Ivanchuk, Vassily
Vassily Ivanchuk is widely regarded as one of the most naturally gifted chess players of all time, with Garry Kasparov placing him in the same category as world champions. A creative genius with an unpredictable universal style, he reached No. 2 in the world rankings three times and won virtually every major tournament, including the World Rapid Championship (2016) and World Blitz Championship (2007). Judit Polgar named him alongside only Carlsen and Anand when asked which players she considered true geniuses.
Total Games
5140
Wins
1979
Draws
2280
Losses
880
38.5% wins44.4% draws17.1% losses
Most Played Openings
C42 - Petrov's Defense109E15 - Queen's Indian Defense: Buerger Variation100D37 - Queen's Gambit Declined: Harrwitz Attack89B90 - Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation85D11 - Slav Defense: Modern Line59E12 - Queen's Indian Defense55D85 - Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation53B33 - Sicilian Defense: Open51C92 - Ruy Lopez: Closed50C65 - Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense50
Featured Games
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Kramnik, Vladimir vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
Dortmund
1995
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Shirov, Alexei vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
Linares 14th
1997
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Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Polgar, Judit
Linares 14th
1997
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Morozevich,A vs Ivanchuk,V
Amber Blindfold
2008
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Ivanchuk,V vs Arab,A
FIDE WCh KO
2004
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Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Kamsky, Gata
Amber-blind 3rd
1994
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Radjabov,T vs Ivanchuk,V
FIDE Candidates
2013
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Kasparov, Gary vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
Reggio Emilia9192
1992
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Ljubojevic, Ljubomir vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
Amber-blind 5th
1996
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Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Nogueiras, Jesus
Wch Team
1993
View PrintGames (5140)
Search & Filter All Games →Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Kupreichik, Viktor D
0-1Lvov 1988 E87
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Tukmakov, Vladimir B
1-0New York op 1988 C82
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Gavrikov, Viktor
1/2-1/2URS-ch55 1988 B92
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Haba, Petr
1-0Debrecen 1988 C82
Aseev, Konstantin N vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2Frunze 1988 C82
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Neverov, Valeriy
1/2-1/2Frunze 1988 D85
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Vaganian, Rafael A
1/2-1/2URS-ch55 1988 D37
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Schneider, Attila
1-0Debrecen 1988 B78
Karolyi, Tibor Jr vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
0-1Lvov 1988 D98
Mahayri, Sabri M vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
0-1Thessaloniki ol (Men) 1988 C68
Timoshchenko, Gennadi A vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2Frunze 1988 D89
Kharitonov, Andrei Y vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
0-1URS-ch55 1988 D48
Malaniuk, Vladimir P vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2Lvov 1988 E27
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Dorfman, Josif D
1/2-1/2Lvov 1988 D97
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Chekhov, Valery A
1-0Frunze 1988 C82
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Huzman, Alexander
1/2-1/2Lvov 1988 D53
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Antonio, Rogelio Jr
1/2-1/2Thessaloniki ol (Men) 1988 A61
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Yermolinsky, Alex
0-1Frunze 1988 E92
Smirin, Ilia vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2URS-ch55 1988 C80
Serper, Grigory vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
0-1Frunze 1988 C77
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Moskalenko, Viktor
1-0Lvov 1988 C05
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Kotronias, Vasilios
1-0Lvov 1988 D97
Horvath, Csaba vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2Debrecen 1988 A11
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Mikhalchishin, Adrian
1-0Lvov 1988 D97
Klovans, Janis vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
0-1Frunze 1988 B33
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Dreev, Alexey
1/2-1/2Frunze 1988 C08
Stone, Raymond vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
0-1New York op 1988 D85
Huzman, Alexander vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2URS Army-ch 1987 D44
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Giorgadze, Tamaz
1-0Moscow TV 1987 A57
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Gurevich, Mikhail
1/2-1/2URS-FL 1987 A36
Horvath, Csaba vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
0-1EU-ch U18 1987 C18
Bareev, Evgeny vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2URS-FL 1987 E12
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Benev, Borislav
1-0EU-ch U18 1987 B01
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Novikov, Igor A
1-0URS-FL 1987 B08
Dreev, Alexey vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
0-1URS-FL 1987 E12
Vyzmanavin, Alexey vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2URS-FL 1987 D93
Zaichik, Gennadi vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
0-1URS-FL 1987 D37
Gavrikov, Viktor vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2URS-FL 1987 B20
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Kharitonov, Andrei Y
1/2-1/2URS Army-ch 1987 E15
Panchenko, Alexander N vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2URS-FL 1987 E12
Goldin, Alexander vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
0-1URS Army-ch 1987 D34
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Romanishin, Oleg M
1/2-1/2Moscow TV 1987 E62
Giorgadze, Tamaz vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
0-1Moscow TV 1987 E01
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Yudasin, Leonid
1/2-1/2URS-FL 1987 E15
Lev, Ronen vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2EU-ch U18 1987 D85
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Brenninkmeijer, Joris
1-0EU-ch U18 1987 C06
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Legky, Nikolay A
1-0URS Army-ch 1987 A87
Yurtaev, Leonid vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1-0URS Army-ch 1987 B14
Hansen, Lars Bo vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
0-1EU-ch U18 1987 D40
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Krasenkow, Michal
1/2-1/2URS Army-ch 1987 E11