Nepomniachtchi | Candidates Run, Matches VS Ding & Magnus, Cheating

GM Ian Nepomniachtchi joins the podcast after the 2024 Candidates. We talked about the crazy final round game against Fabi, Ian's two matches against Magnus & Ding, and more. You can find Ian on his channel : https://www.youtube.com/@lachesisQ ♟️Play With Us: https://www.chess.com/join/csqpod?ref_id=207174611 👕MERCH: https://c-squared.shop/ 🌐 Website: https://c2pod.com/ ☕Buy Us A Coffee : buymeacoffee.com/c2pod 🐦Twitter/X : https://x.com/CSQpod 📸Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/csqpod/ 💬Discord : https://discord.gg/XeP3tENMTr Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction 1:53 - 13th round game Ian vs Hikaru 7:18 - 13th round game Gukesh vs Alireza 11:53 - Ian's approach to final round 15:49 - Fabi's decision to play d4 20:22 - Final round game 14 discussion 23:29 - Ian's thoughts after time control game 14 27:00 - Ian's thoughts in last moments of game 14 29:00 - Fabi's thoughts/analysis in last moments of game 14 32:50 - Ian's recovery from game 14 36:45 - Ian's match against Ding 40:29 - Ian's thoughts on Gukesh's performance 46:17 - Ian's thoughts on new generation Indian players 48:17 - Ian's thoughts on Alireza 52:30 - Ian's realization of his own efforts needed / capabilities 55:50 - Ian's training routine during off-season 59:05 - Ian + Fabi's WC match predictions - Ding vs Gukesh 1:05:40 - What if Ding withdraws from WC? 1:09:25 - Fide circuit (a.k.a circus) opinions 1:11:44 - improvements in Fide rating system 1:19:20 - Ian's prediction of Candidates 2026 players 1:24:26 - Fabi's prediction of Candidates 2026 players 1:28:18 - Ian's content creation + cheating thoughts 1:32:30 - closing remarks 🐦TWITTER https://twitter.com/CSQpod 📸INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/csqpod/ 🐦TWITTER FABI https://twitter.com/FabianoCaruana 📸INSTAGRAM FABI https://www.instagram.com/fabianocaru... 🐦TWITTER CRISTIAN https://twitter.com/CristianChirila 📸INSTAGRAM CRISTIAN https://www.instagram.com/crischirila #chess #fabianocaruana #iannepomniachtchi