[Event "City of Culture GM Playoff"]
[Site "Donostia ESP"]
[Date "2009.07.16"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[EventDate "2009.07.16"]
[ECO "B81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. Bg2 Nc6 8.
h3 a6 9. Be3 Ne5 10. Qe2 g5 11. f4 gxf4 12. Bxf4 Nfd7 13. O-O-O b5 14. Qf2
Bb7 15. Kb1 Qb6 16. Rhf1 Be7 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Nf3 Rh7 19. Bd4 b4 20. Na4 Nc4
21. Nd2 Rc8 22. Nxc4 Qxc4 23. b3 Qb5 24. Nb2 Ne5 25. Bxe5 dxe5 26. Nc4 Rxc4
27. bxc4 Qxc4 28. Qb6 Qc6 29. Qa5 f6 30. h4 Rg7 31. Bf3 Rg8 32. g5 hxg5 33.
Qxe5 Kf7 34. Qg3 g4 35. Bxg4 Qc5 36. Bxe6+ 1-0

[Event "City of Culture GM Playoff"]
[Site "Donostia ESP"]
[Date "2009.07.16"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[EventDate "2009.07.16"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Nbd7 8. O-O
Bb4 9. Qe2 Bg6 10. e4 O-O 11. Bd3 Bh5 12. Bf4 c5 13. e5 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Nd5 15.
Bd2 cxd4 16. cxd4 Nb8 17. h3 Nc6 18. g4 Bg6 19. Bb5 Rc8 20. Rfc1 Nde7 21. Kg2
Nxd4 22. Nxd4 Qxd4 23. Qe3 Qxe3 24. Bxe3 a6 25. Bf1 Bc2 26. Kg3 Nd5 27. Bd2 Rc7
28. a5 Rd8 29. Ra2 Rdc8 30. Rb2 h6 {Gamescore incomplete} 0-1

