Nepomniachtchi
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Nepomniachtchi

Move by Move

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eBook - ePub

Nepomniachtchi

Move by Move

About this book

Ian Nepomniachtchi, challenger to Magnus Carlsen's World Championship title in 2021, is an outstanding chess talent. "Nepo" as he is universally known is a fascinating player and this book assesses his career and analyses his original and creative style in great depth with numerous deeply annotated games. Nepo is one of the very few players in the world to hold (at least prior to the match) a plus score (four wins to one with six draws) against Carlsen in classical chess. Nepo and Carlsen are peers and first started playing each other in the Under-12 category of the World Youth Championship in 2002. In that event, Nepo edged out Carlsen on tie-break. At that time he out-rated Carlsen by 100 points and was generally considered to be the more promising of the two prodigies. Nepo is a fascinating player who loves open and irrational positions and excels when on the attack. Unsurprisingly, he cites Mikhail Tal as his all-time favorite player and says Tal is the player who has exerted the greatest influence on him. As with that great Latvian genius, Nepo thrives on anarchy and chaos and has frequently got the better of Carlsen in games with mind-boggling complications. He is also lethal when he has the initiative. Nepo has steadily climbed the world rankings and his finest achievement was his victory in the 2020/2021 Candidates' tournament with 8½/14 points (+5-2=7) which gave him the right to challenge Carlsen for the world title.

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Information

Publisher
Popular Chess
eBook ISBN
9781781946312
Year
2021

Table of contents

  1. About the Author
  2. Bibliography
  3. Introduction
  4. 1 Prodigy: 2003-2009
  5. 2 Gathering Power: 2010-2018
  6. 3 The Road to Magnus: 2019-2021
  7. 4 What Would Nepo Do?
  8. 5 Solutions
  9. Index of Complete Games
  10. Solution
  11. Anand.V-Nepomniachtchi.I, Mainz (rapid) 2009
  12. Aronian.L-Nepomniachtchi.I, Skilling Open KO (rapid) 2020
  13. Astaneh Lopez.A-Nepomniachtchi.I, Batumi Olympiad 2018
  14. Carlsen.M-Nepomniachtchi.I, Carlsen Invitational (rapid) 2020
  15. Carlsen.M-Nepomniachtchi.I, Carlsen Invitational (rapid) 2021
  16. Carlsen.M-Nepomniachtchi.I, London Classic 2017
  17. Carlsen.M-Nepomniachtchi.I, St. Louis (rapid) 2020
  18. Carlsen.M-Nepomniachtchi.I, Wijk aan Zee 2011
  19. Giri.A-Nepomniachtchi.I, Candidates Tournament, Yekaterinburg 2020
  20. Giri.A-Nepomniachtchi.I, Wijk aan Zee 2011
  21. Ivanchuk.V-Nepomniachtchi.I, Legends of Chess (rapid) 2020
  22. Kasparov.G-Nepomniachtchi.I, St. Louis (rapid) 2017
  23. Le Quang Liem-Nepomniachtchi.I, Aeroflot Open, Moscow 2008
  24. Mamedov.R-Nepomniachtchi.I, World Team Championship, Astana 2019
  25. Najer.E-Nepomniachtchi.I, Mainz (rapid) 2008
  26. Nepomniachtchi.I-Alekseenko.K, Candidates Tournament, Yekaterinburg 2021
  27. Nepomniachtchi.I-Aronian.L, FIDE Grand Prix, Geneva 2017
  28. Nepomniachtchi.I-Bosboom.M, Wijk aan Zee 2007
  29. Nepomniachtchi.I-Bu Xiangzhi, Danzhou 2016
  30. Nepomniachtchi.I-Carlsen.M, Legends of Chess (rapid) 2020
  31. Nepomniachtchi.I-Carlsen.M, World Junior Championships, Halkidiki 2003
  32. Nepomniachtchi.I-Ding Liren, Candidates Tournament, Yekaterinburg 2020
  33. Nepomniachtchi.I-Dubov.D, Airthings Masters (rapid) 2020
  34. Nepomniachtchi.I-Grischuk.A, Russian Team Championship, Dagomys 2010
  35. Nepomniachtchi.I-Hou Yifan, FIDE Grand Prix, Geneva 2017
  36. Nepomniachtchi.I-Inarkiev.E, European Championship, Rijeka 2010
  37. Nepomniachtchi.I-Inarkiev.E, FIDE Grand Prix, Geneva 2017
  38. Nepomniachtchi.I-Ivanchuk.V, SportAccord Rapid, Beijing 2013
  39. Nepomniachtchi.I-Kramnik.V, Dortmund 2018