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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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Luther,T vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
4th IECC 2003 C67
Ivanchuk,V vs Gagunashvili,M
1/2-1/2
4th IECC 2003 B07
Ivanchuk,V vs Minasian,Art
1-0
4th IECC 2003 E65
Ivanchuk,V vs Minasian,Art
1-0
4th IECC 2003 E65
Conquest,S vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
4th IECC 2003 A04
Ivanchuk,V vs Hillarp Persson,T
1/2-1/2
11th Sigeman & Co 2003 B08
Lindberg,Be vs Ivanchuk,V
0-1
11th Sigeman & Co 2003 C11
Ivanchuk,V vs Sutovsky,E
1-0
11th Sigeman & Co 2003 D91
Nielsen,PH vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
11th Sigeman & Co 2003 D87
Ivanchuk,V vs Hector,J
1-0
11th Sigeman & Co 2003 C78
Hansen,SuB vs Ivanchuk,V
0-1
11th Sigeman & Co 2003 B80
McShane,L vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
11th Sigeman & Co 2003 C67
Hansen,Cu vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
11th Sigeman & Co 2003 D46
Agrest,E vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
Tch-SWE 2002-3 2003 A33
Bareev,E vs Ivanchuk,V
1-0
GMA 2003 E34
Van Wely,L vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
GMA 2003 D94
Ivanchuk,V vs Krasenkow,M
1/2-1/2
GMA 2003 C83
Chernin,A vs Ivanchuk,V
0-1
AIG Life rapid QF2 2002 E11
Ivanchuk,V vs Markowski,T
1/2-1/2
AIG Life rapid pl 5-8 2002 B42
Ivanchuk,V vs Chernin,A
1-0
AIG Life rapid QF2 2002 C10
Ivanchuk,V vs Volokitin,And
1-0
AIG Life rapid 2002 B46
Kengis,E vs Ivanchuk,V
1-0
AIG Life rapid pl 5-8 2002 D76
Ivanchuk,V vs Tseshkovsky,V
1-0
AIG Life rapid QF2 2002 A53
Volokitin,And vs Ivanchuk,V
1-0
AIG Life rapid QF2 2002 B52
Tseshkovsky,V vs Ivanchuk,V
0-1
AIG Life rapid QF2 2002 B48
Ivanchuk,V vs Volokitin,And
0-1
AIG Life rapid QF2 2002 B87
Chernin,A vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
AIG Life rapid 2002 A29
Adamski,J vs Ivanchuk,V
0-1
AIG Life rapid 2002 A33
Jaracz,P vs Ivanchuk,V
0-1
AIG Life rapid 2002 B67
Ivanchuk,V vs Grabarczyk,B
1-0
AIG Life rapid 2002 A81
Ivanchuk,V vs Kengis,E
1-0
AIG Life rapid 2002 A43
Malakhov,V vs Ivanchuk,V
1-0
FIDE World Cup Gp A 2002 D14
Ivanchuk,V vs Iuldachev,S
1-0
FIDE World Cup Gp A 2002 C96
Macieja,B vs Ivanchuk,V
1-0
FIDE World Cup Gp A 2002 C55
Ivanchuk,V vs Vescovi,G
1/2-1/2
FIDE World Cup Gp A 2002 C45
Ye Jiangchuan vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
FIDE World Cup Gp A 2002 B17
Ivanchuk,V vs Filippov,V
1-0
ECC 2002 B31
Ivanchuk,V vs Azmaiparashvili,Z
1-0
ECC 2002 A10
Aleksandrov,A vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
ECC 2002 D80
Ivanchuk,V vs Banikas,H
1/2-1/2
ECC 2002 A31
Ivanchuk,V vs Sakaev,K
1/2-1/2
ECC 2002 B90
Bischoff,K vs Ivanchuk,V
0-1
ECC 2002 D15
Ivanchuk,V vs Bareev,E
1/2-1/2
RUS vs. ROW 2002 B19
Motylev,A vs Ivanchuk,V
1/2-1/2
RUS vs. ROW 2002 C95
Ivanchuk,V vs Rublevsky,S
1-0
RUS vs. ROW 2002 D20
Ivanchuk,V vs Dreev,A
1/2-1/2
RUS vs. ROW 2002 D27
Ivanchuk,V vs Azmaiparashvili,Z
1-0
Saraybahce Blitz Exhib 2002 B07
Azmaiparashvili,Z vs Ivanchuk,V
0-1
Saraybahce Blitz Exhib 2002 A18
Erdogan,H vs Ivanchuk,V
0-1
Saraybahce Blitz Exhib 2002 E25
Ivanchuk,V vs Erdogan,H
1-0
Saraybahce Blitz Exhib 2002 B75
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