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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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Kravtsiv,M vs Ivanchuk,V
0-1
World Blitz 2015 2015 B01
Ivanchuk,V vs Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son
1-0
World Blitz 2015 2015 A16
Ivanchuk,V vs Vitiugov,N
1-0
World Blitz 2015 2015 A25
Ivanchuk,V vs Movsesian,S
1-0
World Blitz 2015 2015 A20
Kovalenko,I vs Ivanchuk,V
0-1
World Rapid 2015 2015 A46
Akopian,Vl vs Ivanchuk,V
0-1
World Rapid 2015 2015 B12
Ivanchuk,V vs Socko,B
1-0
World Rapid 2015 2015 C15
Wojtaszek,R vs Ivanchuk,V
0-1
World Rapid 2015 2015 E60
Vallejo Pons,F vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
World Rapid 2015 2015 C77
Ivanchuk,V vs Dlugy,M
1-0
World Rapid 2015 2015 A15
Ivanchuk,V vs Kryvoruchko,Y
1-0
World Rapid 2015 2015 A28
Antipov,M2 vs Ivanchuk,V
0-1
World Rapid 2015 2015 C42
Ivanchuk,V vs Korobov,A
0-1
World Rapid 2015 2015 E17
Borisek,J vs Ivanchuk,V
0-1
World Rapid 2015 2015 B90
Ivanchuk,V vs Malakhov,V
1/2-1/2
World Rapid 2015 2015 A22
Jakovenko,D vs Ivanchuk,V
1-0
FIDE World Cup 2015 2015 E71
Ivanchuk,V vs Jakovenko,D
1/2-1/2
FIDE World Cup 2015 2015 D37
Ivanchuk,V vs Rodshtein,M
1/2-1/2
FIDE World Cup 2015 2015 A25
Rodshtein,M vs Ivanchuk,V
0-1
FIDE World Cup 2015 2015 A30
Adly,A vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
FIDE World Cup 2015 2015 D02
Ivanchuk,V vs Adly,A
1-0
FIDE World Cup 2015 2015 B17
Ivanchuk,V vs Stojcevski,Z
1-0
24th TCh-MKD 2015 2015 D02
Ivanchuk,V vs Ashiku,F
1-0
24th TCh-MKD 2015 2015 D19
Ivanchuk,V vs Gardner,R
1-0
10th Edmonton GM 2015 2015 B09
Haessel,D vs Ivanchuk,V
0-1
10th Edmonton GM 2015 2015 A61
Ivanchuk,V vs Hambleton,A
1/2-1/2
10th Edmonton GM 2015 2015 C07
Harikrishna,P vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
10th Edmonton GM 2015 2015 E63
Ivanchuk,V vs Matras Clement,A
1-0
10th Edmonton GM 2015 2015 C88
Shankland,S vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
10th Edmonton GM 2015 2015 A80
Ivanchuk,V vs Wang Hao
1/2-1/2
10th Edmonton GM 2015 2015 D12
Pechenkin,V vs Ivanchuk,V
0-1
10th Edmonton GM 2015 2015 A11
Ivanchuk,V vs Ganguly,S
1/2-1/2
10th Edmonton GM 2015 2015 D97
Ni Hua vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
TCh-CHN 2015 2015 D85
Ivanchuk,V vs Ma Qun
1/2-1/2
TCh-CHN 2015 2015 A20
Liu Qingnan vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
TCh-CHN 2015 2015 C08
Ivanchuk,V vs Erdos,V
1/2-1/2
10th World Teams 2015 2015 A35
Lenderman,A vs Ivanchuk,V
1-0
10th World Teams 2015 2015 E94
Ivanchuk,V vs Yu Yangyi
1-0
10th World Teams 2015 2015 E35
Bruzon Batista,L vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
10th World Teams 2015 2015 C43
Sethuraman,S vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
10th World Teams 2015 2015 C41
Ivanchuk,V vs Sutovsky,E
1-0
10th World Teams 2015 2015 B30
Ivanchuk,V vs Amin,B
1-0
10th World Teams 2015 2015 E92
Ivanchuk,V vs Sargissian,G
1/2-1/2
10th World Teams 2015 2015 D31
Fridman,D vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
Vladimir Petrov Mem 2015 2015 D02
Ivanchuk,V vs Fedoseev,Vl3
1-0
Vladimir Petrov Mem 2015 2015 E34
Ivanchuk,V vs Dobrov,V
1/2-1/2
Vladimir Petrov Mem 2015 2015 A04
Ivanchuk,V vs Shomoev,A
1-0
Vladimir Petrov Mem 2015 2015 B84
Ivanchuk,V vs Malakhov,V
1/2-1/2
Vladimir Petrov Mem 2015 2015 A50
Miezis,N vs Ivanchuk,V
0-1
Vladimir Petrov Mem 2015 2015 C00
Ivanchuk,V vs Troyke,C
1-0
Vladimir Petrov Mem 2015 2015 B27
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