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Ivanchuk, Vassily

modern era

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

Most Faced Opponents

Gelfand,B95 gamesLeko,P88 gamesRadjabov,T76 gamesCarlsen,M75 gamesAronian,L71 gamesAnand,V71 gamesAnand, Viswanathan63 gamesKramnik,V60 gamesGrischuk,A59 gamesTopalov,V56 games

Featured Games

FCGFCG
1-0

Kramnik, Vladimir vs Ivanchuk, Vassily

Dortmund

1995

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FCGFCG
0-1

Shirov, Alexei vs Ivanchuk, Vassily

Linares 14th

1997

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FCGFCG
0-1

Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Polgar, Judit

Linares 14th

1997

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FCGFCG
1-0

Morozevich,A vs Ivanchuk,V

Amber Blindfold

2008

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FCGFCG
1-0

Ivanchuk,V vs Arab,A

FIDE WCh KO

2004

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FCGFCG
0-1

Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Kamsky, Gata

Amber-blind 3rd

1994

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FCGFCG
1-0

Radjabov,T vs Ivanchuk,V

FIDE Candidates

2013

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FCGFCG
1-0

Kasparov, Gary vs Ivanchuk, Vassily

Reggio Emilia9192

1992

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FCGFCG
0-1

Ljubojevic, Ljubomir vs Ivanchuk, Vassily

Amber-blind 5th

1996

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FCGFCG
1-0

Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Nogueiras, Jesus

Wch Team

1993

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Games (5140)

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Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Pigusov, Evgeny
1/2-1/2
URS-FL 1986 D55
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Piket, Jeroen
0-1
EU-ch U20 1986 E92
Ehlvest, Jaan vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
0-1
URS-ch U20 1986 C11
Kupreichik, Viktor D vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1-0
URS-ch otbor 1986 C90
Romanishin, Oleg M vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1-0
URS-FL 1986 C02
Vyzmanavin, Alexey vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2
URS-FL 1986 D44
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Dreev, Alexey
1-0
URS-ch U20 1986 E07
Razuvaev, Yuri S vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2
URS-FL 1986 A14
Ehlvest, Jaan vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2
URS-ch otbor 1986 D44
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Vyzmanavin, Alexey
1/2-1/2
URS-ch otbor 1986 E11
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Brenninkmeijer, Joris
1-0
EU-ch U20 1986 C06
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Smirin, Ilia
1/2-1/2
URS-ch otbor 1986 E94
Dokhoian, Yury vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2
URS-ch U20 1986 D43
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Dokhoian, Yury
1/2-1/2
URS-FL 1986 E04
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Azmaiparashvili, Zurab
1/2-1/2
URS-ch U20 1986 B08
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Kuporosov, Viktor
1/2-1/2
URS-ch U20 1986 E04
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Ehlvest, Jaan
1/2-1/2
Minsk tt 1986 D18
Balashov, Yuri S vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2
URS-FL 1986 D31
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Bareev, Evgeny
1-0
URS-ch U20 1986 C08
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Burgess, Mark R
1-0
EU-ch U20 1986 B10
Howell, James C vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
0-1
EU-ch U20 1986 C42
Sveshnikov, Evgeny vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
0-1
URS-ch otbor 1986 E05
Gavrikov, Viktor vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
0-1
URS-FL 1986 D78
Ninov, Kiril vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2
EU-ch U20 1986 D79
Sokolov, Ivan vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2
EU-ch U20 1986 D44
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Kengis, Edvins
1/2-1/2
URS-ch otbor 1986 D97
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Novikov, Igor A
1-0
URS-ch U20 1986 E04
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Serper, Grigory
1-0
URS-ch otbor 1986 B78
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Dreev, Alexey
1-0
Minsk tt 1986 D31
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Timoshchenko, Gennadi A
1/2-1/2
URS-FL 1986 E05
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Salov, Valery
1/2-1/2
URS-FL 1986 E08
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs San Segundo, Pablo
1-0
EU-ch U20 1986 A57
Yermolinsky, Alex vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2
URS-ch otbor 1986 D44
Martinov, P. vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
0-1
SochiJ-A 1986 D86
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Sorokin, Maxim
1-0
SochiJ-A 1986 D31
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Blatny, Pavel
1/2-1/2
EU-ch U20 1986 D58
Giorgadze, Giorgi vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Minsk tt 1986 D94
Oll, Lembit vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2
URS-ch U20 1986 C06
Glek, Igor V vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
0-1
URS-ch otbor 1986 C42
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Serper, Grigory
1-0
URS-FL 1986 C92
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