GMRuslan Ponomariov
- FIDE ID
- 14103320
About Ruslan Ponomariov
Ruslan Ponomariov was born in Horlivka in 1983 and learned chess from his father. His development accelerated after moving to Kramatorsk, where he attended the A. V. Momot chess school. At twelve he won the European under-18 championship, followed by the World under-18 title the next year.
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He became a grandmaster at fourteen. In 2002 he defeated Vasyl Ivanchuk in the FIDE World Championship final, becoming an eighteen-year-old world champion during the period when the title was divided. Later successes included runner-up finishes in the 2005 and 2009 World Cups and the 2011 Ukrainian Championship. In an interview, Ponomariov recalled the difficulty of combining extensive tournament travel with school. Individual tuition and his father's help with exams allowed him to finish school successfully while pursuing professional chess.
FIDE rating history
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FIDE tournaments
| Date | Tournament | Type | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-10 | Team 2027 - Nationale 1 r1-2 | Classical | 1 |
| 2026-10-03 | RAPID FIDE - Ibiza Travel 2026 | Rapid | 8 |
| 2026-10-02 | BLITZ FIDE - Ibiza Travel 2026 | Blitz | 11 |
Available Games
Published games available in our archive; coverage varies by tournament. Archive last checked: 2026-11-08 (UTC).
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Online games are identified from known tournament names, playing sites and PGN mode. Other games are listed as OTB (over-the-board).
| # | Date | Event | Site | Round | White | Black | Result | Moves | View |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 901 | 2016-06-04 | II Neoclassical Open 2016 | Madrid ESP | 3.2 | Henrik Teske | Ruslan Ponomariov | 1/2-1/2 | 58 | Open |
| 902 | 2016-06-04 | II Neoclassical Open 2016 | Madrid ESP | 2.2 | Ruslan Ponomariov | Adrian Suarez Uriel | 1-0 | 23 | Open |
| 903 | 2016-06-04 | II Neoclassical Open 2016 | Madrid ESP | 1.2 | Pablo Maza Broto | Ruslan Ponomariov | 0-1 | 29 | Open |
| 904 | 2016-06-03 | II Neoclassical Masters | Madrid ESP | 5.2 | Ruslan Ponomariov | Francisco Vallejo Pons | 1-0 | 25 | Open |
| 905 | 2016-06-03 | II Neoclassical Masters | Madrid ESP | 3.2 | David Anton Guijarro | Ruslan Ponomariov | 1/2-1/2 | 87 | Open |
| 906 | 2016-06-03 | II Neoclassical Masters | Madrid ESP | 2.1 | Ruslan Ponomariov | Nigel D Short | 1-0 | 29 | Open |
| 907 | 2016-06-03 | II Neoclassical Masters | Madrid ESP | 1.1 | Julio E Granda Zuniga | Ruslan Ponomariov | 1/2-1/2 | 62 | Open |
| 908 | 2016-05-23 | 17th ch-EUR Indiv 2016 | Gjakova KOS | 11.12 | Constantin Lupulescu | Ruslan Ponomariov | 1-0 | 46 | Open |
| 909 | 2016-05-22 | 17th ch-EUR Indiv 2016 | Gjakova KOS | 10.9 | Ruslan Ponomariov | Anton Demchenko | 1/2-1/2 | 28 | Open |
| 910 | 2016-05-21 | 17th ch-EUR Indiv 2016 | Gjakova KOS | 9.18 | Mircea-Emilian Parligras | Ruslan Ponomariov | 0-1 | 56 | Open |
| 911 | 2016-05-20 | 17th ch-EUR Indiv 2016 | Gjakova KOS | 8.14 | Ruslan Ponomariov | Olexandr Bortnyk | 1/2-1/2 | 60 | Open |
| 912 | 2016-05-19 | 17th ch-EUR Indiv 2016 | Gjakova KOS | 7.5 | Samvel Ter-Sahakyan | Ruslan Ponomariov | 1-0 | 72 | Open |
| 913 | 2016-05-17 | 17th ch-EUR Indiv 2016 | Gjakova KOS | 6.8 | Ruslan Ponomariov | Mustafa Yilmaz | 1-0 | 48 | Open |
| 914 | 2016-05-16 | 17th ch-EUR Indiv 2016 | Gjakova KOS | 5.7 | Denis Khismatullin | Ruslan Ponomariov | 1/2-1/2 | 12 | Open |
| 915 | 2016-05-15 | 17th ch-EUR Indiv 2016 | Gjakova KOS | 4.7 | Ruslan Ponomariov | David Anton Guijarro | 1/2-1/2 | 21 | Open |
| 916 | 2016-05-14 | 17th ch-EUR Indiv 2016 | Gjakova KOS | 3.2 | Ivan Salgado Lopez | Ruslan Ponomariov | 1/2-1/2 | 58 | Open |
| 917 | 2016-05-13 | 17th ch-EUR Indiv 2016 | Gjakova KOS | 2.4 | Ruslan Ponomariov | Aleksej Aleksandrov | 1-0 | 69 | Open |
| 918 | 2016-05-12 | 17th ch-EUR Indiv 2016 | Gjakova KOS | 1.4 | Vasiliy Korchmar | Ruslan Ponomariov | 0-1 | 30 | Open |
| 919 | 2016-04-17 | TCh-CZE Extraliga 2015-16 | Czech Republic CZE | 11.1 | Ruslan Ponomariov | Radoslaw Wojtaszek | 1/2-1/2 | 17 | Open |
| 920 | 2016-04-16 | TCh-CZE Extraliga 2015-16 | Czech Republic CZE | 10.2 | Lubomir Ftacnik | Ruslan Ponomariov | 0-1 | 63 | Open |
| 921 | 2016-03-03 | IMSA Basque 2016 | Huai'an CHN | 5.2 | Ruslan Ponomariov | Liren Ding | 1/2-1/2 | 38 | Open |
| 922 | 2016-03-03 | IMSA Basque 2016 | Huai'an CHN | 5.1 | Liren Ding | Ruslan Ponomariov | 1/2-1/2 | 45 | Open |
| 923 | 2016-03-03 | IMSA Basque 2016 | Huai'an CHN | 4.9 | Ruslan Ponomariov | Leinier Dominguez Perez | 1-0 | 43 | Open |
| 924 | 2016-03-03 | IMSA Basque 2016 | Huai'an CHN | 4.1 | Leinier Dominguez Perez | Ruslan Ponomariov | 0-1 | 41 | Open |
| 925 | 2016-03-02 | IMSA Basque 2016 | Huai'an CHN | 1.1 | Ponomariov, Ruslan | Li Chao2 | 1/2-1/2 | 42 | Open |
| 926 | 2016-03-02 | IMSA Basque 2016 | Huai'an CHN | 1.2 | Li Chao2 | Ponomariov, Ruslan | 0-1 | 47 | Open |
| 927 | 2016-03-02 | IMSA Basque 2016 | Huai'an CHN | 3.12 | Ruslan Ponomariov | Hao Wang | 1/2-1/2 | 62 | Open |
| 928 | 2016-03-02 | IMSA Basque 2016 | Huai'an CHN | 3.11 | Hao Wang | Ruslan Ponomariov | 0-1 | 63 | Open |
| 929 | 2016-03-02 | IMSA Basque 2016 | Huai'an CHN | 2.2 | Evgeny Tomashevsky | Ruslan Ponomariov | 1-0 | 68 | Open |
| 930 | 2016-03-02 | IMSA Basque 2016 | Huai'an CHN | 2.1 | Ruslan Ponomariov | Evgeny Tomashevsky | 0-1 | 29 | Open |
| 931 | 2016-03-02 | IMSA Basque 2016 | Huai'an CHN | 1.2 | Chao b Li | Ruslan Ponomariov | 0-1 | 47 | Open |
| 932 | 2016-03-02 | IMSA Basque 2016 | Huai'an CHN | 1.1 | Ruslan Ponomariov | Chao b Li | 1/2-1/2 | 42 | Open |
| 933 | 2016-03-01 | IMSA Blitz 2016 | Huai'an CHN | 23.1 | Ponomariov, Ruslan | Li Chao2 | 0-1 | 56 | Open |
| 934 | 2016-03-01 | IMSA Blitz 2016 | Huai'an CHN | 30.5 | David Navara | Ruslan Ponomariov | 1-0 | 36 | Open |
| 935 | 2016-03-01 | IMSA Blitz 2016 | Huai'an CHN | 29.4 | Ruslan Ponomariov | Gabriel Sargissian | 1-0 | 38 | Open |
| 936 | 2016-03-01 | IMSA Blitz 2016 | Huai'an CHN | 28.6 | Hao Wang | Ruslan Ponomariov | 1-0 | 88 | Open |
| 937 | 2016-03-01 | IMSA Blitz 2016 | Huai'an CHN | 27.3 | Ruslan Ponomariov | Laurent Fressinet | 1-0 | 68 | Open |
| 938 | 2016-03-01 | IMSA Blitz 2016 | Huai'an CHN | 26.7 | Pentala Harikrishna | Ruslan Ponomariov | 1/2-1/2 | 70 | Open |
| 939 | 2016-03-01 | IMSA Blitz 2016 | Huai'an CHN | 25.2 | Ruslan Ponomariov | Radoslaw Wojtaszek | 1-0 | 50 | Open |
| 940 | 2016-03-01 | IMSA Blitz 2016 | Huai'an CHN | 24.8 | Sergei Movsesian | Ruslan Ponomariov | 0-1 | 49 | Open |
| 941 | 2016-03-01 | IMSA Blitz 2016 | Huai'an CHN | 23.1 | Ruslan Ponomariov | Chao b Li | 0-1 | 56 | Open |
| 942 | 2016-03-01 | IMSA Blitz 2016 | Huai'an CHN | 22.8 | Ruslan Ponomariov | Rauf Mamedov | 1-0 | 32 | Open |
| 943 | 2016-03-01 | IMSA Blitz 2016 | Huai'an CHN | 21.2 | Vasyl Ivanchuk | Ruslan Ponomariov | 1/2-1/2 | 35 | Open |
| 944 | 2016-02-29 | IMSA Blitz 2016 | Huai'an CHN | 20.7 | Ruslan Ponomariov | Yue Wang | 1-0 | 21 | Open |
| 945 | 2016-02-29 | IMSA Blitz 2016 | Huai'an CHN | 19.3 | Evgeny Tomashevsky | Ruslan Ponomariov | 1-0 | 78 | Open |
| 946 | 2016-02-29 | IMSA Blitz 2016 | Huai'an CHN | 18.6 | Ruslan Ponomariov | Leinier Dominguez Perez | 1-0 | 22 | Open |
| 947 | 2016-02-29 | IMSA Blitz 2016 | Huai'an CHN | 17.4 | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | Ruslan Ponomariov | 1-0 | 35 | Open |
| 948 | 2016-02-29 | IMSA Blitz 2016 | Huai'an CHN | 16.5 | Ruslan Ponomariov | Liren Ding | 0-1 | 24 | Open |
| 949 | 2016-02-29 | IMSA Blitz 2016 | Huai'an CHN | 15.5 | Ruslan Ponomariov | David Navara | 1-0 | 36 | Open |
| 950 | 2016-02-29 | IMSA Blitz 2016 | Huai'an CHN | 14.4 | Gabriel Sargissian | Ruslan Ponomariov | 1-0 | 64 | Open |
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