Ian Nepomniachtchi playing the Sicilian as Black

Player profile: Ian Nepomniachtchi
Opening: Sicilian (B20-B99)

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 42  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. D Andreikin vs I Nepomniachtchi   1-0 40 2001 WYB12 B40 Sicilian 2. J Dourerassou vs I Nepomniachtchi 0-1 29 2001 WYB12 B23 Sicilian, Closed 3. D Howell vs I Nepomniachtchi   1-0 32 2001 EYCC B12 B40 Sicilian 4. Mahamed-Mehdi Aithmidou vs I Nepomniachtchi   0-1 49 2005 BELFORT YWCC Boys Under 16 B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 5. S Novikov vs I Nepomniachtchi   1-0 68 2005 Russian Under-20 Championships B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 6. T Warakomski vs I Nepomniachtchi 1-0 49 2005 BELFORT YWCC Boys Under 16 B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 7. E Alekseev vs I Nepomniachtchi   ½-½ 30 2005 Russian Under-20 Championships B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 8. Karjakin vs I Nepomniachtchi   1-0 57 2005 Young Stars of the World B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 9. A Lenderman vs I Nepomniachtchi 1-0 53 2005 BELFORT YWCC Boys Under 16 B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 10. E Shaposhnikov vs I Nepomniachtchi   ½-½ 22 2006 Russian Club Cup B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 11. E Alekseev vs I Nepomniachtchi ½-½ 109 2006 Russian Championship Superfinal B91 Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation 12. P Smirnov vs I Nepomniachtchi 0-1 38 2006 59th Russian Championship B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 13. A Kulikov vs I Nepomniachtchi 0-1 27 2006 4th Young Stars of the World B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 14. J Geller vs I Nepomniachtchi   ½-½ 42 2006 Russian Club Cup B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 15. I Khairullin vs I Nepomniachtchi   ½-½ 24 2007 Russian Championship Higher League B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 16. A Alavkin vs I Nepomniachtchi 0-1 51 2007 Russian Championship Higher League B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 17. Motylev vs I Nepomniachtchi   ½-½ 17 2008 Aeroflot Open B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 18. E Inarkiev vs I Nepomniachtchi 1-0 31 2008 61st Russian Championship Higher League B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 19. Naiditsch vs I Nepomniachtchi ½-½ 30 2008 Sparkassen Chess Meeting B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 20. Leko vs I Nepomniachtchi ½-½ 30 2008 Sparkassen Chess Meeting B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 21. W Spoelman vs I Nepomniachtchi 0-1 46 2008 Corus (Group B) B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 22. Motylev vs I Nepomniachtchi ½-½ 42 2008 61st Russian Championship Higher League B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 23. K Szabo vs I Nepomniachtchi   ½-½ 24 2008 European Individual Championship B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 24. Bacrot vs I Nepomniachtchi ½-½ 16 2008 Corus (Group B) B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 25. Kasimdzhanov vs I Nepomniachtchi   1-0 70 2008 Ordix Open B90 Sicilian, Najdorf  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 42    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Nepomniachtchi wins | Nepomniachtchi loses

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