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Nepomniachtchi learned to play chess at age four. His grandfather Boris Iosifovich Nepomniashchy (1929–1998) was a famous teacher and lyricist in Bryansk . Nepomniachtchi's first coaches were his uncle Igor Nepomniashchy, Valentin Evdokimenko, international master Valery Zilberstein, and grandmaster Sergei Yanovsky.
Ian Nepomniachtchi (born 1990), Russian grandmaster [44] Aron Nimzowitsch (1886–1935), Latvian-born Danish [31] Isaías Pleci (1907–1979), Argentine [46] Judit Polgár (born 1976), Hungarian grandmaster [18] Susan Polgár (born 1969), Hungarian-born US grandmaster and World champion [47]
Ian Nepomniachtchi: 2795 2023-03 1990 18 India: Gukesh Dommaraju: 2794 2024-10 2006 Current World Chess Champion (since 2024) 19 Azerbaijan: Teimour Radjabov: 2793 2012-11 1987 Formerly highest-ranked Azerbaijani player (2002–2005, 2006, 2009–2010, 2011–2017) 20 Russia: Alexander Morozevich: 2788 2008-07 1977 Ukraine Russia: Sergey ...
Qualification method Player Age Rating World ranking (April 2024) 2023 World Championship runner-up : Ian Nepomniachtchi [a]: 33 2758 7 The top three finishers in the Chess World Cup 2023 [b]
Ian Nepomniachtchi, 2786 (peak years 2020–2022) Vladimir Kramnik, 2785 (peak years 2000–2007) Viswanathan Anand, 2780 (peak years 2007–2014) Veselin Topalov, 2773 (peak years 2005–2009) Anatoly Karpov, 2746 (peak years 1974–1984) Mikhail Tal, 2711 (peak years 1958–1960) Vasily Smyslov, 2687 (peak years 1953–1957)
In December 2021, soon after the 2021 championship (against Ian Nepomniachtchi), Carlsen stated that he lacked the motivation to defend his title again, unless the challenger was Alireza Firouzja. Firouzja had risen to number two in the world rankings in 2021 at age 18. [8]
Gukesh, who became at the age of 12 then the second-youngest grandmaster in history represents a new wave of Indian talent after Anand broke Russia’s grip on the game with his title win in 2007.
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 ...