Boris Gelfand a remporté le match final pour la coupe du monde en défaisant Ruslan Ponomariov au bris d'égalité. Le match s'est rendu à 12 parties, Gelfand l'emportant par le score de 7-5.

Ci-après les parties de la finale jouées à cadence lente.

[PGN][Event "World Cup"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"] [Date "2009.12.10"] [Round "7.1"] [White "Ponomariov,R"] [Black "Gelfand,B"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2739"] [BlackElo "2758"] [EventDate "2009.11.21"] [ECO "C42"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5 15. Bf4 Rac8 16. h3 h6 17. Qc1 Bf6 18. Qb2 Na5 19. Be5 Bxe5 20. Nxe5 c5 21. Bf3 Qd6 22. Rad1 b6 23. Qa2 Be6 24. d5 Bxh3 25. Nxf7 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Kxf7 27. gxh3 Re8 28. Rxe8 Kxe8 29. Qe2+ Kd8 30. Qa6 Qg6+ 31. Bg2 Qb1+ 32. Kh2 Qf5 33. Qxa7 Qf4+ 34. Kg1 Qc1+ 35. Kh2 Qf4+ 36. Kg1 Qc1+ 37. Kh2 1/2-1/2 [Event "World Cup"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"] [Date "2009.12.11"] [Round "7.2"] [White "Gelfand,B"] [Black "Ponomariov,R"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2758"] [BlackElo "2739"] [EventDate "2009.11.21"] [ECO "E10"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. Bf4 Nbd7 8. Qc2 O-O 9. O-O b6 10. Rd1 Bb7 11. Nc3 Nh5 12. Bc1 f5 13. b3 Rc8 14. Bb2 Bd6 15. e3 Qe7 16. Ne2 Nhf6 17. Nf4 Ne4 18. Qe2 Ndf6 19. Ne5 Rfd8 20. Rac1 c5 1/2-1/2 [Event "World Cup"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"] [Date "2009.12.12"] [Round "7.3"] [White "Ponomariov,R"] [Black "Gelfand,B"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2739"] [BlackElo "2758"] [EventDate "2009.11.21"] [ECO "D11"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 g6 5. Bf4 dxc4 6. Qxc4 Bg7 7. Nc3 Be6 8. Qd3 Nd5 9. Bg3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qa5 11. e4 c5 12. Qb5+ Nc6 13. Qxa5 Nxa5 14. Bb5+ Bd7 15. Rb1 Rc8 16. Ke2 cxd4 17. cxd4 Bxb5+ 18. Rxb5 b6 19. Rd1 O-O 20. Rd5 Nc6 21. Rd7 Rfd8 22. Rxd8+ Nxd8 23. d5 Kf8 24. Nd4 Rc4 25. Ke3 Ke8 26. Nb5 Nb7 27. d6 exd6 28. Bxd6 a6 29. Nc7+ Kd7 30. Bg3+ Kc6 31. Nxa6 Ra4 32. Nb8+ Kb5 33. Rb1+ Kc4 34. Rc1+ Kb5 35. Rb1+ Kc4 36. Rc1+ Kb5 37. Rb1+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "World Cup"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"] [Date "2009.12.13"] [Round "7.4"] [White "Gelfand,B"] [Black "Ponomariov,R"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2758"] [BlackElo "2739"] [EventDate "2009.11.21"] [ECO "E06"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 a5 11. Nc3 Na6 12. Ne5 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Nd5 14. Rad1 Nab4 15. Bc1 Nb6 16. Qb3 N4d5 17. Nb5 c6 18. Na3 Nb4 19. e4 Nd7 20. Nf3 Qb6 21. h4 Nf6 22. Bg5 h6 23. Nc4 Qd8 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Nce5 Qc7 26. Ng4 Be7 27. Qe3 h5 28. Nge5 Bf6 29. Qe2 g6 30. g4 hxg4 31. Nxg4 Qf4 32. Nxf6+ Qxf6 33. Qe3 Kg7 34. Rh1 Rh8 35. Rh3 1/2-1/2 [Event "World Cup"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"] [Date "2009.12.14"] [Round "7.5"] [White "Ponomariov,R"] [Black "Gelfand,B"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2739"] [BlackElo "2758"] [EventDate "2009.11.21"] [ECO "A07"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d4 e6 6. Nbd2 Ngf6 7. Re1 Be7 8. e4 O-O 9. c3 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Rxe4 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Bg5 13. Re2 Bxc1 14. Rxc1 Nf6 15. Kg2 Qa5 16. Qb3 Qb6 17. Rce1 Rad8 18. Re5 Nd7 19. R5e3 Nf6 20. h4 Rd6 21. Re5 Nd7 22. R5e2 Nf6 23. Qc4 Rfd8 24. a4 Nd5 25. Be4 Nf6 26. Bc2 Rd5 27. Qb3 Qxb3 28. Bxb3 R5d6 29. f3 h5 30. Kh3 g6 31. Bc2 Kg7 32. g4 Rd5 33. Re5 Rxe5 34. dxe5 Nd5 35. Kg3 Nb6 36. Re2 Kh6 37. a5 Nc4 38. g5+ Kg7 39. Re4 b5 40. axb6 Nxb6 41. Re2 Kf8 42. Be4 c5 43. b4 cxb4 44. cxb4 Rd4 45. b5 Nd5 46. Rc2 Rb4 47. Rc8+ Ke7 48. Ra8 Rxb5 49. Rxa7+ Kf8 50. Ra8+ Kg7 51. Bxd5 1/2-1/2 [Event "World Cup"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"] [Date "2009.12.14"] [Round "7.6"] [White "Gelfand,B"] [Black "Ponomariov,R"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2758"] [BlackElo "2739"] [EventDate "2009.11.21"] [ECO "E04"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Ne1 Be7 12. Nd3 Nd5 13. Bb2 Nb6 14. Rab1 Na5 15. Ba1 Rd8 16. c4 Naxc4 17. Nxc4 Nxc4 18. Bxb7 Bxb7 19. Rxb7 Bf6 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Rc1 Nd6 22. Re7 Nb5 23. a4 Kf8 24. Rb7 Nd6 25. Rbc7 Ne8 26. R7c5 Rab8 27. R1c4 f5 28. Kg2 Rb7 29. a5 Nd6 30. Rd4 Ke8 31. f3 Nb5 32. Rh4 Kf8 33. a6 Rb6 34. Rb4 Rd5 35. Rxd5 exd5 36. Nf4 Nc7 37. Rxb6 axb6 38. a7 d4 39. Nd5 Na8 40. Kf2 Ke8 41. e3 dxe3+ 42. Kxe3 Kd7 43. Nf6+ Ke7 44. Nxh7 f6 45. g4 b5 46. g5 fxg5 47. Nxg5 Kf6 48. f4 b4 49. Kd4 Nb6 50. Nf3 b3 51. Kc3 Ke6 52. h4 1-0 [Event "World Cup"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"] [Date "2009.12.14"] [Round "7.7"] [White "Ponomariov,R"] [Black "Gelfand,B"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2739"] [BlackElo "2758"] [EventDate "2009.11.21"] [ECO "D11"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg4 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. e4 e6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Qb3 O-O 10. Be2 b5 11. Ne5 Bxe2 12. Nxc6 Qe8 13. Nxe2 Nxe4 14. Qxb5 Nb6 15. O-O Nd5 16. Rac1 Bd6 17. Qd3 f5 18. f3 Nef6 19. Bf2 Nh5 20. Ne5 Rd8 21. Qa6 Nhf4 22. Nxf4 Nxf4 23. Be3 Nd5 24. Bg5 Bxe5 25. dxe5 Rd7 26. Bd2 Nc7 27. Qa5 Nd5 28. Rc6 Rb7 29. Rc2 Qb8 30. b3 Qxe5 31. Rfc1 h6 32. Kh1 Qd4 33. Qc5 Qxc5 34. Rxc5 Kf7 35. Kg1 Rd8 36. Kf1 Kf6 37. Ke2 g5 38. g3 Rd6 39. Rc6 Rbd7 40. Rxd6 Rxd6 41. Rc4 e5 42. a4 Ke6 43. Rc8 Rb6 44. Rh8 Kf7 45. Rh7+ Kg6 46. Rxa7 Rxb3 47. Ra6+ Kf7 48. Rd6 Nb6 49. Rxh6 f4 50. gxf4 gxf4 51. a5 Nc4 52. a6 Rb2 53. Kd3 Nxd2 54. a7 Ra2 55. Rh8 Nxf3 56. a8=Q Rxa8 57. Rxa8 Nxh2 58. Ra6 f3 59. Ke3 e4 60. Ra1 Ke6 61. Rh1 Ng4+ 62. Kxe4 Nf2+ 63. Kxf3 Nxh1 1/2-1/2 [Event "World Cup"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"] [Date "2009.12.14"] [Round "7.8"] [White "Gelfand,B"] [Black "Ponomariov,R"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2758"] [BlackElo "2739"] [EventDate "2009.11.21"] [ECO "A04"] 1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. c4 c5 5. d5 e6 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O exd5 9. exd5 h6 10. h3 g5 11. Re1 Nd7 12. Ne4 Nf6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bd3 Kg7 15. Qc2 b5 16. cxb5 Nxd5 17. Bd2 Rb8 18. Rad1 a6 19. a4 axb5 20. axb5 Be6 21. Bc4 Re8 22. Bxg5 hxg5 23. Bxd5 Rxb5 24. b3 Bxd5 25. Rxe8 Bxb3 26. Qe4 d5 27. Qe2 Qd7 28. Re1 Bc4 29. Qe3 d4 30. Qc1 Bd3 31. Qa3 Bh7 32. Ra8 d3 33. Qc1 Qd5 34. Rae8 c4 35. Qa3 d2 36. Rd1 c3 37. Qf8+ Kg6 38. Rc8 Qb3 39. Rc6 Qxd1+ 40. Kh2 Qxf3 41. gxf3 d1=Q 0-1 [Event "World Cup"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"] [Date "2009.12.14"] [Round "7.9"] [White "Gelfand,B"] [Black "Ponomariov,R"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2758"] [BlackElo "2739"] [EventDate "2009.11.21"] [ECO "A40"] 1. d4 e6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. e4 Nf6 7. a3 b6 8. Be3 Bb7 9. f3 Nc6 10. Rc1 h5 11. Nd5 exd5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Qe5 14. Kf2 Ne7 15. Qd2 Nxd5 16. Bg5 Ne7 17. Bc4 f6 18. Bf4 Qa5 19. b4 Qa4 20. Bb3 Qxa3 21. Ra1 1-0 [Event "World Cup"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"] [Date "2009.12.14"] [Round "7.10"] [White "Ponomariov,R"] [Black "Gelfand,B"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2739"] [BlackElo "2758"] [EventDate "2009.11.21"] [ECO "D11"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg4 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. e4 Bxf3 8. gxf3 e5 9. Be3 Bd6 10. O-O-O exd4 11. Bxd4 Qc7 12. Ne2 O-O 13. Qc2 b5 14. Kb1 Rfe8 15. Bh3 c5 16. Be3 Nb6 17. Bg5 Be5 18. Bc1 Nh5 19. Rhg1 Nc4 20. b3 Rab8 21. Rg5 g6 22. Rdg1 Kh8 23. f4 Bf6 24. Rxh5 gxh5 25. Ng3 Rg8 26. Rd1 Bd4 27. Nf5 Qb6 28. e5 Qg6 29. Ne7 Qxc2+ 30. Kxc2 Nb6 31. Nxg8 Rxg8 32. Be3 Rd8 33. b4 Nc4 34. bxc5 1-0 [Event "World Cup"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"] [Date "2009.12.14"] [Round "7.11"] [White "Gelfand,B"] [Black "Ponomariov,R"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2758"] [BlackElo "2739"] [EventDate "2009.11.21"] [ECO "D20"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Be3 Nb4 8. Be4 f5 9. exf6 exf6 10. Nc3 f5 11. Bb1 N4d5 12. Nf3 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Bd2 c6 15. Re1 Bf6 16. a3 Kh8 17. Bd3 Qd6 18. Qc2 g6 19. Bh6 Bg7 20. Qd2 Bd7 21. Ne5 Rad8 22. Re2 Bc8 23. Rae1 Nf6 24. Nf3 Rde8 25. Bf4 Qd8 26. Be5 Ng4 27. Bxg7+ Kxg7 28. h3 Nf6 29. Re5 Nbd7 30. Rxe8 Rxe8 31. Rxe8 Nxe8 32. d5 cxd5 33. Nxd5 Ndf6 34. Nxf6 Nxf6 35. Qc3 Be6 36. Bc2 Qc8 37. Nd4 Bd7 38. Qb4 Qe8 39. Nf3 Bc6 40. Nd4 Bd5 41. Bd3 b6 42. Nb5 Qd7 43. Qd4 a6 44. Nc3 Bb7 45. Qxb6 Bxg2 46. Bxa6 Bxh3 47. Qb7 f4 48. a4 Ne8 49. Qxd7+ Bxd7 50. Bb5 Bxb5 51. Nxb5 Nf6 52. Nc7 Nd7 53. a5 Nb8 54. a6 Nc6 55. b4 Na7 56. b5 Nc8 57. Nd5 Kf7 58. b6 1-0 [Event "World Cup"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"] [Date "2009.12.14"] [Round "7.12"] [White "Ponomariov,R"] [Black "Gelfand,B"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2739"] [BlackElo "2758"] [EventDate "2009.11.21"] [ECO "D11"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Re1 h6 11. e4 Bh7 12. a3 Rc8 13. b4 a5 14. Bf4 Nh5 15. Bd2 Nhf6 16. Qb3 axb4 17. axb4 Qb6 18. b5 c5 19. e5 c4 20. Qa4 Nd5 21. Nxd5 exd5 22. Bh3 Qc7 23. b6 Nxb6 24. Qb5 Qc6 25. Ra5 c3 26. Bf4 Nc4 27. Qxc6 Rxc6 28. Rxd5 c2 29. Rb5 Rb6 30. Rxb6 Nxb6 31. Bc1 Bb4 32. Bd2 Nd5 33. e6 Re8 34. exf7+ Kxf7 35. Rc1 Bxd2 36. Nxd2 Nb4 37. Bf1 Rc8 38. Nb3 Na2 39. Ra1 c1=Q 40. Nxc1 Rxc1 41. Rxa2 Bd3 42. Rb2 Rxf1+ 43. Kg2 Ba6 44. d5 Rd1 0-1[/PGN]