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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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FCGFCG
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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Ivanchuk,V vs Maghsoodloo,Parham
1/2-1/2
32nd Leon GM 2019 2019 B57
Maghsoodloo,Parham vs Ivanchuk,V
1-0
32nd Leon GM 2019 2019 A15
Maghsoodloo,Parham vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
32nd Leon GM 2019 2019 A04
Ivanchuk,V vs Nihal,Sarin
1-0
32nd Leon GM 2019 2019 D37
Nihal,Sarin vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
32nd Leon GM 2019 2019 E11
Nihal,Sarin vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
32nd Leon GM 2019 2019 E12
Ivanchuk,V vs Nihal,Sarin
1/2-1/2
32nd Leon GM 2019 2019 D02
Mareco,S vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
10th Dolomiti Open 2019 2019 E32
Ivanchuk,V vs Deac,Bogdan-Daniel
1/2-1/2
10th Dolomiti Open 2019 2019 C65
Santos Ruiz,Miguel vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
10th Dolomiti Open 2019 2019 B10
Ivanchuk,V vs Martinez Alcantara,Jose Eduardo
1/2-1/2
10th Dolomiti Open 2019 2019 E12
Sonis,Francesco vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
10th Dolomiti Open 2019 2019 E00
Ivanchuk,V vs Castellanos Rodriguez,R
1-0
10th Dolomiti Open 2019 2019 A10
Dappiano,A vs Ivanchuk,V
0-1
10th Dolomiti Open 2019 2019 C00
Sarkar,J vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
10th Dolomiti Open 2019 2019 E72
Ivanchuk,V vs Le Goff,R
1-0
10th Dolomiti Open 2019 2019 C72
Ivanchuk,V vs Adhiban,Baskaran
1-0
54th Capablanca Mem Elite 2019 A42
Sevian,Samuel vs Ivanchuk,V
1-0
54th Capablanca Mem Elite 2019 B40
Ivanchuk,V vs Albornoz Cabrera,Carlos Daniel
1-0
54th Capablanca Mem Elite 2019 B30
Gonzalez Vidal,Y vs Ivanchuk,V
0-1
54th Capablanca Mem Elite 2019 B31
Anton Guijarro,D vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
54th Capablanca Mem Elite 2019 E20
Adhiban,Baskaran vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
54th Capablanca Mem Elite 2019 A32
Ivanchuk,V vs Sevian,Samuel
1/2-1/2
54th Capablanca Mem Elite 2019 E48
Albornoz Cabrera,Carlos Daniel vs Ivanchuk,V
0-1
54th Capablanca Mem Elite 2019 C42
Ivanchuk,V vs Gonzalez Vidal,Y
1-0
54th Capablanca Mem Elite 2019 A46
Ivanchuk,V vs Anton Guijarro,D
1/2-1/2
54th Capablanca Mem Elite 2019 C47
Le Quang Liem vs Ivanchuk,V
1-0
St Louis Spring A 2019 D11
Ivanchuk,V vs Hansen,Eric
1/2-1/2
St Louis Spring A 2019 D56
Tari,A vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
St Louis Spring A 2019 C65
Ivanchuk,V vs Bok,B
0-1
St Louis Spring A 2019 C26
Nyzhnyk,I vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
St Louis Spring A 2019 A30
Ivanchuk,V vs Robson,R
1/2-1/2
St Louis Spring A 2019 A09
Xiong,Jeffery vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
St Louis Spring A 2019 A46
Ivanchuk,V vs Akobian,V
0-1
St Louis Spring A 2019 C11
Cuenca Jimenez,J vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
Gibraltar Masters 2019 2019 A40
Koneru,H vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
Gibraltar Masters 2019 2019 D11
Ivanchuk,V vs Muzychuk,A
1/2-1/2
Gibraltar Masters 2019 2019 A30
Ivanchuk,V vs Kavutskiy,K
1-0
Gibraltar Masters 2019 2019 B48
Santos Latasa,J vs Ivanchuk,V
1-0
Gibraltar Masters 2019 2019 D97
Ivanchuk,V vs Santos Ruiz,Miguel
1/2-1/2
Gibraltar Masters 2019 2019 C77
Ju Wenjun vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
Gibraltar Masters 2019 2019 D30
Ivanchuk,V vs Sosa,T ARG
1-0
Gibraltar Masters 2019 2019 D31
Goryachkina,A vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
Gibraltar Masters 2019 2019 E80
Ivanchuk,V vs Guichard,P
1-0
Gibraltar Masters 2019 2019 E60
Ivanchuk,V vs Andreikin,D
1/2-1/2
Sunway Sitges Open 2018 2018 E17
Inarkiev,E vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
Sunway Sitges Open 2018 2018 C42
Ivanchuk,V vs Petrosyan,M
1-0
Sunway Sitges Open 2018 2018 B12
Kulaots,K vs Ivanchuk,V
0-1
Sunway Sitges Open 2018 2018 C92
Ivanchuk,V vs Ayats Llobera,Gerard
1-0
Sunway Sitges Open 2018 2018 D07
Roy,Pr vs Ivanchuk,V
0-1
Sunway Sitges Open 2018 2018 D02
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