Sergei Shipov (born 17 April 1966) is a Russian

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player, trainer, journalist and writer. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by

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in 1996.

Career

Shipov founded the chess website Crestbook where, among other services, he provides online commentary to current chess events in Russian. One of the most popular areas of the site is "Ask Shipov" where Shipov answers questions on chess-related topics. Shipov is also a chess trainer and a chess writer. Among other players, he worked with

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, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Daniil Dubov, Grigoriy Oparin, and

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. Shipov wrote a book about a system for black in

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, "The Complete

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". He is also a strong

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player with a rating around 2700 on the chess.com website. Shipov has a YouTube channel where he publishes videos with chess analysis. In 2006, Shipov won the Midnight Sun Chess Challenge in

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, with a score of 7½/9, a half point ahead of

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. In February 2022, FIDE referred Shipov to an internal disciplinary commission for supporting the

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, but the commission acquitted him in March. In March 2023 Shipov reported that Chess.com has blocked his account.

Books

*Дамский Я., Шипов С. ''Последняя интрига века. Каспаров-Крамник. Лондон 2000'', Москва 2000, *Шипов С., ''Еж. Хищники на шахматной доске'', Москва 2004, * *

References

External links

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Sergei Shipov's chess related articles, interviews, commentary, and analysis translations in English
''Chess in Translation''.
Interview with GM Sergey Shipov
by Natalia Pogonina 1966 births Living people Chess Grandmasters Russian chess players Russian chess writers Russian sports journalists People from Murom Russian YouTubers {{Russia-chess-bio-stub