(1) Ivanchuk,V (2717) - Ponomariov,R (2727) [D20]
WCC 2001-2002 Final Moscow (7), 17.01.2002



1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bxc4 Nb6 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Ne2 Bg4 8.f3 Be6 9.Nbc3 Bc4 10.Bxc4 Nxc4 11.0-0 e6 12.a3 Qd7 13.Kh1 Be7 14.Qb3 Nb6 15.Be3 0-0 16.Rac1 a5 17.Rfd1 a4 18.Qc2 Rfd8 19.Nf4 Ra5 20.Qe4 g6 21.Qc2 Qe8 22.Qe2 Rd7 23.Rc2 Nd5 24.Ncxd5 exd5 25.Rdc1
[25.e6 fxe6 26.Nxe6 Bf6 and Black is better. (26...Bxa3?! 27.Nxc7 Rxc7 28.bxa3 Re7 29.Rc3= ) ]

25...f6 26.Nd3 fxe5 27.dxe5 d4 28.Bh6 g5 29.Rxc6
[29.Qd2!? Rad5 (29...Qg6 30.Rxc6 bxc6 31.Qxa5 Qxd3 32.Qxa4 and white is winning.) 30.Bxg5 Nxe5 31.Nxe5 Rxe5 32.Bf4 Re6 33.Rxc7 Rxc7 34.Bxc7 Bf6 ; 29.f4 was suggested by GM Zurab Azmaiparashvili.]

29...bxc6 30.Rxc6 Bd6 31.f4 Rf7 32.Rc1 Rxf4
Both players had less than a minute left on their clocks, but received a 30-second time delay for each move.

33.Nxf4 Rxe5 34.Qc4+ Qf7 35.Nd3 Rf5 36.Qxf7+ Kxf7 37.h4 gxh4 38.Kg1 Ke6 39.Rc4 h3 40.gxh3 Kd5 41.Rxa4 Ke4 42.Nf2+ Kf3 43.Rxd4?
[43.Rc4 Re5 44.Nd3 +-]

43...Bc5 44.Rd2 Rf6 45.Bg5 Rg6 46.Kf1 Rxg5 47.Rd3+ Kf4 48.Rc3 Bb6 49.b4 Rd5 50.Rd3 Rf5 51.Nd1 c5 52.Nc3 cxb4 53.axb4 Ke5+ 54.Ke1 Rf4 55.Rd5+ Ke6 56.Rb5 Bc7 57.Nd5 Re4+ 58.Kf2 Bd6 1/2-1/2



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