Alexander Ipatov

Title: 
Grandmaster
Rating: 
2659
Federation: 
Turkey
Age: 
24
Status: 
Invited
Bio: 

Alexander Ipatov is the former World Junior Chess Champion and has been consecutively ranked as the highest rated chess player in Turkey for the past two years. He was a member of the Turkish National Chess Team at World Chess Olympiads in 2012, 2014 and 2016, and won the Turkish Chess Championship in 2014 and 2015. Alexander is currently a full-time MBA student at Saint Louis University. Upon completion of his studies, Alexander plans to use his chess expertise to teach and promote chess across the United States.