Ian Nepomniachtchi – Chessdom

Nepo: “I did everything I could, but…”

Sergio — Mon, 16 Jun 2025 09:03:09 +0000

Ian Nepomniachtchi was on the team roaster for WR Chess for the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Team 2025. A few days before the start of the event, Nepo was declined entry visa for the UK and missed the rapid event, won by MGD1. Nepo re-applied for visa and was allowed entry in the country for the blitz part of the competition, taking board 1 for WR Chess for the entire event. WR Chess won the FIDE World Blitz Team Championship and Nepo celebrated the title by posting on Twitter/X, “Despite my best effort, WR Team won Blitz section. Congrats!”

Despite my best effort, WR Team won Blitz section. Congrats! #FIDERapidBlitzTeams
— Ian Nepomniachtchi (@lachesisq) June 15, 2025

Chess.com Classic 2025 LIVE

Sergio — Mon, 19 May 2025 11:50:00 +0000

The 2025 Chess.com Classic is the last online event of this year’s Champions Chess Tour (CCT). 2025 Chess.com Classic takes place May 18-23 and will feature some of the strongest players in the world. At stake are $150,000 and the last CCT Points, which will, in turn, determine the nine remaining players qualifying for the $1.5 million 2025 Esports World Cup (EWC) via the CCT. Chess.com Classic 2025 is among the top events of The Chess Calendar for the month of May, see more from the Top Events Calendar

Invited players: Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, Gukesh D, Ding Liren, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Wei Yi. Live games will be daily on Chessdom, while additional news can be found in the Chessdom Newsletter – you can sign up for free in the form below

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Chess.com Classic 2025

Play in knockout

Play in Swiss

The Chess.com Classic kicks off with the qualifiers for non-grandmasters on May 18 at 11 a.m. ET / 17:00 CEST / 8:30 p.m. IST. The Play-In starts a day later at the same time, with the Playoffs taking place from May 20 to May 23.

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Now @GM_JKDuda and @FabianoCaruana are the only player with perfect 4,0/4 at the CCT ChessCom Classic Play In. Total of 15 players will qualify, follow the action livehttps://t.co/30vpsqNmgU
— Chessdom (@chessdom) May 19, 2025

Chess.com Classic Qualifier (May 18)

Starts: 8:00 PT / 11:00 ET / 17:00 CEST

Non-grandmaster titled players compete in a Swiss, with the top three making it to the Play-In.

Open to all non-grandmaster titled players
Players contest a nine-round Swiss
Time control: 10+0
The top three players are eligible to compete in the Play-In

Chess.com Classic Play-in (May 19)

Starts: 8:00 PT / 11:00 ET / 17:00 CEST

Qualified players join grandmasters to compete in two phases, Swiss and Match Play. The winner of the Swiss goes straight to the Playoffs. Players ranked second through 15th go to Match Play, with the winners reaching the Playoffs.

Open to all grandmasters and the top three players from the Qualifier
Time control: 10+0
Players compete in a nine-round Swiss
The top player from the Swiss goes straight to the Playoffs and selects their bracket position
Players ranked second through 15th advance to Match Play
Players ranked second through eighth choose their opponents
The 14 players who compete in the Match Play phase contest a two-game match
The winner of each Match Play match moves on to the Playoffs

Chess.com Classic Playoffs (May 20 – 23)

Starts: 8:15 PT / 11:15 ET / 17:15 CET

Eight invited players join the eight players who made it to the Playoffs to compete for top prize money and CCT Points, which may grant them a spot at the Esports World Cup.

Eight invited players join the eight players who made it to the Playoffs
Players contest a double-elimination bracket
Winners Bracket matches consist of four games
Losers Bracket matches consist of two games
Grand Final match consists of four games
Grand Final Reset, if necessary, consists of two games
If the match ends in a tie, a bidding armageddon game with a base time of 10 minutes decides the winner

Divisions Cash Prizes

Place	Points	Prize
1st	100	$25,000
2nd	80	$20,000
3rd	65	$15,000
4th	50	$10,000
5th (x2)	40	$8,000
7th (x2)	30	$7,000
9th (x4)	20	$6,000
13th (x4)	10	$5,000

Global Chess League 2024 LIVE

Sergio — Tue, 08 Oct 2024 10:39:00 +0000

The strongest chess event ever held in the UK – The Tech Mahindra Global Chess League is taking place 3-12 October in London and features Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, Vishy Anand, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Anish Giri, and Ian Nepomniachtchi along with 30 other world-class players including the best female and junior players in the world.

Live games will be daily on Chessdom.com , with video and games coverage

Alpine SG Pipers Magnus Carlsen, Praggnanandhaa R, Richard Rapport, Hou Yifan, Kateryna Lagno, Daniel Dardha

Ganges Grandmasters Viswanathan Anand, Arjun Erigaisi, Parham Maghsoodloo, Vaishali R, Nurgyul Salimova, Volodar Murzin

Mumba Masters Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Vidit Gujrathi, Alexander Grischuk, Koneru Humpy, Harika Dronavalli, Raunak Sadhwani

PBG Alaskan Knights Anish Giri, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Tan Zhongyi, Alina Kashlinskaya, Nihal Sarin

Triveni Continental Kings Ian Nepomniachtchi, Wei Yi, Teimour Radjabov, Alexandra Kosteniuk, Valentina Gunina, Javokhir Sindarov

American Gambits Hikaru Nakamura, Vladislav Artemiev, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Bibisara Assaubayeva, Elisabeth Paehtz, Jonas Buhl Bjerre

Tech Mahindra Global Chess League 2024

Sergio — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 01:14:00 +0000

The strongest chess event ever held in the UK – The Tech Mahindra Global Chess League is due to start next month in London. The ridiculously strong event features Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, Vishy Anand, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Anish Giri, and Ian Nepomniachtchi along with 30 other world-class players including the best female and junior players in the world. Tickets are already on sale – at chess.co.uk.

More about GCL: Tech Mahindra Global Chess League 2024 detailed information / Live games

Billed as the IPL of chess, this will be the second season of the Global Chess League, a ridiculously strong six-team competition run on a franchise system. Each team comprises six players and will take part in a double-round all-play-all, before the top two sides play off for the title. All games are a brisk 20 minutes per player – without any increment – so expect plenty of dramatic time scrambles.

Last year’s inaugural Tech Mahindra Global Chess League in Dubai saw a quite gripping final: Triveni Continental Kings and upGrad Mumba Masters finished level at 6-6. Two rounds of extra time or rather blitz failed to alter the equilibrium, meaning a penalty shoot-out type scenario: a series of sudden death blitz games began, ending when the young Danish Grandmaster Jonas Bjerre defeated teenage Uzbek Olympiad star Javokhir Sindarov.

Following his dominant performance in the Chess.com Speed Chess Championship – crushing Hans Niemann 17½-12½ then Alireza Firouzja by a whopping 23½-7½ in the final in Paris – all eyes will be on the dominant world number one, Magnus Carlsen, who heads up the Alpine SG Pipers. Their two ‘superstar men’ are 19-year-old Indian sensation Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa and Richard Rapport, with their two ‘superstar women’ also mightily impressive: Hou Yifan and Kateryna Lagno. Throw in 18-year-old Belgian number one Daniel Dardha as the ‘prodigy’ and it’s not hard to see why the Pipers are favourites.

The legendary Vishy Anand is a worthy icon if ever there was one and heads up the Ganges Grandmasters. The former world champion will have to do battle with not just Carlsen, but his fellow icons: Hikaru Nakamura (American Gambits), Ian Nepomniachtchi (Triveni Continental Kings), Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (Mumba Masters) and Anish Giri (PBG Alaskan Knights).

Tech Mahindra Global Chess League 2024 participants

Alpine SG Pipers Magnus Carlsen, Praggnanandhaa R, Richard Rapport, Hou Yifan, Kateryna Lagno, Daniel Dardha

Ganges Grandmasters Viswanathan Anand, Arjun Erigaisi, Parham Maghsoodloo, Vaishali R, Nurgyul Salimova, Volodar Murzin

Mumba Masters Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Vidit Gujrathi, Alexander Grischuk, Koneru Humpy, Harika Dronavalli, Raunak Sadhwani

PBG Alaskan Knights Anish Giri, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Tan Zhongyi, Alina Kashlinskaya, Nihal Sarin

Triveni Continental Kings Ian Nepomniachtchi, Wei Yi, Teimour Radjabov, Alexandra Kosteniuk, Valentina Gunina, Javokhir Sindarov

American Gambits Hikaru Nakamura, Vladislav Artemiev, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Bibisara Assaubayeva, Elisabeth Paehtz, Jonas Buhl Bjerre

The team line-ups were determined by an auction, which took place in August in Delhi. Each franchise was allocated 1000 points for five players in their team (the icon top boards were already decided), with any players they wished to retain from last year costing 200 points. Bidding for each new player began at 50 points and could go all the way up to 800!

To buy tickets for the Global Chess League (Friends House, London) please visit chess.co.uk. Tickets are available for each of the 10 days: Thursday October 3rd to Saturday October 12th. For the very keen, there’s also the option of a season pass, and packages are available for group and chess club bookings – contact info@chess.co.uk for more details.

Play begins at 1pm on each of the first nine days, with further rounds at 3pm and 4.45pm, as well as 2.15pm on some days (the final kicks off at 2.15pm on October 12th). There will be a lot of chess, high quality chess at that, as well as commentary at the venue and analysis for the audience supplied between rounds.

Vugar Gashimov Memorial 2024 LIVE

Sergio — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 22:14:49 +0000

The Vugar Gashimov Memorial 2024 is a 8-player round-robin tournament, held from the 26th to the 27th of September in Shusha, Azerbaijan. Players include Vidit Santosh Gujrathi, who recently won gold with India, Vladislav Artemiev, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Richard Rapport, Aydin Suleymanli, Ian Nepomniachtchi. Update: Hans Niemann claims to have been invited to Gashimov Memorial 2024, but multiple players blocked his invitation.

Throwback: Nodirbek Abdusattorov wins Vugar Gashimov Memorial 2022 / The first Vugar Gashimov Memorial with Carlsen and Nakamura / Unveiling of the Vugar Gashimov monument

Live games from the Vugar Gashimov Memorial 2024 will be live, in cooperation with Lichess

Julius Baer Generation Cup 2024

Sergio — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 12:30:30 +0000

Julius Baer Generation Cup 2024 finals are going start this September 25. It is the final leg of the 2024 Champions Chess Tour. GMs Magnus Carlsen, Alireza Firouzja, and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave have already secured their spots in the finals, but several more places remain up for grabs. Players can qualify by either winning this event or by finishing among the top performers on the Champions Chess Tour Leaderboard.

Among the participants in Julius Baer Generation Cup 2024 are Magnus Carlsen, Arjun Erigaisi, Alireza Firouzja, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, ALexander Grischuk, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Vidit Gujrathi.

This online event comes right before the strongest chess event ever held in the UK – the Tech Mahindra Global Chess League

Throwback: After winning Julius Baer, Magnus Carlsen says: I want cheating in chess to be dealt with seriously

New: The final of the Champions Chess Tour 2024 is in Oslo

Nepo – Ding 2023, game 14 LIVE

Sergio — Sun, 03 Sep 2023 07:10:00 +0000

Ian Nepomniachtchi vs Ding Liren, aka Nepo – Ding is the final of the World Chess Championship 2023. The Nepo – Ding match will take place in Astana, Kazakhstan, from April 7 to May 1, at the elegant St. Regis Astana hotel. All the games start at 15:00 local time (GMT+6), and there is a rest day every two rounds. Ding – Nepo game 14 is set to start on April 29, Ding and Nepo have 6,5 points each. Update: the match goes to tiebreak, follow the tiebreak live here

In the parallel computer World Chess Championship Stockfish won the Superfinal (also live on Twitch here) . This is the 14th time Stockfish wins the highest title in computer chess.

Replay: Nepo – Ding game 1 / Ding – Nepo game 2 / Nepo – Ding game 3 / Nepo – Ding game 4 / Nepo – Ding game 5 / Nepo – Ding game 6 / Nepo – Ding game 7 / Nepo – Ding game 8 / Nepo – Ding game 9 / Nepo – Ding game 10 / Nepo – Ding game 11 / Nepo – Ding game 12 / Nepo – Ding game 13 / Nepo – Ding game 14 / Nepo – Ding tiebreaks
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Santosh Gujrathi Vidit – Ian Nepomniachtchi, FIDE World Cup 2023 1/8 final – LIVE

Kamen — Fri, 11 Aug 2023 18:44:00 +0000

Santosh Gujrathi Vidit – Ian Nepomniachtchi is 1/8 final game of 2023 FIDE World Cup.
The other games from 1/8 final stage of the tournament are : Magnus Carlsen -Vasyl Ivanchuk / Hao Wang – D Gukesh / Nijat Abasov – A.R. Saleh Salem / Santosh Gujrathi Vidit – Ian Nepomniachtchi / Fabiano Caruana – Jan-Krzysztof Duda / Leinier Dominguez Perez – Alexey Sarana / Erigaisi Arjun – Nils Grandelius / Ferenc Berkes – Praggnanandhaa R

FIDE Women’s World Cup round 1/4 : Elisabeth Paehtz – Anna Muzychuk / Polina Shuvalova – Nurgyul Salimova / Zhongyi Tan – Bella Khotenashvili / Aleksandra Goryachkina – Harika Dronavalli

The 2023 FIDE World Cup is a 206-player knockout taking place in Baku, Azerbaijan from July 30 to August 24. The prize fund is almost $1.9m, with $110,000 for the winner, while the top 3 players also qualify for the 2024 Candidates Tournament. The top 50 players, who include world nos 1-3 Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamaura and Fabiano Caruana, are seeded directly into Round 2. Each match consists of two classical games where the players have 90 minutes for 40 moves, then 30 minutes to the end of the game, plus a 30-second increment from move 1. If tied, a playoff will be held on the 3rd day. There are two 25+10 rapid games followed, if needed, by two 10+10 games, then two 5+3 games. If still tied, the players then play single 3+2 games until a player wins. No draw offers are allowed until after move 30.
Chessdom.com will daily follow the live games.

FIDE World Cup round 4 : Magnus Carlsen – Vincent Keymer / Vasyl Ivanchuk – Vahap Sanal / Rasmus Svane – Hao Wang / Andrey Esipenko – D Gukesh / Nijat Abasov – Peter Svidler / A.R. Saleh Salem – Daniele Vocaturo / Etienne Bacrot – Santosh Gujrathi Vidit / Ian Nepomniachtchi – Nihal Sarin / Ray Robson – Fabiano Caruana / Parham Maghsoodloo – Jan-Krzysztof Duda / Radoslaw Wojtaszek – Leinier Dominguez Perez / Wesley So – Alexey Sarana / Nils Grandelius – Jaime Santos Latasa / Erigaisi Arjun – Javokhir Sindarov / Ruslan Ponomariov – Ferenc Berkes / Hikaru Nakamura – Praggnanandhaa R
FIDE Women’s World Cup round 4 : Wenjun Ju – Elisabeth Paehtz / Anna Muzychuk – Mariya Muzychuk / Teodora Injac – Polina Shuvalova / Nurgyul Salimova – Medina Warda Aulia / Humpy Koneru – Bella Khotenashvili / Jiner Zhu – Zhongyi Tan / Eline Roebers – Harika Dronavalli / Nino Batsiashvili – Aleksandra Goryachkina
Parallel :Shopping Patio Pinda Festival / Summer Prague Open / U20 Israeli Youth Championship / Krefeld Summer Open
More :Badalona Open / Nordhäuser Schachopen / Thessaloniki Open A / Sueca Open / Spilimbergo Master

Ian Nepomniachtchi – Nihal Sarin, FIDE World Cup 2023 round 4 – LIVE

Kamen — Wed, 09 Aug 2023 06:13:00 +0000

Ian Nepomniachtchi – Nihal Sarin is a game from round 4 of 2023 FIDE World Cup.
The other games from round 4 are : Magnus Carlsen – Vincent Keymer / Vasyl Ivanchuk – Vahap Sanal / Rasmus Svane – Hao Wang / Andrey Esipenko – D Gukesh / Nijat Abasov – Peter Svidler / A.R. Saleh Salem – Daniele Vocaturo / Etienne Bacrot – Santosh Gujrathi Vidit / Ian Nepomniachtchi – Nihal Sarin / Ray Robson – Fabiano Caruana / Parham Maghsoodloo – Jan-Krzysztof Duda / Radoslaw Wojtaszek – Leinier Dominguez Perez / Wesley So – Alexey Sarana / Nils Grandelius – Jaime Santos Latasa / Erigaisi Arjun – Javokhir Sindarov / Ruslan Ponomariov – Ferenc Berkes / Hikaru Nakamura – Praggnanandhaa R

The 2023 FIDE World Cup is a 206-player knockout taking place in Baku, Azerbaijan from July 30 to August 24. The prize fund is almost $1.9m, with $110,000 for the winner, while the top 3 players also qualify for the 2024 Candidates Tournament. The top 50 players, who include world nos 1-3 Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamaura and Fabiano Caruana, are seeded directly into Round 2. Each match consists of two classical games where the players have 90 minutes for 40 moves, then 30 minutes to the end of the game, plus a 30-second increment from move 1. If tied, a playoff will be held on the 3rd day. There are two 25+10 rapid games followed, if needed, by two 10+10 games, then two 5+3 games. If still tied, the players then play single 3+2 games until a player wins. No draw offers are allowed until after move 30.
Chessdom.com will daily follow the live games.

All about FIDE Wrold Cup 2023 :2023 FIDE Women’s World Cup / 2023 FIDE World Cup / Yi Wei – Vasyl Ivanchuk,FIDE World Cup 2023 round 3 LIVE / Magnus Carlsen – Aryan Tari, FIDE World Cup 2023 round 3 LIVE / David W L Howell – Hao Wang, FIDE World Cup 2023 round 3 LIVE / Ivan Cheparinov – Jan-Krzysztof Duda, FIDE World Cup 2023 round 3 LIVE / Peter Svidler – Jorden Van Foreest, FIDE World Cup 2023 round 3 LIVE / Benjamin Gledura – Hikaru Nakamura, FIDE World Cup 2023 round 3 LIVE
FIDE Women’s World Cup round 4 : Wenjun Ju – Elisabeth Paehtz / Anna Muzychuk – Mariya Muzychuk / Teodora Injac – Polina Shuvalova / Nurgyul Salimova – Medina Warda Aulia / Humpy Koneru – Bella Khotenashvili / Jiner Zhu – Zhongyi Tan / Eline Roebers – Harika Dronavalli / Nino Batsiashvili – Aleksandra Goryachkina
Parallel :Shopping Patio Pinda Festival / Summer Prague Open / U20 Israeli Youth Championship / Krefeld Summer Open
More :Badalona Open / Nordhäuser Schachopen / Thessaloniki Open A / Sueca Open / Spilimbergo Master

Rauf Mamedov – Ian Nepomniachtchi, FIDE World Cup 2023 round 3 LIVE

Kamen — Sat, 05 Aug 2023 07:52:00 +0000

Rauf Mamedov – Ian Nepomniachtchi is a game from round 3 of 2023 FIDE World Cup.
The 2023 FIDE World Cup is a 206-player knockout taking place in Baku, Azerbaijan from July 30 to August 24. The prize fund is almost $1.9m, with $110,000 for the winner, while the top 3 players also qualify for the 2024 Candidates Tournament. The top 50 players, who include world nos 1-3 Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamaura and Fabiano Caruana, are seeded directly into Round 2. Each match consists of two classical games where the players have 90 minutes for 40 moves, then 30 minutes to the end of the game, plus a 30-second increment from move 1. If tied, a playoff will be held on the 3rd day. There are two 25+10 rapid games followed, if needed, by two 10+10 games, then two 5+3 games. If still tied, the players then play single 3+2 games until a player wins. No draw offers are allowed until after move 30.
Chessdom.com will daily follow the live games.

All about FIDE Wrold Cup 2023 : 2023 FIDE Women’s World Cup / 2023 FIDE World Cup / Yi Wei – Vasyl Ivanchuk,FIDE World Cup 2023 round 3 LIVE / Magnus Carlsen – Aryan Tari, FIDE World Cup 2023 round 3 LIVE / David W L Howell – Hao Wang, FIDE World Cup 2023 round 3 LIVE / Ivan Cheparinov – Jan-Krzysztof Duda, FIDE World Cup 2023 round 3 LIVE / Peter Svidler – Jorden Van Foreest, FIDE World Cup 2023 round 3 LIVE / Benjamin Gledura – Hikaru Nakamura, FIDE World Cup 2023 round 3 LIVE
Parallel : Shopping Patio Pinda Festival / Summer Prague Open / U20 Israeli Youth Championship / Krefeld Summer Open
More : Badalona Open / Nordhäuser Schachopen