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Ian Alexandrovich Nepomniachtchi (Russian: Ян Алекса́ндрович Непо́мнящий, romanized: Yan Aleksandrovich Nepomnyashchiy, IPA: [ˈjan ɐlʲɪkˈsandrəvʲɪtɕ nʲɪˈpomnʲɪɕːɪj] ⓘ; born 14 July 1990) is a Russian chess grandmaster.
Ding ended up being the runner-up of Chess World Cups in 2017 and 2019 consecutively and came second in the Candidates Tournament in 2022: this qualified him for the World Chess Championship 2023 against Ian Nepomniachtchi, as Carlsen declined to defend his title. Ding won, becoming World Chess Champion, by defeating Nepomniachtchi 2½ to 1½ ...
Jews and the Sporting Life, Vol. 23 of Studies in Contemporary Jewry, Ezra Mendelsohn, Oxford University Press US, 2009, ISBN 0-19-538291-9; The Big Book of Jewish Athletes: Two Centuries of Jews in Sports – a Visual History, Peter S. Horvitz, Joachim Horvitz, S P I Books, 2007, ISBN 1-56171-927-7
Anand won the 2017 World Rapid Chess Championship, defeating Vladimir Fedoseev 2–0 in the final tiebreak after he, Fedoseev and Ian Nepomniachtchi tied for first with 10½/15 points. [107] He won the tournament ahead of Carlsen, his first victory in a world championship since losing the classical championship to Carlsen in 2013.
He qualified for the in-person semifinals by defeating Jose Martinez (14–8) and Ian Nepomniachtchi (14½–9½) in online matches. He lost his semifinal match to Alireza Firouzja (16–11) but won the consolation match against Hans Niemann (21–9) to take third place in the tournament.
Ian Nepomniachtchi: Ding Liren: 1.5 – 2.5 Round 6. 28 April 2020 Magnus Carlsen: Ian Nepomniachtchi: 3 – 2 Alireza Firouzja: Anish Giri: 2.5 – 1.5 Round 6. 29 April 2020 Hikaru Nakamura: Ding Liren: 3 – 2 Fabiano Caruana: Maxime Vachier-Lagrave: 2.5 – 1.5 Round 7. 30 April 2020 Ding Liren: Magnus Carlsen: 3 – 1 Ian Nepomniachtchi ...
Caruana finished 5th with a score of 6.5/14 (+3-4=7) [e] despite being 2nd behind tournament leader Ian Nepomniachtchi after the end of the first half [75] of the tournament. [76] [77] [78] From July 28 to August 9, Caruana played board 1 for the US at the 44th Chess Olympiad in Chennai where his team finished 5th despite being seeded 1st. [79]
[64] [65] So had also won the semifinal match against Ian Nepomniachtchi by reaching a score of 13–5 in the third fast rapid game, posting 3 wins, 4 draws and again no losses. Leonard Barden observed that the score unadjusted for time controls would be 5-1 and compared this "crushing" defeat to Bobby Fischer's double 6-0 victories in the 1971 ...