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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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Jobava,Ba vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
2nd Samba Cup 2005 D15
Ivanchuk,V vs Zhang Pengxiang
1/2-1/2
2nd Samba Cup 2005 B23
Miton,K vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
2nd Samba Cup 2005 A70
Ivanchuk,V vs Macieja,B
1/2-1/2
It A 2005 E00
Sokolov,I vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
It A 2005 E32
Ivanchuk,V vs Bologan,V
0-1
It A 2005 E15
Ivanchuk,V vs Anastasian,A
1/2-1/2
It A 2005 E21
Asrian,K vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
It A 2005 C83
Dreev,A vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
It A 2005 E70
Ivanchuk,V vs Bu Xiangzhi
0-1
It A 2005 B90
Ivanchuk,V vs Bologan,V
1-0
21st ECC 2005 A17
Ivanchuk,V vs Volkov,S1
1-0
21st ECC 2005 C13
Eljanov,P vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
21st ECC 2005 D12
Gallagher,Jo vs Ivanchuk,V
0-1
21st ECC 2005 B33
Ivanchuk,V vs Bacrot,E
1/2-1/2
21st ECC 2005 D52
Ivanchuk,V vs Efimenko,Z
1-0
21st ECC 2005 A65
Ivanchuk,V vs Johannessen,LE
1-0
21st ECC 2005 B33
Dreev,A vs Ivanchuk,V
1-0
49th TCh-ESP Honor Final 2005 E70
Ivanchuk,V vs Kozul,Z
1/2-1/2
15th ETC 2005 B56
Kulaots,K vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
15th ETC 2005 C11
Azmaiparashvili,Z vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
15th ETC 2005 A81
Lutz,C vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
15th ETC 2005 C12
Ivanchuk,V vs Brynell,S
1-0
15th ETC 2005 C18
McNab,C vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
15th ETC 2005 A13
Ivanchuk,V vs Van Wely,L
1/2-1/2
15th ETC 2005 A13
Illescas Cordoba,M vs Ivanchuk,V
0-1
15th ETC 2005 B08
Ganguly,S vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
Canadian Open 2005 C67
Ivanchuk,V vs Moiseenko,A
1-0
Canadian Open 2005 E11
Ivanchuk,V vs Quan Zhe
1-0
Canadian Open 2005 B99
Tyomkin,D vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
Canadian Open 2005 B52
Ivanchuk,V vs Charbonneau,P
1-0
Canadian Open 2005 A09
Mohota,N vs Ivanchuk,V
0-1
Canadian Open 2005 E81
Ivanchuk,V vs Sladek,Va
1-0
Canadian Open 2005 B42
Ivanchuk,V vs Bologan,V
1/2-1/2
Canadian Open 2005 E92
Ivanchuk,V vs Asrian,K
1-0
6th EICC Playoff 2005 A14
Eljanov,P vs Ivanchuk,V
0-1
6th EICC Playoff 2005 E18
Asrian,K vs Ivanchuk,V
0-1
6th EICC Playoff 2005 B85
Ivanchuk,V vs Eljanov,P
1-0
6th EICC Playoff 2005 A48
Moiseenko,A vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
6th EICC 2005 E21
Ivanchuk,V vs Asrian,K
1/2-1/2
6th EICC 2005 D58
Milov,V vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
6th EICC 2005 D85
Ivanchuk,V vs Nisipeanu,LD
1/2-1/2
6th EICC 2005 A30
Ivanchuk,V vs Movsesian,S
1-0
6th EICC 2005 B32
Volkov,S1 vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
6th EICC 2005 D31
Ivanchuk,V vs Tiviakov,S
1/2-1/2
6th EICC 2005 B38
Minasian,Art vs Ivanchuk,V
0-1
6th EICC 2005 B50
Ivanchuk,V vs Naiditsch,A
1/2-1/2
6th EICC 2005 A13
Babula,V vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
6th EICC 2005 E17
Ivanchuk,V vs Chuchelov,V
1-0
6th EICC 2005 E12
Jaracz,P vs Ivanchuk,V
0-1
6th EICC 2005 E12
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