[Event "Match"]
[Site "Donetsk"]
[Date "2001.01.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Korchnoi V., SUI."]
[Black "Ponomariov R., UKR."]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "IM E.Miroshnichenko, IM O.Berezin"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "A33"]
[EventDate "2001.01.16"]
[PlyCount "233"]
[Source "Mikhail Golubev"]
[SourceDate "2001.02.24"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 Be7 ( 6... Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. e4 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. f4 d6 11. Bf3 ) ( 6... Nxd4 7. Qxd4 b6 8. Qf4 $1 Bb7 9. e4 d6 10. Bd3 Be7 11. Qg3 O-O 12. Bh6 Ne8 13. Bd2 $14 ) ( 6... Qc7 7. Ndb5 Qb8 8. g3 a6 9. Nd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 b5 11. e4 e5 12. Qe3 Qc7 13. cxb5 Bc5 14. Qf3 Bd4 15. Bg5 Bxc3+ 16. bxc3 $13 ) ( 6... d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. g3 Bc5 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. Bg2 d4 11. Na4 Be6 12. Bg5 Ba5+ 13. Nd2 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Nc5 $16 ) 7. e4 O-O 8. Nf3 $5 { Korchnoi's patent - this way he played with Akesson in Antwerpen 1995. } ( 8. Nb3 { was played in Korchnoi - Greenfeld, Beer - Sheva, 1992 with complicate game. } ) 8... d6 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O ( 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. Qd3 $6 Qb8 $1 12. Rd1 Ne5 13. Qb1 Ng6 14. Bg3 Nh5 15. Qc1 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Bf6 $15 { Korchnoi - Akesson } ) 10... Bb7 11. Bf4 Rc8 12. Re1 $146 a6 13. Bf1 Qc7 14. b4 Rfd8 $6 ( 14... Ne5 15. Nd2 Qb8 $132 ) 15. Rc1 Ne5 16. Nd2 Qb8 17. h3 { Drowsing black's attention. } 17... Bc6 18. Qe2 Ng6 19. Bg3 Qb7 20. Nb3 h6 $6 ( 20... Bf8 ) 21. Rb1 $1 { Exellent move with the idea a4,a5 } 21... Bf8 22. f3 Re8 23. Bf2 Qb8 $6 ( 23... d5 $5 24. cxd5 exd5 25. Qxa6 dxe4 26. fxe4 Qxa6 27. Bxa6 Ra8 28. b5 Bxe4 29. Nxe4 Rxe4 30. Bxb6 $14 ) 24. Qe3 $1 Nd7 25. Red1 Bb7 $6 26. Na4 $1 Nge5 27. Nxb6 Nxb6 28. Qxb6 Nxc4 29. Bxc4 Rxc4 30. Na5 Rc7 31. b5 $1 Ba8 ( 31... Qc8 32. Nxb7 Qxb7 33. Qxb7 Rxb7 34. bxa6 $18 ) 32. Qxb8 { The simplest way. Also winnig was after 32.Qa6 } 32... Rxb8 33. b6 $1 Rd7 34. b7 $1 Bxb7 35. Rb3 Kh7 $5 { Strange move...but it works! } 36. e5 $2 $138 { There were two ways to win
immediatly:36.Rd2!, 37.Rdb2 +- or more simple 36.Rdb1 Be4 37.fe Rb3 38.Rb3 d5
39.Rd3 +-. } 36... Bxf3 $1 37. Rxf3 d5 38. Nc6 Rc8 39. Nd4 Rb7 40. Kf1 Kg8 41. Nb3 Rc2 42. Bd4 $1 Rbc7 43. a4 Bb4 44. Bb6 R7c4 45. Rf2 R2c3 46. Rb1 $1 Be7 47. a5 f6 $5 { Searching for a counterplay. } 48. exf6 Bxf6 ( 48... gxf6 $5 49. Nd4 Kf7 50. Re1 Rc1 $16 ) 49. Rf3 Rc2 50. Rd1 $1 $138 { Now all white pieces is good, black pawns are stopped, so it must be winning. } 50... Rb2 51. Nc5 e5 ( 51... Rxb6 52. axb6 Rxc5 53. Rb1 Be5 54. Re3 $18 ) 52. Nxa6 e4 53. Rf2 Rxf2+ 54. Bxf2 ( 54. Kxf2 $1 d4 55. Nc5 d3 56. Kf1 $1 $18 ) 54... d4 55. Be1 d3 56. Nb4 Rc5 57. g4 Rxa5 58. Nxd3 Ra3 59. Nf2 Bh4 $1 60. Nxe4 Bxe1 61. Rxe1 Rxh3 62. Kg2 { Long forsing line finished and black have now some draw chances } 62... 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 $6 $138 ( 71. Ke4 $1 Rc4 72. Ra6 Rb4 73. Ke5 $16 ) 71... Kg6 72. Kg3 Kf6 73. Nf3 Ra6 74. Rb7 g5 $6 75. Rb5 $16 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 1-0