Back رسلان بونوماريوف Arabic رسلان بونوماريوف ARZ Ruslan Ponomaryov Azerbaijani Пономарёв Руслан Олегович Bashkir Руслан Алегавіч Панамароў Byelorussian Руслан Пономарьов Bulgarian Rouslan Ponomariov Breton Ruslan Ponomarjov BS Ruslan Ponomariov Catalan Ruslan Ponomarjov Czech
| Ruslan Ponomariov Руслан Пономарьов | |
|---|---|
 Ponomariov in 2008 | |
| Full name | Ruslan Olehovych Ponomariov |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Born | 11 October 1983 Horlivka, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Title | Grandmaster (1998) |
| World Champion | 2002–2004 (FIDE) |
| FIDE rating | 2653 (November 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2764 (July 2011) |
| Ranking | No. 76 (November 2024) |
| Peak ranking | No. 6 (April 2002) |
Ruslan Olehovych Ponomariov (Ukrainian: Русла́н Оле́гович Пономарьо́в; born 11 October 1983) is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster. He was FIDE World Chess Champion from 2002 to 2004. He won the Ukrainian Chess Championship in 2011.
He was runner-up in the Chess World Cup 2005 and Chess World Cup 2009, while reaching the semi-finals in 2011 and the quarterfinals in 2007.