Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei irava - I te Poutu-te-rangi 2015, i mutu ia i te 7 i te European Individual Chess Championship a na reira i tohu ai ia mo te Ipu o te Ao FIDE 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 Mahuru 2016, i te 42nd Chess Olympiad
I Baku, i awhina a Ipatov i te kapa Turiki ki te whakaoti i te tuaono, te taumata teitei o Turkey i roto i te Chess Olympiad, na te patu i te Kaiwhakaako Nui o Georgia a Mikheil Mchedlishvili i te rauna whakamutunga, i te wa e 1.5-1.5 ana te kaute i te tukinga.