Ian Nepomniachtchi is on the verge of entering the 2800 ELO club. After his victory in round 2 of the World Chess Championship Nepo’s rating is 2799,8, just 0,2 points shy of the 2800 mark. So far only 15 players have been able to achieve this – Magnus Carlsen, Garry Kasparov, Fabiano Caruana, Levon Aronian, Veselin Topalov, Sakhriyar Mamedyarov, Wesley So, Viswanathan Anand, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Hikaru Nakamura, Vladimir Kramnik, Ding Liren, Alexander Grischuk, Alireza Firouzja, and Anish Giri. Only a handful of them have been World Champions – Kasparov, Topalov, Kramnik, Anand, and Carlsen.
The previous personal best for Nepomniachtchi was 2995 ELO during the Candidates in Madrid, which he won with a round to go. Now Nepomniachtchi has the chance to become the 16th player to cross the 2800 ELO mark.
Replay: Nepo – Ding game 1 live / Nepo – Ding game 1 video coverage with Vishy Anand / Ding – Nepo 2023, game 2 / Ding – Nepo game 2 video coverage with Vishy Anand
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