Nepomniachtchi - Firouzja | Early queen manuvering | Sicilian Kan

2019 King Salman World Rapid & Blitz Championships
Moscow, 2019
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Nepomniachtchi, Ian - Firouzja, Alireza
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Qf3 Qe5 7. Nb3 Nf6 8. Be2 Qc7 9. Bg5 Be7 10. O-O-O d6 11. Qg3 Nbd7 12. f4 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. fxg5 Rg8 15. Kb1 Ne5 16. Rhf1 Nfd7 17. Qf2 hxg5 18. Bg3 b5 19. Nd4 b4 20. Bxe5 Nxe5 21. Bh5 Rf8 22. Nce2 Bd7 23. Nf3 O-O-O 24. Nxe5 dxe5 25. Bxf7 Kb8 26. Qe1 Bb5 27. Bxe6 Rxd1+ 28. Qxd1 Rxf1 29. Qxf1 Qc5 30. Bg4 Qe3 31. Qf7 Bc5 32. Nc1 Qg1 33. Qg8+ Ka7 34. Qg7+ Kb6 35. Qf6+ Ka5 36. Qd8+ Bb6 37. Qd1 Qxd1 38. Bxd1 Bg1 39. h3 Bf1 40. Bf3 Kb6 41. c3 bxc3 42. bxc3 Be3 43. Kc2 Kc5 44. Nd3+ Kd6 45. Nb4 Bc4 46. Kb2 a5 47. Nc2 Bc5 48. Na3 Bf1 49. Nb1 Be3 50. Kc2 Bc4 51. a3 Bc5 52. Nd2 Ba6 53. Kb2 Bd3 54. Bd1 Be3 55. Bc2 Ba6 56. Nf3 Bf1 57. Ne1 Bf2 58. Bd3 Bxe1 59. Bxf1 Kc5 60. Kb3 Bd2 61. Kc2 Bf4 62. a4 g4 63. h4 g3 64. h5 Kd6 65. Kd3 Ke6 66. Be2 Kf6 67. c4 1-0
Ian Alexandrovich Nepomniachtchi (Russian: Ян Алекса́ндрович Непо́мнящий, romanized: Yan Aleksandrovich Nepomnyashchiy; 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 was a member of the gold medal-winning Russian teams at the 2013 World Team Chess Championship in Antalya and at the 2015 European Team Chess Championship in Reykjavík.
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.
Alireza Firouzja (Persian: علیرضا فیروزجا‎, Persian pronunciation: [æliːɾezɑː fiːɾuːzˈdʒɑː]; born 18 June 2003) is an Iranian chess prodigy. He won the Iranian Chess Championship at age 12, and earned the grandmaster title at the age of 14. He is the second-youngest player ever to reach a rating of 2700 (after Wei Yi), accomplishing this aged 16 years and 1 month. As of November 2019, Firouzja was the No. 1 ranked Iranian player and the No. 1 U16 player in the world with a FIDE rating of 2723. In December 2019, Firouzja announced that he would no longer play under the Iranian chess federation, after Iran withdrew its players from the 2019 World Rapid and Blitz Championship to uphold their ban against Iranians playing against Israelis.
Kan (Paulsen) Variation: 4...a6 Named after Ilya Kan. By playing 4...a6, Black prevents Nb5 and prepares an eventual ...b5 advance.
The most popular fifth move for White is 5.Bd3, when after 5...Bc5 6.Nb3 Black can either retreat 6...Be7 where 7.Qg4 makes Black's kingside problematic, or 6...Ba7. Also possible is 5.c4 to create a Maróczy Bind setup.
White's second most popular reply is 5.Nc3, when Black's development of the kingside knight often takes focus, since playing ...Nf6 can be met with e5 which both creates a Black weakness on the d6-square and causes the Black knight a disadvantageous move. So Black normally plays a move to control the e5-square and prevent the pawn from advancing. The main Kan move is 5...Qc7, although 5...Nc6 transposing into a Taimanov or 5...d6 transposing into a Scheveningen can occur. An alternative idea is the immediate 5...b5 to create pressure from the queenside with the idea of playing ...b4 attacking the c3-knight, or ...Bb7 to build pressure along the long white-squared diagonal. White generally answers with 6.Bd3, supporting the e4-pawn.
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[@Rapidchess]

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[@armandogasgonia2025]

pray to jesuschrist always.

[@timbaldwin9951]

Loved Ian's expression after... Qe5. Had to back it up to see it again. Great game. Great video. Thanks!

[@cervgiovanni]

Wow. That end game was insane, especially for Ali with 4 seconds on the clock For those wondering why he resigned: Ali moved his king to the left of the board to trap the moving pawn. When Nepo moved the pawn on the right side of the board, Ali had to choose. Most likely the right one would turn to a queen because his bishop is on black and the pawn's end lane is a white, never getting a chance to actually kill if Nepo reaches except with his king, which needed many moves. If he did move to the right, the left would move forward easily. If Ali had stopped both movements, Nepo had freedom to move his king to kill blocking pawns. I give props to Ali for staying in the game processing immediately where to go. What a fortitude of defense. Great game overall.

[@thePot_]

Ян красавчик, жги на кандидатах ))

[@kevinworrell889]

Nepo!!😉🍵

[@Scaw]

ян was in a rush to get away the end of the game. A plane to catch, perhaps?

[@pranaytony]

8:42, In 2 moves with the queen Alireza can easily Checkmate from here! Which Nepo immediately blocked this Checkmate with the knight!

[@aryankargar4852]

Thanks for info man

[@allexo21]

Крутая партия 👍🏻 Ян, судя по мимике, офигевал от половины ходов своего соперника:)))

[@nivedanbhardwaj]

well done nepo

[@gimnasiogetfit5583]

El ruso está bien cagado. A veces llora cuando se pierde; se enoja cuando gana y otras veces hasta se pone triste.

[@hassadabbass4678]

Bravo Ian

[@sanjaygiri3575]

Nice game

[@noe8615]

Wtf where is the rest of the video ?

[@qwertyewwaw]

брво Ян!

[@user-kv5bk6gq3k]

bravo, Ян, Doctor Evil!

[@joseluismontano7457]

Nepo was really angry, 🤔🤔or needed to go urgently to the bathroom 🚽🚽😂😂

[@akusaja165]

No castling??. Alireza must think he is greater than Carlsen..lol

[@HafeezBlackLeg]

7:07

[@LutherBlissett94]

1:10 1:53 Nepo is not exactly polite, but very entertaining for the crowd

[@allexo21]

1:53 pretty natural reaction :-))

[@staticx1324]

Are you here to judge their politeness or to watch the fucking game ?

[@jaconova]

lol i see your point, but truth be told Nepo is very within the limits of chess burns and "cold, poker face" attitudes.

[@alekscvejic106]

No more elekticity???????

[@thirumalaivasan7862]

Firouzja could have easily taken the game away from nepo by taking the Knight with his bishop @8.40,the only way to stop the mate is sacrificing the nepo's queen, Don't you think??

[@claudealain85]

C'est possible mais Neponiachtchivitushliniashtchi avait le véhicule prioritaire et en cas de crevaison sans essence, l'as du volant est supérieur au fou blanc (ou quelque chose dans ce genre)...

[@noe8615]

@@claudealain85 mdr

[@MrMaster925]

Nope.There was Qe8+ followed by Qe7+,then Qd6+ and you can capture back B:e2 and there will be an extra defense on d1.

[@Luckyprimates]

1:54 🤣🤣

[@mehrannovember9688]

💜 VIVA PERSIAN GENIUS ❤ 💞 MR. ALIREZA 💕

[@rickrick5041]

I haven't watched this yet but I'll take Firouzja against anyone. He'll surpass Carlsen pretty soon

[@javiermunoz5185]

Firouzja it's a unbelievable player, but his reasoning it's not even close to the Magnus. He thinks as a human, Magnus thinking it's almost like a computer and he is the programmer.

[@rickrick5041]

Javier Muñoz Then why would Alpha Zero beat Carlsen 10/10? I think Firouzja will overtake Magnus

[@javiermunoz5185]

@@rickrick5041 well eventually computers maybe crash Little bit but wait for the new actualization... Just wait for it.

[@user-kv5bk6gq3k]

his surpusser is not big enough as yet

[@Cartman5101]

Rick rick haha stfu

[@armandogasgonia2025]

pk

[@rickrick5041]

He lost but I still think he'll pass Carlsen pretty soon

[@Wizardofgosz]

Wow. That was the ugliest game I've ever seen Alireza play.

[@princejoel007]

Richard Wielgosz indeed!!!

[@saturnia10]

Draw

[@pavelb.7386]

Ian won, look eslewhere for the rest of the match

[@claudealain85]

Oui mais "draw" pour qui?