page_title: Ian Nepomniachtchi
hierarchical_section_title: Ian Nepomniachtchi
caption_attribution_description: Русский: Ян Непомнящий на Мемориале Таля 2018 English: Ian Nepomniachtchi at the Tal Memorial 2018
context_page_description: Ian Alexandrovich Nepomniachtchi is a Russian chess grandmaster.
  Nepomniachtchi won the 2010 Russian Superfinal and European Individual titles. He also won the 2016 Tal Memorial and 2008 and 2015 Aeroflot Open. He won the World Team Chess Championship as a member of the Russian team in Antalya and Astana. Nepomniachtchi won the 2015 European Team Chess Championship in Reykjavík with the Russian team.
  In October 2016, Nepomniachtchi was ranked fourth in the world in both rapid chess and blitz chess. He has won two silver medals in the World Rapid Championship and a silver medal at the World Blitz Championship as well as winning the 2008 Ordix Open.
  In December 2019, Nepomniachtchi qualified for the 2020 Candidates Tournament by finishing second in the FIDE Grand Prix 2019.
context_section_description: Ian Alexandrovich Nepomniachtchi (Russian: Ян Алекса́ндрович Непо́мнящий, romanized: Yan Aleksandrovich Niepomniashchiy; born 14 July 1990) is a Russian chess grandmaster. 
  Nepomniachtchi won the 2010 Russian Superfinal and European Individual titles. He also won the 2016 Tal Memorial and 2008 and 2015 Aeroflot Open. He won the World Team Chess Championship as a member of the  Russian team in Antalya(2013) and Astana (2019). Nepomniachtchi won the 2015 European Team Chess Championship in Reykjavík with the Russian team.
  In October 2016, Nepomniachtchi was ranked fourth in the world in both rapid chess and blitz chess. He has won two silver medals in the World Rapid Championship and a silver medal at the World Blitz Championship as well as winning the 2008 Ordix Open.
  In December 2019, Nepomniachtchi qualified for the 2020 Candidates Tournament by finishing second in the FIDE Grand Prix 2019 .
caption: Ian Nepomniachtchi at Tal Memorial 2018
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