ALEXANDER IPATOV (born Jul-16-1993, 32 years old) Ukraine (federation/nationality Turkey) [what is this?] Grandmaster (2011); World Junior Champion (2012); Turkish Champion (2014 and 2015). Born and raised in Ukraine, Ipatov moved to Spain before settling in Turkey. Ipatov's first GM norm was awarded for scoring 5.5/9 in the powerful Moscow Open 2010. His second was acquired from his result at the 27th Cappelle-la-Grande (2011), when he came second with 7/9 (+6 -1 =2) behind GM Grzegorz Gajewski. His 3rd norm followed for his results at the 2011 Nakhchivan Open when he placed =2nd behind Anton Korobov and alongside Zoltan Almasi, Francisco Vallejo Pons and Ivan Sokolov. In recent years, he won the World Junior Championship (2012) with 10/13 on the basis of a better tiebreak (sum of opponent's ratings less the lowest) ahead of Hungary's Richard Rapport. This victory also qualified him to participate in the World Cup (2013), where he played and lost to Filipino GM Wesley So in the first round by 1.5-0.5. He attempted to defend his title at the World Junior Championship (2013), but a resurgent Yu Yangyi outlasted him by half a point, relegating him to second place with 10.5/13 (+8 =5). He won the Turkish championship in November 2014 with a score of 9.5/13, half a point ahead of Burak Firat. He placed =2nd (3rd on tiebreak) at Groningen 2014 and =1st (4th on tiebreak) at the World Open 2015. Ipatov's score of 7.5/11 at the European Individual Championship (2015) included him in the group from that event that qualified for the World Cup (2015) where he unexpectedly defeated higher seeded Ivan Cheparinov to progress through to the second round where he lost to Pavel Eljanov, thereby exiting the event. http://www.alexipatov.com/ Wikipedia article: Alexander Ipatov Last updated: 2016-09-15 06:24:14

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page 1 of 21; games 1-25 of 508  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. S Sjugirov vs A Ipatov   1-0 51 2003 Wch U10 B62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer 2. I Zakharevich vs A Ipatov   0-1 27 2006 Minsk Inautomarket op D18 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch 3. I Nyzhnyk vs A Ipatov   1-0 51 2006 UKR-ch U16 sf C42 Petrov Defense 4. A Grekh vs A Ipatov   ½-½ 36 2007 Ukranian U20 Championship C42 Petrov Defense 5. V Onyshchuk vs A Ipatov   ½-½ 43 2007 Ukranian U20 Championship C42 Petrov Defense 6. Y Vovk vs A Ipatov   1-0 30 2007 Ukranian U20 Championship D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 7. A Ipatov vs S Lots   1-0 32 2007 Ukranian U20 Championship D07 Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense 8. M Kravtsiv vs A Ipatov   ½-½ 23 2007 Ukranian U20 Championship B20 Sicilian 9. A Ipatov vs N Zhornik   ½-½ 42 2007 Ukranian U20 Championship E59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line 10. D Kononenko vs A Ipatov   1-0 26 2007 Ukranian U20 Championship C42 Petrov Defense 11. A Ipatov vs A Tukhaev   1-0 37 2007 Ukranian U20 Championship E70 King's Indian 12. A Vovk vs A Ipatov   1-0 36 2007 Ukranian U20 Championship B78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long 13. A Ipatov vs Zherebukh   0-1 59 2007 Ukranian U20 Championship A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack 14. A Ipatov vs I Nyzhnyk   0-1 41 2007 UKR-ch U16 E45 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Bronstein (Byrne) Variation 15. A Ipatov vs I Nyzhnyk   ½-½ 34 2007 UKR-ch U14 E43 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation 16. A Ipatov vs I Smirnov   ½-½ 24 2007 UKR-ch qual A53 Old Indian 17. P Bobras vs A Ipatov   1-0 45 2007 Czech Open-A C42 Petrov Defense 18. A Ipatov vs A Kraschenko   1-0 58 2007 Geller Memorial Open-A D50 Queen's Gambit Declined 19. S Mihajlovskij vs A Ipatov   ½-½ 36 2007 Geller Memorial Open-A D55 Queen's Gambit Declined 20. A Ipatov vs E Podolchenko   ½-½ 36 2007 Geller Memorial Open-A E46 Nimzo-Indian 21. I Smirnov vs A Ipatov 0-1 26 2007 Geller Memorial Open-A B78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long 22. A Ipatov vs A Sumets   0-1 56 2007 Geller Memorial Open-A D16 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 23. S Pavlov vs A Ipatov   1-0 38 2007 Geller Memorial Open-A C42 Petrov Defense 24. A Ipatov vs V Bernadskiy   0-1 35 2007 Geller Memorial Open-A E46 Nimzo-Indian 25. D Romaniv vs A Ipatov   ½-½ 61 2007 Geller Memorial Open-A B75 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack  page 1 of 21; games 1-25 of 508

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Jul-14-08    BIDMONFA: Alexander Ipatov IPATOV, Alexander http://www.bidmonfa.com/ipatov_alex... _ Apr-24-10    sulotas: This guy is one of the commentators in the chessbomb.com website for Anand-Topalov match and in the first game today I couldn't stand his comments as he is so much biased in favor of Topalov and he mentioned how Topalov's preparation was so deep in every second during the game (even before Anand's blunder before the knight sacrifice). And I find it very odd that his rating was more than 2500 once upon a time but now it is only 2056. Apr-25-10    Wrong: <solutas> his 2056 rating must be a lie http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?... Apr-25-10    Wrong: on his fide profile ,he was born in 1993,how come had a game in 1993 weird... maybe he learned to play chess when he was 1 year old. Apr-25-10    sulotas: <Wrong> Either this is the wrong Ipatov entry that I am commenting under, or that 1993 game is wrong (maybe a different Ipatov's game). There is thirteen years gap between that game and the one in 2006 as chessgames.com shows. I guess there is something wrong with the info here; I can't imagine an IM (Yes! That biased guy is an IM!) with a FIDE rating 2056. Jul-23-10    PhilFeeley: There's definitely an error in his rating here. He's currently playing in Andorra (http://www.escacsandorra.com/) and he's listed with a rating of 2507. He's tied with many others for 2nd with a performance rating of 2530. Jun-10-11    wordfunph: Ipatov commented the So-Giri game in chessbomb yesterday but i was not aware he's a GM.. Jul-16-12    brankat: Happy Birthday GM Ipatov! Jul-16-12    waustad: He celebrated his B'day with a draw against Judit Polgar! Aug-09-12    technical draw: He's leading in the world junior ahead of favorite Ling Diren. Aug-15-12    joeyj: Alexander Ipatov is World Junior Chess Champion Aug 15, 2012 Alexander Ipatov won the World Junior Chess Championship in Athens, Greece. Ipatov collected 10,0/13 to claim first place. Second place is for GM Rapport who scored the same points, but has worse tiebreak. http://www.chessdom.com/alexander-i... Aug-15-12    joeyj: Congratulations GM Alexander Ipatov ... 2012 World Junior Chess Champion !!! Aug-15-12    joeyj: GM Alexander Ipatov August 2012 FIDE Rating: 2577 FIDE rtg (WJCC-2012): 24.4 Live Rating : 2601.4 (assuming he doesn't have pending rating from other tournaments not yet reported for Sep 2012 FIDE rating). ref: http://chess-results.com/tnr76324.a... Aug-15-12    wordfunph: congrats GM Alexander Ipatov --- 2012 World Junior Chess Champion! Aug-16-12    whiteshark: The new World Junior Champion is 19 years old. He received his chess education in Ukraine, where he took up chess at age four under the guidance of his father. In 2003 Ipatov was the runner-up at the U10 Ukrainian Championship, and he was again 2nd in 2007 at the U14 Championship. A year later the 14-year-old Alexander had another two silver medals – in the Ukrainian U16 and U20 Championships! In 2009 he moved with his family to Spain, where he rapidly became the country’s strongest youngster and played under its flag. In February 2012 Alexander Ipatov moved again to represent Turkey. Source: http://www.whychess.org/en/node/2745 Aug-17-12    HeMateMe: A product of Ukrainian chess, he has won the world junior championship, while representing Turkey. Nothing wrong with that, I guess. I assume that Turkey has given him some nice financial compensation to be their top guy, probably board No. 1 in Olympiad play, down the road? Jan-01-13    whiteshark: "From 10 to 27 of January 2013 I will be participating in the Tata Steel B-group. It wil take place in Wijk aan Zee (The Netherlands) and will be played under the Round-Robin system of 13 rounds. I belong to the second part of participants by rating,but I will fight! " http://www.alexipatov.com/2013/01/0... Tough competition. Good Luck, Alex! Jun-24-13    whiteshark: <How to conquer fear> "What is the most dangerous thing you have done as a chess grandmaster? Taking the b2-pawn in a Najdorf? Well, here's a young fellow who is willing to go further. Alexander Ipatov, 19, Junior World Champion, took a bungy leap from the Macau Tower, plunging from the tower's outer rim, 233 meters above the ground. It is all caught in a stomach-churning video. ..." http://www.chessbase.com/Home/TabId... Jul-04-13    Eti fan: The profile of the world junior champion Ipatov at Chess Arena https://arena.chessdom.com/profile/... Nov-30-13    parisattack: Definitely a player to watch! His games have a streak of originality to them. Seems to be toying with hypermodern ideas also of late. Jul-16-14    RookFile: This guy needs to play Alexander Ivanov. :) Jul-16-14    Penguincw: Happy 21st birthday to GM Alexander Ipatov. Jul-20-16    WTHarvey: Here are 19 critical positions from the #1 Turkish player's games: http://wtharvey.com/ipat.html What's the winning move? Aug-17-17    diagonal: When your meal (your family) depends on your next move: Insightful interview with Grandmaster Alexander Ipatov (World Junior Chess Champion from 2012, and then a typical GM with a stable Elo rating above 2600 but below the notorious 2700 benchmark), on why he has stopped his *professional* chess career: https://de.chessbase.com/post/alexa... (in german language) Original in russian: http://chess-news.ru/node/23523 Ipatov is currently studying at the Saint Louis University.

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