Nepomniachtchi, Ian Age 34

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Title
Grandmaster
Live Rating
2756.5
Live Rank
#10
FIDE Rating
2753
World Rank
#10
FIDE Peak Rating
2795 - Mar 2023 (Age 32)
FIDE Peak Rank
#2 (2793) - Feb 2023 (Age 32)
Rapid
2758 World #3, Peak 2821 (Nov 2015)
Blitz
2809 World #5, Peak 2880 (Jul 2014)
Born
14 Jul 1990
Bryansk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
FIDE ID 4168119
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Active Years:
2001 - 2025
Total Games:
3017
Wins:
1180 (39%)
Losses:
585 (20%)
Draws:
1252 (41%)
Total score:
60%
Performance :
Performance for the last active 12 months:
2762
White:
C45 Scotch Game (68 games)
B12 Caro-Kann Defense (48 games)
C54 Italian Game (42 games)
Black:
B90 Sicilian Defense (116 games)
D85 Grünfeld Defense (68 games)
B51 Sicilian Defense (49 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 
1Goganov, Aleksey2472Nepomniachtchi, Ian27531/2-1/215Moscow6 Mar 2025
2Nepomniachtchi, Ian2753Niemann, Hans Moke27341/2-1/213Moscow5 Mar 2025
3Hakobyan, Aram2635Nepomniachtchi, Ian27530-160Moscow5 Mar 2025
4Nepomniachtchi, Ian2753Najer, Evgeniy26371-055Moscow4 Mar 2025
5Daneshvar, Bardiya2609Nepomniachtchi, Ian27531/2-1/241Moscow3 Mar 2025
6Nepomniachtchi, Ian2753Zemlyanskii, Ivan25501/2-1/242Moscow3 Mar 2025
7Drygalov, Sergey2551Nepomniachtchi, Ian27530-135Moscow2 Mar 2025
8Nepomniachtchi, Ian2753Garifullina, Leya24461-026Moscow2 Mar 2025
9Grachev, Alexey12405Nepomniachtchi, Ian27530-130Moscow1 Mar 2025
10Nepomniachtchi, Ian2755Kollars, Dmitrij26591/2-1/284Germany2 Feb 2025
11Nepomniachtchi, Ian2754Kollars, Dmitrij26431/2-1/263Germany2 Feb 2025
12Firouzja, Alireza2767Nepomniachtchi, Ian27551/2-1/230Germany1 Feb 2025
13Nepomniachtchi, Ian2755Carlsen, Magnus28311/2-1/248New York31 Dec 2024
14Carlsen, Magnus2831Nepomniachtchi, Ian27551/2-1/231New York31 Dec 2024
15Nepomniachtchi, Ian2755Carlsen, Magnus28311/2-1/243New York31 Dec 2024
16Carlsen, Magnus2831Nepomniachtchi, Ian27550-131New York31 Dec 2024
17Nepomniachtchi, Ian2755Carlsen, Magnus28311-054New York31 Dec 2024
18Carlsen, Magnus2831Nepomniachtchi, Ian27551-036New York31 Dec 2024
19Nepomniachtchi, Ian2755Carlsen, Magnus28310-157New York31 Dec 2024
20Nepomniachtchi, Ian2755So, Wesley27471-038New York31 Dec 2024
21So, Wesley2747Nepomniachtchi, Ian27551/2-1/222New York31 Dec 2024
22Nepomniachtchi, Ian2755So, Wesley27471-042New York31 Dec 2024
23So, Wesley2747Nepomniachtchi, Ian27551/2-1/238New York31 Dec 2024
24Nepomniachtchi, Ian2755So, Wesley27470-185New York31 Dec 2024
25Nepomniachtchi, Ian2755Murzin, Volodar26641-052New York31 Dec 2024
26Murzin, Volodar2664Nepomniachtchi, Ian27550-133New York31 Dec 2024
27Nepomniachtchi, Ian2755Murzin, Volodar26641/2-1/260New York31 Dec 2024
28Nepomniachtchi, Ian2755Niemann, Hans Moke27341/2-1/213New York30 Dec 2024
29Murzin, Volodar2664Nepomniachtchi, Ian27551/2-1/27New York30 Dec 2024
30Nepomniachtchi, Ian2755Caruana, Fabiano28051-048New York30 Dec 2024
31Nepomniachtchi, Ian2755Firouzja, Alireza27631/2-1/214New York30 Dec 2024
32Carlsen, Magnus2831Nepomniachtchi, Ian27551/2-1/239New York30 Dec 2024
33Nepomniachtchi, Ian2755Bortnyk, Mykola24001-032New York30 Dec 2024
34Dubov, Daniil2693Nepomniachtchi, Ian27551/2-1/219New York30 Dec 2024
35Nepomniachtchi, Ian2755Ivanchuk, Vassily26301-028New York30 Dec 2024
36Grischuk, Alexander2689Nepomniachtchi, Ian27551/2-1/259New York30 Dec 2024
37Nepomniachtchi, Ian2755Svane, Rasmus26281-032New York30 Dec 2024
38Paravyan, David2620Nepomniachtchi, Ian27550-146New York30 Dec 2024
39Nepomniachtchi, Ian2755Hakobyan, Aram26251/2-1/261New York30 Dec 2024
40Andersen, Mads2592Nepomniachtchi, Ian27550-143New York30 Dec 2024
41Nepomniachtchi, Ian2758Sevian, Samuel26141-051New York28 Dec 2024
42Grischuk, Alexander2675Nepomniachtchi, Ian27581/2-1/243New York28 Dec 2024
43Nepomniachtchi, Ian2758Yu, Yangyi26981/2-1/275New York28 Dec 2024
44Sindarov, Javokhir2655Nepomniachtchi, Ian27580-130New York28 Dec 2024
45Nepomniachtchi, Ian2758Gelfand, Boris26301-032New York27 Dec 2024
46Nepomniachtchi, Ian2758Isanzhulov, Arystan24271-036New York27 Dec 2024
47Bu, Xiangzhi2569Nepomniachtchi, Ian27581/2-1/260New York27 Dec 2024
48Nepomniachtchi, Ian2758Rakhmanov, Alexander25611-056New York27 Dec 2024
49Woodward, Andy2530Nepomniachtchi, Ian27581/2-1/228New York26 Dec 2024
50Nepomniachtchi, Ian2758Durarbayli, Vasif25311/2-1/260New York26 Dec 2024
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