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Ian Nepomniachtchi

173 games · Head-to-head

Magnus Carlsen vs Ian Nepomniachtchi: Head to Head Record

Magnus Carlsen leads 67–25 with 81 draws in the 173 games of the two in the Rama Chess archive, 2002 to 2025. Every game can be replayed move by move.

173

Games

Magnus Wins

Draws

Nepomniachtchi Wins

Magnus

38.7%

Draws

46.8%

Nepomniachtchi

14.5%

Quick answer · Updated October 2026

Magnus vs Nepomniachtchi head to head

Magnus Carlsen leads Ian Nepomniachtchi 67–25, with 81 draws, in 173 games (2002–2025). In classical events Carlsen has won 6, Nepomniachtchi has won 3 and 15 were drawn.

Type of event	Games	Carlsen won	Drawn	Nepomniachtchi won	Carlsen score
Classical	24	6	15	3	56.2%
Rapid	83	29	43	11	60.8%
Blitz and bullet	64	30	23	11	64.8%
Armageddon	2	2	0	0	100.0%
All games	173	67	81	25	62.1%

First gameMagnus Carlsen vs Ian Nepomniachtchi · WYb12 · 21 November 2002 · ½-½

Latest gameMagnus Carlsen vs Ian Nepomniachtchi · Titled Tue 19th Aug Early · 19 August 2025 · 1-0

Nepomniachtchi's latest winMagnus Carlsen vs Ian Nepomniachtchi · World Blitz Final KO 2024 · 31 December 2024 · 0-1

Carlsen's latest winMagnus Carlsen vs Ian Nepomniachtchi · Titled Tue 19th Aug Early · 19 August 2025 · 1-0

With White / BlackCarlsen with White: 37–35–14 · with Black: 30–46–11 (won–drawn–lost)

Busiest year2023, with 40 games

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Source: the Rama Chess database of 7,484 Magnus Carlsen games, 2001 to 2025. It holds many of his games, not every game the two have ever played. The type of event (classical, rapid, blitz) is read from the event name; knockout tie-breaks are counted on their own.

Nepomniachtchi's wins

Nepomniachtchi's 10 most recent wins against Carlsen (of 25)

Magnus Carlsen vs Ian Nepomniachtchi, 0-1World Blitz Final KO 2024 · 31 December 2024 · Blitz and bullet · French Defense · 31 moves
Ian Nepomniachtchi vs Magnus Carlsen, 1-0World Blitz Final KO 2024 · 31 December 2024 · Blitz and bullet · English Opening · 54 moves
Ian Nepomniachtchi vs Magnus Carlsen, 1-0Titled Tue 10th Sep Early · 10 September 2024 · Blitz and bullet · English Opening · 43 moves
Magnus Carlsen vs Ian Nepomniachtchi, 0-1CrunchLab Masters Div 1 L · 22 July 2024 · Rapid · Catalan Opening · 71 moves
Magnus Carlsen vs Ian Nepomniachtchi, 0-1chess.com SpeedChess 2023 · 15 September 2023 · Blitz and bullet · Petrov Defense · 50 moves
Magnus Carlsen vs Ian Nepomniachtchi, 0-1chess.com SpeedChess 2023 · 15 September 2023 · Blitz and bullet · King's Pawn Opening · 14 moves
Magnus Carlsen vs Ian Nepomniachtchi, 0-1chess.com SpeedChess 2023 · 15 September 2023 · Blitz and bullet · Réti Opening · 20 moves
Ian Nepomniachtchi vs Magnus Carlsen, 1-0chess.com SpeedChess 2023 · 15 September 2023 · Blitz and bullet · Italian Game · 41 moves
Ian Nepomniachtchi vs Magnus Carlsen, 1-0chess.com SpeedChess 2023 · 15 September 2023 · Blitz and bullet · Ruy Lopez · 37 moves
Ian Nepomniachtchi vs Magnus Carlsen, 1-0chess.com SpeedChess 2023 · 15 September 2023 · Blitz and bullet · Ruy Lopez · 46 moves

Carlsen's wins

Carlsen's quickest wins against Nepomniachtchi

Ian Nepomniachtchi vs Magnus Carlsen, 0-1chess.com SpeedChess 2023 · 15 September 2023 · Blitz and bullet · King's Gambit · 17 moves
Ian Nepomniachtchi vs Magnus Carlsen, 0-1GCT Blitz YourNextMove · 1 July 2017 · Blitz and bullet · Center Game · 19 moves
Ian Nepomniachtchi vs Magnus Carlsen, 0-1SuperUnited Blitz 2023 · 9 July 2023 · Blitz and bullet · Flank Openings · 20 moves

Results by year

Magnus Carlsen vs Nepomniachtchi, year by year (2002–2025)

Carlsen wonDrawnNepomniachtchi won

Key position

How their latest decisive classical game ended

Final position of Magnus Carlsen vs Ian Nepomniachtchi, 9th Sinquefield Cup 2022 2022, chess board diagram — This is the most recent decisive classical game between them in our database: **Magnus Carlsen vs Ian Nepomniachtchi** at the 9th Sinquefield Cup 2022 (2 September 2022), Magnus Carlsen won in 43 moves (classical). This is the position after the last move in the score; Ian Nepomniachtchi resigned here or lost on time.

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Photos

Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi

Magnus Carlsen, chess world champion 2013-2023 — Magnus Carlsen, world champion from 2013 to 2023.Photo: Miroslav.vajdic, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Ian Nepomniachtchi, chess grandmaster.Photo: TheBoburshokh, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

Moscow mayor Sergey Sobyanin makes the first move for Magnus Carlsen against Ian Nepomniachtchi, game 6 of the 2021 World Championship match in Dubai.Photo: mos.ru, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Head to head · Updated October 2026

Magnus Carlsen vs Nepomniachtchi: the record

Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi have met 173 times in the games collected here, from 2002 to 2025, across 64 events and all time controls (classical, rapid and blitz). Carlsen has won 67, Nepomniachtchi has won 25, and 81 ended in a draw. That gives Carlsen 107.5 points out of 173, a score of 62.1%.

With the white pieces Carlsen scored 37 wins, 35 draws and 14 losses in 86 games. With Black he scored 30 wins, 46 draws and 11 losses in 87. Nepomniachtchi took 11 games with White and 14 games with Black.

Their first game in this collection was played in 2002 at the WYb12; the most recent is from 2025 (Titled Tue 7th Jan Late). The busiest year was 2023, with 40 games. The opening seen most often is the Sicilian Defense.

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By colour

Results with White and Black

Carlsen played	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Score
White	86	37	35	14	63%
Black	87	30	46	11	61%
All games	173	67	81	25	62%

Year by year

Carlsen vs Nepomniachtchi, 2002–2025

Year	Games	Carlsen won	Drawn	Nepomniachtchi won	Carlsen score
2002	1	0	1	0	50%
2003	1	0	0	1	0%
2010	2	0	2	0	50%
2011	2	0	1	1	25%
2014	1	0	1	0	50%
2015	1	0	1	0	50%
2016	1	1	0	0	100%
2017	7	3	3	1	64%
2018	1	0	1	0	50%
2019	10	4	6	0	70%
2020	32	10	15	7	55%
2021	29	10	16	3	62%
2022	13	5	6	2	62%
2023	40	21	13	6	69%
2024	30	11	15	4	62%
2025	2	2	0	0	100%

By Opening

Openings in this matchup

Sicilian Defense47 English Opening17 Ruy Lopez16 Petrov Defense12 Réti Opening10 Queen's Gambit Declined8 Grünfeld Defense7 Italian Game7 Catalan Opening7 Queen's Pawn Game5 Indian Defenses5 Caro-Kann Defense4

Games

All 173 games: Magnus Carlsen vs Nepomniachtchi

Year

Game

ECO

Result

2002

Magnus Carlsen vs Ian Nepomniachtchi