Ivanchuk, Vassily
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
Featured Games
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Kramnik, Vladimir vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
Dortmund
1995
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Shirov, Alexei vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
Linares 14th
1997
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Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Polgar, Judit
Linares 14th
1997
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Morozevich,A vs Ivanchuk,V
Amber Blindfold
2008
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Ivanchuk,V vs Arab,A
FIDE WCh KO
2004
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Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Kamsky, Gata
Amber-blind 3rd
1994
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Radjabov,T vs Ivanchuk,V
FIDE Candidates
2013
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Kasparov, Gary vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
Reggio Emilia9192
1992
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Ljubojevic, Ljubomir vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
Amber-blind 5th
1996
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Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Nogueiras, Jesus
Wch Team
1993
View PrintGames (5140)
Search & Filter All Games →Ivanchuk, Vassily vs De Firmian, Nick E
1-0Reggio Emilia8990 1989 B99
Petursson, Margeir vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
0-1Reggio Emilia8990 1989 D93
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Hjartarson, Johann
1/2-1/2Tilburg 1989 C83
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Hellers, Ferdinand
1-0Biel 1989 E82
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Piket, Jeroen
1/2-1/2Tilburg 1989 E88
Ribli, Zoltan vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2Reggio Emilia8990 1989 D79
Kortschnoj, Viktor vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2Tilburg 1989 A30
Miles, Anthony J vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
0-1Biel 1989 A29
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Gulko, Boris F
1/2-1/2Linares 1989 C64
Hjartarson, Johann vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
0-1Linares 1989 A29
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Ehlvest, Jaan
1/2-1/2Reggio Emilia8990 1989 C11
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Sax, Gyula
1-0Tilburg 1989 B83
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Torre, Eugenio
1-0Biel 1989 A43
De Firmian, Nick E vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2Biel 1989 B89
Shirov, Alexei vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1-0URS-chTJ 1989 E25
Sax, Gyula vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1-0Tilburg 1989 B05
Agdestein, Simen vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2Tilburg 1989 E16
Hort, Vlastimil vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2Biel 1989 D79
Hellers, Ferdinand vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1-0Biel 1989 B12
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Miles, Anthony J
1/2-1/2Biel 1989 B10
Torre, Eugenio vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2Biel 1989 C55
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Agdestein, Simen
1-0Tilburg 1989 C92
Gelfand, Boris vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1-0URS-chTJ 1989 E94
Sokolov, Ivan vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2Biel 1989 D03
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Gurevich, Mikhail
1/2-1/2Reggio Emilia8990 1989 C12
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Hort, Vlastimil
1/2-1/2Biel 1989 D52
Sokolov, Andrei vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
0-1Linares 1989 B85
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Sokolov, Ivan
1/2-1/2Biel 1989 C89
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Andersson, Ulf
1/2-1/2Reggio Emilia8990 1989 E11
Petrosian, Arshak B vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2Yerevan 1989 D27
Piket, Jeroen vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
0-1Tilburg 1989 D97
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs De Firmian, Nick E
1-0Biel 1989 A77
Hjartarson, Johann vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2Tilburg 1989 D49
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Kortschnoj, Viktor
0-1Tilburg 1989 E04
Georgiev, Kiril vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
0-1Reggio Emilia8990 1989 D88
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Petrosian, Arshak B
1/2-1/2Lvov 1988 E07
Jussupow, Artur vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
0-1URS-ch55 1988 A47
Kasparov, Gary vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1-0URS-ch55 1988 A29
Gurevich, Mikhail vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1-0Reggio Emilia8889 1988 E97
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Karpov, Anatoly
1/2-1/2URS-ch55 1988 D42
Smyslov, Vassily vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1-0URS-ch55 1988 D42
Ehlvest, Jaan vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2Reggio Emilia8889 1988 C61
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Beliavsky, Alexander G
1-0URS-ch55 1988 D37
Andersson, Ulf vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2Reggio Emilia8889 1988 A38
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Sokolov, Ivan
1-0Reggio Emilia8889 1988 D71
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Sax, Gyula
1/2-1/2Reggio Emilia8889 1988 B85
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Georgiev, Kiril
1/2-1/2Reggio Emilia8889 1988 E04
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Khalifman, Alexander
1-0URS-ch55 1988 A29
Damljanovic, Branko vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
0-1Reggio Emilia8889 1988 A14
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Ribli, Zoltan
1-0Reggio Emilia8889 1988 D43