Leonid Kuchma and Ruslan Ponomariov

COMM Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma, left, and world chess champion Ruslan Ponomaryov discuss the problems with chess sport in Ukraine during their meeting in Ukrainian capital Kiev on Thursday, March 13, 2003. Ponomaryov and the President also discussed Ruslan's game with Harry Kasparov scheduled for in Buenos-Aires on June, 19, 2003. Photo by Valery Solovyov / UNIAN