Nepomniachtchi, IanAge 34


Source: de.chessbase.com

Title
Grandmaster
Live Rating
2757.0
Live Rank
#10
FIDE Rating
2757
World Rank
#10
FIDE Peak Rating
2795 - Mar 2023 (Age 32)
FIDE Peak Rank
#2 (2793) - Feb 2023 (Age 32)
Rapid
2762 World #3, Peak 2821 (Nov 2015)
Blitz
2809 World #3, 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:
3056
Wins:
1198 (39%)
Losses:
589 (19%)
Draws:
1269 (42%)
Total score:
60%
Performance :
Performance for the last active 12 months:
2765
White:
C45 Scotch Game (68 games)
B12 Caro-Kann Defense (48 games)
C54 Italian Game (44 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:

  • First GM norm at the 2007 Corus Tournament (C Group)
  • Second norm at the the European Individual Championship in 2007.
  • Third norm at the World's Youth Stars tournament, also in 2007.

Highest Ratings:

  • Classical (live): 2799.8 (10 April 2023)
  • Classical (official): 2795 (March 2023)
  • Rapid: 2821 (November 2015 and January 2022)
  • Blitz: 2880 (July 2014)

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 
1
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
2757
Grischuk, Alexander
26821/2-1/213Moscow23 May 2025board
2
Matlakov, Maxim
2626
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
27571/2-1/214Moscow23 May 2025board
3
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
2757
Svidler, Peter
26981-038Moscow23 May 2025board
4
Radjabov, Teimour
2692
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
27571/2-1/247Moscow22 May 2025board
5
Niemann, Hans Moke
2736
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
27570-140Moscow22 May 2025board
6
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
2757
Artemiev, Vladislav
26791/2-1/241Moscow22 May 2025board
7
Malakhov, Vladimir
2642
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
27570-143Moscow21 May 2025board
8
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
2757
Dubov, Daniil
26931/2-1/255Moscow21 May 2025board
9
Tomashevsky, Evgeny
2681
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
27571/2-1/220Moscow21 May 2025board
10
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
2757
Abdusattorov, Nodirbek
27731-070Paris, FR14 Apr 2025board
11
Abdusattorov, Nodirbek
2773
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
27570-144Paris, FR13 Apr 2025board
12
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
2758
Erigaisi Arjun
27081/2-1/278Paris, FR12 Apr 2025board
13
Erigaisi Arjun
2782
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
27571-024Paris, FR12 Apr 2025board
14
Erigaisi Arjun
2708
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
27581-039Paris, FR12 Apr 2025board
15
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
2757
Erigaisi Arjun
27821-041Paris, FR11 Apr 2025board
16
Keymer, Vincent
2649
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
27581/2-1/280Paris, FR10 Apr 2025board
17
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
2758
Keymer, Vincent
26490-137Paris, FR10 Apr 2025board
18
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
2757
Keymer, Vincent
27181/2-1/237Paris, FR10 Apr 2025board
19
Keymer, Vincent
2718
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
27571/2-1/244Paris, FR9 Apr 2025board
20
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
2758
Gukesh D
26541-021Pairs, FR8 Apr 2025board
21
Carlsen, Magnus
2819
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
27581/2-1/249Pairs, FR8 Apr 2025board
22
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
2758
Erigaisi Arjun
27081-039Pairs, FR8 Apr 2025board
23
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi
2650
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
27580-147Pairs, FR8 Apr 2025board
24
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
2758
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime
27451-026Pairs, FR8 Apr 2025board
25
Caruana, Fabiano
2756
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
27581/2-1/291Pairs, FR7 Apr 2025board
26
Rapport, Richard
2709
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
27580-149Pairs, FR7 Apr 2025board
27
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
2758
Abdusattorov, Nodirbek
27321/2-1/290Pairs, FR7 Apr 2025board
28
Keymer, Vincent
2649
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
27580-139Pairs, FR7 Apr 2025board
29
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
2758
Praggnanandhaa R
26840-173Pairs, FR7 Apr 2025board
30
Nakamura, Hikaru
2734
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
27580-144Pairs, FR7 Apr 2025board
31
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
2755
Pultinevicius, Paulius
25871-055Germany24 Mar 2025board
32
Michalik, Peter
2564
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
27551/2-1/248Germany23 Mar 2025board
33
Goganov, Aleksey
2472
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
27531/2-1/215Moscow6 Mar 2025board
34
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
2753
Niemann, Hans Moke
27341/2-1/213Moscow5 Mar 2025board
35
Hakobyan, Aram
2635
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
27530-160Moscow5 Mar 2025board
36
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
2753
Najer, Evgeniy
26371-055Moscow4 Mar 2025board
37
Daneshvar, Bardiya
2609
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
27531/2-1/241Moscow3 Mar 2025board
38
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
2753
Zemlyanskii, Ivan
25501/2-1/242Moscow3 Mar 2025board
39
Drygalov, Sergey
2551
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
27530-135Moscow2 Mar 2025board
40
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
2753
Garifullina, Leya
24461-026Moscow2 Mar 2025board
41
Grachev, Alexey1
2405
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
27530-130Moscow1 Mar 2025board
42
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
2755
Kollars, Dmitrij
26591/2-1/284Germany2 Feb 2025board
43
Firouzja, Alireza
2767
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
27551/2-1/230Germany1 Feb 2025board
44
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
2755
Carlsen, Magnus
28311/2-1/248New York31 Dec 2024board
45
Carlsen, Magnus
2831
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
27551/2-1/231New York31 Dec 2024board
46
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
2755
Carlsen, Magnus
28311/2-1/243New York31 Dec 2024board
47
Carlsen, Magnus
2831
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
27550-131New York31 Dec 2024board
48
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
2755
Carlsen, Magnus
28311-054New York31 Dec 2024board
49
Carlsen, Magnus
2831
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
27551-036New York31 Dec 2024board
50
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
2755
Carlsen, Magnus
28310-157New York31 Dec 2024board