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Ruslan Ponomariov vs Etienne Bacrot
37th Biel International Chess Festival (2004), Biel SUI, rd 6, Jul-25
Slav Defense: Chameleon Variation (D15)  ·  1-0

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply)better is 42.Kh3 Kh8 43.f4 g6 44.hxg6 fxg6 45.g4 Rf6 46.Rd7 Ne2 ⩲ +0.72 (25 ply)= +0.20 (26 ply) after 42...Re6 43.Nd5 Re4 44.Kg3 Kg8 45.Nc3 Re5 46.Kf4 f6 47.f3 46...Nc6 47.Nd5 Nd4 48.Kh3 Ra6 49.Ne7 Nc2 50.Kh4 Re6 = +0.27 (27 ply) ⩲ +1.12 (28 ply)better is 49.Rd8+ Kg7 50.Rb8 h5 51.Rxb5 hxg4+ 52.Kxg4 Re1 53.Rc5 ⩲ +0.98 (27 ply)= +0.43 (28 ply) 54.Ke4 Re1+ 55.Kd4 Rd1+ 56.Ke3 Rb1 57.Rb7+ Kf6 58.Rb6+ ⩲ +1.06 (24 ply) 54...h5 55.Rb7+ Kg8 56.Rb6 Re1+ 57.Kd5 Rd1+ 58.Kc4 Rc1+ = +0.08 (29 ply)+- +3.05 (31 ply) 55...Rb1 56.g5 h5 57.Rb7+ Kg8 58.Ke6 Rd1 59.f5 gxf5 +- +2.66 (29 ply)+- +4.14 (28 ply)+- mate-in-21 after 63...Kh7 64.Qc7 Kg7 65.Ke6+ Kg8 66.Qf7+ Kh8 67.Kf668.Qe7 Qxe7+ 69.Kxe7 Kg7 70.Ke6 Kg8 71.Kf6 Kf8 72.Kxg6 +- mate-in-181-0

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Kibitzer's Corner
Aug-05-04  jeffnool: nice game by Ruslan...
Dec-08-05  PinkPanther: This is a beautifully played endgame by Ponomariov.
Dec-09-05  Frhddy: Really well played.... This game shows (among others) that at endgames Ponomariov is one of the best or the best....
Feb-21-06  Autoreparaturwerkbau: Pono was exactly 10 rating pts. better as Bacrot - that was obvious from the game :)

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