[Event "FIDE WCh KO Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.01.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2002.01.??"]

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 (11. Ne5 Bb4 12. Nc4 Bxc3 13. Nxa5
Bxd2+ 14. Rxd2 b6 15. Nc4 Bb7 16. Ne3 (16. Ne5 Rd8 17. f3 Nd7 18. Bc4 Rac8 19.
Rhd1 Kf8 20. c3 Ke7 {Napias-Mellado, Cordoba 1990}) 16... Nd7 17. Bb5 Nf6 18.
f3 Rfd8 19. Rhd1 Kf8 {1/2-1/2 Ehlvest-Khalifman, Japfa Classic, Bali 2000})
11... 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 $6 (19... Nxc3+) 20. Ne4 Qc7 21. c4 Ne7 $2 (21... Nb6
) 22. Ng5 $1 Nc8 23. c5 $1 {+-} 1-0

