Nepomniachtchi, Ian Age 34

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Title
Grandmaster
Live Rating
2753.6
Live Rank
#8
FIDE Rating
2755
World Rank
#8
FIDE Peak Rating
2795 - Mar 2023 (Age 32)
FIDE Peak Rank
#2 (2793) - Feb 2023 (Age 32)
Rapid
2758 World #6, Peak 2821 (Nov 2015)
Blitz
2770 World #10, Peak 2880 (Jul 2014)
Born
14 Jul 1990
Bryansk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
FIDE ID 4168119
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Active Years:
2001 - 2024
Total Games:
2944
Wins:
1150 (39%)
Losses:
575 (20%)
Draws:
1219 (41%)
Total score:
60%
Performance :
Performance for the last active 12 months:
2744
White:
C45 Scotch Game (68 games)
B12 Caro-Kann Defense (47 games)
B33 Sicilian Defense (42 games)
Black:
B90 Sicilian Defense (115 games)
D85 Grünfeld Defense (68 games)
B51 Sicilian Defense (48 games)

Titles: International Master since 2004; Grandmaster since 2007.

Grandmaster norms:

Highest Ratings:

Youth Championships: European U10 Champion in 2000,,European U12 Champion in 2001 and 2002, World U12 Champion in 2002 (ahead of Magnus Carlsen on tiebreak), Russian U18 Champion in 2004.

National Championships: Russian Champion 2010 & 2020, runner up in 2013.

Continental Championships: European Champion 2010; equal first with seven other players in 2013.

World Championship cycles: World Cup 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2017 and Grand Prix series 2017. In 2021 he won the Candidates tournament with 8.5/14 and and faced Carlsen in the World Championship Match in November 2021, losing the Challenge 7.5-3.5 (+0 -4 =7) after 11 games.

He again qualified for the World Championship challenge in 2022 by again winning the Candidates tournament, which had been split over 2021 and 2022 due to Covid-19, this time going down to Ding Liren 1.5-2.5 in the rapid game tiebreaker after the classical games match was drawn 7-7 (+3-3+8) - Carlsen had retired from the World Championship cycle leaving the way open for Ding Liren who had placed 2nd in the Candidates of 2021-22. Nepomniachtchi is eligible to qualify for the Candidates match to be held in April 2024.

Major tournament wins: Aeroflot Open in 2008 and 2015, Hainan Danzhou GM Tournament in 2016. Tal Memorial in 2016, and Dortmund in 2018.

Other tournament wins: first at the Petrosian Memorial in 2003, Young Stars of the World in 2003 and 2007, and 9th Pyotr Ismalov Memorial Open in 2005,

Other major tournament results: 2nd at Corus Group C in 2007, =2nd at Dortmund in 2008, 2nd at the Capablanca Memorial in 2010, =2nd at the Capablanca Memorial in 2012, =2nd at the Moscow Open in 2013, =1st (2nd on count back) at the London Classic in 2017, and =2nd at the Karpov Poikovsky in 2018.

Olympiads: Individual bronze playing for Russia 2 at the Olympiads in 2010 and for Russia 1 in 2014.

National team results: Team gold for Russia in the European Team Championship in 2015, individual
gold playing for Russia in the World Team Championship in 2011, 2013
and 2017, team gold in Russia-China match in 2012.

Team results: team gold in the Russian Premier League in 2017, individual gold in the Russian Premier League in 2014 and 2016, team golds in the European Club Cup in 2006 (with the ShK Tomsk-400 club) and in 2017 (with the Globus club).

Rapid and Blitz tournaments wins: First at the Ordix Open in 2008, the Aeroflot Blitz Open in 2013 & 2015, the Yaroslav the Wise 2014 Tournament of Champions in 2014, Moscow Blitz Championship 2015 and the the Cup of the REGION Group of Companies 2018 Blitz.

Other major Rapid and Blitz tournament results: 2nd at the World Rapid Championship in 2013, =2nd at the World Blitz Championship in 2013, 2nd at the ACP Cup in 2013, =2nd at the World Rapid Championship in 2015, 2nd at the the Cup of the REGION Group of Companies Blitz in 2016, =1st at the Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup of the President of Kazakhstan in 2016, =1st (3rd on count back) at the World Rapid Championship in 2017 and 3rd at the Tal Memorial Blitz in 2018.





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Games

#White PlayerRatingBlack PlayerRatingResultMovesSiteDate 
1Svane, Frederik2640Nepomniachtchi, Ian27551/2-1/244Germany30 Nov 2024
2Nepomniachtchi, Ian2755Suleymanli, Aydin Elshan26321-051Shusha28 Sep 2024
3Aravindh, Chithambaram VR2698Nepomniachtchi, Ian27550-1100Shusha28 Sep 2024
4Nepomniachtchi, Ian2755Mamedov, Rauf26370-120Shusha28 Sep 2024
5Rapport, Richard2715Nepomniachtchi, Ian27551/2-1/242Shusha28 Sep 2024
6Nepomniachtchi, Ian2755Abdusattorov, Nodirbek27661/2-1/270Shusha28 Sep 2024
7Artemiev, Vladislav2701Nepomniachtchi, Ian27550-168Shusha28 Sep 2024
8Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar2733Nepomniachtchi, Ian27550-152Shusha28 Sep 2024
9Suleymanli, Aydin Elshan2632Nepomniachtchi, Ian27551-032Shusha28 Sep 2024
10Nepomniachtchi, Ian2755Aravindh, Chithambaram VR26981-029Shusha28 Sep 2024
11Mamedov, Rauf2637Nepomniachtchi, Ian27551/2-1/244Shusha28 Sep 2024
12Nepomniachtchi, Ian2755Rapport, Richard27151-057Shusha28 Sep 2024
13Abdusattorov, Nodirbek2766Nepomniachtchi, Ian27551-033Shusha28 Sep 2024
14Nepomniachtchi, Ian2755Artemiev, Vladislav27011/2-1/266Shusha28 Sep 2024
15Nepomniachtchi, Ian2755Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar27331-038Shusha28 Sep 2024
16Suleymanli, Aydin Elshan2632Nepomniachtchi, Ian27551/2-1/239Shusha27 Sep 2024
17Nepomniachtchi, Ian2755Aravindh, Chithambaram VR26981-056Shusha27 Sep 2024
18Mamedov, Rauf2637Nepomniachtchi, Ian27551-069Shusha27 Sep 2024
19Nepomniachtchi, Ian2755Rapport, Richard27151-039Shusha27 Sep 2024
20Abdusattorov, Nodirbek2766Nepomniachtchi, Ian27550-149Shusha26 Sep 2024
21Nepomniachtchi, Ian2755Artemiev, Vladislav27011-035Shusha26 Sep 2024
22Nepomniachtchi, Ian2755Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar27331/2-1/268Shusha26 Sep 2024
23Xu, Yi2496Nepomniachtchi, Ian27550-164Chess,com INT17 Sep 2024
24Nepomniachtchi, Ian2755Mitrabha, Guha25181-045Chess,com INT17 Sep 2024
25Nagy, Gabor2459Nepomniachtchi, Ian27550-136Chess,com INT17 Sep 2024
26Nepomniachtchi, Ian2755Kadric, Denis25531/2-1/252Chess,com INT17 Sep 2024
27Pawar, Harshit2213Nepomniachtchi, Ian27550-149Chess,com INT17 Sep 2024
28Nepomniachtchi, Ian2755Kislinsky, Alexey23551-057Chess,com INT17 Sep 2024
29Eugene, Floryan2441Nepomniachtchi, Ian27551/2-1/265Chess,com INT17 Sep 2024
30Nepomniachtchi, Ian2755Manmay, Chopra22171-059Chess,com INT17 Sep 2024
31Verbovsky, Michal2224Nepomniachtchi, Ian27550-142Chess,com INT17 Sep 2024
32Nepomniachtchi, Ian2755Bashirli, Saadat18941-045Chess,com INT17 Sep 2024
33Savitha Shri, B.2348Nepomniachtchi, Ian27551-047Chess,com INT17 Sep 2024
34Abdusattorov, Nodirbek2762Nepomniachtchi, Ian27671-027Saint Louis28 Aug 2024
35Nepomniachtchi, Ian2767Firouzja, Alireza27511/2-1/280Saint Louis27 Aug 2024
36Praggnanandhaa R2749Nepomniachtchi, Ian27671/2-1/219Saint Louis26 Aug 2024
37Nepomniachtchi, Ian2767Caruana, Fabiano27930-125Saint Louis25 Aug 2024
38Nepomniachtchi, Ian2767Ding, Liren27451/2-1/266Saint Louis23 Aug 2024
39So, Wesley2751Nepomniachtchi, Ian27671-050Saint Louis22 Aug 2024
40Nepomniachtchi, Ian2767Giri, Anish27461-037Saint Louis21 Aug 2024
41Gukesh D2766Nepomniachtchi, Ian27671/2-1/260Saint Louis20 Aug 2024
42Nepomniachtchi, Ian2767Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime27211/2-1/238Saint Louis19 Aug 2024
43Nepomniachtchi, Ian2767Aronian, Levon27291/2-1/260Saint Louis16 Aug 2024
44Dominguez Perez, Leinier2748Nepomniachtchi, Ian27670-169Saint Louis16 Aug 2024
45Nepomniachtchi, Ian2767Firouzja, Alireza27510-148Saint Louis16 Aug 2024
46Caruana, Fabiano2793Nepomniachtchi, Ian27671-066Saint Louis16 Aug 2024
47Vachier Lagrave, Maxime2721Nepomniachtchi, Ian27671-057Saint Louis16 Aug 2024
48Nepomniachtchi, Ian2767Abdusattorov, Nodirbek27620-128Saint Louis16 Aug 2024
49Nakamura, Hikaru2802Nepomniachtchi, Ian27671-039Saint Louis16 Aug 2024
50Nepomniachtchi, Ian2767Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu27490-147Saint Louis16 Aug 2024
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