Big names off the board as 2020 chess title cycle takes shape
It was an early Christmas present for the plummily-named Russian GM Ian Nepomniachtchi (henceforth "Nepo") and a lump of coal for some of the biggest names in the game.
Defeating Chinese GM Wei Yi in the finals of the just-concluded Jerusalem FIDE Grand Prix knockout event Sunday, the 29-year-old Nepo ...