Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Na Machị 2015, ọ bịara nke asaa na European Individual Chess Championship ma si otú a ruo eruo maka FIDE World Cup na Baku. Na nke ikpeazụ a, emere na Septemba 2015, o meriri Ivan Cheparinov na agba nke mbụ iji gaa n'agba nke abụọ, ebe Pavel Eljanov meriri ya. Na Septemba 2016, na 42nd Chess Olympiad
na Baku, Ipatov nyeere ndị otu Turkey aka imecha nke isii, ọkwa kachasị elu nke Turkey na Chess Olympiad, site na imeri onye isi obodo Georgia bụ Mikheil Mchedlishvili na agba ikpeazụ, mgbe akara dị na egwuregwu ahụ bụ 1.5-1.5.