IVAN CHEPARINOV (born Nov-26-1986, 38 years old) Bulgaria [what is this?] Grandmaster and FIDE Senior Trainer. Ivan Cheparinov was born in Asenovgrad in 1986. He learned to play chess at age five, and progressed quickly enough to win the junior championship of Bulgaria in 2000. He then took the overall Bulgarian championship in 2004, the same year he became a grandmaster. He went on to win the Bulgarian championship in 2005, 2012 and 2018. Since then, Cheparinov has put together some notable tournament successes, including joint second at Pamplona 2005 and clear first at the 2006 Essent Open. He took part in the World Cup (2005), eliminating Alexei Fedorov and Vassily Ivanchuk before losing his third-round match with Magnus Carlsen in quick-play tie-break. He advanced to the quarterfinals in the 2007 World Cup, winning against Wang Yue and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, among others, before again being knocked out by Carlsen. Nonetheless, his accomplishments raised his rating enough to qualify him as a participant in the inaugural FIDE Grand Prix series. In 2012, he came =1st (2nd on tiebreak) at the Albena Open (2012) held in Bulgaria, with a score of 7/9 and clear 1st in the Varna Open with 6.5/9. In March 2013, he scored 6.5/9 at the Karpos Open, a half point from the lead. In August 2013, he scored 8/10 to place =2nd at the Politiken Cup (2013). In February 2014, he won the Tradewise Gibraltar (2014) in a blitz tiebreaker ahead of co-leaders Vassily Ivanchuk and Nikita Vitiugov. Cheparinov qualified via his result at the European Individual Championship (2014) (=9th with 7.5/11) for the World Cup (2015), where he was knocked out of the contest upon a first round loss to former World Junior Champion Alexander Ipatov. Cheparinov, the Bulgarian number 2, is also well-known for his role as a second to former FIDE World Champion and Bulgarian number 1 Veselin Topalov. He is credited with finding several of the opening novelties unleashed by his countryman during the 2000s, for example the move 12. Nxf7 in Topalov vs Kramnik, 2008. Wikipedia article: Ivan Cheparinov Last updated: 2021-02-01 18:13:18

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page 1 of 99; games 1-25 of 2,467  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. I Cheparinov vs A Bekker-Jensen   ½-½ 27 1994 EU-ch U10 E76 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack 2. I Cheparinov vs E Lavendelis   0-1 40 1994 EU-ch U10 D85 Grunfeld 3. A Olhovik vs I Cheparinov   ½-½ 40 1994 EU-ch U10 A59 Benko Gambit 4. I Cheparinov vs D Petrosian   ½-½ 43 1994 EU-ch U10 E76 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack 5. R Gashimov vs I Cheparinov   1-0 31 1994 EU-ch U10 C17 French, Winawer, Advance 6. I Cheparinov vs A Raducanu   0-1 43 1994 EU-ch U10 E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 7. F Berkes vs I Cheparinov 1-0 35 1994 EU-ch U10 C20 King's Pawn Game 8. D Cvitanic vs I Cheparinov   ½-½ 42 1994 EU-ch U10 C57 Two Knights 9. I Cheparinov vs S Gaston   0-1 33 1994 EU-ch U10 E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 10. I Cheparinov vs Naiditsch   1-0 37 1995 EU-ch U10 E77 King's Indian 11. Navara vs I Cheparinov   0-1 29 1995 EU-ch U10 C71 Ruy Lopez 12. K Shanava vs I Cheparinov 1-0 38 1995 EU-ch U10 C55 Two Knights Defense 13. I Cheparinov vs L Lang 1-0 12 1995 EU-ch U10 D52 Queen's Gambit Declined 14. A Riazantsev vs I Cheparinov   1-0 22 1995 EU-ch U10 E81 King's Indian, Samisch 15. G Antal vs I Cheparinov   1-0 31 1995 EU-ch U10 C29 Vienna Gambit 16. I Cheparinov vs G Guseinov   1-0 34 1995 EU-ch U10 D02 Queen's Pawn Game 17. R Khusnutdinov vs I Cheparinov   1-0 46 1996 Wch U10 E85 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox Variation 18. Radjabov vs I Cheparinov 1-0 37 1996 Wch U10 A04 Reti Opening 19. I Cheparinov vs M Vasilev   ½-½ 48 1997 BUL-ch A57 Benko Gambit 20. D Mieles Palau vs I Cheparinov   0-1 45 1997 Wch U12 C57 Two Knights 21. A Filippov vs I Cheparinov   ½-½ 78 1997 Wch U12 C57 Two Knights 22. J Wegerle vs I Cheparinov   ½-½ 66 1997 Wch U12 C55 Two Knights Defense 23. A Moreno Trujillo vs I Cheparinov   0-1 65 1997 Wch U12 E60 King's Indian Defense 24. I Cheparinov vs V Jeremic   ½-½ 76 1997 Wch U12 B03 Alekhine's Defense 25. I Cheparinov vs B Galstian   1-0 35 1997 Wch U12 D52 Queen's Gambit Declined  page 1 of 99; games 1-25 of 2,467

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 11 OF 11 ·  Later Kibitzing> Sep-19-12    theodor: <bharatiy: All the Chepa fans shuld have a look at this> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5v-1>... dear friend, dont you think ther's a reason for Chepa's behaviour? Dont put your post out of context! That's not fair! Sep-25-12    Rata999: 2709,8 after the Bulgarian team chess championship 6th title this year!Deserved congrats GM Cheparinov! Aug-01-13    SimonWebbsTiger: Ivan is on fire. He won Politiken Cup 2012 and is on course to win again this year. 6/6. Round 7 underway now. Oct-06-13    ChessVip: Richard Rapport from Hungary, Julio Granda from Peru,Ivan Cheparinov from Bulgaria,Lázaro Bruzón from Cuba and Iván Salgado from Spain are playing Entre Faros International Chess Tournament http://www.chessfaros.com/english/ Nov-26-13    Penguincw: Happy Birthday to 27 year old Bulgarian GM Ivan Cheparinov! Feb-06-14    ketchuplover: Kudos on ROCKing Gibraltar! Feb-08-14    Penguincw: I know this is kinda late, but congratulations to Ivan Cheparinov for winning the Tradewise Gibraltar (2014) tournament, where he edged out Vassily Ivanchuk and Nikita Vitiugov on tiebreaks. He did not face either of those players, but it would've been interesting if he did. He also edged out 7 players by half a point, and 16 more by a full point. Cheparinov scored +6 (+6,-0,=4) in the tournament, which got him 6 rating points, bumping his rating from 2672 to 2678. He now moves within 22 points of the "2700 club", somewhere he hasn't been since May of 2013, when he hit exactly 2700. Jun-09-14    waustad: With his 9th round win over Vladimir Akopian he's some winner of the Albena Grand Europe cup. http://chess-results.com/tnr124016.... Nov-26-14    Mr. V: Cheparinov reminds me of Efim Geller in his agressive play and his role as a creative opening theorist. Nov-27-14    MissScarlett: <his role as a creative opening theorist.> May we have some examples? Nov-27-14    SimonWebbsTiger: @<MissScarlet> One novelty comes to mind: his Nxf7 in the anti-Moscow Gambit in this famous game Topalov vs Kramnik, 2008 Aug-15-15    wordfunph: Ivan Cheparinov (2690) - Wesley So (2779) 1-0 in 55 moves. yodaman! Aug-15-15    Barococo Prosopoeia: He taught a player 89 elo points higher than his a chess lesson. What a nice drubbing. Aug-15-15    shintaro go: ahahahahaha talo sa isang 2400 player si Chuparinov ahahahahaha Sep-28-15    The Kings Domain: Rude. Wonder what his issue was with Short. May-31-17    whiteshark: http://chess-results.com/tnr280959.... shows <European Chess Union> as his federation for European Individual Chess Championship (2017) ??? May-31-17    Strelets: <whiteshark> Bulgaria got suspended from the ECU. May-31-17    whiteshark: Thanks for the info, <Strelets>. "At the General Assembly held on 10th September in Baku, Azerbaijan, the European Chess Union voted with overwhelming majority to suspend the membership of the Bulgarian Chess Federation. ... The GA confirmed that <Bulgarian chess players can still enter the official tournaments by individual registrations.> ... " Source: http://www.chessdom.com/bulgarian-c... Jul-22-18    sonia91: Cheparinov is Georgia's new top player! https://ratings.fide.com/fedchange.... Jul-25-18    blade2012: Why Georgia? Jan-24-20    ketchuplover: Does he still avoid the pregame handshake? Jan-26-20    Penguincw: Congrats to 11th seed Cheparinov for having been the last still perfect player (4/4) at Gibraltar Masters (2020). In Round 5, he'll face Topalov with black. He used to second for Topalov, so hey, he might know a trick or two, to win. Feb-06-20    Penguincw: And no, he ended up drawing Topalov (Topalov vs I Cheparinov, 2020) and finished with 6.5/10. Oct-24-20    blade2012: Ivan switched federation from Bulgaria to Georgia and back https://ratings.fide.com/transfers.... Nov-27-23    Caissanist: I remember Topalov gave Cheparinov an enormous amount of credit for his winning the FIDE championship, saying that Cheparinov was a huge source of ideas (partly because of his youth) and "a treasure". Unfortunately those interviews seem to have disappeared from the net, if anyone can find one please post it. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 11) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 11 OF 11 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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