Sergei Shipov


Sergei Shipov is a Russian chess player, trainer, journalist and writer. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 1996.

Career

Shipov is the man behind the popular 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 chess trainer and a chess writer. Among other players he worked with Alexandra Kosteniuk, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Daniil Dubov, Grigoriy Oparin, and Andrey Esipenko. Shipov wrote a book about a system for black in Sicilian Defence, "The Complete Hedgehog". He is also a strong blitz chess player with rating about 2700 on chess.com online playing zone. Shipov has a YouTube channel where he published videos with chess analysis.
In 2006 Shipov won the Midnight Sun Chess Challenge in Tromsø, Norway, with a score of 7½/9, half point ahead of Magnus Carlsen.

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