The chess games of Dean Ippolito

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Dean Ippolito

D Ippolito

Photo credit https://www.deanofchess.com

Number of games in database: 296
Years covered: 1994 to 2023
Last FIDE rating: 2369
Highest rating achieved in database: 2483

Overall record: +88 -102 =105 (47.6%)*
* Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 1 exhibition game, blitz/rapid, odds game, etc. is excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS

With the White pieces:

King's Indian (33)
    E60 E63 E67 E64 E62
Nimzo Indian (24)
    E32 E33 E38 E20 E36
Slav (15)
    D11 D10 D15
Queen's Pawn Game (13)
    E00 A41 D02 A40
Catalan (10)
    E06 E04 E07
Modern Benoni (10)
    A67 A57 A62 A56

With the Black pieces:

Semi-Slav (28)
    D45 D43 D44 D47 D48
Petrov (18)
    C42 C43
Queen's Gambit Declined (14)
    D37 D31 D30 D39 D35
Sicilian (11)
    B45 B33 B30 B53 B97
Giuoco Piano (7)
    C53 C50
Caro-Kann (7)
    B12 B18 B13 B10

Repertoire Explorer

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   D Ippolito vs Y Norowitz, 2004 1-0
   G Jones vs D Ippolito, 2001 0-1
   J Hanlen vs D Ippolito, 1999 0-1
   J Becerra Rivero vs D Ippolito, 2005 0-1
   A Gorlin vs D Ippolito, 2001 0-1
   T Enkhbat vs D Ippolito, 2008 0-1

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   7th Foxwoods Open (2005)
   Saitek US Masters (1998)
   102nd US Open (2001)
   Foxwoods Open (2008)
   United States Chess League (2008)
   32nd World Open (2004)
   49th Rilton Cup 2019/20 (2019)
   US Championship (2008)
   Foxwoods Open (2009)
   28th World Open (2000)
   Groningen Open (1997)
   World Junior Championship (1998)
   World Open (2007)
   Gibraltar Masters (2007)
   Rilton Cup 2017/18 (2017)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 Charlotte Spring GMA
   D Ippolito vs B Hardaway (Mar-15-23) 1-0
   D Ippolito vs P Ponkratov (Dec-27-20) 0-1
   D Ippolito vs M A Tabatabaei (Dec-27-20) 0-1
   D Ippolito vs A Valsecchi (Jan-05-20) 1-0
   I Akash Pc vs D Ippolito (Jan-04-20) 0-1

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DEAN IPPOLITO (born Jul-18-1978, 45 years old) United States of America	[what is this?]
IM Ippolito won the state of New Jersey championship in 2000 and 2002, as well as consecutively from 2009-11. References: (1) http://njscf.org/history/list-of-ne...

page 1 of 12; games 1-25 of 296

Game		Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. de Firmian vs D Ippolito		1-0	29	1994	New York Open	C42 Petrov Defense
2. D Ippolito vs B Kreiman		0-1	43	1995	Marshall CC int prel	D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted
3. D Ippolito vs M Zlotnikov		0-1	29	1995	New York Open	E69 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line
4. E Sevillano vs D Ippolito		½-½	49	1995	New York Open	C43 Petrov, Modern Attack
5. D Ippolito vs G Garcia		0-1	41	1995	New York Open	E07 Catalan, Closed
6. D Ippolito vs Yermolinsky		0-1	41	1995	US Class Championship	D76 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O Nb6
7. T Brownscombe vs D Ippolito		½-½	40	1996	US op	C42 Petrov Defense
8. J Sammour-Hasbun vs D Ippolito		1-0	52	1996	Bermuda	D53 Queen's Gambit Declined
9. R Black vs D Ippolito		0-1	36	1996	Bermuda	C37 King's Gambit Accepted
10. A Soltis vs D Ippolito		1-0	37	1996	Mermaid Beach International	C26 Vienna
11. R Ye vs D Ippolito		½-½	51	1996	Groningen Open	D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
12. D Ippolito vs V Grechihin		1-0	34	1996	Groningen Open	E63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation
13. D Ippolito vs R Burnett		0-1	29	1997	Hawaii op	E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3
14. D Ippolito vs Kudrin		0-1	48	1997	Mermaid Beach Club	D76 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O Nb6
15. J Sammour-Hasbun vs D Ippolito		1-0	33	1997	Mermaid Beach Club	D37 Queen's Gambit Declined
16. Shulman vs D Ippolito		1-0	53	1997	Linares Anibal Open	D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
17. D Ippolito vs H Olafsson		½-½	31	1997	New York Open	E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3
18. D Ippolito vs Yermolinsky		0-1	43	1997	98th US Open	D76 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O Nb6
19. D Strenzwilk vs D Ippolito		0-1	36	1997	98th US Open	C64 Ruy Lopez, Classical
20. I Thompson vs D Ippolito		½-½	33	1997	Groningen Open	D31 Queen's Gambit Declined
21. I Timmermans vs D Ippolito		0-1	15	1997	Groningen Open	C78 Ruy Lopez
22. D Ippolito vs P Schlosser		0-1	32	1997	Groningen Open	E00 Queen's Pawn Game
23. O Cvitan vs D Ippolito		0-1	33	1997	Groningen Open	E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3
24. D Ippolito vs D Gormally		½-½	21	1998	Europe-Americas	E64 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav System
25. A Baburin vs D Ippolito		1-0	72	1998	Europe-Americas	D30 Queen's Gambit Declined


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Jul-12-05		Good2BTheKing: Dean is one of the nicest guys you'll ever meet...at least he was 15 years ago...I only met him once at a tourny in NJ...he had the decency to play me during a break just for fun...just a couple of high school kids hanging out and playing chess...he killed me of course, but (like in all games) only at the end. :) I manged to hang in there with him for a little bit...but, like I said...that was 15 years ago.

Sep-05-08		myschkin: . . . IM <Dean “the dream” Ippolito> Profile Page: http://njknockouts.blogspot.com/200... Homepage: http://www.deanofchess.com/ Interview 2007: http://lizzyknowsall.blogspot.com/2... (by Elizabeth Vicary) "Bio": IM Dean “the dream” Ippolito spends most of his time preparing for his games not by his computer or by a chessboard but instead in the weight room. His unrelenting regimen of bench presses, leg curls and pushups give him the physical energy he needs to play a tough game of chess. He likes to play VERY positional openings with the white pieces. With the black pieces he used to play the Petroff exclusively until too many people told him how wimpy it was and too many 1700 players traded queens on move 5. Since then he sometimes plays the Sicilian to keep the critics off his back. Despite the fact that Dean plays some “wimpy” openings, I can assure you he is quite a good calculator and has a lot more imagination then you would expect from his repertoire. He is an extremely hard fighter, very resourceful and never gives up…..this has saved him a lot of games in the past. One of the biggest barrier between Ippolito and the higher levels is his penchant for giving too many easy draws away to stronger players, however if he overcomes this psychological desire for a draw, he could make some serious strides. http://www.newyorkmasters.com/playe...

Sep-22-09		ROADDOG: <myschkin>: He may be tough in the weight room but he is the whipping post in Group B at the 2009 Spice Open. 0-4 in 4 games.

Sep-24-09		BIDMONFA: Dean Ippolito Ippolito, Dean http://www.bidmonfa.com/ippolito_de... _

Oct-26-10		rapidcitychess: Obviously this guy is a cheater! He uses Ippolito!

Jun-08-15		Mfrankpsyd: His win against Charbonneau in 9/2009 which appeared in the NY Times as an endgame study was a shining star. I don't see it here but it's worth looking up - 2 Knights winning against king and pawn.

May-01-21		GrahamClayton: Back in 2010, Ippolito launched a new magazine "Chess Player Magazine", which to quote editor Eric Cintron - "Our magazine is going to replace the old and boring chess magazines that are out in the market." It seems that CPM did not replace existing magazines, and had a short life - does anyone know how many issues were produced?

Jun-12-23		belgradegambit: He just tied for first at the Charlotte Open.

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