Thanks to all who wish me success!
 Ruslan Ponomariov
 

Ruslan
Ponomariov's
Page

last update: 2.7.2003
 

 
Sport-Express interview
Leon 2003 (official site)
Press-conference in Kyiv

 When

Where

At age of

Achievements

October 11, 1983

Gorlovka (Eastern Ukraine)

0 years

He was born

1994

World Championship U-12

10 years

He was the third

1995

World Championship U-12

11 years

He won Championship

1996

European Championship U-18

12 years

He won Championship

1997

World Championship U-18

13 years

He won Championship

1997

Sevastopol International

13 years

He won tournament

October 1997

Kiev NIKA-VV International

14 years + 17 days (WR)

He won tournament and made final GM-Norm

1998

Chess OSCAR for 1997

14 years

He was awarded 18th place

1998

FIDE

14 years

He became the youngest GM in the World

1998

Elista Olympiad

14/15 years

He made 7 out of 9 for Ukrainian team

1998

Donetsk Zonal

15 years

He won tournament, ahead of 19 GMs

1999

Children's Olympiad

15 years

He scored 6,5 out of 7

1999

European Team Ch

16 years

He scored 5,5 out of 8

2000

FIDE

16 years

He became No 1 junior in the World Rating

2000

Ukrainian Team Ch

16 years

He scored 7 out of 8 on the 1st board

2000

2nd Croatian League

16 years

He scored 6,5 out of 7 against the opponents with average ELO 2447

2000

European Club Cup 2000

16 years

He scored 5 out of 7 (and achieved a victory vs the FIDE World Champion A.Khalifman)

2000

3rd Torshavn International

16/17 years

He scored 7,5 out of 9 and shared 1st-2nd places

2000

Istanbul Olympiad

17 years

He scored 8,5 out of 11.
2nd Board 1st Prize!
Performance rating 2785!

2001

Rector Cup, Kharkov

17 years

He won tournament

2001

European Chess Championship

17 years

He won a Silver Medal

2001

Governor's Cup, Kramatorsk

17 years

He won tournament

2001

World Team Championship

17/18 years

He won tournament!!!

2001

FIDE World Championship

18 years

He qualified to the Finals!!!

2002

FIDE

18 years

He became No 7 (Ukrainian No 1) in the World Rating

January 23, 2002

FIDE Wch Final, Moscow

18 years

HE BECAME THE NEW WORLD CHAMPION!!!

2002

Linares Super Tournament

18 years

He was the second

2002

Russia vs. The World, Moscow

18 years

He scored 6 out of 10 for the Rest of the World Team.
 
Match result:
Russia 48
World Team 52

EVENTS and LINKS:

• Kiev NIKA, October 1997
• New in Chess Magazine 8/1997
• Cannes 1998 (Day)
• Donetsk Zonal 1998
• Belfort, December 1998
• New in Chess Magazine 1/1999
• Hastings 1998/99
• Enghien, March 1999
• Lausanne Young Masters 1999
• FIDE World Ch Las Vegas 1999
• Children's Olympiad Artek 1999
• Bavarian Ch, October 1999 (Link)
• Slovenian Cht, November 1999 (Link)
• European Team Ch 1999
• Ukrainian Team Ch, April 2000
• May 2000 interview
• Young Masters 2000 (official site)
• IOC Highlights (Link)
• Interview in Biel-2000 (Link to KC)
• Biel GM - 2000, 16th Category
• FIDE World Cup 2000 (Link to KC)
• Vasyl vs Ruslan, Shenyang 2000
• Famous Ukrainians List (Link)
• Croatian League 2000 (Link)
• European Club Cup 2000
• 3rd Torshavn International
• Torshavn Annotated Games
• 2000 Chess Olympiad
• Chess Today interview
• FIDE World Ch 2000
• Dao-Ponomariov, comments by G.Kasparov (Link to KC)
• Match vs Korchnoi: Main Page
• Kramatorsk Blitz 2001
• Youngster Grandmasters (ChessBase)
• Rector Cup 2001
• Young Masters 2001 (official site)
• European Ch Ohrid 2001
• European Club Cup 2001
• Governor's Cup 2001
• World Team Championship 2001
• Ponomariov's tournament (Link to KC)
• Ukraine vs Russia
• FIDE Wch 2001
• A great day for the Ukraine!
• Review of FIDE Wch Semi-Finals
• Ruslan's ChessBase dossier
• A 2001 Parliament Game
• The Year of Ukraine
• Will Ponomariov Be the First Teenage Champ? (Link to KC)
• Jan 2002 FIDE Rating: 2727!
• From Ukraine with love!
• FIDE 2002 FINAL
• Ruslan New World Champion!
• Interview January 24
• World Champions in Chess
• Photoreport from the Closing Ceremony (FIDE)
• Press Conference in Donetsk
• Ruslan will participate in Linares tournament!
• Ruschess.com article
• Congratulations and messages
• LINARES 2002
• Dubai FIDE GP (official site)
• Uachess interview (Link to KC)
• Kasparov-Ponomariov (Nytimes.com)
• Ruslan annotates Linares games
• Prague Chess Unity Plan (Link to KC)
• Ponomariov's Technique-1 (Chess Cafe; PDF)
• Ponomariov's Technique-2 (Chess Cafe; PDF)
• Ponomariov challenges Anand
• Ukraine.ru interview
• Chess Classic Mainz Preview
• Pre-Mainz interview
• Simul in Mainz, official page
• Chess Classic official site
• Match vs Anand: overview
• Simul in Benidorm, 20.8
• WCR Aug 31 interview
• Russia vs The World
• M.N.Ponomariov passed away
• October 4th interview
• Happy birthday, Dear Ruslan!
• Chess Olympiad Bled official site
• Bali Hotel Superstars
• Chess Today-757 interview
• Corus 2003: official site
• Ponomariov-FIDE Crisis
• KOMANDA Jan 25 article
• Open Letter to the FIDE President
• GM Open Letter to Kirsan Ilyumzhinov
• Corus 2003 Sport-Express interview
• Match vs De la Riva in Andorra
• FIDE Presidential Board Meeting
• Match postponed to November?
• 'I have lost $150,000' (press-conference)
• Leon 2003 (official site)
• 'I can beat Kasparov' (Sport Express interview)

Ukrainian and Russian:

• Link to Kramatorsk town page
• Ruslan's page at VP Online
• 64-Chess Review about NIKA GP 1997
• 64-Chess Review about Donetsk Zt 1998
• Donetsk Zt (Infoart.ru)
• Golubev-Ponomariov, annotated
• Gorod, 1998
• Segodnya, November 1998
• Ruslan is Young Talent of Year!
• Russkaya Mysl, January 1999
• Lautier-Ponomariov (Chess Assistant)
• Facts, October 1999
• Three commented games
• May 2000 interview
• Lausanne 2000 (KasparovChess)
• Game of the week (KasparovChess)
• Grischuk-Ponomariov (KasparovChess)
• Vasyl vs Ruslan: Ruslan's annotations
• 2000 Chess Olympiad (KasparovChess)
• November 2000 interview (Facts)
• Ponomariov-Morozevich (KasparovChess)
• Dao-Ponomariov, comments by G.Kasparov (KasparovChess)
• Match vs Korchnoi: links
• Match vs Korchnoi: epilogue
• Match vs Korchnoi: overview
• UT-1 interview (21.2.2001)
• European Ch Ohrid 2001 (Links)
• Letter from A.V.Momot Chess Club
• Governor's Cup (KasparovChess)
• Ponomariov's tournament (KasparovChess)
• Best Yerevan games (KasparovChess)
• FIDE Wch 2001 Semi-Finals
• Publication in Sport-Express
• Review of FIDE Wch Semi-Finals
• Komanda.com.ua (interview)
• Uachess (interview)
• Kramatorsk news (Zyzn.donetsk.ua)
• A 2001 Parliament Game
• Sport-Express (interview)
• The Year of Ukraine
• The Best Ukrainian (Ukraine.ru)
• Uachess Jan 15, 2002 interview
• From Ukraine with love!
• RUSLAN WORLD CHAMPION (Lenta.ru)
• Press Conference in Hotel Metropol, Jan 23
• Moscow Jan 24 interview
• In Ukrainian Embassy (Ukraine.ru)
• Congratulations from President Kuchma (Ukraine.ru)
• Joeblack interview
• Facts, February 1 Article
• Kv.com.ua Wch Reports: Jan 25 - Feb 2
• Segodnya February 2 interview
• VP Online interview
• Ladja interviews
• Press Conference in Donetsk, Feb 6
• Article by Lev Khariton
• Komanda, March 1 (P.Marusenko)
• Ruschess.com article
• Uasport.net, March 18
• Kramatorsk, March 28 (VP Online)
• Uachess April 4 interview
• Dubai FIDE GP
• Linares game vs Ivanchuk, annotated
• Linares game vs Adams, annotated
• GM Bologan on Linares (64.ru)
• Ukraine.ru April 29 interview
• Interview in Facts, 11th May
• Oscar-2001 (64.ru)
• Ukraine.ru May 23 interview
• MOSCOW GP (KasparovChess)
• Tehnopolis: interview with M.N.Ponomariov
• Uachess August 13 interview
• Facts, August 14
• Facts, August 16
• Match vs Anand: preview
• Match vs Anand: overview
• Simul in Benidorm, 20.8
• WCR Aug 31 interview
• Russia vs The World, Diary
• Izvestia.ru: interview
• Facts, Sept 13
• Russia vs The World, main page
• M.N.Ponomariov passed away
• M.N.Ponomariov's last interview
• October 4th interview
• Happy birthday, Dear Ruslan!
• Bled OL Postscript, by Voyna
• Press Conference, Nov 22 (Donbass)
• Dec 2 interview, by Jaworski
• The FIDE Ultimatum
• Open Letter to the FIDE President
• Komanda, Jan 25 article
• Corus 2003 Sport-Express interview
• GM Open Letter to Kirsan Ilyumzhinov
• Sport-Express: Linares interview
• Ponomariov - Kuchma
• VP Online, March 2003 interview
• Problems with Argentina (Facts, May 6)
• Around Wch (comments, May 26)
• Press conference in Kyiv
• Facts, June 2003 interview
• Ponomariov-FIDE (comments, June 13)
• Komanda, June 2003 Interview
• Topalov-Ponomariov, Leon 2003
• Sport Express, June 2003 interview

PHOTOS:

• Beginning
• Beginning (three photos)
• Yerevan 1997
• Guardamar del Segura, Spain 1997 (1)
• Guardamar del Segura, Spain 1997 (2)
• Guardamar del Segura, Spain 1997 (3)
• Guardamar del Segura, Spain 1997 (4)
• De la Villa-Ponomariov
• Cannes 1998
• Lausanne 1998 (1)
• Lausanne 1998 (2)
• Lausanne 1998 (3)
• Donetsk Zonal 1998
• With Black pieces
• Ukrainian Team Ch 1999
• Slovenia 1999
• Baklan, Golubev, Ponomariov
• Torshavn 2000 (1)
• Torshavn 2000 (2)
• Korchnoi-Ponomariov (1)
• Korchnoi-Ponomariov (2)
• Korchnoi-Ponomariov (3)
• Kramatorsk Blitz Photos
• Shneider, Ponomariov, Kuzmin
• Governor's Cup
• FIDE Wch 2001
• FIDE 2002 Final
• Ponomariov v Anand 2002
• Benidorm 2002
• Benidorm (more photos)
• Russia vs The World (Kohlmeyer)

Thanks to:
Cowderoy.com, Russian Chess, Sah-Zveza, Faroechess, Kosteniuk.com, VPOnline, Chesstigers.de, Ruslan's fans in Guardamar, Chess Club Danko, Konstantin Maliszewski, Olga Belyaeva, Ekaterina Kurochkina, Vladimir Barsky, Eugeny Atarov, David Llada, Dagobert Kohlmeyer

GAMES:

• Bolshinsky-Ponomariov, Makeevka 1992
• Ukrainian U-12 Ch 1995: all Ruslan's games (zip)
• Ruslan's 1994-98 selected games zip
• Golubev-Ponomariov, Donetsk Zt (zipped CBV)
• Ponomariov-Karpov blitz games (zip)
• Las Vegas 1999: all Ruslan's games (zip)
• Ponomariov-Sokolov, Istanbul 2000 (zipped CBV); thanks to www.chesstoday.net
• Match vs. Korchnoi: all games, commented by IM Berezin/IM Miroshnichenko (zipped CBV)
• Ponomariov-Tiviakov, FIDE Wch 2001
• Two FIDE Wch games, commented by GM Romero (zipped CBV)
• All FIDE Wch Final games (zipped CBV)
• Six Mainz 2002 simul games (PGN)

RUSLAN'S ANNOTATIONS:

• Ruslan-Sadvakasov, Ruslan-Modiahki, Guseinov-Ruslan (October 12, 1999)
• Klundt-Ruslan, Sveshnikov-Ruslan (December 2, 1999)
• Avrukh-Ruslan, Ruslan-Fressinet (January 14, 2000)
• Three Ukrainian Team Ch games (April 22, 2000)
• Three Lausanne Young Masters games (July 1, 2000)
• Four Biel GM games (August 8, 2000)
• ECC 2000: Ruslan-Van Wely, Khalifman-Ruslan, Ruslan-Dreev (October 12, 2000)
• Four Torshavn games (October 18, 2000)
• Vasyl vs Ruslan, fully commented! (October 26, 2000)
• Three Olympiad games (November 13, 2000)
• Match vs. Korchnoi: three games (February 16, 2001)
• Rector Cup 2001: three games (April 30, 2001)
• LINARES 2002: three games (April 14, 2002)

RUSLAN'S FIDE RATINGS:

• July 1996: 2550
• January 1997: 2565
• July 1997: 2555
• January 1998: 2580
• July 1998: 2585
• January 1999: 2609
• July 1999: 2616
• January 2000: 2627
• July 2000: 2630
• January 2001: 2677
• July 2001: 2684
• January 2002: 2727
• July 2002: 2743
• January 2003: 2734
• July 2003: 2718

CONTACT:
• ruslan@chess-sector.odessa.ua