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Alexander Vladimirovich Ipatov (; born 16 July 1993) is a Ukrainian-born Turkish chess grandmaster. He is the top ranked chess player of Turkey. Ipatov was world junior champion in 2012 and Turkish champion in 2014 and 2015. Since 2012, he has played for the Turkish national team in the Chess Olympiad, World Team Chess Championship and European Team Chess Championship.
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 (IM). From January 2009 to February 2012, he represented Spain.
In 2011, Ipatov finished third in the Cappelle-la-Grande Open, "IM Ipatov comments his victory against GM Zhigalko" . Chessdom. 2011-03-31. Retrieved 2017-06-17. where 573 players competed in, of which 85 were grandmasters. Results 27e Open International de Cappelle-la-Grande Since February 2012, Alexander Ipatov has represented the Turkish Chess Federation. In August 2012, he won the World Junior Chess Championship 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. In the latter he was knocked out in the first round by Wesley So.
In February 2013, he took the bronze medal in the Turkish Chess Championship. In September 2013, he won the silver medal at the World Junior Chess Championship in Kocaeli scoring 10.5 points out of 13, half a point behind the winner, Yu Yangyi. Alexander Ipatov became Turkish champion in 2014 and 2015.
In March 2015, he finished 7th at the European Individual Chess Championship and as a result qualified for the FIDE World Cup in Baku. In this latter event, held later in September 2015, he knocked out Ivan Cheparinov in round one to progress to round two, where he was knocked out by Pavel Eljanov. In September 2016, at the 42nd Chess Olympiad in Baku, Ipatov helped the Turkish team to finish sixth, Turkey's highest rank ever in a Chess Olympiad, by defeating the Georgian Grandmaster Mikheil Mchedlishvili in the last round, when the score in the match was 1.5-1.5.
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