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Vasyl Ivanchuk Biography

Vasyl Ivanchuk is one of the most popular and richest Chess Player who was born on March 18, 1969 in Kopychyntsi, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine.

Ivanchuk has often been at his best in international team competitions. He has played in 14 Chess Olympiads, twice for the Soviet Union (1988 and 1990), and twelve times for Ukraine, after the Soviet Union split up in 1991. He has won a total of thirteen medals, and has been on four gold-medal winning teams (USSR in 1988 and 1990, Ukraine in 2004 and 2010). In 162 games, Ivanchuk has scored (+63 =87 -12), for 65.7 per cent. His detailed Olympiad records are as follows:

At round one of Linares in 1991 the then only 21-year-old Ivanchuk gives up both his bishops for knights and then boxes Kasparov, then world champion, into complete passivity.

Ivanchuk was born in Kopychyntsi, Ukraine. He won the 1987 European Junior Chess Championship in Groningen and first achieved international notice by winning the 1988 New York Open scoring 7½/9 points, ahead of a field of grandmasters. He tied for first place in the 1988 World Junior Chess Championship at Adelaide, but lost the title on tiebreak to Joël Lautier. He was awarded the Grandmaster title in 1988, and entered the world top 10 the same year.

Vasyl Ivanchuk Net Worth

Vasyl is one of the richest Chess Player from Ukraine. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Vasyl Ivanchuk's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: January 13, 2024)

Ivanchuk’s world championship aspirations were also dampened by the unfortunate title split 1993 to 2006. Due to obligations with FIDE, Ivanchuk and Anand did not participate in the 2002 Dortmund Candidates tournament for the Classical World Chess Championship 2004. He was then narrowly excluded, on the basis of rating, from the rival FIDE World Chess Championship 2005. While he won one of the events of the FIDE Grand Prix 2008–2010, his overall performance was not enough to qualify him for the World Chess Championship 2012 candidates tournament.

It was widely believed that Ivanchuk might become world champion. He has not so far achieved this, although he came close in 2002, when he reached the final of the FIDE World Chess Championship 2002. While being consistently among the top 10 from 1988, Mark Crowther’s The Week in Chess said that his erratic play was due to “poor temperament.” His erratic results have seen him drop as low as 30th in July 2009, but he returned to the top ten in the next list. His inability to become world champion despite his immense talent and longevity among the chess elite has been attributed to his admittedly poor nerves, demonstrated by blunders such as in the 1994 London Grand Prix blitz, failing to complete a strong attack on Viswanathan Anand in blitz with a mate in one, all despite having 1:14 left on the clock. Ivanchuk’s nerves were notably exposed during the high-tension atmosphere of World Championship match-format tournaments, such as in 2002 where he was heavily favored in the FIDE championship final after having defeated defending champion Anand in the semifinals, only to lose to countryman Ruslan Ponomariov in a significant upset, denying him the World Championship. Subsequent match-play tournaments in World Championship cycles saw Ivanchuk consistently underperform; in the FIDE World Chess Championship 2004, Chess World Cup 2005, Chess World Cup 2007, and Chess World Cup 2009, he failed to advance past the third round despite being seeded No. 5, No. 1, No. 1 and No. 6 respectively in those events.

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Vasyl Mykhaylovych Ivanchuk (Ukrainian: Василь Михайлович Іванчук ; born March 18, 1969), also known as Vassily Ivanchuk, is a Ukrainian chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1988. A leading player since 1988, Ivanchuk has been ranked at No. 2 on the FIDE world rankings three times (July 1991, July 1992, October 2007).

Who is Vasyl Ivanchuk Dating?

According to our records, Vasyl Ivanchuk married to Oksana Krynytska , Alisa Galliamova . As of January 13, 2024, Vasyl Ivanchuk’s is not dating anyone.

In a major upset, the USA defeated Ukraine 3½ to ½ with Ivanchuk losing his game against Gata Kamsky, causing Ukraine to fall to fourth and miss out on a medal. Ivanchuk was in such a distraught state after the game that he was seen “kicking a large concrete pillar”. Ivanchuk refused to take a doping test and stormed out, risking punishment under FIDE rules and forfeiting his games in the event as had happened in the 2004 Chess Olympiad in Majorca. Ivanchuk was cleared when it emerged that he had not been warned of the test, and that in his distraught frame of mind, he had not fully understood the arbiter’s request.

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Ivanchuk attained chess world fame in 1991 at the age of 21 when he won the Linares tournament. Fourteen players participated, eight of them, including World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov, rated in the top ten in the world, and another two among the world’s top 50 players. Ivanchuk edged Kasparov by a half point, defeating Kasparov in their head-to-head game.

Ivanchuk was first married to Alisa Galliamova, also a chess player. On November 18, 2006, he married for the second time.

Facts & Trivia

Vasyl Ranked on the list of most popular Chess Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Ukraine. Vasyl Ivanchuk celebrates birthday on March 18 of every year.

Ivanchuk has won Linares, Wijk aan Zee, Tal Memorial, Gibraltar Masters and M-Tel Masters titles. He has also won the World Blitz Championship in 2007 and the World Rapid Championship in 2016.

Did Ivanchuk retire?

Luckily for the chess world, Ivanchuk did not actually retire. He won the 2010 Capablanca Memorial with a 7/10 score, ahead of GMs Ian Nepomniachtchi, Dominguez, Short, and other grandmasters.

Why did Ivanchuk never become world champion?

According to the chess fraternity, the biggest reason for Ivanchuk not winning a single world championship match in his career was because of his ‘poor nerves’ and unstable behaviour. 5-time world champion Viswanathan Anand even went on to describe Ivanchuk as the most eccentric player in the chess world.

How old is Ivanchuk?

53 years (March 18, 1969)

Did Ivanchuk change his name?

I’ve been aware for some time that Ivanchuk prefers Vasyl to the Vassily that’s been used for years. Well in the May Rating list (in a change from April) he’s now listed at Vasyl Ivanchuk. Yes.

Who is the best Ukrainian chess player?

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