Ian Nepomniachtchi

About Ian Nepomniachtchi

Ian Alexandrovich Nepomniachtchi (born 14 July 1990) is a Russian chess grandmaster. Nepomniachtchi is a 2024 World Blitz Chess co-champion, alongside Magnus Carlsen. He is also a two-time Russian chess champion. He is one of very few players in history to have won two consecutive Candidates Tournaments. He is currently Russia's highest ranked active chess player. Nepomniachtchi won the 2010 and 2020 Russian Superfinal and the 2010 European Individual titles. He also won the 2016 Tal Memorial and the 2008, 2015, 2025 and 2026 Aeroflot Open events.

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