GM Kramnik (2788) – GM Nepomniachtchi (2634) [D11]Dortmund, Round 6, 05.07.2008 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.h3 Bh5 6.Nc3 e6 7.g4 Bg6 8.Ne5 Nbd7 9.h4 dxc4 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.g5 Nh7 12.Bg2 Bb4 13.Qe2 Nb6 14.a3 Ba5...
Gustafsson, Leko, Nepomniachtchi lead Dortmund
Nepomniachtchi (2634) – Van_Wely (2677) [B90]Dortmund 2008, 02.07.2008 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Qd2 Nbd7 9.0–0–0 Be7 10.f4 Ng4 11.g3 Nxe3 12.Qxe3 b5 13.Kb1 Qb6 14.Qe2 b4 15.Na4 Qc6 16.f5...
Nepomniachtchi wins Aeroflot
Photo by GM Fontaine and Europe Echecs Here are the final standings of the top finishers: Standings – Name – Score – Federation – Rating – Performance 1 GM Nepomniachtchi, Ian 7.0 RUS 2600 2822 2 GM Motylev, Alexander...
Nepomniachtchi wins again!
Final position GM Le, Quang (2540) – GM Nepomniachtchi (2600) [D43]21.02.2008 – Aeroflot 2008 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 e6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7 10.0–0 Nbd7 11.Ne5 h5 12.Nxd7 Qxd7 13.Be5...
Amonatov 1/2 Nepomniachtchi
Final position GM Amonatov (2649) – GM Nepomniachtchi (2600) [C12]Aeroflot, 20.02.2008 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.e5 h6 6.Be3 Ne4 7.Qg4 g6 8.a3 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 Nxc3 10.Bd3 Nc6 11.h4 Ne7 12.h5 g5 13.f3 c5 14.dxc5 Nc6...
Nepomniachtchi and Rodshtein tie for lead at Aeroflot
Final position GM Nepomniachtchi (2600) – GM Grachev (2601) [B48]18.02.2008 – Aeroflot 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Ndb5 Qb8 8.f4 a6 9.e5 axb5 10.exf6 b4 11.Nb5 b6 12.fxg7 Bxg7 13.Bd3 Na7 14.Qg4...
Nepomniachtchi leads Aeroflot with perfect 3-0
Yusupov vs Sebag (Picture by GM Fontaine of Europe Echecs) 2008 Aeroflot Open Standings after 3 rounds: 1. Nepomniachtchi 32-9 Motylev, Najer, Rodshtein, Grachev, G. Guseinov, Bocharov, Grigoriants and Feller 2½, etc. Official site: http://www.aeroflotchess.com/ Chess Daily News from...
Nepomniachtchi 1-0 Dreev
Final position GM Nepomniachtchi – GM Dreev [B57]16.02.2008 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 Bd7 7.Bg5 Qa5 8.Bxf6 gxf6 9.Nb3 Qg5 10.g3 f5 11.e5 Be6 12.Bxe6 fxe6 13.Nd4 Nxd4 14.Qxd4 Bg7 15.Qa4+ Kf7 16.exd6...
An interesting Corus game
Position after 14…h5 I. Nepomniachtchi – G. Sargissian14.01.2008Corus B – Round 3 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.0–0 Nd4 6.Nxd4 Bxd4 7.Nd2 c6 8.Ba4 d6 9.c3 Bb6 10.Bb3 h6 11.Nc4 Bc7 12.Ne3 0–0 13.Qf3 g6 14.g4...