Interview with Ruslan Ponomariov

by Arne Kaehler
4/28/2023 – Recently the brillant Grandmaster and former FIDE World Chess Champion Ruslan Ponomariov visited Hamburg to record his first FritzTrainer, and Arne Kähler used the chance to interview him. Throughout the conversation Ponomariov offered invaluable insights into his chess journey and the key moments that have shaped his career, but he also talked about his personal life, the books he reads and how he spends his time in the Basque sun. As an added treat, the Grandmaster also presented a thrilling game where he emerged victorious against the formidable Vassily Ivanchuk.
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Interview with Ruslan Ponomariov

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1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Ngf3 Die Hauptvariante in diesem Abspiel der Französischen Tarrschachvariante entsteht nach 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ndf3 Rb8 Üblich ist 7...Qb6 8.Bd3 b5 9.Ne2 g6 10.0-0 Qb6 11.g4 h5 12.h3 b4 13.Qa4 bxc3 14.bxc3 cxd4 15.Rb1 Qc7 16.Rxb8 Ndxb8 17.cxd4 Bd7 18.Qc2 Qa5 19.Bxg6 Nb4 20.Qb1 Qxa2 21.Bd2 Qxb1 22.Bxb1 hxg4 23.hxg4 Bb5 24.Re1 N8c6 25.Nc3 Bc4 26.Kg2 a5 27.Na4 Bb3 28.Nc5 Bxc5 29.dxc5 a4 30.Bxb4 Nxb4 31.Nd4 Bc4 32.Re3 Kd7 33.Ra3 Ra8 34.f5 Nc6 35.Nf3 Rb8 36.Ra1 0-1 (36) Shirov,A (2739)-Ponomariov,R (2705) Moscow 2007 6...Nc6 7.Nb3 Die Alternative ist 7.c3 7...c4 Der Partiezug wirkt logischer als 7...cxd4 8.Nbxd4 Nc5 8...Bc5 9.Be3 Be7 10.c3 0-0 11.Be2 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 Ne4 13.0-0 Bd7 14.Bd3 a6 15.Qe2 Nc5 16.Rf2 Nxd3 17.Qxd3 Rc8 18.g4 f5 19.exf6 Bxf6 20.Re1 Qc7 21.Qe3 Bxd4 22.Nxd4 Rce8 23.g5 Bc8 24.a3 Qf7 25.Qg3 Qg6 26.Re5 Bd7 27.h3 Rf7 28.Kh2 Ref8 29.Qe3 Qh5 30.Nxe6 Bxe6 31.Rxe6 Rf5 32.Re5 Qg6 33.Kg3 h6 34.h4 hxg5 35.hxg5 R5f7 36.Rxd5 Qc6 37.Qd4 Qc7 38.Rd6 Rf5 39.Rd7 Rxg5+ 40.Kh4 Qc6 41.Kxg5 1-0 (41) Ponomariov,R (2743)-Akopian,V (2678) Moscow 2002 8.Nbd2 b5 9.Be2 Nb6 Gespielt wurde hier auch schon 9...Qb6 und nun: 10.Nf1 f6 11.Ne3 fxe5 12.fxe5 Be7 13.c3 0-0 14.0-0 b4 15.Qe1 bxc3 16.bxc3 Qa5 17.Bd1 Rf7 18.Bc2 Nf8 19.Nd1 Bd7 20.Qg3 Nd8 21.a4 Nc6 22.Bh6 Be8 23.Rf2 Kh8 24.Bd2 Qd8 25.Ng5 Rxf2 26.Nxf2 Bxg5 27.Bxg5 Qd7 28.h4 Bg6 29.Bxg6 Nxg6 30.h5 Nge7 31.h6 Nf5 32.hxg7+ Qxg7 33.Qf4 Qg6 34.Bf6+ Kg8 35.Kh2 Rb8 36.g4 Nh6 37.Rg1 Rb2 38.Kh3 Na5 39.Rg3 Nb3 40.Be7 Nf7 41.Nd1 Rd2 42.Ne3 Qb1 43.Nf1 Rd3 44.Rf3 Qxf1+ 0-1 (44) Smagin,S (2613) -Gurevich,M (2688) Essen 2001 10.Nf1 h5 Ein neuer Zug an dieser Stelle. 10...Bd7 11.Ne3 Be7 12.0-0 Qc7 13.Bd2 a5 14.Be1 0-0-0 15.b3 a4 16.Rb1 Qa7 17.bxc4 bxc4 18.Bf2 Na5 19.f5 g6 20.f6 Ba3 21.Ng5 Be8 22.Bg4 Nc6 23.Nxe6 fxe6 24.Bxe6+ Rd7 25.Nxd5 Nxd5 26.Qf3 Nd8 27.Bxd5 Qa6 28.e6 Rxd5 29.Qxd5 Nxe6 30.Bg3 Nc7 31.Bxc7 Kxc7 32.f7 Bd7 33.Qe5+ 1-0 (33) Malakhov,V (2716)-Shulman,Y (2624) Bursa 2010 11.Ne3 Bd7 12.0-0 Be7 13.b3 g6 14.Bd2 a6 15.Be1 Qc7 16.h3 0-0-0? Der schwarze König steht am Damenflügel nicht sicher und Schwarz wird sehr schnell mit konkreten Problemen konfrontiert. 16...0-0 17.Bh4!? Bb4!? 17.a4 Kb7 18.Qb1 Na7 Besser war noch 18...cxb3 19.Qxb3 Ra8 19.a5 19.a5 Auf Nbc8 20.bxc4 dxc4 21.Nxc4 hatte Ivanchuk schon keine Lust mehr. 1–0
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Ponomariov,R2742Ivanchuk,V27551–02013C05Thessaloniki FIDE GP6

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Arne Kaehler, a creative mind who is passionate about board games in general, was born in Hamburg and learned to play chess at a young age. By teaching chess to youth teams and creating chess-related videos on YouTube, Arne was able to expand this passion and has even created an online course for anyone who wants to learn how to play chess. Arne writes for the English and German news sites, but focuses mainly on content for the ChessBase media channels.

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