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Ian Nepomniachtchi

Birth name
Ian Alexandrovich Nepomniachtchi
Birthplace
Bryansk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Russia)
Date of birth
14 July, 1990
Date of death
Ethnicity
Ashkenazi Jewish
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Birth Name: Ian Alexandrovich Nepomniachtchi

Place of Birth: Bryansk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Russia)

Date of Birth: 14 July, 1990

Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish

Ian Nepomniachtchi is a Russian chess grandmaster. He has won the 2010 and the 2020 Russian Superfinal, the 2010 European Individual titles, the 2016 Tal Memorial, the 2008, 2015, and 2025 Aeroflot Open events, and, with the Russian team, the World Team Chess Championship in 2013 and 2019, and the 2015 European Team Chess Championship. He is nicknamed “Nepo.”

Ian’s paternal grandfather was named Boris Iosifovich Nepomniashchy. Boris was a famous teacher and lyricist, and was born in Klintsy, Bryansk Oblast.