Final position

GM Sasikiran (2661) – GM Ponomariov (2705) [D31]
04.12.2007

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 Nf6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Qb3 Nc6 8.a3 Na5 9.Qa2 0–0 10.Nf3 c5 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.Rd1 Bc2 13.Rd2 Bb3 14.Qb1 Rc8 15.Be5 Bd6 16.Bxd6 Qxd6 17.Be2 Bc4 18.0–0 Nb3 19.Rdd1 Qa6 20.Rfe1 Nc5 21.Nd4 Rfe8 22.h3 Nce4 23.Nxe4 dxe4 24.Bxc4 Rxc4 25.Nf5 Rc6 26.Rd4 g6 27.Ng3 Qa5 28.Rc1 Rxc1+ 29.Qxc1 Qe5 30.Qc2 Kg7 31.Qb3 b6 32.Ne2 h5 33.Nc3 h4 34.Qb5 Qxb5 35.Nxb5 a6 36.Nc3 Re6 37.a4 g5 38.Kf1 Kg6 39.Rc4 Re5 40.Rc6 Re6 41.Rc7 a5 42.Ke2 Kg7 43.Nb5 Kg6 44.Rc8 Nd5 45.Rd8 Nb4 46.b3 Rc6 47.Nd4 Rc1 48.f3 exf3+ 49.Kxf3 Rf1+ 50.Ke2 Rg1 51.Kf2 Rb1 52.Rd6+ f6 53.e4 Nd3+ 54.Ke3 Nc5 55.e5 Re1+ 56.Ne2 Nxb3 57.Rxb6 Nc1 58.Rxf6+ Kg7 59.Rf2 Kg6 60.e6 Rxe2+ 61.Rxe2 Nxe2 62.Kxe2 Kf6 63.Kd3 Kxe6 64.Kc4 g4 65.Kb5 gxh3 66.gxh3 Kd5 67.Kxa5 Kc5 68.Ka6 Kc6 69.Ka5 Kc5 70.Ka6 Kc6 71.a5 Kc7 72.Kb5 Kb7 73.Kc5 Ka6 74.Kb4 Kb7 75.Kc3 Ka6 76.Kd4 Kxa5 77.Ke4 Kb6 78.Kf4 Kc7 79.Kg4 Kd8 80.Kxh4 Ke7 81.Kg5 Kf7 82.Kf5 Game drawn ½–½

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