[Event "Match"]
[Site "Donetsk"]
[Date "2001.01.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Korchnoi , Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "C83"]
[EventDate "2001.01.16"]
[PlyCount "181"]
[Source "Mikhail Golubev"]
[SourceDate "2001.02.24"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]

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 ( 10... Nc5 { Khalifman - Korchnoi, Ubeda1997 } ) 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 $6 ( 11... Bg4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qd5 Qxd5 14. Bxd5 O-O-O 15. Bxc6 exf3 16. gxf3 $16 { Lautier-Korchnoi, Ubeda 1997 } ) ( 11... Rd8 $5 { Timman-Korchnoi, 1987; Anand-Korchnoi,  Monte-Carlo 1993 blindfold } ) ( 11... O-O { (main line) } ) 12. Qxd2 Na5 13. Bg5 Nc4 $146 ( 13... c5 ) 14. Bxc4 bxc4 15. b4 $1 { d4 } 15... cxb3 16. axb3 O-O ( 16... c5 $5 17. Ra5 $1 ( 17. b4 cxb4 18. cxb4 O-O $132 { Pb4 } ) 17... O-O 18. Rfa1 Rab8 19. R1a3 Bg4 20. Rxa6 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Bxg5 22. Qxg5 d4 23. Rd6 $16 ) 17. b4 c5 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. bxc5 Qxc5 20. Qd3 $6 ( 20. Nd4 Rfc8 21. Rac1 a5 22. Kh1 $1 ( 22. f4 Bf5 ) 22... a4 23. f4 a3 24. f5 Bd7 25. f6 ( 25. e6 fxe6 26. fxe6 Be8 27. Nf5 Bg6 $17 28. Qxd5 Bxf5 29. Qxf5 Qxf5 30. Rxf5 a2 31. Ra1 Rxc3 ) 25... a2 ( 25... Re8 26. fxg7 Rxe5 27. Rxf7 Kxf7 28. Qf4+ Kg8 29. Qxe5 a2 30. Ra1 $16 ) 26. Ra1 ( 26. Qg5 Qf8 $13 ) 26... Re8 27. Rxa2 Rxa2 28. Qxa2 Rxe5 29. fxg7 Kxg7 30. Qf2 Qe7 31. h3 $36 ) 20... f6 $6 ( 20... Rfc8 $1 21. Ng5 g6 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Rxa6 Rxa6 24. Qxa6 Qc6 25. Qxc6 Rxc6 26. Rc1 g5 27. Kf1 Rc4 28. f3 Kf7 29. Ke2 Kg6 30. Kd3 Kf5 31. Re1 h5 $11 ) ( 20... a5 $5 21. Ng5 g6 $13 22. Qg3 Bf5 23. Qh4 h5 ) 21. Rfe1 ( 21. Rxa6 Bf5 22. Qe2 Rxa6 23. Qxa6 Qxc3 $11 ) ( 21. Nd4 $5 Bd7 22. e6 Bb5 $1 23. Nxb5 axb5 24. Rab1 Rab8 25. Rfe1 Rfe8 26. Re3 Qc6 27. Rbe1 b4 28. cxb4 Rxb4 29. h3 Rb7 $11 ) 21... a5 22. Nd4 Rae8 23. exf6 Rxf6 24. Qb5 Qxb5 25. Nxb5 Bd7 26. Rxe8+ Bxe8 27. Nc7 Bc6 ( 27... Rc6 28. Nxe8 Kf7 29. Nxg7 Kxg7 30. g3 ) 28. Rxa5 Rd6 { 29...d4 } 29. f3 ( 29. Ra6 d4 $1 30. Nb5 $4 Re6 31. f3 Re1+ 32. Kf2 Rf1+ $19 ) 29... d4 30. cxd4 Rxd4 31. Ne6 Rd6 32. Nf4 Rd4 33. Ne2 Rd2 34. Kf2 Rb2 35. Ke3 Rb7 ( 35... Bb5 $5 36. Ng3 $1 ( 36. Nf4 g5 $132 ) 36... Bc6 ( 36... h6 37. Ra8+ Kh7 38. Rb8 ) 37. Nf5 $16 ) 36. Rc5 Bd7 37. h4 Ra7 38. Nc3 h6 39. Kf4 Ra6 40. Nd5 Be6 41. Ne3 Ra3 42. Rc7 ( 42. g4 $5 Kf7 43. h5 $16 Kf6 44. Nf1 Ra4+ 45. Kg3 Ra2 46. Rc3 Re2 47. Kf4 Ra2 48. Ng3 Bd5 49. Rd3 Ra4+ 50. Ke3 Ra5 51. Nf5 Rb5 52. Kf4 Ra5 53. Kg3 Rb5 54. Rd4 Ke5 ( 54... Ra5 $4 55. Rf4 $18 ) 55. Rf4 Rb7 56. Nh4 Rf7 57. Ra4 Rc7 58. Ng6+ Kf6 59. Rd4 Rc5 60. Rf4+ Ke6 61. Rf5 Kd6 62. Nf4 Bc4 63. Rf8 Rc7 64. Ng6 Ke6 65. f4 Kd5 66. f5 Ra7 67. f6 gxf6 68. Rxf6 $18 { Ph6 } ) 42... Rd3 43. Re7 Bd7 44. Nc4 Bb5 45. Ne5 Rd4+ 46. Kg3 ( 46. Kf5 Bd3+ 47. Nxd3 ( 47. Ke6 Bc4+ ) 47... Rxd3 $11 ) 46... Rd2 $1 $132 47. Ng4 ( 47. h5 Bf1 48. Re8+ Kh7 49. Ng6 Rxg2+ 50. Kf4 Rxg6 51. hxg6+ Kxg6 $11 ) 47... Bd7 48. Ne3 Kf8 49. Re4 Kf7 50. Nc4 Rd5 51. Kf2 Bf5 $4 52. Re3 $4 ( 52. Rf4 $1 Ke6 ( 52... g5 53. Rxf5+ Rxf5 54. Nd6+ Ke6 55. Nxf5 Kxf5 56. Kg3 $18 ) 53. Ne3 Ra5 ( 53... Rd2+ 54. Ke1 Rd3 55. Nxf5 Ke5 56. Rd4 Rxd4 57. Nxd4 Kxd4 58. h5 $1 $18 ) 54. Rxf5 Rxf5 55. Nxf5 Kxf5 56. g4+ Kf4 57. h5 $1 $18 ) 52... Rd4 53. Ne5+ Kf6 54. g4 Rd5 $1 55. f4 ( 55. Nc4 $5 ) 55... g5 $1 $11 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 1/2-1/2