IVAN CHEPARINOV (born Nov-26-1986, 38 years old) Bulgaria [what is this?] Grandmaster and FIDE Senior Trainer. Ivan Cheparinov was born in Asenovgrad in 1986. He learned to play chess at age five, and progressed quickly enough to win the junior championship of Bulgaria in 2000. He then took the overall Bulgarian championship in 2004, the same year he became a grandmaster. He went on to win the Bulgarian championship in 2005, 2012 and 2018. Since then, Cheparinov has put together some notable tournament successes, including joint second at Pamplona 2005 and clear first at the 2006 Essent Open. He took part in the World Cup (2005), eliminating Alexei Fedorov and Vassily Ivanchuk before losing his third-round match with Magnus Carlsen in quick-play tie-break. He advanced to the quarterfinals in the 2007 World Cup, winning against Wang Yue and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, among others, before again being knocked out by Carlsen. Nonetheless, his accomplishments raised his rating enough to qualify him as a participant in the inaugural FIDE Grand Prix series. In 2012, he came =1st (2nd on tiebreak) at the Albena Open (2012) held in Bulgaria, with a score of 7/9 and clear 1st in the Varna Open with 6.5/9. In March 2013, he scored 6.5/9 at the Karpos Open, a half point from the lead. In August 2013, he scored 8/10 to place =2nd at the Politiken Cup (2013). In February 2014, he won the Tradewise Gibraltar (2014) in a blitz tiebreaker ahead of co-leaders Vassily Ivanchuk and Nikita Vitiugov. Cheparinov qualified via his result at the European Individual Championship (2014) (=9th with 7.5/11) for the World Cup (2015), where he was knocked out of the contest upon a first round loss to former World Junior Champion Alexander Ipatov. Cheparinov, the Bulgarian number 2, is also well-known for his role as a second to former FIDE World Champion and Bulgarian number 1 Veselin Topalov. He is credited with finding several of the opening novelties unleashed by his countryman during the 2000s, for example the move 12. Nxf7 in Topalov vs Kramnik, 2008. Wikipedia article: Ivan Cheparinov Last updated: 2021-02-01 18:13:18

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page 1 of 99; games 1-25 of 2,468  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. I Cheparinov vs D Petrosian   ½-½ 43 1994 EU-ch U10 E76 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack 2. D Cvitanic vs I Cheparinov   ½-½ 42 1994 EU-ch U10 C57 Two Knights 3. A Olhovik vs I Cheparinov   ½-½ 40 1994 EU-ch U10 A59 Benko Gambit 4. R Gashimov vs I Cheparinov   1-0 31 1994 EU-ch U10 C17 French, Winawer, Advance 5. I Cheparinov vs A Bekker-Jensen   ½-½ 27 1994 EU-ch U10 E76 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack 6. F Berkes vs I Cheparinov 1-0 35 1994 EU-ch U10 C20 King's Pawn Game 7. I Cheparinov vs S Gaston   0-1 33 1994 EU-ch U10 E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 8. I Cheparinov vs E Lavendelis   0-1 40 1994 EU-ch U10 D85 Grunfeld 9. I Cheparinov vs A Raducanu   0-1 43 1994 EU-ch U10 E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 10. I Cheparinov vs Naiditsch   1-0 37 1995 EU-ch U10 E77 King's Indian 11. K Shanava vs I Cheparinov 1-0 38 1995 EU-ch U10 C55 Two Knights Defense 12. Navara vs I Cheparinov   0-1 29 1995 EU-ch U10 C71 Ruy Lopez 13. I Cheparinov vs L Lang 1-0 12 1995 EU-ch U10 D52 Queen's Gambit Declined 14. A Riazantsev vs I Cheparinov   1-0 22 1995 EU-ch U10 E81 King's Indian, Samisch 15. G Antal vs I Cheparinov   1-0 31 1995 EU-ch U10 C29 Vienna Gambit 16. I Cheparinov vs G Guseinov   1-0 34 1995 EU-ch U10 D02 Queen's Pawn Game 17. Radjabov vs I Cheparinov 1-0 37 1996 Wch U10 A04 Reti Opening 18. R Khusnutdinov vs I Cheparinov   1-0 46 1996 Wch U10 E85 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox Variation 19. A Moreno Trujillo vs I Cheparinov   0-1 65 1997 Wch U12 E60 King's Indian Defense 20. J Wegerle vs I Cheparinov   ½-½ 66 1997 Wch U12 C55 Two Knights Defense 21. A Filippov vs I Cheparinov   ½-½ 78 1997 Wch U12 C57 Two Knights 22. I Cheparinov vs V Jeremic   ½-½ 76 1997 Wch U12 B03 Alekhine's Defense 23. I Cheparinov vs B Galstian   1-0 35 1997 Wch U12 D52 Queen's Gambit Declined 24. D Mieles Palau vs I Cheparinov   0-1 45 1997 Wch U12 C57 Two Knights 25. I Cheparinov vs M Vasilev   ½-½ 48 1997 BUL-ch A57 Benko Gambit  page 1 of 99; games 1-25 of 2,468

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 10 OF 11 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jun-23-09    smaragdus: Cheparinov won Magistral Ruy López in Zafra, Spain, ahead of Adams, Caruana, etc, being the only unbeaten player. Here there is the final standings- Ivan CHEPARINOV (2678)- 5,0 Michael ADAMS (2703)- 4,5 David LARIÑO (2473), Julio GRANDA (2606), Fabiano CARUANA (2659)- 3,5 Pia CRAMLING (2511)- 3,0 Manuel Perez CANDELARIO (2502)- 2,5 Humpy KONERU (2612)- 2,5 I am surprised this tournament is not in the database. The official site- http://ruylopez.juntaextremadura.ne... Nov-27-09    whiteshark: Yesterday he was knocked out - on his 23rd birthday. :( World Cup (2009)/Ivan Cheparinov Mar-02-10    percyblakeney: Cheparinov has dropped quite a bit on the rating lists lately. In January 2008 he was in the top 20, ahead of Grischuk. Now he's down to 75th with the same Elo as Beliavsky. Mar-02-10    tud: He works hard behind the curtains. Isn't it mister Topalov ? Jun-20-10    smaragdus: Cheparinov won IV Ruy Lopez Magistral with +5, =2, -0, a point and a half in front Caruana and Malakhov. http://ruylopez.juntaextremadura.ne... - Final Standings http://ruylopez.juntaextremadura.ne... - Home Page Dec-14-10    hellopolgar: this guy went straight downhill after Short vs I Cheparinov, 2008 Dec-15-10    Eti fan: With replayable games, currently close to the leaders http://tournaments.chessdom.com/ban... Apr-08-11    checkmateyourmove: i would say one of his wins in this years euro championships deserves to be on his memorable games here. Oct-25-11    plimko: Creative play: [Event "Corsica Masters 2011"] [Site "Corsica/France"] [Date "2011.10.24"] [Round "3"] [White "Cheparinov, Ivan"] [Black "Pesotskyi, Vitalii"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2650"] [BlackElo "2268"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2011.??.??"] [TimeControl "5400+30"] 1. d4 b5 2. e4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. a4 b4 5. d5 Bc5 6. dxe6 fxe6 7. e5 Qb6 8. Bd3 Bxf2+ 9. Ke2 Bc5 10. a5 Qc7 11. Nbd2 d5 12. exd6 Bxd6 13. Nc4 Nf6 14. Bxh7 Bxh2 15. Rxh2 Rxh7 16. Rxh7 Nxh7 17. Nd6+ Kf8 18. Ne5 Ba6+ 19. Kf2 Nd7 20. Ng6+ Kg8 21. Bf4 Ndf6 22. Nc8 e5 23. Nce7+ Kf7 24. Nxe5+ Ke8 25. Qf3 Ng5 26. Bxg5 Qxe5 27. Bxf6 gxf6 28. Qxc6+ Kf7 29. Qd5+ Qxd5 30. Nxd5 Rb8 31. Re1 Rb5 32. Re7+ Kg6 33. Nf4+ Kf5 34. Ne2 Rxa5 35. Rxa7 Ra2 36. Ke3 Ke5 37. Nf4 Bc4 38. Rxa2 Bxa2 39. Nd3+ Kd6 40. b3 Bb1 41. Kd2 1-0 Oct-25-11    frogbert: weird. the last 30 moves of this game are pure tactics. Mar-10-12    Penguincw: Cheparinov downed Robert Lee Hess (I Cheparinov vs R Hess, 2012) with white today to stay a perfect 5/5 at the Reykjavik Open (2012). Normally, this would give him solo lead, however Ivan Sokolov also won his game today to stay perfect. Tomorrow, the two "Ivan"s face off. Only one (or none) can stay perfect. Jun-03-12    twinlark: Congratulations to GM Cheparinov for his result at the Albena Masters. Aug-01-12    Troller: <Premium Chessgames Member Penguincw: Cheparinov downed Robert Lee Hess (I Cheparinov vs R Hess, 2012) with white today to stay a perfect 5/5 at the Reykjavik Open (2012). Normally, this would give him solo lead, however Ivan Sokolov also won his game today to stay perfect. Tomorrow, the two "Ivan"s face off. Only one (or none) can stay perfect.> How history repeats itself: in the current Politiken Cup (2012), Chepa starts out again with 5/5, but without solo lead, as Jonny Hector also has 5/5. These two combative players meet in rd 6. But had Hector lost his round 5 game against Ivan Sokolov instead of winning it, we'd have had the same situation as in Reykjavik... A host of players including Vladimir Malakhov, Jacob Aagaard, Robert Markus, Alexey Dreev and Erwin L'Ami among others are on 4½. Aug-05-12    SimonWebbsTiger: congrats to Ivan who won this year's Politiken Cup (on tie break). The final standings are on this link http://www.ksu.dk/politiken_cup/tur... Sep-19-12    Rata999: Congrats on winning the tournament in Bulgaria. His 5th title this year! Truely amazing! Sep-19-12    theodor: derzai, brato! Sep-19-12    theodor: <bharatiy: All the Chepa fans shuld have a look at this> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5v-1>... dear friend, dont you think ther's a reason for Chepa's behaviour? Dont put your post out of context! That's not fair! Sep-25-12    Rata999: 2709,8 after the Bulgarian team chess championship 6th title this year!Deserved congrats GM Cheparinov! Aug-01-13    SimonWebbsTiger: Ivan is on fire. He won Politiken Cup 2012 and is on course to win again this year. 6/6. Round 7 underway now. Oct-06-13    ChessVip: Richard Rapport from Hungary, Julio Granda from Peru,Ivan Cheparinov from Bulgaria,Lázaro Bruzón from Cuba and Iván Salgado from Spain are playing Entre Faros International Chess Tournament http://www.chessfaros.com/english/ Nov-26-13    Penguincw: Happy Birthday to 27 year old Bulgarian GM Ivan Cheparinov! Feb-06-14    ketchuplover: Kudos on ROCKing Gibraltar! Feb-08-14    Penguincw: I know this is kinda late, but congratulations to Ivan Cheparinov for winning the Tradewise Gibraltar (2014) tournament, where he edged out Vassily Ivanchuk and Nikita Vitiugov on tiebreaks. He did not face either of those players, but it would've been interesting if he did. He also edged out 7 players by half a point, and 16 more by a full point. Cheparinov scored +6 (+6,-0,=4) in the tournament, which got him 6 rating points, bumping his rating from 2672 to 2678. He now moves within 22 points of the "2700 club", somewhere he hasn't been since May of 2013, when he hit exactly 2700. Jun-09-14    waustad: With his 9th round win over Vladimir Akopian he's some winner of the Albena Grand Europe cup. http://chess-results.com/tnr124016.... Nov-26-14    Mr. V: Cheparinov reminds me of Efim Geller in his agressive play and his role as a creative opening theorist. 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