Despite his very successful and illustrious career in elite chess, Super GM Ian Nepomniachtchi's trophy section misses one particular kind of accolade; and that is the world champion title.
Here are 4 times when he was incredibly close to this dream, the dream every young player dreams of. And maybe it's not over yet. Maybe there are more chapters to be written.

00:00 - 2021 World Chess Championship against Magnus Carlsen
04:32 - 2021 World Rapid Championship against Nodirbek Abdusattorov
08:30 - 2022 Fischer Random World Championship against Hikaru Nakamura
12:59 - 2023 World Chess Championship against Ding Liren
15:30 - Ian's thoughts about recovering from tough losses

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