Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te Poutu-te-rangi 2015, i mutu ia i te 7 i te European Individual Chess Championship a na te mea i tohu ia mo te FIDE World Cup i Baku. I tenei huihuinga whakamutunga, i tu i muri mai i te marama o Hepetema 2015, i patu ia i a Ivan Cheparinov i te rauna tuatahi kia eke ki te rauna tuarua, i reira i patu ai ia e Pavel Eljanov. I te marama o Hepetema 2016, i te
42nd Chess Olympiad i Baku, Ipatov i awhina i te kapa Turiki ki te whakaoti i te tuaono, te taumata teitei o Turkey i roto i te Chess Olympiad, ma te patu i te Georgian Grandmaster Mikheil Mchedlishvili i te rauna whakamutunga, i te wa e 1.5-1.5 ana te kaute i te tukinga.