[Event "Match"]
[Site "Donetsk"]
[Date "2001.01.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Korchnoi , Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "C10"]
[EventDate "2001.01.16"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[Source "Mikhail Golubev"]
[SourceDate "2001.02.24"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Nf3 h6 ( 7... c5 8. dxc5 Qxd1+ $6 ( 8... Qa5+ ) 9. Rxd1 Bxc5 10. Bb5+ Ke7 11. O-O h6 12. Bf4 Bd7 13. Bxd7 Nxd7 14. a3 Rhc8 $2 15. b4 Bb6 16. c4 $1 $16 { Yakovenko - Dolmatov, St.Petersburg 2000 } ) 8. Bh4 c5 9. Be2 $5 ( 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Qxd7+ Kxd7 14. Ke2 Ke7 15. Rhd1 Rhd8 16. c3 f5 17. Ne1 e5 $11 { Yudasin - Korchnoi, St.Petersburg 1997 } ) ( 9. Bd3 $5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 ) 9... cxd4 ( 9... Bd7 10. O-O Qb6 $2 ( 10... Be7 $5 ) ( 10... cxd4 ) 11. Ne5 $1 cxd4 12. Bxf6 $2 { Rozentalis - Vaganian, Budapest 1996 } ( 12. Bh5 $1 Nxh5 13. Qxh5 g6 14. Nxg6 $18 ) ) ( 9... Be7 10. c3 ( 10. dxc5 Qa5+ 11. c3 Qxc5 12. O-O O-O $13 ) 10... O-O 11. O-O b6 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. Bf3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Qd5 15. Qxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Rfd1 $14 ) 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Nxd4 $14 Bc5 ( 11... Bd7 12. Nb5 $1 Rc8 ( 12... Nd5 13. O-O-O a6 14. Rxd5 axb5 15. Bxb5 $18 ) 13. O-O-O $16 ) 12. Nb3 Bd6 13. Bf3 Ke7 14. Bg3 $1 ( 14. c4 $6 Bb4+ $1 15. Ke2 $2 g5 16. Bg3 g4 $19 ) ( 14. O-O-O g5 $1 15. Bg3 Bxg3 16. hxg3 g4 17. Be2 Bd7 18. Na5 b6 19. Nc4 Bb5 $11 ) 14... Bxg3 15. hxg3 a5 ( 15... Rb8 $5 16. Na5 Rd8 17. Rh4 Rd6 18. Rb4 ( 18. Rd1 $5 $14 ) 18... Rb6 19. Rxb6 axb6 20. Nc4 b5 21. Nb6 Bd7 22. Nxd7 Kxd7 23. Rd1+ Kc7 24. Rd4 Ne8 $1 $132 { Ponomariov-Korchnoi, Kramatorsk (blitz) 2001 } ) 16. O-O-O Ra7 17. Rhe1 ( 17. Rh4 $5 b6 ( 17... Bd7 18. Nc5 $14 ) 18. Rc4 Bd7 19. Nd4 $36 ) 17... Bd7 18. Nd4 g6 19. Re3 { Rb3 xPb7 } 19... a4 ( 19... b5 20. Bc6 b4 21. Bxd7 Rxd7 22. Nc6+ ) 20. Rc3 Rc8 $8 21. Rxc8 Bxc8 22. Nb5 Ra6 23. Rd4 Bd7 24. Nc3 ( 24. Nc7 $5 Rb6 25. Na8 Rb5 26. Rxa4 e5 $44 { Na8 } ) 24... b5 25. a3 $6 ( 25. Be2 Rb6 26. a3 $1 $16 ( 26. Rb4 Nd5 27. Nxd5+ exd5 $14 ) 26... Ne8 $2 27. Rb4 Nd6 28. Nxa4 $18 ) 25... Ne8 $1 26. Be2 Nd6 27. Rb4 Ra5 28. Kd2 Bc6 29. Bf1 h5 30. Ke3 e5 $1 $132 { Rb4 } 31. f4 Ke6 ( 31... Nf5+ $6 32. Kf2 Nd4 33. fxe5 Nxc2 34. Rf4 $16 ) 32. Kf2 Kf6 $6 ( 32... f5 $1 $11 ) 33. Be2 Ke6 34. Bd3 Kf6 35. g4 $1 hxg4 36. fxe5+ Kxe5 37. Rxg4 Bd7 $6 $138 ( 37... Ra8 38. Rg5+ Nf5 39. Bxf5 gxf5 40. g4 Bd7 41. gxf5 Bxf5 42. Nxb5 Kf6 43. Rg3 Bxc2 $11 ) 38. Rg3 Ra7 39. Re3+ Kf6 40. Nd5+ Kg5 41. Re5+ $1 ( 41. Re7 Rb7 42. Ke3 Bc6 43. Rxb7 Bxb7 44. Kd4 f5 45. Kc5 Nc4 $1 46. Bxc4 bxc4 47. Kxc4 f4 ) 41... f5 42. Ke3 Bc6 43. Nf4 Ra8 $8 44. Nxg6 Kf6 $5 ( 44... Kxg6 45. Re6+ Kg5 46. Rxd6 Bxg2 47. Bxb5 f4+ 48. Kd2 $16 Rb8 49. c4 f3 50. Ke3 Rb7 51. Kf2 $18 ) 45. Rc5 $2 ( 45. Kd4 $1 Rd8 46. Nf4 $1 Nc4+ 47. Nd5+ $18 ) ( 45. Kf4 Rg8 46. Rc5 Bb7 $1 47. Ne5 Rxg2 $132 ) 45... Bxg2 46. Nh4 $6 ( 46. Ne5 $5 $14 ) ( 46. Nf4 $5 $14 ) 46... Be4 47. Bxe4 fxe4 48. Rc6 Ke5 49. Ng6+ Kd5 $6 ( 49... Ke6 50. Nf4+ Kd7 51. Rc5 Re8 ( 51... Nc4+ 52. Kxe4 Nxb2 53. Rxb5 Nc4 54. Rd5+ Kc6 55. Rd3 $14 ) 52. Nd5 Rh8 $11 ) 50. Ne7+ Ke6 $2 ( 50... Ke5 $8 51. Rc5+ Ke6 52. Nd5 Rb8 53. Nc3 b4 54. Nxe4 Nxe4 55. Kxe4 bxa3 56. bxa3 Kd6 $11 ) 51. Nf5 Kxf5 52. Rxd6 Re8 $8 53. Rh6 Kg5 $8 54. Rh2 Re7 55. Rf2 Re5 $1 56. Rf4 $6 ( 56. Rf1 $1 Rc5 ( 56... Re8 57. Rf4 Re5 ( 57... Rc8 58. Rxe4 Rxc2 ( 58... Kf5 59. Rb4 Rc5 60. Kd4 $18 ) 59. Re5+ Kf6 60. Rxb5 Ke6 61. Kd3 Rh2 62. Kc3 Kd6 63. Rb4 Rh3+ 64. Kc4 $18 ) 58. Rxe4 Kf5 59. Rxe5+ Kxe5 60. Kd3 Kd5 61. b4 axb3 62. cxb3 $18 ) ( 56... Kg6 57. Rf4 Rc5 58. c3 Re5 59. Kd4 $1 Rh5 60. Rf2 Rh4 61. Ke3 $18 ) 57. Kxe4 Rxc2 58. Rf5+ Kg6 59. Rxb5 Kf6 60. Kd3 Rh2 61. Kc3 $18 ) 56... Rc5 57. c3 $2 ( 57. Rf2 Re5 58. Rf1 $1 $18 ) 57... Re5 $1 58. Rf8 Re7 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 $11 68. Kd2 Kd6 69. Kc2 Kc6 70. b4 axb3+ 71. Kxb3 Kb7 72. a4 bxa4+ 73. Kxa4 Kc6 74. c4 1/2-1/2