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 | (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
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