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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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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 Gelfand,B★
1-0
Amber Blindfold 2001 E34
Leko,P vs Ivanchuk,V★
1-0
Amber Blindfold 2001 B96
Ivanchuk,V vs Leko,P★
0-1
Amber Rapidplay 2001 B33
Ehlvest,J vs Ivanchuk,V★
1/2-1/2
FIDE WCh KO 2000 A48
Ivanchuk,V vs Ehlvest,J★
0-1
FIDE WCh KO 2000 B14
Ehlvest,J vs Ivanchuk,V★
1/2-1/2
FIDE WCh KO 2000 D78
Ivanchuk,V vs Ehlvest,J★
1/2-1/2
FIDE WCh KO 2000 A29
Gelfand,B vs Ivanchuk,V★
1/2-1/2
34th Olympiad 2000 E18
Khalifman,A vs Ivanchuk,V★
1/2-1/2
34th Olympiad 2000 D20
Ivanchuk,V vs Topalov,V★
1/2-1/2
34th Olympiad 2000 A63
Jussupow,A vs Ivanchuk,V★
1/2-1/2
34th Olympiad 2000 D31
Ivanchuk,V vs Leko,P★
1-0
34th Olympiad 2000 D79
Korchnoi,V vs Ivanchuk,V★
0-1
34th Olympiad 2000 E04
Shirov,A vs Ivanchuk,V★
1/2-1/2
Amber Rapidplay 2000 C75
Ivanchuk,V vs Shirov,A★
1-0
Amber Blindfold 2000 C42
Anand,V vs Ivanchuk,V★
1/2-1/2
Amber Blindfold 2000 D21
Ivanchuk,V vs Anand,V★
1-0
Amber Rapidplay 2000 B17
Ivanchuk,V vs Karpov,An★
1-0
Amber Blindfold 2000 E04
Karpov,An vs Ivanchuk,V★
1/2-1/2
Amber Rapidplay 2000 E32
Ljubojevic,L vs Ivanchuk,V★
1-0
Amber Blindfold 2000 D76
Ivanchuk,V vs Ljubojevic,L★
1-0
Amber Rapidplay 2000 C10
Ivanchuk,V vs Gelfand,B★
1/2-1/2
Amber Blindfold 2000 B70
Gelfand,B vs Ivanchuk,V★
1/2-1/2
Amber Rapidplay 2000 D27
Kramnik,V vs Ivanchuk,V★
1-0
Amber Blindfold 2000 E97
Ivanchuk,V vs Kramnik,V★
1-0
Amber Rapidplay 2000 D85
Topalov,V vs Ivanchuk,V★
1-0
Amber Blindfold 2000 B90
Ivanchuk,V vs Topalov,V★
1/2-1/2
Amber Rapidplay 2000 E11
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter★
1/2-1/2
FIDE-Wch k.o. g/25+10 1999 A30
Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter vs Ivanchuk, Vassily★
1-0
FIDE-Wch k.o. g/25+10 1999 C45
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter★
1/2-1/2
FIDE-Wch k.o. 1999 E15
Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter vs Ivanchuk, Vassily★
1/2-1/2
FIDE-Wch k.o. 1999 B66
Shipov, Sergei vs Ivanchuk, Vassily★
0-1
FIDE-Wch k.o. 1999 E39
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Shipov, Sergei★
1-0
FIDE-Wch k.o. 1999 D80
Wahls, Matthias vs Ivanchuk, Vassily★
0-1
FIDE-Wch k.o. 1999 C26
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Wahls, Matthias★
1-0
FIDE-Wch k.o. 1999 B90
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Anand, Viswanathan★
1/2-1/2
Amber Rapidplay 1999 E15
Anand, Viswanathan vs Ivanchuk, Vassily★
0-1
Amber Blindfold 1999 C42
Shirov, Alexei vs Ivanchuk, Vassily★
1-0
Amber Rapidplay 1999 B90
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Shirov, Alexei★
1/2-1/2
Amber Blindfold 1999 B53
Topalov, Veselin vs Ivanchuk, Vassily★
1-0
Amber Blindfold 1999 A17
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Topalov, Veselin★
1/2-1/2
Amber Rapidplay 1999 D37
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Ljubojevic, Ljubomir★
0-1
Amber Rapidplay 1999 E12
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir vs Ivanchuk, Vassily★
1/2-1/2
Amber Blindfold 1999 A52
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Kramnik, Vladimir★
0-1
Amber Blindfold 1999 A13
Kramnik, Vladimir vs Ivanchuk, Vassily★
1-0
Amber Rapidplay 1999 E32
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Gelfand, Boris★
1-0
Amber Rapidplay 1999 B84
Gelfand, Boris vs Ivanchuk, Vassily★
1/2-1/2
Amber Blindfold 1999 D39
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Karpov, Anatoly★
1/2-1/2
Amber Blindfold 1999 B17
Karpov, Anatoly vs Ivanchuk, Vassily★
1/2-1/2
Amber Rapidplay 1999 D73
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Svidler, Peter★
1/2-1/2
Linares16th 1999 C48
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