Ian Nepomniachtchi

Next up is joint tournament leader Ian Nepomniachtchi, generally referred to as Nepo, although I don’t know whether people call him that to his face.

I had a go here at having a black background and not delineating where the background stops and Nepo’s head starts.  If anybody wants to have a go a guessing, I should probably point out that Nepo often wears a topknot.

In terms of likeness, I don’t think this is as good as the Alekseenko drawing.  But I think I’ve managed to bring in whatever it is about Nepo that would scare me to death if I met him in real life.

Two down, four to go, although that might be it for today.