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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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Yu Yangyi vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
7th Hainan Danzhou GM 2016 B35
Ivanchuk,V vs Ding Liren
1/2-1/2
7th Hainan Danzhou GM 2016 A07
Hou Yifan vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
7th Hainan Danzhou GM 2016 B30
Bu Xiangzhi vs Ivanchuk,V
1-0
7th Hainan Danzhou GM 2016 D58
Ivanchuk,V vs Harikrishna,P
1/2-1/2
7th Hainan Danzhou GM 2016 A17
Wang Hao vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
7th Hainan Danzhou GM 2016 D20
Cheparinov,I vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
51st Capablanca Mem Elite 2016 E60
Ivanchuk,V vs Bruzon Batista,L
1-0
51st Capablanca Mem Elite 2016 D31
Almasi,Z vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
51st Capablanca Mem Elite 2016 A15
Kryvoruchko,Y vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
51st Capablanca Mem Elite 2016 C11
Ivanchuk,V vs Cheparinov,I
1/2-1/2
51st Capablanca Mem Elite 2016 C48
Bruzon Batista,L vs Ivanchuk,V
0-1
51st Capablanca Mem Elite 2016 B66
Ivanchuk,V vs Almasi,Z
1-0
51st Capablanca Mem Elite 2016 A46
Ivanchuk,V vs Kryvoruchko,Y
1/2-1/2
51st Capablanca Mem Elite 2016 E52
Van Wely,L vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
Vladimir Petrov Mem 2016 2016 D11
Ivanchuk,V vs Naiditsch,A
1-0
Vladimir Petrov Mem 2016 2016 A22
Bortnyk,Olexandr vs Ivanchuk,V
0-1
Vladimir Petrov Mem 2016 2016 B22
Hracek,Z vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
Vladimir Petrov Mem 2016 2016 C02
Ivanchuk,V vs Vitiugov,N
1/2-1/2
Vladimir Petrov Mem 2016 2016 A11
Ivanchuk,V vs Gleizerov,E
1-0
Vladimir Petrov Mem 2016 2016 A40
Ivanchuk,V vs Aleksandrov,A
1-0
Vladimir Petrov Mem 2016 2016 D54
Fier,A vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
Vladimir Petrov Mem 2016 2016 E42
Ivanchuk,V vs Ladva,O
1-0
Vladimir Petrov Mem 2016 2016 D41
Molchanova,T vs Ivanchuk,V
0-1
Vladimir Petrov Mem 2016 2016 B00
Ivanchuk,V vs Krivonosov,O
1/2-1/2
Vladimir Petrov Mem 2016 2016 C31
Fedorov,Alex vs Ivanchuk,V
1-0
Vladimir Petrov Mem 2016 2016 B00
Wojtaszek,R vs Ivanchuk,V
0-1
IMSA Basque 2016 2016 D31
Ivanchuk,V vs Wojtaszek,R
0-1
IMSA Basque 2016 2016 D38
Wang Yue vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
IMSA Basque 2016 2016 E12
Ivanchuk,V vs Wang Yue
1/2-1/2
IMSA Basque 2016 2016 A33
Ivanchuk,V vs Li Chao2
1-0
IMSA Basque 2016 2016 B32
Ivanchuk,V vs Ding Liren
0-1
IMSA Basque 2016 2016 C77
Li Chao2 vs Ivanchuk,V
0-1
IMSA Basque 2016 2016 E00
Ding Liren vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
IMSA Basque 2016 2016 E15
Ivanchuk,V vs Sargissian,G
1-0
IMSA Blitz 2016 2016 C28
Ivanchuk,V vs Ding Liren
1-0
IMSA Blitz 2016 2016 C33
Ivanchuk,V vs Wojtaszek,R
1-0
IMSA Blitz 2016 2016 E30
Wang Hao vs Ivanchuk,V
1-0
IMSA Blitz 2016 2016 C18
Ivanchuk,V vs Fressinet,L
1-0
IMSA Blitz 2016 2016 E20
Movsesian,S vs Ivanchuk,V
1-0
IMSA Blitz 2016 2016 B34
Harikrishna,P vs Ivanchuk,V
0-1
IMSA Blitz 2016 2016 C84
Mamedov,Rau vs Ivanchuk,V
1-0
IMSA Blitz 2016 2016 C41
Sargissian,G vs Ivanchuk,V
0-1
IMSA Blitz 2016 2016 E04
Ivanchuk,V vs Li Chao2
1-0
IMSA Blitz 2016 2016 A00
Ivanchuk,V vs Wang Hao
1-0
IMSA Blitz 2016 2016 D43
Ding Liren vs Ivanchuk,V
0-1
IMSA Blitz 2016 2016 D07
Ivanchuk,V vs Wang Yue
0-1
IMSA Blitz 2016 2016 A18
Tomashevsky,E vs Ivanchuk,V
0-1
IMSA Blitz 2016 2016 C63
Ivanchuk,V vs Mamedov,Rau
1/2-1/2
IMSA Blitz 2016 2016 B06
Ivanchuk,V vs Harikrishna,P
1/2-1/2
IMSA Blitz 2016 2016 C00
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