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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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Gelfand,B vs Ivanchuk,V★
0-1
Amber Blindfold 2002 A58
Ivanchuk,V vs Gelfand,B★
0-1
Amber Rapidplay 2002 B90
Topalov,V vs Ivanchuk,V★
1/2-1/2
Amber Rapidplay 2002 B04
Ivanchuk,V vs Topalov,V★
1/2-1/2
Amber Blindfold 2002 A13
Morozevich,A vs Ivanchuk,V★
1/2-1/2
Amber Blindfold 2002 B03
Ivanchuk,V vs Morozevich,A★
1-0
Amber Rapidplay 2002 D10
Ivanchuk,V vs Ljubojevic,L★
1-0
Amber Rapidplay 2002 A14
Ljubojevic,L vs Ivanchuk,V★
1/2-1/2
Amber Blindfold 2002 A29
Ivanchuk,V vs Shirov,A★
1/2-1/2
Amber Blindfold 2002 B82
Shirov,A vs Ivanchuk,V★
1/2-1/2
Amber Rapidplay 2002 C42
Ponomariov,R vs Ivanchuk,V★
1/2-1/2
FIDE WCh KO Final 2002 B04
Ivanchuk,V vs Ponomariov,R★
1/2-1/2
FIDE WCh KO Final 2002 C42
Ponomariov,R vs Ivanchuk,V★
1-0
FIDE WCh KO Final 2002 C88
Ivanchuk,V vs Ponomariov,R★
1/2-1/2
FIDE WCh KO Final 2002 D20
Ponomariov,R vs Ivanchuk,V★
1/2-1/2
FIDE WCh KO Final 2002 B47
Ivanchuk,V vs Ponomariov,R★
1/2-1/2
FIDE WCh KO Final 2002 D20
Ponomariov,R vs Ivanchuk,V★
1-0
FIDE WCh KO Final 2002 C11
Anand,V vs Ivanchuk,V★
0-1
FIDE WCh KO 2001 B30
Ivanchuk,V vs Anand,V★
1/2-1/2
FIDE WCh KO 2001 C10
Anand,V vs Ivanchuk,V★
1/2-1/2
FIDE WCh KO 2001 B30
Ivanchuk,V vs Anand,V★
1/2-1/2
FIDE WCh KO 2001 C10
Lautier,J vs Ivanchuk,V★
1/2-1/2
FIDE WCh KO 2001 E16
Ivanchuk,V vs Lautier,J★
1/2-1/2
FIDE WCh KO 2001 E15
Ivanchuk,V vs Lautier,J★
1/2-1/2
FIDE WCh KO 2001 E15
Lautier,J vs Ivanchuk,V★
1/2-1/2
FIDE WCh KO 2001 E15
Ivanchuk,V vs Lautier,J★
1-0
FIDE WCh KO 2001 E15
Lautier,J vs Ivanchuk,V★
1/2-1/2
FIDE WCh KO 2001 E15
Ye Jiangchuan vs Ivanchuk,V★
1/2-1/2
FIDE WCh KO 2001 C02
Ivanchuk,V vs Sutovsky,E★
1-0
FIDE WCh KO 2001 A20
Sutovsky,E vs Ivanchuk,V★
1/2-1/2
FIDE WCh KO 2001 C85
Macieja,B vs Ivanchuk,V★
0-1
FIDE WCh KO 2001 C11
Macieja,B vs Ivanchuk,V★
1-0
FIDE WCh KO 2001 C45
Ivanchuk,V vs Macieja,B★
1-0
FIDE WCh KO 2001 B44
Ivanchuk,V vs Macieja,B★
1-0
FIDE WCh KO 2001 A30
Ivanchuk,V vs Shovunov,B★
1-0
FIDE WCh KO 2001 A57
Shovunov,B vs Ivanchuk,V★
1/2-1/2
FIDE WCh KO 2001 B76
Ivanchuk,V vs Ye Jiangchuan★
1-0
FIDE WCh KO 2001 E97
Ivanchuk,V vs Kramnik,V★
1/2-1/2
Amber Blindfold 2001 D55
Kramnik,V vs Ivanchuk,V★
1-0
Amber Rapidplay 2001 E15
Ivanchuk,V vs Topalov,V★
1/2-1/2
Amber Rapidplay 2001 E37
Topalov,V vs Ivanchuk,V★
1/2-1/2
Amber Blindfold 2001 C92
Shirov,A vs Ivanchuk,V★
1/2-1/2
Amber Rapidplay 2001 B12
Ivanchuk,V vs Shirov,A★
1/2-1/2
Amber Blindfold 2001 B92
Anand,V vs Ivanchuk,V★
1-0
Amber Rapidplay 2001 C88
Ivanchuk,V vs Anand,V★
1/2-1/2
Amber Blindfold 2001 E15
Karpov,An vs Ivanchuk,V★
1/2-1/2
Amber Blindfold 2001 D11
Ivanchuk,V vs Karpov,An★
1/2-1/2
Amber Rapidplay 2001 B17
Ljubojevic,L vs Ivanchuk,V★
1-0
Amber Blindfold 2001 E32
Ivanchuk,V vs Ljubojevic,L★
1/2-1/2
Amber Rapidplay 2001 B85
Ivanchuk,V vs Gelfand,B★
1-0
Amber Blindfold 2001 E34
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