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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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Mchedlishvili,M vs Ivanchuk,V
0-1
European Rapid Championship 2010 A07
Ivanchuk,V vs Dumanski,A
1-0
European Rapid Championship 2010 B39
Ivanchuk,V vs Nyzhnyk,I
1-0
European Rapid Championship 2010 A16
Ivanchuk,V vs Moranda,W
1-0
European Rapid Championship 2010 B76
Ivanchuk,V vs Andriasian,Z
1/2-1/2
European Rapid Championship 2010 A25
Bologan,V vs Ivanchuk,V
0-1
29th European Blitz 2010 B40
Jones,G vs Ivanchuk,V
0-1
29th European Blitz 2010 B11
Ivanchuk,V vs Wojtaszek,R
1/2-1/2
29th European Blitz 2010 B90
Ivanchuk,V vs Andriasian,Z
0-1
29th European Blitz 2010 D17
Wojtaszek,R vs Ivanchuk,V
0-1
29th European Blitz 2010 E04
Ivanchuk,V vs Tkachiev,V
1/2-1/2
29th European Blitz 2010 A10
Andriasian,Z vs Ivanchuk,V
1-0
29th European Blitz 2010 C15
Ivanchuk,V vs Jones,G
1/2-1/2
29th European Blitz 2010 B76
Tkachiev,V vs Ivanchuk,V
0-1
29th European Blitz 2010 A57
Vachier Lagrave,M vs Ivanchuk,V
*
29th European Blitz 2010 C80
Ivanchuk,V vs Bologan,V
1-0
29th European Blitz 2010 A30
Ivanchuk,V vs Vachier Lagrave,M
1/2-1/2
29th European Blitz 2010 B90
Ivanchuk,V vs Bu Xiangzhi
1-0
Trophee CCAS KO 2010 A48
Bu Xiangzhi vs Ivanchuk,V
0-1
Trophee CCAS KO 2010 D55
Ivanchuk,V vs Kosintseva,T
1-0
Trophee CCAS GpB 2010 A14
Gharamian,T vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
Trophee CCAS GpB 2010 C42
Le Quang Liem vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
Trophee CCAS GpB 2010 A30
Ivanchuk,V vs Hammer,J
1-0
Trophee CCAS GpB 2010 A14
Lahno,Kateri vs Ivanchuk,V
0-1
Trophee CCAS GpB 2010 E17
Ivanchuk,V vs Zhu Chen
1/2-1/2
Trophee CCAS GpB 2010 B00
Ivanchuk,V vs Pelletier,Y
1-0
Trophee CCAS GpB 2010 C10
Ivanchuk,V vs Stevic,H
1/2-1/2
26th European Club Cup 2010 A30
Hammer,J vs Ivanchuk,V
1-0
26th European Club Cup 2010 E06
Ivanchuk,V vs Jakovenko,D
1-0
26th European Club Cup 2010 D57
Brochet,P vs Ivanchuk,V
0-1
26th European Club Cup 2010 C44
Ivanchuk,V vs Hammer,J
1-0
38th TCh-GRE DivA 2010 C67
Kempinski,R vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
38th TCh-GRE DivA 2010 E10
Ivanchuk,V vs Kritz,L
1-0
38th TCh-GRE DivA 2010 D15
Nikolaidis,I vs Ivanchuk,V
0-1
38th TCh-GRE DivA 2010 D86
Ivanchuk,V vs Balogh,C
1-0
38th TCh-GRE DivA 2010 C67
Kryvoruchko,Y vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
38th TCh-GRE DivA 2010 C67
Ivanchuk,V vs Negi,P
1-0
38th TCh-GRE DivA 2010 B84
Bruzon Batista,L vs Ivanchuk,V
0-1
45th Capablanca Mem Elite 2010 A46
Alekseev,Evgeny vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
45th Capablanca Mem Elite 2010 D14
Ivanchuk,V vs Bruzon Batista,L
1/2-1/2
45th Capablanca Mem Elite 2010 D37
Ivanchuk,V vs Alekseev,Evgeny
1-0
45th Capablanca Mem Elite 2010 E20
Gurevich,M vs Ivanchuk,V
1-0
4th ACP World Rapid Cup 2010 D11
Ivanchuk,V vs Gurevich,M
1/2-1/2
4th ACP World Rapid Cup 2010 D45
Akopian,Vl vs Ivanchuk,V
1-0
FIDE GP 2010 D37
Ivanchuk,V vs Eljanov,P
1/2-1/2
FIDE GP 2010 E01
Ivanchuk,V vs Jakovenko,D
1/2-1/2
FIDE GP 2010 A30
Ivanchuk,V vs Inarkiev,E
0-1
FIDE GP 2010 B13
Alekseev,Evgeny vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
FIDE GP 2010 C42
Ivanchuk,V vs Wang Yue
1/2-1/2
FIDE GP 2010 A00
Gashimov,V vs Ivanchuk,V
1-0
FIDE GP 2010 C88
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