Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A watan Maris na shekarar 2015, ya gama na 7 a Gasar Zakarun Turai ta mutum daya kuma sakamakon haka ya cancanci zuwa gasar cin kofin duniya ta FIDE a Baku. A cikin wannan taron na ƙarshe, wanda aka gudanar a ƙarshen Satumba 2015, ya fitar da Ivan Cheparinov a zagaye na farko don ci gaba zuwa zagaye na biyu, inda Pavel Eljanov ya fitar da shi. A watan Satumba na shekarar 2016, a
Wasannin Chess Olympiad na 42 a Baku, Ipatov ya taimaka wa kungiyar Turkiyya ta kammala a matsayi na shida, matsayi mafi girma na Turkiyya a gasar Chess Olympiad, ta hanyar kayar da Grandmaster Mikheil Mchedlishvili na Georgia a zagaye na karshe, lokacin da aka ci wasan 1.5-1.5.