Ivan Cheparinov
| Ivan Cheparinov | |
|---|---|
 Ivan Cheparinov, Heraklion 2007 | |
| Full name | Иван Чепаринов |
| Country |  Bulgaria |
| Born | November 26, 1986 Asenovgrad, Bulgaria |
| Title | Grandmaster |
| FIDE rating | 2638 (June 2024) (No. 35 in the October 2012 FIDE World Rankings) |
| Peak rating | 2713 (January 2008) |
Ivan Cheparinov (born November 26, 1986 in Asenovgrad, Bulgaria) learned to play chess at age five, and progressed quickly enough to win the junior championship of Bulgaria as early as 2000. He is a Grand Master chess player, who won the Bulgarian Chess Championship in 2004 (Sofia), 2005 (Pleven) and 2012 (Panagyurishte).
Topalov's second
Until 2007, he was best known as the second of former FIDE World Champion Veselin Topalov. According to Topalov's website, Cheparinov was responsible for many of the opening novelties Topalov played during his 2006 World Championship match against Vladimir Kramnik.[1]
Tournament successes
In October 2006 Cheparinov won the Essent Open in Hoogeveen with 7/9,[2] and in April 2007 he won the Sigeman & Co tournament in Malmö with the same score.[3] He also shared first place—with six others—at the 2007 European Individual Chess Championship in Dresden, but Vladislav Tkachiev won the tie-break.[4] On the January 2008 FIDE rating list, Cheparinov was for the first time rated higher than 2700—often seen as the line that separates "elite" players from other grandmasters. In June 2010, he won the Ruy Lopez Masters tournament with a performance rating of 2904.[5] In June 2011 he tied for 1st–2nd with Atanas Kolev in the 3rd International Albena chess tournament.[6] In October 2011 he tied for 3rd–15th in the open section of the 15th Corsican Circuit.[7] In 2012 he tied for 1st–3rd with Ivan Sokolov and Jonny Hector in the Politiken Cup in Copenhagen, Denmark and won the event on tie-break.[8]
Handshake controversy
During the 2008 Corus chess tournament, Cheparinov's game in the eighth round of Group B against Nigel Short was declared a forfeit after the first move because he had twice refused to shake Short's hand at the start.[9] After Cheparinov refused to shake hands, Short informed the arbiter that in such cases, the rules prescribe an immediate forfeit (Short claims that the arbiter was not aware of this rule and had to be reminded of it).[10] Cheparinov's team claimed the arbiter was not aware of the rule since there is no such rule.[11] The Topalov - Kramnik game at the same tournament started without a handshake, although in that case neither player 'refused' a handshake since neither had offered one.[12] FIDE's behavioural norms state that, "[a]ny player who does not shake hands with the opponent (...) before the game starts in a FIDE tournament or during a FIDE match (and does not do it after being asked to do so by the arbiter) (...) will immediately and finally lose the relevant game.[13]
The reason for Cheparinov's refusal was, according to the appeal made by him and his manager Silvio Danailov, that "some time ago in one of his interviews Mr. Short insulted him and our team gravely". They also claimed the arbiter had not given Cheparinov another opportunity to shake hands, but had immediately declared the game a loss.[14] After their protest, the Appeals Committee of the tournament—consisting of Vladimir Kramnik, Michał Krasenkow and Judit Polgár—overturned the decision to forfeit the game. The Committee also decided that Cheparinov should apologize to Short, that the game was to be replayed the next day and that it should start with a handshake.[15] Short won.
The handshake incident was recorded on video, and posted by chess website Chessdom on YouTube, where it was viewed over 200,000 times.[16][17]
References
- ^ "Ivan Cheparinov". www.veselintopalov.net. 2006-10-28. Retrieved 2008-01-30.
- ^ "Ranking after round 9 of Essent Toernooi 2006 - Open". www.essentchess.nl. Retrieved 2008-02-03. [dead link]
- ^ "Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament 2007: Crosstable". www.sigeman-chess.com. Archived from the original on 2007-10-23. Retrieved 2008-02-03.
- ^ "EURO 2007: Tkachiev and Kosintseva win European Championship". Chessbase. 2007-04-15. Retrieved 2008-02-03.
- ^ "Cheparinov wins Ruy Lopez Masters with 2904 performance". ChessBase.com. 2010-06-20. Retrieved 20 June 2010.
- ^ "3rd International chess tournament September 2011 Bulgaria". FIDE. Retrieved 17 December 2011.
- ^ "15th Corsican Circuit – final Anand vs Mamedyarov on Monday". ChessBase. 2011-10-31. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
- ^ "Chess News - Cheparinov wins the Politiken Cup 2012". ChessBase.com. 2012-08-14. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
- ^ "Corus Chess: News - Ivan Cheparinov forfeited over handshake". www.coruschess.com. 2008-01-20. Retrieved 2008-02-03.
- ^ "Corus 2008: reaction Short after winning by forfeit". 2008-01-22. Retrieved 2010-04-26.
- ^ "Corus 2008: reaction Danailov after no-handshake incident". 2008-01-20. Retrieved 2010-04-26.
- ^ "Corus 2008: R9: The Start of Topalov-Kramnik". 2008-01-22. Retrieved 2010-04-26.
- ^ "Wijk R08: Cheparinov forfeits on handshake, appeals". Chessbase. 2008-01-21. Retrieved 2008-02-03.
- ^ "Wijk R08: Cheparinov forfeits on handshake, appeals". Chessbase. 2008-01-21. Retrieved 2008-02-03.
- ^ "Corus Chess: News - Decision of the Appeals Committee in the dispute between GMs Ivan Cheparinov and Nigel Short". www.coruschess.com. 2008-01-20. Retrieved 2008-02-03.
- ^ "90 000+ views of the Shake hand gambit declined". Chessdom. Retrieved 2008-02-03.
- ^ "Cheparinov refuses handshake (chessdom.com)". YouTube. 2008-01-20. Retrieved 2008-02-03.
External links
- Ivan Cheparinov player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Interview with Ivan Cheparinov