by MVL (with white pieces) stopping the winning run of Ian with his brilliant chess play at the Candidates 2020 championship in round 7. A classic game of French, Winawer (Nimzovich) variation opening.
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, is a French chess player, the top ranked of his country. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2005, at age 14. His peak Elo rating of 2819 makes him the seventh-highest rated player of all time. He is often referred to by his initials, MVL.
Ian Alexandrovich Nepomniachtchi is a Russian chess grandmaster. Nepomniachtchi won the 2010 Russian Superfinal and European Individual titles. He also won the 2016 Tal Memorial and 2008 and 2015 Aeroflot Open.
