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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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1-0

Morozevich,A vs Ivanchuk,V

Amber Blindfold

2008

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1-0

Ivanchuk,V vs Arab,A

FIDE WCh KO

2004

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0-1

Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Kamsky, Gata

Amber-blind 3rd

1994

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Radjabov,T vs Ivanchuk,V

FIDE Candidates

2013

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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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1-0

Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Nogueiras, Jesus

Wch Team

1993

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Games (5140)

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Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Tiviakov, Sergei
1/2-1/2
PCA/Intel-GP 1994 A03
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Nikolic, Predrag
1/2-1/2
Moscow ol (Men) 1994 C08
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Bareev, Evgeny
1/2-1/2
Munich SKA 1994 D10
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Hjartarson, Johann
1-0
Moscow ol (Men) 1994 C92
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Lutz, Christopher
1-0
Munich SKA 1994 C18
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Akesson, Ralf
1-0
PCA/Intel-GP 1994 B42
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Illescas Cordoba, Miguel
1/2-1/2
Moscow ol (Men) 1994 A58
Ftacnik, Lubomir vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Moscow ol (Men) 1994 D36
Kortschnoj, Viktor vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2
PCA/Intel-GP 1994 A07
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Tkachiev, Vladislav
1/2-1/2
PCA/Intel-GP 1994 B07
Smirin, Ilia vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1-0
PCA/Intel-GP 1994 B27
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Smirin, Ilia
1/2-1/2
PCA/Intel-GP 1994 B60
Tiviakov, Sergei vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
0-1
PCA/Intel-GP 1994 B84
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Salov, Valery
1/2-1/2
Buenos Aires Sicilian 1994 B66
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Epishin, Vladimir
1/2-1/2
Moscow blitz 1993 C41
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Ivanovic, Bozidar
1-0
Moscow blitz 1993 A42
Goldin, Alexander vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1-0
Moscow blitz 1993 D01
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Budnikov, Alexandar
0-1
Moscow blitz 1993 A52
Speelman, Jonathan S vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Roquebrune rapid 1992 E43
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Seirawan, Yasser
1/2-1/2
Roquebrune rapid 1992 A41
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Piket, Jeroen
1/2-1/2
Roquebrune rapid 1992 A26
Ye Jiangchuan vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
0-1
Manila ol (Men) 1992 B45
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs El Taher, Fouad
1-0
Manila ol (Men) 1992 C96
Seirawan, Yasser vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Roquebrune rapid 1992 D20
Georgiev, Kiril vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2
EU-chT (Men) 1992 C42
Kortschnoj, Viktor vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
0-1
Roquebrune rapid 1992 A28
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Christiansen, Larry Mark
1/2-1/2
Roquebrune 1992 B41
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Rozentalis, Eduardas
0-1
Manila ol (Men) 1992 C43
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Cebalo, Miso
1-0
Manila ol (Men) 1992 B83
Georgiev, Kiril vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Manila ol (Men) 1992 C83
Seirawan, Yasser vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
0-1
Roquebrune 1992 A65
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Ehlvest, Jaan
1-0
Manila ol (Men) 1992 C07
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Speelman, Jonathan S
1-0
Roquebrune rapid 1992 E16
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Vaganian, Rafael A
1/2-1/2
Manila ol (Men) 1992 B04
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Rozentalis, Eduardas
1-0
EU-chT (Men) 1992 C43
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Kortschnoj, Viktor
1/2-1/2
Roquebrune rapid 1992 C11
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Lanka, Zigurds
1/2-1/2
EU-chT (Men) 1992 B66
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Motwani, Paul
1-0
Manila ol (Men) 1992 E15
Azmaiparashvili, Zurab vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Manila ol (Men) 1992 A36
Smirin, Ilia vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2
EU-chT (Men) 1992 C42
Nikolic, Predrag vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Manila ol (Men) 1992 D27
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Speelman, Jonathan S
1-0
EU-chT (Men) 1992 A41
Piket, Jeroen vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
0-1
Roquebrune rapid 1992 E16
Piket, Jeroen vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1-0
Roquebrune 1992 D00
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Bologan, Viktor
1-0
EU-chT (Men) 1992 B07
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Yudasin, Leonid
1/2-1/2
Candidats m2 1991 A70
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Gulko, Boris F
1-0
World Cup 1991 C45
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Hjartarson, Johann
1/2-1/2
World Cup 1991 E12
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Yudasin, Leonid
1-0
Candidats m2 1991 A63
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Ehlvest, Jaan
1/2-1/2
World Cup 1991 D87
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