Alexander Ipatov

Alexander Ipatov

Alexander Ipatov at Qatar Masters Open 2015
Country  Ukraine
 Spain
 Turkey
Born (1993-07-16) 16 July 1993
Lviv, Ukraine
Title Grandmaster
FIDE rating 2660 (December 2016)
Peak rating 2660 (November 2016)

Alexander Ipatov (Ukrainian: Олександр Іпатов, Oleksandr Ipatov; born 16 July 1993) is a chess grandmaster and one of the top chess players in Turkey.

He played for the Turkish National Team in the Chess Olympiads of 2012, 2014 and 2016. As of October 2016, he is ranked 89th in the world rankings and 1st in Turkey with 2660 ELO rating.

Early years

Ipatov was born on July 16, 1993 in Lviv, Ukraine. His father taught him how to play chess when he was four, and his mother brought him to the local chess club at the age of six. He trained there for four years.

Chess career

In March, 2003, Ipatov became the under-10 vice-champion of Ukraine. This made him eligible to participate in the World Youth Chess Championship (U10 section), which took place in Greece. Ipatov finished in 11th place out of 133 players.

In 2007, he finished second in the under-14 Ukrainian championship, and therefore qualified for the world U14 championship in Turkey, where he finished in 8th place, entering the top 10 for the first time.

In 2008, Ipatov gained 207 Elo rating points, became twice vice-champion of Ukraine (U16 and U20), and was awarded the titles of National Master and International Master. From January 2009 to February 2012, he represented Spain.

In 2011, Ipatov finished third in the Cappelle-la-Grande Open, where 573 players competed in, of which 85 were grandmasters.[1]

Since February 2012, Alexander Ipatov has represented the Turkish Chess Federation.[2] In August 2012, he became the World Junior Chess Champion in Athens ahead of Ding Liren, Richárd Rapport, Yu Yangyi and Wei Yi. This achievement made him eligible to participate in the 2013 FIDE World Cup.[3] In the latter he was knocked out in the first round by Wesley So.

Garry Kasparov gives Alex Ipatov his reward at 2013 WJCC

In February 2013, he took the bronze medal in the Turkish Chess Championship.[4][5] In September 2013, he won the silver medal at the World Junior Chess Championship in Kocaeli with 10.5 points out of 13, just half a point behind the actual winner Yu Yangyi. Alexander Ipatov became Turkish champion in 2014 and 2015. He scored a phenomenal 12.5 out of 13 at the latter, 1.5 points ahead of the runner-up Dragan Solak. [6]

In March 2015, Alexander finished 7th at the European Individual Chess Championship and qualified for the World Cup 2015 in Baku. At the FIDE World Cup 2015 he eliminated Ivan Cheparinov in round one to progress to round two, where he was knocked out by Pavel Eljanov.

At the Baku World Chess Olympiad in September 2016, Alexander Ipatov helped Turkish team to finish on their historically highest, the 6th place, by defeating the Georgian Grandmaster Mikhail Mchedlishvili in the last round when the score in the match was 1.5-1.5. [7]

Education

Ipatov attained his bachelor's degree from the National University “Yaroslav the Wise Law Academy of Ukraine” in Kharkov in 2014. He is fluent in Russian, Ukrainian, Spanish, English and Turkish.[8]

Chess clubs

Alexander Ipatov has played for the following chess clubs in various international leagues throughout his career :

Notable games

References

  1. ↑ Results 27e Open International de Cappelle-la-Grande
  2. ↑ Player transfers in 2012 FIDE. Retrieved 20 December 2015
  3. ↑ "GM Alexander Ipatov and WGM Guo Qi are World Junior Chess Champions". WJCC 2012. Chessdom. 2012-05-15. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  4. ↑ 2013 TÜRKİYE SATRANÇ ŞAMPİYONASI
  5. ↑ IM Ipatov comments his victory against GM Zhigalko Chessdom, retrieved Mar 13, 2011
  6. ↑ "GM Ipatov is Turkish Chess Champion 2015". Chessdom. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  7. ↑ "42nd Olympiad : Turkish Team Composition with Round Results". Chess Results. ChessResults. 2016-09-13. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  8. ↑ http://en.alexipatov.com/biography/

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