Ponomariov, R (2718) – Leko, P (2741) [C89]2008 Tal Memorial, (round 5), 22.08.2008 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0–0 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4...
Leaders draw in Moscow
Leko, P (2741) – Morozevich, A (2788) [C69]Tal Memorial, (4), 21.08.2008 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.0–0 Bg4 6.h3 h5 7.d3 Qf6 8.Nbd2 Ne7 9.Re1 Ng6 10.d4 Nf4 11.dxe5 Qg6 12.Nh4 Bxd1 13.Nxg6 fxg6 14.Rxd1 0–0–0...
An endgame marathon
GM Ponomariov (2718) – GM Mamedyarov (2742) [A33]2008 Tal Memorial – Round 3 – www.russiachess.org/eng, 20.08.2008 1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.a3 d5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.g3 Bc5 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Bg2 0–0 11.0–0 Re8 12.Qa4...
Ponomariov 1/2 Gelfand in Moscow
GM Ponomariov (2718) – GM Gelfand (2720) [C42]2008 Tal Memorial http://www.russiachess.org/eng, 18.08.2008 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Bf4 0–0 8.Qd2 Nd7 9.0–0–0 Nc5 10.Be3 Re8 11.Bc4 Be6 12.Bxe6 Nxe6 13.h4 Qd7 14.Qd5...
Kramnik, Ivanchuk, Kamsky headline Tal Memorial
Mikhail Tal Memorial 200810 players in round-robin, August 18-28th The Ex-World Champion Vladimir Kramnik will participate in the traditional super-tournament Mikhail Tal Memorial, which will be held in Moscow from 18th to 28th August, Sports.ru reported. Kramnik is back...
Topalov, Mamedyarov, Shirov, and Ponomariov at Villarrobledo
`Topalov, Mamedyarov, Shirov, and Ponomariov top seeds at the Villarrobledo chess festival30 players 2500+ to take part at the chess competition GM Veselin Topalov, GM Shakhryiar Mamedyarov, GM Alexei Shirov, and GM Ruslan Ponomariov (winner of 2007) will be...
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Kamsky eliminated Ponomariov to reach the final 4
Position after 26…Re5 GM Kamsky (2714) – GM Ponomariov (2705) [B97]07.12.2007 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nb3 Bd7 11.0–0–0 0–0–0 12.Be2 h5 13.Rhf1 Be7 14.Rf3 Rdg8...
Kamsky survived a scare in game 1
At one point, Ponomariov had a very active position and it looked like Kamsky would be in trouble. One of the key moves was White’s 29th move. Black offered a pawn to open up his position. Ponomariov declined and...
World Cup Elite 8 Matchups
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