Ivan Popov (chess player)

Ivan Popov

Ivan Popov at the 2008 World Junior Championship, Gazientep
Country Russia
Born (1990-03-20) 20 March 1990
Rostov-on-Don, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Title Grandmaster
FIDE rating 2647 (January 2016)
Peak rating 2661 (September 2015)

Ivan Popov (born 20 March 1990 in Rostov-on-Don)[1] is a Russian chess grandmaster. He won the 2015 European Rapid Chess Championship in Minsk.[2]

In 2006 he won the Vanya Somov Memorial – Young Stars of the World tournament in Kirishi with half point ahead of Ian Nepomniachtchi.[3] Popov was the Russian junior (under-20) champion in 2007.[4] In the same year he also won the World U18 Championship and finished runner-up in the World Junior Chess Championship.

In 2012 Popov won the Moscow Chess Championship.[5] He competed in the Chess World Cup 2013, where he was knocked out in the first round by Markus Ragger.

In January 2015 he won the 7th Chennai International Open.[6] In September of the same year, he took part in the World Cup, from which he was eliminated in round one by Samuel Shankland. In January 2016, Popov won the 14th Parsvnath Delhi International Open edging out on tiebreak Attila Czebe and Valeriy Neverov, after all three players finished on 8/10 points.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Grandmaster title application FIDE
  2. ↑ "European Rapid Chess Championship 2015: Ivan Popov is the winner". Chessdom. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  3. ↑ Crowther, Mark (2006-05-22). "4th Young Stars of the World". The Week in Chess. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  4. ↑ Popov Ivan Chess Network Company
  5. ↑ "GM Ivan Popov convincing winner of the 2012 Moscow Chess Championship". Chessdom. 2012-03-19. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  6. ↑ "Ivan Popov wins 7th Chennai International Open title". Chessdom. 2015-01-07. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  7. ↑ "Ivan Popov wins 14th Delhi Open on tie-break". Chessdom. Retrieved 17 January 2016.

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