[Event "ChessClassic"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "16.08.2002"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomarjow"]
[Black "Anand"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8.
Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. O-O b6 12. Qg4 g5 13. Qh3 Rg8 14. Nd2 Bb7
15. a4 O-O-O 16. a5 c5 17. axb6 axb6 18. Be4 g4 19. Bxb7+ Qxb7 20. Qc3 Kb8 21.
dxc5 Nxc5 22. b4 Ne4 23. Nxe4 Qxe4 24. Qa3 Bc7 25. Be3 Qb7 26. c4 Be5 27. Ra2
Kc8 28. c5 bxc5 29. bxc5 Qc6 30. Qa7 f5 31. Ra6 Qc7 32. Qxc7+ Bxc7 33. c6 Rd5
34. Rb1 Ra5 35. Rxa5 Bxa5 36. Ra1 Rd8 37. g3 Rd5 38. Bxh6 Kc7 39. Rc1 Bd2
1/2-1/2

[Event "ChessClassic"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "16.08.2002"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Paehtz"]
[Black "Kosteniuk"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Re1 Nc6 9. Nb3 a5 10. a4 Be6 11. Bf1 Rc8 12. h3 Nb4 13. Nd4 Bc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4
15. Ndb5 d5 16. exd5 Nfxd5 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. Qxd5 Nxd5 19. c3 Rd8 20. Rd1 Rcc8
21. Bd2 Nb6 22. b3 Rd7 23. Be3 Nd5 24. Ra2 Bxc3 25. Rc2 Nxe3 0-1


[Event "ChessClassic"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "16.08.2002"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand"]
[Black "Ponomarjow"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Ne5 11. f3 Nbc6 12. Bf2 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Be6 14. Qd2 Qa5 15.
a3 O-O 16. h4 Ng6 17. b4 Qc7 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. O-O-O Rh8 21. Rxh8
Rxh8 22. Kb2 f6 23. g3 Ne5 24. f4 gxf4 25. gxf4 Nc4+ 26. Bxc4 Qxc4 27. e5 dxe5
28. fxe5 f5 29. Qg2+ Kf7 30. Rd3 Qf4 31. Qxb7 Rh2 32. Qf3 Qxe5 33. Re3 Qd4 34.
Re2 Rh8 35. Re4 Qf6 36. Re3 Qd4 37. Qe2 Qc4 38. Qg2 Qd4 39. Qe2 Qc4 40. Qg2 Qd4
1/2-1/2

[Event "ChessClassic"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "16.08.2002"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Paehtz"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Be3 Bb4 9. Na4 Be7 10. f4 Nxe4 11. c4 O-O 12. Bd3 Nf6 13. g4 Nb4 14. g5 Ne8 15.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Qh5+ Kg8 17. Rf3 f5 18. Rh3 Nf6 19. gxf6 Bxf6 20. Nf3 Nd3 21.
Ng5 Bxg5 22. fxg5 Nf4 23. Qh7+ Kf7 24. Rh6 Ne2+ 25. Kf2 Nf4 26. Rf6+ Ke8 27.
Qxg7 Nh3+ 28. Ke1 Qa5+ 29. Ke2 Qb4 30. Qg6+ Ke7 31. Bc5+ Qxc5 32. Qg7+ Ke8 1-0


[Event "ChessClassic"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "16.08.2002"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomarjow"]
[Black "Anand"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. O-O Bxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. c3 Bg7
15. Qh5 e4 16. Bc2 O-O 17. Rae1 Qc8 18. Bb3 Ng6 19. Nc2 Re8 20. f4 exf3 21.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 22. Qxf3 f4 23. Re1 Qd7 24. Nb4 a5 25. Nc6 Re8 26. Rxe8+ Qxe8 27.
Kf1 b4 28. cxb4 axb4 29. Qe2 Qd7 30. Bc2 Ne5 31. Qe4 f3 32. Qxh7+ Kf8 33. Qe4
fxg2+ 34. Kxg2 Ng4 35. h3 Ne5 36. Ba4 Kg8 37. Qxb4 Ng6 38. Bc2 Qe8 39. Qe4 Qa8
40. a4 Bxb2 41. Qg4 Kh8 42. Bxg6 fxg6 43. Qxg6 Qxa4 44. Ne7 1-0

[Event "ChessClassic"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "16.08.2002"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Paehtz"]
[Black "Kosteniuk"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Re1 Nc6 9. Nb3 a5 10. a4 Be6 11. Bf1 Bxb3 12. cxb3 e6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Qb6
15. Bg3 Rfd8 16. Nb5 Ne8 17. Bf4 d5 18. e5 Nc7 19. Qd2 g5 20. Bg3 Nxb5 21. axb5
Nd4 22. Qe3 Bf8 23. Ra4 Bc5 24. Rc1 Rac8 25. Rxc5 Nf5 26. Rxc8 Nxe3 27. Rxd8+
Qxd8 28. fxe3 Qc7 29. e4 Qc2 30. exd5 Qxb3 31. Rxa5 exd5 32. Ra8+ Kg7 33. Bf2
Qxb2 34. Rb8 Qxe5 35. Rxb7 h5 36. Rd7 h4 37. b6 g4 38. g3 Qe6 39. b7 1-0


[Event "Chess Classic"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "18.08.2002"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, V."]
[Black "Ponomarjow, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. g4
Nfd7 9. Qd2 Bb7 10. O-O-O Nb6 11. Nb3 N8d7 12. Na5 Qc7 13. Kb1 Be7 14. h4 O-O
15. Bg5 f6 16. Be3 Ne5 17. Qf2 Nbc4 18. Nxb7 Qxb7 19. Bd4 Rac8 20. Ne2 Nc6 21.
Be3 Nxe3 22. Qxe3 Qa7 23. Qb3 d5 24. exd5 Na5 25. Qd3 Nc4 26. Nf4 Ne3 27. Nxe6
Nxd1 28. Qxd1 Rfe8 29. Bd3 Qf2 30. f4 Bd6 31. g5 Rxe6 32. dxe6 Qxf4 33. Rf1 Qe5
34. Re1 Qc5 35. gxf6 gxf6 36. Qg4+ Kh8 37. Rg1 Qc7 38. e7 1-0

[Event "ChessClassic Duell"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "18.08.2002"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kosteniuk, A."]
[Black "Paehtz, E."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Nbd7 9. Qd2 Be7 10. g4 h6 11. O-O-O b5 12. Kb1 Nb6 13. Qf2 Nfd7 14. h4 Qc7 15.
Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Nc4 17. Bc1 a5 18. c3 Ndb6 19. Nd2 Rb8 20. Nxc4 bxc4 21. f4
exf4 22. Qxf4 Bf6 23. Rh3 O-O 24. g5 Be5 25. Qe4 h5 26. g6 Na4 27. Qc2 Qd7 28.
Rf3 fxg6 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. Ka1 Qb5 31. Rd2 Kg8 32. Qxg6 Qe8 33. Qc2 Qb5 34.
Bh3 Nc5 35. Rf2 a4 36. Qg6 Qe8 37. Bf5 Qxg6 38. Bxg6 a3 39. Rf5 axb2+ 40. Bxb2
Bf6 41. Kb1 Na4 42. Rf2 Bxc3 43. Bc2 Nxb2 44. Kc1 Nd3+ 45. Bxd3 cxd3 46. a4 d2+
47. Kc2 Rb1 0-1

[Event "ChessClassic Duell"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "18.08.2002"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomarjow"]
[Black "Anand"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Nbd7 9. g4 b5 10. g5 b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bf5 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Be7 15.
h4 O-O 16. O-O-O a5 17. Nd2 f5 18. Kb1 Qc8 19. f4 Qa6 20. Qxa6 Rxa6 21. Nc4 Rc8
22. b3 Bd8 23. Rhe1 Kf7 24. Bc1 Rxc4 25. bxc4 e4 26. Bb2 Bb6 27. Re2 Bc5 28. h5
Kf8 29. Bd4 Bxd4 30. Rxd4 Nc5 31. Re1 Rb6 32. Kc1 a4 33. Kb2 Ke7 34. a3 b3 35.
Re3 Kd7 36. Rd1 Kc7 37. Rb1 Kb7 38. Kc3 Ka6 39. Rb2 Rb7 40. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "ChessClassic Duell"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "18.08.2002"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Paehtz"]
[Black "Kosteniuk"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 d5 7. Bg5 d4 8. c3
Nc6 9. Bb5 Be6 10. cxd4 Bxb3 11. Qxb3 Qxd4 12. Be3 Qb4+ 13. Nc3 Qxb3 14. axb3
a6 15. Nd5 Rc8 16. Nb6 Rc7 17. Ba4 Bb4+ 18. Kf2 O-O 19. Rac1 Rd8 20. Rc2 h6 21.
Rhc1 Rd6 22. g4 Rd3 23. Ke2 Rd6 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. Rc4 a5 26. R1c2 g5 27. Bc5
Bxc5 28. Rxc5 Re6 29. Nc4 Nd7 30. Rxa5 Rb7 31. Rc3 h5 32. h3 hxg4 33. hxg4 f6
34. Ra8+ Kg7 35. Na5 Rc7 36. Ra6 Nb8 37. Rb6 Re8 38. Nxc6 Nd7 39. Ra6 Rh8 40.
Ra7 Rxa7 41. Nxa7 Nf8 42. Rc7+ Kg6 43. Rc6 Rh2+ 44. Kd3 Rxb2 45. Kc4 Kf7 46.
Rc7+ Ke6 47. Kb4 Nd7 48. Rc6+ Kf7 49. Nc8 Rf2 50. Nd6+ Ke7 51. Nf5+ Kd8 52. Rc3
Nf8 53. Kb5 Ne6 54. Kb6 Rd2 55. b4 Nd4 56. Ra3 Rb2 57. Nxd4 exd4 58. Kc5 Rd2
59. Kc4 Kc7 60. Rd3 Rc2+ 61. Kxd4 Kd6 62. Ra3 Rb2 63. Ra6+ Ke7 64. Kc4 Rc2+ 65.
Kd3 Rb2 66. Rb6 Rb3+ 67. Ke2 Kf7 68. b5 Kg6 69. Rb8 Kg7 70. b6 Kf7 71. b7 Kg7
72. Kd2 Rb6 73. Kc3 Rb1 74. Kc4 Rb2 75. Kd5 Rd2+ 76. Ke6 Rb2 77. Re8 Rb6+ 78.
Kf5 Rxb7 79. e5 fxe5 80. Rxe5 Rf7+ 81. Kxg5 Rxf3 82. Re7+ Kf8 83. Ra7 Rc3 84.
Kh5 Kg8 85. Rd7 Rc6 86. Kg5 Rb6 87. Kf5 Rc6 88. Re7 Rb6 89. g5 Ra6 90. Kg4 Ra4+
91. Kh5 Ra6 92. Rc7 Rb6 93. g6 Rb1 94. Kh6 Rh1+ 95. Kg5 Rg1+ 96. Kf6 Rf1+ 97.
Ke7 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "ChessClassic Duell"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "18.08.2002"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand"]
[Black "Ponomarjow"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

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 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. Nbd2 exd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. d5 Nce5 15.
Nxe5 Nxe5 16. a4 Rb8 17. axb5 axb5 18. f4 Ng6 19. Nf3 Bh4 20. Nxh4 Qxh4 21. f5
Ne5 22. Rf1 Bd7 23. Bf4 Ra8 24. Qd2 Qe7 25. b4 Nc4 26. Qc3 cxb4 27. Qxb4 Qf6
28. Qe1 Qb2 29. Rc1 Rfe8 30. Qf2 Ra3 31. Bb1 Qxf2+ 32. Rxf2 f6 33. Rf3 Rea8 34.
Bd3 Ne5 35. Bxe5 dxe5 36. Bf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "ChessClassic Duell"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "18.08.2002"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Paehtz"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Nbd7 9. Qd2 Be7 10. g4 h6 11. O-O-O b5 12. Kb1 Nb6 13. Qf2 Nfd7 14. h4 Qc7 15.
Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Nc4 17. Bc1 a5 18. Bd3 Rb8 19. g5 a4 20. Nd2 Ndb6 21. gxh6
gxh6 22. Ne4 a3 23. b3 Nd7 24. Qg2 Nb2 25. Bxb2 axb2 26. c3 Qa5 27. Qxb2 Nb6
28. Bf1 Kd7 29. Qe2 Nc8 30. Bh3+ Kc7 31. c4 bxc4 32. Qxc4+ Kb7 33. Rc1 Ka7 34.
Qc7+ 1-0

[Event "ChessClassic Duell"]
[Site "Mainz, Germany"]
[Date "19.08.2002"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov"]
[Black "Anand"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2755"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Be3 Bb4 9. Na4 Be7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Nb6 Rb8 12. Nxc8 Qxc8 13. e5 Nd5 14.
Bd4 O-O 15. c4 Nf4 16. g3 c5 17. Bc3 Nh3+ 18. Kg2 Ng5 19. Qd3 f5 20. Rad1
Rb7 21. Bf3 Nxf3 22. Qxf3 a5 23. a4 Ra7 24. Rd3 Rd8 25. Rfd1 Qa6 26. b3 Qc8
27. h3 Rf8 28. Kh2 Rf7 29. Qe2 Bf8 30. Qd2 Qc7 31. f4 Qb6 32. Qc2 g6 33. Be1
Qc6 34. Qg2 Qxg2+ 35. Kxg2 h5 36. Kf3 Kh8 37. Bf2 Rb7 38. Kg2 Kg8 39. Be1
Ra7 40. Bd2 Rh7 41. Be3 Rb7 42. g4 hxg4 43. hxg4 fxg4 44. Kg3 Be7 45. Kxg4
Kf8 46. Kg3 Ke8 47. Kg2 Rh5 48. Bd2 Ra7 49. Rf1 Kf7 50. Rff3 Rh7 51. Rh3
Rxh3 52. Kxh3 Bd8 53. Be1 Rb7 54. Kg4 Kg7 55. Bh4 Bxh4 56. Kxh4 Rc7 57. Kg5
Rb7 58. Rd6 Kf7 59. Kh6 Ke7 60. Rd3 Rb8 61. Kxg6 Rg8+ 62. Kh5 Rg1 63. Kh4
Rg2 64. Rg3 Rf2 65. Kg5 Kd8 66. Rh3 Kc7 67. Kg4 Rg2+ 68. Kf3 Rb2 69. Ke4
Re2+ 70. Re3 Rf2 71. Rd3 Re2+ 72. Kf3 Rb2 73. f5 exf5 74. Kf4 Rf2+ 75. Rf3
Rxf3+ 76. Kxf3 Kd8 77. Kf4 Ke7 78. Kxf5 Kf7 79. Kf4 Ke7 80. Ke3 Kf7 81. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ChessClassic Duell"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "19.08.2002"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Paehtz"]
[Black "Kosteniuk"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 d5 7. Bg5 Be6 8. Bxf6
gxf6 9. exd5 Qxd5 10. Qxd5 Bxd5 11. Nc3 Be6 12. O-O-O Nd7 13. Nd5 O-O-O 14. Bb5
Bh6+ 15. Kb1 Bxd5 16. Rxd5 Nb6 17. Rxd8+ Kxd8 18. Nc5 Kc7 19. Bd3 Be3 20. Ne4
f5 21. Nc3 f4 22. a4 a5 23. b3 Kd7 24. Bf5+ Ke7 25. g4 h5 26. h4 Bd4 27. Nb5
Bf2 28. g5 Rd8 29. Nc3 Nd5 30. Nxd5+ Rxd5 31. Be4 Rd7 32. g6 fxg6 33. Bxg6 Kf6
34. Bxh5 Rh7 35. Bg4 Rxh4 36. Rxh4 Bxh4 37. Bc8 b6 38. Bb7 Bf2 1/2-1/2


[Event "ChessClassic Duell"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "19.08.2002"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand"]
[Black "Ponomarjow"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. a4 Nc6 8. Qe2
Be7 9. Rd1 O-O 10. dxc5 Qc7 11. b3 Bxc5 12. Bb2 b6 13. Nbd2 Bb7 14. Rac1 Nb4
15. Ng5 Qe7 16. Ndf3 h6 17. Nh3 Rfd8 18. Nf4 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Qxd8
21. Ne5 Nbd5 22. Nh5 Be7 23. h3 Qc7 24. e4 Nb4 25. Nxf7 Kxf7 26. Nxg7 Bc8 27.
Nf5 b5 28. axb5 axb5 29. Nxe7 Kxe7 30. Bxb5 Qc2 31. Ba3 Qc3 32. Qc4 Qa1+ 33.
Kh2 Qxa3 34. Qxc8 Qa5 35. Qc5+ Kd8 36. Qd6+ Kc8 37. Qxe6+ Kb8 38. Bc4 Qc7+ 39.
e5 Ne4 40. f4 Nd2 41. Qxh6 Nxc4 42. Qf8+ Ka7 43. Qxb4 Nb6 44. e6 Nc8 45. Qd4+
Kb8 46. Qe5 1-0

[Event "ChessClassic Duell"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "19.08.2002"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Paehtz"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Qc7 8. O-O
Bb7 9. f4 b4 10. Ne2 Nf6 11. Ng3 h5 12. Re1 Ng4 13. Qf3 Qb6+ 14. Be3 Nxe3 15.
Qxe3 Qxe3+ 16. Rxe3 a5 17. Ree1 a4 18. Nd2 Bc5+ 19. Kf1 h4 20. Ne2 f6 21. Nf3
Nc6 22. Rad1 Ke7 23. Bb5 Ra5 24. Bc4 Nd8 25. Nc1 Nf7 26. Nd3 Bd6 27. b3 g5 28.
e5 fxe5 29. Nfxe5 Nxe5 30. Nxe5 Bxe5 31. Rxe5 Rxe5 32. fxe5 axb3 33. axb3 Rf8+
34. Kg1 Rf5 35. Bb5 Bd5 36. Re1 Rf4 37. Bd3 Rg4 38. Re2 Kd8 39. Rf2 Kc7 40. Re2
Kb6 41. Rf2 Kc5 42. Rd2 Rf4 43. Bg6 Bc6 44. Bh7 Rd4 45. Re2 Bb5 46. Re1 Rd2 47.
h3 Bc6 48. Be4 Bxe4 49. Rxe4 Rxc2 50. g3 Rc3 51. gxh4 gxh4 52. Rxh4 Rxb3 53.
Kf2 Rd3 54. Ke2 Rd4 55. Rh8 Kd5 56. h4 b3 57. h5 Rb4 58. Ke1 0-1

