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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 Najer,E
1/2-1/2
TCh-TUR Super League 2017 2017 B13
Cheparinov,I vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
TCh-TUR Super League 2017 2017 A35
Ivanchuk,V vs Kuzubov,Y
1/2-1/2
TCh-TUR Super League 2017 2017 C42
Solak,D vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
TCh-TUR Super League 2017 2017 B67
Ivanchuk,V vs Mamedov,Nid
1-0
TCh-TUR Super League 2017 2017 B01
Mamedov,Rau vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
TCh-TUR Super League 2017 2017 B52
Ivanchuk,V vs Kanmazalp,O
1-0
TCh-TUR Super League 2017 2017 D30
Ivanchuk,V vs Kravtsiv,M
1/2-1/2
TCh-TUR Super League 2017 2017 D53
Swiercz,D vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
TCh-TUR Super League 2017 2017 C11
Ivanchuk,V vs Anton Guijarro,D
1-0
TCh-TUR Super League 2017 2017 A15
Lu Shanglei vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
8th Danzhou Super GM 2017 2017 C55
Ivanchuk,V vs Yu Yangyi
1/2-1/2
8th Danzhou Super GM 2017 2017 C42
Le Quang Liem vs Ivanchuk,V
1-0
8th Danzhou Super GM 2017 2017 E73
Ivanchuk,V vs Ding Liren
1-0
8th Danzhou Super GM 2017 2017 C88
Wang Hao vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
8th Danzhou Super GM 2017 2017 C92
Naiditsch,A vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
8th Danzhou Super GM 2017 2017 B41
Ivanchuk,V vs Wei Yi
1/2-1/2
8th Danzhou Super GM 2017 2017 E10
Malakhov,V vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
8th Danzhou Super GM 2017 2017 A15
Ivanchuk,V vs Vachier Lagrave,M
1-0
GCT Blitz YourNextMove 2017 A15
Jobava,Ba vs Ivanchuk,V
0-1
GCT Blitz YourNextMove 2017 C55
Vachier Lagrave,M vs Ivanchuk,V
1-0
GCT Blitz YourNextMove 2017 B07
Ivanchuk,V vs Jobava,Ba
1/2-1/2
GCT Blitz YourNextMove 2017 D10
Vachier Lagrave,M vs Ivanchuk,V
1-0
GCT Rapid YourNextMove 2017 C41
Jobava,Ba vs Ivanchuk,V
0-1
GCT Rapid YourNextMove 2017 C15
Shankland,S vs Ivanchuk,V
1-0
52nd Capablanca Mem Elite 2017 B12
Ivanchuk,V vs Ortiz Suarez,I
1-0
52nd Capablanca Mem Elite 2017 D12
Ivanchuk,V vs Piorun,K
0-1
52nd Capablanca Mem Elite 2017 B33
Sasikiran,K vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
52nd Capablanca Mem Elite 2017 C42
Ivanchuk,V vs Cordova,E
1/2-1/2
52nd Capablanca Mem Elite 2017 C11
Ivanchuk,V vs Shankland,S
1-0
52nd Capablanca Mem Elite 2017 E15
Ortiz Suarez,I vs Ivanchuk,V
0-1
52nd Capablanca Mem Elite 2017 B66
Piorun,K vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
52nd Capablanca Mem Elite 2017 A11
Ivanchuk,V vs Sasikiran,K
1/2-1/2
52nd Capablanca Mem Elite 2017 D10
Cordova,E vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
52nd Capablanca Mem Elite 2017 A04
Hou Yifan vs Ivanchuk,V
0-1
Hou-Ivanchuk Match 2017 2017 C50
Ivanchuk,V vs Hou Yifan
1/2-1/2
Hou-Ivanchuk Match 2017 2017 E10
Hou Yifan vs Ivanchuk,V
0-1
Hou-Ivanchuk Match 2017 2017 C24
Ivanchuk,V vs Hou Yifan
1/2-1/2
Hou-Ivanchuk Match 2017 2017 C45
Deac,Bogdan-Daniel vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
Gibraltar Masters 2017 2017 A15
Ivanchuk,V vs Carlstedt,J
1-0
Gibraltar Masters 2017 2017 C63
Ivanchuk,V vs Docx,S
1-0
Gibraltar Masters 2017 2017 C78
Javakhishvili,L vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
Gibraltar Masters 2017 2017 A88
Ivanchuk,V vs Dragnev,Valentin
0-1
Gibraltar Masters 2017 2017 C45
Lalith,B vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
Gibraltar Masters 2017 2017 D02
Ivanchuk,V vs Cheng,Bo
1-0
Gibraltar Masters 2017 2017 B08
Saravanan,V1 vs Ivanchuk,V
0-1
Gibraltar Masters 2017 2017 A88
Ivanchuk,V vs Kobo,Ori
0-1
Gibraltar Masters 2017 2017 C11
Papp,Petra vs Ivanchuk,V
0-1
Gibraltar Masters 2017 2017 C42
Dubov,Daniil vs Ivanchuk,V
1-0
World Blitz 2016 2016 A13
Ivanchuk,V vs Vachier Lagrave,M
1/2-1/2
World Blitz 2016 2016 B92
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