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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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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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Kortschnoj, Viktor vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
0-1
Yalta rapid 1995 E48
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Speelman, Jonathan S
1-0
PCA/Intel-GP 1995 D15
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Dreev, Alexey
1/2-1/2
PCA/Intel-GP 1995 C01
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Kortschnoj, Viktor
1-0
PCA/Intel-GP 1995 B19
Dreev, Alexey vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Yalta blitz 1995 D35
Kortschnoj, Viktor vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
0-1
Horgen 1995 E21
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Nikolic, Predrag
1-0
PCA/Intel-GP 1995 D43
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Malaniuk, Vladimir P
1/2-1/2
Yalta rapid 1995 A86
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Dreev, Alexey
0-1
PCA/Intel-GP 1995 C11
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Vaganian, Rafael A
1-0
Novgorod 1995 C09
Malaniuk, Vladimir P vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Yalta super 1995 D30
Gulko, Boris F vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Horgen 1995 A29
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Hjartarson, Johann
1-0
PCA/Intel-GP 1995 C82
Kortschnoj, Viktor vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1-0
PCA/Intel-GP 1995 A16
Dreev, Alexey vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2
PCA/Intel-GP 1995 D82
Malaniuk, Vladimir P vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
0-1
PCA/Intel-GP 1995 E12
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Malaniuk, Vladimir P
1-0
PCA/Intel-GP 1995 C72
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Ehlvest, Jaan
1/2-1/2
Novgorod 1995 D37
Miladinovic, Igor vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Belgrade Invest 1995 D31
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Vaganian, Rafael A
1-0
Horgen 1995 C11
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Onischuk, Alexander
1-0
Yalta rapid 1995 A13
Hjartarson, Johann vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2
PCA/Intel-GP 1995 B80
Lautier, Joel vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Belgrade Invest 1995 D28
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Kortschnoj, Viktor
1-0
PCA/Intel-GP 1995 A25
Ehlvest, Jaan vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Horgen 1995 D85
Nikolic, Predrag vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
0-1
PCA/Intel-GP 1995 D27
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Dreev, Alexey
1-0
Yalta blitz 1995 D47
Gulko, Boris F vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Novgorod 1995 B36
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Hjartarson, Johann
1/2-1/2
PCA/Intel-GP 1995 B47
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Bareev, Evgeny
1-0
Novgorod 1994 D49
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Van der Sterren, Paul
1/2-1/2
Munich SKA 1994 D36
Hertneck, Gerald vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
0-1
Munich SKA 1994 D35
Lautier, Joel vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Moscow ol (Men) 1994 D35
Salov, Valery vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1-0
Buenos Aires Sicilian 1994 B70
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Benjamin, Joel
1-0
Munich SKA 1994 B46
Lobron, Eric vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Munich SKA 1994 D52
Dao Thien Hai vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
0-1
Moscow ol (Men) 1994 D45
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Huebner, Robert
1-0
Munich SKA 1994 C72
Tkachiev, Vladislav vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
0-1
PCA/Intel-GP 1994 B52
Azmaiparashvili, Zurab vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2
PCA/Intel-GP 1994 D52
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Kortschnoj, Viktor
1-0
PCA/Intel-GP 1994 C83
Nikolic, Predrag vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Munich SKA 1994 A63
Rogers, Ian vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
0-1
Moscow ol (Men) 1994 E48
Azmaiparashvili, Zurab vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2
PCA/Intel-GP 1994 D52
Akesson, Ralf vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2
PCA/Intel-GP 1994 D36
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Boada, Winston
1-0
Moscow ol (Men) 1994 E71
Smirin, Ilia vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2
PCA/Intel-GP 1994 B78
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Azmaiparashvili, Zurab
1/2-1/2
PCA/Intel-GP 1994 D58
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Vaganian, Rafael A
1-0
Moscow ol (Men) 1994 D35
Bareev, Evgeny vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
0-1
Novgorod 1994 E37
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