| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. L I Kaplun vs Ponomariov |
| 1-0 | 34 |
1995 |
Yalta op | D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical |
| 2. Leitao vs Ponomariov |
| 0-1 | 49 |
1999 |
Lausanne YM qf | D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical |
| 3. Pinter vs Ponomariov |
| ½-½ | 14 |
1999 |
EU-chT (Men) | D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical |
| 4. Topalov vs Ponomariov |
 | 1-0 | 68 |
1999 |
Ch World FIDE (play-off), Las Vegas (USA) | D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical |
| 5. Tkachiev vs Ponomariov |
| ½-½ | 26 |
1999 |
Enghien les Bains 3rd | D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical |
| 6. A Nosenko vs Ponomariov |
| ½-½ | 69 |
1999 |
UKR ol | D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical |
| 7. I Stohl vs Ponomariov |
| ½-½ | 13 |
2000 |
34th Olympiad | D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical |
| 8. Piket vs Ponomariov |
| ½-½ | 19 |
2000 |
Istanbul ol (Men) | D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical |
| 9. Bareev vs Ponomariov |
 | 0-1 | 39 |
2001 |
FIDE WCh KO | D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical |
| 10. Dreev vs Ponomariov |
| ½-½ | 27 |
2001 |
ECC | D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical |
| 11. Ehlvest vs Ponomariov |
| ½-½ | 11 |
2001 |
Governor's Cup | D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical |
| 12. Bareev vs Ponomariov |
| ½-½ | 29 |
2001 |
FIDE WCh KO | D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical |
| 13. Lputian vs Ponomariov |
| ½-½ | 17 |
2001 |
2nd IECC | D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical |
| 14. A Aleksandrov vs Ponomariov |
| ½-½ | 11 |
2001 |
Governor's Cup | D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical |
| 15. Dreev vs Ponomariov |
 | 0-1 | 62 |
2001 |
World Teams | D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical |
| 16. Karpov vs Ponomariov |
| ½-½ | 38 |
2002 |
Superstars Hotel Bali | D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical |
| 17. Anand vs Ponomariov |
 | 1-0 | 46 |
2002 |
Chess Classic Mainz Rapid Match | D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical |
| 18. Ivanchuk vs Ponomariov |
 | 1-0 | 29 |
2003 |
Wijk aan Zee | D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical |