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).
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.
In October 2006 Cheparinov won the Essent Open in Hoogeveen with 7/9, and in April 2007 he won the Sigeman & Co tournament in Malmö with the same score. He also shared first place—with six others—at the 2007 European Individual Chess Championship in Dresden, but Vladislav Tkachiev won the tie-break. 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.In June 2011 he tied for 1st–2nd with Atanas Kolev in the 3rd International Albena chess tournament. In October 2011 he tied for 3rd–15th in the open section of the 15th Corsican Circuit. 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.
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.
In October 2006 Cheparinov won the Essent Open in Hoogeveen with 7/9, and in April 2007 he won the Sigeman & Co tournament in Malmö with the same score. He also shared first place—with six others—at the 2007 European Individual Chess Championship in Dresden, but Vladislav Tkachiev won the tie-break. 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.In June 2011 he tied for 1st–2nd with Atanas Kolev in the 3rd International Albena chess tournament. In October 2011 he tied for 3rd–15th in the open section of the 15th Corsican Circuit. 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.
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