[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Szeged"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ermekov, Almas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C66"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

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, J."]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

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"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

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.??.??"]

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.??.??"]

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.??.??"]

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.??.??"]

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 "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[PlyCount "187"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

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.??.??"]

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 "Wch 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.??.??"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]

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 "Wch U12 Disney"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Murphy, R."]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.10"]

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 "EU-ch U12"]
[Site "Verdun"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Azarov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C87"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

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.??.??"]

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.??.??"]

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.??.??"]

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.??.??"]

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.??.??"]

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"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

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.??.??"]

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-chT"]
[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.??.??"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]

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-chT"]
[Site "Briansk"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kiselev, Gennady"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]

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-chT"]
[Site "Briansk"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]

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-chT"]
[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.??.??"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]

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-chT"]
[Site "Briansk"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Margolin, Boris"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]

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-chT"]
[Site "Briansk"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Vokarev, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]

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-chT"]
[Site "Briansk"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Purgin, Nikolaj"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]

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.??.??"]

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.??.??"]

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.??.??"]

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 "Ljukin, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

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.??.??"]

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.??.??"]

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.??.??"]

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.??.??"]

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 "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.??.??"]

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.??.??"]

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.??.??"]

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.??.??"]

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.??.??"]

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 "Kobalija, Mihail"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

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.??.??"]

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.??.??"]

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 "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

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.??"]

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.??"]

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.??"]

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.??"]

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.??"]

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.??"]

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.??"]

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.??"]

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.??"]

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.??"]

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.??"]

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 "Pamplona9697"]
[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.??"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.10"]

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 "Pamplona9697"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Gomez Esteban, Juan Mario"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1996.12.??"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.10"]

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. Kf1 Bg7 11. Ne2 Nxf3 12. d4 Qa5 13. Nc3 Ng5 14. e5 Nfe4 15.
Bxg5 Nxg5 16. Qg4 Ne6 17. d5 Nc5 18. dxc6 O-O 19. b4 Qa6+ 20. Bb5 Qa3 21. Nd5
Bxe5 22. Rd1 Ne6 23. cxb7 Rab8 24. Rd3 Qxa2 25. Bc6 Qxc2 26. Qe2 Qc1+ 27. Rd1
Qh6 28. Qe4 Kh8 29. Ne3 f5 30. Qd5 Nf4 31. Qf3 Qg7 32. Nc4 Rfd8 33. h4 a6 34.
Rg1 Qc7 35. Na5 Qb6 36. Qb3 d5 37. Qe3 Qc7 38. Re1 Bf6 39. Rg3 d4 40. Qb3 d3
41. h5 d2 42. Rd1 Rd6 43. Bh1 Kg7 44. hxg6 hxg6 45. Qc4 Qxc4+ 46. Nxc4 Rd4 47.
Na5 Rxb4 48. Rb3 Rxb3 49. Nxb3 Bc3 50. Nxd2 Ne6 51. Nb3 Kf6 52. Rc1 Be5 53. Rc8
Ke7 54. Bd5 Nf4 55. Na5 Kd7 56. Bc6+ Ke7 57. Nc4 Bd6 58. Nxd6 Kxd6 59. Bf3 Rxb7
60. Bxb7 1-0

[Event "Pamplona9697"]
[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.??"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.10"]

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 "Pamplona9697"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Magem Badals, Jorge"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1996.12.??"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.10"]

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. Bxf6 exf6 14.
O-O d5 15. Rfe1 Bf5 16. Ne2 Rhe8 17. c3 Bd7 18. b4 Qa6 19. Nd4 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1
Qxa2 21. h3 Re8 22. Rxe8 Bxe8 23. Qg3 Qb1+ 24. Kh2 Qe4 25. Nxc6 Bxc6 26. Qc7+
Kf8 27. Qxc6 Qf4+ 28. Kg1 Qc1+ 29. Kh2 Qf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pamplona9697"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Garcia Ilundain, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1996.12.??"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.10"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bc4 Bf5 7. Ne5 e6 8. g4
Bg6 9. h4 Bb4 10. Rh3 Nbd7 11. Qe2 Nb6 12. h5 Be4 13. Bf4 Qxd4 14. Rd1 Bd3 15.
Rhxd3 Qxf4 16. Rd4 Qh2 17. Nxf7 O-O 18. Bxe6 Nbd5 19. Qe5 Qg2 20. Rxb4 Nxb4 21.
Rd8 Nxc2+ 22. Ke2 Qg1 23. Qd6 Qe1+ 24. Kd3 Re8 25. Rxa8 Nb4+ 26. Kc4 1-0

[Event "Pamplona9697"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1996.12.??"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.10"]

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 "Pamplona9697"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "1996.12.??"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.10"]

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 "Pamplona9697"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1996.12.??"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.10"]

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 "Pamplona9697"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1996.12.??"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.10"]

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 "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.??.??"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.18"]

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.??.??"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.18"]

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"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.18"]

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.??.??"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.18"]

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"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.18"]

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, Mauricio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.18"]

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.??.??"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.18"]

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.??.??"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.18"]

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 "1"]
[White "Frolov, Artur"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.18"]

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 12. Qh3 Rg8 13. Nd2 g4 14. Qe3 Bf4
15. Qe2 c5 16. g3 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+ 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.??.??"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.18"]

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.??.??"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.18"]

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.??.??"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.18"]

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"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.18"]

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.??.??"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.18"]

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.??.??"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.18"]

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.??.??"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.18"]

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.??.??"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.18"]

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.??.??"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.18"]

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"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "1997.03.11"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.18"]

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"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.18"]

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"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1997.03.11"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.18"]

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 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 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"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.18"]

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"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.03.11"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.18"]

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 14. Rfd1 Rfd8
15. Rac1 Qb8 16. d5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Rxd5 Bg6 19. Rb5 b6 20. Rd5 Na5 21.
Rxd8+ Bxd8 22. Qb5 Rxc1+ 23. Bxc1 Bf6 24. Qd7 Nb3 25. Bf4 Nc5 26. Bxb8 Nxd7 27.
Bxa7 Bxb2 28. Bb5 Nc5 29. a4 Nb3 30. Bxb6 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"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.18"]

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"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.18"]

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"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.18"]

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"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "1997.03.11"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.18"]

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 "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1997.07.14"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.26"]

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"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.26"]

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"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.26"]

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"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.26"]

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"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.26"]

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"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.26"]

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"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.26"]

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"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.26"]

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"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.26"]

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"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.26"]

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"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.26"]

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"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.26"]

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"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.26"]

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 "UKR-chT"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kostjukov, A."]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D55"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.18"]

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.??.??"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.18"]

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.??.??"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.18"]

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.??.??"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.18"]

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.??.??"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.18"]

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.??.??"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.18"]

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 "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.18"]

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.??.??"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.18"]

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.??.??"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.18"]

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"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]

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"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1998.02.21"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Bxc3 7. bxc3 Nxe4 8.
Nxe5 d5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Ba3 Re8 11. Re1 Bf5 12. f3 Nd6 13. d3 Qg5 14. f4 Qf6
15. Qd2 a5 16. c4 Bd7 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Bc5 Nb7 19. Bf2 Bc6 20. Rab1 Rad8 21.
c3 Qd6 22. f5 f6 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Re1 Rxe1+ 25. Qxe1 Nc5 26. Qe3 Nd7 27. g4
Qe5 28. d4 Qxe3 29. Bxe3 Nb6 30. Bf4 a4 31. Bxc7 Nc4 32. Kf2 Kf7 33. Bf4 h6 34.
h4 Bb7 35. Bc1 Bc6 36. Kg3 Bb7 37. Kf4 Bc6 38. Bf3 Bb7 39. g5 hxg5+ 40. hxg5 g6
41. Bd1 Bc6 42. Bc2 fxg5+ 43. Kxg5 gxf5 44. Bxf5 Nd6 45. Bc2 Ke6 46. Kf4
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"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1998.02.21"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]

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 Nbd7 10. Qc2 Ba6 11. Rfc1 Rc8 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Qd1 O-O 14. a4 Ne4 15.
Nb5 Rxc1 16. Rxc1 Bxb5 17. axb5 f4 18. e3 fxe3 19. fxe3 Qf6 20. Qe2 Qh6 21. Rc2
Ndf6 22. Bc1 Ng4 23. h3 Ngf2 24. Qf1 Bxg3 25. Ba3 Qxe3 0-1

[Event "Cannes Generations"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1998.02.21"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]

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. Qf3 dxc4
15. Be2 O-O 16. O-O Rfe8 17. Rfe1 Rad8 18. Bf1 c5 19. Rad1 h6 20. Ba1 Bc8 21.
bxc4 Ba6 22. Bd3 Bxc4 23. Bf5 Qe7 24. Bb1 Be6 25. Qe4 g6 26. Qe3 Kh7 27. f4 Bf5
28. h3 c4 29. Bxf5 gxf5 30. Kh2 Qe6 31. Qc5 Rd7 32. Rxd7 Qxd7 33. a4 a5 34.
Qxa5 Qxa4 35. Qd2 Qc6 36. Qc2 Qg6 37. g4 fxg4 38. Qxg6+ Kxg6 39. hxg4 h5 40.
Kg3 hxg4 41. Kxg4 f5+ 42. Kf3 Kf7 43. Bd4 Rd8 44. e6+ Ke8 45. Bf6 Rd6 46. Bg5
c3 47. e7 Nd5 48. Re2 Nb4 49. Re5 Rd3+ 50. Ke2 Rd2+ 51. Kf3 Rd5 52. Re6 Rd6 53.
Re5 c2 54. Rxf5 Re6 55. Rf8+ Kd7 56. Rd8+ Kc6 57. f5 Rxe7 58. Rd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cannes Generations"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1998.02.21"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]

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"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]

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 V"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1998.02.21"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. Bxa6 bxa6 8.
O-O Rb8 9. Qe2 e6 10. Kh1 Re8 11. e5 Nd7 12. Ne4 d5 13. Nf2 c5 14. c3 cxd4 15.
cxd4 Qb6 16. Nd3 a5 17. Bd2 Ba6 18. Bc3 a4 19. Qd2 Rec8 20. g4 f5 21. Rg1 fxg4
22. Rxg4 Qb5 23. Nfe1 Rf8 24. Bb4 Rf7 25. Rc1 Qb6 26. Bd6 Re8 27. Nf3 Qb5 28.
Rc3 Nb6 29. b3 axb3 30. axb3 Rf5 31. Nh4 Rh5 32. h3 Nc8 33. Bc5 Ne7 34. Kh2 Nc6
35. Qe3 Qa5 36. Ne1 Be2 37. Nef3 Bxf3 38. Qxf3 Ne7 39. Bxe7 Rxe7 40. Rc8+ Kf7
41. Qd3 Rc7 42. Rxc7+ Qxc7 43. Nxg6 Qd8 44. Kg3 Qa5 45. Qc2 Rh6 46. Nh4 Qb6 47.
f5 Bf8 48. f6 Qb8 49. Kg2 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"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1998.02.21"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]

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 Nb6 10. Bb3 Bd7 11. Qe2 Nc6 12. O-O Qc7 13. Ne4 Na5 14. Bc2
Nd5 15. a3 Be7 16. Bg5 f6 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Bh6 Nc6 19. Rac1 O-O-O 20. b4 a6
21. Ba4 Kb8 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Qxa6 Qa7 24. Qc4 Rhg8 25. Nd4 Rg4 26. Rfe1 Rc8
27. Qd3 e5 28. Nb3 Bf5 29. Na5 Qb6 30. Qf3 Nf4 31. Ng3 Bd7 32. Red1 Nd5 33.
Nxc6+ Rxc6 34. Qxd5 Rxc1 35. Rxc1 Be6 36. Qf3 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 "EUCup sf"]
[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.??"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.10"]

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 "EUCup sf"]
[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.??"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.10"]

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 "Elista ol (Men)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.09.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khamdamov, Suhrob"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2140"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.06"]

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 "Elista ol (Men)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.09.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Wu Wenjin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.06"]

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 "Elista ol (Men)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Zueger, Beat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.06"]

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 "Elista ol (Men)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Marciano, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "243"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.06"]

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 "Elista ol (Men)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kaidanov, Grigory S"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.06"]

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 12. Qd3 g6 13. Nc3 Bf5 14. Qd2 a6 15.
Bg5 Be6 16. f4 Re8 17. Rad1 Rc8 18. e4 dxe4 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nxe4 Nc4 21. Qf2
Nd6 22. Nc5 Rc7 23. Rb1 Bc8 24. a4 Rce7 25. Rfd1 Bg7 26. Re1 f6 27. Ned3 b6 28.
Rxe7 Rxe7 29. Nb4 bxc5 30. Nc6 Qc7 31. Nxe7+ Qxe7 32. Re1 Qc7 33. dxc5 Nf7 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 43. Qd4+ Kf7 44. Qc4+ Kg7 45. Qd4+ Kf7 46. Qc4+ Kg7 47. Bg2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Elista ol (Men)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Babula, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.06"]

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 "Elista ol (Men)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Dizdarevic, Emir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.06"]

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 "Elista ol (Men)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kobalija, Mihail"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.06"]

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 "Elista ol (Men)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.12"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.06"]

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"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]

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, Mihail"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1998.11.02"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]

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"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]

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, Alexander"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1998.11.02"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]

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"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1998.11.02"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]

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 Nbd7 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 O-O 14. c4 c5
15. d5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Ng4 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qe2 f5 19. f3 Nf6 20. Qxe6 Ng8 21.
Nxf5+ Kh7 22. g4 Qb6 23. Rhe1 Qxe6 24. dxe6 Rxf5 25. gxf5 Bxh4 26. Rd7+ Ne7 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 "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1998.11.02"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]

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 "Sulipa, Aleksandar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1998.11.02"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]

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"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]

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"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]

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"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]

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"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]

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"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]

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 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"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1998.12.14"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Bxe4 8.
Bxe4 c6 9. c3 Ngf6 10. Bc2 Bd6 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Qd3 Rad8 14. Rad1
Rfe8 15. a3 b5 16. Bb1 a6 17. Bh4 g6 18. Qe2 Be7 19. Bg3 Qb7 20. h3 Nd5 21. Ba2
Bf8 22. c4 bxc4 23. Bxc4 a5 24. Rc1 Bg7 25. Rc2 Qb6 26. Bxd5 exd5 27. Qxe8+
Rxe8 28. Rxe8+ 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"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]

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"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]

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"]
[PlyCount "181"]
[EventDate "1998.12.14"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nxd5 Qxd5 7. Bg2 g6 8.
O-O Bg7 9. d3 Qd6 10. Nd2 b6 11. Nc4 Qd7 12. Bd2 Bb7 13. Bc3 O-O 14. a4 Nd4 15.
Bxd4 Bxd4 16. Qb3 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Rab8 18. Nd2 Kg7 19. Nf3 Bf6 20. Qb5 Qb7 21.
Rab1 a6 22. Qc4 Rfc8 23. Rfc1 e6 24. b3 b5 25. axb5 axb5 26. Qf4 Qd5 27. Kg1 h6
28. Rc2 b4 29. Nd2 Be5 30. Qc4 f5 31. Rbc1 Bc3 32. Qxd5 exd5 33. Nb1 d4 34. Ra2
Ra8 35. Rcc2 Kf6 36. Nd2 Bxd2 37. Rxd2 Ra3 38. Rab2 Ra1+ 39. Kg2 Rca8 40. Rdc2
R8a5 41. e3 Ke5 42. Rc4 dxe3 43. fxe3 Rd1 44. d4+ cxd4 45. exd4+ Rxd4 46. Re2+
Kd5 47. Rec2 g5 48. Kf2 Ra3 49. Rxd4+ Kxd4 50. Rc4+ Kd3 51. Rxb4 Ra2+ 52. Kg1
Ke3 53. Rc4 Kf3 54. Rc3+ Kg4 55. h4 gxh4 56. gxh4 Kxh4 57. Rc6 h5 58. b4 Rb2
59. Rb6 f4 60. b5 Kg3 61. Rg6+ Kf3 62. Rb6 Rb1+ 63. Kh2 Kf2 64. Rb8 f3 65. b6
Rb4 66. Kh3 Kg1 67. Rg8+ Kf1 68. Rb8 f2 69. b7 Kg1 70. Rg8+ Kh1 71. Rf8 Rb3+
72. Kh4 Kg2 73. Rg8+ Kh2 74. Rf8 Rb4+ 75. Kxh5 Kg3 76. Rg8+ Kh3 77. Rf8 Rb5+
78. Kh6 Kg3 79. b8=Q+ Rxb8 80. Rxb8 f1=Q 81. Rg8+ Kh4 82. Rg6 Qf7 83. Rg4+ Kh3
84. Rg6 Qe7 85. Rg5 Kh4 86. Rg6 Qe5 87. Kh7 Kh5 88. Rh6+ Kg5 89. Rg6+ Kf5 90.
Rg7 Kf6 91. Ra7 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"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]

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"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1998.12.14"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]

1. e4 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 10. Nd4 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 c6 12. f3 Qc7 13. Rad1 Na6 14. Qd2 Rfe8 15.
Rfe1 Nb4 16. Nb3 Nd7 17. Bd4 Rac8 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qd4+ Kg8 20. Rd2 Qb6 21.
Qxb6 Nxb6 22. Nxa5 Ra8 23. Nxb7 Reb8 24. dxc6 Nxc6 25. Nxd6 exd6 26. Rxd6 Nb4
27. b3 Nxc2 28. Rc1 Nb4 29. Nb5 Rb7 30. Rc7 Rxc7 31. Nxc7 Rb8 32. Kf2 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"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]

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"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]

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"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]

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 Premier 9899"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1998.12.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Plaskett, Jim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "1998.12.29"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]

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 Premier 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"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]

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 Premier 9899"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1998.12.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Miles, Anthony J"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1998.12.29"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]

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 Premier 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"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "1998.12.29"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 a6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8.
O-O Ne5 9. Nf3 Ng6 10. Na4 b5 11. Nb6 Rb8 12. Nxc8 Qxc8 13. Bd4 Bc5 14. c3 d6
15. b4 Bb6 16. Rc1 O-O 17. c4 Bxd4 18. cxb5 Bxf2+ 19. Rxf2 Qd7 20. Nd4 axb5 21.
Kh1 Qa7 22. Bb1 Rbc8 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rf1 Qb6 25. Nf3 Qc6 26. Bd3 e5 27. Qb3
Nf4 28. Nd2 Qb6 29. g3 Ne6 30. Nf3 Nd4 31. Qb2 Nxf3 32. Rxf3 Qb7 33. Re3 Qb6
34. Re1 Ng4 35. Bf1 Nf6 36. Qd2 h6 37. a3 Rc7 38. Qe3 Qb7 39. h3 Rc8 40. Kg1
Rd8 41. Bg2 Rc8 42. Rd1 Rc6 43. Qd3 Ne8 44. h4 Qb6+ 45. Kf1 Rc4 46. Bf3 Kf8 47.
Be2 Ke7 48. Qb1 Rc6 49. Qd3 Nc7 50. Kg2 Rc4 51. Qb1 Rc3 52. Rd3 Qc6 53. Rxc3
Qxc3 54. Qd3 Qxd3 55. Bxd3 Ke6 56. Kf3 d5 57. exd5+ Kxd5 58. Ke3 h5 59. Be2 g6
60. Bf1 f5 61. Bd3 Kc6 62. Kd2 Nd5 63. Bc2 Kd6 64. Bd3 Nc7 65. Ke3 Ke6 66. Be2
Kf6 67. Kf2 e4 68. Ke3 Ke5 69. Bf1 Nd5+ 70. Kd2 Nc7 71. Ke3 Nd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 9899"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1999.01.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "1998.12.29"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nf3 d6 5. cxb5 a6 6. b6 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. e4 Nbd7
9. a4 a5 10. Bb5 O-O 11. O-O Nxb6 12. Re1 Ne8 13. Bf4 f6 14. Nd2 Nc7 15. Bc6
Rb8 16. Nb3 Nc4 17. Nb5 Na6 18. Qe2 Ne5 19. Bxe5 fxe5 20. Nd2 Nb4 21. Nc4 Ba6
22. Ra3 Rc8 23. Na7 Rc7 24. Nb5 Nxc6 25. dxc6 Rxc6 26. Qd2 Qd7 27. Rb3 Bc8 28.
Na7 Ra6 29. Nxc8 Qxc8 30. Rb5 Rd8 31. Rd1 e6 32. Nxa5 Qc7 33. b3 Bf8 34. Nc4 d5
35. g3 Rc6 36. Na5 Rb6 37. Nc4 Rxb5 38. axb5 Be7 39. Ne3 Bg5 40. h4 Bxe3 41.
Qxe3 d4 42. Qg5 Rf8 43. h5 Qf7 44. Rd2 Qf3 45. Qxe5 Ra8 46. Qxe6+ Kg7 47. Qe5+
Kh6 48. Qf4+ Qxf4 49. gxf4 Rb8 50. hxg6 hxg6 51. Rd3 Rxb5 52. Rg3 Ra5 53. Kg2
Ra1 54. Rg5 Rc1 55. Rd5 Rc3 56. f3 Kg7 57. Kg3 Kf6 58. f5 gxf5 59. Rxf5+ Ke6
60. Rd5 Kf6 61. Kf4 Ke6 62. b4 cxb4 63. Rxd4 b3 64. e5 Rc6 65. Rb4 Ra6 66. Rxb3
Ra4+ 67. Kg5 Ra8 68. Rb6+ Kxe5 69. f4+ Kd5 70. f5 Rg8+ 71. Kh6 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 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"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "1998.12.29"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Bd3 b5 8. O-O
Bb7 9. Nxc6 Qxc6 10. Re1 Nf6 11. a3 Be7 12. Qf3 d6 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Qh3 Rd8 15.
f4 O-O 16. Rf1 Rfe8 17. Kh1 Bf8 18. Bf2 h6 19. Bh4 Be7 20. Rde1 Bc6 21. Nd1 Nd7
22. Nf2 Nc5 23. Re3 Bxh4 24. Qxh4 f5 25. exf5 Nxd3 26. Nxd3 exf5 27. Rfe1 Rxe3
28. Rxe3 Be4 29. Qf2 Kh7 30. Kg1 d5 31. h3 Rc8 32. Re2 Qc4 33. Ne5 Qc5 34. c3
a5 35. Qxc5 Rxc5 36. Kf2 b4 37. axb4 axb4 38. cxb4 Rb5 39. Nc6 Rb6 40. Nd4 Rxb4
41. Rd2 g5 42. g3 gxf4 43. gxf4 Kg6 44. Nc6 Rb6 45. Ne5+ Kh5 46. Nd7 Rb5 47. b4
Kh4 48. Rb2 Kxh3 49. Nc5 d4 50. Rb3+ d3 51. Nxd3 Bxd3 52. Rxd3+ Kg4 53. Rd4 h5
54. Kg2 Rb8 55. Rc4 h4 56. Rd4 Rb7 57. Rc4 Rb5 58. Rd4 Rb6 59. Rc4 Rb8 60. Rd4
Ra8 61. Rd2 Kxf4 62. b5 Rg8+ 63. Kf2 h3 64. Rd4+ Ke5 65. Rh4 Rg2+ 66. Kf3 Rb2
67. Rxh3 Rxb5 68. Rh4 Rb3+ 69. Kf2 f4 70. Rh8 Rb2+ 71. Kf3 Rb3+ 72. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 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"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]

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 Premier 9899"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1999.01.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Sadler, Matthew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1998.12.29"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]

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 dxe6 10. Nxg5 Qe5 11. d4 cxd3 12. Bxd3 Qxe2+ 13. Kxe2 h6 14. Nf3 e5
15. Na3 Bd7 16. Be3 Nd5 17. Be4 Nf4+ 18. Kf1 Bg7 19. Nh4 O-O-O 20. Nf5 Bxf5 21.
Bxf5+ e6 22. Bc2 Rd7 23. Bxf4 exf4 24. Ke2 Rhd8 25. Rad1 Ne5 26. Rxd7 Rxd7 27.
Rd1 Rxd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 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"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]

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 "Chess Masters 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"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1999.03.03"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]

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 Nd7 13. Be2 f5 14. O-O
Nac5 15. Rad1 Kf7 16. f4 g6 17. Rd4 b5 18. Bf3 Rac8 19. Bxc5 Nxc5 20. Rd6 b4
21. Ne2 Rhd8 22. Rfd1 Nd3 23. Nd4 Rxd6 24. exd6 c5 25. Nc6 Kf6 26. Rd2 Bd7 27.
Ne7 Rd8 28. Nd5+ Kf7 29. b3 Re8 30. Ne7 c3 31. Re2 Nxf4 32. Re5 Nd3 33. Re2 Bb5
34. h4 Rd8 0-1

[Event "Chess Masters 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"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]

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 "Chess Masters 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"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1999.03.03"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c5 3. dxc5 e6 4. Be3 Nd7 5. c4 Nxc5 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. g3 Be7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O Bg4 11. h3 Be6 12. Nd4 Rc8 13. Rc1 a6 14. Rc2 b5 15.
a3 Qd7 16. Kh2 Rfd8 17. Rd2 Qb7 18. Qb1 Nce4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Rd3 Bd7 21. Rfd1
Bf6 22. Qa2 Re8 23. Nf3 Rc2 24. Nd4 Rc4 25. Nb3 Qc7 26. Nd2 Be6 27. Qb1 Rc2 28.
Nxe4 dxe4 29. R3d2 Rxd2 30. Rxd2 Bf5 31. Rd5 Bg6 32. Rc5 Qb8 33. Qc1 h5 34. h4
b4 35. Bf4 Qb6 36. axb4 Qxb4 37. Rc8 Qb5 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 "Chess Masters 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"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]

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 "Chess Masters 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"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1999.03.03"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]

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 16. Bxb7 Nxb7 17. Ne5 Qxd1 18. Rfxd1 Rfe8 19. Nd7 Nc5 20. Nb6 Rad8
21. Nd5 Bf8 22. Kf1 Ne6 23. Be3 f5 24. Rac1 Rc8 25. Bb6 Kf7 26. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Masters 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"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1999.03.03"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8.
O-O Ne5 9. Nf3 d6 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Na4 Bd7 12. c4 Bc6 13. Qc2 Qa5 14. Nc3 Bc5
15. Bxc5 Qxc5 16. a3 b6 17. b4 Qe7 18. f3 O-O 19. Qf2 Nd7 20. Rfd1 Rab8 21. Bf1
Rfd8 22. Rd3 a5 23. Rb1 axb4 24. axb4 Nf6 25. Qe3 Rxd3 26. Bxd3 Qd8 27. Be2 Qd4
28. Kf2 Kf8 29. Rd1 Qxe3+ 30. Kxe3 Ke7 31. Kd2 Ra8 32. Kc2 g5 33. b5 Be8 34.
Kb3 Nd7 35. Na4 Nc5+ 36. Nxc5 bxc5 37. h4 h6 38. hxg5 hxg5 39. Rh1 Bd7 40. Bd3
Kf6 41. g3 Be8 42. Be2 Bd7 43. Bd1 Be8 44. Rh6+ Kg7 45. Rh2 Rd8 46. Bc2 Kf6 47.
Rh8 Kg7 48. Rh1 Ra8 49. Bd3 Kf6 50. Rh2 Rd8 51. Kc3 Ra8 52. Rb2 Ke7 53. Kd2 Kd6
54. Ke3 Ra3 55. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Masters 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"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1999.03.03"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Na6 8. Nd2
Nc7 9. a4 b6 10. Nc4 Ba6 11. Bg5 Qd7 12. b3 e6 13. Qd2 exd5 14. exd5 Rfe8 15.
Bf3 Ng4 16. h3 Ne5 17. Be2 Nxc4 18. Bxc4 Bxc4 19. bxc4 a6 20. Rab1 Rab8 21. Rb3
f5 22. Rfb1 Na8 23. h4 h5 24. a5 Qc7 25. Ne2 bxa5 26. Nf4 Rb4 27. Re1 Qf7 28.
Re6 Rxc4 29. Rb7 Qxb7 30. Rxe8+ Kh7 31. Re7 Qb1+ 32. Kh2 Rxc2 33. Qe3 Qb2 34.
Qe6 1-0

[Event "Chess Masters 3rd"]
[Site "Enghien-les-Bains"]
[Date "1999.03.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Sadler, Matthew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1999.03.03"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 a6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8.
O-O Ne5 9. Nf3 Nfg4 10. Nxe5 Nxe3 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qf3 Qxe5 13. fxe3 Qg7 14. Qf4
d6 15. e5 dxe5 16. Qa4+ Bd7 17. Bb5 O-O-O 18. Rad1 f5 19. Qa5 Be7 20. Bxa6 Bg5
21. Qc5+ Kb8 22. Bxb7 Kxb7 23. Rd6 Bc8 24. Rb6+ Ka8 25. Nb5 Rd7 26. Rc6 Kb8 27.
Rb6+ Ka8 28. h4 Bh6 29. Rxe6 Rg8 30. e4 Qf8 31. Qc6+ Kb8 32. Nd6 Be3+ 33. Kh2
Qd8 34. g3 Qc7 35. Qb5+ Bb7 36. Qxe5 Bxe4 37. Qb5+ Ka8 38. Nxe4 fxe4 39. Qa4+
Ba7 40. Qxe4+ Qb7 41. Kh3 Qxe4 42. Rxe4 Rgd8 43. Rfe1 Kb7 44. a4 Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Masters 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"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1999.03.03"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]

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 9. Nxe4 d5 10. Bd3 c4 11. Bxc4 dxc4 12. O-O-O Bb7 13. Nc3 Nd7 14. Qxc4 a6
15. Qd3 Nf6 16. d5 b5 17. Bd4 b4 18. Ne4 Qxd5 19. Nc5 Rac8 20. Nxb7 Qxb7 21.
Be5 Rc5 22. Rhe1 Rfc8 23. Rd2 a5 24. Ng5 Rd5 25. Qf3 Qc6 26. Red1 e6 27. Qh3 h6
28. Bxf6 Bxf6 29. Qxh6 Bxg5 30. fxg5 Qc4 31. Qh3 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"]
[PlyCount "180"]
[EventDate "1999.05.??"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 Bg7 6. f4 c5 7. e5 Nh5 8. dxc5
Nxf4 9. exd6 g5 10. Bg3 Qa5 11. Qd2 Qxc5 12. O-O-O O-O 13. dxe7 Qxe7 14. Nge2
Nxe2+ 15. Bxe2 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Qxe2 17. Rhe1 Qb5 18. Bd6 Rd8 19. Bxb8 Rxd1+ 20.
Rxd1 Bd7 21. Qc7 Be6 22. b3 Kh7 23. Rd8 Qb6 24. Qxb6 axb6 25. a4 Ra5 26. c4 Bf5
27. Bc7 Be4 28. Bxb6 Rf5 29. Rd2 Rf1+ 30. Kb2 f5 31. g3 Kg6 32. Bc5 f4 33. gxf4
gxf4 34. Rf2 Rxf2+ 35. Bxf2 Kf5 36. Kc3 Ke5 37. a5 h5 38. b4 Bg2 39. Bc5 h4 40.
b5 h3 41. Ba7 Bf1 42. Bb8+ Ke6 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.??"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]

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 "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1999.05.??"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]

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"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1999.05.??"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]

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 Nb6 14. Re1 f6 15.
Qe3 Qe6 16. Ba3 Rf7 17. Nc3 fxe5 18. Rad1 Bb7 19. Ne4 Qf5 20. Bd6 Nc8 21. Bxc7
d5 22. Nd6 Nxd6 23. Bxd6 Rd7 24. Bc5 a6 25. a4 h5 26. h4 Kh7 27. Kh2 Qf7 28.
Qe2 Rdd8 29. b4 Bc8 30. b5 axb5 31. axb5 e4 32. Qc2 cxb5 33. cxb5 d4 34. b6 Bb7
35. Qd2 e3 36. fxe3 dxe3 37. Qe2 Bxg2 38. Qxg2 Rxd1 39. Rxd1 Qc4 40. Bd6 e2 41.
Re1 Bc3 42. Rc1 e1=Q 43. Rxe1 Bxe1 44. b7 Qb3 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"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D29"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1999.05.??"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]

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 21.
e6 Bb4 22. Rd4 Bc5 23. Re4 Nd5 24. Bd2 Rad8 25. Rf1 Rd6 26. a3 Nc7 27. e7 Rd7
28. Ba5 Rdxe7 29. Rxe7 Rxe7 30. Qd2 Ne6 31. Rd1 Kf7 32. Qc2 g6 33. Qd2 Qe4 34.
Qh6 Nf8 35. Rf1 Qf5 36. Bc3 Re2 37. Nd4 Bxd4 38. Bxd4 Kg8 39. Qh4 g5 40. Qg3
Ne6 41. Qb8+ Kf7 42. Qa7+ Kg6 43. Bc3 Nf4 44. Qxa6 Qd5 45. Qxf6+ Kh5 46. g4+
Kxg4 47. f3+ Kh5 48. Be1 Rg2+ 49. Kh1 Qd7 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"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1999.05.??"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]

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. Bb3 Bd6 13. Nf5 Bxh2+ 14. Kh1
O-O 15. Nxg7 Rd8 16. Qf3 Kxg7 17. Bh6+ Kg6 18. Rad1 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Qe5 20. Be3
Qh5 21. Qxh5+ Kxh5 22. Kxh2 Ng4+ 23. Kg3 Nxe3 24. fxe3 b5 25. Kf4 f6 26. e4 e5+
27. Ke3 Bg4 28. Rd6 Kg5 29. Bd5 Ra7 30. Rb6 Bc8 31. b3 Rc7 32. c4 bxc4 33. bxc4
h5 34. g3 f5 35. exf5 Bxf5 36. Rxa6 Kg4 37. Kf2 Bd3 38. Ra5 Kf5 39. c5 Be4 40.
Bc4 h4 41. gxh4 Rh7 42. Ke3 Rxh4 43. Ra7 Rh3+ 44. Kd2 Bc6 45. Ra6 Rh6 46. a4
Rh2+ 47. Kc3 Bf3 48. Rd6 Rh1 49. c6 Rh7 50. Rd7 Rh6 51. Rf7+ Kg4 52. Rxf3 Kxf3
53. Bd5+ e4 54. c7 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"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]

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 b4 11. Ne2 a5 12. Be3 Nd7 13. Rb1 a4 14. b3 axb3 15. axb3
Bb7 16. Qe1 e6 17. f5 exf5 18. gxf5 Nce5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Qf2 Re8 21. f6 Bh8
22. Qh4 Ra8 23. Rf2 Ra2 24. Ng3 Qa8 25. Qg5 Re6 26. Rbf1 Ra1 27. Bc1 Nd7 28.
Nf5 Bxf6 29. Qg3 Ne5 30. Bb2 Rxf1+ 31. Rxf1 Qd8 32. Nxd6 Ba6 33. Nf5 Kf8 34.
Ne3 Bh4 35. Qf4 Bg5 36. Qg3 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"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Ndb5 Qb8 7. Be3 a6 8.
Bb6 axb5 9. Nxb5 Bb4+ 10. c3 Ba5 11. Nc7+ Qxc7 12. Bxc7 Bxc7 13. Qg4 g6 14. Bc4
Nge7 15. Qe2 O-O 16. O-O f5 17. f3 Ra5 18. b4 Re5 19. Bd3 Bb6+ 20. Kh1 f4 21.
Qc2 d5 22. a4 dxe4 23. fxe4 Rh5 24. Be2 Rh4 25. a5 Bc7 26. Bf3 g5 27. b5 g4 28.
bxc6 Nxc6 29. g3 fxg3 30. Bg2 Rxh2+ 31. Kg1 Bf4 32. Rxf4 Rxf4 33. Rf1 Rxf1+ 34.
Kxf1 Rh5 35. Qd1 Kf7 36. Qxg4 Rxa5 37. Qxg3 Re5 38. Qh4 Kg7 39. Bf3 b6 40. Kf2
Bd7 41. Bh5 Rc5 42. Ke2 Re5 43. Kd2 b5 44. Be2 Be8 45. Qf4 Bg6 46. Bd3 Bf7 47.
Qe3 Be8 48. Qg1+ Bg6 49. Qb6 Ne7 50. Qc7 Kf6 51. Qb8 Nc6 52. Qc8 Bxe4 53. Bxe4
Rxe4 54. Qxc6 Re5 55. Qc7 h5 56. Kd3 Kf5 57. Qf7+ Kg4 58. Kd4 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"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]

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-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"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Bg4 8.
Nbc3 e6 9. O-O Qd7 10. h3 Bxe2 11. Nxe2 Be7 12. Be3 Nb4 13. Ng3 O-O-O 14. Qe2
N4d5 15. Ne4 Kb8 16. Rad1 h5 17. a3 Qe8 18. Bd2 a6 19. Rc1 Qg8 20. f4 f5 21.
exf6 gxf6 22. f5 Rh7 23. Nc5 Bd6 24. Nxe6 Qg3 25. Qf3 Qxf3 26. Rxf3 Re8 27. Re1
h4 28. Re4 Bg3 29. Kf1 c6 30. Rg4 Kc8 31. a4 Nc7 32. Nxc7 Bxc7 33. Be1 Nd5 34.
Bxd5 cxd5 35. Bxh4 Rhe7 36. Rc3 Kb8 37. Bxf6 Rf7 38. Rg6 Ref8 39. Rxc7 Kxc7 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"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]

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"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]

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"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]

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"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]

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 olJ"]
[Site "Artek"]
[Date "1999.09.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Azarov, Sergei"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1999.09.09"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.18"]

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 olJ"]
[Site "Artek"]
[Date "1999.09.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Drozdovsky, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1999.09.09"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.18"]

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 olJ"]
[Site "Artek"]
[Date "1999.09.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1999.09.09"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.18"]

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 olJ"]
[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"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.18"]

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 olJ"]
[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"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.18"]

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 olJ"]
[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"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.18"]

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 olJ"]
[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"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.18"]

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 "EUCup G6"]
[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"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.18"]

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 "EUCup G6"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1999.10.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ribli, Zoltan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1999.10.11"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.18"]

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-ch Bank Hofmann 3rd"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "1999.10.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelashvili, Tamaz"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1999.10.23"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.18"]

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-ch Bank Hofmann 3rd"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "1999.10.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Klundt, Klaus"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1999.10.23"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.18"]

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 0-1

[Event "Bayern-ch Bank Hofmann 3rd"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "1999.10.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Miezis, Normunds"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1999.10.23"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.18"]

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-ch Bank Hofmann 3rd"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "1999.10.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1999.10.23"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.18"]

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 "SLO-chT"]
[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"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.18"]

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"]
[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"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.18"]

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"]
[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"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.18"]

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"]
[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"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.18"]

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"]
[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"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.18"]

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"]
[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"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.18"]

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"]
[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"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "1999.11.08"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.18"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Nc6 7. Be3 Bf5 8.
Nc3 e6 9. Nge2 Na5 10. Ba4+ c6 11. Bc2 Bxc2 12. Qxc2 Nac4 13. O-O Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "1st European Rapid Ch"]
[Site "Neum BIH"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Cvitan, O."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

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 "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Garcia, R."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

1. e4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. f4 c6 4. d4 d5 5. e5 f6 6. Be3 Nh6 7. Qd2 O-O 8. O-O-O
fxe5 9. fxe5 Ng4 10. h3 Nxe3 11. Qxe3 Rf7 12. Nf3 Qf8 13. Kb1 Bh6 14. Qe1 Be6
15. Na4 Nd7 16. Qb4 Qb8 17. c4 Qc7 18. Nc3 Nb6 19. cxd5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 cxd5 21.
Bd3 Rc8 22. Qe1 Bf5 23. Bxf5 Rxf5 24. Qe2 e6 25. a3 Rf7 26. Rd3 Qc4 27. Rhd1
Rfc7 28. Qf2 Qb5 29. h4 Rc1+ 30. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 31. Ka2 Qxd3 0-1

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Garcia, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

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 "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Rogozenko, D."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

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 16. h4 Be4 17. a4 Bxd5 18. Nxd5 b4 19. cxb4 Kh8 20. Rc1 Ne7 21.
Bc4 f5 22. Rh3 e4 23. Qd2 Be5 24. Qg5 Nxd5 25. Qxd8 Raxd8 26. Bxd5 Bxb2 27. Rc6
Rc8 28. Rb3 Rxc6 29. Bxc6 Bd4 30. Bb7 Rb8 31. Bxa6 Rxb4 32. Rxb4 Bc3+ 33. Ke2
Bxb4 34. Bc8 f4 35. Bb7 f3+ 36. gxf3 exf3+ 37. Kxf3 Kg7 38. Kg4 Kf6 39. f4 Bd2
40. h5 h6 41. Kf3 Kf5 42. Bc8+ Kf6 43. Ke4 d5+ 44. Kf3 Ba5 45. Kg4 Bd2 46. Ba6
Ba5 47. Bd3 Bc7 48. Bc2 Ba5 49. Kf3 Bb6 50. Bh7 Kg7 51. Bf5 Kf6 52. Bc8 Ba5 53.
Ke3 Bb6+ 54. Kd3 Bc7 55. f5 Ke5 56. Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wohl, A."]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

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 "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Milov, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

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 "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Stohl, I."]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

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 "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Antonio, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

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 12. Re1 c4 13. Bf1 Nf6 14. Qe2 b5
15. a4 Bb7 16. axb5 Bd5 17. b3 cxb3 18. c4 Be4 19. c5 Be7 20. Ra3 Bd5 21. Nd2
O-O 22. Nxb3 Nd7 23. Nd2 Bf6 24. Bb2 Rfe8 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 "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Huebner, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

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 "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Georgiev, K."]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

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 15. Ne6
Bxe6 16. dxe6 Rc8 17. Qb3 d5 18. Nxd5 Nfxd5 19. exd5 e4 20. d6 Rc3 21. Ba3 Rxb3
22. dxe7 Rxa3 23. exd8=Q Rxd8 24. Rad1 Bf6 25. Be2 Kf8 26. Rxd8+ Bxd8 27. Rd1
Bg5 28. Bc4 Rc3 29. Bb3 Rc1 30. Rxc1 Bxc1 31. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Morozevich, A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

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 "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Piket, J."]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

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 "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Sokolov, I."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Qg6 7. Qf3 Ne5 8.
Qe2 Nh6 9. f4 Neg4 10. f5 Qf6 11. Bg1 O-O 12. Nd2 Ne5 13. O-O-O Qa6 14. Qxa6
bxa6 15. N4f3 Bxg1 16. Rxg1 Nhg4 17. h3 Nxf3 18. gxf3 Ne3 19. Re1 Nxf1 20.
Rexf1 f6 21. h4 Bb7 22. Nb3 Rae8 23. Nc5 Bc8 24. c4 Kf7 25. h5 Rg8 26. Nd3 g6
27. hxg6+ hxg6 28. fxg6+ Rxg6 29. Rxg6 Kxg6 30. Nf4+ Kf7 31. Rh1 Kg7 32. Nd5
Re5 33. Nxc7 f5 34. Rh5 d6 35. Nd5 a5 36. Kd2 Bd7 37. exf5 Rxf5 38. Rxf5 Bxf5
39. Nc7 Bb1 40. a3 Ba2 41. Kc3 Kf6 42. Nb5 d5 43. c5 Ke5 44. f4+ 1-0

[Event "3rd Int"]
[Site "Torshavn FAI"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bykhovsky, A."]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2393"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

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 "3rd Int"]
[Site "Torshavn FAI"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Hillarp Persson, T."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

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 "3rd Int"]
[Site "Torshavn FAI"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Baburin, A."]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

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 "3rd Int"]
[Site "Torshavn FAI"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Savchenko, S."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

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 "3rd Int"]
[Site "Torshavn FAI"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Grischuk, A."]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

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 "3rd Int"]
[Site "Torshavn FAI"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Milov, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

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 "3rd Int"]
[Site "Torshavn FAI"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Danielsen, H."]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

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 "3rd Int"]
[Site "Torshavn FAI"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Conquest, S."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

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 "3rd Int"]
[Site "Torshavn FAI"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Stefansson, H."]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

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 "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Dao Thien, H."]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

1. d4 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 Nh5 12. O-O-O cxd5 13. Nxd5 b6 14. Nd2 Bb7 15. h4
Nf4 16. Kb1 Rc8 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. Bh3 Ne6 19. Qb3 Bc6 20. Nf3 Rb8 21. Bxe6 fxe6
22. Nc3 a4 23. Qc2 b5 24. Nd4 Bxd4 25. Rxd4 b4 26. Nb5 b3 27. Qd3 d5 28. exd5
exd5 29. Rd1 bxa2+ 30. Kxa2 Qb6 31. Rd2 Rf7 32. Na3 Re7 33. cxd5 Re1 34. b4
axb3+ 35. Kb2 Bd7 36. d6 Be6 37. d7 Rd8 38. Qc3 Bf7 39. Rd6 Qb7 40. Qf6 Qb8 41.
Rc6 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 Rc2+ 50. Kxb3 Rxc4 51. Qxc4 Kf8 52. Kc3 Bxc4
53. Kxc4 Ke7 54. Kd5 Kd7 55. Ke5 Ke7 56. f3 Kf7 57. Kd6 Kf8 58. Ke6 Ke8 59. Kf6
Kf8 60. f4 Kg8 61. Ke7 Kg7 62. h5 h6 63. gxh6+ Kxh6 64. hxg6 Kxg6 65. Ke6 Kg7
66. f5 Kf8 67. Kf6 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi ITA"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Dao Thien, H."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

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 World Cup Gp B"]
[Site "Shenyang CHN"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Xu, J."]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

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.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Short, N."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

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.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gurevich, M."]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

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.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Ye, J."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

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.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

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 "GM"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Gelfand, B."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

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 13. exf5 Nc6 14. Qe2 h5
15. O-O-O hxg4 16. Nb6 Nd4 17. Rxd4 Qxd4 18. Nxa8 Bc5 19. Nc7+ Kf8 20. Nd5 Bxf5
21. Ne3 Qf4 22. Bxb7 Rh3 23. Qd2 Rxe3 24. Qd8+ Kg7 25. fxe3 Bxe3+ 26. Kb1 Qc4
27. Qd1 Bd4 28. Qc1 f6 29. Rd1 a5 30. b3 Qc3 31. Rxd4 Qxd4 32. Qf1 Bg6 33. Qc4
Qg1+ 34. Kb2 Qxh2 35. Qxg4 Qxc2+ 36. Ka3 Qc5+ 37. Kb2 f5 38. Qc4 Qxc4 39. bxc4
Kf6 40. Kc3 f4 41. c5 Ke7 42. a3 Kd7 43. Kc4 Bc2 44. Kd5 e4 45. Kd4 f3 46. Ke3
Ke6 47. Bc6 Ke5 48. Bb7 Bd3 49. Ba8 Kf5 50. Bb7 Ke6 51. Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "GM"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Van Wely, L."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

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 "GM"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, P."]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. f4 b5 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. e5 Ng4
9. Bg1 c5 10. dxc5 dxe5 11. h3 e4 12. Nxe4 Nf6 13. Bd4 O-O 14. Bxf6 exf6 15.
Nd6 Qc7 16. b4 f5 17. O-O Bxf3 18. Rxf3 Nc6 19. a3 a5 20. Nxb5 Qe7 21. c3 axb4
22. axb4 Rxa1 23. Qxa1 Nxb4 24. Qa7 Qxa7 25. Nxa7 Bxc3 26. Nb5 Bf6 27. Bc4 Rc8
28. Bxf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GM"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gallagher, J."]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. Qd2 Nd7 6. a4 b6 7. Nf3 e6 8. Bc4 h6
9. h3 Ne7 10. O-O Bb7 11. Rfe1 g5 12. Nh2 Ng6 13. Nf1 Nf6 14. Ng3 O-O 15. Bd3
c5 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. Qe2 d5 19. exd5 exd5 20. Bc1 Rae8 21. Qd2 Nh4
22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Re1 Rxe1+ 24. Qxe1 c4 25. Bf1 d4 26. Nce2 Qc5 27. Qd1 Ne4 28.
Nxe4 Bxe4 29. Ng3 Bg6 30. Qe2 d3 31. cxd3 cxd3 32. Qe8+ Kh7 33. Be3 Qd5 34. Bd2
Bxb2 35. f3 Be5 36. Ne4 Bxe4 37. fxe4 Qd4+ 38. Kh1 Qf2 0-1

[Event "GM"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Milov, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 b5 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. O-O
Nc6 9. Re1 d6 10. a4 b4 11. Na2 Nf6 12. Bd2 a5 13. c3 bxc3 14. Nxc3 Be7 15. Nb5
Qb8 16. Bf4 e5 17. Rc1 Bd7 18. Bg5 O-O 19. Bc4 Nb4 20. b3 Bxb5 21. axb5 Rd8 22.
Qe2 Qb7 23. Bd2 Rd7 24. Bxb4 axb4 25. h3 Bd8 26. Nh2 h5 27. Nf3 g6 28. g4 hxg4
29. hxg4 Ra3 30. g5 Nh5 31. Bd5 Qa7 32. Rc8 Nf4 33. Qe3 Qxe3 34. Rxe3 Nxd5 35.
exd5 Kg7 36. Re4 Rxb3 37. Kg2 Bb6 38. Rb8 Ba7 39. Ra8 Bb6 40. Rb8 Ba7 41. Ra8
Bb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "GM"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand, B."]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

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. a4 a6 10. Rad1 Be7 11. Bh6 exd4 12. Nxd4 b4 13. Nce2 c5 14. Nf3 Qc7 15.
Nf4 Ne5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 c4 19. d6 Bxd6 20. Bxc4 O-O-O 21.
Qe2 a5 22. Bg7 Rhe8 23. Bf6 Rd7 24. Bb5 Bc6 25. c3 bxc3 26. bxc3 Re6 27. Bg5
Bc5 28. Rb1 f6 29. Qc4 Rd5 30. Be3 Bxe3 31. fxe3 Rdd6 32. Rfd1 Bxb5 33. Qxb5
Rxd1+ 34. Rxd1 Rd6 35. Rxd6 Qxd6 36. Qxa5 Qd1+ 37. Kf2 Qd2+ 38. Kf3 e4+ 39.
Kxe4 Qxg2+ 40. Kd3 Qf1+ 41. Kd4 Qf2 42. Qc5+ Kd7 43. Qd5+ Kc7 44. Qc5+ Kd7 45.
Qd5+ Kc7 46. Qe4 Qxh2 47. Qe7+ Kc8 48. Qxf6 h5 49. Qf8+ Kd7 50. Qf7+ Kc8 51.
Qf8+ Kd7 52. Qg7+ Kc8 53. Kd5 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 "GM"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van Wely, L."]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 c5 4. d5 Nf6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bf4 Ba6 7. e5 b4 8. Qa4+
Qd7 9. e6 Qxa4 10. Nxa4 Nxd5 11. exf7+ Kxf7 12. Nxc5 Bb5 13. Bg3 e6 14. Ne4 Nd7
15. Nf3 Be7 16. Nfg5+ Bxg5 17. Nxg5+ Ke7 18. Ne4 a6 19. Bd6+ Kf7 20. a4 bxa3
21. Rxa3 N5f6 22. Ng5+ Kg6 23. Nxe6 Rhe8 24. Re3 Ng4 25. Nc7 Nxe3 26. fxe3
Rxe3+ 27. Kf2 Rae8 28. Nxe8 Rxe8 29. Be2 Nb6 30. Bd1 Nd5 31. Bc2+ Kf7 32. Rd1
Ne3 33. Rd2 Bc6 34. Bc5 Ng4+ 35. Kg3 Nf6 36. Bd4 h6 37. h3 Be4 38. Bxf6 Kxf6
39. Rf2+ Kg5 40. h4+ Kh5 41. Re2 Bc6 42. Rd2 Re6 43. Bf5 Rf6 44. Bc2 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 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 "GM"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Svidler, P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

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 "GM"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Milov, V."]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

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 c6 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. h3 Nf6 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Be3 Ne8 15.
Rfd1 Rxd1+ 16. Rxd1 Be6 17. a3 Nac7 18. Nd2 Bf8 19. Na4 b6 20. b4 Rd8 21. c5 b5
22. Nb2 f6 23. Nb3 Rxd1+ 24. Bxd1 Kf7 25. f4 exf4 26. Bxf4 Bxb3 27. Bxb3+ Ke7
28. Nd3 Bg7 29. Kf2 a6 30. Ke3 Ne6 31. Bb8 h5 32. Nf4 Bh6 33. g3 N8c7 34. Bd1
Kd7 35. Kf3 Ng5+ 36. Kg2 Nxe4 37. Nxg6 Kc8 38. Bxc7 Kxc7 39. Bxh5 Bc1 40. Bf3
Ng5 41. h4 Nf7 42. Ne7 Ne5 43. h5 f5 44. Nxf5 Bxa3 45. h6 Bxb4 46. Nd4 Bc3 47.
h7 Ng6 48. Nxc6 b4 49. Na5 Nf8 50. Be4 Ne6 51. Nb3 a5 52. Bf5 a4 53. Bxe6 axb3
54. Kf3 Kc6 55. Kf4 b2 56. Ba2 1/2-1/2

[Event "GM"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Gallagher, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Qg4
g6 9. Qe2 d6 10. O-O b4 11. Nd1 Bb7 12. a3 Nc6 13. Bd2 bxa3 14. Rxa3 Qc8 15.
Ne3 Nf6 16. Nc4 Qc7 17. Nca5 Ne5 18. Nxb7 Nxd3 19. cxd3 Qxb7 20. Na5 Qd7 21.
Rb3 Rc8 22. Nc4 Bd8 23. Bh6 d5 24. Nb6 Bxb6 25. Rxb6 Qa4 26. Qf3 Nd7 27. b3
dxe4 28. dxe4 Qa5 29. Rb7 Qh5 30. Qf4 e5 31. Qd2 Nc5 32. Ra7 g5 33. Qd6 1-0

[Event "Olympic Capital Young Masters"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Jenni, F."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

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 "Olympic Capital Young Masters"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Jenni, F."]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

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 "Olympic Capital Young Masters"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Galkin, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

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 Nf6 17. axb6 axb6 18. Nb3 g4 19. Qh4 Be7 20. Re1 Nd5 21.
Qh5 Bf6 22. Bd2 Rd7 23. Ba6 Rg6 24. Bxb7+ Kxb7 25. Rxe6 Ne7 26. Rxf6 Rxf6 27.
Qxg4 Rd8 28. g3 Re6 29. Qf3 Rf8 30. c4 Nc8 31. d5 Rg6 32. Nd4 1-0

[Event "Olympic Capital Young Masters"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Galkin, A."]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

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 "Olympic Capital Young Masters"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Grischuk, A."]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5
Bg4 9. Bc4 Nc7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 a6 12. a4 b6 13. Qd3 Qb8 14. Be3 Qb7 15.
Rab1 e6 16. b4 exd5 17. exd5 cxb4 18. Rxb4 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Bb3 Ra5 21. f5
Qa6 22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Ne4 Ra1 24. Nxf6+ Bxf6 25. Rbf4 Be5 26. R4f3 Rxf1+ 27.
Rxf1 Ne8 28. Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympic Capital Young Masters"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Grischuk, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

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 "UKR-Team"]
[Site "Alushta UKR"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Alexandrova, O."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Ndb5 Qb8 7. Be3 Nf6 8.
f4 d6 9. Qf3 Be7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O a6 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 e5 14. Bb6 exf4
15. Qxf4 Be6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 g6 18. Rae1 Nxd5 19. Qf3 Nxb6 20. Rxe7 d5
21. Qf6 Qd8 22. Rxb7 Nc4 23. Qxd8 Raxd8 24. b3 Ne3 25. Rf3 d4 26. c4 Ng4 27.
Re7 a5 28. h3 Ne3 29. Ra7 f5 30. Rxa5 Ra8 31. Rxa8 Rxa8 32. Rf2 Nd1 33. Rd2 Nc3
34. a4 Kf7 35. Bf1 Rd8 36. a5 Ne4 37. Rd1 Nc3 38. Rd3 Na2 39. c5 Nb4 40. Rd1
Ke6 41. Bc4+ Ke5 42. a6 f4 43. Re1+ Kf5 44. Re6 d3 45. Rd6 Ra8 46. Kf2 Ke4 47.
Rd7 h5 48. c6 g5 49. c7 g4 50. hxg4 hxg4 51. Rd8 g3+ 52. Ke1 f3 53. gxf3+ Ke3
54. Rxa8 g2 55. Re8+ 1-0

[Event "UKR-Team"]
[Site "Alushta UKR"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Stoockalov, V."]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2398"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

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 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. O-O Na6 11. Re1 Nb4 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bd2 a5 14. Re2 Bd7 15.
Be1 Qb6 16. Rd2 d5 17. exd5 Nbxd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. c4 Nf6 20. f3 Qc7 21. Bf2
Rad8 22. Rc1 h5 23. Rc3 Bh6 24. Rdd3 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 33. Re3 Qb6 34.
Kf2 Rd8 35. Qd4 Nc5 36. Qc3 Nd3+ 0-1

[Event "UKR-Team"]
[Site "Alushta UKR"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gaponenko, I."]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

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 "XVI ECC"]
[Site "Neum BIH"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Winants, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Qg6 7. Qf3 d6 8.
Nb5 Bg4 9. Qf4 Bxe3 10. Qxe3 Kd7 11. Nd2 Nge7 12. Bc4 Be6 13. O-O Bxc4 14. Nxc4
Qh5 15. a4 a6 16. Nd4 Rae8 17. Qg3 Kc8 18. b4 Nxd4 19. cxd4 Qg6 20. Qc3 Kb8 21.
Rfe1 d5 22. Ne5 Qe6 23. b5 f6 24. Nd3 dxe4 25. Nc5 Qd5 26. a5 Nf5 27. bxa6 Ka7
28. axb7 Qxd4 29. Qc2 Nd6 30. Red1 Qc4 31. Rxd6 1-0

[Event "XVI ECC"]
[Site "Neum BIH"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khalifman, A."]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

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. Rb1 Bg7 11. Qg4 Qxd5 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 20. Ne2 e5 21.
Bxe5 fxe5 22. Qg4 Rf8 23. O-O f5 24. Qg5 f4 25. Qe7 Bb7 26. Qxc5 Qxa2 27. Nc1
Qa6 28. Be2 Rc8 29. Qe7 Qc6 30. Bf3 e4 31. Bg4 Re8 32. Qh4 Qf6 33. Qxf6 Bxf6
34. Ne2 f3 35. Nd4 Bxd4 36. cxd4 Re7 37. Rc1 Bd5 38. h3 Rg7 39. Kf1 Rb7 40.
gxf3 exf3 41. Ke1 a5 42. Kd2 a4 43. Ra1 Rb2+ 44. Ke3 Re2+ 45. Kf4 c3 46. Bd7
Rxf2 47. Bxa4 Rg2 48. Bb5 f2 49. Rc1 c2 50. Bf1 Rg1 0-1

[Event "2nd IECC"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronian, L."]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

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 "2nd IECC"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Blehm, P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

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 "2nd IECC"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sulava, N."]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "170"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

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 f5 11. exf5 gxf5 12. Ng5 Nf6 13. f4 Ng6 14. fxe5 dxe5
15. c5 h6 16. Ne6 Bxe6 17. dxe6 Qe7 18. Qb3 c6 19. Rf1 f4 20. Bd2 Nh4 21. g3
Nf5 22. gxf4 e4 23. Rg1 Kh8 24. Rg2 Rad8 25. Bc4 Nd4 26. Qa4 Qxc5 27. Be3 b5
28. Qa5 Qe7 29. Rag1 Rg8 30. Bb3 Nf3 31. Qxa7 Qxa7 32. Bxa7 Nxg1 33. Rxg1 Rge8
34. Bc5 Rd2 35. f5 h5 36. Be3 Rxb2 37. h3 Rd8 38. e7 Rd3 39. Nd1 Re2 40. Rg6
Ne8 41. f6 Bxf6 42. Rg8+ Kh7 43. Rxe8 Bxe7 44. Rxe7+ Kg6 45. Re6+ Kf5 46. Rxc6
Rexe3 47. Nxe3+ Rxe3 48. Kg2 h4 49. Kf2 Rd3 50. Ke2 Rg3 51. Rc5+ Kf4 52. Be6
Rg2+ 53. Kf1 Rb2 54. Bb3 Kf3 55. Rf5+ Ke3 56. Rc5 b4 57. Rc2 Rb1+ 58. Kg2 Kd3
59. Rf2 Rc1 60. Rf1 Rc5 61. Rd1+ Ke2 62. Rd5 Rc7 63. Bd1+ Ke3 64. Rh5 Rd7 65.
Bb3 Rd2+ 66. Kf1 Rf2+ 67. Ke1 Rh2 68. Kf1 Rxh3 69. Rb5 Kf3 70. Bd1+ Ke3 71. Bb3
Kf3 72. Rf5+ Ke3 73. Rh5 Kd2 74. Rd5+ Rd3 75. Rc5 Rf3+ 76. Kg1 e3 77. Rd5+ Ke1
78. Rd1+ Ke2 79. Rb1 Rf4 80. Kg2 Rg4+ 81. Kh3 Rd4 82. Kg2 h3+ 83. Kxh3 Kf2 84.
Bd1 Rxd1 85. Rxd1 e2 0-1

[Event "2nd IECC"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Neverov, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

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 "2nd IECC"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Volkov, S."]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

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 Nd7 11. Qa4 Qb6 12. g3 Qb5 13. Qc2 Nb6 14. Bg2 Bb7
15. Rd1 e6 16. a4 Qxa4 17. Qxa4+ Nxa4 18. O-O e5 19. Be3 Bd6 20. Bh6 Rg8 21.
Be4 Nb6 22. f4 O-O-O 23. Bxh7 Rge8 24. Bg7 exf4 25. Nxf4 Be5 26. Rc1 Bxd5 27.
Nh5 Bc6 28. Bxf6 Rd2 29. Rf2 Rxf2 30. Kxf2 Nd5 31. Be4 Nxf6 32. Nxf6 Bxe4 33.
Nxe8 Kd8 34. Re1 f5 35. Re2 Kd7 36. g4 Bxc3 37. gxf5 Bxf5 38. h4 Bd3 39. Ra2
Kxe8 40. Ke3 Bd4+ 41. Kd2 Bb1 42. Rxa7 c3+ 43. Kc1 Be4 0-1

[Event "2nd IECC"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Psakhis, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

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 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Bg3 Bd7 13. c3 Qb6 14. Qe2
Bd6 15. f4 Qc5 16. Rae1 Rae8 17. Kh1 b6 18. h3 Nh5 19. Bh2 Nf6 20. a3 Qc7 21.
Qf3 Qc5 22. Bc2 Rc8 23. Bg1 Qc7 24. Bd3 Qb8 25. Ba6 Rcd8 26. Bb5 Bxb5 27. Nxb5
Bc5 28. Nd4 Qa8 29. Qxa8 Rxa8 30. f5 exf5 31. Nxf5 Bxg1 32. Kxg1 Rfe8 33. Rxe8+
Nxe8 34. Rd1 Nf6 35. Rd6 Kf8 36. Rc6 Ne8 37. Kf2 Rd8 38. Ke3 h5 39. c4 g6 40.
Nd4 Ke7 41. b4 Kd7 42. c5 Nc7 43. Rd6+ Kc8 44. Rxd8+ Kxd8 45. Nc6+ Kd7 46. Nxa7
bxc5 47. bxc5 Ne6 48. c6+ Kc7 49. Nb5+ Kb6 50. c7 1-0

[Event "2nd IECC"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Macieja, B."]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

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 "2nd IECC"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Motylev, A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

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 Bf6
15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Rxe4 Qf5 17. Rf4 Qh5 18. Be3 b6 19. Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd IECC"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lputian, S."]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

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 "2nd IECC"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Greenfeld, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

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 Nc6 10. O-O-O Nxd4 11. Rxd4 Bc6 12. Bc4 h6 13. b4 a6 14.
Kd2 Bg5 15. Ke3 f6 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Rdd1 Ba4 18. Bb3 Bxb3 19. axb3 Bc3 20.
Bxc7 Bxb4 21. Be5 O-O 22. Rd7 Rf7 23. Rhd1 Re8 24. Rxf7 Kxf7 25. Rd7+ Re7 26.
Rxe7+ Bxe7 27. Kxe4 b5 28. Kd5 a5 29. Kc6 a4 30. Kxb5 a3 31. Ka4 1-0

[Event "2nd IECC"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Aseev, K."]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

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. Qc2 Ra7 12. b3 Qa8 13. Rb1 Rb8 14. Rd1 Rab7 15.
Bd2 c4 16. Rdc1 Nc5 17. bxc4 Bxc4 18. Nf4 Qa6 19. Rxb7 Rxb7 20. Rb1 Rxb1+ 21.
Qxb1 Nfd7 22. Qc2 Qa3 23. h4 Ne5 24. Bc1 Qa7 25. Bh3 Qa5 26. Bd2 Qa3 27. Kf1
Nf3 28. Nd1 Nxd2+ 29. Qxd2 Bxa2 30. Bg2 Bb3 31. Ne3 Ba4 32. Qa5 Qa1+ 33. Qe1
Qb2 34. Bf3 Nb3 35. Kg2 Nd2 36. Nd3 Qc3 37. Qc1 Qxc1 38. Nxc1 Bb5 39. Nf1 Nb1
40. Nb3 Nc3 41. e4 Bd3 42. Nfd2 Bh6 43. Kg1 f5 44. exf5 Bxf5 45. Bg2 Bc8 46.
Ne4 Bg7 47. Nxc3 Bxc3 48. Nc1 Kf7 49. Be4 h6 50. Nd3 g5 51. hxg5 hxg5 52. Kf1
Ke8 53. Ke2 Kd8 54. f4 g4 55. Ke3 Kc7 56. Bg6 Kb6 57. Be8 Bf5 58. Bf7 Kb5 59.
Be6 Bxe6 60. dxe6 Kc4 61. f5 Bd4+ 62. Ke2 Kd5 63. Nf4+ Ke5 0-1

[Event "2nd IECC"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Milov, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

1. e4 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 Bg7 14. Be2
a6 15. g4 f5 16. e5 fxg4 17. Rhg1 h5 18. h3 Be6 19. hxg4 h4 20. Qe4 Qb6 21. Kc1
Rc5 22. Na4 Qa5 23. Nxc5 Qxc5 24. f5 Bxa2 25. f6 Bf8 26. Qa4+ b5 27. Qxa2 Qe3+
28. Kb1 1-0

[Event "2nd IECC"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Sutovsky, E."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

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 "2nd IECC Playoff g/15"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Sutovsky, E."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

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 "2nd IECC Playoff g/15"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Sutovsky, E."]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

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 "3rd Rector Cup"]
[Site "Kharkov RUS"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pelletier, Y."]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Ndb5 Ne5 8.
Bg2 a6 9. Qa4 Rb8 10. Be3 Bc5 11. Bxc5 Qxc5 12. Qa3 Qxa3 13. Nxa3 Ke7 14. f4
Nc6 15. e4 d6 16. Nc2 Bd7 17. O-O-O Rhc8 18. Rd3 Na5 19. b3 b5 20. cxb5 axb5
21. Rhd1 b4 22. e5 Ng4 23. Rxd6 Rc7 24. Ne2 Nb7 25. Kb1 Nc5 26. R6d4 f6 27.
R1d2 fxe5 28. fxe5 Nxe5 29. Nxb4 Be8 30. Nf4 g5 31. Nfd5+ exd5 32. Nxd5+ Kd8
33. Nxc7+ Kxc7 34. Rc2 Bg6 35. Be4 Bxe4 36. Rxe4 Ned7 37. Rd4 Rb7 38. Rxd7+
Kxd7 39. Rxc5 h6 40. Kb2 Rb4 41. a4 Re4 42. Rc2 h5 43. Ka3 Re5 44. Kb4 Kd6 45.
a5 1-0

[Event "3rd Rector Cup"]
[Site "Kharkov RUS"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Moiseenko, A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

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 "3rd Rector Cup"]
[Site "Kharkov RUS"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zubarev, A1."]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

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 Kf4 50. Kd5 b3 51. Rb8 Nf6+ 52. Kc4 Nxg4 53.
Rxb3 Nf2 54. Kxc5 g4 55. Kd6 Ne4+ 56. Kd5 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 "3rd Rector Cup"]
[Site "Kharkov RUS"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Eljanov, P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 Nf6 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 21.
O-O Qf7 22. f4 Rac8 23. Rf3 Rc5 24. Rh3 h6 25. Rg3 Kh7 26. b4 Rcc8 27. Rd2 Bxd5
28. Bxf5 Kh8 29. Rxg6 Qd7 30. Rxh6+ Bxh6 31. Qxh6+ Kg8 32. Be6+ 1-0

[Event "3rd Rector Cup"]
[Site "Kharkov RUS"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Turov, M."]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

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 Bd7 13. Bb2 Re8 14. Qc2 Qa5 15.
Rad1 Qh5 16. Ne2 g5 17. e5 Qg6 18. Qxg6 hxg6 19. Ng3 Be6 20. exf6 exf6 21. Ne4
Bd5 22. Nfd2 f5 23. Nc3 Bxd4 24. Nxd5 Bxb2 25. Ne7+ Kg7 26. Nc4 Bc3 27. Re3 d5
28. Nxc6 dxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Rector Cup"]
[Site "Kharkov RUS"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Pelletier, Y."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

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 b4 12. Nb1 a5 13. Bg5 f6 14. Nd4 Ne5 15.
Bb5+ Kf7 16. Bh4 Qc7 17. f4 Nec4 18. Qe2 e5 19. Nf5 exf4 20. g5 Ne5 21. gxf6 g6
22. Nd2 a4 23. Kb1 a3 24. Nf3 Nxf3 25. Qxf3 axb2 26. Rxd6 Qxd6 27. Nxd6+ Bxd6
28. e5 Be6 29. Qb7+ Nd7 30. Bc4 1-0

[Event "3rd Rector Cup"]
[Site "Kharkov RUS"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Moiseenko, A."]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

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 "3rd Rector Cup"]
[Site "Kharkov RUS"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Zubarev, A1."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. b3 f5 8. exf5
Nf6 9. Bd3 e4 10. Be2 Bxf5 11. O-O a6 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 O-O 14. Nc3 Qe8 15.
Bf4 Rd8 16. Rad1 Kh8 17. f3 Qg6 18. fxe4 Nxe4 19. Nd5 Bh3 20. Bf3 Ng5 21. Qd2
Nxf3+ 22. Rxf3 Bg4 23. Nxe7 Qh5 24. Rdf1 Bxf3 25. Rxf3 Rde8 26. Rh3 Qg4 27. Qd3
h5 28. Ng6+ Kg8 29. Nxf8 1-0

[Event "3rd Rector Cup"]
[Site "Kharkov RUS"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Eljanov, P."]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

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 11. bxa5 Rxa5 12. Bb4 Ra8 13. a4 Re8 14. Re1 Bf8 15.
Bf1 c5 16. Ba3 Bh6 17. Bb2 Rf8 18. g3 Ne8 19. Nb5 f5 20. exf5 Nxf5 21. Bg2 Nf6
22. Nd2 Nd4 23. Bxd4 cxd4 24. Ne4 Nxe4 25. Bxe4 Rf6 26. Ra2 Bh3 27. Bg2 Qd7 28.
Bxh3 Qxh3 29. Nc7 Rc8 30. Ne6 Rf5 31. Rf1 Rxc4 32. Qb3 Rh5 33. f4 Rc3 34. Qb5
Rf5 35. a5 bxa5 36. Rb2 exf4 37. Qe8+ Bf8 38. Nxd4 Re3 39. Qc8 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 "3rd Rector Cup"]
[Site "Kharkov RUS"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Turov, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

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 14. Qd3 Ne6
15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Rfe1 Qd7 17. Qc4 O-O-O 18. Rxe6 Nd5 19. Bxe7 Qxe6 20. Bxd8
Rxd8 21. g3 c6 22. Rd1 g5 23. h4 gxh4 24. Qxh4 h6 25. Kg2 Ne3+ 26. fxe3 Rxd1
27. Nxd1 Qd5+ 28. Kh2 Qxd1 29. Qxh6 Qc2+ 30. Kh3 Qd2 31. Qe6+ Kc7 32. g4 Qe2
33. e4 c5 34. e5 c4 35. Qe7+ 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 52.
g7 Qg8 53. Qf8 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 "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Li, W."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

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 Bd6 14. Ne4 Bf4
15. Be1 O-O-O 16. Nxf6 Nxf6 17. g3 Bd6 18. c4 c5 19. Bc3 cxd4 20. Nxd4 a6 21.
Qe2 Kb8 22. Nf3 Ka8 23. Ne5 Bxe5 24. Bxe5 Qc6 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Re1 Qg2 27.
Bxf6 gxf6 28. Qe3 f5 29. a3 Rd7 30. Ka1 Rd8 31. Rc1 Rh8 32. c5 Qe4 33. Qd2 f4
34. gxf4 Rb8 35. Qd6 Qc6 36. Qxc6 bxc6 37. Rd1 Rg8 38. Rd7 Rg1+ 39. Ka2 Rh1 40.
b4 Rxh5 41. Kb3 Rh3+ 42. Ka4 Kb8 43. Rxf7 Kc8 44. Ka5 Kd8 45. a4 Rf3 46. Kxa6
1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Li, W."]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

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 KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Tiviakov, S."]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

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 KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Tiviakov, S."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

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 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Rxc4 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nd5 e5 19. Nxf6 Qxf6 20. Nb3 Re6
21. Qa5 Ra4 22. Qc3 Qd8 23. Rd2 Qb6 24. Nc1 Bb5 25. b3 Ra6 26. Rhd1 Qd8 27. g3
Rc6 28. Qe3 Qb6 29. Qxb6 Rxb6 30. Ka1 f5 31. Ne2 fxe4 32. fxe4 Bxe2 33. Rxe2
Rf6 34. Kb2 Rc6 35. Rd3 Kf7 36. Rg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Tiviakov, S."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

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 WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Tiviakov, S."]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

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 KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Georgiev, K."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

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 KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Georgiev, K."]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

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. Bg5 Be7 21. Ra3 Nfd7 22.
Be3 Bf6 23. Rea1 Nb6 24. axb5 axb5 25. Rxa8 Bxa8 26. Ra5 h4 27. Nf1 Nxd5 28.
Rxa8 Qxa8 29. Bxc5 dxc5 30. exd5 e4 31. N3h2 Bg7 32. d6 Qc6 33. Qf4 f5 34. f3
e3 35. Nxe3 Be5 36. Qh6 Qxd6 37. Nhf1 Bf4 38. Nxf5 gxf5 39. Qh5 Re1 40. g3 Be3+
0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Morozevich, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

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 WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Morozevich, A."]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

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 KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Morozevich, A."]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

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 KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Morozevich, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

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 12. d3 Nd7 13. Nd2 Kh8 14. Kh1 Ne7 15.
Qe2 h6 16. f4 Ng6 17. f5 Nf4 18. Qf3 Nf6 19. Bc2 g5 20. fxg6 fxg6 21. Nb3 Nd7
22. Bxf4 Rxf4 23. Qe2 Ba7 24. Rxf4 exf4 25. Qg4 g5 26. d4 Nf6 27. Qe6 Qf8 28.
e5 Nh5 29. exd6 Qxd6 30. Qxd6 cxd6 31. Re1 Rf8 32. Re7 Bb8 33. Nd2 Ng7 34. Nf3
Re8 35. Rb7 d5 36. Rb6 h5 37. Bg6 Rc8 38. Nxg5 f3 39. gxf3 Bf4 40. h4 Bc1 41.
Rxa6 Bxb2 42. Bf7 Ne8 43. Rg6 Nc7 44. Rc6 Ra8 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Bareev, E."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

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 KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Bareev, E."]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

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 KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Bareev, E."]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

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 KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Bareev, E."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

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 KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Svidler, P."]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

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 KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Svidler, P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

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 WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Svidler, P."]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

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 WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Svidler, P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

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 "Governor"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Aleksandrov, A."]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

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"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Baklan, V."]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

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"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Borovikov, V."]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

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"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ehlvest, J."]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

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"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Moiseenko, A."]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nge2 c6 6. Ng3 d6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O
e5 9. d5 cxd5 10. cxd5 a6 11. b4 h5 12. Bg5 Qe8 13. Qd2 Nh7 14. Be3 Ndf6 15. h3
h4 16. Nge2 Nh5 17. Rac1 Bd7 18. Bb1 Kh8 19. Kh2 f5 20. exf5 gxf5 21. f4 Rg8
22. fxe5 Bxe5+ 23. Nf4 N7f6 24. Kg1 Rg7 25. Rf2 Ng3 26. Bd4 Nfh5 27. Bxe5 dxe5
28. Ne6 Bxe6 29. Qh6+ Kg8 30. Qxe6+ Qxe6 31. dxe6 Nf4 32. Re1 Rc8 33. Na4 Nxe6
34. Bxf5 Nxf5 35. Rxf5 Rc2 36. Rf2 Rxf2 37. Kxf2 Nf4 38. Rg1 Rg3 39. Nc5 Kg7
40. Nxb7 e4 41. Nc5 e3+ 42. Kf1 Rg6 43. a4 Rd6 44. Ke1 Rd2 0-1

[Event "Governor"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Aleksandrov, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

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 38. Kg2 Kg6 39. Kf2 Re6 40.
Kf3 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 51. Ke4 Rd1 52. Re2 f6 53. Rg2
Re1+ 54. Kd3 Ke5 55. Rf2 Rg1 56. Re2+ Kd6 57. Re3 Rg2 58. Rf3 Ke6 59. Re3+ Kf7
60. Kc4 Rxb2 61. Kd5 Rb3 62. Kc6 Rxa3 63. Kd7 b5 64. Re7+ Kg6 65. Ke8 Rxc3 66.
Kf8 Rd3 67. Rg7+ Kh6 68. Rxc7 a3 69. Kf7 a2 70. Ra7 Rd7+ 71. Rxd7 a1=Q 72. Rd2
Qa7+ 73. Kxf6 Qg7+ 0-1

[Event "Governor"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Baklan, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

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"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Borovikov, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

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"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Ehlvest, J."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

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"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Moiseenko, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

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 Rg8 43. Rc4 h5 44. gxh5 Rxg2+ 45. Kc3
Rh2 46. a5 Rxh5 47. a6 Rh8 48. b4 Ra8 49. b5 f5 50. b6 Rxa6 51. b7 1-0

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Donetsk UKR"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Korchnoi, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[PlyCount "181"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

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 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Na5 13. Bg5 Nc4 14. Bxc4 bxc4
15. b4 cxb3 16. axb3 O-O 17. b4 c5 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. bxc5 Qxc5 20. Qd3 f6 21.
Rfe1 a5 22. Nd4 Rae8 23. exf6 Rxf6 24. Qb5 Qxb5 25. Nxb5 Bd7 26. Rxe8+ Bxe8 27.
Nc7 Bc6 28. Rxa5 Rd6 29. f3 d4 30. cxd4 Rxd4 31. Ne6 Rd6 32. Nf4 Rd4 33. Ne2
Rd2 34. Kf2 Rb2 35. Ke3 Rb7 36. Rc5 Bd7 37. h4 Ra7 38. Nc3 h6 39. Kf4 Ra6 40.
Nd5 Be6 41. Ne3 Ra3 42. Rc7 Rd3 43. Re7 Bd7 44. Nc4 Bb5 45. Ne5 Rd4+ 46. Kg3
Rd2 47. Ng4 Bd7 48. Ne3 Kf8 49. Re4 Kf7 50. Nc4 Rd5 51. Kf2 Bf5 52. Re3 Rd4 53.
Ne5+ Kf6 54. g4 Rd5 55. f4 g5 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 "Match"]
[Site "Donetsk UKR"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Korchnoi, V."]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "233"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. Nf3
d6 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Bf4 Rc8 12. Re1 a6 13. Bf1 Qc7 14. b4 Rfd8 15. Rc1
Ne5 16. Nd2 Qb8 17. h3 Bc6 18. Qe2 Ng6 19. Bg3 Qb7 20. Nb3 h6 21. Rb1 Bf8 22.
f3 Re8 23. Bf2 Qb8 24. Qe3 Nd7 25. Red1 Bb7 26. Na4 Nge5 27. Nxb6 Nxb6 28. Qxb6
Nxc4 29. Bxc4 Rxc4 30. Na5 Rc7 31. b5 Ba8 32. Qxb8 Rxb8 33. b6 Rd7 34. b7 Bxb7
35. Rb3 Kh7 36. e5 Bxf3 37. Rxf3 d5 38. Nc6 Rc8 39. Nd4 Rb7 40. Kf1 Kg8 41. Nb3
Rc2 42. Bd4 Rbc7 43. a4 Bb4 44. Bb6 R7c4 45. Rf2 R2c3 46. Rb1 Be7 47. a5 f6 48.
exf6 Bxf6 49. Rf3 Rc2 50. Rd1 Rb2 51. Nc5 e5 52. Nxa6 e4 53. Rf2 Rxf2+ 54. Bxf2
d4 55. Be1 d3 56. Nb4 Rc5 57. g4 Rxa5 58. Nxd3 Ra3 59. Nf2 Bh4 60. Nxe4 Bxe1
61. Rxe1 Rxh3 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 75. Rb5 Kg6 76. Kf2 Rf6 77. Ke3 Rf4 78. Rb6+ Kh7 79. Ne5 Kg7 80.
Rd6 Ra4 81. Rg6+ Kh7 82. Rc6 Kg7 83. Nc4 Ra7 84. Nd6 Ra3+ 85. Kd2 Ra2+ 86. Ke3
Ra3+ 87. Ke4 Ra4+ 88. Ke5 Ra5+ 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 "Match"]
[Site "Donetsk UKR"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Korchnoi, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

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 Nc5 10. Nc3 Nxb3 11. cxb3 Be7 12. Rc1 Qd7 13. h3 O-O 14. Ne2 f6 15.
exf6 Rxf6 16. Ned4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Rf5 18. Ne5 Qc8 19. Nc6 Bd6 20. Bc5 Qd7 21.
Bxd6 cxd6 22. Nd4 Re5 23. Rc3 b4 24. Rg3 a5 25. Kh2 Bf7 26. Nf3 Rf5 27. Qd4 g6
28. Qd2 Re8 29. Nd4 Rfe5 30. f4 Re4 31. f5 Kh8 32. Qh6 Qe7 33. Nf3 Qf8 34. Qg5
Qg7 35. f6 Qf8 36. Rc1 h6 37. Qd2 g5 38. Rc7 Re2 39. Qc1 R2e6 40. h4 Rxf6 41.
hxg5 Rg6 42. Qf4 Be6 43. Nh4 Rg7 44. Qd4 Kh7 45. Qd3+ 1-0

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Donetsk UKR"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Korchnoi, V."]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

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 "Match"]
[Site "Donetsk UKR"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Korchnoi, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

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 d4 10. Ne2 e5 11. O-O O-O 12. h3 Re8 13. Ng3 Nd7 14. f4 exf4 15.
Bxf4 Nde5 16. Qh5 f6 17. b4 Be6 18. b5 Bf7 19. Qe2 Na5 20. Nf5 Bg6 21. Nh4 Rc8
22. Bxe5 Rxe5 23. Nf3 Re7 24. Rae1 Rc3 25. e5 Bxd3 26. cxd3 Nb3 27. Qa2 Kh8 28.
exf6 gxf6 29. Nh4 Qe8 30. Qf2 Rxe1 31. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 32. Qxe1 Rc1 33. Kf2 Rxe1 34.
Kxe1 a5 35. bxa6 bxa6 36. Ke2 a5 37. Nf5 a4 38. Kf3 Nd2+ 39. Kf4 Nb1 40. Ke4
Nxa3 41. Kxd4 Kg8 42. Ne3 Nb5+ 43. Kc4 Nc7 44. Kb4 Ne6 45. Nc2 Kf7 46. Ne1 Kg6
47. Kxa4 Kf5 48. Kb5 Kf4 49. Kc6 Kg3 50. Kd5 Ng7 51. Kd6 Kf2 52. Ke7 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 Ke4 62. g7 Nxg7 63. Kxg7 Kxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Donetsk UKR"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Korchnoi, V."]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

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 "Match"]
[Site "Donetsk UKR"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Korchnoi, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Nf3 h6
8. Bh4 c5 9. Be2 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Nxd4 Bc5 12. Nb3 Bd6 13. Bf3 Ke7 14.
Bg3 Bxg3 15. hxg3 a5 16. O-O-O Ra7 17. Rhe1 Bd7 18. Nd4 g6 19. Re3 a4 20. Rc3
Rc8 21. Rxc8 Bxc8 22. Nb5 Ra6 23. Rd4 Bd7 24. Nc3 b5 25. a3 Ne8 26. Be2 Nd6 27.
Rb4 Ra5 28. Kd2 Bc6 29. Bf1 h5 30. Ke3 e5 31. f4 Ke6 32. Kf2 Kf6 33. Be2 Ke6
34. Bd3 Kf6 35. g4 hxg4 36. fxe5+ Kxe5 37. Rxg4 Bd7 38. Rg3 Ra7 39. Re3+ Kf6
40. Nd5+ Kg5 41. Re5+ f5 42. Ke3 Bc6 43. Nf4 Ra8 44. Nxg6 Kf6 45. Rc5 Bxg2 46.
Nh4 Be4 47. Bxe4 fxe4 48. Rc6 Ke5 49. Ng6+ Kd5 50. Ne7+ Ke6 51. Nf5 Kxf5 52.
Rxd6 Re8 53. Rh6 Kg5 54. Rh2 Re7 55. Rf2 Re5 56. Rf4 Rc5 57. c3 Re5 58. Rf8 Re6
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 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 "Match"]
[Site "Donetsk UKR"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Korchnoi, V."]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. Nf3
Qc7 9. Bg5 b6 10. Bd3 h6 11. Bh4 Nh5 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. O-O Ba6 14. Rc1 Nf4 15.
Nb5 Bxb5 16. cxb5 Qd6 17. Bb1 Qxd1 18. Rcxd1 d5 19. e5 g5 20. Rfe1 Rac8 21. h4
g4 22. Nh2 h5 23. f3 g3 24. Nf1 Neg6 25. Rd4 Rc4 26. Rxc4 dxc4 27. Bxg6 fxg6
28. Nxg3 Nd3 29. Re2 Rd8 30. Ne4 Nxe5 31. Ng5 Rd5 32. a4 Kg7 33. Nxe6+ Kf6 34.
Ng5 Kf5 35. Ne4 Rd3 36. Nc3 Rd4 37. Ne4 Rd3 38. Kh2 Rb3 39. Nd6+ Kf6 40. Ne8+
Kf5 41. Nd6+ Kf6 42. Kg3 Rb4 43. Re4 Ke6 44. Nc8 Kf6 45. Nxa7 Rxa4 46. Nc6 Nd3
47. Ne7 Nxb2 48. Nd5+ Kf7 49. Re7+ Kf8 50. Rb7 Nd1 51. Rxb6 c3 52. Rc6 Ra5 53.
b6 Rb5 54. Rc7 Rxd5 55. b7 Rb5 56. Rc8+ Kf7 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 "World Teams"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Lutz, C."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[PlyCount "185"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

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 "World Teams"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vera, R."]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

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 "World Teams"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Safin, S."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

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 a6 21.
Rg5 Rxe4 22. Qxe4 Nxa4 23. Re1 g6 24. h4 Nc3 25. Qf3 Na2 26. Ba3 Nb4 27. h5 Nd3
28. hxg6 hxg6 29. Bxd6 Qxd6 30. Re4 Rd8 31. Rg3 b5 32. Rh3 Kg7 33. Qe3 Qf6 34.
Qh6+ Kg8 35. Qh7+ Kf8 36. Qh8+ Qxh8 37. Rxh8+ Kg7 38. Rxd8 b4 39. d5 c3 40. Rc8
1-0

[Event "World Teams"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Leko, P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

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 "World Teams"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nedev, T."]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

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. Ne4 Qe6 12. b3 d5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Ng5
Qxe2+ 15. Bxe2 Bb4+ 16. Bd2 Bxd2+ 17. Kxd2 O-O 18. Bf3 Rd8 19. Kc2 a5 20. Rhd1
Bf5+ 21. Be4 Bxe4+ 22. Nxe4 a4 23. a3 axb3+ 24. Kxb3 Rdb8+ 25. Kc2 Ra4 26. Nd2
g6 27. g3 Rb5 28. Rdc1 Rd4 29. Nb3 Re4 30. Kb2 Nb6 31. Rc2 c5 32. Ka2 c4 33.
Nc1 Nd5 34. Rb1 Ra5 35. Rb8+ Kg7 36. Kb2 c3+ 37. Kb3 Re1 38. a4 Re4 39. Ra2 g5
40. Nd3 Rd4 41. Nb4 Rd2 42. Rxd2 cxd2 43. Kc2 Nc7 44. Kxd2 Rxa4 45. h3 Ra1 46.
Ke2 Rh1 47. Rb7 Ne6 48. Nd3 Kf6 49. Rb6 Rxh3 50. Nc5 h5 51. Kf3 Rh2 52. Nxe6
fxe6 53. Rb1 Kf5 54. Rb5+ e5 55. Ra5 Rh1 56. Ra8 e4+ 57. Kg2 Rd1 58. Ra5+ Kg4
59. Ra4 Kf5 60. Ra5+ Kf6 61. Ra6+ Ke5 62. Rh6 Rd2 63. Rh8 Kf5 64. Rf8+ Ke5 65.
Rg8 Kd4 66. Kf1 g4 67. Rd8+ Kc3 68. Rc8+ Kd3 69. Rd8+ Kc2 70. Rc8+ Kd1 71. Rc4
Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Teams"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Vaganian, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C17"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

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 Nh6 12. Bb2 Ba4 13. Bxd4 Bb5 14. O-O Nf5 15.
Bf2 h5 16. Ng5 Bxd3 17. cxd3 Nc6 18. Rc1 Qd8 19. Re1 Rc8 20. Bc5 Ncd4 21. h3 b6
22. Bxd4 Nxd4 23. Rxc8 Qxc8 24. Qa1 Nf5 25. Rc1 Qd7 26. Qc3 O-O 27. Qc6 Qd8 28.
Qb7 Nd4 29. Kf2 Qb8 30. Rc7 Qxb7 31. Rxb7 b5 32. Ra7 h4 33. Ke3 Nf5+ 34. Kf3 g6
35. Kg4 Ne3+ 36. Kxh4 Nxg2+ 37. Kg3 Ne1 38. Rxa6 Nxd3 39. Ra7 Rc8 40. Nxf7 Rc4
41. Nh6+ Kh8 42. Rf7 g5 43. fxg5 Nxe5 44. Rf6 Kg7 45. Rxe6 Rc3+ 46. Kf4 Ng6+
47. Kf5 Rf3+ 48. Kg4 Rxa3 49. Nf5+ Kh7 50. h4 Rb3 51. h5 Rxb4+ 52. Kg3 Rb3+ 53.
Kf2 Rb2+ 54. Ke1 Nf8 55. Rf6 Rg2 56. Rf7+ Kg8 57. Nh6+ 1-0

[Event "World Teams"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dreev, A."]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

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. Bc2 Nc6 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15.
Nd6 b3 16. Bb1 Qc7 17. Be3 Nxe5 18. Nxb7 Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 Qxb7 20. Qxb7 Nxb7 21.
Be4 Rab8 22. Ba7 Nc5 23. Bc6 Rb4 24. Rfd1 Rc8 25. Bxc5 Bxc5 26. Rac1 Bd4 27.
Bb5 Rb8 28. Rc4 Rxc4 29. Bxc4 Bxb2 30. Bxb3 a5 31. Bc4 g6 32. g3 Rc8 33. Bb5
Rc2 34. Bd3 Rc5 35. Kg2 Kg7 36. Bb5 Ba3 37. Rd2 Bb4 38. Re2 e5 39. Re4 h5 40.
Rc4 Rd5 41. Rc7 e4 42. Rc4 Re5 43. Bc6 f5 44. Rc2 g5 45. Rc4 Kf6 46. Rc2 Re7
47. Bb5 f4 48. Rc6+ Ke5 49. gxf4+ gxf4 50. Rg6 Kf5 51. Rg8 Rc7 52. Rc8 f3+ 53.
Kf1 Rg7 54. Rc4 Ke5 55. Bc6 Rg4 56. Bb5 Rg2 57. h3 Kd5 58. Rc8 Bc5 59. Rd8+ Ke5
60. Re8+ Kf4 61. Rc8 Bxf2 62. Rc4 0-1

[Event "Young Masters"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Volokitin, A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

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 "Young Masters"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Volokitin, A."]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

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 "Young Masters"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Bu, X."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

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 "Young Masters"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Bu, X."]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

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 "Young Masters"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Aronian, L."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

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 "Young Masters"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Aronian, L."]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

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 "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Zhu, C."]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]

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 UAE"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Zhu, C."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]

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 WCh KO Final"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]

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 WCh KO Final"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]

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 "SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]

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 Rf7 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qd1 Nbc6 13. Nf3 Qf8 14. O-O c4 15.
Be2 h6 16. Bc1 Bd7 17. Ne1 g5 18. g3 Nf5 19. Ng2 Qg7 20. f4 Nd6 21. Qe1 b5 22.
fxg5 Rxf1+ 23. Bxf1 hxg5 24. Ne3 Rf8 25. Bg2 a5 26. Bd2 Qg6 27. Ng4 Rf5 28. Qe3
Kg7 29. Rb1 Kh7 30. a4 bxa4 31. Bc1 Rf7 32. Ba3 Qxc2 33. Rc1 Qf5 34. Bh3 Ne4
35. Ne5 Qf2+ 36. Qxf2 Rxf2 37. Nxd7 Ra2 38. Bc5 Nd2 39. Bg2 a3 40. Nf8+ Kh6 41.
Re1 e5 42. dxe5 g4 43. e6 Nf3+ 44. Bxf3 gxf3 45. Kf1 1-0

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Adams, M."]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]

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 Nb8 13. Nf1 Nbd7 14. N3h2 Nc5 15.
Bc2 c6 16. b4 Ncd7 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Ng4 Nxg4 21. Qxg4
d5 22. exd5 Qxd5 23. Bb3 Qd8 24. Qh5 Ra7 25. Rxe5 Rxe5 26. Qxe5 Qg5 27. Qxg5
hxg5 28. Ne3 g6 29. Rd1 Rc7 30. Kf1 Kg7 31. Ke2 Be7 32. Bd5 Bd7 33. Rd3 Bf6 34.
c4 bxc4 35. Bxc4 Bc8 36. a3 Bb2 37. Kd2 f5 38. Kc2 Bxa3 39. Rxa3 f4 40. Kb3
fxe3 41. fxe3 Re7 42. Ka4 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 "SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shirov, A."]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]

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 Bd6 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Bd2 O-O
15. O-O Nxc3 16. bxc3 Be6 17. Re1 Bd5 18. Bd3 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Bxc4 20. Ne5 Bf7 21.
Nxf7 Rxf7 22. Qb3 c5 23. d5 b5 24. Re6 Qd7 25. Rae1 c4 26. Qd1 Rd8 27. Qe2 Qxd5
28. Rxe7 Rxe7 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 43. f3 a5 44. Kf2 Qg6 45. Qa8+ Kh7 46.
Qxa5 Qc2+ 47. Kg3 Qg6+ 48. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, F."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]

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 "SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kasparov, G."]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2838"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 c5 8.
Ne5 Nd7 9. Bb5 Bd6 10. Qg4 Kf8 11. O-O Nxe5 12. dxe5 Bxe5 13. Bg5 Bf6 14. Rad1
Qc7 15. Qh4 Bxg5 16. Qxg5 f6 17. Qh5 g6 18. Qh6+ Kf7 19. Rd3 a6 20. Rh3 Qe7 21.
Bd3 f5 22. g4 Qf6 23. Rd1 b5 24. Be2 e5 25. Rhd3 Ra7 26. Rd6 Qg7 27. Qe3 Rc7
28. a4 e4 29. axb5 axb5 30. Bxb5 Qe5 31. Qg5 Qe7 32. Qh6 Be6 33. Qf4 Bc8 34.
Qh6 Be6 35. gxf5 gxf5 36. Be2 Qf6 37. Bh5+ Ke7 38. Rxe6+ 1-0

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Anand, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]

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


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