[Event "Secret Training Match Yalta"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.07.25"] [Round "1"] [White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"] [Black "Short, Nigel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D34"] [Annotator "Nigel"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2016.07.11"] [EventType "schev"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "UKR"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.06.24"] {[%evp 0,77,25,32,13,-16,-4,-3,20,31,15,14,57,2,20,26,28,28,35,5,17,32,31,41, 74,59,52,52,38,37,37,49,46,32,33,12,7,33,73,79,79,84,90,68,73,73,39,63,94,58, 54,58,100,102,199,198,198,193,196,200,189,211,212,210,205,212,212,212,213,212, 213,197,213,213,213,205,1132,231,1192,1142]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg5 c4 10. Ne5 Be6 11. f4 Ng4 (11... h6) 12. Nxg4 Bxg4 13. Bxd5 Bxg5 14. fxg5 Qxg5 15. Rf4 Be6 16. Be4 Rad8 17. d5 Ne7 18. Qc2 f5 $6 (18... Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21. Rh4 Qe3+ 22. Kf1 g5) 19. dxe6 fxe4 20. Rxf8+ Rxf8 21. Qxe4 Qc5+ 22. e3 Qb6 23. Rf1 Rxf1+ 24. Kxf1 Qxb2 25. Nd5 Nxd5 26. Qxd5 Qb1+ (26... Qf6+ 27. Kg1 Kf8 28. Qxc4 Ke7 29. Qd5) 27. Kg2 Qd3 28. Qf3 Qc2+ 29. Kh3 Qg6 30. Qd5 h6 31. e7+ Kh7 32. Qxc4 Qe8 33. Qd3+ Kg8 34. Qd5+ Kh7 35. Qf5+ Kg8 36. Qe6+ Kh7 37. g4 a5 38. Kg3 b5 39. Qd6 1-0 [Event "Secret Training Match Yalta"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.07.26"] [Round "2"] [White "Short, Nigel"] [Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C95"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2003.??.??"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.06.24"] {[%evp 0,81,21,21,8,23,24,24,36,3,10,12,30,8,9,11,11,-25,-15,-16,24,-6,-8,4,17, 20,22,19,31,16,31,7,16,2,-4,0,0,-1,12,-5,10,-4,26,-11,-8,-18,-35,-34,8,2,21,11, 10,3,110,-4,-9,-5,0,0,0,-18,-28,-31,-7,-7,3,8,6,-21,0,0,0,0,0,-11,-8,-2,-11,1, 11,6,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. b3 Bg7 16. d5 Rc8 17. c4 c6 18. Bd2 Qc7 19. Rc1 bxc4 20. bxc4 a5 21. Nh2 Nc5 22. Qf3 h5 23. Qa3 Ra8 24. Nf3 Ba6 25. Ba4 Nxa4 26. Qxa4 Nd7 27. Qxc6 Qxc6 28. dxc6 Nc5 29. Red1 Rec8 30. Bxa5 Rxc6 31. Bb4 Nb7 32. Nd2 Bh6 33. Ngf1 Rac8 34. f3 Bxc4 35. Rxc4 Rxc4 36. Nxc4 Rxc4 37. Bd2 Rd4 38. Kf2 Nc5 39. Ke2 Bxd2 40. Rxd2 Ra4 41. Rxd6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Secret Training Match Yalta"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.07.27"] [Round "3"] [White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"] [Black "Short, Nigel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D37"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2003.??.??"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.06.24"] {[%evp 0,57,20,12,24,1,0,0,5,6,31,7,0,2,60,49,59,42,68,50,46,49,51,37,41,39,35, 37,31,3,-12,-4,4,4,7,14,44,56,26,4,2,-6,9,-18,-20,-17,-9,-21,4,-4,-7,2,12,-16, -11,-13,22,39,59,34]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. a3 Nc6 11. Bd3 Bb6 12. O-O d4 13. Qc2 h6 14. e4 Bg4 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Rc8 17. Qd2 Ba5 18. Qf4 Qg5 19. h4 Qxf4 20. Bxf4 f6 21. Bd6 Rfd8 22. Be7 Rd7 23. Bb4 Bb6 24. Rac1 Rdc7 25. Rxc7 Rxc7 26. f3 Be6 27. Kf2 g5 28. Rh1 Rc6 29. hxg5 hxg5 30. Be7 Kf7 31. Rh7+ Kg6 32. Rh8 Bc7 33. Rf8 Kg7 34. Rxf6 Be5 35. Rxe6 Rxe6 36. Bxg5 Rg6 37. Bd2 Bg3+ 38. Ke2 Rf6 39. Bc4 b6 40. b4 Kg6 41. Kd3 Be5 42. Bb5 Kh5 43. Bd7 Kh4 44. Be1+ Kg5 45. Bf5 1-0 [Event "Secret Training Match Yalta"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.07.28"] [Round "4"] [White "Short, Nigel"] [Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C89"] [PlyCount "54"] [EventDate "2003.??.??"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.06.24"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d3 Bd6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Qf3 Qh4 15. h3 Rae8 16. Rxe8 Rxe8 17. Bd2 Nf4 18. Qxc6 Qe7 19. Na3 Nxd3 20. Nc2 Qe5 21. f4 Qc5+ 22. Qxc5 Bxc5+ 23. Kf1 Nxb2 24. Ne1 h5 25. a4 bxa4 26. Bxa4 Nxa4 27. Rxa4 Bd7 0-1 [Event "Secret Training Match Yalta"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.07.30"] [Round "5"] [White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"] [Black "Short, Nigel"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D55"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2016.07.11"] [EventType "schev"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "UKR"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.06.24"] {[%evp 0,61,12,15,28,6,6,6,6,14,11,29,39,38,31,31,27,27,53,29,39,42,42,21,18,2, 12,-2,4,4,-16,-19,-5,-34,-11,-19,-15,-10,0,-4,6,7,8,5,3,5,0,-1,15,22,29,-39,11, -13,-11,12,12,11,-1,-80,-83,-75,-80,-74]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 Re8 9. Bd3 c6 10. O-O Nd7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. b4 a6 13. Na4 Be7 14. Nc5 Bd6 15. Bf5 Rb8 16. Nd3 Nb6 17. Bxc8 Qxc8 18. Nd2 Re6 19. Nc5 Rg6 20. Qf3 Qc7 21. g3 Re8 22. Rc2 Qc8 23. a4 Re7 24. Rfc1 Qh3 25. b5 axb5 26. axb5 cxb5 27. Rb2 Bxc5 28. dxc5 Rf6 29. Qg2 Qxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Nc4 31. Nxc4 bxc4 32. Rd1 Rd7 33. Rbd2 Rc6 34. e4 d4 35. Rxd4 Rxd4 36. Rxd4 Rxc5 37. Kf3 c3 38. Rd1 b5 39. Ke2 c2 0-1 [Event "Secret Training Match Yalta"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.07.31"] [Round "6"] [White "Short, Nigel"] [Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C52"] [Annotator "Nigel"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2003.??.??"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.06.24"] {[%evp 0,79,25,16,10,25,17,14,14,-1,-35,-30,-36,-32,-39,-56,-56,-56,-36,-66,12, 20,20,26,13,21,21,-5,15,6,0,-54,-54,-18,-22,-17,-15,-15,169,174,171,171,166, 209,196,165,168,244,228,222,240,254,380,315,327,335,331,334,353,162,483,467, 467,117,131,179,183,139,273,290,343,385,435,385,487,493,496,494,495,503,503, 503]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 $5 {In homage to my partly Welsh ancestry.} Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 exd4 7. Qb3 Qe7 8. O-O Bb6 {Undoubtedly superior to} (8... h6 $2 {played by the hapless chess aristocrat, the Duke of Brunswick, against Harrwitz, in Paris 1857.}) 9. cxd4 Na5 {One of those occasions where the supposedly "safe" move is probably more dangerous than the greedy alternative} (9... Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Bxd4 11. Nc3 {which is objectively fine for Black, although, even here, White's practical results have been favourable.}) 10. Qa4 Nxc4 11. Qxc4 d6 12. a4 a5 (12... c6 13. Nc3 Qd8 14. a5 Bxa5 15. Bg5 {led to murky complications in Sutovsky,E (2604)-Smagin,S (2613) 1-0 (42), Essen 2001.}) 13. Nc3 {White's initiative is already menacing.} Be6 14. d5 Bg4 15. e5 $1 Bxf3 16. exd6 Qxd6 17. Re1+ Kd8 18. gxf3 {After two sharp zwischenzugs, the Black king is caught in the centre and he lags in development. To be sure, it is objectively unpleasant, and even more so practically, but the next move is just utter capitulation.} Bxf2+ $2 {It is fascinating how poorly even very strong players can play when they have completely lost their bearings. Three pawns and a few checks is no compensation for a piece when the attack will be resumed imminently.} (18... Qb4 $1 {was the only way to keep Black in the game.}) 19. Kxf2 Qxh2+ 20. Kf1 Qh3+ 21. Ke2 Ne7 22. Bf4 Rc8 23. Kd2 Ng6 24. Nb5 {The storming recommences. Black's position is beyond hope.} Qxf3 25. Bxc7+ Kd7 26. Ra3 Qg2+ 27. Re2 Qg5+ 28. Rae3 Rhe8 29. Qc5 Re5 30. Qd6+ Ke8 31. Qb6 (31. Na7 $1 Ra8 32. Nc6 { was the prettiest and fastest way to end the game, but the text doesn't spoil anything.}) 31... Rxe3 32. Rxe3+ Kf8 33. d6 Qf5 (33... Re8 {was the only remaining hope, but White wins anyway after} 34. d7 Qg2+ 35. Kd3 $1 Qf1+ 36. Kd4 $1 Qd1+ 37. Kc5 $1 Qxd7 38. Qd6+) 34. Qxb7 Kg8 35. Nd4 Qg4 36. Qe4 Qd7 37. Qc6 Nf8 38. Qxd7 Nxd7 39. Re7 Nf6 40. d7 1-0 [Event "Secret Training Match Yalta"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.08.01"] [Round "7"] [White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"] [Black "Short, Nigel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D60"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2003.??.??"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.06.24"] {[%evp 0,58,15,15,28,6,6,14,8,14,29,22,17,15,49,23,29,29,28,23,41,46,31,37,35, 36,34,36,82,74,83,77,78,78,78,78,86,51,79,59,59,51,64,69,71,71,29,72,57,6,0,-8, 0,0,0,0,31,-53,-53,-35,-33]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. O-O a6 10. a4 Nb6 11. Bb3 cxd4 12. exd4 Nfd5 13. Bd2 Bd7 14. a5 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Nd5 16. Ne5 Bc6 17. Re1 Nf6 18. Bg5 Nd5 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. Bc2 Rc8 21. Qh5 g6 22. Qh6 Nd5 23. c4 Nb4 24. Ra3 Rc7 25. Rh3 f5 26. Bd1 Qxd4 27. Bh5 Be8 28. Bxg6 Bxg6 29. Nxg6 Rf6 30. Rg3 Rxg6 31. Rxg6+ hxg6 32. Qxg6+ Qg7 33. Qxe6+ Qf7 34. Qh6 Rxc4 35. h3 Re4 36. Rd1 Qe6 $4 37. Rd8+ Kf7 38. Qf8+ 1-0 [Event "Ponomariov-Short Training match"] [Site "Yalta"] [Date "2003.08.02"] [Round "8"] [White "Short, Nigel D"] [Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C52"] [WhiteElo "2701"] [BlackElo "2718"] [PlyCount "133"] [EventDate "2003.03.28"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "8"] [EventCountry "UKR"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2017"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.10.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 d6 7. Qb3 Qd7 8. dxe5 Bb6 9. Nbd2 Na5 10. Qc2 Nxc4 11. Nxc4 d5 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Qg4 14. O-O-O g5 15. e6 Bxe6 16. exd5 Bd7 17. Rhe1+ Kf8 18. Re4 Qf5 19. g4 Qh7 20. Nfe5 Be8 21. Qe2 Nf6 22. Rf4 Qg7 23. d6 Kg8 24. d7 Nxd7 25. Rxd7 gxf4 26. Qf3 Bxd7 27. Nxd7 Be3+ 28. Kb2 Bd4 29. Kb3 Bxc3 30. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 31. Kxc3 Re8 32. Nce5 Rxe5 33. Nxe5 Kg7 34. Nd3 f3 35. Bg3 Re8 36. Ne5 c5 37. Nxf3 b5 38. h3 Re2 39. Nd2 a5 40. Kc2 a4 41. Kd1 Re6 42. Bf4 Kg6 43. Be3 Re5 44. Kc2 h5 45. Nf3 Rd5 46. Ne1 hxg4 47. hxg4 c4 48. Kc3 f5 49. Ng2 Rd3+ 50. Kb4 fxg4 51. Nf4+ Kf5 52. Nxd3 cxd3 53. Kc3 Ke4 54. Bc5 Kd5 55. Be7 Ke4 56. Kd2 Kf3 57. Bh4 Ke4 58. a3 Kd4 59. Bg5 Kc4 60. Bf6 Kb3 61. Be7 Kc4 62. Ke3 Kc3 63. Bf8 b4 64. Bxb4+ Kc2 65. Bd2 Kb3 66. Kxd3 Kxa3 67. Kc2 1-0