[Event "Kherson"]
[Site "Kherson"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Michail Brodsky"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

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 Ne7 10.Be3 O-O 11.Qb3 Qc7 12.Rd1 Nec6
13.f4 Na5 14.Qc2 Nd7 15.Nf3 Nxc5 16.e5 h6 17.h4 Qc6 18.Rd4 Qc7
19.Ng5 g6 20.h5 hxg5 21.hxg6 fxg6 22.Rh6 g4 23.Rxg6+ Kh8 24.g3
Qh7 25.f5 Nc6 26.Rh6 Nxe5 27.Rxh7+ Kxh7 28.f6+ Kh8 29.Rxg4 1-0

[Event "Donetsk-ch U12"]
[Site "Makeevka"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "L Bolshinsky"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "103"]

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

[Event "Wch U12 Szeged (9)"]
[Site "Wch U12 Szeged (9)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

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

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Szeged"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Almas Ermekov"]
[ECO "C62"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

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.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jailson De Melo"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "48"]

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.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Sergei Azarov"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

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.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Robert Markus"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

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 "Ch Russia (club)"]
[Site "Briansk (Russia)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Pavel Tregubov"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

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 "Yalta open"]
[Site "Yalta open"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vadim Bezman"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "102"]

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 "Ukrainian Ch U-12 Final"]
[Site "Kiev 3.02-11.02"]
[Date "1995.02.03"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Chukhry"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

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

[Event "Ukrainian Ch U-12 Final"]
[Site "Kiev 3.02-11.02"]
[Date "1995.02.04"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Nazar Firman"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

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

[Event "Ukrainian Ch U-12 Final"]
[Site "Kiev 3.02-11.02"]
[Date "1995.02.05"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Goroshko"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

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

[Event "Ukrainian Ch U-12 Final"]
[Site "Kiev 3.02-11.02"]
[Date "1995.02.07"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Victor Ignatchuk"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "96"]

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

[Event "Ukrainian Ch U-12 Final"]
[Site "Kiev 3.02-11.02"]
[Date "1995.02.08"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Aleksander Tkachenko"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

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

[Event "Ukrainian Ch U-12 Final"]
[Site "Kiev 3.02-11.02"]
[Date "1995.02.09"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Yuri Drozdovskij"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "112"]

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

[Event "EU-ch U12"]
[Site "Verdun"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Sergei Azarov"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

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.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Varuzhan Akobian"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "40"]

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.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Nikolai Danilov"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

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.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Luke McShane"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "102"]

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.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Viktor Vamos"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "43"]

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.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Sergei Azarov"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

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 "Yalta op"]
[Site "Yalta"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Andrei V Getmanchuk"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

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.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Y Mikhailovich"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "43"]

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 "Kramatorsk Match (4)"]
[Site "Kramatorsk Match (4)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mikhail Golubev"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

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

[Event "Pamplona (2)"]
[Site "Pamplona (2)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Juan Mario Gomez Esteban"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "119"]

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 "Pamplona (5)"]
[Site "Pamplona (5)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "David Garcia Ilundain"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

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 "Rimavska Sobota Ych-Eu b18"]
[Site "Rimavska Sobota Ych-Eu b18"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ognjen Jovanic"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "124"]

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.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Athanasios Mastrovasilis"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

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.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Andranik Matikozian"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "104"]

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.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Alexander Rabinovich"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "113"]

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.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Holger Grund"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "115"]

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.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Stig Tjomsland"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

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.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Bartosz Socko"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

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.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Bogdan Istrate"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "101"]

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.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Patrice Lerch"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

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.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Jop Delemarre"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

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.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Milan Maros"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "125"]

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.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maris Krakops"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

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.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Mark Quinn"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "121"]

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 "Pamplona 9697 7th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jesus Maria De La Villa Garcia"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "100"]

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 "Wch U18 Erevan"]
[Site "Wch U18 Erevan"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexei Iljushin"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

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

[Event "Kiev NIKA (1)"]
[Site "Kiev NIKA (1)"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Artur Frolov"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

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 NIKA (6)"]
[Site "Kiev NIKA (6)"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Spartak Vysochin"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

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 "Russia Cup Krasnodar (5)"]
[Site "Russia Cup Krasnodar (5)"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Alexander I Petrushin"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

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 "Wch Jr Zagan (2)"]
[Site "Wch Jr Zagan (2)"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Erik van den Doel"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "109"]

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 Jr Zagan (6)"]
[Site "Wch Jr Zagan (6)"]
[Date "1997.07.14"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Sergei Movsesian"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "121"]

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 "Krasnodar RUS Cup"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS Cup"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ekaterina Kovalevskaya"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "123"]

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 "Kiev"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Arsen Yegiazarian"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

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 "Alicante op"]
[Site "Alicante"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jose Luis Insua Mellado"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "48"]

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.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Salvador Serrano Marhuenda"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

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.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Mauricio Vassallo Barroche"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

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 "Kiev"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Vitalii Pesotskyi"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

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.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ashot Nadanian"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

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.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Vadim Malakhatko"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

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.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vadim Shishkin"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

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 "RUS-Cup6"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "1997.03.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Andranik Matikozian"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

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

[Event "RUS-Cup6"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "1997.03.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Volkov"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

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

[Event "RUS-Cup6"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "1997.03.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Roman Popov"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

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 "Wch U20"]
[Site "Zagan"]
[Date "1997.07.14"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Magomed Zulfugarli"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

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 "1997.07.14"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Vepa Malikgulyew"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

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 "1997.07.14"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Abhijit Kunte"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

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 "1997.07.14"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Jurij Tihonov"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "103"]

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 "Generations, Cannes FRA"]
[Site "Generations, Cannes FRA"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mark Taimanov"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "148"]

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 "Generations, Cannes FRA"]
[Site "Generations, Cannes FRA"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Mark Taimanov"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "105"]

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 "Generations, Cannes (3)"]
[Site "Generations, Cannes (3)"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Svetozar Gligoric"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

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 "Swidnica op rap"]
[Site "Swidnica"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Krystian Jedryczka"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "108"]

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

[Event "Swidnica op rap"]
[Site "Swidnica"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ryszard Palus"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

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

[Event "Swidnica op rap"]
[Site "Swidnica"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Valentin Arbakov"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "189"]

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

[Event "Swidnica op rap"]
[Site "Swidnica"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Aleksei Surjadnji"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "46"]

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

[Event "UKR-chT"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxim Pavlov"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

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.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Petr Cherniakhovsky"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

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

[Event "UKR-chT"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Ivan Kutsyk"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "39"]

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.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Alexey Tikhomirov"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

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.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Anna Zozulia"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

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.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Pavel Sevostianov"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

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 "EUCup sf"]
[Site "Lubniewice"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Sergei Shipov"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "105"]

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.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Aloyzas Kveinys"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

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"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Suhrob Khamdamov"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

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 "1998.09.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Wu Wenjin"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

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 "1998.09.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Vlastimil Babula"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "115"]

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 "1998.09.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Emir Dizdarevic"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

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 "1998.09.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Ashot Anastasian"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "129"]

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"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Lubomir Mikhaletz"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

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 "1998.11.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mikhail Golubev"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

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 "1998.11.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Igor Novikov"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "187"]

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 "1998.11.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Vladimir Borisovich Tukmakov"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

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 "1998.11.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Onischuk"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

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 "Festival comtois 3rd"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "1998.12.14"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viktor Bologan"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "124"]

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 "1998.12.14"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Eduardas Rozentalis"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

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 "1998.12.14"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Arnaud Hauchard"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "181"]

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 "Hastings 1998/99"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1998.12.29"]
[EventDate "1998.12.29"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Harold James Plaskett"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "149"]

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 "Ch World FIDE, Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Site "Ch World FIDE, Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Mohamad Al-Modiahki"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "115"]

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 "Ch World FIDE, Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Site "Ch World FIDE, Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "105"]

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 "blitz game"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "A59"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6
7. e4 Bxf1 8. Kxf1 d6 9. g3 Bg7 10. Kg2 O-O 11. Nf3 Nbd7
12. Re1 Qa5 13. h3 Rfb8 14. Re2 Ne8 15. Qd3 Nc7 16. h4 Qa6
17. Qxa6 Rxa6 18. Rc2 Nb6 19. b3 Nb5 20. Bb2 Nd7 21. Nxb5 Rxb5
22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Nd2 Ne5 24. f4 Nd3 25. a4 Rb8 26. Kf3 f5
27. Rd1 Nb4 28. Rc3 Kf7 29. g4 fxe4+ 30. Nxe4 h6 31. g5 h5
32. Ng3 Na2 33. Re3 Rab6 34. Ra1 Nb4 35. a5 Ra6 36. Rd1 Nc2
37. Rdd3 Nxe3 38. Rxe3 Rxa5 39. f5 Ra3 40. Kf2 Rbxb3 41. fxg6+
Kf8 42. Rxb3 Rxb3 43. Nxh5 Rh3 44. g7+ Kg8 45. Nf4 Rxh4
46. Ng6 Re4 47. Kf3 Re5 48. Nxe5 dxe5 49. Ke4 c4 50. Kxe5 c3
51. Ke6 c2 52. Kxe7 c1=Q 0-1

[Event "Lausanne YM sf"]
[Site "Lausanne"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Darmen Sadvakasov"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "107"]

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 "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 3rd"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "1999.10.23"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Tamaz Gelashvili"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "98"]

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 "Hastings 1998/99"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1999.01.05"]
[EventDate "1998.12.29"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mihail Saltaev"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

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 "Enghien les Bains 3rd"]
[Site "Enghien les Bains"]
[Date "1999.03.03"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Beliavsky"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

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 "Enghien les Bains 3rd"]
[Site "Enghien les Bains"]
[Date "1999.03.03"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viktor Bologan"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

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.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Dimitrij Bunzmann"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

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.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rafael Duailibe Leitao"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "98"]

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 "UKR ol"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "1999.05.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viktor Moskalenko"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

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

[Event "UKR ol"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "1999.05.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Andrei Rakhmangulov"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

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

[Event "Artek ol U16"]
[Site "Artek"]
[Date "1999.09.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergei Azarov"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

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

[Event "Artek ol U16"]
[Site "Artek"]
[Date "1999.09.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Yuri Drozdovskij"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

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

[Event "Artek ol U16"]
[Site "Artek"]
[Date "1999.09.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Evgeny Alekseev"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "99"]

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

[Event "Artek ol U16"]
[Site "Artek"]
[Date "1999.09.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Valentin Raceanu"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "39"]

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

[Event "Artek ol U16"]
[Site "Artek"]
[Date "1999.09.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ni Hua"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

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

[Event "Artek ol U16"]
[Site "Artek"]
[Date "1999.09.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gadir Guseinov"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "104"]

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 "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 3rd"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "1999.10.23"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dieter Wallhof"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

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

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 3rd"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "1999.10.23"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Konstantin Kunz"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "133"]

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

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 3rd"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "1999.10.23"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Arkadius Georg Kalka"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

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

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 3rd"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "1999.10.23"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Klaus Klundt"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "98"]

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

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 3rd"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "1999.10.23"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Miroslav Grabarczyk"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "98"]

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

[Event "EU-chT (Men)"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.11.06"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Ivan Ivanisevic"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

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-chT (Men)"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.11.06"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Laurent Fressinet"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "42"]

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-chT (Men)"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.11.06"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris Avrukh"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

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 "Biel SUI"]
[Site "GM"]
[Date "2000.07.27"]
[EventDate "2000.07.24"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Joseph G Gallagher"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "76"]

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 "Ukrainian Team Ch"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[EventDate "2000.04.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir L Stoockalov"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

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 "Ukrainian Team Ch"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[EventDate "2000.04.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Inna Gaponenko"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

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 "Ukrainian Team Ch"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[EventDate "2000.04.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Olga Alexandrova"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "109"]

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 "Ukrainian Team Ch"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[EventDate "2000.04.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "N Marchik"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

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

[Event "Ukrainian Team Ch"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[EventDate "2000.04.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Anton Sitnikov"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

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

[Event "Ukrainian Team Ch"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[EventDate "2000.04.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Stanislav Savchenko"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

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

[Event "Lausanne Young Masters"]
[Site "Lausanne"]
[Date "2000.05.30"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Florian Jenni"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

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

[Event "Lausanne Young Masters"]
[Site "Lausanne"]
[Date "2000.05.30"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Alexander Galkin"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

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 "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2000.07.24"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Joseph G Gallagher"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

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 "CRO-chT2"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Ivan Farago"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

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

[Event "CRO-chT2"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Zoltan Gyimesi"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "131"]

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

[Event "CRO-chT2"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Robert Ruck"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

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

[Event "CRO-chT2"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Marko Filipovic"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

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

[Event "CRO-chT2"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Davor Rogic"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

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

[Event "CRO-chT2"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ante Bulat"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

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

[Event "EUCup 16th"]
[Site "Neum"]
[Date "2000.09.24"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Luc Winants"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

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 "EUCup 16th"]
[Site "Neum"]
[Date "2000.09.24"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "100"]

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 "EUCup 16th"]
[Site "Neum"]
[Date "2000.09.24"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Alexey Dreev"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "123"]

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

[Event "Torshavn op 3rd"]
[Site "Torshavn"]
[Date "2000.10.06"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anatoly A Bykhovsky"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "124"]

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

[Event "Torshavn op 3rd"]
[Site "Torshavn"]
[Date "2000.10.06"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Tiger Hillarp Persson"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

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

[Event "Torshavn op 3rd"]
[Site "Torshavn"]
[Date "2000.10.06"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Stanislav Savchenko"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

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

[Event "Torshavn op 3rd"]
[Site "Torshavn"]
[Date "2000.10.06"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Vadim Milov"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

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

[Event "Torshavn op 3rd"]
[Site "Torshavn"]
[Date "2000.10.06"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Henrik Danielsen"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

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

[Event "Torshavn op 3rd"]
[Site "Torshavn"]
[Date "2000.10.06"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Stuart C Conquest"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

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

[Event "Torshavn op 3rd"]
[Site "Torshavn"]
[Date "2000.10.06"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Hannes Stefansson"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "E80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

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 "Istanbul ol (Men)"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.10.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Raul Garcia Paolicchi"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

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 "Istanbul ol (Men)"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.10.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Aleksandar H Wohl"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

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 "Istanbul ol (Men)"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.10.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Vadim Milov"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

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 "Istanbul ol (Men)"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.10.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Robert Huebner"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "147"]

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 "Istanbul ol (Men)"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.10.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Ivan Sokolov"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

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 "Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Rogelio Antonio Jr"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "80"]

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 "2nd IECC"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2001.06.03"]
[EventDate "2001.06.05"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nenad Sulava"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "170"]

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 "2001.06.05"]
[EventDate "2001.06.05"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Volkov"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "86"]

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"]
[EventDate "2001.06.05"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Lev Psakhis"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[PlyCount "99"]

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 "2001.06.11"]
[EventDate "2001.06.05"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Alon Greenfeld"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "61"]

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"]
[EventDate "2001.06.05"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Konstantin Aseev"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "126"]

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"]
[EventDate "2001.06.05"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Vadim Milov"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "55"]

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 "ECC"]
[Site "Panormo GRE"]
[Date "2001.09.24"]
[EventDate "2001.09.22"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Nikola Mitkov"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "60"]

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 "2001.09.26"]
[EventDate "2001.09.22"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Beliavsky"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "138"]

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"]
[EventDate "2001.09.22"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Boris Avrukh"]
[ECO "B64"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[PlyCount "81"]

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 "Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Kramatorsk UKR"]
[Date "2001.10.03"]
[EventDate "2001.10.02"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladislav Borovikov"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "72"]

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"]
[EventDate "2001.10.02"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Alexander Moiseenko"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[PlyCount "101"]

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"]
[EventDate "2001.10.02"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Vladimir Baklan"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "69"]

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 "2001.10.06"]
[EventDate "2001.10.02"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Vladislav Borovikov"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[PlyCount "135"]

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"]
[EventDate "2001.10.02"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Moiseenko"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "88"]

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 "World Teams"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "2001.10.12"]
[EventDate "2001.10.12"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Christopher Lutz"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[PlyCount "185"]

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 "2001.10.14"]
[EventDate "2001.10.12"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Shukhrat Safin"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[PlyCount "79"]

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 "2001.10.19"]
[EventDate "2001.10.12"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Rafael Vaganian"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "113"]

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"]
[EventDate "2001.10.12"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexey Dreev"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "123"]

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 "2001.11.27"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Li Wenliang"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[PlyCount "91"]

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 "2001.11.30"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[Round "2.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Sergei Tiviakov"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "99"]

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 "2001.11.30"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[Round "2.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergei Tiviakov"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "48"]

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 "2001.12.01"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Kiril Dimitrov Georgiev"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "113"]

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"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Kiril Dimitrov Georgiev"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "80"]

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 "2001.12.03"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "119"]

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 "2001.12.05"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[Round "4.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "88"]

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 "2001.12.07"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[Round "5.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Evgeny Bareev"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "78"]

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 "2001.12.07"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[Round "5.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Evgeny Bareev"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "67"]

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 "3rd Rector Cup"]
[Site "Kharkov RUS"]
[Date "2001.04.20"]
[EventDate "2001.04.18"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Zubarev"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "128"]

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"]
[EventDate "2001.04.18"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Pavel Eljanov"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[PlyCount "63"]

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 "2001.04.22"]
[EventDate "2001.04.18"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Yannick Pelletier"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[PlyCount "59"]

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"]
[EventDate "2001.04.18"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Alexander Zubarev"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "57"]

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"]
[EventDate "2001.04.18"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Pavel Eljanov"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "92"]

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"]
[EventDate "2001.04.18"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Maxim Turov"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. O-O Bg4 8. c4 Nf6 9. Nc3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nxd4 11. Qh3 dxc4
12. Bxc4 Be7 13. Bg5 Qc8 14. Qd3 Ne6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Rfe1
Qd7 17. Qc4 O-O-O 18. Rxe6 Nd5 19. Bxe7 Qxe6 20. Bxd8 Rxd8
21. g3 c6 22. Rd1 g5 23. h4 gxh4 24. Qxh4 h6 25. Kg2 Ne3+
26. fxe3 Rxd1 27. Nxd1 Qd5+ 28. Kh2 Qxd1 29. Qxh6 Qc2+ 30. Kh3
Qd2 31. Qe6+ Kc7 32. g4 Qe2 33. e4 c5 34. e5 c4 35. Qe7+ Kc8
36. Kh4 Qd3 37. Qe6+ Kd8 38. Qg8+ Ke7 39. Qg7+ Ke6 40. Qf6+
Kd5 41. Qd6+ Ke4 42. Qxd3+ Kxd3 43. e6 c3 44. e7 c2 45. e8=Q
c1=Q 46. Qd7+ Ke2 47. g5 Qh1+ 48. Qh3 Qd5 49. Qg4+ Kf2
50. Qf4+ Ke1 51. g6 Qxa2 52. g7 Qg8 53. Qf8 Qc4+ 54. Kg5 Qd5+
55. Kf6 Qc6+ 56. Ke7 Qc7+ 57. Ke6 Qc6+ 58. Qd6 Qc4+ 59. Kd7
Qa4+ 60. Kd8 Qb3 61. Qf8 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.11"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[Round "6.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "88"]

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 "Donetsk m"]
[Site "Donetsk"]
[Date "2001.01.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

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 "Donetsk m"]
[Site "Donetsk"]
[Date "2001.01.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

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 "Young Masters"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[EventDate "2001.05.20"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[PlyCount "73"]

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 "Chess Classic Simultan"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2002.08.14"]
[EventDate "2002.08.14"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Sven Noppes"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5
7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3 Ng6 9. h4 c4 10. Bxg6 fxg6 11. h5 Qe8 12. h6
Rf5 13. Nf3 Qa4 14. Ra2 Nc6 15. hxg7 Nd8 16. Bg5 Nf7 17. Bf6
Qa5 18. Kd2 Bd7 19. Raa1 b5 20. Rxh7 Kxh7 21. Rh1+ Rh5
22. Rxh5+ gxh5 23. Qxh5+ Nh6 24. Ng5+ 1-0

[Event "Chess Classic Simultan"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2002.08.14"]
[EventDate "2002.08.14"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Werner Eberspach"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nc3 Qd6 6. Bb5
Bd7 7. dxe5 Qxd1+ 8. Nxd1 Nxe5 9. Bxd7+ Nxd7 10. O-O O-O-O
11. Nc3 Ngf6 12. Ng5 Ne5 13. Bf4 Nfd7 14. Rfe1 h6 15. Nge4 Bd6
16. Nxd6+ cxd6 17. Rad1 Rhe8 18. Kf1 Re6 19. Nb5 a6 20. Nxd6+
Rxd6 21. Rxd6 f6 22. Bxe5 Nxe5 23. Rxd8+ Kxd8 24. Rxe5 fxe5
25. Ke2 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh KO Final"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.01.16"]
[EventDate "2002.01.16"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "45"]

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 "Dual of the WCh"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2002.08.16"]
[EventDate "2002.08.16"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "87"]

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 "Superstars Hotel Bali"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2002.11.29"]
[EventDate "2002.11.29"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Antonio Granero Roca"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[PlyCount "113"]

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 "Bled Olympiad"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.10.29"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Francisco Vallejo Pons"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "133"]

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 "FIDE WCh KO Final"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.01.21"]
[EventDate "2002.01.16"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "127"]

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 "SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2002.02.23"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "89"]

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 "2002.03.04"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "89"]

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 "2002.03.08"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Francisco Vallejo Pons"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[PlyCount "57"]

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 "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.06.05"]
[EventDate "2002.06.01"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Judit Polgar"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "70"]

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

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.06.04"]
[EventDate "2002.06.01"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Vladimir Akopian"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "81"]

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 "2002.06.03"]
[EventDate "2002.06.01"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexey Dreev"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "76"]

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"]
[EventDate "2002.06.01"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Alexey Dreev"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "75"]

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 "2002.06.01"]
[EventDate "2002.06.01"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikolai Vlassov"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "117"]

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 "Russia vs The Rest of the World"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.09.09"]
[EventDate "2002.09.08"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Vadim Zvjaginsev"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "47"]

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 "Russia vs The Rest of the World"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.09.09"]
[EventDate "2002.09.08"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "118"]

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 "Bled Olympiad"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.11.04"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vasil Spasov"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "74"]

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 "Bled Olympiad"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.11.05"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Michal Krasenkow"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "139"]

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 "Superstars Hotel Bali"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2002.11.30"]
[EventDate "2002.11.29"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dragan Paunovic"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "84"]

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"]
[EventDate "2002.11.29"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Reynaldo Vera"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[PlyCount "85"]

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"]
[EventDate "2002.11.29"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Claudia Noemi Amura"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "48"]

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"]
[EventDate "2002.11.29"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Lev Psakhis"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[PlyCount "89"]

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"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2002.12.01"]
[EventDate "2002.11.29"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Pablo San Segundo Carrillo"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "77"]

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 "Cap D'Agde FRA"]
[Site "Cap D'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2003.10.25"]
[EventDate "2003.10.24"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Evgeny Bareev"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "75"]

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 "16th Ciudad de Leon"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2003.06.08"]
[EventDate "2003.06.06"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "115"]

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 de Leon"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2003.06.07"]
[EventDate "2003.06.06"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Francisco Vallejo Pons"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "96"]

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 de Leon"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2003.06.07"]
[EventDate "2003.06.06"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Francisco Vallejo Pons"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "77"]

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 de Leon"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2003.06.07"]
[EventDate "2003.06.06"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Francisco Vallejo Pons"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "77"]

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 "XX SuperGM"]
[Site "XX Ciudad de Linares"]
[Date "2003.03.09"]
[EventDate "2003.02.22"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Francisco Vallejo Pons"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "106"]

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 "Cap D'Agde FRA"]
[Site "Cap D'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2003.10.26"]
[EventDate "2003.10.24"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "140"]

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 "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.12"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd2 Nd7 9. g3 b6 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 "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.23"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Loek van Wely"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "117"]

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 "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.24"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jan Timman"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "44"]

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 "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.25"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[PlyCount "151"]

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 "XX SuperGM"]
[Site "XX Ciudad de Linares"]
[Date "2003.03.01"]
[EventDate "2003.02.22"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Francisco Vallejo Pons"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[PlyCount "135"]

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 "EU-chT (Men)"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Ioannis Papaioannou"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

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 "Andorra m g/5'"]
[Site "Andorra"]
[Date "2003.03.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Oscar de la Riva Aguado"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "112"]

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

[Event "Andorra m g/5'"]
[Site "Andorra"]
[Date "2003.03.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Oscar de la Riva Aguado"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

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

[Event "Andorra m g/5'"]
[Site "Andorra"]
[Date "2003.03.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Oscar de la Riva Aguado"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

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

[Event "Andorra m g/5'"]
[Site "Andorra"]
[Date "2003.03.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Oscar de la Riva Aguado"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

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

[Event "Andorra m g/5'"]
[Site "Andorra"]
[Date "2003.03.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Oscar de la Riva Aguado"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

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 "EU-chT (Men)"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Alexander (Nenashev) Graf"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

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 "EU-chT (Men)"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Branko Damljanovic"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "110"]

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 "EU-chT (Men)"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Loek van Wely"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "115"]

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 "Biel SUI"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2004.07.25"]
[EventDate "2004.07.19"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Etienne Bacrot"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "134"]

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

[Event "Biel SUI"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2004.07.20"]
[EventDate "2004.07.19"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Krishnan Sasikiran"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[PlyCount "123"]

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 "11th Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2004.08.07"]
[EventDate "2004.08.05"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Hubert Beutel"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2123"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "85"]

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 "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.16"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dede Liu"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2143"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "133"]

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"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zbynek Hracek"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "72"]

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 "Canarias en Red final"]
[Site "playchess.com"]
[Date "2004.05.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Guar"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4 b4
8.a5 h6 9.Be3 Bxe3 10.fxe3 O-O 11.Nbd2 d6 12.h3 Be6 13.O-O Ne7
14.Nh4 Bxb3 15.Nxb3 c5 16.Rxf6 gxf6 17.Qh5 Kg7 18.Rf1 Rh8
19.Qg4+ Kf8 20.Rxf6 Rh7 21.Rf1 Qc8 22.Qh5 Qe6 23.Nd2 Rg7
24.Nc4 Kg8 25.Kh2 Rg5 26.Qf3 Rf8 27.Nf5 Nxf5 28.exf5 Qf6
29.Qd5 Rxf5 30.Rxf5 Qxf5 31.Qxd6 f6 32.Qxc5 Qe6 33.Qxb4 Rf7
34.Qb6 Qd5 35.e4 Qd4 36.Qxd4 exd4 37.g4 Kf8 38.Kg3 Ke7 39.Kf4
Ke6 40.h4 Rb7 41.Kf3 Rc7 42.c3 Rd7 43.cxd4 Rxd4 44.Ke3 Rd7
45.d4 Rb7 46.d5+ Ke7 47.Kd4 Rb3 48.Ne3 Kd7 49.Nf5 Rxb2 50.Nxh6
Rg2 51.h5 Rg1 52.Ke3 Kd6 53.Kf2 Rh1 54.Nf5+ Ke5 55.d6 Ke6
56.h6 Rh2+ 57.Kg3 Rb2 58.Kf4 Rb8 59.g5 fxg5+ 60.Kxg5 Rg8+
61.Kh5 Kf6 62.h7 Rb8 63.Kh6 Rd8 64.d7 Rf8 65.Nh4 1-0

[Event "Canarias en Red final"]
[Site "playchess.com"]
[Date "2004.05.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Arnold Essing"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 Bg7 7.a4 a5
8.Ng5 d5 9.c3 O-O 10.f4 f6 11.Nf3 Na6 12.Be3 Be6 13.Nbd2 Rc8
14.h4 Bg4 15.O-O fxe5 16.fxe5 e6 17.Qe1 c5 18.Qg3 Bh5 19.Ng5
Qe7 20.Qh3 Be2 21.Rxf8+ Rxf8 22.Qxe6+ Qxe6 23.Nxe6 Re8 24.Nxg7
Kxg7 25.dxc5 Nc4 26.Nxc4 dxc4 27.Re1 Bd3 28.Bd1 Kf7 29.Bd4 Nc7
30.Bf3 Ne6 31.Bxb7 Rb8 32.c6 Ke7 33.Bb6 1-0

[Event "Canarias en Red final"]
[Site "playchess.com"]
[Date "2004.05.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Agustin Fernandez Manrique"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4
O-O 8.Bd3 c4 9.Bh6 Ng6 10.Bxg6 fxg6 11.Bd2 Qe8 12.h4 Qf7
13.Be3 Qf5 14.Qe2 Bd7 15.g4 Qf7 16.f4 Nc6 17.Nf3 h6 18.Kd2 Ne7
19.a4 Rfb8 20.a5 b5 21.axb6 axb6 22.Qd1 b5 23.Qb1 b4 24.cxb4
Rxa1 25.Qxa1 Rxb4 26.Qa3 Nc6 27.Ra1 Qf8 28.Ke2 Qb8 29.Bd2 Rb2
30.Qc3 Rb1 31.Ke3 Rxa1 32.Qxa1 Qb6 33.Bc3 Kh7 34.Nd2 Ne7
35.Qa3 Qd8 36.Nf3 Kh8 37.Bb4 Nc6 38.Bc5 Qb8 39.Nd2 Kh7 40.c3
Qb5 41.Qa1 Na5 42.Bb4 Nb3 43.Qb1 Kh8 44.Qxg6 Nxd2 45.Kxd2 Qa4
46.Bf8 Qa2+ 47.Ke3 1-0

[Event "Canarias en Red final"]
[Site "playchess.com"]
[Date "2004.05.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mikhail Panarin"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6
7.Nxe5 Be7 8.Qe2 Be6 9.d3 Nf5 10.c3 O-O 11.Bf4 Bd6 12.Nd2 Qh4
13.Qf3 Rfe8 14.Ne4 f6 15.Nxd6 cxd6 16.Nc4 Bd5 17.Rxe8+ Rxe8
18.Bg3 Bxf3 19.Bxh4 Nxh4 20.gxf3 Nxf3+ 21.Kg2 Nh4+ 22.Kh3 Nf5
23.Kg4 g6 24.Na5 Re7 25.Kf3 Kf7 26.a4 c5 27.Nb3 h5 28.a5 a6
29.Nd2 g5 30.h3 Nh4+ 31.Kg3 Re2 32.Nc4 Ke6 33.Ra3 d5 34.Ne3
Rxb2 35.c4 d4 36.Nd5 Rb1 37.f4 Rg1+ 38.Kf2 Rg2+ 39.Kf1 Rb2
40.fxg5 fxg5 41.Ra1 Nf3 42.Nb6 g4 43.hxg4 hxg4 44.Na4 Rh2
45.Nxc5+ Kf5 46.Ra4 g3 47.Ne4 Kf4 48.Nxg3 Kxg3 49.Ra2 Rxa2 0-1

[Event "Canarias en Red final"]
[Site "playchess.com"]
[Date "2004.05.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Tihomir Dovramadjiev"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.c3 O-O 7.h3
d6 8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 a6 10.Bf1 b5 11.Bg5 Bb7 12.Nc3 Rc8 13.Qd2
Na5 14.d5 Nc4 15.Bxc4 Rxc4 16.a3 Nd7 17.Bh6 Qb6 18.Bxg7 Kxg7
19.Rad1 Rfc8 20.e5 dxe5 21.Nxe5 Nxe5 22.Rxe5 R4c7 23.Rde1 Qf6
24.Qe3 Rd8 25.f4 Rcd7 26.Ne4 Qh4 27.Nc5 Rc7 28.Kh2 Bxd5 29.Rd1
e6 30.Rexd5 Rdc8 31.Rg5 Kg8 32.b4 Qh6 33.Rd6 Qg7 34.Re5 a5
35.Re4 axb4 36.axb4 Qb2 37.Red4 Rf8 38.Qe5 f6 39.Qxe6+ Kg7
40.Rd7+ Rxd7 41.Rxd7+ Kh6 42.Qe7 1-0

[Event "Pedro Zabala mem"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2004.10.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Oswaldo Zambrana"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 Na6 6.Bd2 Nxc5 7.a3
Bxc3 8.Bxc3 Nce4 9.Bd4 d5 10.f3 Nd6 11.cxd5 exd5 12.e3 Bf5
13.Qa4+ Bd7 14.Qb4 Bc6 15.Bd3 O-O 16.Ne2 Re8 17.O-O a5 18.Qc3
Nb5 19.Qd2 Nxd4 20.Nxd4 Nd7 21.Rac1 Rc8 22.Rc3 g6 23.Rfc1 Ne5
24.Be2 Qb6 25.f4 Nd7 26.Bb5 Nf6 27.Bxc6 Ne4 28.Bxe8 Rxc3
29.Qe1 1-0

[Event "Pedro Zabala mem"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2004.10.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikola Mitkov"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "184"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 g6 3.Bc4 Bg7 4.Nge2 Nc6 5.a3 d6 6.d3 e6 7.O-O
Nge7 8.Ba2 O-O 9.Be3 Nd4 10.Qd2 Nxe2+ 11.Qxe2 Bd7 12.Qd2 Nc6
13.Bh6 Rb8 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.f4 f5 16.Rae1 Qf6 17.Nd1 b5 18.c3
a5 19.Qe3 b4 20.axb4 axb4 21.e5 dxe5 22.fxe5 Qe7 23.d4 bxc3
24.bxc3 cxd4 25.cxd4 Nb4 26.Bb3 Bb5 27.Rf3 Bc6 28.Rf2 Bd5
29.Bxd5 Nxd5 30.Qd3 Qb4 31.Qd2 Rfc8 32.Ne3 Qxd2 33.Rxd2 Rb5
34.Nxd5 Rxd5 35.Ra1 Rc7 36.Ra6 Kf7 37.h4 Rcd7 38.Ra4 h6 39.Kf1
Rxe5 40.dxe5 Rxd2 41.Ra7+ Kf8 42.Ra8+ Ke7 43.h5 gxh5 44.Rh8
Rd5 45.Rh7+ Kf8 46.Rxh6 Rxe5 47.Rxh5 Kf7 48.Kf2 Kg6 49.Rh8 Ra5
50.Re8 Kf6 51.Rf8+ Kg5 52.Rg8+ Kf4 53.Rb8 Ra2+ 54.Kf1 e5
55.Rb3 e4 56.Rb8 Ke3 57.Rb3+ Kd2 58.Kf2 f4 59.Rb8 Kd1+ 60.Kf1
e3 61.Rb1+ Kd2 62.Re1 Kd3 63.Rb1 Rc2 64.Rd1+ Rd2 65.Ra1 Rf2+
66.Kg1 Rc2 67.Kf1 Kd2 68.Re1 Rc5 69.Re2+ Kd3 70.Re1 Rh5
71.Rd1+ Ke4 72.Rd8 Kf5 73.Ke2 Rg5 74.Kf1 Kg4 75.Rd7 Kg3 76.Re7
Rg8 77.Re6 Rh8 78.Rg6+ Kh2 79.Rg4 Rf8 80.Rh4+ Kg3 81.Rh3+ Kg4
82.Ke2 Ra8 83.Rh7 Ra2+ 84.Kf1 Kf5 85.Re7 Ra1+ 86.Ke2 Rg1
87.Rf7+ Ke5 88.Re7+ Kf6 89.Re8 Rxg2+ 90.Kf3 Rf2+ 91.Kg4 e2
92.Rf8+ Ke7 0-1

[Event "Pedro Zabala mem"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2004.10.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Daniel Hugo Campora"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 d6 5.c3 Bd7 6.Nbd2 g6 7.O-O
Bg7 8.Re1 O-O 9.a4 a6 10.Bc4 Na5 11.Ba2 c5 12.Nf1 Qe8 13.Bg5
Bxa4 14.Bxf7+ Qxf7 15.Qxa4 Nc6 16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.Ne3 b5 18.Qa2
Qxa2 19.Rxa2 a5 20.Nd5 Bd8 21.Nd2 Rf7 22.g3 Bg5 23.Nb1 b4
24.Ra4 Raf8 25.Re2 Rf3 26.h4 Bh6 27.Nd2 Bxd2 28.Rxd2 Kg7
29.Kg2 h5 30.Nb6 R3f7 31.Nc4 Rd7 32.Rd1 Kh6 33.f3 Rb8 34.Raa1
Rb5 35.Kf2 Kg7 36.f4 Kf6 37.Ke3 Ke6 38.Rf1 Rf7 39.f5+ gxf5
40.Rxf5 Rg7 41.Rg5 Rbb7 42.Rf1 a4 43.cxb4 cxb4 44.Ra1 Rxg5
45.hxg5 Rg7 46.Rxa4 Rxg5 47.Ra6 Kd7 48.Kf2 Rg6 49.Ra8 Rf6+
50.Kg2 Nd4 51.Rh8 Rf3 52.Rh6 Rxd3 53.Rxd6+ Kc7 54.Rd5 b3
55.Nxe5 Rd2+ 56.Kh3 Nf3 57.Nxf3 1-0

[Event "Mtel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2005.05.18"]
[EventDate "2005.05.12"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "89"]

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 "World Team Championship 2005"]
[Site "Beer Sheva ISR"]
[Date "2005.11.09"]
[EventDate "2005.11.01"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris Avrukh"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "66"]

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 "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.16"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Judit Polgar"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "111"]

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

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.17"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ivan Sokolov"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "122"]

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"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.29"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Morozevich"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "96"]

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 "Aeroflot Open 2005"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2005.02.23"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Zoltan Gyimesi"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[PlyCount "85"]

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 "2005.05.16"]
[EventDate "2005.05.12"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "79"]

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 "Efim Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2005.07.01"]
[EventDate "2005.07.01"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Yuri Drozdovskij"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "94"]

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 "Efim Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2005.07.01"]
[EventDate "2005.07.01"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Masha Klinova"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2391"]
[PlyCount "105"]

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 "Efim Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2005.07.02"]
[EventDate "2005.07.01"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Stanislav Bogdanovich"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2128"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "110"]

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 "Efim Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2005.07.02"]
[EventDate "2005.07.01"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Mikhail Golubev"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "97"]

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 "Efim Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2005.07.03"]
[EventDate "2005.07.01"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Dmitry Fingerov"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2361"]
[PlyCount "41"]

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 "Efim Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2005.07.03"]
[EventDate "2005.07.01"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "132"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 O-O 6. Qc2 Nc6
7. Ngf3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 Qd5 9. O-O Bxd2 10. Qxd5 exd5 11. Bxd2
Re8 12. Rfe1 Bg4 13. Be3 Ne4 14. Rac1 Re7 15. Ne5 Bd7 16. Nxd7
Rxd7 17. f3 Nd6 18. Bf2 a5 19. Rc5 Ne7 20. Bh3 f5 21. e4 c6
22. Rc2 g6 23. e5 Nb5 24. g4 Rf8 25. a4 Nc7 26. e6 Rdd8
27. Bh4 Rde8 28. Re5 fxg4 29. Bxg4 Rf4 30. Rd2 Nf5 31. Bg5
Rxd4 32. Bxf5 Rxd2 33. Bxd2 gxf5 34. e7 Kf7 35. Rxf5+ Kxe7
36. Rh5 Rg8+ 37. Kf2 Rg7 38. Bxa5 Ne6 39. Bb4+ c5 40. Bd2 Kd6
41. Rf5 d4 42. h4 b5 43. axb5 Rb7 44. b4 c4 45. Bf4+ Nxf4
46. Rxf4 Ke5 47. Rg4 h6 48. Rg8 Rxb5 49. Re8+ Kf5 50. Rd8 d3
51. Rd4 Rxb4 52. Ke3 Ke5 53. h5 Ra4 54. f4+ Kf5 55. Rd5+ Kg4
56. Rc5 Rb4 57. Rc6 Kxh5 58. f5 Kg5 59. f6 Kg6 60. f7+ Kxf7
61. Rxh6 Rb2 62. Rh1 Rc2 63. Rb1 d2 64. Ke2 c3 65. Kd1 Ra2
66. Ke2 d1=Q+ 0-1

[Event "Efim Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2005.07.03"]
[EventDate "2005.07.01"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Nikolay Anatolievich Legky"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "43"]

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 Championship 2005"]
[Site "Beer Sheva ISR"]
[Date "2005.11.05"]
[EventDate "2005.11.01"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Huang Qian"]
[ECO "E77"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[PlyCount "101"]

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 "2nd Festival Internacional de Ajedrez Man-Machine"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2005.11.21"]
[EventDate "2005.11.20"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Fritz (Computer)"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

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 "XXIX Vicente Bonil Albox"]
[Site "Albox ESP"]
[Date "2005.06.04"]
[EventDate "2005.06.04"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergio Meler Tevar"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "60"]

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 Albox"]
[Site "Albox ESP"]
[Date "2005.06.04"]
[EventDate "2005.06.04"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Juan Pomes Marcet"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[PlyCount "87"]

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 Albox"]
[Site "Albox ESP"]
[Date "2005.06.05"]
[EventDate "2005.06.04"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Sergei Krivoshey"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[PlyCount "51"]

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 Albox"]
[Site "Albox ESP"]
[Date "2005.06.05"]
[EventDate "2005.06.04"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Fernando Peralta"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 b6 6. a3 Ba5
7. Rb1 Na6 8. f3 Bb7 9. Ng3 O-O 10. Bd3 cxd4 11. exd4 Bxc3+
12. bxc3 d5 13. O-O dxc4 14. Bxc4 Rc8 15. Qe2 Nb8 16. Bd2 Rxc4
17. Qxc4 Ba6 18. Qa4 Bxf1 19. Nxf1 Qc7 20. Ne3 Nc6 21. Be1 Rc8
22. Bg3 Qd7 23. Qb5 Na5 24. Qxd7 Nxd7 25. Be1 Nf6 26. Kf2 Kf8
27. Ke2 Ke7 28. Kd3 Nd5 29. Nxd5+ exd5 30. Bg3 Kd7 31. Bf4 Nc4
32. a4 Re8 33. g4 Re6 34. g5 f6 35. h4 Kc6 36. Ra1 a5 37. Rb1
fxg5 38. hxg5 Re7 39. Be5 Nxe5+ 40. dxe5 Rxe5 41. Rh1 Rxg5
42. Rxh7 Rg3 43. Kc2 Kc5 44. Kb3 d4 45. cxd4+ Kxd4 46. Rh4+
Ke3 47. Kc4 Rxf3 48. Kb5 g5 49. Rh5 Rf5+ 50. Kxb6 Kf4 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.11.27"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ahmed Adly"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "218"]

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

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.03"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "31"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Xu Jun"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[PlyCount "77"]

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 "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.02"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[Round "2.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Motylev"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "76"]

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 "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.04"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Xu Jun"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "102"]

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 "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.06"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Loek van Wely"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "144"]

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 "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.07"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Loek van Wely"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[PlyCount "59"]

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 "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.10"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Evgeny Bareev"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. g3 Qa5 11. Ra2 Rc8 12. Bg2
b4 13. axb4 Qxb4 14. O-O cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bc5
17. Rd1 Bxd4+ 18. Qxd4 Rc4 19. Qf2 O-O 20. Bf1 Rc7 21. Qd4 a5
22. Qxb4 axb4 23. Nb5 Rxc2 24. Nd4 Rcc8 25. Ra7 Nc5 26. Rc1
Ba8 27. Ba6 Nxa6 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Rxa6 g5 30. b3 gxf4
31. gxf4 Bb7 32. Rb6 Rc7 33. Kf2 Bc8 34. Rc6 Rxc6 35. Nxc6 Bb7
36. Nxb4 d4 37. Nc2 d3 38. Nb4 d2 39. Ke2 Kg7 40. Kxd2 Kg6
41. Ke3 Kf5 42. Nd3 Bc6 43. b4 Kg4 44. Nf2+ Kf5 45. h3 h5
46. h4 Ba4 47. Kf3 Bc6+ 48. Kg3 Ba4 49. Nd3 Bc6 50. Ne1 f6
51. Nf3 fxe5 52. Nxe5 Ba4 53. Nc4 Kf6 54. Kf3 Bb5 55. Nd6 Bc6+
56. Ke3 e5 57. b5 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.12"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[Round "6.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O
7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 b6 9. Bf4 Ba6 10. b3 Nbd7 11. Rd1 Rc8 12. Nc3
Qe8 13. e4 dxc4 14. bxc4 Bxc4 15. Nd2 Ba6 16. Qa4 Bd3 17. Ndb1
b5 18. Qxa7 Bxb1 19. Raxb1 b4 20. Ne2 Ra8 21. Qc7 Rxa2 22. Nc1
Rc2 23. Nd3 Qc8 24. Qxc8 Rxc8 25. Nxb4 Bxb4 26. Rxb4 c5
27. Rb7 cxd4 28. e5 Nc5 29. exf6 Nxb7 30. Bxb7 Rd8 31. fxg7
Rc5 32. Bh6 Rh5 33. Be3 Rb5 34. Bf3 e5 35. Bg5 Rdb8 36. Be4
Kxg7 37. g4 h6 38. Bh4 h5 39. h3 hxg4 40. hxg4 Rb4 41. Kg2 Ra4
42. Be7 d3 43. Kf3 Rh8 44. g5 Rh4 45. Bf6+ Kg8 46. Bc6 Rac4
47. Bb5 Rcf4+ 48. Ke3 Rh3+ 49. Kd2 Rxf2+ 50. Kc3 d2+ 51. Kc2
e4 52. Rxd2 e3 53. Re2 Rhh2 54. Kd1 Rh1+ 55. Kc2 Re1 56. Rxf2
exf2 57. Kd2 f1=Q 58. Bxf1 Rxf1 59. Ke2 Rf5 60. Ke3 Kh7
61. Ke4 Kg6 62. Bd8 Rxg5 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.12"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[Round "6.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "63"]

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 "Pamplona International"]
[Site "Pamplona ESP"]
[Date "2005.12.24"]
[EventDate "2005.12.23"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Zviad Izoria"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "69"]

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 "Pamplona International"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.12.27"]
[EventDate "2005.12.23"]
[Round "5.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Jan Timman"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "95"]

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 "Pamplona International"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.12.28"]
[EventDate "2005.12.23"]
[Round "6.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Oscar de la Riva Aguado"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "104"]

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 "Cuernavaca Young Masters"]
[Site "Cuernavaca MEX"]
[Date "2006.02.07"]
[EventDate "2006.02.03"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Manuel Leon Hoyos"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 e6 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7
7. b3 d6 8. Bb2 Nbd7 9. d4 cxd4 10. Qxd4 a6 11. Rfd1 Qc7
12. Rac1 O-O 13. Qf4 Rad8 14. Rc2 Nc5 15. Nh4 h6 16. b4 Ncd7
17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Nf3 Rc8 19. a3 Rc7 20. Rdc1 Rfc8 21. Nd1 Ne4
22. Qe3 d5 23. Qd3 dxc4 24. Rxc4 Rxc4 25. Rxc4 Rxc4 26. Qxc4
b5 27. Qc2 Ng5 28. Nxg5 Bxg5 29. Bd4 Qd5 30. e3 e5 31. Qc8+
Kh7 32. Nc3 Qe6 33. Bc5 f5 34. a4 Nxc5 35. Qxc5 Be7 36. Qc7
bxa4 37. Nxa4 Bxb4 38. Qc2 e4 39. h4 a5 40. Kg2 Qd7 41. Qb3
Be1 42. Nb2 Qd2 43. Nd1 Qe2 44. Kg1 Bb4 45. Qd5 Qf3 46. Qd7 h5
47. Qa4 f4 48. exf4 Bc5 49. Qc2 Qxg3+ 50. Kf1 Qd3+ 51. Qxd3
exd3 52. Nb2 d2 53. Ke2 Bb4 54. f5 Kg8 55. Nd3 Kf7 56. Kd1 Ke7
57. Kc2 Kd6 58. Nf4 a4 59. Nd3 Bc3 60. f3 a3 61. Nf2 a2 0-1

[Event "Cuernavaca Young Masters"]
[Site "Cuernavaca MEX"]
[Date "2006.02.06"]
[EventDate "2006.02.03"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Andrei Volokitin"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nf6
7. a3 d6 8. f4 Be7 9. Qf3 O-O 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Rg1 Nxd4
12. Rxd4 b5 13. g4 d5 14. exd5 Bb7 15. Bd3 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5
17. Qh3 g6 18. f5 Bf6 19. Rb4 Be5 20. Rf1 a5 21. Rxb5 Rfb8
22. fxe6 Bxe6 23. a4 Rxb5 24. axb5 Bd5 25. b6 Qc6 26. Qh4 a4
27. Qe7 Bxb2+ 28. Kxb2 a3+ 29. Kc1 a2 30. Kd2 Be6 31. Qf6 Qg2+
32. Rf2 a1=Q 33. Qxa1 Qxf2+ 34. Bxf2 Rxa1 35. b7 Rb1 36. Be4
Bxg4 37. Bg3 Bf5 38. Bh1 Rxh1 39. b8=Q+ Kg7 40. Qe5+ Kh6
41. Qe3+ Kg7 42. Qe5+ Kh6 43. Qf6 Rg1 1-0

[Event "Cuernavaca Young Masters"]
[Site "Cuernavaca MEX"]
[Date "2006.02.08"]
[EventDate "2006.02.03"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Lazaro Bruzon Batista"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "53"]

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 "Cuernavaca Young Masters"]
[Site "Cuernavaca MEX"]
[Date "2006.02.10"]
[EventDate "2006.02.03"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Ruben Felgaer"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[PlyCount "89"]

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 "7th Poikovsky Tournament"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2006.03.18"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Alexander Onischuk"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "131"]

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 "2006.03.24"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Sergei Rublevsky"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "99"]

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 "Russian Club Cup"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2006.04.21"]
[EventDate "2006.04.20"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "63"]

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 "Russian Club Cup"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2006.04.27"]
[EventDate "2006.04.20"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Emil Sutovsky"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "74"]

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 "Mtel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2006.05.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7
7. Qe2 d6 8. c4 g6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. Bf4 Nc6 12. Rac1
Nd7 13. Qe3 Nce5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Be2 b6 16. Rfd1 Re8 17. Qd2
Nxc4 18. Bxc4 Qxc4 19. Qxd6 Bb7 20. Be5 Bxe5 21. Qxe5 Rad8
22. f3 b5 23. Kf2 Qc6 24. Ne2 Qb6+ 25. Rd4 Rd7 26. b4 Red8
27. Ke3 Rxd4 28. Nxd4 Rd6 29. Qf6 Rd7 30. Rc5 Qd6 31. g3 a5
32. a3 axb4 33. axb4 Qa6 34. Ne2 Qd6 35. Qc3 h5 36. Qd4 Qe7
37. Qe5 f6 38. Qb8+ Kg7 39. Nc3 e5 40. Nd5 Bxd5 41. exd5 f5
42. Qxb5 f4+ 43. Kf2 e4 44. fxe4 fxg3+ 45. hxg3 Qf6+ 46. Kg2
Qb2+ 47. Kh3 Rf7 48. Qd3 Qxb4 49. Qc3+ Qxc3 50. Rxc3 Re7
51. Rc4 Kf6 52. Kh4 Ke5 53. Rc6 1-0

[Event "Aerosvit GM Tournament"]
[Site "Foros UKR"]
[Date "2006.06.26"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "112"]

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 "10th Petr Izmailov Memorial"]
[Site "Tomsk RUS"]
[Date "2006.07.15"]
[EventDate "2006.07.11"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Viktor Bologan"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "71"]

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 Memorial"]
[Site "Tomsk RUS"]
[Date "2006.07.15"]
[EventDate "2006.07.11"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergei Rublevsky"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "124"]

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 "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.11.06"]
[EventDate "2006.11.06"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "95"]

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 "2006.11.08"]
[EventDate "2006.11.06"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "105"]

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 "Spanish Team Championship"]
[Site "San Sebastian ESP"]
[Date "2006.09.13"]
[EventDate "2006.09.13"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Pia Cramling"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "78"]

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 "Spanish Team Championship"]
[Site "San Sebastian ESP"]
[Date "2006.09.16"]
[EventDate "2006.09.13"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Enrique Llobel Cortell"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "51"]

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 "Spanish Team Championship"]
[Site "Lugo ESP"]
[Date "2006.11.04"]
[EventDate "2006.11.03"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "94"]

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 "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.23"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

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 "11th Essent Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2007.10.14"]
[EventDate "2007.10.14"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Zaven Andriasian"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[PlyCount "71"]

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 "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.15"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "59"]

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 "Ruy Lopez Festival"]
[Site "Zafra ESP"]
[Date "2007.03.17"]
[EventDate "2007.03.17"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Ivan Sokolov"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "61"]

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 "Ruy Lopez Festival"]
[Site "Zafra ESP"]
[Date "2007.03.20"]
[EventDate "2007.03.17"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Manuel Perez Candelario"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "71"]

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 "Ruy Lopez Festival"]
[Site "Zafra ESP"]
[Date "2007.03.22"]
[EventDate "2007.03.17"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Yifan Hou"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[PlyCount "85"]

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 "Czech Coal Carlsbad Tournament"]
[Site "Carlsbad CZE"]
[Date "2007.09.11"]
[EventDate "2007.09.08"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "108"]

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 Carlsbad Tournament"]
[Site "Carlsbad CZE"]
[Date "2007.09.15"]
[EventDate "2007.09.08"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viktor Laznicka"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "56"]

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 "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Antalya TUR"]
[Date "2007.10.03"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Miikka Maki-Uuro"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "70"]

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 "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Antalya TUR"]
[Date "2007.10.04"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Predrag Nikolic"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "62"]

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 "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Antalya TUR"]
[Date "2007.10.05"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Aloyzas Kveinys"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "122"]

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 "11th Essent Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2007.10.18"]
[EventDate "2007.10.14"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zaven Andriasian"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "86"]

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 "Liga de Campeones"]
[Site "Vitoria Gasteiz ESP"]
[Date "2007.11.02"]
[EventDate "2007.11.02"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Judit Polgar"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "90"]

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 "Liga de Campeones"]
[Site "Vitoria Gasteiz ESP"]
[Date "2007.11.04"]
[EventDate "2007.11.02"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "74"]

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 "Liga de Campeones"]
[Site "Vitoria Gasteiz ESP"]
[Date "2007.11.09"]
[EventDate "2007.11.02"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Judit Polgar"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[PlyCount "71"]

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. Ndb5 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 "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "89"]

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 Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "71"]

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 Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "66"]

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 Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Rustam Kasimdzhanov"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "111"]

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 Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "73"]

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 Cup"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[Round "21"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "83"]

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 Cup"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[Round "24"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "116"]

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 Cup"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[Round "25"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Alexey Korotylev"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "75"]

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 Cup"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[Round "27"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "97"]

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 Cup"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[Round "28"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Morozevich"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "54"]

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 Cup"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[Round "29"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "47"]

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 Cup"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[Round "31"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Alexey Dreev"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[PlyCount "68"]

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 Cup"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[Round "33"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "65"]

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 Cup"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[Round "35"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Boris Savchenko"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[PlyCount "63"]

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 Cup"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[Round "37"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "157"]

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 Chess Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.25"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Essam El Gindy"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[PlyCount "119"]

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 Chess Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.26"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Essam El Gindy"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[PlyCount "85"]

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 Chess Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.28"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Wang Hao"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "100"]

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 Chess Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.29"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[PlyCount "123"]

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 Chess Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.12.01"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Evgeny Tomashevsky"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "123"]

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 Chess Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.12.03"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Krishnan Sasikiran"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "81"]

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 "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2008.04.04"]
[EventDate "2008.04.02"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Alexander Riazantsev"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[PlyCount "105"]

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 "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2008.04.11"]
[EventDate "2008.04.02"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Morozevich"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "66"]

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 "Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2008.05.30"]
[EventDate "2008.05.30"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "142"]

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 "Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2008.05.30"]
[EventDate "2008.05.30"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Valeri Beim"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "75"]

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 "Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2008.05.30"]
[EventDate "2008.05.30"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mikhail Golubev"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "70"]

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 "Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2008.05.31"]
[EventDate "2008.05.30"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[PlyCount "109"]

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 "Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2008.05.31"]
[EventDate "2008.05.30"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Valeri Beim"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "132"]

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 "Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2008.06.01"]
[EventDate "2008.05.30"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Mikhail Golubev"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[PlyCount "63"]

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 "Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2008.06.01"]
[EventDate "2008.05.30"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3
Be7 7. Be3 Nd7 8. Qd2 Ne5 9. O-O-O O-O 10. h4 Re8 11. h5 Bg4
12. Be2 Qc8 13. h6 g6 14. Nxe5 Bxe2 15. Nxg6 Bxd1 16. Qd4 f6
17. Qd5+ 1-0

[Event "Villarrobledo International Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2008.08.02"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Aaron Bendayan Claros"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2060"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. c3 d6 6. Bd3 Nd7
7. Ne2 g6 8. Nd2 Bg7 9. O-O Qe7 10. f4 c5 11. Rc1 a6 12. a4 b6
13. Nc4 b5 14. Ne3 Rb8 15. axb5 axb5 16. f5 O-O 17. Qd2 Bb7
18. fxg6 fxg6 19. Rxf8+ Rxf8 20. Nf1 c4 21. Bc2 e5 22. d5 Nc5
23. Nfg3 h5 24. Rf1 Kh7 25. Rxf8 Qxf8 26. Qe3 Bh6 27. Qf3 Qxf3
28. gxf3 Nd3 29. b4 Ne1 30. Bd1 Be3+ 31. Kf1 Nxf3 32. Kg2 Nd2
33. Nf1 Nxf1 34. Kxf1 Bc8 35. Ke1 Kh6 36. Ng3 h4 37. Nf1 Bg1
38. Bf3 Kg5 39. Ke2 Kf4 40. Bg2 g5 41. Bh1 Bg4+ 42. Kd2 Bh3
43. Ke2 g4 0-1

[Event "Villarrobledo International Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2008.08.02"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Maria Velcheva"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2281"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6
7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Qe1 O-O 11. Qg3 Bd7 12. Kh1
b5 13. a3 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bc6 15. Rae1 Qb7 16. Bf3 Rad8 17. Re2
g6 18. b4 a5 19. f5 e5 20. Be3 axb4 21. axb4 Bxe4 22. Nxe4
Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Qxe4 24. f6 Bxf6 25. Rxf6 Qxb4 26. h3 Ra8
27. Rf1 f5 28. Bh6 Rf7 29. Qd3 Qc4 30. Rd1 Rc8 31. Qxc4 Rxc4
32. Rxd6 Rfc7 33. Rxe5 1-0

[Event "Villarrobledo International Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2008.08.02"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Pablo Lafuente"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 Nbd7
7. a5 h6 8. Bh4 dxc4 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. Qa4 Qd6 11. e3 Qb4
12. Qxb4 Bxb4 13. Ra4 Nd5 14. Kd2 c5 15. Ne5 b5 16. axb6 Nxb6
17. Ra1 cxd4 18. exd4 Bb7 19. Nxc4 Nxc4+ 20. Bxc4 Ke7 21. Rhc1
Bxg2 22. Bxa6 g5 23. Ke2 Rhd8 24. Nb5 Kf6 25. f3 Bd6 26. Nc3
Bf4 27. Rd1 Rab8 28. Rab1 Kg7 29. b4 Bxh2 30. Kf2 Bh3 31. Ne2
Bf5 32. Bd3 Bxd3 33. Rxd3 Bc7 34. b5 Bb6 35. Kg3 Rd5 36. Rb4
Bc7+ 37. Kg2 Rdxb5 38. Rxb5 Rxb5 39. Rc3 Bb6 40. Rc2 Rd5
41. Rd2 e5 42. Ng3 exd4 43. Kh3 Bc7 44. Rxd4 Rxd4 45. Nf5+ Kg6
46. Nxd4 h5 47. Ne2 Be5 48. Nc1 Kf5 49. Nd3 Ke6 50. Nc5+ Kd5
51. Ne4 f6 52. Kg2 Kd4 53. Nf2 f5 54. Nh3 Bf6 55. Nf2 Ke3
56. Nd1+ Ke2 57. Nf2 Be5 58. Nh3 Bf4 59. Ng1+ Ke1 60. Nh3 Be3
61. f4 g4 62. Ng5 Bxf4 63. Ne6 Be5 64. Nc5 Ke2 0-1

[Event "Villarrobledo International Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2008.08.03"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Herminio Herraiz Hidalgo"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Qd2 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 b6 11. O-O-O O-O
12. Qe3 Qe7 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. Qh3 g6 15. Qe3 f6 16. exf6 Qxf6
17. Ne2 Bxd4 18. Nxd4 Qxf4 19. Qxf4 Rxf4 20. Nxe6 Rf2 21. Rd2
Rxd2 22. Kxd2 Nc5 23. Nd4 Rf8 24. Re1 Ne4+ 25. Bxe4 dxe4
26. Ke3 Rd8 27. Rf1 Rd6 28. c4 a5 29. Rc1 Kg7 30. c5 bxc5
31. Rxc5 Rb6 32. b3 a4 33. bxa4 Ba6 34. Rc7+ Kh6 35. Rc6 1-0

[Event "Villarrobledo International Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2008.08.03"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Atanas Kolev"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "106"]

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 "2008.08.22"]
[EventDate "2008.08.18"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "81"]

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 "2008.08.25"]
[EventDate "2008.08.18"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "75"]

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 Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "45"]

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"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Pavel Eljanov"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "120"]

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"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "98"]

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"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "77"]

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 "2008.08.30"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Boris Grachev"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "79"]

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"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[Round "20"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "96"]

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"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[Round "21"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "62"]

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"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[Round "22"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Evgeny Alekseev"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[PlyCount "105"]

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"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[Round "26"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "112"]

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"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[Round "28"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Sergei Movsesian"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "87"]

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"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[Round "29"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "105"]

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"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[Round "31"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Morozevich"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "68"]

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 "Euro Club Cup"]
[Site "Kallithea GRE"]
[Date "2008.10.17"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Bragi Thorfinnsson"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[PlyCount "85"]

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 "Euro Club Cup"]
[Site "Kallithea GRE"]
[Date "2008.10.19"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Tomi Nyback"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[PlyCount "83"]

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 "Euro Club Cup"]
[Site "Kallithea GRE"]
[Date "2008.10.22"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Nenad Fercec"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[PlyCount "64"]

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 "TCh-ESP CECLUB Final"]
[Site "Motril ESP"]
[Date "2008.11.01"]
[EventDate "2008.11.01"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Pavel Eljanov"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "79"]

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 "Donostia Chess Festival"]
[Site "Donostia ESP"]
[Date "2009.07.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Julio Ernesto Granda Zuniga"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Bg2 Nbd7
7. O-O Be7 8. e4 O-O 9. Bf4 Qa5 10. a4 b6 11. Qe2 Re8 12. Bd2
Bb4 13. e5 Nd5 14. Ng5 Nf8 15. Nge4 Rd8 16. h4 Bb7 17. h5 c5
18. dxc5 Nd7 19. h6 Nxc5 20. Qg4 g6 21. Nxd5 exd5 22. Bxb4
Qxb4 23. Nd6 Qxb2 24. Qg5 Rxd6 25. exd6 f6 26. Bxd5+ Kh8
27. Bxb7 fxg5 28. Bxa8 Kg8 29. Rad1 1-0

[Event "Donostia Chess Festival"]
[Site "Donostia ESP"]
[Date "2009.07.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergei Movsesian"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6
7. g4 Be7 8. Bg2 Nfd7 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qe2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 O-O
12. O-O-O b5 13. e5 d5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Bxd5 Rb8 16. Ba7 Rb7
17. Bxb7 Bxb7 18. Rhe1 Qc7 19. Kb1 Nc5 20. Bxc5 Qxc5 21. f4
Bd5 22. Qe3 Qc6 23. f5 Bh4 24. Re2 h6 25. b3 Bf3 26. Rd6 Qa8
27. Rh2 Re8 28. Qf4 Bg5 29. Qd4 Be7 30. Rd7 Qb8 31. Qc3 Ba3
32. e6 Rc8 33. exf7+ Kf8 34. Qa5 Be7 35. Qe1 Bc5 36. f6 g5
37. Rhd2 Bc6 38. Re7 Qf4 39. Qe6 Qf1+ 40. Kb2 Ba3+ 41. Kxa3
Qc1+ 42. Kb4 Qxd2+ 43. c3 a5+ 44. Kxa5 Qxc3+ 45. Ka6 Ra8+
46. Kb6 Qd4+ 47. Kc7 Qd8+ 48. Kxc6 Ra6+ 49. Kc5 Rxe6 50. Rxe6
Qa5 51. Re7 Qxa2 0-1

[Event "Donostia Chess Festival"]
[Site "Donostia ESP"]
[Date "2009.07.14"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. Rb1 Qc7
12. Bd3 Rad8 13. Qc1 Bc8 14. Rd1 b6 15. h3 Bb7 16. dxc5 bxc5
17. Qa3 Na5 18. f3 c4 19. Bc2 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Be5 21. Qc5 Nc6
22. Qxc4 Rc8 23. Bb3 e6 24. Qc5 Ba6 25. Nd4 Nxd4 26. cxd4 Bf4
27. Bxf4 Qxf4 28. Qa5 Qe3+ 29. Kh2 Bc4 30. Bxc4 Rxc4 31. Qe5
Rb4 32. d5 Qc5 33. Qf6 exd5 34. exd5 1-0

[Event "Donostia Chess Festival"]
[Site "Donostia ESP"]
[Date "2009.07.16"]
[EventDate "2009.07.07"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Francisco Vallejo Pons"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "71"]

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 "World Champions Simultaneous Exhibition"]
[Site "Zurich"]
[Date "2009.08.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "NN"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

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 "World Champions Simultaneous Exhibition"]
[Site "Zurich"]
[Date "2009.08.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "NN"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "123"]

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 Kb6
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 "Zurich Champions Rapid"]
[Site "Zuerich SUI"]
[Date "2009.08.23"]
[EventDate "2009.08.23"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "96"]

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 "Zurich Champions Rapid"]
[Site "Zuerich SUI"]
[Date "2009.08.23"]
[EventDate "2009.08.23"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Werner Hug"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[PlyCount "57"]

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 "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.14"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "53"]

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 Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "83"]

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 Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Arkadij Naiditsch"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "65"]

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 Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Judit Polgar"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "66"]

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 Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "107"]

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 Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "142"]

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 Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "57"]

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 Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Evgeny Bareev"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "153"]

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 Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "21"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "137"]

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 Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "22"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "121"]

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 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "25"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "95"]

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 Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "28"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Arkadij Naiditsch"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "50"]

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 Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "29"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "105"]

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 Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "30"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "80"]

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 Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "33"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "71"]

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 Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "42"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "134"]

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 "2009.11.22"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Essam El Gindy"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "D99"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "68"]

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 "2009.11.26"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Varuzhan Akobian"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[PlyCount "105"]

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"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "2.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Varuzhan Akobian"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "82"]

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 " LIII Cto Div. Honor"]
[Site "Montcada i Reixac (ESP)"]
[Date "2009.09.16"]
[EventDate "2009.09.16"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jose Fernando Cuenca Jimenez"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "108"]

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 "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.27"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Alexander Motylev"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "161"]

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 "2009.12.02"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "4.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Etienne Bacrot"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "119"]

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 "2009.12.05"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vugar Gashimov"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "108"]

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 "2009.12.05"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Vugar Gashimov"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "95"]

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 "2009.12.08"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "6.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Malakhov"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "114"]

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"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "6.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Vladimir Malakhov"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "105"]

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"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "6.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Malakhov"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "50"]

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 "2009.12.14"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "7.8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "82"]

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"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "7.10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "67"]

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 "Ukrainian Team Championship"]
[Site "Alushta UKR"]
[Date "2009.05.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Yuriy Ajrapetjan"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "106"]

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 "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.13"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8. Nf3 Nd7 9. d5 Bg4 10. Qd4 Bxf3 11. Qxh8 Bxd5
12. Qd4 Nb6 13. e4 Bc6 14. f3 Qxd4 15. cxd4 Bg7 16. Rc1 Bxd4
17. Bxc4 Be3 18. Rc2 Nxc4 19. Rxc4 Rd8 20. Rc2 Bb6 21. Bg5 Ba4
22. Rc1 Rd3 23. Rb1 c6 24. Bd2 Bb5 25. Rb3 Rd7 26. Ra3 Bc5
27. Rc3 Bb4 28. Rc2 Ba4 29. Rb2 Ba3 30. Rb1 Bc2 31. Ra1 Bb2
32. Ke2 Bd3+ 33. Kf2 Bxa1 34. Rxa1 c5 35. Be3 b6 36. Rd1 Bc4
37. Rxd7 Kxd7 38. a3 Kc6 39. Bf4 a5 40. Bd2 Kb5 41. Bf4 Ka4
42. Bc7 b5 43. Ke3 Bf1 44. Kf2 Bd3 45. Ke3 c4 46. Kd4 Kxa3
47. Bxa5 b4 0-1

[Event "Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.13"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Bg4 5. Ne2 e6 6. Qb3 Qc7
7. Ng3 Nh5 8. Nc3 Nd7 9. Bd2 Nb6 10. c5 Nd7 11. e4 Nxg3
12. hxg3 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Bf5 14. Bf4 e5 15. Ng5 Nxc5 16. dxc5
Bxd3 17. O-O-O O-O-O 18. Nxf7 Rd5 19. Rxd3 Qxf7 20. Rxd5 cxd5
21. Bxe5 Bxc5 22. f4 b6 23. Qc2 Kb7 24. Rxh7 Rg8 25. Kb1 a5
26. a3 d4 27. Qe4+ Ka7 28. Qd3 Qb7 29. Ka2 Qd5+ 30. Qb3 Rd8
31. Qxd5 Rxd5 32. Rxg7+ Ka6 33. Rh7 d3 34. Rh1 Bf2 35. g4 d2
36. Rd1 Be3 37. g3 Bf2 38. g5 Bxg3 39. g6 Rd8 40. g7 a4
41. Rxd2 1-0

[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.21"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Rc1 Nd7 11. d5 Nf6
12. e5 Ng4 13. Bf4 Qc7 14. Qe2 Bh6 15. Bxh6 Nxh6 16. h3 e6
17. Qd2 Nf5 18. g4 exd5 19. gxf5 Bxf5 20. Bg2 Be4 21. O-O Rad8
22. Rfe1 Rfe8 23. Qf4 Rd7 24. Nh2 f5 25. Rcd1 Qxe5 26. Qxe5
Rxe5 27. Rd2 Ree7 28. f3 c4 29. fxe4 dxe4 30. Rxd7 Rxd7
31. Bf1 Kg7 32. Be2 Rd2 33. Bxc4 Rc2 34. Re3 Kf6 35. Bb3 Rb2
36. Nf1 Ke5 37. Ng3 Rd2 38. c4 a5 39. Re2 Rd3 40. Kg2 b6
41. Ba4 Rd4 42. Bb5 f4 43. Nxe4 Rxe4 44. Kf3 Rxe2 45. Kxe2 Kd4
46. Kf3 g5 47. a4 h6 48. Kg4 Kc5 49. h4 Kd4 50. hxg5 hxg5
51. Kxg5 f3 52. Kf4 f2 53. c5 bxc5 54. Kf3 c4 55. Kxf2 Kc3
56. Ke1 Kb3 57. Kd2 1-0

[Event "Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.23"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Rc1 Rd8 11. d5 e6
12. Bg5 f6 13. Bf4 exd5 14. exd5 Nc6 15. Be2 Bf5 16. O-O Be4
17. d6 Kh8 18. Rfe1 g5 19. Bg3 h6 20. h4 c4 21. hxg5 fxg5
22. Bxc4 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Ne5 24. Bd5 Re8 25. Re3 Ng6 26. Bxb7
Rxe3 27. Qxe3 Rf8 28. d7 Qa4 29. Qd3 Nf4 30. d8=Q Nxd3
31. Qxd3 Qxa2 32. Qg6 Rf6 33. Qe4 Qd2 34. Re1 Rxf3 35. Re2
Qd1+ 36. Kg2 Rf8 37. Be5 Qd7 38. Bd5 a5 39. c4 Bxe5 40. Qxe5+
Kh7 41. Qe4+ Kg7 42. Qd4+ Rf6 43. Re6 Qf7 44. Rb6 Qf8 45. Rb7+
Kg6 46. Be4+ Kh5 47. Rb1 Rd6 48. Rh1+ Kg4 49. Qe3 1-0

[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.25"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jan Smeets"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "88"]

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 "Russian Team Championships"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2010.04.04"]
[EventDate "2010.04.01"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "171"]

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 "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Astrakhan RUS"]
[Date "2010.05.11"]
[EventDate "2010.05.10"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 h6 10. h3 Bd7 11. b3 c5
12. Rd1 Kc8 13. a4 a5 14. Nd5 g5 15. Bb2 Be6 16. c4 b6 17. Kh2
Ne7 18. g4 Ng6 19. Kg3 Be7 20. Nf6 Kb7 21. Nh5 Rhg8 22. Ng1
Rad8 23. Ne2 Bd7 24. Rd2 Bxa4 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 0-1

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Astrakhan RUS"]
[Date "2010.05.18"]
[EventDate "2010.05.10"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Pavel Eljanov"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "96"]

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 Grand Prix"]
[Site "Astrakhan RUS"]
[Date "2010.05.22"]
[EventDate "2010.05.10"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Vugar Gashimov"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "93"]

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 "King's Tournament"]
[Site "Medias ROU"]
[Date "2010.06.17"]
[EventDate "2010.06.14"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "71"]

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 "King's Tournament"]
[Site "Medias ROU"]
[Date "2010.06.25"]
[EventDate "2010.06.14"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "46"]

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 "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2010.07.15"]
[EventDate "2010.07.15"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "113"]

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 "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2010.07.16"]
[EventDate "2010.07.15"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[PlyCount "71"]

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 "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2010.07.19"]
[EventDate "2010.07.15"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "101"]

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 "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2010.07.23"]
[EventDate "2010.07.15"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Arkadij Naiditsch"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "91"]

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 "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.10.01"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Laurent Fressinet"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "106"]

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 "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "3.10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Sergei Movsesian"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "21"]

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 "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "50"]

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 "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "6.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rauf Mamedov"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "187"]

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 "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "7.8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Boris Grachev"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[PlyCount "111"]

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 "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "13.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "67"]

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 "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "18.9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "72"]

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 "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "19.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Pavel Eljanov"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "131"]

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 "European Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.18"]
[EventDate "2010.12.18"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Bruno Sparpaglione"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "1899"]
[PlyCount "57"]

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"]
[EventDate "2010.12.18"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Timur Baliasnyj"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2224"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "100"]

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"]
[EventDate "2010.12.18"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Maksim Serov"]
[ECO "E80"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2379"]
[PlyCount "73"]

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"]
[EventDate "2010.12.18"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Daniel Sadzikowski"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2371"]
[PlyCount "58"]

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"]
[EventDate "2010.12.18"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Grzegorz Gajewski"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "69"]

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 Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.17"]
[EventDate "2010.12.18"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Pavel Anisimov"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[PlyCount "39"]

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 "European Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.17"]
[EventDate "2010.12.18"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Mateusz Bartel"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[PlyCount "65"]

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 "European Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.17"]
[EventDate "2010.12.18"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mateusz Bartel"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "130"]

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 "European Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.17"]
[EventDate "2010.12.18"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "86"]

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 "European Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.17"]
[EventDate "2010.12.18"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Daniel Fridman"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "133"]

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 "European Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.17"]
[EventDate "2010.12.18"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Sergei Movsesian"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "95"]

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 "European Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.17"]
[EventDate "2010.12.18"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Vugar Gashimov"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "79"]

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 "European Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.17"]
[EventDate "2010.12.18"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vugar Gashimov"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "106"]

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 "European Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.17"]
[EventDate "2010.12.18"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Wojciech Moranda"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "68"]

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 "European Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.17"]
[EventDate "2010.12.18"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Wojciech Moranda"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[PlyCount "46"]

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 "European Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.17"]
[EventDate "2010.12.18"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergei Rublevsky"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "86"]

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 "Nakamura-Ponomariov Match"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2011.05.17"]
[EventDate "2011.05.16"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "185"]

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 "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.17"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jan Smeets"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "80"]

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 "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.26"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "85"]

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 "Russian Team Championships"]
[Site "Olginka RUS"]
[Date "2011.04.13"]
[EventDate "2011.04.12"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "109"]

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 "Russian Team Championships"]
[Site "Olginka RUS"]
[Date "2011.04.15"]
[EventDate "2011.04.12"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dmitry Bocharov"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "E47"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "82"]

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 "Russian Team Championships"]
[Site "Olginka RUS"]
[Date "2011.04.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris Savchenko"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "64"]

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 "Russian Team Championships"]
[Site "Olginka RUS"]
[Date "2011.04.20"]
[EventDate "2011.04.12"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "52"]

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 "Russian Team Championships"]
[Site "Olginka RUS"]
[Date "2011.04.23"]
[EventDate "2011.04.12"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Vladimir Nevostrujev"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "91"]

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 "Ukrainian Championship"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2011.06.10"]
[EventDate "2011.06.10"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Anton Korobov"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "64"]

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 "Ukrainian Championship"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2011.06.12"]
[EventDate "2011.06.10"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Evgenij Miroshnichenko"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "67"]

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 "Ukrainian Championship"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2011.06.14"]
[EventDate "2011.06.10"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Yuri Vovk"]
[ECO "E80"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "99"]

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 "Ukrainian Championship"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2011.06.18"]
[EventDate "2011.06.10"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Spartak Vysochin"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[PlyCount "57"]

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 "Ukrainian Championship"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2011.06.20"]
[EventDate "2011.06.10"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Alexander Kovchan"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[PlyCount "93"]

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 "Ukrainian Championship"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2011.06.21"]
[EventDate "2011.06.10"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Moiseenko"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5
Nbd7 7. e3 c5 8. Bd3 Qa5 9. Qc2 O-O 10. O-O c4 11. Bf5 Re8
12. Nd2 g6 13. Bh3 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Qxc3 15. bxc3 Ne4 16. Nxe4
dxe4 17. Rfb1 Nb6 18. Bxc8 Raxc8 19. Rb5 Rc6 20. Ra5 f6
21. Bf4 Rd8 22. Rxa7 Nd5 23. Rxb7 Nxc3 24. Bh6 Rdc8 25. Rg7+
Kh8 26. a4 Nd5 27. Rd7 Nb4 28. d5 Rc5 29. Bg7+ Kg8 30. Bxf6 c3
31. d6 c2 32. h4 Rd5 33. Kh2 c1=Q 34. Rxc1 Rxc1 35. Rg7+ Kf8
36. Rxh7 Nc6 37. Rc7 Ke8 38. Rc8+ Kd7 39. Rc7+ Kxd6 40. Rg7
Ke6 41. Bb2 Rc2 42. Rxg6+ Kf7 43. Rf6+ Ke7 44. Kg3 Rdd2 45. h5
Rxb2 46. Rxc6 Rxf2 47. h6 Rxg2+ 48. Kf4 Kf7 49. a5 Rbf2+
50. Kxe4 Rg4+ 51. Kd3 Ra2 52. a6 Rga4 53. h7 Kg7 54. h8=B+
Kxh8 0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2011.07.22"]
[EventDate "2011.07.21"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "67"]

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 "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2011.07.23"]
[EventDate "2011.07.21"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "E58"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "82"]

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 "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2011.07.28"]
[EventDate "2011.07.21"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "129"]

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 "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.08.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Robert Gwaze"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[PlyCount "81"]

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 "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.09.02"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[Round "2.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Ni Hua"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[PlyCount "49"]

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 "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.09.05"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[Round "3.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zahar Efimenko"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "90"]

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 "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.09.08"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[Round "4.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Lazaro Bruzon Batista"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "85"]

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 "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.09.08"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[Round "4.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Lazaro Bruzon Batista"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "160"]

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 "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.09.08"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[Round "4.8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Lazaro Bruzon Batista"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "107"]

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 "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.09.10"]
[EventDate "2011.08.27"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vugar Gashimov"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "206"]

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 "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina SLO"]
[Date "2011.09.26"]
[EventDate "2011.09.25"]
[Round "2.7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Hannes Stefansson"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[PlyCount "63"]

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 "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina SLO"]
[Date "2011.10.01"]
[EventDate "2011.09.25"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Martijn Dambacher"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

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 "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.05"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Ivan Saric"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[PlyCount "133"]

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 "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.10"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[Round "8.13.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Henrik Danielsen"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[PlyCount "131"]

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 "SportAccord Mind Games"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Peter Heine Nielsen"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

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 Mind Games"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "103"]

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 Mind Games"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

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 Mind Games (Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.13"]
[EventDate "2011.12.12"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "97"]

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 Mind Games (Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.13"]
[EventDate "2011.12.12"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "110"]

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 Mind Games (Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.13"]
[EventDate "2011.12.12"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "25"]

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 Mind Games (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.14"]
[EventDate "2011.12.14"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Le Quang Liem"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "137"]

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 "Donostia Chess Festival"]
[Site "San Sebastian ESP"]
[Date "2011.12.29"]
[EventDate "2011.12.28"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Nicolas Brunner"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

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 Chess Festival"]
[Site "San Sebastian ESP"]
[Date "2011.12.29"]
[EventDate "2011.12.28"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nicolas Brunner"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

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 Chess Festival"]
[Site "San Sebastian ESP"]
[Date "2011.12.30"]
[EventDate "2011.12.28"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Alejandro Franco Alonso"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[PlyCount "123"]

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 "Ukrainian Championship"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2012.08.04"]
[EventDate "2012.07.27"]
[Round "8.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Zubov"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "120"]

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 "13th Karpov International"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.07"]
[EventDate "2012.09.27"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Sergei Rublevsky"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "153"]

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 "2012.10.13"]
[EventDate "2012.10.11"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "119"]

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 "Donostia Chess Festival"]
[Site "San Sebastian ESP"]
[Date "2012.01.02"]
[EventDate "2011.12.28"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Sebastien Feller"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

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 "Russian Team Championships"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2012.04.10"]
[EventDate "2012.04.09"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Konstantin Landa"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "70"]

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 "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2012.07.14"]
[EventDate "2012.07.12"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "71"]

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 "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2012.07.15"]
[EventDate "2012.07.12"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Georg Meier"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "104"]

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 "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2012.07.21"]
[EventDate "2012.07.12"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jan Gustafsson"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "140"]

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 "Ukrainian Championship"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2012.07.28"]
[EventDate "2012.07.27"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Moiseenko"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "62"]

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 "Ukrainian Championship"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2012.07.30"]
[EventDate "2012.07.27"]
[Round "4.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zahar Efimenko"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "92"]

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 "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.08.28"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Ahmed Abdulsattar A Abdulwahhab"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2314"]
[PlyCount "79"]

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 "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.08.30"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[Round "3.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxim Rodshtein"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "114"]

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 "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.08.31"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[Round "4.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mateusz Bartel"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "84"]

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 "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.07"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[Round "10.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "69"]

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 "13th Karpov International"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.02"]
[EventDate "2012.09.27"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Nigel Short"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "87"]

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 International"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2012.09.29"]
[EventDate "2012.09.27"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Radoslaw Wojtaszek"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "134"]

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 "28th European Club Cup"]
[Site "Eilat ISR"]
[Date "2012.10.14"]
[EventDate "2012.10.11"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Mika Karttunen"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "75"]

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 "2012.10.12"]
[EventDate "2012.10.10"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gil Popilski"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "64"]

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 "Spanish Team Championship (Honor Division)"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2012.11.07"]
[EventDate "2012.11.05"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Daniel Alsina Leal"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[PlyCount "81"]

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 "FIDE Grand Prix Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2012.11.27"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5
Bd7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. Nf3 dxe4 11. Qxe4
Nf6 12. Qh4 h6 13. O-O c5 14. Nd2 Nd5 15. Nc4 Bf4 16. Re1 Rb8
17. Be4 Bxc1 18. Raxc1 Nb6 19. Ne3 O-O 20. b3 f5 21. Bd3 e5
22. f3 Rbe8 23. Rcd1 Kh8 24. c3 Rf6 25. Bc2 Be6 26. Rd2 a5
27. c4 Nc8 28. Bxf5 Rxf5 29. Nxf5 Bxf5 30. Qh5 Rf8 31. Rd5 Kh7
32. Rdxe5 Bg6 33. Qh4 Rd8 34. Qg3 Bf7 35. Qf4 Bg6 36. h4 Rd4
37. Qf8 Qd7 38. h5 Bf7 39. Qxc5 a4 40. Re7 Nxe7 41. Rxe7 Rd1+
42. Kh2 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2012.12.03"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "73"]

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 Grand Prix Zug"]
[Site "Zug SUI"]
[Date "2013.04.19"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "153"]

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 "FIDE Grand Prix Zug"]
[Site "Zug SUI"]
[Date "2013.04.24"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "83"]

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 "FIDE Grand Prix Thessaloniki"]
[Site "Thessaloniki GRE"]
[Date "2013.05.28"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "37"]

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 "FIDE Grand Prix Thessaloniki"]
[Site "Thessaloniki GRE"]
[Date "2013.06.02"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Etienne Bacrot"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "101"]

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 "FIDE World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.06"]
[EventDate "2013.06.06"]
[Round "2.11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Alexander Riazantsev"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[PlyCount "161"]

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 Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.07"]
[EventDate "2013.06.06"]
[Round "7.13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Kateryna Lahno"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "52"]

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 Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.07"]
[EventDate "2013.06.06"]
[Round "8.8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Denis Khismatullin"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "135"]

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 Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.08"]
[EventDate "2013.06.06"]
[Round "13.13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Aleksandr Rakhmanov"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "50"]

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 Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.08"]
[EventDate "2013.06.06"]
[Round "14.10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Evgeny Najer"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "85"]

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 Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[Round "4.20"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Pavel Potapov"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "68"]

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 Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[Round "5.16"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Dmitry Gordievsky"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[PlyCount "88"]

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 Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[Round "6.16"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dmitry Gordievsky"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "78"]

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 Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[Round "7.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ilya Smirin"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "84"]

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 Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[Round "9.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Ivan Cheparinov"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "89"]

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 Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[Round "13.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Sergei Rublevsky"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "65"]

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 Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[Round "14.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergei Rublevsky"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "106"]

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 Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[Round "16.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Rauf Mamedov"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "139"]

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 Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.10"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[Round "18.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "109"]

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 Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.10"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[Round "21.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergei Movsesian"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "92"]

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 Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.10"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[Round "22.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Sergei Movsesian"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "109"]

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 Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.10"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[Round "25.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Daniil Dubov"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[PlyCount "135"]

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 Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.10"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[Round "27.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexey Dreev"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "122"]

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 Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.10"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[Round "29.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Gabriel Sargissian"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[PlyCount "51"]

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 "Ukrainian Championship"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2013.06.15"]
[EventDate "2013.06.15"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Stanislav Bogdanovich"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[PlyCount "103"]

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 "Ukrainian Championship"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2013.06.16"]
[EventDate "2013.06.15"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Pavel Eljanov"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "61"]

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 "Ukrainian Championship"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2013.06.17"]
[EventDate "2013.06.15"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Valery Neverov"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "106"]

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 "Ukrainian Championship"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2013.06.26"]
[EventDate "2013.06.15"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Andrey Baryshpolets"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "81"]

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 "World Cup"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.11"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[Round "1.11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Torbjorn Ringdal Hansen"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

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 "ACP Cup"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2013.09.13"]
[EventDate "2013.09.13"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "93"]

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"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2013.09.14"]
[EventDate "2013.09.13"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "99"]

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"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2013.09.14"]
[EventDate "2013.09.13"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "70"]

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"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2013.09.15"]
[EventDate "2013.09.13"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "97"]

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 "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Rapid)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.13"]
[EventDate "2013.12.4"]
[Round "5.8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "106"]

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 World Mind Games (Men, Rapid)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.13"]
[EventDate "2013.12.4"]
[Round "7.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gata Kamsky"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "98"]

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 World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "2.8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "53"]

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 World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "4.7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "101"]

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 World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "12.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Teimour Radjabov"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "79"]

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 World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "15.8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "112"]

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 World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "17.8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Wang Hao"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "58"]

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 World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "18.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "97"]

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 World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "22.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "87"]

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 World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "23.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "106"]

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 World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "27.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Teimour Radjabov"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "84"]

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 World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "28.7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "125"]

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 World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "29.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "106"]

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 World Mind Games (Men, Basque)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.17"]
[EventDate "2013.12.17"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "67"]

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 World Mind Games (Men, Basque)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.17"]
[EventDate "2013.12.17"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "89"]

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 World Mind Games (Men, Basque)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.17"]
[EventDate "2013.12.17"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gata Kamsky"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "120"]

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 World Mind Games (Men, Basque)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.18"]
[EventDate "2013.12.17"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "64"]

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 "Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2014.07.20"]
[EventDate "2014.07.12"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5
Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8. Nf3 d5 9. d4 O-O 10. Nc3 Bb4 11. Bf4 Nce7
12. a3 Bd6 13. Qd2 c6 14. g3 f6 15. h4 Bxf4 16. Qxf4 Ng6
17. Qd2 Nd6 18. Bg2 Bf5 19. b3 Qd7 20. Re3 Be4 21. Rae1 Rae8
22. R3e2 Ne7 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Nh2 f5 25. c4 Rd8 26. f3 Qc7
27. Qc3 Rd7 28. fxe4 Nxe4 29. Bxe4 fxe4 30. Rxe4 Nf5 31. Kg2
Qd6 32. c5 Qg6 33. Rg4 Qh6 34. Nf3 Ne7 35. Ng5 Qg6 36. Qe3 Nd5
37. Qe4 Qh6 38. Qe2 Qf6 39. Re4 h6 40. Ne6 Rff7 41. Nf4 Nc7
42. Qe3 Qf5 43. a4 Rf8 44. Qe2 Rfd8 45. Qc4+ Kh7 46. Re5 Qf6
47. Qd3+ Kg8 48. R1e4 Rf8 49. Qe2 Rfd8 50. Re7 Rxe7 51. Rxe7
Nd5 52. Re8+ Kf7 53. Nxd5 Rxd5 54. Rb8 Qxd4 55. Qe8+ Kf6
56. Rxb7 Qxc5 1-0

[Event "5th Danzhou Tournament"]
[Site "Danzhou CHN"]
[Date "2014.06.28"]
[EventDate "2014.06.25"]
[Round "4.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Xiu Deshun"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "100"]

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 Danzhou Tournament"]
[Site "Danzhou CHN"]
[Date "2014.07.03"]
[EventDate "2014.06.25"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Wei Yi"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 e6 3. e3 c5 4. f4 b6 5. Nf3 Bb7 6. Rg1 Nc6
7. g4 d5 8. g5 Nd7 9. Nc3 Qc7 10. f5 O-O-O 11. fxe6 fxe6
12. Bh3 Re8 13. Qe2 a6 14. O-O-O Bd6 15. Kb1 Kb8 16. d4 b5
17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. a3 b4 19. axb4 Nxb4 20. Rd4 Qa5 21. Rgg4 Nd7
22. Na4 Nc6 23. Rd1 Nde5 24. Rf4 Re7 25. Nxe5 Nxe5 26. Rdf1
Rc8 27. Rf8 Nc4 28. Bc3 Qb5 29. Ka2 Rec7 30. Rxc8+ Bxc8 31. e4
Na3 32. Qf2 e5 33. Bxc8 Rxc8 34. exd5 Nxc2 35. Kb2 Nd4
36. Bxd4 exd4 37. Rd1 Re8 38. Re1 Rxe1 39. Qxe1 Qxd5 40. h4 d3
41. Qd2 Qe4 42. Qa5 Be5+ 43. Ka3 Qd4 44. Qxa6 d2 45. Qb5+ Kc7
46. Nc5 Qa1+ 47. Kb4 Bc3+ 48. Kc4 Qf1+ 49. Nd3 d1=Q 50. Qc5+
Kd7 51. Qb5+ Ke7 52. Qc5+ Ke8 53. Qc6+ Kf8 54. Qa8+ Kf7 0-1

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.02"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Amir Zaibi"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2297"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 e5 6. Nf3 Bd6
7. d4 exd4 8. Qxd4 Nf6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Qa4 Nbd7
12. Rd1 Qb6 13. Qc2 Re8 14. a3 Qa5 15. e4 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5
17. h3 Qh5 18. g4 Qg6 19. Ne2 h6 20. f4 Bxg4 21. hxg4 Nxe4
22. Bxe4 Bc5+ 23. Qxc5 Qxg4+ 24. Kf2 Rxe4 25. Be3 Rae8 26. Rd3
b6 27. Qc3 R8e6 28. Rg1 Qh4+ 29. Rg3 Rg6 30. Kg2 Qh5 31. Rd8+
Kh7 32. Qd3 c5 33. Rxg6 Qxg6+ 34. Ng3 f5 35. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.04"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "3.20"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "John Paul Gomez"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "E28"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5
7. Ne2 Qa5 8. Qc2 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. a4 d5 11. cxd5 exd5
12. f3 Re8 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. Nb5 Qe5 15. Be2 Bf5 16. Qb2 Na5
17. O-O b6 18. Qa3 Bg6 19. Rfe1 Nd7 20. c4 Nxc4 21. Bxc4 dxc4
22. Nd6 Red8 23. Nxc4 Qe6 24. Qa2 Nc5 25. e4 f6 26. Ne3 Qxa2
27. Rxa2 Bf7 28. Nd5 Bxd5 29. exd5 Rxd5 30. a5 Rad8 31. axb6
axb6 32. Re2 b5 33. h4 h5 34. Kh2 R8d7 35. Kg3 Kf7 36. Rb2 Nd3
37. Rb1 Re7 38. Re4 Rxe4 39. fxe4 Rc5 40. Rb3 Ne5 41. Bb4 Rc8
42. Bd6 Nc4 43. Bf4 Rc5 44. Kf2 Ke6 45. g3 Kd7 46. Ke2 Kc6
47. Rb1 Ne5 48. Bxe5 fxe5 49. Kd3 Rc4 50. Rf1 Rd4+ 51. Ke3 b4
52. Rf8 Rc4 53. Rc8+ Kb5 54. Rb8+ Ka4 55. Ra8+ Kb3 56. Ra5 Kc3
57. Rxe5 b3 58. Rb5 b2 0-1

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.08"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "6.17"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Joseph G Gallagher"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. g3 O-O
7. Bg2 Re8 8. O-O c6 9. h3 Na6 10. Re1 Bf8 11. Bf4 Nd7 12. Qd2
Ne5 13. Rad1 Bd7 14. Kh2 Nc5 15. Qc1 a5 16. a4 Qc7 17. b3 Rad8
18. Bg5 f6 19. Be3 Nf7 20. f4 Bc8 21. Qd2 g6 22. Qf2 Bg7
23. Kh1 Rd7 24. g4 Rde7 25. Qg3 Kh8 26. Bf2 Bd7 27. Re2 f5
28. exf5 Rxe2 29. Ndxe2 gxf5 30. Nd4 fxg4 31. hxg4 d5 32. Nxc6
Qxc6 33. Bxd5 Qh6+ 34. Kg1 Ne6 35. f5 Be5 36. fxe6 Bxg3
37. Bd4+ Ne5 0-1

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.09"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "7.12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Pavel Kotsur"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6
7. Qe2 d6 8. f4 Nbd7 9. g4 Nc5 10. g5 Nfd7 11. Bd2 Be7 12. h4
Nb6 13. O-O-O Bd7 14. Kb1 O-O-O 15. Rhf1 Kb8 16. f5 e5 17. Nb3
f6 18. Nxc5 dxc5 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Bd6 21. c4 Rde8 22. Be4
b5 23. Rf3 bxc4 24. Qxc4 Bb5 25. Qc2 Qd7 26. Rg1 c4 27. Be3
Re7 28. h5 Rc8 29. h6 Ba4 30. Qc1 Qb5 31. hxg7 Rxg7 32. gxf6
Rxg1 33. Bxg1 c3 34. Rxc3 Rxc3 35. Qxc3 Qf1+ 36. Qc1 Qe2
37. Be3 h5 38. f7 h4 39. Ka1 Qb5 40. Bh6 Qb4 41. Bh1 Bf8
42. a3 Qe7 43. Bxf8 Qxf8 44. Qc4 Bb5 45. Qxh4 Qxf7 46. Qd8+
Ka7 47. d6 1-0

[Event "Bilbao Masters"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2014.09.16"]
[EventDate "2014.09.12"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Francisco Vallejo Pons"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "65"]

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. Nce2 Nc6 10. c3 h5 11. gxh5 Rxh5
12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Nd4 Rc5 14. b4 Rxc3 15. Bb2 Rc4 16. Nxe6 Qb6
17. Nxg7+ Kf8 18. O-O Ne5 19. Nh5 Qxb4 20. Rb1 Qc5 21. Kh1 Ng6
22. Nf6 Rb8 23. Qd2 Bxf6 24. Bxf6 Rb5 25. Rbd1 d5 26. Qh6+ Ke8
27. exd5 cxd5 28. Rfe1+ Kd7 29. Qg7 Qf8 30. Bxd5 Rxd5
31. Rxd5+ Kc7 32. Be5+ Kc6 33. Qxf8 1-0

[Event "Ukrainian Championship"]
[Site "Lviv UKR"]
[Date "2014.11.11"]
[EventDate "2014.11.11"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Alexander Areshchenko"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5
7. Nde2 h5 8. g3 Be7 9. Bg2 O-O 10. Be3 Nbd7 11. a4 Qc7 12. g4
hxg4 13. hxg4 Nb6 14. g5 Ng4 15. Qd3 Qd8 16. a5 Nxe3 17. Qxe3
Nc4 18. Qg3 Bxg5 19. b3 Nxa5 20. Rxa5 Qxa5 21. Qxg5 Be6
22. Qh5 f6 23. Bf3 1-0

[Event "Ukrainian Championship"]
[Site "Lviv UKR"]
[Date "2014.11.13"]
[EventDate "2014.11.11"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Yuriy Kryvoruchko"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2
Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 O-O 8. Nc3 Ne4 9. Qd3 Nxc3 10. Ng5 Ne4 11. Nxe4
d5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Nc3 c6 14. O-O Nd7 15. b4 Nf6 16. Rfc1
Qd7 17. e3 Rfc8 18. a4 a5 19. Rab1 Ba6 20. Qc2 Bc4 21. bxa5
bxa5 22. e4 dxe4 23. Nxe4 Bd5 24. Nxf6+ gxf6 25. Be4 Qg4
26. Re1 Re8 27. Bxd5 cxd5 28. Qc6 Rf8 29. Qxf6 Rae8 30. Re5
Rxe5 31. Qxe5 Qf3 32. Rc1 h6 33. Rc6 Kh7 34. Rf6 Qe4 35. Qh5
Qe1+ 36. Kg2 Qe4+ 37. Kh3 Kg8 38. Qxh6 1-0

[Event "Ukrainian Championship"]
[Site "Lviv UKR"]
[Date "2014.11.19"]
[EventDate "2014.11.11"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Zubarev"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "134"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nc6 4. Nc3 Nge7 5. d4 Nxd4 6. Nxd4
cxd4 7. Qxd4 Nc6 8. Qd1 Bc5 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O d6 11. b3 e5
12. Qd2 Be6 13. Bb2 a6 14. Bd3 h6 15. Kh1 Qg5 16. Qe1 Nb4
17. Rd1 b5 18. cxb5 Nxd3 19. Rxd3 axb5 20. Rg3 Qh5 21. Qd2 Kh7
22. f4 f5 23. exf5 Qxf5 24. Nxb5 Rxa2 25. Rgf3 Qg6 26. b4 Rb8
27. Rg3 Qf5 28. Nxd6 Rxb2 29. Rxg7+ Kh8 30. Qxb2 Bxd6 31. Rg3
Rxb4 32. Qa1 Rxf4 33. Rxf4 Qxf4 34. Rg6 Qf7 35. Rxh6+ Kg7
36. Rh4 Qf2 37. Ra4 Kf6 38. Qd1 Bd5 39. Qg1 Qe2 40. Ra1 Ke6
41. Qf1 Qxf1+ 42. Rxf1 e4 43. Rc1 Bb4 44. Kg1 Bd2 45. Rc2 e3
46. Kf1 Bb3 47. Rc8 Kd7 48. Rc5 Kd6 49. Rc8 Ba4 50. Rb8 Kc7
51. Rb1 Bc2 52. Ra1 Bd3+ 53. Kg1 Kd6 54. g3 Ke5 55. h3 Bc4
56. Kg2 Bd5+ 57. Kf1 Bf3 58. Kg1 Ke4 59. Ra7 Kd3 60. Re7 Bb4
61. Re8 Be1 62. Kf1 Bxg3 63. Rd8+ Ke4 64. Re8+ Be5 65. h4 Bh5
66. Re7 Kf5 67. Kg2 e2 0-1

[Event "Ukrainian Championship"]
[Site "Lviv UKR"]
[Date "2014.11.21"]
[EventDate "2014.11.11"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Stanislav Bogdanovich"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be7
7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 h6 9. Bf4 Nh5 10. Nf3 Nxf4 11. exf4 Nf6
12. h3 Qd6 13. Ne5 Qb4 14. O-O-O Qxd4 15. Ng6 Rg8 16. Rhe1 Be6
17. Bf5 1-0

