[Event "RUS-Cup6"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Popov, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.dxc5 Nc6 5.Bb5 e6 6.Be3 Bd7 7.Bxc6 Bxc6 8.Nf3 Nh6
9.c3 Nf5 10.Bd4 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 Be7 13.b4 b6 14.cxb6 axb6 15.O-O O-O
16.Rfc1 Bb5 17.Qe3 Rfc8 18.Nd4 Bd7 19.a3 b5 20.f4 Ra6 21.N2b3 Qa7 22.Qf2 Ra8
23.g3 Qc7 24.Qb2 h6 25.Kg2 R8a7 26.h4 Qc8 27.Ra2 Qa8 28.Rd1 Be8 29.Nd2 f6
30.exf6 Bxf6 31.N2f3 Kh8 32.Qe2 Rxa3 33.Rxa3 Rxa3 34.Qxe6 Qd8 35.g4 Qa8 36.g5 hxg5
37.hxg5 Be7 38.Ne5 Bf8 39.g6 Qa7  1-0

