Ian Nepomniachtchi
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Oct 14, 2026
Ben JohnsonHOST
He is also the author of a fantastic new chess book called Chess Metamorphosis.
Ben JohnsonHOST
It's about his own chess career and his time working on the preparation team of his boy- boyhood friend and rival, Grandmaster Ian Nepomniachtchi.
Ben JohnsonHOST
It's a beautiful book, great photos, game analysis, behind-the-scenes details.
Ben JohnsonHOST
If you like these what's it like to compete or to work on a world championship team type stories, but also with his own personal reflections sprinkled in, could not recommend it more highly.
14 MINS LATER
Nikita VitiugovGUEST
And now it's, uh, yeah, many, many other things are involved.
Nikita VitiugovGUEST
Yeah, so, uh-
Ben JohnsonHOST
Yeah Well, let's talk about your relationship with Grandmaster Ian Nepomniachtchi.
Ben JohnsonHOST
The book runs kind of on parallel tracks.
Ben JohnsonHOST
He is also the author of a fantastic new chess book called Chess Metamorphosis.
Ben JohnsonHOST
It's about his own chess career and his time working on the preparation team of his boy- boyhood friend and rival, Grandmaster Ian Nepomniachtchi.
Ben JohnsonHOST
It's a beautiful book, great photos, game analysis, behind-the-scenes details.
Ben JohnsonHOST
If you like these what's it like to compete or to work on a world championship team type stories, but also with his own personal reflections sprinkled in, could not recommend it more highly.
24 MINS LATER
Nikita VitiugovGUEST
What makes him so practical? [laughs] He's a genius, yeah? So it's-
Ben JohnsonHOST
[laughs] Yeah, that helps.
Ben JohnsonHOST
And it's funny to hear you describe him as incredible at so many things because you also wrote that Ian Nepomniachtchi is just great at every game.
Ben JohnsonHOST
I think it was in the context of, of ping pong.
Solveig FribergGUEST
So we Norwegians sit around the Christmas tree and we watch chess on the TV.
Solveig FribergGUEST
And randomly I sat down to watch this match between Magnus Carlsen and Jan Nepomniachtchi.
Solveig FribergGUEST
So it was Christmas 2021.
Solveig FribergGUEST
And the analysis, I listened to it and I started to understand that I have no idea what he's talking about.
JohnHOST
Sometimes you need to play fast in a reverse position to put at least some pressure on your opponent, you know.
JohnHOST
I think Nepomniachtchi is a very good guy, very practical in this sense.
JohnHOST
He plays very fast moves to put some pressure on the opponent.
JohnHOST
And then he can swindle later on during the game.
JohnHOST
And some players are very optimistic in chess.
JohnHOST
Like, for example, Nepomniachtchi, you know, he's very optimistic.
JohnHOST
Also, Ben Larson, he was a very optimistic player.
JohnHOST
And that surely helped him, right? Around his chess life as well.
AnnaHOST
Das Feld mit 24 Spielern ist vollständig bestätigt, angeführt von Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana, Vincent Kamer, Wesley Soh, Anish Giri, Nudirbek Abdusatorov, Arjun Irigaisi, Alireza Firuja und Pragnananda.
AnnaHOST
Dazu kommen unter anderem Hans Niemann, Jan Nepomniachtchi, Maxim Vashier-Lagrave, Bibisara Asobayewa, Valshali Ramesh Babu, Levon Aronian und Le Quang Liem.
AnnaHOST
Gukesh und Sindarov spielen nicht, obwohl sie grundsätzlich qualifiziert gewesen wären.
AnnaHOST
Der Grund liegt auf der Hand.