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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 Epishin, Vladimir
1-0
Tilburg 1993 B17
Georgiev, Kiril vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
0-1
Tilburg rapid20 1993 B87
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Wolff, Patrick G
1/2-1/2
Biel Interzonal 1993 D20
Speelman, Jonathan S vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Biel Interzonal 1993 D02
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Georgiev, Kiril
1/2-1/2
Tilburg 1993 B76
Gulko, Boris F vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Biel Interzonal 1993 E73
Agdestein, Simen vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
0-1
Tilburg rapid20 1993 A28
Akopian, Vladimir vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Biel Interzonal 1993 D36
Agdestein, Simen vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1-0
Tilburg 1993 A34
Timman, Jan H vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Moscow blitz 1993 D03
Anand, Viswanathan vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Roquebrune rapid 1992 C27
Adams, Michael vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1-0
Roquebrune 1992 B16
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Polugaevsky, Lev
1-0
Roquebrune rapid 1992 B40
Bareev, Evgeny vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Linares 1992 D20
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Polgar, Zsuzsa
1-0
Roquebrune 1992 D24
Speelman, Jonathan S vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
0-1
Linares 1992 A35
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Seirawan, Yasser
1-0
Tilburg rapid 1992 D41
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Lautier, Joel
1-0
Tilburg 1992 A29
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Polgar, Judit
1/2-1/2
Roquebrune rapid 1992 E62
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Roquebrune rapid 1992 D75
Piket, Jeroen vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
0-1
Dortmund 1992 D97
Epishin, Vladimir vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
0-1
Tilburg 1992 D36
Polugaevsky, Lev vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
0-1
Roquebrune 1992 E94
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Adams, Michael
1/2-1/2
Roquebrune rapid 1992 A29
Seirawan, Yasser vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
0-1
Tilburg rapid 1992 A36
Illescas Cordoba, Miguel vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
0-1
Linares 1992 C92
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1-0
Roquebrune 1992 A22
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Ljubojevic, Ljubomir
1/2-1/2
Roquebrune rapid 1992 D63
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Roquebrune rapid 1992 B38
Seirawan, Yasser vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Tilburg 1992 E05
Bareev, Evgeny vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1-0
Dortmund 1992 D20
Lautier, Joel vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Tilburg 1992 B44
Salov, Valery vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
0-1
Dortmund 1992 D45
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Epishin, Vladimir
1-0
Tilburg 1992 C10
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Salov, Valery
0-1
Linares 1992 B63
Adams, Michael vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
0-1
Roquebrune rapid 1992 D00
Kasparov, Gary vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1-0
EU-chT (Men) 1992 C43
Huebner, Robert vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Dortmund 1992 D58
Karpov, Anatoly vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Roquebrune rapid 1992 D20
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Anand, Viswanathan
1/2-1/2
Manila ol (Men) 1992 A34
Shirov, Alexei vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
0-1
Manila ol (Men) 1992 A90
Larsen, Bent vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
0-1
Roquebrune rapid 1992 C24
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Seirawan, Yasser
1/2-1/2
Tilburg 1992 E42
Polugaevsky, Lev vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1-0
Roquebrune rapid 1992 D27
Polgar, Judit vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Roquebrune rapid 1992 B67
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Salov, Valery
1/2-1/2
Reggio Emilia9192 1992 E16
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Karpov, Anatoly
1-0
Roquebrune rapid 1992 D42
Gurevich, Mikhail vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Reggio Emilia9192 1992 D20
Kasparov, Gary vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1-0
Manila ol (Men) 1992 A31
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Karpov, Anatoly
0-1
Roquebrune 1992 E12
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