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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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Nisipeanu,LD vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
World Cup 2007 B90
Ivanchuk,V vs Nisipeanu,LD
1/2-1/2
World Cup 2007 E10
Galkin,A vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
World Cup 2007 C84
Ivanchuk,V vs Galkin,A
1-0
World Cup 2007 B17
Ivanchuk,V vs Galkin,A
1/2-1/2
World Cup 2007 C42
Galkin,A vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
World Cup 2007 B12
Aderito,P vs Ivanchuk,V
0-1
World Cup 2007 B11
Ivanchuk,V vs Aderito,P
1-0
World Cup 2007 E04
Savchenko,B vs Ivanchuk,V
0-1
World Blitz 2007 B67
Bacrot,E vs Ivanchuk,V
1-0
World Blitz 2007 B15
Dreev,A vs Ivanchuk,V
0-1
World Blitz 2007 E13
Ivanchuk,V vs Rublevsky,S
1/2-1/2
World Blitz 2007 B42
Ivanchuk,V vs Korotylev,A
1-0
World Blitz 2007 E94
Ivanchuk,V vs Savchenko,B
1-0
World Blitz 2007 B38
Rublevsky,S vs Ivanchuk,V
0-1
World Blitz 2007 B55
Korotylev,A vs Ivanchuk,V
0-1
World Blitz 2007 D85
Ivanchuk,V vs Bacrot,E
0-1
World Blitz 2007 C55
Ivanchuk,V vs Dreev,A
1-0
World Blitz 2007 D11
Ivanchuk,V vs Socko,B
1-0
ETCC 2007 C18
Ivanchuk,V vs Bacrot,E
0-1
ETCC 2007 D15
Georgiev,Vl vs Ivanchuk,V
0-1
ETCC 2007 E04
Sutovsky,E vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
ETCC 2007 C65
Nikolic,Pr vs Ivanchuk,V
0-1
23rd ECC Men 2007 D12
Asrian,K vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
23rd ECC Men 2007 C77
Ivanchuk,V vs Stefansson,H
1-0
23rd ECC Men 2007 C84
Arkell,K vs Ivanchuk,V
0-1
23rd ECC Men 2007 D76
Ruck,R vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
14th Ordix Open 2007 A30
Ivanchuk,V vs Vaganian,R
1/2-1/2
14th Ordix Open 2007 C15
Sargissian,G vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
14th Ordix Open 2007 D20
Drozdovskij,Y vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
14th Ordix Open 2007 D21
Ivanchuk,V vs Naiditsch,A
1-0
14th Ordix Open 2007 E01
Ivanchuk,V vs Beutel,H
1-0
14th Ordix Open 2007 C82
Medvegy,Z vs Ivanchuk,V
0-1
14th Ordix Open 2007 A64
Ivanchuk,V vs Mueller,Matt1
1-0
14th Ordix Open 2007 C96
Lehmann,A vs Ivanchuk,V
0-1
14th Ordix Open 2007 B51
Nikolic,Pr vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
XXII Rapid 2007 E15
Ivanchuk,V vs Cheparinov,I
1-0
XXII Rapid 2007 E61
Malakhov,V vs Ivanchuk,V
1-0
XXII Rapid 2007 A33
Ivanchuk,V vs Evdokimov,Alexa
1/2-1/2
XXII Rapid 2007 B38
Ivanchuk,V vs Fedorchuk,S
1-0
XXII Rapid 2007 E15
Ivanchuk,V vs Iljushin,A
1-0
XXII Rapid 2007 D43
Almagro Mazariegos,S vs Ivanchuk,V
0-1
XXII Rapid 2007 B92
Strikovic,A vs Ivanchuk,V
0-1
XXII Rapid 2007 B22
Ivanchuk,V vs Harikrishna,P
1-0
8th It 2007 C42
Miton,K vs Ivanchuk,V
0-1
8th It 2007 E12
Ivanchuk,V vs Bluvshtein,M
1-0
8th It 2007 B67
Eljanov,P vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
8th It 2007 D85
Ivanchuk,V vs Sutovsky,E
1-0
8th It 2007 D80
Charbonneau,P vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
8th It 2007 C59
Tiviakov,S vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
8th It 2007 B51
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