[Event "Match"]
[Site "Donetsk"]
[Date "2001.01.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov R., UKR."]
[Black "Korchnoi V., SUI."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "IM E.Miroshnichenko, IM O.Berezin"]
[PlyCount "181"]
[EventDate "2001.01.16"]
[Source "Mikhail Golubev"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.27"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Be3 10... Qd7 $5 {The main line is 0-0, also playable is 10..
.Nc5 (Khalifman - Korchnoi, Ubeda1997), but Korchnoi, as an expert of open
variation, minds something new.} 11. Nbd2 11... Nxd2 $6 {Not so good 11. ...
Bg4 12.Ne4 de 13.Qd5 Qd5 14.Bd5 O-O 15.Bc6 fe 16.gf   Lautier-Korchnoi Ubeda
1997, but deserves attention 11. ...Rd8!? as Victor Lvovich played twice with
Timman in 1987 and with B.Anand in Monte-Carlo 1993 blindfold.} 12. Qxd2 Na5
13. Bg5 13... Nc4 $146 {
Before this game black played 13. ...c5 with a terrible statistics.} 14. Bxc4
bxc4 15. b4 $1 {!+=} 15... cxb3 16. axb3 O-O 17. b4 c5 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. bxc5
Qxc5 20. Qd3 {Interesting was to try 20.Nd4 Rfc8 21.Rac1 with the  idea f4,f5 .
} 20... f6 $5 {Searching for a counterplay.} 21. Rfe1 {
(If  21.Ra6 so 21. ...Bf5 22.Qe2 Ra6 23.Qa6 Qc3-black is ok!)} 21... a5 22. Nd4
Rae8 23. exf6 Rxf6 24. Qb5 Qxb5 25. Nxb5 Bd7 26. Rxe8+ Bxe8 27. Nc7 Bc6 28.
Rxa5 28... Rd6 $1 {White can not prevent 29. ...d4 with an exchanging of weak
pawn d5 (if 29.Ra6 so 29. ...d4! 30.Nb5?? Re6 31.f3 Re1 32.Kf2 Rf1-+).Black
have a good draw chances.  } 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 {(47.h5!? Re2 48.Kh3 with the idea g4,Kg3-f4 )} 47... Bd7
48. Ne3 Kf8 49. Re4 Kf7 50. Nc4 Rd5 51. Kf2 51... Bf5 $4 {
A blunder ...sometimes something strange happens.} 52. Re3 $4 {Impossible!
Immediatly wins 52.Rf4!: 52. ...g5 53.Rf5 Rf5 54.Nd6 Ke6 55.Nf5 Kf5   56.Kg3,
57.Kg4, 58.f4+-; 52. ...Ke6 53.Ne3 Ra5 54.Rf5 Rf5 55.Nf5 Kf5 56.g4 Kf4   57.
h5!+-; 52. ...Ke6 53.Ne3 Rd2 54.Ke1 Rd3 55.Nf5 Ke5 56.Rd4 Rd4 57.Nd4 Kd4 58.
h5!+-.} 52... Rd4 53. Ne5+ Kf6 54. g4 54... Rd5 $1 55. f4 55... g5 $1 {=} 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 {
time white 3.26 black 3.25} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Donetsk"]
[Date "2001.01.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Korchnoi V., SUI."]
[Black "Ponomariov R., UKR."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[Annotator "IM E.Miroshnichenko, IM O.Berezin"]
[PlyCount "233"]
[EventDate "2001.01.16"]
[Source "Mikhail Golubev"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.27"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 Be7 (6... Bc5 7. Nb3
Be7 8. e4 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. f4 d6 11. Bf3) (6... Nxd4 7. Qxd4 b6 8. Qf4 $1 8...
Bb7 9. e4 d6 10. Bd3 Be7 11. Qg3 O-O 12. Bh6 Ne8 13. Bd2 $14) (6... Qc7 7. Ndb5
Qb8 8. g3 a6 9. Nd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 b5 11. e4 e5 12. Qe3 Qc7 13. cxb5 Bc5 14. Qf3
Bd4 15. Bg5 Bxc3+ 16. bxc3 $13) (6... d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. g3 Bc5 9. Nb3 Bb6 10.
Bg2 d4 11. Na4 Be6 12. Bg5 Ba5+ 13. Nd2 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Nc5 $16) 7. e4 O-O
8. Nf3 $5 {
Korchnoi's patent - this way he played with Akesson in Antwerpen 1995.} (8. Nb3
{was played in Korchnoi - Greenfeld, Beer - Sheva, 1992 with complicate game.})
8... d6 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O (10. Bf4 Bb7 11. Qd3 $6 11... Qb8 $1 12. Rd1 Ne5 13.
Qb1 Ng6 14. Bg3 Nh5 15. Qc1 Nxg3 16. hxg3 16... Bf6 $15 {Korchnoi - Akesson})
10... Bb7 11. Bf4 Rc8 12. Re1 $146 12... a6 13. Bf1 Qc7 14. b4 14... Rfd8 $6 (
14... Ne5 15. Nd2 15... Qb8 $132) 15. Rc1 Ne5 16. Nd2 Qb8 17. h3 {
Drowsing black's attention.} 17... Bc6 18. Qe2 Ng6 19. Bg3 Qb7 20. Nb3 20... h6
$6 (20... Bf8) 21. Rb1 $1 {Exellent move with the idea a4,a5  } 21... Bf8 22.
f3 Re8 23. Bf2 23... Qb8 $6 (23... d5 $5 24. cxd5 exd5 25. Qxa6 dxe4 26. fxe4
Qxa6 27. Bxa6 Ra8 28. b5 Bxe4 29. Nxe4 Rxe4 30. Bxb6 $14) 24. Qe3 $1 24... Nd7
25. Red1 25... Bb7 $6 26. Na4 $1 26... Nge5 27. Nxb6 Nxb6 28. Qxb6 Nxc4 29.
Bxc4 Rxc4 30. Na5 Rc7 31. b5 $1 31... Ba8 (31... Qc8 32. Nxb7 Qxb7 33. Qxb7
Rxb7 34. bxa6 $18) 32. Qxb8 {The simplest way. Also winnig was after 32.Qa6}
32... Rxb8 33. b6 $1 33... Rd7 34. b7 $1 34... Bxb7 35. Rb3 35... Kh7 $5 {
Strange move...but it works!} 36. e5 $2 $138 {There were two ways to win
immediatly:36.Rd2!, 37.Rdb2 +- or more simple 36.Rdb1 Be4 37.fe Rb3 38.Rb3 d5
39.Rd3 +-.} 36... Bxf3 $1 37. Rxf3 d5 38. Nc6 Rc8 39. Nd4 Rb7 40. Kf1 Kg8 41.
Nb3 Rc2 42. Bd4 $1 42... Rbc7 43. a4 Bb4 44. Bb6 R7c4 45. Rf2 R2c3 46. Rb1 $1
46... Be7 47. a5 47... f6 $5 {Searching for a counterplay.} 48. exf6 Bxf6 (
48... gxf6 $5 49. Nd4 Kf7 50. Re1 50... Rc1 $16) 49. Rf3 Rc2 50. Rd1 $1 $138 {
Now all white pieces is good, black pawns are stopped, so it must be winning.}
50... Rb2 51. Nc5 e5 (51... Rxb6 52. axb6 Rxc5 53. Rb1 Be5 54. Re3 $18) 52.
Nxa6 e4 53. Rf2 Rxf2+ 54. Bxf2 (54. Kxf2 $1 54... d4 55. Nc5 d3 56. Kf1 $1 $18)
54... d4 55. Be1 d3 56. Nb4 Rc5 57. g4 Rxa5 58. Nxd3 Ra3 59. Nf2 59... Bh4 $1
60. Nxe4 Bxe1 61. Rxe1 Rxh3 62. Kg2 {
Long forsing line finished and black have now some draw chances} 62... 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 $6 $138 (71. Ke4 $1 71... Rc4 72. Ra6 Rb4 73. Ke5 $16)
71... Kg6 72. Kg3 Kf6 73. Nf3 Ra6 74. Rb7 74... g5 $6 75. Rb5 $16 75... 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"]
[Date "2001.01.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov R., UKR."]
[Black "Korchnoi V., SUI."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "IM E.Miroshnichenko, IM O.Berezin"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2001.01.16"]
[Source "Mikhail Golubev"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.27"]

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 {"Something new?"} 9... Nc5 $5 {''Of course !''} 10. Nc3 $5 10...
Nxb3 11. cxb3 $1 11... Be7 (11... Nb8 $5) 12. Rc1 Qd7 (12... O-O $5 13. Nxb5
axb5 14. Rxc6 Rxa2 15. Qb1 Ra8 16. Rfc1 Rc8 17. Qc2 { }) 13. h3 $1 (13. Ne2 Rc8
14. Nf4 O-O 15. Bc5 Rfd8 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Qd4 Bg4 18. Ne1 (18. Nd2 18... c5 $1
19. Rxc5 Rxc5 20. Qxc5 g5 21. h3 gxf4 22. hxg4 22... Ng6 { }) 18... c5 $3 19.
Rxc5 Nf5 20. Qc3 20... d4 {  Smagin-Mikhalchishin,Moskva 1989.}) 13... O-O 14.
Ne2 14... f6 $6 $146 (14... Rfc8 15. Nf4 a5 16. a3 Nd8 17. Nd3 Bf5 18. Nc5 Bxc5
19. Bxc5 Ne6 20. Nd4 {  Groszpeter-Brunner,Biel 1990.}) 15. exf6 Rxf6 16. Ned4
16... Nxd4 { } (16... Bf7 $2 17. Rxc6 $1 $18) 17. Bxd4 Rf5 18. Ne5 Qc8 19. Nc6
$16 {Now White has a clear advantage, but accurasy is always necessary...}
19... Bd6 20. Bc5 Qd7 21. Bxd6 21... cxd6 $6 (21... Qxd6 22. Nd4 Re5 23. Rc6
Qd7 24. Re1 Rxe1+ 25. Qxe1 Bf7 26. Qe5 Re8 27. Rxc7 $16) 22. Nd4 Re5 23. Rc3 b4
24. Rg3 a5 25. Kh2 (25. f4 $6 25... Re4 26. f5 (26. Nf5 $6 26... g6 27. Ne3 d4
28. Nc2 28... Qa7 { }) 26... Qa7 $1) 25... Bf7 26. Nf3 Rf5 27. Qd4 $1 {
White at last reminds Black of his main weakness - his kingside.} 27... g6 28.
Qd2 Re8 29. Nd4 Rfe5 30. f4 Re4 31. f5 { } 31... Kh8 32. Qh6 $1 $18 {
Now it's all over.} 32... Qe7 (32... Rxd4 33. fxg6 Bxg6 34. Rf8+ Rxf8 35. Qxf8#
) 33. Nf3 (33. fxg6 Bxg6 34. Rxg6 34... Rxd4 $1 (34... Rh4 $2 35. Re1 $3 $18)
35. Rgf6 Rg8 36. Rf7 36... Rh4 $1 $16) 33... Qf8 34. Qg5 (34. Ng5 Qxh6 35.
Nxf7+ Kg7 36. Nxh6 Kxh6 37. fxg6 hxg6 38. Rf6 Rg8 39. Rxd6 Re2 40. Rxd5 Rxb2
41. Rxa5 $18) 34... Qg7 35. f6 Qf8 36. Rc1 h6 37. Qd2 g5 (37... Re2 38. Qd4
R2e4 39. Qb6 Rf4 40. Qxa5 Rxf6 41. Qxb4 $18) 38. Rc7 Re2 (38... Rf4 39. h4 $1
39... gxh4 40. Rg7 Rxf6 41. Rcxf7 $1) 39. Qc1 R2e6 40. h4 Rxf6 41. hxg5 Rg6 42.
Qf4 Be6 43. Nh4 $1 43... Rg7 44. Qd4 Kh7 (44... Kg8 45. gxh6 Rxg3 46. h7#) 45.
Qd3+ {Black resigned, since he is mated after 45. ...Kg8 46.gh Rg3 47.Qh7#.}
1-0

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Donetsk"]
[Date "2001.01.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Korchnoi V., SUI."]
[Black "Ponomariov R., UKR."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[Annotator "IM E.Miroshnichenko, IM O.Berezin"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2001.01.16"]
[Source "Mikhail Golubev"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.27"]

{Both players wants to have a rest, so they played without energy.} 1. d4 1...
d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4 Nc6 6. O-O Be6 7. Bb5 Bc5 8. Qc2 (8.
b4 $5 8... Bb6 9. Bb2 Nge7 (9... Qd6 $6 10. a4 $1 10... Nge7 11. a5 Qxb4 12.
Qe2 d3 13. Bxd3 13... Nd4 $2 14. Bxd4 Bxd4 15. Ra4 $1 $18 {
Yuferov - Ibragimov, St.Petersburg,1996.}) 10. Bxd4 O-O 11. Bc5 Bxc5 12. bxc5
a6 13. Bxc6 Nxc6 14. Nc3 Qe7 15. Nd5 Qxc5 16. Nxc7 Rad8 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Qb3
$14 {Beliavsky - Sherbakov, Niksic,1996}) 8... Bb6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Qxc6+ Bd7
11. Qc4 Be6 (11... c5 12. Na3 Ne7 13. Bd2 O-O 14. Rfe1 Rc8 15. b3 $11 {
Andersen - Rasmussen, Copenhagen, 2000.}) 12. Qc6+ 12... Bd7 {
time white 0.24 black 0.07} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Donetsk"]
[Date "2001.01.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov R., UKR."]
[Black "Korchnoi V., SUI."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "IM E.Miroshnichenko, IM O.Berezin"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2001.01.16"]
[Source "Mikhail Golubev"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.27"]

1. e4 1... c5 {This came as a surprise.} 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5.
Nc3 e6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 d5 9. Bd3 $5 ({The main line is} 9. exd5
9... exd5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O d4 12. Ne4 Bf5 13. Bg5 Bxe4 14. Bxe4 h6 15. Bxf6
Qxf6 16. Re1 16... Rac8 $11 {Leko - Kramnik, 2001, match(12).}) 9... d4 (9...
Ne5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Bf4 Qf5 15. Qd4
Nc6 16. Qe3+ Qe6 17. O-O-O O-O 18. Rhe1 18... Qf5 $11 {
de Firmian-Khmelnitsky USA 1996.}) 10. Ne2 e5 11. O-O O-O 12. h3 (12. Ng3 Ne7
13. Bg5 Qb6 14. Nh5 Nxh5 15. Qxh5 Ng6 16. Bd2 16... Bd7 {
`White is slightly better.(Filipenko - Nikolaisen, Berlin 1997.)}) 12... Re8
13. Ng3 Nd7 14. f4 $5 14... exf4 15. Bxf4 Nde5 16. Qh5 $5 (16. Qd2 16... Qh4 $1
$13) (16. Nh5 $5 16... Qh4 17. Bg3 Qg5 18. Bf4 $11) 16... f6 {Third time with
black pieces Korchnoi played  f7-f6, but now this move is absolutely correct.}
17. b4 $6 (17. Rf2 Be6 18. Raf1 Bf7 19. Qd1 $13) 17... Be6 $6 (17... a5 $5 18.
b5 Nxd3 19. cxd3 Ne5 20. Qe2 20... a4 $13) (17... a6 $5) 18. b5 Bf7 19. Qe2
19... Na5 $6 {(x Na5)} (19... Nxd3 20. cxd3 20... Ne5 $15) 20. Nf5 Bg6 (20...
Nac4 $5 21. Qf2 21... Qb6 $13) 21. Nh4 Rc8 22. Bxe5 Rxe5 (22... fxe5 $5 23.
Nxg6 hxg6 24. Qg4 Qd6 25. Rf2 25... Nc4 $6 (25... Rf8 $1 26. Raf1 Rxf2 27. Rxf2
Rf8 28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. Qc8+ 29... Ke7 $11) 26. Bxc4+ Rxc4 27. Raf1 $14 27...
Rc7 28. Rf6 $1) 23. Nf3 $1 {
Breaking the blockade White have good chances to attack Black's kingside.}
23... Re7 24. Rae1 $14 24... Rc3 25. e5 {Critical position.} 25... Bxd3 26.
cxd3 26... Nb3 $8 (26... Qd5 27. Qf2 27... Rxd3 $2 28. exf6 $18) 27. Qa2 $5
27... Kh8 $8 (27... Rxd3 $2 28. Rd1 $1 $18) 28. exf6 gxf6 29. Nh4 29... Qe8 $1
{  Probably the best.} (29... Rxd3 30. Nf5 Rxe1 31. Rxe1 Qg8 32. Qf2 Rd2 33.
Qf3 $18 {Threating 34.Nh6 and 35.Re8! +-}) 30. Qf2 Rxe1 31. Rxe1 (31. Qxf6+ Kg8
32. Qg5+ Kh8 33. Qf6+ Kg8 34. Nf5 Rxf1+ 35. Kxf1 Rc1+ 36. Kf2 Rc2+ 37. Kg1 Qe1+
38. Kh2 Rxg2+ 39. Kxg2 Qe2+ 40. Kg3 Qxd3+ 41. Kf4 41... Qf1+ $11) 31... Qxe1+
$1 32. Qxe1 Rc1 33. Kf2 Rxe1 34. Kxe1 $14 34... a5 $1 {
After this move Black have a good draw chances.} 35. bxa6 bxa6 36. Ke2 a5 37.
Nf5 a4 38. Kf3 (38. Nd6 Nc1+ 39. Kd2 39... Nb3+ $11) 38... Nd2+ 39. Kf4 Nb1 40.
Ke4 Nxa3 41. Kxd4 Kg8 42. Ne3 $1 42... Nb5+ $8 43. Kc4 Nc7 44. Kb4 Ne6 45. Nc2
$5 45... Kf7 $1 46. Ne1 Kg6 47. Kxa4 Kf5 48. Kb5 Kf4 49. Kc6 Kg3 50. Kd5 50...
Ng7 $1 $11 {The rest of the game wasn't necessarily.} 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 63... Kxd4 {
So, there are no chances to win for both players.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Donetsk"]
[Date "2001.01.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Korchnoi V., SUI."]
[Black "Ponomariov R., UKR."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[Annotator "IM E.Miroshnichenko, IM O.Berezin"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2001.01.16"]
[Source "Mikhail Golubev"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.27"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bc1 Nhf6 8.
h3 {(?!)} (8. Bf4 $5 {Draw, why not?}) 8... Bh5 9. Bf4 e6 10. c4 Be7 11. cxd5
cxd5 12. Nc3 O-O 13. g4 (13. Rc1 a6 14. Na4 Ne8 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 $11 {
Dizdarevic - Almasi Z., Pula 1996.}) 13... Bg6 14. Nh4 $4 {
A horrible mistake, but Korchnoi was not the only one.(!)} 14... Nxg4 $1 (14...
Rc8 $2 {Hersvik - Sorensen, Bergen 2000.}) 15. Nxg6 fxg6 16. e3 Ngf6 17. Nb5
Qa5 18. a4 18... a6 $6 (18... Rac8 $17) 19. b4 $1 {Trying to create something.}
19... Bxb4 $8 20. Bc7 b6 21. Nd4 Bc3 22. Rb1 Bxd4 23. exd4 23... Qc3 $6 (23...
Rfc8 $1 24. Bd6 Qc3 25. Qe2 Qxd4 26. Rb4 Qc3 27. Qxe6+ Kh8 28. Bxd5 Re8 29. Qf7
29... Rf8 $19) 24. Bxb6 Nxb6 25. Rxb6 Qxd4 26. Rxe6 a5 27. Qa1 $1 27... Qxd3
28. Rd1 Qf5 29. Re5 (29. Rxf6 $5 29... gxf6 30. Bxd5+ Kg7 31. Bxa8 Rxa8 32. Qa3
$17) 29... Qc2 $1 (29... Qf4 30. Qd4 Qxd4 31. Rxd4 {with some draw chances.})
30. Re7 Kh8 31. Rxd5 Rab8 32. Rb5 $8 32... Rbd8 33. Bf3 Rd3 34. Re3 Rxe3 35.
fxe3 35... h5 $5 36. Rxa5 $4 ({
Loosing by force a chance to keep fighting for a draw after} 36. Qd1 36... Qc3
37. Rb3 Qe5 38. Bg2 $17) (36. Qd4 $2 36... Ng4 37. Qb2 Qxb2 38. Rxb2 Rxf3 39.
hxg4 39... Rg3+ $19) 36... Ng4 $1 {
At the same square! White resigns. (time white 1,54; black 1,40).} 0-1

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Donetsk"]
[Date "2001.01.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov R., UKR."]
[Black "Korchnoi V., SUI."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "IM E.Miroshnichenko, IM O.Berezin"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2001.01.16"]
[Source "Mikhail Golubev"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.27"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Nf3 h6 (
{The main continuation is} 7... c5 8. dxc5 8... Qxd1+ $6 (8... Qa5+) 9. Rxd1
Bxc5 10. Bb5+ Ke7 11. O-O h6 12. Bf4 Bd7 13. Bxd7 Nxd7 14. a3 14... Rhc8 $2 15.
b4 Bb6 16. c4 $1 $16 {Yakovenko - Dolmatov, St.- Peterburg, 2000.}) 8. Bh4 c5
9. Be2 (9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Qxd7+ Kxd7
14. Ke2 Ke7 15. Rhd1 Rhd8 16. c3 f5 17. Ne1 17... e5 $11 {
Yudasin - Korchnoi, St.- Peterburg, 1997.}) 9... cxd4 (9... Bd7 10. O-O 10...
Qb6 $2 (10... Be7 $5) (10... cxd4) 11. Ne5 $1 11... cxd4 12. Bxf6 $2 {
Rozentalis - Vaganian, Budapest, 1996} (12. Bh5 $1 12... Nxh5 13. Qxh5 g6 14.
Nxg6 $18)) 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Nxd4 $14 11... Bc5 12. Nb3 Bd6 13. Bf3 Ke7 14. Bg3
$5 (14. c4 $6 14... Bb4+ $1 15. Ke2 $2 15... g5 16. Bg3 16... g4 $19) (14.
O-O-O $5 {with the idea c4,c5}) 14... Bxg3 15. hxg3 15... a5 $1 (15... Rb8 16.
Na5 $5 $16) 16. O-O-O Ra7 17. Rhe1 ({Deserves attantion} 17. Rh4 17... Bd7 18.
Nc5 $14) 17... Bd7 18. Nd4 g6 19. Re3 {
with the idea to press on b7 after Rb3 and Rb6} 19... a4 ({After} 19... b5 20.
Bc6 b4 21. Bxd7 Rxd7 22. Nc6+ {White has a pawn more}) 20. Rc3 20... Rc8 $8 21.
Rxc8 Bxc8 22. Nb5 Ra6 23. Rd4 Bd7 24. Nc3 b5 25. a3 (25. Be2 $5 25... Rb6 26.
Rb4 Nd5 27. Nxd5+ 27... exd5 $14 {with good draw chances for black}) 25... Ne8
26. Be2 Nd6 27. Rb4 27... Ra5 {
Now the set-up of black pieces is very passive, so White can activate his King.
} 28. Kd2 Bc6 29. Bf1 h5 30. Ke3 e5 31. f4 Ke6 (31... Nf5+ 32. Kf2 Nd4 33. fxe5
Nxc2 34. Rf4 $14) 32. Kf2 32... Kf6 {
Waiting for something...Interesting was to try} (32... f5 $1 {
and White has no real winning chance.}) 33. Be2 Ke6 34. Bd3 Kf6 35. g4 $1 {
Black rook is out of the board - so White must open the position.} 35... hxg4
36. fxe5+ Kxe5 37. Rxg4 Bd7 38. Rg3 38... Ra7 $6 39. Re3+ Kf6 40. Nd5+ Kg5 41.
Re5+ $5 (41. Re7 Rb7 42. Ke3 Bc6 43. Rxb7 Bxb7 44. Kd4 f5 45. Kc5 45... Nc4 $1
46. Bxc4 bxc4 47. Kxc4 47... f4 {
and strong bishop alows Black to defend position.}) 41... f5 42. Ke3 Bc6 43.
Nf4 43... Ra8 $8 44. Nxg6 44... Kf6 $1 45. Rc5 $2 (45. Kd4 $1 45... Rd8 46. Nf4
$1 46... Nc4+ 47. Nd5+ $18) 45... Bxg2 46. Nh4 $6 (46. Ne5 $5 $14) (46. Nf4 $5
$14) 46... Be4 47. Bxe4 fxe4 48. Rc6 Ke5 49. Ng6+ Kd5 50. Ne7+ 50... Ke6 $1 51.
Nf5 Kxf5 52. Rxd6 52... Re8 $8 53. Rh6 {It looks like easy way to viktory...}
53... Kg5 $8 54. Rh2 Re7 55. Rf2 55... Re5 $1 56. Rf4 (56. Rf1 $5 56... Rc5 (
56... Re8 57. Rf4 Re5 (57... Rc8 58. Rxe4 Rxc2 (58... Kf5 59. Rb4 Rc5 60. Kd4
$18) 59. Re5+ Kf6 60. Rxb5 Ke6 61. Kd3 Rh2 62. Kc3 Kd6 63. Rb4 Rh3+ 64. Kc4 $18
) 58. Rxe4 $18) (56... Kg6 $3 57. Kd4 Re8 58. Rf4 e3 59. Rf1 Kg5 60. Kd3 Kg4
61. Ke2 Re4 62. Rf3 Rc4 63. c3 Re4 64. Rxe3 Kf4 65. Rxe4+ Kxe4 66. Kd2 Kd5 67.
Kd3 Kc5 68. c4 b4 69. axb4+ Kxb4 70. Kd4 Kb3 71. c5 Kxb2 72. c6 a3 73. c7 a2
74. c8=Q 74... a1=Q $11) 57. Kxe4 Rxc2 58. Rf5+ Kg6 59. Rxb5 Kf6 60. Kd3 Rh2
61. Kc3 $18) 56... Rc5 57. c3 57... Re5 $1 {The point of Black's defence.} 58.
Rf8 Re7 59. Rb8 Re5 60. Rb6 Kf5 61. Rd6 Re8 62. Rh6 Kg5 63. Rh1 Re7 64. Rf1 Re8
65. Rf4 Re5 66. Rxe4 Kf5 67. Rxe5+ 67... Kxe5 $11 {After Korchnoi's horrible
mistakes in previouse game Ponomarev still hoping on something...} 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"]
[Date "2001.01.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Korchnoi V., SUI."]
[Black "Ponomariov R., UKR."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[Annotator "IM E.Miroshnichenko, IM O.Berezin"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2001.01.16"]
[Source "Mikhail Golubev"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.27"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. Nf3
8... Qc7 $5 {N} (8... b6 9. Be2) (8... d6 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Bf4 Rc8 12.
Re1 a6 13. Bf1 Qc7 14. b4 14... Rfd8 $6 (14... Ne5 $5 {Korchnoi-Ponomariov, m/2
})) 9. Bg5 b6 10. Bd3 $5 {the psycological victory.This position was analysed
by Ponomariov's team only after 10.Be2} 10... h6 11. Bh4 Nh5 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13.
O-O Ba6 14. Rc1 Nf4 15. Nb5 15... Bxb5 $6 16. cxb5 $14 16... Qd6 17. Bb1 Qxd1
18. Rcxd1 d5 19. e5 19... g5 $6 20. Rfe1 Rac8 21. h4 g4 22. Nh2 h5 23. f3 g3
24. Nf1 Neg6 25. Rd4 25... Rc4 $6 (25... Rc1 $1 26. Rxc1 Ne2+ 27. Kh1 Nxd4 28.
Nxg3 Nxe5 29. a4 $14) 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 $16 34... 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 $1 44... Kf6 45. Nxa7 Rxa4 46. Nc6 Nd3 (46... Nxc6
47. bxc6 b5 48. Rd4 $1 (48. b3 $2 48... Ra6 49. bxc4 49... b4 $1 50. c5 Rxc6
51. Rxb4 Rxc5 52. Kf4 52... Rc6 $11) 48... Ra8 49. Kf4 $18) 47. Ne7 $1 47...
Nxb2 48. Nd5+ Kf7 49. Re7+ Kf8 50. Rb7 Nd1 51. Rxb6 $18 51... 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

