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Ruslan Ponomariov vs Sethuraman P Sethuraman
World Cup (2017), Tbilisi GEO, rd 1, Sep-03
Italian Game: Classical Variation. Giuoco Pianissimo (C53)  ·  1/2-1/2

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ANALYSIS [x]
1/2-1/2

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Kibitzer's Corner
Sep-04-17  Sokrates: Wow! Pono really wants to win this event. 16 moves for a draw, that's impressive!
Sep-12-17  positionalgenius: << Wow! Pono really wants to win this event. 16 moves for a draw, that's impressive!>>

This really ended up costing him too.

Sep-12-17  ChessHigherCat: It looks like they had agreed from the outset to play 16 moves and were just making random moves and counting. It's hard to imagine a less stable position that would justify a draw.
Jan-24-19
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  Penguincw: < Sokrates: Wow! Pono really wants to win this event. 16 moves for a draw, that's impressive! >

Ponomariov is happy enough winning 1 FIDE knockout tournament. ;)

Jan-24-19  whiteshark:


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Black to move

1) -0.27 (27 ply) 16...b6 17.Ba3 Nhf4 18.Kh1 Rc8 19.Rac1 Re8 20.g3 Ne6 21.Rfe1 Ne7 22.Qd3 Qd7 23.Nh4 g6 24.Bb2 Rcd8 25.f3 Bh3 26.f4 c5 27.bxc5 bxc5 28.dxc5 Qc6 29.Bd4 Nxd4 30.Qxd4 Qxa6 31.Qf2 Nc6

2) =0.00 (27 ply) 16...b5 17.Qxc6 Nhf4 18.g3 Ne7 19.Qc2 Nh3+ 20.Kg2 Qd7 21.Bb2 Bb6 22.Qd3 Rac8 23.Rac1 Rxc1 24.Bxc1 Rc8 25.Bb2 h6 26.Nh4 Ng5 27.Re1 Nh3 28.Rf1

3) +0.07 (27 ply) 16...bxa6 17.g3 Qd7 18.Ba4 Ne7 19.Re1 Rae8 20.Bb2 f6 21.Rac1 Bb6 22.Qd3 Bh3 23.Qxa6 Qg4 24.exf6 Nxf6 25.Ne5 Qf5 26.Qe2 Ng4 27.Nxg4 Qxg4 28.Qxg4 Bxg4 29.Nb3 Bf3 30.Nc5

6.0 minute analysis by Stockfish 9 v010218

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