Nail It Like Nepo!: Ian Nepomniachtchi's 30 Best Wins

Ian Nepomniachtchis road from Grandmaster to becoming Magnus Carlsens world championship challenger in 2021 was a long one. GM in 2007 and Russian champion for the first time in 2010 Ian only hit the elite in recent years. His victory in Ekaterinburg occurred at his very first candidates tournament. In this book Grandmaster Zenon Franco analyzes Nepos chess through his 30 best wins and several fragments considering his style his strengths as well as his weaknesses and how he has overcome them. Like Magnus we see fighting practical chess with a player not afraid to push his g and h pawns in front of his king and a more aggressive than positional style. Above all Franco compares Nepo to Lasker Korchnoi and Magnus Carlsen himself. In instructional move by move format we see Ians best wins against Carlsen Anand Kramnik Giri Aronian Vachier-Lagrave Svidler Gelfand Karjakin and other elite players of the last decade.