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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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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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Morozevich, Alexander vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1-0
Yalta rapid 1995 C50
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Kramnik, Vladimir
1-0
PCA/Intel-GP 1995 B57
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Leko, Peter
1-0
Belgrade Invest 1995 D73
Piket, Jeroen vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Dortmund 1995 E13
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Gulko, Boris F
1/2-1/2
Tal mem 1995 B17
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Vaganian, Rafael A
1/2-1/2
Tal mem 1995 C16
Ehlvest, Jaan vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
0-1
Tal mem 1995 D29
Gelfand, Boris vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1-0
Belgrade Invest 1995 A57
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Anand, Viswanathan
1/2-1/2
PCA/Intel-GP 1995 B06
Short, Nigel D vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
0-1
Novgorod 1995 B80
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Tiviakov, Sergei
1-0
Linares 1995 E59
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Short, Nigel D
1-0
Tal mem 1995 C89
Short, Nigel D vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1-0
Horgen 1995 C18
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Kramnik, Vladimir
1/2-1/2
Horgen 1995 B70
Shirov, Alexei vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Belgrade Invest 1995 C00
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Illescas Cordoba, Miguel
1/2-1/2
Linares 1995 B33
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Timman, Jan H
1/2-1/2
Belgrade Invest 1995 A46
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Jussupow, Artur
1-0
Novgorod 1995 C43
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Nunn, John DM
1/2-1/2
Amber-blind 4th 1995 B07
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Khalifman, Alexander
1-0
Yalta rapid 1995 B36
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Kasparov, Gary
0-1
PCA/Intel-GP 1995 B90
Piket, Jeroen vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
0-1
Amber-rapid 4th 1995 D97
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Adams, Michael
1/2-1/2
Belgrade Invest 1995 A45
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Kramnik, Vladimir
1/2-1/2
PCA/Intel-GP 1995 B33
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Timman, Jan H
1/2-1/2
Novgorod 1995 C82
Sokolov, Ivan vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Linares 1995 E70
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Lobron, Eric
1/2-1/2
Dortmund 1995 C09
Kramnik, Vladimir vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
0-1
PCA/Intel-GP 1995 E92
Kasparov, Gary vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
0-1
Horgen 1995 C16
Nikolic, Predrag vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Amber-blind 4th 1995 E19
Lautier, Joel vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
0-1
Amber-rapid 4th 1995 A67
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Timman, Jan H
1/2-1/2
Horgen 1995 C99
Kramnik, Vladimir vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Belgrade Invest 1995 A73
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Topalov, Veselin
0-1
Belgrade Invest 1995 B78
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Kramnik, Vladimir
1/2-1/2
PCA/Intel-GP 1995 B32
Dreev, Alexey vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
0-1
Linares 1995 E21
Nunn, John DM vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
0-1
Amber-rapid 4th 1995 C90
Kasparov, Gary vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Tal mem 1995 E62
Beliavsky, Alexander G vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
0-1
Belgrade Invest 1995 E20
Kramnik, Vladimir vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Tal mem 1995 A30
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Morozevich, Alexander
1-0
PCA/Intel-GP 1995 D07
Kramnik, Vladimir vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1-0
PCA/Intel-GP 1995 D85
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Jussupow, Artur
1-0
Horgen 1995 C43
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Topalov, Veselin
0-1
Novgorod 1995 A61
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Timman, Jan H
1/2-1/2
Tal mem 1995 E12
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Ljubojevic, Ljubomir
1/2-1/2
Belgrade Invest 1995 B48
Kasparov, Gary vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Novgorod 1995 B17
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Anand, Viswanathan
1-0
PCA/Intel-GP 1994 B31
Short, Nigel D vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
0-1
PCA/Intel-GP 1994 C91
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Ljubojevic, Ljubomir
1-0
Buenos Aires Sicilian 1994 B48
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