[Event "Match"]
[Site "Donetsk"]
[Date "2001.01.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov R., UKR."]
[Black "Korchnoi V., SUI."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[PlyCount "181"]
[EventDate "2001.01.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c3 Qd7 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Na5 13. Bg5 Nc4 14. Bxc4 bxc4
15. b4 cxb3 16. axb3 O-O 17. b4 c5 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. bxc5 Qxc5 20. Qd3 f6 21.
Rfe1 a5 22. Nd4 Rae8 23. exf6 Rxf6 24. Qb5 Qxb5 25. Nxb5 Bd7 26. Rxe8+ Bxe8 27.
Nc7 Bc6 28. Rxa5 Rd6 29. f3 d4 30. cxd4 Rxd4 31. Ne6 Rd6 32. Nf4 Rd4 33. Ne2
Rd2 34. Kf2 Rb2 35. Ke3 Rb7 36. Rc5 Bd7 37. h4 Ra7 38. Nc3 h6 39. Kf4 Ra6 40.
Nd5 Be6 41. Ne3 Ra3 42. Rc7 Rd3 43. Re7 Bd7 44. Nc4 Bb5 45. Ne5 Rd4+ 46. Kg3
Rd2 47. Ng4 Bd7 48. Ne3 Kf8 49. Re4 Kf7 50. Nc4 Rd5 51. Kf2 Bf5 52. Re3 Rd4 53.
Ne5+ Kf6 54. g4 Rd5 55. f4 g5 56. gxf5 gxf4 57. Ng4+ Kxf5 58. Nxh6+ Kg6 59.
Re6+ Kh5 60. Kf3 Kxh4 61. Nf7 Rd3+ 62. Kxf4 Rd4+ 63. Kf3 Rd3+ 64. Ke4 Ra3 65.
Rg6 Kh3 66. Ne5 Ra4+ 67. Ke3 Ra3+ 68. Nd3 Kh4 69. Rg8 Kh5 70. Ke4 Kh4 71. Nf2
Ra7 72. Kf3 Rf7+ 73. Kg2 Ra7 74. Ne4 Kh5 75. Kf3 Rf7+ 76. Ke3 Kh6 77. Nd6 Rf6
78. Rd8 Kg6 79. Ke4 Re6+ 80. Kd5 Re7 81. Rg8+ Kh5 82. Nc4 Kh4 83. Ne5 Kh3 84.
Ke4 Re6 85. Kf5 Ra6 86. Nd3 Ra5+ 87. Kf4 Ra4+ 88. Kf3 Kh4 89. Nf2 Kh5 90. Ne4
Kh6 91. Kf4 {time white 3.26 black 3.25} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Donetsk"]
[Date "2001.01.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Korchnoi V., SUI."]
[Black "Ponomariov R., UKR."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "233"]
[EventDate "2001.01.16"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. Nf3
d6 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Bf4 Rc8 12. Re1 a6 13. Bf1 Qc7 14. b4 Rfd8 15. Rc1
Ne5 16. Nd2 Qb8 17. h3 Bc6 18. Qe2 Ng6 19. Bg3 Qb7 20. Nb3 h6 21. Rb1 Bf8 22.
f3 Re8 23. Bf2 Qb8 24. Qe3 Nd7 25. Red1 Bb7 26. Na4 Nge5 27. Nxb6 Nxb6 28. Qxb6
Nxc4 29. Bxc4 Rxc4 30. Na5 Rc7 31. b5 Ba8 32. Qxb8 Rxb8 33. b6 Rd7 34. b7 Bxb7
35. Rb3 Kh7 36. e5 Bxf3 37. Rxf3 d5 38. Nc6 Rc8 39. Nd4 Rb7 40. Kf1 Kg8 41. Nb3
Rc2 42. Bd4 Rbc7 43. a4 Bb4 44. Bb6 R7c4 45. Rf2 R2c3 46. Rb1 Be7 47. a5 f6 48.
exf6 Bxf6 49. Rf3 Rc2 50. Rd1 Rb2 51. Nc5 e5 52. Nxa6 e4 53. Rf2 Rxf2+ 54. Bxf2
d4 55. Be1 d3 56. Nb4 Rc5 57. g4 Rxa5 58. Nxd3 Ra3 59. Nf2 Bh4 60. Nxe4 Bxe1
61. Rxe1 Rxh3 62. Kg2 Rd3 63. Rh1 Kh7 64. Ng5+ Kg6 65. Nf3 Ra3 66. Rd1 Ra7 67.
Rd6+ Kh7 68. Kg3 Rb7 69. Nd4 Ra7 70. Kf4 Ra4 71. Rd7 Kg6 72. Kg3 Kf6 73. Nf3
Ra6 74. Rb7 g5 75. Rb5 Kg6 76. Kf2 Rf6 77. Ke3 Rf4 78. Rb6+ Kh7 79. Ne5 Kg7 80.
Rd6 Ra4 81. Rg6+ Kh7 82. Rc6 Kg7 83. Nc4 Ra7 84. Nd6 Ra3+ 85. Kd2 Ra2+ 86. Ke3
Ra3+ 87. Ke4 Ra4+ 88. Ke5 Ra5+ 89. Ke6 Kh7 90. Kf6 Ra7 91. Nf5 Rb7 92. Ra6 Rc7
93. Ke5 Rc5+ 94. Kd4 Rb5 95. Rxh6+ Kg8 96. Rc6 Ra5 97. Ke4 Kf7 98. Nd4 Kg7 99.
Rd6 Ra4 100. Ke5 Kf7 101. Rd5 Kg6 102. Rb5 Rc4 103. Rb6+ Kf7 104. Rd6 Ra4 105.
Nf5 Ra5+ 106. Rd5 Ra7 107. Nd6+ Kg6 108. Ne4 Ra4 109. Rc5 Ra6 110. Kd4 Ra4+
111. Kd3 Ra3+ 112. Kd2 Ra2+ 113. Kc3 Ra3+ 114. Kb4 Rf3 115. Rxg5+ Kh6 116. Rf5
Re3 117. Rf4 {time white 3.29 black 3.27} 1-0

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Donetsk"]
[Date "2001.01.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov R., UKR."]
[Black "Korchnoi V., SUI."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2001.01.16"]

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+ {
time white 1.59 black 2.03} 1-0

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Donetsk"]
[Date "2001.01.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Korchnoi V., SUI."]
[Black "Ponomariov R., UKR."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2001.01.16"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4 Nc6 6. O-O Be6 7. Bb5 Bc5 8.
Qc2 Bb6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Qxc6+ Bd7 11. Qc4 Be6 12. Qc6+ 12... Bd7 {
time white 0.24 black 0.07} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Donetsk"]
[Date "2001.01.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov R., UKR."]
[Black "Korchnoi V., SUI."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2001.01.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 d5 9. Bd3 d4 10. Ne2 e5 11. O-O O-O 12. h3 Re8 13. Ng3 Nd7 14. f4 exf4 15.
Bxf4 Nde5 16. Qh5 f6 17. b4 Be6 18. b5 Bf7 19. Qe2 Na5 20. Nf5 Bg6 21. Nh4 Rc8
22. Bxe5 Rxe5 23. Nf3 Re7 24. Rae1 Rc3 25. e5 Bxd3 26. cxd3 Nb3 27. Qa2 Kh8 28.
exf6 gxf6 29. Nh4 Qe8 30. Qf2 Rxe1 31. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 32. Qxe1 Rc1 33. Kf2 Rxe1 34.
Kxe1 a5 35. bxa6 bxa6 36. Ke2 a5 37. Nf5 a4 38. Kf3 Nd2+ 39. Kf4 Nb1 40. Ke4
Nxa3 41. Kxd4 Kg8 42. Ne3 Nb5+ 43. Kc4 Nc7 44. Kb4 Ne6 45. Nc2 Kf7 46. Ne1 Kg6
47. Kxa4 Kf5 48. Kb5 Kf4 49. Kc6 Kg3 50. Kd5 Ng7 51. Kd6 Kf2 52. Ke7 Kxe1 53.
Kxf6 Ne8+ 54. Kf7 Nc7 55. g4 Kf2 56. Kg7 Kg3 57. Kxh7 Kxh3 58. g5 Ne6 59. g6
Kg4 60. d4 Kf5 61. Kh6 Ke4 62. g7 Nxg7 63. Kxg7 63... Kxd4 {
time white 2.34 black 2.38} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Donetsk"]
[Date "2001.01.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Korchnoi V., SUI."]
[Black "Ponomariov R., UKR."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2001.01.16"]

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 36... Ng4 {time white 1.54 black 1.40} 0-1

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Donetsk"]
[Date "2001.01.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov R., UKR."]
[Black "Korchnoi V., SUI."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2001.01.16"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Nf3 h6
8. Bh4 c5 9. Be2 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Nxd4 Bc5 12. Nb3 Bd6 13. Bf3 Ke7 14.
Bg3 Bxg3 15. hxg3 a5 16. O-O-O Ra7 17. Rhe1 Bd7 18. Nd4 g6 19. Re3 a4 20. Rc3
Rc8 21. Rxc8 Bxc8 22. Nb5 Ra6 23. Rd4 Bd7 24. Nc3 b5 25. a3 Ne8 26. Be2 Nd6 27.
Rb4 Ra5 28. Kd2 Bc6 29. Bf1 h5 30. Ke3 e5 31. f4 Ke6 32. Kf2 Kf6 33. Be2 Ke6
34. Bd3 Kf6 35. g4 hxg4 36. fxe5+ Kxe5 37. Rxg4 Bd7 38. Rg3 Ra7 39. Re3+ Kf6
40. Nd5+ Kg5 41. Re5+ f5 42. Ke3 Bc6 43. Nf4 Ra8 44. Nxg6 Kf6 45. Rc5 Bxg2 46.
Nh4 Be4 47. Bxe4 fxe4 48. Rc6 Ke5 49. Ng6+ Kd5 50. Ne7+ Ke6 51. Nf5 Kxf5 52.
Rxd6 Re8 53. Rh6 Kg5 54. Rh2 Re7 55. Rf2 Re5 56. Rf4 Rc5 57. c3 Re5 58. Rf8 Re6
59. Rb8 Re5 60. Rb6 Kf5 61. Rd6 Re8 62. Rh6 Kg5 63. Rh1 Re7 64. Rf1 Re8 65. Rf4
Re5 66. Rxe4 Kf5 67. Rxe5+ Kxe5 68. Kd2 Kd6 69. Kc2 Kc6 70. b4 axb3+ 71. Kxb3
Kb7 72. a4 bxa4+ 73. Kxa4 Kc6 74. c4 {time white 3.06 black 3.04} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Donetsk"]
[Date "2001.01.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Korchnoi V., SUI."]
[Black "Ponomariov R., UKR."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2001.01.16"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. Nf3
Qc7 9. Bg5 b6 10. Bd3 h6 11. Bh4 Nh5 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. O-O Ba6 14. Rc1 Nf4 15.
Nb5 Bxb5 16. cxb5 Qd6 17. Bb1 Qxd1 18. Rcxd1 d5 19. e5 g5 20. Rfe1 Rac8 21. h4
g4 22. Nh2 h5 23. f3 g3 24. Nf1 Neg6 25. Rd4 Rc4 26. Rxc4 dxc4 27. Bxg6 fxg6
28. Nxg3 Nd3 29. Re2 Rd8 30. Ne4 Nxe5 31. Ng5 Rd5 32. a4 Kg7 33. Nxe6+ Kf6 34.
Ng5 Kf5 35. Ne4 Rd3 36. Nc3 Rd4 37. Ne4 Rd3 38. Kh2 Rb3 39. Nd6+ Kf6 40. Ne8+
Kf5 41. Nd6+ Kf6 42. Kg3 Rb4 43. Re4 Ke6 44. Nc8 Kf6 45. Nxa7 Rxa4 46. Nc6 Nd3
47. Ne7 Nxb2 48. Nd5+ Kf7 49. Re7+ Kf8 50. Rb7 Nd1 51. Rxb6 c3 52. Rc6 Ra5 53.
b6 Rb5 54. Rc7 Rxd5 55. b7 Rb5 56. Rc8+ Kf7 57. b8=Q Rxb8 58. Rxb8 c2 59. Rc8
Ne3 60. Kf2 Nf5 61. g3 Nd4 62. g4 Ke6 63. Ke3 Kd5 64. Rc3 g5 65. hxg5 hxg4 66.
fxg4 {time white 2.55 black 2.56} 1-0

