6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O Nf6 7. Nc3 b5 8. Be2
Nbd7 9. d5 exd5 10. Nxd5 Bb7 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. a4 b4 13. e4 Be7 14. Bc4 Rd8
15. Qe2 Qg6 16. Bf4 O-O 17. Bc7 Rc8 18. Bg3 a5 19. Rfe1 Nb6 20. Bb5 Rfd8 21.
Ne5 Qe6 22. Nc4 Nxc4 23. Bxc4 Qg6 24. f3 Bc6 25. b3 h5 26. Rad1 h4 27. Bf4 Bf6
28. Be3 Bd4 29. Bxd4 cxd4 30. h3 Qg5 31. Qf2 Bxa4 32. f4 Qh6 33. Rxd4 Bc6 34.
f5 a4 35. bxa4 Bxa4 36. e5 Rxd4 37. Qxd4 Qg5 38. e6 Bc6 39. exf7+ Kh7 40. Qf2
Rd8 41. f6 gxf6 42. Re7 Rf8 43. Re6 Bb7 44. Rxf6 Qc1+ 45. Bf1 Kg7 46. Rf4 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2014.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 e6 4. e4 c5 5. d5 d6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Bg5 h6 8. Be3 exd5
9. cxd5 O-O 10. Qd2 a6 11. a4 Re8 12. Nge2 Nbd7 13. Ng3 h5 14. Be2 h4 15. Nf1
Nh7 16. Bf2 f5 17. Ne3 f4 18. Nc4 Qf6 19. g3 Bh6 20. gxh4 Ne5 21. Nxe5 Qxe5 22.
Rg1 Kf7 23. Rb1 Bg7 24. Bd3 Bd7 25. Ne2 Bh6 26. b4 b6 27. a5 Rab8 28. axb6 Rxb6
29. bxc5 Rxb1+ 30. Bxb1 Rb8 31. Bc2 Qa1+ 32. Qd1 Qa5+ 33. Qd2 Qa1+ 34. Qd1 Qa5+
35. Qd2 Qa1+ 36. Qd1 Qa5+ 37. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2014.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 a6 5. h3 Bg7 6. f4 b5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. Qf3 Nb6
9. O-O-O b4 10. Ne4 Be6 11. d5 Nxd5 12. Ng5 c6 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. h4 Qa5 15. Kb1
Nd7 16. Nh3 dxe5 17. Bc4 exf4 18. Nxf4 Ne5 19. Qe4 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 Nxc4 21. Qxe6
Ne5 22. h5 Rf8 23. g3 g5 24. h6 Bh8 25. Nh5 Rf7 26. Ng7+ Bxg7 27. hxg7 Rxg7 28.
Rhe1 Ng6 29. Qxc6+ Kf7 30. Rf1+ 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "2014.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 Nfd7 8. Bg2
Be7 9. Be3 Nc6 10. O-O O-O 11. Nce2 Qc7 12. c3 Re8 13. f4 Bf8 14. Qd2 Rb8 15.
g5 Na5 16. b3 b5 17. Ng3 Bb7 18. Rf2 Rbc8 19. Nde2 Nc6 20. h4 Ne7 21. h5 g6 22.
Rd1 d5 23. e5 Nc5 24. Bd4 Red8 25. Qe3 Nf5 26. Nxf5 exf5 27. b4 Ne6 28. Bb6 d4
29. Bxd4 Bxg2 30. Rxg2 Qc4 31. a3 Qb3 32. Rd3 Qxa3 33. Kf2 Qa2 34. hxg6 fxg6
35. Rg1 a5 36. bxa5 Qxa5 37. Rgd1 Qa2 38. R3d2 Qc4 39. Bb6 Rxd2 40. Rxd2 Qc6
41. Bd4 Ra8 42. Qf3 Qxf3+ 43. Kxf3 Ra3 44. Kf2 b4 45. cxb4 Bxb4 46. Rd1 Kf7 47.
Be3 Ke8 48. Rb1 Be7 49. Nd4 Nxd4 50. Bxd4 Rd3 51. Be3 Rd7 52. Rb6 Bd8 53. Ra6
Rb7 54. Ke2 Rb3 55. Bc5 Rb5 56. Bd6 Rb6 57. Ra7 Rb2+ 58. Kd3 Rf2 59. e6 Rf1 60.
Kc4 Rd1 61. Bc5 Re1 62. Kd5 Rd1+ 63. Kc4 Rc1+ 64. Kd5 Rd1+ 65. Kc6 Re1 66. Rxh7
Rxe6+ 67. Bd6 Ba5 68. Rh8+ Kf7 69. Kd7 Re4 70. Be5 Bd2 71. Rh7+ Kg8 72. Rg7+
Kf8 73. Rxg6 Bxf4 74. Bxf4 Rxf4 75. Ke6 Ra4 76. Kxf5 Ra5+ 77. Kg4 Kf7 78. Rb6
Ra1 79. Rb7+ Kg6 80. Rb6+ Kg7 81. Rb7+ Kg6 82. Rb6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2014.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 h6 7. Bh4 g6 8. e3
Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nbd7 11. Nge2 Bg7 12. f3 O-O 13. e4 dxe4 14. fxe4 c5
15. O-O cxd4 16. Qxd4 Qb6 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. Rad1 Rfe8 19. Rd6 g5 20. Bg3 Re6
21. e5 Rxd6 22. exd6 Nc5 23. Rd1 Rd8 24. Bf2 Nfe4 25. Bxc5 Nxc5 26. Ng3 Be5 27.
Nf5 h5 28. Nd5 b5 29. Re1 f6 30. Rd1 Kf7 31. h3 Ke6 32. g4 hxg4 33. hxg4 Ne4
34. Nc7+ Kd7 35. Nxb5 Bxb2 36. Re1 Re8 37. Kg2 Re5 38. a4 Nc3 39. Rh1 Nxb5 40.
Rh7+ Kc6 41. axb5+ Rxb5 42. d7 Kc7 43. Ne3 Bd4 44. Nc4 Rd5 45. Rg7 Rxd7 46. Rg8
b5 47. Nd2 Be5 48. Nf3 Rd5 49. Kf2 b4 50. Rg7+ Kc6 51. Rg8 b3 52. Rc8+ Kb5 53.
Ke3 Kb4 54. Nd2 b2 55. Rc4+ Kb5 56. Rc2 Rxd2 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2014.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. cxb5 a6 6. e4 d6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Bg5 O-O
9. Qd2 Re8 10. a4 e6 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. Nge2 axb5 13. Nxb5 h6 14. Bxh6 Bxh6 15.
Qxh6 Nc6 16. Rd1 d5 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Kf2 Qe7 19. Nec3 Bb3 20. Bd3 Bxd1 21.
Rxd1 Nd4 22. Qf4 Rad8 23. h4 Nh5 24. Qg5 Qxg5 25. hxg5 Ne6 26. Bc4 Nxg5 27. Ra1
Nf4 28. a5 Rd2+ 29. Kg3 Nh5+ 30. Kh2 Nxf3+ 31. Kh3 Ng5+ 32. Kh2 Nf4 33. Bf1
Nge6 34. a6 Ra8 35. a7 Rxb2 36. Ne4 Nd5 37. Ned6 Ndc7 38. Bc4 Nxb5 39. Nxb5 Nf4
40. Kg3 Nxg2 41. Bd5 Rxa7 42. Rxa7 Ne3 43. Bxf7+ Kf8 44. Nd6 Nf5+ 45. Nxf5 gxf5
46. Kf4 Kg7 47. Bd5+ Kf6 48. Ra6+ Ke7 49. Kxf5 Re2 50. Be4 c4 51. Ke5 c3 52.
Ra7+ Ke8 53. Rc7 c2 54. Kd4 Kd8 55. Rc3 Rd2+ 56. Ke3 Rd6 57. Rxc2 Ke7 58. Kf4
Rd1 59. Ke5 Re1 60. Rc7+ Ke8 61. Ra7 Re2 62. Kf5 Kd8 63. Bd5 Re1 64. Kf6 Kc8
65. Be6+ Kd8 66. Rd7+ Ke8 67. Rc7 Rf1+ 68. Bf5 Rd1 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.14"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2014.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O e6 7. Re1 Nc6 8. h3
a6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Be3 b5 11. a3 Bb7 12. Qd2 Kh7 13. Rad1 Ne7 14. Bd3 Rc8 15. b4
Nd7 16. Bf4 Nb6 17. Ne2 f6 18. c3 e5 19. Bh2 Qe8 20. Qa2 Rd8 21. Nc1 Bc8 22.
Nb3 Be6 23. d5 Bd7 24. Na5 f5 25. c4 bxc4 26. Nxc4 f4 27. Nfd2 g5 28. Nxb6 cxb6
29. Nc4 Nc8 30. Kf1 b5 31. Na5 f3 32. g4 h5 33. Nb7 hxg4 34. Re3 Qh5 35. Ke1
Rde8 36. Qc2 Rf7 37. Kd2 gxh3 38. Qc7 Qg6 39. Rc1 g4 40. Qa5 Bh6 41. Rce1 Bf4
42. Bg3 Bxg3 43. fxg3 f2 44. Rf1 Ref8 45. Qxa6 Qh6 46. Qa5 Rf3 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.13"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2014.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Na6 6. e4 Bg4 7. Bxc4 Bxf3 8.
gxf3 e6 9. Be3 Nb4 10. f4 Qa5 11. Rg1 g6 12. Rc1 Bh6 13. Kf1 Qc7 14. Qf3 Nh5
15. Ne2 Rd8 16. Kg2 O-O 17. Kh1 Kh8 18. f5 Bxe3 19. fxe3 exf5 20. exf5 Rde8 21.
e4 Qe7 22. e5 c5 23. f6 Qd8 24. Qxb7 a5 25. Bb5 cxd4 26. Bxe8 Qxe8 27. Qe4 d3
28. Nc3 Qe6 29. Rg5 Re8 30. Rcg1 Nxf6 31. exf6 Qxe4+ 32. Nxe4 Rxe4 33. Rxa5 h5
34. Ra8+ Kh7 35. Ra7 Rd4 36. Rxf7+ Kh6 37. Rg7 Rg4 38. Rxg4 hxg4 39. Rd7 g5 40.
a5 Kg6 41. f7 Kg7 42. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.13"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2014.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. Nf3 Na6 7. g3 Nxc5 8.
Bg2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Nb5 Be4 11. Qd1 Nb7 12. Bf4 a6 13. Nd6 Bxd6 14. Bxd6 Nxd6
15. Qxd6 Qb8 16. Qd4 Qb7 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. Rfd1 Rc7 19. Ne1 Bxg2 20. Nxg2 Rfc8
21. Ne3 d5 22. b3 h6 23. Qb2 dxc4 24. Rxc4 b5 25. Rcd4 Rd7 26. Ng4 Nd5 27. e4
Nb6 28. Rxd7 Nxd7 29. Qd4 Nb8 30. Ne3 Nc6 31. Qd7 Qxd7 32. Rxd7 Nb4 33. a3 Nc2
34. a4 Nxe3 35. fxe3 Rc3 36. axb5 axb5 37. Kf2 Rxb3 38. e5 Rb2+ 39. Kf3 Rxh2
40. Rb7 Rb2 41. g4 b4 42. Kg3 b3 43. Kf3 Rb1 44. Kg3 b2 45. Kg2 Kh7 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.14"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2014.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. e4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. g4 Na6
9. Be3 Nc5 10. Qc2 c6 11. O-O-O cxd5 12. exd5 a4 13. Nxe5 Qa5 14. Nd3 a3 15. b3
Nfe4 16. b4 Qd8 17. Nb5 Na4 18. Bg2 Nec3 19. Nxc3 Nxc3 20. Rde1 Bd7 21. Qd2 Rc8
22. c5 Bb5 23. Bg5 Nxa2+ 24. Kd1 Nc3+ 25. Qxc3 Bxc3 26. Bxd8 Rfxd8 27. Kc2 Bxe1
28. Rxe1 Bxd3+ 29. Kxd3 dxc5 30. b5 a2 31. Ra1 Ra8 32. Kc4 b6 33. d6 Ra4+ 34.
Kd5 c4 35. Kc6 c3 36. Kc7 Rf8 37. d7 c2 38. Bc6 c1=Q 39. Rxc1 a1=Q 40. Rxa1
Rxa1 41. d8=Q Ra7+ 42. Kxb6 Rxd8 43. Kxa7 Kf8 44. b6 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.13"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2014.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. e4 g6 3. g3 Nf6 4. d3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. Re1 Nc6 8. c3
Bg4 9. Nbd2 Rb8 10. h3 Bd7 11. d4 b5 12. e5 Ne8 13. exd6 exd6 14. dxc5 dxc5 15.
Ne4 c4 16. Bf4 Rc8 17. Nc5 Nf6 18. Bg5 Nb8 19. Ne4 Qb6 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21. Qd2
Rfe8 22. Be3 Qa6 23. Bd4 Kg7 24. Ne5 Re7 25. Ng4 Bxg4 26. Rxe7 Bf5 27. Rae1 Nd7
28. Rxd7 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.14"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2014.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 d6 8. Nbd2
Bd7 9. c3 Ne5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Nc4 Qc7 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Qd8 14. a4 Bc6 15.
Ne5 Be8 16. a5 Rc8 17. Qb3 b5 18. axb6 axb6 19. Be3 b5 20. d4 cxd4 21. cxd4 Bd6
22. Nd3 Ng4 23. Bd2 Bc7 24. d5 Bd7 25. Bf3 exd5 26. exd5 Qf6 27. Rf1 Qd4+ 28.
Kg2 Bf5 29. Bxg4 Bxd3 30. Rfd1 Bc4 31. Bf4 Qxf4 32. gxf4 Bxb3 33. Bxc8 Rxc8 34.
Rd4 Bb6 35. Rd2 Kf8 36. d6 Rd8 37. Kg3 Bc5 38. Ra6 g6 39. Rc6 Bb4 40. Rd4 Bc4
41. Kf3 h5 42. h3 Be1 43. Rd1 Bh4 44. Rc7 Bf6 45. Rb7 Bxb2 46. d7 Ke7 47. Ke4
Bf6 48. f5 gxf5+ 49. Kxf5 Be6+ 50. Kf4 Rxd7 51. Rdxd7+ Bxd7 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.14"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2014.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 c6 7. d4 Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. a3 h6 14. Be3 Kh7
15. Rd2 Nb6 16. Ba2 Rad8 17. Red1 Rxd2 18. Rxd2 Nbd7 19. g4 a6 20. Ne2 b5 21.
Ng3 c5 22. h4 c4 23. g5 Ng8 24. c3 Nc5 25. Bb1 Ne6 26. Qg4 Rd8 27. Rd5 Ne7 28.
Rxd8 Qxd8 29. Bc2 h5 30. Qd1 Qc7 31. Nf5 Bf8 32. Nxe7 Bxe7 33. Qd5 Bc5 34. a4
Bxe3 35. fxe3 Qb6 36. Qd2 Kg7 37. axb5 axb5 38. Kf2 Qc5 39. Qd5 Kf8 40. Bd1
Qxd5 41. exd5 Nc5 42. Bc2 Ke7 43. e4 Kd6 44. Ke3 Nd7 45. Bd1 Kc5 46. b4+ cxb3
47. Bxb3 Kd6 48. Bd1 Nb6 49. Be2 Kc5 50. Kd2 Nc8 51. Bd3 Nd6 52. Kc2 b4 53. Kb3
bxc3 54. Kxc3 Ne8 55. Bc2 Nd6 56. Bd3 Ne8 57. Bc2 Nd6 58. Bd3 Ne8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.14"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2014.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Nbd7 9. g4 Rc8 10. Qd2 h6 11. O-O-O b5 12. f4 b4 13. Nd5 Nxe4 14. Qxb4 Ng3 15.
Rg1 Nxf1 16. Rgxf1 Bxd5 17. Rxd5 Be7 18. Qa5 O-O 19. Qxd8 Rfxd8 20. c3 Nf6 21.
Ra5 exf4 22. Rxf4 d5 23. Rxa6 Ne4 24. Kc2 Ng5 25. Ra7 Bf6 26. a4 Nxh3 27. Rb4
Ng5 28. Bd4 Bxd4 29. Nxd4 g6 30. a5 Ne4 31. Rb6 Nc5 32. Nc6 Ra8 33. Rxa8 Rxa8
34. b4 Nd7 35. Rb7 Nf6 36. b5 Ne4 37. a6 Nd6 38. Rb6 Nxb5 39. Rxb5 Rxa6 40.
Ne7+ Kg7 41. Nxd5 Re6 42. Kd3 Re5 43. c4 Re1 44. Ne3 Rc1 45. Rb2 Kf6 46. Rc2
Ra1 47. c5 Ke6 48. Ke4 Ra4+ 49. Rc4 f5+ 50. gxf5+ gxf5+ 51. Kd4 Ra8 52. Rc1
Rd8+ 53. Kc4 f4 54. Nc2 Ke5 55. Re1+ Kf5 56. Nd4+ Kg4 57. Rg1+ Kh3 58. c6 Rc8
59. Kc5 h5 60. Kb6 Rb8+ 61. Ka7 Rb4 62. c7 Rc4 63. Kb7 Rb4+ 64. Ka6 Rc4 65. Kb6
f3 66. Nxf3 h4 67. Ne5 Rc3 68. Nc6 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.13"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2014.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Qd2 O-O 7. Bh6 Nc6 8. Bxg7
Kxg7 9. d5 Ne5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. O-O-O Qd6 12. f3 b5 13. Qe3 c6 14. g4 Bb7 15.
g5 Nh5 16. dxc6 Qxc6 17. Nd5 Rad8 18. Be2 e6 19. Nb4 Qc7 20. Nd3 Nf4 21. Rd2
Rh8 22. Rhd1 h6 23. h4 hxg5 24. hxg5 Rh5 25. Rg1 Bc8 26. a3 Rdh8 27. Bd1 Rh2
28. Kb1 Rxd2 29. Qxd2 Qd6 30. Qc3 Nxd3 31. cxd3 Qd4 32. Rg2 Bd7 33. Qxd4 exd4
34. f4 Rh4 35. Rf2 Kf8 36. e5 Ke7 37. Bb3 Bc6 38. Kc2 Kd7 39. Ba2 Kc7 40. b4
Kb6 41. Bb3 a5 42. Kb2 a4 43. Ba2 Rh1 44. Kc2 Bb7 45. Kb2 Bc6 46. Kc2 Rh3 47.
Kd2 Bf3 48. Kc2 Bg4 49. Kd2 Rh1 50. Kc2 Bf5 51. Rf3 Rh2+ 52. Kb1 Rd2 53. Ka1
Bxd3 54. Bb1 Bxb1 55. Kxb1 Kc6 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.15"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2014.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Nh5 4. g4 e5 5. gxh5 Qh4+ 6. Kd2 exd4 7. e4 dxe3+ 8.
Kc2 Bh6 9. Nc3 d6 10. hxg6 hxg6 11. Bd3 Na6 12. Nge2 O-O 13. a3 Re8 14. b4 Be6
15. Bb2 Bg7 16. Qe1 Qh8 17. h4 Qh5 18. Qg3 Bf5 19. Rad1 c6 20. Nf4 Bxd3+ 21.
Rxd3 Qh8 22. h5 b5 23. Rdd1 g5 24. Qxg5 Qh7+ 25. Kc1 Re5 26. Qg4 Kf8 27. Ne4
bxc4 28. h6 Bh8 29. Qd7 Re7 30. Qxd6 Bxb2+ 31. Kxb2 e2 32. Nxe2 Qh8+ 33. N2c3
Nc7 34. Qf6 Qh7 35. Ng5 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.13"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2014.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bd3 f5 6. O-O Nf6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Bb2 O-O
9. Nc3 b6 10. Rc1 Ne4 11. Ne2 Bb7 12. Ne5 c5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. f3 Ng5 15. Ng3
g6 16. f4 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Ne6 18. Be2 Rd8 19. Rf2 Na6 20. Nf1 d4 21. exd4 Nxd4
22. Bc4+ Kg7 23. Rd2 Nb4 24. a3 Nbc6 25. Ne3 b5 26. Bd5 Rac8 27. b4 Ne6 28.
Bxe6 Qxe6 29. Rxc5 Rxd2 30. Qxd2 Rd8 31. Rd5 Rxd5 32. Nxd5 Kf7 33. Nc7 Qe7 34.
Nxb5 Ba8 35. Qd5+ Kf8 36. e6 Qd8 37. Qxd8+ Nxd8 38. Nc7 Bb7 39. Bf6 Nc6 40. Nb5
Bc8 41. Nc7 h5 42. Kf2 Ne7 43. Ke3 Bb7 44. Kd4 Bxg2 45. Bxe7+ Kxe7 46. Ke5 h4
47. b5 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.13"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2014.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bg5 e6 8. Qd2 h6
9. Bxh6 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 Qh4+ 11. g3 Qxh6 12. Qxh6 Bxh6 13. Nxd6 Na6 14. Nxc8
Raxc8 15. dxe6 Rfe8 16. f4 Rxe6+ 17. Kf2 Bg7 18. Nf3 Bxb2 19. Rb1 Bd4+ 20. Nxd4
cxd4 21. Rxb7 Nc5 22. Rxa7 Rb8 23. Rc7 Rb2+ 24. Kg1 Na4 25. Rd7 Rd2 26. h4 Re1
27. Rh2 Rxf1+ 28. Kxf1 Rxh2 29. Rxd4 Rxa2 30. Rd8+ Kg7 31. Ra8 Nc3 32. Rxa2
Nxa2 33. Ke2 f5 34. Kd3 Nb4+ 35. Kd4 Kh6 36. c5 Kh5 37. Kc4 Na6 38. c6 Kg4 39.
Kb5 Nc7+ 40. Kc5 Kxg3 41. Kd6 Na6 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.13"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2014.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. Qd2 b5 6. O-O-O Bb7 7. h4 Nf6 8. f3
h5 9. Nh3 e6 10. Ng5 Nbd7 11. g3 Qe7 12. Bh3 Nb6 13. b3 Nfd7 14. Ne2 O-O-O 15.
Kb1 Kb8 16. Rhe1 c5 17. Qa5 Rc8 18. dxc5 dxc5 19. Bf4+ Ka7 20. Nc3 Bc6 21. Bd6
Qe8 22. e5 c4 23. f4 Bf8 24. Nge4 Bxe4 25. Nxb5+ Kb7 26. Rxe4 axb5 27. Bg2 Bxd6
28. Rxc4+ Kb8 29. Rxd6 Nxc4 30. Qa8+ Kc7 31. Rc6+ Kd8 32. Rxc8+ Ke7 33. Rxe8+
Rxe8 34. Qa7 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.13"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2014.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 g6 7. e4 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Bg7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Rd1 h6 11. Be3 Nd7 12. Be2 Nf6 13. e5 Nd5 14. Bd2 c5
15. dxc5 Qc7 16. cxb6 axb6 17. c4 b5 18. O-O Nb6 19. c5 Nc4 20. Bb4 Ra4 21. Rb1
Rfa8 22. Bxc4 bxc4 23. a3 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Bxe5 25. Qxc4 Bxh2+ 26. Kg2 Bf4 27.
Rbd1 R4a6 28. Rd4 Rf6 29. Rfd1 Re8 30. Rd7 Qc8 31. Qe4 Rf5 32. c6 Rg5+ 33. Kf1
Bh2 34. Qc4 Rg1+ 35. Ke2 Rg5 36. c7 Kg7 37. f4 Rh5 38. Bc3+ f6 39. Bb4 Rh4 40.
Qe6 Kh8 41. Qf7 Qa6+ 42. R1d3 Qc8 43. Qxe8+ Qxe8 44. Rd8 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.13"]
[Round "26"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2014.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 g6 3. Bc4 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Qe2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8.
Qxf3 Nc6 9. c3 e5 10. Rd1 Nd7 11. Be3 Qe7 12. Na3 Nb6 13. Bb5 f5 14. Bxc6 bxc6
15. exf5 e4 16. f6 Rxf6 17. Qe2 Rf5 18. c4 Nd7 19. d5 cxd5 20. cxd5 Nf6 21.
Rac1 Rxd5 22. Nb5 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 d5 24. Rxc7 Qb4 25. Nc3 Rd8 26. Bd4 Ne8 27.
Rxg7+ Nxg7 28. Bf6 Rd7 29. g4 Qd6 30. g5 Nh5 31. Bd4 Qe6 32. Qb3 Qxh3 33. Qb8+
Kf7 34. Qe5 Qg4+ 35. Kf1 Qf5 36. Qh8 Ke7 37. Bc5+ Kf7 38. Nb5 Qxg5 39. Qf8+ Ke6
40. Nd4+ Ke5 41. Nc6+ Ke6 42. Qe8+ Re7 43. Qxe7+ Qxe7 44. Nxe7 Nf4 45. Nc6 a6
46. b4 h5 47. a4 h4 48. Nb8 g5 49. Be3 d4 50. Bxf4 gxf4 51. Nxa6 d3 52. Nc5+
Kd5 53. a5 h3 54. Nb3 e3 55. fxe3 fxe3 56. a6 d2 57. Ke2 h2 58. a7 d1=Q+ 59.
Kxd1 h1=Q+ 60. Ke2 Kc4 61. Na5+ Kb5 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.13"]
[Round "27"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2014.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Qe2 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 O-O 12. Rd1 Rc8 13. e4 e5 14. Be3 Qe7 15.
d5 cxd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Nb6 18. Bb3 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. Bxa7 Rfc8 21.
Qf5 g6 22. Qd7 Kf8 23. Be3 h5 24. Bh6+ Kg8 25. Qxe7 Bxe7 26. Rd7 Bc5 27. Rxb7
Rxe4 28. Kf1 Rc4 29. Rc1 Rxc1+ 30. Bxc1 Bxf2 31. Kxf2 Rxc1 32. a5 Ra1 33. b4
Ra2+ 34. Ke3 f5 35. Rb6 Kg7 36. a6 Ra3+ 37. Ke2 f4 38. b5 e4 39. Re6 Ra2+ 40.
Ke1 Ra1+ 41. Kd2 Ra2+ 42. Kc3 f3 43. gxf3 exf3 44. Re1 g5 45. Rb1 f2 46. Kd3
Rb2 47. Ra1 Ra2 48. Rf1 g4 49. hxg4 hxg4 50. Ke3 Ra5 51. Rxf2 Rxb5 52. Ra2 Rb8
53. Ra4 Kf6 54. Rxg4 Ra8 55. Rh4 Ke5 56. Rh6 Kd5 57. Kd3 Kc5 58. Kc3 Kb5 59.
Rg6 Rxa6 60. Rxa6 Kxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.13"]
[Round "28"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2014.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 f5 4. O-O Nf6 5. c4 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. d3 O-O 8. Rb1 h6
9. b4 g5 10. b5 Kh8 11. Ba3 Nbd7 12. Nd2 a6 13. Qb3 axb5 14. cxb5 Nb6 15. Bb4
Qe8 16. a4 Be6 17. Qc2 Rb8 18. a5 Nbd7 19. a6 e4 20. dxe4 f4 21. e5 Nxe5 22.
axb7 Qh5 23. Nce4 Nd5 24. Nxd6 Nxb4 25. Qxc7 Nd5 26. Qc5 Ng4 27. h3 fxg3 28.
fxg3 Nge3 29. Rxf8+ Rxf8 30. g4 Bxg4 31. N6c4 Qf7 32. Rf1 Nxf1 33. Bxd5 Qf6 34.
Ne4 Qf4 35. Qxf8+ Bxf8 36. hxg4 Ng3 37. Nxg3 Qxg3+ 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.13"]
[Round "29"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2014.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8.
Qxd8 Rxd8 9. c3 Bf5 10. Be3 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Nd5 12. Nf1 Be4 13. Rad1 Nxe3 14.
Nxe3 Nb6 15. Ng5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Na4 17. Rb1 b5 18. Nf3 c4 19. Red1 Rxd1 20. Nxd1
Rd8 21. Kf1 Kf8 22. Rc1 e6 23. Ke1 Ke7 24. e3 e5 25. Ke2 a5 26. Rc2 Nc5 27. Rd2
Nd3 28. Rc2 a4 29. e4 Bh6 30. Ne3 Ke6 31. Nd5 Rd7 32. g4 f5 33. gxf5+ gxf5 34.
Nh4 fxe4 35. Ne3 Bf4 36. Nhg2 Bxh2 37. f3 exf3+ 38. Kxf3 Rf7+ 39. Kg4 Rf2 40.
Rxf2 Nxf2+ 41. Kf3 Nd3 42. Nd1 Bf4 43. Ke4 Bc1 44. b4 axb3 45. axb3 Nc5+ 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.13"]
[Round "30"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2014.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 c5 4. d5 e6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Nh3 d6 7. Nf2 a6 8. a4 O-O
9. e4 exd5 10. cxd5 Nfd7 11. Be2 f5 12. exf5 Rxf5 13. O-O Nf6 14. f4 Ne8 15.
Nfe4 Rf8 16. Ng5 Nc7 17. Kh1 Bf5 18. Ra3 h6 19. g4 Bc8 20. Nge4 Ne8 21. Qe1 Nd7
22. f5 Ne5 23. Ng3 Nf6 24. g5 hxg5 25. Bxg5 Qe8 26. Bxf6 Bxf6 27. Nce4 gxf5 28.
Nxd6 Qd8 29. Ngxf5 Bxf5 30. Nxf5 Qxd5+ 31. Bf3 Nxf3 32. Raxf3 Rae8 33. Qg3+ Kf7
34. Nd6+ Ke7 35. Nxe8 Kxe8 36. Qg2 Qe6 37. R3f2 Be7 38. Rxf8+ Bxf8 39. Qxb7 Bd6
40. Qg2 Kd8 41. Rd1 Kc7 42. Qd5 Qh6 43. Qxd6+ Qxd6 44. Rxd6 Kxd6 45. Kg2 c4 46.
h4 Kc5 47. h5 Kb4 48. h6 Kb3 49. h7 Kxb2 50. h8=Q+ c3 51. Qf6 Kb3 52. Qxa6 c2
53. Qc6 Kb2 54. a5 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord Basque"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "172"]
[EventDate "2014.12.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O e6 7. h3 Nc6 8. Be3
a6 9. a4 b6 10. Qd2 Bb7 11. Bg5 Ne7 12. Qe3 c5 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. dxc5 bxc5 15.
Qf4 Ne8 16. Qh4 Nc6 17. Bh6 Qe7 18. Ng5 Bxh6 19. Qxh6 f6 20. Nf3 Nb4 21. Rd2
Rd8 22. Rad1 d5 23. exd5 exd5 24. Nxd5 Bxd5 25. c3 Nc7 26. cxb4 cxb4 27. Bxa6
Bb3 28. Re1 Qf7 29. Bf1 Bxa4 30. Re4 Bc6 31. Rxb4 Bxf3 32. gxf3 Kh8 33. Rb7 Rb8
34. Ra7 Ra8 35. Rxa8 Rxa8 36. b4 Qe7 37. b5 Rb8 38. b6 Na8 39. Re2 Qd8 40. Rd2
Qe7 41. Qf4 Rxb6 42. Rc2 Qd8 43. Kg2 Kg7 44. Rd2 Qe8 45. Bc4 Rb7 46. Rd6 Qe5
47. Qxe5 fxe5 48. Bd5 Rb8 49. Rd7+ Kh6 50. Re7 Nb6 51. Bf7 Rf8 52. Bb3 Nc8 53.
Rxe5 Nd6 54. Bc2 Ne8 55. Rc5 Ng7 56. Be4 Ne6 57. Rc4 Nf4+ 58. Kg3 Nh5+ 59. Kh2
Rf7 60. h4 Ra7 61. Bc2 Rf7 62. Be4 Ra7 63. Rc2 Ra1 64. Rb2 Nf4 65. Kg3 Nh5+ 66.
Kh2 Nf4 67. Bc6 Rc1 68. Bd7 Rc7 69. Bg4 Kg7 70. Kg3 Rf7 71. Rd2 h5 72. Bc8 Kh6
73. Ba6 Rf6 74. Ra2 g5 75. hxg5+ Kxg5 76. Bc8 Kh6 77. Ra5 Ne2+ 78. Kg2 Nf4+ 79.
Kh2 Rg6 80. Ra4 Rf6 81. Re4 Nd3 82. Kg3 Kg5 83. Ra4 h4+ 84. Rxh4 Rxf3+ 85. Kxf3
Kxh4 86. Ke3 Nxf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord Basque"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2014.12.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8.
Bg5 d6 9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. e3 Rc8 11. f3 c5 12. dxc5 Rxc5 13. Bh4 d5 14. b4 Rc6 15.
Qb2 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Qc7 17. Bg3 e5 18. Bb3 Ba6 19. Kf2 Rc8 20. Rhd1 Bd3 21. Kg1
Bc2 22. Rdc1 Bxb3 23. Nxb3 Rc3 24. e4 h6 25. Be1 Rc2 26. Rxc2 Qxc2 27. Qxc2
Rxc2 28. a4 Nf8 29. a5 Nh5 30. Bf2 Rb2 31. Bxb6 Rxb3 32. Bxa7 Rxb4 33. a6 Nd7
34. Bc5 Rb8 35. a7 Ra8 36. Rb1 Kh7 37. Be3 Nhf6 38. Rb7 g5 39. Kf2 Kg7 40. g4
Kf8 41. Kg3 Ke7 42. h4 gxh4+ 43. Kxh4 Kd6 44. Rb1 Kc6 45. Rc1+ Kb7 46. Rb1+ Kc6
47. Rc1+ Kb7 48. Rb1+ Kc6 49. Rc1+ Kb7 50. Rb1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord Basque"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2014.12.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Nh5 10. Nbd2 Qf6 11. Kh1 Nf4 12. Nc4 Ne7 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 Bb6 15.
e5 dxe5 16. dxe5 Qg7 17. Bxf4 gxf4 18. Qc1 c6 19. Nxb6 axb6 20. Bc4 Ng6 21. Re1
Re8 22. Bd3 Be6 23. Bxg6 fxg6 24. Qxf4 Rxa2 25. Rxa2 Bxa2 26. Nd4 Bd5 27. f3 g5
28. Qe3 Qg6 29. h3 Kg7 30. Ne2 c5 31. Ng3 h5 32. Rd1 h4 33. Nh5+ Kh6 34. Rxd5
Kxh5 35. f4 Qf5 36. fxg5 Re6 37. Rd6 c4 38. Qe2+ Kxg5 39. Qxc4 Rxd6 40. exd6
Qf2 41. Qc1+ Kg6 42. Qd1 Qf6 43. d7 Qd8 44. Qd6+ Kf5 45. Qd5+ Kf6 46. Qxb7 Kf5
47. Qc8 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord Basque"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "178"]
[EventDate "2014.12.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 Nc6 7. g4 Qb6 8. Nb3
e6 9. Be3 Qc7 10. g5 Nd7 11. f4 b5 12. a3 Bb7 13. h4 Rc8 14. h5 Na5 15. Rh3 Nc4
16. Bxc4 Qxc4 17. Na5 Qc7 18. Nxb7 Qxb7 19. Bd4 e5 20. Be3 Rxc3 21. bxc3 Qxe4
22. Qf3 Qxf3 23. Rxf3 h6 24. g6 fxg6 25. hxg6 exf4 26. Rxf4 Ne5 27. a4 bxa4 28.
Re4 Be7 29. Bd4 Bf6 30. Rxa4 Kd7 31. Rxa6 Ke6 32. Re2 Rd8 33. Kf1 Kf5 34. c4
Nxg6 35. Rf2+ Nf4 36. Bxf6 gxf6 37. Rd2 Rc8 38. Rd4 Rb8 39. Rdxd6 Rb1+ 40. Kf2
Rb2 41. Rd2 Rb4 42. Rc6 Ng6 43. Rdd6 Ne5 44. Rc5 Ke4 45. c3 Rb2+ 46. Kg3 Rc2
47. Rd4+ Kf5 48. Rc8 Rxc3+ 49. Kf2 h5 50. Ke2 Ke6 51. c5 Rc2+ 52. Kd1 Rc3 53.
Kd2 Ra3 54. Kc2 h4 55. Rxh4 Kd5 56. Rf4 Ra5 57. Rd8+ Kxc5 58. Rxf6 Nc6 59. Rc8
Ra6 60. Kc3 Ra3+ 61. Kb2 Ra6 62. Kb3 Rb6+ 63. Kc3 Ra6 64. Rh8 Ra3+ 65. Kb2 Rd3
66. Rh1 Ne5 67. Rh5 Kd5 68. Kc2 Re3 69. Rf4 Re2+ 70. Kd1 Re4 71. Rf8 Re3 72.
Kd2 Re4 73. Rd8+ Ke6 74. Rf8 Kd5 75. Rf6 Rd4+ 76. Kc2 Rc4+ 77. Kb3 Re4 78. Rh3
Rd4 79. Rf8 Rd3+ 80. Rxd3+ Nxd3 81. Kc3 Ne5 82. Rf4 Nc6 83. Rh4 Ne5 84. Rd4+
Kc5 85. Rd1 Nc6 86. Kd3 Kd5 87. Ke3+ Ke5 88. Rc1 Kd5 89. Rxc6 Kxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord Basque"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2014.12.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Qc2 c5 8.
dxc5 dxc4 9. e3 Qa5 10. Bxc4 Qxc5 11. Nd2 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Rfd1 Nc6 14. Rac1
Rd8 15. Nce4 Qb6 16. Bb3 Na5 17. Nc4 Nxc4 18. Qxc4 Bd7 19. Qc7 Qxc7 20. Rxc7
Bc6 21. Rxe7 Bxe4 22. Red7 Rxd7 23. Rxd7 Bc6 24. Rd4 Kf8 25. f3 Ke7 26. e4 Rc8
27. Kf2 Bd7 28. Ke3 e5 29. Rc4 Rxc4 30. Bxc4 f6 31. b4 b6 32. a3 g5 33. g4 Kd6
34. Kd3 Ba4 35. Kd2 a5 36. Be2 axb4 37. axb4 Kc6 38. Kc3 Kd6 39. Kd2 Be8 40.
Kc3 h5 41. h3 h4 42. Kd2 Ba4 43. Bc4 Kc6 44. Ke2 Bb5 45. Kd3 Bxc4+ 46. Kxc4 b5+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord Basque"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2014.12.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O b5 8. e4
Bb7 9. e5 Nd5 10. Ng5 Be7 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qh6 Qb6 13. Rd1 Bf8 14. Qh3 Be7 15. a4
b4 16. a5 Qc7 17. Nce4 c5 18. a6 Bc6 19. Nd6+ Bxd6 20. exd6 Qxd6 21. Ne4 Qe7
22. dxc5 O-O 23. Bg5 f6 24. Bh6 Rfd8 25. Rac1 Ne5 26. Qh4 Kh8 27. Rd4 Rab8 28.
Nd6 c3 29. b3 Nf7 30. Bf4 g5 31. Qh5 Kg8 32. Bxd5 Bxd5 33. Nxf7 Qxf7 34. Qxf7+
Kxf7 35. Bxb8 Rxb8 36. c6 Bxc6 37. Rc4 Rb6 38. f4 gxf4 39. gxf4 Ke7 40. Rd1 h5
41. Kf2 Rxa6 42. Rxb4 Ra2+ 43. Ke3 Rxh2 44. Rc4 Rh3+ 45. Kd4 Bd5 46. Rxc3 Rh4
47. Ke3 Rh3+ 48. Kd4 Rh4 49. Ke3 Rh3+ 50. Kd4 Rxc3 51. Kxc3 h4 52. Ra1 Kf7 53.
Rxa7+ Kg6 54. Kd4 h3 55. Ra2 Kf5 56. Ke3 Kg4 57. f5 exf5 58. Rd2 f4+ 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord Basque"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2014.12.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qd2 Bb4 9. Rc1 h6 10. Bh4 c5 11. Bc4 N7b6 12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. Bxd7+ Nxd7 14. O-O
cxd4 15. Qxd4 Bxc3 16. bxc3 O-O 17. c4 N5f6 18. Rfd1 Rac8 19. e4 e5 20. Qb2 Rc7
21. Bxf6 Nxf6 22. Nxe5 Re8 23. Nf3 Nxe4 24. Rd5 Qa4 25. Qb3 Qc6 26. Rd4 Rce7
27. h3 Nc5 28. Qc3 Re4 29. Rcd1 b6 30. Rd6 Qa4 31. R6d2 Qxc4 32. Qa1 Re2 33.
Rd4 Qxa2 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord Basque"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2014.12.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Qd2 exd5
9. cxd5 h6 10. Be3 Re8 11. Nge2 Nbd7 12. Ng3 h5 13. Be2 a6 14. a4 Nh7 15. O-O
h4 16. Nh1 f5 17. Nf2 Ne5 18. f4 Nf7 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Rae1 Qd7 21. a5 Re7 22.
Bd1 Rae8 23. Bb3 Nh6 24. h3 Qd8 25. Na4 Kh8 26. Nb6 Nf6 27. Ba4 Rf8 28. b4 Nh5
29. Nh1 cxb4 30. Qxb4 Bd3 31. Rf3 Be4 32. Rff1 Bd3 33. Rf3 Nf5 34. Bf2 Be2 35.
Ra3 Nfg3 36. Nxg3 Rxf4 37. Qd2 hxg3 38. Be3 Qf8 39. Bxf4 Nxf4 40. Rxg3 Re4 41.
Kh1 Nh5 42. Rxg6 Qf5 43. Qg5 Qf2 44. Rc1 Bg4 45. Rxg7 Re1+ 46. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 47.
Kh2 Qg3+ 48. Kh1 Qe1+ 49. Kh2 Qg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord Basque"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2014.12.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. Rfe1 Bb7 14.
Rad1 Rc8 15. Bb3 Qf6 16. Qe3 Rfd8 17. h3 h6 18. Nh2 Qh4 19. Nf3 Qf6 20. d5 e5
21. Ba4 Nc5 22. Bb5 Rc7 23. Qa3 a6 24. Bf1 Qd6 25. Re3 Nxe4 26. Qb2 Nf6 27.
Nxe5 Nxd5 28. Bc4 Qf6 29. Rf3 Qg5 30. Rg3 Qf6 31. Rf3 Qg5 32. Rg3 Qf6 33. Rf3
Qg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord Basque"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E07"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2014.12.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. a4 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. e4 b6 10. Qe2 a5 11. Rd1 Ba6 12. Bf4 Re8 13. Nd2 Bf8 14. h3 Rc8 15. Be3
e5 16. Nxc4 exd4 17. Bxd4 Qc7 18. b3 Bc5 19. Qc2 Bxc4 20. bxc4 Bxd4 21. Rxd4
Nc5 22. Rad1 g6 23. f4 Nh5 24. Kh2 Rcd8 25. e5 Rxd4 26. Rxd4 f6 27. Rd6 Re6 28.
Rxe6 Nxe6 29. Qe4 fxe5 30. Qxe5 Qxe5 31. fxe5 Nd4 32. Ne4 Kf8 33. Kg1 b5 34.
cxb5 cxb5 35. axb5 Nxb5 36. Kf2 a4 37. Bf1 a3 38. Bc4 Nd4 39. Nc3 Nc6 40. Nb5
Nxe5 41. Nxa3 Nf6 42. Be2 Ne4+ 43. Kg2 Nc3 44. Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 10th"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor"]
[Date "2015.04.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2015.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 a6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. e5 f6 8.
exd6 e5 9. Qa4 Qxd6 10. O-O Ne7 11. Nc3 a5 12. Nd2 Qb4 13. Nde4 Bf5 14. Rd1
Bxe4 15. Qxb4 axb4 16. Nxe4 Nd5 17. c4 bxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 10th"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor"]
[Date "2015.04.20"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2015.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. c4 (1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O d4 6. e3 e5 7. exd4 cxd4
8. d3 Be7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Nbd2 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. a3 a5 13. Ne1 Bf5 14. Rb1
Be7 15. Qe2 Re8 16. Bd5 Bf8 17. Ng2 Qd7 18. Qf3 Be6 19. Rfe1 Rad8 20. Bxe6 Rxe6
21. Ne4 Be7 22. Qh5 Rf8 23. g4 $13 {Kramnik,V (2810)-Caruana,F (2757) Zuerich
2013 For more details see the notes to this game by Andreikin in CBM 153. The
relevance of this example will become clear soon enough.}) 1... e6 2. g3 d5 3.
Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 d4 {A fashionable, albeit rather committal approach. Black goes
for a Benoni with reversed colours, implying even being 1-2 tempi down
shouldn't prevent him from achieving an promising unbalanced position. This
could be true, if White allows him to consolidate his gain of space, but it's
rarely so simple...} ({Ponomariov was not interested in} 4... dxc4 {, probably
as Aronian has had some recent experience with} 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 {
also seems fully playable:} ({The more usual reaction is} 6... c5 7. Qb3 ({a)} 
7. O-O b6 $1 {/\} 8. Nd4 Ne5 9. Nc6 Nxc4 10. Nxd8 Nd5 $11) ({b)} 7. d3 Bd6 8.
a4 $5) 7... Rb8 8. d3 Bd6 9. Nc3 (9. a4 b6 10. Na3 a6 11. O-O O-O 12. Nc4 Bc7
13. Bd2 Bb7 14. Rfc1 Qe7 15. Qa3 Nd5 16. d4 Rfc8 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Ne1 h6 19.
Nd3 Ba8 20. Be3 Nxe3 21. Nxe3 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Be5 23. Rc2 Bd4 24. Nc4 Nb6 $11 {
Shimanov,A (2591)-Riazantsev,A (2684) Taganrog 2015}) 9... a6 10. O-O O-O 11.
Bg5 ({Even after} 11. Ng5 $5 {[%cal Rg5e6]} Bc7 12. Nge4 b6 {Black should
gradually equalise.}) 11... b5 12. Ne4 Be7 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15.
Rfc1 Bb7 16. Qc3 Qe7 17. Nd2 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Rfc8 19. Qa3 Qd6 $11 {Naiditsch,A 
(2707)-Efimenko,Z (2703) EUCup Rogaska Slatina 2011}) {Later Levon preferred}
7. Qc2 (7. Qb3 Rb8 (7... c5 8. a4 $5 {[%cal Ya4a5]}) 8. O-O b5 (8... c5 9. d4
$5 $32) 9. a4 Bb7 10. axb5 axb5 11. d3 Bd6 $5 (11... Be7 12. Bf4 Nd5 13. Bd2
O-O 14. Rc1 c5 15. Ba5 Qe8 16. Nbd2 N5f6 17. Rab1 Bd5 $6 (17... Bd6 $11 {
[%cal Ye8e7]}) 18. Qd1 Ra8 19. b4 $1 Ra6 20. e4 Bc6 (20... Bb7 21. Nb3 c4 22.
Nbd4 $14) 21. Nb3 cxb4 22. Qd2 $36 Bxe4 23. dxe4 Nxe4 24. Qc2 Nc3 25. Ra1 Nf6
26. Ne5 Nfd5 27. Nd3 $16 {Aronian,L (2812)-Anand,V (2773) Zuerich 2014}) 12.
Be3 c5 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Nd2 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Ng4 16. Nde4 Nxe3+ 17. fxe3 Be7 18.
Nxb5 Bg5 19. d4 cxd4 20. exd4 Qb6 21. Nxg5 Qxb5 22. Qxb5 Rxb5 $11 {Bu,X (2675)
-Ivanchuk,V (2768) WCup Khanty-Mansiysk 2011}) 7... c5 8. Nc3 (8. O-O b5 9. a4
Bb7 10. Nc3 Qb6 11. d3 Be7 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8+ Bxa8 14. Qb3 Nd5 15. Bg5
Nxc3 16. Qxc3 f6 17. Bd2 O-O 18. Ra1 Bb7 19. Ne1 Bxg2 20. Nxg2 Qc6 21. Qb3 c4
22. dxc4 bxc4 23. Qc2 Nb6 24. Rc1 Rc8 $11 {Aronian,L (2797)-Wojtaszek,R (2744)
Beijing rpd 2014}) 8... Qc7 9. O-O b6 10. d4 Bb7 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Bf4 Bd6 13.
Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Rfd1 Qc7 15. Rac1 Rc8 16. Qb1 Qb8 17. Ng5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qb7+ 19.
f3 O-O 20. Nce4 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Qb8 22. Rd1 (22. Qd3 $14) 22... h6 23. Rxd7 Nxd7
24. Nc5 hxg5 25. Nxd7 Qc7 26. Nxf8 Kxf8 $11 {Aronian,L (2797)-Wojtaszek,R 
(2744) Wijk aan Zee 2015}) ({After} 4... Be7 5. b3 ({Here Black must also
reckon with the transition to the Catalan by} 5. d4) 5... O-O 6. O-O {White
has spent a tempo on b3, this makes the central thrust more enticing:} d4 $5 (
6... c5 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. e3 d4 $5 $13 {is another plausible line - White's Bb2
can end up being misplaced.}) 7. e3 c5 8. exd4 cxd4 9. d3 Nc6 10. Na3 ({For} 
10. Qe2 {Kamsky,G (2720)-Shirov,A (2745) Bazna 2009 see the notes to this game
in CBM 131.}) 10... e5 11. Nc2 a5 12. Re1 Nd7 13. a3 Bf6 14. Nd2 Nc5 15. Qf3
Be7 16. Bf1 Be6 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Rxa1 19. Nxa1 Nxb4 20. Rxe5 Nc6 21. Re1
Qa5 $15 {Movsesian,S (2665)-Lenderman,A (2617) WChT Tsaghkadzor 2015}) 5. a3
$146 {[%mdl 8] Already this is a novelty. While queenside expansion is typical
in this line, the text has also a drawback - now the options of developing the
Nb1 are limited, as it doesn't have the a3-square anymore.} ({The main
continuation is} 5. O-O c5 6. e3 (6. b4 $5 {is an option for the fearless -
White plays a reverse Benko/Volga gambit!} cxb4 7. a3 Nc6 (7... bxa3 8. d3 $44)
8. axb4 Bxb4 9. Ne5 Bd7 (9... Nxe5 $142 $5 10. Qa4+ Nc6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Qxb4
Nd7 $13 {is more critical}) 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Qa4 Be7 12. d3 O-O 13. Nd2 a5 14.
Nb3 e5 (14... Ra7 15. Bb2 e5 16. f4 $5 $44 {[%csl Rd4]}) 15. Bd2 Qe6 16. Qb5
$36 e4 $6 17. Nxa5 e3 18. fxe3 Nxa5 19. Rxa5 Rxa5 20. Qxa5 dxe3 21. Bc3 $16 {
Dubov,D (2614)-Vallejo Pons,F (2698) Dubai blitz 2014}) 6... Nc6 7. exd4 cxd4
8. d3 Bd6 (8... h6 $5 9. Bf4 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. a3 a5 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. Qc2
a4 14. c5 Qc7 15. Rfe1 e5 16. Nc4 Nd7 17. Rad1 Ra6 18. Re2 e4 19. Rxe4 Nxc5 20.
Rh4 Rd8 21. Ncd2 Ra5 $132 {Fressinet,L (2709)-Parligras,M (2572) EU-ch Yerevan
2014}) {More testing is} 9. Na3 (9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nbd2 Qe7 $142 (
11... Qd8 12. a3 a5 13. Rc1 $5 (13. Qc2 O-O 14. c5 Bc7 15. Rab1 a4 16. Nc4 Qe7
17. Nb6 Bxb6 18. cxb6 Bd7 19. Rfc1 Rfc8 20. Qc5 Qxc5 21. Rxc5 Ra6 22. b4 axb3
23. Rxb3 Kf8 24. Nd2 Na5 $11 {Akopian,V (2705)-Tratar,M (2498) EU-ch Legnica
2013}) 13... O-O 14. c5 Bc7 15. Re1 e5 16. Nc4 Re8 17. Nfd2 Be6 18. Ne4 Bxc4
19. Rxc4 Re7 {Gupta,A (2621)-Favarel,A (2394) Cappelle la Grande 2015} 20. b4
$16) 12. Re1 O-O 13. a3 a5 14. Nb3 Rd8 (14... Qf6 15. Qc2 e5 16. Nfd2 Qg6 17.
c5 Bc7 18. Nc4 Bf5 19. Be4 Bxe4 20. dxe4 Rad8 21. Rad1 f5 $132 {Le,Q (2712)
-Moiseenko,A (2711) Khanty-Mansiysk blitz 2013}) 15. Nbxd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Bxg3
17. hxg3 Rxd4 $11 {½, Erdos,V (2615)-Vallejo Pons,F (2706) EU-ch Jerusalem
2015}) {A more circumspect move is} 9... O-O (9... e5 10. c5 $1 (10. Re1 O-O
11. c5 Bc7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Nd2 Be6 15. Nac4 Qd8 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17.
Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Rxe5 Qb8 19. Re2 Qxb2 20. Nb3 Qa3 21. Nxd4 Bg4 22. f3 Qxc5 $15 {
Hera,I (2576)-Bluebaum,M (2530) Bundesliga 2015}) (10. b4 Nxb4 11. Re1 O-O 12.
Nxe5 Re8 13. Nf3 Rxe1+ 14. Nxe1 Bg4 $132 {Giri}) 10... Bxc5 11. Nc4 Nd7 (11...
Bg4 $5 12. Qa4 $44 (12. Qb3 $5)) 12. Re1 O-O (12... f6 13. Nh4 g6 14. a3 $44 {
/\} Nb6 15. Nxe5 $5 fxe5 16. Bxc6+ bxc6 17. Rxe5+ Be7 18. Bg5 Nd5 19. Qe2 $40)
13. Nfxe5 Ncxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Rxe5 Qb6 16. a4 a5 17. Qc2 Bb4 18. Rb5 Qe6
19. Bf4 Bd7 20. Bd5 Qf6 21. Rxb7 $16 {Giri,A (2784)-So,W (2762) Wijk aan Zee
2015 See the notes to this game by Sumets in CBM 165.}) 10. Nc2 e5 11. b4 $1 a6
(11... Re8 12. Re1 Bg4 13. c5 Bc7 14. b5 Na5 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Nb4
Rad8 18. h3 Bh5 19. Rc1 Qe6 20. Qa4 Bxf3 21. Bxf3 Qxh3 22. Nd5 e4 23. Bg2 Qd7
24. dxe4 $18 {[%csl Ra5,Gd5] Gupta,A (2625)-Georgiadis,N (2468) Reykjavik 2015}
) 12. Re1 Re8 13. a3 (13. a4 Bf5 14. Ba3 Rc8 15. b5 Na5 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Rb1
Rc5 18. Nh4 Bd7 19. f4 exf4 20. Rxe8+ Bxe8 21. gxf4 axb5 22. axb5 Qxf4 23. Nf3
Bd7 24. Qe1 b6 25. Qe7 Rc8 26. Qe5 Qf5 27. Qxd4 Nxc4 28. Nh4 Qc5 29. dxc4 Qxc4
30. Rb2 Bxb5 $14 {/=, Kerr,S (2502)-Nightingale,D (2506) email 2009}) 13... h6
14. Rb1 Rb8 15. Nd2 Bf5 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Qd7 18. b5 Ne7 19. Bd2 Bg4 20.
Bf3 Bf5 21. Be4 Bg4 22. Bf3 {½, Bulski,K (2547)-Banusz,T (2580) Bundesliga
2013}) (5. e3 {gives Black a choice - he can continue} Nc6 $5 (5... c5 6. exd4
cxd4 7. O-O Nc6 8. d3 {tranposes to the 5.0-0 line}) 6. O-O Be7 (6... Bc5 7. b4
$1 Bxb4 8. exd4 O-O 9. Bb2 $14) 7. d3 O-O (7... e5 8. exd4 exd4 9. Re1 O-O 10.
Bf4 (10. Na3 $142) 10... Bf5 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Rxe5 (12. Bxe5 $11) 12... Qd7 13.
Bxb7 Rab8 14. Qf3 $2 (14. Rb5 $13) 14... Bg4 15. Qc6 Bd6 16. Na3 Bxe5 17. Bxe5
Qf5 18. Bf4 g5 19. f3 gxf4 20. fxg4 Nxg4 21. Rf1 Qh5 22. h4 fxg3 {0-1, Groenn,
A (2409)-Carlsen,M (2567) Gausdal 2004}) 8. exd4 Nxd4 9. Nxd4 (9. Nbd2 Nc6 10.
Qe2 Re8 11. Nb3 a5 12. Bf4 a4 13. Nbd2 Bd6 14. Be5 Bxe5 15. Nxe5 Nd4 16. Qd1
Nd7 17. f4 f6 18. Nef3 Nc5 19. Ne4 Nxf3+ 20. Qxf3 Qd4+ 21. Kh1 Ra5 22. Nxc5
Rxc5 $11 {Pantsulaia,L (2501)-Gulko,B (2597) Moscow 2004}) (9. Re1 Nxf3+ 10.
Qxf3 Rb8 11. Nc3 b6 $11) 9... Qxd4 10. Nc3 e5 11. Nb5 Qd7 12. d4 a6 13. dxe5
axb5 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Qc2 bxc4 16. Qxc4 c6 17. a4 Qe6 18. Qc2 Qe5 19. Ra3 Rd8
20. Re3 Bf5 21. Be4 Bxe4 22. Rxe4 Qd5 $11 {½, Kortschnoj,V-Bronstein,D
Tbilisi 1966}) ({But} 5. b4 $6 {is harmless:} Bxb4 6. Qa4+ Nc6 7. Ne5 Rb8 $1 8.
Nxc6 (8. Ba3 Qd6 9. Nd3 a5 10. Bxb4 axb4 11. c5 Qe7 12. Nxb4 Bd7 13. Bxc6 bxc6
14. Na6 Rb7 15. Qxd4 e5 16. Qc4 Be6 17. Qc3 O-O 18. a3 Bd5 19. O-O Qd7 20. f3
Rb3 21. Qxe5 Bc4 22. Nb4 {Landa,K (2640)-Mista,A (2584) Bundesliga 2014} Bxe2
23. Qxe2 Qd4+ $17) 8... bxc6 9. Qxa7 (9. Bxc6+ Bd7 10. O-O d3 11. exd3 O-O 12.
Bxd7 Nxd7 13. d4 c5 14. Bb2 cxd4 15. Bxd4 Nc5 16. Bxc5 Bxc5 17. Nc3 Rb4 18. Qa6
{Banikas,H (2609)-Ashwin,J (2470) Paleochora 2013} Qd3 $15) 9... Rb6 10. Qa4
O-O 11. O-O e5 12. d3 Bg4 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. h3 Bh5 15. Bg5 Rfb8 16. g4 Bg6 17.
Nd2 Bxd2 (17... Bc3 $1 18. Rab1 Rb2 $36) 18. Qxd2 h6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Rfc1 h5
21. a4 hxg4 22. hxg4 e4 23. dxe4 Rb2 24. Qd1 Qe5 25. Rcb1 $1 $132 {Karjakin,S 
(2771)-Anand,V (2785) Dubai rpd 2014}) 5... a5 (5... c5 {doesn't prevent} 6. b4
{, although it's far from clear if White can claim any advantage in the
reversed declined Benko after} Nc6 ({or} 6... a5 $6)) 6. e3 c5 {Ponomariov
goes for the Benoni setup.} ({However, here} 6... Nc6 7. d3 Bc5 $5 {deserves
attention - with the insertion of a3 and a5 White doesn't have the b4 blow.})
7. exd4 cxd4 8. d3 Nc6 (8... h6 $5 {deserves attention, preventing the
following move.}) 9. Bg5 (9. O-O Bd6 {can lead to positions from the 5.0-0
line with the extra moves a3 and a5. The bishop sortie shows one of the points
of inserting 5.a3 - Aronian can postpone castling without worrying about Qa5+
or Bb4+.}) 9... Be7 {Modest, but probably the best. Attempts to develop the
bishop more actively favour White:} (9... Bd6 10. Nbd2 $14 {[%cal Yd2e4] is
pleasant for White.}) (9... h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nbd2 Qd8 12. O-O {and now} Bd6
13. Rc1 $5 {transposes to Gupta-Faverel above.}) 10. Nbd2 h6 ({Why hurry with
this move, as White most probably wants to take on f6 anyway.} 10... O-O 11.
O-O a4 $5 $13) 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. O-O O-O {In Kramnik-Caruana from the initial
note Black's pawn was already on e5. This gave him more influence in the
centre, simpler development and in general his position was easier to play in
comparison.} 13. c5 $5 {[%mdl 4] A standard Benoni motif; the pawn advance
frees c4 for White's pieces and also enhances the strength of the future b4-b5
push.} Be7 14. Rc1 a4 (14... Bd7 $5 15. Re1 (15. Nb3 Be8 {[%cal Ya5a4]} 16. Rc4
a4 17. Nbxd4 Na5 18. Rc2 Rc8 $15) 15... a4 $13) 15. Rc4 Bd7 $6 (15... Ra5 16.
Rxa4 Rxc5 17. b4 Rd5 18. Ra8 Qc7 19. Qc2 Bd7 20. Rxf8+ Bxf8 21. Nb3 $14) (15...
Qa5 $1 16. Nxd4 (16. Qc1 Rd8 17. Ne4 Rd5) 16... Nxd4 17. Rxd4 Bxc5 (17... Qxc5
18. Rxa4 Rxa4 19. Qxa4 b5 $44) 18. Rc4 Be7 19. Qc2 Rd8 $132) 16. Rxa4 Bxc5 (
16... Rxa4 17. Qxa4 Bxc5 18. Rc1 $14) 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. b4 Be7 (18... Bd6 $5
19. Nc4 Bc7 20. b5 Na5 21. b6 (21. Nxd4 Qa7 $132) 21... Bd8 $14) (18... Ba7 19.
b5 (19. Nc4 $5) 19... Ne7 20. Qb3 $14) 19. b5 Na5 20. a4 (20. Qa4 $5 Qd8 (20...
Qa6 21. Rb1 $1 (21. Nxd4 $6 Qb6 $13 {[%cal Ye7c5]}) (21. bxa6 Bxa4 22. axb7
Nxb7 23. Nxd4 Nc5 $11) 21... Qb6 (21... Rb8 22. Ne5 Be8 23. Nec4 Nxc4 24. bxa6
Bxa4 25. a7 $18) 22. Ne5 $36) 21. Rb1 $14 {[%csl Rd4]}) 20... Qa7 21. Ne5 b6 {
[%csl Rc6] Ponomariov was probably hoping to reactivate his Na5 via b7, but
weakening c6 eases White's task.} (21... Rd8 $142 $1 $14) 22. Nb3 Bb4 $2 (22...
Nxb3 23. Qxb3 Qc7 24. Nc6 Bc5 25. Rc1 $36 {is unpleasant, but now Black simply
loses a pawn.}) 23. Nxd4 Qc7 24. Nxd7 Qxd7 25. Nc6 Nxc6 26. bxc6 $16 Qd4 27.
Qc2 Bd6 28. Rc1 Bc7 ({Passive, but Black was rightly worried about} 28... Ra8
29. c7 Rc8 30. Qc6 Rxc7 (30... Bxc7 31. Qb7 Qd7 32. d4 $18 {[%cal Gc1c8,Yg2f1,
Yf1a6]}) 31. Qe8+ Kh7 32. Rxc7 Bxc7 33. Qxf7 Qa1+ 34. Bf1 $16) 29. Qb3 Ra8 (
29... Rd8 30. Bf1 $16) 30. Rc4 Qa1+ 31. Bf1 Rd8 32. Kg2 Qe5 33. Qb4 Qf6 34. d4
g6 35. Be2 h5 36. h4 Kg7 37. Bf3 {White has gradually improved his pieces,
while his opponent can only sit and wait.} Kg8 38. Qd2 Kg7 39. Qb2 Kg8 40. Rb4
$1 {[%cal Rb4b6]} Qe7 {Black can't prevent the powerful exchange sacrifice.} (
40... Kg7 41. Rxb6 Bxb6 42. Qxb6 Qxd4 43. Qxd4+ Rxd4 44. a5 Ra4 45. a6 $1 $18 (
45. c7 Rc4 46. a6 Rxc7 47. Bb7 $18)) (40... g5 41. hxg5 Qxg5 42. Rb5 Qf6 43.
Bxh5 Qxd4 44. Qxd4 Rxd4 45. a5 $1 $18) 41. Rxb6 Bxb6 42. Qxb6 Ra8 $6 (42... Rc8
$142 $1 43. a5 Rc7 {gives Black an extra tempo and was much more resilient,
with} 44. Be2 (44. d5 $5) 44... Qd6 {he prevents the Ba6-b7 manoeuvre.
Nevertheless I can't believe he can hold the endgame after} 45. Bb5 $16 {/+-})
43. a5 Ra7 44. Be2 $1 $18 Rc7 45. Ba6 {[%cal Ra6b7]} e5 46. Bb7 e4 (46... exd4
47. a6 Qe4+ 48. Kh2 Qc2 49. Qxd4 $18 {[%cal Ra6a7]}) 47. d5 Qe5 48. a6 Qxd5 49.
Kh2 ({Stops any tricks, but} 49. a7 e3+ 50. Kh2 {wins as well.}) 1-0

[Event "WchT 10th"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor"]
[Date "2015.04.22"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2015.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. e3 Rb8 8. Qe2
b5 9. b3 cxb3 10. axb3 Bd6 11. Bd2 O-O 12. Rc1 Bb7 13. Ne1 Qe8 14. Nd3 e5 15.
Bxc6 Bxc6 16. Rxc6 Qxc6 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Nxe5 Qd5 19. Nf3 Qxb3 20. Ba5 c5 21.
Nbd2 Qe6 22. e4 Rfc8 23. e5 Nd7 24. Re1 h6 25. Ne4 Nxe5 26. Nxe5 Qxe5 27. Bc3
Qe6 28. Nf6+ gxf6 29. Qf3 Qc6 30. Re4 Kf8 31. Bxf6 Re8 32. Rxe8+ Qxe8 33. Qf4
Qe1+ 34. Kg2 Rc8 35. h4 Ke8 36. Qxh6 Qe4+ 37. Kg1 Kd7 38. Qd2+ Kc6 39. h5 Qd5
40. Qe2 Qf5 41. Bg7 c4 42. h6 Kb7 43. h7 Qb1+ 44. Kg2 Qxh7 45. Qf3+ Rc6 46.
Qxf7+ Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 10th"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor"]
[Date "2015.04.23"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2015.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. Nc3
Bb7 9. a3 Bc5 10. Ba2 h6 11. Be3 d6 12. Bxc5 dxc5 13. a4 b4 14. Nd5 Na5 15. Ne3
Re8 16. g3 Qd7 17. Bc4 Rad8 18. Nd2 Qh3 19. Qe2 Nh7 20. Nb3 Nxb3 21. Bxb3 Ng5
22. f3 Qd7 23. Bc4 Bc6 24. b3 Qc8 25. h4 Ne6 26. Bxe6 Qxe6 27. f4 exf4 28. Rxf4
Qe5 29. Raf1 Bd7 30. Rxf7 Qxg3+ 31. Ng2 c4 32. bxc4 Bxa4 33. Qe3 Qxe3+ 34. Nxe3
b3 35. cxb3 Rxd3 36. Nd5 Bxb3 37. Ne7+ Kh7 38. Nf5 Bxc4 39. Rxc7 Rxe4 40. Rxg7+
Kh8 41. Rg6 Re6 42. Rxh6+ Rxh6 43. Nxh6 Rg3+ 44. Kh2 Rg6 45. Rf4 Bb3 46. Nf7+
Bxf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 10th"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor"]
[Date "2015.04.25"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2015.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Cuba"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CUB"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Nc3 d5 5. d4 e6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. cxd4 Bd6 12. a4 Rb8 13. a5 Bd7 14. Ba3
Ke7 15. Kd2 Rhc8 16. Rhb1 b5 17. axb6 Rxb6 18. Be4 Rxb1 19. Bxb1 Rc4 20. Bxd6+
Kxd6 21. Rxa7 Rxd4+ 22. Ke3 Rd5 23. Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 10th"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor"]
[Date "2015.04.26"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2015.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Rc1 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Ba3 10. Rc2 b6 11. Be2 Ba6 12. O-O Bxe2 13. Qxe2 O-O 14. Rd1
Rfe8 15. Bf4 Rac8 16. c4 c5 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Bb4 19. Qg4 Kh8 20. h4 Qa4
21. Rcc1 Ba3 22. Rb1 Qxc4 23. Rd7 Rf8 24. Rxa7 Bb2 25. Qd1 Rcd8 26. Qb3 Qxb3
27. axb3 Bc3 28. Rb7 Ba5 29. Bg5 Rd2 30. Be7 Rc8 31. Bd6 Kg8 32. h5 h6 33. Rc1
f5 34. Rc4 Rd3 35. Ra4 Kh8 36. g4 fxg4 37. Rf4 Rg8 38. Rff7 Bc3 39. Kg2 Rd5 40.
e4 Rd3 41. Rxb6 Rh3 42. f4 Ra8 43. Rf8+ Rxf8 44. Bxf8 Rf3 45. Bxc5 Rxf4 46.
Rxe6 Rxe4 47. Re8+ Kh7 48. e6 Bf6 49. e7 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 10th"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor"]
[Date "2015.04.27"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2015.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Qd3 Nc6 11. a3 Na5 12. Nd2 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Qxd5
15. Qxd5 Bxd5 16. b4 Nc6 17. c4 Be6 18. Nb3 Rfc8 19. Rfc1 e4 20. f4 exf3 21.
Bxf3 Bf6 22. Ra2 b5 23. Rac2 bxc4 24. Nc5 Bf5 25. Rxc4 Bb2 26. Na4 Bxc1 27.
Rxc1 Ne5 28. Bxa8 Rxa8 29. Rc5 Re8 30. Bd4 Bd7 31. Rxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 10th"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor"]
[Date "2015.04.28"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2015.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. c3 Bd6 11. Bd3 f6 12. Nbd2 Re8 13. Nf1 Rxe1 14. Qxe1 Qe7
15. Bd2 Qf7 16. Qe2 Bd7 17. Re1 Re8 18. Qd1 Rxe1 19. Nxe1 Nce7 20. Nc2 b6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon 28th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2015.06.12"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D81"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2015.06.12"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Be6 6. Qa4+ Bd7 7. Qb3 c5 8.
dxc5 Bg7 9. e4 O-O 10. f3 Be6 11. Bc4 Na6 12. Be3 Nd7 13. Bxe6 Ndxc5 14. Qb5
Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Nxe6 16. Ne2 Qc7 17. O-O Nac5 18. a4 a6 19. Qc4 Rac8 20. Rfd1
Nd7 21. Qb3 Ne5 22. Rab1 Nc4 23. Bf2 Rfd8 24. Rd5 b6 25. Bxb6 Nxb6 26. Qxb6
Rxd5 27. exd5 Qc4 28. dxe6 Qxe2 29. exf7+ Kxf7 30. Qd4 Rc4 31. Qh8 Qe3+ 32. Kh1
Rh4 33. h3 Rxh3+ 34. gxh3 Qxf3+ 35. Kh2 Qf2+ 36. Kh1 Qf3+ 37. Kh2 Qf2+ 38. Kh1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon 28th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2015.06.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2015.06.12"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. d4 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 O-O 7. Re1 Na6 8. Nc3
Ne4 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. Ne5 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 c5 12. d5 Qc7 13. Nf3 exd5 14. Qxd5 Nb4
15. Qd1 Bf6 16. Bf4 Qb7 17. a3 Nc6 18. Ra2 Nd4 19. e3 Ne6 20. Bd6 Rfe8 21. Qd5
Qxd5 22. cxd5 Ng5 23. Nxg5 Bxg5 24. b4 Be7 25. Bxe7 Rxe7 26. bxc5 bxc5 27. d6
Re6 28. Rd1 Rb8 29. Rc2 Re5 30. Rdc1 Rc8 31. Rb1 Kf8 32. Rb7 Ke8 33. Rxa7 Kd8
34. Rc4 Rd5 35. Ra6 Rc6 36. Ra8+ Rc8 37. Rxc8+ Kxc8 38. e4 Rxd6 39. Rxc5+ Kd8
40. Rc2 Rd4 41. f3 Ra4 42. Rc3 Ke7 43. g4 Ke6 44. h4 d5 45. exd5+ Kxd5 46. h5
Ke6 47. Kg3 h6 48. Kf2 f5 49. Kg3 fxg4 50. fxg4 Kf6 51. Rf3+ Ke6 52. Kh3 Ke7
53. Rg3 Kf6 54. Rf3+ Ke7 55. Rg3 Kf6 56. Rf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon 28th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2015.06.12"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2015.06.12"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. Nb3 b5 12. h4 b4 13. Nd5 gxh4 14. Bxh4 Bxb2 15.
Rb1 Bg7 16. Be2 Be6 17. Nxb4 Nxb4 18. Qxb4 O-O 19. O-O Rb8 20. Qd2 Qc7 21. c4
Ne5 22. Rbc1 Qa7 23. Nd4 Nxc4 24. Rxc4 Bxc4 25. Nc6 Qc5 26. Nxb8 Bxe2 27. Qxe2
Rxb8 28. Qxa6 Bd4 29. Qd3 Rb2 30. a4 Kf8 31. a5 Ra2 32. a6 f6 33. Kh2 Qh5 34.
Kh3 Qc5 35. f3 Qc8+ 36. Kh2 Qxa6 37. Qxa6 Rxa6 38. Rb1 Kf7 39. Kh3 h5 40. Bg3
Kg6 41. Bf4 f5 42. Rb7 Bf6 43. Kg3 h4+ 44. Kf2 Ra2+ 45. Kf1 fxe4 46. fxe4 Ra4
47. Kf2 Rxe4 48. Kf3 Rc4 49. Rb5 e5 50. Be3 Kf5 51. Bf2 Bg5 52. Ba7 Rc3+ 53.
Ke2 Rc2+ 54. Kf1 Bf4 55. Bf2 Bg3 56. Ba7 Ke4 57. Rb4+ Kd3 58. Rb3+ Kc4 0-1

[Event "Leon 28th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2015.06.12"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "318"]
[EventDate "2015.06.12"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 a6 5. Ba4 d6 6. d4 Bd7 7. O-O Bg7 8. Bg5 f6
9. Be3 Nh6 10. h3 Nf7 11. dxe5 fxe5 12. c4 O-O 13. Nc3 g5 14. Nh2 Be6 15. Bxc6
bxc6 16. b3 h6 17. Qh5 Kh7 18. Rad1 Qe7 19. Ne2 Nh8 20. Ng3 Ng6 21. Rd2 a5 22.
Rc1 c5 23. Qd1 a4 24. Qc2 Qf7 25. Ne2 axb3 26. axb3 Ne7 27. Qd1 Nc6 28. Nf1 Qg6
29. Nfg3 g4 30. h4 h5 31. Nc3 Nd4 32. Nd5 Rf7 33. b4 cxb4 34. Nxb4 Bf6 35. c5
Nb3 36. cxd6 Nxd2 37. Qxd2 cxd6 38. Qxd6 Be7 39. Qb6 Bxh4 40. Nd3 Bxg3 41. fxg3
Ra2 42. Nc5 Bc8 43. Qb8 Rf8 44. Qxe5 h4 45. Qe7+ Kg8 46. Qxh4 Qf6 47. Qxf6 Rxf6
48. e5 Rc6 49. Rc4 Re2 50. Bd4 Kf7 51. Kf1 Ra2 52. Rb4 Kg6 53. Be3 Rc2 54. e6
R2xc5 55. Rxg4+ Kf6 56. Bxc5 Rxc5 57. Rf4+ Kxe6 58. Kg1 Ke5 59. Rf2 Bf5 60. Kh2
Be4 61. Kg1 Kd4 62. Ra2 Ke3 63. Ra3+ Bd3 64. Ra7 Rc2 65. Ra3 Rd2 66. Rb3 Ra2
67. Kh2 Kd4 68. g4 Be4 69. Kg3 Rxg2+ 70. Kf4 Rf2+ 71. Kg5 Ke5 72. Rb8 Bd5 73.
Kg6 Rf6+ 74. Kg5 Ra6 75. Rb5 Ra8 76. Rb6 Be6 77. Rb5+ Kd6 78. Rb6+ Ke7 79. Rb7+
Bd7 80. Rb4 Rg8+ 81. Kh4 Kf6 82. Rf4+ Ke5 83. Rb4 Be6 84. Kg3 Bd5 85. Rf4 Ra8
86. Rf5+ Ke4 87. Rf4+ Ke3 88. Rb4 Ra3 89. Kh4 Kf3 90. Rb6 Ra4 91. Rf6+ Kg2 92.
Rd6 Bf3 93. Rg6 Ra8 94. Rg7 Rh8+ 95. Kg5 Kg3 96. Kf5 Rf8+ 97. Ke5 Bxg4 98. Re7
Kf3 99. Kd4 Bf5 100. Ke5 Be4 101. Rd7 Ke3 102. Ra7 Rf5+ 103. Ke6 Rb5 104. Kd6
Rd5+ 105. Ke6 Rh5 106. Kd6 Bd3 107. Ra4 Bb5 108. Rb4 Kd3 109. Rg4 Bc4 110. Rg3+
Kd4 111. Rg4+ Kc3 112. Rf4 Kb4 113. Ke7 Kc5 114. Kf6 Bd5 115. Rf2 Kd6 116. Rf4
Rh2 117. Kf5 Re2 118. Kf6 Re8 119. Rf5 Be4 120. Rf4 Re6+ 121. Kg5 Ke5 122. Rg4
Re8 123. Rg3 Rf8 124. Rg4 Bf3 125. Rg3 Ke4 126. Kh4 Ke3 127. Rg7 Rf5 128. Rg5
Rf4+ 129. Kg3 Be4 130. Rg7 Rf1 131. Rg5 Bf5 132. Kh4 Ke4 133. Rg3 Kf4 134. Rg4+
Ke5 135. Rg2 Be4 136. Rg3 Kf5 137. Rg5+ Kf6 138. Ra5 Rg1 139. Ra3 Kf5 140. Rg3
Rh1+ 141. Rh3 Ra1 142. Rg3 Ra8 143. Rg5+ Kf4 144. Rg4+ Kf3 145. Rg3+ Kf2 146.
Rg7 Ra5 147. Kg4 Ke3 148. Kg3 Ra2 149. Rg5 Rf2 150. Rg4 Rf1 151. Rg5 Bf5 152.
Kh4 Rf2 153. Rg7 Kf4 154. Rg4+ Ke5 155. Kg3 Re2 156. Rg8 Be4 157. Rg5+ Kd4 158.
Kf4 Rf2+ 159. Kg3 Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2015.08.15"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2015.08.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Merida Patrimonio"]
[BlackTeam "Sestao Fundacion EDP"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Rd1+ Ke8 10. h3 Ne7 11. c4 Ng6 12. Nc3 Be7 13. b3 h5 14. Ne4
h4 15. Re1 Kf8 16. Bg5 a5 17. Rad1 a4 18. Nf6 b6 19. Nd7+ Ke8 20. Nf6+ Kf8 21.
Nd7+ Ke8 22. Bxe7 Kxe7 23. e6 fxe6 24. Nde5 Nxe5 25. Nxe5 Kf6 26. Ng4+ Ke7 27.
Ne5 Kf6 28. Ng4+ Ke7 29. Ne5 Kf6 30. Ng4+ Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2015.08.16"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2015.08.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sestao Fundacion EDP"]
[BlackTeam "Extremadura Magic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
b6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. Ne5 Nh5 12. Bd2 Nhf6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nc6 Bxc6
15. Qxc6 Ne8 16. Nc3 Nd6 17. e4 Rc8 18. Qa4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Nf6 21.
Bg2 Qd7 22. Qxd7 Nxd7 23. d5 exd5 24. Bxd5 Bf6 25. Rab1 Rfd8 26. b3 Ne5 27. Be1
Rc2 28. a4 g6 29. Kf1 Kg7 30. h3 g5 31. Be4 Rxd1 32. Rxd1 Rb2 33. Bd5 h5 34. a5
bxa5 35. Bxa5 Rc2 36. Bd2 Ng6 37. Be3 a5 38. Bb6 Ne7 39. Bf3 g4 40. hxg4 hxg4
41. Bxg4 Rb2 42. Bxa5 Rxb3 43. Bd2 Ra3 44. Kg2 Ra1 45. Bc1 Nc6 46. Rh1 Kg8 47.
Bf5 Nb4 48. Bh7+ Kg7 49. Be4 Kg8 50. g4 Na2 51. Be3 Rxh1 52. Kxh1 Nc3 53. Bc6
Ne2 54. Kg2 Be5 55. Bb5 Nf4+ 56. Kf3 Nd5 57. Bd2 Kg7 58. Bc4 Ne7 59. Ke4 Bb2
60. f4 Ng6 61. Bb4 f6 62. Bd6 Bc1 63. Kf5 Bd2 64. Bb5 Bc1 65. Be8 Nh4+ 66. Ke6
Ng2 67. f5 Nf4+ 68. Ke7 Nd5+ 69. Kd8 Bf4 70. Ba3 Kh6 71. Kd7 Kg5 72. Bh5 Be3
73. Ke6 Nf4+ 74. Kf7 Nxh5 75. gxh5 Kxf5 76. Kg7 Kg4 77. Kg6 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2015.08.17"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2015.08.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solvay"]
[BlackTeam "Sestao Fundacion EDP"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Re1 Nf6 11. a3 a6 12. Bc2 b5 13. Qd3 g6 14. Bh6 Re8 15.
Rad1 Bb7 16. h4 Rc8 17. Bb1 Na5 18. Ne5 Nc4 19. Qe2 Qb6 20. Ba2 Nxe5 21. Qxe5
Qd6 22. Bg5 Qxe5 23. dxe5 Nh5 24. Rd7 Bxg5 25. hxg5 Bc6 26. Rd4 Red8 27. Red1
Rxd4 28. Rxd4 Kf8 29. Bb1 Ng7 30. g4 Ne8 31. Be4 Ke7 32. Kg2 Bd7 33. f4 a5 34.
Kf2 Rb8 35. Bf3 Nc7 36. Ne4 Nd5 37. Nf6 Nxf6 38. gxf6+ Ke8 39. Rd1 b4 40. a4
Rc8 41. Rh1 Bxa4 42. Ra1 Bd7 43. Rxa5 h6 44. Ke3 Kd8 45. Bd1 g5 46. fxg5 hxg5
47. Ba4 Bxa4 48. Rxa4 Rc4 49. Ra8+ Kd7 50. Rf8 Kc6 51. Rxf7 Kd5 52. Rb7 Kxe5
53. f7 Re4+ 54. Kd3 Rd4+ 55. Kc2 Rc4+ 56. Kb3 Rf4 57. Rb5+ Kd6 58. Rxg5 Rxf7
59. Kxb4 e5 60. Rg8 Rb7+ 61. Kc3 Rc7+ 62. Kd3 Rb7 63. Kc2 Rc7+ 64. Kb1 e4 65.
g5 e3 66. Re8 Rg7 67. Rxe3 Rxg5 68. Rc3 Rc5 69. Rh3 Kc6 70. Ka2 Kb6 71. Rh4 Rg5
1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2015.08.18"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2015.08.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sestao Fundacion EDP"]
[BlackTeam "Barcelona Escola Escacs"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c4 Nb6 6. e6 fxe6 7. Be3 g6 8. h4
Bg7 9. h5 e5 10. d5 e4 11. Ng5 Ne5 12. hxg6 hxg6 13. Rxh8+ Bxh8 14. Nxe4 c5 15.
Nbc3 Bf5 16. Be2 a6 17. b3 Qd7 18. Rc1 O-O-O 19. a4 Bg7 20. f3 Rh8 21. Nf2 Qe8
22. g4 Bd7 23. a5 Na8 24. Nce4 Kb8 25. b4 cxb4 26. Qb3 Rh2 27. Qxb4 Qf8 28. Rb1
Bc8 29. f4 Nd7 30. c5 Nf6 31. Bxa6 Nxe4 32. Qxe4 Bc3+ 33. Kf1 Qh8 34. c6 Nc7
35. cxb7 Rxf2+ 36. Bxf2 Qh3+ 37. Qg2 1-0

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2015.08.19"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2015.08.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Taldea Gros Xake"]
[BlackTeam "Sestao Fundacion EDP"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O h6 7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. Nb3
Qc7 9. Bd2 g5 10. Bb4 Ng6 11. Bxf8 Rxf8 12. Ne1 Nf4 13. Bd3 Nxd3 14. Nxd3 O-O-O
15. Ndc5 Nxc5 16. Nxc5 b6 17. Na6 Qe7 18. a4 f6 19. exf6 Rxf6 20. a5 e5 21.
axb6 axb6 22. Qe2 Kd7 23. dxe5 Re6 24. Qh5 Rxe5 25. Qxh6 Re6 26. Qh5 Qf6 27.
Nb4 Be4 28. Qh3 c5 29. Ra7+ Kd6 30. Nd3 Bxd3 31. Qxd3 Qxb2 32. Qh7 1-0

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2015.08.20"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Arribas Lopez, Angel"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2015.08.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Collado Villalba"]
[BlackTeam "Sestao Fundacion EDP"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 e6 4. Nf3 a6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 b5 8.
Be2 Bb7 9. Be3 Rc8 10. a3 Nf6 11. Bf3 Rc4 12. Qd3 Qc7 13. O-O Bc5 14. Kh1 Bxe3
15. Qxe3 Qc5 16. Rae1 Qxe3 17. Rxe3 h5 18. Kg1 Ke7 19. Rd1 Rhc8 20. g3 R8c7 21.
h3 d6 22. e5 dxe5 23. fxe5 Nd5 24. Nxd5+ Bxd5 25. Bxd5 exd5 26. c3 Ke6 27. Kf2
h4 28. Rg1 hxg3+ 29. Kxg3 d4 30. cxd4 Rxd4 31. Rg2 Rd5 32. Kf3 g6 33. Rge2 Rc4
34. Kg3 Rcc5 35. Kf4 Rc1 36. Kg5 Rcc5 37. Kf4 a5 38. b3 Rc1 39. Kg5 Rcc5 40.
Kf4 Rd1 41. Kg5 Rcd5 42. Rf3 f5 43. Rc3 Rxe5 44. Rc6+ Rd6 45. Rxe5+ Kxe5 46.
Rc5+ Rd5 47. Rc8 Rd3 48. Rc5+ Ke4 49. Rxb5 f4 50. Kh4 f3 51. Kg3 Rd2 52. h4
Rg2+ 53. Kh3 Rg1 0-1

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2015.08.21"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Rubio Mejia, Luis Ignacio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2015.08.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sestao Fundacion EDP"]
[BlackTeam "Atocha VTI"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 c5 8. d5
e5 9. Qc2 g6 10. Nb1 Nh5 11. Nc3 Nd7 12. Bh6 Ng7 13. g4 Nf6 14. h3 Kh8 15.
O-O-O a6 16. Be3 Rb8 17. Nd2 Ng8 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 Bg5 20. Bg3 f6 21. Kb1
Bxd2 22. Qxd2 Qe7 23. Bd3 Bd7 24. Qh2 Ne8 25. g5 b5 26. gxf6 Ngxf6 27. e5 bxc4
28. exf6 Qe3 29. Bxd6 Nxd6 30. Qxd6 cxd3 31. Qxd7 Rxf6 32. Rhe1 Qf2 33. Re8+
1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pavlovic, Milos"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 Ngf6 5. Qe2 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. O-O
Rc8 9. d3 e6 10. Ng5 h6 11. Nh3 g6 12. f4 Bg7 13. f5 O-O 14. fxe6 fxe6 15. Nd2
g5 16. Bb3 Qe8 17. Nf2 Ne5 18. a4 Kh8 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ra7 Rb8 21. Rd1 Nh5 22.
Nf1 Qg6 23. Ng4 Nc6 24. Ra1 Nf4 25. Bxf4 gxf4 26. Kh1 b4 27. Rac1 bxc3 28. bxc3
h5 29. Nf2 Ne5 30. Nd2 Ng4 31. Nf3 Ba6 32. Bc4 Bxc4 33. dxc4 Rb6 34. Nd3 Ne3
35. Nxf4 Rxf4 36. Qxe3 Qxe4 37. Qf2 Qxc4 38. h3 Rf6 39. Rb1 Rxb1 40. Rxb1 Qf4
41. Qe2 e5 42. Nd2 Qf5 43. Ne4 d5 44. Rb8+ Rf8 45. Nd6 Qe6 46. Qxh5+ Kg8 47.
Rxf8+ Bxf8 48. Nf5 e4 49. Qg4+ Kf7 50. Qf4 Be7 51. g4 Bf6 52. g5 Be5 53. Qg4
Qa6 54. Qh5+ Kf8 55. Qd1 Qd3 56. Qg4 Qf1+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 e6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd3 Bd6 9. O-O Nce7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Qe4 Ng6 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bd2 f5 14. Qe2 Ngf4
15. Bxf4 Nxf4 16. Qe3 b6 17. Bc4 Bb7 18. Bxe6+ Kh8 19. d5 Qf6 20. Nb5 Bb8 21.
Rfd1 Qg6 22. Nh4 Qf6 23. Nf3 Qg6 24. Nh4 Qf6 25. Nf3 Qg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. b3 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
b6 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Nf6 13. Qc2 c5 14. Bb2 Be4 15.
Qc3 Qc7 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Ne5 Rfd8 18. Rad1 Rac8 19. Ng4 Be7 20. Bf3 Qf5 21.
Bxe4 Qxe4 22. h3 a6 23. Rfe1 Qb7 24. Qg3 Nxg4 25. Qxg4 Bf8 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27.
Rd1 Qc7 28. Rxd8 Qxd8 29. Qd4 Qc7 30. h4 f6 31. Qe4 Qc8 32. h5 Be7 33. Bd4 Bc5
34. h6 Qd7 35. Bxc5 bxc5 36. hxg7 Kxg7 37. Qg4+ Kf8 38. Qh5 Qe7 39. Kf1 f5 40.
Qh6+ Ke8 41. Qf4 Kd7 42. Qb8 Qd6 43. Qb7+ Kd8 44. g3 h5 45. Qf3 Qd2 46. Qa8+
Ke7 47. Qa7+ Kf6 48. Qxc5 Qxa2 49. Qd4+ Ke7 50. Qc5+ Kf7 51. Qc7+ Kg6 52. Qe5
Kf7 53. Qe3 a5 54. Kg2 a4 55. Qa7+ Kf6 56. Qxa4 Qc2 57. Qa1+ e5 58. Qa6+ Kg5
59. Qb7 Kf6 60. Qc6+ Kg5 61. Qf3 Kg6 62. Qe3 e4 63. c5 Kf7 64. b4 Qc4 65. Qg5
Qxb4 66. Qxf5+ Ke7 67. Qxh5 Qd4 68. Qf5 Kd8 69. c6 Kc7 70. Qd7+ Qxd7 71. cxd7
Kxd7 72. Kh3 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Guliyev, Namig"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. d5 exd5 12. Bxd5 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Nxd5
15. Nxd5 Qe5 16. Bd2 Rad8 17. Bc3 Qe6 18. a5 f6 19. Nf4 Qc8 20. Qe4 Rxd1+ 21.
Rxd1 Kh8 22. Ne6 Re8 23. Qg4 Rg8 24. Rd5 b6 25. Rh5 Qe8 26. Qf5 h6 27. Nf4 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Salem, AR Saleh"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. e5 Nd5 11. Nd2 Nd7 12. O-O Qb6 13. a4 a6 14. Nde4 O-O-O 15. Qd2
c5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Nxc5 Qxc5 20. Bh5 Rhe8 21.
Bxf7 Rxe5 22. Qa5 Re7 23. Bh5 Nf6 24. Bg6 d4 25. Rfe1 Rdd7 26. Rec1 Qd5 27. f3
Re2 28. Ra3 Ng4 29. Bf5 Ne5 30. Bxd7+ Kxd7 31. Bxe5 Rxe5 32. Rd1 d3 33. Qd2 g4
34. Qxh6 gxf3 35. Qh3+ Kc7 36. Qxf3 Qd4+ 37. Qf2 Qxf2+ 38. Kxf2 Re2+ 39. Kg3
Rxg2+ 40. Kf4 Rxb2 41. Rc3 Kb6 42. Ke5 Rxh2 43. Rcc1 Bf3 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
h5 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nbd7 11. Qd2 g6 12. Be2 Bg7 13. O-O O-O 14. c4 b6 15.
Rac1 a5 16. Na1 Kh7 17. h3 Ng8 18. g4 Bh6 19. g5 Bg7 20. Bd3 Ne7 21. Kh2 Nc5
22. Nc2 Qd7 23. Be4 Nf5 24. Bf2 f6 25. Rg1 fxg5 26. Qxg5 Qf7 27. Qg2 Bh6 28.
Rcd1 Bf4+ 29. Kh1 Rg8 30. Na3 Ne3 31. Bxe3 Bxe3 32. Rge1 Bf4 33. Nb5 Rad8 34.
Bc2 Kh8 35. b3 Qf6 36. a3 Rg7 37. b4 Nb7 38. Qf2 g5 39. Kg2 Rc8 40. Bd3 g4 41.
hxg4 hxg4 42. Rh1+ Kg8 43. fxg4 Rxg4+ 44. Kf1 Qg5 45. Nc3 Rf8 46. Ne4 Qg7 47.
Ke2 Rg2 48. Rdg1 Rxf2+ 49. Nxf2 Bg3 50. Ne4 Qg4+ 51. Kd2 Rf2+ 52. Kc3 Rf3 53.
Rxg3 Qxg3 54. Nxg3 Rxg3 55. Kd2 Rg2+ 56. Kc3 Rg3 57. Kd2 Rg2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 5. Be2 Nc6 6. Qe3 Nf6 7. c4 Bg4 8. O-O
g6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Rac1 Nd7 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nd4 14. Be2 Nc5 15.
Rfd1 b5 16. b4 Nce6 17. Bf1 Qd7 18. Nd5 Qa7 19. Qd3 Nc6 20. Be3 Ne5 21. Qe2 Qb7
22. cxb5 axb5 23. Qxb5 Rfb8 24. a4 Kf8 25. Qxb7 Rxb7 26. a5 Nd7 27. a6 Rbb8 28.
Nc7 Nxc7 29. Rxc7 Ke8 30. Rdc1 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. O-O-O a6 11. Qf2 b6 12. Kb1 Qc7 13. Bd3 Nb4 14. Qg3 f5 15.
Qh3 Nbxd3 16. cxd3 a5 17. g4 Qd7 18. gxf5 exf5 19. Rhg1 Ba6 20. Qh6 Bd8 21. e6
Nxe6 22. Ne5 Qe8 23. Nxd5 Ra7 24. Rc1 Bxd3+ 25. Ka1 Be4 26. Nxb6 Rf6 27. Qh4
Nxf4 28. Bxf4 Rxb6 29. Rc8 Ra8 30. Qg3 g6 31. Rxa8 Bxa8 32. h4 Bd5 33. Qd3 Qb5
34. Qxb5 Rxb5 35. h5 Bb6 36. Rd1 gxh5 37. Nd7 Bf3 38. Rd3 Be2 39. Rd6 Bc7 40.
Nf6+ Kf7 41. Rd7+ Kxf6 42. Bxc7 Kg6 43. b3 h4 44. Rd6+ Kh5 45. Rd7 h6 46. Rd2
Bf3 47. Kb2 h3 48. a4 Rc5 49. Bh2 Kg4 50. b4 axb4 51. Kb3 Rd5 52. Rf2 Rd4 53.
a5 Bd5+ 54. Ka4 Bc6+ 55. Kb3 Bb5 56. Rc2 Re4 57. Rc5 Bf1 58. Rc6 Re2 59. a6 Bg2
60. Rg6+ Kh5 61. Rd6 Be4 62. Bf4 Kg4 63. Be5 h2 64. Bxh2 Rxh2 65. a7 Rh1 66.
Ka2 Rh3 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bindrich, Falko"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Ne5 Bc6 7. Nxc6 Nxc6 8.
Qa4 Qd7 9. Qxc4 Nxd4 10. O-O O-O-O 11. Nc3 e5 12. Bg5 Qe6 13. Qa4 Bc5 14. e3
Nc6 15. Rac1 Bb6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Nb5 Kb8 18. Rc3 e4 19. Bxe4 Nd4 20. Nxd4
Bxd4 21. exd4 Qxe4 22. Qc4 Rd7 23. Rd1 Rhd8 24. Re3 Qg4 25. Rd2 h5 26. b3 c6
27. Qc5 h4 28. f3 Qg6 29. g4 Rd5 30. Qe7 a6 31. h3 Kc8 32. Kg2 Rxd4 33. Rxd4
Rxd4 34. Re2 Rd7 35. Qe8+ Kc7 36. Qe3 Qd3 37. Qf2 f5 38. gxf5 f6 39. Re4 Qd1
40. Re2 Rg7+ 41. Kh2 Qd6+ 42. f4 Qd3 43. Rd2 Qc3 44. Re2 Qd3 45. Rd2 Qxf5 46.
Qxh4 Qb1 47. Qf2 b6 48. Qd4 Kb7 49. Qf2 a5 50. Rb2 Qf5 51. Rd2 Qe4 52. Re2 Qb4
53. Rd2 a4 54. Qd4 Qxd4 55. Rxd4 axb3 56. axb3 Re7 57. Rd3 c5 58. Kg3 Rg7+ 59.
Kf3 Kc6 60. Ke4 b5 61. Rc3 Rh7 62. Kf5 Rh6 63. Ke6 b4 64. Rg3 c4 65. bxc4 Kc5
66. f5 Kxc4 67. Rg4+ Kc3 68. Rg3+ Kc4 69. Rg4+ Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Hansen, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O Ne4 8. b3
Bf5 9. Bb2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 Be4 11. Rfd1 Nd7 12. Rac1 Nf6 13. Qb4 Rb8 14. cxd5
Bxd5 15. Qc3 Qb6 16. Bf1 Ne4 17. Qe3 f5 18. Ne1 e5 19. dxe5 Qxe3 20. fxe3 Rfe8
21. Nd3 Bf7 22. Bg2 Ng5 23. Nc5 Be6 24. Nxb7 Rxb7 25. Bxc6 Reb8 26. Bxb7 Rxb7
27. Rd6 Kf7 28. Bd4 Ne4 29. Ra6 g5 30. Rxa7 Rxa7 31. Bxa7 Bxe5 32. Bd4 Bd6 33.
a4 Bxb3 34. a5 Bd5 35. a6 Ke6 36. Rc8 Kd7 37. Rh8 Bc7 38. Rxh7+ Kc6 39. a7 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.12"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Ne5 Bc6 7. Nxc6 Nxc6 8.
O-O Qd7 9. e3 O-O-O 10. Nc3 Nd5 11. Bd2 Bb4 12. Qe2 Nb6 13. Rfd1 f5 14. b3 cxb3
15. axb3 Kb8 16. Na4 Nd5 17. Rdc1 Bd6 18. b4 h5 19. b5 Nce7 20. Nc5 Bxc5 21.
dxc5 c6 22. b6 a6 23. e4 fxe4 24. Qxe4 Kc8 25. Bg5 Nf6 26. Qe5 Ng6 27. Qe2 e5
28. h4 e4 29. Bxe4 Rde8 30. Bxf6 gxf6 31. Qc2 Nxh4 32. Ra4 Rhg8 33. Bh1 Qh3 34.
Qd3 Rd8 35. Qe3 Ng6 36. Bg2 Qf5 37. Kh2 Ne5 38. Kg1 Ng4 39. Qf4 Qxf4 40. Rxf4
Rg5 41. Bh3 Kb8 42. Bxg4 hxg4 43. Rxf6 Kc8 44. Kg2 Rh8 45. Rf7 Rgh5 46. Rc4
Rh2+ 47. Kf1 Rh1+ 48. Ke2 Re8+ 49. Kd2 Rd8+ 50. Ke3 Re1+ 51. Kf4 Rg8 52. Kf5
Re2 53. Rf4 a5 54. Rxg4 Rxf2+ 55. Rf4 Rc2 56. Rc7+ Kb8 57. Ke6 Re8+ 58. Kf7 Rc8
59. Rxc8+ Kxc8 60. Ke6 Re2+ 61. Kf6 Rc2 62. g4 Kd7 63. g5 Rxc5 64. g6 Rc1 65.
g7 Rg1 66. Rf5 Rxg7 67. Kxg7 a4 68. Kf6 Kd6 69. Ra5 c5 70. Rxa4 Kc6 71. Ke5
Kxb6 72. Kd5 Kb5 73. Ra1 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.12"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Ba6 8. Ne5
Ra7 9. Qc2 d6 10. Nd3 Bxd2 11. Nxd2 c5 12. d5 exd5 13. cxd5 b5 14. a4 b4 15.
Rfe1 Nbd7 16. e4 b3 17. Qc3 c4 18. Nf4 Ne5 19. Nf3 Nfd7 20. Nd4 Qb6 21. Nf5 Re8
22. Bh3 Nf6 23. Kg2 g6 24. Nd4 Qb4 25. Qe3 Rae7 26. f3 Bb7 27. Red1 Nfd7 28.
Bxd7 Rxd7 29. h4 Rde7 30. h5 Qc5 31. hxg6 fxg6 32. Qc3 Qb4 33. Qe3 Qc5 34. Rac1
Rf7 35. Rc3 Qb4 36. Ra1 Qb6 37. Nb5 Qd8 38. Qd4 Bc8 39. Rh1 Qe7 40. Qb6 Rf6 41.
Qxa5 g5 42. Nh5 Rxf3 43. Rxf3 Nxf3 44. Qc3 Rf8 45. Nxd6 Bg4 46. Nf5 Rxf5 47. d6
Nh4+ 48. Rxh4 Qxe4+ 49. Kg1 Qb1+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.12"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Zhang, Zhong"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "219"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bf4 d5 7. e3 Bb4 8. Be2
dxc4 9. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 10. Rxd1 bxc6 11. Be5 Nd5 12. e4 Nxc3 13. bxc3 f6 14. Bxf6
gxf6 15. cxb4 a5 16. bxa5 c3 17. Rc1 Rxa5 18. Rxc3 Rxa2 19. Rxc6 Ke7 20. Rc1
Rb2 21. Bc4 Bb7 22. O-O Bxe4 23. Rfe1 Bf5 24. Bxe6 Bxe6 25. Rc6 Kf7 26. Rcxe6
Rhb8 27. Re7+ Kg6 28. g3 Rb1 29. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 30. Kg2 h5 31. Kh3 Rb2 32. f3 Rf2
33. Re3 Kg5 34. Ra3 Kg6 35. Rb3 Kg5 36. Rb5+ Kg6 37. f4 Ra2 38. Rb8 Rc2 39. Rh8
Ra2 40. Rb8 Rc2 41. Rb1 h4 42. g4 Rf2 43. Rb4 Kh6 44. Rb6 Rxf4 45. Kxh4 Kg6 46.
Kg3 Ra4 47. Rb3 Ra1 48. h4 Rg1+ 49. Kf4 Rf1+ 50. Rf3 Ra1 51. h5+ Kg7 52. Kg3
Rg1+ 53. Kh3 Rh1+ 54. Kg2 Ra1 55. Re3 Kh6 56. Re8 f5 57. Re6+ Kg5 58. Rg6+ Kf4
59. g5 Ra2+ 60. Kf1 Kg3 61. h6 f4 62. Rf6 f3 63. Ke1 f2+ 64. Rxf2 Rxf2 65. h7
Rh2 66. g6 Kf3 67. g7 Rxh7 68. g8=Q Re7+ 69. Kd2 Re2+ 70. Kd1 Re4 71. Qd5 Ke3
72. Qd2+ Kf3 73. Qd3+ Kf4 74. Kd2 Re6 75. Qc4+ Re4 76. Qc7+ Kf3 77. Qf7+ Rf4
78. Qh5+ Ke4 79. Qh1+ Kd4 80. Qe1 Kd5 81. Qe3 Re4 82. Qg5+ Kc4 83. Qg8+ Kd4 84.
Qd8+ Ke5 85. Kd3 Rg4 86. Qe7+ Kf5 87. Ke3 Rg3+ 88. Kf2 Rg6 89. Kf3 Re6 90. Qf7+
Ke5 91. Ke3 Rf6 92. Qe7+ Kf5 93. Qe4+ Kg5 94. Qe5+ Kg6 95. Ke4 Kf7 96. Qh5+ Ke7
97. Qh7+ Kd6 98. Qh2+ Ke6 99. Qc7 Rf8 100. Qc6+ Kf7 101. Kf5 Ke7+ 102. Ke5 Kf7
103. Qf6+ Kg8 104. Qg6+ Kh8 105. Ke6 Rf1 106. Qg3 Rf8 107. Ke7 Rg8 108. Qe5+
Kh7 109. Kf7 Rg6 110. Qf5 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.12"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Handke, Florian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. g3 e6 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. Ne5 b5 8. O-O
Bb7 9. b3 Nbd7 10. bxc4 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 b4 13. exf6 bxc3 14. Bf4
gxf6 15. Rd3 Ba3 16. Rb1 Bb2 17. Bc1 Ke7 18. Bxb2 cxb2 19. Rxb2 Ra7 20. Rb6 Rc8
21. f4 Rc7 22. c5 a5 23. Kf2 f5 24. Rd6 a4 25. Bxc6 Bxc6 26. Rdxc6 Rxc6 27.
Rxc6 Ra5 28. Rc7+ Kf6 29. Ke3 Rb5 30. Ra7 Rxc5 31. Rxa4 Rc3+ 32. Kd2 Rc5 33.
Rb4 Rd5+ 34. Kc3 Rd1 35. a4 Ra1 36. Kb2 Re1 37. a5 Rxe2+ 38. Kb3 Rxh2 39. a6
Rh1 40. Kb2 Rh2+ 41. Ka3 Rh1 42. Ra4 Ra1+ 43. Kb4 Rb1+ 44. Kc5 Rb8 45. a7 Ra8
46. Kb6 Kg6 47. Kb7 Rxa7+ 48. Rxa7 Kh5 49. Kc6 Kg4 50. Ra3 h5 51. Kd6 h4 52.
gxh4 Kxh4 53. Ke5 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.12"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Naumann, Alexander"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. e4 d6 7. Ne2 e5 8. O-O
exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. Qc2 c6 11. Nc3 Nbd7 12. Rad1 Ne5 13. b3 Bc5 14. Nf5 Bxf5
15. exf5 h6 16. h3 Qc7 17. Bc1 Rad8 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 a4 20. Qc2 axb3 21.
axb3 f6 22. Kh2 Re7 23. f4 Nf7 24. Rfe1 Rde8 25. Rxe7 Rxe7 26. Bf3 Qb6 27. Kg2
Kf8 28. Bh5 Bb4 29. Qd3 Qa5 30. Qc2 Ke8 31. Rf1 Kd7 32. Rf2 Nd8 33. Re2 d5 34.
Rxe7+ Bxe7 35. Qd3 Kc7 36. Bd2 Qa2 37. Qe2 Bd6 38. cxd5 Qxb3 39. dxc6 Nxc6 40.
Be3 Ne7 41. Bf3 Nxf5 42. Bf2 Ne7 43. Qe4 f5 44. Qd4 g6 45. h4 h5 46. Qf6 Qb4
47. Qe6 Qb2 48. Qc4+ Kd7 49. Kg1 b5 50. Qd3 Qc1+ 51. Kg2 b4 52. Qb5+ Ke6 53.
Qd3 Qc3 54. Qe2+ Kf7 55. Be1 Qc1 56. Qa2+ Kf8 57. Bd2 Qc5 58. Qa8+ Kg7 59. Qa1+
Kf7 60. Qa2+ Ke8 61. Qa8+ Kd7 62. Qb7+ Ke6 63. Be1 Qc2+ 64. Kh3 b3 65. Qa6 b2
66. Bb4 Nc8 67. Qa2+ Ke7 68. Bxd6+ Nxd6 69. Qa7+ Kf8 70. Qb8+ Nc8 71. Qb4+ Ne7
72. Qb8+ Kf7 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Borisek, Jure"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1
Nb8 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Bc2 Re8 11. Nf1 Bf8 12. Ng3 b5 13. d4 Bb7 14. Bd2 c6 15.
a4 Qc7 16. Bd3 Rac8 17. Qc2 Qb8 18. b3 g6 19. Bf1 Bg7 20. Rad1 Qc7 21. h3 Nb6
22. axb5 axb5 23. Qc1 Qe7 24. Bh6 Bh8 25. dxe5 dxe5 26. Nf5 Qe6 27. Nd6 Rb8 28.
Nxe8 Rxe8 29. c4 bxc4 30. Bxc4 Nxc4 31. Qxc4 Qxc4 32. bxc4 c5 33. Nd2 Bg7 34.
Bxg7 Kxg7 35. f3 Rc8 36. Rb1 Bc6 37. Kf2 Bd7 38. Rb6 Be6 39. Reb1 Rd8 40. R1b2
h5 41. h4 Ne8 42. Rc6 Rd4 43. Rxc5 Kf6 44. Rc6 Nd6 45. c5 Nc4 46. Nxc4 Rxc4 47.
Ke3 g5 48. hxg5+ Kxg5 49. Rc7 h4 50. c6 h3 51. gxh3 Rc3+ 52. Kd2 Rxf3 53. Re7
Rxh3 54. c7 Rh8 55. Rb8 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 a6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. c4 e5 8.
Qd3 Nf6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Qxd6 Qa5 14. Qxc6
Be6 15. Qa4 Qc5 16. Nd5 Rfc8 17. Kb1 Qxf2 18. Rd2 Qc5 19. Rc1 Rab8 20. a3 a5
21. Ka2 Bg5 22. Nxg5 hxg5 23. Rc3 g4 24. h3 gxh3 25. gxh3 g6 26. h4 Kg7 27. Qd1
Rh8 28. Qf3 Rh5 29. Rg2 Kh6 30. Qf6 a4 31. Rg5 Rxg5 32. hxg5+ Kh5 33. Qxe5 Qf2
34. Qxb8 Kxg5 35. Qe5+ Kh6 36. Qh8+ Kg5 37. Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. O-O-O a6 11. Qf2 b6 12. Kb1 Qc7 13. Bd3 Nxd3 14. cxd3 b5
15. Qg3 f5 16. Rc1 Qd7 17. Ne2 d4 18. Nexd4 Bb7 19. Qf2 Nb4 20. Rhd1 a5 21. a3
Nd5 22. Nb3 b4 23. Nc5 Bxc5 24. Bxc5 Rfc8 25. Qd4 Bc6 26. h3 Ba4 27. Rg1 Rc6
28. g4 fxg4 29. hxg4 Rac8 30. f5 Bb3 31. Qf2 bxa3 32. Bxa3 Bc2+ 33. Ka1 Qb7 34.
Nd4 Nb4 35. Nxc6 Qxc6 36. Qd4 Qa4 37. fxe6 Qb3 38. Bxb4 axb4 39. Qa7 Qd5 40.
Rxc2 Ra8 41. Qxa8+ Qxa8+ 42. Kb1 b3 43. Rc5 Qa2+ 44. Kc1 Qa1+ 45. Kd2 Qxb2+ 46.
Ke3 Kf8 47. Rf1+ Ke7 48. Rf7+ Kxe6 49. Rb7 Qa1 50. Rb6+ Kd7 51. Rcb5 Qg1+ 52.
Kd2 Qf2+ 53. Kc3 Qe1+ 54. Kxb3 Qd1+ 55. Kc3 Qxg4 56. Rd6+ Kc7 57. d4 Qf3+ 58.
Kc4 Qe2+ 59. Kc5 Qc2+ 60. Kd5 Qg2+ 61. Ke6 Qg6+ 62. Ke7 Qg5+ 63. Kf8 h5 64.
Rc5+ Kb7 65. e6 Qf4+ 66. Ke7 Qf6+ 67. Kd7 h4 68. e7 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kravtsiv, Martyn"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O
8. O-O Re8 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Rb8 11. f4 Be7 12. b3 d5 13. e5 Ng4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7
15. Qd2 f6 16. h3 Qc5+ 17. Kh1 Qe3 18. Qe2 Qxe2 19. Nxe2 fxe5 20. Bg6 Re6 21.
f5 Rxg6 22. fxg6 Nf6 23. Rae1 Bd7 24. Nc1 e4 25. Ne2 Kf8 26. c4 Ke7 27. c5 a5
28. Nd4 Rb4 29. Rd1 Be8 30. Kg1 Kd7 31. Nf5 Bxg6 32. Nxg7 Ke7 33. Nf5+ Bxf5 34.
Rxf5 Nd7 35. Rdf1 Nxc5 36. Rf7+ Kd6 37. Rh7 a4 38. Rxh6+ Ke5 39. Rxc6 Nd3 40.
bxa4 Rxa4 41. Rxc7 Rxa2 42. h4 e3 43. Re7+ Kd4 44. h5 e2 45. Rb1 Ne5 46. h6 Ra6
47. h7 Rh6 48. Re1 Nc6 49. Rc7 Ne5 50. Rxe2 Rxh7 51. Rxh7 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Carow, Johannes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 e5 7. O-O Ne7 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. a3 h6 10. b4 cxb4 11. axb4 Be6 12. Bb2 Qc7 13. Qe2 Rfe8 14. Nc4 f6
15. Nfd2 b5 16. Ne3 f5 17. Nb3 f4 18. Nc5 Bf7 19. Ng4 h5 20. Nh2 g5 21. Rfd1
Nc8 22. d4 Nd6 23. Nf3 Nc4 24. Bc3 exd4 25. Bxd4 Bh6 26. c3 Qe7 27. Ra6 g4 28.
hxg4 hxg4 29. Nh2 f3 30. gxf3 gxf3 31. Qxf3 Qg5+ 32. Kh1 Bh5 33. Rg1 Bxf3+ 34.
Nxf3 Qxg1+ 35. Kxg1 Rec8 36. Nh4 Bg7 37. Nf5 Bxd4 38. cxd4 Kh8 39. Kg2 Nb6 40.
Kf3 Rg8 41. Ra1 Rg5 42. Rh1+ Kg8 43. Ne6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Be2 Nf6 4. d3 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. a3 O-O 7. b4 d6 8. Nbd2
Nh5 9. Re1 f5 10. Bb2 Nf4 11. Bf1 g5 12. g3 Ng6 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Ne4 g4 15.
Nfd2 d5 16. Nc3 Nd4 17. Bg2 c6 18. Ne2 Nxe2+ 19. Qxe2 Qd7 20. Nb3 Rf7 21. Rad1
Raf8 22. c4 h5 23. Nc5 Qd6 24. Qc2 b6 25. Nb3 Be6 26. Re2 h4 27. Rde1 hxg3 28.
hxg3 Bf6 29. b5 cxb5 30. cxd5 Bxd5 31. d4 e4 32. Bxe4 Ne7 33. Nd2 Bg7 34. Bxd5
Nxd5 35. Qe4 Qd7 36. Nf1 Re7 37. Qg6 Rxe2 38. Rxe2 Qf5 39. Qxf5 Rxf5 40. Ne3
Rg5 41. Kg2 Kf7 42. Re1 a5 43. Rc1 b4 44. axb4 Nxb4 45. Rc7+ Kg8 46. Rc8+ Kf7
47. Rc7+ Kg8 48. Rc8+ Kf7 49. Rc7+ Kg8 50. Rc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Munoz Pantoja, Miguel Angel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. Nge2 Bg4 7. f3 Be6 8.
Bxe6 fxe6 9. O-O O-O-O 10. Qe1 e5 11. dxe5 Qxe5 12. Kh1 e6 13. Bf4 Qf5 14. Rd1
Bb4 15. a3 Ba5 16. b4 Bb6 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. Qc1 e5 19. Bg5 Rd7 20. Ng3 Qg6 21.
Nce4 Nd4 22. c4 c6 23. c5 Bc7 24. Be3 Nd5 25. Rd1 Nxe3 26. Qxe3 h6 27. Qd3 Qf7
28. h3 g6 29. Nf1 Nb5 30. Qxd7+ Qxd7 31. Rxd7 Kxd7 32. a4 Nd4 33. Ne3 Ke6 34.
Kg1 a5 35. bxa5 Bxa5 36. Kf2 Bb4 37. Nd6 b6 38. Ne4 b5 39. axb5 cxb5 40. Nd1
Kd5 41. Ne3+ Ke6 42. Nd1 Kd5 43. Ne3+ Ke6 44. Nd1 Kd5 45. Ne3+ Ke6 46. Nd1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3 e6 7. Bc4 Nc6 8.
O-O Be7 9. d4 O-O 10. Re1 a6 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 b5 13. Ba2 Bb7 14. d5 exd5
15. Bxd5 Bf6 16. Bb2 Na5 17. Bxb7 Nxb7 18. a4 Qxd1 19. Rexd1 b4 20. Rab1 bxc3
21. Bxc3 Bxc3 22. Rxb7 Rfb8 23. Rdb1 Rxb7 24. Rxb7 h6 25. g3 Rc8 26. a5 Rc5 27.
Rb8+ Kh7 28. Rb7 f5 29. h4 Rxa5 30. h5 Bf6 31. Kg2 Kg8 32. Ng1 Kf8 33. Nh3 Be5
34. Ra7 Ke8 35. Nf4 Bxf4 36. gxf4 Kf8 37. Kg3 Ra1 38. Kg2 a5 39. Kg3 a4 40. Kg2
a3 41. Kg3 a2 42. Kg2 Ke8 43. Ra3 Kd7 44. Ra8 Kc6 45. Ra3 Kd5 46. Ra8 Ke6 47.
Ra6+ Kf7 48. Ra7+ Kf8 49. Ra8+ Kf7 50. Ra7+ Kg8 51. Ra8+ Kh7 52. Ra7 Kg8 53.
Ra8+ Kf7 54. Ra7+ Ke6 55. Ra5 Kd6 56. Ra8 Kd5 57. Ra7 Ke4 58. Ra4+ Kd3 59. Ra8
Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O c5 7. c4 dxc4 8. Na3
Nec6 9. Bg5 f6 10. exf6 gxf6 11. Be3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Nc6 14. Bc3
Bxa3 15. bxa3 Qxd1 16. Rfxd1 Ke7 17. Bxc4 Rhd8 18. Bb3 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20.
Rxd8 Nxd8 21. f3 e5 22. Kf2 Be6 23. Ke3 Bxb3 24. axb3 Ke6 25. f4 Nf7 26. fxe5
Nxe5 27. Kd4 h5 28. Bd2 Ng6 29. Ke4 Nh4 30. g3 Ng6 31. Be3 a6 32. a4 Ne5 33.
Bf4 Ng4 34. h4 Nf2+ 35. Kd4 Kf5 36. Bc7 Kg4 37. Kc5 Ne4+ 38. Kb6 Nxg3 39. Kxb7
Kxh4 40. b4 Kg4 41. Bxg3 Kxg3 42. Kxa6 h4 43. b5 h3 44. b6 h2 45. b7 h1=Q 46.
b8=Q+ Kg4 47. Qb4+ Kg5 48. Qd2+ Kg4 49. Qd4+ Kg5 50. a5 Qa8+ 51. Kb5 Qb7+ 52.
Kc4 f5 53. Qg1+ Kh4 54. Qf2+ Kg4 55. Qe2+ Kg3 56. Qe1+ Kg4 57. Qg1+ Kh4 58.
Qd4+ Kg3 59. Qe3+ Kg4 60. Qe6 Qc7+ 61. Kb4 Qb8+ 62. Ka4 Qf4+ 63. Kb5 Qb8+ 64.
Kc5 Qc7+ 65. Kb4 Qb7+ 66. Ka3 Qf3+ 67. Ka4 Qe4+ 68. Qxe4+ fxe4 69. a6 e3 70. a7
e2 71. a8=Q e1=Q 72. Qg2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Bb3 d6 7. c3 Na5 8. Bc2
c5 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. d5 Nb4 12. Bb3 Bd7 13. Nc3 a5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15.
d6 Bg4 16. dxe7 Qxe7 17. f3 Be6 18. Bxe6 Qxe6 19. Qe2 h6 20. Be3 Rfd8 21. Rfd1
Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 Qc4 23. Qf1 Nd3 24. Qe2 Rc8 25. Nd1 b5 26. Nf2 Nf4 27. Qxc4 Rxc4
28. Bxf4 exf4 29. Nd3 Rc2 30. b4 Rd2 31. Nxf4 axb4 32. Rb1 g5 33. Nd5 Nxd5 34.
exd5 Rxd5 35. Rxb4 Kg7 36. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Bachmann, Axel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 Nd7 6. h3 Ngf6 7. Nf3 b5 8. Bd3
O-O 9. O-O e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. a4 b4 12. Ne2 c5 13. c3 Bb7 14. Ng3 a5 15. Rfd1
Qe7 16. Bb5 Rfd8 17. Qd6 Qxd6 18. Rxd6 Bf8 19. Rd2 bxc3 20. bxc3 Nb6 21. Rxd8
Rxd8 22. Bg5 Bg7 23. Rb1 h6 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Ba6 Nxa4 26. Rxb7 Nxc3 27. Bc4
Rf8 28. Ra7 a4 29. Ne1 Bh4 30. Nd3 Bxg3 31. fxg3 Nxe4 32. Nxe5 Nd6 33. Rxa4 Re8
34. Nf3 Re4 35. Ra8+ Kg7 36. Bf1 Re3 37. Rd8 Nf5 38. g4 Ne7 39. Rd7 Kf6 40. Kf2
Rc3 41. Rd6+ Kg7 42. Be2 Ng8 43. Nd2 Ne7 44. Bf3 Rc2 45. Ke3 c4 46. Ne4 Rc1 47.
Rd7 Nc6 48. Rc7 Nb4 49. Kd4 Nc2+ 50. Kc3 Ne1+ 51. Kd2 Ra1 52. Rxc4 Nxf3+ 53.
gxf3 Ra2+ 54. Ke3 Rh2 55. Nf2 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2
Bf6 9. Qc2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 d6 11. d5 e5 12. b4 a5 13. a3 Nd7 14. e4 g6 15. Bh3
Bg7 16. Qc2 Ba6 17. Nb5 Kh8 18. Nd2 Nf6 19. bxa5 bxa5 20. a4 Bc8 21. Bxc8 Qxc8
22. Kg2 Nh5 23. c5 dxc5 24. Qxc5 Qg4 25. f3 Qg5 26. Nc4 f5 27. Nxc7 Rac8 28. d6
fxe4 29. fxe4 Qg4 30. Qe3 Nf4+ 31. Kh1 Ne2 32. Rae1 Nd4 33. Rxf8+ Rxf8 34. Nd5
Qh3 35. Nd2 Bh6 36. Qa3 Bxd2 37. Rg1 Rf1 38. d7 Kg7 39. Qe7+ Kh6 40. d8=Q Rxg1+
41. Kxg1 Nf3+ 42. Kf2 Qxh2+ 43. Kxf3 Qh5+ 44. Kf2 Qh2+ 45. Kf3 Qh5+ 46. g4 Qh3+
47. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Papin, Vasily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Be3
Nf6 9. a4 Nc6 10. Nb3 b6 11. f4 d6 12. Kh1 O-O 13. Qe2 Nd7 14. Qf2 Nc5 15. Rad1
Nb4 16. Nd4 f5 17. exf5 Ncxd3 18. cxd3 gxf5 19. Nf3 Rb8 20. Bd4 e5 21. Be3 Be6
22. Qh4 Qd8 23. Qg3 Qf6 24. Rfe1 Nc2 25. Re2 Nxe3 26. Rxe3 Bb3 27. Rde1 Qh6 28.
Ne2 Rbe8 29. d4 exf4 30. Nxf4 Rxe3 31. Rxe3 Bf7 32. h3 Re8 33. Rxe8+ Bxe8 34.
b3 a5 35. Ng5 Qf6 36. Nge6 Bg6 37. Nxg7 Qxg7 38. Qe3 Qd7 39. Kh2 Kf7 40. d5 Qe7
41. Qxb6 Qe5 42. Qf2 Qc3 43. Qb6 Qe5 44. Kg3 Qc3+ 45. Kf2 Qe5 46. Qe3 Qb2+ 47.
Kg3 Qe5 48. Kf3 Qa1 49. Qa7+ Kf6 50. Qxa5 Qd1+ 51. Kf2 Qxb3 52. Qa7 Bf7 53. a5
Qb2+ 54. Kg3 Qc3+ 55. Kh2 Qe5 56. Qf2 Bxd5 57. Qg3 Be4 58. a6 Qa5 59. Nh5+ Ke6
60. Qb3+ Bd5 61. Qe3+ Be4 62. a7 Kd7 63. Nf6+ Kc7 64. Qd4 Kb7 65. Qxd6 Kxa7 66.
Nxe4 fxe4 67. Qe7+ Kb8 68. Qxe4 Qc7+ 69. Kg1 Qc1+ 70. Kf2 Qb2+ 71. Kf3 Qc3+ 72.
Kg4 Qg7+ 73. Kh5 Kc7 74. g4 Qf7+ 75. Kh6 Qf6+ 76. Kxh7 Qh4+ 77. Kg7 Qxh3 78. g5
Kb6 79. Qe5 Qd7+ 80. Kh6 Qh3+ 81. Kg6 Qd3+ 82. Kf6 Qf3+ 83. Ke7 Qa3+ 84. Qd6+
1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. Nc3 e5 8.
Qd3 h6 9. O-O Nf6 10. Rd1 Be7 11. Nd2 b5 12. a3 O-O 13. Nf1 Bg4 14. f3 Be6 15.
Ne3 Qb6 16. Kh1 Rfc8 17. Qe2 Qc6 18. Bd2 Bd8 19. Be1 Bb6 20. Bh4 Bxe3 21. Qxe3
Nd7 22. Be7 Nb6 23. Rxd6 Nc4 24. Rxc6 Nxe3 25. Rxc8+ Rxc8 26. Rc1 f6 27. Kg1
Kf7 28. Bb4 Nc4 29. Nd1 a5 30. Bc3 a4 31. Kf2 Rd8 32. Ke2 h5 33. Nf2 g5 34. Nd3
Kg6 35. Bb4 g4 36. b3 Nb6 37. Ba5 Rd6 38. Nc5 Bf7 39. Bxb6 Rxb6 40. Rd1 axb3
41. cxb3 Rc6 42. b4 Rc8 43. Rd6 Kg5 44. Kf2 Ra8 45. Ra6 Rd8 46. Ke3 Bc4 47. Ra7
Rd1 48. fxg4 hxg4 49. Rg7+ Kh5 50. h3 gxh3 51. gxh3 Ra1 52. Ra7 Kh4 53. Kf3
Rf1+ 54. Kg2 Rd1 55. a4 bxa4 56. Rxa4 Rd2+ 57. Kf3 Kxh3 58. Ra8 Kh4 59. Rf8 Kg5
60. Rb8 Rb2 61. Rb7 Kg6 62. Rb6 Kg5 63. Ke3 Kg4 64. Nd3 Rb3 65. Rd6 Bxd3 66.
Rxd3 Rxb4 67. Rd6 Rb3+ 68. Ke2 Kg5 69. Ra6 Rg3 70. Kf2 Rb3 71. Ke2 Kf4 72.
Rxf6+ Kxe4 73. Rh6 Rb2+ 74. Ke1 Rb3 75. Rh4+ Kd3 76. Rh3+ Kc4 77. Rxb3 Kxb3 78.
Kd2 Kc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Be3 d5 5. f3 Qb6 6. Qd2 Qxb2 7. Rb1 Qa3 8. Bd3
dxe4 9. fxe4 Nf6 10. Nf3 O-O 11. O-O Na6 12. Kh1 Qa5 13. e5 Nd5 14. Nxd5 Qxd5
15. c4 Qd8 16. h3 Nc7 17. Bh6 Rb8 18. Be4 Be6 19. Rbc1 Qd7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21.
Qf2 Bf5 22. Bxf5 Qxf5 23. Qh4 f6 24. Rce1 Rbe8 25. Qg3 Ne6 26. d5 cxd5 27. cxd5
Qf4 28. Qf2 Ng5 29. Qxa7 fxe5 30. Nxg5 Qxg5 31. Qxb7 Rxf1+ 32. Rxf1 Rd8 33. a4
e4 34. a5 e3 35. a6 Qxd5 36. Qxe7+ Kh6 37. Qxe3+ Qg5 38. Qxg5+ Kxg5 39. Ra1 Ra8
40. a7 Kf4 41. Kh2 h5 42. Ra4+ Kf5 43. Kg3 g5 44. Ra5+ Ke4 45. Kf2 g4 46. hxg4
hxg4 47. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. d3 d5 6. Nbd2 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. e4
Be7 9. Re1 Qc7 10. a3 dxe4 11. dxe4 Nd7 12. Qe2 Nde5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Nf3
Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 O-O 16. Bf4 e5 17. Be3 c4 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. Bg2 a6 20. h4 b5 21.
h5 h6 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Rd1 Bc8 24. Bf3 Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 Qd7 26. Qxd7 Bxd7 27.
Be2 Kf8 28. f3 Ke8 29. Kf1 Be6 30. g4 Kd7 31. Ke1 Kc6 32. Kd2 Bc5 33. Bxc5 Kxc5
34. Ke3 Kd6 35. Bd1 Ke7 36. a4 Kf6 37. axb5 axb5 38. f4 Bd7 39. Be2 g6 40. g5+
hxg5 41. fxe5+ Kg7 42. hxg6 Kxg6 43. Bd1 Kg7 44. b3 Be6 45. bxc4 Bxc4 46. Bg4
Kf8 47. Kd4 Ke7 48. Bh5 Kd7 49. Bg4+ Kc6 50. Bh5 Be6 51. Bd1 Kb6 52. Bc2 Ka5
53. Bd1 Kb6 54. Be2 g4 55. Ke3 g3 56. Bd3 Bg4 57. Bc2 Kc5 58. Bd3 g2 59. Kf2
Bf3 60. Kg1 b4 61. cxb4+ Kxb4 62. Bb1 Kb3 63. Kf2 Kb2 64. Bd3 Kc3 65. Bb5 Bxe4
66. Be8 Bd5 67. Bxf7 Bxf7 68. e6 Bxe6 69. Kxg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Khairullin, Ildar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O h6 7. Nbd2 Ne7 8. c3 a6
9. b4 Bh7 10. Nb3 Ng6 11. a4 Be7 12. Bd3 O-O 13. g3 f6 14. exf6 Rxf6 15. Qe2
Qf8 16. Ne1 Bd6 17. f4 Ne7 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Nd3 Qf7 20. Bd2 Rg6 21. Rf2 Nf6
22. Ne5 Qe8 23. Nxg6 Nxg6 24. f5 exf5 25. Qxe8 Rxe8 26. Rxf5 Ne4 27. Rf3 Nf8
28. Be1 Ne6 29. Kg2 N6g5 30. Re3 h5 31. h4 Nf7 32. Nd2 Nh6 33. Nxe4 dxe4 34.
Re2 Nf5 35. Bf2 e3 36. Be1 Re4 37. Kf3 Rg4 38. Rg2 Kg6 39. Rd1 Kf7 40. d5 c5
41. bxc5 Bxc5 42. a5 Ke7 43. Rb1 Nd6 44. Re2 Kf6 45. Rd1 Ra4 46. Rg2 Rg4 47.
Rd3 Nc4 48. Ke2 Ne5 49. Rd1 Ra4 50. Rb1 Kf5 51. Rxb7 Ra2+ 52. Kf1 Ra1 53. Rgb2
Nf3 54. Re2 Ke4 55. Rxg7 Kd3 56. d6 Bxd6 57. Rd7 Nd2+ 58. Rxd2+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 b6 8. g3
Bb7 9. Bg2 Nd7 10. O-O Qd8 11. d4 Be7 12. Re1 O-O 13. Rb1 Nf6 14. Bg5 h6 15.
Bxf6 Bxf6 16. c5 Bd5 17. Ne5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 bxc5 19. dxc5 Qxd1 20. Rbxd1 Rfb8
21. Nd7 Rb5 22. c4 Ra5 23. Re2 Be7 24. Rb1 Rd8 25. c6 Ra6 26. Nb8 Rb6 27. Rxb6
axb6 28. Nd7 Ra8 29. h4 Bd6 30. Rd2 Be7 31. Re2 g5 32. h5 Kg7 33. Rd2 f6 34.
Re2 Kf7 35. Rd2 e5 36. g4 Ke6 37. f3 Bd6 38. Rc2 Ra3 39. Kf2 f5 40. gxf5+ Kxf5
41. Kg2 Rd3 42. Re2 Rc3 43. c5 bxc5 44. Rb2 Ra3 45. Rc2 Ke6 46. Nxc5+ Bxc5 47.
Rxc5 Rxa2+ 48. Kg3 Kd6 49. Rc1 Ra4 50. Rc2 Rh4 51. Rc1 Rxh5 52. Kg2 Rh4 53. Kg3
e4 54. fxe4 Rxe4 55. Rc2 h5 56. Kf3 Re5 57. Kg3 Rc5 58. Rh2 Rc3+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 d5 8. exd5
Qxd5 9. a4 e4 10. d4 exf3 11. dxc5 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 b4 13. gxf3 O-O 14. Bf4 Bh3
15. Bxc7 Rfe8 16. Nd2 bxc3 17. bxc3 Nd5 18. Bd6 Nxc3 19. Re1 Nb4 20. Bb3 Ne2+
21. Kh1 Nd3 22. Rf1 Bxf1 23. Rxf1 Nd4 24. Bc4 Nb2 25. Bd5 Rac8 26. Kg2 Nxa4 27.
Ne4 Nf5 28. Ra1 Nc3 29. Nxc3 Nxd6 30. cxd6 Rxc3 31. Rxa6 Rd3 32. Bc4 Rd4 33.
Rc6 Rd8 34. Rc7 Rf4 35. Kg3 Rf6 36. d7 Kf8 37. Rb7 Rd6 38. Bb5 Ke7 39. Ba4 Rd4
40. Ra7 Rc4 41. h4 g6 42. f4 Rc3+ 43. f3 Ra3 44. f5 gxf5 45. Kf4 h6 46. Ra5 Rb8
47. Re5+ Kd6 48. Re8 Rxa4+ 49. Kg3 Raa8 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "174"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 Nd7 9. e3 Qe7 10. Be2 Qb4 11. Qxb4 Bxb4 12. a3 Be7 13. b4 b6 14. O-O Bb7
15. Rfb1 O-O 16. a4 Rab8 17. a5 Rfc8 18. axb6 axb6 19. Ra7 Kf8 20. h3 Ke8 21.
Nd2 Nf6 22. Nc4 b5 23. Ne5 Bd8 24. Nd3 Bb6 25. Raa1 Ra8 26. Nc5 Rxa1 27. Rxa1
Ra8 28. Rxa8+ Bxa8 29. f4 Ke7 30. Bf3 Nd5 31. Bxd5 exd5 32. g4 Kd6 33. Kf2 Kc7
34. Ne2 Bb7 35. Ng3 Bc8 36. Nh5 g6 37. Nf6 Kd6 38. Kf3 Bd8 39. Ng8 h5 40. Nh6
Ke7 41. Kg3 Kf8 42. g5 Kg7 43. h4 f6 44. Kf3 fxg5 45. fxg5 Bc7 46. Nd3 Bd6 47.
Nc5 Kf8 48. Kf2 Bh3 49. Kf3 Bf1 50. Kf2 Bc4 51. Kf3 Kg7 52. Ne6+ Kh7 53. Nc5
Ba2 54. Nf7 Bc7 55. Ne6 Bb8 56. Nfd8 Bd6 57. Nxc6 Kg8 58. Nc5 Kf7 59. Na5 Ke7
60. Nab7 Bc7 61. Na5 Bd6 62. Nd3 Bb1 63. Ne5 Be4+ 64. Ke2 Ke6 65. Nac6 Kf5 66.
Kf2 Bf8 67. Nd7 Bd6 68. Nde5 Ke6 69. Kg3 Kf5 70. Na7 Bxb4 71. Nxb5 Be1+ 72. Kh3
Bc2 73. Nd6+ Ke6 74. Ne8 Bf2 75. Nc7+ Kd6 76. Nb5+ Ke7 77. Nc3 Ke6 78. e4 Bxd4
79. Nxg6 Bxc3 80. exd5+ Kf7 81. Nf4 Bd1 82. Kg2 Be5 83. Nd3 Bd6 84. Kf2 Kg6 85.
Ke3 Kf5 86. Nb2 Bb3 87. Kd4 Be5+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bd3 Qb6 11. Bf2 O-O 12. a3 f6 13. exf6 Rxf6 14. O-O Bxf2+ 15.
Rxf2 Bb7 16. Re1 Raf8 17. g3 h6 18. b4 g5 19. f5 Ne7 20. Rxe6 Rxe6 21. fxe6
Qxe6 22. Nd4 Qe5 23. Rxf8+ Nxf8 24. Nce2 Nc8 25. Qc3 Nd6 26. Qc7 Bc8 27. Kf1
Bg4 28. Nc6 Qf6+ 29. Ke1 Ne4 30. Bxe4 dxe4 31. Kd2 e3+ 32. Kd3 Qf5+ 33. Kxe3
Qf3+ 34. Kd2 Qxe2+ 35. Kc1 Qf1+ 36. Kb2 Qf6+ 37. Kb1 Ng6 38. Qb8+ Kg7 39. Qc7+
Qf7 40. Qd6 Bf5 41. Nd4 Bd7 42. Kb2 Nf8 43. Qxa6 Qf6 44. Qa7 Kh8 45. Kb1 Be8
46. Nb3 Ne6 47. Qb8 Qf7 48. Qe5+ Kg8 49. Qd6 Qf5 50. Qe7 Bg6 51. Ka1 Ng7 52.
Nd4 Qf2 53. Qd8+ Kh7 54. Kb2 Qxh2 55. Qd6 Qf2 56. a4 bxa4 57. b5 Qe3 58. b6 a3+
59. Ka2 Bf7+ 60. Nb3 Qe4 61. Kxa3 Qxc2 62. Nc5 Qc3+ 63. Ka4 Be8+ 64. Nd7 Qc8
0-1

[Event "CZE-chT 1516"]
[Site "Czech Republic"]
[Date "2016.04.16"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2015.11.07"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Turnov"]
[BlackTeam "Lysa nad Labem"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. Nf3 b6 2. g3 Bb7 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. d3 Nf6 8. Bd2
O-O 9. Ne5 Qc7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. e4 e6 12. Bf4 d6 13. Qd2 a6 14. a4 Rab8 15.
Rfb1 Nh5 16. Be3 f5 17. f3 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. cxb5 Bxb5 20. d4 f4 21. Bf2
fxg3 22. hxg3 Bxd4 23. Bxd4 cxd4 24. Qxd4 Nxg3 25. Ra7 Qc5 26. Rd1 Rf7 27. Rxf7
Kxf7 28. Kh2 Nh5 29. Qxd6 Qxd6+ 30. Rxd6 Nf4 31. Nxb5 Rxb5 32. Rd2 Kf6 33. Kg3
g5 34. Bf1 Rb4 35. Rc2 h5 36. Bc4 h4+ 37. Kh2 Ke5 38. b3 Kd4 39. Rc1 Ke3 40.
Rg1 Rb8 41. Rxg5 Rd8 42. e5 Rd2+ 43. Kh1 Rb2 44. Rg8 h3 45. Rh8 Kf2 46. Kh2
Kxf3+ 47. Kh1 Kg4 48. Rg8+ Kf5 49. Rh8 Kxe5 50. Rh6 Kf5 51. Bxe6+ Nxe6 52. Rxh3
Kg4 53. Rh8 Kg3 54. Rg8+ Kf3 55. b4 Nf4 56. b5 Rxb5 57. Rf8 Kg3 58. Rg8+ Kf2
59. Rh8 Rf5 60. Kh2 Ne2 61. Kh3 Rf4 62. Rh6 Ng1+ 63. Kh2 Rg4 0-1

[Event "CZE-chT 1516"]
[Site "Czech Republic"]
[Date "2016.04.17"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2015.11.07"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lysa nad Labem"]
[BlackTeam "Novoborsky"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 c5 7. Ne5 Qc8 8.
Nc3 Nc6 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. Qa4 Rc8 11. O-O Be7 12. a3 Nd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. b4
Bf6 15. Rb1 c4 16. e3 O-O 17. b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2015.12.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ly, Moulthun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qf3 d6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. Qg3 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Ne7 11. f4 b5 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. Be3 g6 14. Kb1 Bg7
15. Ne2 Rc8 16. Qe1 Na5 17. Bd4 Bxd4 18. Nxd4 e5 19. Nf3 f6 20. f5 O-O 21. g4
Nb7 22. g5 Nc5 23. Rg1 Be8 24. h4 fxg5 25. Nxg5 Kh8 26. Qd2 Qe7 27. Be2 Rf6 28.
Bg4 Bd7 29. fxg6 Bxg4 30. Rxg4 Rxg6 31. Qd5 Rf8 32. b3 Rgf6 33. Rdg1 Rf1+ 34.
Rxf1 Rxf1+ 35. Kb2 Rf8 36. Rg3 b4 37. h5 Nd7 38. h6 Nf6 39. Qc4 a5 40. Rf3 Qe8
41. Qc7 Qg6 42. Rxf6 1-0

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2015.12.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 d6 7. d4 Bd7 8. Re1
Nf6 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. dxe5 Nxe4 11. exd6 Qxd6 12. Qxd6 cxd6 13. Nbd2 d5 14. Nb3
O-O 15. Bf4 Rfe8 16. Nfd4 Bxd4 17. Nxd4 Nc5 18. Bd6 Nd3 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. b3
f6 21. Kf1 Kf7 22. Rd1 Ne5 23. a4 Bd7 24. h3 Nc6 25. f3 Rc8 26. Re1 Re8 27. Rd1
Rc8 28. Re1 Re8 29. Rd1 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2015.12.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Hamdouchi, Hicham"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Nh6 7. c3 O-O 8.
d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 f6 11. exf6 exf6 12. b3 Re8 13. Rxe8+ Qxe8 14. Ba3 g5
15. Nc3 Nf5 16. Bc5 g4 17. Ne1 h5 18. Nd3 Bh6 19. a4 Bd7 20. g3 Bg5 21. Ne2 Qe4
22. Nc3 Qe8 23. Ne2 Qe4 24. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2015.12.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zhang, Zhong"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qe2 h6 8.
Bh4 g6 9. O-O-O e5 10. Nb3 Be7 11. f3 b5 12. a3 Bb7 13. Kb1 Qc7 14. Qd2 Kf8 15.
g4 Kg7 16. Bf2 Rad8 17. Be2 d5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Nf6 20. Qa5 Qxa5 21. Nxa5
Bxd5 22. Rhe1 Ba8 23. c4 bxc4 24. Nxc4 e4 25. fxe4 Nxe4 26. Bd4+ Bf6 27. Bxf6+
Nxf6 28. h3 Rxd1+ 29. Bxd1 Rd8 30. Bc2 h5 31. Ne3 hxg4 32. Nxg4 Rd4 33. Rg1 Nh5
34. Ne5 Bd5 35. Nxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2015.12.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
b6 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O f5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Bb5 Bb7 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. Nd4 Qd7
15. b4 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. c4 Rad8 18. Qc3 g5 19. Rad1 gxf4 20. Bxf4 Qc8 21.
Rd2 Rf7 22. Rfd1 Ba4 23. Rc1 Be8 24. a3 Rg7 25. Bh6 Rg6 26. Be3 Qc7 27. Ne2
Rxd2 28. Bxd2 Qd8 29. Be3 Bg5 30. Kf2 Bc6 31. g3 Rg7 32. Bxg5 Qxg5 33. Rd1 f4
34. Nxf4 Rf7 35. Rd6 Bb7 36. Qd4 Qh5 37. Kg1 Qf3 38. Rd8+ Kg7 39. Qf2 Qg4 40.
Rd6 e3 41. Qxe3 1-0

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2015.12.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Al Sayed, Mohammed"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. e4 Bb4 5. Qd3 Qh4 6. e5 f6 7. a3 Qe4+ 8. Qxe4
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Bxe4 10. Bf4 Nc6 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. Bxc7 Rc8 13. Be5 Na5 14. f3
Bg6 15. h4 Ke7 16. g4 d6 17. Bxf6+ gxf6 18. Nh3 e5 19. c5 bxc5 20. dxe5 dxe5
21. f4 h5 22. fxe5 hxg4 23. Nf4 Be4 24. Rh2 fxe5 25. Re2 Bf3 26. Rxe5+ Kf6 27.
Rh5 g3 28. Rxh8 Rxh8 29. Bg2 Kf5 30. Bxf3 Kxf4 31. Bg2 Nc4 32. Kf1 Ne3+ 33. Kg1
Rxh4 34. a4 Rh2 35. Bc6 a5 0-1

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2015.12.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. Ne2 b6 12. Bg5 c5 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. Nc3
Bxf3 15. gxf3 Nd4 16. Nd5 Kd7 17. f4 Kc6 18. c4 Re8 19. Kg2 Kb7 20. Rfe1 Rg8
21. Bh4 Nf5 22. Bg3 Be7 23. Ne3 g6 24. b3 Kc8 25. Rd3 Rd8 26. Red1 Rd4 27. Nc2
Rxd3 28. Rxd3 c6 29. Kf3 Re8 30. Ke4 Ng7 31. Kf3 Nf5 32. Ke4 Ng7 33. Kf3 Rd8
34. Rxd8+ Kxd8 35. Ne3 Kd7 36. Ke4 Ke6 37. f3 Bd8 38. Be1 Be7 39. Bf2 Bd8 40.
Be1 Be7 41. Bf2 Bd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2015.12.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
a6 9. Ba4 b5 10. Bb3 Be7 11. a4 b4 12. Bg3 d6 13. a5 Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Nbd2
Rb8 16. d4 bxc3 17. bxc3 exd4 18. cxd4 Rb5 19. Qc2 Nb4 20. Qb3 d5 21. Rfc1 c6
22. Ne5 Rxa5 23. Ng6 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Qb6 25. Be5 a5 26. Nxe7+ Rxe7 27. Bxf6 gxf6
28. Qc3 Kf7 29. h4 e5 30. dxe5 Rxe5 31. Rb1 Qb5 32. Qe3 dxe4 33. Qxh6 Rh5 34.
Qf4 Qe5 35. Qg4 e3 36. fxe3 Qxe3+ 37. Kh1 Rd5 38. Nf3 Qe6 39. Qg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2015.12.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Xu, Yinglun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Be2 Be7 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. f4 O-O 10. O-O-O Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Nd7 12. Bf3 b5 13. Qf2 b4 14. Na4 Rb8 15.
Kb1 Re8 16. e5 d5 17. f5 Qa5 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. b3 Qc7 20. Qe3 Bf8 21. Bg4 a5
22. Rhf1 Ba6 23. Rf2 Bb5 24. Qf4 Kh8 25. Qf7 Re7 26. Qh5 Bxa4 27. bxa4 g6 28.
Qg5 Nc5 29. Bxc5 Qxc5 30. Rf6 Bg7 31. Bxe6 Qc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "China Elite Mind rapid"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.02.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2016.02.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. g4 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. g5 Nfe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Ke2 b6 13. h4 Bb7 14. Qxd8
Rfxd8 15. Rhd1 Kf8 16. Nd4 Rac8 17. Bd3 Nc5 18. Bc2 Ba6+ 19. Kf3 Bb7+ 20. Ke2
Ba6+ 21. Kf3 Bb7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "China Elite Mind rapid"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.02.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2016.02.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
h5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 g6 12. Be2 Bg7 13. O-O O-O 14. c4 b6 15.
Rae1 Rc8 16. Kh1 a5 17. Bg5 Qc7 18. Na1 e4 19. Nc2 exf3 20. gxf3 Ne5 21. b3 Qd7
22. Nd4 Rfe8 23. Nb5 Nh7 24. Be3 Rb8 25. Bd1 Nf6 26. Bc2 h4 27. Qf2 Nxd5 28.
Bg5 Nb4 29. Rd1 d5 30. Bb1 Qh3 31. cxd5 Nd7 32. Qxh4 Qxh4 33. Bxh4 Re2 34. a3
Na6 35. Rf2 Rxf2 36. Bxf2 Nac5 37. Bc2 Re8 38. Re1 Rxe1+ 39. Bxe1 Ne5 40. Kg2
Ned3 41. Bd2 Bh6 42. Bxh6 Ne1+ 43. Kf2 Nxc2 44. d6 f6 45. Ke2 Kf7 46. Kd2 Nxa3
47. Nxa3 Nxb3+ 48. Kc3 Nc5 49. Be3 Nd7 50. Nc4 1-0

[Event "China Elite Mind rapid"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.02.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "180"]
[EventDate "2016.02.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bd6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
O-O Nc6 9. d3 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Rb1 Rb8 12. g4 Bg6 13. Ng5 h6 14. Ne4 Ne7 15.
c4 b6 16. Be3 f5 17. gxf5 Nxf5 18. Qg4 Nh4 19. Kh1 Bf5 20. Qg3 Kh8 21. Rg1 Qe7
22. Rbe1 Be6 23. Bc1 Rf5 24. Nxd6 cxd6 25. Be4 Rh5 26. Re3 Rf8 27. Kh2 Nf5 28.
Qg6 Bf7 29. Qg4 Rg5 30. Bxf5 Rxg4 31. Bxg4 Be8 32. Bf3 Qh4 33. Rg3 Bd7 34. Kg1
Bf5 35. Be4 Qh5 36. Ref3 Rf6 37. Bd5 Kh7 38. Ba3 g6 39. Bb2 Qh4 40. Bc3 Kg7 41.
a3 Bd7 42. Rxf6 Qxf6 43. Rf3 Bf5 44. Rg3 Qh4 45. Kg2 Kf6 46. Bb4 Ke7 47. Bc3
Kd7 48. Bd2 Ke7 49. Be3 g5 50. Bf3 e4 51. Bg4 Bg6 52. d4 Kf6 53. f3 h5 54. Bc8
exf3+ 55. Rxf3+ Ke7 56. Bb7 g4 57. Rg3 Bxc2 58. Bf2 Qg5 59. hxg4 hxg4 60. Re3+
Kd7 61. Bd5 Bf5 62. Kg3 Qh6 63. Kg2 Qh8 64. a4 Bc2 65. Be6+ Kc7 66. Bxg4 Qg7
67. Rg3 Bxa4 68. Bf3 Qf6 69. c5 dxc5 70. dxc5 Bc6 71. cxb6+ axb6 72. Bxc6 Kxc6
73. Rf3 Qg6+ 74. Kf1 b5 75. Rc3+ Kd5 76. Ke2 Qb1 77. Be3 Ke4 78. Bd2 Qa2 79.
Re3+ Kd4 80. Rd3+ Kc5 81. Rc3+ Kb6 82. Kd3 b4 83. Rc4 Qb1+ 84. Kd4 b3 85. Rb4+
Kc6 86. Bc3 Qd1+ 87. Ke3 Kc5 88. Rb8 Qg1+ 89. Kf3 Qf1+ 90. Ke3 Qh3+ 0-1

[Event "China Elite Mind rapid"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.02.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2016.02.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nxe5 O-O 5. Nd3 Bxc3 6. dxc3 Nxe4 7. Be2 Re8
8. O-O d5 9. Re1 Bf5 10. Bf1 Nd7 11. f3 Nef6 12. Be3 c6 13. Bf2 Qa5 14. Rxe8+
Rxe8 15. Qd2 h6 16. a4 a6 17. b4 Qc7 18. a5 Qd8 19. Bd4 Nh7 20. Nf4 Ng5 21. Rd1
Qb8 22. h4 Ne6 23. Nxe6 Bxe6 24. Qf2 Ne5 25. Qg3 f6 26. Bd3 Nxd3 27. Qxb8 Rxb8
28. cxd3 h5 29. Re1 Kf7 30. Kf2 Bf5 31. Bc5 Re8 32. Rxe8 Kxe8 33. Ke3 Kf7 34.
Kd4 Ke6 35. Bf8 Kf7 36. Bd6 Ke6 37. Bf8 Kf7 38. Bd6 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "China Elite Mind rapid"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.02.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2016.02.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. Nd1 b4 11. O-O Qb6 12. Nf2 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bc5 15.
c3 Rc8 16. Rfe1 a5 17. Bg4 g6 18. Bf3 h5 19. Rad1 bxc3 20. bxc3 Bxd4 21. cxd4
Qb4 22. Qxb4 axb4 23. Rd2 Ke7 24. Rb1 Ba6 25. Rxb4 Rc1+ 26. Nd1 Rb8 27. Rbb2
Bc4 28. Kf2 Rxb2 29. Rxb2 Ra1 30. Nc3 Rc1 31. Nd1 Ra1 32. Ne3 Bd3 33. Be2 Be4
34. Nd1 Kd8 35. Nc3 Bf5 36. Ke3 f6 37. a4 fxe5 38. fxe5 Kc7 39. Ra2 Rh1 40. h3
Rc1 41. Nb5+ Kb8 42. a5 h4 43. a6 Nb6 44. a7+ Ka8 45. Ra6 Nc4+ 46. Bxc4 Rxc4
47. Kf4 Bd3 48. Rxe6 1-0

[Event "China Elite Mind rapid"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.02.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2016.02.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. a4 d6 7. Re1 Na5 8. Ba2
c5 9. c3 Nc6 10. Na3 h6 11. Bd2 Re8 12. Nc4 Bf8 13. h3 Be6 14. b4 Qc7 15. Ne3
Bxa2 16. Rxa2 cxb4 17. cxb4 d5 18. Qb1 dxe4 19. dxe4 Nd4 20. Nxd4 exd4 21. Nf5
Rad8 22. Qd3 Qe5 23. Ng3 Nh5 24. Nxh5 Qxh5 25. Rc2 Rd7 26. Rc4 Qe5 27. f4 Qe6
28. e5 Qd5 29. Re4 Red8 30. f5 b5 31. axb5 Qxb5 32. Qe2 d3 33. Qg4 Qb6+ 34. Kf1
Rc7 35. e6 Rxc4 36. exf7+ Kxf7 37. Rxc4 Be7 38. Qe4 Qd6 39. Rc6 Qd5 40. Qxd5+
Rxd5 41. g4 Re5 42. Rc7 Re2 43. Bf4 Re4 44. Bd2 Re2 45. Bf4 Ke8 46. Rc8+ Kf7
47. Rc7 Ke8 48. Rc8+ Kf7 49. Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "China Elite Mind rapid"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.02.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2016.02.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd6 8.
O-O O-O 9. Rb1 Rb8 10. d4 h6 11. Re1 Qf6 12. Be3 b6 13. Nd2 Na5 14. Ne4 Qg6 15.
f4 exf4 16. Nxd6 cxd6 17. Bxf4 Bf5 18. Qe2 Bxc2 19. Rbc1 Bd3 20. Qe7 Nc4 21.
Qxa7 Rbe8 22. Qd7 Be4 23. Qb5 d5 24. Bxe4 Rxe4 25. Qxd5 Rxf4 26. Qxc4 h5 27.
Rf1 Rg4 28. Rf3 h4 29. Kg2 hxg3 30. hxg3 Rg5 31. Qd3 Qxd3 32. Rxd3 Ra8 33. Rc2
Rga5 34. Rdd2 Ra3 35. Kf3 Rc8 36. Rd3 b5 37. d5 b4 38. d6 bxc3 39. d7 Rd8 40.
Rcxc3 Rxc3 41. Rxc3 Rxd7 42. a4 Ra7 43. Ra3 Ra5 44. Ke4 g5 45. Kd4 Kg7 46. Kc4
Kg6 47. Kb4 Ra8 48. Rf3 Rb8+ 49. Ka3 Ra8 50. g4 Ra5 51. Kb4 Re5 52. Rc3 Re6 53.
Rc5 Re4+ 54. Rc4 Re6 55. Rc5 Re4+ 56. Rc4 Re6 57. Kb5 f5 58. gxf5+ Kxf5 59. a5
g4 60. a6 g3 61. a7 Re8 62. Rc2 Ra8 63. Kb6 Kg4 64. Kb7 Rxa7+ 65. Kxa7 Kf3 66.
Kb6 g2 67. Rxg2 Kxg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "China Elite Mind blitz"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.02.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. d4
Bb7 9. Nc3 Na6 10. Bb2 c5 11. Rc1 Re8 12. e3 Bf8 13. Re1 Nc7 14. Re2 Qe7 15.
dxc5 bxc5 16. Na4 Ne6 17. Rec2 Rac8 18. Ba3 Nd7 19. Nh4 Qd6 20. Rd2 Nf6 21. Bb2
Ng5 22. Nf5 Qe6 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 Rcd8 26. h4 Ne4 27. Rxd8
Rxd8 28. Qg4 Nd2 29. Nxc5 Qc6 30. Nd4 Qd5 31. Nd3 g6 32. Rc2 Ne4 33. Nf4 Qb7
34. Qf3 Bg7 35. Nfe2 Re8 36. Kg2 Qd5 37. Nf4 Qd7 38. Nfe2 h5 39. b4 a6 40. Rc6
Nd2 41. Qf4 Qd5+ 42. f3 Qxa2 43. Rc2 Qa4 44. Rxd2 Qxb4 45. Rc2 a5 46. Rc7 Rf8
47. Nc6 Qb6 48. Ne7+ Kh7 49. Nd5 Qb2 50. Kf2 Kg8 51. Ne7+ Kh7 52. Nc6 Kg8 53.
Nxa5 Be5 54. Rb7 Qa1 55. Qb4 Rc8 56. Nc4 Bf6 57. Nd6 Rc2 58. Rb8+ Kh7 59. Ne4
Bg7 60. Ng5+ Kh6 61. Nxf7+ Kh7 62. Ng5+ Kh6 63. Qf4 Rxe2+ 64. Kxe2 Qa2+ 65. Kf1
1-0

[Event "China Elite Mind blitz"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.02.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 g6 6. d4 Bd7 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1 h6
9. Be3 Nf6 10. h3 Nxe4 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nbd2 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Be6 14. Bxc6+ bxc6
15. Qc2 O-O 16. Rad1 Qb8 17. Qc1 Kh7 18. Bc5 Rd8 19. b3 Rxd1 20. Qxd1 Qb5 21.
Ba3 Qa5 22. Qc1 Rd8 23. c4 Bf5 24. g4 Bd3 25. Bb2 e4 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Nd2 Qe5
28. Re3 h5 29. Qe1 hxg4 30. Nxe4 gxh3 31. Ng3 Qf6 32. Kh2 Bf5 33. Rf3 Qd6 34.
Qc3+ f6 35. Re3 Qf4 36. Rf3 Qd6 37. c5 Qe5 38. Qxe5 fxe5 39. Nxf5+ gxf5 40.
Rxf5 Rd5 41. Kxh3 Rxc5 42. Kg4 Rd5 43. Kf3 Kg6 44. Rf8 Rd2 45. Rc8 Rxa2 46.
Rxc7 Rc2 47. Ke4 Kf6 48. f3 Ke6 49. Ra7 Re2+ 50. Kd3 Rf2 51. Ke3 Rb2 52. Rxa6
Rxb3+ 53. Ke4 Rb4+ 54. Ke3 Kd5 55. Ra8 Rb3+ 56. Ke2 Rb2+ 57. Ke3 Rb3+ 58. Ke2
Rb5 59. Kd3 Ke6 60. Rc8 Kd7 61. Rh8 Rb4 62. Rh6 Rd4+ 63. Ke3 Rd6 64. Rh5 Ke6
65. f4 exf4+ 66. Kxf4 Rd5 67. Rh6+ Kd7 68. Ke4 Kc7 69. Rh1 Kd6 70. Rc1 c5 71.
Ke3 Rd4 72. Ke2 Kd5 73. Rc3 c4 74. Rc1 Kc5 75. Rd1 c3 0-1

[Event "China Elite Mind blitz"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.02.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bd3 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Bf6 10. Re1 b6 11. Nd5 Bb7 12. Qf3 Bxd5 13. Qxd5 Re8 14. Re3
h6 15. Bf1 Bg5 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. d4 Bxc1 18. Rxc1 Rd8 19. Qe5 Qe6 20. Qxe6
dxe6 21. c3 Kf8 22. Be2 Ke7 23. Kf1 g6 24. Rd1 h5 25. h4 c5 26. g3 c4 27. Bf3
b5 28. a3 a5 29. Re1 b4 30. axb4 axb4 31. d5 bxc3 32. bxc3 Nb5 33. dxe6 Nxc3
34. exf7+ Kxf7 35. Re5 Nb1 36. Rc5 Nd2+ 37. Ke2 Nxf3 38. Kxf3 Rd3+ 39. Ke4 Rc3
40. Ke5 Rc2 41. Rc7+ Kg8 42. f4 Rc3 43. Kf6 Rxg3 44. Rc8+ Kh7 45. Rc7+ Kh6 46.
Rc8 Kh7 47. Rc7+ Kh6 48. Rc8 Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "China Elite Mind blitz"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.02.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 Bc5 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. d3 Bg4 7. Na4 Bxf3 8.
Qxf3 Nd4 9. Qd1 b5 10. fxe5 bxc4 11. exf6 Qxf6 12. Nxc5 dxc5 13. c3 Nc6 14.
dxc4 Ne5 15. Be3 O-O 16. Qe2 Rad8 17. Rd1 Rfe8 18. Bxc5 Rxd1+ 19. Kxd1 Qa6 20.
Kc2 Qxa2 21. Bd4 Nxc4 22. Kd3 Nxb2+ 23. Ke3 Nc4+ 24. Kf3 Nd2+ 25. Kf4 0-1

[Event "China Elite Mind blitz"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.02.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 g6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bd3 Be6 10. O-O Nd7 11. e4 dxe4 12. Bxe4 Nb6 13. d5 O-O-O 14. Nd4 Bxd5
15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Rc1 Bg7 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Bxd5 Kc7 19. Qb3 Rd6 20. Bf3 Rb8
21. Qa4 Rxb2 22. Qxa7+ Rb7 23. Qa5+ Kd7 24. Rfd1 Ke7 25. h4 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Rd7
27. Qc5+ Kd8 28. Rb1 Qd6 29. Qxc6 Qxc6 30. Bxc6 Rd2 31. a4 Bd4 32. Rf1 Ke7 33.
g3 Rc2 34. Bb5 Ra2 35. Kg2 f5 36. Kf3 Kf6 37. Kg2 g5 38. hxg5+ hxg5 39. Bc4
Rxa4 40. Rc1 g4 41. Rc2 Kg5 42. Bd3 Rb4 43. Rc4 Rxc4 44. Bxc4 f4 45. gxf4+ Kxf4
46. Be2 Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "China Elite Mind blitz"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.02.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Be2 Be7 8. Qd2
Qc7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. g4 b5 11. a3 Bb7 12. f3 Nc6 13. g5 Nd7 14. h4 Nce5 15. f4
Nc4 16. Bxc4 Qxc4 17. h5 Rac8 18. g6 Nc5 19. Qg2 h6 20. f5 e5 21. f6 Bxf6 22.
Nf5 Nxe4 23. gxf7+ Kh8 24. Bxh6 gxh6 25. Qg6 Bg5+ 26. Kb1 Nxc3+ 27. bxc3 Qxf7
28. Qxf7 Rxf7 29. Nxd6 Rcf8 30. Nxf7+ Rxf7 31. Rhe1 e4 32. Rd6 e3 33. Kb2 Re7
34. c4 e2 35. c5 Bh4 36. Rxh6+ Kg7 37. Rg6+ Kf7 38. Rxe2 Rxe2 39. c6 Bf6+ 0-1

[Event "China Elite Mind blitz"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.02.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 c5 2. Bg2 Nc6 3. e4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. f4 d6 6. d3 e6 7. Nh3 Nge7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 Rb8 10. a4 a6 11. Ng5 b5 12. axb5 axb5 13. g4 b4 14. Ne2 h6 15. Nf3
f5 16. gxf5 exf5 17. Ng3 Bb7 18. Nh4 Nd4 19. c3 bxc3 20. bxc3 Ne6 21. Bd2 Qd7
22. Rb1 d5 23. Nxg6 Nxg6 24. exf5 Nh4 25. fxe6 Qxe6 26. f5 Qd7 27. d4 Nxg2 28.
Kxg2 cxd4 29. cxd4 Ba6 30. Rf4 Rxb1 31. Qxb1 Bf6 32. Rg4+ Kh7 33. Rg6 Bc4 34.
Rxh6+ Kg8 35. Rg6+ Kf7 36. Qd1 Rh8 37. Qg4 Qe7 38. Bg5 Bxg5 39. Rxg5 Qf6 40.
Rg6 Qh4 41. Rg7+ Kf8 42. Rg8+ 1-0

[Event "China Elite Mind blitz"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.02.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Li, Chao B"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. O-O
Ba6 9. Ne5 Qc8 10. a3 Bd6 11. Nb5 Be7 12. b4 c6 13. Nc3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Nbd7 15.
f4 b5 16. Bd2 Nb6 17. Be1 Nc4 18. Bh4 Re8 19. Rf3 a5 20. bxa5 Rxa5 21. Rh3 h6
22. Rg3 Qe6 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. e4 b4 25. f5 Nxe5 26. Qb1 Qd6 27. axb4 Rxa1 28.
Qxa1 Qxb4 29. dxe5 Bxe5 30. f6 Bxg3 31. hxg3 Qd4+ 32. Kh2 dxe4 33. fxg7 e3 34.
Qe1 e2 35. Nxe2 Qe5 36. Qd2 Qh5+ 37. Kg1 Rxe2 38. Qd8+ Kxg7 39. Qd4+ Qe5 40.
Qg4+ Kh7 41. Qf3 Qe3+ 0-1

[Event "China Elite Mind blitz"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.02.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O b5 8.
Nxc6 dxc6 9. Be3 Bb7 10. a4 b4 11. Nb1 c5 12. Nd2 Nf6 13. Bd3 Nd7 14. Nc4 Be7
15. a5 O-O 16. Qe2 Rfd8 17. f4 Nf6 18. e5 Nd5 19. Bd2 g6 20. h3 Rd7 21. Kh2 Bf8
22. g4 Rad8 23. f5 Qc6 24. Bg5 Re8 25. Rae1 b3 26. cxb3 Nc3 27. bxc3 Rxd3 28.
fxg6 hxg6 29. Qf2 Rd7 30. Re2 Rb8 31. Qh4 Bg7 32. Bf6 Qb5 33. Bxg7 Kxg7 34.
Qf6+ Kg8 35. Ref2 Qxb3 36. Nd6 Rf8 37. Nxf7 Rdxf7 38. Qxg6+ Kh8 39. Rxf7 Rxf7
40. Rxf7 Qb2+ 41. Kg3 Qxc3+ 42. Kh4 Qe1+ 43. Kh5 Qxe5+ 44. g5 1-0

[Event "China Elite Mind blitz"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.02.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e5 4. Bxc4 Nc6 5. Qb3 Qd7 6. dxe5 Nxe5 7. Be2 Qe6 8.
Qxe6+ Bxe6 9. Nf3 Nxf3+ 10. Bxf3 O-O-O 11. Nc3 Nf6 12. Bd2 Ng4 13. Bxg4 Bxg4
14. f3 Be6 15. O-O-O Be7 16. Kc2 a6 17. e4 b5 18. Be3 Kb7 19. Nd5 Bd6 20. b3 f5
21. Nf4 Rde8 22. Nd3 fxe4 23. fxe4 Bg4 24. Rde1 Rxe4 25. Nc5+ Bxc5 26. Bxc5
Rhe8 27. Rxe4 Rxe4 28. Kd3 Re5 29. Bd4 Bf5+ 30. Kd2 Re7 31. Re1 Rd7 32. Kc3 g6
33. b4 h5 34. g3 Kc6 35. a3 Rf7 36. Re2 Kb7 37. h4 Bg4 38. Rf2 Re7 39. Bc5 Re1
40. Rf7 Rd1 41. Be3 Be6 42. Re7 Rd6 43. Bf4 Rc6+ 44. Kb2 Bf5 45. Re2 Rc4 46.
Re7 Kb6 47. Be3+ Kc6 48. Bf4 Kb7 49. Kb3 Rc6 50. Kb2 Bg4 51. Re5 Bf5 52. Rc5
Rxc5 53. bxc5 Kc6 54. Kc3 a5 55. Be5 Kxc5 56. Bxc7 b4+ 57. axb4+ axb4+ 58. Kb2
1/2-1/2

[Event "China Elite Mind blitz"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.02.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. Be3 d6 8. f4
Be7 9. Qd2 a6 10. O-O-O O-O 11. g4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 b5 13. g5 Nd7 14. h4 Bb7 15.
a3 Rac8 16. h5 e5 17. Qd2 exf4 18. Bxf4 Ne5 19. Kb1 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Qxc4 21. Qe3
Qe6 22. Rd4 f5 23. gxf6 Qxf6 24. Bg3 Rc5 25. h6 g5 26. Rhd1 Rd8 27. e5 Qf3 28.
Qxf3 Bxf3 29. Rf1 g4 30. exd6 Bf6 31. Rd3 Be5 32. Rg1 Bxg3 33. Rxg3 Kf7 34. Rd4
Re5 35. Rdxg4 Bxg4 36. Rxg4 Ke6 37. Rg7 Rd7 38. a4 Rxg7 39. hxg7 Rg5 40. axb5
axb5 41. Nxb5 Rxg7 42. c4 h5 43. c5 Kd5 44. b4 h4 45. Nc7+ Ke5 46. Ne8 h3 47.
Nxg7 h2 48. Kb2 h1=Q 49. Kb3 Qb1+ 50. Ka4 Qg6 51. Kb5 Qxg7 52. Kc6 Ke6 53. b5
Qd7+ 54. Kb6 Kd5 55. c6 Qxd6 56. Kb7 Kc5 57. c7 Qb6+ 0-1

[Event "China Elite Mind blitz"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.02.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d3 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. e4 Bd6 8. exd5
cxd5 9. c4 Ne7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. cxd5 exd5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nh4 Nb6 14. a4 a5 15.
f4 f5 16. Be3 Bf7 17. Nxf5 Nxf5 18. gxf5 Be7 19. Bd4 Bf6 20. Be5 Nc8 21. Nb5
Ne7 22. Qg4 Kh8 23. Kh2 h5 24. Qe2 Nxf5 25. Rac1 Rc8 26. Qd2 Rc6 27. d4 Bh4 28.
Rc3 Qe7 29. Rcf3 Rfc8 30. Nc3 Kh7 31. Rg1 Rg6 32. Bf1 Rxg1 33. Kxg1 Qe6 34. Bd3
Bg6 35. Kh2 Be7 36. Rf2 Bb4 37. Rg2 Rc6 38. Rg5 Qf7 39. Qg2 Nh4 40. Rxh5+ Kg8
41. Rxh4 Bxd3 42. Rg4 Rg6 43. Qxd5 Bxc3 44. Qxf7+ Kxf7 45. bxc3 Bc2 46. Rxg6
Kxg6 47. Bc7 Bxa4 48. Bxa5 Bb3 49. Kg3 Kf5 50. Bc7 g6 51. Be5 b5 52. Kf3 Bd5+
53. Ke3 Bc4 54. Kd2 Ke6 55. h4 Bd5 56. Kc2 Be4+ 57. Kb3 Kd5 58. Kb4 Kc6 59. Ka5
Bd3 60. Bf6 Be4 61. Kb4 Bd3 62. Be5 Be4 63. c4 bxc4 64. Kxc4 Bd5+ 65. Kd3 Be6
66. Ke4 Bf5+ 67. Ke3 Kd5 68. Kd2 Ke4 69. Kc3 Kd5 70. Kb4 Be4 71. Kb5 Bf5 72.
Kb6 Be4 73. Kc7 Ke6 74. Kd8 Bc6 75. Bb8 Bb5 76. f5+ Kxf5 77. d5 Bc4 1-0

[Event "China Elite Mind blitz"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.02.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. Be2 Qb6 10. Nd1 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bc5 13. c3 b4 14. O-O a5 15. Bg4
O-O 16. Ne3 Ba6 17. Rfe1 g6 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Bxd7 Bc8 20. Bxc8 Raxc8 21. Rad1
bxc3 22. bxc3 Qe6 23. Qe3 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Rc5 25. Red1 Rfc8 26. R1d3 Qc6 27. Kf2
Kg7 28. h3 h5 29. f5 gxf5 30. Qf4 Qe6 31. Rg3+ Kf8 32. Qg5 Ke8 33. Qxh5 Rxc3
34. Rg8+ Kd7 35. Rg7 Rc2+ 36. Kg1 Rc1+ 37. Rd1 Rxd1+ 38. Qxd1 Qxe5 39. Rxf7+
Ke6 40. Rh7 Qe3+ 41. Kh2 Rc1 42. Qf3 Qe5+ 43. g3 Rc2+ 0-1

[Event "China Elite Mind blitz"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.02.29"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bf5 6. Nc3 e6 7. Bd3 Bg6 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Re1 Bb4 10. Bxg6 hxg6 11. Qb3 a5 12. a3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qb6 14. Qxb6 Nxb6
15. c5 Nc4 16. Nd2 b5 17. cxb6 Nxb6 18. a4 Ne4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. c4 Nxc4 21.
Re2 Rb8 22. Rc2 Rb4 23. Bd2 Nxd2 24. Rxd2 Kd7 25. Rc2 Ra8 26. Rc5 f6 27. Kh2
Kd6 28. Rc2 Ra6 29. Kg3 e5 30. dxe5+ Kxe5 31. h4 Rb3 32. Rc5+ Kd6 33. Rc4 Rb4
34. Rc2 c5 35. Kf4 Rc6 36. g4 Ke6 37. h5 g5+ 38. Kg3 c4 39. Ra3 Kd5 40. Rd2+
Kc5 41. Rd7 Rb3 42. Ra1 c3 43. Rc1 Kc4 44. Rd4+ Kc5 45. Rxe4 Rc7 46. Rd4 Kb6
47. Kf3 Rb4 48. Ke4 Rcc4 49. Kd3 Rxd4+ 50. exd4 Rxa4 51. Rxc3 Ra2 52. f3 a4 53.
Rc8 a3 54. Ra8 Ra1 55. Ke4 Kb5 56. Kf5 Kb4 57. Kg6 Rf1 58. Kxg7 Rxf3 59. h6 Rh3
60. h7 Kc4 61. h8=Q Rxh8 62. Kxh8 Kxd4 63. Rxa3 Ke4 64. Ra4+ Kd5 1-0

[Event "China Elite Mind blitz"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.02.29"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O h6 7. Nbd2 Ne7 8. c3 c5
9. dxc5 Nc6 10. b4 Ndxe5 11. Qa4 Nd7 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 Be7 14. Nf3 O-O 15.
Be3 Bg4 16. b5 Nf6 17. Qb3 Ne4 18. a4 f5 19. Rfd1 Kh7 20. Bf4 Bf6 21. h3 Bh5
22. Ra2 Qa5 23. Rc2 g5 24. Bh2 f4 25. Nxg5+ hxg5 26. Bxh5 Bxd4 27. Bf3 Rf5 28.
Bxe4 dxe4 29. Qxe6 Raf8 30. Qxe4 Bxc5 31. Kh1 Qb4 32. Rc4 Qb3 33. Rd5 Bxf2 34.
Bg1 Qe3 35. Rxf5 Qxe4 36. Rxe4 1-0

[Event "China Elite Mind blitz"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.02.29"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C32"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. exd5 e4 5. Qe2 Bf5 6. d3 Bb4 7. Bd2 O-O 8. dxe4
Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Nxe4 10. O-O-O Nxc3 11. bxc3 Re8 12. Qc4 Re4 13. Qb5 Nd7 14. Bd3
a6 15. Qa5 Rxf4 16. Ne2 b6 17. Qa3 Rf2 18. Rhf1 Qg5+ 19. Kb1 Rxf1 20. Rxf1 Bxd3
21. cxd3 Qxg2 22. Ng3 Qxd5 23. d4 Re8 24. Nf5 Qb5+ 0-1

[Event "China Elite Mind blitz"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.02.29"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D49"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cxd4 11. Nxb5 axb5 12. exf6 gxf6 13. O-O Qb6 14. Qe2 b4 15.
Rd1 Bc5 16. Bxh7 Rxh7 17. Qe4 Bb7 18. Qxh7 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Ke7 20. Bf4 e5 21. Bg3
Qe6 22. Re1 Bd6 23. f4 Qd5 24. Rad1 Rc8 25. fxe5 fxe5 26. Qh4+ f6 27. Rxd4 Qe6
28. Qh7+ Ke8 29. Rd2 Nc5 30. Qh8+ Kf7 31. Qh7+ Ke8 32. f4 Be7 33. fxe5 f5 34.
Rd6 Qc4 35. e6 1-0

[Event "China Elite Mind blitz"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.02.29"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C37"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. d4 Bg7 5. Nc3 d6 6. g3 g4 7. Nh4 f3 8. Be3 Nc6
9. Qd2 h5 10. O-O-O Nge7 11. h3 Bd7 12. Bc4 Be6 13. Nd5 Qd7 14. Bb3 Ng6 15. Nf5
Bxf5 16. exf5 Qxf5 17. hxg4 Qxg4 18. Nxc7+ Kd7 19. Nxa8 Rxa8 20. Qf2 Re8 21.
Bd5 f5 22. Bxf3 1-0

[Event "China Elite Mind blitz"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.02.29"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Re1 e5 7. c3 Be7 8. Bf1
O-O 9. d4 b5 10. a4 Rb8 11. axb5 axb5 12. Na3 b4 13. Nc4 bxc3 14. bxc3 cxd4 15.
cxd4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Bb7 17. Nf5 Bxe4 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Ba3 Qe6 20. Bxd6 Qd5 21.
Bxf8 Nxf8 22. Nd6 Qxd1 23. Raxd1 Bd5 24. Bc4 Bxc4 25. Nxc4 Ne6 26. g3 g6 27.
Ne5 Rb7 28. Rb1 Ra7 29. Rb2 Kg7 30. Reb1 Nd7 31. Nxd7 Rxd7 32. Kg2 h5 33. Rb7
Rd8 34. R1b2 Ng5 35. Ra7 Ne4 36. Rbb7 Rf8 37. Kf3 Nd6 38. Rd7 Nf5 39. h3 Nh6
40. g4 hxg4+ 41. hxg4 g5 42. Kg3 Rb8 43. f3 Rb5 44. Rdb7 Rc5 45. Rc7 Rb5 46.
Rc6 Ng8 47. Rac7 Nf6 48. Rc5 Rxc5 49. Rxc5 Kg6 50. Rc6 Kg7 51. Kf2 Ng8 52. Ke3
Ne7 53. Ra6 Ng6 54. Ke4 Nh4 55. Rb6 f6 56. Rb7+ Kg6 57. Rb8 Kf7 58. Ra8 Ke6 59.
Ra6+ Kf7 60. Ra3 Ke6 61. Kd4 Kd6 62. Ra6+ Ke7 63. Ke4 Kf7 64. Ra3 Ke6 65. Rb3
Kf7 66. Kd5 Kg7 67. Ke6 Kg6 68. Ke7 f5 69. Ke6 f4 70. Ke5 Kg7 71. Rb6 Nxf3+ 72.
Kf5 Nd2 73. Rb2 Nf3 74. Rb7+ Kf8 75. Ra7 Ke8 76. Ra3 Nd2 77. Rd3 Nc4 1-0

[Event "China Elite Mind blitz"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.02.29"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C33"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. exd5 exf4 5. Bc4 c6 6. d4 Nxd5 7. Bxd5 cxd5 8.
Bxf4 Nc6 9. Nf3 Bb4 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Qd3 h6 13. Rae1 Be6 $2 {
[#] Erlaubt...} (13... Re8 $11) 14. Bxh6 gxh6 $2 ({Spielbar war nur} 14... Qf6
15. Bg5 Qf5 16. Qe2 $16) 15. Rxe6 fxe6 16. Qg6+ Kh8 17. Qxh6+ Kg8 18. Qg6+ Kh8
19. Ng5 {Die Pointe.} Rxf1+ 20. Kxf1 Qf8+ 21. Nf7+ 1-0

[Event "China Elite Mind blitz"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.03.01"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D22"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 b5 5. a4 Bb7 6. axb5 axb5 7. Rxa8 Bxa8 8.
b3 e6 9. bxc4 bxc4 10. Bxc4 Nf6 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Nbd2 Be7 13. Bb2 O-O 14. Qe2
c5 15. Ra1 Qb6 16. Ba3 Re8 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 cxd4 19. Bxe7 Rxe7 20. Ra8+ Re8
21. Rxe8+ Nxe8 22. Nxd4 Nef6 23. Qc2 g6 24. Be2 Qc5 25. Qxc5 Nxc5 26. g3 h5 27.
Kg2 Kf8 28. Nf3 Ke7 29. Ne5 Nfd7 30. Nxd7 Nxd7 31. Kf1 Kd6 32. Ke1 Nc5 33. Kd2
Ne4+ 34. Ke1 Nc5 35. Kd2 Ne4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "China Elite Mind blitz"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.03.01"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 b6 7. Nc3 e5 8. a3
a5 9. Be3 Ne7 10. Na4 Rb8 11. Qd2 h6 12. b4 f5 13. Qc3 cxb4 14. axb4 b5 15. Nc5
a4 16. Nxe5 O-O 17. Bd4 Bf6 18. Nf3 Bxd4 19. Nxd4 Qd6 20. O-O f4 21. Nf3 g5 22.
Ne5 f3 23. d4 fxg2 24. Kxg2 Ng6 25. Nxg6 Qxg6 26. Qg3 Rf4 27. f3 Be6 28. Nd3
Rh4 29. Qxb8+ Kh7 30. Qc7+ Kg8 31. Rh1 Rxe4 32. Rae1 1-0

[Event "China Elite Mind blitz"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.03.01"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Li, Chao B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Kb1 b4 13. Nce2 Qb6 14. Nf3 h5
15. f5 e5 16. Nc1 Na5 17. Nb3 Nxb3 18. cxb3 Bc6 19. Bd3 Bh6 20. Qe1 Qb7 21. Qh4
Ke7 22. Rhe1 Rag8 23. Qf2 a5 24. Re2 a4 25. bxa4 Bxa4 26. b3 Bc6 27. h3 Ra8 28.
Qh4 Rag8 29. Bc4 Bf4 30. Qe1 Rxg2 31. Bd5 Bxd5 32. Rxd5 Rhg8 33. Qf1 Qc7 34.
Rd1 Rxe2 35. Qxe2 Rc8 36. Ne1 Qc3 37. Nc2 h4 38. Rd3 Qc5 39. Rd5 Qg1+ 40. Rd1
Qc5 41. Rd5 Qb6 42. Rd1 Rc3 43. Qg2 Rg3 44. Qf1 Qc5 45. Kb2 Rc3 46. Qg2 Rg3 47.
Qf1 Be3 48. Kb1 Bd4 49. Qe1 Rc3 50. Nxd4 exd4 51. Qxh4 d3 52. Qe1 Qd4 53. Rd2
Qc5 54. h4 Rc2 55. Rxd3 Rg2 56. Qe3 Qc2+ 0-1

[Event "China Elite Mind blitz"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.03.01"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. a4 d6 7. Re1 Kh8 8. Nbd2
Ng8 9. c3 f5 10. a5 a6 11. b4 g5 12. Nf1 g4 13. N3d2 f4 14. d4 Bf6 15. Nb3 Qe8
16. b5 axb5 17. Bxb5 Bd7 18. d5 Nce7 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. c4 Ng6 21. c5 Rf7 22.
Ba3 Be7 23. c6 bxc6 24. dxc6 Qxc6 25. Qxg4 f3 26. g3 Nf4 27. Nfd2 h5 28. Qxf3
Nh3+ 29. Kg2 Rxf3 30. Nxf3 Ng5 31. Nfd2 Nf6 32. Rac1 Qd7 33. Rc3 c5 34. h4 Qh3+
35. Kg1 Ne6 36. Nf1 Nd4 37. Nxd4 exd4 38. Rb3 Rxa5 39. e5 dxe5 40. Rxe5 Qd7 41.
Bc1 Kg7 42. Rb1 Kf7 43. Bg5 Rb5 44. Rbe1 Bf8 45. Nd2 Ng4 46. R5e4 Bg7 47. Rf4+
Kg8 48. Re7 Qd5 49. Ne4 Rb1+ 0-1

[Event "China Elite Mind blitz"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.03.01"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. a3 b6 8. Be3
Bb7 9. f3 d6 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. Rc1 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Kh1 Rac8 14. b4 Rfd8 15.
Bg1 Qb8 16. Nb3 Ba8 17. Qd2 Ne5 18. Na4 Nfd7 19. Rc2 Bc6 20. Nb2 Ba8 21. Rd1 h6
22. a4 Nc6 23. Nd3 Nde5 24. b5 Nxd3 25. Bxd3 Ne5 26. bxa6 Nd7 27. a5 Nc5 28.
Rb2 Nxd3 29. Qxd3 bxa5 30. Rbb1 Qc7 31. a7 a4 32. Nd2 Qa5 33. Bb6 Qa6 34. Bxd8
Rxd8 35. Qd4 a3 36. Qb6 Qa4 37. Nb3 a2 38. Ra1 Kh7 39. Nd4 Qxc4 40. Qa5 Bf6 41.
Qxa2 Qc5 42. Qa4 Rc8 43. Nb3 Qb6 44. Rac1 Rxc1 45. Rxc1 d5 46. exd5 Bxd5 47.
Nd2 Bg5 48. Rd1 Qe3 49. Ne4 Bf4 50. a8=Q 1-0

[Event "China Elite Mind blitz"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.03.01"]
[Round "26"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be4 11. Qc1 c6 12. Be3 Nbd7 13. Nbd2 Bd5 14. Nb3 h6 15.
Rd1 Rc8 16. Nc5 Nxc5 17. dxc5 Qc7 18. Bf4 Qa7 19. b4 a5 20. a3 Rfd8 21. Qb2 Be4
22. Be5 Ra8 23. Bc3 axb4 24. axb4 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Qa3 26. Ne5 Qxb2 27. Bxb2 Bxg2
28. Kxg2 Rc8 29. Ra1 Nd5 30. Nd3 f5 31. Ra7 Bf6 32. Bxf6 gxf6 33. f4 Rc7 34.
Ra8+ Kg7 35. Rd8 e5 36. fxe5 fxe5 37. Nxe5 Nxb4 38. Rd6 Na6 39. Nxc6 Nxc5 40.
Nd4 b4 41. Nxf5+ Kf7 42. Rb6 b3 43. Nd4 Re7 44. Kf3 Ra7 45. e3 Ra2 46. Nxb3 Rb2
47. Rxh6 Rxb3 48. h4 Ne6 49. Rh5 Kf6 50. Rd5 Ng7 51. g4 Ne6 52. g5+ Kf7 53.
Rf5+ Ke7 54. Rd5 Kf7 55. h5 Rb1 56. Rd7+ Kf8 57. g6 Rg1 58. Rf7+ Kg8 59. Rf6
Ng7 60. h6 Nh5 61. h7+ Kg7 62. Rf7+ Kxg6 63. Ra7 Rf1+ 64. Kg2 Rf8 65. Kh3 Nf6
66. Kg3 Nxh7 67. e4 Re8 68. Kf4 Ng5 69. Ra6+ Re6 70. Rxe6+ Nxe6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "China Elite Mind blitz"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.03.01"]
[Round "27"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Be2 Nc6 5. O-O O-O-O 6. h3 Bh5 7. Nc3 Qd7
8. b4 e6 9. b5 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nd4 11. Rb1 Nf6 12. d3 Kb8 13. a4 Rg8 14. Be3 Be7
15. a5 g5 16. Re1 h5 17. Bxd4 Qxd4 18. Ne4 g4 19. Nxf6 Qxf6 20. hxg4 hxg4 21.
Bxg4 Rd4 22. Bf3 Bd6 23. Re4 Rh8 24. Qe2 Rd5 25. g3 Rf5 26. Bg2 Bc5 27. Rf1
Rfh5 28. Qf3 Qxf3 29. Bxf3 Rh3 30. Rg4 b6 31. a6 Kc8 32. Re1 Kd7 33. Kf1 Ke7
34. Bg2 R3h6 35. d4 Bd6 36. Rge4 Rh5 37. c4 Kf8 38. Ke2 Rf5 39. Rh1 Rxh1 40.
Bxh1 Ke7 41. Rh4 Rg5 42. Bf3 e5 43. dxe5 Rxe5+ 44. Kf1 Bc5 45. Rf4 Re6 46. Bg4
Rf6 47. Bf5 Rd6 48. Rf3 Rd2 49. Be4 f6 50. Bd5 Bd4 51. Kg2 Kd6 52. g4 Kc5 53.
Rf5 Be5 54. Kh3 Kd6 55. f4 Bd4 56. g5 fxg5 57. fxg5 Rf2 58. Bf3 Be5 59. Kg4 Rc2
60. Bd5 Rc1 61. Rf8 Rg1+ 62. Kh5 Ke7 63. Rf7+ Kd6 64. Rf5 Rg3 65. Kg6 Bd4 66.
Kf7 Be3 67. g6 Bd4 68. Rf6+ 1-0

[Event "China Elite Mind blitz"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.03.01"]
[Round "28"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D22"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "175"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 b5 5. a4 Bb7 6. axb5 axb5 7. Rxa8 Bxa8 8.
b3 e6 9. bxc4 bxc4 10. Bxc4 Nf6 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Nc3 Be7 13. Qd3 c5 14. d5 exd5
15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 O-O 18. Bb2 Nf6 19. Qe5 Re8 20. h3 Bf8 21.
Qc3 Ne4 22. Qc2 Qc7 23. Rc1 h6 24. Qc4 Qd6 25. Ra1 Nd2 26. Nxd2 Qxd2 27. Qc3
Qxc3 28. Bxc3 f6 29. Kf1 Kf7 30. Ke2 Rd8 31. Ra6 h5 32. h4 Be7 33. g3 Rd7 34.
e4 Rb7 35. Ra1 Ke6 36. Kd3 Rd7+ 37. Kc4 g6 38. f4 Kf7 39. Ra6 Rd1 40. e5 fxe5
41. fxe5 g5 42. e6+ Kg6 43. Ra7 Bf6 44. e7 Bxe7 45. Rxe7 gxh4 46. gxh4 Kf5 47.
Re5+ Kg4 48. Be1 Rc1+ 49. Kd3 Kh3 50. Re4 Ra1 51. Ke2 Ra2+ 52. Kf3 Rc2 53. Re3
Rc4 54. Bf2 Ra4 55. Re1 Ra3+ 56. Be3 Kh2 57. Kf4 c4 58. Kg5 Ra5+ 59. Kg6 c3 60.
Rc1 Kg3 61. Bg5 Rc5 62. Kxh5 c2 63. Kg6 Kg4 64. Kf6 Rc6+ 65. Ke5 Kf3 66. Kd5
Rc8 67. Kd4 Ke2 68. Ke5 Kd3 69. h5 Rc5+ 70. Kf4 Rc4+ 71. Kf5 Rc5+ 72. Kg4 Ke4
73. h6 Rc7 74. Re1+ Kd5 75. Bc1 Rd7 76. Re2 Rc7 77. Kh5 Kd4 78. Rd2+ Kc3 79.
Rg2 Kd3 80. Rg7 Rc5+ 81. Rg5 Rc7 82. Rd5+ Ke4 83. Rd2 Kf5 84. Rg2 Kf6 85. Rf2+
Ke5 86. Kg6 Rc6+ 87. Kg7 Rc7+ 88. Rf7 1-0

[Event "China Elite Mind blitz"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.03.01"]
[Round "29"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C37"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. d4 d6 6. g3 g4 7. Nh4 f3 8. Be3 Nc6
9. Qd2 Nge7 10. O-O-O h5 11. h3 gxh3 12. Nxf3 Bg4 13. Qf2 Qd7 14. Bb5 a6 15.
Ba4 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Bxd1 19. Rxd1 O-O-O 20. Nxd5 Qe6 21.
Bb3 Qg4 22. Qxf7 Rd7 23. Qf4 Na5 24. c4 Nxb3+ 25. axb3 Re8 26. Rh1 Red8 27.
Qxg4 hxg4 28. e6 Rd6 29. e7 Re8 30. Bg5 Re6 31. Kd2 Re5 32. Bh4 Re4 33. Kd3 Re6
34. Ne3 Rg6 35. Ke4 Rg7 36. Kf5 Reg8 37. Nd5 c6 38. Nf6 1-0

[Event "China Elite Mind blitz"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.03.01"]
[Round "30"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 b5 4. a4 c6 5. axb5 cxb5 6. Nc3 a6 7. Nxb5 axb5 8.
Rxa8 Bb7 9. Ra2 e6 10. Ne2 Nf6 11. f3 Nc6 12. b3 Nb4 13. Rd2 Nd3+ 14. Rxd3 cxd3
15. Qxd3 Bb4+ 16. Kf2 O-O 17. Qxb5 Qe7 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. g3 Ra8 21.
Bg2 Ra2 22. Rc1 Kg7 23. Rc4 Ba6 24. Qxb4 Rxe2+ 25. Kg1 Qa7 26. Rc1 Ra2 27. Qc5
Qd7 28. Bh3 Qd8 29. e5 f5 30. Qc3 Bb7 31. Bg2 Bd5 32. b4 Qa8 33. Qe3 Qa4 34. g4
fxg4 35. Qf4 gxf3 36. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "China Elite Mind Basque"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.03.02"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Li, Chao B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2016.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. c3 Nf6 7. Re1 O-O 8.
h3 Rb8 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. e5 Ne4 12. Qa4 Qb6 13. Nc3 Bf5 14. Qa3 Qb4
15. Qxb4 Rxb4 16. Ne2 f6 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. b3 c5 19. Be3 c4 20. Rec1 a5 21. Ne5
Nc5 22. Nc6 cxb3 23. Nxb4 axb4 24. Rxc5 b2 25. Re1 b1=Q 26. Rxb1 Bxb1 27. Nc1
Ra8 28. Rxd5 e6 29. Rd7 Bxa2 30. Rb7 e5 31. Rxb4 Bf7 32. dxe5 Bxe5 33. Rb1 Bc4
34. g3 h5 35. Nb3 Ra3 36. Nd2 Be6 37. Nf3 Bxg3 38. fxg3 Rxe3 39. Kf2 Ra3 40.
Ng5 Bf5 41. Rb7 Rd3 42. Re7 Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "China Elite Mind Basque"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.03.02"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Li, Chao B"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2016.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 c6 5. O-O Nf6 6. b3 O-O 7. Nbd2 Ne4 8. Bb2
Bf5 9. c4 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 Be4 11. Rfd1 Nd7 12. Rac1 a5 13. Bh3 Bxf3 14. exf3 e6
15. a4 Qb6 16. Qc2 Rfd8 17. c5 Qc7 18. f4 b6 19. cxb6 Qxb6 20. Qxc6 Qxb3 21.
Ba1 Rab8 22. Bf1 Nb6 23. Bb5 Rdc8 24. Qd6 Bf8 25. Qe5 Nxa4 26. Bd7 Rd8 27. Bxe6
fxe6 28. Qxe6+ Kh8 29. Re1 Qb7 30. f5 gxf5 31. Qxf5 Bg7 32. Re6 Rf8 33. Qg5 Qf7
34. Re2 Nb6 35. Bc3 Nc4 36. Be1 a4 37. Re7 Qf6 38. Rxg7 Qxg7 39. Qxd5 Qf7 40.
Qg5 Rbe8 41. f4 Qf5 42. Bb4 Qxg5 43. fxg5 Ne3 44. d5 Nxd5 45. Bxf8 Rxf8 46. Rc5
Ne3 47. h4 Ra8 0-1

[Event "China Elite Mind Basque"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.03.02"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2016.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bc5 8.
O-O O-O 9. d3 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Ng5 Be7 13. Ne4 f5 14. gxf5 Bxf5
15. Rb1 Rb8 16. Be3 Qd7 17. Kh2 b6 18. c4 Nd4 19. Ng3 Bg6 20. Bd5+ Kh8 21. Bxd4
exd4 22. Qg4 Qa4 23. Rbe1 Bd6 24. Re6 Bf5 25. Qxd4 Bxe6 26. Bxe6 Qxc2 27. Qe3
Rbe8 28. d4 Bxg3+ 29. Kxg3 Qg6+ 0-1

[Event "China Elite Mind Basque"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.03.02"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2016.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. Nd2 a6 8.
Ba4 b5 9. Bb3 d6 10. Nf3 Bb6 11. h3 O-O 12. c3 Re8 13. Re1 h6 14. Be3 c5 15. a4
Rb8 16. axb5 axb5 17. Qe2 Be6 18. Bxe6 Rxe6 19. b3 d5 20. c4 bxc4 21. bxc4 dxe4
22. dxe4 Qc7 23. Qc2 Ba5 24. Red1 Bb4 25. Nh4 Kh7 26. Nf5 Ng8 27. Rd3 g6 28.
Rad1 Qc6 29. Rd6 Qe8 30. Rxe6 Qxe6 31. Rd6 Qe8 32. Ng3 Rd8 33. Qd3 Rxd6 34.
Qxd6 Qe7 35. Qc6 Kg7 36. Kh2 h5 37. Ne2 Nf6 38. Nc1 Qe6 39. Qxe6 fxe6 40. f3
Nd7 41. Nd3 Kf6 42. g4 h4 43. Kg2 Ba3 44. Kf2 g5 45. Ke2 Nb6 46. Nxc5 Nxc4 47.
Nb3 Bb4 48. Ba7 Ke7 49. Kd3 Nb2+ 50. Ke2 Nc4 51. Be3 Kf6 52. Bc1 Na5 53. Nxa5
Bxa5 54. Kd3 Be1 55. Kc4 Bf2 56. Kb5 Be1 57. Kc6 Bb4 58. Kd7 Bc5 59. Ke8 Bb4
60. Be3 Ba3 61. Bb6 Bb4 62. Bd8+ Kg6 63. Kd7 Kf7 64. Bxg5 Be1 65. Be7 Bg3 66.
g5 Bf4 67. g6+ Kxg6 68. Kxe6 1-0

[Event "China Elite Mind Basque"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.03.02"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2016.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. a3 a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4
Bd6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Be2 Re8 12. O-O Bg4 13. h3 Be6 14. Rc1 h6 15.
Nd4 Ne5 16. Qb3 Qe7 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. f4 Nf7 19. Bf3 Rad8 20. Ne2 e5 21. Rcd1
Bb8 22. Nc3 e4 23. Bg4 Ba7 24. Ne2 Nxg4 25. hxg4 Qh4 26. Bd4 Qxg4 27. Bxa7 Qxe2
28. Rxd5 Rxd5 29. Qxd5 Qb5 30. Rd1 Rd8 31. Qb3 Rd3 32. Qc2 Qc6 33. Qe2 b6 34.
Rxd3 exd3 35. Qxd3 Qb7 36. Bxb6 Qxb6 37. Kf2 Nd6 38. Qd5+ Kf8 39. Kf3 Ne8 40.
e4 Nf6 41. Qa8+ Ke7 42. e5 Nd7 43. Qd5 Qg6 44. a4 h5 45. a5 Qg4+ 46. Ke3 Qg3+
47. Ke2 Qxf4 48. Qd6+ Kd8 49. Qxa6 Qxe5+ 50. Kd3 Qd5+ 51. Kc3 Qxg2 52. Qc4 Qg3+
53. Kb2 Qg4 54. Qg8+ Kc7 55. Kb3 h4 56. a6 Qd1+ 57. Kc3 Qf3+ 58. Kc2 Qe2+ 59.
Kb3 Qxa6 60. Qxg7 Qd3+ 61. Kb2 h3 62. Qh6 Qe2+ 63. Kc3 h2 0-1

[Event "China Elite Mind Basque"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.03.02"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2016.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd2 Nc6 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. a3 Nf6 12. Be3 b6 13. Qe2 Bb7 14. Rad1 Rc8
15. Rfe1 Na5 16. Bg5 Nd5 17. Qe4 Nf6 18. Qh4 g6 19. Ne5 Nc6 20. Bb1 Nd5 21. Ne4
f6 22. Nxc6 Bxc6 23. Bh6 Re8 24. Qg3 Qc7 25. Qb3 Qd7 26. Qh3 f5 27. Nd2 Ba4 28.
Rc1 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Rc8 30. Re1 Bf6 31. Nf3 Qb5 32. Bc1 Rxc1 33. Rxc1 Nf4 34. Qh6
Ne2+ 35. Kh1 Nxc1 36. Qxc1 Qd7 37. Ba2 Kg7 38. Qe3 Bc6 39. Ne5 Qd6 40. h3 Bb7
41. Kg1 g5 42. Bb3 b5 43. Qc3 a6 44. Qe3 h6 45. Qc3 f4 46. Bc2 Kf8 47. b4 Ke7
48. Ng6+ Kd8 49. Ne5 Qc7 50. Qd3 Bxe5 51. dxe5+ Kc8 52. Qg6 Qxe5 53. f3 Qe1+
54. Kh2 Bxf3 55. Qe8+ Kc7 56. Qe7+ Kc6 57. Qe8+ Kd6 58. Qd8+ Ke5 59. Qh8+ Kd6
60. Qd8+ Ke5 61. Qh8+ Kd6 62. Qd8+ Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "China Elite Mind Basque"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.03.03"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2016.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 d5 6. Nc3 O-O 7. e3 Qe7 8.
Rc1 a6 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Be2 b6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. O-O Bb7 13. Qb2 c5 14. Rfd1 Rfd8
15. Qa3 Rac8 16. Bd3 g6 17. h3 Kf8 18. Qb2 Kg8 19. Rc2 c4 20. Be2 b5 21. bxc4
dxc4 22. Rb1 Ne4 23. a4 Nxc3 24. Rxc3 Be4 25. Ra1 Bxf3 26. gxf3 Qg5+ 27. Kh2
Nb6 28. axb5 axb5 29. Rcc1 Ra8 30. f4 Qd5 31. Qb4 Rxa1 32. Rxa1 Ra8 33. Rxa8+
Nxa8 34. Kg3 Nc7 35. Qe7 Ne6 36. Qe8+ Kg7 37. Bf3 Qf5 38. d5 Nc5 39. Qxb5 Ne4+
40. Bxe4 Qxe4 41. d6 Qd3 42. d7 f6 43. Qb7 1-0

[Event "China Elite Mind Basque"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.03.03"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D22"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2016.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 b5 5. a4 Bb7 6. b3 e6 7. bxc4 bxc4 8. Bxc4
Nf6 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Qb3 Rb8 11. Qd3 Nd5 12. Bxd5 exd5 13. Ba3 c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5
15. Qc3 Qf6 16. Qxf6 gxf6 17. O-O Ke7 18. Nd4 Rhc8 19. a5 Ba8 20. h3 Bxa3 21.
Rxa3 Rb2 22. N2f3 Ne5 23. Nf5+ Kd7 24. N3d4 Nc4 25. Raa1 Rc5 26. g4 Nxa5 27.
Ng3 Bb7 28. Nh5 Nb3 29. Rab1 Rxb1 30. Rxb1 Rc1+ 31. Rxc1 Nxc1 32. Nxf6+ Ke7 33.
Nxh7 a5 34. Ng5 a4 35. Nc2 Ba6 36. Nf3 Ne2+ 37. Kg2 Nc3 38. Nfd4 Nb1 39. Nb4
Bc4 40. Kg3 a3 41. Ndc2 0-1

[Event "China Elite Mind Basque"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.03.03"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2016.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 b5 4. a4 c6 5. axb5 cxb5 6. Nc3 a6 7. Nxb5 axb5 8.
Rxa8 Bb7 9. Ra2 e6 10. Ne2 Bxe4 11. b3 Nf6 12. bxc4 bxc4 13. Nc3 Bb4 14. Bd2
Bxc3 15. Bxc3 O-O 16. f3 Bd5 17. Be2 Nh5 18. g3 Nc6 19. O-O Qc7 20. Kf2 Ne7 21.
Qa1 Nf5 22. Ra7 Qd8 23. Bb4 Re8 24. Qa4 Nxd4 25. Qd7 Qxd7 26. Rxd7 Nxe2 27.
Kxe2 Nf6 28. Ra7 h6 29. Bc3 Rb8 30. Rc1 Rb3 31. Rc7 h5 32. h3 Bb7 33. Kf2 Nd5
34. Rxc4 Nxc3 35. R1xc3 Rxc3 36. Rxc3 Bd5 37. f4 Kh7 38. g4 hxg4 39. hxg4 Kg6
40. Ke3 Kf6 41. Kd4 Bg2 42. Rc5 Bf3 43. g5+ Kg6 44. Ke5 Bd5 45. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "China Elite Mind Basque"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.03.03"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2016.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O d6 5. d3 Nf6 6. c3 O-O 7. h3 h6 8. Re1
Re8 9. a4 a6 10. Na3 Bxa3 11. Rxa3 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. b4 d5 14. b5 Ne7 15.
Qb3 axb5 16. axb5 Rxa3 17. Bxa3 Ng6 18. g3 Re8 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. c4 Nf6 21. Kg2
Qd7 22. Bb2 Qf5 23. Qc3 e4 24. dxe4 Rxe4 25. Qd3 Qe6 26. Qd8+ Ne8 27. Nd4 Qd6
28. Qxd6 Nxd6 29. Rc1 Ne5 30. c5 Ndc4 31. Ba1 Na3 32. Rd1 Nec4 33. Nf5 Nxb5 34.
Bxg7 Kh7 35. Bxh6 Re5 36. Ne3 Kxh6 37. Nxc4 Rxc5 38. Ne3 Nd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 17th"]
[Site "Gjakova"]
[Date "2016.05.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Korchmar, Vasiliy"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2437"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Fischer,J"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2016.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "KOS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Bf4 Qe7 11. a4 b6 12. h3 Nh5 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bd2 f5 15. Ng5
f4 16. Ne6 fxg3 17. f4 $2 {[#]White seems to panic and weakens his kingside.} (
{It was better to be consistent and accept the offered exchange. After} 17.
Nxf8 Nxf8 {Black has wonderful pieces and a strong attack for the exchange but
White is definitely not lost.}) 17... Ndf6 18. Nxf8 {Now White takes the
exchange - but soon has a prize to pay for weakening his kingside with 17.f4?.}
Bxf8 19. e4 {[#]} Ng4 $1 {Black loses no time and wants to let his queen join
the attack as quickly as possible.} 20. hxg4 Qh4 21. Rf3 Bxg4 {Black is whole
rook down but he will win back his material with interest.} 22. Kf1 Bg7 23. Ke2
Rf8 24. Kd3 Bxf3 25. Bxf3 Nxf4+ 26. Kc2 g2 27. Bxf4 Rxf4 28. Bxg2 Rf2+ 29. Kb3
Rxg2 30. Qf1 Qg3 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 17th"]
[Site "Gjakova"]
[Date "2016.05.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2016.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "KOS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O Rb8 7. e3 b5 8. b3
cxb3 9. axb3 a6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Bd2 Ne4 12. Rc1 Qc8 13. Be1 Bd6 14. Nh4 f5 15.
Qh5+ Ke7 16. Nd2 Nf6 17. Qg5 Nd8 18. e4 Nf7 19. Qe3 fxe4 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4
Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Qb7 23. Rc6 Nd8 24. d5 Nxc6 25. dxc6 Qa7 26. Bc3 Qc5 27. Bxg7 Qd5
28. Qxd5 exd5 29. Nf5+ Ke6 30. Nd4+ Kf7 31. Bxh8 Rxh8 32. Rxa6 Rb8 33. Ra5 Be5
34. Rxb5 Rd8 35. Nc2 Ke6 36. Nb4 Bc3 37. Nd3 Kd6 38. Kg2 Ra8 39. Nf4 Ra5 40.
Rxa5 Bxa5 41. Kf3 Kxc6 42. Ke2 Kd6 43. Kd3 c5 44. Ng2 Ke6 45. Ne3 Bd8 46. f4 h5
47. Ke2 Bc7 48. Kf3 Bd6 49. h3 Bc7 50. g4 hxg4+ 51. hxg4 Bd8 52. g5 c4 53. f5+
Ke5 54. g6 Bf6 55. b4 c3 56. Ke2 Bg7 57. b5 c2 58. Kd2 d4 59. Nc4+ Kxf5 60.
Kxc2 Kf6 61. Kd3 Ke6 62. Ke4 Kd7 63. Na5 Bh8 64. Kd5 d3 65. Nb3 Kc7 66. Kc5 Kd7
67. Kc4 Ke7 68. Kxd3 Kf6 69. Ke4 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 17th"]
[Site "Gjakova"]
[Date "2016.05.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2016.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "KOS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
h5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. a4 Be7 11. Be2 Nb6 12. O-O Rc8 13. Rfd1 O-O 14. a5 Nc4 15.
Bxc4 Rxc4 16. Nc1 Qc8 17. N1e2 Rd8 18. Bg5 Qc7 19. Kh1 b5 20. axb6 Qxb6 21. b3
Rc6 22. Qd3 Rdc8 23. Na4 Qb7 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. c4 Bg5 26. Rdb1 Qa7 27. Nac3 Qe3
28. Qxe3 Bxe3 29. g3 Rb8 30. f4 exf4 31. gxf4 f5 32. Nd5 Bxd5 33. exd5 Rcb6 34.
Kg2 h4 35. Nc1 Bxf4 36. Nd3 h3+ 37. Kf2 Bd2 38. b4 Bxb4 39. Rxb4 Rxb4 40. Nxb4
Rxb4 41. Rxa6 Rxc4 42. Kg3 Rg4+ 43. Kxh3 Rg6 44. Ra7 Kf8 45. Kh4 Rg2 46. Kh5
Rxh2+ 47. Kg5 Rd2 48. Ra8+ Kf7 49. Ra7+ Kg8 50. Kg6 Rg2+ 51. Kxf5 Rf2+ 52. Kg5
Kh7 53. Rd7 Rg2+ 54. Kf5 Rg6 55. Rd8 Rf6+ 56. Kg5 Rg6+ 57. Kf5 Rf6+ 58. Ke4
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 17th"]
[Site "Gjakova"]
[Date "2016.05.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2016.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "KOS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Bf4 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Be5 Nfe4 13. Rc1 Re8 14. a3 Bf8
15. b4 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 Ne4 17. Bd4 a5 18. Qb3 axb4 19. axb4 Qd6 20. b5 Ra3 21.
Qb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 17th"]
[Site "Gjakova"]
[Date "2016.05.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2016.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "KOS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nbd2 Ke7 10. b3 Nbd7 11. Bb2 Rd8 12. Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 17th"]
[Site "Gjakova"]
[Date "2016.05.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2016.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "KOS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. h3 b5 10. a3 Rc8 11. g4 Nb6 12. g5 Nfd7 13. Na5 Qc7 14. Bg2 Be7 15.
O-O-O O-O 16. Kb1 Nc4 17. Nxc4 Bxc4 18. Bf1 Be6 19. h4 Nb6 20. h5 Nc4 21. Bxc4
Qxc4 22. g6 a5 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. exd5 b4 25. b3 Qe4 26. Qd3 Qxd3 27. Rxd3 f5 28.
Bb6 Ra8 29. c4 Rfb8 30. c5 e4 31. Rg3 h6 32. Bc7 Rb5 33. cxd6 Bd8 34. Rgg1 Kf8
35. a4 Rxd5 36. Rd1 Rc5 37. Rc1 Rd5 38. Rhd1 Rxd1 39. Rxd1 Bxc7 40. dxc7 Ke7
41. Rd5 Rc8 42. Rxf5 Rxc7 43. Rxa5 Rc3 44. Kb2 Ke6 45. Rb5 Rf3 46. Rxb4 Rxf2+
47. Kc3 Ke5 48. Rb7 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 17th"]
[Site "Gjakova"]
[Date "2016.05.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ter Sahakyan, Samvel"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2016.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "KOS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Re1 b5 7. c4 g5 8. Nxg5
Ne5 9. Be2 bxc4 10. Nc3 Bh6 11. Nf3 Nd3 12. Bxd3 cxd3 13. e5 dxe5 14. Nxe5 Kf8
15. Qf3 Be6 16. Nxd3 Rg8 17. Ne5 Nd5 18. g3 Rc8 19. d3 Bg7 20. Bg5 f6 21. Ng6+
hxg6 22. Rxe6 Nb4 23. Be3 Kf7 24. Qe4 Qd7 25. Rb6 Rgd8 26. Rd1 Nxd3 27. Qc4+
Kf8 28. Rxa6 Qf5 29. Qe4 Qxe4 30. Nxe4 c4 31. Nc5 Nxc5 32. Rxd8+ Rxd8 33. Bxc5
f5 34. Ra4 Rd1+ 35. Kg2 Rc1 36. Rb4 Kf7 37. a4 c3 38. bxc3 Rxc3 39. Bb6 Ra3 40.
a5 Bc3 41. Rb5 Ra2 42. h4 e5 43. Rc5 Bd4 44. Rc7+ Kf6 45. Rc6+ Kg7 46. Bxd4
exd4 47. a6 d3 48. Kf3 Kh6 49. Ke3 d2 50. Ke2 Kh5 51. Rf6 d1=Q+ 52. Kxd1 Rxf2
53. Kc1 Rg2 54. a7 Ra2 55. Rf7 Kg4 56. Kb1 Ra5 57. Rg7 Kxg3 58. h5 Rxa7 59.
Rxa7 gxh5 60. Kc2 h4 61. Kd3 h3 62. Ke2 h2 63. Rg7+ Kh3 64. Rh7+ Kg2 65. Rg7+
Kh3 66. Kf2 h1=N+ 67. Kf3 Kh2 68. Rg2+ Kh3 69. Rg5 Kh2 70. Rxf5 Kg1 71. Rg5+
Kf1 72. Rg2 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 17th"]
[Site "Gjakova"]
[Date "2016.05.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Bortnyk, Olexandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2016.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "KOS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Bd3 Bb4+ 5. Kf1 Be7 6. Nc3 d6 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. g3
O-O 9. Kg2 Nbd7 10. Re1 e5 11. d5 Nc5 12. Bc2 a5 13. a3 Qd7 14. Be3 Bc8 15. Ng1
Ng4 16. Bd2 a4 17. h3 Nf6 18. Be3 Nb3 19. Rb1 Ba6 20. Nxa4 Bxc4 21. Nc3 Na5 22.
b4 Nb7 23. a4 c5 24. b5 Na5 25. Qf3 Kh8 26. Bd2 Qb7 27. g4 g6 28. Bh6 Rfd8 29.
Nd1 Nxd5 30. exd5 Bxd5 31. Be4 Bxe4 32. Qxe4 Qxe4+ 33. Rxe4 f6 34. Re2 Nc4 35.
Rc1 d5 36. Nc3 Na5 37. g5 Nb3 38. Rd1 Nd4 39. gxf6 Bxf6 40. Ra2 g5 41. Nge2 Kg8
42. Nxd4 cxd4 43. Ne2 Rdc8 44. h4 gxh4 45. f4 Rc4 46. fxe5 Bxe5 47. Rf1 Bg7 48.
Bxg7 Kxg7 49. Nf4 Rcxa4 50. Raf2 Ra2 51. Kh3 Rxf2 52. Rxf2 Kf6 53. Nxd5+ Ke5
54. Nxb6 Ra3+ 55. Kxh4 Rb3 56. Nc4+ Kd5 57. Na5 Rb1 58. Rf3 d3 59. Rxd3+ Kc5
60. Rb3 Rxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 17th"]
[Site "Gjakova"]
[Date "2016.05.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Parligras, Mircea Emilian"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2016.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "KOS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c5 7. dxc5 h6 8.
Bh4 O-O 9. e3 Be6 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Bd3 Qa5 12. Nge2 Qxa2 13. O-O Qa5 14. h3
Bxc5 15. Kh1 Be7 16. f4 Nb6 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. Bxf5 Rfe8 20. Rfe1 Nh5
21. Bf2 Bb4 22. Bh4 Be7 23. Bf2 Nf6 24. e4 dxe4 25. Bxe4 Bc5 26. Bxb7 Bxf2 27.
Qxf2 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Rb8 29. Re5 Qb4 30. Ba6 Nbd7 31. Rb5 Rxb5 32. Bxb5 Nc5 33.
Kh2 a5 34. g3 h5 35. Qd2 Ne6 36. h4 Nd4 37. Be2 Ng4+ 38. Bxg4 hxg4 39. Qf2 a4
40. Nd5 Qc5 41. Ne3 f5 42. Kg2 Qc6+ 43. Kf1 Qh1+ 44. Qg1 Qe4 45. Qf2 Kf7 46.
Kg1 Kg6 47. Nd1 Qd3 48. Ne3 Kh7 49. Kg2 Qe4+ 50. Kg1 Nf3+ 51. Kf1 Qb1+ 52. Kg2
Ne1+ 53. Kh2 Nd3 54. Qc2 Qxb2 55. Qxb2 Nxb2 56. Nxf5 a3 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 17th"]
[Site "Gjakova"]
[Date "2016.05.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Demchenko, Anton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2016.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "KOS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Nf6 6. Re1 Be7 7. c3 Bg4 8. h3
Bh5 9. d3 Qd7 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Bxf6 13. Nd2 O-O 14. Nf1 b5 15.
Bc2 Nd8 16. d4 Ne6 17. d5 Nf4 18. Qg4 Qd8 19. g3 h5 20. Qf3 Nxh3+ 21. Kg2 Ng5
22. Qxh5 g6 23. Qg4 Bg7 24. Ne3 Nh7 25. Rh1 Nf6 26. Qg5 Nxd5 27. Qg4 Nxe3+ 28.
fxe3 c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 17th"]
[Site "Gjakova"]
[Date "2016.05.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Lupulescu, Constantin"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2016.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "KOS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c5 7. dxc5 h6 8.
Bh4 O-O 9. e3 Be6 10. a3 Bxc3+ 11. Qxc3 g5 12. Bg3 Ne4 13. Qc2 Nc6 14. Nf3 f5
15. O-O-O Qe7 16. Nd4 Rac8 17. Kb1 Nxc5 18. Nxe6 Nxe6 19. f3 d4 20. exd4 Nexd4
21. Bc4+ Kh7 22. Qd3 Rfd8 23. h4 Kg6 24. hxg5 hxg5 25. Rde1 Qf6 26. f4 Rh8 27.
fxg5 Qxg5 28. Bf2 Qg4 29. Bd5 Rxh1 30. Rxh1 Rd8 31. Rh3 Ne5 32. Qd2 Rxd5 33.
Rg3 Qxg3 34. Bxg3 Nec6 35. Bh4 Re5 36. Qg5+ Kh7 37. Qh5+ Kg7 38. Qg5+ Kh7 39.
Qf6 Re7 40. Bf2 Rd7 41. Bxd4 Nxd4 42. g4 f4 43. Qxf4 Kg6 44. Qe5 Kf7 45. g5 Nc6
46. g6+ 1-0

[Event "Madrid Neoclassical Masters 2nd"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "2016.06.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2016.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nf6 8.
Be2 Bd6 9. Nd2 O-O 10. O-O h6 11. Re1 Re8 12. Nf1 Ne4 13. Qb3 Na5 14. Qc2 a6
15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Bf3 Nc4 17. Bc1 b5 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Rxe4 Bb7 20. Re2 Bf8 21.
Rde1 Qd7 22. Qf5 Qxf5 23. Nxf5 Rxe2 24. Rxe2 Rd8 25. Re1 h5 26. b3 Nb6 27. Ne7+
Kh7 28. Be3 Nd7 29. Nf5 g6 30. Rd1 gxf5 31. Bb6 Rb8 32. Rxd7 Bc6 33. Rd8 Rxd8
34. Bxd8 f4 35. Bb6 f3 36. gxf3 Bxf3 37. Nd2 Bc6 38. Bd4 Kg6 39. b4 Kf5 40. a3
Kg4 41. c4 bxc4 42. Nxc4 Kh3 43. Ne5 Bd5 44. Nd3 Bc4 45. Nf4+ Kg4 46. Be3 h4
47. h3+ Kf3 48. Ng2 Be7 49. Bc5 Bd8 50. a4 Be6 51. b5 axb5 52. axb5 Bxh3 53.
Ne3 Bc8 54. b6 Ke4 55. Nc4 Kd5 56. Na5 h3 57. b7 Bxb7 58. Nxb7 Bh4 59. Be3 Ke4
60. Nc5+ Kf3 61. Nd3 h2+ 62. Kxh2 Bxf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid Neoclassical Masters 2nd"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "2016.06.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2016.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. c4 c5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 b6 6. O-O Bb7 7. e3 Bxc3 8. bxc3
f5 9. d4 Nf6 10. d5 Na5 11. Nd2 O-O 12. e4 fxe4 13. Re1 e6 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15.
Rxe4 Qf6 16. Bf4 Rae8 17. Qd3 e5 18. Bh6 Qxf2+ 19. Kh1 d6 20. Rf1 Qxa2 21. Rg4
Rxf1+ 22. Qxf1 Qa4 23. Qf6 Qd7 24. Rxg6+ hxg6 25. Qxg6+ Kh8 26. Bh3 Qh7 27.
Qf6+ Kg8 28. Be6+ Rxe6 29. Qf8# 1-0

[Event "Madrid Neoclassical Masters 2nd"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "2016.06.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "174"]
[EventDate "2016.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. b3 Bd6 6. Bb2 O-O 7. Qc2 e5 8. cxd5
cxd5 9. Nb5 Nc6 10. Nxd6 Qxd6 11. Bb5 Nb4 12. Qc1 d4 13. exd4 exd4 14. O-O a6
15. a3 Nbd5 16. Bc4 Bg4 17. Nxd4 Nf4 18. Re1 Rac8 19. Qb1 Rc5 20. Bf1 Rd5 21.
g3 Nh3+ 22. Bxh3 Bxh3 23. Nf3 Rf5 24. Re3 Nd5 25. Qd3 Rd8 26. Re5 Rxe5 27. Bxe5
Qd7 28. Re1 f6 29. Bb2 Qf5 30. Qxf5 Bxf5 31. Nd4 Bd7 32. f3 Kf7 33. Kf2 h5 34.
h4 Rc8 35. Rc1 Rxc1 36. Bxc1 Ne7 37. Bb2 Nf5 38. Ne2 Bc6 39. Nf4 g6 40. Bc3 Ne7
41. Ne2 Bd5 42. b4 Nf5 43. Nf4 Bc6 44. Nd3 Nd6 45. Nc5 Nc4 46. a4 Nb6 47. a5
Nd7 48. Ne4 Ke6 49. Ke3 Kf5 50. g4+ hxg4 51. Ng3+ Ke6 52. fxg4 b6 53. Bd4 bxa5
54. bxa5 Ba4 55. Ne4 Bd1 56. Nf2 Bc2 57. Kf4 f5 58. gxf5+ Bxf5 59. Kg5 Bc2 60.
Nh3 Kf7 61. Kf4 Ke6 62. Nf2 Kd5 63. Bc3 Nc5 64. Ng4 Ne6+ 65. Kg3 Ke4 66. Ne5
Kd5 67. d3 Nc5 68. Nxg6 Nxd3 69. h5 Nc5 70. Kh4 Ke6 71. Nf4+ Kf7 72. Nd5 Be4
73. Nb4 Bb7 74. Be1 Ne4 75. Kg4 Bc8+ 76. Kf4 Nf6 77. h6 Kg6 78. Ke5 Ng4+ 79.
Kd6 Nxh6 80. Kc7 Bh3 81. Nxa6 Bf1 82. Kb6 Nf5 83. Nc7 Nd4 84. Bc3 Nb3 85. a6
Bxa6 86. Nxa6 Kf5 87. Nc5 Nxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid Neoclassical Masters 2nd"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "2016.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2016.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bf4
Ba6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Ne5 Nfd7 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Nxf7 Rxf7 13. Bxd5 Nc6 14. Bxc6
Rc8 15. Bd5 Nf6 16. Bxf7+ Kxf7 17. Re1 Rc4 18. Be5 Bb4 19. Rf1 Ng4 20. Qb3 Qd5
21. Rac1 Bd2 22. Rc2 Nxe5 23. dxe5 b5 24. e4 Qd4 25. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Madrid Neoclassical op 2nd"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "2016.06.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Maza Broto, Pablo"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2071"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2016.06.04"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8.
Bxd7+ Nxd7 9. d4 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Be3 Nf6 12. Qd3 Qc7 13. h3 Rfd8 14. Rab1
b6 15. d5 c4 16. Qc2 e6 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Bd4 Nh5 19. e5 Qc6 20. Rfe1 Nf4 21.
Qe4 Qxe4 22. Rxe4 Nd3 23. a4 Rd5 24. Ng5 Re8 25. f4 Ra5 26. Ra1 b5 27. Be3 h6
28. Nf3 Rc8 29. Nd4 Nc5 0-1

[Event "Madrid Neoclassical op 2nd"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "2016.06.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Suarez Uriel, Adrian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2016.06.04"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qc2 Nbd7 7. e3 Nf8 8.
Bd3 c6 9. Nge2 Ne6 10. Bh4 Bd7 11. f3 g6 12. g4 O-O 13. O-O-O c5 14. Ng3 c4 15.
Kb1 Qa5 16. Qd2 Rac8 17. Bc2 Rfe8 18. g5 Nh5 19. Nxh5 gxh5 20. e4 Bc6 21. Nxd5
Qd8 22. Nf6+ Kh8 23. d5 1-0

[Event "Madrid Neoclassical op 2nd"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "2016.06.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Teske, Henrik"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E07"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2016.06.04"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. g3 Nbd7 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. O-O Be7 8. a4
O-O 9. e4 b6 10. Nd2 Ba6 11. Qe2 e5 12. d5 Rc8 13. Rd1 Bb4 14. dxc6 Rxc6 15.
Nd5 Bc5 16. b4 Bd4 17. b5 Rc8 18. Nxf6+ Nxf6 19. Nxc4 Qc7 20. Ra2 Qxc4 21. bxa6
Qxe2 22. Rxe2 Rc4 23. Be3 Bxe3 24. Rxe3 Rxa4 25. Bf1 Ra5 26. Rc3 b5 27. Rc5
Rxa6 28. Rxe5 Ra2 29. Bxb5 Ng4 30. Rf5 g6 31. Rf4 Ne5 32. h4 Kg7 33. g4 a6 34.
Bf1 f6 35. Rd6 a5 36. Ra6 Rf7 37. Kg2 a4 38. g5 fxg5 39. Rxf7+ Kxf7 40. hxg5 a3
41. Kg3 Ra1 42. f4 Rxf1 43. fxe5 Ra1 44. Kg2 a2 45. e6+ Ke7 46. Kh2 Re1 47.
Rxa2 Rxe4 48. Ra7+ Kxe6 49. Rxh7 Kf5 50. Ra7 Kxg5 51. Kg3 Rg4+ 52. Kf3 Rg1 53.
Ra4 Kh5 54. Kf2 Rg4 55. Ra3 Kh4 56. Rb3 g5 57. Ra3 Rb4 58. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid Neoclassical op 2nd"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "2016.06.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Espinosa Aranda, Angel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2016.06.04"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. d3 d6 8.
h3 h6 9. Ne2 Nh7 10. d4 exd4 11. Nexd4 Bd7 12. Re1 Qf6 13. Qd3 Rae8 14. Bd2 Ng5
15. Bc3 Nxf3+ 16. Nxf3 Qg6 17. Rad1 Be6 18. b4 Bb6 19. a4 Qg3 20. Bd4 Bxd4 21.
Nxd4 Qxd3 22. cxd3 Bd7 23. Rc1 Rb8 24. Rc4 a5 25. bxa5 c5 26. Nb5 Bxb5 27. axb5
Rxb5 28. Ra1 Ra8 29. a6 Ra7 30. Kf1 Kf8 31. Ke2 Ke7 32. Ke3 Kd7 33. h4 Rb6 34.
Rca4 c6 35. h5 d5 36. Ra5 Kd6 37. Kf4 Rb5 38. g4 Rb6 39. Kf5 Rb3 40. R5a3 Rxa3
41. Rxa3 c4 42. dxc4 dxc4 43. Ra5 c3 44. e5+ Kd7 45. f4 c2 46. Rc5 Rxa6 47.
Rxc2 Ke7 48. Rc4 Rb6 49. g5 hxg5 50. fxg5 Rb1 51. Rxc6 Rf1+ 52. Ke4 Rg1 53. g6
fxg6 54. Rxg6 Re1+ 55. Kd4 Rd1+ 56. Kc5 Re1 57. Kd5 Rd1+ 58. Kc4 Kf7 59. Ra6
Rh1 60. Kd5 Rd1+ 61. Kc5 Rc1+ 62. Kd6 Rd1+ 63. Kc7 Ke7 64. Rg6 Rc1+ 65. Kb6 Kf7
66. Kb5 Re1 67. Rg5 Ke6 68. Rxg7 Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid Neoclassical op 2nd"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "2016.06.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ibarra Jerez, Jose Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2016.06.04"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Bxc6 dxc6
8. Qxd4 Nf6 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Nd2 c5 11. Qe3 O-O-O 12. h3 Bd7 13. O-O-O Bc6 14. f3
b6 15. Nc4 h5 16. b3 Kb7 17. Qg5 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Re8 19. h4 Nh7 20. Qxe7 Rxe7
21. Kd2 Nf8 22. Ke3 Ne6 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 b5 25. Ne5 Kb6 26. c3 a5 27. Rd7
Rxd7 28. Nxd7+ Kb7 29. g4 b4 30. gxh5 gxh5 31. c4 a4 32. bxa4 Ka6 33. f4 Ka5
34. f5 Nd8 35. Nxc5 Nc6 36. Kf4 f6 37. Nd7 Kxa4 38. Nxf6 Nd8 39. e5 Ka3 40. e6
Nb7 41. e7 Nd6 42. c5 1-0

[Event "Madrid Neoclassical op 2nd"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "2016.06.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Perez Mitjans, Orelvis"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2016.06.04"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. Nf3 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 Nd5 8. a4 c6
9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O a6 11. Ne4 Nd7 12. Nfg5 h6 13. Nf3 Be7 14. b3 cxb3 15. Qxb3
b4 16. Nfd2 a5 17. Qg3 Kf8 18. Nb3 Ba6 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. Bd2 g6 21. f4 h5 22.
Kh1 Ra7 23. Rac1 Qb6 24. Ng5 Bxg5 25. Qxg5 h4 26. h3 Rh5 27. Qg4 Rc7 28. f5
exf5 29. Qe2 Kg7 30. e6 N7f6 31. exf7 Kxf7 32. Nc5 Re7 33. Qc4 Ne4 34. Nxe4
Rxe4 35. Be1 Rh8 36. Bf2 Re6 37. Qb3 Qa6 38. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 39. Rxe1 Re8 40. Rxe8
Kxe8 41. Bxh4 Qe2 42. Kh2 f4 43. Qb1 Kf7 44. Qb3 f3 0-1

[Event "Madrid Neoclassical op 2nd"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "2016.06.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Santos Ruiz, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2016.06.04"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bd2 Nhf6 8. Qc2
Qc7 9. Bg5 b6 10. cxb6 Qxb6 11. Na4 Qc7 12. Rc1 Bb7 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Nc5 e6
15. e3 Qa5+ 16. Qc3 Qxc3+ 17. Rxc3 Bxc5 18. Rxc5 a5 19. Bd3 Nd7 20. Rc3 Ke7 21.
Kd2 Rhc8 22. Rhc1 Kd6 23. e4 dxe4 24. Bxe4 f5 25. Bd3 c5 26. Bb5 cxd4 27. Nxd4
Rxc3 28. Rxc3 Nf6 29. f3 Bd5 30. b3 g6 31. Bd3 Kd7 32. Nb5 Rc8 33. Rxc8 Kxc8
34. Bc4 Kd7 35. Bxd5 Nxd5 36. Nc3 Nb6 37. f4 e5 38. fxe5 Ke6 39. Kd3 Kxe5 40.
a3 g5 41. Ne2 f4 42. Nd4 Kd5 43. h3 Nd7 44. Nf3 Nc5+ 45. Kc2 Ne4 46. Nd2 h5 47.
Nxe4 Kxe4 48. b4 axb4 49. axb4 g4 50. b5 f3 51. gxf3+ Kxf3 52. b6 g3 53. b7 g2
54. b8=Q g1=Q 55. Qf8+ Kg2 56. Qg7+ Kh2 57. Qe5+ Qg3 58. Qxh5 Qg2+ 59. Kd1 Qg1+
60. Ke2 Qg2+ 61. Ke3 Qxh3+ 62. Qxh3+ Kxh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid Neoclassical op 2nd"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "2016.06.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Forcen Esteban, Daniel"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2016.06.04"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h4 c6 6. Bg5 O-O 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. h5
g5 9. e3 h6 10. Qb3 e6 11. O-O-O Nd7 12. e4 Bg7 13. cxd5 exd5 14. exd5 c5 15.
Qc2 a6 16. Kb1 b5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Ne2 Na4 19. b3 Bg4 20. bxa4 bxa4 21. Nfd4
Rb8+ 22. Ka1 Bxe2 23. Bxe2 Qxd5 24. Qxa4 Rfd8 25. a3 Qe4 0-1

[Event "Eurasia Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Mankeyev, Rauan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2303"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2016.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 e5 13. Bc5 Be6 14. Ne4 Re8
15. h4 h6 16. g4 Qc7 17. g5 h5 18. Bc4 Red8 19. Qf2 a5 20. a4 Rab8 21. Rd2 Qb7
22. b3 Nf4 23. Bxe6 Nxe6 24. Rhd1 Rd5 25. Qe3 Nxc5 26. Nxc5 Qb6 27. Rxd5 cxd5
28. Rxd5 Rc8 29. b4 axb4 30. Qf2 b3 31. c3 Bf8 32. Ne4 b2+ 33. Kb1 Qb3 34. Rd2
Qxa4 35. Rxb2 Rd8 36. Nd2 Ba3 37. Qb6 Ra8 38. Rb3 Bc5 39. Qxc5 Qa1+ 40. Kc2
Ra2+ 41. Kd3 Qd1 42. Rb8+ Kh7 43. Qe3 Qc2+ 44. Kc4 Ra4+ 45. Rb4 Qa2+ 46. Kd3
Ra8 47. Ke2 Rd8 48. Re4 Qa6+ 49. c4 Qa2 50. Rxe5 Qb2 51. Rd5 Ra8 52. Rd7 Kg8
53. Qd4 Qc2 54. Rd8+ Rxd8 55. Qxd8+ 1-0

[Event "Eurasia Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "193"]
[EventDate "2016.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b5 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O c5 5. b3 g6 6. c4 bxc4 7. bxc4 Bg7 8. Bb2
O-O 9. d3 d6 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Rb1 Bc6 12. Qd2 Rb8 13. Ba1 e6 14. Nb5 Bxb5 15.
cxb5 Nb6 16. Qc2 Nfd7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nd2 d5 19. a4 Qe7 20. e4 Nf6 21. Rfe1
Rfd8 22. Nb3 Rbc8 23. Na5 Qc7 24. Nc6 Re8 25. Qxc5 Nxa4 26. Qb4 Nb6 27. Ra1 Ra8
28. Rec1 Qb7 29. Ra6 Nbd7 30. Rca1 Nb8 31. Nxb8 Raxb8 32. R1a5 Rec8 33. Qb2 Rc5
34. exd5 Rxb5 35. Rxb5 Qxb5 36. Qxb5 Rxb5 37. dxe6 Rb1+ 38. Bf1 Rb7 39. exf7
Kxf7 40. h3 Rd7 41. Be2 h5 42. f4 Nd5 43. Kf2 Nb4 44. Ra3 Nc2 45. Ra4 Nd4 46.
Bd1 Kf6 47. g4 hxg4 48. Bxg4 Rd6 49. Rxa7 Nb3 50. Ke3 Rb6 51. Bf3 Re6+ 52. Kf2
Nc5 53. Ra3 Rb6 54. Ke3 Rb1 55. Rc3 Ne6 56. Rc6 Ke7 57. Bg4 Ng7 58. Rxg6 Kf7
59. Ra6 Re1+ 60. Kd4 Rf1 61. Ke4 Re1+ 62. Kf3 Rf1+ 63. Kg3 Re1 64. Kh4 Re3 65.
d4 Rd3 66. Rd6 Ke7 67. Rd7+ Kf6 68. Rd6+ Ke7 69. Rd5 Kf6 70. Rd7 Rd2 71. d5 Ne8
72. Kg3 Rd3+ 73. Kf2 Ng7 74. Ke2 Ra3 75. Rb7 Ne8 76. Kd2 Nd6 77. Rb6 Ke7 78.
Ke2 Rc3 79. Kf2 Rc5 80. Be6 Rc3 81. Kg2 Ne4 82. Rb7+ Kf6 83. Rf7+ Kg6 84. Rf8
Kg7 85. Rc8 Rg3+ 86. Kh2 Rf3 87. f5 Kf6 88. Rd8 Ke5 89. Ra8 Rf2+ 90. Kg1 Rd2
91. h4 Kf4 92. Ra3 Rd1+ 93. Kg2 Rd2+ 94. Kf1 Rh2 95. Ke1 Rxh4 96. Ra4 Ke5 97.
Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Eurasia Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2016.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. a4 a6 6. c3 O-O 7. b4 Ba7 8. Bg5 h6
9. Bh4 d6 10. Nbd2 Qe7 11. O-O Be6 12. Re1 Bxc4 13. Nxc4 Qe6 14. b5 Ne7 15. Qb3
Ng6 16. Bg3 Nh5 17. d4 exd4 18. cxd4 Rfe8 19. d5 Qd7 20. b6 Bxb6 21. Nxb6 cxb6
22. Qxb6 Nxg3 23. hxg3 Rac8 24. a5 Rc4 25. Nd4 Ne5 26. Nf5 Rd8 27. Rab1 g6 28.
Nd4 Rc7 29. Nf3 Nxf3+ 30. gxf3 Rdc8 31. Kg2 h5 32. Re2 Qd8 33. Reb2 h4 34. Qd4
hxg3 35. Rh1 f6 36. Kxg3 Qe7 37. Rb6 Rc4 38. Qe3 g5 39. Kg2 R8c7 40. Rh3 Qe5
41. Rb1 Rc3 42. Qa7 Qe7 43. Rbh1 Qg7 44. Qb6 g4 45. Rh8+ Qxh8 46. Rxh8+ Kxh8
47. fxg4 Rd7 48. Qd4 Rcc7 49. Qxf6+ Kg8 50. g5 Re7 51. f3 Rcd7 52. Kg3 Rf7 53.
Qg6+ Kf8 1-0

[Event "Eurasia Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ismagambetov, Anuar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2016.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. a4 O-O 6. c3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. a5
a6 9. O-O Bg4 10. Nbd2 Nf6 11. Re1 Bd6 12. Qb3 Rb8 13. Ng5 Bh5 14. Nf1 h6 15.
Ne4 Bg6 16. Nfg3 Kh8 17. Qa4 Nd7 18. b4 f5 19. Nxd6 cxd6 20. f4 Qc7 21. Qb3
Rbe8 22. Bd2 Nf6 23. Be6 Nh7 24. h3 Qe7 25. Bd5 Nf6 26. Bf3 Qd7 27. b5 axb5 28.
Qxb5 e4 29. dxe4 fxe4 30. Bd1 d5 31. a6 bxa6 32. Rxa6 Ne5 33. Qxd7 Nexd7 34.
Be3 Rc8 35. Bd4 Nc5 36. Ra5 Nd3 37. Rf1 Rfd8 38. f5 Bf7 39. Be2 Nb2 40. Rb1 Nc4
41. Ra7 Kg8 42. Rbb7 Nd6 43. Rb6 Rb8 44. Raa6 Rxb6 45. Rxb6 Kf8 46. Kf2 Ke7 47.
Ke3 Rc8 48. Ra6 h5 49. Kf4 h4 50. Nf1 Nd7 51. Ne3 g6 52. fxg6 Be6 53. Kg5 Rg8
54. Bh5 Nf7+ 55. Kxh4 Nd6 56. g4 Nb5 57. Nf5+ Bxf5 58. gxf5 Nxd4 59. cxd4 Rh8
60. Kg5 e3 61. Re6+ Kf8 62. Rxe3 1-0

[Event "Eurasia Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ismagambetov, Anuar"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2016.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 a6 5. Ba4 d6 6. d4 Bd7 7. O-O Bg7 8. d5
Nce7 9. c4 h6 10. Nc3 f5 11. Ne1 Nf6 12. f3 O-O 13. Nd3 Kh8 14. c5 g5 15. cxd6
cxd6 16. exf5 b5 17. Bb3 Nxf5 18. Nf2 Qb6 19. Kh1 a5 20. a3 a4 21. Ba2 b4 22.
axb4 Qxb4 23. Nce4 Nd4 24. Nxf6 Bxf6 25. Ne4 Be7 26. Rb1 Bf5 27. Bd2 Qb5 28.
Re1 Kh7 29. Bc3 Nb3 30. Bxb3 axb3 31. Qd2 g4 32. fxg4 Bxe4 33. Rbc1 Qxd5 34.
Qe2 Bd3 0-1

[Event "Eurasia Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Megaranto, Susanto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2016.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Be3 d5 5. f3 Qb6 6. Qd2 Qxb2 7. Rb1 Qa3 8. Bd3
dxe4 9. fxe4 Nf6 10. Nf3 O-O 11. O-O Qa5 12. Kh1 Qc7 13. Bh6 Bg4 14. e5 Nd5 15.
Ne4 Nd7 16. c4 N5b6 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nh4 Rad8 19. Qg5 Be6 20. Qxe7 Rde8 21.
Qg5 Kh8 22. Nd6 Nc8 23. Nxe8 Rxe8 24. Qh6 Nf8 25. Nf3 Ne7 26. Ng5 Ng8 27. Qh4
Kg7 28. Rf3 h6 29. Nxe6+ Nxe6 30. Rbf1 Ng5 31. R3f2 c5 32. Qf4 Re7 33. d5 1-0

[Event "Eurasia Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Megaranto, Susanto"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2016.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 h6 5. Bh4 d5 6. c3 Be7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Bd3
b6 9. a4 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. O-O Nb8 12. a5 Nc6 13. axb6 axb6 14. Qb3 Qc7 15.
Bg3 Qb7 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Qc6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Rfc1 b5 20. dxc5 Qxc5 21.
Nf3 Qc4 22. Nd2 Qc5 23. Nf3 Qc4 24. Nd2 Qc5 25. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Eurasia Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2016.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 d6 7. d4 Bd7 8. d5
Nce7 9. c4 h6 10. Nc3 f5 11. Re1 Nf6 12. exf5 gxf5 13. Nh4 O-O 14. Bc2 b5 15.
b3 e4 16. Rb1 Qe8 17. Ne2 Qh5 18. g3 bxc4 19. bxc4 Rab8 20. Rxb8 Rxb8 21. Nf4
Qxd1 22. Rxd1 Ng4 23. c5 dxc5 24. d6 cxd6 25. Rxd6 Bb5 26. Kg2 Be5 27. Rd1 Kf7
28. f3 exf3+ 29. Nxf3 Bc6 30. Bb3+ Kg7 31. h3 Nf6 32. Ne6+ Kh7 33. Nxc5 a5 34.
Nd3 Ng6 35. Re1 Bc3 36. Re6 Rc8 37. Nf4 Nxf4+ 38. Bxf4 a4 39. Re7+ Kh8 40. Be6
Re8 41. Rxe8+ Nxe8 42. Bxf5 Bd5 43. a3 Bb2 44. Bd7 Nf6 45. Bxa4 Kg7 46. Bd6 Ne4
47. Bb4 Nc3 48. Bc2 Nb5 49. Bd1 Nxa3 50. Kh2 Nc4 51. Bc5 Ne5 52. Nh4 Be4 53.
Be3 Nc4 54. Bf4 Bf6 55. Nf3 Nb2 56. Be2 Bd3 57. Bxd3 Nxd3 58. Be3 h5 59. Kg2
Kg6 60. Nd2 Kf5 61. Nc4 Ne5 62. Nd6+ Ke6 63. Ne4 Be7 64. Nf2 Kf5 65. Bd4 Nf7
66. Bb2 Bd6 67. Kf3 Ng5+ 68. Kg2 Ne4 69. g4+ hxg4 70. hxg4+ Kf4 71. Bc1+ Ke5
72. Nxe4 Kxe4 73. Kh3 Ke5 74. Bg5 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Eurasia Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2016.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. f3
Be6 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. O-O-O Nb6 12. g5 Nh5 13. Na5 Qc7 14. Kb1 O-O 15.
Rg1 b4 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Qxa5 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. Bh3 Nf4 20. Bxf4 Rxf4 21.
Bxe6+ Kh8 22. Qe2 Raf8 23. Bd5 g6 24. Qe1 Qc5 25. Be4 a5 26. h4 Kg7 27. Rd5 Qb6
28. Rh1 a4 29. h5 Bxg5 30. hxg6 h6 31. Qd1 R4f6 32. Qd3 Be3 33. Rb5 Qa7 34.
Rb7+ Qxb7 35. Bxb7 Bc5 36. Be4 Re8 37. Qd2 Rf4 38. Qd5 Re7 39. Qa8 a3 40. Qd8
Ra7 41. Bd5 Rf8 42. Qh4 Rh8 43. Bf7 axb2 44. f4 e4 45. f5 Bd4 46. Qxe4 Bf6 47.
Qd5 h5 48. Qxd6 h4 49. Qc5 Re7 50. Be6 Rd8 51. Qxb4 Rc7 52. a4 Ra7 53. c3 Rda8
54. Bb3 Rc8 55. Rh3 Re7 56. Kxb2 Re2+ 57. Bc2 Ree8 58. Rxh4 Rb8 59. Rh7+ 1-0

[Event "Eurasia Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Amonatov, Farrukh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2016.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. f3
Be6 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. g5 Nh5 13. Kb1 Rc8 14. Rg1 Nb6 15.
Na5 g6 16. a3 Qc7 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Bd7 19. Bd3 Ng7 20. Be4 Bd8 21. Nc6 Qb7
22. Qb4 Qc7 23. h4 Nf5 24. Bf2 Ne7 25. Nxd8 Rfxd8 26. h5 Bf5 27. Qd2 a5 28.
hxg6 fxg6 29. Rh1 Rf8 30. Be3 Qb7 31. Qxa5 Rc4 32. Rh4 Bxe4 33. Rxe4 Rxf3 34.
Rxc4 bxc4 35. Qd8+ Kf7 36. Rh1 Kg7 37. Qxd6 Rxe3 38. Qf6+ Kg8 39. Qe6+ Kg7 40.
Qf6+ Kg8 41. Qe6+ Kg7 42. Qf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Eurasia Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Amonatov, Farrukh"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2016.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bc5 8.
O-O O-O 9. d3 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Qe1 f6 12. Nd2 Kh8 13. a4 Qd7 14. Rb1 Rab8 15.
Ne4 Be7 16. f4 f5 17. Nf2 exf4 18. Bxf4 Bd6 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Qe3 b6 21. Qg5
Bg6 22. h4 Ne7 23. Rbe1 Rf6 24. d4 h6 25. Qf4 Qxf4 26. gxf4 Nc8 27. Nd3 Nd6 28.
Re7 Rf7 29. Ne5 Rf6 30. Nd7 Re8 31. Rxe8+ Bxe8 32. Nxf6 gxf6 33. Re1 Bxa4 34.
Re7 Bxc2 35. Rxc7 a5 36. c4 a4 37. c5 bxc5 38. dxc5 Nb5 39. Rb7 Bd3 40. Bf1
Bxf1 41. Kxf1 Nd4 42. Rb4 Ne6 43. c6 a3 44. Rb8+ Kg7 45. Ra8 Kf7 46. c7 Nxc7
47. Ra7 1-0

[Event "Eurasia Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2016.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. d4 d6 8. O-O
Bd7 9. b3 a6 10. Bb2 Rb8 11. a4 Na5 12. e4 e5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Nd5 Nc6 15. f4
Re8 16. h3 Nxd5 17. exd5 Nb4 18. Qd2 e4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Nc3 f5 21. Nd1 Qf6
22. Ne3 Qd4 23. Rfd1 Qxd2 24. Rxd2 h5 25. a5 Kf6 26. h4 Ke7 27. Bf1 Kd6 28. Kf2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Eurasia Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2016.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. O-O
Qb8 9. Bg5 Nge7 10. a4 b4 11. Ne2 Ng6 12. Ned4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Bd6 14. Qh5 Nf4
15. Bxf4 Bxf4 16. Nf3 O-O 17. a5 Qc7 18. g3 Bh6 19. Rfe1 Bb7 20. h4 Rfc8 21.
Nh2 Qc5 22. Qxc5 Rxc5 23. Ng4 Bc6 24. Nxh6+ gxh6 25. f3 Bb5 26. Kf2 Bxd3 27.
cxd3 Rc2+ 28. Re2 Rac8 29. Rae1 R8c5 30. Ke3 Rxe2+ 31. Rxe2 Rxa5 32. Kd4 Ra1
33. Kc4 a5 34. h5 Rg1 35. g4 Rf1 36. Kb5 Rxf3 37. Kxa5 Rxd3 38. Kxb4 d5 39.
exd5 Rxd5 40. Kc4 Rg5 41. Re4 Kf8 42. b4 Ke7 43. b5 Kd6 44. Kb4 Kc7 45. Ka5 Rd5
46. Rc4+ Kb7 47. Rf4 f5 48. gxf5 exf5 49. Rf1 Rd6 50. Rxf5 Re6 51. Rf7+ Kb8 52.
Rxh7 Ka8 53. Rg7 1-0

[Event "Eurasia Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2016.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. a3 b6 6. b4 Bb7 7. Rb1 Rb8 8. Nf3
Nf6 9. O-O O-O 10. e3 cxb4 11. axb4 d5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. d4 Qd7
15. Ba3 Rfd8 16. Qe2 a5 17. bxa5 bxa5 18. Rfc1 Ba8 19. Rxb8 Rxb8 20. Nd2 Nb4
21. Bxa8 Rxa8 22. Qc4 Qa4 23. Bxb4 Qxb4 24. Qxb4 axb4 25. Rb1 Rb8 26. Kf1 f5
27. f4 Kf7 28. Ke2 Ke6 29. Kd3 Kd5 30. Rc1 Bf6 31. Rc5+ Ke6 32. Kc4 g5 33. Nb3
gxf4 34. gxf4 Bh4 35. Re5+ Kf6 36. Nc5 Rg8 37. Nd7+ Kf7 38. Rxf5+ Ke6 39. Rd5
Be1 40. f5+ Kf7 41. e4 Rg2 42. e5 Rc2+ 43. Kd3 Rxh2 44. e6+ Kg7 45. Rb5 b3 46.
d5 b2 47. d6 Bh4 48. f6+ Bxf6 49. Nxf6 Kxf6 50. d7 Rh1 51. Rxb2 1-0

[Event "Eurasia Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2016.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. c3 e6 7. Nh3 Bd6 8. Nf4
Nf6 9. h4 Bxf4 10. Bxf4 h6 11. h5 Bh7 12. Bc4 Nbd7 13. Qe2 O-O 14. O-O Re8 15.
Rfe1 Nd5 16. Bd2 Qh4 17. Nf1 N7f6 18. Bb3 Qxh5 19. Qxh5 Nxh5 20. c4 Ne7 21.
Rad1 Nf6 22. Ne3 Rad8 23. Bc3 Nf5 24. Nxf5 Bxf5 25. f3 h5 26. Kf2 b5 27. cxb5
cxb5 28. d5 Nxd5 29. Bxd5 exd5 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. Rxd5 Bb1 32. Rxh5 a6 33. Rg5
g6 34. a3 Re6 35. Rc5 f6 36. Rc7 Bd3 37. g4 g5 38. Bd4 Bc4 39. b4 Rd6 40. Bc3
Kf8 41. Ra7 Ke8 42. Kg3 Be2 43. Kf2 Bc4 44. Kg3 Be2 45. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Eurasia Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "166"]
[EventDate "2016.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8.
Bg5 Qa5 9. Qd2 Be7 10. O-O-O Nc5 11. Rhe1 Qc7 12. Kb1 h6 13. Bh4 O-O 14. Bg3 b5
15. e5 dxe5 16. Rxe5 Qb7 17. Qe2 Rd8 18. a3 Nxb3 19. cxb3 b4 20. axb4 Bxb4 21.
Bh4 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Nd5 23. Kb2 f6 24. Nxe6 Bxe6 25. Rxe6 Rab8 26. Qc2 a5 27. Re4
Rdc8 28. c4 Nb4 29. Qe2 Nc6 30. Qd3 a4 31. Re3 axb3 32. Qd5+ Kh8 33. Bg3 Ra8
34. Qb5 Qa7 35. Rxb3 Qa2+ 36. Kc3 Na5 37. Rb4 Qa3+ 38. Kc2 Nxc4 39. Rxc4 Qa2+
40. Kd3 Rd8+ 41. Rd4 Rxd4+ 42. Kxd4 Rd8+ 43. Ke3 Rxd1 44. Qe8+ Qg8 45. Qg6 Qe6+
46. Kf3 Qd5+ 47. Ke2 Qd2+ 48. Kf3 Qc3+ 49. Kg4 Rd4+ 50. f4 Qc6 51. Kh3 Rd2 52.
Bh4 Qe6+ 53. f5 Qe3+ 54. Bg3 Qe4 55. Bc7 Rd5 56. g4 Rd7 57. Bg3 Qe2 58. Kh4 Qe7
59. Kh5 Rd3 60. Kh4 Qe2 61. Kh3 Qe3 62. Qf7 Qe4 63. Qg6 Rd4 64. Kh4 Rd2 65. Kh3
Re2 66. Kh4 Re3 67. Kh3 Qf3 68. Kh4 Qg2 69. Qf7 Qf1 70. Qf8+ Kh7 71. Qf7 Qd1
72. Qg6+ Kg8 73. Kh3 Qd7 74. Kh4 Qe8 75. Kh5 Re4 76. Qxe8+ Rxe8 77. Bf4 Kf7 78.
Bg3 Re4 79. Bc7 Ke8 80. Bg3 Rc4 81. Bd6 Kf7 82. Bg3 Rc3 83. Bf4 Rh3# 0-1

[Event "Eurasia Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2016.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. a4 d6 6. c3 a6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Bg3 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nbd2 Ba7 12. b4 Ne7 13. Qc2 Bg6 14. O-O Nh5 15. Kh1
Qd7 16. Bh2 g4 17. Nh4 gxh3 18. g3 O-O-O 19. Ndf3 Nf6 20. a5 Ng4 21. Bg1 c6 22.
d4 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 d5 24. Qe2 dxc4 25. dxe5 Qd3 26. Rfe1 Qxe2 27. Rxe2 Rd3 28.
Rc1 Nd5 29. Nf5 Rxf3 0-1

[Event "Eurasia Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2016.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8. g3
e5 9. Nde2 Be7 10. Bg2 O-O 11. a4 Nc6 12. O-O Nb4 13. Be3 Be6 14. Qd2 d5 15.
exd5 Nbxd5 16. Bg5 Nxc3 17. Nxc3 Qc7 18. Rfe1 h6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21.
Qxd5 Rab8 22. c3 Rfd8 23. Qb3 b5 24. axb5 axb5 25. Rad1 Qb6 26. Be4 Qc5 27. Kg2
Kf8 28. Rd5 Qc4 29. Rxd8+ Bxd8 30. Qxc4 bxc4 31. Re2 Bg5 32. Bd5 Bc1 33. Bxc4
Bxb2 34. Rc2 Rc8 35. Ba6 Rb8 36. c4 Ke7 37. c5 Kd7 38. c6+ Kc7 39. Bb7 Bd4 40.
Kf3 f5 41. Ke2 e4 42. Rc4 Rd8 43. f3 exf3+ 44. Kxf3 g5 45. Rc2 Bb6 46. Ba6 Re8
47. Kg2 Re3 48. Be2 Ba5 49. Bf3 g4 50. Bd5 Rd3 51. Be6 Rd2+ 52. Rxd2 Bxd2 53.
Bxf5 Kxc6 54. Bxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Eurasia Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2016.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Bf4 c5 11. Rc1 Ne4 12. dxc5 Ndxc5 13. Be5 Re8 14. Bd4 Bf8
15. Qc2 Rc8 16. Bh3 Ne6 17. Qd3 Qe7 18. Red1 Red8 19. Qe3 Rc7 20. Nb5 Rxc1 21.
Rxc1 Nxd4 22. Nbxd4 g6 23. Qf4 Qd6 24. Ne5 f5 25. Nd3 Qxf4 26. gxf4 Bd6 27. e3
Kf7 28. Bf1 Kf6 29. f3 Nc5 30. Kf2 Nxd3+ 31. Bxd3 Bc5 32. b4 Bxd4 33. exd4 Rc8
34. Rxc8 Bxc8 35. Bb5 Ke7 36. Kg3 Bd7 37. Bd3 b5 38. Kh4 Kf6 39. Bc2 a6 40. Bd3
Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund 44th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2016.07.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2016.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 {For some reasons, Ruslan deviates
from the main theoretical lines.} 5. Nf3 O-O 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 e5 8. d5 {
This continuation looks most ambitious - White gets a definite space advantage,
even though Black doesn't experience problems with development of minor pieces.
} ({The following alternatives don't offer much:} 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 Re8 10.
dxe5 dxe5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. O-O Bg4 $11 {Dreev,A (2667)
-Harikrishna,P (2726) Dubai 2014}) (8. dxe5 dxe5 9. O-O Bxc3 10. Qxc3 Qe7 11.
Be3 Re8 12. h3 a5 13. Rfe1 h6 $11 {Tkachiev,V (2644)-Quesada Perez,Y (2626)
Istanbul 2012}) 8... Ne7 9. O-O a6 $146 {This natural move is a novelty. The
main idea behind it is securing a retreat for the bishop.} (9... Bf5 10. e4 Bd7
11. Ne1 Bc5 12. Nd3 Bb6 13. b4 $14 {Navara,D (2663)-Agrest,E (2592) Gothenburg
2005}) (9... h6 $5 10. Na4 Ba5 11. a3 Bf5 12. Qd1 b5 $132 {Sumets,A (2534)-De
Vreugt,D (2427) Barcelona 2008}) 10. a3 Bc5 {A logical continuation of
Ruslan's approach.} ({Still, possible was also} 10... Bxc3 11. Qxc3 Ne4 12. Qc2
f5 13. b4 Bd7 14. Bb2 Qe8 $132 {with complex strategic battle.}) 11. Bg5 {
The Bg5 doesn't really bother Black in this situation.} (11. b4 Ba7 12. a4 Bg4
(12... a5 13. bxa5 Bc5 14. Bd2 $14) 13. a5 Qd7 $132) 11... Ne8 {Freeing a way
for the f-pawn.} ({Another possible retreat was:} 11... Nh5 $5 12. b4 Ba7 13.
e4 h6 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. fxe3 Ng6 $132) 12. b4 Ba7 13. e4 h6 14. Be3 f5 {The
most ambitious choice.} ({A more quiet character of play would arise after} 
14... Bxe3 $5 15. fxe3 Bd7 16. Nh4 a5 $132) 15. Bxa7 Rxa7 16. exf5 Bxf5 {
This is the most natural way of recapturing the pawn - Black is fighting for
control over e4-spot.} ({However, there was nothing wrong also with} 16... Nxf5
$5 17. c5 Nf6 18. Rad1 Ra8 $11) 17. Qd2 Nf6 $6 {Only this move seems
inaccurate - Ruslan shouldn't let White to open-up the f-file so easy.} ({
Correct was} 17... Bh7 $1 18. Ne1 (18. Nh4 Ra8 19. f4 exf4 20. Rxf4 Rxf4 21.
gxf4 Qd7 $11) 18... Ra8 19. Nd3 a5 $1 20. Rae1 axb4 21. axb4 Ra3 $132) 18. Nh4
$1 Bh7 19. f4 $1 exf4 20. Rxf4 $6 {Returning the favoure.} ({GM Nisipeanu
could have benefited from getting control over d4-spot:} 20. Qxf4 $1 Ra8 21.
Qd4 Nd7 22. Ne2 $14) 20... g5 21. Rf2 gxh4 22. Qd4 $6 {This inaccurate move is
inviting some troubles.} ({Instead,} 22. Raf1 $1 Ng6 23. Ne4 {would lead to a
draw by force:} (23. Qd4 $5 hxg3 24. Rxf6 Rxf6 25. Rxf6 gxh2+ 26. Kh1 Ra8 27.
Be4 Qe8 28. c5 $44) 23... Nxe4 24. Bxe4 Rxf2 25. Qxf2 Qe7 26. Bxg6 Bxg6 27.
Qxa7 Bd3 28. Rf4 Qe1+ 29. Kg2 h3+ 30. Kxh3 Bf1+ 31. Rxf1 Qxf1+ 32. Kh4 Qxc4+
$11) 22... Ra8 23. Rxf6 Nf5 24. Qg4+ Kh8 {White was able to regain the piece,
but now Black's king is much safer!} 25. Re6 $5 {Accordingly to his style,
Liviu Dieter prefers to sac a pawn in order to keep his pieces active.} (25.
Rxf8+ Qxf8 26. Rf1 hxg3 27. hxg3 Qg8 $15) 25... hxg3 26. hxg3 Rg8 27. Qf4 Rxg3
$1 {The correct choice.} (27... Nxg3 {wouldn't offer much:} 28. Ra2 Qg5 29.
Qxg5 Rxg5 30. Rxh6 Kg7 31. Re6 $11) 28. Ne4 Rg6 29. Rf1 $2 ({It was much
better to play} 29. Rxg6 Bxg6 30. Rf1 Qh4 31. c5 Qxf4 32. Rxf4 Rd8 {would
transpose to text.}) 29... Qh4 $2 ({Luckily for GM Nisipeanu, Ruslan fails to
punish him for inaccurate play. It looks like after} 29... Qg8 $1 30. Rf2 Qg7
31. Rxg6 Qxg6 32. Kh2 Rg8 33. c5 Rg7 {the game would be almost over - Black is
just a pawn up in a better position.}) 30. Rxg6 Qxf4 31. Rxf4 Bxg6 32. c5 {
Black is still better, but the activity of pieces offers White decent drawish
chances.} Rd8 33. Nc3 (33. Bh3 Ne7 34. cxd6 cxd6 35. Be6 b5 $17) 33... Kg7 34.
c6 b5 $2 {Alas, Ruslan is far from his best.} ({Of course, he had to play} 
34... b6 $1 35. Bf1 Ra8 36. a4 Ne7 $17) 35. a4 bxa4 36. b5 $1 {Possibly, this
important resourse was underestimated by Ruslan. Now White gets a sufficient
counterplay.} ({Something like} 36. Nxa4 Ne3 37. Nc3 Rf8 $19 {would be
terrible for White.}) 36... axb5 37. Nxb5 a3 38. Ra4 ({Possible was also} 38.
Nxc7 Rb8 39. Ra4 Rb1+ 40. Kh2 Rb2 41. Rxa3 Nh4 42. Rg3 Kf6 43. Ne6 Nxg2 44.
Rxg2 Rxg2+ 45. Kxg2 Be4+ 46. Kg3 Bxd5 47. Nd4 $11) 38... Ne3 39. Nxc7 Kf6 40.
Bf3 Rc8 41. Rxa3 (41. Kf2 Nd1+ 42. Bxd1 Rxc7 43. Rxa3 Be4 {woould also lead to
a draw.}) 41... Rxc7 42. Rxe3 {Suddenly the symbolic advantage is on White's
side now due to a strong Pc6!} Re7 43. Rc3 (43. Kf2 Rxe3 44. Kxe3 Ke7 $11)
43... Bf5 44. Kf2 Ra7 45. Kg3 Kg5 46. c7 Bc8 {The rook is tied with protecting
the Pc7, so Black is out of danger.} 47. Rc6 h5 48. Rxd6 h4+ 49. Kf2 Rxc7 50.
Rc6 Rxc6 51. dxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund 44th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2016.07.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2016.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 {This is a more
positional approach. 6.Ne5 often leads to sharp battles.} e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nh4 {Hunting the bishop. The main line is 9.Qe2.} Nbd7 (9... Bg4 {
used to be the main continuation, trying to provoke some pawn advances which
might weaken the white king. On the other hand it's not clear if it will
really weaken the kingside position or squeeze Black on that side of the board.
After} 10. f3 Bh5 11. g4 {Black should choose between 11...Bg6 or 11...Nd5.})
10. h3 ({In case of} 10. Nxf5 exf5 {we reach the position which can arise also
in the line 6.Nh4 (instead of 6.e3).}) (10. f3 Bg6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Qc2 Qa5
13. Rd1 Rac8 14. e4 c5 15. d5 Bxc3 16. bxc3 exd5 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 c4 19.
Ba3 Rfe8 $11 {1/2-1/2 (55) Korobov,A (2674)-Prohaszka,P (2593) Gjakova 2016})
10... Bg6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Qb3 Qb6 13. Rd1 Rad8 14. Bd2 {14.Na2 is another
logical option - I tried it myself:} (14. Na2 Be7 15. Bd2 Qxb3 16. Bxb3 c5 17.
Rac1 Rc8 18. a5 cxd4 19. exd4 Nb8 20. Bb4 Bxb4 21. Nxb4 Rfd8 22. d5 exd5 23.
Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Nxd5 $14 {1-0 (43) Postny,E (2627)-Milov,L (2482) Neustadt an
der Weinstrasse 2008}) 14... Ba5 $146 {Najer is eager to swap queens, but 14...
a5 looks more natural.} (14... a5 15. Be1 Qc7 16. Qc2 Nb6 17. Bb3 Qe7 18. Rac1
Rd7 19. Qe2 Ra8 20. g4 Nbd5 21. f4 Qd8 22. Bf2 $14 {1-0 (42) Van Wely,L (2643)
-Kasimdzhanov,R (2690) Germany 2000}) 15. Rac1 ({White can count on a slight
edge after} 15. Qxb6 Nxb6 16. Be2) 15... c5 $6 {Najer had not an easy choice.
Black clearly should undermine White's center by c6-c5 or by e6-e5. He can do
it before or after the exchange of queens.} (15... e5 {was, probably, the
safest.} 16. d5 Qxb3 17. Bxb3 Nc5 18. Bc4 Bxc3 19. Bxc3 Nxd5 20. Bxe5 (20. Bxd5
$2 Rxd5 21. Rxd5 cxd5 {and White can't take on e5 in view of the fork on d3})
20... Nb6 21. Bd6 Nxc4 22. Rxc4 Ne6 {and Black should equalize without many
difficulties.}) (15... Qxb3 16. Bxb3 c5 (16... e5 17. Ne2 (17. d5 {- see 15...
e5.}) 17... Bxd2 18. Rxd2 exd4 19. Rxd4 Ne5 $14) 17. d5 Bxc3 18. Bxc3 {would
transpose to our game via a different move order.}) 16. d5 Bxc3 17. Bxc3 Qxb3 {
Najer decided to simplify the position as much, as possible, but it will be a
game for two results only, either White wins or Black holds.} (17... exd5 18.
Bxd5 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 Nf6 20. Qc4 Qc6 $14) 18. Bxb3 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Rxd5
Nb6 21. Rxc5 Nxa4 22. Rc7 Nxc3 23. R1xc3 (23. bxc3 a5 24. Rxb7 Rb8 {Eventually
this will lead to a rook endgame with four pawns against three on the kingside,
which Black should hold with careful defense.}) 23... Rd1+ 24. Kh2 Rd2 25. Rxb7
Rxf2 {Of course, this position looks rather drawish, but Black still needs to
be accurate, as one of his rooks is passive.} 26. Kg3 Rf6 (26... Rd2 27. b4 (
27. Rcc7 $6 a5 {improves Black's chances}) 27... a6 28. Rcc7 {Black is still
suffering here.}) 27. Rxa7 Rb8 {Black gave a pawn, but activated the other
rook.} 28. h4 Kh7 $6 (28... Rxb2 $4 29. Rc8+ Kh7 30. Raa8 g5 31. h5 {mating.})
(28... g5 $1 29. hxg5 Rf5 30. Kg4 Rbb5 {would be the most convincing way to
hold the draw.}) 29. Rcc7 Rxb2 30. Rxf7 Rxf7 31. Rxf7 g5 $1 {It's necessary to
get the king into play.} 32. hxg5 Rb5 33. e4 Kg6 34. Ra7 Rxg5+ 35. Kf3 Rb5 36.
Kf4 Rb6 37. Ra2 Kf6 $2 {This is the losing move, but it's not obvious at first
sight.} (37... Rf6+ 38. Ke5 Rf1 39. Kd6 Rb1 {was the right defensive idea.} 40.
e5 Rb6+ 41. Kc5 (41. Kd7 Rb7+ 42. Kc6 Rb1 {also holds.}) 41... Rb1 {White
can't push his passed pawn, as Black's king is nearby.} 42. g4 Kf7 43. Kd5 Rd1+
44. Ke4 Kg6 $1 {White can torture his opponent, but can't make real progress.})
38. e5+ $1 Ke6 (38... Kg6 39. Ra4 $1 {An important move.} Rb2 40. Ra6+ Kf7 41.
g4 Rf2+ 42. Kg5 Rf1 43. Ra7+ {and the king gets to g6.}) 39. Ra7 Rb4+ 40. Kg5
Rb5 (40... Kxe5 41. Rxg7 $18) 41. g4 Kxe5 42. Rxg7 {Black's king in the wrong
place, so it's lost.} Ke4+ 43. Kh6 Kf4 44. g5 Kg4 45. Ra7 {[%mdl 4096]} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund 44th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2016.07.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2016.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
h5 {The system preventing the key idea of White's set up g2-g4 has long become
a regular guest even on the highest level. It is necessary to change the track,
and Dominguez Perez immediately modifies the pawn structure with the knight
jump to d5.} 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nbd7 11. Qd2 g6 12. O-O-O Nb6 13. c4 {
This highly charged position has so far seen only few different types of
solutions for the tension around the d5-pawn. The Cuban player chooses a move
which does not enjoy great reputation and in annotations is usually awarded an
?! Most probably the best continuation should be 13.Qa5, since this does not
expose White's pawn structure.} (13. Qa5 Bh6 (13... Nfd7 14. Kb1 Bh6 15. Bf2
$16) 14. Bxh6 Rxh6 15. g3 $1 (15. Kb1 Kf8 (15... Rc8 16. Qb4 $5 Kf8 (16...
Nfxd5 17. Rxd5 Nxd5 18. Qd2 Qc7 (18... Nf4 19. g3 Qf6 20. gxf4 Qxf4 21. Qd5 Rc7
22. Nd2 $14) 19. c4 Nf4 20. g3 b5 21. cxb5 Ne6 22. Be2 Rh8 23. Rc1 $16) (16...
Qc7 17. c4 Kf8 (17... Rh8 18. Rc1 Nbd7 19. g3 Kf8 20. Bh3 Kg7 21. Rhd1 b6 22.
Qa4 a5 23. f4 Ng4 24. fxe5 Ndxe5 $15 {0-1 (37) Pavlov,M (2353)-Areshchenko,A 
(2657) Alushta 2009}) 18. h4 Rh8 19. Rc1 Kg7 20. g3 Nbd7 21. Bh3 b6 22. f4 Rce8
23. f5 Nc5 24. Qc3 a5 25. Rhf1 Rhf8 26. Nd2 $11 {1-0 (60) Mekhitarian,K (2467)
-Bittencourt,J (2454) Americana 2009}) 17. c4 Kg7 18. g3 $1 Rh8 (18... g5 $6
19. Bd3 g4 20. f4 $16) 19. Rc1 Qc7 20. Bh3 Rce8 (20... Nxc4 21. Bxc8 Rxc8 22.
Nd2 b5 23. Nxc4 bxc4 24. Rhd1 a5 25. Qd2 Qb6 $11 {1/2-1/2 (59) Nijboer,F (2560)
-Hillarp Persson,T (2586) Wijk aan Zee 2009. The active black pieces are
promising sufficent compensation for the missing exchange.}) 21. Rhd1 (21. Rhe1
Nbd7 22. Re3 Ra8 $13) 21... Re7 (21... e4 $6 22. c5 $1 Nbxd5 (22... dxc5 23.
Nxc5 Qd6 24. fxe4 Rxe4 25. Qa3 Qe5 26. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 27. Qd3 $18) 23. Rxd5 Nxd5
24. Qd4+ Nf6 25. cxd6 Qb8 26. Nd2 exf3 27. d7 Re7 28. Rc8 Rxd7 29. Bxd7 Rxc8
30. Ne4 $16) 22. a3 (22. c5 Nbxd5 23. Rxd5 Nxd5 24. Qd2 $11 Qc6 25. Na5 Qc7 26.
Nb3 $11) 22... Rd8 (22... e4 $6 23. c5 $1 dxc5 (23... Nbxd5 24. Rxd5 Nxd5 25.
Qd4+ $16) 24. Nxc5 Nbxd5 25. Ne6+ fxe6 26. Rxc7 Rxc7 27. Qb3 $16) 23. Nd2 Nbd7
$6 (23... e4 $1 24. Qc3 Na4 25. Qc2 (25. Qd4 exf3 26. Rf1 Qc5 $15) 25... Nc5
26. fxe4 Nfxe4 27. Nxe4 Nxe4 $11) 24. Qc3 a5 (24... Nc5 25. b4 Ncd7 26. g4 $14)
25. Bxd7 Nxd7 (25... Rdxd7 26. Rf1 Qb6 27. Ne4 Nxe4 28. fxe4 Rc7 29. Qf3 $14)
26. f4 $14 {1-0 (40) Anand,V (2799)-Topalov,V (2780) Wijk aan Zee 2008. Anand
won in a strategically very interesting middlegame fight.}) 16. h4 Rc8 17. Qb4
Kg7 18. c4 Rh8 19. Be2 Re8 20. g3 Qc7 21. Rc1 e4 22. f4 e3 23. Qc3 Na4 24. Qb4
Nc5 $17 {1/2-1/2 (56) Dominguez Perez,L (2719)-Carlsen,M (2801) Moscow 2009.
The artificial transfer of the king to g7 has the advantage of taming down
White's potential initiative on the kingside with the help of the rook on h8.})
(15. h4 Kf8 16. g3 Kg7 17. Kb1 Rh8 18. c4 Re8 19. Be2 Rc8 20. Rc1 e4 21. f4 e3
22. Rhg1 Ne4 23. Ka1 Nd7 24. Qxd8 Rcxd8 $15 {1/2-1/2 (62) Leko,P (2751)
-Ivanchuk,V (2779) Mukachevo 2009}) 15... Kf8 16. Kb1 Kg7 17. Be2 Rh8 18. c4
Rc8 19. Rc1 Nfd7 20. Rhd1 Rc7 21. Qa3 Nc8 22. Nd2 Nf6 23. h3 Re7 24. g4 $16 {
1-0 (42) Topalov,V (2813)-Wojtaszek,R (2734) Skopje 2015. Topalov likes the
line for White and he obviously tries hard to make it work as a dangerous
weapon.}) (13. Kb1 {A very clever preparatory move (the c1-h6 diagonal), but
it might be too slow in a very tense position.} Nfxd5 (13... Nbxd5 14. Bg5 Be7
(14... Nb6 15. Na5 Rb8 16. Nc4 Nxc4 17. Bxc4 $16) 15. g3 (15. Na5 Rb8 16. Bc4
Nb6 (16... Qc7 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Bxg5 $11) 17. Bxf6 $6 (17. Rhe1 $1 Qc7 (
17... O-O 18. Bb3) 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Qxd6 Qxd6 20. Rxd6 $14) 17... Bxf6 18.
Qxd6 Qxd6 19. Rxd6 Bd8 20. Rd3 Bc7 21. Bb3 Ke7 22. Rhd1 Rhd8 23. Rxd8 Bxd8 24.
Nc4 Nxc4 25. Bxc4 $11 {1/2-1/2 (31) Grischuk,A (2771)-Topalov,V (2816) Saint
Louis 2015}) 15... Rc8 (15... Nb6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Qxd6 Qxd6 18. Rxd6 Bd8 19.
Bh3 O-O 20. Rhd1 Nc4 21. Rd7 b6 22. Nd2 Ne3 23. Re1 Bg5 24. Nf1 $14 {0-1 (53)
Svetushkin,D (2591)-Baklan,V (2633) Montpellier 2015}) (15... O-O 16. f4 a5 17.
Bg2 a4 18. Bxd5 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 axb3 20. Qxb3 Bxg5 21. fxg5 Qxg5 22. Rxd6 $14 {
1/2-1/2 (36) Leko,P (2737)-Giri,A (2730) London 2012}) 16. Bg2 Qc7 17. f4 Ne3
18. fxe5 Nc4 19. Qe2 Nxe5 20. Rhf1 Nfd7 21. Bxe7 Kxe7 22. Bd5 Nf6 23. Bg2 Nfd7
24. Nd4 Rce8 25. Qe4 $14 {1-0 (41) Idani,P (2560)-Darini,P (2524) Urmia 2016})
(13... Rc8 14. Qa5 Nfd7 15. Qb4 Qc7 16. c3 h4 17. f4 Bg7 18. Be2 exf4 19. Bxf4
Be5 20. Bg4 Qc4 21. Bxe5 Qxb4 22. cxb4 dxe5 23. Na5 f5 $11 {1/2-1/2 (49)
Tahbaz,A (2282)-Idani,P (2568) Rasht 2016}) 14. Bf2 Nf6 15. Bd3 (15. Bh4 Be7
16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Qxd6 Qxd6 18. Rxd6 Bd8 $11) 15... Nbd7 16. Rhe1 Qc7 17. g3
Bh6 {1/2-1/2 (17) Saric,I (2654)-Palac,M (2568) Porec 2016}) 13... Rc8 14. Na5
Nbxd5 {Every serious choice in the game of chess might be critical for the
success. A world of its own would be introduced by 14...Nfxd5. The nature of
the fight would have been different, with a rather small advanatge for White.}
(14... Nfxd5 15. Bg5 (15. Bxb6 Nxb6 16. Nxb7 Nxc4 17. Bxc4 Rxc4+ 18. Kb1 Qc7
19. Qd5 Qc6 $15) 15... Qxg5 16. Qxg5 Bh6 17. Qxh6 Rxh6 18. Nxb7 Kd7 19. c5 Ke7
$1 20. Bxa6 dxc5 21. Rhe1 f6 $11) 15. Bg5 (15. Nxb7 $2 Qc7 16. Bg5 Qxb7 17. Kb1
Nh7 18. cxd5 Nxg5 19. Qxg5 Bg7 $17) 15... b6 $1 {Ponomariov is not losing
control of the situation, his choice is objectively best.} (15... Qb6 16. Kb1
Nh7 17. Bh4 (17. Qxd5 Nxg5 18. Qxb7 Qxb7 19. Nxb7 Rc6 20. c5 dxc5 21. Bc4 $14)
17... Ne3 18. Bf2 Bh6 19. Qe1 Qc7 20. Bxe3 Bxe3 21. Qxe3 Qxa5 22. Rxd6 $16) 16.
Nb7 (16. Kb1 bxa5 17. cxd5 Be7 $11) 16... Qc7 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 {The modern
engines are helping players to understand chess much better. Objectively best
was the very clever exchange of the bishops, with the line leading to the
equal ending.} (17... Bh6 $1 18. Bg5 Bxg5 19. Qxg5 Qxb7 20. Kb1 Qe7 21. Qxe7+
Nxe7 22. Rxd6 Rc6 $11) 18. Nxd6+ Bxd6 19. Qxd6 Nd7 20. Be2 {Due to the
slightly assymetrical pawn structure, the white bishop should be better than
the black knight. Objectively speaking the presence of rooks on the board is
minimizing the defender's problem.} a5 (20... h4 21. b3 $14) 21. b3 Qxd6 22.
Rxd6 Ke7 23. Rhd1 Rc7 24. Kb2 Rb8 25. R6d5 Ke6 26. Rd6+ Ke7 27. R6d5 Ke6 28. a3
{Dominguez has to start advancing his pawns or admit that otherwise he can
hardly improve the position.} (28. g3 Nf6 29. Rd6+ Ke7 30. a3 Rd7 31. Rxd7+
Nxd7 $11) 28... Nf6 29. Rd6+ Ke7 30. R6d2 h4 (30... Rd7 31. Kc3 Rxd2 32. Rxd2
Ke6 33. b4 e4 $11) 31. Bd3 Nh5 32. Re1 Kf6 33. Bc2 Nf4 {The knight became
active for the first time in the game, and White finds it intolerable to live
with the intruder.} 34. g3 hxg3 35. hxg3 Ne6 36. Rd5 a4 $5 {Solid practical
solution as the deficient pawn structure will minimize white's chances to play
for win.} (36... Rh8 37. Rdxe5 Rh3 38. Rb5 Rc6 (38... Rxg3 39. Be4 Nc5 40.
Rxb6+ Kg5 41. Rb5 f5 42. Bc2 Rxf3 43. Rg1+ Kf6 44. Rxa5 Rf2 45. Kc3 $14) 39.
Be4 Rd6 40. g4 Nc5 41. Re2 $14) 37. Rexe5 axb3 38. Bxb3 Nc5 (38... Rh8 39. Re3
Rh3 40. f4 $14) 39. f4 Rd7 (39... Kg7 40. Bc2 Nb7 41. Bd3 Rh8 42. Re3 $14) 40.
Bc2 {Very strong grandmasters are groomed not to make any serious decisions in
the moments before the time control. Let us just note that the immediate
exchange of the rooks was a serious alternative.} (40. Rxd7 Nxd7 41. Rb5 Rh8
42. c5 Rh5 43. Rb4 Nxc5 44. Rxb6+ Ke7 45. Kc3 $14) 40... Rh8 41. Rxd7 Nxd7 42.
Re3 Nc5 43. Kc3 Rh2 44. a4 Rg2 45. Bb3 {White is enjoying the advantage of a
spare pawn, but it seems to be very difficult to make any progress. Black has
located his pieces on the best squares, and the g3-pawn remains a serious
weakness.} (45. Bd1 Rg1 $11) 45... Rg1 (45... Kf5 $2 46. a5 Nxb3 47. axb6 $18)
46. Kb4 Rb1 47. Ka3 Ra1+ 48. Kb2 Rg1 49. Bc2 Rg2 50. Kc3 Rf2 51. Bb3 (51. Re5
Rf3+ 52. Kd2 Rf2+ 53. Kd1 Rf1+ 54. Ke2 Ra1 $11) 51... Rf1 52. Bc2 Rf2 53. Bd1
Rf1 54. Bb3 Rg1 55. Kb4 Rb1 {It is a bit unusual to see the same position
after a distance of 9 moves (46th move). If Dominguez wants to play on, he
will have to try a pawn advance.} 56. a5 $5 Nxb3 {Ponomariov had a clear way
to equality with 56...Na6+!, but the rook ending seemed to be quite harmless
to him.} (56... Na6+ $1 57. Kb5 Nc5 58. axb6 Nxb3 59. c5 Nd4+ 60. Ka6 Ra1+ 61.
Kb7 Rc1 62. Re5 Ne6 63. Kc6 Rb1 $11) 57. Rxb3 {[%mdl 4096]} (57. axb6 Nd2+ 58.
Kc3 Nxc4 59. Kxc4 Rxb6 $11) 57... bxa5+ 58. Ka4 Rc1 (58... Rxb3 $2 59. Kxb3 Ke6
60. Ka4 Kd6 61. Kb5 a4 62. Kxa4 Kc5 63. Kb3 $18) 59. Kb5 g5 $6 {A serious step
in the wrong direction. Black king should have helped to slow down the
dangerous c-pawn.} (59... Ke6 60. Ra3 (60. Rd3 Ra1 61. c5 a4 62. Kb4 f6 63. g4
Rc1 64. Rd6+ Ke7 65. Rd5 Ke6 $11) 60... Kd6 61. Rd3+ Kc7 62. Kc5 Ra1 63. Rd6 a4
64. Rf6 a3 65. Rxf7+ Kb8 66. Kb4 a2 67. Kb3 Rg1 68. Kxa2 Rxg3 $11) 60. fxg5+
Kxg5 61. c5 (61. Rf3 f5 $1 (61... f6 $2 62. c5 Kg6 63. c6 Kf7 64. Ra3 Ke7 65.
Kb6 a4 66. Rxa4 Rc3 67. g4 $18) 62. c5 a4 63. Ra3 Kf6 64. Rxa4 Rc3 65. c6 Rxg3
66. c7 Rg8 $11) 61... a4 $2 {Once again it was crucial to hurry back with the
black king abstaining from the ambition to create counterplay.} (61... Kf6 $1
62. Re3 a4 63. c6 $14) 62. Ra3 Kg4 (62... Kf5 63. Rxa4 Ke5 64. Rc4 Rb1+ 65. Rb4
Rc1 66. Kb6 Kd5 67. Rb2 $1 $18) 63. c6 f5 64. Rd3 $2 {Rook endgames are
notoriously difficult, and the fight of two excellent players only confirms
this suspicion.} (64. Kb6 $1 Rc4 (64... Rb1+ 65. Kc5 Rc1+ 66. Kd6 Rd1+ 67. Ke7
Rc1 68. Kd7 Rd1+ 69. Kc8 Kh3 70. c7 Rb1 71. Rf3 Rb2 72. Rxf5 a3 73. Kd7 Rd2+
74. Kc6 a2 75. c8=Q a1=Q 76. Ra5+ $18) 65. c7 f4 66. gxf4 Kxf4 67. Rxa4 Rxa4
68. c8=Q $18) 64... f4 $2 {The final mistake pushes Black over the edge. It
was still possible to make a draw with a speedy retreat of the black king.} (
64... Kg5 $1 65. Kb6 Rb1+ 66. Ka6 Rc1 67. Kb7 Rb1+ 68. Kc8 Rb3 69. Rd5 a3 70.
Ra5 Rxg3 $11) 65. gxf4 Kxf4 66. Kb6 Ke4 67. Rd2 (67. Ra3 Kd5 68. c7 Rb1+ 69.
Ka6 Rc1 70. Kb7 Rb1+ 71. Kc8 Ke6 72. Rxa4 $18) 67... Rb1+ 68. Kc5 Ke3 (68...
Rc1+ 69. Kd6 Ke3 70. Ra2 Rd1+ 71. Ke5 Rc1 72. Ra3+ Ke2 73. Kd5 Rd1+ 74. Kc4 $18
) 69. Ra2 Rc1+ 70. Kd6 Rd1+ 71. Ke5 Rc1 72. Ra3+ Ke2 73. Kd5 Rd1+ 74. Kc5 (74.
Kc4 Rc1+ 75. Rc3 $18) 74... Rc1+ 75. Kb5 1-0

[Event "Dortmund 44th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2016.07.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2016.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. a4 Bb7 14. Rfe1
Rb8 15. Bb5 Nf6 16. Bd3 h6 17. Rab1 Ba8 18. h3 Qe7 19. Rb3 Rfd8 20. Qb2 Rbc8
21. a5 bxa5 22. Ra3 Rb8 23. Qa2 Qb4 24. Rb1 Qf8 25. Re1 Qb4 26. Rb1 Qf8 27. Re1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund 44th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2016.07.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Buhmann, Rainer"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Iotov,V"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2016.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 O-O 7. d5 {A rare
variation, also known as the "old" theory. The only reason White would want to
enter this variation is to force a draw - there simply isn't much more to be
found.} (7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2 f5 9. Qc2 $5 $14) (7. Re1 $5 {Attempting to take
control over e4, this variation is still one my favorite responses to this
variation!}) 7... exd5 8. Nh4 c6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nf5 Nc7 11. Nc3 d5 12. e4 Bf6
(12... Nba6 $5 13. Re1 Re8 14. exd5 cxd5 15. Bf4 Bf8 16. Qg4 Qf6 17. Nh6+ Kh8 {
0-1 Kozul,Z (2602)-Alekseev,E (2700)/Rijeka CRO 2010}) 13. exd5 cxd5 (13...
Nxd5 $6 {There is no reason to exchange the knights. Black's knight could
serve both defensive and attacking purposes (on e6) - unlike the knight on c3.}
14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Ne3 Na6 16. Nxd5 Nc5 17. Be3 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Rc8 19. Rb1 Qe7
20. Bxc5 Rxc5 21. b4 Rc3 22. Re1 Qc7 23. Bb3 g6 24. Qg4 Kg7 $11 {1/2-1/2
Harika,D (2528)-Adams,M (2758)/Douglas ENG 2014}) 14. Bf4 Nba6 15. Re1 Bc8 (
15... Qd7 $6 16. Bh3 Qd8 $1 (16... Ne6 17. Ne4 $1 Bxb2 18. Rb1 $16 {1-0 Xu Jun
(2498)-Wang Yue (2709)/Hefei CHN 2011}) 17. Nd6 $14) 16. Nd6 $5 {The
alternative variation to the obvious 16.Nd4 draw! Now, White attempts to take
the advantage. The problem is that the knight on d6 could become a problem if
the position is handled incorrectly.} (16. Nd4 Bb7 17. Nf5 $11) 16... Bxc3 $5 (
16... Be6 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Bxb2 20. Rad1 Nc5 21. h4 $14)
17. bxc3 Be6 18. a4 $1 {[%csl Ga1][%cal Ga4a5] By far the best move in the
position! It is also quite easy to reach the conclusion of why that is... Just
ask yourself the question - how can I improve my position?} Nc5 19. h4 $6 {
A huge waste of time! Buhmann should have continued his idea from the previous
move.} (19. a5 $1 b5 (19... Ne8 $6 20. Nxe8 Rxe8 21. c4 $16) 20. Rb1 Qd7 21. c4
dxc4 22. Bxa8 Rxa8 23. Nxc4 Qxd1 24. Rexd1 Nd5 25. Rxb5 Nc3 26. Rxc5 Nxd1 27.
Ne5 $14 {[%csl Ra7]}) 19... Qd7 20. a5 Bg4 21. f3 $6 {[%csl Rg2] A crucial
mistake, and the beginning of the end!} (21. Bf3 $142 Bxf3 22. Qxf3 bxa5 23.
Rxa5 Nb3 24. Ra2 Nc5 25. Ra5 $11) 21... Be6 $15 22. g4 $6 {Another move that
is a complete waste of time - even though it is not completely pointless.
White prepares a future retreat to f5 with the knight, but completely ignores
the biggest problem in the position - the bishop on g2.} (22. axb6 $142 axb6
23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Bf1 $15) 22... Qc6 $6 (22... bxa5 $1 23. Rxa5 Qc6 24. Kh1
Rfd8 25. Nf5 Bxf5 26. gxf5 Nb5 $17) 23. Rb1 $2 (23. axb6 $142 {... Attempting
to fix the mistake from the previous move.} axb6 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Bf1 Rd8 26.
Nc4 Bd7 27. Ne5 Qb7 28. Be3 Bc8 29. Bf2 $132) 23... Rad8 {[%csl Rd6] At this
point, it's either the knight on d6 that is doomed or White's pawn structure.}
24. axb6 axb6 25. Nf5 Bxf5 26. gxf5 Nb5 27. Be5 Rfe8 $19 {[%csl Yb5,Yc5,Gc6,
Gd8,Ge8]} 28. f4 f6 (28... Ne4 $142 29. Kh2 Nbxc3 30. Rc1 Qh6 $19) 29. c4 fxe5
30. Bxd5+ Rxd5 31. Qxd5+ Qxd5 32. cxd5 Nc3 (32... Nd4 $142 {[%cal Gd4f3] The
more logical alternative...}) 33. Rxb6 Nxd5 $2 {A slight oversight which leads
to an almost drawish position!} ({The easy win was:} 33... Nd3 $1 34. Ra1 Nxf4
$19) 34. Rd6 $4 {Buhmann returns the favor...} (34. Rxe5 $3 Nxb6 35. Rxe8+ Kf7
36. Re5 Nd3 37. Rb5 Nc8 38. Kg2 Nxf4+ 39. Kf3 Nh5 40. Kg4 Nf6+ 41. Kf4 $132 {
Even though the position is still fairly close to being won, it doesn't seem
like Black can make any progress due the lack of pawns in the center to
support his knights. Now, draw seems to be the most likely outcome!}) 34...
Nxf4 35. Ra1 e4 36. Rc6 e3 0-1

[Event "Dortmund 44th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2016.07.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2016.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 {A solid approach against
the Berlin variation of the Ruy Lopez. White regains the pawn, maintaining a
symmetric structure but keeping the more comfortable position since Black has
to place his knight on the awkward d6-square. Most of the time, Black
equalizes with a few precise moves.} Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9.
d4 (9. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Bc7 13. Nf5 d5 14. Ne7+ Kh8 15.
Nxc8 Rxc8 {White has gained the bishop pair, but Black is left with a very
solid position.} 16. d4 Nf6 17. Be3 Qd7 18. f3 Rce8 19. Qd2 Kg8 20. Bf2 Nh5 21.
Rxe8 Rxe8 22. Re1 Rxe1 23. Qxe1 g6 24. a4 Nf4 25. b4 a6 26. a5 {1/2-1/2 (26)
Shirov,A (2676)-Kryvoruchko,Y (2711) Al Ain 2015}) 9... Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nc3
$5 $146 {A novelty in this position which already occured once by a
transposition of moves. White sacrifices the d4-pawn in order to obtain some
initiative.} (11. c3 {is the normal move, after what Black gets time to solve
his development issues} Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. Bf4 d5 14. Bd3 g6 15. Nd2 Ng7 16.
Nf3 Bf5 $11 {1/2-1/2 (30) Carlsen,M (2834)-Kramnik,V (2796) Doha 2015}) 11...
Rxe1 12. Qxe1 b6 (12... Bxd4 {has to be the most challenging. Black wasn't in
the mood to check his opponent's preparation and didn't accept the sacrifice.}
13. Bf4 (13. Nd5 $5 $146 c6 14. Bf4 cxd5 15. Bxd6 Bxb2 16. Rb1 Bf6 17. Qd1 Be7
18. Qxd5 Bxd6 19. Qxd6 Qf8 20. Qc7 $44) 13... Ne8 14. Nd5 c6 (14... d6 15. Bg5
f6 16. Bc4 fxg5 (16... Kh8 17. Qe4) 17. Nxc7+ Kh8 18. Nxa8 $13) 15. Ne7+ Kf8
16. Nxc8 Qf6 17. Bg3 (17. Qb4+ $5 c5 18. Qd2 Rxc8 19. Re1 $44) 17... Rxc8 18.
Qb4+ d6 19. Qxb7 Rc7 20. Qb8 Bxb2 21. Bxd6+ Qxd6 22. Qxb2 Re7 {and Black was
able to equalize -} 23. Rb1 Qc5 24. Bd3 {1/2-1/2 (24) Kravtsiv,M (2565)
-Kryvoruchko,Y (2692) Jerusalem 2015}) (12... c6 {allows something like} 13. d5
$5) 13. Bf4 Bb7 14. Bxd6 cxd6 {Now White has a clear plan: play against this
weakened structure, limiting especially the b7-bishop.} 15. Qe3 {Re1 is coming,
I don't see many options for Black besides ...Qe7.} Qe7 16. Qxe7 Bxe7 17. g3
Kf8 18. a4 $5 (18. Bg2 $5 {is a possible idea, Black would have to play} Bc6 {
, and then something like a4 would be similar to the game I guess.}) 18... Bc6
(18... a6 19. Bg2 Bxg2 (19... Bc6 20. Nd5 Bd8 (20... Bxd5 21. Bxd5 $16 {
with an excellent endgame.}) 21. c3 $14 {keeping the better chances}) 20. Kxg2
{is very bad for Black, the threat is Nd5, totally dominating the passive
bishop:} Rc8 21. Kf3 d5 {The only move to avoid suffocation.} 22. Ke3 Rc4 23.
Kd3 Bf6 24. Ne2 $16) 19. a5 (19. Ba6 $5 Rb8 (19... d5 20. Nb5 Bxb5 21. Bxb5 Bf6
22. c3 Ke7 23. a5 Rb8 24. Re1+ Kd6 25. a6 $14 {is comfortable for White,
though it's not easy to make progress.}) 20. d5 Bb7 21. Bxb7 Rxb7 22. Nd1 $14)
19... bxa5 20. d5 Bb7 21. Rxa5 a6 22. Ra3 Bf6 23. Na4 $5 Ke7 24. c4 (24. Nb6 $5
Rb8 (24... Bxb2 25. Re3+ Kd8 26. Nxa8 $18) 25. c3 Kd8 26. Bh3 Bc8 27. Nc4 Kc7
28. Ra2 Bb7 29. Bg2 $14) 24... Kd8 25. Re3 a5 26. Be2 Ba6 27. Kf1 Rb8 28. b3 {
At the cost of weakening many dark squares, White has succeeded in leaving the
a6-bishop totally out of the game. The next part of the game still is very
complicated.} g5 $6 {I don't get this idea, besides the fact that it
potentially creates serious weaknesses on the kingside.} (28... g6 $13 {
With a move like this one I don't know exactly how White would improve his
position, even though he clearly has the best chances. Maybe taking his king
to the queenside and then somehow relocating the knight from a4 could be an
idea, but then ...a4 from Black has to be observed.}) 29. Ke1 Bd4 30. Rf3 Ke7
31. Bd1 h6 32. Kd2 Rb4 33. Kd3 Ba7 34. Rf5 {Highlighting one of the problems
with 28...g5?!} f6 35. Nc3 Bc5 36. f4 Rb8 37. fxg5 fxg5 38. Kc2 Bg1 $6 (38...
Rf8 $5 {was required, entering an awkard endgame, but I don't see clearly how
White can convert it into a full point. For example:} 39. Rxf8 Kxf8 40. Kd3 Ke7
41. Ne4 Bg1 42. h3 Bh2 43. Bh5 Bg1 (43... Bb7 $2 44. Kc3 $18 {Kb2-Ka3-Ka4 is
coming}) 44. g4 $1 Bh2 45. Nc3 Kf6 46. Ne2 Be5 $1 (46... Ke5 47. Nd4 Kf6 48.
Nf5 Bf4 49. Be8 Bc8 50. Nxh6 Ke7 51. Bg6 $18) 47. Nd4 Bxd4 48. Kxd4 Bb7 49. Kc3
Ba6 50. Be8 Ke7 51. Bg6 Kd8 $11 {running to b6, to avoid Kb2-Ka3-Ka4.}) 39. Bh5
$6 (39. Rf1 $1 {would avoid the rook exchange - if Black takes on h2, then he
has problems to escape with his bishop -} Bc5 {and now start all over with Bg4
or Bh5.} (39... Bxh2 40. Re1+ Kd8 41. Ne4 a4 42. Kc3 axb3 43. Bxb3 Kc7 44. Rh1
Re8 45. Kd4 Rxe4+ 46. Kxe4 Bxg3 47. Rxh6 $16 {with good winning chances.}))
39... Bxh2 $2 (39... Rf8 40. Rxf8 Kxf8 41. h3 {would transpose to 38...Kf8 and
was definitely a better chance than the game continuation, which involved
enormous risks and is actually simply lost for Black.}) 40. Rf7+ Kd8 41. Bg4 $1
Rb7 (41... Bxg3 42. Ne4 Be5 43. Rxd7+ Ke8 44. Nxd6+ $18 {and everything
collapses.}) 42. c5 $6 (42. Ne4 $1 a4 (42... Rc7 43. Nxd6 a4 44. Nb5 $1 Bxb5 $2
(44... axb3+ 45. Kb2 Rxc4 46. Rxd7+ Kc8 47. Nd6+ Kb8 48. Nxc4 $18) 45. d6 $18)
43. c5 $1 axb3+ 44. Kb2 $18 dxc5 45. d6 {with mate to follow.}) 42... Bxg3 43.
Ne4 dxc5 (43... Rc7 $5 44. Nxg3 Rxc5+ 45. Kb2 Bb5 $16 {with chances to survive.
}) 44. Nxg3 d6 45. Rf8+ Ke7 46. Ra8 Rb6 $2 (46... Bd3+ $1 47. Kc3 (47. Kxd3 $2
Rxb3+ 48. Ke4 Rxg3 {and Black has hopes to escape}) 47... Bg6 {threatening to
'run' with ...Kf6-Ke5} 48. Rxa5 Kf6 49. Ra1 $16) 47. Kc3 $18 {Now White has a
deadly attack.} Bb7 48. Nf5+ Kf6 49. Rf8+ Ke5 50. Ne3 Ke4 51. Nc4 Ra6 {A
classy finish - Ponomariov allows a very pretty checkmate in the center of the
board!} 52. Bf3# 1-0

[Event "Dortmund 44th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2016.07.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2016.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. g3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Nc3 a6 7. Bg2 Qxc4 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Nb3 d5 10. Bf4 Be7 11. a3 a5 12. Rc1 Qa6 13. a4 O-O 14. Nb5 Qb6 15.
Bc7 Qa6 16. Bf4 Qb6 17. Bc7 Qa6 18. Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.02"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Aboudi, Marwan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2209"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Jordan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "JOR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. d3 d6 5. Na4 Bb6 6. c3 Na5 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. Nxb6 axb6 10. f4 d5 11. fxe5 dxe4 12. d4 Ne7 13. Ne2 f5 14. exf6
gxf6 15. Ng3 O-O 16. Nxe4 Qe6 17. O-O Nb3 18. Nxf6+ Rxf6 19. Rxf6 Qxf6 20.
Qxb3+ Kh8 21. Qc4 Rg8 22. Bd2 Qg6 23. Qe2 Nf5 24. Rf1 h5 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.05"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

{Round four was under the spell of the Ukraine-Russia match! Two of the
top-guns in the Olympiad since the fall of Soviet Union and two countries in
political conflict! That would be enough tension to attract most of the
attention on the fourth round at the Baku chess Olympiad. On a 'Black' day in
this match, ex-FIDE world champion, Rusal Ponomariov, delivered one of the two
victories for Ukrainian team to let his teammates edge Russia 2.5-1.5.} 1. d4
Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 {Ponomariov adapts this classical system in
the QID rather than 4...Ba6.} 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O {} O-O 7. Nc3 (7. Re1 {
is another common move in this opening.} d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Bf4 c5
11. Rc1 Ne4 12. dxc5 Ndxc5 13. Be5 Re8 14. Bd4 (14. Nb5 Bf8 15. b4 Ne6 16. Qb3
a6 (16... a5 17. Nc7 $5 (17. bxa5 $6 Rxa5 $15) 17... a4 18. Qe3 Nxc7 19. Qxb6
Na6 20. Qxb7 Nxb4 21. a3 Re7 22. Qb5 Ra5 23. Qxb4 Rxe5 24. Rc8 Qxc8 25. Qxa5
Re8 26. Qxa4 Nc3 27. Qc2 Bxa3 {and Black should be able to hold equality.}) 17.
Nc7 Nxc7 18. Bxc7 Qf6 $13) 14... Bf8 15. Qc2 Rc8 16. Bh3 Ne6 17. Qd3 Qe7 18.
Red1 Red8 19. Qe3 Rc7 20. Nb5 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Nxd4 22. Nbxd4 g6 23. Qf4 Qd6 24.
Ne5 f5 25. Nd3 Qxf4 26. gxf4 Bd6 27. e3 Kf7 28. Bf1 Kf6 29. f3 Nc5 30. Kf2
Nxd3+ 31. Bxd3 Bc5 32. b4 Bxd4 33. exd4 Rc8 34. Rxc8 Bxc8 35. Bb5 Ke7 36. Kg3
Bd7 37. Bd3 b5 38. Kh4 Kf6 39. Bc2 a6 40. Bd3 Bc6 {1/2-1/2 (40) Gelfand,B 
(2734)-Ponomariov,R (2706) Almaty 2016}) 7... Ne4 8. Bd2 {} Bf6 (8... f5 {
is considered the main line. Ponomariov goes for a less theoretical, yet more
passive continuation.} 9. Ne5 Bf6 10. Qc2 Nd6 11. Bxb7 Nxb7 12. Nf3 Nc6 13. Be3
Nd6 14. b3 Qe7 15. Rad1 a5 16. Bf4 $14 {1-0 (52) Tomashevsky,E (2722)-Oparin,G
(2575) Sochi 2016}) 9. Rc1 {Surprised by Pono's choice, Tomashevsky goes for
the main line after thinking for a while.} Nxd2 10. Qxd2 d6 11. d5 e5 12. e4 {
Here comes the typical position which arises after 8...Bf6. White has given up
on his pair of bishops but he manges to have more space and Black's bishop
pair is not doing much in this position. To put it all in one sentece: Black
does not have any weaknesses but he is passive and has less space.} Nd7 13. h4
(13. b4 a5 14. a3 g6 15. h4 Bg7 16. Bh3 Nf6 {could have been an alternative
continuation here. There are not so many games in this line in the database.})
13... a5 {This stops White's play on the queenside but now white has enough
time to shut down any black activity on the kingside and plan a long-term
campaign thanks to his space advantage.} 14. Bh3 Nc5 15. Kg2 (15. Ne1 Bc8 16.
Bxc8 Qxc8 17. Kh2 g6 18. Nd3 Bg7 19. Nxc5 bxc5 20. Kg2 f5 21. f3 h5 22. Rf2 Kh7
$11 {0-1 (47) Riazantsev,A (2688) -Korobov,A (2694) Sochi 2015}) 15... Bc8 16.
Bxc8 Qxc8 17. Qe2 {Some quick evaluation: White has a small edge thanks to
Black's passive bishop on f6. The idea that White might lose this game is
almost unthinkable.} Be7 18. Nd2 Nd7 (18... f5 19. exf5 Qxf5 20. Nde4 {would
only give away the beautiful square of e4 to White's knights.}) (18... g6 19.
h5 {and White is faster at mobilising his pieces on the h-file.}) 19. Rh1 {
White prepares an assault on the kingside. Black's position is very unpleasant.
He does not have any counterplay and White is gradually grinding out his
advantage with no risk to himself.} Nf6 20. Nf1 {This knight is going to land
on e3. This is too typical to earn an exclamation mark!} (20. h5 h6 21. Rcg1
Ng4 22. f3 Nf6 23. Kf1 Nd7 24. Ke1 Bg5 {and Black's bishop starts breathing.
That is why Tomashevsky does not include h4-h5 in his plan.}) 20... h5 21. Ne3
g6 {[%csl Gf5]} 22. Rcg1 $1 {[%cal Gg2f1,Gf1e1,Ge1d1,Gd1c2] Now we know about
Tomashevsky's long-term plan. He is preparing a king-march to the queenside in
order to keep his king safe before the final attack. This theme was first
introduced by 9th world chess champion Tigran Petrosian.} Kg7 23. Kf1 Rh8 $1 {
Ponomariov is ready to face g4.} 24. Ke1 Qd7 25. Kd1 Kg8 26. f3 Bf8 $1 {
The QID position has transformed into a KID position. Now Black's King's
Indian bishop finds a nice spot: the bishop goes to g7 or h6 to cover his
mighty king.} 27. g4 {Tomashevsky starts his attack.} Rh7 28. Kc2 Be7 {} 29.
Rg2 (29. g5 Ne8 30. Kb1 Bf8 31. Rf1 Bg7 32. Nb5 Rh8 33. f4 {I wonder how Black
is going to defend f7.} exf4 34. Rxf4 Be5 35. Rf3 Kg7 36. Rhf1 Rf8 37. Qf2 Kg8
38. Nc2 Ng7 39. Ncd4 Rae8 40. Nc6 Qg4 41. Qc2 $1 {Black seems to be completely
out of any useful moves.} Qd7 (41... Qxh4 42. Nxc7) 42. Qd3 Qc8 43. Nxe5 Rxe5
44. Nd4 a4 45. Nc6 Ree8 46. Rf4 Qd7 47. Qf3 $18) 29... Qd8 30. Kb1 Kh8 31. Nf1
(31. g5 {[%cal Ge3d1,Gd1f2,Gf2d3,Gc3b5,Gh1f1,Gf3f4] should be considered as a
strong alternative.}) 31... Nd7 32. Rgh2 Kg7 33. Rh3 $4 {I do not understand...
Doesn't it lose a pawn?!} (33. Nb5 Nf6 34. Rg1 Bf8 35. Nd2 {with an unpleasant
position for Black.}) 33... hxg4 34. fxg4 Rxh4 {Ponomariov grabs the pawn and
he is simply a pawn up now!} 35. Rxh4 Bxh4 36. Qh2 Bg5 $1 {Ponomariov keeps
his head, the bishop goes to f4 and covers everything including the f-file.
Black is much better now.} 37. Qh7+ Kf8 38. Nh2 Qf6 39. Rf1 Bf4 40. Nf3 Ke7 {
Tomashevsky manages to get his position from much better to slightly better
and in 5 moves he is totally lost!} 41. Rh1 Bg3 {} 42. Nd2 Qf4 {} 43. Qh3 Nf6
{Mercilessly, Pono grabs the second pawn. The game is practically over.} 44.
Qg2 Qxg4 45. Ne2 Bf4 46. Nxf4 exf4 47. Qf1 Nh5 48. Qd3 Kf8 49. a3 Re8 {} 50.
Ka2 Kg7 51. Nf3 Nf6 52. Re1 Nd7 {The final phase: Black trades the knights and
he will gradually pushes his extra pawns.} 53. Qc3+ Ne5 54. Rf1 Qh3 {} 55. Qc1
Nxf3 {} 56. Qc3+ {} f6 {} 57. Rxf3 Qg4 58. Qd3 Rh8 {Tomashevsky had enough.
Ponomariov's passive strategy of 'waiting' rewarded him very well. What can I
say about Tomashevsky's blunder? Well, when the tension is high we all can
make mistakes. After all, we are all humans!} 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.06"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D61"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. Qc2 c5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. e3 O-O 13. Be2 Bg4 14. O-O
Rac8 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Rac1 Ne4 17. Qd3 Rc5 18. Rxc5 Qxc5 19. Nd4 Bxe2 20. Nxe2
Qa5 21. f3 Nf6 22. Qb3 Re8 23. Kf2 Re6 24. Rc1 g6 25. a3 Kg7 26. Qc3 Qxc3 27.
Rxc3 Rb6 28. b3 Ng8 29. Nd4 Ne7 30. b4 Nc6 31. Nb3 a5 32. bxa5 Rb5 33. a4 Rb4
34. a6 bxa6 35. Rxc6 Rxb3 36. Rxa6 Rb2+ 37. Kg3 Re2 38. a5 Rxe3 39. Rd6 Rd3 40.
a6 Rd2 41. f4 d4 42. Kf3 d3 43. Ke3 Rxg2 44. h4 g5 45. hxg5 hxg5 46. fxg5 Rxg5
47. Kxd3 Ra5 48. Kc4 f5 49. Kb4 Ra1 50. Kb5 f4 51. Rd4 f3 52. Rf4 Rb1+ 53. Ka5
Ra1+ 54. Kb6 Rb1+ 55. Kc7 Rc1+ 56. Kb7 Rb1+ 57. Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.08"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. e4
O-O 9. Bd3 b5 10. Bxb5 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Qa5+ 12. Nfd2 Qxb5 13. Nxd6 Qa6 14. N2c4
Nd7 15. O-O Nb6 16. Nxb6 Qxb6 17. Nxc8 Raxc8 18. Rb1 Rfd8 19. Bf4 Qb7 20. d6
Bf8 21. Qd3 Bxd6 22. Bxd6 Rc6 23. Rfd1 Qd7 24. Qa3 Rxd6 25. Rxd6 Qxd6 26. Qxa7
Qd3 27. Rc1 Qd2 28. Qxc5 Qxb2 29. a4 Ra8 30. Re1 Qd2 31. Re4 Rxa4 32. Re8+ Kg7
33. Qf8+ Kf6 34. Qe7+ Kg7 35. Qf8+ Kf6 36. Re3 Rf4 37. Qh8+ Kg5 38. Rg3+ Kh6
39. Qf8+ Kh5 40. Qc5+ Rf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.10"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 {Jobava has no problems with playing off-beat openings as he
feels like a fish in the water in unusual positions.} d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 cxd4
5. exd4 a6 {Ponomariov is solving two problems with one modest pawn move.
White will not be able to use the b5-square for his pieces and the second
player is preparing counterplay on the queenside.} (5... e6 6. Nb5 Na6 7. c3
Be7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Bd3 Bd7 (9... Ne4 10. O-O Bd7 11. a4 h6 12. Qe2 Ng5 13. Ne5
Bc6 14. Bc2 Bf6 15. Qd3 g6 16. Nxg6 fxg6 17. Qxg6+ Bg7 18. Be5 Qe7 19. Bd6 Qf7
20. Bxf8 Qxg6 21. Bxg6 $16 {1/2-1/2 (56) Meister,J (2491)-Andriasian,Z (2463)
playchess.com INT 2006}) 10. a4 Bxb5 11. axb5 Nc7 12. O-O Bd6 13. Ne5 Ne4 14.
f3 Nf6 15. Re1 Nh5 16. Bd2 Qh4 17. Qc2 f5 18. Be3 a6 19. bxa6 bxa6 20. Bf2 $16
{1-0 (61) Jobava,B (2669)-Kovalenko,I (2668) Almaty 2016}) 6. Bd3 (6. Be2 Nc6
7. Nf3 Bg4 8. Ne5 (8. O-O e6 9. Ne5 Bxe2 10. Nxe2 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Nd7 12. Bg3 Be7
13. Re1 O-O 14. a4 b5 15. Nf4 b4 16. Qe2 Nf6 17. f3 Qb6 18. Bf2 Rfc8 $15 {
1/2-1/2 (37) Kovacevic,V (2471)-Kuljasevic,D (2555) Sibenik 2010}) 8... Bxe2 9.
Nxe2 g6 10. c3 Bg7 11. Ng3 Rc8 12. O-O O-O 13. Re1 e6 14. Nd3 Nd7 15. Qd2 Na5
16. Bg5 Qc7 17. Bh6 Nc4 18. Qc1 Rfe8 19. Re2 Bf6 $11 {1/2-1/2 (22) Stefanova,A
(2488)-Khotenashvili,B (2518) Lopota 2014}) (6. h3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Bf5 8. Be2 (8.
Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 e6 10. g4 Bd6 11. Be3 Rc8 12. g5 Nb4 13. Qd1 Ne4 14. Bd2 Qc7
15. a3 Nc6 16. Qe2 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 Bf4 18. Qd3 O-O $17 {0-1 (40) Khotenashvili,B
(2504)-Stefanova,A (2517) Beijing 2014}) 8... e6 9. O-O Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11.
Re1 O-O 12. Bf1 Rfc8 13. a3 b5 14. Na2 b4 15. axb4 Nxb4 16. Nxb4 Qxb4 17. Re2
Qxb2 18. c4 Qb4 19. c5 Ne4 20. Re3 Qb2 21. Qe1 a5 22. Rea3 $14 {1-0 (44)
Milanovic,D (2469)-Wagner,D (2575) Berlin 2015}) (6. Nf3 Bg4 (6... Nc6 7. Ne5
e6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Na4 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O e5 13. dxe5 Qxe5
14. Qf3 Re8 15. Qg3 Qxg3 16. hxg3 Rb8 17. Rfe1 Kf8 18. b3 $14 {1/2-1/2 (41)
Rapport,R (2710)-Bu,X (2681) Tsaghkadzor 2015}) 7. Be2 (7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 e6
9. g4 Nc6 10. O-O-O Qa5 (10... Bb4 11. Ne2 Qa5 12. Kb1 Ne4 13. Nc1 Bd6 14. Nb3
Qc7 15. Be3 O-O 16. Rg1 b5 17. Bd3 f5 18. gxf5 exf5 19. Bh6 Rf7 20. Bxg7 Rxg7
21. Qxf5 Kh8 22. Rxg7 Qxg7 23. Qxd5 $16 {1-0 (44) Rapport,R (2704)-Sutovsky,E 
(2624) Tromsoe 2014}) 11. g5 Nd7 12. Kb1 Rc8 13. h4 Bb4 14. Ne2 Nb6 15. Nc1 Qa4
16. Nb3 Be7 17. c3 Na5 18. Bd3 Nxb3 19. Bc2 Nd2+ 20. Bxd2 Qb5 21. Bd3 $16 {
1-0 (43) Nabaty,T (2622)-Navara,D (2745) Pardubice 2016}) 7... e6 8. h3 Bxf3 9.
Bxf3 Nc6 10. Ne2 Bd6 11. Be3 O-O 12. O-O Ne7 13. g3 Nf5 14. Bc1 Rc8 15. c3 b5
16. Qd3 Qc7 17. Bg5 Qc4 18. Rfd1 Be7 19. Nf4 Nd7 20. Bxe7 Nxe7 $14 {1-0 (83)
Nakamura,H (2767)-Giri,A (2776) London 2014}) 6... Nc6 7. Nge2 {The knight on
e2 is definitely a modest piece, but a move to f3 would allow unpleasant pin
along the d1-h5 diagonal.} (7. Nf3 Bg4) 7... e6 {Black is not very eager to
find out what Jobava had up his sleeve after 7...Bg4, as he has played it
already three times against good opponents.} (7... Bg4 8. f3 Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10.
h4 e6 11. h5 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Rc8 (12... Bd6 13. O-O-O Qc7 14. Qe3 h6 15. Kb1
O-O-O 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Nc1 Kb8 18. Nd3 Nd7 19. Ne2 Ka8 20. f4 $11 {0-1 (27)
Jobava,B (2669)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2719) Almaty 2016}) 13. O-O-O h6 14. Kb1 Be7
(14... b5 15. Nc1 Na5 16. b3 Nc6 17. Qe3 Nb4 18. Rd2 Be7 19. N3e2 Qb6 20. c3
Nc6 21. Nd3 b4 22. Rc2 Na7 23. Nxb4 Nb5 24. Rcc1 a5 25. Nd3 Na3+ 26. Ka1 a4 $11
{1/2-1/2 (58) Jobava,B (2669)-Mchedlishvili,M (2604) Izmir 2016}) 15. Bc1 Qa5
16. Qe3 b5 17. b3 Ba3 18. g5 hxg5 19. Qxg5 Bxc1 20. Qxc1 Rxh5 21. Rxh5 Nxh5 $17
{0-1 (39) Jobava,B (2669)-Grischuk,A (2747) Almaty 2016}) 8. Qd2 b5 (8... Be7
9. a3 Bd7 $15) 9. O-O (9. Bxb5 $2 axb5 10. Nxb5 Ne4 $19) 9... Be7 (9... Bd6 10.
Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Nd1 O-O 12. Ne3 $11) 10. a3 Bd7 {The bishops are (nearly) always
playing on two diagonals. The former world champion believes that putting the
light-squared one on d7 supports both the defence of the e6-square and also
the counterplay on the queen's flank.} 11. h3 O-O 12. Rfe1 (12. Nd1 Na5 13. Ne3
Nc4 $11) 12... Na5 13. Rad1 Qb6 (13... Nc4 $1 14. Qc1 Rc8 $15) 14. Ng3 Rfc8 $2
{Ponomariov does not seem to believe that White's attack can amount to
anything serious. His provocative move is inviting the storm that Black will
not be able to withstand.} (14... Rfe8 15. Qc1 Nc4 $11) 15. Nf5 $1 exf5 (15...
Bf8 16. Nh6+ $1 gxh6 17. Bxh6 Qd8 (17... Ne8 18. Bxf8 Kxf8 19. Qh6+ Ng7 20.
Nxd5 $18) (17... Bxh6 18. Qxh6 Qd8 19. Re3 $18) 18. Qg5+ Kh8 19. Bxf8 Qxf8 20.
Qxf6+ $16) 16. Rxe7 Be6 $6 {I would have loved the chance to praise the
consequent play as Black was hoping to trap the opponent's rook on e7.
Unfortunately the situation was calling for a smart approach and it seems that
the queen retreat would still keep the position close to equilibrium.} (16...
Qd8 $5 17. Re5 (17. Re2 Ne4 18. Bxe4 Nc4 $11) 17... Ne4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Rc5
Nb7 $13) 17. Bh6 $3 {[%mdl 128] Jobava was supposed to attack the opponent on
the dark squares, as Black has only the queen and the g7-pawn keeping guard on
them. The bolt from the blue was shocking for Black and he collapses without a
fight.} gxh6 {The only chance to show some resistance was to defend the g7
spot with the knight thus preempting combinations with Bxg7.} (17... Nh5 $1 18.
Qg5 Nc6 19. Rxe6 fxe6 20. Be2 Qa7 21. Bxh5 Kh8 22. Qe3 gxh6 23. Qxe6 Qg7 24.
Qxd5 $16) (17... Ne8 18. Qg5 (18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. Qg5 Qxd4 20. Bxb5 Qe5 21. f4
Qf6 22. Qxf6 gxf6 23. Bxe8 Rxe8 24. Rd3 $18) 18... Qxd4 (18... Kf8 19. Rxe8+
Kxe8 20. Bxg7 Kd7 21. Re1 $18) 19. Bxf5 $1 (19. Bxb5 Qf6 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21.
Qxf6 gxf6 22. Bxe8 $18) 19... Qf6 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Rxg7+ Qxg7 22. Bxg7 Nxg7
23. Ne4 $18) (17... g6 18. Qg5 Bd7) (17... Nc6 18. Bxg7 $1 (18. Qg5 Nh5 $1)
18... Qxd4 (18... Nxe7 19. Bxf6 Kf8 (19... Qd8 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Qg5+ Kf8 22.
Bxf5 $18) 20. Qh6+ Ke8 21. Bxe7 Rxc3 22. Qf8+ Kd7 23. Qxa8 Rc8 24. Bc5 $18) (
18... Kxg7 19. Qg5+ Kf8 20. Rxe6 fxe6 21. Qxf6+ Kg8 22. Qxe6+ Kh8 23. Qf6+ Kg8
24. Bxf5 $18) 19. Rxe6 fxe6 20. Qh6 Ng4 21. Qxe6+ Kxg7 22. hxg4 $16) (17... Kf8
18. Bxg7+ Kxe7 19. Bxf6+ Kd7 (19... Kxf6 20. Qh6+ Ke7 21. Nxd5+ $18) 20. Re1
$16) (17... Qd8 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 (18... Nh5 19. Bf6 f4 20. Rxe6 Nxf6 21. Re5 $18)
19. Qg5+ Kf8 20. Qxf6 Nc6 21. Rxe6 $18) 18. Qxh6 Rxc3 (18... Bd7 19. Qg5+ Kf8
20. Rde1 Qxd4 (20... Re8 21. Qh6+ Kg8 22. R1e3 f4 23. Nxd5 $18) 21. Qh6+ Kg8
22. Nxb5 axb5 23. c3 Ng4 (23... Qxd3 24. Qg5+ Kf8 25. Qxf6 $18) 24. hxg4 Qg7
25. Qxg7+ Kxg7 26. Rxd7 $16) (18... Ne8 19. Bxf5 Bxf5 20. Qxb6 $18) 19. Qg5+ $1
{This sublte check might have escaped Ponomariov's attention; the black king
will be on the very vulnerable f8-square.} Kf8 20. Qxf6 Rxd3 {Sheer
desperation as the double threat of Bf5 or Re1 and Rxf7 was impossible to meet
with normal meassures.} (20... Rcc8 21. Bxf5 (21. Rxf7+ Bxf7 22. Qxb6 $18)
21... Re8 22. Bxe6 $18) (20... Rc6 21. Bxf5 (21. Re1 $18) 21... Qd8 22. Bxe6
$18) (20... Rc7 21. Bxf5 (21. Re1 $18) 21... Re8 22. Re1 $18) (20... Ra7 21.
Bxf5 (21. Re1 $18) 21... Rc6 22. Bxe6 $18) (20... Nc6 21. Rxe6 Qxd4 22. bxc3
$18) 21. cxd3 {A devastating defeat as Black did not kept an approximate
balance in the control of light and dark squares at all.} (21. Rxd3 Nc4 22. b3
$18) (21. cxd3 $1 Qc6 22. Re1 Re8 23. R1xe6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.11"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 a6 7. c3 d6 8. Bb3
Re8 9. h3 Be6 10. Re1 h6 11. Nf1 d5 12. exd5 Bxd5 13. Be3 Bf8 14. Ng3 Na5 15.
Bc2 c5 16. a3 Nc6 17. Nd2 b5 18. a4 Qc7 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21. Bb3 Rd8
22. Bxd5 Nxd5 23. Qb3 b4 24. Nge4 Nf4 25. Bxf4 exf4 26. Nf3 Rxd3 27. Qc4 Rd8
28. Ned2 Na5 29. Qb5 bxc3 30. bxc3 Nb7 31. Ne4 Nd6 32. Qxc5 Qxc5 33. Nxc5 Rc8
34. Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.12"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Czech Republic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. c3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nge7 9. f4 Qb6 10. Bb5 O-O-O 11. a4 Nxd4 12. Be3 Nec6 13. cxd4 Nb4 14. Rf2 Kb8
15. Nc3 a5 16. g4 Be4 17. Qe2 Nc2 18. Rd1 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 f5 20. exf6 gxf6 21.
Nxe4 dxe4 22. Qxe4 Bc5 23. Rfd2 Bb4 24. Re2 Rxd4 25. Rxd4 Rd8 26. Kg2 Rxd4 27.
Qxe6 Qxe6 28. Rxe6 Rxf4 29. Kg3 Bd2 30. Rd6 Bc1 31. Rd1 Be3 32. b3 h6 33. Rd5
Rd4 34. Rf5 Rd6 35. Bc4 b6 36. Kh4 Rd2 37. h3 Rf2 38. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 39. Kh5 Be3
40. h4 Bf2 41. Kxh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.13"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Lenic, Luka"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovenia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. Nf3 Na6 7. g3 Nxc5 8.
Bg2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Nb5 Be4 11. Qd1 Nb7 12. a3 Be7 13. Bf4 a6 14. Nc3 Bc6 15.
Rc1 Na5 16. Nb1 b5 17. c5 Rc8 18. Nbd2 Nb7 19. b4 d6 20. cxd6 Nxd6 21. Be5 Qb6
22. Qb3 Nde4 23. Nxe4 Bxe4 24. Qb2 Qb7 25. Rfd1 h6 26. h3 Bd5 27. Ne1 Bxg2 28.
Nxg2 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Rc8 30. Rxc8+ Qxc8 31. Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "CZE-chT 1617"]
[Site "Czech Republic"]
[Date "2017.04.01"]
[Round "10.6"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2016.10.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Novoborsky"]
[BlackTeam "Lysa nad Labem"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 c5 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ng3 Bf8 14. Nf5 exd4 15.
cxd4 Bb7 16. e5 dxe5 17. dxe5 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Nxe5 19. Rxe5 Rxe5 20. Bg5 c4 21.
Nh6+ gxh6 22. Bxf6 Qd5 23. Bxe5 Qxf3 24. gxf3 cxb3 25. axb3 Bg7 26. f4 Re8 27.
Rxa6 Bxe5 28. fxe5 Rxe5 29. Rxh6 Rd5 30. Rb6 Rd3 31. Rxb5 Rxh3 32. Rg5+ Kf8 33.
Rg3 Rh4 34. Rd3 h5 35. Kf1 Ke7 36. Ke2 Rb4 37. Re3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "CZE-chT 1617"]
[Site "Czech Republic"]
[Date "2017.04.02"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Michalik, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2016.10.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lysa nad Labem"]
[BlackTeam "Unichess"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bd7 9. c3 O-O 10. Bc2 b4 11. Nbd2 d5 12. d4 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. g4 bxc3 15. bxc3
Bg6 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Be3 Re8 20. Rb1 Bg5 21. Qxd8
Bxd8 22. Rfd1 Rxe5 23. Rb7 Bg5 24. Rxc7 Bxe3 25. fxe3 h5 26. Kf2 Rb8 27. Kg3
Kh7 28. Rd6 a5 29. Kf4 Rbe8 30. c4 h4 31. c5 Kh8 32. Rd8 f6 33. Rxe8+ Bxe8 34.
Bxe4 g5+ 35. Kf3 Bxa4 36. c6 Bd1+ 37. Kf2 Rxe4 38. Rd7 Rc4 39. c7 Bb3 40. Rd8+
Kg7 41. c8=Q Rxc8 42. Rxc8 Kf7 43. e4 a4 44. Ra8 Kg7 45. Ke3 Kg6 46. Kd4 Bc2
47. Ra6 Kg7 48. Rc6 Bb1 49. Rc1 Ba2 50. e5 Be6 51. Rc6 Kf7 52. Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amir Timur 680 rapid"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2016.10.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2016.10.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 5. c4 Nc6 6. Qe3 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. O-O
Nf6 9. h3 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Bd2 Nd7 12. Rfd1 Nde5 13. b3 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Nd4
15. Rac1 b5 16. Nd5 Rc8 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Rxc8 Bxc8 19. Bc3 e5 20. Bxd4 exd4
21. Qd3 Qa5 22. b4 Qxa2 23. Qxb5 Be6 24. Qd3 Bxd5 25. exd5 Rc8 26. b5 Rc3 27.
Qe2 Qb3 28. Qe8+ Bf8 29. Rxd4 Rc1+ 30. Kh2 Qb2 31. Ra4 Qxf2 32. Ra8 Qg1+ 33.
Kg3 Qe1+ 34. Qxe1 Rxe1 35. b6 Rb1 36. Rb8 Kg7 37. b7 Be7 38. Be2 Rb6 39. Ba6
Rxa6 40. Ra8 Rb6 41. b8=Q Rxb8 42. Rxb8 Bf6 43. Kf3 h5 44. Ke4 Be5 45. Rb7 h4
46. Rd7 Bg3 47. Re7 Kf6 48. Re8 Kg5 49. Rf8 f5+ 50. Kf3 Be5 51. Re8 Kf6 52. Rh8
Bg3 53. Re8 Be5 54. Ke3 Kf7 55. Re6 g5 56. Kd3 g4 57. Kc4 Bg3 58. Kd3 Be5 59.
Ke3 Kg7 60. Ke2 Kf7 61. Kd3 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amir Timur 680 rapid"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2016.10.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2016.10.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Qc2 c5 8.
g3 h6 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Bg2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Qb6 12. Rd1 Bxc3+ 13. Qxc3 Ne4 14. Qa3
Ndf6 15. O-O Re8 16. f3 Ng5 17. Be3 a5 18. h4 Ne6 19. Nf5 Qb4 20. Bf2 Bd7 21.
Rfe1 Bc6 22. Qc3 h5 23. Qc1 g6 24. a3 Qf8 25. Nd4 Rac8 26. Qd2 a4 27. Rc1 Qd6
28. Rc3 Bd7 29. Nxe6 fxe6 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Qg5 Kf7 32. Bd4 Nh7 33. Qh6 Nf6 34.
f4 Qf8 35. Qg5 Qe7 36. Bf3 Ng4 37. Bxg4 Qxg5 38. Bxe6+ Bxe6 39. fxg5 Bf5 40.
Kf2 Ke6 41. Bc3 Rc4 42. Rd1 Kd6 43. Rd2 Kc5 44. e3 Kd6 45. Ke1 Ke6 46. Rf2 Rg4
47. Rf3 Rc4 48. Kd2 b5 49. Rf2 Rg4 50. Rg2 Rc4 51. Rg1 Be4 52. g4 hxg4 53. Rxg4
Bf5 54. Rf4 Rxf4 55. exf4 Bg4 56. Ke3 Kf5 57. Bd2 d4+ 58. Kxd4 Be2 59. Kd5 Bd3
60. Kd4 Bc4 61. Ke3 Bb3 62. Ba5 Kg4 63. Bd8 Kxh4 64. f5 gxf5 65. Kf4 Kh5 66.
Kxf5 Bc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amir Timur 680 rapid"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2016.10.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2016.10.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 h6 7. Nbd2 a6 8. Bb3
O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. Re1 Ba7 11. Nf1 Re8 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Nxe3 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5
15. d4 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Bxb3 17. Qxb3 Qd6 18. Rad1 exd4 19. cxd4 Qb4 20. Qc2 Rad8
21. a3 Qb5 22. e4 Qb6 23. Qc3 Ne5 24. Nh4 Nc6 25. Nf3 Ne5 26. Nh4 Nc6 27. Nf3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amir Timur 680 rapid"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2016.10.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2016.10.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 f6 9. O-O fxe5 10. Nxe5 Ndxe5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Qh5+ Nf7 13. Re1 Bd6 14.
Bxh7 g6 15. Qxg6 Qh4 16. Bg8 Qxh2+ 17. Kf1 Qh1+ 18. Ke2 Qh5+ 19. Qxh5 Rxh5 20.
Nf3 Bd7 21. Kd1 Ke7 22. Bxf7 Kxf7 23. g4 Rhh8 24. Ne5+ Bxe5 25. Rxe5 Rh1+ 26.
Re1 Rah8 27. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amir Timur 680 rapid"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2016.10.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2016.10.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. e5 Ng4 8.
Bxc6 dxc6 9. d3 Nh6 10. Ne4 b6 11. Bf4 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nf5 14. c3 f6
15. exf6 exf6 16. g4 Nh4 17. Qg3 g5 18. Bd2 h6 19. f4 f5 20. fxg5 fxe4 21. Qxh4
Rf3 22. Re3 Rxe3 23. Bxe3 exd3 24. Bd2 hxg5 25. Bxg5 Qd6 26. Re1 c4 27. Qf2 Qd5
28. Qe3 Rf8 29. h4 Rf3 30. Qe8+ Rf8 31. Qe6+ Kh8 32. Qxd5 cxd5 33. Kg2 d4 34.
Bd2 b5 35. h5 dxc3 36. bxc3 b4 37. cxb4 c3 38. h6 Bd4 39. Bg5 d2 40. Rh1 c2 41.
Bxd2 Rf2+ 42. Kg3 Rxd2 0-1

[Event "Amir Timur 680 rapid"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2016.10.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2016.10.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Qa4+ Qd7 8. Qc2
dxc4 9. e3 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Bxc4 O-O 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Bd3 h6 14. b4 c6
15. Ne5 a5 16. O-O Qd6 17. Rfc1 axb4 18. axb4 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Nd7 20. Nxd7 Qxd7
21. Ra7 Rb8 22. h3 Qd6 23. Qa4 g6 24. Qc2 Kg7 25. Qc3 Bc8 26. b5 cxb5 27. Bxb5
Be6 28. Qc7 Qxc7 29. Rxc7 Ra8 30. Rb7 Ra1+ 31. Kh2 Rb1 32. Bc6 g5 33. g4 Kf6
34. e4 dxe4 35. d5 Rc1 36. Rxb6 Bc8 37. d6 Ke6 38. d7 Bxd7 39. Ba4+ Ke5 40.
Bxd7 Rc2 41. Kg3 Rc3+ 42. Kg2 Rc2 43. Rb3 Kf4 44. Bf5 h5 45. Rb4 hxg4 46. hxg4
Re2 47. Kf1 Kf3 1-0

[Event "Amir Timur 680 rapid"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2016.10.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2016.10.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Ne5 Ke7 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. Nc4 b6 12. Nbd2 a5 13. Nb3 Ba6 14. Nxc5
bxc5 15. f3 Rhb8 16. Rf2 a4 17. Bf1 Rb7 18. e4 Bxc4 19. Bxc4 Ne5 20. Bf1 Rab8
21. Rc2 Nfd7 22. Rb1 Nc6 23. Rc4 Rb4 24. Rxb4 Nxb4 25. a3 Nc2 26. Bd3 Nd4 27.
Bf4 Rb7 28. Kf2 f6 29. Bd2 Ne5 30. Bf1 Nc2 31. f4 Nxa3 32. Rd1 Rxb2 33. fxe5
Nb1 34. Ke1 a3 35. Bc4 a2 36. Bxa2 Na3 37. Rc1 Rxa2 38. exf6+ gxf6 39. Rxc5
Nc2+ 40. Kf1 Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amir Timur 680 rapid"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2016.10.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2016.10.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Ne4 7. Bd2 Nxd2 8.
Qxd2 cxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. O-O Ne5 11. b3 a6 12. Rfd1 Qa5 13. Rac1 Rb8 14. a3
Qxa3 15. Ra1 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Qe7 17. Nb5 f6 18. Nd6 b6 19. b4 Nf7 20. c5 bxc5 21.
bxc5 f5 22. Qa5 Qd8 23. Qxd8 Rxd8 24. Rab1 Rxb1 25. Rxb1 a5 26. Ra1 Ba6 27.
Nxf7 Kxf7 28. Bf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amir Timur 680 rapid"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2016.10.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D61"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2016.10.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Nbd7 7. e3 Be7 8. Qc2
a6 9. a3 O-O 10. Rd1 b6 11. Be2 Bb7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7 15.
Bg3 b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amir Timur 680 rapid"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2016.10.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2016.10.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8.
O-O Be7 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 e5 11. Na4 Be6 12. Qe2 Nd7 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. c4 Nc5
15. Nxc5 dxc5 16. Bc2 Rfd8 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. Rd1 f6 19. Bc3 g6 20. Rxd8+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amir Timur 680 rapid"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2016.10.21"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2016.10.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d5 9. exd5 Na5 10. Qf3 Nxb3 11. axb3 Bg4 12. Qg3 Bh5 13. d6 Ng4 14. O-O-O
Qa5 15. dxe7 Rfe8 16. Qd6 Be5 17. Qd5 Qc7 18. Rd3 Rxe7 19. h3 Nxe3 20. fxe3 g5
21. Nf5 Re6 22. Ne4 Bg6 23. g4 Rae8 24. Nxg5 Rc6 25. c3 Bxc3 26. bxc3 Rxc3+ 27.
Rxc3 Qxc3+ 28. Kb1 Qxe3 29. Nf3 Rc8 30. Ne5 Qe2 31. Rd1 Qc2+ 32. Ka1 Rf8 33.
Qd4 Qxb3 34. Ne7+ Kg7 35. N5xg6+ f6 36. Nxf8 1-0

[Event "Amir Timur 680 rapid"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2016.10.21"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2016.10.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Qa4+ c6 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Rc1 O-O 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. e3 c5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Qh4
Qxh4 15. Nxh4 c4 16. Be2 Nc6 17. O-O Rfd8 18. Rfd1 Kf8 19. Kf1 Rab8 20. Nf3 Bc8
21. Rd2 Be6 22. Bd1 Rb6 23. Ba4 Rdb8 24. Bxc6 Rxc6 25. b4 Ke7 26. Nd4 Rcb6 27.
Ke1 R8b7 28. Rb2 Bd7 29. Kd2 Rh6 30. Rh1 Ra6 31. Ra1 Rh6 32. h3 Rg6 33. g3 Bxh3
34. Rh1 Bd7 35. b5 h6 36. Kc3 a6 37. a4 axb5 38. axb5 Rgb6 39. Rd1 Kd6 40. e4
Bxb5 41. Nf5+ Ke5 42. f4+ Kf6 43. Rxd5 Ba4 44. Rxb6+ Rxb6 45. Nd4 g6 46. e5+
Ke7 47. g4 Bd7 48. f5 gxf5 49. gxf5 h5 50. Ra5 Rb8 51. Kxc4 h4 52. Ra3 Rh8 53.
f6+ Kd8 54. Kc5 Kc7 55. Ra7+ Kb8 56. Rxd7 h3 57. Nf3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 1st Nov 10am"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.11.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Labeckas, Kestutis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2016.11.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. c3 O-O 8.
Qe2 b6 9. Bf4 Bb7 10. O-O-O Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Bxe4 12. Qxe4 Nf6 13. Qc6 Nd5 14. Bg3
Qe8 15. Ne5 Bd6 16. Rhe1 Bxe5 17. Qxe8 Rfxe8 18. Bxe5 Rac8 19. Kc2 c5 20. dxc5
Rxc5 21. Bd4 Rc6 22. a4 f6 23. Kb3 Kf7 24. c4 Ne7 25. Bc3 Rec8 26. Rd7 R8c7 27.
Rxc7 Rxc7 28. a5 bxa5 29. Bxa5 Rb7+ 30. Kc3 Nc6 31. Ra1 e5 32. b4 Ke6 33. b5
Nd4 34. Bb4 Rc7 35. Kd3 Rd7 36. Ra6+ Kf5 37. Rd6 Rb7 38. Bc5 Ne6 39. Be3 Nf8
40. Kc3 Nd7 41. Kb4 e4 42. c5 Ne5 43. c6 Rc7 44. Bd4 Nd3+ 45. Ka5 Nf4 46. Rd7
Rc8 47. g3 Ne6 48. Bxa7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 1st Nov 10am"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.11.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Howell, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2016.11.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 g6 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. Re1
O-O 9. a4 Na5 10. Ba2 c5 11. b4 Nc6 12. bxc5 dxc5 13. Nc4 Re8 14. Be3 Qe7 15.
h3 Be6 16. Qc2 Rac8 17. a5 Rc7 18. Bb3 Rd8 19. Nb2 Nd4 20. Bxd4 cxd4 21. Bxe6
Qxe6 22. c4 Nd7 23. Na4 Bf8 24. Rab1 Kg7 25. Rb5 Nc5 26. Reb1 Rdd7 27. Nd2 Na6
28. R1b2 Ba3 29. R2b3 Bd6 30. Qb1 Qe7 31. Nf3 Nc5 32. Nxc5 Bxc5 33. Rb2 Kh7 34.
Qa2 Kg7 35. Qa4 Kh7 36. Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 1st Nov 10am"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.11.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2016.11.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O
b6 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. Rac1 Nh5 11. Be5 g6 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Ba6 Bxa6 14. Qxa6 Qc8
15. Nxd5 Qd8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Rc7 Rfd8 18. Rfc1 Qb4 19. b3 f6 20. Bg3 Ng7 21.
Rxa7 Rxa7 22. Qxa7 Ne8 23. h3 Nf8 24. Rc6 b5 25. Qc5 Qxc5 26. Rxc5 Ra8 27. Rxb5
Rxa2 28. Rb8 Kf7 29. Rb7+ Kg8 30. h4 h6 31. b4 g5 32. h5 Rb2 33. b5 Rb1+ 34.
Kh2 Rb2 35. b6 Rb1 36. e4 Rb2 37. Ne1 Rb3 38. Nc2 Ng7 39. Bd6 Nh7 40. g4 f5 41.
Ne3 f4 42. Nc4 Nf6 43. Be5 Nxg4+ 44. Kg2 Nxh5 45. Nd2 Rb2 46. Rb8+ Kf7 47. b7
Nhf6 48. Bxf6 Nxf6 49. Nc4 Rb4 50. Nd6+ Ke7 51. e5 Nd7 52. Re8# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 1st Nov 10am"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.11.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[PlyCount "194"]
[EventDate "2016.11.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Bf4 c5 11. Rc1 Ne4 12. dxc5 Ndxc5 13. Nd4 Bf6 14. Be3 Re8
15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. b4 Ne6 17. Nxe6 Rxe6 18. Qxd8+ Rxd8 19. Bh3 Re7 20. Red1
Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 h6 22. b5 Bg5 23. Rd8+ Kh7 24. Bd4 Kg6 25. Rd6+ Bf6 26. Bd7 e3
27. fxe3 Be4 28. a4 Bf5 29. Bxf5+ Kxf5 30. Bxf6 gxf6 31. Kf2 Rc7 32. Rc6 Rd7
33. Kf3 h5 34. h3 Re7 35. Rc4 Rd7 36. Rf4+ Kg6 37. g4 h4 38. Rf5 Rd1 39. Rh5
Ra1 40. Rxh4 Rxa4 41. Rh5 Ra1 42. Rd5 Rf1+ 43. Kg3 Rg1+ 44. Kf2 Rh1 45. Kg3
Rg1+ 46. Kf4 Rf1+ 47. Ke4 Rh1 48. Rh5 Rb1 49. h4 Rg1 50. Kf3 Rf1+ 51. Kg2 Re1
52. Kf2 Rh1 53. e4 Rh2+ 54. Kf3 Rh3+ 55. Kf4 Rh1 56. e5 fxe5+ 57. Kxe5 f6+ 58.
Ke4 Rg1 59. Kf3 Rf1+ 60. Kg2 Re1 61. Kf2 Rh1 62. Rh8 Kg7 63. Kg2 Rb1 64. Ra8
Rxb5 65. Rxa7+ Kg6 66. Kf3 f5 67. gxf5+ Rxf5+ 68. Ke4 Rh5 69. Rb7 Rxh4+ 70. Kd5
Rh5+ 71. Kd6 b5 72. e4 Kf6 73. Rb8 Rh1 74. e5+ Kg7 75. Rxb5 Rd1+ 76. Ke7 Ra1
77. Rb8 Ra7+ 78. Ke8 Kg6 79. Rb6+ Kg7 80. Rd6 Ra8+ 81. Rd8 Ra6 82. Rd7+ Kg8 83.
Ke7 Kg7 84. e6 Ra8 85. Rb7 Ra1 86. Ke8+ Kf6 87. e7 Ra8+ 88. Kd7 Kf7 89. Rc7 Re8
90. Kd6 Ra8 91. Rc3 Ra6+ 92. Kd7 Ra7+ 93. Kd8 Ra8+ 94. Kd7 Ra7+ 95. Kd8 Ra8+
96. Rc8 Rxc8+ 97. Kxc8 Kxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 1st Nov 10am"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.11.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2016.11.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. Nc3 axb5 6. Nxb5 Qa5+ 7. Nc3 g6 8.
Nf3 Bg7 9. Nd2 Ba6 10. g3 d6 11. Bg2 O-O 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Re1 Rfb8 14. Qc2 Ng4
15. h3 Nge5 16. a4 Nc4 17. Nxc4 Bxc4 18. Ra3 Qb4 19. Kh2 Ne5 20. f4 Bb3 21.
Rxb3 Qxb3 22. Qxb3 Rxb3 23. fxe5 Bxe5 24. Rd1 h5 25. h4 Bxc3 26. bxc3 Rxc3 27.
Bd2 Rb3 28. a5 Ra3 29. Bf3 Rb8 30. Kg2 f5 31. Kf2 Kf7 32. Rc1 Rb2 33. Bc3 Rbb3
34. Be1 Rb2 35. Bc3 Rbb3 36. Bd2 Rb2 37. Ke1 Ke8 38. Bc3 Rba2 39. Kf2 Rb3 40.
Ke1 Rba3 41. Kf2 Rb3 42. Ke1 Rba3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 1st Nov 10am"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.11.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Levin, Evgeny A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2016.11.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. Nb3 Be6 12. h4 gxh4 13. Bxh4 Qb6 14. f3 Ne3 15.
Bf2 Nxf1 16. Kxf1 Qb4 17. a3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Qc4+ 19. Kg1 h5 20. Rb1 O-O-O 21.
Rh4 Rdg8 22. Kh1 Qb5 23. Qe3 Qg5 24. Qxg5 Rxg5 25. Be3 Rg6 26. Nd4 Nxd4 27.
cxd4 d5 28. Rb6 dxe4 29. fxe4 Rg3 30. Bf2 Rxa3 31. d5 Bg4 32. Bc5 Ra2 33. Bxe7
Rxc2 34. Kh2 Re8 35. d6 Rg8 36. Kg3 a5 37. Rh1 a4 38. Kf4 a3 39. Ke5 a2 40. Rb4
Be6 41. Ra1 Rgxg2 42. Bh4 Rb2 43. Ra4 Rb5+ 44. Kf6 Kd7 45. Bg5 Rgxg5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 1st Nov 10am"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.11.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2016.11.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g3 Bd7 7. Bg2 a6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Nb3 b5 10. Bf4 Ne5 11. a4 b4 12. Na2 Rb8 13. a5 Nf6 14. Bd2 Nc6 15. Qe2
Qc8 16. Rfc1 O-O 17. Bf1 Rb5 18. Qe1 Re5 19. Bg2 d5 20. Nxb4 dxe4 21. Nxc6 Bxc6
22. Nd4 Ba8 23. c4 Bc5 24. Nc2 Rh5 25. Ne3 Bxe3 26. Bxe3 Ng4 27. h3 Ne5 28. c5
Nf3+ 29. Bxf3 exf3 30. h4 Bc6 31. Qf1 e5 32. Kh2 f5 33. Qh3 Qe8 34. Re1 Qf7 35.
Bd2 f4 36. Bc3 fxg3+ 37. Qxg3 Qf4 38. Qxf4 Rxf4 39. Rxe5 Rhxh4+ 40. Kg3 Rfg4#
0-1

[Event "EU-ch rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2016.12.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Narva, Regina R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2000"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2016.12.15"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. Qe1 e5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Bc4 Be6 14. Kb1 Rb8
15. Ne4 Qc7 16. Bc5 Rfd8 17. g4 h6 18. h4 Rd7 19. g5 h5 20. Bb3 Rbd8 21. Rd3
Nf4 22. Rxd7 Rxd7 23. Be3 Bxb3 24. axb3 Ng2 25. Qf2 Nxe3 26. Qxe3 Qb6 27. Qe2
Qb5 28. Qxb5 cxb5 29. c4 bxc4 30. bxc4 Rc7 31. c5 Bf8 32. Rd1 Bxc5 33. Rd8+ Bf8
34. Nf6+ Kg7 35. Ne8+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2016.12.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Remmel, Anto"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2243"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2016.12.15"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nf6 8.
Be2 Bd6 9. Nd2 O-O 10. O-O h6 11. h3 Re8 12. N2f3 Bd7 13. Re1 Rxe3 14. fxe3 Bg3
15. Bd3 Bxe1 16. Qxe1 Qe7 17. Qe2 Re8 18. Re1 Qd6 19. Rd1 g6 20. Bb1 Kg7 21.
Re1 Na5 22. Bd3 b6 23. Nb5 Qb8 24. Nbd4 Nb7 25. Bb5 Bxb5 26. Qxb5 Nd6 27. Qd3
Nc4 28. b3 Nd6 29. Nb5 Nde4 30. Qd4 a6 31. Na3 Qc7 32. Nb1 Nd6 33. Qd3 b5 34.
Nd4 Nde4 35. Rf1 h5 36. Nf3 Ng3 37. Re1 Nf5 38. Nd4 Nxd4 39. Qxd4 Qg3 40. Re2
Re4 41. Qd3 Rh4 42. Kf1 Ng4 43. Qd4+ Kg8 44. Qxd5 Nh2+ 45. Kg1 Rxh3 46. Qd8+
Kh7 47. Qf6 Nf3+ 48. Qxf3 Qh2+ 49. Kf2 Rxf3+ 50. Kxf3 f5 0-1

[Event "EU-ch rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2016.12.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Shytaj, Luca"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2016.12.15"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bd7 6. Bg5 e6 7. Ndb5 Bc6 8.
Bxf6 gxf6 9. Qh5 Nd7 10. O-O-O Nc5 11. Nd4 Qd7 12. Bc4 O-O-O 13. Rhe1 Rg8 14.
g3 Rg5 15. Qh3 Kb8 16. f4 Rg6 17. f5 Rh6 18. Qg2 exf5 19. Nxc6+ bxc6 20. exf5
d5 21. Nxd5 cxd5 22. Rxd5 Bd6 23. Red1 Qc7 24. Qd2 Ne4 25. Qd4 Re8 26. Bd3 Bc5
27. Qa4 Nd6 28. Rxd6 Qxd6 29. Qxe8+ Kc7 30. Qxf7+ Kb6 31. Qb3+ Kc7 32. Be4 1-0

[Event "EU-ch rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2016.12.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Novikov, Stanislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2016.12.15"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. Be3 d6 8. f4
Nbd7 9. N1d2 b6 10. g4 h6 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. O-O-O Be7 13. h4 h5 14. g5 Ng4 15.
Bg1 d5 16. e5 g6 17. Kb1 Nc5 18. Nd4 O-O 19. Rh3 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Qd7 21. Qb5 Rfd8
22. Qxd7 Rxd7 23. a3 Rc8 24. N2b3 Ba6 25. Nc1 Rdc7 26. Rd2 Bc4 27. b3 Ba6 28.
Kb2 Kf8 29. Na2 Rd7 30. Rc3 Rxc3 31. Nxc3 Ke8 32. Rd1 Bc5 33. b4 Bxd4 34. Rxd4
Rc7 35. b5 Bc8 36. a4 Bd7 37. Kb3 Kd8 38. Nb1 Kc8 39. Na3 Kb7 40. c4 a6 41.
bxa6+ Kxa6 42. Kb4 Bc6 43. Nb5 Rd7 44. cxd5 Bxd5 45. Rd2 Kb7 46. Nd6+ Ka6 47.
Rc2 Bb7 48. Ka3 Bd5 49. Rb2 Rc7 50. Rxb6+ Ka5 51. Rb5+ Ka6 52. Kb4 Rc6 53. Ra5#
1-0

[Event "EU-ch rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2016.12.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2016.12.15"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. h3
Be7 9. g4 O-O 10. g5 Nfd7 11. Qd2 a5 12. a4 Nb6 13. O-O-O N8d7 14. Kb1 Qc7 15.
f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Ne5 17. Nb5 Qc6 18. N3d4 Qxe4 19. Bg2 Qg6 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21.
Nxd6 Bxd6 22. Qxd6 Rxf4 23. Qxb6 Rc8 24. Rd8+ Rxd8 25. Qxd8+ Rf8 26. Qxa5 Rc8
27. Rc1 Nc4 28. Qb5 b6 29. Qd7 Rf8 30. Re1 Qxg5 31. Qxe6+ Kh8 32. Qxc4 Qxg2 33.
Qf7 Qa8 34. Qd7 Rd8 35. Qc7 Rc8 36. Qxb6 Qxa4 37. b3 Qa8 38. Qe6 h6 39. Kb2 Qb7
40. Re4 Ra8 41. Rc4 Rf8 42. Qe5 Qf7 43. h4 Qf1 44. Rc6 Kh7 45. Qe4+ Kh8 46. Qd4
Kh7 47. Qe4+ Kh8 48. Qe5 Kh7 49. Rc7 Qg2 50. Re7 Qg6 51. h5 Qg5 52. Qe4+ Kg8
53. Re5 Qf6 54. Qd5+ Kh8 55. Qe6 Qf1 56. Qc6 Kh7 57. Qg6+ Kg8 58. Re7 Qf6+ 59.
Qxf6 gxf6 60. b4 f5 61. b5 f4 62. Kb3 f3 63. Re1 Kf7 64. Kc4 f2 65. Rf1 Ke6 66.
b6 Kd7 67. Kb5 Rf5+ 68. Ka6 Kc6 69. b7 1-0

[Event "EU-ch rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2016.12.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2016.12.15"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Bb3 a6 8. Nbd2
Ba7 9. h3 Be6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nf1 h6 12. Bc2 d5 13. exd5 Qxd5 14. Ng3 Rad8 15.
Bd2 Qd6 16. Qc1 Nd5 17. d4 exd4 18. Bxh6 Ne3 19. fxe3 d3 20. Ne4 Qd5 21. Bxd3
Qxd3 22. Nf2 Qg6 23. Bf4 Bb6 24. Kh2 Bd5 25. Re2 Bxf3 26. gxf3 Ne5 27. Qh1 Qh5
28. Bxe5 Rxe5 29. Ng4 Re6 30. Rd1 Rde8 31. e4 f5 32. Nf2 c6 33. Rd7 Rh6 34. Kg2
fxe4 35. Nxe4 0-1

[Event "EU-ch rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2016.12.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Seeman, Tarvo"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2016.12.15"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 b6 2. g3 Bb7 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d3 d5 6. Nbd2 Nf6 7. e4 dxe4 8.
dxe4 O-O 9. e5 Ng4 10. e6 f5 11. Qe2 Na6 12. Nb3 c5 13. Rd1 Qc8 14. Rd7 c4 15.
Nbd4 Nc5 16. Rxe7 Ne4 17. Bf4 Bd5 18. Rf1 Bxd4 19. Nxd4 Qc5 20. Rc7 Qxd4 21. c3
Qd3 22. Qxd3 cxd3 23. f3 g5 24. e7 Rfc8 25. fxe4 fxe4 26. Rxc8+ Rxc8 27. Bd6
Kg7 28. h3 Ne3 29. Rf8 d2 30. Be5+ Kg6 31. Rf6+ Kh5 32. g4+ Nxg4 33. hxg4+ Kxg4
34. Rf1 Bc4 35. Rd1 e3 36. Bf1 Bxf1 37. Kxf1 Kf3 0-1

[Event "EU-ch rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2016.12.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zakhartsov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2016.12.15"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. c3
Bd7 9. d4 d5 10. exd5 exd5 11. Ne5 Re8 12. Bg5 Be6 13. Nd2 cxd4 14. Nxc6 bxc6
15. cxd4 h6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Qa4 Bd7 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Nb3 c5 20. Qa5 cxd4
21. Re1 Qf8 22. Bxd5 Rd8 23. Qxa7 d3 24. Be4 Be6 25. Rd1 Bxb3 26. axb3 d2 27.
Qa5 Qd6 28. b4 Qe6 29. Bf3 g5 30. h3 Qxh3 31. b5 Qf5 32. Be2 Qd5 33. Qb4 Bd4
34. Bc4 Qf3 35. Rxd2 Qxg3+ 36. Kf1 Qh3+ 37. Ke1 Qh1+ 38. Ke2 Re8+ 0-1

[Event "EU-ch rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2016.12.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2016.12.15"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bf5 7. Qb3 Na5 8.
Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qc2 Rc8 10. Bd3 e6 11. h3 b5 12. a3 h6 13. Nf3 b4 14. axb4 Bxb4 15.
O-O O-O 16. Ne5 Qb6 17. Na4 Qd8 18. Nc5 Qe7 19. Ba6 Bxc5 20. Bxc8 Rxc8 21. dxc5
Rxc5 22. Qd1 Rb5 23. Ra3 Nc6 24. Nxc6 Bxc6 25. Qd4 a5 26. Rc1 Rb4 27. Qe5 Qb7
28. Rac3 Rc4 29. b3 Rxc3 30. Qxc3 Bd7 31. Bxh6 Qb5 32. Bf4 Ne4 33. Qc2 a4 34.
bxa4 Qxa4 35. Qxa4 Bxa4 36. f3 Nf6 37. Kf2 Bb5 38. Rc7 Nd7 39. Rc8+ Kh7 40. g4
Kg6 41. Bd6 f6 42. f4 Kf7 43. h4 Ba4 44. Kg3 Bb5 45. Rc7 f5 46. h5 fxg4 47.
Kxg4 Kf6 48. Be5+ Kf7 49. Kg5 Ba4 50. Bd4 Bb5 51. Ra7 Bc6 52. f5 exf5 53. Ra6
Bb5 54. Rg6 Nf8 55. Rxg7+ Ke8 56. Kf6 Nd7+ 57. Kxf5 Bd3+ 58. Ke6 Nf8+ 59. Kxd5
Bc2 1-0

[Event "EU-ch rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2016.12.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2016.12.15"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O Ba6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Qa4 Qc8 11. Bd2 Re8 12. Rac1 Bf8 13. Ne2 c5 14. dxc5 bxc5
15. Ng3 Ne4 16. Rfd1 Qb7 17. Be1 Nc7 18. b3 Rad8 19. Qa5 Nxg3 20. hxg3 Ne6 21.
Qa4 Re7 22. Qg4 Qa6 23. Qf5 g6 24. Qc2 Bg7 25. b4 Rc7 26. bxc5 Rxc5 27. Qb3
Rxc1 28. Rxc1 d4 29. exd4 Bxd4 30. Qc4 Qxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch blitz"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2016.12.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Mierins, Eriks"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2150"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2016.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 d6 5. c3 Nf6 6. a4 a5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Bg3 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nbd2 Qd7 12. Qc2 O-O-O 13. Bb5 Kb8 14. d4 exd4 15.
cxd4 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 Bb4+ 17. Kf1 Qe7 18. e5 Nd5 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Qxc6 Nf4 21.
Kg1 h5 22. Bxf4 gxf4 23. Kh2 Rhg8 24. Rac1 Qd7 25. Qa6 Qxa4 26. Rxc7 Kxc7 27.
Qa7+ Kc6 28. Rc1+ Kd5 29. Qxf7+ Ke4 30. Qh7+ Kd5 31. Qb7+ Ke6 32. d5+ Kf5 33.
Qh7+ Rg6 34. Qxh5+ Ke4 35. Qxg6+ Kxd5 36. e6 Qe8 37. Qf5# 1-0

[Event "EU-ch blitz"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2016.12.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mierins, Eriks"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2150"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2016.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 d6 7. h3 Bd7 8. d4 Nf6
9. Re1 O-O 10. d5 Ne7 11. c4 Kh8 12. Nc3 Neg8 13. b4 Nh5 14. c5 Bh6 15. Bxh6
Nxh6 16. Rb1 Nf4 17. Ne2 Nxh3+ 18. gxh3 Bxh3 19. Rb3 Bg4 20. Nh2 Bh5 21. Rh3 f5
22. Bc2 Ng4 23. f3 Ne3 24. Qc1 f4 25. Kh1 Qd7 26. Rh4 a5 27. a3 axb4 28. axb4
Qb5 29. Qd2 dxc5 30. bxc5 Qxc5 31. Qc3 Qxc3 32. Nxc3 Nxc2 33. Rc1 Nd4 34. Rh3
Ra3 35. Ng4 Bxg4 36. fxg4 f3 37. Kg1 Rxc3 0-1

[Event "EU-ch blitz"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2016.12.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kavalenia, Leonid"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2016.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nc3 h6 4. Bh4 d5 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e5 Qe7 8. a3
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Bd7 10. Qg4 f5 11. exf6 gxf6 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. Qh5+ Kd8 14. Ne2 Qg7
15. O-O Qg5 16. Ng3 Qxh5 17. Nxh5 Ke7 18. Rab1 b6 19. f4 f5 20. Rfe1 Kd6 21.
Bb5 Raf8 22. Bxc6 Bxc6 23. Re2 Be8 24. Ng3 h5 25. Nf1 h4 26. Nd2 Bh5 27. Re3
Rhg8 28. Rbe1 Rf6 29. c4 Rg4 30. g3 hxg3 31. hxg3 Rg7 32. Kf2 c5 33. c3 Bg4 34.
Rh1 cxd4 35. cxd4 Rc7 36. Rc3 Rff7 37. Ke3 Rh7 38. c5+ bxc5 39. dxc5+ Rxc5 40.
Rxc5 Rxh1 41. Ra5 Rh2 42. Nb3 Rg2 43. Kd4 Rxg3 44. Ra6+ Ke7 45. Nc5 Rg1 46.
Rxe6+ Kf7 47. Ra6 Rd1+ 48. Ke5 d4 49. Rxa7+ Kg6 50. Ra6+ Kh5 51. Kf6 d3 52. Rd6
d2 53. Nb3 Rf1 54. Rxd2 Kh4 55. Ke5 Re1+ 56. Kd4 Re4+ 57. Kd5 Rxf4 58. Nd4 Rf1
59. Ra2 f4 60. Ke4 f3 61. Kf4 Kh3 62. a4 f2 63. Ke3 Kg3 0-1

[Event "EU-ch blitz"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2016.12.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kavalenia, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2016.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 b6 7. Ne2 Ba6 8. Bxa6
Nxa6 9. O-O b5 10. Nf4 Qb6 11. Nf3 h6 12. Be3 c4 13. b3 Nc7 14. a4 a6 15. axb5
axb5 16. Rxa8+ Nxa8 17. bxc4 bxc4 18. Qa4 Nc7 19. Ra1 Be7 20. g3 Qb5 21. Qc2
O-O 22. h4 Ra8 23. Rb1 Qa5 24. Ne2 Nb5 25. Qd2 Bf8 26. Kg2 Qa4 27. h5 Na3 28.
Rb2 Rb8 29. Rxb8 Nxb8 30. Qb2 Qb3 31. Qa1 Nc6 32. Nh2 Na5 33. Ng4 Qc2 34. Qe1
Nb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch blitz"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2016.12.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Pavlidis, Antonios"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "166"]
[EventDate "2016.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 a6 7. f4 Bd7 8. Qf3
b5 9. O-O-O b4 10. Nce2 Na5 11. Kb1 h5 12. e5 Nc4 13. Ng3 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 d5 15.
f5 Qb6 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Bd3 O-O-O 18. Rc1 Kb7 19. c3 Bc5 20. Nge2 Ne7 21. cxb4
Bxb4 22. Qg5 Rc8 23. Ka1 g6 24. Rcf1 Nf5 25. Bxf5 gxf5 26. Qg7 Rhd8 27. Rc1 Bc5
28. Nb3 Be3 29. Rxc8 Kxc8 30. Qe7 Re8 31. Qf7 Bb5 32. Nc3 Kb8 33. Qxh5 Rc8 34.
Nxb5 Qxb5 35. Qf3 d4 36. h4 a5 37. Qf1 Qxf1+ 38. Rxf1 a4 39. Na5 d3 40. b3 Rc2
41. Nc4 Bd4+ 42. Kb1 Rxg2 43. Rd1 axb3 44. axb3 Rh2 45. Rxd3 Rxh4 46. Rg3 Kc7
47. Rg6 Kd7 48. Na5 Bxe5 49. Kc2 Rh3 50. Nc4 Bd4 51. Nd2 Rc3+ 52. Kd1 Be3 53.
Rg7+ Kc6 54. Nc4 Bc5 55. Kd2 Rh3 56. Kc2 f4 57. Rf7 Rh4 58. Kd3 Kd5 59. Rd7+
Kc6 60. Ne5+ Kb5 61. Rb7+ Ka6 62. Rf7 Bd6 63. Nc4 Bb8 64. Rf8 Bc7 65. Rf7 Kb7
66. Rf6 e5 67. Ke4 Rh1 68. Rf7 Re1+ 69. Kd5 Rd1+ 70. Kc5 e4 71. b4 Rh1 72. b5
Rh5+ 73. Kd4 Kb8 74. b6 Bxb6+ 75. Nxb6 e3 76. Kd3 Rb5 77. Nd7+ Kc7 78. Ne5+ Kd6
79. Nc4+ Kc5 80. Rxf4 Rb3+ 81. Ke2 Rb4 82. Kxe3 Rxc4 83. Rxc4+ Kxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch blitz"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2016.12.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Pavlidis, Antonios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2016.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Qc7 6. e5 Nd5 7. h3 Bf5 8.
O-O e6 9. Re1 h6 10. Nbd2 O-O-O 11. a3 g5 12. Nc4 g4 13. hxg4 Bxg4 14. Qe2 Rg8
15. Qe4 Bf5 16. Qh4 Be7 17. Qh2 Rg6 18. Nh4 Bxh4 19. Qxh4 Rdg8 20. g3 Rg4 21.
Qh5 Kb8 22. Bd2 R4g6 23. Nd6 Bg4 24. Qh4 Bf3 25. c4 Ne7 26. Qf4 Bh5 27. b4 Rg4
28. Qxh6 Bg6 29. bxc5 Bxd3 30. Re3 Nf5 31. Qf6 Nxe3 32. Bxe3 Bxc4 33. Rb1 Ba6
34. Kg2 R4g7 35. Rb4 Rg6 36. Qxf7 Qxf7 37. Nxf7 Rg4 38. Bf4 Rf8 39. Nd6 Rg6 40.
f3 Rh8 41. g4 Rh7 42. Be3 Be2 43. Rf4 Rh8 44. Rf7 Ba6 45. Kg3 Rgg8 46. Re7 Rg6
47. f4 Rf8 48. Ne4 Be2 49. Nf6 Rfxf6 50. exf6 Rxf6 51. Bd4 Rg6 52. g5 1-0

[Event "EU-ch blitz"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2016.12.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Neiksans, Arturs"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[PlyCount "175"]
[EventDate "2016.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Be3 Bb4 9. Na4 Be7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Nb6 Rb8 12. Nxc8 Qxc8 13. Bd4 c5 14. Be5
Rb6 15. Qd3 d6 16. Bc3 O-O 17. Rad1 Qc6 18. e5 Nd5 19. Bf3 c4 20. Qd2 dxe5 21.
Bxe5 Rd8 22. b3 Rb5 23. bxc4 Qxc4 24. Be2 Qe4 25. Bxb5 axb5 26. Rfe1 Qc4 27.
Qd3 Qc6 28. Qe4 b4 29. g3 Bf8 30. Rd2 Ra8 31. Red1 Rxa2 32. h4 h6 33. h5 Ra5
34. Bb2 Rc5 35. Bd4 Ra5 36. Ra1 Rb5 37. Bb2 Rc5 38. Ra7 Rc4 39. Qf3 f6 40. Qe2
Qc8 41. Ra1 Rc6 42. Qe4 Rc4 43. Qg6 Ne7 44. Qd3 Nd5 45. Re2 Rc6 46. Qg6 Ne7 47.
Qe4 Nd5 48. Ra7 Rd6 49. Kg2 Qe8 50. Qf3 Qc6 51. Kh2 Qe8 52. Qg4 Qc6 53. Ra1 Qe8
54. Rae1 e5 55. Qf3 Qf7 56. Rd1 Nc7 57. Rxd6 Bxd6 58. Rd2 Ne8 59. Kg2 f5 60.
Qd5 e4 61. Qxf7+ Kxf7 62. Rd5 Ke6 63. Rb5 Nf6 64. Bxf6 Kxf6 65. Kf1 Kg5 66. Rb7
Be5 67. Rxb4 Bf6 68. Rb5 Kg4 69. Kg2 Bc3 70. Rc5 Bd4 71. Rd5 Bc3 72. Rc5 Bd4
73. Rc4 Bf6 74. Rc8 Kxh5 75. c4 Kg6 76. c5 Kf7 77. Rc6 Ke7 78. Rd6 Be5 79. Rd1
Ke6 80. Kf1 g5 81. Ke2 f4 82. g4 Bc7 83. Rd4 Ke5 84. Rd7 Ba5 85. c6 Ke6 86. Rh7
f3+ 87. Kf1 Kd5 88. c7 1-0

[Event "EU-ch blitz"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2016.12.17"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Neiksans, Arturs"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2016.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. c3 O-O 6. Nbd2 d6 7. Bb3 Na5 8. Bc2
c5 9. Nf1 Nc6 10. Ng3 Re8 11. O-O d5 12. Re1 d4 13. Bb3 Be6 14. Ng5 Qd7 15.
Nxe6 fxe6 16. cxd4 Nxd4 17. Be3 Nxb3 18. Qxb3 Rac8 19. h3 Rc6 20. Red1 Rd8 21.
Nf1 b6 22. Rd2 Bf8 23. Nh2 Qe8 24. Nf3 Bd6 25. Qc4 Rc7 26. a4 h6 27. g3 Nd7 28.
Kg2 Nb8 29. Nh2 Nc6 30. Ng4 Qg6 31. Rad1 Rf7 32. Qb5 Nb4 33. a5 Bc7 34. axb6
axb6 35. Qc4 h5 36. Nh2 Rfd7 37. Nf3 Ra8 38. h4 Qf6 39. Ng5 Rd6 40. Re2 Nc6 41.
Qc1 Nd8 42. b4 Nf7 43. bxc5 bxc5 44. Qxc5 Rd7 45. Qc6 Rad8 46. Qxe6 Rd6 47. Qc4
Rc6 48. Qb3 Rb8 49. Qa2 Ra6 50. Qxf7+ Qxf7 51. Nxf7 Kxf7 52. d4 exd4 53. Rxd4
Be5 54. Rd5 Re8 55. Rc2 Bf6 56. f3 Ra3 57. Bf4 Kg6 58. Rc6 Ra2+ 59. Kh3 Kf7 60.
Rxh5 Rea8 61. Rd5 R8a3 62. Kg4 Rf2 63. Rd7+ Kg8 64. h5 Rfxf3 65. h6 Rfc3 66.
Re6 Rc8 67. e5 1-0

[Event "EU-ch blitz"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2016.12.17"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2016.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. e3 Bg4 7. Qb3 Na5 8.
Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qc2 e6 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. a3 Nh5 12. Be5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 g6 14. Nf3 Be7
15. O-O O-O 16. Rac1 Rc8 17. Qb3 Rc7 18. Nd4 Qb8 19. f4 Rfc8 20. Rc2 Bc5 21. g4
Ng7 22. Rg2 a6 23. Nce2 Qa7 24. Qd1 Qb6 25. Qd2 Bf8 26. h4 Rc5 27. h5 Qc7 28.
hxg6 fxg6 29. Rh2 Qd8 30. Kg2 Be8 31. Rfh1 h5 32. gxh5 gxh5 33. Kf2 Bf7 34. Ng1
Qe8 35. Ngf3 Bg6 36. Rg2 Be4 37. Bxe4 dxe4 38. Ng5 Qd7 39. Nxe4 Rc2 40. Nxc2
Qxd2+ 41. Nxd2 Rxc2 42. Kf3 Rxb2 43. Ne4 Kf7 44. Rxb2 1-0

[Event "EU-ch blitz"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2016.12.17"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2016.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f4 Bd7 8. Qf3
Nxd4 9. Bxd4 Qa5 10. Bc4 Bc6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Bb3 f5 13. O-O-O Bg7 14. Rxd6
Bxc3 15. bxc3 Qa3+ 0-1

[Event "EU-ch blitz"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2016.12.17"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2016.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Qe2 e5 6. O-O Be7 7. c3 O-O 8. d3
Re8 9. a4 Bf8 10. Na3 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nc4 f6 13. Re1 Be6 14. a5 Qd7 15.
Be3 Rad8 16. Red1 b5 17. axb6 axb6 18. Nfd2 b5 19. Na3 b4 20. cxb4 Ndxb4 21.
Ne4 Nd4 22. Bxd4 Qxd4 23. Bf1 Qd7 24. Rac1 Bg4 25. f3 Bh5 26. Nc4 Nc6 27. Qf2
Nd4 28. Bg2 Bf7 29. Ne3 Qb5 30. Nc3 Qb4 31. f4 exf4 32. gxf4 Nb3 33. Rc2 Qd4
34. Nf5 Qxf2+ 35. Rxf2 g6 36. Ng3 f5 37. Re2 Bd6 38. Nd5 Kg7 39. Rxe8 Rxe8 40.
Kf1 Nd4 41. Kf2 Bxd5 42. Bxd5 Bxf4 43. Nf1 Re2+ 44. Kg1 Rxb2 45. Ra1 h5 46.
Ra7+ Kh6 47. Ra6 Ne2+ 48. Kh1 Bc7 49. Ne3 Kg5 50. h4+ Kf4 51. Ng2+ Ke5 52. Ba2
Kd4 53. Ne1 Ke3 54. Bd5 Nf4 55. Ng2+ Nxg2 56. Bxg2 Rb1+ 57. Bf1 Rxf1+ 58. Kg2
Rf4 0-1

[Event "EU-ch blitz"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2016.12.17"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2016.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. a7 Rxa7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. e4 d6 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O Qb6 12. Qc2 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Rxa6 14. h3 Rb8 15.
Re1 Ne8 16. b3 Nc7 17. Bd2 Nb5 18. Na4 Qb7 19. Rac1 Rba8 20. Qd3 Ne5 21. Nxe5
Bxe5 22. Be3 Ra5 23. Re2 Bf6 24. g3 Nd4 25. Bxd4 Bxd4 26. Kg2 Bg7 27. Rc4 Qb5
28. Rec2 h5 29. Qf3 Qb7 30. Rc1 R5a6 31. g4 h4 32. g5 Qd7 33. Qf4 Rf8 34. Qxh4
f5 35. gxf6 Rxf6 36. Qg4 Qe8 37. R1c3 Ra8 38. Rf3 Qf7 39. Rcc3 Rb8 40. Rxf6
Bxf6 41. Rg3 Kh7 42. Nc3 Rb4 43. Rf3 Qg7 44. Ne2 Qh6 45. Qe6 Qg5+ 46. Ng3 Kg7
47. a4 Qe5 48. Qxe5 Bxe5 49. Re3 c4 50. bxc4 Rxa4 51. Ne2 Rxc4 52. f4 Bf6 53.
Kf3 Rb4 54. Kg4 Kf7 55. h4 e6 56. dxe6+ Kxe6 57. Ng3 Rb1 58. f5+ gxf5+ 59.
exf5+ Kf7 60. Ne4 Be5 61. Ra3 Rb4 62. Ra7+ Kf8 63. Kf3 d5 64. Nc5 Rf4+ 65. Ke3
Rxf5 66. Nd7+ Kg8 67. Nxe5 Rxe5+ 68. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch blitz"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2016.12.17"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2016.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. a4 a6 6. c3 d6 7. Bg5 Ba7 8. Nbd2
Ne7 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. d4 Rg8 11. Qb3 Rg7 12. O-O-O c6 13. g3 b5 14. Be2 Be6 15.
Qa3 Qc7 16. Nb3 Rb8 17. axb5 axb5 18. Kc2 Bb6 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Nc5 Bc8 21. Rd2
f5 22. Rhd1 fxe4 23. Rd8+ Qxd8 24. Rxd8+ Bxd8 25. Nxe4 Bf5 26. Bd3 Bxe4 27.
Bxe4 f5 28. Qd6 fxe4 29. Nxe5 Rb7 30. Qf6 Ng6 31. Qxc6+ Kf8 32. Qxe4 Nxe5 33.
Qxe5 b4 34. f4 bxc3 35. bxc3 Rbc7 36. Qd6+ Ke8 37. Qe5+ Rge7 38. Qh8+ Kd7 39.
f5 Rf7 40. Qe5 Bf6 41. Qe6+ Kd8 42. c4 Rxc4+ 43. Qxc4 Rc7 44. Kd3 Rxc4 45. Kxc4
Kd7 46. Kd5 Ke7 47. Kc5 Bc3 48. Kd5 Kf6 49. Ke4 Be5 50. g4 Bxh2 51. Kf3 Bd6 52.
g5+ Kxf5 53. Kg2 Kg4 54. Kh1 Kh3 55. Kg1 Bc5+ 56. Kh1 Be3 57. g6 hxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch blitz"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2016.12.17"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2016.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Bf4 Qe7 11. Re1 Nh5 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bd2 f5 14. Bg5 Ndf6 15.
e4 fxe4 16. Nxe4 Qc7 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Neg5 Qb6 19. Ne6 Bxe6 20. dxe6 Rfe8 21.
Ng5 c4 22. e7 Qc5 23. Ne6 Qb6 24. Bd5 Kh8 25. Ng5 Qc5 26. Nf7+ Kg8 27. Nh6+ Kh8
28. Nf7+ Kg8 29. Nh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch blitz"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2016.12.17"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2016.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. h3
Be7 9. Qf3 Nbd7 10. g4 h6 11. O-O-O Rc8 12. Nd5 Nf8 13. Bb6 Qd7 14. Nxe7 Qxe7
15. Qd3 d5 16. Bg2 Ng6 17. exd5 Nf4 18. Qd2 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 N6xd5 20. Be3 O-O 21.
Kb1 Rfd8 22. Bxf4 Nxf4 23. Qe3 Qc7 24. c3 f6 25. Qe4 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Rd8 27.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 28. Kc2 Nxh3 29. Qxb7 Nxf2 30. Qf3 Qb6 31. Nd2 e4 32. Nxe4 Qc6 33.
Qxf2 Qxe4+ 34. Kb3 Qxg4 35. c4 h5 36. c5 h4 37. Qd2 Qe6+ 38. Kb4 h3 39. Ka5 Qc6
40. Qd8+ Kf7 41. Qb6 Qxb6+ 42. cxb6 h2 43. b7 h1=Q 44. b8=Q Qd5+ 45. Kb4 a5+
46. Ka3 Qc5+ 47. Ka4 g5 48. a3 Qd5 49. b4 axb4 50. axb4 g4 51. b5 Qa2+ 52. Kb4
Qb2+ 53. Ka5 Qa3+ 54. Kb6 g3 55. Qb7+ Kg6 56. Qe4+ f5 57. Qe8+ Kg5 58. Qg8+ Kf4
59. Qc4+ Kf3 60. Qd5+ Kg4 61. Qg8+ Kf4 62. Kc6 Qc3+ 63. Kb7 Qf3+ 64. Kc7 Ke5
0-1

[Event "EU-ch blitz"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2016.12.17"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2016.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Be7 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1
Bd7 9. Nbd2 b5 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qb6 12. Nb3 a5 13. d5 Ne5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15.
Be3 Qa6 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. Bxc5 Rfc8 18. b4 axb4 19. Bxb4 Rc4 20. a3 Rac8 21. h3
Qb6 22. Qe2 h6 23. Rad1 exd5 24. exd5 e4 25. Qe3 Qxe3 26. Rxe3 h5 27. Be7 Bf5
28. Bf1 Rc1 29. Ree1 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Bd7 31. Bxf6 gxf6 32. Rb1 Rc5 33. Rd1 Kg7
34. h4 f5 35. Be2 Kg6 36. Kf1 Rc3 37. Rb1 Rc5 38. Rd1 Rc3 39. Rb1 Rc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch blitz"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2016.12.18"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Kovalenko, Igor"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2016.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. e3 a6 7. O-O O-O 8. a3
Ba7 9. b3 Bf5 10. d3 Qd7 11. Ng5 h6 12. Nge4 Nxe4 13. dxe4 Bh3 14. Bxh3 Qxh3
15. Nd5 Qd7 16. Qd3 Nd8 17. Kg2 c6 18. Nc3 Ne6 19. f4 Rad8 20. Ra2 b5 21. cxb5
axb5 22. b4 Qb7 23. Rd1 Rfe8 24. h4 h5 25. Qe2 g6 26. f5 Nf8 27. g4 d5 28. gxh5
d4 29. Nb1 gxf5 30. exf5 Nh7 31. e4 Kh8 32. Kh3 Rg8 33. Bh6 Qe7 34. Nd2 Qf6 35.
Bg5 Nxg5+ 36. hxg5 Qxg5 37. Qf3 Rd6 38. Nf1 Bb6 39. Rg2 Qxg2+ 40. Qxg2 Rxg2 41.
Kxg2 c5 42. bxc5 Bxc5 43. Rb1 Bxa3 44. Rxb5 d3 45. Rd5 Rxd5 46. exd5 e4 47. Kf2
Bc5+ 48. Ke1 e3 49. Nxe3 Bxe3 50. d6 Kg7 51. d7 Bg5 52. Kf2 Kh6 53. f6 Bxf6 54.
Ke3 Kxh5 55. Kxd3 Bd8 56. Ke4 Kg4 0-1

[Event "EU-ch blitz"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2016.12.18"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kovalenko, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2016.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 d6 6. g3 d5 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3
cxd4 9. Qxd4 Nc6 10. Qd1 O-O 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bg2 Bg4 13. f3 Be6 14. O-O d4
15. exd4 Nxd4 16. Be3 Nf5 17. Bc5 Re8 18. Qxd8 Rexd8 19. Rfd1 b6 20. Bf2 Bb3
21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. g4 Nd6 23. Bh4 Re8 24. Bf1 Nd7 25. Nb5 Re6 26. Nd4 Ne5 27.
Bg3 Nxf3+ 28. Nxf3 Rg6 29. Ne5 Re6 30. Rc1 h5 31. gxh5 f6 32. Ng6 Bd5 33. Rd1
1-0

[Event "EU-ch blitz"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2016.12.18"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2016.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Ng3 e6 7. Bd3 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. b3 b6 10. Bb2 Bb7 11. Qe2 c5 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. c4 Rfe8 14. Rfe1 a6
15. Bb1 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Bb4 17. Rf1 Nf8 18. Nh5 Nxh5 19. Qxh5 Ng6 20. Nf3 Qc6 21.
a3 Be7 22. Rfe1 Rad8 23. Qg4 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 f5 25. Qg3 Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Bxd8 27.
Ne5 Qd6 28. Qd3 Qxd3 29. Bxd3 Nf4 30. Bf1 Bc7 31. g3 Ng6 32. Nxg6 hxg6 33. f4
a5 34. Bg2 Bxg2 35. Kxg2 Bd6 36. Kf3 Kf7 37. Bd4 Bc5 38. Ke3 g5 39. fxg5 e5 40.
Bxc5 bxc5 41. g4 Ke6 42. h3 g6 43. Kf3 Kd6 44. gxf5 gxf5 45. h4 Ke6 46. h5 Kf7
47. Ke3 Kg7 48. Ke2 Kf7 49. Kd3 Kg7 50. Kc3 f4 51. Kd3 f3 52. Ke3 e4 53. Kf2
Kf7 54. Ke3 Kg7 55. Kf2 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch blitz"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2016.12.18"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2016.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 b6 2. c4 Bb7 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 e6 5. Bg2 Bb4 6. Qc2 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. a3
Bxc3 9. Qxc3 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Qc2 Nc6 12. b3 e5 13. Bb2 Re8 14. e3 Nf6 15.
d3 Qd7 16. Rfd1 Rad8 17. Rac1 h6 18. h3 Ba8 19. Bc3 a5 20. Qb2 Qe6 21. Nd2 Rxd3
22. Nc4 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Ne7 24. Rd6 Qf5 25. g4 Nxg4 26. hxg4 Qxg4 27. f3 Bxf3
28. Nxe5 Qxg2+ 29. Qxg2 Bxg2 30. Kxg2 Nf5 31. Rd3 f6 32. Nc4 b5 33. Nxa5 Nxe3+
34. Kf3 Nc2 35. Nb7 c4 36. bxc4 bxc4 37. Nd6 cxd3 38. Nxe8 Nxa3 39. Ke3 Nb5 40.
Bxf6 gxf6 41. Nxf6+ Kg7 42. Ng4 h5 43. Ne5 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch blitz"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2016.12.18"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2016.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 Bxc3 6. bxc3 c6 7. Nf3 Re8 8.
O-O d5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. c4 Nb4 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 N8c6 14. Nxc6
Nxc6 15. Bf4 Bf5 16. Qd5 Qf6 17. Rfe1 h6 18. Rad1 a6 19. h3 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Be6
21. Qe4 Rd8 22. Qb1 Bc8 23. c5 Nd4 24. Kh2 g5 25. Be3 Nf3+ 26. Bxf3 Qxf3 27.
Qb6 Re8 28. Qxh6 Qf5 29. Bd4 1-0

[Event "EU-ch blitz"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2016.12.18"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2016.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. h3 b5 8. Nxb5
Bg7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. e3 Bb7 11. Be2 Qe7 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Qd3 Rfe8 14. b3 Nxd5 15.
Bb2 N5f6 16. Rfd1 d5 17. Rac1 Rad8 18. Qb5 Ba8 19. Qa5 Nh5 20. Na4 d4 21. Nxc5
dxe3 22. Bxg7 exf2+ 23. Kxf2 Qxe2+ 24. Kg1 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Nf4 26. Rd2 Qe3+ 27.
Kh2 Nxc5 0-1

[Event "EU-ch blitz"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2016.12.18"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Sychev, Klementy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2016.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. a4 a6 6. c3 Ba7 7. Bg5 d6 8. Nbd2
h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 O-O 11. O-O Nh7 12. b4 h5 13. h3 h4 14. Bh2 g4 15. hxg4
Bxg4 16. Kh1 Qf6 17. Qe1 h3 18. Ng1 hxg2+ 19. Kxg2 Kh8 20. f4 Rg8 21. Kh1 Qg6
22. Qg3 Qh5 23. Ndf3 Rg7 24. Qh4 exf4 25. Qxh5 Bxh5 26. Bxf4 Bxg1 27. Nxg1 Rag8
28. Ra2 Ne5 29. Bxe5 dxe5 30. Rh2 Rxg1+ 31. Rxg1 Bf3+ 32. Rgg2 Rxg2 33. Rxg2
Ng5 34. Kg1 Bxg2 35. Kxg2 Kg7 36. a5 c6 37. Bb3 Kf6 38. Kg3 Ke7 39. Kg4 f6 40.
Bd1 Ne6 41. Kf3 c5 42. Ke3 cxb4 43. cxb4 Kd6 44. Kd2 Nd4 45. Kc3 Nb5+ 46. Kc4
Na3+ 47. Kc3 Nb5+ 48. Kc4 Na3+ 49. Kc3 Nb5+ 50. Kc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch blitz"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2016.12.18"]
[Round "26"]
[White "Sychev, Klementy"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2016.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Bf4 c5 11. Rc1 Ne4 12. dxc5 Ndxc5 13. Nd4 Bf6 14. b4 Bxd4
15. Qxd4 Ne6 16. Qe5 Nxc3 17. Rxc3 Rc8 18. Rxc8 Qxc8 19. Rc1 Qd7 20. Bh3 d4 21.
Bxe6 Qxe6 22. Qxe6 fxe6 23. Be5 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 25. Bxd4 Ba6 26. e4 Bc4 27.
a3 Kf7 28. f3 h5 29. h4 Bb3 30. Kf2 Bd1 31. Ke3 g6 32. Kf4 Be2 33. Be5 b5 34.
Bd4 a6 35. g4 hxg4 36. fxg4 Bd1 37. Kg5 Bc2 38. Kf4 Bd1 39. g5 Bc2 40. Ke5 Bd3
41. Bc5 Bc2 42. Bd6 Bb1 43. Kd4 Ke8 44. e5 Kd7 45. Kc5 Bd3 46. Kb6 Be2 47. Kb7
Bd3 48. Kb6 Be2 49. Bc5 Bd3 50. Bf8 Be2 51. Bd6 Bd3 52. Kc5 Be2 53. Bf8 Bf1 54.
Kb6 Be2 55. Bc5 Bd3 56. Bf2 Be2 57. Bg1 Bd3 58. Be3 Be2 59. Bd4 Bd3 60. Bg1 Be2
61. Kxa6 Kc6 62. Ka5 Bd1 63. Bf2 Bc2 64. Be3 Bd1 65. Bf2 Bc2 66. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Central"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.01.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2017.01.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cannes Blockbusters"]
[BlackTeam "Dublin Desperados"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IRQ"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. Bd3 a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. O-O Nh5 12. Bg5 Bf6 13. Be3 Re8 14. Qd2 Ne5 15.
Be2 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Ng7 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Central"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.01.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2017.01.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cannes Blockbusters"]
[BlackTeam "Dublin Desperados"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IRQ"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. e4 O-O 8. Nf3
Qa5 9. Bd2 Bxa6 10. Be2 d6 11. O-O Nbd7 12. a4 Rfb8 13. Nb5 Qb6 14. Qc2 Ne8 15.
Bc3 Nc7 16. Nxc7 Qxc7 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. Nd2 Qb7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. b3 Qb4 21.
Rfc1 Ne5 22. Qc3 Qxc3 23. Rxc3 Rb4 24. h3 g5 25. Kf1 Kg6 26. Ke2 f5 27. exf5+
Kxf5 28. Nf1 Kg6 29. Ne3 h5 30. f3 Ra8 31. Nc2 Rb6 32. Na3 Rb4 33. Nc2 Rb6 34.
Na3 Rb4 35. Nc2 Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Central"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.01.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Perez, Flavio"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2304"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2017.01.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cannes Blockbusters"]
[BlackTeam "Dublin Desperados"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IRQ"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. a4 Kh8 8. Na3
Ng8 9. Nc2 f5 10. exf5 Bxf5 11. Ne3 Bg6 12. a5 a6 13. Qb3 Rb8 14. h3 Nf6 15.
Ng5 Qd7 16. Bf7 Nh5 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. Nd5 Bxg5 19. Bxg5 Qe6 20. Qc4 Rf7 21. Ra4
Rbf8 22. Be3 Nf6 23. Nb4 d5 24. Qh4+ Kg8 25. Nxc6 Qxc6 26. Rb4 e4 27. Rd1 Re8
28. Qg5 Nh7 29. Qg4 exd3 30. Rxd3 Rf5 31. Rf4 Rxf4 32. Qxf4 Nf6 33. Qg5 Kf7 34.
Rd4 Qd6 35. Rf4 c5 36. b4 d4 37. bxc5 dxe3 38. cxd6 e2 39. Qd5+ Kf8 40. d7
e1=Q+ 41. Kh2 Rd8 42. Rh4 Nxd5 0-1

[Event "PRO League Central"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.01.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Cornette, Deimante"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.01.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Dublin Desperados"]
[BlackTeam "Cannes Blockbusters"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IRQ"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. f3 d5 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c4 e6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nc3 Nb6 8. Be3
Bf5 9. g4 Be6 10. Nh3 h5 11. Ng5 Be7 12. Nxe6 Bh4+ 13. Kd2 fxe6 14. Qc2 Qe7 15.
Bb5+ c6 16. Qg6+ Kd8 17. Be2 N8d7 18. gxh5 Kc7 19. Rhg1 Rag8 20. Kc2 Kb8 21.
Rg2 c5 22. Rag1 cxd4 23. Bxd4 Rc8 24. Qxg7 Qb4 25. Rg4 Rxh5 26. Bxb6 Qxb6 27.
Qxd7 Rxe5 28. R1g2 Be1 29. Rg8 Rxe2+ 30. Rxe2 Rxg8 31. Rxe1 Rg2+ 32. Re2 Rxe2+
33. Nxe2 Qc5+ 34. Kd1 a6 35. Qxe6 Qc4 36. Qe5+ Ka8 37. Qh8+ Ka7 38. Qd4+ 1-0

[Event "PRO League Central"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.01.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Cornette, Matthieu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2017.01.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Dublin Desperados"]
[BlackTeam "Cannes Blockbusters"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IRQ"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Be7 8.
Be3 Nf6 9. Nc4 b5 10. Nb6 Rb8 11. Nxc8 Qxc8 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O b4 14. Nd5 Nxe4
15. a4 a5 16. Rc1 Bg5 17. Bxg5 Nxg5 18. Bb5 Kh8 19. c3 b3 20. Qxb3 Na7 21. c4
Nc6 22. c5 dxc5 23. Rxc5 Ne6 24. Rc3 Ned4 25. Qc4 Na7 26. Qxc8 Rfxc8 27. Rxc8+
Rxc8 28. f4 exf4 29. Nc3 g5 30. Rd1 Nac6 31. Ne4 h6 32. Nd6 Rb8 33. Nxf7+ Kg7
34. Nxh6 Kxh6 35. Bxc6 Rd8 36. Re1 Nxc6 37. Re6+ Kh5 38. Rxc6 Rd1+ 39. Kf2 Rd2+
40. Kf3 Rxb2 41. Rc5 Rb3+ 42. Kf2 Rb2+ 43. Kf3 Rb3+ 44. Kf2 Rb2+ 45. Kf3
1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.02.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mukumbya, Benjamin"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "1901"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2017.01.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Seattle Sluggers"]
[BlackTeam "Dublin Desperados"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IRQ"]

1. Nf3 b6 2. g3 Bb7 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. d4 O-O 7. Nbd2 c5 8. Re1
cxd4 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. e4 d6 11. Nf1 Rc8 12. Bd2 e6 13. Bc3 b5 14. a3 a5 15. Qd3
b4 16. axb4 Nxb4 17. Bxb4 axb4 18. Rec1 Bxe4 19. Qb3 Qb6 20. N1d2 Bd5 21. Qd3
Rc6 22. Rxc6 Qxc6 23. h3 Rc8 24. Kh2 Bh6 25. Bh1 Qc2 26. Qa6 Ra8 27. Qxa8+ Bxa8
28. Rxa8+ Kg7 29. Nf1 Qxf2+ 30. Bg2 Qxb2 31. Rd8 Ne4 32. Rd7 b3 33. Rb7 Qc2 34.
Ne1 Qe2 35. Rxb3 Qxe1 36. Rd3 d5 37. h4 Nd2 38. Nxd2 Bxd2 39. Kh3 Be3 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.02.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Margvelashvili, Giorgi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2017.01.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Dublin Desperados"]
[BlackTeam "Seattle Sluggers"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IRQ"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nh3 e6 7. Nf4 Qc7 8. c3
Bd6 9. Qf3 Nf6 10. h4 Nbd7 11. h5 Bc2 12. h6 gxh6 13. Ngh5 O-O-O 14. Bd3 Bxd3
15. Nxd3 Nd5 16. Bxh6 c5 17. O-O c4 18. Ndf4 N7b6 19. Rfe1 Rhg8 20. g3 Nxf4 21.
Bxf4 Bxf4 22. Nxf4 Rg5 23. Re4 Rdg8 24. Rae1 Rf5 25. Re5 Rgg5 26. Rxf5 Rxf5 27.
Qg4 h5 28. Nxh5 Nd5 29. Ng7 Nf6 30. Qh4 Rf3 31. Re3 Rxe3 32. fxe3 Qe7 33. Nh5
Nd5 34. e4 Qxh4 35. gxh4 Nb6 36. b3 Kd8 37. Kf2 Ke7 38. Ke3 f6 39. Nf4 Kf7 40.
h5 a5 41. d5 exd5 42. Nxd5 cxb3 43. axb3 a4 44. bxa4 Nxa4 45. Kd4 Nb2 46. c4
Na4 47. c5 Nb2 48. Kc3 Nd1+ 49. Kb4 Nf2 50. Nc3 Kg7 51. Kb5 Kh6 52. Kb6 Nd3 53.
Nd5 Kxh5 54. Nxf6+ Kg6 55. Ne8 Kf7 56. Nd6+ Ke6 57. Nxb7 Nb4 58. c6 Ke5 59. c7
1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.02.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Orlov, Georgi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2017.01.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Dublin Desperados"]
[BlackTeam "Seattle Sluggers"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IRQ"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. e5 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nh6 8. Ndf3
Qa5+ 9. Bd2 Qb6 10. Ne2 Nf5 11. Bc3 Bd7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Kh1 O-O 14. g4 Nh4 15.
Nxh4 Bxh4 16. f4 Nb4 17. Bb1 f6 18. a3 Nc6 19. Qd3 g6 20. Qh3 fxe5 21. Qxh4
exd4 22. Bd2 e5 23. Ba2 Be6 24. f5 Qxb2 25. fxe6 Qxd2 26. Bxd5 Ne7 27. Qxe7
Qxe2 28. Rf7 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.02.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.01.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Seattle Sluggers"]
[BlackTeam "Dublin Desperados"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IRQ"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bf4 a6 8. Nd2
b5 9. a4 b4 10. Nce4 Nh5 11. Be3 f5 12. g4 Nf6 13. gxf5 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Bxf5 15.
Ng3 Qf6 16. Qd2 Bg7 17. Nxf5 gxf5 18. O-O-O Nd7 19. Bg5 Qe5 20. Rg1 Qe4 21. Qe3
Be5 22. Qxe4 fxe4 23. Bh3 b3 24. f4 Bd4 25. Rg3 e3 26. Rd3 Nb6 27. Rdxe3+ Bxe3+
28. Rxe3+ Kf8 29. Be7+ Kg7 30. Be6 Rhe8 31. Rg3+ Kh6 32. Bg5+ Kg7 33. Bd8+ Kh6
34. Bxb6 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 18th"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.05.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sychev, Klementy"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2017.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Qg4 g6 8. Qe2
d6 9. O-O Nd7 10. a4 Ne5 11. a5 Nf6 12. Bh6 Nfg4 13. Bd2 O-O 14. f4 Nxd3 15.
cxd3 f5 16. Bc3 b5 17. N1d2 Qd7 18. Rae1 Bh4 19. Rc1 Bb7 20. Nf3 Bd8 21. Nfd4
Re8 22. Kh1 Rc8 23. Rce1 Bh4 24. Rd1 Bf6 25. h3 Nh6 26. Rc1 Qg7 27. Qe3 fxe4
28. dxe4 e5 29. Ne2 exf4 30. Qxf4 Rxe4 31. Qxf6 Qxf6 32. Bxf6 Rxe2 33. Rxc8+
Bxc8 34. Nd4 Rxb2 35. Rc1 Bb7 36. Nf5 Bxg2+ 37. Kh2 Nxf5 38. Bxb2 Bd5 39. Rc7
b4 40. Kg1 Ne3 41. Bc1 Nc4 42. Bh6 Nxa5 43. Rg7+ Kh8 44. Rc7 Nc4 45. Rc8+ Bg8
46. Rc7 Be6 47. Re7 Kg8 48. Rxe6 Kf7 49. Re4 d5 50. Re1 Kf6 51. Bf8 a5 52. Kf2
b3 53. Rb1 a4 54. Ke2 b2 55. Kd3 g5 56. Kd4 Ke6 57. Bb4 h5 58. Re1+ Kf5 59.
Rf1+ Ke6 60. Re1+ Kd7 61. Kc3 Kc6 62. Kc2 d4 63. Rg1 g4 64. hxg4 hxg4 65. Kb1
Kb5 66. Be1 Ne3 67. Kxb2 Kc4 68. Bd2 a3+ 69. Kxa3 Kd3 70. Bc1 Ke2 71. Bxe3 dxe3
72. Rxg4 Kf3 73. Rg8 e2 74. Re8 Kf2 75. Rxe2+ Kxe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 18th"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.05.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kharchenko, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3
Qc8 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. e4 Nc6 11. Be3 Bb4 12. e5 Nd7 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Bd3 Qc7
15. O-O Be7 16. Qd1 a6 17. f4 b5 18. Bf2 Nb6 19. a4 b4 20. Ne2 Qb7 21. b3 Na5
22. h4 Nd7 23. Kg2 Rc8 24. Ng1 Nb8 25. Nf3 Rc3 26. Rb1 Kd7 27. Be1 Rc7 28. Ng5
Rf8 29. h5 gxh5 30. Qxh5 g6 31. Qh7 Nbc6 32. Nxf7 Nxd4 33. Qxg6 Qa8 34. f5 Rg8
35. Qh7 exf5 36. Bxf5+ Kc6 37. Rc1+ Kb7 38. Rxc7+ Kxc7 39. Bxb4 Nac6 40. Bxe7
Nxe7 41. Nh6 Re8 42. Bg6 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 18th"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svetushkin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2017.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Qd2
Nf6 9. Bh6 O-O 10. O-O-O b5 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. h4 h5 13. f3 Nc6 14. Nxc6 dxc6
15. Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 18th"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Alsina Leal, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2017.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nh3 e6 7. Nf4 Bd6 8. c3
Nf6 9. h4 Bxf4 10. Bxf4 h6 11. Qb3 Qe7 12. h5 Bh7 13. Be2 O-O 14. Nf1 Nd5 15.
Bg3 a5 16. a4 Na6 17. Ne3 c5 18. Bh4 Qc7 19. Rd1 cxd4 20. Nxd5 exd5 21. Rxd4
Rfe8 22. Qd1 Qe5 23. Rxd5 Qe6 24. Rd6 Qe5 25. Kf1 Be4 26. Bb5 Bc6 27. Bxc6 bxc6
28. Bg3 Qf5 29. Rh4 Nc5 30. Rf4 Qg5 31. Rg4 Qf5 32. Kg1 Ne4 33. Rd4 Nf6 34. Rh4
c5 35. Rd3 Re1+ 36. Qxe1 Qxd3 37. Bf4 Re8 38. Be3 Nd5 39. Qf1 Qxf1+ 40. Kxf1
Nxe3+ 41. fxe3 Rxe3 42. Rf4 Re5 43. g4 Kf8 44. Kf2 Ke7 45. Kf3 g6 46. hxg6 fxg6
47. b4 cxb4 48. cxb4 axb4 49. Rxb4 Ra5 50. Ke3 Kf6 51. Rb6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 18th"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Baron, Tal"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2017.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O b5 8. e4
b4 9. Na4 Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Be3 Ba6 12. a3 bxa3 13. Qc2 axb2 14. Nxb2 Bb5 15.
h3 a5 16. Nd2 c3 17. Qxc3 Bb4 18. Qc2 e5 19. Red1 Qe7 20. Ndc4 exd4 21. Bxd4
Rfe8 22. Nd3 Nf8 23. Ne3 Bxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 18th"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Qe2 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nbd7 13. Rac1 Qc7 14. Nd2 h6
15. Bh4 a6 16. Bb3 b5 17. f3 Bd5 18. Ne4 Nh5 19. Be7 Rfe8 20. Ba3 Nhf6 21. Rfe1
Qa5 22. Qb2 Qb6 23. Qd2 Qa5 24. Bd6 Qb6 25. Bf4 Rec8 26. Nxf6+ Nxf6 27. Bxh6
Bxb3 28. axb3 gxh6 29. Qxh6 Nh7 30. Re4 f5 31. Rxe6 Qb7 32. Rce1 Rc7 33. Re8+
Rxe8 34. Rxe8+ Kf7 35. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 18th"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2017.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. b3 g6 10. Ba3 c5 11. Nc3 Bg7 12. O-O-O O-O 13. f4 Bb7 14. Nb5 a6 15.
Nxc7 Rac8 16. Rd6 Nxc4 17. Qxc4 Rxc7 18. h4 Rfc8 19. h5 Rc6 20. hxg6 hxg6 21.
Rxc6 Bxc6 22. Bxc5 d6 23. Bxd6 Qd7 24. Bc5 Bb5 25. Qc2 Bxf1 26. Rxf1 Qb5 27.
Qf2 Bf8 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 18th"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2017.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Qd3 Nf6 7. c4 e6 8. Nc3
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. Nd4 Qa5 12. b3 Rfd8 13. Bb2 Qh5 14. f4 d5 15.
cxd5 Bc5 16. Rad1 exd5 17. e5 Ne4 18. Nce2 Bd7 19. h3 Rac8 20. Kh2 Bg4 21. Rde1
Bxe2 22. Rxe2 Bb6 23. g4 Qg6 24. f5 Qg5 25. Kg2 Bxd4 26. Bxd4 h5 27. Qf3 hxg4
28. hxg4 Rc1 29. Be3 Rxf1 30. Kxf1 Qe7 31. Qf4 Rc8 32. Rh2 Qd7 33. f6 Qb5+ 34.
Kg1 Qd3 35. fxg7 Qb1+ 36. Kg2 Rc2+ 37. Kh3 Rxh2+ 38. Kxh2 Qxa2+ 39. Kh3 Qa6 40.
Kh4 Kxg7 41. Bd4 Qh6+ 42. Qxh6+ Kxh6 43. Bxa7 Kg7 44. Be3 Kf8 45. g5 Ke7 46.
Kg4 Ke6 47. Kf4 Nc3 48. b4 Nb5 49. Bb6 Na3 50. Bd4 Nc2 51. Bc3 b5 52. Bd2 Nd4
53. Be1 Nc6 54. Bc3 Ne7 55. Ke3 Nc6 56. Kf4 d4 57. Be1 Kd5 58. e6 Kxe6 59. Ke4
Ne5 60. Bd2 Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 18th"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2017.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O d5 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Rd1 Bb7 10. Bf4 Rc8 11. Nc3 dxc4 12. Nd2 Nd5 13. Nxc4 Nxf4 14. gxf4 O-O
15. Rac1 Nf6 16. e3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 18th"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.09"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Mchedlishvili, Mikheil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 Qa5+ {GM
Mchedlishvili is deviating from the main theoretical paths.} ({The most common
conitunuation is} 6... e6 7. Bg5 {, and now Black can either enter into wild
complications with} Qb6 ({Or choose the more modest} 7... Be7 8. Nf3 {, but it
doesn't necessarily takes the game to quiet paths.}) 8. Nd2 c5 9. c4 Qxb2) 7.
Nd2 {This looks most challenging. White is developing another piece and making
the c2-c4 advance possible again.} ({The following alternatives do not seem to
seriously bother Black:} 7. c3 e6 8. Ne2 Qa6 9. Qf3 c5 10. O-O Nc6 $132 {
Anand,V (2779)-Vidit,S (2689) Doha QAT 2016}) (7. Bd2 Qa6 8. e6 Qxd3 9. exf7+
Kxf7 10. cxd3 Nh6 11. Nf3 Nd7 12. Nc3 g6 13. Ne2 Nf5 $11 {Adhiban,B (2682)
-Donchenko,A (2553) Moscow RUS 2017}) 7... e6 8. Ngf3 Nh6 ({In the following
recent game White had compensation for a pawn after} 8... Qa6 9. c4 Nh6 10. O-O
Nf5 11. b3 Be7 12. a4 Bxh4 13. Ba3 $44 {Sutovsky,E (2650)-Anton Guijarro,D 
(2679) Poikovsky RUS 2017}) 9. O-O Nf5 10. c4 Be7 11. g3 $146 {A natural
novelty. White is just protecting the Ph4 and keeping the tension in the
centre.} ({The previously played} 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Nb3 Qa6 13. Qc3 Nc6 14. Bg5
Rc8 {was very comfortable for Black in Riff,J (2499)-Roiz,M (2600) Berlin GER
2015}) 11... Nd7 12. b3 Rd8 {Black isn't happy with castling, but leaving the
king in the centre is a risky decision.} (12... O-O $5 {was worth serious
consideration:} 13. Bb2 Rfc8 14. a4 Qa6 15. Qc2 c5 $132) 13. Qc2 Nf8 $5 {
This original move is connected with an interesting attacking idea.} ({Now the
same approach would be less effective:} 13... O-O 14. Bb2 Rc8 15. c5 $1 (15.
Rfd1 c5 $132) 15... Qc7 16. b4 $14 {White is better due to a big space
advantage.}) 14. Bb2 $6 {Now recognising the opponent's plan.} ({A much more
precise move would be} 14. Rd1 $1 {leaving the Bc1 on its initial spot for a
while} dxc4 15. Bb2 $1 cxb3 16. axb3 Qb5 17. Rxa7 Ng6 18. Ne4 {, and White's
play seems easier.}) 14... Rg8 $6 {Returning the favour!} ({After} 14... Nh7 $1
15. Bc3 Qa6 $36 {the g7-g5 advance is unstoppable, so White's king would be in
big danger.}) 15. Ng5 $1 {Keeping the g-file locked is crucial for Ruslan!}
Bxg5 16. hxg5 Ng6 {The exchange of one minor piece is definitely in Black's
favour, so now the position is balanced.} 17. Nf3 h4 $2 {An unsuccessful
decision - now Black's setup loses its stability.} ({A much better try was} 
17... c5 18. dxc5 Qxc5 19. Rac1 h4 20. g4 Nfe7 $132) 18. g4 Nfe7 19. Rfe1 $2 {
The position is very complicated, so both players are committing many mistakes.
} ({No doubt, there was the much stronger} 19. c5 $1 b6 20. Bc3 Qa6 21. Qd2 $16
{neutraliing any counterplay for Black.}) 19... Rh8 $6 ({As earlier, Black
could have activated most of his pieces by means of} 19... c5 $1 20. dxc5 Qxc5
21. a4 Nc6 22. Ba3 Nd4 $1 $132) 20. Re3 $6 ({In his turn, Ruslan is again
ignoring the thematic} 20. c5 $1 $16) 20... Rd7 21. a4 Qd8 $2 {Mikheil is
missing the last chance to gain some space.} ({Once again, Black had to play} 
21... c5 $1 22. dxc5 Nc6 23. cxd5 Rxd5 $132) 22. Kh2 (22. c5 $1 {was very
strong again, but this is another story!}) 22... Nf4 $2 ({Even though} 22... c5
23. dxc5 dxc4 24. Qxc4 $14 {doesn't provide Black enough play for a pawn, it
would be still a better choice!}) 23. Rd1 {Now Black is doomed to passive
defence.} Neg6 24. Bc1 {The bishop is coming back, so the Nf4 is somewhat
hanging now.} h3 25. c5 $1 {Finally Ruslan manages to find the correct plan -
Black has nothing to pit against a storm by White's q-side pawns.} Qe7 26. Rg1
({There was nothing wrong also with} 26. b4 $5) 26... Rd8 27. b4 {A sad
picture - Black's setup lacks any constructive ideas.} a6 28. Rg3 {Ruslan is
not in a rush.} Kd7 29. Rb3 Ra8 30. Qb2 Rhc8 31. Be3 {Slowly preparing the
decisive break.} Ng2 32. Rxh3 N2f4 (32... Nxe3 33. fxe3 Rh8 34. Rxh8 Rxh8+ 35.
Kg3 $18 {is absolutely hopeless - still no counterplay!}) 33. Bxf4 Nxf4 34. Rh7
Qf8 35. Kg3 Ng6 36. Ne1 {Now White can make progress on both sides of the
board! The rest is just an agony.} Qe7 37. f4 Rh8 38. Rxh8 Nxh8 ({Or} 38...
Rxh8 39. b5 $18) 39. Nf3 Ng6 40. f5 Nf8 41. f6 Qd8 (41... gxf6 42. exf6 Qd8 43.
Ne5+ Ke8 44. Qh2 $18) 42. fxg7 Nh7 43. b5 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 18th"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2017.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 c5 12. Bc2 cxd4 13. cxd4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Bb7
15. Nf5 Re8 16. Nb3 Bf8 17. Nxd6 Bxd6 18. Qxd6 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Nxe4 20. Qd4 Ndc5
21. Qxd8 Raxd8 22. Nxc5 Nxc5 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Be3 Nd3 25. b3 f6 26. Rd1 Nb4
27. a3 Nc2 28. Bc5 Re5 29. Rd8+ Kf7 30. Rd7+ Kg8 31. Rd8+ Kf7 32. Rd7+ Kg8 33.
Rc7 Rd5 34. Rc8+ Kf7 35. Rc7+ Kg8 36. Rc6 a5 37. Bb6 Nd4 38. Rc8+ Kf7 39. Rc7+
Kg8 40. Rc8+ Kf7 41. Rc7+ Kg8 42. Rc8+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 11th"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2017.06.17"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Solak, Dragan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2017.06.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Turkey"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. O-O Nf6
8. c4 g6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. a4 O-O 11. Qd3 Bg4 12. Nd2 Nd7 13. h3 Ne5 14. Qc2 Bd7
15. b3 Rc8 16. Bb2 b5 $1 17. axb5 axb5 18. Nd5 bxc4 19. bxc4 Be6 20. Bxe5 Bxe5
21. Ra7 Bxd5 22. exd5 Rc7 23. Rxc7 Qxc7 $15 24. Nf3 Bf6 25. Rc1 Rc8 26. g3 Qc5
27. Kg2 Qa3 28. Qd2 h5 29. g4 hxg4 30. hxg4 Ra8 31. g5 Bg7 32. Qe3 Qxe3 33.
fxe3 Ra2+ 34. Kg3 Re2 35. Kf4 $2 (35. c5 dxc5 36. Kf4 $11) 35... Bb2 36. Rb1
Rc2 37. Nd4 Bxd4 38. exd4 Rxc4 {The smoke has cleared and one would expect a
master technician, such as Ruslan has always been, to be able to bring home
the bacon.} 39. Ke4 Kg7 40. Rb7 Rc1 41. Ra7 Re1+ 42. Kf3 f5 43. gxf6+ Kxf6 44.
Ra8 Rf1+ 45. Ke3 Kg7 46. Ra7 Rf7 47. Ra1 g5 48. Rh1 Kg6 49. Rg1 Rf5 50. Ke4
Rf4+ 51. Ke3 Kf5 52. Rh1 g4 {A bit strange.} ({I wonder what Ruslan disliked
about} 52... Re4+ 53. Kd3 g4 54. Rh8 Re1 {The thing is, Black promotes the
pawn without his king's help after} 55. Kd2 Ra1 56. Rf8+ Ke4 57. Rf7 g3 58.
Rxe7+ Kxd5 59. Rg7 g2) 53. Rh5+ Kg6 54. Rh4 Kg5 55. Rh7 Rf3+ 56. Ke2 Rf5 57.
Ke3 g3 $4 {A terrible oversight that cost Ukraine a match victory.} (57... Rxd5
58. Rxe7 Rf5 {followed by d6-d5 is iron-clad, as the white king remains cut
off from the action.}) 58. Rxe7 Kg4 (58... Rxd5 59. Rg7+ $1 (59. Ke4 $2 Kf6 $1
{Did Ponomariov count on that?}) 59... Kh4 60. Rg6 $1 {with Ke4 to follow is
similar to the game. Of course,} Rg5 {is answered by} 61. Rh6+ $1 Kg4 {and
only then} 62. Rxd6 $11) 59. Re4+ Kh3 60. Re6 Rxd5 61. Rh6+ Kg4 62. Rg6+ Kh4
63. Rh6+ $1 ({It's never too late to blow it:} 63. Ke4 $4 Rg5) 63... Kg5 64.
Rh3 Kg4 65. Rh6 Rg5 66. Rxd6 Kh5 67. Rd8 $1 {Everything clicks for White.} g2
68. Rh8+ Kg6 69. Rg8+ Kf5 70. Rxg5+ Kxg5 71. Kf2 Kf4 72. Kxg2 Ke4 73. d5
1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 11th"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2017.06.18"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2017.06.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belarus"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BLR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. h3 d6 7. c3 h6 8. Re1 a5
9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Bb5 Qb8 11. Nf1 Qa7 12. Ne3 a4 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Nh4 Kh7 15.
Qf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 11th"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2017.06.19"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2017.06.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4
d6 9. c3 Bg4 10. Be3 Bh5 11. Nbd2 d5 12. Bg5 exd4 13. exd5 dxc3 14. dxc6 cxd2
15. Qxd2 Qxd2 16. Bxd2 Bd6 17. Nh4 Rad8 18. Bc3 Bg4 19. h3 Bc8 20. Nf3 h6 21.
a4 b4 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. a5 Rfe8 24. Bc4 Kf8 25. b3 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Bc5 27. Kf1
Rd6 28. Rc1 Ba7 29. Ne1 Rd2 30. Rc2 Rd1 31. Ke2 Ra1 32. Nd3 Rxa5 33. Nxb4 Be6
34. Rd2 Re5+ 35. Kd1 a5 36. Nd5 Bxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 11th"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2017.06.21"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2017.06.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 {
One of the most famous 'draw' offers in chess. One can not blame black to be
happy with a draw in a team tournament. Let the white pieces do their job! :-)}
8. f3 $1 {and so it is!} e6 9. Be3 b5 {This is the Scheveningen-style English
Attack of the Najdorf Sicilian. Black makes a lot of pawn moves to start some
action before developing the king-side. A very modern approach, that was tried
numerous times by the one and only Garry Kasparov in the 2000's. Going deeper,
I found that the first time where black tried something similar, was in 1979
by Wachinger (?) and later I found a stronger game, played by Yuri Razuvaev,
in 1987.} (9... Be7 10. Qd2 b5 11. g4 Bb7 12. O-O-O b4 13. Nce2 d5 $2 {this is
simply wrong, but kudos to Wachinger for trying something new :-). Before this,
black always tried to develop the king-side and castle quickly, allowing a
straightforward attack by white.} 14. g5 Nfd7 15. exd5 $5 (15. Nf4 $1 {a
well-known idea nowadays, preparing to destroy the vulnerable e6 square.} dxe4
$2 16. Ndxe6 $1 fxe6 17. Nxe6 $18 {and white has a demolishing attack after
Nxg7+ and Nf5}) 15... Bxd5 16. Kb1 Ne5 17. Nf4 Nxf3 $2 18. Qf2 $1 Nxd4 19. Nxd5
exd5 20. Bxd4 O-O 21. Bd3 Nc6 22. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 23. Qh4+ Kg8 24. Bxg7 {a nice
finish. White has mate in few moves with Qh6+ and g6 if black takes. Thus
Wachinger resigned. 1-0 (22) Teufel,J (2350)-Wachinger,G Passau 1979}) 10. Qd2
Nbd7 11. g4 h6 {slowing down white's attack, this move is very important.} (
11... Nb6 $6 {was played by Kasparov, but is considered to be bad nowadays} 12.
a4 $1 Nc4 13. Bxc4 bxc4 14. g5 Nd7 15. f4 Bb7 16. f5 Nc5 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Qg2
$1 g6 19. Rf1 Bg7 20. O-O-O Qd7 21. Qg4 O-O-O 22. Ndb5 $1 $16 {and black is in
big trouble: 1-0 (44) Stukopin,A (2500)-Artemiev,V (2499) Loo 2013}) 12. a3 $5
{I like this idea} (12. O-O-O {is the most common.} b4 $1 {is the critical
move. Black wants to play d5 as fast as possible, before white has time to
play h4 and g5.} (12... Ne5 {was seen in 1987, played by the notable Soviet
player Yuri Razuvaev.} 13. Bd3 Qc7 14. Rhe1 b4 15. Nce2 Nxd3+ 16. Qxd3 Nd7 $5
$13 {1/2-1/2 (31) Ostojic,P (2385)-Razuvaev,Y (2490) Berlin West 1987}) 13.
Nce2 Qc7 $1 {preparing d5 next} (13... d5 $6 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Nf4 $1 {white
gives away his strong bishop, in exchange for a dangerous piece activity
towards e6 and the black king. Nxe3 already loses, for example} Nxe3 $2 16.
Qxe3 $18 {and there is no good way to deal with the sacrifice on e6 (not to
mention moves like Bc4 and Qe4)}) 14. h4 d5 $13 {dozens of games have been
played here, and black has been able to control white's scary initiative.})
12... Bb7 13. O-O-O Rc8 (13... d5 $6 {now is well met by:} 14. exd5 Nxd5 15.
Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Bg2 $1 $36 {followed by f4 and black doesn't have time to
stabilize the center} Nb6 17. Nf5 $1 Nc4 18. Qe2 $16 {and black is in trouble,
a simple move like f4 is very strong}) 14. Kb1 $5 {I never took this move
seriously, but Ponomariov showed it has to be investigated in future games.} (
14. h4 {I thought this was the only critical move} d5 15. Rg1 $1 dxe4 (15... e5
$2 {is already bad} 16. g5 $1 exd4 17. Bxd4 hxg5 18. hxg5 Nh5 19. Bh3 $40 {
with a devastating attack!}) 16. g5 hxg5 17. hxg5 Nd5 18. Nxe4 g6 {was a game
I played back in 2013} 19. Bf2 (19. Kb1 $5 b4 20. axb4 Bxb4 21. c3 Nxe3 22.
Qxe3 Bxe4+ 23. Qxe4 Bxc3 24. Nxe6 $1 $40 {ended in a draw after a wild game,
but white is doing well here!: 1/2-1/2 (59) Robson,R (2668)-Zherebukh,Y (2605)
Saint Louis 2017}) 19... b4 20. axb4 Nxb4 $2 (20... Bxb4 $1 $13) 21. Nxe6 $1
Bxe4 22. Nxd8 Rxc2+ 23. Qxc2 Bxc2 24. Nxf7 $1 Rh2 25. Rd2 $18 {1-0 (30)
Mekhitarian,K (2544)-Ashwin,J (2472) Varna 2013}) 14... d5 $1 15. exd5 Nxd5 16.
Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Be2 (17. Bg2 {now this is not very effective} Nb6 $1 {quickly
reaching the strong c4 outpost} 18. Nf5 Nc4 19. Qe2 Nxb2 $1 $40) 17... Bc5 18.
Rhg1 O-O {black places his king in a dangerous spot, but in the other hand,
gets ready for a queen-side assault - in these kind of positions, he has to
create something fast, otherwise white slowly gets there on the king-side.} 19.
h4 {visually black is entirely fine, but it is not that simple. the white
pawns may get there soon!} (19. g5 $5 {was possible, and similar to the game}
h5 (19... hxg5 {looks very dangerous} 20. Bxg5 $40) 20. g6 f5 $1 {And I have
no idea what is going on}) 19... Ne5 20. f4 Nc4 (20... Bxd4 $5 21. Bxd4 (21.
Qxd4 Nf3 22. Bxf3 Bxf3 {probably heading towards an equal endgame}) 21... Nf3
22. Bxf3 Bxf3 23. Rde1 Rc4 24. c3 Qxh4 $13 {white may try different moves here,
like f5, g5, Re5, with an interesting attack}) 21. Bxc4 bxc4 22. g5 (22. h5 $5
{would be the ideal attacking setup, but black will do something before g5} Rb8
$1 (22... Qb6 23. Qc3 $1) 23. Qc3 Qd6 24. Ka1 (24. g5 $2 Bxa3 25. Bc1 Rxb2+ $1
{initiative is the key} 26. Bxb2 Rb8 27. Nb3 Bxb2 28. Qxc4 $1 Ba3 $17 {and
black has clearly the better chances}) 24... a5 $1 {threatening Bb4} 25. Bc1 $1
(25. g5 $2 Bb4 $1 26. axb4 axb4 27. Qd2 Qa6+ 28. Kb1 Ra8 $19) 25... Bb4 26. Qe3
c3 27. g5 Rfc8 $13 {with a crazy position!}) 22... h5 {a typical reaction to
delay white's attack} 23. g6 Qxh4 {brave!} (23... f5 $2 {fails now} 24. Qe2 $1
$18 {and black will get mated soon}) (23... Qf6 $5 24. gxf7+ Rxf7 {with a
complex position}) 24. f5 $1 Qh3 $2 (24... Qe4 $1 {was the right square} 25.
Rde1 $13 (25. gxf7+ Rxf7 26. fxe6 $2 Bxe6 $17 {and now the queen can't be
chased, as in the game (26...Bxe6 27.Rh1)})) 25. gxf7+ Rxf7 26. fxe6 Rb7 $2 (
26... Bxe6 {probably Wojtaszek dismissed this because of 27.Rh1, but there was
still play then:} 27. Rh1 Qg3 {keeping an eye on e3} 28. Rxh5 $40 (28. Rdg1 c3
$1 29. Qxc3 Bxd4 {when black is surviving})) 27. Rg5 $1 {now white is winning}
Bxd4 (27... Be4 28. Qc3 $18 {followed by Rdg1 with a tremendous attack, and
somewow black can not create anymore counterplay}) 28. Qxd4 Bxe6 29. Rdg1 Rcc7
30. R5g3 $2 {one bad move and it all goes away! How cruel is chess?} (30. Bd2
$1 {adding a new attacker to g7 was decisive - and at the same time,
safeguarding the king forever, since the black rooks become useless after the
white bishop reaches c3.} Bg4 {this will be forced sooner or later} 31. Bc3 Rf7
32. Ka2 $18 {followed by Re1 or moves like Qd5 and black won't be able to hold
it}) 30... Qf5 31. Bh6 Qf8 $1 {now black had time to bring the queen back to
defense and also has an eye on the queen-side. Suddenly the position is
complicated again} 32. Rg6 $1 c3 33. b4 {White stops the attack for now, but
this is not stable at all} Bg4 {closing the file, but allowing something on
the a2-g8 diagonal} 34. Bf4 $6 (34. Qd5+ $1 {was the only way to keep the
initiative} Kh7 35. R6xg4 hxg4 36. Bc1 {threatening Rh1} Rf7 $1 {forced} 37.
Rh1+ Kg8 38. Qe4 g6 $16 {and now both Qxg4 and Qxg6+ are appealing, white has
a good attacking potential}) 34... Rf7 35. Bc1 $2 (35. Qc4 $1 {a hard move to
find, pinning the rook and preparing Be5 (without allowing Rf1+)} a5 36. Be5 {
when the position still remains unclear}) 35... a5 $1 {after some defensive
moves, black has once again time to attack, and grabs the initiative until the
end of the game. Ponomariov starts to feel the trouble, with his unsafe king.}
36. Rd6 {cutting the f8-queen, and also threatening Rd8} Rb8 $1 37. Qd5 Kh7 $19
{black has a pawn up and a decisive attack now} 38. Ka1 axb4 39. a4 Ra7 40. Kb1
b3 $1 41. cxb3 Rxb3+ 42. Kc2 (42. Qxb3 Qxd6 $19 {and black is simply two pawns
up with a winning attack}) 42... Rb8 43. Be3 Bf5+ 44. Kxc3 Rc7+ 45. Bc5 Rbc8 {
A dramatic win for Wojtaszek, in a rollercoaster game. Poland scores a major
3-1 victory against Ukraine and now is tied for 2nd-3rd place with China,
right behind Russia, after 5 rounds!} 0-1

[Event "WchT 11th"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2017.06.23"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.06.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 {Ding Liren usually prefers closed openings, so already his first move
was somewhat unexpected.} c5 {[%mdl 2] Ponomariov opts for a fighting reaction.
In the end this game really decided the match, although not in the way Ruslan
wished...} 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 ({In an earlier
round we saw} 6. h3 e6 7. g4 Be7 8. g5 Nfd7 9. Be3 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. h4 Nc6 12.
Rg1 Nc5 13. f3 O-O 14. Qd2 Rb8 15. h5 Qc7 16. Qh2 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 e5 18. Be3 f5
19. gxf6 Bxf6 20. O-O-O Ne6 21. Kb1 Nf4 22. Bh3 Bc6 23. Bxf4 exf4 24. Be6+ Kh8
25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. Bxd5 b4 27. a4 Qe7 28. Qd2 Qe5 29. Qc1 h6 $132 {Ding,L (2783)
-Vidit,S (2692) Khanty-Mansiysk 2017 However, here the Sicilian arose via a 1.
Nf3 c5 2.e4 move-order.}) 6... Ng4 7. Bc1 ({White prefers to retract a move,
unwilling to go for a theoretical duel in the line} 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 (8. Bc1 $5
Nf6 9. Bd3 {is an original attempt to profit from the "weakening" h6. It did
pay off after} e5 10. Nde2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Ng3 Nbd7 13. a4 Nc5 14. Be2 Be6
15. Bf3 Rc8 16. Re1 Qd7 17. a5 Rfd8 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Re8 20. c4 Bd8 21.
Be3 e4 22. Be2 h5 23. b4 Nd3 24. Bxd3 exd3 25. Qxd3 h4 26. Nf1 h3 27. Bd4 $36 {
Grischuk,A (2750)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2795) Moscow 2017}) 8... g5 9. Bg3 Bg7)
7... Nf6 8. f3 e5 9. Nb3 Be6 10. Be3 Nbd7 {Black goes for an older move, which
is currently not too popular. The more topical and fashionable alternatives
are:} (10... h5 11. Qd2 Nbd7 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 g6 14. Be2 Bg7 (14... Qc7
15. Rc1 Bg7 16. O-O O-O 17. c4 b6 18. Na1 Kh7 $13 {So,W (2731)-Dominguez Perez,
L (2768) Havana 2014 For more details about the whole subvariation see the
notes to this game in CBM 161.}) 15. O-O b6 16. c4 O-O 17. Rac1 a5 18. Qd1 (18.
Na1 Kh7 19. h3 Ng8 20. g4 Bh6 21. g5 Bg7 22. Bd3 Ne7 23. Kh2 Nc5 24. Nc2 Qd7
25. Be4 Nf5 26. Bf2 f6 27. Rg1 fxg5 28. Qxg5 Qf7 29. Qg2 Bh6 $15 {Ponomariov,R
(2710)-Bruzon Batista,L (2659) Berlin rpd 2015}) 18... a4 (18... Kh7 $5) 19.
Nd2 Nc5 20. Nb1 Re8 21. Nc3 e4 22. f4 $14 Nd3 23. Bxd3 Ng4 24. Bf2 exd3 25.
Qxd3 Ra7 {Topalov,V (2749)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2796) Paris rpd 2017} 26. Nb5
Nxf2 27. Rxf2 $16) ({MVL has recently gone for} 10... Be7 11. Qd2 O-O 12. O-O-O
Nbd7 13. g4 b5 14. g5 (14. h4 Nb6 15. Qf2 Rb8 16. g5 Nfd7 17. f4 exf4 18. Bxf4
Rc8 {Caruana,F (2810)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2798) Dortmund 2016} 19. Qg3 $5 $14 {
For an overview of this line see the notes to this game in CBM 174.}) 14... b4
15. Ne2 Ne8 16. f4 a5 17. f5 a4 18. fxe6 axb3 19. exf7+ Rxf7 20. Kb1 ({A
fighting move,} 20. cxb3 Rxa2 21. Ng3 Rxf1 $11 {forces a perpetual.}) 20...
bxc2+ 21. Qxc2 Bxg5 22. Bxg5 Qxg5 23. Ng3 Kh8 24. Bc4 (24. Qc6 Qd8 25. Bc4 Rc8
26. Qxc8 Qxc8 27. Bxf7 {is an email line, with} Ndf6 $13 {scoring well for
Black.}) 24... Rf8 (24... Rf4 $5 25. Qd2 Rc8 26. Be6 Qe7 27. Bxd7 Qxd7 28. Qxb4
Rf2 29. Rd2 Rxd2 30. Qxd2 Nf6 31. Rd1 Qc6 32. Qd3 h6 33. a3 Rd8 34. Rc1 Qd7 35.
Rc4 d5 36. exd5 Qh3 $132 {Gerhardt,F (2645)-Pugh,J (2570) email 2007}) 25. Nf5
Ndf6 (25... Rc8 $5 $13) 26. h4 (26. Rhg1 Qh5 27. Qg2 d5 $1 28. Nxg7 Qf7 29.
Nxe8 dxc4 $132) 26... Qh5 27. Be6 Ra7 (27... g6 $1 28. Nxd6 Nxd6 29. Rxd6 Qf3
$132) 28. Qf2 Rc7 29. Ng3 Qh6 30. Rdf1 g6 31. h5 $36 {Duda,J (2678)-Wojtaszek,
R (2746) Germany 2017}) 11. g4 Nb6 ({There is also a fair share of games with} 
11... b5 12. g5 b4 13. Ne2 Ng8 $5 ({Recently Black has preferred this retreat
to} 13... Nh5 14. Qd2 a5 15. Ng3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 a4 17. Nc1 Qa5 18. f4 g6 19. Nd3
a3 20. b3 Bg7 21. O-O-O exf4 22. gxf4 Bb2+ 23. Kb1 Bg4 24. Nxb4 Bxd1 25. Qxd6
Bf3 26. Bh3 Qd8 27. Nc6 Ne5 28. Nxd8 Rxd8 29. Bd7+ Rxd7 30. Qb8+ Rd8 31. Qb5+
Nd7 32. Rf1 O-O 33. Rxf3 Nf6 34. c4 $16 {Duchardt,A-Oker,B (1742) email 2013})
14. h4 (14. a3 a5 15. axb4 axb4 16. Ng3 h6 $132 {and}) (14. Qd2 a5 15. f4 h6
$13 {are more tested alternatives.}) 14... h6 15. Bg2 hxg5 16. hxg5 Rxh1+ 17.
Bxh1 Nb6 18. Qd3 Be7 (18... Nc4 $5 19. O-O-O a5 $15 {is an engine preference})
19. f4 Nc4 20. O-O-O Nxe3 21. Qxe3 exf4 22. Nxf4 Bxg5 23. e5 d5 24. Kb1 Ne7 25.
Qf3 Bxf4 26. Qxf4 Qb6 27. Nd4 $44 {Zhigalko,S (2639)-Sutovsky,E (2650)
Poikovsky 2017}) 12. g5 Nh5 {It's important to slow down White's attack.} (
12... Nfd7 {on the other hand, gives White a free hand after} 13. Qd2 Rc8 14.
O-O-O Qc7 15. Kb1 Be7 16. h4 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Bxc4 18. h5 Nb6 19. Qf2 Nd7 20. Qg3
b5 21. Rh2 Nb6 22. f4 Na4 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. exd5 f6 25. h6 g6 26. gxf6 Bxf6 27.
fxe5 dxe5 28. d6 Qd7 29. Bg5 $18 {Sakaev,K (2655)-De Firmian,N (2553)
Copenhagen 2003}) 13. Qd2 Be7 14. O-O-O O-O 15. Kb1 Rc8 16. Rg1 g6 {An
important move if Black wants to get kingside counterplay with f5(f6) later on.
} ({However, a plausible alternative is} 16... Qc7 17. Qf2 Nc4 ({White has
better results after} 17... Bd8 18. h4 g6 19. Rg2 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Bxc4 21. Qd2 Be7
22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. Qxd5 $14) 18. Bxc4 Qxc4 19. f4 Nxf4 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. Qxf4
Rce8 22. Rd4 Qc7 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Bd8 25. h4 Re5 26. Rxe5 dxe5 27. Qg4 b5
28. a3 Be7 29. Nc1 a5 30. h5 Qc8 31. Qg3 Qe6 32. Rf1 Rc8 33. Nd3 b4 $132 {
Matei,C (2478)-Jonsson,D (2519) email 2013}) 17. Qf2 (17. h4 Qc7 18. Qf2 Nc4
19. Bxc4 Qxc4 20. Nc1 b5 21. Nb3 b4 22. Na4 Rc7 (22... Qc7 $142 23. Nb6 Rb8 24.
Nd5 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 f5 $132) 23. Nb6 Qb5 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 Qd7 26. Qe2 Rfc8
27. Rc1 Qh3 28. Qf2 f5 29. gxf6 Nxf6 30. Ra5 Nh5 31. Bg5 $36 {Topalov,V (2761)
-Carlsen,M (2855) Leuven blitz 2016}) 17... Nc4 18. Bxc4 Rxc4 (18... Bxc4 $143
{allows} 19. Na4 $1 Be6 (19... b5 20. Nb6 Rc7 21. Na5 $36) 20. Nb6 Rc7 21. Qd2
Rc6 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. exd5 Rc8 24. Qd3 Qd7 25. Nd2 f6 26. gxf6 Rxf6 27. c4 Rf7
28. c5 $1 (28. Rc1 Qf5 29. Rc3 b5 30. b3 Qh3 31. Rgc1 bxc4 32. Rxc4 Ra8 $13 {
/<=>, Leko,P (2739)-Anand,V (2774) Dortmund 2003}) 28... Rd8 (28... dxc5 29.
Nc4 $16) 29. cxd6 Bxd6 30. Bg5 Rdf8 31. Bh6 Nf4 32. Qb3 Rd8 33. Bxf4 Rxf4 34.
Ne4 Kh8 35. Rd3 $16 {Bacrot,E (2645)-Lautier,J (2677) Aix les Bains 2003 See
notes to both these games in CBM 097 by Ftacnik. Afterwards Black began
recapturing with the rook.}) 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 b5 (20... f5 21. Qe2 (21.
gxf6 $5 Nxf6 22. Qd2 {- 20...f6}) 21... b5 22. Qd3 fxe4 {½, De Rover,Y (2338)
-Sarrau,J (2373) Belgium 2016} 23. fxe4 Nf4 24. Bxf4 Rxf4 $132) (20... Qd7 21.
Nd2 (21. Rgd1 $14 {[%cal Yd5e5]}) 21... Rc6 22. f4 $6 exf4 23. Bxf4 Qe6 24. Bg3
f6 (24... Rc5 $5 $15) 25. gxf6 Nxf6 26. Qd4 Rfc8 27. Rc1 $13 {Mihok,O (2351)
-Nguyen Huynh Minh,H (2398) Budapest 2008}) (20... f6 21. Qe2 (21. gxf6 Nxf6
22. Qd2 Rf7 23. Rd3 Bf8 24. h4 Nh5 25. Bg5 Qc8 26. Qd1 b5 27. a3 Qb8 28. c3 Qa7
29. Na1 a5 30. Nc2 Rc6 $11 {Kubicki,T (2418)-Avotins,M (2458) email 2012})
21... b5 22. gxf6 Nxf6 (22... Rxf6 23. Nd2 Rc6 24. c4 bxc4 25. Nxc4 Qc8 26. Na5
Rc7 27. Rc1 Rxc1+ 28. Bxc1 Nf4 29. Bxf4 Rxf4 30. Nc4 {Muzyka,Y (2382)
-Lehtosaari,J (2354) email 2008} Qh3 $132) 23. Rdd1 (23. Rd3 Qc7 24. Nc1 a5 25.
Bg5 Nh5 26. Bh6 Rc8 27. Rd2 a4 28. Nd3 {Mojzis,J (2122)-Cerveny,M (2380)
Nachod 2009} b4 $132) 23... Qc8 24. Bg5 Qe6 25. Qd3 Rfc8 26. c3 Rd8 27. Nd2 Rc7
{Sabaev,S (2480)-Stalmach,K (2559) email 2010} 28. Bxf6 Bxf6 29. Nf1 $1 $36 {
[%cal Yf1e3,Ye3d5]}) 21. h4 $146 {[%mdl 40] A strategically complex position,
in which it's unclear, who is attacking on which flank - the pawn advances
g4-g5 and b5 have weakened White's kingside and Black's queenside respectively.
Most of the games stem from email practice, objectively White is perhaps
somewhat better. The difficult question for Black is to decide, when he can
afford to exchange his Nh5 for White's Be3. Ding's move supports the Pg5, but
it's not so clear if the pawn will not be more vulnerable on h4, than on h2.} (
21. Qe2 Qd7 (21... f6 {-20...f6}) 22. c3 (22. Nd2 Rc7 $142 $1 (22... Rc6 23. c4
Rb8 (23... Rfc8 $5 24. cxb5 axb5 25. Rxb5 (25. Qxb5 Nf4 26. Bxf4 Qa7 $1 $44)
25... Nf4 26. Bxf4 exf4 $132 {[%cal Ye7f8,Yf8g7,Gc8c1]}) 24. cxb5 Rxb5 25. Qd3
Rxd5 26. exd5 Rc7 27. Qxa6 Qf5+ 28. Ka1 Nf4 (28... Rc2 $5) 29. Ne4 $14 {
Akopian,V (2684)-Khismatullin,D (2656) Plovdiv 2012}) 23. c4 Rb8 $11) 22... f5
(22... Rc7 23. Rdd1 f5 24. gxf6 Rxf6 25. Rgf1 Rf7 26. Na1 Rb7 27. Nc2 a5 28.
Na3 Nf4 29. Bxf4 Rxf4 30. Qd3 Rf8 31. Rf2 Qc6 32. Rfd2 Kg7 33. c4 bxc4 34. Nxc4
$14 {Frica,S-Hendrich,T (1826) email 2013}) 23. gxf6 Nxf6 24. Rdd1 Nh5 25. Bh6
Rf7 26. h4 (26. Na1 $5 {[%cal Ya1c2,Yc2e3,Yc2b4]}) 26... Rc6 27. Nd2 Kh8 28.
Rg4 Qe6 29. Nb3 Bd8 30. Nc1 Bb6 31. Nd3 Qc4 $13 {Rozenberg,D (2612)-Persson,C 
(2596) email 2005}) (21. Qd2 Qc8 $5 (21... Qb8 22. Rg2 (22. Na5 Rc7 23. Rd3 $14
) 22... Rfc8 23. Na5 R4c7 24. Qb4 Ng7 25. f4 exf4 26. Bxf4 Qb6 27. a3 Ne6 $11
28. Bxd6 $6 {1/2-1/2 (34) Stefansson,H (2572)-Olafsson,H (2504) Reykjavik 2004}
Nf4 $1 $15) (21... Qc7 22. Rd1 (22. h4 Re8 23. Rc1 Bf8 24. Qa5 Qc8 25. Nd2 Rc6
26. a4 bxa4 27. Qxa4 Re7 28. c4 Rec7 29. Ra5 Bg7 30. b3 Nf4 $132 31. Bxf4 $2
exf4 $36 {[%csl Gg7] Morros Faura,R (2217)-Rubio Mejia,L (2371) Arinsal 2009})
(22. Rc1 f5 23. gxf6 Nxf6 24. Rd3 b4 $6 (24... Nh5 $142) 25. c3 bxc3 26. Rdxc3
Rxc3 27. Rxc3 $14 {Hoyos Millan,L (2556)-Cilloniz Razzeto,A (2451) email 2008})
22... Rc8 (22... Qc8 23. Qg2 f5 24. gxf6 Nxf6 25. R5d2 Nh5 26. Bg5 Nf4 27. Qg3
Nh5 28. Qg1 Nf6 29. h4 $14 {Korosec,S (2366)-De Groot,A (2447) email 2008}) (
22... Ng7 23. h4 Ne6 24. c3 Rc8 25. a3 Nf8 26. Nc1 Nd7 27. h5 Nb6 28. Bxb6 Qxb6
29. Nd3 a5 30. hxg6 fxg6 31. Qh2 Rf8 32. Qh3 $16 {Lacrosse,M (2268)-Caridi,N 
(1707) email 2008}) (22... f5 23. Bc5 $1 fxe4 24. Rxd6 Bxd6 25. Bxd6 e3 26. Qe1
Qb6 27. Bxf8 Kxf8 28. Rd3 e2 29. Qxe2 Qg1+ 30. Rd1 Qxg5 31. Qf2 $36 {[%csl Ra6,
Rb5,Rf8] Szymanski,R-Yarkov,E (2197) email 2007}) 23. c3 Rb8 24. Bc5 Nf4 25.
Bxd6 Bxd6 26. Rxd6 b4 27. cxb4 (27. Rd7 Qb6 28. cxb4 $16) 27... Rcxb4 28. Rd8+
Kg7 29. Rxb8 Qxb8 30. Nc5 Rd4 31. Qc2 Rxd1+ 32. Qxd1 Qb5 33. Na4 Nh3 34. Nc3
Qc4 35. Qd6 Qf1+ 36. Kc2 Qxf3 37. Qxe5+ Kg8 38. b4 Qg2+ 39. Kb3 Nxg5 40. Ka4
Nf3 41. Qf6 h5 42. Ka5 Nxh2 43. a4 Ng4 44. Qd8+ Kh7 45. Kxa6 Qg3 46. Nd5 h4 47.
Qf8 Qf2 48. b5 h3 49. b6 h2 50. b7 h1=Q 51. b8=Q Qa1 52. Qbe8 Qg7 53. Qfe7 g5
54. a5 Nh6 55. Qc6 Ng8 56. Qec7 g4 57. Kb7 g3 58. a6 g2 59. a7 g1=Q 60. a8=Q
Qb1+ 61. Nb6 $11 {Szalanczy,E (2354)-Nguyen Thi Mai,H (2213) Budapest 2009 A
truly fantastic game!}) 22. Na5 (22. Qd1 Qh3 23. Rd2 Qe6 24. a3 Rfc8 25. c3 Bf8
26. Rd5 Be7 {½, Pheby,I (2525)-Rodriguez,K (2446) email 2006} 27. Na1 $5 $14 {
[%cal Ya1c2]}) (22. Qg2 f5 23. gxf6 Nxf6 24. Rdd1 Nh5 25. c3 Nf4 26. Bxf4 Rxf4
27. Nd2 Rc5 28. Rge1 Rh4 29. Nb3 Rc7 30. Rd3 {Gross Winter,G (2064)-Bach,W 
(2208) email 2010} Qh3 $11) 22... Rc7 23. c3 (23. Qg2 f5 24. gxf6 Rxf6 25. Rdd1
Nf4 26. Qd2 Bf8 27. Rc1 Nh5 28. Rgf1 Rcf7 $132 {Lipcak,N (2129)-Hliva,R (2056)
email 2008}) 23... Qh3 24. Rd3 Qxf3 $5 (24... Rfc8 25. Qe2 Qe6 26. h4 Rd7 27.
Nb3 f5 28. gxf6 Qxf6 (28... Nxf6 $5) 29. Qg2 Rdd8 30. Bg5 Qf8 31. Rgd1 Bxg5 32.
Qxg5 Nf4 33. R3d2 Kh8 $14 {/<=>, Delavekouras,S (2442)-Antunes,A (2330) email
2005}) 25. Bb6 Qxe4 26. Re1 Qf5 27. Bxc7 Nf4 28. Nc6 Bxg5 29. Nb4 Rc8 30. Bb6
Nxd3 31. Qxd3 Qxd3+ 32. Nxd3 f5 33. Nb4 Kf7 34. Kc2 Be7 35. Ra1 Rc4 $13 {
Nilsson,T (1985)-Hliva,R (2056) email 2008}) (21. Rd3 f5 22. gxf6 Rxf6 23. Qe2
Rf7 (23... Nf4 $5 24. Bxf4 Rxf4 $13) 24. a3 Qc8 25. Nc1 Qh3 26. Bd2 Qc8 27. Qd1
Bf8 28. Ne2 Qh3 $14 {/<=>, Nijboer,F (2564)-Spoelman,W (2448) Vlissingen 2008})
(21. Rdd1 Qc7 (21... f6 22. gxf6 Rxf6 23. Nd2 Rc8 24. Qf1 Qd7 25. Qd3 {Wang,Y 
(2393)-Yagupov,I (2441) Moscow 2004} Nf4 $5 26. Bxf4 Rxf4 $132) 22. h4 f5 23.
gxf6 Rxf6 24. Qg2 Kh8 25. c3 Rf7 26. Rh1 Qb8 $11 {Gramstad,R (2222)-De Groot,A
(2447) email 2008}) (21. Rgd1 Qc8 22. Na5 (22. R5d3 Qe6 23. c3 Rfc8 24. h4 Bf8
25. Qg2 Be7 26. Rd5 Bf8 27. Na5 R4c7 28. R5d3 Be7 29. Qf2 Kg7 30. Qh2 Kg8 31.
Qg2 Bf8 32. Re1 Be7 $11 {Genga,S (2332)-Myakonikikh,D (2334) email 2010}) 22...
Rc7 23. R5d3 Qe6 (23... f5 24. gxf6 Nxf6 25. Qg2 Nh5 26. Nb3 b4 27. Na5 Nf4 28.
Bxf4 Rxf4 29. b3 Rc3 30. Qe2 Rxd3 31. Rxd3 Rh4 32. Nc4 Qf8 33. Ne3 Bg5 34. Nd5
Qh6 {½, Kangur,A (2538)-Van der Hoeven,D (2649) email 2009} 35. Rd1 Rxh2 36.
Qc4 $16) 24. h4 Rfc8 $5 {Perhaps Black can just stay put, as it's not so easy
to find an effective plan for White:} (24... f5 25. gxf6 Nxf6 26. Bg5 Rfc8 27.
R3d2 Qh3 28. Qe3 Ne8 29. a3 Bf8 30. Qb3+ Kg7 31. Rg1 Rf7 32. Rd3 Qh2 33. Rc1
Rfc7 34. Rdd1 Kh8 35. c4 $14 {Haugen,A (2536)-Novikovas,V (2530) email 2006})
25. R3d2 Bf8 26. Qg2 Be7 27. Qf2 Bf8 {½, Korosec,S (2326)-Rodriguez,K (2446)
email 2006}) 21... f6 {Black opts for active counterplay, but maybe a better
way to do so was} (21... f5 $5 22. Nd2 (22. gxf6 Nxf6 23. Rd3 Nxe4 24. Qh2 Rxf3
25. h5 Qc8 $5 26. hxg6 h5 27. Bc1 (27. Qxh5 Qh3 $15) 27... Qf5 $13) 22... Rc7
$1 (22... Rc6 23. exf5 Rxf5 24. Ne4 Qf8 25. Rd3 $13 {/+/=}) 23. Qg2 (23. Bb6
Nf4 $11) (23. exf5 $6 Qa8 $1 $15) 23... Qc8 $132) 22. Qd2 fxg5 {Opening the
position increases the tension, but will turn out badly for Black in the end.}
(22... Qc7 $5 23. gxf6 (23. Qd1 $5 $13 {/+/=}) 23... Nxf6 24. Rd3 Nh5 $132 {
/+/=}) 23. Bxg5 Rxf3 24. Bxe7 Qxe7 25. Rxd6 {[%cal Rd6d7]} Rf7 (25... Nf6 26.
Rxa6 {/\} Nxe4 27. Qd5+ Qf7 28. Qxe5 Rf1+ 29. Nc1 $1 $16 Rxg1 $2 30. Ra8+ Qf8
31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 32. Qb8+ {[%cal Rb8a7,Ra7g1]}) 26. Rxa6 Rxe4 (26... Qxh4 $5 27.
Ra5 Nf6 (27... Qxe4 28. Rxb5 Qf5 $14) 28. Rxb5 Rd7 29. Qg2 Rdc7 $14 {/~~}) 27.
Qd5 Rxh4 28. Qxb5 $36 {The position remains complex, but White retains the
initiative - his K is more secure and his pieces are active enough to both
threaten the Kg8 and support the o^a2. On the other hand it's more difficult
for Black to get his pawns moving.} Nf4 $2 (28... Rb4 $142 29. Qa5 Rbf4 (29...
Rc4 $5) 30. a3 $14) 29. a4 (29. Ra8+ $5 Kg7 30. Re8 Qd6 31. Rxe5 $16) 29... e4
(29... Kg7 30. Re1 e4 (30... Rh5 31. a5 $16) 31. Qc4 $16 (31. Qc6 $16)) ({
A more resilient try was} 29... Rh5 {, but White has the initiative after} 30.
Re1 ({, or} 30. Qc4)) 30. Ra8+ Kg7 31. Re8 Qa7 $6 (31... Qf6 32. Rxe4 (32. Nc5
Qd4 33. Rf1 Rh5 34. Rxe4 Qxe4 35. Nxe4 Rxb5 36. axb5 $16) 32... Nh3 33. Rxh4
Nxg1 34. Rh1 Nf3 35. a5 $16 {probably wouldn't save the game, but the text
move loses by force.}) 32. Qe5+ $1 Kh6 33. Qg5+ Kg7 34. Rxe4 $18 Rh5 (34... h6
35. Qg3 (35. Qc5 $5 Qxc5 36. Nxc5 g5 37. a5 $18) 35... g5 36. Qc3+ Kh7 37. Rd1
$18) 35. Qg3 Rh3 (35... Nd5 36. Nd4 $18) 36. Qe1 Nd5 (36... h5 37. Nd4 Kh7 38.
Qf1 $18) (36... h6 37. Nd4 Kh7 38. Rf1 g5 39. a5 $18) 37. Nd4 Qb6 38. a5 $1 {
The most convincing continuation, which forces Black to misplace his Q.} (38.
Ne6+ Kg8 39. Rc4 $18 (39. Ng5 $2 Nc3+)) 38... Qb7 (38... Qf6 39. Ne6+ Kg8 40.
Ng5 $18) (38... Qb8 39. Re8 $18) 39. Ne6+ Kg8 40. Nd8 (40. Nc5 $18) 40... Qb5 (
40... Nc3+ 41. Qxc3 Rxc3 (41... Qxe4 42. Qxh3) 42. Re8+ Kg7 43. Nxb7 Rxb7 44.
a6 $18) 41. Re8+ Kg7 (41... Rf8 42. Rxf8+ Kxf8 43. Rf1+ Kg7 44. Qe5+ Kg8 45.
Qe6+ Kg7 46. Rf7+ $18) 42. Qe5+ (42. Qe5+ Rf6 43. Ne6+ Kf7 44. Rf8+ Ke7 45.
Nd4+ $18) 1-0

[Event "WchT 11th"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[PlyCount "190"]
[EventDate "2017.06.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 Ngf6 5. Qe2 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. d4
e6 9. O-O Be7 10. Nbd2 Qc7 11. Bd3 Nh5 12. g3 Nhf6 13. b3 O-O 14. Bb2 c4 15.
Bc2 cxb3 16. axb3 b4 17. Bd3 bxc3 18. Rac1 Rfc8 19. Rxc3 Qd8 20. Ra1 a5 21.
Rxc8 Qxc8 22. Ne1 Nb6 23. Bb5 Ne8 24. Qe3 d5 25. e5 Nc7 26. Bf1 a4 27. bxa4
Nxa4 28. Ba3 Bxa3 29. Rxa3 Bc6 30. Qb3 Qb7 31. Qc2 Be8 32. Nd3 Qc6 33. Nc5 h6
34. Bd3 Nb6 35. Qa2 Nb5 36. Rxa8 Qxa8 37. Qxa8 Nxa8 38. Ndb3 Nb6 39. f4 Nc4 40.
Kf2 Kf8 41. g4 g6 42. h4 Ke7 43. Kf3 Nb2 44. Bxb5 Bxb5 45. Na5 Ba4 46. Ke3 Bd1
47. g5 hxg5 48. fxg5 Bg4 49. Kd2 Bh5 50. Nd3 Nxd3 51. Kxd3 Bg4 52. Kc3 Bd1 53.
Kb4 Kd7 54. Nb7 Bc2 55. Nd6 Ke7 56. Kb5 Bd1 57. Kc6 Bg4 58. Kc7 Bf3 59. Nc8+
Ke8 60. Kd6 Be2 61. Ne7 Bg4 62. Nc6 Be2 63. Ne7 Bg4 64. Ng8 Bf3 65. Nf6+ Kd8
66. Kc5 Ke7 67. Kb4 Bd1 68. Kc3 Bf3 69. Kd2 Kf8 70. Ke1 Kg7 71. Nd7 Bg2 72. Ke2
Bh3 73. Nf6 Bf5 74. Kd2 Kf8 75. Kc3 Ke7 76. Kb4 Bc2 77. h5 gxh5 78. Nxh5 Bg6
79. Nf6 Kf8 80. Kc5 Kg7 81. Ne8+ Kf8 82. Nd6 Kg7 83. Kc6 Bh5 84. Kd7 Kg6 85.
Ke7 Kg7 86. Nb7 Kg6 87. Nd8 Kg7 88. Nxe6+ fxe6 89. Kxe6 Bf3 90. Kd6 Kg6 91. e6
Kxg5 92. e7 Bh5 93. Kxd5 Kf6 94. Kd6 Be8 95. d5 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 11th"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2017.06.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Bc2 c5 12. d5 a5 13. b3 Ne8 14. c4 b4 15. a3 Rb8
16. Kh1 Ndf6 17. Nbd2 g6 18. Nf1 Ng7 19. Be3 Kh8 20. axb4 axb4 21. Qd2 Ng8 22.
Ra7 Rb7 23. Rxb7 Bxb7 24. Ng3 Bc8 25. Ng1 Bh4 26. Nf3 Be7 27. Ng1 Bh4 28. Nf3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Danzhou 08th"]
[Site "Danzhou"]
[Date "2017.07.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2
b6 9. Rd1 Bb7 10. Bf4 Rc8 11. Nc3 dxc4 12. Ne5 Nd5 13. Nxc4 Nxf4 14. gxf4 O-O
15. e3 Qc7 16. a4 a6 17. Qb3 b5 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Rb8 20. Ne4 c5 21. axb5
axb5 22. Ra7 Qb6 23. Rda1 Rfd8 24. Nd6 Bxd6 25. exd6 Bc8 26. Qc3 Qxd6 27. Bf3
e5 28. Qxe5 Qxe5 29. fxe5 Be6 30. Kf1 g6 31. Ke1 c4 32. Be4 b4 33. Rc7 Rdc8 34.
Rxc8+ Rxc8 35. Ra5 c3 36. bxc3 Rxc3 37. Rb5 Rb3 38. Bd5 Rb1+ 39. Ke2 Bxd5 40.
Rxd5 b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Danzhou 08th"]
[Site "Danzhou"]
[Date "2017.07.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Lu, Shanglei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2017.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. O-O Nc6 7. d4 Be7 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 O-O 12. Bf4 f6 13. Rac1 Bb6 14. Be3
Bxe3 15. Qxe3 e5 16. Nd2 Nd4 17. Nb3 Nxb3 18. Qxb3+ Be6 19. Qa4 Rfd8 20. Rfd1
Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 h6 22. b3 Kh8 23. e3 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. h4 Bd5 26. e4 Bc6
27. Qxa7 Qd1+ 28. Kh2 Qc2 29. b4 Kh7 30. a3 Bxe4 31. Qc5 Qb1 32. a4 Bxg2 33.
Kxg2 Qe4+ 34. Kh2 f5 35. Qe3 Qxb4 36. Qxe5 Qb1 37. a5 h5 38. Qe2 g6 39. Qe7+
Kg8 40. Qf6 Kh7 41. Qf7+ Kh6 42. Qg8 Qb2 43. Kg2 Qe5 44. Qf8+ Kh7 45. Qf7+ Kh6
46. Qf8+ Kh7 47. Qf7+ Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Danzhou 08th"]
[Site "Danzhou"]
[Date "2017.07.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. O-O Nbd7 6. Qc2 Nb6 7. a4 a5 8. Na3
Bxa3 9. Rxa3 O-O 10. e4 e5 11. Nxe5 Qd4 12. Qc3 Qxc3 13. Rxc3 Be6 14. d4 Nxa4
15. Ra3 b5 16. f4 Nb6 17. g4 Nxg4 18. f5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Bd7 20. Rg3 Bc6 21. Bh6
g6 22. Rg5 c3 23. bxc3 Nc4 24. fxg6 fxg6 25. Bxf8 Rxf8 26. e6 Be8 27. Rd1 Rf6
28. Rd8 Kf8 29. Rxb5 Ke7 30. Rbb8 Bc6 31. Rdc8 Rxe6 32. Rxc7+ Kd6 33. Rxh7 a4
34. Ra7 Kc5 35. e5 Bxg2 36. Kxg2 a3 37. Rc7+ Rc6 38. Rxc6+ Kxc6 39. Rc8+ Kd5
40. e6 1-0

[Event "Danzhou 08th"]
[Site "Danzhou"]
[Date "2017.07.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. O-O O-O 7. h3 d6 8. d3
c6 9. Nxd4 Bxd4 10. Bb3 a5 11. a3 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Qe2 Qe8 14. Be3 Nh5 15.
Kh2 Nf4 16. Qg4 Rf6 17. g3 Bxe3 18. fxe3 Nh5 19. Rf3 Qf7 20. Kg2 Rf8 21. Raf1
Rxf3 22. Qxf3 Nf6 23. Nb1 d5 24. Nd2 dxe4 25. Nxe4 Nxe4 26. Qxf7+ Rxf7 27. Rxf7
Kxf7 28. dxe4 h5 29. Kf3 Ke7 30. g4 Kf6 31. Kg3 hxg4 32. Kxg4 Kg6 33. b4 axb4
34. axb4 b5 35. c3 Kh6 36. Kh4 Kg6 37. Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Danzhou 08th"]
[Site "Danzhou"]
[Date "2017.07.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2017.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nge2 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8.
Bd2 cxd4 9. Nxd4 e5 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. a3 Bd6 12. Qc2 Bg4 13. Ng5 Rc8 14. O-O e4
15. Ngxe4 Ne5 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. Ba2 Be2 18. f4 Bxf1 19. fxe5 Bd3 20. exd6 Bxc2
21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. Bxd5 Ba4 23. e4 Bc6 24. Bb3 Rce8 25. Bc2 Re6 26. Re1 Rfe8 27.
Bf4 g5 28. Bg3 h5 29. h4 gxh4 30. Bf4 Rg6 31. Re2 Rg4 32. Rf2 h3 33. g3 h4 34.
Kh2 hxg3+ 35. Bxg3 Bxe4 36. Kxh3 f5 37. Bxe4 Rgxe4 38. Rxf5 Rd4 39. Rf3 Kg7 40.
Rc3 Kf6 41. Rf3+ Ke6 42. Re3+ Kd7 43. Rc3 Rc8 44. Re3 Rh8+ 45. Kg2 Rd2+ 46. Kf3
Rf8+ 47. Kg4 Rxb2 48. Re7+ Kc6 49. Rc7+ Kb6 50. d7 Rg8+ 51. Kf5 Rf2+ 52. Ke4
Rg4+ 0-1

[Event "Danzhou 08th"]
[Site "Danzhou"]
[Date "2017.07.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2017.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
dxc5 Qa5 9. e4 Nf6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Kf2 Nfd7 12. Rb1 Rd8 13. Rb5 Qxa3 14. Ne2 a6
15. Rb4 Qa5 16. Rd4 Nc6 17. Rd6 Nxc5 18. Rxd8+ Nxd8 19. Qd6 Nd7 20. Nd4 Qc5 21.
Qg3 Qe5 22. Bf4 Qc5 23. Bh6 Qe5 24. Bf4 Qc5 25. Bh6 Qe5 26. Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Danzhou 08th"]
[Site "Danzhou"]
[Date "2017.07.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2017.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bd2 Nhf6 8. Bf4
Nh5 9. Bd2 Nhf6 10. Qc2 g6 11. g3 Bg7 12. Bg2 O-O 13. O-O Re8 14. Rad1 b5 15.
Bg5 a5 16. e4 b4 17. exd5 bxc3 18. dxc6 Nf8 19. bxc3 Bf5 20. Qb3 a4 21. Qa3 Ne4
22. Be3 Qa5 23. Rc1 Qa6 24. c4 Qxc6 25. Ng5 e6 26. g4 h6 27. gxf5 hxg5 28. f6
Bxf6 29. Qd3 Rad8 30. Bxe4 Qc8 31. Qc3 Bg7 32. Bg2 f5 33. Rcd1 f4 34. Bc1 Qxc5
35. dxc5 Bxc3 36. Bc6 Rxd1 37. Rxd1 Rc8 38. Bxa4 Rxc5 39. Bb5 Rc8 40. a4 e5 41.
Rd5 Nh7 42. Rd6 Kg7 43. Ba3 Bd4 44. Rc6 Ra8 45. Rc7+ Kh6 46. c5 Nf6 47. Rf7 Ne4
48. c6 Bxf2+ 49. Kg2 g4 50. c7 f3+ 51. Kf1 g3 52. hxg3 Bb6 53. Rf8 Nxg3+ 54.
Ke1 f2+ 55. Kd1 f1=Q+ 56. Bxf1 Bxc7 57. Rxa8 Nxf1 58. a5 Ne3+ 59. Ke2 Nd5 60.
a6 Bb6 61. Kf3 Nc7 62. Rc8 1-0

[Event "Danzhou 08th"]
[Site "Danzhou"]
[Date "2017.07.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2017.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Be3 Nd4 11. Bxd4 exd4 12. Nd5 Nd7 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 a5
15. c3 dxc3 16. bxc3 c6 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. d4 c5 19. Rfe1 Rab8 20. Re3 b4 21.
axb4 axb4 22. dxc5 Ne5 23. Qg3 dxc5 24. Bd5 Rb6 25. f4 Nd7 26. e5 b3 27. c4 b2
28. Rb1 Rfb8 29. e6 fxe6 30. Rxe6 Qxe6 31. Bxe6+ Rxe6 32. Qd3 Nf6 33. Qc2 Reb6
34. Qf5 Ra8 35. Qxc5 Ra1 36. Qxb6 Rxb1+ 37. Kh2 h6 38. g4 Kh8 39. g5 hxg5 40.
fxg5 Ng8 41. h4 Rc1 42. Qxb2 Rxc4 43. Kg3 Rc7 44. Qd4 Rc6 45. h5 Re6 46. Qd5
Re7 47. Kg4 Kh7 48. Qd3+ Kh8 49. Qd8 Rf7 50. Qc8 Re7 51. Kf5 Kh7 52. g6+ Kh8
53. h6 gxh6 54. Qc3+ Rg7 55. Kg4 Ne7 56. Kh5 Kg8 57. Qb3+ Kh8 58. Qb8+ Ng8 59.
Qb2 1-0

[Event "Danzhou 08th"]
[Site "Danzhou"]
[Date "2017.07.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2017.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8. f3
e5 9. Nb3 Be6 10. Be3 h5 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nbd7 13. Qd2 g6 14. O-O-O Nb6
15. Qa5 Bh6 16. Bxh6 Rxh6 17. Qd2 Rh8 18. f4 exf4 19. Qxf4 Kf8 20. Bd3 Nbxd5
21. Qg5 Qb6 22. Bxg6 Qe3+ 23. Qxe3 Nxe3 24. Rxd6 Ke7 25. Rd3 Nxg2 26. Rg3 Nf4
27. Re1+ Kf8 28. Rf3 Nxg6 29. Rxf6 Kg7 30. Ref1 Ne5 31. Nc5 b5 32. Nd7 Rhe8 33.
Nxe5 Rxe5 34. Rxf7+ Kg6 35. h4 Re6 36. R7f4 Rc8 37. R1f2 Re1+ 38. Kd2 Rb1 39.
b3 Rh1 40. a4 Rc6 41. axb5 axb5 42. Rg2+ Kh6 43. Re4 Rh3 44. Rb4 Rh1 45. Rf4
Rh3 46. Re4 Rhc3 47. Kd1 Rh3 48. Rd4 Rh1+ 49. Kd2 Rh3 50. b4 Rh1 51. Rd8 Kh7
52. Rd5 Rxh4 53. Rxb5 Kh6 54. Kd3 Rhc4 55. Rb8 Kh7 56. Rb7+ Kh6 57. Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM 50th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2017.07.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2017.07.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. d4 Nf6 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 dxe4 7. Qe3 Nbd7 8.
Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Qxe4 g6 10. Be2 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rd1 Re8 13. c3 Qc7 14. d5 c5
15. Bf4 Be5 16. Be3 Rac8 17. a4 Red8 18. a5 Nf6 19. Qf3 Kg7 20. a6 Rb8 21. axb7
Rxb7 22. Ra2 Rdb8 23. Bc1 Ne8 24. Qe3 Bf6 25. Ra6 Qe5 26. Qxe5 Bxe5 27. Ra5
Rxb2 28. Bxb2 Rxb2 29. Bd3 Bxc3 30. Rxc5 Bb4 31. Rc2 Rxc2 32. Bxc2 a5 33. f4 h5
34. Kf2 Kf6 35. Kf3 Nd6 36. Ba4 Nf5 37. Bd7 Nh4+ 38. Kf2 Bc5+ 39. Kf1 Nf5 40.
Ke2 Bd6 41. Kf3 Nh4+ 42. Kf2 Bc5+ 43. Kf1 Nf5 44. Ke2 Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM 50th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2017.07.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2017.07.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 a6 7. Bb3 h6 8. h3
d6 9. Nf1 Be6 10. Ng3 Bxb3 11. axb3 d5 12. O-O dxe4 13. dxe4 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 Rfd8
15. Rxd8+ Rxd8 16. Kf1 a5 17. Ke2 Nd7 18. Ne1 Bf8 19. Be3 Nc5 20. Bxc5 Bxc5 21.
Nd3 Bf8 22. h4 b6 23. h5 g6 24. Nf1 Kg7 25. Ne3 Be7 26. Rh1 Bg5 27. Nd5 Rd7 28.
f3 gxh5 29. Rxh5 f5 30. g4 fxe4 31. fxe4 Rf7 32. Rh3 Kg6 33. b4 Bf6 34. b5 Na7
35. Nxf6 Rxf6 36. Nxe5+ Kg7 37. c4 Nc8 38. Nd3 Nd6 39. e5 Re6 40. b3 a4 41. Re3
a3 42. exd6 a2 43. dxc7 a1=Q 44. c8=Q Qa2+ 45. Kf3 Rf6+ 46. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Biel GM 50th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2017.07.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.07.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 dxc4 6. Na3 c3 7. bxc3 O-O 8. O-O
c5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Qe2 Bf5 11. Rd1 Qa5 12. Bb2 Rfd8 13. Nd2 cxd4 14. cxd4 Bg4 15.
f3 Be6 16. Nb3 Bxb3 17. axb3 Qb4 18. Rd3 e5 19. dxe5 Rxd3 20. Qxd3 Rd8 21. Qb5
Qxb5 22. Nxb5 Nd5 23. Nxa7 Nxe3 24. Nxc6 bxc6 25. Bc3 Bf8 26. Be1 Nc2 27. Rc1
Nxe1 28. Rxe1 Bc5+ 29. Kh1 Bb4 30. Rb1 g5 31. f4 gxf4 32. gxf4 Rd4 33. f5 Rf4
34. Bh3 Re4 35. e6 fxe6 36. fxe6 Re1+ 37. Rxe1 Bxe1 38. Bg2 c5 39. Bd5 Kf8 40.
Kg2 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM 50th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2017.07.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2017.07.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 exf4 7. Bxf4 d6 8.
Qd2 Be6 9. Bg5 Bxc4 10. dxc4 Bb4 11. Qf4 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qe7 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14.
Qxf6 gxf6 15. O-O Rae8 16. Nd2 Kg7 17. Rf4 Re5 18. Rb1 b6 19. Rb5 Rfe8 20. Kf2
h5 21. Rh4 Kg6 22. Nf3 Rxb5 23. cxb5 Ne5 24. Ke3 Nxf3 25. gxf3 Kg5 26. Rf4 Re5
27. c4 Rc5 28. h4+ Kg6 29. Kd4 Re5 30. Rf5 Rxf5 31. exf5+ Kxf5 32. Ke3 Ke5 33.
f4+ Kf5 34. Kf3 Ke6 35. Ke4 f5+ 36. Kd4 Ke7 37. Kc3 Kd7 38. Kd3 Kc8 39. Kd4 Kd8
40. Kc3 Kd7 41. Kd3 c6 42. a4 Kc7 43. Kd4 a6 44. Kc3 cxb5 45. cxb5 axb5 46.
axb5 d5 47. Kd4 Kd6 48. c3 Ke6 49. Ke3 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM 50th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2017.07.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Georgiadis, Nico"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2017.07.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. h4 a5 13. a4 bxa4 14. Nxa4 Be6
15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. O-O Nh5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Kh2 Qb8 19. Qe3 Ra7 20. g3 Rc7 21.
Rf2 Qb5 22. Ra2 Rb8 23. b3 Nf6 24. Nb2 Ra8 25. Kg2 Nd7 26. Qd3 Qc5 27. Qd2 Qb5
28. Qd3 Qc5 29. Qd2 Qb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM 50th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2017.07.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.07.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O b5 11. g4 Nbd7 12. g5 b4 13. gxf6 bxc3 14. Qxc3 Nxf6
15. Na5 Rc8 16. Nc6 Qd7 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Qa5 Rc6 19. Rg1 Rfc8 20. Kb1 Nh5 21.
Rg2 Qf6 22. Rf2 h6 23. b3 Kh7 24. c4 Nf4 25. Qb4 Nh3 26. Bxh3 Bxh3 27. Kb2 Qd8
28. Qd2 Rb8 29. f4 Qc7 30. Rg1 Rxc4 31. Rg3 d5 32. f5 d4 33. Bxh6 Rc3 34. Bxg7
Re3 35. Rxe3 dxe3 36. Qxe3 Kxg7 37. f6+ Kf8 38. Qxh3 Ke8 39. Rd2 1-0

[Event "Biel GM 50th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2017.07.31"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D61"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[Annotator "Quintiliano,R"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2017.07.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Nbd7 {A solid approach
by Ponomariov, which sounds reasonable against an aggressive player like
Morozevich.} (6... dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 {is the complicated Anti-Moscow
Variation, in total accordance with Moro's style.}) 7. e3 Be7 (7... g5 $5 8.
Bg3 Nh5 {is a different and interesting variation which has gained some
popularity recently, played by Carlsen, Grischuk and others.}) 8. Qc2 O-O 9.
O-O-O $1 {Although he is not playing many tournaments like some years ago,
Morozevich's trademark always was his creative and aggressive play. The last
move reveals White's intentions to avoid the more calm positions in QGD and
his desires to play for the initiative in kingside.} dxc4 {to seek for
counterplay on the queenside seems a natural reaction} 10. g4 $5 $146 {
Morozevich just ignores the c4-pawn in order to start as quickly as possible
active operations on the kingside, which ensures a complicated and
double-edged battle.} (10. Bxc4 b5 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. Kb1 Rc8 {and Black's
position is also active.}) 10... b5 {Like his opponent, Ponomariov also avoids
opening lines in front of his king.} (10... Nxg4 {uses to be dangerous,
because in such positions White has nice compensation in the use of the open
g-file. Besides, he can choose between more than one path with interesting
prospects, as the following variations show:} 11. Bxe7 (11. Rg1 $5 Bxh4 (11...
Ngf6 12. Bxc4 Nd5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Rg3 {[%cal Yd1g1]} Kh8 15. Rdg1 Rg8 16. e4
Nxc3 17. Qxc3 $13 {Black is defending solidly, but White retains unpleasant
pressure on the kingside}) 12. Rxg4 Be7 13. Bxc4 Kh8 14. Rdg1 Rg8 15. Bd3 {
and Bh7 is an annoying threat, for example} Nf6 $2 (15... f5 $142) 16. Ne5 $1
Qe8 17. R4g3 {and Black's position is already difficult} Bd6 (17... Bd7 18. Bg6
$1 Rf8 19. Bxf7 $1 Rxf7 20. Qg6 Kg8 21. Qxh6 $18) 18. Bg6 $1 Rf8 (18... fxg6
19. Nxg6+ Kh7 20. Ne4 $1 $18) 19. Ne4 $1 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 Rg8 22.
Bh7 $18) 11... Qxe7 12. Rg1 Ngf6 (12... f5 13. h3 Ngf6 14. Bxc4 (14. Nh4 $5 {
[%csl Gg6]}) 14... b5 (14... Nd5 15. Kb1 Nxc3+ 16. Qxc3 b5 17. Bb3 Bb7 18. Rg6
$36) 15. Bb3 Nd5 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Kb1 {White keeps the easier position here,
now in the form of better pieces and Black's dark-squared weaknesses} Qd6 18.
Rc1 Rb8 19. Qc7 $44) 13. Ne5 $1 {[%cal Yf2f4,Gc2g2] the safer path for Black
is to look for simplification} Nd5 14. Bxc4 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 b5 17.
Bd3 Rd8 18. Bc2 Bb7 19. Rd6 $1 {[%cal Yg1d1,Yc3d3] and although Black has
avoided a direct attack, White still has the advantage.}) 11. Rg1 Nd5 (11... g5
$6 {could have been considered, but in general it is not a good idea to
advance pawns on the side on which you are being attacked} 12. Bg3 Nd5 13. Nxd5
cxd5 14. Rh1 $40 {[%cal Yh2h4]}) 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. g5 h5 $1 {Again playing to
keep the kingside closed.} 14. g6 {Now Black has a difficult choice, which is
to allow the opening of the g-file, or live with a annoying g6-pawn in the
heart of his position.} f5 $6 {And Ponomariov chooses the second one, but the
inconvenient factors are the weak squares on the kingside. Black had another
two interesting alternatives.} (14... Nxc3 15. bxc3 (15. Qxc3 fxg6 $1 16. Be2
e5 $1 {and Black is even taking the initiative} 17. dxe5 Nc5) (15. gxf7+ $2
Rxf7 16. Ng5 Rf5 $19) 15... f6 (15... fxg6 $2 16. Be2 e5 17. Qxg6 $13) 16. Kb2
{necessary in order to transfer the queen to the kingside} (16. Kb1 Nb6) 16...
Nb6 $1 $17 {[%cal Yb6a4,Gb5b4] and White's attack don't comes because he also
has a weak king}) (14... f6 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Qe2 {[%cal Ye2h5] looks
dangerous, but Black's pieces arrive just in time to defend agaist the threats}
Rd8 17. Ne1 ({better than} 17. Nh4 Nf8 18. Qxh5 Qb4 $1 $132 {[%cal Gc4c3]})
17... Nf8 18. Qxh5 {[%cal Yg1g3,Yg3h3]} Bd7 19. Rg3 Be8 $1 {[%csl Yg6] and
because of the g6-pawn, White needs to improve the position first to continue
the attack} 20. Be2 Rac8 21. Nc2 b4 $1 {and now comes the counter-attack on
the queenside} 22. Kb1 (22. Rdg1 Bxg6 $1 23. Rxg6 Nxg6 24. Qxg6 b3 25. Na1 bxa2
26. Bd1 {[%cal Yd1c2]} Rb8 27. Bc2 f5 $19) 22... Rc7 {[%cal Yd8b8,Yd8c8]
White's attack is stopped for now, and Black has time to improve his own
position before breaking through with b3} 23. Rdg1 b3 $1 24. axb3 cxb3 25. Na3
Qb4 26. Bd3 Rdc8 $17 27. Rh3 $2 Nxg6 $1 28. Bxg6 Bxg6+ 29. Qxg6 Rc1+ $1 30.
Rxc1 Rxc1+ 31. Kxc1 Qe1#) (14... fxg6 15. Be2 {looks dangerous for Black.}) 15.
Ne5 {White immediately takes advantage of the new weak square.} Nxc3 $2 {
Now Black went wrong, and soon will face unexpected difficulties.} (15... Nxe5
16. dxe5 f4 $1 {was the right way, but the game remains complicated} 17. e4 (
17. Qe2 Qh4 $1) 17... Nb6 18. Qd2 (18. Qe2 Qh4) (18. Rd6 Nd7 19. Qd1 f3 20. Qd4
$13) 18... b4 $1 19. Nb1 c3 $1 20. bxc3 bxc3 21. Qxc3 Rb8 $13 {the position is
very sharp and unclear, with chances for both sides.}) 16. Qxc3 Nf6 (16... Nxe5
17. dxe5 Bb7 {now White has} 18. e4 $1 {and Black should be very careful} Rad8
$1 (18... fxe4 19. Qh3 h4 20. Rd6) 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 (19... Qxd8 20. Qh3 h4 21.
exf5 exf5 22. Qf3 Qd4 $1 23. Qh5 Qf4+ 24. Kb1 Qh6 25. Qd1 Qf4 26. Qh5 $11) 20.
exf5 exf5 21. Qe3 Bc8 22. Be2 h4 23. f4 Be6 {and Black's position is well
defended.}) 17. e4 $3 {[%cal Gc3h3] Such moves are a piece of cake for
Morozevich, who has a great feeling for attacking ideas. The queen seemed
misplaced on c3, but now there's the real threat of Qh3, which puts a lot of
pressure on Black's position.} (17. Nxc6 Qd6 18. Bg2 Bb7 {allows Black to
finish development and solve his problems.}) 17... Ng4 $6 {Black still tries
to keep the kingside closed, but after this move his position is very
difficult.} ({But} 17... fxe4 {looks to offer the better chances} 18. Qh3 c3 $1
{a good way to seek counterplay, White needs to find the very difficult move}
19. Rg3 $3 {and now the complications are very difficult to either calculate
or evaluate} (19. Qxc3 $2 Nd5 20. Qh3 Rf5 $15) (19. bxc3 $2 Qa3+ 20. Kb1 Nd5
$19 {[%cal Rd5c3,Rf8f2]}) (19. Rg5 Qb4 20. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 21. bxc3 Nd5 {[%csl Yc3,
Yf2]} 22. Nf7 Nf4 $1 23. Bg2 Nxg2 24. Rxg2 Bd7 $11 {[%cal Yd7e8]}) 19... cxb2+
20. Kb1 Rd8 $1 21. Nxc6 Qe8 22. Nxd8 (22. Ne5 $5 Bb7 23. Bxb5 $1 Qe7 24. Rg5
Rac8 25. Rxh5 Nxh5 26. Qxh5 Qf6 $13) 22... e5 $1 23. Qh4 Qxd8 24. Bxb5 Be6 $13)
(17... Nxe4 $2 18. Qh3 c3 19. Qxh5 Nf6 (19... cxb2+ 20. Kb1 Nf6 21. Qh4 {
[%cal Rg1g3,Rg3h3]} Re8 22. Nf7 Kf8 23. Ng5 Qc7 24. Qh8+ Ng8 25. Rg3 $18) 20.
Qh3 {[%cal Yg1g5,Yg5h5] Black is pratically defenceless against White's attack}
Qb4 (20... cxb2+ 21. Kxb2 Qb4+ 22. Ka1 Re8 23. Rg3 $1 {[%csl Gc3] guarding the
c3-square first} Qa4 24. Rb3 Rb8 25. Nf7 Kf8 26. Qh8+ Ke7 27. Qxg7 Rg8 28. Qh6
$18) 21. bxc3 Qa3+ 22. Kb1 b4 23. Nf7 Rxf7 $8 24. gxf7+ Kxf7 25. Qg3 Ne8 26. c4
$18) 18. Qh3 Qg5+ 19. Kb1 Qh6 20. Qh4 {Preventing Nxf2 and keeping an eye on
Qe7 ideas.} Nf6 {Black cracks under the pressure, in an already difficult
situation.} (20... c5 21. Qe7 $1 Rb8 (21... Nxf2 22. Nf7 Qe3 23. Rg5 $1 $18 {
the threats of Rxh5-h8 and Nh6+ force huge material losses for Black.}) 22.
dxc5 Rb7 (22... Nxe5 23. Rd8 Nxg6 24. Rxg6 $18) 23. Qd6 {and Black is
basically lost, for example} Nxe5 24. Qxe5 fxe4 25. c6 Re7 26. Qxb5 $18) (20...
fxe4 21. Be2 {it is almost impossible to find any reasonable move for Black
here} e3 22. fxe3 Nxe3 23. Nf7 $18) 21. Rg5 $18 Bd7 22. Nxd7 Nxd7 23. e5 {
Black's position is just defenceless.} c5 24. Be2 cxd4 25. Rxh5 Qxg6 26. Rh8+
Kf7 27. Bh5 Rxh8 28. Bxg6+ Kxg6 29. Qe7 {An interesting game with many
critical moments; no doubt that was a nice one for Morozevich's fans!} 1-0

[Event "Biel GM 50th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2017.08.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2017.07.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 {This is one of
the lines examined in my article for CBM 164.} Qe7+ ({The other one is} 6...
cxd4 7. Nxd4 Qe7+ {As we see, both are based on an early ...Qe7.}) 7. Qe2 ({
The main alternative is} 7. Be2) 7... Qxe2+ 8. Kxe2 a6 {I did not consider
this move in my article. I thought it would waste an important tempo,
weakening the b6-square at the same time. On the other hand, forcing the
exchange on c6 also has some merits, as in the long run it may strengthen the
centre. The main danger is allowing White a blockade on c5 and d4.} (8... cxd4
9. Nxd4 {(1/2-1/2, 53) Vovk,A (2619)-Marin,M (2580) Mamaia 2015 CBM 169 [Marin,
M]. The game was played after I wrote the article.}) 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Re1 {
A logical move, preparing to evacuate the king from the centre and harass the
enemy one.} (10. Ne5 {has the drawback of not fighting for the essential dark
squares.} f6 $5 (10... Bf5) 11. Nxc6 c4 12. c3 Bf5 $44 {Tomazini,Z (2390)
-Sedlak,N (2558) Graz 2015 (1-0, 61), White's knight has obviously got onto a
passive path.}) (10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nb3 Bd6 {may eventually transpose to the
main game, but play could also take an independent (though similar) course:}
12. Be3 Rb8 (12... Ne7 13. Bc5 Kd7 14. Ng5 Bf4 15. Nxf7 Rf8 16. g3 Rxf7 {
Navara,D (2725)-Fridman,D (2596) Tallinn (blitz) 2016 (1/2-1/2, 37)}) 13. Rab1
{Solozhenkin,E (2464)-Zvjaginsev,V (2660) St Petersburg 2015 (1/2-1/2, 26)} Nf6
{The best square for the knight. This last move explains the point behind the
game move.} 14. Rhe1 O-O $11) 10... f6 {A typical move, clearing the f7-square
for the king and restricting the enemy minor pieces.} 11. dxc5 ({The early
king retreat has the drawback of leaving the f3-knight undefended after a
future ...Bg4:} 11. Kf1+ Kf7 12. dxc5 a5 $6 (12... Bxc5 13. Nb3 Bd6 14. Be3 Bg4
$11) 13. Nb3 a4 14. Nbd4 Bd7 15. b4 axb3 16. Nxb3 $14 {0-1 (44) Chukavin,K 
(2096)-Fridman,D (2594) Tallinn 2017}) (11. c4 {is the type of move which
could create fsome strategic trouble or Black but only if White has enough
development, which is not the case yet:} Kf7 12. dxc5 (12. cxd5 cxd5 13. dxc5
a5 14. Kf1 Bxc5 15. Nb3 Bd6 16. Be3 Bg4 $11) 12... Bxc5 (12... a5 13. Kf1 Bxc5
$11) 13. Nb3 Bb6 (13... Bd6 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Be3 Rb8 16. Rac1 Ne7 17. Bc5 Bf4
$11) 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Kxe3 $14 {Stolwijk,C (2226)-Bodicker,R 
(2076) Amsterdam 2017 (1-0, 45)}) 11... Bxc5 12. Nb3 Bd6 13. Be3 (13. Kf1+ Ne7
14. Be3 {Gadimbayli,A (2334)-Yagubi,A (2422) Baku 2016 (1-0, 33)} Bg4 $11) {
White's plan has taken shape already, but the next typical move prevents him
from consolidating his control.} 13... a5 14. Bc5 (14. a4 {weakens the squares
along the b-file.} Ne7 15. Kf1 (15. Bc5 Kd7 $11 {White cannot increase his
domination on the dark squares. In fact he may lose ground soon.}) 15... Bg4
16. Bc5 Bxc5 17. Nxc5 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Kf7 19. Re6 Ra7 20. Rae1 Rb8 $11 {Lu,S 
(2617)-Gurevich,M (2542) Cappelle la Grande 2016 (0-1, 58)}) 14... Kd7 {
[%cal Ga5a4]} 15. Bb6 {Now that the king has been decoyed to the centre White
tries creating concrete threats against it.} (15. Bxd6 Kxd6 {[%cal Ga5a4,Gc6c5]
} 16. c4 {The only way to set up some problems.} dxc4 17. Nbd2 Ba6 18. Ne4+ Kc7
19. Nc5 Ne7 20. Nxa6+ Rxa6 21. Kf1 Nd5 22. Nd2 Rd8 23. Nxc4 Nb6 24. Ne3 Rd2 $11
) 15... Rb8 16. Nc5+ (16. Bxa5 Ba6+ 17. Kd2 c5 $36) 16... Ke8 $1 {Under the
changed circumstances the king returns to its previous square.} (16... Bxc5 $2
{offers White an attack with opposite coloured bishops.} 17. Bxc5 Nh6 18. Nd4
Ba6+ (18... Rxb2 19. Kd2 Re8 20. Rxe8 Kxe8 21. Re1+ Kf7 22. Re7+ Kg6 23. Rc7
Bf5 24. Bf8 $16) 19. Kd2 Rhe8 20. a4 $16 {[%csl Ga5]}) (16... Ke7 $1 {may
simply transpose to the game but it makes sense leaving the e7-square
available for the knight.}) 17. Kd2+ Kf7 18. Na4 $2 {White starts losing the
thread.} (18. Ba7 Rxb2 19. Nd3 Rb7 20. Bc5 Bxc5 21. Nxc5 Rc7 22. Rab1 Ne7 23.
Kc3 $44) 18... Ne7 $6 (18... Bg4 $1 $17 19. Nd4 (19. Ng1 Bf4+ 20. Be3 Bxh2)
19... Rxb6 $1 20. Nxb6 Bc5) 19. b3 (19. Bc5 $5) 19... Bg4 $1 20. Ba7 (20. Bc5
Bxc5 21. Nxc5 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Rb5 23. Nd3 Rc8 24. a4 Rbb8 {[%cal Gc6c5]} 25. Nc5
Rb4 $17 {[%cal Ge7f5,Gb4h4]}) 20... Rb7 (20... Rb5 21. Nd4 Nc8 $1 $17) 21. Bc5
Bf4+ {Black wins a pawn.} (21... Bxc5 22. Nxc5 Rb5 $17 {transposes above.}) 22.
Be3 Bxf3 23. Bxf4 (23. gxf3 Bxh2 24. f4 d4 $1 $19) 23... Bxg2 $17 {White has
finally got the unchallenged control over c5 but this does not offer him
compensation for the pawn as his kingside is also weak.} 24. Nc5 Ra7 25. Rg1
Bh3 26. Rg3 Bf5 27. Re1 Rd8 (27... Ng6 28. Be3 Re7 $17) 28. Rc3 g5 29. Bg3 Ng6
$6 {This offers White some unexpected counterplay.} (29... h5 $17) 30. Na4 h5
$5 (30... Rc8 31. Nb6 {[%csl Gc6]}) (30... Bd7 $5 $15 {looks a bit too passive.
}) 31. Rxc6 h4 32. Bd6 Rad7 33. Bc5 Ne5 34. Rxe5 fxe5 35. Nb6 Rb7 36. Be3 Be6 (
36... Rg8 37. Nxd5) 37. Bxg5 Rh8 38. Na4 Rbb8 39. Nc5 Rbe8 40. Nd3 (40. c3 $5
$15) 40... Kg6 41. f4 (41. Bd8 Kf5 42. Bxa5 Rh7 43. a4 $15) 41... exf4 42. Bxf4
Kf5 43. c4 Rhg8 $17 {Black starts a very dangerous attack an exchange up and
with opposite coloured bishops.} 44. cxd5 Bxd5 45. Rc5 Rg2+ 46. Kc3 Ke4 47. Rc7
(47. Rxa5 Rc8+ 48. Kb4 Kxd3 49. Rxd5+ Ke4 $19) 47... Rxa2 48. Bd6 Be6 49. Rh7
Kd5 50. Bc7 Bf5 51. Rxh4 Re3 52. Rd4+ Kc6 53. Bg3 a4 54. Rd6+ Kb7 55. Rd5 Rxd3+
56. Rxd3 Bxd3 57. Kxd3 a3 58. Be5 Rg2 (58... Rg2 59. Kc4 a2 60. b4 {[%cal
Gc4b3]} Rg1) 0-1

[Event "Biel GM 50th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2017.08.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Studer, Noel"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.07.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nbd2 Nf6 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O Be7 8. Qc2
a5 9. e4 Na6 10. e5 Nd7 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. a3 Rc8 13. Qd1 Qc7 14. Nb1 b5 15. Re1
Nab8 16. Nc3 Ba6 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. Bxg5 Nb6 19. Qg4 h5 20. Qe2 b4 21. Nb5 Qd7
22. a4 Bxb5 23. axb5 a4 24. Bf1 Rc4 25. Qd2 Qxb5 26. b3 axb3 27. Reb1 Nc6 28.
Rxb3 Kd7 29. Bh4 Ra8 30. Rxa8 Nxa8 31. Rf3 Kc8 32. Rxf7 Nc7 33. Qb2 b3 34. Rf3
Nxd4 35. Rf8+ Kb7 36. Be7 Rc2 37. Qa3 Ne2+ 38. Kg2 b2 39. Bxe2 Rxe2 40. Bc5
b1=Q 0-1

[Event "ESP-ch rapid"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2017.08.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gonzalez Diez, Ruben"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "2140"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e3 g6 2. f4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c5 4. Be2 Nc6 5. O-O e6 6. d3 Nge7 7. Qe1 d5 8. Nc3
b6 9. e4 d4 10. Nd1 Bb7 11. a3 a5 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. Rb1 a4 14. Qh4 h6 15. Qg3 f5
16. Nf2 Rg8 17. b4 axb3 18. Rxb3 Ba6 19. Rfb1 b5 20. exf5 gxf5 21. Re1 c4 22.
Rbb1 c3 23. Bc1 Kd7 24. Qh3 Qd6 25. Nh1 Nd5 26. Ne5+ Nxe5 27. fxe5 Bxe5 28. Bf3
Rg6 29. a4 b4 30. Ng3 Bxg3 31. hxg3 Rxg3 32. Qxh6 Rxf3 33. gxf3 Qg3+ 34. Kf1
Qxf3+ 35. Kg1 Rg8+ 36. Bg5 Qg3+ 37. Kh1 Qxg5 38. Qxe6+ Kc7 39. Qf7+ Kb8 40.
Re8+ Rxe8 41. Qxe8+ Ka7 42. Rg1 Qh4+ 43. Kg2 Ne3+ 44. Kf3 Bb7+ 0-1

[Event "ESP-ch rapid"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2017.08.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Fidalgo Fernandez, Javier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Qc2 dxc4 7. Qxc4 a6 8. Bf4
Nd5 9. Nc3 b5 10. Qd3 Bb7 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Rc1 Bb4+ 13. Kf1 Bd6 14. Ng5 g6 15.
h4 h5 16. Ne6 fxe6 17. Qxg6+ Kh8 18. Qxh5+ Kg8 19. Qg6+ Kh8 20. Qh6+ Kg8 21.
Qxe6+ Rf7 22. Bxd5 Bxd5 23. Qxd5 Nd7 24. Bxd6 cxd6 25. Qxd6 Qe8 26. Qg6+ Kf8
27. Rc6 Rc8 28. Qh6+ Rg7 29. Rxc8 Qxc8 30. Kg2 Qe8 31. Rc1 Qe4+ 32. Kg1 Qxd4
33. Rc3 Qd1+ 34. Kg2 Qxe2 35. Qh8+ Kf7 36. Re3 Qg4 37. Qe8+ Kf6 38. Rf3+ 1-0

[Event "ESP-ch rapid"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2017.08.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rubio Mejia, Luis Ignacio"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Be6 7. c5 c6 8. h3 b6
9. b4 a5 10. a3 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Nd2 Nd7 13. Rc1 axb4 14. axb4 Nf6 15. Be5
Nd5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nxe4 Nxb4 18. cxb6 Qxb6 19. Be2 Bd5 20. Bf3 Qb5 21. Nc3
Bxf3 22. gxf3 Qd3 23. Qd2 Rfb8 24. Rg1 Ra3 25. Rg5 Qc4 26. Rc5 Nd3+ 0-1

[Event "ESP-ch rapid"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2017.08.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qf3 Bd6 8.
O-O-O Be5 9. g3 Nge7 10. Qe2 b5 11. f4 Bxd4 12. Bxd4 Nxd4 13. Rxd4 Rb8 14. Qd2
b4 15. Na4 a5 16. Rc4 Qa7 17. Bg2 d5 18. exd5 exd5 19. Qd4 Qxd4 20. Rxd4 Be6
21. Re1 O-O 22. Nc5 Rb6 23. Nd7 Bxd7 24. Rxe7 Be6 25. Rc7 Rd8 26. Kd2 g6 27.
Bf1 a4 28. Bd3 Ra8 29. Rc5 Kg7 30. Bb5 b3 31. cxb3 axb3 32. a4 h5 33. Kc3 h4
34. Kxb3 Bd7 35. Kb4 h3 36. Rcxd5 Bxb5 37. axb5 Re6 38. Re5 Rb6 39. g4 Ra2 40.
Re2 Rf6 41. Kc5 Ra1 42. Re3 Rc1+ 43. Rc3 Rb1 44. b3 g5 45. fxg5 Rg6 46. Rxh3
Rxg5+ 47. Kb4 Re1 48. Rh5 Rg6 49. Rf5 Rh1 50. Rdf4 f6 51. b6 Rxh2 52. b7 Rh8
53. Ka5 1-0

[Event "ESP-ch rapid"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2017.08.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. c4 f5 5. Nc3 d6 6. g3 Nd7 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. e3
h5 9. h4 Bh6 10. Nge2 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Nf4 c6 13. Nce2 a5 14. Qc2 Bd7 15. a3
Ng4 16. Rab1 Bg7 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Ra3 19. d4 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-ch rapid"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2017.08.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Qg4 Ng6 8. h4
h5 9. Qg3 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Qd3 Nb8 12. Bg5 Qd7 13. a4 Nc6 14. Ne2 Na5 15.
Qf3 c5 16. Ng3 cxd4 17. cxd4 Qc6 18. O-O Rc8 19. Nxh5 Kf8 20. Qg4 Qc4 21. Rfe1
Nc6 22. Nxg7 Kxg7 23. Bf6+ Kg8 24. c3 Qxc3 25. Rac1 Qd3 26. h5 Rh6 27. Re3 Qf5
28. Qxf5 exf5 29. hxg6 1-0

[Event "ESP-ch rapid"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2017.08.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be6 7. h3 Nbd7 8. e3
h6 9. Bf4 Bb4 10. Bd3 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 O-O 14. a4 Qa5 15.
Be5 Nfe4 16. Bc2 Rac8 17. Nd4 Rfe8 18. Nxe6 Nxe6 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Bd4 Qd5 21.
Rb1 Re7 22. Rb6 Rc6 23. Qb3 Qxb3 24. Rxb3 Nc5 25. Bxc5 Rxc5 26. Rfb1 Rc4 27.
Rxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-ch rapid"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2017.08.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Forcen Esteban, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Be3 b6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. h4 Nc6 10. Bb5 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Bxd4 Bxh4+ 13. g3 Bxg3+ 14. Ke2 f6
15. Qd3 fxe5 16. Qxh7+ Kf7 17. Rh6 Bxf4 18. Qg6+ Kg8 19. Qh7+ Kf7 20. Rg6 Rg8
21. Rag1 Qf8 22. Bf2 Nf6 23. Qh3 Rh8 24. Qg2 Rh7 25. Rxf6+ gxf6 26. Qg6+ Ke7
27. Qxh7+ Kd6 28. Rg7 e4 29. Bd4 Qd8 30. Rg8 Qe7 31. Qh8 e5 32. Rxc8 Rxc8 33.
Qxc8 exd4 34. Qc6+ 1-0

[Event "ESP-ch rapid"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2017.08.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2017.08.13"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bd7 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2017.08.14"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.08.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Equigoma Social Catolica"]
[BlackTeam "Beniajan Duochess CAC"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Qb3 c6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Be2
b6 9. Bd2 Nc6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Rfc1 e6 12. Na4 Ne4 13. Be1 Nd6 14. Qd1 f5 15. b4
f4 16. b5 Ne7 17. exf4 Rxf4 18. g3 Rf8 19. Ne5 Nef5 20. Bb4 Re8 21. Nb2 Nxd4
22. Qxd4 Nf5 23. Qf4 g5 24. Qd2 Bxe5 25. Bh5 Qf6 26. Rab1 Rec8 27. Re1 Bd4 28.
Nd3 Ng7 29. Bg4 Rc4 30. Bd6 Bc3 0-1

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2017.08.15"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2017.08.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sestao Bizkaialde"]
[BlackTeam "Beniajan Duochess CAC"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Nc3 b5 8. Be2
Bb7 9. dxc5 Nc6 10. Qc2 Nb4 11. Qb3 Bxc5 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. a4 O-O 14. axb5 axb5
15. Rxa8 Rxa8 16. Bd2 h6 17. Be1 Rb8 18. Nd4 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Nc6 20. Rd1 Ba8 21.
f3 b4 22. Bg3 e5 23. Nb5 Ne8 24. e4 Na5 25. Qe3 Bc6 26. Na7 Rb7 27. Bf2 Ba4 28.
Rd5 Nb3 29. Nc8 Qc7 30. Nb6 Nf6 31. Nxa4 Nxd5 32. Qxb3 Qc1+ 33. Qd1 Nf4 34. Kf1
Rc7 35. Qxc1 Rxc1+ 36. Be1 Rc2 37. Bd1 Rc1 38. g3 Rxd1 39. gxf4 exf4 40. Ke2
Rd4 41. b3 f5 42. exf5 Rd5 43. Bd2 Rxf5 44. Nb2 Re5+ 45. Kf2 g5 46. Nd3 Ra5 47.
Nxb4 Ra3 48. h4 Rxb3 49. hxg5 hxg5 50. Ke2 g4 51. fxg4 Rg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2017.08.14"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2017.08.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Beniajan Duochess CAC"]
[BlackTeam "Solvay CA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nh3 Nf6 7. Bc4 e6 8.
O-O Bd6 9. f4 Qc7 10. Kh1 O-O 11. f5 exf5 12. Nxf5 Nbd7 13. Nxd6 Qxd6 14. Bf4
Qb4 15. Bb3 Rfe8 16. Ng5 a5 17. c3 Qb6 18. Qd2 a4 19. Bc4 h6 20. Nf3 Ne4 21.
Qc2 c5 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Qc6 24. Qd1 Rad8 25. Qe2 Nd6 26. Rad1 Nxc4 27.
Qxc4 Bd3 28. Rxd3 b5 29. Rxd8 bxc4 30. Rd2 a3 31. bxa3 Ra8 32. h3 Rxa3 33. Rf3
Qe4 34. Bg3 h5 35. h4 Qb1+ 36. Kh2 Qc1 37. Rd8+ Kh7 38. Rf5 Qxc3 39. Rxh5+ Kg6
40. Rg5+ Kh7 41. e6 Qf6 42. Rh5+ Kg6 43. Rg5+ Kh7 44. Rh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Banusz, Tamas"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.08.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Monzon Jaime Casas"]
[BlackTeam "Beniajan Duochess CAC"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Na3 O-O 7. Nxc4 Nc6 8.
O-O Be6 9. b3 Bd5 10. Bb2 a5 11. a4 Ne8 12. e3 Nd6 13. Qe2 Nb4 14. Rfd1 Be4 15.
Rac1 Na2 16. Ra1 Nb4 17. Ne1 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qd7 19. Ba3 Qc6+ 20. Nf3 Qd5 21.
Rac1 Ne4 22. Kg1 Qh5 23. Ncd2 Nxd2 24. Rxd2 c6 25. Bxb4 axb4 26. Rc5 Qg4 27.
Rc4 b5 28. axb5 cxb5 29. Rxb4 Rfb8 30. Kg2 Qd7 31. Rd1 Ra5 32. d5 Bc3 33. Rf4
b4 34. e4 e6 35. Ng5 Qe7 36. h4 Bf6 37. d6 Qd8 38. Nxf7 1-0

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.08.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Beniajan Duochess CAC"]
[BlackTeam "Taldea Gros Xake"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. f3
Be6 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. g4 Nb6 11. O-O-O Rc8 12. h4 O-O 13. Kb1 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4
15. h5 h6 16. g5 hxg5 17. Bxg5 Kh7 18. Qd3 Qc8 19. Nd2 Rd4 20. Qe2 Qc6 21. Rdg1
b5 22. Nb3 Ra4 23. Qg2 Rg8 24. Qg3 d5 25. h6 g6 26. exd5 Nxd5 27. Bxe7 Nxc3+
28. bxc3 Qxc3 29. Qe1 Qc7 30. Bf6 Rxa2 31. Qc1 Bxb3 32. cxb3 Qa5 33. Bxe5 Re8
34. Qf4 f5 35. Rxg6 1-0

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2017.08.19"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2017.08.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Merida Patrimonio"]
[BlackTeam "Beniajan Duochess CAC"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O
8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. h3 Rb8 11. Qf3 Bb7 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Rfe1 d4 14. Ne4
Nxe4 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. Rxe4 Qc5 18. b3 Rfe8 19. Rae1 Rxe4 20.
Qxe4 g6 21. Re2 Rd8 22. Qe5 Qc6 23. Qf4 Qd6 24. Qxd6 Rxd6 25. Kf1 Kg7 26. Re4
Rc6 27. Rxd4 Rxc2 28. Ra4 c5 29. Rxa7 h5 30. h4 Kf6 31. Rc7 Rxa2 32. Rxc5 Rb2
33. Rb5 Ke6 34. g3 Rc2 35. Kg2 Rc3 36. Rb6+ Ke5 37. b4 Rb3 38. b5 Kf5 39. Rb7
Ke6 40. b6 Kf6 41. Rb8 Kf5 42. Kf1 Kg4 43. Kg2 Kf5 44. f3 Ke6 45. g4 Ke5 46. g5
Kf5 47. Rb7 Ke6 48. Kg3 Rb4 49. f4 Rb3+ 50. Kf2 Kd5 51. Ke2 Ke4 52. Kd2 Kxf4
53. Kc2 Rb5 54. Rxf7+ Kg4 55. Rf6 Kxh4 56. Rxg6 Kg4 57. Kc3 Kf5 58. Rd6 Kxg5
59. Kc4 Rb1 60. Rd5+ Kg4 61. Rb5 Rc1+ 62. Kd5 Rc8 63. b7 Rb8 64. Kc6 h4 65. Kc7
Rxb7+ 66. Kxb7 h3 67. Rb4+ Kg3 68. Rb3+ Kg2 69. Rxh3 Kxh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2017.08.20"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2017.08.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Beniajan Duochess CAC"]
[BlackTeam "Barcelona Escola Escacs"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. f3 d5 8.
Nxd5 Nxd5 9. exd5 Qa5+ 10. c3 Qxd5 11. Nb3 Nf6 12. Qxd5 Nxd5 13. Bd4 Bf5 14.
Bc4 O-O-O 15. Kf2 f6 16. Rhd1 e5 17. Ba7 Be6 18. Bb6 Rd6 19. Bc5 Rd8 20. Bb6
Rd6 21. Bc5 Rd8 22. Bb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Sethuraman, SP."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 d6 7. b4 Bb6 8. O-O
Ne7 9. a4 c6 10. Bb3 Ng6 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 Bg4 13. Qc2 d5 14. e5 Nh5 15. a5
Bc7 16. a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Sethuraman, SP."]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[Annotator "Sethuraman,SP"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{A big Hi to all the ChessBase Magazine readers! All of my three matches in
the World Cup were very memorable for me, the first one was very special
knocking out the former World Champion Ruslan who himself was named as the
knockout specalist in the previous World Cups.  The first game in the match
ended in a short draw in the fashionable Italian which I had to face x number
of times later in the second and third matches against GM Harikrishna and GM
Anish Giri. For me a draw with the black pieces was a good result to start the
event.  In the second game I had the white pieces, some people would call it a
small advantage in the mini-match but for me colours were not a big deal but I
wouldn't deny the prospect of having the white pieces was quite comfortable.
But with any colour you need to play good chess in order to win the match.} 1.
e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 {
Inviting my opponent to the enchanting Marshall but my opponent had other plans
} d6 9. h3 a5 {A very rare line and a total suprise to me as I was expecting
something like the Chigorin or the Breyer from my opponent.} 10. d4 a4 11. Bc2
Bd7 {My opponent was very happy with the outcome of the opening as he deviated
from all the mainlines and took me by suprise and moreover didn't spend a
single minute, where as I had spent something like 20 minutes to reach this
position. Nevertheless I always had the feeling that what he was doing was
completely against chess principles like pushing the a-pawn without developing
his pieces and not fighting for the centre. But, you know, it's modern chess.
Of course it might not be objectively a good choice but anything is possible
in modern chess.} 12. Na3 $1 {During the game I liked this move a lot rather
than the normal development with knight to d2, putting pressure on the b5-pawn
and exploiting the premature advance of a6-a5-a4. But later after the game I
was suprised to discover the fact that this position had already been seen in
many tournament games and could immediately spot the elite game between
Ivanchuk-Carlsen in 2009.} Rb8 13. d5 Na7 14. Be3 (14. c4 Ra8 15. Be3 b4 16.
Nb1 c5 17. a3 b3 18. Bd3 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 f5 20. Nfd2 fxe4 21. Qh5 Be8 22. Qe2 Bd7
23. Qh5 Be8 24. Qe2 Bd7 {1/2-1/2 (24) Ivanchuk,V (2779)-Carlsen,M (2776) Wijk
aan Zee 2009}) 14... c5 (14... Nc8 15. c4 bxc4 16. Nxc4 $14 {and the pawn on
a4 is too weak.}) 15. Nxe5 $1 {This normal typical sacrifice comes in many
variations in the Ruy Lopez when the bishop on e7 has no square to move to.}
dxe5 16. d6 Rc8 (16... Nc8 17. Bxc5 Bxd6 18. Bxd6 Nxd6 19. Qxd6 Re8 20. Rad1
$16) 17. f4 $1 {Maintaining the dynamic tension. I was very proud of this move
and it turned out to be a very strong one, and later also confirmed by the
computer. The point is just to open up the way for my bishops after breaking
the e5-pawn which was totally bolstering the solid position of Black or else
to extend White's attack with f5-g4-g5.} Ne8 $6 (17... Be6 18. dxe7 Qxe7 19. f5
(19. Qf3 $5) 19... Bd7 20. Qf3 {White has just expanded his position and has a
dream position to start his attack with g4-g5.}) 18. dxe7 Qxe7 19. fxe5 Bc6 20.
Qh5 Nc7 21. Nb1 $1 {Following one of the principles the legendary Dvoretsky
often mentions in his great books, the principle of the worst piece. Here the
knight on a3 is not joining the attack, so think where it would be ideally
placed and then comes the anwser. Once again executing such moves gives one
the immense satisfaction of having a good understanding of chess principles.}
Be8 22. Nd2 Nc6 23. Nf3 Ne6 24. Rad1 {All the white pieces are ideally
developed, looking for a breakthrough in the direction of the black king!} Rd8
$6 (24... Ncd4 25. cxd4 (25. Nxd4 cxd4 26. Bxd4 Nxd4 27. Rxd4 Rc5 28. Rd5)
25... cxd4 26. Bxa4 $1 (26. Nxd4 Nxd4 27. Bb1 Ne6 28. Rd5 $16) 26... bxa4 (
26... dxe3 27. Bb3 $16) 27. Nxd4 Nxd4 28. Bxd4 $16) 25. Rd5 a3 {Trying to
create chaos in the position. Black is simply positionally lost and he has to
do something.} 26. bxa3 {Simply grabbing the pawn since it can be the
potential for creating counterplay in the future!} Ra8 27. Bc1 Na5 {Here there
are many ways for White to increase the advantage.} 28. Ng5 (28. Nh4 Nc4 29.
Nf5 Qc7 30. a4 $18 {is one more way.}) (28. a4 $18) 28... h6 29. Nf3 {I liked
this manoeuvre, just creating a weakness for Black on h6. White has simply all
the time in the world as the black pieces are completely disorganised.} Nc4 30.
Qg4 (30. a4 $1 {is stronger.}) 30... Nxa3 (30... Kh8 31. Nh4 {was my intention:
} Qc7 32. Rf1 $1 Nxa3 33. Bxh6 Nxc2 34. Rf6 $1 $18 (34. Bxg7+ Nxg7 35. Qg5 Ra6
(35... Bd7 36. Rf3 $18) 36. Rf6 $18)) 31. Bd1 Nb1 32. Nh4 {A total massacre.
What a lovely position, all the pieces aiming towards the black king.} h5 33.
Qg3 (33. Qxh5 g6 34. Qg4 $18) 33... Nxc3 34. Nf5 Nxd5 35. exd5 $1 {A simply
wonderful sight - dominating the whole board.} Qd7 36. Bh6 Kh7 37. Bxg7 Rg8 38.
Bc2 Rxa2 {Here I was simply nervous about trying to find the most simple
possible win while having 2 mins on the clock.} 39. Nh6+ {After having
calcuating some variations under time pressure, the fact of not finding a win
immediately disturbed me a lot since I was overlooking many easy wins. I
slowly drifted, making my task unnecessarily complicated and slowly drifting
away.} (39. Qe3 Rxg7 40. Qh6+ Kg8 41. Nxg7 Rxc2 (41... Nxg7 42. Qh7+ Kf8 43. d6
$1 $18) 42. Nxh5 $18 {I simply overlooked I could take on h5.}) (39. Be4 {
was the first candidate move I calculated} Nxg7 (39... Ra4 40. Nd4+ $18) 40.
Ne7+ (40. Qg5 Rxg2+ $1 {was the counter-move I was afraid of but I simply
missed the fact I could play first Ne7+ and then carry out the same idea})
40... Kh8 41. Qg5 Ra6 42. e6 $1 Rxe6 43. dxe6 Qxe6 (43... Qd4+ 44. Kh1 $18) 44.
Nxg8 Kxg8 45. Bh7+ $18) 39... Rxc2 40. Nxg8 {The time pressure phase is over
and here too I had the feeling that what I was doing was also easily winning.}
Kxg8 41. Bf6+ Kh7 (41... Kf8 42. d6 $18) 42. Qd3+ Kh6 43. Qe3+ Kh7 44. Qe4+ Kh6
45. Qxc2 {I thought grabbing the material was the easiest way but in fact I
had a crushing move, immediately forcing my opponent to resign.} (45. Rf1 $1 {
and a hopeless position for Black:} Rc4 46. Qe3+ Kh7 47. Rf5 $18) 45... Qxd5
46. Rd1 (46. Rf1 $142 $18) 46... Qc4 47. Qd2+ Kg6 48. Qf2 Qf4 49. Qc2+ Kh6 {
Luckily for me even this position is good but still more energy and time was
required to bring home the point, which was really unecessary considering the
position I had few minutes ago. But sometimes life is like that - you ought to
be never disappointed at missing easy wins. Try not to think about the past
and to focus on the present moment since the position is still good enough and
just try to convert to bring the full point home!} 50. Rd6 $6 (50. Rf1 {
the rook needs to be on f1 targeting the black king} Qe3+ 51. Kh2 $18 {[%cal
Gf6h4]}) 50... b4 $2 (50... Qe3+ $142 {Black has good chances of making a draw
here as he can exchange queens which is like a dream for him now!} 51. Kh1 Qe1+
52. Kh2 h4 53. Qf5 Qg3+ 54. Kg1 Qe1+) 51. h4 $1 Qg4 52. Rb6 $1 Qg3 53. Rb8 {
Finally!} Nd4 54. Qe4 Qg8 55. Qf4+ Kh7 56. Qe4+ Kh6 57. Bg5+ Kg7 58. Qa8 {
A good finish but first of all I was very relieved because at some point I was
just blowing all my winning tries after having played a beautiful middlegame.
I was also very happy to cruise into the second round!} 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1718"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2017.11.11"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hockenheim"]
[BlackTeam "Schwaebisch Hall"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O dxe4 8.
Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Qxe4 Nd7 10. d4 Nf6 11. Qd3 Be7 12. Rd1 O-O 13. Bd2 Qb6 14. Be1
Rfd8 15. Qb3 Qc7 16. Bf3 Rd7 17. g3 Rad8 18. c3 h5 19. h4 g6 20. Qc2 Kh7 21.
Qe2 Rh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1718"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2017.11.12"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hockenheim"]
[BlackTeam "Deizisau"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. Qc2 Nf6 7. h3 Qa5 8. Bd2
g6 9. Nf3 Bf5 10. Qc1 Qb6 11. g4 Be6 12. Bg2 h5 13. g5 Ne4 14. Bf4 Nd7 15. O-O
Nd6 16. b3 O-O 17. Rd1 Nf5 18. e3 Rac8 19. Ne2 Rfe8 20. Qd2 a5 21. Nc1 Nd6 22.
Nd3 Ne4 23. Qb2 Qd8 24. h4 Bg4 25. Rf1 Bxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1718"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[BlackTeam "Hockenheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. d4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2
Nxd2 9. Qxd2 d6 10. b4 Nd7 11. Qd3 g6 12. b5 Bf6 13. Rfd1 a6 14. a4 c5 15. bxc6
Bxc6 16. Ne4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Qc7 18. Nd2 Rab8 19. e3 Rfc8 20. Qd3 Bd8 21. Rdc1
Nf6 22. Bh3 Qe7 23. d5 Nd7 24. dxe6 fxe6 25. Ne4 Nc5 26. Nxc5 Rxc5 27. Rd1 Bc7
28. Ra2 Kf7 29. Qe4 Re5 30. Qf3+ Kg7 31. Rd4 Rh5 32. Bg4 Rc5 33. h4 e5 34. Rdd2
Rxc4 35. Rac2 Rc5 36. Rxc5 bxc5 37. Qc6 Rb6 38. Qd5 a5 39. Kg2 Rb4 40. Be2 Qf7
41. Qc6 Rb6 42. Qe4 Rb4 43. Qc6 Rb6 44. Qe4 Rb4 45. Qc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1718"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Olszewski, Michal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hockenheim"]
[BlackTeam "Norderstedt"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 b4
9. Nbd2 Na5 10. Ba2 O-O 11. c3 Rb8 12. d4 bxc3 13. bxc3 Nd7 14. Re1 Bf6 15. Ba3
Re8 16. d5 g6 17. Bb4 Nb7 18. Nb3 Bg7 19. Bb1 Ra8 20. a5 Nb8 21. Nfd2 f5 22.
exf5 gxf5 23. Nc4 Qg5 24. Nd4 Qg6 25. Ne6 Qf7 26. Ne3 Nd8 27. Nxg7 Kxg7 28. f4
e4 29. c4 Nd7 30. Qd4+ Nf6 31. c5 dxc5 32. Qxc5 Nb7 33. Qc6 Rb8 34. Ba2 Nd6 35.
Bxd6 cxd6 36. Qxd6 Qa7 37. Rac1 Rb7 38. Rc6 Qd4 39. Kh1 Bd7 40. Qxd7+ 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1718"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Parligras, Mircea Emilian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hockenheim"]
[BlackTeam "Aachen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Bb3 Ba7 8. Nc4
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. O-O f6 11. Be3 Nxe3 12. Nxe3+ Kh8 13. Re1 Qd6 14. Nh4 Be6
15. Qh5 Ne7 16. d4 exd4 17. Nc4 Bxc4 18. Bxc4 Qc5 19. Qxc5 Bxc5 20. cxd4 Bb4
21. Re6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1718"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "12.2"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "Hockenheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Ne5 Ke7 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. Nc4 b6 12. Nbd2 a5 13. Nb3 Ba6 14. Nxc5
bxc5 15. f3 Rhb8 16. Kf2 a4 17. e4 Rb4 18. b3 axb3 19. axb3 Rxb3 20. Be3 Rbb8
21. Nd2 Bxe2 22. Kxe2 Ne8 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Rc1 Rc8 25. Nb3 c4 26. Na5 Nd6 27.
Bd2 Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 21st"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2017.10.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Shengelia, Davit"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E53"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2017.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Austria"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bd3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
dxc5 Nbd7 9. O-O Nxc5 10. Be2 Nce4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Nd4 Bg4 14.
Bxg4 Nxg4 15. a3 Bc5 16. Nb3 Bd6 17. h3 Nf6 18. Bd2 Be5 19. Bc3 Bxc3 20. bxc3
Rac8 21. Rfc1 Rd3 22. Nd4 Nd5 23. c4 Nc3 24. Rc2 Na4 25. Kh2 g6 26. g4 Kg7 27.
Kg2 Kf6 28. Nb5 a6 29. Nd4 b6 30. Kf1 Rc3 31. Rxc3 Nxc3 32. Rc1 Na4 33. Rc2 Ke5
34. Ke2 Rc7 35. f4+ exf3+ 36. Nxf3+ Kd6 37. Ng5 h6 38. Nf3 Ke7 39. Nd4 Nc5 40.
Rb2 Nd7 41. Rb4 a5 42. Rb5 Rxc4 43. h4 Rc3 44. h5 Rxa3 45. g5 hxg5 46. hxg6
fxg6 47. Rxg5 Kf6 48. Rd5 Ne5 49. Rd6+ Kf7 50. Rxb6 Rxe3+ 51. Kf2 Re4 52. Rb7+
Kf6 53. Rb6+ Kg5 54. Rb5 Kg4 55. Ne2 Nd3+ 56. Kf1 a4 57. Ra5 Kf3 58. Ng1+ Ke3
59. Ne2 Re5 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 21st"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2017.10.29"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 d5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 c5 11. Qc2 Nc6 12. Qb2 Bf6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qxf6
gxf6 15. d3 Rab8 16. Rfc1 Rfd8 17. Kf1 Nd4 18. Ne1 Bxg2+ 19. Nxg2 f5 20. e3 Nf3
21. Ke2 Ne5 22. Ne1 Rd6 23. a3 Rbd8 24. Rc3 a5 25. Rac1 Kg7 26. f4 Nd7 27. Nf3
h5 28. Nd2 b5 29. a4 bxa4 30. Nc4 Ra6 31. bxa4 Rb8 32. Kf3 Rb4 33. Ra3 Ra8 34.
e4 Kg6 35. Rc2 Ra6 36. Rc1 Ra8 37. Rc2 Ra6 38. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 21st"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2017.10.30"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Fernandes, Antonio ETG"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Portugal"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 e5 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. b3 Nh6 8. d3
O-O 9. Nbd2 f6 10. Bb2 Nf7 11. h3 Re8 12. Nf1 Qc7 13. Ng3 Be6 14. c3 a5 15. Qc2
a4 16. d4 axb3 17. axb3 Qb6 18. dxc5 Qxb3 19. Qxb3 Bxb3 20. Ba3 Ra7 21. Nd2 Be6
22. Bb4 Rea8 23. Rxa7 Rxa7 24. Rb1 Ra2 25. Ngf1 Bh6 26. Nb3 Bxb3 27. Rxb3 Ng5
28. f3 Ne6 29. Rb1 Kf7 30. Rd1 Ke7 31. h4 Nf4 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 21st"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2017.10.31"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Can, Emre"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Turkey"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 a6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 b6 6. b3 Bb7 7. Bb2 Nbd7 8. Bd3
Ne4 9. O-O Bd6 10. Qc2 f5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Ne5 O-O 13. f4 Ndf6 14. Ndf3 Qe7
15. Rac1 Qe6 16. Qe2 a5 17. a4 Rfc8 18. Rc2 Bb4 19. Ng5 Nxg5 20. fxg5 Ne4 21.
Qf3 g6 22. g4 fxg4 23. Nxg4 Nxg5 24. Qg3 Be7 25. h4 Ne4 26. Nh6+ Kg7 27. Bxe4
Kxh6 28. Bg2 Qd6 29. Qe1 Rf8 30. e4 dxe4 31. Qc1+ g5 32. Rxc7 Rxf1+ 33. Bxf1
Rf8 34. Bg2 Qg3 35. Rxe7 Qf2+ 36. Kh1 Qxh4+ 37. Kg1 Qf2+ 38. Kh1 Qh4+ 39. Kg1
Qf2+ 40. Kh1 Qh4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 21st"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2017.11.01"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Dvirnyy, Danyyil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]
[WhiteClock "0:10:23"]
[BlackClock "0:03:10"]

{If the theme of round 4's best clashes (as judged by me) was the rook endgame,
then round 5 was similarly characterised by... great attacking chess. We see a
number of specimens, and then just as you were beginning to think I had woken
up a bit, we return to our rook endings with extra b-pawns.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5
3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Ne2 Nc6 8. c3 Qb6 9. a3 O-O (9...
a5 {is main here, presumably to avoid what happens in the game.}) 10. b4 cxd4
11. cxd4 a5 12. b5 $1 {Previously played only in little-known games, but the
only move to make any sense, and so Black could have expected this.} Qxb5 13.
Nc3 Qb6 14. Rb1 Qd8 15. Bd3 a4 $5 {risks looking a bit irrelevant.} (15... Nb6
16. h4 f5 17. Nb5 Nc4 {would have got Black started a bit faster, since he
doesn't really want to to play ...Qa5 anyway, and White was never going a4.})
16. h4 f5 {Something must be done about the Greek gift.} 17. Nb5 $44 Re8 18. g4
Nf8 {Black defends well for now.} 19. Qc2 Bd7 {Not bad at all; the idea of ...
Rc8 makes White take on f5 now - at least once...} (19... fxg4 {is inhuman,
and in fact terrible, thanks to} 20. Ng5 Bxg5 21. hxg5 g6 22. Kf2 {(for
instance) when the machine learns the error of its ways.}) (19... Ra6 $5 {
is an interesting bet, trying to use the squares left behind by captured
pieces for good.} 20. gxf5 (20. Qg2 Na5 {Eventually, White must take, and then
the 6th rank defence will be useful.}) 20... exf5 21. Bxf5 (21. Kf2 Ne6 $11)
21... g6 22. Bxc8 Qxc8 $11 {when Black has extremely good light squares.}) 20.
gxf5 exf5 21. Bxf5 $6 (21. Bd2 $5 $14 {takes a time out before snacking on f5
to ensure that Black can't swap knights in a favourable way. The weakness of
a4 is noteworthy in the line} Rc8 22. Qxa4 $14) 21... Nb4 $1 $15 {Inspired use
of tactics - it was clearly this that Black had in mind two moves ago.} 22.
axb4 Bxb5 23. Qg2 $1 a3 $1 {I didn't want the pawn to be moved to a4, but
since it was, it should be moved further...} 24. Rg1 {There really is no time
for messing around.} Bxh4+ 25. Kd1 g6 26. Bc2 a2 (26... Re6 $132 {is
unhelpfully suggested by the machine.} 27. f5 Rc6 {and Black has great
counter-attacking chances based on ...Rxc2 motifs.}) 27. Ra1 Qc7 28. f5 $5 {
For bravado: The initiative is far more important than taking pieces right now!
} (28. Nxh4 Qc3 29. Nxg6 {was objectively best, and should draw - but nobody
tells you this during a game.} Be2+ 30. Kxe2 Qxc2+ 31. Ke1 Qc3+ 32. Kf2 Nxg6
$11) 28... Rec8 $2 (28... Qc3 {should have been played anyway, and after} 29.
fxg6 h6 $1 $19 {- a theme which gives me a flashback to Groszpeter-Fernandez,
Kecskemet 2015...}) 29. fxg6 hxg6 30. Nxh4 {Since Black was not threatening
even a check and this move now does, White gets in first.} Qc3 31. Qxd5+ Kh8
32. Nxg6+ Nxg6 33. Qh1+ $3 {Not the only mate, but we always play Qh1+ when we
can, no?} 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 21st"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2017.11.03"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2017.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "France"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bd3 a6 5. Nd2 Bg4 6. Ngf3 e6 7. b3 Nbd7 8. Qc2
Bd6 9. Bb2 Bh5 10. h3 Bg6 11. O-O Qe7 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Bxe4
15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qh4 Ba3 17. Bc3 Bb4 18. Bb2 Ba3 19. Bc3 Bb4 20. Bb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 21st"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2017.11.05"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C59"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2017.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8.
Be2 h6 9. Nh3 g5 10. d3 Bg7 11. Ng1 O-O 12. Nc3 c5 13. Be3 Qb6 14. Rb1 Nc6 15.
Nf3 Re8 16. h4 g4 17. Nd2 Nd4 18. Nde4 Nh7 19. Nd5 Qc6 20. c4 f5 21. Nec3 Nf6
22. f3 g3 23. b4 Nxd5 24. cxd5 Qd6 25. Qa4 Bd7 26. bxc5 Qxc5 27. Qxd7 Qxc3+ 28.
Bd2 Qc8 29. Rb7 Qxd7 30. Rxd7 Red8 31. Rxd8+ Rxd8 32. Bd1 Rxd5 33. f4 exf4 34.
Bxf4 Ne6 35. Bxg3 Rxd3 36. Bb3 Bc3+ 37. Kf1 Rxg3 38. Bxe6+ Kg7 39. Bxf5 Re3
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 21st"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2017.11.06"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2017.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 (2... g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 a6 {Even against the King's
fianchetto Naiditsch favours a h3&g4 setup, scoring a big win after} 5. a4 (5.
Nf3 b5 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. e5 Bb7 (7... e6 8. Ne4 d5 9. Ng3 c5 10. c3 Ne7 11. Qe2 Nc6
12. Qd2 c4 13. Bc2 a5 14. Bh6 Bf8 15. h4 b4 16. h5 Rg8 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Ng5
Bxh6 19. Rxh6 Nf8 20. Qf4 Ra7 {So,W (2815)-Carlsen,M (2832) chess.com INT 2017}
21. N3e4 $1 dxe4 22. Nxe4 $18) 8. e6 $5 fxe6 9. Ng5 Nf8 10. O-O Qd7 (10... Nh6
$5) 11. Re1 Nf6 12. a4 b4 13. Na2 Qxa4 14. Qe2 h6 (14... c5 $1 15. dxc5 Qc6 $13
) 15. Nf3 Kf7 16. Bd2 b3 17. Nc3 (17. Nb4 $1 Qd7 18. c3 Nd5 19. Nxd5 exd5 20.
Qd1 c5 21. dxc5 dxc5 22. c4 $36) 17... Qd7 18. cxb3 Rb8 19. Ra3 Nd5 20. Ne4 Kg8
21. h4 Qe8 22. Bxa6 Bxa6 23. Qxa6 Bf6 24. Qc4 Nd7 25. Nc3 N7b6 26. Qe2 Qf7 27.
Ne4 Rf8 {Perelshteyn,E (2524)-Carlsen,M (2827) Douglas 2017} 28. b4 $5 $16 {
For details see the notes to this game in CBM 181 by Ftacnik.}) (5. f4 b5 6.
Nf3 Nd7 7. e5 Bb7 8. Bd3 c5 9. Be4 Bxe4 10. Nxe4 Nh6 11. dxc5 dxe5 12. c6 Nf6
13. Qxd8+ (13. Nxf6+ exf6 14. fxe5 fxe5 15. O-O Nf5 16. Qxd8+ Rxd8 17. c7 Rc8
18. Bb6 Kd7 19. Ng5 Kc6 20. Ba5 Rhf8 21. g4 Ne3 22. Rxf7 Rxf7 23. Nxf7 e4 24.
c3 Bf8 25. b4 Bd6 26. Nxd6 Kxd6 27. Re1 Nxg4 28. Rxe4 Ne5 29. Bb6 Kd5 30. Rd4+
Kc6 31. Rd8 Kb7 $11 {Xu,Y (2454)-Wei,Y (2727) Xinghua 2017}) 13... Rxd8 14.
Nxf6+ exf6 15. c7 Rc8 16. Bb6 Kd7 17. Ba5 (17. O-O Kc6 18. Ba5 {Kusiak,M (2197)
-Bezuch,M (2296) Slovakia 2014} Rhe8 $13 {[%cal Yg7f8]}) 17... Nf5 18. O-O-O+
Kc6 19. Rd8 Nd6 20. fxe5 fxe5 21. Rd1 Nc4 22. Bc3 Rxc7 23. b3 Ne3 24. Bxe5 Nxd1
25. Rd6+ Kb7 26. Bxg7 Rg8 27. Bd4 Nc3 28. Rb6+ Kc8 29. Be5 Rd8 30. Kb2 Nd5 31.
Bxc7 Kxc7 32. Rxa6 Kb7 $44 {Wei,Y (2696)-Carlsen,M (2855) Bilbao 2016 See CBM
174 for the notes to this game.}) 5... Nf6 (5... b6 $5) 6. h3 O-O 7. g4 $5 (7.
Nf3 b6 {is a theoretical position, considered satisfactory for Black.}) 7... e5
(7... c5 8. Nge2 $5 (8. dxc5 Qa5 $13) {transposes to a Sicilian Dragon after}
8... cxd4 9. Nxd4) 8. d5 c6 9. Nge2 cxd5 10. exd5 Bxg4 $6 ({More sedate
continuations were} 10... Nbd7 {[%cal Yb7b6,Yc8b7,Ya8c8] or}) (10... Ne8 {
[%cal Yf7f5]}) 11. hxg4 Nxg4 12. Qd2 Nd7 13. Ne4 f5 14. Bg5 Qb6 15. Bh3 Ndf6
16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. Nc3 $6 (17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. c3 $14) 17... Qxb2 18. Rb1 Qa3 19.
Rxb7 Rf7 $6 (19... Rab8 $1 $13 20. Rxg7+ Kxg7 21. Bxf5 gxf5 22. Bxf6+ Kxf6 $1
23. Rxh7 f4 24. Qd3 Qc1+ 25. Ke2 Rf7 26. Rxf7+ Kxf7 27. Qf5+ $11) 20. Rb3 Qc5
21. Qe3 Qc7 22. Qb6 e4 23. Qc6 Rc8 24. O-O Qxc6 25. dxc6 Rxc6 26. Rfb1 h6 27.
Bxf6 Bxf6 28. Nxe4 Be5 29. Nd2 Rxc2 30. Nf3 $36 {Naiditsch,A (2706)-Carlsen,M 
(2865) Baden-Baden 2015 For details see the notes to this game in CBM 165 by
Kr.Szabo.}) 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 {Pirc is an opening, requiring great accuracy
early on.} (4... Bg7 {is natural enough, but later Black has to reckon with
Bh6 and taking on h6 will cost him a tempo.} 5. Qd2 ({Naiditsch used to play
the main move earlier, but switched to} 5. h3 {recently - this was the
move-order in his later game with Zysk, quoted below.}) 5... c6 {gives White a
choice:} (5... O-O 6. O-O-O c6 7. f3 (7. Bh6 $5) 7... b5 8. g4 $5 (8. h4 b4 9.
Nce2 Qa5 10. Kb1 h5 $1 $146 11. Nc1 Nbd7 12. Nh3 c5 13. Ng5 Rb8 14. Nb3 Qc7 15.
dxc5 dxc5 16. Bc4 Nb6 17. Qe2 Nfd7 18. f4 a5 19. e5 a4 20. Na1 a3 21. Bxf7+
Rxf7 22. Nxf7 Kxf7 23. e6+ Kg8 24. exd7 Bxd7 $40 {Hracek,Z (2636)-Marin,M 
(2581) Calimanesti 2014 For details see the notes to this game by Marin.}) ({
Also} 8. Bh6 {is still a dangerous and critical reaction.}) 8... b4 9. Nce2 Qa5
10. Kb1 c5 11. Bh6 Nc6 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. g5 Nd7 14. d5 Nce5 15. Nc1 Nb6 16. h4
Ba6 17. f4 Nec4 18. Bxc4 Nxc4 19. Qf2 Rab8 20. Nb3 Qa4 21. h5 Nxb2 22. Kxb2 c4
23. Nf3 Qa3+ 24. Ka1 cxb3 25. cxb3 $40 {Najer,E (2664)-Petrosian,T (2607)
Moscow 2016 See the notes to this game in CBM 171 by Schulz}) {More
straightforward is} 6. Bh6 ({The slower follow-up} 6. f3 b5 7. Nge2 Nbd7 8. Bh6
Bxh6 9. Qxh6 Bb7 (9... Qa5 10. Nc1 b4 11. Nb3 $1 (11. Nd1 Qb6 12. Nb3 a5 13. a4
bxa3 14. Rxa3 a4 15. c3 c5 $132) 11... Qh5 (11... Qb6 12. Na4 Qc7 13. a3 c5 14.
axb4 cxb4 15. Bd3 (15. c4 $5) 15... Nb6 16. O-O $36 {[%csl Re8] Svoboda,S 
(2300)-Spanko,J (2168) Slovakia 2002}) 12. Qxh5 Nxh5 13. Nd1 a5 14. a3 $14) 10.
a3 e5 (10... Qc7 11. g3 $5 $14 {and White doesn't have to hurry with 0-0-0.})
11. O-O-O Qe7 12. Kb1 a6 13. Nc1 ({In the arguably one of the most brilliant
modern games Kasparov himself admitted he got nothing out of the opening. So
perhaps this is a moment to try to improve,} 13. g3 $5 {deserves attention. If
Black continues as in the game, the B goes quickly to h3 and White time
wandering with the N.}) 13... O-O-O 14. Nb3 exd4 15. Rxd4 c5 16. Rd1 Nb6 17. g3
Kb8 18. Na5 Ba8 19. Bh3 d5 20. Qf4+ Ka7 21. Rhe1 d4 22. Nd5 Nbxd5 23. exd5 Qd6
24. Rxd4 $1 {Kasparov,G (2812)-Topalov,V (2700) Wijk aan Zee 1999 For details
see the notes to this game in CBM 069.} Kb6 $11 {/=/+}) 6... Bxh6 7. Qxh6 Qa5
8. Bd3 c5 9. Nf3 $1 (9. Nge2 Nc6 $5 10. d5 Ne5 11. Bb5+ (11. Qd2 $5 {/\} c4 12.
f4 $1) 11... Kd8 $1 12. Ng3 c4 13. h3 a6 14. f4 Nf3+ $1 15. gxf3 axb5 16. O-O
b4 17. Nce2 Qc5+ 18. Kg2 Bd7 19. c3 bxc3 20. Nxc3 b5 21. a3 Kc7 22. Rad1 {
čierny prešiel do prptiútoku nečakaným} Rhg8 $1 23. e5 Nh5 24. Rfe1 g5 $1
{, Caruana - Ivančuk, Biel 2009.} 25. exd6+ exd6 26. Nxh5 Rg6 27. Ne4 Rxh6 28.
Nxc5 dxc5 $17 {Caruana,F (2670)-Ivanchuk,V (2703) Biel 2009 For details see
the notes to this game in CBM 132 by Marin.}) (9. d5 Nbd7 10. Nf3 c4 $5 11.
Bxc4 Qc5 (11... Nxe4 12. O-O {[%csl Re8]}) 12. Bd3 (12. Bb5 $5) 12... Qxf2+ 13.
Kxf2 Ng4+ 14. Kg3 Nxh6 15. Rhe1 O-O 16. e5 Nc5 $5 (16... dxe5 17. Nxe5 Nc5 18.
Bf1 e6 19. Rad1 f6 20. Nc4 e5 21. b4 Na6 22. a3 Bd7 23. Nd6 Nf5+ 24. Nxf5 gxf5
25. Nb1 b5 26. c4 bxc4 27. Bxc4 Nc7 28. d6+ Ne6 29. Rc1 Rfd8 30. Nc3 Kg7 31.
Nd5 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2768)-Peralta,F (2574) Tromsoe 2014} Nd4 $132) 17. Bf1
Bg4 18. exd6 exd6 19. Nb5 a6 20. Nbd4 Rfe8 21. Kf4 Bxf3 22. Nxf3 f6 23. h4 Nf7
$11 {Van Kampen,R (2572)-Cuijpers,F (2445) Netherlands 2012}) 9... cxd4 (9...
Nc6 10. d5 Nd4 11. Nd2 $36 {Marin}) 10. Nxd4 Nc6 11. Bb5 $1 (11. Nb3 Qb6 12.
O-O Be6 $13) 11... Bd7 12. O-O-O $36 {is considered unpleasant for Black by
Pirc expert Marin:} Rc8 13. Kb1 Ne5 14. Nb3 Qc7 15. Bxd7+ Qxd7 16. Rhe1 Qc6 17.
f4 Nc4 18. Rd3 Nd7 19. Qg7 Rf8 20. Qxh7 $16 {Van Kampen,R (2640)-McNab,C (2433)
Reading 2017}) 5. h3 Bg7 {Even here developing the B immediately is not ideal,
as both against Naiditsch's set-up and the immediate 6.f4 Black's counterplay
in centre is just too slow.} ({Ponomariov acknowledged it himself by playing} 
5... Nbd7 $142 {in a later game:} 6. g4 (6. Bd3 e5 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Qd2
Re8 10. Rad1 b5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. a4 a6 13. Ne2 Qe7 14. Ng3 Bb7 15. a5 c5 16.
c4 b4 17. Bh6 Nb8 (17... Bxh6 18. Qxh6 Nf8 $11 {/\} 19. Qg5 Ne6 20. Qxe5 $2 Nd7
{[%csl Re5]}) 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Bc2 Ng8 20. Qe3 Bc6 21. Rd2 Ra7 22. Rfd1 Rd7
23. Rd5 $1 Bxd5 24. exd5 $44 {Saric,I (2669)-Ponomariov,R (2694) Katowice rpd
2017}) (6. f4 e5 {With Bg7 instead of Nbd7 Black doesn't have this move at all.
} (6... b5 $143 7. a3 $1 e5 8. Nf3 Qe7 9. fxe5 dxe5 10. d5 $1 b4 11. axb4 cxd5
12. Bg5 d4 13. Nd5 Qd6 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Bb5+ Ke7 17. O-O Bh6
18. Bc4 Rd8 19. Ra5 Bf4 20. Nxe5 {1-0, Fressinet,L (2637)-Marin,M (2511)
Andorra 2004}) 7. Nf3 (7. Qd2 Nh5 $1 $146 8. fxe5 Ng3 9. Bg5 Qa5 10. Qf4 dxe5
$1 (10... Nxh1 11. Bc4 $13) 11. Qxg3 exd4 12. Bd2 dxc3 13. Qxc3 Qxc3 14. Bxc3
Rg8 15. O-O-O Nc5 $11 {[%cal Yc8e6,Yf8g7] Marin}) (7. Qf3 b5 8. dxe5 (8. a3 {
is less convincing with the Q already on f3:} Bg7 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. f5 Qa5 {
[%cal Rb5b4]} 11. b4 (11. Bd2 $5 $13) 11... Qc7 12. g4 a5 13. Rb1 axb4 14. axb4
gxf5 15. gxf5 Ra3 16. Nge2 Bf8 $132 {Marin}) (8. O-O-O b4 $1 9. Na4 $5 (9. Nce2
Qe7 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. f5 gxf5 12. exf5 Bb7 13. g4 {Wagener,C-Andersen,J (2310)
Szeged 1994} O-O-O $1 $15 {[%cal Ye5e4,Yc6c5]}) 9... exf4 10. Bxf4 Qa5 11. e5 (
11. b3 Be7 {[%cal Yd7b6]} 12. Kb1 d5 $132) 11... Nd5 12. exd6 Bg7 13. Re1+ Kf8
14. Qe2 N7f6 15. d7 Bxd7 16. Qa6 Qxa6 17. Bd6+ Kg8 18. Bxa6 Ne3 19. Nc5 Bc8 20.
g4 h5 21. g5 Nfd5 $11 {Marin}) 8... dxe5 9. O-O-O Qe7 10. g4 b4 11. Nb1 (11.
Na4 $142 exf4 12. Qxf4 Bg7 13. Bd3 O-O $13) 11... exf4 12. Bxf4 Ne5 13. Qg3 Bg7
14. Nd2 Nfd7 15. Ngf3 O-O 16. Nc4 Nxf3 17. Qxf3 Ne5 18. Qe3 Re8 19. Nxe5 Bxe5
$15 {Mamedyarov,S (2765)-Shoker,S (2475) Ningbo 2011}) 7... Qe7 $1 8. Bd3 (8.
fxe5 dxe5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Qd4 Nfd7 11. O-O-O Bg7 12. Qd2 O-O 13. Bh6 Re8 14.
Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Be2 b5 16. Qd6 Bb7 17. a3 a5 18. Kb1 Nc5 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Na4
$36 {Berend,F (2364)-Gulbas,C (2375) France 2006}) 8... Bg7 9. Qd2 O-O $5 $146
10. O-O-O b5 11. fxe5 dxe5 12. Rhe1 a6 $5 13. Qf2 exd4 14. Bxd4 c5 15. Be3 c4
16. Bxc4 bxc4 17. e5 Rb8 $5 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. Bc5 Qb7 20. b3 Bf5 21. Bxf8 Bxf8
$44 {Marin}) (6. Nge2 b5 7. a3 Bb7 8. g4 a5 $13) 6... b5 7. Bg2 (7. a3 Nb6 8.
Bd3 (8. d5 Bb7 9. Bd4 Bg7 10. dxc6 Bxc6 11. Bxb5 Bxb5 12. Nxb5 Nc4 $32) 8...
Bg7 9. f4 Bb7 10. Nf3 a5 11. O-O O-O 12. Qe1 b4 13. Nd1 Qc7 14. axb4 axb4 15.
Rxa8 Rxa8 16. Qxb4 Na4 $44 {[%cal Yc6c5] Marin}) 7... b4 (7... Nb6 $5 8. Nge2
Bb7 9. a4 $6 Nc4 10. Bc1 b4 11. Nb1 c5 $15 {Howell,D (2613)-McNab,C (2472)
Hinckley Island 2009}) (7... e5 8. Qd2 Bb7 9. g5 Nh5 10. Nge2 Be7 11. b3 O-O
12. h4 f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nf4 Nxf4 16. Bxf4 Ng6 17. Ne2 d5 18.
Bg3 $16 {Granda Zuniga,J (2609)-Movsziszian,K (2536) Benidorm 2008}) 8. Nce2
Bb7 (8... e5 9. Ng3 Nb6 10. b3 Bg7 11. N1e2 O-O 12. dxe5 Nfd7 13. exd6 Bxa1 14.
Qxa1 Qf6 15. Qd1 Ba6 16. O-O $16 {/+-, Koepke,C (2374)-Donchenko,A (2009)
Nuremberg 2009}) 9. Ng3 h5 10. g5 h4 11. N3e2 Nh5 12. f4 c5 $15 {Marin}) 6.
Nge2 (6. f4 $5 {[%cal Re4e5] is also promising:} Qa5 $142 $5 (6... Qb6 7. Qc1 (
7. Qd2 Qxb2 8. Rb1 Qa3 9. Bd3 e5 10. Nge2 exd4 11. Bxd4 O-O 12. O-O Nbd7 13.
Rf3 Ne8 14. Kh1 {½, Jansa,V (2480)-Marin,M (2545) Andorra 1998} Qa5 $13) 7...
Nh5 (7... O-O 8. Nf3 Nh5 9. Kf2 Qc7 10. e5 Bh8 11. g4 Ng7 12. Bd3 Nd7 13. h4
dxe5 14. dxe5 Ne6 15. Ne4 Nb6 16. h5 $40 {Chytilek,R (2598)-Nyvlt,Z (2635)
Czechia corr 2003}) 8. Nge2 f5 9. e5 O-O 10. Rg1 g5 11. g3 Na6 12. fxg5 (12.
Bg2 c5 13. fxg5 cxd4 14. Bxd4 Qa5 15. exd6 Bxd4 16. Nxd4 Qe5+ 17. Nde2 f4 18.
dxe7 Qxe7 19. Nd5 Qc5 {½, Hracek,Z (2615)-Marin,M (2530) Krynica 1998 See the
notes to this game in CBM 067 by Marin.} 20. gxf4 Re8 $132) 12... c5 13. g4 f4
14. Nd5 Qd8 15. gxh5 dxe5 16. h6 Qxd5 17. hxg7 Rf7 18. Nc3 Qf3 19. Bf2 cxd4 20.
Bg2 Qh5 21. Ne4 $16 {Guidici,G (2327)-Briet,M (1301) France corr AJEC 2002}) 7.
Bd3 Nbd7 8. Nf3 (8. Qf3 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. f5 Nc5 11. g4 gxf5 (11... h6 12.
Nge2 Nxd3+ 13. cxd3 gxf5 14. gxf5 Bd7 15. Qg3 Rg8 16. Qh4 O-O-O 17. Rg1 Ne8 18.
O-O-O b5 19. a3 Bf6 20. Qh5 Rxg1 21. Rxg1 $18 {[%csl Rf7] Rasik,V (2455)
-Skinke,K (2200) Pardubice 2009}) 12. gxf5 Bf8 13. Nge2 b5 14. O-O b4 15. Nd1
Ba6 16. Nf2 O-O-O 17. Nc1 Nxd3 18. cxd3 Rg8+ 19. Kh1 Qc7 20. Rd1 h5 21. Ne2 (
21. Nb3 h4 {[%cal Yg8g3]}) 21... Kb7 22. a3 bxa3 23. bxa3 Ka8 $13 {Jansa,V 
(2455)-Ibragimov,I (2575) Germany 2001}) 8... e5 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe1 {Although
Black has managed to prevent e5, he lags in development and White has kingside
attacking chances:} exd4 (10... Nh5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. f5 b5 13. a3 Qd8 14. Ne2
Bb7 15. Rd1 Qe7 {Masserey,Y (2315)-Schmaltz,R (2445) Altensteig 1994} 16. g4
Nf4 17. g5 $1 $36) 11. Bxd4 Re8 12. Qf2 Nc5 13. e5 Nxd3 14. cxd3 dxe5 15. fxe5
Nd5 16. Ne4 Be6 17. Nfg5 Qc7 18. Nxh7 Kxh7 19. Qh4+ Kg8 20. Ng5 c5 21. Rac1 b6
22. Qh7+ Kf8 23. Qxg6 $40 {Pavasovic,D (2595)-Graf,A (2637) Deizisau 2005})
6... b5 (6... Nbd7 7. g4 e5 8. g5 Nh5 9. d5 c5 10. Bg2 h6 11. h4 hxg5 12. hxg5
Qb6 13. Rb1 Qa5 14. a3 Nf4 15. Rxh8+ Bxh8 16. Bf1 Nxe2 17. Bxe2 a6 18. b4 Qc7
19. b5 Bg7 20. Qd2 Ke7 21. Rb3 Nb6 22. bxa6 bxa6 23. a4 Rb8 24. a5 Nd7 25. Na4
Rxb3 26. cxb3 Kf8 27. Bc4 Qb7 28. f3 Kg8 29. Nb2 $16 {[%csl Ra6] Naiditsch,A 
(2702)-Zysk,R (2400) Germany 2017. In a position with a King's Indian
structure White has more space and a long-term strategic advantage.}) 7. a3 (7.
e5 Nfd7 (7... Nd5 8. Nxd5 cxd5 9. Nc3 O-O 10. exd6 Qxd6 11. Bxb5 Nc6 12. O-O
Nxd4 13. Bxd4 e5 14. Bxa7 Rxa7 15. Qxd5 Qb8 16. Rfd1 Bf5 17. Qd2 Rc8 18. a4 $16
{Kruppa,Y (2475)-Gipslis,A (2490) Minsk 1993}) 8. exd6 exd6 9. d5 c5 (9... b4
$5 10. dxc6 Nxc6 11. Ne4 O-O $32) 10. Nxb5 Qb6 (10... Nb6 11. Bf4 O-O 12. Nec3
$14) 11. Nbc3 (11. Nec3 $5 a6 12. Na4 Qa5+ 13. Nbc3 {retains the extra pawn.})
11... Qxb2 12. Bd2 Qb6 13. Rb1 Qd8 14. Ng3 O-O 15. Be2 Ba6 (15... f5 16. O-O
Ne5 $132) 16. O-O Nb6 17. Nce4 Re8 18. Bxa6 Nxa6 19. Re1 (19. Bg5 f6 20. Bf4
$14) 19... Nc7 20. Qf3 Ncxd5 21. Rbd1 Re5 22. Ba5 Qe7 23. c4 Nc7 24. Bc3 Nxc4
25. Bxe5 Bxe5 26. Nc3 Qf6 27. Qxf6 Bxf6 28. Nd5 Nxd5 29. Rxd5 Be5 $44 {=,
Prasanna Raghuram,R (2410)-Hoang,T (2210) Ho Chi Minh City 2014}) 7... O-O (
7... Qa5 {is a risky attempt to disrupt the smooth flow of White's development:
} 8. b4 Qc7 9. g4 Nbd7 10. Bg2 Nb6 11. Qc1 h5 12. g5 Nfd7 13. f4 a6 14. f5 c5
15. bxc5 dxc5 16. Bf4 Qb7 17. O-O cxd4 18. f6 Bf8 19. e5 Qa7 20. Bxa8 $2 (20.
e6 $1 dxc3 21. Qe3 $40 {+/-}) 20... Nxa8 21. Ne4 Bb7 22. Nf2 Nc7 23. Qd2 Ne6
$17 {Darchia,D (2040)-Gelashvili,T Bratislava 1993}) 8. g4 e5 ({Although in
practice Black has played only the text-move, this game indicates it's far
from simple to get ample counterplay. An engine recommendation is} 8... a5 $142
$5 9. Ng3 Ba6 {[%cal Yb5b4] /\b4<=>}) 9. d5 $1 $146 {[%mdl 136] A novelty, but
not a very surprising one for somebody, who has seen the aforementioned game
Naiditsch-Carlsen. White closes the centre and wants to shift his attention
the kingside as soon as possible.} (9. Bg2 Nbd7 (9... Re8 10. O-O (10. d5 $5
$36) 10... Bb7 11. Ng3 exd4 12. Bxd4 c5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nxb5 Re6 15. e5 Bxg2
16. Kxg2 dxe5 {Mashinskaya,I (2265)-Hasangatin,R (2470) Tatranska Lomnica 1997}
17. Ne4 Nd7 18. Qf3 $16) (9... exd4 10. Bxd4 Nbd7 $14) 10. O-O (10. d5 cxd5 11.
Nxd5 (11. exd5 Ne8 $13 {[%cal Yf7f5]}) (11. g5 d4 12. gxf6 Bxf6 $13) 11... Bb7
12. Nec3 a6 $132) 10... Bb7 11. Ng3 Nb6 12. b3 (12. dxe5 $142 dxe5 13. Bc5 Re8
14. a4 $5) 12... exd4 $1 13. Bxd4 c5 14. Be3 Ne8 (14... Nxg4 $1 15. Qxg4 Bxc3
16. Rad1 $13) 15. Nxb5 $6 (15. Qd3 b4 16. axb4 cxb4 17. Nce2 Bxa1 18. Rxa1 $44)
15... a6 16. Nxd6 Nxd6 17. Bxc5 Nbc8 18. Bd4 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 Nb5 20. Qb4 {
Luciani,V (2212)-Petrov,M (2550) Plovdiv 2010} Nca7 $15 {[%cal Ya7c6]}) (9.
dxe5 dxe5 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. g5 Ne8 12. Nc1 Nc7 13. Nb3 Ne6 14. Ne2 Nd7 15. Rd1
a5 16. Nc5 Ndxc5 17. Rxd8+ Nxd8 18. Bxc5 Ne6 19. Be3 Nd4 20. Nxd4 exd4 21. Bd2
Be6 22. f4 d3 23. Bc1 dxc2 24. Bd3 b4 25. Bxc2 c5 $15 {Goreskul,A (2144)
-Zozulia,A (2327) Alushta 1999}) 9... Bb7 (9... cxd5 10. exd5 $5 (10. Nxd5 Nbd7
11. Nec3 Bb7 12. Bxb5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Rc8 14. O-O Nb6 $44) 10... Nbd7 11. Ng3 $14
{[%cal Yg4g5,Yh3h4] looks good for White, but still Black should strive to
open up the position.}) 10. Ng3 a6 $2 {Giving White a free hand is asking for
serious trouble.} ({Good or not,} 10... a5 $1 {simply had to be tried:} 11. g5
Nfd7 12. dxc6 Nxc6 13. Nxb5 Nd4 $14 {/<=>}) 11. g5 Nfd7 12. h4 $36 Re8 (12...
cxd5 13. exd5 f5 14. gxf6 Nxf6 15. h5 $32 {+/-->}) 13. h5 Nb6 14. hxg6 hxg6 (
14... fxg6 15. Bh3 $18 (15. Nh5 $5 {/\} Bh8 16. dxc6 Nxc6 17. Bxb6 Qxb6 18.
Nf6+ Bxf6 19. Nd5 $18)) 15. Nf5 $5 {Arkadij looks for a tactical solution.} (
15. Qg4 $16 {/\} cxd5 16. Bxb6 Qxb6 17. exd5 e4 18. O-O-O {also looks very
good - Black's K is deserted and his pieces are uncoordinated:} b4 19. axb4
Qxb4 20. Ngxe4 Bxc3 21. Nf6+ $18) 15... cxd5 $6 (15... gxf5 16. exf5 Nxd5 17.
f6 Nxf6 18. gxf6 Qxf6 19. Bd3 $1 $40 {and all pieces join the attack - this is
something Black can't survive after} (19. Ne4 Qg6 20. f3 d5 21. Rg1 $16) 19...
e4 (19... d5 20. Bh7+ Kf8 21. Ne4 $1 Qd8 22. Bc5+ Re7 23. Rg1 $18) 20. Nxe4
Rxe4 21. Bxe4 $18) ({More resilient was} 15... Nxd5 $142 $5 16. Nxd5 (16. Nxg7
Nxe3 17. Nxe8 Nxd1 18. Nf6+ Qxf6 19. gxf6 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Nd7 $11) (16. exd5 $5
gxf5 17. Qh5 f4 18. Bg2 $1 fxe3 19. fxe3 $16 {[%cal Ge1c1,Ga1f1]}) 16... cxd5
17. Nxg7 Kxg7 18. Qf3 $5 (18. exd5 Nd7 (18... Rh8 19. Rxh8 Qxh8 20. Qg4 $16)
19. Bg2 Rh8 $16 {/+/=}) 18... dxe4 (18... Qe7 $2 19. Qh3) (18... d4 19. Bc4 $1
{[%cal Rh1h7]} Rf8 (19... bxc4 20. Rh7+ Kxh7 21. Qxf7+ Kh8 22. Ke2 $1 Bxe4 23.
f3 $18) 20. O-O-O bxc4 21. Rh7+ Kxh7 22. Qh3+ Kg7 23. Qh6+ Kg8 24. Rh1 $18) 19.
Rh7+ Kxh7 20. Qxf7+ Kh8 21. Bxb5 $1 Qe7 (21... Rf8 22. Qxg6 $5 (22. Qxb7 Qa5+
23. b4 Qxb5 24. Qxa8 $16) 22... Qe7 23. O-O-O Qh7 (23... Rf7 24. Bc4 d5 25.
Rh1+ Rh7 26. Rxh7+ Qxh7 27. Qe8+ Qg8 28. Qxe5+ Qg7 29. Qe8+ Kh7 30. Qh5+ Kg8
31. g6 dxc4 32. Bd4 $1 $18)) 22. Bxe8 Qxf7 23. Bxf7 Kg7 24. Be6 Kf8 (24... d5
25. c3 $16) 25. O-O-O Ke7 26. Ba2 $16 {However, the endgame is dreary for
Black.}) 16. Bxb6 Qxb6 17. Bxb5 $1 (17. Nxd5 Bxd5 (17... Qd8 18. Nxd6 $18 (18.
Nh6+ $5 Kf8 19. Nxf7 Kxf7 20. Qf3+ Kg8 21. Nf6+ Bxf6 (21... Kf8 22. Rh7 $18)
22. gxf6 $18)) 18. Qxd5 Ra7 (18... Qc6 19. Nxd6 Qxd5 20. exd5 Rd8 21. Ne4 Rxd5
22. Bg2 $16) 19. Nxg7 Kxg7 {is less clear-cut, here Black can fight on.}) 17...
gxf5 (17... axb5 18. Nxg7 Nd7 (18... Kxg7 19. Qf3 {[%cal Rf3f6]} Qd8 20. Rh7+
Kxh7 21. Qxf7+ Kh8 22. Ke2 $18 {[%cal Ya1h1]}) 19. Qf3 Qd8 (19... dxe4 20. Qh3
Kf8 21. Qxd7 Kxg7 22. Rh7+ Kxh7 23. Qxf7+ Kh8 24. Ke2 e3 25. f3 $18) 20. Nxe8
Qxe8 21. Nxb5 $18) (17... Nd7 18. Bxd7 gxf5 19. Nxd5 Qd4 (19... Bxd5 20. Qxd5
Qxb2 21. Rd1 $18) 20. Qxd4 exd4 21. Bxe8 Rxe8 22. O-O-O $18 {/\} fxe4 23. Nf6+
Bxf6 24. gxf6 {[%cal Rd1g1,Rh1h8]}) 18. Bxe8 Qd8 (18... d4 19. Qh5 Qc7 20. g6
fxg6 21. Qxg6 dxc3 22. Ba4 Nd7 (22... cxb2 23. Qe8+ Bf8 24. Rg1+) 23. Bb3+ d5
24. exd5 $18 {[%cal Rd5d6]}) 19. Qh5 ({White is already spoiled for choice
here:} 19. Nxd5 Qxg5 (19... Qxe8 20. Nf6+ Bxf6 21. gxf6 Qe6 22. Rh8+ Kxh8 23.
Qh5+ Kg8 24. Qh6 $18) 20. Qh5 $5 Qxh5 21. Rxh5 fxe4 22. Nb6 Ra7 23. Rd1 $18)
19... Qxe8 20. exf5 Qe7 $8 (20... Nd7 21. f6 Nxf6 22. gxf6 Bxf6 23. Qh6 Bg7 24.
Qh7+ Kf8 25. Rg1 $18) 21. f6 (21. O-O-O d4 (21... Nd7 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5
$18 {[%cal Rf5f6]}) 22. f6 {is only a transposition.}) 21... Bxf6 22. gxf6 Qxf6
23. O-O-O d4 24. Ne4 (24. f4 $5 Nd7 (24... Bxh1 25. Qxh1 dxc3 (25... Ra7 26.
Rg1+ Kf8 27. Nd5 $18) 26. Qxa8 Qd8 27. fxe5 Qb6 28. bxc3 dxe5 29. Qh1 Qe3+ 30.
Kb2 $18) 25. fxe5 Nxe5 (25... dxe5 26. Rdf1 $18) 26. Rdf1 Qg7 27. Rhg1 Ng6 28.
Nd5 Bxd5 29. Qxd5 $18) 24... Bxe4 (24... Qf4+ 25. Kb1 Kf8 26. Nxd6 $18 (26. Rh4
$1 $18)) 25. Qg4+ Kf8 $8 (25... Qg6 $2 26. Qc8+ $18) (25... Bg6 $2 26. Qc8+)
26. Qxe4 Ra7 27. Rd3 {After achieving a won position, White proceeds to make
things more difficult for himself.} (27. f4 $142 Ke7 28. Rdf1 {->}) 27... Nd7
28. Rf3 Qg5+ 29. Kb1 Ke7 30. Qc6 Nf6 31. Rh8 {[%cal Rc6c8]} Qg1+ 32. Ka2 Qg4
33. Rh6 (33. Rb3 $1 {keeps the queens on the board after} Qd7 34. Qh1 {[%cal
Rh1h6] This should be a simpler win, as Black's K is permanently exposed.})
33... Qe4 $5 34. Qxe4 Nxe4 35. Rxf7+ $1 Kxf7 36. Rh7+ Ke6 37. Rxa7 Nxf2 38. Kb1
$1 ({Still on the right track,} 38. Rxa6 $2 e4 39. Kb1 e3 $11 {leads to the
game position.}) 38... e4 39. Rxa6 $2 {Lets Black of the hook.} (39. Kc1 $1 e3
40. b4 {saves the b-pawn - compared with the game, after} d3 41. cxd3 Nxd3+ 42.
Kd1 {White is winning.}) (39. b4 $18 {should be the same.}) 39... e3 40. Kc1 (
40. Ra8 $5 Ke7 41. Kc1 d3 42. cxd3 Nxd3+ 43. Kd1 Nxb2+ 44. Ke2 Nc4 45. Ra7+ Ke6
46. a4 Kd5 47. Kd3 e2 $5 (47... Ke6 48. a5 Ne5+ 49. Kxe3 Nc6 50. Ra8 (50. Ra6
Kd7 {[%cal Yd7b7]}) 50... Kd7 51. Ke4 (51. a6 Kc7 52. Ke4 Kb6 $11) 51... Kc7
52. Kd5 Kb7 $11) 48. Kxe2 (48. Re7 Nb2+ $11) 48... Kc6 49. Kd3 Kb6 50. Ra8 Kb7
51. Rh8 Nb2+ $11) 40... d3 41. cxd3 Nxd3+ 42. Kd1 Nxb2+ 43. Ke2 Nc4 {
Objectively the position is already a draw, as White can't retain his last
pawn. This guaranteed Azerbaijan the gold medals, so Arkadij didn't even try
pushing on.} (43... Nc4 44. Kd3 Kd5 45. Ra8 Nb6 (45... e2 46. Kxe2 Kc6 47. a4
Kb7 48. Rd8 Nb6 49. a5 Nc4 $11) 46. Re8 Nc4 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "CZE-chT 1718"]
[Site "Czech Republic"]
[Date "2018.04.07"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.11.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Novoborsky"]
[BlackTeam "Lysa nad Labem"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. Ne2 b6 12. Nf4 Be7 13. e6 Bxe6 14. Nxe6
fxe6 15. Re1 Bf6 16. Rxe6+ Kd7 17. Re1 Rae8 18. Rxe8 Rxe8 19. Kf1 Nd6 20. Rb1
Ne4 21. h4 c5 22. Bf4 a5 23. g3 a4 24. Nd2 b5 25. Nxe4 Rxe4 26. b3 axb3 27.
axb3 Bc3 28. Be3 Kc6 29. Ke2 Re8 30. g4 hxg4 31. Rg1 c4 32. bxc4 bxc4 33. Rxg4
1/2-1/2

[Event "CZE-chT 1718"]
[Site "Czech Republic"]
[Date "2018.04.08"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Michalik, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2017.11.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lysa nad Labem"]
[BlackTeam "Unichess"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. c4 Nh5 6. Bg3 Bb7 7. Nc3 d6 8. d5 e5
9. Nd2 g6 10. Be2 Ng7 11. b4 O-O 12. Nb3 Nd7 13. f3 Bh4 14. Bxh4 Qxh4+ 15. g3
Qe7 16. e4 f5 17. Qd2 fxe4 18. fxe4 c5 19. dxc6 Bxc6 20. O-O-O Nf6 21. Qxd6
Qxd6 22. Rxd6 Nxe4 23. Nxe4 Bxe4 24. Re1 Nf5 25. Rd2 Rfe8 26. c5 Bb7 27. Bb5
Re7 28. c6 Rc8 29. Rc2 Ba8 30. Bc4+ Kg7 31. b5 a6 32. a4 axb5 33. axb5 Bxc6 34.
bxc6 Rxc6 35. Bd3 Rxc2+ 36. Bxc2 h5 37. Kd2 h4 38. g4 Nh6 39. Re4 Nf7 40. Rb4
Re6 41. Ke3 Ng5 42. Nd2 Rf6 43. Rb5 Re6 44. Nc4 1-0

[Event "EU-ch blitz"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2017.12.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mikelsons, Mikelis Emils"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D83"]
[WhiteElo "1721"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2017.12.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 Be6 7. c5 c6 8. Bd3
Bg4 9. f3 Bc8 10. Nge2 Nbd7 11. O-O Re8 12. e4 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Rxe5
15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Be4 Be6 17. Qe1 Nxc3 18. Rxc3 Qa5 19. Bb1 Rxc5 20. Rxc5 Qxc5+
21. Kh1 Bc4 22. b4 Qe3 23. Rf2 Re8 0-1

[Event "EU-ch blitz"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2017.12.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Mikelsons, Mikelis Emils"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "1721"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2017.12.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Nbd2 a6 7. Bb3 O-O 8. Nf1
Re8 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Be6 11. Ne3 b5 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. Bxd5 Qd7 14. Bxf6 gxf6
15. Nh4 Kh7 16. Qf3 Rab8 17. Qxf6 Rg8 18. Bxf7 Rg7 19. Bg6+ Kg8 20. Nf5 Rf8 21.
Nxh6+ Kh8 22. Qxf8+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch blitz"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2017.12.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Babanin, Gleb"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2094"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2017.12.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
h5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O b5 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nb6 13. f4 Nbxd5 14. fxe5
dxe5 15. Bg5 Ne4 16. Qxd5 Qxd5 17. Rxd5 Nxg5 18. Rxe5+ Ne6 19. Be2 g6 20. Bf3
O-O-O 21. Na5 Bg7 22. Ree1 Kc7 23. Kb1 Rd6 24. c3 Bf6 25. Rhf1 Nc5 26. Bd5 Rf8
27. Nb3 Nxb3 28. Bxb3 Kd7 29. Re2 a5 30. a4 b4 31. cxb4 axb4 32. Ka2 Bd4 33.
Rxf7+ Rxf7 34. Bxf7 Kc6 35. Kb3 Rf6 36. Be8+ Kc5 37. a5 Rf2 38. Rxf2 Bxf2 39.
Bxg6 h4 40. Be4 Bg1 41. g4 Bxh2 42. Ka4 Be5 43. b3 Bd6 44. g5 Bf8 45. g6 Kd4
46. Bg2 Kc5 47. Bh3 Kc6 48. Bc8 Kc7 49. Bf5 Kb7 50. Kb5 Ka7 51. Bh3 Kb7 52.
Bg2+ Ka7 53. Bf1 Kb7 54. Bh3 Ka7 55. Bg2 Kb8 56. Kb6 Bg7 57. a6 Bd4+ 58. Kc6
Ka7 59. Bf1 h3 60. Bxh3 Kxa6 61. Kd5 Bc3 62. Ke6 Kb5 63. Kf7 1-0

[Event "EU-ch blitz"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2017.12.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Babanin, Gleb"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2094"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2017.12.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bd3 O-O 6. h3 a6 7. O-O b5 8. Re1
Bb7 9. a3 e6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Qd7 12. e5 Nd5 13. Ne4 Nc6 14. Qd2 g5 15. Nfxg5
hxg5 16. Qxg5 f5 17. exf6 Nxf6 18. Nxf6+ Rxf6 19. Qg4 Rf7 20. Bg6 Nxd4 21.
Bxf7+ Qxf7 22. Rad1 Nf5 23. Bg5 Qg6 24. c3 Rf8 25. h4 Kh7 26. h5 Qf7 27. Rd3
Rg8 28. Qe2 Be5 29. f4 Bxf4 30. Bxf4 Rxg2+ 31. Qxg2 Bxg2 32. Kxg2 e5 33. Bg3
Qc4 34. Rf3 Qg4 35. h6 Nh4+ 0-1

[Event "EU-ch blitz"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2017.12.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Troyke, Christian"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2348"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2017.12.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 e5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. e3 a6 6. Nge2 d6 7. d4 Ba7 8. Bxc6+
bxc6 9. dxe5 Ng4 10. exd6 cxd6 11. Nd4 Qf6 12. f3 Ne5 13. Ne4 Qe7 14. O-O O-O
15. b3 d5 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Nc3 Bh3 18. Rf2 Qd7 19. Nce2 g5 20. Bb2 Rfe8 21.
Qd2 h6 22. Rd1 Rac8 23. Kh1 Qd6 24. g4 h5 25. Nf5 Qe6 26. Ned4 Qg6 27. gxh5
Qxh5 28. Rg1 Bb8 29. e4 f6 30. exd5 Kf7 31. d6 Rh8 32. Ng3 Qg6 33. f4 Ng4 34.
Re2 Bxd6 35. Ndf5 Rcd8 36. Qd5+ Kf8 37. Nxd6 gxf4 38. Qe6 Nf2+ 39. Rxf2 Bxe6
40. Rxf4 Rxd6 41. Rxf6+ Qxf6 42. Bxf6 Bd5+ 43. Rg2 Rxf6 0-1

[Event "EU-ch blitz"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2017.12.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Troyke, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2348"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2017.12.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be2 b6 9. f3 Bb7 10. Qd2 Qb8 11. O-O-O Rc8 12. Kb1 d6 13. Rc1 Rc7 14. g4 Qf8
15. h4 h5 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Nxd4 18. Rxc7 Nxe2 19. Qxe2 Bc8 20. gxh5 gxh5
21. Rg1 1-0

[Event "EU-ch blitz"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2017.12.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2017.12.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. a3 Nxe5 6. b4 g6 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Qxd5
Bxb5 9. Qxe5 Nf6 10. Nc3 Bc6 11. Nf3 Bg7 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Rd1 Qc8 14. Qe2 Re8
15. O-O Nh5 16. Qe3 e5 17. Ne4 Qg4 18. Rfe1 Rad8 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. h3 Qxe4 21.
Qxe4 Bxe4 22. Rxe4 f5 23. Re1 e4 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Ne5 Rd2 26. Rc1 Nf4 27. Kf1
Rd4 28. c6 bxc6 29. Nxc6 Rd2 30. Ne5 Rd4 31. b5 Ra4 32. g3 Nd5 33. c4 Nc7 34.
Rc3 Kf6 35. Nd7+ Ke7 36. Nc5 Ra5 37. Ke2 Ne6 38. Nxe6 Kxe6 39. Ke3 Kd6 40. Kd4
Ra4 41. g4 h5 42. gxf5 gxf5 43. Rg3 f4 44. Rg6+ Ke7 45. Ra6 e3 46. fxe3 f3 47.
Kd3 Rxc4 48. Rxa7+ Ke6 49. Ra8 Ke7 50. Ra7+ Ke6 51. Ra6+ Ke7 52. Rg6 Rc1 53.
Kd2 f2 54. Kxc1 f1=Q+ 55. Kd2 Qxh3 56. b6 Qd7+ 57. Ke2 Qb5+ 58. Kd2 Qb2+ 59.
Ke1 Qb1+ 0-1

[Event "EU-ch blitz"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2017.12.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2017.12.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. a4 Qc7 8. Be3
Nbd7 9. Nd2 b6 10. Kh1 Bb7 11. f4 e5 12. Nc4 exd4 13. Bxd4 Rad8 14. e5 dxe5 15.
fxe5 Nd5 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Nd6 Nxe5 18. Nxb7 Qxb7 19. c3 Rfe8 20. Bb5 Re6 21.
Qd2 a6 22. Be2 Rde8 23. Rfe1 h5 24. h3 Kh7 25. Bxe5 Rxe5 26. Bf3 Qd7 27. Rxe5
Rxe5 28. a5 bxa5 29. Rxa5 Qe6 30. Ra1 Bh6 31. Qf2 a5 32. Rd1 Be3 33. Qf1 Bb6
34. b3 Bc7 35. c4 dxc4 36. bxc4 Rf5 37. Qe2 Qf6 38. Rd7 Bg3 39. Rd1 Kg7 40. Qd2
a4 41. Qe2 a3 42. Bd5 a2 0-1

[Event "EU-ch blitz"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2017.12.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zorko, Jure"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2017.12.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Qb6 5. Nc3 Bd7 6. dxc5 Qxc5 7. Qd4 e6 8.
Qxc5 Bxc5 9. Nb5 Bxb5 10. Bxb5+ Ke7 11. Ke2 a6 12. Ba4 Rc8 13. Rhc1 b5 14. Bb3
Nc6 15. a4 Na5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Be5 Ne8 18. Bc3 Nxb3 19. cxb3 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 b4
21. Bd2 Nd6 22. Ne1 Ne4 23. Nd3 Bd6 24. Be1 Rc7 25. f3 Nc5 26. Nxc5 Bxc5 27.
Kd3 Bd6 28. h3 f5 29. Bd2 h5 30. Ra4 Rb7 31. h4 Kf6 32. Ra6 Be5 33. Ra4 Bxb2
34. Rxb4 Ra7 35. Ra4 Rc7 36. Ra2 Be5 37. f4 Bd6 38. Bc3+ Kf7 39. b4 Rb7 40. Ra4
g6 41. Kc2 Ke7 42. Kb3 Kd7 43. Bd4 Kc6 44. Ra6+ Kd7 45. Bc3 Be7 46. Ra8 Bxh4
47. Rg8 Bf2 48. Bd4 h4 49. Rg7+ Kc6 50. Rxg6 Re7 51. Bc5 Re8 52. Ka4 Be1 53.
Bd4 Ra8+ 54. Kb3 Rb8 55. Rxe6+ Kd7 56. Rb6 Rxb6 57. Bxb6 Kc6 58. Bc5 Kb5 59.
Be7 Bd2 60. Bc5 Be1 61. Kc2 Bxb4 62. Bxb4 Kxb4 63. Kd3 Kc5 64. Kc3 Kc6 65. Kd4
Kd6 66. Kd3 Kc5 67. Kc3 Kc6 68. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch blitz"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2017.12.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Zorko, Jure"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2017.12.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. Nbd2 Ba7 7. Bb3 O-O 8. Nc4
d6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Nxg5 hxg5 12. Bxg5 Kg7 13. Qf3 Rh8 14. h4 Rh6 15.
Bxh6+ Kxh6 16. Ne3 Bxe3 17. Qxe3+ Kg7 18. Qg5+ Kf8 19. h5 Ng8 20. Qxd8+ Nxd8
21. h6 Nxh6 22. Rxh6 Kg7 23. Rh4 Ne6 24. Bxe6 Bxe6 25. Ke2 1-0

[Event "EU-ch blitz"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2017.12.15"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Dvirnyy, Danyyil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2017.12.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bf4 d5 11. Qe3 Bb4 12. a3 Ba5 13. Be2 O-O 14. exd5
cxd5 15. h4 Qb6 16. b4 Qxe3+ 17. Bxe3 Bc7 18. g4 Be5 19. Na4 Nd7 20. f4 Bc7 21.
g5 Bb7 22. Rhg1 hxg5 23. hxg5 Bc6 24. Nc3 Rfc8 25. Rg4 Bb6 26. Bxb6 Nxb6 27.
Rh4 Kf8 28. Kb2 Ke7 29. Rh7 g6 30. Bd3 Kf8 31. Kb3 a5 32. Rh8+ Ke7 33. Rxc8 a4+
34. Kb2 Rxc8 35. Ne2 Bd7 36. Nd4 Rh8 37. Kc3 Rh4 38. Rf1 Kd6 39. Rf2 Rh1 40.
Nf3 Ra1 41. Kb2 Rh1 42. Ne5 Be8 43. Kc3 Ra1 44. Kb2 Rh1 45. Rf1 Rh4 46. Kc3 Rh2
47. Kd4 Rh4 48. Ke3 d4+ 49. Kxd4 Nd5 50. Nc4+ Ke7 51. Ke5 f6+ 52. gxf6+ Nxf6
53. Kd4 Nd5 54. Kc5 Nxf4 55. Ne5 Nd5 56. Bxg6 Nc3 57. Bxe8 Kxe8 58. b5 Rh5 59.
Re1 Nd5 60. c4 Nf6 61. Kc6 Rh7 62. b6 Kd8 63. b7 Rc7+ 64. Kb6 1-0

[Event "EU-ch blitz"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2017.12.15"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Dvirnyy, Danyyil"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "226"]
[EventDate "2017.12.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bh4 c5 9. dxc5 Be6 10. a3 Bxc5 11. Rd1 Bb6 12. e4 g5 13. Nxg5 hxg5 14. Bxg5
Nbd7 15. exd5 Bg4 16. Be2 Bxe2 17. Nxe2 Bxf2+ 18. Kf1 Qb6 19. Qf5 Bc5 20. Bh6
Nh7 21. Bxf8 Ndxf8 22. h4 Qxb2 23. Rh3 Re8 24. Rg3+ Kh8 25. Re1 Qf6 26. Rf3
Qxf5 27. Rxf5 Kg7 28. Rb1 b6 29. Rb3 Nd7 30. Rg3+ Kf8 31. Rgf3 Re7 32. Nf4 Nhf6
33. g4 Kg8 34. Kg2 Ne4 35. Nh5 Nd6 36. Rg5+ Kf8 37. Nf4 Re1 38. h5 Ne4 39. Rf5
Kg7 40. g5 Nd6 41. h6+ Kg8 42. Nd3 Nxf5 43. Rxf5 Re2+ 44. Kf1 Re7 45. a4 Bd6
46. Rf2 Kh7 47. Rc2 Nc5 48. Nb4 Kg6 49. Nc6 Re4 50. Nxa7 Rxa4 51. Nc8 Bf4 52.
Nxb6 Ra1+ 53. Ke2 Rc1 54. Ra2 Bxg5 55. d6 Kxh6 56. d7 Ne6 57. Nd5 Rc5 58. Nb4
Kg7 59. Ra8 Bd8 60. Ke3 Kf6 61. Kd3 Ke7 62. Ra7 Bc7 63. Ke3 Kxd7 64. Na6 Rc1
65. Kd2 Rc4 66. Kd3 Rc6 67. Nb8+ Kd6 68. Nxc6 Kxc6 69. Ra6+ Kd7 70. Ke3 Ke7 71.
Rc6 Kf6 72. Ke4 Bh2 73. Rb6 Kg5 74. Rb2 Bc7 75. Rg2+ Kf6 76. Rf2+ Kg6 77. Kd5
Ng5 78. Rc2 Bg3 79. Rg2 Bf4 80. Rf2 Kf5 81. Rf1 f6 82. Kd4 Nf7 83. Kd3 Ne5+ 84.
Ke2 Kg5 85. Rg1+ Kf5 86. Rf1 Ke4 87. Ra1 Bg5 88. Ra4+ Kd5 89. Ra5+ Ke6 90. Ra6+
Kf5 91. Ra4 Kg6 92. Ra6 Kh5 93. Ra5 Kg4 94. Rb5 Bf4 95. Rb8 f5 96. Re8 Nf3 97.
Rg8+ Ng5 98. Rf8 Bg3 99. Rg8 Kf4 100. Ra8 Ne4 101. Ra3 Bh4 102. Rf3+ Kg4 103.
Re3 Ng3+ 104. Kf2 f4 105. Ra3 Be7 106. Rb3 Ne4+ 107. Kg2 Ng5 108. Rb7 f3+ 109.
Kf1 Bc5 110. Rb5 Ne4 111. Rb2 Kg3 112. Rc2 Be3 113. Ke1 Nd2 0-1

[Event "EU-ch blitz"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2017.12.15"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Moranda, Wojciech"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2017.12.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Ne4 7. Bd2 Nxd2 8.
Qxd2 cxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. O-O Ne5 11. b3 a6 12. a3 Be7 13. Nf3 Qc7 14. Rfd1
Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 Rd8 16. a4 d6 17. Ra2 Bd7 18. a5 Bc6 19. Bg2 Rac8 20. Na4 Bxg2
21. Kxg2 Qc6+ 22. f3 h6 23. Nb6 Rc7 24. Qe3 Bg5 25. Qd3 Qc5 26. e4 Bf6 27. Qd2
g5 28. b4 Qc6 29. h3 Kg7 30. Rc2 Be5 31. Qe3 Bf6 32. Rcd2 Be7 33. e5 Kg8 34.
Qe4 Bf8 35. Qxc6 Rxc6 36. exd6 Rcxd6 37. Rxd6 Rxd6 38. Rxd6 Bxd6 39. c5 Bc7 40.
Nd7 f5 41. g4 Kf7 42. Kf1 Ke7 43. Nb6 Be5 44. Na4 Kd7 45. Ke2 Kc6 46. Kd3 Kb5
47. Nb6 Kxb4 48. Nd7 Bg7 49. c6 bxc6 50. Nb8 Kb5 0-1

[Event "EU-ch blitz"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2017.12.15"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Moranda, Wojciech"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.12.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. g4
h6 9. f4 g5 10. f5 Ne5 11. h4 gxh4 12. g5 hxg5 13. Bxg5 Be7 14. Qd2 b5 15. a3
Nh5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Bxh5 Rxh5 18. O-O-O Bb7 19. Qf4 O-O-O 20. f6 Qc7 21. Rh3
Qb6 22. Kb1 Kb8 23. b3 Rg8 24. Kb2 Rg4 25. Qd2 Bxe4 26. Nce2 Bg2 27. Rc3 h3 28.
Nf4 Rh8 29. Qe3 Kb7 30. Nxg2 hxg2 31. Qf2 Rh1 0-1

[Event "EU-ch blitz"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2017.12.15"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2017.12.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8.
Ng3 g6 9. b3 Bg7 10. Ba3 Bf8 11. Bb2 Bg7 12. Qe2 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 c6 14. Rfe1 O-O
15. a3 a5 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. c4 Rad8 18. Bc2 b6 19. Nf1 Ne8 20. Bc1 c5 21. Bf4
Qc8 22. d5 e5 23. Bg5 f6 24. Bc1 Nd6 25. h4 f5 26. h5 Rde8 27. Qh3 Qd8 28. f3
Rf7 29. g4 fxg4 30. fxg4 e4 31. Nh2 a4 32. Kh1 axb3 33. Bxb3 Ne5 34. Rf1 Ref8
35. g5 Nd3 36. hxg6 hxg6 37. Qe6 Qd7 38. Qxd7 Rxd7 39. Ng4 Nf5 40. Kg2 Bd4 41.
Rh1 Nxc1 42. Rxc1 Ne3+ 43. Nxe3 Bxe3 44. Rhf1 Bxc1 0-1

[Event "EU-ch blitz"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2017.12.15"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2017.12.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Qb6 5. dxc5 Qxb2 6. Nbd2 Qc3 7. Bb5+ Nc6 8.
O-O Qxc5 9. c4 dxc4 10. a4 Nd5 11. Ne4 1-0

[Event "EU-ch blitz"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2017.12.15"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Wiewiora, Eneasz"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2017.12.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. e5 dxe5 8. dxe5
Nd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Qe2 Bg4 11. Be4 Qa5+ 12. c3 Nd4 13. Qf2 Bxf3 14. Qxd4 Rad8
15. Qe3 Rd1+ 16. Kf2 Rxh1 17. Bxf3 c6 18. c4 Rd8 19. b3 e6 20. a4 Bf8 21. Ra2
Bc5 0-1

[Event "EU-ch blitz"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2017.12.15"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Wiewiora, Eneasz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2017.12.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nge2 Be7 5. g3 c6 6. Bg2 b5 7. a3 O-O 8. h3 a5
9. Be3 Ba6 10. f4 Nbd7 11. O-O b4 12. Na4 Qc7 13. Rf2 Rfe8 14. g4 Bb5 15. b3
exd4 16. Nxd4 Bf8 17. axb4 axb4 18. e5 Bxa4 19. bxa4 dxe5 20. Nxc6 e4 21. Ne5
Nxe5 22. fxe5 Qxe5 23. Qd4 Bd6 24. Rf5 Qh2+ 25. Kf1 Be5 26. Qd1 Bxa1 27. Bf4 e3
28. Bxh2 e2+ 29. Qxe2 Rxe2 30. Kxe2 Rxa4 31. g5 Nh5 32. Rb5 g6 33. Bd5 Ra7 34.
Rxb4 Re7+ 35. Kd3 Kg7 36. c4 Be5 37. Bxe5+ Rxe5 38. h4 Re1 39. Rb7 Nf4+ 40. Kd4
Rd1+ 41. Ke5 Nd3+ 42. Kd6 Rf1 43. c5 Nxc5 44. Kxc5 h6 45. Kd6 hxg5 46. hxg5 Rf5
47. Rxf7+ Rxf7 48. Bxf7 Kxf7 49. Kd7 Kf8 50. Ke6 Ke8 51. Kf6 Kf8 52. Kxg6 Kg8
53. Kf6 Kf8 54. g6 Kg8 55. g7 1-0

[Event "EU-ch blitz"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2017.12.15"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Sammalvuo, Tapani"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.12.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Nbd2 h6 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
d5 9. Qe2 Be6 10. g4 dxe4 11. dxe4 Bxb3 12. axb3 Nd7 13. b4 Be7 14. Nc4 Bf6 15.
h4 b5 16. Ne3 a6 17. g5 Be7 18. gxh6 g6 19. h5 Kh7 20. hxg6+ fxg6 21. Nd5 Bf6
22. Be3 Nb6 23. Bxb6 cxb6 24. Rd1 Ra7 25. Qe3 Rd7 26. Ke2 Kh8 27. Nxf6 Rxd1 28.
Rxd1 Qxf6 29. Ng5 a5 30. bxa5 Nxa5 31. Rd7 Nc4 32. Rh7+ Kg8 33. Rg7+ Kh8 34.
Qf3 Qd8 35. Qxf8+ Qxf8 36. Nf7+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch blitz"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2017.12.15"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Sammalvuo, Tapani"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2017.12.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 c5 5. Bxf6 exf6 6. cxd5 Qb6 7. e3 Qxb2 8.
Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Nxd7 10. Nge2 cxd4 11. Rb1 Qa3 12. Qxd4 Qa6 13. Nb5 Qa5+ 14.
Nec3 a6 15. Qe4+ Kd8 16. O-O axb5 17. Nxb5 Qa4 18. Nd4 Nc5 19. Qf4 Qa6 20. Nc6+
bxc6 21. Qxf6+ Ke8 22. Qe5+ Ne6 23. dxe6 Rg8 24. Rb8+ Rxb8 25. Qxb8+ Ke7 26.
exf7 Kxf7 27. Rd1 Be7 28. Qf4+ Ke8 29. Qb8+ Kf7 30. Qf4+ Kg7 31. Qe5+ Kf7 32.
Qf4+ Ke8 33. Qb8+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch blitz"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2017.12.15"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Tomczak, Jacek"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.12.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Qd2 O-O 6. O-O-O Nc6 7. Nge2 e5 8.
d5 Ne7 9. f3 a6 10. g4 b5 11. Ng3 Ne8 12. h4 f6 13. Bh6 b4 14. Nce2 a5 15. Bh3
Bd7 16. Rdg1 Rf7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. f4 c6 19. f5 Kh8 20. fxg6 Nxg6 21. g5 cxd5
22. Bxd7 Qxd7 23. h5 Nf4 24. g6 Rg7 25. Nxf4 exf4 26. Qxf4 Qe6 27. exd5 Qe5 28.
Qxe5 fxe5 29. Nf5 Rg8 30. Rg3 Ra7 31. Rhg1 Ng7 32. Nxd6 Nxh5 33. Nf7+ Kg7 34.
gxh7+ Kxh7 35. Rxg8 Rxf7 36. R8g5 Kh6 37. Rxe5 Nf4 38. Kd2 1-0

[Event "EU-ch blitz"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2017.12.15"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Tomczak, Jacek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2017.12.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Ne2 Qb6 8. c3 f6
9. a3 O-O 10. h4 Nc6 11. Rh3 Na5 12. b4 cxb4 13. axb4 Nc4 14. Ng3 Qc7 15. Bd3
fxe5 16. fxe5 Ncxe5 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Ng5+ Kg8 20. Qc2 g6 21. h5
Qc4 22. Ne2 d4 23. Qe4 d3 24. Qxe5 dxe2 25. Rf3 Rxf3 26. Nxf3 Qd5 27. Qxd5 exd5
28. hxg6 Kg7 29. Kxe2 Kxg6 30. Be3 a6 31. Ne5+ Kf5 32. Bd4 Bf6 33. Rf1+ Ke6 34.
Nc6 Bxd4 35. Nxd4+ Ke7 36. Ke3 Bd7 37. Rh1 Rg8 38. Kf2 Rf8+ 39. Ke3 Rg8 40.
Rh7+ Kd6 41. Rh6+ Ke7 42. Rb6 Bc8 43. Kf3 Rf8+ 44. Ke3 Rg8 45. Kf2 Rf8+ 46. Nf3
Rf4 47. Ke3 Rc4 48. Kd2 Rg4 49. Ne1 Kd7 50. Rf6 Kc7 51. Rf2 Bd7 52. Nc2 Be8 53.
Ne3 Rg5 54. Rf5 Rxf5 55. Nxf5 b6 56. g4 Kd7 57. Nd4 Kd6 58. Ke3 a5 59. Kf4 a4
60. Nc2 Bg6 61. Na3 Bd3 62. Ke3 Bf1 63. Kd4 Ke6 64. g5 Bg2 65. c4 dxc4 66. Nxc4
b5 67. Na3 Bf1 68. Ke4 Kf7 69. Kf5 Bd3+ 70. Ke5 Kg6 71. Kd4 Bf1 72. Kc3 Kxg5
73. Kb2 Kf4 74. Nxb5 Bxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch rapid"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2017.12.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Luscenkovs, Artjoms"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "1772"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2017.12.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Qc7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Qe2 d6 8. f4
Nbd7 9. g4 Nc5 10. g5 Nxd3+ 11. cxd3 Nd7 12. Be3 Be7 13. Rc1 Qa5 14. h4 O-O 15.
a3 Qd8 16. O-O Nb8 17. f5 exf5 18. exf5 Re8 19. f6 Bf8 20. fxg7 Bxg7 21. Qf3
Rf8 22. Nd5 Nd7 23. Nf5 Ne5 24. Qe4 Bxf5 25. Qxf5 Rc8 26. Rxc8 Qxc8 27. Ne7+
1-0

[Event "EU-ch rapid"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2017.12.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Smieszek, Wojciech"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2185"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.12.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. f3 c6 6. Qd2 b5 7. h4 h5 8. Nh3 Bxh3
9. Rxh3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Ne2 e5 12. d5 cxd5 13. Bxb5 d4 14. Bg5 Qb6 15.
Bxd7 Qxb2 16. Rc1 Nxd7 17. g4 hxg4 18. fxg4 Nc5 19. Ng3 Ne6 20. h5 Rfc8 21. h6
Bh8 22. h7+ Kf8 23. Bh6+ Ke8 24. Ne2 Qb7 25. Ng3 Rc3 26. Qe2 Rac8 27. Kd1 Nf4
28. Bxf4 exf4 29. Nf5 gxf5 30. exf5+ Re3 31. Rxe3+ dxe3 0-1

[Event "EU-ch rapid"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2017.12.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Stauskas, Lukas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2349"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2017.12.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Be2 Be7 8. Qd2
b5 9. Bf3 b4 10. Na4 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nf5 Bb7 13. Nxg7+ Kf8 14. Bh6 Kg8 15.
Nh5 f6 16. Nf4 Qa5 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Nb6 1-0

[Event "EU-ch rapid"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2017.12.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Licznerski, Lukasz"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2267"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2017.12.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 O-O 6. h3 Nxe4 7. Nxe4 d5 8. Bd3
dxe4 9. Bxe4 c5 10. dxc5 Qa5+ 11. c3 Qxc5 12. O-O Nd7 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Nd4 a6
15. Qe2 Nf6 16. Bc2 b6 17. Nf3 Bb7 18. Bd4 e6 19. Rfd1 Rfd8 20. Be5 Qc6 21.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Rd1 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 Nd7 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Qd4+ e5 26. Qh4 Nf6 27.
Qg3 e4 28. Nd4 Qc5 29. Qb8 Bd5 30. Bb3 Bxb3 31. axb3 a5 32. Qd8 h5 33. Kh1 Qg5
34. Ne2 Qb5 35. Qd1 Qd3 36. Qe1 Qc2 37. Nd4 Qxb2 38. Qe3 Qb1+ 39. Kh2 Qd3 40.
Nf5+ gxf5 41. Qg5+ Kf8 42. Qxf6 Qd5 43. Qxb6 Qe5+ 44. Kh1 f4 45. Qd8+ Kg7 46.
Qd2 e3 47. Qe2 Kg6 48. c4 f5 49. Kg1 Qa1+ 50. Kh2 Qd4 51. fxe3 fxe3 52. Qf3 h4
53. Qc6+ Kg5 54. Qe6 Kf4 55. Qe7 Qe4 56. Qxh4+ Ke5 57. Qh8+ Kd6 58. Qd8+ Kc5
59. Qxa5+ Kd4 60. Qa1+ Kd3 61. Qd1+ Kc3 62. c5 e2 63. Qe1+ Kd3 64. b4 Qe5+ 65.
Kh1 Qc3 66. Qg3+ Kc4 67. Qf4+ Kb3 0-1

[Event "EU-ch rapid"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2017.12.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Castellanos Rodriguez, Renier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2017.12.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Qg4 g6 8. Qe2
d6 9. Be3 Nc6 10. N1d2 Nf6 11. f4 Nb4 12. g4 O-O 13. a3 Nxd3+ 14. cxd3 b5 15.
Rg1 Bb7 16. h4 e5 17. f5 d5 18. Nc5 Bc6 19. Rc1 Rc8 20. b4 a5 21. h5 axb4 22.
axb4 dxe4 23. dxe4 gxf5 24. gxf5+ Kh8 25. Kf2 Qd6 26. Rcd1 Rg8 27. Nf3 Qc7 28.
Nd2 Rcd8 29. Rxg8+ Rxg8 30. Rg1 Qd8 31. h6 Rxg1 32. Kxg1 Qg8+ 33. Kf1 Qg4 34.
Qf3 Qh4 35. Ke2 Bxc5 36. Bxc5 Nxe4 37. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 38. Qxe4 Bxe4 39. f6 Bd5 40.
Ke3 Kg8 41. Bd6 Bc4 42. Ke4 Bf1 43. Kxe5 Bc4 44. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch rapid"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2017.12.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2017.12.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e5 4. Bxc4 Nc6 5. d5 Na5 6. Be2 c6 7. e4 Nf6 8. Nc3
Bb4 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Nf3 cxd5 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Qxd5 Bg4 13. Qxe5 Qxe5 14. Nxe5
Bxe2 15. Kxe2 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Rfe8 17. Nf3 Rxe4+ 18. Kd3 Ra4 19. Rhe1 Rd8+ 20.
Kc2 Kf8 21. Nd2 Nc6 22. Re2 Rd5 23. Kb2 g6 24. Nb3 Ne5 25. Rb1 Nd3+ 26. Ka1 Nf4
27. Rc2 Nxg2 28. c4 Re5 29. c5 Nf4 30. Nc1 Ne6 31. Rxb7 Rxc5 32. Rxc5 Nxc5 33.
Rc7 Ne6 34. Rb7 Kg7 35. Kb2 Kf6 36. Nd3 Rd4 37. Nb4 a5 38. Nc6 Rd2+ 39. Kb1
Rxf2 40. Nxa5 Rxh2 41. Nc4 Nc5 42. Rb6+ Kg7 43. Rc6 Na4 44. Nd6 Rb2+ 45. Ka1
Rb6 46. Ne8+ Kf8 47. Rc8 Ke7 48. Ng7 h5 49. Rc4 Ra6 50. Re4+ Kf8 51. Ne8 Nc3
0-1

[Event "EU-ch rapid"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2017.12.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.12.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
Be6 9. Qd2 h5 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 h4 13. c4 Nh5 14. O-O-O a5 15.
Kb1 a4 16. Na1 a3 17. b4 O-O 18. Nb3 Nf4 19. Bf1 Nb6 20. g3 Ng6 21. c5 Na4 22.
Rc1 f5 23. Bb5 f4 24. gxf4 exf4 25. Bf2 Ne5 26. c6 bxc6 27. dxc6 Kh8 28. c7 Qc8
29. Qd5 Bf6 30. Rc2 Nb2 31. Rhc1 Qh3 32. Ba6 Rxa6 33. c8=Q Rxc8 34. Rxc8+ Kh7
35. Qg8+ Kg6 36. Rg1+ Kf5 37. Nd4# 1-0

[Event "EU-ch rapid"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2017.12.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ragger, Markus"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2017.12.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 Nc6 4. c3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 e5 8. h3
Re8 9. d5 Nb8 10. c4 a5 11. Nc3 Na6 12. a3 Bd7 13. Bc2 Nh5 14. Rb1 Nf4 15. b4
axb4 16. axb4 Qf6 17. Be3 g5 18. Nh2 Bf8 19. Ba4 Bxa4 20. Nxa4 Qg6 21. Nc3 Be7
22. Nf1 f5 23. Ng3 fxe4 24. Ncxe4 Nb8 25. Qg4 Rf8 26. Bxf4 gxf4 27. Ne2 Qxg4
28. hxg4 Nd7 29. N2c3 Rfc8 30. Ra1 Kf7 31. Kf1 c6 32. Rxa8 Rxa8 33. Rd1 Rc8 34.
dxc6 Rxc6 35. c5 Ke6 36. b5 Rxc5 37. Nxc5+ Nxc5 38. Ke2 h6 39. Kf3 Nb3 40. Nd5
Bd8 41. b6 Nc5 42. g3 fxg3 43. Kxg3 Bg5 44. f4 exf4+ 45. Nxf4+ Kd7 46. Nd5 Kc6
47. Kf3 Nb3 48. Nb4+ Kxb6 49. Ke4 Kc5 50. Nd3+ Kc4 51. Nb2+ Kc3 52. Na4+ Kb4
53. Nb2 Nd2+ 54. Kd5 Kb3 55. Nd3 Kc2 56. Nf2 Be3 57. Rh1 Bxf2 58. Rxh6 Be3 59.
Rxd6 b5 60. g5 Bxg5 61. Rb6 Nb1 62. Rxb5 Nc3+ 63. Kc4 Nxb5 64. Kxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch rapid"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2017.12.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2017.12.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 h5 8. Bc4
Be7 9. a4 Nc6 10. O-O d5 11. exd5 exd5 12. Ba2 O-O 13. Qd2 Be6 14. Nce2 Nxd4
15. Bxd4 Rc8 16. c3 Bc5 17. Kh1 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Qc7 19. Nf4 Qc5 20. Qe5 Rfe8 21.
Nxh5 Nxh5 22. Qxh5 Qb6 23. Bxd5 Rc5 24. c4 Bxd5 25. cxd5 Qxb2 26. Rad1 Qe2 27.
Qg5 Qe5 28. Qxe5 Rxe5 29. d6 Re8 30. Rd4 f6 31. h4 Kf7 32. Rb1 b5 33. axb5 axb5
34. Kh2 Rd8 35. Kg3 Rd7 36. Rbd1 Rc6 37. h5 Rb6 38. Kf4 b4 39. Rb1 b3 40. Rd3
b2 41. Rd2 Rbxd6 42. Rxd6 Rxd6 43. Rxb2 Rd4+ 44. Ke3 Rd5 45. g4 Kg8 46. f4 Kh7
47. Rb6 Ra5 48. Rd6 Ra1 49. Ke4 Re1+ 50. Kf5 Rf1 51. Rd8 Ra1 52. Rd5 Ra2 53.
Ke6 Ra6+ 54. Rd6 Ra4 55. Kf5 Ra5+ 56. Ke4 Ra4+ 57. Rd4 Ra5 58. Rd5 Ra4+ 59. Kf5
Ra1 60. g5 fxg5 61. fxg5 Rf1+ 62. Ke6 Ra1 63. Rd8 Re1+ 64. Kf5 Rf1+ 65. Ke5
Re1+ 66. Kf4 Rf1+ 67. Ke3 Re1+ 68. Kf3 Rf1+ 69. Kg2 Rf5 70. g6+ Kh6 71. Rh8+
Kg5 72. Rh7 Ra5 73. Kf3 Ra3+ 74. Ke4 Rh3 75. Rxg7 Rxh5 76. Ke5 Rh6 77. Ke6
Rxg6+ 78. Rxg6+ Kxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch rapid"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2017.12.17"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Saric, Ivan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2017.12.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. h3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 e5 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qd2 Re8 10. Rad1 b5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. a4 a6 13. Ne2 Qe7 14. Ng3 Bb7 15.
a5 c5 16. c4 b4 17. Bh6 Nb8 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Bc2 Ng8 20. Qe3 Bc6 21. Rd2 Ra7
22. Rfd1 Rd7 23. Rd5 Bxd5 24. exd5 Nf6 25. Ba4 Rc8 26. Nxe5 Rdd8 27. Qg5 Kf8
28. Re1 Qd6 29. Re3 Re8 30. Bxe8 Rxe8 31. Qh6+ Kg8 32. Nf5 Qf8 33. Qg5 Nbd7 34.
Nh6+ Kg7 35. Nhxf7 Nxe5 36. Nxe5 Qd6 37. Ng4 Rxe3 38. Qxe3 Nd7 39. Qh6+ Kg8 40.
Qg5 Qf8 41. h4 b3 42. h5 Qe8 43. hxg6 hxg6 44. Nf6+ Nxf6 45. Qxf6 Kh7 46. d6
Qe1+ 47. Kh2 Qd2 48. Qf7+ Kh6 49. d7 1-0

[Event "EU-ch rapid"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2017.12.17"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Jaracz, Pawel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2017.12.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qf3 d6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. Qg3 Nf6 10. f3 Rc8 11. Kb1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 e5 13. Be3 Be6 14. Qf2 h5
15. Bd3 Be7 16. h3 Qc6 17. g4 g6 18. Rhe1 hxg4 19. hxg4 Kf8 20. g5 Nh5 21. Nd5
Bxd5 22. exd5 Qa4 23. c4 Kg8 24. Rc1 Bf8 25. Rh1 Bg7 26. Qc2 Qd7 27. Be4 Nf4
28. Rxh8+ Bxh8 29. b4 a5 30. bxa5 Qd8 31. Qb2 Qxa5 32. Bb6 Qa4 33. Qb5 Qa3 34.
c5 Nh3 35. Qb3 Qa6 36. cxd6 Rxc1+ 37. Kxc1 Qf1+ 38. Kb2 Qe2+ 39. Kc3 Qe1+ 40.
Kc4 Nxg5 41. d7 Bf6 42. d8=Q+ Bxd8 43. Bxd8 Nxe4 44. fxe4 Qxe4+ 45. Kc5 Qd4+
46. Kd6 e4 47. Bb6 Qf6+ 48. Kd7 Qe5 49. d6 Kf8 50. Kc7 f5 51. Qc4 e3 52. Qd4
Qe6 53. d7 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mchedlishvili, Mikheil"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D29"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. Qe2 a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Nc6 9. e4 b5 10. Bb3 Nd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. Nc3 Bb7 13. Be3 Qe5 14. f3 Rc8
15. Rad1 Bxe3+ 16. Qxe3 Qc5 17. Kf2 Qxe3+ 18. Kxe3 Ke7 19. Ne2 Nd7 20. Rc1 Ne5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Malakhatko, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qf3 Ne5 8.
Qg3 h5 9. O-O-O h4 10. Qh3 b5 11. Kb1 Bb7 12. f4 Nc4 13. Bc1 Rc8 14. Bd3 Bb4
15. Nde2 Ne7 16. Rhf1 Ba5 17. b3 Nd6 18. e5 Ndf5 19. Bb2 Bb6 20. Bc1 Nd4 21.
Nxd4 Bxd4 22. Ne4 Bxe4 23. Bxe4 Bc5 24. g4 a5 25. Qd3 Rb8 26. Bb2 Nc6 27. Rd2
Nb4 28. Qc3 Bb6 29. Qxc7 Bxc7 30. Rfd1 Rd8 31. a3 Na6 32. Bd3 Bb6 33. Bxb5 Nc7
34. Bxd7+ Ke7 35. f5 Be3 36. Rd3 Bg5 37. a4 Nd5 38. Bc6 Nb4 39. f6+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Li, Chao B"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D29"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Qe2 b5 8. Bb3
Bb7 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. a4 b4 11. Nbd2 Be7 12. Nc4 O-O 13. Bd2 Bd5 14. Rac1 Qc7 15.
Be1 Rac8 16. Ncd2 Qb7 17. Bc4 Bxc4 18. Nxc4 Rfd8 19. Na5 Qb6 20. Nc4 Qb7 21.
Na5 Qb6 22. Nc4 Qb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Rakhmanov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B29"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bc4 Nb6 7. Be2 Nc6 8.
d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 e5 10. Ndb5 a6 11. Nd6+ Bxd6 12. Qxd6 Bf5 13. Qxd8+ Rxd8 14.
Be3 Nd4 15. O-O-O Nxe2+ 16. Nxe2 Rc8 17. Nc3 Na4 18. Rd5 Nxc3 19. Rxe5+ Be6 20.
bxc3 Rxc3 21. Kb2 Rc4 22. Rc5 Rxc5 23. Bxc5 h5 24. h4 Rh6 25. Re1 Kd7 26. g3
Rh8 27. a3 Rc8 28. Bb4 b6 29. Re5 g6 30. Re3 a5 31. Rd3+ Ke8 32. Bc3 Rd8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D22"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 b5 5. a4 Bb7 6. b3 Nf6 7. axb5 axb5 8. Rxa8
Bxa8 9. bxc4 bxc4 10. Bxc4 e6 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Nbd2 Be7 13. Qb3 O-O 14. Ba3 c5
15. Rc1 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Bxa3 18. Qxa3 Qa8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 Bg6 7. Bd2 Nh6 8. c4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nb6 10. Be2 Nd5 11. O-O a5 12. Rc1 Qb6 13. Bxh6 gxh6 14. Nfd2 a4
15. Nc4 Qa7 16. Nc5 b6 17. Nd3 b5 18. Nd6+ Bxd6 19. exd6 Qxd4 20. Rxc6 O-O 21.
Qd2 Rac8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Qa5 Nf6 24. Qxb5 Qxd6 25. Rd1 a3 26. Ne5 Nd5 27. Nc4
Qf4 28. g3 Rb8 29. gxf4 Rxb5 30. Rd2 Nxf4 31. b3 Rg5+ 32. Kf1 Bf5 33. f3 Bh3+
34. Kf2 Rg2+ 35. Ke3 Nd5+ 36. Kd4 Rxh2 37. Nxa3 Bf1 38. Nc4 Rxe2 39. a4 h5 40.
Rd1 Bg2 41. Ra1 h4 42. a5 h3 43. a6 Nc7 44. a7 Bxf3 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 c6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. O-O
b6 9. a4 Ba6 10. b3 O-O 11. a5 c5 12. Rd1 Qc8 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Nbd2
Rd8 16. e3 b5 17. Ne5 Qc7 18. cxd5 exd5 19. b4 c4 20. Nd3 Bb7 21. Nc5 Bxc5 22.
dxc5 d4 23. exd4 Rxd4 24. Nf3 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Re8 26. Qf5 Be4 27. Qf4 Qxf4 28.
gxf4 Nd5 29. Nd4 Bxg2 30. Kxg2 Nxb4 31. Rb1 Nd3 32. Rxb5 a6 33. Rb6 Nxc5 34.
Rc6 Nd3 35. Rxa6 Nxf4+ 36. Kf3 Nd3 37. Ra7 c3 38. Rc7 Ra8 39. Rxc3 Ne5+ 40. Ke4
Rxa5 41. Nb3 Rb5 42. Nd4 Ra5 43. Nb3 Rb5 44. Nd4 Ra5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Miton, Kamil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. c3 Bxe4 8.
Bxe4 c6 9. Qe2 Ngf6 10. Bc2 Bd6 11. Bg5 Qc7 12. g3 O-O 13. O-O h6 14. Bd2 c5
15. Rad1 Rfe8 16. Rfe1 a6 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Bf4 e5 19. Bc1 Ng4 20. Rf1 Ndf6 21.
Nd2 e4 22. Nc4 b5 23. Ne3 Bxe3 24. Bxe3 Nxe3 25. Qxe3 Red8 26. Bxe4 Rxd1 27.
Rxd1 Re8 28. Rd4 a5 29. Qd3 b4 30. Bf3 bxc3 31. bxc3 Rc8 32. Kg2 Qc5 33. c4 g6
34. Rf4 Qe5 35. Qd4 Qxd4 36. Rxd4 Kf8 37. Kf1 Ke7 38. Ke2 Nd7 39. Ke3 Rb8 40.
Rd2 Rb4 41. Kd4 Kd6 42. Bd5 f6 43. Kc3 Kc7 44. f4 Nc5 45. Re2 Ra4 46. Bf7 g5
47. fxg5 fxg5 48. Bd5 Kd6 49. Kd4 Ra3 50. Rd2 h5 51. Bf7 h4 52. gxh4 gxh4 53.
Bg6 Rf3 54. Bh5 Ra3 55. Bg4 a4 56. Bf5 Rf3 57. Bd3 Ne6+ 58. Ke4 Ng5+ 59. Kd4
Ne6+ 60. Ke4 Ng5+ 61. Kd4 Ne6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Qd2 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. f4 e5 8. dxe5
Nxe4 9. Bxd8 Nxd2 10. Bxc7 Nxf1 11. Kxf1 dxe5 12. Bxe5 Bxe5 13. fxe5 Nc6 14.
Nf3 Bg4 15. Kf2 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nxe5 17. Rhe1 Nc4 18. b3 Na3 19. Rac1 Rac8 20.
Nd5 Rxc2+ 21. Rxc2 Nxc2 22. Nf6+ Kg7 23. Ne8+ Kh8 24. Re7 Nb4 25. Nd6 Nxa2 26.
Nxf7+ Kg7 27. Nd6+ Kf6 28. Rxb7 Ke6 29. Rxa7 Nc1 30. Ne4 Nxb3 31. Ke3 Rd8 32.
Rg7 g5 33. Rg6+ Ke5 34. Rxh6 Nd4 35. Rg6 Nf5+ 36. Kf2 Rh8 37. Rxg5 Rxh2+ 38.
Kg1 Rc2 39. Ng3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. h4 Qc7 8. h5
h6 9. Bd3 b6 10. Qg4 cxd4 11. Ne2 Qxe5 12. cxd4 Qf6 13. Bf4 Nbc6 14. Qg3 Nf5
15. Bxf5 exf5 16. Nc3 O-O 17. Nxd5 Qe6+ 18. Ne3 Nxd4 19. Be5 Nxc2+ 20. Nxc2 f6
21. O-O fxe5 22. Rfe1 f4 23. Qc3 e4 24. Nd4 Qd5 25. Nc6 Qxh5 26. Rxe4 f3 27.
Ne7+ Kh7 28. Re5 Qg4 29. Qd3+ Rf5 30. Kf1 Ba6 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. e5 Ng4 8. Bxd7+
Qxd7 9. d5 dxe5 10. h3 e4 11. hxg4 exf3 12. Qxf3 Na6 13. Bd2 Nb4 14. O-O-O
O-O-O 15. Ne4 Nxd5 16. Nxc5 Qc6 17. Nd3 Kb8 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. fxe5 Rc8 20. c3 e6
21. Kb1 Rc7 22. g5 b5 23. Rh4 Rhc8 24. Rc1 Qb6 25. a3 a5 26. Qe4 Rc4 27. Qe1
R8c7 28. Re4 Qc6 29. Rh4 Kb7 30. g3 Rxh4 31. gxh4 Qc4 32. Qf1 Ka6 33. Qxc4 bxc4
34. Rf1 Kb5 35. Kc2 Rd7 36. h5 gxh5 37. Rh1 Ne7 38. Rxh5 Ng6 39. Be3 Rd5 40.
Bd4 Nxe5 41. Rxh7 Nd3 42. Bf6 Rf5 43. Rxf7 Rf2+ 44. Kd1 Nxb2+ 45. Ke1 Nd3+ 46.
Kd1 Rg2 47. Rg7 Ka4 48. Rg8 Nf2+ 49. Kc1 Ne4 50. Rc8 Kxa3 51. Be7+ Kb3 52. Kd1
Kxc3 53. Ra8 Kd3 54. Rd8+ Ke3 55. Ra8 Nc3+ 56. Kc1 Kd3 57. Rd8+ Nd5 58. Bf6 c3
59. Kb1 Rg1+ 60. Ka2 c2 61. Bb2 c1=Q 62. Bxc1 Rxc1 63. Rd6 Kc2 64. Rc6+ Nc3+
0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Salem, AR Saleh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5
Be6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qd3 Be7 11. Nd5 Nd7 12. Rd1 Bxd5 13. Qxd5 Qc7 14. c3 Nf6
15. Qd3 O-O 16. O-O Rfd8 17. Bf3 b5 18. Rfe1 g6 19. g3 Bf8 20. Na1 Bh6 21. Nc2
a5 22. Na3 b4 23. Nb5 Qc5 24. a4 bxa3 25. Nxa3 Rab8 26. Re2 a4 27. Qa6 Ra8 28.
Qc4 Qb6 29. Kg2 Kf8 30. Qa2 Qa6 31. Nc2 Qc8 32. Nb4 Qb7 33. Rd3 Kg8 34. Re1 Bf8
35. Bd1 Kg7 36. Nd5 Nxd5 37. Rxd5 Rdb8 38. Re2 Qc6 39. Rd3 Be7 40. Rf3 Rf8 41.
Bc2 Bd8 42. Bd3 Bb6 43. Bc4 Ra7 44. Bd5 Qc5 45. Rd2 f5 46. Qb1 f4 47. Qd3 Rf6
48. Ba2 g5 49. g4 h5 50. h3 hxg4 51. hxg4 Qc8 52. Kf1 Qxg4 53. Ke2 Qc8 54. Rh3
f3+ 55. Rxf3 Qg4 56. Rd1 Bc5 57. Bd5 Ra6 58. Rg1 Qxg1 59. Rxf6 Kxf6 60. Qf3+
Ke7 61. Qf7+ Kd8 62. Qf8+ Kc7 63. Qe7+ Kb6 64. Qd8+ Kb5 65. Qb8+ Rb6 66. Qe8+
Ka5 67. Qa8+ Ra6 68. Qd8+ Bb6 69. Qxd6 Qxf2+ 70. Kd3 Qe3+ 71. Kc2 Qc1+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. h3 Be7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Bd3 c5 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 d6 10. a4 a6 11. c4 Nc6 12. Qb3 d5 13. c5 Nd7 14. Rfc1 a5 15. cxb6
Nxb6 16. Qb5 Rc8 17. Nb3 Bb4 18. Nc5 Ba8 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Ng5+ Kg8 21. Qd3 g6
22. Ngxe6 Qf6 23. Nxf8 Qxf4 24. Nfd7 Nxd7 25. Nxd7 Rd8 26. Qa6 Qd6 27. Nb6 Nxd4
28. Rc8 Bc6 29. Rd1 Bc5 30. Na8 Kg7 31. Nc7 Nf3+ 32. Kf1 Nh2+ 33. Kg1 Qg3 34.
Kh1 Bxf2 35. Rxd8 Nf3 36. Ne8+ Kh6 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Qd3 g6 7. c4 Bg7 8. Nc3
Nf6 9. h3 Nb4 10. Qe2 a6 11. Bxd7+ Nxd7 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nc6 14. Rb1 Qc7
15. Bh6 Rc8 16. Rfd1 f6 17. Nd4 Na5 18. Rb4 Ne5 19. a4 Qd7 20. Qa2 Nf7 21. Be3
O-O 22. Nf3 Nc6 23. Rb2 Qe6 24. Rxb7 Qxe4 25. Rb6 Nb8 26. c5 dxc5 27. Re6 Qb7
28. Qc4 Nc6 29. Qxc5 Nd4 30. Qxe7 Nxf3+ 31. gxf3 Qxf3 32. Rd7 Rb8 33. Bb6 Qxh3
34. Qxf6 Rxb6 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ni, Hua"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O
8. Bd3 Nd7 9. Qe2 Nc5 10. Bc4 d5 11. Bd3 Nxd3+ 12. Qxd3 c5 13. h4 h6 14. O-O-O
Be6 15. Rdg1 Qa5 16. a3 Rfc8 17. Bd2 Qa4 18. g4 Qe4 19. h5 Qxd3 20. cxd3 f6 21.
Nh4 Kf7 22. f4 d4 23. c4 b5 24. b3 bxc4 25. bxc4 Rab8 26. g5 Rb3 27. gxh6 gxh6
28. f5 Bd7 29. Bxh6 Rg8 30. Rxg8 Kxg8 31. Bf4 Rxd3 32. Ng6 Rxa3 33. Nxe7+ Kh7
34. Kb2 Rf3 35. Bd6 Rf2+ 36. Ka1 d3 37. Bxc5 Rc2 38. Rd1 Rxc4 39. Rxd3 Bb5 40.
Ba3 Rh4 41. Rd6 Kg7 42. Bb2 Rxh5 43. Rxf6 Rh1+ 44. Ka2 Bc4+ 45. Ka3 Rh3+ 46.
Kb4 Rb3+ 47. Kxc4 Rxb2 48. Ra6 Rf2 49. Rxa7 Kf6 50. Nd5+ Ke5 51. Re7+ Kd6 52.
Re6+ Kd7 53. Rf6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rakhmanov, Alexander"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nge2 d5 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qc7 10. Ba2 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Bb2 Nc6 13. c4 Rfd8 14. d5 Ne5
15. Nf4 b5 16. d6 Qc6 17. Bxe5 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Tissir, Mohamed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O cxd4 6. Nxd4 Qb6 7. Nf3 Be7 8.
c4 O-O 9. Nc3 a6 10. Na4 Qc7 11. Be3 b5 12. Nb6 Rb8 13. c5 d6 14. cxd6 Bxd6 15.
Nxc8 Rbxc8 16. Rc1 Qe7 17. Qd3 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. b3 Rfd8 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21.
Rd1 h6 22. Bf3 Qa3 23. Qb1 a5 24. Kg2 Qb4 25. Rc1 Rxc1 26. Qxc1 Qc3 27. Qxc3
Bxc3 28. Bc6 Nd5 29. Bc5 Nb4 30. Bxb5 Nxa2 31. Kf3 Bb4 32. Bb6 Nc3 33. Bc6 f5
34. e4 g5 35. exf5 exf5 36. Ke3 Kf7 37. Kd3 Ke6 38. Bd4 Nd1 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. c4 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. O-O
Bb7 9. d4 Na6 10. Nbd2 c5 11. Ne5 Nc7 12. Ndf3 Ne6 13. Bh3 Ne4 14. Nxf7 Kxf7
15. Ne5+ Kf6 16. dxc5 d4 17. c6 Kxe5 18. cxb7 Rb8 19. e3 Kd6 20. Bxd4 N6g5 21.
Bxb6+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Sanal, Vahap"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. Nbd2 a6 7. Bb3 Ba7 8. Nc4
d6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Bg4 11. h3 Be6 12. Ne3 g5 13. Nxg5 hxg5 14. Bxg5 Kg7 15.
Qf3 Rh8 16. h4 Nb8 17. Nf5+ Bxf5 18. Qxf5 Nbd7 19. Rh3 Qe7 20. Rg3 Kf8 21.
O-O-O a5 22. a3 a4 23. Ba2 b5 24. Rh1 c5 25. Rf3 b4 26. Bd5 Rc8 27. Bxf6 Nxf6
28. Qxc8+ Kg7 29. Rg3+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Howell, David"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 a6 5. e3 d6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. h3
Ba7 9. d4 h6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. b3 Be6 13. Ba3 Rd7 14. Rfd1 Rad8
15. Rxd7 Rxd7 16. Rd1 Rxd1+ 17. Nxd1 Nd7 18. Nd2 f5 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Kg2 e4
21. f4 exf3+ 22. Nxf3 Kf7 23. Nd4 Ne5 24. Nxe6 Kxe6 25. Bb2 g6 26. Bxe5 Kxe5
27. Kf3 Bc5 28. Nf2 Bd6 29. Nd3+ Ke6 30. Nc1 h5 31. Ne2 c5 32. h4 Be5 33. Nc1
Bd6 34. Nd3 Kf6 35. Nf2 Ke5 36. Nd3+ Kf6 37. Nf4 Be5 38. Nd5+ Ke6 39. Nf4+ Kf6
40. Nd3 Bd6 41. Nc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. Nbd2 d6 7. Bb3 O-O 8. Nf1
Be6 9. Ng3 h6 10. O-O Ba7 11. Be3 Re8 12. Bxa7 Rxa7 13. Re1 d5 14. exd5 Bxd5
15. d4 Bxb3 16. Qxb3 exd4 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. cxd4 Qe6 19. Qxe6 fxe6 20. Rc1 Ra8
21. Ne2 Nd5 22. g3 Rd8 23. Kg2 a5 24. a3 Kf7 25. Nd2 Nde7 26. Nb3 b6 27. Rc4
Ke8 28. Kf3 Kd7 29. Ke4 Nf5 30. Rc2 g5 31. Nd2 Nd6+ 32. Kd3 Rf8 33. f4 gxf4 34.
Nxf4 e5 35. dxe5 Nxe5+ 36. Ke2 Re8 37. Nf3 Nec4+ 38. Kf2 a4 39. Nd4 Re4 40.
Nde2 Re3 41. Nc3 b5 42. Nxb5 Nxb5 43. Rxc4 Rb3 44. Rxa4 Rxb2+ 45. Kf3 Rxh2 46.
Ra5 Nd4+ 47. Ke4 Nc6 48. Rd5+ Kc8 49. Rc5 Kb7 50. Rh5 Ra2 51. Rxh6 Rxa3 52. Rg6
Ra4+ 53. Kf5 Ne7+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Be7 5. Qb3 O-O 6. Be2 d6 7. d3 Rb8 8. O-O
Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. a3 Re8 11. Qc2 Bf8 12. b4 a6 13. Bb2 h6 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. cxd5
Ne7 16. e4 c6 17. dxc6 Nxc6 18. Qb3 Ne7 19. d4 exd4 20. Nxd4 Bg6 21. Bc4 b5 22.
Bd3 Qd7 23. f4 d5 24. f5 Bh7 25. e5 Nc8 26. Rac1 Nb6 27. e6 Qb7 28. f6 Bxd3 29.
Qxd3 Nc4 30. fxg7 Nxb2 31. gxf8=Q+ Rxf8 32. Qg3+ Kh7 33. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Bukannan, Ahmed A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "1929"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 c6 8. exd6
Bxd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nd2 h6 11. c3 Nd7 12. Re1 N7f6 13. g3 Re8 14. Nc4 Bf8 15.
Qe2 Nb6 16. Ne5 Nfd7 17. Be4 Nxe5 18. dxe5 g6 19. h4 Bg7 20. h5 g5 21. Bc2 f5
22. exf6 Qxf6 23. Qe4 Qf5 24. Be3 Nd5 25. Bd2 Qxe4 26. Bxe4 Bf6 27. Re2 Kg7 28.
Kg2 Nc7 29. Rae1 e5 30. Bc1 Ne6 31. Be3 Nf8 32. Rd2 Rad8 33. Red1 Rxd2 34. Rxd2
a6 35. Bb6 Ne6 36. Kh3 Re7 37. Kg4 Nf8 38. Bf5 Ne6 39. Rd6 Nf8 40. Kf3 Rf7 41.
Ke4 Be7 42. Rd2 Bf6 43. a4 Re7 44. Bd8 Re8 45. Bxf6+ Kxf6 46. Rd6+ Kg7 47. a5
Re7 48. b4 Re8 49. c4 Re7 50. Rd8 Nh7 51. Bxh7 Kxh7 52. Rf8 c5 53. bxc5 Rc7 54.
Kd5 Kg7 55. Rf5 Re7 56. Rxe5 Kf6 57. Rxe7 Kxe7 58. c6 bxc6+ 59. Kxc6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mchedlishvili, Mikheil"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. c3 d6 6. Bd3 e5 7. Ne2 Nc6 8. O-O
Bd7 9. Bb5 a6 10. Ba4 g6 11. f4 exd4 12. cxd4 Bg7 13. Nbc3 b5 14. e5 Qh4 15.
Bb3 O-O 16. Ng3 Na5 17. Nd5 Nxb3 18. axb3 Qd8 19. Ne4 Kh8 20. Rc1 Bf5 21. Ng3
dxe5 22. dxe5 Be6 23. Nxc7 Qxd1 24. Rfxd1 Bxb3 25. Nxa8 Bxd1 26. Rxd1 Rxa8 27.
Rd7 Kg8 28. Ne4 Bf8 29. e6 g5 30. Rxf7 Bg7 31. f5 Bxb2 32. f6 Re8 33. Rg7+ Kh8
34. Re7 Rf8 35. f7 Kg7 36. Rd7 Ba3 37. Kf1 Rb8 38. Nc3 Kf6 39. Ra7 Kxe6 40.
Rxa6+ Kxf7 41. Rxa3 b4 42. Ra7+ Kg6 43. Ra6+ Kf5 44. Ra5+ Kg6 45. Na4 b3 46.
Nb2 Rc8 47. Re5 Rc2 48. Re2 Kf5 49. Kf2 Rc3 50. Nd1 Rc1 51. Ne3+ Ke4 52. Rb2
Rc3 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. d4 Ne4 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 a5 12. Ne5 Nd7 13. Nd3 Bd6 14. e3 Qe7 15.
Re1 Nf6 16. Qc2 Rfe8 17. Rad1 h5 18. f3 Rac8 19. Qf2 Qd7 20. Nf4 Bxf4 21. gxf4
a4 22. Qc2 axb3 23. axb3 h4 24. Kf2 Ra8 25. Ra1 Qe6 26. Bd2 Qd6 27. Rxa8 Rxa8
28. Rc1 c6 29. Bf1 Qd7 30. Be1 Ne8 31. Kg1 Qe7 32. Bf2 Nd6 33. Bg2 g6 34. e4
Nb5 35. Qd2 f5 36. exd5 cxd5 37. Bf1 Nc7 38. Re1 Qf6 39. Re5 Re8 40. Qe1 Rxe5
41. dxe5 Qc6 42. Bxh4 d4 43. Qd1 Qxf3 44. Qxf3 Bxf3 45. Kf2 Bd5 46. Bd8 Ne6 47.
b4 Nxf4 48. Bxb6 Ne6 49. b5 Kf7 50. Bd3 Ke7 51. h4 Kd7 52. Kg3 Ke7 53. h5 f4+
54. Kg4 gxh5+ 55. Kxh5 f3 56. Kg4 Kf7 57. Kg3 Ke7 58. Bf5 Kf7 59. Ba5 Nc5 60.
Bb6 Ne6 61. Bg4 d3 62. Be3 Nd4 63. b6 Nb3 64. Bxf3 d2 65. Bxd5+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. b3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bd6 9. Bb2 e5 10. Ne2 O-O 11. Nbc3 Nc6 12. Ng3 Qe7 13. Qc2 g6 14. Rfd1 Be6 15.
Nce4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bf5 17. g4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Rfd8 19. Rd5 Ba3 20. Bc3 Rxd5 21.
Bxd5 Rc8 22. Rd1 Bd6 23. Kg2 Nd8 24. Bb2 Kg7 25. f4 f6 26. g5 f5 27. Bxe5+ Bxe5
28. Qxe5+ Qxe5 29. fxe5 Kf8 30. Kf3 Ke7 31. h4 Rc2 32. a4 b6 33. h5 gxh5 34.
Rh1 Rc5 35. e4 fxe4+ 36. Kxe4 Ne6 37. Rxh5 Nf8 38. Rh6 b5 39. Rxa6 bxa4 40.
bxa4 Rc1 41. Ra7+ Kd8 42. a5 Re1+ 43. Kd4 Rd1+ 44. Kc4 Rc1+ 45. Kb4 Re1 46. Rf7
Nd7 47. e6 Ne5 48. Rxh7 Rd1 49. Bc4 Rb1+ 50. Kc5 Rc1 51. e7+ Kd7 52. a6 Nxc4
53. a7 Nd6+ 54. Kb4 Rb1+ 55. Kc3 Nb5+ 56. Kc2 Ra1 57. e8=Q+ Kxe8 58. a8=Q+ Rxa8
59. Rh8+ Kf7 60. Rxa8 Nd4+ 61. Kd3 Nf3 62. Ra6 Nxg5 63. Kd4 Ne6+ 64. Ke5 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.30"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 a6 7. Bb3 Ba7 8. Nc4
d6 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Ne3 Re8 11. h3 Bxe3 12. fxe3 Bxb3 13. Qxb3 Rb8 14. O-O h6 15.
Bh4 Re6 16. Nd2 g5 17. Bg3 d5 18. Qc2 dxe4 19. dxe4 Qd6 20. Rad1 Qc5 21. Bf2
Ne7 22. b4 Qc6 23. Bg3 Ng6 24. Rf5 Nh5 25. Bh2 Rd8 26. Rdf1 Rd7 27. c4 Qd6 28.
Nf3 Qxb4 29. Nxe5 Nxe5 30. Bxe5 Qe7 31. Qe2 Rxe5 32. Qxh5 Rxf5 33. Rxf5 Qxe4
34. Rf1 Qxe3+ 35. Kh1 Qe6 36. c5 Kg7 37. Qf3 c6 38. Qc3+ Kg6 39. Qc2+ Kg7 40.
Qc3+ Kg8 41. Re1 Qd5 42. Re8+ Kh7 43. Qh8+ Kg6 44. Qg8+ Kh5 45. Kh2 Qd2 46. Re4
f5 47. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.30"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 h6 9. Bf4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Qc2 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Bg7 13. Bf5 Qf6 14. g4 c6
15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Qe7 17. O-O-O O-O-O 18. Rhe1 Kb8 19. Ng3 Rhe8 20. Bxe6
fxe6 21. Qb3 Qd6 22. Kb1 Nf6 23. Ne5 Ka8 24. Nf7 Qf4 25. Nxd8 Rxd8 26. Rxe6
Qxf2 27. Nf5 Bh8 28. Re7 Rb8 29. Nd6 b5 30. Qc3 Qxg2 31. Qc5 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.30"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Qc2 c6 9. Rd1 b6 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Bf4 g5 14. Be3
Nxe5 15. Bd4 Ng6 16. e4 e5 17. exd5 exd4 18. d6 Bxd6 19. Bxa8 Qf6 20. Be4 Ba6
21. Nd2 Rc8 22. Qb3 Ne5 23. Bg2 Bd3 24. Ne4 Bxe4 25. Bxe4 Bc5 26. Kg2 a5 27.
Rd2 Kg7 28. Qd1 g4 29. a3 Re8 30. Rc1 h5 31. b4 axb4 32. axb4 Bxb4 33. Rxd4 Bc5
34. Rd2 h4 35. gxh4 Rh8 36. Qb3 Qf4 37. Qd5 Rxh4 38. Rh1 Rh6 39. Re2 Rd6 40.
Qb3 Rd2 41. Rhe1 Bxf2 42. Rxd2 Qxd2 43. Rd1 Qf4 44. Qc2 Bc5 45. Qe2 f5 46. Bd5
Kf6 47. Kh1 g3 48. h3 Kg5 49. Bg2 Qe3 50. Qa2 Ng6 51. Rf1 Qe5 52. Qf7 Bf2 53.
Rd1 Qe2 54. Ra1 Qe5 55. Rb1 Nh4 56. Qg8+ Ng6 57. Qd8+ Kh6 58. Rd1 b5 59. Qd2+
f4 60. Rb1 Qf5 61. Qd1 Be3 62. Ra1 b4 63. Ra6 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.30"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nc3 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Qd2 d6 6. O-O-O a6 7. g4 Nd7 8.
f4 g5 9. e3 Qe7 10. h4 Bg7 11. hxg5 hxg5 12. Rxh8+ Bxh8 13. Nf3 gxf4 14. exf4
b5 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Qh2 Bg7 17. Ng5 Nf8 18. Qh5 Qd7 19. Nxf7 Qxf7 20. Nxc7+ Ke7
21. Qxf7+ Kxf7 22. Nxa8 Bb7 23. Nc7 Bf6 24. d5 e5 25. f5 Nd7 26. Ne6 Nb6 27. g5
Be7 28. Bg2 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.30"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 d6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. f4
Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. g4 b5 12. g5 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Nd7 14. Kb1 Rb8 15.
a3 Qa5 16. Bd2 Qb6 17. Qxb6 Nxb6 18. Rhf1 Bd7 19. f5 Rfc8 20. f6 Bf8 21. Bf4
Rc6 22. Rd2 Rbc8 23. Rfd1 e5 24. Bg3 Be6 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. exd5 R6c7 27. b3 Nd7
28. Rf1 Rc3 29. Kb2 R3c7 30. Bg4 Re8 31. Bxd7 Rxd7 32. Rf3 h6 33. h4 Kh7 34.
Bf2 hxg5 35. hxg5 Kg6 36. Be3 e4 37. Rh3 Rdd8 38. Rf2 Re5 39. c4 bxc4 40. bxc4
Rc8 41. Kb3 Rf5 42. Rhh2 gxf6 43. gxf6 Rxf2 44. Rxf2 Re8 45. Kc3 Rb8 46. Kd4
Rb3 47. a4 Ra3 48. Kxe4 Rxa4 49. Rg2+ Kh5 50. Kf5 Rxc4 51. Bg5 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.30"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Qb6 5. Nc3 Bd7 6. Rb1 e6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Bd3 Be7 9. O-O Nc6 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Re1 Bc6 14. Nb5
Qe7 15. Nd4 Bd7 16. c4 dxc4 17. Bxc4 O-O 18. Qb3 Rac8 19. Bd3 Rc7 20. Rbc1 Rfc8
21. Rxc7 Rxc7 22. h3 Qc5 23. Ne2 h6 24. Rc1 Qd6 25. Rxc7 Qxc7 26. Qc3 Qxc3 27.
Nxc3 Kf8 28. f4 Ke7 29. e4 g5 30. g3 Nh5 31. Ne2 gxf4 32. gxf4 Kd6 33. e5+ Kc5
34. Kf2 Bc6 35. Ke3 a5 36. Bh7 f5 37. Bg6 Ng7 38. Nd4 Bd7 39. Kd3 b5 40. a3 a4
41. Nc2 Be8 42. Bxe8 Nxe8 43. Nd4 Nc7 44. h4 h5 45. b4+ axb3 46. Nxb3+ Kd5 47.
Nd4 Kc5 48. Nb3+ Kd5 49. Nd4 Kc5 50. Nb3+ Kd5 51. Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.30"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Fedorchuk, Sergey A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 b6 6. Nc3 Bb7 7. a3 Nf6 8. f3
Qc7 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Rc1 Bc5 11. Qd2 O-O 12. Be2 Rac8 13. b4 Bxd4 14. Bxd4 Nxd4
15. Qxd4 d6 16. O-O Rfd8 17. Rfd1 h6 18. Na4 b5 19. Nb6 e5 20. Qe3 bxc4 21.
Rxc4 Qe7 22. Nxc8 Bxc8 23. Qb6 Nh5 24. g3 Be6 25. Rc7 Qg5 26. Kf2 d5 27. exd5
Bxd5 28. Qe3 Qf5 29. g4 Qf4 30. Qxf4 Nxf4 31. Bc4 Rd6 32. Bxd5 Nxd5 33. Rc5 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.30"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Be3 Na6 8. Nc3
d5 9. Ne5 c5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. cxd5 Bxe5 13. Bxe5 Nxd5 14. Qb3 Qe7
15. Ne4 Rfd8 16. Bd6 Qd7 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. Bxc5 a6 19. Rfd1 Qb5 20. Qxb5 axb5
21. a3 f5 22. Rac1 Rac8 23. e3 Kf7 24. Bd4 Ba6 25. h4 b4 26. axb4 Nxb4 27. Ra1
Rd7 28. Ra4 Rb8 29. Rda1 Bd3 30. Ra7 Rbd8 31. Bb6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.30"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. d4 Be7 7. Nc3 Bg4 8. dxe5
Nxe5 9. Be2 Nxf3+ 10. Bxf3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 O-O 12. Bf4 Qc8 13. Rad1 Re8 14. Rfe1
Nd7 15. Nd5 Bf8 16. Qg3 Kh8 17. b3 Ne5 18. c4 Ng6 19. Bc1 c6 20. Nf4 Ne5 21.
Bb2 a5 22. h3 a4 23. Nh5 axb3 24. axb3 Ra2 25. Re2 Qa8 26. f4 Ng6 27. Kh2 Qa5
28. Qf3 Nh4 29. Qg4 Ng6 30. Bc3 Qa3 31. Rxa2 Qxa2 32. Qd7 Nh4 33. Rd2 Qa8 34.
Qxf7 Re7 35. Bxg7+ Bxg7 36. Qxe7 Bc3 37. Rxd6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.30"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Amonatov, Farrukh"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Qd2 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. O-O-O c6 8. f4
b5 9. e5 b4 10. exf6 bxc3 11. Qxc3 exf6 12. Nf3 Qb6 13. Bd3 Na6 14. a3 Nc7 15.
f5 Rb8 16. fxg6 Nd5 17. Qb3 Qxb3 18. gxf7+ Kxf7 19. cxb3 Rxb3 20. Bc4 Rb6 21.
Bg3 Rd8 22. Rhe1 Bf5 23. Rf1 Be6 24. Nh4 Bf8 25. Nf5 a5 26. Rde1 h5 27. Bh4
Rdb8 28. Re2 Bxf5 29. Rxf5 Kg6 30. Bd3 Bh6+ 31. Kd1 Kg7 32. Rxd5 cxd5 33. Re7+
Kf8 34. Bxf6 Rxb2 35. Bg6 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 19th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.03.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Beradze, Irakli"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2018.03.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 f5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nd7 6. Be2 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. e4
Ngf6 9. exf5 gxf5 10. Nh4 f4 11. Nf5 O-O 12. Nxg7 Kxg7 13. g3 Nc5 14. Qxd8 Rxd8
15. gxf4 e4 16. Be3 Nd3+ 17. Bxd3 Rxd3 18. Rg1+ Kf7 19. Rd1 a6 20. Rxd3 exd3
21. Kd2 Be6 22. b3 Rd8 23. f3 b6 24. Ne4 h6 25. f5 Bxf5 26. Nxf6 Kxf6 27. Bxh6
Re8 28. Be3 Kf7 29. h4 Rh8 30. Bg5 c6 31. Re1 Re8 32. Rxe8 Kxe8 33. Be3 b5 34.
Kc3 Bg6 35. Kb4 bxc4 36. Kxc4 Kd7 37. Kc5 Kc7 38. Bf4+ Kb7 39. Bd2 Kc7 40. Ba5+
Kd7 41. Bd2 Kc7 42. f4 Bh7 43. h5 Bf5 44. h6 Bg6 45. a4 Bh7 46. Ba5+ Kd7 47.
Kb6 d2 48. Bxd2 Bd3 49. f5 Bxf5 50. Kxa6 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 19th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.03.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ahadzade, Kanan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "1965"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.03.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d3 Nf6 6. d4 Be7 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. h3
Bh5 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. g4 Bg6 11. a3 Qd7 12. Be3 a6 13. g5 Nh5 14. d5 Nd8 15. Be2
h6 16. h4 Rh7 17. Nd4 hxg5 18. hxg5 c5 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. Bxh5 c5 21. Nb3 Qb7
22. Kd2 Bxh5 23. Rxh5 Rxh5 24. Qxh5 Ne6 25. g6 f6 26. Na5 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 19th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.03.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Miron, Lucian Costin"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D95"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.03.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Qb3 e6 7. Be2 Nc6 8. O-O
Na5 9. Qa4 Nxc4 10. Bxc4 dxc4 11. Qxc4 a6 12. e4 b5 13. Qe2 Bb7 14. e5 Nd7 15.
Ne4 h6 16. Re1 Qe7 17. Bd2 Rfc8 18. Rac1 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 c5 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. Bb4
Nxe4 22. Bxe7 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Ra7 24. Bb4 a5 25. Rc8+ Kh7 26. Be1 Rd7 27. Kf1 g5
28. h3 b4 29. Rc4 f5 30. exf6 Nxf6 31. a3 Nd5 32. axb4 axb4 33. Bxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 19th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.03.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Lobanov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E07"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.03.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qb3 e6 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O O-O 8. Rd1
b6 9. Nc3 Ba6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Bf4 Bc4 12. Qc2 Rc8 13. Ne5 b5 14. Nxc4 bxc4
15. e4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Nf6 18. Qb7 Bd6 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Qxa7 Ra8
21. Qc5 Qxc5 22. dxc5 Rfc8 23. b4 cxb3 24. axb3 Rab8 25. Na4 Nd5 26. Rd3 g5 27.
Rc1 Rb5 28. Rc4 Kg7 29. Kf1 Rcb8 30. c6 Rc8 31. Ke2 Kf8 32. Nc3 Nxc3+ 33. Rdxc3
Ke7 34. b4 Rc7 35. g4 Kd8 36. Kd3 f5 37. gxf5 exf5 38. Kd4 Re7 39. Ra3 Rc7 40.
Ra5 Rxa5 41. bxa5 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 19th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.03.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Boruchovsky, Avital"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.03.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. d4 Bb6 7. Re1 d6 8. Bxc6
bxc6 9. h3 h6 10. a4 a5 11. Nbd2 exd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. e5 Nd7 14. Nf1 c5 15. Ng3
Re8 16. Bf4 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Nf8 18. Ndf5 Ng6 19. Bxh6 gxh6 20. Qh5 Bxf5 21. Nxf5
Rxe5 22. Rxe5 Nxe5 23. Nxh6+ Kg7 24. Ra3 Qh8 25. Qxe5+ Kxh6 26. Qf4+ Kg7 27.
Qe5+ Kh6 28. Qf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 19th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.03.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Stupak, Kirill"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2018.03.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 c6 7. O-O Bd6 8.
b3 Ne7 9. c4 Nd7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bd2 Re8 13. Rfe1 Nf8 14. Re2 Bb4
15. Rae1 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Qd7 17. Qa5 Kf7 18. Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 19th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.03.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Oboladze, Luka"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2018.03.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qd3 O-O 8. Be2
d6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Nb3 Ne5 11. Qd4 Nfd7 12. Be3 Nc5 13. Nxc5 Bxc5 14. Qd2 Qc7
15. Rfd1 Rd8 16. Na4 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 Bd7 18. Nb6 Rab8 19. Rac1 Be8 20. f4 Nd7 21.
Na4 Qa5 22. Nc3 Qb6 23. Qxb6 Nxb6 24. b3 Kf8 25. Kf2 Ke7 26. Bf3 Bc6 27. Rd2
Rbc8 28. Rcd1 a5 29. h4 Ra8 30. Ne2 g6 31. h5 a4 32. hxg6 hxg6 33. Rd3 axb3 34.
axb3 Nd7 35. Rxd6 Nc5 36. Rxd8 Rxd8 37. Nd4 Bxe4 38. Bxe4 Nxe4+ 39. Ke3 Nc5 40.
b4 Nb3 41. c5 Nxd4 42. Rxd4 Rc8 43. Kd3 f6 44. Kc4 g5 45. fxg5 fxg5 46. Kb5 Rc6
47. Rd3 e5 48. Rh3 Kd8 49. Rh8+ Kd7 50. Rh7+ Kc8 51. Re7 Rf6 52. Rxe5 g4 53.
Rg5 Rf4 54. Rg8+ Kc7 55. Rg7+ Kb8 56. g3 Re4 57. Ka5 Rc4 58. b5 Rxc5 59. Kb6
Rc4 60. Rg8+ Rc8 61. Rxg4 Rf8 62. Rg6 Kc8 63. g4 Re8 64. g5 Re5 65. Rg8+ Kd7
66. g6 Ke7 67. Rg7+ Kf6 68. Rxb7 Kxg6 69. Ka6 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 19th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.03.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Martirosyan, Haik M"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2018.03.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Be2 Ke7 10. Nbd2 Bd7 11. b3 Bb5 12. Nc4 Nbd7 13. Bb2 Rhc8 14. Nd4
Nb6 15. Nxb5 axb5 16. Ne5 Ba3 17. Bd4 Bc5 18. Bb2 Ba3 19. Bd4 Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 19th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.03.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Pashikian, Arman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2018.03.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. bxc3 e4 7. Ng5 Qe7 8.
f3 exf3 9. Nxf3 O-O 10. Be2 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Nd4 Qe4 13. Qxe4 Nxe4 14. Rf4
Ne5 15. Ba3 c5 16. Nb3 Ng6 17. Rf5 Rae8 18. Re1 Nd6 19. Rff1 Ba6 20. d3 Rxe3
21. Nxc5 bxc5 22. Bxc5 Re6 23. Bg4 f5 24. Bf3 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Re8 26. Bd5+ Kh8
27. Rf1 Nc8 28. Rxf5 d6 29. Bd4 Rf8 30. Rxf8+ Nxf8 31. Kf2 Nb6 32. Bc6 Kg8 33.
Be3 Kf7 34. a4 Ne6 35. a5 Nc8 36. Ke2 Ke7 37. h4 h6 38. g4 Nd8 39. Bd5 Nb7 40.
g5 hxg5 41. Bxg5+ Kf8 42. Be3 Nxa5 43. c5 Ne7 44. Bf3 d5 45. h5 Nac6 46. h6
gxh6 47. Bxh6+ Kf7 48. Kd2 Bc8 49. Bf4 Bf5 50. Bc7 Ke6 51. d4 Kd7 52. Bd6 Be6
53. Bd1 Na5 54. Ba4+ Nec6 55. Bf4 a6 56. Kc2 Kc8 57. Kb2 Nc4+ 58. Ka2 Kb7 59.
Bd1 a5 60. Ba4 Bf5 61. Bg5 Na7 62. Be8 Bc2 63. Bf7 Be4 64. Kb3 a4+ 65. Kxa4
Bc2+ 66. Kb4 Nc6+ 67. Kb5 Na3# 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 19th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.03.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nevednichy, Vladislav"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2018.03.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. a4 a6 7. h3 d6 8. c3 Ne7
9. d4 Ba7 10. Nbd2 exd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. Bd3 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nfd5 14. Ng3 Ng6 15.
Ra3 c6 16. Re1 Re8 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. Ng5 h6 19. N5e4 Qe7 20. Nc5 Bxc5 21. dxc5
Qxc5 22. a5 Be6 23. Qc2 Qxc2 24. Bxc2 Ne5 25. Ra4 c5 26. Bd2 Rd8 27. Be1 Bd7
28. Ra1 Nb4 29. Bb3 Nbc6 30. Ne4 Nd3 31. Bc3 Bf5 32. Ng3 Be6 33. Bc2 c4 34. Ne4
Nd4 35. Bxd3 cxd3 36. Nc5 Ne2+ 37. Kh2 Nxc3 38. bxc3 Rc8 39. Nxd3 Rxc3 40. Nf4
Bc4 41. Rd1 Ra3 42. Rd8+ Kh7 43. Rd7 Rxa5 44. Rxb7 Rf5 45. g3 a5 46. Ra7 g5 47.
Nh5 Rxf2+ 48. Kg1 Ra2 49. g4 a4 50. Nf6+ Kg7 51. Ne8+ Kf8 52. Nd6 Be6 53. Nb5
Kg7 54. Nd4 Kf6 55. Ra5 a3 56. Kh1 Ra1+ 57. Kg2 a2 58. Nxe6 fxe6 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 19th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.03.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Golubka, Petr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.03.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bf4 d5 11. Qe3 Bb4 12. a3 Ba5 13. exd5 cxd5 14. Be2
O-O 15. Qg3 Kh8 16. Be5 Bd7 17. h4 Ne8 18. f4 f6 19. Bd4 Nd6 20. Bd3 Bxc3 21.
Bxc3 Bb5 22. Bg6 f5 23. Rhe1 Qd7 24. Rxe6 Ne4 25. Rxe4 fxe4 26. Bxe4 Bc6 27.
Qg6 Kg8 28. Qh7+ Kf7 29. Qxg7+ Ke6 30. Qe5+ Kf7 31. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 5th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.06.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Palomo, Franklin Annervys"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2327"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2018.06.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 g6 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. a4 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O
Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 a6 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. Bg5 Ne8 13. Qe3 Nc7 14. Bh6 Qe8 15.
a5 e5 16. dxe6 Qxe6 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Rfd1 Rad8 19. Bg4 Qe7 20. Bxd7 Rxd7 21.
Rd3 Re8 22. Rad1 Red8 23. Na4 Qe6 24. b3 h6 25. e5 Ne8 26. exd6 Qxe3 27. Rxe3
Rxd6 28. Rxd6 Nxd6 29. Nxc5 Rc8 30. b4 Rc7 31. Kf1 h5 32. Ke2 Nc4 33. Rc3 Re7+
34. Kd1 Nd6 35. Rd3 Nb5 36. c4 Na7 37. Kd2 Nc6 38. Kc3 Re1 39. Nxb7 Rc1+ 40.
Kd2 Rxc4 41. Rc3 Rd4+ 42. Ke3 Rxb4 43. Rxc6 Rxb7 44. Rxa6 Rb2 45. Rb6 Ra2 46.
a6 h4 47. Kf3 Ra4 48. g3 hxg3 49. fxg3 g5 50. g4 f6 51. Rb7+ Kg6 52. a7 Ra3+
53. Ke4 Ra5 54. Kd4 f5 55. gxf5+ Kxf5 56. Kc4 Kf4 57. Kb4 Ra1 58. Rh7 Kg3 59.
Kc5 Kf4 60. Kb6 Kg3 61. Rh5 Kf4 62. Rh6 Kg3 63. Kb7 Rb1+ 64. Rb6 Ra1 65. Rb3+
Kh4 66. a8=Q Rxa8 67. Kxa8 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 5th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.06.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Brizuela Abreu, Ronald Jesus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2018.06.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nd2 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Ngf3 Be7 7. h3 O-O 8. Bd3
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Qb1 Bd6 11. Ne5 Qc7 12. Ndf3 Ne4 13. Re1 Nd8 14. Bh2 f6 15.
Ng4 Nf7 16. c4 h5 17. Bxd6 Nfxd6 18. Ngh2 dxc4 19. Bc2 Rfe8 20. Nf1 Rad8 21.
N1d2 Nxd2 22. Nxd2 cxd4 23. exd4 Nf7 24. Bh7+ Kf8 25. Nf1 Ng5 26. Bg6 Rxd4 27.
Bxe8 Bxg2 28. Nh2 Bf3 29. Nxf3 Nxf3+ 30. Kg2 Qh2+ 31. Kxf3 Rf4+ 32. Ke2 Rxf2+
33. Kd1 Qd6+ 34. Kc1 Qd2# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 5th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.06.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kim, Sergey2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2018.06.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Nbd2 a6 7. Bb3 Ba7 8. Nf1
O-O 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Ne3 h6 11. Bh4 Bxe3 12. fxe3 Qe7 13. O-O Bxb3 14. Qxb3 Nd8
15. Nd2 g5 16. Bg3 Ne6 17. h3 Nc5 18. Qc2 a5 19. Rf2 Nh5 20. Bh2 Ng7 21. Raf1
f6 22. b3 Rf7 23. a3 Raf8 24. Nc4 b6 25. b4 axb4 26. cxb4 Nd7 27. a4 f5 28.
exf5 Rxf5 29. a5 bxa5 30. bxa5 Rxf2 31. Rxf2 Rxf2 32. Qxf2 d5 33. Nd2 Qa3 34.
Nf3 Qxa5 35. Nxe5 Qa1+ 36. Qf1 Qxf1+ 37. Kxf1 Nxe5 38. Bxe5 Ne6 39. Ke2 Kf7 40.
g4 Ke7 41. Kd2 c5 42. Kc3 Kd7 43. Kd2 Ke7 44. Ke2 Kd7 45. Kf3 Ke7 46. e4 d4 47.
Ke2 Kd7 48. Kd2 Kc6 49. Bg3 Kd7 50. h4 Kc6 51. h5 Kd7 52. Be5 Ke7 53. Kc2 Kd7
54. Kb3 Nf4 55. Bxf4 gxf4 56. Kc2 f3 57. Kd2 c4 58. dxc4 Kd6 59. Kd3 Ke5 60. c5
Kf4 61. c6 f2 62. Ke2 Kg3 63. c7 d3+ 64. Ke3 f1=Q 65. c8=Q Qe2+ 66. Kd4 d2 67.
Qc3+ Kg2 68. Ke5 d1=Q 69. g5 hxg5 70. h6 Qd7 71. Kf6 Qd6+ 72. Kg7 Qe7+ 73. Kg8
Qe8+ 74. Kg7 Q8xe4 75. h7 Qe5+ 76. Qxe5 Qxe5+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 5th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.06.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Van Dael, Siem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2021"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.06.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Qb6 14. Na4
Qc7 15. Bc4 Rd8 16. h4 Bf5 17. Bb3 Qg3 18. Rd2 e5 19. Qf2 Qxf2 20. Rxf2 h5 21.
Nc5 a5 22. Rd2 Kg7 23. Rhd1 Rdb8 24. Bxd5 cxd5 25. Rxd5 Rc8 26. Rxe5 Ra7 27. c3
Rac7 28. Ne4 a4 29. Nd6 Kf6 30. Rxf5+ gxf5 31. Nxc8 Rxc8 32. Kc2 Rg8 33. Rd2 f4
34. c4 Ke5 35. Kc3 Rb8 36. c5 Rc8 37. Kc4 Rb8 38. b4 axb3 39. axb3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 5th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.06.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Yurtseven, Melih"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2018.06.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Bd7 7. Be3 g6 8. f3
Bg7 9. Bb3 O-O 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. h4 h5 13. g4 e5 14. Be3 hxg4 15.
Bg5 gxf3 16. Qxd6 Bg4 17. O-O-O Qxd6 18. Rxd6 b4 19. Bxf6 bxc3 20. Rg1 Bh5 21.
Bg5 cxb2+ 22. Kxb2 Kh7 23. Bd5 Rab8+ 24. Ka3 f6 25. Be3 Rfd8 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27.
Bxa7 f5 28. c4 fxe4 29. Bxe4 Bf8+ 30. Kb3 Rd7 31. Be3 Rf7 32. c5 Be7 33. c6
Bxh4 34. Rh1 f2 35. Bxf2 Bxf2 36. Rxh5+ Kg7 37. Rxe5 Kf6 38. Rd5 Bg3 39. Rd3
Bc7 40. Bd5 Rg7 41. Kc4 g5 42. Kb5 g4 43. Ka6 g3 44. Bg2 Bf4 45. Rb3 Re7 46.
Rb2 Kg5 47. Rc2 Bc7 48. Kb7 Kf4 49. a4 Ke3 50. Kc8 Rg7 51. Kb7 Kd3 52. Rc1 Bf4+
53. c7 Bxc1 54. Kb6 Be3+ 55. Kc6 Rg8 56. Bh3 Bf4 57. Kb7 Bxc7 58. Kxc7 g2 59.
Bxg2 Rxg2 60. a5 Rg7+ 61. Kb6 Kc4 62. a6 Rg6+ 63. Kb7 Kb5 64. a7 Rg7+ 65. Kb8
Kb6 66. a8=Q Rg8# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 5th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.06.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kholin, Aleksandr1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2018.06.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Qd2 d5 5. Bh6 O-O 6. h4 Bxh6 7. Qxh6 Nc6 8.
Nf3 Ng4 9. Qd2 h5 10. e3 Bf5 11. a3 a6 12. Ng5 Qd6 13. O-O-O f6 14. Nh3 b6 15.
f3 Nh6 16. e4 Bxh3 17. Qxh6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 5th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.06.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Papp, Petra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.06.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 Bf5 6. Ngf3 Qb6 7. Nh4 Bd7 8. Qb3
c4 9. Qc2 Nh5 10. Bg3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 e6 12. b3 cxb3 13. axb3 Be7 14. e4 Rc8 15.
Qd3 dxe4 16. Qxe4 Qc7 17. Bd3 g6 18. Nhf3 Bf6 19. Qe3 Ne7 20. c4 a6 21. g4 Bg7
22. O-O O-O 23. Rad1 Nc6 24. g5 e5 25. d5 Nb4 26. Bb1 Qc5 27. Qe2 Bf5 28. Bxf5
gxf5 29. Nh4 Qe7 30. Nxf5 Qxg5 31. Qf3 Kh8 32. Ne4 Qf4 33. Qxf4 exf4 34. Rd2 a5
35. d6 Na6 36. d7 Rcd8 37. Rfd1 Nc7 38. Nc5 Ne6 39. Nxb7 Rb8 40. d8=Q Nxd8 41.
Nxd8 Rxb3 42. Rd7 a4 43. Nxg7 Kxg7 44. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 5th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.06.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hammer, Jon Ludvig"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2018.06.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. h3 O-O 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O
exd5 9. exd5 Na6 10. a4 Nb4 11. Bc4 Bf5 12. Ne1 Re8 13. Na2 Re4 14. Bb3 Nxa2
15. Bxa2 Rxa4 16. g4 Nxg4 17. hxg4 Rxg4+ 18. Ng2 Qh4 19. Bf4 Rxg2+ 20. Kxg2
Bh3+ 21. Kg1 Qxf4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 5th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.06.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Neiksans, Arturs"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.06.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Re1 g6 7. c3 Bg7 8. Bc2
O-O 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 e5 11. Nc3 exd4 12. Nxd4 Ne5 13. Bb3 b5 14. Bg5 h6 15.
Bh4 Bb7 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Rc8 18. Qd2 Kh7 19. b3 Qb6 20. Rad1 Nxd5 21. exd5
Rfe8 22. Bg3 Nd7 23. Nc6 Nf6 24. Qd3 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Qc5 26. h3 Nxd5 27. Rd1 Nc3
28. Ne7 Nxd1 29. Nxc8 Nxf2 30. Bxf2 Qxc8 31. Qxd6 Qc1+ 32. Kh2 Qb2 33. Bg3 Qxa2
34. Qd5 Kg8 35. Qd8+ Kh7 36. Qd5 f5 37. Qf7 Qb2 38. Qe6 a5 39. h4 h5 40. Bd6 a4
41. bxa4 bxa4 42. Qf7 Qf6 0-1

[Event "Shenzhen Hou Yifan-Ponomar rapid"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2018.07.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.07.04"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. c5
Be7 9. O-O c6 10. b4 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Ne5 a5 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. e3 e5 15.
dxe5 Rd8 16. Bc3 Qe6 17. Qc2 axb4 18. Bd4 b6 19. cxb6 Ba6 20. Rfc1 c5 21. Bxc5
Rac8 22. Qa4 Rxc5 23. Qxa6 Qxe5 24. b7 g6 25. Bf1 Rb8 26. Rxc5 Qxc5 27. Bc4 Rd8
28. Rc1 Kg7 29. Qb5 Qc7 30. Rc2 Rb8 31. Qd5 Bf6 32. Qxe4 Qxb7 33. Qxb7 Rxb7 34.
Bb3 Bc3 35. a4 1-0

[Event "Shenzhen Hou Yifan-Ponomar rapid"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2018.07.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2018.07.04"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. d3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bb3 Na5 8. d4
exd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. Bg5 Be7 11. e5 Ne8 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. Qb4 Nc6
15. Qc5 Bb7 16. O-O-O d6 17. exd6 cxd6 18. Qe3 Na5 19. Rhe1 Nxb3+ 20. axb3 Bxd5
21. Rxd5 Nf6 22. Rdd1 Re8 23. Qd3 Rxe1 24. Rxe1 Rc8 25. Kb1 d5 26. Nd4 g6 27.
f3 Qd6 28. g3 Kg7 29. Qd2 h6 30. Re3 b4 31. Qe2 Rc7 32. Qd3 Rc8 33. Re2 a5 34.
Qb5 Rc5 35. Re6 Qc7 36. Qa6 Qd8 37. Qa7 Rc7 38. Qxa5 Qd7 39. Re2 Rb7 40. Qc5 h5
41. Qc6 Qxc6 42. Nxc6 h4 43. gxh4 Nh5 44. Rd2 Rb6 45. Ne5 f6 46. Nd3 Kf7 47.
Re2 Rb5 48. Kc1 Ng7 49. Rg2 Nf5 50. Rg4 d4 51. Kd2 Rb8 52. Rf4 Rh8 53. Nxb4
Nxh4 54. Nc6 g5 55. Re4 Nxf3+ 56. Ke2 Rc8 57. Re7+ Kg6 58. Re6 Kf7 59. Rd6 d3+
60. Rxd3 Rxc6 61. Kxf3 Rxc2 62. h3 Rxb2 63. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shenzhen Hou Yifan-Ponomar rapid"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2018.07.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.07.04"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. c5
Be7 9. O-O Ne4 10. Qc2 f5 11. Bf4 g5 12. Be3 c6 13. Rad1 Rf7 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15.
Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bd7 17. f3 exf3 18. Bxf3 Qc7 19. Bh5 Rxf1+ 20. Rxf1 Rf8 21.
Rxf8+ Bxf8 22. Qc3 Qd8 23. Qb3 Be8 24. Bxe8 Qxe8 25. Qxb7 Qg6 26. Qxc6 Qb1+ 27.
Kf2 Qf5+ 28. Ke1 Qb1+ 29. Kf2 Qf5+ 30. Ke1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shenzhen Hou Yifan-Ponomar rapid"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2018.07.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.07.04"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8.
Bg5 Bd7 9. Rb1 a6 10. Ba4 Rb8 11. Re1 Ne7 12. Bb3 Ng6 13. Nh4 Kh8 14. Qd2 h6
15. Nxg6+ fxg6 16. Be3 g5 17. f3 Qe7 18. d4 g4 19. fxg4 Nxg4 20. h3 Nxe3 21.
Qxe3 b6 22. Bc4 a5 23. Rf1 Kh7 24. Qg3 Bc6 25. Bd5 Bxd5 26. exd5 e4 27. Qe3
Rbe8 28. Rbe1 Rf6 29. Rxf6 Qxf6 30. Rf1 Qg6 31. c4 Re7 32. Rf4 Re8 33. Rg4 Qf5
34. Rf4 Qg6 35. Rg4 Qf5 36. Rf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shenzhen Hou Yifan-Ponomar rapid"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2018.07.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.07.04"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qa4 c6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Rd1 Qb6 12. Nc3 c5 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Bxg2
15. Kxg2 Qb7+ 16. Kg1 Nd5 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. a4 a6 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8 Rxa8
21. Qd3 h6 22. Nxb5 Rb8 23. Nc3 Nc6 24. Qd6 Qb6 25. Na4 Qb5 26. Nxc5 Qxe2 27.
Rf1 Qf3 28. Nd7 Rd8 29. Qc7 Kh7 30. h4 Qd5 31. Nb6 Qe4 32. Nd7 Rxd7 33. Qxd7
Nxe5 34. Qd1 Nf3+ 35. Kh1 Qg4 36. Kg2 Nxh4+ 37. Kh2 Nf3+ 38. Kg2 Nh4+ 39. Kh2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Shenzhen Hou Yifan-Ponomar rapid"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2018.07.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2018.07.04"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8.
Nxd4 d5 9. exd6 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd6 11. Qe3+ Be7 12. Nc3 c6 13. Re1 Be6 14. Ne4
Qc7 15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. Qxc5 b6 17. Qa3 c5 18. a5 O-O 19. axb6 Qxb6 20. Bf4 Rfe8
21. Re5 c4 22. h3 a6 23. Rae1 f6 24. R5e4 Bf7 25. Re7 Rxe7 26. Rxe7 Re8 27. Be3
Qc6 28. Ra7 Qe4 29. Qd6 Bd5 30. Qg3 Qg6 31. Qxg6 hxg6 32. Rxa6 Be4 33. Ra4 Rc8
34. c3 Bd3 35. Rb4 g5 36. Kh2 Rc7 37. Kg3 Kf7 38. Bd4 Bf1 39. b3 cxb3 40. Rxb3
Kg6 41. Rb1 Bc4 42. f4 gxf4+ 43. Kxf4 Re7 44. g4 Bd5 45. Rb5 Re4+ 46. Kg3 Bc4
47. Rc5 Bf1 48. Rc7 Be2 49. Ra7 Re8 50. Kf2 Bd3 51. h4 Bc4 52. h5+ Kh6 53. Be3+
Kh7 54. h6 Rg8 55. Kg3 Kg6 56. Rc7 Be2 57. hxg7 Rxg7 58. Rc6 Kf7 59. Rc7+ Kg8
60. Rxg7+ Kxg7 61. Bd4 Kf7 62. Kf4 Ke6 63. g5 fxg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shenzhen Hou Yifan-Ponomar rapid"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2018.07.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2018.07.04"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qa4 c6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qb3 Bb7 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Nc3 a6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Rfd1 c5 14. dxc5 Qc7
15. a4 Bxc5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Nxb5 Qb6 18. Nbd4 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Rb8 20. Qxb6 Bxb6
21. e3 h6 22. b3 Rd8 23. Ne5 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Bxd4 25. exd4 Rxd4 26. Ra8+ Kh7 27.
Nxf7 Rb4 28. Ra3 Nd7 29. h4 Kg6 30. Nd6 Nc5 31. h5+ Kh7 32. Ra7 Rxb3 33. Rc7
Rd3 34. Nc8 Ne4 35. Ne7 Nf6 36. Ng6 Nxh5 37. Nf8+ Kg8 38. Nxe6 Rd6 39. Re7 g5
40. Kf3 Nf6 41. Nc5 Rc6 42. Ne4 Kf8 43. Re5 Nxe4 44. Kxe4 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shenzhen Hou Yifan-Ponomar rapid"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2018.07.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.07.04"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6 8.
Na3 c6 9. Ba4 d6 10. Nc4 Bc7 11. Bb3 Be6 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5
15. Bxc7 Qxc7 16. Qf3 O-O 17. Rae1 Rae8 18. d4 Re7 19. Ne5 Nf6 20. Bc2 Nd7 21.
Qe4 g6 22. Nf3 f5 23. Qh4 Nf6 24. Ng5 Bd5 25. b3 Rfe8 26. c4 Rxe1 27. Rxe1
Rxe1+ 28. Qxe1 h6 29. Ne6 Bxe6 30. Qxe6+ Kg7 31. h3 h5 32. Bd3 h4 33. Qe1 Qf4
34. Qe7+ Kh6 35. Qxf6 Qe3+ 36. Kh2 Qg3+ 37. Kh1 Qe1+ 38. Kh2 Qg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shenzhen Hou Yifan-Ponomariov blitz"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2018.07.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.07.07"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qa4 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Bd6 11. Re1 Be4 12. Qc1 Bb7 13. a3 Nbd7 14. b4 Ne4 15.
Nc3 Nb6 16. Qc2 Nxd2 17. Nxd2 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 f5 19. e4 f4 20. e5 Be7 21. Qe4 Qe8
22. Rac1 a5 23. Rb1 axb4 24. axb4 Ra3 25. Rec1 Qf7 26. g4 f3+ 27. Kh1 Bg5 28.
Nxb5 Bxd2 29. Rxc7 Qe8 30. Nxa3 Nd5 31. Nc4 Rf4 32. Qc2 Nxc7 33. Qxd2 Rxg4 34.
Qe3 Qg6 35. Qxf3 Qxb1+ 0-1

[Event "Shenzhen Hou Yifan-Ponomariov blitz"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2018.07.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "171"]
[EventDate "2018.07.07"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nbd2 Ne7 8. d4
exd4 9. cxd4 Bb6 10. Re1 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. a4 a6 13. Bf1 Nc6 14. a5 Bxd4 15.
g4 Bg6 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. f4 h6 18. b4 Nc6 19. Qb3 Re8 20. f5 Bh7 21. Bb2 Ne5
22. Rad1 Nfd7 23. Nc4 Qe7 24. Kg2 Kh8 25. Ne3 f6 26. Nd5 Qd8 27. Qe3 Bg8 28.
Nf4 Bf7 29. Qg3 Qe7 30. Bc3 Kg8 31. Rd2 Nf8 32. h4 Rad8 33. Be2 Nc4 34. Bxc4
Bxc4 35. g5 fxg5 36. hxg5 Qxg5 37. Qxg5 hxg5 38. Nh5 Rd7 39. f6 Ng6 40. fxg7
Nf4+ 41. Nxf4 gxf4 42. Kf3 Kf7 43. Kxf4 Rg8 44. Rf2 Ke6 45. Rg1 Rf7+ 46. Ke3
Rxf2 47. Kxf2 Bb5 48. Ke3 Bc6 49. Rf1 Ke7 50. Bf6+ Kf7 51. Bd4+ Ke7 52. Rh1 Kf7
53. Rh6 Re8 54. Rh4 Rg8 55. Rf4+ Ke7 56. Kd3 Be8 57. Bc3 Bf7 58. Rh4 Be6 59.
Rh8 Kf7 60. Ke3 Bd7 61. Kf4 Bc6 62. Kf5 Bd7+ 63. Kg5 Bc6 64. Rh4 Rxg7+ 65. Bxg7
Kxg7 66. Kf4 Bd7 67. Ke3 Kf7 68. Rh7+ Ke8 69. Kd4 Kd8 70. Rh8+ Ke7 71. Rh7+ Kd8
72. Kd5 Ke8 73. Rh8+ Ke7 74. Rh7+ Kd8 75. e5 dxe5 76. Kxe5 Ba4 77. Kd5 Bb3+ 78.
Kc5 Bc2 79. Rh8+ Kd7 80. Rh4 Ba4 81. Rh7+ Kd8 82. Rh8+ Kd7 83. Rb8 Bc6 84. Kd4
Bg2 85. Kc5 Bf3 86. Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shenzhen Hou Yifan-Ponomariov blitz"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2018.07.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "194"]
[EventDate "2018.07.07"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 d5 6. c3 Be7 7. Ne5 Bd6 8. Bd3
Qc7 9. Ndf3 h6 10. Bg3 Ne4 11. Bxe4 dxe4 12. Nd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nxe5 14. dxe5
Bxe5 15. Rc1 Qa5 16. Bxe5 Qxe5 17. Nc4 Qd5 18. Qa4+ Bd7 19. Qb4 a5 20. Nd6+ Kf8
21. Qa3 b5 22. Qc5 Qxc5 23. Rxc5 Ke7 24. Nxe4 f5 25. Nc3 Rhc8 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27.
Kd2 b4 28. Ne2 e5 29. f3 Be6 30. Ra1 Rd8+ 31. Ke1 Rd3 32. e4 fxe4 33. fxe4 Re3
34. Kd2 Rxe4 35. a3 Bc4 36. Ng3 Rd4+ 37. Ke1 Be6 38. axb4 axb4 39. Ra7+ Rd7 40.
Ra5 Bd5 41. Nf5+ Kf6 42. Ne3 Be6 43. Ra6 Rd4 44. Rb6 b3 45. Ke2 h5 46. g3 g6
47. Rb8 Ra4 48. Kd2 Ra1 49. Rf8+ Ke7 50. Rf2 Rb1 51. Kd3 Rc1 52. Ke4 Rc5 53.
Kd3 Bd7 54. Nd1 Bf5+ 55. Ke3 Rc2 56. Nc3 Kd6 57. Rd2+ Kc5 58. Ne2 Rxd2 59. Kxd2
Kd5 60. Ke3 Kc4 61. Nc3 g5 62. Nd1 Bc2 63. Nc3 Bd3 64. Nd1 Bf5 65. Nc3 h4 66.
Ne2 Bd3 67. Nc3 hxg3 68. hxg3 Bf5 69. Ne2 Kd5 70. Nc3+ Ke6 71. Na4 Bc2 72. Nc3
Kf5 73. Nd5 Ke6 74. Nc3 Kf5 75. Nd5 e4 76. Kf2 Ke5 77. Ne3 Kd4 78. Ke2 Bd3+ 79.
Kd2 Bb5 80. Nf5+ Ke5 81. Ne3 Kd4 82. Nf5+ Ke5 83. Ne3 Bd7 84. Kc3 Be6 85. Kd2
Kd4 86. Nd1 Bc4 87. Ne3 Be6 88. Nd1 Bg4 89. Ne3 Bf3 90. Nf5+ Ke5 91. Ne3 Bh5
92. Kc3 Bf7 93. Kd2 Be6 94. Kc3 Bf7 95. Kd2 Kd4 96. Nf5+ Ke5 97. Ne3 Be6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Shenzhen Hou Yifan-Ponomariov blitz"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2018.07.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2018.07.07"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 a6 5. Ba4 Nge7 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 b5 8. d5
bxa4 9. dxc6 Nxc6 10. Qxa4 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. Nc3 Rb8 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bf4 Rxb2
15. Nd5 Ne5 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. Nxe5 Rb5 19. f4 d6 20. Qc4+ Kg7
21. Nc6 Qe8 22. Rac1 Bd7 23. Nb4 c6 24. Qd4+ Kg8 25. Qxd6 Qxe4 26. Qxd7 Rxb4
27. Kh1 0-1

[Event "Shenzhen Hou Yifan-Ponomariov blitz"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2018.07.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "175"]
[EventDate "2018.07.07"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Nd2 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Ngf3 Be7 7. h3 Bd6 8. Bb5
O-O 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Qa4 Bxf4 11. exf4 Qb6 12. O-O cxd4 13. cxd4 c5 14. dxc5
Qxc5 15. Qd4 Qd6 16. Rfc1 Bd7 17. Ne5 h6 18. a3 Rfb8 19. b4 a6 20. Ndc4 Qc7 21.
Na5 Qd6 22. Qc5 Qxc5 23. Rxc5 Rc8 24. Rac1 Rxc5 25. Rxc5 Ra7 26. Nb3 Ne4 27.
Rc1 Ba4 28. Nd4 Nd6 29. f3 f6 30. Nd3 Kf7 31. Nc5 Bd7 32. Re1 Nb5 33. Ndxe6
Bxe6 34. Rxe6 a5 35. Ra6 Rxa6 36. Nxa6 Nxa3 37. bxa5 Nc4 38. Nb4 Nxa5 39. Nxd5
Ke6 40. Ne3 f5 41. Kf2 Nb3 42. Ke2 Nc5 43. Nc2 Kd5 44. Ke3 Ne6 45. Nb4+ Kc5 46.
Nd3+ Kd6 47. g3 Kd5 48. h4 h5 49. Ne5 Kd6 50. Kd3 Kd5 51. Ng6 Nc5+ 52. Ke3 Nd7
53. Ne7+ Ke6 54. Nc6 Kd5 55. Nd4 g6 56. Ne2 Nb8 57. Kd3 Nc6 58. Nc3+ Kc5 59.
Na2 Kd5 60. Nc1 Nd4 61. Ke3 Nc2+ 62. Kf2 Kd4 63. Nb3+ Kc4 64. Na5+ Kd5 65. Nb7
Nd4 66. Nd8 Kd6 67. Nf7+ Ke7 68. Ne5 Kf6 69. Ke3 Ne6 70. Kd3 Nd8 71. Kc4 Ne6
72. Kd5 Nc7+ 73. Kc6 Ne6 74. Kd5 Nc7+ 75. Kc4 Ne6 76. Nc6 Nc7 77. Nd4 Ke7 78.
Kc5 Ne6+ 79. Nxe6 Kxe6 80. Kc6 Ke7 81. Kc7 Ke6 82. Kd8 Kf7 83. Kd7 Kf6 84. Ke8
Kg7 85. Ke7 Kg8 86. Kf6 Kh7 87. Kf7 Kh6 88. Kg8 1-0

[Event "Shenzhen Hou Yifan-Ponomariov blitz"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2018.07.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2018.07.07"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
Be7 9. a4 d6 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 a6 13. Bd3 d5 14. e5 Nd7 15.
Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Nb3 Qb4 17. Bc2 Bg4 18. Qd3 Nf8 19. Nfd2 Qb6 20. a5 Qb5 21. Qg3
Be2 22. Rfe1 Bc4 23. Qc3 Qb4 24. f4 Bxb3 25. Nxb3 Rad8 26. Red1 g6 27. Nc5 Rb8
28. Ba4 Red8 29. Bxc6 bxc6 30. Nxa6 Qxc3 31. bxc3 Rb7 32. Nc5 Ra7 33. a6 Ne6
34. Nxe6 fxe6 35. Ra5 Rb8 36. Kf2 Kf7 37. Ke3 h5 38. g3 Rb3 39. Kd3 Ke7 40. Kc2
Rb6 41. Rda1 Kd7 42. h3 Ke7 43. R5a2 Kd7 44. g4 hxg4 1-0

[Event "Shenzhen Hou Yifan-Ponomariov blitz"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2018.07.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.07.07"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 d5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. Ne5 O-O 8. Bd3
Nd7 9. Nef3 f5 10. O-O g5 11. Bg3 f4 12. exf4 gxf4 13. Qe2 e5 14. Nxe5 Ndxe5
15. dxe5 fxg3 16. fxg3 Bg5 17. Qh5 Rxf1+ 18. Rxf1 Qe7 19. Bxh7+ Qxh7 20. Qe8+
Kg7 21. Rf7+ Kh6 22. Rxh7+ Kxh7 23. Qh5+ Bh6 24. Qf7+ Bg7 25. e6 Ne5 26. Qh5+
Kg8 27. Qe8+ Kh7 28. Nf3 Nxf3+ 29. gxf3 b6 30. e7 1-0

[Event "Shenzhen Hou Yifan-Ponomariov blitz"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2018.07.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B29"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.07.07"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Qe2 Nxc3 7. dxc3 Nc6
8. Be3 e6 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. Qc4 a6 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. Bf4 Qc8 13. Ne5 Be7 14. Qd3
f6 15. Nc4 Bb5 16. Nd6+ Bxd6 17. Qxd6 Kf7 18. Be3 c4 19. Bb6 Qc6 20. Qd4 Rhe8
21. b3 e5 22. Qe3 Qe6 23. Rd2 Rac8 24. Rhd1 Kg8 25. Rd6 Qg4 26. g3 Bc6 27. Kb2
Qf3 28. Qd2 h6 29. Be3 Kh7 30. h4 Qf5 31. Bb6 Bf3 32. Re1 Re6 33. Re3 Rxd6 34.
Qxd6 Bc6 35. Qd2 Re8 36. a4 Re7 37. a5 Rd7 38. Qe1 Bf3 39. Qa1 Rd2 40. Rxf3
Qxc2+ 0-1

[Event "Shenzhen Hou Yifan-Ponomariov blitz"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2018.07.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2018.07.07"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. c4 e6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. d5
exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. Nd4 c5 11. Ndb5 d6 12. Bf4 Bf8 13. a4 a6 14. Na3 Nh5 15.
Bd2 Nd7 16. e4 Ne5 17. Qe2 Nf6 18. f4 Ned7 19. Qf3 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Naxb5
Rxa1 22. Rxa1 Qb6 23. Bf1 Nxe4 24. Nxe4 c4+ 25. Qe3 Qxb5 26. Nxd6 Qxd5 27. Qxe8
Qxd6 28. Be3 Nf6 29. Qb5 Qe7 30. Qe5 Qd7 31. Qxf6 Qd5 32. Qd4 Qh1+ 33. Kf2
Qxh2+ 34. Ke1 Qxg3+ 35. Bf2 Bb4+ 36. Kd1 Qf3+ 37. Kc1 h5 38. Ra4 Bf8 39. Rxc4
Bg7 40. Qe3 Qd5 41. Rc7 Kh7 42. Bc4 Qh1+ 43. Kc2 Be4+ 44. Bd3 Bd5 45. f5 Qg2
46. fxg6+ fxg6 47. Qd4 1-0

[Event "Shenzhen Hou Yifan-Ponomariov blitz"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2018.07.07"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2018.07.07"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d5 6. Nbd2 dxe4 7. dxe4 O-O 8.
O-O Qe7 9. b4 Bd6 10. Bb2 Nd8 11. Qe2 c6 12. Ba4 Ne6 13. g3 Bc7 14. Bb3 h6 15.
h4 Rd8 16. Rfd1 a5 17. a3 b5 18. Nf1 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 g6 20. Bc1 h5 21. Ng5 axb4
22. axb4 Nh7 23. Nxh7 Kxh7 24. Ne3 Ng7 25. Kg2 Be6 26. Qc2 Rd8 27. Nf1 Bxb3 28.
Qxb3 Qe6 29. Qc2 Rxd1 30. Qxd1 Qe7 31. Bg5 f6 32. Be3 Ne6 33. Nd2 Qd7 34. Qe2
Kg7 35. Nb3 Bd8 36. c4 Be7 37. c5 Nd8 38. Na5 Kf7 39. Qa2+ Qe6 40. Qd2 Ke8 41.
Qd3 Qa2 42. Qb3 Qxb3 43. Nxb3 Ne6 44. Kf3 f5 45. Bd2 Bd8 46. Bc3 Bc7 47. Nc1
Nd8 48. Nd3 Nf7 49. Ke3 Ke7 50. exf5 gxf5 51. f4 e4 52. Nc1 Nd8 53. Ne2 Ne6 54.
Bb2 Kf7 55. Bc3 Bd8 56. Nc1 Nc7 57. Nb3 Ne6 58. Bb2 Ke7 59. Be5 Kd7 60. Ke2 Ke8
61. Ke3 Kd7 62. Ke2 Ke8 63. Ke3 Kd7 64. Ke2 Ke8 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2018.08.06"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2018.08.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Monzon Jaime Casas"]
[BlackTeam "Beniajan Duochess CAC"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. d4 Nxd4 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8.
Nxd4 exd4 9. Qxd4 Nf6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 Rfe8 13. Rfe1 c6 14. Qd3
Qe6 15. Rad1 Rad8 16. h3 Nd7 17. Qg3 Qg6 18. Qxg6 hxg6 19. Nb1 Bf6 20. Bxf6
Nxf6 21. Nc3 Kf8 22. Re3 d5 23. exd5 Rxe3 24. fxe3 cxd5 25. e4 Rc8 26. Nxd5
Rxc2 27. Nxf6 gxf6 28. Rd6 Rxa2 29. Rb6 Re2 30. Rxb7 Rxe4 31. b4 f5 32. Kf2 Kg7
33. b5 axb5 34. Rxb5 g5 35. Rb7 Kg6 36. Ra7 f4 37. Ra5 f6 38. Rb5 Re5 39. Rb6
Kf5 40. Ra6 Re6 41. Ra5+ Kg6 42. Ra8 Rb6 43. Ra5 f5 44. Ra8 g4 45. hxg4 fxg4
46. Rg8+ Kf5 47. Rf8+ Rf6 48. Ra8 Re6 49. Rf8+ Ke4 50. g3 fxg3+ 51. Kxg3 Rg6
52. Rf4+ Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2018.08.07"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.08.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Beniajan Duochess CAC"]
[BlackTeam "Barcelona Escola Escacs"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 Qc7 8.
Qg5 O-O 9. Qxe5 Qxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe4 11. dxe4 Nxe4 12. Nd2 Nxd2 13. Kxd2 Nd7 14.
Nd3 Rd8 15. Rhe1 Nc5 16. Re5 Nxd3 17. cxd3 Kf8 18. Rae1 Rb8 19. Kc3 Bd7 20.
R1e3 Re8 21. Ra5 Ra8 22. Ra4 f6 23. Rb4 Rab8 24. Ra4 Ra8 25. Rb4 Rab8 26. Ra4
Ra8 27. Rb4 Rab8 28. Ra4 Ra8 29. Rb4 Rab8 30. Ra4 Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2018.08.08"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "Adhiban,B"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.08.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solvay"]
[BlackTeam "Beniajan Duochess CAC"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 {This was a surprise.} 3. d5 g6 {The surprise story
continues...} 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. h3 O-O 7. Nf3 (7. Bd3 e6 {is the same.})
7... e6 8. Bd3 Na6 $5 {An interesting system advocated by Minasian where the
emphasis is on the strengths of the players rather than than depth of
preparation!} 9. Be3 ({The computer prefers} 9. O-O Nc7 $5 (9... Re8 10. Bf4 e5
11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3 Nh5 13. a3 Nf4 14. Bc2) (9... e5 {I wasn't sure about this
as the queenside is sufficiently closed and the move h3 weakens my kingside
and it might be possible to prepare an attack.} 10. a3) 10. dxe6 {is a
decision I didn't want to make.} (10. a4 e5 {followed by ...Nh5 and a kingside
assault!} 11. g4 h5 12. Nh2 hxg4 13. hxg4 Nh7 {[%cal Gg7f6,Gf6g5]}) (10. Re1 e5
11. a3 Nh5 12. b4 b6 {[%cal Gf7f5]}) (10. a3 Rb8) 10... Nxe6 11. Be3 Nd7 {
(Bareev-Topalov 2015) with a fine game for Black.}) ({Possibly the most
critical continuation is} 9. Bg5 $5 h6 10. Be3 Nc7 11. Qd2 $1 {This is the key
difference compared to the main game.} Kh7 (11... exd5 12. cxd5 Kh7 13. a4 {
(Bareev-Damljanovic 1990) with a superior position for White/}) 12. e5 dxe5 13.
Bxc5 Re8 14. d6 Na6 15. Ba3 Nd7 16. O-O (16. Bc2 f5 17. Ba4 (17. O-O-O) 17...
Rf8) 16... f5 17. Rfe1 $14 {Inviting Black to win a piece!}) 9... Re8 10. O-O
Nc7 11. a4 {Not finding a satisfactory way to defend against ...b5 and at the
same time be ready for e5, I decided to allow Na6-b4.} (11. Qd2 exd5 12. exd5
b5 $1 13. cxb5 (13. Bg5 b4 $5 (13... bxc4 14. Bxc4 {and Black's situation is
slightly tricky as he can't untangle from the pin easily.})) 13... Nfxd5 14.
Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Be4 Rxe4 16. Qxd5 Bf5 {holds the fort.}) 11... Na6 12. Nd2 ({
More human would be} 12. Rc1 $5 Nb4 13. Bb1 b6 14. Qd2 {looks quite nice for
White.}) 12... Nb4 13. Be2 (13. Bb1 $5 {I wasn't sure if the bishop would have
a useful role, but possibly this was better than the game continuation.}) 13...
b6 $1 {Aimed against e5. Here I started to feel a bit unpleasant as I wasn't
sure which plan to embark on!} 14. Qb3 $5 {Following the oldest saying, "When
you don't know what to do connect your rooks!"} a6 15. Rae1 {Now that they
hsvr been connected, it was time for phase 2: Activate the rooks!} Ra7 $1 {
Pono is not lagging behind and follows the same idea!} 16. Qd1 $1 {Job done!}
Rae7 17. Qb1 $1 {Now I have prevented any possible exchange on e4 (like in
Karjakin-Caruana 2014) and also restrict the strong knight on b4.} Qc7 18. Bf4
$5 {Slowly improving my piece positions and also fighting against the centre
control and preventing ...exd5 which will be met by cxd5 followed by Nc4.} e5 {
I surprised to see that he was the one who made the ultimate decision to close
the position.} 19. Be3 (19. Bh2 Bh6 $1 20. f4 exf4 21. Bxf4 (21. Rxf4 $5 Bxf4
22. Bxf4 Nd7 {the compensation wouldn't be sufficient.}) 21... Bxf4 22. Rxf4
Nd7 23. Nf3 Ne5 24. Nxe5 Rxe5 {followed by f5 and Black should be fine.}) 19...
Nd7 ({I liked} 19... Kh8 $5 {[%cal Gf6g8] followed by Ng8-Bh6 which would be
the ideal way to prepare ...f5.}) 20. Bg4 {I was hoping to exploit ...Nd7...} (
{The most ideal way was} 20. Kh2 Rf8 21. g4 {.I should have just gone for this!
}) 20... Rf8 (20... h5 21. Bd1 {was my idea as now f5 would be almost
impossible due to the many weakness on the kingside.}) 21. Kh1 {Neither of us
had much time left to make the time control, hence just enjoy the craziness
which continued!} Ree8 22. Be2 {I had to accept that Bg4 was indeed a silly
idea.} Qd8 (22... f5 23. exf5 gxf5 24. Bh5 Re7 25. Bg5 Nf6 26. Bd1 {[%cal
Gf2f4,Gg2g4] and since all my pieces are aiming at the kingside... thing's
aren't so bad!}) 23. Nf3 ({Again I rejected} 23. g4 $5 {in view of} f5 (23...
Qh4 24. Kh2 {with Nf3 next.}) 24. exf5 gxf5 25. gxf5 Qh4 {looked dangerous but.
..} 26. Bg4 {[%cal Gd2f3] followed by Nf3 looks fine for White.}) 23... Kh8 24.
Bg5 f6 25. Bh4 {Continuing to fight against ...f5 with pieces.} Bh6 $1 {
A typical idea in this type of structure.} 26. Nh2 Bd2 $1 {Always useful to
disorganise the rook a bit!} 27. Rd1 (27. Bg4 Bxe1 28. Rxe1 Nb8 $1 {and White
doesn't get this Be6.} (28... h5 29. Be6 g5 30. Qd1 $1 {is the point as d1 is
vacant for the queen compared to the game continuation.})) 27... Bf4 28. Bg4 $2
{For the love of God! Not again...} ({It was high time for} 28. g4 $5) 28... h5
$1 29. Bxd7 (29. Be6 {was my intention; it fails to} Bxh2 30. Kxh2 g5 {[%csl
Rh4]}) 29... Bxd7 30. Bg3 f5 {Black is clearly superior and only a miracle can
save White...} 31. Bxf4 exf4 32. Rfe1 ({Another possibility was} 32. Nf3 g5 (
32... fxe4 33. Nxe4 Bf5 34. Rfe1) 33. h4 gxh4 {doesn't work here.}) 32... g5
33. Qc1 Qf6 34. h4 $1 {This caught him by surprise and he didn't go for the
best continuation, I felt I might actually have a chance to win this!} g4 {
After this those thoughts dropped again!} ({Sometimes being greedy is the best
way!} 34... gxh4 $1 35. Qxf4 Nc2 36. Re2 Nd4 {with a much better version than
what he got in the game.} 37. Ree1 fxe4 38. Qxf6+ Rxf6 39. Nxe4 Rf4 40. Nxd6
Rxe1+ 41. Rxe1 Rxf2 $17) (34... Rg8 $5 35. Nf3 gxh4 36. Qxf4 Rg4 {was another
strong idea.}) 35. Qxf4 {I offered a draw knowing that I can't really hope to
win here and also I had less time (never had this issue before :)).} ({One
sample line} 35. Qxf4 Nc2 36. Re2 Nd4 37. Ree1 fxe4 38. Qxf6+ Rxf6 39. Nxe4 Rf4
40. Nxd6 Rxe1+ 41. Rxe1 Rxf2 42. Nf1 Nc2 43. Rc1) 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2018.08.09"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.08.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Beniajan Duochess CAC"]
[BlackTeam "Sestao Bizkaialde"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
a6 9. Bb3 g5 10. Bg3 Ba7 11. Nbd2 Kg7 12. Nc4 Ne7 13. Re1 Nh5 14. d4 f6 15. Ne3
Qe8 16. Qd3 Bd7 17. Rad1 Ng6 18. Nf5+ Kh7 19. Nd2 Ngf4 20. Bxf4 Nxf4 21. Qf3
Qg6 22. Ne7 Qg7 23. Nf5 Qg6 24. Ne7 Qg7 25. Nf5 Qg6 26. Ne7 Qg7 27. Nf5 Qg6 28.
Ne7 Qg7 29. Nf5 Qg6 30. Ne7 Qg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2018.08.10"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Saric, Ivan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.08.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Extremadura Ajoblanco"]
[BlackTeam "Beniajan Duochess CAC"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bd6 5. Nbd2 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. Nf1
Na5 9. Ng3 Re8 10. O-O Bf8 11. d4 Nxb3 12. axb3 Bb7 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Re1 h6 15.
Bxf6 Bxf6 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Nxe5 Rxe5 18. Qd4 d6 19. f4 Re6 20. Rad1 Qh4 21.
Qc3 Qxf4 22. Rf1 Qg5 23. Qxc7 Re7 24. Qxd6 Bxe4 25. Rde1 Rae8 26. Rxe4 Rxe4 27.
Nxe4 Rxe4 28. Qxa6 Re2 29. Qc8+ Kh7 30. Qf5+ Qxf5 31. Rxf5 Rxc2 32. Rxb5
1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2018.08.12"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Antipov, Mikhail Al"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2018.08.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Beniajan Duochess CAC"]
[BlackTeam "Extremadura Magic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 a6 5. e3 Bf5 6. Qb3 Ra7 7. Nh4 Bc8 8. Qc2
b5 9. b3 e5 10. dxe5 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Qxe4 Bb4+ 13. Ke2 O-O 14. g3 Qa5 15.
a3 Bc3 16. Ra2 bxc4 17. bxc4 Rd8 18. f4 Bg4+ 19. Nf3 g6 20. Qc2 Rad7 21. Kf2
Rd1 22. Bg2 R1d3 23. Bf1 Rd1 24. Bg2 R1d3 25. Bf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.09.24"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Simutowe, Musatwe"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2208"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zambia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ZAM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. O-O d5 8.
e5 Nd7 9. Re1 Qb6 10. Nd2 a5 11. Nf3 Ba6 12. Rb1 Bxd3 13. cxd3 a4 14. Qc2 c5
15. Bg5 h6 16. Be3 Be7 17. b4 axb3 18. Rxb3 Qa6 19. Rb2 O-O 20. Reb1 Ra7 21. h3
Rfa8 22. d4 c4 23. Kh1 Qa4 24. Qe2 Qc6 25. Ne1 Ba3 26. Rb5 Bf8 27. R5b2 Ra3 28.
Nc2 Rxa2 29. Qg4 Rxb2 30. Rxb2 g6 31. h4 h5 32. Qd1 Be7 33. Bg5 Bxg5 34. hxg5
Rb8 35. Rxb8+ Nxb8 36. Qb1 Nd7 37. Kh2 Qb6 38. Qxb6 Nxb6 39. Kg3 Nc8 40. Kf3
Ne7 41. Ke2 Nf5 42. Kd2 Kf8 43. Kc3 Ke7 44. Ne1 Kd7 45. Nc2 Kc6 46. Kb4 Kb6 47.
Ka4 Ne7 48. Kb4 Nc6+ 49. Kc3 Na7 50. Kb4 Nb5 51. g3 Kc6 52. f3 Kb6 53. Ka4 Nc3+
54. Kb4 Ne2 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.09.25"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Yakubboev, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Uzbekistan"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UZB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. Nc3 c5 2. e4 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 d5 6. f4 Nf6 7. Nf3 Ba6 8. e5
Nd7 9. O-O Be7 10. Qe1 O-O 11. Qg3 f5 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Re1 Re8 14. Bd2 Qb8 15.
b3 e5 16. Rad1 exf4 17. Bxf4 Qc8 18. Ne5 Re6 19. Na4 Bb5 20. Nc3 Qe8 21. Nxd7
Bd4+ 22. Kh1 Qxd7 23. Nxb5 cxb5 24. Rxe6 Qxe6 25. Re1 Qf7 26. Qg4 h5 27. Qg5
Bf6 28. Qf5 Bc3 29. Qxf7+ Kxf7 30. Re2 Rc8 31. g3 Rc6 32. Bd2 Bf6 33. c4 bxc4
34. dxc4 dxc4 35. bxc4 Ra6 36. Bc1 Rd6 37. Kg2 Rd3 38. Be3 Be7 39. Kf3 Rc3 40.
Ke4 Rxc4+ 41. Kd5 Rc3 42. Bf4 Rd3+ 43. Kc4 Rd4+ 44. Kb5 Rb4+ 45. Kc6 Rb6+ 46.
Kd5 Ra6 47. Be5 g5 48. Rb2 Kg6 49. Rb7 Bf6 50. Bxf6 Kxf6 51. Rb2 Kf5 52. Kxc5
Kg4 53. Kd5 Ra3 54. Ke6 a5 55. Rc2 h4 56. gxh4 gxh4 57. Ke5 a4 58. Ke4 Kh3 59.
Kf4 Rd3 60. Ke4 Rd1 61. Ke3 Rf1 62. Rc4 a3 63. Ra4 Rf8 64. Ke2 Rh8 65. Rxa3+
Kxh2 66. Kf2 Rf8+ 67. Rf3 Ra8 68. Kf1 Rxa2 69. Rf2+ Rxf2+ 70. Kxf2 h3 71. Kf1
Kg3 72. Kg1 h2+ 73. Kh1 Kh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.09.26"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Deac, Bogdan Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Romania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 c6 6. a3 Ba5 7. c5 d5 8. cxd6
Qxd6 9. b4 Bc7 10. g3 e5 11. Bg2 Be6 12. Qc2 Nbd7 13. O-O a6 14. Bb2 Qe7 15.
Na4 Bg4 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Nxe5 18. Nd4 Rae8 19. Nc5 Bc8 20. Rae1 Nfd7 21.
Ncb3 Nb6 22. Na5 Qf6 23. h3 Qg6 24. Qxg6 hxg6 25. Rc1 g5 26. Rfd1 Rd8 27. f4
gxf4 28. exf4 Ng6 29. Kf2 Na4 30. h4 Ne7 31. Bf3 Nb2 32. Rd2 Nf5 33. Nab3 Nxd4
34. Nxd4 Bf5 35. Rxb2 Rxd4 36. Re1 Be6 37. Rd1 Rxd1 38. Bxd1 Rd8 39. Be2 Kf8
40. g4 f5 41. g5 Rd4 42. Kg3 Bd5 43. a4 Re4 44. h5 Re3+ 45. Kf2 Re4 46. Kg3
Re3+ 47. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.09.28"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Vazquez Igarza, Renier"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Spain"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. Nxb5 Nb6 8. Be2
Bb7 9. O-O Be7 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. Rd1 Nb4 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Qf4 f5 14. Qg3 Kh8 15.
a3 N4d5 16. h4 Rb8 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. Rac1 Bd5 20. Rd2 Qd7 21. Nxd5
exd5 22. Bd1 f4 23. Qh3 Qxh3 24. gxh3 Rfc8 25. h5 c5 26. Kg2 Nd7 27. Ba4 Nb6
28. Bb5 Na8 29. Ba4 Nb6 30. Bb5 Na8 31. Ba4 Nb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.10.01"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Qxe2+ 8.
Bxe2 Be7 9. Nc3 c6 10. O-O-O h6 11. Bd2 Na6 12. Rde1 Nc7 13. Bd1 Bd7 14. h3 Ne6
15. Nh4 O-O-O 16. f4 Rhe8 17. Nf3 Bf8 18. g4 Nc7 19. f5 Rxe1 20. Rxe1 Re8 21.
Ne4 Nxe4 22. dxe4 g6 23. c4 d5 24. exd5 Rxe1 25. Bxe1 cxd5 26. fxg6 fxg6 27.
Ne5 Be8 28. Bc2 g5 29. Bf5+ Kd8 30. Bg3 dxc4 31. Nxc4 Bc6 32. Kd2 Bg2 33. h4
gxh4 34. Bxh4+ Be7 35. Bg3 Bg5+ 36. Ke2 Bd5 37. b3 Ne6 38. Be5 Ke7 39. Bd6+ Kf6
40. Be5+ Ke7 41. Bd6+ Kf6 42. Be5+ Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.10.02"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "188"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
O-O 9. Qd2 a5 10. Bb5 Be6 11. O-O-O Nb4 12. Kb1 d5 13. exd5 Nbxd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5
15. Bc4 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 Qc8 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18. Rhe1 a4 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20. Qxc5 Rfd8
21. Qc7 Re8 22. a3 b5 23. Qd6 f6 24. Qxe6+ Rxe6 25. Rd5 Rb8 26. Re4 Reb6 27.
Rd7 h5 28. c3 Kh7 29. Kc2 Kh6 30. h4 g5 31. hxg5+ Kxg5 32. Rd5 Kg6 33. Rh4 Kg5
34. g3 Re6 35. Kd3 Kg6 36. Ke3 Rc6 37. Rb4 Rcb6 38. Kf2 Kf5 39. Rd1 Rh8 40. Rh4
Kg5 41. Rd5 Kg6 42. g4 Rbb8 43. gxh5+ Rxh5 44. Rxh5 Kxh5 45. f4 Kg4 46. fxe5
fxe5 47. Rxe5 Kf4 48. Rc5 Ke4 49. Ke2 Rb7 50. Rh5 Rb8 51. Kd2 Rd8+ 52. Kc2 Rd5
53. Rh4+ Ke5 54. c4 bxc4 55. Rxc4 Ra5 56. Kc3 Kd6 57. Kb4 Ra8 58. Rc2 Ra7 59.
Kb5 Ra8 60. Rc6+ Kd7 61. Ra6 Rb8+ 62. Rb6 Ra8 63. Kc5 Kc7 64. Rc6+ Kd7 65. Rd6+
Kc7 66. Rh6 Ra5+ 67. Kb4 Ra8 68. Rh5 Kd6 69. Ra5 Rb8+ 70. Kc3 Rc8+ 71. Kd3 Rb8
72. Ra6+ Kc5 73. Ra5+ Kd6 74. Kc3 Rc8+ 75. Kd4 Rb8 76. Ra6+ Kd7 77. Kc3 Rc8+
78. Kd3 Rb8 79. Kc2 Rc8+ 80. Kb1 Rc4 81. Rb6 Rc5 82. Rb4 Ra5 83. Rc4 Kd6 84.
Kc2 Kd5 85. Rh4 Ra8 86. Kc3 Kc5 87. Rh5+ Kc6 88. Kc4 Rb8 89. Rc5+ Kd6 90. Rb5
Rc8+ 91. Kb4 Ra8 92. Rb6+ Kc7 93. Kb5 Kd7 94. Rb7+ Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.10.03"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Draskovic, Luka"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Montenegro"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MNE"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bg7 8.
Be3 O-O 9. f3 Nc6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. c5 Qb8 12. cxd6 Qxb2 13. Nde2 Nxe4 14. Nxe4
Qxa1 15. Qxa1 Bxa1 16. dxe7 Rfe8 17. Kf2 Bg7 18. Bg5 f5 19. Nd6 h6 20. Nxe8
Rxe8 21. Be3 Rxe7 22. Bxa7 Be6 23. Bd4 Bc4 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.10.04"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Bf5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. c4 Bxb1 6. Qxb1 Bb4+ 7. Kd1 Bd6 8.
Bg5 Be7 9. Bd3 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. b4 c6 13. Ke2 Nd7 14. Rc1 a6
15. a4 O-O 16. Qb3 Re8 17. Kf1 Nb6 18. g3 Qd7 19. Kg2 h5 20. h3 g6 21. Qc3 Qd6
22. Qc5 Qd8 23. Qc3 Qd6 24. Qc5 Qd8 25. Qc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.10.05"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Michalik, Peter"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "179"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Czech Republic"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d5 6. Bg2 e5 7. Nf3 d4 8. O-O
Nc6 9. e3 Be7 10. exd4 exd4 11. Bf4 O-O 12. Re1 Qb6 13. Qb3 Bb4 14. Nbd2 Nh5
15. a3 Nxf4 16. gxf4 Bxd2 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. Nxd2 Rd8 19. Bd5 Kf8 20. Nb3 Ne7
21. Rad1 Nxd5 22. Rxd4 Be6 23. Red1 Ra4 24. cxd5 Rxd4 25. Nxd4 Rxd5 26. Nxe6+
fxe6 27. Rc1 Ke7 28. Rc7+ Rd7 29. Rc8 Kf6 30. Rf8+ Rf7 31. Re8 Re7 32. Rh8 Kf5
33. Rxh7 Rd7 34. Kg2 Kxf4 35. h4 b5 36. h5 Rd5 37. Rxg7 Rxh5 38. Rxb7 Ke4 39.
Rb6 Re5 40. Rd6 Rg5+ 41. Kf1 Re5 42. b3 Kf3 43. a4 bxa4 44. Rd3+ Kf4 45. bxa4
Ra5 46. Ra3 Ke4 47. Ke2 Kd4 48. Kf3 Kc5 49. Kg4 Kc6 50. Ra2 Kd6 51. Kf4 Kc6 52.
Ke4 Kd6 53. Kd4 Kc6 54. Kc4 Kb6 55. Kb4 Rf5 56. a5+ Ka6 57. Kc4 Rd5 58. Kc3 Rd8
59. Kb4 Rd5 60. Kc4 Rd8 61. Kc5 Rd5+ 62. Kc6 Rd4 63. Ra3 Rf4 64. f3 Rd4 65. Kc5
Rd5+ 66. Kc4 Rd6 67. Rd3 Rc6+ 68. Kb4 e5 69. Re3 Rf6 70. Kc5 Rf8 71. Ra3 Rd8
72. Re3 Rf8 73. Kd5 Kxa5 74. Kxe5 Kb5 75. f4 Re8+ 76. Kd4 Rf8 77. Ke4 Kc5 78.
Rd3 Re8+ 79. Kf3 Rf8 80. Rd1 Kc6 81. Kg4 Rg8+ 82. Kf5 Rf8+ 83. Kg5 Rg8+ 84. Kh6
Rf8 85. Rf1 Kd7 86. Kg7 Rf5 87. Kg6 Ra5 88. Re1 Ra6+ 89. Kf7 Ra5 90. Rd1+ 1-0

[Event "CZE-chT 1819"]
[Site "Czech Republic"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Nguyen, Thai Dai Van"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2018.11.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Unichess"]
[BlackTeam "Lysa nad Labem"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8.
d4 Nd7 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. Nc3 Bd7 13. Rd1 Kc8 14.
Be3 f5 15. f3 f4 16. Bf2 g5 17. Na4 g4 18. Nc5 Bxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "CZE-chT 1819"]
[Site "Czech Republic"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.11.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lysa nad Labem"]
[BlackTeam "Novoborsky"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bf5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Qb3 Qc7 8. Bd2
Nc6 9. Bb5 e6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Bb4 O-O 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Nbd2 Bxb4 14. Qxb4 Rab8
15. Qa3 Qb6 16. b3 Nd7 17. Rfc1 Rfc8 18. Rc3 Qb4 19. Qxb4 Rxb4 20. a3 Rb6 21.
b4 a5 22. bxa5 Rb5 23. Rac1 Rxa5 24. Rxc6 Rxc6 25. Rxc6 Rxa3 26. g4 Bd3 27. Ne5
Nf8 28. Rc8 Bb5 29. Rb8 f6 30. Rxb5 fxe5 31. dxe5 Ng6 32. Rb8+ Kf7 33. Rb7+ Kg8
34. Nf3 h6 35. Kg2 Ra4 36. Nd4 Ra6 37. f4 Nh4+ 38. Kf1 g6 39. Rc7 Ra3 40. Kf2
Ra2+ 41. Rc2 Ra6 42. Kg3 g5 43. f5 Ra3 44. Kf2 exf5 45. gxf5 1-0

[Event "CZE-chT 1819"]
[Site "Czech Republic"]
[Date "2019.01.13"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.11.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Pardubice"]
[BlackTeam "Lysa nad Labem"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. bxc4 b6 8. Rg1
Bb7 9. g4 Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. d3 Bb4+ 12. Ke2 Bb7 13. Bg2 Bd6 14. g5 Nd7 15.
Nd2 Bxg2 16. Rxg2 e5 17. Ne4 f5 18. gxf6 Nxf6 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. f4 Qe6 21. Rg5
h6 22. Rg2 g6 23. fxe5 Bxe5 24. d4 Qc6 25. Qg1 Qxc4+ 26. Kd2 g5 27. Qd1 c5 28.
Qb3 Qxb3 29. axb3 cxd4 30. exd4 Rad8 31. Ke3 Bb8 32. h4 Rde8+ 33. Kd3 Rf3+ 34.
Kc4 Rc8+ 35. Kd5 Rxb3 36. hxg5 Rb5+ 37. Ke6 Rc6+ 38. Kd7 Rc7+ 39. Ke6 Rc6+ 40.
Kd7 Rc7+ 41. Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1819"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2019.02.02"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Huschenbeth, Niclas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.11.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hockenheim"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Rc1 b6 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. Qe3 Nd7 14. e5
h6 15. O-O Rc8 16. Nd2 Qg5 17. Ne4 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Qxe3 19. fxe3 f6 20. exf6 Nxf6
21. Bb7 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Nd5 23. e4 Nf4 24. Rc2 Rd8 25. d5 exd5 26. g3 Nd3 27.
Bxd5+ Kh7 28. Rc7 Nc5 29. Kf2 Rd7 30. Rc8 Re7 31. Ke3 Kg6 32. Kd4 Ne6+ 33. Bxe6
Rxe6 34. e5 Re7 35. Rf8 Rd7+ 36. Kc4 b5+ 37. Kc5 b4 38. e6 Rb7 39. Rf2 a5 40.
Kd6 Rb6+ 41. Kd7 Rb7+ 42. Kd8 Rb5 43. e7 Rd5+ 44. Kc7 Re5 45. Kd7 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1819"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2019.02.03"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2018.11.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kiel Turm"]
[BlackTeam "Hockenheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Be2
Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4 c5 12. bxc5 bxc5 13. Rb1 Bc6 14. O-O Nd7
15. Bb5 Qc7 16. Qd3 Rfd8 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. Qb5 Qxb5 19. Nxb5 cxd4 20. Nfxd4
Rdc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1819"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2019.03.01"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "Meinhardt, Maximilian"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2018.11.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Viernheim"]
[BlackTeam "Hockenheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Nge2 Rb8 7. a4 a6 8. Be3
Nf6 9. h3 b5 10. axb5 axb5 11. d4 Nd7 12. O-O O-O 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Nd4 Ne5 15.
b3 b4 16. Nd5 e6 17. f4 exd5 18. fxe5 Nxe4 19. Nc6 Qc7 20. Qxd5 Be6 21. exd6
Nxd6 22. Qa5 Rbc8 23. Qxb4 Bxa1 24. Rxa1 Nf5 25. Bf4 Qd7 26. Qc5 Rfe8 27. b4 f6
28. b5 g5 29. g4 Nh4 30. Ra7 Qd1+ 31. Bf1 gxf4 32. Qh5 Nf3+ 33. Kg2 Ng5 34. Bd3
Bd5+ 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 1819"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2019.03.02"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2018.11.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Hockenheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. Be3
O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. Bd3 a5 13. Rfe1 Ng4 14. Be2 e5 15.
Be3 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 Bf6 17. Red1 Bg5 18. Qg3 Bf4 19. Qd3 Qb6 20. Rab1 Rfd8 21.
Nd5 Bxd5 22. Qxd5 Bg5 23. g3 Be7 24. Rd3 Qc6 25. Bg4 Kg7 26. Rbd1 h5 27. Bh3 a4
28. Rf3 Rf8 29. c5 Rad8 30. Qxc6 bxc6 31. cxd6 Rxd6 32. Rxd6 Bxd6 33. Rc3 c5
34. Bd7 Rb8 35. Rd3 Be7 36. Bxa4 Rxb2 37. Bb3 Re2 38. Rd7 Kf8 39. Bd5 c4 40.
Bxc4 Rxe4 41. Rc7 h4 42. Kg2 hxg3 43. hxg3 f5 44. a4 Bd8 45. Rf7+ Ke8 46. Be6
Rxa4 47. Rg7 Ra6 48. Rxg6 Ke7 49. Bxf5 Rxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1819"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2019.03.03"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Donchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2018.11.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hockenheim"]
[BlackTeam "Deizisau"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. h3 a6 8. a4 Qe7
9. Bf4 Bg7 10. e3 Nbd7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Rb8 13. Re1 Ne8 14. e4 Ne5 15. Nxe5
Bxe5 16. Qd2 Nf6 17. Bf1 Re8 18. Rad1 Bd4 19. b4 Nh5 20. Bh2 b6 21. b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1819"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2019.03.09"]
[Round "12.3"]
[White "Abel, Dennes"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2018.11.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Berlin SF"]
[BlackTeam "Hockenheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d5 6. cxd5 Bc5 7. N5c3 O-O 8.
g3 Ng4 9. e3 f5 10. Be2 Nh6 11. Nd2 Nd7 12. Nb3 Bd6 13. e4 f4 14. f3 a6 15. Qd3
Nf6 16. g4 Nf7 17. Bd2 Bd7 18. O-O-O b5 19. a3 Qb6 20. Na2 a5 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 1819"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2019.03.10"]
[Round "13.3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Gajewski, Grzegorz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "181"]
[EventDate "2018.11.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hockenheim"]
[BlackTeam "Dresden TU"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Qc2 c6 9. Bf4 b6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. Bc7 Qe8 13. Qb3 Ne4 14. Na3 Rc8
15. Nb5 Ndc5 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Be5 c4 18. Qa4 f6 19. Bd4 a6 20. Nc3 Nxc3 21.
Qxe8 Nxe2+ 22. Kf1 Rfxe8 23. Kxe2 e5 24. Bb6 d4 25. Ba5 Bd5 26. Kf1 Bf8 27. Ne1
Bf7 28. Rc2 e4 29. Rd2 d3 30. Bc3 f5 31. h4 g6 32. Bh3 e3 33. fxe3 Rxe3 34. Bg2
Rxg3 35. Nf3 Bd5 36. Ng5 Bxg2+ 37. Rxg2 Rxg2 38. Kxg2 Re8 39. Kf1 h6 40. Nf3
Re3 41. Ne5 Bc5 42. Kg2 Re2+ 43. Kh1 g5 44. hxg5 hxg5 45. Nxc4 g4 46. Re1 f4
47. Ne5 d2 48. Bxd2 Rxd2 49. Nxg4 Rxb2 50. Re5 Bb6 51. Rg5+ Kf7 52. Rf5+ Ke7
53. Rxf4 Rxa2 54. Rf6 Bd4 55. Rc6 a5 56. Rc4 Bb6 57. Rc6 Bd4 58. Rc4 Rd2 59.
Ra4 Bc3 60. Ne5 Bxe5 61. Rxa5 Ke6 62. Kg1 Kf5 63. Ra4 Bf4 64. Kf1 Kg4 65. Ke1
Rh2 66. Ra3 Rd2 67. Rb3 Ra2 68. Kd1 Kf5 69. Rc3 Ke4 70. Rc2 Ra1+ 71. Ke2 Be3
72. Rc4+ Bd4 73. Rc2 Rh1 74. Kd2 Rh3 75. Ke2 Bc3 76. Kd1 Kd3 77. Rd2+ Kc4 78.
Rg2 Re3 79. Re2 Rd3+ 80. Kc2 Bd4 81. Rd2 Ra3 82. Re2 Ra1 83. Kd2 Bc5 84. Re4+
Kd5 85. Re8 Bb4+ 86. Kd3 Rd1+ 87. Kc2 Rd2+ 88. Kb3 Bd6 89. Rc8 Rh2 90. Rc2 Rxc2
91. Kxc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1819"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2019.04.06"]
[Round "14.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Beerdsen, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.11.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hockenheim"]
[BlackTeam "Muelheim Nord"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nc6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qd6 5. Nb5 Qd8 6. d4 a6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8.
a3 Qd6 9. Be2 Bg4 10. d5 Ne5 11. O-O Ned7 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 g6 14. g3 Ne5
15. Bg2 Bg7 16. Re1 O-O 17. Qe2 Ned7 18. Be3 Rfe8 19. Rad1 e5 20. dxe6 Qxe6 21.
Nd5 Nxd5 22. Bxd5 Qxh3 23. Bxf7+ Kxf7 24. Qc4+ Ke7 25. Bc5+ Kf6 26. Bd4+ 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1819"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2019.04.07"]
[Round "15.1"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2018.11.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Hockenheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. a4 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Re1
a5 9. h3 Nb6 10. Ba2 Nfd7 11. Be3 exd4 12. Bxd4 Nc5 13. Bxc5 dxc5 14. Qe2 Qd6
15. Rad1 Qg6 16. Ne5 Qg5 17. Nf3 Qg6 18. Ne5 Qg5 19. Nf3 Qg6 20. Ne5 Qg5
1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch 87th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2018.12.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 e5 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. Qxd8+ Kxd8 7. Nc3 c6 8.
O-O Kc7 9. Rd1 Bg4 10. Be3 Bxf3 11. exf3 Nf6 12. f4 Nbd7 13. fxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch 87th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2018.12.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kovchan, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
Be6 9. h4 Nbd7 10. g4 h6 11. Rg1 Nh7 12. h5 Rc8 13. Qd2 O-O 14. O-O-O b5 15.
Kb1 Nb6 16. f4 exf4 17. Bxf4 Ng5 18. Bxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch 87th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2018.12.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bg4 6. d5 Ne5 7. Bf4 Nfd7 8.
Qa4 Nxf3+ 9. gxf3 Bxf3 10. Rg1 a6 11. Qxc4 g6 12. Rg3 Bh5 13. Bxc7 Qc8 14. d6
e6 15. Qd4 Rg8 16. e5 Bh6 17. Be2 Bxe2 18. Kxe2 g5 19. h4 g4 20. Rag1 f5 21.
exf6 Kf7 22. Ne4 b6 23. Rxg4 Rxg4 24. Rxg4 Qb7 25. Ng5+ Bxg5 26. hxg5 Qh1 27.
g6+ hxg6 28. Rh4 Qc6 29. Rh7+ Kg8 30. Rg7+ Kf8 31. Kd2 Qb5 32. Rxd7 Qxd7 33.
Qh4 Kg8 34. Qe4 Qe8 35. Qd3 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch 87th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2018.12.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nf6 7. Bd2 Nd7 8.
Bc3 e5 9. a4 b6 10. Nbd2 f6 11. Ng1 Nf8 12. Ne2 Ne6 13. O-O O-O 14. Nc4 Nd4 15.
Bd2 Be6 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. b3 Qd7 18. f4 b5 19. Na5 f5 20. exf5 Rxf5 21. Qe2 Bd5
22. g4 Rf7 23. fxe5 Re8 24. c4 dxc3 25. Bxc3 Rxf1+ 26. Rxf1 Qe7 27. d4 a6 28.
Qe3 bxa4 29. bxa4 Qa3 30. Ra1 Bh6 31. Qd3 Qe7 32. Nc4 Rf8 33. Rf1 Rxf1+ 34.
Qxf1 c5 35. Qd3 Qf7 36. Nd6 Qf4 37. dxc5 Qe3+ 38. Qxe3 Bxe3+ 39. Kf1 Bxc5 40.
Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch 87th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2018.12.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kravtsiv, Martyn"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8.
Qa4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. f3 Qd7 11. Rb1 Bd5 12. Qd3 Qc6 13. Nh3 Nbd7 14. O-O e5
15. Qd2 e4 16. Nf4 Nb6 17. Nxd5 Nfxd5 18. fxe4 Nxc3 19. Rb2 Nxe4 20. Qc2 Rae8
21. Qxc6 bxc6 22. Rc2 Re6 23. Bf4 Rd8 24. Bxe4 Rxe4 25. Bxc7 Rdxd4 26. Bxb6
axb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch 87th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2018.12.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bernadskiy, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. a4 b4 10. a5 Rb8 11. Bc4 Bb7 12. d4 bxc3 13. Nxc3 exd4 14. Nxd4 Ne5 15.
Bf1 Re8 16. f4 Ned7 17. g3 Bf8 18. Bg2 g6 19. Nb3 Ba8 20. Bd2 c5 21. Bc1 Qc7
22. Nd2 c4 23. Re2 Nc5 24. Nxc4 Ncxe4 25. Nxe4 Bxe4 26. Bxe4 Rxe4 27. Rxe4 Nxe4
28. Ne3 Rb5 29. Ra4 d5 30. Kg2 Qc6 31. Rd4 Bg7 32. Rxe4 dxe4 33. Qd8+ Bf8 34.
Ng4 e3+ 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch 87th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2018.12.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Bogdanovich, Stanislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B29"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nc3 Nxc3 5. dxc3 Nc6 6. Bd3 d6 7. exd6 Qxd6 8.
Be3 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Qe2 e6 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. g4 Bg6 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. Qc4 Qa5
15. Ng5 Be7 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Qxe6 Kf8 18. a3 Re8 19. Rd5 Rd8 20. Rhd1 Rxh3 21.
Qxg6 Rxd5 22. Rxd5 Qc7 23. Qf5+ Ke8 24. g5 Rh1+ 25. Kd2 Bf8 26. Qe4+ 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch 87th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2018.12.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Golubka, Petr"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. a4 Nf6 6. h3 Nc6 7. Nf3 e6 8. Be2 O-O
9. O-O b6 10. Re1 Bb7 11. d5 exd5 12. exd5 Ne7 13. Bc4 h6 14. Qd3 Re8 15. Rad1
Qd7 16. Qd2 Nf5 17. Bd4 Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 Re8 19. Be3 Nxe3 20. Rxe3 Rxe3 21. Qxe3
Qe8 22. Qd3 Nd7 23. b3 Nc5 24. Qe2 Kf8 25. Qd2 Ne4 26. Nxe4 Qxe4 27. Kf1 g5 28.
Qe2 Bxd5 29. Bxa6 Qf4 30. Bd3 Bc3 31. Qe3 Qf6 32. Be4 Be6 33. g4 d5 34. Bf5 Ke7
35. Ng1 Qe5 36. Bxe6 fxe6 37. Ne2 Qxe3 38. fxe3 Bd2 39. Kf2 c5 40. Kf3 Kd6 41.
e4 d4 42. Ng3 Bf4 43. Ne2 Bd2 44. Ng3 Bf4 45. e5+ Kxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch 87th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2018.12.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 c5 7. a3 Bxd2+ 8.
Nbxd2 cxd4 9. Nxc4 Nc6 10. O-O O-O 11. Rc1 d3 12. e3 b6 13. Ne1 Bb7 14. Nxd3
Rc8 15. Nb4 Nxb4 16. Bxb7 Rc7 17. axb4 Rxb7 18. Ne5 Qd5 19. Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.02.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Spoelman, Wouter"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Amsterdam Mosquitoes"]
[BlackTeam "Barcelona Raptors"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nc3 b6 7. d4 Bb7 8. Bd3 c5
9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 cxd4 12. exd4 Ne4 13. Ne2 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Bc5
15. a3 a5 16. Nd4 Qe7 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Rxa1 19. Bxa1 Bxd4 20. Bxd4 Qxb4 21.
Be3 Qc3 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Qd7 Ba6 24. e6 Qc8 25. Rc1 Qxd7 26. exd7 Bb5 27. Rc7
f6 28. Bxb6 h5 29. Bc5 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.02.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ter Sahakyan, Samvel"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia Eagles"]
[BlackTeam "Barcelona Raptors"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Bb5 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 a6 13. Bxd7+ Bxd7 14. Rb3 Qe7
15. Rxb7 Qd8 16. Bb6 Qh4+ 17. Bf2 Qd8 18. Bb6 Qc8 19. Rc7 Qd8 20. Qd4 Ba3 21.
Rb7 Qc8 22. Rc7 Qd8 23. Rb7 Qc8 24. Rc7 Qd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.02.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Barcelona Raptors"]
[BlackTeam "Marseille Migraines"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. h3 h6
9. Re1 g5 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. Rxe3 g4 12. hxg4 Nxg4 13. Re2 Rg8 14. Nbd2 Qf6 15.
Nf1 Qg6 16. g3 Qf6 17. Kg2 Ne7 18. Ne3 Ng6 19. Nd5 Qd8 20. Qb3 Rg7 21. Rh1 Rb8
22. Kf1 Kf8 23. a5 Be6 24. Ne3 Qf6 25. Nh4 Nxh4 26. Rxh4 Bd7 27. Nxg4 Rxg4 28.
Rxg4 Bxg4 29. Re3 Qg6 30. f3 Be6 31. Kf2 Ke7 32. Re1 Qg5 33. Qd1 Rg8 34. Rg1 h5
35. Qc1 f6 36. Bxe6 Kxe6 37. Qxg5 fxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.02.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Barcelona Raptors"]
[BlackTeam "Montclair Sopranos"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. Qg4 Ne7 7. Qxg7 Rg8 8. Qxh7
cxd4 9. b4 Bc7 10. Nb5 Bxe5 11. Nf3 Rh8 12. Qd3 Bf6 13. Bf4 Kf8 14. Nc7 Ng6 15.
Bg3 e5 16. Nxa8 Nc6 17. Qb5 Kg7 18. O-O-O Bf5 19. Qxb7 Qxa8 20. Qxa8 Rxa8 21.
Ba6 Rb8 22. b5 Rb6 23. Rhe1 Be4 24. h4 Nb8 25. h5 Nxa6 26. hxg6 Bxf3 27. gxf3
Bg5+ 28. Kb2 Rxb5+ 29. Ka2 f6 30. Rb1 Rc5 31. Rb7+ Kxg6 32. Re2 Ra5 33. Bxe5
fxe5 34. Rxe5 Bf6 35. Re8 Nc5 36. Rbb8 d3 37. cxd3 Nxd3 38. Rb7 Rc5 39. Rbb8
Rc2+ 40. Kb1 Rc1+ 41. Ka2 Nc5 42. Rb2 Bxb2 43. Kxb2 Nd3+ 44. Kb3 Rc7 45. Rd8
Nf4 46. Kb4 Kf5 47. a4 Ke5 48. a5 d4 49. Kb5 d3 50. Re8+ Ne6 51. f4+ Kf5 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.02.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Azarov, Sergei Nikolaevich"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "New York Marshalls"]
[BlackTeam "Barcelona Raptors"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. a3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc5 7. Bd3 f6 8. b4 Bb6
9. Bb2 fxe5 10. b5 Nd4 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Qh5+ Kf8 13. O-O Nf6 14. Qe2 Qd6 15.
f4 Ne4 16. Nd2 Nc3 17. Qh5 Bd7 18. f5 e5 19. f6 gxf6 20. Rxf6+ Qxf6 21. Rf1
Qxf1+ 22. Bxf1 Re8 23. Nf3 e4 24. Qh6+ Ke7 25. Qg5+ Kf7 26. Qf4+ Kg7 27. Qg5+
Kf7 28. Qf4+ Kg7 29. Qg3+ Kf7 30. Qf4+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.02.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Frolyanov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Volga Stormbringers"]
[BlackTeam "Barcelona Raptors"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d4 Nd7 6. Nbd2 Ngf6 7. c4 O-O 8. b3
Ne4 9. Bb2 Ndf6 10. Rc1 Bf5 11. Nh4 Be6 12. Qc2 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 a5 14. a4 Qb6 15.
Qc2 Rfd8 16. Rfd1 Ne8 17. Ba3 dxc4 18. bxc4 Rxd4 19. Rxd4 Bxd4 20. e3 Bf6 21.
Nf3 Rd8 22. Nd2 Qc7 23. Ne4 Bg7 24. h4 Bf5 25. Qb3 Nf6 26. Nc5 b6 27. e4 Bc8
28. Nd3 c5 29. Nf4 e6 30. Rb1 Nd7 31. h5 Bb7 32. Bb2 Bd4 33. Ne2 e5 34. Bc1 Kg7
35. Bg5 f6 36. Bd2 Bc6 37. Bf3 Rf8 38. Kg2 f5 39. Nxd4 exd4 40. exf5 Rxf5 41.
Bxc6 Qxc6+ 42. f3 Rxh5 43. Re1 Re5 44. Rxe5 Nxe5 45. Bf4 Nf7 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 20th"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2019.03.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Radovanovic, Nikola"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[Tiebreak "Sum of Buchholz"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. a7
Rxa7 9. e4 e6 10. Be2 exd5 11. exd5 d6 12. O-O Na6 13. Bf4 Nc7 14. Qd2 Re8 15.
Rae1 Ne4 16. Nxe4 Rxe4 17. b3 Nxd5 18. Bg5 Nf6 19. Bc4 Bb7 20. Rxe4 Bxe4 21.
Rd1 d5 22. a4 Qb6 23. Bb5 d4 24. Bc4 Qb7 25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26. Qf4 Kg7 27. Ne1 Ra8
28. Qd6 Qe7 29. Qxe7 Bxe7 30. Nd3 Bd6 31. Re1 Bb7 32. f3 h5 33. Ne5 Re8 34. Nd3
Ra8 35. Ne5 Re8 36. Nd3 Rd8 37. Ne5 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 20th"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2019.03.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Filip, Lucian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[Tiebreak "Sum of Buchholz"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Bb5 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 a6 13. Bxd7+ Bxd7 14. Rb3 Qe7
15. Rxb7 Qd8 16. Bb6 Qc8 17. Rc7 Qd8 18. Qd4 Ba3 19. Nb1 Be7 20. c4 Rb8 21. Nd2
Bb4 22. c5 Rc8 23. Ra7 Qh4+ 24. g3 Qh3 25. Qxb4 Qg2 26. Rf1 Bb5 27. Rf2 Qg1+
28. Nf1 Bxf1 29. c6 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 20th"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2019.03.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D25"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[Tiebreak "Sum of Buchholz"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Nbd2 c3 7. bxc3 bxc3 8. Nb1
e6 9. Nxc3 Bb4 10. Qb3 a5 11. Ba3 Nd5 12. Bxb4 Nxb4 13. Bb5+ c6 14. Be2 O-O 15.
O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 20th"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2019.03.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Blagojevic, Dragisa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[Tiebreak "Sum of Buchholz"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6 7. c3 Bg4 8. d3
Nd7 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. h3 Bh5 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. d4 Nd3 13. Re3 Nxc1 14. Qa4 Qd7
15. Rxc1 f6 16. Rd3 exd4 17. cxd4 d5 18. Rxc6 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Bf7 20. Nc5 Bxc5
21. dxc5 Qxd3 22. Rxf6+ Kf8 23. Rxf7+ Kg8 24. Qc6 Qb1+ 25. Kh2 Kxf7 26. Ng5+
Ke7 27. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 20th"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2019.03.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ter Sahakyan, Samvel"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[Tiebreak "Sum of Buchholz"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Be3 Nd7 6. Nf3 Bxc5 7. Bxc5 Nxc5 8.
Qd4 Qb6 9. a4 Ne7 10. a5 Qc7 11. Qc3 Bd7 12. b4 Na6 13. Qb2 O-O 14. Bd3 Ng6 15.
O-O Nf4 16. Ra3 Rfc8 17. Rc3 Qd8 18. Na3 Qe7 19. Bxa6 bxa6 20. Re3 Rab8 21. c3
d4 22. Nxd4 Qg5 23. g3 Nd5 24. f4 Qd8 25. Rd3 Qxa5 26. bxa5 Rxb2 27. Rb1 Rxb1+
28. Nxb1 h5 29. Kf2 Bb5 30. Rd2 Nxc3 31. Nxc3 Rxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 20th"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2019.03.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Maze, Sebastien"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[Tiebreak "Sum of Buchholz"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 bxc4 12. Bxc4 O-O 13. O-O Rb8 14. Qd3 a5
15. Nb5 Be6 16. Rfd1 Nd4 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. b3 Bxc4 20. bxc4 Rb2
21. Qxd4 Rc8 22. f3 Qxd4+ 23. Rxd4 g6 24. a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 20th"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2019.03.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Djukic, Nikola"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[Tiebreak "Sum of Buchholz"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 Rb8 13. Qd3 O-O 14. Be2 Be6
15. Rd1 a5 16. O-O b4 17. cxb4 axb4 18. a3 b3 19. Ncb4 Nd4 20. f4 Bh6 21. Qe3
Rc8 22. Rxd4 exd4 23. Qxd4 Kh8 24. Ba6 Rc5 25. Nd3 Ra5 26. Bc4 Qb8 27. N3b4 Qc8
28. Bxb3 Qc5 29. Qxc5 dxc5 30. Nd3 g6 31. Bc4 Bg7 32. e5 Ra4 33. b3 Rxa3 34.
Nxc5 Bxd5 35. Bxd5 Ra5 36. Rc1 Rc8 37. b4 Rb5 38. Rc4 Bf8 39. Nd3 Rxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 20th"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2019.03.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Meskovs, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[Tiebreak "Sum of Buchholz"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 d4 12. Nb3 d3 13. Bb1 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bf5 15.
Re1 O-O 16. h3 Qd7 17. b4 Rfd8 18. g4 Bg6 19. Ba2 Qc8 20. Bg5 a5 21. bxa5 Bxg5
22. Nxg5 d2 23. Re2 Rxa5 24. b4 Ra4 25. e6 Qa8 26. exf7+ Kh8 27. Rxd2 Rf8 28.
Qe2 h6 29. Qe6 Bxf7 30. Nxf7+ Rxf7 31. Qxf7 Ne5 32. Qe6 Nf3+ 33. Kg2 Nxd2+ 34.
Bd5 Qf8 35. Rd1 Nc4 36. Bxc4 bxc4 37. Qxc4 c5 38. Qxc5 Qxc5 39. bxc5 Rc4 40.
Rd5 Kg8 41. f3 Kf7 42. h4 Rxc3 43. h5 Ke7 44. Kg3 Rc4 45. Kf2 Rc3 46. Ke2 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 20th"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2019.03.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[Tiebreak "Sum of Buchholz"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Be5 Nhf6 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. Qc2 c6 14. O-O-O Qa5
15. Nd2 Nxg3 16. hxg3 O-O-O 17. Nb3 Qc7 18. Na4 Kb8 19. Kb1 h5 20. Rc1 Be7 21.
Qd2 h4 22. gxh4 Rxh4 23. g3 Rhh8 24. Qc3 Ka7 25. Nac5 Bg4 26. Rxh8 Rxh8 27.
Nxb7 Kxb7 28. Na5+ Ka8 29. Nxc6 Nb8 30. Nxe7 Qxe7 31. Qa5 Qd6 32. e4 Rc8 33.
Rxc8 Bxc8 34. e5 Qe6 35. f3 Bb7 36. Qd2 Qb6 37. Bc2 Nc6 38. Qxg5 Qxd4 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 20th"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2019.03.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Lupulescu, Constantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[Tiebreak "Sum of Buchholz"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Be7 8. a3
Rb8 9. Nf4 b5 10. Be2 a5 11. h4 Qb6 12. Be3 b4 13. axb4 axb4 14. O-O bxc3 15.
bxc3 Qb3 16. Qxb3 Rxb3 17. c4 dxc4 18. Bxc4 Rb8 19. dxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 20th"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2019.03.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[Tiebreak "Sum of Buchholz"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bf4 dxc4 6. e3 Nd5 7. Bxc4 Nxf4 8.
exf4 Nb6 9. Bd3 g6 10. O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hengshui IMSA rapid"]
[Site "Hengshui"]
[Date "2019.05.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.05.14"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 Nc6 7. Be3 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 e5 9. Qb6 Qxb6 10. Bxb6 Be6 11. O-O-O Rc8 12. Ba5 Be7 13. Bb4 Rd8 14. Be2
d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Ba5 Nxc3 17. Rxd8+ Bxd8 18. Bxc3 f6 19. Rd1 Bc7 20. Bf3 b6
21. Bb4 Kf7 22. Bd6 Bd8 23. b3 Be7 24. c4 Rd8 25. Bxe7 Rxd1+ 26. Kxd1 Kxe7 27.
Kd2 a5 28. Kc3 Kd6 29. a3 g5 30. b4 axb4+ 31. axb4 h6 32. Be2 Bf7 33. g4 Be6
34. Bd3 Bd7 35. Be4 Be6 36. Kd3 Bf7 37. Bf3 Bg6+ 38. Be4 Bf7 39. Bf3 Bg6+ 40.
Be4 Bf7 41. Bf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hengshui IMSA rapid"]
[Site "Hengshui"]
[Date "2019.05.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2019.05.14"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. dxc5 e6 6. a3 Bxc5 7. b4 Bb6 8. Bd3 f6
9. Bb2 fxe5 10. Nxe5 Nf6 11. O-O O-O 12. Nd2 a5 13. b5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bd7 15. a4
Be8 16. c4 Rc8 17. h3 Qe7 18. Qc2 Kh8 19. Rae1 Bh5 20. Kh1 Bc5 21. Qb2 b6 22.
cxd5 Nxd5 23. Ne4 Bb4 24. Rc1 Ba3 25. Bxg7+ Qxg7 26. Qxa3 Nf4 27. Ng3 Bf3 28.
Kh2 Bxg2 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Rc1 Rf8 31. Rc7 Qf6 32. Be4 Bxe4 33. Nxe4 Qf5 34.
Qc3+ e5 35. Nd6 Qf6 36. Ne4 Qf5 37. Nd6 Qf6 38. Ne4 Qf5 39. Qf3 Ng6 40. Qxf5
Rxf5 41. Kg3 Rf4 42. f3 Nh4 43. Ng5 Nf5+ 44. Kf2 Rxa4 45. Rxh7+ Kg8 46. Rb7
Ra2+ 47. Ke1 Nd4 48. Rxb6 Rb2 49. Ra6 Rxb5 50. h4 Rc5 51. h5 e4 52. Nxe4 Nxf3+
53. Kf2 Rf5 54. Rg6+ Kh8 55. Rh6+ Kg7 56. Rg6+ Kh8 57. Rh6+ Kg7 58. Rg6+ Kh8
59. Rh6+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hengshui IMSA rapid"]
[Site "Hengshui"]
[Date "2019.05.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2019.05.14"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Ne7 6. Qh5 Qd7 7. h3 Nbc6 8.
a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qe6+ 10. Ne2 Bd7 11. O-O O-O-O 12. Rb1 f6 13. Bf4 Be8 14. Qf3
Bg6 15. Rfe1 Rhe8 16. Ng3 Qd7 17. Nh5 Nf5 18. Qg4 Bxh5 19. Qxh5 g6 20. Qf3 Nh4
21. Qg3 Nf5 22. Qf3 Nh4 23. Qg3 Nf5 24. Qf3 Nh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hengshui IMSA rapid"]
[Site "Hengshui"]
[Date "2019.05.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2019.05.14"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. Ng5 Nh6 6. Nxf7 Nxf7 7. Bxf7+ Kxf7
8. Qh5+ g6 9. Qxc5 d5 10. O-O dxe4 11. c3 Bf5 12. Bf4 Re8 13. Na3 a6 14. Rad1
d3 15. Nc4 Qe7 16. Qe3 Kg8 17. Qg3 Be6 18. Nd2 Bxa2 19. Rfe1 Qf7 20. Nxe4 Bd5
21. Ng5 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Re8 23. Rxe8+ Qxe8 24. Qxd3 Qe1+ 25. Qf1 Qxf1+ 26. Kxf1
Na5 27. Bxc7 Nc4 28. b4 b6 29. Ke2 a5 30. bxa5 bxa5 31. Kd3 a4 32. Kc2 Bxg2 33.
f3 h6 34. Ne4 Bxf3 35. Nd2 Ne3+ 36. Kd3 Nd5 37. Bd6 Bg2 38. c4 Nf6 39. Kd4 Kf7
40. Nb1 Ke6 41. Bf8 h5 42. Nc3 Bc6 43. Kc5 Be8 44. Kb4 Ng4 45. h4 Ne3 46. Nd5
Nf5 47. Nc7+ Kd7 48. Na6 Kc8 49. Ka5 Nxh4 50. Kb6 Nf5 51. Nc7 Bf7 52. c5 a3 53.
Nb5 a2 54. Na7+ Kd8 55. c6 Be6 0-1

[Event "Hengshui IMSA rapid"]
[Site "Hengshui"]
[Date "2019.05.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2019.05.14"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Bf5 8.
Ne5 Nd7 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxd3 11. cxd3 O-O 12. Rb1 Rb8 13. f4 f6 14. Ng4 f5
15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. fxe5 Qd7 17. Rb2 b5 18. Be3 a5 19. Rbf2 b4 20. cxb4 axb4 21.
Qh5 Qe8 22. Qe2 Qg6 23. g3 Ra8 24. Kg2 Ra3 25. Rc1 c6 26. Rc2 Rfa8 27. Bc1 R3a6
28. Be3 Qe6 29. Qf3 Ra3 30. Bc1 R3a6 31. Be3 Ra3 32. Bc1 R3a6 33. Be3 Ra3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Hengshui IMSA rapid"]
[Site "Hengshui"]
[Date "2019.05.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2019.05.14"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nb3 Nf6 9. Nbxd4 a6 10. a4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Qc7 12. Qe2 Bc5 13. Nf3 O-O 14. Bg5 b6
15. Bd3 Bb7 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Be4 Rfd8 18. Rad1 Kg7 19. g3 a5 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21.
b3 Rac8 22. Rd3 Rxd3 23. Qxd3 Bb4 24. c4 Be7 25. Rd1 Rd8 26. Qe2 Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1
Qe4 28. Ne1 Bc5 29. Nd3 Bd4 30. Nf4 f5 31. Ne2 Bf6 32. Nf4 Be5 33. Qd8 Bxf4 34.
gxf4 Qxf4 35. Qxb6 Qg4+ 36. Kf1 Qd1+ 37. Kg2 Qg4+ 38. Kf1 Qd1+ 39. Kg2 Qg4+ 40.
Kf1 Qd1+ 41. Kg2 Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hengshui IMSA rapid"]
[Site "Hengshui"]
[Date "2019.05.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2019.05.14"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Be7 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 O-O 8. b4
Nxc3 9. dxc3 Be6 10. e4 f6 11. Be3 a5 12. b5 Nb8 13. c4 c6 14. c5 Qe8 15. Rb1
Nd7 16. bxc6 bxc6 17. Be2 f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Bd3 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Bxc5 21. Bxc5
Nxc5 22. Qc4+ Ne6 23. O-O Rf4 24. Qb3 a4 25. Qe3 Nc7 26. Rfc1 Nd5 27. Qxe5 Rf6
28. Rb7 Qxe5 29. Nxe5 Re8 30. Nd7 Rf7 31. g3 Rd8 32. Nc5 Rxb7 33. Nxb7 Rb8 34.
Nc5 Ra8 35. Rc4 Nb6 36. Rc2 h6 37. Kg2 Rd8 38. Ne4 Rd4 39. Rxc6 Nc4 40. Nc3
Nxa3 41. Ra6 Nc2 42. Nxa4 Ne1+ 43. Kf1 Nf3 44. h3 Rc4 45. Ke2 Ng1+ 46. Kd3 Rc1
47. h4 Rf1 48. Ra8+ Kf7 49. Ra7+ Kg8 50. Ke3 Re1+ 51. Kd3 Rf1 52. Ke3 Re1+ 53.
Kd3 Rf1 54. Ke3 Re1+ 55. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hengshui IMSA rapid"]
[Site "Hengshui"]
[Date "2019.05.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2019.05.14"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bf5 7. O-O Be7 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. Re1 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nd7 12. Bf4 Re8 13. h4 h6 14. c4
dxc4 15. Qxc4 c5 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qd4 18. Qxd4 cxd4 19. Re4 Red8 20. Rd1
Bc5 21. e6 fxe6 22. Rxe6 Rac8 23. Rd3 Re8 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Kf1 Bb6 26. c3 Ba5
27. Bd2 dxc3 28. Bxc3 Bxc3 29. Rxc3 Re4 30. Ra3 Rxh4 31. Rxa7 Rb4 32. a4 Rb2
33. a5 Kh7 34. a6 bxa6 35. Rxa6 h5 36. g3 Rb4 37. Kg2 h4 38. gxh4 Rxh4 39. Kg3
Rh6 40. Rxh6+ Kxh6 41. Kg4 Kg6 42. f4 Kf6 43. f5 g6 44. fxg6 Kxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hengshui IMSA rapid"]
[Site "Hengshui"]
[Date "2019.05.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2019.05.14"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2
Be7 9. Be2 b5 10. a3 O-O 11. O-O Bb7 12. Rad1 Rc8 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Nd4 Qc7 15.
Nxc6 Qxc6 16. Bd4 Ne4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Qe3 Qxc2 19. Rc1 Qa4 20. b4 Bd5 21.
Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Bd1 Rc2 23. Bxc2 Qxc2 24. Rc1 Qd3 25. Rc8+ Bf8 26. Qxd3 exd3 27.
Bc5 1-0

[Event "Hengshui IMSA rapid"]
[Site "Hengshui"]
[Date "2019.05.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2019.05.14"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. Bg2
Be7 9. Be3 Nc6 10. f4 Nd7 11. O-O Nxd4 12. Qxd4 O-O 13. Qd2 Rb8 14. Ne2 b5 15.
Rad1 Bb7 16. e5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 d5 18. Nd4 Rc8 19. Qe2 Bc5 20. c3 Qe7 21. Bf2
Rfe8 22. Rfe1 b4 23. Qxa6 Ra8 24. Qe2 Rec8 25. Ra1 bxc3 26. bxc3 Bb6 27. Rec1
Rc4 28. Rab1 Qa3 29. Rb2 Bxd4 30. Bxd4 Nc5 31. Rcb1 Ne4 32. Rb8+ Rxb8 33. Rxb8+
Kh7 34. Qb2 Qe7 35. g5 hxg5 36. Rb7 Rc7 37. Rxc7 Qxc7 38. fxg5 Qc4 39. Qc2 Kg6
40. Be3 Qxc3 41. Qxc3 Nxc3 42. a3 Kf5 43. Bd4 Ne2 44. Bb2 Nf4+ 45. Kg3 Nd3 46.
Bc3 Nc5 47. Kf3 Kxg5 48. Bd4 Nb3 49. Ke3 Kh4 50. a4 Na5 51. Kf2 Kxh3 52. Bb6
Nc6 53. a5 Nb4 54. Ke3 Kg4 55. Kd4 Na6 56. Kc3 Kf4 57. Kb3 Kxe5 58. Ka4 Kd6 59.
Kb5 Nc7+ 0-1

[Event "Hengshui IMSA rapid"]
[Site "Hengshui"]
[Date "2019.05.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2019.05.14"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. dxc5 e6 6. Be3 Nh6 7. c3 Nf5 8. Bd4
Bd7 9. Qd2 a5 10. Be2 a4 11. O-O Qa5 12. Qf4 Bxc5 13. Bxc5 Qxc5 14. Bd3 O-O 15.
Na3 Qb6 16. Rab1 Nce7 17. Rfe1 f6 18. Qd2 Be8 19. Nc2 Bg6 20. a3 Nc6 21. Nb4
Nxb4 22. axb4 a3 23. bxa3 Rxa3 24. Rbc1 Ne7 25. exf6 Rxf6 26. Bf1 Nc6 27. Re3
h6 28. Qe1 Bf7 29. h3 Ra2 30. b5 Na5 31. Ra1 Rxa1 32. Qxa1 Qc7 33. Ne5 b6 34.
Bd3 Qd6 35. g3 h5 36. Qa4 Be8 37. Qh4 Nb3 38. Bc2 Nc5 39. Qb4 Qf8 40. Re2 Nd7
41. Qd4 Qc5 42. Bd3 Nxe5 43. Rxe5 Qxd4 44. cxd4 Kf8 45. Kg2 Ke7 46. h4 Kd6 47.
Rg5 g6 48. Kf1 Ke7 49. Ke2 Kd6 50. Ke3 Ke7 51. f3 Kd6 52. g4 Ke7 53. Be2 Bf7
54. gxh5 gxh5 55. f4 Rh6 56. Rg1 Rg6 57. Rg5 Rh6 58. Bd3 Rh8 59. f5 exf5 60.
Rxf5 Rg8 61. Be2 Rg3+ 62. Rf3 Rg1 63. Rf5 Rg3+ 64. Bf3 Rh3 65. Rf4 Rh2 66. Be2
Rh3+ 67. Bf3 Rh2 68. Be2 Rh3+ 69. Bf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hengshui IMSA blitz"]
[Site "Hengshui"]
[Date "2019.05.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2019.05.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6 8.
Ba4 c6 9. Bb3 d6 10. Nd2 a5 11. Nf3 O-O 12. Re1 Qe7 13. h3 h6 14. Be3 Bc7 15.
Bc2 Re8 16. d4 Be6 17. Qd2 Rad8 18. b3 d5 19. exd5 Rxd5 20. c4 Rdd8 21. Qc3 e4
22. Nd2 Bf5 23. Nf1 Bg6 24. Rad1 Nh5 25. d5 cxd5 26. cxd5 Bd6 27. Qxa5 Bb4 28.
d6 Bxd6 29. Qb5 Rc8 30. Bb1 Nf4 31. Bxf4 Bxf4 32. Ne3 Bb8 33. Rd7 Qf6 34. Rxb7
h5 35. Rd7 h4 36. Nf1 Re5 37. Qb7 Rce8 38. Rc1 Kh7 39. Ne3 Qf4 40. Rc8 R5e6 41.
Rxe8 Qh2+ 42. Kf1 Rxe8 43. Ke2 Bf4 44. Rxf7 Bh6 45. Re7 Rf8 46. Bxe4 Bxe4 47.
Qxe4+ Kh8 48. Re8 1-0

[Event "Hengshui IMSA blitz"]
[Site "Hengshui"]
[Date "2019.05.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2019.05.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 e6 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Nxc6
bxc6 9. Qa4 Qb6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. a3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Ne7 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O Qc7
15. f4 c5 16. Be3 Bf5 17. Bf3 Rfd8 18. Bf2 Rab8 19. Qd1 Rb2 20. Rc1 h6 21. Re1
Be4 22. Bh4 g5 23. fxg5 Nf5 24. Bf2 hxg5 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. Qg4 Ng7 27. Rxe4
Rdd2 28. Rf1 Ne6 29. h4 Qd8 30. Re3 Kg7 31. hxg5 Qd5 32. Rg3 Nf8 33. c4 Qd3 34.
Bxc5 Ng6 35. Rxd3 1-0

[Event "Hengshui IMSA blitz"]
[Site "Hengshui"]
[Date "2019.05.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "2019.05.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Na5 8. Ba2
c5 9. c3 Nc6 10. Na3 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Bd2 a6 13. Nc4 Rb8 14. Ne3 h6 15. b4
cxb4 16. cxb4 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Qb3 Qd7 19. Rec1 Kh7 20. Ra6 Nd4 21. Nxd4
exd4 22. Nf1 Rbc8 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. h3 Qb7 25. Ra2 d5 26. Ng3 dxe4 27. dxe4 Rc4
28. e5 Nd5 29. Qd3+ g6 30. Qf3 Bxb4 31. Bxb4 Rxb4 32. Ne4 Ra4 33. Nc5 Qa7 34.
Nxa4 bxa4 35. Qf8 d3 36. Qa3 Qd4 37. Qxa4 Qxe5 38. Qd7+ Qg7 39. Qxe6 Nc3 40.
Rd2 Ne2+ 41. Kh2 Qa1 42. Rxe2 dxe2 43. Qxe2 Qf6 44. g3 h5 45. Kg2 Kg7 46. Qe4
Qc3 47. Qe7+ Kg8 48. Qd7 Qe5 49. Qc6 Kg7 50. h4 Qd4 51. Qe6 Qc3 52. Qe7+ Kg8
53. Qe4 Kg7 54. Kf1 Qa1+ 55. Ke2 Qb2+ 56. Ke3 Qc1+ 57. Ke2 Qb2+ 58. Kf3 Qf6+
59. Kg2 Qc3 60. Qe6 Qd4 61. Kf1 Qd1+ 62. Kg2 Qd4 63. Qe3 Qd5+ 64. f3 Qa2+ 65.
Kh3 Qa1 66. Kg2 Qb2+ 67. Qf2 Qc3 68. Qe2 Qd4 69. Qc2 Qe5 70. Qd2 Qa1 71. Kf2
Qa7+ 72. Ke2 Qa6+ 73. Qd3 Qa2+ 74. Ke3 Qa5 75. Qd4+ Kg8 76. Qf6 Qe1+ 77. Kf4
Qc1+ 78. Ke4 Qe1+ 79. Kf4 Qd2+ 80. Ke5 Qe1+ 81. Kf4 Qd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hengshui IMSA blitz"]
[Site "Hengshui"]
[Date "2019.05.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2019.05.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Nf3 Bxc5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O f6 8. Qe2
fxe5 9. Nxe5 Nf6 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Nd2 Bd6 13. Nf3 Qc7 14. Rae1 Ng4
15. h3 Nh2 16. Nxh2 Bxh2+ 17. Kh1 Bf4 18. Bxf4 Qxf4 19. Qe5 Bd7 20. g3 Qxe5 21.
Rxe5 a5 22. f4 g6 23. Kg2 Rfb8 24. b3 a4 25. h4 axb3 26. axb3 Ra2 27. Rf2 c5
28. h5 Kg7 29. hxg6 hxg6 30. Rg5 Be8 31. g4 Kf6 32. Re5 Bf7 33. Kg3 Rh8 34.
Rfe2 Rh1 35. g5+ Kg7 36. Rxe6 Bxe6 37. Rxe6 c4 38. bxc4 dxc4 39. Rxg6+ Kf8 40.
Be4 Re1 41. Re6 Rg1+ 42. Kf2 Raa1 43. Ke3 Rad1 44. f5 Rxg5 45. Kf4 Rg7 46. f6
Rf1+ 47. Ke5 Rg5+ 48. Kd4 Rg4 49. Kxc4 Rgf4 50. Kd4 Rxf6 51. Rxf6+ Rxf6 52. c4
Ke7 53. c5 Kd7 54. c6+ Rxc6 55. Bxc6+ Kxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hengshui IMSA blitz"]
[Site "Hengshui"]
[Date "2019.05.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2019.05.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. c3 e5 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. b4 a6 11. a4 Rd8 12. Ba3 Qe8 13. b5 axb5 14. axb5 Nb8 15.
b6 cxb6 16. Nc4 Bf8 17. Bxf8 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 Qxf8 19. Ncxe5 Qe7 20. Bc4 Be6 21.
Bxe6 Qxe6 22. Ra8 Nc6 23. Rxd8+ Nxd8 24. Qd3 Nc6 25. Nxc6 bxc6 26. Qd8+ Kg7 27.
Qxb6 Qxe4 28. h3 h6 29. Qc5 Qd5 30. Qd4 c5 31. Qe5 Qxe5 32. Nxe5 Ne4 33. c4 Kf6
34. Nd3 Ke7 35. f3 Nd6 36. Nxc5 Nxc4 37. Kf2 h5 38. h4 Kf6 39. Ne4+ Ke6 40.
Ng5+ Kf6 41. Ne4+ Ke6 42. Ng5+ Kf6 43. Ne4+ Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hengshui IMSA blitz"]
[Site "Hengshui"]
[Date "2019.05.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2019.05.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4 12. Nc2 O-O 13. g3 Be6 14. h4 a5 15.
Qd2 a4 16. Ndxb4 Nxb4 17. Nxb4 Qb6 18. Be2 Rfb8 19. a3 Qb7 20. Qd3 Bd8 21. O-O
Ba5 22. Qxd6 Qxe4 23. Rfe1 Rd8 24. Bf1 Qb7 25. Qxe5 Bxb4 26. axb4 Qxb4 27. Rec1
Rd2 28. c5 Qxb2 29. Qxb2 Rxb2 30. Rc3 Rb3 31. Rxb3 Bxb3 32. c6 Kf8 33. Bb5 Rc8
34. Bxa4 Bxa4 35. Rxa4 Rxc6 36. Kg2 h5 37. Ra8+ Ke7 38. Ra7+ Kf8 39. Ra8+ Ke7
40. Ra7+ Kf8 41. Ra8+ Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hengshui IMSA blitz"]
[Site "Hengshui"]
[Date "2019.05.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2019.05.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Qa4 Qxc5 8.
Be3 Qc7 9. Nh3 Ng4 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. O-O d6 12. Nf4 Bd7 13. Nfd5 Qd8 14. Qa3 a6
15. c5 dxc5 16. Qxc5 Bd4 17. Qa3 e6 18. Nf4 Qb6 19. e3 Bc5 20. Na4 Bxa3 21.
Nxb6 Bxb2 22. Rab1 Bg7 23. Nxd7 Rfd8 24. Rxb7 Rac8 25. Nb6 Rb8 26. Rxb8 1-0

[Event "Hengshui IMSA blitz"]
[Site "Hengshui"]
[Date "2019.05.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2019.05.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 Be7 8. Bg2
Nfd7 9. b3 Qc7 10. Bb2 b5 11. Qd2 Bb7 12. O-O-O Nc5 13. a3 Nbd7 14. Kb1 O-O 15.
f4 Rab8 16. g5 Rfe8 17. h4 Bf8 18. h5 e5 19. Nf5 exf4 20. Qxf4 Ne5 21. Nd5 Bxd5
22. exd5 Rbc8 23. Rd2 g6 24. Nh6+ Bxh6 25. gxh6 Qe7 26. Bh3 Rcd8 27. hxg6 hxg6
28. h7+ Kh8 29. Re1 f6 30. Rf2 Rf8 31. Rg1 Qf7 32. b4 Na4 33. Be6 Qc7 34. Bd4
Nc3+ 35. Kb2 Na4+ 36. Kb1 a5 37. Qd2 axb4 38. Qxb4 g5 39. Bf5 Nb6 40. Rff1 Nbc4
41. Rg3 Ra8 42. Rb3 Ra4 43. Qc3 Rfa8 44. Bxe5 dxe5 45. Bd3 Qd6 46. Bxc4 bxc4
0-1

[Event "Hengshui IMSA blitz"]
[Site "Hengshui"]
[Date "2019.05.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2019.05.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Re1 h6 10. h3 Ne7 11. d4 Nc6 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Qf3 Qe7 15.
Bf1 Be6 16. Nc4 Nd7 17. b3 Rfd8 18. Ba3 Qg5 19. g3 Nc5 20. h4 Qf6 21. Qxf6 gxf6
22. Bxc5 Bxc5 23. b4 Ba7 24. Rad1 Kf8 25. Na5 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Rb8 27. Be2 Ke7 28.
Kg2 Bb6 29. Nc4 Ba7 30. Na5 Bb6 31. Nc4 Ba7 32. Na5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hengshui IMSA blitz"]
[Site "Hengshui"]
[Date "2019.05.17"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2019.05.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. c3 Nf6 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4
Bb6 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Be3 O-O 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qc2 Ba5 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. O-O Bxc3
15. bxc3 f6 16. Nd2 Bg6 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Qa4 Qd7 19. Bf4 g5 20. Bg3 fxe5 21.
dxe5 Rf7 22. f3 Bf5 23. Qd4 a6 24. Rae1 Qe6 25. Rf2 Rb8 26. a4 Rb3 27. h4 h6
28. Rd2 Rg7 29. hxg5 hxg5 30. Rc1 g4 31. f4 Qe7 32. Qa7 Qa3 33. Qa8+ Kf7 34.
Re1 Rxc3 35. e6+ Bxe6 36. Bf2 g3 37. Bd4 Rc1 38. Rdd1 Rxd1 39. Rxd1 Rg8 40.
Qxc6 Qd6 41. Qc2 Ke8 42. Re1 Kd7 43. Qh7+ Kc8 44. f5 Qf4 45. Be3 Qxf5 46. Qh6
Kd7 47. Bd4 Rg4 48. Qh8 Re4 49. Qg7+ Qf7 50. Rxe4 Qxg7 51. Bxg7 dxe4 52. Be5 e3
53. Bxg3 Bg4 54. Bf4 e2 55. Kf2 c5 56. Be3 Kc6 57. Ke1 Kd5 58. Kd2 Kc4 59. Bf2
Kb4 60. a5 c4 61. Bb6 c3+ 62. Ke1 Kb3 63. Be3 c2 64. Bc1 Ka2 65. Kd2 Kb1 66.
Ba3 Bh5 67. g3 Bg4 0-1

[Event "Hengshui IMSA blitz"]
[Site "Hengshui"]
[Date "2019.05.17"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2019.05.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Be7 10. h4 h6 11. Be3 h5 12. Bd3 Ne5 13. Kb1 b5 14. Bg5 Qc7 15.
f4 Neg4 16. Rde1 b4 17. Nd1 a5 18. Nf3 Rb8 19. e5 dxe5 20. Nxe5 Bb5 21. Nxg4
Nxg4 22. Bxe7 Qxe7 23. f5 e5 24. Ne3 Nf6 25. Bxb5+ Rxb5 26. Qd3 Rc5 27. Rhg1 e4
28. Qe2 O-O 29. g4 hxg4 30. Nxg4 Re8 31. h5 Nxg4 32. Qxg4 Qf6 33. Rxe4 Rxe4 34.
Qxe4 Rxf5 35. Qe2 Rf2 36. Qd1 Kh7 37. b3 Qf5 38. Rh1 Qf3 39. Qc1 Qe4 40. Re1
Re2 41. Rg1 Rg2 42. Rxg2 Qxg2 43. Qd1 Qe4 44. Qg1 Qf5 45. Qd1 Kh6 46. a3 Qc5
47. axb4 axb4 48. Qg4 Qd6 49. Qf5 Qe7 50. Qg4 g6 51. hxg6 fxg6 52. Qh3+ Kg7 53.
c4 Qe1+ 54. Kc2 Qe2+ 55. Kc1 Qe1+ 56. Kc2 Qe2+ 57. Kc1 Qe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hengshui IMSA blitz"]
[Site "Hengshui"]
[Date "2019.05.17"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2019.05.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 b5 7. a4 b4 8. Nd5 e6
9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. g3 e5 11. Nb3 Be6 12. Bg2 Nc6 13. O-O Qd8 14. Be3 Be7 15. f4
O-O 16. Rf2 f6 17. Rd2 Qc7 18. Qe2 Na5 19. Nxa5 Qxa5 20. Qf2 Rab8 21. f5 Bf7
22. g4 b3 23. c3 Rfc8 24. Bf1 d5 25. exd5 Bxd5 26. Rad1 Bc6 27. Bc4+ Kh8 28.
Be6 Rd8 29. Rxd8+ Rxd8 30. Rxd8+ Qxd8 31. Bxb3 Qd3 32. Bc5 Qxh3 0-1

[Event "Hengshui IMSA blitz"]
[Site "Hengshui"]
[Date "2019.05.18"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.05.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8.
f3 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 a5 11. Be2 a4 12. O-O Be6 13. Rab1 Nd7 14. b4 axb3
15. axb3 Qa5 16. b4 Qa3 17. Rfc1 Rfc8 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 h5 20. Rc2 b6 21.
Bf2 Kh7 22. f4 Kg8 23. h3 Qa4 24. Bd3 Qa3 25. Kh2 Bh6 26. Be3 Bg7 27. Be2 Qa4
28. Bf3 Qa3 29. Bf2 Bh6 30. Qd4 Bg7 31. Qe4 Re8 32. Qe2 Bh6 33. Be3 Bg7 34. Qd2
Rec8 35. Bf2 Bh6 36. Be3 Bg7 37. Bf2 Bh6 38. Be3 Bg7 39. Bf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hengshui IMSA blitz"]
[Site "Hengshui"]
[Date "2019.05.18"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2019.05.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d3 Nd7 7. Be2 g6 8. Qg3
Bg7 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Bf4 Qb6 11. O-O Rc8 12. Rab1 Ngf6 13. Bd6 Bf8 14. Bf4 Bg7
15. Bd6 Bf8 16. Bf4 Bg7 17. Bd6 Bf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hengshui IMSA blitz"]
[Site "Hengshui"]
[Date "2019.05.18"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E07"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2019.05.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. Qd3 c6 8. O-O
b6 9. b3 a5 10. Bb2 Ba6 11. Rfd1 Rc8 12. Rac1 Qc7 13. e4 Rfd8 14. exd5 cxd5 15.
Nb5 Qb8 16. a4 Bb7 17. Qe2 Ne4 18. Rc2 Nf8 19. Bc1 Ng6 20. h4 Nf6 21. Bb2 Bf8
22. Re1 Bc6 23. Rec1 Qb7 24. Ne1 dxc4 25. bxc4 Bxg2 26. Nxg2 h6 27. Ne1 Ne8 28.
Qf3 Qd7 29. Nd3 Nd6 30. h5 Ne7 31. Ne5 Qe8 32. g4 Nc6 33. Nxc6 Rxc6 34. c5 bxc5
35. Nxd6 Rcxd6 36. dxc5 Rd3 37. Qe4 Qe7 38. c6 Qc7 39. Be5 Qc8 40. c7 R8d5 41.
Rb2 Bb4 42. Bg3 R3d4 43. Qe2 Rd2 44. Rxd2 Rxd2 45. Qb5 e5 46. Qb8 1-0

[Event "Hengshui IMSA blitz"]
[Site "Hengshui"]
[Date "2019.05.18"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2019.05.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Re1 a5 8. Nbd2
Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Nf1 Bb6 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Nxe3 a4 13. b4 axb3 14. axb3 Qd7
15. b4 Ne7 16. Qb3 h6 17. Nd2 Ng6 18. g3 Kh7 19. Kg2 Qf7 20. f3 d5 21. Qc2 Nh5
22. Ng4 Nf6 23. Nf2 Kh8 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. c4 c6 26. Rb1 Qd7 27. b5 Ne7 28. Qc3
Qd6 29. bxc6 bxc6 30. Rb7 Rb8 31. Ra7 Qc5 32. Ra5 Qd6 33. Nb3 Ng6 34. Ra6 dxe4
35. dxe4 Rd8 36. c5 Qc7 37. Na5 Ne7 38. Nc4 Ng6 39. Nd3 Qb7 40. Rb6 Qa8 41.
Ndxe5 Nxe5 42. Nxe5 Kh7 43. Qc2 Qa5 44. Rb2 Qa6 45. Nf7 Rd3 46. Nd6 e5 47. Nc4
Rd4 48. Nxe5 Qc8 49. Nf7 Kg8 50. Nd6 Qe6 51. Rb8+ Kh7 52. e5+ g6 53. Rb7+ Kg8
54. Qxg6+ 1-0

[Event "Hengshui IMSA blitz"]
[Site "Hengshui"]
[Date "2019.05.18"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2019.05.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. c3 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 O-O 14. Nce3
Be6 15. a4 Ne7 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. Bxb5 Ra2 20. Qb1
Bh6 21. O-O Bxe3 22. fxe3 Qa7 23. Re1 d5 24. Kh1 e4 25. Bf1 Qa4 26. b4 Qa3 27.
b5 Qxc3 28. Qxa2 Qxe1 29. Qe2 Qb1 30. Kg1 Kf8 31. Kf2 Bd7 32. h4 Kg7 33. Qh5
Bxb5 34. Qg5+ Kf8 35. Qd8+ Kg7 36. Qg5+ Kf8 37. Qd8+ Kg7 38. Qg5+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hengshui IMSA blitz"]
[Site "Hengshui"]
[Date "2019.05.18"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2019.05.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. a3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc5 7. Bd3 f6 8. b4 Bb6
9. Bb2 fxe5 10. Nxe5 Nf6 11. O-O O-O 12. Nd2 a5 13. b5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bd7 15. a4
Be8 16. Nb3 Rc8 17. Qe2 Qe7 18. Rae1 Qb4 19. Kh1 Bd7 20. f4 Bc7 21. h3 b6 22.
Nd4 Bxe5 23. Qxe5 Rfe8 24. Nf3 Qxa4 25. Qd6 Qb4 26. Qxb6 Rb8 27. Qa7 Ra8 28.
Qe3 a4 29. Ra1 0-1

[Event "Hengshui IMSA blitz"]
[Site "Hengshui"]
[Date "2019.05.18"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2019.05.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. a4 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. h3
h6 9. Re1 Re8 10. Be3 exd4 11. Qxd4 Qa5 12. Bf4 Ne5 13. Be2 Bf8 14. Rad1 Bd7
15. Bg3 Rad8 16. b4 Qb6 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. b5 Ra8 19. Nd4 Ng6 20. Bc4 Rac8 21.
Bb3 Nh5 22. Bh2 Nf6 23. Re3 Red8 24. g4 Re8 25. bxc6 bxc6 26. Kg2 Nh4+ 27. Kg1
Ng6 28. Bg3 Ra8 29. Kg2 Ra5 30. f3 Rc5 31. Rdd3 h5 32. Nf5 hxg4 33. hxg4 Ne5
34. Rd4 Be6 35. Nxd6 Rd8 36. Nf5 Rxd4 37. Nxd4 Bd7 38. Nce2 g5 39. Rc3 Ng6 40.
Nf5 Rxc3 41. Nxc3 Nf4+ 42. Kf1 Bc5 43. Nh6+ Kg7 44. Nxf7 Bc8 45. Nxg5 Ba6+ 46.
Ke1 Ng2+ 47. Kd1 Bb4 48. Be5 Kg6 49. Ne6 Ne3+ 50. Kd2 Nf1+ 51. Ke1 Ne3 52. Nc7
Bf1 53. Kf2 Nexg4+ 54. fxg4 Nxg4+ 55. Kxf1 Nxe5 56. Nd1 Kg5 57. Ke2 Kf4 58. Nf2
Nd7 59. Nd3+ 1-0

[Event "Hengshui IMSA blitz"]
[Site "Hengshui"]
[Date "2019.05.18"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2019.05.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nf3 d6 5. e3 g6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Be2
Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 Re8 11. Rc1 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Ne4 13. Qd1 Bc6 14. Bf3 Nxc3
15. Bxc3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 b6 17. Rfd1 a5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qc6 Qe7 20. Rd4 Rad8
21. g3 h5 22. h4 Rc8 23. Kg2 Qe6 24. a3 Re7 25. Rcd1 Rce8 26. R1d2 Qd7 27. Qb7
Qc8 28. Qc6 Qa8 29. Qd5 Re5 30. Qxa8 Rxa8 31. Rd5 Kf6 32. Kf3 Rae8 33. Ke2 Ke7
34. Kd3 Re6 35. Kc3 Kd7 36. R5d4 f5 37. Kd3 Re5 38. Ke2 Re4 39. Kf3 Rxd4 40.
Rxd4 Ke6 41. Kf4 Kf6 42. f3 Re5 43. e4 fxe4 44. fxe4 g5+ 45. Ke3 gxh4 46. gxh4
Ke6 47. Kf4 c6 48. Rd3 b5 49. Rc3 Rc5 50. a4 bxa4 51. bxa4 Kf6 52. Rd3 Ke7 53.
Rc3 Ke6 54. Rc2 Kf6 55. Rd2 Ke6 56. Rc2 Kf6 57. Rd2 Ke6 58. Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hengshui IMSA blitz"]
[Site "Hengshui"]
[Date "2019.05.18"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2019.05.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O c5 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8.
Nc3 Qa5 9. Nb3 Qh5 10. e4 d6 11. Qxh5 Nxh5 12. Rd1 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Bg4 14. f3 Be6
15. c5 Bxb3 16. axb3 dxc5 17. f4 Rfd8 18. Be3 b6 19. e5 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Rd8 21.
Rxd8+ Nxd8 22. Kf2 Kf8 23. Ke2 Ke8 24. Kd3 Kd7 25. Kc4 Ng7 26. Kb5 Kc7 27. g4
f5 28. exf6 exf6 29. b4 cxb4 30. cxb4 Ne8 31. Kc4 Nc6 32. Bd2 Ne7 33. Bc3 Nd6+
34. Kd3 f5 35. g5 Kd7 36. h4 Ke6 37. Be5 Nd5 38. b5 Nxb5 39. Bf3 Nd6 40. Bd1 b5
41. Bb3 a5 42. Kd4 Nc4 43. Kc5 a4 44. Ba2 a3 45. Bb3 Nde3 46. Kxb5 Kd5 47. Kb4
Ke4 48. Bxc4 Ng2 49. Kxa3 Nxf4 50. Bd6 Ng2 51. Bg8 Nxh4 52. Bxh7 f4 53. Kb3 Kf5
54. Kc3 Kxg5 55. Be7+ Kg4 56. Bxh4 Kxh4 57. Bxg6 Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hengshui IMSA blitz"]
[Site "Hengshui"]
[Date "2019.05.18"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2019.05.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Be6 8. Nbd2
Qd7 9. c3 h6 10. b4 a6 11. Qc2 Rfe8 12. Bxe6 Qxe6 13. Nb3 Bf8 14. h3 d5 15. Bb2
dxe4 16. dxe4 b6 17. b5 axb5 18. axb5 Ne7 19. c4 Ng6 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21. Nc1 Nd7
22. Nd3 f6 23. Kh2 Bd6 24. g3 Kh8 25. Kg2 Kg8 26. Bc1 Qf7 27. Bd2 Ngf8 28. Nb4
Bxb4 29. Bxb4 Ne6 30. Rd1 Ndc5 31. Rd5 Qg6 32. Bxc5 Nxc5 33. Nd2 Kh7 34. h4 h5
35. Kh2 Ra1 36. Qc3 Re1 37. Qf3 Qg4 38. Qf5+ Qxf5 39. exf5 g6 40. fxg6+ Kxg6
41. Kg2 Rc1 42. Kf3 Kf5 43. Rd8 Rc3+ 44. Ke2 Ne4 45. Nf1 Rc2+ 46. Ke3 Rxf2 47.
Rd1 Ra2 48. Kf3 Ra3+ 49. Ne3+ Rxe3+ 50. Kxe3 Nd6 51. Rc1 Kg4 52. Kf2 f5 53. Kg2
Ne4 54. Re1 Nxg3 55. Rxe5 Ne4 56. Re7 Kxh4 57. Rxc7 Kg4 58. Rg7+ Kf4 59. Rg6
Nd2 60. Rxb6 Nxc4 61. Rc6 Ne3+ 62. Kf2 Ng4+ 63. Kg1 h4 64. b6 h3 65. b7 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansiysk"]
[Date "2019.09.12"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 Qb6 14. Ne5 Rd8
15. Qe2 O-O 16. Bc1 c5 17. Nxd7 Rxd7 18. dxc5 Qxc5 19. Rxd7 Nxd7 20. Ne4 Qc6
21. Rh3 f5 22. Nd2 Bf6 23. Nc4 b6 24. g4 fxg4 25. Qxg4 Rc8 26. Ne3 Ne5 27. Qe2
Bg5 28. b3 Rf8 29. Bb2 Qe4 30. a4 Nc6 31. Bc3 Nd4 32. Qd1 e5 33. Bxd4 Qxd4 34.
Qxd4 exd4 35. Nd1 Re8 36. Kb2 Re1 37. Rd3 Bf6 38. c3 Re2+ 39. Ka3 dxc3 40. Nxc3
Rxf2 41. Nd5 Bd8 42. Kb4 a6 43. Kc4 Rh2 44. Nf4 Rc2+ 45. Kd5 Bg5 46. Ng6 Bf6
47. b4 Kf7 48. Kd6 Rb2 49. Nh8+ Kg8 50. Ng6 Rxb4 51. Re3 Rd4+ 52. Kc6 Rxa4 53.
Re8+ Kf7 54. Rb8 b5 55. Rb6 Ke6 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansiysk"]
[Date "2019.09.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 Nbd7 4. c4 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4
a6 9. Qc2 exd4 10. Nxd4 Rb8 11. Rd1 Ne5 12. c5 Bg4 13. f3 Bd7 14. f4 Nc6 15.
Nxc6 Bxc6 16. e5 Ne8 17. Ne4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 b6 19. cxd6 cxd6 20. Be3 Qe7 21.
exd6 Qxe4 22. Bxe4 Nxd6 23. Rxd6 Rfe8 24. Rad1 Rxe4 25. Rd8+ Re8 26. Rxb8 Rxb8
27. b3 b5 28. Rd6 a5 29. Ra6 Bc3 30. Rc6 Bb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2019.09.30"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2019.09.30"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Extremadura Magic"]
[BlackTeam "Beniajan Duochess CAC"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Rd1 Re8 11. Bf1 Nb6 12. c5 Nbd7 13. a3 Ba5 14. b4 Bc7 15.
b5 e5 16. Rb1 Nf8 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. Ba6 Rb8 19. Bb2 Ne6 20. Na2 exd4 21. Nb4
Nxc5 22. Nxc6 Qd6 23. Nxb8 Rxb8 24. Qf4 Qxf4 25. exf4 Nxa6 26. Bxd4 Bb6 27.
Bxb6 axb6 28. Rdc1 Nd7 29. Rc6 Nac5 30. Rd6 Ra8 31. Rxd5 Kf8 32. Rbd1 Rxa3 33.
Rxd7 Nxd7 34. Rxd7 g6 35. Rb7 Rb3 36. g4 Rxh3 37. Rxb6 Rh4 38. f3 h5 39. Kg2
hxg4 40. Kg3 Rh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2019.10.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Moreno Ruiz, Javier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2019.09.30"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Beniajan Duochess CAC"]
[BlackTeam "Collado Villalba"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. Bd2
O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. Nc3 Na5 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Ne2 Nc6 13. c3 Qd7 14. Ng3 d5 15.
Qe2 Bd6 16. d4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 exd4 18. cxd4 Rae8 19. Rfe1 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Rf5 21.
Rac1 Rd5 22. g3 Bf8 23. Bf4 Bd6 24. Be3 Be7 25. Re2 Bf6 26. Rec2 e5 27. dxe5
Rd1+ 28. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 29. Kg2 Nxe5 30. Nd4 Qd3 31. Qd5+ Kh8 32. Rxc7 Nc4 33. Qe6
Nxe3+ 34. Qxe3 Qg6 35. Ne6 Qb1 36. Ng5 Rf8 37. Nf7+ Kg8 38. Qe6 h5 39. Ng5+ Kh8
40. Rc8 Be7 41. Rxf8+ Bxf8 42. Qf7 1-0

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2019.10.02"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.09.30"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solvay"]
[BlackTeam "Beniajan Duochess CAC"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Qc7 6. h3 Nf6 7. Nf3 g6 8. Qc2
Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Nh5 11. Be3 Bd7 12. Na3 a6 13. Qd2 Rfe8 14. g4 Nf6 15.
Bf4 Qb6 16. Ne5 Rad8 17. f3 Bc8 18. Qh2 Be6 19. Re2 Rc8 20. Be3 Nd7 21. f4
Ndxe5 22. fxe5 f6 23. exf6 exf6 24. Rae1 Bf7 25. Kh1 Re7 26. Bc1 Rxe2 27. Rxe2
Na5 28. Qg2 Qd8 29. Re1 Qd7 30. Bf4 Bf8 31. Nc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2019.09.30"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Beniajan Duochess CAC"]
[BlackTeam "Taldea Gros Xake"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. O-O
O-O 9. a3 cxd4 10. exd4 Bf6 11. Be4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bd7 13. Qd3 h6 14. Bf4 Rc8
15. Ne5 Be8 16. Qe3 b6 17. Rad1 Qe7 18. Nc4 Bg5 19. d5 exd5 20. Rxd5 Bxf4 21.
Qxf4 Bd7 22. Nd6 Rcd8 23. Rfd1 Be6 24. R5d3 Na5 25. h4 Nc4 26. Nf5 Bxf5 27.
Qxf5 g6 28. Qf4 Rxd3 29. Rxd3 Qe5 30. Qxe5 Nxe5 31. Rd5 Re8 32. f3 Re7 33. a4
Nc4 34. h5 g5 35. Kf2 Kg7 36. g4 Nb2 37. a5 bxa5 38. Ke2 a4 39. Rb5 a3 40. Ra5
Nc4 41. Ra4 Ne5 42. Rxa3 Nxg4 43. fxg4 Rxe4+ 44. Kf3 Rf4+ 45. Kg3 Rc4 46. Rxa7
Rxc3+ 47. Kf2 Rc6 48. Ra5 Kf6 49. Rf5+ Ke6 50. Rf3 Rc2+ 51. Kg3 Rc6 52. Re3+
Kd7 53. Rf3 f6 54. Ra3 Kd6 55. Rd3+ Ke5 56. Re3+ Kd4 57. Re8 Rc3+ 58. Kf2 Rc2+
59. Kf3 Rc3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2019.10.04"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Peralta, Fernando"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2019.09.30"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Barcelona Escola Escacs"]
[BlackTeam "Beniajan Duochess CAC"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qe2 Bg6 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Rd1 Qa5 13. Na2 Qxa4 14. e4 Qa5
15. Nxb4 Qxb4 16. Ra3 b5 17. Ba2 e5 18. Rg3 exd4 19. Rxg6 Ne5 20. Rxf6 gxf6 21.
Qh5 d3 22. f4 Nc4 23. Qg4+ Kh7 24. Qh4+ Kg7 25. Qg4+ Kh7 26. Qf5+ Kg8 27. Qg4+
1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2019.10.06"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Abasov, Nijat Azad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2019.09.30"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Beniajan Duochess CAC"]
[BlackTeam "Santa Lucia GranDama"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bf4 Na6 8. O-O
Ne4 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. Ne5 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 d6 12. Nc6 Qd7 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. Qa4 e5
15. dxe5 Nc5 16. Qa3 dxe5 17. Be3 Rfd8 18. Rfd1 c6 19. Rac1 Kf8 20. Bxc5 bxc5
21. Qa5 Rd4 22. e3 Rdd8 23. Qa4 Qc7 24. Qa3 Qe7 25. Qa4 Qc7 26. Qa3 Qe7 27. Qa4
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hess, Robert L"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. bxc3 e4 7. Ng5 Qe7 8.
f3 exf3 9. Nxf3 O-O 10. Be2 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Nd4 Qe4 13. Qxe4 Nxe4 14. Nb5
Rfc8 15. Rb1 Ne5 16. Rb2 a6 17. Nd4 Re8 18. Nf3 Bc6 19. Nxe5 Rxe5 20. d4 Re7
21. Rb3 d6 22. Bd3 Rae8 23. Ra3 a5 24. Bxe4 Bxe4 25. c5 Bd3 26. cxd6 cxd6 27.
Rf2 d5 28. Rb3 Re6 29. Rbb2 Rc8 30. Bd2 f6 31. h3 h5 32. Kh2 Kf7 33. Kg3 Rc4
34. Kf3 h4 35. Be1 g5 36. Rb3 Rcc6 37. Rd2 Bc4 38. Rb1 Kg6 39. g3 hxg3 40. Bxg3
b5 41. h4 Re4 42. hxg5 fxg5 43. Rg1 Kf5 44. Rh2 Rf6 45. Be5 Rf7 46. Rg3 Rh4 47.
Rxh4 gxh4 48. Rg1 Rh7 49. a3 h3 50. Rg7 Rh6 51. Rf7+ Ke6 52. Ra7 b4 53. axb4
axb4 54. cxb4 h2 55. Bxh2 Rxh2 56. e4 Rh3+ 57. Kg4 Rb3 58. Kf4 dxe4 59. Kxe4
Rxb4 60. Rh7 Bd5+ 61. Kd3 Rb3+ 62. Kc2 Rf3 63. Rh8 Be4+ 64. Kd2 Kd5 65. Rd8+
Kc4 66. Ke2 Ra3 67. Kf2 Bd5 68. Re8 Kxd4 69. Rd8 Rf3+ 70. Ke2 Rf5 71. Kd2 Rf2+
72. Ke1 Ra2 73. Kd1 Rh2 74. Kc1 Kc4 75. Kd1 Be4 76. Rd2 Rh3 77. Rd8 Kc3 78. Ke2
Bd3+ 79. Kf2 Kd2 80. Rd4 Re3 81. Ra4 Re5 82. Kf3 Rb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Rc1
Bb7 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O c5 11. Ne5 Nc6 12. Be1 a6 13. f4 cxd4 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15.
Ne2 Bd7 16. Nxd4 Re8 17. Qf3 Ne4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Qh5 Rc8 20. Bc3 Rc5 21. Qe2
Qc8 22. Qd2 a5 23. h3 Qb7 24. b4 axb4 25. Bxb4 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Bf6 27. Bc3 Be7
28. Bb4 Bf6 29. Bc3 Be7 30. Bb4 Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Be7 13. c4 Nc7 14. d4 d5
15. cxd5 Bb4 16. Bd2 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Re5 Qd6 20. Bc4 Bd7
21. Rae1 b5 22. Bb3 a5 23. a3 a4 24. Ba2 Rae8 25. Qc3 Rxe5 26. dxe5 Qe7 27. h3
Be6 28. Bxe6 Qxe6 29. Rd1 f6 30. Rd6 Qxe5 31. Qxe5 fxe5 32. Rxc6 Rd8 33. Rc5 b4
34. Rxe5 Rd1+ 35. Kh2 Rd2 36. Ra5 Rxb2 37. Rxa4 bxa3 38. Rxa3 Rxf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 Qb6 14. Ne5 Rd8
15. Qe2 O-O 16. Ng6 Ba3 17. Bc1 Rfe8 18. Rd3 Bxb2 19. Bxb2 fxg6 20. hxg6 Qb5
21. Nh5 a5 22. Ka1 a4 23. Bc1 a3 24. g4 e5 25. g5 Nd5 26. Qf3 Re7 27. Rb3 Qc4
28. gxh6 gxh6 29. Bxa3 c5 30. Ng3 e4 31. Qh5 Qxd4+ 32. Bb2 Qd2 1-0

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bc5 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Ng4 8.
Rf1 Qd6 9. h3 Nf6 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. fxe3 Be6 12. Qe2 Nd7 13. O-O-O Qe7 14. d4 f6
15. g4 O-O 16. Nh4 g6 17. Rg1 Kh8 18. Nf3 Bg8 19. h4 b5 20. g5 fxg5 21. Rxg5
exd4 22. exd4 b4 23. Nb1 Rf4 24. Nbd2 Rxh4 25. Rdg1 Rh6 26. Ra5 c5 27. dxc5 Rh5
28. Qe3 Rxc5 29. Qd4+ Qg7 30. Qxb4 Rb8 31. Qxb8 Rxc2+ 32. Kxc2 Nxb8 33. a3 Qf6
34. Rc5 Qb6 35. Rc3 Nd7 36. b4 h6 37. Rg2 Bf7 38. Nc4 Qe6 39. Nfd2 c5 40. Re2
g5 41. Ree3 cxb4 42. axb4 Qe7 43. Red3 Qxb4 44. Rd6 h5 45. Rxa6 g4 46. Nd6 Be6
47. Rc8+ Kh7 48. Nf5 Bxf5 49. exf5 Qb5 50. Rd6 Qxf5+ 51. Kd1 Nf8 52. Rc7+ Kg8
53. Rd8 g3 54. Rcc8 g2 55. Rxf8+ Qxf8 56. Rxf8+ Kxf8 57. Nf3 h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hovhannisyan, Robert"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Be3 Nd7 6. Nf3 Bxc5 7. Bxc5 Nxc5 8.
Qd4 Qb6 9. Nbd2 Bd7 10. Nb3 Rc8 11. Nxc5 Qxc5 12. Qxc5 Rxc5 13. Bd3 Nh6 14. Kd2
f6 15. Rae1 Nf7 16. Rhf1 Ke7 17. c3 g5 18. Re3 h6 19. exf6+ Kxf6 20. Rfe1 Re8
21. Ne5 Nxe5 22. Rxe5 b6 23. g3 Rg8 24. c4 dxc4 25. Rxc5 bxc5 26. Bxc4 Ke7 27.
Re4 Rf8 28. Ke3 Kd6 29. f4 Rf6 30. Bd3 Bc6 31. fxg5 hxg5 32. Rg4 Rh6 33. h4
gxh4 34. gxh4 Be8 35. Kf4 Rh8 36. Kg3 Ke5 37. Bc4 Kf6 38. Rg5 e5 39. Rg8 Rxg8+
40. Bxg8 Bc6 41. Bh7 Bd5 42. a3 Kg7 43. Bc2 Kh6 44. Kg4 Be6+ 45. Bf5 Bb3 46.
Bd7 Bc2 47. Be8 Bd3 48. Kf3 Bc2 49. Ke3 Bb1 50. Bf7 Bc2 51. Kd2 Bb1 52. Kc3 Bf5
53. Kd2 Bb1 54. Ke2 Bc2 55. Ke3 Bb1 56. Bc4 Kh5 57. Bd3 Ba2 58. Ke4 Kxh4 59.
Kxe5 Kg5 60. Bb5 Bb3 61. Kd6 Kf4 62. Kxc5 Ke3 63. Bc4 Bd1 64. b3 Kd2 65. a4 Kc3
66. a5 Bg4 67. b4 Bf3 68. b5 Bg2 69. b6 axb6+ 70. axb6 Bb7 71. Bb5 Kb3 72. Kd6
Kb4 73. Kc7 1-0

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. f3
Be6 9. Qd2 h5 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Qc7 13. c4 a5 14. Rc1 O-O 15.
O-O g6 16. Na1 Bd8 17. Nc2 Qb8 18. Na3 Bb6 19. Bxb6 Nxb6 20. Nb5 Nbd7 21. f4
Ne4 22. Qe3 f5 23. fxe5 Nxe5 24. Bf3 Nc5 25. b3 Qd8 26. a3 Re8 27. Qc3 a4 28.
b4 Ncd3 29. Rc2 Rc8 30. Qd4 Ne1 31. Rxe1 Nxf3+ 32. gxf3 Rxe1+ 33. Kf2 Re8 34.
c5 dxc5 35. bxc5 Qe7 36. Qc4 Qe3+ 37. Kg2 Qg5+ 38. Kf2 Qe3+ 39. Kg2 h4 40. d6+
Kg7 41. Qxh4 Rxc5 42. Rxc5 Qxc5 43. d7 Qxb5 44. dxe8=N+ Qxe8 45. Qd4+ Kf7 46.
Qd5+ Kf6 47. Qxb7 Qe2+ 48. Kg3 f4+ 49. Kxf4 Qxh2+ 50. Ke3 Qe5+ 51. Qe4 Qc3+ 52.
Qd3 Qxd3+ 53. Kxd3 Ke5 54. Ke3 g5 55. Kd3 Kd5 56. Kc3 Kc5 57. Kd3 Kd5 58. Kc3
Kc5 59. Kd3 Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Paravyan, David"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
b3 g6 9. Bb2 Bg7 10. Qd2 O-O 11. O-O-O a5 12. Na4 d5 13. e5 Nd7 14. Qe3 Qc7 15.
f4 c5 16. h4 d4 17. Qf3 Nb6 18. Nxb6 Qxb6 19. h5 Rd8 20. Rh2 Be6 21. hxg6 hxg6
22. Be4 Rac8 23. g4 c4 24. Rdh1 Kf8 25. f5 Bxe5 26. fxe6 Qxe6 27. Rh6 Bf6 28.
Kb1 Qe5 29. g5 Qxg5 30. Qh3 Qe5 31. bxc4 Rb8 32. Ka1 a4 33. Bd3 Bg7 34. Rh7 f5
35. c5 Kf7 36. Bc4+ e6 37. Qd3 Qxc5 38. Ba3 Qe5 39. Bc1 Rb6 40. a3 Rh8 41. Rxh8
Bxh8 42. Bd2 Bg7 43. Re1 Qh2 44. Bb4 Bf6 45. Kb1 Qg2 46. Re2 Qg4 47. Ka2 Be7
48. Ba5 Rc6 49. Bb5 Rc5 50. Bb4 Rc7 51. Bxe7 Rc3 52. Qd2 Kxe7 53. Qh6 Re3 54.
Qg7+ Kd6 55. Rd2 Re4 56. Qd7+ Ke5 57. Qc7+ Kf6 58. Qd8+ Ke5 59. Qh8+ Kd6 60.
Qb8+ Ke7 61. Rh2 Re3 62. Rh7+ Kf6 63. Qh8+ Kg5 64. Qd8+ Kf4 65. Rh4 1-0

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Huschenbeth, Niclas"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B69"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 Be7 10. Nf3 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. f5 Qb6 13. Qh6 O-O-O 14. Qh5
Rhf8 15. Kb1 Kb8 16. Bd3 Ne5 17. Ne2 b4 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. Qxh7
Qc5 21. Bxa6 Rh8 22. Qf7 Rdf8 23. Qg7 Rfg8 24. Qf7 Rf8 25. Qg7 Rfg8 26. Qf7 Rf8
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.20"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Lu, Shanglei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 e5 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. a3 g6 8. b4
Bg7 9. O-O Nge7 10. bxc5 dxc5 11. d3 O-O 12. Rb1 h6 13. Nd5 f5 14. Qb3 b6 15.
Bd2 g5 16. Bc3 fxe4 17. dxe4 Rxf3 18. gxf3 Ng6 19. Qd1 Qh3 20. Kh1 Nh4 21. Rg1
Nxf3 22. Rg2 Rf8 23. Ne3 Nh4 24. Rg3 Qc8 25. Ng2 Nxg2 26. Kxg2 Nd4 27. Bxd4
exd4 28. Qg4 Qxg4 29. Rxg4 Be5 30. h4 Bf4 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. a4 Kg7 33. a5 d3
34. axb6 axb6 35. Rd1 Rd8 36. Kf3 b5 37. Rxf4 gxf4 38. Kxf4 bxc4 39. Ke3 Kf6
40. f3 Rh8 41. Rd2 Rh1 42. Rb2 Rd1 43. Rd2 Re1+ 44. Kf2 Rb1 45. Ke3 c3 0-1

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.21"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Christiansen, Johan Sebastian"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. Qg4 Bf8 6. f4 Qd7 7. Qd1 h5 8. Nf3 Nh6
9. Be3 Be7 10. a4 Nf5 11. Bf2 Ba6 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. Qe2 Nb4 14. a5 Rc8 15. axb6
axb6 16. Ra7 Nc6 17. Ra2 Nb4 18. Ra7 Nc6 19. Ra2 Nb4 20. Ra7 Nc6 21. Ra2 Nb4
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 35th"]
[Site "Budva"]
[Date "2019.11.11"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2019.11.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MNE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lysa nad Labem Joly"]
[BlackTeam "Gent"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd3 $5 {
An interesting line. The queens aims at going to g3, in a similar spirit as
many recent lines in the Sicilian, like Qf3!? against the Taimanov.} Qb6 {
I had never analyzed the move 7.Qd3 and thought this is a fair choice - as the
f2-pawn will be hanging if White moves the d4-knight and castles longside.} ({
For example, the most natural move} 7... a6 {gives White interesting
possibilities:} 8. Nxc6 $5 ({Of course White may also just play} 8. O-O-O {
after what an interesting nuance with the queen on d3 could be} Bd7 9. f4 b5
10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Nd5 $1 exd5 12. e5 {and Black doesn't have ...Ne4 here.})
8... bxc6 9. O-O-O Qa5 $5 (9... Be7 10. Qg3 $5 e5 11. Bc4 (11. f4 $5 Qa5 12.
fxe5 Nh5 13. Qh4 Bxg5+ 14. Qxg5 Qxe5 15. Qxe5+ dxe5 16. Rd6 Bd7 17. Bc4 Ke7 18.
Rhd1 Nf6 19. h3 $14 {1-0 (56) Nabaty,T (2658)-Westerberg,J (2546) Batumi 2019})
11... h6 12. Bd2 g5 13. h4 g4 14. f4 gxf3 15. gxf3 Rg8 16. Qf2 $16 {1-0 (37)
Sarana,A (2655)-Vovk,A (2618) Douglas 2019}) 10. Qg3 Nh5 $5 (10... Rb8 11. Bc4
h6 12. Be3 Nd7 13. Bb3 c5 14. Bf4 e5 15. Bd2 $16 {1-0 (23) Paravyan,D (2627)
-Stocek,J (2592) Prague 2019}) (10... d5 11. Qf4 (11. Be2 $5) 11... Be7 12. e5
Nd7 13. Bxe7 Kxe7 14. Bd3 (14. h4 $5 Rb8 15. Rh3 $14) 14... Rb8 15. Rhe1 h6 (
15... Qb4 16. Qxb4+ Rxb4 {should be close to equal.}) 16. a3 Nc5 $2 17. Re3 $16
{1-0 (41) Bartel,M (2612)-Czarnota,P (2532) Katowice 2019}) (10... Bb7 11. Bc4
O-O-O 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. Rhe1 $6 (13. Kb1 $1 d5 14. Bf4 Qa5 15. Be2 $1 d4 16. e5 {
and White's king on b1 and very handy to defend the a2-pawn.}) 13... d5 14.
Qxc7+ (14. Bf4 Qa5 15. Be2 d4 16. e5 Ne8 $132) 14... Kxc7 15. Bf4+ Kc8 16. Na4
$1 Nd7 17. Bb3 $14 {½-½ (53) Aravindh,C (2609)-Sammed Jaykumar,S (2392) New
Delhi 2019}) 11. Qh4 $146 (11. Qg4 Nf6 12. Qh4 Be7 13. Bc4 Rb8 14. Bb3 h6 15.
Bd2 {½-½ Jurcik,M (2488)-Abasov,N (2640) Riga 2019}) 11... h6 12. Be3 Nf6 13.
Qg3 $36) 8. Nb3 a6 9. Qg3 {The most natural way to play for White.} Qc7 $5 (
9... Be7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Be2 {is not something I wanted to play.}) 10. Bxf6
gxf6 11. Be2 h5 $5 {Typical Rauzer move.} (11... b5 $5) 12. Qh4 Bg7 $5 ({
There wasn't much wrong with} 12... Be7 {either.}) 13. Bxh5 $2 {Definitely bad,
as the game proves!} (13. O-O-O b5 14. a3 Rb8 $132) (13. Qg3 Bf8 $11) 13... Kf8
$1 {After this simple king move, White doesn't have Qg3 ideas to solve the
kingside problems, and is already in trouble.} (13... b5 $5 14. Qg3 Kf8 15. Be2
Bb7 {would also give Black nice compensation though.}) 14. f4 Ne7 $1 15. Qh3 (
15. Qg4 $2 f5 $19) (15. g4 b5 $17) 15... d5 $5 (15... b5 $5) 16. O-O (16. exd5
$1 {was necessary:} Nxd5 $5 (16... Qxf4 {was my idea, but I blundered} 17. Qg3
$1 $132) 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Qf3 Bf5 19. O-O Bxc2 $1 20. Rac1 Qb6+ 21. Kh1 Be4
22. Qh3 f5 $17) 16... dxe4 17. Nxe4 f5 $1 18. Ng5 Nd5 $1 19. Nxf7 $2 (19. Qf3
Nxf4 20. Bxf7 (20. Qxf4 Qxf4 21. Rxf4 Rxh5 $19) 20... Bf6 $1 $19) 19... Qxf7 $1
20. Bxf7 Rxh3 21. Bxe6 (21. gxh3 Kxf7 $19) 21... Rxb3 $1 {The game is
basically over.} 22. Bxd5 Rxb2 23. Rad1 Rxc2 24. Bb3 Re2 25. Rd8+ Re8 26. Rd6
b5 $5 27. Bd5 Rb8 28. Rc1 Rb6 $1 29. Rxb6 Bd4+ 30. Kf1 Bxb6 31. Rc6 Bd4 32. h4
a5 33. h5 Rd8 34. Bb3 a4 35. Bc2 Ke7 36. h6 Be6 37. h7 Bc4+ 38. Ke1 Bc3+ 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 35th"]
[Site "Budva"]
[Date "2019.11.12"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Heimann, Andreas"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "2019.11.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MNE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Riehen Schachgesellschaft"]
[BlackTeam "Lysa nad Labem Joly"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qc7 8. Bxf6
gxf6 9. Qf3 Nc6 10. O-O-O Bd7 11. Nxc6 Qxc6 12. Kb1 h5 13. f5 Rh6 14. Bd3 h4
15. Qg4 O-O-O 16. Qg8 Qc5 17. Qxf7 Qe5 18. Bc4 exf5 19. exf5 Qxf5 20. Nd5 Kb8
21. Rhf1 Qe6 22. Nxf6 Qxf7 23. Bxf7 Bc8 24. h3 Bg7 25. Ng4 Rhh8 26. Rfe1 b5 27.
Be6 Bb7 28. Bd5 Bc8 29. Be6 Bb7 30. Bd5 Bc8 31. Re7 Rd7 32. Rde1 Rh5 33. Bf3
Rg5 34. Re8 Kc7 35. Ne3 Bb7 36. Bxb7 Kxb7 37. Ng4 b4 38. R8e2 a5 39. Nh2 Rg3
40. Ng4 Kc6 41. Rf1 Bd4 42. Rf4 Bc5 43. Kc1 Rg7 44. Kd1 Rg5 45. Ke1 a4 46. Kf1
Kb5 47. b3 axb3 48. axb3 Rg7 49. Rf3 Ra7 50. Rxg3 hxg3 51. Rd2 Rf7+ 52. Ke2 Kc6
53. Rd3 Re7+ 54. Kd2 d5 55. Rxg3 Bd4 56. Kd3 Kc5 57. Ne3 Re4 58. Rf3 Bc3 59.
Nf5 Re1 60. Rf2 Rd1+ 61. Ke2 Rc1 62. Kf3 d4 63. g4 d3 64. cxd3 Rb1 65. g5 Rxb3
66. g6 Ra3 67. Ke4 Ra6 68. d4+ Bxd4 69. Nxd4 Rxg6 70. Rc2+ Kb6 71. Rb2 Kc5 72.
Rc2+ Kb6 73. Kd5 Rg5+ 74. Kc4 Rh5 75. Rh2 Rh4 76. Kd3 Kc5 77. Nf3 Rf4 78. Ke3
Rc4 79. h4 b3 80. h5 Rc3+ 81. Ke4 Rc4+ 82. Kd3 Kb4 83. Rh4 Rxh4 84. Nxh4 Ka3
85. Nf3 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 35th"]
[Site "Budva"]
[Date "2019.11.13"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[PlyCount "18"]
[EventDate "2019.11.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MNE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow Chess Team"]
[BlackTeam "Lysa nad Labem Joly"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bd2 Nf6 8.
Bf4 Nh5 9. Bd2 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 35th"]
[Site "Budva"]
[Date "2019.11.14"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.11.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MNE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lysa nad Labem Joly"]
[BlackTeam "Mednyi Vsadnik"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. Ne5 c5 8. dxc5
Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Bxc5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Be3 Bb6 13. Bxb6 axb6 14. Nc3
Bd7 15. Rfd1 Ra7 16. Rd6 Rc8 17. Nxc4 Be8 18. Nxb6 Rb8 19. Nc4 Rb4 20. b3 Rxb3
21. axb3 Rxa1+ 22. Rd1 Rxd1+ 23. Nxd1 Kf8 24. f3 Nd7 25. Nc3 e5 26. Kf2 f6 27.
b4 Nb8 28. Nd6 Na6 29. Nxe8 Kxe8 30. b5 cxb5 31. Nxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 35th"]
[Site "Budva"]
[Date "2019.11.15"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2019.11.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MNE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Alkaloid"]
[BlackTeam "Lysa nad Labem Joly"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MKD"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8. Nc2
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qc7 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nb4 $1 {The ballet of White's pieces
begins early in the game, since he has to compensate for the inferior pawn
structure.} Qxc3+ (11... Nxb4 12. cxb4 Rd8 13. Qb3 Nc6 14. O-O Nd4 15. Qb2 e5
16. Be3 Bg4 17. Rac1 (17. f3 Be6 18. Rad1 Qc4 19. Rd2 Rac8 20. f4 $11 {1-0 (25)
Sadorra,J (2539)-Vazquez,G (2436) chess.com INT 2018}) 17... Qd7 18. f3 Bh3 19.
Rfd1 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qe6 21. Rc7 $14 {1-0 (77) Yu,Y (2736)-So,W (2775) Doha 2015}
) 12. Bd2 Qc5 {[%mdl 4] Previously in the annotations to one game, 12...Qf6!?
got high marks as the move with a chance to fight for full equality.} (12...
Qf6 $5 13. Bxd5 (13. Nxd5 exd5 14. O-O Nc6 15. Bxd5 Rd8) 13... exd5 14. Nxd5
Qd8 15. Bf4 (15. Bb4 Re8 16. Ne7+ Kh8 $11) 15... Qa5+ 16. Qd2 Qxd2+ 17. Bxd2
Na6 $11) 13. Rc1 Qb5 $6 {Most generals are born after the battle (and each of
them knows better), but it might be modest enough to suggest that the most
natural 13...Qd6! was most likely also objectively best.} (13... Qd6 $1 14.
Nxd5 exd5 15. O-O Be6 16. Bf4 Qa6 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Nc6 $11) 14. a4 Qd7
15. O-O Re8 (15... Nxb4 16. Bxb4 Re8 17. Qxd7 Nxd7 18. a5 $14) (15... Nc6 16.
Nxc6 bxc6 17. e4 $14) 16. Qb3 {Mamedyarov was hungry for more than the natural
and good move 16.Nxd5.} (16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Bc3 Nc6 (17... Rd8 18. Ba5 $16) 18.
Bxd5 Qe7 19. a5 $14) 16... Nb6 17. Rfd1 {Similar to some card games, in a game
with high stakes it is advisable to play the best you can. White certainly
considered also the more exact 17.Rc2!, but the problem was to choose the best
from the many alluring lines.} (17. Rc2 $1 Qxa4 18. Qxa4 Nxa4 19. Rfc1 Nd7 20.
Na6 Rd8 21. Bg5 Nf6 22. Bf4 $14) 17... Qxa4 18. Qb1 (18. Qxa4 Nxa4 19. Rxc8
Rxc8 20. Bxb7 Nd7 21. Ra1 Nab6 22. Nc6 Kf8 23. f3 a6 $11) 18... N8d7 19. Bc3 a5
20. Na2 {The engine knows best (at least we sometimes pretend or admit) and it
claims it is better to centralize the knight to c2.} (20. Nc2 $5 Nd5 21. Bxd5
exd5 22. Ne3 b5 23. Rxd5 Qe4 24. Qxb5 $14) 20... Nd5 21. Bb2 (21. Ba1 Ra6 22.
Nc3 Nxc3 23. Bxc3 e5 $11) 21... Qg4 22. Rd4 Qg6 23. e4 {White plays a bit
murky chess with piece activity for the missing two pawns, but so far the risk
is all with Black.} (23. Be4 f5 24. Bxd5 exd5 25. Nc3 Nb6 26. Nxd5 Nxd5 27.
Rxd5 Be6 28. Rb5 Qf7 $11) 23... Nb4 (23... N5f6 24. Nc3 Qh5 25. Ba3 Nf8 26. Nb5
e5 27. Rd3 Ne6 28. Nd6 Rd8 29. Bf3 Qh3 30. Bg2 Qh5 $11) 24. Nxb4 axb4 25. Rxc8
(25. Rxb4 Nb8 26. Qd3 Nc6 27. Rb5 $11) 25... Raxc8 26. Rxd7 Red8 {On paper
there is no tragedy in numbers as Black has rook and two pawns for the bishop
pair. Unfortunately, the two bishops are by far the strongest combination of
the two light pieces.} 27. Qd1 (27. Rxb7 $2 Qh5 $1 28. Bf1 (28. f3 Qc5+ 29. Kh1
Rd2 $19) 28... Qf3 29. Rxb4 Rd1 $19) 27... Qg5 28. h4 Rxd7 29. Qxd7 Rd8 (29...
Qd8 $1 30. Qxb7 Rb8 31. Qc6 $14) 30. Qc7 Qd2 (30... Rd1+ 31. Kh2 Qd8 32. Qe5
Qf8 (32... Qf6 33. Qc5 Qd8 34. Qxb4 $16) 33. Bd4 h6 34. Bf3 $16) 31. Bf3 {
Time might have easily played a role in White's ommitting the very attractive
line 31.Qe5!?} (31. Qe5 $5 f6 32. Qxe6+ Kf8 (32... Kh8 33. Qb6 $16) 33. Bf1 Re8
34. Qb3 Rxe4 35. Bd3 $16) 31... Kh8 (31... f6 32. e5 Rf8 33. exf6 gxf6 34. Bc1
Qc3 35. Qf4 b3 36. Bd2 Qd3 37. Be4 $16) 32. Kg2 (32. Be5 f6 33. Bf4 Qd7 34. Qb6
$16) 32... Rg8 33. Ba1 b3 34. Qxb7 Qa5 (34... Qc1 35. Bd4 Qd2 36. Qb6 Qc2 37.
g4 $14) 35. Bb2 Qa2 36. Bd4 f6 $2 {Pieces love to have the chance to play, to
be active and to do some damage. The weakening of Black's pawn structure is
more than welcome as the prospects for White are improving.} (36... Qd2 37. Qb6
$14) 37. e5 $1 f5 38. Qb6 Qd2 39. Bc6 {If anybody expects perfect play just
before the typical time control at move 40, they probably never played
competitive chess over the board. The move 39.Bh5 was attractive, but very
difficult to judge.} (39. Bh5 $5 f4 40. Bf7 Rf8 41. Bxe6 fxg3 42. Bc5 Re8 43.
Bf7 gxf2 44. Bxe8 b2 45. Bxf2 Qd5+ 46. Kh2 Qxe5+ 47. Kg1 Qxe8 48. Qxb2 $16)
39... f4 40. g4 Qd1 41. Bf3 Qd3 42. h5 h6 43. Bb2 Qc4 44. Ba3 (44. Qd6 Qc2 45.
Qd4 Rc8 46. Bb7 Re8 47. Be4 Qe2 48. Bf3 Qc2 49. Bd1 $16) 44... Rc8 (44... Re8
45. Qb7 Qc2 46. g5 hxg5 47. h6 Qh7 48. Qd7 $16) 45. Qd6 Kg8 {Ponomariov is
tired of taking care of all his weaknesses, so he exposes the king to peril.
Defending a passive worse position belongs to the most unrewarding tasks of
any chessplayer.} (45... Re8 46. Qd7 Rb8 47. Qa7 Rd8 (47... Re8 48. Qf7 $18)
48. Qf7 Qc2 49. Qxe6 b2 50. Bxb2 Qxb2 51. Qf5 Kg8 52. g5 $16) 46. Bb7 (46. Qe7
Rb8 47. g5 hxg5 48. h6 gxh6 49. Qf6 b2 50. Qg6+ Kh8 51. Qxh6+ Kg8 52. Qxg5+ Kh8
53. Qh6+ Kg8 54. Qg6+ Kh8 55. Be7 Qf1+ 56. Kxf1 b1=Q+ 57. Qxb1 Rxb1+ 58. Kg2
$18) 46... Re8 47. Bc6 Rc8 48. Bd7 Qe4+ 49. Kh2 Qe2 (49... Ra8 50. Bxe6+ Kh8
51. Bf5 Qe2 52. Bc5 $18) 50. Bc5 $1 {The bishops are supposed to play on both
flanks in the endgames, but the same is true in many middlegame situations.} (
50. Bc5 b2 51. Bxc8 b1=Q 52. Bxe6+ Kh7 53. Qf8 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 35th"]
[Site "Budva"]
[Date "2019.11.16"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.11.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MNE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lysa nad Labem Joly"]
[BlackTeam "Beer Sheva"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 f5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 Be7 6. e3 a5 7. Nge2 O-O 8. O-O c6
9. b3 Na6 10. Bb2 Be6 11. Qd2 Nc7 12. f4 Qe8 13. Rae1 Qh5 14. Nd1 a4 15. Nf2
Nd7 16. b4 a3 17. Ba1 Bf6 18. e4 fxe4 19. Nxe4 Be7 20. Nf2 Qh6 21. Qc1 d5 22.
c5 exf4 23. Nxf4 Bg5 24. Rxe6 Nxe6 25. Ng4 Bxf4 26. Nxh6+ Bxh6 27. Rxf8+ Ndxf8
28. Qe1 d4 29. Kh1 Be3 30. Qb1 Kh8 31. Qb3 Nc7 32. Qf7 Nfe6 33. Bh3 Rf8 34. Qd7
Rd8 35. Qf7 Rf8 36. Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1920"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2019.11.24"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Maze, Sebastien"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2019.11.23"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hockenheim"]
[BlackTeam "Viernheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 c5 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. d3 d6 8. O-O
Ne8 9. Be3 Nd4 10. Rb1 a5 11. h3 Nc7 12. a4 e5 13. Nb5 Bd7 14. Nec3 Bc6 15. b3
Qd7 16. Kh2 Rae8 17. h4 Nce6 18. Qd2 Qd8 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Nxb5 21. cxb5
Nd4 22. Bxd4 exd4 23. Rbe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1920"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2019.12.07"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2019.11.23"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hockenheim"]
[BlackTeam "Lingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd2 e6 6. Qc2 Nbd7 7. Nc3 dxc4 8. a4
c5 9. Bxc4 cxd4 10. exd4 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfe1 Nb6 13. Bd3 Nbd5 14. Nxd5
Qxd5 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bf4 Bb4 17. Bc4 Qd8 18. Red1 b6 19. Qb3 a5 20. Ne5 Bb7 21.
Rac1 Nd5 22. Qg3 Nxf4 23. Qxf4 Rc8 24. h3 Bd6 25. Qe3 Qe7 26. Bb5 Rxc1 27. Rxc1
Rc8 28. Nc6 Qf6 29. Qe4 h5 30. g3 g6 31. Rc3 Rc7 32. h4 Kg7 33. Rf3 Bxc6 34.
Bxc6 Qe7 35. Rc3 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1920"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2019.12.08"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2019.11.23"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Hockenheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. a4 a5 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2
b6 9. c4 e6 10. Na3 Bb7 11. e3 Ne4 12. Qe2 Nb8 13. Rfd1 Na6 14. Nb5 Nb4 15.
Rac1 Na2 16. Ra1 Nb4 17. Rac1 Na2 18. Ra1 Nb4 19. Rac1 Na2 20. Ra1 Nb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1920"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2020.02.08"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Hausrath, Daniel"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2019.11.23"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Muelheim Nord"]
[BlackTeam "Hockenheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b5 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. d3 d6 6. e4 Nbd7 7. a4 a6 8. axb5
axb5 9. Rxa8 Qxa8 10. Na3 c6 11. Re1 Be7 12. c3 O-O 13. Nd4 g6 14. Bg5 e5 15.
Ndc2 Re8 16. d4 Bf8 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Qd2 Bg7 19. Bh6 Nc5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Qe3
Ne6 22. Nb4 Qb8 23. Rd1 Qc7 24. Nac2 h5 25. Ne1 h4 26. Nf3 hxg3 27. hxg3 Rh8
28. Ng5 Nxg5 29. Qxg5 Bc8 30. Qd2 Be6 31. Qd6 Qxd6 32. Rxd6 c5 33. Na6 Rc8 34.
f3 Nd7 35. Bf1 c4 36. Kf2 Kf8 37. Nb4 Nc5 38. Be2 Na4 39. Rd2 Ke7 40. Bd1 Nc5
41. Bc2 g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1920"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2020.02.09"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2019.11.23"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hockenheim"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. f4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c3 Nge7 6. Na3 Nf5 7. Nc2 Bd7 8. g3
Be7 9. Bh3 Qb6 10. d3 d4 11. O-O h5 12. Qe2 g6 13. Rf2 Rd8 14. Nd2 Bc8 15. c4
Nb4 16. Ne1 a5 17. a3 Nc6 18. a4 Nb4 19. Ne4 Bd7 20. Bf1 Bc6 21. Nf3 Kd7 22.
Nfg5 Rdf8 23. Ra3 Kc8 24. Bg2 Kb8 25. Bf3 Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Salamanca Uni 9th"]
[Site "Salamanca"]
[Date "2019.11.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2019.11.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Bg4 7. Nc4 Nd7 8.
h3 Be6 9. Na5 Rb8 10. O-O f6 11. Qe1 O-O 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 c5 14. a3 c6 15.
b4 Qc7 16. Nd2 b6 17. Nab3 Qd6 18. bxc5 Nxc5 19. Nxc5 bxc5 20. Rfb1 Rb6 21. a4
Rfb8 22. Rxb6 axb6 23. a5 Ra8 24. Nb3 Bxb3 25. cxb3 Rxa5 26. Rxa5 bxa5 27. Qe2
Kf8 28. Qg4 Qxd3 29. Qc8+ Kf7 30. Qxc6 Qd4 31. g4 h6 32. Qc7+ Kg6 33. Qxa5 Qxe4
34. Qxc5 Qb1+ 35. Kg2 Qxb3 36. Qc6 Qd3 37. h4 e4 38. Qe6 Qf3+ 39. Kg1 Qf4 40.
Kg2 Qe5 41. Qxe5 fxe5 42. Kf1 h5 43. gxh5+ Kf5 44. Ke1 Kg4 45. Ke2 Kf4 46. h6
gxh6 47. h5 e3 48. f3 e4 49. fxe4 Kxe4 50. Ke1 Kf3 51. Kf1 Kg4 52. Ke2 Kf4 53.
Ke1 Kf3 54. Kf1 e2+ 55. Ke1 Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Salamanca Uni 9th"]
[Site "Salamanca"]
[Date "2019.11.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina Neide"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2374"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.11.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 Be6 7. Nd5 Nce7 8. Qb3
Rb8 9. d4 b5 10. Nxe7 Nxe7 11. d5 Bd7 12. e4 c6 13. Nc3 bxc4 14. Qxc4 cxd5 15.
Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Be6 17. Qd3 O-O 18. O-O Qc7 19. b3 Rfd8 20. Be3 Qa5 21. Rfd1
Bf8 22. h4 Rdc8 23. Kh2 Rc6 24. Qe2 Rbc8 25. Rac1 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Rxc1 27. Bxc1
Qc3 28. Be3 a5 29. Qd2 Qxd2 30. Bxd2 a4 31. bxa4 Bxa2 32. a5 Bc4 33. Kg1 Bd3
34. Bb4 Be7 35. f3 f5 36. exf5 Bxf5 37. f4 exf4 38. a6 Bd8 39. Bd5+ Kg7 40.
Bc3+ Kh6 41. Bd4 1-0

[Event "Salamanca Uni 9th"]
[Site "Salamanca"]
[Date "2019.11.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Milliet, Sophie"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2394"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2019.11.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Qc7 6. O-O e5 7. a4 f6 8. a5
Nh6 9. Nc3 Nf7 10. Be3 Rb8 11. Nd2 g5 12. Nc4 Be7 13. Qe2 O-O 14. f3 Nd8 15.
Qf2 Ne6 16. Ne2 b5 17. axb6 axb6 18. Ng3 Ng7 19. c3 Be6 20. b4 b5 21. Na5 cxb4
22. Bc5 Bxc5 23. Qxc5 bxc3 24. Nxc6 Qb6 25. Qxb6 Rxb6 26. Nb4 Rc8 27. Rfc1 c2
28. Nf1 Bb3 29. Ne3 Ne6 30. Nf5 Kf8 31. Ra7 Rc7 32. Ra3 Ba4 33. Nd5 Nf4 34. Kf1
Nxd5 35. exd5 b4 36. Rxa4 b3 37. Ra8+ Kf7 38. Nd6+ Rxd6 39. Rb8 Rc3 40. Rb7+
Kg6 41. Ke2 Rxd5 42. g4 Rdxd3 43. Ra1 Re3+ 44. Kf2 Rxf3+ 45. Kg2 Rf4 46. h3
c1=Q 0-1

[Event "Salamanca Uni 9th"]
[Site "Salamanca"]
[Date "2019.11.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2019.11.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Nc3 b6 6. d5 O-O 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3
Ne4 9. Rc1 d6 10. e3 e5 11. Bd3 Nxc3 12. Rxc3 a4 13. Bc2 Bd7 14. h4 h6 15. Ng5
Na6 16. Qb1 f5 17. Ne6 Bxe6 18. dxe6 Nc5 19. Bxf5 Qf6 20. Bh7+ Kh8 21. f3 Qxe6
22. Be4 Rab8 23. Bd5 Qe8 24. O-O Qe7 25. g3 Qd7 26. Kg2 c6 27. Be4 d5 28. cxd5
cxd5 29. Rd1 d4 30. exd4 exd4 31. Rc4 Rbd8 32. Rd2 Nb3 33. Rd1 Nc5 34. Rd2 Nb3
35. Rd1 Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Salamanca Uni 9th"]
[Site "Salamanca"]
[Date "2019.11.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.11.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 g6 5. Bg5 Bg7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 d6 8. Be2
Ne7 9. d4 Nf5 10. Bg3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Qe7 12. Qa4+ c6 13. d5 Bd7 14. dxc6 bxc6
15. Rd1 O-O 16. Qa3 e4 17. Nd4 Qe5 18. Nb3 d5 19. Qa5 Rfc8 20. cxd5 Nxd5 21.
Nxd5 cxd5 22. Rd2 Be6 23. O-O Qc7 24. Qa4 Qb6 25. Rb1 Rc7 26. Nd4 Bd7 27. Qb3
Qxb3 28. Nxb3 Rb8 29. Bd1 Be6 30. Nd4 a5 31. Ne2 d4 32. Nxd4 Bxd4 33. exd4 Bxa2
34. Ra1 Bb3 35. Bxb3 Rxb3 36. Rxa5 Rd3 37. Re2 Rxd4 38. g4 Rb4 39. Re5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Salamanca Uni 9th"]
[Site "Salamanca"]
[Date "2019.11.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Santos Ruiz, Miguel"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2019.11.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Qe7 7. Be2 d5 8.
d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 c5 11. Qf4 dxc4 12. Qxc4 O-O 13. O-O Qe5 14. f3
Be6 15. Qc2 c4 16. e4 b5 17. Qc3 Nd7 18. a4 a6 19. Be3 Qxc3 20. bxc3 Ne5 21.
axb5 axb5 22. Rfb1 Bd7 23. Bd4 Nd3 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Bxd3 cxd3 26. Rd1 Be6 27.
Rxd3 Ra1+ 28. Kf2 Bc4 29. Rd2 Ra2 30. Rxa2 Bxa2 31. g4 f6 32. f4 Kf7 33. f5 Bb1
34. Kf3 Bc2 35. h4 h6 36. Kf4 Bb1 37. Bb6 Bc2 38. Bc7 Bb1 39. Ke3 Bc2 40. Bf4
Bb1 41. Kd4 Bc2 42. Kd5 Bd1 43. g5 hxg5 44. hxg5 fxg5 45. Bxg5 g6 46. f6 Bb3+
47. Kd6 Bc4 48. e5 Bb3 49. Bh6 Bc4 50. Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Salamanca Uni 9th"]
[Site "Salamanca"]
[Date "2019.11.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Szczepkowska, Karina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2019.11.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. d3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8.
Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Nf3 f6 10. O-O O-O 11. Qb3+ Kh8 12. Rac1 Qe8 13. Ne4 f5 14. Ned2
Bd6 15. Bc5 Bd7 16. d4 exd4 17. Nxd4 f4 18. N2f3 Nd5 19. Rfd1 fxg3 20. hxg3 Nf6
21. Qe3 Qxe3 22. fxe3 Ne4 23. Bxd6 cxd6 24. Nxc6 Nxg3 25. Ncd4 Nxe2+ 26. Nxe2
Rxf3 27. Rxd6 Rxe3 28. Rxd7 Rxe2 29. Rxa7 Rf8 30. Rf1 Rc8 31. Rc7 Rd8 32. Rd7
Rc8 33. Rc7 Rd8 34. Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Huda, Maryana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2891"]
[BlackElo "2073"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2020.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 Bd7 7. Nbd2 g6 8. Nf1
Bg7 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 O-O 11. Ne3 Qe8 12. O-O Nd4 13. Bxd7 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Nxd7
15. Nd5 g5 16. Bg3 Rc8 17. Ne3 Nc5 18. Nf5 Ne6 19. h4 f6 20. Qe2 Kh7 21. d4 Bh8
22. Rfe1 Ng7 23. Qf3 Nxf5 24. Qxf5+ Qg6 25. Qd7+ Qf7 26. Qh3 Rce8 27. f3 Qg6
28. Bf2 f5 29. exf5 Qxf5 30. Qxf5+ Rxf5 31. Re2 Rff8 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. d5 Kg6
34. Rae1 Rf7 35. Re4 Rg8 36. a4 Bf6 37. a5 Bh8 38. Rb4 Rb8 39. Ba7 Rg8 40. Rxb7
e4 41. Rxe4 Be5 42. Bd4 Bxd4+ 43. Rxd4 Re8 44. Kf2 Re5 45. Ra7 c6 46. Rxf7 Kxf7
47. dxc6 Rxa5 48. Rxd6 Rc5 49. Ke3 a5 50. Kd4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Tsatsalashvili, Ketevan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "2892"]
[BlackElo "2223"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2020.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd3 a6 8.
O-O-O Qc7 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Be2 Bd7 11. Bh5 Bh6+ 12. Kb1 Ne5 13. Qh3 b5 14. Rhf1
b4 15. Nce2 a5 16. f4 Ng6 17. f5 Ne5 18. fxe6 Bc8 19. Bxf7+ Ke7 20. Qxh6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Wan, Caleb"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2892"]
[BlackElo "2094"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2020.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Nc4 d6 11. Be3 a5 12. h3 h6 13. Qe2 Re8 14. Rae1 Bf8 15.
Nfd2 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Qg4 Qf6 18. Ne4 Qe6 19. Qxe6 Rxe6 20. Bc5 Bc8 21.
Ncd2 Nf4 22. Bxe6 Nxe6 23. Bxf8 Kxf8 24. Nb3 Ned4 25. Nxd4 Nxd4 26. c3 Nc6 27.
f4 Rb8 28. fxe5 Nxe5 29. Nc5 Nc6 30. d4 Be6 31. Rxe6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Manolache, Marius"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2880"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2020.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nd2 h6 4. Bh4 c5 5. e3 cxd4 6. exd4 Be7 7. Ngf3 b6 8. a4
O-O 9. Bd3 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. c3 Qc8 12. O-O Qb7 13. Re1 Nc7 14. Ne5 Ncd5
15. Qf3 d6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Ng4 Rab8 18. c4 h5 19. Nxf6+ Nxf6 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21.
Rxe4 d5 22. Re5 dxc4 23. Qxh5 Rfd8 24. Qh4 Rd5 25. Rc1 Rxe5 26. dxe5 Qd5 27.
Qxc4 Qxe5 28. Qc7 Qxc7 29. Rxc7 a5 30. g3 b5 31. Ra7 bxa4 32. Rxa5 Rb4 33. h4
g6 34. Kg2 Kg7 35. Ra7 e5 36. Kf3 Kf6 37. g4 Ke6 38. Ra6+ Kd5 39. h5 gxh5 40.
gxh5 Rh4 41. Kg3 Rxh5 42. Rxa4 Rh1 43. Ra5+ Ke4 44. f3+ Kf5 45. f4 f6 46. fxe5
fxe5 47. Ra4 Rf1 48. Kg2 Rb1 49. Rb4 e4 50. Kf2 Ke5 51. Ke2 Kd5 52. Rb8 Kd4 53.
Rd8+ Kc4 54. Rc8+ Kb3 55. Rb8+ Kc2 56. Rc8+ Kxb2 57. Rb8+ Kc2 58. Rxb1 Kxb1 59.
Ke3 Kc2 60. Kxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 21st April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Swicarz, Maciej"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A24"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2868"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2020.04.21"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 e5 6. Nge2 d6 7. d3 c6 8. O-O a6
9. h3 b5 10. b3 Nbd7 11. Be3 Bb7 12. Rc1 Re8 13. Qd2 b4 14. Nd1 a5 15. f4 c5
16. f5 a4 17. g4 axb3 18. axb3 Ra3 19. g5 Nh5 20. f6 Bf8 21. Rb1 Nb8 22. Bf3
Bc8 23. Kh2 Nc6 24. Bxh5 gxh5 25. Ng3 Nd4 26. Bxd4 exd4 27. Nxh5 Qd7 28. Rf3
Re5 29. Nf2 Qa7 30. Ng3 Ra2 31. Qc1 Qa3 32. Qf4 Rb2 33. Rxb2 Qxb2 34. Nf5 Bxf5
35. exf5 Qxb3 36. Ng4 Re2+ 37. Kg3 Qd1 38. Kh4 b3 39. Nh6+ Bxh6 40. gxh6 Qe1+
41. Rg3+ Kf8 42. Qxd6+ Ke8 43. Kg4 Re3 44. Rxe3+ Qxe3 45. Qb8+ Kd7 46. Qb7+ Kd6
47. Qd5+ Kc7 48. Qxc5+ Kb7 49. Qb5+ Ka7 50. Qxb3 Qe2+ 51. Kg3 Qe3+ 52. Kg2 Qe2+
53. Kg1 Qe1+ 54. Kg2 Qe2+ 55. Kg1 Qe1+ 56. Kg2 Qe2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 21st April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Novik, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2871"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "177"]
[EventDate "2020.04.21"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. g3 Nf6 7. d3 Be7 8. Bg2
d4 9. Nb1 c5 10. Qe2 e5 11. O-O Nc6 12. Nd2 O-O 13. f4 g6 14. Nf3 Nh5 15. Qf2
exf4 16. gxf4 f5 17. e5 Qd7 18. Bd2 Nd8 19. h4 h6 20. Ne1 Ne6 21. Qf3 b6 22.
Qd5 Rad8 23. Qxd7 Rxd7 24. Bc6 Rdd8 25. Ng2 Kf7 26. a4 a5 27. Ra3 c4 28. Raa1
cxd3 29. cxd3 Nc5 30. Ra3 Ng7 31. Bb5 Nge6 32. Kf2 Kg7 33. Bc4 Rc8 34. Ke2 Rfe8
35. Raa1 h5 36. Rh1 Kh7 37. b3 Bf8 38. Kf3 Bh6 39. Kg3 Nd7 40. Rad1 Rc7 41. Ne1
Ndc5 42. Nf3 Ree7 43. Ra1 Re8 44. Rhb1 Ree7 45. Ng5+ Bxg5 46. hxg5 Kg7 47. Kf3
Nd8 48. b4 axb4 49. Rxb4 Nd7 50. Rb5 Nc6 51. Bd5 Na7 52. Rb2 Rc5 53. Bc4 Nc6
54. Rb5 Ndxe5+ 55. fxe5 Nxe5+ 56. Kf2 Nxc4 57. dxc4 Rxc4 58. Rxb6 d3 59. Re1
Rxe1 60. Kxe1 Rxa4 61. Bc3+ Kf7 62. Kd2 Rg4 63. Rf6+ Ke7 64. Rxg6 h4 65. Kxd3
h3 66. Bf6+ Ke6 67. Rh6 Rg3+ 68. Kd4 f4 69. Ke4 f3 70. Ke3 Kf5 71. Bd8 Kg4 72.
g6 Kf5 73. Bc7 Rxg6 74. Rxh3 Re6+ 75. Kxf3 Rc6 76. Bf4 Rc3+ 77. Be3 Rb3 78.
Rh5+ Ke6 79. Ke4 Rb4+ 80. Bd4 Rb1 81. Rh6+ Ke7 82. Kd5 Rd1 83. Rh7+ Kd8 84. Kc5
Ke8 85. Be5 Rd7 86. Rh6 Rd1 87. Bd6 Kd7 88. Bf4 Rc1+ 89. Bxc1 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 21st April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kashlinskaya, Alina"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2861"]
[PlyCount "172"]
[EventDate "2020.04.21"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 Nd7 9. Rd1 Qe7 10. e3 Qb4 11. Qe2 Qa5 12. Qc2 g6 13. Bd3 Bg7 14. O-O O-O
15. a3 c5 16. Ne4 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Ne5 18. Be2 Bd7 19. f4 Rac8 20. Nc3 Nc6 21. Nb3
Qc7 22. Nb5 Qd8 23. Nc5 Nb8 24. Nd6 b6 25. Nxc8 Qxc8 26. b4 bxc5 27. Qxc5 Qxc5
28. bxc5 Rc8 29. Rb1 Bc6 30. Rfd1 Bf8 31. Rdc1 Nd7 32. Ba6 Rc7 33. Bb5 Bxb5 34.
Rxb5 Bxc5 35. Rc3 Kf8 36. Kf2 Ke7 37. Kf3 h5 38. h3 Bb6 39. Rxc7 Bxc7 40. g4
hxg4+ 41. hxg4 Bb6 42. f5 gxf5 43. gxf5 Kd6 44. fxe6 fxe6 45. Rb3 Ne5+ 46. Ke4
Nc4 47. Rd3+ Ke7 48. a4 Nxe3 49. a5 Bc5 50. Rc3 Kd6 51. Rd3+ Nd5 52. Rd1 Kc6
53. Ke5 Nc7 54. Rb1 Bd6+ 55. Kf6 e5 56. Kf5 Na6 57. Ke4 Nc5+ 58. Ke3 Bc7 59. a6
Nxa6 60. Ra1 Nb4 61. Ke4 a5 62. Rc1+ Kd7 63. Rd1+ Bd6 64. Ra1 Nc6 65. Kd5 Bc7
66. Ke4 Nb4 67. Rd1+ Kc6 68. Rc1+ Kb6 69. Ra1 Kb5 70. Rc1 Bb8 71. Rc8 Nc6 72.
Rh8 a4 73. Rh3 Kc4 74. Ra3 Kb4 75. Ra1 Nd4 76. Rb1+ Nb3 77. Kd3 a3 78. Kc2 a2
79. Rxb3+ Kc4 80. Ra3 Bd6 81. Rxa2 Kd5 82. Kd3 Bc5 83. Ra5 e4+ 84. Ke2 Kc4 85.
Ra4+ Kd5 86. Rxe4 Kxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 21st April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rathnakaran, Kantholi"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2838"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2020.04.21"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. c3 b6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
a5 9. Qc2 Ba6 10. e5 Nd7 11. d4 Bxe2 12. Rxe2 a4 13. Nf1 b5 14. Ng3 Na5 15. Bf4
c5 16. Rae1 Nc6 17. Qd3 Qb6 18. Qe3 b4 19. Bg5 Bxg5 20. Qxg5 cxd4 21. Nh5 g6
22. Qh6 gxh5 23. Ng5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 21st April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Abrahamyan, Tatev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2814"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2020.04.21"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 a6 5. b3 Be7 6. Bb2 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Be6 13. Bf3 Qd7 14. Rfd1
Rfd8 15. Na4 Qd6 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. Qb6 Qxb6 18. Nxb6 Rc6 19. Rxc6 bxc6 20. Rc1
c5 21. Rd1 c4 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. Bxd5 c3 25. Bf3 c2 26. Rc1 Rd2
0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 21st April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rakhmangulova, Anastasiya"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2020.04.21"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Qb1
c4 9. h4 Nc6 10. h5 Bd7 11. h6 Nxh6 12. Bxh6 gxh6 13. Rxh6 O-O-O 14. Nf3 Rdg8
15. Qb2 Rg6 16. Rh2 f6 17. exf6 Rxf6 18. Be2 Be8 19. Kd2 Bg6 20. Rb1 b6 21.
Rbh1 Rhf8 22. Bd1 Kc7 23. Kc1 Kb7 24. Kb1 Ka6 25. Ka2 b5 26. Re1 Qa5 27. Ne5
Qc7 28. Bg4 Rxf2 29. Nxc6 Qxh2 30. Rxe6 R8f6 31. Nb8+ Kb7 32. Qxb5+ Ka8 33.
Qc6+ Kxb8 34. Re8+ Bxe8 35. Qc8# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 21st April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Cervantes Landeiro, Thalia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2020.04.21"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 21st April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Jeremic, Milan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2247"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2020.04.21"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 21st April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Christensen, Thomas"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2222"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2020.04.21"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nc3 1-0

[Event "Gladiators May 10th"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2020.05.10"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Qe2 Nxc3 7. dxc3 O-O 8.
Bf4 c5 9. O-O-O Be6 10. h4 Nc6 11. Ng5 h6 12. Qh5 Qa5 13. Kb1 d4 14. Nxe6 fxe6
15. Bxh6 dxc3 16. Bc4 Rf7 17. Bxe6 Raf8 18. Rhf1 1-0

[Event "Gladiators May 10th"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2020.05.10"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 b6 2. g3 Bb7 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c4 f5 6. d4 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. d5
Na6 9. Be3 Qe8 10. Qd2 e5 11. dxe6 dxe6 12. Bh6 Rd8 13. Qc1 e5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7
15. Rd1 e4 16. Nd4 Qe5 17. Qf4 Qxf4 18. Ne6+ Kh6 19. gxf4 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Re8
21. Nd4 c6 22. e3 Nc5 23. Bf1 Kg7 24. b4 Ne6 25. c5 bxc5 26. Nxe6+ Rxe6 27.
bxc5 Re7 28. Rd6 Rd7 29. Bc4 Rxd6 30. cxd6 Bc8 31. Na4 Ne8 32. Ba6 Nxd6 33.
Bxc8 Nxc8 34. Nc5 Kf6 35. f3 Nd6 36. Kf2 Ke7 37. h4 exf3 38. Kxf3 Nc4 39. Ke2
Kd6 40. Nb7+ Kd5 41. Kd3 c5 42. Nd8 Nd6 43. a4 c4+ 0-1

[Event "Gladiators May 10th"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2020.05.10"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O Nc6 6. d3 Nf6 7. c3 O-O 8. Na3
Rb8 9. Qe1 d4 10. Nc4 Be6 11. Bd2 Bxc4 12. dxc4 Ne4 13. cxd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4
Qxd4+ 15. e3 Qxd2 16. Bxe4 Qxb2 17. Qa5 Qb4 18. Qxb4 cxb4 19. Rad1 a5 20. Rd7
a4 21. Bc2 b3 22. axb3 a3 23. Bb1 Rfd8 24. Rfd1 Rxd7 25. Rxd7 e6 26. Kf2 b5 27.
cxb5 Rxb5 28. Ba2 Bf8 29. Ke2 Bb4 30. Rd4 Kg7 31. Kd3 Be7 32. e4 g5 33. e5 h5
34. Ke4 g4 35. b4 Bxb4 36. Rd7 Kf8 37. f5 exf5+ 38. Kxf5 Be7 39. Rd2 Rb2 40.
Rxb2 axb2 41. e6 fxe6+ 42. Kxe6 Bd8 43. Kf5 Kg7 44. Bb1 Kh6 45. Ke4 Bb6 46. Kd3
Bg1 47. Ke2 Bxh2 48. Kf2 Kg5 49. Kg2 Bxg3 50. Kxg3 h4+ 51. Kg2 Kf4 52. Kf2 h3
53. Bh7 g3+ 0-1

[Event "Gladiators May 10th"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2020.05.10"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d5 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. h3 e6 8. Bd3 Na6
9. O-O Nc7 10. Re1 b6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3 e5 13. Qd2 Kh7 14. g4 Bd7 15. Ne2 b5
16. b3 a5 17. Ng3 a4 18. Kh1 Qe7 19. Rg1 axb3 20. axb3 Rxa1 21. Rxa1 Rb8 22.
Ra7 Qd8 23. Qa5 Nfe8 24. Kg2 Ra8 25. Rxa8 Qxa8 26. Qxa8 Nxa8 27. cxb5 Nec7 28.
Nd2 Nxb5 29. Nc4 Bf8 30. f4 f6 31. f5 g5 32. Kf2 Nd4 33. Bxd4 exd4 34. Nf1 Kg7
35. Nfd2 Kf7 36. Na5 Nb6 37. Ndc4 Nxc4 38. Bxc4 Ke7 39. Nc6+ Ke8 40. Ke2 Be7
41. Kd3 Bd8 42. Bb5 Ba5 43. Kc4 Be1 44. Na7 Bxb5+ 45. Nxb5 Kd7 46. Kd3 Ba5 47.
Na3 Bb4 48. Nc4 Kc7 49. Kc2 Bc3 50. Kd3 Bb4 51. Nb2 Bc3 52. Na4 Bb4 53. Kc4 Kb7
54. Nb2 Kc7 55. Nd3 Bc3 56. Kb5 Bd2 57. e5 fxe5 58. Nf2 Kd7 59. Ne4 Bb4 60. Kc4
Ba5 61. Kd3 Bb4 62. Nf6+ Ke7 63. Ne4 Ba5 64. Kc4 Bb4 65. Kd3 Ba5 66. Kc4 Bb4
67. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gladiators May 10th"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2020.05.10"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. e3 a6 5. b3 Bd6 6. Bb2 O-O 7. Nbd2 b6 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Qe7 11. Kb1 c5 12. g4 dxc4 13. bxc4 cxd4 14. exd4
Nxg4 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Be4 Ndf6 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Rhg1 b5 19. Ng5 Nh6 20. c5
Bf4 21. d5 e5 22. c6 Qb6 23. Nde4 Nxe4 24. Qxe4 Bxg5 25. Rxg5 f6 26. Rg2 Ra7
27. f4 exf4 28. Qxf4 Re7 29. d6 Re6 30. c7 1-0

[Event "Gladiators May 10th"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2020.05.10"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 c5 5. d5 f5 6. e4 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 fxe4 8. Ng5
Nf6 9. f3 Qa5 10. Qb3 exf3 11. Nxf3 Nbd7 12. Be2 Nb6 13. a4 Bd7 14. O-O O-O-O
15. Bg5 Ne4 16. Bd3 Nxg5 17. Nxg5 Rdf8 18. Rxf8+ Rxf8 19. Nxh7 Rh8 20. Ng5 Nxa4
21. Bc2 Qxc3 22. Qxc3 Nxc3 23. Rxa7 Kb8 24. Ra3 Ne2+ 25. Kf2 Nd4 26. Be4 Rxh2
27. Bxg6 Rh4 28. Bd3 Rf4+ 29. Ke3 Rg4 30. Nf3 Rxg2 31. Nxd4 cxd4+ 32. Kxd4 Rg4+
33. Kc3 Rg3 34. Kd4 Bf5 35. Rb3 Kc7 36. Rc3 Rxd3+ 37. Rxd3 Bxd3 38. Kxd3 Kb6
39. Kd4 Ka5 0-1

[Event "Gladiators May 10th"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2020.05.10"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 dxe4 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Qe2 Bf5 6. h3 e6 7. g4 Bg6 8. O-O-O
Nbd7 9. Bg2 Nc5 10. Kb1 a5 11. f3 a4 12. fxe4 axb3 13. cxb3 Qd3+ 14. Qxd3 Nxd3
15. Nge2 Nf2 16. d3 Be7 17. Kc2 O-O 18. Rhf1 Nxd1 19. Rxd1 h5 20. g5 Nd7 21. h4
Bd6 22. Bh3 Ne5 23. Rf1 c5 24. Nf4 Kh7 25. a4 Nc6 26. Nb5 Be5 27. Bxe5 Nxe5 28.
Nd6 b6 29. Kc3 Rad8 30. Nc4 Nxc4 31. bxc4 Ra8 32. Ra1 Ra7 33. Kb3 Rd8 34. Bg2
f6 35. Kc3 Rd6 36. gxf6 gxf6 37. Bf3 Kh6 38. Bd1 Be8 39. Ra2 Bf7 40. Rf2 f5 41.
exf5 exf5 42. Nh3 Bg6 43. Ng5 Rd4 44. Rh2 Re7 45. Nf3 Rf4 46. Kd2 Kg7 47. Be2
Kf6 48. Rg2 Rg4 49. Rf2 Ra7 50. Bd1 Rg3 51. Ng5 Rd7 52. Ne4+ Ke5 53. Nxg3 f4
54. Nxh5 Rxd3+ 55. Ke1 Be8 56. Nxf4 1-0

[Event "Gladiators May 14th"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2020.05.14"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 d4 5. O-O c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. exd4 cxd4 8. d3
Bd6 9. a3 a5 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nbd2 Qe7 13. Rc1 O-O 14. Re1 a4 15.
Ne4 Bc7 16. c5 f5 17. Ned2 Ra5 18. Qc2 Rd8 19. Qc4 Qf6 20. Ra1 Kh7 21. b4 axb3
22. Nxb3 Ra7 23. a4 e5 24. Nfd2 e4 25. dxe4 Ne5 26. Qc2 f4 27. Ra3 d3 28. Qb1
Be6 29. a5 h5 30. Qa1 h4 31. a6 Rf8 32. Rf1 f3 33. Bh1 hxg3 34. hxg3 Qh6 35.
axb7 Ng4 36. Nxf3 Rxf3 0-1

[Event "Gladiators May 14th"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2020.05.14"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. Nf3 e4 4. Ng5 f5 5. Nc3 Be7 6. h4 h6 7. Nh3 Bxh4 8. Nf4
Bg5 9. Ng6 Rh7 10. f4 Bf6 11. e3 Be6 12. Qh5 Ne7 13. Nxe7+ Kxe7 14. g4 fxg4 15.
Bg2 c6 16. d5 Bd7 17. Nxe4 Na6 18. Bd2 Qb6 19. Nxf6 gxf6 20. Qg6 Rf7 21. O-O-O
Nc5 22. Rxh6 Raf8 23. dxc6 bxc6 24. Rh7 Na4 25. b3 Qc5 26. Rxf7+ Rxf7 27. bxa4
Bf5 0-1

[Event "Gladiators May 14th"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2020.05.14"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bd7 5. f4 a6 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nf3 f6 8. O-O
e6 9. d3 Nh6 10. Qe1 Be7 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. e4 Qc7 13. Qg3 dxe4 14. dxe4 Rad8 15.
Rae1 b5 16. Qh3 Bd7 17. g3 e5 18. f5 c4 19. bxc4 Bb4 20. c3 Bc5+ 21. Kh1 bxc4
22. g4 Bc6 23. Qg2 Nf7 24. g5 fxg5 25. Nxg5 Nxg5 26. Qxg5 Be7 27. Qg2 Bh4 28.
Re2 Qb7 29. Bc1 Rd3 30. Nxc4 Rxc3 31. Na5 Qc7 32. Nxc6 Qxc6 33. Bb2 Rd3 34.
Bxe5 Rd7 35. Ba1 Rdf7 36. e5 Qxg2+ 37. Kxg2 Rxf5 38. Rxf5 Rxf5 39. e6 Be7 40.
Rc2 Rc5 41. Rd2 Rc6 42. Re2 g5 43. Kf3 h5 44. h4 gxh4 45. Kf4 Kh7 46. Kf5 Rc5+
47. Ke4 Kg6 48. Bd4 Rg5 49. Rh2 Rg4+ 50. Kd5 Kf5 51. Rf2+ Rf4 52. Rxf4+ Kxf4
53. Bc5 Bg5 54. e7 Bxe7 55. Bxe7 h3 56. Bd6+ Kf3 57. Kc6 Kg2 58. Kb6 h2 59.
Bxh2 Kxh2 60. Kxa6 h4 61. a4 h3 62. a5 Kg1 63. Kb7 h2 64. a6 h1=Q+ 65. Kb8 Qh8+
0-1

[Event "Gladiators May 14th"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2020.05.14"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. h3 O-O 7. Nf3 e6 8. Bd3 exd5
9. exd5 Re8+ 10. Be3 Rxe3+ 11. fxe3 Qe7 12. Qd2 Nbd7 13. O-O Nh5 14. Ne2 Ne5
15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Nf4 Nf6 17. Rf3 Bd7 18. Raf1 Rf8 19. b3 Kg7 20. a4 Ng8 21.
Bc2 Bc8 22. Kh1 b6 23. Nd3 Bf6 24. Qf2 Bc3 25. Bb1 Bd7 26. Qg3 Nf6 27. Qg5 Ng8
28. Qxe7 Nxe7 29. e4 Bd4 30. Re1 f6 31. Nf4 Ng8 32. Bd3 Nh6 33. Ne2 Be5 34. g4
Nf7 35. Kg2 Rh8 36. Ng3 a5 37. Ref1 h5 38. gxh5 Ng5 39. hxg6 Bxh3+ 40. Kf2 Bxf1
41. Nf5+ Kxg6 42. Bxf1 Nxf3 43. Kxf3 Kg5 44. Ne7 Rh7 45. Nc8 Rb7 46. Bh3 Kg6
47. Bf5+ Kf7 48. Kg4 Ke8 49. Kh5 Rg7 50. Bg6+ Kd8 51. Bf5 Rg5+ 52. Kh6 Rxf5 53.
exf5 Kxc8 54. Kg7 Kd7 55. Kf7 Bd4 56. Kf8 Be3 57. Kf7 Bg5 58. Kf8 Kd8 59. Kf7
Kd7 60. Kf8 Bf4 61. Kf7 Be5 62. Kf8 Bd4 63. Kf7 Be5 64. Kf8 Kd8 65. Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gladiators May 14th"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2020.05.14"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 a6 7. g3 Nc6 8. Bg2
Bg4 9. O-O cxd4 10. exd4 Be7 11. h3 Bh5 12. Be3 O-O 13. g4 Bg6 14. Ne5 Re8 15.
f4 Be4 16. g5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Qb3 Nxe5 20. fxe5 Bxg5 21.
Rxf7 Kh8 22. Raf1 Rc8 23. Rxb7 Bxe3 24. Qxe3 Rc2+ 25. Kh1 Qh4 26. Rbf7 h6 27.
R7f4 Qe7 28. Qxe4 Rxb2 29. Rf7 Qa3 30. Qg4 Rg8 31. e6 Qxa2 32. e7 Qd5+ 33. Kg1
Rbb8 34. Rf8 Qd6 35. Rxb8 Rxb8 36. Qf4 Qg6+ 37. Kh1 Re8 38. d5 Qd3 39. d6 Qxh3+
40. Kg1 Rg8 41. Re1 Qd7 42. Kg2 a5 43. Kg3 a4 44. Qf7 Qxd6+ 45. Kg2 Qd2+ 46.
Kf1 Qd3+ 47. Re2 Qd1+ 48. Kf2 Qd4+ 49. Re3 Qd2+ 50. Re2 Qd4+ 51. Kg2 Qg4+ 52.
Kf1 Qh3+ 53. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Gladiators May 14th"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2020.05.14"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. a3 Bb7 4. Nc3 f5 5. d5 Nf6 6. g3 Bd6 7. Bg2 O-O 8. Nh3 Na6
9. b4 c5 10. dxc6 Bxc6 11. O-O Be5 12. Bxc6 dxc6 13. Qb3 Qe8 14. Bf4 Bxf4 15.
Nxf4 e5 16. c5+ Rf7 17. Ne6 h6 18. Rfd1 Nd5 19. Rxd5 cxd5 20. Qxd5 bxc5 21.
bxc5 Rc8 22. Rd1 Kh8 23. Nd8 Rf6 24. c6 Nb8 25. Nb5 Nxc6 26. Nb7 Qg8 27. Qd7
Rf7 0-1

[Event "Gladiators May 14th"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2020.05.14"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Be2 e6 8. g4
h6 9. h4 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. f3 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Qd2 Rb8 15.
Kf2 g6 16. a4 bxa4 17. Rxa4 Nc5 18. Raa1 Bd6 19. Qc3 O-O 20. Bxh6 Qf6 21. Qe3
Rxb2 22. Bg5 Qg7 23. h5 Qe5 24. Qxe5 Bxe5 25. Be3 f5 26. Nxf5 gxf5 27. Bxc5 Rc8
28. Ba3 Rbxc2 29. Rac1 fxg4 30. Rxc2 Rxc2 31. Rc1 g3+ 32. Ke3 g2 33. Kf2 Bd4+
34. Kxg2 Rxe2+ 0-1

[Event "Gladiators May 14th"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2020.05.14"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Bxc3 8.
bxc3 d6 9. Nd2 e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. f3 Ne8 12. e4 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Ne4 Nf6 15.
Ng5 Qd7 16. Bxf5 Nxf5 17. Ne6 Rf7 18. g4 Ne7 19. f4 exf4 20. Bxf4 Ng6 21. Bg3
Nf8 22. g5 Ne4 23. Qg4 Nxg3 24. hxg3 Re8 25. Rxf7 Qxf7 26. Rf1 Qd7 27. Re1 Qf7
28. Kg2 Qg6 29. Re2 Qd3 30. Kh3 Qd1 31. Qe4 Qf1+ 32. Kh2 Re7 33. Re3 Qf2+ 34.
Kh3 Rf7 35. Nf4 g6 36. Rf3 Qg1 37. Re3 Rf5 38. Re1 Qf2 39. Re2 Qf1+ 40. Qg2 Qc1
41. Re8 h6 42. Qe4 Qf1+ 43. Kh2 Qf2+ 44. Qg2 Qxg2+ 45. Kxg2 Kf7 46. Rb8 hxg5
47. Rxb7+ Kf6 48. Nd3 g4 49. Nf2 Kg5 50. Ne4+ Kh6 51. Nxd6 Rf3 52. Nf7+ Kh5 53.
Rxa7 g5 54. Ne5 Re3 55. Rf7 Rxe5 56. Rxf8 Re3 57. Rf2 Rxc3 58. Rd2 1-0

[Event "Gladiators May 14th"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2020.05.14"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Nd2 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. c4 Nbd7 6. Ngf3 e6 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O
h6 9. Bh4 O-O 10. a3 a5 11. b3 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Qc1 Rfc8 14. Qb2 Nd6 15.
Rac1 b5 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Ne4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. f3 Bg6 21.
Bxb5 Rc5 22. a4 Rac8 23. Rxc5 Qxc5 24. Qd2 Qc3 25. Qxc3 Rxc3 26. Kf2 Rxb3 27.
Rc1 Rb2+ 28. Kg3 Bc2 29. h4 f6 30. exf6 gxf6 31. Re1 Kf7 32. Re2 Ra2 33. Bd3
Bb3 34. Rxa2 Bxa2 35. Bb5 e5 36. Kf2 Bb3 37. g4 Ke7 38. f4 Bd1 39. Kg3 Ke6 40.
Bc6 Kd6 41. Be8 Ke7 42. Bc6 Kd6 43. Be8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gladiators May 14th"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.14"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A77"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2020.05.14"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 exd5 4. cxd5 d6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Nd2 Nd7 8. e4
Ngf6 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. a4 Ne5 12. Qc2 g5 13. Re1 Ng6 14. g3 h6 15. Rb1
b6 16. b4 Qe7 17. bxc5 bxc5 18. Bb5 Bd7 19. Nc4 Ne5 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21. Bb2 Qe7
22. e5 dxe5 23. Rbd1 Rac8 24. Bc4 Qd6 25. Nb5 Bxb5 26. axb5 Re7 27. Ra1 Nd7 28.
Rxa7 Nb6 29. Ra6 Rce8 30. Bc3 Qb8 31. d6 Qxd6 32. Ba5 Rb8 33. Rd1 Qc7 34. Bxb6
Rxb6 35. Qf5 Bf8 36. Rxb6 Qxb6 37. Rd7 Rxd7 38. Qxd7 Qf6 39. b6 Bd6 40. Bxf7+
Kh8 41. Bd5 Qe7 42. Qc8+ Qf8 43. b7 Kg7 44. Qd7+ Kf6 45. Qe6+ Kg7 46. Be4 Qf6
47. Qd7+ Kf8 48. Qc8+ 1-0

[Event "Gladiators May 18th"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.05.18"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 b6 2. g3 Bb7 3. Bg2 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. c4 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. d5 Na6 8. Nc3
e6 9. e4 exd5 10. exd5 Re8 11. Be3 c6 12. Nd4 cxd5 13. cxd5 Nc5 14. Re1 h5 15.
h3 Ba6 16. d6 Nd3 17. Re2 Rc8 18. Ndb5 Ne5 19. Bd4 Nc6 20. Rxe8+ Nxe8 21. Bxg7
Kxg7 22. Qa4 Bxb5 23. Nxb5 Qf6 24. Qa3 a5 25. Rc1 Na7 26. Rxc8 Nxc8 27. Nc7
Ncxd6 28. Nd5 Qd4 29. Qb3 Nf5 30. Qxb6 Qd1+ 31. Kh2 Qd2 32. a4 Ned6 33. b4 axb4
34. Nxb4 Nc4 35. Qc5 Nce3 36. Nd5 Qxf2 37. Qc3+ Kg8 38. Nf6+ Kf8 39. Nxd7+ Ke7
40. Qc6 Nf1+ 0-1

[Event "Gladiators May 18th"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2020.05.18"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. Nc3 g6 3. f4 Bg7 4. Nf3 c5 5. Bc4 e6 6. O-O Ne7 7. d3 Nbc6 8. f5
gxf5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Qb6 11. Rb1 a6 12. Kh1 Bd7 13. Qe1 f4 14. g3 fxg3 15.
Bxg3 Nd4 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Ne2 Ng6 18. Nf4 Nxf4 19. Bxf4 O-O-O 20. Rg1 Be5 21.
Bxe5 dxe5 22. Qg3 Qc7 23. Qg7 f5 24. Rg6 fxe4 25. Bxe6 Bxe6 26. Qxc7+ Kxc7 27.
Rxe6 e3 28. Rxe5 Rhf8 29. c3 Rf2 30. cxd4 e2 31. Rc1+ Kd6 32. Rg1 Rdf8 33. b4
R8f4 34. Rg6+ Kc7 35. Rge6 Rh4 36. Kg1 Rhxh2 37. d5 Rfg2# 0-1

[Event "Gladiators May 18th"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2020.05.18"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. d3 c6 6. Bd2 Qc7 7. Qe2 Bf5 8.
Nf3 Nbd7 9. h3 e6 10. Nd4 Bg6 11. Bxe6 O-O-O 12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. Nf3 Re8 14. Be3
Bb4 15. O-O Bh5 16. a3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 g5 18. d4 Rhg8 19. g4 Nxg4 20. hxg4 Qxg4+
21. Kh2 Qxf3 22. Qxf3 Bxf3 23. c4 f5 24. Rfe1 f4 25. Bd2 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 Rg6 0-1

[Event "Gladiators May 18th"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2020.05.18"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Qe2 c5 6. f4 Nc6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. O-O-O
O-O 9. Kb1 Nd4 10. Qf2 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Qa5 12. f5 b5 13. h4 b4 14. Na4 Qc7 15. h5
Nxh5 16. Bc4 e6 17. c3 d5 18. exd5 exd5 19. Bxd5 Rad8 20. fxg6 Rxd5 21. gxh7+
Kh8 22. cxd4 cxd4 23. Rc1 Qe5 24. Qh4 Qf5+ 25. Ka1 Nf4 26. Qe7 a5 27. Nb6 Ng6
28. Qc7 Rdd8 29. Nc4 Qxf3 30. Rcf1 Qd5 31. Qxa5 Qxa5 32. Nxa5 Rd6 33. Nc4 Rd5
34. Kb1 f5 35. Rh5 Ne7 36. d3 Rf6 37. Bc1 Rf7 38. Bf4 Ng6 39. Bd6 Ne7 40. Bxb4
f4 41. Rh3 Nc6 42. Bd2 Rdf5 43. Nd6 Ne5 44. Nxf7+ Rxf7 45. Rxf4 Rd7 46. Re4 1-0

[Event "Gladiators May 18th"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2020.05.18"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b5 3. Na3 a6 4. c4 e6 5. cxb5 Bxa3 6. bxa3 axb5 7. Bg2 Bb7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Rb1 Bc6 10. d3 Na6 11. e4 Nc5 12. Nd4 Na4 13. Bd2 Rb8 14. Qc2 Rb6
15. h3 e5 16. Nf5 d6 17. Rbc1 Nd7 18. d4 exd4 19. Nxd4 Nac5 20. Nxc6 Rxc6 21.
e5 Ra6 22. exd6 cxd6 23. Bf4 Qf6 24. Rfd1 Ne5 25. Qc3 Nc4 26. Qxf6 gxf6 27. Bf1
Ne5 28. Bxb5 Rxa3 29. Rxd6 Ne4 30. Ra6 Rxa6 31. Bxa6 Ra8 32. Rc8+ Rxc8 33. Bxc8
Nc3 34. Bxe5 fxe5 35. a3 Kf8 36. Kg2 Ke7 37. Kf3 Kd6 38. Kg4 Nd1 39. f4 e4 40.
Bb7 Ne3+ 41. Kg5 Nd5 42. Kg4 Kc5 43. f5 Nc3 44. Kf4 Kd4 45. a4 e3 46. Bf3 Nxa4
47. Kg5 Ke5 48. g4 Nc3 49. h4 e2 50. Bxe2 Nxe2 51. Kh6 Kf4 52. Kxh7 Kxg4 53.
Kg7 Kxf5 54. Kxf7 Kg4 55. h5 Kxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gladiators May 18th"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2020.05.18"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. g4 Bg7 4. g5 Nh5 5. Bxg7 Nxg7 6. Nf3 d5 7. Qc1 O-O 8.
Qb2 a5 9. b5 c5 10. Bg2 Nd7 11. d3 d4 12. Nbd2 Nb6 13. Ne4 Qc7 14. h4 Be6 15.
c4 dxc3 16. Qxc3 c4 17. Rc1 Rfc8 18. O-O Qd8 19. d4 Nd5 20. Qd2 a4 21. Nc5 c3
22. Qd1 b6 23. Nxe6 Nxe6 24. Ne5 Nef4 25. Bf3 f6 26. Nc6 Qd7 27. e3 Ne6 28.
Bxd5 Kg7 29. Bg2 fxg5 30. hxg5 Nxg5 31. Rxc3 Rf8 32. f4 Nh3+ 33. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Gladiators May 18th"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2020.05.18"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. d4 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O Bg4 6. c4 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 Nf6 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Qb3 dxc4 10. Qxb7 Nbd7 11. Qxc6 Nb6 12. Qb5 Rc8 13. Rd1 Qxd4 14. Rxd4
1-0

[Event "Gladiators May 18th"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2020.05.18"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d3 d5 6. c4 c5 7. Nc3 d4 8. Na4
Qc7 9. Bf4 Qa5 10. Bd2 Qc7 11. b4 cxb4 12. Bxb4 Nc6 13. Ba3 Re8 14. Nc5 h6 15.
Rb1 b6 16. Nb3 e5 17. e3 dxe3 18. fxe3 Bb7 19. Nfd2 Rad8 20. Qe2 Qd7 21. Rxf6
Bxf6 22. Ne4 Be7 23. Bxe7 Qxe7 24. Rf1 f5 25. Nc3 Nb4 26. Bxb7 Qxb7 27. Rd1 e4
28. d4 Nd3 29. Nd5 Kg7 30. Nc1 Nxc1 31. Rxc1 Qc6 32. Nf4 Rd7 33. d5 Qd6 34. g4
Rf7 35. Rf1 Kh7 36. h4 fxg4 37. Qxg4 Re5 38. Ne6 Rxf1+ 39. Kxf1 Rf5+ 40. Kg1
Qe5 41. Nd4 Rf7 42. Kg2 Qf6 43. Qxe4 Qf1+ 44. Kg3 Qg1+ 45. Kh3 Qf1+ 46. Kg3
Qf2+ 47. Kh3 Qf1+ 48. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gladiators May 18th"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2020.05.18"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Bc4 c6 5. d3 Nf6 6. Bd2 Qc7 7. Qe2 Bg4 8.
f3 Bd7 9. O-O-O e6 10. f4 b5 11. Bb3 a5 12. a4 Na6 13. Nf3 Nc5 14. Ne5 Nxb3+
15. cxb3 Nd5 16. f5 bxa4 17. Nxa4 Rb8 18. Rhe1 Bc8 19. d4 Rxb3 20. Qc4 Rb5 21.
g4 Bd6 22. g5 O-O 23. f6 Nb6 24. Nxb6 Qxb6 25. Bc3 Ba6 26. Qxc6 Qxc6 27. Nxc6
Rc8 28. d5 Rxd5 29. Rxd5 exd5 30. Ne7+ Bxe7 31. fxe7 Bb5 32. Kd2 a4 33. Re5 Bc6
34. Ke3 f6 35. gxf6 gxf6 36. Rh5 Kg7 37. Rf5 Kf7 38. Bxf6 Ke6 39. Rf4 Rb8 40.
Kd2 Rb3 41. h4 h5 42. Bg5 Rxb2+ 43. Kc3 Rb3+ 44. Kd2 a3 45. Rf6+ Kxe7 46. Rxc6+
Kd7 47. Ra6 d4 48. Kc2 Rc3+ 49. Kd2 Rb3 50. Ra4 Kc6 51. Rxd4 Kb5 52. Rd8 Rh3
53. Rb8+ Ka4 54. Ra8+ Kb3 55. Rb8+ Ka2 56. Be7 Rh2+ 57. Kd3 Rh3+ 58. Kd4 Rf3
59. Ra8 Kb2 60. Rxa3 Rxa3 61. Bxa3+ Kxa3 62. Ke5 Kb4 63. Kf5 Kc5 64. Kg5 Kd6
65. Kxh5 Ke7 66. Kg6 Kf8 67. Kh7 Kf7 68. h5 Kf8 69. h6 Kf7 70. Kh8 Kg6 71. h7
Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gladiators May 18th"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.05.18"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c5 5. Nge2 Nc6 6. O-O e6 7. d3 Nge7 8. Be3
Nd4 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Nd1 Bd7 11. c3 Nxe2+ 12. Qxe2 Rc8 13. f4 b5 14. Nf2 a5 15.
Rac1 b4 16. c4 Nc6 17. g4 Nd4 18. Qd1 f5 19. g5 Bc6 20. h4 e5 21. h5 Qd7 22.
hxg6 hxg6 23. Bxd4 cxd4 24. exf5 Rxf5 25. Bxc6 Qxc6 26. Ne4 Rcf8 27. Qg4 exf4
28. Qf3 Qd7 29. Rc2 Kf7 30. Rh2 Rh8 31. Rxh8 Bxh8 32. Kg2 Bg7 33. Rh1 d5 34.
cxd5 Qxd5 35. b3 a4 36. Rc1 axb3 37. Rc7+ Kf8 38. axb3 Qxb3 39. Rc8+ Ke7 40.
Rc7+ Kf8 41. Ng3 Qa2+ 42. Kh3 fxg3 43. Rc8+ Ke7 44. Qb7+ Ke6 45. Rc6+ Ke5 46.
Qc7+ Kd5 47. Qd6# 1-0

[Event "Gladiators May 18th"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.18"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2020.05.18"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. O-O a5 8. a4
c6 9. Na3 Qc7 10. Re1 Re8 11. e4 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Nc4 Bf8 15.
h3 b5 16. Ne3 Bb7 17. Qf3 Kg7 18. c4 b4 19. Rad1 Bc5 20. h4 h5 21. Bh3 Rad8 22.
Bg2 Bc8 23. Qe2 Bg4 24. Bf3 Be6 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rd1 Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1 Bxe3 28.
fxe3 Bg4 29. Kg2 Bxf3+ 30. Kxf3 Qe7 31. Qd3 Qe6 32. Kg2 Nd7 33. Qc2 Kf6 34.
Qf2+ Ke7 35. Qd2 Nc5 36. Qc2 f6 37. Bc1 Qg4 38. Bb2 Nxe4 0-1

[Event "Gladiators May 18th"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.18"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2020.05.18"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Bg7 5. c4 f5 6. Nc3 O-O 7. g3 d6 8. Bg2
c6 9. Nge2 a5 10. h4 Nd7 11. h5 Nf6 12. hxg6 hxg6 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. Nf4 Re8 15.
Kf1 Ne4 16. Rd1 Bd7 17. d4 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 a4 19. b4 a3 20. Bf3 Bf6 21. Kg2 Bg7
22. Qb3 g5 23. Nd3 g4 24. Be2 Qe4+ 25. Kg1 Bxd4 26. Nf4 Bg7 27. Rxd6 Be6 28.
Nxe6 Rxe6 29. Rd7 Rae8 30. c5 Qe5 31. Bc4 Qb2 32. Bxe6 Rxe6 33. Rd8+ Bf8 34.
Qxb2 axb2 35. Kg2 Re4 36. a3 Rc4 37. Rb1 Rc2 38. a4 Kg7 39. Rd3 Be7 40. Rb3 Bf6
41. b5 Rxc5 42. bxc6 bxc6 43. R1xb2 Bxb2 44. Rxb2 Ra5 45. Rb4 Kf6 46. Kf1 c5
47. Rf4 Ke5 48. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Gladiators May 18th"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.18"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2020.05.18"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 g6 3. g3 Bh6 4. Bxh6 Nxh6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O f5 7. c4 Nf7 8. Nc3
e5 9. e4 fxe4 10. Nxe4 Bf5 11. Re1 Nc6 12. d5 Ne7 13. Neg5 Nxg5 14. Nxg5 Qd7
15. Qd2 Rad8 16. f4 h6 17. Ne6 Bxe6 18. dxe6 Qxe6 19. fxe5 Qxc4 20. Qxh6 dxe5
21. Qg5 Qc5+ 22. Kh1 Rf5 23. Qg4 Rd2 24. Re2 Rf2 25. Rxd2 Rxd2 26. Rg1 Kg7 27.
b4 Qf2 28. Qe6 Qf6 29. Qc4 c6 30. a4 Nf5 31. Qc3 Rf2 32. b5 Nd4 33. Qe3 Re2 34.
Qd3 Qf2 35. bxc6 bxc6 36. Qa6 Nf3 37. Qb7+ Kh6 0-1

[Event "Gladiators May 18th"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.18"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.05.18"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. O-O c6 8. c4
Qc7 9. Re1 e5 10. e4 Re8 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nbd2 a5 13. Qc2 Nc5 14. a3 Nfd7 15.
b4 Ne6 16. c5 Nd4 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Nc4 axb4 19. axb4 Rxa1 20. Bxa1 Nf8 21. Nd6
Re7 22. Qd2 Ne6 23. f4 b6 24. e5 bxc5 25. bxc5 Nxc5 26. Bxd4 Nb3 27. Qc3 Nxd4
28. Qxd4 Be6 29. Rc1 Qa5 30. h4 h5 31. Kh2 Qa3 32. Rc3 Qb2 33. Qd3 Bd5 34. Rc2
Qb6 35. Bxd5 cxd5 36. Qxd5 Qb1 37. Rc8+ Kh7 38. Nxf7 Qb2+ 39. Kh3 Qb1 40. Ng5+
Kh6 41. Qe4 Qf1+ 42. Qg2 Qd1 43. Rc2 Ra7 44. Qe2 Qh1+ 45. Qh2 Qd1 46. Qg2 Ra1
47. Nf3 1-0

[Event "Gladiators May 20th"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2020.05.20"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. g4 c5 7. d5 b5 8. cxb5 a6
9. g5 Nfd7 10. b6 Nxb6 11. h4 e6 12. h5 exd5 13. exd5 Re8 14. hxg6 hxg6 15. Be3
Bf5 16. Nf3 N8d7 17. Qd2 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Rh4 Rb8 20. Kf1 Nd7 21. Rc1 Rb4
22. Rxb4 cxb4 23. Na4 a5 24. Bf3 Kg7 25. Rc6 Qb8 26. Bd4 Qb5+ 0-1

[Event "Gladiators May 20th"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2020.05.20"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 c6 5. Bd2 Nf6 6. Bc4 Bg4 7. f3 Bh5 8.
Nge2 Qc7 9. g4 Bg6 10. h4 h6 11. Nf4 Bh7 12. Qe2 Bg8 13. O-O-O e6 14. g5 Nfd7
15. g6 1-0

[Event "Gladiators May 20th"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2020.05.20"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. g4 h6 4. e3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d6 6. h3 e5 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Qe2 c6
9. O-O-O b5 10. f4 b4 11. Na4 exf4 12. exf4 Ba6 13. Qf2 Bb5 14. Ne2 Bxa4 15.
bxa4 Qa5 16. Kb1 Qxa4 17. g5 hxg5 18. fxg5 Nh5 19. Bxg7 Nxg7 20. Nd4 d5 21. h4
Nd7 22. h5 Ne5 23. d3 Rab8 24. Rde1 Ng4 25. Qf4 gxh5 26. Re7 Rb6 27. g6 Ra6 28.
gxf7+ Kh8 29. Qxg4 Qxa2+ 30. Kc1 Qa1+ 31. Kd2 Qxh1 32. Qg5 c5 33. Bxh1 cxd4 34.
Bxd5 1-0

[Event "Gladiators May 20th"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2020.05.20"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 Qb6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bc4 Nh6 7. h3 d5 8. exd5
Nf5 9. O-O O-O 10. Kh2 Nxd4 11. Qe1 Nxc2 12. Qh4 Nxa1 13. f5 Bxf5 14. Bh6 Nd7
15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nd4 cxd5 17. Nxd5 Qd6+ 18. Kh1 e6 19. Nxf5+ exf5 20. Rxa1 Nf6
21. Ne3 Rad8 22. Rf1 Qe5 23. Qg5 Kh8 24. Qh6 Ne4 0-1

[Event "Gladiators May 20th"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[PlyCount "166"]
[EventDate "2020.05.20"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 Nf6 2. Bb2 c6 3. c4 a5 4. a3 axb4 5. axb4 Rxa1 6. Bxa1 Na6 7. b5 cxb5 8.
cxb5 Nc5 9. Nf3 d6 10. g3 e5 11. Bg2 Be7 12. O-O e4 13. Nd4 O-O 14. Nc3 d5 15.
d3 Qa5 16. Qb1 exd3 17. exd3 Rd8 18. Re1 Bf8 19. h3 Ne6 20. Nce2 Bb4 21. Rc1
Bd7 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Be5 Ne8 24. Nd4 Be7 25. Qb2 Ba3 26. Qa2 Ra8 27. Ra1 Bb4
28. Qxa5 Rxa5 29. Rb1 Bd6 30. f4 Bxe5 31. fxe5 Nc7 32. b6 Na6 33. Kf2 Ra3 34.
Ke3 Nc5 35. Bf1 Kf7 36. Be2 Ke7 37. h4 Ra6 38. Rc1 Na4 39. Rc7 Rxb6 40. Bg4 Kd8
41. Rc2 Ra6 42. h5 b5 43. h6 gxh6 44. Rh2 Nc5 45. Rxh6 Ra3 46. Be2 b4 47. Rxh7
b3 48. Rh1 b2 49. Rb1 Na4 50. Kd2 Ra1 51. Kc2 Ke7 52. Bg4 Bc8 53. Nb3 Ra3 54.
Be2 Ba6 55. g4 Kf7 56. Nd4 Ra1 57. g5 Kg6 58. Rxb2 Nxb2 59. Kxb2 Re1 60. Kc3
Bc8 61. Kd2 Ra1 62. Bg4 Ra6 63. Nf3 Ra4 64. Bh3 Rf4 65. Ke3 Ra4 66. d4 Ra1 67.
Bg4 Ra3+ 68. Kf4 Kf7 69. Bh5+ Kg7 70. g6 Ra1 71. Ng5 Rf1+ 72. Nf3 Ba6 73. Ke3
Rh1 74. Bg4 Bc8 75. Ng5 Rg1 76. Bxe6 Rxg5 77. Bxc8 Kxg6 78. Be6 Rg3+ 79. Ke2
Kg5 80. Bxd5 Kf4 81. Bc6 Re3+ 82. Kd2 Rxe5 83. dxe5 Kxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gladiators May 20th"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2020.05.20"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 d6 5. exd6 exd6 6. c4 Nb6 7. h3 Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Bd3 Nb4 10. Bb1 c5 11. a3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nc6 13. Be3 g6 14. b3 Bg5 15.
O-O Bxe3 16. fxe3 Qg5 17. Qf3 Qe5 18. Qf4 Bd7 19. Ne4 Nxd4 20. Nf6+ Kg7 21.
exd4 Qxf4 22. Rxf4 Bf5 23. Bxf5 Kxf6 24. Be4+ Kg5 25. Raf1 d5 26. h4+ Kh6 27.
cxd5 f5 28. g4 Rad8 29. gxf5 Nxd5 30. Bxd5 Rxd5 31. fxg6 Rg8 32. Rg4 Rxg6 33.
Rxg6+ hxg6 34. Rf4 g5 35. hxg5+ Kxg5 36. Re4 Kf5 37. Rh4 Kg5 38. Rh7 Rxd4 39.
Rxb7 Rd3 40. Kf2 Kf4 41. Ke2 Rh3 42. Kd2 Ke4 43. Kc2 a5 44. a4 Kd4 45. Rc7 Rh2+
46. Kb1 Rh1+ 47. Kb2 Rh2+ 48. Ka3 Rh5 49. Rb7 Rc5 50. Rb5 Rxb5 51. axb5 Kc5 52.
Ka4 Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gladiators May 20th"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2020.05.20"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nc3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 c6 4. e3 b5 5. Be2 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Ne5 b4 8. Na4
Nfd7 9. Nd3 O-O 10. O-O f6 11. Nxb4 e5 12. Bg3 f5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Rc1 g5 15.
f4 gxf4 16. Bxf4 a5 17. Nd3 Ng6 18. Bg3 Qe7 19. Qd2 Nd7 20. c4 Nf6 21. Bf3 Ba6
22. cxd5 cxd5 23. Rfe1 Rad8 24. Rc7 Qe8 25. Nac5 Ne4 26. Qc2 Bxd3 27. Nxd3 Nxg3
28. hxg3 Rf7 29. Rxf7 Qxf7 30. Qb3 Kh8 31. Qb6 Re8 32. Qxa5 d4 33. e4 f4 34.
Qf5 Qxa2 35. gxf4 Rf8 36. Qg5 Qb3 37. Be2 Bf6 38. Qd5 Qc2 39. g3 Qd2 40. e5
Qe3+ 41. Kh2 Bg7 42. Qf3 Qd2 43. Rd1 Qc2 44. Qe4 Qa4 45. e6 Ne7 46. Rc1 Qa7 47.
Kh3 Nf5 48. Bg4 Ne3 49. e7 Rg8 50. e8=Q 1-0

[Event "Gladiators May 20th"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2020.05.20"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. a3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc5 7. b4 Bb6 8. Bd3 f6
9. Bb2 fxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Qg5 12. Bg3 Nh6 13. O-O O-O 14. Nd2 e5 15.
Nf3 Rxf3 16. Qxf3 e4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qxe4 Qg6 19. Qxg6 hxg6 20. c4 Nf5 21.
Be5 Be6 22. c5 Bd8 23. Rad1 Kf7 24. Rfe1 Be7 25. h3 a5 26. Rc1 axb4 27. axb4
Bd7 28. Ra1 Rxa1 29. Rxa1 Bc6 30. Ra8 g5 31. f3 Ke6 32. Bc3 Ne3 33. Bxg7 Nd5
34. Bd4 Nxb4 35. Rg8 Nd3 36. Kh2 Kd5 37. Be3 Nxc5 38. Bxg5 Bd6+ 39. Kh1 b5 40.
Bd2 Nb3 41. Be1 b4 42. Rd8 Ke6 43. h4 Nc1 44. h5 Nd3 45. Bd2 b3 46. Bc3 b2 47.
Bxb2 Nxb2 48. h6 Be5 49. h7 Nc4 50. h8=Q Bxh8 51. Rxh8 Ne3 52. Kh2 Kf7 53. Rh6
Bd5 54. Rd6 Be6 55. Ra6 Kf6 56. Kg3 Ke5 57. Kf2 Nd1+ 58. Ke2 Bc4+ 59. Kxd1 Bxa6
60. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gladiators May 20th"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2020.05.20"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nc3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 c6 4. e3 b5 5. Be2 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Ne5 O-O 8. h4 b4
9. Na4 Nfd7 10. Nd3 Qa5 11. c3 bxc3 12. b4 Qd8 13. Nxc3 f6 14. h5 e5 15. Bg3
exd4 16. exd4 f5 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Nf4 Qe8 19. Kf1 Nf6 20. f3 g5 21. Nd3 Ne4
22. fxe4 fxe4+ 23. Nf2 e3 24. Bd3 Bf5 25. Bxf5 Rxf5 26. Qd3 Qf7 27. Qxe3 Nd7
28. Kg1 Nf6 29. Qd3 Ne4 30. Nfxe4 dxe4 31. Nxe4 Qd5 32. Rd1 Rd8 33. Nd6 Rf6 34.
Qh7+ Kf8 35. Ne4 Rf7 36. Bf2 Re8 37. Re1 Rfe7 38. Rh3 Rf7 39. Rf3 Rxf3 40. gxf3
Bxd4 41. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 42. Kg2 Qb2+ 43. Kf1 g4 44. Qh6+ 1-0

[Event "Gladiators May 20th"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2020.05.20"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. exd6 exd6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 Bf5 8.
O-O Qd7 9. Re1 Bf6 10. a3 Bh3 11. Bh1 Nc6 12. c4 Nb6 13. b3 Rfe8 14. Be3 d5 15.
c5 Nc8 16. Nc3 N8e7 17. b4 a6 18. Qd2 Nf5 19. Rac1 h6 20. Nxd5 Qxd5 21. Ng5
Qxh1+ 22. Kxh1 hxg5 23. Bxg5 Bxd4 24. f3 Ne5 25. Qe2 Re6 26. Qe4 Nc6 27. Qd3
Rae8 28. Rxe6 Rxe6 29. g4 Ne3 30. Bxe3 Rxe3 31. Qf5 g6 32. Qc8+ Kg7 33. Qxc7
Re2 34. Qg3 Bg2+ 35. Qxg2 Rxg2 36. Kxg2 Bb2 37. Rb1 Bxa3 38. b5 axb5 39. Rxb5
Nd4 40. Rxb7 Bxc5 41. h4 Ne6 42. Rb5 Be7 43. Kg3 Bd6+ 44. Kf2 Nf4 45. Ra5 Bb4
46. Rb5 Be7 47. Kg3 Ne2+ 48. Kh3 Nd4 49. Rb7 Bf6 50. g5 Be5 51. Kg4 Nf5 52. h5
Ne3+ 53. Kh4 gxh5 54. Kxh5 Nd5 55. Kg4 Ne3+ 56. Kh5 Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gladiators May 20th"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.22"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2020.05.20"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nc3 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qa4 Nf6 5. Nf3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. O-O-O Be7 8.
e4 Qc7 9. Kb1 O-O 10. e5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Qxe5 12. Qh4 h6 13. f4 Qa5 14. Bd3 d5
15. Bxh6 Ne4 16. Qg4 Nxc3+ 17. bxc3 Bf6 18. f5 Qxc3 19. Kc1 exf5 20. Bxf5 Bxf5
21. Qxf5 gxh6 22. Rd3 Qb2+ 23. Kd2 Bg5+ 24. Ke2 Rae8+ 25. Kf3 Qxc2 26. h4 Qe2+
27. Kg3 Re3+ 28. Rxe3 Qxe3+ 29. Kg4 Qd4+ 30. Kh5 Bf6 31. g4 Re8 32. Kxh6 Bg7+
33. Kh5 Re5 0-1

[Event "Gladiators May 20th"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.22"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2020.05.20"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 c5 3. e5 cxd4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bd3 d6 6. exd6 Bxd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nbd2 Qc7 9. Qe2 Bd7 10. Nc4 h6 11. Rd1 O-O-O 12. Nxd6+ Qxd6 13. a3 e5 14. Nd2
Bg4 15. f3 Be6 16. b4 Nd5 17. Bb2 Ne3 18. Re1 f5 19. Nf1 f4 20. Nd2 Kb8 21. Ne4
Qc7 22. Nc5 Bc8 23. Rab1 g5 24. b5 Ne7 25. Ne4 g4 26. fxg4 Bxg4 27. Qf2 Rhg8
28. Nf6 Bh3 29. Nxg8 Rxg8 30. g3 N7f5 31. Bxf5 Nxf5 32. Qe2 Ne3 33. Qh5 Bg4 34.
Qxh6 Qxc2 0-1

[Event "Gladiators May 20th"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.22"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2020.05.20"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nc3 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. e4 d6 4. Bc4 e6 5. O-O Nf6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Be7 8.
Be3 Bd7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Rad1 Rc8 11. Kh1 Ne5 12. Bb3 Rxc3 13. bxc3 Nxe4 14. Qe1
Qa5 15. c4 Qxe1 16. Rfxe1 a6 17. f3 Nc3 18. Rc1 Rc8 19. Bd2 Na4 20. Bb4 Bf8 21.
f4 Nxc4 22. Nf3 b5 23. Rcd1 Nab6 24. Kg1 a5 25. Bc3 a4 26. Bxc4 Nxc4 27. Bb4
Bc6 28. Nd4 Be8 29. c3 g6 30. Re2 d5 31. Bxf8 Kxf8 32. Rb1 Nd6 33. Re3 Rc5 34.
Kf1 Ne4 35. Ne2 Nd2+ 0-1

[Event "Gladiators May 20th"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.22"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2020.05.20"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. h3 d5 5. exd5 cxd5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Nh6 8. g4
f6 9. Bg2 Nf7 10. Nd2 e6 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 Bd7 13. Nb3 b6 14. Ne2 Rc8 15. c3
Re8 16. f4 Nd6 17. Ng3 f5 18. g5 Ne4 19. Qf3 a5 20. a4 Ne7 21. h4 h5 22. gxh6
Bxh6 23. h5 Kf7 24. hxg6+ Nxg6 25. Nd2 Rh8 26. Ndxe4 dxe4 27. Qf2 Qh4 28. Ne2
Qh5 29. Ng3 Qg4 30. Rf1 Rcg8 31. d5 Nh4 32. dxe6+ Bxe6 33. Bd4 Qxg3 34. Bxh8
Nf3+ 0-1

[Event "Gladiators May 20th"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.22"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2020.05.20"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Qe2 c5 6. O-O-O Nc6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8.
Kb1 Nd4 9. Qe3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Nd7 11. f4 a6 12. h4 b5 13. h5 e6 14. Ne2 Qb6 15.
Bg2 Ra7 16. f5 gxf5 17. Nf4 Bh6 18. c3 Nc6 19. exf5 e5 20. Nd5 Bxe3 21. Nxb6
Nxb6 22. Bxc6+ Ke7 23. dxe3 Rg8 24. Rhg1 Rxg1 25. Rxg1 d5 26. Ba3 1-0

[Event "Gladiators May 20th"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.22"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2020.05.20"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 c6 3. Nc3 Nd7 4. f4 Qa5 5. Nf3 h6 6. Bd3 g5 7. O-O Bg7 8. e5
gxf4 9. exd6 e5 10. Re1 Kf8 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Bxf4 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 Nf6 14. Ne5
Be6 15. Ng6+ fxg6 16. Rxe6 Kg8 17. Rxf6 Bxf6 18. Qxg6+ Bg7 19. Re1 Rf8 20. Re7
Rh7 21. Qe6+ Kh8 22. d7 Bd4+ 23. Kh1 Rxe7 24. Qxe7 Qd8 25. Be5+ Bxe5 26. Qxe5+
Kh7 27. Qe4+ Kg7 28. Qd4+ Qf6 29. Qxf6+ Kxf6 30. Kg1 Ke7 31. Ne4 Kxd7 32. Nc5+
Kd6 33. Nxb7+ Kd5 34. Na5 Rb8 35. b3 c5 36. c4+ Ke4 37. Nc6 Rb7 38. Kf2 Rc7 39.
Na5 Rd7 40. Kg3 Rd3+ 41. Kh4 Rd2 42. Nb7 Rxg2 43. Nxc5+ Kf4 44. h3 Rxa2 45.
Nd3+ Ke3 46. Nb4 Ra3 47. c5 Rxb3 48. Nc6 Rc3 49. Nxa7 Rxc5 50. Kg4 Kf2 51. h4
h5+ 52. Kf4 Kg2 53. Ke4 Kg3 54. Kd4 Rf5 55. Nc6 Kxh4 56. Ke4 Kg4 57. Nd4 Rf4+
58. Ke3 Rxd4 0-1

[Event "Gladiators May 20th"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.22"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2020.05.20"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 c6 4. e3 b5 5. Be2 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. h4 h6 8. Ne5
Nfd7 9. Nd3 a5 10. a3 Na6 11. g4 Nc7 12. Bg3 Ne6 13. f4 Bb7 14. Bf3 Qb8 15. Kf2
Qa7 16. Ne2 c5 17. f5 cxd4 18. fxe6 dxe3+ 19. Kg2 fxe6 20. Ndf4 O-O 21. Rf1 Ne5
22. Kh3 Nxf3 23. Nxe6 d4 24. Nxf8 Rxf8 25. Qd3 h5 26. Qxg6 hxg4+ 27. Kxg4 Bc8+
28. Kh5 Qc5+ 0-1

[Event "Gladiators May 20th"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.22"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2020.05.20"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nxd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. g4 Bg6 8.
Ne5 Qd6 9. Nc4 Qe6+ 10. Ne3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 O-O-O 12. Rb1 h5 13. g5 h4 14. Qf3
Be4 15. Qe2 Bxh1 16. Bc4 Qxh3 17. d4 Bf3 18. Qd3 Ne5 0-1

[Event "Gladiators May 27th"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.05.27"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Bc5 4. b4 Bf8 5. Bb2 c6 6. Ne3 Bxb4 7. Bxe5 Nf6 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. Qb1 d6 10. Qxb4 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Re8 12. Nf3 Na6 13. Qb2 b5 14. cxb5
Rb8 15. a4 cxb5 16. axb5 Nc7 17. g3 Bb7 18. Bg2 Nxb5 19. O-O Bxf3 20. exf3 Re6
21. f4 Rd6 22. Rfd1 Nd4 23. Qa2 a6 24. d3 Nb5 25. Qd2 Rc8 26. Nf5 Rd7 27. Rxa6
g6 28. Ne3 Nc3 29. Rda1 Rxd3 30. Qb2 Nce4 31. Bxe4 Nxe4 32. Ng4 Rd1+ 33. Rxd1
Qxd1+ 34. Kg2 Rc3 35. Nf6+ Nxf6 36. Qxc3 Qd5+ 37. Qf3 Qd4 38. Ra3 h5 39. Rd3
Qc4 40. h3 Ne4 41. Qe3 1-0

[Event "Gladiators May 27th"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2020.05.27"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 f5 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Qa5 8. Qc2
Nd7 9. Nf3 Ngf6 10. O-O Nb6 11. Nd2 Qa4 12. Qb3 Bd7 13. Re1 O-O-O 14. e4 fxe4
15. Nxe4 Qxc4 16. Ng5 Rde8 17. Nf7 Rhf8 18. Rxe7 Qxb3 19. Nxd6+ Kb8 20. Nxe8
Qd1+ 21. Bf1 Qxd5 22. Bf4+ Kc8 23. Nd6+ Kd8 24. Rae1 Bc6 25. f3 Qxf3 26. Bh3
Qh1+ 27. Kf2 Qxh2+ 28. Ke3 Kxe7 0-1

[Event "Gladiators May 27th"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2020.05.27"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nc3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. h4 c5 7. h5 Nc6 8. hxg6
hxg6 9. Nf3 Ne4 10. Kf1 Bf5 11. g3 e6 12. Kg1 Re8 13. Nb5 g5 14. Bc7 Qd7 15. g4
Bg6 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 a6 19. Na3 Qc7 20. f3 Ng3 21. Rh3 Nxe2+
22. Qxe2 Qxe5 23. c3 Kg7 24. Kg2 Rh8 25. Rah1 Rxh3 26. Rxh3 Rh8 27. Rxh8 Kxh8
28. Qd2 Kg7 29. Nc2 Bxc2 30. Qxc2 Qxe3 31. b4 d4 32. cxd4 cxd4 33. Qc7 d3 34.
Qc3+ e5 35. a4 Qe2+ 36. Kg3 d2 0-1

[Event "Gladiators May 27th"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2020.05.27"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 e6 4. h4 d5 5. h5 Nc6 6. Nf3 b6 7. Bg5 Qd7 8. Qd2 h6
9. Bf4 g5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bg3 Bb7 12. e3 Nge7 13. Bd3 a6 14. a3 Nf5 15. Bxc7
Nfxd4 16. exd4 Qxc7 17. Nxd5 Qd8 18. Ne3 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Bxd4 20. O-O Kf8 21.
Rad1 Qf6 22. Be4 Bxe4 23. Qxd4 Qxd4 24. Rxd4 Re8 25. Rd6 Re6 26. Rxe6 fxe6 27.
Rc1 Ke7 28. Rc7+ Kd6 29. Rf7 Rc8 30. f3 Rc1+ 31. Kh2 Bd5 32. Ng4 Rc2 33. Nxh6
Rxb2 34. Ng4 e5 35. Rf6+ Ke7 36. h6 Rc2 37. h7 Rc8 38. Rxb6 Rh8 39. Kg3 e4 40.
Nf6 Ba8 41. fxe4 Kf7 42. e5 a5 43. Ra6 Kg6 44. Rxa5 Kf5 45. Rxa8 Rxa8 46. Ng8
Rxa3+ 47. Kh2 g4 48. h8=Q g3+ 49. Kh3 1-0

[Event "Gladiators May 27th"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2020.05.27"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nc3 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nb3 O-O 8.
Be2 d6 9. g4 a5 10. g5 Nd7 11. a4 Nb4 12. h4 b5 13. axb5 Bb7 14. h5 a4 15. Nd4
Nc5 16. hxg6 hxg6 17. Rh4 Qc7 18. f3 a3 19. bxa3 Ncd3+ 20. cxd3 Qxc3+ 21. Kf1
Rxa3 22. Rc1 Qb2 23. Rb1 Qc3 24. Rc1 Qb2 25. Nc6 Bxc6 26. bxc6 Ra2 27. Rh2 Nc2
28. Bg1 Rc8 29. Rb1 Qc3 30. d4 Qxc6 31. d5 Qc3 32. Bd3 Ne3+ 33. Bxe3 Rxh2 34.
Kg1 Ra2 35. Rc1 Qxc1 36. Bxc1 Ra1 37. Bc2 Bb2 38. Bxb2 Rxd1+ 39. Bxd1 Rb8 40.
Bc3 Rb1 41. Kf2 Rxd1 42. Ba5 Ra1 43. Bd8 Kf8 44. Bb6 Ke8 45. Bd4 Ra3 46. Bg7
Kd7 47. Bd4 e6 48. dxe6+ fxe6 49. Bf6 d5 50. Ke2 Kc6 51. Bd4 Ra4 52. Ke3 dxe4
53. Kxe4 Kd6 54. f4 Rb4 55. Ke3 Kd5 56. Bg7 Rb3+ 57. Kf2 Ke4 58. Be5 Rf3+ 59.
Kg2 Rxf4 60. Bxf4 Kxf4 0-1

[Event "Gladiators May 27th"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2020.05.27"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. d4 Bb4 5. Qc2 Qh4 6. d5 Nf6 7. Bd3 Na6 8. Nf3
Qg4 9. O-O Bxc3 10. Qxc3 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Qxe4 12. Re1 Qg6 13. b4 f6 14. dxe6
O-O-O 15. c5 Nxb4 16. Nh4 Qg4 17. g3 Nd5 18. Qa3 Rhe8 19. Qxa7 Rxe6 20. Bd2
Rde8 21. cxb6 Rxe1+ 22. Bxe1 Qe4 23. bxc7 Nxc7 24. f3 Qc2 25. Bf2 Re2 26. Re1
Rxe1+ 27. Bxe1 Nb5 28. Qe3 Bc6 29. Ng2 Kb7 30. g4 Qxa2 31. h4 Qd5 32. Kf2 Nd4
33. Nf4 Qxf3+ 34. Qxf3 Nxf3 35. Nh5 Nxe1 36. Kxe1 Bf3 37. Nxg7 Bxg4 38. Ne8 Kc6
39. Nxf6 h5 40. Kf2 Bd1 41. Ke1 Bf3 42. Kf2 Bd1 43. Ke1 Bf3 44. Kf2 Bd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gladiators May 27th"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2020.05.27"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Bxd7+ Qxd7 6. f4 Nc6 7. Nf3 d4 8.
Qe2 e6 9. Na3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nc4 Rad8 12. Nce5 Qc7 13. c4 dxc3 14. Bxc3
Ne4 15. Bb2 Nxe5 16. fxe5 Ng5 17. Nxg5 Bxg5 18. Rf2 Rd7 19. Qg4 Be7 20. Raf1
Qc6 21. Bc3 b5 22. a4 b4 23. Bb2 Qd5 24. Qc4 Qxc4 25. bxc4 Rd3 26. Rb1 Rfd8 27.
Bc1 f6 28. exf6 Bxf6 29. Kf1 e5 30. Ke2 Kf7 31. Rf3 R8d6 32. e4 Rxf3 33. gxf3
Bg5 34. d3 Bxc1 35. Rxc1 Rh6 36. Rh1 Rh3 37. Kf2 g5 38. Kg2 g4 39. fxg4 Rxd3
40. Rf1+ Ke6 41. Rf8 Rd4 42. Kf3 Rxc4 43. g5 b3 0-1

[Event "Gladiators May 27th"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2020.05.27"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. Qg4 g6 8. Qd1
Qa5 9. Bd2 c4 10. h4 h6 11. Ne2 Bd7 12. g3 O-O-O 13. Bh3 f5 14. Be3 Rh7 15. Qd2
Qa4 16. Kf1 Rf8 17. Kg2 b6 18. f3 Rff7 19. g4 fxg4 20. fxg4 h5 21. Raf1 hxg4
22. Bxg4 Nce7 23. Bg5 Nf5 24. h5 gxh5 25. Bxf5 exf5 26. Ng3 Ne7 27. Bxe7 Rxe7
28. Rxh5 Rhg7 29. Rg5 f4 30. Rxg7 Rxg7 31. Rxf4 Qxa3 32. Kf2 Kb7 33. Rf6 Rh7
34. Kf3 Qa1 35. Kf4 Qg1 36. Kf3 Rg7 37. Qf2 Qc1 38. e6 Be8 39. Kg2 Qg5 40. Rf7+
Ka6 41. Rxg7 Qxg7 42. Qe3 Kb7 43. Kf2 Qf6+ 44. Ke2 Kc6 45. Kd2 Kd6 46. e7 Kd7
47. Ne2 Qxe7 48. Qg5 Qxg5+ 0-1

[Event "Gladiators May 27th"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2020.05.27"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. h4 h6 6. h5 g5 7. Bg3 c5 8. Nb5 Na6
9. f3 O-O 10. c3 Nd7 11. f4 Nf6 12. Bd3 Bg4 13. Qc2 Nxh5 14. Bf2 gxf4 15. Bh7+
Kh8 16. Bf5 Nf6 17. exf4 Bxf5 18. Qxf5 Qd7 19. Qxd7 Nxd7 20. Nf3 Nf6 21. Ne5
cxd4 22. Bxd4 Kg8 23. Nxa7 Nc7 24. a4 Ne6 25. Nb5 Nxf4 26. g3 Ne6 27. Be3 Ng5
28. Bxg5 hxg5 29. Nf3 Ne4 30. g4 Rfc8 31. Rh2 Rc4 32. Rd1 e6 33. b3 Rcc8 34.
Rd3 Nxc3 35. Nd6 Rc7 36. Nxg5 Be5 37. Rh5 Bxd6 38. Rdh3 Be5 39. Nxe6 fxe6 40.
Rxe5 Re7 41. Rg5+ Rg7 42. Rxg7+ Kxg7 43. Rxc3 Kf6 44. Rc7 b5 45. axb5 Rb8 46.
Rc5 Kg5 47. Rc6 Rxb5 48. Rxe6 Rxb3 49. Re5+ Kxg4 50. Rxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gladiators May 27th"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2020.05.27"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. a3 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. e4 Ne7 7. h4 h6 8. Bf4 d6
9. Qd2 Nd7 10. Bd3 e5 11. Be3 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. Bc2 Qd7 14. Rd1 O-O-O 15.
b4 Ne6 16. Ba4 c6 17. O-O Kb8 18. Rfe1 Nc8 19. b5 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Bxd4 21. Qxd4
c5 22. Qd2 Qe7 23. g3 g5 24. h5 Qe5 25. Nd5 g4 26. Nf4 Rhe8 27. Bc2 Ne7 28. a4
Ng8 29. a5 Nf6 30. axb6 axb6 31. Nd5 Nxd5 32. exd5 Qxh5 33. Qf4 Kc7 34. Bf5 Bc8
35. Bxc8 Rxc8 36. Re4 f5 37. Re3 Rxe3 38. Qxe3 Re8 39. Qa3 Rb8 40. Qe3 Qe8 41.
Qxh6 Qe7 42. Ra1 Kb7 43. Qd2 Ra8 44. Rxa8 Kxa8 45. Qe3 Qf8 46. Qe6 Kb7 47. Qd7+
Kb8 48. Qc6 Qd8 49. Kg2 Ka7 50. Kg1 Kb8 51. Kg2 Ka7 52. Kg1 Kb8 1/2-1/2

