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)
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1/2-1/2URS-FL 1987 C42
Glek, Igor V vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
0-1URS Army-ch 1987 A79
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Timoshchenko, Gennadi A
0-1URS Army-ch 1987 C45
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Wessman, Richard
1-0EU-ch U18 1987 A84
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Dreev, Alexey
1-0Armed Forces-ch 1987 C06
Mikhalchishin, Adrian vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2URS-FL 1987 D58
Vyzmanavin, Alexey vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1-0URS Army-ch 1987 D89
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Chernin, Alexander
1/2-1/2URS-FL 1987 A07
Janjgava, Lasha vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2URS-FL 1987 E12
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Rozentalis, Eduardas
1/2-1/2URS-FL 1987 D76
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Shabalov, Alexander
1/2-1/2URS Army-ch 1987 A46
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Lputian, Smbat G
1-0URS-FL 1987 D85
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Norwood, David
1-0EU-ch U18 1987 A61
Kosic, Dragan vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2EU-ch U18 1987 A61
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Nenashev, Alexander
1-0URS Army-ch 1987 E06
Klovans, Janis vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1-0URS Army-ch 1987 B78
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Chekhov, Valery A
1-0URS Army-ch 1987 A32
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Romanishin, Oleg M
1-0URS-FL 1987 B84
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Langner, Ladislav
1/2-1/2EU-ch U18 1987 A43
Lutz, Christopher vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
0-1EU-ch U18 1987 E44
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Riemersma, Liafbern
1/2-1/2EU-ch U18 1987 B81
Pigusov, Evgeny vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2URS Army-ch 1987 E06
Romanishin, Oleg M vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2Moscow TV 1987 D34
Damaso, Rui vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
0-1EU-ch U18 1987 C08
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Dautov, Rustem
1-0URS Army-ch 1987 E06
Kaidanov, Grigory S vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
0-1URS-FL 1987 B05
Pigusov, Evgeny vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1-0URS-ch U20 1986 A14
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Epishin, Vladimir
1-0URS-ch U20 1986 E00
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Goldin, Alexander
1/2-1/2URS-FL 1986 C92
Shabalov, Alexander vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1-0Novosibirsk tt 1986 E05
Aseev, Konstantin N vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2URS-FL 1986 C42
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Dolmatov, Sergey
0-1URS-FL 1986 C08
Bareev, Evgeny vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2URS-FL 1986 D80
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Gdanski, Jacek
1-0EU-ch U20 1986 B48
Serper, Grigory vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
0-1SochiJ-A 1986 D37
Sorokin, Maxim vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2SochiJ-A 1986 C06
Rychagov, Andrei vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1-0Novosibirsk tt 1986 B76
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Grigorian, Karen Ashotovich
0-1URS-ch otbor 1986 A59
Rozentalis, Eduardas vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
0-1URS-ch U20 1986 C06
Sullivan, J. vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
0-1EU-ch U20 1986 A08
Ruzele, Darius vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
0-1SochiJ-A 1986 E94
Kruppa, Yuri vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1-0URS-FL 1986 C84
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Psakhis, Lev
1/2-1/2URS-FL 1986 E17
Smagin, Sergey vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
0-1URS-ch otbor 1986 C48
Hansen, Lars Bo vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
0-1EU-ch U20 1986 D02
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Manor, Ilan
1-0EU-ch U20 1986 A79
Yakovich, Yuri vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2URS-ch U20 1986 B01
Glek, Igor V vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2URS-ch U20 1986 C05
Thorhallsson, Throstur vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2EU-ch U20 1986 B22
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Lputian, Smbat G
1/2-1/2URS-FL 1986 D97