mo4ch:>Ian Nepomniachtchi: Meet the football-loving, video game-mad Russian chess star | Mo4ch News

Russia’s Ian Nepomniachtchi will advance to the final of the FIDE Grand Prix in Moscow, after triumphing in a roller coaster tie-break against Radoslaw Wojtaszek. RT spoke with the GM about two big passions: chess and Dota 2.The 28-year-old Russian grandmaster battled for four games with his formidable Polish opponent in a tie-break match to decide who will face Alexander Grischuk in the last round of the high-stakes chess tournament.While Wojtaszek had chances in the first three games, Nepomniachtchi managed to secure a trio of fortuitous draws. After back-to-back nail-biters, Nepomniachtchi dealt a decisive blow with white in the fourth game, conjuring up a devastating queen-side pawn storm which Wojtaszek could not stop without sacrificing material. The Polish grandmaster threw in the towel on move 28.Commentators GM Evgeny Miroshnichenko and GM Daniil Yuffa were clearly impressed by Nepomniachtchi’s decisive advantage in the final game, noting minutes before Wojtaszek’s resignatio…