Niemann, Hans Moke Age 21


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Title
Grandmaster
Live Rating
2734.0
Live Rank
#19
FIDE Rating
2734
World Rank
#18
United States of America Rank
#6
FIDE Peak Rating
2734 - Nov 2024 (Age 21)
FIDE Peak Rank
#16 (2733) - Sep 2024 (Age 21)
Rapid
2624 World #81, Peak 2688 (May 2024)
Blitz
2734 World #16, Peak 2734 (Feb 2025)
Born
20 Jun 2003
San Francisco, California, USA
FIDE ID 2093596
Wikipedia

Active Years:
2013 - 2025
Total Games:
1348
Wins:
640 (47%)
Losses:
326 (25%)
Draws:
382 (28%)
Total score:
61%
Performance :
Performance for the last active 12 months:
2728
White:
C54 Italian Game (35 games)
D00 Amazon Attack (22 games)
E11 Bogo-Indian Defense (19 games)
Black:
C67 Ruy Lopez (21 games)
B51 Sicilian Defense (18 games)
C55 Italian Game (15 games)

Each era creates its own heroes and antiheroes. From the very start of his career, Niemann consciously chose the role of the "Bad Guy." Conflicts, disputes, and clashes with the strongest players in the chess world have followed him throughout. Whether this will help Hans achieve his goal, and he aims to become the world champion, only time will tell.

Niemann was born on June 20, 2003 in San Francisco, but at the age of 7, he moved to the Netherlands with his parents. Hans attended a school for gifted children where he learned to play chess. His rapid progress allowed him to become an online chess instructor in middle school, gaining financial independence. At 13, after returning to the U.S., he immediately won the national U18 championship, joined the youth team and earned the title of IM. However, his international achievements at this stage were limited to 3rd place at the U16 World Championship in 2018.

At times, the American would deliver phenomenal performances. He won 20 consecutive games in the 2019 ChessKid Games, scored 10/10 in the Foxwoods Open Blitz Tournament and started 7.5/8 at the U20 World Championship. However, Niemann didn't always finish first. Due to his inconsistent results, it wasn't until 2021 that Hans became a grandmaster, though he never missed an opportunity to declare that he would undoubtedly become the world champion!

That summer, "Chess Life" featured Niemann on its cover. Shortly after he won the World Open (7.5/9), the U.S. Junior Championship (6/9) and placed second at the U.S. Open (8/9). He began 2022 in the top 100 and by midyear, after victories at the Capablanca Memorial (7.5/9), TePe Sigeman & Co (5/7) and Prague Challengers (6.5/9), he was already among the top 50! Soon, he shook the internet with a surprise win against Carlsen in the Miami online series, but it was his comments that caused the real stir. He won only the 1st game of the match, with the remaining three going to the world champion, but the American boldly stated: "Chess speaks for itself!" Magnus remained silent, especially as Hans's reputation in online chess was far from spotless – Chess.com had blocked his account several times, and Niemann later admitted to cheating.

Their encounter at the Sinquefield Cup came as an even bigger surprise (Niemann replaced Rapport at the last minute). The game ended with a victory for the American, after which Carlsen immediately withdrew from the tournament! Although Magnus made no accusations, everyone understood that he suspected his opponent of foul play... Niemann finished 6th (4.5/9), but following the event, he faced open ostracism and received no further invitations to elite tournaments. His response was a $100 million lawsuit against Carlsen, Chess.com and the leadership of the largest chess platform. Two years of "war" brought no resolution and the parties eventually settled (the terms were not disclosed).

Thus, Niemann was forced to become the "king of opens." In 2022 he won the Sitges Festival (8/10). In 2023 he shared victories at the Sharjah Masters (6/9), Menorca Open (7/9), Las Vegas Super Swiss (7/9), Uralsk Open (6.5/8) and dominated the Tournament of Peace (8/9). In 2024 he triumphed at the Grenke Open (8/9). Afterward, he announced his own match series, confidently defeating Vidit, Giri, Vitiugov and Bacrot, which allowed him to break into the top 20 (2733). Hans made every effort to regain Carlsen's respect. He defeated Vachier-Lagrave and So in matches and reached the "final four" of the online Speed Chess series, where he met none other than Magnus in the semifinals.

The champion soundly defeated him but acknowledged that Hans had become much stronger. Magnus then lifted the moral ban he had imposed in refusing to sit across the board from him for two years, and even invited him to his Freestyle Chess series. It seems that, after this, the 21-year-old Niemann may finally be able to shed the "Bad Guy" mask and move toward his goal!


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Games

#White PlayerRatingBlack PlayerRatingResultMovesSiteDate 
1Niemann, Hans Moke2734Carlsen, Magnus28310-185New York31 Dec 2024
2Carlsen, Magnus2831Niemann, Hans Moke27341-039New York31 Dec 2024
3Niemann, Hans Moke2734Carlsen, Magnus28311-041New York31 Dec 2024
4Carlsen, Magnus2831Niemann, Hans Moke27341/2-1/243New York31 Dec 2024
5Nepomniachtchi, Ian2755Niemann, Hans Moke27341/2-1/213New York30 Dec 2024
6Niemann, Hans Moke2734Firouzja, Alireza27631/2-1/212New York30 Dec 2024
7Carlsen, Magnus2831Niemann, Hans Moke27341/2-1/260New York30 Dec 2024
8Niemann, Hans Moke2734Bortnyk, Olexandr26031-031New York30 Dec 2024
9Duda, Jan Krzysztof2740Niemann, Hans Moke27341/2-1/240New York30 Dec 2024
10Niemann, Hans Moke2734Dudin, Gleb25061-058New York30 Dec 2024
11Sarana, Alexey2674Niemann, Hans Moke27341/2-1/284New York30 Dec 2024
12Niemann, Hans Moke2734Caruana, Fabiano28050-162New York30 Dec 2024
13Pranav, V.2621Niemann, Hans Moke27340-122New York30 Dec 2024
14Niemann, Hans Moke2734Theodorou, Nikolas26001-089New York30 Dec 2024
15Ghosh, Diptayan2569Niemann, Hans Moke27340-166New York30 Dec 2024
16Niemann, Hans Moke2734Wagner, Dennis26161-042New York30 Dec 2024
17Nakamura, Hikaru2755Niemann, Hans Moke26180-190New York28 Dec 2024
18Niemann, Hans Moke2618Aronian, Levon27571/2-1/268New York28 Dec 2024
19Jumabayev, Rinat2503Niemann, Hans Moke26180-128New York28 Dec 2024
20Niemann, Hans Moke2618Karthik, Venkataraman24111-068New York28 Dec 2024
21Suleymenov, Alisher2413Niemann, Hans Moke26180-146New York27 Dec 2024
22Niemann, Hans Moke2618Khanin, Semen24841/2-1/245New York27 Dec 2024
23Makarian, Rudik2498Niemann, Hans Moke26181-031New York27 Dec 2024
24Niemann, Hans Moke2618Svane, Frederik24551/2-1/264New York27 Dec 2024
25Duda, Jan Krzysztof2740Niemann, Hans Moke26181-050New York26 Dec 2024
26Niemann, Hans Moke2618Ansat, Aldiyar23381-050New York26 Dec 2024
27Dominguez Perez, Leinier2699Niemann, Hans Moke26181-080New York26 Dec 2024
28Niemann, Hans Moke2618Papasimakopoulos, Alexandros24171-037New York26 Dec 2024
29Blohberger, Felix2423Niemann, Hans Moke26180-148New York26 Dec 2024
30Sevian, Samuel2689Niemann, Hans Moke27331/2-1/247Saint Louis23 Oct 2024
31Niemann, Hans Moke2733Oparin, Grigoriy26621/2-1/247Saint Louis22 Oct 2024
32Niemann, Hans Moke2733Mishra, Abhimanyu26301-073Saint Louis19 Oct 2024
33Robson, Ray2693Niemann, Hans Moke27331-040Saint Louis18 Oct 2024
34Niemann, Hans Moke2733Aronian, Levon27381/2-1/234Saint Louis17 Oct 2024
35Niemann, Hans Moke2733So, Wesley27511/2-1/242Saint Louis16 Oct 2024
36Shankland, Samuel L2677Niemann, Hans Moke27331/2-1/271Saint Louis14 Oct 2024
37Niemann, Hans Moke2733Dominguez Perez, Leinier27411-036Saint Louis13 Oct 2024
38Liang, Awonder2677Niemann, Hans Moke27331/2-1/235Saint Louis12 Oct 2024
39Niemann, Hans Moke2733Caruana, Fabiano27961/2-1/272Saint Louis11 Oct 2024
40Niemann, Hans Moke2733Nakamura, Hikaru28021-0100Paris7 Sep 2024
41Nakamura, Hikaru2802Niemann, Hans Moke27331-036Paris7 Sep 2024
42Niemann, Hans Moke2733Nakamura, Hikaru28021/2-1/264Paris7 Sep 2024
43Nakamura, Hikaru2802Niemann, Hans Moke27331-046Paris7 Sep 2024
44Niemann, Hans Moke2733Nakamura, Hikaru28021/2-1/272Paris7 Sep 2024
45Nakamura, Hikaru2802Niemann, Hans Moke27331-035Paris7 Sep 2024
46Niemann, Hans Moke2733Nakamura, Hikaru28020-130Paris7 Sep 2024
47Nakamura, Hikaru2802Niemann, Hans Moke27331-032Paris7 Sep 2024
48Niemann, Hans Moke2733Nakamura, Hikaru28020-146Paris7 Sep 2024
49Nakamura, Hikaru2802Niemann, Hans Moke27330-178Paris7 Sep 2024
50Niemann, Hans Moke2733Nakamura, Hikaru28020-136Paris7 Sep 2024