[Event "World Youth Chess Championship Under 12"] [Site "Szeged, Hungary"] [Date "1994"] [Round "5"] [White "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Black "Étienne Bacrot"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 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 "World Youth Chess Championship Under 12"] [Site "Paris, France"] [Date "1994"] [Round "6"] [White "Étienne Bacrot"] [Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Result "1-0"] 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 "World Youth Chess Championship Under 12"] [Site "Szeged, Hungary"] [Date "1994"] [Round "7"] [White "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Black "Levon Aronian"] [Result "0-1"] 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 "World Youth Chess Championship Under 12"] [Site "Szeged, Hungary"] [Date "1994"] [Round "8"] [White "Surya Shekhar Ganguly"] [Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] "] 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 "World Youth Chess Championship Under 12"] [Site "Szeged, Hungary"] [Date "1994"] [Round "9"] [White "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Black "Alexander Grischuk"] [Result "1-0"] 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 "European Youth Chess Championship Under 12"] [Site "Verdun, France"] [Date "1995"] [Round "4"] [White "Varuzhan Akobian"] [Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Result "0-1"] 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 "European Youth Chess Championship Under 12"] [Site "Verdun, France"] [Date "1995"] [Round "6"] [White "Luke McShane"] [Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Result "0-1"] 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 "Pamplona International Chess Tournament 1996/97"] [Site "Pamplona, Spain"] [Date "1996"] [Round "1"] [White "Pia Cramling"] [Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Result "1-0"] 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 International Chess Tournament 1996/97"] [Site "Pamplona, Spain"] [Date "1996"] [Round "6"] [White "Zurab Azmaiparashvili"] [Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Result "1-0"] 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 26.Nxg4 fxg4 27.Bxa7 Kf7 28.Bb6 Ba3 29.Kf1 Bc2 30.Ba5 Ke6 31.Bc4+ Kf5 32.Ke1 Bc1 33.Bb5 Ba3 34.Kd2 Bb1 35.Bc4 g5 36.Bb6 e3+ 37.Bxe3 Bb4+ 38.Kc1 Be4 39.Kb2 h6 40.Kb3 Ba5 41.Bd3 Ke5 42.Bxe4 Kxe4 43.Kc4 1-0 [Event "Pamplona International Chess Tournament 1996/97"] [Site "Pamplona, Spain"] [Date "1996"] [Round "7"] [White "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Black "Zoltán Almási"] [Result "0-1"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Ba4 c6 6.Nxe5 d6 7.Nf3 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 9.gxf3 g6 10.Nb1 Qa5 11.c3 Nxf3+ 12.Qxf3 Qxa4 13.d4 Bg7 14.O-O O-O 15.Bg5 Nh5 16.Be7 Rfe8 17.Bxd6 Rad8 18.b3 Qa6 19.Bh2 c5 20.d5 f5 21.exf5 Rf8 22.d6 Rxf5 23.Qe3 Qc6 24.Re1 Bf8 25.Rd1 Re8 26.Qd2 Nf6 27.Qd3 Rd5 28.Qf1 Rg5+ 29.Bg3 Bxd6 30.Qg2 Ne4 31.Rxd6 Nxd6 32.Qxc6 Re1+ 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 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+ 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 0-1 [Event "Pamplona International Chess Tournament 1996/97"] [Site "Pamplona, Spain"] [Date "1996"] [Round "8"] [White "Boris Gulko"] [Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Result "1-0"] 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 9.b4 Ba7 10.Bb2 O-O 11.Nbd2 Qe7 12.Qc2 Rd8 13.e4 dxe4 14.Nxe4 e5 15.Rad1 Bg4 16.c5 Nxe4 17.Qxe4 f5 18.Qc4+ Kh8 19.h3 Bh5 20.g4 fxg4 21.hxg4 Bg6 22.Qc3 Rxd1 23.Rxd1 Bb8 24.Qd2 Bc7 25.Qg5 Qe6 26.Nh4 Bc2 27.Nf5 Qf7 28.Rd2 Bb3 29.Qxg7+ Qxg7 30.Nxg7 Rg8 31.Nh5 Be6 32.Nf6 Rg6 33.Ne8 Bxg4 34.f3 Bxf3 35.Nxc7 Rg7 36.Ne8 Rg8 37.Nd6 Nd4 38.Nf7+ Kg7 39.Nxe5 Ne2+ 40.Kh2 Bxg2 41.Rxe2 Bd5 42.Ng4+ 1-0 [Event "Pamplona International Chess Tournament 1996/97"] [Site "Pamplona, Spain"] [Date "1996"] [Round "9"] [White "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Black "Jonathan Speelman"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1.e4 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 10.Bg5 h6 11.h4 Qa5+ 12.Bd2 Qb6 13.O-O e5 14.Nxe5 Re8 15.Nc4 Qd8 16.Qf3 Bg4 17.Qxb7 Rb8 18.Qa6 Ne4 19.Be3 Bf3 20.gxf3 Qxh4 21.Bxe4 Rxe4 22.fxe4 Qg4+ 23.Kh2 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Chess Championship Knockout Tournament"] [Site "Las Vegas, United States"] [Date "1999.08.03"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Black "Veselin Topalov"] [Result "1-0"] 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 Nc6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.h4 Qa5 13.Qf3 Be6 14.Bxe6 fxe6 15.hxg5 hxg5 16.Rxh8+ Bxh8 17.Kf1 Ne5 18.Qe2 Kd7 19.Nd1 Rb8 20.c3 Qa4 21.Bxe5 Bxe5 22.g3 Bf6 23.Kg2 a5 24.f3 c5 25.Ne3 Kc7 26.Qd2 Qb5 27.b3 a4 28.Rb1 axb3 29.Rxb3 Qa4 30.Rxb8 Kxb8 31.Ng4 Kc7 32.e5 Bxe5 33.Nxe5 dxe5 34.Qe2 Kd6 35.c4 e4 36.Qxe4 Qxa2+ 37.Kh3 Qb2 38.Kg4 Qf2 39.f4 Kd7 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 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup Gp B"] [Site "Shenyang CHN"] [Date "2000.08.01"] [Round "1"] [White "Xu Jun"] [Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 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 Gp B"] [Site "Shenyang CHN"] [Date "2000.08.02"] [Round "2"] [White "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Black "Nigel Short"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 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 Gp B"] [Site "Shenyang CHN"] [Date "2000.08.03"] [Round "3"] [White "Mikhail Gurevich"] [Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Result "1-0"] 1.c4 c5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nc3 Nc7 6.Qb3 Nd7 7.Nf3 e5 8.O-O Be7 9.e3 Ne6 10.Rd1 Bf6 11.Ne4 O-O 12.d3 b6 13.Nd6 Rb8 14.Nxc8 Rxc8 15.Bd2 g6 16.Bc3 Bg7 17.Qc4 Qe7 18.Rac1 Rc7 19.b3 Rfc8 20.Ba1 Qd6 21.Nd2 Nb8 22.Qb5 Qd7 23.a4 Qxb5 24.axb5 Re7 25.b4 Rec7 26.Nc4 cxb4 27.Rb1 Rc5 28.Rxb4 Rd8 29.Rbb1 f5 30.Nxe5 Rxe5 31.Bxe5 Bxe5 32.d4 Bd6 33.Ra1 Nc7 34.Bf1 Nd7 35.Rxa7 Kf8 36.Rc1 Nd5 37.Rc6 N7f6 38.Be2 Be7 39.Bf3 g5 40.Re6 Bd6 41.Bxd5 Nxd5 42.Rxh7 Kg8 43.Rb7 f4 44.Kg2 fxe3 45.fxe3 g4 46.Kf2 Bb4 47.Ke2 Ba5 48.Kd3 Rc8 49.Rd7 Nc3 50.Rc6 Re8 51.Rxc3 Bxc3 52.Kxc3 Rxe3+ 53.Kc4 Re2 54.Rd6 Rxh2 55.Rg6+ Kf7 56.Rxg4 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup Gp B"] [Site "Shenyang CHN"] [Date "2000.08.04"] [Round "4"] [White "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Black "Ye Jiangchuan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 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 Gp B"] [Site "Shenyang CHN"] [Date "2000.09.05"] [Round "5"] [White "Vassily Ivanchuk"] [Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Result "1-0"] 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 "ECC"] [Site "Panormo, Greece"] [Date "2001.09.25"] [Round "3"] [White "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Black "Peter Svidler"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 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.d5 Na5 11.Bc2 Qc8 12.Nbd2 c6 13.b4 Nb7 14.dxc6 Qxc6 15.Bb2 Nd8 16.Nf1 Ne6 17.Ne3 Bh5 18.Nf5 Rfe8 19.Bb3 Ng5 20.Nxg5 Bxd1 21.Raxd1 h6 22.Nxf7 Kh7 23.Rd3 Bf8 24.Rh3 d5 25.Ng5+ Kh8 26.Nf7+ Kh7 27.Ng5+ Kh8 28.Nf7+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "ECC"] [Site "Panormo, Greece"] [Date "2001.09.29"] [Round "7"] [White "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Black "Alexander Grischuk"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 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 "World Teams"] [Site "Yerevan ARM"] [Date "2001.10.16"] [Round "5"] [White "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Black "Peter Leko"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 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 15.Bd3 f5 16.Qh5 e4 17.Bc2 Ne7 18.Rd1 b4 19.O-O bxc3 20.bxc3 Kh8 21.g3 Rc8 22.Bb3 Bf7 23.Qe2 Bxd5 24.Nxd5 Nxd5 25.Bxd5 a5 26.c4 Rb8 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Chess Championship Knockout Tournament"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "2001.11.03"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Black "Alexander Morozevich"] [Result "1-0"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 gxf6 7.Nf3 a6 8.Qe2 b5 9.g3 Bb7 10.Bg2 Bd5 11.c3 Nd7 12.b3 O-O 13.O-O f5 14.Ned2 c5 15.c4 Bc6 16.Rad1 Rc8 17.d5 exd5 18.Qd3 bxc4 19.bxc4 Ba4 20.Rb1 dxc4 21.Qxf5 Rc6 22.Nxc4 Rf6 23.Qh5 Rg6 24.Rfe1 Bf6 25.Ne3 Bc3 26.Rec1 Bd4 27.Nf5 Qf6 28.N5xd4 cxd4 29.Qd5 Bc6 30.Qxd4 Bxf3 31.Qxd7 Bxg2 32.Kxg2 h5 33.Rb3 Qf4 34.Re3 h4 35.Rc6 hxg3 36.hxg3 Qh6 37.Rec3 Qh7 38.Rxg6+ fxg6 39.Rc7 Qxd7 40.Rxd7 Rf6 41.a4 Kf8 42.Ra7 Ke8 43.f4 g5 44.fxg5 Rg6 45.Kf3 Rxg5 46.Rxa6 Kf7 47.Rc6 Rd5 48.Rc4 Rd1 49.g4 Kf6 50.Ke4 Ke6 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 World Chess Championship Knockout Tournament"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "2001.11.30"] [Round "2.4"] [White "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Black "Sergei Tiviakov"] [Result "1-0"] 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 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 30.Ng5 bxa4 31.Ba2 Qb6+ 32.Ka1 a3 33.Qc1 Nxh4 34.Rg3 Ng6 35.Qxa3 Nh7 36.Rb1 Qc7 37.Nxh7 Kxh7 38.Rf3 Nf4 39.Rh1 Ne2 40.c4 Nd4 41.Rf2 Kg7 42.Rxh5 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 World Chess Championship Knockout Tournament"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "2001.12.01"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Black "Ki Georgiev"] [Result "1-0"] 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 World Chess Championship Knockout Tournament"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "2001.12.08"] [Round "6.1"] [White "Peter Svidler"] [Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 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 World Chess Championship Knockout Tournament"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "2001.12.10"] [Round "6.2"] [White "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Black "Peter Svidler"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e6 7.Be3 b5 8.g4 Nfd7 9.Qd2 Nb6 10.O-O-O N8d7 11.Bg5 Qc7 12.Ndxb5 axb5 13.Nxb5 Qc6 14.Nxd6+ Bxd6 15.Qxd6 Qxd6 16.Rxd6 Ba6 17.Bxa6 Rxa6 18.a3 h5 19.gxh5 Ra5 20.h4 Nc4 21.Rc6 Rc5 22.Rxc5 Nxc5 23.b3 Nxa3 24.h6 gxh6 25.Be3 Nb7 26.Kb2 Nb5 27.e5 Rg8 28.Bxh6 Nd4 29.h5 Rg2 30.Kc3 Nxf3 31.Bf4 Kf8 32.Rf1 Ng5 33.Kb4 Ne4 34.c4 Nbc5 35.Rf3 Ra2 36.h6 Kg8 37.Bc1 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+ 46.Kf8 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Chess Championship Knockout Tournament"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "2001.12.11"] [Round "6.3"] [White "Peter Svidler"] [Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Result "0-1"] 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 14.Bd2 Rae8 15.Bc2 g6 16.Qf3 Re4 17.g3 Bb5 18.Bf4 Bxf4 19.gxf4 Qd6 20.Bxe4 fxe4 21.Qg3 Rxf4 22.Rab1 Bd7 23.f3 b6 24.Re3 Qf6 25.Rf1 Bg4 26.Qxg4 Rxg4+ 27.fxg4 Qg5 28.Rg3 b5 29.Rf2 Kg7 30.Kg2 a5 31.Rb2 b4 32.cxb4 axb4 33.h3 Qc1 34.Rgb3 Kh6 35.Rxb4 Qd1 36.Kf2 Kg5 37.Re2 Kf4 38.Rb3 Qxd4+ 39.Kg2 Qc4 40.Rf2+ Kg5 41.Rf7 d4 42.h4+ Kxh4 43.Rxh7+ Kxg4 44.Rg3+ Kf5 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Chess Championship Knockout Tournament"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "2001.12.13"] [Round "6.4"] [White "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Black "Peter Svidler"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bc4 d6 6.d4 cxd4 7.cxd4 Nc6 8.O-O Be7 9.Qe2 O-O 10.Qe4 Qa5 11.Nbd2 Bd7 12.Bb3 Qa6 13.Qg4 Rfd8 14.Ne4 Nxd4 15.Nxd4 dxe5 16.Bh6 Bf8 17.Nc5 Qb6 18.Nxd7 Qxd4 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Chess Championship Knockout Final"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "2002.01.16"] [Round "7.1"] [White "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"] [Result "1-0"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.Nf3 O-O 8.Qd2 Be7 9.O-O-O Qd5 10.Nc3 Qa5 11.a3 Nd7 12.Kb1 Qb6 13.Qe3 Nf6 14.Ne5 Rd8 15.Bc4 Bd7 16.Bb3 Be8 17.Rhe1 Bf8 18.g4 Nd5 19.Qf3 c6 20.Ne4 Qc7 21.c4 Ne7 22.Ng5 Nc8 23.c5 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Chess Championship Knockout Final"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "2002.01.17"] [Round "7.2"] [White "Vassily Ivanchuk"] [Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 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 Bc4 10.Bxc4 Nxc4 11.O-O e6 12.a3 Qd7 13.Kh1 Be7 14.Qb3 Nb6 15.Be3 O-O 16.Rac1 a5 17.Rfd1 a4 18.Qc2 Rfd8 19.Nf4 Ra5 20.Qe4 g6 21.Qc2 Qe8 22.Qe2 Rd7 23.Rc2 Nd5 24.Ncxd5 exd5 25.Rdc1 f6 26.Nd3 fxe5 27.dxe5 d4 28.Bh6 g5 29.Rxc6 bxc6 30.Rxc6 Bd6 31.f4 Rf7 32.Rc1 Rxf4 33.Nxf4 Rxe5 34.Qc4+ Qf7 35.Nd3 Rf5 36.Qxf7+ Kxf7 37.h4 gxh4 38.Kg1 Ke6 39.Rc4 h3 40.gxh3 Kd5 41.Rxa4 Ke4 42.Nf2+ Kf3 43.Rxd4 Bc5 44.Rd2 Rf6 45.Bg5 Rg6 46.Kf1 Rxg5 47.Rd3+ Kf4 48.Rc3 Bb6 49.b4 Rd5 50.Rd3 Rf5 51.Nd1 c5 52.Nc3 cxb4 53.axb4 Ke5+ 54.Ke1 Rf4 55.Rd5+ Ke6 56.Rb5 Bc7 57.Nd5 Re4+ 58.Kf2 Bd6 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Chess Championship Knockout Final"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "2002.01.18"] [Round "7.3"] [White "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 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.Re1 Be7 11.Qg4 h5 12.Qe2 h4 13.a4 hxg3 14.hxg3 Rc8 15.a5 Kf8 16.Be3 Nf6 17.Bb6 Qb8 18.Bf3 Nd7 19.Bd4 Bf6 20.Bxf6 gxf6 21.Bg2 Ne5 22.f4 Qa7+ 23.Kf1 Ng6 24.Qf2 Qxf2+ 25.Kxf2 Rh5 26.Rh1 Rc5 27.Rh7 Ke7 28.Bf1 Nf8 29.Rh8 Bb5 30.Bd3 Bxd3 31.cxd3 Nd7 32.Rxc8 Rxc8 33.d4 Rc4 34.Ra4 Rxa4 35.Nxa4 f5 36.exf5 exf5 37.Nc3 Nf6 38.d5 Nd7 39.b4 Nf6 40.Ke3 Kd7 41.Kd4 Nh5 42.Ne2 Nf6 43.Kc4 Ne4 44.b5 axb5+ 45.Kxb5 Kc7 46.Kc4 Kb8 47.Kb4 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Chess Championship Knockout Final"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "2002.01.19"] [Round "7.4"] [White "Vassily Ivanchuk"] [Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bxc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 Nc6 7.Ne2 Bf5 8.Nbc3 e6 9.O-O Qd7 10.Be3 O-O-O 11.Qc1 Nb4 12.Rd1 Kb8 13.Nf4 c6 14.Qd2 h5 15.Qe2 h4 16.Rac1 Be7 17.a3 N4d5 18.Nd3 f6 19.Bd2 Bxd3 20.Qxd3 f5 21.Ne2 g5 22.Bc2 g4 23.b4 Rdf8 24.Rf1 Qd8 25.f4 gxf3 26.gxf3 Rfg8+ 27.Kh1 h3 28.f4 Rg2 29.Rf3 Qg8 30.Rg3 Rxg3 31.hxg3 h2 32.Rf1 Qg4 33.Rf2 Qh5 34.Bb3 Nc7 35.Qf3 Qh3 36.Rg2 Nbd5 37.Qf2 Nb5 38.Bxd5 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 World Chess Championship Knockout Final"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "2002.01.21"] [Round "7.5"] [White "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"] [Result "1-0"] 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 c6 14.Nh2 d5 15.Qf3 g6 16.Ba2 Bf8 17.Bg5 h6 18.Bd2 Bg7 19.Ng4 Nxg4 20.hxg4 Nc5 21.Rad1 Rc8 22.Nf1 Ne6 23.Qg3 Kh7 24.Nh2 f6 25.Nf3 c5 26.Qh2 Nd4 27.Nxd4 cxd4 28.c3 dxc3 29.bxc3 dxe4 30.dxe4 Qe7 31.a4 bxa4 32.Qh3 Red8 33.Qf3 Rc7 34.Bc1 Rcd7 35.Bb1 Qe6 36.Rxd7 Rxd7 37.Bc2 Bc6 38.Rd1 Qa2 39.Rxd7 Bxd7 40.Qd1 Bb5 41.Be3 Qc4 42.Kh2 Bc6 43.Qa1 Bf8 44.Bb1 a3 45.f3 Qb3 46.Qa2 Ba4 47.Kg3 Kg7 48.Qd2 g5 49.Ba2 Qb7 50.Qd3 Be8 51.Qd5 Qxd5 52.exd5 a5 53.c4 Bb4 54.c5 Kf8 55.Kf2 Bb5 56.c6 Ke7 57.Ba7 Kd8 58.Bb6+ Kc8 59.Ke3 a4 60.Ke4 Be2 61.Kf5 e4 62.Ke6 exf3 63.d6 Bxd6 64.Kxd6 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Chess Championship Knockout Final"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "2002.01.22"] [Round "7.6"] [White "Vassily Ivanchuk"] [Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 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 f6 12.Nf3 Kh8 13.h3 f5 14.a3 Nc6 15.Nxd5 Bxd5 16.cxd5 Qxd5 17.Qa4 Bf6 18.Rd1 Rad8 19.Be3 f4 20.Bxf4 Nxd4 21.Nxd4 Bxd4 22.Be3 c5 23.Bxd4 cxd4 24.f3 d3 25.Qxe4 Qxe4 26.fxe4 dxe2 27.Rd5 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Chess Championship Knockout Final"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "2002.01.23"] [Round "7.7"] [White "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.c4 Nb6 6.e6 fxe6 7.Nc3 g6 8.Be3 Bg7 9.h4 O-O 10.h5 e5 11.d5 Nd4 12.Nxd4 exd4 13.Bxd4 g5 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.h6+ Kg8 16.Qd2 e5 17.Rh5 g4 18.Qg5+ Qxg5 19.Rxg5+ Kh8 20.Rg7 Rf6 21.Rxc7 Rxh6 22.b4 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE Grand Prix"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "2002.06.01"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Nikolai Vlassov"] [Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Result "0-1"] 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 Grand Prix"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "2002.06.03"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Alexey Dreev"] [Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Result "0-1"] 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 Grand Prix"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "2002.06.04"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Black "Vladimir Akopian"] [Result "1-0"] 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 "16th Ciudad"] [Site "Leon, Spain"] [Date "2003.06.08"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Veselin Topalov"] [Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Result "0-1"] 1.e4 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 c4 14.Bxf5 Rxf5 15.Qe8+ Rf8 16.Nxc6 bxc6 17.Qxc6 Rb8 18.O-O Rb2 19.Bf4 Qxc3 20.Bd6 Rb6 21.Qc7 Rb7 22.Qc5 Re8 23.Qc6 Rd8 24.Rab1 Rxb1 25.Rxb1 Qxc2 26.Rf1 Qg6 27.Qc7 Qe8 28.Be5 Qd7 29.Qc5 Qb7 30.h3 Re8 31.Re1 Bd7 32.Qa5 Rc8 33.Re3 Be8 34.Rg3 Bg6 35.h4 Qb6 36.Qa4 Qb7 37.h5 Be8 38.Qd1 g6 39.Qg4 Qb1+ 40.Kh2 Qf5 41.Qh4 c3 42.Rg5 Qe4 43.Rg4 Qf5 44.Rg5 Qe4 45.Qh3 Rc6 46.hxg6 Bxg6 47.Qh6 Kf7 48.f3 Qe1 49.Rxg6 Qxe5+ 50.dxe5 hxg6 51.Qh7+ Kf8 52.Qd7 Rc4 53.Qd8+ Kg7 54.Qf6+ Kh7 55.Qf7+ Kh6 56.Qf8+ Kh7 57.Qe7+ Kh8 58.Qf6+ 0-1 [Event "It"] [Site "Biel, Switzerland"] [Date "2004.07.25"] [Round "6"] [White "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Black "Étienne Bacrot"] [Result "1-0"] 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 "36th Chess Olympiad"] [Site "Calvia, Spain"] [Date "2004.10.16"] [Round "1"] [White "Eric Liu"] [Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Result "0-1"] 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 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 "36th Chess Olympiad"] [Site "Calvia, Spain"] [Date "2004.10.18"] [Round "4"] [White "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Black "Alexander Grischuk"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 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 "Corus Chess Tournament A"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands"] [Date "2005.01.18"] [Round "4"] [White "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Black "Peter Leko"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 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 Rd2 40.Re2 Rxe2 41.Qxe2 Kf6 42.Qa6+ Qe6 43.Qxe6+ Kxe6 44.Kf2 Kf5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Corus Chess Tournament A"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands"] [Date "2005.01.22"] [Round "7"] [White "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Black "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 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 Kh8 17.Nce3 g6 18.h4 Bxh4 19.g3 Bf6 20.b3 Bg7 21.f4 exf4 22.gxf4 Re8 23.Qf3 Kg8 24.Rah2 h5 25.Rxh5 gxh5 26.Qxh5 Re6 27.Qh7+ Kf8 28.Rg1 Rg6 29.Rxg6 fxg6 30.f5 Qg5 31.Nf4 Ne7 32.Nxg6+ Ke8 33.Nd5 Qg1+ 34.Kd2 Qg5+ 35.Ke1 Bf6 36.Ngxe7 Bxe7 37.Qh8+ Kd7 38.f6 Qg3+ 39.Ke2 Qg2+ 40.Ke3 Qg3+ 41.Ke2 Qg4+ 42.Kf2 Bd8 43.Bf1 Kc6 44.Qxd8 Qh4+ 45.Kg1 Qg3+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "M-Tel Masters"] [Site "Sofia BUL"] [Date "2005.05.16"] [Round "5"] [White "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Black "Veselin Topalov"] [Result "1-0"] 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 b6 9.Nc3 Ba6 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Rc1 Nc6 12.Nxd5 Qxd5 13.Ne5 Nxd4 14.Bxd5 Nxe2+ 15.Qxe2 Bxe2 16.Bxa8 Rxa8 17.Rfe1 Bb5 18.Rc2 Nd5 19.Rec1 Bc5 20.Bd2 f6 21.b4 Bf8 22.Ng4 Rd8 23.Rc8 Rd7 24.Nh6+ gxh6 25.Bxh6 Rf7 26.Rd8 Ne7 27.Rc7 Ng6 28.Rcc8 e5 29.f4 Bd7 30.Ra8 Bh3 31.Kf2 b5 32.Rdb8 exf4 33.gxf4 Bd7 34.h4 Bc6 35.h5 Bxa8 36.hxg6 hxg6 37.Rxa8 f5 38.Kg3 a6 39.Kh4 Rg7 40.Kg5 1-0 [Event "M-Tel Masters"] [Site "Sofia BUL"] [Date "2005.05.18"] [Round "6"] [White "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Black "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Result "1-0"] 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 Nb4 13.Qd2 c5 14.d5 exd5 15.a3 dxc4 16.axb4 cxb4 17.Nb5 d5 18.Nbd4 Bf6 19.e4 c3 20.bxc3 dxe4 21.Nf5 Qc7 22.Bb5+ Kf8 23.N3d4 Rc8 24.Ne2 e3 25.Qxe3 Bxg2 26.Rhg1 Bc6 27.Bxc6 Qxc6 28.Rd6 Qa4 29.Rxf6 Qa1+ 30.Kd2 Qa2+ 31.Kd1 Re8 32.Qd3 Qa4+ 33.Qc2 Qxc2+ 34.Kxc2 Rxe2+ 35.Kb3 bxc3 36.Rd1 Rd2 37.Rc1 c2 38.Rc6 Kg8 39.Nxh6+ Kh7 40.Nxf7 Rg8 41.R1xc2 Rxc2 42.Kxc2 Rg7 43.Rf6 Kg8 44.Ne5 Kh7 45.Rf5 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Chess Championship"] [Site "Khanty Mansyisk, Russia"] [Date "2005.12.14"] [Round "6.3"] [White "Alexander Grischuk"] [Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Result "0-1"] 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 "M-Tel Masters"] [Site "Sofia BUL"] [Date "2006.05.13"] [Round "3"] [White "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Black "Veselin Topalov"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 a6 6.c5 b6 7.cxb6 Nbd7 8.Na4 Nxb6 9.Bd2 Nxa4 10.Qxa4 Bd7 11.Ne5 Ne4 12.Ba5 c5 13.Nxd7 Qxd7 14.Qxd7+ Kxd7 15.f3 Nf6 16.Rc1 c4 17.b3 Rb8 18.bxc4 Bb4+ 19.Bxb4 Rxb4 20.c5 Rb2 21.a4 Ra8 22.Be2 Kc7 23.Rf1 Rab8 24.Rf2 R8b3 25.Bxa6 Rxe3+ 26.Kf1 Rb4 27.Ra2 Reb3 28.Rd1 Ng8 29.a5 Ne7 30.Be2 Nc6 31.a6 Kb8 32.Rad2 Ra3 33.Kf2 g5 34.h4 gxh4 35.Rh1 Rxd4 36.Rb2+ Kc7 37.Rhb1 Ne5 38.Rb8 Kc6 39.Rc8+ Kd7 40.Rg8 Ke7 41.Rb7+ Kf6 42.a7 Rda4 43.c6 Nxc6 44.Bb5 Ra2+ 45.Kg1 Rxa7 46.Bxc6 Rxb7 47.Bxb7 h5 48.Kh2 Ra1 49.Bc6 Rc1 50.Bb5 Rb1 51.Be2 Re1 52.Ba6 Ra1 53.Bd3 Rd1 54.Bh7 d4 55.Rb8 Kg7 56.Rb1 Rd2 57.Be4 f5 58.Bb7 e5 59.Rb5 Kf6 60.f4 e4 61.Bc8 d3 62.Rxf5+ Kg7 63.Rg5+ Kf6 64.Rf5+ Kg7 65.Rg5+ Kf6 66.Rf5+ Kg7 1/2-1/2 [Event "M-Tel Masters"] [Site "Sofia BUL"] [Date "2006.05.15"] [Round "5"] [White "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Black "Étienne Bacrot"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 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 12.Bc4 Qc8 13.b3 Nd7 14.Nf1 Bf6 15.Ne3 g6 16.Bb2 Bxc4 17.Nxc4 Re8 18.d4 exd4 19.Nxd4 Nce5 20.Nxe5 Bxe5 21.Rb1 Qb7 22.f3 Nf6 23.Qd2 c5 24.Nf5 Bxb2 25.Rxb2 Rbd8 26.Rbb1 Qc7 27.Qh6 Nh5 28.Ne3 Nf6 29.Nf5 Nh5 30.Rbd1 gxf5 31.Qxh5 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+ Kh7 45.Qh5+ Kg7 46.Qg5+ Kh7 47.Qh5+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "M-Tel Masters"] [Site "Sofia BUL"] [Date "2006.05.18"] [Round "7"] [White "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Black "Peter Svidler"] [Result "1-0"] 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 9.Nc3 Bg7 10.Nf3 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 Bb7 20.Be5 Bxe5 21.Qxe5 Rad8 22.f3 b5 23.Kf2 Qc6 24.Ne2 Qb6+ 25.Rd4 Rd7 26.b4 Red8 27.Ke3 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 37.Qe5 f6 38.Qb8+ Kg7 39.Nc3 e5 40.Nd5 Bxd5 41.exd5 f5 42.Qxb5 f4+ 43.Kf2 e4 44.fxe4 fxg3+ 45.hxg3 Qf6+ 46.Kg2 Qb2+ 47.Kh3 Rf7 48.Qd3 Qxb4 49.Qc3+ Qxc3 50.Rxc3 Re7 51.Rc4 Kf6 52.Kh4 Ke5 53.Rc6 1-0 [Event "Aerosvit Grandmaster Tournament"] [Site "Foros, Ukraine"] [Date "2006.06.26"] [Round "9"] [White "Sergey Karjakin"] [Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Result "0-1"] 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 "Tal Memorial"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "2006.11.06"] [Round "1"] [White "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Black "Alexander Grischuk"] [Result "1-0"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.c5 g6 7.Bd3 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 9.gxf3 Nbd7 10.f4 a5 11.f5 gxf5 12.Bxf5 e6 13.Bc2 e5 14.Qf3 Bh6 15.Bd2 exd4 16.exd4 Qe7+ 17.Be3 Bxe3 18.fxe3 O-O 19.O-O-O Rae8 20.Rhg1+ Kh8 21.Rg3 b4 22.Ne2 Ne4 23.Bxe4 Qxe4 24.Qxe4 Rxe4 25.Rf1 Re7 26.Kc2 Rg8 27.Rxg8+ Kxg8 28.Rf3 a4 29.a3 bxa3 30.bxa3 Kg7 31.Ng3 Kf8 32.Nf5 Re6 33.Kc3 Nf6 34.Nd6 Ne4+ 35.Nxe4 Rxe4 36.Kb4 Ke7 37.Kxa4 f5 38.Ka5 f4 39.exf4 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 "Corus Chess Tournament A"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands"] [Date "2007.01.15"] [Round "3"] [White "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Black "Magnus Carlsen"] [Result "1-0"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 Bf5 6.Ne5 h6 7.Qb3 Ra7 8.cxd5 cxd5 9.Bd2 e6 10.Rc1 Nbd7 11.Bb5 Bd6 12.Nxd7 Nxd7 13.Bxd7+ Qxd7 14.Na4 O-O 15.Nb6 Qd8 16.Nc8 Qxc8 17.Rxc8 Rxc8 18.Qb6 Bb8 19.O-O Kh7 20.Rc1 Bc2 21.Ba5 Kg6 22.Qb4 Rc4 23.Qd2 Bf5 24.Rxc4 dxc4 25.Bb6 Ra8 26.Qe2 e5 27.Qxc4 exd4 28.Qxd4 f6 29.f4 Bb1 30.Qd5 1-0 [Event "Corus Chess Tournament A"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands"] [Date "2007.01.23"] [Round "9"] [White "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Black "Sergey Karjakin"] [Result "1-0"] 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 10.f4 exf4 11.Bxf4 Ne8 12.Be2 Nc6 13.g4 Bf6 14.g5 Be5 15.h4 Rc8 16.Kb1 Qb6 17.Nd5 Bxd5 18.exd5 Bxf4 19.Qxf4 Ne5 20.h5 Qd8 21.Nd4 Qd7 22.Nf5 b5 23.Rdf1 Nc7 24.Qd4 a5 25.Bg4 Qd8 26.Re1 Ra8 27.h6 g6 28.Rxe5 dxe5 29.Qxe5 f6 30.Ne7+ Kf7 31.Qxf6+ Ke8 32.Qc6+ 1-0 [Event "Corus Chess Tournament A"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands"] [Date "2007.01.24"] [Round "10"] [White "Alexei Shirov"] [Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 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 "FIDE World Cup"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia"] [Date "2007.11.29"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Black "Wang Hao"] [Result "1-0"] 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 "FIDE World Cup"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia"] [Date "2007.12.01"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Black "Evgeny Tomashevsky"] [Result "1-0"] 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 "TCh-RUS"] [Site "Dagomys, Russia"] [Date "2008.04.07"] [Round "6"] [White "Peter Svidler"] [Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 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 "Tal Memorial"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "2008.08.21"] [Round "4"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 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 "Tal Memorial"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "2008.08.22"] [Round "5"] [White "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Black "Peter Leko"] [Result "1-0"] 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 Bxf3 20.Nxf3 Qxf3 21.Bd2 Qxd3 22.Bxd3 f4 23.Rxe8 Rxe8 24.Kf2 fxg3+ 25.hxg3 c5 26.c4 Nb6 27.cxb5 c4 28.Bf1 axb5 29.Bg2 Rf8+ 30.Bf3 Be7 31.Ba5 Na4 32.b3 Bf6 33.Kg2 Bxd4 34.Rf1 Rxf3 35.Rxf3 Nb2 36.Rf5 c3 37.Rxb5 c2 38.Rb8+ Kf7 39.Rc8 Nd1 40.Bd2 Bc3 41.Bc1 1-0 [Event "Tal Memorial"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "2008.08.25"] [Round "7"] [White "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Black "Alexei Shirov"] [Result "1-0"] 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 9.Nb3 d6 10.Nc3 f5 11.f4 g6 12.fxe5 dxe5 13.Qxd8+ Kxd8 14.Bg5+ Ke8 15.exf5 Bxf5 16.Nd5 Kf7 17.Rf1 h6 18.Bh4 Kg8 19.c3 Bd3 20.Rfe1 g5 21.Bg3 Rd8 22.Nf6+ Kf7 23.Ng4 e4 24.Nf2 Be7 25.Nxe4 Bc4 26.Nbc5 Bxc5+ 27.Nxc5 Kg6 28.b3 Bf7 29.Nxb7 Rd2 30.Nd6 Bd5 31.Ne4 Rc2 32.c4 Bxe4 33.Rxe4 Nb4 34.Re6+ Kf5 35.Rd6 Rxa2 36.Rf1+ Ke4 37.Re1+ Kf5 38.h3 1-0 [Event "Tal Memorial"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "2008.08.26"] [Round "8"] [White "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 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 "FIDE World Cup"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia"] [Date "2009.12.01"] [Round "4.2"] [White "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Black "Étienne Bacrot"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 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 "FIDE World Cup"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia"] [Date "2009.12.02"] [Round "4.6"] [White "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Black "Étienne Bacrot"] [Result "1-0"] 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 "FIDE World Cup"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia"] [Date "2009.12.02"] [Round "4.4"] [White "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Black "Étienne Bacrot"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 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 "FIDE World Cup"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia"] [Date "2009.12.02"] [Round "4.3"] [White "Étienne Bacrot"] [Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 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 "FIDE World Cup"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia"] [Date "2009.12.02"] [Round "4.5"] [White "Étienne Bacrot"] [Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 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 "FIDE Grand Prix"] [Site "Astrakhan, Russia"] [Date "2010.05.11"] [Round "2"] [White "Peter Svidler"] [Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Result "0-1"] 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 c5 12.Rd1 Kc8 13.a4 a5 14.Nd5 g5 15.Bb2 Be6 16.c4 b6 17.Kh2 Ne7 18.g4 Ng6 19.Kg3 Be7 20.Nf6 Kb7 21.Nh5 Rhg8 22.Ng1 Rad8 23.Ne2 Bd7 24.Rd2 Bxa4 25.Rxd8 Rxd8 0-1 [Event "FIDE Grand Prix"] [Site "Astrakhan, Russia"] [Date "2010.05.13"] [Round "4"] [White "Peter Leko"] [Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 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+ Ke8 11.h3 Ne7 12.Bf4 Ng6 13.Bh2 Bb4 14.Ne2 Bd7 15.Nfd4 Bc5 16.e6 Bxe6 17.Nxe6 fxe6 18.Bxc7 Rf8 19.Bg3 Rd8 20.Nc3 Rxd1+ 21.Rxd1 Nf4 22.Ne4 Be7 23.Kf1 Rf5 24.c4 g5 25.b3 h5 26.Bxf4 Rxf4 27.Re1 h4 28.Re3 g4 29.hxg4 Rxg4 30.g3 hxg3 31.fxg3 Kf7 32.Kg2 e5 33.Re1 Ke6 34.Kf3 Kf5 35.Nf2 Rd4 36.g4+ Ke6 37.Re4 Rd8 38.Re2 a5 39.Ne4 Rd3+ 40.Re3 Rd1 41.Re2 Rd3+ 42.Re3 Rd1 43.Re2 Rd3+ 44.Re3 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE Grand Prix"] [Site "Astrakhan, Russia"] [Date "2010.05.14"] [Round "5"] [White "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"] [Result "0-1"] 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 b6 12.dxc5 Bxc5 13.e4 Bb7 14.Bg5 Rfd8 15.Qe2 h6 16.Bh4 g5 17.Bg3 Nf8 18.Ne5 Rxd1+ 19.Rxd1 Rd8 20.Bd3 Bd4 21.Bb1 a6 22.h4 gxh4 23.Bf4 Bxe5 24.Bxe5 Ng6 25.Bd4 b5 26.a3 Nf4 27.Qf3 N6h5 28.Be3 Rxd1+ 29.Qxd1 Qg5 30.Qf3 e5 31.Nd5 Bc8 32.Kh2 Bg4 33.Bxf4 exf4 34.Qd3 f3 35.gxf3 Be6 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+ 50.Kf3 Qd3+ 0-1 [Event "FIDE Grand Prix"] [Site "Astrakhan, Russia"] [Date "2010.05.18"] [Round "8"] [White "Pavel Eljanov"] [Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Result "0-1"] 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 "39th Chess Olympiad"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia"] [Date "2010.09.29"] [Round "8"] [White "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Black "Peter Svidler"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 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 "FIDE World Cup 2011"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia"] [Date "2011.09.12"] [Round "6.1"] [White "Peter Svidler"] [Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 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 2011"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia"] [Date "2011.09.13"] [Round "6.2"] [White "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Black "Peter Svidler"] [Result "0-1"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Qa4+ Bd7 8.Qa3 Nc6 9.Nf3 e5 10.Be3 exd4 11.cxd4 Qe7 12.Qxe7+ Nxe7 13.Rb1 O-O-O 14.Bc4 f5 15.Ng5 fxe4 16.Nf7 Nf5 17.O-O Nxd4 18.Bxd4 Bxd4 19.Nxh8 Rxh8 20.Bd5 b5 21.Bxe4 c5 22.g3 a5 23.Kg2 b4 24.Bd5 Kc7 25.Bc4 Kd6 26.Rfe1 a4 27.f3 Rb8 28.Re2 Bf5 29.Rd1 b3 30.axb3 axb3 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 c4 42.Rd7 c3 43.Rd5+ Bc5 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2011"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia"] [Date "2011.09.16"] [Round "7.1"] [White "Vassily Ivanchuk"] [Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 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 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 Rc1 42.Bxf4 Rf1+ 43.Kg3 Rg1+ 44.Kf3 Rf1+ 45.Kg3 Rg1+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2011"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia"] [Date "2011.09.18"] [Round "7.3"] [White "Vassily Ivanchuk"] [Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 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 2011"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia"] [Date "2011.09.19"] [Round "7.4"] [White "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qb3 d5 6.cxd5 Qxd5 7.Nc3 Qxb3 8.axb3 Bb7 9.Bg2 a6 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Bg5 Bd6 12.Rfc1 O-O 13.Nd2 Bxg2 14.Kxg2 Rfc8 15.Nce4 Bf8 16.Bxf6 gxf6 17.g4 c5 18.dxc5 Bxc5 19.Nf3 Kf8 20.b4 Bxb4 21.Rxa6 Bc5 22.Rca1 Rxa6 23.Rxa6 b5 24.Ra5 b4 25.Rb5 Be7 26.b3 Rc7 27.Nd4 Kg7 28.f4 Bf8 29.e3 Kg6 30.h4 Kg7 31.Kf3 Be7 32.Ke2 Nc5 33.Nd2 Nb7 34.Nc4 Nc5 35.Nd2 Nb7 36.Ne4 Nd6 37.Rc5 Rxc5 38.Nxc5 h5 39.gxh5 Kh6 40.Nc6 Bf8 41.Nxb4 Kxh5 42.Nc6 Kxh4 43.Kf3 Kh5 44.b4 Kg6 45.Nd7 Bh6 46.Ke2 e5 47.Ne7+ Kg7 48.Kf3 exf4 49.e4 Nb5 50.Kg4 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 "40th Chess Olympiad"] [Site "Istanbul, Turkey"] [Date "2012.09.05"] [Round "8.1"] [White "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Black "Alexander Grischuk"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 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 "FIDE Grand Prix Tashkent"] [Site "Tashkent UZB"] [Date "2012.11.24"] [Round "3.4"] [White "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Black "Peter Leko"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 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 "FIDE Grand Prix Tashkent"] [Site "Tashkent UZB"] [Date "2012.11.25"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Peter Svidler"] [Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Result "1-0"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nb3 Bb6 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Qe2 O-O 8.Bg5 Nd4 9.Qd2 Nxb3 10.axb3 Re8 11.f3 h6 12.Bf4 d5 13.O-O-O d4 14.Kb1 Be6 15.Nb5 Qe7 16.g4 Rad8 17.h4 c6 18.Na3 Bc7 19.Nc4 Bxf4 20.Qxf4 Qc5 21.g5 Nh5 22.Qh2 Bxc4 23.Bxc4 b5 24.Bd3 Qe5 25.Rdg1 Qxh2 26.Rxh2 g6 27.Rg4 Ng7 28.gxh6 Nh5 29.f4 Kh7 30.e5 Kxh6 31.b4 Kg7 32.Rf2 Kf8 33.f5 gxf5 34.Rg5 Ng7 35.h5 Re6 36.Rfg2 Ne8 37.Rxf5 Rd7 38.Rf1 Rh6 39.e6 Re7 40.exf7 Nf6 41.Rg6 Rxg6 42.hxg6 Nh5 43.Rh1 Re5 44.Be2 1-0 [Event "FIDE Grand Prix Tashkent"] [Site "Tashkent UZB"] [Date "2012.11.27"] [Round "5.4"] [White "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Black "Alexander Morozevich"] [Result "1-0"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd7 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.Bd3 Bd6 9.Qe2 Qc7 10.Nf3 dxe4 11.Qxe4 Nf6 12.Qh4 h6 13.O-O c5 14.Nd2 Nd5 15.Nc4 Bf4 16.Re1 Rb8 17.Be4 Bxc1 18.Raxc1 Nb6 19.Ne3 O-O 20.b3 f5 21.Bd3 e5 22.f3 Rbe8 23.Rcd1 Kh8 24.c3 Rf6 25.Bc2 Be6 26.Rd2 a5 27.c4 Nc8 28.Bxf5 Rxf5 29.Nxf5 Bxf5 30.Qh5 Rf8 31.Rd5 Kh7 32.Rdxe5 Bg6 33.Qh4 Rd8 34.Qg3 Bf7 35.Qf4 Bg6 36.h4 Rd4 37.Qf8 Qd7 38.h5 Bf7 39.Qxc5 a4 40.Re7 Nxe7 41.Rxe7 Rd1+ 42.Kh2 1-0 [Event "FIDE Grand Prix Tashkent"] [Site "Tashkent UZB"] [Date "2012.12.04"] [Round "11.4"] [White "Sergey Karjakin"] [Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Result "1-0"] 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.Bg2 Bg5 15.O-O Qb8 16.b3 a5 17.f4 Bd8 18.Kh1 Ra7 19.Qh5 f6 20.Rad1 Ne7 21.Nce3 Bb6 22.Nxb6 Qxb6 23.Rd3 Qc5 24.Qd1 Rd8 25.f5 Bf7 26.g4 a4 27.g5 axb3 28.axb3 Kf8 29.Qg4 Rda8 30.gxf6 gxf6 31.Qh4 Ng8 32.Ng4 Ke7 33.Qxh7 Ra1 34.Ne3 Kf8 35.Qh4 R8a2 36.Qg3 Qc6 37.h3 Rxf1+ 38.Nxf1 Ra1 39.Kh2 Ra2 40.Qe1 Bh5 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 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 "Renova FIDE Grand Prix Zug"] [Site "Zug, Switzerland"] [Date "2013.04.20"] [Round "3.3"] [White "Sergey Karjakin"] [Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 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 "Renova FIDE Grand Prix Zug"] [Site "Zug, Switzerland"] [Date "2013.04.23"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Peter Leko"] [Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 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 "Renova FIDE Grand Prix Zug"] [Site "Zug, Switzerland"] [Date "2013.04.25"] [Round "7.5"] [White "Veselin Topalov"] [Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 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 "FIDE Grand Prix Paris"] [Site "Elancourt, France"] [Date "2013.09.24"] [Round "3.3"] [White "Alexander Grischuk"] [Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bf4 dxc4 6.e3 a6 7.a4 Bd6 8.Bg3 Bxg3 9.hxg3 c5 10.Bxc4 Nb6 11.Bb3 cxd4 12.exd4 Bd7 13.a5 Nbd5 14.Bxd5 Nxd5 15.Nxd5 exd5 16.Qe2+ Be6 17.Qd3 h6 18.Qa3 f6 19.O-O Kf7 20.Nd2 Bd7 21.Nb3 Re8 22.Nc5 Bc6 23.Qf3 Kg8 24.Qg4 Qe7 25.Qf3 Qe2 26.Qc3 Qb5 27.Rfe1 Kf7 28.b3 Rac8 29.Qd2 Bd7 30.Rac1 Kg8 31.f3 Rcd8 32.g4 Bc8 33.Qc3 Rxe1+ 34.Rxe1 Re8 35.Rxe8+ Qxe8 36.Kf2 Kf7 37.Qb4 Qc6 38.Qe1 b6 39.axb6 Qxb6 40.Qc3 Qc7 41.Qb4 a5 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 g6 53.Qc2 Qc7 54.Qd2 g5 55.g3 gxf4 56.gxf4 f5 57.Qe3 Qe7 58.Qxe7+ Kxe7 59.g5 Kf7 60.Nb7 Kg6 61.gxh6 a4 62.bxa4 Bxa4 63.Nd6 Bd7 64.Kg3 Kxh6 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 84.Na7 Kh6 85.Nb5 Kg6 86.Nc3 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE Grand Prix Paris"] [Site "Elancourt, France"] [Date "2013.09.29"] [Round "7.1"] [White "Vassily Ivanchuk"] [Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.d4 dxc4 7.Ne5 Nc6 8.Bxc6 bxc6 9.Nxc6 Qe8 10.Nxe7+ Qxe7 11.Qc2 c5 12.Qxc4 cxd4 13.Qxd4 e5 14.Qh4 Ba6 15.Bg5 Bxe2 16.Re1 Bd3 17.Nc3 Qe6 18.Bxf6 gxf6 19.Ne4 Bxe4 20.Qxe4 Rac8 21.b3 Rfd8 22.Rad1 Kg7 23.Qe3 a6 24.Qe2 Rxd1 25.Rxd1 f5 26.Qd3 h6 27.Kg2 Rc5 28.Qd6 Rc2 29.Qxe6 fxe6 30.Rd6 Rxa2 31.Rxe6 e4 32.g4 fxg4 33.Rxe4 h5 34.Re6 a5 35.Ra6 Ra3 36.h3 gxh3+ 37.Kh2 Rxb3 38.Rxa5 Rf3 39.Rxh5 Rxf2+ 40.Kxh3 1/2-1/2 [Event "41st Chess Olympiad"] [Site "Tromso NOR"] [Date "2014.08.04"] [Round "3.20"] [White "Joh Gomez"] [Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Result "0-1"] 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 "41st Chess Olympiad"] [Site "Tromso NOR"] [Date "2014.08.11"] [Round "9.1"] [White "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Black "Ding Liren"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 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 "41st Chess Olympiad"] [Site "Tromso NOR"] [Date "2014.08.14"] [Round "11.2"] [White "Peter Leko"] [Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 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 "42nd Chess Olympiad"] [Site "Baku, Azerbaijan"] [Date "2016.09.05"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Evgeny Tomashevsky"] [Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Result "0-1"] 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.Rc1 Nxd2 10.Qxd2 d6 11.d5 e5 12.e4 Nd7 13.h4 a5 14.Bh3 Nc5 15.Kg2 Bc8 16.Bxc8 Qxc8 17.Qe2 Be7 18.Nd2 Nd7 19.Rh1 Nf6 20.Nf1 h5 21.Ne3 g6 22.Rcg1 Kg7 23.Kf1 Rh8 24.Ke1 Qd7 25.Kd1 Kg8 26.f3 Bf8 27.g4 Rh7 28.Kc2 Be7 29.Rg2 Qd8 30.Kb1 Kh8 31.Nf1 Nd7 32.Rgh2 Kg7 33.Rh3 hxg4 34.fxg4 Rxh4 35.Rxh4 Bxh4 36.Qh2 Bg5 37.Qh7+ Kf8 38.Nh2 Qf6 39.Rf1 Bf4 40.Nf3 Ke7 41.Rh1 Bg3 42.Nd2 Qf4 43.Qh3 Nf6 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 53.Qc3+ Ne5 54.Rf1 Qh3 55.Qc1 Nxf3 56.Qc3+ f6 57.Rxf3 Qg4 58.Qd3 Rh8 0-1 [Event "42nd Chess Olympiad"] [Site "Baku, Azerbaijan"] [Date "2016.09.06"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Ding Liren"] [Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 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 "FIDE World Cup 2017"] [Site "Tbilisi, Georgia"] [Date "2017.09.03"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Black "S. P. Sethuraman"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 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 2017"] [Site "Tbilisi, Georgia"] [Date "2017.09.04"] [Round "1.2"] [White "S. P. Sethuraman"] [Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Result "1-0"] 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 a5 10.d4 a4 11.Bc2 Bd7 12.Na3 Rb8 13.d5 Na7 14.Be3 c5 15.Nxe5 dxe5 16.d6 Rc8 17.f4 Ne8 18.dxe7 Qxe7 19.fxe5 Bc6 20.Qh5 Nc7 21.Nb1 Be8 22.Nd2 Nc6 23.Nf3 Ne6 24.Rad1 Rd8 25.Rd5 a3 26.bxa3 Ra8 27.Bc1 Na5 28.Ng5 h6 29.Nf3 Nc4 30.Qg4 Nxa3 31.Bd1 Nb1 32.Nh4 h5 33.Qg3 Nxc3 34.Nf5 Nxd5 35.exd5 Qd7 36.Bh6 Kh7 37.Bxg7 Rg8 38.Bc2 Rxa2 39.Nh6+ Rxc2 40.Nxg8 Kxg8 41.Bf6+ Kh7 42.Qd3+ Kh6 43.Qe3+ Kh7 44.Qe4+ Kh6 45.Qxc2 Qxd5 46.Rd1 Qc4 47.Qd2+ Kg6 48.Qf2 Qf4 49.Qc2+ Kh6 50.Rd6 b4 51.h4 Qg4 52.Rb6 Qg3 53.Rb8 Nd4 54.Qe4 Qg8 55.Qf4+ Kh7 56.Qe4+ Kh6 57.Bg5+ Kg7 58.Qa8 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia"] [Date "2019.09.10"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Black "Andrey Esipenko"] [Result "0-1"] 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 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia"] [Date "2019.09.11"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Andrey Esipenko"] [Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 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 "FIDE World Cup 2023"] [Site "Baku, Azerbaijan"] [Date "2023.08.04"] [Round "2.7"] [White "Dmitrij Kollars"] [Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Result "0-1"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.O-O a5 7.Re1 O-O 8.h3 Be6 9.Bb5 Ba7 10.Be3 Bxe3 11.Rxe3 Bd7 12.Nbd2 h6 13.a4 Ne7 14.d4 Ng6 15.Qc2 Re8 16.Rd1 c6 17.Bf1 Qc7 18.dxe5 dxe5 19.Nc4 Be6 20.Ree1 Red8 21.g3 Rab8 22.Kh2 Rxd1 23.Rxd1 b5 24.axb5 cxb5 25.Ne3 Qc6 26.Nd2 a4 27.Qd3 b4 28.c4 Qc5 29.Ra1 Bd7 30.Kg1 Ne7 31.Nd5 Nexd5 32.exd5 Re8 33.Bg2 g6 34.Qf3 Qe7 35.c5 e4 36.Qe3 Nxd5 37.Qd4 Nf6 38.Qxb4 e3 39.fxe3 Qxe3+ 40.Kh2 Rc8 41.Rf1 Kg7 42.Qb6 Qd4 43.Nc4 Be6 44.Nd6 Rxc5 45.Rc1 Rd5 46.Qxd4 Rxd4 47.Nb7 Rd2 48.Nc5 Bd5 49.Rg1 Bc6 50.Kh1 Bb5 51.Ra1 Nh5 52.g4 Nf4 53.Bf1 Bxf1 54.Rxf1 Nxh3 55.Nxa4 Nf2+ 56.Kg2 Nxg4+ 57.Kg3 Ne3 58.Rb1 Nd5 59.Nc5 Rd4 60.Na6 Ra4 61.Nc5 Rb4 62.Kf3 h5 63.Nd3 Rb3 64.Ke4 Nc3+ 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2023"] [Site "Baku, Azerbaijan"] [Date "2023.08.04"] [Round "2.4"] [White "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Black "Dmitrij Kollars"] [Result "1-0"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.O-O Rb8 7.e3 Be7 8.Qe2 b5 9.b3 cxb3 10.axb3 O-O 11.Bd2 a6 12.Rc1 Bb7 13.Ne1 Nb4 14.Bxb7 Rxb7 15.Bxb4 Bxb4 16.Rxa6 Qd5 17.Qc2 Bxe1 18.Rxe1 Ne4 19.Nc3 Nxc3 20.Qxc3 b4 21.Qc2 e5 22.Rd1 Rd8 23.e4 Qb5 24.dxe5 Rbb8 25.Ra4 Qxe5 26.Rxb4 Rxd1+ 27.Qxd1 Re8 28.Rc4 g6 29.b4 Ra8 30.Kg2 h5 31.Qd7 Rb8 32.h4 Kg7 33.Qd5 Qxd5 34.exd5 Rb5 35.Kf3 Rxd5 36.Rxc7 Rd4 37.b5 Rb4 38.Rc5 Kf6 39.Ke3 Ke6 40.Rc6+ Kd5 41.Rb6 Ke5 42.Rb7 Rb3+ 43.Ke2 Rb2+ 44.Kf3 Rb3+ 45.Kg2 f6 46.b6 Kf5 47.Rb8 Kg4 48.b7 Kf5 49.f3 Rb2+ 50.Kf1 Rb3 51.Ke2 Rb2+ 52.Kd3 Rb4 53.Kc3 Rb1 54.Kc4 Rb2 55.Kc5 Rb1 56.Kc6 Rc1+ 57.Kd6 Rb1 58.Rc8 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2023"] [Site "Baku, Azerbaijan"] [Date "2023.08.04"] [Round "2.8"] [White "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Black "Dmitrij Kollars"] [Result "1-0"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Qc2 f5 9.Ne5 d5 10.Nd3 Nd7 11.Nf4 Rf6 12.cxd5 Nxc3 13.Qxc3 Nf8 14.d6 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2023"] [Site "Baku, Azerbaijan"] [Date "2023.08.07"] [Round "3.5"] [White "Quang Liem Le"] [Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Result "0-1"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.Nf3 d6 9.e4 e5 10.d5 Ne7 11.h3 Ng6 12.g3 Bd7 13.Be3 Qc8 14.g4 h5 15.g5 Nh7 16.Ng1 f5 17.Qxh5 Be8 18.Qe2 f4 19.Bd2 Nh4 20.Qg4 Qxg4 21.hxg4 Ng6 22.Nf3 Bd7 23.Ke2 Bxg4 24.Rag1 Bd7 25.Kd1 Rfb8 26.Bf1 Nhf8 27.Bh3 Bxh3 28.Rxh3 Kf7 29.Kc2 Nd7 30.Rgh1 Nb6 31.Kb3 Nc8 32.Kc2 Nce7 33.Rb1 b6 34.Rhh1 Rh8 35.Kd3 Rxh1 36.Rxh1 Rh8 37.Rxh8 Nxh8 38.Nh4 Ke8 39.Ke2 Nf7 40.Nf3 Nd8 41.Nh4 Kf7 42.Be1 Nb7 43.Kd3 Ng6 44.Nf5 Nf8 45.Nh4 g6 46.Ke2 Nh7 47.Nf3 Kg7 48.Kf1 Nd8 49.Kg2 Nf7 50.Nd2 Nhxg5 51.f3 Nh7 52.a4 g5 53.Nb3 Nf6 54.a5 Kg6 55.axb6 axb6 56.Na1 Kh5 57.Nc2 g4 0-1
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