Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A watan Maris na 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 Satumbar 2016, a gasar Olympiad ta Chess ta 42
a Baku, Ipatov ya taimaka wa tawagar Turkiyya ta kammala a matsayi na shida, matsayi mafi girma na Turkiyya a gasar Olympics ta Chess, ta hanyar kayar da Grandmaster Mikheil Mchedlishvili na Georgia a zagaye na karshe, lokacin da ƙimar wasan ta kasance 1.5-1.5.