[Event "Wch U12 Disney"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D34"]

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"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B01"]

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

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

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"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A90"]

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"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C68"]

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"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B02"]

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"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[ECO "B53"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2070"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D40"]

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"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B53"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B11"]

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"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B09"]

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 "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Briansk"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Chetverik, Maxim"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E05"]

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"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "D47"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C50"]

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"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[ECO "E15"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C54"]

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"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D85"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D30"]

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

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"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B91"]

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"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A00"]

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"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C50"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2145"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B05"]

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"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2145"]
[ECO "D17"]

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"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C49"]

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"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C41"]

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 "Yalta op"]
[Site "Yalta"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ljukin, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[ECO "C06"]

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 "Getmanchuk, Andrei V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2160"]
[ECO "C43"]

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 "Barshevich, Veniamin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B29"]

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 "Mikhailovich, Y."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2030"]
[ECO "C63"]

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 "?"]
[White "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D34"]

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 "2"]
[White "Bezman, Vadim"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A14"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D27"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A00"]

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 "Pamplona9697"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cramling, Pia"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "D34"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "C48"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "B31"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "B34"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "B01"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "A81"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "C48"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "E06"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "C10"]

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 "EU-ch U18"]
[Site "Rimavska Sobota"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Mastrovasilis, Athanasios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[ECO "C49"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "B12"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[ECO "B22"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "B03"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[ECO "B19"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "B14"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[ECO "B09"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "B34"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[ECO "B22"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "C41"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[ECO "B15"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "D34"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[ECO "C48"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "B12"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[ECO "B22"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "B34"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "B12"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[ECO "B22"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "B22"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "D30"]

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 "RUS-Cup6"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "1997.03.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Daniliuk, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[ECO "C51"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "B05"]

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 "1997.03.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "A57"]

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.Rd2 Rxd1+ 38.Kxd1 Qb1+  0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup6"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "1997.03.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "D30"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "C51"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "B22"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "B22"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "D33"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C10"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "B10"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "B22"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "D34"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "B22"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "B34"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "C03"]

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.Nf3 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"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "B12"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[ECO "B22"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "B22"]

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 "Alicante op"]
[Site "Alicante"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Insua Mellado, Jose Luis"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2125"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "B08"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[ECO "B22"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "A90"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[ECO "C59"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "B14"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B09"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "B34"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "C09"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 e6 3.d4 d5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.O-O Ne7
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"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "B17"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[ECO "B04"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "B07"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "C06"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "A06"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[ECO "C04"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "A58"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "C07"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "C42"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "A90"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[ECO "B19"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "B10"]

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.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Petrushin, Alexander I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[ECO "B22"]

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.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Popov, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[ECO "B12"]

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 "EUCup sf"]
[Site "Lubniewice"]
[Date "1998.09.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "B52"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B08"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2140"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "D24"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[ECO "B66"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "C06"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "C42"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "D30"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "B22"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "B15"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B08"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "B22"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "B33"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B09"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "B52"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "A11"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "B19"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B07"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[ECO "C42"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "B90"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "D34"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B07"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "B22"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B09"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "C10"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "D34"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "B32"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "A34"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B52"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B08"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "C08"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B08"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "B01"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "C45"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "B17"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "A06"]

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

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"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "D34"]

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 "Solodovnichenko, Yuri"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "A90"]

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 "UKR-chT"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sevostianov, Pavel"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "D02"]

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 "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kutsyk, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[ECO "B01"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[ECO "C45"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[ECO "B22"]

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 "Pavlov, Maxim"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "B09"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[ECO "B19"]

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 "Cannes Generations"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "A13"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "C47"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "A90"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "C45"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "A13"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "C26"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "B09"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "B22"]

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 "Hastings Premier 9899"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1999.01.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "B48"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "A57"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B48"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B09"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "B22"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "A57"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[ECO "D20"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[ECO "C04"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[ECO "D02"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[ECO "B54"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[ECO "D27"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "B48"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[ECO "A43"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[ECO "B48"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[ECO "B09"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[ECO "B07"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[ECO "A58"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "C05"]

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 qf"]
[Site "Lausanne"]
[Date "1999.05.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Leitao, Rafael"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[ECO "D29"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[ECO "C07"]

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 "Lausanne YM f"]
[Site "Lausanne"]
[Date "1999.05.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[ECO "C45"]

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 "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"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "B25"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[ECO "B47"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "B90"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "D20"]

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/25+10"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.05"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "A32"]

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 "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"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "B51"]

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/15+10"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.05"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "B51"]

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/15+10"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.05"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "D27"]

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

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"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[ECO "C08"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "B07"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2293"]
[ECO "B51"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2369"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "B07"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2222"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.d4 Nf6 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"]
[WhiteElo "2301"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "A33"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "B12"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "A35"]

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 "Klundt, Klaus"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "B08"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[ECO "B43"]

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 "Gelashvili, Tamaz"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "A43"]

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 "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[ECO "A40"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[ECO "B07"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "B07"]

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.Ne2 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"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "C07"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "A43"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[ECO "C08"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[ECO "B70"]

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"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "D20"]

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 "Eu Team Ch"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "1999.11.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Ivanisevic,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[ECO "B47"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qc7 5.Nc3 e6 6.Ndb5 Qb8 7.Be3 a6 8.Bb6 axb5
9.Nxb5 Bb4+ 10.c3 Ba5 11.Nc7+ Kf8 12.Nxa8 Qxa8 13.Qd6+ Nge7 14.Qa3 f5 15.b4 fxe4
16.bxa5 Kf7 17.Qd6 Nd5 18.Bc4 Nxb6 19.axb6 Qa5 20.O-O Qxc3 21.Rac1 Qd4 22.Qxd4 Nxd4
23.Rfd1 Nf5 24.g4 Ne7 25.Bb5 Nd5 26.Rc2 Nxb6 27.Rdc1 d5 28.Rc7+ Kf6 29.a4 e5
30.a5 Nc4 31.Bxc4 dxc4 32.R1xc4 Bxg4 33.Rxb7 Bf3 34.Rc6+ Kg5 35.Rxg7+ Kh5
36.Rc1 Kh6 37.Rg3 Ra8 38.Ra1 Ra6 39.Kf1 Kh5 40.Ke1 Kh4 41.Kd2 Rd6+ 42.Kc3 Be2
43.Kb4 Rf6 44.Ra2 Bd3 45.Kc5 Ra6 46.Kd5  1-0

[Event "Eu Team Ch"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "1999.12.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Fressinet,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.d4 a6 6.Bc4 Nbd7 7.O-O b5 8.Bb3 Bb7
9.Ng5 e6 10.Re1 Be7 11.Nxe6 fxe6 12.Rxe6 Qb4 13.a3 Qa5 14.Bd2 b4 15.axb4 Qf5
16.Qe2 Ng8 17.Ra5 Qf8 18.Nd5 Kd8 19.b5 Bd6 20.bxa6 Bc6 21.Nb4 Nb8  1-0

[Event "Eu Team Ch"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "1999.12.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Kobalija,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[ECO "B43"]

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

[Event "Eu Team Ch"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "1999.12.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Izeta,F"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "A43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 d6 4.Nc3 g6 5.e4 Bg7 6.Bc4 O-O 7.O-O Na6 8.h3 Nc7
9.Qd3 a6 10.a4 e5 11.dxe6 Bxe6 12.Bxe6 Nxe6 13.Rd1 b5 14.axb5 axb5 15.Rxa8 Qxa8
16.Qxb5 Nxe4 17.Nxe4 Qxe4 18.Qd3 d5 19.c3 Qxd3 20.Rxd3 Rd8 21.Be3 h6 22.Rd1 f5
23.g3 g5 24.b4 f4 25.gxf4 gxf4 26.Bxc5 Bxc3 27.Nd4 Kf7 28.Kf1 Nxd4 29.Bxd4 Bxb4
30.Ke2 Ra8 31.Kf3 Bd6 32.Bb2 Ke6 33.Re1+ Kf5 34.Rd1 Ra5 35.Bc1 Rb5 36.Rd3 h5
37.Bd2 Be5 38.Bc1 Rb1 39.Bd2 d4 40.Ba5 Rh1 41.Ke2 Ke4 42.Bd2 Bd6 43.Rb3 Rh2
44.Be1 Bc5 45.Rf3 Rg2 46.Rb3 Ba7 47.Rf3 Bb6 48.Ra3 Bc5 49.Rb3 Rg1 50.Bd2 Ra1
51.Rf3 Bd6 52.Rb3 f3+ 53.Rxf3 Ra2 54.Rb3 Bf4 55.Rd3 Kd5 56.Kd1 Kc4 57.Rxd4+ Kxd4
58.Bxf4 Rxf2 59.Bg5 Ke4 60.h4 Kf3 61.Ke1 Ra2 62.Bf6 Kg2 63.Bg5 Ra4 64.Ke2 Re4+
65.Kd3 Kf3 66.Kd2 Re6 67.Kd1 Kf2 68.Kd2 Rd6+ 69.Kc3 Kf3 70.Be7 Rd7 71.Bg5 Ke4
72.Bh6 Rd8 73.Bg5 Rd6 74.Kc2 Rd3 75.Bh6 Rd7 76.Bg5 Kf3 77.Kc3 Ke2 78.Kc4 Rd3
79.Bh6 Ra3 80.Bg5 Kf3 81.Kd4 Ra4+ 82.Kd3 Rg4 83.Kd2 Rd4+ 84.Kc3 Ke4 85.Kc2 Rd3
86.Bh6 Kd4 87.Bg5 Kc4 88.Kc1 Kb3 89.Be7 Rd7 90.Bf6 Rd5 91.Bg5 Kc3 92.Bh6 Rd7
93.Bg5 Rd6 94.Bf4 Re6 95.Kd1 Kd3 96.Bg5 Re4 97.Bd8 Ke3 98.Bg5+ Kf3 99.Kd2 Rd4+
100.Kc3 Rd7 101.Kc2 Ke2 102.Kc3 Rd3+ 103.Kc4 Ra3 104.Kd4 Ra4+ 105.Kc3 Rg4
106.Bf6 Rg3+ 107.Kd4 Rd3+ 108.Kc4 Ke3 109.Be7 Ke4 110.Bg5 Rg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Eu Team Ch"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "1999.12.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Izeta,F"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "A43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 d6 4.Nc3 g6 5.e4 Bg7 6.Bc4 O-O 7.O-O Na6 8.h3 Nc7
9.Qd3 a6 10.a4 e5 11.dxe6 Bxe6 12.Rd1 b5 13.axb5 axb5 14.Rxa8 Qxa8 15.Bxe6 Nxe6
16.Qxb5 Nxe4 17.Nxe4 Qxe4 18.Qd3 d5 19.c3 Qxd3 20.Rxd3 Rd8 21.Be3 h6 22.Rd1 f5
23.g3 g5 24.b4 f4 25.gxf4 gxf4 26.Bxc5 Bxc3 27.Nd4 Kf7 28.Kf1 Bxd4 29.Bxd4 Ra8
30.Bb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Eu Team Ch"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "1999.12.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Izeta,F"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "A43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 d6 4.Nc3 g6 5.e4 Bg7 6.Bc4 O-O 7.O-O Na6 8.h3 Nc7
9.Qd3 a6 10.a4 e5 11.dxe6 Bxe6 12.Rd1 b5 13.axb5 axb5 14.Rxa8 Qxa8 15.Bxe6 Nxe6
16.Qxb5 Nxe4 17.Nxe4 Qxe4 18.Qd3 d5 19.c3 Qxd3 20.Rxd3 Rd8 21.Be3 h6 22.Rd1 f5
23.g3 g5 24.b4 f4 25.gxf4 gxf4 26.Bxc5 Bxc3 27.Nd4 Kf7 28.Kf1 Bxd4 29.Bxd4 Ra8
30.Bb2 Ra5 31.Bc1 Rb5 32.Rd3 h5 33.Bd2 d4 34.Ke2 f3+ 35.Kd1 Nf4 36.Bxf4 Rg5
37.h4 Rd5 38.Kc1 Rd7 39.Bg5 Rd6 40.Bf4 Re6 41.Kd1 Re5 42.Bg5 Re4 43.Kc2 Rg4
44.Bf6 Rg3 45.Be7 Rg5 46.Bxg5 Kg6 47.Be7 Kf7 48.Bd8 Ke8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Eu Team Ch"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "1999.12.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Avrukh,B"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "A58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.g3 d6 8.Bg2 Bg7
9.Nf3 Nbd7 10.Rb1 O-O 11.O-O Qa5 12.Bd2 Rfb8 13.b3 Qa3 14.Qc2 Nb6 15.Bc1 Qa5
16.Rd1 Ne8 17.Bd2 Qa3 18.e4 Bc8 19.h3 Bd7 20.Bc1 Qa5 21.Bd2 Qa3 22.Bc1 Qa5
23.Bb2 Nc7 24.a3 Qa6 25.Bf1 Qc8 26.Kh2 f5 27.Ra1 Qf8 28.Rd2 fxe4 29.Qxe4 Qf5
30.Qxf5 Bxf5 31.Re1 Kf8 32.Ng5 h6 33.Nge4 Nd7 34.b4 cxb4 35.axb4 Rxb4 36.Bg2 Nf6
37.Nxf6 Bxf6 38.Rc1 Nb5 39.g4 Bg5  0-1

[Event "Eu Team Ch"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "1999.12.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Pinter,J"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "D27"]

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

[Event "Eu Team Ch"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "1999.12.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anastasian,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "A09"]

1.c4 c5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.O-O d4 6.e3 e5 7.exd4 exd4 8.d3 Be7
9.Bf4 O-O 10.Ne5 Nxe5 11.Bxe5 Re8 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Nd2 Be7 14.Bd5 Rb8 15.Qf3 Rf8
16.Rfe1 b6 17.Re2 Bd6 18.Rae1 Bd7 19.Ne4 Bc7 20.Qh5 h6 21.h4 Be6 22.Bxe6 fxe6
23.f4 Qd7 24.Nd2 Rf6 25.Qg4 Re8 26.Nf3 Qf7 27.Ne5 Bxe5 28.Rxe5 Rf5 29.Qxf5 exf5
30.Rxe8+ Kh7 31.R8e7 Qg6 32.Kf2 b5 33.R7e6 Qf7 34.cxb5 Qd7 35.Rc6 c4 36.Rxc4 Qxb5
37.b3 Qa5 38.Rc2 Qa6 39.Rd2 Kg6 40.Re7 Qc6 41.h5+ Kxh5 42.Rxg7 Qf6 43.Rxa7 Kg4
44.Kg2 Qc6+ 45.Kh2 Kf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Eu Team Ch"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "1999.12.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Pavasovic,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "C42"]

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

[Event "UKR-Team"]
[Site "Alushta UKR"]
[Date "2000.04.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Alexandrova,O"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "B47"]

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 "2000.04.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Stoockalov,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2398"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[ECO "B07"]

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 "2000.04.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gaponenko,I"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[ECO "B08"]

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 "Olympic Capital Young Masters"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2000.05.30"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Jenni,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[ECO "C45"]

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 "2000.05.31"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Jenni,F"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[ECO "B08"]

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 "2000.06.01"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Galkin,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[ECO "B17"]

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 "2000.06.02"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Galkin,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[ECO "B06"]

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 "2000.06.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[ECO "B09"]

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.Rf4 Be5 26.Rf3 Rxf1+ 27.Rxf1 Ne8 28.Bd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympic Capital Young Masters"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2000.06.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[ECO "C45"]

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 "GM"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2000.07.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[ECO "B81"]

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 "2000.07.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "B22"]

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 "2000.07.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "B06"]

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 "2000.07.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gallagher,Jo"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "B06"]

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 "2000.07.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Milov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[ECO "B43"]

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 "2000.07.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "B07"]

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 "2000.07.31"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "D20"]

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 "2000.08.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "D97"]

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 "FIDE World Cup Gp B"]
[Site "Shenyang CHN"]
[Date "2000.08.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Xu Jun"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "E97"]

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

[Event "FIDE World Cup Gp B"]
[Site "Shenyang CHN"]
[Date "2000.08.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Short,N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "C08"]

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 "GM"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2000.08.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Milov,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "E91"]

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 "FIDE World Cup Gp B"]
[Site "Shenyang CHN"]
[Date "2000.08.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gurevich,M"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "A34"]

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 "GM"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2000.08.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Gallagher,Jo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[ECO "B43"]

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 "FIDE World Cup Gp B"]
[Site "Shenyang CHN"]
[Date "2000.08.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Ye Jiangchuan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "B48"]

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

[Event "FIDE World Cup Gp B"]
[Site "Shenyang CHN"]
[Date "2000.09.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "E90"]

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 "XVI ECC"]
[Site "Neum BIH"]
[Date "2000.09.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Winants,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[ECO "C45"]

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 "2000.09.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "D20"]

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 "1st European Rapid Ch"]
[Site "Neum BIH"]
[Date "2000.10.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Cvitan,O"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 "3rd Int"]
[Site "Torshavn FAI"]
[Date "2000.10.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bykhovsky,An"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2393"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "B07"]

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 "2000.10.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Hillarp Persson,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[ECO "B43"]

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 "2000.10.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Baburin,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "E65"]

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 "2000.10.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Savchenko,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2579"]


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 "2000.10.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "B04"]

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 "2000.10.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Milov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[ECO "B54"]

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 "2000.10.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Danielsen,Hen"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "B09"]

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 "2000.10.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Conquest,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[ECO "B19"]

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 "2000.10.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Stefansson,H"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "E81"]

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 "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.10.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Garcia,Rau"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[ECO "B15"]

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 "2000.10.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Garcia,Rau"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[ECO "B43"]

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 "2000.10.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Rogozenko,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[ECO "B33"]

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 "2000.10.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wohl,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "A16"]

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 "2000.11.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Milov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[ECO "B54"]

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 "2000.11.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Stohl,I"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "D27"]

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 "2000.11.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Antonio,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[ECO "B17"]

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 "2000.11.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Huebner,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "C07"]

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 "2000.11.07"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Georgiev,Ki"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "E97"]

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 "2000.11.08"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[ECO "C03"]

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 "2000.11.09"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Piket,Je"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "D27"]

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 "2000.11.12"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[ECO "C45"]

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 "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi ITA"]
[Date "2000.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Dao Thien Hai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "B43"]

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

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Dao Thien Hai"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "E90"]

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 "Match"]
[Site "Donetsk UKR"]
[Date "2001.01.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Korchnoi,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "C83"]

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 "2001.01.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Korchnoi,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "A33"]

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 "2001.01.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Korchnoi,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "C80"]

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 "2001.01.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Korchnoi,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "D20"]

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 "2001.01.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Korchnoi,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "B45"]

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 "2001.01.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Korchnoi,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "A07"]

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 "2001.01.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Korchnoi,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "C10"]

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 "2001.01.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Korchnoi,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "A33"]

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 "3rd Rector Cup"]
[Site "Kharkov RUS"]
[Date "2001.04.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pelletier,Y"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "A33"]

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 Nd7 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 "2001.04.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Moiseenko,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[ECO "B23"]

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 "2001.04.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zubarev,A1"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "E63"]

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 "2001.04.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Eljanov,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[ECO "B33"]

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 "2001.04.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Turov,M"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "B31"]

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 "2001.04.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Pelletier,Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[ECO "B80"]

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 "2001.04.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Moiseenko,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "C56"]

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 "2001.04.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Zubarev,A1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "B32"]

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 "2001.04.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Eljanov,P"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "E97"]

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 "2001.04.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Turov,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[ECO "C42"]

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 "Young Masters"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2001.05.22"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Volokitin,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[ECO "E32"]

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 "2001.05.23"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Volokitin,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "C87"]

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 "2001.05.24"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[ECO "B66"]

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 "2001.05.25"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "E81"]

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 "2001.05.26"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[ECO "C87"]

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 "2001.05.27"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "E66"]

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 "2nd IECC"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2001.06.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "B07"]

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 "2001.06.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Blehm,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "B67"]

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 "2001.06.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sulava,N"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "E97"]

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 "2001.06.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Neverov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[ECO "B43"]

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 "2001.06.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Volkov,S"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "D20"]

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 "2001.06.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Psakhis,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "C11"]

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 "2001.06.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Macieja,B"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "B07"]

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 "2001.06.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Motylev,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[ECO "C42"]

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 "2001.06.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lputian,S"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "D27"]

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 "2001.06.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Greenfeld,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "C43"]

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 "2001.06.12"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Aseev,K"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "A58"]

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 "2001.06.13"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Milov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "B61"]

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 "2001.06.14"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Sutovsky,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 "2001.06.15"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Sutovsky,E"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "B06"]

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 "2nd IECC Playoff g/15"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2001.06.15"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Sutovsky,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[ECO "B52"]

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 "ECC"]
[Site "Panormo GRE"]
[Date "2001.09.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stefansson,H"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "B07"]

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

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Panormo GRE"]
[Date "2001.09.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Mitkov,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[ECO "C41"]

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

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Panormo GRE"]
[Date "2001.09.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "C91"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.d4 d6
9.c3 Bg4 10.d5 Na5 11.Bc2 Qc8 12.Nbd2 c6 13.b4 Nb7 14.dxc6 Qxc6 15.Bb2 Nd8
16.Nf1 Ne6 17.Ne3 Bh5 18.Nf5 Rfe8 19.Bb3 Ng5 20.Nxg5 Bxd1 21.Raxd1 h6 22.Nxf7 Kh7
23.Rd3 Bf8 24.Rh3 d5 25.Ng5+ Kh8 26.Nf7+ Kh7 27.Ng5+ Kh8 28.Nf7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Panormo GRE"]
[Date "2001.09.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Beliavsky,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "A37"]

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

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Panormo GRE"]
[Date "2001.09.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Avrukh,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[ECO "B65"]

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

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Panormo GRE"]
[Date "2001.09.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dreev,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "D27"]

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

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Panormo GRE"]
[Date "2001.09.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[ECO "C66"]

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

[Event "Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Kramatorsk UKR"]
[Date "2001.10.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Baklan,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "B09"]

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

[Event "Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Kramatorsk UKR"]
[Date "2001.10.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Ehlvest,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[ECO "C78"]

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

[Event "Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Kramatorsk UKR"]
[Date "2001.10.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Borovikov,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "E63"]

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

[Event "Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Kramatorsk UKR"]
[Date "2001.10.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aleksandrov,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "D27"]

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

[Event "Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Kramatorsk UKR"]
[Date "2001.10.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Moiseenko,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[ECO "B54"]

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 "Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Kramatorsk UKR"]
[Date "2001.10.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Baklan,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[ECO "B90"]

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

[Event "Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Kramatorsk UKR"]
[Date "2001.10.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ehlvest,J"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "D27"]

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

[Event "Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Kramatorsk UKR"]
[Date "2001.10.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Borovikov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[ECO "C17"]

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

[Event "Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Kramatorsk UKR"]
[Date "2001.10.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Moiseenko,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "E70"]

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's Cup"]
[Site "Kramatorsk UKR"]
[Date "2001.10.07"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Aleksandrov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "C67"]

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 "World Teams"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "2001.10.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Lutz,C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "D11"]

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 "2001.10.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vera,R"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "D26"]

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 "2001.10.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Safin,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[ECO "C42"]

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 "2001.10.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "B33"]

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 "2001.10.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nedev,T"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "C45"]

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 "2001.10.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Vaganian,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "C17"]

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 "2001.10.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dreev,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "D27"]

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 "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.11.03"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[ECO "C11"]

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 "2001.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Li Wenliang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[ECO "B19"]

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 "2001.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Li Wenliang"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "A01"]

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 "2001.11.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Tiviakov,S"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "C77"]

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 "2001.11.30"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Tiviakov,S"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "C78"]

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 "2001.11.30"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Tiviakov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[ECO "B78"]

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 "2001.11.30"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Tiviakov,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[ECO "B78"]

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 "2001.12.01"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Georgiev,Ki"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 "2001.12.02"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Georgiev,Ki"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "C95"]

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 "2001.12.05"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "C92"]

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 "2001.12.05"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[ECO "C78"]

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 "2001.12.05"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "C96"]

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 "2001.12.06"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "C10"]

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 "2001.12.07"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Bareev,E"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "D27"]

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 "2001.12.07"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "B06"]

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 "2001.12.07"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Bareev,E"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "D27"]

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 "2001.12.08"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "C42"]

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 "2001.12.10"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[ECO "B80"]

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 "2001.12.11"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "C43"]

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 "2001.12.13"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bc4 d6 6.d4 cxd4 7.cxd4 Nc6 8.O-O Be7
9.Qe2 O-O 10.Qe4 Qa5 11.Nbd2 Bd7 12.Bb3 Qa6 13.Qg4 Rfd8 14.Ne4 Nxd4 15.Nxd4 dxe5
16.Bh6 Bf8 17.Nc5 Qb6 18.Nxd7 Qxd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO Final"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.01.16"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.Nf3 O-O 8.Qd2 Be7
9.O-O-O Qd5 10.Nc3 Qa5 11.a3 Nd7 12.Kb1 Qb6 13.Qe3 Nf6 14.Ne5 Rd8 15.Bc4 Bd7
16.Bb3 Be8 17.Rhe1 Bf8 18.g4 Nd5 19.Qf3 c6 20.Ne4 Qc7 21.c4 Ne7 22.Ng5 Nc8
23.c5  1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh KO Final"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.01.17"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bxc4 Nb6 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Ne2 Bg4 8.f3 Be6
9.Nbc3 Bc4 10.Bxc4 Nxc4 11.O-O e6 12.a3 Qd7 13.Kh1 Be7 14.Qb3 Nb6 15.Be3 O-O
16.Rac1 a5 17.Rfd1 a4 18.Qc2 Rfd8 19.Nf4 Ra5 20.Qe4 g6 21.Qc2 Qe8 22.Qe2 Rd7
23.Rc2 Nd5 24.Ncxd5 exd5 25.Rdc1 f6 26.Nd3 fxe5 27.dxe5 d4 28.Bh6 g5 29.Rxc6 bxc6
30.Rxc6 Bd6 31.f4 Rf7 32.Rc1 Rxf4 33.Nxf4 Rxe5 34.Qc4+ Qf7 35.Nd3 Rf5 36.Qxf7+ Kxf7
37.h4 gxh4 38.Kg1 Ke6 39.Rc4 h3 40.gxh3 Kd5 41.Rxa4 Ke4 42.Nf2+ Kf3 43.Rxd4 Bc5
44.Rd2 Rf6 45.Bg5 Rg6 46.Kf1 Rxg5 47.Rd3+ Kf4 48.Rc3 Bb6 49.b4 Rd5 50.Rd3 Rf5
51.Nd1 c5 52.Nc3 cxb4 53.axb4 Ke5+ 54.Ke1 Rf4 55.Rd5+ Ke6 56.Rb5 Bc7 57.Nd5 Re4+
58.Kf2 Bd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO Final"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.01.18"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "B47"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.g3 a6 7.Bg2 d6 8.O-O Bd7
9.Nxc6 Bxc6 10.Re1 Be7 11.Qg4 h5 12.Qe2 h4 13.a4 hxg3 14.hxg3 Rc8 15.a5 Kf8
16.Be3 Nf6 17.Bb6 Qb8 18.Bf3 Nd7 19.Bd4 Bf6 20.Bxf6 gxf6 21.Bg2 Ne5 22.f4 Qa7+
23.Kf1 Ng6 24.Qf2 Qxf2+ 25.Kxf2 Rh5 26.Rh1 Rc5 27.Rh7 Ke7 28.Bf1 Nf8 29.Rh8 Bb5
30.Bd3 Bxd3 31.cxd3 Nd7 32.Rxc8 Rxc8 33.d4 Rc4 34.Ra4 Rxa4 35.Nxa4 f5 36.exf5 exf5
37.Nc3 Nf6 38.d5 Nd7 39.b4 Nf6 40.Ke3 Kd7 41.Kd4 Nh5 42.Ne2 Nf6 43.Kc4 Ne4
44.b5 axb5+ 45.Kxb5 Kc7 46.Kc4 Kb8 47.Kb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO Final"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.01.19"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bxc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 Nc6 7.Ne2 Bf5 8.Nbc3 e6
9.O-O Qd7 10.Be3 O-O-O 11.Qc1 Nb4 12.Rd1 Kb8 13.Nf4 c6 14.Qd2 h5 15.Qe2 h4
16.Rac1 Be7 17.a3 N4d5 18.Nd3 f6 19.Bd2 Bxd3 20.Qxd3 f5 21.Ne2 g5 22.Bc2 g4
23.b4 Rdf8 24.Rf1 Qd8 25.f4 gxf3 26.gxf3 Rfg8+ 27.Kh1 h3 28.f4 Rg2 29.Rf3 Qg8
30.Rg3 Rxg3 31.hxg3 h2 32.Rf1 Qg4 33.Rf2 Qh5 34.Bb3 Nc7 35.Qf3 Qh3 36.Rg2 Nbd5
37.Qf2 Nb5 38.Bxd5 cxd5 39.a4 Na3 40.Rxh2 Qxh2+ 41.Qxh2 Rxh2+ 42.Kxh2 Nc4
43.Bc3 Kc7 44.Kh3 b5 45.axb5 Kb6 46.Be1 Ne3 47.Bd2 Nc4 48.Be1 Ne3 49.Bd2 Nc4
50.Be1 Ne3  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO Final"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.01.21"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7
9.d3 d6 10.a3 Nb8 11.Nbd2 Nbd7 12.Nf1 Re8 13.Ng3 c6 14.Nh2 d5 15.Qf3 g6 16.Ba2 Bf8
17.Bg5 h6 18.Bd2 Bg7 19.Ng4 Nxg4 20.hxg4 Nc5 21.Rad1 Rc8 22.Nf1 Ne6 23.Qg3 Kh7
24.Nh2 f6 25.Nf3 c5 26.Qh2 Nd4 27.Nxd4 cxd4 28.c3 dxc3 29.bxc3 dxe4 30.dxe4 Qe7
31.a4 bxa4 32.Qh3 Red8 33.Qf3 Rc7 34.Bc1 Rcd7 35.Bb1 Qe6 36.Rxd7 Rxd7 37.Bc2 Bc6
38.Rd1 Qa2 39.Rxd7 Bxd7 40.Qd1 Bb5 41.Be3 Qc4 42.Kh2 Bc6 43.Qa1 Bf8 44.Bb1 a3
45.f3 Qb3 46.Qa2 Ba4 47.Kg3 Kg7 48.Qd2 g5 49.Ba2 Qb7 50.Qd3 Be8 51.Qd5 Qxd5
52.exd5 a5 53.c4 Bb4 54.c5 Kf8 55.Kf2 Bb5 56.c6 Ke7 57.Ba7 Kd8 58.Bb6+ Kc8
59.Ke3 a4 60.Ke4 Be2 61.Kf5 e4 62.Ke6 exf3 63.d6 Bxd6 64.Kxd6  1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh KO Final"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.01.22"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "C42"]

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 "2002.01.23"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "B04"]

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 "2002.02.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "C18"]

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 "2002.02.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Adams,Mi"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "C92"]

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 "2002.02.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Bc4 d6 5.d3 Be7 6.Nd2 Bg5 7.h4 Bxd2+ 8.Bxd2 Nf6
9.Bg5 Be6 10.Nd5 Bxd5 11.Bxd5 h6 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.Qd2 Ne7 14.Bc4 O-O 15.Kf1 Rad8
16.Re1 d5 17.exd5 Nxd5 18.Qe2 Rfe8 19.Qe4 Nb6 20.Bb3 Rd4 21.Qxb7 c4 22.dxc4 e4
23.Kg1 Rd7 24.Qa6 e3 25.fxe3 Rxe3 26.Rxe3 Rd1+ 27.Kh2 Qxh4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2002.02.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.O-O Be7 8.a3 O-O
9.b4 Be6 10.Rb1 f6 11.d3 Nd4 12.Nd2 c6 13.e3 Nb5 14.Nxb5 cxb5 15.Nb3 Na4
16.Bb2 Bd5 17.e4 Bf7 18.d4 Rc8 19.d5 Qd7 20.Qe2 Bd8 21.Ba1 Bb6 22.Rbc1 a6
23.h4 Rxc1 24.Rxc1 Rc8 25.Rc2 Rc7 26.Bf3 Qc8 27.Rxc7 Qxc7 28.Qd3 Qc4 29.Be2 Bg6
30.Qxc4 bxc4 31.Bxc4 Bxe4 32.Nd2 Bf5 33.d6+ Kf8 34.Bd5 Bc8 35.d7 Bxd7 36.Bxb7 Bb5
37.Be4 h6 38.Bc2 Ke7 39.Kg2 Bd4 40.Nb3 Bxa1 41.Nxa1 Kd6 42.Bb3 Nc3 43.Nc2 Bc6+
44.Kf1 Bd5 45.Bxd5 Kxd5 46.Ne3+ Ke4 47.h5 f5 48.Nc4 f4 49.Nd6+ Kf3 50.gxf4 exf4
51.Nf5 Nb5 52.a4 Nc3 53.Nxg7 Nxa4 54.Nf5 Kg4 55.Nxh6+ Kxh5 56.Nf5 Nc3 57.Nd4 Kg4
58.Kg2 Nd5 59.f3+ Kg5 60.Nc6 Kf6 61.Kh3 Kf5 62.Kh4 Ne3 63.Nb8 Nc2 64.Nxa6 Nd4
65.Kh3 Nxf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2002.03.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Kasparov,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2838"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e6 7.Be3 Nc6 8.Qd2 Be7
9.g4 O-O 10.O-O-O Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b5 12.a3 Nd7 13.h4 Rb8 14.f4 Bb7 15.g5 Nc5
16.Bg2 a5 17.Bxc5 dxc5 18.Qxd8 Rfxd8 19.Nxb5 Bxe4 20.Bxe4 Rxb5 21.Rxd8+ Bxd8
22.f5 exf5 23.Bxf5 g6 24.Re1 Kg7 25.Bd3 Rb7 26.Re5 Be7 27.c3 h6 28.Kc2 hxg5
29.hxg5 Kf8 30.Rd5 Rb8 31.Rd7 Bxg5 32.Bc4 Be7 33.Ra7 g5 34.Rxa5 g4 35.Bd5 f5
36.Be6 g3 37.Bd5 Rd8 38.Bf3 Kf7 39.b4 Rh8 40.Kb3 Rh2 41.Bd5+ Kf6 42.Ra8 Rd2
43.Bf3 Kf7 44.bxc5 Bxc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2002.03.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Be7 7.Be2 a6 8.N5c3 Bg5
9.Nd2 Nf6 10.O-O O-O 11.b3 Nd4 12.Nf3 Bxc1 13.Rxc1 Nxf3+ 14.Bxf3 Be6 15.Qd2 Qc7
16.Rfd1 Rfd8 17.h3 h6 18.Qe2 Rac8 19.Bg4 Qa5 20.Nd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2002.03.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "D23"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.Qa4+ Nc6 5.Nc3 Nd5 6.Qxc4 Nb6 7.Qb3 e5 8.dxe5 Be6
9.Qc2 Nd4 10.Qd3 Bc5 11.e3 Nxf3+ 12.gxf3 Qxd3 13.Bxd3 O-O-O 14.Be2 Bb4 15.Bd2 Na4
16.a3 Bxc3 17.Bxc3 Nxc3 18.bxc3 Rd5 19.f4 Rc5 20.Rc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2002.03.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Adams,Mi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[ECO "C89"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Re4 g5
16.Qe2 Nf6 17.Nd2 Bf5 18.f3 c5 19.Qf2 c4 20.Bc2 h6 21.b3 cxb3 22.axb3 Rfc8
23.Bb2 Bb4 24.Re5 Bxc2 25.cxb4 Bg6 26.Rc5 Re8 27.Nf1 Rad8 28.d5 Nd7 29.Ne3 h5
30.f4 h4 31.f5 hxg3 32.hxg3 Bh5 33.d6 Re4 34.Rac1 Nxc5 35.bxc5 Kh7 36.Bf6 Rg8
37.d7 Rh4 38.Qg2 Bf3 39.Qxh3 Rxh3 40.Kf2 g4 41.Nf1 Rh5 42.d8=Q Rxd8 43.Bxd8 Rxf5
44.Ne3 Rh5 45.Bh4  1-0

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2002.03.07"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "D20"]

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 "2002.03.08"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[ECO "B43"]

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 "2002.03.09"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kasparov,G"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2838"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "C10"]

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 "2002.03.10"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "C89"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Re4 g5
16.Qe2 f5 17.Bxd5+ cxd5 18.Re6 f4 19.Rxd6 Bg4 20.Qf1 Qxf1+ 21.Kxf1 Rae8 22.Bd2 Bh3+
23.Kg1 fxg3 24.hxg3 Re2 25.Be3 Rxe3 26.fxe3 Rf1+ 27.Kh2 g4 28.Rxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2002.04.03"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Zhu Chen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Be3 Be7
9.Qd2 h5 10.Be2 Nbd7 11.Nd5 Nxd5 12.exd5 Bf5 13.O-O O-O 14.Na5 Qc7 15.c4 Bf6
16.Rac1 b6 17.Nc6 a5 18.f4 exf4 19.Bxf4 Bg6 20.Bd3 Bxd3 21.Qxd3 Rae8 22.Rc2 Nb8
23.Qg3 h4 24.Qf3 Nxc6 25.dxc6 Re6 26.Rd2 Rc8 27.b3 Qxc6 28.Rd5 Rce8 29.a4 Qc7
30.g4 Be5 31.g5 Qe7 32.Bd2 Bb2 33.Rf5 Bd4+ 34.Kh1 Rf8 35.Qd5 Bc5 36.Bc3 Rg6
37.Re1 Qd8 38.Kg2 Qa8 39.Qxa8 Rxa8 40.Re7 f6 41.Kh3 d5 42.Re2 d4 43.Bd2 fxg5
44.Kg4 Rf8 45.Rxf8+ Kxf8 46.Re5 h3 47.Kxh3 g4+ 48.Kg2 d3 49.Bf4 Rf6 50.Re4 d2
51.Bxd2 Rf2+ 52.Kg3 Rxd2 53.Kxg4 Rd3 54.h4 Rxb3 55.Rf4+ Kg8 56.Kf5 Kh7 57.h5 Rh3
58.Kg4 Ra3 59.h6 Kxh6 60.Kf5 g6+ 61.Kf6 Kh5  0-1

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2002.04.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Zhu Chen"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "E97"]

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 "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.06.01"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Vlassov,N"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 e6 3.d4 d5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Be3 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Bd6 8.Be2 Nf6
9.O-O O-O 10.Nd2 Re8 11.Re1 a6 12.Nf1 Ne5 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bh4 Ng6 15.Bg3 Bc5
16.Bf3 Rxe1 17.Qxe1 Qb6 18.Nb3 Bf5 19.Nxc5 Qxc5 20.Qd2 Ne4 21.Bxe4 dxe4 22.Re1 Qc6
23.Qd4 Re8 24.c4 Nf8 25.Ne3 Bg6 26.Nd5 Ne6 27.Qc3 f6 28.Rd1 Nc5 29.Nb4 Qc8
30.Rd6 e3 31.f3 e2 32.h3 Na4 33.Qd2 e1=Q+ 34.Bxe1 Rxe1+ 35.Kh2 Re8 36.Nd5 Qf5
37.Rd7 Qe5+ 38.f4 Qxb2 39.Ne7+ Kh7 40.Qd5 Nc3 41.Qxb7 Qxb7 42.Rxb7 Be4 43.Ra7 Rb8
44.f5 Rb2 45.Kg3 Rxa2 46.Kf4 Bxg2 47.Ke3 Ne4 48.Nd5 h5 49.Nf4 Nd6 50.Nxh5 Nxf5+
51.Kd3 Ra3+ 52.Kd2 Kh6 53.Nf4 Be4 54.c5 g5 55.Ne6 Rd3+ 56.Ke1 Nd4 57.Rxa6 Kg6
58.h4 Nxe6 59.Rxe6  0-1

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.06.01"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Vlassov,N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[ECO "B00"]

1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 e5 4.dxe5 d4 5.Nd5 f5 6.exf6 Nxf6 7.Bg5 Be6 8.Bxf6 gxf6
9.Bc4 Bb4+ 10.Nxb4 Bxc4 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Qh5+ Bf7 13.Qc5 Qd6 14.Qxd6 cxd6
15.Ne2 c5 16.f3 Ke7 17.Nf4 Rhb8 18.b3 a5 19.Kd2 a4 20.Nd5+ Bxd5 21.exd5 Rg8
22.Rae1+ Kf7 23.g4 Rg5 24.Re6 Rxd5 25.Rhe1 axb3 26.axb3 d3 27.cxd3 Ra2+ 28.Kc3 Rxh2
29.Re7+ Kg6 30.Rd7 Rf2 31.Ree7 Kg5 32.Rxh7 Kf4 33.Rhf7 Kg5 34.Rh7 Kf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.06.02"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Beliavsky,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[ECO "C96"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Nd7 12.Nbd2 exd4 13.cxd4 Nc6 14.d5 Nce5 15.Nxe5 Nxe5
16.f4 Ng6 17.Nf3 f5 18.e5 dxe5 19.fxe5 Bb7 20.d6 Bh4 21.Re2 Bg3 22.b4 c4
23.Qd4 Qd7 24.Bd2 Rae8 25.Rae1 Bxf3 26.gxf3 Re6 27.Kg2 Bxe1 28.Rxe1 Qc6 29.Bc3 Rf7
30.Kf2 Nf8 31.Rg1 Rh6 32.Qe3 Rxh3 33.e6 Nxe6 34.Bxf5 Rxf3+ 35.Qxf3 Qxf3+
36.Kxf3 Rxf5+ 37.Ke4 g6 38.a4 Kf7 39.axb5 axb5 40.Bd2 Nf8 41.Bg5 Nd7 42.Be7 Ke6
43.Kd4 Rd5+ 44.Kc3 Ne5 45.Re1 Kd7 46.Bf8 Rd3+ 47.Kb2 Nc6 48.Rf1 Ke8 49.Rf6 g5
50.Bh6 c3+ 51.Kc1 Nxb4 52.Bxg5 Rg3  0-1

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.06.02"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Beliavsky,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "E66"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nc3 Rb8 8.d5 Na5
9.Nd2 c5 10.Qc2 e6 11.Rb1 exd5 12.Nxd5 Bf5 13.e4 Be6 14.Nb3 Nxb3 15.axb3 Nxd5
16.cxd5 Bd7 17.Bd2 f5 18.Rfe1 fxe4 19.Bxe4 Bd4 20.Be3 Qf6 21.Bxd4 Qxd4 22.Rbd1 Qf6
23.Re3 Rbe8 24.Rde1 Qd4 25.h4 Kg7 26.h5 Rf6 27.Bxg6 Rxe3 28.Rxe3 hxg6 29.Re7+ Kh6
30.Rxd7 Qxd5 31.hxg6 Rxg6 32.Qc1+ Rg5 33.Qf4 Qd1+ 34.Kh2  1-0

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.06.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Dreev,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.Qc2 c5 7.cxd5 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nxd5
9.Ndb5 Nc6 10.Nxd5 exd5 11.Bf4 Rc8 12.Qc3 f6 13.Qh3 Kf7 14.e3 g5 15.Qh5+ Kg7
16.Bg3 a6 17.Nc3 d4 18.Bc4 Qe8 19.Qxe8 Rxe8 20.Nd5 Ne5 21.Nc7 Rc8 22.Ne6+ Kg6
23.Bxe5 fxe5 24.Bb3 d3 25.Kd2 Be7 26.f3 e4 27.h4 gxh4 28.Nf4+ Kh6 29.Rh3 Rc5
30.Ne6 Rg8 31.Nf4 Rgc8 32.Rb1 Bf6 33.fxe4 Bxe4 34.Rf1 Rb5 35.Ne6 Be7 36.Nd4 Rxb3
37.Nxb3 Rc2+ 38.Kd1 Bxg2  0-1

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.06.03"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Dreev,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.O-O Qc7 6.b3 Ne7 7.Ba3 d6 8.c3 Ba6
9.Re1 Ng6 10.d4 Be7 11.dxc5 dxc5 12.Qc2 Qa5 13.Bb2 O-O 14.c4 e5 15.Nc3 f6
16.Na4 Nf4 17.Qc3 Qc7 18.Ba3 Ne6 19.Qe3 Qa5 20.Qd2 Qc7 21.Qe3 Qa5 22.Qd2 Qxd2
23.Nxd2 Bc8 24.Nf1 Bd7 25.Rad1 Be8 26.Ne3 g6 27.f3 Rf7 28.Ng4 Bf8 29.Nf2 Nd4
30.Bxc5 Bxc5 31.Nxc5 g5 32.Ng4 Kf8 33.Nh6 Re7 34.Nf5 Nxf5 35.exf5 h5 36.Rd6 Kg7
37.Kf2 a5 38.Red1  1-0

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.06.04"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Akopian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qb6 5.Nb3 Nf6 6.Nc3 e6 7.Bd3 Be7 8.O-O a6
9.Be3 Qc7 10.f4 d6 11.Qf3 O-O 12.g4 b5 13.g5 Nd7 14.Qh5 g6 15.Qh6 Re8 16.Rf3 Bf8
17.Qh4 Qd8 18.Raf1 Bb7 19.Rh3 h6 20.Nd4 Nxd4 21.Bxd4 e5 22.Be3 exf4 23.Bxf4 Ne5
24.gxh6 Qxh4 25.Rxh4 Be7 26.Rh3 Bc8 27.h7+ Kh8 28.Bxe5+ dxe5 29.Rhf3 Be6
30.a4 bxa4 31.Nxa4 Kxh7 32.b3 Kg7 33.Kg2 Reb8 34.Nb2 a5 35.Bc4 Bxc4 36.Nxc4 f6
37.Rd3 Rd8 38.Rfd1 Rxd3 39.Rxd3 Ra7 40.Nb6 Kf7 41.Rd5 Ke6 42.Kf3 Rc7 43.c4 Rb7
44.Rb5 Bc5 45.Nd5 Rxb5 46.cxb5 f5 47.b6 Kd7 48.b7 Ba7 49.h4 Kd6 50.Ne3 fxe4+
51.Kxe4 Kc6 52.Nc4 Kxb7 53.Nxe5 Bf2 54.Nxg6 Bxh4 55.Nxh4 a4  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.06.04"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Akopian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[ECO "C05"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Ne2 cxd4 8.Nexd4 Nc5
9.Be3 Be7 10.c3 O-O 11.Be2 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 Ne4 13.O-O Bd7 14.Bd3 a6 15.Qe2 Nc5
16.Rf2 Nxd3 17.Qxd3 Rc8 18.g4 f5 19.exf6 Bxf6 20.Re1 Qc7 21.Qe3 Bxd4 22.Nxd4 Rce8
23.g5 Bc8 24.a3 Qf7 25.Qg3 Qg6 26.Re5 Bd7 27.h3 Rf7 28.Kh2 Ref8 29.Qe3 Qh5
30.Nxe6 Bxe6 31.Rxe6 Rf5 32.Re5 Qg6 33.Kg3 h6 34.h4 hxg5 35.hxg5 R5f7 36.Rxd5 Qc6
37.Qd4 Qc7 38.Rd6 Rf5 39.Rd7 Rxg5+ 40.Kh4 Qc6 41.Kxg5  1-0

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.06.04"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Akopian,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.O-O Bg7 6.c3 Nh6 7.d4 cxd4 8.cxd4 f6
9.Nc3 Nf7 10.Re1 d6 11.b3 O-O 12.Bb2 Bd7 13.Qc2 Qa5 14.h3 Rfe8 15.Ne2 Rac8
16.Bc3 Qa6 17.Qb2 e5 18.dxe5 fxe5 19.Rad1 Be6 20.Nf4 Bd7 21.Nd3 g5 22.Nc5 dxc5
23.Rxd7 h6 24.Red1 Re6 25.Nd2 Nd6 26.Nc4 Nxc4 27.bxc4 Rf8 28.Qb7 Qxb7 29.Rxb7 a6
30.Rdd7 Bf6 31.Ra7 h5 32.Rxa6 Rf7 33.Raa7 Rxd7 34.Rxd7 Re8 35.Rd6 Kf7 36.Rxc6 Ra8
37.Rxc5 Rxa2 38.Bxe5 Be7 39.Rc6 g4 40.hxg4 hxg4 41.Bg3 Re2 42.e5 Bg5 43.Kf1 Rc2
44.Rc8 Ke6 45.Kg1 Kf5 46.c5 Be7 47.c6 Rc4 48.Rc7 Ke6 49.Kh2 Rc2 50.Rc8 Rc4
51.Rg8 Kf5 52.Rg7 Ke6 53.c7 Rxc7 54.Rxg4 Rc8 55.Rg6+ Kf5 56.Rg7 Bg5 57.Rf7+ Ke6
58.Rh7 Rc4 59.Kh3 Ra4 60.Rh5 Bd2 61.f4 Kd5  1-0

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.06.04"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Akopian,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.Bc2 Bg4 6.d3 e6 7.Nbd2 Be7 8.h3 Bh5
9.Nf1 Nd7 10.g4 Bg6 11.Ng3 h5 12.Be3 hxg4 13.hxg4 Rxh1+ 14.Nxh1 Qb6 15.Bb3 O-O-O
16.Ng3 Nde5 17.Nxe5 dxe5 18.Qc2 Qa6 19.O-O-O Na5 20.f3 c4 21.dxc4 Nxc4 22.Rxd8+ Bxd8
23.Bxc4 Qxc4 24.b3 Qc6 25.Kb2 a6 26.a4 Bh4 27.Nf1 f5 28.Qh2 Bd8 29.Nd2 f4
30.Bf2 b5 31.axb5 axb5 32.Qh8 Qd7 33.Kc2 Be8 34.b4 Bc7 35.Nb3 Bd6 36.Bc5 Bc7
37.Bf8 g6 38.Bg7 Bb6 39.Bxe5 Be3 40.Bd4  1-0

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.06.05"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Polgar,Ju"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.e3 d6
9.f3 Nbd7 10.Nh3 c5 11.dxc5 bxc5 12.Be2 Qb6 13.O-O a5 14.Rfd1 d5 15.Rac1 Ba6
16.Rd2 Rab8 17.Bh4 Rfc8 18.Bf2 a4 19.Nf4 g5 20.Nh3 h6 21.Bg3 Rb7 22.Be5 Nxe5
23.Qxe5 Nd7 24.Qg3 Qa5 25.Rcd1 d4 26.exd4 cxd4 27.Rxd4 Rxb2 28.Rxd7 Rxe2
29.Nf4 Rc2 30.Nh5 R2xc4 31.h3 Rc1 32.Kh2 Rxd1 33.Rxd1 Qf5 34.Qd6 Bb7 35.Qd4 e5
36.Qb6 Bxf3 37.Rd8+ Rxd8 38.Qxd8+ Kh7 39.gxf3 Qxf3 40.Nf6+ Kg7 41.Ng4 Qf4+
42.Kg2 h5 43.Nf2 g4 44.hxg4 hxg4 45.Qh4 Qf3+ 46.Kg1 f5 47.Qe7+ Kg6 48.Qe6+ Kg5
49.Qxe5 Qc6 50.Qe7+ Kg6 51.Qe3 Qc2 52.Nd3 Qb3 53.Kf2 Kf6 54.Qe5+ Kg6 55.Nf4+ Kf7
56.Qxf5+ Ke7 57.Nd5+ Kd6 58.Ne3 Qb2+ 59.Kg3 Qb3 60.Qf8+ Kc6 61.Kf4 g3 62.Nf5 g2
63.Nd4+ Kd5 64.Qd8+ Kc4 65.Nxb3 g1=Q 66.Nd2+ Kc3 67.Ne4+ Kb2 68.Qd3 Qh2+
69.Kf5 Qc2 70.Qxc2+ Kxc2 71.Nc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.06.05"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Polgar,Ju"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bd3 e5 7.Nde2 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.f4 Nbd7 10.Kh1 b5 11.Ng3 g6 12.f5 b4 13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.exd5 Nf6 15.Bh6 Bb7
16.Ne4 Nxd5 17.Bxf8 Qxf8 18.Qd2 Rc8 19.Rae1 a5 20.b3 Nf4 21.Rxf4 exf4 22.Qxf4 d5
23.Ng5 h6 24.Nf3 g5 25.Qd4 Bc5 26.Qg4 Re8 27.Rf1 f6 28.Nd4 h5 29.Qxh5 Bxd4
30.Qg6+ Kh8 31.Rf3 Re1+ 32.Bf1 Qg7 33.Qh5+ Qh7 34.Qg4 Be5 35.Kg1 Ba6  0-1

[Event "Dual of the WCh"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2002.08.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[ECO "B17"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Ng5 Ngf6 6.Bd3 e6 7.N1f3 Bd6 8.Qe2 h6
9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.Qxe4 Qc7 11.O-O b6 12.Qg4 g5 13.Qh3 Rg8 14.Nd2 Bb7 15.a4 O-O-O
16.a5 c5 17.axb6 axb6 18.Be4 g4 19.Bxb7+ Qxb7 20.Qc3 Kb8 21.dxc5 Nxc5 22.b4 Ne4
23.Nxe4 Qxe4 24.Qa3 Bc7 25.Be3 Qb7 26.c4 Be5 27.Ra2 Kc8 28.c5 bxc5 29.bxc5 Qc6
30.Qa7 f5 31.Ra6 Qc7 32.Qxc7+ Bxc7 33.c6 Rd5 34.Rb1 Ra5 35.Rxa5 Bxa5 36.Ra1 Rd8
37.g3 Rd5 38.Bxh6 Kc7 39.Rc1 Bd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dual of the WCh"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2002.08.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 g5
9.Bg3 Bg7 10.h3 Ne5 11.f3 Nbc6 12.Bf2 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 Be6 14.Qd2 Qa5 15.a3 O-O
16.h4 Ng6 17.b4 Qc7 18.hxg5 hxg5 19.Bxg7 Kxg7 20.O-O-O Rh8 21.Rxh8 Rxh8 22.Kb2 f6
23.g3 Ne5 24.f4 gxf4 25.gxf4 Nc4+ 26.Bxc4 Qxc4 27.e5 dxe5 28.fxe5 f5 29.Qg2+ Kf7
30.Rd3 Qf4 31.Qxb7 Rh2 32.Qf3 Qxe5 33.Re3 Qd4 34.Re2 Rh8 35.Re4 Qf6 36.Re3 Qd4
37.Qe2 Qc4 38.Qg2 Qd4 39.Qe2 Qc4 40.Qg2 Qd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dual of the WCh"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2002.08.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 f5 11.Bd3 Be6 12.O-O Bxd5 13.exd5 Ne7 14.c3 Bg7 15.Qh5 e4
16.Bc2 O-O 17.Rae1 Qc8 18.Bb3 Ng6 19.Nc2 Re8 20.f4 exf3 21.Rxe8+ Qxe8 22.Qxf3 f4
23.Re1 Qd7 24.Nb4 a5 25.Nc6 Re8 26.Rxe8+ Qxe8 27.Kf1 b4 28.cxb4 axb4 29.Qe2 Qd7
30.Bc2 Ne5 31.Qe4 f3 32.Qxh7+ Kf8 33.Qe4 fxg2+ 34.Kxg2 Ng4 35.h3 Ne5 36.Ba4 Kg8
37.Qxb4 Ng6 38.Bc2 Qe8 39.Qe4 Qa8 40.a4 Bxb2 41.Qg4 Kh8 42.Bxg6 fxg6 43.Qxg6 Qxa4
44.Ne7  1-0

[Event "Dual of the WCh"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2002.08.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "B80"]

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 Bb7 10.O-O-O Nb6 11.Nb3 N8d7 12.Na5 Qc7 13.Kb1 Be7 14.h4 O-O 15.Bg5 f6
16.Be3 Ne5 17.Qf2 Nbc4 18.Nxb7 Qxb7 19.Bd4 Rac8 20.Ne2 Nc6 21.Be3 Nxe3 22.Qxe3 Qa7
23.Qb3 d5 24.exd5 Na5 25.Qd3 Nc4 26.Nf4 Ne3 27.Nxe6 Nxd1 28.Qxd1 Rfe8 29.Bd3 Qf2
30.f4 Bd6 31.g5 Rxe6 32.dxe6 Qxf4 33.Rf1 Qe5 34.Re1 Qc5 35.gxf6 gxf6 36.Qg4+ Kh8
37.Rg1 Qc7 38.e7  1-0

[Event "Dual of the WCh"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2002.08.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 Nbd7
9.g4 b5 10.g5 b4 11.Nd5 Nxd5 12.exd5 Bf5 13.Bd3 Bxd3 14.Qxd3 Be7 15.h4 O-O
16.O-O-O a5 17.Nd2 f5 18.Kb1 Qc8 19.f4 Qa6 20.Qxa6 Rxa6 21.Nc4 Rc8 22.b3 Bd8
23.Rhe1 Kf7 24.Bc1 Rxc4 25.bxc4 e4 26.Bb2 Bb6 27.Re2 Bc5 28.h5 Kf8 29.Bd4 Bxd4
30.Rxd4 Nc5 31.Re1 Rb6 32.Kc1 a4 33.Kb2 Ke7 34.a3 b3 35.Re3 Kd7 36.Rd1 Kc7
37.Rb1 Kb7 38.Kc3 Ka6 39.Rb2 Rb7 40.Kd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dual of the WCh"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2002.08.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "C96"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Nd7 12.Nbd2 exd4 13.cxd4 Nc6 14.d5 Nce5 15.Nxe5 Nxe5
16.a4 Rb8 17.axb5 axb5 18.f4 Ng6 19.Nf3 Bh4 20.Nxh4 Qxh4 21.f5 Ne5 22.Rf1 Bd7
23.Bf4 Ra8 24.Qd2 Qe7 25.b4 Nc4 26.Qc3 cxb4 27.Qxb4 Qf6 28.Qe1 Qb2 29.Rc1 Rfe8
30.Qf2 Ra3 31.Bb1 Qxf2+ 32.Rxf2 f6 33.Rf3 Rea8 34.Bd3 Ne5 35.Bxe5 dxe5 36.Bf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dual of the WCh"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2002.08.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[ECO "B49"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 Nc6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Be3 Bb4
9.Na4 Be7 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Nb6 Rb8 12.Nxc8 Qxc8 13.e5 Nd5 14.Bd4 O-O 15.c4 Nf4
16.g3 c5 17.Bc3 Nh3+ 18.Kg2 Ng5 19.Qd3 f5 20.Rad1 Rb7 21.Bf3 Nxf3 22.Qxf3 a5
23.a4 Ra7 24.Rd3 Rd8 25.Rfd1 Qa6 26.b3 Qc8 27.h3 Rf8 28.Kh2 Rf7 29.Qe2 Bf8
30.Qd2 Qc7 31.f4 Qb6 32.Qc2 g6 33.Be1 Qc6 34.Qg2 Qxg2+ 35.Kxg2 h5 36.Kf3 Kh8
37.Bf2 Rb7 38.Kg2 Kg8 39.Be1 Ra7 40.Bd2 Rh7 41.Be3 Rb7 42.g4 hxg4 43.hxg4 fxg4
44.Kg3 Be7 45.Kxg4 Kf8 46.Kg3 Ke8 47.Kg2 Rh5 48.Bd2 Ra7 49.Rf1 Kf7 50.Rff3 Rh7
51.Rh3 Rxh3 52.Kxh3 Bd8 53.Be1 Rb7 54.Kg4 Kg7 55.Bh4 Bxh4 56.Kxh4 Rc7 57.Kg5 Rb7
58.Rd6 Kf7 59.Kh6 Ke7 60.Rd3 Rb8 61.Kxg6 Rg8+ 62.Kh5 Rg1 63.Kh4 Rg2 64.Rg3 Rf2
65.Kg5 Kd8 66.Rh3 Kc7 67.Kg4 Rg2+ 68.Kf3 Rb2 69.Ke4 Re2+ 70.Re3 Rf2 71.Rd3 Re2+
72.Kf3 Rb2 73.f5 exf5 74.Kf4 Rf2+ 75.Rf3 Rxf3+ 76.Kxf3 Kd8 77.Kf4 Ke7 78.Kxf5 Kf7
79.Kf4 Ke7 80.Ke3 Kf7 81.Kd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dual of the WCh"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2002.08.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.a4 Nc6 8.Qe2 Be7
9.Rd1 O-O 10.dxc5 Qc7 11.b3 Bxc5 12.Bb2 b6 13.Nbd2 Bb7 14.Rac1 Nb4 15.Ng5 Qe7
16.Ndf3 h6 17.Nh3 Rfd8 18.Nf4 Rxd1+ 19.Rxd1 Rd8 20.Rxd8+ Qxd8 21.Ne5 Nbd5
22.Nh5 Be7 23.h3 Qc7 24.e4 Nb4 25.Nxf7 Kxf7 26.Nxg7 Bc8 27.Nf5 b5 28.axb5 axb5
29.Nxe7 Kxe7 30.Bxb5 Qc2 31.Ba3 Qc3 32.Qc4 Qa1+ 33.Kh2 Qxa3 34.Qxc8 Qa5 35.Qc5+ Kd8
36.Qd6+ Kc8 37.Qxe6+ Kb8 38.Bc4 Qc7+ 39.e5 Ne4 40.f4 Nd2 41.Qxh6 Nxc4 42.Qf8+ Ka7
43.Qxb4 Nb6 44.e6 Nc8 45.Qd4+ Kb8 46.Qe5  1-0

[Event "RUS vs. ROW"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.09.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rublevsky,S"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d3 Bg7 6.h3 Nh6 7.Nc3 f6 8.Be3 b6
9.O-O O-O 10.a3 Nf7 11.b4 f5 12.Bd2 Qd6 13.Rb1 e5 14.Na4 c4 15.dxc4 fxe4
16.Ng5 Nxg5 17.Bxg5 Qd4 18.Qe2 Be6 19.Rfd1 Qxc4 20.Qxc4 Bxc4 21.Nc3 h6 22.Be3 Rad8
23.Nxe4 Be2 24.Re1 Bb5 25.Rbd1 Ba4 26.Rc1 Rf7 27.Nc3 Bb5 28.Nxb5 cxb5 29.c4 Rd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS vs. ROW"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.09.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Motylev,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.c4 c6
9.Qc2 Na6 10.a3 f5 11.c5 Bb8 12.Bxa6 bxa6 13.Nc3 f4 14.Re1 Bf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS vs. ROW"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.09.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "B54"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 d6 7.Be3 Nf6 8.f4 Be7
9.g4 d5 10.e5 Nd7 11.g5 Nxd4 12.Qxd4 h6 13.g6 Bh4+ 14.Kd2 fxg6 15.Rhg1 Nf8
16.Bd3 g5 17.Raf1 Bd7 18.Kc1 Qe7 19.f5 Bc6 20.f6 gxf6 21.Rxf6 O-O-O 22.Rgf1 Be8
23.Qa7 g4 24.Bxa6  1-0

[Event "RUS vs. ROW"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.09.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Nbd2 Be7 6.Bg2 d5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.O-O O-O
9.Ne5 Bb7 10.b3 Na6 11.Bb2 c5 12.Rc1 Nc7 13.dxc5 bxc5 14.Nd3 Nd7 15.Nf4 Rb8
16.e4 d4 17.Nc4 Bg5 18.Rc2 Bxf4 19.gxf4 Qh4 20.Qf3 Ne6 21.Qg3 Qxf4 22.Bc1 Qxg3
23.hxg3 Ba6 24.Rd1 Nb6 25.Ne5 Rbc8 26.Ba3 Rfd8 27.Bf1 Bxf1 28.Kxf1 f6 29.Nc4 g5
30.f3 Kg7 31.Kf2 h5 32.Nb2 Rc7 33.Rdc1 Rdc8 34.Nc4 Nxc4 35.Rxc4 Kg6 36.b4 cxb4
37.Rxc7 Rxc7 38.Rxc7 Nxc7 39.Bxb4 Ne6 40.Bd2 f5 41.exf5+ Kxf5 42.Ke2 Ke5
43.Be1 Kd5 44.Bd2 g4 45.Bc1 Kc4 46.Bd2 Ng7 47.Bf4 Nf5 48.fxg4 hxg4 49.Kd2 a6
50.Kc2 d3+ 51.Kd1 Kd4 52.Kd2 Ke4 53.Bb8 Nd4 54.Bf4 Nc2 55.Bd6 Ne3 56.Bf4 Nc4+
57.Kd1 Kf3 58.Bc7 d2 59.Bf4 Kf2  0-1

[Event "RUS vs. ROW"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.09.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d3 Bg7 6.h3 Nf6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Be3 b6
9.Qd2 e5 10.Bh6 Qd6 11.O-O-O a5 12.Bxg7 Kxg7 13.Nh2 a4 14.Ng4 Ng8 15.Ne2 Bxg4
16.hxg4 Qe6 17.Kb1 Qxg4 18.f3 Qe6 19.g4 f6 20.f4 a3 21.f5 Qd7 22.b3 g5 23.Qe3 h6
24.c3 Qe7 25.Ng1 Rfe8 26.Nf3 Rad8 27.Kc2 Rd7 28.Rd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS vs. ROW"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.09.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7
9.d3 d6 10.a3 Na5 11.Ba2 c5 12.Nc3 c4 13.Bd2 h6 14.b4 cxb3 15.cxb3 Nc6 16.b4 Bc8
17.Rc1 Be6 18.Nd5 Rc8 19.d4 Nxd4 20.Nxd4 Rxc1 21.Bxc1 exd4 22.Nxe7+ Qxe7
23.Bb1 Rc8 24.Bb2 Bc4 25.Qxd4 Qe6 26.e5 dxe5 27.Rxe5 Qd7 28.Qxd7 Nxd7 29.Re3 Be6
30.Be4 Rc7 31.Rg3 f6 32.Rd3 Rc4 33.Bb7 Rc2 34.Bd4 Bc4 35.Rd1 Ra2 36.Ra1 Rd2
37.Be3 Rd6 38.Bf4 Ne5 39.Re1 Rd3 40.Bxe5 fxe5 41.Re3 Rd6 42.Rxe5 Kf7 43.Kh2 Rb6
44.Be4 a5 45.Rc5 axb4 46.axb4 Ke6 47.f4 Kd6 48.Rc8 Ra6 49.Rd8+ Ke7 50.Ra8 Rd6
51.Rb8 Rd4 52.Bc6 Rxf4 53.Bxb5 Bxb5 54.Rxb5 Rc4 55.Kg3 Kf6 56.Kf3 Kg6 57.Rb7 Rc3+
58.Kf4 Rb3 59.h4 Kh5 60.Rxg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS vs. ROW"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.09.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bareev,E"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nc3 Nb6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.a3 O-O
9.b4 Be6 10.Rb1 f6 11.d3 Nd4 12.Nd2 c6 13.Nde4 Rf7 14.e3 Nb5 15.Nxb5 cxb5
16.Bb2 Na4 17.Ba1 Rc8 18.d4 f5 19.Nc5 Nxc5 20.bxc5 Bc4 21.Bxb7 Rb8 22.Bg2 Bxf1
23.Bxf1 exd4 24.exd4 Kh8 25.Rc1 Rc8 26.Bxb5 Bf6 27.Qd3 Rf8 28.Bc3 f4 29.g4 f3
30.Rd1 Bh4 31.Qd2 Bg5 32.Qe1 Bf4 33.h3 Bb8 34.Ba5 Qh4 35.Qf1 Qf6 36.Kh1 Qf4
37.Qg1 Qh6 38.Qf1 Qf4 39.Qg1 Qh6 40.Qf1 Qf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS vs. ROW"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.09.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[ECO "C43"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Nd7 6.Nxd7 Bxd7 7.O-O Bd6 8.c4 c6
9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Nc3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 O-O 12.Qh5 f5 13.Re1 Qc7 14.Bd2 Rae8 15.g3 g6
16.Qf3 Re4 17.Rec1 b5 18.a4 a6 19.Bh6 Rc8 20.Bxe4 dxe4 21.Qe3 Qc4 22.axb5 Bxb5
23.Bf4 Bf8 24.Be5 h6 25.g4 Qe6 26.gxf5 Qxf5 27.Qf4 Kf7 28.c4 Qxf4 29.Bxf4 Rxc4
30.d5 Rd4 31.Rd1 Rd3 32.Rxd3 exd3 33.Bd2 Bc4 34.Ra4 Bxd5 35.Rxa6 Be4 36.Ra4 Bf5
37.Kg2 h5 38.Bg5 Ke6 39.Kf3 Bd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS vs. ROW"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.09.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kasparov,G"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2838"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "C96"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Nd7 12.b3 cxd4 13.cxd4 Nc6 14.Nc3 exd4 15.Nd5 Nde5
16.Nxd4 Nxd4 17.Qxd4 Bf6 18.Kh1 Bxh3 19.gxh3 Qc8 20.Nxf6+ gxf6 21.Rg1+ Kh8
22.Qe3 Qxc2 23.Qf4 Nd7 24.Qf5 Rg8 25.Be3 d5 26.Qxd7 Qxe4+ 27.Kh2  1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS vs. ROW"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.09.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 Bd7 10.b3 Kc8 11.Bb2 Be7 12.Rad1 a5 13.a4 h5 14.Rd3 b6 15.Rfd1 Be6
16.Ne4 c5 17.c4 Kb7 18.Nfg5 Bxg5 19.Nxg5 Rae8 20.g3 Rhf8 21.Nxe6 fxe6 22.f4 Kc8
23.Kg2 Rd8 24.Kf3 Rxd3+ 25.Rxd3 Rd8 26.Rxd8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.10.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ehlvest,J"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "E14"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.Bd3 d5 6.O-O dxc4 7.Bxc4 a6 8.Qd2 Nbd7
9.a4 c5 10.Nc3 Bd6 11.Rd1 cxd4 12.exd4 Qc7 13.d5 O-O 14.dxe6 Bxf3 15.gxf3 Bxh2+
16.Kg2 fxe6 17.Bxe6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.10.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 Ke8 10.h3 Be7 11.Bf4 Be6 12.a3 Rd8 13.Rad1 h6 14.Rfe1 a6 15.Ne4 Rd5
16.g4 Nh4 17.Nxh4 Bxh4 18.Bg3 Be7 19.Nc3 Rxd1 20.Rxd1 h5 21.f3 b5 22.Kg2 a5
23.Ne2 hxg4 24.hxg4 Bc5 25.Nf4 g6 26.Nd3 Be7 27.Be1 a4 28.Ba5 Bd8 29.Nb4 Bd7
30.Na6 Bc8 31.Nxc7+ Bxc7 32.Bxc7 Bd7 33.b3 axb3 34.cxb3 Ke7 35.Bd6+ Kd8 36.a4 Be6
37.Ra1 Kd7 38.b4 bxa4 39.Rxa4 Rh7 40.Ra7+ Kd8 41.Ra1 Kc8 42.Kg3 Bd5 43.f4 Rh1
44.Ra7 Rg1+ 45.Kh4 Be6 46.f5 gxf5 47.gxf5 Bxf5 48.Rxf7 Rg4+ 49.Kh3 Be6 50.Re7 Rg6+
51.Kh4 Bd5 52.Kh5 Re6 53.Rg7 Re8 54.Ra7 Rg8 55.Kh6 Kd8 56.Be7+ Ke8 57.Bg5 Kf8
58.Rc7 Ke8 59.e6 Bxe6 60.Re7+ Kd8 61.Rxe6+ Kd7 62.Re4 Kd6 63.Be7+ Kd5 64.Rf4 Ke5
65.Rf1 Rg2 66.Bc5 Ke6 67.Rd1  1-0

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.10.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hracek,Z"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Be3 Be6 10.Qd2 Nbd7 11.a4 Rc8 12.a5 Nc5 13.Nxc5 dxc5 14.Qxd8 Rfxd8 15.f3 c4
16.Na4 Nd7 17.Rfd1 Bb4 18.Bd2 Bxd2 19.Rxd2 Nb8 20.Rxd8+ Rxd8 21.Kf1 Nd7 22.Ra3 Rc8
23.Rc3 Rc6 24.Ke1 Kf8 25.Kd2 Ke7 26.b4 cxb3 27.cxb3 Kd6 28.b4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.10.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Adams,Mi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "C87"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 d6 7.c3 Bg4 8.h3 Bh5
9.d3 Nd7 10.Be3 h6 11.Nbd2 Bg5 12.d4 Bxe3 13.fxe3 O-O 14.Nf1 Bg6 15.Ng3 Nf6
16.Bc2 Re8 17.Qd2 Nh5 18.Qf2 Nxg3 19.Qxg3 Bh7 20.Re2 Qe7 21.Rf1 Rf8 22.Nd2 Rae8
23.Ref2 Nd8 24.Bb1 Qg5 25.Qf3 Ne6 26.g3 exd4 27.exd4 Qb5 28.b4 Ng5 29.Qg2 d5
30.e5 Bxb1 31.Rxb1 Qd3 32.Rc1 f6 33.h4 Ne4 34.Nxe4 dxe4 35.Rd2 Qe3+ 36.Qf2 Qxf2+
37.Rxf2 fxe5 38.d5 Rf3 39.Kg2 Rd3 40.c4 Rf8 41.Re1 Rd4 42.Rfe2 Rxc4 43.Rxe4 Rxe4
44.Rxe4 Rf5 45.g4 Rf7 46.a3 Re7 47.Kf3 Kf8 48.Re3 Ke8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.11.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Radjabov,T"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "E59"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.Nf3 d5 7.O-O Nc6 8.a3 Bxc3
9.bxc3 Qc7 10.Bb2 dxc4 11.Bxc4 e5 12.h3 Bf5 13.Qe2 Rad8 14.Rfd1 h6 15.Ba2 Rfe8
16.Nxe5 Nxe5 17.dxe5 Qxe5 18.c4 Qe6 19.Rxd8 Rxd8 20.Rd1 Rxd1+ 21.Qxd1 Qb6
22.Be5 Qa5 23.Qc1 Nd7 24.Bb2 f6 25.Qd1 Qb6 26.Qd2 Kh7 27.g4 Bg6 28.Bc3 Ne5
29.Bxe5 fxe5 30.f4 Be4 31.fxe5 h5 32.Qf2 Qd8 33.Kh2 hxg4 34.hxg4 Qg5 35.Qg3 Qh6+
36.Kg1 Qh1+ 37.Kf2 Qd1 38.Bb3 Qd2+ 39.Kg1 g5 40.e6 Qc1+ 41.Kf2 Qb2+ 42.Kg1 Kg6
43.e7 Qa1+ 44.Kf2 Qf6+ 45.Ke1 Qxe7 46.Bd1 Kf6 47.Qf2+ Ke6 48.Qh2 Qf6 49.Qb8 Bc6
50.Be2 Qe5 51.Qg8+ Kd7 52.Qf7+ Kd6 53.Kf2 Be4 54.Qf8+ Kc7 55.Qh6 Qe7 56.Qh8 Bc6
57.Qc3 Kb6 58.Qb2+ Ka6 59.Qc3 Qd6 60.Ke1 b6 61.Qb2 Qg3+ 62.Kd2 Qf2 63.Qb1 Qf6
64.Qb3 Qd6+ 65.Ke1 Qg3+ 66.Kd2 Qg2 67.Ke1 Bd7 68.Qd1 Qg3+ 69.Kd2 Qe5 70.Qb1 Ka5
71.Qd3 Be6 72.Qc3+ Qxc3+ 73.Kxc3 Ka4 74.Kb2 a6 75.Bd1+ Ka5 76.Kc3 b5 77.cxb5 axb5
78.e4 b4+ 79.axb4+ cxb4+ 80.Kd4 b3 81.Bxb3 Bxb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.11.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Spasov,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 Nbd7
9.g4 b5 10.g5 b4 11.Ne2 Nh5 12.Qd2 h6 13.gxh6 g6 14.O-O-O a5 15.Kb1 Nhf6
16.Ned4 exd4 17.Nxd4 Qc7 18.Nxe6 fxe6 19.Bh3 Kf7 20.Rhg1 Ne5 21.Qg2 Rg8 22.f4 Nc4
23.Bd4 e5 24.fxe5 dxe5 25.h7 Nxh7 26.Rdf1+ Nf6 27.Rxf6+ Kxf6 28.Qg5+ Kf7
29.Rf1+ Ke8 30.Be6 Be7 31.Qh6 Rf8 32.Qxg6+ Kd8 33.Bxc4 Qxc4 34.Bb6+ Kc8 35.Rd1 Rf1
36.Qe8+ Kb7 37.Qxe7+ Ka6  0-1

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.11.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Krasenkow,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[ECO "C82"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6
9.Nbd2 Be7 10.c3 Nc5 11.Bc2 Bg4 12.Re1 O-O 13.Nf1 d4 14.h3 Bh5 15.Ng3 Bxf3
16.Qxf3 d3 17.b4 dxc2 18.bxc5 Qd7 19.Nf5 Qe6 20.Nd4 Nxd4 21.cxd4 Rfd8 22.Bb2 a5
23.Qc3 a4 24.a3 Qb3 25.Rac1 b4 26.axb4 Rab8 27.Rxc2 Rxb4 28.Qxb3 Rxb3 29.Ra1 a3
30.Rxa3 Rxa3 31.Bxa3 Rxd4 32.Rb2 h5 33.Rb8+ Kh7 34.Rc8 Ra4 35.Rxc7 Bg5 36.Bb2 Rb4
37.Bc3 Rc4 38.e6 fxe6 39.Be5 Bf4 40.Bxf4 Rxf4 41.Kf1 Kg6 42.Ke2 Rc4 43.Kd3 Rc1
44.Kd4 Kf6 45.Rc8 Ke7 46.Rg8 Kf7 47.Rh8 g6 48.g4 hxg4 49.hxg4 g5 50.Rh3 Ke7
51.Rc3 Rd1+ 52.Ke3 Re1+ 53.Kd2 Re4 54.f3 Rf4 55.Ke3 Kd7 56.Rd3+ Kc7 57.Rd4 Rf6
58.Ke4 Kc6 59.Ke5 Rxf3 60.Kxe6 Rf4 61.Ke5 Rf8 62.Rd6+ Kxc5 63.Rg6 Re8+ 64.Kf5 Kd4
65.Kxg5 Ke4 66.Kh5 Kf4 67.Rf6+ Kg3 68.g5 Rh8+ 69.Rh6 Ra8 70.Rh7  1-0

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.11.06"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ye Jiangchuan"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Be3 Be6
9.f4 exf4 10.Bxf4 Nc6 11.Qd2 d5 12.exd5 Nxd5 13.Nxd5 Qxd5 14.Qxd5 Bxd5 15.O-O O-O
16.Rad1 Be6 17.c3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.11.07"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Akopian,Vl"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.f3 Be7 8.Qd2 Nc6
9.O-O-O O-O 10.g4 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b5 12.g5 Nd7 13.h4 b4 14.Ne2 a5 15.Ng3 Ne5
16.Qf2 Qc7 17.f4 Ng4 18.Qf3 e5 19.Nf5 exd4 20.Qxg4 b3 21.axb3 a4 22.Bd3 d5
23.g6 Bxf5 24.exf5 axb3 25.f6 hxg6 26.fxe7 Qxe7 27.Qh3 Qb4 28.Kb1 Qa5 29.cxb3 Rfc8
30.Qxc8+ Rxc8 31.h5 Ra8 32.Kc2 Rc8+ 33.Kb1 Ra8 34.Kc2 gxh5 35.Rxh5 g6 36.Rhh1 Qc7+
37.Kb1 Qxf4 38.Rh3 Re8 39.b4 Re3 40.Rhh1 Qf3 41.Rhf1 Qh3 42.Rh1 Qg2 43.Rhg1 Qh2
44.Rh1 Qg3 45.Rhg1 Qd6 46.b5 Qb4 47.Rg4 Re1 48.Rxe1 Qxe1+ 49.Kc2 Qb4 50.Rg3 Qa4+
51.Kc1 Qb3 52.Rf3 f5 53.Be2 Qb4 54.Kc2 Kg7 55.Rb3 Qc5+ 56.Kd2 Qb6 57.Ra3 Kh6
58.Ra6 Qc5 59.Bd3 Kg5 60.Ra1 Kf4 61.Rg1 Qb4+ 62.Kc2 Qa4+ 63.Kd2 Qb3 64.Rxg6 Qxb2+
65.Kd1 Ke3 66.Rg3+ Kf2 67.Rh3 Qb3+ 68.Kd2 Qc3+ 69.Kd1 Qa1+ 70.Kd2 Qe1+ 71.Kc2 Kg2  0-1

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.11.08"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Georgiev,Ki"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.O-O Nc6 7.e3 Bd7 8.Qe2 b5
9.a4 Rb8 10.axb5 axb5 11.b3 cxb3 12.Nbd2 Bb4 13.Nxb3 O-O 14.Bb2 Ne4 15.Ne1 Nc3
16.Qc2 Na4 17.Nd3 Nxb2 18.Qxb2 Bd6 19.Rfc1 Rb6 20.h4 Qe7 21.Nd2 Rfb8 22.Ne4 Be8
23.h5 h6 24.Nf4 Bxf4 25.gxf4 Nb4 26.Nc5 Nd5 27.Ra7 Qh4 28.Na6 Rd8 29.Nxc7 Nxc7
30.Raxc7 Qxh5 31.Qb4 Qh4 32.Qc5 Rbb8 33.Qb4 Qf6 34.Be4 g6 35.Kg2 h5 36.R1c5 Rd7
37.Rxd7 Bxd7 38.Rg5 Rc8 39.Qd6 Be8 40.d5 Rc4 41.Bd3 Rc8 42.dxe6 fxe6 43.Bxb5 Bxb5
44.Rxb5 Rd8 45.Qc6 Qf7 46.Rb6 Re8 47.Rb5 Re7 48.Qc3 Kh7 49.Kg3 Qg7 50.Qc5 Qf6
51.Qd6 Kg7 52.Kg2 Kh7 53.Qd8 Qg7 54.Qd6 Qf6 55.Kg3 Kg7 56.Rb8 e5 57.Rg8+ Kxg8
58.Qxf6 exf4+ 59.exf4 Rf7 60.Qxg6+ Rg7 61.Qg5  1-0

[Event "Superstars Hotel Bali"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2002.11.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Granero Roca,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[ECO "B19"]

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 O-O-O 13.Kb1 Ngf6 14.c4 Bd6 15.Ne4 Nxe4
16.Qxe4 Nf6 17.Qe2 Rhe8 18.Bc3 c5 19.Ne5 cxd4 20.Bxd4 Bxe5 21.Bxe5 Qc6 22.g4 Rxd1+
23.Rxd1 Rd8 24.Re1 Ne8 25.f4 f6 26.Bc3 Nc7 27.b3 Rd7 28.a4 Qd6 29.Qe3 Qd3+
30.Kb2 b6 31.Qxd3 Rxd3 32.g5 Rh3 33.gxf6 gxf6 34.Bxf6 Rxh5 35.Rd1 Na6 36.Rd8+ Kc7
37.Ra8 Kb7 38.Re8 Nc5 39.Re7+ Kc6 40.Rxa7 Rh2+ 41.Ka3 Rh3 42.Be5 Nb7 43.Kb2 Rh2+
44.Ka3 Rh3 45.a5 bxa5 46.Ka4 Rh2 47.Ra6+ Kd7 48.Rb6 Nc5+ 49.Kxa5 Ra2+ 50.Kb4 Nd3+
51.Kb5 Nxe5 52.fxe5 Re2 53.Rb7+ Kc8 54.Rh7 Rxe5+ 55.c5 h5 56.Kc6 Kd8 57.b4  1-0

[Event "Superstars Hotel Bali"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2002.11.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 Be7
9.Qd2 h5 10.Be2 Nbd7 11.Nd5 Nxd5 12.exd5 Bf5 13.O-O O-O 14.c4 Qc7 15.f4 exf4
16.Bxf4 Bg6 17.Rac1 Qb6+ 18.Be3 Bg5 19.Bxb6 Bxd2 20.Nxd2 Nxb6 21.Bf3 Nd7
22.Be4 Ne5 23.Bxg6 Nxg6 24.Ne4 Rad8 25.Ng3 h4 26.Nf5 h3 27.gxh3 Ne5 28.Rc3 g6
29.Nh6+ Kg7 30.Ng4 Rfe8 31.Nf6 Rh8 32.Rb3 Rc8 33.Rxb7 Rxc4 34.Ng4 Nxg4 35.Rfxf7+ Kh6
36.hxg4 Rxg4+ 37.Kf2 Kg5 38.Rh7 Rf4+ 39.Ke3 Rhf8 40.Rh3 Re8+ 41.Kd3 Re5 42.Rg3+ Kf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Superstars Hotel Bali"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2002.11.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karpov,An"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nbd2 Ke7 10.b3 Nbd7 11.Bb2 b6 12.Be2 Bb7 13.Rfd1 Rhd8 14.Ne1 Kf8 15.Rac1 Rac8
16.Nd3 Be7 17.Nc4 b5 18.Na5 Ba8 19.a3 Nc5 20.Nxc5 Rxd1+ 21.Bxd1 Rxc5 22.b4 Rxc1
23.Bxc1 Ne4 24.Bb2 Bd8 25.f3 Nd6 26.Bd4 Bxa5 27.bxa5 Nc4 28.e4 Nxa5 29.a4 Bc6
30.Bc3 Nc4 31.axb5 Bxb5 32.Bb3 f6 33.Kf2 Ke7 34.Bxc4 Bxc4 35.Ke3 Kd7 36.f4 h5
37.Kd4 Bf1 38.g3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Superstars Hotel Bali"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2002.11.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Polgar,Ju"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 g5
9.Bg3 Bg7 10.h3 Nf6 11.Qe2 Nc6 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.e5 dxe5 14.Bxe5 O-O 15.h4 g4
16.g3 Qb6 17.O-O-O Be6 18.Bg2 Rfd8 19.Rhe1 h5 20.b3 Rac8 21.Na4 Rxd1+ 22.Rxd1 Qb5
23.Bf1 Bc4 24.Qxc4 Qxe5 25.c3 Qf5 26.Qc5 Qf3 27.Bd3 Bh6+ 28.Kc2 Ne4 29.Qe5 Nxf2
30.Be2 Qg2 31.Re1 Rd8 32.Qxe7 Rd2+ 33.Kb1 Qd5 34.Ka1 Ne4 35.Qe8+ Kg7 36.Nb2 Rxb2
37.Kxb2 Qd2+ 38.Ka3 Nf6  0-1

[Event "Superstars Hotel Bali"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2002.11.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Paunovic,D"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.d4 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Bd3 Bg4 6.Qb3 Bxf3 7.gxf3 Qc7 8.Nc3 e6
9.Bd2 dxc4 10.Bxc4 c5 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.Rc1 Nc6 13.Be2 Be7 14.O-O O-O 15.Rfd1 Rfd8
16.Be1 Rxd1 17.Rxd1 Rc8 18.f4 b5 19.a3 Na5 20.Qa2 g6 21.h3 Nc4 22.Bxc4 bxc4
23.Rd4 Qc6 24.Qb1 Ne8 25.Qe4 Qc7 26.Rd1 Bf6 27.Qc2 Nd6 28.Qa4 Qb6 29.Qc2 Nf5
30.Qe2 Kg7 31.Kh2 Qb3 32.Rc1 Qb7 33.f3 Rd8 34.Rd1 Rb8 35.Rd2 e5 36.Ne4 exf4
37.Nxf6 fxe3 38.Rd7 Qxb2 39.Qxb2 Rxb2+ 40.Kg1 Rb1 41.Ne8+ Kf8 42.Kf1 Kxe8  0-1

[Event "Superstars Hotel Bali"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2002.11.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Vera,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.g3 Nbd7 6.Bg2 b6 7.O-O Ba6 8.cxd5 cxd5
9.Qa4 Bb7 10.Ne5 a6 11.Bg5 b5 12.Qb3 Be7 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.e4 Bxe5 15.exd5 Bxd4
16.dxe6 Nc5 17.exf7+ Kf8 18.Qb4 Bxg2 19.Kxg2 a5 20.Qxb5 Rb8 21.Qc4 Rb4 22.Qe2 Qa8+
23.Kg1 Kxf7 24.a3 Rb6 25.Rad1 Rd8 26.Qh5+ g6 27.Qxh7+ Bg7 28.Qh4 Ne6 29.Ne4 Qb8
30.Qg4 Rb5 31.Rfe1 Rf5 32.h4 Rd4 33.Qe2 Qd8 34.Rc1 Rd7 35.Rc6 Nd4 36.Qc4+ Kf8
37.Rc8 Nf3+ 38.Kf1 Nxe1 39.Kxe1 Bxb2 40.Rxd8+ Rxd8 41.Ng5 Re8+ 42.Kf1 Bxa3
43.g4  1-0

[Event "Superstars Hotel Bali"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2002.11.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Amura,C"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.Bf4 d6 4.e3 Nd7 5.h3 e5 6.Bg3 Ne7 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.e4 O-O
9.Nc3 Nc6 10.Nd5 Nc5 11.Bh4 Qd6 12.Ne7+ Nxe7 13.Qxd6 cxd6 14.Bxe7 Re8 15.Bxd6 Nxe4
16.Ba3 Bd7 17.Bc4 Bc6 18.O-O b5 19.Bb3 a5 20.c3 Rab8 21.Rac1 Ba8 22.Rfe1 b4
23.cxb4 axb4 24.Rc7 Rf8  0-1

[Event "Superstars Hotel Bali"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2002.11.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Psakhis,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.Nf3 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 a6 4.Bg2 b5 5.b3 Bb7 6.O-O c5 7.Nc3 Qa5 8.e3 Be7 9.Qe2 bxc4
10.bxc4 O-O 11.Rb1 Bc6 12.Rb3 d6 13.d3 Nbd7 14.Bd2 Qc7 15.e4 Rfb8 16.Rfb1 Rxb3
17.axb3 Ne5 18.Nxe5 dxe5 19.f4 Rd8 20.Ra1 Bb7 21.Nd1 Qd6 22.Nf2 Nd7 23.f5 Rb8
24.fxe6 fxe6 25.Bh3 Re8 26.Bc3 Bf8 27.Rf1 Bc8 28.Ng4 Be7 29.Rd1 Rf8 30.Qb2 Bf6
31.Nxf6+ gxf6 32.Qe2 Nb8 33.Bd2 Nc6 34.Bh6 Rf7 35.Bg4 Nd4 36.Qe3 Rb7 37.Rf1 Qe7
38.Bd1 Qf7 39.h4 Qe7 40.g4 Nc6 41.Qf2 Nd4 42.Qxf6 Qxf6 43.Rxf6 Rf7 44.g5 Bd7
45.Bh5  1-0

[Event "Superstars Hotel Bali Playoff"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2002.12.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Polgar,Ju"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 Be7 10.h3 Be6 11.Bg5 Bxg5 12.Nxg5 Ke7 13.Rad1 Bc4 14.Rfe1 h6 15.Nf3 g5
16.g4 Ng7 17.Nd4 Be6 18.Ne4 Rad8 19.Ng3 c5 20.Ndf5+ Bxf5 21.gxf5 f6 22.exf6+ Kxf6
23.Ne4+ Kxf5 24.Nxc5 b6 25.Nd3 Rhe8 26.Kg2 Ne6 27.Kg3 Nd4 28.c3 Nc6 29.Rxe8 Rxe8
30.Nb4 Nxb4 31.cxb4 Re2 32.Rc1 Rxb2 33.Rxc7 Rxa2 34.b5 h5 35.Rf7+ Kg6 36.Rc7 Ra3+
37.Kg2 h4 38.Rd7 Kf5 39.Rg7 Kf4 40.Rf7+ Ke5 41.Rg7 Kf6 42.Rc7 Ra5 43.Rd7 Ke6
44.Rg7 Kf6 45.Rc7 Ke5 46.Kf3 Kf5 47.Rf7+ Ke6 48.Rg7 Kf6 49.Rc7 Rxb5 50.Rxa7 Rb4
51.Rb7 b5 52.Rb8 Ke6 53.Kg2 g4 54.hxg4 Rxg4+ 55.Kh3 Rb4 56.f4 Kd6 57.f5 Kc7
58.Rf8 Rf4 59.f6 b4 60.Rf7+ Kb6 61.Rf8 Kb7 62.Rf7+ Kc6 63.Rf8 Kd7 64.Rb8 Kc7
65.Rb5 Kc6 66.Rb8 Kc5 67.Rf8 Kc4 68.Rc8+ Kb3 69.Rc6 Kb2 70.Rb6 b3 71.Kg2 Kc2
72.Rc6+ Kb1 73.Kh3 b2 74.Rb6 Kc2 75.Rc6+ Kd3 76.Rb6 Kc3 77.Rc6+ Kb3 78.Rb6+ Kc2
79.Rc6+ Kb1 80.Rb6 Ra4 81.f7 Rf4 82.Rb7 Kc2 83.Rc7+ Kb1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Superstars Hotel Bali Playoff"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2002.12.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Polgar,Ju"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O Be7 7.Re1 d6 8.e4 Nbd7
9.d4 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Rb8 11.b3 a6 12.Bb2 O-O 13.h3 Qc7 14.Qd2 Nc5 15.Rad1 Rfe8
16.f4 Ba8 17.Qf2 Ncd7 18.g4 h6 19.g5 hxg5 20.fxg5 Nh5 21.g6 Bf6 22.gxf7+ Kxf7
23.Bf3 Nf4 24.Bg4 g5 25.Nde2 Qc5 26.Nxf4 gxf4 27.Qxc5 bxc5 28.Rxd6 Bd4+ 29.Kf1 Ne5
30.Rxa6 Nxg4 31.hxg4 Rh8 32.Ra7+ Kg6 33.Kg2 f3+ 34.Kg3 Be5+ 35.Kxf3 Rh3+
36.Ke2 Rh2+ 37.Ke3 Rxb2 38.Na4 Rxa2 39.Rh1 Bd4+ 40.Kf3 Rxb3+ 41.Kf4 e5+  0-1

[Event "Superstars Hotel Bali"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2002.12.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kurajica,B"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.O-O e6 6.b3 b6 7.Bb2 Bb7 8.e3 Be7 9.Nbd2 O-O
10.a3 Rc8 11.Qe2 Qc7 12.c4 cxd4 13.exd4 Rfd8 14.Rac1 Qb8 15.c5 bxc5 16.dxc5 a5
17.Nd4 Nxd4 18.Bxd4 Bc6 19.Rfe1 Nd7 20.f4 Bf6 21.Qe3 Bxd4 22.Qxd4 Nf6 23.b4 axb4
24.axb4 Rd7 25.Rb1 Bb5 26.Re3 Ra7 27.h3 Ra2 28.Rb2 Qa7 29.Kh2 h5 30.Qc3 Rd8
31.Nb3 Ne4 32.Qd4 Rxb2 33.Qxb2 h4 34.gxh4 Qe7 35.Bxe4 dxe4 36.Rg3 f6 37.Nd4 Be8
38.f5 Rd5 39.Nxe6 g6 40.Qg2 Kh8 41.Qxe4 Rxf5 42.Qe3 Re5 43.Qh6+ Kg8 44.Nf4 Re2+
45.Nxe2 Qxe2+ 46.Rg2 Qe5+ 47.Kg1 Qe1+ 48.Kh2 Qe5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Superstars Hotel Bali"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2002.12.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "San Segundo Carrillo,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Qc2 c5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bg5 Nc6 8.dxc5 Be6
9.e3 Qa5 10.Bb5 a6 11.Bxc6+ bxc6 12.O-O Qxc5 13.Rac1 O-O 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.Nd4 Rfc8
16.Na4 Qxc2 17.Rxc2 Rab8 18.Rxc6 Bf8 19.Rxa6 Rc4 20.b3 Bc8 21.Rxf6 Rc7 22.Rc6 Rxc6
23.Nxc6 Rb7 24.Nd4 Rc7 25.Rd1 Ba6 26.h3 h5 27.Nb6 Bb7 28.a4 Bb4 29.Nb5 Rc5
30.Nd7 Rc6 31.Ne5 Rc2 32.Nd3 Bf8 33.Nf4 Rb2 34.Nxh5 Rxb3 35.Nf6+ Kg7 36.Nxd5 Rb2
37.Nf4 Ra2 38.Rd7 Bc6 39.Rc7  1-0

[Event "Superstars Hotel Bali"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2002.12.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.dxe5 Nxb5 7.a4 Nbd4 8.Nxd4 Nxd4
9.Qxd4 d5 10.exd6 Qxd6 11.Qe3+ Be7 12.Nc3 c6 13.Ne4 Qc7 14.Bd2 O-O 15.Rae1 f6
16.Qb3+ Kh8 17.Bb4 Bxb4 18.Qxb4 Bf5 19.Re2 Qb6 20.Qxb6 axb6 21.Nd6 Bg6 22.b3 Rfd8
23.Nc4 b5 24.axb5 cxb5 25.Ne3 Kg8 26.f3 h6 27.Kf2 Ra6 28.g3 Rc6 29.Ra1 Ra6
30.Rae1 Rc6 31.Ra1 Ra6 32.Rc1 Ra2 33.Ke1 Kf8 34.Rd2 Raa8 35.Rxd8+ Rxd8 36.Ra1 Be8
37.Rd1 Rc8 38.Kd2 Bc6 39.f4 Be4 40.Ra1 Kf7 41.Ra5 Bc6 42.Ra1 h5 43.Nf5 Rd8+
44.Ke3 Re8+ 45.Kd2 Rd8+ 46.Ke3 Re8+ 47.Kf2 Rd8 48.Re1 g6 49.Ne3 Be4 50.Ke2 g5
51.fxg5 fxg5 52.Ra1 Ke6 53.Ra5 Bc6 54.c4 bxc4 55.bxc4 Kf6 56.h4 gxh4 57.gxh4 Rd4
58.Rxh5 Rf4 59.Kd3 Bf3 60.Rh6+ Kg7 61.Re6 Kh7 62.Nd5 Rxh4 63.Re7+ Kg6 64.Rxb7 Bxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.h4 h5 5.c4 e6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.g3 Nh6 8.Bg5 dxc4 9.Bxe7 Qxe7
10.Qxh5 Qb4 11.O-O-O Bg4 12.Qg5 Bxd1 13.Qxg7 Qf8 14.Qxf8+ Kxf8 15.Nxd1 c5
16.dxc5 Nd7 17.c6 bxc6 18.f4 Rg8 19.Ne2 Rd8 20.Ne3 Nb6 21.Bh3 Rd3 22.Nc2 c5
23.Rf1 Nd5 24.f5 exf5 25.Bxf5 Re3 26.Nxe3 Nxe3 27.Bh3 Nxf1 28.Bxf1 Nf5 29.Nc3 Ne3
30.Be2 Rxg3 31.Kd2 Ng4 32.Ne4 Rg2 33.e6 fxe6 34.h5 Ke7 35.Nxc5 Nf6 36.Ke3 Rg5
37.Kd4 Nxh5 38.Kxc4 Nf4 39.Bf3 Rg3 40.Be4 Nh5 41.a4 Nf6 42.Ba8 Rg4+ 43.Kb5 Ne8
44.Ka5 Rc4 45.b4 Nd6 46.Ka6 Rxb4 47.Kxa7 e5 48.Ka6 e4 49.Ka5 Rc4 50.Kb6 e3
51.Bf3 Rf4 52.Bh5 Rh4 53.Bf3 Nc4+ 54.Kb5 Ne5 55.Be2 Rh2 56.Nd3 Nxd3 57.Bxd3 e2
58.Bxe2 Rxe2 59.a5 Kd7  0-1

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[ECO "E46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bd2 Nd7
9.g3 b6 10.Nxd5 exd5 11.Bg2 Nf6 12.O-O Ne4 13.Rc1 Bb7 14.Qc2 Rc8 15.Rfd1 Bd6
16.Bb4 Qf6 17.Nc3 Nxc3 18.Qxc3 c6 19.Bxd6 Qxd6 20.b4 Rc7 21.a4 Bc8 22.a5 Ba6
23.Ra1 Bb5 24.Rdc1 Re8 25.axb6 axb6 26.Bf1 Bxf1 27.Kxf1 Rb8 28.Ra6 Qd7 29.Kg1 h6
30.Qa3 Rcc8 31.h4 Qf5 32.Ra7 g5 33.h5 Qf3 34.Qd3 Kh8 35.Qa6 Kg7 36.b5 c5
37.dxc5 bxc5 38.Qg6+  1-0

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Krasenkow,M"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Qc2 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Be7
9.e4 O-O 10.Bd3 c5 11.O-O Qc7 12.Qe2 Nd7 13.e5 Rfd8 14.h4 Nf8 15.h5 Rac8
16.Be3 Qc6 17.a4 cxd4 18.cxd4 Bb4 19.h6 g6 20.Rfc1 Qd5 21.Bg5 Rxc1+ 22.Rxc1 Rc8
23.Rxc8 Bxc8 24.Qb2 a5 25.Qc1 Bb7 26.Bb5 Qb3 27.Qf4 Qb1+ 28.Kh2 Qf5 29.Qxf5 exf5
30.Bd8 Ne6 31.Bxb6 Bd5 32.Ng1 f6 33.Ne2 Kf7 34.Kg1 Bd2 35.g3 Ke7 36.Nf4 Nxf4
37.exf6+ Kxf6 38.gxf4 Ke6 39.Be8 Bxf4 40.Bxa5 Bxh6 41.Bb6 Bc4 42.Bc6 Bf4
43.a5 Ba6 44.Bg2 Kd7 45.Bd5 Kd6 46.Bg8 h5 47.Bh7 h4 48.Kg2 Be2 49.f3 h3+
50.Kxh3 Bf1+ 51.Kh4 g5+ 52.Kh5 Be2 53.Bxf5 Bxf3+ 54.Bg4 Bxg4+ 55.Kxg4 Be3
56.d5 Kxd5 57.Bxe3  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "D44"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5
10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.g3 Bb7 12.Bg2 Qb6 13.exf6 O-O-O 14.O-O c5 15.d5 b4 16.Na4 Qb5
17.a3 exd5 18.axb4 cxb4 19.Be3 Nc5 20.Qg4+ Rd7 21.Qg7 Bxg7 22.fxg7 Rg8 23.Nxc5 Rxg7
24.Nxd7 Qxd7 25.Rxa7 Rg6 26.Rfa1 Re6 27.Bd4 Re2 28.h4 Rd2 29.Be3 Rxb2 30.R1a5 b3
31.Rc5+ Kd8 32.Rxb7 Qxb7 33.Rxd5+ Qxd5 34.Bxd5 Rb1+ 35.Kg2 b2 36.Be4 Rd1
37.Bg5+ Ke8 38.Bf6 b1=Q 39.Bxb1 Rxb1 40.h5 Kf8 41.g4 Rd1 42.Bb2 Kg8  0-1

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 Be7 10.Rd1+ Ke8 11.Bg5 Bxg5 12.Nxg5 Ke7 13.Rd3 h6 14.Nge4 Rd8 15.Rxd8 Kxd8
16.Rd1+ Ke7 17.f4 Ne3 18.Rd2 Bf5 19.Ng3 Bh7 20.Kf2 Ng4+ 21.Kg1 Ne3 22.Kf2 Nc4
23.Rd4 b5 24.b3 Na3 25.Nce4 Nxc2 26.Rd2 Bxe4 27.Nxe4 Nb4 28.a3 Nd5 29.Kf3 a5
30.Rc2 Kd7 31.Nc5+ Ke8 32.f5 Nb6 33.e6 a4 34.bxa4 Nxa4 35.exf7+ Kxf7 36.Ne6 Nb6
37.Rxc6 Rxa3+ 38.Ke2 Nd5 39.Nxc7 Nf4+ 40.Kf2 b4 41.Rc4 Ra2+ 42.Kf3 Nd3 43.Ke3 Ne1
44.Nd5 Nxg2+ 45.Ke4 b3 46.Rc7+ Kg8 47.Rc8+ Kh7 48.Rc7 Kg8  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Polgar,Ju"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "E46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 d5 6.a3 Bd6 7.c5 Be7 8.b4 b6 9.Bd2 c6
10.Nf4 bxc5 11.bxc5 e5 12.dxe5 Nfd7 13.Na4 Nxe5 14.Bc3 Qc7 15.Qc2 Nbd7 16.Bd4 Qa5+
17.Bc3 Qc7 18.Rc1 Nf6 19.Qb2 Ng6 20.Nxg6 fxg6 21.Be5 Qd8 22.Be2 Ba6 23.O-O Bxe2
24.Qxe2 Qa5 25.Qc2 Rf7 26.Nb2 Qxa3 27.Nd3 Qa6 28.Bd4 Bf8 29.Nb4 Qb7 30.Qa4 Rc8
31.Rb1 Qc7 32.f3 g5 33.Nd3 Re8 34.Qa6 h5 35.Rb2 h4 36.h3 Rfe7 37.Nf2 Nh5
38.Qd3 Ng3 39.Rfb1 Qd7 40.Qg6 Qf5 41.Qxf5 Nxf5 42.Ng4 Nxd4 43.exd4 Rc7 44.Kf2 Kh7
45.Ra1 Re6 46.Re2 Rxe2+ 47.Kxe2 Be7 48.Kd3 Bf6 49.Ra6 Kg6 50.Ne3 Kf7 51.Nc2 Ke6
52.Nb4 Kd7 53.Ke3 Be7 54.f4 gxf4+ 55.Kxf4 Bf6 56.Ke3 Bg5+ 57.Kd3 Bf6 58.Kc3 Bg5
59.Kd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.N1c3 a6 7.Na3 Nf6 8.Nc4 b5
9.Ne3 b4 10.Ncd5 Nxe4 11.a3 bxa3 12.Rxa3 g6 13.c3 Bd7 14.Nc4 Rb8 15.Be3 f5
16.Bb6 Rxb6 17.Ncxb6 Bh6 18.Bd3 O-O 19.Bxe4 fxe4 20.O-O Be6 21.Rxa6 Qh4 22.Qe2 Nd8
23.Ra8 Kg7 24.g3 Bg4 25.gxh4 Bxe2 26.Rfa1 g5 27.Nd7 Rf5 28.Rxd8 gxh4 29.Rg8+ Kf7
30.Ra7 Rf3 31.N7f6+ Ke6 32.Re7+ Kf5 33.Ng4 Bd2 34.Nge3+  1-0

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Radjabov,T"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 Nh5 10.Re1 f5 11.Ng5 Nf6 12.f3 Kh8 13.Rb1 h6 14.Ne6 Bxe6 15.dxe6 fxe4
16.fxe4 Nc6 17.Nd5 Ng8 18.Bd3 Nd4 19.Qg4 g5 20.Qh3 c6 21.Ne3 Qf6 22.Ng4 Qe7
23.Be3 Nxe6 24.g3 Qd7 25.Rf1 d5 26.Rf5 dxc4 27.Bxc4 Nd4 28.Rxf8 Rxf8 29.Qh5 Qd6
30.Kg2 b5 31.Bf7 Nc2 32.Bc5 Qd2+ 33.Nf2 Nf6 34.Qg6 Ng4 35.Kg1 Nce3 36.Bxe3 Nxe3
37.h4 Qe2 38.Qh5 g4  0-1

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 Be7 10.Rd1+ Ke8 11.g3 h6 12.b3 Be6 13.Bb2 Rd8 14.h3 g5 15.g4 Ng7 16.Ne4 Bd5
17.Nf6+ Bxf6 18.exf6 Ne6 19.Ne5 Nf4 20.Re1 Be6 21.Bc1 Nd5 22.Nd3 b6 23.c4 Nxf6
24.Nb4 c5 25.Bb2 cxb4 26.Bxf6 Rf8 27.Bxd8 Kxd8 28.c5 Kd7 29.Rac1 Kc6 30.Re5 b5
31.Rd1 a5 32.Rd4 Ra8 33.f4 gxf4 34.Rxf4 a4 35.Rxb4 axb3 36.axb3 Ra3 37.h4 Bxb3
38.h5 Bc4 39.Kf2 Ra1 40.Rb2 f6 41.Re7 f5 42.Rh7 fxg4 43.Rxh6+ Kxc5 44.Rg6 Rh1
45.Rg5+ Kb6 46.Kg3 c6 47.Rxg4 Bd3 48.Rh2 Rxh2 49.Kxh2 c5 50.Rg6+ Ka5 51.Rc6 c4
52.h6 Kb4 53.Kg3 Kc3 54.Kf4 b4 55.Rc7 b3 56.h7 Bxh7 57.Rxh7 Kc2 58.Ke3  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.h3 Bg7 6.d3 Nf6 7.Nc3 c4 8.O-O cxd3
9.cxd3 c5 10.Be3 b6 11.d4 Bb7 12.d5 O-O 13.Qb3 Qc8 14.Rad1 e6 15.Bg5 exd5
16.e5 c4 17.Qc2 Nd7 18.Nxd5 Kh8 19.Qc3 Re8 20.Bf6 Nxf6 21.exf6 Bf8 22.Ne7 Bxe7
23.fxe7+ Kg8 24.Rfe1 Qc6 25.Qe5 Rac8 26.Rd6 Qc5 27.Qf6 Bxf3 28.gxf3 Qf5 29.Qxf5 gxf5
30.Kh2 h6 31.Rxh6 Kg7 32.Rd6 f6 33.Ree6 c3 34.bxc3 Rxc3 35.Kg3 Ra3 36.Re2 Kf7
37.Rd7 Rg8+ 38.Kh2 Re8 39.h4 Rxf3 40.Rxa7 Rf4 41.Kg3 Rg4+ 42.Kh3 Rg1 43.f3 f4
44.Kh2 Rg3 45.Rg2 Rxf3 46.h5 Rd3 47.h6 f5 48.Rb7 Rd6 49.Rg7+ Kf6 50.a4 Rd2+
51.Rg2 Rd6 52.h7 Kf7 53.Rg8 Rh6+ 54.Kg2 Rg6+ 55.Rxg6 Kxg6 56.Rxb6+ Kxh7 57.Rb7 Kg6
58.a5 Kf7 59.a6  1-0

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Timman,J"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.h3 e6 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Bf4 Bd6 8.e3 O-O
9.Bd3 Nc6 10.O-O b5 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.Rc1 Bb7 14.Bb1 Qe7 15.Ne2 Rfc8
16.Nf4 g6 17.Qd2 Kg7 18.e4 dxe4 19.Bxe4 Nb4 20.Bxb7 Qxb7 21.a3 Bxf4 22.Qxf4 Nd3  0-1

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Karpov,An"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O Nc6 8.c4 Nf6
9.h3 Nb4 10.Be2 dxc4 11.Bxc4 O-O 12.Nc3 c6 13.Re1 Nbd5 14.Qb3 Nb6 15.Bd3 Be6
16.Qc2 Bd5 17.Ne5 h6 18.Bf4 Re8 19.Re2 Be6 20.Qd2 Bf8 21.Rae1 Nbd5 22.Bg3 Rc8
23.Bh4 g5 24.Bg3 Nh5 25.Nxd5 Nxg3 26.fxg3 cxd5 27.Bb1 Qf6 28.Ng4 Qg7 29.Bf5 h5
30.Rxe6 Rxe6 31.Rxe6 hxg4 32.Re5 Rc7 33.Bxg4 Be7 34.Rxd5 Qg6 35.Kh2 Qb6 36.b3 Bf6
37.Bf3 Kg7 38.Be4 Re7 39.Bd3 Qe6 40.Bc4 Qe4 41.Qd1 b6 42.Rd6 Rc7 43.Qf3 Qxf3
44.gxf3 b5 45.Bd3 Rc3 46.Be4 Re3 47.h4 gxh4 48.gxh4 Bxh4 49.Kh3 Bf6 50.Kg4 a5
51.Kf5 Be7 52.Ra6 Bb4 53.Ra7 Re2 54.a3 Bxa3 55.Rxa5 b4 56.Rb5 Rd2 57.d5 Rh2
58.Rb6 Rh5+ 59.Kg4 Rh8 60.Bd3 Rd8 61.Bc4 Kf8 62.d6 Bb2 63.Kf5 Bd4 64.Rc6 Bc3
65.Ra6 Ke8 66.Ke4 Bd2 67.f4 Kf8 68.f5 Kg7 69.Bb5 Kf6 70.d7+ Kg5 71.Ra7 Bc3
72.Rc7 Bb2 73.Bd3 Bf6 74.Kd5 Rh8 75.Rc8 Bd8 76.Rxd8  1-0

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.26"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "D28"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 a6 6.O-O c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Qe2 b5
9.Bd3 Nc6 10.Rd1 Qc7 11.a4 b4 12.Nbd2 Bb7 13.Nb3 Na5 14.Nxc5 Qxc5 15.e4 Nb3
16.Rb1 O-O 17.Be3 Qh5 18.Qc2 Na5 19.Rbc1 Rad8 20.Bb6 Rd6 21.Qc5 Qxc5 22.Bxc5 Rd7
23.Ne5 Rdd8 24.Bxb4 Nb3 25.Rc3 Rfe8 26.Rxb3 Bxe4 27.f3 Bf5 28.Rd2 Rb8 29.Bxa6  1-0

[Event "XX SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2003.02.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 Be7 10.Rd1+ Ke8 11.Bg5 Bxg5 12.Nxg5 Ke7 13.Rd3 h6 14.Nf3 g6 15.Rad1 Ng7
16.h3 Be6 17.Nd4 Rad8 18.f4 Bc4 19.R3d2 c5 20.Nf3 Nh5 21.b3 Rxd2 22.Rxd2 Be6
23.Ne2 c4 24.Kf2 cxb3 25.cxb3 c5 26.g4 Ng7 27.Nc3 h5 28.Kg3 hxg4 29.hxg4 Rd8
30.Rxd8 Kxd8 31.Ng5 Ke7 32.Nge4 b6 33.Kh4 Bd7 34.Nd5+ Kf8 35.Nd6 Ne8 36.Nc4 b5
37.Nce3 Ng7 38.Kg5 Bc6 39.Nc7 a5 40.f5 gxf5 41.gxf5 Bd7 42.Na6 c4 43.Nc5 Bc8
44.bxc4 bxc4 45.Ne4 Bd7 46.Nc5 Bc8 47.e6 c3 48.e7+ Ke8 49.f6 Ne6+ 50.Nxe6 Bxe6
51.Kf4 Kd7 52.Ke5 Bg4 53.Kd4 Bd1 54.Kxc3 Ba4 55.Kd4 Ke6 56.Nd5 Kf5 57.Kc5 Ke5
58.a3 Ke6 59.Nc7+ Kxf6 60.e8=Q Bxe8 61.Nxe8+ Ke6 62.Kb5 Ke5 63.Kxa5 f5 64.Ng7  1-0

[Event "XX SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2003.02.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.h3 Bg7 6.d3 Nf6 7.Nc3 Nd7 8.Be3 e5
9.Qd2 h6 10.O-O Qe7 11.a3 Nf8 12.b4 Ne6 13.Na4 b6 14.Nh2 f5 15.f3 f4 16.Bf2 h5
17.bxc5 b5 18.Nb2 g5 19.d4 exd4 20.Nd3 Nxc5 21.Nxc5 Qxc5 22.Rfd1 Be6 23.Qb4 Qb6
24.a4 c5 25.Qxb5+ Qxb5 26.axb5 Kf7 27.Ra5 Rhb8 28.Nf1 Be5 29.Rda1 d3 30.Rxa7+ Kf6
31.Rxa8 Rxa8 32.Rxa8 dxc2 33.Rf8+ Kg6 34.Re8 Kf7 35.Rf8+ Kg6 36.Re8 Bc4 37.Rxe5 c1=Q
38.Rxc5 Qxf1+ 39.Kh2 Qxf2 40.Rxc4 g4  0-1

[Event "XX SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2003.02.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Radjabov,T"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Qc2 c5 6.cxd5 cxd4 7.Nxd4 O-O 8.Bg5 Nxd5
9.Bxe7 Nxe7 10.Rd1 Qb6 11.Qb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "XX SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2003.02.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.h3 Bg7 6.d3 Nf6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Be3 b6
9.Qd2 e5 10.Bh6 Qd6 11.g4 Be6 12.Qe3 a5 13.Ne2 a4 14.a3 b5 15.Ng3 Ne8 16.O-O f6
17.Nd2 Rd8 18.Bxg7 Nxg7 19.f4 exf4 20.Qxf4 Qxf4 21.Rxf4 c4 22.Rf3 Bc8 23.Ndf1 Ne6
24.Ne2 cxd3 25.Rxd3 Rxd3 26.cxd3 Rd8 27.Rc1 c5 28.Rc3 Ba6 29.Kf2 Rd6 30.b4 axb3
31.Rxb3 b4 32.axb4 Bxd3 33.bxc5 Nxc5 34.Rb8+ Kg7 35.Nfg3 Nxe4+ 36.Nxe4 Bxe4
37.Re8 Bd5 38.Re7+ Bf7 39.Ra7 Kf8 40.Ra8+ Be8 41.Ke3 Re6+ 42.Kf2 Re4 43.Nc3 Re5
44.Rd8 Kg7 45.Nd5 Bf7 46.Ne3 h5 47.Rd7 Kf8 48.Rc7 h4 49.Rc8+ Kg7 50.Rc7 Ra5
51.Kf3 Ra2 52.Ng2 Ra3+ 53.Ne3 Kf8 54.Rc8+ Ke7 55.Rc7+ Ke8 56.Kf2 Be6 57.Rc2 Ke7
58.Re2 Kf7 59.Rd2 Ra4 60.Kf3 Bc8 61.Rb2 Ra7 62.Kf2 Bb7 63.Ng2 g5 64.Ne1 Be4
65.Re2 Bd5 66.Re3 Ra4 67.Kg1 Be4 68.Nf3 Ra1+ 69.Kf2 Ra2+ 70.Kf1 Bd5 71.Kg1 Ra4
72.Ne1 Be6 73.Nf3 Ke7 74.Rd3 Bc4 75.Re3+ Be6 76.Rd3 Bc4 77.Re3+ Kd6 78.Nd4 Ra1+
79.Kf2 Ra2+ 80.Kg1 Kc5 81.Nf5 Ra6 82.Kf2 Be6 83.Ng7 Bd5 84.Nf5 Kc4 85.Re2 Be6
86.Ng7 Bd7 87.Rd2 Bb5 88.Nf5 Kc5 89.Ne3 Bc6 90.Rc2+ Kd4 91.Nf5+ Ke5 92.Rc5+ Ke4
93.Rc4+ Kd5 94.Rc3 Ra2+ 95.Kg1 Bb5 96.Re3 Rd2 97.Ne7+ Kd4 98.Nf5+ Kd5 99.Ne7+ Kc5
100.Nf5 Bd3 101.Ng7 Rd1+ 102.Kf2 Kd4 103.Ne6+ Kc4 104.Ng7 Rd2+ 105.Kg1 Kd4
106.Re1 Be4 107.Nh5 f5 108.Ng7 fxg4 109.Ne6+ Kd5 110.Nxg5 Bf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "XX SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2003.02.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kasparov,G"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2847"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "E18"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.c4 Be7 6.Nc3 Ne4 7.Bd2 Bf6 8.O-O O-O
9.Rc1 d5 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Bf4 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Na6 13.e4 dxe4 14.Nd2 g5 15.Be3 Re8
16.f4 exf3 17.Bxf3 Bd5 18.Bxd5 Qxd5 19.Rxf6 Rxe3 20.Qg4 Re6 21.Rf5 Qc6 22.Qxg5+ Rg6
23.Qh5 Rf8 24.Nf3 f6 25.Nh4 Rg7 26.Qh6 Nb8 27.Rh5 f5 28.Qf4 Qe4 29.Rf1 Qxf4
30.Rxf4 Rg4 31.Rfxf5 Nd7 32.Rxf8+ Nxf8 33.Kf2 Nd7 34.Nf5 Kh8 35.Kf3 Rg8 36.Rh6 Rf8
37.g4 Nf6 38.c4 Kg8 39.Kf4 Rf7 40.g5 Ne8 41.Ke5 Rd7 42.Ke6 Rf7 43.Rf6 Nxf6  1-0

[Event "XX SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2003.03.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.g4 Bb4 8.Bd2 Qe7
9.Bd3 e5 10.cxd5 Bxc3 11.Bxc3 e4 12.dxc6 exd3 13.cxd7+ Qxd7 14.Qb3 Qxg4 15.Qd1 Ne4
16.Ne5 Qxd1+ 17.Rxd1 f6 18.Nxd3 Bg4 19.Rc1 Bf3 20.Rg1 Kf7 21.Nc5 Nd6 22.Nb3 Ne4
23.Nd2 Nxd2 24.Kxd2 g5 25.Kd3 Rhe8 26.Bb4 Rac8 27.Rxc8 Be4+ 28.Ke2 Rxc8 29.Bc3 Bd5
30.f3 Bxa2 31.e4 a5 32.Ra1 Bc4+ 33.Ke3 b6 34.d5 Bb3 35.h4 h6 36.Rh1 Kg6 37.f4 gxf4+
38.Kxf4 a4 39.Rh3 Bc2 40.Rh2 Bb1 41.Rh1 Bc2 42.Rc1 Bb3 43.Ke3 f5 44.Rg1+ Kh5
45.d6 fxe4 46.Bf6 Be6 47.Kxe4 Rc2 48.Bd4 b5 49.Rg7 Kxh4 50.d7 Bxd7 51.Rxd7 Rc4
52.Kd3 h5 53.Rd5 Rb4 54.Bf6+ Kg4 55.Rg5+ Kf3 56.Rxh5 Rb3+ 57.Kc2 Ke4 58.Bc3 Ke3
59.Rh4 Kf3 60.Rb4 Rxb4 61.Bxb4 Ke4 62.Kc3 Kd5 63.Bf8 Kc6 64.Kb4 Kb6 65.Be7 Kc6
66.Bc5 a3 67.b3 Kd5 68.Bf8  1-0

[Event "XX SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2003.03.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.d3 Ne7 6.Qe2 Qc7 7.Ng5 h6 8.Nh3 g6
9.f4 Bg7 10.c4 e5 11.Nc3 d5 12.O-O O-O 13.g4 exf4 14.Bxf4 Qd7 15.exd5 cxd5
16.Rae1 Nc6 17.Nxd5 Nd4 18.Qg2 Qxg4 19.Ne7+ Kh7 20.Nxc8 Qxg2+ 21.Kxg2 Raxc8
22.Bd2 g5 23.Re7 Kg6 24.Rxa7 Ne6 25.b4 Rfd8 26.b5 Rxd3 27.Bc1 Rcd8 28.Raxf7 Rc3
29.Re7 Rd6 30.Nf2 Bf6 31.Re8 Rc2 32.Kh1 Rxc4 33.Re1 Nc7 34.Rg8+ Kh7 35.Rb8 Re6
36.Rf1 Nd5 37.Rc8 Bd4 38.Ng4 h5 39.Rd8 Nf4 40.Bxf4 gxf4 41.Nf2 Rc3 42.Rf8 Rc2
43.Rxf4 Ree2 44.b6 Bxf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "XX SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2003.03.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "C96"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Nd7 12.Kh1 Bb7 13.d5 f5 14.exf5 Nc4 15.Nbd2 Nxd2
16.Qxd2 Nf6 17.Ng5 Bxd5 18.f4 Qc7 19.Ne6 Bxe6 20.fxe6 Nh5 21.Qd5 Rad8 22.f5 Ng3+
23.Kh2 Nxf5 24.Rf1 Nh4 25.Bg5 Ng6 26.h4 Nf4 27.Bxf4 exf4 28.g3 f3 29.Rxf3 Rxf3
30.Qxf3 Rf8 31.Qd3 g6 32.Rf1 Qc8 33.Rxf8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "XX SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2003.03.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Radjabov,T"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Bc4 Be7 5.d3 d6 6.O-O Nf6 7.Ng5 O-O 8.f4 Bg4
9.Qe1 exf4 10.Bxf4 Nd4 11.Qd2 Qd7 12.h3 Bh5 13.g4 Bg6 14.Nd5 b5 15.Bb3 Bd8
16.Rae1 Nxb3 17.axb3 Nxd5 18.exd5 Bf6 19.Nf3 Rfe8 20.Qh2 Bxb2 21.Bxd6 a5
22.Be5 Bxe5 23.Rxe5 Rxe5 24.Qxe5 Re8 25.Qc3 Qd6 26.Kf2 b4 27.Re1 f6 28.Rxe8+ Bxe8
29.Qc4 Bf7 30.d4 Bxd5 31.dxc5 Qd7 32.Qf4 Bxf3 33.Qxf3 Qd2+ 34.Qe2 Qf4+ 35.Kg2 Kf7
36.c6 Qd4 37.c7 Qd5+ 38.Qf3 Qc5 39.Qb7 Qxc2+ 40.Kf3 Qc3+ 41.Ke2  1/2-1/2

[Event "XX SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2003.03.06"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 Qc7 7.Bg2 d6 8.O-O Bd7
9.a4 Nf6 10.Nxc6 Bxc6 11.a5 Be7 12.Be3 O-O 13.Re1 Nd7 14.Na4 Rae8 15.Nb6 f5
16.Nxd7 Qxd7 17.Qd3 fxe4 18.Bxe4 Bxe4 19.Qxe4 Rf5 20.Bd4 Bd8 21.b4 d5 22.Qe2 Bf6
23.Rad1 Qc6 24.c3 Bxd4 25.cxd4 Qc3 26.Qd2 Rf3 27.Qxc3 Rxc3 28.Rc1 Rb3 29.Rb1 Rxb1
30.Rxb1 Rc8 31.b5  1/2-1/2

[Event "XX SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2003.03.07"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Kasparov,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2847"]
[ECO "E50"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.d5 Ne7 8.e4 d6 9.Bd2 exd5
10.exd5 Bf5 11.Qc2 Qd7 12.O-O Bxd3 13.Qxd3 Qf5 14.Qxf5 Nxf5 15.Rfe1 Rfe8
16.Rac1 h5 17.Kf1 a6 18.h3 b5 19.b3 Kf8 20.Ng5 h4 21.Re2 Rab8 22.Rce1 Rxe2
23.Kxe2 Nd7 24.f4 g6 25.Kd3 Ba5 26.Nge4 bxc4+ 27.bxc4 Bd8 28.Rb1 Rxb1 29.Nxb1 Nf6
30.Nbc3 Ke8 31.Be1 Nh5 32.Ne2 Kd7 33.Bc3 Be7 34.Kd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "XX SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2003.03.09"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "E18"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Bd2 Bf6
9.Qc2 Nxd2 10.Qxd2 d6 11.Rfd1 Nd7 12.b4 g6 13.a4 a5 14.b5 Bg7 15.Rac1 Qe7
16.Qg5 Nf6 17.Ne1 Bxg2 18.Nxg2 Rac8 19.Ne4 Rfd8 20.Ne3 h6 21.Nxf6+ Qxf6 22.Qxf6 Bxf6
23.c5 dxc5 24.dxc5 Bg5 25.c6 Kf8 26.Rd7 Bxe3 27.fxe3 Rxd7 28.cxd7 Rd8 29.Rxc7 Ke7
30.Rb7 Rxd7 31.Rxb6 Rd1+ 32.Kf2 Ra1 33.Rb7+ Kd6 34.Rb6+ Kd5 35.e4+ Kxe4 36.Ra6 Rxa4
37.b6 e5 38.b7 Rb4 39.Ra7 h5 40.h3 f6 41.Rxa5 Rxb7 42.Ra4+ Kf5 43.e4+ Kg5
44.Ra6 Rf7 45.Kf3 h4 46.Rb6 Rh7 47.Re6 hxg3 48.Kxg3 Rh4 49.Rxf6 Rxh3+ 50.Kxh3 Kxf6
51.Kg4 Kf7 52.Kh4 Kg8 53.Kg4 Kh7  0-1

[Event "Blitz Match"]
[Site "Andorra AND"]
[Date "2003.03.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "De la Riva Aguado,O"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "C47"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.g3 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nxc3 7.bxc3 Bc5 8.O-O O-O
9.Re1 Re8 10.d3 Bg4 11.h3 Bh5 12.Rb1 Bb6 13.Be3 Qd7 14.g4 Bg6 15.Nh4 Rad8
16.Qe2 Qe7 17.Nf5 Qe6 18.Be4 Qxa2 19.Rb3 Na5 20.Rb4 Qe6 21.Qf3 Bxe3 22.fxe3 b6
23.h4 c5 24.Ra4 c4 25.Rf1 cxd3 26.cxd3 Qb3 27.Raa1 Qxc3 28.Rac1 Qb3 29.Rc7 Qe6
30.g5 Rd7 31.h5 Qxf5 32.Qg4 Rdd8 33.hxg6 hxg6 34.Qh4 Nb3 35.Rf3 Rd6 36.Rh3 Qg4+
37.Qxg4 Rdd8 38.Bd5 Nc5 39.Bc4 a6 40.Rf3 Rf8 41.d4 exd4 42.exd4 b5 43.Bd5 Na4
44.Kg2 Nb6 45.Ba2 Nc4 46.Qd7 f5 47.Kf2 Rde8 48.Qxe8 Rxe8 49.Rc3 Re6 50.Rc6 Rxc6
51.Rb3 Nd6 52.Ke3 Kf7 53.d5 Ke7 54.Kf3 f4 55.Kf2 Ne4+ 56.Kf1 Kd6  0-1

[Event "Blitz Match"]
[Site "Andorra AND"]
[Date "2003.03.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "De la Riva Aguado,O"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[ECO "A80"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 d5 4.Bxf6 exf6 5.e3 Be6 6.Bd3 Qd7 7.h4 h5 8.Nh3 Nc6
9.a3 O-O-O 10.b4 Ne7 11.Nf4 Bf7 12.g3 Kb8 13.Be2 g6 14.Bf3 Bh6 15.Nd3 Nc8
16.Nc5 Qe8 17.Qd3 Nb6 18.a4 Nc4 19.O-O g5 20.Nxd5 Bxd5 21.Bxd5 Rxd5 22.Qxc4 Rd6
23.hxg5 fxg5 24.Qb5 Qc8 25.Kg2 f4 26.Rh1 h4 27.exf4 Rf8 28.Rae1 a6 29.Qd3 Bg7
30.c3 Rdf6 31.Re7 gxf4 32.Nd7+ Ka8 33.Rxg7 fxg3 34.fxg3 Rf2+ 35.Kh3 hxg3
36.Rg4 R2f6 37.Kxg3  1-0

[Event "Blitz Match"]
[Site "Andorra AND"]
[Date "2003.03.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "De la Riva Aguado,O"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "B11"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.h3 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 e6 6.g3 Nd7 7.Bg2 Ngf6 8.d4 dxe4
9.Nxe4 Nxe4 10.Qxe4 Nf6 11.Qe3 Nd5 12.Qe2 Bb4+ 13.Bd2 Bxd2+ 14.Qxd2 O-O 15.O-O Qb6
16.c4 Ne7 17.Rfd1 Rad8 18.Qc3 Rd7 19.Rd2 Rfd8 20.Rad1 g6 21.b3 a5 22.Be4 Qb4
23.Qe3 a4 24.h4 axb3 25.axb3 b5 26.h5 bxc4 27.bxc4 Qxc4 28.h6 Nd5 29.Qf3 Qb4
30.Rc2 Qf8 31.Kg2 Qxh6 32.Rxc6 Ne7 33.Rc4 Qg5 34.Rdc1 Rxd4 35.Rc7 R4d7 36.R7c5 Nd5
37.Bxd5 Rxd5 38.Rc7 Rf5 39.Qc3 Qd2  0-1

[Event "Blitz Match"]
[Site "Andorra AND"]
[Date "2003.03.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "De la Riva Aguado,O"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[ECO "E91"]

1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 Na6 7.Nd2 c6 8.O-O e5
9.d5 c5 10.a3 Ne8 11.Rb1 f5 12.b4 Nf6 13.exf5 Bxf5 14.Rb3 Rc8 15.Nb5 Qb6
16.Bb2 Nb8 17.bxc5 Qxc5 18.a4 Qb6 19.Ba3 Rc5 20.a5 Qxa5 21.Nxd6 Rc7 22.Nxb7 Rxb7
23.Bxf8 Rxb3 24.Nxb3  1-0

[Event "Blitz Match"]
[Site "Andorra AND"]
[Date "2003.03.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "De la Riva Aguado,O"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 d6 5.c3 g6 6.Nbd2 Bg7 7.Nf1 O-O 8.Ng3 Bd7
9.Ba4 Re8 10.O-O a6 11.Re1 b5 12.Bc2 Na5 13.b4 Nc6 14.a4 Ne7 15.h3 Qb8 16.a5 c5
17.Be3 cxb4 18.cxb4 Nc6 19.Rb1 d5 20.Bc5 d4 21.Bb3 Be6 22.Bxe6 Rxe6 23.Nd2 Nd7
24.Nb3 Re8 25.Qd2 Nxc5 26.Nxc5 Qd6 27.Rbc1 Bf8 28.Rc2 Nxa5 29.bxa5 Rec8 30.Rec1 Rc7
31.Nb3 Rxc2 32.Qxc2 Qb4 33.Rb1 Re8 34.Nf1 Re6 35.Nfd2 Qc3 36.Rc1 Qxc2 37.Rxc2 Bb4
38.Nb1 Kg7 39.Kf1 h5 40.Ke2 g5 41.Rc7 g4 42.h4 g3 43.N1d2 gxf2 44.Kxf2 Kg6
45.Nf3 f6 46.Ke2 Bc3 47.Nfd2 Rd6 48.Nf1 f5 49.exf5+ Kxf5 50.Kf3 Rf6 51.Ng3+ Kg6+
52.Ke2 Rf4 53.Rc6+ Kf7 54.Rxa6 Rg4 55.Kf2 Rf4+ 56.Kg1 Be1 57.Ne4 Ke7 58.Rb6 Rf8
59.Rxb5  1-0

[Event "Blitz Match"]
[Site "Andorra AND"]
[Date "2003.03.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "De la Riva Aguado,O"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[ECO "B76"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 d6
9.f3 Bd7 10.h4 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b5 12.h5 e5 13.Be3 b4 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.Bxd5 Rc8
16.hxg6 hxg6 17.Qd2 Be6 18.O-O-O Qc7 19.Bxe6 fxe6 20.Kb1 a5 21.Bh6 Rfd8 22.Bxg7 Qxg7
23.Qg5 Kf7 24.f4 exf4 25.Qxf4+ Ke7 26.Qg5+ Ke8 27.Qxa5 Rc5 28.Qxb4 Rdc8 29.Rxd6 Qe5
30.Qd4  1-0

[Event "16th Ciudad"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2003.06.07"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "C92"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 a5 10.d4 a4 11.Bc2 Bd7 12.Nbd2 Re8 13.Nf1 h6 14.Ng3 Bf8 15.Bd2 Na5 16.b3 axb3
17.axb3 c5 18.d5 Qc7 19.Nh2 c4 20.b4 Nb7 21.Qf3 Nh7 22.Ng4 Rec8 23.Be3 Qd8
24.Ba7 g6 25.Be3 Qh4 26.Qe2 h5 27.Nh2 Qd8 28.Ba7 Bh6 29.Ra6 Qe7 30.Rea1 f6
31.Nf3 Nd8 32.Nh4 Be8 33.R1a5 Bg5 34.Nf3 Bf4 35.Be3 Rxa6 36.Rxa6 Nf7 37.Qd2 Bxe3
38.Qxe3 Qd8 39.Nh4 Nf8 40.Qa7 Rc7 41.Qb6 Rc8 42.Qa7 Rc7 43.Qe3 Rc8 44.Qa7 Rc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "16th Ciudad"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2003.06.07"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.c5 c6 8.h3 b6 9.b4 a5
10.a3 Ba6 11.Bxa6 Rxa6 12.O-O Qa8 13.Rb1 Qb7 14.Qc2 axb4 15.axb4 Rfa8 16.Ne1 b5
17.Nd3 Bd8 18.f3 Bc7 19.g4 Qb8 20.Bxc7 Qxc7 21.Qh2 Qd8 22.Qg3 Ra3 23.Rfc1 Ne8
24.h4 Qe7 25.Kf2 f6 26.g5 Qf7 27.Ke2 Qg6 28.Qg4 Nc7 29.Nf4 Qf7 30.g6 hxg6
31.Nxg6 e5 32.Kd2 f5 33.Qxf5 exd4 34.exd4 Ne6 35.Re1 Nxd4 36.Qh5 Qxf3 37.Qh8+ Kf7
38.Re7+ Kxg6 39.Qxg7+  1-0

[Event "16th Ciudad"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2003.06.07"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.a3 c5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Nxd5 exd5 10.dxc5 Nxc5 11.Be2 Bg4 12.Be5 Bf6 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.Qd4 Qxd4 15.Nxd4 Bxe2
16.Kxe2 Rfc8 17.Rac1 Ne6 18.Nf5 Kf8 19.Rhd1 g6 20.Nd6 Rxc1 21.Rxc1 d4 22.b4 Rb8
23.Rc8+ Rxc8 24.Nxc8 a6 25.exd4 Nxd4+ 26.Kd3 Ne6 27.Ke4 h5 28.Ke5 h4 29.Nd6 b5
30.Kf6 Nf4 31.Nxf7 Nxg2 32.Ne5 h3 33.Nxg6+ Ke8 34.Ke6 Ne1 35.f4 Nf3 36.f5 Nd4+
37.Kf6 Nf3 38.Kg7 Kd7 39.f6  1-0

[Event "16th Ciudad"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2003.06.07"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Bf4 Nc6 8.Qd2 Bg4
9.O-O-O Qd7 10.Bc4 Be6 11.Bd3 O-O-O 12.Rhe1 a6 13.Ng5 Bxg5 14.Bxg5 Rde8 15.Bf4 Bf5
16.Bc4 Na5 17.Bd5 Be6 18.b3 Bxd5 19.Qxd5 Nc6 20.c4 Rxe1 21.Rxe1 Re8 22.Rxe8+ Qxe8
23.Qf5+ Kb8 24.Qxh7 Qe1+ 25.Kb2 Qxf2 26.Qe4 b6 27.g4 Nd8 28.Qe3 Qf1 29.a4 a5
30.Bg3 Qf6+ 31.Qc3 Qg6 32.Qf3 Ne6 33.Qf5 Qxf5 34.gxf5 Nd4 35.f6 g6 36.c3 Nc6
37.Ka3 Ne5 38.c5 bxc5 39.b4 Nc4+ 40.Kb3 Nd2+ 41.Kc2 Ne4 42.b5 Nxg3 43.hxg3 Kc8
44.Kd3 d5 45.c4 d4 46.Ke4 Kd7 47.g4 g5 48.Ke5 d3  0-1

[Event "16th Ciudad"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2003.06.08"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "B67"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O Bd7
9.f3 Be7 10.Kb1 Rc8 11.h4 h6 12.Be3 h5 13.Nxc6 Bxc6 14.Ne2 d5 15.e5 Nd7 16.f4 Bb5
17.g3 g6 18.Bg2 Bxe2 19.Qxe2 Qc7 20.Rd3 Nc5 21.Rc3 Qd7 22.Bxc5 Bxc5 23.Rd1 b5
24.Bf1 Ke7 25.Rcd3 Bb6 26.Qd2 Kf8 27.Rb3 Bc5 28.c4 bxc4 29.Bxc4 Qa7 30.Be2 Kg7
31.Qd3 a5 32.Qa6 Qxa6 33.Bxa6 Rb8 34.Bb7 Bb4 35.Bc6 Rhc8 36.Rc1 Rb6 37.Ba4 Rxc1+
38.Kxc1 Bc5 39.Rf3 Rb4 40.Bc2 a4 41.b3 axb3 42.axb3 Rb7 43.Kd1 Ra7 44.Ke2 Bb4
45.Rf2 Rc7 46.Bd3 Rc3 47.Rf1 Rxb3 48.Rb1 Rxb1 49.Bxb1 Kf8 50.Bc2 Ke7 51.Ba4 d4
52.Bb5 Ba5 53.Bd3 Kd8 54.Bb5 Bb4 55.Bd3 Kc7 56.Bb5 Kd8 57.Bd3 Ba5 58.Bb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "16th Ciudad"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2003.06.08"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "E91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 d6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Be2 e6 8.O-O Na6 9.dxe6 Bxe6
10.Bf4 Qa5 11.Re1 Rfe8 12.Bf1 Bg4 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 Nb4 15.Rac1 Nd7 16.Bxd6 Nxa2
17.Ra1 Qb6 18.Nb5 Nb4 19.Bc7 Qc6 20.Rad1 Nc2 21.Re2 a6 22.Rxc2 axb5 23.Bf4 b4
24.Rd6 Qxe4 25.Qxe4 Rxe4 26.Rxd7 Rxf4 27.g3 Rd4 28.Rxb7 Rd1 29.Kg2 Rb1 30.Bd3 Re8
31.Re2 Rxe2 32.Rb8+ Bf8 33.Bxe2 Rxb2 34.Bf3 Kg7 35.Bd5 f5 36.g4 Re2 37.Kf3 Re1
38.g5 Re7 39.h4 Rc7 40.Ke2 Ra7 41.Kd3 Rc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "16th Ciudad"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2003.06.08"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "C18"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4 Qa5 8.Bd2 O-O
9.Bd3 Nbc6 10.Nf3 f5 11.exf6 Rxf6 12.Qh5 Nf5 13.Ne5 c4 14.Bxf5 Rxf5 15.Qe8+ Rf8
16.Nxc6 bxc6 17.Qxc6 Rb8 18.O-O Rb2 19.Bf4 Qxc3 20.Bd6 Rb6 21.Qc7 Rb7 22.Qc5 Re8
23.Qc6 Rd8 24.Rab1 Rxb1 25.Rxb1 Qxc2 26.Rf1 Qg6 27.Qc7 Qe8 28.Be5 Qd7 29.Qc5 Qb7
30.h3 Re8 31.Re1 Bd7 32.Qa5 Rc8 33.Re3 Be8 34.Rg3 Bg6 35.h4 Qb6 36.Qa4 Qb7
37.h5 Be8 38.Qd1 g6 39.Qg4 Qb1+ 40.Kh2 Qf5 41.Qh4 c3 42.Rg5 Qe4 43.Rg4 Qf5
44.Rg5 Qe4 45.Qh3 Rc6 46.hxg6 Bxg6 47.Qh6 Kf7 48.f3 Qe1 49.Rxg6 Qxe5+ 50.dxe5 hxg6
51.Qh7+ Kf8 52.Qd7 Rc4 53.Qd8+ Kg7 54.Qf6+ Kh7 55.Qf7+ Kh6 56.Qf8+ Kh7 57.Qe7+ Kh8
58.Qf6+  0-1

[Event "16th Ciudad"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2003.06.08"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.O-O Be7 8.a3 O-O
9.b4 Be6 10.Rb1 f6 11.d3 Nd4 12.Ne4 Nxf3+ 13.Bxf3 Bd5 14.Qc2 a5 15.Be3 axb4
16.axb4 c6 17.b5 Ra2 18.Qc1 Na4 19.bxc6 bxc6 20.Ra1 Rxa1 21.Qxa1 Qa5 22.Bd2 Qa8
23.Rb1 Nc5 24.Bb4 Qxa1 25.Rxa1 Nb3 26.Bxe7 Nxa1 27.Bxf8 Kxf8 28.Bg2 Nb3 29.Nc3 Bxg2
30.Kxg2 Ke7 31.Kf1 Ke6 32.Ke1  1/2-1/2

[Event "EuTCh"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2003.10.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Agrest,E"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "A05"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.Nc3 Bb7 4.d3 Bxf3 5.exf3 c5 6.d4 cxd4 7.Qxd4 Nc6 8.Qd1 g6
9.Be2 Bg7 10.f4 O-O 11.Be3 e6 12.O-O Ne7 13.Qa4 Nf5 14.Rad1 Nxe3 15.fxe3 Qc7
16.Kh1 a6 17.Bf3 Ra7 18.Rd2 Rc8 19.Be2 Qb8 20.Qb3 Bf8 21.e4 d6 22.f5 Nd7
23.fxe6 fxe6 24.Bg4 Re8 25.Ne2 Ne5 26.Bxe6+ Rxe6 27.c5 d5 28.Qxd5 Re7  1-0

[Event "EuTCh"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2003.10.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Papaioannou,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 c6 5.Bc4 Bf5 6.Bd2 Nf6 7.Nf3 e6 8.Nd5 Qd8
9.Nxf6+ gxf6 10.Bb3 Nd7 11.Qe2 Qc7 12.Nh4 Bg6 13.O-O-O O-O-O 14.g3 Kb8 15.Ng2 Bd6
16.h4 h5 17.Nf4 Bf5 18.Nxh5 c5 19.g4 Rxh5 20.gxf5 Rxf5 21.Be3 cxd4 22.Bxd4 Bc5
23.Bxc5 Nxc5 24.Rxd8+ Qxd8 25.h5 Nxb3+ 26.axb3 Qd5 27.Qd1 Kc7 28.h6 Qxd1+
29.Kxd1 Rd5+ 30.Ke2 Rd8 31.b4 a6 32.c4 Rh8 33.Ke3 Rh7 34.Kf4 Rh8 35.Rh3 Rg8
36.h7 Rh8 37.Ke4 Kd6 38.Kd4 Kc6 39.Rh6 Rd8+ 40.Kc3 Rh8 41.Rh5 Kd6 42.c5+ Kc6
43.Kc4 b6 44.cxb6 Kxb6 45.b5  1-0

[Event "EuTCh"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2003.10.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Macieja,B"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "B42"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 a6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 d6 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.O-O b5 8.a4 b4
9.Na2 e5 10.Nf3 Nc6 11.Qe1 Qb6 12.Bg5 Be7 13.Nd2 Na5 14.Nc4 Nxc4 15.Bxc4 Rb8
16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.c3 bxc3 18.Nxc3 O-O 19.a5 Qb4 20.b3 Be6 21.Ra4 Qc5 22.Nd5 Bg5
23.Qe2 Kh8 24.Nb6 Bd8 25.Bxe6 Bxb6 26.axb6 fxe6 27.Rxa6 Rxb6 28.Rxb6 Qxb6
29.Qc4 Re8 30.Rd1 Rf8 31.Rd2 Qa5 32.Rxd6 Qe1+ 33.Qf1 Qxe4 34.g3 h6 35.Rxe6 Rd8
36.h4 Qf5 37.Re7 Qf6 38.Rc7 Qf3 39.Rc1 Qxb3 40.Qe2 Qd5 41.Re1 Re8 42.Qe3 Kh7
43.Re2 Qd1+ 44.Kh2 Qd5 45.Kg1  1/2-1/2

[Event "EuTCh"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2003.10.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Godena,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Be3 Qf6 6.Nb5 Bxe3 7.fxe3 Qh4+ 8.g3 Qd8
9.Qg4 g5 10.N1c3 d6 11.Qe2 a6 12.Nd4 Ne5 13.Qg2 Be6 14.O-O-O Qd7 15.h4 gxh4
16.gxh4 Bg4 17.Be2 Ne7 18.Bxg4 Qxg4 19.Qf2 O-O-O 20.Qf6 Qd7 21.h5 Rhg8 22.Rhg1 Qh3
23.Rge1 Rde8 24.Qh6 Rg2 25.Rh1 Qg3 26.Qxh7 Qxe3+ 27.Kb1 Reg8 28.Nf5 Nxf5
29.Qxf5+ Kb8 30.h6 R2g6 31.Nd5 Qg5 32.Rdf1 Rh8 33.h7 c6 34.Nf6 Qxf5 35.Rxf5 Kc7
36.b3 Kd8 37.Ng8 Rg7 38.Rd1 Rgxh7 39.Rxd6+ Kc7 40.Rd2 Rxg8 41.Rxe5 f6 42.Rf5 Re8
43.Rf4 Rhe7 44.Rd4 Rd7 45.c3 Re5 46.Kc2 c5 47.Rxd7+ Kxd7 48.Kd3 Re6 49.Ke3 Rd6
50.Rf5 b6 51.Rd5 Ke6 52.c4 Rd7 53.Kf4 Rh7 54.Rd8 Rh4+ 55.Kf3 Rh3+ 56.Kg4 Rh2
57.Re8+ Kd6 58.Kf5 Rf2+ 59.Kg6 Rxa2 60.Kf7 b5 61.Re6+ Kd7 62.Kxf6 Rf2+ 63.Ke5 Rb2
64.Rd6+ Kc7 65.Rd3 Kc6 66.Ke6 bxc4 67.bxc4 Rc2 68.Rd6+ Kc7 69.Rxa6 Rxc4 70.e5 Rh4
71.Kd5 Rd4+ 72.Kxc5 Rd1 73.Rd6 Rxd6 74.exd6+ Kd7 75.Kd5 Kd8 76.Ke6 Ke8 77.d7+ Kd8
78.Kd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "EuTCh"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2003.10.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Graf,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "C96"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Nd7 12.Nbd2 exd4 13.cxd4 Nc6 14.d5 Nce5 15.Nh2 g5
16.Ndf1 Bf6 17.Qh5 Kh8 18.Ng3 Rg8 19.Ng4 Rg6 20.Ne3 c4 21.Rb1 Nc5 22.b3 Ncd3
23.Bxd3 Nxd3 24.Rd1 Nxc1 25.Rdxc1 c3 26.b4 Bd7 27.Rc2 Qe7 28.Qf3 Re8 29.Re1 Qe5
30.Nh5 g4 31.hxg4 Bd8 32.Qxf7 Bxg4 33.Nf4 Rgg8 34.Nxg4 Qg5 35.Rxc3 Ref8 36.Ng6+ Qxg6
37.Qxg6 Rxg6 38.Ne3  1-0

[Event "EuTCh"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2003.10.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Damljanovic,B"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "C96"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Nd7 12.Nbd2 exd4 13.cxd4 Nc6 14.d5 Nce5 15.Nxe5 Nxe5
16.f4 Ng6 17.Nf3 Bh4 18.Nxh4 Qxh4 19.f5 Ne5 20.Rf1 Bd7 21.Bf4 Qe7 22.Qe1 f6
23.Qg3 Rfe8 24.b3 a5 25.Bd1 Qd8 26.Bh5 Re7 27.Kh2 Be8 28.Bxe8 Qxe8 29.Rae1 a4
30.Re3 b4 31.Qh4 Kh8 32.Bxe5 Rxe5 33.Qf4 axb3 34.axb3 Ra2 35.Rfe1 Kg8 36.Rg3 Ra7
37.Rge3 Qc8 38.Rg3 Qa6 39.Rge3 Qa2 40.Qf1 Ra5 41.Rg3 Qb2 42.Qf4 Ra7 43.Qf1 Re8
44.e5 fxe5 45.f6 e4 46.Rg5 Qd2 47.h4 Rf7 48.Qb5 Ref8 49.fxg7 Qf4+ 50.g3 Qf2+
51.Kh3 Rxg7 52.Rxg7+ Kxg7 53.Qd7+ Rf7 54.Qg4+ Kh8 55.Ra1 Rf8  0-1

[Event "EuTCh"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2003.10.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.d4 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Qc7 8.g3 e5
9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Bf4 Nfd7 11.Bg2 g5 12.Ne3 gxf4 13.Nxf5 O-O-O 14.Qc2 Nc5 15.O-O Ne6
16.Qe4 fxg3 17.hxg3 a5 18.Rad1 Bb4 19.Nh6 Nc5 20.Rxd8+ Rxd8 21.Qxh7 Bxc3
22.bxc3 Nxa4 23.Qc2 Nb6 24.Qf5+ Kb8 25.Ra1 Nec4 26.Qxf7 a4 27.e4 Qe5 28.Qf4 Qxf4
29.gxf4 Nb2 30.Bf3 N6c4 31.e5 Rf8 32.e6 Rf6 33.e7 Nd6 34.Ng4 Re6 35.Ne5 Rxe7
36.Ra2 Nbc4 37.Nxc4 Nxc4 38.Rxa4 Nd6 39.Kf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "EuTCh"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2003.10.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.c3 Nf6 6.Re1 O-O 7.h3 Qb6 8.Na3 d5
9.e5 Ne8 10.d4 cxd4 11.cxd4 Nc7 12.Bxc6 Qxc6 13.Qb3 Ne6 14.Be3 f6 15.Rac1 Qd7
16.Nc2 b6 17.Nb4 Bb7 18.Nd3 g5 19.Bd2 h6 20.exf6 exf6 21.a4 Rab8 22.a5 Ba8
23.axb6 axb6 24.Nb4 Nc7 25.Re3 h5 26.Qd3 Nb5 27.Rce1 Rbe8 28.Nc2 Re4 29.Bc3 Rfe8
30.Qd1 Nd6 31.Nd2 Rxe3 32.Nxe3 h4 33.Bb4 Ne4 34.Nxe4 Rxe4 35.f3 Re8 36.Qd3 Bc6
37.Kf2 Qf7 38.Nf5 Rxe1 39.Kxe1 Bd7 40.Ne7+ Kh8 41.f4 gxf4 42.Ng6+ Kg8 43.Kf2 f5
44.Nxf4 Qe8 45.Nxd5 Bb5 46.Qd1 Kh7 47.Nc3 Bd7 48.Bd6 Qe6 49.Be5 Bxe5 50.dxe5 Bc6
51.Qd4 Kg7 52.Ne2 Qg6 53.e6+ Qf6 54.Qxb6 Qxe6 55.Nd4 Qd5 56.Nxc6 Qd2+ 57.Kf3 Qd3+
58.Kf4  1-0

[Event "GpA"]
[Site "Cap D'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2003.10.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Adams,Mi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "C96"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Nd7 12.Nbd2 exd4 13.cxd4 Nc6 14.d5 Nce5 15.Nh2 Ng6
16.g3 Nf6 17.h4 Ne5 18.Ndf1 h5 19.Bf4 Nfg4 20.Bxe5 dxe5 21.Qd2 c4 22.b3 cxb3
23.axb3 Bc5 24.Nxg4 Bxg4 25.Bd1 Qd6 26.Qd3 Bb4 27.Re3 Bc5 28.Re1 Bb4 29.Re3  1/2-1/2

[Event "GpA"]
[Site "Cap D'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2003.10.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qa5 7.Bd2 b6 8.Bg2 Bb7
9.O-O O-O 10.d5 Qa6 11.Re1 Ne4 12.Qc2 f5 13.Ng5 exd5 14.cxd5 Bxd5 15.Nxe4 Bxe4
16.Bxe4 fxe4 17.Qxe4 Nc6 18.Qd5+ Rf7 19.Bf4 Re8 20.e4 Na5 21.Rad1 Qc4 22.Qxc4 Nxc4
23.Rd5 h6 24.h4 Re6 25.f3 Kf8 26.Kf2 Ke8 27.Red1 a5 28.Ke2 Kd8 29.Rb1 a4
30.h5 Na3 31.Rb2 Nc4 32.Rb1 Na3 33.Rb2 Nc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "GpA"]
[Site "Cap D'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2003.10.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Nxf6+ Nxf6 8.Bh4 c5
9.Ne5 a6 10.dxc5 Qa5+ 11.c3 Qxc5 12.Bg3 Bd6 13.Ng4 Bxg3 14.Nxf6+ gxf6 15.hxg3 Bd7
16.Rh4 Rd8 17.Qd4 Qxd4 18.Rxd4 Bc6 19.Rad1 Rxd4 20.Rxd4 Ke7 21.Be2 e5 22.Rh4 f5
23.Bf3 e4 24.Be2 Kf6 25.Kd2 Kg5 26.Ke3 h5 27.c4 Bd7 28.Rh1 Be6 29.b3 a5 30.Rd1 Rh6
31.Rd8 h4 32.gxh4+ Rxh4 33.g3 Rh3 34.Rb8 f4+ 35.Kxe4 f5+ 36.Ke5 fxg3 37.f4+ Kg6
38.Kxe6  1-0

[Event "GpA"]
[Site "Cap D'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2003.10.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili,Z"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Qa4+ Nd7 8.Nxd5 Bxd5
9.Qc2 c5 10.e4 Bb7 11.Bf4 cxd4 12.Rd1 Qc8 13.Qb1 Be7 14.Rc1 Nc5 15.b4 Bxe4
16.Qb2 O-O 17.bxc5 Bxc5 18.Nd2 Bd5 19.f3 e5 20.Bg3 Qe6 21.Bc4 Bxc4 22.Rxc4 f5
23.Qb3 e4 24.Ra4 Qxb3 25.Nxb3 f4 26.Bh4 Rae8 27.O-O e3 28.Rxd4 Bxd4 29.Nxd4 h6
30.Rb1 g5 31.Be1 Rc8 32.Kf1 Rfd8 33.Ne2 Rd3 34.a4 Ra3 35.a5 bxa5 36.g3 fxg3
37.hxg3 a4 38.Nd4 Rd3 39.Nf5 Rc2 40.Rb7 Rb3 41.Rxa7 Rc1 42.Ra8+ Kh7 43.Rxa4 Rbb1
44.Nxe3 Rxe1+ 45.Kf2 Rh1 46.Ra7+ Kg6 47.Ra6+ Kf7 48.f4 gxf4 49.Ra7+ Ke6 50.Ra6+ Kd7
51.gxf4 Rb2+ 52.Kg3 Rb3 53.Ra7+ Kd6 54.Ra6+ Kc5 55.Re6 Kd4 56.Kg2 Rh5 57.Nc2+ Kc5
58.Ne3 Kd4 59.Nc2+ Kd5 60.Re2 Rhh3 61.Re5+ Kd6 62.Nd4 Rbg3+ 63.Kf2 Rg4 64.Nf5+ Kd7
65.Re7+ Kd8 66.Re4 h5 67.Nh6 Rg7 68.Nf5 Ra7 69.Nd4 Ra2+ 70.Ne2 h4 71.f5 Rh2+
72.Kf3 h3 73.Nf4 Ra3+ 74.Kg4 Rh1 75.f6 Rg1+ 76.Kf5 Ra5+ 77.Ke6 Ra6+ 78.Kf5 Rxf6+
79.Kxf6 h2 80.Ne6+ Kd7 81.Rd4+ Kc6 82.Rc4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "GpA"]
[Site "Cap D'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2003.10.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[ECO "B82"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.O-O Qc7 7.Nc3 d6 8.f4 b5
9.a3 Bb7 10.Be3 Nbd7 11.Qf3 Nc5 12.Rae1 Be7 13.Kh1 O-O 14.Bg1 Rfe8 15.Qh3 Bf8
16.Nf3 Nxd3 17.cxd3 h6 18.Rc1 Qd7 19.Bd4 e5 20.fxe5 dxe5 21.Bxe5 Qxh3 22.gxh3 Nd7
23.Bd4 Rad8 24.Ne2 f5 25.Ng3 fxe4 26.dxe4 Bxe4 27.Nxe4 Rxe4 28.Rc6 a5 29.Kg2 Be7
30.Bc3 b4 31.axb4 axb4 32.Re1 bxc3 33.Rxe4 cxb2 34.Re1 Bf6 35.Rd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "GpA"]
[Site "Cap D'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2003.10.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "D58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Bd3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 Bb7 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Bg3 c5 12.Qe2 a6 13.a4 cxd4 14.Nxd4 Bb4 15.Na2 Bc5
16.Rfd1 Qe7 17.Nc3 Rfd8 18.Rac1 Nf8 19.Nb3 Bd6 20.Bxd6 Rxd6 21.Rxd6 Qxd6
22.Rd1 Qc7 23.Nd4 Ng6 24.Bb3 Ne5 25.h3 Qc5 26.Rc1 Qb4 27.Na2 Qe7 28.Nc3 Rc8
29.Rd1 Qb4 30.Na2 Qe7 31.Nc3 Rc5 32.Bc2 Qc7 33.Bd3 Nxd3 34.Qxd3 Qe5 35.Nde2 Rc8
36.Qd6 Qg5 37.Ng3 Bc6 38.Qd4 Qc5 39.Nge2 Qxd4 40.Rxd4 Kf8 41.f3 Ke7 42.Kf2 Nd7
43.e4 Ne5 44.Ke3 Bd7 45.b3 Nc6 46.Rc4 Kd6 47.f4 f6 48.b4 Na7 49.Rxc8 Bxc8
50.Nd4 Bd7 51.Kd3 Nc6 52.Nxc6 Bxc6 53.Kc4 e5 54.f5 Be8 55.g4 Bf7+ 56.Kd3 Bb3
57.h4 Kc6 58.Ne2 Bxa4 59.Ng3 Bd1 60.Nh5 Bxg4 61.Nxg7 Kd7 62.Ne6 Bh5 63.Nf8+ Kd6
64.Ne6 Bf7 65.Nf8 Ke7 66.Ng6+ Bxg6 67.fxg6 h5 68.Kc4 Kf8 69.Kd5 Kg7 70.Kc6 a5  0-1

[Event "GpA"]
[Site "Cap D'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2003.10.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "C91"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.d4 Bg4 10.Be3 Bh5 11.h3 exd4 12.cxd4 d5 13.e5 Ne4 14.Nc3 Nxc3 15.bxc3 Na5
16.Bc2 Nc4 17.g4 Bg6 18.Bf5 a5 19.Nd2 Nxe3  1/2-1/2

[Event "KO Rapid"]
[Site "Cap D'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2003.10.27"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.d4 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qb3 Nc6 6.Nbd2 d5 7.Bg2 Qd7 8.O-O Bd6
9.Qc3 O-O 10.Ne5 Bxe5 11.dxe5 Ng4 12.b4 dxc4 13.Nf3 f6 14.a4 b5 15.Bf4 Rad8
16.Bh3 fxe5 17.Nxe5 Ngxe5 18.Bxe5 bxa4 19.Rad1 Qf7 20.Bf4 Bb5 21.Qe3 e5 22.Rxd8 Rxd8
23.Bxe5 Re8 24.f4 a6 25.Bg2 Nxe5 26.fxe5 Qe6 27.Qc5 c6 28.Rf3 Qe7 29.Qxe7 Rxe7
30.Re3 Kf8 31.Kf2 Ra7 32.Ra3 Ke7 33.Ke3 Rd7 34.Be4 h6 35.Bc2 Rd5 36.Bxa4 Rxe5+
37.Kf2 Kd6 38.Bc2 c5 39.bxc5+ Kxc5 40.e4 Kb4 41.Ra2 c3 42.Ke3 Re7 43.Ra1 Rd7
44.Rb1+ Kc5 45.Rb3 Kc4 46.Rb1 Rd2 47.Bb3+ Kc5 48.Rc1 Rd3+ 49.Kf4 Kb4 50.Bc2 Rd2
51.h4 Rxc2 52.Rxc2 Kb3  0-1

[Event "KO Rapid"]
[Site "Cap D'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2003.10.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "C95"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nf1 Bf8 14.Ng3 g6 15.b3 Bg7
16.d5 Rc8 17.c4 c6 18.Bd2 a5 19.Be3 Qc7 20.Bd3 bxc4 21.bxc4 Ba6 22.Bf1 Nc5
23.Bxc5 dxc5 24.Rb1 Bh6 25.Qc2 Rb8 26.Rxb8 Rxb8 27.dxc6 Bf4 28.Ne2 Qxc6 29.Nxf4 exf4
30.Qd2 Re8 31.e5 Nh5 32.Qxa5 Bb7 33.Nh2 f3 34.Nxf3 Nf4 35.Qd2 Ne6 36.Ng5 Rd8
37.Qe3 Rd4 38.Nxe6 Qxe6 39.Qa3 Qb6 40.Qc3 Ba6 41.a4 Qe6 42.Qa5 Qc6 43.Rb1 Bxc4
44.Bxc4 Rxc4 45.Qd8+ Kg7 46.Rb8 Kh6 47.Qf8+ Kg5 48.Qxf7 Qe4 49.Qf6+ Kh6 50.Kh2 Rxa4
51.e6 Ra7 52.Rf8 Qd4 53.Qxd4 cxd4 54.Rf7 Ra2 55.h4 Re2 56.g4 g5 57.hxg5+ Kxg5
58.Kg3 Kg6 59.Re7 h5 60.gxh5+ Kxh5  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2004.07.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "C18"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4 O-O 8.Bd3 f5
9.exf6 Rxf6 10.Bg5 e5 11.Qh4 e4 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.Qxf6 exd3 14.Qg5+ Kh8 15.Qf6+ Kg8  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2004.07.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Sasikiran,K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[ECO "C95"]

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.a4 Bf8 14.Bd3 c6 15.b3 g6 16.Bf1 Qc7
17.Bb2 Rac8 18.Qc2 Qb8 19.g3 Bg7 20.Rad1 Ba8 21.axb5 axb5 22.b4 c5 23.bxc5 exd4
24.cxd4 dxc5 25.d5 c4 26.Bc3 Qc7 27.Rb1 Rb8 28.Qa2 Nxe4 29.Nxe4 Bxd5 30.Bxg7 Bxe4
31.Rxe4 Rxe4 32.Bc3 Re6 33.Qd2 f6 34.Qd5 Qc6 35.Qxc6 Rxc6 36.Nd4 Rc5 37.Rxb5 Rbxb5
38.Nxb5 Ne5 39.Nd6 Kg7 40.f4 Nd7 41.Nxc4 h5 42.Kf2 Rc6 43.Bd4 Nc5 44.Kf3 Ne6
45.Bb2 Kf7 46.Ne3 Nc7 47.Bc4+ Kg7 48.Ke4 Ne8 49.Bd4 Rc7 50.Kd3 Rd7 51.Bb5 Rd8
52.Bxe8 Rxe8 53.Nd5 Re6 54.Nxf6 Rxf6 55.g4 hxg4 56.hxg4 Kf7 57.Bxf6 Kxf6
58.Kd4 Ke6 59.Kc5 Ke7 60.Kd5 Kd7 61.Ke5 Ke7 62.g5  1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2004.07.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pelletier,Y"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.d3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.Be3 Bxe3 10.fxe3 Na5 11.Bc2 c5 12.Nbd2 c4 13.b4 cxd3 14.Bxd3 Nc6 15.a4 Rb8
16.Qe2 Qb6 17.h3 Bd7 18.Rfb1 Nd8 19.axb5 axb5 20.c4 Ne6 21.Kh1 Nc7 22.Ra2 Rfc8
23.Rc2 Ne6 24.Kh2 h6 25.Rbc1 bxc4 26.Rxc4 Rd8 27.Rb1 Bc6 28.b5 Bb7 29.Rcb4 Nc5
30.Bc2 Rdc8 31.R1b2 Qd8 32.Qe1 Rc7 33.Qb1 d5 34.b6 Rcc8 35.Qe1 Ncd7 36.Qg3 dxe4
37.Bxe4 Bxe4 38.Nxe4 Rxb6 39.Nxf6+ Rxf6 40.Nxe5 Nxe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2004.07.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "A21"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Nd5 a5 4.a3 Be7 5.g3 d6 6.Bg2 f5 7.e3 Nf6 8.Ne2 Nxd5
9.cxd5 O-O 10.O-O Nd7 11.d4 Nf6 12.Nc3 Kh8 13.Bd2 Bd7 14.Rc1 Qe8 15.Qb3 b6
16.a4 Rc8 17.Rc2 Qf7 18.Nb5 c5 19.dxe5 dxe5 20.Na7 Rb8 21.Bc3 e4 22.Bxf6 Bxf6
23.Rd1 Rfd8 24.Nb5 Bc6 25.Rcd2 Bxb5 26.Qxb5 Rd6 27.Qe2 Be5 28.b3 h5 29.f3 exf3
30.Qxf3 Rf8 31.Rf2 g6 32.Qe2 Rf6 33.Qc4 Qe7 34.Rdf1 Kg7 35.Rf3 Re8 36.R1f2 Rd6
37.Rd2 Qg5 38.Rd3 Re7 39.Kf1 Qg4 40.Rf2 h4 41.Qxg4 fxg4 42.gxh4 Re8 43.Kg1 Rh8
44.Bf1 Rxh4 45.Rdd2 Rd8 46.Rg2 Rdh8 47.d6 g3 48.d7 gxh2+ 49.Kh1 Rd8 50.Bb5 Rh3
51.Rde2 Kf6 52.Ref2+ Kg7 53.Re2 Bc7 54.Rg4 Rf3 55.Re1 Bg3 56.Bc6 Bxe1 57.Bxf3 Rxd7
58.Kxh2 Bf2 59.Be2 Bxe3 60.Re4 Bg5 61.Kg3 Rd4 62.Kf3 Bh4 63.Bc4 g5 64.Rxd4 cxd4
65.Ke4 Bf2 66.Kf5 Be3 67.Be2 Kf7 68.Bh5+ Ke7 69.Ke5 Kd7 70.Kd5 Bf2 71.Be2 Kc7
72.Bg4 d3 73.Bf5 d2 74.Bg4 Bg3 75.Bd1 Kd7 76.Bg4+ Ke7 77.Bd1 Kf6 78.Bg4 Bf2
79.Ke4 Bc5 80.Kd3 Bb4 81.Ke4 Ke7 82.Kd5 Bc5 83.Ke5 Bg1 84.Kd5 Bh2 85.Bd1 Bc7
86.Bg4 Bb8 87.Bd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2004.07.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "B54"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.f3 e5 6.Nb3 a5 7.a4 Nc6 8.Bb5 Be7
9.c4 O-O 10.Be3 Na7 11.Nc3 Be6 12.Qd3 Nh5 13.g3 f5 14.Nd2 fxe4 15.fxe4 Bg5
16.O-O-O Bxe3 17.Qxe3 Nf6 18.Rhf1 Qc7 19.b3 Nc6 20.Nf3 Bh3 21.Rfe1 Bg4 22.Rd2 Nxe4
23.Nxe4 Bxf3 24.Bxc6 bxc6 25.Nxd6 e4 26.c5 Rab8 27.Kb2 Kh8 28.Qc3 Qe7 29.Rd4 Qe5
30.Nf7+ Rxf7 31.Rd8+ Rxd8 32.Qxe5 h6 33.Qc3 Rd3 34.Qxa5 Bd1 35.Qb4 e3 36.a5 e2
37.a6 Rdd7 38.Qe4 Rde7 39.Qxc6 Rf1 40.a7 Rxe1 41.a8=Q+ Kh7 42.Qf8 Re5 43.Qfd6  1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2004.07.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.a4 e6 6.g3 dxc4 7.Bg5 Nbd7 8.Bg2 h6
9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.a5 Bb4 11.O-O O-O 12.Qa4 Qe7 13.Rfd1 Rb8 14.Qa2 c5 15.d5 exd5
16.Nxd5 Qxe2 17.Nxb4 cxb4 18.Rd2 Qe7 19.Qxc4 Nf6 20.Rd4 b5 21.Qxb4 Qxb4 22.Rxb4 Bb7
23.Rd4 Rfd8 24.Rad1 Rxd4 25.Nxd4 Bxg2 26.Kxg2 Rd8 27.Kf3 Nd7 28.Ke2 Ne5 29.Nf5 Re8
30.Kf1 Nc6 31.Rd6 Nxa5 32.Rxa6 Nc4 33.b4 Re5 34.Nd4 Rd5 35.Nc6 Kh7 36.Ra7 Rd6
37.Ne7 Ne5 38.Rb7 Nf3 39.h4 Nd4 40.h5 Rd8 41.Kg2 Rd6 42.g4 Kh8 43.f4 g6 44.hxg6 fxg6
45.Kg3 Re6 46.Rd7 Ne2+ 47.Kf3 Nd4+ 48.Rxd4 Rxe7 49.Rd6 Kg7 50.Rb6 Re1 51.Rxb5 Rf1+
52.Ke4 Re1+ 53.Kd4 Rd1+ 54.Ke5 Re1+ 55.Kd6 Re4 56.g5 h5 57.Rb7+ Kg8 58.b5 h4
59.Re7 Rxe7 60.Kxe7 h3 61.b6 h2 62.b7 h1=Q 63.b8=Q+ Kg7 64.Qf8+ Kh7 65.Qf7+ Kh8
66.Kf8 Qa8+ 67.Qe8 Qb7  1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2004.07.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sasikiran,K"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7
10.Ne5 Bg7 11.f4 Nfd7 12.Nxf7 Kxf7 13.Bh5+ Ke7 14.e5 Qb6 15.fxg5 Kd8 16.Qg4 Bxe5
17.dxe5 Qe3+ 18.Qe2 Qxe2+ 19.Bxe2 Na6 20.Ne4 Nac5 21.Nxc5 Nxc5 22.O-O-O+ Kc7
23.Rhf1 hxg5 24.Rf7+ Kb6 25.Bf2 Rab8 26.b4 cxb3 27.axb3 a5 28.Rd2 Rhf8 29.Rf6 Rfd8
30.Rc2 Rd5 31.Rxe6 Bc8 32.Re8 g4 33.h4  1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2004.07.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Pelletier,Y"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[ECO "B48"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.f4 Bb4 8.Nb5 Qa5
9.Bd2 a6 10.e5 axb5 11.exf6 Bxc3 12.bxc3 gxf6 13.Qg4 b4 14.Qg7 Rf8 15.Qxf6 bxc3
16.Bxc3 Qc5 17.Bd3 b6 18.Bxh7 Ra4 19.O-O-O Nb4 20.Bb2 Bb7 21.Rhe1 Nxa2+ 22.Kb1 Bd5
23.Rxd5 Qxd5 24.c3 Qd2 25.Qe5 f5 26.Bg6+ Kd8 27.Qe3 Qxe3 28.Rxe3 Rh8 29.Rh3 Rxh3
30.gxh3 Rxf4 31.Bh5 Rh4 32.Bd1 Rxh3 33.Kxa2 f4 34.Bg4 Rh4 35.Bd1 Rxh2 36.Kb3 e5
37.Bf3 Rh3 38.Bg2 Rg3 39.Bf1 f3 40.c4 Rg1  0-1

[Event "It"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2004.07.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Be3 c5 8.Nf3 Bg4
9.Rc1 O-O 10.Be2 Qa5 11.Qd2 Rd8 12.d5 e6 13.O-O exd5 14.exd5 Nd7 15.c4 Qxd2
16.Bxd2 Nf6 17.h3 Bf5 18.Be3 Rac8 19.Rfe1 Rd6 20.g4 Bd7 21.Bf4 Ra6 22.Ne5 Ba4
23.Rb1 Rb6 24.Rxb6 axb6 25.Bd1 Bxd1 26.Rxd1 Ne4 27.d6 Rd8 28.d7 Kf8 29.f3 Nc3
30.Re1 h6 31.h4 Kg8 32.g5 h5 33.Re3 Nxa2 34.Ra3 Nb4 35.Ra7 Kf8 36.Rxb7 Ke7
37.Rxb6 Bxe5 38.Bxe5 Kxd7 39.Kf1 Nc6 40.Bg3 Ra8 41.Rb5 Ra5 42.Bf2 Rxb5 43.cxb5 Nd4
44.Bxd4 cxd4 45.Ke2 Kd6 46.Kd3 Kc5 47.f4 Kxb5 48.Kxd4 Kc6 49.Ke5 Kd7 50.Kf6 Ke8
51.Kg7 Ke7 52.Kg8 Ke8 53.Kg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2004.07.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "C80"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6
9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.c3 d4 11.Ng5 Qxg5 12.Qf3 O-O-O 13.Bxe6+ fxe6 14.Qxc6 Qxe5 15.b4 Qd5
16.Qxd5 exd5 17.bxc5 dxc3 18.Nb3 d4 19.Ba3 g6 20.Bb4 Bg7 21.a4 d3 22.axb5 d2
23.bxa6 c2 24.Nxd2 Bxa1 25.Rxa1 Rhe8 26.Rc1 Re4 27.Bc3 Rc4 28.Rxc2 Rd3 29.Rb2 Rcxc3
30.a7 Ra3 31.Rb8+ Kd7 32.a8=Q Rxa8 33.Rxa8 Rxd2 34.g4 Kc6 35.Kg2 Kxc5 36.Kg3 Rd7
37.f4 Kd4 38.Ra1 Rf7 39.Rd1+ Ke3 40.Re1+ Kd4 41.Rd1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "CCM4 Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2004.08.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Beutel,H"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2123"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d6 3.d4 c6 4.a3 g6 5.Be2 Bg7 6.Be3 O-O 7.Qd2 Nbd7 8.Bh6 e5
9.Bxg7 Kxg7 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.O-O-O Qb6 12.Bf3 Nc5 13.h4 h5 14.Qg5 Qc7 15.Nge2 Ne6
16.Qe3 b5 17.Ng3 Qb6 18.Qxb6 axb6 19.Kb1 Bb7 20.Be2 Nf4 21.Rhg1 Rfd8 22.Bf3 Kf8
23.Nge2 Ne6 24.g3 Ke7 25.Rge1 Nc5 26.Rxd8 Rxd8 27.Rd1 Rxd1+ 28.Nxd1 Ncxe4
29.Kc1 Kd6 30.Nec3 Nxc3 31.Nxc3 Bc8 32.Kd2 Bf5 33.Nd1 Bg4 34.Bxg4 Nxg4 35.f3 Nh6
36.Ke3 Nf5+ 37.Kf2 Nd4 38.Ne3 f5 39.c3 Ne6 40.Nf1 c5 41.Nd2 c4 42.a4 Nc5
43.axb5  0-1

[Event "CCM4 Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2004.08.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Silber,H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2307"]
[ECO "A06"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.b3 Nf6 3.Bb2 e6 4.e3 Be7 5.d4 O-O 6.Nbd2 c5 7.Bd3 b6 8.Ne5 Bb7
9.a3 Nbd7 10.f4 Ne4 11.O-O Nxd2 12.Qxd2 f5 13.Rf3 Nxe5 14.fxe5 Rc8 15.Rh3 c4
16.Be2 c3 17.Bxc3 Qc7 18.Bb4 Bxb4 19.axb4 Qxc2 20.Qxc2 Rxc2 21.Bb5 a6 22.Bxa6 Ra8
23.b5 Bxa6 24.bxa6 Rc3 25.b4 Rb3 26.e4 Rxb4 27.exd5 exd5 28.a7 b5 29.Rha3 Rxd4
30.Ra5 Rb4 31.e6 Kf8 32.Rc1 Ke7 33.Rc7+ Kxe6 34.Rxg7 Ra4 35.Rxb5 R8xa7 36.Rxa7 Rxa7
37.Kf2 Ke5 38.Rb8 Ke4 39.Re8+ Kd3 40.Re3+ Kc4 41.Re5 d4 42.Rxf5 d3 43.Ke3 Re7+
44.Kd2 Re2+ 45.Kd1 Rxg2 46.Rh5 Kc3 47.Rc5+ Kd4 48.Rh5 Ke3 49.Rh3+ Kd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Human vs Computer"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "HYDRA"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E15"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.d4 e6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.Bc3 d5
9.Ne5 Nfd7 10.Nxd7 Nxd7 11.Nd2 O-O 12.O-O b5 13.c5 e5 14.b4 e4 15.e3 Qc7
16.Re1 Bg5 17.a4 bxa4 18.Rxa4 Bb5 19.Ra3 Nf6 20.Bf1 a6 21.Qa1 Rab8 22.Bxb5 axb5
23.Ra7 Qc8 24.Qa6 Qe6 25.Ra1 h5 26.Rc7 h4 27.Rxc6 Qf5 28.Qa2 Ng4 29.Nf1 Qf3
30.h3 Nxe3 31.fxe3 Bxe3+ 32.Kh2 Bf2 33.gxh4 e3  0-1

[Event "Human vs Computer"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "FRITZ"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E97"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.dxe5 dxe5
9.Bg5 Qxd1 10.Rfxd1 Bg4 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 Nd4 13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.cxd5 f5 15.Rd2 Rf7
16.Be3 Nxf3+ 17.gxf3 Bf8 18.Rc1 a5 19.Kf1 Bd6 20.Ke2 Kf8 21.Rdc2 a4 22.Rc4 Ke7
23.h4 Kd7 24.h5 gxh5 25.Rh1 f4 26.Bd2 a3 27.b3 h4 28.Rxh4 Rc8 29.Kd3 Rg8
30.Rc1 Rg2 31.Ke2 Rgg7 32.Bc3 Re7 33.Rh5 Rg6 34.Rch1 Rgg7 35.Rf5 Rg2 36.Kf1 Rg8
37.Rhh5 Rge8 38.Ke2 Rg8 39.Kf1 Rge8 40.Rfg5 c6 41.dxc6+ Kxc6 42.Rh6 b5 43.Ke2 Kd7
44.Rgh5 b4 45.Bd2 Rf7 46.Rxh7 Rxh7 47.Rxh7+ Kc6 48.Rh6 Kc7 49.Rh7+ Kc6 50.Rh6 Kc7
51.Rh7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Human vs Computer"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "JUNIOR"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 Nbd7
9.Qd2 b5 10.O-O-O Be7 11.g4 Nb6 12.g5 Nh5 13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.exd5 Bd7 15.Na5 O-O
16.Kb1 f5 17.Nc6 Qe8 18.Nxe7+ Qxe7 19.Rg1 f4 20.Bb6 g6 21.Bd3 Bf5 22.Bxf5 Rxf5
23.Qb4 Rf7 24.Rd3 Ng7 25.Rc3 Nf5 26.Rc6 Re8 27.Qe4 Qd7 28.Bf2 Ra8 29.Rb6 Ne7
30.h4 Nc8 31.Rc6 Ne7 32.Rb6 Nc8 33.Rc6 Ne7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Human vs Computer"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "HYDRA"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "B83"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O Be7 8.f4 O-O
9.a4 Nc6 10.Be3 Bd7 11.Nb3 b6 12.Qd2 Qc7 13.Rf3 Ng4 14.Rd1 Nxe3 15.Rxe3 Rfd8
16.Rg3 Be8 17.f5 Bf6 18.Rf1 Qe7 19.Bd3 Ne5 20.Kh1 Rdc8 21.Nd4 Kh8 22.Rh3 Nc4
23.Qe2 Bxd4 24.Bxc4 Bxc3 25.bxc3 exf5 26.Rxf5 g6 27.Rf4 Rc5 28.Qf1 Ra7 29.Bd5 Kg7
30.c4 b5 31.Qc1 h5 32.g4 f6 33.gxh5 g5 34.Rg3 Kh7 35.Rf2 bxc4 36.Qf1 Bf7
37.Rxf6 Bxd5 38.Qf5+  1-0

[Event "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Liu,E"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2143"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 Nbd7
9.Qd2 h5 10.O-O-O Rc8 11.Kb1 Be7 12.Nd5 Bxd5 13.exd5 Nb6 14.Bxb6 Qxb6 15.c4 O-O
16.Bd3 Rfe8 17.Qe2 g6 18.Nd2 h4 19.g3 Kg7 20.Rhg1 Nh5 21.Ne4 f5 22.Nc3 hxg3
23.hxg3 Bg5 24.g4 Nf4 25.Qc2 e4 26.fxe4 fxg4 27.Rxg4 Re5 28.Rdg1 Rh8 29.Ne2 Nh3
30.R1g2 Rh6 31.a3 Bf6 32.Qd2 Nf2 33.R4g3 Nxd3 34.Rxd3 Rxe4 35.Rdg3 Be5 36.Rf3 Rh1+
37.Ka2 Qc5 38.Qg5 Qxc4+ 39.Rb3 Rh6 40.Qe7+ Kh8 41.Qf8+ Kh7 42.Rf2 g5 43.Rf7+ Kg6
44.Qe8 Qxd5 45.Re7+ Kf5 46.Qc8+ Re6 47.Rf7+ Kg4 48.Re7 Bf6 49.Nc3 Bxc3 50.Qxc3 Qxb3+
51.Qxb3 Rxe7 52.Qd1+ Kh4 53.Qxd6 g4 54.Qh2+ Kg5 55.Qg2 Re2 56.Qd5+ Kf4 57.Qd4+ Kf3
58.Qd5+ Kg3 59.a4 R2e4 60.b3 Kh3 61.Qf5 Kg2 62.Kb2 g3 63.Kc2 Re2+ 64.Kd1 Kg1
65.Qc5+ R2e3 66.Qb6 g2 67.Qxb7  0-1

[Event "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hracek,Z"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.d3 d5 6.f4 Nf6 7.Nf3 Ba6 8.e5 Nd7
9.O-O Be7 10.b3 O-O 11.Re1 c4 12.dxc4 dxc4 13.Ne4 Qc7 14.Qe2 c5 15.Qf2 Rfd8
16.Bb2 Bb7 17.Nfd2 cxb3 18.axb3 Nb6 19.c4 Rd3 20.Re3 Rxe3 21.Qxe3 a5 22.Ba3 Nd7
23.Nc3 Qc6 24.Qf2 f6 25.Nf3 fxe5 26.fxe5 Rf8 27.Nb5 Rf5 28.Bb2 Nf8 29.Nd6 Bxd6
30.exd6 Qxd6 31.Rxa5 Ng6 32.Qd2 Qxd2 33.Nxd2 Nf4 34.Nf3 Nd3 35.Bc3 e5 36.Ne1 Nc1  0-1

[Event "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Nh4 Bg4 7.h3 Bh5 8.g4 Bg6
9.g5 Nd5 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.e4 Nb4 12.Be3 e5 13.Bxc4 exd4 14.Qb3 Qc7 15.Bxd4 N8a6
16.Bxa6 Nxa6 17.O-O-O Nc5 18.Qc2 Ne6 19.Be3 Bd6 20.Ne2 a6  1/2-1/2

[Event "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sutovsky,E"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "C43"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.Nxe5 Nxe5 6.dxe5 d5 7.exd6 Nxd6 8.Nc3 Be6
9.Qf3 g6 10.Ne4 Nxe4 11.Bxe4 c6 12.O-O Bg7 13.Rd1 Qc7 14.Bf4 Be5 15.Bxe5 Qxe5
16.Re1 Qg5 17.Qa3  1/2-1/2

[Event "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Sasikiran,K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[ECO "C97"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.d5 Bd7 13.b3 Rfe8 14.Nbd2 g6 15.Nf1 Nh5 16.Be3 Nb7
17.Qd2 c4 18.b4 a5 19.g4 Ng7 20.a3 Ra6 21.Ng3 Rea8 22.Rac1 axb4 23.axb4 Ra2
24.Nh2 Nd8 25.f4 exf4 26.Bxf4 f6 27.Nf3 Nf7 28.Kh2 Ne5 29.Nxe5 dxe5 30.Be3 Ne8
31.Re2 Nd6 32.Rf1 Nf7 33.Ref2 R8a6 34.Qd1 Qd8 35.Qf3 R2a3 36.Bc5 Be8 37.h4 Bf8
38.Ne2  1/2-1/2

[Event "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vaganian,R"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "B36"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e4 d6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 g6 7.Be2 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 Bg7
9.Be3 O-O 10.Qd2 Be6 11.Rc1 Qa5 12.f3 Rfc8 13.b3 a6 14.Na4 Qxd2+ 15.Kxd2 Nd7
16.g4 f5 17.gxf5 gxf5 18.Rhg1 Kh8 19.Bd3 Ne5 20.Rxg7 Kxg7 21.Bd4 Rf8 22.f4 fxe4
23.fxe5 exd3 24.exd6+ Kf7 25.Rf1+ Ke8 26.Re1 Rf4 27.Rxe6 Rxd4 28.Nb6 Rd8
29.Rxe7+ Kf8 30.c5 Kg8 31.Nd7 Rf4 32.Ne5 Rd4 33.Nxd3 b6 34.b4 a5 35.Ke3 bxc5
36.bxc5 Rh4 37.Ne5 Rxh2 38.Nc6 Ra8 39.d7 Kf8 40.Re4 Rxa2 41.Rf4+ Kg7 42.d8=Q Rxd8
43.Nxd8 a4 44.Rc4 a3 45.c6 Ra1 46.c7 a2 47.c8=Q Re1+ 48.Kf2 Rf1+ 49.Kxf1 a1=Q+
50.Kg2 Qa2+ 51.Kh3  1-0

[Event "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bruzon,L"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "C83"]

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 O-O 12.Re1 Rad8 13.Bc2 Bf5 14.Nxe4 Bxe4 15.Bxe4 dxe4
16.Qxd7 Rxd7 17.e6 fxe6 18.Nd2 Ne5 19.Nxe4 Rfd8 20.f3 Bh4 21.Bf2 Bxf2+ 22.Nxf2 Rd5
23.a4 Nc4 24.axb5 axb5 25.Rxe6 Nxb2 26.Rc6 Rd2 27.Rxc7 Rc2 28.h4 Na4 29.Ne4 h6
30.c4 Kh8 31.h5 Rb8 32.Kh2 Rf8 33.Rc6 Nb2 34.cxb5 Rxc6 35.bxc6 Rc8 36.Rc1 Rc7
37.Nd6 Nd3 38.Nb5 Rc8 39.Rc3  1-0

[Event "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili,Z"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.d4 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Qb3 Nbd7
9.Rc1 Ne4 10.Be3 Nd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B48"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Qd2 Nf6 8.O-O-O Bb4
9.f3 Ne5 10.Nb3 b5 11.Kb1 Nc4 12.Bxc4 bxc4 13.Nc1 Qb7 14.N1e2 O-O 15.Qd4 Rb8
16.Bc1 d6 17.Qxc4 Bd7 18.b3 Rfc8 19.Qd3 a5 20.a3 Bc5 21.a4 Be8 22.Bb2 Bb4
23.Na2 Bc5 24.Bxf6 gxf6 25.Nec3 Bc6 26.Rhe1 Qb6 27.f4 Kh8 28.Re2 Rg8 29.g3 Rbd8
30.Qc4 Rd7 31.Red2 Bb7 32.Qe2 Qc6 33.Qh5 Qb6 34.Qh4 Qd8 35.f5 exf5 36.exf5 Rg5
37.Qf4 Re7 38.Nd5 Re5 39.g4 Bxd5 40.Rxd5 Rxd5 41.Rxd5 Qe7 42.Qf3 Qe1+ 43.Rd1 Qh4
44.h3 h5 45.Nc3 hxg4 46.hxg4 Rxg4 47.Nd5 Kg7 48.Rh1 Rg3 49.Qd1 Qd4 50.Qxd4 Bxd4
51.Kc1 Rg5 52.Rf1 Rg2 53.c3 Be5 54.Rd1 Kf8 55.Rd2 Rg1+ 56.Kc2 Ke8 57.b4 Kd7
58.bxa5 Kc8 59.Nb4 Rg5 60.Rd5 Rxf5 61.Rb5 Rf2+ 62.Kb3 Rf3 63.Nd5 Rd3 64.Kc4  1-0

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Polgar,Ju"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 Nbd7
9.Qd2 Be7 10.O-O-O Rc8 11.g4 Nb6 12.Kb1 O-O 13.h4 a5 14.g5 Nh5 15.Nxa5 Ra8
16.Nb3 Ng3 17.Bxb6 Qxb6 18.Rh2 Nxf1 19.Rxf1 Qa6 20.Rd1 b5 21.Nc1 Bc4 22.b3 Rfb8
23.Nd5 Bxd5 24.Qxd5 b4 25.Rhd2 Rc8 26.Qd3 Qa3 27.Qb5 Qa7 28.Qe2 Rc6 29.Rd5 g6
30.Rb5 Ra6 31.a4 bxa3 32.Na2 Bd8 33.Qc4 Ra5 34.Nc3 a2+ 35.Ka1 Bb6 36.Rxa5 Bxa5
37.Nd5 Qf2 38.Qc6 Rf8 39.Kxa2 Qxh4 40.Qxd6 Bd8 41.Nf6+ Bxf6 42.gxf6 Ra8+
43.Kb2 h5 44.Qe7 Qf2 45.Rd8+ Rxd8 46.Qxd8+ Kh7 47.Qe7 Qd4+ 48.Ka2 Kh6 49.Qxf7 Qc5
50.Qg7+ Kg5 51.Qe7 Qxc2+ 52.Ka3 Qc1+ 53.Kb4 Qd2+ 54.Kb5 Qd3+ 55.Ka5 Qc3+
56.b4  1-0

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.e3 d6
9.Ne2 Nbd7 10.Qc2 c5 11.Rd1 Qc7 12.Nc3 a6 13.d5 exd5 14.cxd5 b5 15.Bd3 b4
16.axb4 cxb4 17.Ne2 Qxc2 18.Bxc2 Bxd5 19.O-O Rfc8 20.Nd4 a5 21.Bf5 Rc5 22.Bxd7 Nxd7
23.Be7 Ra6 24.Rfe1 Be4 25.f3 Bg6 26.e4 f6 27.Ne2 Rcc6 28.Nd4 Rcb6 29.Bd8 Rb7
30.Ne6 Bf7 31.Nc7 Raa7 32.Rxd6 Rxc7 33.Bxc7 Rxc7 34.Red1 Be8 35.Ra6 Rc5 36.Ra7 Kf8
37.Rd5 Rxd5 38.exd5 Nb6 39.d6 a4 40.Rb7 Nc4 41.Rxb4 Nxd6 42.Kf2 Ke7 43.Ke3 Ke6
44.Kd4 Nf5+ 45.Kc5 h5 46.Rb6+ Kf7 47.Rb7+ Kg6 48.Rb4 h4 49.g4 Nh6 50.h3 f5
51.Kd4 fxg4 52.fxg4 Nf7 53.Rb8 Bd7 54.Rb7 Be6 55.Rb6 Kf6 56.Ra6 Ng5 57.Rxa4 Nxh3
58.b4 Nf4 59.b5 h3 60.Ke3 h2 61.Rxf4+ Kg6  0-1

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "A36"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.a3 d6 6.e3 e6 7.Nge2 Nge7 8.Nf4 Rb8
9.O-O O-O 10.Rb1 b6 11.d3 Bb7 12.Bd2 Ne5 13.e4 N7c6 14.Be1 Nd4 15.Nh3 f5
16.f4 Ng4 17.Bd2 Qd7 18.Nf2 Nxf2 19.Rxf2 a6 20.a4 Ba8 21.Ra1 Bc6 22.Kh1 Qb7
23.g4 b5 24.axb5 axb5 25.cxb5 Nxb5 26.gxf5 exf5 27.Nxb5 Qxb5 28.Bc3 Bxc3
29.bxc3 fxe4 30.dxe4 Qc4 31.Qxd6 Bxe4 32.Bxe4 Qxe4+ 33.Kg1 Rb1+ 34.Rxb1 Qxb1+
35.Rf1 Qf5 36.Qc6 Kg7 37.Qf3 Rd8 38.Re1 Rd3 39.Re3 Rd2 40.Re2 Rxe2 41.Qxe2 Kf6
42.Qa6+ Qe6 43.Qxe6+ Kxe6 44.Kf2 Kf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bc1 Nf6
9.Bc4 e6 10.Bb3 Nc6 11.Be3 Be7 12.f4 O-O 13.Qf3 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 b5 15.Bxf6 Bxf6
16.e5 Bh4+ 17.g3 Rb8 18.O-O-O Be7 19.exd6 Bxd6 20.Ne4 Bb7 21.Qe3 Bxe4 22.Qxe4 Rb6
23.h4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 Qb6 7.Nb3 e6 8.Bf4 Nbd7
9.g4 Be7 10.Qe2 h6 11.h4 Qc7 12.O-O-O b5 13.a3 Rb8 14.Qg2 Nc5 15.g5 Nh5 16.Be3 Na4
17.Rd3 g6 18.Kb1 Bb7 19.Be2 e5 20.Qf2 Bc6 21.gxh6 Nb6 22.f4 Nf6 23.fxe5 dxe5
24.Rf1 O-O 25.Nc5 Bb7 26.Ne6 fxe6 27.Bxb6 Qc6 28.Qg1 Kh7 29.Rdf3 Qe8 30.Bc5 Bxc5
31.Qxc5 Nd7 32.Qe3 Qe7 33.Qg5 Qxg5 34.Rf7+ Rxf7 35.Rxf7+ Kh8 36.hxg5 Bc6
37.b4 Nf8 38.Rf6 Kg8 39.Bg4 Bd7 40.Kb2 Re8 41.Nd1 Re7 42.Nf2 Be8 43.Rf3 Rf7
44.Rxf7 Kxf7 45.Kc3 Nh7 46.Nh3 Bc6 47.Kd3 Ke7 48.Ke3 Kd6 49.Be2 Ke7 50.Bd3 Kd6
51.Kf3 Ke7 52.Kg4 Nf8 53.Ng1 Nh7 54.Nf3 Kd6 55.Kg3 Be8 56.Kf2 Bc6 57.Ke3 Bd7
58.c4 bxc4 59.Bxc4 Bc8 60.a4 Bb7 61.a5 Bc8 62.Bd3  1-0

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 Bg5 12.Nc2 O-O 13.a4 bxa4 14.Rxa4 a5 15.Bc4 Rb8
16.Ra2 Kh8 17.Nce3 g6 18.h4 Bxh4 19.g3 Bf6 20.b3 Bg7 21.f4 exf4 22.gxf4 Re8
23.Qf3 Kg8 24.Rah2 h5 25.Rxh5 gxh5 26.Qxh5 Re6 27.Qh7+ Kf8 28.Rg1 Rg6 29.Rxg6 fxg6
30.f5 Qg5 31.Nf4 Ne7 32.Nxg6+ Ke8 33.Nd5 Qg1+ 34.Kd2 Qg5+ 35.Ke1 Bf6 36.Ngxe7 Bxe7
37.Qh8+ Kd7 38.f6 Qg3+ 39.Ke2 Qg2+ 40.Ke3 Qg3+ 41.Ke2 Qg4+ 42.Kf2 Bd8 43.Bf1 Kc6
44.Qxd8 Qh4+ 45.Kg1 Qg3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Bb4 7.Qc2 O-O 8.a3 Bxc3+
9.Qxc3 c6 10.e3 h6 11.Bh4 Qe8 12.Nd2 Ne4 13.Nxe4 Qxe4 14.Bg3 Re8 15.Qd3 Qe7
16.Qc2 Nf6 17.Bd3 Ne4 18.Bf4 g5 19.Be5 f6 20.Bxe4 fxe5 21.Bg6 Rf8 22.dxe5 Qxe5
23.O-O Bf5 24.Bxf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Adams,Mi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Re1 Bg4
9.c3 f5 10.Qb3 O-O 11.Nbd2 Na5 12.Qc2 Nc6 13.b4 a6 14.a4 Bd6 15.Ba3 Kh8 16.b5 axb5
17.Bxd6 cxd6 18.axb5 Na5 19.h3 Bh5 20.Nh2 Rc8 21.Ra3 b6 22.Ndf1 f4 23.f3 Qh4
24.Re2 Ng3 25.Nxg3 fxg3 26.Nf1 Bxf3 27.gxf3 Rxf3 28.Nd2 Rf2 29.Rxf2 gxf2+
30.Kg2 Qg5+ 31.Kxf2 Rf8+ 32.Nf3 Qf4 33.Qe2 Qh2+ 34.Ke1 Qg3+ 35.Qf2 Rxf3 36.Qxg3 Rxg3
37.Bf1 h5 38.Kd2 Rf3 39.Ke2 Rg3 40.Kd2 Rf3 41.Ke2 Rg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bc1 Nf6 8.f3 Qb6
9.g4 Nc6 10.Nb3 e6 11.Qe2 Qc7 12.Be3 b5 13.O-O-O Nd7 14.Qf2 Be7 15.g5 Nce5
16.a3 Rb8 17.Rg1 Nb6 18.f4 Nec4 19.Bxc4 Nxc4 20.Bd4 O-O 21.Bf6 Bb7 22.Rd3 Rfc8
23.Rh3 Kf8 24.Rxh7 Ke8 25.Bxg7 Kd7 26.g6 a5 27.gxf7 Bf8 28.Bxf8 Rxf8 29.Rd1 Bc8
30.f5 e5 31.Nd5  1-0

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Short,N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[ECO "C73"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.Bxc6+ bxc6 6.d4 exd4 7.Qxd4 Nf6 8.O-O Be7
9.e5 c5 10.Qd3 dxe5 11.Qxd8+ Bxd8 12.Nxe5 Be7 13.Re1 Be6 14.Bg5 O-O 15.c4 Rfe8
16.Nc3 h6 17.Bh4 Bd6 18.b3 g5 19.Bg3 Nh5 20.Nf3 Nxg3 21.hxg3 Kg7 22.Rad1 Bf5
23.Kf1 g4 24.Rxe8 Rxe8 25.Ne1 h5 26.Na4 Re5 27.Nd3 Bxd3+ 28.Rxd3 Kf6 29.Nc3 Kg6
30.Ne2 Rf5 31.f3 Re5 32.Kf2 f5 33.Nf4+ Kg5 34.Rd1 Re8 35.Nd3 Re6 36.a3 a5
37.f4+ Kf6 38.Rh1 Re4 39.Nb2 Kg6 40.Re1 Rxe1 41.Kxe1 Kf7 42.Nd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B63"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Qb6 8.Nb3 Be7
9.O-O-O O-O 10.f3 a6 11.g4 Rd8 12.Bf4 d5 13.e5 Nd7 14.Be3 Qc7 15.f4 b5 16.Qf2 Rb8
17.Nd4 Nxd4 18.Bxd4 Nc5 19.Kb1 b4 20.Ne2 a5 21.Ng3 a4 22.Bd3 b3 23.cxb3 axb3
24.a3 Qa5 25.Nh5 Ne4 26.Bxe4 dxe4 27.Bc3 Qc7 28.f5 Ba6 29.Nf4 Bg5 30.h4 Bxf4
31.Qxf4 Bd3+ 32.Ka1 Ra8 33.Bb4 Rd4 34.Qd2 Qxe5 35.Qc3 Qd5 36.fxe6 fxe6 37.Qc5 Rc4
38.Qe7 Rac8 39.h5 R4c7 40.Qd6 e3 41.Qxd5 exd5 42.Bc3 Be2 43.Rd4 Rc4 44.Rxc4 Bxc4
45.g5 d4 46.Bxd4 e2 47.h6 Rd8 48.g6 Rxd4  0-1

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.30"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Bruzon,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "C99"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4 Bd7 14.Nf1 Rac8 15.Re2 Nc6
16.Bg5 h6 17.Bh4 Nh5 18.Bxe7 Nxe7 19.Bb3 Nf6 20.Rc2 Qb8 21.Ng3 Ng6 22.Rac1 Rxc2
23.Rxc2 Rc8 24.dxe5 dxe5 25.Nh5 Rxc2 26.Nxf6+ gxf6 27.Bxc2 Be6 28.Nh2 Qc7
29.Bb3 Bxb3 30.axb3 Qc6 31.Ng4 Kg7 32.Qd5 Qc1+ 33.Kh2 Nf4 34.Qd6 Ne6 35.Ne3 Nd4
36.Nd5 Qg5 37.Qxa6 f5 38.exf5 Qxf5 39.Qd6 Nxb3 40.f4 exf4 41.Nxf4 Nc5 42.Qd4+ Kh7
43.b4 Nd7 44.Nd3 Nf8 45.Qf4 Qxf4+ 46.Nxf4 Nd7 47.Kg3 Ne5 48.Nd5 Kg6 49.Kf4 Nc6
50.h4 f5 51.g3 h5 52.Ke3 Kf7 53.Kd3 Ke6 54.Nf4+ Ke5 55.Kc3 Ne7 56.Nxh5 Nd5+
57.Kb3 Ke4 58.Ng7 f4 59.gxf4 Kxf4 60.Ne6+ Kg4 61.Nd4 Kxh4 62.Nxb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2005.02.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Solak,D"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B14"]

1.e4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.exd5 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nxd5 6.d4 e6 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.Nf3 Bb4
9.Bd2 O-O 10.O-O Nf6 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bh4 Be7 13.a3 Nh5 14.Bxe7 Nxe7 15.Ne5 Nf6
16.Ne4 Nfd5 17.Bc2 Nf5 18.Ng3 Nh4 19.Qd3 g6 20.Qd2 Kg7 21.Ng4 Rh8 22.Ne3 Nf4
23.Nef5+ gxf5 24.Qxf4 Ng6 25.Qd2 h5 26.Ne2 Qd6 27.Rad1 Bd7 28.d5 e5 29.f4 e4
30.Qc3+ Qf6 31.Qxf6+ Kxf6 32.Nc3 Rac8 33.Bb3 Rc5 34.Kf2 Rhc8 35.g3 b5 36.Rc1 Ke7
37.Ke3 Kd6 38.Kd4 a5 39.Ne2 a4 40.Rxc5 Rxc5 41.Bd1 Rxd5+ 42.Kc3 Rd3+ 43.Kc2 h4
44.Nc1 Rd5 45.Bh5 hxg3 46.hxg3 Be6 47.Rd1 Rxd1 48.Bxd1 Ne7 49.Kc3 Nd5+ 50.Kd4 Nb6
51.Ne2 Na8 52.Nc3 Nc7 53.g4 fxg4 54.Nxe4+ Ke7 55.Ng3 Bd7 56.f5 Kf6 57.Bxg4 Kg5
58.Bh5 Kh4 59.Bxf7 Kxg3 60.Ke5 Ne8 61.f6 Kf2 62.Bg6 Nxf6 63.Kxf6 Ke3 64.Ke5 Kd2
65.Kd4 Kc1 66.Kc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2005.02.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Galkin,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bc4 Nc6
9.O-O O-O 10.Re1 a6 11.Bb3 Nf6 12.Bf4 Na5 13.Bc2 b5 14.d5 exd5 15.Qd3 Nc6
16.Bc7 Qd7 17.Ne5 Nxe5 18.Bxe5 g6 19.Qf3 Qg4 20.Nxd5 Nxd5 21.Qxd5 Be6 22.Qe4 Qxe4
23.Bxe4 Ra7 24.a4 bxa4 25.Rxa4 Bb3 26.Raa1 Rd8 27.Bc3 Bc4 28.Bc6 Rd6 29.Bf3 Bb5
30.Re5 Rad7 31.Rae1 Bf6 32.Re8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2005.02.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Anastasian,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Bd3 Nxe4 7.Bxe4 Nf6 8.Bd3 c5
9.Be3 cxd4 10.Bxd4 Qa5+ 11.c3 Be7 12.Qc2 Bd7 13.O-O Ba4 14.b3 Bc6 15.Ne5 Qd5
16.Nxc6 Qxc6 17.a4 O-O 18.a5 Rfd8 19.Rac1 Qc7 20.Bxf6 Bxf6 21.Bxh7+ Kf8 22.Be4 Rac8
23.c4 Qxa5 24.Bxb7 Rc7 25.Bf3 Rd2 26.Qh7 Qc5 27.Rc2 Rcd7 28.Rxd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2005.02.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kotsur,P"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6 4.d4 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 e4 7.Nc3 d5 8.cxd5 cxd5
9.f3 exf3 10.Nxf3 O-O 11.O-O Nc6 12.Rae1 Re8 13.Ng5 h6 14.Nh3 Ne4 15.Nxe4 dxe4
16.e3 Bxh3 17.Bxh3 Ne5 18.Bg2 Nc4 19.Qb4 Nd6 20.Rc1 Qb6 21.Qa3 Rac8 22.Bh3 Rxc1
23.Rxc1 g6 24.Rc5 Kg7 25.b3 Rd8 26.Qa5 Qxa5 27.Rxa5 a6 28.Rc5 f5 29.g4 Kf6
30.Kf2 Rc8 31.gxf5 gxf5 32.b4 b6 33.Rd5 Ke6 34.Re5+ Kf6 35.Rd5 Ke6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2005.02.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wang Yue"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "A43"]

1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.e4 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Ne7 7.h3 O-O 8.Bd3 Nd7 9.Bg5 h6
10.Be3 exd5 11.exd5 f5 12.Qc2 Nf6 13.O-O g5 14.Rae1 Kh8 15.Bd2 Bd7 16.b3 Nh5
17.a4 Ng6 18.Nb5 Bc8 19.Bc3 a6 20.Bxg7+ Kxg7 21.Nc3 Nhf4 22.Ne2 Qf6 23.Nxf4 Nxf4
24.Re3 Bd7 25.Rfe1 Rf7 26.Bf1 g4 27.hxg4 fxg4 28.Nd2 Raf8 29.Ne4 Qg6 30.b4 Bf5
31.bxc5 Bxe4 32.Qxe4 dxc5 33.g3 Qxe4 34.Rxe4 Ng6 35.Rxg4 h5 36.Rg5 Rf5 37.Rxg6+ Kxg6
38.Bd3 Kg5 39.f4+ Kg4 40.Kg2 R5f7 41.Rh1  1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2005.02.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Gyimesi,Z"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[ECO "C95"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6
9.h3 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nf1 Bf8 14.Ng3 g6 15.Bg5 h6
16.Bd2 Bg7 17.a4 c5 18.d5 c4 19.b4 cxb3 20.Bxb3 Nc5 21.c4 bxc4 22.Bxc4 Qc7
23.Qe2 Reb8 24.a5 Bc8 25.Be3 Nfd7 26.Rec1 Kh7 27.Ne1 Bf6 28.Nf3 Qd8 29.Qd2 Bg7
30.h4 h5 31.Ng5+ Kg8 32.Ra3 Qe7 33.Qd1 Ra7 34.Rac3 Rc7 35.Be2 Rb4 36.Nxh5 gxh5
37.Bxh5 f6 38.Bf7+ Kf8 39.Ne6+ Kxf7 40.Nxg7 Kxg7 41.Qh5 Rxe4 42.Bh6+ Kh8
43.Rg3  1-0

[Event "Mtel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2005.05.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "B17"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Ng5 Ngf6 6.Bd3 e6 7.N1f3 Bd6 8.Qe2 h6
9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.Qxe4 c5 11.O-O Nf6 12.Qh4 cxd4 13.Re1 Bd7 14.Nxd4 Qa5 15.Be3 g5
16.Qh3 O-O-O 17.Qf3 Be5 18.a4 Nd5 19.Nb5 a6 20.c3 Nxe3 21.Qxe3 Bc7 22.b4 Qb6
23.Qxb6 Bxb6 24.Nd6+ Kb8 25.Nxf7 Rhf8 26.Nxd8 Bxf2+ 27.Kh1 Bxe1 28.Nxe6 Bxe6
29.Rxe1 Bb3 30.a5 Rc8 31.Rc1 Bc4 32.Be4 Re8 33.Bf3 Kc7 34.Kg1 Re3 35.Kf2 Rd3
36.Be4 Rd6 37.Ke3 Bb5 38.Rc2 Bc6 39.Bxc6 Rxc6 40.Kd4 Rf6 41.Ke5 Rf1 42.h3 Kc6
43.Rd2 Re1+ 44.Kf5 Rc1 45.Rd3 Kb5 46.Rd7 Rxc3 47.Rxb7+ Ka4 48.Kg6 Rg3 49.b5 axb5
50.a6 Re3 51.Kxh6 Re6+ 52.Kxg5 Rxa6 53.h4 Ra8 54.g4 Rg8+ 55.Kf4 Rf8+ 56.Kg3 Ka5
57.h5 Ka6 58.Re7 b4 59.h6 b3 60.Re3  1-0

[Event "Mtel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2005.05.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Polgar,Ju"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[ECO "B55"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.f3 e5 6.Nb3 Be6 7.c4 a5 8.Be3 Be7
9.Be2 a4 10.N3d2 Qa5 11.Nc3 O-O 12.O-O Bd8 13.Nb5 Bb6 14.Bf2 Nc6 15.Nb1 Ne8
16.N1c3 Bc5 17.Kh1 a3 18.bxa3 Nc7 19.Rb1 Nxb5 20.Nxb5 Bxf2 21.Rxf2 Qb6 22.Qg1 Nd4
23.Rff1 Ra6 24.Nxd4 Qxd4 25.Qxd4 exd4 26.Rfd1 Rxa3 27.Rxd4 Rxa2 28.Bf1 h5
29.Kg1 Rfa8 30.Rxd6 Rc2 31.Rdb6 Raa2 32.Rxb7 Bxc4 33.Bxc4 Rxc4 34.R1b2 Rc2
35.Rxc2 Rxc2 36.h4 g6 37.Kh2 Kg7 38.Kg3 Re2 39.Rb6 Kf8 40.Rb1 Kg7 41.Rg1 Ra2
42.Kf4 Rb2 43.g3 Rb4 44.Rd1 Ra4 45.Ke3 Ra2 46.Rd4 Rg2 47.Kf4 Rg1 48.e5 Re1
49.Re4 Rg1 50.Re3 Rg2 51.Re1 Rf2 52.g4 hxg4 53.Kxg4 Rg2+ 54.Kh3 Rf2 55.Kg3 Ra2
56.Rd1 Re2 57.Rd5 Re1 58.Kf2 Rh1 59.Rd4 Rh2+ 60.Kg3 Re2 61.Re4 Ra2 62.Re3 Ra1
63.Rd3 Re1 64.f4 Rg1+ 65.Kf3 Rh1 66.Kg4 f5+ 67.Kg3 Rg1+ 68.Kf3 Rh1 69.Rd7+ Kg8
70.Ke3 Rxh4 71.e6 Kf8 72.Kd4 g5 73.Ke5 gxf4 74.Rf7+ Ke8 75.Rxf5 Rh1 76.Rxf4 Ke7
77.Rf2 Re1+ 78.Kd5 Rxe6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Mtel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 Nb4
9.Be2 O-O 10.Nc3 Be6 11.Ne5 Bd6 12.a3 Bxe5 13.axb4 Bf6 14.Nxe4 dxe4 15.Be3 c6
16.Qd2 Qd6 17.Rfd1 Rfd8 18.b5 cxb5 19.d5 Bd7 20.c5 Qe7 21.Ra3 Bc6 22.d6 Qe5
23.b4 Qb2 24.Qxb2 Bxb2 25.Ra5 a6 26.Rb1 Be5 27.f4 exf3 28.Bxf3 Rac8 29.Ra3 f6
30.Bg4 Bd7 31.Bf3 Bc6 32.Bg4 Bd7 33.Bf3 Bc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Mtel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2005.05.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Adams,Mi"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "B13"]

1.e4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.cxd5 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nxd5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.d4 Bg4 8.Qb3 Bxf3
9.gxf3 e6 10.Qxb7 Nxd4 11.Bb5+ Nxb5 12.Qc6+ Ke7 13.Qxb5 Qd7 14.Nxd5+ Qxd5
15.Qxd5 exd5 16.Be3 Ke6 17.O-O-O Bb4 18.Rd3 Rhc8+ 19.Kb1 Bc5 20.Rc1 Bb6 21.Rg1 Bxe3
22.Rxe3+ Kf6 23.Rg4 Rc7 24.Rf4+ Kg6 25.Rg4+ Kf6 26.Rf4+ Kg6 27.Rg4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Mtel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2005.05.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Bf4 b6
9.Nc3 Ba6 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Rc1 Nc6 12.Nxd5 Qxd5 13.Ne5 Nxd4 14.Bxd5 Nxe2+
15.Qxe2 Bxe2 16.Bxa8 Rxa8 17.Rfe1 Bb5 18.Rc2 Nd5 19.Rec1 Bc5 20.Bd2 f6 21.b4 Bf8
22.Ng4 Rd8 23.Rc8 Rd7 24.Nh6+ gxh6 25.Bxh6 Rf7 26.Rd8 Ne7 27.Rc7 Ng6 28.Rcc8 e5
29.f4 Bd7 30.Ra8 Bh3 31.Kf2 b5 32.Rdb8 exf4 33.gxf4 Bd7 34.h4 Bc6 35.h5 Bxa8
36.hxg6 hxg6 37.Rxa8 f5 38.Kg3 a6 39.Kh4 Rg7 40.Kg5  1-0

[Event "Mtel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2005.05.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 g5 7.Bg3 Nh5 8.e3 Nxg3
9.hxg3 Bg7 10.Qc2 Nc6 11.O-O-O Qe7 12.g4 Nb4 13.Qd2 c5 14.d5 exd5 15.a3 dxc4
16.axb4 cxb4 17.Nb5 d5 18.Nbd4 Bf6 19.e4 c3 20.bxc3 dxe4 21.Nf5 Qc7 22.Bb5+ Kf8
23.N3d4 Rc8 24.Ne2 e3 25.Qxe3 Bxg2 26.Rhg1 Bc6 27.Bxc6 Qxc6 28.Rd6 Qa4 29.Rxf6 Qa1+
30.Kd2 Qa2+ 31.Kd1 Re8 32.Qd3 Qa4+ 33.Qc2 Qxc2+ 34.Kxc2 Rxe2+ 35.Kb3 bxc3
36.Rd1 Rd2 37.Rc1 c2 38.Rc6 Kg8 39.Nxh6+ Kh7 40.Nxf7 Rg8 41.R1xc2 Rxc2 42.Kxc2 Rg7
43.Rf6 Kg8 44.Ne5 Kh7 45.Rf5  1-0

[Event "Mtel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2005.05.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Polgar,Ju"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 h6 10.h3 Ne7 11.Be3 Bd7 12.Rad1 Kc8 13.Rd2 b6 14.Rfd1 Be6 15.Nd4 Nd5
16.Nxc6 Nxc3 17.Rd8+ Kb7 18.bxc3 Bd6 19.Rxh8 Rxh8 20.exd6 Kxc6 21.dxc7 Kxc7
22.a3 Rd8 23.Rxd8 Kxd8 24.g4 h5 25.gxh5 Bxh3 26.h6 gxh6 27.Bxh6 Bf5 28.Kf1 Bxc2
29.Ke2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Mtel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2005.05.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O e6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.Re1 Ne4 8.Nxe4 Bxe4
9.d3 Bb7 10.e4 Nc6 11.d4 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Nxd4 13.Qxd4 O-O 14.b3 Bc5 15.Qc3 Qe7
16.Re2 a5 17.a4 f5 18.e5 Bxg2 19.Kxg2 Rad8 20.Qf3 d6 21.exd6 Qxd6 22.Bg5 Rd7
23.Rae1 Qd3 24.Qxd3 Rxd3 25.Rxe6 Rxb3 26.Be7 Re8 27.Bxc5 Rxe6 28.Rxe6 bxc5
29.Re8+ Kf7 30.Re5 Rb4 31.Rxf5+ Kg6 32.Rxc5 Rxa4 33.Kf3 Ra2 34.h4 a4 35.Ra5 a3
36.Ke4 Re2+ 37.Kd4 a2 38.f4 Kf6 39.g4 g6 40.c5 Rd2+ 41.Ke4 Re2+ 42.Kd3 Rh2
43.Ra6+ Ke7 44.Ke4 Rxh4 45.Rxa2 Rxg4 46.Ke5 Kd7 47.Ra7+ Kc6 48.Rxh7 Kxc5
49.Rc7+ Kb4 50.Rc1 Kb5 51.Ke4 g5 52.Rf1 Rxf4+ 53.Rxf4 gxf4 54.Kxf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Mtel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2005.05.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Rc1 c6
9.e4 d5 10.e5 Ne4 11.Bd3 Nxc3 12.Rxc3 c5 13.dxc5 bxc5 14.h4 h6 15.Bb1 f5
16.exf6 Bxf6 17.Qc2 d4 18.Ng5 hxg5 19.hxg5 dxc3 20.Bf4 Kf7 21.Qg6+ Ke7 22.gxf6+ Rxf6
23.Qxg7+ Rf7 24.Bg5+ Kd6 25.Qxf7 Qxg5 26.Rh7 Qe5+ 27.Kf1 Kc6 28.Qe8+ Kb6
29.Qd8+ Kc6 30.Be4+  1-0

[Event "Mtel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2005.05.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Adams,Mi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "C77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4 Rb8 8.Nc3 d6
9.axb5 axb5 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.Nd5 Qd8 13.c3 Ne7 14.d4 Nxd5 15.Bxd5 exd4
16.Nxd4 Bxd4 17.cxd4 O-O 18.Rc1 Bb7 19.Bxb7 Rxb7 20.O-O Qe7 21.Qc2 c5 22.dxc5 dxc5
23.Qxc5 Qxe4 24.Rfe1 Qg4 25.h3 Qd7 26.b4 Rd8 27.Re5 Qd3 28.Re3 Qd2 29.Rce1 Rbb8
30.R1e2 Qd1+ 31.Kh2 g6 32.f4 Rdc8 33.Qe5 Qd7 34.Re4 Rb6 35.Rd4 Qc7 36.Qd5 Rbb8
37.Re5 Rd8 38.Qe4 Rxd4 39.Qxd4 Rd8 40.Qe4 Qd7 41.f5 g5 42.Rc5 Re8 43.Qd5 Qe7
44.Qd3 Rd8 45.Qg3 Qe2 46.Rc6 Rd3 47.Qb8+ Kg7 48.Rxh6 Rd8 49.Qxd8 Qe5+ 50.Kh1 Qe1+
51.Kh2 Qe5+ 52.Kh1 Qe1+ 53.Kh2 Qe5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIX Vicente Bonil"]
[Site "Albox ESP"]
[Date "2005.06.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Meler Tevar,Sergio"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "A47"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.e3 b6 4.Bd3 Bb7 5.O-O g6 6.c4 Bg7 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.b4 d6
9.a4 c5 10.bxc5 dxc5 11.Bb2 Nc6 12.Qc2 Nb4 13.Qb1 a5 14.Ne5 Nd7 15.Nef3 Rc8
16.Be4 Ba6 17.d5 exd5 18.Bxd5 Nxd5 19.cxd5 Bxf1 20.Nxf1 Nf6 21.Bxf6 Bxf6
22.Ra2 Qxd5 23.Rd2 Qe6 24.Rd3 c4 25.Nd4 Bxd4 26.Rxd4 Rfd8 27.Qb2 Rxd4 28.Qxd4 c3
29.Qd1 c2 30.Qc1 Qd5  0-1

[Event "XXIX Vicente Bonil"]
[Site "Albox ESP"]
[Date "2005.06.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Pomes Marcet,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[ECO "A01"]

1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 d6 4.g3 f5 5.Bg2 Nf6 6.f4 e4 7.Nh3 Be7 8.Nf2 O-O 9.c4 d5
10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.a3 Bf6 12.Ra2 Be6 13.g4 Bh4 14.O-O Bxf2+ 15.Kxf2 fxg4 16.Kg1 Bf5
17.b4 Kh8 18.Nc3 Nxc3 19.Bxc3 Qd5 20.Rc2 a5 21.Qa1 Rf7 22.Qb2 axb4 23.axb4 Ne7
24.Ra1 Rxa1+ 25.Qxa1 h5 26.Bf1 Be6 27.Bd4 Nf5 28.Rc5 Qd8 29.Bc3 Qh4 30.Re5 g3
31.h3 Bd7 32.Bg2 Rf6 33.Rxe4 Ra6 34.Qb2 Bc6 35.Re5 Bd7 36.Rd5 Rd6 37.Bxg7+ Nxg7
38.Rg5 Qxg5 39.fxg5 h4 40.Qc3 Bc6 41.Bxc6 Rxc6 42.Qd4 Kg8 43.Qxh4 Nf5 44.Qf4  1-0

[Event "XXIX Vicente Bonil"]
[Site "Albox ESP"]
[Date "2005.06.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Del Rio Angelis,S"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "E42"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Ne2 b6 6.a3 Ba5 7.Rb1 Na6 8.Ng3 O-O
9.Bd3 d5 10.O-O cxd4 11.exd4 Bxc3 12.bxc3 dxc4 13.Bxc4 Qc7 14.Qe2 Nb8 15.Bb2 Nbd7
16.Bd3 Bb7 17.c4 Rfe8 18.f3 Rac8 19.Qf2 Qf4 20.Ne2 Qd6 21.Rfd1 Nf8 22.Rbc1 Ng6
23.Qg3 Qe7 24.Qg5 Red8 25.Ng3 Nd5 26.Qd2 Ndf4 27.Bxg6 Nxg6 28.d5 f6 29.Re1 Qf7
30.d6 e5 31.Qb4 Rc5 32.Red1 Qe6 33.Qd2 Nf4 34.a4 Rxc4 35.Rxc4 Qxc4 36.Nf5 Qe6
37.Qc2 e4 38.Qc7 Rd7 39.Qb8+ Kf7 40.Ne7 Rxe7 41.dxe7 Qxe7 42.Qxf4 exf3 43.Qc4+ Kf8
44.Rd8+ Qxd8 45.Ba3+ Ke8 46.Qe6+  1-0

[Event "XXIX Vicente Bonil"]
[Site "Albox ESP"]
[Date "2005.06.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Krivoshey,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nxd5 4.d4 Bf5 5.Nh4 Bc8 6.g3 e5 7.dxe5 Nc6 8.Bg2 Be6
9.O-O Ndb4 10.Nd2 g5 11.Nhf3 g4 12.Ne1 Nxe5 13.Bxb7 Bd5 14.Qe2 Bxb7 15.Qxe5+ Qe7
16.Qxh8 O-O-O 17.Qxh7 Nc6 18.Qf5+ Kb8 19.Qxg4 Nd4 20.Ndf3 f5 21.Qg5 Qxg5
22.Bxg5 Bxf3 23.h4 Rd7 24.Nxf3 Nxf3+ 25.Kg2 Nd4 26.Rad1  1-0

[Event "XXIX Vicente Bonil"]
[Site "Albox ESP"]
[Date "2005.06.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Peralta,Fe"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "E42"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Ne2 b6 6.a3 Ba5 7.Rb1 Na6 8.f3 Bb7 9.Ng3 O-O
10.Bd3 cxd4 11.exd4 Bxc3+ 12.bxc3 d5 13.O-O dxc4 14.Bxc4 Rc8 15.Qe2 Nb8 16.Bd2 Rxc4
17.Qxc4 Ba6 18.Qa4 Bxf1 19.Nxf1 Qc7 20.Ne3 Nc6 21.Be1 Rc8 22.Bg3 Qd7 23.Qb5 Na5
24.Qxd7 Nxd7 25.Be1 Nf6 26.Kf2 Kf8 27.Ke2 Ke7 28.Kd3 Nd5 29.Nxd5+ exd5 30.Bg3 Kd7
31.Bf4 Nc4 32.a4 Re8 33.g4 Re6 34.g5 f6 35.h4 Kc6 36.Ra1 a5 37.Rb1 fxg5 38.hxg5 Re7
39.Be5 Nxe5+ 40.dxe5 Rxe5 41.Rh1 Rxg5 42.Rxh7 Rg3 43.Kc2 Kc5 44.Kb3 d4 45.cxd4+ Kxd4
46.Rh4+ Ke3 47.Kc4 Rxf3 48.Kb5 g5 49.Rh5 Rf5+ 50.Kxb6 Kf4  0-1

[Event "XXIX Vicente Bonil"]
[Site "Albox ESP"]
[Date "2005.06.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dreev,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Qc2 O-O 8.a3 Bxc3+
9.Qxc3 c6 10.Nd2 Qe8 11.f3 Qe6 12.Bh4 Re8 13.Bf2 Nf8 14.e3 Ng6 15.Bd3 Nf4
16.O-O Nxd3 17.Qxd3 Qf5 18.Qxf5 Bxf5 19.Rfc1 a5 20.a4 Nd7 21.Rc3 Ra6 22.Rb3 Rb6
23.Rxb6 Nxb6 24.b3 f6 25.Rc1 Kf7 26.Rc5 Ra8 27.Bg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIX Vicente Bonil"]
[Site "Albox ESP"]
[Date "2005.06.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.b3 Nd7 5.Bb2 Ngf6 6.O-O Bxf3 7.exf3 g6 8.d4 Bg7
9.Nd2 O-O 10.f4 e6 11.Nf3 c5 12.Ne5 cxd4 13.Bxd4 Nxe5 14.fxe5 Nd7 15.f4 Rc8
16.c3 Nb8 17.Qf3 Nc6 18.Bf2 Re8 19.Rfd1 Qc7 20.Rac1 Qa5 21.a4 Bf8 22.Kh1 Ne7
23.g4 Rc7 24.Be1 Rec8 25.h4 b5 26.axb5 Qxb5 27.Rb1 a5 28.h5 a4 29.hxg6 hxg6
30.Bf1 Qc6 31.b4 a3 32.b5 Qb6 33.Ra1 Ra8 34.Bd3 Ra4 35.Bf2 Qa5 36.Bd4 Rxc3
37.Bxc3 Qxc3 38.Be2 Qa5 39.Ra2 Nc8 40.f5 exf5 41.gxf5 Rh4+ 42.Kg2 Ne7 43.Rxa3 Qc7
44.Ra8 Qxe5 45.Rh1 Nxf5 46.Bd3 Rg4+ 47.Kf2 Rf4 48.Rh3 Qb2+ 49.Kf1 Ne3+ 50.Kg1 Rxf3  0-1

[Event "Pivdenny Bank Geller Mem"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2005.07.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Drozdovskij,Y"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.e3 O-O 8.Rc1 c5 9.cxd5 Nxd5
10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Nxd5 exd5 12.Be2 Nd7 13.dxc5 bxc5 14.O-O Nf6 15.Qc2 Rac8
16.Rfd1 Ne4 17.Nd2 f5 18.Nxe4 fxe4 19.Bg4 Rc7 20.b4 c4 21.Qc3 Kh8 22.Rd2 Qg5
23.h3 h5 24.Bd1 Bc8 25.Kh2 Rcf7 26.Rcc2 Rf6 27.f4 exf3 28.Bxf3 Rxf3 29.gxf3 Rxf3
30.Rg2 Rxh3+ 31.Kg1 Bg4 32.Rcf2 Rxe3 33.Qd2 Qe5 34.Rf8+ Kh7 35.Qc2+ g6 36.Rf7+ Kh6
37.Qc1 g5 38.Qf1 Re1 39.Rf6+ Qxf6 40.Qxe1 Bf3 41.Rg3 h4 42.Rh3 Be4 43.Qe3 Kg6
44.Rh2 Qa1+ 45.Kf2 c3 46.Qe2 c2 47.Qa6+ Qf6+  0-1

[Event "Pivdenny Bank Geller Mem"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2005.07.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Podgaets,M"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5 Nbd7 6.Bf4 Nh5 7.Bd2 g6 8.e4 dxe4
9.Nxe4 Bg7 10.Bc4 O-O 11.O-O Ndf6 12.Nxf6+ Nxf6 13.Qb3 Nd5 14.Rfe1 a5 15.Ne5 a4
16.Qf3 Be6 17.h4 Nc7 18.Bxe6 Nxe6 19.Bc3 Nxd4 20.Qh3 Nb5 21.Rad1 Qc8 22.Nd7 Nxc3
23.bxc3 Re8 24.h5 Qc7 25.Qh4 Bxc3 26.Rxe7 Rxe7 27.Qxe7 Qf4 28.Rd3 Qc4 29.Re3 Bg7
30.Nb6 Qxa2 31.Nxa8 Bf8 32.Qf6 Qd5 33.hxg6 hxg6 34.Nb6 Qd1+ 35.Kh2 Bxc5 36.Re8+ Bf8
37.Qe7 Kh7 38.Rxf8 Qh5+ 39.Kg3  1-0

[Event "Pivdenny Bank Geller Mem"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2005.07.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Klinova,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2391"]
[ECO "C41"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 e5 3.Nf3 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Bf4 O-O 7.Qd2 Nc6 8.O-O-O Nxd4
9.Qxd4 Be6 10.Kb1 a6 11.Bc4 Bxc4 12.Qxc4 Qc8 13.f3 b5 14.Qd3 b4 15.Ne2 Qb7
16.Nd4 Nd7 17.g4 Nc5 18.Qc4 Bf6 19.Be3 Bxd4 20.Rxd4 a5 21.Rd5 Na4 22.Qb5 Qxb5
23.Rxb5 Rfb8 24.Rxb8+ Rxb8 25.Rd1 Nb6 26.Bxb6 Rxb6 27.Rd5 Ra6 28.c3 bxc3
29.bxc3 Kf8 30.Kc2 Ke7 31.Rb5 a4 32.c4 Ke6 33.Kc3 h6 34.h4 Ra7 35.f4 Kd7
36.Rb8 Ke7 37.Kb4 a3 38.Kb5 Ke6 39.Kc6 Ra4 40.Re8+ Kf6 41.Kb5 Ra7 42.e5+ dxe5
43.fxe5+ Kg6 44.e6 fxe6 45.Rxe6+ Kf7 46.Rc6 Ke7 47.Kb4 Kf7 48.h5 Ke7 49.Rg6 Kf7
50.Kb3 Ra5 51.Rc6 Ra7 52.Kc3 Rb7 53.Ra6  1-0

[Event "Pivdenny Bank Geller Mem"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2005.07.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bogdanovich,S"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2128"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.O-O d5
9.Ne5 Nfd7 10.Nxd7 Nxd7 11.Bc3 O-O 12.Nd2 Rb8 13.e4 b5 14.exd5 cxd5 15.cxb5 Bxb5
16.Re1 Nf6 17.Bf1 Qb6 18.Bxb5 Qxb5 19.Qe2 Qxe2 20.Rxe2 Rfc8 21.Rc1 Bb4 22.Nb1 Ne4
23.Bb2 Rxc1+ 24.Bxc1 Rc8 25.Be3 Kf8 26.f3 Nd6 27.Kf2 Nf5 28.Bd2 a5 29.Be3 Ke7
30.g4 Nxe3 31.Kxe3 Rc1 32.Rb2 Re1+ 33.Kd3 Rd1+ 34.Ke3 Kd7 35.a3 Be7 36.b4 axb4
37.axb4 Bf6 38.Nd2 Kc6 39.Rc2+ Kb6 40.Nb3 Rb1 41.Nc5 Kb5 42.Nd3 Kb6 43.Nc5 Rxb4
44.Nd7+ Kb7 45.Nc5+ Ka7 46.Ra2+ Kb6 47.Nd7+ Kc6 48.Nxf6 gxf6 49.Ra7 Rb7 50.Ra8 Rb3+
51.Kf2 Rb2+ 52.Kg3 e5 53.dxe5 fxe5 54.Rh8 d4 55.Rxh7 d3  0-1

[Event "Pivdenny Bank Geller Mem"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2005.07.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Golubev,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.a4 Nc6 5.Nge2 g6 6.d3 Bg7 7.O-O e6 8.Be3 Nge7
9.d4 cxd4 10.Nxd4 O-O 11.Qd2 Ne5 12.Be2 Rc8 13.Ndb5 d5 14.exd5 exd5 15.Bxa7 Qa5
16.Be3 Qb4 17.Rfd1 Bxb5 18.Nxb5 Qxb2 19.Nd4 Nc4 20.Bxc4 Rxc4 21.Rab1 Qa2
22.Rxb7 Bxd4 23.Bxd4 Nf5 24.Bf6 Qxa4 25.Qxd5 Rxc2 26.Rbb1 Qf4 27.Rf1 Rd2
28.Qc5 Qd6 29.Qc3 Rd3 30.Qa1 Nd4 31.Bg5 Qd5 32.Bh6 Rh3 33.Qxd4 Qxd4 34.Bxf8 Kxf8
35.gxh3 Kg7 36.Rb3 h5 37.Rf3 Qe4 38.Re3 Qf4 39.Rd1 Qf5 40.Rc1 Kh6 41.Rc7 Kg7
42.Kg2 Qg5+ 43.Rg3 Qe5 44.Rcc3 h4 45.Rgf3 Qg5+ 46.Kf1 Qb5+ 47.Ke1 Qe5+ 48.Rce3 Qxh2
49.Re7  1-0

[Event "Pivdenny Bank Geller Mem"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2005.07.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Beim,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.Nf3 e6 4.e3 b6 5.d4 cxd4 6.exd4 Bb7 7.a3 g6 8.d5 Bg7
9.Be2 exd5 10.cxd5 O-O 11.O-O Na6 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bh4 Re8 14.Nd4 Nc5 15.Bf3 g5
16.Bg3 Nfe4 17.Nxe4 Nxe4 18.Bxe4 Rxe4 19.Nf5 Qf6 20.Nxg7 Kxg7 21.Re1 Rae8
22.Qd2 Bxd5 23.Rxe4 Bxe4 24.Re1 Re6 25.Qxd7 Qxb2 26.h4 Qf6 27.hxg5 hxg5 28.Qxa7 Qc3
29.f3 g4 30.Qc7 Qxc7 31.Bxc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Pivdenny Bank Geller Mem"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2005.07.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Fingerov,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2361"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bd7 5.Nf3 Bc6 6.Bd3 Nd7 7.O-O Be7 8.Re1 Ngf6
9.Neg5 h6 10.Nh3 O-O 11.Ne5 Nxe5 12.dxe5 Ne4 13.Bxh6 Nxf2 14.Nxf2 gxh6 15.Qh5 Kg7
16.Re3 Rh8 17.Rf1 Qd4 18.Ng4 Be8 19.Kh1 f5 20.exf6+ Bxf6 21.Nxf6  1-0

[Event "Pivdenny Bank Geller Mem"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2005.07.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Korchnoi,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "E01"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bb4+ 5.Nd2 O-O 6.Qc2 Nc6 7.Nf3 dxc4 8.Qxc4 Qd5
9.O-O Bxd2 10.Qxd5 exd5 11.Bxd2 Re8 12.Rfe1 Bg4 13.Be3 Ne4 14.Rac1 Re7 15.Ne5 Bd7
16.Nxd7 Rxd7 17.f3 Nd6 18.Bf2 a5 19.Rc5 Ne7 20.Bh3 f5 21.e4 c6 22.Rc2 g6
23.e5 Nb5 24.g4 Rf8 25.a4 Nc7 26.e6 Rdd8 27.Bh4 Rde8 28.Re5 fxg4 29.Bxg4 Rf4
30.Rd2 Nf5 31.Bg5 Rxd4 32.Bxf5 Rxd2 33.Bxd2 gxf5 34.e7 Kf7 35.Rxf5+ Kxe7
36.Rh5 Rg8+ 37.Kf2 Rg7 38.Bxa5 Ne6 39.Bb4+ c5 40.Bd2 Kd6 41.Rf5 d4 42.h4 b5
43.axb5 Rb7 44.b4 c4 45.Bf4+ Nxf4 46.Rxf4 Ke5 47.Rg4 h6 48.Rg8 Rxb5 49.Re8+ Kf5
50.Rd8 d3 51.Rd4 Rxb4 52.Ke3 Ke5 53.h5 Ra4 54.f4+ Kf5 55.Rd5+ Kg4 56.Rc5 Rb4
57.Rc6 Kxh5 58.f5 Kg5 59.f6 Kg6 60.f7+ Kxf7 61.Rxh6 Rb2 62.Rh1 Rc2 63.Rb1 d2
64.Ke2 c3 65.Kd1 Ra2 66.Ke2 d1=Q+  0-1

[Event "Pivdenny Bank Geller Mem"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2005.07.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Legky,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 h6 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Nb4 6.exd5 exd5 7.Bf4 Nxd3+ 8.Qxd3 c6
9.O-O-O Nf6 10.Ne5 Be7 11.f3 O-O 12.Kb1 Be6 13.g4 Nd7 14.Nxd7 Qxd7 15.h4 Rae8
16.Ne2 h5 17.gxh5 Bf5 18.Qd2 Bb4 19.Qxb4 Rxe2 20.Ka1 Bxc2 21.Rdg1 Kh7 22.Qxf8  1-0

[Event "World Team Ch"]
[Site "Beer Sheva ISR"]
[Date "2005.11.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kaidanov,G"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.e3 c5 8.Bb5 Qa5
9.Bxd7+ Nxd7 10.O-O Bxc3 11.bxc3 O-O 12.Qc2 Re8 13.a4 Nb6 14.Nd2 c4 15.Rfb1 Bd7
16.Rb4 Bc6 17.Bf4 Rac8 18.Qf5 Bd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team Ch"]
[Site "Beer Sheva ISR"]
[Date "2005.11.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Huang Qian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[ECO "E70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bd3 O-O 6.Nge2 e5 7.d5 Nbd7 8.Bg5 h6
9.Bh4 c6 10.O-O a5 11.Bc2 Qc7 12.Qd2 cxd5 13.cxd5 Kh7 14.f3 Nc5 15.Bf2 Bd7
16.Bd3 a4 17.Bb5 Rfc8 18.Rab1 Qa5 19.Bxd7 Nfxd7 20.Nc1 Qb4 21.Qe2 Bf8 22.a3 Qa5
23.Nb5 Qd8 24.b4 axb3 25.Nxb3 Nxb3 26.Rxb3 Nc5 27.Rc3 Na4 28.Rc4 Nb6 29.Rb4 Nd7
30.Rfb1 b6 31.g3 Qe7 32.Rc4 Rxc4 33.Qxc4 Nc5 34.Kg2 h5 35.Rb4 Qd7 36.a4 Be7
37.Nc3 Bd8 38.Qb5 Ra7 39.Qxd7 Rxd7 40.Kf1 Nd3 41.Rc4 Nc5 42.Ke2 Kg7 43.Rb4 Kf8
44.Bxc5 dxc5 45.Rb2 Ra7 46.Kd3 Ke8 47.Kc4 Kd7 48.f4 f6 49.fxe5 fxe5 50.Rf2 Ke7
51.Kb5  1-0

[Event "World Team Ch"]
[Site "Beer Sheva ISR"]
[Date "2005.11.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 Nbd7
9.Qd2 b5 10.O-O-O Be7 11.g4 b4 12.Nd5 Bxd5 13.exd5 Nb6 14.Qxb4 Nfxd5 15.Bxb6 Nxb6
16.f4 Qc7 17.fxe5 dxe5 18.Qe4 O-O 19.h4 a5 20.a4 g6 21.Bb5 f5 22.Qg2 f4 23.Nd2 Bb4
24.g5 Rac8 25.Nf3 Bc3 26.Qh3 Rf5 27.Ne1 f3 28.bxc3 Qxc3 29.h5 Qa1+ 30.Kd2 Qc3+
31.Kc1 Qa3+ 32.Kb1 Qb4+ 33.Kc1 Qa3+ 34.Kb1 Qb4+ 35.Kc1 Qa3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team Ch"]
[Site "Beer Sheva ISR"]
[Date "2005.11.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Avrukh,B"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Bf4 b6
9.Nc3 Ba6 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Ne5 Bb7 12.Rc1 Nbd7 13.Nb5 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Nd7 15.h4 Rc8
16.Qd2 Rc5 17.Nd4 Qb8 18.Qe3 Rfc8 19.Bh3 Nf8 20.h5 h6 21.Rfd1 Ba6 22.b4 Rxc1
23.Rxc1 Bxb4 24.Nc6 Rxc6 25.Rxc6 Bc5 26.Qb3 Qb7 27.Qa4 Bxe2 28.Be3 d4 29.Bg2 dxe3
30.Rxc5 Bf3 31.Bxf3 Qxf3 32.Rc8 Qxf2+ 33.Kh1 e2  0-1

[Event "World Team Ch"]
[Site "Beer Sheva ISR"]
[Date "2005.11.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Jobava,Ba"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[ECO "E17"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.d4 Be7 6.Nc3 Ne4 7.Bd2 f5 8.d5 O-O
9.Qc2 Nxd2 10.Nxd2 e5 11.O-O-O Bb4 12.Nf3 d6 13.h4 Nd7 14.Ng5 Bxc3 15.Qxc3 Qf6
16.e4 g6 17.Qd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Man Machine"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2005.11.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "JUNIOR"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B10"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d3 Nf6 3.g3 c6 4.Nbd2 Nbd7 5.Bg2 e5 6.O-O Bd6 7.e4 O-O 8.Kh1 Re8
9.Qe1 a5 10.a4 b6 11.Nh4 Nc5 12.f3 g6 13.Rf2 Ra7 14.Re2 Rae7 15.Qf1 Nh5 16.Bh3 Ne6
17.Nb3 Ra7 18.Ng2 Rc7 19.Be3 Nef4 20.Bxf4 Bxh3 21.Bd2 f5 22.Qg1 fxe4 23.fxe4 Rf7
24.Rf1 Rxf1 25.Qxf1 Be7 26.exd5 Qxd5 27.Kg1 Nf6 28.Qe1 Ng4 29.Ne3 Nxe3 30.Bxe3 Rf8
31.Rf2 Rxf2 32.Qxf2 e4 33.Nc1 c5 34.b3 g5 35.c4 Qc6 36.Ne2 exd3 37.Nc3 Bd8
38.Nd5 Qe6 39.Bd2 Qe4 40.Nc3 Qg4 41.Nd5 h5 42.Qe3 Qd1+ 43.Be1 Kg7 44.Kf2 Bg4
45.Bc3+ Kf7 46.Qd2 Qxd2+ 47.Bxd2 Bd1 48.Ke3 Bxb3 49.Kxd3 Bxa4 50.h4 gxh4
51.gxh4 Bb3 52.Kc3 a4 53.Bg5 Bxg5 54.hxg5 b5 55.Nf4 b4+ 56.Kb2 Bxc4 57.Nxh5 a3+  0-1

[Event "2nd Man Machine"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2005.11.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "FRITZ"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c3 d5 3.Bf4 Bf5 4.e3 e6 5.Qb3 Nbd7 6.Qxb7 Bd6 7.Bxd6 cxd6 8.Qa6 Rb8
9.Qa3 Qb6 10.b4 O-O 11.Nd2 e5 12.Ngf3 Qc7 13.Ba6 e4 14.Ng1 Rb6 15.Rc1 Nb8
16.Be2 Rc8 17.Bd1 Bd7 18.Ne2 Bb5 19.O-O Nbd7 20.Nb3 h5 21.Re1 h4 22.h3 Rb7
23.Na5 Rbb8 24.Ba4 a6 25.Bb3 Nb6 26.Qb2 Qd7 27.a3 Rc7 28.Qa2 Rbc8 29.Nf4 Qf5
30.a4 Bd3 31.g4 hxg3 32.fxg3 g5 33.g4 Qh7 34.Nh5 Nxh5 35.gxh5 Qxh5 36.Qh2 Qh4
37.Kg2 Rxc3 38.Rxc3 Rxc3 39.Qg3 Bc2 40.Qxh4 gxh4 41.Rc1 Rxb3 42.Nxb3 Bxb3
43.a5 Nc4 44.b5 Ba4 45.bxa6 Bc6 46.a7 Kg7 47.a6 Ba8 48.Rb1  1-0

[Event "2nd Man Machine"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2005.11.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "FRITZ"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c3 d5 3.Bf4 Bf5 4.e3 e6 5.Qb3 Nbd7 6.Qxb7 Bd6 7.Bxd6 cxd6 8.Qa6 Rb8
9.Qa3 Qb6 10.b4 O-O 11.Nd2 e5 12.Ngf3 Qc7 13.Ba6 e4 14.Ng1 Rb6 15.Rc1 Nb8
16.Be2 Rc8 17.Bd1 Bd7 18.Ne2 Bb5 19.O-O Nbd7 20.Nb3 h5 21.Re1 h4 22.h3 Rb7
23.Na5 Rbb8 24.Ba4 a6 25.Bb3 Nb6 26.Qb2 Qd7 27.a3 Rc7 28.Qa2 Rbc8 29.Nf4 Qf5
30.a4 Bd3 31.g4 hxg3 32.fxg3 g5 33.g4 Qh7 34.Nh5 Nxh5 35.gxh5 Qxh5 36.Qh2 Qh4
37.Kg2 Rxc3 38.Rxc3 Rxc3 39.Qg3 Bc2 40.Qxh4 gxh4 41.Rc1 Rxb3 42.Nxb3 Bxb3
43.a5 Nc4 44.b5 Ba4 45.bxa6 Bc6 46.a7 Kg7 47.Rb1 Ba8 48.a6  1-0

[Event "2nd Man Machine"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2005.11.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "HYDRA"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "C06"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 a5 8.O-O c4 9.Bc2 b5
10.b3 Nb6 11.bxc4 bxc4 12.Rb1 Kd7 13.Nf4 Kc7 14.Qf3 Rb8 15.Nh5 Qe7 16.Re1 Ba6
17.Qg3 g6 18.Nf6 Kb7 19.Nde4 Ka7 20.Nd6 Nc8 21.Ba3 Rxb1 22.Rxb1 Nxd6 23.Bc5+ Ka8
24.Ba4 Bb7 25.exd6 Qxf6 26.Bxc6 Bxc6 27.d7 Bxc5 28.Qc7 e5 29.dxc5  1-0

[Event "2nd Man Machine"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2005.11.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "JUNIOR"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "C18"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qa5 7.Bd2 Qa4 8.Qb1 c4
9.Nh3 f5 10.Be2 Nc6 11.O-O b6 12.Bh5+ g6 13.Bf3 Bd7 14.Qc1 O-O-O 15.Ng5 Rf8
16.h4 h6 17.Nh3 Rf7 18.g3 Rfh7 19.Bg2 Nge7 20.Rb1 Kc7 21.Re1 Bc8 22.Bf3 Bd7
23.Be3 Bc8 24.Qb2 Bd7 25.Bc1 Be8 26.Bd2 Bd7 27.Rec1 Be8 28.Ra1 Bd7 29.Re1 Be8
30.Bg2 Bd7 31.Bc1 Be8 32.Be3 Bd7 33.Bd2 Be8 34.Qb1 Bd7 35.Qc1 Be8 36.Bf4 Kc8
37.Rb1 Bd7 38.Bd2 Kc7 39.Be3 Be8 40.Bf3 Bd7 41.Bd2 Be8 42.Bf4 Bd7 43.Ra1 Be8
44.Bd2 Bd7 45.Re3 Be8 46.Rb1 Bf7 47.Re2 Be8 48.Bg2 Bd7 49.Qb2 Rg8 50.Bh1 Rgh8
51.Bf3 Be8 52.Bg2 Bd7 53.Qc1 Be8 54.Be3 Bd7 55.Ra1 Be8 56.Bf3 Kd7 57.Re1 Kc7
58.Bf4 Bd7 59.Qb2 Rg8 60.Bd2 Be8 61.Qc1 Rgh8 62.Qd1 Rg8 63.Be3 Bd7 64.Qc1 Rgh8
65.Bg2 Kc8 66.Qd2 Kc7 67.f3 Bc8 68.Re2 Bd7 69.f4 Rb8 70.Nf2 b5 71.Nd1 Nc8
72.Re1 Nb6 73.Bf3 Qa5 74.Qf2 Na4 75.Rb1 Qa6 76.Bd2 Qc8 77.Ne3 Ne7 78.Kg2 Bc6
79.Nd1 Qf8 80.Nb2 Nxb2 81.Rxb2 Rb6 82.Kg1 Be8 83.Rbb1 Nc6 84.Bc1 Nd8 85.Kf1 Nf7
86.Ke2 Rg7 87.Qh2 Qe7 88.Ke3 Bc6 89.Rg1 g5 90.hxg5 hxg5 91.Rh1 Rb8 92.Qf2 Rh8
93.Rxh8 Nxh8 94.Bb2 Ng6 95.Rg1 Be8 96.Bc1 Rh7 97.fxg5 Qxg5+ 98.Ke2 Qe7 99.Kd1 Nf8
100.g4 fxg4 101.Bxg4 Nd7 102.Qg3 Bh5 103.Bxh5 Rxh5 104.Qg6 Rf5 105.Be3 Qf7
106.Qxf7 Rxf7 107.Rg6 Nf8 108.Rg8 Kd7 109.Kd2 Ke8 110.Bh6 Rf1 111.Bg7 a6
112.Ke2 Rf7 113.Ke1 Rf3 114.Kd1 Rf1+ 115.Kd2 a5 116.Ke2 Rf7 117.Bh6 a4 118.Bg7 Rf5
119.Rh8 Rf7 120.Bh6 Rf5 121.Bd2 Rf7 122.Be1 Rh7 123.Rxh7 Nxh7 124.Bh4 Nf8
125.Kf3 Nd7 126.Bg5 Nb8 127.Ke2 Kf7 128.Bd8 Nc6 129.Bb6 Kg6 130.Bc5 Kf5 131.Kf3 Nd8
132.Bd6 Nf7 133.Be7 Kg6 134.Kg4 Nh6+ 135.Kf4 Nf5 136.Bb4 Kh5 137.Bf8 Kh4
138.Bd6 Kh5 139.Bf8 Nh4 140.Kg3 Ng6 141.Bd6 Kg5 142.Bc7 Kf5 143.Kf3 Nh8 144.Bd8 Nf7
145.Be7 Kg6 146.Kg4 Nh6+ 147.Kf4 Kh5 148.Bd6 Ng4 149.Kf3 Kh4 150.Be7+ Kh5
151.Bd6 Nh6 152.Kf4 Nf5 153.Bf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCC"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.11.27"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Adly,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "D94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.e3 d5 4.c4 cxd4 5.exd4 g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.h3 O-O 8.Be2 Nc6
9.O-O Be6 10.c5 Ne4 11.Be3 Nxc5 12.dxc5 d4 13.Nxd4 Nxd4 14.Bf3 Rc8 15.Bd5 Bxd5
16.Bxd4 e5 17.Be3 Bc4 18.Qxd8 Rfxd8 19.Rfd1 f5 20.f3 Bf6 21.Rac1 Bd3 22.Rd2 Kf7
23.a4 a6 24.b4 e4 25.fxe4 fxe4 26.b5 axb5 27.Nxb5 Ke6 28.Na7 Rc7 29.Nb5 Rc6
30.Nc3 b6 31.Ne2 Bxe2 32.Rxe2 Rd3 33.Kf1 bxc5 34.Rxc5 Rxc5 35.Bxc5 Kd5 36.Rc2 Rd1+
37.Ke2 Ra1 38.Be3 Rxa4 39.Rc5+ Kd6 40.Rc2 Be5 41.Rd2+ Ke6 42.Rc2 Ra5 43.Rd2 Bc3
44.Rd8 Ra2+ 45.Kf1 Be5 46.Rd2 Ra3 47.Ke2 Bd6 48.Rd1 Rb3 49.Rd2 Rb5 50.Rc2 Be5
51.Rd2 Bf6 52.Ra2 Kd5 53.Rd2+ Ke6 54.Ra2 Bc3 55.Ra7 Rb2+ 56.Kf1 h5 57.Ra6+ Kf5
58.Rb6 Ra2 59.Rb5+ Ke6 60.Rb6+ Kd5 61.Rxg6 Kc4 62.Rd6 Be5 63.Rd8 Bg3 64.Rd4+ Kc3
65.Rd1 h4 66.Bh6 Rf2+ 67.Kg1 Kc2 68.Ra1 Rf6 69.Be3 Kd3 70.Ba7 Rf7 71.Ra3+ Kc2
72.Ra2+ Kb3 73.Ra6 Kc3 74.Ra3+ Kb2 75.Ra4 Kc3 76.Ra3+ Kb4 77.Ra2 Rf8 78.Be3 Kc3
79.Bb6 Rb8 80.Ba5+ Kd3 81.Ra3+ Kc4 82.Kf1 Rb2 83.Re3 Rf2+ 84.Kg1 Ra2 85.Rxe4+ Kd3
86.Re1 Rxa5 87.Rb1 Kc2 88.Rf1 Re5 89.Ra1 Kd2 90.Ra2+ Kd3 91.Ra3+ Kd4 92.Ra4+ Kd5
93.Ra5+ Ke6 94.Ra1 Re1+ 95.Rxe1+ Bxe1 96.Kf1 Bg3 97.Ke2 Kf5 98.Kf3 Bf4 99.Kf2 Ke4
100.Ke2 Be3 101.Kf1 Kf4 102.g4 hxg3 103.Kg2 Bd4 104.h4 Be5 105.h5 Kg5 106.Kf3 Kxh5
107.Kg2 Kg4 108.Kh1 Kf3 109.Kg1 Bc3  0-1

[Event "WCC"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Adly,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3 h6 8.Bc4 Be7
9.O-O O-O 10.Bb3 Nc6 11.Nh4 Na5 12.Bd5 Bg4 13.Qd3 Nc6 14.Bb3 Na5 15.h3 Nxb3
16.axb3 Be6 17.Rfd1 Rc8 18.Rac1 Rc6 19.Nf3 Qc8 20.Nd2 Rd8 21.Nd5 Re8 22.Nb4 Rc7
23.Bb6 Rd7 24.c4 Bd8 25.Be3 Ba5 26.Nd5 Qd8 27.b4 Bxd5 28.bxa5 Be6 29.Bb6 Qe7
30.Qe2 Kh7 31.Nb1 g5 32.Rd3 Rg8 33.g4 h5 34.f3 Kg7 35.b3 Nh7 36.Qd2 Nf8 37.Be3 Kh7
38.Rd1 Ng6 39.Bxg5 f6 40.Be3 f5 41.Bg5 Qf7 42.Nc3 fxg4 43.hxg4 Nf4 44.Bxf4 exf4
45.Qh2 Rg5 46.Nd5 Kg8 47.Qxf4 Rg6 48.Qg3 hxg4 49.f4 Rh6 50.f5 Bxd5 51.Qxg4+ Qg7
52.Rg3 Bxe4 53.Kf2 Rh2+ 54.Ke3 Bxf5 55.Qxg7+ Rxg7 56.Rxg7+ Kxg7 57.Rxd6 Kf7
58.Kd4 Ke7 59.Kc5 Rh3 60.b4 Be4 61.Rd2 Bc6 62.Rb2 Rc3 63.Kd4 Ra3 64.Kc5 Rc3
65.Kd4 Rh3 66.Kc5 Rh6 67.b5 Bh1 68.Rd2 Rg6 69.Rh2 Bf3 70.Rh7+ Ke8 71.Rh8+ Kd7
72.Rh7+ Ke8 73.Rh8+ Ke7 74.Rh7+ Kf8 75.Rh8+ Kg7 76.Rd8 axb5 77.cxb5 Rg5+
78.Kb4 Kf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCC"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.11.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Motylev,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "C95"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6
9.h3 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nf1 Bf8 14.Ng3 g6 15.a4 c5
16.d5 c4 17.Bg5 h6 18.Be3 Nc5 19.Qd2 h5 20.Bxc5 dxc5 21.Bd1 Re7 22.Be2 Ne8
23.b3 cxb3 24.axb5 axb5 25.Bxb5 Nd6 26.Qd3 Rxa1 27.Rxa1 b2 28.Rb1 Qa5 29.Rxb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCC"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Motylev,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "A17"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.g3 Bxc3 5.bxc3 b6 6.Bg2 Bb7 7.O-O O-O 8.d3 d6
9.e4 Nbd7 10.Nh4 d5 11.exd5 exd5 12.Nf5 Re8 13.Bg5 Re5 14.g4 h6 15.Bh4 Qc8
16.Re1 Rxe1+ 17.Qxe1 Qf8 18.Bxf6 Nxf6 19.Qe5 Nxg4 20.Qxc7 Qb8 21.Qg3 Qxg3
22.hxg3 Rd8 23.cxd5 g6 24.Ne7+ Kf8 25.Nc6 Bxc6 26.dxc6 Rxd3 27.c4 Ke7 28.Bd5 Kd6
29.Re1 g5 30.Re8  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCC"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.02"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Motylev,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.a3 Nh6 7.b4 cxd4 8.cxd4 Nf5
9.Bb2 Bd7 10.g4 Nfe7 11.Nc3 Na5 12.Nd2 Rc8 13.Rc1 Ng6 14.Qe2 Be7 15.Qe3 O-O
16.h4 f6 17.h5 Nh8 18.Rc2 Nc6 19.Na4 Qd8 20.exf6 Bxf6 21.Nc5 e5 22.Nxb7 exd4
23.Qf3 Qe7+ 24.Kd1 Ne5 25.Qxd5+ Be6 26.Qd6 Bxg4+ 27.f3 Qxb7 28.fxg4 Rxc2
29.Kxc2 Nhf7 30.Qe6 Qxh1 31.Bxd4 Qc6+ 32.Qxc6 Nxc6 33.Bc5 Rd8 34.Ne4 Bd4
35.Bc4 Bxc5 36.Nxc5 Rd4 37.Be6 Kf8 38.Kc3 Rd6  0-1

[Event "WCC"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.02"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Motylev,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "E05"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7
9.Qxc4 Bc6 10.Nc3 b5 11.Qd3 b4 12.Nb1 Be4 13.Qe3 c5 14.Nbd2 Bb7 15.dxc5 Nbd7
16.Nb3 Rc8 17.Rd1 Nd5 18.Qd3 Nxc5 19.Nxc5 Rxc5 20.Bd2 a5 21.Be3 Nxe3 22.Qxe3 Qc7
23.Nd4 Bxg2 24.Kxg2 Bf6 25.Rd3 Qb7+ 26.f3 Rd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCC"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Xu Jun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.f3 O-O
9.O-O-O d5 10.Qe1 e5 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.exd5 Nxd5 13.Bc4 Be6 14.Bf2 Qc7 15.Ne4 Rfd8
16.Nc5 Bxc5 17.Bxc5 Nf4 18.Bxe6 Nxe6 19.Rxd8+ Rxd8 20.Be3 c5 21.Qe2 c4 22.Rd1 Rxd1+
23.Kxd1 e4 24.h3 c3 25.b3 exf3 26.Qxf3 h6 27.Qa8+ Kh7 28.Qe4+ Kg8 29.Ke2 Qa5
30.a4 Qh5+ 31.Kd3 Qa5 32.Qc6 Kh7 33.Kc4 a6 34.Qd6 Qh5 35.Kxc3 a5 36.Kd2 g6
37.Kc1 Qf5 38.Qd2 h5 39.Qf2  1-0

[Event "WCC"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Xu Jun"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.O-O Be7 8.a3 Be6
9.b4 f6 10.d4 exd4 11.Nb5 d3 12.Bf4 Nd5 13.Qxd3 Nxf4 14.Qxd8+ Rxd8 15.gxf4 Bd6
16.e3 a6 17.Nxd6+ Rxd6 18.Rfc1 Ke7 19.a4 Nxb4 20.Rxc7+ Rd7 21.Rcc1 Nc6 22.Rab1 Rhd8
23.h4 Bf5 24.Rb2 Rd1+ 25.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 26.Kh2 Rb1 27.Ra2 Be6 28.Ra3 Rb2 29.Kg3 Ra2
30.Rxa2 Bxa2 31.Nd2 Na5 32.Be4 Bg8 33.Nf3 Bb3 34.Bxh7 Bxa4 35.Nd4 Bd7 36.Kf3 Nc4
37.Ke4 a5 38.Kd5 Nd6 39.Kc5 f5 40.f3 b6+ 41.Kxb6 Nc4+ 42.Ka6 a4 43.Nc2 Kf7
44.e4 g6 45.exf5 gxf5 46.h5 Kg7 47.Bg6 a3 48.Nb4 Ne3 49.Ka5 Be6 50.Kb5 Bb3
51.Be8 Nd5  0-1

[Event "WCC"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.06"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Nf3 Bb7 8.e3 d5
9.b4 c5 10.dxc5 bxc5 11.Bb2 Nbd7 12.Be2 Nb6 13.cxd5 cxb4 14.axb4 Nbxd5 15.Qa3 a6
16.O-O Qe7 17.Rfb1 Rfc8 18.Bd4 Ne4 19.Rb3 Nc7 20.Qb2 Bd5 21.Rba3 Rab8 22.Rb1 Nb5
23.Bxb5 Rxb5 24.Ne1 Rcb8 25.Ra4 a5 26.f3 Rxb4 27.Rxb4 Rxb4 28.Qc2 Rxb1 29.Qxb1 Nf6
30.Qb5 Qb4 31.Qxb4 axb4 32.Nd3 b3 33.Kf2 Bc4 34.Nb2 Bb5 35.e4 Nd7 36.e5 h5
37.h4 Kh7 38.g4 Nb8 39.Nd1 Nc6 40.Bc3 g5 41.hxg5 hxg4 42.fxg4 Kg6 43.Kg3 Kxg5
44.Bd2+ Kg6 45.Bc3 Be2 46.Nb2 Ne7 47.Na4 Nd5 48.Bb2 Bd3 49.Bd4 Bc2 50.Bb2 Kg7
51.Bd4 Kf8 52.Kf2 Ke7 53.Ke2 Kd7 54.Kd2 Kc6 55.Bb2 Nf4 56.Ke3 Nd3 57.Bd4 Kb5
58.Nb2 Nb4 59.Kd2 Nc6 60.Bc3 Kc5 61.Na4+ Kd5 62.Ke3 Bd1 63.g5 Bh5 64.Bb2 Bg6
65.Nb6+ Kc5 66.Nc8 Nb4 67.Nd6 Nd3 68.Bd4+ Kd5 69.Nb5 Kc4 70.Nd6+ Kb4 71.Nxf7 Ne1
72.Kd2 Nf3+  0-1

[Event "WCC"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.07"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 d6 7.exd6 Bxd6 8.O-O Nc6
9.d4 cxd4 10.cxd4 Nd5 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Bxd5 Qxd5 13.Nc3 Qf5 14.Bxe7 Nxe7 15.Qa4+ Bd7
16.Qa3 Nd5 17.Ne5 Nxc3 18.bxc3 Qg5 19.Rab1 Bc8 20.Rfe1 Qe7 21.Qa4+ Kf8 22.d5 h5
23.Rbd1 exd5 24.Ng6+ fxg6 25.Rxe7 Kxe7 26.Qd4 Kf7 27.Qxd5+ Kf6 28.Qd4+ Kf7
29.Qc4+ Be6 30.Rd7+  1-0

[Event "WCC"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.09"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Bareev,E"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Nf3 Bb7 8.e3 d5
9.Be2 Nbd7 10.O-O c5 11.dxc5 Nxc5 12.b4 Nce4 13.Qb3 dxc4 14.Bxc4 Qc7 15.Bb2 Ng4
16.g3 Qe7 17.h3 Ngf6 18.Be2 Rac8 19.Rac1 Rfd8 20.Bd4 h6 21.Qb2 Bd5 22.Rxc8 Rxc8
23.Rc1 Rxc1+ 24.Qxc1 Qb7 25.Bxf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCC"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.10"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 a6 8.Qd2 b5 9.a3 Bb7
10.g3 Qa5 11.Ra2 Rc8 12.Bg2 b4 13.axb4 Qxb4 14.O-O cxd4 15.Nxd4 Nxd4 16.Bxd4 Bc5
17.Rd1 Bxd4+ 18.Qxd4 Rc4 19.Qf2 O-O 20.Bf1 Rc7 21.Qd4 a5 22.Qxb4 axb4 23.Nb5 Rxc2
24.Nd4 Rcc8 25.Ra7 Nc5 26.Rc1 Ba8 27.Ba6 Nxa6 28.Rxc8 Rxc8 29.Rxa6 g5 30.b3 gxf4
31.gxf4 Bb7 32.Rb6 Rc7 33.Kf2 Bc8 34.Rc6 Rxc6 35.Nxc6 Bb7 36.Nxb4 d4 37.Nc2 d3
38.Nb4 d2 39.Ke2 Kg7 40.Kxd2 Kg6 41.Ke3 Kf5 42.Nd3 Bc6 43.b4 Kg4 44.Nf2+ Kf5
45.h3 h5 46.h4 Ba4 47.Kf3 Bc6+ 48.Kg3 Ba4 49.Nd3 Bc6 50.Ne1 f6 51.Nf3 fxe5
52.Nxe5 Ba4 53.Nc4 Kf6 54.Kf3 Bb5 55.Nd6 Bc6+ 56.Ke3 e5 57.b5  1-0

[Event "WCC"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.12"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 Nb4
9.Be2 O-O 10.Nc3 Bf5 11.a3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Nc6 13.Re1 Re8 14.Bf4 dxc4 15.Bxc4 Bd6
16.Rxe8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCC"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.13"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.a4 Nc6 10.Bf3 Be6 11.Nd5 Bxd5 12.exd5 Na5 13.Nd2 Rc8 14.b3 Qc7 15.Ra2 b6
16.Re1 Ra8 17.g3  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCC"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.14"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Qc2 b6
9.Bf4 Ba6 10.b3 Nbd7 11.Rd1 Rc8 12.Nc3 Qe8 13.e4 dxc4 14.bxc4 Bxc4 15.Nd2 Ba6
16.Qa4 Bd3 17.Ndb1 b5 18.Qxa7 Bxb1 19.Raxb1 b4 20.Ne2 Ra8 21.Qc7 Rxa2 22.Nc1 Rc2
23.Nd3 Qc8 24.Qxc8 Rxc8 25.Nxb4 Bxb4 26.Rxb4 c5 27.Rb7 cxd4 28.e5 Nc5 29.exf6 Nxb7
30.Bxb7 Rd8 31.fxg7 Rc5 32.Bh6 Rh5 33.Be3 Rb5 34.Bf3 e5 35.Bg5 Rdb8 36.Be4 Kxg7
37.g4 h6 38.Bh4 h5 39.h3 hxg4 40.hxg4 Rb4 41.Kg2 Ra4 42.Be7 d3 43.Kf3 Rh8
44.g5 Rh4 45.Bf6+ Kg8 46.Bc6 Rac4 47.Bb5 Rcf4+ 48.Ke3 Rh3+ 49.Kd2 Rxf2+ 50.Kc3 d2+
51.Kc2 e4 52.Rxd2 e3 53.Re2 Rhh2 54.Kd1 Rh1+ 55.Kc2 Re1 56.Rxf2 exf2 57.Kd2 f1=Q
58.Bxf1 Rxf1 59.Ke2 Rf5 60.Ke3 Kh7 61.Ke4 Kg6 62.Bd8 Rxg5  0-1

[Event "WCC"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.14"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 Bg4 3.e4 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Be2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.h3 Bh5 8.Be3 c6
9.Nd2 Bxe2 10.Nxe2 d5 11.e5 Nfd7 12.Nf4 c5 13.c3 Nc6 14.Qg4 cxd4 15.cxd4 Nb4
16.Nh5 g6 17.Bh6 Re8 18.Ng7 Bf8 19.Bg5 Be7 20.Nxe8 Bxg5 21.Nf3 Be7 22.Nd6 Qb6
23.Qf4 Rf8 24.Qh6 f6 25.Rac1 Nc6 26.Rc3 fxe5 27.dxe5 Qa6 28.Ng5 Bxg5 29.Qxg5 Nd4
30.Rc7 Ne2+ 31.Kh2 Nf4 32.Rfc1  1-0

[Event "WCC"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.15"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7
9.d3 d6 10.a3 Na5 11.Ba2 c5 12.Nbd2 Nc6 13.Nf1 Bc8 14.c3 Be6 15.Bxe6 fxe6
16.b4 Qd7 17.Qb3 Rfb8 18.Bd2 a5 19.Ng5 axb4 20.axb4 cxb4 21.Nxe6 d5 22.Ng5 bxc3
23.Bxc3 b4 24.Bb2 Na5 25.Qd1 dxe4 26.Bxe5 Rb5 27.d4 b3 28.Qe2 Rc8 29.Ne3 Nd5
30.Nxd5 Bxg5 31.Rxa5  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCC"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.16"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "D58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Bd3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 Bb7 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Qe2 Ne4 12.Nxe4 Bxe4 13.Bg3 Bd6 14.Bb5 Bxg3 15.hxg3 c6
16.Ba4 b5 17.Bc2 Bxc2 18.Qxc2 Qb6 19.Rac1 Rfc8 20.g4 Qd8 21.Qd3 a6 22.Rfd1 Qe7
23.Rc3 Rc7 24.a3 Nf6 25.Rdc1 Nxg4 26.Rxc6 Rac8 27.Rxc7 Rxc7 28.Rc3 Qd6 29.Qc2 Rxc3
30.Qxc3 Qd5 31.Ne1 Qd6 32.Kf1 Qh2 33.Qc6 g5 34.Qxa6 Qh1+ 35.Ke2 Nh2 36.Qa8+ Kg7
37.Qe4 h5 38.Kd2 Nf1+ 39.Kd1 Qg1 40.Qf3 g4 41.Qf4 g3 42.Ke2 h4 43.Nd3 gxf2
44.Qxh4 Nxe3 45.Qxf2 Qxf2+ 46.Kxf2 Nf5 47.d5 exd5 48.Nb4 d4 49.Kf3 Nd6 50.b3 f5
51.Nc6 Kf6 52.Nxd4 Ke5 53.Ke3 f4+ 54.Kd3 Kd5 55.Ne2 Ke5 56.Nc3 Nf5 57.Nxb5 Nh4
58.a4 Nxg2 59.Nd4 Ne1+ 60.Ke2 Ng2 61.a5 Ne3 62.Kd3 Kd6 63.b4 Ng4 64.Kc4 Ne3+
65.Kb5 Nd5 66.Nf3 Nc7+ 67.Kc4 Nd5 68.b5 Ne3+ 69.Kd4 Nf5+ 70.Kc4 Ne3+ 71.Kd3 Kc5
72.b6 Nd5 73.b7 Nb4+ 74.Ke4 Na6 75.Nd4 f3 76.Ne6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCC"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.17"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "D60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Bd3 Nbd7
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Nxd5 exd5 11.Bg3 Bb4+ 12.Ke2 c5 13.a3 Ba5 14.b4 cxb4 15.Qb3 Nc5
16.dxc5 bxc5 17.axb4 c4 18.Bh7+ Kh8 19.Qc3 Bxb4 20.Qxb4 Kxh7 21.Qd6 Bf5 22.Qxd8 Rfxd8
23.Nd4 Bg6 24.Kd2 a5 25.Ra4 Ra6 26.Rha1 Rda8 27.Nb5 Rb6 28.Rxa5 c3+ 29.Nxc3 Rb2+
30.Ke1 Rc8 31.R5a2 Rxa2 32.Nxa2 d4 33.exd4 Ra8 34.d5 Bf5 35.d6 Bd7 36.Bf4 Kg6
37.Bd2 Ra6 38.Bc3 Rxd6 39.Nb4 Bb5 40.Nc2 Rd3 41.Ra3 f6 42.Bd4 Rxa3 43.Nxa3 Bc6
44.f3 Kf7 45.Nc4 Ke6 46.Ne3 Bb7 47.Bc5 Bc6 48.Kf2 Bb7 49.f4 Be4 50.g3 h5
51.Ke2 g5 52.Kd2 h4 53.Kc3 hxg3 54.hxg3 gxf4 55.gxf4 Bb1 56.Kd4 Bg6 57.Bb6 Bb1
58.Bd8 f5 59.Kc5 Be4 60.Bg5 Bb1 61.Nd5 Be4 62.Nb4 Kd7 63.Na2 Ke6 64.Nc3 Bf3
65.Nb5 Be4 66.Nd4+ Kd7 67.Bf6 Kc7 68.Ne6+ Kd7 69.Ng7 Kc7 70.Be7 Kd7 71.Bf8 Kc7
72.Kd4 Kd7 73.Ke5  1-0

[Event "WCC"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.17"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[ECO "C90"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a3 d6
9.c3 Be6 10.d4 Bxb3 11.Qxb3 Re8 12.Qc2 Bf8 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bh4 g5 15.Bg3 g4
16.Nh4 exd4 17.Nd2 dxc3 18.Qxc3 Ne5 19.Nf5 Nh5 20.Nf1 Nxg3 21.N1xg3 Re6 22.Rad1 Rc8
23.Ne2 Qg5 24.Ned4 Rf6 25.h4 gxh3 26.Qxh3 Qg4 27.Qxg4+ Nxg4 28.Nc6 Re6 29.f3 Ne5
30.Nfd4 Ree8 31.Re2 d5 32.exd5 Nxc6 33.dxc6 Bg7 34.Rxe8+ Rxe8 35.Nf5 Bxb2
36.Rd7 Re6 37.Rxc7 Bxa3 38.Kf1 Bc5 39.Ng3 b4 40.Rc8+ Kh7 41.Ne4 b3 42.c7 Rc6
43.Nf6+ Kg6 44.Rg8+ Kxf6 45.c8=Q Rxc8 46.Rxc8 Bb4 47.Rc1 a5 48.Ke2 a4 49.Rc6+ Kg7
50.Kd3 a3 51.Ra6 a2  0-1

[Event "XV It"]
[Site "Pamplona ESP"]
[Date "2005.12.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fressinet,L"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "C01"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.exd5 exd5 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.a3 Ba5 7.Be3 Nf6 8.h3 O-O
9.Ne2 Ne7 10.O-O c6 11.Ng3 Ng6 12.Qd2 Re8 13.Rae1 Qd6 14.f4 Bd7 15.Qf2 Bc7
16.Nce2 Re7 17.Bd2 a5 18.f5 Rxe2 19.Rxe2 Qxg3 20.Qxg3 Bxg3 21.fxg6 hxg6 22.Bg5 Nh7
23.Bf4 Bh4 24.Bd6 Bd8 25.c3 Ng5 26.Be7 Ne6 27.Bxd8 Rxd8 28.Ref2 Be8 29.Re1 Bd7
30.Kh2 a4 31.Ref1 Be8 32.Re1 Bd7 33.Ref1 Be8 34.h4 b6 35.Re1 Rd6 36.Bc2 c5
37.dxc5 bxc5 38.Rd2 Bc6 39.Be4 Kf8 40.Bf3 Ke7 41.Kg3 f5 42.Kf2 Kf6 43.g4 g5
44.gxf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "XV It"]
[Site "Pamplona ESP"]
[Date "2005.12.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Izoria,Z"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "B19"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7
9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.Bf4 Qa5+ 12.Bd2 Bb4 13.c3 Be7 14.c4 Qa4 15.d5 cxd5
16.cxd5 Nc5 17.Qe2 exd5 18.O-O Ne6 19.Nf5 Qa6 20.Qxa6 bxa6 21.Rac1 Bf6 22.Bb4 Ne7
23.Nd6+ Kf8 24.Nf5 a5 25.Ba3 g6 26.hxg6 fxg6 27.Bxe7+ Bxe7 28.Rfe1 gxf5 29.Rxe6 Bd8
30.Rc5 Kf7 31.Rec6 Bb6 32.Rxd5 Rhc8 33.Ne5+ Ke8 34.Re6+ Kf8 35.Rxh6  1-0

[Event "XV It"]
[Site "Pamplona ESP"]
[Date "2005.12.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tiviakov,S"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nf3 d6 5.exd6 e6 6.d4 Bxd6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Bd3 O-O
9.Qc2 h6 10.O-O Nc6 11.Rd1 Qc7 12.a3 b6 13.Nbd2 Bb7 14.Ne4 Be7 15.c4 Nf4
16.Bf1 Rad8 17.Be3 Ng6 18.Rxd8 Rxd8 19.Re1 Nge5 20.Nxe5 Qxe5 21.Ng3 Bf6 22.b4 Qb2
23.Qxb2 Bxb2 24.Bc1 Bc3 25.Re3 Bd4 26.Rd3 a5 27.b5 Ne5 28.Rxd4 Rxd4 29.Bb2 Rxc4
30.Bxe5 Rc2 31.f3 Bd5 32.Ne4 f6 33.Bd6 Bxe4 34.fxe4 Kf7 35.e5 fxe5 36.Bxe5 Ra2
37.Bd6 Kf6 38.g3 e5 39.Bc7 Rxa3 40.Bxb6 a4 41.Bd8+ Kf5 42.b6 Rb3 43.Bc4 Rb4
44.Bd5 a3 45.Bc7 Rb5 46.Bc4 Rb4 47.Bd5 Rb5 48.Bc4 Rb1+ 49.Kf2 Ke4 50.Bd6 Kd4
51.Bg8 Rb2+ 52.Kf1 Rxb6 53.Bxa3 Kd3 54.Bc5 Rc6 55.Ba7 e4 56.h4 Ra6 57.Bf2 Rf6
58.Kg2 Kd2 59.Bc4 e3 60.Bxe3+ Kxe3 61.Bd5 Rd6 62.Bb7 Rd2+ 63.Kg1 Rb2 64.Bc6 Kd4
65.Bf3 Ke5 66.Kf1 Kf5 67.Kg1 g5  1/2-1/2

[Event "XV It"]
[Site "Pamplona ESP"]
[Date "2005.12.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Cheparinov,I"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "E17"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.d5 exd5 8.Nh4 c6
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Nf5 Bf6 11.e4 Ne7 12.Nd6 Ba6 13.Re1 Be5 14.f4 Bxd6 15.Qxd6 c5
16.Nc3 Nbc6 17.Be3 Nb4 18.Qd2 d5 19.exd5 Nf5 20.Bf2 Nd3 21.Re5 Nd4 22.Re4 Nxf2
23.Kxf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "XV It"]
[Site "Pamplona ESP"]
[Date "2005.12.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Timman,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.c4 e6 5.Nc3 Nd7 6.a3 Ne7 7.c5 b6 8.b4 a5 9.Be3 axb4
10.axb4 bxc5 11.bxc5 Rxa1 12.Qxa1 f6 13.f4 g5 14.exf6 Nxf6 15.fxg5 Ng4 16.Bd2 Qb8
17.Nge2 h6 18.h3 hxg5 19.Bxg5 Bg6 20.Rg1 Bh6 21.Qc1 Bxg5 22.Qxg5 Nh6 23.Qf4 Qb4
24.g4 Nf7 25.Qe3 Be4 26.Bg2 e5 27.Bxe4 dxe4 28.Rg3 exd4 29.Qxd4 Qxd4 30.Nxd4 Ng5
31.Ke2 Kd7 32.Nf5 Ng6 33.Ke3 Rxh3 34.Nxe4 Rxg3+ 35.Nfxg3 Nf7 36.Nh5 Ke6 37.Kd4 Nfe5
38.Nf2 Nf3+ 39.Ke3 Nfe5 40.Ke4 Nd7 41.Nd3 Ngf8 42.g5 Kf7 43.Nhf4 Kg8 44.Kf5 Kg7
45.Ne6+ Nxe6 46.Kxe6 Nf8+ 47.Ke7 Nh7 48.Nf4  1-0

[Event "XV It"]
[Site "Pamplona ESP"]
[Date "2005.12.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "De la Riva Aguado,O"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "B40"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.b3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bb2 Nc6 6.g3 g6 7.Na3 Bg7 8.Nc4 O-O
9.Bg2 b6 10.O-O Ba6 11.d3 Bxc4 12.dxc4 Nde7 13.Qe2 Qc7 14.Rae1 Rad8 15.Bc1 d6
16.exd6 Qxd6 17.Bf4 Qd7 18.Rd1 Qc8 19.h4 Nf5 20.Qe4 Ncd4 21.Nxd4 Nxd4 22.c3 Nf5
23.Qc2 Bh6 24.Bxh6 Nxh6 25.Bh3 Kg7 26.Qe2 Qc7 27.Rxd8 Rxd8 28.Rd1 Rxd1+ 29.Qxd1 f5
30.Qd2 Ng8 31.Bg2 Nf6 32.Bf3 e5 33.Kf1 e4 34.Be2 Kf7 35.Ke1 Qe5 36.Qe3 Kg7
37.Kd2 Qd6+ 38.Kc2 Nd7 39.Kc1 Nf8 40.Kc2 Ne6 41.Bf1 h6 42.Kc1 g5 43.hxg5 hxg5
44.Kc2 Kf6 45.Kc1 f4 46.gxf4 Qxf4 47.Kd2 Ng7 48.Bg2 Ke5 49.Bxe4 Qxe4 50.Qxg5+ Nf5
51.Qd8 Qb7 52.Ke2 Kf4  0-1

[Event "XV It"]
[Site "Pamplona ESP"]
[Date "2005.12.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Harikrishna,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "B19"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7
9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Ngf6 11.Bf4 e6 12.O-O-O Be7 13.Kb1 O-O 14.Ne5 Nxe5 15.Bxe5 Ng4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Young Masters"]
[Site "Cuernavaca MEX"]
[Date "2006.02.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Nakamura,H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[ECO "C77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4 Rb8 8.axb5 axb5
9.Nc3 h6 10.Nd5 d6 11.c3 Bg4 12.h3 Bh5 13.Be3 Nxd5 14.Bxd5 Ne7 15.Bb3 Bb6
16.d4 exd4 17.cxd4 c5 18.dxc5 Bxc5 19.O-O O-O 20.e5 Rc8 21.e6 Qb6 22.exf7+ Bxf7
23.Re1 Ng6 24.Bxf7+ Rxf7 25.Qd5 Qb7 26.Qxb7 Rxb7 27.Ra6 Ne5 28.Nxe5 dxe5
29.Rc1 Rbc7 30.Bxc5 Rxc5 31.Rxc5 Rxc5 32.Rb6 Rc1+ 33.Kh2 Rc2 34.Rxb5 Rxf2
35.Kg3 Rc2 36.Rxe5 Rxb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Young Masters"]
[Site "Cuernavaca MEX"]
[Date "2006.02.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cheparinov,I"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "C18"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Nc6 7.Qg4 g6 8.Nf3 Bd7
9.Qf4 f5 10.h4 h6 11.Bd2 c4 12.a4 Qa5 13.Be2 Nge7 14.O-O O-O-O 15.Rfb1 Rdg8
16.Rb5 Qd8 17.Qg3 Na5 18.Rbb1 Nec6 19.Re1 Kb8 20.Bc1 Ka8 21.Bd1 Qe7 22.Kf1 Nd8
23.Ke2 Nf7 24.Rh1 Rg7 25.Qf4 Qd8 26.Qd2 Nc6 27.Ba3 g5 28.h5 Be8 29.g4 fxg4
30.Nh2 g3 31.Ng4 gxf2 32.Kxf2 Ne7 33.Nf6 g4 34.Bxg4 Ng5 35.Raf1 Bxa4 36.Rhg1 Bc6
37.Ke2 Nc8 38.Qe1 Nb6 39.Bc1 Nd7 40.Bh3 Nxf6 41.Rxf6 Be8 42.Bxg5 Bxh5+ 43.Kd2 hxg5
44.Bxe6 Rg6 45.Qf2 Re8 46.Bg4 Rxf6 47.Qxf6 Qxf6 48.exf6 Bxg4 49.Rxg4 Rf8
50.Rxg5 Kb8 51.Rf5 Kc7 52.Ke3 Kd6 53.Kf4 Ke6 54.Re5+ Kxf6 55.Rf5+ Ke7 56.Rxf8 Kxf8
57.Ke5 a5 58.Kxd5 b5 59.Kc6 a4 60.d5 a3 61.d6 a2 62.d7 Ke7 63.Kc7 a1=Q 64.d8=Q+ Kf7
65.Qd5+ Kf6 66.Qd4+ Kf5 67.Kb6 Qb2 68.Qd5+ Kf6 69.Qd6+ Kf7 70.Qb4 Qxc2 71.Kxb5 Ke8
72.Qxc4 Kd7 73.Qc6+ Kd8 74.c4 Qb2+ 75.Ka6 Qa1+ 76.Kb6 Qd4+ 77.Ka6 Qa1+ 78.Kb6 Qd4+
79.c5 Qb2+ 80.Ka7 Qa1+ 81.Kb7 Qg7+ 82.Kb8 Qe5+ 83.Qd6+ Qxd6+ 84.cxd6 Kd7
85.Kb7 Kxd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Young Masters"]
[Site "Cuernavaca MEX"]
[Date "2006.02.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nge2 Nf6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Bd3 e5 7.Nde2 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.f4 Nbd7 10.Kh1 b5 11.a3 Nc5 12.Ng3 Be6 13.fxe5 dxe5 14.Be3 Nfd7 15.Be2 Rc8
16.Bg4 Nf6 17.Bxe6 fxe6 18.Qe2 Qe8 19.Bg5 Ncd7 20.Rad1 h6 21.Be3 Qg6 22.Bg1 h5
23.Rf3 h4 24.Nf1 Nc5 25.Nd2 Nh5 26.Be3 Nf6 27.Bg1 Nh5 28.Be3 Nf6 29.Bg1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Young Masters"]
[Site "Cuernavaca MEX"]
[Date "2006.02.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Volokitin,And"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "B46"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.a3 d6 8.f4 Be7
9.Qf3 O-O 10.O-O-O Qc7 11.Rg1 Nxd4 12.Rxd4 b5 13.g4 d5 14.exd5 Bb7 15.Bd3 Nxd5
16.Nxd5 Bxd5 17.Qh3 g6 18.f5 Bf6 19.Rb4 Be5 20.Rf1 a5 21.Rxb5 Rfb8 22.fxe6 Bxe6
23.a4 Rxb5 24.axb5 Bd5 25.b6 Qc6 26.Qh4 a4 27.Qe7 Bxb2+ 28.Kxb2 a3+ 29.Kc1 a2
30.Kd2 Be6 31.Qf6 Qg2+ 32.Rf2 a1=Q 33.Qxa1 Qxf2+ 34.Bxf2 Rxa1 35.b7 Rb1 36.Be4 Bxg4
37.Bg3 Bf5 38.Bh1 Rxh1 39.b8=Q+ Kg7 40.Qe5+ Kh6 41.Qe3+ Kg7 42.Qe5+ Kh6 43.Qf6 Rg1  1-0

[Event "Young Masters"]
[Site "Cuernavaca MEX"]
[Date "2006.02.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Leon Hoyos,M"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.g3 e6 4.Nf3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O Be7 7.b3 d6 8.Bb2 Nbd7
9.d4 cxd4 10.Qxd4 a6 11.Rfd1 Qc7 12.Rac1 O-O 13.Qf4 Rad8 14.Rc2 Nc5 15.Nh4 h6
16.b4 Ncd7 17.Bxb7 Qxb7 18.Nf3 Rc8 19.a3 Rc7 20.Rdc1 Rfc8 21.Nd1 Ne4 22.Qe3 d5
23.Qd3 dxc4 24.Rxc4 Rxc4 25.Rxc4 Rxc4 26.Qxc4 b5 27.Qc2 Ng5 28.Nxg5 Bxg5
29.Bd4 Qd5 30.e3 e5 31.Qc8+ Kh7 32.Nc3 Qe6 33.Bc5 f5 34.a4 Nxc5 35.Qxc5 Be7
36.Qc7 bxa4 37.Nxa4 Bxb4 38.Qc2 e4 39.h4 a5 40.Kg2 Qd7 41.Qb3 Be1 42.Nb2 Qd2
43.Nd1 Qe2 44.Kg1 Bb4 45.Qd5 Qf3 46.Qd7 h5 47.Qa4 f4 48.exf4 Bc5 49.Qc2 Qxg3+
50.Kf1 Qd3+ 51.Qxd3 exd3 52.Nb2 d2 53.Ke2 Bb4 54.f5 Kg8 55.Nd3 Kf7 56.Kd1 Ke7
57.Kc2 Kd6 58.Nf4 a4 59.Nd3 Bc3 60.f3 a3 61.Nf2 a2  0-1

[Event "Young Masters"]
[Site "Cuernavaca MEX"]
[Date "2006.02.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Bruzon,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "B43"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 b5 6.Bd3 Qb6 7.Nf3 Bb7 8.O-O Nc6
9.a4 b4 10.a5 Qc7 11.Na4 Nf6 12.Be3 Be7 13.Bb6 Qb8 14.Qe2 O-O 15.Nc5 Bxc5
16.Bxc5 Rc8 17.Bb6 Ne5 18.Nxe5 Qxe5 19.b3 Qc3 20.Qe1 e5 21.Ra4 d5 22.f3 dxe4
23.fxe4 Bc6 24.Rxb4 Bb5 25.Qxc3 Rxc3 26.Bxb5 axb5 27.Rf2  1-0

[Event "Young Masters"]
[Site "Cuernavaca MEX"]
[Date "2006.02.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dominguez,L"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7
9.d3 d6 10.a3 Qd7 11.Nc3 Nd8 12.Ne2 Ne6 13.Ng3 Rfe8 14.c3 Bf8 15.Ng5 c5 16.Nxe6 fxe6
17.d4 Qf7 18.Bg5 Nd7 19.Qd2 h6 20.Be3 d5 21.exd5 exd5 22.dxc5 Nxc5 23.Ba2 Rad8
24.Rad1 Kh8 25.Qc2 Nd7 26.Ne4 Qe6 27.Re2 Nb6 28.Nc5 Bxc5 29.Bxc5 Nd7 30.Ba7 Nb6
31.Bb1 e4 32.Ba2 Qc6 33.Qc1 Rf8 34.Qe3 Nc4 35.Bxc4 bxc4 36.Qd2 Rde8 37.Re3 Re6
38.Rg3 Rg6 39.Re1 Rxg3 40.fxg3 Kh7 41.Bd4 Qg6 42.g4 Qf7 43.Be3 Qf6 44.Re2 Qf1+
45.Kh2 Bc6 46.Rf2 Rxf2 47.Bxf2 Ba4 48.Qf4 e3 49.Qf5+ Kh8 50.Qf8+ Kh7 51.Qf5+ Kh8
52.Bxe3 Qxf5 53.gxf5 Bc2 54.g4 g6 55.fxg6 Kg7 56.Kg3 a5 57.h4 Kxg6 58.h5+ Kg7
59.Kf4 a4 60.Ke5 Be4 61.g5 hxg5 62.Bxg5 Bf3 63.h6+ Kg6 64.Bc1 Bg2 65.Kd4 Bf3
66.Bd2 Bg2 67.Be3 Be4 68.Bf4 Bf3 69.Bc1 Bg2 70.Kc5 Bf3 71.Bd2 Be4 72.Be3 Bf3
73.Bf4 Be4 74.Bc1 Bf3 75.Kb4 Bd1 76.Kb5 Kh7 77.Kc5 Bf3 78.b4 cxb3 79.Kb4 b2
80.Bxb2 Bd1 81.Bc1 Bb3 82.Kc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Young Masters"]
[Site "Cuernavaca MEX"]
[Date "2006.02.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Felgaer,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.f3 c5 4.d5 e6 5.c4 b5 6.cxb5 exd5 7.exd5 Be7 8.Bc4 Nbd7
9.Ne2 Nb6 10.b3 Nfd7 11.a4 Bf6 12.Ra2 Ne5 13.Na3 a6 14.O-O Nexc4 15.bxc4 axb5
16.Nxb5 Nxc4 17.Qc2 Ne5 18.f4 Ng6 19.Ng3 O-O 20.Ne4 Bf5 21.Qc4 Bxe4 22.Qxe4 Re8
23.Qc4 Qd7 24.Kh1 Ne7 25.Re2 Nc8 26.Rxe8+ Qxe8 27.Qb3 Qe7 28.Bd2 Nb6 29.Re1 Qd7
30.a5 c4 31.Qb4 Nxd5 32.Qxc4 Ne7 33.Nd4 d5 34.Qb5 Qd6 35.Bb4 Qxf4 36.Bxe7 Bxd4
37.Qxd5 Rc8 38.Qd7 Rb8 39.Bh4 Rf8 40.Bg3 Qd2 41.a6 Qb4 42.a7 h5 43.Rd1 Bc5
44.Bd6 Ra8 45.Qc6  1-0

[Event "Young Masters"]
[Site "Cuernavaca MEX"]
[Date "2006.02.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Bd3 e5 7.a3 exd4 8.axb4 dxc3
9.bxc3 Nc6 10.Nf3 Bg4 11.Nd4 Ne5 12.f3 c5 13.fxg4 cxd4 14.cxd4 Nc6 15.Qc3 Qb6
16.O-O Qxb4 17.Qxb4 Nxb4 18.g5 Nxd3 19.gxf6 Rfe8 20.Rd1 Nxc1 21.Rdxc1 Rxe4
22.Rcb1 gxf6 23.Rxb7 Rxd4 24.Re1 a5 25.Ree7 Kg7 26.Rxf7+ Kg6 27.Ra7 Rxa7
28.Rxa7 a4 29.Rxa4 d5 30.Kf2 dxc4 31.Ke3 Rg4 32.Kf3 h5 33.Ra6 Kg5 34.Rc6 h4
35.Rc5+ f5 36.Rc6 Re4 37.g3 Rd4 38.Ke3 Rd3+ 39.Ke2 Rc3 40.Kd2 hxg3 41.hxg3 Rxg3
42.Rxc4 Rg4 43.Rc1 Re4 44.Kd3 Re5 45.Kd4 Re2 46.Kd3 Rg2 47.Ke3 Kg4 48.Rc4+ Kg3
49.Rf4 Re2+ 50.Kxe2 Kxf4 51.Kf2 Kg4 52.Kg2 f4 53.Kf2 f3 54.Kf1 Kg3 55.Kg1 f2+
56.Kf1 Kf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Karpov"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2006.03.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Onischuk,Al"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Bc5 6.c3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.a4 Bg4
9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Na5 11.Bc2 b4 12.d3 Rb8 13.Nd2 O-O 14.Kh1 d5 15.d4 bxc3
16.bxc3 Bd6 17.exd5 exd4 18.cxd4 Re8 19.Rb1 Rxb1 20.Nxb1 Bb4 21.Nc3 Nc4 22.Qd3 Nb6
23.Na2 Ba5 24.Bg5 Nbxd5 25.Qxa6 Qa8 26.Qxa8 Rxa8 27.Rb1 Bb6 28.Bxf6 Nxf6
29.Nb4 Bxd4 30.Kg1 g6 31.Nc6 Bc5 32.a5 Nd7 33.Kf1 Kg7 34.Be4 Bd6 35.Ne5 Re8
36.Nxd7 Rxe4 37.Ra1 Re7 38.Nb8 c5 39.Nc6 Rc7 40.a6 Rxc6 41.a7 Rc8 42.a8=Q Rxa8
43.Rxa8 Kf6 44.Ke2 h5 45.Kd3 Be5 46.Ke4 Bd4 47.f4 Kg7 48.Ra7 Kf6 49.g4 hxg4
50.hxg4 Ke6 51.Ra6+ Ke7 52.Kd5 Kf8 53.Kd6 Be3 54.Ra4 Kg7 55.Ke7 Bd2 56.Re4 Bc1
57.Kd6 Ba3 58.Rc4 Kf6 59.Rc2 Bb4 60.Kd7 Ba3 61.Ke8 Bb4 62.Re2 Ba5 63.Re7 c4
64.g5+ Kg7 65.Rxf7+ Kg8 66.Rf6  1-0

[Event "7th Karpov"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2006.03.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "C83"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6
9.Nbd2 Be7 10.c3 O-O 11.Nd4 Nxd4 12.cxd4 Nxd2 13.Bxd2 c5 14.dxc5 Bxc5 15.Qh5 Bd4
16.Rad1 Qb6 17.Bb4 Rfe8 18.Rd2 g6 19.Qg5 a5 20.Bd6 a4 21.Bd1 Bc5 22.Bxc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Karpov"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2006.03.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dreev,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.e3 d6
9.Ne2 Nbd7 10.Qd3 c5 11.Nc3 Qe7 12.Rd1 Rfd8 13.d5 h6 14.Bh4 Ne5 15.Qc2 Ng6
16.Bxf6 Qxf6 17.Be2 Ne7 18.O-O exd5 19.Bf3 Rab8 20.Bxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Karpov"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2006.03.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.c3 c5 8.Ne5 a6
9.Be3 Qc7 10.Qa4+ Nd7 11.O-O-O cxd4 12.Nxd7 Bxd7 13.Qxd4 Bc6 14.Bc4 Rd8 15.Qg4 h5
16.Rxd8+ Qxd8 17.Qe2 Be7 18.Rd1 Qa5 19.f3  1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Karpov"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2006.03.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bologan,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7
9.d3 d6 10.a3 Qd7 11.Nbd2 Rae8 12.c3 d5 13.a4 dxe4 14.Nxe4 Rd8 15.axb5 axb5
16.Ng3 h6 17.Bc2 Rfe8 18.Nxe5 Nxe5 19.Rxe5 Bd6 20.Rxe8+ Rxe8 21.Bd2 c5 22.Qf1 Qc7
23.Ne4 Bxe4 24.dxe4 Qc6 25.c4 Bh2+ 26.Kh1 Bc7 27.e5 Bxe5 28.cxb5 Qd6 29.Rd1 Qb6
30.b3 Bb8 31.Bc3 Qc7 32.g3 Qb7+ 33.Kg1 Nd7 34.Qd3 Nf8 35.Re1 Rxe1+ 36.Bxe1 Ne6
37.Bc3 Kf8 38.b4 Qc7 39.Bb3 Nd4 40.b6 Qxb6 41.bxc5 Qxb3 42.Qxd4 f6 43.c6 Bc7
44.Bb4+ Kg8 45.Bd6 Bb6 46.Bc5 Ba5 47.Qd6 Qf7 48.Qb8+ Kh7 49.Qb7 Qc7 50.Qb1+ Kg8
51.Qe4 Qd8 52.Qe6+ Kh8 53.Bd6 Bb6 54.Kh2 Kh7 55.h4 h5 56.Qf5+ g6 57.Qe6 Kg7
58.Kg2 Ba5 59.Be7 Qd4 60.Qd7 Qe4+ 61.Kh2 Qc2 62.Bc5+ Kh6 63.Bf8+  1-0

[Event "7th Karpov"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2006.03.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Rublevsky,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "B46"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d5 8.O-O Nf6
9.Re1 Be7 10.e5 Nd7 11.Qg4 g6 12.Na4 Qa5 13.Bh6 Qb4 14.Qxb4 Bxb4 15.c3 Ba5
16.b4 Bc7 17.f4 a5 18.b5 Nb6 19.Nxb6 Bxb6+ 20.Kf1 cxb5 21.Bxb5+ Bd7 22.Rab1 Bxb5+
23.Rxb5 Bc7 24.c4 dxc4 25.Rc5 O-O-O 26.Rxc4 Rd7 27.Bg5 Kb7 28.Rb1+ Bb6 29.f5 Ka7
30.Rc6 Bd4 31.fxe6 fxe6 32.Bf6 Re8 33.Rb5 Rd5 34.Rxe6 Rxb5 35.Rxe8 Rb2 36.Bh4 g5
37.Bg3 Rxa2 38.e6 Ra1+ 39.Ke2 Ra3 40.Rd8 Bc5 41.Rd5 Ra2+ 42.Kd3 Bb4 43.e7 Bxe7
44.Rd7+ Kb6 45.Rxe7 Rxg2 46.Rxh7 a4 47.Re7 a3 48.Re2 Rxe2 49.Kxe2 Kc5 50.Kd3  1-0

[Event "7th Karpov"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2006.03.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f4 exf4
9.Bxf4 Nc6 10.Qd2 d5 11.exd5 Nxd5 12.Nxd5 Qxd5 13.Qxd5 Bxd5 14.O-O-O O-O-O
15.g3 Bd6 16.Bh3+ Kc7 17.Rhf1 Bxf4+ 18.Rxf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Karpov"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2006.03.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[ECO "B09"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Bd3 Na6 7.O-O c5 8.d5 Bg4
9.Kh1 Rb8 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Rxf3 Nc7 12.a4 a6 13.a5 e6 14.dxe6 Nxe6 15.Nd5 Nd4
16.Rf1 Nh5 17.Kh2 Nc6 18.Qd2 Re8 19.Ra4 Ne7 20.Nxe7+ Rxe7 21.b3 Qc7 22.Be2 Rbe8
23.Bxh5 gxh5 24.f5 Be5+ 25.Kh1 f6 26.Qh6 Bd4 27.Bd2 Rxe4 28.c3 Be3 29.Rxe4 Bxh6
30.Rxe8+ Kf7 31.Re2 Bxd2 32.Rxd2 Kg7 33.c4 Qxa5 34.Rxd6 b5 35.cxb5 axb5 36.Rc6 Qc3
37.Rf3 Qe1+ 38.Kh2 Qe5+ 39.Kh1 Qe1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Karpov"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2006.03.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Najer,E"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.e3 g6 8.Bb5+ c6
9.Bd3 Bg7 10.O-O Nxc3 11.bxc3 O-O 12.a4 c5 13.a5 Qc7 14.axb6 axb6 15.Rxa8 Bxa8
16.Qe2 Rd8 17.Rd1 Nc6 18.Bb5 Na7 19.Bd3 Nc6 20.Bb5 Na7 21.Bd3 Nc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "XIII TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2006.04.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zvjaginsev,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "B20"]

1.e4 c5 2.Na3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.c3 Bg7 5.d3 Nf6 6.f4 O-O 7.Nf3 d6 8.O-O Bd7
9.Qe1 e6 10.Qh4 Nh5 11.g4 Qxh4 12.Nxh4 Bf6 13.Nxg6 hxg6 14.gxh5 gxh5 15.Ba4 d5
16.Bd1 c4 17.e5 Be7 18.dxc4 d4 19.Nc2 dxc3 20.bxc3 Na5 21.Ba3 Bxa3 22.Nxa3 Rac8
23.Be2 f6 24.Rad1 Be8 25.f5 fxe5 26.fxe6 Rxf1+ 27.Rxf1 Kg7 28.Bf3 b5 29.cxb5 Rxc3
30.Nb1 Rc5 31.Be2 e4 32.Kf2 e3+ 33.Kxe3 Re5+ 34.Kf3 Bxb5 35.Bxb5 Rxb5 36.Re1 Rf5+
37.Kg3 Kf8 38.Nd2 Ke7 39.Nf3 Rd5 40.Kh4 Nc4 41.Ng5 Rd2 42.Rc1 Nd6 43.h3 Ne8
44.Kxh5 Rxa2 45.Kg6 Ra4 46.Rb1 Nd6 47.Rb8 Rf4 48.Ra8 Rf6+ 49.Kh5 Nb5 50.h4 Rf4
51.Rh8 Nd6 52.Rh7+ Ke8 53.Rxa7 Nf5 54.Nh7 Nd4 55.Kg6 Nxe6 56.Nf6+ Kd8 57.Ra8+ Kc7
58.Nd5+  1-0

[Event "XIII TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2006.04.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.f3 b5 8.Qd2 b4
9.Na4 Nbd7 10.O-O-O Qa5 11.b3 Bb7 12.a3 Qc7 13.axb4 d5 14.c4 dxe4 15.f4 Nd5
16.Nc2 Nxe3 17.Qxe3 Be7 18.Rxd7 Qxd7 19.Nb6 Qc7 20.Nxa8 Bxa8 21.Be2 O-O 22.Rd1 a5
23.bxa5 Qxa5 24.Rd7 Bc5 25.Qd2 Qb6 26.b4 Rb8 27.b5 e3 28.Qc3 Bxg2 29.Qe5 Bc6
30.Rc7 Bf3 31.Bxf3 Bd6 32.Rc6  1-0

[Event "XIII TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2006.04.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Radjabov,T"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "C07"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 a6 4.Ngf3 c5 5.dxc5 Bxc5 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.Qe2 Nc6 8.exd5 Nxd5
9.Ne4 Be7 10.c4 Nf6 11.O-O Qc7 12.Nxf6+ Bxf6 13.Be3 Ne5 14.Bf4 Nxf3+ 15.Qxf3 Be5
16.Bxe5 Qxe5 17.b4 O-O 18.Be4 Qc7 19.Rac1 f5 20.Bb1 Bd7 21.Rfd1 Rae8 22.Qd3 Bc8
23.Qd6 Qxd6 24.Rxd6 Rd8 25.Rcd1 Rxd6 26.Rxd6 Kf7 27.f4 Ke7 28.c5 Bd7 29.Bd3 a5
30.Rb6 Bc6 31.bxa5 Rc8 32.Bc4 Bd7 33.Bb5 Rxc5 34.Bxd7 Kxd7 35.Rxb7+ Kd6 36.a6 Ra5
37.a7 Rxa2 38.Rxg7 h5 39.g3 e5 40.fxe5+ Kxe5 41.Kf1 f4 42.gxf4+ Kxf4 43.h4 Ke5
44.Rh7 Kf4 45.Rg7 Ke5 46.Ke1 Kf6 47.Rg5 Rxa7 48.Rxh5  1/2-1/2

[Event "XIII TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2006.04.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7
9.d3 d6 10.a3 Na5 11.Ba2 c5 12.Nc3 Nc6 13.Nh2 Nd4 14.Bg5 Nd7 15.Bxe7 Qxe7
16.Nd5 Qg5 17.c3 Ne6 18.Nf3 Qd8 19.a4 Nf6 20.Ne3 Qd7 21.Bxe6 Qxe6 22.b3 g6
23.axb5 axb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "XIII TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2006.04.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Moiseenko,A1"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "E13"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 b6 5.Bg5 Bb7 6.Nd2 h6 7.Bh4 Qe7 8.f3 d5
9.e3 O-O 10.Be2 e5 11.O-O exd4 12.exd4 Re8 13.Rf2 g5 14.Bg3 Nc6 15.Nb3 dxc4
16.Bxc4 Rad8 17.Qd3 Kg7 18.f4 Ng4 19.Re2 Qd7 20.d5 Rxe2 21.Qxe2 Re8 22.Qd2 Na5
23.Bb5 Nxb3 24.Bxd7 Nxd2 25.Bxe8 gxf4 26.Be1 f3 27.Bc6 Ba6 28.gxf3 Nxf3+
29.Kg2 Nfe5 30.Bg3 Ne3+ 31.Kh1 N3c4 32.a3 Bxc3 33.bxc3 Nxc6 34.dxc6 Bb5 35.Bxc7 Bxc6+
36.Kg1 Kg6 37.Kf2 Kf5 38.Kg3 Ke4 39.Rf1 Nxa3 40.Rf6 Bd5 41.Rxh6 Nb5 42.Bb8 Nxc3
43.Bxa7 b5 44.h4 Ne2+ 45.Kg4 Kd3 46.h5 Be4 47.Bc5 f5+ 48.Kg5 f4 49.Re6 f3
50.Rxe4 Kxe4 51.h6 Nf4 52.h7 Ne6+ 53.Kg4 Nxc5 54.h8=Q f2 55.Qh1+ Ke3 56.Qf3+  1-0

[Event "XIII TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2006.04.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "B43"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 a6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Qc7 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.O-O Bc5 8.Nb3 Be7
9.f4 d6 10.a4 Nc6 11.a5 b5 12.axb6 Qxb6+ 13.Kh1 O-O 14.Qf3 Nb4 15.Be3 Qc7
16.Bd4 Bb7 17.Na5 Rab8 18.Nxb7 Qxb7 19.Qh3 h6 20.Qg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "XIII TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2006.04.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sutovsky,E"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 b4
9.d3 d6 10.a5 Be6 11.Nbd2 Qc8 12.Bc4 Rd8 13.Bxe6 Qxe6 14.Nc4 Rab8 15.b3 Rb5
16.Bb2 Nd7 17.Ne3 Re8 18.d4 exd4 19.Nd5 Bd8 20.Nxd4 Nxd4 21.Qxd4 Qe5 22.Qxe5 Nxe5
23.Red1 Nc6 24.f3 f5 25.exf5 Re2 26.Rac1 Rc5 27.Nf4 Rexc2 28.Ne6 Rxc1 29.Rxc1 Rxc1+
30.Bxc1 Bf6 31.Nxc7 Nxa5 32.Nxa6 Nxb3 33.Be3 Bc3 34.Nc7 Nd4 35.Nd5 Nb5 36.Nxc3 Nxc3
37.Bd2 Ne2+  0-1

[Event "XIII TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2006.04.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "E18"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.Nc3 Ne4 7.Bd2 Bf6 8.O-O O-O
9.Rc1 d6 10.d5 Nxd2 11.Nxd2 e5 12.b4 a5 13.a3 Nd7 14.Nb3 Be7 15.c5 axb4 16.axb4 bxc5
17.bxc5 Ba6 18.c6 Nb6 19.Ra1 f5 20.Qc2 g6 21.Ra5 Bc4 22.Rfa1 Bxb3 23.Qxb3 Rxa5
24.Rxa5 Qb8 25.Nb5 Nc8 26.Qa4 Nb6 27.Qb4 Nc8 28.Ra6 Bg5 29.e3 Kg7 30.Qa5 Bd8
31.Bf1 g5 32.e4 fxe4 33.Qe1 Ne7 34.Qxe4 Ng8 35.Qe3 Kh8 36.Bd3 Rf7 37.Qa7 Qxa7
38.Rxa7 Kg7 39.Ra8 Rf8 40.Bf5 Nf6 41.Be6 Ne4 42.Rc8 h5 43.Nxc7 g4 44.Rxd8 Rxd8
45.Bf5  1-0

[Event "XIII TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2006.04.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Asrian,K"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "C77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Bd2 d6
9.Nd5 Nxd5 10.Bxd5 Qe8 11.O-O Be6 12.a4 Bf6 13.axb5 axb5 14.Rxa8 Qxa8 15.c4 bxc4
16.dxc4 Rb8 17.Bc3 Bxd5 18.cxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "XIII TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2006.04.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bc1 Nf6 8.Be3 e6
9.f3 b5 10.Qd2 Nbd7 11.g4 h6 12.O-O-O Bb7 13.h4 b4 14.Na4 Qa5 15.b3 Nc5 16.a3 Nxa4
17.axb4 Qc7 18.bxa4 Nd7 19.Kb1 Be7 20.c4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Mtel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2006.05.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Kamsky,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7
9.d3 d6 10.a3 Qd7 11.Nc3 Nd8 12.d4 exd4 13.Nxd4 Re8 14.Nf5 Ne6 15.Qf3 Bf8
16.Be3 c5 17.Nd5 Bxd5 18.Bxd5 Nxd5 19.exd5 Nc7 20.Bd2 Rxe1+ 21.Rxe1 Re8 22.Rxe8 Nxe8
23.b3 g6 24.Nh6+ Bxh6 25.Bxh6 f6 26.c4 Kf7 27.Qd3 Ke7 28.g4 Kd8 29.Kg2 Kc8
30.Bd2 Nc7 31.Bc3 Qf7 32.Qf3 Ne8 33.Qe4 Nc7 34.Kg3 Kd7 35.Ba5 Qe8 36.Kf3 Qxe4+
37.Kxe4 bxc4 38.bxc4 Ne8 39.Bd2 Ke7 40.Kd3 Kd7 41.Kc3 Kc7 42.Kb3 Kb6 43.Bh6 Kb7
44.h4 f5 45.gxf5 gxf5 46.Bg5 Kc8 47.h5 Kd7 48.Kc3 h6 49.Bxh6 Nf6 50.Kb3 Nxh5
51.Ka4 Nf6 52.Bf4 Ng4 53.Bg3 f4 54.Bxf4 Nxf2 55.Bg3 Ne4 56.Bf4 Kc7 57.Kb3 Kd7
58.Kc2 Nf2 59.Kd2 Ne4+ 60.Kd3 Nf2+ 61.Ke2 Ne4 62.Kd3 Nf2+ 63.Ke2 Ne4 64.Kd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Mtel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2006.05.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 Nbd7
9.g4 Be7 10.Qd2 O-O 11.g5 Nh5 12.O-O-O b5 13.Nd5 Bxd5 14.exd5 f5 15.gxf6 Bxf6
16.Na5 Nf4 17.Nc6 Qc7 18.c4 Nb8 19.Qa5 Rc8 20.Kb1 bxc4 21.Qxc7 Rxc7 22.Bxc4 Kf8
23.Na5 Nd7 24.Rc1 Bg5 25.h4 Bh6 26.Bb3 Rac8 27.Rc6 Ne2 28.Bxh6 gxh6 29.Bc4 Nd4
30.Bxa6 Nxc6 31.dxc6 Rxc6 32.Nxc6 Rxc6 33.Bb5 Rc7 34.Rc1 Nc5 35.Bc4 e4 36.b4 Rb7
37.a3 exf3 38.Rf1 Na4 39.Rxf3+ Kg7 40.Bb3 Nb6 41.Kb2 Re7 42.a4 Re4 43.Ka3  1-0

[Event "Mtel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2006.05.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 a6 6.c5 b6 7.cxb6 Nbd7 8.Na4 Nxb6
9.Bd2 Nxa4 10.Qxa4 Bd7 11.Ne5 Ne4 12.Ba5 c5 13.Nxd7 Qxd7 14.Qxd7+ Kxd7 15.f3 Nf6
16.Rc1 c4 17.b3 Rb8 18.bxc4 Bb4+ 19.Bxb4 Rxb4 20.c5 Rb2 21.a4 Ra8 22.Be2 Kc7
23.Rf1 Rab8 24.Rf2 R8b3 25.Bxa6 Rxe3+ 26.Kf1 Rb4 27.Ra2 Reb3 28.Rd1 Ng8 29.a5 Ne7
30.Be2 Nc6 31.a6 Kb8 32.Rad2 Ra3 33.Kf2 g5 34.h4 gxh4 35.Rh1 Rxd4 36.Rb2+ Kc7
37.Rhb1 Ne5 38.Rb8 Kc6 39.Rc8+ Kd7 40.Rg8 Ke7 41.Rb7+ Kf6 42.a7 Rda4 43.c6 Nxc6
44.Bb5 Ra2+ 45.Kg1 Rxa7 46.Bxc6 Rxb7 47.Bxb7 h5 48.Kh2 Ra1 49.Bc6 Rc1 50.Bb5 Rb1
51.Be2 Re1 52.Ba6 Ra1 53.Bd3 Rd1 54.Bh7 d4 55.Rb8 Kg7 56.Rb1 Rd2 57.Be4 f5
58.Bb7 e5 59.Rb5 Kf6 60.f4 e4 61.Bc8 d3 62.Rxf5+ Kg7 63.Rg5+ Kf6 64.Rf5+ Kg7
65.Rg5+ Kf6 66.Rf5+ Kg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Mtel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2006.05.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "B19"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.Nf3 Nd7 7.h4 h6 8.h5 Bh7
9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.Bf4 Ngf6 12.O-O-O Be7 13.Ne4 Nxe4 14.Qxe4 Nf6 15.Qd3 Qd5
16.c4 Qe4 17.Qxe4 Nxe4 18.Be3 O-O 19.Ne5 Bd6 20.f3 Ng3 21.Rh3 Nf5 22.Bf2 Rad8
23.g4 Ne7 24.Nd3 b5 25.b3 Bc7 26.Rhh1 Bb6 27.Nc5 Rfe8 28.Kc2 bxc4 29.bxc4 Bxc5
30.dxc5 e5 31.Rd6 Rb8 32.Rhd1 Rb7 33.Rd8 Rxd8 34.Rxd8+ Kh7 35.Rf8 f6 36.Be1 Rd7
37.Bc3 Ng8 38.a4 g6 39.a5 gxh5 40.gxh5 Kg7 41.Rb8 Ne7 42.a6 Kf7 43.Ba5 Nf5
44.Bb6 Ne3+ 45.Kc3 Ke6 46.Rc8 Kf5 47.Rxc6 Nd1+ 48.Kb4 Rd2 49.Bxa7 Rb2+ 50.Ka3 Rb1
51.Rb6 Ra1+ 52.Kb3 e4 53.fxe4+ Kxe4 54.c6 Kd3 55.c7 Rb1+ 56.Ka3  1-0

[Event "Mtel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2006.05.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 b4
9.d3 d6 10.a5 Be6 11.Nbd2 Rb8 12.Bc4 Qc8 13.b3 Nd7 14.Nf1 Bf6 15.Ne3 g6 16.Bb2 Bxc4
17.Nxc4 Re8 18.d4 exd4 19.Nxd4 Nce5 20.Nxe5 Bxe5 21.Rb1 Qb7 22.f3 Nf6 23.Qd2 c5
24.Nf5 Bxb2 25.Rxb2 Rbd8 26.Rbb1 Qc7 27.Qh6 Nh5 28.Ne3 Nf6 29.Nf5 Nh5 30.Rbd1 gxf5
31.Qxh5 fxe4 32.Qg5+ Kf8 33.Rd5 Re6 34.Rxe4 Rde8 35.Qh5 Qxa5 36.Qxh7 Qa1+
37.Kf2 Rxe4 38.fxe4 Re6 39.Rd3 Rf6+ 40.Rf3 Rxf3+ 41.gxf3 Qc1 42.Kg3 Qxc2
43.Qh6+ Kg8 44.Qg5+ Kh7 45.Qh5+ Kg7 46.Qg5+ Kh7 47.Qh5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Mtel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2006.05.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7
9.d3 d6 10.a3 Qd7 11.Nbd2 Rfe8 12.Nf1 Nd8 13.Ng3 Ne6 14.c3 c5 15.d4 exd4
16.cxd4 d5 17.e5 Ne4 18.Nf5 Bf8 19.Be3 Rac8 20.dxc5 N6xc5 21.N5d4 Nxb3 22.Qxb3 Nc5
23.Qd1 a5 24.Qb1 Ne4 25.Rd1 b4 26.axb4 Bxb4 27.Nc2 Qe7 28.Nxb4 Qxb4 29.Qa2 Ra8
30.Rd4 Qb5 31.Ra4 Bc6 32.Rxa5 Rxa5 33.Qxa5 Qxb2 34.Rc1 Ba8 35.Rc7 d4 36.e6 Qb1+
37.Kh2 fxe6 38.Qh5 Nd6 39.Bxd4 Bxf3 40.Rxg7+ Kf8 41.Qh6  1-0

[Event "Mtel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2006.05.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "B42"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.O-O Qc7 7.Qe2 d6 8.c4 g6
9.Nc3 Bg7 10.Nf3 O-O 11.Bf4 Nc6 12.Rac1 Nd7 13.Qe3 Nce5 14.Nxe5 Nxe5 15.Be2 b6
16.Rfd1 Re8 17.Qd2 Nxc4 18.Bxc4 Qxc4 19.Qxd6 Bb7 20.Be5 Bxe5 21.Qxe5 Rad8
22.f3 b5 23.Kf2 Qc6 24.Ne2 Qb6+ 25.Rd4 Rd7 26.b4 Red8 27.Ke3 Rxd4 28.Nxd4 Rd6
29.Qf6 Rd7 30.Rc5 Qd6 31.g3 a5 32.a3 axb4 33.axb4 Qa6 34.Ne2 Qd6 35.Qc3 h5
36.Qd4 Qe7 37.Qe5 f6 38.Qb8+ Kg7 39.Nc3 e5 40.Nd5 Bxd5 41.exd5 f5 42.Qxb5 f4+
43.Kf2 e4 44.fxe4 fxg3+ 45.hxg3 Qf6+ 46.Kg2 Qb2+ 47.Kh3 Rf7 48.Qd3 Qxb4 49.Qc3+ Qxc3
50.Rxc3 Re7 51.Rc4 Kf6 52.Kh4 Ke5 53.Rc6  1-0

[Event "Mtel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2006.05.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7
9.d3 d6 10.a4 Na5 11.Ba2 c5 12.Nbd2 Nd7 13.Nf1 Nb6 14.Bd2 b4 15.c3 bxc3 16.Bxc3 Nc6
17.a5 Nc8 18.Ne3 N8a7 19.Nf5 Bc8 20.Nd2 Rb8 21.f4 Bxf5 22.exf5 exf4 23.Qg4 Nd4
24.Ne4 Nab5 25.Bd2 Nc2 26.Bxf4 Kh8 27.Qh5 Nxe1 28.Rxe1 Qxa5 29.Ra1 Rbd8 30.f6 gxf6
31.Kh2 d5 32.Nxf6 Bxf6 33.d4 Qxa2 34.Rxa2 Nxd4 35.b4 Ne6 36.Be5 Bg7 37.bxc5 Rc8
38.Bd6 Rfd8 39.Ra5 Kg8 40.Rxa6 Rd7 41.Qxd5 Bf8 42.Qf3 Bxd6+ 43.cxd6 Rcd8
44.Qd5 Ng7 45.Ra8 Ne6 46.Rxd8+ Rxd8 47.g4 h6 48.h4 Rb8 49.Kg3 Re8 50.Kf3 Nf8
51.Qd2 Kg7 52.Qd4+ Kg8 53.Qf6 Re6 54.Qe7 Kg7 55.Qc7 Kg8 56.d7 Nxd7 57.Qxd7 Kg7
58.Qd4+ Kg8 59.Kf4 Rg6 60.Kf5 Re6 61.Qd7 Rg6 62.h5 Rg5+ 63.Kf6 Kh8 64.Qe8+ Rg8
65.Kxf7  1-0

[Event "Mtel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2006.05.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bg2 Bd6 8.O-O O-O
9.Nc3 Nbd7 10.Bf4 Qe7 11.Re1 Rfe8 12.Rc1 c6 13.Qc2 Bb4 14.Bg5 h6 15.Bd2 c5
16.a3 Bxc3 17.Bxc3 Ne4 18.dxc5 bxc5 19.Nd2 f5 20.b4 Nb6 21.Nxe4 dxe4 22.Bh3 Bc8
23.bxc5 Qxc5 24.Bb2 Qe7 25.f3 exf3 26.Qb3+ Be6 27.Qxf3 Nc4 28.Bd4 Rad8 29.Qf2 Nd2
30.Qf4 Rxd4 31.Qxd4 Nb3 32.Qb4 Qxb4 33.axb4 Nxc1 34.Rxc1 Rb8 35.Rc7 Rxb4
36.Rxa7 Kf8 37.Kf2 h5 38.Bg2 h4 39.Ra8+ Kf7 40.Ra7+ Kf6 41.Ra6 hxg3+ 42.hxg3 Ke5
43.Ra5+ Kf6 44.Ra6 Ke5 45.Ra5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Mtel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2006.05.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Qc2 Nxc3 8.bxc3 c5
9.e4 Nc6 10.Be3 cxd4 11.cxd4 Rc8 12.Qa2 Bd6 13.Bd3 O-O 14.O-O Ne7 15.Rfc1 Ng6
16.g3 Qe7 17.a4 Bb4 18.h4 Rfd8 19.h5 Nf8 20.h6 gxh6 21.Rxc8 Rxc8 22.Rd1 h5
23.d5 exd5 24.exd5 Ng6 25.Ng5 Rd8 26.Bf5 Qf6 27.Bh3 Bc5 28.Bxc5 Qxg5 29.Be3 Qe5
30.Bg2 h4 31.a5 hxg3 32.axb6 axb6 33.Bxb6 Qh5 34.Rd3 Ra8 35.Ra3 Rxa3 36.Qxa3 Qd1+
37.Bf1 gxf2+ 38.Kxf2 Qxd5 39.Qe3 Qf5+ 40.Ke1 Be4 41.Bd4 Qe6 42.Kf2 f6 43.Qg3 Qf5+
44.Ke1 Qa5+ 45.Qc3 Qxc3+ 46.Bxc3 Kg7 47.Be2 Ne5 48.Kf2 Kg6 49.Kg3 Nf7 50.Bc4 Nd6
51.Be6 Bf5 52.Bd5 Ne4+ 53.Bxe4 Bxe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aerosvit GM"]
[Site "Foros UKR"]
[Date "2006.06.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Volokitin,And"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "C89"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Re4 g5
16.Qf1 Qxf1+ 17.Kxf1 h6 18.Nd2 Bf5 19.Re1 Rae8 20.Nf3 Bh3+ 21.Kg1 Bg4 22.Ne5 f6
23.Nd3 Bf5 24.Rd1 Bg4 25.Rd2 Kg7 26.a4 Nb6 27.axb5 axb5 28.Bd1 Bf5 29.Bf3 Ra8
30.Rxa8 Rxa8 31.Rd1 Ra1 32.Ne1 c5 33.dxc5 Bxc5 34.b4 Na4 35.Bd2 Rxd1 36.Bxd1 Bd6
37.Be2 Bd7 38.Nc2 Be5 39.c4 bxc4 40.Bxc4 Bf5 41.Ne3 Be4 42.Bb3 Nb6 43.Bc2 Bxc2
44.Nxc2 Nc4 45.Be3 f5 46.Bd4 Kf6 47.f4 gxf4 48.gxf4 Bxd4+ 49.Nxd4 Ne3 50.b5 Nd5
51.h4 Ke7 52.Nxf5+ Ke6 53.Nxh6 Nxf4 54.Kf2 Ng6 55.Kg3 Kd5 56.h5 Nf8 57.Ng4 Kc5
58.Ne5 Kxb5 59.h6 Nh7 60.Kf4 Kc5 61.Kf5 Kd5 62.Nd7 Kd6 63.Kg6  1-0

[Event "Aerosvit GM"]
[Site "Foros UKR"]
[Date "2006.06.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Bologan,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 Nh5 10.Re1 a5 11.bxa5 Rxa5 12.Nd2 Nf4 13.Bf1 Ra8 14.c5 dxc5 15.Nc4 Bd7
16.Rb1 b6 17.a4 Nc8 18.a5 bxa5 19.Be3 Nd6 20.Bxc5 Nxc4 21.Bxc4 Re8 22.g3 Nh3+
23.Kg2 h5 24.Bb5 Ng5 25.h4 Bh3+ 26.Kh2 Bg4 27.Be2 Bxe2 28.Qxe2 Nh7 29.Rb7 Qc8
30.Reb1 Nf6 31.Kg2 Nd7 32.Qb5 Nxc5 33.Qxc5 Bf8 34.Qc6 Re7 35.Nb5 Qd8 36.Na7 Qd7
37.Qc4 Qd6 38.Nc6 Ree8 39.Ra1 Qc5 40.Qb3 a4 41.Rxa4 Rxa4 42.Qxa4 Bd6 43.Qb3 Ra8
44.Rb8+ Rxb8 45.Qxb8+ Kg7 46.Qb3 Qb6 47.Qc2 Qb5 48.f3 Qa6 49.g4 hxg4 50.fxg4 Qa1
51.Qf2 Qd1 52.Qf3 Qxf3+ 53.Kxf3 Kh6 54.Nd8 Kg7 55.h5 f6 56.Ne6+ Kh6 57.hxg6 Kxg6
58.Ke2 Kf7 59.Kd3 Ke7 60.Ng7 Kd7 61.Kc4 c6 62.Nf5 Bf8 63.Ne3 Bh6 64.dxc6+ Kxc6
65.Nd5 Bg5 66.Nb4+ Kd6 67.Kb5 Bh4 68.Nd5 Bg5 69.Nb6 Bh4 70.Nc4+ Ke6 71.Kc6 Kf7
72.Nd2 Kg6 73.Nf3 Bg3 74.Kd7 Bf2 75.Ke6 Bg3 76.Kd5 Bf4 77.Ke6 Bg3 78.Kd5 Bf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aerosvit GM"]
[Site "Foros UKR"]
[Date "2006.06.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rublevsky,S"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.c4 Ba6
9.b3 O-O-O 10.g3 g5 11.Bb2 Bg7 12.Nd2 Rhe8 13.O-O-O Nb6 14.f4 gxf4 15.gxf4 f6
16.exf6 Bxf6 17.Qxe7 Bxb2+ 18.Kxb2 Rxe7 19.Bh3 Rf8 20.Rhe1 Rxe1 21.Rxe1 Kd8
22.f5 Bc8 23.Nf3 c5 24.Rg1 d5 25.Ng5 h6 26.Nh7 Rf7 27.Rg8+ Ke7 28.f6+ Kd6
29.Rd8+ Ke5 30.Re8+ Kd6 31.Bxc8 Nxc8 32.Nf8 Rxf6 33.Rxc8 dxc4 34.bxc4 Rf2+
35.Kb3 Rf3+ 36.Kc2 Rf2+ 37.Kd3 Rf3+ 38.Kd2 Rf2+ 39.Ke3 Rxh2 40.Re8 c6 41.Re6+ Kc7
42.Ng6 Rxa2 43.Ne5 h5 44.Rxc6+ Kb7 45.Rxc5 h4 46.Nf3 h3 47.Rh5 Ra3+ 48.Ke4 Rc3
49.Nd2 Ra3 50.Kd4 a5 51.Ne4 a4 52.Nc3 Ra1 53.Rxh3 a3 54.Rh2  1-0

[Event "Aerosvit GM"]
[Site "Foros UKR"]
[Date "2006.06.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Nxg6 hxg6 8.g3 Nbd7
9.Bg2 dxc4 10.Qe2 Nb6 11.O-O Bb4 12.a3 Ba5 13.Rd1 Qe7 14.e4 e5 15.Be3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aerosvit GM"]
[Site "Foros UKR"]
[Date "2006.06.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Areshchenko,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "B57"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 Bd7 7.Bb3 g6 8.f3 Nxd4
9.Qxd4 Bg7 10.Bg5 O-O 11.Qe3 b5 12.a4 bxa4 13.Nxa4 Be6 14.Bxe6 fxe6 15.O-O Qc7
16.b3 Rfc8 17.Rad1 Rab8 18.c4 Kf7 19.f4 Qb7 20.Bxf6 Bxf6 21.Rd3 Kg8 22.e5 dxe5
23.fxe5 Bg7 24.Qh3 Qe4 25.Nc3 Qxe5 26.Re3 Qd4 27.Qxe6+ Kh8 28.Nb5 Qc5 29.Qxe7 Rxb5
30.cxb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aerosvit GM"]
[Site "Foros UKR"]
[Date "2006.06.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 Nbd7
9.g4 Nb6 10.g5 Nh5 11.Qd2 Be7 12.O-O-O O-O 13.Kb1 Rc8 14.Rg1 g6 15.Nd5 Nxd5
16.exd5 Bf5 17.Bd3 Qd7 18.Qb4 Rc7 19.Bb6 Rcc8 20.Be4 f6 21.gxf6 Nxf6 22.Nd2 Rf7
23.Be3 b5 24.Qa3 Bxe4 25.fxe4 Ng4 26.Bb6 Qb7 27.Qh3 Qxb6 28.Qxg4 Qc5 29.c3 Rcf8
30.Rg2 Rf4 31.Qd7 R8f7 32.Qb7 Qe3 33.Kc2 Qh3 34.Rdg1 Rf2 35.Rxf2 Rxf2 36.Qxe7 Rxd2+
37.Kxd2 Qxh2+ 38.Kd3 Qxg1 39.Qe8+ Kg7 40.Qe7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aerosvit GM"]
[Site "Foros UKR"]
[Date "2006.06.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "B65"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.O-O-O Nxd4
9.Qxd4 O-O 10.f4 Qa5 11.Bc4 Bd7 12.e5 dxe5 13.fxe5 Bc6 14.Bd2 Bc5 15.Qf4 Nd7
16.Ne4 Qa4 17.Nc3 Qa5 18.Ne4 Qa4 19.Nc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aerosvit GM"]
[Site "Foros UKR"]
[Date "2006.06.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "E70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.Bg5 d6 6.Qd2 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Nge2 exd5
9.cxd5 a6 10.a4 h5 11.Nc1 Qe8 12.f3 Nbd7 13.Be2 Nh7 14.Bh6 f5 15.Bxg7 Kxg7
16.exf5 Rxf5 17.O-O Ndf6 18.Bd3 Re5 19.N1e2 Bd7 20.Rae1 Qf7 21.Nf4 Rxe1 22.Qxe1 Nf8
23.Qg3 Kh6 24.Ne4 Nxe4 25.fxe4 Qe7 26.e5 Qxe5 27.Bxg6 Bg4 28.Bf7 Nh7 29.h3 Ng5
30.hxg4 Nxf7 31.gxh5 Ng5 32.Re1 Qd4+ 33.Kh2 Rg8 34.Ng6 Qf6 35.Qg4 b5 36.axb5 axb5
37.Re3 c4 38.Qe2 Qd4 39.Re6 Nxe6 40.Qxe6 Kh7 41.Qd7+ Rg7 42.Qf5 Kh6 43.g4 Qd2+
44.Kg3 Qd3+ 45.Kf4 Rf7  0-1

[Event "Aerosvit GM"]
[Site "Foros UKR"]
[Date "2006.06.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.f3 b5 8.g4 h6 9.Qd2 b4
10.Na4 Nbd7 11.O-O-O Ne5 12.b3 Bd7 13.Nb2 d5 14.Nd3 Nxd3+ 15.Bxd3 Qc7 16.h4 dxe4
17.Bxe4 Nxe4 18.fxe4 a5 19.Rhf1 Be7 20.g5 hxg5 21.hxg5 a4 22.Kb1 axb3 23.cxb3 Rh2
24.Rf2 Rxf2 25.Qxf2 Qe5 26.Qh4 g6 27.Nc2 Bf8 28.Qf4 Qxf4 29.Bxf4 Ra5 30.Ne3 e5
31.Nc4 exf4 32.Nxa5 Be7 33.Nc4 Bxg5 34.Nd6+ Ke7 35.Nxf7 Bf6 36.e5 Bh4 37.e6 Kxe6
38.Kc2 g5 39.Nh6 Bb5 40.Rd4 f3 41.Re4+ Kd5 42.Rxb4 Bd7 43.Kd3 f2 44.Rd4+ Ke5
45.Re4+ Kd5 46.Rd4+ Ke5 47.Re4+ Kf6 48.Ke2 Bh3 49.Ng4+ Kf5 50.Nxf2 Bxf2 51.Re8 Bc5
52.a4 g4 53.a5 g3 54.Rc8 Bd4 55.Rf8+ Ke6 56.Re8+ Kf7  0-1

[Event "Aerosvit GM"]
[Site "Foros UKR"]
[Date "2006.06.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Harikrishna,P"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "D58"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.O-O Nbd7 10.Qe2 Ne4 11.Bg3 Ndf6 12.Rad1 Nxc3 13.bxc3 dxc4 14.Bxc4 Ne4 15.Qc2 Nxg3
16.hxg3 c5 17.d5 Bxd5 18.Bxd5 exd5 19.e4 d4 20.cxd4 cxd4 21.Nxd4 Qc8 22.Qe2 Re8
23.Nf5 Bf8 24.Nd6 Bxd6 25.Rxd6 Qb7 26.Rd4 Rad8 27.Rfd1 Rxd4 28.Rxd4 Qc6 29.Qc4 Qxc4
30.Rxc4 Rd8 31.a4 Rd1+ 32.Kh2 a5 33.e5 Rb1 34.f4 Rb4 35.Rc8+ Kh7 36.Rc6 g6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aerosvit GM"]
[Site "Foros UKR"]
[Date "2006.06.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Nisipeanu,LD"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "B83"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 Nf6 7.O-O Be7 8.Be3 O-O
9.f4 d6 10.Kh1 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 b6 12.f5 Bb7 13.fxe6 fxe6 14.Qc4 Qxc4 15.Bxc4 d5
16.exd5 Nxd5 17.Nxd5 Bxd5 18.Bxd5 exd5 19.Rxf8+ Rxf8 20.Kg1 Bc5 21.Bxc5 bxc5
22.Rd1 d4 23.Re1 c4 24.Re4 Rb8 25.b3 cxb3 26.cxb3 Rc8 27.a4 Rc1+ 28.Kf2 Rc2+
29.Kf1 Rb2 30.Rxd4 Rxb3 31.Rd8+ Kf7 32.Rd7+ Kf6 33.Rxa7 Rb1+ 34.Kf2 Rb2+
35.Kf3 Rb3+ 36.Ke4 Rb2 37.Ra6+ Kg5 38.Ra5+ Kf6 39.Kf3 Rb3+ 40.Kg4 Rb4+ 41.Kh3 h5
42.Kg3 h4+ 43.Kh3 g5 44.Ra8 Kf5 45.a5 Rb3+ 46.g3 hxg3 47.hxg3 Ra3 48.a6 Ra2
49.g4+ Kg6 50.Kg3 Kg7 51.Kf3 Ra4 52.Ra7+ Kg6 53.Ra8 Kg7 54.Ra7+ Kg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Petr Izmailov Mem"]
[Site "Tomsk RUS"]
[Date "2006.07.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bologan,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2721"]


1.d4  1-0

[Event "10th Petr Izmailov Mem"]
[Site "Tomsk RUS"]
[Date "2006.07.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[ECO "B65"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.O-O-O Nxd4
9.Qxd4 O-O 10.f4 Qa5 11.Bc4 Bd7 12.e5 dxe5 13.fxe5 Bc6 14.Bd2 Bc5 15.Qf4 Nd7
16.Rhe1 Qc7 17.Qg3 Rfc8 18.Bh6 Bf8 19.Rd4 g6 20.Bxf8 Nxf8 21.h4 Rd8 22.Rf4 Rd7
23.h5 Rad8 24.Qh4 Rc8 25.Bd3 Qd8 26.Qg3 Rd4 27.Ref1 Rxf4 28.Qxf4 Rc7 29.Be4 gxh5
30.Bxc6 Ng6 31.Qh6 bxc6 32.Ne4 f5 33.exf6 Qd4 34.Rd1  1-0

[Event "10th Petr Izmailov Mem"]
[Site "Tomsk RUS"]
[Date "2006.07.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 Nbd7
9.Qd2 b5 10.O-O-O Be7 11.g4 b4 12.Nd5 Bxd5 13.exd5 Nb6 14.Na5 Nfxd5 15.Nc6 Qc7
16.Nxb4 Nxb4 17.Qxb4 Rc8 18.Bd3 Nc4 19.Qa4+ Qc6 20.Qxc6+ Rxc6 21.Bf2 h5 22.h4 hxg4
23.Be4 Rc7 24.fxg4 O-O 25.Rh3 Rb8 26.Rb3 Rbc8 27.Rc3 g6 28.g5 Kg7 29.b3 Na3
30.Rxc7 Rxc7 31.c4 Nxc4 32.bxc4 Rxc4+ 33.Bc2 Rf4 34.Rd2 f6 35.gxf6+ Kxf6
36.Kd1 Ke6 37.Bb3+ Kf5 38.Ke2 a5 39.Bg3 Rb4 40.Kf3 a4 41.Bc2+ Ke6 42.Be4 g5
43.Bd5+ Kf5 44.hxg5 Bxg5 45.Re2 Rd4 46.Be4+ Ke6 47.Bc2 Rc4 48.Bh7 Rc7 49.Bg8+ Kf5
50.Be1 Bf4 51.Bb4 Rb7 52.a3 Rg7 53.Bd5 Rg3+ 54.Kf2 Kf6 55.Bc6 Rd3 56.Bb5 Rd4
57.Bxa4 d5 58.Rc2 Bg5 59.Rc6+ Kf5 60.Bc2+ Kg4 61.Ke2 Bh4 62.Bc3 Rf4 63.Rg6+ Kh5
64.Rg2 e4 65.Ba4 Rf8 66.Bd7 Rd8 67.Bg4+ Kg5 68.Be6+ Kh5 69.Bf7+ Kh6 70.Rh2 d4
71.Rxh4+ Kg7 72.Bb4 Kxf7 73.Rxe4 Re8 74.Kd3 Rxe4 75.Kxe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Petr Izmailov Mem"]
[Site "Tomsk RUS"]
[Date "2006.07.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Bologan,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "E70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nge2 O-O 6.Ng3 c6 7.Be2 a6 8.Be3 Nbd7
9.O-O e5 10.d5 cxd5 11.cxd5 h5 12.Rc1 Nh7 13.Qd2 h4 14.Nh1 f5 15.exf5 gxf5
16.f4 exf4 17.Bxf4 Ne5 18.Nf2 Bd7 19.Kh1 Rc8 20.Nh3 b5 21.a3 Qf6 22.Be3 Ng6
23.Bh5 Ne5 24.Be2 Ng6 25.Nf4 Nxf4 26.Bxf4 Qg6 27.Bd3 Rfe8 28.Qf2 Nf6 29.Qxh4 Ne4
30.Nxe4 fxe4 31.Be2 Bf6 32.Bh5 Qf5 33.Qg3+ Kh7 34.Bxe8 Rxe8 35.Bxd6 Qg6 36.Rc7  1-0

[Event "10th Petr Izmailov Mem"]
[Site "Tomsk RUS"]
[Date "2006.07.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[ECO "E70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nge2 O-O 6.Ng3 e5 7.d5 a5 8.Be2 Na6
9.Bg5 h6 10.Be3 Nh7 11.Qd2 h5 12.O-O-O Bd7 13.Kb1 Nc5 14.Nf1 Na4 15.Nb5 f5
16.Qc2 Nc5 17.Nd2 b6 18.f3 Bf6 19.exf5 Bxf5 20.Ne4 Nxe4 21.fxe4 Bd7 22.Rhf1 Bg5
23.Rxf8+ Kxf8 24.Bg1 Kg7 25.a3 Nf6 26.Ka2 Rc8 27.Rf1 Qe7 28.Bd3 h4 29.b4 axb4
30.axb4 c6 31.Nc3 cxd5 32.cxd5 h3 33.Kb2 Ng4 34.Rf3 hxg2 35.Qxg2 Bh6 36.h3 Nf6
37.Bxb6 Nh5 38.Ba6 Rb8 39.Ba5 Nf4 40.Qf1 Qh4 41.Qc4 Rf8 42.Qc7 Rf7 43.Qxd6 Bxh3
44.Bd8 Qh5 45.Rg3 Kh7 46.Kb3 Bg4 47.Ka4 Bd7+ 48.Bb5 Bxb5+ 49.Kxb5 Qh2 50.Rg5 Bxg5
51.Bxg5 Ne2 52.Nxe2 Qxe2+ 53.Kb6 Qxe4 54.Qc5 Qg4 55.Be7 e4 56.d6 Qe6 57.Bg5 Qd7
58.Be7 Qe6 59.Bg5 Qd7 60.Be7 Qe6 61.Bg5 Qd7 62.Be7 Qe6  1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Petr Izmailov Mem"]
[Site "Tomsk RUS"]
[Date "2006.07.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rublevsky,S"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[ECO "B27"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Qa4 Bg7 7.e5 Ng8 8.Bf4 f6
9.exf6 Nxf6 10.Bc4 Qa5 11.Qb3 d5 12.Bb5 O-O 13.O-O e6 14.Bxc6 bxc6 15.Qa4 Qxa4
16.Nxa4 Nd7 17.Bd6 Re8 18.Rfe1 e5 19.c3 Ba6 20.Nc5 Nxc5 21.Bxc5 Bd3 22.Rad1 Be4
23.Nd2 Bf5 24.Nf1 a5 25.Ng3 a4 26.Rd2 Kf7 27.f3 Ra5 28.Bd6 Rb5 29.c4 dxc4
30.Nxf5 gxf5 31.Rc2 Rd8 32.Ba3 Rd4 33.Re3 Ke6 34.Kf2 Kd5 35.Ke2 c5 36.Rec3 Bf8
37.Rd2 h5 38.f4 exf4 39.Rh3 Bg7 40.Rxh5 Rxd2+ 41.Kxd2 Ke4 42.Kc2 Bd4 43.Rh7 f3
44.Re7+ Kf4 45.gxf3 Kxf3 46.h4 f4 47.h5 Rb6 48.Rc7 Ke4 49.Bxc5 Rxb2+ 50.Kc1 Rh2
51.Re7+ Kd3 52.Bxd4 Kxd4 53.Rh7 Kc3 54.Kd1 f3 55.Ke1 Kb2 56.h6 c3 57.Rb7+ Kxa2
58.h7 c2 59.Rc7 Kb2 60.Rb7+ Kc3 61.Rc7+ Kb2 62.Rb7+ Kc1 63.Ra7 a3  0-1

[Event "10th Petr Izmailov Mem"]
[Site "Tomsk RUS"]
[Date "2006.07.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Qc2 Be7 8.e4 Nxc3
9.bxc3 O-O 10.Bd3 c5 11.O-O Qc7 12.Qe2 Nd7 13.Bb2 Rac8 14.Nd2 Nf6 15.f4 cxd4
16.cxd4 g6 17.g4 Nd7 18.Rac1 Qb8 19.Rxc8 Bxc8 20.e5 Bb7 21.f5 gxf5 22.gxf5 Kh8
23.Be4 Rg8+ 24.Kh1 Qa8 25.f6 Bf8 26.Qf3 Bxe4 27.Qxe4 Qc8 28.Nf3 Qc4 29.Rf2 Nc5
30.Qc2 Nd3 31.Rg2 Nxb2 32.Rxg8+ Kxg8 33.Qxb2 Qf1+ 34.Ng1 b5 35.Qc3 Qf2 36.Qd3 h5
37.Nf3 Bh6 38.d5 Be3 39.Qd1 exd5 40.h3 d4 41.e6 fxe6 42.Ne5 Qf5 43.f7+ Kf8  0-1

[Event "10th Petr Izmailov Mem"]
[Site "Tomsk RUS"]
[Date "2006.07.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[ECO "B57"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 Bd7 7.O-O g6 8.Nxc6 Bxc6
9.Nd5 Bg7 10.Re1 O-O 11.c3 Nd7 12.Bg5 Re8 13.Qd2 Nc5 14.b4 Ne6 15.Bh4 Rc8
16.Rac1 Bxd5 17.Bxd5 Qc7 18.c4 Nd4 19.c5 e6 20.Bb3 dxc5 21.bxc5 Nxb3 22.axb3 Be5
23.g3 Qc6 24.b4 b6 25.Bg5 bxc5 26.Rxc5 Qd6 27.Qc2 Rxc5 28.bxc5 Qc6 29.Rd1 Rc8
30.Bh6 a5 31.Qd2 Qc7 32.Kg2 a4 33.Qb4 Ra8 34.Rd3 Bg7 35.Bxg7 Kxg7 36.Qc3+ e5
37.Rd6 Qe7 38.Qa3 h5 39.c6 Ra7 40.h4 Kh7 41.Qd3 a3 42.Rd7 Rxd7 43.Qxd7 Qxd7
44.cxd7 a2 45.d8=Q a1=Q 46.Qf8 Qa7 47.Qd6 Qa5  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXI Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2006.08.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Garcia Gata,J"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2060"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 h6 4.Bh4 d6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 b6 7.c4 Bb7 8.O-O g5
9.Bg3 Ne4 10.d5 exd5 11.cxd5 Bxd5 12.Bxe4 Bxe4 13.Qd4 Nf6 14.Nc3 Bxf3 15.gxf3 Bg7
16.f4 O-O 17.fxg5 hxg5 18.h4 Re8 19.Qc4 d5 20.Qxc7 Qxc7 21.Bxc7 gxh4 22.Rfd1 Rac8
23.Bf4 Ne4 24.Rxd5 Nxc3 25.bxc3 Rxc3 26.Rg5 Rc5 27.Rxc5 bxc5 28.Rc1 Rc8 29.Bg5 c4
30.Bxh4 c3 31.Be7 f5 32.Kf1 Kf7 33.Ba3 Rc4 34.Rc2 Ra4 35.Bc1 Ke6 36.Ke2 Kd5
37.Kd3 Rh4 38.f3 Rh3 39.f4 Rh1 40.Ba3 a5 41.Rg2 Bf6 42.Kc2 Ra1 43.Rg6 Rxa2+
44.Kb3 Rxa3+ 45.Kxa3 c2 46.Rg1 Kc4 47.Ka4 Bb2 48.Kxa5 c1=Q 49.Rxc1+ Bxc1  0-1

[Event "XXI Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2006.08.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Almagro Mazariegos,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2311"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 Be7
9.Qd2 Nbd7 10.g4 O-O 11.g5 Nh5 12.O-O-O b5 13.Kb1 Rc8 14.Nd5 Bxd5 15.exd5 Nb6
16.Na5 Nxd5 17.Qxd5 Qxa5 18.c4 Rb8 19.Bd3 g6 20.Rc1 Nf4 21.Bxf4 exf4 22.cxb5 axb5
23.h4 Ra8 24.Bxb5 Rab8 25.a4 Rbc8 26.h5 Rxc1+ 27.Rxc1 Qd8 28.hxg6 hxg6 29.Bd3  1-0

[Event "XXI Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2006.08.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Moreno Carnero,J"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O Be6
9.f4 Qc7 10.g4 h6 11.g5 hxg5 12.fxg5 Nh7 13.h4 Nf8 14.Nd5 Qd8 15.Qe1 Nbd7
16.Qf2 Ng6 17.h5 Nf4 18.Bxf4 exf4 19.Nxf4 Ne5 20.Nd4 Bxg5 21.Ndxe6 fxe6 22.Ng6 Qc7
23.Nxh8 O-O-O 24.Nf7 Nxf7 25.Qxf7 Qc5+ 26.Kg2 Qe5 27.Bg4 Kb8 28.Qxe6 Qxb2
29.Qb3 Qd4  1-0

[Event "XXI Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2006.08.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Borges Mateos,J"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[ECO "E07"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.Qb3 Nbd7 6.g3 Be7 7.Bg2 O-O 8.O-O a5
9.Rd1 a4 10.Qc2 dxc4 11.Nxa4 b5 12.Nc3 Bb7 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Ne4 Be7
16.b3 cxb3 17.axb3 Qb6 18.Qc3 Rxa1 19.Rxa1 c5 20.Nxc5 Nxc5 21.dxc5 Bxc5 22.e3 Rc8
23.Qb2 Be7 24.Rc1 Ra8 25.Qc2 Bf6 26.Nd2 Rc8 27.Qb1 Rd8 28.Bxb7 Qxb7 29.Qe4 Qa6
30.Qc2 Qa3 31.Ne4 Be7 32.Rd1 Rxd1+ 33.Qxd1 Qb2 34.Qd3 b4 35.Qc4 Qe5 36.Kf1 Bf8
37.Ke2 Qh5+ 38.Ke1 Qxh2 39.Nd2 Qh1+ 40.Ke2 Qb7 41.Nf3 g6 42.Nd4 Bg7 43.Nc6 Bc3
44.Qc5 Kg7 45.Kf3 Qa6 46.Qe7 Qa2 47.Qc7 Be1 48.Qe5+ Kh7 49.Qb2 Qa8 50.Ke2 Bc3
51.Qc2 Kg7 52.Qd3 Qa2+ 53.Kf3 Qxb3  0-1

[Event "XXI Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2006.08.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Perez,Lu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[ECO "B66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O h6
9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Bf4 d5 11.Qe3 Bb4 12.a3 Ba5 13.exd5 cxd5 14.Be2 O-O 15.g4 Bc7
16.Bxc7 Qxc7 17.h4 Rb8 18.g5 Nh7 19.gxh6 g6 20.Qd4 e5 21.Nxd5 Qd6 22.Qe3 Bf5
23.Bc4 Rfc8 24.Nc3 Qc7 25.Bb3 a5 26.h5 a4 27.hxg6 axb3 28.gxh7+ Kxh7 29.Rd5 bxc2
30.Qxe5 Qxe5 31.Rxe5 Bg6 32.Rb5 Ra8 33.Nd5 Ra6 34.Ne7 Rc4 35.Nxg6 Rxg6 36.Rf5 Rc7
37.Rf3 Rgc6 38.Rg3 f5 39.Rhh3 Rd6 40.Rg7+  1-0

[Event "TCh-ESP Honor Gp2"]
[Site "San Sebastian ESP"]
[Date "2006.09.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cramling,P"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[ECO "A43"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 exd5 4.cxd5 d6 5.e4 g6 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.Bd3 Ne7 8.O-O O-O
9.Re1 Bg4 10.Nbd2 Nd7 11.Be2 h6 12.Nc4 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 b5 14.Ne3 c4 15.a4 a6
16.axb5 axb5 17.Rxa8 Qxa8 18.Nc2 Qa4 19.Nd4 Nc5 20.Be3 Qb4 21.Re2 Nd3 22.b3 Rd8
23.h3 Qc3 24.Rc2 Qa1 25.bxc4 Bxd4 26.cxb5 Bxe3 27.fxe3 Qxd1+ 28.Bxd1 Ra8
29.Rd2 Ne5 30.Kf2 Rb8 31.Be2 Kg7 32.Ra2 Ng8 33.Ra6 Rb7 34.Kf1 Nf6 35.Bf3 g5
36.Rxd6 h5 37.Ra6 g4 38.hxg4 hxg4 39.Bd1 Nxe4  0-1

[Event "TCh-ESP Honor Gp2"]
[Site "San Sebastian ESP"]
[Date "2006.09.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Jakovenko,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[ECO "C92"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Re8 10.Ng5 Rf8 11.Nf3 Re8 12.d4 Bb7 13.Ng5 Rf8 14.Nf3 Re8 15.Nbd2 Bf8
16.d5 Nb8 17.Nf1 Nbd7 18.Bg5 h6 19.Bxf6 Nxf6 20.N3h2 g6 21.Ng4 Nd7 22.a4 Nc5
23.axb5 h5 24.Nge3 axb5 25.Bc2 Rxa1 26.Qxa1 Qd7 27.b4 Ra8 28.Qb1 Na4 29.c4 c6
30.dxc6 Qxc6 31.cxb5 Qxb5 32.Bd3 Qd7 33.Qb3 Nb6 34.Nc4 Qa4 35.Qxa4 Nxa4 36.Na5 Rb8
37.Nxb7 Rxb7 38.b5 Bh6 39.Ne3 Nc3 40.Rc1 Bxe3 41.fxe3 Na4 42.Rc6 Kf8 43.Rxd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-ESP Honor Gp2"]
[Site "San Sebastian ESP"]
[Date "2006.09.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Llobel Cortell,E"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.Qd2 b5 8.f3 Nbd7
9.g4 Nb6 10.O-O-O Bb7 11.Bd3 Rc8 12.Kb1 Nfd7 13.Qf2 Rxc3 14.bxc3 Be7 15.h4 Qc7
16.Ne2 Na4 17.g5 d5 18.Rhf1 O-O 19.Bd4 e5 20.Be3 b4 21.cxb4 Bxb4 22.exd5 Bxd5
23.c4 Bxc4 24.Bxc4 Qxc4 25.Rxd7 Qb5 26.Ka1  0-1

[Event "TCh-ESP Honor Gp2"]
[Site "San Sebastian ESP"]
[Date "2006.09.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 Bg5 12.Nc2 O-O 13.a4 bxa4 14.Rxa4 a5 15.Bc4 Rb8
16.b3 Kh8 17.Nce3 g6 18.h4 Bxh4 19.g3 Bg5 20.f4 exf4 21.gxf4 Bh4+ 22.Kd2 f5
23.Bd3 Ne7 24.Rxh4 Nxd5 25.Qh1 Nf6 26.exf5 gxf5 27.Nxf5 Bxf5 28.Bxf5 Qc7
29.Bc2 Rb5 30.Rc4 Rc5 31.Rxc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-ESP Final"]
[Site "Lugo ESP"]
[Date "2006.11.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Dreev,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.a4 e6 5.Nf3 a6 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O d5 8.exd5 exd5
9.Be2 Nf6 10.d4 Be6 11.Be3 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Bb4 13.Bf3 O-O 14.Nce2 Ne5 15.Nf4 Re8
16.Nd3 Nxf3+ 17.Qxf3 Bg4 18.Qg3 Bd6 19.Bf4 Bxf4 20.Nxf4 Qb6 21.c3 Qxb2 22.h3 Bh5
23.Rfb1 Qd2 24.Nb3 Qc2 25.Nd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-ESP Final"]
[Site "Lugo ESP"]
[Date "2006.11.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "C18"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Nc6 7.Nf3 Bd7 8.a4 Qa5
9.Qd2 f6 10.Rb1 O-O-O 11.Rb5 Qxa4 12.Be2 c4 13.Rb1 Nge7 14.O-O Ng6 15.Bb2 Qa5
16.Ra1 Qc7 17.Ba3 fxe5 18.Ng5 exd4 19.f4 dxc3 20.Qe3 e5 21.Nf7 exf4 22.Qxc3 Be6
23.Nxh8 Rxh8 24.Bc5 b6 25.Bf2 Rd8 26.Bf3 Nge5 27.Bd4 Nxf3+ 28.Rxf3 g5 29.Bf6 Rg8
30.Qd2 Qd6 31.Bd4 Kb7 32.Rfa3 Re8 33.Ra6 Bg4 34.Qc3 Nxd4 35.Qxd4 Qe5 36.Rxa7+ Kc6
37.Qxe5 Rxe5 38.Rxh7 Bf5 39.Rh6+ Kc5 40.c3 Re3 41.Rh5 Rxc3 42.Rxg5 Be4 43.h4 b5
44.h5 Rg3 45.Rxg3 fxg3 46.h6 c3 47.Kf1 b4  0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.11.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.c5 g6 7.Bd3 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 9.gxf3 Nbd7
10.f4 a5 11.f5 gxf5 12.Bxf5 e6 13.Bc2 e5 14.Qf3 Bh6 15.Bd2 exd4 16.exd4 Qe7+
17.Be3 Bxe3 18.fxe3 O-O 19.O-O-O Rae8 20.Rhg1+ Kh8 21.Rg3 b4 22.Ne2 Ne4 23.Bxe4 Qxe4
24.Qxe4 Rxe4 25.Rf1 Re7 26.Kc2 Rg8 27.Rxg8+ Kxg8 28.Rf3 a4 29.a3 bxa3 30.bxa3 Kg7
31.Ng3 Kf8 32.Nf5 Re6 33.Kc3 Nf6 34.Nd6 Ne4+ 35.Nxe4 Rxe4 36.Kb4 Ke7 37.Kxa4 f5
38.Ka5 f4 39.exf4 Rxd4 40.f5 Rc4 41.Kb6 d4 42.Rf4 Ra4 43.f6+ Kf7 44.h4 Rxa3
45.Rxd4 Kxf6 46.Kxc6 h5 47.Kd6 Ra8 48.Rf4+  1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.11.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "E36"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 c5 7.dxc5 d4 8.Qg3 O-O
9.Bh6 Ne8 10.e3 Nc6 11.O-O-O Qc7 12.Qxc7 Nxc7 13.Bf4 e5 14.Bg3 dxe3 15.fxe3 a5
16.Ne2 Ne6 17.Rd5 f6 18.Nc3 a4 19.Ne4 Ne7 20.Rd1 Nc6 21.Rd5 Ne7 22.Rd1 Nc6
23.Rd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.11.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.g4 d5 8.g5 Nxe4
9.Nxe4 dxe4 10.Qg4 Nd7 11.O-O-O Qa5 12.Nb3 Qf5 13.Qg3 Be7 14.h4 Qf3 15.Qh2 Qf5
16.Bg2 O-O 17.Qc7 Bd8 18.Qc4 Bb6 19.Bxe4 Bxe3+ 20.fxe3 Qe5 21.Qd4 Rb8 22.h5 b6
23.h6 g6 24.Nd2 b5 25.Nf3 Qxd4 26.exd4 Rb6 27.Rhf1 b4 28.Rde1 a5 29.Ne5 Nxe5
30.dxe5 Rb5 31.Bd3 Rc5 32.Rf4 Bb7 33.Rc4 Rfc8 34.Rxc5 Rxc5 35.Kd2 Rd5 36.Re4 Kf8
37.c4 Rc5 38.Re3 Ke7 39.b3 Kd8 40.Be4 Bc8 41.Bf3 Kc7 42.Kd3 Kb6 43.Ke4 Rc7
44.Rd3 Rd7 45.Rd6+ Kc5 46.Kf4 Rxd6 47.exd6 Kxd6 48.c5+ Kxc5 49.Ke5 Ba6 50.Kf6 Kd6
51.Be4 Be2 52.Kxf7 Bg4 53.Bxg6  1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.11.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "E16"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Nbd2 Bb7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O Be7 8.b3 c5
9.dxc5 bxc5 10.Bb2 d6 11.Qc2 Nbd7 12.Rad1 Qc7 13.e4 Bc6 14.Rfe1 Qb7 15.h3 a5
16.a4 Rfb8 17.Nh2 Ne8 18.Ba1 Bf6 19.Bxf6 Ndxf6 20.f4 Ra6 21.Nhf3 Qe7 22.Kh2 e5
23.f5 Rab6 24.Re3 h6 25.g4 Nc7 26.Rg1 g5 27.Bf1 Kg7 28.h4 Rh8 29.hxg5 hxg5+
30.Bh3 Nfe8 31.Nf1 f6 32.Qd2 Ra6 33.Ng3 Kf8 34.Nh5 Rg8 35.Rd1 Ra7 36.Ne1 Na6
37.Nc2 Qd8 38.Bg2 Nb4 39.Nxb4 axb4 40.Rd3 Rd7 41.Kg3 Rh8 42.Bf3 Rhh7 43.Rh1 Kg8
44.Rd1 Kf8 45.Kf2 Kg8 46.Bg2 Kf8 47.Rh1 Kg8 48.Rdh3 Rdf7 49.R1h2 Qe7 50.Bf3 Qd8
51.Qc1 Qe7 52.Qh1 Bb7 53.a5 Ba6 54.Qd1 Bb7 55.Qa1 Ba6 56.Qh1 Bb7 57.Ng3 Rxh3
58.Rxh3 Rh7 59.Rxh7 Qxh7 60.Qa1 Ba6 61.Qa4 Kf8 62.Nf1 Qb7 63.Ne3 Ke7 64.Qa1 Kd8
65.Qh1 Qg7 66.Nd5 Kd7 67.Qh5 Kd8 68.Be2 Kd7 69.Qg6 Qxg6 70.fxg6 Bc8 71.Kg3 Kc6
72.Ne7+ Kc7 73.Nf5 Be6 74.g7 Kb7 75.Kf2 Ka6 76.Kg3 Kxa5 77.Kf2 Kb6 78.Kg3 Kc7
79.Kf2 Kd7 80.Ke3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.11.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bg5 c5 8.Rc1 cxd4
9.cxd4 O-O 10.Nf3 Bg4 11.d5 Nd7 12.Be2 Nf6 13.h3 Bd7 14.Bd3 h6 15.Bf4 e6
16.Bc7 Qe8 17.d6 Bc6 18.Qe2 Nh5 19.g3 e5 20.O-O Qd7 21.Kh2 Bf6 22.Rfd1 Ng7
23.Bc4 Rac8 24.Bd5 Ne6 25.Bxc6 bxc6 26.Qa6 Nxc7 27.Qxa7 Kg7 28.Qb7 Qd8 29.dxc7 Qxc7
30.Qxc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.11.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 Nbd7
9.Qd2 b5 10.a4 b4 11.Nd5 Bxd5 12.exd5 Nb6 13.Bxb6 Qxb6 14.a5 Qb7 15.Bc4 Be7
16.Ra4 Rb8 17.Qd3 Ra8 18.Qd2 Rb8 19.Nc1 Bd8 20.b3 O-O 21.Na2 e4 22.Kd1 exf3
23.gxf3 Nd7 24.Rxb4 Qc7 25.Ra4 Qc8 26.Be2 Nc5 27.Rg4 Bf6 28.Nb4 Na4 29.Nc6 Nc3+
30.Qxc3 Bxc3 31.Ne7+ Kh8 32.Nxc8 Rfxc8 33.Rc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.11.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 b4
9.a5 d5 10.exd5 e4 11.dxc6 exf3 12.d3 fxg2 13.Qf3 Rb8 14.Bc4 Ne8 15.Bf4 Bf6
16.Nd2 Bxb2 17.Rab1 Bc3 18.Bg5 Bf6 19.Rxe8 Rxe8 20.Ne4 Rxe4 21.Bxf6 Qxf6
22.Qxf6 gxf6 23.dxe4 Kf8 24.Kxg2 Ke7 25.Rd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.11.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Qa4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Bd6 8.O-O O-O
9.Bc3 Nd5 10.Qxc4 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Na5 12.Qd3 c5 13.Nbd2 cxd4 14.cxd4 Bd7 15.Ne4 Be7
16.h4 h6 17.Rac1 Bc6 18.Ne5 Bd5 19.Nc3 Bxg2 20.Kxg2 Rc8 21.Rfd1 Ba3 22.Rb1 Bd6
23.Nf3 Qe7 24.Ne4 Rfd8 25.Rb5 Nc6 26.g4 a6 27.Rb6 Bb8 28.e3 Ba7 29.Rbb1 Rc7
30.g5 Nb4 31.Qa3 Nd5 32.Qxe7 Rxe7 33.Rdc1 f6 34.Nc5 Bxc5 35.Rxc5 Kf7 36.Kg3 Red7
37.a4 Ne7 38.Kg4 Rc8 39.Rxc8 Nxc8 40.Ne1 b6 41.Rc1 Ne7 42.f4 Nd5 43.e4 Rc7
44.Rxc7+ Nxc7 45.Nc2 Ne8 46.gxh6 gxh6 47.f5 exf5+ 48.Kxf5 Nd6+ 49.Kf4 b5
50.a5 Nc4 51.Nb4 Nxa5 52.Nxa6 h5 53.e5 fxe5+ 54.dxe5 Nc6 55.Kg5 Nxe5 56.Kxh5 Kf6
57.Nc7 b4 58.Nd5+ Kf5 59.Nxb4 Ng6 60.Nd5 Nxh4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.11.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Qc2 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Be7
9.e4 O-O 10.Bd3 c5 11.O-O Qc7 12.Qe2 Nd7 13.Bb2 Rfd8 14.d5 exd5 15.exd5 Bf6
16.c4 b5 17.cxb5 Bxd5 18.Bxf6 Nxf6 19.Bc4 Re8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[ECO "E05"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5
9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bd2 Ra7 11.Rc1 Be4 12.Qb3 Nc6 13.e3 Qa8 14.Qd1 Nb8 15.Ba5 Rc8
16.Bb6 Rb7 17.Bc5 Bxc5 18.dxc5 Ra7 19.Nbd2 Bd5 20.Qc2 a5 21.a3 a4 22.Qd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 d6 5.Qc2 Nbd7 6.g3 c5 7.Bg2 O-O 8.O-O a6
9.Rd1 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Qc7 11.b3 d5 12.Na4 dxc4 13.Qxc4 Qxc4 14.bxc4 Re8 15.Rb1 Bf8
16.Bd2 e5 17.Nb3 e4 18.c5 Nd5 19.Be1 N7f6 20.Na5 Ra7 21.e3 Bd7 22.Nc3 Bc6
23.Nxc6 bxc6 24.Nxd5 Nxd5 25.Ba5 g6 26.Bf1 Raa8 27.Rbc1 Bh6 28.Rc2 Rab8 29.Bc4 Nb4
30.Bxb4 Rxb4 31.Rd7 Rf8 32.Bxa6 Rfb8 33.Bc4 R4b7 34.Bxf7+ Kf8 35.Be6 Bg5
36.Rd4 Re7 37.Bb3 Bf6 38.Rd6 Kg7 39.Rxc6  1-0

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 Bf5 6.Ne5 h6 7.Qb3 Ra7 8.cxd5 cxd5
9.Bd2 e6 10.Rc1 Nbd7 11.Bb5 Bd6 12.Nxd7 Nxd7 13.Bxd7+ Qxd7 14.Na4 O-O 15.Nb6 Qd8
16.Nc8 Qxc8 17.Rxc8 Rxc8 18.Qb6 Bb8 19.O-O Kh7 20.Rc1 Bc2 21.Ba5 Kg6 22.Qb4 Rc4
23.Qd2 Bf5 24.Rxc4 dxc4 25.Bb6 Ra8 26.Qe2 e5 27.Qxc4 exd4 28.Qxd4 f6 29.f4 Bb1
30.Qd5  1-0

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Qd2 Nbd7
9.f4 b5 10.O-O-O Be7 11.h3 Rc8 12.Bd3 exf4 13.Bxf4 Ne5 14.Kb1 O-O 15.g4 Nfd7
16.Nd4 Nb6 17.Rhe1 Bf6 18.g5 Nec4 19.Bxc4 Nxc4 20.Qc1 Bxd4 21.Rxd4 Qb6 22.Rd3 Rfe8
23.Be3 Qa5 24.Nd5 Bxd5 25.exd5 Re5 26.Bf2 b4 27.Rxe5 Nxe5 28.Rd4 Qb5 29.Qd1 a5
30.b3 Rc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 e5 10.Qc2 exd4 11.exd4 Nb6 12.Bb3 Bg4 13.Ne5 Bc7 14.Be3 Qd6 15.Ne4 Nxe4
16.Nxg4 Nf6 17.Ne5 Nbd7 18.Nf3 Nd5 19.Qf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Radjabov,T"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 Ba6 7.b3 d5 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Nc3 c5 10.Bg2 Nc6 11.Ne5 Nxd4 12.e3 Ne6 13.Nxd5 O-O 14.Nc6 Qe8 15.Nxf6+ gxf6
16.O-O-O Rc8 17.Qd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[ECO "A65"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.Bg5 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Bd3 exd5 9.cxd5 Re8
10.Nge2 Nbd7 11.O-O h6 12.Be3 Ne5 13.a4 Nxd3 14.Qxd3 b6 15.Ng3 Nh7 16.f4 h5
17.f5 h4 18.fxg6 fxg6 19.Nge2 g5 20.Rf2 a6 21.Raf1 Ra7 22.Nb1 g4 23.hxg4 Bxg4
24.Nd2 Bxb2 25.Nc3 Rg7 26.Nc4 Bxc3 27.Qxc3 Bh5 28.Bf4 Rxe4 29.Ne3 Qf6 30.Qc2 Bg6
31.Ng4 Qd4 32.Nh6+ Kh8 33.Bc1 Re1 34.Qd2 Rxf1+ 35.Kxf1 Bd3+ 36.Kg1 Ng5 37.Kh2 Ne4
38.Rf8+ Kh7 39.Qf4 Nc3 40.Qxd4 cxd4 41.Nf7 Ne4 42.Bb2 Bf1 43.Rh8+ Kg6 44.Rxh4 Kxf7
45.Rf4+ Kg8 46.Rxf1 Rh7+ 47.Kg1 d3 48.Rd1 Rh1+ 49.Kxh1 Nf2+ 50.Kg1 Nxd1 51.Bc1 Nb2
52.Kf2 Nxa4 53.Bf4 Nc3 54.Kf3 a5 55.Bd2 Nb1 56.Bf4 a4 57.Bxd6 d2 58.Ke2 Nc3+  0-1

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "D56"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.a3 d5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 O-O 8.Nc3 b6 9.Rc1 Bb7
10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.Bg3 Bd6 12.Bd3 Nce7 13.O-O Rc8 14.Ne4 Nf5 15.Qa4 a6 16.Nxd6 cxd6
17.Rxc8 Qxc8 18.Bxf5 exf5 19.Bxd6 Re8 20.Be5 Re6 21.Ne1 Rc6 22.Qb3 Rc1 23.Nd3 Rxf1+
24.Kxf1 a5 25.Ke1 Qe6 26.Kd2 Kh7 27.Qc2 f6 28.Bb8 g5 29.h3 Kg7 30.Qc4 h5
31.Bh2 h4 32.Ne1 Bc6 33.Qd3 Qd7 34.Kc1 Bb5 35.Qc2 Bf1 36.e4 fxe4 37.Qxe4 Qc6+
38.Kd2 Qb5 39.Kc1 Qe2 40.Qxe2 Bxe2 41.g3 hxg3 42.fxg3 Kg6 43.Kd2 Bf1 44.h4 Kh5
45.hxg5 fxg5 46.Nc2 Kg4 47.Ne3+ Nxe3 48.Kxe3 Bg2 49.d5 Bxd5 50.Bg1 Kxg3 51.Bf2+ Kg2
52.Be1 Bc6 53.Bc3 g4 54.Kf4 Bd7 55.Be1 Kf1 56.Bh4 b5 57.Ke4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Qd2 Be7
9.O-O-O O-O 10.f4 exf4 11.Bxf4 Ne8 12.Be2 Nc6 13.g4 Bf6 14.g5 Be5 15.h4 Rc8
16.Kb1 Qb6 17.Nd5 Bxd5 18.exd5 Bxf4 19.Qxf4 Ne5 20.h5 Qd8 21.Nd4 Qd7 22.Nf5 b5
23.Rdf1 Nc7 24.Qd4 a5 25.Bg4 Qd8 26.Re1 Ra8 27.h6 g6 28.Rxe5 dxe5 29.Qxe5 f6
30.Ne7+ Kf7 31.Qxf6+ Ke8 32.Qc6+  1-0

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Qd2 Nbd7
9.f3 b5 10.a4 b4 11.Nd5 Bxd5 12.exd5 Nb6 13.Bxb6 Qxb6 14.a5 Qb7 15.Bc4 Be7
16.Ra4 Rb8 17.Qd3 Ra8 18.Qd2 Rb8 19.Nc1 Bd8 20.b3 O-O 21.Na2 e4 22.Nxb4 Re8
23.Kd1 e3 24.Qc3 e2+ 25.Bxe2 Nxd5 26.Nxd5 Qxd5+ 27.Bd3 Bf6 28.Qc4 Qg5 29.Qg4 Qe3
30.Qf5 g6 31.Qf4 Bc3 32.Qxe3 Rxe3 33.Re4 Re8 34.Rxe3 Rxe3 35.Bxa6 Bxa5 36.Kc1 Kf8
37.Kb2 d5 38.Ka3 Bc3 39.b4 Ke7 40.Ka4 Kd6 41.Rb1 Re1 42.Rxe1 Bxe1 43.Kb3 f5
44.c3 h5 45.Bb5 g5 46.Kc2 f4 47.Kd3 h4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Tiviakov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[ECO "B35"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 a5
9.f3 d5 10.Bxd5 Nxd5 11.exd5 Nb4 12.Nde2 e6 13.a3 Nxd5 14.Nxd5 exd5 15.Bd4 Bh6
16.O-O Re8 17.Kh1 Qh4 18.Bf2 Qc4 19.Nd4 Bd7 20.Re1 Rac8 21.c3 Rxe1+ 22.Qxe1 Re8
23.Qd1 b5 24.Bg1 Bf4 25.Qc2 h5 26.h3 Bh6 27.Qd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.27"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Navara,D"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "C07"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Nb3 Nd7 7.g3 Be7 8.dxc5 Nxc5
9.Bg2 O-O 10.O-O Qb6 11.c4 Nxb3 12.Qxb3 Qxb3 13.axb3 Nb4 14.Be3 a6 15.Bb6 Bd7
16.Ne5 Bc6 17.Rfd1 Bxg2 18.Kxg2 f6 19.Rd7 Rae8 20.Nf3 Rf7 21.Rxb7 Bf8 22.Rxf7 Kxf7
23.Ba5 Rb8 24.Bxb4 Rxb4 25.Rxa6 Rxb3 26.Ra7+ Kg6 27.Nd4 Rb6 28.Nb5 Rb8 29.Rd7 f5
30.f4 Kf6 31.b3 h6 32.Nd4 Ra8 33.Nc6 Ra2+ 34.Kf1 Kg6 35.b4 Rc2 36.c5 Kh5
37.Nd4 Rc1+ 38.Kf2 Bxc5 39.bxc5 Rxc5 40.Rxg7 Rd5 41.Ke3 e5 42.Nxf5 exf4+
43.Ke4  1-0

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Motylev,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 b4
9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.Bxe4 Bb7 11.O-O Bd6 12.b3 Nf6 13.Bd3 c5 14.Bb5+ Ke7 15.Bb2 cxd4
16.Bxd4 Qa5 17.Be2 Ne4 18.Qe1 Nc3 19.Nd2 Qc7 20.Nc4 Bxh2+ 21.Kh1 Bd6 22.Bxc3 bxc3
23.Qxc3 Qc5 24.Qa5 Rac8 25.Qxc5 Bxc5 26.b4 Bxb4 27.Rfb1 Rb8 28.Rxb4 Bxg2+
29.Kxg2 Rxb4 30.a3 Rbb8 31.Rh1 h6 32.Rh5 f5 33.e4 Kf6 34.exf5 exf5 35.Ne3 g6
36.Rh4 Rb2 37.Bf3 h5 38.Ra4 Rh7 39.Nc4 Rc2 40.Ra6+ Kg5 41.Ne5 Rg7 42.Bd5 Rcc7
43.Nf3+ Kh6 44.Nd4 Rgd7 45.Nxf5+ Kh7 46.Ne3 Re7 47.Ra5 Kh6 48.Bf3 Re6 49.Rd5 Rf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Magistral Ruy Lopez"]
[Site "Zafra ESP"]
[Date "2007.03.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 b5 4.a4 c6 5.axb5 cxb5 6.Nc3 Bd7 7.Nf3 e6 8.Be2 Nf6
9.O-O Be7 10.d5 exd5 11.exd5 Qb6 12.Bf4 Bc5 13.Bxc4 bxc4 14.Qe2+ Kf8 15.Ne5 Bf5
16.Na4 Qb5 17.Nxc5 Qxc5 18.Nxc4 Qd4 19.Be5 Bd3 20.Qd2 Qxd5 21.Rfd1 Qxc4 22.Rac1 Qa6
23.Bxf6 Nd7 24.Bc3 Bb5 25.Qg5 Nf6 26.Qc5+ Kg8 27.Bxf6 h6 28.Bc3 Re8 29.Rd6 Qb7
30.Qf5 Qe7 31.Qxb5  1-0

[Event "Magistral Ruy Lopez"]
[Site "Zafra ESP"]
[Date "2007.03.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sasikiran,K"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "A17"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3 6.Qxc3 b6 7.e3 c5 8.b4 Ba6
9.Bb2 d5 10.d3 Nbd7 11.Be2 Rc8 12.b5 Bb7 13.O-O Re8 14.Rfe1 e5 15.cxd5 Nxd5
16.Qb3 Qf6 17.Nd2 Nc7 18.a4 Qg6 19.Bf1 Ne6 20.Kh1 Ng5 21.e4 Nf6 22.h3 Nh5
23.Nc4 Qf6 24.Qc2 Rcd8 25.a5 Nf4 26.Re3 Ng6 27.Kg1 Bc8 28.axb6 axb6 29.Ra7 h5
30.Bc3 h4 31.Qb2 Rd4 32.Ra8 Bd7 33.Ra7 Bc8 34.Rc7 Qd8 35.Rc6 Bd7 36.Rxb6 Rxc4
37.Rxg6 Rxc3 38.Rd6 Qa5 39.Rxd7 Rb8 40.Re1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Magistral Ruy Lopez"]
[Site "Zafra ESP"]
[Date "2007.03.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Granda Zuniga,J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "C92"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Nd7 10.d4 Nb6 11.Nbd2 Bf6 12.Nf1 Na5 13.Bc2 c5 14.d5 g6 15.g4 Nb7 16.Ng3 a5
17.Kh2 c4 18.Be3 Nc5 19.Qd2 Kh8 20.Rg1 Qd7 21.Rg2 Ba6 22.Rag1 Nba4 23.g5 Bg7
24.Rb1 b4 25.a3 bxa3 26.bxa3 Rfb8 27.h4 Rxb1 28.Bxb1 Rb8 29.Bc2 Bc8 30.Qc1 Nd3
31.Bxd3 cxd3 32.Nd2 Rb2 33.Qf1 Nxc3 34.Qxd3 Nd1 35.Kg1 Qb5 36.Qxb5 Rxb5 37.Kh2 a4
38.Ba7 Rb7 39.Rg1 Rxa7 40.Rxd1 Bf8 41.Rc1 Bd7 42.Ngf1 h6 43.Nf3 hxg5 44.hxg5 Be7
45.N1d2 Kg7 46.Kg3 Rb7 47.Rc2 Kf8 48.Kh4 Bd8 49.Nh2 f5 50.gxf6 Bxf6+ 51.Kg3 Bg5
52.Nhf3 Bf4+ 53.Kg2 Ke7 54.Ne1 g5 55.f3 Be3 56.Nc4 Rb3 57.Ra2 Bc5 58.Nc2 g4
59.fxg4 Bxg4 60.Ne1 Rc3 61.Rc2 Bf3+ 62.Kg3 Rxc2 63.Nxc2 Bxe4 64.N2e3 Kd7
65.Kg4 Kc7 66.Kg5 Bxe3+ 67.Nxe3 Kb6 68.Kf6 Kc5 69.Ke6 Bf3 70.Ke7 Bxd5 71.Nf5 e4
72.Kf6 Ba8 73.Kg5 d5 74.Kf4 d4 75.Ke5 d3 76.Ne3 d2  0-1

[Event "Magistral Ruy Lopez"]
[Site "Zafra ESP"]
[Date "2007.03.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Perez Candelario,Man"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 c6 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.Nf3 O-O
9.Qc2 Re8 10.h3 Nf8 11.Bf4 Bd6 12.Bxd6 Qxd6 13.O-O-O Be6 14.Kb1 Rac8 15.Ka1 a6
16.g4 c5 17.dxc5 Rxc5 18.g5 N6d7 19.Qa4 Rec8 20.Qd4 Ra5 21.Rc1 Nb8 22.Ne4 Qd8
23.Rxc8 Qxc8 24.Nd6 Qd7 25.Qb6 Qa4 26.a3 Nbd7 27.Qd4 Qc6 28.Ne8 Ne5 29.Qxe5 Qxe8
30.Qc7 Qa4 31.Nd4 Qb4 32.Bb1 b6 33.Rc1 Ra4 34.Rc3 Bd7 35.Bc2 Ra5 36.Kb1  1-0

[Event "Magistral Ruy Lopez"]
[Site "Zafra ESP"]
[Date "2007.03.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sargissian,G"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bxc4 Nb6 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Be3 Be6 8.Nc3 Bc4
9.Bxc4 Nxc4 10.Qb3 N6a5 11.Qc2 e6 12.Nf3 Nc6 13.O-O Nb4 14.Qe4 Nd5 15.Bg5 Nxc3
16.bxc3 Qd5 17.Qxd5 exd5 18.Nd2 Nxd2 19.Bxd2 f5 20.h3 Be7 21.g4 Rf8 22.Kg2 Kd7
23.Rab1 b6 24.a4 h5 25.gxh5 Rh8 26.h6 g5 27.h4 g4 28.f3 Rag8 29.fxg4 Rxg4+
30.Kf3 Rhg8 31.Rg1 Bxh4 32.Rxg4 fxg4+ 33.Kg2 Ke6 34.Rh1 Be7 35.Kg3 Kf5 36.h7 Rh8
37.Rh5+ Kg6 38.Kxg4 Bf8 39.e6  1-0

[Event "Magistral Ruy Lopez"]
[Site "Zafra ESP"]
[Date "2007.03.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Hou Yifan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Qc2 dxc4 7.Qxc4 a6 8.Qc2 b5
9.Ne5 Ra7 10.O-O Bb7 11.Rd1 Bxg2 12.Kxg2 Qc8 13.a4 b4 14.Nd2 c5 15.dxc5 Rc7
16.Nb3 Bxc5 17.Qd3 Nbd7 18.Bf4 Nd5 19.Nf3 Nxf4+ 20.gxf4 Nf6 21.Rac1 Nd5 22.e3 Be7
23.Rxc7 Qxc7 24.Nbd4 Qb7 25.Rc1 Rc8 26.Rxc8+ Qxc8 27.f5 Bf6 28.fxe6 fxe6
29.Qe4 Qe8 30.b3 Nc7 31.Nc6 Nd5 32.Nfd4 Bxd4 33.Nxd4 Nc3 34.Qg4 h5 35.Qg5 Qf7
36.f3 Nd5 37.e4 Nf4+ 38.Kg3 Qd7 39.Qxf4 Qxd4 40.Kh4 g6 41.Kg5 Qg1+ 42.Kh6 Qa7
43.Qf6  1-0

[Event "Magistral Ruy Lopez"]
[Site "Zafra ESP"]
[Date "2007.03.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Stefanova,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 c5 3.c3 Nc6 4.e4 d5 5.exd5 exd5 6.Bb5 Bd6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.O-O Ne7
9.Bf4 O-O 10.Nbd2 Ng6 11.Bg3 f5 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.Be5 Bb6 14.Qa4 c5 15.Qc6 Ba6
16.Qe6+ Rf7 17.Rfe1 Qd7 18.Qxd7 Rxd7 19.a4 Re8 20.h4 Rde7 21.a5 Bd8 22.Bd6 Rxe1+
23.Rxe1 Rxe1+ 24.Nxe1 c4 25.h5 Nf8 26.Bc5 Bxa5 27.Bxa7 Nd7 28.Nc2 Nf6 29.Bd4 Nxh5
30.Ne3 Nf4 31.Nxf5 Kf7 32.Kf1 g6 33.Ne3 Ke6 34.Nf3 Bd8 35.Ne1 g5 36.N1c2 Nd3
37.Nd1 h5 38.f3 Bb5 39.Ne1 Nc1 40.Be3 Nb3 41.Nc2 Kd6 42.Nf2 Bd7 43.g4 hxg4
44.fxg4 Nc5 45.Ne1 Na4 46.Bc1 Bb6 47.Nf3 Bxf2 48.Kxf2 Bxg4 49.Nxg5 Ke5 50.Ke3 Nc5
51.Nf7+ Ke6 52.Ng5+ Ke5 53.Nf7+ Kf6 54.Nd6 Nb3 55.Bd2 Bd7 56.Be1 Ke6 57.Bg3 Bc6
58.Bh2 Ba4 59.Nb7 Bb5 60.Nd8+ Ke7 61.Nb7 Ke6 62.Nd8+ Ke7 63.Nb7 Ke6  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st Ruy Lopez Open"]
[Site "Zafra ESP ESP"]
[Date "2007.03.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Holgado Maestre,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "1930"]
[ECO "C84"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 Bb7
9.Nc3 bxa4 10.Rxa4 d6 11.Nd5 Nb8 12.Nxe7+ Qxe7 13.Nh4 Nbd7 14.Nf5 Qd8 15.Be3 c5
16.f4 Nb6 17.fxe5 Nxa4 18.exf6 Nxb2 19.Nh6+ Kh8 20.fxg7+ Kxg7 21.Qg4+ Kh8
22.Rxf7 d5 23.Qg7+  1-0

[Event "1st Ruy Lopez Open"]
[Site "Zafra ESP ESP"]
[Date "2007.03.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Garcia Romero,B"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 b4
9.a5 d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.d4 exd4 12.Nxd4 Nxd4 13.Qxd4 Bb7 14.Nd2 Re8 15.Ne4 Nf6
16.Qxd8 Raxd8 17.Ng5 Bd5 18.Bxd5 Nxd5 19.Bd2 Bf6 20.Rxe8+ Rxe8 21.Rb1 c5
22.Nf3 c4 23.c3 bxc3 24.bxc3 Nxc3 25.Bxc3 Bxc3 26.Rc1 Rb8 27.Kf1 Rb3 28.g3 h6
29.Ng1 Bxa5 30.Rxc4 Bb6 31.h4 a5 32.Ne2 Rf3 33.Nd4 Rf6 34.Ke2 Bxd4 35.Rxd4 Ra6
36.Ra4 Kf8 37.Kd3 Ke7 38.Kc4 Ke6 39.Kb5 Ra8 40.h5 g5 41.f4 gxf4 42.Rxf4 a4
43.Rf2 a3 44.Ra2 Kf5 45.Kb4 Kg4  0-1

[Event "1st Ruy Lopez Open"]
[Site "Zafra ESP ESP"]
[Date "2007.03.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Khamrakulov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "C61"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Nxd4 exd4 5.Bc4 d6 6.O-O Be6 7.Bxe6 fxe6 8.Qh5+ Kd7
9.c3 dxc3 10.Nxc3 c6 11.d4 Nf6 12.Qh3 Qa5 13.b4 Qh5 14.Qd3 Be7 15.b5 Rhc8
16.bxc6+ bxc6 17.Rb1 Ke8 18.Rb7 c5 19.d5 c4 20.Qb1 Kf8 21.dxe6 Qe5 22.Nd5 Re8
23.Nxe7 Nxe4 24.Re1  1-0

[Event "1st Ruy Lopez Open"]
[Site "Zafra ESP ESP"]
[Date "2007.03.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Spasov,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "C77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Bd2 d6
9.Nd5 Nxd5 10.Bxd5 Qe8 11.a4 Rb8 12.axb5 axb5 13.O-O Kh8 14.Ng5 Bxg5 15.Bxg5 f6
16.Be3 Be6 17.Bxc6 Qxc6 18.f4 f5 19.exf5 Rxf5 20.fxe5 Rxe5 21.Bf4 Rf5 22.Qe2 Bd5
23.Bg3 Rxf1+ 24.Rxf1 Re8 25.Qf2 h6 26.h3 Re6 27.Qf8+ Kh7 28.Rf2 Rg6 29.Kh2 Qc5
30.Qf5 Qe3 31.Qf4 Qe1 32.Qf5 Be6 33.Qxb5 Qe3 34.Rf3 Qe2 35.Rf2 Qe3 36.Rf3 Qe2
37.Qc6 h5 38.Rf2 Qe3 39.Qf3 Qc5 40.b4 Qg5 41.Bf4 Qf5 42.Bg3 Qg5 43.Qf4 Qxf4
44.Rxf4 Rf6 45.c3 Ba2 46.Bf2 Rg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st Ruy Lopez Open"]
[Site "Zafra ESP ESP"]
[Date "2007.03.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Fedorchuk,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[ECO "C77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 Bd7 7.Bg5 Be7 8.Nbd2 h6
9.Bh4 Nh5 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.g3 c5 13.Nc4 Nf6 14.Nfd2 Rb8 15.Qc2 c6
16.O-O-O Ng4 17.f3 Nf2 18.Nxd6+ Kf8 19.N2c4 Nxh1 20.Rxh1 h5 21.Qf2 Be6 22.f4 exf4
23.gxf4 Bxc4 24.Nxc4 Rd8 25.Kc2 Rh6 26.Rg1 Kg8 27.Rg5 h4 28.Rxc5 Rg6 29.Rh5 Qd7
30.Ne5 Qh3 31.Nxg6 Qxd3+ 32.Kb3 Qd1+ 33.Ka3 Qxh5 34.Ne7+ Kh7 35.Nxc6 Re8
36.e5 Qg4 37.Nd4 h3  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st Ruy Lopez Open"]
[Site "Zafra ESP ESP"]
[Date "2007.03.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Granda Zuniga,J"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7
9.d3 d6 10.a3 Nb8 11.Nbd2 Nbd7 12.Nf1 Re8 13.Ng3 Nc5 14.Ba2 Ne6 15.b4 Bf8
16.Bb2 g6 17.c4 Bg7 18.Rc1 Nd7 19.d4 exd4 20.Nxd4 Nxd4 21.Bxd4 Ne5 22.c5 dxc5
23.Rxc5 Re7 24.Ne2 Rd7 25.Qc2 Qe7 26.Qc3 Re8 27.Bb1 f5 28.Qb3+ Nc4 29.Bxg7 Qxg7
30.Bd3 Kh8 31.Bxc4 bxc4 32.Rxc4 fxe4 33.Qc3 Ree7 34.Qxg7+ Kxg7 35.Nc3 Rd3
36.Re3 Kf6 37.Kf1 Rd2 38.Re2 e3 39.fxe3 Rxe3 40.Rxc7 Rdxe2 41.Nxe2 Bxg2+
42.Kf2 Re8 43.Rc5 Bd5 44.Rc7 Rd8 45.Nc3 Bh1 46.Ra7 Rd6 47.Na4 Rd2+ 48.Ke3 Rh2
49.Rxa6+ Ke5 50.Ra5+ Kf6 51.Nc5 Rxh3+ 52.Kf4 Rc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st Ruy Lopez Open"]
[Site "Zafra ESP ESP"]
[Date "2007.03.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Stefanova,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Bc5 6.c3 b5 7.Bc2 d5 8.exd5 Qxd5
9.a4 Rb8 10.axb5 axb5 11.d4 exd4 12.Re1+ Be7 13.cxd4 Bg4 14.Nc3 Qd6 15.Ne4 Nxe4
16.Bxe4 Bxf3 17.Qxf3 Nxd4 18.Qh5 g6 19.Qh6 Ne6 20.Be3 Rd8 21.b4 Bf8 22.Qh4 Be7
23.Qh6 Bf8 24.Qh3 Bg7 25.Bc5 Nxc5 26.bxc5 Qd4 27.Bd5+ Be5 28.Rad1 Qb2 29.f4 O-O
30.fxe5 Qb4 31.Qe3 Kg7 32.Rf1  1-0

[Event "1st Ruy Lopez Open"]
[Site "Zafra ESP ESP"]
[Date "2007.03.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sasikiran,K"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Bc5 6.c3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.a4 Bg4
9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Na5 11.Bc2 b4 12.d3 O-O 13.Nd2 Rb8 14.Kh1 Re8 15.Qd1 d5
16.f4 dxe4 17.fxe5 exd3 18.exf6 dxc2 19.Qxc2 Qd5 20.c4 Qc6 21.Qf5 Re6 22.fxg7 f6
23.Nf3 Kxg7 24.Qh5 Kh8 25.Bh6 Rg8 26.Rae1 Nb3 27.Rxe6 Qxe6 28.Re1 Qxc4 29.Ne5  1-0

[Event "TCh-UKR"]
[Site "Alushta UKR"]
[Date "2007.04.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Kryvoruchko,Y"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bxf6 Bxf6 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Qb3 O-O 10.Rd1 c6 11.g3 Re8 12.Bg2 Nd7 13.O-O Nf8 14.Rd2 Ne6 15.Rc1 Qe7
16.e3 Rad8 17.Qa4 Ba8 18.Qd1 c5 19.dxc5 bxc5 20.Nxd5 Bxd5 21.Rxd5 Bxb2 22.Rb1 Bxa3
23.Ne5 Rxd5 24.Qxd5 Bb4 25.Nc6 Qc7 26.Bf1 a5 27.Bb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Rublevsky,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3 c5 8.e4 Bg6 9.Be3 cxd4
10.Qxd4 Qxd4 11.Bxd4 Nfd7 12.Nxd7 Nxd7 13.Bxc4 Rc8 14.Ba2 a5 15.h4 h5 16.Rc1 Rg8
17.Ke2 Bc5 18.Nb5 Ke7 19.Bc3 b6 20.Rhd1 f6 21.Rd2 Rgd8 22.Rcd1 Nf8 23.Na7 Rxd2+
24.Bxd2 Rc7 25.Nb5 Rc8 26.Na7 Rc7 27.Nb5 Rc8 28.Bf4 Be8 29.Nd6 Rd8 30.Nxe8 Rxe8
31.Bd2 Ng6 32.Rc1 Rd8 33.g3 Ne5 34.Bc3 Nc6 35.Bc4 Nd4+ 36.Bxd4 Rxd4 37.b3 g6  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rublevsky,S"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "B86"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 Nbd7 8.Bg5 Qa5
9.Qd2 Be7 10.O-O-O Nc5 11.Rhe1 h6 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Kb1 Bd7 14.f4 O-O-O 15.Ncb5 Qb6
16.Nxd6+ Qxd6 17.e5 Qc7 18.exf6 gxf6 19.Qe3 Kb8 20.Bc4 Bc8 21.Be2 e5 22.fxe5 fxe5
23.Nf3 Rxd1+ 24.Rxd1 f6 25.Nh4 Be6 26.Rf1 Rc8 27.g3 Bd5 28.Bf3 Na4 29.Rc1 Be6
30.Be2 Qa5 31.c4 Qb4 32.Qb3 Qd2 33.Qc2 Qe3 34.Rf1 Nb6 35.Nf5 Bxf5 36.Rxf5 Nxc4
37.Bxc4 Qe1+ 38.Qc1 Qe4+ 39.Qc2 Qe1+ 40.Qc1 Qe4+ 41.Qc2 Qe1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Rublevsky,S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "B46"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d5 8.O-O Nf6
9.Qe2 Be7 10.Na4 O-O 11.c4 Bb7 12.e5 Nd7 13.Bf4 Nb6 14.cxd5 cxd5 15.Nc3 Nd7
16.Rad1 Nc5 17.Bb1 a5 18.Rfe1 g6 19.Be3 Ba6 20.Qd2 Rb8 21.Bd4 Rb4 22.Qe3 Nd7
23.a3 Rb7 24.f4 Bc4 25.Rd2 Nb8 26.Bd3 Bxd3 27.Qxd3 Nd7 28.Na4 Qb8 29.Rc1 Rc8
30.Rdc2 Rbc7 31.Rxc7 Rxc7 32.Rxc7 Qxc7 33.Qc3 Qb7 34.Kf2 Qb5 35.Qc2 Nb8 36.Nc3 Qb7
37.Ne2 Nc6 38.Bc5 Qb5 39.Bxe7 Nxe7 40.Qc3 h5 41.Nd4 Qb6 42.Ke2 Nf5 43.Nxf5 gxf5
44.b4 axb4 45.axb4 Qa6+ 46.Ke3 Qa7+ 47.Qd4 Qa3+ 48.Kf2 h4 49.Qb6 Qb2+ 50.Ke1 Qc1+
51.Ke2 Qc4+ 52.Kd1 Qf1+ 53.Kc2 Qc4+ 54.Kd1 Qf1+ 55.Kc2 Qxf4 56.Qd8+ Kh7 57.Qe7 Qxe5
58.Qxf7+ Kh6 59.b5 Qe2+ 60.Kc3 Qc4+ 61.Kd2 d4 62.Qf8+ Kg6 63.Qg8+ Kh5 64.Qe8+ Kg5
65.Qd8+ Kg4 66.b6 Qc3+ 67.Kd1 Qd3+ 68.Kc1 Qf1+ 69.Kb2 Qxg2+ 70.Kb3 Qf3+ 71.Kc4 Qc3+
72.Kb5 Qb3+ 73.Ka6 Qa3+ 74.Kb5 Qb2+ 75.Ka6 Qa2+ 76.Kb5 Qe2+ 77.Kc5 Qc2+ 78.Kd6 d3
79.b7 d2 80.Kxe6 Qe4+ 81.Kf6 Qc6+ 82.Ke5 Qxb7 83.h3+ Kxh3 84.Qd3+ Kh2 85.Qxd2+ Qg2
86.Qd1 Qf2 87.Kf6 f4 88.Kf5 f3 89.Kg4 Qg3+ 90.Kh5 f2 91.Qf1 Qf3+ 92.Kh6 Qg2  0-1

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rublevsky,S"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "B87"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 b5 8.O-O Be7
9.Qf3 Qb6 10.Be3 Qb7 11.Qg3 b4 12.Na4 Nbd7 13.f3 O-O 14.Rac1 Rb8 15.c3 bxc3
16.Rxc3 Ne5 17.Rfc1 Bd7 18.Qe1 Bd8 19.Qd1 Ba5 20.R3c2 Rfc8 21.Rxc8+ Rxc8
22.Rxc8+ Qxc8 23.Bd2 Qc7 24.Bxa5 Qxa5 25.Nc3 Qc5 26.Kf1 a5 27.Nde2 Kf8 28.Qd4 Qxd4
29.Nxd4 Nd3 30.Ke2 Nxb2 31.Kd2 a4 32.Kc2 axb3+ 33.axb3 e5 34.Nde2 Nc4 35.bxc4 Be6
36.Nd5 Nd7 37.Nec3 f5 38.Nb5 fxe4 39.fxe4 Bxd5 40.cxd5 Ke7 41.Kd3 Nf6 42.Na3 Ng4
43.h3 Nf6 44.Nc4 Kd7 45.Ke3 Ke7 46.Kf3 Kd7 47.g4 h6 48.Ne3 g6 49.Ng2 Ke7
50.Nh4 Kf7 51.Ke3 Nh7 52.Nf3 Kf6 53.h4 Ke7 54.Nd2 Nf6 55.Kf3 Kd7 56.g5  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.06.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Rublevsky,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3 c5 8.e4 Bg6 9.Be3 cxd4
10.Qxd4 Qxd4 11.Bxd4 Nfd7 12.Nxd7 Nxd7 13.Bxc4 a6 14.Ke2 Rg8 15.h4 Rc8 16.Ba2 Bc5
17.Bxc5 Rxc5 18.Rac1 h5 19.b4 Rc6 20.Nb1 Ke7 21.Rxc6 bxc6 22.Nc3 Rb8 23.Rb1 f5
24.Bc4 fxe4 25.fxe4 Nf6 26.Ke3 Nd5+ 27.Nxd5+ exd5 28.Bxa6 Bxe4 29.Rb2 Kd6
30.g3 Ke5 31.b5 cxb5 32.axb5 d4+ 33.Kd2 Rb6 34.Bc8 Kd6 35.Bh3 Kc5 36.Bf1 Rf6
37.Ke1 d3 38.b6 Rxb6 39.Rxb6 Kxb6 40.Kd2 Kc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.06.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rublevsky,S"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "B16"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ gxf6 6.c3 Qd5 7.Qb3 Nd7 8.Nf3 Nb6
9.c4 Qh5 10.Be2 Bg7 11.Be3 O-O 12.O-O e5 13.Qc2 Bf5 14.Qd1 Bg4 15.h3 Bxf3
16.Bxf3 Qg6 17.Bh5 Qe4 18.Bf3 Qg6 19.Bh5 Qe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-ESP Honor Gp1"]
[Site "Lugo ESP"]
[Date "2007.06.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Pelletier,Y"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[ECO "E05"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5
9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bd2 Be4 11.Qc1 Nbd7 12.Ba5 Rc8 13.Nbd2 Ba8 14.Qc2 Qe8 15.b4 Bd6
16.Rac1 e5 17.dxe5 Nxe5 18.Nxe5 Bxg2 19.Kxg2 Qxe5 20.Nf3 Qe7 21.Nd4 Rfe8
22.Nf5 Qe6 23.Rfd1 Bf8 24.Nd4 Qd5+ 25.Nf3 Qb7 26.Qd3 c5  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-ESP Honor Gp1"]
[Site "Lugo ESP"]
[Date "2007.06.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Krasenkow,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[ECO "C54"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.Bb3 Bb6 7.Nbd2 Ne7 8.Nc4 Ng6
9.O-O O-O 10.Re1 Be6 11.h3 h6 12.a4 c6 13.Nxb6 Bxb3 14.Qxb3 axb6 15.Be3 Ra6
16.Nd2 d5 17.exd5 cxd5 18.Nf3 Qc7 19.Qb5 Rfa8 20.Ra3 Qc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-ESP Honor Gp1"]
[Site "Lugo ESP"]
[Date "2007.06.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.a3 c5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Nxd5 exd5 10.dxc5 Nxc5 11.Be5 Bf6 12.Be2 Bxe5 13.Nxe5 Ne6 14.Nf3 Qb6 15.Qd2 Rd8
16.Rd1 d4 17.exd4 Bd7 18.d5 Ba4 19.Rc1 Bb5 20.O-O  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-ESP Honor Gp1"]
[Site "Lugo ESP"]
[Date "2007.06.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Macieja,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "B19"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7
9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.Bf4 Qa5+ 12.Bd2 Qc7 13.O-O-O O-O-O 14.Kb1 Ngf6 15.c4 c5
16.Qe2 cxd4 17.Nxd4 a6 18.Nb3 Bd6 19.c5 Bxg3 20.Ba5 Qe5 21.Qc2 Rde8 22.c6 Nb8
23.cxb7+ Kxb7 24.Bc3 Qf5 25.Qxf5 exf5 26.fxg3 Rhg8 27.Rhf1 Nxh5 28.Rxf5 Nf6
29.Nc5+ Ka7 30.Rd6 Rd8 31.Rxd8 Rxd8 32.Bxf6 gxf6 33.Rxf6 Rd1+ 34.Kc2 Rg1
35.Rxf7+ Kb6 36.Na4+ Kc6 37.Rf2 Nd7 38.Nc3 Rh1 39.b4 Rh5 40.Kb3 Rg5 41.Ne4 Re5
42.Rc2+ Kd5 43.Nc3+ Ke6 44.Re2 Rxe2 45.Nxe2 Kd5 46.a4 Ke4 47.Nf4 Ke3 48.a5 Ne5
49.Kc3 Nf7 50.b5  1-0

[Event "TCh-ESP Honor Gp1"]
[Site "Lugo ESP"]
[Date "2007.06.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Granda Zuniga,J"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.b6 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Qb3 Bb7 8.a4 a5 9.e4 Bg7
10.Bb5+ Nbd7 11.Nf3 O-O 12.O-O Nxb6 13.Bf4 Ne8 14.Rfe1 Nc7 15.Bf1 Na6 16.Rad1 Nb4
17.Rd2 h6 18.h4 Bc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "XX Ciudad de Leon"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2007.07.06"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "C18"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Nc6 7.Qg4 g6 8.Bd2 Bd7
9.h4 h6 10.Bd3 Qe7 11.Nh3 O-O-O 12.O-O c4 13.Be2 Be8 14.Nf4 Kb8 15.a4 Ka8
16.Bc1 f5 17.exf6 Nxf6 18.Qxe6 Qg7 19.Qh3 Bd7 20.Qg3 Bf5 21.Nh5 Qe7 22.Nxf6 Qxe2
23.f3 Rhf8 24.Bxh6 Rxf6 25.Bg5 Rff8 26.Rf2 Qe8 27.Bxd8 Qxd8 28.Re2 a6 29.Qg5 Qd6
30.Kf2 Ka7 31.a5 Rh8 32.Qg3 Qf6 33.Qg5 Qd6 34.Qg3 Qd8 35.Qg5 Rxh4 36.Qxd8 Nxd8
37.Re5 Bxc2 38.Rxd5 Ne6 39.Re5 Nc7 40.Rc5 Rh7 41.Rxc4 Rd7 42.Re1 b5 43.Rc6 Kb7
44.Rb6+ Ka7 45.Rc6 Kb7 46.Rb6+ Ka7 47.Rc6 Kb7 48.Rb6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "XX Ciudad de Leon"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2007.07.06"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[ECO "E05"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5
9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bd2 Ra7 11.Rc1 Be4 12.Qb3 Nc6 13.e3 Qa8 14.Qd1 b4 15.a3 Rb8
16.Be1 a5 17.Nbd2 Bd5 18.Bf1 bxa3 19.bxa3 a4 20.Nc4 Na5 21.Bxa5 Bxf3 22.Qe1 Nd7
23.Rab1 Rxb1 24.Rxb1 Bxa3 25.Ra1 Bf8 26.Rxa4 Nb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "XX Ciudad de Leon"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2007.07.06"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[ECO "C89"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.d3 Bf6 11.Nbd2 Nf4 12.Ne4 Nxd3 13.Nxf6+ gxf6 14.Bh6 Nxe1 15.Qxe1 Ne7
16.Rd1 Qe8 17.Nh4 Be6 18.Qe3 Ng6 19.Bxf8 Qxf8 20.Nxg6 hxg6 21.Bxe6 fxe6 22.Qe4 Qe8
23.g3 Rb8 24.h4 Rb6 25.Kh2 Rd6 26.Rxd6 cxd6 27.Qb7 d5 28.Qxa6 Qd7 29.Qa3 d4
30.cxd4 exd4 31.Qd3 Kg7 32.g4 e5 33.f3 f5 34.h5 gxh5 35.gxf5 Kf6 36.Kg3 Qxf5
37.Qxb5 Qf4+ 38.Kg2 h4 39.Qb6+ Kf5 40.Qb7 Qg3+ 41.Kf1 h3 42.Qf7+ Kg5 43.Ke2 Qg2+
44.Kd3 Kh4 45.Qh7+ Kg3 46.Qg7+ Kf2 47.Qxe5 h2 48.Kxd4 Qg1 49.Kd3 Qd1+ 50.Kc4  0-1

[Event "XX Ciudad de Leon"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2007.07.06"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "C18"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Nc6 7.Qg4 g6 8.h4 h6
9.Bd2 c4 10.Qg3 Bd7 11.h5 g5 12.f4 f6 13.Nh3 Qc7 14.Be2 O-O-O 15.O-O Be8
16.Rae1 Rd7 17.Qh2 f5 18.fxg5 hxg5 19.Nxg5 Nd8 20.Rf4 Rg7 21.Rh4 Nh6 22.Nh3 Qe7
23.Nf4 Qxa3 24.Rh3 Qf8 25.Rg3 Rxg3 26.Qxg3 Qe7 27.Ra1 a6 28.Be1 Rg8 29.Qh4 Qxh4
30.Bxh4 Bf7 31.Bf3 Nc6 32.Kf2 Kd7 33.Bf6 Na7 34.Ke2 Nb5 35.Kd2 Nc7 36.Rb1 Kc6
37.Be7 Ne8 38.Nh3 b5 39.Ra1 Kb7 40.Bg5 Rh8 41.Nf4 Ng8 42.h6 Nc7 43.Rh1 Rh7
44.Bh5 Bxh5 45.Rxh5 Kc6 46.Ng6 Ne8 47.Nf8 Rh8 48.h7 Ng7 49.Ng6  1-0

[Event "XXII Rapid"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2007.08.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Costa Costa,E"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2035"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 Nc6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Bf4 Bg4 4.Ne5 Nxe5 5.Bxe5 f6 6.Bg3 c5 7.c3 Nh6 8.h3 Bh5
9.Qa4+ Qd7 10.Qxd7+ Kxd7 11.dxc5 e5 12.e4 dxe4 13.Nd2 e3 14.Bb5+ Kc7 15.Nb3 Nf5
16.Bh2 Bf7 17.g4 exf2+ 18.Kxf2 Bxb3 19.axb3 Bxc5+ 20.Ke2 Ne7 21.b4 Bb6 22.Rhd1 Rad8
23.g5 a6 24.Bc4 Ng6 25.gxf6 gxf6 26.Bg3 f5 27.Be6 f4 28.Bh2 Nh4 29.Rd5 Rhe8
30.Rxe5 Rd6 31.Bxf4 Ng6 32.Bf7 Nxf4+  0-1

[Event "XXII Rapid"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2007.08.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Fernandez Gil,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Bc4 Be7 5.d3 Nf6 6.Ng5 O-O 7.f4 exf4 8.Bxf4 d6
9.O-O Ng4 10.Qd2 Nd4 11.Nd5 Ne2+ 12.Qxe2 Bxg5 13.h3 Bxf4 14.Nxf4 Ne5 15.Bd5 Ng6
16.Qh5 Nxf4 17.Rxf4 Qe7 18.Raf1 Be6 19.Bxe6 fxe6 20.c4 Rxf4 21.Rxf4 Rf8 22.Rxf8+ Qxf8
23.e5 h6 24.Qg4 Qf5 25.exd6 Qxg4 26.hxg4 Kf7 27.Kf2 Ke8 28.Ke3 Kd7 29.d4 b6
30.Kd3 Kxd6 31.Ke4 a6 32.b3 a5 33.a3 cxd4 34.Kxd4 e5+ 35.Ke4 Kc5 36.Kxe5 a4
37.bxa4 Kxc4 38.Kf5 Kb3 39.Kg6 Kxa4 40.Kxg7 Kxa3 41.Kxh6 b5 42.g5 b4 43.g6 b3
44.g7 b2 45.g8=Q  1-0

[Event "XXII Rapid"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2007.08.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lalic,B"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.a3 c5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Nxd5 exd5 10.dxc5 Nxc5 11.Be5 Bf6 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.Qd4 Qd6 14.Rd1 Rd8 15.b4 Ne6
16.Qe5 a5 17.Qxd6 Rxd6 18.Bc4 axb4 19.axb4 Nc7 20.O-O Bg4 21.Be2 Ra2 22.Rfe1 Rb6
23.Rc1 Ne8 24.h3 Bxf3 25.Bxf3 Rd2 26.Red1 Rxd1+ 27.Rxd1 Rxb4 28.Rxd5 Kf8
29.Rd7 b5 30.g4 Rc4 31.Kg2 Rc7 32.Rd5 Rb7 33.Bd1 Nf6 34.Rd4 Rd7 35.Rxd7 Nxd7
36.Kf3 Nc5 37.g5 b4 38.e4 b3 39.Ke3 Ke7 40.f4 Kd6 41.h4 g6 42.Kd4 Ne6+ 43.Ke3 b2
44.Bc2 Kc5 45.f5 Nd4 46.Bd3 Nc6 47.Bb1 Ne5 48.Ba2 Nc4+ 49.Kd3 Na3 50.e5 gxf5
51.Ke3 Nb5 52.Bb1 Nd4 53.h5 Kd5 54.Kf4 Ke6 55.Ba2+ Ke7 56.Bb1 Kf8 57.Ke3 Ne6
58.Bxf5 Nxg5 59.Kd2 Kg8 60.Kc3 Nf3 61.Bh3 Nd4 62.Bg4 Kf8 63.Bd1 Ke7 64.Bc2 f6
65.Bxh7  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXII Rapid"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2007.08.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dreev,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.Qc2 c5 7.dxc5 Na6 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Nxd5 Qxd5 10.a3 Qxc5 11.Rc1 Bd7 12.Qd2 Qd5 13.Qxd5 exd5 14.g3 Rac8 15.Bg2 Rxc1+
16.Bxc1 Bf6 17.O-O Rc8 18.b4 Nc7 19.Bg5 Bxg5 20.Nxg5 h6 21.Nf3 Nb5 22.Ne5 Be6
23.f4 f5 24.Rd1 Kf8 25.Bxd5 Rd8 26.Bb3 Rxd1+ 27.Bxd1 Nxa3 28.Kf2 Ke7 29.Ke3 Kd6
30.Ba4 Nc4+ 31.Nxc4+ Bxc4 32.Bc2 Ke6 33.Bd1 b6 34.Kd4 Bb5 35.Bb3+ Kd6 36.e4 fxe4
37.Kxe4 a5 38.bxa5 bxa5 39.Kd4 a4 40.Bc2 a3 41.Bb3 Bd7 42.Kc3 Be6 43.Bc2 Bf7
44.h4 a2 45.Kb2 h5 46.Bd1 Kc5 47.g4 hxg4 48.Bxg4 Kd4 49.Bd7 Ke4 50.f5 Ke5
51.Bc8 Bd5 52.Bd7 Bg8 53.Ka1 Kd6 54.Bc8 Bc4 55.Bb7 Kc7 56.Be4 Bg8 57.f6 gxf6
58.h5 Kd6 59.h6 Ke5 60.h7 Bxh7 61.Bxh7 f5  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXII Rapid"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2007.08.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Cabrera,Al"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "C77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 g6 7.Bg5 Bg7 8.Nbd2 h6
9.Bh4 O-O 10.Nf1 Ne7 11.Ne3 g5 12.Bg3 Ng6 13.h4 g4 14.Nh2 h5 15.f3 Bh6 16.Nf5 Bxf5
17.exf5 Nf4 18.O-O gxf3 19.Qxf3 Kh7 20.Kh1 Rg8 21.Bb3 d5 22.Bf2 Rxg2 23.Rg1 Rxg1+
24.Rxg1 Qd7 25.c4 e4 26.dxe4 dxe4 27.Qc3 Qxf5 28.Rf1 Rg8 29.c5 Qg6 30.Rg1 Qxg1+
31.Bxg1 Ne2 32.Qe1 Rxg1+ 33.Qxg1 Nxg1 34.Kxg1 Be3+ 35.Kg2 Kg6 36.c6 bxc6
37.Nf1 Bf4 38.Bc4 a5 39.a4 Nd5 40.Ba6 f5 41.Bb7 Nb4 42.Ng3 Bxg3 43.Kxg3 Nd3
44.b3 c5 45.Bd5 Kf6 46.Bc4 f4+ 47.Kg2 Kf5 48.Bd5 f3+ 49.Kg3 f2 50.Kg2 Nf4+  0-1

[Event "XXII Rapid"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2007.08.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Giaccio,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[ECO "C18"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qa5 7.Bd2 Qa4 8.Qb1 c4
9.h4 Nc6 10.h5 h6 11.g3 Nge7 12.Bg2 Bd7 13.Nh3 O-O-O 14.O-O Kb8 15.Nf4 Nc8
16.Bh3 Nb6 17.Qc1 Ka8 18.Ng2 Qa5 19.a4 Nxa4 20.Ne3 b5 21.Bg2 Bc8 22.f4 g6
23.Bf3 a6 24.Kg2 Ne7 25.Ng4 Qc7 26.Rh1 Nf5 27.Nf6 Bb7 28.Rh3 Nb6 29.g4 Ne7
30.Qh1 Nd7 31.hxg6 Nxg6 32.Nxd7 Qxd7 33.Kf2 Rdg8 34.Rh5 Qd8 35.f5 Ne7 36.f6 Ng6
37.Bxh6 Rxh6 38.Rxh6 Qb6 39.Kg3 Qc7 40.Qh5 Qd8 41.Rh7 Qf8 42.Qh6 Qxh6 43.Rxh6 Ka7
44.Rh7 Rf8 45.g5 Kb6 46.Bh5 Nh8 47.Rxh8 Rxh8 48.Bxf7  1-0

[Event "XXII Rapid"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2007.08.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.a3 c5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Nxd5 exd5 10.dxc5 Nxc5 11.Be5 Bf6 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.Rc1 Ne6 14.Nd4 Bd7 15.Be2 Rac8
16.Rxc8 Rxc8 17.O-O Nxd4 18.exd4 g6 19.Qd2 Bf5 20.Bf3 Rc4 21.Rd1 Rc2 22.Qf4 Kg7
23.Bxd5 Rxb2 24.h3 Be6 25.Qxf6+ Kxf6 26.Bf3 Ba2 27.Rc1 Rd2 28.Bxb7 Rxd4 29.Rc6+ Kg7
30.Ra6 Rd7 31.Bf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Czech Coal"]
[Site "Carlsbad CZE"]
[Date "2007.09.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Navara,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.O-O Bd6
9.g3 O-O 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.b3 a6 12.Bf3 b5 13.Bd2 Bc7 14.Rc1 bxc4 15.bxc4 Nb6
16.cxd5 cxd5 17.Na4 Nc4 18.Bb4 Bd6 19.Bxd6 Nxd6 20.Be2 Qa5 21.Rc6 Rfd8 22.Nb6 Rab8
23.Qa4 Qxa4 24.Nxa4 a5 25.Rfc1 Rb4 26.Nc3 Nfe4 27.Nxe4 Nxe4 28.R1c2 g5 29.Bd3 g4
30.Kg2 Ng5 31.Be2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Czech Coal"]
[Site "Carlsbad CZE"]
[Date "2007.09.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Timman,J"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Rc1 g6
9.cxd5 exd5 10.Bd3 Bg7 11.O-O O-O 12.b4 a6 13.a4 Qd6 14.Qb3 Nf6 15.b5 axb5
16.axb5 Be6 17.bxc6 bxc6 18.Qc2 Rfc8 19.Nd2 Nd7 20.Nb3 Bf8 21.Ne2 c5 22.dxc5 Nxc5
23.Nxc5 Rxc5 24.Qxc5 Qxc5 25.Rxc5 Bxc5 26.Nf4 g5 27.Nxe6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Czech Coal"]
[Site "Carlsbad CZE"]
[Date "2007.09.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Movsesian,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.a4 e6 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.e3 a5
9.Bd3 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.Qc2 Re8 12.Rae1 Nf8 13.Ne5 Ng4 14.Bxe7 Rxe7 15.f4 f6
16.Nxg4 Bxg4 17.h3 Bh5 18.g4 Bf7 19.Qf2 Qd6 20.Re2 Rae8 21.h4 Kh8 22.Qf3 Nd7
23.g5 Be6 24.f5 Bg8 25.Qf4 Qxf4 26.exf4 Rxe2 27.Bxe2 Nb6 28.Kf2 Bf7 29.Rb1 Nc8
30.Bd3 Nd6 31.g6 hxg6 32.fxg6 Be6 33.Re1 Bg4 34.Rxe8+ Nxe8 35.Kg3 f5 36.h5 Nc7
37.Be2 Bxe2 38.Nxe2 Kg8 39.Kf3 Ne8 40.Kg3 Nc7 41.Kf3 Ne8 42.Kg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Czech Coal"]
[Site "Carlsbad CZE"]
[Date "2007.09.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Korchnoi,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "D48"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.O-O a6 10.a4 b4 11.Ne4 c5 12.Ned2 Be7 13.Re1 O-O 14.e4 cxd4 15.e5 Ng4 16.h3 Nc5
17.Ne4 Ne3 18.fxe3 Nxe4 19.exd4 Ng3 20.Kh2 Nf5 21.Be4 Bxe4 22.Rxe4 Qd5 23.Qd3 Rfd8
24.Bf4 Rac8 25.Rd1 h6 26.Bg3 Qc4 27.Be1 Qxd3 28.Rxd3 Rc2 29.b3 a5 30.Kg1 Bg5
31.Nxg5 hxg5 32.Bd2 f6 33.exf6 gxf6 34.Rxe6 Rxd4 35.Re8+ Kf7 36.Rd8 Rxd8
37.Rxd8 Rb2 38.Rd3 Ke6 39.Be3 Nxe3 40.Rxe3+ Kd5 41.Rf3 Ke5 42.Kh2 f5 43.Rg3 Kf4
44.Rf3+ Ke4 45.Rg3 Rb1 46.Rxg5 Rxb3 47.h4 Rc3 48.h5 Rc8 49.g4 Kf4 50.Rxf5+ Kxg4
51.Rb5 Rh8 52.Kg2 Rxh5 53.Rb8 Kf4 54.Kf2 Rh2+  0-1

[Event "Czech Coal"]
[Site "Carlsbad CZE"]
[Date "2007.09.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Akopian,Vl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[ECO "C92"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7
9.d3 d6 10.c3 Na5 11.Bc2 c5 12.Nbd2 Re8 13.Nf1 h6 14.d4 cxd4 15.cxd4 exd4
16.Nxd4 Bf8 17.Nf5 Rc8 18.N1g3 Qc7 19.Re2 Nc4 20.Qd4 Ne5 21.Bf4 Qc5 22.Rd1 Qxd4
23.Nxd4 Ng6 24.Bc1 d5 25.exd5 Rxe2 26.Ngxe2 Bxd5 27.Bb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Czech Coal"]
[Site "Carlsbad CZE"]
[Date "2007.09.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Be3 c5 8.Nf3 Qa5
9.Qd2 Nc6 10.Rb1 O-O 11.Rb5 cxd4 12.Rxa5 dxe3 13.Qxe3 Nxa5 14.h4 Be6 15.h5 Nc4
16.Bxc4 Bxc4 17.e5 Rfd8 18.Rh4 Bxa2 19.hxg6 hxg6 20.Ra4 Bd5 21.Rxa7 Rxa7
22.Qxa7 Bxf3 23.gxf3 Bxe5 24.Qa5 Bxc3+ 25.Qxc3 e6 26.Qc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Czech Coal"]
[Site "Carlsbad CZE"]
[Date "2007.09.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Laznicka,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "D70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nb6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Be3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6
9.O-O-O f5 10.h4 fxe4 11.h5 gxh5 12.Rxh5 Bf5 13.Rg5 Bg6 14.Be2 e5 15.d5 Nd4
16.fxe4 c6 17.dxc6 Nxc6 18.Qe1 Qf6 19.Qg3 Nd4 20.Bh5 Bxh5 21.Rxh5 Rac8 22.Kb1 Rxc3
23.bxc3 Na4 24.Bxd4 exd4 25.Kc2 Qf7 26.Rxd4 Qxa2+ 27.Kd3 Qb1+ 28.Kd2 Qb2+  0-1

[Event "23rd ECC Men"]
[Site "Kemer TUR"]
[Date "2007.10.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Maki Uuro,Mi"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "A17"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3 6.Qxc3 b6 7.e3 Bb7 8.Be2 Ne4
9.Qc2 Ng5 10.b3 Nxf3+ 11.gxf3 c5 12.Bb2 d5 13.cxd5 exd5 14.Rg1 d4 15.Qf5 Nc6
16.O-O-O g6 17.Qf4 Na5 18.b4 Nb3+ 19.Kb1 Bd5 20.Bd3 a5 21.b5 Qe7 22.Rg5 Rad8
23.Bc2 a4 24.h4 Qd6 25.Qxd6 Rxd6 26.exd4 cxd4 27.Bxb3 axb3 28.Re1 Bc4 29.Rge5 Kg7
30.f4 Rc8 31.Rc1 Bd3+ 32.Ka1 Rc2 33.Rxc2 bxc2 34.a4 Rd8 35.a5 Ra8  0-1

[Event "23rd ECC Men"]
[Site "Kemer TUR"]
[Date "2007.10.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Nikolic,Pr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bxc4 Nb6 6.Bd3 Be6 7.Nc3 Bd5 8.Nxd5 Qxd5
9.Nf3 e6 10.O-O Nc6 11.a3 O-O-O 12.Be3 f5 13.exf6 gxf6 14.Re1 Kb8 15.Rc1 Bd6
16.g3 f5 17.Bg5 Rdf8 18.Bc2 f4 19.Be4 Qb5 20.Qe2 Qxe2 21.Rxe2 h6 22.Bh4 Nd5
23.g4 Rhg8 24.h3 h5 25.g5 Kc8 26.Rce1 Kd7 27.Bh7 Rg7 28.Bd3 Kd8 29.g6+ Be7
30.Bxe7+ Kxe7 31.Kh2 Kd6  1-0

[Event "23rd ECC Men"]
[Site "Kemer TUR"]
[Date "2007.10.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kveinys,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 e5 10.h3 h6 11.Rd1 exd4 12.exd4 Nb6 13.Bb3 Nbd5 14.Nxd5 Nxd5 15.Bxd5 cxd5
16.Qb3 Re8 17.Ne5 Bxe5 18.dxe5 Rxe5 19.Bf4 Rf5 20.Qg3 Rf6 21.Be5 Rg6 22.Qf3 Be6
23.Rac1 Qh4 24.Bg3 Qe4 25.Qd3 h5 26.h4 Rg4 27.b3 a5 28.Rc7 Qb4 29.Rdc1 Re8
30.Kh2 g5 31.a3 Qxa3 32.f3 Rxg3 33.Kxg3 Qd6+ 34.Kf2 gxh4 35.f4 Qxf4+ 36.Qf3 Qxf3+
37.gxf3 Rb8 38.Rg1+ Kh7 39.f4 Kh6 40.Ke3 d4+ 41.Kxd4 Rd8+ 42.Ke3 Bd5 43.Kf2 h3
44.Kg3 Be6 45.f5 Bxf5 46.Rxf7 Kg5 47.Rg7+ Kf6 48.Rxb7 Rd3+ 49.Kf4 Rd4+ 50.Ke3 Re4+
51.Kf2 Bg4 52.Rb5 h4 53.Rxg4 Rxg4 54.Rxa5 h2 55.Ra1 h3 56.Rh1 Rg2+ 57.Kf3 Kg5
58.b4 Kh4 59.b5 Rb2 60.Ra1 Rxb5 61.Ra4+ Kh5  0-1

[Event "23rd ECC Men"]
[Site "Kemer TUR"]
[Date "2007.10.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "C96"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Nd7 12.d5 Nb6 13.Nbd2 f5 14.exf5 Bxf5 15.Bxf5 Rxf5
16.Ne4 Qe8 17.Bg5 Nb7 18.Qd3 c4 19.Qd2 Qg6 20.Kh1 Bxg5 21.Nfxg5 Nc5 22.Nxc5 Rxg5
23.Ne6 Rf5 24.Re4 Qf7 25.f3 Re8 26.Rg4 g6 27.Rd1 Nd7 28.Ng5 Qe7 29.Ne4 Nf6
30.Nxf6+ Rxf6 31.a4  1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ECC Men"]
[Site "Kemer TUR"]
[Date "2007.10.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fedorov,Alex"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Nc6 5.c3 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.Bb3 O-O 8.Re1 b5
9.h3 b4 10.d4 bxc3 11.bxc3 Bd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ECC Men"]
[Site "Kemer TUR"]
[Date "2007.10.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[ECO "A16"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qb3 Nb6 7.d4 Bg7 8.Bg5 h6
9.Bh4 Be6 10.Qd1 O-O 11.e3 c5 12.dxc5 Nd5 13.Nxd5 Bxd5 14.Bxe7 Qxe7 15.Qxd5 Bxb2
16.Rb1 Bc3+ 17.Ke2 Na6 18.g3 Nxc5 19.Bh3 Rfd8 20.Qc4 Bf6 21.Rhc1 b6 22.Rc2 Rd3
23.Rd1 Rxd1 24.Kxd1 Rd8+ 25.Ke2 Rd3 26.Nd2 Rd4 27.Qb5 Kg7 28.Nb3 Nxb3 29.Qxb3 h5
30.Bg2 h4 31.Rd2 Rxd2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ECC Men"]
[Site "Kemer TUR"]
[Date "2007.10.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Eljanov,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.d4 d5 4.Bg5 Bb4+ 5.Nc3 Nbd7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Qb3 c5 8.a3 Bxc3+
9.Qxc3 h6 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 11.e3 a6 12.Be2 b6 13.O-O Bb7 14.Rfc1 c4 15.b3 b5
16.bxc4 dxc4 17.Qb4 Bc6 18.a4 Qe7 19.Qa5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Essent Crown Group"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2007.10.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Andriasian,Z"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.b3 Nbd7 6.Bb2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O b6
9.Nc3 Bb7 10.Rc1 Rc8 11.Qe2 c5 12.cxd5 Nxd5 13.Nxd5 Bxd5 14.Ba6 Rc7 15.e4 Ba8
16.Rcd1 Qe8 17.a3 Be7 18.d5 exd5 19.exd5 Bd6 20.Qd3 Qd8 21.Rfe1 Bb7 22.Bc4 Bc8
23.Re6 Nf6 24.Rxd6 Qxd6 25.Be5 Qd8 26.Ng5 g6 27.Bxc7 Qxc7 28.d6 Qd7 29.Re1 b5
30.Bxb5 Qg4 31.Ne4 Nxe4 32.Rxe4 Qg5 33.f4 Qf6 34.d7 Bb7 35.Re8 Qa1+ 36.Kf2  1-0

[Event "Essent Crown Group"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2007.10.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.a3 c5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Nxd5 exd5 10.dxc5 Nxc5 11.Be5 Bf6 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.Qd4 Qe7 14.Rd1 Rd8 15.Bd3 b6
16.h3 Nxd3+ 17.Qxd3 a5 18.Nd4 Ba6 19.Qf5 Rac8 20.Qf4 b5 21.O-O b4 22.Rfe1 bxa3
23.bxa3 Qxa3 24.Ra1 Qc5 25.Nb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Essent Crown Group"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2007.10.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "C79"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.O-O Bd7 6.c3 g6 7.d4 Bg7 8.Re1 b5 9.Bb3 Nf6
10.Be3 O-O 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 dxe5 13.Bc5 Re8 14.Nd2 Be6 15.Bxe6 Rxe6 16.Nb3 Qxd1
17.Raxd1 a5 18.f3 a4 19.Nc1 Bf8 20.Be3 Rd6 21.Kf2 Nd7 22.Ke2 f6 23.Rxd6 Bxd6
24.Nd3 Kf7 25.Rc1 c5 26.c4 b4 27.g4 Ke6 28.Rd1 Rh8 29.h3 h5 30.b3 hxg4 31.hxg4 Ra8
32.Nb2 axb3 33.axb3 Ra3 34.Rd3 Ra2 35.Rd2 Ra3 36.Rd3 Ra2 37.Rd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Essent Crown Group"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2007.10.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Andriasian,Z"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "B83"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 d6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Be2 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.f4 Bd7 10.Bf3 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Bc6 12.Qe2 a6 13.Rad1 Qc7 14.Kh1 e5 15.Be3 b5
16.a3 Rac8 17.Rd2 Qb7 18.fxe5 dxe5 19.Bg5 Ne8 20.Bxe7 Qxe7 21.Qe3 Nf6 22.Rfd1 Bb7
23.h3 h6 24.Rd6 Rc4 25.R1d2 Rfc8 26.Kh2 R4c6 27.Rxc6 Bxc6 28.Qb6 Bb7 29.Kh1 Qc7
30.Qe3 Kh7 31.Kg1 g6 32.Kf2 Kg7 33.Qd3 b4 34.axb4 Qb6+ 35.Qe3 Qxb4 36.Kg3 Qxb2
37.Nd1 Qc1 38.Rd6 Rxc2 39.Rb6 Qxe3 40.Nxe3 Rc7 41.Kh2 Bxe4 42.Bxe4 Nxe4 43.Rxa6 h5  0-1

[Event "Essent Crown Group"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2007.10.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "D55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.e3 O-O 8.Qb3 c6
9.Rd1 Nd7 10.Bd3 a6 11.Bb1 g6 12.h4 Bg7 13.Qc2 Re8 14.e4 e5 15.cxd5 exd4
16.Nxd4 Nb6 17.h5 c5 18.Nde2 g5 19.O-O Be5 20.Ng3 Qf6 21.d6 Bg4 22.Nd5 Nxd5
23.Rxd5 Rad8 24.Qxc5 Rxd6 25.Rxd6 Qxd6 26.Qxd6 Bxd6 27.b3 Kg7 28.Nf5+ Bxf5
29.exf5 Re2 30.Rc1 Ba3 31.Kf1 Rxa2 32.Bxa2 Bxc1 33.b4 Bd2 34.Bd5 Bxb4 35.Bxb7 a5
36.g4 a4 37.Ke2 a3 38.Bd5 Kf6 39.Ke3 Bc5+ 40.Ke4 Bxf2 41.Ba2 Ke7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Essent Crown Group"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2007.10.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Qd2 Be7
9.O-O-O Nbd7 10.f4 Ng4 11.g3 Nxe3 12.Qxe3 b5 13.Kb1 Nf6 14.Be2 Qb8 15.Nd5 Bxd5
16.exd5 Qc7 17.g4 O-O 18.fxe5 dxe5 19.g5 Ne8 20.Bg4 a5 21.Rhe1 Bd6 22.Qd3 a4
23.Nc1 a3 24.b3 Bb4 25.Re4 Be7 26.Qe3 Bc5 27.Qc3 Nd6 28.Rxe5 b4 29.Qd3 Rae8
30.Re2 Rxe2 31.Nxe2 Qe7 32.c3 Qxg5 33.Bd7 Qe5 34.Rc1 Qxh2 35.cxb4 Bxb4 36.Rc2 Qh1+
37.Nc1 Rd8 38.Bc6 f5 39.Re2 Qg1 40.Re6 Rf8 41.Qe2 Ne4 42.Kc2 Qd4  0-1

[Event "Chess Champions League"]
[Site "Vitoria Gasteiz ESP"]
[Date "2007.11.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Polgar,Ju"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.c3 d6 8.a4 Rb8
9.d4 Bb6 10.Be3 O-O 11.Nbd2 Bg4 12.Qc2 Re8 13.axb5 axb5 14.Rfe1 Bh5 15.dxe5 dxe5
16.h3 Bxe3 17.Rxe3 Ra8 18.Rd1 Qb8 19.Bd5 Qb6 20.b4 Rad8 21.Ba2 Na7 22.Nf1 Rxd1
23.Qxd1 Bg6 24.Ng3 Nc8 25.Nf5 Bxf5 26.exf5 e4 27.Nd4 Nd6 28.g4 c5 29.bxc5 Qxc5
30.Nb3 Qe5 31.Qd4 Nd5 32.Re2 Nxc3 33.Rc2 e3 34.Qxe5 Rxe5 35.fxe3 Rxe3 36.Nc5 Kf8
37.Kg2 Ke7 38.Bb3 h5 39.gxh5 Nxf5 40.Rd2 Nd6 41.Rd3 Rxd3 42.Nxd3 Nf5 43.Nb4 Nd4
44.Nd5+ Nxd5 45.Bxd5 b4  0-1

[Event "Chess Champions League"]
[Site "Vitoria Gasteiz ESP"]
[Date "2007.11.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Nisipeanu,LD"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[ECO "A33"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.a3 d5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bg5 Bc5
9.e3 O-O 10.Be2 Bxd4 11.exd4 h6 12.Bh4 Qd6 13.Bg3 Qe7 14.Qd3 Re8 15.O-O Bf5
16.Qd2 Ne4 17.Nxe4 Qxe4 18.Bb5 Qxd4 19.Qxd4 Nxd4 20.Bxe8 Ne2+ 21.Kh1 Rxe8
22.Rad1 d4 23.Rd2 d3 24.Rfd1 Nd4 25.h3 Nb3 26.Rxd3 Bxd3 27.Rxd3 Nc5 28.Rd5 Ne4
29.Rd7 Nxg3+ 30.fxg3 b5 31.Rxa7 Re3 32.Rb7 Rb3 33.a4 b4 34.a5 Rxb2 35.a6 Ra2
36.a7 Kh7 37.Rxf7 b3 38.Rb7 b2 39.Rxb2 Rxa7 40.g4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Champions League"]
[Site "Vitoria Gasteiz ESP"]
[Date "2007.11.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karpov,Ana"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Be4 7.f3 Bg6 8.g3 a6 9.Nxg6 hxg6
10.Kf2 b5 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Bd2 Bd6 13.a4 b4 14.Na2 a5 15.Bb5+ Nbd7 16.Nc1 O-O
17.Nb3 e5 18.Rc1 g5 19.Kg2 e4 20.f4 gxf4 21.exf4 Nb6 22.Be3 Nc4 23.Qe2 Nxe3+
24.Qxe3 g6 25.Rhf1 Kg7 26.h3 Rh8 27.f5 Nh5 28.g4 Qh4 29.gxh5 Rxh5 30.f6+ Kh7
31.Kh1 Bg3 32.Bd7 Rd8 33.Rg1 Bf4 34.Rg4 Bxe3 35.Rxh4 Rxh4 36.Rc7 Bf4 37.Rb7 Rxd7  0-1

[Event "Chess Champions League"]
[Site "Vitoria Gasteiz ESP"]
[Date "2007.11.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "D55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.e3 O-O 8.Rc1 c6
9.Bd3 Nd7 10.O-O dxc4 11.Bxc4 e5 12.h3 exd4 13.exd4 Nb6 14.Bb3 Re8 15.Re1 Bf5
16.Rxe8+ Qxe8 17.Qd2 Qd7 18.Re1 Nd5 19.Nxd5 cxd5 20.Ne5 Qd6 21.g4 Be6 22.f4 Bxe5
23.dxe5 Qb6+ 24.Kg2 d4 25.Qd3 Bxb3 26.axb3 Rd8 27.f5 Qc6+ 28.Kf2 Qd5 29.Re4 Re8
30.Qxd4 Qxd4+ 31.Rxd4 Rxe5 32.Rb4 b6 33.Ra4 a5 34.b4 f6 35.bxa5 bxa5 36.b4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Champions League"]
[Site "Vitoria Gasteiz ESP"]
[Date "2007.11.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.dxe5 dxe5
9.Bg5 Bg4 10.Qxd8 Raxd8 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Nd5 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 Bg5 14.Rad1 Nd4
15.Nxc7 Rc8 16.Nb5 Rxc4 17.Nxd4 Rxd4 18.Rxd4 exd4 19.Be2 d3 20.Bxd3 Rd8 21.Rd1 Rc8
22.g3 Rc1 23.Rxc1 Bxc1 24.b3 a5 25.Kg2 b6 26.f4 g5 27.Kf3 gxf4 28.gxf4 f6
29.Kg4 h6 30.Kf5 Kf7 31.Bc4+ Ke7 32.h4 Bd2 33.h5 Bc1 34.a4 Bd2 35.e5 fxe5
36.fxe5 Bc1 37.Ke4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Champions League"]
[Site "Vitoria Gasteiz ESP"]
[Date "2007.11.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Polgar,Ju"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[ECO "E21"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 O-O 5.Bg5 c5 6.Rc1 h6 7.Bh4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 b6
9.e3 Bb7 10.Nb5 Na6 11.Nd6 Bxd6 12.Qxd6 Rc8 13.f3 Rc6 14.Qd4 Qe7 15.Be2 g5
16.Bg3 d5 17.h4 Nh5 18.Bf2 Ng7 19.hxg5 hxg5 20.Qe5 f6 21.Qh2 dxc4 22.f4 g4
23.Bxg4 Rc5 24.e4 Kf7 25.Bxc5 Qxc5 26.Qh7 Ke7 27.Qxg7+ Rf7 28.Qg8 Nb4 29.Ke2 Nd3
30.Rcf1 Qb4 31.Rh8 Qxb2+ 32.Ke3 Kd6 33.e5+ fxe5 34.fxe5+ Nxe5 35.Qb8+ Rc7
36.Rd1+  1-0

[Event "Chess Champions League"]
[Site "Vitoria Gasteiz ESP"]
[Date "2007.11.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nisipeanu,LD"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 Bg5 12.Nc2 O-O 13.a4 bxa4 14.Rxa4 a5 15.Bc4 Rb8
16.b3 Kh8 17.Qe2 Ne7 18.Nxe7 Bxe7 19.O-O Bd7 20.Ra2 Be6 21.Rfa1 Bxc4 22.bxc4 Rb3
23.Na3 Rb6 24.Nb5 Ra6 25.g3 g6 26.Ra4 Qb6 27.Rd1 Kg7 28.Rd5 Rc8 29.h4 h5
30.Kg2 Rc5 31.Rd1 Ra8 32.f3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Champions League"]
[Site "Vitoria Gasteiz ESP"]
[Date "2007.11.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Karpov,Ana"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.a3 c5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Nxd5 exd5 10.dxc5 Nxc5 11.Be5 Bf6 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.Qd4 Qd6 14.Bd3 Rd8 15.Bc2 b6
16.O-O Ba6 17.Rfe1 Rac8 18.Bf5 Rc7 19.Rad1 g6 20.Bb1 Bc4 21.h3 a5 22.Nd2 Rcd7
23.Qh4 b5 24.Nf3 Qe7 25.Qd4 Re8 26.Qf4 Qd6 27.Qh4 Qe7 28.Qf4 Qd6 29.Qh4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Champions League"]
[Site "Vitoria Gasteiz ESP"]
[Date "2007.11.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "E55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.Nf3 d5 7.O-O dxc4 8.Bxc4 Nbd7
9.Qb3 cxd4 10.exd4 Bxc3 11.bxc3 b6 12.Ng5 Re8 13.Re1 Nf8 14.f3 Bb7 15.Bf1 Rc8
16.Bb2 Qc7 17.c4 Red8 18.Rac1 Qf4 19.Nh3 Qc7 20.Nf2 Rd7 21.Ne4 Qd8 22.Nxf6+ Qxf6
23.d5 Qg5 24.Re4 Qd8 25.Qc3 f6 26.dxe6 Re7 27.Rg4 Rxe6 28.Qa3 h5 29.Rd4 Qe7
30.Rcd1 Qxa3 31.Bxa3 Ree8 32.c5 bxc5 33.Rh4 g6 34.Ra4 a6 35.Bc4+ Kg7 36.Rb1 Rc7
37.Bxc5 Rxc5 38.Rxb7+ Kh6 39.h4 a5 40.Ra7 Re1+ 41.Kh2 Ree5 42.Rf7 Nh7 43.Bb3 Re8
44.Rd4 Rf8 45.Ra7 f5 46.Rd6 Nf6 47.a4 f4 48.Rb6 Rc1 49.Bf7 Kg7 50.Be6+ Kh6
51.Rxa5 Rd8 52.Rb4 Rd6 53.Bb3 Rb1 54.Rab5 Rd3 55.Bc2 Rxb4 56.Rxb4 Rd2 57.Bb3 Rb2
58.Rb7 g5  1-0

[Event "Chess Champions League"]
[Site "Vitoria Gasteiz ESP"]
[Date "2007.11.14"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "E66"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nc3 a6 8.d5 Na5
9.Nd2 c5 10.Rb1 Rb8 11.b3 b5 12.Bb2 Bh6 13.e3 bxc4 14.Nxc4 Nxc4 15.bxc4 Qa5
16.Ba1 Bd7 17.Rb3 Bg7 18.a3 Ng4 19.Bf3 Ne5 20.Be2 Bh3 21.Re1 Nd7 22.Rxb8 Rxb8
23.Ne4 Bf5 24.Bxg7 Bxe4 25.Bh6 Ne5 26.Rf1 Qxa3 27.f3 Bd3 28.Bxd3 Qxd3 29.Qxd3 Nxd3
30.Ra1 Rb6 31.e4 Ne5 32.Kf2 Rb2+  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.e3 a6 5.b3 c5 6.Be2 Nc6 7.O-O cxd4 8.exd4 dxc4
9.bxc4 Be7 10.Bb2 O-O 11.Nc3 Qa5 12.Qb3 Rd8 13.Rfd1 Qb4 14.Qc2 Bd7 15.a3 Qb6
16.Rab1 Rac8 17.d5 Na5 18.Ne5 exd5 19.Nxd5 Nxd5 20.Rxd5 Be6 21.Bc3 Qa7 22.Rxa5 b6
23.Ra4 Bc5 24.Bf3 Rd6 25.h3 a5 26.Be4 h6 27.Nd3 Qc7 28.Rb5 Bd7 29.Rxc5 bxc5
30.Rxa5 Qb6 31.Qb2 Qxb2 32.Nxb2 Be6 33.Rb5 Re8 34.Bf3 Bd7 35.Rxc5 Ra6 36.a4 Bxa4
37.Nxa4 Rxa4 38.Bc6 Rc8 39.Bxa4 Rxc5 40.Bb5  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Adams,Mi"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "B05"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 e6 6.h3 Bh5 7.c4 Nb6 8.exd6 cxd6
9.Nc3 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.b3 d5 12.c5 Nc8 13.b4 a6 14.Ne5 Bxe2 15.Qxe2 Bf6
16.Rd1 Bxe5 17.Qxe5 Nc6 18.Qe2 N8e7 19.Bg5 Re8 20.Rab1 h6 21.a4 a5 22.b5 Nb4
23.f4 Qc7 24.Bxe7 Rxe7 25.Qf2 Rae8 26.Rd2 f6 27.Rbd1 Rf7 28.Qf3 Qd7 29.Re1 g5
30.Rde2 Ree7 31.fxg5 hxg5 32.Qg3 Kh7 33.Nd1 Rg7 34.Nf2 f5 35.Qf3 Rg6 36.Re5 Rf7
37.Qe2 Rff6 38.Nh1 Rh6 39.Ng3 Kg7 40.Nh5+ Rxh5 41.Qxh5 Nd3 42.Qxg5+ Rg6 43.Qe3 Nxe1
44.Qxe1 Kf6 45.Qh4+ Kf7 46.Re3 Qc8 47.Qh7+ Rg7 48.Qh5+ Kf6 49.Qh4+ Kf7 50.Rg3 Qg8
51.Kh2 Ke8 52.Rxg7 Qxg7 53.Qf4 Qf6 54.h4  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Karpov,Ana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "D55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.Qb3 c6 8.Rd1 Nd7
9.e3 O-O 10.Bd3 Nb6 11.e4 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Nxc4 13.Qxc4 b5 14.Qb3 Ba6 15.Qa3 Qb6
16.b4 Bb7 17.Qb2 a5 18.a3 axb4 19.axb4 Qa6 20.O-O Qa3 21.Rb1 Qxb2 22.Rxb2 Ra3
23.Rc1 Rfa8 24.h3 Be7 25.e5 Rd8 26.Kf1 f5 27.exf6 Bxf6 28.Ne4 Bxd4 29.Nxd4 Rxd4
30.Nc5 Bc8 31.Ke2 e5 32.Rd1 Bf5 33.Rxd4 exd4 34.Rd2 d3+ 35.Nxd3 Rb3 36.Ne5 Rxb4
37.Nxc6 Re4+ 38.Kf3 Rc4 39.Ne7+ Kf7 40.Nxf5 Rc3+ 41.Ke4 b4 42.Rb2 b3 43.Nd4 Kf6
44.Rxb3 Rc4 45.Rb6+  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "D55"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.e3 O-O 8.Qb3 c6
9.Rd1 Nd7 10.Bd3 Nb6 11.c5 Nd7 12.e4 e5 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.exd5 Bg4
16.O-O Bxd1 17.Rxd1 Bxc3 18.dxc6 bxc6 19.Bh7+ Kxh7 20.Rxd8 Rfxd8 21.bxc3 Rab8
22.Qc2+ Kg8 23.h3 Rb5 24.Qe4 Rxc5 25.Qe7 Rdd5 26.Qe8+ Kh7 27.Qxf7 Rxc3 28.Qxa7 c5
29.Qf7 Re5 30.Qf4 Re8 31.a4 Kh8 32.a5 Ra3 33.Qc7 Ra8 34.Qxc5 R3xa5 35.Qc3 R5a6
36.Kh2 Rf6 37.f3 Re8 38.Qc4 Rd8 39.h4 Rfd6 40.Qg4 Rd4 41.f4 Rf8 42.g3 Ra8
43.Qf5 Rdd8 44.h5 Rf8 45.Qg6 Rf6 46.Qe4 Rd8 47.Qe5 Rdf8 48.Kh3 R6f7 49.Kg4 Rf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "A70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.h3 a6 8.e4 b5 9.Bd3 Bg7
10.O-O O-O 11.Bf4 Re8 12.Re1 Ra7 13.a3 Rae7 14.Rc1 Qb6 15.b4 Nbd7 16.Qd2 Bb7
17.Bh2 Nh5 18.g4 Nhf6 19.Qf4 c4 20.Bb1 Ne5 21.Nxe5 dxe5 22.Qd2 Ra8 23.Kg2 Ne8
24.f3 Rd7 25.Bg1 Qd8 26.Be3 Nd6 27.h4 f5 28.exf5 gxf5 29.gxf5 Qf8 30.Bc5 Bh6
31.Be3 Rg7+ 32.Kf2 Qf6 33.Bg5 Bxg5 34.hxg5 Rxg5 35.Rg1 Kh8 36.Qxg5 Qxg5 37.Rxg5 Rf8
38.f4 Bc8 39.fxe5 Nf7 40.Rh5 Nxe5 41.Ke3 Nd3 42.Bxd3 cxd3 43.Kxd3 Rxf5 44.Rh6 Rf3+
45.Kd4 Rf4+ 46.Ke5 Rc4 47.Ne4 Kg7 48.Rh2 Bg4 49.Nf6 h5 50.d6 Kf7 51.Nxh5 Rxc1
52.Nf4 Re1+ 53.Kd5 Bf3+ 54.Kc5 Rc1+ 55.Kd4 Rd1+ 56.Ke5 Re1+ 57.Kf5 Be4+ 58.Kg5 Rg1+
59.Kh4 Rd1 60.Re2 Bf5 61.Re7+ Kf6 62.Nh5+ Kg6 63.Nf4+ Kf6 64.Nh5+ Kg6 65.Nf4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Korotylev,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "A11"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 a6 5.Qc2 g6 6.b3 Bg7 7.Bb2 O-O 8.Be2 Re8
9.O-O e5 10.d3 Nbd7 11.Rfd1 Nf8 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.Na4 b5 14.Nc5 Qd6 15.b4 h5
16.a4 Rb8 17.axb5 axb5 18.h3 N8h7 19.Ra7 g5 20.d4 e4 21.Ne5 Rf8 22.Rda1 g4
23.h4 g3 24.fxg3 Bh6 25.R1a3 Ng4 26.Bxg4 Bxg4 27.Qf2 Nf6 28.R3a6 Rb6 29.Rxb6 Qxb6
30.Ra6  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[ECO "D73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 c6 5.Nc3 d5 6.Qb3 O-O 7.Bg2 Qb6 8.c5 Qxb3
9.axb3 Bg4 10.b4 a6 11.Ne5 Nbd7 12.Bf4 Bf5 13.h3 h5 14.f3 Rfd8 15.g4 Be6
16.e3 hxg4 17.hxg4 Nxe5 18.Bxe5 Nd7 19.Bxg7 Kxg7 20.Kf2 Rh8 21.g5 f6 22.gxf6+ Nxf6
23.Rag1 Rxh1 24.Rxh1 Rf8 25.Ke2 Bd7 26.Nd1 Re8 27.Nf2 e5 28.dxe5 Rxe5 29.Nd3 Re7
30.Kd2 Bf5 31.Nf4 Nd7 32.Ne2 Nf8 33.Nd4 Ne6 34.Nxf5+ gxf5 35.Rh5 f4 36.e4 dxe4
37.fxe4 Nd4 38.Kd3 Rd7 39.e5 Kg6 40.Rh8 Ne6+ 41.Ke2 Rd4 42.Bh3 Ng5 43.Rg8+ Kh6
44.Bf5 f3+ 45.Ke3 f2 46.Rh8+ Kg7 47.Rh1 Rxb4 48.Rf1 Nf7 49.e6 Nh6 50.Rxf2 Kf6
51.Bh3+ Ke7 52.Rd2 Ng4+ 53.Bxg4 Rxg4 54.Rd7+ Kxe6 55.Rxb7 Kd5 56.Kd3 Kxc5
57.Kc2 a5 58.Rh7 Kb5 59.Kb3 Rg3+ 60.Ka2 a4 61.Rh5+ c5 62.Rh4 c4 63.Rh8 Kb4
64.Rb8+ Kc5 65.Rc8+ Kd4 66.Ra8 Rg2 67.Rxa4 Kc5 68.Ra3 Kb5 69.Rc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Qc2 g6 6.Bd3 Bg7 7.Nf3 O-O 8.h3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Be2 c5 11.dxc5 Nc6 12.a3 b4 13.axb4 Nxb4 14.Qa4 Nd3+ 15.Bxd3 Qxd3
16.Qd4 Qf5 17.e4 Nxe4 18.Qe3 Nxc5 19.O-O Nb3 20.Ra3 Qe6 21.Re1 Nxc1 22.Qxc1 Qd7
23.Rd1 Qb7 24.Ra5 Rb8 25.Qe3 Qxb2 26.Nd5 Bb7 27.Nxe7+ Kh8 28.Ng5 Qf6 29.Rd7 Ba8
30.Nd5 Bxd5 31.Raxd5 Kg8 32.Ne4 Qa1+ 33.Kh2 Rb1 34.Rd8 Rb8 35.Rxb8 Rxb8 36.Qd3 Rf8
37.g3 a5 38.Rd7 a4 39.Qd5 a3 40.Ra7 Qb2 41.Kg2 h6 42.Nd6 Qf6 43.Rxa3 Rd8
44.Rd3 Bf8 45.Ne4 Qe7 46.Qxd8 Qxe4+ 47.Rf3 Qe6 48.Qf6 Qd5 49.Kh2 Bg7 50.Qf4 Be5
51.Qe3 Bg7 52.Qe8+ Bf8 53.Re3 Qf5 54.Re2 Qf6 55.Kg2 h5 56.Qe4 Qd6 57.Rc2 Kg7
58.Rc6 Qd7 59.Qe5+ Kg8 60.Rc7 Qd8 61.Rb7 Qa8 62.Qd5 Qe8 63.Qd7 Qxd7 64.Rxd7 Kg7
65.Kf3 Bc5 66.Rd2 Kf6 67.Ke4 Kg7 68.Rc2 Bb6 69.Kd5 Ba7 70.Kd6 Bd4 71.Kd7 Kf6
72.Ke8 Ke6 73.Rc6+ Kd5 74.Rc2 Ke6 75.Re2+ Kf6 76.Re7 g5 77.Rxf7+ Ke6 78.g4 hxg4
79.hxg4 Bf6 80.Kf8 Ke5 81.Kg8 Ke6 82.Rf8 Be7 83.Rf5  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Qc2 Bg4 6.Ne5 Bh5 7.Qb3 Ra7 8.Nc3 e6
9.Bd2 Bd6 10.h3 Bxe5 11.dxe5 Nfd7 12.g4 Bg6 13.f4 h5 14.g5 Nc5 15.Qa3 Nbd7
16.cxd5 exd5 17.Rd1 O-O 18.Bc1 a5 19.Rh2 Re8 20.b4 axb4 21.Qxb4 b5 22.h4 Na4
23.Ne2 Bf5 24.Ng3 Bg4 25.Be2 Bxe2 26.Rxe2 g6 27.Rc2 Ra6 28.e4 Qb6 29.Ke2 c5
30.Qe1 d4 31.Kf3 c4 32.Kg2 d3 33.Rf2 b4 34.Be3 Qb5 35.Bd4 Nac5 36.Qe3 c3
37.f5 d2 38.e6 Nxe6 39.fxe6 Rexe6 40.Bxc3 bxc3 41.Qxc3 Rxa2 42.Rfxd2 Nf8
43.Kf3 Re8 44.Ne2 Ne6 45.Rb2 Qd7 46.Ng3 Qxd1+ 47.Kg2 Qg4 48.Qf6 Qxh4 49.Rf2 Rf8
50.e5 Qg4 51.Kh2 Nxg5 52.Ne2 Ne4  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "C05"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ndf3 Rb8 8.Bd3 b5
9.Ne2 g6 10.O-O Qb6 11.g4 h5 12.h3 b4 13.Qa4 bxc3 14.bxc3 cxd4 15.Rb1 Qc7
16.Rxb8 Ndxb8 17.cxd4 Bd7 18.Qc2 Qa5 19.Bxg6 Nb4 20.Qb1 Qxa2 21.Bd2 Qxb1
22.Bxb1 hxg4 23.hxg4 Bb5 24.Re1 N8c6 25.Nc3 Bc4 26.Kg2 a5 27.Na4 Bb3 28.Nc5 Bxc5
29.dxc5 a4 30.Bxb4 Nxb4 31.Nd4 Bc4 32.Re3 Kd7 33.Ra3 Ra8 34.f5 Nc6 35.Nf3 Rb8
36.Ra1  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[ECO "E55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O dxc4 8.Bxc4 Nbd7
9.Qb3 a6 10.a4 Qe7 11.Rd1 h6 12.h3 Rb8 13.dxc5 Bxc5 14.e4 Bd6 15.Be3 b6 16.Nd4 Bb7
17.f3 Rfc8 18.Qa2 Ne5 19.Bxe6 Rd8 20.Nf5 Qf8 21.Kh1 fxe6 22.Qxe6+ Nf7 23.Bxh6 Bc8
24.Qxf6 gxf6 25.Bxf8 Bxf8 26.Rxd8 Nxd8 27.Ne3 Kf7 28.Rd1 Nc6 29.g4 Bc5 30.Ned5 Be6
31.Kg2 Ne5 32.b3 Rc8 33.f4 Nc6 34.Kg3 Nb4 35.h4 Rd8 36.f5 Bxd5 37.Nxd5 Nxd5
38.exd5 Bd6+ 39.Kf3 Rc8 40.Rd3 Rc1 41.g5 Rf1+ 42.Kg4 Rf4+ 43.Kh5 Rxf5 44.Rc3 fxg5
45.hxg5 Rxd5 46.Rc6 Be7 47.Rxb6 Rxg5+ 48.Kh6 a5 49.Ra6 Re5 50.Kh7 Rh5+ 51.Rh6 Rxh6+
52.Kxh6 Ke6  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Dreev,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bd2 Nb6 6.Bf4 Bg7 7.e3 O-O 8.Rc1 c5
9.dxc5 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 Qxd1+ 11.Rxd1 N6d7 12.Bb5 Nc6 13.Rd5 Nf6 14.Rd1 Ne4
15.Ne2 Nxc5 16.O-O Kg7 17.Nd4 e5 18.Bxc6 exf4 19.Bd5 fxe3 20.fxe3 Rb8 21.Rf4 Bd7
22.Rdf1 f6 23.Nb3 Na4 24.Rxa4 Bxa4 25.Nc5 Rfe8 26.Nxa4 Rxe3 27.Nc5 f5 28.c4 b6
29.Ne6+ Kf6 30.Nd4 Rbe8 31.g4 Re1 32.g5+ Kg7 33.Kf2 Rxf1+ 34.Kxf1 h6 35.Ne6+ Kh7
36.h4 hxg5 37.hxg5 Re7 38.Ke2 Kg8 39.Kd3 Rh7 40.Kd4 Rh2 41.Ke5 Rxa2 42.Kf6 a5
43.Nf4+ Kh7 44.Nxg6 Rg2 45.Bxg2  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb7 6.Bg2 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 c5 8.O-O O-O
9.Bc3 Na6 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.e3 Be7 12.Nbd2 Nc5 13.Rc1 Qc7 14.Qe2 Rac8 15.Rfd1 Rfd8
16.Be5 d6 17.Bb2 a6 18.Nd4 Bxg2 19.Kxg2 Qb7+ 20.f3 d5 21.a3 h6 22.cxd5 Nxd5
23.e4 Nf6 24.Nc4 a5 25.Ne5 Rd6 26.b4 Ncd7 27.Rxc8+ Qxc8 28.Rc1 Qb7 29.Nec6 Bf8
30.e5 Rxd4 31.Bxd4 Nd5 32.b5 Nc5 33.Ra1 Nb3  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "D76"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.O-O Nb6 8.Nc3 Nc6
9.d5 Na5 10.Nd4 c6 11.e4 cxd5 12.exd5 Nac4 13.b3 Nd6 14.Re1 Re8 15.Bg5 Nf5
16.Nxf5 Bxf5 17.Rc1 Rc8 18.Nb5 Qd7 19.Rxc8 Nxc8 20.Nd4 Bh3 21.Bxh3 Qxh3 22.Qd3 Qd7
23.Nf3 Rd8 24.d6 Qxd6 25.Qxd6 Rxd6 26.Bxe7 Re6 27.Rxe6 fxe6 28.Bc5 b6 29.Ba3 Bf6
30.Kf1 Kf7 31.Ke2 Ne7 32.Bxe7 Kxe7 33.Ne1 Kd6 34.Nc2 b5 35.Kd3 a6 36.Ke4 Kc5
37.f3 a5 38.h3 a4 39.g4 axb3 40.axb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.c3 Nbd7 7.Bd3 h6 8.Bh4 Nh5
9.O-O c5 10.Re1 cxd4 11.cxd4 b6 12.Rc1 Bb7 13.Bb5 a6 14.Bc6 Bxc6 15.Rxc6 b5
16.e5 dxe5 17.dxe5 Nf4 18.Ne4 Nxe5 19.Nxe5 Qxd1 20.Rxd1 Bxe5 21.Bxe7 Rfc8
22.Rxc8+ Rxc8 23.g3 Ne6 24.b3 Rc2 25.Nf6+ Kg7 26.Ne8+ Kh8 27.Rd7 Rxa2 28.Ra7 Rxf2
29.Ra8 Rd2 30.Nf6+ Nd8 31.Bxd8 Kg7 32.Ne8+ Kf8 33.Ba5 Rd1+ 34.Kg2 Ke7 35.Bb4+ Kd7
36.Ra7+ Kc6 37.Rxf7 Rb1 38.Rf3 Rb2+ 39.Kh3 h5 40.Nf6 Bc7 41.Rc3+ Kb7 42.Nd5 Be5
43.Re3 Bd4 44.Rd3 Bg1 45.Bd2 a5 46.Kg2 Bc5 47.Kf3 a4 48.h4 a3 49.Bc1 Rf2+
50.Ke4 a2 51.Ba3 a1=Q 52.Bxc5 Qh1+ 53.Kd4 Rb2 54.Bd6 Qg1+ 55.Ke5 Qf1 56.Nf4  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Savchenko,B"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "B81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g4 h6 7.Be3 Nc6 8.Rg1 Bd7
9.h4 h5 10.gxh5 Nxh5 11.Ndb5 Qb8 12.Qd2 a6 13.Nd4 b5 14.O-O-O b4 15.Nce2 Qb7
16.f3 Ne5 17.Nf4 Nxf4 18.Bxf4 Rxh4 19.Bg3 Rh8 20.f4 Nc6 21.Nf3 a5 22.f5 b3
23.cxb3 a4 24.Bc4 Na5 25.fxe6 fxe6 26.Nd4 axb3 27.Bxb3 Nxb3+ 28.Nxb3 Qxe4
29.Qd3 Qxd3 30.Rxd3 e5 31.a3 Rc8+ 32.Kd2 Bf5 33.Rc3 Rxc3 34.Kxc3 Kd7 35.a4 Be7
36.Bf2 Rc8+ 37.Kb4 Rb8+ 38.Kc3 Bf6 39.a5 d5 40.Nc5+ Kc6 41.b4 Kb5 42.a6 d4+
43.Kb3 Bh7 44.a7 Bg8+ 45.Kb2 Ra8 46.Ra1 Bd8 47.Nd7 Bc7 48.Bg3 Kxb4 49.Bxe5 Bxe5
50.Nxe5 Kc5 51.Ra6 Bd5 52.Nd7+ Kb5 53.Rd6 Bc6 54.Ne5 Be8 55.Rxd4 Rxa7 56.Kc3 Ra3+
57.Kd2 Kc5 58.Rd8 Bb5 59.Ng4 Rg3 60.Ne3 g5 61.Rc8+ Kb6 62.Rf8 Rg1 63.Rf6+ Kc5
64.Rf5+ Kb4 65.Nd5+ Kb3 66.Ne3 Ba6 67.Ra5 Bc8 68.Rc5 Bh3 69.Rb5+ Ka4 70.Rb7 g4
71.Rh7 Kb4 72.Ke2 Kc3 73.Kf2 Ra1 74.Rg7 Kd3 75.Nxg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Kamsky,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.a4 e6 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Qc2 Qa5 8.cxd5 cxd5
9.e3 Ne4 10.Bd3 Nxg5 11.Nxg5 g6 12.O-O Be7 13.f4 Nf6 14.Nf3 Bd7 15.Ne5 Rc8
16.Qe2 Bc6 17.g4 Nd7 18.Nf3 Bb4 19.f5 exf5 20.gxf5 O-O 21.Qg2 Kg7 22.Ng5 Rce8
23.Nxh7 Rxe3 24.Nxf8 Nxf8 25.fxg6 fxg6 26.Rf3 Rxf3 27.Qxf3 Bxc3 28.bxc3 Qxc3
29.Rf1 Qxd4+ 30.Kh1 Nh7 31.Qf7+ Kh8 32.Qxg6 Qg7 33.Qe6 d4+ 34.Be4 Bxe4+ 35.Qxe4 Ng5
36.Qh4+ Kg8 37.Rg1  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "D03"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 d5 5.e3 O-O 6.Bd3 c5 7.c3 b6 8.O-O Ba6
9.Bxa6 Nxa6 10.Qe2 Nc7 11.Rad1 cxd4 12.Nxd4 e5 13.N4f3 h6 14.Bh4 Qd6 15.Nc4 Qe6
16.Ncxe5 Ne4 17.Nd3 Rfe8 18.Bg3 Nxg3 19.hxg3 d4 20.Nxd4 Qxa2 21.Nb4 Qa5 22.Ndc6 Qc5
23.Rd7 Ne6 24.Qf3 Ng5 25.Qd5 a5 26.Qxc5 bxc5 27.Nd5 Ne6 28.Ra1 a4 29.Rb7 Nd8
30.Nce7+ Kf8 31.Rd7 Ne6 32.f4 c4 33.f5 gxf5 34.Nxf5 Red8 35.Nb6 Rxd7 36.Nxd7+ Kg8
37.Nb6 Rb8 38.Nxc4 Nc5 39.Rd1 Bf8 40.Rd4 Kh7 41.Kh2 Kg6 42.Nfd6 Bxd6 43.Rxd6+ Kg7
44.Rd5 Ne4 45.Ra5 Rc8 46.Rxa4 Nc5 47.Ra7 Ne4 48.Ne5 Kf6 49.Nxf7 Rb8 50.Nxh6 Rxb2
51.Ra6+ Ke5 52.Nf7+ Kd5 53.Ra5+ Kc4 54.Ra4+ Kd3 55.Ne5+ Kxe3 56.Ng4+ Kd3
57.Rd4+  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Rublevsky,S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "D16"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 e6 6.e3 c5 7.Bxc4 Nc6 8.O-O cxd4
9.exd4 Be7 10.Bg5 O-O 11.Qd2 Bd7 12.Rfe1 Rc8 13.Rad1 Nb4 14.Bb3 Bc6 15.Qe2 Nfd5
16.Bd2 a5 17.Ne5 Bg5 18.Ne4 Bxd2 19.Qxd2 b6 20.g3 Bb7 21.h4 h6 22.f4 Nf6
23.Nxf6+ Qxf6 24.Kh2 Rcd8 25.f5 Qxf5 26.Rf1 Qe4 27.Rf4 Qh7 28.Qf2 Bd5 29.Bxd5 Nxd5
30.Rxf7 Nf6 31.Rxf8+ Rxf8 32.Qe2 Qf5 33.Kg2 Nd5 34.Rd3 Rc8 35.Rf3 Rc2 36.Rxf5 Rxe2+
37.Rf2 Ne3+ 38.Kf3 Nd1 39.Kxe2 Nxb2 40.Nc6  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Bd3 Bg4 6.Nbd2 e6 7.Qb3 Qc7 8.Ne5 Bh5
9.e4 dxc4 10.Nexc4 b5 11.Ne3 c5 12.dxc5 Nbd7 13.Qc2 Nxc5 14.Be2 Bxe2 15.Kxe2 Rc8
16.f3 Bd6 17.Nb3 Nxb3 18.Qxb3 Bxh2 19.Bd2 O-O 20.a4 Nh5 21.Rhc1 Qd7 22.axb5 axb5
23.Bb4 Rfd8 24.Rxc8 Rxc8 25.Rd1 Qc6 26.g4 Nf4+ 27.Kf2 Ng6 28.Qd3 h6 29.Qd7 Qxd7
30.Rxd7 Ne5 31.Rd1 Bf4 32.Ng2 Rc2+ 33.Kf1 Bg3 34.Ne1 Rxb2 35.Bc3 Rf2+ 36.Kg1 Nxf3+
37.Nxf3 Rxf3 38.Bb2 Re3 39.Kg2 Bh4  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Adams,Mi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "E13"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 b6 5.Bg5 Bb7 6.Nd2 h6 7.Bh4 Qe7 8.f3 c5
9.a3 Bxc3 10.bxc3 Nc6 11.e3 g5 12.Bf2 d6 13.Bd3 Na5 14.h4 g4 15.h5 gxf3 16.gxf3 O-O-O
17.Bh4 Rdg8 18.Qe2 Rg7 19.Qh2 Rhg8 20.Qf4 Rg5 21.Bxg5 Rxg5 22.O-O-O cxd4
23.exd4 Nxh5 24.Qe3 Qf6 25.Be4 Qf4 26.Qxf4 Nxf4 27.Rxh6 Rg2 28.Rh8+ Kd7 29.Bxb7 Nxb7
30.Rdh1 Na5 31.R8h2 Rg8 32.Kc2 Ke7 33.Rh4 Ng2 34.Rh8 Rg5 35.Ra8 Nf4 36.Rxa7+ Kf6
37.Rh7 Rg2 38.Raxf7+ Kg5 39.Rhg7+ Ng6 40.Kd3 Kh6 41.Rh7+ Kg5 42.Ne4+  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Karpov,Ana"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "D90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bd2 Nb6 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.Bg5 O-O 8.e3 h6
9.Bh4 g5 10.Bg3 c5 11.dxc5 Bxc3+ 12.bxc3 Qxd1+ 13.Rxd1 Na4 14.h4 g4 15.Nd4 Nxc5
16.f3 f6 17.Bc4+ Kg7 18.e4 Na4 19.Ne6+ Bxe6 20.Bxe6 gxf3 21.gxf3 Nc6 22.Rg1 Kh7
23.Bf4 Nxc3 24.Rd7 Rfd8 25.Bf5+ Kh8 26.Bxh6 Rxd7 27.Bg7+ Kg8 28.Be6+ Kh7
29.Bf5+ Kg8 30.Bh6+ Kh8 31.Bg7+ Kg8 32.Be6+ Kh7 33.Bf5+ Kg8 34.Bxf6+ Kf7
35.Bxc3 Rd6 36.Rg7+ Kf8 37.Rh7 Rad8 38.h5 Nd4 39.Bxd4 Rxd4 40.h6 R8d6 41.Kf2 Rd2+
42.Kg3 e6 43.Bg6 Rd8 44.Rf7+ Kg8 45.Rxb7 Rxa2 46.Kf4 a5 47.Ke5 a4 48.Ra7 a3
49.Bf7+ Kh8 50.Bxe6 Ra1 51.f4 Rh1 52.Rxa3 Rxh6 53.f5 Rf8 54.Ra7 Rh5 55.Rd7 Rg5
56.Kd6 Rg1 57.e5 Rf1 58.Ke7 Ra8 59.f6 Re1 60.Rd5 Ra7+ 61.Bd7 Ra8 62.e6 Kh7
63.Rf5 Kg6 64.Rf2  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bd2 Bg7 6.e4 Nb6 7.Be3 O-O 8.h3 f5
9.exf5 Bxf5 10.Nf3 Nc6 11.Bb5 Nb4 12.Qb3+ N4d5 13.Nxd5 Qxd5 14.Qxd5+ Nxd5
15.Bc4 Rad8 16.Bg5 h6 17.Bh4 c6 18.O-O g5 19.Bg3 Bxh3 20.Rfe1 Rd7 21.Ne5 Bxe5
22.Bxe5 Be6 23.f3 Bf7 24.a3 Nf4 25.Bf1 Ne6 26.Rad1 Rfd8 27.g3 Kf8 28.Bh3 c5
29.Bxe6 Bxe6 30.Kf2 Kf7 31.Rh1 Kg6 32.Ke3 Rd5 33.f4 Bg4 34.Rd2 b6 35.b4 cxb4
36.axb4 a5 37.Rdh2 h5 38.bxa5 Rxa5 39.Rb2 Ra3+ 40.Kf2 gxf4 41.gxf4 Kf5 42.Rxb6 Ra2+
43.Ke3 Rc8 44.Rb3 Rcc2 45.d5 Re2+ 46.Kd4 Bf3 47.Rg1 Red2+ 48.Ke3 Bg4 49.Rb8 Re2+
50.Kd4 Red2+ 51.Ke3 Re2+ 52.Kd4 Rad2+ 53.Kc5 Ke4 54.Rb4+ Kf5 55.Rb8 Rc2+
56.Kd4 Red2+ 57.Ke3 Rxd5 58.Rf8+ Ke6 59.Re1 Rcd2 60.Ke4 Kd7 61.f5 Ra5 62.Kf4 Rdd5
63.f6 Ra4+ 64.Kg5 Raa5 65.Kf4 Be6  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 dxc4 7.Ne5 Nc6 8.Bxc6 bxc6
9.Nxc6 Qe8 10.Nxe7+ Qxe7 11.Qa4 c5 12.Qxc4 cxd4 13.Qxd4 e5 14.Qh4 Rb8 15.O-O Rb4
16.e4 h6 17.f3 Rd8 18.g4 Ba6 19.Re1 Rd3 20.Qf2 Qd7 21.Be3 Qb7 22.Re2 Rxe3
23.Rxe3 Rxb2 24.Qe1 h5 25.g5 Nh7 26.h4 Nf8 27.Rb1 Ng6 28.Rxb2 Qxb2 29.Nd5 Qxa2
30.Qf2 Qa4 31.Re1 Bc4 32.Ne3 Be6 33.Kh2 a5 34.Ng2 Qb4 35.Rc1 a4 36.Qc5 Qb3
37.Qc3 Qb5 38.Kg3 Kh7 39.Qa3 Bb3 40.Qc5 Qe2 41.Qf2 Qa6 42.Qe3 Bc4 43.Qc3 Bf1
44.Ne3 Bb5 45.Nd5 Bd7 46.Nc7 Qd6 47.Nd5 Qe6 48.Rh1 Qa6 49.Ra1 Qe2 50.Qe3 Qb2
51.Qa3 Qb8 52.Qc3 Qb5 53.Qc7 Be6 54.Nc3 Qb2 55.Re1 Nf4 56.Qxe5 Nd3 57.g6+ fxg6
58.Qxe6 Qf2+  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Korotylev,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "E17"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Qc2 c5 8.d5 exd5
9.Ng5 h6 10.h4 Na6 11.cxd5 Nb4 12.Qd1 hxg5 13.hxg5 Nh7 14.a3 Na6 15.e4 g6
16.f4 f5 17.gxf6 Bxf6 18.Qg4 Qe8 19.Bd2 c4 20.O-O-O Nc5 21.e5 Nd3+ 22.Kb1 Nf2
23.Qe2 Nxd1 24.Rxd1 Bg7 25.Qxc4 Rc8 26.Qd3 d6 27.Be4 dxe5 28.Bxg6 e4 29.Bxe4 Nf6
30.Bf5 Rd8 31.Re1 Qh5 32.Be6+ Rf7 33.Re5 Qh7 34.Rf5 Bc8 35.Bxf7+ Kxf7 36.Rxf6+ Kxf6
37.Qxh7 Bf5+ 38.Ne4+  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "26"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "A33"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.g3 Bb4+ 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Bg2 O-O 8.O-O Ne5
9.Qb3 Be7 10.Rd1 a6 11.Bf4 Qc7 12.Na4 d6 13.Nb6 Rb8 14.Rac1 Nfd7 15.Nxd7 Bxd7
16.c5 dxc5 17.Nf3 Nxf3+ 18.Bxf3 e5 19.Bxe5 Qxe5 20.Rxd7 b5 21.Qa3 Rfd8 22.Rcd1 Rxd7
23.Rxd7 Bf8 24.Qxa6 Qxb2 25.Rxf7 Kxf7 26.Qa7+ Be7 27.Qxb8 Qxa2 28.Qxb5 Qe6
29.Qd3 Qh6 30.Qf5+ Ke8 31.Be4 Qf6 32.Qxh7 Qd4 33.e3 Qe5 34.Qg8+ Kd7 35.Qc4 Bf6
36.h4 Ke7 37.Kg2 Qd6 38.Bf3 Be5 39.h5 Bf6 40.Qb5 Qc7 41.Qc4 Qd6 42.Be4 Qe5
43.Bg6 Kd8 44.Qf7 Qd6 45.Be4 Kc8 46.g4 Qe5 47.Bf5+ Kb8 48.Qd7 Bh4 49.Qc6 Ka7
50.Be4 Qe7 51.Bd5 Bg5 52.f4 Bf6 53.Kf3 Bc3 54.g5 Bd2 55.e4 c4 56.Qxc4 Qa3+
57.Kg4 Qe3 58.Qc7+ Ka6 59.Bc4+  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "27"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 b5 6.Nbd2 c5 7.Bg2 Nc6 8.d5 exd5
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Bb2 Nf6 11.O-O Be7 12.e4 d6 13.Nh4 Rc8 14.Nf5 O-O 15.f4 Ne8
16.Nh6+ gxh6 17.Qg4+ Bg5 18.fxg5 Qxg5 19.Qe2 Nd4 20.Qf2 b4 21.Nc4 Bxc4 22.bxc4 Ng7
23.a3 a5 24.axb4 axb4 25.Ra7 Nge6 26.Rxf7 Qg6 27.Rf5 Qg7 28.h4 Ra8 29.Kh1 Ra2
30.Rxf8+ Nxf8 31.e5 dxe5 32.Bd5+ Nfe6 33.Qg2 Qg6 34.Rf2 Kg7 35.Kh2 Rxb2 36.Rxb2 Qf6
37.Rf2 Qe7 38.Qe4 Nf8 39.Qg4+ Ng6 40.h5 e4 41.hxg6 hxg6 42.Rf7+ Qxf7 43.Bxf7 Kxf7
44.Qxe4 b3 45.Kg2 Kf6 46.Qb7 Ke5 47.Qd5+ Kf6 48.Qxc5 Ne6 49.Qe3  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "28"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.Nd2 h6 4.Bh4 c5 5.e4 g5 6.Bg3 cxd4 7.e5 Nd5 8.h4 Qb6
9.Bc4 Qxb2 10.Bxd5 exd5 11.hxg5 Nc6 12.Rb1 Qxa2 13.Ngf3 b6 14.O-O Qa3 15.Nb3 hxg5
16.Nbxd4 Nxd4 17.Nxd4 Qc5 18.Re1 Bb7 19.Rb3 Bc6 20.Qd2 Be7 21.Rd3 Rh7 22.Nf5 O-O-O
23.Rc3 Rdh8 24.Bh4 Qb4 25.Nxe7+ Qxe7 26.Qxd5 Rxh4 27.f3 Kb7  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "29"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.e4 d5 6.Bd3 dxe4 7.Nxe4 Nxe4 8.Bxe4 c5
9.c3 cxd4 10.Nxd4 h6 11.Be3 f5 12.Qb3+ Kh7 13.Bxb7 f4 14.Bxa8 fxe3 15.fxe3 e5
16.Nf3 Ba6 17.Be4 Nd7 18.Rd1 Qe7 19.Qd5 Rxf3 20.Bxf3 e4 21.Qxe4 Ne5 22.h4 Nxf3+
23.gxf3 Qc7 24.Rg1  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "30"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Be2 Nbd7
9.O-O Rc8 10.a4 Nb6 11.a5 Nc4 12.Bxc4 Rxc4 13.Qd3 Qc8 14.Rfc1 Rb4 15.Nd2 Be7
16.b3 Qc6 17.Na2 Rb5 18.Nc3 Rb4 19.Na2 Rb5 20.Bb6 d5 21.c4 dxe4 22.Qc3 Rxb6
23.axb6 Qxb6 24.Qxe5 Bc5 25.Qb8+ Qd8 26.Qxd8+ Kxd8 27.Re1 Bf5 28.b4 Bd6 29.c5 Bf4
30.Rad1 Kc7 31.g3 Bh6 32.Nc4 Be6 33.Rd4 Rd8 34.Red1 Re8 35.Nc3 Bg4 36.Re1 Bf3
37.Nd6 Re7 38.Nf5 Re5 39.Nxh6 gxh6 40.Rd6 Ng4 41.Nd5+ Kc8 42.h3 Rh5 43.Nf4  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "31"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Dreev,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[ECO "D51"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Qc2 Be7 8.h3 O-O
9.e3 Nh5 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Bd3 Nhf6 12.O-O-O Re8 13.g4 Ne4 14.Kb1 Ndf6 15.Ne5 Nxc3+
16.Qxc3 Ne4 17.Qc2 f6 18.Nf3 Be6 19.Rc1 a5 20.Rhf1 a4 21.Nd2 Bf7 22.Nxe4 dxe4
23.Bc4 Ra5 24.Qd2 Rg5 25.Rg1 h5 26.Bxf7+ Qxf7 27.Qb4 hxg4 28.hxg4 Ra8 29.Rc5 Rxc5
30.Qxc5 a3 31.b3 Qd5 32.Qe7 b5 33.g5 f5 34.g6 Rd8  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "32"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 h5
9.Qd2 Nbd7 10.a4 Nb6 11.a5 Nc4 12.Bxc4 Bxc4 13.Na4 Nd7 14.Nc1 Be7 15.b3 Be6
16.O-O O-O 17.Ne2 g6 18.Nec3 Rc8 19.Nd5 Bxd5 20.exd5 f5 21.c4 Kh7 22.Rac1 Nc5
23.Nxc5 dxc5 24.b4 cxb4 25.Bb6 Bc5+ 26.Bxc5 Rxc5 27.Qxb4 Qxa5 28.Qxb7+ Rc7
29.Qb2 Qc5+ 30.Kh1 Qd6 31.Rfe1 Re8 32.h3 Ree7 33.Qc3 Rc5 34.Qb3 a5 35.Qa4 e4
36.fxe4 fxe4 37.Qc2 e3 38.Qd3 Qf4 39.d6 Rd7 40.Rcd1 Rc6 41.c5 Rxc5 42.Rxe3 Re5
43.Rf3 Qe4 44.Qb3 Kh6 45.Qg8 Re8 46.Qa2 Qe6 47.Qa3 Red8 48.Rfd3 Qe5 49.Rd5 Qf6
50.Qxa5 Rxd6 51.Qd2+  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "33"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Bd3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 g6 10.O-O Bg7 11.Qc2 O-O 12.Rad1 Qe7 13.Rfe1 b6 14.e4 Bb7 15.a3 Rac8
16.e5 b5 17.Ba2 c5 18.d5 c4 19.h4 Nc5 20.h5 exd5 21.hxg6 d4 22.Rxd4 Bxf3
23.gxf3 Nd3 24.Rxd3 cxd3 25.Qxd3 Kh8 26.gxf7 Qg5+ 27.Kf1 Bxe5 28.Re4 Bxc3
29.bxc3 Qc1+ 30.Kg2 Qxc3 31.Qd6 Qc6 32.Qe5+ Kh7 33.Rg4  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "34"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "C18"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Nc6 7.Qg4 g6 8.Bd2 Bd7
9.h4 h6 10.Bd3 Qe7 11.Nh3 c4 12.Be2 O-O-O 13.O-O Kb8 14.a4 Be8 15.a5 Ka8
16.Nf4 Rc8 17.Nxd5 Qd8 18.Ne3 Nxa5 19.d5 exd5 20.Rxa5 Bd7 21.Rxa7+ Kxa7 22.Qd4+ Kb8
23.e6  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "35"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Savchenko,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.O-O Nc6 7.e3 Bd7 8.Nc3 Nd5
9.Nd2 Nb6 10.Qg4 h5 11.Qe2 Na5 12.e4 h4 13.Nf3 Be7 14.Bf4 Bb5 15.Rad1 hxg3
16.hxg3 Bd6 17.Bg5 Be7 18.Bc1 O-O 19.Bh3 Nc6 20.a3 Bf6 21.Be3 Na4 22.Kg2 Nxc3
23.bxc3 Na5 24.Rh1 Bc6 25.d5 exd5 26.e5 Be7 27.Nd4 Nb3 28.Qh5 g6 29.Qh6 Nxd4
30.Rxd4 Bf6 31.Be6 Bh4 32.Qxg6+  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "36"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "A01"]

1.g3 d5 2.Bg2 Nf6 3.b3 e5 4.Bb2 Nc6 5.d3 h5 6.h3 Bb4+ 7.Nd2 Be6 8.a3 Bd6
9.e3 Qe7 10.b4 O-O-O 11.b5 Nb8 12.a4 Nbd7 13.Ngf3 Kb8 14.a5 Rc8 15.a6 b6
16.Ng5 c6 17.Nxe6 fxe6 18.bxc6 Rxc6 19.O-O Rc7 20.c4 Rhc8 21.Qe2 Bb4 22.Rfc1 Qd6
23.Nf3 e4 24.dxe4 dxe4 25.Nd4 Qe7 26.Nb5 Rc6 27.Rc2 e5 28.Ra4 Bc5 29.Nc3 R6c7
30.Nxe4 Nxe4 31.Bxe4 Nf6 32.Bg2 e4 33.Bxf6 gxf6 34.Qxh5 Rd7 35.Ra1 Rcd8 36.Qf5 Re8
37.Rcc1 Qe6 38.Qxe6 Rxe6 39.Rd1 Kc7 40.Rxd7+ Kxd7 41.Rd1+ Kc6 42.g4 b5 43.cxb5+ Kxb5
44.Bf1+ Kb4 45.Rb1+ Kc3 46.Rc1+ Kb4 47.Rc4+  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "37"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 cxd4 6.Nxd4 O-O 7.Bg2 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Qb3 Nc6 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.O-O Rb8 12.Ne4 Ba6 13.Qc2 Be7 14.a3 Qb6 15.b4 Rfc8
16.Bg5 f6 17.Bd2 Bxe2 18.Rfe1 Bh5 19.Bh3 Bf7 20.Rac1 Rc7 21.Nc5 Bxc5 22.Qxc5 Qxc5
23.Rxc5 e5 24.Rec1 Rd8 25.Rxc6 Rxc6 26.Rxc6 Ne7 27.Rc2 Rd3 28.Bf1 Rxa3 29.Rc7 Ra1
30.f3 Kf8 31.Be3 Nd5 32.Bc5+ Ke8 33.Rb7 a5 34.bxa5 Rxa5 35.Bb5+ Rxb5 36.Rxb5 Kd7
37.Rb7+ Ke6 38.Bf8 g5 39.Kf2 h5 40.Ra7 Bg6 41.Ke2 g4 42.fxg4 hxg4 43.Bc5 Be4
44.Kd2 f5 45.Ra6+ Kf7 46.Bd6 f4 47.Bxe5 f3 48.Bd4 Bf5 49.Rd6 Be6 50.Kd3 Ne7
51.Ra6 Nf5 52.Bf2 Bd5 53.Kc3 Be6 54.Kb4 Ne7 55.Kc5 Nf5 56.Ra4 Nh6 57.Kd6 Nf5+
58.Ke5 Ng7 59.Ra7+ Kg6 60.Ra6 Kf7 61.Bd4 Bb3 62.Rb6 Bc4 63.Bf2 Ba2 64.Kf4 Be6
65.Kg5 Ne8 66.Rb7+ Kg8 67.Bc5 Nd6 68.Rb8+ Kg7 69.Bd4+ Kf7 70.Kf4 Bd5 71.Rb6 Ne4
72.Rb2 Ke6 73.Kxg4 Nd6 74.Kf4 Nc4 75.Rf2 Na5 76.g4 Nc6 77.Bc3 Ne7 78.h4 Ng6+
79.Kg3  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "38"]
[White "Rublevsky,S"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "B55"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.f3 e5 6.Nb3 Be6 7.c4 Nbd7 8.Be3 Rc8
9.Nc3 Bxc4 10.Bxc4 Rxc4 11.Qd3 Rc6 12.Bxa7 b6 13.a4 Be7 14.a5 O-O 15.Qb5 Qc8
16.axb6 Rxc3 17.bxc3 Qxc3+ 18.Kd1 d5 19.Rc1 Qb2 20.Re1 Nc5 21.Re2 Qxb3+ 22.Qxb3 Nxb3
23.Rb1 Nd4 24.Ra2 dxe4 25.b7 Nc6 26.Rc2 Nb4 27.Rc8 Nd7 28.fxe4 f6 29.Rc4 Na6
30.Rc8 Kf7 31.Ke2 Nab8 32.Rd1 Ke6 33.Rdc1 Bd6 34.Rxf8 Bxf8 35.Rc8 Bd6 36.Rg8 g6
37.Re8+ Kf7 38.Rh8 h5 39.Rd8 Ke7 40.Rg8 Kf7 41.Rd8 Ke7 42.Rg8 Kf7 43.Rd8 Ke7
44.Rg8 Nf8 45.Rg7+ Ke6 46.Kd3 Nc6 47.Be3 Be7 48.Ba7 Nd7 49.Be3 Na5 50.Rxg6 Nxb7
51.Rh6 Kf7 52.Rh7+ Ke6 53.Rxh5 Nd6 54.Rh7 Nf8 55.Rh5 Kf7 56.g4 Kg6 57.Rh6+ Kg7
58.h4 Nf7 59.Rh5 Ne6 60.Rf5 Nd6 61.Rf1 Kg6 62.h5+ Kg7 63.Ra1 Nf7 64.Ra7 Bf8
65.Ke2 Kg8 66.Ra6 Bd6 67.Ra7 Kg7 68.h6+ Kg6 69.h7 Nh8 70.Ra6 Nf8 71.Rxd6 Nxh7
72.Rd7 Nf7 73.Kd3 Nhg5 74.Bxg5 Nxg5 75.Ra7 Kh6 76.Ra4 Kg6 77.Rc4 Ne6 78.Rb4 Kg5
79.Rb6 Nf4+ 80.Ke3 Ng6 81.Ra6 Nh4 82.Rb6 Ng6 83.Rc6 Nf4 84.Ra6 Kg6 85.Kf3 Nd3
86.Ke3 Nf4 87.Rb6 Kg5 88.Kf3 Kg6 89.Rb8 Ne6 90.Ke3 Ng5 91.Kd3 Ne6 92.Kc4 Nf4
93.Kc5 Nh3 94.Kd5 Kg5 95.Rg8+ Kf4 96.Rg6 Ng5 97.Rxf6+ Kxg4 98.Rg6 Kf4 99.Rxg5  1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.24"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "El Gindy,E"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.e3 d6
9.Ne2 Nbd7 10.Qd3 a5 11.Nc3 a4 12.Be2 Ra5 13.h4 Qa8 14.Bxf6 Nxf6 15.f3 e5
16.O-O-O e4 17.Qc2 exf3 18.gxf3 Bxf3 19.Rhg1 Be4 20.Bd3 Bg6 21.Rdf1 Qd8 22.Qg2 Qe7
23.Rf3 Kh8 24.e4 Rh5 25.Rf4 c5 26.d5 Re5 27.Rf5 Nh5 28.Rxe5 dxe5 29.Qg4 Nf4
30.Bc2 f6 31.Re1 Ra8 32.Kd2 Bh5 33.Qg3 Be8 34.Rg1 Bd7 35.Bd1 g6 36.Bg4 Kg7
37.Bxd7 Qxd7 38.Rf1 Rf8 39.Re1 h6 40.Kc2 g5 41.Rh1 Kg6 42.Rh2 h5 43.Kb1 Kh6
44.Nd1 Qh7 45.Nc3 Qg6 46.Ka2 Ra8 47.Rd2 gxh4 48.Qxh4 Qg5 49.Qh1 Qg4 50.Rh2 Kg6
51.d6 Kf7 52.Nd5 Rh8 53.Ne3 Qe6 54.Nf5 Qxc4+ 55.Ka1 Ke8 56.d7+ Kxd7 57.Qd1+ Kc6
58.Qd6+ Kb5 59.Qd7+ Ka5 60.Nd6 Qf1+ 61.Ka2 Ra8 62.Rc2 Qd3 63.Rc3 Qe2 64.Rc4  1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.25"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "El Gindy,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[ECO "B61"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 Bd7 7.Qd2 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 Qa5
9.h4 Rc8 10.f3 a6 11.O-O-O Qc5 12.Qd2 h6 13.Be3 Qa5 14.Kb1 e6 15.g4 Be7 16.Rg1 g5
17.Rh1 Rg8 18.hxg5 hxg5 19.Rh6 Bc6 20.Rxf6 Bxf6 21.Nd5 Bd8 22.Nf6+ Kf8 23.Qxa5 Bxa5
24.Nxg8 Kxg8 25.Bxg5 Bd8 26.Bd2 d5 27.e5 Kg7 28.Bg2 Bc7 29.f4 Bb5 30.Rh1 Rg8
31.Bf3 Rh8 32.Rxh8 Kxh8 33.Be3 Kg7 34.Kc1 Ba5 35.c3 Bf1 36.Kd2 Bd8 37.Bd4 Bh4
38.Ke3 Kf8 39.Bd1 Bg2 40.Bc2 Bf1 41.Kf3 Be1 42.a3 Ke8 43.Bf2 Bd2 44.Be3 Be1
45.f5 Bh4 46.f6 Kf8 47.Bh7 Bh3 48.g5 Ke8 49.Kf4 Bg2 50.g6 Be4 51.gxf7+ Kxf7
52.Bxe4 dxe4 53.Kxe4 Bg3 54.Bd4 Ke8 55.Kf3 Be1 56.Bf2 Bd2 57.Be3 Be1 58.Bf4 Kd7
59.Ke2 Bh4 60.c4  1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.26"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "El Gindy,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[ECO "B61"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 Bd7 7.Qd2 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 Qa5
9.h4 Rc8 10.f3 e6 11.O-O-O Be7 12.Kb1 a6 13.Qd2 Qc7 14.Bd3 b5 15.Ne2 a5 16.Nd4 Rb8
17.g4 b4 18.Be3 a4 19.g5 Nh5 20.f4 e5 21.fxe5 dxe5 22.Nf5 Bxf5 23.exf5 e4
24.Be2 Rd8 25.Qc1 Ng3 26.Bb5+ Kf8 27.Bf4 Qb6 28.Bxg3 Rxd1 29.Rxd1 Qxb5 30.Qf4 b3
31.Qxe4 bxc2+ 32.Qxc2 a3 33.Qc8+ Qe8 34.Rc1 axb2 35.Qxe8+ Kxe8 36.Rc8+ Bd8
37.Bc7 Kd7 38.Rxd8+ Rxd8 39.Bxd8 Kxd8 40.Kxb2 Ke7 41.Kc3 f6 42.gxf6+ Kxf6
43.a4  1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.26"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "El Gindy,E"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.c5 c6 8.Bd3 b6
9.b4 a5 10.a3 Ba6 11.O-O Qc8 12.Re1 Qb7 13.h3 Bxd3 14.Qxd3 axb4 15.axb4 Rxa1
16.Rxa1 Ra8 17.Qb1 h6 18.Ne1 Bd8 19.Nd3 bxc5 20.Rxa8 Qxa8 21.bxc5 Ne4 22.Nxe4 dxe4
23.Nb2 f5 24.Nc4 Nf6 25.Nd6 Nd5 26.Be5 Bc7 27.Qd1 Kh7 28.Qh5 g6 29.Qh4 Bd8
30.Qg3 Be7 31.Kh2 Qd8 32.Nf7 Qf8 33.Nd6 Qd8 34.Nf7 Qf8 35.Nd6 Qd8 36.Nf7 Qf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.27"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.a4 e6 6.Bg5 a5 7.e3 Na6 8.Bd3 Nb4 9.e4 dxe4
10.Nxe4 Be7 11.Nxf6+ gxf6 12.Bh4 e5 13.O-O Be6 14.Re1 Qc7 15.Qb1 O-O-O 16.Bf5 Bxf5
17.Qxf5+ Qd7 18.Qb1 Rhg8 19.Bg3 exd4 20.Nxd4 Bc5 21.Nb3 Ba7 22.c5 Nd3 23.Re3 Qd5
24.Qf1 Qxb3 25.Rd1 Qxd1 26.Qxd1 Nxb2 27.Qf1 Rd1 28.Re1 Rxe1 29.Qxe1 Rd8 30.Bd6 Bxc5
31.Bxc5 Rd1 32.Qxd1 Nxd1 33.Bd4 b5 34.axb5 cxb5 35.Kf1 b4 36.Ke2 Nc3+ 37.Kd3 f5
38.Bb6 a4 39.Bc5 Na2 40.Kc4 a3 41.Bd4 Kd7 42.Kb3 Nc1+ 43.Kxb4 a2 44.Ba1 Nd3+
45.Kb3 Nxf2 46.Kxa2 Ng4 47.Kb3 Ke6 48.Kc3 Nxh2 49.Kd3 Ng4 50.Bc3 Kd5 51.Ba5 Ne5+
52.Ke2 f4 53.Bc7 Ke4 54.Kf2 h5 55.Bd6 Ng6 56.Bc7 Nf8 57.Bd6 Ne6 58.Be7 Kf5
59.Kf3 Ng5+ 60.Kf2 Kg4 61.Bd8 Ne4+ 62.Kg1 f3 63.gxf3+ Kxf3 64.Kh2 Kg4 65.Bb6 f5
66.Bd4 h4 67.Bb6 Ng3 68.Bc5 f4 69.Kg2 Nf5 70.Bb4 Ne3+ 71.Kh2 h3 72.Kg1 Kg3
73.Bd2 Kf3 74.Ba5 Ke2 75.Bc7 f3 76.Bg3 Nf5  0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.28"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Wang Hao"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "B85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 a6 7.f4 Qc7 8.O-O Be7
9.a4 O-O 10.Be3 Nc6 11.Kh1 Re8 12.Bd3 Bd7 13.Qf3 Nb4 14.a5 Bc6 15.Qg3 Bf8
16.Nf3 Nd7 17.Bd4 Rac8 18.e5 Nxd3 19.cxd3 dxe5 20.fxe5 f5 21.exf6 Qxg3 22.f7+ Kxf7
23.hxg3 Kg8 24.Ne5 Nxe5 25.Bxe5 Red8 26.d4 Bd6 27.Rfd1 Bxe5 28.dxe5 Rxd1+
29.Rxd1 Rf8 30.Kg1 Rf5 31.Re1 Rg5 32.Re3 Rg4 33.Ne2 Rb4 34.b3 Kf7 35.Rd3 Bb5
36.Rf3+ Ke7 37.Nf4 Bc6 38.Re3 Rb5 39.g4 Rb4 40.g3 h6 41.Kf2 g5 42.Nh5 Rxg4
43.Nf6 Rb4 44.g4 Rb5 45.Ke2 Bd5 46.Rd3 Rxa5 47.Ke3 Rb5 48.Kd4 a5 49.Rc3 Rb4+
50.Kd3 Bc6  0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.29"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "D13"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Bf4 Nc6 7.Rc1 Bf5 8.e3 Rc8
9.Be2 e6 10.O-O Be7 11.Qb3 Na5 12.Qa4+ Nc6 13.Bxa6 Ra8 14.Bxb7 Rxa4 15.Bxc6+ Kf8
16.Nxa4 Bd3 17.Rfd1 Be2 18.Rd2 Bxf3 19.gxf3 g5 20.Be5 g4 21.fxg4 Bd6 22.f3 h5
23.Nc5 Bxe5 24.dxe5 Nxg4 25.Nd7+ Kg7 26.fxg4 Qg5 27.Re1 hxg4 28.Rg2 Rh3 29.Nf6 g3
30.hxg3 Qxe5 31.Ng4 Qc7 32.Rc1 Qb6 33.Rc3 f5 34.Nf2 Qxb2 35.Nxh3 Qxc3 36.Bd7 Qxe3+
37.Kh2 e5 38.Bxf5 d4 39.a4 d3 40.a5 d2 41.Bg4 Qd4 42.Bd1 e4 43.Nf4 Kh6 44.a6 e3
45.Rg1 Qc3 46.Be2 Qb2 47.Kg2 Kg7 48.Kf3 Qc1 49.Rd1 Qc3 50.Bd3 Kf7 51.Kxe3 Qc5+
52.Kxd2 Qf2+ 53.Ne2 Ke6 54.Ra1 Qa7 55.Rb1 Qc5 56.Rb7 Qa5+ 57.Ke3 Qe5+ 58.Kf2 Qc5+
59.Kf1 Qf8+ 60.Kg2 Qc5 61.Nf4+ Kd6 62.Rh7  1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.29"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Wang Hao"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 Nbd7
9.g4 Nb6 10.g5 Nh5 11.Qd2 Be7 12.O-O-O O-O 13.Kb1 Qc7 14.Rg1 g6 15.h4 Rac8
16.f4 exf4 17.Bxf4 Nxf4 18.Qxf4 Na4 19.Rg3 Nxc3+ 20.Rxc3 Qb6 21.Re3 f6 22.Qg3 fxg5
23.hxg5 Qc7 24.Bd3 Bc4 25.c3 Bxd3+ 26.Rexd3 Rf7 27.Nd4 Re8 28.Qh3 Qc8 29.Ne6 Bf8
30.Nxf8 Qxh3 31.Rxh3 Kxf8 32.Rxd6 Rxe4 33.a3 Re5 34.Rg3 Ke7 35.Rd4 Ke6 36.a4 Rff5
37.Rh3 Rf7 38.Rdh4 Rxg5 39.Rxh7 Rgf5 40.R7h6 Rg7 41.Rg3 Kf6 42.Kc2 Rf4 43.b4 Kf5
44.Rh8 g5 45.Kb3 g4 46.Rh5+ Ke4 47.Rh4 Kf5 48.Rh8 Kg5 49.Rhh3  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.30"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Tomashevsky,E"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "A16"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Qa4+ Bd7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 Bg7 7.e4 Bc6 8.d3 O-O
9.Be2 Nbd7 10.O-O a5 11.e5 Ne8 12.d4 Nb6 13.Qc5 Qd7 14.Rd1 Nd5 15.Bg5 b6
16.Qc4 h6 17.Be3 f5 18.Rac1 e6 19.h4 Rf7 20.Qb3 Bf8 21.Nxd5 Bxd5 22.Bc4 a4
23.Qc2 Ra5 24.Bxd5 Rxd5 25.Qc6 f4 26.Bd2 Ng7 27.Qxd7 Rdxd7 28.Rc6 Be7 29.Rdc1 g5
30.hxg5 hxg5 31.Rxc7 Bd8 32.Rxd7 Rxd7 33.Rc8 Kf7 34.g4 fxg3 35.Bxg5 Bxg5
36.Nxg5+ Kg6 37.Nf3 Nf5 38.fxg3 Nxd4 39.Nh4+ Kg7 40.Kf2 Rf7+ 41.Ke3 Nf5+
42.Kd3 Nxg3 43.Rc4 Kh6 44.Rg4 Nh5 45.Ke3 a3 46.bxa3 Ra7 47.a4 Ra5 48.Nf3 Ng7
49.Rb4 Nf5+ 50.Kd3 Ne7 51.Nd4 Kg6 52.Rxb6 Rxa4 53.Rxe6+ Kf7 54.Rf6+ Ke8 55.Rf2 Nd5
56.Rb2 Rxa2 57.Rxa2 Nb4+ 58.Kc4 Nxa2 59.Ne2 Ke7 60.Nf4 Kd7 61.Nd3 Ke6 62.Kd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.12.01"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Tomashevsky,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 d5 6.Bg2 dxc4 7.Ne5 Bb4+ 8.Kf1 Bd6
9.Nd2 Nbd7 10.Nc6 Qc8 11.Nxc4 Bb7 12.Qd3 Nb8 13.N6e5 O-O 14.Bb2 Bxg2+ 15.Kxg2 Qb7+
16.Qf3 Ne4 17.Rac1 f6 18.Nd2 fxe5 19.Qxe4 Qxe4+ 20.Nxe4 exd4 21.Bxd4 Na6
22.Rhd1 Rfd8 23.Nxd6 cxd6 24.Be3 Kf7 25.Rc6 d5 26.Rd4 Rd7 27.Rf4+ Ke7 28.Rg4 Kf7
29.Rf4+ Ke7 30.Rg4 Kf7 31.Bd4 Rg8 32.Rc8 e5 33.Rxg8 Kxg8 34.Bxe5 Nc5 35.Rd4 Kf7
36.Rd2 g5 37.f3 h5 38.b4 Ke6 39.Bd4 Na6 40.a3 Nc7 41.Be3 g4 42.a4 Ne8 43.Rd4 Rg7
44.Bf4 Nf6 45.Rd3 Rd7 46.Re3+ Kf7 47.Be5 Ng8 48.h3 gxh3+ 49.Kxh3 Ne7 50.b5 a6
51.Rb3 axb5 52.Rxb5 Ra7 53.Rxb6 Rxa4 54.Rf6+ Ke8 55.Bd6 Nc8 56.Bf4 Ra2 57.e3 Ne7
58.Bg5 Nc8 59.Rh6 Rf2 60.Rh8+ Kd7 61.Rd8+ Kc7 62.Rxd5  1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.12.03"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Sasikiran,K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5 4.Nf3 exd4 5.Bxc4 Nc6 6.O-O Be6 7.Bb5 Bc5 8.b4 Bb6
9.a4 a6 10.Bxc6+ bxc6 11.Nbd2 Nf6 12.Qc2 O-O 13.Qxc6 Re8 14.Bb2 Bd7 15.Qc2 Qe7
16.Nxd4 Qxb4 17.Bc3 Qc5 18.a5 Ba7 19.Rac1 Rac8 20.Rfe1 Qh5 21.Nf1 Ng4 22.f3 Ne5
23.Kh1 g6 24.Ne3 c6 25.f4 Ng4 26.Nxg4 Bxg4 27.Ba1 Bb8 28.Rf1 Qh6 29.Qc3 f6
30.Qb3+ Kg7 31.e5 c5 32.Qb7+ Rc7 33.Qb6 Rf7 34.Nc6 Bc7 35.Qxc5 Qh4 36.exf6+ Kh6
37.Ne7 Bd8 38.Qc4 Rff8 39.Ng8+ Kh5 40.f7 Re7 41.Bf6  1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.12.04"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Sasikiran,K"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 Nf6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Qb3 Nc6 8.a3 Na5
9.Qa2 O-O 10.Nf3 c5 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.Rd1 Bc2 13.Rd2 Bb3 14.Qb1 Rc8 15.Be5 Bd6
16.Bxd6 Qxd6 17.Be2 Bc4 18.O-O Nb3 19.Rdd1 Qa6 20.Rfe1 Nc5 21.Nd4 Rfe8 22.h3 Nce4
23.Nxe4 dxe4 24.Bxc4 Rxc4 25.Nf5 Rc6 26.Rd4 g6 27.Ng3 Qa5 28.Rc1 Rxc1+ 29.Qxc1 Qe5
30.Qc2 Kg7 31.Qb3 b6 32.Ne2 h5 33.Nc3 h4 34.Qb5 Qxb5 35.Nxb5 a6 36.Nc3 Re6
37.a4 g5 38.Kf1 Kg6 39.Rc4 Re5 40.Rc6 Re6 41.Rc7 a5 42.Ke2 Kg7 43.Nb5 Kg6
44.Rc8 Nd5 45.Rd8 Nb4 46.b3 Rc6 47.Nd4 Rc1 48.f3 exf3+ 49.Kxf3 Rf1+ 50.Ke2 Rg1
51.Kf2 Rb1 52.Rd6+ f6 53.e4 Nd3+ 54.Ke3 Nc5 55.e5 Re1+ 56.Ne2 Nxb3 57.Rxb6 Nc1
58.Rxf6+ Kg7 59.Rf2 Kg6 60.e6 Rxe2+ 61.Rxe2 Nxe2 62.Kxe2 Kf6 63.Kd3 Kxe6
64.Kc4 g4 65.Kb5 gxh3 66.gxh3 Kd5 67.Kxa5 Kc5 68.Ka6 Kc6 69.Ka5 Kc5 70.Ka6 Kc6
71.a5 Kc7 72.Kb5 Kb7 73.Kc5 Ka6 74.Kb4 Kb7 75.Kc3 Ka6 76.Kd4 Kxa5 77.Ke4 Kb6
78.Kf4 Kc7 79.Kg4 Kd8 80.Kxh4 Ke7 81.Kg5 Kf7 82.Kf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.12.06"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Kamsky,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 b6 6.Bg2 Bb7 7.O-O cxd4 8.Qxd4 O-O
9.Rd1 h6 10.b3 Nc6 11.Qd3 Qe7 12.Bb2 Ba3 13.Bxa3 Qxa3 14.Nb5 Qe7 15.Nd6 Rab8
16.a3 Ba8 17.b4 Rfd8 18.b5 Na5 19.Ne5 Bxg2 20.Kxg2 Rf8 21.Qf3 Qd8 22.Rd4 Qc7
23.Rad1 Nb7 24.Nxb7 Rxb7 25.Rd6 Qc8 26.R1d4 Rc7 27.Qd3 Rd8 28.f3 a6 29.a4 axb5
30.axb5 Rb7 31.g4 Qc5 32.Nxd7 Rbxd7 33.Rxd7 Rxd7 34.Rxd7 Nxd7 35.Qxd7 Qxc4
36.Kf2 Qc5+ 37.e3 Qc2+ 38.Kg3 Qc5 39.Kf2 Qc2+ 40.Kg3 Qc5 41.Kf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.12.07"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "B97"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6 8.Qd2 Nc6
9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nb3 Bd7 11.O-O-O O-O-O 12.Be2 h5 13.Rhf1 Be7 14.Rf3 Rdg8 15.Bf1 Kb8
16.Kb1 h4 17.Qe1 Rg4 18.a3 Qc7 19.Ne2 Rh5 20.h3 Rg8 21.f5 Rhh8 22.Nf4 Bf8
23.Qf2 Rg5 24.fxe6 fxe6 25.Rc3 Rh6 26.Nd4 Re5 27.Nd3 Rxe4 28.Nb4 Rxd4 29.Rxd4 Qa5
30.Rxh4 f5 31.Rxh6 Bxh6 32.Rb3 Nxb4 33.Rxb4 Bc6 34.g4 fxg4 35.Rxg4 Qe5 36.Rg8+ Kc7
37.Bd3 Be3 38.Qg3 Qc5 39.b4 Qd4 40.Qg7+ Qxg7 41.Rxg7+ Kd8 42.h4 e5 43.h5 e4
44.Be2 Bf4 45.Rg6  1-0

[Event "Match of Champions"]
[Site "Kharkiv UKR"]
[Date "2008.03.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Eljanov,P"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 c5 3.e4 dxe4 4.d5 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Qe2 g6 7.Nxe4 Nxe4 8.Qxe4 Bg7
9.O-O-O O-O 10.Ne2 Nd7 11.Qe3 Nf6 12.Nc3 b5 13.Qxc5 Bf5 14.Qb4 Rc8 15.Rd2 Ne8
16.Bd3 Bxd3 17.cxd3 Qxd5 18.Kb1 Qxg2 19.Qe4 Qxe4 20.dxe4 Nf6 21.Rhd1 Rxc3
22.bxc3 Nxe4  0-1

[Event "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2008.04.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Radjabov,T"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c4 b4 12.Nc2 a5 13.Qf3 Be7 14.a3 bxa3 15.Qxa3 O-O
16.Bd3 Rb8 17.O-O Be6 18.Rfd1 Bxd5 19.cxd5 Nb4 20.Nxb4 Rxb4 21.Rd2 Rd4 22.Rdd1 Rb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2008.04.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gashimov,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7
9.d3 d6 10.a3 Na5 11.Ba2 c5 12.Nbd2 Nc6 13.Nf1 Bc8 14.Bg5 Ne8 15.Bd2 Nc7
16.Ne3 Be6 17.Nd5 a5 18.a4 b4 19.c3 Rb8 20.Be3 Bf6 21.Nd2 Rb7 22.Bc4 Bg5
23.Nxc7 Rxc7 24.Bxe6 Bxe3 25.Bxf7+ Rcxf7 26.fxe3 Qh4 27.Re2 g5 28.Qb3 Kg7
29.Rf1 Rxf1+ 30.Nxf1 g4 31.Qe6 bxc3 32.bxc3 c4 33.Qxc4 gxh3 34.gxh3 Ne7 35.Qc7 Kh8
36.Qxd6 Ng6 37.Qe6 Qd8 38.d4 exd4 39.cxd4 Rf6 40.Qd5 Qf8 41.Ng3 Nh4 42.Qh5 Qe7
43.Rf2 Rg6 44.Kh2  1-0

[Event "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2008.04.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Riazantsev,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bd2 e6 7.Nh4 Bg4 8.Qb3 Ra7
9.h3 Bh5 10.g4 Nfd7 11.Ng2 Bg6 12.Nf4 Be7 13.O-O-O dxc4 14.Bxc4 b5 15.Bxe6 fxe6
16.Nxe6 Bf7 17.Nxg7+ Kf8 18.Ne6+ Kg8 19.Nxd8 Bxb3 20.axb3 Bxd8 21.e4 Nf6
22.f3 Nbd7 23.Kc2 Kf7 24.Be3 Bb6 25.h4 Rd8 26.h5 Nf8 27.g5 Ne8 28.Rd3 Rad7
29.Rhd1 Kg8 30.Ne2 Rf7 31.f4 Ng7 32.h6 Ne8 33.Rc3 Rc8 34.Kd3 Ng6 35.f5 Ne7
36.f6 Ng6 37.e5 Rd7 38.e6 Rd5 39.f7+ Kf8 40.fxe8=Q+ Kxe8 41.Rf1 Rd6 42.Nf4 Nxf4+
43.Rxf4 Rxe6 44.Re4 Rxe4 45.Kxe4 Kd7 46.Bf4 Rg8 47.d5 cxd5+ 48.Kxd5 Bd8 49.Rc6 Rf8
50.Be5 Bxg5 51.Rc7+ Kd8 52.Rxh7 Rf3 53.Ke6  1-0

[Event "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2008.04.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Onischuk,Al"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.c5 Bf5 6.Bf4 Nbd7 7.e3 g6 8.h3 Bg7 9.Be2 Ne4
10.O-O O-O 11.Nxe4 dxe4 12.Ne5 Bxe5 13.Bxe5 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Qc7 15.Qb3 Qxe5
16.Qxb7 Rfb8 17.Qxc6 Rc8 18.Qb7 Rcb8 19.Qc6 Rc8 20.Qb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2008.04.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 e6 4.e3 c5 5.Bxc4 a6 6.O-O Nf6 7.Bb3 Be7 8.Qe2 cxd4
9.exd4 O-O 10.Nc3 Nc6 11.Rd1 Na5 12.Bc2 b5 13.Bg5 Bb7 14.Rac1 Rc8 15.Bb1 Nc4
16.Ne5 Nd5 17.Bxe7 Qxe7 18.Nxd5 Bxd5 19.Nxc4 bxc4 20.Be4 Qb4 21.Bxd5 exd5
22.Re1 Rc6 23.Qc2 Qa5 24.Qc3 Qxa2 25.Ra1 Qb3 26.Ra5 Re6 27.Rxe6 Qxc3 28.bxc3 fxe6
29.Rxa6 Rb8 30.Kf1 Rb1+ 31.Ke2 Kf7 32.Ra2 Rc1 33.Kd2 Rh1 34.g3 Rxh2 35.Ke3 Rh1
36.Rc2 Rd1 37.Kf4 Kf6 38.g4 h6 39.f3 Rd3 40.Rc1 g5+ 41.Kg3 e5 42.dxe5+ Kxe5  0-1

[Event "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2008.04.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bd3 Bb4 6.e5 Ne4 7.O-O Nxc3 8.bxc3 Bxc3
9.Rb1 h6 10.Be3 Ne7 11.Rb3 Ba5 12.Bc1 Bd7 13.Ba3 Ba4 14.Rb2 Bb6 15.Qd2 a6
16.Bc5 Bb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2008.04.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Bd3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 g6 10.O-O Bg7 11.Qc2 O-O 12.Rad1 b6 13.e4 Bb7 14.Rfe1 Rac8 15.e5 Qe7
16.a3 Rfd8 17.h4 a6 18.Ba2 Nf8 19.Qe4 Rd7 20.Qf4 c5 21.d5 exd5 22.Nxd5 Bxd5
23.Rxd5 Rxd5 24.Bxd5 Rd8 25.Qe4 Ne6 26.Rc1 Kh8 27.g3 Nd4 28.Nxd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2008.04.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Be3 Nbd7
9.Qd2 b5 10.g4 b4 11.Ne2 h6 12.g5 hxg5 13.Bxg5 a5 14.Ng3 a4 15.Nc1 Qb6 16.Be3 Qb7
17.Bg2 Rc8 18.Nd3 d5 19.exd5 Nxd5 20.f4 Rxc2 21.Bxd5 Rxd2 22.Bxb7 Rxd3 23.f5 Rxe3+
24.Kd2 Rxg3 25.fxe6 Rgh3 26.exd7+ Kxd7 27.Rhf1 Rxh2+ 28.Kd3 f6 29.Kc4 Rxb2
30.Kb5 b3 31.a3 Bd6 32.Bc6+ Ke7 33.Kxa4 Rc2  0-1

[Event "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2008.04.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Efimenko,Z"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "E67"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.Nc3 e5 7.d4 Nbd7 8.h3 Re8
9.e4 a6 10.d5 b5 11.Re1 b4 12.Na4 Nb6 13.Nxb6 cxb6 14.a3 bxa3 15.b4 Qc7 16.Bxa3 Nd7
17.Nd2 Bh6 18.Bf1 a5 19.Nb3 Ba6 20.bxa5 bxa5 21.Bc1 Bxc1 22.Qxc1 Bc8 23.Qc3 a4
24.Qb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2008.04.13"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "B85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.a4 Nc6 8.O-O Be7
9.Be3 O-O 10.f4 Qc7 11.Kh1 Re8 12.Bf3 Bf8 13.Nb3 Nd7 14.a5 b5 15.axb6 Nxb6
16.Be2 Bb7 17.Qd2 Red8 18.Rfd1 d5 19.Bxb6 Qxb6 20.exd5 Nb4 21.Na4 Qc7 22.c4 Rab8
23.Nd4 exd5 24.c5 Nc6 25.Nxc6 Bxc6 26.b4 a5 27.bxa5 Bxa4 28.Rxa4 Bxc5 29.Qc2 Qe7
30.Bd3 h6 31.Raa1 Ba7 32.Re1 Qd6 33.g3 Re8 34.a6 Qb4 35.Rxe8+ Rxe8 36.Kg2 Qd4
37.Rd1 Qe3 38.Qd2 Qd4 39.Bh7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2008.05.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Karpov,Ana"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.a3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 c5
9.O-O cxd4 10.exd4 Nb6 11.Ba2 Nbd5 12.Bg3 b6 13.Ne5 Bb7 14.Re1 Rc8 15.Qd3 Nh5
16.Ne2 Bg5 17.Rad1 g6 18.Nf3 Ndf4 19.Nxf4 Nxf4 20.Bxf4 Bxf4 21.g3 Bh6 22.Ne5 Bd5
23.Bxd5 Qxd5 24.Ng4 Bg7 25.Ne3 Qf3 26.Qe2 Qxe2 27.Rxe2 Rfd8 28.Red2 Kf8 29.Kf1 Rd6
30.Ke2 Rcd8 31.Nc2 Rd5 32.Rd3 a5 33.a4 b5 34.axb5 Rxb5 35.b3 Rdb8 36.Ra1 Ke7
37.Ra3 Rd8 38.Ra4 Rdb8 39.Ra3 h5 40.Ne3 Rd8 41.Ra4 Kf8 42.Nc4 Rxd4 43.Rxa5 Rb8
44.Ra3 Bf6 45.Rxd4 Bxd4 46.Nd2 Rb5 47.f4 Bc3 48.Kd3 Bxd2 49.Kxd2 h4 50.Kc3 Rc5+
51.Kd3 Rd5+ 52.Ke3 Rb5 53.Kf3 hxg3 54.hxg3 Kg7 55.Kg4 Kf6 56.Kf3 g5 57.Kg4 Kg6
58.Kf3 Rb4 59.fxg5 Kxg5 60.Ra5+ f5 61.Ra3 e5 62.Kf2 e4 63.Ke3 Kg4 64.Kf2 Rb8
65.Ra7 Rxb3 66.Rg7+ Kh5 67.Rg8 Kh6 68.Re8 Kg5 69.Rg8+ Kf6 70.Rf8+ Ke6 71.Re8+ Kf7
72.Ra8 Ke6 73.Re8+ Kd6 74.Rd8+ Ke7 75.Ra8 Rf3+ 76.Kg2 Ke6 77.Ra6+ Ke5 78.Ra5+ Kf6
79.Ra6+ Kg5 80.Ra8 Rb3 81.Rg8+ Kf6 82.Kf2 Rb6 83.Ke3 Rb3+ 84.Kf2 Rf3+ 85.Kg2 Ke5
86.Ra8 Rd3 87.Kf2 Rd2+ 88.Ke3 Rg2 89.Re8+ Kf6 90.Rg8 Kf7 91.Rg5 Ke6 92.Rg8 Ra2
93.Re8+ Kf7 94.Rb8 Ra3+ 95.Kf2 Rf3+ 96.Kg2 Ke6 97.Ra8 Kd5 98.Ra5+ Kc4 99.Re5 Kd3
100.Ra5 Kd2 101.Ra2+ Kc1 102.Ra1+ Kb2 103.Ra5 Kb3 104.Re5 Kc3 105.g4  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2008.05.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Korchnoi,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "A16"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.Nf3 e6 4.e4 Nc6 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.e5 Ne4 8.Bb5 Be7
9.Qa4 Nxc3 10.dxc3 Bd7 11.Bxc6 Bxc6 12.Qg4 g6 13.Bh6 Qd7 14.Qf4 Qf5 15.Qxf5 gxf5
16.O-O Rg8 17.Rfd1 d4 18.Ne1 dxc3 19.bxc3 Rg4 20.f3 Rc4 21.Rac1 Rd8 22.Rxd8+ Kxd8
23.Nd3 Ra4 24.Ra1 Kd7 25.Be3 b6 26.Nb2 Ra5 27.c4 b5 28.cxb5 Rxb5 29.Nc4 Bd5
30.Rc1 Rb3 31.Kf2 Ke6 32.Nd6 Rxa3 33.Bxc5 Ra2+ 34.Kg3 a5 35.Nb5 Bd8 36.Re1 f4+
37.Kxf4 Rxg2 38.Nd4+ Kd7 39.Ke3 Bg5+ 40.f4 Bh4 41.Re2 Rxe2+ 42.Kxe2 Bc4+
43.Ke3 a4 44.Nf5 Be1 45.Nd6 Bb3 46.Ba3 Ke6 47.Kd4 Bf2+ 48.Ke4 f5+ 49.exf6 Kxf6
50.Kf3 Bd4 51.Ke4 Bg1 52.h3 Bc2+ 53.Kf3 Ke6 54.Ke2 Bd4 55.Kd2 Bb3 56.f5+ Kd5
57.Kd3 Be5 58.Ne4 Bc2+ 59.Kxc2 Kxe4 60.Bc1 Kxf5 61.Kd3 Bf4 62.Ba3 Bg5 63.Kc4 Kf4
64.Bc1+ Kf5 65.Ba3 Bf6 66.Bc1 Be7 67.Bd2 Ke4 68.Be1 Kf3 69.Kc3 h5 70.Kc4 Kg2
71.h4 Kh3  0-1

[Event "4th Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2008.05.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Beim,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[ECO "A80"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 Nf6 4.Bxf6 exf6 5.e3 Be6 6.Nge2 Qd7 7.Nf4 Bf7 8.a3 Nc6
9.Bd3 Ne7 10.Qf3 c6 11.h4 h5 12.b4 Nc8 13.Qg3 Rh6 14.f3 Nd6 15.O-O g6 16.Rab1 Be7
17.b5 Kf8 18.bxc6 Qxc6 19.Ncxd5 Bxd5 20.Nxg6+ Rxg6 21.Qxg6 Bf7 22.Qh7 Qe8
23.Qh8+ Bg8 24.Qh6+ Kf7 25.c4 Qf8 26.Qxf8+ Kxf8 27.c5 Nc4 28.Rxb7 Nxe3 29.Rfb1 Bd5
30.Rb8+ Kf7 31.g3 Rxb8 32.Rxb8 f4 33.gxf4 f5 34.Kf2 Nd1+ 35.Ke2 Nc3+ 36.Kd2 Na2
37.Bxf5 Bxh4 38.Be4  1-0

[Event "4th Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2008.05.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Tregubov,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.Nc3 axb5 6.Nxb5 Ba6 7.Nc3 g6 8.Nf3 Bg7
9.Nd2 e6 10.e4 Bxf1 11.Kxf1 O-O 12.Nc4 Na6 13.Be3 exd5 14.exd5 d6 15.g3 Qb8
16.Kg2 Rd8 17.Rc1 Qb4 18.b3 Nc7 19.Qf3 Nd7 20.Na4 Ne5 21.Nxe5 Bxe5 22.Rc4 Qb7
23.Rd1 Nb5 24.h4 h5 25.g4 hxg4 26.Rxg4 Kg7 27.h5 Rh8 28.Rh1 Raf8 29.Qe4 Re8
30.hxg6 f5 31.Rh7+ Rxh7 32.gxh7+ fxg4 33.Bxc5 dxc5 34.Nxc5 Qf7 35.Ne6+ Rxe6
36.dxe6 Qxe6 37.a4 Nd6 38.Qd3 Qh6 39.a5 Qxh7 40.Qe3 Qe4+ 41.Qxe4 Nxe4 42.f3 gxf3+
43.Kxf3 Nc5 44.b4 Nd7 45.Ke4 Bc3 46.a6 Bxb4 47.Kd5 Ba5 48.a7 Nb6+ 49.Kc6 Kf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2008.05.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Golubev,M"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nc3 e6 5.g4 Bg6 6.Nge2 c5 7.Be3 Nc6 8.dxc5 h5
9.Nf4 Bh7 10.Bg2 hxg4 11.Qxg4 Nh6 12.Qe2 Nf5 13.O-O-O Qa5 14.Kb1 Nxe3 15.fxe3 O-O-O
16.Rhf1 Bxc5 17.Nd3 Bg6 18.e4 d4 19.Nd5 exd5 20.exd5 Nb4 21.Nxb4 Qxb4 22.d6 Kb8
23.a3 Qb6 24.Qf3 Bh5 25.Qd5 Bxa3 26.b3 Bxd6 27.exd6 Rxd6 28.Qe5 f6 29.Qg3 Bxd1
30.Rxd1 Qc7 31.Re1 d3 32.cxd3 Rc8 33.Re2 Ka8 34.Qe1 Rxd3 35.Rb2 Rc3  0-1

[Event "4th Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2008.05.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Drozdovskij,Y"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Qa4+ c6 6.Qxc4 b5 7.Qc2 Bb7 8.Bg2 Nbd7
9.O-O c5 10.Nc3 b4 11.Na4 Rc8 12.Bg5 cxd4 13.Qd1 e5 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.b3 Nc5
16.Nxc5 Bxc5 17.Rc1 O-O 18.Qd2 e4 19.Nh4 Qd5 20.Rfd1 Rfd8 21.Rc4 a5 22.Qf4 Qg5
23.Rdc1 Qxf4 24.gxf4 Bd6 25.Rxc8 Rxc8 26.Rxc8+ Bxc8 27.Bxe4 Bxf4 28.Nf5 Bxf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2008.05.31"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "E01"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bd6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Qc2 c6 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Bg5 h6 10.Bxf6 Nxf6 11.Nbd2 b6 12.e4 Be7 13.Rfd1 Bb7 14.Ne5 Rc8 15.Rac1 dxc4
16.Ndxc4 b5 17.Ne3 Qb6 18.b3 Rfd8 19.Qb2 Nd7 20.Nxd7 Rxd7 21.d5 cxd5 22.Rxc8+ Bxc8
23.exd5 Bc5 24.Qc2 Rd8 25.dxe6 Rxd1+ 26.Nxd1 Bxe6 27.Nc3 Bd4 28.Nd5 Qd6 29.Qc7 Qxc7
30.Nxc7 Bd7 31.Bf1 b4 32.Na6 Bc3 33.Bd3 Bh3 34.Nb8 Bd4 35.Na6 Bc3 36.Nb8 Bd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2008.05.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karpov,Ana"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.h3 Bxf3 6.Qxf3 e6 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.O-O Bd6
9.Nc3 O-O 10.Rd1 Re8 11.Qe2 a6 12.a3 e5 13.dxe5 Bxe5 14.cxd5 cxd5 15.Qd2 Rc8
16.Ne2 Nc5 17.Rb1 Nfe4 18.Qe1 Qf6 19.Bc2 Red8 20.f4 Bb8 21.b4 Nd7 22.Bb2 Qe7
23.Rbc1 Nb6 24.Bxe4 Qxe4 25.Qg3 Qg6 26.Bd4 Nc4 27.Qxg6 hxg6 28.Rc3 f6 29.Rcd3 Kf7
30.g4 Re8 31.Kg2 Bd6 32.Kf3 Re7 33.Nc3 Rh8 34.Nxd5 Rd7 35.Kg2 a5 36.Nb6 Rc7
37.Nxc4 Rxc4 38.bxa5 Ra4 39.Bxf6 Bxa3 40.Bxg7 Kxg7 41.Ra1 Rxa5 42.Raxa3 Rc5
43.Rd7+ Kf6 44.Rxb7  1-0

[Event "4th Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2008.05.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Korchnoi,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[ECO "C77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.a4 Rb8 8.c3 d6 9.O-O O-O
10.Nbd2 Be6 11.Bc2 d5 12.exd5 Bxd5 13.Re1 Bd6 14.Nf1 h6 15.Ng3 Qd7 16.h3 Rfe8
17.Nh4 Be6 18.Qf3 Bd5 19.Ne4 Nxe4 20.dxe4 Be6 21.Nf5 Ne7 22.Qg4 Ng6 23.h4 Kh8
24.h5 Bxf5 25.exf5 Nf4 26.Qf3 Qd8 27.axb5 axb5 28.g3 Nh3+ 29.Kg2 Ng5 30.Qd5 Qf6
31.Bxg5 hxg5 32.Ra6 Red8 33.Qe4 Kg8 34.b4 Kf8 35.Rd1 Qh6 36.Qf3 Qf6 37.Rd5 Qe7
38.Be4 f6 39.Rd1 c5 40.h6 Kg8 41.hxg7 Bc7 42.Re6 Qxg7 43.Bd5 Kf8 44.bxc5 g4
45.Qe4 Ba5 46.Rh1 Rbc8 47.Rh4 Rxc5 48.Rxg4 Qf7 49.Ba2 Rxc3 50.Rg6 Rd4 51.Qa8+ Rd8
52.Qxa5 Qb7+ 53.Kh2 Rd2 54.Rexf6+ Ke8 55.Rg8+  1-0

[Event "4th Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2008.05.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Beim,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.Bg5 d6 5.e3 O-O 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.Nf3 e5 8.O-O Re8
9.Qc2 h6 10.Bh4 g5 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Bg3 Qe7 13.Rfd1 c6 14.Nd2 e4 15.Nb3 Nf8
16.Bd6 Qe6 17.c5 Qf5 18.Nd2 Ng6 19.Qb3 Ne5 20.Nc4 Nfg4 21.Rf1 Be6 22.Bxe5 Nxe5
23.Nd6 Bxb3 24.Nxf5 Bc2 25.Nd6 Re7 26.Ndxe4 Nd7 27.Nd6 Bxc3 28.bxc3 Nxc5
29.Rac1 Bg6 30.Rfd1 Rd8 31.Nc4 Red7 32.Rxd7 Rxd7 33.Kf1 Kg7 34.f3 f6 35.e4 Bf7
36.Rc2 Be6 37.Ne3 b5 38.Kf2 a5 39.g4 Kf7 40.Kg3 Ke7 41.h4 a4 42.Bf1 a3 43.Kf2 Kd6
44.hxg5 hxg5 45.Rd2+ Ke5 46.Rxd7 Nxd7 47.Nc2 Bxa2 48.Nxa3 Bb3 49.Nb1 Kf4
50.Nd2 Bc2 51.Be2 Nc5 52.Nf1 Na4 53.Ne3 Bb3 54.c4 b4 55.Ng2+ Ke5 56.Ke3 Nc3
57.Bd3 c5 58.Bf1 Ba4 59.f4+ gxf4+ 60.Nxf4 Nd1+ 61.Kf3 b3 62.Bd3 b2 63.Nd5 Bc6
64.Ne7 Bb7 65.Nd5 Bxd5 66.cxd5 Nc3  0-1

[Event "4th Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2008.06.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Tregubov,P"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 c6 8.Qc2 g5
9.Bg3 Ne4 10.Nd2 Nxg3 11.hxg3 Nd7 12.e3 Nf6 13.Bd3 Qe7 14.a3 Bd6 15.O-O-O Be6
16.e4 dxe4 17.Ndxe4 Nd5 18.Nxd5 Bxd5 19.Nxd6+ Qxd6 20.Rhe1+ Kd7 21.Be4 Rae8
22.Bxd5 Qxd5 23.Re5 Qa2 24.Qf5+ Kc7 25.d5 Kb6 26.dxc6 bxc6 27.Rd4 a5 28.Rb5+ Ka6
29.Rxa5+ Kb6 30.Qc5+  1-0

[Event "4th Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2008.06.01"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Golubev,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[ECO "B70"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 g6 6.Bg5 Bg7 7.Qd2 Nc6 8.Nb3 O-O
9.Bh6 Bxh6 10.Qxh6 a5 11.a4 Be6 12.Bb5 Rc8 13.Rd1 Nb4 14.Nd4 Bc4 15.Bxc4 Rxc4
16.O-O Qb6 17.Nf3 Ng4 18.Qg5 Nf6 19.Rd2 Rxe4 20.Nxe4 Nxe4 21.Qh6 f6 22.Re2 Qc6
23.Nd4 Qd5 24.Qe3 f5 25.c3 e5 26.Nb5 Nd3 27.Rd1 Nec5 28.b4 f4 29.Qd2 f3 30.Re3 axb4
31.cxb4 fxg2 32.Rxd3  1-0

[Event "4th Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2008.06.01"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Drozdovskij,Y"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.e3 d6
9.Ne2 h6 10.Bh4 c5 11.Qc2 cxd4 12.Nxd4 a6 13.Be2 Nbd7 14.O-O Rc8 15.Rac1 b5
16.Qb1 bxc4 17.Bxc4 Qb6 18.b4 d5 19.Be2 e5 20.Nb3 Bc6 21.Qb2 Bb5 22.Rfd1 Bxe2
23.Qxe2 g5 24.Bg3 Qe6 25.f3 Kg7 26.Qb2 Nh5 27.Bf2 f5 28.Nc5 Nxc5 29.Rxc5 Nf6
30.Be1 f4 31.Bc3 Rxc5 32.bxc5 fxe3 33.Bxe5 Re8 34.Bd4 Kg6 35.Re1 e2 36.Kf2 Qf5
37.Rxe2 Ng4+ 38.Ke1 Rxe2+ 39.Kxe2 Nxh2 40.Qd2 Kh5 41.g4+ Nxg4 42.fxg4+ Kxg4
43.Qd3 Qe6+ 44.Kf2 Kh4 45.Qf3 Qc6 46.Qf6 Qa4 47.Qxh6+ Kg4 48.Qe6+ Kh4 49.Qe3 Qc2+
50.Qe2 Qc1 51.Kg2 g4 52.Qf2+ Kh5 53.Qf5+ Kh6 54.Qe6+ Kh5 55.Qxd5+ Kg6 56.Qe6+ Kh5
57.Qe5+ Kg6 58.Qe4+ Kh5 59.Qe8+  1-0

[Event "4th Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2008.06.01"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 Nd7 8.Qd2 Ne5
9.O-O-O O-O 10.h4 Re8 11.h5 Bg4 12.Be2 Qc8 13.h6 g6 14.Nxe5 Bxe2 15.Nxg6 Bxd1
16.Qd4 f6 17.Qd5+  1-0

[Event "XXIII Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2008.08.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bendayan Claros,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2060"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.e4 h6 4.Bxf6 Qxf6 5.c3 d6 6.Bd3 Nd7 7.Ne2 g6 8.Nd2 Bg7
9.O-O Qe7 10.f4 c5 11.Rc1 a6 12.a4 b6 13.Nc4 b5 14.Ne3 Rb8 15.axb5 axb5 16.f5 O-O
17.Qd2 Bb7 18.fxg6 fxg6 19.Rxf8+ Rxf8 20.Nf1 c4 21.Bc2 e5 22.d5 Nc5 23.Nfg3 h5
24.Rf1 Kh7 25.Rxf8 Qxf8 26.Qe3 Bh6 27.Qf3 Qxf3 28.gxf3 Nd3 29.b4 Ne1 30.Bd1 Be3+
31.Kf1 Nxf3 32.Kg2 Nd2 33.Nf1 Nxf1 34.Kxf1 Bc8 35.Ke1 Kh6 36.Ng3 h4 37.Nf1 Bg1
38.Bf3 Kg5 39.Ke2 Kf4 40.Bg2 g5 41.Bh1 Bg4+ 42.Kd2 Bh3 43.Ke2 g4  0-1

[Event "XXIII Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2008.08.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Velcheva,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2281"]
[ECO "B85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Be3 Be7
9.f4 d6 10.Qe1 O-O 11.Qg3 Bd7 12.Kh1 b5 13.a3 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 Bc6 15.Rae1 Qb7
16.Bf3 Rad8 17.Re2 g6 18.b4 a5 19.f5 e5 20.Be3 axb4 21.axb4 Bxe4 22.Nxe4 Nxe4
23.Bxe4 Qxe4 24.f6 Bxf6 25.Rxf6 Qxb4 26.h3 Ra8 27.Rf1 f5 28.Bh6 Rf7 29.Qd3 Qc4
30.Rd1 Rc8 31.Qxc4 Rxc4 32.Rxd6 Rfc7 33.Rxe5  1-0

[Event "XXIII Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2008.08.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lafuente,P"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 a6 5.a4 e6 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.a5 h6 8.Bh4 dxc4
9.Bxf6 Nxf6 10.Qa4 Qd6 11.e3 Qb4 12.Qxb4 Bxb4 13.Ra4 Nd5 14.Kd2 c5 15.Ne5 b5
16.axb6 Nxb6 17.Ra1 cxd4 18.exd4 Bb7 19.Nxc4 Nxc4+ 20.Bxc4 Ke7 21.Rhc1 Bxg2
22.Bxa6 g5 23.Ke2 Rhd8 24.Nb5 Kf6 25.f3 Bd6 26.Nc3 Bf4 27.Rd1 Rab8 28.Rab1 Kg7
29.b4 Bxh2 30.Kf2 Bh3 31.Ne2 Bf5 32.Bd3 Bxd3 33.Rxd3 Bc7 34.b5 Bb6 35.Kg3 Rd5
36.Rb4 Bc7+ 37.Kg2 Rdxb5 38.Rxb5 Rxb5 39.Rc3 Bb6 40.Rc2 Rd5 41.Rd2 e5 42.Ng3 exd4
43.Kh3 Bc7 44.Rxd4 Rxd4 45.Nf5+ Kg6 46.Nxd4 h5 47.Ne2 Be5 48.Nc1 Kf5 49.Nd3 Ke6
50.Nc5+ Kd5 51.Ne4 f6 52.Kg2 Kd4 53.Nf2 f5 54.Nh3 Bf6 55.Nf2 Ke3 56.Nd1+ Ke2
57.Nf2 Be5 58.Nh3 Bf4 59.Ng1+ Ke1 60.Nh3 Be3 61.f4 g4 62.Ng5 Bxf4 63.Ne6 Be5
64.Nc5 Ke2  0-1

[Event "XXIII Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2008.08.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Guliyev,N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Bf4 O-O 8.Qd2 Nd7
9.O-O-O Nc5 10.Be3 Bg4 11.Be2 Qc8 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 c6 14.c4 Re8 15.Rhe1 Bf8
16.c3 a5 17.Bxc5 Rxe1 18.Qxe1 dxc5 19.Qe5 a4 20.Bg4 Qe8 21.Qxe8 Rxe8 22.Rd7 Rb8
23.Bd1 a3 24.bxa3 g6 25.f4 Bg7 26.Kc2 Bf6 27.Bf3 Kf8 28.a4 Ke8 29.Rd1 Bd8
30.Re1+ Kd7 31.f5 Ra8 32.Kb3 Bg5 33.Bg4 Kc7 34.h4 Bxh4 35.Rh1 gxf5 36.Bxf5 Be7
37.Rxh7 Rf8 38.a5 Kd6 39.g4 Ke5 40.Rh1 Ra8 41.Re1+ Kf6 42.g5+ Kxg5 43.Rxe7 Kxf5
44.Rxf7+ Ke6 45.Rxb7 Rxa5 46.Rh7 Ra8 47.a4 Kd6 48.Ka3 Ra6 49.Rh1 Ra8 50.Kb3 Rb8+
51.Kc2 Ra8 52.Ra1 Kc7 53.a5 Kb7 54.Kb3 Ka6 55.Ka4 Rb8 56.Rh1 Rb2 57.Rh6 Ra2+
58.Kb3 Rxa5 59.Rxc6+ Kb7 60.Rd6 Ra1 61.Rh6 Kc7 62.Kc2 Rg1 63.Re6 Rh1 64.Rf6 Rg1
65.Kb3 Ra1 66.Kc2 Rg1 67.Kd3 Rg3+ 68.Ke4 Rxc3 69.Kd5 Rg3 70.Ke4  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIII Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2008.08.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Paunovic,D"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "B14"]

1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.cxd5 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nxd5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.d4 e6 8.Bd3 Bb4
9.Bd2 O-O 10.O-O Nf6 11.Be3 Ne7 12.Ne5 Nf5 13.Qb3 Bd6 14.Rad1 Nxe3 15.fxe3 Bxe5
16.dxe5 Nd7 17.Bb5 Qc7 18.Bxd7 Bxd7 19.Rd6 Bc6 20.Qb4 Qe7 21.Qg4 Rad8 22.Rfd1 Rxd6
23.Rxd6 Qc7 24.Qd4 a6 25.h4 h6 26.a3 Qe7 27.Qg4 Rd8 28.Qd4 Rc8 29.Qg4 Qc7
30.Qd4 Be8 31.Kh2 Qc4 32.Ne4 Qxd4 33.exd4 Bc6 34.Nc5 a5 35.Kg3 Kf8 36.Kf2 b6
37.Nd3 Be4 38.Ke3 Bxg2 39.Rxb6 g5 40.hxg5 hxg5 41.Ra6 g4 42.Rxa5 g3 43.Rc5 Rb8
44.b4 Ra8 45.Rc3 Bb7 46.Nf4 Ke8 47.Ke2 g2 48.Kf2 Rd8 49.Rc7 Ba6 50.Kxg2 Rxd4
51.Kf3 Bb5 52.Ke3 Rd1 53.Rc5 Bd7 54.Ne2 Ra1 55.Rc3 Kd8 56.Nd4 Re1+ 57.Kf4 f6
58.Re3 fxe5+ 59.Rxe5 Rf1+ 60.Kg5 Ke7 61.Rc5 Kd6 62.Nb5+ Bxb5 63.Rxb5 e5 64.Rb8 e4
65.Re8 Ra1 66.Rxe4 Rxa3  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIII Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2008.08.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Herraiz Hidalgo,H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bc5
9.Qd2 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 b6 11.O-O-O O-O 12.Qe3 Qe7 13.Bd3 Bb7 14.Qh3 g6 15.Qe3 f6
16.exf6 Qxf6 17.Ne2 Bxd4 18.Nxd4 Qxf4 19.Qxf4 Rxf4 20.Nxe6 Rf2 21.Rd2 Rxd2
22.Kxd2 Nc5 23.Nd4 Rf8 24.Re1 Ne4+ 25.Bxe4 dxe4 26.Ke3 Rd8 27.Rf1 Rd6 28.c4 a5
29.Rc1 Kg7 30.c5 bxc5 31.Rxc5 Rb6 32.b3 a4 33.bxa4 Ba6 34.Rc7+ Kh6 35.Rc6  1-0

[Event "XXIII Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2008.08.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.h3 Bxf3 6.Qxf3 e6 7.Bd3 Bb4+ 8.Nd2 dxc4
9.Bxc4 Nbd7 10.a3 Bd6 11.O-O O-O 12.Ba2 e5 13.Ne4 Nxe4 14.Qxe4 Nf6 15.Qh4 Re8
16.Rd1 Qe7 17.Bd2 exd4 18.exd4 Qe2 19.Bc3 Re4 20.Qg5 Rf4 21.Rd2 Qe7 22.Qa5 Re8
23.Rf1 Bb8 24.d5 b6 25.Qa6 Nxd5 26.Bxd5 cxd5 27.Rxd5 Re4 28.Qb5 h6 29.Qd7 Be5
30.Bxe5 Rxe5 31.Qxe7 R8xe7 32.Rd8+ Kh7 33.Rd2 Re2 34.Rfd1 Rxd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIII Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2008.08.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Palac,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[ECO "B81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.g4 h6 8.Bg2 e5
9.Nf5 g6 10.Qe2 gxf5 11.exf5 Rg8 12.h3 Qc7 13.f4 Bd7 14.O-O-O Bc6 15.fxe5 dxe5
16.Bb6 Qxb6 17.Qxe5+ Be7 18.Rhe1 Qb4 19.Bxc6+ Nxc6 20.Qxf6 Qf4+ 21.Kb1 Kf8
22.Rxe7 Nxe7 23.Qxe7+ Kxe7 24.Nd5+ Kd6 25.Nxf4+ Ke5 26.Nd3+ Kf6 27.Nc5 Rad8
28.Rg1 Rd5 29.Ne4+ Ke7 30.Ng3 Re5 31.Kc1 Rd8 32.b3 Rd4 33.Rf1 Kf6 34.Rf3 Kg5
35.Rc3 Kh4 36.Nh5 Rde4 37.Nf6 Re3 38.Rc8 Rxh3 39.Rc7 Kg5 40.Rxf7 Re2 41.Nd5 Rhh2
42.Rg7+ Kh4 43.Rc7 Kxg4 44.f6 Rhf2 45.Kb2 h5 46.Rg7+ Kf5 47.f7 Ke6 48.f8=Q Rxf8
49.Re7+ Kxd5 50.Rxe2 h4 51.Kc3 h3 52.Rh2 Rf3+ 53.Kb4 b6 54.c4+ Kc6 55.a3 Rg3
56.Rh1 a5+ 57.Ka4 Kc5 58.Rh2 Kd4 59.Rh1 Rc3 60.Rh2 Ke4 61.b4 axb4 62.axb4 Kf4
63.Kb5 Kg3 64.Rh1 h2 65.Kxb6 Rxc4 66.b5 Kg2 67.Rxh2+ Kxh2 68.Ka7 Ra4+ 69.Kb7 Kg3
70.b6 Kf4 71.Kc7 Rc4+ 72.Kd7 Ke4  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIII Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2008.08.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kolev,At1"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "B85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O Be7 8.f4 O-O
9.a4 Nc6 10.Be3 Qc7 11.Kh1 Re8 12.Bd3 Bd7 13.Qf3 Nb4 14.a5 Rac8 15.Qg3 Bc6
16.Nf3 d5 17.Bb6 Qb8 18.e5 Ne4 19.Bxe4 dxe4 20.Nd4 Bd5 21.f5 f6 22.Nxd5 exd5
23.Ne6 Bf8 24.c3 Nd3 25.exf6 Qxg3 26.hxg3 gxf6 27.Bd4 Kf7 28.Nf4 Nxf4 29.Rxf4 Bc5
30.Rd1 Bxd4 31.Rxd4 Rc5 32.Rb4 Re7 33.Kg1 Rxa5 34.Kf2 Ra1 35.Rh4 Ke8 36.Rh6 e3+
37.Ke2 Rg1 38.Rxf6 Rxg2+ 39.Ke1 Rxg3 40.Re6 Rxe6 41.fxe6 b5 42.Rh4 Ke7 43.Rxh7+ Kxe6
44.Ke2 a5 45.Rh4 Kd6 46.b3 Ke5 47.Rh5+ Kf4 48.Rxd5 Rg2+ 49.Ke1 a4 50.bxa4 bxa4
51.Ra5 Kf3 52.Rf5+ Ke4 53.Ra5 Kd3  0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Bf4 O-O 8.Qd2 Nd7
9.O-O-O Nc5 10.Be3 Re8 11.Bc4 Be6 12.Bxe6 Nxe6 13.h4 Qd7 14.Qd5 Qc6 15.Qf5 Qc4
16.Kb1 g6 17.Qh3 h5 18.Nd2 Qe2 19.Rde1 Qg4 20.Qh2 d5 21.f3 Qa4 22.g4 Bd6
23.Qg1 Nf4 24.c4 Rxe3 25.Qxe3 Ng2 26.Qf2 Nxe1 27.Rxe1 Re8 28.gxh5 Rxe1+ 29.Qxe1 gxh5
30.Qg1+ Kf8 31.Qd4 dxc4 32.Qh8+ Ke7 33.Qxh5 c3 34.Qg5+ Kf8 35.Ne4 Qc4 36.Qd8+ Kg7
37.Qf6+ Kg8 38.Qg5+ Kf8 39.a3 Qf1+ 40.Ka2 cxb2 41.Qd8+ Kg7 42.Qg5+ Kf8 43.Qd8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Qc2 O-O 8.a3 Bxc3+
9.Qxc3 c6 10.Nd2 Qe8 11.e3 Ne4 12.Nxe4 dxe4 13.Bf4 Qe6 14.Be2 Nb6 15.Bg3 Qg6
16.Qc5 Bg4 17.Bxg4 Qxg4 18.Qe7 Nd7 19.Qb4 Nb6 20.Qe7 Nd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[ECO "A33"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.a3 d5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.g3 Bc5
9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Bg2 O-O 11.O-O Re8 12.Qa4 Bg4 13.Bg5 Bxe2 14.Nxe2 Rxe2 15.Rac1 Bb6
16.Qxc6 Qe8 17.Bxf6 Qxc6 18.Rxc6 gxf6 19.Bxd5 Rd8 20.Bc4 Rxb2 21.Rxf6 Rd7
22.Rf3 Rbd2 23.Kg2 Kg7 24.Re1 R2d4 25.Bb5 R7d6 26.Re5 R6d5 27.Rxd5 Rxd5 28.Bc4 Rd7
29.Kf1 Re7 30.Rf4 Bc7 31.Rg4+ Kf8 32.Rh4 Kg7 33.Bd3 h6 34.Rg4+ Kf8 35.Rd4 Re6
36.Rd7 Re7 37.Rd5 Re5 38.Rd4 Re6 39.Rc4 Bb6 40.Rc2 Rd6 41.Bb5 Ke7 42.f4 Rd5
43.a4 Rd6 44.Ke2 Kf6 45.Kf3 Kg7 46.h4 Rd5 47.g4 Bd8 48.Ke4 Rd6 49.h5 Re6+
50.Kd5 Re7 51.Rc4 Bc7 52.Ba6 Bb6 53.Kd6 Re6+ 54.Kd7 Be3 55.Bb5 Rf6 56.f5 Rb6
57.Rc7 a5 58.Kc8 Rf6 59.Rd7 Bf4 60.Ra7 Bd2 61.Kd7 Rb6 62.Kc7 Rf6 63.Ra8 Bb4
64.Rd8 Be7 65.Rd5 Bb4 66.Bc6 Kf8 67.Rd8+ Kg7 68.Kb6 Bc3 69.Kb5 Bb4 70.Bd5 Be1
71.Bc4 Bc3 72.Ra8 Be1 73.Rxa5 Bxa5 74.Kxa5 Rd6 75.Kb5 Kf6 76.a5 Kg5 77.a6 Kxg4
78.a7 Rd8 79.Kb6 Kxf5 80.Bd5 Ke5 81.Kc7 Rh8 82.Bb7 f5 83.Bc8 Rh7+ 84.Bd7 Rh8
85.Bc8 Rh7+ 86.Bd7 Rh8 87.Bc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.f3 d6
9.e4 c5 10.dxc5 bxc5 11.O-O-O Nc6 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.Ne2 e5 14.Qd2 Nd4 15.Qh6 Kh8
16.Nxd4 cxd4 17.Bd3 Qe7 18.g4 a5 19.Rhg1 Rg8 20.Rg3 Rg6 21.Qd2 a4 22.Kb1 Bc6
23.f4 Rag8 24.Rdg1 exf4 25.Qxf4 Qe5 26.Rf1 Re8 27.Ka1 Kg7 28.Qf2 Bxe4 29.Bxe4 Qxe4
30.Rf3 Re6 31.h3 d3 32.Qd2 Qxc4 33.Rxd3 Rg5 34.Rc1 Qa6 35.Rd1 Rc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "C89"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Be3 Bg4
16.Qd3 Rae8 17.Nd2 Qh5 18.Bc2 f5 19.f3 Bxf3 20.Nxf3 Qxf3 21.Bd2 Qxd3 22.Bxd3 f4
23.Rxe8 Rxe8 24.Kf2 fxg3+ 25.hxg3 c5 26.c4 Nb6 27.cxb5 c4 28.Bf1 axb5 29.Bg2 Rf8+
30.Bf3 Be7 31.Ba5 Na4 32.b3 Bf6 33.Kg2 Bxd4 34.Rf1 Rxf3 35.Rxf3 Nb2 36.Rf5 c3
37.Rxb5 c2 38.Rb8+ Kf7 39.Rc8 Nd1 40.Bd2 Bc3 41.Bc1  1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.Nf3 c5 6.dxc5 Na6 7.c6 dxc6 8.a3 Bxc3+
9.Qxc3 Nc5 10.Be3 Nce4 11.Qe5 b5 12.g4 c5 13.g5 Qa5+ 14.b4 cxb4 15.gxf6 Bb7
16.Bd2 Rfc8 17.Bxb4 Qb6 18.c5 Qd8 19.Rg1 g6 20.Rd1 Qxf6 21.c6 Bxc6 22.Rg4 Qxe5
23.Nxe5 f5 24.Nxc6 Rxc6 25.Bg2 a5 26.Bxe4 fxe4 27.Bd2 Rc4 28.Rg5 Ra4 29.Rxb5 Rxa3
30.Rb7 a4 31.Bf4 Rb3 32.Rxb3 axb3 33.Rb1 e3 34.Bxe3 Rb8 35.Kd2 Rb4 36.f3 e5
37.Bf2  1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.Re1 a6 6.Bxc6 Nxc6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 e5
9.Nb3 d6 10.Nc3 f5 11.f4 g6 12.fxe5 dxe5 13.Qxd8+ Kxd8 14.Bg5+ Ke8 15.exf5 Bxf5
16.Nd5 Kf7 17.Rf1 h6 18.Bh4 Kg8 19.c3 Bd3 20.Rfe1 g5 21.Bg3 Rd8 22.Nf6+ Kf7
23.Ng4 e4 24.Nf2 Be7 25.Nxe4 Bc4 26.Nbc5 Bxc5+ 27.Nxc5 Kg6 28.b3 Bf7 29.Nxb7 Rd2
30.Nd6 Bd5 31.Ne4 Rc2 32.c4 Bxe4 33.Rxe4 Nb4 34.Re6+ Kf5 35.Rd6 Rxa2 36.Rf1+ Ke4
37.Re1+ Kf5 38.h3  1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "C92"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6
9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Ng5 Rf8 12.Nf3 Re8 13.Nbd2 Bf8 14.a3 h6 15.Bc2 Nb8
16.b4 Nbd7 17.Bb2 c6 18.Rc1 Rc8 19.Bb1 g6 20.Qb3 c5 21.dxc5 dxc5 22.c4 Qe7
23.bxc5 Qxc5 24.cxb5 Qxb5 25.Rxc8 Bxc8 26.Qxb5 axb5 27.Rc1 Bb7 28.Rc7 Ba8
29.Bd3 Bd6 30.Ra7 Bc6 31.Nb3 Bb8 32.Ra6 Bxe4 33.Bxb5 Bd5 34.Na5 Bc7 35.Ra7 Bb6
36.Bxd7 Re7 37.Ra6 Nxd7 38.Nxe5 Bc7 39.Ra7 Nxe5 40.Bxe5 Rxe5 41.Rxc7 Rg5
42.g4 Re5 43.Rc1 Re4 44.Rd1 Be6 45.Nc6 Ra4 46.Rd3 Kg7 47.f3 h5 48.Kf2 Kf6
49.Nd4 Bc4 50.Re3 Ba6 51.Nc6 Bc8 52.Nb4 Ra5 53.Kg3 hxg4 54.hxg4 Be6 55.Rc3 Ra8
56.Nd3 Ra5 57.Kf4 g5+ 58.Ke3 Ke7 59.Nc5 f5 60.Kd4 fxg4 61.Re3 gxf3 62.Rxe6+ Kf7
63.Re3 g4 64.Ne4 Kg6 65.Rc3 Kf5 66.Ke3 Re5 67.Rc5 Rxc5 68.Nxc5 Ke5 69.Ne4 Kd5
70.Kd3 Ke5 71.Ke3 Kd5 72.Nd2 Kc5 73.Kd3 Kb5 74.Kc3 Ka4 75.Kb2 g3 76.Nxf3 g2
77.Ka2 Ka5 78.Kb3 Kb5 79.a4+ Ka5 80.Ka3 Ka6 81.Kb4 Kb6 82.a5+ Ka6 83.Ka4 Ka7
84.Kb5 Kb7 85.a6+ Ka7 86.Ka5 Kb8 87.Kb6 Ka8 88.a7 g1=B+ 89.Nxg1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.O-O d6 6.Bxc6+ bxc6 7.h3 O-O 8.Nc3 Bb6
9.Re1 h6 10.Na4 c5 11.Nh2 Bd7 12.Nc3 Nh7 13.a4 Ba5 14.g4 Qe8 15.Re3 Bxc3
16.bxc3 Bxa4 17.Rg3 a5 18.c4 Bd7 19.f4 exf4 20.Bxf4 Qe7 21.Bd2 a4 22.Bc3 c6
23.Nf1 f6 24.h4 Be6 25.Ne3 Qd7 26.Qf3 a3 27.Ra2 Qb7 28.Kf2 Qb1 29.Ra1 a2
30.Qh1 Qxh1 31.Rxh1 Rfb8 32.Rgg1 Ra3 33.Ba1 Ra7 34.Bc3 Nf8 35.g5 fxg5 36.hxg5 hxg5
37.Rxg5 Rb1 38.Rhg1 Rxg1 39.Rxg1 g6 40.Ba1 Kf7 41.Nd1 d5 42.cxd5 cxd5 43.exd5 Bxd5
44.Nc3 Bc6 45.Bb2 Bd7 46.Ke3 Ra6 47.Kd2 Bf5 48.Ra1 Be6 49.Ne4 c4 50.Ng5+ Ke7
51.Nxe6 Nxe6 52.dxc4 g5 53.Be5 Nf4 54.Kc3 Ke6 55.Bc7 Kf5 56.Kb2 g4 57.Rxa2 Rxa2+
58.Kxa2 g3 59.Bb6 g2 60.Bg1 Nh3 61.Bh2 Ng5 62.Bg1 Nf3 63.Bf2 Ke4 64.c5 Nd4
65.Ka3 Nxc2+ 66.Ka4 Nd4 67.Ka5 Ne6 68.c6 Kd3 69.Kb6 Ke2 70.Bg1 Kf1 71.Bh2 g1=B+
72.Bxg1 Kxg1 73.c7 Nxc7 74.Kxc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 Ke8 10.h3 b6 11.g4 Ne7 12.Nd4 h5 13.f3 hxg4 14.hxg4 Ng6 15.Kg2 Bc5
16.Nxc6 Bb7 17.b4 Bxc6 18.bxc5 Nh4+ 19.Kg3 Nxf3 20.Be3 Nxe5 21.Bd4 f6 22.Rae1 Rf8
23.Bxe5 fxe5 24.Rxe5+ Kd7 25.Rd1+ Kc8 26.Nd5 Rf7 27.Ne7+ Kb7 28.Nxc6 Kxc6
29.Rd3 b5 30.a3 a5 31.Re6+ Kxc5 32.Rc3+ Kd5 33.Rec6 b4 34.axb4 axb4 35.R3c5+ Kd4
36.Rc4+ Kd5 37.R4c5+ Kd4 38.Rc4+ Kd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grachev,B"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 c5 3.e3 Nc6 4.c3 Qb6 5.Qb3 c4 6.Qc2 Bf5 7.Qxf5 Qxb2 8.Qxd5 Qxa1
9.Qb5 O-O-O 10.Bxc4 e5 11.Bg5 f6 12.Ne2 Ba3 13.O-O Qb2 14.Qa4 Bd6 15.Bh4 g5
16.Bg3 h5 17.h4 Qb6 18.Nd2 Qa5 19.Qb3 Qc7 20.Ne4 Kb8 21.Nxd6 Qxd6 22.Rb1 Qc7
23.Qa4 Nge7 24.Ba6 b6 25.Bd3 Rhg8 26.c4 gxh4 27.Bxh4 exd4 28.exd4 Nxd4 29.Bg3 Rxg3
30.fxg3 Nef5 31.Rf1 Qc5 32.Kh2 h4 33.gxh4 Rh8 34.g3 Qe5 35.Qd1 Rxh4+ 36.Kg2 Rh8
37.Re1 Qc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "C95"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.Bc2 Nb8 13.a4 Nbd7 14.Bd3 c6 15.b3 g6 16.Bf1 Bg7
17.Bb2 Qc7 18.Qc2 Rac8 19.Rad1 Qb8 20.g3 Nf8 21.Bg2 Ne6 22.b4 Nd7 23.axb5 axb5
24.dxe5 Nxe5 25.Nd4 c5 26.bxc5 Nxc5 27.Re3 Nc4 28.Nxc4 bxc4 29.Ba3 Nd3 30.Rb1 Qa8
31.Nb5 d5 32.Nd6 d4 33.cxd4 Qxa3 34.Nxe8 Bxd4 35.Rf3 Bxe4 36.Nf6+  0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.f3 Be7 8.Qd2 O-O
9.g4 d5 10.g5 Nh5 11.Rg1 dxe4 12.Nxe4 e5 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.Bc4 Bf5 15.O-O-O Qc7
16.h4 Kh8 17.Qc3 Bg6 18.Rd2 a5 19.Nc5 Bf5 20.Rgd1 Rad8 21.Rxd8 Bxd8 22.Qb3 Be7
23.Qb7  1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "C54"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.e5 d5 7.Bb5 Ne4 8.cxd4 Bb6
9.Nc3 O-O 10.Be3 Be6 11.O-O f5 12.exf6 Qxf6 13.Bxc6 bxc6 14.Ne5 c5 15.dxc5 Qxe5
16.cxb6 axb6 17.Bd4 Nxc3 18.bxc3 Qf5 19.f4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "B96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qc7 8.Bxf6 gxf6
9.Qd2 b5 10.O-O-O Bb7 11.a3 Nd7 12.f5 e5 13.Nb3 h5 14.Kb1 Rc8 15.Be2 Nb6
16.Na5 Ba8 17.Rhf1 Ke7 18.Rf3 Bh6 19.Qe1 Bxe4 20.Rh3 Na4 21.Nb3 Bxg2 22.Rg3 Bb7
23.Rdd3 h4 24.Rg4 Bg5 25.Bf3 Nxc3+ 26.Rxc3 Qb6 27.Bxb7 Qxb7 28.Na5 Qb6 29.b4 Rhd8
30.Kb2 Kf8 31.Rh3 d5 32.Rgxh4 Bxh4 33.Qxh4 Ke7 34.Qe1 Qd4+ 35.c3 Qb6 36.Nb3 Rc4
37.Nc5 d4 38.cxd4 Rcxd4 39.Rh7  0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Eljanov,P"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "E39"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 O-O 6.a3 Bxc5 7.Nf3 Qb6 8.e3 Be7
9.b3 a6 10.Bb2 Qc7 11.Ng5 h6 12.Nd5 exd5 13.Bxf6 hxg5 14.Bxe7 Qe5 15.Bxf8 Qxa1+
16.Kd2 Kxf8 17.cxd5 Nc6 18.dxc6 dxc6 19.h4 g4 20.h5 Be6 21.h6 Rd8+ 22.Ke2 Bf5
23.e4 gxh6 24.Rxh6 Bxe4 25.Qc5+ Ke8 26.Ke3 Bg6 27.Kf4 Qf6+ 28.Kg3 Rd5 29.Qe3+ Kd7
30.Bc4 Qd6+ 31.Qf4 Qxf4+ 32.Kxf4 Rd2 33.Kg3 b5 34.Bf1 Rb2 35.b4 Ke7 36.Rh4 f5
37.Rh8 Kf6 38.Rc8 Kg5 39.Rxc6 f4+ 40.Kh2 Rxf2 41.Kg1 Ra2 42.Rc5+ Kh4 43.Rc3 g3
44.Rc6 Bf5 45.Rc5 Bc2 46.Rc3 Kg5 47.Rc5+ Kf6 48.Rc3 Ke5 49.Rc5+ Kd4 50.Rc6 Be4
51.Rxa6 Ra1 52.Rd6+ Kc3 53.Rd8 Kb3 54.Rd4 Re1 55.Rd8 Kxa3 56.Rd4 Kb3 57.Rd2 Kc3
58.Rd8 Kxb4 59.Rd4+ Kc5 60.Rd2 b4  0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O Be7 7.Re1 Ne4 8.d4 Nxc3
9.bxc3 Be4 10.Bf1 O-O 11.Nd2 Bb7 12.e4 Nc6 13.d5 Na5 14.Nb3 d6 15.Nxa5 bxa5
16.Rb1 Rb8 17.Qg4 e5 18.Bh6 Bf6 19.Bd2 Qc7 20.f4 Bc8 21.f5 Bd7 22.Bd3 Rxb1
23.Rxb1 Rb8 24.Qd1 h6 25.h4 Rxb1 26.Qxb1 Qb6 27.Qc1 Kf8 28.Kg2 Qd8 29.Kh3 g5
30.Qd1 Kg7 31.Qh5 Ba4 32.Bc1 Qe7 33.Qe2 Qd8 34.h5 Qb6 35.Bc2 Bxc2 36.Qxc2 a4
37.Kg4 Qa6 38.Qd3 Kf8 39.Kf3 Ke8 40.g4 Bd8 41.Ke3 Ba5 42.Kd2 f6 43.Kc2 Ke7
44.Qe2 Qb6 45.Ba3 Qb7 46.Qf1 Qa6 47.Kd3 Qb7 48.Qd1 Qd7 49.Qb1 Bb6 50.Qb5 Kd8
51.Kc2 Kc7 52.Kd3 Kd8 53.Bc1 Kc7 54.Qxd7+ Kxd7 55.Kc2 Ba5 56.Kb2 a6 57.Bd2 Bc7
58.Ka3 Ba5 59.Kxa4 Bc7 60.Kb3 Ba5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karpov,Ana"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "A42"]

1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.e4 d6 4.Nc3 e5 5.d5 Ne7 6.g3 O-O 7.Bg2 f5 8.Nge2 Nd7 9.O-O Nf6
10.f4 exf4 11.Nxf4 c6 12.exf5 Nxf5 13.Kh1 Qb6 14.Na4 Qa6 15.dxc6 bxc6 16.Bd2 Bd7
17.Rc1 Rae8 18.b3 Ne4 19.Nc3 Bxc3 20.Bxc3 Ne3 21.Qd3 Nxc3 22.Qxc3 Nxf1 23.Rxf1 Qb6
24.Qd2 Qc5 25.Rd1 Qe5 26.h4 Rf6 27.Kh2 Qe3 28.Qxe3 Rxe3 29.Rd2 a5 30.Nd3 Bf5
31.Nf4 Be4 32.Bxe4 Rxe4 33.Kg2 Kf7 34.Ne2 Ke7 35.Nd4 Kd7 36.Nf3 h6 37.Nd4 g5
38.hxg5 hxg5 39.Nf3 g4 40.Nd4 Re1 41.Nc2 Re4 42.Nd4 c5 43.Ne2 Rf3 44.Nf4 Ree3
45.Nh5 Kc6 46.Rc2 a4 47.bxa4 Ra3 48.Rd2 Rxa4 49.Rc2 Rfa3  0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Tkachiev,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.c3 d6 8.a4 Bb7
9.d4 Bb6 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.axb5 axb5 13.Rxa8+ Bxa8 14.d5 Ne7 15.Na3 O-O
16.Nxb5 Qf4 17.Bc2 f5 18.g3 Qg4 19.Nd2 Qh3 20.Kh1 fxe4 21.c4 Rxf2 22.Rxf2 Bxf2
23.Nxe4 Bb6 24.Qf3 Bb7 25.Qg2 Qg4 26.h3 Qd7 27.Bd3 Nf5 28.Qf3 Nd4 29.Qh5 Nxb5
30.Nf6+ gxf6 31.Qg6+ Kf8 32.Qxf6+ Qf7 33.Qxh6+ Ke7 34.Qh4+ Qf6 35.Qh7+ Kd8
36.Bf5 Bc8 37.Qg8+ Ke7 38.Qxc8 Nd4 39.Qd7+ Kf8 40.g4 Nxf5 41.gxf5 e4 42.Qe6 Qxb2
43.f6 Qc1+ 44.Kg2 Qg1+  0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Movsesian,S"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "B20"]

1.e4 c5 2.d3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.f4 e6 6.Nf3 Nge7 7.O-O O-O 8.c3 b6 9.Be3 Ba6
10.Bf2 Rc8 11.Re1 d6 12.Na3 b5 13.d4 b4 14.Nc2 bxc3 15.bxc3 cxd4 16.cxd4 Qa5
17.g4 Bb5 18.Rc1 Ba4 19.Qe2 d5 20.e5 Rc7 21.Ne3 Bb5 22.Qb2 Rb8 23.Rc5 Qa6
24.Qd2 Bd3 25.Rec1 Be4 26.f5 gxf5 27.gxf5 exf5 28.Nh4 Bh6 29.Bxe4 fxe4 30.Qd1 Kh8
31.Kh1 Qxa2 32.Qh5 Qxf2 33.Qxh6 Ng8 34.Qd6 Rb2 35.Nhg2 Nxd4 36.Rxc7 Nf5 37.Rxf7 Nxd6
38.Rxf2 Rxf2 39.exd6 Rf7 40.Nxd5 Rd7 41.Rc6 a5 42.Nb6 Rd8 43.d7 Ne7 44.Re6  1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "B81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.g4 e5 8.Nf5 h5
9.g5 Nxe4 10.Nxg7+ Bxg7 11.Nxe4 d5 12.Ng3 d4 13.Bd2 Qd5 14.Rg1 Bg4 15.Be2 Nc6
16.h4 e4 17.Bxg4 hxg4 18.Qxg4 e3 19.fxe3 dxe3 20.Bxe3 Ne5 21.Qe4 Qxe4 22.Nxe4 Nf3+
23.Ke2 Nxg1+ 24.Rxg1 Rxh4 25.Nd6+ Kf8 26.Rf1 Rh2+ 27.Ke1 Kg8 28.Rf2 Rxf2
29.Kxf2 Bxb2 30.Nxb7 Rc8 31.Nc5 a5 32.Ke2 Ba3 33.Nb3 Rxc2+ 34.Kd3 Rxa2 35.Nxa5 Bc5
36.Bxc5 Rxa5 37.Be7 Re5 38.Bf6 Re6 39.Kd4 Kh7 40.Kd5 Kg6 41.Bd8 Kf5 42.Kc5 Rg6
43.Be7 Rxg5 44.Kd4 Rg6 45.Bf8 Re6  0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.f3 a6 8.Qd2 Be7
9.O-O-O O-O 10.g4 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Nd7 12.Kb1 b5 13.h4 Bb7 14.a3 Rc8 15.g5 Ne5
16.Qe3 Nc6 17.Bb6 Qe8 18.h5 b4 19.axb4 Nxb4 20.h6 e5 21.hxg7 Kxg7 22.Bh3 Rxc3
23.Qxc3 Qa4 24.Qb3 Qxb3 25.cxb3 Bxg5 26.Rxd6 h6 27.Bc5 a5 28.Rd7 Ba6 29.Bxf8+ Kxf8
30.Bg4 Bd3+ 31.Ka1 Nc2+ 32.Ka2 Nb4+ 33.Ka3 Nc2+ 34.Ka4 Nd4 35.Rb7 Be2 36.Kxa5 Nxf3
37.b4 Bd8+ 38.Ka4 Ke8 39.Rxh6  1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 c5 5.d5 Nh5 6.Nh3 f5 7.e4 fxe4 8.fxe4 Qh4+
9.Nf2 O-O 10.Be3 exd5 11.Qxd5+ Kh8 12.g3 Qf6 13.e5 Qe7 14.Be2 Nf6 15.exf6 Qxe3
16.fxg7+ Kxg7 17.O-O Nc6 18.Rae1 Qe5 19.Qd2 d6 20.a3 Bxc3 21.bxc3 Kh8 22.Bf3 Qg7
23.Bxc6 bxc6 24.Qxd6 Bf5 25.Qxc5 Qxc3 26.Re3 Qg7 27.Re7 Qb2 28.Rxa7 Rxa7
29.Qxf8+  1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Kamsky,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "C95"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6
9.h3 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.a4 Bf8 14.Bd3 c6 15.b3 g6 16.Bb2 Nh5
17.Bf1 Qb6 18.Qc2 exd4 19.cxd4 d5 20.a5 Qd8 21.e5 Rc8 22.Bc3 c5 23.dxc5 Nxc5
24.Qb2 Nf4 25.Re3 Ne4 26.Bd4 Bb4 27.Bb6 Qe7 28.g3 Ne6 29.Rd1 Bc3 30.Qb1 Nxd2
31.Nxd2 d4 32.Re2 Ng5 33.f4 Nf3+ 34.Nxf3 Bxf3 35.Qd3 Bxe2 36.Bxe2 Bb4 37.Qxd4 Rc3
38.Kf2 Rxb3 39.Bg4 Rc3 40.Bd7 Rf8 41.Kg2 Rc4 42.Qd5 Bc5 43.h4 h5 44.Kh3 Rc3
45.e6 Kh7 46.Qe5 b4 47.f5 fxe6 48.fxg6+ Kxg6 49.Bxe6 Rff3 50.Qe4+ Kf6 51.Bd8 Rce3
52.Bxe7+ Bxe7 53.Qh7 Rxg3+ 54.Kh2 Kxe6 55.Qxh5 Rh3+ 56.Kg2 Rhg3+ 57.Kf2 Rgf3+
58.Qxf3 Rxf3+ 59.Kxf3 Bxh4 60.Ke4 Bf6 61.Rb1 Bc3 62.Kd3 Kd5 63.Rh1 Kc6 64.Kc4 Bd2
65.Rh2 Bc3 66.Rh6+ Kb7 67.Rg6 Bd2 68.Kc5 b3 69.Rg7+ Kc8 70.Rg3 b2 71.Rb3 Bxa5
72.Rxb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "B81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.g4 h6 8.f4 Nc6
9.h3 Bd7 10.Bg2 Qc7 11.Nde2 b5 12.Ng3 Be7 13.O-O Rc8 14.a3 Na5 15.g5 Nh7
16.gxh6 g6 17.f5 Nc4 18.Bd4 e5 19.Nd5 Qd8 20.fxg6 fxg6 21.Nh5 Bf8 22.Qf3 Be6
23.Ng7+ Bxg7 24.hxg7 Rg8 25.Bc3 Rxg7 26.Rad1 Qh4 27.b3 Rf7 28.Qd3 Bxd5 29.Qxd5 Rxf1+
30.Rxf1  1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "B04"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.d4 d6 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.Qe2 c6 6.e5 Nd5 7.O-O O-O 8.h3 dxe5
9.dxe5 Qc7 10.Re1 h6 11.Nbd2 Bf5 12.Nf1 Nd7 13.Ng3 Be6 14.Bb3 Nc5 15.Nd4 Nxb3
16.axb3 Qc8 17.c3 c5 18.Nf3 b6 19.Ra4 Rd8 20.Rh4 g5 21.Bxg5 hxg5 22.Nxg5 Bf5
23.e6 Bg6 24.exf7+ Bxf7 25.Nxf7 Kxf7 26.Qh5+ Kf8 27.Nf5 Bf6 28.Nh6 Kg7 29.Qf7+ Kh8
30.Nf5+  1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Grachev,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.c4 e6 4.Nbd2 Nf6 5.g3 b6 6.Bg2 Bb7 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Qc2 c5
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.a3 Be7 11.dxc5 Nxc5 12.b4 Nd7 13.Bb2 O-O 14.e4 Rc8 15.Qb3 N5f6
16.Nd4 Ne5 17.Rfd1 Qe8 18.Nxe6 fxe6 19.Bxe5 Qf7 20.Bh3 Nd5 21.f4 Qg6 22.exd5 Bxd5
23.Qe3 Rc2 24.Bf1 Qh5 25.Rdc1 Rfc8 26.Rxc2 Rxc2 27.Qd3 Rc8 28.Re1 a5 29.Bg2 Bxg2
30.Kxg2 Rd8 31.Qe2 Qe8 32.Nf3 axb4 33.axb4 Bxb4 34.Rb1 Bc5 35.h4 Qc6 36.Kh3 h6
37.Ba1 Rd5 38.Ne5 Qe8 39.Qg4 Qe7 40.Rd1  1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.Be3 Ng4 8.Bg5 f6
9.Bh4 g5 10.Bg3 Nh6 11.c5 g4 12.Nd2 exd4 13.Nb5 f5 14.cxd6 c6 15.Nc7 f4 16.Nxa8 fxg3
17.hxg3 Qxd6 18.Nc4 Qe7 19.e5 b5 20.Nd6 Qxe5 21.Nxc8 Rxc8 22.O-O Nd7 23.Bxg4 Nxg4
24.Qxg4 Qd6 25.Rfe1 h5 26.Qxh5 Rxa8 27.a4 b4 28.Re8+ Rxe8 29.Qxe8+ Nf8 30.Re1 d3
31.Re7 Qd5 32.Re1 d2 33.Rd1 Bxb2 34.g4 Bc3 35.g5 Qxg5 36.Qxc6 Qg4 37.Qd5+ Kg7
38.Rxd2 Bxd2 39.Qxd2 Qc4 40.Qg5+ Ng6 41.Qa5 b3 42.Qxa7+ Kf6 43.Qb6+ Kg5 44.a5 Qc1+
45.Kh2 b2 46.Qb5+ Kh6 47.g4 b1=Q 48.Qh5+ Kg7  0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nd2 e6 5.Nb3 Nd7 6.Nf3 f6 7.Be2 Ne7 8.O-O fxe5
9.Nxe5 Nxe5 10.dxe5 Qc7 11.c4 O-O-O 12.Qe1 d4 13.f4 c5 14.Bd2 h5 15.Bf3 Nc6
16.Na5 Nxa5 17.Bxa5 b6 18.Bd2 Be7 19.Qe2 h4 20.a3 Rdg8 21.b4 g5 22.bxc5 Bxc5
23.Kh1 g4 24.Be4 h3 25.Qd3 hxg2+ 26.Kxg2 Rh3 27.Bxf5 Rxd3 28.Bxd3 Qc6+ 29.Kg1 g3
30.h3 g2 31.Rfe1 Qf3  0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.e4 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Be2 O-O
9.O-O Be6 10.a4 Nbd7 11.Qd2 Qc7 12.Rfd1 Rac8 13.a5 Rfd8 14.Qe1 Nc5 15.Nxc5 dxc5
16.Rxd8+ Rxd8 17.f3 Qc6 18.Na4 Nd7 19.c4 Nf8 20.Nb6 f6 21.Nd5 Bd6 22.Ra3 Bf7
23.Rb3 Ne6 24.Rb6 Qd7 25.Qa1 Rc8 26.Bd1 Rb8 27.Ba4 Qd8 28.Qa3 Nd4 29.Bxd4 exd4
30.Qb3 Bc7 31.Rxb7 Rxb7 32.Qxb7 Bxa5 33.Kf1 Kf8 34.Ke2 Qd6 35.g3 g5 36.Bd7 Bg6
37.Kd3 h5 38.Qc8+ Kg7 39.Be6 Bd8 40.b4 cxb4 41.c5 Qf8 42.Qb7+ Kh6 43.Qxb4 f5
44.Qxd4 fxe4+ 45.fxe4 Qf1+ 46.Kd2 Ba5+ 47.Nc3 Qg2+ 48.Kc1 Qh1+ 49.Kb2 Qxh2+
50.Kb3 Qxg3 51.Qh8+ Bh7 52.Qf8+ Kg6 53.Bf5+  1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Ne7 6.O-O c5 7.c4 Nbc6 8.Na3 a6 9.Be3 cxd4
10.Nxd4 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Nc6 12.cxd5 Qxd5 13.Bc3 Bxa3 14.bxa3 O-O 15.Qxd5 exd5
16.f4 d4 17.Bd2 Be4 18.Bf3 Bxf3 19.Rxf3 Rad8 20.Rb3 Rd7 21.Rb6 Re8 22.Rab1 f6
23.exf6 Re2 24.R1b2 gxf6 25.Kf1 d3 26.R6b3 Ree7 27.a4 f5 28.Rc3 Rd4 29.Rc5 Rxa4
30.Rxf5 Rd7 31.Kf2 Rc4 32.Ke3 Rcd4 33.Rg5+ Kf7 34.Rh5 Re7+ 35.Kf3 Ke8 36.Be3 Rde4
37.Bf2 Re2 38.Rxe2 dxe2 39.Be1 Nd4+ 40.Kf2 Rc7 41.Rd5 Rc4 42.Re5+ Kf7 43.Re4 b5
44.g4 b4 45.Re5 Nc2 46.Rf5+ Ke6 47.Kxe2 Re4+ 48.Kd3 Rxe1 49.Kxc2 Re2+ 50.Kb3 Rxh2
51.Ra5 Rg2 52.Rxa6+ Kd5 53.g5 Kc5 54.Ra5+ Kd4 55.Kxb4 Rb2+ 56.Ka3 Rb8 57.Ra7 Ke4
58.Rf7 Ra8+ 59.Kb2 Rb8+ 60.Ka1 Ra8 61.f5 Kf4 62.g6 hxg6 63.fxg6+ Kg5 64.g7 Rg8
65.a4 Kg6 66.Ra7 Kh7 67.a5 Rb8 68.Ka2 Rb4 69.Ka3 Rf4 70.Rc7 Rf6 71.Kb4  1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Eljanov,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 Ne7 10.h3 Ng6 11.Ne4 h6 12.b3 Bd7 13.Bb2 Nf4 14.Rad1 Kc8 15.Kh2 c5
16.c4 Be7 17.Nc3 Re8 18.Nd5 Ne6 19.Nd2 h5 20.f4 Bd8 21.g4 hxg4 22.hxg4 a5
23.a4 g5 24.f5 Nd4 25.Bxd4 cxd4 26.Nf3 c6 27.Nf6 Bxf6 28.exf6 Re2+ 29.Kg3 Re3
30.Rfe1 Rxb3 31.Re7 c5 32.Rxf7 Ra6 33.Rh1 Rxf3+ 34.Kg2 Re3 35.Rh8+ Re8 36.Rxe8+ Bxe8
37.Rf8 Kc7 38.Rxe8 Rxf6 39.Kf3 Rd6 40.Ke2 d3+ 41.Kd2 Rd4 42.Re7+ Kc6 43.Re6+ Kd7
44.Rb6 Rxc4 45.Rxb7+ Kd6 46.Kxd3 Rxg4 47.f6 Rxa4 48.Rg7 g4 49.Ke3 Rd4 50.Rg5 a4
51.f7 Ke7 52.Rxc5 Rb4 53.Rc7+ Kf8 54.Ra7 g3 55.Kf3 Rb3+ 56.Kg2 a3 57.Kh3 Kg7
58.Kg2 Rc3 59.Kh3 Kf8 60.Kg2 Rd3 61.Kh3 Re3 62.Kg2 Rd3 63.Kh3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 g6 7.g4 Bg7 8.Bg2 O-O
9.Be3 Nc6 10.O-O Bd7 11.Nde2 b5 12.f4 b4 13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.exd5 Na5 15.b3 Bxa1
16.Qxa1 Rc8 17.Nd4 Nb7 18.f5 f6 19.fxg6 hxg6 20.Qe1 a5 21.Qh4 Rf7 22.Qh6 Rg7
23.g5 Nc5 24.Nc6 Bxc6 25.dxc6 f5 26.Bd4 Qf8 27.Re1 e6 28.Rxe6 Nxe6 29.Bd5 Re8
30.c7 Kf7 31.Bxg7 Qg8 32.Bd4 Ke7 33.Bb6 Kd7 34.Qh4 Qg7 35.Qc4 Qc3 36.Bxe6+ Rxe6
37.c8=Q+  1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "26"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Karpov,Ana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[ECO "B18"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.Bc4 e6 7.h4 h6 8.N1e2 Nf6
9.Nf4 Bh7 10.c3 Nbd7 11.Qf3 Nd5 12.Ngh5 N7f6 13.Bd2 Nxf4 14.Bxf4 Nxh5 15.Qxh5 Bd6
16.Be5 Bg6 17.Qe2 Bxe5 18.Qxe5 Qf6 19.h5 Bh7 20.f4 Rd8 21.g4 Qxe5+ 22.fxe5 Ke7
23.Ke2 f6 24.exf6+ gxf6 25.Kf3 Rd6 26.Rhe1 Rg8 27.Re3 Rg5 28.Rae1 Bg8 29.b4 a5
30.a3 Bf7 31.Bd3 b6 32.Bc2 axb4 33.axb4 c5 34.dxc5 bxc5 35.b5 c4 36.Rb1 Rb6
37.Ba4 f5 38.gxf5 Rxf5+ 39.Kg3 Bxh5 40.Rb4 Rg5+ 41.Kh2 Rd6 42.Rxc4 Rd2+ 43.Kh3 Bg6
44.Rf4 Bf5+ 45.Rxf5 Rxf5 46.c4 Rb2 47.Bd1 Kd6 48.Bg4 Re5 49.Ra3 Kc5 50.Ra6 h5
51.Bxe6 Rb3+ 52.Kh4 Rd3 53.Rc6+ Kb4 54.b6 Rd4+ 55.Kg3 Re3+ 56.Kf2 Rb3  1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "27"]
[White "Tkachiev,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "C09"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 e6 3.d4 d5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd6 7.O-O Ne7 8.dxc5 Bxc5
9.Nbd2 O-O 10.Nb3 Bb6 11.Re1 Nf5 12.Bd3 Bc7 13.h3 Qd6 14.Nbd4 Nfxd4 15.cxd4 h6
16.Be3 Re8 17.Bf4  1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "28"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Movsesian,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "B85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Be3 Be7
9.f4 d6 10.Kh1 O-O 11.a4 Re8 12.Bf3 Bd7 13.Nb3 b6 14.Qd2 Rab8 15.Rae1 b5
16.axb5 axb5 17.Bf2 b4 18.Nd1 Rec8 19.Bg3 Be8 20.Ne3 Na5 21.e5 dxe5 22.fxe5 Nxb3
23.cxb3 Nd7 24.Nc4 Nc5 25.Nd6 Bxd6 26.exd6 Qd7 27.Qe3 Nb7 28.Qd4 Na5 29.Qd3 Rb5
30.Rc1 Rbc5 31.Rxc5 Rxc5 32.h3 f6 33.Qe3 Rc8 34.Bg4 Bf7 35.Re1 Re8 36.Qb6 h5
37.Bf3 Qd8 38.Qxb4 e5 39.d7 Re7 40.Rd1 Rxd7 41.Rxd7 Qxd7 42.Qxa5 Qd4 43.Qa8+ Kh7
44.Qe4+  1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "29"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "D76"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.O-O Nb6 8.Nc3 Nc6
9.e3 Re8 10.d5 Na5 11.Nd4 Bd7 12.e4 c6 13.Re1 cxd5 14.exd5 Rc8 15.Rb1 Nac4
16.b3 Nd6 17.Bb2 Na8 18.Nce2 Qb6 19.Nf4 Nc7 20.Qd2 a5 21.Rbc1 Na6 22.Rxc8 Bxc8
23.h4 a4 24.h5 axb3 25.axb3 Nc5 26.hxg6 hxg6 27.Re3 Bd7 28.Qe1 Bf6 29.Qe2 Qa6
30.Nf3 Qxe2 31.Rxe2 Nxb3 32.Ne5 Bb5 33.Re3 Na5 34.Bc3 Nac4 35.Nxc4 Nxc4 36.Rf3 Bxc3
37.Rxc3 Nd6 38.Bf1 Bxf1 39.Kxf1 Ra8 40.Ke2 Kf8 41.Rb3 Ke8 42.Kf3 Ra5 43.Rd3 Kd7
44.Ne2 Nc4 45.Ke4 Ra4 46.Nd4 Nd6+ 47.Kf3 Rc4 48.Ke3 Rc5 49.Ne2 Nf5+ 50.Kf3 b5
51.Nc3 Nd6 52.Ke3 b4 53.Na4  0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "30"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[ECO "B81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.g4 h6 8.Bg2 Nc6
9.h3 Ne5 10.Qe2 g5 11.O-O-O Qc7 12.f4 gxf4 13.Bxf4 Bd7 14.Rhf1 Be7 15.Kb1 O-O-O
16.Nf3 Bc6 17.Nxe5 dxe5 18.Be3 Rh7 19.Qf2 Nd7 20.h4 Kb8 21.Rd3 Rg8 22.Bf3 f6
23.Rfd1 Rc8 24.Nd5 exd5 25.exd5 Ba4 26.Rc3 Bc5 27.d6 Qb6 28.Be4 Bxe3 29.Rxe3 Rg7
30.b3 Rxg4 31.Qe2 Rf4 32.Ka1 Bc6 33.Bg6 Rxh4 34.Bf5 Rf4 35.Be6 Qc5 36.c4 Rd8
37.Red3 Rf2 38.Qe1 Rh2 39.b4 Qf2 40.Qxf2 Rxf2 41.Rb3 Ba4  0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "31"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "E39"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.Nf3 c5 6.dxc5 Na6 7.c6 bxc6 8.a3 Bxc3+
9.Qxc3 Nc5 10.Qc2 a5 11.Be3 Nce4 12.c5 a4 13.Nd2 Nxd2 14.Bxd2 Ba6 15.g3 Nd5
16.Bg2 f5 17.e4 fxe4 18.Bxe4 Qf6 19.f4 Rab8 20.O-O-O Bc4 21.Rde1 Bb3 22.Bxh7+ Kh8
23.Qg6 Qd4 24.Re5 Rf6 25.Qd3 Qxc5+ 26.Kb1 Rh6 27.Be4 Bc4 28.Qf3 Rb3 29.Bb4 Qd4
30.Qg2 c5 31.Ba5 d6 32.Rg5 Ne3 33.Bc3 Qxc3 34.Qf2 Qd4  0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "32"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[ECO "B85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 d6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Be3 Be7
9.f4 O-O 10.a4 Bd7 11.Nb3 Na5 12.Nxa5 Qxa5 13.Qd2 Rfe8 14.Kh1 Bc6 15.Bd3 Rac8
16.Rfb1 Qc7 17.b4 Bd7 18.Rb3 e5 19.f5 d5 20.exd5 e4 21.Bf1 Bxf5 22.b5 Ng4
23.Bg1 Bc5 24.d6 Bxd6 25.Nd5 Qxc2 26.Qxc2 Rxc2 27.h3 Nf2+ 28.Bxf2 Rxf2 29.bxa6 bxa6
30.Bxa6 Be6 31.Rd1 Ra2 32.Bb5 Bxd5 33.Rbb1 Re5 34.Bf1 e3 35.Rb6 e2 36.Bxe2 Bxg2+  0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "33"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.Bxf6 exf6 4.e3 Bd6 5.c3 O-O 6.Nd2 Re8 7.Bd3 f5 8.Qf3 f4
9.Ne2 fxe3 10.fxe3 Qg5 11.e4 Bg4 12.Qf2 Nd7 13.Nf3 Qg6 14.Nh4 Qh6 15.O-O dxe4
16.Bc4 Nf6 17.h3 e3 18.Qe1 Be6 19.Nf5 Qg5 20.Bxe6 fxe6 21.h4 Qg6 22.Nxe3 e5
23.Qf2 exd4 24.Nxd4 Ne4 25.Qf5 Ng3 26.Qxg6 hxg6 27.Rf3 Re4 28.Nc4 Rxh4 29.Re1 Rh1+
30.Kf2 Rxe1 31.Kxe1 Ne4 32.Nb5 Bg3+ 33.Kd1 c6 34.Nd4 Re8 35.Re3 Bf2 36.Re2 Bxd4
37.cxd4 Nf6 38.Nd6 Rd8 39.Nxb7 Rxd4+ 40.Rd2 Rb4 41.Na5 Ra4 42.Nxc6 Rxa2 43.Ne5 g5
44.Kc2 Ra5 45.Nc4 Rc5 46.b3 g4 47.Rd4 Kh7 48.Kd3 Kg6 49.Ne3 Kg5 50.Ra4 a5
51.b4 axb4 52.Rxb4 Ra5 53.g3 Ra3+ 54.Ke2 Ra2+ 55.Kf1 Rd2 56.Rb5+ Kg6 57.Rb4 Rd3
58.Ke2 Ra3 59.Kf2 Kf7 60.Nxg4 Nxg4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "34"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Bg6 6.O-O Ne7 7.Nbd2 Nf5 8.c3 Nd7
9.g4 Nh6 10.h3 Be7 11.Re1 Ng8 12.Nf1 h5 13.Ng3 hxg4 14.hxg4 Nh6 15.Kg2 Nxg4
16.Rh1 Nh6 17.Bxh6 gxh6 18.Qd2 Qb6 19.b4 h5 20.Nh4 Bxh4 21.Rxh4 a5 22.bxa5 Qxa5
23.Nxh5 O-O-O 24.Rah1 Be4+ 25.f3 Bg6 26.Ng3 Rxh4 27.Rxh4 Kc7 28.Nh5 Ra8 29.Nf4 Bf5
30.Rh1 Qxa2 31.Qe3 Qb2 32.Qc1 Ra2 33.Kf2 Nb6 34.Rg1 Qxc1 35.Rxc1 Na4 36.Ke3 b5
37.Bd1 Nb2 38.Nh5 Nd3 39.Rc2 Ra3 40.Kd2 b4 41.cxb4 Nxb4 42.Rc3 Ra2+ 43.Ke3 Rh2
44.Ng7 Bg6 45.Ne8+ Kb6 46.Nd6 Rb2 47.Ba4 Ra2 48.Bd1 Ra1 49.Kd2 Ra2+ 50.Ke3 Ra1
51.Kd2 Ra2+ 52.Ke3  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-ESP Hon Gp1"]
[Site "Cala Mayor ESP"]
[Date "2008.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Gustafsson,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "C89"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Be3 Bg4
16.Qd3 Rae8 17.Nd2 Qh5 18.Bc2 f5 19.f3 Bh3 20.Bf2 Qg6 21.Rxe8 Rxe8 22.Re1 Rxe1+
23.Bxe1 h5 24.Bb3 Kh7 25.Bf2 Nf4 26.Qe3 h4 27.Nf1 Nd5 28.Qd3 Nf4 29.Qe3 Nd5
30.Qd3 Nf4 31.Qe3  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-ESP Hon Gp1"]
[Site "Cala Mayor ESP"]
[Date "2008.09.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "B08"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Be3 a6 6.h3 O-O 7.a4 Nc6 8.Bc4 e6 9.O-O d5
10.Bd3 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Nd5 12.Bg5 f6 13.Bh4 Nce7 14.Bg3 f5 15.Ned2 c5 16.dxc5 Bxb2
17.Bd6 Nc3 18.Qe1 Ned5 19.Nc4 Bxa1 20.Qxa1 Bd7 21.Re1 Re8 22.a5 Bb5 23.Nd4 Rc8
24.Nb6 Bxd3 25.Nxc8 Qxc8 26.cxd3 Nb5 27.Nf3 Qd8 28.Be5 Nb4 29.Qb1 Nc6 30.Ba1 Qd5
31.Ne5 Ncd4 32.Bxd4 Qxd4 33.c6 bxc6 34.Nxc6 Qc3 35.Rc1 Qa3 36.Qa1 Qxd3 37.Rd1 Qc3
38.Qxc3 Nxc3 39.Rd7 Nb5 40.Rb7 e5 41.Nb4 Ra8 42.Nxa6 Rxa6 43.Rxb5 e4 44.g4 fxg4
45.hxg4 Rc6 46.Kg2 Rc3 47.a6 Ra3 48.Rb6 g5 49.Kf1 Ra2 50.Ke1 Kg7 51.Rb7+ Kf6
52.Rxh7 Ke5 53.a7 Kf4 54.Rf7+ Kxg4 55.Kd1 Kh3 56.Re7 g4 57.Ke1 g3 58.fxg3 Kxg3
59.Rxe4 Rxa7  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-ESP Hon Gp1"]
[Site "Cala Mayor ESP"]
[Date "2008.09.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Fernandez Romero,Ern"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "B67"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O Bd7
9.f3 Be7 10.h4 h6 11.Be3 h5 12.Bg5 Ne5 13.f4 Neg4 14.Qe1 Qc7 15.Be2 O-O-O
16.Bxg4 hxg4 17.e5 dxe5 18.fxe5 Nd5 19.Nxd5 Bxg5+ 20.hxg5 exd5 21.Rf1 Rhe8
22.Rxf7 Rxe5 23.Qf2 Rg8 24.Nb3 b6 25.Rd3 Qd6 26.Rc3+ Kd8 27.Nd4 Ke8 28.Qf4 Re1+
29.Kd2 Qxf4+ 30.Rxf4 Rg1 31.Rf2 Rh8 32.Ne2 Rb1 33.Rb3 Rhh1 34.Rxb6 Bb5 35.Nd4 Rxb2
36.Re6+  1-0

[Event "TCh-ESP Hon Gp1"]
[Site "Cala Mayor ESP"]
[Date "2008.09.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Moiseenko,A1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "E35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 c5 7.Nf3 h6 8.Bxf6 Qxf6
9.a3 Bf5 10.Qa4+ Bd7 11.Qb3 Bxc3+ 12.Qxc3 O-O 13.Qxc5 Rc8 14.Qxd5 Qb6 15.b4 a5
16.b5 Be6 17.Qe4 Qxb5 18.Qb1 Qxb1+ 19.Rxb1 Rc3 20.e4 Rxa3 21.d5 Bd7 22.Kd2 Ra2+
23.Ke3 Ra3+ 24.Kd2 Ra2+ 25.Ke3 Ra3+ 26.Kd4 Ra4+ 27.Ke5 b5 28.Bxb5 Bxb5 29.Rxb5 Nd7+
30.Kd6 Nf6 31.e5 Ne4+ 32.Ke7 Ra7+ 33.Ke8 Nc3 34.Rb8 Nxd5 35.Rd1 Rb4 36.Rxb4 Nxb4
37.Nd4 a4 38.f4 a3 39.f5 a2 40.Ra1 Ra8+ 41.Kd7 Ra5 42.Nc6 Rd5+ 43.Kc7 Rc5
44.e6 fxe6 45.fxe6 Nxc6 46.Rxa2 Nb4+ 47.Kb6 Re5 48.Ra8+ Kh7 49.Re8 Kg6 50.Kc7 Kf6
51.Rb8 Na6+  0-1

[Event "TCh-ESP Hon Gp1"]
[Site "Cala Mayor ESP"]
[Date "2008.09.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Granda Zuniga,J"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 O-O 5.g3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Bg2 Nb6 8.O-O Nc6
9.d5 Na5 10.Bf4 Bxc3 11.bxc3 Qxd5 12.Bxc7 Qc5 13.Bf4 Be6 14.Qd4 Rfc8 15.Rfc1 Nd5
16.Bd2 Nc4 17.Be1 Nf6 18.Qxc5 Rxc5 19.Nd4 Bd5 20.f3 Ne3 21.Bh3 e5 22.Nc2 Nc4
23.e4 Be6 24.Bxe6 fxe6 25.g4 Kf7 26.Rd1 Ke8 27.Kf1 Rac8 28.Ke2 Nd7 29.Rdb1 b6
30.a4 a5 31.Rb3 R5c6 32.Rb5 Rd6 33.Na3 Nxa3 34.Rxa3 Rc5 35.Bf2 Rc4 36.Bg3 Rc5
37.Bf2 Rc4 38.Bg3 Rc5 39.Bf2 Rc4 40.Bg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "24th ECC"]
[Site "Kallithea GRE"]
[Date "2008.10.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Thorfinnsson,Br"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[ECO "A16"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qc2 Nb6 7.d4 Bg7 8.e4 O-O
9.Be3 Nc6 10.d5 Ne5 11.Nxe5 Bxe5 12.Rd1 Qc8 13.f4 Bg7 14.Be2 c6 15.d6 exd6
16.Rxd6 Re8 17.O-O Bg4 18.e5 Bxe2 19.Qxe2 Qc7 20.a4 Rad8 21.a5 Nd5 22.Nxd5 cxd5
23.Qb5 a6 24.Bb6 axb5 25.Bxc7 Rc8 26.Rc1 g5 27.g3 gxf4 28.gxf4 Bf8 29.Rxd5 Re7
30.Rdc5 Rd7 31.Bd6 Rxc5 32.Rxc5 Bxd6 33.exd6 Rxd6 34.Rxb5 Rd7 35.Kf2 Kg7
36.Kf3 Kf6 37.b4 Ke7 38.Ke4 Rc7 39.h4 Kd8 40.Kf5 Ke7 41.h5 Rd7 42.Rb6 Rc7
43.Kg5  1-0

[Event "24th ECC"]
[Site "Kallithea GRE"]
[Date "2008.10.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dambacher,M"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "E99"]

1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.e4 d6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Be3 f5 11.f3 f4 12.Bf2 g5 13.Rc1 a6 14.Nd3 Rf6 15.c5 Rh6 16.cxd6 cxd6
17.a4 Qe8 18.Be1 Nf6 19.Nf2 Rg6 20.a5 Bd7 21.Nb1 h5 22.h3 g4 23.fxg4 hxg4
24.hxg4 Bh6 25.Rc7 Rc8 26.Rxc8 Nxc8 27.Nd2 f3 28.gxf3 Nh5 29.Nh3 Na7 30.Bf2 Nb5
31.Nb3 Rg7 32.Kg2 Qg6 33.Rh1 Rf7 34.Qd3 Bf4 35.Rg1 Rg7 36.Kf1 Bh2 37.Rg2 Nf4
38.Nxf4 Bxf4 39.Bg3 Bxg3 40.Rxg3 Qh6 41.Qd2 Qh4 42.Qe1 Rh7 43.Rg1 Qh6 44.Qd2 Qh4
45.Qe1 Qh6 46.Qd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "24th ECC"]
[Site "Kallithea GRE"]
[Date "2008.10.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Nyback,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[ECO "C90"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.a3 Re8 10.Ng5 Rf8 11.d4 Bg4 12.f3 Bh5 13.Nh3 Na5 14.Bc2 c5 15.d5 c4 16.Nd2 Nd7
17.Nf1 Bg6 18.g4 Nc5 19.Be3 Nab3 20.Rb1 a5 21.Ng3 Rb8 22.Kh1 Re8 23.Nf5 Qc8
24.Qe2 Qa6 25.Rg1 b4 26.Nf2 Kf8 27.h4 Bxf5 28.exf5 Bxh4 29.Ne4 h6 30.Bxb3 cxb3
31.Qxa6 Nxa6 32.axb4 axb4 33.Ra1 Ra8 34.c4 Be7 35.f6 gxf6 36.Bxh6+ Kg8 37.g5 fxg5
38.Bxg5 Bxg5 39.Nxd6 Red8 40.Rxg5+ Kf8 41.Ne4 Rdc8 42.d6  1-0

[Event "24th ECC"]
[Site "Kallithea GRE"]
[Date "2008.10.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Ne7 6.O-O c5 7.c4 Nbc6 8.Nc3 dxc4
9.dxc5 Nd5 10.Na4 Ndb4 11.Qxd8+ Rxd8 12.Bxc4 Nc2 13.Bg5 Nxa1 14.Bxd8 Kxd8
15.Rxa1 Kc7 16.a3 Bg4 17.Be2  1/2-1/2

[Event "24th ECC"]
[Site "Kallithea GRE"]
[Date "2008.10.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vitiugov,N"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "E50"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.d5 Ne7 8.e4 d6 9.Bd2 exd5
10.exd5 Ng6 11.O-O Bg4 12.Bxg6 hxg6 13.h3 Bf5 14.Ne2 Bxd2 15.Qxd2 b5 16.cxb5 Be4
17.Qf4 Bxd5 18.Rfd1 Bxf3 19.Qxf3 a6  1/2-1/2

[Event "24th ECC"]
[Site "Kallithea GRE"]
[Date "2008.10.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Fercec,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[ECO "B96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nbd7 8.Qe2 Qc7
9.O-O-O b5 10.a3 Bb7 11.g4 Be7 12.Bh4 Nc5 13.Bg2 O-O 14.g5 Nfd7 15.Kb1 Nb6
16.f5 e5 17.Nb3 Nca4 18.Nxa4 bxa4 19.Na5 Rfc8 20.f6 Bf8 21.fxg7 Bxg7 22.Bh3 Rcb8
23.Be1 d5 24.Bb4 d4 25.Bf5 Bc8 26.Rhf1 Bxf5 27.Rxf5 Rd8 28.Rd3 Nc4 29.Rh3 Ne3
30.Qh5 h6 31.Rf2 Bf8 32.Bxf8 Rd7  1-0

[Event "24th ECC"]
[Site "Kallithea GRE"]
[Date "2008.10.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Postny,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[ECO "B19"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7
9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.Bf4 Qa5+ 12.Bd2 Qc7 13.O-O-O Ngf6 14.Kb1 O-O-O 15.c4 Bd6
16.Ne4 Nxe4 17.Qxe4 Nf6 18.Qe2 c5 19.Bc3 Rhe8 20.Ne5 cxd4 21.Bxd4 Bxe5 22.Bxe5 Qc6
23.g4 Rxd1+ 24.Rxd1 Rd8 25.Re1 Ne8 26.f4 Qd7 27.Bc3 Qd3+ 28.Qxd3 Rxd3 29.f5 Kd7
30.fxe6+ fxe6 31.Rf1 Ke7 32.Kc2 Rg3 33.Bb4+ Kd8 34.Rf7 Rxg4 35.Kb3 Kc8 36.Bc5 Rg3+
37.Ka4 Rg2 38.Kb3 Rg3+ 39.Ka4 Rg2 40.b4 Rxa2+ 41.Kb3 Rg2 42.Re7 Nf6 43.Bxa7 Nxh5
44.b5 Nf6 45.Bd4 Rg4 46.Bb6 h5 47.Rc7+ Kb8 48.Rf7 Kc8 49.Rf8+ Kd7 50.Rb8 h4
51.Rxb7+ Kc8 52.Rc7+ Kb8 53.Rf7 h3 54.c5 Nd5 55.Rf8+ Kb7 56.Ba5 Rg3+ 57.Kc4 Rg4+
58.Kd3 Nb4+ 59.Kc3 h2 60.Rh8 Nd5+ 61.Kd2 Ra4 62.c6+ Ka7 63.c7 h1=Q 64.Rxh1 Rc4
65.Rh8 Rxc7 66.Bxc7 Nxc7 67.Rh5 Kb6 68.Re5 Nxb5 69.Rxe6+ Kc5 70.Rg6 Nd6 71.Ke3 Kd5
72.Kf4 Ne8 73.Kg5 Ke5 74.Rb6 Nc7 75.Kg6 Ne6 76.Rb1 Nf4+ 77.Kxg7 Ne6+ 78.Kf7 Nc5
79.Ke7 Kd5 80.Rd1+ Ke5 81.Rh1 Kd5 82.Rh5+ Kd4 83.Rxc5 Kxc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-ESP CECLUB Final"]
[Site "Motril ESP"]
[Date "2008.11.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Eljanov,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 Ne7 10.h3 Ng6 11.b3 Ke8 12.Bb2 Nf4 13.Nd4 a6 14.Rad1 h5 15.Bc1 Nd5
16.Ne4 h4 17.c4 Nb6 18.e6 c5 19.exf7+ Kxf7 20.Nf3 Bf5 21.Bf4 Kg8 22.Rfe1 Nd7
23.Bxc7 b5 24.Nd6 Bxd6 25.Rxd6 Nf6 26.Ba5 Rh5 27.Rc6 Bc2 28.Bc3 Ne4 29.Ba1 bxc4
30.bxc4 Ra7 31.Ne5 Kh7 32.f3 Ng5 33.Rxc5 Ne6 34.Rd5 Nf4 35.Rd2 Bf5 36.c5 Rg5
37.Kh2 Rg3 38.c6 Re7 39.Rc1 Bxh3 40.gxh3  1-0

[Event "TCh-ESP CECLUB Final"]
[Site "Motril ESP"]
[Date "2008.11.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Motylev,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[ECO "B19"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7
9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.Bf4 Qa5+ 12.Bd2 Bb4 13.c3 Be7 14.c4 Qc7 15.O-O-O Ngf6
16.Kb1 O-O 17.Ne4 Rad8 18.Nxf6+ Nxf6 19.Qe2 c5 20.g4 cxd4 21.g5 hxg5 22.Bxg5 d3
23.Qe1 Ng4 24.h6  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-ESP CECLUB Final"]
[Site "Motril ESP"]
[Date "2008.11.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Motylev,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 h6 10.h3 Bd7 11.Bf4 Kc8 12.a3 b6 13.Rad1 Ne7 14.Rfe1 c5 15.e6 fxe6
16.Ne5 Be8 17.Nd7 Bxd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Rector Cup Match of Champions"]
[Site "Kharkov UKR"]
[Date "2009.03.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Eljanov,P"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.e4 Bb7 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.Ne2 Nb4 6.Nbc3 Nxd3+ 7.Qxd3 Ne7 8.h4 d5
9.cxd5 exd5 10.e5 Qd7 11.h5 Nc6 12.a3 f6 13.exf6 gxf6 14.Bf4 O-O-O 15.Rc1 Bd6
16.Bxd6 Qxd6 17.Rh4 Kb8 18.Kf1 Rdg8 19.Kg1 Rg5 20.Ng3 Rhg8 21.Nce2 f5 22.Rc3 Bc8
23.Rf4 Na5 24.Qc2 Nc4 25.Rcf3 Qe7 26.Nc1 Qe1+ 27.Kh2 Nd2 28.Nd3 Nxf3+ 29.Rxf3 Qf1
30.Nf4 Qc4 31.Qd2 Rg4 32.Rc3 Qa4 33.Nge2 Ba6 34.Ng1 Qb5 35.g3 Re8 36.Nf3 Re4
37.Ne5 Rgxf4 38.gxf4 Re2 39.Qc1 Rxf2+ 40.Kg3 Qe2 41.Qg1 Qxb2 42.Re3 Rf1  0-1

[Event "11th Rector Cup Match of Champions"]
[Site "Kharkov UKR"]
[Date "2009.03.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Eljanov,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "E46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.g3 Nbd7
9.Bg2 Nb6 10.O-O a5 11.h3 Re8 12.g4 h6 13.Ng3 c6 14.f4 Nh7 15.b3 Bh4 16.Kh2 Bxg3+
17.Kxg3 f5 18.a4 Be6 19.Bf3 Nc8 20.Ra2 Nd6 21.Rg2 Nf6 22.Kh2 b5 23.g5 hxg5
24.fxg5 Nh7 25.h4 bxa4 26.Nxa4 Nf8 27.Nc5 Bc8 28.Qc2 f4 29.Bh5 Bf5 30.e4 Rxe4
31.Qf2 Ng6 32.Bf3 Re8 33.h5 Ne4 34.Bxe4 dxe4 35.Bxf4 Nxf4 36.Qxf4 Qe7 37.Qxf5 Rf8
38.Qe6+  1-0

[Event "11th Rector Cup Match of Champions"]
[Site "Kharkov UKR"]
[Date "2009.03.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Eljanov,P"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nf3 a6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nc3 c6 6.Qb3 Nf6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.e3 O-O
9.Bd3 Nbd7 10.O-O Re8 11.Rae1 Nf8 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.e4 dxe4 14.Nxe4 Ne6 15.Nxf6+ Qxf6
16.Re5 Rf8 17.Rfe1 g6 18.Qb4 a5 19.Qa3 Bd7 20.Bc4 Kg7 21.h3 b5 22.Bf1 Rfd8
23.R1e4 Be8 24.Qe3 Rd6 25.h4 h5 26.Ng5 Bd7 27.Qg3 Nxd4 28.Rf4 Nf5 29.Rexf5 Bxf5
30.Rxf5 gxf5 31.Ne4+ Qg6 32.Nxd6 Qxg3 33.Nxf5+ Kg6 34.Nxg3 Rd8 35.Be2 Rd2
36.Bxh5+ Kg7 37.Bf3 c5 38.h5 Rxb2 39.Nf5+ Kf6 40.h6 Rd2 41.h7 Rd8 42.Nd6 b4
43.Nb7 Rh8 44.Be4 Ke5 45.Bc2 f5 46.Nxa5 Rxh7 47.Bb3 f4 48.Kf1 Rg7 49.Nc4+ Kd4
50.Ke2 Rxg2 51.Kf3 Rh2 52.Nd6 Ke5 53.Nc4+ Kd4 54.Na5 Kc3 55.Nc4 Kd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Rector Cup Match of Champions"]
[Site "Kharkov UKR"]
[Date "2009.03.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Eljanov,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Bc5 5.Nxe5 Nxe4 6.Qe2 Nxe5 7.Qxe4 Qe7 8.d4 Nc6
9.Qxe7+ Bxe7 10.c3 a6 11.Ba4 d6 12.Re1 Be6 13.Nd2 Kd7 14.Nf1 Rhe8 15.Bd2 d5
16.Ng3 g6 17.Ne2 Bd6 18.Bg5 b5 19.Bc2 Ne7 20.f3 Nc8 21.a4 Nb6 22.a5 Nc8 23.b4 Bf8
24.g4 Nd6 25.Nf4 Nc4 26.Nd3 f5 27.h3 Bd6 28.Nc5+ Bxc5 29.dxc5 fxg4 30.hxg4 Bf7
31.Kf2 Ne5 32.Bf6 Nc6 33.f4 Rxe1 34.Rxe1 Re8 35.Rh1 h5 36.f5 Rg8 37.g5 d4
38.Kg3 dxc3 39.Bxc3 Ne7 40.fxg6 Bxg6 41.Rd1+ Kc8 42.Bb3 Nf5+ 43.Kf4 Re8 44.Bf6 Ne3
45.Rd8+ Rxd8 46.Be6+ Kb7 47.Bxd8 Nc2 48.Bf5 Bxf5 49.Kxf5 Nd4+ 50.Ke4 h4 51.Kxd4 h3
52.g6 h2 53.g7 h1=Q 54.g8=Q Qa1+ 55.Ke4 Qe1+ 56.Kf5 Qb1+ 57.Kf6 Qxb4 58.Qd5+ Kb8
59.Be7 Qxa5 60.c6 Qc3+ 61.Kf7 Qh8 62.Bf6 Qh7+ 63.Bg7 Qh3 64.Qd8+ Qc8 65.Ke8  1-0

[Event "TCh-UKR Teams"]
[Site "Alushta UKR"]
[Date "2009.05.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ajrapetjan,Y"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "A84"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.Nf3 Bb7 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Nc3 f5 6.Bg2 Nf6 7.O-O Bxc3 8.bxc3 O-O
9.d5 Ne4 10.dxe6 dxe6 11.Qxd8 Rxd8 12.Ng5 Re8 13.Nxe4 Bxe4 14.Bxe4 fxe4 15.c5 Nc6
16.Rd1 Rad8 17.Bg5 Rxd1+ 18.Rxd1 h6 19.Be3 Kf7 20.Rb1 e5 21.Kf1 Ke6 22.Ke1 Kd5
23.Kd1 Kc4 24.cxb6 axb6 25.Kc2 Ra8 26.Kb2 Ne7 27.Rh1 Nd5 28.Bd2 Rf8 29.Be1 g5
30.h4 g4 31.h5 e3 32.fxe3 e4 33.Rh4 Rf1 34.Bd2 Nf6 35.Rh2 b5 36.Kc2 c5 37.Kb2 Nd7
38.Rg2 Ne5 39.Kc2 Kd5 40.Rh2 Ke6 41.Bc1 Nc4 42.Rh4 Kf5 43.Rh2 Kg5 44.Rh4 Rf2
45.Kd1 Rg2 46.Rh1 Rxg3 47.Bd2 Rh3 48.Rf1 g3 49.Rf8 Rh1+ 50.Be1 Nxe3+ 51.Kd2 Nc4+
52.Kd1 Kxh5 53.Rg8 g2  0-1

[Event "TCh-UKR Teams"]
[Site "Alushta UKR"]
[Date "2009.05.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Moiseenko,A1"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "D39"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bg5 c5 7.Bxc4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bxc3+
9.bxc3 Qa5 10.Bb5+ Bd7 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Qb3 O-O 13.O-O Nc6 14.Bxc6 Bxc6 15.Nxc6 bxc6
16.Rfd1 Rfd8 17.g3 Qb5 18.Rd4 Qxb3 19.axb3 Rxd4 20.cxd4 Rb8 21.Rxa7 Rxb3
22.Ra4 Rc3 23.Kg2 c5  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-UKR Teams"]
[Site "Alushta UKR"]
[Date "2009.05.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Andreikin,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "B45"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Ndb5 Bb4 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.Nxc3 d5
9.exd5 exd5 10.Bd3 O-O 11.O-O d4 12.Ne2 Bg4 13.Bg5 Qd6 14.Re1 Rfe8 15.Qd2 Bxe2
16.Rxe2 Rxe2 17.Qxe2 Re8 18.Qd2 h6 19.Bxf6 Qxf6 20.Rd1 Qe5 21.Bf1 Qh5 22.b4 Re6
23.f4 a6 24.Rb1 Re3 25.a4 b5 26.axb5 axb5 27.Re1 Qf5 28.Rxe3 dxe3 29.Qxe3 Qxc2
30.Bd3 Qd1+ 31.Kf2 g6 32.Be2 Qd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "City of Culture GM"]
[Site "Donostia ESP"]
[Date "2009.07.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "San Segundo Carrillo,P"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Be3 O-O
9.Be2 b6 10.O-O Bb7 11.Qd3 e6 12.Rfd1 Nd7 13.a4 Qc7 14.a5 bxa5 15.Nd2 Rfc8
16.Qb5 Bf8 17.Qxa5 cxd4 18.cxd4 Qxa5 19.Rxa5 Nb6 20.Rb1 Rc3 21.Ba6 Bc6 22.g4 Ra3
23.Rxa3 Bxa3 24.f3 Rd8 25.Kf2 Kf8 26.Rb3 Bd6 27.h4 Ke8 28.Rb1 f5 29.gxf5 gxf5
30.exf5 exf5 31.Bg5 Rb8 32.Re1+ Kd7 33.Bd3 Rf8 34.Ra1 Bb8 35.Nc4 Nd5 36.Ne5+ Bxe5
37.dxe5 Ke6 38.Rxa7 Kxe5 39.Rxh7 Ra8 40.Rf7 Ra2+ 41.Kg1 Ra1+ 42.Kh2 Ra2+
43.Kg3 f4+ 44.Bxf4+ Nxf4 45.Rxf4 Rg2+ 46.Kxg2 Kxf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "City of Culture GM"]
[Site "Donostia ESP"]
[Date "2009.07.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karpov,Ana"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Be3 c5 8.Qd2 cxd4
9.cxd4 Nc6 10.Bb5 O-O 11.Nf3 Bg4 12.Bxc6 Bxf3 13.gxf3 bxc6 14.O-O c5 15.Rad1 cxd4
16.Bxd4 Bxd4 17.Qxd4 Qa5 18.Qd5 Qa6 19.Qe5 Qxa2 20.Qxe7 a5 21.Ra1 Qe2 22.Kg2 Rfe8
23.Qg5 a4 24.Rfe1 Qa6 25.Re3 Rad8 26.h4 h5 27.Rea3 Rd4 28.Rc3 Rc8 29.Rxc8+ Qxc8
30.Rc1 Qd8 31.Rc5 Qxg5+ 32.Rxg5 Kg7 33.Ra5 f5 34.Ra7+ Kf6 35.Ra6+ Kf7 36.Ra7+ Ke6
37.Ra6+ Kd7 38.e5 Rxh4 39.Rxg6 Rd4 40.Ra6 h4 41.Kh3 Rf4 42.Kg2 Ke7 43.Rb6 h3+
44.Kxh3 Rxf3+ 45.Kg2 Rb3 46.Ra6 a3 47.f3 f4 48.Kh3 Rxf3+ 49.Kg4 Rf2 50.Rxa3 Ke6
51.Ra5 f3 52.Kf4 Re2  1/2-1/2

[Event "City of Culture GM"]
[Site "Donostia ESP"]
[Date "2009.07.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Granda Zuniga,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.g3 dxc4 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.O-O Be7 8.e4 O-O
9.Bf4 Qa5 10.a4 b6 11.Qe2 Re8 12.Bd2 Bb4 13.e5 Nd5 14.Ng5 Nf8 15.Nge4 Rd8
16.h4 Bb7 17.h5 c5 18.dxc5 Nd7 19.h6 Nxc5 20.Qg4 g6 21.Nxd5 exd5 22.Bxb4 Qxb4
23.Nd6 Qxb2 24.Qg5 Rxd6 25.exd6 f6 26.Bxd5+ Kh8 27.Bxb7 fxg5 28.Bxa8 Kg8
29.Rad1  1-0

[Event "City of Culture GM"]
[Site "Donostia ESP"]
[Date "2009.07.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Movsesian,S"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e6 7.g4 Be7 8.Bg2 Nfd7
9.Be3 Nc6 10.Qe2 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 O-O 12.O-O-O b5 13.e5 d5 14.Nxd5 exd5 15.Bxd5 Rb8
16.Ba7 Rb7 17.Bxb7 Bxb7 18.Rhe1 Qc7 19.Kb1 Nc5 20.Bxc5 Qxc5 21.f4 Bd5 22.Qe3 Qc6
23.f5 Bh4 24.Re2 h6 25.b3 Bf3 26.Rd6 Qa8 27.Rh2 Re8 28.Qf4 Bg5 29.Qd4 Be7
30.Rd7 Qb8 31.Qc3 Ba3 32.e6 Rc8 33.exf7+ Kf8 34.Qa5 Be7 35.Qe1 Bc5 36.f6 g5
37.Rhd2 Bc6 38.Re7 Qf4 39.Qe6 Qf1+ 40.Kb2 Ba3+ 41.Kxa3 Qc1+ 42.Kb4 Qxd2+
43.c3 a5+ 44.Kxa5 Qxc3+ 45.Ka6 Ra8+ 46.Kb6 Qd4+ 47.Kc7 Qd8+ 48.Kxc6 Ra6+
49.Kc5 Rxe6 50.Rxe6 Qa5 51.Re7 Qxa2  0-1

[Event "City of Culture GM"]
[Site "Donostia ESP"]
[Date "2009.07.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.Ne5 Bd7 8.Na3 cxd4
9.Naxc4 Be7 10.Qb3 Qc7 11.Nxc6 Bxc6 12.Bf4 Qd8 13.Bxc6+ bxc6 14.Ne5 c5 15.Qa4+ Kf8
16.Rac1 Qe8 17.Qb3 Nd5 18.Qb7 f6 19.Nd7+ Kf7 20.Nxc5 Qc8 21.Qb5 a6 22.Qa5 Qc6
23.Bd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "City of Culture GM"]
[Site "Donostia ESP"]
[Date "2009.07.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "D86"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 Nc6
9.Be3 O-O 10.O-O Bd7 11.Rb1 Qc7 12.Bd3 Rad8 13.Qc1 Bc8 14.Rd1 b6 15.h3 Bb7
16.dxc5 bxc5 17.Qa3 Na5 18.f3 c4 19.Bc2 Rxd1+ 20.Rxd1 Be5 21.Qc5 Nc6 22.Qxc4 Rc8
23.Bb3 e6 24.Qc5 Ba6 25.Nd4 Nxd4 26.cxd4 Bf4 27.Bxf4 Qxf4 28.Qa5 Qe3+ 29.Kh2 Bc4
30.Bxc4 Rxc4 31.Qe5 Rb4 32.d5 Qc5 33.Qf6 exd5 34.exd5  1-0

[Event "City of Culture GM"]
[Site "Donostia ESP"]
[Date "2009.07.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d3 Bg7 6.h3 Nh6 7.a3 f6 8.b4 Nf7
9.Bb2 e5 10.bxc5 Qa5+ 11.Nbd2 Qxc5 12.a4 Qa5 13.Ba3 Bf8 14.Qc1 Be6 15.O-O Qc7
16.Bxf8 Kxf8 17.d4 Kg7 18.dxe5 fxe5 19.a5 b5 20.axb6 axb6 21.Qb2 b5 22.Rfc1 Qd6
23.Nb3 Rhd8 24.Na5 Rab8 25.Nb3 Ra8 26.Na5 Rab8  1/2-1/2

[Event "City of Culture GM Playoff"]
[Site "Donostia ESP"]
[Date "2009.07.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "B81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.g4 h6 7.Bg2 Nc6 8.h3 a6
9.Be3 Ne5 10.Qe2 g5 11.f4 gxf4 12.Bxf4 Nfd7 13.O-O-O b5 14.Qf2 Bb7 15.Kb1 Qb6
16.Rhf1 Be7 17.Be3 Qc7 18.Nf3 Rh7 19.Bd4 b4 20.Na4 Nc4 21.Nd2 Rc8 22.Nxc4 Qxc4
23.b3 Qb5 24.Nb2 Ne5 25.Bxe5 dxe5 26.Nc4 Rxc4 27.bxc4 Qxc4 28.Qb6 Qc6 29.Qa5 f6
30.h4 Rg7 31.Bf3 Rg8 32.g5 hxg5 33.Qxe5 Kf7 34.Qg3 g4 35.Bxg4 Qc5 36.Bxe6+  1-0

[Event "City of Culture GM Playoff"]
[Site "Donostia ESP"]
[Date "2009.07.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "D19"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Nbd7 8.O-O Bb4
9.Qe2 Bg6 10.e4 O-O 11.Bd3 Bh5 12.Bf4 c5 13.e5 Bxc3 14.bxc3 Nd5 15.Bd2 cxd4
16.cxd4 Nb8 17.h3 Nc6 18.g4 Bg6 19.Bb5 Rc8 20.Rfc1 Nde7 21.Kg2 Nxd4 22.Nxd4 Qxd4
23.Qe3 Qxe3 24.Bxe3 a6 25.Bf1 Bc2 26.Kg3 Nd5 27.Bd2 Rc7 28.a5 Rd8 29.Ra2 Rdc8
30.Rb2 h6 31.f4 Nc3 32.Kh2 Ne4 33.Be3 Ba4 34.Rxc7 Rxc7 35.Bg2 Rc2 36.Rxb7 Re2
37.Bb6 Bc6 38.Rc7 Bd5 39.Kg1 Re1+ 40.Kh2 Re2 41.Rc8+ Kh7 42.Rc1 Nd2 43.Rg1 Nf3+
44.Kg3 Nxg1  0-1

[Event "City of Culture GM"]
[Site "Donostia ESP"]
[Date "2009.07.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "D41"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Bb4+
9.Bd2 Bxd2+ 10.Qxd2 O-O 11.Bc4 Nc6 12.O-O b6 13.Rfe1 Bb7 14.d5 Na5 15.Bd3 h6
16.Qf4 Rc8 17.Rad1 Rc5 18.Nd4 exd5 19.e5 Bc8 20.h4 Nc4 21.Bf5 Re8 22.Rd3 Nd6
23.Bxc8 Qxc8 24.Rg3 Re6 25.Nxe6 Qxe6 26.Qg4 Nf5 27.Rf3 g6 28.h5 Rc4 29.Rf4 Rxf4
30.Qxf4 gxh5 31.Rd1 d4 32.Rd3 Qd7 33.Rf3 d3 34.Qd2 Qe6 35.Qxd3 Ne7 36.Qd6  1-0

[Event "XXIV Rapid"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2009.07.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Ivanov,Jo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O c6 7.b3 Nbd7 8.Bb2 e5
9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Nxe5 Ng4 11.Nxd7 Bxb2 12.Nxf8 Qa5 13.Qd2 Qxd2 14.Nxd2 Bxa1
15.Nxg6  1-0

[Event "XXIV Rapid"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2009.07.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ubilava,E"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Rc1 O-O 8.e3 c5
9.Bd3 Qa5 10.O-O c4 11.Bb1 Bxc3 12.bxc3 Ne4 13.Be7 Re8 14.Bb4 Qc7 15.a4 a5
16.Ba3 Ra6 17.Nd2 Rh6 18.f4 Ndf6 19.Nf3 Ng4 20.Re1 Qd8 21.Bxe4 dxe4 22.Ng5 Rxh2
23.Qe2 h6 24.Nh3 Qh4 25.Bd6 Qg3 26.f5 Re5 27.Bxe5 Nxe5 28.Qf2 Nf3+ 29.Kf1 Rh1+
30.Ke2 Rxe1+ 31.Rxe1 Qxf2+ 32.Nxf2 Nxe1 33.Nxe4 Nxg2 34.Nd6 Bd7 35.e4 Bxa4
36.Kf2 Nf4 37.Nxc4 Bc2 38.Nxa5 Bxe4 39.Ke3 Bd5 40.Kxf4 b6 41.Ke5 bxa5 42.Kxd5 a4
43.Kc4 h5  0-1

[Event "XXIV Rapid"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2009.07.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Tkachiev,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nc6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.d5 Ne5 6.Bf4 Ng6 7.Be3 e5 8.Nc3 a6
9.Bxc4 Bd6 10.Be2 Nf6 11.Nd2 Bd7 12.O-O O-O 13.a3 Qe7 14.Nc4 Bc5 15.Rc1 Bxe3
16.Nxe3 Nf4 17.Re1 Ne8 18.Bf3 Nd6 19.Ne2 Nxe2+ 20.Rxe2 Rac8 21.Rd2 g6 22.Nc4 f5
23.Qe1 Bb5 24.Nxd6 cxd6 25.Rdc2 Rxc2 26.Rxc2 Bd3 27.Rc3 Bxe4 28.Bxe4 fxe4
29.Qxe4 Qd7 30.h3 Rc8 31.Qc2 Rxc3 32.Qxc3 Kf7 33.g4 Ke7 34.b4 Kd8 35.Qf3 Qe7
36.Kg2 Ke8 37.Qc3 Kd7 38.a4 e4 39.Qd4 Qe5 40.Qc4 Qf4 41.Qc3 Qe5 42.Qc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIV Rapid"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2009.07.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Potkin,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "E55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.e3 O-O 6.Bd3 c5 7.O-O dxc4 8.Bxc4 Nbd7
9.a3 Bxc3 10.bxc3 b6 11.Bb2 Bb7 12.Bd3 Qc7 13.Re1 c4 14.Bc2 e5 15.e4 Rfe8
16.d5 Nc5 17.a4 Ba6 18.Nd2 Red8 19.Ba3 Ne8 20.Nf1 f6 21.Ne3 Nd6 22.f3 Rac8
23.Qb1 Qf7 24.Rd1 Rc7 25.Qb2 g6 26.Bb4 Kg7 27.Qa3 Rdc8 28.Rab1 h5 29.Re1  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIV Rapid"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2009.07.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Paunovic,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[ECO "E73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.d5 a5 8.g4 Na6 9.h4 Nc5
10.f3 c6 11.Nh3 cxd5 12.cxd5 h5 13.Nf2 a4 14.Qd2 Qa5 15.Nb5 Qd8 16.g5 Ne8
17.Nd3 Nxd3+ 18.Bxd3 Bd7 19.Qb4 Qe7 20.Rc1 Bxb5 21.Qxb5 f6 22.Be2 a3 23.b3 fxg5
24.hxg5 Rf4 25.Kd2 Rf7 26.Rc4 Bf8 27.Rhc1 Qd8 28.Qb6 Qd7 29.Ra4 Rxa4 30.bxa4 Ng7
31.a5 h4 32.Rh1 Nh5 33.Rxh4 Nf4 34.Bf1 Rh7 35.Bb5 Qe7 36.Rxh7 Qxh7 37.Bxf4 exf4
38.Qd8 Qh2+ 39.Be2 Qg1 40.Qf6 Qe3+ 41.Kd1 Bg7 42.Qe6+ Kh7 43.Qh3+ Kg8 44.Qc8+ Kh7
45.Qh3+ Kg8 46.Qc8+ Kh7 47.Qh3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIV Rapid"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2009.07.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[ECO "E46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Nf4 a5
9.Bd3 c6 10.O-O Re8 11.f3 c5 12.dxc5 Bxc5 13.Nfxd5 Nxd5 14.Nxd5 Be6 15.Nf4 Qb6
16.Kh1 Nc6 17.Qc2 h6 18.Nxe6 Rxe6 19.Bc4 Rd6 20.e4 Rad8 21.Bf4 R6d7 22.e5 Nd4
23.Qe4 Qxb2 24.Rab1 Qxa3 25.Rxb7 Rxb7 26.Qxb7 Ne6 27.Bg3 Qa4 28.Qe4 Rd4 29.Qa8+ Rd8
30.Qe4 Rd4 31.Qa8+ Rd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIV Rapid"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2009.07.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Naiditsch,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "B81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g4 h6 7.h3 Nc6 8.Bg2 Bd7
9.Be3 Ne5 10.Qe2 Rc8 11.O-O-O Rxc3 12.bxc3 Qa5 13.f4 Qxc3 14.fxe5 dxe5 15.Rd3 Qa1+
16.Kd2 Bb4+ 17.c3 Qb2+ 18.Nc2 Ba5 19.Qd1 Bc6 20.Qb1 Qxb1 21.Rxb1 Nxe4+ 22.Kc1 f5
23.Nb4 Bxb4 24.Rxb4 Kf7 25.Bxe4 Bxe4 26.Rd7+ Kf6 27.Rxe4 fxe4 28.Rxb7 Rd8
29.c4  1-0

[Event "Champions Simul"]
[Site "Zuerich SUI"]
[Date "2009.08.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Maeser,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[ECO "C09"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Nc6 5.exd5 exd5 6.Bb5 Bd6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.O-O Ne7
9.Nb3 Bb6 10.Re1 O-O 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bh4 f6 13.Nfd4 Nxd4 14.Nxd4 Bxd4 15.Qxd4 Nf5
16.Qa4 Qb6 17.Bg3 a6 18.Bd3 Nxg3 19.hxg3 Qxb2 20.Qa5 Qd4 21.Qc7 b5 22.Re7 f5
23.Rae1 Qf6 24.R1e5 d4 25.f4 Kh8 26.a3 Qg6 27.Kf2 Qf6 28.Qc5 h5 29.Qxd4 Rb8
30.Be2 h4 31.Qe3 Rb7 32.Re8 Rf7 33.Qc5 hxg3+ 34.Kxg3 Bb7 35.Bh5 g6 36.R8e6 gxh5
37.Rxf6 Rxf6 38.Qd4 Be4 39.Kh4 R8f7 40.Re6  1-0

[Event "Champions Rapid"]
[Site "Zuerich SUI"]
[Date "2009.08.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karpov,Ana"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.e4 Bb7 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.f3 Ne7 6.Bd3 d5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Qa4+ Nbc6
9.a3 dxe4 10.Bxe4 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 O-O 12.Ne2 Na5 13.Bd3 c5 14.Qc2 cxd4 15.Bxh7+ Kh8
16.Bd3 dxc3 17.O-O Rc8 18.Be3 Nd5 19.Bf2 Nc4 20.Bxc4 Rxc4 21.Rad1 Qf6 22.Rd4 Rfc8
23.Rfd1 Qg6 24.Qxg6 fxg6 25.Rxd5 c2 26.Be3 cxd1=Q+ 27.Rxd1 Re8 28.Kf2 Rc2
29.Rd2 Rxd2 30.Bxd2 Kg8 31.h4 Kf7 32.Nf4 Re5 33.Nd3 Rb5 34.Bg5 a5 35.a4 Rd5
36.Ke3 Bc6 37.f4 Rd6 38.Ne5+ Ke8 39.g4 Bxa4 40.Nc4 Re6+ 41.Kd4 Bb5 42.f5 gxf5
43.gxf5 Rc6 44.Ne5 Rd6+ 45.Ke4 a4 46.Bc1 Rd1 47.Ba3 Ra1 48.Bb2 Rb1  0-1

[Event "Champions Simul"]
[Site "Zuerich SUI"]
[Date "2009.08.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Wyss,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2269"]
[ECO "C05"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.c3 c5 6.f4 Nc6 7.Ndf3 Qb6 8.a3 cxd4
9.cxd4 a5 10.b3 Be7 11.h4 f6 12.Bd3 f5 13.Ne2 Qd8 14.h5 Nb6 15.g4 fxg4 16.Ng5 Bxg5
17.fxg5 a4 18.b4 Ne7 19.Nf4 Nf5 20.Qxg4 Qc7 21.Bd2 Nxd4 22.Ng6 Nb3 23.Nxh8 Nxa1
24.O-O Nb3 25.Bxh7 Qxe5 26.Bg6+ Kd7 27.Rf7+ Kc6 28.b5+ Kxb5 29.Qb4+ Ka6 30.Bd3+ Ka7
31.Bf4 Qa1+ 32.Kh2 e5 33.Bg3 Qd1 34.Qb5 Qxh5+ 35.Kg1 Qxg5 36.Kg2 Qd2+ 37.Bf2 Qa5
38.Ng6 e4 39.Ne5 Qxb5 40.Bxb5 Na5 41.Rxg7 Bf5 42.Rf7 Rg8+ 43.Kh2 Rh8+ 44.Kg3 Bc8
45.Rf6 Rh3+ 46.Kf4 e3 47.Bxe3 Rxe3 48.Kxe3 Nb3 49.Rf7 d4+ 50.Kd3 Nd5 51.Bxa4 Nc5+
52.Kxd4 Nxa4 53.Kxd5 Ka6 54.Rf8 Kb5 55.Kd6 Bh3 56.Rf3 Bg2 57.Rb3+ Ka6 58.Nd7 Ka7
59.Kc7 Bc6 60.Nb8 Bd5 61.Rb5 Bc4 62.Ra5+  1-0

[Event "Champions Rapid"]
[Site "Zuerich SUI"]
[Date "2009.08.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Polgar,Ju"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[ECO "E18"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.Nc3 Ne4 7.Bd2 d5 8.cxd5 exd5
9.O-O Nd7 10.Rc1 O-O 11.Qc2 f5 12.Bf4 Bd6 13.Bxd6 cxd6 14.Qb3 Ndf6 15.Rc2 Kh8
16.Rfc1 Rf7 17.Ne1 Nxc3 18.Qxc3 Ne4 19.Qb3 Qf6 20.e3 Raf8 21.Rc7 g5 22.f3 Nd2
23.Rxf7 Rxf7 24.Qc3 Nc4 25.b3 Na5 26.f4 Re7 27.fxg5 Qxg5 28.Kf2 Kg7 29.Bf3 Nc6
30.Ng2 Nd8 31.Nf4 Ne6 32.h4 Qh6 33.Re1 Nxf4 34.exf4 Qf6 35.Rxe7+ Qxe7 36.b4 Kf6
37.a4 Qd7 38.a5 bxa5 39.bxa5 Qa4 40.Be2 Bc6 41.Ke3 Bb5 42.Bxb5 Qxb5 43.Qc7 Qb3+
44.Kf2 Qb2+ 45.Kf3 Qxd4 46.Qxd6+ Kf7 47.Qd7+ Kf6 48.Qd6+ Kf7 49.Qd7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Rapid"]
[Site "Zuerich SUI"]
[Date "2009.08.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.a4 Be6 10.a5 Nbd7 11.Be3 Qc7 12.Qd2 Rfd8 13.Rfd1 Rac8 14.h3 Nc5 15.Nxc5 dxc5
16.Qe1 Qc6 17.Bf3 h6 18.Rxd8+ Rxd8 19.Rd1 Qc7 20.Rxd8+ Bxd8 21.Na4 Nd7 22.Qc3 Qxa5
23.Qxa5 Bxa5 24.Nxc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Rapid"]
[Site "Zuerich SUI"]
[Date "2009.08.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Hug,W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[ECO "E91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 g6 4.e4 Bg7 5.Be2 O-O 6.Be3 Na6 7.Nf3 Qe8 8.Nd2 e5
9.d5 c5 10.g4 Qe7 11.h4 Ne8 12.h5 f5 13.gxf5 gxf5 14.exf5 Bxf5 15.h6 Bf6
16.Nde4 Kh8 17.Bg4 Bg6 18.Qe2 Rb8 19.O-O-O Nac7 20.Bh5 Bxe4 21.Nxe4 b5 22.Rhg1 bxc4
23.Qg4 Rb4 24.Rg2 c3 25.bxc3 Rxe4 26.Qxe4 Nb5 27.Rdg1 Qd8 28.Qg4 Nec7 29.Qg7+  1-0

[Event "Champions Rapid"]
[Site "Zuerich SUI"]
[Date "2009.08.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.e4 Bb7 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.Ne2 Nb4 6.Nbc3 Nxd3+ 7.Qxd3 Ne7 8.O-O d6
9.d5 Qd7 10.a4 a5 11.Nb5 g6 12.Qc3 e5 13.b4 Bg7 14.bxa5 Rxa5 15.Be3 O-O 16.c5 dxc5
17.Bxc5 Nxd5 18.Qd2 Rfa8 19.Bb4 Rxa4 20.Rxa4 Rxa4 21.Nec3 Rxb4 22.Nxd5 Bxd5
23.Qxb4 Bc6 24.Nc3 Bf8 25.Qc4 b5 26.Qb3 b4 27.Rd1 Bd6 28.Nd5 Kg7 29.Qb2 Bxd5
30.Rxd5 Qc6 31.Kf1 f5 32.f3 fxe4 33.fxe4 h5 34.g3 Qc4+ 35.Qe2 Qc1+ 36.Qe1 Qc2
37.Qe2 b3 38.Rb5 g5 39.Qe3 Qc4+ 40.Qe2 Qc1+ 41.Kg2 Qc2 42.Kf1 g4 43.Rb7 Kg6
44.Qb5 Qd1+ 45.Kf2 Qf3+ 46.Kg1 Qe3+ 47.Kf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Rapid"]
[Site "Zuerich SUI"]
[Date "2009.08.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "E01"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bd6 6.Bg2 O-O 7.Qc2 c6 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Rd1 Ne4 10.Nc3 f5 11.e3 Qe7 12.Ne2 Nxd2 13.Rxd2 Nf6 14.Rdd1 Bd7 15.Nf4 Be8
16.a3 Ne4 17.Ne5 g5 18.Nfd3 h5 19.b4 Kh8 20.f3 Nf6 21.a4 Bxb4 22.Nxb4 Qxb4
23.Rab1 Qe7 24.a5 Rc8 25.cxd5 Nxd5 26.Qb3 Rc7 27.e4 Nf6 28.Re1 fxe4 29.fxe4 Nd7
30.Nd3 Bg6 31.Rf1 Rxf1+ 32.Rxf1 Kh7 33.Qc3 c5 34.Nf2 e5 35.d5 c4 36.Rd1 Qc5
37.d6 Rc8 38.Rd5 Qc6 39.Nh3 g4 40.Ng5+ Kg8 41.h4 Bf7 42.Nxf7 Kxf7 43.Kh2 Ke6
44.Qe3 c3 45.Qg5 Kf7 46.Qxh5+ Kf8 47.Qf5+ Ke8 48.Qe6+ Kf8 49.Rd1 Qc4 50.Qxd7 c2
51.Rc1  1-0

[Event "Champions Rapid"]
[Site "Zuerich SUI"]
[Date "2009.08.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[ECO "D91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Ne4 5.Bh4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 dxc4 7.e3 Be6 8.Nf3 Bg7
9.Be2 Nd7 10.Ng5 Bd5 11.e4 h6 12.exd5 hxg5 13.Bxg5 Nb6 14.Bf3 Nxd5 15.Qa4+ c6
16.Qxc4 Qd6 17.Rb1 b5 18.Rxb5 cxb5 19.Qxb5+ Kf8 20.Qxd5 Rb8 21.Qxd6 exd6
22.Kd2 Rb2+ 23.Kd3 Bh6 24.Bf6 Bg7 25.Bg5 Bh6 26.Bf6 Bg7 27.Bg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "LIII TCh-ESP CECLUB Gp2"]
[Site "Montcada ESP"]
[Date "2009.09.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cuenca Jimenez,J"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "A14"]

1.Nf3 e6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.b3 O-O 7.Bb2 d5 8.e3 c5 9.Nc3 Nc6
10.cxd5 exd5 11.d4 Rc8 12.Ne2 Ba6 13.Re1 c4 14.bxc4 Bxc4 15.Nc3 b5 16.Nd2 b4
17.Na4 Na5 18.Nb3 Re8 19.Nbc5 Bb5 20.a3 Nc4 21.Ra2 a5 22.axb4 axb4 23.Qb3 Rb8
24.Raa1 Bd6 25.Bc1 Qa5 26.Bb2 Qc7 27.Rec1 Qe7 28.Rd1 h5 29.Bc1 Bc6 30.Nb2 Bxc5
31.dxc5 Qxc5 32.Nd3 Qb6 33.Nf4 Qb5 34.Bb2 Nxb2 35.Qxb2 h4 36.gxh4 Ne4 37.Rd4 b3
38.h5 Ra8 39.Rb1 Reb8 40.Nxd5 Bxd5 41.Bxe4 Bxe4 42.Rxe4 Ra2 43.Qe5 Qxe5 44.Rxe5 Rc2
45.Rd5 b2 46.Rdd1 Rbc8 47.Rf1 Kh7 48.Kg2 Kh6 49.Rfd1 R8c6 50.Kf3 Rc1 51.Ke2 R6c2+
52.Kd3 Rxb1 53.Rxb1 Rxf2 54.Kc3 Rxh2  0-1

[Event "LIII TCh-ESP CECLUB Gp2"]
[Site "Montcada ESP"]
[Date "2009.09.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fier,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "B81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g4 h6 7.h4 Nc6 8.Rg1 h5
9.gxh5 Nxh5 10.Bg5 Nf6 11.Rg3 a6 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.Qf3 Qa5 14.O-O-O Rb8 15.Bc4 Nd7
16.Qe2 Qb4 17.Bb3 Nc5 18.e5 d5 19.Rg4 Qb7 20.Ne4 Nxe4 21.Rxe4 Bd7 22.Rf4 c5
23.c4 d4 24.Rd3 Bc6 25.Rdf3 Be7 26.Rg3 g6  1/2-1/2

[Event "LIII TCh-ESP CECLUB Gp2"]
[Site "Montcada ESP"]
[Date "2009.09.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Harikrishna,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "E07"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.g3 Nbd7 6.Bg2 dxc4 7.O-O Be7 8.e4 O-O
9.Bf4 Re8 10.a4 a5 11.Qe2 b6 12.Nd2 Ba6 13.Nxc4 Bf8 14.Rfd1 Nd5 15.Bc1 Nxc3
16.bxc3 Ne5 17.dxe5 Bxc4 18.Rxd8 Bxe2 19.Rxe8 Rxe8 20.Be3 Bc5 21.Bxc5 bxc5
22.Bf1 Bf3 23.Bg2 Be2 24.Bf1 Bf3 25.Bg2 Be2 26.Bf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "LIII TCh-ESP CECLUB Gp2"]
[Site "Montcada ESP"]
[Date "2009.09.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Laznicka,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "A34"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.g3 b6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Bb7 7.e4 Nc6 8.Be3 Nf6
9.Bg2 Ng4 10.Qxg4 Nxd4 11.Qd1 Ne6 12.Rc1 O-O 13.O-O f5 14.f4 fxe4 15.Qd2 Nc5
16.Bd4 e6 17.Rcd1 a5 18.Qe3 Bxd4 19.Qxd4 Qf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "LIII TCh-ESP CECLUB Gp2"]
[Site "Montcada ESP"]
[Date "2009.09.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Malakhov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "D13"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Bf4 Nc6 7.Rc1 Ne4 8.e3 Nxc3
9.bxc3 Bf5 10.Bd3 Bxd3 11.Qxd3 e6 12.O-O Be7 13.c4 dxc4 14.Qxc4 O-O 15.e4 Rc8
16.d5 b5 17.Qb3 Na5 18.Rxc8 Qxc8 19.Qd3 Qc4 20.Rd1 exd5 21.Qxd5 h6 22.Ne5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bd6 6.Bg2 c6 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Nc3 dxc4
9.Bg5 h6 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 11.Ne4 Qe7 12.Nfd2 Nb6 13.f4 O-O 14.Qc2 c5 15.Nxc4 Nxc4
16.Qxc4 cxd4 17.Nxd6 Qxd6 18.Rad1 e5 19.fxe5 Qxe5 20.Qxd4 Qxd4+ 21.Rxd4 Be6
22.Bxb7 Rab8 23.Bd5 Bxd5 24.Rxd5 Rxb2 25.Ra5 Re8 26.Rxa7 Rexe2 27.Rfxf7 Re1+
28.Rf1 Ree2 29.Rff7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[ECO "D87"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Ne2 c5
9.O-O Nc6 10.Be3 Qc7 11.Rc1 Rd8 12.Qd2 b6 13.Bh6 Rb8 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.Qe3 e5
16.Qg3 cxd4 17.cxd4 Qd6 18.d5 Na5 19.Bd3 Rb7 20.f4 exf4 21.Nxf4 Kg8 22.Qg5 f6
23.Qh6 Rf7 24.Rf3 Qe5 25.Rg3 Rg7 26.Nxg6 hxg6 27.Rxg6 Rxg6 28.Qxg6+ Kh8 29.Qh6+ Kg8
30.Qg6+ Kh8 31.Qh6+ Kg8 32.Qg6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Qc2 O-O 8.e3 c5
9.Be2 Qa5 10.O-O cxd4 11.Nxd4 Bxc3 12.bxc3 Re8 13.Bf4 Ne5 14.Rab1 a6 15.Bxe5 Rxe5
16.Rfc1 Qc7 17.c4 dxc4 18.Qxc4 Qxc4 19.Rxc4 b5 20.Bf3 bxc4 21.Bxa8 Kf8 22.Rb8 Re8
23.Kf1 Nd7 24.Rb4 a5 25.Rb1 Ne5 26.Bd5 c3 27.Bb7 Bxb7 28.Rxb7 Rc8 29.Nc2 Nc6
30.a3 Rd8 31.Rb1 Rd2 32.Rc1 Ne5 33.Nd4 Rxf2+ 34.Kxf2 Nd3+ 35.Kf3 Nxc1 36.Ke4 Ke7
37.Nc2 Kd6 38.Kd4 Nb3+ 39.Kxc3 Nc5 40.Kc4 f5 41.Nd4 g6 42.Nf3 Ne6 43.h4 Nc7
44.Ng5 h5 45.g3 Nd5 46.Kd4 Nc7 47.a4 Nd5 48.Nf7+ Ke6 49.Nd8+ Kd6 50.Nb7+ Ke6
51.Nd8+ Kd6 52.Nf7+ Ke6 53.Ne5 Nb6 54.Nxg6 Nxa4 55.Nf4+ Kf7 56.Nxh5 Nb6 57.Nf4 a4
58.Nd3 a3 59.Nb4 Kg6 60.Kc3 Kh5 61.Nc2 a2 62.Kb2 Na4+ 63.Kxa2 Nc3+ 64.Kb3 Ne4
65.Kc4 Nxg3 66.Kd5 Kxh4 67.Ke5 Kg4 68.Nd4 Kg5 69.Nf3+ Kg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[ECO "D71"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Nf3 Nb6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.e3 O-O
9.O-O Re8 10.Re1 Bd7 11.b3 e5 12.Nxe5 Nxe5 13.dxe5 Bxe5 14.Bb2 c6 15.f4 Bg7
16.e4 Nc4 17.bxc4 Qb6+ 18.Kh1 Qxb2 19.Rb1 Qxc3 20.Qxd7 Rab8 21.Rec1 Qa3 22.Rd1 Re7
23.Qd6 Qxd6 24.Rxd6 Rbe8 25.Bf3 Bf8 26.e5 Rc7 27.Rd3 f6 28.exf6 Re6 29.Bg4 Rxf6
30.Rd7 Rxd7 31.Bxd7 b6 32.Rd1 Rd6 33.Rxd6 Bxd6 34.Bxc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 h6 10.h3 Bd7 11.b3 Kc8 12.Bb2 b6 13.Rad1 c5 14.Nd5 a5 15.a4 c4 16.g4 Ne7
17.Nf4 Nc6 18.e6 fxe6 19.Ng6 Rg8 20.Nfe5 Nxe5 21.Nxe5 Be8 22.Nxc4 b5 23.axb5 Bxb5
24.Rd4 a4 25.Ra1 Rb8 26.Ba3 axb3 27.cxb3 Bxc4 28.bxc4 Ra8 29.Bb2 Rxa1+ 30.Bxa1 Bd6
31.Re4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.e3 c5 8.dxc5 Qa5
9.Rc1 Ne4 10.Qxd5 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Bxc3+ 12.Kd1 O-O 13.Bc4 Nf6 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Ke2 b5
16.c6 Ba6 17.Qf5 Qa3 18.Bd3 Rfd8 19.c7 Qxa2+ 20.Nd2 Rxd3 21.Qxd3 b4 22.Kf3 Bb7+
23.Kg3 h5 24.h3 Qa5 25.f4 Rc8 26.Nc4 Qa6 27.Ne5 Qxd3 28.Nxd3 Bc3 29.Rhd1 a5
30.Nc5 Rxc7 31.Na4 Be4 32.Rd6 Kh7 33.Ra6 h4+ 34.Kh2 Rd7 35.Nc5 Re7 36.Rxa5 Bd2
37.Rc4 f5 38.Nxe4 fxe4 39.Rh5+ Kg6 40.Rg5+ Kf6 41.Rc6+ Kf7 42.Rf5+ Kg8 43.g4 Re8
44.Re5 Rb8 45.g5 Kh7 46.Re7 Bxe3 47.Rh6+ Kg8 48.Rg6 Bd4 49.Rge6 Kh7 50.f5 Bc5
51.Re8 Rxe8 52.Rxe8 b3 53.Kg2 Be3 54.Rxe4 Bxg5 55.Rb4 g6 56.Rb7+ Kh6 57.fxg6 Kxg6
58.Kf3 Bd2 59.Kg4 Be1 60.Rxb3 Bg3 61.Rf3 Be1 62.Re3 Bf2 63.Re6+ Kf7 64.Kf5 Bg3
65.Re4 Bf2 66.Kg5 Bg3 67.Re2 Kg7 68.Re7+ Kf8 69.Kf6 Bf2 70.Re6 Bg3 71.Kg6 Bh2
72.Re4 Bg3 73.Kf6 Bf2 74.Kg6 Bg3 75.Re2 Bd6 76.Kg5 Bg3 77.Kf6 Bf4 78.Re4 Bd6
79.Rd4 Bc7 80.Kg6 Bg3 81.Re4  1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5
9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bd2 Be4 11.Qc1 Bb7 12.Bf4 Nd5 13.Nc3 Nxf4 14.Qxf4 Nd7 15.Rfd1 Bd6
16.Qe3 Nb6 17.Qd3 c5 18.dxc5 Bxc5 19.Qxd8 Rfxd8 20.Ne5 Bxg2 21.Kxg2 f5 22.e3 Rac8
23.Rxd8+ Rxd8 24.Rc1 Rc8 25.Ne2 Bd6 26.Rxc8+ Nxc8 27.Nc6 Kf7 28.f4 Ke8 29.Kf3 Kd7
30.Ncd4 Ne7 31.e4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.f3 b5 8.Qd2 Nbd7
9.g4 h6 10.O-O-O Ne5 11.Qe1 Qc7 12.h4 b4 13.Nce2 Nc4 14.Nf4 Nxe3 15.Qxe3 Qb6
16.Bc4 Qc5 17.Qb3 d5 18.exd5 Bd6 19.Nfxe6 fxe6 20.dxe6 Be7 21.Qd3 O-O 22.Bb3 Rd8
23.g5 Nh7 24.gxh6 Qh5 25.Qe4 Qxh6+ 26.Kb1 Ra7 27.Nf5 Rxd1+ 28.Rxd1 Qf6 29.Rd7 Bxd7
30.exd7+ Kf8 31.Qd5  1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.O-O Nc6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.e3 O-O
9.Nbd2 e5 10.Nxc4 exd4 11.Nxd4 Nxd4 12.Qxd4 Qxd4 13.exd4 Rd8 14.Rfd1 Bg4
15.Re1 Bb4 16.Rec1 Rab8 17.a3 Bf8 18.Ne3 Rxd4 19.Rxc7 Be2 20.Rxb7 Rxb7 21.Bxb7 Nd7
22.Nf5 Ra4 23.Re1 Bb5 24.Re8 h6 25.Be7 g6 26.b3 Ra5 27.Bb4  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 c5 5.Bxb4 cxb4 6.a3 bxa3 7.Rxa3 O-O 8.Nc3 d6
9.b4 Nc6 10.b5 Na5 11.e3 Qc7 12.Nd2 b6 13.Be2 Bb7 14.O-O Rfc8 15.Qa4 e5 16.d5 Nd7
17.Qb4 f5 18.e4 f4 19.Bg4 Rf8 20.Bxd7 Qxd7 21.f3 Rfc8 22.Rfa1 Rc7 23.Rxa5 bxa5
24.Rxa5 g5 25.Kf2 Kh8 26.h3 h5 27.Qa3 g4 28.hxg4 hxg4 29.b6 Rcc8 30.Rxa7 Rxa7
31.bxa7 Qc7 32.fxg4 Qb6+ 33.Kf1 Ba6 34.Qa4 Qxa7 35.Nb5 Qb6 36.Qb4 Rxc4 37.Nxc4 Qxb5
38.Qxd6 Qxc4+ 39.Kg1 Qd4+ 40.Kh2 Bd3 41.Qh6+ Kg8 42.Qg6+ Kf8 43.Qf6+ Kg8
44.Qe6+ Kh7 45.Qf7+ Kh8 46.Qf8+ Kh7 47.Qe7+ Kg6 48.d6 Bb5 49.Qe6+ Kg7 50.g5 Qxe4
51.Qf6+ Kg8 52.g6 Qb7 53.Qxe5 Qd7 54.Qxf4 Bc6 55.Qf6 Bd5 56.Kg3 Qe6 57.Qxe6+ Bxe6
58.Kf4 Kg7 59.Ke5 Bd7 60.Kd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 b6 7.Bd2 Bb7 8.h3 Bb4
9.a3 Bxc3 10.Bxc3 Ne4 11.Bd3 Nxc3 12.Qxc3 O-O 13.b4 c5 14.bxc5 bxc5 15.Rb1 Rb8
16.O-O dxc4 17.Qxc4 Bxf3 18.gxf3 Qh4 19.dxc5 Qg5+ 20.Kh1 Nxc5 21.Bc2 g6 22.Rfc1 Qh5
23.Kg2 Qg5+ 24.Kh1 Qh5 25.Kg2 Qg5+ 26.Kf1 Rxb1 27.Bxb1 Nd7 28.Qc7 Nf6 29.Qxa7 Qb5+
30.Kg2 Qg5+ 31.Kh2 Qe5+ 32.Kg2 Qg5+ 33.Kh1 Qh5 34.Kg2 Qg5+ 35.Kf1 Qb5+ 36.Ke1 Qb2
37.Qc5 Nd5 38.Be4 Ra8 39.Bxd5 exd5 40.Rc3 Rb8 41.Kf1 h5 42.Kg2 Qd2 43.Rc2 Qd1
44.Rc1 Qd2 45.Qc3 Qe2 46.Qe5 Rd8 47.a4 Qd2 48.Rc7 d4 49.Qf6 Rf8  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Tkachiev,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Bd2 e6 6.Qc2 Nbd7 7.Nc3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 b5
9.Be2 c5 10.a4 bxa4 11.O-O Bb7 12.Rxa4 Be7 13.Rfa1 cxd4 14.Rxd4 Qb8 15.Qa4 Bc5
16.Rd3 O-O 17.Rxd7 Nxd7 18.Qxd7 Rd8 19.Qa4 Bxf3 20.Bxf3 Rxd2 21.Bxa8 Qxa8
22.Ne4 Rd5 23.Nxc5 Rxc5 24.h3 h6 25.b4 Rc4 26.Qd7 Qc6 27.Qxc6 Rxc6 28.Ra5 Rc4
29.Rxa6 Rxb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be3 a6 7.f3 b5 8.Qd2 Nbd7
9.g4 h6 10.O-O-O Ne5 11.a3 Nfd7 12.Qf2 Qc7 13.Rg1 g5 14.h4 Rg8 15.Kb1 Rb8
16.Na2 Be7 17.Rh1 Nb6 18.Nb4 Nbc4 19.Bxc4 bxc4 20.hxg5 hxg5 21.Bd2 a5 22.Na2 c3
23.Bxc3 Nc4 24.Ka1 Qb6 25.Qe1 Bf6 26.Nb3 Bxc3 27.Qxc3 Ba6 28.Qd4 Ne3 29.Rd2 Qxd4
30.Nxd4 Nc4 31.Rdh2 Rxb2 32.Nb3 a4 33.Nd2 Rxc2 34.Nxc4 Rxh2 35.Rxh2 Bxc4
36.Nb4 Ke7 37.Kb2 Rc8 38.Rd2 Bb3 39.Rd3 Kd7 40.Rd2 Rh8 41.Nd3 Ke7 42.Nb4  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Bd2 e6 6.Qc2 Nbd7 7.Nc3 c5 8.cxd5 exd5
9.g4 h6 10.h4 Nb6 11.g5 hxg5 12.Nxg5 Bg4 13.f3 Bh5 14.O-O-O Rc8 15.Bd3 Be7
16.Kb1 cxd4 17.exd4 Nc4 18.Ka1 b5 19.Bf4 O-O 20.Be5 Ne3 21.Qe2 Nxd1 22.Rxd1 Qa5
23.Nb1 Rfe8 24.Rg1 Bf8 25.Qg2 Rc6 26.Bf5 g6 27.Bd3 Nd7 28.f4 Nxe5 29.fxe5 Qb6
30.Qf2 Re7 31.Nh3 Bh6 32.Nf4 Bxf4 33.Qxf4 Kf8 34.Nd2 Ke8 35.Nb3 Rec7 36.Kb1 a5
37.Nc5 Rxc5 38.dxc5 Qxc5 39.Re1 Re7 40.Qf6 Re6 41.Qh8+ Ke7 42.Qb8 Qb6 43.Qc8 Rc6
44.Qh8 Bf3 45.e6 Rxe6 46.Rc1 Be4 47.Bxe4 Rxe4 48.Qc8 Qe6 49.Qb7+ Kf8 50.Qxb5 a4
51.a3 Rxh4 52.Qb8+ Kg7 53.Ka1 Re4 54.Qh2  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karpov,Ana"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "A50"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 b5 3.cxb5 a6 4.bxa6 g6 5.d5 c6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.e4 Bxf1 8.Kxf1 d6
9.Nf3 Nbd7 10.h3 Bg7 11.Kg1 O-O 12.Kh2 Qa5 13.Re1 Rfb8 14.Qc2 Ne8 15.Bd2 Nc7
16.b3 Qa3 17.Bc1 Qa6 18.Bb2 Ne5 19.Nxe5 Bxe5+ 20.Kg1 Qb7 21.Na4 Bxb2 22.Nxb2 Nb5
23.Nc4 Na3 24.Nxa3 Rxa3 25.Qb2 Rba8 26.e5 cxd5 27.Rad1 Qc6 28.exd6 exd6 29.Qf6 R3a6
30.Re7 Rf8 31.Rd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Naiditsch,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 c5 5.Bxb4 cxb4 6.a3 bxa3 7.Rxa3 O-O 8.Nc3 b6
9.e3 Bb7 10.Be2 d6 11.b4 Nc6 12.Qb1 a5 13.bxa5 Nxa5 14.O-O Rc8 15.Nd2 Ba6
16.Qb4 Qc7 17.Nb5 Bxb5 18.Qxb5 e5 19.Rb1 exd4 20.exd4 Nc6 21.Nf3 Rfe8 22.Bf1 Rb8
23.g3 Ne4 24.Bd3 h6 25.Kg2 Ng5 26.Nxg5 hxg5 27.Qd5 Re6 28.h3 Rbe8 29.Rab3 Rb8
30.R3b2 Rf6 31.Be4 Na5 32.c5 Rd8 33.cxb6  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nb3 Bb6 6.Qe2 d6 7.Be3 Nf6 8.Nc3 O-O
9.O-O-O Bxe3+ 10.Qxe3 a5 11.Nd4 Qe7 12.Bb5 Nxd4 13.Qxd4 Qe5 14.f3 Be6 15.Qxe5 dxe5
16.Na4 Rad8 17.Nc5 Bc8 18.a4 g6 19.Nd3 c6 20.Bc4 Rfe8 21.c3 Kf8 22.Kc2 Nd7
23.b4 axb4 24.cxb4 Nb6 25.Bb3 Rd4 26.Kc3 Be6 27.Bxe6 Rxe6 28.Nc5 Red6 29.Rxd4 exd4+
30.Kd3 Rd8 31.Nxb7 Rb8 32.Nc5 Ke7 33.Rb1  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e3 a6 6.Bxc4 b5 7.Bb3 Bb7 8.O-O c5
9.e4 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Nc6 11.Nxc6 Qxd1 12.Rxd1 Bxc6 13.f3 Bc5+ 14.Kf1 Ke7 15.Bg5 h6
16.Bh4 g5 17.Bf2 Bxf2 18.Kxf2 Rhc8 19.Rac1 Nd7 20.Ne2 Ne5 21.Ke3 a5 22.a3 Be8
23.Rxc8 Rxc8 24.Rc1 Rb8 25.Rc2 a4 26.Ba2 b4 27.axb4 Rxb4 28.Kd2 h5 29.Kc3 Rb8
30.Rd2 h4 31.Nd4 Kf6 32.g3 Rc8+ 33.Kb4 Rc1 34.f4 gxf4 35.gxf4 Nc6+ 36.Nxc6 Bxc6
37.f5 Ke5 38.fxe6 fxe6 39.Rd3 Rc2 40.Rh3 Rxb2+ 41.Ka3 Re2 42.Rxh4 Bxe4 43.Bc4 Rc2
44.Bxe6  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Polgar,Ju"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 h6 10.h3 Bd7 11.Rd1 Kc8 12.Ne4 b6 13.g4 Ne7 14.Ng3 c5 15.b3 Be6 16.c4 Kb7
17.Bb2 g5 18.Nh5 Ng6 19.Nd2 a6 20.Ne4 b5 21.Rac1 bxc4 22.bxc4 Kc6 23.Nef6 Rb8
24.Bc3 Be7 25.Nd5 Rhd8 26.Nxe7+ Nxe7 27.Rxd8 Rxd8 28.a3 Ng6 29.Ng7 Nf4 30.Kh2 Rd3
31.Nxe6 fxe6 32.Rc2 Rxh3+ 33.Kg1 Rxc3  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Bd2 Ne4 6.Nc3 Nxd2 7.Qxd2 e6 8.e4 dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Bd3 c5 11.d5 c4 12.Bc2 Bc5 13.O-O O-O 14.Rad1 exd5 15.exd5 Bg4
16.Qf4 Bxf3 17.Qxf3 Nd7 18.d6 g6 19.Ne4 Re8 20.Qf4 Re5 21.b3 Rf5 22.Qg3 Ra7
23.bxc4 bxc4 24.Qc3 Nf6 25.Nxc5 Rxc5 26.Qd4 Nd7 27.Rfe1 Qf6 28.Qe3 Rb7 29.Ba4 Re5
30.Qd2 Kg7 31.Rxe5 Qxe5 32.Bxd7 Rxd7 33.g3 c3 34.Qd3 c2 35.Qxc2 Rxd6 36.Rxd6 Qxd6
37.h4  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Jakovenko,D"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "B83"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Be3 Nc6
9.f4 Bd7 10.Nb3 Na5 11.Qd2 Nxb3 12.axb3 Bc6 13.Bf3 Qc7 14.Qf2 a6 15.Bb6 Qb8
16.Rad1 Nd7 17.Bd4 b5 18.Qg3 e5 19.Be3 Bf6 20.f5 Rc8 21.Rf2 b4 22.Nd5 Bxd5
23.Rxd5 Rc6 24.Rfd2 Qc7 25.Bd1 a5 26.Qf2 Be7 27.R5d3 Nf6 28.Qf3 Qb7 29.Bg5 h6
30.Bxf6 Bxf6 31.Rd5 Qb6+ 32.Qf2 Qc7 33.g3 a4 34.bxa4 Rxa4 35.Kg2 Ra1 36.h4 Be7
37.Rb5 Rc4 38.Qe2 Kh7 39.b3 Rc3 40.Rxb4 d5 41.Rb5 d4 42.Rd3 Rc6 43.Rd5 Bb4
44.Rb5 Rxd1 45.Qxd1 Rxc2+ 46.Kh3 Rc1 47.Qf3 Be7 48.Rd5 Bf6 49.b4 Qc2 50.b5 Qb1
51.Rd7 Rh1+ 52.Kg4 Qg1 53.Qe2 Rxh4+ 54.Kf3  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "E05"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7
9.Qxc4 Bc6 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Nc3 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 c6 14.Rad1 a5 15.e4 Nd7
16.e5 Be7 17.Be4 Nb6 18.Qb3 Bb4 19.Bb1 Nd5 20.Qc2 g6 21.h4 h5 22.Ne4 Kg7
23.Kg2 Be7 24.Qe2 Rh8 25.Qf3 Qb6 26.b3 Rad8 27.Rd2 Rd7 28.Rfd1 Bb4 29.Rd3 Qd8
30.Bc2 Be7 31.R3d2 Nb4 32.Bb1 Nd5 33.Bc2 Nb4 34.Bb1 Nd5 35.Bc2 Nb4 36.Bb1  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qc2 g6 5.Bf4 Bg7 6.e3 O-O 7.Nc3 a6 8.Bd3 Bg4
9.Ne5 Be6 10.h3 Nbd7 11.Rd1 Nxe5 12.dxe5 Nd7 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.Be2 Nxe5 15.Qb3 b5
16.Nxd5 Qa5+ 17.Qb4 Qxb4+ 18.Nxb4 Nc4 19.Nc6 Rfe8 20.b3 Bc3+ 21.Kf1 Nd2+
22.Kg1 Rac8 23.Nd4 Bxd4 24.Rxd2 Bc3 25.Rd1 Bf6 26.Bd3 g5 27.Bg3 h5 28.h4 gxh4
29.Bxh4 Red8 30.Bxf6 exf6 31.Rh4 Kf8 32.Rxh5 Ke7 33.Rh4 a5 34.Kf1 b4 35.Ke2 Rc3
36.Rd4 Rxd4 37.exd4 Kd6 38.f3 a4 39.bxa4 Ra3 40.d5 Bd7 41.Bc4 Bxa4 42.Rd2 Rc3
43.Ba6 Bc2 44.Bb5 Bb1 45.Ba4 Bf5 46.Bb3 Bd7 47.Rd4 Kc5 48.Rf4 f5 49.Kd2 f6
50.Rh4 Bb5 51.Rh8 Rd3+ 52.Kc2 Re3 53.Rc8+ Kd6 54.Rb8 Kc5 55.d6 Bd7 56.Rf8 Kxd6
57.Rxf6+ Kc5 58.Kd2 Re5 59.f4 Re4 60.g3 Re7 61.Rg6 Bb5 62.Bc2 Re2+ 63.Kc1 Bc4
64.Bxf5 Bxa2 65.Rg5 Kd4 66.Bh7 Kc3 67.Rc5+ Bc4 68.Kd1 Rf2 69.Rxc4+ Kxc4 70.Kc1 Kc3
71.Kd1 b3  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[ECO "D26"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e3 a6 6.Bxc4 b5 7.Bb3 Bb7 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Re1 b4 10.Nb1 c5 11.Nbd2 Be7 12.e4 cxd4 13.e5 Nd5 14.Ne4 O-O 15.Qxd4 Qb6
16.Qxb6 N5xb6 17.Bf4 Bxe4 18.Rxe4 a5 19.Re2 Nc5 20.Bc2 Rfd8 21.Be3 Rac8 22.g3 a4
23.Bxc5 Rxc5 24.Be4 g6 25.Kg2 Bf8 26.Rc2 Rxc2 27.Bxc2 Rc8 28.Bd3 Bg7 29.Re1 Rc5
30.Re4 Nd5 31.Bc4 Ne7 32.Bd3 Nc6 33.Rc4 Rxc4 34.Bxc4 Bxe5 35.Bb5 Na7 36.Bxa4 Bxb2
37.Nd2 Kf8 38.Nc4 Bc3 39.a3 Ke7 40.axb4 Bxb4 41.f4 Bc3 42.Kf3 f5 43.h3 Nc8
44.Bc6 Kf6 45.Bb7 Ne7 46.Ne3 Bd4 47.Nc4 g5 48.Nd6 Bc5 49.Ne8+ Kf7 50.Nc7 gxf4
51.gxf4 Bb6 52.Nb5 Ng6 53.Bc8 Ke7 54.Ba6 Bg1 55.Bc8 Bh2 56.Nd4 Nxf4 57.Ba6 Ng6
58.Kg2 Be5 59.Nf3 Kf6 60.Bc4 Nf4+ 61.Kg3 Bd6 62.Bb3 e5 63.h4 e4 64.Ng5 Ne6+
65.Kf2 Nxg5  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Gashimov,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "B81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.g4 h6 7.Rg1 Nc6 8.h4 d5
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxd5 exd5 11.Be3 Be7 12.g5 hxg5 13.hxg5 Ne5 14.Qd2 Bg4 15.g6 Bf6
16.Qb4 fxg6 17.Rxg4 Nxg4 18.Ne6 Nxe3 19.Qa4+ Qd7 20.Bb5 Nxc2+ 21.Qxc2 Qxb5
22.Nc7+ Kf7 23.Nxb5 Rh1+ 24.Kd2 Rxa1 25.Qc7+ Kg8 26.Qxb7 Rd8 27.Qxa7 Rb1
28.b3 d4 29.Qa6 Rb2+ 30.Kd3 Kh7 31.Qe6 Rxf2 32.Qh3+ Kg8 33.Qe6+ Kh7 34.Qh3+ Kg8
35.Qe6+ Kh7 36.Qh3+ Kg8 37.Qe6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e3 a6 6.Bxc4 b5 7.Bb3 Bb7 8.O-O c5
9.e4 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Bc5 11.Be3 Qe7 12.Nd5 exd5 13.Nf5 Qxe4 14.Bc2 Qc4 15.Bd3 Qg4
16.Bxc5 Qxd1 17.Raxd1 Kd7 18.Nd6 Bc6 19.Nxf7 Re8 20.Nd6 Rd8 21.Rfe1 Kc7 22.Nf5 Nbd7
23.Bd4 Re8 24.Nxg7 Rg8 25.Nf5 Rg5 26.h4 Rg4 27.f3 Rgg8 28.Rc1 Nb6 29.Bxf6  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Bareev,E"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.h3 Bxf3 6.Qxf3 e6 7.Nc3 Nbd7 8.Bd3 Bb4
9.Bd2 O-O 10.a3 Ba5 11.O-O Re8 12.Qd1 e5 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.Qb3 Qb6 15.Qxb6 Bxb6
16.dxe5 Nxe5 17.Bb5 Red8 18.Na4 Bc7 19.Rac1 Bd6 20.Rfd1 a6 21.Be2 b5 22.Nb6 Rab8
23.Ba5 Bf8 24.f4 Ng6 25.Bf3 Ne7 26.g4 Rd6 27.g5 Nc6 28.Rxc6 Rxc6 29.gxf6 Rcxb6
30.Bxb6 Rxb6 31.Rxd5 gxf6 32.Rd8 Kg7 33.Kf2 a5 34.Ra8 a4 35.Be4 Bc5 36.Kf3 Re6
37.f5 Rd6 38.Rb8 Bb6 39.Ke2 Kh6 40.Bd3 b4 41.axb4 Kg5 42.Rg8+ Kh4 43.Be4 h5
44.Rh8 Rd7 45.Bf3 Re7 46.e4 Bd4 47.Bxh5 Kg3 48.Ra8 Bxb2 49.Rxa4 Rxe4+ 50.Kd3 Rf4
51.Bxf7 Be5 52.Be6 Kxh3 53.Kc2 Kg3 54.Kb3 Rf3+ 55.Kc4 Rc3+ 56.Kb5 Kf4 57.Ra2 Rc1
58.Ka6 Rb1 59.b5 Bd4 60.Re2 Kf3 61.Rc2 Ke3 62.Bd7 Ke4 63.Rc6 Ra1+ 64.Kb7 Ra7+
65.Kc8 Ra8+ 66.Kc7 Ra7+ 67.Kd6 Be5+ 68.Ke6 Bd4 69.Rd6 Ra1 70.b6 Rb1 71.b7 Be5
72.Bc6+ Kf4 73.Rd5 Rb6 74.Rb5 Rxc6+ 75.Kf7 Bb8 76.Kg6 Ke4 77.Kf7  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "D26"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e3 a6 6.Bxc4 b5 7.Bb3 Bb7 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Re1 c5 10.e4 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Nc5 12.e5 Nxb3 13.axb3 Nd7 14.Qg4 Qb6 15.Be3 h5
16.Qf4 Qc7 17.Nf3 Be7 18.Rac1 Qb8 19.Ne4 Bd5 20.Nd6+ Bxd6 21.exd6 O-O 22.Rc7 Qd8
23.Ne5 Nxe5 24.Qxe5 f6 25.Qg3 Rf7 26.Rec1 e5 27.Bh6 Qf8 28.Rxf7 Bxf7 29.d7 Be6
30.Rc7 Rd8 31.h3 Rxd7 32.Rc6 Bf5 33.Be3 Kh7 34.Qf3 Bg6 35.Rxa6 Qb4 36.Ra1 Qxb3
37.Qc6 Qxb2 38.Qxd7 Qxa1+ 39.Kh2 b4 40.Bc5 Qa2 41.Bf8 Bf7 42.Qf5+ Kg8 43.Bxb4 Be6
44.Qf3 h4 45.Bc5 Qc4 46.Be3 Bd5 47.Qh5 Qc6 48.f3 Qa4 49.Qg4 Qa2 50.Qc8+ Kh7
51.Qf5+ Kh8 52.Qc8+ Bg8 53.Qg4 g5 54.Qf5 Kg7 55.Bc5 Qd5 56.Qc8 Be6 57.Qf8+ Kg6
58.Qe8+ Bf7 59.Qe7 Qd2 60.Bb6 Qf4+ 61.Kh1 Qc4 62.Bd8 Qc6 63.Kh2 Qe6  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "A10"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 b6 3.e4 Bb7 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qc2 Ne7 6.a3 Bxc3 7.Qxc3 O-O 8.d3 f5
9.Qc2 d5 10.exd5 exd5 11.Be2 d4 12.O-O c5 13.Ng5 Qd6 14.b4 h6 15.Bf3 Bxf3
16.Nxf3 Nd7 17.Re1 Ng6 18.Ra2 Nde5 19.Nxe5 Nxe5 20.Qd1 Ng4 21.g3 Rae8 22.Rae2 Qd7
23.h3 Nf6 24.Bf4 Rxe2 25.Rxe2 g5 26.Be5 f4 27.Kh2 fxg3+ 28.fxg3 Qf5 29.bxc5 bxc5
30.Qd2 Nd7 31.Bd6 Rf7 32.Re8+ Kh7 33.Qe2 Nf6 34.Re5 Qg6 35.Bxc5 Nd7 36.Re6 Qf5
37.Bxd4 Nf8 38.Re5 Qd7 39.Qe4+ Kg8 40.Kg2 Qa4 41.Qe2 Qxa3 42.h4 Qd6 43.Rd5 Qc6
44.hxg5 hxg5 45.Qe4 Qh6 46.Qg4 Ne6 47.Be3 Qf6 48.Qe2 Kg7 49.c5 Kg6 50.Rd6 Qf5
51.Bf2 Rf6 52.Qe4 Qxe4+ 53.dxe4  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.Qb3 Qb6 6.Nc3 e6 7.Nh4 Be7 8.h3 Bh5
9.g4 Bg6 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.Bg2 Nbd7 12.Bd2 Qxb3 13.axb3 g5 14.f4 gxf4 15.exf4 a6
16.O-O g6 17.Rae1 Nb6 18.c5 Nbd7 19.f5 gxf5 20.gxf5 exf5 21.Rxf5 Kf8 22.Bg5 Re8
23.Ref1 Kg7 24.Ne2 Bd8 25.Ng3 Re6 26.h4 Bc7 27.R5f3 Bxg3 28.Rxg3 Nh5 29.Rg4 Kf8
30.Bh3 Rg6 31.Rg2 Ndf6 32.Rgf2 Kg7 33.Kh2 Re8 34.Bf5 Ne4 35.Bxg6 Kxg6 36.Rxf7 Nxg5
37.hxg5 Re3 38.Rxb7 Re2+ 39.Kh3 Re3+ 40.Kg2 Kxg5 41.Rbf7 Rxb3 42.R1f2 Kg4
43.Rf8 Rg3+ 44.Kf1 Rd3 45.Rg8+ Kh3 46.Rh8 Kg4 47.Rg2+ Ng3+ 48.Ke1 Kf3 49.Rf2+ Ke3
50.Rh3 Kxd4 51.Rf6 Re3+ 52.Kd1 Nf5 53.Rxe3 Nxe3+ 54.Ke2 Nc4 55.Rxc6 Nxb2
56.Rc8 Nc4 57.Kd1 a5 58.Kc2 a4 59.Kb1 Ne5 60.Ka2 Nc4 61.Rc7 Ke5 62.Rd7 Na5
63.Ka3 d4 64.Kxa4 Nc4 65.Kb4 Ne3 66.c6 Ke6 67.Kc5 Nf5 68.Rd8 Ke7 69.c7  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5 g6 6.h3 Bg7 7.Bf4 O-O 8.e3 Nbd7 9.Bd3 Ne8
10.O-O Nc7 11.Re1 Re8 12.Bg5 f5 13.b4 Nf6 14.Qb3 Be6 15.Bf4 Kh8 16.a4 Bg8
17.b5 Qc8 18.Reb1 Ne4 19.Be5 Bxe5 20.Nxe5 Nd2 21.Qb2 Nxb1 22.Rxb1 axb5 23.axb5 Ne6
24.Bc2 Qc7 25.Ba4 Reb8 26.Qc2 Nd8 27.Rb4 Be6 28.Qb2 Kg7 29.Ne2 Bd7 30.Nf4 Be8
31.h4 Kf6 32.Bb3 Ne6 33.Nfd3 Rc8 34.Bc2 Qa5 35.Ba4 Kg7 36.Kh2 Nd8 37.g3 Nf7
38.Kg2 Nxe5 39.Nxe5 Rc7 40.Qb3 cxb5 41.Bxb5 Bxb5 42.Rxb5 Qa2 43.Rxb7 Qxb3
44.Rxb3 Ra2 45.Rb6 Rc2 46.c6 Ra7 47.Nd3 Raa2 48.Kf1 Ra1+ 49.Kg2 Ra7 50.Nf4 Raa2
51.Nd3 Ra7 52.Nf4 Raa2 53.Nd3 h6 54.Kf1 Ra1+ 55.Kg2 Raa2 56.Kf1 g5 57.h5 Ra1+
58.Kg2 g4 59.Nb4 Rcc1 60.f4 Rab1 61.Nd3 Rc2+  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "A52"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Nf3 Bc5 5.e3 Nc6 6.Be2 Ngxe5 7.Nxe5 Nxe5 8.O-O O-O
9.Nc3 Re8 10.a3 a5 11.Rb1 d6 12.b4 axb4 13.axb4 Ba7 14.Bb2 c6 15.Ne4 Nxc4
16.Nf6+ gxf6 17.Bxc4 Re4 18.Bd3 Rg4 19.Qf3 Kg7 20.h3 Rg5 21.Bxh7 Kxh7 22.Bxf6 Rf5
23.Bxd8 Rxf3 24.gxf3 Bxh3 25.Bc7 Rg8+ 26.Kh2 Bxf1 27.Rxf1 d5 28.Ra1 Bb8 29.Bxb8 Rxb8
30.Kg3 Kg6 31.Kf4 Kf6 32.e4 Ke6 33.Ke3 Rd8 34.Rh1 Ra8 35.Rh6+ f6 36.Rh7 b5
37.Rc7 Kd6 38.Rf7 Ke6 39.Rc7 Kd6 40.Rf7 Ra3+ 41.Kf4 Ke6 42.Rc7 Rc3 43.Rc8 Rc4
44.Ke3 Kd7 45.Rf8 Ke7 46.Rc8 Kd7 47.Rf8 d4+ 48.Kd3 Rxb4 49.Rxf6 c5 50.e5 Rb3+
51.Ke4 d3 52.Rd6+ Ke7 53.Rxd3 Rb1 54.f4 c4 55.Rd5 c3 56.Rc5 b4 57.f5 b3 58.f6+ Ke6
59.Rc6+ Kd7 60.f7 Kxc6 61.f8=Q c2 62.Qc8+ Kb6 63.Qd8+ Kc6 64.Qd5+ Kb6 65.Qd6+ Kb5
66.Qd5+ Kb4 67.Qd6+ Kb5 68.Qd5+ Kb4 69.Qd6+ Kb5 70.Qd5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Tkachiev,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "E17"]

1.Nf3 e6 2.g3 b6 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.O-O Nf6 5.c4 Be7 6.d4 O-O 7.Re1 d5 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Nc3 Na6 10.b3 c5 11.Bb2 Re8 12.e3 Nc7 13.Rc1 Ne6 14.Ne5 Rc8 15.Qd3 Bd6
16.Rcd1 cxd4 17.exd4 a6 18.h3 b5 19.Ng4 Nxg4 20.hxg4 Bb4 21.Re3 Qd7 22.Qf5 g6
23.Nxd5 Bxd5 24.Qxd5 Qc7 25.Rc1 Qb8 26.Rxc8 Qxc8 27.Qe4 Bd2 28.d5 Bxe3 29.Qxe3 Qc5
30.Qe5 Kf8 31.Qh8+ Ke7 32.Bf6+ Kd7 33.dxe6+ fxe6 34.Qxh7+ Kd6 35.Qxg6 Rf8
36.Qg7 Qc1+ 37.Kh2  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bxc4 e6 5.Nf3 a6 6.O-O c5 7.Nc3 b5 8.Bb3 Bb7
9.e4 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Nc6 11.Be3 Be7 12.Nxc6 Bxc6 13.Qxd8+ Rxd8 14.f3 Nd7 15.Rac1 Bb7
16.Ne2 Bd6 17.Nd4 Ne5 18.a4 bxa4 19.Bxa4+ Ke7 20.Nb3 Rc8 21.Na5 Ba8 22.Bd4 f6
23.Rfd1 Rxc1 24.Rxc1 Rb8 25.b3 g5 26.Kf1 h5 27.Ke2 h4 28.Ba7 Rg8 29.Bc5 Bxc5
30.Rxc5 Kd6 31.Rc3 Rb8 32.Ke3 Bb7 33.g3 hxg3 34.hxg3 Ba8 35.Rc1 Rh8 36.Rd1+ Ke7
37.Nc4 Nxc4+ 38.bxc4 Rd8 39.Rh1 Kd6 40.Kd4 e5+ 41.Kc3 Bc6 42.Rd1+ Kc7 43.Rxd8 Bxa4
44.Rf8 Bd1 45.Rxf6 a5 46.c5 a4 47.Kb4 Kd7 48.Rd6+  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "26"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 d6 5.c3 g6 6.Bg5 Bg7 7.Nbd2 Bd7 8.Nf1 h6
9.Bh4 Ne7 10.Bc4 O-O 11.Ne3 g5 12.Bg3 Ng6 13.O-O Nf4 14.Re1 Kh8 15.Qc2 N6h5
16.d4 Qf6 17.Rad1 Rad8 18.Nf5 Bxf5 19.dxe5 dxe5 20.Rxd8 Qxd8 21.exf5 Qd6
22.Nd2 Qc6 23.Qe4 Qb6 24.b4 Nf6 25.Qe3 N6d5 26.Qxb6 axb6 27.Ne4 Ra8 28.Bxf4 Nxf4
29.f6 Bf8 30.Bxf7 Bd6 31.g3 Nd3 32.Rd1 Nb2 33.Rd2 Na4 34.Bb3 b5 35.Nxd6 cxd6
36.Rxd6 Nxc3 37.f7 Kg7 38.Re6 Rf8 39.Rxe5 Kf6 40.Re8 Kg7 41.Kg2 Nb1 42.f4 gxf4
43.gxf4 Nd2 44.Bd5 b6 45.f5  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "27"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Karpov,Ana"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.Qc2 c5 7.dxc5 Qa5+ 8.Nc3 Qxc5
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.O-O Nxc3 11.bxc3 Bd7 12.Be3 Qa5 13.Nd4 Nc6 14.Rab1 Qc7 15.Nb5 Qb8
16.Rfd1 Rd8 17.Qe4 Be8 18.c4 Rxd1+ 19.Rxd1 a6 20.Nc3 Qc7 21.Rb1 Rc8 22.Bb6 Qd6
23.c5 Qd2 24.Qd3 Qxd3 25.exd3 f5 26.d4 Bf6 27.Ne2 Bf7 28.h3 g5 29.g4 f4 30.Be4 Kg7
31.Kg2 Bg6 32.Bxg6 Kxg6 33.Rd1 Nb4 34.Ba5 Nd5 35.Rb1 Rb8 36.Kf3 Kf7 37.Ke4 Ke7
38.Nc3 Nxc3+ 39.Bxc3 Kd7 40.Ba5 Bd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "28"]
[White "Naiditsch,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "B81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g4 h6 7.h3 Nc6 8.Bg2 Bd7
9.Be3 Ne5 10.Qe2 Rc8 11.f4 Nc4 12.O-O-O Qb6 13.b3 Nxe3 14.Qxe3 e5 15.Nd5 Qc5
16.c4 exd4 17.Rxd4 Nxd5 18.exd5+ Kd8 19.Qc3 Be7 20.b4 Qb6 21.Re4 Bf6 22.Qd2 Re8
23.Rhe1 Rxe4 24.Rxe4 Qg1+ 25.Re1 Rxc4+  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "29"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5
9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bd2 Bd6 11.Ng5 Bxg2 12.Kxg2 Qc8 13.e4 Qb7 14.f3 Nc6 15.Be3 h6
16.Nh3 e5 17.dxe5 Nxe5 18.Nd2 c5 19.Nf2 Rfd8 20.Nb3 c4 21.Nd4 Bf8 22.Rad1 b4
23.Nf5 b3 24.Qc3 Re8 25.a3 Nxf3 26.Kxf3 Nxe4 27.Nxe4 Qxe4+ 28.Ke2 Rad8 29.Rf4 Qg2+
30.Rf2 Qe4 31.Rf4 Qg2+ 32.Rf2 Qe4 33.Rd4 Rxd4 34.Qxd4 Qxd4 35.Nxd4 c3 36.bxc3 b2
37.Rf1 Bxa3 38.Kd3 a5 39.Rb1 Rb8 40.Nc6 Ra8 41.c4 Ra6 42.Nd4 Rd6 43.Ke4 Rd8
44.Nb5 Re8+ 45.Kd3 Rd8+ 46.Bd4 Bc5 47.Rxb2 f6 48.Ra2 Bb4 49.Nc3 Ra8 50.Nd5 Bf8
51.c5 Kf7 52.Kc4 a4 53.Nb6  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "30"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "B82"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.f4 a6 7.Be2 Be7 8.a4 Nc6
9.Be3 O-O 10.O-O Bd7 11.Nb3 Na5 12.e5 Ne8 13.Nxa5 Qxa5 14.Qd2 Qc7 15.Bd4 Bc6
16.Qe3 dxe5 17.fxe5 g6 18.Ne4 Bxe4 19.Qxe4 Bc5 20.c3 Ng7 21.g4 Rad8 22.Kh1 Bxd4
23.cxd4 Qb6 24.Rfd1 Qxb2 25.Rab1 Qa2 26.Rxb7 Qxa4 27.Ra7 a5 28.h4 Rd7 29.Rxd7 Qxd7
30.h5 Qd5 31.Qxd5 exd5 32.Ra1 Ne6 33.Rxa5 Nxd4 34.Bf1 Rd8 35.Bg2 Nc6 36.Rxd5 Rxd5
37.Bxd5 Nxe5 38.hxg6 hxg6 39.g5 Nd3 40.Kh2 Nf4  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "31"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Polgar,Ju"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.e4 d6 8.Nd2 Nbd7
9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O a6 11.a4 Re8 12.Qc2 Qe7 13.Kh1 Ne5 14.a5 g5 15.Ra3 Ng6 16.Nc4 Nd7
17.Ne3 Nde5 18.Na4 Nf4 19.Nb6 Rb8 20.Nxc8 Rbxc8 21.Nf5 Qf6 22.Bxf4 gxf4 23.Rh3 Ng6
24.b3 Rb8 25.Bc4 b5 26.axb6 Rxb6 27.g3 Qb2 28.Qxb2 Bxb2 29.f3 Be5 30.Rh5 a5
31.Rg5 Bf6 32.Rg4 h5 33.Rxf4 Nxf4 34.gxf4 Ra8 35.e5 dxe5 36.d6 exf4 37.Rg1+ Kf8
38.Nh6 Bg7 39.Nf5 Bd4 40.Re1 Be3 41.d7 Rd8 42.Rd1 Bd4 43.Nxd4 cxd4 44.Rxd4 Rb7
45.Rxf4 Rdxd7 46.Kg2 Rb4 47.Kg3 Rc7  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "32"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "D16"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 e6 6.e3 c5 7.Bxc4 Nc6 8.O-O cxd4
9.exd4 Be7 10.Be3 O-O 11.Ne5 Bd7 12.Qe2 Nb4 13.Rad1 Bc6 14.f4 Bd5 15.Nxd5 exd5
16.Bb3 Rc8 17.Bd2 Re8 18.Bc3 Qb6 19.Kh1 Nc6 20.Qc2 Na5 21.Ba2 Nc4 22.Rf3 Bd6
23.Rh3 h6 24.Rf1 Bxe5 25.fxe5 Ne4 26.Qe2 Qc6 27.Be1 Nb6 28.a5 Nc4 29.Rhf3 Rc7
30.Bb1 b6 31.axb6 axb6 32.Bb4 Qe6 33.Bxe4 dxe4 34.Qxe4 Rd8 35.b3 Na5 36.Bxa5 bxa5
37.Rd3 Rcd7 38.h3 Qd5 39.Qg4 Rb7 40.Rff3 Rb4 41.Rg3 g6 42.Qh4 Kh7 43.e6 g5
44.Qh5 Qxe6 45.Rdf3 Rd7 46.Rxg5 Rbxd4 47.Re5 Qg6 48.Qxg6+ fxg6 49.Rxa5 h5
50.Ra6 Rd3 51.Rxd3 Rxd3 52.b4 Rb3 53.Rb6 Rb2 54.h4 Kg7 55.Kh2 Rb3 56.b5 Rb4
57.Kg3 Rg4+ 58.Kh3 Rb4 59.Rb8 Rb3+ 60.Kh2 Rb4 61.g3 Rb2+ 62.Kg1 Kf6 63.b6 Kf5
64.b7 Kg4 65.Rg8 Rxb7 66.Rxg6+ Kh3 67.Kf2 Rb3 68.Rg5 Ra3 69.Rxh5 Rxg3 70.Rg5 Ra3
71.h5 Kh4 72.Rb5 Ra6 73.Kf3 Rf6+ 74.Ke4 Kg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "33"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Jakovenko,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.Qc2 c5 7.O-O cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nc6
9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.b3 Ba6 11.Bb2 Qb6 12.Nd2 Rac8 13.e4 Rfd8 14.Rac1 Qa5 15.a3 h6
16.b4 Qc7 17.Rfe1 dxc4 18.Nxc4 c5 19.Qa4 Qb7 20.Na5 Qb6 21.Bxf6 Bxf6 22.e5 Bg5
23.f4 cxb4+ 24.Kh1 Rxc1 25.Rxc1 Qe3 26.Rg1 Be7 27.axb4 Be2 28.Nc6 Rd7 29.Nxe7+ Rxe7
30.Qc6 Bd3 31.Qc8+ Kh7 32.Qd8 Be4 33.Qxe7 Bxg2+ 34.Kxg2 Qe2+ 35.Kh3 Qh5+
36.Qh4  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "34"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be3 a6 7.g4 h6 8.Bg2 Nc6
9.h3 Ne5 10.Qe2 g5 11.O-O-O Bd7 12.Nf3 Ng6 13.Kb1 Rc8 14.Bd2 Bg7 15.Nd4 b5
16.a3 Qb6 17.Be3 Rxc3 18.bxc3 Qc7 19.Bc1 Ne5 20.h4 Qxc3 21.hxg5 hxg5 22.Rxh8+ Bxh8
23.f3 Qc5 24.Nb3 Qc7 25.Qd2 Ng6 26.Qxg5 d5 27.Bb2 Qh2 28.Bxf6 Bxf6 29.Qxf6 Qxg2
30.exd5 Qe2 31.Rh1 exd5 32.Nd4 Qe3 33.Nf5 Bxf5 34.gxf5 Qxa3 35.fxg6 Qb4+
36.Qb2  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "35"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.Bc3 d5
9.Ne5 Nfd7 10.Nxd7 Nxd7 11.Nd2 O-O 12.O-O Nf6 13.Re1 c5 14.cxd5 Nxd5 15.Bb2 cxd4
16.Bxd4 Bb4 17.Qc2 Rc8 18.Qb2 Bc3 19.Bxc3 Nxc3 20.Ne4 Nxe4 21.Bxe4 Qf6 22.Qa3 Bxe2
23.Qxa7 Qd4 24.Qa4 Qxa4 25.bxa4 Bc4 26.Reb1 Rb8 27.Rb4 Rfc8 28.Rc1 Bxa2 29.Rxc8+ Rxc8
30.Rxb6 f5 31.Bc6 Bd5 32.Bxd5 exd5 33.Rb5 d4 34.Rxf5 d3 35.Rd5 Ra8 36.Rd4 d2
37.Kg2 Rxa4 38.Rxd2 h5 39.Rd5 g6 40.Rd7 Rc4 41.Kf3 Rb4 42.Ke3 Kf8 43.h4 Ra4
44.Rd4 Ra2 45.f3 Kg7 46.Kf4 Ra5 47.Re4 Kf6 48.Rc4 Rb5 49.Ke4 Re5+ 50.Kd4 Re1
51.Rc6+ Kf7 52.Rc5 Kf6 53.Rg5 Rd1+ 54.Ke3 Re1+ 55.Kf2 Ra1 56.f4 Ra2+ 57.Kf3 Ra3+
58.Kg2 Ra2+ 59.Kh3 Rf2 60.Rb5 Kf7 61.Rb7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "36"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 e6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Re1 Ne4 8.Nxe4 Bxe4
9.d3 Bb7 10.e4 c5 11.d4 cxd4 12.Nxd4 d6 13.b3 a6 14.Ba3 Nd7 15.e5 Bxg2 16.exd6 Bf6
17.Kxg2 Nc5 18.b4 Nb7 19.c5 bxc5 20.bxc5 Qa5 21.Re3 Nxc5 22.Rc1 Nd7 23.Nc6 Qb5
24.Rb3 Qa4 25.Ne7+ Kh8 26.Rc7 Ne5 27.Qe2 Rfd8 28.f4 Nd7 29.Qc4 Qa5 30.Rd3 Qe1
31.Qc2 Nb6 32.Rd1 Qa5 33.Bb4 Qxb4 34.Nc6 Qc4 35.Qxc4 Nxc4 36.Nxd8 Ne3+ 37.Kf3 Nxd1
38.Nxf7+ Kg8 39.d7 Rf8 40.Nd6 Nc3 41.Rc8 Nd5 42.Nb7 Nb6 43.Rxf8+ Kxf8 44.d8=Q+ Bxd8
45.Nxd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "37"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Gashimov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 b5 4.Qd3 a6 5.e4 Bb7 6.Nbd2 c5 7.c3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Bb4
9.e5 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Nd5 11.a3 Bxd2+ 12.Bxd2 Nc6 13.Qg4 Kf8 14.Bg2 h5 15.Qe4 Qb6
16.Be3 h4 17.O-O hxg3 18.hxg3 Nce7 19.Qd3 d6 20.Rac1 Rd8 21.Bg5 Rh5 22.Bxe7+ Nxe7
23.Qc3 dxe5 24.dxe5 g6 25.Rfe1 Rd7 26.Rcd1 Rf5 27.Bf3 Nd5 28.Qb3 Kg7 29.Rd2 g5
30.Ree2 Qc5 31.Bg4 Nf4 32.gxf4 Rxd2 33.Rxd2 Rxf4 34.Bd1 Qxe5 35.Qc3 Qxc3
36.bxc3 Rc4 37.Rd3 Kf6 38.Kf1 Ke7 39.Ke2 f5 40.Bb3 Re4+ 41.Re3 Rxe3+ 42.Kxe3 Kd6
43.f4 g4 44.Kd4 g3 45.Ke3 e5 46.fxe5+ Kxe5 47.Kf3 f4 48.Bc2 Kd5 49.Bd3 Kc5
50.Bf1 a5 51.Kxf4 b4 52.cxb4+ axb4 53.axb4+ Kxb4 54.Kxg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "38"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "C95"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nf1 Bf8 14.Ng3 g6 15.a4 c5
16.d5 c4 17.Bg5 h6 18.Be3 Nc5 19.Qd2 h5 20.Ra3 Nfd7 21.Rea1 Qc7 22.Qd1 Nb6
23.axb5 axb5 24.Ng5 Rxa3 25.Rxa3 h4 26.Nf1 Nba4 27.Qg4 f6 28.Nf3 g5 29.Nxh4 Bc8
30.Nf5 Qh7 31.N1g3 Nxb2 32.Nh5 Qg6 33.Ra8 Nbd3 34.h4 Bd7 35.Rxe8 Bxe8 36.Nhg3 gxh4
37.Qxh4 b4 38.cxb4 Nxb4 39.Bd1 Bf7 40.Bh5 Qh7 41.Qg4+ Kh8 42.Qh4 Nd7 43.Bxf7 Qxh4
44.Nxh4 c3 45.Ne2 c2 46.Nc1 Nc5 47.Kf1 Ncd3 48.Ke2 Nxc1+ 49.Bxc1 Na2 50.Kd2 Bh6+
51.Kxc2 Nxc1 52.Nf5 Bg5 53.Nxd6 Ne2 54.Be8 Kg7 55.Nf5+ Kf8 56.Bh5 Nf4 57.g4 Nh3
58.d6 Nf4 59.d7 Ne6 60.Kb3 Nc5+ 61.Kc4 Nxd7 62.Kd5 Nb6+ 63.Ke6 Na4 64.f3 Nc5+
65.Kd5  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "39"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.Nc3 axb5 6.Nxb5 Qa5+ 7.Nc3 Ba6 8.Bd2 d6
9.Nf3 Nbd7 10.g3 g6 11.Bg2 Bg7 12.O-O O-O 13.Re1 Rfb8 14.Qc2 Qb4 15.Rab1 Qb7
16.e4 Ng4 17.Red1 Nge5 18.Ne1 Nc4 19.Bc1 Qc7 20.b3 Qa5 21.Na4 Bb5 22.Bf1 Nce5
23.Bxb5 Qxb5 24.Be3 Ng4 25.Qd3 c4 26.Qe2 Nxe3 27.Qxe3 cxb3 28.axb3 Qb4 29.Nf3 Nf6
30.Nd2 Ng4 31.Qe2 Ne5 32.Rbc1 Bh6 33.f4 Nd7 34.Kg2 Bg7 35.Qc4 Qa3 36.Rc2 Nb6
37.Nxb6 Rxb6 38.Qc7 Qb4 39.Qxe7 Rb7 40.Qg5 Bc3 41.Qg4 Bxd2 42.Rcxd2 Qxe4+
43.Qf3 Qxf3+ 44.Kxf3 Rxb3+ 45.Rd3 Rb5 46.Rc1 Ra2 47.Rc6 Rxh2 48.Rxd6 Rb8
49.Rc6 Rd8 50.d6 Ra2 51.d7 Raa8 52.Rc7 Kf8 53.Re3 Kg7 54.g4 h6 55.Ke4 Kf6
56.Kd5 Ra5+ 57.Kc6 Ra6+ 58.Kc5 Ra5+ 59.Kd6 Ra6+ 60.Rc6 Ra7 61.Rc7 Ra6+ 62.Kc5 Ra5+
63.Kb6 Rd5 64.Kc6 Rd4 65.Ra7 Rc4+ 66.Kd5 Rc1 67.Re4 Rd1+ 68.Kc6 Rc1+ 69.Kd6 Rd1+
70.Kc6 Rc1+ 71.Kd6 Rd1+ 72.Kc6 Rc1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "40"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be3 a6 7.f3 b5 8.Qd2 Nbd7
9.g4 h6 10.O-O-O Ne5 11.f4 Nexg4 12.e5 b4 13.exf6 bxc3 14.Qxc3 Nxf6 15.Bg2 Bd7
16.Bxa8 Qxa8 17.Rhg1 Ne4 18.Qa5 g6 19.Ne2 Bg7 20.Bd4 O-O 21.Bxg7 Kxg7 22.Qb4 Rc8
23.Qd4+ Kh7 24.Ng3 Nxg3 25.hxg3 Qc6 26.c3 d5 27.Rh1 h5 28.g4 Qc4 29.Qf6 Qxa2
30.Qxf7+ Kh8 31.Qxd7 Rb8 32.b4 Qa1+ 33.Kd2 Qa2+ 34.Ke3 Qc2 35.Qc7 Rf8 36.Qe5+ Kg8
37.Rd2  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "41"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[ECO "A05"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 d5 4.O-O Bg7 5.c4 dxc4 6.Qa4+ c6 7.Qxc4 O-O 8.Qc2 Na6
9.d3 Re8 10.Nc3 e5 11.a3 h6 12.b4 Nc7 13.Bb2 a6 14.Nd2 Ne6 15.e3 h5 16.Nde4 Nd5
17.Rad1 h4 18.Rfe1 hxg3 19.hxg3 Rb8 20.Qb3 Nec7 21.Nxd5 cxd5 22.Nc3 Be6 23.Qc2 Rc8
24.Rc1 Qd7 25.Na4 Qb5 26.Nc5 Bg4 27.Qb3 Red8 28.a4 Qb6 29.a5 Qb5 30.d4 e4
31.Bf1 Qe8 32.Nxb7 Rd7 33.Nc5 Rd6 34.Rc2 Bf3 35.Bg2 g5 36.Bxf3 exf3 37.e4 g4
38.Qe3 dxe4 39.Qxe4 Qxe4 40.Rxe4 f5 41.Re1 Nb5 42.d5 Nd4 43.Bxd4 Bxd4 44.Rc4 Rxd5
45.Kf1 Rc6 46.Rd1 Rh6 47.Kg1 Bxf2+ 48.Kxf2 Rxd1 49.b5 Rh2+ 50.Ke3 f2 51.Rf4 f1=Q
52.Rxf1 Rxf1 53.b6 Ra2  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "42"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Qc2 e6 6.Nf3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.a3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.Nxb5 Nbd7 12.Nc3 Bxf3 13.gxf3 O-O 14.f4 e5 15.f5 a5
16.Bd2 Rc8 17.Bb5 Bb6 18.O-O-O Qe7 19.Kb1 Nc5 20.Be1 e4 21.Nd5 Nxd5 22.Rxd5 Qb7
23.Rd1 Bd8 24.a4 Bf6 25.Bxa5 Nxa4 26.Qxa4 Rc5 27.Rd7 Qxb5 28.Qxb5 Rxb5 29.b4 Bc3
30.Kc2 Bxb4 31.Bxb4 Rxb4 32.Rc7 Rb5 33.f6 g6 34.Rd1 Rf5 35.Rd2 Rxf6 36.Kd1 Ra8
37.Re7 Ra1+ 38.Ke2 Rh1 39.Rxe4 Rxh2 40.Kf1 Rh1+ 41.Kg2 Ra1 42.Rdd4 Kg7 43.Rf4 Rxf4
44.Rxf4 h5 45.Rb4 g5 46.Rb5 Kg6 47.e4 h4 48.Rb6+ Kg7 49.f3 Ra2+ 50.Kh3 Rf2
51.Kg4 Rg2+ 52.Kf5 h3 53.Rb1 Rg3 54.Rh1 Kh6 55.f4 Rf3 56.Ke5 g4 57.Kf5 Kh5
58.Ra1 Kh4 59.Ra2 g3 60.Ra8 g2 61.Rg8 Rf1 62.Rg4+ Kh5 63.Rg3 Rf3 64.Rg8 Kh6
65.e5 Kh7 66.Rg4 h2 67.Kf6 g1=Q  0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.21"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "El Gindy,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 c5 5.Bxb4 cxb4 6.a3 bxa3 7.Rxa3 O-O 8.Nc3 d5
9.e3 Nc6 10.c5 a6 11.Be2 Rb8 12.O-O Qc7 13.Na4 e5 14.dxe5 Nxe5 15.Nxe5 Qxe5
16.Qd4 Qg5 17.Nb6 Bh3 18.Bf3 Rbd8 19.Rd1 h5 20.Ra4 Be6 21.Qf4 Qxf4 22.exf4 Bg4
23.Rad4 Bxf3 24.gxf3 Rfe8 25.Kf1 h4 26.Nxd5 Rxd5 27.Rxd5 Nxd5 28.Rxd5 a5
29.h3 f6 30.b3 Ra8 31.Rd4 Rc8 32.Rc4 Rc6 33.Ke2 b6 34.Kd3 Kf7 35.f5 Ke7 36.Kd4 bxc5+
37.Rxc5 Rb6 38.Kc3 Rb4 39.Rc4 Rb5 40.Rxh4 Rxf5 41.Re4+ Kd6 42.f4 Rh5 43.Re3 Rh4
44.Rf3 Kd5 45.Kd3 f5 46.Rg3 Rxf4 47.Rxg7 Rf3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.22"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "El Gindy,E"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "D99"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 Bg4 8.Be3 Nfd7
9.Qb3 Nb6 10.Rd1 e6 11.Be2 Nc6 12.d5 exd5 13.Nxd5 Nxd5 14.exd5 Ne5 15.Nxe5 Bxe2
16.Kxe2 Bxe5 17.h3 Qf6 18.Rd3 a5 19.Rb1 Qa6 20.Kf1 a4 21.Qc2 Rfd8 22.Kg1 Qb5
23.f4 Bf6 24.Rbd1 Qxb2 25.Qxc7 Qxa2 26.Qxb7 a3 27.Qc6 Bg7 28.f5 Qe2 29.f6 a2
30.Bd4 a1=Q 31.Bxa1 Rxa1 32.Rxa1 Qxd3 33.Qb6 Bf8 34.Qxd8 Qd4+  0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.24"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "D80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Bg7 5.Bxf6 Bxf6 6.cxd5 c6 7.Rc1 O-O 8.dxc6 Qxd4
9.Qxd4 Bxd4 10.Nf3 Bxc3+ 11.Rxc3 Nxc6 12.e3 Bg4 13.Bb5 Nb4 14.a3 Nd5 15.Rc1 Rac8
16.Ke2 Nb6 17.b3 e5 18.h3 Be6 19.Nd2 Kg7 20.a4 Rfd8 21.a5 Nd5 22.Rxc8 Rxc8
23.Bc4 f5 24.f3 Kf6 25.g3 f4 26.Ne4+ Ke7 27.exf4 exf4 28.Rd1 Nc7 29.gxf4 Rf8
30.Ke3 Rf5 31.Nd6 Rxa5 32.Ke4  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.25"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.c3 c5 8.Ne5 a6
9.Be3 Qc7 10.Qa4+ Nd7 11.Bb5 cxd4 12.Bxd7+ Bxd7 13.Qxd4 Bb5 14.a4 Bd6 15.Nxf7 Kxf7
16.axb5 axb5 17.Rd1 Rhd8 18.Qh4 b4 19.O-O bxc3 20.bxc3 Kg8 21.c4 Be5 22.Rxd8+ Rxd8
23.g3 Bf6 24.Qg4 Qc6 25.Rb1 Ra8 26.c5 Ra1 27.Rxa1 Bxa1 28.h4 Bf6 29.h5 Kf7
30.Qf4 Qd7 31.h6 Qd1+ 32.Kh2 Qh5+ 33.Kg1 Qd1+ 34.Kh2 Qh5+ 35.Kg1  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.26"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Bd3 c5 7.O-O cxd4 8.Nxd4 Be7
9.c3 O-O 10.Re1 Nxe4 11.Bxe4 Nf6 12.Bf3 Qc7 13.Nb5 Qb6 14.a4 a6 15.Be3 Bc5
16.Bxc5 Qxc5 17.Qd6 Qxd6 18.Nxd6 Rb8 19.a5 Rd8 20.Rad1 Kf8 21.b4 Nd5 22.Nxf7 Kxf7
23.c4 b6 24.cxd5 bxa5 25.dxe6+ Bxe6 26.Rxd8 Rxd8 27.bxa5 Rd4 28.Re4 Rd2 29.h4 Kf6
30.Rb4 Ke7 31.Rb7+ Rd7 32.Rb6 Bc4 33.Be4 h6 34.g4 Rd1+ 35.Kh2 Ra1 36.Rb7+ Kf8
37.Rc7 Bb5 38.Bd5 Be8 39.Rc5 Bb5 40.Rc8+ Ke7 41.Rg8 Kf6 42.f4 Rxa5 43.g5+ hxg5
44.fxg5+ Kg6 45.Rf8 Kh5 46.Kg3 Ra3+ 47.Bf3+ Kg6 48.Kf4 Bd3 49.h5+ Kh7 50.Bd5 Ra4+
51.Ke3 Ra3 52.Bg8+ Kh8 53.Bc4+  1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.26"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "D94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3 O-O 6.b4 b6 7.Qb3 c5 8.bxc5 bxc5
9.cxd5 Nbd7 10.Be2 Rb8 11.Qa3 Bb7 12.O-O Nxd5 13.Bd2 cxd4 14.Nxd4 e5 15.Nf3 e4
16.Nd4 Nf4 17.Qxa7 Nxe2+ 18.Ncxe2 Bd5 19.Rfc1 Ne5 20.Nc3 Ra8 21.Qc5 Bb7 22.Rcb1 Ba6
23.Qb6 Qxb6 24.Rxb6 Nc4 25.Rxa6 Rxa6 26.Be1 f5 27.g3 Ne5 28.Kg2 Nf3 29.Rd1 Bxd4
30.exd4 Rd8 31.d5 Ra3 32.Nb5 Nxe1+ 33.Rxe1 Rxa2 34.Nc3 Rc2 35.Re3 Kf7 36.h4 Kf6
37.g4 Ke5 38.g5 Rb8 39.h5 gxh5 40.d6 Kxd6 41.Ne2 Rbb2  0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.26"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 a6 8.Qd2 b5 9.a3 Qa5
10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Bxc5 Nxc5 12.Nd4 Nxd4 13.Qxd4 Na4 14.b4 Qb6 15.Qxb6 Nxb6
16.Bd3 Bd7 17.Ne2 h5 18.Nd4 g6 19.g3 Ke7 20.Kd2 Rac8 21.h3 Rh6 22.Raf1 Rg8
23.Ke3 Rc8 24.Rhg1 Rhh8 25.Nb3 Na4 26.Kd4 Rc7 27.Rf2 Rcc8 28.Ke3 Rh6 29.Nd4 Rc3
30.Ra1 Rh8 31.Kd2 Rc7 32.Rf3 Rhc8 33.Re3 Rg8 34.Rf1 Rh8 35.Rf2 Nb6 36.Be2 Na4
37.Rff3 Rcc8 38.g4 hxg4 39.hxg4 Rh4 40.Rh3 Rch8 41.Rxh4 Rxh4 42.Ke1 Nb6 43.Kf2 Nc4
44.Bxc4 dxc4 45.Rg3 Rh1 46.Rg1 Rh3 47.Rg3 Rh1 48.Rg1 Rh3 49.Rg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.26"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Qc2 O-O 8.a3 Bxc3+
9.Qxc3 c6 10.Nd2 Qe8 11.f3 Qe6 12.Bh4 Re8 13.Bf2 b6 14.e3 a5 15.Bd3 Ba6 16.Bxa6 Rxa6
17.O-O c5 18.Rfe1 Raa8 19.e4 cxd4 20.Qxd4 dxe4 21.Nxe4 Nxe4 22.Rxe4 Qc6 23.Rxe8+ Rxe8
24.Rd1 Nc5 25.Qc4 h6 26.h3 Qf6 27.b4 axb4 28.axb4 Ne6 29.Qc6 Rb8 30.b5 Qe5
31.Qd6 Qxd6 32.Rxd6 Nc7 33.Rxb6 Rxb6 34.Bxb6 Nxb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.27"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Motylev,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.O-O Nd7 5.d4 e6 6.Nbd2 Ngf6 7.Re1 Be7 8.e4 O-O
9.c3 Bh5 10.e5 Ne8 11.Nb3 Rc8 12.Be3 c5 13.Nc1 cxd4 14.Bxd4 a6 15.Nd3 Nb8
16.Qb3 Qc7 17.Nd2 b5 18.Nf4 Bg4 19.Nf1 Bg5 20.Ne3 Bxf4 21.gxf4 Bh5 22.a4 Nc6
23.axb5 Nxd4 24.cxd4 axb5 25.Qb4 g6 26.Qa5 Qe7 27.Rec1 Rxc1+ 28.Rxc1 Be2
29.Qd2 Bh5 30.Rc8 Nc7 31.Rxf8+ Qxf8 32.h3 Qa8 33.Kh2 Qa7 34.Kg3 Ne8 35.Bf1 Ng7
36.Bxb5 Qa1 37.Kg2 h6 38.Bd3 Nf5 39.Nxf5 gxf5 40.f3 Qa4 41.Be2 f6 42.Qc3 Kg7
43.b4 fxe5 44.fxe5 Qa2 45.Kf2 f4 46.b5 Be8 47.Qc7+ Bf7 48.Qc1 Bg6 49.Ke1 Qa5+
50.Qd2 Qa1+ 51.Kf2 Bf5 52.h4 Qb1 53.Qxf4 Qb2 54.Qe3 Kg6 55.Kg3 Qb1 56.Qf2 Kf7
57.Bf1 Ke7 58.Qe2 Kd7 59.Kf2 Qb4 60.Qe3 Qb2+ 61.Kg3 Qb1 62.Bh3 Bxh3 63.Kxh3 Qf5+
64.Kg3 Qg6+ 65.Kf2 Qc2+ 66.Qe2 Qc3 67.Qd1 Qb2+ 68.Kg3 Qxb5 69.Kg4 Qb8 70.Qd3 Qg8+
71.Kh5 Qf7+ 72.Kxh6 Qf4+ 73.Kg7 Qxh4 74.Qb5+ Kc7 75.Qc5+ Kb7 76.Kf7 Qh7+
77.Kxe6 Qg8+ 78.Kd7 Qf7+ 79.Qe7 Qxf3 80.Qb4+ Ka7 81.Kc6  1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.28"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Motylev,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 h6 10.h3 Bd7 11.b3 Kc8 12.Bb2 b6 13.Rad1 c5 14.Rfe1 a5 15.a4 Ne7 16.Ne2 Ng6
17.h4 h5 18.g3 Be7 19.c4 Bf5 20.Nc3 Kb7 21.Nd2 c6 22.Nf1 Bg4 23.Rc1 Rad8
24.Nd1 Rhe8 25.Nde3 Rd3 26.Bc3 Bc8 27.Nd1 Nf8 28.f4 Ne6 29.Nf2 Rdd8 30.Ne4 Nd4
31.Nfd2 Bf5 32.Kf2 Rd7 33.Nf6 Bxf6 34.exf6 Rxe1 35.Rxe1 gxf6 36.Ne4 Bxe4
37.Rxe4 f5 38.Re8 Nxb3 39.Rh8 Nd2 40.Bxd2 Rxd2+ 41.Ke3 Rd6 42.Rxh5 Rf6 43.Rh8 b5
44.Rd8 Kc7 45.Rd2 b4 46.Kf3 Rd6 47.Rxd6 Kxd6 48.Ke3  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.30"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Qa4+ Nc6 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bxf6 Qxf6
9.e3 O-O 10.Be2 Be6 11.a3 Bd6 12.Nb5 Bg4 13.Rc1 Ne7 14.Nxd6 Qxd6 15.Qb4 Qxb4+
16.axb4 c6 17.b5 Rfc8 18.Kd2 cxb5 19.Bxb5 f6 20.Rxc8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.01"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Qb3 Qc7 7.Bd2 e6 8.Bb5+ Nc6
9.O-O Bd6 10.Bb4 O-O 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.Nbd2 Nd7 13.Rfc1 Rfc8 14.Qa3 Bxb4 15.Qxb4 Bg4
16.Rc2 Rab8 17.Qa3 Qb6 18.b3 Bxf3 19.Nxf3 Qb4 20.Qxa7 Rb7 21.Qa6 c5 22.dxc5 Rxc5
23.Rac1 h6 24.h3 Rbc7 25.a3 Qxb3 26.Rxc5 Rxc5 27.Rxc5 Qb1+ 28.Qf1 Qxf1+ 29.Kxf1 Nxc5
30.Ke2 Kf8 31.Ne5 Ke7 32.Nd3 Ne4 33.Kd1 Kd6 34.f3 Nc3+ 35.Kc2 Na4 36.Kb3 Nb6
37.a4 f5 38.Kb4 Nc4 39.e4 fxe4 40.fxe4 g5 41.exd5 Kxd5 42.Kc3 e5 43.Nb4+ Kc5
44.Na6+ Kd5 45.Nc7+ Kc5 46.Kd3 Nb2+ 47.Ke4 Nxa4 48.Kxe5 Nb2 49.Ne6+ Kc4 50.Kf5 Kd5
51.Ng7 Nd3 52.Nh5 Ne1 53.g3 Kd4 54.Kg6 Nd3 55.Kxh6 Nf2 56.h4 gxh4 57.gxh4 Ng4+
58.Kg7 Ke5 59.Ng3 Nf6 60.Kg6 Nd5 61.Kg7 Nf6 62.Kf7 Ng4 63.Ne2 Nf6 64.Kg6 Nd5
65.h5 Ne7+ 66.Kg7 Nf5+ 67.Kf7 Nh6+ 68.Kg6 Nf5 69.Ng3 Nh4+ 70.Kg7 Nf3 71.h6 Ng5
72.Ne2 Ne6+ 73.Kf7 Ng5+ 74.Kg6 Ne6 75.Nc3 Nf8+ 76.Kf7 Nh7 77.Kg7 Ng5 78.Ne2 Ne6+
79.Kf7 Ng5+ 80.Kg6 Ne6 81.Ng1 Nf8+ 82.Kf7 Kf5 83.Nf3 Nh7 84.Kg7 Nf6 85.Nd4+ Kg5
86.Ne6+ Kh5 87.Nc7 Kg5 88.Nd5 Ne8+ 89.Kh7 Nd6 90.Nc3 Nf7 91.Ne4+ Kf4 92.Kg7 Nxh6
93.Kxh6 Kxe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.02"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Nh4 Bc8 7.e3 e5 8.Bxc4 exd4
9.exd4 Qe7+ 10.Be2 Qc7 11.O-O Be7 12.Bd3 O-O 13.Re1 Na6 14.g3 Nb4 15.Bf4 Bd6
16.Bg5 Nxd3 17.Qxd3 Nd5 18.Nxd5 cxd5 19.Nf5 Bb4 20.Ne7+ Bxe7 21.Bxe7 Re8
22.Rac1 Qd7 23.Ba3 Qxa4 24.Qb3 Rxe1+ 25.Rxe1 Qc6 26.Qxd5 Be6 27.Qxc6 bxc6
28.f3 a5 29.Kf2 Rb8 30.g4 h6  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.02"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "D19"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Nh4 Bg4 10.Qb3 a5 11.f3 Bh5 12.g4 Nd5 13.Ng2 Bg6 14.e4 N5b6 15.Be2 Qe7
16.Be3 f6 17.Nf4 Bf7 18.Nd3 e5 19.d5 Bxc3 20.Bxb6 cxd5 21.Bf2 Bd4 22.Qxb7 O-O
23.Rac1 Rab8 24.Qc7 dxe4 25.fxe4 Bxf2+ 26.Rxf2 Qd8 27.Bf1 Rc8 28.Qxd8 Rfxd8
29.Rxc8 Rxc8 30.b4 Be6 31.bxa5 Ra8 32.a6 Bc4 33.Nb4 Bxf1 34.Kxf1 Nc5 35.Rc2 Nxa6
36.Nd5 Kf7 37.Ke2 Ra7 38.Kd3 Ke6 39.Rc8 h5 40.gxh5 f5 41.Rc6+ Kd7 42.Rg6 fxe4+
43.Kxe4 Nc5+ 44.Kxe5 Ke8 45.Rc6 Nd7+ 46.Kd6 Rxa4 47.Rc8+ Kf7 48.Kxd7 Rh4
49.Rc2 Rxh5 50.Kd6 Kg8 51.Ke6 Kh7 52.Rg2 Kh6 53.Ne7 Ra5 54.Nf5+ Kh5 55.h4 Ra6+
56.Ke7 Ra7+ 57.Kf8 Ra8+ 58.Kf7 Ra7+ 59.Kg8 Ra8+ 60.Kh7  1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.02"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Qc2 c5 8.a3 Bxc3+
9.Qxc3 h6 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 11.Qe3+ Qe7 12.Qxe7+ Kxe7 13.dxc5 Nxc5 14.Rc1 Ne6
15.e3 Rd8 16.Kd2 Bd7 17.Bd3 Rac8 18.b4 Kd6 19.h4 Rxc1 20.Rxc1 Ra8 21.e4 f6
22.exd5 Nf4 23.g3 Nxd3 24.Kxd3 Kxd5 25.Rc5+ Kd6 26.Nd2 Be6 27.Nc4+ Kd7 28.Ne3 b6
29.Rc3 Kd6 30.Ke4 g6 31.Rd3+ Kc6 32.Rc3+ Kd6 33.Rd3+ Kc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.02"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 h6 10.b3 Be6 11.Bb2 Kc8 12.h3 c5 13.Rad1 b6 14.Kh2 Ne7 15.Ne2 g5 16.c4 Ng6
17.Ne1 Bg7 18.f4 gxf4 19.Nd3 f3 20.Rxf3 Rd8 21.Rdf1 Nh4 22.Rg3 Nf5 23.Rgf3 Nh4
24.Rg3 Nf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.03"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Gashimov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "A62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.g3 Bg7 8.Bg2 O-O
9.O-O a6 10.a4 Re8 11.h3 Nbd7 12.Bf4 Qc7 13.Re1 Nh5 14.Bd2 Rb8 15.a5 b5 16.axb6 Qxb6
17.Na4 Qc7 18.Bc3 f5 19.e3 Nhf6 20.Rc1 Ne4 21.Bxg7 Kxg7 22.Nd4 Ndf6 23.Nc6 Rb7
24.b4 cxb4 25.Qd4 b3 26.g4 fxg4 27.hxg4 b2 28.Nxb2 Rb5 29.Nd3 Qf7 30.Nf4 Bd7
31.Ne6+ Bxe6 32.dxe6 Qxe6 33.f3 Ng5 34.f4 Qxg4 35.fxg5 Rxg5 36.Rc2 Qxd4 37.Nxd4 Nd5
38.Nf3 Rg4 39.Nh2 Rg5 40.Nf3 Rg4 41.Nh2 Rg5 42.Nf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.04"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Gashimov,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "C18"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Nc6 7.Nf3 Qa5 8.Bd2 c4
9.a4 Bd7 10.g3 O-O-O 11.h4 f5 12.Ng5 Rf8 13.h5 Nh6 14.Rh4 Nf7 15.Nxf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.05"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Gashimov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.O-O Rb8 8.Nc3 Nf6
9.e4 O-O 10.Re1 d6 11.e5 Ng4 12.exd6 exd6 13.h3 Ne5 14.b3 Bf5 15.Bd2 h5 16.Ne2 Re8
17.Bc3 Qd7 18.f4 Nd3 19.cxd3 Rxe2 20.Rxe2 Bxc3 21.Rc1 Bd4+ 22.Kh2 c5 23.Qd2 Kg7
24.h4 Bf6 25.Rc4 a5 26.d4 Be6 27.Ra4 c4 28.Qxa5 cxb3 29.axb3 Rxb3 30.Rb4 Rd3
31.Rb7 Qc8 32.Qc7 Qxc7 33.Rxc7 Bg4 34.Ra2 Rxd4 35.Bh3 Bd8 36.Rcc2 Bf3 37.Rd2 Bb6
38.Rxd4 Bxd4 39.Bg2 Bg4 40.Bd5 Kf6 41.Rd2 Bc5 42.Kg2 Bf5 43.Kf3 Bg4+ 44.Kg2 Bf5
45.Kf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.05"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Gashimov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "A35"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 d6 6.a3 Bg7 7.Rb1 a5 8.O-O O-O
9.d3 h6 10.Bd2 Be6 11.Qa4 Bd7 12.Rfc1 Nd4 13.Qd1 Nxf3+ 14.Bxf3 Bc6 15.b4 Bxf3
16.exf3 axb4 17.axb4 b6 18.f4 Ra3 19.Nb5 Ra2 20.Be3 Qd7 21.Rc2 Ra4 22.bxc5 dxc5
23.Rcb2 Ra6 24.Rb3 Ng4 25.Bd2 h5 26.h3 Nh6 27.Kg2 Nf5 28.g4 hxg4 29.hxg4 Nh6
30.Kg3 Ra2 31.Be3 f5 32.g5 Ng4 33.Qf3 e6 34.Rh1 Rfa8 35.Nc3 Bxc3 36.Rxc3 R8a3
37.Rxa3 Rxa3 38.Rb1 Nxe3 39.Rxb6 Nf1+ 40.Kg2 Nd2 41.Qe2 Rxd3 42.Qe5 Kh7 43.Qxc5 Ne4
44.Qb4 Qf7 45.c5 Rd7 46.c6 Rc7 47.Rb7 e5 48.Rxc7  1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.05"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Gashimov,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "C03"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 a6 4.Bd3 c5 5.dxc5 Bxc5 6.Ngf3 Nf6 7.Qe2 Nc6 8.c3 Qc7
9.O-O Bd7 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Ne4 Be7 12.Re1 Nf4 13.Bxf4 Qxf4 14.Rad1 Rd8 15.g3 Qc7
16.Bb1 h6 17.Qc2 Bc8 18.Rxd8+ Qxd8 19.b4 Qc7 20.Ned2 Bf6 21.Ne4 Be7 22.a4 Ne5
23.Nd4 Nc6 24.Qd3 Nxd4 25.Qxd4 O-O 26.a5 Rd8 27.Qe3 f5 28.Nc5 Bxc5 29.bxc5 Qxa5
30.g4 Qc7 31.Ba2 fxg4 32.Bxe6+ Bxe6 33.Qxe6+ Kh8 34.Qe7 Qc8 35.Rb1 Rd7 36.Qe4 Rf7
37.Qd5 Qc7 38.Rb4 Qe7 39.Re4 Qf6 40.Re2 Qf3 41.Qxf3 Rxf3 42.Re7 Rxc3 43.Rxb7 Rxc5
44.Kg2 Kh7 45.Rb6 a5 46.Ra6 h5 47.Kg3 g6 48.h4 gxh3 49.Kxh3 g5 50.Kg3 g4
51.Kh4 Rf5 52.Kg3 Kg7 53.Kh4 Kf7 54.Ra7+ Ke6  0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.06"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Malakhov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5 Nbd7 6.Bf4 Nh5 7.Bd2 Nhf6 8.Bf4 Nh5
9.Bg5 h6 10.Bd2 Nhf6 11.Qc2 Qc7 12.e4 dxe4 13.Nxe4 Nxe4 14.Qxe4 Nf6 15.Qc2 Be6
16.Ne5 Nd7 17.Bf4 Nxe5 18.Bxe5 Qa5+ 19.Qc3 Qxc3+ 20.bxc3 Bf5 21.O-O-O O-O-O
22.Be2 f6 23.Bg3 e5 24.Rhe1 Be7 25.Kb2 Rd7 26.dxe5 Bxc5 27.exf6 gxf6 28.Bh5 Rxd1
29.Rxd1 Rd8 30.Bf4 Rxd1 31.Bxd1 Bf8 32.g4 Be6 33.h4 b5 34.h5 Kd7 35.Be3 c5
36.Bf3 Kc7 37.Bf4+ Kb6 38.Be3 Kc7 39.Bf4+ Kb6 40.Be3  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.06"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Malakhov,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "E33"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.Bd2 O-O 7.a3 Bxc3 8.Bxc3 Qe7
9.g3 e5 10.d5 e4 11.Ng5 Ne5 12.Nxe4 Nxe4 13.Qxe4 f5 14.Qe3 f4 15.gxf4 Rxf4
16.O-O-O Qf7 17.Rg1 Rxf2 18.Bxe5 dxe5 19.Qxe5 Bd7 20.Qd4 g6 21.e4 Qf4+ 22.Kb1 Re8
23.Bd3 Rxh2 24.c5 Qe5 25.Qb4 b6 26.c6 Bc8 27.Bc2 Kg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.08"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Malakhov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5 Nbd7 6.Bf4 Nh5 7.Bd2 Nhf6 8.Qc2 g6
9.h3 Qc7 10.Bg5 Bg7 11.e3 e5 12.O-O-O O-O 13.Bh4 exd4 14.exd4 b6 15.Bg3 Bh6+
16.Kb1 Bf4 17.cxb6 Nxb6 18.Bxf4 Qxf4 19.Bd3 Qd6 20.Ka1 a5 21.Ne5 Ba6 22.Na4 Nxa4
23.Qxa4 Bxd3 24.Nxd3 Rfb8 25.Rc1 Rb5 26.Rc2 Nd7 27.Rc3 Nb6 28.Qc2 Nc4 29.a4 Rb6
30.b3 Rab8 31.bxc4 dxc4 32.Nc1 Qxd4 33.Na2 Rb3 34.Rc1 Qb6 35.Rxb3 cxb3 36.Qb2 bxa2
37.Qxb6 Rxb6 38.Kxa2 Kf8 39.Rc5 Ra6 40.Kb3 Ke7 41.Kc4 Kd6 42.f4 Ra7 43.Kd4 f5
44.Re5 Ra8 45.g4 Rf8 46.g5 Rb8 47.Rxa5 Rb4+ 48.Ke3 Rb3+ 49.Ke2 Rxh3 50.Ra7 Kd5
51.Re7 c5 52.a5 Ra3 53.Rxh7 Rxa5 54.Rg7 Ra6 55.Rf7 c4 56.Kd2 Ke4 57.Rf6 Ra2+
58.Kd1 Kxf4 59.Rxg6 c3 60.Rg8 Rg2 61.g6 Kf3 62.g7 f4 63.Kc1 Rg6 64.Kc2 Kg3
65.Kxc3 f3 66.Kd4  0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.08"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Malakhov,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bd2 Nb6 6.Bf4 Bg7 7.e3 O-O 8.Nf3 c5
9.dxc5 N6d7 10.Nd5 e5 11.Bg3 Nc6 12.Rc1 Nf6 13.Nxf6+ Qxf6 14.Bd3 e4 15.Bxe4 Qxb2
16.O-O Be6 17.Bd6 Rfe8 18.Bd5 Qf6 19.Rb1 Na5 20.e4 Rac8 21.e5 Qf5 22.Rb4 Bxd5
23.Qxd5 Qe6 24.Qxe6 Rxe6 25.Rb5 b6 26.cxb6 axb6 27.Nd2 Nb7 28.Ne4 Nxd6 29.Nxd6 Ra8
30.f4 f6 31.f5 gxf5 32.Nxf5 fxe5 33.Rfb1 Bf8 34.R5b2 Bc5+ 35.Kh1 e4 36.Re2 Kf7
37.Rbe1 Ra4 38.g3 Kf6 39.Rf1 Ke5 40.Kg2 Rf6 41.g4 h5 42.h3 hxg4 43.hxg4 Rg6
44.Kh3 Ra3+ 45.Ng3 e3 46.Nf5 Rg8 47.Kg3 Rga8 48.Kf3 R8a4 49.Rfe1 Rf4+ 50.Kg3 Ke4
51.Rb1 Rf3+ 52.Kg2 Kf4 53.Rc1 Rf2+ 54.Rxf2+ exf2 55.Rc4+ Kg5 56.Nd4 Re3 57.a4 Re1  0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.08"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Malakhov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "A09"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.Be2 dxc4 6.Bxc4 b5 7.Bb3 e6 8.O-O Bb7
9.d4 c5 10.e4 Be7 11.e5 Ne4 12.Nxe4 Bxe4 13.Qe2 Bb7 14.dxc5 Bxc5 15.Ng5 Nc6
16.Qh5 g6 17.Qh6 Bf8 18.Qh3 Qc7 19.Rd1 Rd8 20.Be3 Bg7 21.Bxe6 fxe6 22.Nxe6 Rxd1+
23.Rxd1 Qf7 24.Nxg7+ Qxg7 25.Bc5 Qf7 26.e6 Qf5 27.Qxf5 gxf5 28.Rd7 Bc8 29.Rc7 Bxe6
30.Rxc6 Kf7 31.Rxa6 Rd8 32.h3 f4 33.a4 Rd5 34.b4 bxa4 35.Rxa4 f3 36.Ra3 fxg2
37.Kxg2 Rh5 38.Rf3+ Ke8 39.Rc3 Bd7 40.Re3+ Kd8 41.Be7+ Kc7 42.h4 Rf5 43.Kg3 Bc6
44.Bc5 h5 45.f4 Bb5 46.Re7+ Kc6 47.Rg7 Kd5 48.Kf3 Bd3 49.Rd7+ Kc4 50.Ke3 Bb1
51.Rd1 Bc2 52.Rc1 Kb3 53.Rxc2  1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.08"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Malakhov,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "E35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 c5 7.Nf3 h6 8.Bh4 g5
9.Bg3 Ne4 10.e3 Bf5 11.Bd3 c4 12.Bxe4 Bxe4 13.Qa4+ Nc6 14.Ne5 Bxg2 15.Nxc6 Bxc3+
16.bxc3 Qd7 17.Rg1 Be4 18.Be5 Rg8 19.f3 Bd3 20.e4 Qxc6 21.Qa5 dxe4 22.Kf2 f6
23.Bg3 b6 24.Qb4 e3+ 25.Ke1 Qxf3  0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.10"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 Nb4
9.Be2 O-O 10.Nc3 Bf5 11.a3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Nc6 13.Re1 Re8 14.cxd5 Qxd5 15.Bf4 Rac8
16.h3 h6 17.Qc1 Bf6 18.Qb2 Na5 19.Be5 Bxe5 20.Nxe5 c5 21.Bf3 Qd6 22.Rad1 b6
23.Qa2 Be6 24.d5 Bxh3 25.Nxf7 Rxe1+ 26.Rxe1 Kxf7 27.gxh3 Re8 28.Rxe8 Kxe8
29.Qe2+ Kd8 30.Qa6 Qg6+ 31.Bg2 Qb1+ 32.Kh2 Qf5 33.Qxa7 Qf4+ 34.Kg1 Qc1+ 35.Kh2 Qf4+
36.Kg1 Qc1+ 37.Kh2  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.11"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 c6 7.Bf4 Nbd7 8.Qc2 O-O
9.O-O b6 10.Rd1 Bb7 11.Nc3 Nh5 12.Bc1 f5 13.b3 Rc8 14.Bb2 Bd6 15.e3 Qe7 16.Ne2 Nhf6
17.Nf4 Ne4 18.Qe2 Ndf6 19.Ne5 Rfd8 20.Rac1 c5  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.12"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qc2 g6 5.Bf4 dxc4 6.Qxc4 Bg7 7.Nc3 Be6 8.Qd3 Nd5
9.Bg3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Qa5 11.e4 c5 12.Qb5+ Nc6 13.Qxa5 Nxa5 14.Bb5+ Bd7 15.Rb1 Rc8
16.Ke2 cxd4 17.cxd4 Bxb5+ 18.Rxb5 b6 19.Rd1 O-O 20.Rd5 Nc6 21.Rd7 Rfd8 22.Rxd8+ Nxd8
23.d5 Kf8 24.Nd4 Rc4 25.Ke3 Ke8 26.Nb5 Nb7 27.d6 exd6 28.Bxd6 a6 29.Nc7+ Kd7
30.Bg3+ Kc6 31.Nxa6 Ra4 32.Nb8+ Kb5 33.Rb1+ Kc4 34.Rc1+ Kb5 35.Rb1+ Kc4 36.Rc1+ Kb5
37.Rb1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.13"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7
9.Qxc4 Bc6 10.Bf4 a5 11.Nc3 Na6 12.Ne5 Bxg2 13.Kxg2 Nd5 14.Rad1 Nab4 15.Bc1 Nb6
16.Qb3 N4d5 17.Nb5 c6 18.Na3 Nb4 19.e4 Nd7 20.Nf3 Qb6 21.h4 Nf6 22.Bg5 h6
23.Nc4 Qd8 24.Bxf6 Bxf6 25.Nce5 Qc7 26.Ng4 Be7 27.Qe3 h5 28.Nge5 Bf6 29.Qe2 g6
30.g4 hxg4 31.Nxg4 Qf4 32.Nxf6+ Qxf6 33.Qe3 Kg7 34.Rh1 Rh8 35.Rh3  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.14"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.e4 d6 4.c4 c5 5.d5 e6 6.Nc3 Ne7 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O exd5
9.exd5 h6 10.h3 g5 11.Re1 Nd7 12.Ne4 Nf6 13.Nxf6+ Bxf6 14.Bd3 Kg7 15.Qc2 b5
16.cxb5 Nxd5 17.Bd2 Rb8 18.Rad1 a6 19.a4 axb5 20.axb5 Be6 21.Bc4 Re8 22.Bxg5 hxg5
23.Bxd5 Rxb5 24.b3 Bxd5 25.Rxe8 Bxb3 26.Qe4 d5 27.Qe2 Qd7 28.Re1 Bc4 29.Qe3 d4
30.Qc1 Bd3 31.Qa3 Bh7 32.Ra8 d3 33.Qc1 Qd5 34.Rae8 c4 35.Qa3 d2 36.Rd1 c3
37.Qf8+ Kg6 38.Rc8 Qb3 39.Rc6 Qxd1+ 40.Kh2 Qxf3 41.gxf3 d1=Q  0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.14"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qb3 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bg4 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.e4 e6 8.Be3 Be7
9.Qb3 O-O 10.Be2 b5 11.Ne5 Bxe2 12.Nxc6 Qe8 13.Nxe2 Nxe4 14.Qxb5 Nb6 15.O-O Nd5
16.Rac1 Bd6 17.Qd3 f5 18.f3 Nef6 19.Bf2 Nh5 20.Ne5 Rd8 21.Qa6 Nhf4 22.Nxf4 Nxf4
23.Be3 Nd5 24.Bg5 Bxe5 25.dxe5 Rd7 26.Bd2 Nc7 27.Qa5 Nd5 28.Rc6 Rb7 29.Rc2 Qb8
30.b3 Qxe5 31.Rfc1 h6 32.Kh1 Qd4 33.Qc5 Qxc5 34.Rxc5 Kf7 35.Kg1 Rd8 36.Kf1 Kf6
37.Ke2 g5 38.g3 Rd6 39.Rc6 Rbd7 40.Rxd6 Rxd6 41.Rc4 e5 42.a4 Ke6 43.Rc8 Rb6
44.Rh8 Kf7 45.Rh7+ Kg6 46.Rxa7 Rxb3 47.Ra6+ Kf7 48.Rd6 Nb6 49.Rxh6 f4 50.gxf4 gxf4
51.a5 Nc4 52.a6 Rb2 53.Kd3 Nxd2 54.a7 Ra2 55.Rh8 Nxf3 56.a8=Q Rxa8 57.Rxa8 Nxh2
58.Ra6 f3 59.Ke3 e4 60.Ra1 Ke6 61.Rh1 Ng4+ 62.Kxe4 Nf2+ 63.Kxf3 Nxh1  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.14"]
[Round "7.11"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bxc4 Nb6 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Be3 Nb4 8.Be4 f5
9.exf6 exf6 10.Nc3 f5 11.Bb1 N4d5 12.Nf3 Be7 13.O-O O-O 14.Bd2 c6 15.Re1 Bf6
16.a3 Kh8 17.Bd3 Qd6 18.Qc2 g6 19.Bh6 Bg7 20.Qd2 Bd7 21.Ne5 Rad8 22.Re2 Bc8
23.Rae1 Nf6 24.Nf3 Rde8 25.Bf4 Qd8 26.Be5 Ng4 27.Bxg7+ Kxg7 28.h3 Nf6 29.Re5 Nbd7
30.Rxe8 Rxe8 31.Rxe8 Nxe8 32.d5 cxd5 33.Nxd5 Ndf6 34.Nxf6 Nxf6 35.Qc3 Be6
36.Bc2 Qc8 37.Nd4 Bd7 38.Qb4 Qe8 39.Nf3 Bc6 40.Nd4 Bd5 41.Bd3 b6 42.Nb5 Qd7
43.Qd4 a6 44.Nc3 Bb7 45.Qxb6 Bxg2 46.Bxa6 Bxh3 47.Qb7 f4 48.a4 Ne8 49.Qxd7+ Bxd7
50.Bb5 Bxb5 51.Nxb5 Nf6 52.Nc7 Nd7 53.a5 Nb8 54.a6 Nc6 55.b4 Na7 56.b5 Nc8
57.Nd5 Kf7 58.b6  1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.14"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.O-O Nd7 5.d4 e6 6.Nbd2 Ngf6 7.Re1 Be7 8.e4 O-O
9.c3 dxe4 10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.Rxe4 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 Bg5 13.Re2 Bxc1 14.Rxc1 Nf6 15.Kg2 Qa5
16.Qb3 Qb6 17.Rce1 Rad8 18.Re5 Nd7 19.R5e3 Nf6 20.h4 Rd6 21.Re5 Nd7 22.R5e2 Nf6
23.Qc4 Rfd8 24.a4 Nd5 25.Be4 Nf6 26.Bc2 Rd5 27.Qb3 Qxb3 28.Bxb3 R5d6 29.f3 h5
30.Kh3 g6 31.Bc2 Kg7 32.g4 Rd5 33.Re5 Rxe5 34.dxe5 Nd5 35.Kg3 Nb6 36.Re2 Kh6
37.a5 Nc4 38.g5+ Kg7 39.Re4 b5 40.axb6 Nxb6 41.Re2 Kf8 42.Be4 c5 43.b4 cxb4
44.cxb4 Rd4 45.b5 Nd5 46.Rc2 Rb4 47.Rc8+ Ke7 48.Ra8 Rxb5 49.Rxa7+ Kf8 50.Ra8+ Kg7
51.Bxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.14"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.dxc5 Qxd1 8.Rxd1 Bxc5
9.Nbd2 c3 10.bxc3 O-O 11.Ne1 Be7 12.Nd3 Nd5 13.Bb2 Nb6 14.Rab1 Na5 15.Ba1 Rd8
16.c4 Naxc4 17.Nxc4 Nxc4 18.Bxb7 Bxb7 19.Rxb7 Bf6 20.Bxf6 gxf6 21.Rc1 Nd6
22.Re7 Nb5 23.a4 Kf8 24.Rb7 Nd6 25.Rbc7 Ne8 26.R7c5 Rab8 27.R1c4 f5 28.Kg2 Rb7
29.a5 Nd6 30.Rd4 Ke8 31.f3 Nb5 32.Rh4 Kf8 33.a6 Rb6 34.Rb4 Rd5 35.Rxd5 exd5
36.Nf4 Nc7 37.Rxb6 axb6 38.a7 d4 39.Nd5 Na8 40.Kf2 Ke8 41.e3 dxe3+ 42.Kxe3 Kd7
43.Nf6+ Ke7 44.Nxh7 f6 45.g4 b5 46.g5 fxg5 47.Nxg5 Kf6 48.f4 b4 49.Kd4 Nb6
50.Nf3 b3 51.Kc3 Ke6 52.h4  1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.14"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.e4 Nf6 7.a3 b6 8.Be3 Bb7
9.f3 Nc6 10.Rc1 h5 11.Nd5 exd5 12.cxd5 Nxd5 13.exd5 Qe5 14.Kf2 Ne7 15.Qd2 Nxd5
16.Bg5 Ne7 17.Bc4 f6 18.Bf4 Qa5 19.b4 Qa4 20.Bb3 Qxa3 21.Ra1  1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.14"]
[Round "7.12"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qb3 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bf5 6.g3 e6 7.Bg2 Nbd7 8.O-O Be7
9.Nc3 O-O 10.Re1 h6 11.e4 Bh7 12.a3 Rc8 13.b4 a5 14.Bf4 Nh5 15.Bd2 Nhf6 16.Qb3 axb4
17.axb4 Qb6 18.b5 c5 19.e5 c4 20.Qa4 Nd5 21.Nxd5 exd5 22.Bh3 Qc7 23.b6 Nxb6
24.Qb5 Qc6 25.Ra5 c3 26.Bf4 Nc4 27.Qxc6 Rxc6 28.Rxd5 c2 29.Rb5 Rb6 30.Rxb6 Nxb6
31.Bc1 Bb4 32.Bd2 Nd5 33.e6 Re8 34.exf7+ Kxf7 35.Rc1 Bxd2 36.Nxd2 Nb4 37.Bf1 Rc8
38.Nb3 Na2 39.Ra1 c1=Q 40.Nxc1 Rxc1 41.Rxa2 Bd3 42.Rb2 Rxf1+ 43.Kg2 Ba6 44.d5 Rd1  0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.14"]
[Round "7.10"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qb3 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bg4 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.e4 Bxf3 8.gxf3 e5
9.Be3 Bd6 10.O-O-O exd4 11.Bxd4 Qc7 12.Ne2 O-O 13.Qc2 b5 14.Kb1 Rfe8 15.Bh3 c5
16.Be3 Nb6 17.Bg5 Be5 18.Bc1 Nh5 19.Rhg1 Nc4 20.b3 Rab8 21.Rg5 g6 22.Rdg1 Kh8
23.f4 Bf6 24.Rxh5 gxh5 25.Ng3 Rg8 26.Rd1 Bd4 27.Nf5 Qb6 28.e5 Qg6 29.Ne7 Qxc2+
30.Kxc2 Nb6 31.Nxg8 Rxg8 32.Be3 Rd8 33.b4 Nc4 34.bxc5  1-0

[Event "19th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bd3 Bg4 5.Ne2 e6 6.Qb3 Qc7 7.Ng3 Nh5 8.Nc3 Nd7
9.Bd2 Nb6 10.c5 Nd7 11.e4 Nxg3 12.hxg3 dxe4 13.Nxe4 Bf5 14.Bf4 e5 15.Ng5 Nxc5
16.dxc5 Bxd3 17.O-O-O O-O-O 18.Nxf7 Rd5 19.Rxd3 Qxf7 20.Rxd5 cxd5 21.Bxe5 Bxc5
22.f4 b6 23.Qc2 Kb7 24.Rxh7 Rg8 25.Kb1 a5 26.a3 d4 27.Qe4+ Ka7 28.Qd3 Qb7
29.Ka2 Qd5+ 30.Qb3 Rd8 31.Qxd5 Rxd5 32.Rxg7+ Ka6 33.Rh7 d3 34.Rh1 Bf2 35.g4 d2
36.Rd1 Be3 37.g3 Bf2 38.g5 Bxg3 39.g6 Rd8 40.g7 a4 41.Rxd2  1-0

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "D80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Ne4 5.Bh4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 dxc4 7.e3 Be6 8.Nf3 Nd7
9.d5 Bg4 10.Qd4 Bxf3 11.Qxh8 Bxd5 12.Qd4 Nb6 13.e4 Bc6 14.f3 Qxd4 15.cxd4 Bg7
16.Rc1 Bxd4 17.Bxc4 Be3 18.Rc2 Nxc4 19.Rxc4 Rd8 20.Rc2 Bb6 21.Bg5 Ba4 22.Rc1 Rd3
23.Rb1 c6 24.Bd2 Bb5 25.Rb3 Rd7 26.Ra3 Bc5 27.Rc3 Bb4 28.Rc2 Ba4 29.Rb2 Ba3
30.Rb1 Bc2 31.Ra1 Bb2 32.Ke2 Bd3+ 33.Kf2 Bxa1 34.Rxa1 c5 35.Be3 b6 36.Rd1 Bc4
37.Rxd7 Kxd7 38.a3 Kc6 39.Bf4 a5 40.Bd2 Kb5 41.Bf4 Ka4 42.Bc7 b5 43.Ke3 Bf1
44.Kf2 Bd3 45.Ke3 c4 46.Kd4 Kxa3 47.Bxa5 b4  0-1

[Event "19th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Bf4 Nbd7
9.Qc2 b6 10.Rd1 Ba6 11.Ne5 Rc8 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.Nc6 Bb5 14.Nxe7+ Qxe7 15.Nc3 a5
16.Rac1 Ba6 17.Qd2 h6 18.Rc2 Qb4 19.f3 Rfe8 20.Rdc1 Rc4 21.Be3 Rec8 22.Bf2 a4
23.e3 R4c7 24.Be1 a3 25.b3 e5 26.Qd1 Qe7 27.Bf2 Qb4 28.Be1 Qe7 29.Bf2 Qb4
30.Be1  1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Be3 Qa5
9.Qd2 O-O 10.Rc1 Nd7 11.d5 Nf6 12.Bd3 e5 13.Qc2 Qc7 14.Nd2 Ng4 15.Bg5 f5
16.f3 Nh6 17.a4 Nf7 18.Be3 Nd6 19.Nc4 fxe4 20.fxe4 Bd7 21.Qb3 b6 22.Rf1 h5
23.Rc2 Rxf1+ 24.Kxf1 Rf8+ 25.Rf2 Rxf2+ 26.Bxf2 Kh7 27.Kg1 Nxc4 28.Bxc4 Qd8
29.a5 b5 30.Bxb5 Qxa5 31.Bf1 Qb6 32.Qxb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "C70"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 g6 5.c3 b5 6.Bc2 d6 7.a4 Rb8 8.axb5 axb5
9.O-O Bg7 10.h3 Nf6 11.d4 O-O 12.Re1 Bb7 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bh4 exd4 15.cxd4 Nb4
16.Nbd2 Nxc2 17.Qxc2 Qd7 18.Rac1 Rbc8 19.Bxf6 Bxf6 20.e5 Bg7 21.Ne4 Rfe8
22.Re3 Bxe4 23.Qxe4 c5 24.dxc5 dxc5 25.b3 Qc6 26.Qxc6 Rxc6 27.Rec3 c4 28.bxc4 bxc4
29.Rxc4 Rxc4 30.Rxc4 Bxe5 31.Nxe5 Rxe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "D86"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 Nc6
9.Be3 O-O 10.O-O Qc7 11.Rc1 Rd8 12.Qd2 Qa5 13.Qb2 b6 14.a4 Bd7 15.Rfd1 Be8
16.Qb3 Rac8 17.f4 cxd4 18.cxd4 Qb4 19.Qxb4 Nxb4 20.Bb3 Nc6 21.Bc4 Na5 22.Ba6 Rxc1
23.Rxc1 Bxa4 24.Rc7 e6 25.e5 Bf8 26.Rxa7 Nc6 27.Rb7 Nb4 28.Nc3 Nxa6 29.Nxa4 Nb4
30.Nxb6 Nc2 31.Kf2 Nxd4 32.Nd7 Nc6 33.g4 Rc8 34.Kf3 Be7 35.Nb6 Re8 36.Ke4 Bd8
37.Nd7 Kg7 38.Rb1 Be7 39.Rc1 Rd8 40.Rxc6 Rxd7 41.f5 exf5+ 42.gxf5 gxf5+ 43.Kxf5 h5
44.e6 Rd5+ 45.Ke4 Rd6 46.Rxd6 Bxd6 47.exf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gashimov,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Bc5 6.c3 O-O 7.d4 Bb6 8.dxe5 Nxe4
9.Qd5 Nc5 10.Bc2 Ne7 11.Qd1 d5 12.exd6 cxd6 13.Re1 h6 14.Nbd2 Bf5 15.Bxf5 Nxf5
16.Nc4 Ba7 17.Ne3 Qd7 18.Nxf5 Qxf5 19.Be3 Rfd8 20.h3 Nd3 21.Re2 Ne5 22.Nd4 Qg6
23.Qc2 Bxd4 24.Qxg6 Nxg6 25.Bxd4 Re8 26.Rd2 Re6 27.Rad1 Rc8 28.a4 f6 29.a5 Kf7
30.b3 Ne7 31.Rd3 g5 32.Kf1 Nc6 33.Bb6 Ne5 34.Rg3 Nd7 35.Bd4 Nc5 36.c4 f5
37.Rf3 Kg6 38.g3 Ne4 39.Rfd3 h5 40.Be3 Rf8 41.Bc1 g4 42.h4 Re5 43.b4 Rc8
44.Bf4 Re6 45.Rd4 Kf7 46.R1d3 Re7 47.f3 gxf3 48.Rxf3 Ke6 49.Re3 Kf7 50.Kg2 Rec7
51.c5 dxc5 52.Rd5 Rc6 53.Rxf5+ Nf6 54.bxc5 Kg6 55.Rg5+ Kf7 56.Rf3 Ke6 57.Re5+ Kf7
58.Bg5 Kg6 59.Bxf6 Rxf6 60.Rg5+ Kf7 61.Rxh5 Rd8 62.Rh7+ Kg6 63.Rxf6+ Kxf6
64.Rxb7  1-0

[Event "19th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Gashimov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "A77"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.Nd2 Bg7 8.e4 O-O
9.Be2 Re8 10.O-O a6 11.a4 Nbd7 12.f4 Rb8 13.Kh1 Qc7 14.e5 dxe5 15.Nc4 e4
16.f5 Ra8 17.Bf4 Qd8 18.g4 h6 19.Nd6 Rf8 20.g5 hxg5 21.Bxg5 Qb6 22.Ndxe4 Nxe4
23.Nxe4 gxf5 24.Ng3 Ne5 25.Qc2 Qg6 26.Bf4 Re8 27.Nh5 Ng4 28.Nxg7 Kxg7 29.Ra3 Bd7
30.h3 Re4 31.hxg4 Rh8+ 32.Bh2 Qh6 33.Bf3 Rd4 34.g5 Qh3 35.Qg2 Qxg2+ 36.Bxg2 Rdh4
37.Kg1 Rxh2 38.Rc3 R2h5 39.Rxc5 Rxg5 40.b3 f4 41.Rxf4 Bh3 42.Rf2 Rh6 43.Rc3 Bxg2
44.Rxg2 Rhg6 45.Rxg5 Rxg5+ 46.Kf2 Rxd5 47.Rc7 b5 48.Rc6 bxa4 49.bxa4 a5 50.Ke3 f6
51.Rb6 Kf7 52.Ke4 Rg5 53.Rb8 Rh5 54.Kf4 Re5 55.Ra8 Rc5 56.Ke4 Ke7 57.Ra7+ Ke6
58.Ra6+ Kf7 59.Ra8 Rh5 60.Kf4 Re5 61.Rb8 Ke7 62.Rb7+ Kd6 63.Rb6+ Ke7 64.Rb7+ Ke6
65.Rb6+ Kf7 66.Rb8 Kg6 67.Rg8+ Kf7 68.Rb8  1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 c5 8.dxc5 O-O
9.Rc1 g5 10.Bg3 Ne4 11.e3 Qa5 12.Be5 Qxa2 13.Bd3 Qxb2 14.Bxe4 dxe4 15.Rc2 Qb3
16.Nd2 Qe6 17.Bd6 Rd8 18.O-O b6 19.Ncxe4 Nd7 20.Qa1 bxc5 21.Rb1 Bxd2 22.Bc7 Qxe4
23.Rxd2 Re8  0-1

[Event "19th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 c5 4.d5 b5 5.cxb5 a6 6.e4 Bg7 7.e5 Ng8 8.f4 d6 9.Nf3 Nd7
10.Nc3 dxe5 11.fxe5 Nxe5 12.bxa6 Qa5 13.Nxe5 Bxe5 14.Bb5+ Kf8 15.Qf3 Kg7
16.O-O Bd4+ 17.Be3 Nf6 18.d6 Bf5 19.a4 e5 20.Ne2 Qd8 21.Bxd4 cxd4 22.Qg3 Ng4
23.h3 Ne3 24.Qxe5+ f6 25.Qxd4 Nc2 26.Qc5 Nxa1 27.Rxa1 Qc8 28.b4 Bxh3 29.d7 Bxd7
30.Qe7+ Kh6 31.Bxd7 Qxa6 32.Nd4 Qd3 33.Qxf6 Rhf8 34.Qh4+ Kg7 35.Ne6+  1-0

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nc3 Rb8 8.e4 Be7
9.Qe2 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 Qxd4 11.Rd1 Qc5 12.e5 Nd7 13.Bf4 O-O 14.Ne4 Qa5 15.Qh5 f6
16.Ng5 fxg5 17.Be4 h6 18.Qg6 Nxe5 19.Bxe5 Qxe5 20.Qh7+ Kf7 21.Qg6+ Kg8  1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "C70"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 g6 5.d4 b5 6.Bb3 exd4 7.a4 bxa4 8.Rxa4 Bg7
9.Nxd4 Nxd4 10.Rxd4 Ne7 11.Bg5 O-O 12.Rd2 h6 13.Be3 d6 14.O-O Be6 15.c3 Qb8
16.Bxe6 fxe6 17.Na3 Kh7 18.Re1 Qb7 19.Bd4 e5 20.Be3 Ng8 21.f3 Nf6 22.Qe2 Nh5
23.Ra1 Nf4 24.Bxf4 Rxf4 25.Nc4 h5 26.Rd5 Bh6 27.Rda5 Rf7 28.Kh1 Bf4 29.b4 Rff8
30.Qa2 Qb8 31.Rxa6 Rxa6 32.Qxa6 Qd8 33.Qa7 Qh4 34.Qg1 Bg3 35.Ne3 Rf4 36.Nd5 Rf7
37.b5 g5 38.Ne3 Bf2 39.Qc1 Bxe3 40.Qxe3 g4 41.Rf1 Kg6 42.c4 Qd8 43.Kg1 Qa8
44.fxg4 Rxf1+ 45.Kxf1 hxg4 46.Kf2 Kh5 47.h3 Qf8+ 48.Ke2 Qa8 49.hxg4+ Kxg4
50.Qf3+ Kh4 51.Qh3+ Kg5 52.Qf5+ Kh4 53.Qf6+ Kg3 54.Qg6+ Kh2 55.Kf3 Qa2 56.Qh6+ Kg1
57.Qc1+ Kh2 58.Qf1 Qd2 59.Kg4 Qh6 60.Qf7 Kxg2 61.Qf3+ Kg1 62.Qg3+ Kf1 63.Kf5 Qf8+
64.Ke6 Qe8+ 65.Kf6 Qf8+ 66.Ke6 Qe8+ 67.Kf6 Qf8+ 68.Ke6  1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "C70"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 g6 5.d4 b5 6.Bb3 exd4 7.Nxd4 Na5 8.a4 Nxb3
9.Nxb3 Bb7 10.O-O Bg7 11.Na5 Rb8 12.Nxb7 Rxb7 13.axb5 axb5 14.f4 d5 15.f5 gxf5
16.Nc3 fxe4 17.Nxd5 c6 18.Qg4 Bd4+ 19.Be3 cxd5 20.Bxd4 f6 21.Qe6+ Re7 22.Qc6+ Qd7
23.Ra8+  1-0

[Event "19th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5
9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bd2 Bd6 11.Ng5 Bxg2 12.Kxg2 Nbd7 13.e4 e5 14.dxe5 Nxe5 15.f4 Nc4
16.b3 Nxd2 17.Nxd2 h6 18.Ngf3 Bb4 19.Rf2 Qe7 20.e5 Nd5 21.Re2 Bc5 22.Rae1 Nb4
23.Qb1 Rad8 24.Ne4 Bb6 25.f5 Nd3 26.Rf1 Qd7 27.f6 g6 28.Nd6 cxd6 29.Qxd3 dxe5
30.Qe4 Rfe8 31.Qh4 h5 32.Qg5 Bc5 33.Rxe5 Rxe5 34.Qxe5 Bf8 35.Re1 Qc6 36.Re2 Rd6
37.Qe8 Rxf6 38.Qxc6 Rxc6 39.a4 bxa4 40.bxa4 Rc4 41.Ne5 Rxa4 42.Rf2 Re4 43.Nxf7 Be7
44.h4 a5 45.Ng5 Bxg5 46.hxg5 Re6 47.g4 hxg4 48.Ra2 Ra6 49.Ra4 Kf7 50.Kg3 Ke6
51.Kxg4 Kd5 52.Kf4 Kc5 53.Ke3 Kb5 54.Ra2 a4 55.Kd3 a3 56.Kc2 Kc4 57.Kb1 Ra5
58.Rg2 Kd4 59.Ka2 Ke4 60.Rf2 Rxg5 61.Kxa3 Rf5 62.Rg2 g5 63.Kb3 Kf3 64.Rg1 g4
65.Rf1+ Ke4 66.Re1+ Kf4 67.Rf1+ Kg5 68.Rg1 Rd5 69.Kc3 Kf4 70.Rf1+ Ke3 71.Kc4 Rd8  0-1

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Be3 Qa5
9.Qd2 O-O 10.Rc1 Nd7 11.d5 Nf6 12.e5 Ng4 13.Bf4 Qc7 14.Qe2 Bh6 15.Bxh6 Nxh6
16.h3 e6 17.Qd2 Nf5 18.g4 exd5 19.gxf5 Bxf5 20.Bg2 Be4 21.O-O Rad8 22.Rfe1 Rfe8
23.Qf4 Rd7 24.Nh2 f5 25.Rcd1 Qxe5 26.Qxe5 Rxe5 27.Rd2 Ree7 28.f3 c4 29.fxe4 dxe4
30.Rxd7 Rxd7 31.Bf1 Kg7 32.Be2 Rd2 33.Bxc4 Rc2 34.Re3 Kf6 35.Bb3 Rb2 36.Nf1 Ke5
37.Ng3 Rd2 38.c4 a5 39.Re2 Rd3 40.Kg2 b6 41.Ba4 Rd4 42.Bb5 f4 43.Nxe4 Rxe4
44.Kf3 Rxe2 45.Kxe2 Kd4 46.Kf3 g5 47.a4 h6 48.Kg4 Kc5 49.h4 Kd4 50.hxg5 hxg5
51.Kxg5 f3 52.Kf4 f2 53.c5 bxc5 54.Kf3 c4 55.Kxf2 Kc3 56.Ke1 Kb3 57.Kd2  1-0

[Event "19th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qc2 g6 5.Bf4 dxc4 6.Qxc4 Bg7 7.e3 O-O 8.Be2 Be6
9.Qc2 Bf5 10.Qb3 Qb6 11.Nbd2 Nbd7 12.Qa3 Nd5 13.Nc4 Qb4+ 14.Qxb4 Nxb4 15.O-O c5
16.Rfd1 cxd4 17.Nxd4 Bxd4 18.exd4 Nf6 19.a3 Nbd5 20.Bh6 Rfc8 21.h3 Bd7 22.Rac1 Bb5
23.b3 Rc6 24.Bf3 Rac8 25.g4 Rd8 26.a4 Ba6 27.Ne5 Rcd6 28.Bd2 Re8 29.b4 b6
30.b5 Bb7 31.Bh6 e6 32.g5 Nh5 33.Bxd5 Bxd5 34.Rc7 Rdd8 35.Nxf7 Rc8 36.Rdc1 Rxc7
37.Rxc7 e5 38.Nxe5 Nf4 39.Kh2 Ne6 40.Rxa7 Ra8 41.Rd7 Rd8 42.Re7 Ra8 43.Ng4  1-0

[Event "19th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Be3 Qa5
9.Qd2 O-O 10.Rc1 Rd8 11.d5 e6 12.Bg5 f6 13.Bf4 exd5 14.exd5 Nc6 15.Be2 Bf5
16.O-O Be4 17.d6 Kh8 18.Rfe1 g5 19.Bg3 h6 20.h4 c4 21.hxg5 fxg5 22.Bxc4 Bxf3
23.gxf3 Ne5 24.Bd5 Re8 25.Re3 Ng6 26.Bxb7 Rxe3 27.Qxe3 Rf8 28.d7 Qa4 29.Qd3 Nf4
30.d8=Q Nxd3 31.Qxd3 Qxa2 32.Qg6 Rf6 33.Qe4 Qd2 34.Re1 Rxf3 35.Re2 Qd1+ 36.Kg2 Rf8
37.Be5 Qd7 38.Bd5 a5 39.c4 Bxe5 40.Qxe5+ Kh7 41.Qe4+ Kg7 42.Qd4+ Rf6 43.Re6 Qf7
44.Rb6 Qf8 45.Rb7+ Kg6 46.Be4+ Kh5 47.Rb1 Rd6 48.Rh1+ Kg4 49.Qe3  1-0

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 b6 3.d4 Bb7 4.a3 f5 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.g3 Ne4 7.Nxe4 Bxe4 8.Bh3 Bd6
9.O-O O-O 10.d5 Bxf3 11.exf3 e5 12.Qc2 Qf6 13.b4 c5 14.dxc6 Nxc6 15.Bb2 Nd4
16.Bxd4 exd4 17.Rad1 a5 18.c5 Be7 19.cxb6 axb4 20.axb4 Kh8 21.b7 Rab8 22.Qc7 Qc6
23.Qf4 Bxb4 24.Bxf5 Rxb7 25.Qg4 Bc3 26.Be4 d5 27.Bd3 g6 28.f4 Qf6 29.Rb1 Re7
30.Rb5 Rd8 31.Rfb1 Kg7 32.Rb7 Re8 33.f5 Rxb7 34.Rxb7+ Re7 35.Rxe7+ Qxe7 36.fxg6 h6
37.Qf5 Bb4 38.Qxd5 Bd6 39.Qxd4+ Be5 40.Qd5 Bc7 41.Kg2 Bb6 42.h4 Kf6 43.Qc6+ Qe6
44.Qf3+ Kg7 45.Qb7+ Kf6 46.Be4 Bd8 47.Qb2+  1-0

[Event "19th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Bc5 6.c3 O-O 7.d3 b5 8.Bb3 d6
9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 Be6 11.Nbd2 g5 12.Bg3 Bb6 13.Re1 Nd7 14.Nf1 Qf6 15.Ne3 Bxe3
16.Rxe3 Ne7 17.Bc2 Ng6 18.d4 Nb6 19.b3 h5 20.h3 h4 21.Bh2 g4 22.hxg4 Bxg4
23.Qd2 Kg7 24.Rf1 Rh8 25.Ne1 c5 26.f3 Be6 27.f4 exf4 28.Ref3 h3 29.Bxf4 hxg2
30.Qxg2 Qh4 31.Bg5 Qh5 32.Bf6+ Kh7 33.Kf2 Kg8 34.Bxh8 Qxh8 35.e5 Qh4+ 36.Kg1 Kh8
37.Rg3 Rg8 38.Bxg6 Nd5 39.Nf3 Qh6 40.Bb1 Qe3+ 41.Kh1  1-0

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[ECO "D86"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 Nc6
9.Be3 O-O 10.O-O Qc7 11.Rb1 Rd8 12.Bf4 Be5 13.Bxe5 Nxe5 14.Bb3 Ng4 15.Ng3 Qf4
16.h3 Nf6 17.e5 Nd5 18.Ne2 Qe4 19.Ng3 Qf4 20.dxc5 Be6 21.Qd4 b6 22.Ne2 Qf5
23.cxb6 Nxb6 24.Qf4 Rac8 25.Qxf5 Bxf5 26.Rbd1 Bd3 27.Rfe1 a5 28.Nf4 Bc4 29.Rxd8+ Rxd8
30.Re4 Bxb3 31.axb3 Rd1+ 32.Kh2 Rb1 33.c4 Rxb3 34.c5 Nd7 35.c6 Nb6 36.Rd4 Rc3
37.Nd5 Nxd5 38.Rxd5 Rxc6 39.Rxa5 Rc4 40.Kg3 e6 41.f4 h6 42.Kf3 Rc3+ 43.Kf2 g5
44.fxg5 hxg5 45.Ra4 Kg7 46.Rg4 Kh6 47.g3 Kh5 48.Ra4 Kg6 49.Ra5 Rd3 50.h4 gxh4
51.gxh4 Rd7 52.Ke3 Rb7 53.Kf4 Rb4+ 54.Kg3 Kf5 55.Ra7 Rg4+ 56.Kf3 Rg7 57.Ra5 Rg1
58.Rb5 Ra1 59.Rc5 Ra3+ 60.Kf2 Ke4 61.h5 Ra8 62.Kg3 Kf5 63.Kh4 Ra4+ 64.Kg3 Rg4+
65.Kf3 Rf4+ 66.Kg3 Kg5 67.h6 Rg4+ 68.Kf3 Rh4 69.Rc7 Kg6 70.Rc8 Rxh6 71.Kg4 Rh1
72.Rg8+ Kh7 73.Ra8 Rf1 74.Ra2 Kg6 75.Rg2 Rf5 76.Re2 Kg7 77.Kg3 Kf8 78.Re4 Ke7
79.Kg4 Kd7 80.Rd4+ Kc6 81.Rd6+ Kc7 82.Rd1 Rxe5 83.Rf1 f5+ 84.Kg5 Kd6 85.Kf6 Re4
86.Rd1+ Kc5 87.Rd8 f4 88.Kg5 e5 89.Kg4 Re3 90.Rd1 Kc4 91.Rd2 f3 92.Kg3 e4
93.Kf2 Rd3 94.Ra2 Kd4 95.Ra4+ Ke5 96.Kg3 Rd2 97.Ra5+ Kd4 98.Ra4+ Ke3 99.Ra3+ Ke2
100.Kf4 f2  0-1

[Event "19th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Smeets,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Bf4 Nc6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Rc1 e6 8.Qb3 Bb4
9.Bb5 O-O 10.Bxc6 Bxc3+ 11.Rxc3 bxc6 12.Qa3 Ne4 13.Rc1 g5 14.Bg3 Qb6 15.Nf3 f6
16.Nd2 Nxg3 17.hxg3 a5 18.O-O a4 19.Qc3 Rfb8 20.b3 axb3 21.axb3 Ra6 22.Ra1 Rba8
23.Rfc1 Kg7 24.f3 h5 25.Kf2 Ra2 26.Ke1 Qb5 27.Rxa2 Rxa2 28.Qxc6 Qd3 29.Qc3 Ra1
30.Kf2 Qxc3 31.Rxc3 Rd1 32.Ke2 Rg1 33.Kf2 Rd1 34.Ke2 Rg1 35.Kf2 Rd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Smeets,J"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Be3 Qf6 6.c3 Nge7 7.Bc4 O-O 8.O-O b6
9.Nc2 Qg6 10.Nd2 Ne5 11.Be2 d5 12.Bxc5 bxc5 13.f4 N5c6 14.Bh5 Qh6 15.Bf3 Ba6
16.exd5 Bxf1 17.Nxf1 Rad8 18.g3 Nf5 19.Nce3 Nce7 20.Qa4 a6 21.Rd1 Qb6 22.Qc2 c4
23.Qf2 Qb5 24.Rd2 Rfe8 25.h4 Nd6 26.g4 Ng6 27.Rd4 Rb8 28.h5 Nf8 29.Rd2 Re4
30.Ng3 Rxf4 31.Ng2 Rxf3 32.Qxf3 Nd7 33.Re2 f6 34.h6 Ne5 35.Rxe5 fxe5 36.hxg7 Qxb2
37.Qf6 Qb1+ 38.Kh2 Qg6 39.Qxe5 Re8 40.Qf4 Qf7 41.Nf5 Nxf5 42.gxf5 Kxg7 43.Ne3 Qe7
44.Ng4 Qd6  0-1

[Event "17th TCh-RUS Premier"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2010.04.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c6 4.Bg2 d5 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Ne5 e6
9.O-O Nfd7 10.f4 Nc6 11.Kh1 Ndxe5 12.dxe5 b6 13.Be3 Ba6 14.Rc1 Rc8 15.Bg1 Qd7
16.Qa4 Nb8 17.Qxd7 Nxd7 18.Rfd1 Nc5 19.b4 Ne4 20.Nxe4 dxe4 21.Bxe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "17th TCh-RUS Premier"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2010.04.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bb4 5.Nd5 Bc5 6.d3 h6 7.Bg2 d6 8.O-O O-O
9.e3 a6 10.b3 Ba7 11.Nxf6+ Qxf6 12.Bb2 Bf5 13.h3 Bh7 14.a3 Qg6 15.d4 exd4
16.Nxd4 Bxd4 17.Bxd4 Qd3 18.Qxd3 Bxd3 19.Rfd1 Bg6 20.Bc3 Rfe8 21.Rac1 a5
22.g4 Re7 23.b4 axb4 24.axb4 Be4 25.f3 Bg6 26.e4 f6 27.c5 dxc5 28.bxc5 Ra3
29.Rd2 Rb3 30.Bf1 Bf7 31.Kf2 Kf8 32.Rb2 Rxb2+ 33.Bxb2 Re8 34.Ra1 h5 35.Bb5 Rd8
36.Bc3 Ke7 37.Ke3 hxg4 38.hxg4 Ne5 39.Ra7 Bc4 40.Bxe5 Rd3+ 41.Kf2 Bxb5 42.Bxc7 Bc6
43.Ra8 g6 44.Bd6+ Ke6 45.Rg8 Kf7 46.Rc8 Ke6 47.Rf8 b6 48.Rc8 bxc5 49.Bxc5 Bd7
50.Rb8 f5 51.Rb6+ Ke5 52.exf5 gxf5 53.g5 Kf4 54.g6 Rd2+ 55.Ke1 Rc2 56.g7 Rg2
57.Bf8 Kxf3 58.Rb3+ Ke4 59.Rb2 Rg5 60.Kf2 Be6 61.Re2+ Kd5 62.Kf3 Rg4 63.Re1 Bg8
64.Re7 Kc6 65.Re1 Bd5+ 66.Kf2 f4 67.Rc1+ Kd7 68.Rd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "17th TCh-RUS Premier"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2010.04.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.Qb3 Qb6 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.Ne5 Be6 8.Nxd7 Bxd7
9.Na4 Qxb3 10.axb3 a6 11.Bd3 e6 12.Bd2 Bd6 13.Ba5 Ke7 14.c5 Bb8 15.Kd2 e5
16.Nb6 Ra7 17.f3 h5 18.dxe5 Bxe5 19.Bc3 Bxc3+ 20.Kxc3 Be6 21.Rhe1 Nd7 22.Nxd7 Kxd7
23.e4 dxe4 24.Rxe4 Raa8 25.Rd1 Kc7 26.Bc4 Rae8 27.Rde1 Kd7 28.Rd4+ Kc7 29.Bxe6 fxe6
30.Re5 Re7 31.Rde4 Rh6 32.Rg5 Rf7 33.Kd4 Rd7+ 34.Ke3 Kd8 35.Rd4 Rh7 36.Rxd7+ Kxd7
37.Ke4 Ke7 38.Ke5 h4 39.b4 Kd7 40.h3 Ke7 41.f4 Kd7 42.f5 exf5 43.Kxf5 Ke7
44.Kg6 Rh6+ 45.Kxg7 Re6 46.Rg4 Re2 47.Rxh4 Rxg2+ 48.Rg4 Rxb2 49.h4 Ke6 50.h5 Kf5
51.Rh4 Kg5 52.Rh1 Rd2 53.h6 Rd7+ 54.Kf8 Kf6 55.Ke8 Rh7 56.Rd1 Ke5 57.Rd6 b6
58.Rxc6 a5 59.b5 bxc5 60.Kf8 Kd5 61.Kg8 Rb7 62.h7 Rb8+ 63.Kg7 Rxb5 64.h8=Q Kxc6
65.Qe8+ Kb6 66.Qd8+ Kc6 67.Kf6 Rb4 68.Qxa5 Rd4 69.Qa6+ Kc7 70.Ke6 Rg4 71.Qd6+ Kb7
72.Qxc5 Rg6+ 73.Kf7 Rc6 74.Qb5+ Rb6 75.Qd7+ Ka6 76.Qa4+ Kb7 77.Ke7 Kb8 78.Kd7 Rb7+
79.Kd8 Rb6 80.Qd7 Ka8 81.Qd5+ Kb8 82.Qc5 Rh6 83.Qe5+ Ka8 84.Qe4+ Ka7 85.Qe3+ Rb6
86.Kc7  1-0

[Event "17th TCh-RUS Premier"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2010.04.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kovchan,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 Be7 8.Qd2 O-O
9.dxc5 Nxc5 10.a3 b6 11.Bb5 Bb7 12.Rd1 f6 13.exf6 Bxf6 14.Bxc6 Bxc6 15.Bd4 Ne4
16.Qe3 Qc8 17.O-O Nxc3 18.Qxc3 Be8 19.Qxc8 Rxc8 20.c3 Bh5 21.Rd2 Bxf3 22.Rxf3 Rc4
23.Bxf6 Rxf6 24.f5 exf5 25.Rxd5 g6 26.Rd7 Rf7 27.Rfd3 Rc7 28.Rxc7 Rxc7 29.Kf2 Kf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "17th TCh-RUS Premier"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2010.04.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Khenkin,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.dxc5 Nc6 6.c3 e6 7.b4 Nge7 8.Nbd2 Qc7
9.Qa4 Bxf3 10.Nxf3 Ng6 11.Bb5 Nxe5 12.Nd4 a6 13.Bf4 Ke7 14.Bg3 Qc8 15.Be2 g6
16.Bh4+ f6 17.f4 Nf7 18.O-O Bg7 19.Rae1 Nxd4 20.cxd4 Nh6 21.Bf3 Kf7 22.Qb3 Re8
23.g4 f5 24.h3 Bxd4+ 25.Kg2 Kf8 26.Bf2 Bg7 27.Re2 Qd7 28.Rfe1 Rad8 29.a4 fxg4
30.hxg4 Nf7 31.Bh4 g5 32.fxg5 e5 33.g6 hxg6 34.Rf2 e4 35.Bd1 Kg8 36.Qh3 Rc8
37.Rh1 e3 38.Re2 d4 39.Bb3 Re4 40.Bg3 d3 41.Qh7+ Kf8 42.Rf1 Rc6 43.Rxf7+ Qxf7
44.Bxf7 Kxf7 45.Kf3 Rce6 46.Ra2 Rd4 47.Qh1 d2 48.Ke2 d1=Q+ 49.Qxd1 Rxd1 50.Kxd1 Re4
51.b5 Rxg4 52.c6 Rxg3 53.cxb7 Be5 54.bxa6 Bb8 55.Rh2 Kg7 56.Ke2 Ba7 57.Kd3 Rg4
58.b8=Q Bxb8 59.Rb2 e2 60.Rb7+ Kh6 61.Kxe2 Bh2 62.a5 Rg5 63.a7 Rxa5  0-1

[Event "17th TCh-RUS Premier"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2010.04.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.Be3 Bxe3 7.fxe3 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3
9.Qxf3 Nd7 10.Qg3 Qf6 11.Nd2 Qg6 12.Qh4 Qf6 13.Qxf6 Nxf6 14.Rf1 Nd7 15.g4 a5
16.a4 f6 17.Rg1 h6 18.Ke2 Nf8 19.h4 Ne6 20.Nf3 c5 21.Rg3 Ke7 22.b3 b6 23.Rag1 Rad8
24.Kd1 Rh7 25.Kc1 Kd6 26.Kb2 Ke7 27.Kc3 Kd6 28.Kc4 Rb8 29.R1g2 Rbh8 30.Rg1 Rb8
31.g5 hxg5 32.hxg5 Rbh8 33.gxf6 gxf6 34.Rg6 Rh6 35.Rxh6 Rxh6 36.Rg4 Kc6 37.Nh4 Ng5
38.Kc3 Kd7 39.Kb2 Rh5 40.Kc1 Ne6 41.Nf5 Ng5 42.Rg2 Rh1+ 43.Kb2 c6 44.Ng3 Rh3
45.Nf1 b5 46.Ng3 Ke6 47.Kc3 Kd7 48.Kb2 Ke6 49.Ka2 Kd7 50.Ka3 b4+ 51.Kb2 Ne6
52.Nf5 Ng5 53.Rf2 Nf3 54.Rg2 Ng5 55.Ng3 Ne6 56.c3 c4 57.cxb4 axb4 58.dxc4 Nc5
59.Kc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "17th TCh-RUS Premier"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2010.04.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 d5 7.Nf3 dxc4 8.Qxc4 b6
9.Bg5 Ba6 10.Qa4 c5 11.Rd1 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Qe7 13.f3 Rc8 14.Qb4 Qxb4+ 15.axb4 Nc6
16.Nxc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Astrakhan RUS"]
[Date "2010.05.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Inarkiev,E"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Nbd2 d6 6.Nf1 Ng4 7.Ne3 O-O 8.O-O Nxe3
9.Bxe3 Bxe3 10.fxe3 Be6 11.Qe1 f6 12.Nh4 Ne7 13.Ba4 c6 14.Bb3 Qd7 15.Nf5 d5
16.Ng3 b6 17.Qc3 c5 18.exd5 Nxd5 19.Bxd5 Qxd5 20.a4 f5 21.e4 fxe4 22.Nxe4 Qd4+
23.Qxd4 cxd4 24.Rxf8+ Rxf8 25.Ng5 Bd5 26.Re1 Rf5 27.Ne4 Bxe4 28.Rxe4 h5 29.h3 Kf7
30.g4 hxg4 31.hxg4 Rf4 32.Rxe5 Rxg4+ 33.Kf2 Rg6 34.Kf3 Rc6 35.a5 Rxc2 36.axb6 Rxb2
37.bxa7 Ra2 38.Rd5 Rxa7 39.Rxd4 Ke6 40.Re4+ Kd6 41.Rg4 Re7  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Astrakhan RUS"]
[Date "2010.05.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 h6 10.h3 Bd7 11.b3 c5 12.Rd1 Kc8 13.a4 a5 14.Nd5 g5 15.Bb2 Be6 16.c4 b6
17.Kh2 Ne7 18.g4 Ng6 19.Kg3 Be7 20.Nf6 Kb7 21.Nh5 Rhg8 22.Ng1 Rad8 23.Ne2 Bd7
24.Rd2 Bxa4 25.Rxd8 Rxd8  0-1

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Astrakhan RUS"]
[Date "2010.05.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Radjabov,T"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "A15"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 c6 5.O-O d5 6.b3 Ne4 7.d4 O-O 8.Bb2 Bf5
9.e3 Nd7 10.Qe2 a6 11.Rc1 Re8 12.Nc3 Nxc3 13.Bxc3 dxc4 14.bxc4 Be4 15.a4 c5
16.Qb2 Qc7 17.d5 Bxc3 18.Qxc3 b5 19.axb5 axb5 20.Rxa8 Rxa8 21.cxb5 Qb7 22.Qc4 Bxf3
23.Bxf3 Ne5 24.Qe4 Nxf3+ 25.Qxf3 Qxb5 26.Qe4 Re8 27.Kg2 Qb6 28.h4 Qd6 29.Qc4 Rc8
30.Kg1 Kg7 31.Kg2 Kg8 32.Kg1 Kg7 33.Kg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Astrakhan RUS"]
[Date "2010.05.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 h6 10.Rd1+ Ke8 11.h3 Ne7 12.Bf4 Ng6 13.Bh2 Bb4 14.Ne2 Bd7 15.Nfd4 Bc5
16.e6 Bxe6 17.Nxe6 fxe6 18.Bxc7 Rf8 19.Bg3 Rd8 20.Nc3 Rxd1+ 21.Rxd1 Nf4 22.Ne4 Be7
23.Kf1 Rf5 24.c4 g5 25.b3 h5 26.Bxf4 Rxf4 27.Re1 h4 28.Re3 g4 29.hxg4 Rxg4
30.g3 hxg3 31.fxg3 Kf7 32.Kg2 e5 33.Re1 Ke6 34.Kf3 Kf5 35.Nf2 Rd4 36.g4+ Ke6
37.Re4 Rd8 38.Re2 a5 39.Ne4 Rd3+ 40.Re3 Rd1 41.Re2 Rd3+ 42.Re3 Rd1 43.Re2 Rd3+
44.Re3  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Astrakhan RUS"]
[Date "2010.05.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 Qe7 10.h3 c5 11.Rd1 b6 12.dxc5 Bxc5 13.e4 Bb7 14.Bg5 Rfd8 15.Qe2 h6
16.Bh4 g5 17.Bg3 Nf8 18.Ne5 Rxd1+ 19.Rxd1 Rd8 20.Bd3 Bd4 21.Bb1 a6 22.h4 gxh4
23.Bf4 Bxe5 24.Bxe5 Ng6 25.Bd4 b5 26.a3 Nf4 27.Qf3 N6h5 28.Be3 Rxd1+ 29.Qxd1 Qg5
30.Qf3 e5 31.Nd5 Bc8 32.Kh2 Bg4 33.Bxf4 exf4 34.Qd3 f3 35.gxf3 Be6 36.Qe3 Qe5+
37.f4 Qxb2 38.Bd3 Bxd5 39.exd5 Nf6 40.Kh3 Qa1 41.Be4 Nxe4 42.Qxe4 Qxa3+ 43.Kxh4 Qd6
44.Qf5 b4 45.Qg4+ Kf8 46.Qc8+ Kg7 47.Qc4 a5 48.Kg3 a4 49.Qc6 Qg6+ 50.Kf3 Qd3+  0-1

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Astrakhan RUS"]
[Date "2010.05.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jakovenko,D"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Be3 Qa5
9.Qd2 O-O 10.Rc1 Rd8 11.d5 e6 12.Bg5 f6 13.Bf4 Nc6 14.Bc4 b5 15.Be2 g5 16.Bg3 exd5
17.exd5 Ne7 18.d6 Bb7 19.Qc2 Ng6 20.O-O Qb6 21.Rfd1 Qc6 22.Bxb5 Qxb5 23.Rb1 Qc6
24.Qb3+ c4 25.Qxb7 Qxb7 26.Rxb7 f5 27.Nxg5 f4 28.Ne6 Be5 29.Nxd8 Rxd8 30.Rc7 fxg3
31.hxg3 Bxc3 32.Rxc4 Ba5 33.Rd5 Bb6 34.a4 Rd7 35.a5 Bd8 36.f4 Kf7 37.Re4 Nf8
38.g4 h6 39.Kh2 Nh7 40.Rf5+ Kg7 41.Rd4 Nf6 42.g5 hxg5 43.Rxg5+ Kf7 44.Rb5 Ne8
45.a6 Nxd6 46.Rb7 Ke7 47.Rxd7+ Kxd7 48.g4 Ke6 49.Kg3 Bb6 50.Rb4 Bc5 51.Ra4 Bb6
52.Kf3 Nb5 53.Re4+ Kf7 54.g5 Nc7 55.f5 Bc5 56.Ra4 Be7 57.Kg4 Bf8 58.Rd4 Nxa6
59.Rd7+ Kg8 60.f6 Nc5 61.Rxa7 Ne4 62.Kf5 Nd6+ 63.Ke6  1-0

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Astrakhan RUS"]
[Date "2010.05.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Nxg6 hxg6 8.Bd2 Nbd7
9.cxd5 exd5 10.Bd3 Bd6 11.h3 Qe7 12.Qc2 O-O 13.O-O-O b5 14.Kb1 b4 15.Na4 Rac8
16.f3 c5 17.dxc5 Nxc5 18.Nxc5 Rxc5 19.Qb3 a5 20.Rc1 Nd7 21.e4 dxe4 22.Bxe4 Rxc1+
23.Rxc1 Nc5 24.Qd5 Nxe4 25.Qxe4 Qxe4+ 26.fxe4 Re8 27.Rc6 Bf8 28.Ra6 Rxe4
29.Rxa5 Re2 30.Kc1 b3 31.Ra8 bxa2 32.Rxa2 Bd6 33.g4 f5 34.Ra6 Be5 35.Kd1 Rh2
36.Rxg6 fxg4 37.Rxg4 Bxb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Astrakhan RUS"]
[Date "2010.05.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Eljanov,P"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "E01"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bd6 6.Nf3 c6 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Qc2 O-O
9.Bg5 h6 10.Bxf6 Nxf6 11.Nbd2 b6 12.e4 Be7 13.e5 Nd7 14.cxd5 cxd5 15.Rfc1 Bb7
16.Qc7 Ba6 17.a4 Bb4 18.Qxd8 Rfxd8 19.Rc7 Kf8 20.Bf1 Bxf1 21.Nxf1 Ke8 22.Rac1 Rdb8
23.Ne1 b5 24.axb5 Ba5 25.R7c2 Rxb5 26.Nd2 Nb6 27.Nd3 Bxd2 28.Rxd2 Nc4 29.Rdc2 a5
30.Kf1 Rab8 31.Ra1 f6 32.Re2 Kf7 33.exf6 gxf6 34.Rae1 R8b6 35.Nf4 e5 36.dxe5 fxe5
37.b3 exf4 38.bxc4 dxc4 39.Re7+ Kg6 40.Rc7 Rb4 41.Kg2 a4 42.Ree7 Ra6 43.g4 a3
44.Rg7+ Kf6 45.Rce7 a2 46.Rgf7+ Kg5 47.Rf5+ Kxg4 48.Ree5 Rb3  0-1

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Astrakhan RUS"]
[Date "2010.05.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Akopian,Vl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qb3 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bf5 6.g3 e6 7.Bg2 Nbd7 8.O-O Nb6
9.Qb3 Qd5 10.Nbd2 Be7 11.e3 Qxb3 12.Nxb3 Be4 13.Na5 Rb8 14.Bd2 O-O 15.Rfc1 Rfc8
16.Ne5 Bxg2 17.Kxg2 Kf8 18.Nd3 Ne4 19.Be1 Nd5 20.Kf3 f5 21.Ke2 g5 22.f3 Nef6
23.g4 Bd6 24.h4 h6 25.Nc4 Bc7 26.Nce5 Ke7 27.hxg5 hxg5 28.gxf5 exf5 29.Bg3 Rg8
30.Rh1 Rbe8 31.Rag1 Kd8 32.Nf7+ Kc8 33.Be5 g4 34.Nh6 gxf3+ 35.Kxf3 Rgf8 36.Nxf5 Nd7
37.e4 Bxe5 38.Nxe5 Nxe5+ 39.dxe5 Rxe5 40.Rh7 Rxe4 41.Kxe4 Nf6+ 42.Ke5 Nxh7
43.Nd6+ Kb8 44.Rg7 Nf6 45.Nxb7 Nh5 46.Rd7 Nf6 47.Nc5 Nd5 48.a4 Nb6 49.Rh7 Rd8
50.b4 Nc4+ 51.Ke6 Rd6+ 52.Ke7 Rd5 53.Ke8 Nd6+ 54.Kf8 Ka8 55.Na6 Re5 56.Rd7 Nc4
57.a5 Nxa5 58.bxa5 Rxa5 59.Nb4 Rf5+ 60.Ke7 Rb5 61.Na6 Rb7 62.Nc7+ Kb8 63.Kd6 Rb1
64.Rh7 Kb7 65.Nd5+ Ka6 66.Kxc6 Rc1+ 67.Kd6 Rd1 68.Rh4 Kb5 69.Rb4+ Ka5 70.Rb2 Ka4
71.Kc5 Ka3 72.Rb7 Rc1+ 73.Kd4 a5 74.Ne3 a4 75.Nc4+ Ka2 76.Rb2+ Ka1 77.Re2 Rh1
78.Kc3 Kb1 79.Rb2+ Ka1 80.Rb4 a3 81.Ne3 Ka2 82.Rg4 Rb1 83.Rg2+ Rb2 84.Nc2 Rb3+
85.Kc4 Rh3 86.Nb4+ Kb1 87.Na2 Rh8 88.Rd2 Rb8 89.Nb4 Kc1 90.Rd3 Rxb4+ 91.Kxb4 a2
92.Rc3+ Kb2 93.Rh3 a1=Q 94.Rh2+ Kb1 95.Rh1+ Kb2 96.Rxa1 Kxa1  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Astrakhan RUS"]
[Date "2010.05.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5
9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bd2 Be4 11.Qc1 Bb7 12.Rd1 Qc8 13.b4 Nc6 14.a3 a5 15.Nc3 axb4
16.axb4 Rxa1 17.Qxa1 Nxb4 18.Nxb5 c5 19.Qb2 Bxf3 20.Bxf3 Qd7 21.dxc5 Qxb5
22.Qxb4 Qxc5 23.Qxc5 Bxc5 24.Bc3 Be7 25.Bxf6 Bxf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Astrakhan RUS"]
[Date "2010.05.22"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Gashimov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.g3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4+ 6.Nc3 Ne4 7.Qd3 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Be7
9.Bf4 d6 10.Nb5 e5 11.c5 exf4 12.cxd6 O-O 13.dxe7 Qxe7 14.Bg2 Rd8 15.Nd4 Qc7
16.O-O fxg3 17.hxg3 Nc6 18.Rab1 Bd7 19.Rfd1 Na5 20.Be4 g6 21.Qf3 Bc6 22.Nxc6 Rxd1+
23.Rxd1 Nxc6 24.Bd5 Re8 25.c4 Qe7 26.Kg2 h5 27.Rd3 Kg7 28.Qf4 Rf8 29.Re3 Qd7
30.a3 Qd8 31.Rb3 Qd7 32.e4 Qe7 33.Qd2 Kh7 34.Qb2 Nd8 35.Rf3 Nc6 36.e5 a5
37.e6 f5 38.Qb6 Re8 39.Re3 Rc8 40.Rd3 Kg8 41.Qe3 g5 42.Bxc6 bxc6 43.Rd7 Qf6
44.Rf7 Qg6 45.Qe5 f4 46.Rf5 f3+ 47.Kh2  1-0

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Astrakhan RUS"]
[Date "2010.05.23"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Wang Yue"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "D72"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nb6 7.Ne2 O-O 8.O-O c5
9.dxc5 N6d7 10.Qc2 Na6 11.Rd1 Qa5 12.Nbc3 Nb4 13.Qb1 Nxc5 14.Be3 Na4 15.a3 Nxc3
16.Nxc3 Nc6 17.Rd5 Qc7 18.Qc2 Be6 19.Rc5 Rfc8 20.Rd1 Bxc3 21.Rxc3 Rd8 22.f4 Rxd1+
23.Qxd1 Rd8 24.Rd3 Rxd3 25.Qxd3 f6 26.b4 a6 27.Bf1 Kf8 28.Kf2 Ke8 29.Be2 Nd8
30.a4 Nf7 31.a5 Qc8 32.Bc5 Bg4 33.Bf1 Bh3 34.Be2 Bg4 35.Bxg4 Qxg4 36.Ke3 g5
37.Qf1 Qe6 38.Qe2 gxf4+ 39.gxf4 Qh3+ 40.Qf3 Qe6 41.Qd1 Qh3+ 42.Qf3 Qe6 43.Qd1 Qh3+
44.Qf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Astrakhan RUS"]
[Date "2010.05.24"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 Bb4 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.e3 c5 8.Bd3 Qa5
9.Qc2 c4 10.Bf5 O-O 11.O-O Re8 12.Nd2 g6 13.Bxd7 Nxd7 14.f3 Nb6 15.e4 Bd7
16.h4 Bf8 17.Be3 Bg7 18.h5 Rad8 19.hxg6 hxg6 20.Rfe1 Be6 21.e5 Bf5 22.Qc1 f6
23.f4 Na4 24.Nxa4 Qxa4 25.b3 Qd7 26.bxc4 dxc4 27.Qxc4+ Be6 28.Qe2 g5 29.Nf3 gxf4
30.Bxf4 Bd5 31.Nh4 Rc8 32.Rad1 Rc4 33.Bg3 Ra4 34.Rd2 Ra3 35.Bf4 b5 36.Qh5 Bf7
37.Qf5 Qxf5 38.Nxf5 Rxa2 39.Rxa2 Bxa2 40.Ra1 Be6 41.Nxg7 Kxg7 42.Rxa7+ Kg6
43.exf6 Kxf6 44.Rb7 Kf5 45.Be5 Bc4 46.Kf2 Ra8 47.Rb8 Rxb8 48.Bxb8 Ke4 49.Bd6 Kxd4
50.g4  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Kings Tournament"]
[Site "Medias ROU"]
[Date "2010.06.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7
9.Qxc4 Bc6 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Nc3 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 c6 14.Rad1 a5 15.e4 Nd7
16.e5 Be7 17.Be4 Qb6 18.f4 Rad8 19.Qe2 Nb8 20.Qf2 Na6 21.Kh1 f5 22.Bb1 h5
23.h3 g6 24.Ba2 Nc7 25.g4 hxg4 26.hxg4 Kf7 27.Kg2 Rh8 28.g5 Rh7 29.Rh1 Rxh1
30.Kxh1 Rh8+ 31.Kg2 Qa6  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Kings Tournament"]
[Site "Medias ROU"]
[Date "2010.06.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wang Yue"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5
9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bd2 Be4 11.Qc1 Bb7 12.Qc2 Be4 13.Qc1 Bb7 14.Rd1 Qc8 15.Ba5 c5
16.dxc5 Qxc5 17.Qxc5 Bxc5 18.Nbd2 Rc8 19.Rac1 Nbd7 20.Ne5 Bxg2 21.Nxd7 Nxd7
22.Kxg2 Nf6 23.Rc2 Be7 24.Rdc1 Rxc2 25.Rxc2 Kf8 26.f4 Nd5 27.Rc1 Ke8 28.Kf3 f5
29.e4 fxe4+ 30.Nxe4 Kd7 31.Nc3 Nf6 32.Ne4 Nd5 33.Nc3 Nf6 34.Rd1+ Ke8 35.Bc7 Rc8
36.Be5 Bf8 37.g4 Nd7 38.Bd6 Be7 39.Re1 Rc6 40.Bxe7  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Kings Tournament"]
[Site "Medias ROU"]
[Date "2010.06.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Radjabov,T"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "E81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Nge2 e5 7.Bg5 c6 8.Qd2 Nbd7
9.d5 h6 10.Be3 cxd5 11.cxd5 a6 12.Nc1 b5 13.Be2 Nb6 14.O-O Kh7 15.b4 Nh5
16.a4 Nc4 17.Bxc4 bxc4 18.N1e2 f5 19.exf5 gxf5 20.f4 Bd7 21.Rab1 Re8 22.Kh1 Rb8
23.Rf3 Nf6 24.h3 Nh5 25.Bg1 e4 26.Re3 Qh4 27.Bh2 Rg8 28.Qd1 Rb7 29.Qf1 Rgb8
30.g3 Qd8 31.b5 axb5 32.axb5 Nf6 33.g4 Bxb5 34.Qg2 Bd7 35.Rg1 fxg4 36.hxg4 Nxg4
37.Rg3 Qh4 38.Rxg4 Bxg4 39.Qxg4 Qxg4 40.Rxg4 Rb2 41.f5 R8b3 42.f6 Bxf6 43.Nxe4 Bh8
44.N4g3 c3 45.Rc4 Be5 46.Nc1 Rb1 47.Ne2 R3b2 48.Bg1 Rc2  0-1

[Event "4th Kings Tournament"]
[Site "Medias ROU"]
[Date "2010.06.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Nisipeanu,LD"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 b5 5.Bg5 b4 6.a3 a5 7.e4 h6 8.Bxf6 Qxf6 9.e5 Qd8
10.Bd3 g6 11.Nbd2 Bg7 12.Ne4 O-O 13.O-O exd5 14.cxd5 d6 15.Nxd6 Bg4 16.Re1 Bxe5
17.Nxf7 Rxf7 18.Rxe5 Bxf3 19.gxf3 Nd7 20.Re3 Qg5+ 21.Kh1 Ne5 22.Be2 Rd8 23.axb4 axb4
24.d6 Rf5 25.Qb3+ Kh8 26.Qe6 Nf7 27.d7 Kg7 28.Rg1 Qf6 29.Bd3 Rg5 30.Qe8 Rxg1+
31.Kxg1 Qxb2 32.Re7 Qc1+ 33.Bf1 Qg5+ 34.Kh1 Qf5 35.h3 b3 36.Bc4  1-0

[Event "4th Kings Tournament"]
[Site "Medias ROU"]
[Date "2010.06.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 c5 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Be2 cxd4 10.Qxd4 Qxd4 11.Nxd4 Bxc3+ 12.bxc3 Ke7 13.Bf3 Rd8 14.Rb1 b6 15.c4 Bb7
16.Rd1 Kf8 17.cxd5 Nd7 18.e4 Rac8 19.Be2 Nc5 20.f3 Na4 21.Kf2 Nc3 22.Rd2 Nxe2
23.Kxe2 Rc4 24.Ke3 g6 25.Rb1 Rdc8 26.Nb5 Ra4 27.Rbb2 Ke7 28.Rdc2 Ra5 29.Nd4 Kd6
30.Kf4 Rxc2 31.Rxc2 f5 32.h4 fxe4 33.fxe4 a6 34.h5 Ra4 35.Rd2 gxh5 36.Nf5+ Kd7
37.Ke5 b5 38.Nd6  1-0

[Event "4th Kings Tournament"]
[Site "Medias ROU"]
[Date "2010.06.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[ECO "E81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Nge2 Nbd7 7.Be3 c5 8.d5 Ne5
9.Ng3 h5 10.Be2 h4 11.Nf1 e6 12.Nd2 exd5 13.cxd5 Bd7 14.O-O b5 15.Nxb5 Bxb5
16.Bxb5 Rb8 17.a4 Nh5 18.f4 Nd7 19.Qg4 a6 20.Bxa6 Rxb2 21.Rab1 Rxd2 22.Bxd2 Bd4+
23.Rf2 Bxf2+ 24.Kxf2 Ndf6 25.Qf3 Qe8 26.e5 Qxa4 27.exf6 Qxa6 28.Bc3 Qc8 29.Kg1 Qf5
30.Rf1 Re8 31.Ba1 Ra8 32.Qe3 Kh7 33.Bb2 Rb8 34.Bc1 Rb1 35.Qe8 Qxd5 36.f5 gxf5
37.Qe3 Qd4 38.Qxd4 cxd4 39.Bg5 Rxf1+ 40.Kxf1 h3 41.gxh3 Kg6 42.Bh4 Nf4 43.Bg3 Kg5
44.Bf2 Ne6 45.Ke2 f4 46.Kf3 d3 47.h4+ Kf5 48.Bb6 Nc5 49.h5 d2 50.Ke2 Ne4  0-1

[Event "4th Kings Tournament"]
[Site "Medias ROU"]
[Date "2010.06.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O dxc4 8.Bxc4 Bg4
9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Nbd7 11.Rd1 e5 12.d5 e4 13.Nxe4 Nxe4 14.Qxe4 Nb6 15.Rb1 Re8
16.Qc2 cxd5 17.Bb5 Re6 18.Qb3 Qh4 19.Bd2 d4 20.Bf1 Rd8 21.g3 Qe7 22.Bg2 Qe8
23.exd4 Bxd4 24.Bc3 Bxc3 25.Rxd8 Qxd8 26.Qxc3 Qe7 27.Rd1 h5 28.b3 h4 29.g4 Rd6
30.Rxd6 Qxd6 31.Bxb7 Nd7 32.Qc8+ Kg7 33.Qd8 Qe6 34.Kg2 Ne5 35.Qd4 Qf6 36.b4 g5
37.a4 Ng6 38.Qxf6+ Kxf6 39.b5 Nf4+ 40.Kf3 Ke5 41.a5 Kd6 42.Ke4 Nxh3 43.Kf5 Nxf2
44.Bf3 Kc7 45.Kxg5 h3 46.Kf6 h2 47.g5 h1=Q 48.Bxh1 Nxh1 49.Kxf7 Ng3 50.g6 Nh5
51.Ke7 Ng7 52.Kf6 Nh5+ 53.Kg5 Ng7 54.Kf6 Nh5+ 55.Kf7 Kd7 56.Kf8 Kc7 57.Kg8 Nf4
58.g7 Ne6 59.Kf7 Nxg7 60.Kxg7 Kd6 61.Kf6 Kc5 62.b6 axb6 63.axb6 Kxb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Kings Tournament"]
[Site "Medias ROU"]
[Date "2010.06.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Radjabov,T"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "C55"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.Bb3 d5 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.h3 a5
9.a3 Nd4 10.Nxd4 exd4 11.Re1 Ra6 12.Qf3 Re6 13.Rxe6 Bxe6 14.Nd2 c6 15.Ne4 a4
16.Bc4 b5 17.Ba2 Nc7 18.Bxe6 Nxe6 19.Ng3 Qd5 20.Qxd5 cxd5 21.Bd2 Rc8 22.Rc1 g6
23.Ne2 f5 24.g3 Kf7 25.h4 Bf8 26.Kg2 h6 27.f4 Bg7 28.Ng1 Bf6 29.Nf3 Ke7 30.Kf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Kings Tournament"]
[Site "Medias ROU"]
[Date "2010.06.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "B10"]

1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.exd5 Nf6 5.Bb5+ Nbd7 6.Nc3 a6 7.Be2 b5 8.d4 b4
9.Na4 Bb7 10.Nf3 Bxd5 11.Bf4 e6 12.Rc1 Be7 13.O-O O-O 14.b3 Ra7 15.Ne5 Qa8
16.f3 Qd8 17.Bd3 Ba8 18.Qe2 a5 19.Nc6 Bxc6 20.Rxc6 Nd5 21.Bg3 N7b6 22.Nxb6 Nxb6
23.f4 g6 24.Bf2 Nd5 25.Qf3 Rd7 26.Bb5 Rd6 27.g4 Qb8 28.Ba4 f5 29.g5 Nc3 30.Re1 Ne4
31.Be3  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Kings Tournament"]
[Site "Medias ROU"]
[Date "2010.06.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nisipeanu,LD"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "C49"]

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.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Bb3 a5 12.a3 Bxc3 13.bxc3 a4 14.Ba2 Ng6 15.Qh5 Kh8
16.Kh1 Rg8 17.d4 f5 18.Nxf5 Nf4 19.Qh6 Rg6 20.Qh4 Bxf5 21.Qxd8+ Rxd8 22.exf5 Rxg2
23.dxe5 Rdg8  0-1

[Event "Sparkassen GM"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2010.07.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.c4 Ba6
9.Nd2 g6 10.Nf3 Qb4+ 11.Kd1 Rb8 12.Qc2 Ne7 13.b3 Bg7 14.Bd2 Qb6 15.c5 Qb7
16.Bxa6 Qxa6 17.Qc4 Qxc4 18.bxc4 h6 19.h4 d5 20.cxd6 cxd6 21.Bc3 d5 22.Kc2 c5
23.Rab1 O-O 24.Rxb8 Rxb8 25.cxd5 Nxd5 26.Rd1 Nb4+ 27.Bxb4 cxb4 28.Kb3 Bf8
29.Rd7 a5 30.Nd2 Rc8 31.Ne4 Bg7 32.Rd5 Re8 33.f4 f6 34.Nd6 Rd8 35.Rxa5 fxe5
36.fxe5 Bxe5 37.Rxe5 Rxd6 38.Kxb4 Rd2 39.a4 Rxg2 40.a5 Ra2 41.Kb5 Kf7 42.a6 Kf6
43.Re4 g5 44.Ra4 Rb2+ 45.Ka5 Rb8 46.h5 Rg8 47.a7 g4 48.Kb6 Kg5 49.a8=Q Rxa8
50.Rxa8 Kxh5 51.Kc5 Kg5 52.Kd4 Kf4 53.Kd3 Kf3 54.Rf8+ Kg2 55.Ke2 g3 56.Rh8 Kg1
57.Kf3  1-0

[Event "Sparkassen GM"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2010.07.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[ECO "E00"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Be7 5.Bg2 d5 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Qc2 b6
9.Rd1 Ba6 10.Ne5 Qc8 11.Nc3 Nbd7 12.Rac1 Nxe5 13.dxe5 Nd7 14.cxd5 cxd5 15.Bf4 g5
16.Bxd5 exd5 17.Nxd5 Qd8 18.Nc7 Rc8 19.e6 fxe6 20.Qc6 Qe8 21.Qxe6+ Qf7 22.Qxf7+ Kxf7
23.Nxa6 gxf4 24.Rxc8 Rxc8 25.Rxd7 Rc2 26.Nb4 Rxb2 27.Nc6 Rxe2 28.Rxa7 f3
29.h4 h5 30.Rxe7+ Rxe7 31.Nxe7 Kxe7 32.g4 hxg4 33.Kh2 Ke6 34.Kg3 Kf5 35.a4 Ke4
36.Kxg4  1-0

[Event "Sparkassen GM"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2010.07.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Naiditsch,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 h6 10.b3 Be6 11.Bb2 c5 12.Rad1+ Kc8 13.Nd5 g5 14.c4 b6 15.Nf6 Kb7 16.g4 Ne7
17.Kg2 Ng6 18.Kg3 Be7 19.h4 Bxf6 20.exf6 gxh4+ 21.Nxh4 Rhg8 22.f3 Nf8 23.Rfe1 h5
24.Re5 hxg4 25.f4 Re8 26.f5 Bd7 27.Re7 Bc6 28.Ng2 Nh7 29.Ne3 Ng5 30.Nd5 Ne4+
31.Kg2 Bxd5 32.Rxd5 Nd6 33.Bc1 Kc6 34.Bh6 b5 35.Be3 Rxe7 36.fxe7 bxc4 37.Rxc5+ Kd7
38.f6 cxb3 39.axb3 Ke6 40.Bd4 Ne8 41.Ra5 Nxf6 42.Ra6+ Kxe7 43.Bxf6+ Kd7 44.Bc3 Rb8
45.b4 Rb5 46.Rxa7 Kc8 47.Be1 c5 48.bxc5 Rxc5 49.Rxf7 Rc7 50.Rf8+ Kd7 51.Kg3 Ke6
52.Ra8 Kf5 53.Ra5+ Ke4 54.Bd2 Rc4 55.Bf4 Rd4 56.Kxg4 Rd5 57.Ra8 Rd4 58.Re8+ Kd3
59.Kf5 Rd5+ 60.Be5 Ke3 61.Rh8 Rd3 62.Rh4 Kf3 63.Bd4 Rd2 64.Rf4+ Ke2 65.Ke4 Rc2
66.Rf3 Kd2 67.Rd3+ Ke2 68.Bc3 Ra2 69.Re3+ Kd1 70.Rh3 Re2+ 71.Kd3 Rd2+ 72.Kc4 Rg2
73.Re3 Kc2 74.Re1 Rg4+ 75.Bd4 Kd2 76.Re8 Rg2 77.Bc3+ Kc2 78.Re4 Rf2 79.Rg4 Kd1
80.Bd4 Rc2+ 81.Kb3 Rh2 82.Bc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sparkassen GM"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2010.07.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Le Quang Liem"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "D86"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 Nc6
9.Be3 O-O 10.O-O Qc7 11.Rb1 b6 12.Bf4 e5 13.Bg3 Qe7 14.Bd5 Bb7 15.Qa4 Rfc8
16.dxe5 Nxe5 17.Nf4 c4 18.Rfd1 h5 19.Nxg6 Nxg6 20.Bd6 Qe8 21.Qxe8+ Rxe8 22.Bxb7 Rad8
23.Bb4 Nf4 24.Kf1 Rxd1+ 25.Rxd1 Nd3 26.Bd5 Rc8 27.Rb1 Nxb4 28.Rxb4 Bxc3 29.Ra4 Rc5
30.Rxc4 Rxc4 31.Bxc4 h4 32.f4 Kg7 33.e5 f6 34.exf6+ Kxf6 35.g3 Kf5 36.Bd3+ Ke6
37.Kg2 hxg3 38.hxg3 Kd5 39.Kf3 Kd4 40.Ba6 Kc5 41.g4 b5 42.g5 Kb6 43.Bc8 Kc7
44.Bf5 a5 45.Bd3 b4 46.Bc2 Kd6 47.Kg4 Bd2 48.f5 Ke5 49.f6 Be3 50.Kh5 Bc5
51.Kh6 Ke6 52.g6 Kd5  1-0

[Event "Sparkassen GM"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2010.07.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 d5 7.Bg5 dxc4 8.Qxc4 b6
9.Rd1 Ba6 10.Qa4 Qd5 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Nh3 Rd8 13.f3 Qc6 14.Qxc6 Nxc6 15.e3 Bb7
16.Rc1 Rac8 17.Bd3 Ne7 18.Ke2 e5 19.dxe5 fxe5 20.Nf2 Kg7 21.b4 f5 22.Rhd1 h5
23.g3 Kf6 24.Bc4 Rd6 25.f4 exf4 26.exf4 h4 27.Rxd6+ cxd6 28.Kd2 hxg3 29.hxg3 Bd5
30.Be2 Rh8 31.Ke3 Be6 32.Rh1 Rg8 33.Rh6+ Ng6 34.Bh5 Bf7 35.Rh7 Nh8 36.Bf3 Kg6
37.Rh1 Be6 38.Nd1 Nf7 39.Nc3 Kf6 40.Kf2 Rc8 41.Rc1 Nh6 42.Nd5+ Kf7 43.Nc7 Bd7
44.Rc3 Kf8 45.Ke3 Ng8 46.Bb7 Rb8 47.Bc6 Rd8 48.Kd4 Nf6 49.Bxd7 Rxd7 50.Nd5 Nh5
51.Kc4  1-0

[Event "Sparkassen GM"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2010.07.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.d4 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7
9.Rd1 Bc6 10.Nc3 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Nc6 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.Bg5 Rb8 14.e3 a5 15.Bxf6 Bxf6
16.Rac1 Rb4 17.Na2 Rb6 18.Rd2 Qb8 19.Qxc4 Rxb2 20.Rxb2 Qxb2 21.Rc2 Qb1+ 22.Kg2 e5
23.dxe5 Bxe5 24.Nc1 Rb8 25.Qxc6 Qb6 26.Qd5 Bd6 27.Ne2 Qb3 28.Qc6 g6 29.Nd4 Qa3
30.Rc3 Qa2 31.Rc2 Qa1 32.Rc1 Qa2 33.Rc2 Qa1 34.Rc1 Qa2 35.Qc4 Rb2 36.Rc2 Qxc4
37.Rxc4 Ra2 38.Nb5 h5 39.Nxc7 Bxc7 40.Rxc7 Rxa4 41.Ra7 Kg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sparkassen GM"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2010.07.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "E17"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Re1 a5 8.a3 Na6
9.Nc3 Ne4 10.Qc2 Nxc3 11.Qxc3 f5 12.Bf4 Bf6 13.Rad1 Nc5 14.Be5 Ne4 15.Qc2 d6
16.Nd2 Bg5 17.Bf4 Bxf4 18.gxf4 Qh4 19.Nxe4 Bxe4 20.Bxe4 fxe4 21.Qxe4 Rae8
22.e3 e5 23.dxe5 dxe5 24.Qd5+ Kh8 25.Qf3 exf4 26.exf4 Rxe1+ 27.Rxe1 Qf6 28.b4 axb4
29.axb4 g5 30.f5 Qxf5 31.Qxf5 Rxf5 32.Re7 c5 33.Rb7 Rf4 34.Rb8+ Kg7 35.Rb7+ Kh8
36.Rb8+ Kg7 37.Rb7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sparkassen GM"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2010.07.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Naiditsch,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "E59"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O Nc6 8.a3 Bxc3
9.bxc3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Qc7 11.Bb2 e5 12.h3 e4 13.Nd2 b6 14.Bb5 Na5 15.c4 cxd4
16.Bxd4 Qe7 17.c5 a6 18.Ba4 bxc5 19.Bc3 Nb7 20.Bc6 Ra7 21.Qb1 Qc7 22.Bxe4 Nxe4
23.Nxe4 Qc6 24.Ng5 Qh6 25.f4 Nd6 26.Qb6 Rb7 27.Qxc5 Rb5 28.Qc7 Rb7 29.Qc6 Nb5
30.Qxh6 gxh6 31.Ne4 f5 32.Nf6+ Kg7 33.Be5 Rxf6 34.Rfc1 Bd7 35.Rab1 Ra7 36.a4 Nd6
37.Bd4 Ra8 38.Rd1 Ne4 39.Rb7 Rd8 40.Be5 Kg6 41.Rdxd7 Rxd7 42.Rxd7 Rc6 43.g4 Rc1+
44.Kg2 Rc2+ 45.Kf1 Nd2+ 46.Ke1  1-0

[Event "Sparkassen GM"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2010.07.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.g4 O-O 6.g5 Ne4 7.Qc2 Nxg5 8.Bxg5 Bxg5
9.h4 Bh6 10.e3 c6 11.Ng5 f5 12.Rg1 Qe7 13.O-O-O Nd7 14.f3 Nf6 15.Kb1 Kh8
16.Bd3 e5 17.cxd5 Nxd5 18.Nxd5 cxd5 19.dxe5 Qxe5 20.Qc5 Be6 21.f4 Qf6 22.Nxe6 Qxe6
23.Bc2 b6 24.Qxd5 Qxe3 25.Bxf5 Qc5 26.Qxc5 bxc5 27.Rd5 Bxf4 28.Rg4 Be3 29.h5 Bd4
30.Kc2 a5 31.a4 Rf6 32.Rg2 Raf8 33.Bd3 g6 34.hxg6 Rf2+ 35.Rxf2 Rxf2+ 36.Kd1 hxg6
37.Bxg6 Kg7 38.Bc2 Kf6 39.b3 Rf1+ 40.Ke2 Rf2+ 41.Kd1 Rf1+ 42.Ke2 Rf2+ 43.Kd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sparkassen GM"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2010.07.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Le Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[ECO "B13"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.c3 Nf6 6.h3 Qc7 7.Nf3 g6 8.O-O Bf5
9.Re1 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Bg7 11.Nbd2 O-O 12.Nb3 e6 13.a4 Rfe8 14.g3 Ne4 15.Bf4 Qd8
16.h4 h6 17.Kg2 g5 18.hxg5 hxg5 19.Be3 f5 20.Ng1 Qf6 21.Ne2 Rad8 22.f3 Nd6
23.Qc2 f4 24.Bf2 Nc4 25.g4 Kf7 26.Nd2 Qg6 27.Rac1 e5 28.Qxg6+ Kxg6 29.Nxc4 dxc4
30.Red1 exd4 31.Nxd4 Ne5 32.Nf5 Nd3 33.Rc2 Bf6 34.Rh1 Rh8 35.Rxh8 Bxh8 36.Re2 Nxf2
37.Kxf2 Bf6 38.Re4 Rd2+ 39.Re2 Rd3 40.Re4 Rd2+ 41.Re2 Rd3 42.Re4  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-ESP CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Sestao ESP"]
[Date "2010.08.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Krasenkow,M"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qa4+ Nc6 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd2 Bd7 8.Qc2 Re8
9.Rd1 a6 10.a3 Bd6 11.Bd3 dxc4 12.Bxc4 b5 13.Bd3 e5 14.Ne4 exd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-ESP CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Sestao ESP"]
[Date "2010.08.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Meier,Geo"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "E00"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bd6 6.Bg2 c6 7.O-O Nbd7 8.b3 O-O
9.Nc3 Re8 10.Qc2 dxc4 11.bxc4 e5 12.e3 Nf8 13.dxe5 Bxe5 14.Nxe5 Rxe5 15.Ne2 Re8
16.Bb4 Bd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-ESP CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Sestao ESP"]
[Date "2010.08.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ganguly,S"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "C91"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.d4 Bg4 10.Be3 exd4 11.cxd4 d5 12.e5 Ne4 13.Nc3 Nxc3 14.bxc3 f5 15.Bf4 g5
16.Bc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-ESP CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Sestao ESP"]
[Date "2010.08.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Ganguly,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "E84"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Bg7 5.f3 O-O 6.Nge2 Nc6 7.Be3 a6 8.Qd2 Rb8
9.Rc1 e6 10.g3 Ne7 11.Bg2 b5 12.b3 c6 13.O-O a5 14.e5 Ne8 15.f4 f5 16.c5 d5
17.b4 axb4 18.Nd1 Ra8 19.Rc2 Ra4 20.Nc1 Nc7 21.Nb2 Ra3 22.Nbd3 Na6 23.Rb2 Bd7
24.Nxb4 Nxb4 25.Rxb4 Qa5 26.Rb3 Qxd2 27.Bxd2 Rfa8 28.Rxa3 Rxa3 29.Bb4 Ra8
30.Bf3 h5 31.a3 Kf7 32.Kf2 Ng8 33.Ke2 Bf8 34.Na2 Be7 35.h4 Bd8 36.Ra1 Ne7
37.Kd2 Bc8 38.Nc3 Bb7 39.Be2 Nc8 40.Kc2 Ke8 41.a4 bxa4 42.Rxa4 Rxa4 43.Nxa4 Kd7
44.Kb3 Bc7 45.Nc3 Ne7 46.Ka4 Ng8 47.Ba5 Nh6 48.Bxc7 Kxc7 49.Kb4 Ng4 50.Bxg4 hxg4
51.Ka5 Bc8 52.Na4 Bb7 53.Nb6 Kd8 54.Na4 Kc7 55.Nb2 Bc8 56.Na4  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-ESP CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Sestao ESP"]
[Date "2010.08.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Be7 7.Bf1 Nxe5 8.Rxe5 O-O
9.Nc3 Bf6 10.Re1 Re8 11.Rxe8+ Nxe8 12.Nd5 Bh4 13.g3  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-ROU Superliga"]
[Site "Baile Herculane ROU"]
[Date "2010.09.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Volokitin,And"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Ne7 6.O-O c5 7.c4 Nbc6 8.Na3 a6 9.dxc5 d4
10.Qa4 Ng6 11.b4 Be7 12.Rd1 O-O 13.Bb2 d3 14.Bxd3 Bxd3 15.Qb3 a5 16.Rxd3 Qb8
17.Nc2 axb4 18.Nxb4 Ncxe5 19.Nxe5 Nxe5 20.Re3 Nc6 21.Nxc6 bxc6 22.Be5 Qxb3
23.Rxb3 Bxc5 24.a4 f6 25.Bc3 Rfb8 26.Rxb8+ Rxb8 27.Kf1 Kf7 28.a5 Ke7 29.a6 Kd7
30.Ke2 Kc7 31.Ba5+ Bb6 32.c5 Bxa5 33.Rxa5 Rb2+ 34.Ke3 Kb8 35.a7+ Ka8 36.Ra6 e5
37.Rxc6 Kxa7 38.Rc7+ Rb7 39.Rxb7+ Kxb7 40.f4 exf4+ 41.Kxf4 Kc6 42.Kf5 Kxc5
43.Ke6 Kd4 44.Kf7 Ke3 45.Kxg7 Kf2 46.Kxf6 Kxg2 47.h4 Kf3 48.h5 Ke4 49.Kg7 Kf5
50.Kxh7 Kf6 51.Kg8 Kg5 52.h6 Kxh6  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-ROU Superliga"]
[Site "Baile Herculane ROU"]
[Date "2010.09.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Banikas,H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "E17"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Re1 a5 8.Nc3 Ne4
9.Bd2 f5 10.Qc2 Nxc3 11.Bxc3 Be4 12.Qa4 Bf6 13.Rad1 Qe8 14.Bf1 d6 15.Qxe8 Rxe8
16.Nd2 Bb7 17.e4 Na6 18.a3 Rad8 19.f4 g6 20.Bg2 Bg7 21.Bf3 Nb8 22.Kf2 Ba8
23.b4 axb4 24.axb4 c5 25.e5 cxd4 26.Bxd4 Nd7 27.Bxa8 Rxa8 28.Nf3 dxe5 29.Nxe5 Nxe5
30.Bxe5 Ra4 31.Rb1 Rc8 32.Bxg7 Kxg7 33.Rxe6 Rxc4 34.Rb2 Raxb4 35.Rxb6 Rxb6
36.Rxb6 Rc2+ 37.Kg1 Rc1+ 38.Kf2 Rc2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-ROU Superliga"]
[Site "Baile Herculane ROU"]
[Date "2010.09.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rapport,R"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.g3 d6 6.Bg2 Bd7 7.O-O g6 8.Nc3 Bg7
9.Nc2 a6 10.Bd2 O-O 11.Rc1 Rb8 12.a4 Be6 13.Nd5 a5 14.Ne1 Nd7 15.Nd3 Nce5
16.b3 Nxd3 17.exd3 Bxd5 18.Bxd5 e6 19.Bg2 Bd4 20.Qg4 Bg7 21.Be3 h5 22.Qe2 Ne5
23.Ba7 Ra8 24.Qe3 Nc6 25.Bb6 Qf6 26.d4 Nxd4 27.Rfd1 Nf5 28.Qe1 Qe5 29.Qxe5 Bxe5
30.b4 axb4 31.a5 Rfb8 32.Rb1 Bc3 33.Bc7 Rc8 34.Bb6 Rc5 35.Rxd6 Nxd6 36.Bxc5 Nxc4
37.Bxb7 Rxa5 38.Bxb4 Bxb4 39.Rxb4 Ne5 40.h3 Ra1+ 41.Kg2 Nd3 42.Rb3 Rd1 43.Be4 Nc5
44.Bf3 Rd2 45.Re3 Kg7 46.Re2 Rd4 47.h4 Kf6 48.Ra2 e5 49.Ra5 Nd3 50.Bd5 e4
51.Bb3 Ne1+ 52.Kh3 Rd2 53.Ra2 Rd7 54.Re2 Nd3 55.Ba4 Rd4 56.Bc6 Ke5 57.Be8 Rd6
58.Bxf7 Rf6 59.f4+ Kd4 60.Be8 Ra6 61.Kg2 e3 62.Bf7 Ke4 63.Be8 Nc1 64.Rc2 Nb3
65.Bb5 Rb6 66.Be8 Nd4 67.Ra2 Kf5 68.Bf7 Rc6 69.Bd5 Rc1 70.Bf3 Ke6 71.Be2 Kd5
72.Ra5+ Kd6 73.Ra2 Re1 74.Bd3 e2 75.Ra6+ Kc5 76.Ra5+ Kb4 77.Re5 Kc3 78.Ba6 Kd2
79.Re4 Nf5 80.Kh2 Ne3 81.Rd4+ Kc2 82.Bxe2 Rxe2+ 83.Kh1 Nf5 84.Rc4+ Kd3 85.Rc6 Ke3
86.Rxg6 Kf3 87.Rg5  0-1

[Event "TCh-ROU Superliga"]
[Site "Baile Herculane ROU"]
[Date "2010.09.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Spasov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[ECO "E81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Nge2 Nbd7 7.Be3 a6 8.Qd2 c5
9.Rd1 b6 10.Ng3 cxd4 11.Bxd4 e6 12.Be2 Bb7 13.Bf2 d5 14.cxd5 exd5 15.exd5 b5
16.d6 Re8 17.O-O Rc8 18.a4 b4 19.Nce4 Nd5 20.f4 Bh6 21.Bxa6 Bxa6 22.Qxd5 Bxf4
23.Rfe1 Bc4 24.Qb7 Be6 25.Qxb4 Rc4 26.Qa3 Qa8 27.Qf3 Bh6 28.b3 Rb4 29.Nc5 Nxc5
30.Qxa8 Rxa8 31.Bxc5 Rxb3 32.Ne4 Bg7 33.a5 f5 34.Ng5 Bd7 35.Bb6 Bf6 36.Re7 Bb5
37.Ne6 Bxe7 38.dxe7 Re8 39.Bd8 Kf7 40.Nc7 Rxe7 41.Bxe7 Kxe7 42.Nxb5 Rxb5
43.Ra1 Rb7 44.a6 Ra7 45.Kf2 Kd6 46.Ke3 Kd5 47.Kf4 h6 48.Ra5+ Kd6 49.h3 Ke6
50.Ke3 Kd7 51.Kd4 Kd6 52.h4 Kc7 53.Ke5 Kb8 54.Rb5+ Ka8 55.Rb6 Re7+  1-0

[Event "TCh-ROU Superliga"]
[Site "Baile Herculane ROU"]
[Date "2010.09.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Nisipeanu,LD"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bxc4 e6 5.Nf3 c5 6.O-O a6 7.Bb3 b5 8.a4 b4 9.e4 cxd4
10.Nbd2 Nfd7 11.Nxd4 Nc5 12.Nc4 Bb7 13.f3 Be7 14.Be3 O-O 15.a5 Nbd7 16.Bc2 Qc7
17.Qe2 Rac8 18.Rac1 Qb8 19.Rfd1 Rfd8 20.Qf2 Ba8 21.Nb3 Nxb3 22.Bxb3 Bc6 23.Ba7 Qa8
24.Bb6 Bb5 25.Bxd8 Rxd8 26.Nd6 Ne5 27.Nxb5 Nd3 28.Qa7 Nxc1 29.Qxe7 Rxd1+
30.Bxd1 axb5 31.a6 Nd3 32.Be2 Ne5 33.Bxb5  1-0

[Event "39th Olympiad Men"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Stevic,H"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.Bd3 d5 7.exd5 cxd5 8.Bb5+ Bd7
9.Bxd7+ Qxd7 10.O-O Be7 11.Nd2 O-O 12.b3 Ng4 13.Bb2 Bf6 14.Bxf6 Nxf6 15.Qf3 Rfe8  1/2-1/2

[Event "39th Olympiad Men"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lenic,L"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "E21"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nc3 c5 5.Bd2 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Nc6 7.a3 Be7 8.e3 O-O
9.Be2 d5 10.cxd5 Nxd4 11.exd4 Nxd5 12.Bf3 Nb6 13.Be3 Nc4 14.O-O Nxe3 15.fxe3 Bd7
16.Qb3 Rb8 17.Rac1 a5 18.Kh1 b5 19.Ne4 b4 20.Nc5 bxa3 21.Qxa3 Bb5 22.Rfd1 Bd6
23.g3 h5 24.e4 h4 25.e5 Be7 26.Qc3 Qb6 27.gxh4 Bc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "39th Olympiad Men"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Predojevic,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Qb3 c5 4.a3 Bxc3 5.Qxc3 Nf6 6.b4 d6 7.bxc5 dxc5 8.Bb2 Nc6
9.Nf3 O-O 10.e3 Re8 11.Ne5 Nxe5 12.Qxe5 b6 13.Be2 Bb7 14.f4 Re7 15.a4 Ne8
16.d3 f6 17.Qh5  1/2-1/2

[Event "39th Olympiad Men"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Almasi,Z"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Ne7 6.O-O c5 7.c4 Nbc6 8.Na3 a6 9.cxd5 Nxd5
10.Bg5 Qd7 11.dxc5 h6 12.Bh4 Nf4 13.Qxd7+ Kxd7 14.Rfd1+ Kc7 15.Bf1 Bg4 16.Bg3 Bxf3
17.gxf3 g5 18.Rac1 Bg7 19.Nc4 Rad8 20.Re1 Rd5 21.a3 Nxe5 22.Nxe5 Rxe5 23.Red1 Rd5
24.Rxd5 exd5 25.Rc2 Re8 26.Bxf4+ gxf4 27.Be2 Re5 28.b4 Rg5+ 29.Kf1 Rh5 30.Kg2 Rg5+
31.Kf1 Rh5 32.Kg2 Rg5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "39th Olympiad Men"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gagunashvili,M"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Nbd2 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Ne5 Bb7 10.Ndf3 c5 11.dxc5 bxc5 12.Be3 Nbd7 13.Nxd7 Qxd7 14.Rc1 Rac8 15.Ne5 Qb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "39th Olympiad Men"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "A22"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 Bc5 5.e3 d5 6.cxd5 Nb4 7.d3 Nbxd5 8.Nxd5 Nxd5
9.Nf3 Qe7 10.O-O O-O 11.a3 c6 12.Qc2 Nf6 13.b3 Bd6 14.Bb2 Re8 15.Nd2 Bc7
16.e4 Be6 17.d4 exd4 18.Bxd4 Red8 19.Bc3 Bb6 20.Nf3 Qc5 21.b4 Qc4 22.Qb2 Qxe4
23.Bxf6 gxf6 24.Qxf6 Qf5 25.Qh6 Qg6 26.Qf4 Qf5 27.Qh6 Qg6 28.Qf4 Qf5 29.Qh6  1/2-1/2

[Event "39th Olympiad Men"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Radjabov,T"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[ECO "B75"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 O-O
9.g4 Be6 10.Nxe6 fxe6 11.O-O-O Ne5 12.Be2 Rc8 13.Nb5 a6 14.Nd4 Qd7 15.Kb1 d5
16.g5 Nh5 17.f4 Nc4 18.Bxc4 dxc4 19.e5 Qd5 20.Ne2 Qg2 21.Rdg1 Qd5 22.Qc1 b5
23.Ng3 b4 24.Rd1 Qb7 25.Nxh5 gxh5 26.Qd2 Rcd8 27.Qe2 Qe4 28.Rhe1 b3 29.Rd2 Rd5
30.Ka1 Rfd8 31.Rxd5 Qxd5 32.cxb3 cxb3 33.Rc1 h4 34.Qc4 bxa2 35.Qxd5 Rxd5
36.h3 Kf7 37.Kxa2 h6 38.Rg1  1/2-1/2

[Event "39th Olympiad Men"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.10.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Fressinet,L"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.d4 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.e3 c6 8.Bd3 Ne4
9.Bf4 Ndf6 10.Qc2 Bf5 11.Ne5 g6 12.f3 Nd6 13.g4 Bxd3 14.Qxd3 h5 15.g5 Nd7
16.O-O-O Nxe5 17.Bxe5 O-O 18.Bxd6 Bxd6 19.h4 Bb4 20.Ne2 Re8 21.a3 Ba5 22.f4 Qe7
23.Rh3 c5 24.dxc5 Qxc5+ 25.Kb1 Bb6 26.f5 Rxe3 27.Rxe3 Qxe3 28.fxg6 Qxd3+
29.Rxd3 fxg6 30.Nf4 Rf8 31.Nxd5 Bf2 32.Rh3 Kg7 33.Nf6 Bd4 34.Nd5 Rf5 35.Nc3 Be5
36.Rd3 Rf4 37.Rd7+ Rf7 38.Rd3 Kf8 39.Re3 Rf5 40.Ne2 Bg7 41.b3 Re5 42.Rxe5 Bxe5
43.Kc2 Ke7 44.Kd3 Kd6 45.Ke4 a5 46.Nd4 Bg3 47.Nf3 Bf2 48.Ne5 Bxh4 49.Nxg6 Bxg5
50.Ne5 Bd8 51.Nc4+ Kc5 52.Nb2 Be7 53.Nd3+ Kc6  0-1

[Event "39th Olympiad Men"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.10.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Sutovsky,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "A15"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O c5 8.Nxd5 Qxd5
9.d4 cxd4 10.Be3 Qb5 11.Nxd4 Qxb2 12.Qa4 Bd7 13.Qc4 Nc6 14.Rab1 Qa3 15.Rxb7 Na5
16.Qb4 Qxb4 17.Rxb4 Rac8 18.Rd1 Rfd8 19.Nb5 Bxb5 20.Rxd8+ Rxd8 21.Rxb5 Nc4
22.Bf4 e5 23.Bg5 Rd1+ 24.Bf1 h6 25.Rc5 hxg5 26.Rxc4 Rd7 27.e3 Bf8 28.Rc8 Kg7
29.a4 Bb4 30.Bb5 Re7 31.e4 Ba5 32.Kg2 Rc7 33.Rxc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "VI World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 a6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 c6 6.e3 Bd6 7.Bxd6 Qxd6 8.Bd3 Ne7
9.Qc2 g6 10.f3 O-O 11.Nge2 Nf5 12.Qd2 Re8 13.O-O-O  1-0

[Event "VI World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "C05"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.c3 c5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Ngf3 f6 8.exf6 Nxf6
9.O-O cxd4 10.cxd4 Bd6 11.Re1 O-O 12.Nf1 Qb6 13.Rb1 Nb4 14.a3 Nxd3 15.Qxd3 Bd7
16.Ng3 Bb5 17.Qd1 Rae8 18.Ne5 Bxe5 19.Rxe5 Nd7 20.Rg5 e5 21.Be3 h6 22.Rh5 Qg6
23.Rc1 Bc6  1-0

[Event "VI World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Movsesian,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.Qd2 c5 6.d5 d6 7.Bh6 Bxh6 8.Qxh6 Qa5
9.O-O-O b5 10.Bxb5 Ba6 11.a4  1-0

[Event "VI World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.b3 d4 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 Nf6 6.O-O e5 7.d3 Be7 8.b4 Nxb4 9.Nxe5 O-O
10.Bb2 c5 11.a3 Na6 12.e3 dxe3 13.fxe3 Nc7 14.Nd2 Nd7 15.Nef3 Rb8 16.Qc2 b5
17.d4 Bb7 18.d5 bxc4 19.e4 Nb6 20.a4 Ba6 21.Rfe1 f6 22.Bc3 Kh8 23.Nh4 Ne8
24.Nf5 Nd6 25.Nxd6 Qxd6  0-1

[Event "VI World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 c5 3.e3 Qb6 4.Nc3 d6 5.a3 cxd4 6.exd4 Bd7 7.Rb1 e5 8.Bg5 exd4
9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Ne4 d5 11.Nd2 Nc6 12.Bd3 Rg8 13.Ne2 Ne5 14.O-O O-O-O 15.Ng3 Bg4  0-1

[Event "VI World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Mamedov,Rau"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "C00"]

1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.g3 c5 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.Ngf3 Be7 7.O-O b6 8.exd5 exd5
9.d4 O-O 10.Re1 Bg4 11.h3 Bh5 12.dxc5 bxc5 13.c4 Rc8 14.cxd5 Nxd5 15.Nc4 Nb6
16.Qxd8 Rfxd8 17.Nce5 Nb4 18.Re2 Rd1+ 19.Kh2 Bf6 20.a3 Nd3 21.Nxd3 Rxd3 22.g4 Bg6
23.Bf4 Nc4 24.Rae1 Rdd8 25.Bc1 Bd3 26.Re7 Bxe7 27.Rxe7 a5 28.Ng5 Bg6 29.h4 h6
30.h5 Bxh5 31.gxh5 hxg5 32.Bxg5 Re8 33.Rb7 Re5 34.Bf4 Rxh5+ 35.Kg3 Ne5 36.a4 Ng6
37.Be3 c4 38.Ra7 Re5 39.Bh3 Rb8 40.Bd4 Rg5+ 41.Kf3 Rb3+ 42.Bc3 Ne5+ 43.Ke4 Nd3
44.Bf5 Nc5+ 45.Kf4 Rxf5+ 46.Kxf5 Nxa4 47.Bd4 Nxb2 48.Rxa5 Nd3 49.Ra8+ Kh7
50.Ra7 Nxf2 51.Rc7 Rf3+ 52.Ke5 Nd3+ 53.Ke4 Rf4+ 54.Ke3 Rf5 55.Rxc4 Ne5 56.Rc7 Ng4+
57.Ke4 Rf1 58.Kd3 Kg6 59.Ke2 Rf4 60.Kd3 f6 61.Ra7 Nh6 62.Be3 Rf5 63.Ke4 Re5+
64.Kf3 Nf5 65.Bf4 Re7 66.Ra5 Nh6 67.Be3 Nf7 68.Bf4 Ne5+ 69.Kg3 Kf7 70.Ra3 g5
71.Bc1 Kg6 72.Ra6 Nf7 73.Bb2 Ne5 74.Bd4 Kf5 75.Ra2 Re6 76.Rf2+ Kg6 77.Ra2 Nc6
78.Bf2 Ne7 79.Kf3 f5 80.Ra5 Ng8 81.Bd4 Nf6 82.Ra7 Nh5 83.Ra8 g4+ 84.Kf2 f4
85.Rf8 Re4 86.Bc3 Rc4 87.Be5 Kg5 88.Bd6 Rc2+ 89.Ke1 g3 90.Rg8+ Kf5 91.Be7 Ke4
92.Rg5 Kf3 93.Kd1 Re2 94.Bc5  0-1

[Event "VI World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Grachev,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bf5 4.O-O h6 5.d3 e6 6.c4 dxc4 7.dxc4 Nd7 8.Nc3 Ngf6
9.a3 a5 10.Bf4 Be7 11.Ne5 O-O 12.Rc1 Nxe5 13.Bxe5 Ng4 14.Bf4 e5 15.Bd2 Qb6
16.h3 Nf6 17.Na4 Qc7 18.Be3 Be4 19.Qb3 Bxg2 20.Kxg2 Nd7 21.Rfd1 Rfe8 22.Rd2 Bg5
23.Rcd1 Nf6 24.Bb6 Qe7 25.e3 h5 26.Qc2 e4 27.Bc5 Qe6 28.Nb6 Rab8 29.Bd6 Rbd8
30.c5 h4 31.Qc4 Qf5 32.Qe2 hxg3 33.fxg3 Qg6 34.Nc4 Nd5 35.Rxd5 cxd5 36.Rxd5 Bf6
37.Nxa5 Rd7 38.Nc4 Rdd8 39.Qg4 Qh6 40.Rh5 Qg6 41.Qxg6 fxg6 42.Rd5 Rd7 43.h4 Rf7
44.Bf4 Be7 45.b4 Rd8 46.Re5 Rd3 47.Rxe4 Rc3 48.Ne5 Rc2+ 49.Kh3 Rf6 50.Nxg6 Bxc5
51.h5 Bf8 52.Re8 Rf2 53.Be5 R6f5 54.Kg4 Kh7 55.Bd6 Rf6 56.Nxf8+  1-0

[Event "VI World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Andreikin,D"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.d4 dxc4 6.Bxc4 b5 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.O-O Nbd7
9.e4 b4 10.e5 bxc3 11.exf6 Qxf6 12.bxc3 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 Qxf3 14.gxf3 Bd6 15.a4 a5
16.Bb5 Ke7 17.c4 Bb4 18.Bf4 Rhc8 19.Bc6 Ra7 20.Rfd1 Nb8 21.Be4 f5 22.Bc2 Nd7
23.d5 Nc5 24.Bg5+ Kf7 25.dxe6+ Kxe6 26.Rd5 g6 27.Be3 c6 28.Bxc5 cxd5 29.Bxa7 Rxc4
30.Bd3 Rc3 31.Rd1 f4 32.Kg2 Ra3 33.Bb5 Ra2 34.Bc6 Bd2 35.Bd4 Kd6 36.Bb5 Be3
37.Bxe3  1-0

[Event "VI World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Savchenko,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 d6 3.Nc3 g6 4.e4 Bg7 5.Qd2 Nc6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.d5 Nb4 8.a3 Na6
9.Bxa6 bxa6 10.Bh6 Qd7 11.Bxg7 Kxg7 12.Nd4 Bb7 13.h4 h6 14.O-O-O e5 15.dxe6 fxe6
16.f3 Nh5 17.Nde2 e5 18.Qe3 a5 19.g4 Nf4 20.h5 Ba6 21.Ng3 g5 22.Nf5+ Kh7
23.Nd5 Bc4 24.Nxf4 gxf4 25.Qc3 Be6 26.Qxa5 Rab8 27.Rd3 Rb6 28.Rc3 Rfb8 29.b3 c5
30.Rd1 c4 31.bxc4  0-1

[Event "VI World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "10.6"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "C15"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 dxe4 6.Qg4 Nf6 7.Qxg7 Rg8 8.Qh6 Nbd7
9.Ne2 c5 10.h3 Qa5 11.Bd2 Qa4 12.Ng3 b6 13.dxc5 bxc5 14.Be2 Ba6 15.O-O Rg6
16.Qh4 Bxe2 17.Nxe2 Qxc2 18.Rad1 Ne5 19.Kh1 e3 20.fxe3 Ne4 21.Rc1 Qd3 22.Nf4 Ng3+
23.Qxg3 Rxg3 24.Nxd3 Nxd3 25.Rb1 Rd8 26.Rb7 Ne5 27.Be1 Rxe3 28.Bh4 Rdd3 29.Re7+ Kf8
30.Rxe6 Ng6 31.Rxe3 Rxe3 32.Bf6 Re6 33.Rf5 Ke8 34.Bg7 Rc6 35.Rh5 Nf8 36.Bxf8 Kxf8
37.Rxh7 Ra6 38.Rh5 Rxa3 39.Rxc5 a5 40.Kh2 a4 41.c4 Rc3 42.Rc8+ Kg7 43.c5 a3
44.Ra8 Rxc5 45.Rxa3 Kg6 46.Kg3 f6 47.Ra4 Rc2 48.Rf4 Rc3+ 49.Kh4 Rc2 50.Rg4+ Kh6
51.Kg3 Rc5 52.Kf3 Rd5 53.h4 Ra5 54.g3 Ra3+ 55.Kf4 Ra5 56.Rg8 Kh7 57.Rb8 Kg6
58.Re8 Ra4+ 59.Re4 Ra1 60.Rb4 Rf1+ 61.Kg4 Rc1 62.Rf4 Rc3 63.h5+ Kg7 64.Kh4 Rc1
65.Rg4+ Kh7 66.Rg6 Rh1+ 67.Kg4 Rf1 68.Kh3 Rh1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "VI World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "A80"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 c6 4.e3 Qb6 5.a3 Nd7 6.Bd3 e6 7.Nge2 h6 8.Bf4 Ngf6
9.O-O Be7 10.Na4 Qd8 11.b3 b5 12.Nb2 a6 13.c4 O-O 14.a4 b4 15.a5 c5 16.cxd5 Nxd5
17.Nc4 Bb7 18.Bg3 cxd4 19.Nxd4 Nc5 20.Ne5 Rc8 21.Bc4 Bf6 22.Qe2 Kh7 23.Rfc1 Nc3
24.Qe1 Bd5 25.Rc2 Bxe5 26.Bxe5 Bxc4 27.bxc4 Nd3  0-1

[Event "VI World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "12.5"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 dxc4 4.Qa4+ c6 5.Qxc4 b5 6.Qc2 Bb7 7.Bg2 Nf6 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Nc3 a6 10.e4 c5 11.d4 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Rc8 13.Qe2 Bc5 14.Rd1 Qb6 15.Nb3 Bb4
16.Be3 Qc7 17.Nxb5 axb5 18.Qxb5 Be7 19.Na5 Ba8 20.Rac1 Qb8 21.Rxc8+ Qxc8
22.Rc1 Qd8 23.Nc6 Bxc6 24.Qxc6 O-O 25.h3 Qb8 26.b3 Ne5 27.Qc2 Rd8 28.a4 Bb4
29.Qc7 Qxc7 30.Rxc7 h6 31.Rb7 Rd1+ 32.Bf1 Bc3 33.Kg2 Nxe4 34.b4 Ra1 35.a5 Nd6
36.Rb8+ Kh7 37.a6 Ndc4 38.Bf4 Rxa6 39.Bxe5 Bxe5 40.Bxc4 Bxb8  1/2-1/2

[Event "VI World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "13.6"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Qd2 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.d5 Nb8 8.Nd4 O-O
9.f3 e5 10.dxe6 Bxe6 11.O-O-O Nc6 12.Be3 Nd7 13.Kb1 Nde5 14.Be2 Bc4 15.f4 Bxe2
16.Qxe2 Nd7 17.h4 h5 18.g4 Nf6 19.gxh5 Nxh5 20.Qf2 Re8 21.Rhg1 Nf6 22.e5 Nh5
23.Nxc6 bxc6 24.f5 Rxe5 25.fxg6 f5 26.Bd4 Rb8 27.Rg5 c5 28.Bxe5 Bxe5 29.Qxf5 Qe8
30.Rxh5 Bxc3 31.Qd5+ Kg7 32.Rh7+ Kxg6 33.Qh5+ Kf6 34.Rf1+  1-0

[Event "VI World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "14.7"]
[White "Caruana,F"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "C05"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.c3 c5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Ngf3 f6 8.exf6 Nxf6
9.O-O Bd6 10.Re1 O-O 11.Nf1 cxd4 12.cxd4 Qb6 13.Ng3 Bd7 14.b3 a5 15.a3 Rae8
16.Bb2 Bf4 17.Bc2 Re7 18.Bc1 Bb8 19.Bg5 Be8 20.Qd2 h6 21.Be3 Qd8 22.Re2 Bd6
23.Qd3 Na7 24.Qd2 Bb5 25.Ree1 Nc6 26.Nh4 Ref7 27.Ng6 Re8 28.Bf4 Ng4 29.f3 Bxf4
30.Nxf4 Qg5 31.Ngh5 Nf6 32.Bg6 Nxh5 33.Bxh5 Rxf4 34.Bxe8 Nxd4 35.Bh5 Be8
36.g3 Rf5 37.Qxg5 Rxg5 38.Bxe8 Nxf3+ 39.Kg2 Nxe1+ 40.Rxe1 e5 41.Rd1 e4 42.Bb5 Kf8
43.Kf2 Ke7 44.Ke3 Rf5 45.Be2 Kd6 46.Rc1 Rf8 47.b4 axb4 48.axb4 Ra8 49.Rc5 Ra2
50.g4 g5 51.h3 Rb2 52.Rb5 Kc6 53.Bf1 Rb1 54.Be2 Rb2 55.Bf1 Rb1 56.Be2 Rb2
57.Rc5+ Kd6 58.Rc8 Rxb4 59.Rh8 Ke5 60.Re8+ Kd6 61.Bd1 Rb1 62.Bc2 Rh1 63.Kd4 Rxh3
64.Rd8+ Ke6 65.Rxd5 Rg3 66.Re5+ Kf6 67.Rxe4 Rh3 68.Bd1 b5 69.Re8 Rh1 70.Bf3 Rf1
71.Rb8 b4 72.Be4 Rf4 73.Rb6+ Kg7 74.Rg6+ Kf7 75.Rxh6 Rxg4 76.Rb6 Rf4 77.Ke5 Kg7
78.Rxb4 Rf7 79.Bf5 Re7+ 80.Be6 Kg6 81.Rb8 Rg7 82.Bf5+ Kf7 83.Rb7+ Kf8 84.Rb6 g4
85.Bg6 Ke7 86.Kf5 Kd8 87.Kxg4 Kc7 88.Rf6 Rd7 89.Kf5 Rd6 90.Rf7+ Rd7 91.Rf8 Rd8
92.Be8 Kd6 93.Kf6 Rb8 94.Rh8 Ra8 95.Kf7 Ra7+ 96.Kf8 Ra1 97.Rh6+ Ke5 98.Ke7 Ra3
99.Bd7 Rd3 100.Rh5+ Kd4 101.Ke6 Re3+ 102.Kd6 Re4 103.Rd5+ Ke3 104.Ra5 Kd4
105.Bf5 Rf4 106.Ke6 Rf3 107.Ra4+ Ke3 108.Ke5 Rg3 109.Ra2 Rf3 110.Be4 Rg3
111.Ra3+ Kf2 112.Ra1 Ke3 113.Bf5 Rf3 114.Bg4 Rg3 115.Ra4 Kd2 116.Bf5 Ke3
117.Bg4 Kd2 118.Rf4 Re3+ 119.Kf5 Rc3 120.Bf3 Ke3 121.Bd5 Rc5 122.Re4+ Kd3
123.Ke5 Rc3 124.Rd4+ Ke3 125.Rh4 Rd3 126.Be4 Rc3 127.Rh1 Rc5+ 128.Bd5 Rc3
129.Rf1 Rd3 130.Be4 Rc3 131.Kd5 Ke2 132.Ra1 Ke3 133.Ra2 Rb3 134.Ra5 Rc3 135.Rb5 Ra3
136.Bc2 Rc3 137.Bf5 Kf4 138.Kd4 Ra3 139.Bd3 Ra7 140.Rf5+ Kg4 141.Ke3 Rg7
142.Be4 Rg5 143.Rf7 Kg3 144.Rf3+ Kg4 145.Kf2 Re5 146.Bd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "VI World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "15.4"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.e3 c6 4.c4 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Qb3 Qc8 7.Rc1 Be7 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Bg3 O-O 10.Nf3 Nxc3 11.Qxc3 a5 12.a3 Na6 13.Be2 Nb4 14.Qd2 Nd5 15.O-O Nf6
16.Bf4 Rd8 17.Bd3 Bxd3 18.Qxd3 Nh5 19.Be5 f6 20.Bg3 Nxg3 21.hxg3 Qd7 22.Rfd1 a4
23.g4 Ra5 24.g3 Rb5 25.Rc2 e5 26.Qe4 Qd5 27.Qxd5+ Rdxd5 28.Rdc1 Rb3 29.dxe5 fxe5
30.Kf1 Rdb5 31.Rc4 Rxb2 32.Rxa4 Ra2 33.Ra8+ Kf7 34.a4 Rbb2 35.Nxe5+ Kf6 36.Nd3 Rd2
37.Rc3 c5 38.Rc8 b6 39.e4 Rxa4 40.Rc6+ Kf7 41.Ne5+ Ke8 42.Rxb6 Rxe4 43.Nc6 Bd6
44.Rb7 g5 45.Ra3 Kf8 46.Ra8+ Re8 47.Raa7 c4 48.Rxh7 Kg8 49.Rag7+ Kf8 50.Rd7 Kg8
51.Rdg7+ Kf8 52.Rd7 Kg8 53.Rhg7+ Kf8 54.Na5 Rc8 55.Rdf7+ Ke8 56.Nxc4 Rxc4
57.Ra7 Rc8 58.Rxg5 Be7 59.Rg7 Bf8 60.Rgf7 Rcd8 61.Rf4 R2d7 62.Raa4 Be7 63.Rae4 Rd5
64.Kg2 R8d6 65.Re2 Rc6 66.Rfe4 Rc7 67.f4 Kf7 68.g5 Bf8 69.Kh3 Rd3 70.R2e3 Rxe3
71.Rxe3 Be7 72.Kg4 Rc4 73.Kf5 Rc5+ 74.Kg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "VI World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "16.8"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "C05"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.c3 c5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Ngf3 f6 8.exf6 Nxf6
9.O-O cxd4 10.Nxd4 Bd6 11.N2f3 O-O 12.Re1 Re8 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.Ne5 Qc7 15.Bf4 c5
16.Bg3 Bb7 17.Qe2 Re7 18.Nf3 Rf8 19.Bxd6 Qxd6 20.Ne5 g6 21.Rad1 Rg7 22.Qe3 Bc8
23.Bc2 Qc7 24.h3 Ne4 25.Ng4 Nd6 26.b3 Nf5 27.Qe5 Qxe5 28.Nxe5 Rc7 29.c4 Ne7
30.Bd3 Kg7 31.Be2 h5 32.cxd5 exd5 33.Bf3 d4 34.Rc1 Bf5 35.Rc4 Be6 36.Ra4 Bd5
37.Be2 Nc6 38.Nd3 Re7 39.Bf1 Rxe1 40.Nxe1 Be4 41.f3 Bb1 42.Bd3 Re8 43.Be4 Bxe4
44.fxe4 Rxe4 45.Nd3 Re3 46.Nxc5 d3 47.Ne4 Re2 48.Kf1 Kf7 49.Nf2 Rd2 50.Ra6 Nb4
51.Rxa7+ Ke6 52.Ne4 Rb2 53.a3 Kd5 54.Nc3+ Kd4 55.Nb5+ Kc5 56.Nc3 Kd4 57.Nb5+ Kc5
58.Nc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "VI World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "17.3"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Radjabov,T"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 d6 3.Nc3 g6 4.e4 Bg7 5.Qd2 Nbd7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Bh6 e5 8.Bxg7 Kxg7
9.O-O-O Qe7 10.h4 h5 11.Ng5 c6 12.f3 Nb6 13.Be2 Be6 14.Rhf1 Bc4 15.dxe5 dxe5
16.Qd6 Qxd6 17.Rxd6 Bxe2 18.Nxe2 Rfd8 19.Rfd1 Rd7 20.Rxd7 Nfxd7 21.b3 Kf8
22.Kb2 Ke7 23.Nc1 Nc5 24.Kc3 f6 25.Nh3 Ne6 26.a4 a5 27.Nf2 Nd7 28.Ne2 b5
29.axb5 cxb5 30.Kb2 b4 31.Nd3 Nb6 32.Ra1 Kd6 33.c3 bxc3+ 34.Nxc3 Nd4 35.Nc1 Rb8
36.N3e2 Nc4+ 37.Kc3 Ne3 38.Rxa5 Nxg2 39.Nxd4 exd4+ 40.Kxd4 Nxh4 41.Ke3 Ng2+
42.Kf2 Nf4 43.Ra6+ Ke5 44.Ra5+ Ke6 45.Ra6+ Ke5 46.Ra5+ Kd4 47.Ra4+ Kc3 48.Ra6 Kd2
49.Rxf6 g5 50.Ne2 Nd3+ 51.Kf1 Rxb3 52.Ng3 Rb1+ 53.Kg2 Nf4+ 54.Kf2 h4 55.Nf5 h3
56.Rd6+ Kc3 57.Rc6+ Kd2 58.Rd6+ Kc3 59.Rc6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "VI World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "18.9"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 c6 6.Qc2 Nf6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.e3 Nbd7
9.Bd3 O-O 10.h4 Re8 11.g4 Nf8 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.g5 Be7 14.Rg1 Be6 15.h5 Rc8
16.O-O-O c5 17.Kb1 b5 18.dxc5 Bxc5 19.g6 fxg6 20.hxg6 h6 21.Bf5 Bb4 22.Bxe6+ Nxe6
23.Rxd5 Qf6 24.Rf5 Qd8 25.Rd1 Qa5 26.Qb3 Bxc3 27.Rc1 Qd8 28.Rd1 Qa5 29.Rd6 Rc4
30.bxc3 Qc7 31.Rd3 Nc5 32.Qc2 Nxd3 33.Qxd3 Rxc3 34.Qd2 Rc8 35.Nd4 Qe7 36.Rf7 Qb4+  0-1

[Event "VI World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "19.2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Eljanov,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Qd2 O-O 6.Bh6 c5 7.Bxg7 Kxg7 8.d5 e6
9.dxe6 Bxe6 10.O-O-O Nc6 11.Nf3 Qa5 12.a3 Rad8 13.Ng5 d5 14.exd5 Bxd5 15.Nxd5 Qxd2+
16.Rxd2 Rxd5 17.Rxd5 Nxd5 18.g3 Nf6 19.Bg2 h6 20.Ne4 Re8 21.Re1 b6 22.c3 Ne5
23.Re3 Nxe4 24.Rxe4 Nd3+ 25.Kd2 Rxe4 26.Bxe4 Nxf2 27.Bf3 h5 28.b4 Kf6 29.Ke2 Ng4
30.h3 Ne5 31.Bd5 Ke7 32.Ke3 Kd6 33.Bb3 f6 34.Ke4 a5 35.bxa5 bxa5 36.Ba2 Kc6
37.Bb3 c4 38.Ba4+ Kc5 39.Be8 Kd6 40.Kd4 Nf3+ 41.Kxc4 Ke7 42.Bc6 Ne5+ 43.Kd5 g5
44.Bb5 Kd8 45.Be2 Kd7 46.Bxh5 Nd3 47.Be2 Nf2 48.h4 gxh4 49.gxh4 Ke7 50.c4 Nh3
51.Bf3 Nf4+ 52.Kc6 Nd3 53.Kd5 Nf4+ 54.Ke4 Ne6 55.Bd1 Nc5+ 56.Kf5 Kf7 57.h5 Kg7
58.Bc2 Nb7 59.Ke6 Nc5+ 60.Kd5 Nd7 61.c5 Kh6 62.Bd1 Kg5 63.c6 Nb6+ 64.Kc5 Nc8
65.c7 f5 66.Kc6  1-0

[Event "VI World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "20.10"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 c5 3.e3 cxd4 4.exd4 Qb6 5.Nc3 d6 6.a3 g6 7.Bc4 Bg7 8.Nge2 O-O
9.O-O Bg4 10.h3 Bxe2 11.Nxe2 Nc6 12.c3 e5 13.Be3 Qc7 14.Ba2 Rad8 15.dxe5 dxe5
16.Qc2 Nd4 17.Bxd4 exd4 18.Rad1 Nh5 19.c4 d3 20.Rxd3 Rxd3 21.Qxd3 Bxb2 22.Rb1 Be5
23.c5 Qxc5 24.Rxb7 Nf4 25.Nxf4 Qc1+ 26.Qf1 Qxf4 27.g3 Qf3 28.Qg2 Qxa3 29.Qd5 Qd6
30.Qxd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "VI World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "21.1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 e6 3.e3 c5 4.c3 b6 5.Nd2 Bb7 6.Ngf3 cxd4 7.cxd4 Be7 8.h3 O-O
9.Bd3 Nc6 10.a3 Rc8 11.O-O d6 12.Qe2 Qd7 13.e4 Rfd8 14.Be3 Qe8 15.Rfe1 Na5
16.b4 Nc6 17.Ba6 Bxa6 18.Qxa6 Qd7 19.Qd3 Qb7 20.Nf1 d5 21.e5 Ne4 22.N3h2 f5
23.f3 Ng5 24.Rac1 b5 25.Ng3 a5 26.bxa5 Nxa5 27.Ne2 Nc4 28.Rc3 Qa6 29.Bc1 b4
30.axb4 Nf7 31.Rb3 Rb8 32.Nf4 Bxb4 33.Rd1 Be7 34.Nf1 Rdc8 35.Qb1 Rxb3 36.Qxb3 Nd8
37.Ne3 Nc6 38.Qd3 Nb4 39.Qb3 Kf7 40.g4 g5 41.Nd3 Nxe3 42.Bxe3 Nxd3 43.Qxd3 Qxd3
44.Rxd3 f4 45.Bf2 Bb4 46.Rb3 Rc4 47.Kf1 Ke7 48.Ke2 Kd7 49.Kd3 Kc6 50.h4 h6
51.hxg5 hxg5 52.Rb1 Rc3+ 53.Ke2 Rc2+ 54.Kf1 Kb5 55.Be1 Rc4 56.Bf2 Ka4 57.Ra1+ Ba3
58.Rb1 Bb4 59.Ra1+ Kb5 60.Rb1 Kc6 61.Ke2 Rc2+ 62.Kf1 Kb5 63.Be1 Rc4 64.Bf2 Rc3
65.Be1 Rc4 66.Bf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "VI World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Movsesian,S"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.Be2 Nh6 7.Bxh6 gxh6 8.Qd2 Bg7
9.O-O O-O 10.Na3 f6 11.exf6 Rxf6 12.Nc2 Bd7 13.b4 cxd4 14.cxd4 a6 15.a4 Be8
16.b5 axb5 17.axb5 Rxa1 18.Rxa1 Ne7 19.Ne5 Ng6 20.Ng4 Rf8 21.Nxh6+ Kh8 22.Ng4 Nf4
23.Bf1 Bg6 24.Nge3 Be4 25.g3 Nh5 26.Re1 Nf6 27.Bd3 Bxd3 28.Qxd3 Ne4 29.Re2 Nd6
30.Ng2 Nxb5 31.Nf4 Nc7 32.Kg2 Qd6 33.Ne1 Bh6 34.Nh5 Qa6 35.Qd1 Rf5 36.Rc2 Qd6
37.Nd3 Rf8 38.Ne5 Ne8 39.Rc8 Qe7 40.Qc2 Ng7 41.Rc7  1-0

[Event "VI World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "23.2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 c5 3.e3 Nc6 4.c3 Nf6 5.Nd2 Bf5 6.Qb3 Qc8 7.dxc5 e5 8.Bg5 Be6
9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Qa3 a5 11.Bb5 Be7 12.Qa4 Bxc5 13.Ne2 Rg8 14.Qh4 Ke7 15.Ng3 Rg4
16.Qxh7 Qh8 17.Qxh8 Rxh8 18.Bd3 e4 19.Be2 Rgh4 20.Ngf1 f5 21.Nb3 Bb6 22.g3 Rh3
23.Nd4 Nxd4 24.cxd4 Rc8 25.Kd2 a4 26.Rc1 Ba5+ 27.Kd1 Rxc1+ 28.Kxc1 Be1 29.f3 f4
30.exf4 Bf2 31.a3 Bxd4 32.Nd2 f5 33.Bf1 Rh8 34.Be2 Bf2 35.fxe4 fxe4 36.g4 Be3
37.f5 Bf7 38.Kd1 Bg5 39.h3 Be8 40.Bf1 Bc6 41.Bg2 Kd6 42.Re1 Kc5 43.Re2 Bb5
44.Rxe4 Bxd2 45.Re5 Bf4 46.Rxd5+ Kb6 47.f6 Bc6 48.Rf5 Rd8+ 49.Ke2 Bb5+ 50.Kf2 Bc1
51.f7 Rf8 52.g5 Bxb2 53.g6 Bd3 54.Rg5 Bg7 55.h4 Ka6 56.h5 b5 57.Rd5 Bc4 58.Rd6+ Ka5
59.Rc6 Bxf7 60.gxf7 Rxf7+ 61.Ke2 Bb2 62.h6 Bxa3 63.Be4 Bb2 64.Rc8 a3 65.Ra8+ Kb4
66.Bd3 Re7+ 67.Kd1 Rd7 68.Kc2 Rc7+ 69.Kd2 Bc1+ 70.Kd1 Bxh6 71.Bxb5 Rc1+ 72.Ke2 Rc2+
73.Kd3 Rc3+ 74.Kd4 Bg7+ 75.Kd5 Kxb5  0-1

[Event "VI World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "24.9"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 a6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nc3 c6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Ne5 Bd6 8.g4 Be6
9.h4 Nd7 10.f4 f6 11.Nd3 h5 12.g5 Ne7 13.Be2 Bf7 14.e4 dxe4 15.Nxe4 Nf5 16.Nxd6+ Nxd6
17.Bd2 Qb6 18.Qa4 Qb5 19.Qa3 Nc4 20.Qc3 Qd5 21.O-O-O Nxd2 22.Nb4 Nb3+ 23.axb3 Qxb3
24.d5 Qxc3+ 25.bxc3 c5 26.Nc2 O-O-O 27.d6 Rhe8 28.Bd3 Nb6 29.Bf5+ Kb8 30.Rhe1 Rxe1
31.Rxe1 fxg5 32.Re7 Be8 33.fxg5 g6 34.Be4 Nd7 35.Ne3 b5 36.Nd5 Nf8 37.Nf6 Bd7
38.Nxd7+ Nxd7 39.Bxg6 Nb6 40.Bxh5 Nd5 41.g6 Rxd6 42.Re8+ Kc7 43.g7 Nf6 44.Rf8  1-0

[Event "VI World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "25.3"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Mamedov,Rau"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Be3 c6 5.Qd2 b5 6.Bd3 Nd7 7.Nf3 Nb6 8.a4 b4 9.Ne2 a5
10.h3 Nf6 11.O-O O-O 12.Ng3 Nbd7 13.c3 bxc3 14.bxc3 c5 15.Rfe1 Qc7 16.Bh6 e5
17.Qg5 Ne8 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.dxe5 Nxe5 20.Qe3 Nf6 21.Nxe5 dxe5 22.Bc4 Rb8 23.Nf5+ Bxf5
24.exf5 e4 25.Rad1 Rbd8 26.fxg6 hxg6 27.Qg5 Rxd1 28.Rxd1 Re8 29.Qd2 Qe5 30.Qe3 Re7
31.Rb1 Rd7 32.g3 Qf5 33.Kg2 Nd5 34.Bxd5 Rxd5 35.Re1 Rd3 36.Qxe4 Qxe4+ 37.Rxe4 Rxc3
38.Re7 Rc4 39.Rc7 g5 40.Kf3 Kg6 41.Ke3 f6 42.Kd3 Rd4+ 43.Ke3 Rxa4 44.Rxc5 Ra1
45.Kf3 a4 46.Ra5 a3 47.h4 gxh4 48.gxh4 a2 49.Kg2 Kh6 50.Kh2 Kg6 51.Kg2 Kh6  1/2-1/2

[Event "VI World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "26.8"]
[White "Grachev,B"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Bf4 c5 4.e3 Nc6 5.c3 Qb6 6.Qb3 c4 7.Qc2 Bf5 8.Qc1 e6
9.h3 Be7 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.Be2 Qa5 12.O-O b5 13.a3 Qb6 14.Ne5 Nxe5 15.Bxe5 Nd7
16.Bg3 a5 17.Re1 Bg6 18.Bf3 f5 19.Bf4 Qc6 20.Be2 b4 21.Nf3 Bd6 22.Qc2 Rfb8
23.Bxd6 Qxd6 24.axb4 axb4 25.Rxa8 Rxa8 26.b3 f4 27.Qb2 fxe3 28.fxe3 bxc3
29.Qxc3 Ra3 30.Bd1 Nf6 31.Qc1 cxb3 32.Ne5 Qb4 33.Rf1 Ra8 34.Qc6 Rf8 35.Qxe6+ Bf7
36.Nxf7 Rxf7 37.Bh5 g6 38.Rxf6 Qb7 39.Bd1 b2 40.Qe8+ Kg7 41.Qxf7+  1-0

[Event "VI World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "27.4"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Andreikin,D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 Nh5 3.Bg5 h6 4.Bh4 g5 5.e3 Nf6 6.Bg3 Bg7 7.Bd3 d6 8.Nd2 Nc6
9.c3 e5 10.Qc2 Qe7 11.O-O-O Be6 12.h4 g4 13.h5 O-O-O 14.Ne2 Kb8 15.Bh4 Qd7
16.Ng3 d5 17.Nf5 Bxf5 18.Bxf5 Qd6 19.Nb3 Rhg8 20.Bg3 Qe7 21.Nc5 Ne8 22.Kb1 Nd6
23.Bd3 Ka8 24.Qa4 Nb8 25.Bh4 Bf6 26.Bg3 c6 27.Bc2 Rge8 28.Qb4 Nc4 29.Bf5 Na6
30.Nxa6 bxa6 31.Qxe7 Rxe7 32.Bd3 e4 33.Be2 a5 34.b3 Rb7 35.Kc2 Na3+ 36.Kb2 Nc4+
37.Kc1 Na3 38.Bxg4 a4 39.b4 a5 40.bxa5 Rb1+ 41.Kd2 Rb2+ 42.Ke1 Nc2+ 43.Kf1 Rg8
44.Bd7 Rxg3 45.Bxc6+ Ka7 46.Bxd5 Rxe3 47.Rh3 Rxh3 48.gxh3 e3 49.Rd3  0-1

[Event "VI World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "28.7"]
[White "Savchenko,B"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "C06"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.Bd3 c5 5.e5 Nfd7 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 cxd4 8.cxd4 f6
9.exf6 Nxf6 10.O-O Bd6 11.Nf3 O-O 12.Bf4 Nh5 13.Bxd6 Qxd6 14.Re1 Bd7 15.Rc1 Rxf3
16.gxf3 Rf8 17.Rc3 a6 18.Qd2 Be8 19.Bb1 Rf6 20.f4 Bf7 21.Rf3 g6 22.Kh1 Ne7
23.Ng3 Rxf4 24.Rxf4 Nxf4 25.Re5 Nh5 26.Nxh5 gxh5 27.Qh6 Bg6 28.Bxg6 hxg6
29.Kg2 Kf7 30.Qh7+ Ke8 31.h4 Qb6 32.Qh8+ Kd7 33.Qf6 Nf5 34.Rxd5+ Nd6 35.Qf7+ Kc6
36.Qxe6 Qd8 37.b3 Kc7 38.f4 Qf8 39.Qe5 Kc6 40.Kf3 Nf5 41.Qe6+ Kc7 42.Qd7+ Kb6
43.Qd8+  1-0

[Event "VI World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[Round "29"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Qd2 Bg7 5.Bh6 O-O 6.Bxg7 Kxg7 7.Nf3 b6 8.O-O-O Bb7
9.h4 h5 10.Ne5 c5 11.e3 Nc6 12.Be2 Rh8 13.f4 e6 14.Kb1 Ne7 15.g4 hxg4 16.Nxg4 Nf5
17.Nxf6 Qxf6 18.h5 cxd4 19.exd4 gxh5 20.Bxh5 Rh6 21.Rdg1+ Kf8 22.Ne2 Ke7
23.Bg4 Rxh1 24.Rxh1 Nd6 25.Qb4 Rh8 26.Rd1 Rh2 27.Qa3 a5 28.Qe3 Nc4 29.Qc3 Kd8
30.b3 Nd6 31.Qe3 Ba6 32.Nc3 Qg6 33.Be2 Bxe2 34.Nxe2 Qe4  0-1

[Event "VI World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[Round "30"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "C00"]

1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 g6 6.Ngf3 Bg7 7.O-O Nge7 8.Re1 b6
9.e5 Qc7 10.Qe2 h6 11.h4 g5 12.hxg5 hxg5 13.Nxg5 Qxe5 14.Qxe5 Nxe5 15.Ngf3 N5c6
16.c3 Ba6 17.Bf1 Ng6 18.a4 Kd7 19.Rd1 Bf6 20.Rb1 Rh5 21.b4 cxb4 22.cxb4 Bb7
23.b5 Nce5 24.d4 Nc4 25.Bg2 Rc8 26.Nf1 Ne7 27.N1h2 Bg7 28.Ng4 f6 29.Nh4 Nf5
30.Nxf5 Rxf5 31.Rb3 Rh5 32.Nh2 Nd6 33.Nf1 Bh6 34.Bf3 Bxc1 35.Bxh5 Bh6 36.Bg4 Rc4
37.Ra3 f5 38.Be2 Rc2 39.Bd3 Rc8 40.Nh2 Nc4 41.Ra2 Kd6 42.Nf3 Rc7 43.Re1 Bc8
44.Kg2 Bg7 45.Rh1 Bf6 46.Rh6 Rf7 47.Re2 Bd7 48.Kg1 Rf8 49.Rh7 Rc8 50.Rh6 Rf8  1-0

[Event "VI World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[Round "31"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.Bf4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 Nf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "VI World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[Round "32"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "C06"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 cxd4 8.cxd4 Nb6
9.O-O Bd7 10.Nf3 a5 11.Nf4 g6 12.h4 Be7 13.g3 a4 14.Bd2 Nc4 15.Bxc4 dxc4
16.Qe2 b5 17.Qe4 a3 18.b3 cxb3 19.axb3 Nb4 20.Rfc1 O-O 21.Bxb4 Bxb4 22.d5 Qa5
23.Nd3 Bc3 24.b4 exd5 25.Qf4 Qc7 26.Nd4 Qc4 27.Ne2 Qxf4 28.Ndxf4 Bxa1 29.Rxa1 Rfc8
30.Nxd5 Rc2 31.Nd4 Rd2 32.Nb6 Ra6 33.Nb3 Rb2 34.Nxd7 Rxb3 35.Nc5 a2 36.Nxb3 Ra4
37.Nc5 Ra3 38.Kg2 Kf8 39.Ne4 Ke7 40.Nd6 Ra4 41.Nxb5 Rxb4 42.Nc3 Rc4 43.Nd5+ Ke6
44.Nf4+ Kxe5 45.Rxa2  1-0

[Event "VI World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[Round "33"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Caruana,F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 g6 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 Bg7 5.e4 d6 6.Qd2 a6 7.a4 Qb6 8.Rb1 O-O 9.Bd3 Qb4
10.h3 Nbd7 11.Nf3 c4 12.Be2 Nc5 13.O-O Nxa4 14.Nxa4 Qxa4 15.Ra1 Qb5 16.Qe3 Bd7
17.b3 Rfc8 18.Bxc4 Qc5 19.Qe2 Qc7 20.Ra2 b5 21.Bd3 a5 22.c4 a4 23.bxa4 bxc4
24.Bc2 c3 25.Rfa1 Qc4 26.Qe3 Rab8 27.Bd3 Qc5 28.Rc2 Rb2 29.a5 Bb5 30.Qe2 Bxd3
31.Qxd3 Qc4 32.Qxc4 Rxc4 33.a6 Rxc2 34.a7 Rc8 35.a8=Q Rxa8 36.Rxa8+ Bf8 37.Bh6 Nd7
38.Nd4 Rb2 39.Rc8 c2 40.Kh2 Rb8 41.Rxb8 Nxb8 42.Be3 Nd7 43.Nxc2 Bg7 44.f3 Be5+
45.Kg1 Kg7 46.g4 Bc3 47.Kf2 Ne5 48.f4 Nc4 49.Bd4+ Bxd4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "VI World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[Round "34"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "A05"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 e6 4.O-O Be7 5.d3 b6 6.Nbd2 Bb7 7.Re1 c5 8.e4 Nc6
9.e5 Nd7 10.Nf1 h6 11.h4 Qc7 12.Bf4 g5 13.hxg5 hxg5 14.Nxg5 Ndxe5 15.c3 Bd6
16.d4 cxd4 17.cxd4 Nc4 18.Nxe6 fxe6 19.Rxe6+ Kd8 20.Bg5+ Be7 21.Bxe7+ Nxe7
22.Qf3 Kd7 23.Rae1 Rae8 24.Qf6 Rh7 25.Bh3 Kd8 26.Bf5 Reh8  1-0

[Event "VI World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[Round "35"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 c5 3.e3 Qb6 4.Nc3 e6 5.a3 Nc6 6.Nf3 a6 7.Be2 d5 8.O-O cxd4
9.exd4 Be7 10.Re1 O-O 11.Bd3 Bd7 12.Rb1 Rac8 13.Ne2 Na5 14.Ne5 Bb5 15.c3 Bxd3
16.Nxd3 Qb3 17.Bg5 h6 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.Nc5 Qxd1 20.Rexd1 Rc7 21.Nc1 Be7 22.N5b3 Nc4
23.Nd3 Rfc8 24.Kf1 Bd6 25.g3 f6 26.f4 Ne3+ 27.Ke2 Nxd1 28.Rxd1 Kf7 29.Nd2 g5
30.Kf2 b5 31.Nf1 a5 32.Ne3 f5 33.Nc2 Kf6 34.Kf3 h5 35.Re1 Rxc3 36.fxg5+ Ke7
37.bxc3 Rxc3 38.Re3 Rxc2 39.Nf4 Bxf4 40.Kxf4 b4 41.axb4 axb4 42.Rb3 Rf2+
43.Ke3 Rxh2 44.Rxb4 h4 45.Rb7+ Kf8 46.Kf3 hxg3 47.Kxg3 Rh1 48.Kf4 Rg1 49.Ke5 f4
50.Kf6 Ke8 51.Kxe6 Kd8  0-1

[Event "VI World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[Round "36"]
[White "Radjabov,T"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "C18"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qc7 7.Nf3 b6 8.a4 Ba6
9.Bb5+ Bxb5 10.axb5 h6 11.O-O Ne7 12.Nh4 Ng6 13.Nxg6 fxg6 14.Qg4 Qf7 15.dxc5 bxc5
16.c4 Qf5 17.Qxf5 gxf5 18.cxd5 exd5 19.Rd1 d4 20.Ba3 Nd7 21.e6 Nf8 22.Bxc5 Nxe6
23.Bxd4 Nxd4 24.Rxd4 O-O 25.c4 Rf7 26.c5 Rb8 27.Rb4 Rc7 28.Rc1 Kf7 29.g3 Ke6
30.Rbb1 Kd5 31.c6 Rb6 32.Kg2 a6 33.bxa6 Rxa6 34.Rb7 Rxb7 35.cxb7 Rb6 36.Rc7 g5
37.Rh7 g4 38.h3 gxh3+ 39.Kxh3 Ke4 40.Kg2 Rb3 41.Re7+ Kd5 42.Kh3 Kd6 43.Rh7 Ke5
44.f3 Rb2 45.Rf7 Ke6 46.Rc7 Kf6 47.f4 Ke6 48.Rh7 Kd5 49.Re7 Kd6 50.Re5 Rxb7
51.Rxf5 Ke6 52.Rh5 Rh7 53.Ra5 Rh8 54.Kh4 Kf6 55.Kh5 Kg7 56.Ra7+ Kf6 57.g4 Rf8
58.Kxh6 Rh8+ 59.Rh7 Rg8 60.g5+ Kf5 61.Rf7+ Kg4 62.Kh7  1-0

[Event "VI World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[Round "37"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 h6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 c6 5.Bd3 Na6 6.a3 Bg4 7.f3 Bd7 8.Nge2 e6
9.O-O Nh5 10.Be5 Nc7 11.g4 Nf6 12.Kg2 Be7 13.Ng3 c5 14.h4 c4 15.Be2 Nb5 16.g5 Ng8
17.Nh5 Nxc3 18.bxc3 Bf8 19.f4 f6 20.gxf6 gxf6 21.Bg4  0-1

[Event "VI World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[Round "38"]
[White "Eljanov,P"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 c5 3.e3 Nc6 4.c3 Nf6 5.Nd2 Bf5 6.Ngf3 Qb6 7.Nh4 Bd7 8.Qb3 c4
9.Qc2 Nh5 10.Bg3 e6 11.Be2 Nxg3 12.hxg3 Qc7 13.e4 O-O-O 14.Nhf3 h6 15.O-O Be7
16.b3 cxb3 17.axb3 g5 18.Bd3 dxe4 19.Nxe4 f5 20.Nc5 g4 21.Nh4 Bxc5 22.dxc5 a6
23.b4 Ne5 24.Be2 Bc6 25.Rfe1 Be4 26.Qb3 Kd7 27.c4 Ke7 28.Qc3 Kf7 29.Rad1 Rhe8
30.Kh2 a5 31.Qe3 axb4 32.Qf4 Qb8 33.Rxd8 Rxd8 34.Bd1 Nd3 35.Qxh6 Nxe1 36.Qg6+ Ke7
37.Qg7+ Ke8 38.Ng6  1-0

[Event "6th Femida Cup 2010"]
[Site "Kharkiv UKR"]
[Date "2010.11.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Moiseenko,A1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "D05"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 d5 4.c4 c5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8.dxc5 Nxc5
9.O-O Be7 10.Nc3 O-O 11.b3 Nce4 12.Ne2 Rc8 13.Bb2 Qa5 14.a3 Qa6 15.Nfd4 Rfd8
16.f3 Nc5 17.Qd2 Bf8 18.Rfd1 Qb6 19.Qb4 Qa6 20.Qd2 Qb6 21.Rab1 Re8 22.Nf4 Bd6
23.Nd3 a6 24.Nxc5 Bxc5 25.b4 Bf8 26.Rbc1 Rc4 27.Qd3 g6 28.Rxc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Femida Cup 2010"]
[Site "Kharkiv UKR"]
[Date "2010.11.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Jobava,Ba"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "E73"]

1.c4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.e4 d6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Be3 Na6 7.Nf3 e5 8.d5 Ng4
9.Bg5 f6 10.Bh4 h5 11.Nd2 c5 12.a3 Qd7 13.h3 Nh6 14.Qa4 Qe7 15.b4 Nf7 16.g4 hxg4
17.hxg4 Bh6 18.Qb3 Kg7 19.f3 Rh8 20.Bf2 Bd7 21.b5 Nc7 22.Kd1 Bf4 23.Kc2 Ng5
24.Raf1 Nh3 25.Be1 Rh7 26.Bd1 Bg5 27.Ne2 b6 28.Rh2 Rah8 29.Rfh1 Kf8 30.Qd3 Nf2
31.Bxf2 Rxh2 32.Rxh2 Rxh2 33.Be3 Bxe3 34.Qxe3 Qh7 35.Nc3 Qh6 36.Qe1 Qh4 37.Qe3 Qf2
38.Kd3 Qxe3+ 39.Kxe3 Ke7 40.Be2 Ne8 41.Nf1 Rg2 42.Kd3 Ng7 43.Ne3 Rg1 44.Bf1 Rh1
45.Ne2 Rh8 46.Ng3 Rf8 47.Bh3 Ra8 48.a4 a6 49.Ke2 axb5 50.axb5 Kf7 51.Bf1 Ra2+
52.Ke1 Kg8 53.Ne2 Kh7 54.Nc3 Ra8 55.Bd3 Kh6 56.Bc2 Kg5 57.Na4 Rb8 58.Kf2 f5
59.gxf5 gxf5 60.exf5 Bxf5 61.Bxf5 Nxf5 62.Nc3 Ra8 63.Ne4+ Kg6 64.Nf1 Ra2+
65.Nfd2 Kf7 66.f4 exf4 67.Kf3 Ke7 68.Kxf4 Nd4 69.Nf1 Ra8 70.Nfd2 Ra3 71.Nf2 Nb3
72.Nxb3 Rxb3 73.Ng4 Rd3 74.Ne3 Rd4+ 75.Kf3 Kf6 76.Ng4+ Kf5 77.Ne3+ Kg5 78.Ke2 Kf4
79.Ng2+ Ke5  0-1

[Event "29th European Blitz"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Anisimov,P2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 d5 8.cxd5 exd5
9.O-O O-O 10.Nc3 Bb7 11.Rc1 Nbd7 12.Bf4 a6 13.Ne5 c5 14.Nxd7 Qxd7 15.Na4 Qb5
16.Bc7 Nd7 17.dxc5 Bxc5 18.Nxc5 Nxc5 19.Bxd5 Bxd5 20.Qxd5  1-0

[Event "29th European Blitz"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Bartel,Mat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "A80"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 c6 4.e3 Be6 5.Bd3 g6 6.Nge2 Bg7 7.h4 Nd7 8.h5 Bf7
9.hxg6 hxg6 10.Rxh8 Bxh8 11.Qd2 Ngf6 12.f3 e5 13.e4 exd4 14.Nxd4 dxe4 15.fxe4 Ne5
16.Be2 c5 17.Ndb5 Qxd2+ 18.Bxd2 Ke7 19.exf5 gxf5 20.Bf4 Ne4 21.Nxe4 fxe4
22.O-O-O Rg8 23.g3 Bg6 24.Rd5 Nc6 25.Rxc5 Bf6 26.Nc3 Bd4 27.Rg5 Bf7 28.Rxg8 Bxg8
29.Nxe4 Bxa2 30.b3 Bh8 31.Bd2 a5 32.Nc3 a4 33.Kb2  1-0

[Event "29th European Blitz"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bartel,Mat"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "A00"]

1.g3 Nf6 2.Bg2 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Bg7 5.Nc3 c6 6.f4 O-O 7.Nf3 b5 8.a3 Bb7 9.O-O Nbd7
10.e5 Nd5 11.Nxd5 cxd5 12.e6 fxe6 13.Ng5 Rf6 14.Qe2 Nf8 15.Qxb5 Qc8 16.Qa4 h6
17.Nf3 Qc4 18.Qxc4 dxc4 19.Nd2 Bxg2 20.Kxg2 Rc8 21.Rf2 Rf5 22.Nf3 Rb5 23.a4 Rb7
24.Ra3 Kf7 25.Re3 Rb4 26.g4 Rxa4 27.c3 Ra1 28.Rf1 a5 29.Nh4 Bf6 30.g5 Bg7
31.gxh6 Bxh6 32.Rg3 Bg7 33.Nf3 Bf6 34.Ng5+ Ke8 35.Ne4 Rb8 36.Re3 Kd7 37.Re2 Rb5
38.Be3 Rxf1 39.Kxf1 Kc6 40.Kg2 Kd5 41.Kf3 a4 42.Bc1 Rb3 43.Kg4 Nd7 44.h4 Rb8
45.Ng5 Rh8 46.Bd2 e5 47.dxe5 dxe5 48.Be1 exf4 49.Kxf4 Nc5 50.Kg4 Nd3 51.Ne6 Nxe1
52.Nf4+ Kc5 53.Rxe1 Rxh4+ 54.Kf3 g5 55.Ng2 Rh3+ 56.Kg4 Rd3 57.Ra1 Kb5 58.Rb1 Be5
59.Kf5 Bd6 60.Ne1 Rd5+ 61.Ke4 Re5+ 62.Kd4 g4 63.Nc2 Re2 64.Rc1 Bc5+ 65.Kd5 e6+  0-1

[Event "29th European Blitz"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Ne7 6.O-O c5 7.c4 Nbc6 8.dxc5 d4
9.Re1 Ng6 10.a3 a5 11.Bd3 Bxd3 12.Qxd3 Bxc5 13.Nbd2 Qc7 14.Ne4 Be7 15.c5 O-O
16.Nd6 b6 17.Bg5 bxc5 18.Bxe7 Qxe7 19.Nc4 Rab8 20.Qe4 Qd7 21.Rac1 Rfd8 22.h4 Qd5
23.h5 Qxe4 24.Rxe4 Nge7 25.Nd6 Nxe5 26.Rxe5 Rxd6 27.Rexc5 f6 28.Rxa5 e5 29.b4 Nd5
30.Nd2 Nc3 31.Kf1 Rd7 32.Rc5 Ra7 33.Nc4 Kf7 34.f3 Ke6 35.Re1 Rd8 36.f4 e4
37.f5+ Kf7 38.Nd2 e3 39.Nc4 Re7 40.b5 e2+ 41.Kg1 d3 42.Nd2 Ne4 43.Rc7 Kf8  0-1

[Event "29th European Blitz"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "B84"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O Be7 8.a4 O-O
9.Be3 Nc6 10.f4 Qc7 11.Kh1 Re8 12.Bf3 Rb8 13.g4 Bf8 14.g5 Nd7 15.Bg2 Nxd4
16.Qxd4 b6 17.f5 g6 18.f6 Ne5 19.b3 Bd7 20.Rac1 Rec8 21.Ne2 b5 22.axb5 axb5
23.Qd2 b4 24.Nd4 Ng4 25.Bg1 Qc3 26.Qxc3 Rxc3 27.Ra1 h6 28.Ra7 Rd8 29.h4 hxg5
30.hxg5 e5 31.Nf3 Ne3 32.Bxe3 Rxe3 33.Re1 Rc3 34.Re2 Bg4 35.Rf2 Rdc8 36.Ra2 Re3
37.Nd2 Be6 38.Kh2 Rec3 39.Nf1 R8c5 40.Ng3 Rc8 41.Bf3 Bd7 42.Kg2 d5 43.exd5 Bc5
44.Re2 Bb5 45.Rxe5 Bd6 46.Re1 Rxc2+ 47.Rxc2 Rxc2+ 48.Ne2 Rb2 49.Kf2 Rxb3
50.Rc1 Rb2 51.Rc8+ Kh7 52.Ke3 Rb3+ 53.Kf2 Rd3 54.Rd8 Bc5+ 55.Kg3 b3 56.Nf4 b2  0-1

[Event "29th European Blitz"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Fridman,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 b6 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Nxd5 Qxd5
9.Bd3 Qa5+ 10.Nd2 Ba6 11.Bxa6 Nxa6 12.O-O c5 13.Nc4 Qb5 14.Qb3 Qxb3 15.axb3 Nb4
16.dxc5 Bxc5 17.Rfd1 Rfd8 18.Kf1 Nd5 19.Bg3 f5 20.Ke2 g5 21.Be5 Rd7 22.f3 Rad8
23.e4 fxe4 24.fxe4 Nb4 25.Rxd7 Rxd7 26.Bc3 Nc6 27.Ne5 Nd4+ 28.Kd3 Rd8 29.Kc4 a5
30.Rf1 Nc2 31.Kb5 Ne3 32.Rf6 Nxg2 33.Rxe6 Nf4 34.Rc6 Bg1 35.Ng4 h5 36.Nf6+ Kf7
37.Rc7+ Ke6 38.e5 Bxh2 39.Ne4 Kf5 40.Nd6+ Kg4 41.Ne4 h4 42.Rg7 Ne6 43.Re7 Nd4+
44.Kxb6 Nf5 45.Rf7 Bg1+ 46.Kc7 Ra8 47.Nf6+ Kf3 48.Nd7 Kg4 49.e6 h3 50.Ne5+ Kg3
51.Rxf5 h2 52.Rxg5+ Kh3 53.Rh5+ Kg2 54.e7 Bc5 55.Nc6 Bxe7 56.Nxe7 a4 57.bxa4 Ra7+
58.Kd6 Rxa4 59.Nc6 Rg4 60.Rxh2+ Kxh2 61.Bd4 Rg6+ 62.Kc5 Kg3 63.b4 Rg8 64.b5 Kf3
65.b6 Rg5+ 66.Be5 Rg1 67.b7  1-0

[Event "29th European Blitz"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fridman,D"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "E00"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 c6 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Qc2 O-O
9.Rd1 b6 10.a4 Ba6 11.b3 Rc8 12.a5 c5 13.axb6 Qxb6 14.Qa2 Bb7 15.e3 a6 16.Nc3 Ne4
17.Na4 Qa7 18.Be1 Bf6 19.Rac1 Rfe8 20.Qe2 Bc6 21.cxd5 Bxd5 22.Nd2 Nxd2 23.Bxd5 exd5
24.Qxd2 cxd4 25.Rxc8 Rxc8 26.exd4 Qb7 27.Qd3 g6 28.f3 Rb8 29.b4 Qb5 30.Nc5 Qxd3
31.Rxd3 Nxc5 32.dxc5 d4 33.Ra3 Ra8 34.Kf1 Be7 35.Ke2 a5 36.Kd3 Kf8 37.Kc4 d3
38.bxa5 Rc8 39.Bb4 d2 40.Rd3  1-0

[Event "29th European Blitz"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Movsesian,S"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "B10"]

1.e4 c6 2.f4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.d3 Nh6 6.Be2 f6 7.Nf3 Bg4 8.O-O e6 9.Na3 Qc7
10.exf6 gxf6 11.Nh4 Bxe2 12.Qxe2 Qf7 13.Be3 O-O-O 14.Rae1 Rg8 15.h3 Re8 16.c4 Nf5
17.Nxf5 exf5 18.Qf3 d4 19.Bd2 Bd6 20.Nc2 h5 21.a3 a5 22.Rxe8+ Rxe8 23.Re1 Rxe1+
24.Nxe1 Kc7 25.Qe2 b6 26.Nf3 Ne7 27.Nh4 Kd7 28.Qf3 Kc7 29.Qa8 Qe6 30.Qa7+ Kc6
31.Nf3 Qe2 32.b4 axb4 33.axb4 Qd1+ 34.Kh2 Bc7 35.bxc5 bxc5 36.Qa6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "29th European Blitz"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Movsesian,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.Qa4+ c6 6.Qxc4 b5 7.Qd3 Bb7 8.e4 a6
9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 g5 11.Bg3 c5 12.d5 b4 13.Na4 exd5 14.exd5 Bxd5 15.O-O-O Nc6
16.Ne5 Nd4 17.h4 g4 18.Qe3 Be7 19.Bc4 Ra7 20.Rhe1 Kf8 21.b3 Bxc4 22.Nxc4 Qd5
23.Be5 Kg7 24.Qf4 Rd8 25.Qxg4+ Kh7 26.Qf4 Nh5 27.Qe4+ Qxe4 28.Rxe4 f5 29.Ree1 Bxh4
30.g3 Bg5+ 31.Kb2 Nf3 32.Rxd8 Bxd8 33.Rd1 Nxe5 34.Rxd8 Nxc4+ 35.bxc4 Re7
36.Nxc5 Re2+ 37.Kb3 Rxf2 38.Nxa6 Nxg3 39.c5 Rf3+ 40.Kxb4 Rf1 41.c6 Rb1+ 42.Ka5 f4
43.c7 Rc1 44.c8=Q Rxc8 45.Rxc8 Kg6 46.Rf8 Kg5 47.Nc5 h5 48.Ne6+  1-0

[Event "29th European Blitz"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gashimov,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "B13"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 dxc4 7.d5 Ne5 8.Bxc4 Nxc4
9.Qa4+ Bd7 10.Qxc4 h6 11.Bh4 g5 12.Bg3 Bg7 13.Nf3 Rc8 14.Qe2 Bg4 15.O-O O-O
16.Rad1 Re8 17.h3 Bh5 18.Rd2 Qb6 19.Be5 a6 20.Re1 Nd7 21.Bxg7 Kxg7 22.Rd3 Nf6
23.Qd2 Qd6 24.Ne5 Rc7 25.h4 gxh4 26.Rd4 h3 27.Rh4 hxg2 28.Re3 Rh8 29.Qd4 Bg6
30.Rg3 b5 31.a3 Kf8 32.Rxg6 fxg6 33.Nxg6+ Kg7 34.Rg4 Rc4 35.Ne5+ Kf8 36.Nxc4 bxc4
37.Rxg2 Kf7 38.Qxc4 h5 39.Qd3 Rg8 40.Rxg8 Kxg8 41.Qg6+ Kf8 42.Qf5 Qc5 43.Kg2 Kf7
44.Qe6+ Kf8 45.Qxa6 Qd4 46.Qe6 Ng4 47.Qf5+ Kg7 48.Ne4 Ne5 49.Nc3 Ng6 50.a4 Nh4+
51.Kf1 Nxf5 52.a5 Qd3+ 53.Kg2 Qa6  0-1

[Event "29th European Blitz"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Gashimov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.e3 b5 6.c5 Nbd7 7.b4 g6 8.a4 Bb7 9.Bb2 Bg7
10.Qc2 O-O 11.Be2 Ne8 12.O-O Nc7 13.Rfd1 Re8 14.axb5 axb5 15.Rxa8 Bxa8 16.h3 Bb7
17.Bf1 Qb8 18.g3 Bc8 19.Bg2 Na6 20.Qb3 e5 21.dxe5 Nxe5 22.Nxe5 Qxe5 23.Qa3 Qh5
24.Rd2 d4 25.Nd1 dxe3 26.Nxe3 Bxb2 27.Qxb2 Nb8 28.h4 Qh6 29.Rd6 Qf8 30.Qd4 Qe7
31.h5 Qg5 32.hxg6 hxg6 33.Bf3 Bd7 34.Kg2 Re7 35.Ng4 Be8 36.Nf6+ Kh8 37.Nxe8+ Qe5
38.Qxe5+ Rxe5 39.Nc7 Kg7 40.Rd8  1-0

[Event "29th European Blitz"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Tkachiev,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[ECO "D16"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 e6 6.e3 c5 7.Bxc4 Nc6 8.O-O cxd4
9.exd4 Be7 10.Qe2 O-O 11.Rd1 Nb4 12.Bf4 b6 13.Ne5 Bb7 14.Nxf7 Rxf7 15.Bxe6 Bd6
16.Be5 Qe7 17.Bxf7+ Kxf7 18.Nb5 Rd8 19.Qc4+ Nbd5 20.Nxd6+ Rxd6 21.Bxd6 Qxd6
22.h3 Kg6 23.Qc2+ Kh6 24.Qd2+ Kg6 25.Qc2+ Kh6 26.Qd2+ Kg6 27.Qc2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "29th European Blitz"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tkachiev,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "E01"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bb4+ 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Nf3 dxc4 7.O-O Nc6 8.a3 Bxc3
9.bxc3 Rb8 10.Bg5 b5 11.e4 h6 12.Bh4 Ne7 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Nd2 Rb6 15.a4 a6
16.axb5 axb5 17.Qh5 Kg7 18.Ra8 f5 19.Rb1 Ng6 20.h4 Qe7 21.Qe2 Re8 22.h5 Nf8
23.exf5 Qg5 24.Qe5+ Kg8 25.Ne4 Nd7 26.Qxc7 Qd8 27.Rxc8 Qxc8 28.Qxd7 exf5
29.Qxc8 Rxc8 30.Nc5 b4 31.cxb4 c3 32.Bh3 Rd8 33.Rc1 Rxd4 34.Rxc3 f4 35.Nd3 fxg3
36.fxg3 Rd5 37.g4 Rbd6 38.Bf1 Rd4 39.Be2 Re4 40.Kf2 Rf6+ 41.Ke1 Rfe6 42.Rc2 Rxg4
43.b5 Rg1+ 44.Kd2 Rb1 45.Rb2 Rxb2+ 46.Nxb2 Kf8 47.Nc4 Ke7 48.b6 Kd8 49.Bf3 Rf6
50.Ke3 Rf5 51.Nd6 Rf6 52.b7 Re6+ 53.Kf4 Kc7 54.Nf5 Kb8 55.Bd5 Ra6 56.Ke5 Kc7
57.Nd4 Rb6 58.Nf5 Kd7 59.Ne3 Kc7 60.Nc4 Rb5 61.Kd4 f6 62.Ne3 Rb4+ 63.Nc4 Rb1
64.Ke4 Rh1 65.Kd4 Rxh5 66.Nd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "29th European Blitz"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.17"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Jobava,Ba"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "C15"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qg4 Nf6 5.Qxg7 Rg8 6.Qh6 dxe4 7.Ne2 c5 8.a3 Bxc3+
9.bxc3 Nbd7 10.h3 Qa5 11.Bd2 b6 12.c4 Qa4 13.Nc3 Qxc2 14.Nb5 cxd4 15.Bb4 Qb2
16.Rd1 a5 17.Nd6+ Kd8 18.Nxf7+ Kc7 19.Qf4+ Kc6 20.Bd2 Qxa3 21.g4 Qe7 22.Bg2 Nc5
23.Ne5+ Kb7 24.g5 Nh5 25.Qg4 Qd6 26.Nf7 Qc6 27.Qxh5 Ka6 28.O-O Bb7 29.Ne5 Qc7
30.Bf4 Raf8 31.Bg3 Qg7 32.Rxd4 Rf5 33.Qh6 e3  1-0

[Event "29th European Blitz"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.17"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Jobava,Ba"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "B10"]

1.e4 c6 2.f4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.d3 h5 6.Be2 g6 7.Nf3 Nh6 8.O-O Bg7 9.Na3 d4
10.Nc2 Nf5 11.Qe1 Be6 12.Ng5 Bd7 13.Bf3 e6 14.Ne4 Qb6 15.c4 a5 16.Bd2 Nb4
17.Nxb4 axb4 18.a3 b3 19.g3 Bc6 20.Kf2 Qc7 21.h3 O-O-O 22.a4 h4 23.g4 Bxe4
24.Bxe4 Ng3 25.Rg1 g5 26.Bf3 gxf4 27.Bxf4 f6 28.Kg2 Bh6 29.Bxg3 hxg3 30.Qe4 Be3
31.Rgf1 Bf2 32.a5 f5 33.gxf5 Rxh3  *

[Event "29th European Blitz"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.17"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Moranda,W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[ECO "E81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Nge2 c5 7.Be3 Nc6 8.d5 Ne5
9.Ng3 e6 10.Be2 exd5 11.cxd5 a6 12.a4 h5 13.O-O Nh7 14.Qd2 h4 15.Nh1 f5 16.Nf2 Qf6
17.f4 Nf7 18.exf5 gxf5 19.Kh1 Bd7 20.Nh3 Kh8 21.Bh5 Nh6 22.Ng5 Ng4 23.Bg1 Bh6  1-0

[Event "29th European Blitz"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.17"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 g6 8.Be2 Bg7
9.O-O O-O 10.e4 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Qf4 12.Qd3 Nd7 13.Rad1 e5 14.g3 Qf5 15.d5 cxd5
16.cxd5 Nf6 17.Nxf6+ Bxf6 18.Qe3 Kg7 19.Bd3 Qd7 20.Bb1 Qd6 21.Rfe1 Bg4 22.Kg2 a6
23.h3 Bxf3+ 24.Qxf3 Rac8 25.a3 Rc5 26.Be4 Rfc8 27.Re2 h5 28.Qb3 Rb5 29.Qd3 Rbc5
30.Qb3 R8c7 31.Rc2 Rxc2 32.Bxc2 Be7 33.g4 hxg4 34.hxg4 Bg5 35.Be4 Bf4 36.Rh1 Kf6
37.Qh3 Rc4 38.Qf3 Kg7 39.Qe2 b5 40.Rd1 a5 41.Bf3 a4 42.Rd3 Rc5 43.Rd1 Rc4
44.Rd3 Qf6 45.Rd1 Qh4 46.Rh1 Qd8 47.Rd1 Qd6 48.Rd3 f5 49.gxf5 gxf5 50.Rc3 e4
51.Bh5 Rxc3 52.bxc3 Qxd5 53.Be8 Bd6 54.Qxb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "29th European Blitz"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.17"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "E54"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.e3 O-O 6.Bd3 c5 7.O-O dxc4 8.Bxc4 cxd4
9.exd4 b6 10.Bg5 Bb7 11.Rc1 Nbd7 12.Qe2 Re8 13.Rfd1 h6 14.Bh4 Rc8 15.Bb5 Bxc3
16.bxc3 Rc7 17.Ne5 g5 18.Bg3 Rc8 19.h4 a6 20.hxg5 hxg5 21.Bxd7 Nxd7 22.Qh5 Re7
23.Qxg5+ Kh7 24.Qh5+ Kg7 25.Bh4 Nf8 26.Qg5+  1-0

[Event "29th European Blitz"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.17"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Moranda,W"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 c5 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O Bxc3 11.bxc3 Be6 12.Rb1 b6 13.Ne5 Bf5 14.Rb2 Nc6 15.Nxc6 Qxc6
16.Bf3 c4 17.a4 Rad8 18.Qa1 Rd6 19.Qa3 Rfd8 20.Ra1 g5 21.Qb4 a6 22.g3 Kg7
23.Re2 g4 24.Bg2 h5 25.f3 Re6 26.fxg4 hxg4 27.Rf2 Bg6 28.Rf4 Rxe3 29.Rxg4 Qe6
30.Rf4 Re2 31.Raf1 Re8 32.a5 Qe3+ 33.R4f2 Re6 34.axb6 Rf6  0-1

[Event "29th European Blitz"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.17"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Rublevsky,S"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Ne7 6.Nbd2 c5 7.dxc5 Nec6 8.Nb3 Nd7
9.Nbd4 Be4 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.b4 a5 12.c3 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 Nxe5 14.Be2 Be7 15.O-O Bf6
16.b5 O-O 17.f4 Nd7 18.Be3 cxb5 19.Rb1 Qc7 20.Rxb5 Rab8 21.c4 dxc4 22.Rxb8 Rxb8
23.Qd6 Qxd6 24.cxd6 c3 25.a4 Kf8 26.Bb5 Ke8 27.Rc1 Kd8 28.Kf2 Nb6 29.g4 g6
30.f5 Nd5 31.Ba7 Ra8 32.Bc5 Rc8 33.Ba7 Be5 34.Ke2 Bxd6 35.Rf1 Ke7 36.Bd4 c2
37.Bb2 Bf4 38.Ba3+ Kf6 39.Bc1 g5 40.Kd3 Nb4+ 41.Ke4 e5 42.Bd3 Ke7 43.Bb5 Bxc1  0-1

[Event "29th European Blitz"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.17"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Rublevsky,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.e3 c5 4.c3 Qb6 5.Qb3 Nc6 6.Nd2 g6 7.Qxb6 axb6 8.Bc7 Nd7
9.Bb5 Bg7 10.Ngf3 O-O 11.O-O Re8 12.Rfe1 f5 13.a3 e6 14.h3 Bf8 15.Ne5 Ndxe5
16.Bxe5 Bd7 17.Bc7 Nb8 18.Bf1 c4 19.Bxb6 Rc8 20.Nf3 Rc6 21.Bd8 Rc8 22.Bh4 Nc6
23.Bg3 Ra5 24.Ne5 Be8 25.Rad1 g5 26.Rd2 Nxe5 27.Bxe5 Rc6 28.f3 Bg6 29.g4 Raa6
30.f4 h6 31.Be2 Rab6 32.Bf3 Rb5 33.Ree2 Rcb6 34.Bc7 Rc6 35.Be5 Rcb6 36.Bc7 Rc6
37.Be5  1/2-1/2

[Event "European Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Sparpaglione,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "1899"]
[ECO "B10"]

1.e4 c6 2.f4 d5 3.e5 g6 4.g3 h5 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 e6 8.Bg2 Qb6 9.c3 Nd7
10.d3 O-O-O 11.Nd2 f6 12.exf6 Ndxf6 13.Nb3 Bd6 14.Be3 c5 15.Qf2 Nd7 16.d4 c4
17.Nc5 Bc7 18.O-O Nh6 19.b3 cxb3 20.Rab1 Nxc5 21.dxc5 Qc6 22.Rxb3 Nf5 23.Rfb1 Nxe3
24.Qxe3 b6 25.cxb6 Bxb6 26.Rxb6 axb6 27.Rxb6 Qa4 28.Qc5+ Kd7 29.Rb7+  1-0

[Event "European Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Baliasnyj,T"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2224"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "A16"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nc3 Nb6 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.d3 Nc6
9.Bg5 h6 10.Be3 e5 11.Ne4 Nd4 12.Nxd4 exd4 13.Bd2 Re8 14.Re1 c6 15.Rc1 a5
16.Nc5 Nd7 17.Qa4 Nxc5 18.Rxc5 Qb6 19.Rc2 Bf5 20.Qb3 Qxb3 21.axb3 Re5 22.b4 axb4
23.Bxb4 Ra2 24.f4 Rb5 25.Ba3 Bf8 26.Bxf8 Kxf8 27.Rb1 Be6 28.Kf2 Ke7 29.e3 dxe3+
30.Kxe3 Kd6 31.Bf3 h5 32.Be4 h4 33.Bf3 hxg3 34.hxg3 g5 35.Be4 gxf4+ 36.Kxf4 Ra4
37.Ke3 Rab4 38.Rf2 Rg5 39.Rg2 f5 40.Bf3 Rxg3 41.Rxg3 f4+ 42.Kf2 fxg3+ 43.Kxg3 Ba2
44.Rc1 Rxb2 45.Kf4 Rh2 46.Be4 Rh3 47.Kg4 Be6+ 48.Kf4 Bd5 49.Bxd5 Kxd5 50.Rb1 b5  0-1

[Event "European Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Serov,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2379"]
[ECO "E80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 Nc6 6.Nge2 a6 7.Be3 Rb8 8.a3 b5 9.cxb5 axb5
10.b4 Bd7 11.d5 Ne5 12.Nd4 e6 13.dxe6 fxe6 14.Bxb5 Bxb5 15.Ncxb5 Qd7 16.Nc3 d5
17.exd5 Nxd5 18.Nxd5 exd5 19.O-O Nc4 20.Bf2 O-O 21.Re1 Rfe8 22.Qd3 Rxe1+
23.Rxe1 Ra8 24.Nc2 Qf5 25.Qxf5 gxf5 26.Nd4 Rxa3 27.Nxf5 Bc3 28.Re8+ Kf7 29.Re7+ Kg6
30.g4 Nd2 31.Rxc7 Nxf3+ 32.Kg2 Be5 33.Rc6+ Kg5 34.h3 h5 35.Be3+ Bf4 36.Kxf3 Bxe3
37.h4+  1-0

[Event "European Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lintchevski,D"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "B19"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7
9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.Bd2 Ngf6 12.O-O-O Be7 13.Ne4 Qb6 14.Nxf6+ Bxf6 15.Be3 a5
16.Ne5 Qa6 17.Nxd7 Kxd7 18.Qe4 a4 19.Kb1 Qc4 20.Bf4 Ra5 21.Rh3 Rd5 22.Qd3 Qxd3
23.Rdxd3 b5 24.c3 Rc8 25.Kc2 c5 26.dxc5 Rxc5 27.Rxd5+ exd5 28.Rd3 Ke6 29.Be3 d4
30.Bxd4 Bxd4 31.Rxd4 Rxh5 32.Rg4 g6 33.b3 axb3+ 34.axb3 Rf5 35.f3 h5 36.Re4+ Kd6
37.f4 f6 38.Kd3 g5 39.fxg5 fxg5 40.Rd4+ Kc5 41.Re4 Rd5+ 42.Ke3 Kd6 43.Rd4 Ke5  1/2-1/2

[Event "European Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Swiercz,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.e3 c5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bb5+ Nc6 7.Ne5 Bd7 8.Nxd7 Qxd7
9.O-O a6 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.b3 cxd4 12.Qxd4 Be7 13.Bb2 O-O 14.Nc3 c5 15.Qd3 Rfd8
16.Rac1 Qe6 17.Rfd1 Rac8 18.Ne2 Bd6 19.g3 Bb8 20.Bxf6 Qxf6 21.Nc3 c4 22.Qd2 d4
23.exd4 cxb3 24.axb3 Qb6 25.Nd5 Qb7 26.Qg5 h6 27.Rxc8 Rxc8 28.Qf5 Rd8 29.Ne3 Qxb3
30.Rb1 Qa4 31.Rb7 Qe8 32.Nd5 Bd6 33.Qg4 Qe6 34.Qxe6 fxe6 35.Ne3 a5 36.Ra7 Bb4
37.Nc4 Rxd4 38.Nxa5 Bxa5 39.Rxa5 Kf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "European Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sakalauskas,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bd2 Bg7 6.e4 Nb6 7.Be3 O-O 8.f4 Nc6
9.d5 Nb8 10.Bd4 Bxd4 11.Qxd4 e6 12.Nf3 exd5 13.exd5 c6 14.dxc6 Qe7+ 15.Qe5 Qb4
16.O-O-O Nxc6 17.Qd6 Bg4 18.Qxb4 Nxb4 19.a3 Bxf3 20.gxf3 Nc6 21.Bd3 Rac8
22.Rhe1 Nd4 23.Bxg6 Nxf3 24.Bxh7+ Kxh7 25.Re3 Nxh2 26.Rh1 Kg6 27.Rxh2 Nd5
28.Rg3+ Kf6 29.Rc2 Nxc3 30.Rgxc3 Rxc3 31.Rxc3 Re8 32.Kd2 Re7 33.Rc5 b6 34.Rd5 Re4
35.Rd7 a5 36.Rb7 Rxf4 37.Rxb6+ Ke7 38.b4  1/2-1/2

[Event "European Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Staniszewski,Pi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[ECO "C91"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.d4 Bg4 10.a4 Qd7 11.axb5 axb5 12.Rxa8 Rxa8 13.Qd3 Bxf3 14.gxf3 Bf8 15.f4 exd4
16.cxd4 Nxd4 17.Bd1 c5 18.Be3 Qh3 19.Qf1 Qxf1+ 20.Kxf1 Re8 21.f3 g6 22.Nc3 b4
23.Bxd4 cxd4 24.Nb5 d3 25.Re3 Nd5 26.Rxd3 Nxf4 27.Rd4 Rc8 28.Nxd6 Rc1 29.Ne8 Be7
30.e5 Kf8 31.Nf6 Ne6 32.Rd2 h5 33.Ke2 Kg7 34.Ne4 Nf4+ 35.Ke3 Ng2+ 36.Kf2 Nf4
37.Rd7 Kf8 38.Ke3 Ne6 39.Bb3 Re1+ 40.Kd3 Rh1 41.Rb7 Rxh2 42.Rb8+ Kg7 43.Re8 Nc5+
44.Nxc5 Bxc5 45.Rc8 Rxb2 46.Bd5 Be7 47.Rc7 Kf8 48.Rc8+ Kg7 49.Rc7 Kf8 50.Ke4  1/2-1/2

[Event "European Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Sadzikowski,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2371"]
[ECO "A08"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 e6 4.O-O Be7 5.d3 O-O 6.Nbd2 c5 7.e4 Nc6 8.Re1 dxe4
9.dxe4 Qc7 10.e5 Nd7 11.Qe2 b6 12.c3 Bb7 13.Nf1 a6 14.h4 b5 15.b3 Nb6 16.N1h2 Rfd8
17.h5 h6 18.Ng4 Nd5 19.Qc2 b4 20.c4 Nc3 21.Bxh6 Nd4 22.Nxd4 cxd4 23.Bf4 d3
24.Qd2 Bxg2 25.Kxg2 Rd7 26.f3 a5 27.Nf6+ gxf6 28.exf6 Bd6 29.Bxd6 Qxd6  1-0

[Event "European Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Okhotnik,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "B10"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Ne5 Nc6 5.d4 g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Bf4 f6 8.Nf3 a6
9.h4 Nh6 10.Qd2 Nf7 11.h5 g5 12.Bg3 Bh6 13.Nh2 f5 14.f3 e6 15.O-O-O b5 16.Kb1 O-O
17.Bf2 Qf6 18.g4 f4 19.Bd3 Bd7 20.Rhe1 Rfc8 21.Re2 Bf8 22.Nf1 Bb4 23.Qe1 Nd6
24.Nd2 Nxd4 25.Bxd4 Qxd4 26.Rxe6 Re8 27.Nb3 Qg7 28.h6 Rxe6 29.hxg7 Rxe1 30.Rxe1 Nc4
31.Rh1 Bxc3 32.bxc3 Re8 33.Nd4 Ne5 34.Rxh7 Nxd3 35.Rh8+ Kxg7 36.Rxe8 Bxe8
37.cxd3 Kf6 38.Kb2 Ke5 39.Kb3 Bg6 40.Kc2 Kd6 41.a3 Bh7  1/2-1/2

[Event "European Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.19"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Gajewski,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c6 4.O-O Bg4 5.b3 Nbd7 6.Bb2 e6 7.c4 Bd6 8.d4 O-O
9.Ne5 Bf5 10.Nd2 h6 11.Ndf3 Ne4 12.Nd3 a5 13.a3 b5 14.Rc1 bxc4 15.bxc4 Rb8
16.c5 Bc7 17.Ba1 Rb5 18.Rb1 Rxb1 19.Qxb1 Qa8 20.Qc2 Rb8 21.Rb1 Rxb1+ 22.Qxb1 Qa6
23.Bf1 Qc4 24.Qb7 Qa2 25.Bb2 Nef6 26.Nfe1 Bb8 27.Qxc6 Qb3 28.a4 Qd1 29.Qc8+ Kh7
30.c6 Bxd3 31.Nxd3 Nb6 32.Qxb8 Nc4 33.Bc1 Ne4 34.Qf4 e5 35.Qf5+  1-0

[Event "European Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.19"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Bartel,Mat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "C03"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 a6 4.Bd3 c5 5.dxc5 Bxc5 6.Ngf3 Nf6 7.O-O Nc6 8.a3 Ba7
9.exd5 exd5 10.Re1+ Be6 11.Nb3 O-O 12.Be3 Bb8 13.h3 Ne4 14.Nc5 Bf5 15.Bxe4 Bxe4
16.Nxe4 dxe4 17.Qxd8 Rxd8 18.Bb6 Re8 19.Rad1 f5 20.Nd2 Be5 21.Nc4 Re7 22.Rd5 Rae8
23.Red1 g6 24.Bc5 Re6 25.Rd7 b5 26.Nxe5 Nxe5 27.Rc7 f4 28.Kf1 g5 29.Rd5 h5
30.Bd4 g4 31.Rcc5 gxh3 32.Kg1 e3 33.fxe3 Ng6 34.Rd7 R6e7 35.Rd6 Re6 36.Rd7 R6e7
37.Rxe7 Rxe7 38.Rg5 Kf7 39.exf4 Re1+ 40.Kh2 hxg2 41.Rxg2 Nxf4 42.Rf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "European Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.19"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Mchedlishvili,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[ECO "A21"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.g3 Bxc3 4.dxc3 Nc6 5.Bg2 d6 6.b3 Nge7 7.Nh3 O-O 8.f4 Ng6
9.Nf2 exf4 10.Bxf4 Qe7 11.e4 Nce5 12.O-O Bd7 13.Be3 b6 14.h4 h6 15.Qd2 Ng4
16.Bd4 Nxf2 17.Rxf2 Ne5 18.Rf4 Rae8 19.Re1 f6 20.Kh2 Ng4+ 21.Kg1 Ne5 22.Kh2 Ng4+
23.Kg1  1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Be3 Be6 10.Nd5 Nbd7 11.Qd3 Bxd5 12.exd5 Nc5 13.Qd2 Nfe4 14.Qb4 a5 15.Qb5 Qc7
16.Qc4 Rac8 17.Rfd1 f5 18.c3 Qd8 19.Qb5 b6 20.Nd2 Nxd2 21.Bxd2 Bf6 22.Rab1 e4
23.b4 Nd7 24.Rb3 Be5 25.a3 Rf7 26.c4 axb4 27.axb4 Ra8 28.Bc3 Bxc3 29.Rxc3 Ra2
30.Re3 g6 31.Bf1 Qf6 32.Rde1 Kg7 33.R3e2 Ra3 34.Qc6 h5 35.Re3 Ra7 36.h3 h4
37.Rb3 Ra2 38.Rbe3 g5 39.R3e2 Ra7 40.Qc8 Ne5 41.Rc2 Rf8 42.Qe6 Qd8 43.c5 bxc5
44.bxc5 Rf6 45.Qxe5 dxe5 46.d6 g4 47.hxg4 fxg4 48.g3 hxg3 49.fxg3 Qa5 50.Rec1 Qa3
51.Rc3 Qb2 52.R1c2 Qb4  0-1

[Event "73rd Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "L'Ami,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[ECO "E59"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 Bb4 5.e3 O-O 6.Bd3 c5 7.O-O Nc6 8.a3 Bxc3
9.bxc3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Qc7 11.Bb2 e5 12.h3 Bf5 13.Bb5 e4 14.Nd2 Rad8 15.Rc1 Bg6
16.Re1 Rd5 17.Be2 Re8 18.c4 Rdd8 19.d5 Ne5 20.a4 Re7 21.Nf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Smeets,J"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "C18"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qc7 7.Qg4 f5 8.Qg3 Nc6
9.Nf3 cxd4 10.cxd4 Nge7 11.Bd2 O-O 12.Bd3 Bd7 13.O-O Be8 14.c4 dxc4 15.Bxc4 Nxd4
16.Nxd4 Qxc4 17.Bb4 Rf7 18.Qc3 Qxc3 19.Bxc3 Nd5 20.Bd2 Bd7 21.Rfc1 Rff8 22.a4 a5
23.Rcb1 b6 24.Ne2 Rfc8 25.Nf4 Nxf4 26.Bxf4 Rc4 27.Be3 Bxa4 28.Rxb6 Bc6 29.f3 a4
30.Rc1 Bd5 31.Rxc4 Bxc4 32.Rb7 a3 33.Ra7 Rxa7 34.Bxa7 f4 35.g3 g5 36.Kg2 Bd5
37.Kf2 Kf7 38.gxf4 gxf4 39.Ke2 a2 40.Bd4 Ke8  0-1

[Event "73rd Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2814"]
[ECO "A15"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O e6 6.Nc3 d6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bxg2
9.Kxg2 Qc7 10.Bg5 Nbd7 11.Qa4 Be7 12.Rfd1 O-O 13.Nc6 Bd8 14.b4 Rc8 15.b5 Ne5
16.Bf4 Be7 17.c5 Nxc6 18.cxd6 Qb7 19.bxc6 Rxc6 20.dxe7 Rxc3+ 21.Kg1 Re8 22.Be5 b5
23.Rab1 Rc5 24.Bd4 Rd5 25.Qxa7 Qxe7 26.Qxe7 Rxe7 27.Bc3 h6 28.Rxd5 Nxd5 29.Bd4 b4
30.e4 Nc3 31.Rxb4 Nxa2 32.Rc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "E21"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Ne4 7.Bd2 Nxd2 8.Qxd2 cxd4
9.Nxd4 Qb6 10.Nc2 Be7 11.O-O O-O 12.Rab1 d6 13.b4 Rd8 14.Kh1 Bd7 15.Ne3 Bf8
16.b5 Na5 17.f4 Qc7 18.Rfc1 Rac8 19.Ne4 b6 20.Rc2 h6 21.Rf1 f5 22.Nf2 g6
23.Nd3 Bg7 24.Rfc1 Be8 25.Nd1 Qe7 26.Qb4 Rc7 27.e4 fxe4 28.Bxe4 Qf6 29.Bf3 Bf7
30.N1f2 Qd4 31.Ne5 Bxe5 32.fxe5 Qxe5 33.Ng4 Qg7 34.Rd1 h5 35.Nf2 Qe5 36.Re1 Qd4
37.Rd1 Qe5 38.Re1 Qf5 39.Be4 Qc5 40.Qb2 Qg5 41.Bd3 e5 42.Ne4 Qe7 43.Rf1 Kg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "A15"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Qb3 Nb6 6.d4 Bg7 7.e4 O-O 8.Be3 Bg4
9.Rd1 e6 10.Be2 Nc6 11.Ng1 Bxe2 12.Ngxe2 Qe7 13.O-O Rfd8 14.e5 Qb4 15.Qc2 h6
16.a3 Qc4 17.Rc1 Nd5 18.Nxd5 Qxc2 19.Nf6+ Bxf6 20.Rxc2 Bg7 21.Rfc1 Rd7 22.g4  1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Nce2 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Nf3 Qa5 8.a3 cxd4
9.b4 Qc7 10.cxd4 b5 11.Nf4 Qb6 12.Rb1 h6 13.Be3 a5 14.Nd3 axb4 15.axb4 Ra4
16.Qd2 Qa7 17.Qc3 Bb7 18.Be2 Ra3 19.Qc1 Ra2 20.Bd1 Qa3 21.Qxa3 Rxa3 22.Nc5 Bxc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qa4+ Nc6 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd2 dxc4 8.Bxc4 Bd6
9.Nb5 Bd7 10.Qb3 Ne4 11.Nxd6 cxd6 12.Bd3 Nxd2 13.Nxd2 Qa5 14.a3 Rab8 15.Qb5 Qxb5
16.Bxb5 Rfc8 17.Ne4 d5 18.Nc5 Be8 19.Bxc6 Rxc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wang Hao"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "B19"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7
9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.Bd2 Ngf6 12.O-O-O Be7 13.Qe2 c5 14.Rhe1 O-O 15.Nf5 cxd4
16.Nxe7+ Qxe7 17.Nxd4 Rfc8 18.g4 Nd5 19.Kb1 N7b6 20.f4 Qc5 21.c3 Nc4 22.Bc1 b5
23.Nxe6 Na3+ 24.Ka1 Nb4 25.bxa3 Qxc3+ 26.Bb2 Nc2+ 27.Kb1 Nxa3+ 28.Bxa3 Qxa3
29.Nd4 Rc4 30.g5 Qc5 31.Qe5 hxg5 32.fxg5 Rd8 33.g6 Qxe5 34.Rxe5 Rc7 35.Rde1 Kf8
36.Rxb5 a6 37.Rbe5 Rb7+ 38.Ka1 Rb6 39.Rf5 Rd7 40.Ne6+  1-0

[Event "73rd Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[ECO "E81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Nge2 c5 7.Be3 Nc6 8.d5 Ne5
9.Ng3 h5 10.Be2 h4 11.Nf1 e6 12.Nd2 exd5 13.cxd5 a6 14.a4 Bd7 15.a5 b5 16.axb6 Qxb6
17.Ra2 Qb4 18.O-O Bb5 19.Kh1 Rfb8 20.f4 Nc4 21.Bxc4 Bxc4 22.Ra4 Bxf1 23.Rxb4 cxb4
24.Na4 Bd3 25.Nb6 Rxb6 26.Bxb6 Bxe4 27.Nxe4 Nxe4 28.Qe1 f5 29.Qxb4 Rc8 30.Bc7 Re8
31.Kg1 Kh7 32.Kf1 Rc8 33.Qb7 Re8 34.Ba5 Kh6 35.Be1 h3 36.gxh3 Nc5 37.Qc6 Re3
38.Bf2 Rf3 39.Kg2 Rxf2+ 40.Kxf2 Bxb2 41.Kf3 Ne4 42.Qxa6 Bf6 43.Qb7  1-0

[Event "73rd Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "E00"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Nd2 c5 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 Nc6 7.dxc5 Ne4 8.Qe3 Qa5+
9.Bd2 Nxd2 10.Qxd2 Qxc5 11.Rc1 b6 12.Bg2 Bb7 13.Nh3 Qe7 14.O-O O-O 15.Rfd1 Rfd8
16.Qg5 Rab8 17.Rc3 Qxg5 18.Nxg5 h6 19.Ne4 d5 20.cxd5 exd5 21.Nd2 Nd4 22.Rd3 Nxe2+
23.Kf1 Ba6 24.Nb3 Nxg3+ 25.hxg3 Rbc8 26.Nd4 g6 27.Bf3 Bxd3+ 28.Rxd3 Kg7 29.Kg2 h5
30.Bd1 a5 31.Bb3 Rc5 32.f4 b5 33.Bd1 a4 34.Kf2 Rb8 35.b4 axb3 36.Rxb3 Rc4
37.Nxb5 h4 38.Be2 Ra4 39.Bf1 hxg3+ 40.Kxg3 Rb6 41.Be2 Kf6 42.Rc3 g5 43.fxg5+ Kxg5
44.Rc5 Rxb5 45.Rxb5 Rxa3+ 46.Kf2 Ra7 47.Rxd5+ Kf6 48.Bc4 Rc7 49.Rd4 Kg7 50.Ke3 Re7+
51.Kd3 Kf8 52.Rg4 Rd7+ 53.Ke4 Re7+ 54.Kd5 Rd7+ 55.Kc6 Ra7 56.Rg1 Re7 57.Ra1 Re4
58.Bd5 Rf4 59.Kd7 Rf2 60.Ra8+ Kg7 61.Ra3 Kf8 62.Rd3 Rf6 63.Bf3 Kg7 64.Bd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "D16"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 e6 6.e3 c5 7.Bxc4 Nc6 8.O-O Be7
9.Qe2 cxd4 10.exd4 O-O 11.Be3 b6 12.Rad1 Nb4 13.Ne5 Bb7 14.f4 Bd5 15.Nxd5 exd5
16.Bb3 Ne4 17.Qh5 Rc8 18.Rc1 Bf6 19.Qh3 Rxc1 20.Rxc1 Bxe5 21.fxe5 f5 22.Rf1 g6
23.g4 fxg4 24.Qxg4 Rxf1+ 25.Kxf1 Qf8+ 26.Ke2 Qf5 27.Qxf5 gxf5 28.a5 bxa5
29.Ba4 Kf7 30.Bd7 Kg6 31.Be8+ Kg7 32.Bd7 Kg6 33.h4 Nc2 34.Ba4 Ng3+ 35.Kf3 Nxe3
36.Kxe3 Kf7 37.Bd1 Ke6 38.Kf4 Ne4 39.Bc2 h6 40.Bd3 a4 41.Bc2 Nd2 42.Bxa4 Nc4
43.b3 Na3 44.b4 a6 45.Kf3 Nb1 46.Bc2 Nc3 47.Bd3 Na2 48.Bxa6 Nxb4 49.Bc8+ Ke7
50.Bxf5 Na6 51.Ke3 Nc7 52.Bc8 Kd8 53.Bb7 Ke7 54.Bc6 Kf8 55.Kd3 Ke7 56.Kc3 Kd8
57.h5 Ke7 58.Kc2 Ne6 59.Kd3 Nc7 60.Kc3 Kf8 61.Kd2 Ke7 62.Ke3 Kf8 63.Bb7 Kf7
64.Bc8 Ke7 65.Kf4 Nb5 66.Kf5 Nxd4+ 67.Kg6 Nc6 68.Kxh6 Kf7 69.e6+ Kf6 70.Ba6 Nd4
71.e7  1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.30"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Giri,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "E00"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Be7 5.Bg2 d5 6.Nf3 c6 7.Qc2 O-O 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Rd1 b6 10.b3 Ba6 11.Bf4 Rc8 12.Nc3 Nh5 13.Bc1 Nhf6 14.e4 dxc4 15.Bf4 Bb4
16.Nd2 Qe7 17.Nxc4 Bxc4 18.bxc4 e5 19.dxe5 Nxe5 20.a3 Bc5 21.Na4 Rfe8 22.Nxc5 Qxc5
23.Rdc1 Rcd8 24.Be3 Qe7 25.h3 Ng6 26.Re1 Nxe4 27.h4 Nf6 28.Bxc6 Ne5 29.Bg2 Qc7
30.Rec1 Neg4 31.Bf4 Qc5 32.Rab1  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS Premier"]
[Site "Olginka RUS"]
[Date "2011.04.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Potapov,P"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.Be3 e5 5.h3 c6 6.Nf3 b5 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.dxe5 dxe5
9.O-O Be7 10.Ne2 O-O 11.Ng3 Re8 12.a4 a6 13.Rc1 Nc5 14.Nxe5 Nxa4 15.Rb1 c5
16.c3 Bd6 17.f4 Bxe5 18.fxe5 Rxe5 19.Bf4 Re6 20.e5 Nd5 21.Be4 c4 22.Qf3 Nxf4
23.Bxb7 Qb6+ 24.Kh1 Rf8 25.Nf5 Ng6 26.Bd5 Kh8 27.Rbe1 Nxb2 28.Bxe6 fxe6 29.Qe3 Qxe3
30.Nxe3 Kg8 31.Rxf8+ Kxf8 32.Ra1 Na4 33.Nxc4 Nxc3 34.Nd6 Nxe5 35.Rxa6 Nd7
36.Nxb5 Nxb5 37.Rxe6 Kf7 38.Ra6 Nf6 39.g4 Nd4 40.Kg2 Ne6 41.Kg3 Ne4+ 42.Kf3 N4g5+
43.Kg3 Kf6 44.Ra5 Ne4+ 45.Kf3 N4c5 46.h4 Ke5 47.Ke3 Kd6 48.Ra8 Nd7 49.Kf3 h6
50.Ra7 Ne5+ 51.Kg3 Kd5 52.Ra4 Nc4 53.Ra1 Nd6 54.Ra5+ Nc5 55.Ra7 Ne6 56.Ra5+ Kc4
57.Re5 Nd4 58.Kf4 Nc6 59.Re1 Kd5 60.Ra1 Ne7 61.Ra7 Ke6 62.Kg3 g6 63.Ra1 Nc6
64.Re1+ Ne5 65.Kf4 Nc4 66.Ra1 Nd3+ 67.Ke4 Nc5+ 68.Kf4 Nb6 69.Re1+ Kf7 70.Ra1 Ne6+
71.Ke4 Nd7 72.Ra7 Kf6 73.Ra1 Ndc5+ 74.Kd5 Nd3 75.Rf1+ Ke7 76.Ra1 Nf8 77.Ke4 Nc5+
78.Kd5 Ncd7 79.Re1+ Kf7 80.Rf1+ Kg7 81.Kd6 Nf6 82.Rf4 g5 83.hxg5 hxg5 84.Rf5 N8h7
85.Ke7 Kg6 86.Ke6 Ng8 87.Rf3 Nh6 88.Rf1 Kg7 89.Ra1 Nf8+ 90.Ke5 Nd7+ 91.Ke6 Nf6
92.Ra5 Kg6 93.Ra6 Nhxg4 94.Ra5 Ne3 95.Rxg5+ Kxg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS Premier"]
[Site "Olginka RUS"]
[Date "2011.04.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jakovenko,D"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bb4 5.Nd5 Bc5 6.Bg2 d6 7.O-O O-O 8.e3 a6
9.d4 Ba7 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 dxe5 12.b4 Be6 13.Bb2 Nd7 14.c5 c6 15.Nc3 f5
16.Qd6 Qe8 17.Qc7 Qb8 18.Qxb8 Bxb8 19.Rfd1 e4 20.Bh3 Be5 21.Rd2 Nf6 22.Ne2 Bxb2
23.Rxb2 g6 24.Rc1 Nd7 25.Nd4 Bd5 26.Bf1 Ne5 27.a4 Kg7 28.Be2 g5 29.b5 axb5
30.axb5 f4 31.bxc6 bxc6 32.exf4 gxf4 33.Nc2 f3 34.Bf1 Rfb8 35.Rxb8 Rxb8 36.Ne3 Be6
37.Rd1 Ng4 38.Nxg4 Bxg4 39.h3 Be6 40.g4 Rb2 41.Re1 Bd5 42.h4 Kf6 43.Kh2 Rxf2+
44.Kg3 e3 45.g5+ Kg7 46.Bd3 Rg2+ 47.Kf4 e2 48.Rb1 h6 49.Rb7+ Kf8 50.Rb8+ Ke7
51.Rb7+ Kd8 52.Rb8+ Kc7 53.Rb1 h5 54.Ba6 Rg4+ 55.Ke5  0-1

[Event "TCh-RUS Premier"]
[Site "Olginka RUS"]
[Date "2011.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Frolyanov,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.Qa4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Nd5 8.Qb5 Bxd2+
9.Nbxd2 c3 10.bxc3 Nxc3 11.Qd3 Nd5 12.O-O O-O 13.Rfc1 h6 14.Rab1 Nde7 15.Nb3 a5
16.Qc2 Ra7 17.e3 b6 18.a3 Bb7 19.Nbd2 Qa8 20.Bf1 Ba6 21.Bg2 Bb7 22.Bf1 Ba6
23.Bg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS Premier"]
[Site "Olginka RUS"]
[Date "2011.04.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bocharov,D"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "E47"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.a3 cxd4 7.axb4 dxc3 8.bxc3 d6
9.Nf3 e5 10.e4 Be6 11.O-O Qc7 12.Bg5 Nbd7 13.Nd2 h6 14.Bh4 a5 15.Qe2 Rfc8
16.Rfd1 axb4 17.cxb4 Qb6 18.b5 Bg4 19.Nf3 Nh5 20.Qe3 Qxe3 21.fxe3 Rxa1 22.Rxa1 Nc5
23.Bc2 g5 24.Be1 Nf6 25.Nd2 Bh5 26.Ra7 Bg6 27.Kf1 d5 28.Bg3 Nfxe4 29.Nxe4 Nxe4
30.Bxe5 Nd2+ 31.Ke2 Nxc4 32.Bxg6 Nxe5 33.Bf5 Rc7 34.b6 Re7 35.Bc8 Nc4 36.Rxb7 Rxe3+
37.Kf2 Rb3 38.Rd7 Rb2+ 39.Kg1 Nxb6 40.Rd8+ Kg7 41.Bf5 Nc4  0-1

[Event "TCh-RUS Premier"]
[Site "Olginka RUS"]
[Date "2011.04.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c6 4.Bg2 d5 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 O-O 8.Ne5 e6
9.O-O Nfd7 10.Nf3 Nc6 11.Bf4 Nf6 12.Rc1 Qa5 13.a3 Bd7 14.Qb3 Qa6 15.Rfd1 Rfc8
16.Ne5 Be8 17.Bf1 Na5 18.Qa2 b5 19.Nd3 Qb6 20.Nc5 Nh5 21.e3 Nxf4 22.gxf4 Nb7
23.Nxb7 Qxb7 24.Qb3 Bf8 25.Bd3 a5 26.a4 b4 27.Nb5 Rxc1 28.Rxc1 Rc8 29.Qd1 Rxc1
30.Qxc1 Qc6 31.Qd1 Be7 32.b3 Kf8 33.Kg2 Bd8 34.Na7 Qd7 35.Nb5 Bb6 36.h3 Qd8
37.Qg4 Bc6 38.Qg5 f6 39.Qg4 Qe7 40.Qg3 f5 41.Qg5 Qxg5+ 42.fxg5 e5 43.f4 exf4
44.exf4 Ke7 45.Kf3 Bxb5 46.Bxb5 Bxd4 47.Bc6 Ke6 48.Be8 Bb2 49.Bc6 Bc1 50.Be8 Bd2
51.Bc6 d4 52.Bb5 Kf7 53.Bc4+ Kg7 54.Bb5 h6 55.gxh6+ Kxh6 56.Bc4 Kh5 57.Bb5 Bc1
58.Kg3 Bd2 59.Be2+ Kh6 60.h4 Be1+ 61.Kh3 Bf2 62.Bc4 Kg7 63.Be2 Kf6 64.Bc4 Ke7
65.Bd3 Ke6 66.Bc4+ Kd6 67.Be2 Kd5 68.Bf3+ Kc5 69.Be2 Be1 70.Bc4 Kd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS Premier"]
[Site "Olginka RUS"]
[Date "2011.04.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Savchenko,B"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 Ke8 10.Ne4 Be6 11.h3 Rd8 12.Neg5 Bc4 13.Re1 h6 14.e6 fxe6 15.Ne5 hxg5
16.Nxc4 Nd4 17.Ne3 c5 18.c3 Nc6 19.Ng4 Be7 20.f4 gxf4 21.Bxf4 Kd7 22.Ne5+ Nxe5
23.Bxe5 Rh5 24.Re4 Rg8 25.Rae1 g5 26.Rd1+ Bd6 27.Rd3 g4 28.hxg4 Rhg5 29.Kf2 Rxg4
30.Rxg4 Rxg4 31.Kf3 Rg5 32.Bh8 Rg3+  0-1

[Event "TCh-RUS Premier"]
[Site "Olginka RUS"]
[Date "2011.04.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.O-O d6 6.c3 O-O 7.Nbd2 a6 8.Bxc6 bxc6
9.d4 exd4 10.cxd4 Bb6 11.Qc2 Re8 12.Re1 Bd7 13.b3 c5 14.d5 c6 15.dxc6 Bxc6
16.Bb2 Ba5 17.Rad1 h6 18.Re3 Re6 19.Nc4 Bc7 20.e5 Nd5 21.Ree1 Nf4 22.Qf5 Bxf3
23.gxf3 Qh4 24.Re4 dxe5 25.Rd7 Rg6+ 26.Kf1 Rg2  0-1

[Event "TCh-RUS Premier"]
[Site "Olginka RUS"]
[Date "2011.04.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Romanov,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.c5 g6 7.Ne5 Bg7 8.f4 O-O 9.Be2 Qc7
10.Bf3 a5 11.a3 Be6 12.g4 Nbd7 13.Nd3 Qb7 14.Nf2 b4 15.Na4 Rad8 16.Bd2 Qb5
17.Be2 Qb7 18.Bd3 Nb8 19.axb4 axb4 20.O-O Ne4 21.Nxe4 dxe4 22.Bxe4 f5 23.Bf3 Na6
24.gxf5 gxf5 25.Kh1 Kh8 26.Nb6 b3 27.Qe2 Nc7 28.Ra5 Rf6 29.Rg1 Bf7 30.Rg3 Rg6
31.Rxg6 hxg6 32.Qg2 Nd5 33.Nxd5 Rxd5 34.Kg1 Kh7 35.Qh3+ Kg8 36.Bc3 Qc8 37.Kf2 Bf6
38.Bxd5 Bxd5 39.Qh6 Kf7 40.Qh7+ Bg7 41.Ra1 Qe6 42.Rg1 Kf8 43.Rxg6 Bf6 44.Qh6+ Ke8
45.Rxf6 exf6 46.Qg6+ Ke7 47.Qg7+ Ke8 48.Qg6+ Ke7 49.Qh7+ Ke8 50.Qh8+ Kf7
51.Qh7+ Ke8 52.Qh5+ Ke7 53.Qh7+ Ke8  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS Premier"]
[Site "Olginka RUS"]
[Date "2011.04.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.d4 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 b5 8.a4 b4
9.Nfd2 c6 10.Nxc4 Qxd4 11.Rd1 Qc5 12.Be3 Qh5 13.Nbd2 Ng4 14.Nf3 Nxe3 15.Nxe3 a5
16.Nc4 Ba6 17.Rac1 Ra7 18.Nfe5 Bxc4 19.Nxc4 Bf6 20.Qe4 Qc5 21.h4 Qe7 22.Qe3 c5
23.Qf4 Rd8 24.b3 Nd7 25.Kh2 Nf8 26.Rxd8 Qxd8 27.Qd6 Qxd6 28.Nxd6 Nd7 29.Nb5 Ra6
30.Bb7 Rb6 31.Bc8 Ne5 32.Rxc5 Rc6 33.Rxc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS Premier"]
[Site "Olginka RUS"]
[Date "2011.04.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Nevostrujev,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "E81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Nge2 c5 7.Be3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 e6
9.Be2 a6 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Nb3 Qc7 12.Qd2 Re8 13.Rfd1 Bf8 14.a4 b6 15.a5 Rb8
16.Kh1 bxa5 17.Nxa5 h5 18.Bf2 Ne5 19.Bd4 Nfd7 20.f4 Bh6 21.Ra2 Nc5 22.Be3 Ng4
23.Bxg4 hxg4 24.Qxd6 Qxd6 25.Rxd6 Nb7 26.Rb6 Nxa5 27.Rxb8 Nxc4 28.Bc1 f5
29.Ra4 Nd6 30.e5 Bd7 31.Rxe8+ Nxe8 32.Rxa6 Bf8 33.Be3 Bb4 34.Ra8 Kf7 35.Rb8 Ba5
36.b4 Bc7 37.Rb7 Ke7 38.b5 Ba5 39.Na4 Kd8 40.Nc5 Bc8 41.Rh7 Nc7 42.Bf2 g5
43.Rh8+ Ne8 44.fxg5 Bc3 45.g6 Bxe5 46.Bh4+  1-0

[Event "Nakamura-Ponomariov Classical Match"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2011.05.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[ECO "E98"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Be3 f5 11.f3 f4 12.Bf2 g5 13.g4 h5 14.h3 Rf6 15.Nd3 Rh6 16.Kg2 c5
17.dxc6 Nxc6 18.c5 dxc5 19.Nxc5 Nd4 20.Bc4+ Kh7 21.Nb3 Nf6 22.Nxd4 exd4 23.e5 hxg4
24.hxg4 Nxg4 25.fxg4 Bxe5 26.Rh1 Qd7 27.Ne4 Rxh1 28.Qxh1+ Kg7 29.Qh5 Qxg4+
30.Qxg4 Bxg4 31.Nxg5 d3 32.Bxd3 Rd8 33.Be2 Bf5 34.Rd1 Rxd1 35.Bxd1 Bxb2 36.Bxa7 Kf6
37.Nf3 Bd3 38.Kf2 Bc1 39.Bb3 Be4 40.Ke2 Ke7 41.Bb8 Be3 42.Be5 Kd7 43.Ng5 Bc6
44.Bc4 Bc1 45.Nf3 Be3 46.Bc3 Kd6 47.Bb4+ Kc7 48.Ne5 Be8 49.Bd5 Bh5+ 50.Kd3 Bc1
51.Bc5 b5 52.Ke4 Bd2 53.Nf3 Bg6+ 54.Ke5 Be3 55.Bxe3 fxe3 56.Kd4 e2 57.Ke3 Kd6
58.Bg8 Kc5 59.Kxe2 Bh5 60.Ke3 Kb4 61.Nd4 Bg6 62.Kd2 Kc5 63.Nc2 Bf5 64.Kc3 Be4
65.a3 Kb6 66.Nd4 Ka5 67.Bb3 Bg2 68.Bc2 Bf1 69.Nb3+ Ka4 70.Nd2+ Kxa3 71.Bb3 Bd3
72.Kxd3 Kb2 73.Be6 Kc1 74.Nb3+ Kb2 75.Kd2 b4 76.Kd3 Ka3 77.Kc4 Ka4 78.Bf5 Ka3
79.Nc5 Kb2 80.Kxb4 Ka2 81.Kc3 Ka1 82.Nb3+ Ka2 83.Be4 Ka3 84.Bb1 Ka4 85.Nd4 Ka5
86.Kc4 Kb6 87.Nb5 Kb7 88.Bf5 Kc6 89.Bc8 Kb6 90.Bd7 Kb7 91.Kc5 Ka6 92.Nd6 Ka5
93.Nb7+  1-0

[Event "Nakamura-Ponomariov Classical Match"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2011.05.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.dxe5 Nxb5 7.a4 Nbd4 8.Nxd4 d5
9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Qd3 Qd7 11.Nd2 a5 12.Re1 Bb4 13.c3 Be7 14.Nb3 c5 15.Qf3 O-O
16.Be3 c4 17.Nd4 Rb8 18.Re2 Rb6 19.Rd2 c5 20.Ne2 Bb7 21.Qh5 g6 22.Qh6 Re8
23.Nf4 Bf8 24.Qh3 Qxh3 25.gxh3 Rxe5 26.Rad1 Kg7 27.Nxd5 Rd6 28.Nc7 Rxd2 29.Rxd2 Be7
30.Ne8+ Kf8 31.Nd6 Bxd6 32.Rxd6 Rd5 33.Rxd5 Bxd5 34.Bxc5+ Ke8 35.Bb6 Bc6
36.Bxa5 Bxa4 37.Kg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nakamura-Ponomariov Classical Match"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2011.05.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Na6 8.Re1 c6
9.Be3 Ng4 10.Bg5 f6 11.Bh4 Qe8 12.c5 dxc5 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 fxe5 15.Bxa6 bxa6
16.Qd6 c4 17.Rad1 Be6 18.Bg3 Rf7 19.Bxe5 Bg4 20.Bxg7 Bxd1 21.Bf6 Bg4 22.e5 Qd7
23.Ne4 Bf5 24.Qb4 Bxe4 25.Rxe4 Re8 26.f3 Rxf6 27.exf6 Rxe4 28.fxe4 Qd4+ 29.Kf1 Qxe4
30.Qb7 Qf5+ 31.Ke2 Qxf6 32.Qb8+ Kf7 33.Qxa7+ Ke6 34.Qb7 Qe5+ 35.Kf3 Qf5+
36.Ke3 Qc5+ 37.Kf3 c3 38.Qc8+ Kd5 39.bxc3 Qxc3+ 40.Kg4 Qd4+ 41.Kh3 Qe3+ 42.Kh4 Qe7+
43.Kg3 Qg5+  0-1

[Event "Nakamura-Ponomariov Classical Match"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2011.05.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 c6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Bd3 Bxd3 8.Qxd3 Nf6
9.Nge2 Nh5 10.Bxb8 Rxb8 11.f3 O-O 12.O-O f5 13.a3 a6 14.b4 Qd7 15.Rae1 Rbe8
16.Nc1 a5 17.bxa5 Bxa3 18.Nxd5 Bxc1 19.Nb6 Qe6 20.Rxc1 Qxe3+ 21.Qxe3 Rxe3
22.d5 cxd5 23.Nxd5 Re5 24.Rfd1 Nf6 25.Nxf6+ gxf6 26.Rd7 Rf7 27.Rcc7 Rxd7
28.Rxd7 Rxa5 29.Rxb7 Ra1+ 30.Kf2 Ra2+ 31.Kg3 f4+ 32.Kxf4 Rxg2 33.h4 Rh2 34.Kg4 Rh1
35.f4 Rh2 36.Rc7 Rh1 37.Ra7 Rh2 38.Ra1 Kg7 39.Ra5 Rh1 40.Ra2 Kg6 41.f5+ Kh6
42.Ra6 Rg1+ 43.Kf4 Rf1+ 44.Kg4 Rg1+ 45.Kh3 Kg7 46.Ra7+ Kg8 47.Ra8+ Kf7 48.Ra7+ Kg8
49.Ra8+ Kg7 50.Ra7+ Kg8 51.Ra8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nakamura-Ponomariov Classical Match"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2011.05.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Na6 8.Re1 c6
9.Be3 Ng4 10.Bg5 Qc7 11.h3 exd4 12.Nxd4 Qb6 13.Bxg4 Bxg4 14.hxg4 Bxd4 15.Be3 Bxe3
16.Rxe3 Nc5 17.Qd2 Rad8 18.Rd1 Rfe8 19.b3 a5 20.Qd4 Rd7 21.g3 Qd8 22.f4 f6
23.Kg2 Qe7 24.Rde1 Qe6 25.Kf3 Rg7 26.Nd1 h5 27.Nf2 Rh7 28.Rd1 Rd7 29.gxh5 gxh5
30.Rh1 Rh7 31.Rh4 b6 32.Kg2 d5 33.cxd5 cxd5 34.e5 f5 35.Nh3 Ne4 36.Rxe4 dxe4
37.Ng5 Qd7 38.Qc4+ Kh8 39.Qe2 Rh6 40.e6 Rexe6 41.Nxe6 Qxe6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nakamura-Ponomariov Classical Match"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2011.05.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 c6 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bxd6 Qxd6 8.e3 Qg6
9.Qxg6 hxg6 10.b4 a6 11.f3 Nd7 12.Bd3 Ne7 13.Nge2 g5 14.Kf2 Nf6 15.g4 Kd8
16.Kg3 Bd7 17.a4 Nc8 18.h3 Re8 19.Kf2 Nd6 20.a5 Re7 21.Rac1 Nfe8 22.Ng3 g6
23.h4 gxh4 24.Rxh4 f5 25.gxf5 Nxf5 26.Nxf5 gxf5 27.Rh8 Rb8 28.Na4 Kc7 29.Nb6 Be6
30.Rf8 Rf7 31.Rxf7+ Bxf7 32.Bxf5 Nd6 33.Bd3 Rh8 34.Rg1 Kd8 35.Na4 Nc4 36.Nc5 Rh2+
37.Rg2 Rxg2+ 38.Kxg2 Kc7 39.Bxc4 dxc4 40.Na4 Be8 41.Nc3 b6 42.e4 Kb7 43.Kf2 c5
44.bxc5  1-0

[Event "Nakamura-Ponomariov Rapid Match"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2011.05.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[ECO "A88"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 d6 5.O-O Bg7 6.c4 O-O 7.Nc3 c6 8.d5 e6 9.dxe6 Bxe6
10.b3 Na6 11.Bb2 Re8 12.Qc2 Qe7 13.Rad1 Rad8 14.e3 Nb4 15.Qb1 a5 16.Ng5 Bc8
17.Ne2 Ng4 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.Nf3 Qf6 20.a3 Na6 21.b4 Be6 22.Rc1 axb4 23.axb4 Bf7
24.Ned4 c5 25.bxc5 dxc5 26.Nb5 b6 27.h3 Ne5 28.Nxe5 Qxe5 29.Qa2 Nb4 30.Qa7 Qb8
31.Qxb8 Rxb8 32.Nd6 Red8 33.Nxf7 Kxf7 34.Rfd1 Ke7 35.e4 f4 36.Rxd8 Rxd8 37.gxf4 Nd3
38.Rb1 Nxf4 39.Rxb6 Rd4 40.Bf1 h5 41.f3 Rd2 42.h4 Ne6 43.Bh3 Nf4 44.Bf1 Rc2
45.e5 Ne6 46.Bd3 Rc3 47.Bxg6 Rxf3 48.Rb7+ Kf8 49.Be4 Re3 50.Bd5 Rxe5 51.Kf2 Ke8
52.Kf3 Kf8 53.Rh7 Ng7 54.Kf4 Re1 55.Kg5 Rg1+ 56.Kf6 Ne8+ 57.Kf5 Rf1+ 58.Kg5 Rg1+
59.Kh6 Ng7 60.Be4 Kf7 61.Rh8 Rg4 62.Bd5+ Kf6 63.Rf8+ Ke5 64.Rf7 Nf5+ 65.Kxh5 Rxh4+
66.Kg5 Rf4 67.Be6 Nd4 68.Bd5 Nf3+ 69.Kg6 Rg4+ 70.Kh5 Rh4+ 71.Kg6 Nd2 72.Rf5+ Kd4
73.Be6 Ne4 74.Rd5+ Kc3 75.Kf5 Kb4 76.Rd1 Nc3 77.Re1 Rh5+ 78.Kf6 Na4 79.Ke7 Nb2
80.Re4 Rh7+ 81.Kd6 Rh6 82.Kd5 Nd1 83.Rf4 Nb2 84.Re4 Na4 85.Ke5 Rh1 86.Rf4 Rd1
87.Rf8 Nb2 88.Rb8+ Kc3 89.Kf6 Ra1 90.Rb5 Nd3 91.Bf5 Ra6+ 92.Ke7 Rc6 93.Kd7 Rh6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nakamura-Ponomariov Rapid Match"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2011.05.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[ECO "A01"]

1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bd6 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.d3 O-O 7.Nd2 Re8 8.e4 Nd7
9.Ne2 Nf8 10.O-O Ne6 11.Kh1 c5 12.Nc4 f6 13.Ne3 a5 14.a4 Nd4 15.Ng3 Be6 16.Nef5 Bf8
17.f4 Bxf5 18.exf5 exf4 19.Ne4 Nxf5 20.Rxf4 Nd4 21.Bxd4 cxd4 22.Rf5 Ra6 23.Qf3 Rc6
24.Qf2 Bd6 25.Rxa5 Be5 26.Rc5 Rxc5 27.Nxc5 Qd5 28.Ne4 Re6 29.Re1 g6 30.g4 Kg7
31.Qf3 c6 32.Re2 Re7 33.Nd2 Qc5 34.Ne4 Qd5 35.h3 b5 36.a5 b4 37.g5 f5 38.Nd2 Qxa5
39.Qxc6 Bd6 40.Rxe7+ Bxe7 41.Nf3 Qa1+ 42.Kg2 Qc3 43.Qc4 Kf8 44.h4 Bc5 45.Kf1 Ke7
46.Ke2 Kd6 47.Qf7 Qxc2+ 48.Nd2 Ke5 49.Qc7+ Kd5 50.Qxh7 Ke5 51.Qc7+ Ke6 52.Qc6+ Ke5
53.Qxg6 Kf4 54.Qc6 Qc1 55.Qf3+ Ke5 56.Nc4+  1-0

[Event "Nakamura-Ponomariov Rapid Match"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2011.05.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qb3 e6 5.Bf4 dxc4 6.Qxc4 b5 7.Qc2 Bb7 8.e4 Nbd7
9.Nbd2 a6 10.a4 Bb4 11.Bd3 c5 12.axb5 axb5 13.O-O c4 14.Be2 Rc8 15.d5 Qb6
16.dxe6 fxe6 17.e5 Nd5 18.Bg3 O-O 19.Ng5 Rf5 20.Nxe6 Qxe6 21.Bg4 Ne3 22.Bxf5 Nxf5
23.Nf3 Bxf3 24.gxf3 Nc5 25.Rfd1 h5 26.Ra7 h4 27.Bf4 Qg6+  0-1

[Event "Nakamura-Ponomariov Rapid Match"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2011.05.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 b5 5.cxb5 a6 6.bxa6 Bg7 7.Bg2 d6 8.Nc3 O-O
9.Nf3 Nxa6 10.O-O Bf5 11.Re1 Ne4 12.Nxe4 Bxe4 13.Nd2 Bxg2 14.Kxg2 Qa5 15.e4 Nb4
16.a3 Nd3 17.Re3 Qa6 18.Qc2 Nb4 19.Qd1 c4 20.Rb1 Nd3 21.Nxc4 Nxf2 22.Kxf2 Qxc4
23.b3 Qd4 24.Qd3 Rfc8 25.Kg2 Qb6 26.b4 Rc3 27.Qe2 Raxa3 28.Rxc3 Rxc3 29.b5 Qc5
30.Bd2 Rc2 31.b6 Qd4 32.b7 Rxd2 33.b8=Q+ Bf8 34.Qxd2 Qxd2+ 35.Kh3 Qe2 36.Qc8 h5
37.Rb8 Kh7 38.Qxf8 Qf1+ 39.Kh4  1/2-1/2

[Event "80th ch-UKR 2011"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2011.06.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Korobov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "E98"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Be3 f5 11.f3 f4 12.Bf2 g5 13.g4 fxg3 14.hxg3 Ng6 15.Ng2 Nf6
16.Qd2 Nh5 17.Ne3 Ngf4 18.Kh2 Nxe2 19.Qxe2 Qf6 20.Nf5 Bxf5 21.exf5 Qxf5 22.g4 Qf4+
23.Kg2 e4 24.Nxe4 Rae8 25.Rae1 Rxe4 26.Qxe4 Be5 27.Rh1 Qxe4 28.Rxe4 Nf4+
29.Kf1 Nd3 30.Be3 Nxb2 31.Kg2 Na4 32.Bxg5 Nc5  1-0

[Event "80th ch-UKR 2011"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2011.06.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Volokitin,And"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Ne7 6.O-O c5 7.Na3 Nec6 8.c4 cxd4
9.Nb5 a6 10.Nbxd4 Be4 11.Ng5 Nxd4 12.Qxd4 Nc6 13.Qe3 Bg6 14.cxd5 Qxd5 15.Bf3 Qc5
16.Rd1 h6 17.Qd2 Qe7 18.Qc3 Qc5 19.Qd2 Qe7  1/2-1/2

[Event "80th ch-UKR 2011"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2011.06.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Miroshnichenko,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[ECO "D56"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 Ne4 8.Bxe7 Qxe7
9.Rc1 c6 10.Be2 Nxc3 11.Rxc3 Nd7 12.O-O dxc4 13.Bxc4 b6 14.Bd3 c5 15.Qc2 Bb7
16.Bh7+ Kh8 17.Be4 Bxe4 18.Qxe4 f5 19.Qf4 Rae8 20.Rd1 e5 21.dxe5 Nxe5 22.Nxe5 Qxe5
23.Qxe5 Rxe5 24.Rd7 f4 25.Rxa7 Rd5 26.h3 Rd1+ 27.Kh2 Rd2 28.exf4 Rxf4 29.Rg3 g5
30.Re3 Rdxf2 31.Rb7 Rf6 32.Re8+ Rf8 33.Ree7 R8f6 34.Rb8+  1-0

[Event "80th ch-UKR 2011"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2011.06.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Areshchenko,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Nbd2 a6 8.Bxc6 bxc6
9.d4 exd4 10.cxd4 Bb6 11.Qc2 Re8 12.Re1 Bd7 13.b3 c5 14.Bb2 cxd4 15.Bxd4 Bxd4
16.Nxd4 a5 17.Rad1 Qb8 18.N4f3  1/2-1/2

[Event "80th ch-UKR 2011"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2011.06.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Vovk,Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "E81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Bg5 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Qd2 Qa5 9.Rc1 exd5
10.cxd5 Nbd7 11.Nh3 a6 12.Be2 b5 13.b3 Re8 14.O-O Nh5 15.Nf2 Nb6 16.g4 Nf6
17.Bf4 Bb7 18.Rfe1 Rad8 19.Kg2 h5 20.h3 Kh7 21.Bd3 Qb4 22.Bg5 Nbd7 23.a4 bxa4
24.bxa4 Qa5 25.Qc2 Rc8 26.Bd2 Qc7 27.Ncd1 Ne5 28.Be2 Qe7 29.Ne3 Bh6 30.Nc4 Bxd2
31.Qxd2 Nxc4 32.Bxc4 Nd7 33.f4 Rb8 34.Rb1 Qf6 35.a5 Bc8 36.Rxb8 Nxb8 37.e5 dxe5
38.Ne4 Qd8 39.fxe5 Rxe5 40.Qf4 Nd7 41.Qxf7+ Kh6 42.Re2 hxg4 43.hxg4 Qh4 44.Qf4+ Kg7
45.Nd6 Rxe2+ 46.Bxe2 Qd8 47.g5 Qg8 48.Bc4 Qd8 49.Bd3 Qg8 50.Qe4  1-0

[Event "80th ch-UKR 2011"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2011.06.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Eljanov,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 dxc4 4.e4 b5 5.a4 b4 6.Na2 Nf6 7.e5 Nd5 8.Bxc4 e6 9.Nf3 a5
10.O-O Ba6 11.Bxa6 Nxa6 12.Bd2 c5 13.Qe2 Qb6 14.Nc1 Rc8 15.Qb5+ Qxb5 16.axb5 Nac7
17.dxc5 Bxc5 18.Rxa5 O-O 19.Nd3 Bb6 20.Ra4 Nxb5 21.Nxb4 Rfd8 22.Nxd5 Rxd5
23.Be3 Bxe3 24.fxe3 h6 25.Rb4 Rdc5 26.Rd1 Nc7 27.e4 Na6 28.Rb6 R5c6 29.Rxc6 Rxc6
30.Rd6 Rc1+ 31.Kf2 Nb4 32.Ke3 Rb1 33.Rd2 g5 34.h4 gxh4 35.Nxh4 Re1+ 36.Kf4 Rb1
37.Ke3 Re1+ 38.Re2 Rd1 39.Rd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "80th ch-UKR 2011"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2011.06.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kryvoruchko,Y"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f4 exf4
9.Bxf4 Nc6 10.Qd2 d5 11.O-O-O Nxe4 12.Nxe4 dxe4 13.Qe3 Qf6 14.Qxe4 Be7 15.Bd3 Bd5
16.Qxd5 Qxf4+ 17.Kb1 O-O 18.Qe4 Qxe4 19.Bxe4 Rfd8 20.c3 Rac8 21.Rhf1 Rc7
22.Rxd8+ Nxd8 23.Nd4 g6 24.Kc2 Kg7 25.a4  1/2-1/2

[Event "80th ch-UKR 2011"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2011.06.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Vysochin,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[ECO "A21"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Nd5 Bc5 4.Nf3 c6 5.Nc3 Qe7 6.d4 exd4 7.Nxd4 Nf6 8.Nf5 Qf8
9.Be3 Bxe3 10.Nxe3 Qe7 11.Qd4 O-O 12.O-O-O Na6 13.Nf5 Qc5 14.Nd6 Qa5 15.e3 Nc5
16.Bd3 Nxd3+ 17.Rxd3 b6 18.h4 Ba6 19.Rh3 Ne8 20.Rg3 g6 21.Rg5 Qb4 22.Nce4 f5
23.a3 Qe1+ 24.Rd1 Qe2 25.Ng3 Qxf2 26.Ngxf5 Nf6 27.Ne4 c5 28.Nxf6+ Kh8 29.Qxd7  1-0

[Event "80th ch-UKR 2011"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2011.06.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Efimenko,Z"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 h6 10.b3 Be6 11.Bb2 c5 12.Rad1+ Kc8 13.Nd5 g5 14.h3 b6 15.c4 Kb7 16.g4 Ne7
17.Kg2 b5 18.Kg3 bxc4 19.bxc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "80th ch-UKR 2011"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2011.06.20"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Kovchan,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[ECO "D87"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 O-O
9.O-O Nc6 10.Be3 Na5 11.Bd3 b6 12.Rc1 e5 13.dxc5 Be6 14.c4 bxc5 15.Bxc5 Bh6
16.f4 Re8 17.Bf2 exf4 18.Nd4 Bg7 19.Be2 f3 20.Nxf3 Rc8 21.c5 Bxa2 22.Ba6 Qxd1
23.Rfxd1 Bb2 24.Bxc8 Rxc8 25.Ra1 Bb3 26.Rxa5 Bxd1 27.Rxa7 Bc3 28.Ng5 Bb4
29.Nxf7 Bxc5 30.Nh6+ Kh8 31.Bxc5 Rxc5 32.h3 Rh5 33.Nf7+ Kg8 34.Kf2 Bb3 35.Nd6 Rc5
36.Kf3 h5 37.Rb7 Be6 38.Ne8 Rc3+ 39.Kf4 Kf8 40.Nf6 g5+ 41.Ke5 Bc8 42.Rh7 g4
43.h4 Ba6 44.Rxh5 Rg3 45.Rh8+ Kf7 46.Rh7+ Kf8 47.Rc7  1-0

[Event "80th ch-UKR 2011"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2011.06.21"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Moiseenko,A1"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.e3 c5 8.Bd3 Qa5
9.Qc2 O-O 10.O-O c4 11.Bf5 Re8 12.Nd2 g6 13.Bh3 Bxc3 14.Qxc3 Qxc3 15.bxc3 Ne4
16.Nxe4 dxe4 17.Rfb1 Nb6 18.Bxc8 Raxc8 19.Rb5 Rc6 20.Ra5 f6 21.Bf4 Rd8 22.Rxa7 Nd5
23.Rxb7 Nxc3 24.Bh6 Rdc8 25.Rg7+ Kh8 26.a4 Nd5 27.Rd7 Nb4 28.d5 Rc5 29.Bg7+ Kg8
30.Bxf6 c3 31.d6 c2 32.h4 Rd5 33.Kh2 c1=Q 34.Rxc1 Rxc1 35.Rg7+ Kf8 36.Rxh7 Nc6
37.Rc7 Ke8 38.Rc8+ Kd7 39.Rc7+ Kxd6 40.Rg7 Ke6 41.Bb2 Rc2 42.Rxg6+ Kf7 43.Rf6+ Ke7
44.Kg3 Rdd2 45.h5 Rxb2 46.Rxc6 Rxf2 47.h6 Rxg2+ 48.Kf4 Kf7 49.a5 Rbf2+ 50.Kxe4 Rg4+
51.Kd3 Ra2 52.a6 Rga4 53.h7 Kg7 54.h8=B+ Kxh8  0-1

[Event "39th GM"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2011.07.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O exd4 8.Nxd4 Re8
9.f3 c6 10.Kh1 Nbd7 11.Be3 a6 12.Nc2 Ne5 13.f4 Neg4 14.Bg1 h5 15.Bf3 Be6
16.b3 Qa5 17.Qe1 b5 18.c5 b4 19.Na4 Bc4 20.Qxb4 Qxb4 21.Nxb4 Bxf1 22.Rxf1 Nxe4
23.Nb6 Ra7 24.cxd6 Nxd6 25.Bxc6 Re2 26.N6d5 Nc8 27.h3 Nh6 28.Rc1 Nf5 29.Bb5 Ng3+
30.Kh2 Nf1+ 31.Rxf1 axb5 32.Bxa7 Nxa7 33.Kg3 Nc8 34.Rd1 Bf8 35.Kf3 Rb2 36.g4 Kg7
37.gxh5 Nd6 38.hxg6 fxg6 39.Nc7 Kf7 40.Nd3 Rxa2 41.Ne5+ Kf6 42.Nd7+  1-0

[Event "39th GM"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2011.07.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Giri,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.d4 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.Rd1 b4 12.Na4 c5 13.dxc5 Rc8 14.Qe2 Nxc5 15.Nxc5 Rxc5
16.Bd2 a5 17.e4 Qb8 18.h3 Bf4 19.a3 Bxd2 20.Nxd2 Ba8 21.Qe3 Rc7 22.a4 Bc6
23.Nb3 Qa7 24.Qxa7 Rxa7 25.f3 Rd8 26.Bb5 Rxd1+ 27.Rxd1 Bxb5 28.axb5 Kf8 29.Nc5 Ra8
30.b6 Ke7 31.b7 Rb8 32.e5 Nd5 33.Ra1 Kd8 34.Rxa5  1-0

[Event "39th GM"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2011.07.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[ECO "E58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.Nf3 d5 7.O-O Nc6 8.a3 Bxc3
9.bxc3 Qc7 10.Bb2 Re8 11.h3 Na5 12.cxd5 exd5 13.Nd2 Be6 14.Rc1 b5 15.dxc5 Nc4
16.Rb1 Qxc5 17.Nb3 Qc7 18.Bc1 a6 19.Nd4 Bd7 20.Bc2 Rac8 21.Ne2 Qe5 22.Ng3 Qxc3
23.Rb3 Qe5 24.Bb1 a5 25.Rd3 Qe7 26.Re1 b4 27.axb4 Qxb4 28.Bd2 Nxd2 29.Qxd2 g6
30.Ba2 Bb5 31.Rb1 Qxd2 32.Rxd2 Rc5 33.Rb3 a4 34.Ra3 Ra8 35.f3 Rc1+ 36.Kf2 Rac8
37.e4 R8c2 38.Rxc2 Rxc2+ 39.Ke3 Rxg2 40.Kf4 Kg7 41.h4 h6  0-1

[Event "39th GM"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2011.07.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Meier,Geo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "E31"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bh4 c5 6.d5 d6 7.e3 exd5 8.cxd5 Nbd7
9.Bb5 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 Qa5 11.Bxd7+ Nxd7 12.Ne2 Qa6 13.O-O O-O 14.Bg3 Nf6 15.f3 Nxd5
16.Qxd5 Qxe2 17.Rfe1 Be6 18.Rxe2 Bxd5 19.Bxd6 Rfc8 20.e4 Be6 21.a4 Rc6 22.e5 Rac8
23.Rb2 b6 24.a5 Bc4 25.axb6 Rxb6 26.Rxb6 axb6 27.Kf2 g5 28.h4 Kg7 29.h5 b5
30.Ke3 Be6 31.Ra5 b4 32.cxb4 cxb4 33.Bxb4 Kh7 34.Be7 Rc3+ 35.Kd2 Rc8 36.Bf6 Rc4
37.g3 Rc8 38.Ra7 Kg8 39.f4 gxf4 40.gxf4 Bg4 41.Ke3 Be6 42.Be7 Rc3+ 43.Kd2 Rc4
44.Ra8+ Rc8 45.Ra1 Kh7 46.Kd3 Bg4 47.Rh1 Bf5+ 48.Kd4 Be6 49.Bc5 Rd8+ 50.Ke3 Rg8
51.Ke4 Rg3 52.Rf1 Rh3 53.f5 Rh4+ 54.Ke3 Rxh5 55.fxe6 Rxe5+ 56.Kd4 Rxe6 57.Rxf7+ Kg6
58.Rf1 h5 59.Kd5 Re2 60.Bf2 Kg5 61.Rg1+ Kf5 62.Be1 Ra2 63.Rh1 Kg4 64.Ke4 Re2+
65.Kd3 Ra2 66.Rh4+ Kg5 67.Rc4 Ra3+ 68.Ke2 Rh3 69.Bf2 Kf5 70.Kf1 Rb3 71.Kg2 Rd3
72.Bg3 Rd1 73.Kh3 Rh1+ 74.Bh2 Kg5 75.Rc5+ Kg6 76.Kg2 Rb1 77.Bf4 Rb4 78.Kf3 Rb3+
79.Be3 h4 80.Rg5+ Kf6 81.Rg4 h3 82.Rh4 Ke6 83.Rxh3 Kd5 84.Rh5+ Kc4 85.Ke4 Rb5
86.Rh1 Kb3 87.Kd3 Rd5+ 88.Bd4 Rb5 89.Rb1+ Ka4 90.Rxb5 Kxb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "39th GM"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2011.07.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Le Quang Liem"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bf4 c6 7.Qc2 Nh5 8.Bd2 Nhf6
9.Bf4 Nh5 10.Bg5 Be7 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.e3 Nb6 13.Ne5 g6 14.O-O-O Bf5 15.Qe2 Nf6
16.g4 Be6 17.f3 O-O-O 18.h4 Nfd7 19.Nd3 Rhe8 20.Bg2 f6 21.Qf2 Qd6 22.Kb1 Kb8
23.Ka1 h6 24.Rhg1 Bf7 25.g5 hxg5 26.hxg5 f5 27.e4 dxe4 28.fxe4 Ka8 29.Nc5 Nc4
30.Nb3 Qb4 31.d5 Qb6 32.Qxb6 Ndxb6 33.dxc6 Rxd1+ 34.Nxd1 fxe4 35.cxb7+ Kb8
36.Nc3 Re5 37.Bxe4 Nd6 38.Nd4 Rc5 39.Rf1 Nxe4 40.Nxe4 Rc4 41.Rd1 Bd5 42.Nd6 Rc7
43.Rf1 Bxb7 44.Rf8+ Nc8 45.b4 Rd7 46.Nc6+ Kc7 47.Nxb7 Kxb7 48.Rf6 Rd6 49.Ne5 Rd5
50.Nf3 Rd3 51.Kb2 Nb6 52.Ne5 Rd5 53.Nf7 a5 54.bxa5 Rb5+ 55.Ka1 Rxa5 56.Rxg6 Rc5
57.Kb2 Rb5+ 58.Kc3 Ra5 59.Nd6+ Kc7 60.Kb3 Rd5 61.Ne8+ Kb7 62.Rg7+ Kc6 63.Rc7+ Kb5
64.g6 Rg5 65.Nd6+ Ka6 66.g7 Rg3+ 67.Kc2 Nd5 68.Rf7 Rg2+ 69.Kb3 Ne3 70.Ne8 Rg3
71.Rf3  1-0

[Event "39th GM"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2011.07.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.O-O Nd4 6.Nxd4 Bxd4 7.Nd2 c6 8.Ba4 d6
9.c3 Bb6 10.Nc4 Bc7 11.Bb3 O-O 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bh4 g5 14.Bg3 Bg4 15.f3 Be6 16.Re1 Nh5
17.Bf2 Nf4 18.d4 exd4 19.cxd4 d5 20.exd5 Bxd5 21.Qc2 g4 22.Nd2 Qg5 23.Ne4 Qg6
24.Bxd5 Nxd5 25.Qb3 Rae8 26.Ng3 h5 27.fxg4 hxg4 28.Rxe8 Rxe8 29.Qxb7 Rb8
30.Qxa7 Rxb2 31.Rf1 Qc2 32.Qc5 Rxa2 33.Qxc2 Rxc2 34.Nf5 Kh7 35.g3 Bb6 36.Re1 Bd8
37.Ne3 Nxe3 38.Rxe3 Kg6 39.Re4 Bg5 40.Kf1 f6 41.d5 cxd5 42.Rxg4 Kf5 43.Rd4 Ke5
44.Rd1 Ke4 45.Rd4+ Kf3 46.Rd3+ Ke4 47.Rd4+ Ke5 48.Rd1 Ke4 49.Rd4+ Kf3 50.Rd3+ Ke4  1/2-1/2

[Event "39th GM"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2011.07.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.a3 c5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Nxd5 exd5 10.dxc5 Nxc5 11.Be5 Bg4 12.Be2 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 Bf6 14.Bxf6 Qxf6
15.Qc2 Rac8 16.Bxd5 Rfd8 17.Rd1 Qe5 18.Qc4 b5 19.Qa2 Rd7 20.O-O Na4 21.Bb3 Rdc7
22.Rd4 Nb6 23.Rfd1 g6 24.Qb1 Kg7 25.g3 Nc4 26.Kg2 Qf6 27.Bxc4 bxc4 28.Qe4 Re7
29.Qd5 c3 30.bxc3 Rxc3 31.Rf4 Qc6 32.Qxc6 Rxc6 33.Rdd4 Rc2 34.Rd5 h5 35.Ra5 Rb7
36.h3 Ra2 37.Rfa4 Rbb2 38.Rf4 Rb7 39.g4 hxg4 40.hxg4 Rc7 41.Kg3 Rb2 42.g5 Rb1
43.Kg2 Rb2 44.Rfa4 Rcc2 45.Rf4 Rb7 46.Kg3 Rc1 47.Rd4 Rb2 48.Rf4 Rb7 49.Rd4 Rb2
50.f3 a6 51.Rxa6 Rb5 52.f4 Rb3 53.Re4 Rcc3 54.a4 Rxe3+ 55.Rxe3 Rxe3+ 56.Kf2 Ra3
57.Ra7 Kf8 58.a5 Ke8 59.a6 Kf8 60.Ke2 Ke8 61.Ra8+ Kd7 62.a7 Kc6 63.Rc8+ Kb7
64.Rf8  1-0

[Event "39th GM"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2011.07.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.dxe5 dxe5
9.Bg5 Qxd1 10.Rfxd1 Bg4 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 Nd4 13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.cxd5 f5 15.Kf1 Rf7
16.Rac1 fxe4 17.Bxe4 Bf8 18.Rd3 Bd6 19.Be3 Nf5 20.Bd2 a5 21.Rf3 b6 22.g4 Ne7
23.Rfc3 Rd8 24.Bg5 Rd7 25.h4 Rf8 26.Bh6 Rf7 27.Ke2 Kh8 28.Bg5 Rf8 29.f3 Ng8
30.Rh1 Nf6 31.Bxf6+ Rxf6 32.g5 Rf4 33.h5 Kg8 34.hxg6 hxg6 35.Rh6 Rg7 36.Bxg6 Rb4
37.b3 a4 38.Rc1 axb3 39.axb3 Rxb3 40.Rch1 Kf8 41.Rh8+ Rg8 42.Be4 Rb2+ 43.Kf1 Be7
44.g6 Bf6 45.R8h7 Bg7 46.R1h5 Ke7 47.Rxe5+ Kd6 48.Re6+ Kc5 49.Re7 Ra8 50.Rxc7+ Kd6
51.Rc1 Bd4 52.f4 Bc5 53.Rc2 Rb1+ 54.Kg2 Rg1+ 55.Kh2 Rg4 56.Bf5 Rxf4 57.Be6 Rf6
58.g7 Rxe6 59.dxe6 Rg8 60.Re2 Ke7 61.Re4 b5 62.Kh3 b4 63.Rh5 Bd6 64.Rb5 Kf6
65.e7  1-0

[Event "39th GM"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2011.07.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Le Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "B84"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.e4 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O Be7 8.f4 O-O
9.a4 Qc7 10.Kh1 Nc6 11.Be3 Re8 12.Bf3 Na5 13.Bf2 Nd7 14.Bg3 Bf6 15.Re1 Rb8
16.Qd3 Nc5 17.Qd1 Nd7 18.Qd3 Nc6 19.Nb3 b6 20.Rad1 Be7 21.Qc4 Nc5 22.f5 Ne5
23.Bxe5 dxe5 24.fxe6 Nxe6 25.Be2 Qb7 26.Nd5 Bg5 27.a5 b5 28.Qc3 Nf4 29.Nc5 Qc6
30.Bf3 b4 31.Nxb4 Qb5 32.Nbd3 Nxd3 33.Nxd3 Be6 34.Nc5 Qxb2 35.Qxb2 Rxb2 36.Nxe6 Rxe6
37.Rb1 Rxb1 38.Rxb1 g6 39.Be2 Bd2 40.Rb6 Bxa5 41.Rxe6 fxe6 42.Bxa6 Bc3 43.g3 Kf7
44.Kg2 g5 45.Kf3 h5 46.g4 h4 47.Ke2 Ke7 48.Kd3 Bd4 49.h3  1/2-1/2

[Event "39th GM"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2011.07.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Meier,Geo"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Qa4+ c6 6.Qxc4 b5 7.Qb3 Bb7 8.O-O Nbd7
9.d4 a6 10.Ne5 Qb6 11.Nxd7 Nxd7 12.Be3 c5 13.d5 exd5 14.Bxd5 Bxd5 15.Qxd5 Rd8
16.a4 Be7 17.axb5 axb5 18.Nc3 O-O 19.b4 Qf6 20.Nxb5 cxb4 21.Ra7 Nc5 22.Qf3 Qxf3
23.exf3 Rfe8 24.Nd4 Rd7 25.Rxd7 Nxd7 26.Nc6 Bf8 27.Rb1 Ne5 28.Nxe5 Rxe5 29.Kf1 f6
30.Ke2 Rd5 31.Ra1 Kf7 32.Ra6 h5 33.h3 Rd7 34.Rb6 Rc7 35.g4 Rc2+ 36.Kd3 Rc3+
37.Ke4 Kg6 38.f4 hxg4 39.hxg4 Rc4+ 40.Kd5 Rc7 41.Ke4 Rc4+ 42.Kd5 Rc7 43.Ke4 Rc4+
44.Kd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2011"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.08.28"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Gwaze,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[ECO "B40"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 Nc6 4.g3 e5 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Be7 7.c3 Nf6 8.Nbd2 O-O
9.a3 b5 10.Re1 Kh8 11.d4 Bd7 12.b4 cxd4 13.cxd4 exd4 14.Bb2 Rc8 15.Nb3 a5
16.bxa5 Bg4 17.h3 Bxf3 18.Qxf3 Nd7 19.Qe2 Nc5 20.Nxd4 Nxd4 21.Bxd4 Nb3 22.Bb6 Qd7
23.Rad1 f6 24.Qe3 Qe6 25.Rb1 Nc5 26.Rxb5 Qa2 27.h4 Na4 28.Bd4 Qc2 29.h5 h6
30.Qb3 Qxb3 31.Rxb3 Rc4 32.Rb4 d5 33.Rxc4 dxc4 34.a6 Bc5 35.Bxc5 Nxc5 36.Rc1 Nxa6
37.Rxc4 Re8 38.Bh3 Kg8 39.Rc6 Nb8 40.Rb6 Rd8 41.a4  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2011"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.08.29"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Gwaze,R"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[ECO "B81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g4 h6 7.h3 Nc6 8.Be3 Bd7
9.Qe2 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 Qa5 11.O-O-O Rc8 12.Kb1 Be7 13.Qd2 Bc6 14.f3 a6 15.Qf2 Qc7
16.Bb6 Qb8 17.h4 d5 18.Ba7 Qc7 19.Bb6 Qb8 20.exd5 Nxd5 21.Nxd5 Bxd5 22.Qe3 Bc6
23.Be2 Bd6 24.Qd4 Be5 25.Qb4 g6 26.Rhf1 g5 27.Bd4 Rd8 28.Bb6 Rc8 29.Rh1 Bf6
30.hxg5 hxg5 31.Rhe1 Qf4 32.Qa3 Rh2 33.Bd3 Be7 34.Bc5 Rc7 35.Bxe7 Rxe7 36.Be4 Bxe4
37.fxe4 Qc7 38.Qb3 Rd7 39.Rxd7 Qxd7 40.a3 Qd2 41.Rc1 b5 42.c4 b4 43.c5 Re2
44.axb4 Rxe4 45.c6 Re1 46.Rxe1 Qxe1+ 47.Ka2 Qe5 48.Ka1 Qd5 49.Qc3 Kd8 50.Qf6+ Kc7
51.Qxf7+ Kxc6 52.Qe8+ Kc7 53.Qf7+ Kd6 54.Qa7 Qc4 55.Qb6+ Kd7 56.Qb7+ Ke8
57.Kb1 Qb5 58.Qc8+ Kf7 59.Qc7+ Kg6 60.Qc2+ Kf6 61.Qc3+ Ke7 62.Qc7+ Qd7 63.Qc5+ Kf6
64.Qf2+ Kg7 65.Qe2 Qd6 66.Qe1 Qd3+ 67.Ka1 Qd5 68.Qc3+ e5 69.Qc7+ Kf6 70.Qc8 Qe6
71.Qh8+ Kf7 72.Qh7+ Kf8 73.Qh8+ Kf7 74.Qh7+ Ke8 75.Qh5+ Kd7 76.Qxg5 e4 77.Qg7+ Ke8
78.Qh8+ Kd7 79.Qd4+ Ke8 80.Qh8+ Kd7 81.Qd4+ Ke8 82.Qh8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2011"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.08.31"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ni Hua"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[ECO "A09"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 e5 5.O-O Nf6 6.d3 Bd6 7.e3 O-O 8.exd4 Nxd4
9.Nxd4 exd4 10.Nd2 Rb8 11.Re1 Bg4 12.Nf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2011"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.09.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Ni Hua"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bc5
9.Qd2 O-O 10.O-O-O a6 11.Qf2 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 b6 13.Qe3 Bb7 14.Bd3 Bxd4 15.Qxd4 f6
16.exf6 Qxf6 17.Qxf6 Rxf6 18.g3 Re8 19.Rhe1 b5 20.Bf1 Nb6 21.Rd4 Bc6 22.a4 Nxa4
23.Nxa4 bxa4 24.Bxa6 Ra8 25.Bd3 h6 26.Rb4 Ra7 27.Kb1 Kf7 28.Ka2 Ke7 29.f5 Kd6
30.fxe6 Rxe6 31.Rxe6+ Kxe6 32.Ka3 Kd6 33.Bb5 Bxb5 34.Rxb5 Rf7 35.Kxa4 Rf2
36.Rb6+ Kc7 37.Rg6 Rxc2 38.b4 Rxh2 39.Kb5 d4 40.Rxg7+ Kd6 41.Kc4 h5 42.Kxd4 h4
43.Rg6+ Kc7 44.g4 h3 45.Ke5 Rb2 46.Rg7+ Kd8 47.Kd6 Ke8 48.Kc5 h2 49.Rh7 Rg2
50.b5 Kf8 51.b6 Kg8 52.Rh5 Kg7 53.b7 Rb2 54.Kc6 Rc2+ 55.Kb6 Rb2+ 56.Kc6 Rc2+
57.Kb6 Rb2+ 58.Kc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2011"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.09.02"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Ni Hua"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nb3 Bb6 6.Nc3 Nge7 7.Qe2 O-O 8.Bg5 f6
9.Bd2 d6 10.O-O-O Be6 11.Kb1 a5 12.f4 a4 13.Nc1 f5 14.g4 Nd4 15.Qg2 fxe4
16.f5 Bf7 17.f6 gxf6 18.Nxe4 Bg6 19.Bd3 d5 20.Ng3 Kh8 21.Nh5 Qd6 22.Rhf1 Bxh5
23.gxh5 Rg8 24.Qh3 Ndc6 25.Bc3 d4 26.Bc4 Nd5 27.Bxd5 Qxd5 28.Rxf6 Qg2 29.Qxg2 Rxg2
30.Bd2 Kg7 31.Rf5 Ne7 32.Re5 Nc6 33.Re4 Rf8 34.Nd3 Rf5 35.h6+ Kf8 36.h4 Bc5
37.a3 Be7 38.Nf4 Rf2 39.Ne6+ Kf7 40.Bg5 Re5 41.Rxe5 Nxe5 42.Nxc7 Bc5 43.Nb5 Nf3
44.Bf4 Ke6 45.h5 b6 46.Bc7 Kd5 47.Bg3 Rg2 48.Nc3+ Ke6 49.Ne4 Kf5 50.Nd6+ Ke6
51.Ne4 Kf5 52.Nd6+ Ke6 53.Ne4 Kf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2011"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.09.02"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Ni Hua"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 c6 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Qc2 O-O
9.Rd1 b6 10.Bf4 Ba6 11.b3 Rc8 12.Nc3 Nh5 13.Bc1 Nhf6 14.Bf4 Nh5 15.Bc1 Nhf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2011"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.09.02"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Ni Hua"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Nce2 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Nf3 Be7 8.g3 O-O
9.Bh3 b5 10.O-O b4 11.Nf4 Nb6 12.Kg2 bxc3 13.bxc3 Nc4 14.Qa4 Qb6 15.dxc5 Qa6
16.Qxa6 Bxa6 17.Nd3 Ne3+ 18.Bxe3 Bxd3 19.Rfe1 Be4 20.Bd4 f5 21.exf6 Bxf6
22.Bxf6 Rxf6 23.Rxe4 dxe4 24.Ng5 Nd8 25.Nxe4 Rf7 26.Rd1 Rc7 27.Rd6 Kf7 28.Ng5+ Ke7
29.Nxe6 Nxe6 30.Rxe6+ Kf7 31.Re5 Rd8 32.Bg4 g6 33.h4 Re7 34.Rxe7+ Kxe7 35.c6 Kd6
36.Kf3 Kxc6 37.Ke3 Kc5 38.Be2 Rb8 39.Bd3 Rb2 40.a4 Ra2 41.Bb5 Rc2 42.g4 Rxc3+
43.Kf4 Rb3 44.Kg5 Rf3 45.Kh6 Rxf2 46.Kxh7 Rh2 47.Kxg6 Rxh4 48.g5 Kd6 49.Kf5 Rh2
50.g6 Rf2+ 51.Kg5 Ke7 52.Bc6 Kf8 53.a5 Kg7 54.a6 Rf6 55.Bb7 Rxg6+ 56.Kf5 Rb6
57.Ke5 Kf8 58.Kd5 Ke7 59.Bc8 Kd8 60.Bb7 Kc7 61.Kc5 Rg6 62.Kd5 Kb6 63.Kd4 Rg5
64.Kc4 Rc5+ 65.Kd4 Rc1 66.Kd5 Kb5 67.Kd4 Ra1 68.Bc8 Rd1+ 69.Ke3 Rd6 70.Bb7 Kc4
71.Bc8 Rd3+ 72.Ke2 Kc3 73.Bb7 Rd6 74.Ke3 Re6+ 75.Kf4 Kd4 76.Kf5 Re1 77.Bc8 Re5+
78.Kf6 Kd5 79.Bb7+ Kd6 80.Bc8 Re8 81.Bb7 Rf8+ 82.Kg5 Ke5 83.Kg4 Rf6 84.Kg3 Rf4
85.Bc6 Rf6 86.Bb7 Rf7 87.Kg4 Rf8 88.Kg3 Kd6 89.Kg4 Rf7 90.Kg5 Rf1 91.Kg4 Rf2
92.Kg5 Ke5 93.Kg4 Kd4 94.Kg3 Ke3 95.Kg4 Rf8 96.Kg5 Kd4 97.Kg4 Ke5 98.Kg3 Rf4
99.Bc6 Kf5 100.Ba8 Kg5 101.Bb7 Rf6 102.Bc8 Rc6 103.Bb7 Rc3+ 104.Kf2 Kf4 105.Ke2 Ke5
106.Kd2 Kd4 107.Ke2 Ra3 108.Kf2 Re3 109.Ba8 Kd3 110.Bb7 Kd2 111.Ba8 Re6 112.Bb7 Rf6+
113.Kg3 Ke3 114.Kg4 Kd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2011"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.09.02"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Ni Hua"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Nce2 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Nf3 Be7 8.a3 a5
9.Nf4 a4 10.Bd3 Nb6 11.O-O O-O 12.h4 cxd4 13.cxd4 Nc4 14.g3 b5 15.Bc2 f5
16.exf6 gxf6 17.Re1 Qd6 18.Nh2 Rf7 19.Ng4 Kh8 20.Nh6 Rg7 21.Nh5 e5 22.Nxg7 Kxg7
23.Qh5 Be6 24.Nf5+ Bxf5 25.Bxf5  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2011"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.09.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Efimenko,Z"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 c5 6.Bxb4 cxb4 7.Bg2 Bb7 8.O-O O-O
9.a3 bxa3 10.Nxa3 a5 11.Qb3 Na6 12.Ne5 Bxg2 13.Kxg2 Nb4 14.Nd3 Nxd3 15.Qxd3 d5
16.Rac1 Qd6 17.Nb5 Qd7 18.cxd5 Nxd5 19.e4 Nb4 20.Qe2 Rac8 21.Rfd1 h6 22.Rxc8 Rxc8
23.Nc3 Re8 24.Qf3 Nc6 25.d5 Ne5 26.Qe2 exd5 27.exd5 Ng4 28.Qb5 Qxb5 29.Nxb5 Nf6
30.d6 Re5 31.Nc3 Nd7 32.f4 Re6 33.Kf3 f5 34.Nd5 Kf7 35.Ne3 g6 36.g4 fxg4+
37.Nxg4 h5 38.Ne5+ Ke8 39.Ke4 Nf6+ 40.Kf3 Nd7 41.Nc6 a4 42.h4 Nf6 43.Ne5 Nd7
44.Rd5 b5 45.Nc6 Re1 46.Rxb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2011"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.09.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Efimenko,Z"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.O-O Nd4 6.Nxd4 Bxd4 7.Nd2 c6 8.Ba4 d6
9.c3 Bb6 10.Bb3 O-O 11.Nc4 Bc7 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bh4 g5 14.Bg3 Bg4 15.Qc2 Nh5
16.Ne3 Bd7 17.d4 Qe7 18.Rad1 Rad8 19.f3 Nxg3 20.hxg3 Kg7 21.f4 exf4 22.gxf4 gxf4
23.Rxf4 d5 24.Nf5+ Bxf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2011"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.09.05"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Efimenko,Z"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.h3 Ne7 8.d4 Bb6
9.Nbd2 Ng6 10.Re1 c6 11.Bd3 Re8 12.Nf1 d5 13.Bg5 dxe4 14.Rxe4 Bf5 15.Re1 Bxd3
16.Qxd3 h6 17.Bxf6 Qxf6 18.Ng3 Nf4 19.Qf5 Qxf5 20.Nxf5 exd4 21.N3xd4 Nd3
22.Rxe8+ Rxe8 23.b4 Rd8 24.Rd1 Nf4 25.Re1 Kf8 26.a3 h5 27.a4 Nd5 28.Ne2 g6
29.Nfg3 Re8 30.a5 Bc7 31.Kf1 h4 32.Nh1 Re4 33.g3 a6 34.gxh4 Rxh4 35.Nhg3 Be5
36.Rc1 Rxh3 37.Kg2 Rh4 38.Kf3 f5 39.Nf1 Rh3+ 40.Nfg3 Ke7 41.Re1 Kf6 42.Rd1 Rh4
43.Nf1 Nxc3 44.Nxc3 Bxc3 45.Rd6+ Ke5  0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2011"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.09.05"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Efimenko,Z"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Be3 Nd7 5.Nf3 c6 6.Qd2 b5 7.Bd3 Ngf6 8.h3 O-O
9.O-O e5 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Ne2 Nh5 12.a4 bxa4 13.Rxa4 Nb6 14.Ra5 f5 15.Nxe5 fxe4
16.Bxe4 Qc7 17.Bxb6 Qxb6 18.Bxc6 Ba6 19.Rxa6 Qxa6 20.Bxa8 Kh8 21.Qd5 Nf6
22.Nf7+ Kg8 23.Nh6+ Kh8 24.Nf7+ Kg8  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2011"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.09.06"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Bruzon Batista,L"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Rd1+ Ke8 10.Nc3 Ne7 11.h3 Ng6 12.Re1 Be7 13.Ne4 h5 14.Bd2 Kf8 15.Rad1 h4
16.Bg5 Rh5 17.Rd4 b6 18.Red1 Be6 19.Bxe7+ Kxe7 20.Neg5 c5 21.Nxe6 cxd4 22.Nxg7 Rh7
23.Nf5+ Kf8 24.N5xd4 c5 25.Nc6 a5 26.Rd7 Rc8 27.Rd6 Re8 28.Ng5 Rg7 29.Nf3 Re6
30.Rd8+ Re8 31.Rd6 Re6 32.Rd8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2011"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.09.07"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.a4 e5 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Bc4 O-O
9.O-O Be6 10.Qe2 Qc7 11.Bb3 Rc8 12.Bg5 Nbd7 13.Rfd1 h6 14.Bxf6 Nxf6 15.Nh4 Qd7
16.g3 Rc5 17.Rd3 Rac8 18.Ng2 Bd8 19.Rad1 Ba5 20.Rxd6 Qe7 21.Nh4 Bxc3 22.Rxe6 fxe6
23.Nf5 Qe8 24.Nd6 Qe7 25.Nxc8 Rxc8 26.bxc3 Rxc3 27.Qd2 Rc6 28.Qa5 Nxe4 29.Qxe5 Nc5
30.Qb8+ Kh7 31.Rd8 Qc7 32.Rh8+ Kg6 33.Qg8 Nxb3 34.cxb3 Rc1+ 35.Kg2 Qc6+ 36.Kh3 Rc5
37.Qh7+ Kf7 38.Qg8+ Kg6 39.Qh7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2011"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.09.08"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "A05"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 e6 4.O-O Be7 5.d3 O-O 6.Nbd2 a5 7.e4 a4 8.a3 dxe4
9.dxe4 Nc6 10.b4 axb3 11.cxb3 Nd7 12.Bb2 Nc5 13.Bc3 b6 14.Qc2 Ba6 15.Rfd1 Be2
16.Re1 Bd3 17.Qb2 f6 18.e5 f5 19.Nd4 Nxd4 20.Bxd4 Ba6 21.Bxc5 Bxc5 22.Nf3 Bb7
23.b4 Be7 24.Red1 Qc8 25.Rac1 Kh8 26.Nd4 Bxg2 27.Kxg2 c5 28.Kg1 Re8 29.Qb3 Bf8
30.b5 h6 31.a4 Kh7 32.Nc6 Qc7 33.Rd3 Qf7 34.Rcd1 f4 35.Qc4 fxg3 36.hxg3 Kh8
37.Kg2 Qf5 38.Rf3 Qg6 39.Rd7 Rec8 40.Rb7 Qe8 41.Qe4 Kg8 42.Rf6 Qh5 43.Rxe6  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2011"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.09.08"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Bruzon Batista,L"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.e3 Qb6 5.Bxf6 exf6 6.Ngf3 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Qxb2 8.Rb1 Qc3
9.Rb3 Qc7 10.c4 Bc5 11.Nb5 Qd8 12.cxd5 O-O 13.Nc3 Nd7 14.Be2 Bd6 15.Nc4 Nc5
16.Rb2 Be5 17.Nxe5 fxe5 18.O-O Bf5 19.Qd2 Rc8 20.Rd1 Qf6 21.f3 a6 22.a4 Qd8
23.Rb4 Qa5 24.Qb2 Rfd8 25.h3 h6 26.Rc4 Nxa4 27.Nxa4 Rxc4 28.Bxc4 Qxa4 29.Rc1 b5
30.Ba2 Qa5 31.e4 Bd7 32.Kh2 Re8 33.f4 exf4 34.e5 Qb6 35.Re1 Qg6 36.Qf2 Qg3+
37.Qxg3 fxg3+ 38.Kxg3 Kf8 39.e6 fxe6 40.dxe6 Bc8 41.Kf4 Bb7 42.Ke5 Ke7 43.Rf1 Rf8
44.Rxf8 Kxf8 45.Kd6 Bxg2 46.e7+ Ke8 47.Be6 Bc6 48.Bf5 Kf7 49.Bd7  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2011"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.09.08"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "A05"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b6 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.O-O e6 5.d3 d5 6.Nbd2 Nbd7 7.Re1 Bc5 8.h3 O-O
9.e4 dxe4 10.dxe4 e5 11.Nh4 g6 12.Nb3 Be7 13.Bh6 Re8 14.Qe2 Bf8 15.Bg5 h6
16.Bd2 a5 17.Rad1 Qe7 18.a3 Qe6 19.Bc1 a4 20.Nd2 Nc5 21.Kh2 Rad8 22.Qe3 Kh7
23.f3 Qc6 24.Qc3 Nh5 25.Bf1 Qf6 26.Ng2 Ne6 27.Nc4 Nd4 28.Rd3 c5 29.g4 Ng7
30.Nd2 b5 31.Rde3 c4 32.Kg3 Nge6 33.h4 Bc5 34.b4 Ba7 35.Qb2 Qg7 36.c3 f5
37.exf5 Nxf5+ 38.gxf5 gxf5+ 39.Kh2 f4 40.Qc2+ Kh8 41.Ne4 fxe3 42.Bxe3 Bxe3
43.Rxe3 Rg8 44.Qf2 Rdf8 45.Re1 Nf4 46.Nc5 Ba8 47.Ne3 Nd3 48.Nxd3 Rxf3 49.Qg2 Rh3+  0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2011"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.09.08"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "E17"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b6 3.d4 Bb7 4.c4 e6 5.Bg2 Be7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Bf4 Na6 8.O-O d5
9.Ne5 c5 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Rc1 Re8 12.Qa4 cxd4 13.Qxd4 Bc5 14.Qa4 g5 15.Nxf7 Kxf7
16.Bxg5 Qd7 17.Qh4 Qf5 18.Bxf6 Qxf6 19.Qxh7+ Qg7 20.Qf5+ Qf6 21.Bxd5+ Bxd5
22.Qxf6+ Kxf6 23.Nxd5+ Kf7 24.e3 Rad8 25.Rfd1 Rd7 26.Nc3 Red8 27.Rxd7+ Rxd7
28.Ne4 Be7 29.Kf1 Nb4 30.a3 Nd3 31.Rc2 b5 32.Ke2 b4 33.axb4 Nxb4 34.Rc4 Rb7
35.h4 Nd5 36.Rc2 Nb4 37.Rd2 Nc6 38.f4 Na5 39.Rc2 Nb3 40.Kf3 Na1 41.Rc1 Nb3
42.Rc6 Na5 43.Rc2 Rb3 44.h5 Bd8 45.Nc5 Rb5 46.g4 Bf6 47.Nd3 Rb3 48.Ke2 Rb5
49.b4 Nb7 50.g5 Bd8 51.h6 Nd6 52.Rc6 Nf5 53.Ne5+ Kg8 54.Rc8  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2011"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.09.08"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Bruzon Batista,L"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[ECO "A15"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 c6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Bg2 g6 5.b3 Bg7 6.Bb2 O-O 7.O-O Bg4 8.d3 Bxf3
9.Bxf3 e6 10.Qc2 Nbd7 11.Nd2 Qe7 12.Bg2 h5 13.e3 h4 14.a3 Ng4 15.d4 hxg3
16.hxg3 Qg5 17.Rfe1 Qh5 18.Nf1 Rfe8 19.e4 dxe4 20.Rxe4 Ndf6 21.Re2 Nh7 22.Rae1 Ng5
23.f3 Nf6 24.f4 Nf3+ 25.Bxf3 Qxf3 26.Re3 Qg4 27.Nh2 Qh3 28.Qg2 Qxg2+ 29.Kxg2 Red8
30.R3e2 Ne8 31.Nf3 Nd6 32.g4 Rac8 33.Ne5 b5 34.c5 Ne8 35.Kg3 Nf6 36.Nf3 Rd5
37.Ne5 Nd7 38.Nf3 a5 39.Ba1 Rd8 40.Bb2 Ra8 41.Ba1 Rd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2011"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.09.08"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Bruzon Batista,L"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[ECO "B27"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.e4 c5 3.d4 Bg7 4.dxc5 Qa5+ 5.c3 Qxc5 6.Na3 Nf6 7.Be3 Qa5 8.Nc4 Qc7
9.e5 Ng4 10.Bf4 b5 11.Ne3 Nxe3 12.fxe3 Qb6 13.Qd4 Qb7 14.Bd3 O-O 15.O-O Nc6
16.Qc5 b4 17.Be4 bxc3 18.bxc3 Qb6 19.Qa3 Qa6 20.Qxa6 Bxa6 21.Rfd1 Rad8 22.Bxc6 dxc6
23.Rd4 Rxd4 24.cxd4 f6 25.Rc1 g5 26.Bg3 Rc8 27.exf6 exf6 28.Kf2 Bf8 29.Nd2 c5
30.Ne4 cxd4 31.Rxc8 dxe3+ 32.Kxe3 Bxc8 33.Nxf6+ Kf7 34.Ne4 Kg6 35.Bd6 Bg7
36.Bc5 a6 37.Bd4 Bh6 38.g3 g4+ 39.Kd3 Bf5 40.Be3 Bg7 41.Bd4 Bf8 42.Ke3 Bh6+
43.Kd3 Kf7 44.Be3 Bg7 45.Bd4 Bf8 46.Bb6 Ke6 47.Kd4 Bg7+ 48.Ke3 Kd5 49.Nd2 Bh6+
50.Ke2 Kc6 51.Be3 Bf8 52.Nb3 Bb1 53.a4 Kd5 54.Nd2 Bc2 55.a5 Kc6 56.Bb6 Kb5
57.Nf1 Be4 58.Ne3 h5 59.Bd8 Bb4 60.Bc7 Bxa5 61.Bxa5 Kxa5 62.Nc4+ Kb4 63.Nd6 Bg6
64.Kd2 a5 65.Kc1 a4 66.Kb2 a3+ 67.Ka2 Bc2 68.Ne8 Bb3+ 69.Ka1 Kc3 70.Nf6 Bf7
71.Nh7 Kd4 72.Ng5 Bg8 73.h3 Ke5 74.Kb1 Kf5 75.h4 Ke5 76.Ka1 Kd4 77.Kb1 Kd3
78.Ka1 Ke3 79.Kb1 Bd5 80.Ka1 Kf2  0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2011"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.09.09"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Gashimov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 c5 6.d5 exd5 7.Nh4 g6 8.Nc3 Bg7
9.O-O O-O 10.Bg5 Qe8 11.Bf4 Qd8 12.Bg5 Qe8 13.Bf4 Qd8 14.Bg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2011"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.09.10"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Gashimov,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Rd1+ Ke8 10.Nc3 Ne7 11.Nd4 Bd7 12.Ne4 Ng6 13.f4 Be7 14.Re1 c5 15.Nf3 Be6
16.Nfg5 Bxg5 17.Nxg5 Bf5 18.Ne4 b6 19.Ng3 Ne7 20.Nxf5 Nxf5 21.c3 h5 22.Kf2 Rd8
23.Be3 Ke7 24.Rad1 f6 25.exf6+ Kxf6 26.Rxd8 Rxd8 27.Bc1 a5 28.a4 c4 29.g3 Rd3
30.Ke2 Ke6 31.Bd2 Rd5 32.Rf1 g6 33.Rf3 Kf7 34.Rf1 Rd8 35.Bc1 Ke6 36.Re1 Rd3
37.Bd2 Rd8 38.Kd1+ Kf7 39.Re5 Nh6 40.Kc2 Ng4 41.Re2 Nf6 42.Be1 Rd6 43.h3 Rd3
44.b3 Rf3 45.bxc4 h4 46.gxh4 Rxf4 47.c5 Rxa4 48.cxb6 cxb6 49.Re5 Re4 50.Rxe4 Nxe4
51.c4 Ke6 52.Kb3 Kd6 53.Kc2 Ke5 54.Kd3 Kf4 55.Kd4 Kf3 56.Kd3 Nc5+ 57.Kd4 a4
58.Bb4 Ke2 59.Kc3 Ke3 60.Ba3 Ne4+ 61.Kb4 Kd3 62.Kb5 Kc3 63.Be7 Kb3 64.Kxb6 Kxc4
65.Kc6 Ng3 66.Kd7 Kd5 67.Ke8 Ke6 68.Ba3 Nf5 69.Kf8 Nxh4 70.Kg7 Kf5 71.Kh6 Nf3
72.Be7 Ke6 73.Ba3 Kf6 74.Bc5 Nh4 75.Bd4+ Kf5 76.Bc5 g5 77.Be7 Nf3 78.Kh5 Ng1
79.Bxg5 a3 80.Bc1 a2 81.Bb2 Nxh3 82.Kh4 Nf4 83.Kg3 Ke4 84.Ba1 Nd3 85.Kg2 Ke3
86.Kg3 Nc5 87.Kg2 Ke2 88.Kg3 Na4 89.Kg2 Nb6 90.Kg3 Nc4 91.Kg2 Ne3+ 92.Kg3 Nd1
93.Kg2 Ke3 94.Kg3 Kd2 95.Kf3 Kd3 96.Kf4 Kc2 97.Ke4 Nb2 98.Ke3 Na4 99.Ke2 Kc1
100.Kd3 Kb1 101.Kd2 Nb2 102.Kc3 Kxa1 103.Kc2 Nd3  0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2011"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.09.12"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Nbd2 h6 8.h3 Bb6
9.Nc4 Ne7 10.Ba4 Ng6 11.Bc2 Be6 12.a4 c6 13.Nxb6 axb6 14.Be3 d5 15.d4 exd4
16.Nxd4 Bd7 17.exd5 Nxd5 18.Bd2 Qf6 19.Qf3 Ndf4 20.Bxf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2011"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.09.13"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Qa4+ Bd7 8.Qa3 Nc6
9.Nf3 e5 10.Be3 exd4 11.cxd4 Qe7 12.Qxe7+ Nxe7 13.Rb1 O-O-O 14.Bc4 f5 15.Ng5 fxe4
16.Nf7 Nf5 17.O-O Nxd4 18.Bxd4 Bxd4 19.Nxh8 Rxh8 20.Bd5 b5 21.Bxe4 c5 22.g3 a5
23.Kg2 b4 24.Bd5 Kc7 25.Bc4 Kd6 26.Rfe1 a4 27.f3 Rb8 28.Re2 Bf5 29.Rd1 b3
30.axb3 axb3 31.g4 Bd7 32.Re3 b2 33.Rb3 Rxb3 34.Bxb3 Bb5 35.Ba2 Kc6 36.Rd2 Kb6
37.f4 Bc6+ 38.Kg3 Be4 39.Rd1 Kb5 40.Re1 Bd3 41.Re7 c4 42.Rd7 c3 43.Rd5+ Bc5  0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2011"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.09.16"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[ECO "A22"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.g3 Bb4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O Bxc3 7.bxc3 Re8 8.Rb1 e4
9.Nd4 d5 10.cxd5 Qxd5 11.Nb5 Qd7 12.d3 a6 13.Nd4 Nd5 14.Bb2 Nxd4 15.cxd4 e3
16.Qc1 c6 17.Be4 Qg4 18.f3 Qe6 19.Qc5 b6 20.Bxd5 cxd5 21.Qc7 Re7 22.Qd8+ Re8
23.Qc7 Re7 24.Qf4 f6 25.Ba3 g5 26.Qd6 Qxd6 27.Bxd6 Rb7 28.Rfc1 Bd7 29.g4 Kf7
30.Kg2 h5 31.h3 Rh8 32.Rb2 Ba4 33.Bh2 hxg4 34.hxg4 Kg6 35.a3 a5 36.Bd6 b5
37.Rc6 Ra8 38.Be5 Rf7 39.Rb6 Rc8 40.f4 gxf4 41.Kf3 Rc1 42.Bxf4 Rf1+ 43.Kg3 Rg1+
44.Kf3 Rf1+ 45.Kg3 Rg1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2011"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.09.17"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bg5 c5 7.Bxc4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bxc3+
9.bxc3 Qa5 10.Bb5+ Nbd7 11.Bxf6 Qxc3+ 12.Kf1 gxf6 13.Nxe6 Qe5 14.Nd4 O-O
15.Qd3 Nc5 16.Qg3+ Kh8 17.Qxe5 fxe5 18.Nf3 a6 19.Bc4 Nxe4 20.Nxe5 f6 21.Nf3 Bf5
22.h3 b5 23.Bb3 Nc3 24.Nd4 Bd3+ 25.Kg1 a5 26.Kh2 a4 27.Bd1 Bc4 28.a3 Rad8
29.Nc6 Rd2 30.Bf3 Rxf2 31.Rhc1 Na2 32.Re1 Rc8 33.Re7 Nc3 34.Nb4 f5 35.Rae1 Rg8
36.R7e5 Be2 37.Rxf5 Bxf3 38.Rxf3 Rgxg2+ 39.Kh1 Rh2+ 40.Kg1 Ne2+  0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2011"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.09.18"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[ECO "D98"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 Bg4 8.Be3 Nfd7
9.Rd1 Nc6 10.Be2 Nb6 11.Qc5 Qd6 12.e5 Qxc5 13.dxc5 Nc8 14.Bf4 Bxf3 15.Bxf3 Nxe5
16.Bxe5 Bxe5 17.O-O c6 18.Rfe1 Bg7 19.Rd7 Rb8 20.Ne4 Bxb2 21.g3 b6 22.Rc7 Rd8
23.Rxc6 bxc5 24.Nxc5 Bd4 25.Rd1 Nb6 26.Na6 Rbc8 27.Nb4 Bf6 28.Rxd8+ Rxd8
29.Rc7 Rd7 30.Rxd7 Nxd7 31.Nc6 a6 32.a4 Nc5 33.a5 Kf8 34.Be2 Bc3 35.Nb8 Bxa5
36.Nxa6 Nb3 37.Bd1 Nd4 38.Nc5 Bb4 39.Nd3 Bd6 40.f4 h6 41.Kf2 g5 42.Ke3 Nf5+
43.Kf3 e6 44.Nf2 Ba3 45.Nd3 Ke7 46.Kf2 Bd6 47.Bh5 Bc7 48.Kg2 Ne3+ 49.Kf2 Nd5
50.fxg5 hxg5 51.Bf3 Bb6+ 52.Ke2 Nc3+ 53.Kd2 Nb5 54.g4 Kd6 55.h3 Bd4 56.Ke2 Bg1
57.Kf1 Nd4 58.Be4 Be3 59.Kg2 Bd2 60.Ba8 Be3 61.Kg3 Nb5 62.Bb7 Kc7 63.Bg2 Nd6
64.h4 gxh4+ 65.Kxh4 Kd7 66.g5 Ke7 67.Kg4 Bd2 68.Bc6 Kf8 69.Nc5 Bb4 70.Ne4 Nf5
71.Kh5 Ba3 72.Ba4 Bc1 73.Bc2 Kg7 74.Bd3 Nd4 75.Bb1 Nf3 76.Bc2 Be3 77.Bd3 Kf8
78.Bc2 Ke7 79.g6 f5 80.Nd6 Bd4 81.Nxf5+ exf5 82.Bxf5 Bg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2011"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.09.19"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qb3 d5 6.cxd5 Qxd5 7.Nc3 Qxb3 8.axb3 Bb7
9.Bg2 a6 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Bg5 Bd6 12.Rfc1 O-O 13.Nd2 Bxg2 14.Kxg2 Rfc8 15.Nce4 Bf8
16.Bxf6 gxf6 17.g4 c5 18.dxc5 Bxc5 19.Nf3 Kf8 20.b4 Bxb4 21.Rxa6 Bc5 22.Rca1 Rxa6
23.Rxa6 b5 24.Ra5 b4 25.Rb5 Be7 26.b3 Rc7 27.Nd4 Kg7 28.f4 Bf8 29.e3 Kg6
30.h4 Kg7 31.Kf3 Be7 32.Ke2 Nc5 33.Nd2 Nb7 34.Nc4 Nc5 35.Nd2 Nb7 36.Ne4 Nd6
37.Rc5 Rxc5 38.Nxc5 h5 39.gxh5 Kh6 40.Nc6 Bf8 41.Nxb4 Kxh5 42.Nc6 Kxh4 43.Kf3 Kh5
44.b4 Kg6 45.Nd7 Bh6 46.Ke2 e5 47.Ne7+ Kg7 48.Kf3 exf4 49.e4 Nb5 50.Kg4 f3
51.Nf5+ Kh8 52.Kxf3 Bd2 53.Nxf6 Bxb4 54.e5 Bc3 55.Ke4 Nc7 56.Nd7 Kh7 57.Kf4 Nd5+
58.Ke4 Nc7 59.Ne7 Kg7 60.Kf5 Bb4 61.Nc6 Ba3 62.Nd4 Ne6 63.Nxe6+ fxe6+ 64.Kxe6 Bb2
65.Ke7 Bxe5 66.Nxe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "27th ECC"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina SLO"]
[Date "2011.09.26"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Stefansson,H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 e6 5.Qc2 Nbd7 6.d4 b6 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.O-O Be7
9.b3 Qc7 10.Bb2 O-O 11.Ne5 h6 12.f4 c5 13.Rad1 Rad8 14.Qe2 Qb8 15.Bb1 cxd4
16.exd4 Bb4 17.a3 Bxc3 18.Bxc3 Rfe8 19.Bb2 Qa8 20.a4 dxc4 21.bxc4 Be4 22.Ba2 Qb7
23.h3 Bh7 24.Bb3 Ne4 25.Kh2 Nd6 26.a5 Nb8 27.Ba4 Rf8 28.Ba3 Qa6 29.Nd7 Nxd7
30.Bxd6 Rfe8 31.Bb5 Qxa5 32.Qb2  1-0

[Event "27th ECC"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina SLO"]
[Date "2011.09.27"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Laznicka,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 c5 5.Bg2 Qa5+ 6.Nc3 Ne4 7.Qd3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nc5
9.Qd1 Nc6 10.e3 O-O 11.O-O Qd8 12.Rb1 a5 13.b3 b6 14.Ba3 Bb7 15.Nxc6 Bxc6
16.Bxc6 dxc6 17.Bxc5 Bxc3 18.Qxd8 Rfxd8 19.Bxb6 Rd2 20.a3 a4 21.Bc5 Bb2 22.Bb4 Rc2
23.bxa4 Rxa4 24.Bxe7 Raxc4 25.Rfd1 Kg7 26.Kf1 c5 27.Rd6 Rc1+ 28.Rxc1 Rxc1+
29.Ke2 c4 30.g4 f5 31.gxf5 gxf5 32.Rc6 Kf7 33.Bb4 Rc2+ 34.Kf3 Be5 35.h4 h5
36.e4 f4 37.a4 c3 38.a5 Ra2 39.Bd6 Bd4 40.Kxf4 Rxf2+ 41.Kg3 Rf6 42.Rc7+ Ke6
43.e5 Rf1 44.a6 Kd5 45.a7 Ra1 46.Kf3 Rxa7 47.Rxa7 Bxa7 48.Ke2 Bb6 49.Kd3 Bd4
50.Kc2 Bxe5 51.Bxe5 Kxe5 52.Kxc3 Kf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "27th ECC"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina SLO"]
[Date "2011.09.28"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Tomashevsky,E"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "E81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 c5 7.Nge2 Nc6 8.d5 Ne5
9.Ng3 h5 10.Be2 h4 11.Nf1 e6 12.f4 Neg4 13.Bxg4 Nxg4 14.Qxg4 exd5 15.f5 d4
16.Nd5 dxe3 17.Nfxe3 Bxb2 18.O-O Bxa1 19.Rxa1 Kg7 20.Rf1 Rh8 21.Qf4 g5 22.Qf3 f6
23.Ng4 Rf8 24.Qe3 Bd7 25.Ndxf6 Rxf6 26.Qxg5+ Kf7 27.e5 dxe5 28.Rd1 Rxf5 29.Nh6+ Kf8
30.Qg8+ Ke7 31.Qh7+  1-0

[Event "27th ECC"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina SLO"]
[Date "2011.09.29"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Nf3 cxd4
9.cxd4 Nc6 10.O-O O-O 11.Rb1 b6 12.d5 Bf5 13.Rb5 Na5 14.Nd4 Bd7 15.Rb1 Rc8
16.Bb2 Qc7 17.Ba3 Qe5 18.Nf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "27th ECC"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina SLO"]
[Date "2011.09.30"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Radjabov,T"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.O-O d6 6.c3 O-O 7.Nbd2 h6 8.h3 Bb6
9.Re1 Ne7 10.d4 c6 11.Bd3 Ng6 12.Nf1 Re8 13.Ng3 Bd7 14.Be3 c5 15.dxe5 dxe5
16.Bc4 Be6 17.Qb3 Qc7 18.Nd2 Qc6 19.a4 Rad8 20.Qb5 Qxb5 21.Bxb5 Nd7 22.Nc4 Bc7
23.Red1 Ngf8 24.Nd6 Bxd6 25.Rxd6 Bb3 26.Nf1 a6 27.Be2 Re6 28.Bxc5 Bxa4 29.Rd2 Bc6
30.f3 Ree8 31.Bf2 Ne6 32.b4 Nf6 33.Bc4 Nf4 34.Ra5 Rc8 35.Ne3 Bd7 36.Rc2 Be6
37.Bf1 Red8 38.Rxe5 b5 39.Nf5 Bxf5 40.Rxf5 Nd3 41.Bb6 Rd6 42.Ba5 Nd7 43.Rd5 Rxd5
44.exd5 N3e5 45.d6 Rc6 46.f4 Ng6 47.c4 bxc4 48.Bc7 Nxf4 49.Rxc4 Rxc4 50.Bxc4 Kf8
51.Bxa6 Ke8 52.b5 Ne6 53.b6 Nxb6 54.Bxb6 Kd7 55.Bc4 Kxd6 56.Bxe6 Kxe6 57.Kf2 Kf5
58.Kf3 f6 59.Bd4 Kg5 60.Be3+ Kf5 61.Bd2 h5 62.g3 Ke5 63.Bc3+ Kf5 64.Bb2 Kg5
65.Ke4 Kg6 66.Kf4 Kf7 67.Kf5 g6+ 68.Ke4 Ke6 69.Bc3 Kf7 70.Kd5 Ke7 71.Bd4 Kf7
72.Kd6 g5 73.g4  1-0

[Event "27th ECC"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina SLO"]
[Date "2011.10.01"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Dambacher,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Qc2 c6 7.h3 g6 8.Bh6 Bf5
9.Qc1 Nbd7 10.g4 Be4 11.Bg2 Nf8 12.g5 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 N6d7 14.Bg4 Nb6 15.h4 Ne6
16.e3 Bf8 17.Bxf8 Rxf8 18.Qc2 Qe7 19.O-O-O O-O-O 20.Rhe1 Kb8 21.f4 f5 22.gxf6 Qxf6
23.h5 Nc4 24.Kb1 Rde8 25.hxg6 hxg6 26.Ne4 Qd8 27.Bxe6 Rxe6 28.Nc5 Re7 29.e4 Ka8
30.exd5 Rxe1 31.Rxe1 Qxd5 32.Qxg6 a5 33.Ne6 Rc8 34.Qd3 Ka7 35.b3 Na3+ 36.Kb2 Nb5
37.a4 Re8 38.Re5 Qg2+ 39.Re2 Qf1 40.Qd2 Nd6 41.Qxa5+ Kb8 42.Qc7+ Ka7 43.Re5  1-0

[Event "Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Saratov RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.e4 e5 12.h3 a6 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.Be3 Re8
16.f4 Bxc3 17.bxc3 c5 18.e5 c4 19.Bf5 g6 20.Rad1 Nd5 21.Be4 Nxe3 22.Rxd8 Nxc2
23.Rxa8 Bxa8 24.Bxc2 f6 25.Rd1 fxe5 26.fxe5 Kf7 27.Rd6 Re6 28.Rd7+ Re7 29.Rd6 Rxe5
30.Rxa6 Bxg2 31.Bxg6+ hxg6 32.Kxg2 Re3 33.Rb6 Rxc3 34.Rxb5 Ra3 35.Rc5 Rxa2+
36.Kf3 Rc2 37.h4 Rc3+ 38.Ke2 Kf6 39.h5 g5 40.h6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Saratov RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 Ke8 10.h3 h5 11.Bf4 Be7 12.Rad1 Be6 13.Ng5 Rh6 14.Nce4 c5 15.Nxe6 Rxe6
16.Rfe1 Rd8 17.Rxd8+ Kxd8 18.c3 b5 19.Re2 h4 20.g4 hxg3 21.fxg3 b4 22.Kf2 Ra6
23.b3 bxc3 24.Nxc3 g5 25.Rd2+ Kc8 26.g4 Nh4 27.Nd5 Bd8 28.Bg3 c4 29.bxc4 c6
30.Nb4 Ra3 31.Rd3 Ra4 32.Nxc6 Bb6+ 33.Kf1 Rxc4 34.Ne7+ Kb7 35.Rd7+ Rc7 36.Rxc7+ Bxc7
37.Ke2 Bd8 38.Nf5 Kc6 39.Nd6 Kd5 40.Nxf7 Be7 41.Bxh4 gxh4 42.g5 Ke6 43.g6 Bf8
44.Kf3 Kf5 45.Nd6+ Kxg6 46.Kg4 Bg7 47.e6 Bf8 48.Nf5 Kf6 49.e7 Bxe7 50.Nxe7 Kxe7
51.Kxh4 Kf6 52.Kg4 Kg6 53.a4 a5 54.Kf4 Kh5 55.Ke5 Kh4 56.Kd5 Kxh3 57.Kc5 Kg4
58.Kb5 Kf5 59.Kxa5 Ke6 60.Kb6 Kd7 61.Kb7  1-0

[Event "Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Saratov RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Andreikin,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 c5 6.d5 exd5 7.Nh4 g6 8.Nc3 Bg7
9.O-O O-O 10.Bg5 Qe8 11.Bf4 Qe7 12.Bg5 Qe8 13.Bf4 Qe7 14.Nb5 Ne8 15.Bxd5 Bxd5
16.Qxd5 Nc6 17.Qd2 Qe6 18.Rac1 a6 19.Nc3 Qxc4 20.Nd5 Qxa2 21.Nxb6 Rd8 22.Nf3 d6
23.Ra1 Qxb2 24.Qxb2 Bxb2 25.Rxa6 Nc7 26.Ra2 Bg7 27.Nc4 Ne8 28.Rc1 d5 29.Nb6 c4
30.Rd2 Nf6 31.Bc7 Ne4 32.Rdd1 Rde8 33.Rxd5 Nc3 34.Rxc3 Bxc3 35.Bd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Saratov RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tomashevsky,E"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "E00"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Be7 5.Bg2 d5 6.Nf3 c6 7.Qc2 O-O 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Rd1 b6 10.Bf4 Ba6 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Ne5 Rc8 13.Nc6 Nh5 14.Be3 Nb8 15.Nxe7+ Qxe7
16.Nc3 f5 17.Qd2 Nc6 18.Rac1 Qd7 19.f3 h6 20.Bf2 Nf6 21.b3 Rc7 22.Bf1 Ne7
23.Rc2 Rfc8 24.Rdc1 Kf7 25.Nb1 Rxc2 26.Rxc2 g5 27.Rxc8 Qxc8 28.Nc3 h5 29.Bg2 g4
30.Be1 Ng6 31.Qg5 Qh8 32.h3 Nh7 33.Qe3 Nf6 34.Qg5 Nh7 35.Qe3 Nf6 36.Qg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Saratov RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Ni Hua"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.b3 Bg4 7.Bd2 Nbd7 8.h3 Bxf3
9.Qxf3 b4 10.Na4 e5 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Qf4 Bd6 14.Qd4 O-O 15.Rc1 Qe7
16.Be2 a5 17.O-O Bb8 18.Qc5 Qe6 19.Rfd1 Ne4 20.Qb6 Ba7 21.Qxe6 fxe6 22.Be1 Rac8
23.Ba6 Rxc1 24.Rxc1 d4 25.exd4 Bxd4 26.Rc2 g5 27.Re2 Nc3 28.Rd2 Rd8 29.Kf1 Nxa4
30.bxa4 Kf7 31.Bb5 Rd5 32.Rc2 Bb6 33.Ke2 Ng6 34.Bd2 Re5+ 35.Kf1 Ne7 36.Bc4 Nd5
37.Bd3 h5 38.Rc4 Nc3 39.Bxc3 bxc3 40.Rxc3 Bc5 41.g3 Kf6 42.Rc2 h4 43.gxh4 gxh4
44.Rc4 Rd5 45.Ke2 Bd4 46.f4 Bc5 47.Bc2 Bd6 48.Bb3 Rf5 49.Ke3 Bc5+ 50.Kf3 e5
51.Kg4 Rxf4+ 52.Rxf4+ exf4 53.Kxf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Saratov RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Roiz,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[ECO "C80"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6
9.Be3 Be7 10.c3 Nc5 11.Bc2 Nd7 12.Re1 Ndxe5 13.Nxe5 Nxe5 14.Bd4 Ng6 15.Bxg7 Rg8
16.Bxg6 Rxg7 17.Rxe6 hxg6 18.Re2 Kf8 19.Nd2 Bf6 20.Nf3 Rh7 21.a4 Kg7 22.Qb3 c6
23.Qb4 Rh8 24.Rae1 bxa4 25.h3 Qc7 26.Qxa4 c5 27.Ne5 Rhe8 28.Ng4 Rxe2 29.Rxe2 Qd6
30.Nxf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Saratov RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 c6 7.Qc2 O-O 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Rd1 b6 10.Bf4 Ba6 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Ne5 Rc8 13.Nc6 Nh5 14.Bc1 Nb8 15.Nxe7+ Qxe7
16.Qd2 Nc6 17.b3 b5 18.a3 Nf6 19.Nc3 Qc7 20.Na2 Qb6 21.Qb2 h6 22.Bf4 Rfd8
23.Nb4 Nxb4 24.axb4 Bb7 25.Rac1 Nd7 26.h4 Rxc1 27.Rxc1 Rc8 28.Rxc8+ Bxc8
29.Qc3 Bb7 30.g4 Qc6 31.Qd2 a6 32.g5 hxg5 33.hxg5 Nf8 34.Bg3 Ng6 35.Bf3 Bc8
36.Bh5 Ne7 37.Be5 Qd7 38.Qc3 Qc6 39.Qd2 Qd7 40.Bf4 Qc6 41.Kh2 Bd7 42.Bg4 Be8
43.Qe3 Ng6 44.Bg3 Qc2 45.Bd6 Qe4 46.Qxe4 dxe4 47.f4 Nh4 48.d5 Nf5 49.Bc5 g6
50.d6 f6 51.gxf6 Kf7 52.Bxf5 exf5 53.Bd4 Ke6 54.Be5 Bf7 55.Kg3 Be8 56.Kf2 Bf7
57.Ke3 Kd7 58.Kd4 Kc6 59.Kc3 Kd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Saratov RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Vitiugov,N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.a3 Be7 6.e3 c5 7.b3 b6 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.O-O cxd4 10.exd4 d5 11.Bb2 Nc6 12.Rc1 Re8 13.Re1 Bf8 14.c5 bxc5 15.dxc5 a5
16.Bb5 Nd7 17.b4 axb4 18.axb4 Rb8 19.Ne5 Qc7 20.Ndf3 Ndxe5 21.Nxe5 f6 22.Nd3 e5
23.Qb3 Kh8 24.Qxd5 Nxb4 25.Qc4 Nxd3 26.Qxd3 Red8 27.Qe2 Bc6 28.Bxc6 Qxc6
29.Rc2 Rb5 30.Ba3 h6 31.Rc3 Ra8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Saratov RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Moiseenko,A1"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.g3 c5 5.Nf3 cxd4 6.Nxd4 O-O 7.Bg2 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Qb3 Nc6 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.O-O Qa5 12.Bd2 Bxc3 13.Bxc3 Nxc3 14.bxc3 Ba6 15.Qb4 Qxb4
16.cxb4 Rab8 17.a3 Rfc8 18.Rfc1 Bxe2 19.Bxc6 Kf8 20.f4 Rd8 21.Ra2 Bb5 22.Bxb5 Rxb5
23.Rac2 a5 24.Rc8 Rxc8 25.Rxc8+ Ke7 26.Rc7+ Kf6 27.Rc4 axb4 28.axb4 Rd5 29.Rc1 Rb5
30.Rc4 Rd5 31.Rc1 Rb5 32.Rc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Saratov RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bg5 c5 7.Bxc4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bxc3+
9.bxc3 Qa5 10.Bb5+ Bd7 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Bxd7+ Nxd7 13.O-O Qxc3 14.Qa4 O-O
15.Nxe6 Nb6 16.Qd4 Rfc8 17.Qxc3 Rxc3 18.Nf4 Rc5 19.g4 Kf8 20.Nh5 Ke7 21.Ng3 Rd8
22.Rfc1 Na4 23.Rd1 Nc3 24.Nf5+ Ke8 25.Ng7+ Ke7 26.Nf5+ Ke8 27.Ng7+ Ke7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Saratov RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.19"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Eljanov,P"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Nbd7 6.Qxc4 c5 7.d3 b6 8.Ng5 Rb8
9.Bf4 Bb7 10.Ne4 Nxe4 11.Bxe4 b5 12.Qc2 Bxe4 13.dxe4 Rb7 14.O-O Be7 15.a4 a6
16.Nc3 O-O 17.e5 c4 18.axb5 axb5 19.Ne4 Qb6 20.Rfd1 Qc6 21.h4 Nc5 22.Ng5 g6
23.h5 Rd7 24.Rxd7 Qxd7 25.Ne4 Nxe4 26.Qxe4 Rc8 27.Be3 b4 28.Ra7 Qe8 29.h6 c3
30.b3 c2 31.Bc1 Bf8 32.Kg2 Qd8 33.Qb7 Qd5+ 34.Qxd5 exd5 35.Rd7 g5 36.Rxd5 Bxh6
37.g4 Bg7 38.Kf3 Rc3+ 39.Ke4 h6 40.Rd3 Rc5 41.Rd5 Rc3 42.Rd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "18th European Teams"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.04"]
[Round "2.2.2"]
[White "Cheparinov,I"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "E00"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Be7 5.Bg2 d5 6.Nf3 c6 7.Qc2 O-O 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Rd1 a5 10.Bf4 Nh5 11.Bc1 b5 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.e4 dxe4 14.Qxe4 Rb8 15.Qe2 Nhf6
16.Bf4 Rb6 17.Ne5 Nd5 18.Bxd5 exd5 19.Nc3 Nxe5 20.dxe5 d4 21.Be3 dxe3 22.Qxe3 Bg5
23.Qc5 Be7 24.Qe3 Bg5 25.Qc5 Be7  1/2-1/2

[Event "18th European Teams"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.05"]
[Round "3.4.2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Saric,Iv"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 d6 5.e3 Nf6 6.Nge2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.d3 a5 9.e4 Na6
10.h3 Rb8 11.Bg5 Nc7 12.d4 b5 13.cxb5 cxb5 14.Rc1 Bd7 15.Re1 Re8 16.b3 b4
17.Na4 h6 18.Be3 Nxe4 19.dxe5 Rxe5 20.Ba7 Rbb5 21.Bb6 Nc3 22.Nexc3 Rxe1+
23.Qxe1 bxc3 24.Bf1 Rxb6 25.Nxb6 Ne6 26.Nd5 Bc6 27.Bg2 Bxd5 28.Bxd5 Nc7 29.Qd1 Qg5
30.Bf3 d5 31.h4 Qf5 32.Bg4 Qe5 33.h5 gxh5 34.Bxh5 d4 35.Be2 Ne6 36.Bc4 Ng5
37.Qd3 Nh3+ 38.Kg2 Ng5 39.f4 Qe4+ 40.Qxe4 Nxe4 41.Kf3 Nc5 42.Ke2 Kf8 43.a3 Ke7
44.b4 axb4 45.axb4 Ne4 46.g4 h5 47.gxh5 Ng3+ 48.Kd3 Nxh5 49.Re1+ Kd6 50.f5 Nf4+
51.Ke4 Bh6 52.Rh1 Bg5 53.Rh2 Bf6 54.Ra2 Nh5 55.Ra6+ Ke7 56.Bd3 Ng3+ 57.Kd5 Nh5
58.Ra7+ Ke8 59.b5 Bd8 60.Ra8 Kd7 61.Kxd4 Bf6+ 62.Kc4 Nf4 63.Ra7+ Kd6 64.Rxf7 Nd5
65.Kb3 Kc5 66.Be4 Bd4 67.Bxd5  1-0

[Event "18th European Teams"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.06"]
[Round "4.3.1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Naiditsch,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[ECO "B93"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 e5 7.Nf3 Qc7 8.a4 Nbd7
9.Bd3 Be7 10.O-O exf4 11.Kh1 Ne5 12.Bxf4 Be6 13.Nd4 O-O 14.Qd2 Rac8 15.a5 Rfe8
16.Bg5 Nfg4 17.h3 Bxg5 18.Qxg5 Qc5 19.Nxe6 fxe6 20.hxg4 Nxd3 21.Qxc5 Nxc5
22.Rad1 Rc6 23.Rd4 b5 24.axb6 Rb8 25.Ne2 Rcxb6 26.b3 e5 27.Rc4 Rb4 28.Rxb4 Rxb4
29.Nc3 Nxe4 30.Nd5 Rb7 31.Kg1 a5 32.Ne3 Rc7 33.Nc4 a4 34.Re1 Nc3 35.Re3 d5
36.Rxc3 a3 37.b4 Rxc4 38.Rxa3 Rxb4 39.Ra5 Rd4 40.c3 Rd2 41.c4 dxc4 42.Rc5 Rd4
43.g5 Re4 44.Kf2 Kf7 45.Kf3 Rf4+ 46.Ke3 Ke6 47.Rc7 g6 48.Rxh7 Kf5 49.Rf7+ Kxg5
50.Re7 Kf6 51.Re8 Rd4 52.Rf8+ Ke6 53.Rg8 Kd5 54.Rxg6 c3 55.Rg8 c2  0-1

[Event "18th European Teams"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.07"]
[Round "5.5.2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "D80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Ne4 5.Bh4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 dxc4 7.e3 Be6 8.Nf3 Bg7
9.Qb1 Qd5 10.Be2 Bf5 11.Qb2 Nd7 12.O-O Bd3 13.Bxd3 cxd3 14.Rad1 e5 15.e4 Qxe4
16.Rfe1 Qd5 17.Nxe5 Nxe5 18.Qb4 c5 19.Qb5+ Qc6 20.Qxc6+ bxc6 21.dxe5 c4 22.Re4 O-O
23.Rxc4 Bxe5 24.Rxd3 Rfe8 25.g4 Re6 26.Kg2 h6 27.Re3 Rae8 28.Ra4 g5 29.Bg3 Bxg3
30.Rxe6 Rxe6 31.hxg3 Re5 32.Rxa7 Re4 33.Kf3 Rc4 34.a4 Kg7 35.Re7 Rxa4 36.Re4 Ra6
37.Ke3 Kf6 38.Kd4 Ra2 39.Ke3  1/2-1/2

[Event "18th European Teams"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.08"]
[Round "6.9.2"]
[White "Sutovsky,E"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "B35"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 d6
9.h3 Bd7 10.O-O Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Bc6 12.Re1 e5 13.Be3 Nxe4 14.Nxe4 Bxe4 15.Qd2 Bc6
16.Rad1 e4 17.Bd4 Be5  1/2-1/2

[Event "18th European Teams"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.09"]
[Round "7.8.2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Gallagher,Jo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Ne2 O-O 6.Be3 Nbd7 7.Nbc3 c5 8.d5 Ne5
9.Ng3 e6 10.Be2 exd5 11.cxd5 a6 12.a4 Bd7 13.h3 b5 14.f4 Nc4 15.Bxc4 bxc4
16.O-O Rb8 17.e5 Re8 18.Qf3 Rxb2 19.exf6 Qxf6 20.Rac1 Qd8 21.Kh1 f5 22.Bf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "18th European Teams"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.10"]
[Round "8.13.1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Danielsen,Hen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O e6 8.b4 Nbd7
9.Bb2 b6 10.Qb3 Bb7 11.Rfd1 Re8 12.Rac1 Qb8 13.h3 a5 14.a3 axb4 15.axb4 Rc8
16.cxd5 cxd5 17.Na4 Bc6 18.b5 Bb7 19.Rxc8+ Bxc8 20.Ne1 Bf8 21.Nd3 Bb7 22.Nb4 Bd6
23.Nc6 Qf8 24.Bd3 Rc8 25.Rc1 Rc7 26.Rc3 Qa8 27.Qc2 Kf8 28.f3 Kg7 29.e4 Bg3
30.Ba3 h5 31.e5 Ne8 32.Kf1 h4 33.Bb4 Bf4 34.Ke2 Bg5 35.Kf2 Bf4 36.Ne7 Rxc3
37.Nxc3 Qa1 38.Qb1 Qxb1 39.Bxb1 g5 40.Ne2 Bh2 41.f4 gxf4 42.Kf3 f6 43.Nxf4 fxe5
44.Nxe6+ Kf6 45.Nd8 Ba8 46.Bf5 Nc5 47.dxc5 Kxe7 48.Nc6+ Kf6 49.Bd7 bxc5 50.Bxc5 Nd6
51.b6 Ne4 52.Be7+ Kf7 53.Bxh4 Nc5 54.Nd8+ Kf8 55.Bc6 e4+ 56.Ke2 Bxc6 57.Nxc6 Ke8
58.Bf2 Kd7 59.Nb4 Kd6 60.g3 d4 61.h4 e3 62.Be1 Ne4 63.Kf3 Nf6 64.Nc2 Kd5
65.b7 Nd7 66.Kg2  1-0

[Event "TCh-ESP CECLUB Div Honor 2011"]
[Site "Melilla ESP"]
[Date "2011.11.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Dreev,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "D52"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 Qa5 7.Nd2 Bb4 8.Qc2 O-O
9.Be2 c5 10.Bf4 cxd4 11.exd4 dxc4 12.Nxc4 Qd8 13.O-O Nb6 14.Qb3 Bxc3 15.bxc3 Nxc4
16.Bxc4 Qa5 17.Rfe1 Bd7 18.Re5 Qc7 19.Bd3 b5 20.Qc2 Rfc8 21.Rc1 Qb6 22.Qb1 b4
23.c4 Qxd4 24.Bg3 Ba4 25.Qxb4 Qxd3 26.Qxa4 Ne4 27.Qc2 Qxc2 28.Rxc2 Rab8 29.Kf1 Rxc4
30.Rxc4 Nd2+ 31.Ke2 Nxc4 32.Rc5 Rb2+ 33.Kd3 Nb6 34.Ra5 Nc8 35.Rc5 Nb6 36.Ra5 Nc8
37.Rc5 Nb6 38.Ke4  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-ESP CECLUB Div Honor 2011"]
[Site "Melilla ESP"]
[Date "2011.11.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "C53"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.e5 d5 7.Be2 Ne4 8.cxd4 Bb4+
9.Bd2 Nxd2 10.Nbxd2 O-O 11.O-O f6 12.a3 Ba5 13.Bb5 Ne7 14.Qc2 Bf5 15.Bd3 Bxd3
16.Qxd3 Ng6 17.g3 c5 18.b4 cxb4 19.Nb3 bxa3 20.Nxa5 Qxa5 21.Qb3 fxe5 22.Rxa3 Qd8
23.dxe5 Qd7 24.e6 Qxe6 25.Qxb7 a5 26.Nd4 Qe4 27.Rd1 Rab8 28.Qa6 Rb1 29.Rd3 Rxd1+
30.Rxd1 Ne5 31.Qxa5 Ng4 32.Nc6 Ne3 33.fxe3 Qxe3+ 34.Kg2 Rf2+ 35.Kh3 Qh6+
36.Kg4 Qg6+  0-1

[Event "TCh-ESP CECLUB Div Honor 2011"]
[Site "Melilla ESP"]
[Date "2011.11.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Sargissian,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Nbd2 a6 8.Bxc6 bxc6
9.d4 exd4 10.cxd4 Bb6 11.Qc2 Re8 12.Re1 c5 13.d5 Bg4 14.b3 Ba5 15.Re3 c6
16.dxc6 d5 17.exd5 Rxe3 18.fxe3 Qxd5 19.Bb2 Bf5 20.Qc1 Ne4 21.Qc4 Qxc6 22.Ne5 Qb7
23.Nxe4 Bxe4 24.Rd1 Rf8 25.Qxc5 Bb6 26.Qc3 Qc8 27.Qxc8 Rxc8 28.Nc4 Rd8 29.Bd4 Bc5
30.Kf2 f6 31.Rd2 Be7 32.Bc5 Rxd2+ 33.Nxd2 Bxc5 34.Nxe4 Be7 35.Nd2 Kf7 36.e4 Ke6
37.Nc4 Bc5+ 38.Kf3 h5 39.h3 g6 40.a3 a5 41.Nxa5 Bxa3 42.Nc4 Bf8 43.Nb2 f5
44.Nd3 g5 45.Ke3 Be7 46.Kd4 fxe4 47.Kxe4 Kd6 48.Kf5 Kd5 49.Ne5 g4 50.Ng6 Bd8
51.Nf4+ Kd6 52.Nxh5 gxh3 53.gxh3 Bh4 54.Ke4 Kc5 55.Kd3 Kb4 56.Kc2 Kc5 57.Ng7 Bf6
58.Nf5 Kd5 59.Kd3 Ke5 60.Ne3 Bd8 61.Ng2 Be7 62.h4 Kf5 63.Kc4 Kg4 64.b4 Kg3
65.b5 Kxg2 66.h5  1-0

[Event "TCh-ESP CECLUB Div Honor 2011"]
[Site "Melilla ESP"]
[Date "2011.11.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fedorchuk,S"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.d4 cxd4 5.Qxd4 a6 6.Bxd7+ Bxd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.Qd3 h6
9.Nd2 Rc8 10.Nc4 Qc7 11.Ne3 Nf6 12.O-O Be7 13.a4 Qc5 14.Rd1 Be6 15.Qe2 O-O
16.Rd3 Bd8 17.Qf3 Kh7 18.Nf5 Rc6 19.b3 Ba5 20.Nxg7 Kxg7 21.Bxh6+ Kg6 22.Nd5 Nh7
23.Qg3+ Kh5 24.Nf6+ Nxf6 25.Qg5+  1-0

[Event "TCh-ESP CECLUB Div Honor 2011"]
[Site "Melilla ESP"]
[Date "2011.11.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Harikrishna,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 b5 6.cxb5 Bxb5 7.Bg2 d5 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Nc3 Ba6 10.Ne5 Bd6 11.Bf4 O-O 12.Nc6 Qe8 13.Bxd6 cxd6 14.Qd2 Nb6 15.Na5 Rc8
16.Rfc1 Qd8 17.a4 Nc4 18.Nxc4 dxc4 19.b4 Rb8 20.b5 Bb7 21.d5 a6 22.e4 exd5
23.exd5 axb5 24.Nxb5 Rc8 25.Qd4 Rc5 26.Rxc4 Bxd5 27.Nxd6 Ra5 28.Nb7 Bxb7
29.Qxd8 Rxd8 30.Bxb7 g5 31.Rc6 Kg7 32.Ra6 Rxa6 33.Bxa6 Ra8 34.Bb5 Ra5 35.Rc1 h6
36.Kf1 Ra7 37.Ra1 Ne4 38.Ra3 Nd6 39.Bd3 Ra5 40.Ke2 Kf6 41.Kd2 Ke7 42.Kc3 g4
43.Kb4 Rh5 44.a5 Nc8 45.Rc3 Kd8 46.Be2 Rxh2 47.Bxg4 f5 48.Bxf5 Nd6 49.Rf3 h5
50.a6 Rh1 51.Ra3  1-0

[Event "TCh-ESP CECLUB Div Honor 2011"]
[Site "Melilla ESP"]
[Date "2011.11.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Be7 7.Bf1 Nxe5 8.Rxe5 O-O
9.d4 Bf6 10.Re1 Nf5 11.c3 d5 12.Bf4 c6 13.Nd2 Nh4 14.Bg3 Bf5 15.Nb3 Ng6 16.Nc5 b6
17.Nd3 Qd7 18.Qd2 Rfe8 19.Rxe8+ Rxe8 20.Re1 h5 21.Rxe8+ Qxe8 22.Qe2 Qc8 23.h3 h4
24.Bh2 c5 25.dxc5 bxc5 26.Qf3 c4 27.Nf4 Be4 28.Qe3 Qb7 29.Nxg6 Bxg6 30.Qd2 Bd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-CZE Extraliga 2011-12"]
[Site "Czech Republic CZE"]
[Date "2011.12.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Vitiugov,N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "D05"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 d5 4.c4 a6 5.b3 b6 6.Bd3 Bb7 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Bb2 Bd6
9.Nbd2 O-O 10.Ne5 Ne4 11.Nxd7 Qxd7 12.Rc1 Qe7 13.Nf3 f5 14.Qe2 a5 15.Ne5 a4
16.f4 c5  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-CZE Extraliga 2011-12"]
[Site "Czech Republic CZE"]
[Date "2011.12.04"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ftacnik,L"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "A17"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O O-O 7.Qc2 c5 8.b3 d5
9.cxd5 exd5 10.a3 Bxc3 11.dxc3 Nbd7 12.Rd1 Re8 13.Nh4 Ne4 14.f3 Nef6 15.Nf5 Re6
16.Bf4 g6 17.Nh6+ Kg7 18.Bh3 Re8 19.Ra2 Qe7 20.Qc1 Nh5 21.Bg5 f6 22.Bd2 Kh8
23.Be1 Ne5 24.Bf2 f5 25.Bg2 Nf6 26.h3 Rf8 27.Be3 a5 28.a4 Qe6 29.Bg5 Rae8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sportaccord WMG Rapid"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Nielsen,PH"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "E21"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 cxd4 6.Nxd4 O-O 7.Bg2 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Qb3 Qb6 10.Bxd5 exd5 11.Be3 Bxc3+ 12.Qxc3 Qa6 13.Qd3 Qxd3 14.exd3 Bd7 15.Kd2 Nc6
16.Rac1 Nxd4 17.Bxd4 Bc6 18.g4 Rfe8 19.g5 a6 20.f4 Rac8 21.f5 Bd7 22.f6 g6
23.h4 Rxc1 24.Rxc1 Rc8 25.Rxc8+ Bxc8 26.Bc5 Bf5 27.Ke3 Bh3 28.Kf4 Bf5 29.d4 Bb1
30.a4 a5 31.b4 axb4 32.Bxb4 Bd3 33.a5 Bc4 34.Ke5 Bb3 35.Kd6 Bc4 36.Kc5 Kh8
37.Kb6 Ba6 38.Bf8 Kg8 39.Bg7 h5 40.gxh6 Kh7 41.Kc7 Kg8 42.Kd6 Bc4 43.Ke7  1-0

[Event "Sportaccord WMG Rapid"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wang Hao"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "E47"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O Bxc3 8.bxc3 d6
9.e4 e5 10.d5 Ne7 11.Nh4 h6 12.Qf3 Ng6 13.Nf5 Re8 14.a4 Bxf5 15.Qxf5 Qc8
16.Qf3 Qg4 17.Qxg4 Nxg4 18.g3 Nf6 19.Bd2 Rac8 20.a5 Rc7 21.f3 Kf8 22.Kf2 Ke7
23.Bc2 Rh8 24.f4 Nf8 25.Ke2 N8d7 26.h3 Nh5 27.Rg1 Rg8 28.Ba4 Nhf6 29.Kd3 Rcc8
30.Rab1 Rb8 31.f5 Rh8 32.g4 Kd8 33.h4 Kc7 34.Be3 h5 35.g5 Ng8 36.Rgf1 Rd8
37.Rb2 Ne7 38.Rfb1 b6 39.Bxd7 Rxd7 40.axb6+ axb6 41.Rxb6 Ra8 42.f6 gxf6 43.gxf6 Ng6
44.Rc6+ Kd8 45.Rbb6 Nxh4 46.Rxd6 Ng6 47.Bxc5 h4 48.Ra6 Nf4+ 49.Ke3 Rxa6 50.Rxa6 h3
51.Bb6+ Kc8 52.c5 h2 53.c6  1-0

[Event "Sportaccord WMG Rapid"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[ECO "D80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Ne4 5.Bh4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 dxc4 7.e3 Be6 8.Nf3 Bg7
9.Qb1 b6 10.Ng5 Bd5 11.e4 Bb7 12.Bxc4 O-O 13.O-O Nc6 14.Qb3 Qe8 15.Bb5 a6
16.Bd3 e5 17.d5 Na5 18.Qc2 Bc8 19.Bg3 Nb7 20.f4 f6 21.Nf3 Nc5 22.c4 Bg4 23.Nd2 Bh6
24.Nb3 exf4 25.Bxf4 Bxf4 26.Rxf4 Qe5 27.Raf1 Bd7 28.Nxc5 bxc5 29.Qf2 Kg7
30.Qxc5 Rab8 31.R4f2 Rb6 32.Qe3 Rb4 33.Qg3 Qxg3 34.hxg3 Rbb8 35.Rc2 c5 36.Kf2 Kf7
37.Ke3 Ke7 38.Rcf2 Bg4 39.Rf4 h5 40.e5 f5 41.R4f2 Rg8 42.Kf4 g5+ 43.Ke3 h4
44.d6+ Ke6 45.Bxf5+ Bxf5 46.Rxf5 Rb4 47.Rf6+ Kd7 48.Rd1 Rxc4 49.e6+ Kc6 50.d7 Rd4
51.d8=Q Rgxd8 52.e7+  1-0

[Event "Sportaccord WMG Rapid"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gashimov,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.Qe2 Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.d3 Re8 7.Ba4 a6 8.Nbd2 b5
9.Bc2 d5 10.h3 Bb6 11.Nf1 dxe4 12.dxe4 Be6 13.Bb3 Bxb3 14.axb3 Na5 15.Qc2 Nb7
16.Bg5 h6 17.Bh4 Nd6 18.N1d2 Qe7 19.c4 Bd4 20.c5 Nb7 21.b4 Nd8 22.Nxd4 exd4
23.O-O Nc6 24.Qb3 g5 25.Bg3 Nxe4 26.Nxe4 Qxe4 27.Bxc7 d3 28.Rfd1 Nxb4 29.Ba5 Nc2
30.Rab1 Rac8 31.Qxd3 Qxd3 32.Rxd3 Rxc5 33.Rd6 Re6 34.Rbd1 b4 35.Bd8 Rc6 36.R6d5 Kg7
37.Ba5 Re2 38.Rf5 Kg6 39.g4 f6 40.Rfd5 Re5 41.Rxe5 fxe5 42.Rd8 b3 43.Bd2 Kf7
44.Rd3 Rb6 45.Bc3 Ke6 46.Rd8 Rc6 47.Re8+ Kd7 48.Rb8 Nd4 49.Bxd4 exd4 50.Rxb3 Kd6
51.Kf1 Kc5 52.Ke2 Re6+ 53.Kd3 Rf6 54.Rb8 Rxf2 55.b4+ Kd5 56.Rd8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sportaccord WMG Rapid"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "A15"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 c5 6.Nge2 Nc6 7.O-O d6 8.d3 Ne8
9.Be3 Nd4 10.Rb1 Bg4 11.f3 Bd7 12.b4 b6 13.Qd2 Nc7 14.h3 Rc8 15.f4 f5 16.bxc5 dxc5
17.e5 Nxe2+ 18.Qxe2 e6 19.a4 Rb8 20.a5 Na6 21.axb6 axb6 22.d4 cxd4 23.Bxd4 Nc5
24.Rfd1 Qc7 25.Nb5 Bxb5 26.cxb5 Rfd8 27.Qc4 Bf8 28.Bc6 Qf7 29.Kg2 h6 30.Be3 Rbc8
31.h4 Be7 32.Ra1 g5 33.hxg5 hxg5 34.fxg5 Qg6 35.Bxc5 Rxd1 36.Rxd1 Bxc5 37.Bd7 Rf8
38.Bxe6+ Kh8 39.Qh4+ Qh7 40.Rd7 Qxh4 41.gxh4 Re8 42.Bxf5 Rxe5 43.Bd3 Re3
44.Rd8+ Kg7 45.h5  1-0

[Event "Sportaccord WMG Rapid"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 b5 5.O-O Nbd7 6.a4 b4 7.a5 Ba6 8.c3 bxc3
9.bxc3 c5 10.Qa4 Bxe2 11.Re1 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 Be7 13.Bf4 O-O 14.Nd2 Re8 15.Rab1 Qc8
16.Rb3 Nf8 17.Reb1 Ng6 18.Rb8 Qd7 19.Qxd7 Nxd7 20.Rxa8 Rxa8 21.Rb7 Ngf8 22.a6 Bd8
23.Nb3 cxd4 24.cxd4 Bb6 25.Be2 Rc8 26.Bb5 Rc3 27.Bxd7 Nxd7 28.Nc5 g5 29.Nxd7 gxf4
30.Nxb6 f3 31.h4 Rc1+ 32.Kh2 Rc2 33.Rxa7 Rxf2+ 34.Kg1 Ra2 35.Nd7  1-0

[Event "Sportaccord WMG Rapid"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "C43"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.dxe5 d5 5.Nbd2 Be7 6.Nxe4 dxe4 7.Qxd8+ Bxd8
8.Nd4 c6 9.Be3 Bc7 10.e6 Bxe6 11.Nxe6 fxe6 12.Bc4 e5 13.O-O-O Nd7 14.Rhe1 Nf6
15.Be6 Ke7 16.Bf5 Rhd8 17.Rxd8 Rxd8 18.Bg5 h6 19.Bxf6+ gxf6 20.Rxe4 Bb6 21.Re2 a5
22.c3 Kd6 23.g3 Kc7 24.Kc2 Bc5 25.f3 Bg1 26.Rg2 Be3 27.Re2 Bg1 28.Rg2 Be3
29.Re2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sportaccord WMG Blitz"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.d3 Nd7 5.Nbd2 e5 6.h3 Bh5 7.c4 Ngf6 8.g4 Bg6
9.Nh4 Bd6 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.b4 O-O 12.Rb1 Nb6 13.O-O a5 14.bxa5 Rxa5 15.Qb3 Na4
16.Nxg6 hxg6 17.Bb2 Nc5 18.Qd1 Rxa2 19.d4 exd4 20.Bxd4 Qe7 21.Bxf6 gxf6 22.Bxd5 Ra7
23.Bg2 Kg7 24.e3 Rd8 25.Qc2 Nd3 26.Rfd1 Nb4 27.Qb3 Nc6 28.Nc4 Bc7 29.Bf3 Ne5
30.Qb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sportaccord WMG Blitz"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 dxc4 4.e3 b5 5.a4 b4 6.Ne4 Qd5 7.Nd2 c3 8.bxc3 bxc3
9.Nb1 Qa5 10.Qb3 e6 11.Nxc3 Na6 12.Bd2 Rb8 13.Qc4 Nb4 14.Ne4 Qd5 15.Bxb4 Bxb4+
16.Nd2 Bxd2+ 17.Kxd2 Rb2+ 18.Kc3 Rxf2 19.Qxd5 exd5 20.Bd3 Rxg2 21.Ne2 Nf6
22.Rab1 O-O 23.Rb8 Ne4+ 24.Kb4 Nf2 25.Nf4 Nxd3+ 26.Nxd3 Rd2 27.Nc5 Rb2+ 28.Nb3 Bf5
29.Rxf8+ Kxf8 30.Ka3 Re2 31.Na5 Rxe3+ 32.Kb4 Bd7 33.Nb7 f5 34.Nc5 Ke7 35.Ka5 Bc8
36.Rb1 f4 37.Rf1 f3 38.h4 g6 39.Kb4 h6 40.Nb3 g5  0-1

[Event "Sportaccord WMG Blitz"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Be3 Bxe3 6.fxe3 d6 7.Bxc6+ bxc6 8.Nc3 O-O
9.O-O c5 10.b3 Be6 11.Qe1 g6 12.h3 Nh5 13.g4 Ng7 14.Qg3 f6 15.Rf2 Qe7 16.Raf1 Rf7
17.Kh2 c6 18.Na4 Raf8 19.c4 Kh8 20.Nc3 Bc8 21.Qh4 h5 22.Qg3 g5 23.Rh1 h4
24.Qg1 Ne6 25.Qd1 Kg7 26.Qd2 Qc7 27.Rb1 a5 28.Kg1 Bd7 29.Qe1 Rb8 30.Rfb2 Rff8
31.Qd2 Rb7 32.Ne1 Rfb8 33.Nc2 Be8 34.Kf2 Bf7 35.Ke1 Be8 36.Kd1 Bf7 37.Kc1 Be8
38.Na4 Bf7 39.Nc3 Be8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sportaccord WMG Blitz"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.13"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Kamsky,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[ECO "B40"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.O-O d6 7.c3 e5 8.a3 Nge7 9.b4 b6
10.b5 Nb8 11.d4 Bb7 12.Re1 Nd7 13.a4 O-O 14.Nbd2 a6 15.Rb1 axb5 16.axb5 Qc7
17.Qb3 h6 18.Bb2 Kh7 19.Ra1 exd4 20.cxd4 d5 21.Rxa8 Bxa8 22.e5 Nf5 23.Bh3 Nxd4
24.Nxd4 cxd4 25.Bxd7 Qxd7 26.Bxd4 Re8 27.f4 Re6 28.Nf3 Bb7 29.Kf2 Bc8 30.Rc1 Qd8
31.Rc6 Bf8 32.Bxb6 Qe8 33.Qxd5 Bd7 34.Rxe6 Bxe6 35.Qd3 Qb8 36.Be3 Qa8 37.b6 Bg4
38.Nd2 Bf5 39.Qc4 Be6 40.Qe4 Bd5 41.Qd4 Qc6 42.h4 Bh1 43.Ke1 Qc1+ 44.Ke2 Qc6
45.Qc4 Qg2+ 46.Bf2 Kg7 47.e6 fxe6 48.Qxe6 Qa8 49.Bd4+  1-0

[Event "Sportaccord WMG Blitz"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.13"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Giri,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Qc2 c6 8.e3 Nh5
9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Be2 g6 11.O-O O-O 12.Rab1 Nb6 13.Bd3 Ng7 14.Rfe1 Bf5 15.h3 Rfe8
16.Ne5 f6 17.Nf3 Bxd3 18.Qxd3 Nf5 19.b4 a6 20.a4 Nd6 21.b5 cxb5 22.axb5 a5
23.Nd2 Qf7 24.Ra1 Rec8 25.e4 dxe4 26.Ndxe4 Nxe4 27.Nxe4 Rd8 28.Nc5 Nd5 29.b6 Rd6
30.Qd2 Nb4 31.Rxa5 Rxa5 32.Qxb4 Ra8 33.Nxb7 Re6 34.Rxe6 Qxe6 35.Nc5 Ra1+
36.Kh2 Qd6+ 37.g3 Qd5 38.g4 Rh1+ 39.Kg3 Rg1+ 40.Kf4 Qd6+ 41.Ke3 Qe7+ 42.Kf3 f5
43.gxf5 Qh4 44.Qc4+ Kg7 45.Ne6+ Kh6 46.Qc7 Qxh3+ 47.Ke2 Qg4+ 48.Kd2 Qd1+
49.Kc3 Qc1+ 50.Kd3 Qb1+ 51.Ke3 Re1+ 52.Kd2 Rd1+ 53.Ke3 Qd3+ 54.Kf4 Qxf5+
55.Ke3 Rd3+  0-1

[Event "Sportaccord WMG Blitz"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.13"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "E73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 Na6 7.Nf3 h6 8.Be3 e5
9.O-O Ng4 10.Bc1 c6 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.h3 Nf6 13.Qxd8 Rxd8 14.Be3 Nh5 15.Rfd1 Re8
16.a3 Nf4 17.Bf1 g5 18.Kh2 Nc7 19.g3 Nfe6 20.b4 Bf6 21.Kg2 h5 22.Be2 Kg7
23.c5 a6 24.Na4 Rb8 25.Nb6 Nb5 26.Nd2 Nc3 27.Re1 Nxe2 28.Rxe2 Nf4+ 29.gxf4 exf4
30.Bxf4 gxf4 31.Rd1 Be6 32.Nf3 Kh6 33.e5 Be7 34.Rd4 Rg8+ 35.Kh2 Rbd8 36.Red2  0-1

[Event "Sportaccord WMG Blitz"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.13"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Wang Hao"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "C51"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bb6 5.a4 a6 6.c3 Nf6 7.d3 d6 8.Nbd2 O-O
9.h3 Be6 10.O-O Re8 11.Bxe6 fxe6 12.Nc4 Ba7 13.b5 Ne7 14.Bg5 Ng6 15.Nh4 Nxh4
16.Bxh4 Rf8 17.Qb3 Bc5 18.Rad1 axb5 19.axb5 Qe8 20.d4 exd4 21.cxd4 Ba7 22.Bxf6 Rxf6
23.Rd2 Rf4 24.Ra1 d5 25.Ne3 Bb6 26.Rxa8 Qxa8 27.exd5 exd5 28.Nxd5 Rf7 29.Nxb6 cxb6
30.Rd3 Kf8 31.Rf3 Rxf3 32.Qxf3+ Ke7 33.Qe4+ Kf7 34.Qf5+ Ke7 35.Qe5+ Kf7 36.Qc7+ Kg8
37.Qxb6 Qc8 38.Qc5 Qe6 39.Qe5 Qd7 40.h4 h6 41.g3 Qc8 42.Qd5+ Kh8 43.Kg2 Qc7
44.Qe5 Qd7 45.h5 Kh7 46.Qe4+ Kh8 47.b6 Kg8 48.d5 Kh8 49.Qe6 Qd8 50.d6 Qxb6
51.Qe8+ Kh7 52.d7  1-0

[Event "Sportaccord WMG Blitz"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.13"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "A42"]

1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.e4 e5 5.Nge2 Ne7 6.g3 Bg4 7.dxe5 Bf3 8.Rg1 dxe5
9.Bg2 Bxg2 10.Rxg2 c6 11.Bg5 h6 12.Be3 Nd7 13.f4  1-0

[Event "Sportaccord WMG Blindfold"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nielsen,PH"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "E18"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.d4 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Nxe4 Bxe4
9.Nh4 Bxg2 10.Nxg2 d5 11.Qa4 c5 12.dxc5 bxc5 13.cxd5 Qxd5 14.Be3 Qb7 15.Rac1 Nd7
16.Rfd1 Nf6 17.b3 Rac8 18.Bg5 Rfd8 19.Nf4 Nd5 20.Bxe7 Qxe7 21.Qe4 Nxf4 22.Qxf4 Rd5
23.Qe3 Qd6 24.Rd3 h6 25.Rc4 a5 26.Qd2 Rd8 27.Qc3 Rxd3 28.Qxd3 Qxd3 29.exd3 Rxd3
30.Rxc5 a4 31.bxa4 Ra3 32.a5 g5 33.Kg2 Kg7 34.g4 Rxa2 35.h3 Ra3 36.Rb5 Kg6
37.Rc5 f6 38.Rb5 h5 39.Rc5 hxg4 40.hxg4 f5 41.gxf5+ exf5 42.Rb5 g4 43.Rc5 f4
44.Rb5 Ra2 45.Kg1 Kf6 46.Rc5 Ra1+ 47.Kg2 Ra2 48.Kg1 Ra1+ 49.Kg2 Ra2 50.Kg1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sportaccord WMG Blindfold"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Le Quang Liem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "D91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Bg7 5.Nf3 Ne4 6.cxd5 Nxg5 7.Nxg5 e6 8.Qa4+ Bd7
9.Qb3 Qxg5 10.Qxb7 O-O 11.Qxa8 Bxd4 12.Rd1 Qf6 13.Rxd4 Qxd4 14.Qb7 exd5 15.e3 Qf6
16.Qxd5 Bc6 17.Qd4 Qxd4 18.exd4 Rd8 19.Kd2 Rxd4+ 20.Ke3 Rd8 21.f3 Nd7 22.Be2 a5
23.b3 Kf8 24.Rc1 Rb8 25.Nb1 Re8+ 26.Kf2 Re6 27.Nd2 Nb6 28.a4 Rd6 29.Ke1 Nd7
30.Rc3 Ke7 31.Nc4 Rd5 32.Nxa5 Bxa4 33.bxa4 Rxa5 34.Rxc7 Kd6 35.Rb7 Nc5 36.Rxf7 Rxa4
37.Rxh7 Ra1+ 38.Kf2 Ra2 39.Rg7 Ke5 40.Re7+ Ne6 41.Re8 Kd6 42.Ke1 Ra1+ 43.Bd1 Kd7
44.Rg8 Ra2 45.g3 g5 46.Rh8 Nd4 47.Rh5 Ke6 48.h4 gxh4 49.Rxh4 Ke5 50.Re4+ Kd5
51.Be2 Ra1+ 52.Kf2 Rh1 53.Bf1 Rh8 54.g4 Rb8 55.Re3 Rf8 56.Bd3 Kd6 57.Kg3 Ne6
58.Bc4 Nd4 59.f4 Rc8 60.Bf1 Rg8 61.Bd3 Rc8 62.f5 Rc3 63.Kf4 Rc1 64.g5 Rg1
65.g6 Rg2 66.Be4 Rf2+ 67.Kg5 Rf1 68.Kf6 Rg1 69.g7  1-0

[Event "Sportaccord WMG Blindfold"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gashimov,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.e5 Ne4 6.O-O Be7 7.Nxd4 O-O 8.Bxc6 dxc6
9.Re1 Nc5 10.Nc3 f5 11.exf6 Bxf6 12.Be3 Ne6 13.Nce2 b6 14.Nxc6 Qxd1 15.Raxd1 Bxb2
16.Ned4 Bxd4 17.Bxd4 Re8 18.Be5 Bb7 19.Nd4 Bd5 20.a3 Nxd4 21.Rxd4 Rad8 22.f4 c5
23.Rd2 Rd7 24.Red1 Red8 25.c4 Be6 26.Rxd7 Rxd7 27.Rxd7 Bxd7 28.Bb8 a6 29.Ba7 b5
30.cxb5 Bxb5 31.Bxc5 h5 32.Bd4 g6 33.Kf2 Kf7 34.h3 Ke6 35.g4 hxg4 36.hxg4 Ba4
37.f5+ gxf5 38.gxf5+ Kxf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sportaccord WMG Blindfold"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "A15"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 e5 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.O-O Nb6 7.d3 Be7 8.a3 Be6
9.Nbd2 a5 10.b3 O-O 11.Bb2 f6 12.Qc2 Qd7 13.Nc4 Rfd8 14.Rfd1 Qe8 15.d4 a4
16.Ncd2 exd4 17.b4 Qh5 18.Qd3 Bf5 19.Ne4 Ne5 20.Nxe5 fxe5 21.Rdc1 c6 22.e3 Rd7
23.exd4 exd4 24.Qd2 Qf7 25.Qf4 Be6 26.Qxf7+ Kxf7 27.Bf1 d3 28.Nd2 Rad8 29.f3 Bf6
30.Bxf6 gxf6 31.Kf2 Rd4 32.Rc3 Bc4 33.Re1 Bb5 34.Re4 Rxe4 35.fxe4 Nd7 36.Bxd3 Ne5
37.Bxb5 Rxd2+ 38.Ke3 Rxh2 39.Bxa4 Rg2 40.Kd4 Rd2+ 41.Ke3 Rg2 42.Kd4 Ke7 43.Kc5 Nd7+
44.Kd4 Ne5 45.Kc5 Nd7+ 46.Kd4 Kd6 47.Rf3 Ra2 48.Bd1 b5 49.g4 h6 50.Rh3 Ne5
51.Bb3 Rxa3 52.Rxh6 Nxg4 53.e5+ Kc7 54.Rh7+ Kb6 55.Kc3 Nxe5 56.Rh6 Nd3 57.Kc2 Nxb4+
58.Kb2 Ra7 59.Rxf6 Rd7 60.Rh6 Nd3+ 61.Kc3 Nf4 62.Kb2 Rd2+ 63.Kc3 Rd7 64.Kb2 Kc5
65.Kc3 Rd3+ 66.Kb2 Rd6 67.Rh4 Nd3+ 68.Kc3 Kb6 69.Bc2 Ne5 70.Rh5 Nc4 71.Rh8 Ne5
72.Rh5 Nd7 73.Rh8 c5 74.Bd3 b4+ 75.Kc2 Ne5 76.Be2 Nc6 77.Bc4 Rd4 78.Bf7 c4
79.Rh6 Kc7 80.Rh5 Rf4 81.Bg8 Kb6 82.Rh6 Kc5 83.Rh5+ Kd4 84.Rd5+ Ke3 85.Bh7 Nd4+
86.Kb1 c3 87.Rh5 Rf1+ 88.Ka2 b3+ 89.Ka3 c2 90.Rh3+ Nf3  0-1

[Event "Sportaccord WMG Blindfold"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "E74"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 c5 7.d5 h6 8.Be3 e6 9.Qd2 exd5
10.exd5 Kh7 11.h3 Re8 12.Bd3 b5 13.Nxb5 Ne4 14.Bxe4 Rxe4 15.Rc1 a6 16.Nc3 Rxc4
17.a3 Nd7 18.Nf3 a5 19.O-O Qb6 20.Qc2 Rb8 21.Nd2 Rh4 22.f4 Ba6 23.Rf3 Qxb2
24.Qxb2 Rxb2 25.Nde4 Nb6 26.Nxd6 Bxc3 27.Rxc3 Nxd5 28.Rxc5 Nxe3 29.Rxe3 Rxf4
30.Rxa5 Rf1+ 31.Kh2 Rff2 32.Rxa6 Rxg2+ 33.Kh1 Rh2+ 34.Kg1 Rbg2+ 35.Kf1 Ra2
36.Kg1 Rag2+ 37.Kf1 Ra2 38.Kg1 Rag2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sportaccord WMG Blindfold"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "A15"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 e5 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nc3 Nb6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.d3 Be6
9.Be3 O-O 10.Nd2 f5 11.Nb3 Kh8 12.Nc5 Bc8 13.b4 Rb8 14.a3 Nd4 15.f4 Bf6 16.fxe5 Bxe5
17.Bf4 Bxf4 18.gxf4 Ne6 19.e3 Qe7 20.Nb3 c6 21.Qc2 Bd7 22.Rae1 Rbe8 23.Nb1 h6
24.N1d2 g5 25.fxg5 hxg5 26.d4 f4 27.exf4 Qg7 28.fxg5 Nxg5 29.Rxe8 Rxe8 30.Nf3 Nd5
31.Nxg5 Qxg5 32.Qd2 Ne3 33.Rf3 Qxg2+ 34.Qxg2 Nxg2 35.Kxg2 Be6 36.Kf2 Bd5
37.Rh3+ Kg7 38.Nc5 b6 39.Rg3+ Kh6 40.Nd7 Re4 41.Rd3 Rf4+ 42.Kg3 Kg5 43.Ne5 Rf1
44.Nf3+ Kf5 45.Re3 a5 46.bxa5 bxa5 47.h4 Rd1 48.h5 Bxf3 49.Rxf3+ Kg5 50.Rc3 Rxd4
51.Rc5+ Rd5 52.Rxd5+ cxd5 53.h6 Kxh6 54.Kf4 Kg7 55.Ke5 a4 56.Kxd5 Kf6 57.Kc4 Ke6
58.Kb4 Kd7 59.Kxa4 Kc8 60.Kb5 Kb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sportaccord WMG Blindfold"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "D80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Ne4 5.Bh4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.e3 c5 8.cxd5 Qxd5
9.Nf3 Nc6 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O b6 12.Qb3 Be6 13.Qa3 Qh5 14.Bg3 cxd4 15.cxd4 Qa5
16.Qxa5 Nxa5 17.Rfc1 Rfc8 18.Bc7 Bd5 19.Ba6 Bb7 20.Bb5 Bd5 21.Bd7 Rf8 22.Rc2 f6
23.Nd2 f5 24.Rac1 Kf7 25.Nf3 Bf6 26.Ne5+ Bxe5 27.Bxe5 Be6 28.Bb5 a6 29.Be2 b5
30.Bf3 Rac8 31.d5 Bd7 32.Be2 Rxc2 33.Rxc2 Rc8 34.Rxc8 Bxc8 35.f3 e6 36.Bc3 Nb7
37.dxe6+ Kxe6 38.Kf2 Nd6 39.h3 Bb7 40.g4 Bd5 41.gxf5+ gxf5 42.a3 Nc4 43.Bxc4 bxc4
44.Kg3 Bb7 45.Kf4 Bc6 46.h4 Bb7 47.a4 Bc6 48.a5 Bb7 49.e4 fxe4 50.fxe4 Bc6
51.Ke3 Bb7 52.Kd4 h5 53.Kxc4 Bxe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Donostia KO GpA"]
[Site "San Sebastian ESP"]
[Date "2011.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Brunner,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qb3 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bf5 6.g3 e6 7.Bg2 Nbd7 8.O-O Be7
9.e3 O-O 10.Rd1 Rc8 11.Qe2 Bg6 12.Nc3 b5 13.b3 Ne4 14.Bb2 Nxc3 15.Bxc3 Qb6
16.b4 Qb7 17.e4 Rfd8 18.a4 a6 19.a5 c5 20.dxc5 Bxe4 21.Rac1 Nf6 22.Ne1 Rxd1
23.Rxd1 Bxg2 24.Nxg2 Nd5 25.Qe4 Qc6 26.Be5 Bf8 27.Ne3 Rd8 28.Nxd5 exd5 29.Qf3 Qe6
30.Bc3 Qd7 31.Kg2 Qc6 32.h4 Qd7 33.Bd4 Qe6 34.Rd3 Qd7 35.Re3 Qc6 36.h5 h6
37.Qf5 Qb7 38.g4 Qc6 39.g5 Qd7 40.Qxd7 Rxd7 41.Re8  1-0

[Event "Donostia KO GpA"]
[Site "San Sebastian ESP"]
[Date "2011.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Brunner,N"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d6 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 O-O 7.f3 Nbd7 8.e4 c5
9.Bd3 d5 10.e5 cxd4 11.Qxd4 dxc4 12.exf6 cxd3 13.fxg7 Re8 14.Qxd3 Qh4+ 15.g3 Qf6
16.Qe3 b6 17.Ne2 Bb7 18.O-O Ne5 19.Nf4 Rad8 20.Nh5 Nxf3+ 21.Rxf3 Qxf3 22.Qxf3 Bxf3
23.Nf6+ Kxg7 24.Nxe8+ Rxe8 25.Be3 e5 26.Kf2 Bc6 27.Rd1 Re6 28.Bg5 Kg6 29.Bd8 Kf5
30.Ke3 Rh6 31.Rd2 Ke6 32.Bc7 Bd5 33.Bb8 a6 34.Bc7 b5 35.Rf2 Rg6 36.Bd8 f5
37.Ba5 h5 38.Rc2 h4 39.Be1 Rg4 40.Kf2 f4 41.Rc3 fxg3+ 42.hxg3 h3 43.Kg1 Re4  0-1

[Event "Donostia KO GpA"]
[Site "San Sebastian ESP"]
[Date "2011.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Franco Alonso,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.Qa4+ c6 6.Qxc4 b5 7.Qd3 Be7 8.e4 b4
9.Na4 Ba6 10.Qc2 Bxf1 11.Kxf1 Qa5 12.b3 Qb5+ 13.Kg1 Nbd7 14.Be3 O-O 15.h3 Rfc8
16.Nc5 Nxc5 17.dxc5 a5 18.Kh2 a4 19.Rac1 axb3 20.axb3 Ra5 21.Rhd1 Rca8 22.Ne5 Ra2
23.Qc4 Qb8 24.f4 Qb7 25.Rd2 Bd8 26.Nd3 Rxd2 27.Bxd2 Bc7 28.Rc2 Rd8 29.Be3 h6
30.Ra2 Bb8 31.Qxb4 Qc7 32.Qc4 Qd7 33.Nf2 g5 34.g3 h5 35.fxg5 h4 36.gxf6 hxg3+
37.Kg2 gxf2 38.Qe2 Qd1 39.Kxf2 Be5 40.Ra6 Qxe2+ 41.Kxe2 Rb8 42.Rxc6 Rxb3
43.Rb6 Rc3 44.Rb1 Bxf6 45.Rc1 Rxc1 46.Bxc1 Kf8 47.Kd3 Ke7 48.Kc4 Kd7 49.Kb5 Be5
50.Kb6 Bd4 51.Ba3 Kc8 52.Kc6 Be5 53.Bc1 Bg3 54.Bb2 f5 55.exf5 exf5 56.Kd5 f4
57.Be5 Kd7 58.c6+ Kc8 59.Ke4 Bh2 60.Bxf4 Bxf4 61.Kxf4 Kc7 62.h4  1-0

[Event "Donostia KO GpA"]
[Site "San Sebastian ESP"]
[Date "2011.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Franco Alonso,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 c6 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Qc2 b6
9.Rd1 Ba6 10.b3 O-O 11.a4 Rc8 12.a5 c5 13.axb6 Qxb6 14.Qa2 Bb7 15.b4 cxb4
16.c5 Nxc5 17.dxc5 Bxc5 18.Be1 Ra8 19.Qa5 Qxa5 20.Rxa5 Bb6 21.Rb5 Ba6 22.Rxb4 Bxe2
23.Rc1 Nd7 24.Nc3 Bd3 25.Na4 Rfc8 26.Rxc8+ Rxc8 27.Nxb6 axb6 28.Rd4 Be4 29.Rd1 h6
30.Nd4 Bxg2 31.Kxg2 Ne5 32.Nf3 Nc4 33.Rb1 Rc6 34.Nd2 Nd6 35.Nf3 Nc4 36.Nd2 Nd6
37.Nf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Donostia KO GpA"]
[Site "San Sebastian ESP"]
[Date "2012.01.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Feller,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.e3 a6 5.Nbd2 c5 6.b3 cxd4 7.exd4 Be7 8.Bb2 O-O
9.Bd3 b6 10.O-O Bb7 11.Rc1 Nbd7 12.Qe2 Re8 13.Rfd1 Bf8 14.Ne5 g6 15.Ndf3 dxc4
16.bxc4 Nxe5 17.Nxe5 Nd7 18.f4 Bh6 19.Qf2 Rc8 20.Rc2 b5 21.Ng4 Bg7 22.cxb5 Rxc2
23.Qxc2 Qb6 24.a4 Bxd4+ 25.Kh1 e5 26.fxe5 Bxb2 27.Qxb2 h5 28.Bc4 Qc7 29.e6 Qxc4
30.exd7 Rd8 31.Nf6+ Kf8 32.Re1  1-0

[Event "Donostia KO GpA"]
[Site "San Sebastian ESP"]
[Date "2012.01.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Feller,S"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.e3 c6 8.Qc2 O-O
9.Bd3 Re8 10.h3 Ne4 11.Bf4 Ndf6 12.Ne5 g6 13.O-O Nd6 14.Rad1 Bf5 15.f3 Bxd3
16.Qxd3 Nh5 17.Bh2 f6 18.Ng4 f5 19.Ne5 Bf6 20.e4 dxe4 21.fxe4 fxe4 22.Nxe4 Nxe4
23.Qxe4 Bg7 24.Qf3 Qd5 25.Qxd5+ cxd5 26.Rc1 Rac8 27.b4 Bh6 28.Rc5 Be3+ 29.Kh1 Red8
30.g4 Ng7 31.Nd7 Bxd4 32.Rxd5 Bc3 33.a3 Ne6 34.Rfd1 Bg7 35.Be5 Nf8 36.Nf6+ Bxf6
37.Bxf6 Rxd5 38.Rxd5 Kf7 39.g5 h6 40.Bd4 hxg5 41.Bxa7 Rc3 42.a4 Rxh3+ 43.Kg1 Ke8
44.Rb5 Rh7 45.a5 Ne6 46.Rb6 Re7 47.b5 Nd4 48.Kf1 Nb3 49.a6 bxa6 50.Rb8+ Kd7
51.Rb7+ Ke6 52.bxa6 Rd7 53.Be3 Rd1+ 54.Ke2 Ra1 55.a7 Ra2+ 56.Kf3 g4+ 57.Kxg4 Na1
58.Rb8 Nc2 59.Bb6 Ra4+ 60.Kg5 Ne1 61.a8=Q Nf3+ 62.Qxf3  1-0

[Event "Donostia KO GpA"]
[Site "San Sebastian ESP"]
[Date "2012.01.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Volokitin,And"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.d4 cxd4 5.Qxd4 e5 6.Qd3 a6 7.Bxd7+ Bxd7 8.c4 Rc8
9.O-O b5 10.Na3 Qb6 11.Rd1 Qb7 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bh4 g5 14.Bg3 Nf6 15.Nd2 Be7
16.b3 Nh5 17.cxb5 axb5 18.Nc2 Be6 19.a4 bxa4 20.bxa4 O-O 21.Rdb1 Qa8 22.Nb4 Rc5
23.Na6 Rc6 24.Nb4 Rc5 25.Na6 Rc6 26.Nb4 Rc5 27.Na6 Rc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Donostia KO GpA"]
[Site "San Sebastian ESP"]
[Date "2012.01.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Volokitin,And"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "C18"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Nc6 7.Qg4 g6 8.Nf3 Qa5
9.Bd2 Qa4 10.Be2 c4 11.Ra2 Bd7 12.Qh4 h6 13.O-O Nce7 14.Bg5 Bc6 15.g4 Qa5
16.Rb1 Nc8 17.a4 Nb6 18.Rb4 Nxa4 19.Bf6 Nxf6 20.exf6 b5 21.Qg3 Qd8 22.Ne5 Qd6
23.f4 Nb6 24.f5 g5 25.Rb1 Bd7 26.fxe6 Qxe6 27.Re1 Kd8 28.Bf3 Qxf6 29.Rea1 Re8
30.Nxd7 Nxd7 31.Bxd5 Rc8 32.Rxa7 Re7 33.Bb7 Rb8 34.Bc6 Qf4 35.Qxf4 gxf4 36.Ra8 Re3
37.d5 Ke7 38.Rxb8 Nxb8 39.Bxb5 Kd6 40.Ra8 Kc7 41.d6+ Kb7 42.Ra4 Rxc3 43.Rb4 Nc6
44.d7 Nd8 45.Rxc4 Rxc4 46.Bxc4 Kc6 47.Kf2 Kd6 48.Kf3 Ke5 49.h4 f6 50.c3 Nc6
51.Bb5 Nd8 52.c4 Ne6 53.c5 Nd4+ 54.Kf2 Ne6 55.c6 Kd6 56.Bc4 Nd8 57.Bd5 Kxd5  1-0

[Event "19th TCh-RUS 2012"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2012.04.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Landa,K"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Be3 c5 8.Qd2 cxd4
9.cxd4 Nc6 10.Bb5 O-O 11.Ne2 Bd7 12.Rb1 e6 13.O-O a6 14.Bd3 b5 15.Rbc1 Rc8
16.a4 bxa4 17.Bxa6 Ra8 18.Bc4 Qa5 19.Nc3 Rfc8 20.Rfd1 a3 21.h3 Rab8 22.Bh6 Rb2
23.Qf4 Bxh6 24.Qxh6 Ne7 25.e5 Nf5 26.Qf4 Rxc4 27.Ne4 Rxc1 28.Qxc1 Kg7 29.Nf6 Qa4
30.Rf1 Qc2 31.Qg5 h6 32.Nh5+ Kh7 33.Nf6+ Kh8 34.Qf4 Bc6 35.g4 g5  0-1

[Event "19th TCh-RUS 2012"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2012.04.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 a6 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 c5 8.O-O b5
9.Bb3 Bb7 10.e4 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Nc6 12.Be3 Be7 13.Nxc6 Bxc6 14.Qxd8+ Rxd8 15.f3 O-O
16.Rfd1 Rxd1+ 17.Rxd1 Rc8 18.Ne2 Kf8 19.Kf2 Nd7 20.Nd4 Nc5 21.Nxc6 Rxc6 22.Bc2 Ke8
23.Ke2 Bf6 24.b3 Na4 25.bxa4 Rxc2+ 26.Rd2 Rxd2+ 27.Kxd2 bxa4 28.Kd3 Kd7 29.Kc4 Be5
30.h3 Bd6 31.g4 Kc6 32.Bd4 g6 33.Be3 Ba3 34.Bd4 Bd6 35.Be3 Ba3 36.Bd4 Bd6
37.Be3 Ba3 38.Bd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "19th TCh-RUS 2012"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2012.04.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vitiugov,N"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "D90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qb3 dxc4 7.Qxc4 O-O 8.Bf4 Bf5
9.e3 c6 10.Qb3 Qb6 11.Bc4 Nbd7 12.O-O Qxb3 13.Bxb3 Nh5 14.Bg5 e5 15.h3 h6
16.Be7 Rfe8 17.Bd6 exd4 18.Nxd4 Bd3 19.Rfd1 Ba6 20.Nf3 Nb6 21.g4 Nf6 22.Ne5 Nfd5
23.Nxd5 Nxd5 24.Bxd5 cxd5 25.Rxd5 Rac8 26.Rad1 Rc2 27.b4 b6 28.b5 Bb7 29.Nc6 Bxc6
30.bxc6 Rxc6 31.Bg3 Rce6 32.Rd7 R6e7 33.Rxe7 Rxe7 34.Rd8+ Kh7 35.Kf1 Bf6
36.Ra8 Kg7 37.Ke2 Rd7 38.a4 g5 39.Kf3 Re7 40.Bd6 Rd7 41.Bf8+ Kg6 42.Ke4 Bg7
43.Bxg7 Kxg7 44.Ke5 Rb7 45.Kd6 b5 46.axb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "19th TCh-RUS 2012"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2012.04.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.c3 d6 8.d4 Bb6
9.Be3 Bg4 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.h3 Bh5 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Qe2 Qe7 14.Rfd1 Bxe3 15.Qxe3 Na5
16.Nf1 Nxb3 17.axb3 Qe6 18.b4 Bxf3 19.Qxf3 Rfd8 20.Ne3 g6 21.b3 Kg7 22.c4 Rxd1+
23.Rxd1 bxc4 24.bxc4 Rb8 25.Nd5 c6 26.Nxf6 Qxf6 27.Qxf6+ Kxf6 28.Rd6+ Ke7
29.Rxc6 Rxb4 30.Rxa6 Rxc4 31.Ra7+ Ke6 32.Ra6+ Ke7 33.Ra7+ Ke6 34.Ra6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "19th TCh-RUS 2012"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2012.04.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Tomashevsky,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "C84"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 d6 7.c3 O-O 8.Nbd2 Re8
9.Re1 Bf8 10.Nf1 h6 11.Ng3 b5 12.Bc2 g6 13.a4 Rb8 14.d4 Bg7 15.axb5 axb5
16.h3 Bd7 17.Be3 Ra8 18.Qd2 Kh7 19.b3 Qb8 20.d5 Ne7 21.c4 bxc4 22.bxc4 c5
23.Ne2 Nc8 24.Nc3 Nb6 25.Bd3 Qc7 26.Rab1 Ra6 27.Nb5 Bxb5 28.Rxb5 Rea8 29.Reb1 Nfd7
30.g3 Ra1 31.Kg2 Rxb1 32.Rxb1 Ra3 33.Qc2 Qa7 34.Nd2 Ra2 35.Rb2 Ra1 36.Rb1 Ra2
37.Rb2 Ra1 38.Rb1  1/2-1/2

[Event "19th TCh-RUS 2012"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2012.04.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bocharov,D"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "E25"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.dxc5 Qa5
9.e4 Nf6 10.Be3 O-O 11.Qb3 Nfd7 12.Nh3 Qc7 13.a4 Nxc5 14.Qa3 b6 15.Nf2 Nbd7
16.a5 Ba6 17.Bxc5 Nxc5 18.Bxa6 Nxa6 19.axb6 axb6 20.O-O Qc6 21.Rfd1 Nc5 22.Qb4 Rxa1
23.Rxa1 Rd8 24.Rd1 Rxd1+ 25.Nxd1 Qd6 26.Nf2 f6 27.g3 Kf7 28.Kf1 h5 29.Ke2 g5
30.Qd4 Qc6 31.Nd3 g4 32.Nxc5 bxc5 33.Qd3 c4 34.Qd4 e5 35.Qa7+ Kg6 36.Qb8 Kg7
37.Qa7+ Kg6 38.Qb8 Kg7 39.Qa7+ Kg6 40.Qb8 Kg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-CZE Extraliga 2011-12"]
[Site "Czech Republic CZE"]
[Date "2012.04.22"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Miton,K"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "E70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bd3 O-O 6.Nge2 Nbd7 7.O-O c5 8.d5 Ne5
9.f4 Nxd3 10.Qxd3 a6 11.a4 b6 12.b3 Bd7 13.Bb2 Rb8 14.Nd1 b5 15.axb5 axb5
16.Bc3 bxc4 17.bxc4 Rb3 18.Qc2 Qb8 19.Nc1 Rb6 20.Ne3 Qb7 21.h3 Ra8 22.Rxa8+ Qxa8
23.e5 Ba4 24.Qd3 Ne8 25.Qd2 Qb8 26.Nd3 Rb1 27.Bb2 Rxf1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "40th GM"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2012.07.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 a6 6.O-O c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Ne5 Ke7 10.Be2 Nbd7 11.Nc4 Ra7 12.Nbd2 b5 13.Na5 Rc7 14.a4 bxa4 15.Ndc4 Nb8
16.Rxa4 Bd7 17.Ra1 Bb5 18.b3 Ne4 19.Bb2 f6 20.Bf3 Ng5 21.Be2 Rd8 22.Rfc1 Bb4
23.Bf1 Nd7 24.Ba3 Bc5 25.Bxc5+ Nxc5 26.Na3 Bxf1 27.Kxf1 Rdc8 28.f3 Nf7 29.Rc3 Nd7
30.Rxc7 Rxc7 31.N3c4 Nfe5 32.Ke2 Nxc4 33.Nxc4 Nc5 34.Na5 Nb7 35.Nxb7 Rxb7
36.Rxa6 Rxb3 37.Ra7+ Kf8 38.Kf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "40th GM"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2012.07.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Caruana,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.O-O Bd7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.c3 a6 7.Bf1 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3
9.Qxf3 g6 10.d3 Bg7 11.Be3 O-O 12.Nd2 Nd7 13.Qd1 b5 14.Nf3 Nb6 15.d4 Na4
16.Re2 Qa5 17.Rc1 Rad8 18.Rec2 Qc7 19.b3 Nb6 20.a4 bxa4 21.bxa4 c4 22.a5 Nxa5
23.Ra1 Nb3 24.Rxa6 d5 25.exd5 Nxd5 26.Qe2 Na5 27.Bd2 Ra8 28.Rxa8 Rxa8 29.Ra2 Rc8
30.Ng5 Nb3 31.Qxc4 Nxd2 32.Qxd5 Nxf1 33.Nxf7 e6 34.Qxe6 Rf8 35.Ne5+ Kh8 36.Kxf1  1-0

[Event "40th GM"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2012.07.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Meier,Geo"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.O-O dxc4
9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.Bxc4 Qc7 11.h3 g5 12.Be2 e5 13.Bd2 Rd8 14.Rc1 Nb6 15.Re1 Be7
16.a4 a6 17.a5 Nbd5 18.Nxd5 Rxd5 19.Bc4 Rd7 20.Qb3 O-O 21.d5 Ne4 22.Qd3 Nxd2
23.Qxd2 e4 24.Red1 Rfd8 25.Qe2 c5 26.b4 Qe5 27.b5 Bd6 28.Qg4 axb5 29.Bxb5 Re7
30.g3 g6 31.Kg2 Kg7 32.Rh1 Rh8 33.Be2 Rh5 34.Qc8 Rc7 35.Qa8 Rh8 36.Qa7 f5
37.Qb6 f4 38.exf4 gxf4 39.gxf4 Qxf4 40.Qb3 Rf8 41.Qe3 Qf6 42.Rc4 Bf4 43.Qxe4 Re7
44.Qd3 Bd6 45.f4 Rfe8 46.Bg4 Re3 47.Qc2 Bxf4 48.Rb1 Rg3+ 49.Kh1 Rxg4 50.hxg4 Qh4+
51.Kg1 Qxg4+ 52.Kf1 Qh3+  0-1

[Event "40th GM"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2012.07.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Be7 7.Bf1 Nxe5 8.Rxe5 O-O
9.Nc3 Bf6 10.Re1 c6 11.d4 Nf5 12.d5 d6 13.Ne4 Be7 14.c3 Nh4 15.g3 Ng6 16.f4 f5
17.Nf2 c5 18.Bd2 Bf6 19.Qc2 Ne7 20.c4 Kh8 21.a4 Bd7 22.Bd3 Qc7 23.Kg2 Rae8
24.Nh3 b6 25.Bc3 Bxc3 26.Qxc3 Ng8 27.Ng5 Nf6 28.b3 h6 29.Nf3 Kh7 30.h3 Qd8
31.Ra2 Rxe1 32.Qxe1 Re8 33.Re2 Rxe2+ 34.Qxe2 g6 35.Nd2 Kg7 36.Nb1 Kf7 37.Nc3 Nh5
38.Qe3 Qf6 39.Be2 Ng7 40.Kf2 g5 41.Bf3 g4 42.Bg2 h5 43.h4 a5 44.Ke1 Qe7 45.Qxe7+ Kxe7
46.Bf1 Kf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "40th GM"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2012.07.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Qe2 Nc6
9.e4 b5 10.Bb3 Bb7 11.Nc3 Nd4 12.Nxd4 Bxd4 13.e5 Nd5 14.Nxd5 Bxd5 15.Rd1 Bxb3
16.axb3 Qb6 17.Bd2 O-O 18.Ba5 Qa7 19.Rd2 f6 20.exf6 Rxf6 21.Rxd4 Qxd4 22.Bc3 Qf4
23.Bxf6 Qxf6 24.Rc1 Qf5 25.h3 Qd5 26.Qe3 h6 27.b4 Rf8 28.f3 Rd8 29.Kh1 Kh8
30.Re1 Qd4 31.Qc3 Qxc3 32.bxc3 Rd3 33.Rxe6 Rxc3 34.Rxa6 Rc4 35.Rb6 Rxb4 36.f4 Rxf4
37.Rxb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "40th GM"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2012.07.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Bartel,Mat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[ECO "C84"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 d6 7.c3 O-O 8.Re1 b5
9.Bc2 Nd7 10.d4 Bb7 11.Nbd2 Bf6 12.Nf1 Re8 13.Ne3 Nb6 14.Ng4 Bc8 15.h3 Bxg4
16.hxg4 g6 17.d5 Ne7 18.g3 Qd7 19.g5 Bg7 20.Kg2 c6 21.dxc6 Qxc6 22.Nh2 d5
23.exd5 Nexd5 24.Be4 Rad8 25.Qf3 Qe6 26.Ng4 Na4 27.Rd1 Nc7 28.Rxd8 Rxd8 29.Bc2 Nc5
30.Be3 Nd3 31.Rd1 e4 32.Nf6+ Bxf6 33.Qxf6 Qxf6 34.gxf6 Nd5 35.Bd4 Nxb2 36.Re1 e3
37.Be4 exf2 38.Kxf2 h5 39.Kf3 Nc7 40.Bb7 Rb8 41.Re7 Rxb7 42.Be5 Rb6 43.Rxc7 Nc4
44.Bd4 Re6 45.Kf4 Nd6 46.Ra7 Nf5 47.Be5 Nxg3 48.Re7 Nf5 49.Rd7 Nh6 50.Re7 Ng4
51.Bd4 Kf8  0-1

[Event "40th GM"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2012.07.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Naiditsch,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "C84"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 d6 7.c4 O-O 8.h3 Nd7
9.Be3 Bf6 10.Nc3 Nd4 11.Bxd7 Bxd7 12.Nd5 b5 13.c5 dxc5 14.Rc1 c6 15.Nxf6+ Qxf6
16.Rxc5 Nxf3+ 17.Qxf3 Qxf3 18.gxf3 Rae8 19.Kh2 f5 20.Rg1 Rf6 21.d4 exd4 22.Bxd4 Rg6
23.Rxg6 hxg6 24.Be5 Kf7 25.h4 Rh8 26.Kg3 Rh5 27.Bf4 fxe4 28.Rxh5 gxh5 29.fxe4 Be6
30.a3 c5 31.Bd6 b4 32.a4 a5 33.Bxc5 Bd7 34.Bb6 Bxa4 35.Bxa5 b3 36.Kf4 g6
37.Bc3 Bd7 38.Kg5 Bg4 39.f4 Bf3 40.f5 Bxe4 41.fxg6+ Bxg6 42.Kf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "40th GM"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2012.07.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gustafsson,J"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 e5 10.Bb3 h6 11.h3 Re8 12.Bd2 e4 13.Nh4 Bb8 14.Nf5 Nb6 15.Ng3 Bxg3
16.fxg3 Be6 17.g4 Bc4 18.Bxc4 Nxc4 19.Ne2 Nd6 20.Nc3 Rc8 21.Be1 Nd5 22.Nxd5 cxd5
23.Qe2 Re7 24.Bh4 f6 25.Rac1 Rxc1 26.Rxc1 Rc7 27.Qe1 Rxc1 28.Qxc1 Qc8 29.Qxc8+ Nxc8
30.Kf1 Kf7 31.Ke2 Kg6 32.Bg3 h5 33.gxh5+ Kxh5 34.Bc7 Ne7 35.Bd6 Nc6 36.b3 g5
37.g3 f5 38.Kd2 f4 39.gxf4 gxf4 40.Bxf4 Kh4 41.Bd6 Kxh3 42.Ke2 Kg2 43.Bc5 a6
44.Bd6 Nd8 45.Be5 Nf7 46.Bf4 Nd8 47.Be5 Kg1 48.Ke1 Nc6 49.Bd6 Na7 50.a4 Nc6
51.b4 Kg2 52.Ke2 Na7 53.Bc5 Nc8 54.a5 Kg3 55.Bf8 Na7 56.Bd6+ Kg2 57.Bc5 Nb5
58.Bf8 Na3 59.Be7 Nc4 60.Bc5 Nb2 61.Be7 Nd3 62.Bd6 Nf2 63.Bf4 Nh1 64.Kd2 Kf3
65.b5 axb5 66.Kc3 Nf2 67.Bg5 Nd1+ 68.Kb4 Nxe3 69.Kxb5 Nc4 70.Kc5 e3  0-1

[Event "40th GM"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2012.07.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Fridman,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.Rc1 b6 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Nxd5 exd5 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.g3 Ba6 12.e3 Bb7 13.Bg2 c5 14.Ne5 c4 15.O-O b5
16.b3 Nd7 17.Nxd7 Qxd7 18.bxc4 dxc4 19.d5 b4 20.Rxc4 Ba6 21.Rxb4 Bxf1 22.Bxf1 Rab8
23.Rg4 Rb1 24.Qxb1 Qxg4 25.Qb7 Qa4 26.Bb5 Qxa2 27.d6 a5 28.d7 a4 29.Qb6 Qb1+
30.Kg2 Qe4+ 31.Kg1 Qb1+ 32.Kg2 Qe4+ 33.Kg1  1/2-1/2

[Event "81st ch-UKR 2012"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2012.07.27"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Eljanov,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "B45"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Be2 Bb4 7.O-O Bxc3 8.bxc3 Nxe4
9.Bf3 d5 10.Bxe4 dxe4 11.Ba3 Nxd4 12.cxd4 Qa5 13.Qc1 f6 14.Re1 Bd7 15.Rxe4 Kf7
16.c4 Rhe8 17.Re3 Rac8 18.Qc2 Kg8 19.Rb1 Bc6 20.Bc5 Ba4 21.Qb2 b6 22.Bb4 Qf5
23.Rc1 Bc6 24.h3 b5 25.cxb5 Qxb5 26.Rc5 Qb7 27.Rec3 Bd5 28.Rxc8 Rxc8 29.Rxc8+ Qxc8
30.Bc5 a6  1/2-1/2

[Event "81st ch-UKR 2012"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2012.07.28"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Moiseenko,A1"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "D58"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.O-O Nbd7 10.Bg3 Ne4 11.Bxe4 dxe4 12.Nd2 f5 13.Nb5 e5 14.dxe5 Nc5 15.Nb3 Nd3
16.N3d4 Qc8 17.Qb3 Bc5 18.Ne2 g5 19.e6 f4 20.exf4 a6 21.Nbc3 gxf4 22.Nxf4 Nxf4
23.Bxf4 Rxf4 24.Nd5 Rf5 25.Qh3 Qxe6 26.Nxc7 Qg6 27.Nxa8 Bxa8 28.Rad1 Rf8
29.Rd7 e3 30.Kh1 e2 31.Rg1 Bxf2  0-1

[Event "81st ch-UKR 2012"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2012.07.29"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Kuzubov,Y"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[ECO "C03"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 a6 4.Bd3 c5 5.dxc5 Nf6 6.exd5 exd5 7.Nb3 Nbd7 8.Be3 Qc7
9.Nf3 Nxc5 10.O-O Be6 11.Re1 O-O-O 12.Bd4 Kb8 13.c3 Bg4 14.h3 Bh5 15.Be2 Ne6
16.Be5 Bd6 17.Bxd6 Qxd6 18.Nfd4 Bg6 19.a4 Ne4 20.Bf1 Rhe8 21.a5 Qf4 22.Qf3 Qc7
23.h4 Rd6 24.Qe3 f5 25.Bd3 f4 26.Qh3 Qf7 27.Rad1 Bh5 28.Qf5 Qxf5 29.Nxf5 Bxd1
30.Nxd6 Nxd6 31.Rxd1 Nc4 32.Bxh7 Rh8 33.Bf5 Nc7 34.Re1 Rxh4 35.Re7 Rh5 36.Bg4 Rg5
37.f3 Ne5 38.Nc5 Nxg4 39.fxg4 Rxg4 40.Nd7+ Kc8 41.Nb6+ Kb8 42.Kf2 Rg5 43.Nd7+ Kc8
44.Nc5 Rg6 45.Rf7 Ne6 46.Na4 Rg5 47.Re7 Nc7 48.Nb6+ Kb8 49.Rd7 d4 50.Rxd4 Rxa5
51.Rd8+ Ka7 52.Nc8+ Kb8 53.Nd6+ Ka7 54.Kf3 g5 55.Nc8+ Kb8 56.Nd6+ Ka7 57.Rd7 Kb8
58.c4 Ra2 59.b4 b6 60.Rd8+ Ka7 61.Rd7 Kb8 62.Rg7 Rd2 63.Rg8+ Ka7 64.Rd8 Rb2
65.Rd7 Kb8 66.Rd8+ Ka7 67.Rd7 Kb8 68.c5 bxc5 69.bxc5 Ne6 70.Ne4 Rb4 71.Rd6 g4+
72.Kxg4 Rxe4 73.Rxa6 Re5 74.Kf3 Re3+ 75.Kg4 Kb7 76.Rd6 Kc7 77.Ra6 Re5 78.Kf3 Kd7
79.Ra3 Rg5 80.Ra7+ Kc6 81.Re7 Rg3+ 82.Kf2 Nxc5 83.Rf7 Nd3+ 84.Kg1 Kd5 85.Kh2 Ke4
86.Ra7 Nf2 87.Ra4+ Kf5 88.Ra5+ Kf6 89.Ra6+ Kg5 90.Ra5+ Kg6 91.Ra6+ Kh5 92.Kg1 Nd1
93.Kh2 Ne3 94.Ra2 Ng4+ 95.Kg1 Rb3 96.Ra1 Kh4 97.Rf1 Kg3 98.Kh1 Re3 99.Kg1 Ne5
100.Ra1 Nd3 101.Kf1 Re1+  0-1

[Event "81st ch-UKR 2012"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2012.07.30"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Efimenko,Z"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "C53"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.h3 a6 7.Bb3 h6 8.Nbd2 O-O
9.Nf1 Be6 10.Ng3 d5 11.Qe2 Re8 12.O-O Bf8 13.Rd1 d4 14.Bxe6 Rxe6 15.Nf5 Kh7
16.cxd4 exd4 17.a3 g6 18.Ng3 a5 19.b3 Nd5 20.Qc2 Nc3 21.Rf1 Bg7 22.Bd2 b5
23.Rae1 Ne7 24.Nh2 Raa6 25.f4 f5 26.Nf3 c5 27.Ne5 b4 28.a4 Qc7 29.Nc4 Bf6
30.exf5 Nxf5 31.Rxe6 Rxe6 32.Ne4 Bh4 33.Rf3 Ne2+ 34.Kh1 g5 35.Qd1 Nc3 36.Qf1 Nxe4
37.dxe4 Ng3+ 38.Rxg3 Bxg3 39.fxg5 Qg7 40.Qf3 Bc7 41.Qf5+ Qg6 42.Qxc5 Bg3
43.Qa7+ Kg8 44.gxh6 Rxe4 45.Qxa5 Rf4 46.Qd5+ Kh7  0-1

[Event "81st ch-UKR 2012"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2012.07.31"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Volokitin,And"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 c5 5.Bg2 Qa5+ 6.Nc3 Ne4 7.Qd3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nc5
9.Qd1 Nc6 10.e3 Ne6 11.Nxe6 Bxc3+ 12.bxc3 dxe6 13.O-O O-O 14.Qb3 Qc7 15.c5 e5
16.c4 Bf5 17.Bd2 Rad8 18.Rfd1 Bg4 19.f3 Be6 20.Bf1 e4 21.Bc3 exf3 22.Rxd8 Rxd8
23.Rd1 Rxd1 24.Qxd1 Ne5 25.Bxe5 Qxe5 26.Qd8+ Kg7 27.Qd4 Qxd4 28.exd4 g5 29.Bd3 g4
30.a3 f5 31.Kf2 Kf6 32.h4 Bd7 33.Bc2 e5 34.d5 h6 35.Ke3 e4 36.c6 bxc6 37.Ba4 cxd5
38.Bxd7 d4+ 39.Kd2 e3+ 40.Kd3 e2 41.Kd2 d3 42.Ke1 Ke5 43.c5 Kd4  0-1

[Event "81st ch-UKR 2012"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2012.08.01"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Areshchenko,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Nbd2 Ne7 8.Re1 Ng6
9.d4 a6 10.Ba4 Ba7 11.h3 b5 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nf1 Bb7 14.Ng3 d5 15.Nxe5 Nxe4
16.Nxg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "81st ch-UKR 2012"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2012.08.03"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Vovk,Y"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[ECO "E76"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4 O-O 6.Nf3 c5 7.d5 e6 8.dxe6 fxe6
9.Bd3 Nc6 10.O-O Nd4 11.Bd2 Bd7 12.Nxd4 cxd4 13.Nb5 Bc6 14.Qe2 Ne8 15.e5 Bxb5
16.cxb5 dxe5 17.fxe5 Nc7 18.Rxf8+ Qxf8 19.Rf1 Qc5 20.Qf3 Rf8 21.Qxb7 Rxf1+
22.Kxf1 Bxe5 23.g3 Kf7 24.Ke2 Ke7 25.a3 Bd6 26.Kd1 Kd7 27.Qf3 Be7 28.Qb7 Bd6
29.a4 Qd5 30.Qxa7 Bc5 31.b6 Qb3+ 32.Ke2 Qxb6 33.Qxb6 Bxb6 34.b4 Nd5 35.a5 Bd8
36.Be4 Kd6 37.Kd3 e5 38.b5 Kc5 39.b6 Nb4+ 40.Ke2 Kb5 41.h4 Kxa5 42.b7 Bc7
43.g4 Kb5 44.h5 Nc6 45.h6 Nd8 46.Bd5 Kc5 47.Bg8 Nxb7 48.Bxh7 e4 49.Bxg6 e3
50.Be1 Bf4 51.h7 Be5 52.Bh4 Kd5 53.Kf3 Ke6 54.Bb1 Nd6 55.Ba2+ Kd7 56.Bb3 Bh8
57.Be1 Ke8 58.Kf4 Nf7 59.g5 d3 60.Bb4 e2 61.Ba4+ Kd8 62.Bb5 Ne5 63.Ke4 Nf7
64.Kf4 Ne5 65.Ke4 Nf7 66.g6 Nd6+ 67.Kxd3 Nxb5 68.Kxe2 Nd4+ 69.Kd3 Nf3 70.Ke4 Nh4
71.Kf4 Nxg6+ 72.Kf5 Nh4+ 73.Kg4 Ke8 74.Kxh4 Kf7 75.Kh5 Kg7 76.Bc3+ Kxh7 77.Bxh8 Kxh8  1/2-1/2

[Event "81st ch-UKR 2012"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2012.08.04"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Zubov,A UKR"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "E62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 c6 7.O-O Bf5 8.b3 Ne4
9.Bb2 Nxc3 10.Bxc3 Be4 11.e3 b5 12.Qe2 bxc4 13.bxc4 c5 14.Rfd1 Nd7 15.Bf1 Rb8
16.Rac1 Qc7 17.Nd2 Bc6 18.Nb3 Ba4 19.Qb2 Bc6 20.dxc5 Bxc3 21.Qxc3 Nxc5 22.Nxc5 dxc5
23.Bg2 Ba4 24.Rd5 e6 25.Rd2 Rfd8 26.Rxd8+ Rxd8 27.Be4 Bc6 28.Bxc6 Qxc6 29.Qf6 Qb6
30.Qa1 Qb4 31.g4 Qd2 32.h3 a5 33.Kg2 a4 34.g5 e5 35.Qc3 Qxa2 36.Qxe5 a3 37.Qf6 Rd2
38.Kg3 Qb2 39.Qxb2 axb2 40.Rb1 Kf8 41.Kf3 Ke7 42.e4 Kd6 43.Ke3 Rc2 44.h4 Rc3+
45.Kd2 Rxc4 46.Rxb2 Rxe4 47.h5 Rg4 48.Rb6+ Kd5 49.hxg6 hxg6 50.Rf6 Rxg5 51.Rxf7 Rf5
52.Rd7+ Kc6 53.Rg7 Rxf2+ 54.Kd3 Rg2 55.Rg8 Rg3+ 56.Kc4 Rg4+ 57.Kd3 g5 58.Rd8 Rg1
59.Rc8+ Kd6 60.Rd8+ Ke5  0-1

[Event "81st ch-UKR 2012"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2012.08.05"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Korobov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bd3 Nbd7 6.O-O dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.e4 a6 10.a4 Be7 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bh4 Nh5 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.Re1 O-O 15.Nbd2 Rad8
16.Bf1 e5 17.axb5 cxb5 18.d5 f5 19.exf5 Bxd5 20.Qc2 Rc8 21.Qd3 Nf4 22.Qa3 b4
23.Qe3 Rxf5 24.g3 Ng6 25.Rxa6 Rf6 26.Ra5 Qf7 27.Bg2 Rd6 28.Ne4 Bxe4 29.Qxe4 Rc4
30.Qa8+ Kh7 31.h4 Qf5 32.Qd8 Rc2 33.Ra8 Qf7 34.h5 Ngf8 35.Qe8 Qf6 36.Qd8 Qf7
37.Qe8 Qf6 38.Qd8 Qf7 39.Qe8  1/2-1/2

[Event "81st ch-UKR 2012"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2012.08.06"]
[Round "10.6"]
[White "Miroshnichenko,E"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "D13"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Ne4 7.e3 e6 8.Nxe4 dxe4
9.Nd2 Bb4 10.a3 Bxd2+ 11.Qxd2 O-O 12.Bc4 b6 13.O-O Bb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "81st ch-UKR 2012"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2012.08.07"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Fedorchuk,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.g3 b6 6.Bg2 Bb7 7.O-O c5 8.a3 Bxd2
9.Qxd2 d5 10.cxd5 Bxd5 11.dxc5 bxc5 12.b4 Nbd7 13.Qe3 cxb4 14.axb4 a5 15.b5 Nb6
16.Qd4 Nc4 17.Bf4 Qe7 18.b6 Qb7 19.Bc7 a4 20.Nh4 Na5 21.Qxa4 Bxg2 22.Nxg2 Nd5
23.Nf4 Nc6 24.Qe4 Rxa1 25.Rxa1 Nxc7 26.bxc7 Qxc7 27.Rc1 Rc8 28.Nh5 Qd6 29.Qg4 Qe5
30.Rc5 Qa1+ 31.Kg2 Ne7 32.Rxc8+ Nxc8 33.Qg5 Qd4 34.e3 h6 35.Qb5 Qd8 36.Qe5 Qg5
37.Qb8 Qd5+ 38.Kg1 Qd1+ 39.Kg2 Qd5+ 40.Kg1 Qd1+ 41.Kg2 Qd5+ 42.Kg1  1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Olympiad Open"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.08.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Ahmed,Abdu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2314"]
[ECO "B40"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.Qe2 d6 6.O-O Be7 7.c3 O-O 8.d4 d5 9.e5 Ne4
10.Rd1 b6 11.Be3 a5 12.Ne1 cxd4 13.cxd4 f5 14.exf6 Nxf6 15.Nc3 Ba6 16.Qd2 Rc8
17.Nd3 Qd6 18.Rac1 Rce8 19.b3 Kh8 20.h3 Bd8 21.Bf4 Qd7 22.Ne5 Nxe5 23.Bxe5 Ng8
24.Ne2 Ne7 25.Nf4 Rf7 26.Qc3 Nf5 27.Qc6 Bb7 28.Qxd7 Rxd7 29.Bf1 Nd6 30.h4 Kg8
31.Bd3 Ree7 32.Nh5 Rf7 33.Rc2 Bf6 34.Nf4 Rfe7 35.Re1 Ne4 36.Bxf6 gxf6 37.f3 Nxg3
38.Rg2 Rg7 39.Nxe6 Rde7 40.Kh2  1-0

[Event "40th Olympiad Open"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.08.30"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Rodshtein,M"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bxc4 Nb6 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Ne2 Bg4 8.f3 Be6
9.Nbc3 Qd7 10.Ne4 Bd5 11.Nc5 Qc8 12.Bd2 Nc4 13.Qc2 Nxd2 14.Qxd2 e6 15.Rc1 Be7
16.b4 Bh4+ 17.Kf1 a6 18.a3 f6 19.Nc3 fxe5 20.Nxd5 exd5 21.dxe5 Nxe5 22.Re1 Bxe1
23.Qxe1 O-O 24.Qxe5 c6 25.Kf2 Qg4 26.Nxb7 Qh4+ 27.g3 Qh6 28.Nd6 a5 29.b5 Qf6
30.Qxf6 Rxf6 31.Nf5 cxb5 32.Rb1 Rb8 33.Ne7+ Kf8 34.Nxd5 Rd6 35.Be4 g5 36.Ke3 Rh6
37.Rb2 b4 38.Kd4 Kg7 39.a4 Rc6 40.Bd3 Rc1 41.f4 Ra1 42.fxg5 Rxa4 43.Re2 b3+
44.Kc3 b2 45.Bb1 Ra3+ 46.Kc2 Rb7 47.Nc3 a4 48.h4 Rab3 49.Nxa4 Rxg3 50.Rd2 Rg1
51.Nxb2 Rc7+ 52.Kd3 Rxb1 53.Rh2 Kg6 54.Ke4 Re1+ 55.Kf3 Rf7+ 56.Kg3 Re3+ 57.Kg4 Ref3  0-1

[Event "40th Olympiad Open"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.08.31"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Bartel,Mat"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 d6 5.O-O Be7 6.d4 O-O 7.Bxc6 bxc6 8.Nc3 Nd7
9.Qe2 Bf6 10.Be3 Re8 11.d5 cxd5 12.Nxd5 c6 13.Nxf6+ Nxf6 14.Bg5 h6 15.Bh4 Bg4
16.h3 Bh5 17.g4 Bg6 18.Rad1 Re6 19.Nd2 d5 20.Nb3 Qd6 21.f3 Nd7 22.Bg3 Nb6
23.Qf2 Ree8 24.c3 f6 25.Nc5 Qe7 26.a4 Rad8 27.b3 Nd7 28.Nb7 Rb8 29.Na5 Qe6
30.Rfe1 h5 31.b4 hxg4 32.hxg4 Nb6 33.f4 exf4 34.exd5 fxg3 35.Qxg3 Qf7 36.Nxc6 Rbc8
37.Qd6 Be4 38.Rd4 Qg6 39.Re3 Qxg4+ 40.Rg3 Qe2 41.Qxf6 Qe1+ 42.Kh2 Qh1+  0-1

[Event "40th Olympiad Open"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.01"]
[Round "5.01"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Movsesian,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[ECO "A09"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.Qc2 e6 6.d4 c5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Be2 Nc6
9.Ne5 Qc7 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.e4 Be6 12.Be3 Nxe4 13.Nxe4 dxe4 14.dxc5 Qa5+ 15.Bd2 Qxc5
16.Qxe4 Qd5 17.Bf3 Qxe4+ 18.Bxe4 Bd5 19.Bxd5 cxd5 20.Ke2 Kd7 21.Rhd1 Ke6
22.Bc3 f6 23.Rd3 Bc5 24.Rad1 Rhd8 25.f4 Rac8 26.Ba5 Rd6 27.Rc1 Rdc6 28.Rdc3 Kd7
29.Rb3 Bd6 30.Rb7+ Ke6 31.Rxc6 Rxc6 32.Bd2 Bc7 33.Kd3 h5 34.b4 Kd7 35.b5 axb5
36.Rxb5 Ra6 37.Rxd5+ Kc6 38.Rxh5 Ra3+ 39.Bc3 Bxf4 40.Ra5 Rxa5 41.Bxa5 Bxh2
42.Bc3 Kd5 43.a4 Bc7 44.a5 f5 45.a6 Kc6 46.Bxg7 Kb6 47.Kd4 Kxa6 48.Kd5 Kb7
49.Ke6 Kc6 50.Kxf5 Kd7 51.g4 Ke7 52.Kg6 Ke6 53.Bh6 Bd8 54.Bg5 Bc7 55.Bh6 Bd8
56.Bg5 Bc7 57.Bh6 Ke5  1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Olympiad Open"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.03"]
[Round "6.9"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Blagojevic,Dr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[ECO "C70"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nge7 5.c3 g6 6.d4 exd4 7.cxd4 b5 8.Bb3 Bg7
9.d5 Na5 10.Bd2 c5 11.d6 Nec6 12.Bc3 O-O 13.Bd5 Bb7 14.Qd2 Nb4 15.Bxb7 Nxb7
16.O-O Nc6 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.Nc3 b4 19.Na4 Qa5 20.b3 c4 21.Qe3 Nxd6 22.Rad1 cxb3
23.axb3 Nb5 24.Rxd7 Rad8 25.Rd5 Ne7 26.Rc5 Rd6 27.e5 Rd5 28.e6 Nf5 29.Qe4 Rxc5
30.Nxc5 Nc3 31.Qc6 Ne7 32.Qd6 Nf5 33.Qc6 Ne7 34.Qd6 Nf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Olympiad Open"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.04"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba,M"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "C69"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 Bf6 7.Be3 Ne7 8.h3 Ng6
9.Nc3 O-O 10.Qd2 b6 11.Rad1 c5 12.Nd5 Be7 13.Nxe7+ Qxe7 14.Nh2 a5 15.a3 Be6
16.f4 f5 17.exf5 Bxf5 18.fxe5 Nxe5 19.Rde1 Nc6 20.Nf3 Qd7 21.Bf4 Rae8 22.Rxe8 Rxe8
23.Qf2 Bg6 24.Ne5 Nxe5 25.Bxe5 Qe7 26.Re1 Qd7 27.Qg3 a4 28.Bc3 Rxe1+ 29.Qxe1 c4
30.dxc4 Bxc2 31.Qe5 h6 32.c5 bxc5 33.Qxc5 Bb3 34.Qe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Olympiad Open"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.05"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Ne7 6.c3 h6 7.O-O Nd7 8.Na3 Bh7 9.Nc2 c5
10.dxc5 Nxc5 11.Ncd4 Nc6 12.Be3 Be7 13.c4 O-O 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.Nd4 Rc8 16.Rc1 a5
17.cxd5 Qxd5 18.Bf3 Be4 19.Bxe4 Qxe4 20.Qc2 Qxc2 21.Rxc2 Rfd8 22.g3 Rd5 23.Rfc1 g5
24.Nf5 exf5 25.Bxc5 Rxe5 26.Bxe7 Rxe7 27.Rxc6 Rxc6 28.Rxc6 Re2 29.Ra6 Rxb2
30.Rxa5 Kg7 31.a4 Ra2 32.Kg2 g4 33.Rxf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Olympiad Open"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.06"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Fressinet,L"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.c5 Ne4 8.Qc2 f5
9.Ne5 Bf6 10.Nxd7 Bxd7 11.f3 Ng5 12.Bxg5 Bxg5 13.f4 Bf6 14.b4 g5 15.g3 Kh8
16.Be2 Rg8 17.O-O-O b6 18.Ba6 Rb8 19.Rhg1 Qe7 20.a3 Qg7 21.Ne2 c6 22.Qc3 gxf4
23.exf4 Bc8 24.Bxc8 Rgxc8 25.Kc2 a5 26.Rb1 Qa7 27.Kd3 Rb7 28.Rb2 axb4 29.axb4 bxc5
30.bxc5 Rxb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Olympiad Open"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.07"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Safarli,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "B91"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Bg2 O-O
9.O-O b5 10.a4 b4 11.Nd5 Nxd5 12.Qxd5 Ra7 13.Be3 Be6 14.Qd3 Rb7 15.Rfc1 Qc7
16.c3 Bc4 17.Qc2 Be6 18.Qd1 Qd8 19.Bf1 bxc3 20.Rxc3 Bg5 21.Bxg5 Qxg5 22.Bc4 Bxc4
23.Rxc4 Nd7 24.Rac1 Qd8 25.Rc6 Qb8 26.Rxd6 Rxb3 27.Rxd7 Rxb2 28.Qd5 Rb1 29.Rxb1 Qxb1+
30.Kg2 Qa1 31.a5 h6 32.Rd6 Rc8 33.Rxa6 Rc1 34.Ra8+ Kh7 35.Qxf7  1-0

[Event "40th Olympiad Open"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.09"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Wang Yue"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nc3 Nb6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.a3 Be7 8.b4 Be6
9.d3 O-O 10.O-O Nd4 11.Bb2 Nxf3+ 12.Bxf3 c6 13.Ne4 Nd7 14.Qc2 Bd5 15.Bc3 Re8
16.a4 Bf8 17.Nd2 Bxf3 18.Nxf3 Rc8 19.Rfd1 Qe7 20.Qb2 Rc7 21.b5 e4 22.dxe4 Qxe4
23.bxc6 Qxc6 24.Bd4 Nc5 25.a5 Qe6 26.Be3 Qa6 27.Rdc1 g6 28.Qa2 Rec8 29.Bf4 Bd6
30.Bh6 Ne6 31.Rxc7 Rxc7 32.Rd1 Qc6 33.h4 Bf8 34.Be3 b5 35.axb6 axb6 36.Ne5 Qc2
37.Qd5 Qxe2 38.Bxb6 Bc5 39.Bxc7 Bxf2+ 40.Kh1 Bxg3 41.Nf3 Bxc7 42.Re1 Qf2
43.Rxe6 Qf1+ 44.Ng1 fxe6 45.Qxe6+ Qf7 46.Qxf7+ Kxf7 47.h5 g5 48.Nh3 Kf6 49.Nxg5 Ke5  1/2-1/2

[Event "13th Karpov GM"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2012.09.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "B47"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.g3 a6 7.Bg2 d6 8.O-O Bd7
9.Nxc6 Bxc6 10.a4 Nf6 11.a5 Be7 12.Be3 Nd7 13.Na4 O-O 14.Nb6 Nxb6 15.Bxb6 Qd7
16.c4 f5 17.Qd3 fxe4 18.Bxe4 Bxe4 19.Qxe4 Bd8 20.Be3 Rf5 21.Rfd1 Rc8 22.b4 Bf6
23.Ra3 d5 24.Rad3 Re5 25.Qf4 Rf5 26.Qe4 Re5 27.Qf4 Rf5 28.Qe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "13th Karpov GM"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2012.09.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wojtaszek,R"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "D97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 Na6 8.Be2 c5
9.d5 e6 10.O-O exd5 11.exd5 Re8 12.Bg5 h6 13.Be3 Bf5 14.Rad1 Qb6 15.b3 Rad8
16.Rd2 Ng4 17.Bf4 Qa5 18.Rc1 g5 19.Bg3 Bxc3 20.Qxc3 Qxc3 21.Rxc3 Nf6 22.Bb5 Ne4
23.Re3 Nxd2 24.Rxe8+ Rxe8 25.Bxe8 Ne4 26.Ne5 f6 27.Nc4 Kf8 28.Bb5 Nxg3 29.Bxa6 bxa6
30.hxg3 Ke7 31.f3 Bb1 32.a3 Bc2 33.Na5 Kd6 34.Nc4+ Kc7 35.Na5 Bg6 36.Nc4 Bf7
37.d6+ Kd7 38.Kf2 Bg6 39.Ke3 Bc2 40.Na5 Kxd6 41.g4 Bg6 42.Nc4+ Ke6 43.Na5 Kd5
44.Nc4 f5 45.gxf5 Bxf5 46.Na5 Bd7 47.Nc4 Bb5 48.Nd2 a5 49.Ne4 Bc6 50.Kd3 Ke5
51.Nxc5 Kf4 52.Ke2 Kg3 53.Kf1 g4 54.fxg4 Bxg2+ 55.Kg1 Bd5 56.b4 axb4 57.axb4 Kxg4
58.Kf2 Kf4 59.Na4 Bc6 60.Nc3 a6 61.Ne2+ Ke4 62.Ng3+ Kd3 63.Nf5 h5 64.Ng7 h4
65.Nf5 h3 66.Kg3 Kc3 67.Ne3 Bg2  0-1

[Event "13th Karpov GM"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2012.09.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "C24"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.Nf3 d5 5.Bb3 Bd6 6.Nc3 dxe4 7.Ng5 O-O 8.Ngxe4 Nxe4
9.Nxe4 Bf5 10.Qf3 Bxe4 11.dxe4 Nd7 12.O-O Nc5 13.Be3 Nxb3 14.axb3 Qc7 15.Rfd1 a6
16.Bb6 Qxb6 17.Rxd6 Rad8 18.Qd3 Rxd6 19.Qxd6 Rd8 20.Qxe5 Qd4 21.Qxd4 Rxd4
22.Re1 Rd2 23.Rc1 Re2 24.Kf1 Rxe4 25.Rd1 Kf8 26.Rd7 Re7 27.Rd8+ Re8 28.Rd7 Re7
29.Rd8+ Re8  1/2-1/2

[Event "13th Karpov GM"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bologan,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 b5 5.cxb5 a6 6.bxa6 d6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.Bg2 O-O
9.O-O Nbd7 10.Nc3 Nb6 11.Ne1 Bxa6 12.Nc2 Ne8 13.Ne3 Nc7 14.Bd2 Nb5 15.Rc1 Nd4
16.b3 Qd7 17.Re1 Rfb8 18.h4 Bb7 19.Nc4 Qd8 20.g4 Ba6 21.Na5 Bc8 22.Nc6 Nxc6
23.dxc6 Bxg4 24.a4 Qc8 25.Nb5 Bh3 26.Bf3 Bg4 27.Bg2 Bh3 28.Bf3 Bg4 29.c7 Rb7
30.Bg5 Bf8 31.e4 Bd7 32.e5 Bxb5 33.Bxe7 d5 34.Bxf8 Qxf8 35.Bxd5 Nxd5 36.Qxd5 Rxc7
37.axb5 Rb8 38.Qc4 Rcb7 39.e6 Qe7 40.Rcd1 Kg7 41.Rd5 Rc7 42.Ree5 Rbb7 43.exf7 Qf6
44.f8=Q+ Kxf8 45.Rxc5 Rf7 46.Qd4 Rbd7 47.Rcd5 Rc7 48.Rd8+ Kg7 49.Red5 Rc1+
50.Kg2 Qxd4 51.Rxd4 Rb1 52.Rd3 Kh6 53.b6 Rb2 54.Kg3 Rb7 55.R8d6 Ra2 56.R3d4 Ra5
57.Rb4 Rf5 58.Rc6 Rff7 59.f3 Rb8 60.h5 Rbf8 61.f4 Rb8 62.hxg6 hxg6 63.Kg4 Rbb7
64.Rb5 Kh7 65.Rbc5 Rg7 66.Kg5 Rb8 67.Rd5 Kh8 68.Rdd6 Ra8  1-0

[Event "13th Karpov GM"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Short,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 b6
9.Ne5 Ra7 10.Qxc4 Bb7 11.Bxb7 Rxb7 12.Nc3 c5 13.Rd1 cxd4 14.Be3 b5 15.axb5 axb5
16.Qxd4 Qxd4 17.Bxd4 b4 18.Na4 Nfd7 19.Rac1 f6 20.Nc6 Nxc6 21.Rxc6 e5 22.Be3 b3
23.Nc3 Kf7 24.Nd5 Rd8 25.Kg2 Nb8 26.Rb6 Rdd7 27.Nxf6 Rxb6 28.Nxd7 Rb5 29.Nxb8 Rxb8
30.Rc1 Bf6 31.Bd2 e4 32.Rc7+ Ke6 33.Bc3 Rd8 34.Rc6+ Kf7 35.e3 Rd3 36.Bxf6 gxf6
37.Rb6 h5 38.Kf1 Kg6 39.Ke2 Kg5 40.f3 Rd5 41.fxe4 Rc5 42.Kf3 h4 43.gxh4+ Kxh4
44.Rxb3  1-0

[Event "13th Karpov GM"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jakovenko,D"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Ne5 Ke7 10.Be2 Nbd7 11.Nc4 a5 12.Nc3 b6 13.Na4 Ba6 14.Nxc5 bxc5 15.b3 Rhb8
16.Bb2 a4 17.Rfc1 Ne8 18.Rab1 axb3 19.axb3 f6 20.Rd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "13th Karpov GM"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Onischuk,Al"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 b4
9.d3 d6 10.Nbd2 Na5 11.Ba2 Be6 12.Bxe6 fxe6 13.c3 bxc3 14.bxc3 Nd7 15.Nb3 Nxb3
16.Qxb3 Nc5 17.Qc2 Qe8 18.d4 Nd7 19.Qd3 exd4 20.cxd4 c5 21.Ba3 cxd4 22.Nxd4 Qf7
23.Re2 Rfc8 24.Rc2 Bf6 25.Rxc8+ Rxc8 26.Bxd6 Nc5 27.Bxc5 Rxc5 28.Rd1 Qd7
29.g3 Ra5 30.Qb3 Rxa4 31.Nxe6 Qxd1+ 32.Qxd1 Ra1 33.Qxa1 Bxa1 34.Kf1 a5 35.Ke2 a4
36.Kd3 a3 37.Kc2 a2 38.Kb3 Bd4 39.Kxa2 Bxf2 40.Kb3 Kf7 41.Ng5+ Kg6 42.Nf3 Kh5
43.Kc4 Kg4 44.e5 Bb6 45.Nd4 Kh3 46.Nc6 Be3 47.Nd4 Bc1 48.Kb3 Bg5 49.Ne6 Be7
50.Nxg7 Kxh2 51.Nf5 Bd8 52.g4 Kg2 53.Kc4 Kf3 54.Nh6 Ke4 55.e6 Ke5 56.Nf7+ Kxe6
57.Nxd8+ Kf6 58.Kd5 Kg5 59.Ne6+ Kxg4 60.Ng7 h5 61.Nxh5 Kxh5  1/2-1/2

[Event "13th Karpov GM"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Motylev,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "C69"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Ne7 6.Nxe5 Qd4 7.Qh5 g6 8.Qg5 Bg7
9.Nd3 f5 10.e5 c5 11.b3 b6 12.Bb2 Qg4 13.Qe3 Nd5 14.Qe1 Bb7 15.f3 Qg5 16.Nc3 O-O-O
17.Nxd5 Bxd5 18.Qe2 f4 19.b4 c4 20.Nf2 Rhe8 21.Rfe1 Qe7 22.a3 Bf6 23.d3 cxd3
24.Nxd3 Bh4 25.Nxf4 Bxe1 26.Rxe1 Bb7 27.e6 Qh4 28.g3 Qe7 29.h4 g5 30.hxg5 Qxg5
31.Kf2 Rg8 32.Rg1 Bc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "13th Karpov GM"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Rublevsky,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 a6 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 c5 8.O-O b5
9.Be2 Bb7 10.dxc5 Qxd1 11.Rxd1 Bxc5 12.Nd2 Nc6 13.Nde4 Be7 14.Nd6+ Bxd6 15.Rxd6 Ke7
16.Rd1 Rhd8 17.Bd2 Ne5 18.Be1 Rac8 19.Kf1 Rxd1 20.Rxd1 Nc4 21.b3 Nb6 22.Bd3 b4
23.Ne2 a5 24.f3 Nfd7 25.e4 Nc5 26.Bb5 Ba6 27.Bxa6 Nxa6 28.Bg3 Nd7 29.Bd6+ Ke8
30.Rc1 Rxc1+ 31.Nxc1 Ndc5 32.Ke2 Nb7 33.Bg3 Kd7 34.Kd3 f6 35.Kc4 Kc6 36.e5 f5
37.Ne2 Nc7 38.Nd4+ Kd7 39.Bf4 Nd8 40.Kc5 Nb7+ 41.Kb6 Nd5+ 42.Kxb7 Nxf4 43.g3 Nd3
44.f4 g5 45.Ne2 a4 46.Kb6 axb3 47.axb3 gxf4 48.gxf4 h5 49.Kb5 h4 50.Kc4 Nf2
51.Ng1 h3 52.Nf3 Kc6 53.Ng5 Kd7 54.Kb5 Ke7 55.Kc6 Nd3 56.Nxh3 Nc1 57.Kc5 Nxb3+
58.Kxb4 Nd4 59.Nf2 Nf3 60.h3 Nh4 61.Nd3 Ng6 62.Kc5 Nh4 63.Ne1 Kd7 64.Kb6 Ng6
65.Ng2 Ne7 66.h4 Nd5+ 67.Kc5 Ke7 68.h5 Kf7 69.h6 Nc3 70.h7 Kg7 71.Kd6 Kxh7
72.Kxe6 Kg6 73.Ne3 Ne2 74.Nd5 Nd4+ 75.Ke7 Nc6+ 76.Kd7 Nb8+ 77.Kd6  1-0

[Event "28th European Club Cup"]
[Site "Eilat ISR"]
[Date "2012.10.12"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Popilski,G"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "B93"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 e5 7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.Qe2 b5
9.a4 b4 10.Nd5 Bb7 11.Bd2 Nc5 12.Bxb4 Ncxe4 13.Nxf6+ gxf6 14.g3 d5 15.Bxf8 Kxf8
16.fxe5 fxe5 17.Nxe5 Qc7 18.Ng4 h5 19.Ne3 d4 20.O-O-O dxe3 21.Qxe3 Re8 22.Qd4 Rh6
23.Bc4 Rd6 24.Qh8+ Ke7 25.Qe5+ Kd8 26.Qf4 Qxc4 27.Rxd6+ Nxd6 28.Qxd6+ Kc8
29.b3 Qc3 30.Rd1 Qa1+ 31.Kd2 Qb2 32.Qc5+ Kb8  0-1

[Event "28th European Club Cup"]
[Site "Eilat ISR"]
[Date "2012.10.13"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[ECO "C43"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Nd7 6.Nxd7 Bxd7 7.Nc3 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Bd6
9.Qh5 Qe7+ 10.Be3 c6 11.O-O g6 12.Qh6 O-O-O 13.c4 dxc4 14.Bxc4 f6 15.Bb3 Qf8
16.Qh4 g5 17.Qh5 Qe8 18.Qd1 h5 19.Qd3 h4 20.f4 g4 21.Rae1 Kb8 22.f5 Qh5 23.Qe4 g3
24.Bf4 Bxf4 25.Qxf4+ Ka8 26.h3 Qh6 27.Be6 Bc8 28.c4 Qf8 29.Qe3 Qd6 30.d5 cxd5
31.cxd5 b6 32.Qd4 Ba6 33.Rf4 Qc5 34.Qxc5 bxc5 35.Rc1 c4 36.Kf1 Kb7 37.Ke2 Kb6
38.Kd2 Kc5 39.Kc3 Rb8 40.Rg4 Rh7 41.d6 Kxd6 42.Rd4+ Kc7 43.Bxc4 Bxc4 44.Rxc4+ Kd8
45.Rd1+ Ke8 46.Rd6 Rb1 47.Rc8+ Ke7 48.Re6+ Kd7 49.Ra8 Rb7 50.Ra6 Rh5 51.Rxf6 Ke7
52.Rff8 Rh6 53.Rae8+ Kd7 54.Re2 Rc6+ 55.Kd3 Rd6+ 56.Ke4 Rb4+ 57.Ke5 Ke7 58.Rh8 Ra6
59.Rh7+ Kf8 60.Rc2  1-0

[Event "28th European Club Cup"]
[Site "Eilat ISR"]
[Date "2012.10.14"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Karttunen,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "A80"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 c6 7.d5 Na6 8.Nc3 Nc5
9.Be3 Nce4 10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.Qc2 Qc7 12.Rac1 c5 13.Ne1 d6 14.Nd3 Qa5 15.a3 b5
16.cxb5 Qxb5 17.b4 cxb4 18.Nxb4 Nc3 19.Rfe1 Bb7 20.Qd2 Ne4 21.Qd3 Qxd3 22.exd3 Nc3
23.Bd2 a5 24.Nc6 Na4 25.Rxe7 Ba6 26.d4 Bb5 27.Rb1 Bd3 28.Rbb7 Bf6 29.Re6 Ba6
30.Rc7 Rf7 31.Bxa5 Bb5 32.Rxd6 Bxc6 33.dxc6 Rxa5 34.Rxf7 Kxf7 35.c7 Ke7 36.Rxf6 Kd7
37.Rc6 Kc8 38.Bf1  1-0

[Event "28th European Club Cup"]
[Site "Eilat ISR"]
[Date "2012.10.15"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bb4 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O Bxc3 7.bxc3 Re8 8.Ne1 d5
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Qc2 Bg4 11.f3 Be6 12.e4 Nb6 13.d3 Qd7 14.f4 f5 15.g4 fxe4
16.f5 Bf7 17.Bxe4 Nd5 18.g5 g6 19.Ng2 Nce7 20.f6 Nf5 21.Rb1 c5 22.Rf2 Nd6
23.Bf3 c4 24.dxc4 Nxc4 25.Qd3 e4 26.Bxe4 Ne5 27.Qg3 Rac8 28.Bd2 Qg4 29.Qxg4 Nxg4
30.Re2 Nxc3 31.Bxc3 Rxc3 32.Rxb7 h6 33.h3 Rxh3 34.Bd5 Rxe2 35.Bxf7+ Kf8 36.Bxg6 Re8
37.Rf7+ Kg8 38.Rg7+ Kh8 39.Rh7+  1-0

[Event "28th European Club Cup"]
[Site "Eilat ISR"]
[Date "2012.10.16"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Jakovenko,D"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.Nc3 b5 8.Be2 Nbd7
9.d5 exd5 10.Nxd5 Bb7 11.Nxf6+ Nxf6 12.Qxd8+ Rxd8 13.a4 b4 14.Nd2 Bd6 15.f3 Nd5
16.Nc4 Bc7 17.e4 Nf4 18.Bxf4 Bxf4 19.e5 Bd5 20.Rfe1 Ke7 21.a5 Be6 22.Rad1 b3
23.g3 Rxd1 24.Rxd1 Bxc4 25.Bxc4 Bxe5 26.Rd3 Rb8 27.Rxb3 Rxb3 28.Bxb3 Bxb2
29.Bc4 Bc3 30.Bxa6 Bxa5 31.Bc4 g5 32.Kf2 f5 33.Bd3 Kf6 34.g4 fxg4 35.Bxh7 gxf3
36.Kxf3 c4 37.h3 c3 38.Kg4 Bb6 39.h4 gxh4 40.Kxh4 c2 41.Bxc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "28th European Club Cup"]
[Site "Eilat ISR"]
[Date "2012.10.17"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Radjabov,T"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "A36"]

1.c4 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 c5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.e3 e5 6.Nge2 Nge7 7.a3 d6 8.d3 a5 9.Nb5 O-O
10.Nec3 f5 11.Bd2 Kh8 12.Rb1 Be6 13.Nd5 Bg8 14.O-O Nxd5 15.cxd5 Na7 16.Qb3 Qd7
17.Nxa7 Rxa7 18.a4 Bf7 19.Bc3 Be8 20.Ra1 b5 21.axb5 Qxb5 22.Qc2 a4 23.f4 Re7
24.e4 Bd7 25.Rf2 Rfe8 26.Raf1 exf4 27.gxf4 Qb3 28.Qxb3 axb3 29.Rc1 Bb5 30.Bxg7+ Kxg7
31.Rc3 fxe4 32.dxe4 c4 33.Kf1 Bd7 34.Ke1 Bf5 35.Re2 Bxe4 36.Rce3 c3 37.Rxe4 Rxe4  0-1

[Event "TCh-ESP CECLUB Div Honor 2012"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2012.11.05"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Iturrizaga,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "B27"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Qa4 d6 7.e5 dxe5 8.Nxe5 Bd7
9.Nxd7 Qxd7 10.Be3 Bg7 11.Rd1 Qf5 12.Bd3 Qe5 13.O-O O-O 14.Rfe1 Rfd8 15.a3 e6
16.h3 Rd7 17.Bf1 Qc7 18.Bf4 Qb6 19.Qb5 Qxb5 20.Bxb5 Rad8 21.Rxd7 Rxd7 22.Na4 Bf8
23.c4 a6 24.Bxc6 bxc6 25.Be3 Rd3 26.Kf1 Nd7 27.Ke2 Rb3 28.Rd1 Rb7 29.b4 Be7
30.f4 Kf8 31.Nb2 Ke8 32.Nd3 f6 33.g4 Rb8 34.Rb1 a5 35.Kd2 axb4 36.axb4 e5
37.fxe5 Nxe5 38.c5 Nc4+ 39.Ke2 Ra8 40.Bf4 Ra2+ 41.Kf3 Ra3 42.Ke2 Ra2+ 43.Kf3 Ra3
44.Ke4  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-ESP CECLUB Div Honor 2012"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2012.11.06"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Marin,Mi"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.d4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.e4 d6 4.c3 Nf6 5.Bd3 O-O 6.O-O Nc6 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 e5
9.Na3 Bg4 10.Nc2 Qe8 11.Re1 exd4 12.cxd4 Nd7 13.Rc1 Rc8 14.Bb5 Bxf3 15.gxf3 a6
16.Bf1 Nd8 17.f4 c5 18.d5 Bxb2 19.Rb1 Bg7 20.Bh3 f6 21.a4 Rc7 22.Bg3 Qe7
23.Ne3 c4 24.Be6+ Kh8 25.f5 g5 26.Qe2 c3 27.Rec1 Nf7 28.Nc4 Nfe5 29.Rxc3 Nc5
30.a5 Na4 31.Bxe5 fxe5 32.Rc2 Rd8 33.Rbc1 Nc5 34.Qe3 Bf8 35.Nb6 Qe8 36.Qe2 Rg7
37.Rb1 g4 38.f6 Rg6 39.Bf5 Rg5 40.Kh1 Qf7 41.Bxg4 Qxf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-ESP CECLUB Div Honor 2012"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2012.11.07"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Alsina Leal,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d3 Bg4 6.h3 Bh5 7.Nc3 Nd7 8.g4 Bg6
9.Bf4 h5 10.Rg1 hxg4 11.hxg4 Qb6 12.Qd2 e6 13.O-O-O O-O-O 14.Qe3 Be7 15.Bg3 Bf6
16.e5 Be7 17.Nd2 Qa6 18.Nc4 Nb6 19.Nd6+ Bxd6 20.exd6 Nd7 21.Rh1 Rde8 22.a3 Qa5
23.Ne4 f6 24.f4 e5 25.Rxh8 Rxh8 26.fxe5 fxe5 27.Nd2 Qd8 28.Nf3 Qf6 29.Nxe5 Re8
30.Re1 Qe6 31.Qg5 Nxe5 32.Rxe5 Qf6 33.Rxe8+ Bxe8 34.Qxc5 Qf1+ 35.Kd2 Qg2+
36.Kc3 Qf3 37.Qxa7 Qxg3 38.Qa8+ Kd7 39.Qxb7+ Ke6 40.Qe7+ Kd5 41.Qxe8  1-0

[Event "TCh-ESP CECLUB Div Honor 2012"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2012.11.08"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Harikrishna,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[ECO "C90"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.a4 b4 10.d3 Rb8 11.Nbd2 Na5 12.Ba2 Be6 13.Bxe6 fxe6 14.d4 bxc3 15.bxc3 exd4
16.cxd4 d5 17.exd5 exd5 18.Qe2 Bb4 19.Qxa6 Re8 20.Rxe8+ Qxe8 21.Qd3 Bd6 22.g3 c5
23.dxc5 Bxc5 24.Ba3 Qxa4 25.Bb2 Qb5 26.Qf5 Qd7 27.Qxd7 Nxd7 28.Bxg7 Nb3 29.Nxb3 Rxb3
30.Nd2 Rd3 31.Bh6 Ne5 32.Rc1 Bd4 33.Kf1 Ng4 34.Ke2 Ra3 35.Rc8+ Kf7 36.Rf8+ Ke6
37.Bg5 h6 38.Bf4 Nxf2 39.Bxh6 Ng4 40.Rf4 Re3+ 41.Kd1 Nxh2 42.Rxd4 Rxg3 43.Rf4 Ng4
44.Bf8 Ne5 45.Rf2 d4 46.Ne4 Rg1+ 47.Kc2 Kd5 48.Nd2 Rc1+ 49.Kxc1 Nd3+ 50.Kc2 Nxf2
51.Bg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-ESP CECLUB Div Honor 2012"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2012.11.09"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.h3 Ke8 10.Nc3 h5 11.Ne2 b6 12.Rd1 Ba6 13.Nf4 Rd8 14.Bd2 Nd4 15.Nxd4 Rxd4
16.a4 Bc8 17.a5 a6 18.Be3 Rxd1+ 19.Rxd1 b5 20.Nd3 Be7 21.Bc5 Bd8 22.Nb4 Rh6
23.f4 f5 24.c3 Bh4 25.Rd3 Rg6 26.Kh2 Bb7 27.Nc2 Bc8 28.g3 Bd8 29.h4 Be6 30.Nb4 Bc8
31.Rd2 Bb7 32.Rd1 Bc8 33.Rh1 Bb7 34.Kg2 Be7 35.Nd3 Bd8 36.Kf2 Rh6 37.Re1 Bc8
38.Nb4 Kf7 39.Rd1 Ke8 40.Re1 Kf7 41.Re3 Rg6 42.Ke2 Rh6 43.Kd2 Rg6 44.b3 Rh6
45.c4 Rg6 46.Kc3 Rh6 47.Nc2 Re6 48.Nd4 Re8 49.Rd3 bxc4 50.bxc4 Bd7 51.Re3 Be7
52.Bxe7 Kxe7 53.e6 Bc8 54.Kb4 Kf6 55.Kc5 Bb7 56.Nxc6 g6 57.e7 Ba8 58.Re5 Bb7
59.Nd8 Bg2 60.Nc6 Kf7 61.Nb4 Rxe7 62.Rxe7+ Kxe7 63.Nxa6 Kd8 64.Nb4 Ba8 65.Nc6+ Kc8
66.a6  1-0

[Event "TCh-ESP CECLUB Div Honor 2012"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2012.11.10"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Cheparinov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "B91"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Bg2 O-O
9.O-O Be6 10.Re1 Nbd7 11.a4 Nb6 12.Nd2 Rc8 13.Nf1 d5 14.exd5 Nbxd5 15.Nxd5 Nxd5
16.c3 Bc5 17.Ne3 Bxe3 18.Bxe3 f6 19.a5 Nxe3 20.Rxe3 Qc7 21.Rd3 Rfd8 22.Be4 g6
23.Bd5 Bxd5 24.Rxd5 Kg7 25.Ra4 Rxd5 26.Qxd5 Rd8 27.Rc4 Qe7 28.Qc5 Qe6 29.Kg2 Rd7
30.Rb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-ESP CECLUB Div Honor 2012"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2012.11.11"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Mchedlishvili,M"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "D79"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c6 4.Bg2 d5 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Ne5 Ng4
9.Nxg4 Bxg4 10.Nc3 Nc6 11.h3 Bd7 12.e3 e6 13.b3 Qe7 14.Bb2 Rfc8 15.Qd2 Qb4
16.Rfd1 h5 17.Rac1 Ne7 18.Nb1 Qxd2 19.Nxd2 Bb5 20.Nb1 Rxc1 21.Rxc1 Rc8 22.Rxc8+ Nxc8
23.Ba3 Bf8 24.Bxf8 Kxf8 25.Nc3 Nd6 26.f3 Ke7 27.Kf2 b6 28.f4 f5 29.Bf3 Bd3
30.Ke1 Nb5 31.Nxb5 Bxb5 32.Kd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2012.11.22"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "B91"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 g6 7.Bg2 Bg7 8.O-O O-O
9.Re1 Bg4 10.Nde2 Nc6 11.h3 Bd7 12.a4 Rc8 13.Be3 Ne5 14.Bd4 Nc6 15.Be3 Ne5
16.b3 Qa5 17.Rb1 b5 18.axb5 Bxb5 19.Ra1 Qc7 20.Nxb5 axb5 21.Nd4 Nfd7 22.Nxb5 Qxc2
23.Qxc2 Rxc2 24.Rec1 Rxc1+ 25.Rxc1 Rb8 26.Bf1 Nc5 27.Bxc5 dxc5 28.Kg2 Nd7
29.Rd1 Nb6 30.Rc1 Nd7 31.Rd1 Nb6 32.Rc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2012.11.23"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "C84"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 Rb8
9.axb5 axb5 10.Nc3 d6 11.Nd5 Nxd5 12.exd5 Nd4 13.Nxd4 exd4 14.Bd2 Bd7 15.Ra7 Ra8
16.Qa1 Qb8 17.Rxa8 Qxa8 18.Qa5 Qxa5 19.Bxa5 Rc8 20.Ra1 Ra8 21.Ra3 Ra7 22.Bd2 Rxa3
23.bxa3 Kf8 24.Ba5 Bd8 25.Kf1 Ke7 26.Ke2 f6 27.f3 c5 28.dxc6 Bxa5 29.cxd7 Kxd7
30.a4 bxa4 31.Bxa4+ Ke6 32.Bb3+ Ke5 33.g3 g5 34.Bf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2012.11.24"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Be3 O-O
9.Qf3 b5 10.a3 Bb7 11.Bd3 Nbd7 12.O-O Rc8 13.Rfd1 Nb6 14.Nd2 Nfd7 15.Qg3 Nc5
16.Bh6 Ne6 17.Be3 Nc5 18.Bh6 Ne6 19.Be3  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2012.11.25"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nb3 Bb6 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Qe2 O-O 8.Bg5 Nd4
9.Qd2 Nxb3 10.axb3 Re8 11.f3 h6 12.Bf4 d5 13.O-O-O d4 14.Kb1 Be6 15.Nb5 Qe7
16.g4 Rad8 17.h4 c6 18.Na3 Bc7 19.Nc4 Bxf4 20.Qxf4 Qc5 21.g5 Nh5 22.Qh2 Bxc4
23.Bxc4 b5 24.Bd3 Qe5 25.Rdg1 Qxh2 26.Rxh2 g6 27.Rg4 Ng7 28.gxh6 Nh5 29.f4 Kh7
30.e5 Kxh6 31.b4 Kg7 32.Rf2 Kf8 33.f5 gxf5 34.Rg5 Ng7 35.h5 Re6 36.Rfg2 Ne8
37.Rxf5 Rd7 38.Rf1 Rh6 39.e6 Re7 40.exf7 Nf6 41.Rg6 Rxg6 42.hxg6 Nh5 43.Rh1 Re5
44.Be2  1-0

[Event "FIDE GP Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2012.11.27"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[ECO "C07"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd7 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.Bd3 Bd6
9.Qe2 Qc7 10.Nf3 dxe4 11.Qxe4 Nf6 12.Qh4 h6 13.O-O c5 14.Nd2 Nd5 15.Nc4 Bf4
16.Re1 Rb8 17.Be4 Bxc1 18.Raxc1 Nb6 19.Ne3 O-O 20.b3 f5 21.Bd3 e5 22.f3 Rbe8
23.Rcd1 Kh8 24.c3 Rf6 25.Bc2 Be6 26.Rd2 a5 27.c4 Nc8 28.Bxf5 Rxf5 29.Nxf5 Bxf5
30.Qh5 Rf8 31.Rd5 Kh7 32.Rdxe5 Bg6 33.Qh4 Rd8 34.Qg3 Bf7 35.Qf4 Bg6 36.h4 Rd4
37.Qf8 Qd7 38.h5 Bf7 39.Qxc5 a4 40.Re7 Nxe7 41.Rxe7 Rd1+ 42.Kh2  1-0

[Event "FIDE GP Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2012.11.28"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Caruana,F"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.Nc3 Qf6 7.Qf3 Bd4 8.Bd2 Qxf3
9.gxf3 Rb8 10.Na4 Ne7 11.Ba5 Bb6 12.Bc3 f6 13.h4 d5 14.h5 Kf7 15.b4 Be6 16.Bd3 a5
17.a3 axb4 18.axb4 Rhd8 19.Ke2 Ra8 20.Nxb6 cxb6 21.Rxa8 Rxa8 22.Bd4 c5 23.bxc5 Nc6
24.c3 dxe4 25.fxe4 bxc5 26.Bxc5 Ne5 27.Bb1 Rb8 28.Bd4 Rb2+ 29.Ke3 Bc4 30.Kf4 g5+
31.hxg6+ hxg6 32.Kg3 g5 33.Rc1 Nd3 34.Bxd3 Bxd3 35.f3 Rb1 36.Rxb1 Bxb1 37.c4 f5
38.exf5 Bxf5 39.f4 gxf4+ 40.Kxf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2012.11.29"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.Re1 Nd4 6.Nxd4 cxd4 7.c3 a6 8.Bf1 Nc6
9.Na3 Bc5 10.b4 Ba7 11.Rb1 O-O 12.b5 axb5 13.Nxb5 Bc5 14.Bb2 dxc3 15.Bxc3 d5
16.exd5 exd5 17.d4 Be7 18.Qc2 Bf6 19.Bd3 g6 20.f4 Bd7 21.f5 Na7 22.fxg6 hxg6
23.Nd6 Ba4 24.Qxa4 Qxd6 25.Bb4 Bxd4+ 26.Kh1 Bc5 27.Bxc5 Qxc5 28.Qg4 Qc3 29.Bxg6 fxg6
30.Qxg6+ Qg7 31.Qe6+ Qf7 32.Qg4+ Qg7 33.Qe6+ Qf7 34.Qg4+ Qg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2012.11.30"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bxc4 Nb6 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Be3 Nb4 8.Be4 f5
9.exf6 exf6 10.Nc3 f5 11.Bb1 N4d5 12.Nf3 Nxe3 13.fxe3 Bd6 14.O-O O-O 15.e4 c6
16.Qb3+ Kh8 17.e5 Be7 18.a4 Nd5 19.Ba2 Rb8 20.a5 Ne3 21.Ne2 f4 22.Rf2 Ng4
23.Rff1 Ne3 24.Rf2 Ng4 25.Rff1 Ne3  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2012.12.02"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Kamsky,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[ECO "B04"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 dxe5 5.Nxe5 c6 6.Be2 Bf5 7.O-O Nd7 8.Nf3 e6
9.c4 N5f6 10.Bf4 Qb6 11.Qc1 Be7 12.Nc3 O-O 13.a3 Ne4 14.b4 Nxc3 15.Qxc3 Nf6
16.Qb2 Bg4 17.h3 Bxf3 18.Bxf3 a6 19.Be3 Qc7 20.a4 Ne8 21.Rac1 Nd6 22.g4 Bf6
23.Bg2 g6 24.f4 Rad8 25.Rfd1 Rfe8 26.Qf2 Qe7 27.Qf3 Rd7 28.Bf2 Bh4 29.Be3 Bf6
30.Bf2 Qd8 31.Rd2 Nc8 32.Rcd1 Ne7 33.Qb3 Qc7 34.Bg3 Qb6 35.Bf2 Qc7 36.Bg3 Qb6
37.Bf2 Qc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2012.12.03"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nge2 Nf6 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 g6 6.d3 Bg7 7.h3 O-O 8.O-O Rb8
9.f4 Nd7 10.a4 a6 11.f5 b5 12.axb5 axb5 13.g4 b4 14.Nd5 e6 15.Ne3 Nd4 16.Nf4 Nb6
17.Bd2 Nb5 18.Ra2 Re8 19.Qf3 d5 20.exd5 exf5 21.gxf5 Nd4 22.Qf2 Nxf5 23.Nxf5 Bxf5
24.c3 bxc3 25.bxc3 Nd7 26.Nh5 Be5 27.d4 cxd4 28.cxd4 Bd6 29.Ra7 Nb6 30.Bh6 Bf8
31.Bf4 Rc8 32.Qg3 Be7 33.Rxe7 Qxe7 34.Bg5 Qe2 35.Nf6+ Kg7 36.Nxe8+ Rxe8 37.Rxf5  1-0

[Event "FIDE GP Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2012.12.04"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c4 b4 12.Nc2 O-O 13.g3 Be6 14.Bg2 Bg5 15.O-O Qb8
16.b3 a5 17.f4 Bd8 18.Kh1 Ra7 19.Qh5 f6 20.Rad1 Ne7 21.Nce3 Bb6 22.Nxb6 Qxb6
23.Rd3 Qc5 24.Qd1 Rd8 25.f5 Bf7 26.g4 a4 27.g5 axb3 28.axb3 Kf8 29.Qg4 Rda8
30.gxf6 gxf6 31.Qh4 Ng8 32.Ng4 Ke7 33.Qxh7 Ra1 34.Ne3 Kf8 35.Qh4 R8a2 36.Qg3 Qc6
37.h3 Rxf1+ 38.Nxf1 Ra1 39.Kh2 Ra2 40.Qe1 Bh5 41.Ng3 Be8 42.Qxb4 Qc5 43.Qe1 Bc6
44.Nf1 Nh6 45.Qh4 Nf7 46.Qe1 Ke7 47.h4 Nh6 48.Rd2 Qa5 49.Kh3 Ra3 50.Qg3 Nf7
51.Rd3 Qa8 52.Ne3 Qh8 53.c5 Ra2 54.cxd6+ Nxd6 55.Nd5+ Bxd5 56.Rxd5 Qc8 57.b4 Rc2
58.Kh2 Qc4 59.Rc5 Qe2 60.Qg8 Nf7 61.Rxc2 Qxc2 62.Qb8 Qd2 63.Qa7+ Kf8 64.Qc5+ Kg7
65.b5 Nh6 66.Qe7+ Nf7 67.Qa3 Nd6 68.b6 Nxe4 69.Qf3 Nd6 70.b7 Qb4 71.Qh5 Nf7
72.Bd5 Nh8 73.Kh3 Qb1 74.Qg4+ Kh6 75.Qf3 Qb6 76.Qb3 Qf2 77.b8=Q Qxf5+ 78.Kh2  1-0

[Event "TCh-CZE Extraliga 2012-13"]
[Site "Czech Republic CZE"]
[Date "2013.03.23"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Mista,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.O-O Bd7 5.Re1 a6 6.Bxc6 Bxc6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Rc8
9.Nc3 Nf6 10.Bg5 e6 11.Nd5 h6 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.Qf3 Bg7 14.Nf4 Qa5 15.Nh5 Kf8
16.Rad1 Qe5 17.Qh3 Rg8 18.c3 Bh8 19.Re3 Bd7 20.Nf3 Qc5 21.Qh4 Ke7 22.Red3 Bc6
23.Rxd6 Rg5 24.Nxg5 fxg5 25.Qg4 Qxd6 26.Rxd6 Kxd6 27.h4 Rg8 28.Qg3+ Kd7 29.e5 Rg6
30.Qd3+ Ke8 31.Qd6 gxh4 32.f3 Bxf3 33.Nf6+  1-0

[Event "TCh-CZE Extraliga 2012-13"]
[Site "Czech Republic CZE"]
[Date "2013.03.24"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Miton,K"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7
9.Qxc4 Bc6 10.Bg5 Nbd7 11.Nc3 h6 12.Bxf6 Nxf6 13.Rfe1 Bd5 14.Qd3 Bxf3 15.Bxf3 c6
16.Qc4 Qa5 17.Reb1 Nd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Renova FIDE GP Zug"]
[Site "Zug SUI"]
[Date "2013.04.18"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Bf4 Nf6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Qc2 c5 7.dxc5 Na6 8.e3 Nxc5
9.Be2 dxc4 10.Bxc4 a6 11.Rd1 Qa5 12.Ne5 Nce4 13.O-O Nxc3 14.bxc3 Qc5 15.Be2 Nd5
16.c4 Nxf4 17.exf4 b6 18.Qb3 Bd6 19.Bf3 Ra7 20.Rfe1 Rc7 21.g3 Bxe5 22.Rxe5 Qxc4
23.Qxb6 Rd7 24.Qb2 Rxd1+ 25.Bxd1 Rd8 26.Bf3 h6 27.Re1 Qb5 28.Rb1 Bd7 29.Be2 Qxb2
30.Rxb2 a5 31.f3 Bc6 32.Kf2 Bd5 33.a4 Kf8 34.Rb5 Ra8 35.Rc5 g5 36.fxg5 hxg5
37.f4 gxf4 38.gxf4 Kg7 39.h4 Bb3 40.Bb5 Rh8 41.Kg3 Kf6 42.Be2 Bxa4 43.Rxa5 Bc2
44.Bf3 Rg8+ 45.Kf2 Bf5 46.Ra8 Rxa8 47.Bxa8 Kg7 48.Kg3 f6 49.Bh1 e5 50.fxe5 fxe5
51.h5 Kh6 52.Bf3 Kg5 53.Kf2 Kf4 54.Bg2 Bh7 55.Bf3 Bb1 56.Bg2 Bc2 57.Bf3 Bd3
58.Bg2 Bf5 59.Bf3 Bh7 60.Bg2 Bb1 61.Bf3 Bh7 62.Bg2 Kg4 63.Bf3+ Kf4 64.Bg2 e4
65.Bf1 Bf5 66.Be2 e3+ 67.Ke1 Kg5 68.Bf3 Bd3 69.Be2 Bxe2 70.Kxe2 Kxh5 71.Kxe3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Renova FIDE GP Zug"]
[Site "Zug SUI"]
[Date "2013.04.19"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Caruana,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.c3 d6 8.d4 Bb6
9.Be3 O-O 10.Nbd2 Re8 11.Re1 Na5 12.Bc2 c5 13.h3 Nc6 14.dxc5 dxc5 15.a4 Rb8
16.axb5 axb5 17.c4 Nb4 18.cxb5 Bd7 19.Nc4 Bxb5 20.Nfd2 Bc7 21.Ra3 Bxc4 22.Nxc4 Qxd1
23.Bxd1 Nxe4 24.Ra7 Nd6 25.Ba4 Rec8 26.Nxe5 Nb5 27.Bxb5 Rxb5 28.Bd2 Nc2 29.Nc6 Bd6
30.Ne7+ Bxe7 31.Rexe7 Rf8 32.Bc3 Nb4 33.Red7 h6 34.Kf1 Rb6 35.f3 Nc6 36.Rac7 Nb8
37.Rd5 Na6 38.Ra7 Rc6 39.Rdd7 c4 40.Rd4 Rfc8 41.Re7 R6c7 42.Rxc7 Rxc7 43.Ke2 Rc6
44.f4 Kf8 45.f5 g6 46.g4 gxf5 47.gxf5 Nc7 48.Kd2 Ke7 49.Re4+ Kd7 50.Bb4 Rf6
51.Re5 Ne8 52.Ke3 Rb6 53.Rd5+ Kc6 54.Rc5+ Kd7 55.Bc3 Nd6 56.Kf4 Ra6 57.Be5 f6
58.Bxf6 Ra1 59.Bc3 Rf1+ 60.Kg4 Rf2 61.h4 Rf1 62.Rd5 Kc6 63.Ra5 Kb6 64.Re5 Kc6
65.Bb4 h5+ 66.Kxh5 Nxf5 67.Kg5 Nd4 68.Rc5+ Kb6 69.Rxc4 Nf3+ 70.Kh5 Ne5 71.Re4 Nd3
72.Bc3 Kc6 73.Rc4+ Kb5 74.Rd4 Nf4+ 75.Kg4 Ne6 76.Re4 Nc5 77.Re1  1-0

[Event "Renova FIDE GP Zug"]
[Site "Zug SUI"]
[Date "2013.04.20"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nb3 Bb6 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Qe2 d6 8.Be3 Be6
9.O-O-O Qe7 10.g3 O-O-O 11.Bg2 Rhe8 12.Rhe1 Kb8 13.h3 Bxb3 14.axb3 Bxe3+
15.Qxe3 Qe5 16.Nd5 Ne7 17.Nxf6 Qxf6 18.f4 Nc8 19.Rd4 Qe7 20.Red1 h6 21.Qf3 c6
22.h4 Nb6 23.Qg4 f6 24.h5 Kc7 25.R4d3 Qd7 26.Qe2 Qf7 27.Qd2 Qxh5 28.Bf3 Qf7
29.Rxd6 Qf8 30.e5 fxe5 31.fxe5 Rxd6 32.exd6+ Kb8 33.Bg4 Qf6 34.c4 Qe5 35.Qf4 Qxf4+
36.gxf4 a5 37.Rg1 g5 38.Bh5 Rd8 39.fxg5 hxg5 40.Rxg5 Nc8 41.c5 b6 42.Bf3 bxc5
43.Rxc5 Nxd6 44.Bxc6 Rc8 45.Rc3 Ka7 46.Ba4 Kb6 47.Kc2 Rxc3+ 48.bxc3 Kc5 49.Kd3 Nf7
50.Ke4 Nd6+ 51.Ke5 Nc4+ 52.bxc4 Kxc4 53.Kd6 Kxc3 54.Kd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Renova FIDE GP Zug"]
[Site "Zug SUI"]
[Date "2013.04.21"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Giri,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.c3 d6 8.d4 Bb6
9.Be3 O-O 10.Nbd2 Re8 11.h3 Na5 12.Bc2 Bb7 13.Qb1 exd4 14.cxd4 Nc4 15.Nxc4 bxc4
16.Nd2 Rb8 17.Nxc4 Bxe4 18.Bxe4 Nxe4 19.Qd3 Qd7 20.Rfc1 Nf6 21.Bd2 Ba7 22.Re1 h6
23.b3 Qb5 24.Rxe8+ Rxe8 25.Re1 Rxe1+ 26.Bxe1 Qd5 27.Bc3 c5 28.Bb2 cxd4 29.Nd2 Qa5
30.Bxd4 Bxd4 31.Qxd4 Qxa2 32.Qxd6 a5 33.Qd8+ Kh7 34.Qd3+ Kg8 35.Qd8+ Kh7
36.Qd3+ Kg8 37.Qd8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Renova FIDE GP Zug"]
[Site "Zug SUI"]
[Date "2013.04.23"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Bxd2+ 5.Qxd2 d5 6.e3 O-O 7.Nc3 Qe7 8.Rc1 Rd8
9.Qc2 dxc4 10.Bxc4 c5 11.O-O cxd4 12.Nxd4 Bd7 13.Bb5 a6 14.Bxd7 Nbxd7 15.Na4 Qf8
16.Qc7 Rab8 17.Nb6 Nxb6 18.Qxb6 Nd5 19.Qb3 Qb4 20.a3 Qb6 21.Rc2 e5 22.Qxb6 Nxb6
23.Nf3 f6 24.Rfc1 Rbc8 25.Rxc8 Rxc8 26.Rxc8+ Nxc8 27.Nd2 Kf7 28.Kf1 Ke6 29.Ke2 Kd5
30.Kd3 Nd6 31.e4+ Kc6 32.Nc4 Nxc4 33.Kxc4 b5+ 34.Kc3 a5 35.b4 a4 36.g4 g5
37.Kd3 Kd6 38.Kc3 Kc6 39.Kd3 Kd6 40.Kc3 Kc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Renova FIDE GP Zug"]
[Site "Zug SUI"]
[Date "2013.04.24"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Kamsky,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "B14"]

1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Bb4 7.Bd3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 O-O
9.O-O b6 10.Bg5 Bxc3 11.bxc3 Nbd7 12.Bd3 Bb7 13.Re1 Qc7 14.c4 Rfe8 15.Bh4 Rad8
16.Qe2 Qf4 17.Qe3 Qg4 18.h3 Qh5 19.Bxf6 Nxf6 20.Ne5 Nd7 21.f4 Nxe5 22.fxe5 Qh4
23.Rad1 Re7 24.Rf1 Kh8 25.Rf4 Qg5 26.Qf2 Red7 27.h4 Qe7 28.Rf1 Rf8 29.d5 f5
30.exf6 Rxf6 31.Re1 Rd6 32.Qe3 Rxf4 33.Qxf4 Bc8 34.h5 Rd8 35.Qe4 g6 36.hxg6 Qf6
37.gxh7 Bd7 38.Rf1 Qg7 39.dxe6 Bxe6 40.Qxe6 Qd4+ 41.Rf2 Rf8 42.Bf5  1-0

[Event "Renova FIDE GP Zug"]
[Site "Zug SUI"]
[Date "2013.04.25"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "E52"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 b6 5.e3 O-O 6.Bd3 d5 7.O-O Ba6 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Bxa6 Nxa6 10.Qa4 Qc8 11.Bd2 Re8 12.a3 Bf8 13.b4 c5 14.bxc5 bxc5 15.Rab1 c4
16.Rb2 Nc7 17.Rfb1 a6 18.Rb6 Re6 19.Rxe6 fxe6 20.Ne5 Nb5 21.Nxb5 axb5 22.Qxb5 Bxa3
23.f3 Bd6 24.Qc6 Qxc6 25.Nxc6 Ra2 26.Bb4 Bc7 27.Be1 Ra6 28.Nb4 Ra3 29.Nc2 Ra2
30.Rc1 Kf7 31.Nb4 Ra3 32.Nc2 Rb3 33.h3 Ke8 34.Kf1 Kd7 35.Ke2 e5 36.Ra1 Rb2
37.Kd1 exd4 38.exd4 Nh5 39.Bd2 Bb6 40.g4 Nf6 41.Ba5 Ne8 42.Bxb6 Rxb6 43.Ne3 Nc7
44.Ra5 Rb5 45.Rxb5 Nxb5 46.Nxd5 Nxd4 47.Nb6+ Ke6 48.Nxc4 Nxf3 49.Ke2 Ng1+
50.Ke3 Nxh3 51.Nd2 Ng5 52.Kf4 h6 53.Nb3 Kf6 54.Nd2 Ne6+ 55.Kg3 Nc5 56.Nc4 Nd3
57.Ne3 g6 58.Nc4 Ke6 59.Ne3 Ke5 60.Nc4+ Kd5 61.Nb6+ Ke4 62.Nd7 Ne5 63.Nf6+ Ke3
64.Ng8 Nf7 65.Ne7 g5 66.Ng8 Ke4 67.Nf6+ Ke5 68.Ng8 Ke4 69.Nf6+ Ke5 70.Ng8 Ke4
71.Nf6+ Ke5 72.Ng8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Renova FIDE GP Zug"]
[Site "Zug SUI"]
[Date "2013.04.26"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bc1 Nf6 8.Be3 Ng4
9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 g5 11.Bg3 Bg7 12.Qd2 Nc6 13.Nb3 f5 14.exf5 Bxf5 15.Bd3 Qd7
16.O-O O-O 17.f4 Bxd3 18.cxd3 gxf4 19.Bxf4 a5 20.h3 a4 21.Nxa4 Rxa4 22.hxg4 Qe6
23.Rae1 Qg6 24.a3 e5 25.Bh2 Rxf1+ 26.Rxf1 Rxg4 27.Rf3 d5 28.Qe2 h5 29.Kh1 h4
30.Bg1 Ne7 31.Nd4 Rg3 32.Nc2 Nf5 33.Bh2 Rg5 34.Rh3 Ng3+ 35.Bxg3 hxg3 36.Qe3 d4
37.Qf3 Rf5 38.Qxg3 Qxg3 39.Rxg3 Rf2 40.Nb4 Rxb2 41.Kh2 Kf7 42.Kh3 Rb3 43.Kg4 Ke6
44.Kf3 Bf6 45.Ke4 Rxa3 46.Nd5 Ra1 47.Nc7+ Kd7 48.Rg6 Rf1 49.Nd5 Ke6 50.Nc7+ Kd7
51.Nd5 Ke6 52.Nc7+ Kf7 53.Rh6 Rf4+ 54.Kd5 e4 55.dxe4 d3 56.Rh1 d2 57.Rd1 Rf2
58.Kc4 Bg5 59.Nb5 Re2 60.Kd3 Re1 61.Kc2 Bf4 62.g3 Bxg3 63.Rxd2 Rxe4 64.Nd6+ Bxd6
65.Rxd6 Ke8 66.Kb3 Re7 67.Kb4 Rd7 68.Rxd7 Kxd7 69.Kb5 Kc7 70.Kc5 b6+ 71.Kb5 Kb7
72.Kb4 Kc6 73.Kc4 b5+ 74.Kb4 Kb6 75.Kb3 Ka5 76.Ka3 b4+ 77.Kb3 Kb5 78.Kb2 Kc4
79.Kc2 b3+ 80.Kb2 Kb4 81.Kb1 Ka3 82.Ka1 b2+ 83.Kb1 Kb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Renova FIDE GP Zug"]
[Site "Zug SUI"]
[Date "2013.04.28"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Radjabov,T"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bxc4 Nb6 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Ne2 Bg4 8.Be3 Qd7
9.Nbc3 O-O-O 10.a4 Nxe5 11.Be4 f5 12.a5 Nbc4 13.Bxb7+ Kxb7 14.Qb3+ Ka8 15.dxe5 Nxe3
16.fxe3 Bxe2 17.Nxe2 Qd5 18.Qxd5+ Rxd5 19.Kf2 g6 20.Rhd1 Rxd1 21.Rxd1 Bg7
22.Rd5 Rb8 23.Nd4 Rxb2+ 24.Kf3 Kb7 25.Ne6 Bh8 26.Rc5 c6 27.Nd8+ Ka6 28.Rxc6+ Kxa5
29.Re6 Ka4 30.Rxe7 a5 31.Re8 Bg7 32.Ne6 Bh6 33.Re7 Rb5 34.Nd4 Bg5 35.Re8 Rc5
36.Ne2 Ka3 37.g3 a4 38.h4 Bh6 39.e6 Re5 40.Nf4 Bxf4 41.Kxf4 Re4+ 42.Kg5 Rxe3
43.Kf6 Rxg3 44.e7 Re3 45.Rb8 Ka2 46.Rb6 Rxe7 47.Kxe7 a3 48.Kf6 Ka1 49.Kg7 a2
50.Kxh7 f4 51.Rb3  1-0

[Event "Renova FIDE GP Zug"]
[Site "Zug SUI"]
[Date "2013.04.29"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.c4 Nb6
9.Nd2 d5 10.exd6 cxd6 11.b3 Bg4 12.f3 Be6 13.Bb2 d5 14.cxd5 Nxd5 15.O-O-O Qg5
16.h4 Qe3 17.Kb1 Be7 18.Rc1 O-O 19.g4 a5 20.Rxc6 Rfd8 21.Ne4 a4 22.Qxe3 Nxe3
23.Bc4 Nxc4 24.bxc4 Rac8 25.Rxc8 Rxc8 26.c5 Bxc5 27.Nxc5 Rxc5 28.Rd1 h6 29.Rd4 Rc4
30.Rxc4 Bxc4 31.g5 Kh7 32.a3 Kg6 33.Kc1 hxg5 34.hxg5 Kxg5 35.Bxg7 Kf4 36.Kb2 Kxf3
37.Be5 f5 38.Bd6 f4 39.Bxf4 Kxf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Renova FIDE GP Zug"]
[Site "Zug SUI"]
[Date "2013.04.30"]
[Round "11.6"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bg5 c5 7.Bxc4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Qa5
9.Bxf6 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 Qxc3+ 11.Kf1 gxf6 12.Bb5+ Ke7 13.Rc1 Qa5 14.e5 fxe5
15.Qh5 Nd7 16.Qg5+ Kf8 17.Rxc8+ Rxc8 18.Bxd7 Qd8 19.Nxe6+ fxe6 20.Qh6+ Kf7
21.Qxe6+ Kf8 22.Qf5+ Ke7 23.Qe6+ Kf8 24.Qf5+ Ke7 25.Qe6+ Kf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Makedonia Palace GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki GRE"]
[Date "2013.05.22"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Caruana,F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[ECO "C84"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.a4 Bd7
9.c3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qb8 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bh4 Be6 14.Nbd2 O-O 15.h3 Rc8 16.Bg3 cxd4
17.cxd4 Nh5 18.Bh2 Nf4 19.axb5 axb5 20.Bxf4 exf4 21.Bd3 Nc4 22.Qe2 Rxa1 23.Rxa1 Bf6
24.Rc1 Nxd2 25.Rxc8+ Bxc8 26.Qxd2 g5 27.Qe2 g4 28.hxg4 Bxg4 29.e5 dxe5 30.dxe5 Bxf3
31.gxf3 Qxe5 32.Qxe5 Bxe5 33.Bxb5 Bxb2 34.Kg2 Kg7 35.Bc4 Kg8 36.Bb3 Kg7 37.Bc4 Kg8
38.Bb3 Kg7 39.Bc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Makedonia Palace GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki GRE"]
[Date "2013.05.23"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7
9.d3 d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.a4 Nd4 12.Nxd4 exd4 13.axb5 axb5 14.Rxa8 Bxa8 15.Na3 Bb4
16.Re5 Bd6 17.Re1 Bb4 18.Re5 Bd6 19.Re1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Makedonia Palace GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki GRE"]
[Date "2013.05.24"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.g4 h6
9.f4 g5 10.f5 Ne5 11.h3 b5 12.a3 Qe7 13.fxe6 fxe6 14.Nf3 Bb7 15.Nxe5 dxe5
16.Bd3 Qc7 17.h4 Bc5 18.Qe2 Bxe3 19.Qxe3 Nxg4 20.Qg3 h5 21.O-O-O O-O-O 22.hxg5 Qg7
23.Qh4 Rdg8 24.Be2 Qxg5+ 25.Qxg5 Rxg5 26.Rh4 Nf6 27.Rf1 Rh6 28.b4 Rg2 29.Bf3 Rg3
30.a4 Bc6 31.axb5 axb5 32.Ne2 Rg5 33.Kd2 Rh7 34.Rg1 Rxg1 35.Nxg1 Kd8 36.Ke3 Be8
37.Be2 Ra7 38.Nf3 Ng4+ 39.Kd2 Ke7 40.Ne1 Nf6 41.Nd3 Kd6 42.Nc5 Ra1 43.Rh3 Rb1
44.c3 Rg1 45.Nb7+ Ke7 46.Nc5 Rg2 47.Ke1 Rg5 48.Kf2 Bc6 49.Rg3 Rxg3 50.Kxg3 Be8
51.Kh4 Bc6 52.Bf3 Kd6 53.Kg5 Ke7 54.Kh4 Kd6 55.Kg5 Ke7 56.Kh4 Kd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Makedonia Palace GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki GRE"]
[Date "2013.05.25"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[ECO "C92"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6
9.h3 Re8 10.d4 Bb7 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.Ng5 Re7 13.d5 Na5 14.Bc2 c6 15.dxc6 Bxc6
16.b3 Qc7 17.a4 bxa4 18.bxa4 h6 19.Ngf3 d5 20.Ba3 Re6 21.Bb4 Nb7 22.exd5 Bxd5
23.Bf5 Ree8 24.Ne4 Bxe4 25.Bxe4 Rad8 26.Qb3 Nd6 27.Bxd6 Bxd6 28.Rad1 a5 29.g4 Rb8
30.Qc2 Bf8 31.g5 hxg5 32.Nxg5 g6 33.Bd5 Nxd5 34.Rxd5 Rbd8 35.Red1 Rxd5 36.Rxd5 e4
37.Nxe4 Qf4 38.Ng3 Qf3 39.c4 Rc8 40.Rxa5 Bc5 41.Ne4 Re8 42.Nf6+ Qxf6 43.Rxc5 Qf3
44.Qd2 Qxh3 45.Rg5 Qh4 46.Kg2 Qxc4 47.Qd5 Qe4+ 48.Qxe4 Rxe4 49.a5 Ra4 50.Rb5 Ra3
51.Kf1 Ra2 52.Kg2 Ra3 53.Kf1 Ra2 54.Kg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Makedonia Palace GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki GRE"]
[Date "2013.05.27"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 Bd7 10.Rd1 Kc8 11.Ng5 Be8 12.b3 b6 13.Rd3 Kb7 14.Bb2 Be7 15.Nge4 Rd8
16.Rad1 Kc8 17.g3 Rxd3 18.Rxd3 Bd7 19.f3 Re8 20.Kf2 Bd8 21.Ne2 c5 22.h4 g6
23.c4 h5 24.Nf6 Bxf6 25.exf6 b5 26.Nf4 bxc4 27.bxc4 Nd6 28.Ba3 Re5 29.Rd5 Nxc4
30.Bxc5 Rxd5 31.Nxd5 Kb7 32.Nf4 Ne5 33.Bd4 Nc6 34.Ke3 Nd8 35.Nd3 Bf5 36.Ne5 Be6
37.a3 Nc6 38.Nxc6 Kxc6 39.Bxa7 Kd5 40.Kf4 Kc4 41.g4 Bd5 42.Kg3 Be6 43.Kf4 Bd5
44.Kg3 Be6 45.Kf4 Bd5 46.Kg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Makedonia Palace GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki GRE"]
[Date "2013.05.28"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[ECO "C05"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Ngf3 Nc6 7.Nb3 c4 8.Nbd2 b5
9.Be2 Nb6 10.Nf1 h5 11.Ne3 Bd7 12.O-O Be7 13.b3 g6 14.Bd2 a6 15.Be1 Qc7 16.h3 O-O-O
17.a4 Kb7 18.Qb1 Na7 19.a5  1-0

[Event "Makedonia Palace GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki GRE"]
[Date "2013.05.29"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5 4.Nf3 Bb4+ 5.Nc3 exd4 6.Nxd4 Ne7 7.Bxc4 Nbc6 8.Be3 O-O
9.O-O Nxd4 10.Bxd4 Nc6 11.a3 Qxd4 12.Qxd4 Nxd4 13.axb4 Be6 14.Bxe6 Nxe6 15.b5 f5
16.exf5 Rxf5 17.Rfd1 a5 18.bxa6 Rxa6 19.Rxa6 bxa6 20.f3 Kf7 21.Kf2 Rc5 22.Ke3 Re5+
23.Kf2 Rc5 24.Ke3 Re5+ 25.Kf2 Rc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Makedonia Palace GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki GRE"]
[Date "2013.05.30"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.Nc3 O-O 8.d3 h6
9.Nd5 d6 10.c3 Rb8 11.h3 Nxd5 12.exd5 Ne7 13.d4 exd4 14.Nxd4 Qd7 15.Qd3 Bb7
16.Bc2 Ng6 17.Nf5 Rfe8 18.b3 Re5 19.c4 Qd8 20.Bd2 Bc8 21.Ng3 Qh4 22.Kh2 Bd7
23.f4 bxc4 24.bxc4 Re7 25.Rae1 Rxe1 26.Bxe1 Bb6 27.Qc3 Re8 28.Bf5 Re3 29.Qb2 Rxe1
30.Rxe1 Bxf5 31.Qxg7+ Kxg7 32.Nxf5+ Kf6 33.Nxh4 Nxh4 34.Kg3 Nf5+ 35.Kf3 Nh4+
36.Kg3 h5 37.Rb1 Nf5+ 38.Kf3 Nh4+ 39.Kg3 Nf5+ 40.Kf3 h4 41.Re1 a5 42.Re8 Kg7
43.Ke2 Ng3+ 44.Kf3 Nf5 45.Ke2 Ng3+ 46.Kf3 f5 47.Re7+ Kg6 48.Re6+ Kg7 49.Re7+ Kg6
50.Re6+ Kh7 51.Re7+ Kh6 52.Re6+ Kh7 53.Re7+ Kh6 54.Re6+ Kh5 55.Rf6 Bc5 56.Rf7 Kg6
57.Rxc7 Ne4 58.Rc8 a4 59.g4 hxg3 60.h4 a3 61.Rg8+ Kf7 62.Rc8 Nc3 63.Rc7+ Kg6
64.Rxc5 dxc5 65.d6 g2 66.Kxg2 Ne2 67.Kf3 Nd4+ 68.Kf2 Kh5 69.d7 Ne6 70.Kg3 Kg6
71.Kf2 Kf6 72.h5 Ke7 73.Ke3 Kxd7 74.h6 Nf8 75.Kd2 Ke6 76.Kc3 Kf6 77.Kb3 Ne6  0-1

[Event "Makedonia Palace GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki GRE"]
[Date "2013.06.01"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[ECO "D01"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 Nbd7 4.Qd3 h6 5.Bh4 e6 6.e4 dxe4 7.Nxe4 Be7 8.Nxf6+ Bxf6
9.Bxf6 Nxf6 10.O-O-O O-O 11.Nf3 b6 12.Ne5 Bb7 13.Rg1 c5 14.dxc5 bxc5 15.Qxd8 Rfxd8
16.Re1 Kf8 17.g4 Rd4 18.Rg3 Rf4 19.Rb3 Rb4 20.Ree3 Rc8 21.c4 Rxb3 22.Rxb3 Rc7
23.Ra3 a6 24.Kd2 Ke7 25.Be2 Nd7 26.Nd3 Kd6 27.Ke3 g5 28.h3 Ne5 29.Nxe5 Kxe5
30.Rb3 f5 31.f3 f4+ 32.Kf2 Bc6 33.Rb8 Rb7 34.Rc8 Kd6 35.b3 a5 36.Rh8 a4 37.Rxh6 axb3
38.axb3 Rxb3 39.Rg6 Rb2 40.Rxg5 Ba4 41.Rg8 Ke7 42.Kf1 Rb1+ 43.Kf2 Rb2 44.Ke1 Rb1+
45.Kd2 Rb2+ 46.Kd3 Rb3+ 47.Kd2 Rb2+ 48.Kd3 Rb3+ 49.Kd2 Rb2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Makedonia Palace GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki GRE"]
[Date "2013.06.02"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "C50"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 Nf6 5.O-O O-O 6.h3 d6 7.c3 Bb6 8.Bb3 Ne7
9.Nbd2 c6 10.Re1 Ng6 11.d4 h6 12.Bc2 Re8 13.a3 a5 14.Nc4 Bc7 15.Be3 exd4
16.Bxd4 Nh5 17.e5 d5 18.Ne3 Nhf4 19.Nf5 Be6 20.Qd2 Bxf5 21.Bxf5 Ne6 22.Rad1 Nh4
23.Nxh4 Qxh4 24.g3 Qg5 25.Qc2 g6 26.Bd3 h5 27.h4 Qg4 28.Be2 Qe4 29.Qc1 Qf5
30.Bd3 Qg4 31.Be2 Qf5 32.Kg2 Ng7 33.Bd3 Qd7 34.f4 b5 35.Qc2 Rab8 36.Kh2 Bb6
37.Bf1 Qa7 38.Bh3 b4 39.f5 bxa3 40.bxa3 gxf5 41.Bxf5 Bxd4 42.cxd4 Nxf5 43.Qxf5 Rb2+
44.Kh3 Re6 45.Qxh5 c5 46.dxc5 Qxc5 47.Rf1 Qe7 48.Rxd5 Rg6 49.Rf6 Rxf6 50.exf6 Qxf6
51.Qg4+  1-0

[Event "Makedonia Palace GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki GRE"]
[Date "2013.06.03"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.e3 c5 4.Bxf6 gxf6 5.Bb5+ Bd7 6.Bxd7+ Qxd7 7.Qf3 cxd4
8.exd4 Nc6 9.Ne2 f5 10.O-O e6 11.Rd1 O-O-O 12.b3 Rg8 13.c4 dxc4 14.Nbc3 Bg7
15.bxc4 Bxd4 16.Rab1 Ne5 17.Qh3 Qc6 18.Nd5 Bc5 19.Nd4 Qa6 20.Nb3 Bxf2+ 21.Kxf2 exd5
22.Qxf5+ Qe6 23.Nd4 Qxf5+ 24.Nxf5 Rg5 25.Ne7+ Kb8 26.cxd5 Rd7 27.d6 b6 28.h4 Rg4
29.Rb5 Ng6 30.Rf5 Nxh4 31.Rxf7 Rxg2+ 32.Kf1 Kb7 33.Rxh7 Rg4 34.Kf2 Nf5 35.Kf3 Ra4
36.Nxf5 Rxh7 37.d7 Rh8 38.d8=Q Rxd8 39.Rxd8 Rxa2 40.Ke4 Rc2 41.Nd6+ Ka6 42.Kd5 Ka5
43.Ra8 Rc7 44.Ne8 Rh7 45.Kc6 Kb4 46.Nd6 a5 47.Rb8 a4 48.Rxb6+ Kc3 49.Nb5+ Kb4
50.Nc7+ Kc4 51.Nb5 Rh6+ 52.Nd6+ Rxd6+ 53.Kxd6 a3 54.Ra6 Kb3 55.Rxa3+ Kxa3  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Rapid 2013"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.06"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.d4 Nf6 6.c4 dxc4 7.a4 Be6 8.Na3 Bd5
9.Qc2 O-O 10.Nxc4 Na6 11.Bd2 c5 12.dxc5 Nxc5 13.Ne3 Rc8 14.Nxd5 Qxd5 15.Rac1 Qb3
16.Be3 Qxc2 17.Rxc2 Nxa4 18.Rxc8 Rxc8 19.Ra1 Nxb2 20.Rxa7 Nd5 21.Bd2 Nc4
22.Rxb7 Bf6 23.Bg5 Nd6 24.Rb1 Kg7 25.Bxf6+ Nxf6 26.Nd4 e5 27.Nf3 e4 28.Nd4 e3
29.fxe3 Rc3 30.Bf3 Rxe3 31.Rb6 Nc4 32.Rb7 Kf8 33.Rc7 Ne5 34.Rc8+ Kg7 35.Rc7 h5
36.h3 Ra3 37.Kf2 Ra6 38.Rc5 Nfd7 39.Rd5 Kf6 40.Nb5 Ke7 41.Rd2 Rb6 42.Nc3 Rb3
43.Nd5+ Kf8 44.Rc2 Rb5 45.Ne3 Nf6 46.Rc8+ Kg7 47.Rc2 Nh7 48.Nc4 Rc5 49.Ne3 Rxc2
50.Nxc2 Ng5 51.Kg2 Kf6 52.Ne3 Ke7 53.Nd5+ Kd6 54.Nf4 Kc5 55.Kf2 Kd4 56.Bg2 Nh7
57.e3+ Kc3 58.Ke2 Nf8 59.Bd5 Nfd7 60.Bxf7 Nxf7 61.Nxg6 Nf6 62.g4 hxg4 63.hxg4 Nxg4
64.Kf3 Nge5+ 65.Nxe5 Nxe5+ 66.Ke4 Nc4 67.Kd5 Nxe3+ 68.Ke4  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Rapid 2013"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.06"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Riazantsev,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 c6 6.e3 Bf5 7.g4 Be6 8.h4 Nd7
9.g5 h6 10.g6 Ngf6 11.Bd3 Ne4 12.gxf7+ Bxf7 13.Nxe4 dxe4 14.Bxe4 Nf6 15.Bf3 O-O
16.Ne2 c5 17.Rg1 Kh8 18.Bxb7 cxd4 19.Bxa8 Qa5+ 20.Kf1 Rxa8 21.Qxd4 Qa6 22.f3 Rd8
23.Qe5 Rd2 24.Rg2 Bd6 25.Qf5 Rd5 26.Qc2 Bxf4 27.exf4 Rd3 28.Rf2 Nd5 29.Kg1 Ne3
30.Qc7 Qg6+ 31.Kh1 Qf5 32.Ng1 Nd5 33.Qe5 Qc8 34.Rg2 Nf6 35.Re1 Rd5 36.Qe7 Rd7
37.Qa3 Qd8 38.Nh3 Nh5 39.Re5 Nxf4 40.Nxf4 Qxh4+ 41.Rh2 Qxf4 42.Re1 Bd5 43.Rh3 Rf7
44.Re8+ Kh7 45.Qd3+ Rf5 46.Kg2 Bf7 47.Re4 Qb8 48.Rg3 Qxb2+ 49.Re2 Qf6 50.Rd2 Bh5
51.Qe4 Bg6 52.Qd4 Qf8 53.Qxa7 Rf7 54.Qd4 Rf6 55.a4 Qa3 56.Kh2 Rxf3 57.Rxf3 Qxf3
58.Rg2 Qh5+ 59.Kg1 Qf5 60.Qc3 Qd7 61.a5 Be4 62.Re2 Qg4+ 63.Kf2 Qf4+ 64.Ke1 h5
65.a6 Qh4+ 66.Kd2 Qd8+ 67.Kc1 Bg6 68.a7 h4 69.Re7 Qxe7 70.a8=Q Qd7 71.Qaf3 Qb5
72.Qf4 Qb1+ 73.Kd2 Qa2+ 74.Ke3 Qa7+ 75.Qfd4 Qe7+ 76.Kf2 Be4 77.Qce3 Qf7+
78.Ke1 Bg6 79.Qxh4+ Bh5 80.Qee4+ Kh6 81.Qhf4+  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Rapid 2013"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.06"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Le Quang Liem"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.a3 b6 7.e3 c5 8.dxc5 bxc5
9.Be2 Bb7 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Rc1 Qb6 12.h3 Rfd8 13.cxd5 Nxd5 14.Nxd5 exd5 15.Qc2 Rac8
16.Rfd1 c4 17.Nd4 Bf6 18.Bg4 g6 19.Qa4 Nc5 20.Qb4 Ra8 21.Qxb6 axb6 22.Bc7 Re8
23.Rc2 Bxd4 24.exd4 Na4 25.Rb1 Bc8 26.b3 cxb3 27.Rxb3 Bxg4 28.hxg4 Rec8 29.Rc1 Ra7
30.Bf4 Rxc1+ 31.Bxc1 f6 32.Bd2 Kf7 33.Kf1 Rc7 34.Ke2 Rc2 35.Kd1 Rc4 36.Be3 g5
37.Kd2 Ke6 38.Kd3 Kd7 39.Bd2 Kc6 40.Rb1 Kd7 41.Bb4 Rc7 42.g3 Ke6 43.Re1+ Kf7
44.Re2 Kg6 45.f3 h5 46.gxh5+ Kxh5 47.Re6 Kg6 48.Re2 Rc1 49.g4 Rd1+ 50.Ke3 Rb1
51.Rc2 Nb2 52.Rc7 Nc4+ 53.Kf2 Rb2+ 54.Ke1 Ne3 55.Bf8 f5 56.Rg7+ Kf6 57.gxf5 Kxf5
58.Be7 Rg2 59.Bd8 b5 60.Rf7+ Kg6 61.Rf6+ Kh5 62.Re6 Nc2+ 63.Kf1 Nxd4 64.Re5 Nxf3
65.Rf5 Kg4 66.Rxd5 Rd2 67.Rxd2 Nxd2+ 68.Ke2 Nc4 69.Kd3 Ne5+ 70.Ke4 Nc4 71.Kd4 Nxa3
72.Kc5 Kf5 73.Bxg5 Kxg5 74.Kb4 Kf4 75.Kxa3 Ke5 76.Kb4 Kd4 77.Kxb5 Ke5  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Rapid 2013"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.06"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Potkin,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[ECO "A11"]

1.c4 c6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Nf3 Bf5 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Qb3 Nc6 7.Qxb7 Bd7 8.Qb3 Rb8
9.Qd1 e5 10.d3 Bb4+ 11.Nfd2 h5 12.Nc3 Bxc3 13.bxc3 h4 14.Ba3 Qa5 15.Qc1 Rc8
16.Nb3 Qc7 17.Nc5 Bf5 18.e4 dxe4 19.dxe4 Bg4 20.h3 Bh5 21.O-O O-O 22.Rb1 Rfd8
23.g4 Bg6 24.Rd1 Na5 25.Rxd8+ Rxd8 26.f3 Nc4 27.Bf1 Nd2 28.Rb7 Nxf3+ 29.Kg2 Qc8
30.Kxf3 Nxe4 31.Nxe4 Bxe4+ 32.Kxe4 Qxb7+ 33.Ke3 Qh1 34.Qe1 e4 35.Qf2 Rd1
36.Bg2 Rd3+ 37.Kxe4 Qb1 38.Kf4 Rxc3 39.Bd6 Qd3 40.Be7 Rc4+ 41.Kg5 Rc2 42.Qxa7 Qd2+
43.Kxh4 Qxg2 44.Qb8+ Kh7 45.Qf4 Rc3 46.Kg5 Qxh3 47.Qe4+ Kg8 48.Qa8+  0-1

[Event "FIDE World Rapid 2013"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.06"]
[Round "5.12"]
[White "Dubov,Danii"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "E46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Nf4 c6
9.Bd3 Nbd7 10.O-O Re8 11.f3 Nf8 12.Bc2 Ne6 13.e4 dxe4 14.Nxe6 Bxe6 15.fxe4 c5
16.e5 Nd5 17.Qd3 g6 18.Ba4 cxd4 19.Ne4 Bd7 20.Bb3 Be6 21.Ba4 Bd7 22.Bb3 Be6  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Rapid 2013"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.07"]
[Round "6.13"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Kobalia,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[ECO "A15"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 e5 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.Nc3 Bc5 5.e3 a6 6.Nge2 d6 7.O-O O-O 8.a3 Ba7
9.b4 Bf5 10.d3 Qd7 11.Re1 Bh3 12.Bh1 Ng4 13.d4 exd4 14.exd4 Rae8 15.c5 dxc5
16.dxc5 Qxd1 17.Rxd1 Nge5 18.f4 Nc4 19.Kf2 Bg4 20.Bd5 Nd6 21.Re1 Ne7 22.Bg2 c6
23.h3 Bc8 24.Nd4 Ndf5 25.Nxf5 Nxf5 26.Bb2 h5 27.Bf3 h4 28.g4 Nd4 29.Rad1 Rxe1
30.Rxe1 a5 31.Nd5 Nxf3 32.Ne7+ Kh7 33.Kxf3 Be6 34.f5 Bb3 35.g5 Bb8 36.Be5 Bxe5
37.Rxe5 f6 38.gxf6 gxf6 39.Re4 Rd8 40.Ke3 Kg7 41.Ng6 Bc2 42.Re7+ Kh6 43.Nxh4 Rd3+
44.Kf4 Rxa3 45.bxa5 Ra4+ 46.Kg3 Rxa5 47.Rxb7 Rxc5 48.Rf7 Rc3+ 49.Kf4 Rc4+
50.Kg3 Rc3+ 51.Kf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Rapid 2013"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.07"]
[Round "7.13"]
[White "Lagno,Kateryna"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "A09"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.b4 f6 4.e3 e5 5.c5 a5 6.Bc4 axb4 7.exd4 e4 8.Qe2 Qe7 9.Nh4 g6
10.d3 f5 11.g3 Bg7 12.Bb2 Nc6 13.O-O Nxd4 14.Qd2 Qxc5 15.Rc1 Qe5 16.dxe4 fxe4
17.Re1 Ne7 18.Qxb4 Nf3+ 19.Nxf3 Qxb2 20.Bb3 Qxa1 21.Ng5 Qd4 22.Qb5+ c6 23.Qf1 Bf5
24.Rd1 Qc5 25.Nf7 Nd5 26.Nxh8 Bxh8  0-1

[Event "FIDE World Rapid 2013"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.07"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Khismatullin,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[ECO "A35"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.g3 d5 5.d4 e6 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O cxd4
9.Nxd5 exd5 10.Nxd4 O-O 11.Be3 Bg4 12.Rc1 Qd7 13.Qa4 Nxd4 14.Qxd4 Rfd8 15.Rfd1 Be6
16.Bf4 Qb5 17.Be5 Bf8 18.Qd3 Qxd3 19.Rxd3 Rd7 20.Bd4 f6 21.Rdc3 b6 22.e3 Kf7
23.Bf1 Bb4 24.Rc6 Rad8 25.Bd3 Bd6 26.f4 g6 27.Kf2 Be7 28.Kf3 f5 29.a3 Bf6
30.Bb5 Re7 31.Bxf6 Kxf6 32.Rd1 Kf7 33.Rd4 Red7 34.h3 h5 35.h4 Re7 36.Kf2 Bc8
37.Bc4 Be6 38.Bb3 Red7 39.Ke2 Rd6 40.Rc3 Ke7 41.Kd2 R6d7 42.Ba4 Rb7 43.Bb5 Kf7
44.Bc6 Re7 45.Rcd3 Rc7 46.Bxd5 Bxd5 47.Rxd5 Rxd5 48.Rxd5 Ke6 49.Rd4 Rc6 50.a4 Rc7
51.e4 fxe4 52.Rxe4+ Kf6 53.Re5 Rd7+ 54.Kc3 Rd1 55.b4 Rg1 56.Rg5 Ra1 57.a5 bxa5
58.bxa5 Rb1 59.Kc4 a6 60.Rd5 Rg1 61.Rd6+ Kf5 62.Rxa6 Rxg3 63.Rd6 Kxf4 64.a6 Ra3
65.Rxg6 Ra1 66.Kb5 Rb1+ 67.Kc6 Kf5 68.Rg5+  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Rapid 2013"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.07"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Jakovenko,D"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bg5 c6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.e3 Be7 8.Qc2 Nh5
9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.O-O-O Nb6 11.h3 Be6 12.Bd3 O-O-O 13.Nd2 Kb8 14.Nb3 g6 15.g4 Ng7
16.f3 h5 17.Kb1 Bc8 18.Qf2 Ne6 19.Ne2 Qd6 20.Ng3 hxg4 21.hxg4 Qb4 22.Qd2 Qd6
23.Qg2 Qb4 24.Qd2 Qd6 25.Qg2 Qb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Rapid 2013"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.07"]
[Round "10.5"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Movsesian,S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "E62"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.d4 d6 8.dxe5 Nxe5
9.Nxe5 dxe5 10.Qxd8 Rxd8 11.Bg5 Re8 12.Nb5 Re7 13.Rfd1 Be6 14.Bxb7 Rb8 15.Bg2 c6
16.Nd6 h6 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.Ne4 Bg7 19.b3 f5 20.Nc5 e4 21.Rac1 Bf7 22.e3 Bb2
23.Rc2 Ba3 24.Na4 Bb4 25.c5 Rbb7 26.Rd6 Re6 27.Rd8+ Re8 28.Rd4 Re5 29.Rd6 Re6
30.Bf1 Kf8 31.Bc4 Rxd6 32.cxd6 Be8 33.Ba6 Rd7 34.Rxc6 Rxd6 35.Rxd6 Bxd6 36.Nb2 Ke7
37.Kf1 Kf6 38.Nc4 Bc7 39.Nd2 Ba5 40.Ke2 g5 41.Kd1 Bc6 42.a3 Bc7 43.b4 h5
44.Bc4 h4 45.gxh4 gxh4 46.h3 f4 47.exf4 Bxf4 48.Be2 Ba4+ 49.Ke1 Ke5 50.Bg4 Kd4
51.Bf5 Bc6 52.Nb3+ Kc3 53.Nc5 e3 54.Ne6 exf2+ 55.Kxf2 Bc1 56.Nd8 Be8 57.Be4 Bxa3
58.Nc6 Bxb4 59.Nxa7 Bc5+ 60.Kg2 Bxa7 61.Kh2 Kd4 62.Bf3 Ke3 63.Kg2 Bd7 64.Bb7 Bb8
65.Bd5 Bb5 66.Bb7 Bg3 67.Bf3 Kd2 68.Kg1 Ke1 69.Be4 Bc4 70.Bf3 Bf2+ 71.Kh1 Bd4
72.Kg2 Bf1+ 73.Kh2 Kf2  0-1

[Event "FIDE World Rapid 2013"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.08"]
[Round "11.9"]
[White "Inarkiev,E"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7
9.d3 d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nbd2 f6 12.a4 Kh8 13.axb5 axb5 14.Rxa8 Bxa8 15.Ne4 Na5
16.Ba2 c5 17.c3 Nc6 18.Ng3 Qd7 19.Nh4 g6 20.Nf3 Kg7 21.h4 Rd8 22.Ne4 Qg4
23.Qb3 b4 24.Qc4 Qc8 25.h5 Na5 26.Qb5 Qc7 27.Qa4 Bc6 28.Qd1 g5 29.Qe2 Kh8
30.d4 exd4 31.cxd4 b3 32.Bb1 c4 33.h6 Bb4 34.Bd2 Nf4 35.Qd1 Bxd2 36.Qxd2 Rf8
37.Re3 Nd5 38.Re1 Nb7 39.Ng3 Nd6 40.Nh5 Qf7 41.Ng7 Nf4 42.Qb4 Rd8 43.Qb6 Qd7
44.Bf5 Nxf5 45.Nxf5 Nd5 46.Qa5 Rg8 47.Qc5 c3 48.bxc3 b2 49.Nd2 Qxf5 50.Qxc6 Nf4
51.Rb1 Ne2+ 52.Kf1 Ng3+ 53.Kg1 Ne2+ 54.Kf1 Ng3+ 55.Ke1 Rc8 56.Qb7 Qe6+ 57.Kd1 Nf5
58.Rxb2 Nxh6 59.Rb6 Qf5 60.Rxf6 Qxf6 61.Qxc8+ Kg7 62.Ne4 Qf4 63.Qe6 Nf7 64.Ke2 Qc1
65.g4 Qc2+ 66.Kf3 Qd1+ 67.Kg2 Qc1 68.Ng3  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Rapid 2013"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.08"]
[Round "12.14"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Artemiev,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[ECO "A21"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Nd5 Bc5 4.Nf3 c6 5.Nc3 d6 6.d4 exd4 7.Nxd4 Nf6 8.g3 d5
9.Nb3 Bb4 10.cxd5 Qxd5 11.Qxd5 Nxd5 12.a3 Bxc3+ 13.bxc3 Nd7 14.Bg2 Ne5 15.Na5 Nb6
16.Be3 Nbc4 17.Nxc4 Nxc4 18.Bd4 O-O 19.a4 a5 20.Rb1 Re8 21.f4 Bg4 22.e4 Bf5
23.Rxb7 Bxe4 24.O-O Bxg2 25.Kxg2 Ne3+ 26.Bxe3 Rxe3 27.Rd1 g6 28.Rdd7 Rf8
29.Ra7 Rxc3 30.Rxa5 Rc2+ 31.Kh3 Kg7 32.Raa7 c5 33.a5 c4 34.a6 Ra2 35.Rdc7 Ra4
36.Kg4 h5+ 37.Kf3 Kf6 38.Ke4 h4 39.gxh4 c3+ 40.Kf3 Ra3 41.Kg4 Kg7 42.h5 Kh6
43.Rc6 c2 44.hxg6 fxg6 45.Rcc7 Rh8 46.Rxc2 Ra4 47.Rcc7 Ra2 48.h4 Rg2+ 49.Kf3 Ra2
50.Rf7 Ra4 51.Kg3 Ra3+ 52.Kg4 Ra1 53.Rfe7 Rg1+ 54.Kf3 Ra1 55.Ke4 Ra5 56.Kd4 Ra4+
57.Ke5 Ra5+ 58.Ke6 Ra4 59.Rf7 Re8+ 60.Kd6 Kh5 61.Kc5 Kxh4 62.Rf6 Kg4 63.Rg7 Rc8+
64.Kb5 Rcc4 65.Rgxg6+ Kf3 66.Rg5 Rcb4+ 67.Kc5 Rb1 68.Rb6 Rba1 69.Rgg6 Ra5+
70.Kc4 R5a4+ 71.Kc3 R4a3+ 72.Kc4 Ra4+ 73.Kd5 Ra5+ 74.Kd4 R5a4+ 75.Kc5 Ra5+
76.Kc6 Rxa6 77.f5 Rxb6+ 78.Kxb6 Ke4 79.f6 Rf1 80.Kc6 Ke5 81.Kd7 Rxf6 82.Rxf6 Kxf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Rapid 2013"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.08"]
[Round "13.13"]
[White "Rakhmanov,Ale"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "A10"]

1.c4 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 c5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.O-O d6 6.Nc3 Qd7 7.e3 Bxc3 8.bxc3 b6
9.e4 Bb7 10.Re1 e5 11.d3 O-O-O 12.Nd2 f5 13.Nf1 Rf8 14.exf5 gxf5 15.Ne3 h5
16.Nd5 h4 17.Rb1 hxg3 18.hxg3 Nce7 19.a4 Nxd5 20.cxd5 Nf6 21.c4 f4 22.gxf4 Rfg8
23.Re3 exf4 24.Re6 Rxg2+ 25.Kxg2 Qg7+  0-1

[Event "FIDE World Rapid 2013"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.08"]
[Round "14.10"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Najer,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.c4 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Nc6 6.Qxc4 Nf6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.d3 e5
9.O-O h6 10.Be3 Re8 11.Rac1 Be6 12.Qa4 Nd5 13.Nxd5 Bxd5 14.Rc5 Ne7 15.Rfc1 c6
16.Bd2 b6 17.R5c2 c5 18.Qh4 g5 19.Qa4 Ng6 20.Ne1 a5 21.a3 Bxg2 22.Nxg2 f5
23.Qb5 a4 24.b3 axb3 25.Qxb3+ Kh7 26.Rb1 e4 27.dxe4 Rxe4 28.Bc3 Bxc3 29.Qxc3 Rd4
30.Ne3 f4 31.Nf5 Rd1+ 32.Kg2 Qd5+ 33.f3 Ra7 34.Rxd1 Qxd1 35.Rd2 Qb1 36.Qf6 fxg3
37.hxg3 Qe1 38.Qxb6 Rg7 39.Qf6 Ra7 40.Rb2 c4 41.Qe6 g4 42.fxg4 Qa5 43.Rb8  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Rapid 2013"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.08"]
[Round "15.8"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.Qe2 d6 7.Nc3 Be7 8.Be3 O-O
9.O-O-O Be6 10.h3 Nd7 11.f4 Nb6 12.f5 Bc4 13.Qg4 Bxf1 14.e5 Ba6 15.Bh6 g6
16.f6 Bxf6 17.exf6 Qxf6 18.Bxf8 Rxf8 19.Qd4 Qxd4 20.Rxd4 c5 21.Re4 f5 22.Re7 Rf7
23.Rhe1 Bb7 24.g3 Bc6 25.a4 Nxa4 26.Nxa4 Bxa4 27.Kd2 a6 28.c4 Bc6 29.Rxf7 Kxf7
30.Ra1 Bb7 31.Ra3 g5 32.Rb3 Bg2 33.h4 gxh4 34.gxh4 f4 35.Rb8 Be4 36.Rc8 c6
37.Ra8 Kf6 38.Rxa6 Kf5 39.Ke2 Kg4 40.Ra7 Kxh4 41.Kf2 Kg5 42.Re7 d5 43.Re6 h5
44.Rxc6 h4 45.cxd5 h3 46.Kg1 f3 47.Rxc5 f2+ 48.Kxf2 h2 49.d6+ Kf6 50.d7 Ke7
51.Rh5 h1=Q 52.Rxh1 Bxh1 53.d8=Q+ Kxd8 54.b4  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Blitz 2013"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Safarli,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "A05"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.c4 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Nc3 Nxc3 8.dxc3 c6
9.Qxd8 Rxd8 10.Bg5 Re8 11.Rfd1 Na6 12.Nd4 Bxd4 13.cxd4 f6 14.Bf4 Be6 15.a3 g5
16.Bd2 Bb3 17.Rdc1 Rad8 18.e3 Nc7 19.Ba5 Rd7 20.Rc3 Be6 21.Bxc7 Rxc7 22.b4 Rd8
23.b5 Bd5 24.Rac1 Bxg2 25.Kxg2 Rdc8 26.Rc5 e6 27.Kf3 Kf7 28.bxc6 Rxc6 29.Rxc6 Rxc6
30.Rxc6 bxc6 31.Ke4 Ke7 32.Kd3 g4 33.Kc4 Kd6 34.Kb4 f5 35.Kc4 h5 36.a4 Kd7
37.Kc5 Kc7 38.Kb4 Kb6 39.a5+ Kc7 40.Kc5 Kd7 41.Kb4 Kd6 42.Kc4 Kd7 43.Kb4 Kd6
44.Kc4 Kd7 45.Kb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Blitz 2013"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Safarli,E"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "C77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Qe2 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.c3 O-O 8.O-O d6
9.Rd1 Bb6 10.d3 Be6 11.Nbd2 Bxb3 12.axb3 Ne7 13.Nf1 Ng6 14.Ng3 Re8 15.Be3 c5
16.Nf5 Ne7 17.Nxe7+ Qxe7 18.c4 Nd7 19.h3 Nf8 20.b4 f6 21.bxc5 dxc5 22.b4 Ne6
23.Rdb1 Qd7 24.Qc2 Qc6 25.cxb5 axb5 26.Rxa8 Rxa8 27.bxc5 Bxc5 28.Bxc5 Nxc5
29.Rc1 Rc8 30.Qa2+ Kf8 31.d4 exd4 32.Nxd4 Qxe4 33.Ne6+ Nxe6 34.Rxc8+ Kf7
35.Rc7+ Kg6 36.Re7 Kf5 37.g4+  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Blitz 2013"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[Round "3.20"]
[White "Potapov,P"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "C47"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d5 8.exd5 cxd5
9.O-O O-O 10.h3 h6 11.Bf4 Bd6 12.Qf3 Rb8 13.b3 Rb4 14.Ne2 Bxf4 15.Nxf4 Qd6
16.Ne2 c5 17.Rad1 g6 18.c3 Rb8 19.Nf4 Bb7 20.Qg3 g5 21.Nh5 Rbd8 22.Nxf6+ Qxf6
23.f4 Kh8 24.fxg5 Qxg5 25.Qc7 Rg8 26.Rf2 Bc8 27.Qxf7 Rg7 28.Qf3 Rdg8 29.Rdd2 Qh4
30.Bf5 Rg3 31.Qxd5 Bxf5 32.Qxf5 Re3 33.Qf6+ Qxf6 34.Rxf6 Rxh3 35.Rdd6 Rxc3
36.Rxh6+ Kg7 37.Rhg6+ Kh7 38.Rxg8 Kxg8 39.Rd8+ Kf7 40.Rd7+ Ke6 41.Rxa7 Kf5
42.Rb7 Kf4 43.Kh2 Kg5 44.a4 c4 45.bxc4 Rxc4 46.a5 Ra4 47.Ra7 Ra3 48.a6 Kg6
49.Ra8 Kg7 50.g3 Ra2+ 51.Kh3 Ra4 52.Kg2 Ra3 53.Kf2 Kh7 54.g4 Kg7 55.Ke2 Kh7
56.Kd2 Ra4 57.g5 Ra5 58.a7 Kg7 59.Kc3 Ra1 60.Kb2 Ra6 61.g6 Ra5 62.Kb3 Ra1
63.Kb4 Rb1+ 64.Kc5 Rc1+ 65.Kb6 Rb1+ 66.Kc6 Rc1+ 67.Kd6 Rd1+ 68.Ke5 Re1+ 69.Kd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Blitz 2013"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[Round "4.20"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Potapov,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nc3 Nb6 6.e3 Nc6 7.Nge2 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.f4 f6 10.f5 Nb4 11.d4 exd4 12.exd4 c6 13.g4 Bd6 14.Ne4 N4d5 15.Kh1 Bc7
16.Qd3 Re8 17.g5 Qe7 18.Bd2 Qf7 19.N2g3 Bd7 20.g6 Qf8 21.Nh5 hxg6 22.fxg6 Bg4
23.Nhg3 Rad8 24.h3 Bc8 25.Nf5 Bxf5 26.Rxf5 Rxe4 27.Qxe4 Qd6 28.Kg1 Nc4 29.Rd1 Ne7
30.Rf2 Nxd2 31.Rdxd2 Nd5 32.Rde2 Qh2+ 33.Kf1 Qd6 34.Qh4 Ne7  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Blitz 2013"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[Round "5.16"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Gordievsky,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 b6 3.e4 Bb7 4.Nf3 Bb4 5.Bd3 Ne7 6.a3 Bxc3 7.dxc3 O-O 8.Qe2 a5
9.b4 Ng6 10.O-O d6 11.Bg5 Qe8 12.c5 bxc5 13.bxc5 Ba6 14.Rab1 Bxd3 15.Qxd3 dxc5
16.h4 h6 17.Be3 Nd7 18.Qb5 Nf6 19.Bxc5 Qxb5 20.Rxb5 Rfb8 21.Rxb8+ Rxb8 22.Re1 Nf4
23.Bd4 Rb3 24.g3 Nd3 25.Rd1 Nb2 26.Rb1 a4 27.Nd2 Rxa3 28.Rxb2 Ra1+ 29.Kg2 a3
30.Rb8+ Kh7 31.Bxf6 gxf6 32.Ra8 a2 33.Nc4 Kg7 34.Ne3 Rc1 35.Rxa2 Rxc3 36.Kf3 Rc1
37.Rc2 Rxc2 38.Nxc2 Kg6 39.Nd4 h5 40.Nc6 f5 41.e5 f6 42.Kf4 Kf7 43.Ke3 Kg6
44.f4 Kf7  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Blitz 2013"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[Round "6.16"]
[White "Gordievsky,D"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "D92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.Rc1 dxc4 7.e3 Be6 8.Ng5 Bd5
9.e4 h6 10.exd5 hxg5 11.Bxg5 Nxd5 12.Bxc4 Nb6 13.Bb3 Nc6 14.Ne2 Qd7 15.O-O e6
16.h4 Nxd4 17.Nxd4 Bxd4 18.Qe2 c5 19.Rfd1 Nd5 20.h5 Kg7 21.Qg4 Rh8 22.hxg6 f5
23.Qg3 Rh5 24.Rxd4 cxd4 25.Qe5+ Kxg6 26.Bxd5 Rxg5 27.Bxe6 Qg7 28.Qf4 Qf6
29.Bd5 Rd8 30.Bxb7 Rg4 31.Qf3 d3 32.Rd1 d2 33.Bd5 Qd4 34.Bb3 Qe4 35.Qh3 Kg7
36.Qc3+ Qd4 37.Qc7+ Kh6 38.Qf7 Rdg8 39.Kf1 Qd3+  0-1

[Event "FIDE World Blitz 2013"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Smirin,I"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "C90"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.d3 d6
9.c3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.Nbd2 Nc6 12.Nf1 Be6 13.h3 h6 14.Ng3 Re8 15.d4 cxd4
16.cxd4 exd4 17.Nxd4 Nxd4 18.Qxd4 Rc8 19.Bb3 d5 20.e5 Bc5 21.Qd3 Qb6 22.Be3 d4
23.Bxh6 Nd5 24.Bd2 Nb4 25.Bxb4 Bxb4 26.Re4 Bc4 27.Qf3 d3 28.Nf5 Bf8 29.Ne3 Bxb3
30.axb3 Qe6 31.Rd1 Qxb3 32.Ng4 Re6 33.Rxd3 Qxb2 34.Rd7 Be7 35.Rxe7 Rxe7 36.Nf6+ Kf8
37.Qh5 Qc1+ 38.Kh2 Qh6 39.Qf5 Rd8 40.Rd4 Ree8 41.Nxe8 Rxd4 42.Qc8 Qf4+  0-1

[Event "FIDE World Blitz 2013"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Smirin,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[ECO "A10"]

1.c4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.d4 d6 4.Ne2 Nf6 5.Nec3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.d5 Nbd7 8.Bg5 h6
9.Be3 Nc5 10.Nd2 a5 11.a3 a4 12.Bxc5 dxc5 13.Nxa4 b6 14.Nc3 h5 15.O-O Bh6
16.Qc2 Qe7 17.Nf3 Ne8 18.Nb5 Bd7 19.b4 cxb4 20.axb4 Rxa1 21.Rxa1 Qxb4 22.Qc3 Qxc3
23.Nxc3 f6 24.Ra7 Rf7 25.Kf1 Bf8 26.Bd1 Kg7 27.Ba4 Bxa4 28.Rxa4 Nd6 29.Ke2 Nb7
30.Ne1 Nc5 31.Ra7 f5 32.f3 fxe4 33.Nxe4 Nxe4 34.fxe4 Bd6 35.Nd3 Kf6 36.Ra8 Kg7
37.Re8 Rf8 38.Rxf8 Kxf8 39.Kd2 Ke7 40.Kc3 Kd7 41.Kb3 c6 42.Ne1 Kc7 43.Nf3 Kd7
44.Nh4 g5 45.Nf5 Bf8 46.Ng3 h4 47.Nf5 Kc7 48.Kc2 Kd7 49.Kd3 Kc7 50.h3 Kd7
51.Kc3 Kc7 52.Kb3 Kd7 53.Ne3 Kc7 54.Nc2 Kd7 55.Nb4 Bxb4 56.Kxb4 Kd6 57.Kb3 Kc5
58.Kc3 Kd6 59.Kb4 Kc7 60.Kc3 Kd6 61.Kd3 Kc5 62.Ke3 Kd6 63.Ke2 Kc5 64.Kd3 Kd6
65.Kc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Blitz 2013"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Cheparinov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bb4 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.d3 h6 8.Bd2 a5
9.a3 Bc5 10.Na4 Re8 11.Nxc5 dxc5 12.Bc3 Qd6 13.Nd2 Bg4 14.h3 Bd7 15.Kh2 Rad8
16.b3 b6 17.Re1 Nd4 18.e3 Nc6 19.Ne4 Nxe4 20.Bxe4 Ne7 21.Qc2 f5 22.Bf3 Bc6
23.Be2 Qe6 24.Rad1 Bb7 25.f3 Rd7 26.Rf1 Ng6 27.Rf2 Red8 28.Rg1 Rd6 29.a4 R6d7
30.Bb2 Rd6 31.Bc3 R6d7 32.Bf1 e4 33.dxe4 fxe4 34.f4 Qe7 35.Be2 Rd3 36.Bxd3 exd3
37.Qd2 Qe4 38.f5 Ne5 39.Rgf1 Re8 40.f6 gxf6 41.Rxf6 Re7 42.Rf8+ Kh7 43.R8f4 Qg6
44.e4 Bc6 45.Rf6  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Blitz 2013"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Cheparinov,I"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.O-O Nc6 7.e3 Rb8 8.Qe2 b5
9.b3 cxb3 10.axb3 Be7 11.Bb2 O-O 12.Rc1 Nb4 13.Ne5 Bb7 14.Bxb7 Rxb7 15.Nc6 Nxc6
16.Rxc6 Qd5 17.Qc2 Ne4 18.h4 g5 19.f3 Nxg3 20.e4 Qd7 21.Raxa6 gxh4 22.Qd2 Bf6
23.d5 Bxb2 24.Qxb2 exd5 25.Qf6 Qd8 26.Qh6 dxe4 27.Rg6+ fxg6 28.Rxg6+ hxg6
29.Qxg6+ Kh8  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Blitz 2013"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Le Quang Liem"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 a6 6.O-O c5 7.Bb3 cxd4 8.exd4 Nc6
9.Nc3 Be7 10.Re1 O-O 11.Bg5 b5 12.Qd2 Na5 13.Bc2 Bb7 14.Ne5 Rc8 15.Rad1 Nc4
16.Nxc4 Rxc4 17.Qd3 g6 18.a4 Nd5 19.Bxe7 Nxe7 20.axb5 axb5 21.Bb1 Nc6 22.Nxb5 Rb4
23.d5 exd5 24.Nc3 d4 25.Ne4 Rxb2 26.Nc5 Ba8 27.Qa3 Rb8 28.Be4 Qd6 29.Rc1 Ne7
30.Qg3 Qxg3 31.hxg3 Bxe4 32.Rxe4 Nd5 33.Rxd4 Nf6 34.Nd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Blitz 2013"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[Round "12.2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Le Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[ECO "A34"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 g6 5.Nf3 d6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Bd7 8.Nxc6 Bxc6
9.e4 Bg7 10.O-O O-O 11.Be3 Nd7 12.Rc1 a5 13.b3 Nc5 14.Nd5 Rb8 15.Bg5 Re8
16.Re1 h6 17.Bf4 Ne6 18.Be3 b5 19.cxb5 Bxb5 20.Qd2 Kh7 21.Rc2 Nc5 22.Bxc5 dxc5
23.e5 e6 24.Nf6+ Bxf6 25.exf6 Qxd2 26.Rxd2 c4 27.bxc4 Bxc4 28.h4 Red8 29.Rc2 Rd4
30.Rec1 Bd5 31.Rc7 Rf8 32.Bxd5 Rxd5 33.R1c5 Rxc5 34.Rxc5 Ra8 35.a4 Ra6 36.Kg2 Ra8
37.Kf3 Kg8 38.Ke4 Kf8 39.g4 Ke8 40.Rb5 Ra7 41.f4 Kd7 42.h5 gxh5 43.Rxh5 Kd6
44.Kf3 Rc7 45.Rxa5 Rc3+ 46.Ke4 Rc4+ 47.Ke3 Rc3+ 48.Kd4 Rg3 49.Ra6+ Kd7 50.Ra7+ Kd6
51.Ra6+ Kd7 52.Ke5 Re3+ 53.Kd4 Rg3 54.Kc5 Rc3+ 55.Kb5 Rb3+ 56.Kc5 Rc3+ 57.Kd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Blitz 2013"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[Round "13.4"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Rublevsky,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nc3 Nb6 6.e3 Nc6 7.Nge2 Bd6 8.O-O O-O
9.f4 exf4 10.Nxf4 Bxf4 11.Rxf4 Be6 12.d4 Nd5 13.Nxd5 Bxd5 14.e4 Be6 15.Be3 Ne7
16.d5 Bd7 17.Rc1 Ng6 18.Rf2 c6 19.Qd4 f6 20.a3 Ne5 21.h3 Qb6 22.Qc3 Qc7 23.Bf4 Rfe8
24.Rd2 Rac8 25.Kh2 c5 26.d6 Qc6 27.Rd5 b6 28.Bxe5 fxe5 29.Rcd1 Re6 30.Rxe5 Rxd6
31.Re7 Rd4 32.Rxd4 cxd4 33.Qxd4  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Blitz 2013"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[Round "14.4"]
[White "Rublevsky,S"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.Nd2 Bb7
9.Nf3 O-O-O 10.Bd2 f6 11.O-O-O Re8 12.Re1 Qf7 13.g3 Bd6 14.Bh3 Bxe5 15.Nxe5 fxe5
16.Rhf1 Kb8 17.Qd3 Nf6 18.Qa3 d6 19.Re3 Nd5 20.Rb3 Nb6 21.Qa5 c5 22.f3 Rhf8
23.Ra3 a6 24.Rb3 Ka7 25.Rf2 Nc4 26.Qa4 Nb6 27.Qa5 Qd5 28.Rd3 Qc6 29.b3 e4
30.Re3 exf3 31.Rxe8 Rxe8 32.Bg4 Rf8 33.Qc3 Rf7 34.Be6 Rf6 35.Bh3 Qe4 36.Bf1 Nd5
37.Qd3 Qxd3 38.Bxd3 h6 39.c4 Nb4 40.Bb1 Nc6 41.Bc3 Nd4 42.Kd2 Re6 43.Bd3 Kb6
44.b4 Bc6 45.a3 Kb7 46.bxc5 dxc5 47.Rf1 g5 48.g4 Ne2 49.Rb1+ Ka7 50.Ba5 Nf4
51.Bf5 Re2+ 52.Kc3 f2 53.Bxc7 Re1  0-1

[Event "FIDE World Blitz 2013"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[Round "15.2"]
[White "Mamedov,Rau"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "C53"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 O-O 6.Bb3 a6 7.O-O d6 8.h3 h6 9.Re1 Re8
10.Nbd2 Be6 11.Nf1 d5 12.Ng3 Bf8 13.Qe2 Qd7 14.Be3 Rad8 15.Rad1 Qc8 16.Bc1 g6
17.exd5 Bxd5 18.Ne4 Nxe4 19.dxe4 Be6 20.Bd5 Bg7 21.Bb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Blitz 2013"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[Round "16.2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Mamedov,Rau"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[ECO "E73"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Bg7 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 Na6 7.Nf3 h6 8.Be3 e5
9.O-O Qe8 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.h3 b6 12.a3 Bb7 13.Qc2 Nc5 14.Bxc5 bxc5 15.Nd5 Qd8
16.Rfd1 c6 17.Nxf6+ Qxf6 18.Rd2 Rfd8 19.Rad1 Qe7 20.Qb3 Rxd2 21.Rxd2 Bc8
22.Qa4 Qc7 23.Ne1 Be6 24.Bg4 Bxg4 25.hxg4 Bf6 26.Qd1 Rd8 27.Rxd8+ Bxd8 28.Qd3 Bg5
29.g3 Qc8 30.Qd1 Be7 31.Kg2 Qe6 32.b3 Qc8 33.Nd3 Qd7 34.Nb2 Qd4 35.Qxd4 cxd4
36.b4 Kf8 37.Nd3 Bd6 38.Kf3 Ke7 39.Ke2 h5 40.gxh5 gxh5 41.Kf3 Ke6 42.Kg2 f5
43.f3 Kf6 44.Kh3 Kg6 45.a4 a6 46.b5 cxb5 47.cxb5 axb5 48.axb5 Bc7 49.Kg2 Kf6
50.Nb2 fxe4 51.fxe4 Ke6 52.Nc4 Bd8 53.b6 d3 54.Kf3 Kd7 55.Nxe5+ Kd6 56.b7 Bc7
57.Nxd3 Kc6 58.Nf4 Kxb7 59.Nxh5 Kc6 60.Kg4 Kd7 61.Kf5 Ke7 62.e5 Ba5 63.g4 Kf7
64.g5 Bc3 65.g6+ Ke7 66.Nf6 Kf8 67.e6 Bb4 68.Nd5 Ba3 69.Kg5 Bc1+ 70.Kh5  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Blitz 2013"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.10"]
[Round "17.1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "C44"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.e5 Nd5 6.Bb5 a6 7.Ba4 Nb6 8.Bb3 d5
9.cxd4 Bg4 10.Be3 Qd7 11.h3 Bh5 12.Nbd2 f6 13.g4 Bg6 14.Rc1 O-O-O 15.a3 Kb8
16.Bc2 Bxc2 17.Qxc2 h5 18.Rg1 hxg4 19.hxg4 fxe5 20.Nxe5 Nxe5 21.dxe5 d4 22.Bf4 Nd5
23.Qe4 Nxf4 24.Qxf4 Be7 25.Qe4 g5 26.Rg3 Qd5 27.Ke2 Rhf8 28.Qxd5 Rxd5 29.Rf3 Rxe5+
30.Kd3 Rxf3+ 31.Nxf3 Rb5 32.b4 Bf6 33.Ke4  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Blitz 2013"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.10"]
[Round "18.1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "A34"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Nc7 6.Qa4+ Nd7 7.Nf3 g6 8.d4 Bg7
9.dxc5 O-O 10.Be3 Ne6 11.Qa3 Nf6 12.O-O Ng4 13.Rad1 Qe8 14.Bc1 Bd7 15.h3 Nf6
16.Ne5 Qc8 17.Nxd7 Nxd7 18.Nd5 Bf6 19.Be3 Ne5 20.Qa4 Nxc5 21.Qb4 Ne6 22.Nxe7+ Bxe7
23.Qxe7 Re8 24.Qf6 Nd7 25.Qf3 Ne5 26.Qd5 Nc4 27.Bh6 Nxb2 28.Rc1 Qd8 29.Qxb7 Rb8
30.Qxa7 Nd4 31.Kh2 Nxe2 32.Rc7 Qf6 33.Bd5 Rf8 34.Bxf8 Rxf8 35.Qe3 Nd4 36.Bb3 Nf5
37.Qf3 Qe5 38.Rd7 Qb5 39.Rfd1 Nxd1 40.Qxd1 Qc5 41.Kg2 Qc6+ 42.Qd5 Qf6 43.a4 h5
44.a5 h4 45.g4 Ng7 46.Qd6 Qc3 47.Bd5 Qxa5 48.Qf6 Kh7 49.Bxf7 Qa8+ 50.Kg1 Qe4
51.Bxg6+ Qxg6 52.Qxf8 Qb1+ 53.Kg2 Qe4+ 54.Qf3 Qe8 55.Qd3+  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Blitz 2013"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.10"]
[Round "19.2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[ECO "A10"]

1.c4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.d4 d6 4.Ne2 Nf6 5.Nec3 O-O 6.Be2 Nc6 7.d5 Ne5 8.O-O c6
9.h3 a6 10.Be3 b5 11.cxb5 axb5 12.dxc6 b4 13.Nd5 Nxc6 14.Nd2 Nxd5 15.exd5 Ne5
16.Nb3 Ba6 17.Bd4 Qb8 18.Re1 Qb7 19.f4 Nd7 20.Bxa6 Qxa6 21.Bxg7 Kxg7 22.Rxe7 Nf6
23.Qd4 Rfe8 24.Rxe8 Rxe8 25.Nd2 Qe2 26.a4 bxa3 27.bxa3 Re3 28.Nf3 Rd3 29.Qf2 Qxf2+
30.Kxf2 Ne4+ 31.Ke2 Rxd5 32.Ke3 f5 33.a4 Ra5 34.Nd2 Nc5 35.Nc4 Rxa4  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Blitz 2013"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.10"]
[Round "20.2"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "C46"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Be2 Bc5 5.Nxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Bd6 7.dxe5 Bxe5 8.Nb5 O-O
9.f4 Nxe4 10.Qd5 Bf6 11.Qxe4 Re8 12.Qf3 a6 13.Nc3 Bxc3+ 14.bxc3 Qe7 15.Bd2 d5
16.O-O  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Blitz 2013"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.10"]
[Round "21.3"]
[White "Movsesian,S"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.e3 Nf6 5.d4 e4 6.Ne5 g6 7.g4 h6 8.Bg2 Bg7 9.h4 cxd4
10.exd4 d5 11.g5 hxg5 12.hxg5 Rxh1+ 13.Bxh1 Nh5 14.cxd5 Nxe5 15.dxe5 Bxe5
16.Qa4+ Kf8 17.Qxe4 Qe7 18.Be3 Bf5 19.Qa4 Rc8 20.Rc1 Nf4 21.Kd2 Nd3 22.Qb3 Nxc1
23.Kxc1 b6 24.Bd2 Qc5 25.Be3 Bd4 26.Kd2 Re8 27.Ne2 Bxe3+ 28.fxe3 Qa5+ 29.Qc3 Qxc3+
30.Nxc3 Ke7 31.e4 Bd7 32.e5 Rh8 33.Bf3 Rh2+ 34.Ke3 Rxb2 35.d6+ Kd8 36.Bd5 Be6
37.Bf3 b5 38.Ne4 Rxa2 39.Nc5 Rc2 40.Nb7+ Kd7 41.Be4 Rc3+ 42.Kd2 b4 43.Na5 Rc5
44.Nb7 Rxe5 45.Bc2 Bd5 46.Ba4+ Bc6  0-1

[Event "FIDE World Blitz 2013"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.10"]
[Round "22.3"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Movsesian,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Bc5 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.d3 a6 8.a3 Ba7
9.b4 h6 10.Bb2 Bg4 11.h3 Be6 12.e3 Qd7 13.Kh2 Ne7 14.Qe2 Ng6 15.d4 c6 16.dxe5 dxe5
17.c5 Rad8 18.Rfd1 Qc8 19.e4 Bb3 20.Rd2 Qe6 21.Qe3 Bb8 22.Rc1 Bc7 23.Rxd8 Rxd8
24.Nd2 Nf4 25.Bf1 Rd3 26.Qe1 Rd8 27.gxf4 exf4 28.Nf3 Nd7 29.Ne2 Qxe4 30.Ned4 Bd5
31.Qxe4 Bxe4 32.Re1 Nf6 33.Kg1 Kf8 34.Bg2 Bd5 35.Nd2 Ba2 36.Ne4 Be5 37.Ne6+ Bxe6
38.Bxe5 Nxe4 39.Bxe4 g5 40.Bd6+ Kg7 41.Kg2 Re8 42.f3 Bd5 43.Kf2 Bxe4 44.Rxe4 Rxe4
45.fxe4 Kf6 46.Kf3 Ke6 47.h4 f5 48.h5 Kf6 49.Bf8 Ke5 50.exf5 Kxf5 51.Bxh6 g4+
52.Kf2 Ke4 53.Bg5 g3+ 54.Kg2 Kf5 55.Bxf4  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Blitz 2013"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.10"]
[Round "23.2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "A11"]

1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 g6 5.b3 Bg7 6.Bb2 O-O 7.O-O a5 8.d3 a4 9.Nbd2 axb3
10.axb3 Na6 11.Bc3 Bg4 12.b4 Bxf3 13.Nxf3 dxc4 14.dxc4 Qxd1 15.Rfxd1 Ne4
16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Nd4 Nc3 18.Rdc1 e5 19.Rxc3 exd4 20.Rb3 Nc7 21.Rd1 Ne6 22.b5 Ra4
23.bxc6 bxc6 24.Bxc6 Rxc4 25.Bd5 Rc2 26.Kf1 Re8 27.Rbd3 Nc7 28.Bf3 Ne6 29.R3d2 Rxd2
30.Rxd2 Rd8 31.Bc6 f5 32.Bb5 Kf6 33.Bc4 Nc5 34.Kg2 Ne4 35.Rb2 Rd7 36.Rb6+ Kg7
37.Bd3 Nc5 38.Bb5 Rb7 39.Rxb7+ Nxb7 40.h4 Kf6 41.Kf3 Ke5  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Blitz 2013"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.10"]
[Round "24.2"]
[White "Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "E46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.Nf4 c6 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Bd3 a5 10.O-O Na6 11.f3 Re8 12.Bc2 c5 13.dxc5 Bxc5 14.Ncxd5 Nxd5 15.Nxd5 Be6
16.Nf4 Qb6 17.Qd3 g6 18.Kh1 Rad8 19.Qc3 Bf8 20.Nxe6 Rxe6 21.Qb3 Nc5 22.Qxb6 Rxb6
23.e4 Nb3 24.Bxb3 Rxb3 25.Bg5 Rc8 26.Rf2 Bg7 27.Rb1 h6 28.Bf4 g5 29.Bc1 Rd8
30.Rd2 Rbd3 31.Rxd3 Rxd3 32.Kg1 Rd1+ 33.Kf2 Be5 34.g3 a4 35.Ke2 Rh1 36.Kd3 b5
37.h4 gxh4 38.gxh4 h5 39.Kc2 Rxh4 40.Bd2 Rh2 41.Kd3 h4 42.f4 Bg7 43.Rg1 Kh7
44.e5 Bf8 45.Be3 Rxb2 46.Rh1 Bxa3 47.Rxh4+ Kg6 48.Ke4 Rb4+ 49.Kd5 Bb2 50.f5+ Kxf5
51.Rxb4 a3 52.Rf4+ Kg6 53.Rf6+ Kg7 54.Bd4 Bc1 55.Kc5  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Blitz 2013"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.10"]
[Round "25.3"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Dubov,Danii"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[ECO "A16"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 e5 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Qc2 Qc7
9.Be3 Re8 10.h3 Nf8 11.Rfe1 Ng6 12.Rad1 a6 13.a3 Rb8 14.Bf1 b6 15.b4 Bd7
16.c5 bxc5 17.dxc5 dxc5 18.bxc5 Qa5 19.Na4 Be6 20.Nb6 Qxa3 21.Nd2 Red8 22.Ra1 Qb4
23.Reb1 Rxd2 24.Bxd2 Qxe4 25.Bd3 Qh4 26.Rb4 Qh5 27.Rxa6 Rd8 28.Be3 Nf4 29.Ra3 h6
30.Bf1 Bf5 31.Qb2 Rd1 32.Ra1 Rxa1 33.Qxa1 N6d5 34.Nxd5 Nxd5 35.Rb8+ Kh7 36.Qxe5 Bf6
37.Qg3 Qd1 38.Qf3 Qc2 39.Qe2 Qc3 40.Qd2 Qa1 41.Qc1 Qe5 42.Ra8 Be7 43.Ra3 Bd8
44.Qa1 Qe6 45.Ra6 Bc7 46.Bd4 Nf4 47.Ra3 Be4 48.Rg3 Nh5 49.Re3 Qg6 50.Qc3 Bf5
51.g4 Nf4 52.Be5 Nd5 53.Qd4 Nxe3 54.Qxe3 Bxe5 55.Qxe5 Be4 56.Bg2 Bxg2 57.Kxg2 Qc2
58.Kg3 g6 59.f3 Qd3 60.Qd6 Qe2 61.Qxc6 Qe1+ 62.Kf4 Qd2+ 63.Ke5 Qe3+ 64.Kd6 Qf4+
65.Kd7 Qh2 66.Qd5 Kg7 67.c6 Qxh3 68.c7  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Blitz 2013"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.10"]
[Round "26.3"]
[White "Dubov,Danii"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.d3 e5 6.Nbd2 Ne7 7.e4 O-O 8.Re1 Nd7
9.Qe2 a5 10.Nf1 a4 11.a3 b6 12.h4 Ba6 13.h5 Re8 14.hxg6 hxg6 15.Ng5 Nf6 16.Ne3 dxe4
17.Nxe4 Ned5 18.Nxf6+ Bxf6 19.Qf3 Nxe3 20.Bxe3 e4 21.dxe4 Bxb2 22.Rab1 Bxa3
23.Bxb6 Qe7 24.e5 Bb5 25.e6 fxe6 26.Qg4 Rab8 27.Bd4 Qf7 28.Be4 e5 29.Bxg6 Qg7
30.Qh5 exd4 31.Bxe8 Bf8 32.Re6 Qh7 33.Rg6+ Bg7 34.Qe5 Rd8 35.Qe6+ Kh8 36.Kg2 d3
37.Rh1 Qxh1+ 38.Kxh1 d2 39.Rh6+  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Blitz 2013"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.10"]
[Round "27.4"]
[White "Dreev,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 b6 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 Bb7 7.Nf3 d6 8.g3 O-O
9.Bg2 Nbd7 10.O-O Qe7 11.b3 e5 12.Bb2 Rfe8 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.b4 a5 15.Rfd1 Ne4
16.Qc2 axb4 17.axb4 Rxa1 18.Bxa1 Nef6 19.Nxe5 Nxe5 20.Bxb7 Qxb4 21.Bxe5 Rxe5
22.Rd8+ Re8 23.Rxe8+ Nxe8 24.Qe4 Kf8 25.Bd5 Nf6 26.Qe5 Qc5 27.Qf5 b5 28.Qc8+ Ke7
29.Qb7 bxc4 30.Bc6 Kd6 31.Ba4 c3 32.Qa6+ Ke7 33.Qd3 g6 34.Bb3 Nd7 35.Qe4+ Qe5
36.Qc4 f5 37.Ba4 Nb6 38.Qb4+ Qd6 39.Qxc3 Nxa4 40.Qg7+ Kd8 41.Qxh7 Nc5 42.h4 Ne4
43.h5 gxh5 44.Qxf5 Nf6 45.e4 Ke7 46.e5 Qd1+ 47.Kg2 Qd5+ 48.f3 Nd7 49.Qh7+ Qf7
50.Qe4 c5 51.Qh4+ Ke6 52.Qc4+ Ke7 53.Qh4+ Ke8 54.Qe4 Qe6 55.f4 c4 56.Qd4 Qc6+
57.Kf2 c3 58.Qd1 c2 59.Qc1 Qc3 60.Ke2 Nc5 61.e6 Qd3+  0-1

[Event "FIDE World Blitz 2013"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.10"]
[Round "28.4"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Dreev,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[ECO "A11"]

1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 dxc4 4.Bg2 Nd7 5.O-O Ngf6 6.Na3 Nb6 7.Ne5 Qd4 8.Nexc4 Be6
9.Na5 Bd5 10.Nb3 Qg4 11.f3 Qb4 12.Nc2 Bxb3 13.Nxb4 Bxd1 14.Rxd1 e5 15.Nd3 Nfd7
16.b3 f6 17.Bb2 Nc5 18.Nf2 Ne6 19.e3 Be7 20.f4 exf4 21.gxf4 Rd8 22.Bh3 Kf7
23.Kf1 Nd5 24.Rac1 Rhe8 25.a3 a5 26.Ne4 Bf8 27.Bg2 g6 28.Nc3 Nxc3 29.Rxc3 f5
30.Rc2 Rd7 31.Bf3 Red8 32.Bc3 Ra8 33.b4 axb4 34.axb4 Nc7 35.Be2 Nd5 36.b5 cxb5
37.Bd4 b4 38.Bc4 Be7 39.Rb1 Ke6 40.Ke2 Rad8 41.Bb3 Bf6 42.Bxd5+ Rxd5 43.Bxf6 Kxf6
44.Rxb4 R8d7 45.Rb6+ Kg7 46.Rcb2 Kh6 47.d4 Re7 48.Rxb7 Re4 49.Kf3 Ra5 50.R2b3 Ra8
51.Rc7 Rae8 52.d5 R4e7 53.d6 Rxc7 54.dxc7 Rc8 55.Rc3 Kg7 56.e4 Kf6 57.Rc6+ Ke7
58.exf5 Kd7 59.Rf6 Kxc7 60.fxg6 hxg6 61.Rxg6 Kd7 62.h4 Ke7 63.Kg4 Kf7 64.h5 Rc1
65.Ra6 Kg7 66.Kg5 Rg1+ 67.Kf5 Rf1 68.Rg6+ Kh7 69.Ke5 Rh1 70.f5 Rxh5 71.Kf6 Rh1
72.Rg7+ Kh8 73.Ra7 Kg8 74.Ra8+ Kh7 75.Kf7 Rb1 76.Ra7 Rb8 77.f6 Kh6 78.Rd7 Ra8
79.Rc7 Rb8 80.Rd7 Ra8 81.Ke6 Ra6+ 82.Rd6 Ra7 83.Rd7 Ra6+ 84.Ke7 Ra8 85.Rd6 Kg6
86.Rc6 Ra7+ 87.Ke6  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Blitz 2013"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.10"]
[Round "29.2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Sargissian,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 c6 6.e3 Bf5 7.g4 Be6 8.h4 Nd7
9.g5 h6 10.g6 fxg6 11.Bd3 Ngf6 12.Bxg6+ Bf7 13.Bxf7+ Kxf7 14.Nf3 Rf8 15.Rg1 h5
16.Ng5+ Ke8 17.Ne6 Qb6 18.Qc2 Ne4 19.Nxe4 dxe4 20.O-O-O Nf6 21.Rxg7 Rc8 22.Nxf8 Bxf8
23.Rg5 Be7 24.Kb1 Nd5 25.Re5 Qb5 26.Bg5  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Blitz 2013"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.10"]
[Round "30.2"]
[White "Sargissian,G"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 a6 6.O-O c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Be2 Ke7 10.Ne1 Bd7 11.Nd3 Bd6 12.Na3 Rc8 13.Bf3 Bc6 14.Nc4 Bxf3 15.Nxd6 Kxd6
16.gxf3 Nbd7 17.Bd2 Ke7 18.Rac1 Nd5 19.e4 N5b6 20.b3 Rxc1 21.Rxc1 Rc8 22.Rd1 Ke8
23.Kf1 Nc5 24.Nb2 Ncd7 25.Nd3 Nc5 26.Nb2 Ncd7 27.Nd3 Nc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "82nd ch-UKR 2013"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2013.06.15"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Bogdanovich,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nb3 Bb6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Qe2 Be6 8.Be3 Nf6
9.O-O-O Qe7 10.g3 O-O-O 11.Bg2 Rhe8 12.Rhe1 h6 13.h3 Qf8 14.f4 Bxb3 15.axb3 Bxe3+
16.Qxe3 Nxe4 17.Nxe4 d5 18.Nd6+ Qxd6 19.Qxe8 Rxe8 20.Rxe8+ Kd7 21.Re3 Ne7
22.Rde1 Nc6 23.h4 Qc5 24.c3 d4 25.Rd1 Qb5 26.Kc2 a5 27.Bxc6+ Kxc6 28.Re5 Qa6
29.Rxd4 Qf1 30.Re7 Qg2+ 31.Kb1 Qxg3 32.Ka2 Qxh4 33.Rxf7 Qg3 34.Rdd7 b5 35.Rxc7+ Kd6
36.Rb7 a4 37.Rxg7 axb3+ 38.Kxb3 Qxf4 39.Rxb5 Qf1 40.Ra5 Qd1+ 41.Ka2 Qh1 42.Rh7 Qe4
43.Rxh6+ Kc7 44.Kb3 Qd3 45.Rc5+ Kb7 46.Rh4 Kb6 47.Rd4 Qe2 48.Rc8 Qe6+ 49.Rdc4 Kb7
50.Rc5 Qe2 51.Rb4+ Ka6 52.Ka2  1-0

[Event "82nd ch-UKR 2013"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2013.06.16"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Eljanov,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "C91"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.d4 Bg4 10.Be3 exd4 11.cxd4 d5 12.e5 Ne4 13.h3 Bh5 14.Nbd2 Nxd2 15.Qxd2 Bxf3
16.Qc3 Bxg2 17.Kxg2 Nb8 18.Rac1 c6 19.Kh2 f5 20.Rg1 Ra7 21.Rg2 Qd7 22.Rcg1 Rf7
23.Bd1 g6 24.Bh5 Bf8 25.Bf4 Qe8 26.Rxg6+ hxg6 27.Rxg6+ Bg7 28.e6 Rf8 29.Qc5 Qe7
30.Bd6 Qh4 31.Qxa7  1-0

[Event "82nd ch-UKR 2013"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2013.06.17"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Neverov,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "E46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.Nf4 c6 8.Bd3 Nbd7
9.O-O dxc4 10.Bxc4 e5 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Ba2 Qxd1 13.Rxd1 b6 14.Nd3 Nxd3 15.Rxd3 Ba6
16.Rd1 Rfd8 17.Bd2 Kf8 18.Be1 Ng4 19.Rxd8+ Rxd8 20.Rd1 Ne5 21.Rxd8+ Bxd8
22.Bd2 f5 23.f4 Nc4 24.Bc1 Bf6 25.Nd1 Ke7 26.Bb1 Nd6 27.Kf2 Bc4 28.Nc3 Bxc3
29.bxc3 Ke6 30.g4 g6 31.gxf5+ gxf5 32.Kg3 c5 33.Bc2 a5 34.Kh4 Kf6 35.Kg3 Bd5
36.Bb2 Be4 37.Bd1 Nc4 38.Bc1 b5 39.Be2 Nd6 40.Bb2 c4 41.Bd1 Bc6 42.Bc2 Kg6
43.Bc1 Ne8 44.Bd2 Nf6 45.Kf2 Be4 46.Bd1 Nd5 47.Be2 Kf6 48.Ke1 Ke7 49.Kd1 Kd6
50.Kc1 Kc5 51.Kb2 Nf6 52.Bf1 Ng4 53.h4 Nh2  0-1

[Event "82nd ch-UKR 2013"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2013.06.18"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Efimenko,Z"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 Ba6 7.b3 d5 8.cxd5 Ne4
9.Qc2 exd5 10.Nc3 Nxc3 11.Qxc3 O-O 12.Rc1 Qe7 13.e3 Qe4 14.Be2 c6 15.Qc2 Bxe2
16.Kxe2 Qe6 17.Rhe1 Rc8 18.Kf1 f6 19.Nh4 Nd7 20.Qf5 Re8 21.Rc2 a5 22.Rec1 Rac8
23.Qxe6+ Rxe6 24.Nf5 Nb8 25.g4 g6 26.Ng3 Kf7 27.h4 Rd6 28.Kg2 Nd7 29.Ne2 Nb8
30.g5 Na6 31.Nf4 c5 32.dxc5 Rxc5 33.Rxc5 Nxc5 34.Ne2 Ne6 35.f4 d4 36.exd4 Nxd4
37.Nxd4 Rxd4 38.Kf3 fxg5 39.hxg5 Rd2 40.Rc7+ Kg8 41.Rb7 Rxa2 42.Rxb6 a4 43.bxa4 Rxa4  1/2-1/2

[Event "82nd ch-UKR 2013"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2013.06.19"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Kravtsiv,M"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Bg5 Be6
9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.Qd3 O-O 11.Rd1 Nc6 12.Qxd6 Nd4 13.Qxd8 Rfxd8 14.Nxd4 exd4
15.Nd5 Bxd5 16.exd5 Rxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "82nd ch-UKR 2013"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2013.06.20"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Moiseenko,A1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qb3 c5 6.dxc5 Nc6 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bxf6 Qxf6
9.cxd5 exd5 10.e3 O-O 11.Bb5 d4 12.Bxc6 dxc3 13.Qxb4 cxb2 14.Rb1 bxc6 15.O-O Ba6
16.Rfe1 Rab8 17.Qa3 Bc4 18.Nd4 Rfe8 19.Rxb2 Rxb2 20.Qxb2 Bxa2 21.Qxa2 Qxd4
22.Qxa7 Qc3 23.Rd1 Qc2 24.Ra1 Re6 25.h3 Rf6 26.Ra2 Qd1+ 27.Kh2 Qd5 28.Rc2 Rg6
29.g3 Rf6 30.Qa1 h5 31.Qd4 Qf3 32.Rd2 Kh7 33.Kg1 Qf5 34.h4 Re6 35.Re2 Re4
36.Qd3 Re5 37.e4 Qg4 38.Qd4 Rxc5 39.Qxc5 Qxe2 40.Qxc6 Qf3 41.Qd5 g6 42.Qd4 Qe2
43.Kg2 Kg8 44.Qe5 Qd3 45.Qf4 Kg7 46.Qf3 Qd2 47.g4 hxg4 48.Qxg4 Kf8 49.h5 gxh5
50.Qxh5 Qc3 51.Qf3 Qg7+ 52.Qg3 Qd4 53.Qf4 Qc3 54.Qd6+ Ke8 55.f3 Qe3 56.Kg3 Qg5+
57.Kf2 Qc1 58.Ke2 Qc3 59.Kf2 Qc1 60.Qe5+ Kf8 61.Kg3 Qg1+ 62.Kh4 Qf2+ 63.Kg4 Qg1+
64.Kf5 Qg6+ 65.Kf4 Qh6+ 66.Kg4 Qg6+ 67.Qg5 Qd6 68.Qf5 Qd4 69.Kh5 Qh8+ 70.Kg5 Qg7+
71.Kf4 Qh6+ 72.Ke5 Qh2+ 73.Qf4 Qb2+ 74.Kf5 Qb5+ 75.Qe5 Qd7+ 76.Kg5 Qd2+ 77.Kh5 Qd1
78.Qc5+ Kg7 79.Kg4 Qe2 80.Qg5+ Kf8 81.Qh6+ Ke7 82.Qh3 Qd1 83.Kh5 Qd6 84.Qh4+ Kf8
85.Kg4 Qe6+ 86.Kg3 Qe5+ 87.Qf4 Qg7+ 88.Kh3 Qd4 89.Qh6+ Ke7 90.Qg5+ Kf8 91.e5 Qf2
92.Qd8+ Kg7 93.Qg5+ Kf8 94.Qd8+ Kg7 95.Qf6+ Kg8 96.Qf4 Qc2 97.Kh4 Qb1 98.Qg4+ Kf8
99.f4 Qh7+ 100.Qh5 Qe4 101.Kg3 Qd3+ 102.Kg4 Kg7 103.Qg5+ Kf8 104.Qh6+ Kg8
105.Qd6 Qe3 106.f5 Qg1+ 107.Kf4 Qf2+ 108.Ke4 Qe2+ 109.Kf4 Qf2+ 110.Kg5 Qg3+
111.Kh5 Qh3+ 112.Kg5 Qg3+ 113.Kh5  1/2-1/2

[Event "82nd ch-UKR 2013"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2013.06.22"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Areshchenko,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Be7 7.Bf1 Nxe5 8.Rxe5 O-O
9.d4 Ne8 10.d5 Bc5 11.Re1 d6 12.Nc3 Bf5 13.Be3 Bxe3 14.Rxe3 Nf6 15.Bd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "82nd ch-UKR 2013"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2013.06.23"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Volokitin,And"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[ECO "D94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3 O-O 6.Bd2 c5 7.dxc5 Nc6 8.Rc1 Bg4
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Ndb4 12.Qe4 Qd7 13.Be2 Bxc3 14.Bxc3 Nxa2 15.Rc2 Nxc3
16.Rxc3 Rfd8 17.O-O Qd2 18.Rc2 Qb4 19.Bf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "82nd ch-UKR 2013"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2013.06.24"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Kryvoruchko,Y"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "C84"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 d6 7.c3 O-O 8.Re1 Re8
9.Nbd2 Bf8 10.Nf1 h6 11.Ng3 b5 12.Bc2 d5 13.Bd2 dxe4 14.dxe4 Be6 15.Qc1 Nd7
16.Be3 Na5 17.b3 c5 18.Qb2 Nc6 19.Rad1 Qc7 20.Nf5 a5 21.Bc1 Nb6 22.Ne3 Rad8
23.Bd3 c4 24.bxc4 bxc4 25.Bf1 Na4 26.Qc2 Nb6 27.Qb2 Na4 28.Qc2 Nb6 29.Qb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "82nd ch-UKR 2013"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2013.06.25"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Korobov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.Be2 Qc7 8.Qd2 b5
9.a3 Bb7 10.f3 Nbd7 11.O-O-O Rc8 12.Kb1 h5 13.Ndxb5 axb5 14.Nxb5 Qc6 15.Na7 Qc7
16.Nb5 Qc6 17.Na7  1/2-1/2

[Event "82nd ch-UKR 2013"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2013.06.26"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Baryshpolets,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "A62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Bg2 Bg7 8.Nf3 O-O
9.O-O Re8 10.Nd2 b6 11.a4 Nbd7 12.h3 a6 13.f4 Nh5 14.Kh2 Rb8 15.g4 Nhf6 16.g5 Nh5
17.Nc4 Qc7 18.Ne4 Bf8 19.Bd2 f5 20.Nf2 b5 21.axb5 axb5 22.Na5 Ra8 23.e4 Nb6
24.exf5 Bxf5 25.Ng4 b4 26.Re1 Rxe1 27.Qxe1 Qf7 28.Qf1 Bd7 29.Qf2 Bg7 30.Qf1 Qf8
31.Qc1 Ra7 32.Nc6 Rxa1 33.Qxa1 Nxf4 34.Qa7 Nxg2 35.Kxg2 Bxg4 36.hxg4 Nxd5
37.Qa2 Qf7 38.Qa8+ Bf8 39.Nd8 Nb6 40.Nxf7 Nxa8 41.Nd8  0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2013"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.11"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Hansen,TR"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[ECO "B76"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6
9.O-O-O d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Bd4 e5 13.Bc5 Be6 14.Ne4 Re8 15.h4 h5
16.Bc4 Qc7 17.Bb3 a5 18.a4 Nf4 19.Bd6 Qb6 20.Bxe6 Nxe6 21.g4 Qd4 22.Qxd4 Nxd4
23.g5 Rad8 24.c3 Nf5 25.b3 Rd7 26.Bc5 Rd5 27.Bf2 Red8 28.c4 Rxd1+ 29.Rxd1 Nd4
30.Kb2 Kf8 31.Bxd4 exd4 32.b4 axb4 33.Kb3 Ke7 34.a5 Kd7 35.Kxb4 Rb8+ 36.Ka4 Kc7
37.c5 Rb5 38.Nd6 Rb8 39.a6 Be5 40.Nxf7 Bg3 41.Rxd4 Ra8 42.Kb4 Rxa6 43.Re4 Kd7
44.Nh8 Ra1 45.Nxg6 Rb1+ 46.Kc4 Rc1+ 47.Kd3 Rxc5 48.Nf8+  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2013"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.12"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Hansen,TR"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bxe7 Nxe7 8.dxe5 Nxb5
9.a4 b6 10.axb5 Bb7 11.Nc3 Ng6 12.Ra4 O-O 13.Rd4 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 Nxe5 15.Qb7 c6
16.f4 Rb8 17.Qxa7 Ra8 18.Qb7 Rb8 19.Qa7 Ra8 20.Qb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2013"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Dubov,Danii"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bb4 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.d3 h6 8.Na4 a5
9.e3 Bc5 10.b3 Ba7 11.Bb2 Bd7 12.h3 Ne7 13.Nc3 c6 14.Ba3 Bb8 15.Ne4  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2013"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.15"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Dubov,Danii"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "B46"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 Qc7 7.Bg2 d6 8.O-O Bd7
9.Nb3 Nf6 10.f4 Be7 11.Kh1 O-O 12.g4 d5 13.e5 Ne8 14.Be3 f6 15.exf6 Nxf6
16.g5 Ne8 17.f5 Qe5 18.fxe6 Rxf1+ 19.Qxf1 Bxe6 20.Re1 Bf7 21.Bf4 Qf5 22.Nd4 Nxd4
23.Rxe7 Ne6 24.Bg3 Qxf1+ 25.Bxf1 Nxg5 26.Bg2 Nf6 27.Rxb7 Re8 28.Rb8 Rxb8
29.Bxb8 d4 30.Ne2 d3 31.cxd3 Bxa2 32.Nc3 Bb3 33.Kg1 Ne6 34.Kf2 Kf7 35.Ke3 g5
36.d4 Ng4+ 37.Kf3 Nf6 38.Ke3 Ng4+ 39.Kd3 Nf2+ 40.Ke2 Ng4 41.Kd3 Nf2+ 42.Kd2 Nf4
43.Bxf4 gxf4 44.Ne2 Ng4 45.h3 Ne3 46.Bf3 Nf5 47.Kc3 Bd1 48.Bd5+ Kf6 49.Nxf4 Kg5
50.Ne6+ Kf6 51.Nc5 a5 52.Kd3 Nd6 53.Ne4+ Ke7 54.Bg8 h6 55.Nc3 Bf3 56.Bd5 Bh5
57.Ke3 Be8 58.Kf4 Bd7 59.Bg2 Nc4 60.Nd1 a4 61.Bd5 Nb6 62.Bg2 Nc4 63.Bd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2013"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.16"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Dubov,Danii"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "B46"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 Qc7 7.Bg2 d6 8.O-O Bd7
9.Nb3 Nf6 10.f4 Be7 11.Kh1 O-O 12.g4 h6 13.Be3 Rac8 14.h4 d5 15.g5 hxg5 16.hxg5 Nxe4
17.Nxe4 dxe4 18.Bxe4 f5 19.gxf6 Rxf6 20.Rf2 Nb4 21.Qg4 Bc6 22.Rg2 Bf8 23.Bxc6 Qxc6
24.Bd4 Rh6+ 25.Kg1 Nd5 26.Re1 Ne7 27.c3 Rd8 28.Be3 Rd5 29.Nd4 Qd7 30.Kf2 Rdh5
31.Reg1 Nd5 32.Qf3 Rh3 33.Rg3 Rxg3 34.Rxg3 Qf7 35.Ne2 Be7 36.Rg2 Bf6 37.Kg1 Be5
38.Qe4 Nxe3 39.Qxe3 Bd6 40.Qd4 Bc7 41.Qe4 Bb6+ 42.Nd4 Qh5 43.Kf2 Rf6 44.Ke3 Bc7
45.Qxb7 Bxf4+ 46.Kd3 Bh6 47.Kc2 e5 48.Qd5+ Kh8 49.Qa8+ Kh7 50.Qe4+ Kh8 51.Qa8+ Kh7
52.Qe4+ Kh8 53.Qa8+ Kh7 54.Qe4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2013"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.16"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Dubov,Danii"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[ECO "A01"]

1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 Nf6 4.c4 g6 5.Nf3 d6 6.d3 Bg7 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.Be2 Re8
9.a3 Ne7 10.b4 b6 11.O-O Bb7 12.Rc1 c5 13.Qc2 Qc7 14.Ng5 h6 15.Nge4 Nxe4
16.Nxe4 Bxe4 17.dxe4 Nc6 18.Bc3 cxb4 19.axb4 a5 20.b5 Nd8 21.Rfd1 Ne6 22.Rd5 Nc5
23.Rcd1 Bf8 24.Bb2 h5 25.f4 exf4 26.Qc3 f6 27.Qxf6 Qg7 28.Rxd6 Qxf6 29.Rxf6 Re6
30.e5 Rxf6 31.exf6 fxe3 32.Bf3 Re8 33.Kf1 Kf7 34.Ke2 a4 35.Bc6 Rc8 36.Bd5+ Ke8
37.Kxe3 Bh6+ 38.Kf3 Kf8 39.Be5 Rd8 40.Bc7 Rd7 41.Bxb6 Nb3 42.Rd3 Bg5 43.f7 Be7
44.Re3 Rd6 45.Bc7 Rd7 46.Bf4 Kg7 47.Rxe7 Nd4+ 48.Kf2  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2013"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.16"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Dubov,Danii"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[ECO "E42"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Ne2 cxd4 6.exd4 d5 7.c5 Ne4 8.Bd2 Bxc3
9.Nxc3 O-O 10.Bd3 Nc6 11.O-O  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2013"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.16"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Dubov,Danii"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "B44"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nb5 d6 6.Bf4 e5 7.Be3 Nf6 8.Bg5 a6
9.N5c3 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Nd2 O-O 12.Nc4 Be6 13.Nd5 b5 14.Nce3 Bg5 15.Be2 g6
16.O-O Kh8 17.c3 f5 18.exf5 gxf5 19.f4 Bh6 20.Kh1 Ne7 21.a4 Rb8 22.axb5 axb5
23.Ra6 Bc8 24.Ra7 Nxd5 25.Nxd5 Bb7 26.Qd3 Qh4 27.g3 Qd8 28.Qd2 Qb6 29.Raa1 Qc5
30.Rad1 Rbe8 31.Bf3 e4 32.Be2 Bg7 33.Qe3 Rc8 34.Qxc5 Rxc5 35.Ne3 d5 36.Rd2 b4
37.cxb4 Rcc8 38.Rfd1 d4 39.Rxd4 Bxd4 40.Rxd4 Rfd8 41.Rxd8+ Rxd8 42.Kg1 Rd2
43.Kf1 Rxb2 44.Nxf5 Rxb4 45.Ne3 Rb2 46.h4 Kg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2013"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.16"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Dubov,Danii"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[ECO "A22"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.g3 Bb4 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nf3 Bxc3 6.bxc3 Re8 7.O-O c6 8.d3  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2013"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.16"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Dubov,Danii"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O Nf6 5.c4 c6 6.b3 Ne4 7.d4 O-O 8.Bb2 Bf5
9.Nc3 Nxc3 10.Bxc3 Be4 11.Rc1 Nd7 12.Bh3 Bxf3 13.exf3 dxc4 14.bxc4 Nb6 15.Ba1 e6
16.Qb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2013"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.16"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Dubov,Danii"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "A11"]

1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 Bg4 4.Bg2 e6 5.O-O Nd7 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Nc3 Ngf6 8.d3 Be7
9.Bf4 O-O 10.a3 Rc8 11.Qb3 Nc5 12.Qa2 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 Qb6 14.Be3 Qb3 15.Bxc5 Qxa2
16.Nxa2 Rxc5 17.Rfc1 Rfc8 18.Rxc5 Rxc5 19.Rc1 Nd7 20.e3 Kf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "ACP Cup 2013"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2013.09.13"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.h3 Bf5 6.Nc3 e6 7.g4 Bg6 8.Ne5 Nbd7
9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.a3 Bd6 11.Bd2 a6 12.Bd3 b5 13.c5 Bc7 14.f4 Ng8 15.Qf3 g5 16.O-O-O gxf4
17.exf4 Qh4 18.Ne2 a5 19.Be1 Qd8 20.h4 a4 21.h5 Ne7 22.Nc3 Qb8 23.Bd2 b4
24.axb4 a3 25.b5 axb2+ 26.Kc2 cxb5 27.Nxb5 Nc6 28.Bc3 Ra5 29.Bxa5 Bxa5 30.Kb1 Nf6
31.Rh2 Kf8 32.Rxb2 Qd8 33.Rh1 Ne8 34.g5 Nc7 35.Qe3 Nxb5 36.Bxb5 Ne7 37.h6 g6
38.Qe5 Rh7 39.Qd6 Bc7 40.Qxd8+ Bxd8 41.Bd3 Bc7 42.Rf1 Ke8 43.Kc2 Kd8 44.Ra1 Bxf4
45.Ra8+ Kc7 46.Ba6 Bxg5 47.Ra7+  1-0

[Event "ACP Cup 2013"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2013.09.13"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[ECO "D90"]

1.c4 g6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.h4 dxc4 6.e4 c5 7.d5 b5 8.h5 O-O 9.hxg6 fxg6
10.e5 Ng4 11.d6 e6 12.Rxh7 Nc6 13.Rxg7+ Kxg7 14.Bg5 Qd7 15.Ne4 Ncxe5 16.Nxe5 Nxe5
17.Nxc5 Qc6 18.Qd4 Rf5 19.Be3 Kg8 20.O-O-O Bd7 21.Kb1 Rc8 22.Qh4 Nf7 23.Ne4 Kg7
24.f3 Rh8 25.Qf2 Rd5 26.Re1 e5 27.g4 Nxd6 28.Nc3 Rd3 29.Bxd3 cxd3 30.Bd4 exd4
31.Qxd4+ Kg8 32.Qxd3 Nc4 33.Nd5 Qd6 34.Qd4 Be6 35.Qf6 Qxd5 36.Qxg6+ Kf8 37.Qf6+ Kg8
38.Qg6+ Kf8 39.Qf6+ Kg8  1/2-1/2

[Event "ACP Cup 2013"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2013.09.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O Bg4 8.cxd5 cxd5
9.Qb3 b6 10.Bd2 Ne4 11.Be1 Nc6 12.Bb5 Nxc3 13.Bxc3 Qd6 14.Qa4 Bd7 15.Rfc1 Rfc8
16.Qd1 a6 17.Be2 e6 18.Ne1 h5 19.Nd3 a5 20.f4 Ne7 21.Ne5 Nf5 22.Bd2 b5 23.Bd3 Be8
24.Rxc8 Rxc8 25.Bxf5 exf5 26.Bxa5 b4 27.Qd2 Rb8 28.Nd3 b3 29.Bb4 Qa6 30.a3 Bf8
31.Bxf8 Kxf8 32.Rc1 Bb5 33.Qb4+ Kg7 34.Nc5 Qa7 35.Qxb3 Bc4 36.Qc3 h4 37.h3 Qe7
38.b3 Be2 39.a4 g5 40.Qd2 Bh5 41.fxg5 Qxg5 42.Qf2 Re8 43.Rc3 Qg3 44.Kf1 f4
45.Qxg3+ fxg3 46.b4 f5 47.b5 f4 48.b6 fxe3 49.b7 Bf3 50.Rxe3  1-0

[Event "ACP Cup 2013"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2013.09.14"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[ECO "A85"]

1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.Qc2 g6 6.O-O-O Bg7 7.h4 O-O 8.e3 c6
9.Be2 h6 10.Bf4 Qe8 11.Nf3 Nb6 12.c5 Nbd5 13.Bc4 dxc5 14.dxc5 Be6 15.Be5 Rd8
16.Rd4 Qf7 17.Nxd5 cxd5 18.Bd3 Rc8 19.Kb1 Ne4 20.b4 a5 21.a3 axb4 22.axb4 Bf6
23.Rc1 Qg7 24.Bxf6 Qxf6 25.Qb2 Bf7 26.Bb5 Rc7 27.Rc2 b6 28.c6 Ra8 29.Rd1 Rca7
30.Nd4 e5 31.Nb3 Nd6 32.Be2 Nc4 33.Bxc4 dxc4 34.Nd2 Qxc6 35.Nf3 c3  0-1

[Event "ACP Cup 2013"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2013.09.15"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.e3 Ne4 6.Bh4 c5 7.cxd5 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Qxd5
9.Nf3 cxd4 10.cxd4 Nc6 11.Be2 O-O 12.O-O e5 13.dxe5 Qxd1 14.Rfxd1 Nxe5 15.Nd4 Bd7
16.Rab1 b6 17.h3 Ba4 18.Rdc1 Rfc8 19.Ba6 Rxc1+ 20.Rxc1 Nd7 21.Be7 Re8 22.Ba3 Nb8
23.Bb5 Bxb5 24.Nxb5 a6 25.Nd6 Rd8 26.Nb7 Re8 27.Rc7 Be5 28.Bd6 Bg7 29.f4 b5
30.Kf2 h5 31.Kf3 f5 32.g4 hxg4+ 33.hxg4 fxg4+ 34.Kxg4 Bf8 35.Be5 Re6 36.Nd8 Re7
37.Kg5 Nd7 38.Bd6 Rg7 39.Rc6 Bxd6 40.Rxd6 Nf8 41.e4 a5 42.e5 b4 43.Nc6 Rh7
44.e6 Rh5+ 45.Kg4 Nh7 46.Rd8+ Kg7 47.Rd7+ Kf6 48.Nd4 Ng5 49.fxg5+  1-0

[Event "ACP Cup 2013"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2013.09.15"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 c6 6.e3 Bf5 7.g4 Be6 8.h4 Nd7
9.g5 h6 10.g6 Ngf6 11.gxf7+ Bxf7 12.Bd3 Ne4 13.Bxe4 dxe4 14.Nge2 O-O 15.Qc2 Nf6
16.Rg1 Kh8 17.Be5 Qa5 18.Nf4 Bb4 19.Bxf6 gxf6 20.Qxe4 Rg8 21.Rxg8+ Rxg8 22.Kd2 f5
23.Qf3 Bc4 24.Qh5 Kh7 25.d5 Bxd5 26.Qxf5+ Kh8 27.Ng6+ Kg7 28.Ne7 Bxc3+ 29.bxc3 Rd8
30.Qe5+ Kf7 31.Nf5 Rd7 32.Nd6+ Kf8 33.Qe8+  1-0

[Event "ACP Cup 2013"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2013.09.15"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[ECO "E90"]

1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.d4 Nf6 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.h3 Qe8 7.g4 Na6 8.Bg5 c5 9.Qd2 b6
10.Rd1 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Bb7 12.f3 Nc5 13.Bh6 a6 14.Be2 Rd8 15.h4 e5 16.Nf5 Bxh6
17.Qxh6 Ne6 18.Nd5 Nxd5 19.cxd5 gxf5 20.gxf5 Kh8 21.Qf6+ Ng7 22.Rg1 Rg8 23.h5  1-0

[Event "ACP Cup 2013"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2013.09.15"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.e3 c5 6.Nf3 cxd4 7.Nxd4 dxc4 8.Bxc4 O-O
9.O-O a6 10.Be2 Nbd7 11.Rc1 e5 12.Nb3 h6 13.Bh4 b5 14.Bf3 Rb8 15.Ne4 g5 16.Bg3 Nxe4
17.Bxe4 Nb6 18.Qxd8 Rxd8 19.Na5 Bd7 20.f3 Nc4 21.Nxc4 bxc4 22.Rfd1 Be6 23.Rxd8+ Rxd8
24.Be1 f5 25.Bc2 e4 26.fxe4 fxe4 27.b3 cxb3 28.Bxb3 Bxb3 29.axb3 Rd3 30.Rc8+ Kh7
31.Kf2 Rxb3 32.Re8 Rb2+ 33.Kf1 Rb1 34.Ke2 Rb2+ 35.Kf1 Ra2 36.Rxe4 a5 37.Re7 Kg6
38.Ra7 a4 39.Bb4 Be5 40.e4 Bxh2 41.Ra6+ Kh5 42.Bf8 Bg3 43.Bxh6 Rf2+  0-1

[Event "FIDE GP Paris"]
[Site "Elancourt FRA"]
[Date "2013.09.22"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Fressinet,L"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.d4 cxd4 5.Qxd4 a6 6.Bxd7+ Bxd7 7.c4 Nf6 8.Bg5 e6
9.Nc3 Be7 10.Rd1 Bc6 11.O-O O-O 12.Qd3 Qc7 13.a4 Rfd8 14.Rfe1 Rac8 15.Nd4 Be8
16.b3 Qc5 17.Be3 Qa5 18.Bd2 Qc5 19.h3 Nd7 20.Be3 Qa5 21.Qd2 Kh8 22.Nc2 Ne5
23.Rc1 Nc6 24.Red1 Bf6 25.Nd4 Qb4 26.Rb1 Nxd4 27.Bxd4 Bxd4 28.Qxd4 b5 29.axb5 axb5
30.Nxb5 Bxb5 31.cxb5 Qxb5 32.Rbc1 Qxb3 33.Rxc8 Rxc8 34.Qxd6 h6 35.Qd3 Qxd3
36.Rxd3 g5 37.h4 Kg7 38.hxg5 hxg5 39.f3 Rc4 40.Kf2 g4 41.Kg3 gxf3 42.gxf3 Kf6
43.Rd7 Ra4 44.Rb7 Rc4 45.Rd7 Ra4 46.Rb7 Rc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP Paris"]
[Site "Elancourt FRA"]
[Date "2013.09.23"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Giri,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 Nc6 8.Qd2 Be6
9.O-O-O Qd7 10.Kb1 Bf6 11.Bg5 Bxg5 12.Nxg5 O-O-O 13.Nxe6 Qxe6 14.g3 Kb8 15.Bg2 Rhe8
16.Bd5 Qd7 17.Qg5 f6 18.Qh4 h6 19.Rd2 Re7 20.b3 Rde8 21.Kb2 Ne5 22.Qb4 Nc6
23.Qf4 Ne5 24.Qb4 Nc6 25.Qf4 Ne5 26.h3 c6 27.Bg2 Qc7 28.c4 Nf7 29.Qf5 Qb6
30.Rhd1 Qc5 31.Qxc5 dxc5 32.h4 Kc7 33.Bh3 Rd8 34.Rxd8 Nxd8 35.a4 a5 36.Bf5 Nf7
37.Kc1 Ne5 38.c3 g6 39.Bc2 f5 40.h5 gxh5 41.Rh1 Ng4 42.Bxf5 Nxf2 43.Rxh5 Rg7
44.Rh2 Ng4 45.Bxg4 Rxg4 46.Rxh6 Rxg3 47.Kc2 Rg2+ 48.Kc1 Rg1+ 49.Kc2 Rg2+
50.Kc1 Rg1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP Paris"]
[Site "Elancourt FRA"]
[Date "2013.09.24"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bf4 dxc4 6.e3 a6 7.a4 Bd6 8.Bg3 Bxg3
9.hxg3 c5 10.Bxc4 Nb6 11.Bb3 cxd4 12.exd4 Bd7 13.a5 Nbd5 14.Bxd5 Nxd5 15.Nxd5 exd5
16.Qe2+ Be6 17.Qd3 h6 18.Qa3 f6 19.O-O Kf7 20.Nd2 Bd7 21.Nb3 Re8 22.Nc5 Bc6
23.Qf3 Kg8 24.Qg4 Qe7 25.Qf3 Qe2 26.Qc3 Qb5 27.Rfe1 Kf7 28.b3 Rac8 29.Qd2 Bd7
30.Rac1 Kg8 31.f3 Rcd8 32.g4 Bc8 33.Qc3 Rxe1+ 34.Rxe1 Re8 35.Rxe8+ Qxe8 36.Kf2 Kf7
37.Qb4 Qc6 38.Qe1 b6 39.axb6 Qxb6 40.Qc3 Qc7 41.Qb4 a5 42.Qc3 Bd7 43.Qe1 Bc8
44.Qc3 Bd7 45.Qd2 Bb5 46.Qe1 Qb6 47.Qh1 Kf8 48.Qh5 Qc6 49.Qf5 Kf7 50.Qh5+ Kf8
51.Qf5 Kf7 52.f4 g6 53.Qc2 Qc7 54.Qd2 g5 55.g3 gxf4 56.gxf4 f5 57.Qe3 Qe7
58.Qxe7+ Kxe7 59.g5 Kf7 60.Nb7 Kg6 61.gxh6 a4 62.bxa4 Bxa4 63.Nd6 Bd7 64.Kg3 Kxh6
65.Nf7+ Kh5 66.Ne5 Bb5 67.Nf3 Bd3 68.Ng5 Bb5 69.Ne6 Bd7 70.Nc7 Bc6 71.Kh3 Bb7
72.Nb5 Bc6 73.Nc3 Bb7 74.Nd1 Bc6 75.Ne3 Kg6 76.Kh4 Bb7 77.Nc2 Bc8 78.Nb4 Bb7
79.Nd3 Kh6 80.Ne5 Ba8 81.Nf7+ Kg6 82.Nd6 Bc6 83.Nc8 Bb7 84.Na7 Kh6 85.Nb5 Kg6
86.Nc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP Paris"]
[Site "Elancourt FRA"]
[Date "2013.09.25"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Tomashevsky,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.Nbd2 f5 5.g3 Nf6 6.Bg2 Bd6 7.O-O Nbd7 8.b3 O-O
9.Bb2 b6 10.Ne5 Bb7 11.Nd3 Qe7 12.e3 a5 13.Rc1 Rfd8 14.Rc2 a4 15.Qc1 axb3
16.axb3 Ne4 17.f3 Nxd2 18.Qxd2 c5 19.f4 Nf6 20.dxc5 Bxc5 21.Nxc5 bxc5 22.Bxf6 Qxf6
23.cxd5 Bxd5 24.Qc3 Qxc3 25.Rxc3 Ra2 26.Rf2 Ra1+ 27.Rf1 Ra2 28.Rf2 Ra1+ 29.Rf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP Paris"]
[Site "Elancourt FRA"]
[Date "2013.09.27"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Caruana,F"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.h3 h6 10.Rd1+ Ke8 11.Nc3 Bd7 12.Bf4 Rd8 13.e6 Bxe6 14.Bxc7 Rxd1+ 15.Rxd1 Be7
16.g4 Nh4 17.Nd4 Bd7 18.Re1 Kf8 19.Bg3 g5 20.Bxh4 gxh4 21.Ne4 Kg7 22.Kg2 Rd8
23.c3 h5 24.f3 Bc8 25.Nf5+ Bxf5 26.gxf5 Rd5 27.c4 Rxf5 28.Rd1 Ra5 29.Rd7 Bf6
30.Nxf6 Kxf6 31.a3 Rc5 32.Rxb7 Rxc4 33.Rxa7 Rc2+ 34.Kf1 Rxb2 35.a4 Rh2 36.Rc7 Rxh3
37.Rxc6+ Kg7 38.Rc3 Rh1+ 39.Kg2 Ra1 40.Rc4 Kg6 41.Rxh4 Kg5 42.Rb4 f5 43.Kg3 Rg1+
44.Kf2 Ra1 45.Kg3 Rg1+ 46.Kf2 Ra1  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP Paris"]
[Site "Elancourt FRA"]
[Date "2013.09.28"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "C42"]

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.Bf4 dxc4 14.Bxc4 Bd6 15.Bg5 Qd7
16.Nh4 Na5 17.Bd3 Bxd3 18.Qxd3 Qg4 19.Nf3 Qe6 20.Rfe1 Qd5 21.Be7 Rfe8 22.Ng5 f5
23.Bxd6 cxd6 24.Qh3 h6 25.Qh5 Rxe1+ 26.Rxe1 hxg5 27.Re8+ Rxe8 28.Qxe8+ Kh7
29.Qh5+ Kg8 30.Qe8+ Kh7 31.Qh5+ Kg8  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP Paris"]
[Site "Elancourt FRA"]
[Date "2013.09.29"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[ECO "A14"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.d4 dxc4 7.Ne5 Nc6 8.Bxc6 bxc6
9.Nxc6 Qe8 10.Nxe7+ Qxe7 11.Qc2 c5 12.Qxc4 cxd4 13.Qxd4 e5 14.Qh4 Ba6 15.Bg5 Bxe2
16.Re1 Bd3 17.Nc3 Qe6 18.Bxf6 gxf6 19.Ne4 Bxe4 20.Qxe4 Rac8 21.b3 Rfd8 22.Rad1 Kg7
23.Qe3 a6 24.Qe2 Rxd1 25.Rxd1 f5 26.Qd3 h6 27.Kg2 Rc5 28.Qd6 Rc2 29.Qxe6 fxe6
30.Rd6 Rxa2 31.Rxe6 e4 32.g4 fxg4 33.Rxe4 h5 34.Re6 a5 35.Ra6 Ra3 36.h3 gxh3+
37.Kh2 Rxb3 38.Rxa5 Rf3 39.Rxh5 Rxf2+ 40.Kxh3  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP Paris"]
[Site "Elancourt FRA"]
[Date "2013.09.30"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "A64"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 c5 5.d5 O-O 6.Nc3 e6 7.Nf3 exd5 8.cxd5 d6
9.O-O Re8 10.Nd2 a6 11.a4 Nbd7 12.h3 Rb8 13.Nc4 Ne5 14.Na3 Nh5 15.e4 Bd7
16.a5 b5 17.axb6 Bb5 18.Naxb5 axb5 19.Nxb5 Qxb6 20.Na3 Qb3 21.g4 Nf6 22.Qxb3 Rxb3
23.Rd1 h6 24.Nc2 Nd3 25.Ra4 Nd7 26.Ra6 Nxc1 27.Rxc1 Bxb2 28.Rd1 Be5 29.Na3 Nb6
30.Bf1 Rb8 31.Kg2 Rb4 32.Bd3 c4 33.Be2 c3 34.Kf3 Rb3 35.Bd3 Nd7 36.Nc2 Nc5
37.Raa1 Rb2 38.Ke3 g5 39.Ra3 Rxc2 40.Bxc2 Rb2 41.Bb1 c2 42.Bxc2 Rxc2 43.Kf3 Rb2
44.Re3 Bf4 45.Ra3 Kg7 46.h4 Nd7 47.hxg5 hxg5 48.Rda1 Ne5+ 49.Kg2 Nxg4 50.R1a2 Rxa2
51.Rxa2 f5 52.f3 Nf6 53.Ra4 Kg6 54.Kf2 fxe4 55.fxe4 g4 56.Rc4 Kg5 57.Ra4 Kh4
58.Kg2 Be5  0-1

[Event "FIDE GP Paris"]
[Site "Elancourt FRA"]
[Date "2013.10.02"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[ECO "E37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 Ne4 7.Qc2 c5 8.dxc5 Nc6
9.e3 Qa5+ 10.Bd2 Nxd2 11.Qxd2 dxc4 12.Qxa5 Nxa5 13.Rc1 b5 14.cxb6 Bb7 15.Nf3 Ke7
16.Nd2 axb6 17.Bxc4 Rhd8 18.Bb5 Rac8 19.Rc3 Rxc3 20.bxc3 Rc8 21.c4 Bxg2 22.Rg1 Bd5
23.Rg4 h5 24.Rh4 Bc6 25.Rxh5 Bxb5 26.Rxb5 Nxc4 27.Nxc4 Rxc4 28.Rxb6 Rh4 29.Ke2 Rxh2
30.a4 Rh4 31.a5 Ra4 32.a6 Ra2+ 33.Kf3 f5 34.Rb7+ Kf6 35.a7 g5 36.Kg3 Ra3
37.f3 g4 38.fxg4 Rxe3+ 39.Kf4 Re4+ 40.Kf3 Ra4 41.gxf5 exf5 42.Rc7 Ke5 43.Re7+ Kd6
44.Re8 Rxa7 45.Kf4 Re7 46.Rxe7 Kxe7 47.Kxf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP Paris"]
[Site "Elancourt FRA"]
[Date "2013.10.03"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Ne7 6.c3 Nd7 7.O-O h6 8.Na3 a6 9.Nc2 Bh7
10.Nfe1 c5 11.Bd3 Bxd3 12.Nxd3 Rc8 13.g3 Qc7 14.Ne3 h5 15.a3 Nc6 16.Nf4 cxd4
17.cxd4 Qb6 18.Ne2 Na5 19.b4 Nc4 20.Ng2 Nb8 21.Bg5 Nc6 22.Ne3 Nxe3 23.fxe3 Be7
24.Bxe7 Nxe7 25.Rc1 Rxc1 26.Qxc1 O-O 27.Qc5 Qd8 28.Nf4 g6 29.Rc1 Nf5 30.Kf2 Qg5
31.Rg1 b6 32.Qc3 Ne7 33.Rc1 h4 34.Kf3 hxg3 35.hxg3 Nf5 36.Qe1 a5 37.b5 Qe7
38.Rc3 a4 39.g4 Nh6 40.Rc2 Kg7 41.Qc1 Qh4 42.Rg2 Qe7 43.Rg1 Rh8 44.Rh1 Qg5
45.Rg1 Qe7 46.Rh1 Qg5 47.Rg1  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP Paris"]
[Site "Elancourt FRA"]
[Date "2013.10.04"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[ECO "A88"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 d6 7.Nc3 c6 8.b3 Na6 9.Bb2 Qc7
10.d5 e5 11.dxe6 Bxe6 12.Ng5 Bd7 13.Qd2 Rad8 14.Rad1 Bc8 15.Rfe1 Nc5 16.Qc2 a5
17.Nf3 Rfe8 18.Nd4 Qf7 19.Bc1 h6 20.Bb2 Kh7 21.e3 Nfe4 22.Rf1 Nf6 23.Rfe1 Nfe4
24.Rf1 Nf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Kings Tournament"]
[Site "Bucharest ROU"]
[Date "2013.10.07"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Radjabov,T"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.e3 Be7 8.Qc2 Nh5
9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Be2 g6 11.O-O O-O 12.Rfb1 Nb6 13.Qb3 Bf5 14.Rc1 Nf6 15.a4 Nc8
16.Qa3 a5 17.Qxe7 Nxe7 18.b3 Nc8 19.Ne5 Nd7 20.Nxd7 Bxd7 21.Rab1 Nd6 22.b4 axb4
23.Rxb4 Ra5 24.Rb6 Rfa8 25.f3 f5 26.Kf2 Kf7 27.Bd3 Ke7 28.h4 Be6 29.Rcb1 R8a7
30.Kg3 h6 31.Kf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Kings Tournament"]
[Site "Bucharest ROU"]
[Date "2013.10.08"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Nisipeanu,LD"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Bf4 O-O 8.Qd2 Nd7
9.O-O-O Nc5 10.Be3 c6 11.c4 Ne4 12.Qe1 Re8 13.Bd3 Bf6 14.Qb4 c5 15.Qb3 b6
16.c3 Bb7 17.Qc2 Re6 18.h4 h6 19.Rh3 Qd7 20.g4 Re7 21.Rg1 h5 22.Ng5 Rae8
23.Qd1 hxg4 24.Rxg4 Bc8 25.Nxe4 Rxe4 26.Rxe4 Rxe4 27.Bxe4 Qxh3 28.Qxd6 Qf1+
29.Kc2 Qxc4 30.Qc6 Qe6 31.Qa8 Qe8 32.h5 Bd7 33.Qb7 Bg4 34.f3 Bxf3 35.Bxf3 Qxe3
36.Kb3 Qe7  1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Kings Tournament"]
[Site "Bucharest ROU"]
[Date "2013.10.09"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Caruana,F"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 Nc6 8.Qd2 O-O
9.O-O-O Ne5 10.Nxe5 dxe5 11.Bd3 Be6 12.Qe2 Qe8 13.Kb1 f5 14.Bc4 Bf6 15.g4 Bxc4
16.Qxc4+ Qf7 17.Qb4 f4 18.Bc5 Rfb8 19.f3 b6 20.Bf2 Rd8 21.Qe4 Qe6 22.c4 g6
23.h4 Kf7 24.h5 c6 25.a4 Rxd1+ 26.Rxd1 Rd8 27.hxg6+ hxg6 28.Rxd8 Bxd8 29.Be1 a5
30.Bf2 Qd6 31.Kc1 Ke8 32.c3 Kd7 33.Kc2 c5 34.Qb7+ Bc7 35.Qd5 g5 36.Be1 Ke7
37.Qe4 Qh6 38.Bd2 Qh1 39.Qb7 Kd8 40.b4 Qf1 41.Qd5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Kings Tournament"]
[Site "Bucharest ROU"]
[Date "2013.10.11"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 Nc6 8.Qd2 Be6
9.O-O-O Qd7 10.h4 h6 11.Kb1 Bf6 12.Nd4 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 Bxd4 14.Qxd4 O-O 15.Be2 Rae8
16.Bf3 b6 17.g4 Qb5 18.g5 Qc4 19.gxh6 Qxd4 20.Rxd4 gxh6 21.Bc6 Rd8 22.Ra4 a5
23.b4 axb4 24.cxb4 Bd7 25.Bxd7 Rxd7 26.Re1 Kg7 27.Kb2 Kg6 28.Ra3 Kh5 29.Rg3 f5
30.Re6 b5 31.Kb3 f4 32.Rgg6 Rh7 33.f3 Rf5 34.c4 bxc4+ 35.Kxc4 Re5 36.Ref6 Kxh4
37.Rxf4+ Kh3 38.Rfg4 h5 39.Rg3+ Kh2 40.Rg2+ Kh1 41.Rg1+ Kh2 42.R6g2+ Kh3
43.Rg7 Rxg7 44.Rxg7 Re3 45.a4 Ra3 46.Kb5 c5 47.bxc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Kings Tournament"]
[Site "Bucharest ROU"]
[Date "2013.10.12"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Radjabov,T"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.Re1 a6 6.Bxc6 bxc6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 Ng6
9.Be3 d6 10.Nbd2 e5 11.Qd3 Be7 12.Nc4 Bg4 13.Rad1 O-O 14.Nxd6 Bxd6 15.Qxd6 Qc8
16.Qd3 Bxf3 17.gxf3 Qh3 18.Qf1 Qxf3 19.Rd3 Rfd8 20.Bg5 Rxd3 21.Qxd3 Qh5 22.Qg3 h6
23.Be3 Nh4 24.Kh1 Rd8 25.Rg1 Qf3+ 26.Qxf3 Nxf3 27.Rc1 Ng5 28.Bxg5 hxg5 29.Kg2 g4
30.h3 gxh3+ 31.Kxh3 Rd4 32.f3 Rd2 33.b4 g6 34.a4 Kg7 35.b5 cxb5 36.axb5 axb5
37.Rb1 f5 38.Rxb5 Kf6 39.Rb6+ Kg5 40.Re6 Kf4 41.Rxg6 fxe4 42.fxe4 Rxc2 43.Re6 Re2
44.Re8 Kxe4 45.Kg3 Kd3 46.Ra8 Rc2 47.Ra3+ Rc3 48.Ra2 Ke3 49.Kg2 e4 50.Kg3 Rd3
51.Kg4 Rc3 52.Kg3 Rc8 53.Ra3+ Kd4 54.Kf2 Rc2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Kings Tournament"]
[Site "Bucharest ROU"]
[Date "2013.10.13"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Nisipeanu,LD"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "E59"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.Nf3 d5 7.O-O dxc4 8.Bxc4 Nc6
9.a3 Bxc3 10.bxc3 Qc7 11.Bb2 e5 12.h3 Bf5 13.Bb5 e4 14.Nd2 Rad8 15.Rc1 h6
16.Re1 Bg6 17.Bxc6 bxc6 18.c4 cxd4 19.exd4 Rfe8 20.Re3 Nh5 21.Nxe4 Qf4 22.g3 Nxg3
23.Rxg3 Rxe4 24.d5 Rxc4 25.Rxc4 Qxc4 26.d6 Qf4 27.Qa1 Qxd6 28.Bxg7 Kh7 29.Bf6 Re8
30.Qd4 Re6 31.Qxd6 Rxd6 32.Bc3 c5 33.h4 h5 34.Re3 c4 35.Re8 Bb1 36.Rc8 Rg6+
37.Kf1 Bd3+ 38.Ke1 Rg4 39.Rh8+ Kg6 40.Rg8+ Kf5 41.Rxg4 hxg4 42.Kd2 Kf4 43.Bd4 a6
44.Kc3 f5 45.Bb6 Kf3 46.h5 f4 47.h6 Ke2 48.Bc7 Kxf2 49.Bxf4 g3 50.Bxg3+ Kxg3
51.h7 Bxh7 52.Kxc4 Kf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Kings Tournament"]
[Site "Bucharest ROU"]
[Date "2013.10.14"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Caruana,F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[ECO "B40"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.Qe2 e5 6.O-O Be7 7.c3 O-O 8.d4 cxd4
9.cxd4 d5 10.exd5 Nxd4 11.Nxd4 exd4 12.Qe5 d3 13.Nc3 Re8 14.Bf4 Ba3 15.Qd4 Bxb2
16.Qxd3 Bxa1 17.Rxa1 Bd7 18.h3 Rc8 19.Be3 Bf5 20.Qxf5 Rxc3 21.Bd4 Rc4 22.Rd1 Qd6
23.Bf1 Rb4 24.Bc3 Rbe4 25.Bb5 Qc5 26.Bxf6 Re1+ 27.Kh2 Rxd1 28.Bxe8 Rxd5 29.Be5 Rxe5
30.Qxf7+ Kh8 31.Bd7 Qe7 32.Qf4 Qf6 33.Qd2 b5 34.Bg4 h5 35.Bd1 h4 36.Bg4 Re8
37.gxh4 Qxh4 38.Kg2 Qe7 39.Bf3 Rd8 40.Qf4 Qf6 41.Qg4 g6 42.Qe4 Qg5+ 43.Kf1 a5
44.h4 Qf5 45.Qc6 Rf8 46.Qc3+ Kh7  0-1

[Event "7th Kings Tournament"]
[Site "Bucharest ROU"]
[Date "2013.10.16"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Wang Hao"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "D42"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.d4 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Bd3 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.a3 b6 10.Qc2 Nxc3 11.bxc3 g6 12.Rd1 Qc7 13.Bb2 Bb7 14.dxc5 bxc5 15.c4 f5
16.Rab1 Rad8 17.Be2 Rxd1+ 18.Bxd1 Ba8 19.Qd2 Rd8 20.Qc3 e5 21.Ne1 Qa5 22.f3 Kf7
23.Bc2 Bf6 24.e4 Qxc3 25.Bxc3 Nd4 26.Bxd4 Rxd4 27.exf5 gxf5 28.Rb8 Bc6 29.Bxf5 Rxc4
30.Rc8 Bb5 31.Rc7+ Be7 32.Bd3 Rc1 33.Bxb5 Rxe1+ 34.Kf2 Rh1 35.Kg3 a5 36.Ra7 Rc1
37.Rxa5 c4 38.Bc6 c3 39.Be4 h5 40.a4 Ra1 41.Ra6 Bd8 42.Bc2 Bg5 43.Rc6 Ra3
44.Rb6 Be7 45.Rb7 Ra1 46.Rb1 Ra3 47.Kh3 h4 48.g3 hxg3 49.hxg3 Kg7 50.Rb7 Kf7
51.Rb5 e4 52.fxe4 Ra1 53.Rb1 Ra3 54.Kg4 Kg7 55.Rb3 Rxa4 56.Rb7 Ra2 57.Bb3 Rb2
58.Rxe7+ Kf6 59.Re6+ Kf7  1-0

[Event "SportAccord Rapid Men 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.12"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Wang Yue"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "D91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Bg7 5.Nf3 Ne4 6.Bh4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 dxc4 8.e3 b5
9.Be2 Nd7 10.a4 c6 11.Nd2 a6 12.Bf3 Bb7 13.O-O O-O 14.Qb1 Rb8 15.axb5 axb5
16.Rd1 Re8 17.Bg3 e5 18.dxe5 Bxe5 19.Ne4 Bc8 20.Ra7 Bxg3 21.hxg3 Re6 22.Nc5 Qb6
23.Nxd7 Qxa7 24.Nxb8 Qxb8 25.Rd8+ Kg7 26.Qb4 Kf6 27.Qf8  1-0

[Event "SportAccord Rapid Men 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.12"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 Bd7 10.Rd1 Kc8 11.Ng5 Be8 12.b3 b6 13.Rd3 Kb7 14.Bb2 Nh4 15.Rad1 Be7
16.Nge4 Ng6 17.Ne2 c5 18.N4g3 c4 19.bxc4 Ba4 20.R1d2 Bg5 21.f4 Bxf4 22.Nxf4 Nxf4
23.Rf3 Ne6 24.Rxf7 Rad8 25.Rd6 Rhe8 26.Nf5 Ka6 27.Rxd8 Rxd8 28.Ne3 Rd7 29.Rxd7 Bxd7
30.Kf2 Be8 31.Nd5 c6 32.Ne7 c5 33.Ke3 Kb7 34.Nd5 g5 35.Bc1 Bg6 36.Kd2 h6
37.Kc3 Be4 38.g3 b5 39.Nf6 b4+ 40.Kb2 Bf3 41.h4 gxh4 42.gxh4 h5 43.c3 a5
44.cxb4 cxb4 45.a3 Nc5 46.axb4 axb4 47.Kc2 Be2 48.Be3 Kc6 49.Bxc5 Kxc5 50.e6 Kd6
51.Kb3 Kxe6 52.Nd5 Kf5 53.Kxb4 Kg4 54.Nf6+ Kxh4 55.Nxh5 Bxc4 56.Kxc4 Kxh5  1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord Rapid Men 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.12"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 dxc4 4.e3 b5 5.a4 b4 6.Ne4 Qd5 7.Ng3 Nf6 8.Be2 g6 9.Nf3 Bg7
10.O-O Ba6 11.Bd2 h5 12.h4 c3 13.bxc3 bxc3 14.Bxc3 O-O 15.Bxa6 Nxa6 16.Qe2 Nc7
17.e4 Qd7 18.Ne5 Qe8 19.Qc4 Kh7 20.Nxc6 Ng4 21.d5 Bxc3 22.Qxc3 f5 23.f3 Nf6
24.Qe5 Qd7 25.Qxe7+ Qxe7 26.Nxe7 fxe4 27.fxe4 Nd7 28.Rac1 Na6 29.Rxf8 Rxf8
30.Rc6 Nac5 31.e5 Nd3 32.e6 N7e5 33.Rc8 Rf4 34.Rc7  1-0

[Event "SportAccord Rapid Men 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.12"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Le Quang Liem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 Ke8 10.Ne2 b6 11.Re1 c5 12.e6 Bxe6 13.Nf4 Bd6 14.Rxe6+ fxe6  0-1

[Event "SportAccord Rapid Men 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.13"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Giri,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.d4 c6 5.O-O Nf6 6.b3 O-O 7.Bb2 a5 8.c4 a4 9.bxa4 dxc4
10.Na3 Qa5 11.Nxc4 Qxa4 12.Qc1 Qa6 13.a4 Be6 14.Nfd2 Nbd7 15.e4 Nb6 16.Nxb6 Qxb6
17.Bc3 Rfd8 18.a5 Qa7 19.Qb2 Ne8 20.d5 cxd5 21.exd5 Bxc3 22.Qxc3 Bxd5 23.Bxd5 Rxd5
24.Nc4 Rad8 25.Nb6 Rd3 26.Qe5 e6 27.Rac1 Qa6 28.Qc5 h5 29.Nc8 Nf6 30.Rb1 R3d7
31.Nb6 Rd2 32.Nc4 Ne4 33.Qb5 R2d5 34.Qxa6 bxa6 35.Rb4 Nc3 36.Rb6 Rc5 37.Nd6 Rxa5
38.Rc6 Ne2+ 39.Kg2 Nd4 40.Rb6 Nf5 41.Ne4 Kg7 42.Re1 Rd7 43.Ng5 Ra2 44.Rb3 a5
45.Reb1 Rdd2 46.Rf3 Rab2 47.Rc1 Rbc2 48.Rb1 Rd7 49.Ra3 Rc5 50.h4 Ra7 51.Rb8 Rd5
52.Ne4 Nd6 53.Ng5 a4  0-1

[Event "SportAccord Rapid Men 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.13"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "B47"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.f4 a6 7.Be3 b5 8.Nxc6 Qxc6
9.Be2 Bb7 10.Bf3 Rc8 11.a4 b4 12.e5 Qc7 13.Ne4 Nh6 14.a5 Bd5 15.O-O Nf5 16.Bb6 Qc4
17.Re1 Nh4 18.Rc1 Be7 19.b3 Nxf3+ 20.gxf3 Qc6 21.c4 bxc3 22.Rxc3 Qb7 23.Rxc8+ Qxc8
24.f5 Qb7 25.Qd3 exf5 26.Nf6+ gxf6 27.exf6 Rg8+ 28.Kf2 Be6 29.fxe7 Qb8 30.Rh1 Qf4
31.Qc3 Kxe7 32.Qc5+ d6 33.Qc7+ Kf6 34.Qc3+ Ke7 35.Qc7+ Kf6 36.Qc3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord Rapid Men 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.13"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "A43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 d6 4.c4 b5 5.cxb5 a6 6.b6 Nbd7 7.Nc3 g6 8.e4 Bg7 9.Bd3 O-O
10.O-O Nxb6 11.h3 Ne8 12.Re1 Nc7 13.Bg5 f6 14.Bf4 Bd7 15.Qd2 a5 16.Rad1 a4
17.a3 Qb8 18.Nh2 Qb7 19.Ng4 Rab8 20.Qe2 Kh8 21.h4 Nc8 22.Rd2 f5 23.exf5 Bxf5
24.Bh6 Nxd5 25.Bxf5 Rxf5 26.Nxa4 Nf4 27.Qe4 Bxh6 28.Nxh6 Qxe4 29.Rxe4 Rf8
30.g3 Nh5 31.Ng4 Rb3 32.Re3 Rb7 33.Nc3 Na7 34.Nd5 Nc6 35.b4 cxb4 36.axb4 e5
37.Kg2 Rfb8 38.Ra3 Nxb4 39.Nde3 e4 40.Rxd6 Nd3 41.Ra1 Rf8 42.Re6 Ndf4+ 43.gxf4 Nxf4+
44.Kg3 Nxe6 45.Ra4 Rf3+ 46.Kh2 Nf4 47.Ra1 Kg7 48.Kg1 Nh3+ 49.Kg2 Nxf2  0-1

[Event "SportAccord Blitz Men 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "C43"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.dxe5 Nc5 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Be3 c6
9.c4 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Be6 11.Bxe6 Nxe6 12.Qc2 Na6 13.Nc3 Nb4 14.Qb3 Qc7 15.a3 Nd3
16.Nb5 cxb5 17.Qxd3 a6 18.Rac1 Qd8 19.Qe4 Qb8 20.Nd4 Nxd4 21.Bxd4 Rd8 22.f4 Rc8
23.e6 Qd6 24.exf7+ Kxf7 25.Rxc8 Rxc8 26.Qf5+ Bf6 27.Bxf6  1-0

[Event "SportAccord Blitz Men 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Be7 7.Bf1 Nxe5 8.Rxe5 O-O
9.Nc3 Bf6 10.Re1 Re8 11.Rxe8+ Nxe8 12.Nd5 Bg5 13.c4 c6 14.Nc3 d6 15.d4 Bxc1
16.Rxc1 Nf6 17.Qd2 h6 18.h3 Bf5 19.b4 Qd7 20.Re1 Bg6 21.a3 Kf8 22.g3 d5 23.c5 Ne4
24.Qe3 Re8 25.h4 f6 26.Nxe4 dxe4 27.Bg2 Bf7 28.Qf4 Bd5 29.Kh2 Qe6 30.Bh3 Qf7
31.Re3 g5 32.Qf5 Kg7 33.Bg2 Qg6 34.Bh3 Qf7 35.Bg2 Qg6 36.Bh3 Qf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord Blitz Men 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Kamsky,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[ECO "B43"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 b5 6.Bd3 Bc5 7.Nb3 Ba7 8.Qe2 d6
9.Be3 e5 10.a4 bxa4 11.Rxa4 Nf6 12.O-O O-O 13.Rfa1 h6 14.h3 Re8 15.Nd2 Bxe3
16.Qxe3 Nbd7 17.b4 Nb6 18.R4a3 d5 19.exd5 Nbxd5 20.Nxd5 Nxd5 21.Qc5 Nf4 22.Be4 Rb8
23.Nc4 Re6 24.Ne3 g6 25.Rd1 Qg5 26.Qc7 Reb6 27.Rd8+ Kg7 28.Rxc8 Nxh3+ 29.Kf1 Rxc8
30.Qxc8 Rxb4 31.gxh3 Rxe4 32.Rxa6 Rxe3 33.fxe3 Qxe3 34.Ra8 Qf3+ 35.Ke1 Qe3+
36.Kd1 Qg1+ 37.Kd2 Qd4+ 38.Kc1 Qf4+ 39.Kb2 Qd4+ 40.Kb3 Qd5+ 41.c4 Qd3+ 42.Kb4 Qd2+
43.Kb5 Qb2+ 44.Kc6 Kf6 45.c5 e4 46.Qd8+ Kf5 47.Qd5+ Kf4 48.Qxf7+ Ke3 49.Ra2 Qb8
50.Qf2+ Kd3 51.Qd2+  1-0

[Event "SportAccord Blitz Men 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Le Quang Liem"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O e5 5.d3 Ne7 6.e4 d4 7.a4 c5 8.Na3 Nbc6 9.c3 h6
10.cxd4 cxd4 11.Bd2 O-O 12.b4 Bg4 13.Nc4 Rc8 14.b5 Nb8 15.Bb4 Nd7 16.Qd2 b6
17.a5 Be6 18.axb6 axb6 19.Rfc1 Bxc4 20.dxc4 Nc5 21.Qc2 Qd7 22.Ne1 f5 23.Bxc5 Rxc5
24.Nd3 Rc7 25.c5 bxc5 26.b6 Rcc8 27.Nxc5 Qd6 28.b7 Rb8 29.Ra6 Qc7 30.exf5 gxf5
31.Qb1 e4 32.Nxe4 Qe5 33.Nc5  1-0

[Event "SportAccord Blitz Men 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.dxc5 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.c3 a6 7.Be3 Nxe5 8.Nbd2 Nf6
9.Be2 Nxf3+ 10.Nxf3 g6 11.O-O Bg7 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 O-O 14.c4 e6 15.Rc1 Qd7
16.Qb3 Rfd8 17.Rfd1 Rac8 18.Bd4 Qe7 19.cxd5 exd5 20.Bxf6 Bxf6 21.Bxd5 Rc7
22.Re1 Qd7 23.Bf3 Qc8 24.Qb6 Kg7 25.b4 Rd2 26.Rcd1 Rxa2 27.Qd6 Rb2 28.Re4 Rc6
29.Qd5 Qc7 30.g3 a5 31.bxa5 Rxc5 32.Qd6 Qxd6 33.Rxd6 Rcc2 34.Rb6 Rxf2 35.Rxb2 Rxb2
36.Rc4 Bd8 37.Ra4 h5 38.a6 Bb6+ 39.Kh1 bxa6 40.Rxa6 Bc7 41.g4 Rh2+ 42.Kg1 Rxh3
43.Bg2 Rh4 44.gxh5 Rxh5 45.Rc6 Bd8 46.Bf3 Rf5 47.Kg2 Re5 48.Rd6 Be7 49.Rd7 f5
50.Rd5 Re6 51.Rb5 Kf6 52.Bd5 Ra6 53.Bc4 Rc6 54.Bd5 Rc2+ 55.Kf3 Bc5 56.Bb3 Rc3+
57.Ke2 Re3+ 58.Kf1 Re5 59.Rb7 g5 60.Rf7+ Kg6 61.Rd7 Re3 62.Bc2 Rf3+ 63.Ke1 g4
64.Rd5 Bg1 65.Bd3 Kf6 66.Be2 Rf4 67.Rb5 Bf2+ 68.Kf1 Bd4+ 69.Ke1 g3 70.Bf1 Bc3+  0-1

[Event "SportAccord Blitz Men 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.c4 Nb6
9.Nc3 Qe6 10.Qe4 Ba6 11.b3 Bb4 12.Bd2 Bxc3 13.Bxc3 d5 14.Qh4 dxc4 15.Be2 Nd5
16.Bxc4 g5 17.Bxd5 gxh4 18.Bxe6 fxe6 19.Rd1 Rg8 20.g3 Rd8 21.Rxd8+ Kxd8 22.Kd2 c5
23.Ke3 Kd7 24.Rc1 Rd8 25.Rd1+ Ke7 26.Rxd8 Kxd8 27.g4 h3 28.f4 Bb7 29.f5 Ke7
30.Bb2 Kf7 31.Ba3 c4 32.bxc4 a6 33.Bb4 Bg2 34.Ba5 c5 35.Kd2 Bf3 36.f6 Bxg4
37.Bb6 Bf3 38.Bxc5 Ke8 39.Kc3  1-0

[Event "SportAccord Blitz Men 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Ne7 6.O-O Bg6 7.Nbd2 Nf5 8.c3 Nd7
9.Ne1 c5 10.Ndf3 c4 11.g3 h6 12.Ng2 Bh7 13.Bd2 a6 14.b3 Rc8 15.bxc4 dxc4
16.a4 b6 17.Nf4 Ne7 18.Re1 Qc7 19.Bf1 g5 20.Nh5 Nd5 21.h4 Bg6 22.Nf6+ N7xf6
23.exf6 Bh5 24.hxg5 hxg5 25.Bg2 Bd6 26.Qe2 Nxf6 27.Bxg5 Nd5 28.Qd2 Rg8 29.Bh4 Bf4
30.Qb2 Rg4 31.Ne5 Rxh4 32.gxh4 Qd8 33.Kf1 Kf8 34.Re4 Qxh4 35.Rae1 Kg7 36.Qa3 b5
37.axb5 axb5 38.Qa7 Nxc3 39.Nxf7 Rc7 40.Qb6 Nxe4 41.Rxe4 Rxf7 42.Qxb5 Bg6
43.Rxe6 Bg3 44.Re2 Bxf2 45.Qe5+ Kh7 46.Bd5 Be3+ 47.Bxf7 Qh1+  0-1

[Event "SportAccord Blitz Men 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Wang Yue"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "A86"]

1.c4 f5 2.d4 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nh3 O-O 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.O-O e6 8.d5 Ne5
9.b3 Nf7 10.Ba3 Re8 11.dxe6 dxe6 12.Qc2 c6 13.Rad1 Qa5 14.Bb2 e5 15.a3 Qc7
16.e4 f4 17.f3 Be6 18.Ne2 g5 19.Nf2 a5 20.Bh3 h5 21.Bxe6 Rxe6 22.Kg2 g4 23.Rd3 gxf3+
24.Rxf3 Ng5 25.gxf4 Nxf3 26.Kxf3 Ng4 27.Rg1 Rg6 28.Nxg4 hxg4+ 29.Kg3 exf4+
30.Nxf4 Rf8 31.e5 Rg5 32.Ne6 Bxe5+ 33.Kg2 Qe7 34.Nxg5 Qxg5 35.Bxe5 Qxe5 36.Qg6+ Qg7
37.Qe6+ Kh7 38.Kh1 Rf4 39.Rd1 Rf7 40.Rg1 Rf4 41.Rd1 Rf7 42.Rg1 Rf4 43.Rd1 Rf7
44.Rg1  1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord Blitz Men 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "B47"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.f4 a6 7.Be3 b5 8.Nxc6 Qxc6
9.Be2 Ba3 10.Nxb5 axb5 11.bxa3 Qxe4 12.Bd4 Bb7 13.Qd3 Ne7 14.Qxe4 Bxe4 15.Bxb5 Bxc2
16.Rc1 Ba4 17.Bd3 Bc6 18.Bc5 Ng6 19.O-O f6 20.Bb4 Kf7 21.f5 Ne5 22.fxe6+ dxe6
23.Be2 Rhc8 24.Rc5 Bd5 25.Rfc1 Rxc5 26.Rxc5 Nc6 27.Rc2 Nxb4 28.axb4 Rxa2
29.Rxa2 Bxa2 30.Kf2 Ke7 31.Ke3 Kd6 32.Kd4 e5+ 33.Kc3 f5 34.g3 g5 35.Ba6 Bd5
36.Bc8 f4 37.Kd3 h5 38.Bf5 h4 39.gxh4 gxh4 40.Bg6 Bc6 41.Bf5 Bb5+ 42.Kd2 Kd5
43.Bg6 e4 44.Ke1 Kd4 45.Kf2 Bc6 46.Bf7 e3+  0-1

[Event "SportAccord Blitz Men 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[Round "11.6"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O Nf6 5.b3 O-O 6.Bb2 c5 7.c4 Nc6 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Bxg7 Kxg7 10.d4 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Nxd4 12.Qxd4+ Nf6 13.Qe5 Qd6 14.Qxd6 exd6
15.Nc3 Rd8 16.Rfd1 a6 17.Rd4 Rb8 18.Rad1 Bf5 19.e4 Bg4 20.e5 Bxd1 21.exf6+ Kxf6
22.Rxd1 Kg7 23.Nd5 Rbc8 24.Ne3 Rc7 25.Kf1 a5 26.Ke2 b5 27.Rd5 Rc5 28.Rd4 h5
29.Be4 Kf8 30.Bd3 Ke7 31.Nd5+ Kf8 32.Kd2 Rdc8 33.Nb6 Rd8 34.Nd5 b4 35.Bc4 Kg7
36.Rf4 Rd7 37.h4 Ra7 38.Kd3 Rc8 39.Re4 Kf8 40.Kd4 Re8 41.Nf6 Rxe4+ 42.Nxe4 Ke7
43.Ng5 f5 44.Ne6 Kf6 45.Nf4 g5 46.hxg5+ Kxg5 47.Kd5 a4 48.Kxd6 axb3 49.axb3 Ra2
50.f3 Ra1 51.Kc5 Rg1 52.Nh3+  1-0

[Event "SportAccord Blitz Men 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[Round "12.3"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Radjabov,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "B36"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 d6 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Be2 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 Bg7
9.Bg5 O-O 10.Qd2 a5 11.Rc1 Be6 12.O-O a4 13.f4 Qa5 14.Kh1 Rfc8 15.b3 axb3
16.axb3 Kh8 17.Bd3 Bd7 18.Qe2 Bc6 19.Nd5 Re8 20.b4 Qd8 21.Nc3 b6 22.e5 Kg8
23.Bh4 Nh5 24.Be4 Bxe4 25.Qxe4 Qb8 26.g4 Nf6 27.exf6 exf6 28.Qg2 Ra3 29.Nd5 Qa7
30.Rce1 Re6 31.f5 Re5 32.Bxf6 Bxf6 33.Nxf6+ Kg7 34.Rxe5 dxe5 35.fxg6 hxg6
36.Ne8+ Kg8 37.Nd6 Ra1 38.Qf3 Rxf1+ 39.Qxf1 Qd7 40.Qxf7+  1-0

[Event "SportAccord Blitz Men 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[Round "13.7"]
[White "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "C77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bc5 6.O-O b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.d3 h6
9.Nd5 d6 10.c3 Ba7 11.a4 Bb7 12.Nxf6+ Qxf6 13.Bd5 Nd8 14.Be3 c6 15.Bb3 Ne6
16.Bxa7 Rxa7 17.axb5 cxb5 18.g3 Nc5 19.Bc2 d5 20.d4 exd4 21.e5 Qe7 22.Qxd4 Raa8
23.Rae1 Rfd8 24.Nh4 Bc8 25.b4 Ne4 26.Rxe4 dxe4 27.Qxe4 Qb7 28.Qh7+ Kf8 29.Be4 Qb8
30.Qh8+ Ke7 31.Qxg7 Bh3 32.Ng6+ Kd7 33.Qxf7+ Kc8 34.Ne7+  1-0

[Event "SportAccord Blitz Men 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[Round "14.2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Giri,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "B27"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Qa4 d6 7.e5 dxe5 8.Nxe5 Bd7
9.Nxd7 Qxd7 10.Be3 Bg7 11.Rd1 Qc8 12.Be2 O-O 13.O-O a6 14.Qh4 b5 15.a3 Ne5
16.Bc1 Ra7 17.a4 bxa4 18.Qxa4 e6 19.Rd6 Nfd7 20.Be3 Qc7 21.Rxa6 Rxa6 22.Qxa6 Rb8
23.Bc1 Nc5 24.Qa3 Qc6 25.Rd1 Bf8 26.Qa2 Ne4 27.Nxe4 Qxe4 28.Bd3 Nxd3 29.cxd3 Qe2
30.Rf1 Qxd3 31.Qa7 Qb5 32.Bf4 Rc8 33.Qa1 Bg7 34.Qd1 Qxb2 35.Be3 h5 36.h3 Qb5
37.Qd2 Qd5 38.Qe2 Qc4 39.Qd2 Qc3 40.Qd7 Qc6 41.Qd2 Qc2 42.Qd7 Qc7 43.Qd2 Rd8
44.Qe2 Qd6 45.Rc1 Be5 46.Qc4 Kg7 47.Qc2 Bh2+ 48.Kh1 Bf4 49.Bxf4 Qxf4 50.f3 Rd5
51.Qc3+ e5 52.Re1 Qd4 53.Qc2 Rc5 54.Qe2 h4 55.Rd1 Qc4 56.Qe3 Qc2 57.Re1 Rd5
58.Qg5 Qc3 59.Rg1 Qd4 60.Qe7 Rd7 61.Qe8 Rd8 62.Qe7 Rd7 63.Qe8 Qd6 64.Ra1 Rd8
65.Qb5 Qd4 66.Re1 Rd5 67.Qe8 Qc3 68.Rg1 Qd2 69.Qe7 Qf4 70.Re1 Qf6 71.Qb7 Qd6
72.Qb3 Rd3 73.Qc2 Rd2 74.Qe4 Rd1 75.Qxh4 Qd4 76.Qxd4 Rxe1+ 77.Qg1 Rxg1+ 78.Kxg1 f5
79.Kf2 Kh6 80.g3 Kg5 81.Ke3 Kf6 82.h4 Ke6 83.g4 Kd5 84.Kd3 fxg4 85.fxg4 e4+
86.Ke3 Ke5 87.h5 gxh5 88.gxh5 Kf5 89.h6 Kg6 90.Kxe4 Kxh6  1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord Blitz Men 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[Round "15.8"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "C50"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.Nbd2 a6 7.Bb3 h6 8.O-O Re8
9.Re1 d6 10.Nf1 Be6 11.Bc2 d5 12.Qe2 Bf8 13.Ng3 g6 14.h3 Bg7 15.Be3 Qd7 16.Rad1 Rad8
17.a3 Qc8 18.b4 b5 19.Nh2 a5 20.Qf3 Kh7 21.Bd2 axb4 22.axb4 d4 23.Ne2 Qd7
24.Ra1 Ra8 25.g4 dxc3 26.Bxc3 Qd6 27.Qg3 Nd7 28.Rab1 Ra2 29.Rec1 Rea8 30.Nf3 Kg8
31.h4 R2a3 32.g5 h5 33.Bd2 Bg4 34.Nc3 Rb8 35.Nd5 Bxf3 36.Qxf3 Nd4 37.Qe3 c6
38.Nc3 Rba8 39.Bd1 Nf8 40.Kg2 Nfe6 41.Qh3 Nf4+ 42.Bxf4 exf4 43.Kh1 Be5 44.Ne2 Kg7
45.Ng1 Ra2 46.Qg2 Rd2 47.Nf3 Nxf3 48.Bxf3 Raa2 49.Rf1 Bd4 50.e5 Qxe5 51.Rbe1 Qd6
52.Bxc6 Rxf2 53.Rxf2 Rxf2 54.Qd5 Qxb4 55.Rg1 Qb2 56.Rg2 f3  0-1

[Event "SportAccord Blitz Men 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[Round "16.1"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "A88"]

1.c4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.d4 O-O 6.Nf3 d6 7.O-O c6 8.Qc2 Na6
9.Rd1 Bd7 10.b3 Kh8 11.Bb2 Qe8 12.Ba3 h6 13.Rac1 g5 14.e3 Qh5 15.Qe2 Rae8
16.Ne1 Qg6 17.Qc2 Nc7 18.Nf3 Qh5 19.c5 d5 20.Ne5 Bc8 21.h3 Rd8 22.Bb4 Be6
23.Ba5 Rc8 24.g4 fxg4 25.Ng6+ Kg8 26.Nxe7+ Kf7 27.Nxc8 Rxc8 28.hxg4 Nxg4
29.Bxc7 Rxc7 30.Qe2 Kg8 31.f3 Qh2+ 32.Kf1 Rf7 33.Ke1 Rf8 34.Kd2 Qg3 35.Rg1 Nh2
36.f4 Qh4 37.Kc2 Bf5+ 38.e4 dxe4 39.Bxe4 Qxf4 40.Bxf5 Qxf5+ 41.Kb2 Nf3 42.Rgf1 Bxd4
43.Rxf3 Qxf3 44.Qc4+ Kh7 45.Qxd4 Rf7 46.Rc2 g4 47.Ne4 g3 48.Rc3 Qe2+ 49.Ka3 Qa6+
50.Kb2 Qe2+ 51.Rc2 Qf3 52.Rc3 Qe2+ 53.Ka3 g2 54.Rg3 Qa6+ 55.Kb4 Qb5+ 56.Kc3 Qf1
57.Kb4 Qb5+ 58.Kc3 Qf1 59.Kb4 Qb5+ 60.Kc3 Qf1 61.Kb2 Qe2+ 62.Ka3 Qa6+ 63.Kb2 Qe2+
64.Ka3 Qa6+ 65.Kb4 Qb5+ 66.Kc3 Qf1 67.Qe3 a5 68.Kb2 a4 69.bxa4 Rd7 70.Ka3 Rf7
71.Kb4 Qb1+ 72.Ka5 Qf1 73.Nd6 Rg7 74.Qe4+ Kh8 75.Qe8+ Kh7 76.Qe4+ Kh8 77.Qe5 Qf8
78.Rxg2  1-0

[Event "SportAccord Blitz Men 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[Round "17.8"]
[White "Wang Hao"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "A88"]

1.Nf3 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.c4 O-O 6.d4 d6 7.Nc3 c6 8.Rb1 a5 9.b3 Na6
10.Bb2 Qc7 11.Re1 e5 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.e4 Re8 14.Ba3 Nb4 15.Qe2 fxe4 16.Nxe4 Nxe4
17.Qxe4 Bf5 18.Qh4 Bxb1 19.Rxb1 e4 20.Ng5 Bf6 21.Bc1 e3 22.fxe3 Nd3 23.Qg4 Bxg5
24.Qxg5 Qf7 25.h4 Qf2+ 26.Kh1 Qc2 27.Ra1 Nxc1 28.h5 Qb2 29.hxg6 Qxa1  0-1

[Event "SportAccord Blitz Men 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[Round "18.2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 Ke8 10.Ne2 b6 11.Rd1 Bb7 12.a4 a5 13.Nfd4 Nxd4 14.Nxd4 Rd8 15.Bg5 Rd7
16.e6 fxe6 17.Nxe6 Bd6 18.Rd3 h6 19.Bh4 Ba6 20.Rf3 Rf7 21.Bg3 Re7 22.Nd4 Bxg3
23.Rxg3 g5 24.Nxc6 Re4 25.Rd1 Rf8 26.Re3 Rxe3 27.Rd8+ Kf7 28.Rxf8+ Kxf8 29.fxe3 Kf7
30.Kf2 Ke6 31.e4 Kd6 32.Nd4 Ke5 33.Ke3 Bb7 34.Nf3+ Kf6 35.b3 Ba6 36.Kd4 Bf1
37.g3 Ke6 38.Nd2 Bh3 39.Nc4 Bg2 40.Ne3 Bf3 41.Nd5 c5+ 42.Ke3 Bd1 43.Kd2 Bf3
44.Nxb6 Bxe4 45.Nc4 Kf5 46.Nd6+ Ke5 47.Nxe4 Kxe4 48.c3 Kf3 49.b4  1-0

[Event "SportAccord Blitz Men 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[Round "19.7"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "A81"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.c3 Bg7 5.h4 Nc6 6.Nd2 e5 7.d5 Ne7 8.d6 Nc6 9.Nc4 O-O
10.Bd5+ Kh8 11.Nf3 b5 12.Ncxe5 Nxd5 13.Qxd5 Qe8 14.h5 gxh5 15.Bf4 Bb7 16.Qxb5 Nxe5
17.Qxb7 Rb8 18.Qd5 c6 19.Qxe5 Bxe5 20.Bxe5+ Kg8 21.b3 Rb5 22.Bf4 Qe4 23.Rxh5 Re8
24.Kf1 Rd5 25.Kg2 Re6 26.Rah1 h6 27.c4 Rdxd6 28.Bxd6 Rxd6 29.e3 Qc2 30.R1h4 c5
31.Rf4 Rf6 32.Nh4 Qxa2 33.Nxf5 Kh7 34.Rfh4 Qxb3 35.Nxh6 Kg6 36.Ng4 Qb7+ 37.Kh2 Re6
38.Rh7 a5 39.R4h6+ Kf5 40.Rh4 Rg6 41.R7h5+ Ke6 42.Re5+ Kd6 43.Rd5+ Kc7 44.Rxc5+ Rc6
45.Rxa5 Rxc4 46.Rf5 Qb4 47.Rf4 Rxf4 48.gxf4 Qe4 49.Kg3 Qb1 50.Rh2 d6 51.Rg2 Kd7
52.Rh2 Qg1+ 53.Kf3 Qd1+ 54.Kg3 Qg1+ 55.Rg2 Qd1 56.Nh2 Ke6 57.Nf3 Kd5 58.Rh2 Kc6
59.Rh6 Qb1 60.f5 Kd7 61.Nd4 Qg1+ 62.Kf3 Qg5 63.Rh7+ Ke8 64.Rh8+ Ke7 65.Rh1 Qg8
66.Rh6 Qg5 67.Re6+ Kd7 68.Rg6 Qh5+ 69.Kg3 Ke7 70.Rg7+ Kf6 71.Rd7 Qg5+ 72.Kf3 Qh5+
73.Ke4 Qh2 74.Kd3 Qe5 75.f4 Qc5 76.Rb7 d5 77.Rb3 Qc4+ 78.Kd2 Qa6 79.Rc3 Qa2+
80.Rc2 Qa5+ 81.Ke2 Qa1 82.Rc6+ Kf7 83.Nf3 Qa2+ 84.Ke1 Qb1+ 85.Kf2 Qxf5 86.Rc7+ Ke8
87.Nd4 Qe4 88.Rc6 Kf7 89.Rd6 Kf8 90.Rf6+ Kg7 91.Rf5 Qh1 92.Nf3 Qd1 93.Rg5+ Kf6
94.Kg3 Qb3 95.Re5 Qc4 96.Nd4 Qc5 97.Re6+ Kf7 98.f5 Qc1 99.Kf4 Qb1 100.Ke5 Qe4+
101.Kd6 Qg2 102.Nc6 Kf8 103.f6 Qf3 104.Ne5 Qg3 105.Kxd5 Qg2+ 106.Kd6 Qd2+
107.Kc7 Qa5+ 108.Kc6 Qa6+ 109.Kd5 Qa2+ 110.Nc4 Kf7 111.Rd6 Qb3 112.Kc5 Kg6
113.e4 Qc3 114.e5 Kf7 115.Rd7+ Kg6 116.f7 Kg7 117.e6 Qf6 118.Rd6 Qe7 119.Ne5 Qa7+
120.Kd5 Qb7+ 121.Rc6 Qb3+ 122.Kd6 Qb4+ 123.Rc5 Qb8+ 124.Kd7 Qa7+ 125.Kd6 Qb8+
126.Kd5 Qb7+ 127.Nc6 Qb3+ 128.Kd6 Qa3 129.Ne5 Qa6+ 130.Rc6 Qa3+ 131.Kd5 Qb3+
132.Ke4 Qb1+ 133.Kd5 Qb3+ 134.Rc4 Qb5+ 135.Kd6 Qb8+ 136.Rc7 Qb4+ 137.Kd5 Qa5+
138.Rc5 Qa8+ 139.Nc6 Qa2+ 140.Kd6 Qa3 141.Nd4 Qa6+ 142.Ke5 Qa1 143.Rc8 Qa5+
144.Ke4  1-0

[Event "SportAccord Blitz Men 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[Round "20.3"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Le Quang Liem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 Ke8 10.Ne2 b6 11.Rd1 Ba6 12.Nf4 Be7 13.g4 Nh4 14.Nxh4 Bxh4 15.Be3 Be7
16.Rd2 Rd8 17.Rad1 Rxd2 18.Rxd2 Bc8 19.h3 f6 20.Bd4 Kf7 21.exf6 gxf6 22.Bc3 Re8
23.Kg2 f5 24.Nd3 Bd6 25.f3 c5 26.Kf2 c4 27.Nc1 Bf4 28.Rd1 Be3+ 29.Kg2 h5
30.gxh5 Rg8+ 31.Kh2 Bf4+ 32.Kh1 Bb7 33.Rf1 Bxc1  0-1

[Event "SportAccord Blitz Men 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[Round "21.6"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 f5 2.d3 d6 3.e4 e5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.exf5 Bxf5 6.d4 e4 7.Nh4 Bg4 8.Be2 Bxe2
9.Qxe2 d5 10.Bg5 Bb4 11.O-O O-O 12.Nf5 Nc6 13.Rad1 Qd7 14.Ne3 Ne7 15.Bxf6 Rxf6
16.Nxe4 Ra6 17.Ng5 h6 18.Nf3 Rxa2 19.Ne5 Qe6 20.f4 Rf8 21.Qd3 Rxb2 22.f5 Qd6
23.N3g4 h5 24.f6 hxg4 25.fxe7 Rxf1+ 26.Rxf1 Qxe7 27.Qf5 Bd6 28.Qc8+ Kh7 29.Qf5+ Kg8
30.Nxg4 Qe4 31.Qf7+ Kh8 32.Qh5+ Kg8 33.Qf7+ Kh8 34.Qh5+ Kg8 35.Qf7+ Kh8 36.Qh5+ Kg8  1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord Blitz Men 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[Round "22.4"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e5 Nh5 5.Be2 Ng7 6.f4 h5 7.Be3 b6 8.Nf3 c6 9.Bf2 Ba6
10.h3 Qd7 11.Qd2 Ne6 12.O-O-O Bh6 13.Be3 Bxe2 14.Nxe2 Ng7 15.Rdg1 h4 16.Bf2 Nf5
17.Nxh4 Nxh4 18.Bxh4 Na6 19.Bf2 O-O-O 20.g4 Kb7 21.h4 Rdg8 22.Be3 Nc7 23.Kb1 f5
24.g5 Bf8 25.Ng3 e6 26.h5 c5 27.hxg6 Rxh1 28.Rxh1 Rxg6 29.Qh2 Qb5 30.Qh8 cxd4
31.Bxd4 Qe8 32.Nh5 Qa4 33.c3 Bc5 34.Qh7 Bxd4 35.cxd4 Qxd4 36.Rc1 Qd3+ 37.Ka1 Ka6
38.Qxc7 Qe2 39.Nf6 Qd2 40.a3 Qxf4 41.Nd7 Rxg5 42.Nb8+ Kb5 43.Qc6+ Ka5 44.b4+  1-0

[Event "SportAccord Blitz Men 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[Round "23.5"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nbd2 g6 5.e3 Bg7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O a6 8.b4 Bg4
9.a4 e6 10.Ba3 Re8 11.b5 axb5 12.cxb5 Nbd7 13.Qb3 Bxf3 14.Nxf3 Bf8 15.Bxf8 Rxf8
16.Rfc1 Qb6 17.Qc3 Ne4 18.Qc2 cxb5 19.Bxb5 Ndf6 20.Rab1 Nd6 21.Qc5 Qd8 22.Ne5 Rc8
23.Qa7 Kg7 24.f3 Rc7 25.Rc5 Nf5 26.Rbc1 Rxc5 27.Rxc5 Nd6 28.h3 h5 29.Kh2 h4
30.a5 Nh7 31.f4 Nf6 32.Bd3 Nd7 33.Nxd7 Qxd7 34.a6 Rd8 35.Qb6 bxa6 36.Rc7 Qe8
37.Bxa6 Nf5 38.Bb5 Qf8 39.Qxe6 Rd6 40.Qe5+ Kh6 41.Rc3 f6 42.Qe8 Qxe8 43.Bxe8 Re6
44.Bf7 Rxe3 45.Rc5 Re1 46.g4 hxg3+ 47.Kg2 Re2+ 48.Kg1 Ne3 49.Rc1 Rg2+ 50.Kh1 Rf2
51.Rg1 g2+ 52.Kh2 Rxf4 53.Kg3 Rf1  0-1

[Event "SportAccord Blitz Men 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[Round "24.5"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "B47"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.f4 a6 7.a4 Bc5 8.Nb3 Ba7
9.Qg4 g6 10.Bd3 d6 11.Qe2 Nf6 12.Be3 Bxe3 13.Qxe3 O-O 14.O-O Nd7 15.Kh1 b6
16.f5 Nde5 17.f6 Kh8 18.Qh6 Rg8 19.Nd2 Qd8 20.Nf3 Qf8 21.Qh4 g5 22.Nxg5 h6
23.Nf3 Bb7 24.Ne2 Rg6 25.h3 Nxf3 26.Rxf3 Ne5 27.Nf4 Rg5 28.Re3 Kh7 29.Be2 Qh8
30.Rd1 Qxf6 31.Rxd6 Rag8 32.Rxb6 Ng6 33.Nxg6 Qxg6 34.g4 Bxe4+ 35.Kh2 Rd5
36.Qf2 Rd2 37.Rxa6 Rxc2 38.Ra7 Rg7 39.a5 Rxb2 40.a6 Ra2 41.Rc7 f5 42.Qf4 Rxc7
43.Qxc7+ Qg7 44.Qxg7+ Kxg7 45.gxf5 exf5 46.Kg3 Kf6 47.Kf4 Ra4 48.Kg3 Ke5
49.Kf2 Ra2 50.Rb3 f4 51.Rb5+ Kf6 52.Rb6+ Kg5 53.Re6 Bd3 54.Ke1 Bxe2 55.Rxe2 Rxa6
56.Kf2 Ra3 57.Re5+ Kf6 58.Rh5 Kg6 59.Rh4 Kg5 60.Rg4+ Kf5 61.Rh4 Ke4 62.Rxh6 Ra2+
63.Kg1 Kf3 64.Rb6 Kg3 65.Rg6+ Kxh3 66.Kf1 f3 67.Rg8 Kh4 68.Rg7 Kh3 69.Rg8  1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord Blitz Men 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[Round "25.4"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "A85"]

1.c4 f5 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d6 4.Bf4 g6 5.h3 Bg7 6.e3 O-O 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Bh2 e6 9.Be2 Qe7
10.O-O Kh8 11.Rc1 Nd8 12.c5 Nf7 13.Qb3 e5 14.cxd6 cxd6 15.Qa3 e4 16.Nd2 g5
17.Nb5 f4 18.exf4 g4 19.Rc7 Qd8 20.hxg4 Bxg4 21.Bxg4 Nxg4 22.Rxb7 Nxh2 23.Kxh2 Qh4+
24.Kg1 Qxf4 25.Qe3 Qxe3 26.fxe3 Bh6 27.Nxe4 Bxe3+ 28.Kh2 d5 29.Nec3 Nh6 30.Rxf8+ Rxf8
31.Nxd5 Bf2 32.g3 Nf5 33.g4 Nxd4 34.Nbc3 Ne6 35.Re7 Ng5 36.Kg2 Bc5 37.Re2 Kg7
38.b3 h6 39.Nb5 Rf7 40.Rc2 Ne6 41.Nbc7 Nxc7 42.Rxc5 Ne6 43.Ra5 Ng5 44.Ne3 Kg6
45.Ra6+ Kh7 46.Nf5 Ne4 47.Rxh6+ Kg8 48.Re6 Nc5 49.Rc6  1-0

[Event "SportAccord Blitz Men 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[Round "26.6"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[ECO "C77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.O-O b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.a4 b4
9.Nd5 Na5 10.Nxf6+ Bxf6 11.Ba2 O-O 12.d3 Rb8 13.Be3 b3 14.Bxb3 Nxb3 15.cxb3 Bg4
16.Ra3 Be7 17.Qc2 Bxf3 18.gxf3 Qd7 19.Kg2 d5 20.Raa1 d4 21.Bd2 Rb6 22.Rg1 Rfb8
23.Qc4 Rxb3 24.Qxa6 Rxb2 25.Ba5 Bh4 26.Rgf1 h5 27.Qc4 Qe7 28.Ra2 Qg5+ 29.Kh3 Qf4
30.Kg2 Rxa2 31.Qxa2 Ra8 32.Bd2 Qf6 33.a5 Qa6 34.Qb3 Bd8 35.Rc1 Qg6+ 36.Kf1 Qa6
37.Ke2 c6 38.Qa4 Rc8 39.Qb4 Bc7 40.Qc5 Bb8 41.Rb1 Bc7 42.Rc1 Bb8 43.Rb1 Bc7
44.Rc1 Bb8  1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord Blitz Men 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[Round "27.3"]
[White "Radjabov,T"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "A80"]

1.d4 f5 2.Bg5 h6 3.Bh4 g5 4.Bg3 Nf6 5.e3 d6 6.Nd2 Bg7 7.h4 g4 8.Bc4 Nc6 9.Ne2 e5
10.c3 Qe7 11.Qb3 a6 12.h5 b5 13.Bd3 Be6 14.Qa3 Kf7 15.Bh4 Qd7 16.Bxf6 Bxf6
17.Ng3 Ne7 18.Bc2 a5 19.O-O c5 20.dxe5 dxe5 21.Rad1 Qc6 22.c4 b4 23.Qd3 Rad8
24.Qe2 e4 25.b3 Be5 26.Ngxe4 fxe4 27.Nxe4 Bf5 28.Ng3 Bxc2 29.Qxc2 Rxd1 30.Rxd1 Bxg3
31.fxg3 Qe6 32.Rf1+ Ke8 33.Qf2 Qe5 34.Qf7+ Kd7 35.Rd1+ Kc8 36.Rf1 Rd8 37.Kh2 Rd2
38.Qe8+ Kc7 39.Rf8 Nc6 40.Qg6 Qxe3 41.Rf6 Ne7 42.Qe8 Rd1  0-1

[Event "SportAccord Blitz Men 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[Round "28.7"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[ECO "B00"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.f3 g6 4.Ne2 Bg7 5.Be3 O-O 6.Qd2 c5 7.Nbc3 Qa5 8.g4 Nc6
9.h4 b5 10.h5 b4 11.Nd5 Nxd5 12.exd5 cxd4 13.Bh6 Ne5 14.Bg2 Nc4 15.Qf4 Be5
16.Qe4 f5 17.gxf5 Bxf5 18.Qh4 Ne3 19.Bh3 Qxd5 20.Bxf8 Rxf8 21.hxg6 Bxg6 22.Qxe7 Qxf3
23.Be6+ Kh8 24.Kd2 Qf6 25.Qxf6+ Rxf6 26.Bb3 Rf2 27.Rag1 Ng2 28.Kd1 d3 29.cxd3 Bxd3
30.Nc1 Be4 31.Rh3 Bf4 32.Ne2 Be5 33.Bc4 Bf5 34.Rh5 Ne3+ 35.Ke1 Rg2 36.Rxg2 Nxg2+
37.Kf2 Bg6 38.Rxe5 dxe5 39.Kxg2 Kg7 40.Nc1 Kf6 41.Nd3 a5 42.Nc5 e4 43.Kf2 Ke5
44.Ke3 h5 45.Bf1 Kd5 46.Nb3 a4 47.Nd2 a3 48.b3 h4 49.Bg2 Ke5 50.Bh3 Bf7 51.Bg2 Bd5
52.Bh3 Bf7 53.Bf1 Be6 54.Nc4+ Kd5 55.Bg2 Kc5 56.Nd2 Bd5 57.Bxe4 h3 58.Bxd5 Kxd5
59.Nf3 Kc5 60.Ke4 Kc6 61.Kd4 Kd6 62.Kc4 Ke6 63.Ng5+  1-0

[Event "SportAccord Blitz Men 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[Round "29.2"]
[White "Giri,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "A88"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 d6 7.Nc3 c6 8.b3 Na6 9.Bb2 Qc7
10.d5 e5 11.dxe6 Bxe6 12.Ng5 Bd7 13.Qc2 Rad8 14.Rad1 Nc5 15.e3 a5 16.Rfe1 Bc8
17.Qb1 Rfe8 18.Qc2 Qe7 19.Nf3 Ng4 20.h3 Ne5 21.Nd4 Nf7 22.f4 Qc7 23.Kh2 Re7
24.Re2 Rde8 25.Rde1 Qb6 26.Qd1 a4 27.Nxa4 Nxa4 28.bxa4 Bd7 29.Qb3 Qa7 30.Bc3 Qa6
31.a5 Bc8 32.a4 h5 33.Nf3 Bxc3 34.Qxc3 Be6 35.Qf6 Nh8 36.Rd2 Rf7 37.Qb2 Rd7
38.c5 d5 39.Qc3 Ra8 40.Qf6 Bf7 41.Ne5 Rc7 42.e4 fxe4 43.f5 Qxa5 44.Rde2 Qc3
45.Qd6 Re8 46.Qxc7 Qxe5 47.Qxb7 h4 48.fxg6 Nxg6 49.Rf1 Re7 50.Qxc6 Qxg3+
51.Kh1 Nf4 52.Rb2 Kg7 53.Rb6 Qxg2+  0-1

[Event "SportAccord Blitz Men 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[Round "30.8"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Be3 Be7
9.g4 Nc6 10.g5 Nd7 11.h4 Nb6 12.Qf3 Nc4 13.Bxc4 Bxc4 14.O-O-O Rc8 15.Kb1 b5
16.Nd2 Be6 17.Nd5 O-O 18.Qg2 Bxd5 19.exd5 Na5 20.Ne4 Qd7 21.b3 Nb7 22.h5 Qf5
23.f3 Rc7 24.Bb6 Rd7 25.Rhg1 Bd8 26.Be3 Rc7 27.Rd3 a5 28.Qe2 Qh3 29.h6 g6
30.Rg4 f5 31.gxf6 Bxf6 32.Rd1 Be7 33.Rg3 Qf5 34.Bb6 Rcc8 35.Qxb5 Bh4 36.Rgg1 Qxf3
37.Qd7 Qf7 38.Qg4 Qf4 39.Qd7 Qf7 40.Qg4 Qf4 41.Qd7 Qf7 42.Qg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord Basque Men 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.17"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "B43"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 b5 6.Bd3 Qb6 7.Nb3 Qc7 8.O-O Nf6
9.Qe2 d6 10.Bd2 Nc6 11.a4 b4 12.Na2 Qb7 13.Rab1 Be7 14.c3 bxc3 15.bxc3 Ne5
16.Bc2 Qc7 17.a5 Bd7 18.Nd4 Qc4 19.Nb4 Qxe2 20.Nxe2 Bb5 21.Rfe1 Nc4 22.Bc1 Nxa5
23.Nd4 O-O 24.Ra1 Bd8 25.Bg5 Bb6 26.Bxf6 gxf6 27.Nxb5 axb5 28.Bd3 Nc4 29.g3 Rfc8
30.Kg2 Kg7 31.Nc2 Rxa1 32.Rxa1 Ne5 33.Bxb5 Rxc3 34.Ne1 Rb3 35.Be2 Rb2 36.Kf1 Ng4
37.Nd3 Nxh2+ 38.Ke1 Rb3 39.Kd2 Bxf2 40.Nxf2 Rxg3 41.Ra6 d5 42.exd5 exd5 43.Rd6 Rg5
44.Nd3 h5 45.Nf4 Ng4 46.Nxh5+ Rxh5 47.Bxg4 Re5 48.Bf3 Kf8 49.Rxd5 Rxd5+ 50.Bxd5 f5
51.Ke3 f4+ 52.Kxf4 f5 53.Kxf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord Basque Men 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.17"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "A88"]

1.c4 f5 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Re1 Ne4
9.Qc2 Nxc3 10.bxc3 e5 11.e4 fxe4 12.Qxe4 Bf5 13.Qe3 Nd7 14.Ba3 Nb6 15.Qe2 Re8
16.dxe5 dxe5 17.Rad1 Qc8 18.Ng5 Bg4 19.f3 Be6 20.Rd6 Bxc4 21.Qe4 Qf5 22.Qh4 h6
23.Ne4 g5 24.Qh3 Qxh3 25.Bxh3 Bd5 26.Bc5 Bxe4 27.fxe4 Bf8 28.Rg6+ Kf7 29.Bxf8 Kxg6
30.Bf5+ Kf6 31.Bc5 Na4 32.Ba3 Nxc3 33.Rf1 Kg7 34.Bg4  0-1

[Event "SportAccord Basque Men 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.17"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.Bf4 c5 4.c3 Qb6 5.Qb3 Nc6 6.dxc5 Qxc5 7.Nbd2 e6 8.e3 Be7
9.h3 O-O 10.Be2 b6 11.O-O Bb7 12.a4 Rac8 13.Rfd1 h6 14.Qa2 Bd8 15.Nb3 Qe7
16.Qa3 Qxa3 17.Rxa3 Be7 18.Raa1 a6 19.Nfd4 Ne4 20.Nxc6 Rxc6 21.Nd4 Rcc8 22.Bf3 Ng5
23.Bg4 Rfd8 24.h4 Ne4 25.h5 Nf6 26.Be2 Kf8 27.g4 Ne4 28.f3 Nd6 29.Kf2 Nc4
30.Bxc4 Rxc4 31.Rg1 Bc8 32.Ke2 f6 33.Bg3 e5 34.Nf5 Bd7 35.a5 bxa5 36.Rxa5 Rb8
37.Ra2 Ra4 38.Rga1 Rxb2+ 39.Rxb2 Rxa1 40.Rb8+ Kf7 41.Rb7 Bxf5 42.gxf5 a5
43.e4 Ra2+ 44.Kd3 dxe4+ 45.fxe4 a4 46.Ra7 a3 47.c4 Ke8 48.Ra8+ Kd7 49.Ra7+ Ke8
50.Ra8+ Kd7 51.Ra7+ Kd8 52.Be1 Rg2 53.Ba5+ Ke8 54.Bb6 Rg3+ 55.Kc2 Bb4 56.Ra4 Rc3+
57.Kb1 Rb3+ 58.Kc2 Rb2+ 59.Kd3 a2 60.c5 Rb3+  0-1

[Event "SportAccord Basque Men 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.17"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Kamsky,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Ne7 6.O-O Nd7 7.Nbd2 h6 8.Nb3 Rc8
9.Bd2 g5 10.c4 dxc4 11.Na5 Qc7 12.Nxc4 Nd5 13.Rc1 Be7 14.a3 N7b6 15.Na5 Rd8
16.b4 Qb8 17.h3 Rg8 18.Re1 h5 19.Nh2 Nf4 20.Bxf4 gxf4 21.Kh1 h4 22.Ng4 Bg5
23.Bf3 Bxg4 24.hxg4 Rh8 25.Kh2 Kf8 26.b5 cxb5 27.Nxb7 Rc8 28.Qb3 a6 29.Nd6 Rxc1
30.Rxc1 Kg7 31.Rc6 Nc4 32.Rxa6 h3 33.gxh3 Nxd6 34.exd6 Rd8 35.Qb4 Bf6 36.Kg2 Rd7
37.Qc5 Bh4 38.Qe5+ Bf6 39.Qxf4 Ra7 40.Rxa7 Qxa7 41.d5 Qxa3 42.g5 Bc3 43.dxe6 fxe6
44.d7 Qe7 45.Qc7  1-0

[Event "SportAccord Basque Men 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.17"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 b4
9.d4 d6 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Bg5 Nd7 12.Bd5 Bb7 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.Nbd2 Rad8 15.Qe2 Nc5
16.a5 Nb8 17.Bxb7 Nxb7 18.Nc4 f6 19.h4 Qc5 20.h5 Nc6 21.Ne3 Nd6 22.Qxa6 Ra8
23.Qd3 Rxa5 24.Nd5 Rxa1 25.Rxa1 f5 26.Nxc7 fxe4 27.Qb3+ Qc4 28.Qxc4+ Nxc4
29.Ng5 e3 30.fxe3 Nxe3 31.c3 b3 32.Ra6 Ne7 33.Nce6 Rb8 34.Ra7 N7f5 35.Ne4 h6
36.Kh2 Rb6 37.N6c5 Nc4 38.Ra4 Nxb2 39.Ra3 Nc4 40.Rxb3 Rxb3 41.Nxb3 Kf7 42.Nbc5 g6
43.g4 Nfe3 44.Kh3 Nd5 45.hxg6+ Kxg6 46.Kg3 h5 47.gxh5+ Kxh5 48.Nd3 Nxc3 49.Nxc3 Kg5
50.Nxe5 Nxe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord Basque Men 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.17"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "C84"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 d6 7.c3 O-O 8.Nbd2 Re8
9.Re1 Bf8 10.h3 b5 11.Bc2 Bb7 12.d4 Nb8 13.a4 Nbd7 14.Bd3 c6 15.Qc2 Qc7 16.b3 g6
17.Bb2 Rac8 18.Rad1 exd4 19.cxd4 d5 20.e5 Nh5 21.e6 Rxe6 22.Rxe6 fxe6 23.Bxg6 Ndf6
24.Bxh5 Nxh5 25.Ne5 bxa4 26.bxa4 c5 27.dxc5 Qxc5 28.Qb3 Qb4 29.Qf3 Qxb2 30.Qxh5 Bg7
31.Ndf3 Rf8 32.Qg5 Kh8 33.Qe7 Bc8 34.Re1 a5 35.Nf7+ Kg8 36.Nd6 Qf6 37.Nxc8 Rxc8
38.Qxf6 Bxf6 39.Rxe6 Bc3 40.Rd6 Rc4 41.Rxd5 Rxa4 42.g4 Ra1+ 43.Kg2 a4 44.Rd7 a3
45.Ra7 Bb4 46.Nd4 Bc3 47.Nf5 Ra2 48.g5 Be1 49.Nh6+ Kf8 50.Ng4 Bc3 51.h4 Bd4
52.Ra5 Ke7 53.h5 Ke6 54.Kf3 Ra1 55.Ke4 a2 56.Ra6+ Ke7 57.Kf5 Kd7 58.f4 Kc7
59.Nf6 Kb7 60.Ra4 Bc3 61.Nd5 Be1 62.Nb4 Bxb4 63.Rxb4+ Kc6 64.Rb2 Kd7 65.Re2  1-0

[Event "SportAccord Basque Men 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.18"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "A80"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 d6 4.Nc3 g6 5.Bf4 Bg7 6.e3 O-O 7.Be2 Nc6 8.Bg3 e6
9.O-O h6 10.Rc1 Nh5 11.d5 Nxg3 12.hxg3 Ne7 13.dxe6 Bxe6 14.Qb3 Rb8 15.Qa3 a6
16.Rfd1 Bf7 17.Nd5 Re8 18.Rc2 c5 19.Nc3 Qc7 20.b3 Red8 21.Ne1 Nc6 22.Qc1 Qa5
23.a3 b5 24.Nd5 bxc4 25.Bxc4 Ne5 26.b4 Qa4 27.Ba2 cxb4 28.axb4 Kh8 29.Nd3 Bxd5
30.Bxd5 Nxd3 31.Rxd3 Rxb4 32.Rc8 Qe8 33.Rdc3 Rb1 34.Qxb1 Rxc8 35.Rb3 h5 36.Bb7 Rb8
37.Bxa6 Rxb3 38.Qxb3 Kh7 39.Bc4 Qe7 40.Qd1 Qe5 41.Qb3 Qa1+ 42.Bf1 Kh6 43.Qd3 Qe5
44.Be2 Qa1+ 45.Kh2 Qe1 46.f4 h4 47.gxh4 Qxh4+ 48.Kg1 Qe1+ 49.Bf1 Bf6 50.Qe2 Qc1
51.g3 d5 52.Kg2 Be7 53.Qd3 Bc5 54.Qxd5 Qxe3 55.Kh3 Qe4 56.Bg2 Qxd5 57.Bxd5 g5
58.g4 fxg4+ 59.Kxg4 gxf4 60.Kxf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord Basque Men 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.18"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Rd1+ Ke8 10.Bf4 h6 11.h3 Bc5 12.Nc3 Be6 13.Ne4 Bb6 14.b3 Bd5 15.Re1 Rd8
16.Rad1 Ke7 17.Kf1 Ke6 18.c3 Ne7 19.Ned2 Ng6 20.Bh2 c5 21.h4 Bc6 22.Ke2 Bb5+
23.c4 Bc6 24.h5 Ne7 25.g4 g6 26.hxg6 Nxg6 27.Bg3 Ba5 28.Rg1 Bxd2 29.Nxd2 Nxe5
30.Bf4 h5 31.gxh5 Rxh5 32.Be3 b6 33.Rg3 a5 34.Rdg1 a4 35.Bf4 Rf5 36.Bxe5 Rxe5+
37.Re3 Rh8 38.Rg3 Rh1 39.Rxe5+ Kxe5 40.Re3+ Kf6 41.bxa4 Bxa4 42.Ne4+ Kg7
43.Nc3 Bd7 44.Re7 Be6 45.Rxc7 Bxc4+ 46.Kd2 Rh2 47.Ke3 Rh3+ 48.f3 Rh6 49.a4 Re6+
50.Kf4 Kg6 51.a5 Rf6+ 52.Ke3 Re6+ 53.Kf4 Rf6+ 54.Ke3 Rd6 55.axb6 Rd3+ 56.Kf4 Rxc3
57.Rxc5 Rb3 58.Rxc4 Rxb6 59.Rc5 Rf6+ 60.Kg4 Rd6 61.f4 Rd4 62.Rg5+ Kf6 63.Rf5+ Ke6
64.Re5+ Kf6 65.Rf5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord Basque Men 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.18"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "B40"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.Qe2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.c3 a6 8.Rd1 b5
9.d4 cxd4 10.cxd4 d5 11.e5 Nd7 12.Bf4 b4 13.Nbd2 a5 14.Nf1 Ba6 15.Qd2 Nb6
16.b3 Na7 17.h4 Nb5 18.Bg5 Nc3 19.Bxe7 Qxe7 20.Re1 Rfc8 21.N1h2 Ne4 22.Qf4 Rc2
23.Ng4 Rac8 24.Ng5 Nc3 25.Bf3 Bd3 26.Kg2 h6 27.Rh1 Ne2 28.Bxe2 Rxe2 29.Ne3 hxg5
30.hxg5 Be4+ 31.Kf1 Rxe3 32.Rh2 Bd3+ 33.Kg1 Re4 34.Qf3 Qxg5 35.Qxd3 Nd7 36.Kg2 Nf8
37.Rah1 Ng6 38.Qf3 Qg4 39.Qd3 Nf4+  0-1

[Event "SportAccord Basque Men 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.18"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "A22"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Nb6 6.d3 Be7 7.Be3 O-O 8.Rc1 Re8
9.a3 Bf8 10.Nf3 Nc6 11.Ne4 Bg4 12.Bc5 Bd6 13.b4 h6 14.O-O Qd7 15.b5 Ne7 16.a4 Nbd5
17.Nfd2 Be6 18.Nc4 Nf5 19.e3 b6 20.Ncxd6 cxd6 21.Ba3 a6 22.Nc3 Nxc3 23.Rxc3 d5
24.Qb1 axb5 25.axb5 Ra5 26.Rfc1 Rxb5 27.Qa1 Ra5 28.Qb2 Qa4 29.Qb4 Qxb4 30.Bxb4 Ra4
31.Ba3 d4 32.exd4 exd4  0-1

[Event "Chinese Teams 2013"]
[Site "Tianjin CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.21"]
[Round "19.2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Ji Dan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2384"]
[ECO "D53"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.Qc2 c5 8.dxc5 dxc4
9.Bxc4 Qa5 10.a3 Qxc5 11.Ba2 b6 12.Nge2 Bb7 13.O-O Nbd7 14.Rac1 Rfc8 15.Rfd1 Nf8
16.Qa4 Qh5 17.Bg3 a6 18.f3 b5 19.Qh4 Qc5 20.Qd4 Qxd4 21.Nxd4 b4 22.axb4 Bxb4
23.e4 Rd8 24.Na4 Rac8 25.Bf2 N6d7 26.Nb3 Rxc1 27.Rxc1 Rc8 28.Rxc8 Bxc8 29.Kf1 Ng6
30.Nbc5 Nge5 31.Ke2 Kf8 32.Bd4 Nxc5 33.Nxc5 Nc6 34.Be3 Ne5 35.h3 Ke7 36.f4 Nd7
37.Nd3 Ba5 38.Bd4 f6 39.Ke3 Bb7 40.Nc5 Nxc5 41.Bxc5+ Kd7 42.g4 g5 43.f5 exf5
44.gxf5 Bc7 45.Be6+ Ke8 46.Bc4 Be5 47.b4 Kd7 48.Be6+ Ke8 49.Kf3 h5 50.Bc4 Kd7
51.Bf7 h4 52.Be6+ Kc7 53.Bc4 Kd7 54.Bd3 Ke8 55.Kg4 Kf7 56.Bc4+ Kg7 57.Kf3 Bc8
58.Be2 Kf7 59.Ke3 Ke8 60.Bd4 Ke7 61.Bxe5 fxe5 62.Bc4 Kf6 63.Kf3 Bb7 64.Be2 Kf7
65.Kg4 Kf6 66.Bd3 Bc6 67.Kf3 Bb7 68.Bc4 Bc8 69.Kg4 Bb7 70.Kf3 Bc8 71.Bf1 Bb7
72.Ke3 Bc8 73.Kd3 Bd7 74.Ke3 Bc8 75.Be2 Bb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chinese Teams 2013"]
[Site "Tianjin CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.22"]
[Round "20.5"]
[White "Wang Shuai"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "C47"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O Re8
9.Qf3 Bd6 10.Re1 Be5 11.Bf4 Qe7 12.Bxe5 Qxe5 13.Qg3 Qxg3 14.hxg3 d6 15.f3 h5
16.Kf2 g6 17.Re3 Re5 18.Na4 Kg7 19.b3 Be6 20.Rae1 Rb8 21.Be2 Ra5 22.c4 Nd7
23.Rc1 Kf6 24.Rc2 Ke7 25.Rec3 Nb6 26.Nxb6 axb6 27.a4 Rh8 28.f4 h4 29.gxh4 Rxh4
30.g3 Rh8 31.Bf3 g5 32.Rc1 Rh2+ 33.Kg1 Rh6 34.Kf2 gxf4 35.gxf4 c5 36.Rh1 Rxh1
37.Bxh1 c6 38.Bf3 b5 39.cxb5 cxb5 40.axb5 Rxb5 41.Bd1 Rb4 42.Bc2 Rb8 43.e5 Rh8
44.exd6+ Kxd6 45.Ke3 Rh3+ 46.Kd2 Rh2+ 47.Ke3 Bd5 48.Bf5 Kc6 49.Bd3 Kb6 50.Bc4 Bxc4
51.bxc4 Ka5 52.Ke4 Kb4 53.Rc1 Rh5 54.f5 f6 55.Rg1 Kxc4 56.Rg6 Rh4+ 57.Ke3 Rh3+
58.Ke4 Rh4+ 59.Ke3 Kd5 60.Rxf6 Ke5 61.Rc6 Re4+ 62.Kd3 c4+ 63.Rxc4 Rxc4 64.Kxc4 Kxf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chinese Teams 2013"]
[Site "Tianjin CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.23"]
[Round "21.3"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 Nc6 8.Qd2 Be6
9.O-O-O Qd7 10.h4 h6 11.Kb1 Bf6 12.Bb5 a6 13.Bxc6 Qxc6 14.Bd4 Bxd4 15.Nxd4 Qxg2
16.Rhg1 Qh3 17.Rxg7 O-O-O 18.Qf4 Rdg8 19.Rxg8+ Rxg8 20.Qxh6 Kb8 21.Qf6 Bc8
22.Qxf7 Rh8 23.Re1 Rxh4 24.a3 Rh7 25.Qb3 Ka7 26.Qg8 Rh8 27.Qg5 Kb8 28.Ka2 Qh4
29.Qe3 Rf8 30.Re2 Qf4 31.Qxf4 Rxf4 32.Kb1 c5 33.Nb3 Bg4 34.Rd2 Kc7 35.Nc1 c4
36.b3 Be6 37.bxc4 Rf3 38.Kb2 Bxc4 39.Nb3 Bxb3 40.cxb3 b5 41.b4 Kd7 42.Kb3 Kc6
43.Rc2 d5 44.Rd2 Kd6 45.Kc2 Ke6 46.Re2+ Kd7 47.Kb2 Kd6 48.Rc2 Kd7 49.a4 bxa4
50.Ka3 Kc6 51.Kxa4 Kb6 52.Rd2 Rxc3 53.Rxd5 Rf3 54.Rd2 Kc6 55.Rc2+ Kb6 56.Re2 Kc6
57.Re6+ Kb7 58.b5 axb5+ 59.Kxb5 Rxf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chinese Teams 2013"]
[Site "Tianjin CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.24"]
[Round "22.4"]
[White "Wan Yunguo"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Qd2 Nbd7
9.f4 b5 10.O-O-O Be7 11.f5 Bc4 12.h3 Rc8 13.Bd3 Qc7 14.Kb1 Nb6 15.Bxb6 Qxb6
16.g4 h6 17.Rhg1 a5 18.h4 a4 19.g5 hxg5 20.hxg5 axb3 21.gxf6 bxa2+ 22.Ka1 Bxf6
23.Bxc4 Rxc4 24.Qd5 Qc6 25.Nxb5 Qxd5 26.Rxd5 Rxc2 27.Nxd6+ Ke7 28.Rgd1 Rb8
29.Rb5 Rxb5 30.Nxb5 Bg5 31.Rd3 Rc4 32.Nc3 Rd4 33.Rg3 Bd2 34.Nd5+ Kd6 35.Rxg7 Rxe4
36.Nf6 Re1+ 37.Kxa2 e4 38.Nxe4+ Rxe4 39.Rxf7 Re2 40.Rf6+ Kd5 41.Rb6 Rf2 42.f6 Be3
43.Rb8 Bd4 44.Ka3 Rxf6 45.Kb3 Rf3+ 46.Ka2 Kc4 47.Rc8+ Bc5 48.Rc7 Rf8 49.Rh7 Rb8
50.Rh2 Ra8+ 51.Kb1 Kd3 52.Rh3+ Be3 53.Rh2 Rf8 54.Rh3 Rf2 55.Rh8 Bd4 56.Rb8 Rf5
57.Rb7 Rf8 58.Rb3+ Kd2 59.Rb7 Rc8 60.Rd7 Rc1+ 61.Ka2 Rc4 62.Kb3 Kd3 63.Rh7 Rc8
64.Rh3+ Be3 65.Rh2 Ra8 66.Rh7 Bd2 67.Rd7+ Ke2 68.Kc2 Rc8+ 69.Kb1 Kd1 70.Rd6 Rc1+
71.Ka2 Rc5 72.Kb1 Ke2 73.Re6+ Be3 74.Rd6 Rc4 75.Rd7 Bd4 76.Rh7 Rb4 77.Rh2+ Kd3
78.Rh3+ Kc4 79.Rh2 Bc3 80.Rc2 Rxb2+ 81.Rxb2 Bxb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-CZE Extraliga 2013-14"]
[Site "Lysa nad Labem CZE"]
[Date "2014.03.22"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Navara,D"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.Qb3 Nd7 8.e4 dxe4
9.Nxe4 Qf4 10.Bd3 e5 11.O-O Be7 12.Rfe1 exd4 13.Bc2 O-O 14.Qd3 f5 15.Ng3 Nc5
16.Qd1 d3 17.Rxe7 dxc2 18.Qxc2 Qd6 19.Re5 Qd3 20.Qc1 b6 21.b4 Ne4 22.Qb2 Qc3
23.Qxc3 Nxc3 24.Nd4 f4 25.Ne4 Nxe4 26.Rxe4 Bd7 27.h4 a5  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-CZE Extraliga 2013-14"]
[Site "Lysa nad Labem CZE"]
[Date "2014.03.23"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Ftacnik,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.f3 h5
9.Qd2 Be6 10.Be2 Nbd7 11.Nd5 Nxd5 12.exd5 Bf5 13.O-O Qc7 14.c4 O-O 15.Na5 Bg6
16.b4 f5 17.Rac1 f4 18.Bf2 e4 19.fxe4 Nf6 20.Bf3 Bxe4 21.c5 Qd7 22.c6 bxc6
23.dxc6 Qf5 24.Nc4 Bxf3 25.gxf3 Ne4 26.Qe2 d5 27.Nb6 Rae8 28.fxe4 Qg5+ 29.Bg3 fxg3
30.Nxd5 Rf2 31.Qe3 Qh4 32.Qxg3 Rxf1+ 33.Rxf1 Qxe4 34.Qf3 Qg6+ 35.Kh1 Bd6
36.c7 Rc8 37.a4 Rf8 38.Qxf8+ Bxf8 39.Nf6+  1-0

[Event "5th Hainan Danzhou 2014"]
[Site "Danzhou CHN"]
[Date "2014.06.25"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Zhou Weiqi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[ECO "E46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 Re8 6.a3 Bf8 7.Ng3 d5 8.Be2 dxc4
9.O-O Nbd7 10.Bxc4 c5 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.b4 Be7 13.Qb3 a5 14.Bb2 axb4 15.axb4 Rxa1
16.Rxa1 Nb6 17.Rd1 Qc7 18.Be2 Bd7 19.Nb5 Bxb5 20.Bxb5 Rd8 21.Rc1 Qd6 22.Be2 Qxb4
23.Qxb4 Bxb4 24.Bxf6 gxf6 25.Rb1 Nd5 26.Bf3 Bc3 27.Rxb7 f5 28.e4 fxe4 29.Nxe4 Bf6
30.Nxf6+ Nxf6 31.g3 Rd7 32.Rxd7 Nxd7 33.Be2 Kg7 34.Kg2 h6 35.Kf3 Ne5+ 36.Ke4 Nd7
37.Kf3 Ne5+ 38.Ke4 Nd7 39.Kf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Hainan Danzhou 2014"]
[Site "Danzhou CHN"]
[Date "2014.06.26"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Yu Yangyi"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.c4 Nb6
9.Nc3 Qe6 10.Qe4 Bb4 11.Bd2 Ba6 12.b3 Bxc3 13.Bxc3 d5 14.Qh4 dxc4 15.Rc1 Qg6
16.g3 O-O 17.Be2 c5 18.O-O Bb7 19.bxc4 Rfe8 20.Rfe1 Nd7 21.e6 Rxe6 22.Bh5 Qh6
23.Rb1 Rxe1+ 24.Rxe1 Rf8 25.Bg4 Qxh4 26.gxh4 Bc6 27.Bxd7 Bxd7 28.Re5 f6 29.Rxc5 c6
30.Ra5 Be6 31.Rxa7 Rd8 32.Re7 Bxc4 33.a4 Rd3 34.Re3 Rd1+ 35.Re1 Rd3 36.Re3 Rd1+
37.Re1 Rd3 38.Re3  1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Hainan Danzhou 2014"]
[Site "Danzhou CHN"]
[Date "2014.06.27"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Ma Qun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[ECO "B11"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.h3 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 e6 6.d4 Nf6 7.Bd3 dxe4 8.Nxe4 Nxe4
9.Qxe4 Nd7 10.c3 Nf6 11.Qe2 Bd6 12.Bg5 Qa5 13.h4 h6 14.Bd2 Qh5 15.g3 Qxe2+
16.Kxe2 h5 17.Rhe1 O-O-O 18.Rad1 g6 19.a3 Rd7 20.Bc2 Bf8 21.Bg5 Bg7 22.Rd3 Ne4
23.Bf4 Bh6 24.Be5 Rg8 25.Rg1 Nd6 26.Bb3 Bg7 27.Bf4 Nf5 28.Rgd1 Bh6 29.Be5 Bg7
30.Bf4 Bh6 31.Be5 Bg7 32.Kf3 Bxe5 33.dxe5 Rxd3+ 34.Rxd3 g5 35.hxg5 Rxg5 36.Bd1 Nh6
37.Ke4 Ng4 38.Bxg4 Rxg4+ 39.f4 h4 40.gxh4 Rxh4 41.Rg3 Kd7 42.Rg7 Ke7 43.Rg8 Rh2
44.b4 Ra2 45.Rb8 Rxa3 46.Rxb7+ Ke8 47.c4 a5 48.bxa5 Rxa5 49.Rc7 c5 50.f5 exf5+
51.Kxf5 Ra1 52.Ke4 Re1+ 53.Kd5 Rd1+ 54.Kxc5 Re1 55.Kd6 Rd1+ 56.Kc6 Re1 57.c5 Rxe5
58.Ra7 Re2 59.Ra6 Ke7 60.Kb7 Rc2 61.c6 Kd6 62.Rb6 f5 63.Rb1 f4 64.Rd1+ Ke5
65.c7 f3 66.c8=Q Rxc8 67.Kxc8 Ke4 68.Kd7 Ke3 69.Ke6 Ke2 70.Ra1 f2 71.Ra2+ Ke1
72.Rxf2 Kxf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Hainan Danzhou 2014"]
[Site "Danzhou CHN"]
[Date "2014.06.28"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Xiu Deshun"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d6 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 Nbd7 7.Nf3 O-O 8.g3 Re8
9.Bg2 e5 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.O-O Qe7 12.b3 Nf8 13.Bb2 Ng6 14.Rad1 Bf5 15.Ne1 Ne4
16.Qf3 Qf6 17.g4 Nh4 18.Qe3 Nxg2 19.Nxg2 Bg6 20.f3 Nd6 21.f4 Be4 22.Rxd6 Qxd6
23.Qxe4 Qb6+ 24.Qe3 Qxe3+ 25.Nxe3 exf4 26.Nf5 f6 27.Kf2 Rad8 28.Bc1 Re4 29.Kf3 Rde8
30.Bxf4 Rxe2 31.Rd1 g6 32.Ne3 Rb2 33.Rd3 c5 34.h4 Kf7 35.Bg3 Rb1 36.Bf2 b6
37.Nd5 Rb2 38.Bg3 Ree2 39.Bb8 Rf2+ 40.Ke4 Rbe2+ 41.Re3 Rd2 42.Rd3 f5+ 43.gxf5 gxf5+
44.Ke5 Rxd3 45.Bxa7 Rxb3 46.Bxb6 Rc2 47.a4 Rxc4 48.a5 Ra4 49.Kxf5 Rb5 50.Nc3 Raxa5  0-1

[Event "5th Hainan Danzhou 2014"]
[Site "Danzhou CHN"]
[Date "2014.06.30"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Ding Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "E70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.Bg5 d6 6.Qd2 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Nge2 exd5
9.cxd5 b5 10.Nxb5 h6 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Nec3 a6 13.Na3 Nd7 14.Bd3 Ne5 15.O-O Rb8
16.Nc4 Re8 17.Rfe1 Nxc4 18.Bxc4 Bd4 19.Rac1 Qg5 20.Qxg5 hxg5 21.b3 g4 22.g3 Ra8
23.Na4 Rb8 24.Nc3 Ra8 25.Na4 Rb8 26.Nc3  1/2-1/2
