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In a closely fought four-game finals, Ponomariov prevailed with a solo win in the third game when his former trainer Topalov overstepped the time limit. Games one, two and four were drawn giving Ponomariov his first title at Leon in this knockout quadrangular rapid chess event. Unlike the last five years when players used computers to assist them, calling it "advanced chess'', it was rapid chess with each side having 20 minutes a game plus a 10 second increment for making each move. Topalov deserved to win the decisive game, but lost on time when he was playing with a queen against Ponomariov's rook. Clearly, Ponomariov was lucky to win the third game where Topalov also turned down a draw by not repeating moves when he was set for a big attack. Earlier, in the semifinals, Ponomariov made mincemeat of the local Spanish champion Francisco Pons Vallejo by a big 3.5-0.5 margin. Topalov snatched a 2-0 lead and then lost and drew the next two games to knockout the youngest grandmaster Sergey Karjakin of Ukraine 2.5-1.5. — Our Chess Correspondent
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