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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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Beliavsky, Alexander G vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Munich SKA 1994 D19
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Anand, Viswanathan
0-1
PCA/Intel-GP 1994 B36
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Polgar, Judit
1/2-1/2
Buenos Aires Sicilian 1994 B80
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Anand, Viswanathan
1/2-1/2
PCA/Intel-GP 1994 B31
Anand, Viswanathan vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2
PCA/Intel-GP 1994 C89
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Nenashev, Alexander
1-0
Tilburg 1994 B09
Kortschnoj, Viktor vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
0-1
Amber-blind 3rd 1994 D10
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Kasparov, Gary
1/2-1/2
Moscow ol (Men) 1994 B70
Morozevich, Alexander vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Moscow ol (Men) 1994 B31
Timman, Jan H vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1-0
Amsterdam VSB 1994 B52
Kasparov, Gary vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Novgorod 1994 B48
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Salov, Valery
1/2-1/2
Tilburg rapid20 1994 B66
Bareev, Evgeny vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1-0
Linares 1994 D27
Short, Nigel D vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Novgorod 1994 B70
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Shirov, Alexei
1-0
Novgorod 1994 D44
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Kasparov, Gary
1-0
Amsterdam VSB 1994 B93
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Salov, Valery
1/2-1/2
Tilburg 1994 B66
Georgiev, Kiril vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Tilburg 1993 E15
Christiansen, Larry Mark vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Amber-blind 2nd 1993 A34
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Ljubojevic, Ljubomir
0-1
Moscow blitz 1993 B87
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Seirawan, Yasser
1-0
Amber-blind 2nd 1993 A30
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Polgar, Zsuzsa
0-1
Moscow blitz 1993 B32
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Seirawan, Yasser
1/2-1/2
Biel Interzonal 1993 B19
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Piket, Jeroen
1-0
Amber-rapid 2nd 1993 C96
Smyslov, Vassily vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
0-1
Moscow blitz 1993 C00
Hellers, Ferdinand vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Tilburg rapid20 1993 C92
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Karpov, Anatoly
0-1
Moscow blitz 1993 E32
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Lputian, Smbat G
1-0
Biel Interzonal 1993 B30
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Oll, Lembit
1/2-1/2
Biel Interzonal 1993 D47
Khalifman, Alexander vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Moscow blitz 1993 D37
Gurevich, Mikhail vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Biel Interzonal 1993 E97
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Granda Zuniga, Julio E
1-0
Biel Interzonal 1993 B44
Kortschnoj, Viktor vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Amber-rapid 2nd 1993 E43
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Shirov, Alexei
0-1
Moscow blitz 1993 B66
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Piket, Jeroen
1-0
Biel Interzonal 1993 C92
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Agdestein, Simen
1-0
Tilburg 1993 A85
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Dreev, Alexey
1/2-1/2
Biel Interzonal 1993 C11
Seirawan, Yasser vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Amber-rapid 2nd 1993 A34
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Georgiev, Kiril
1-0
Tilburg rapid20 1993 B76
Hellers, Ferdinand vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1-0
Tilburg 1993 C11
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Hellers, Ferdinand
1-0
Tilburg rapid20 1993 B66
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Agdestein, Simen
1-0
Tilburg rapid20 1993 A85
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Bareev, Evgeny
1-0
Linares 1993 C42
Gurevich, Dmitry vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Biel Interzonal 1993 C01
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Kortschnoj, Viktor
0-1
Amber-blind 2nd 1993 B19
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Salov, Valery
1-0
Linares 1993 E17
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Christiansen, Larry Mark
1/2-1/2
Amber-rapid 2nd 1993 B34
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Hellers, Ferdinand
1-0
Tilburg 1993 B85
Epishin, Vladimir vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Tilburg 1993 E11
Piket, Jeroen vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Amber-blind 2nd 1993 D52
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