Nepomniachtchi, Ian Age 33

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Title
Grandmaster
Live Rating
2764.6
Live Rank
#5
FIDE Rating
2758
World Rank
#7
FIDE Peak Rating
2795 - Mar 2023 (Age 32)
FIDE Peak Rank
#2 (2793) - Feb 2023 (Age 32)
Rapid
2754 World #4, Peak 2821 (Nov 2015)
Blitz
2800 World #6, 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:
2803
Wins:
1096 (39%)
Losses:
546 (20%)
Draws:
1161 (41%)
Total score:
60%
Performance :
Performance for the last active 12 months:
2769
White:
C45 Scotch Game (68 games)
B12 Caro-Kann Defense (45 games)
B33 Sicilian Defense (41 games)
Black:
B90 Sicilian Defense (108 games)
D85 Grünfeld Defense (68 games)
B51 Sicilian Defense (47 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 
1Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi2727Nepomniachtchi, Ian27580-167Toronto17 Apr 2024
2Nepomniachtchi, Ian2758Gukesh, Dommaraju27431/2-1/240Toronto15 Apr 2024
3Firouzja, Alireza2760Nepomniachtchi, Ian27581/2-1/244Toronto14 Apr 2024
4Nepomniachtchi, Ian2758Abasov, Nijat Azad26321/2-1/263Toronto13 Apr 2024
5Nakamura, Hikaru2789Nepomniachtchi, Ian27581/2-1/240Toronto11 Apr 2024
6Nepomniachtchi, Ian2758Caruana, Fabiano28031/2-1/241Toronto10 Apr 2024
7Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu2747Nepomniachtchi, Ian27581/2-1/244Toronto9 Apr 2024
8Nepomniachtchi, Ian2758Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi27271-044Toronto7 Apr 2024
9Gukesh, Dommaraju2743Nepomniachtchi, Ian27581/2-1/240Toronto6 Apr 2024
10Nepomniachtchi, Ian2758Firouzja, Alireza27601-045Toronto5 Apr 2024
11Abasov, Nijat Azad2632Nepomniachtchi, Ian27581/2-1/234Toronto4 Apr 2024
12Nepomniachtchi, Ian2769Van Foreest, Jorden26821/2-1/231Wijk aan Zee28 Jan 2024
13Firouzja, Alireza2759Nepomniachtchi, Ian27691-028Wijk aan Zee27 Jan 2024
14Giri, Anish2749Nepomniachtchi, Ian27691/2-1/231Wijk aan Zee26 Jan 2024
15Nepomniachtchi, Ian2769Ding, Liren27801-036Wijk aan Zee24 Jan 2024
16Wei, Yi2740Nepomniachtchi, Ian27691-041Wijk aan Zee23 Jan 2024
17Nepomniachtchi, Ian2769Abdusattorov, Nodirbek27271-065Wijk aan Zee21 Jan 2024
18Maghsoodloo, Parham2740Nepomniachtchi, Ian27691/2-1/256Wijk aan Zee20 Jan 2024
19Nepomniachtchi, Ian2769Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu27431/2-1/244Wijk aan Zee19 Jan 2024
20Gukesh, Dommaraju2725Nepomniachtchi, Ian27691-049Wijk aan Zee18 Jan 2024
21Nepomniachtchi, Ian2769Donchenko, Alexander26431/2-1/256Wijk aan Zee16 Jan 2024
22Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi2742Nepomniachtchi, Ian27691/2-1/255Wijk aan Zee15 Jan 2024
23Nepomniachtchi, Ian2769Ju, Wenjun25491/2-1/280Wijk aan Zee14 Jan 2024
24Warmerdam, Max2625Nepomniachtchi, Ian27690-129Wijk aan Zee13 Jan 2024
25Daneshvar, Bardiya2591Nepomniachtchi, Ian27711/2-1/2104Samarkand30 Dec 2023
26Nepomniachtchi, Ian2771Duda, Jan Krzysztof27321-028Samarkand30 Dec 2023
27Indjic, Aleksandar2589Nepomniachtchi, Ian27711/2-1/225Samarkand30 Dec 2023
28Nepomniachtchi, Ian2771Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar27270-139Samarkand30 Dec 2023
29Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar2716Nepomniachtchi, Ian27951/2-1/249Samarkand30 Dec 2023
30Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar2723Nepomniachtchi, Ian27711/2-1/225Samarkand30 Dec 2023
31Nepomniachtchi, Ian2771Vachier Lagrave, Maxime27311/2-1/235Samarkand30 Dec 2023
32Nihal, Sarin2688Nepomniachtchi, Ian27710-158Samarkand30 Dec 2023
33Nepomniachtchi, Ian2771Shimanov, Aleksandr25781-046Samarkand30 Dec 2023
34Murzin, Volodar2627Nepomniachtchi, Ian27711/2-1/245Samarkand30 Dec 2023
35Nepomniachtchi, Ian2771Carlsen, Magnus28301/2-1/237Samarkand30 Dec 2023
36Dubov, Daniil2710Nepomniachtchi, Ian27711/2-1/212Samarkand29 Dec 2023
37Nepomniachtchi, Ian2771Rapport, Richard27311-071Samarkand29 Dec 2023
38Artemiev, Vladislav2711Nepomniachtchi, Ian27711/2-1/238Samarkand29 Dec 2023
39Nepomniachtchi, Ian2771Salem, AR Saleh26391-063Samarkand29 Dec 2023
40Giri, Anish2754Nepomniachtchi, Ian27711/2-1/229Samarkand29 Dec 2023
41Nepomniachtchi, Ian2795Lazavik, Denis25561-042Samarkand29 Dec 2023
42Vasquez Schroder, Rodrigo Rafael2475Nepomniachtchi, Ian27710-139Samarkand29 Dec 2023
43Nepomniachtchi, Ian2771Dardha, Daniel25981-037Samarkand29 Dec 2023
44Dreev, Alexey2606Nepomniachtchi, Ian27711/2-1/276Samarkand29 Dec 2023
45Nepomniachtchi, Ian2771Xue, Haowen24551-050Samarkand29 Dec 2023
46Rakhmanov, Alexander2521Nepomniachtchi, Ian27951/2-1/22829 Dec 2023
47Rakhmanov, Alexander2614Nepomniachtchi, Ian27711/2-1/249Samarkand29 Dec 2023
48Maghsoodloo, Parham2742Nepomniachtchi, Ian27711-057Samarkand28 Dec 2023
49Shevchenko, Kirill2651Nepomniachtchi, Ian27710-191Samarkand28 Dec 2023
50Nepomniachtchi, Ian2771Vakhidov, Jahongir25991/2-1/241Samarkand28 Dec 2023
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