Ukrainian chess player Ruslan Ponomariov continues to show uncertain play at the tournament in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands. In the 10th round game, Ponomariov lost to Russian Grischuk. Overall, at the competition in Wijk aan Zee, the Ukrainian celebrated victory in only one meeting, winning against the outsider Sokolov from Holland.
10th round: Grischuk (Russia) - PONOMARIOV (UKRAINE) - 1:0, Bruzon (Cuba) - Sokolov (Holland) - 1:0. Topalov (Bulgaria) - Polgar (Hungary) - 0:1. Adams (England) - Kramnik (Russia) – 0.5:0.5, Short (England) - Svidler (Russia) – 0.5:0.5, Morozevich (Russia) - Leko (Hungary) – 0.5:0.5, Anand (India) - van Wely (Holland) – 0.5:0.5.
Tournament standings: Leko - 6.5, Anand, Adams, Topalov - 6, Kramnik, Grischuk, Bruzon - 5.5, Polgar - 5, van Wely, PONOMARIOV, Svidler and Short - 4.5, Morozevich - 3.5, Sokolov - 2.5.