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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 Kovalenko,I
1-0
Latvian Railway Open 2014 2014 A13
Ivanchuk,V vs Fedoseev,Vl3
1-0
Latvian Railway Open 2014 2014 B14
Al Modiahki,M vs Ivanchuk,V
0-1
Latvian Railway Open 2014 2014 B23
Ivanchuk,V vs Lysyj,I
1/2-1/2
Latvian Railway Open 2014 2014 E06
Ivanchuk,V vs Fridman,D
1-0
Latvian Railway Open 2014 2014 D44
Zhigalko,S vs Ivanchuk,V
0-1
Latvian Railway Open 2014 2014 C95
Van Wely,L vs Ivanchuk,V
0-1
Latvian Railway Open 2014 2014 E17
Ivanchuk,V vs Alekseev,Evgeny
1-0
Latvian Railway Open 2014 2014 D38
Malakhov,V vs Ivanchuk,V
0-1
Latvian Railway Open 2014 2014 A15
Gleizerov,E vs Ivanchuk,V
0-1
Latvian Railway Open 2014 2014 E00
Sveshnikov,V vs Ivanchuk,V
0-1
Latvian Railway Open 2014 2014 C45
Ivanchuk,V vs Miezis,N
1-0
Latvian Railway Open 2014 2014 A52
Ivanchuk,V vs Vachier Lagrave,M
1/2-1/2
Gibraltar Masters 2014 2014 A15
Vitiugov,N vs Ivanchuk,V
1-0
Gibraltar Masters TB 2014 2014 D26
Ivanchuk,V vs Vitiugov,N
1/2-1/2
Gibraltar Masters TB 2014 2014 E11
Ivanchuk,V vs Vitiugov,N
0-1
Gibraltar Masters TB 2014 2014 E11
Vitiugov,N vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
Gibraltar Masters TB 2014 2014 D27
Ivanchuk,V vs Ganguly,S
1-0
Gibraltar Masters 2014 2014 D41
Ivanchuk,V vs Li Chao2
1-0
Gibraltar Masters 2014 2014 B57
Movsesian,S vs Ivanchuk,V
0-1
Gibraltar Masters 2014 2014 B90
Ivanchuk,V vs Fier,A
1-0
Gibraltar Masters 2014 2014 D45
Pogonina,N vs Ivanchuk,V
0-1
Gibraltar Masters 2014 2014 B84
Ivanchuk,V vs Larino Nieto,D
1/2-1/2
Gibraltar Masters 2014 2014 B10
Lederman,L vs Ivanchuk,V
0-1
Gibraltar Masters 2014 2014 B93
Le Quang Liem vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
SportAccord Basque Men 2013 2013 D10
Vachier Lagrave,M vs Ivanchuk,V
0-1
SportAccord Basque Men 2013 2013 A01
Ivanchuk,V vs Vachier Lagrave,M
1/2-1/2
SportAccord Basque Men 2013 2013 A01
Ivanchuk,V vs Le Quang Liem
0-1
SportAccord Basque Men 2013 2013 D83
Wang Hao vs Ivanchuk,V
1-0
SportAccord Blitz Men 2013 2013 D43
Ivanchuk,V vs Le Quang Liem
1-0
SportAccord Blitz Men 2013 2013 A01
Vachier Lagrave,M vs Ivanchuk,V
1-0
SportAccord Blitz Men 2013 2013 C67
Ivanchuk,V vs Wang Yue
1-0
SportAccord Blitz Men 2013 2013 B48
Le Quang Liem vs Ivanchuk,V
1-0
SportAccord Blitz Men 2013 2013 A41
Ivanchuk,V vs Wang Hao
1-0
SportAccord Blitz Men 2013 2013 B12
Ivanchuk,V vs Vachier Lagrave,M
0-1
SportAccord Blitz Men 2013 2013 A00
Wang Yue vs Ivanchuk,V
1-0
SportAccord Blitz Men 2013 2013 A20
Ivanchuk,V vs Vachier Lagrave,M
0-1
SportAccord Rapid Men 2013 2013 A20
Ivanchuk,V vs Wang Hao
1/2-1/2
SportAccord Rapid Men 2013 2013 C42
Ivanchuk,V vs Le Quang Liem
1/2-1/2
SportAccord Rapid Men 2013 2013 B52
Ivanchuk,V vs Ipatov,Alexander
1/2-1/2
World Teams 2013 2013 D94
Khenkin,I vs Ivanchuk,V
0-1
World Teams 2013 2013 D10
Ivanchuk,V vs Mamedov,Rau
1/2-1/2
World Teams 2013 2013 E92
Li Chao2 vs Ivanchuk,V
0-1
World Teams 2013 2013 D10
Ivanchuk,V vs Bacrot,E
0-1
2nd Karpov Trophy KO 2013 E81
Bacrot,E vs Ivanchuk,V
1-0
2nd Karpov Trophy KO 2013 D15
Ivanchuk,V vs Pelletier,Y
1-0
2nd Karpov Trophy Prelim 2013 C10
Bacrot,E vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
2nd Karpov Trophy Prelim 2013 D15
Ivanchuk,V vs Pelletier,Y
1-0
2nd Karpov Playoff 2013 C10
Muzychuk,M vs Ivanchuk,V
0-1
2nd Karpov Playoff 2 2013 B40
Ivanchuk,V vs Muzychuk,M
1-0
2nd Karpov Playoff 2013 A30
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