Vasyl Ivanchuk
Vasyl Ivanchuk | |
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Василь Іванчук | |
Ivanchuk in 2023 | |
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| Born | March 18, 1969 Kopychyntsi, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Title | Grandmaster (1988) |
| FIDE rating | 2634 (June 2025) |
| Peak rating | 2787 (October 2007) |
| Ranking | No. 100 (June 2025) |
| Peak ranking | No. 2 (July 1991) |
Vasyl Mykhailovych Ivanchuk (Ukrainian: Василь Михайлович Іванчук; born March 18, 1969) is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1988. A leading chess player since 1988, Ivanchuk has been ranked at No. 2 on the FIDE world rankings three times (July 1991, July 1992, October 2007).
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.