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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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0-1

Shirov, Alexei vs Ivanchuk, Vassily

Linares 14th

1997

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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 Kasparov, Gary
1/2-1/2
Las Palmas 1996 B52
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Short, Nigel D
1/2-1/2
Novgorod 1996 E05
Topalov, Veselin vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Novgorod 1996 C42
Polgar, Judit vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1-0
Novgorod 1996 B66
Anand, Viswanathan vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1-0
Dos Hermanas 1996 C92
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Shirov, Alexei
1-0
Dos Hermanas 1996 D15
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Polgar, Judit
1/2-1/2
Moscow PCA-GP 1996 B54
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Shirov, Alexei
1-0
Yerevan ol (Men) 1996 E94
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Kamsky, Gata
1/2-1/2
Donner mem 1996 C99
Timman, Jan H vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Donner mem 1996 E12
Polgar, Judit vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1-0
Moscow PCA-GP 1996 B42
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Topalov, Veselin
1-0
Yerevan ol (Men) 1996 E73
Gelfand, Boris vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Novgorod 1996 D85
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Gelfand, Boris
1/2-1/2
Novgorod 1996 E14
Gelfand, Boris vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1-0
Dos Hermanas 1996 D85
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Kramnik, Vladimir
1-0
Novgorod 1996 D43
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Morozevich, Alexander
1-0
Donner mem 1996 C11
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Topalov, Veselin
1-0
Novgorod 1996 B85
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Topalov, Veselin
1/2-1/2
Dos Hermanas 1996 B97
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Piket, Jeroen
1-0
Amber-blind 5th 1996 B67
Nikolic, Predrag vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
0-1
Amber-rapid 5th 1996 D16
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Nikolic, Predrag
1/2-1/2
Amber-blind 5th 1996 C55
Xie Jun vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
0-1
Amber-rapid 5th 1996 C90
Anand, Viswanathan vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Hoogovens 1996 B40
Shirov, Alexei vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Tallinn rapid 1996 B43
Short, Nigel D vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Novgorod 1996 C78
Gelfand, Boris vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Hoogovens 1996 A88
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Topalov, Veselin
0-1
Las Palmas 1996 B81
Kramnik, Vladimir vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1-0
Las Palmas 1996 A16
Kasparov, Gary vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1-0
Las Palmas 1996 B04
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Karpov, Anatoly
1/2-1/2
Las Palmas 1996 C10
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Kramnik, Vladimir
1-0
Las Palmas 1996 A65
Topalov, Veselin vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
0-1
Las Palmas 1996 B17
Anand, Viswanathan vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1-0
Las Palmas 1996 C78
Karpov, Anatoly vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Las Palmas 1996 E62
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Bareev, Evgeny
1-0
Dortmund 1995 D18
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Piket, Jeroen
1/2-1/2
Amber-blind 4th 1995 C82
Kasparov, Gary vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1-0
PCA/Intel-GP 1995 D07
Lautier, Joel vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Dortmund 1995 A29
Morozevich, Alexander vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
0-1
PCA/Intel-GP 1995 C83
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Lautier, Joel
1-0
Amber-blind 4th 1995 D38
Kramnik, Vladimir vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2
PCA/Intel-GP 1995 E90
Kramnik, Vladimir vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Novgorod 1995 D52
Akopian, Vladimir vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
0-1
Linares 1995 E60
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Nikolic, Predrag
1/2-1/2
Amber-rapid 4th 1995 D15
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Anand, Viswanathan
1/2-1/2
Tal mem 1995 C78
Jussupow, Artur vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Tal mem 1995 D27
Anand, Viswanathan vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
0-1
PCA/Intel-GP 1995 B12
Kengis, Edvins vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
0-1
Tal mem 1995 A04
Lautier, Joel vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
0-1
Linares 1995 A27
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