Biography of Ruslan Ponomarev

Honored Master of Sports of Ukraine. We present the biography of this chess player, the best parties and a selection of photos. The biography of the chess player Ruslan Ponomarev is one of the leaders of chess Ukraine.

For a couple with Vasily Ivanchuk, it was he who led the national team of this country to victories in many team tournaments. Ukrainians many times won at the chess Olympiads, world championships and European championships. Ruslan Ponomarev was born on October 11 in the Donetsk region. From early childhood, his parents gave him to the chess school of Kramatorsk, where he comprehended the basics of the game from the best teachers.

In his youth, he repeatedly became a champion in children's world and European tournaments, and in the year he had already begun to take part in competitions in the senior group. Adult grandmasters were surprised that such a young young man beats famous chess players. But at the age of 13, Ponomarev already had a rating at the Tournament in Slovakia, he scored 8 points out of 9 possible against very strong opponents, which was amazing for his age.

Ponomarev repeatedly won as part of the Ukrainian youth team at the world olympiads, and in the year he was awarded the title of Grossmaster. At that time, he became the youngest grandmaster of the planet, and before that he won the world championship under 18 years old. In the same year, he first won in adult competitions - the championship of Ukraine. Then he took part in the world knockout tournament FIDE.

In the year in Las Vegas, Ruslan easily wins the grandmaster of al-Modiahi, but at the second stage it is inferior to Veselina Topalov-the favorite of the championship. In the future, Ruslan will cooperate with him with significant success. At this time, Ponomarev was already known for his victories and had considerable weight in the chess world. The young chess player in Danko Donbass becomes the winner of the team championship of Ukraine, takes part in the European Cup, begins to play in an adult team.

But this did not discourage Ponomarev at all, but only gave an impetus to further development. In the same year, Ruslan played a curious match with the legendary Viktor Korchny, as a result, they tied, he wins many famous chess players, and at the final stage he plays his compatriot - Ukrainian Vasily Ivanchuk. This brought Ponomarev the title of the youngest world champion he was then 18 years old.

Soon, a match with Harry Kasparov was planned, but due to political conflicts this did not happen. He won twice in chess Olympiads, and also won many international tournaments. Having lost the title, in the year the Ukrainian reached the final stage of the world cup, but lost to Rustam Kasimjanov there. In the year, he reached the decisive stage, but lost again - this time Boris Gelfandu.

For many years, Ruslan has been married with an translator from Spain Ines persecution, a couple had a son. The victory in it was brought by the winning of the final match against Vasily Ivanchuk. It is surprising that the blacks surrendered with material equality and an almost complete board of figures, but their position is really almost hopeless. Party from early creativity. Two main young talents of that time came together - Ukrainian Ruslan Ponomarev and Russian Alexander Grishchuk.

Both were only 11 years old.