Vasyl Ivanchuk | |
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Born | Kopychyntsi, Ternopil Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | March 18, 1969
Title | Grandmaster (1988) |
FIDE rating | 2648 (August 2024) |
Peak rating | 2787 (October 2007) |
Ranking | No. 87 (August 2024) |
Peak ranking | No. 2 (July 1991) |
Vasyl Mykhailovych Ivanchuk[a] (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,[1] Ivanchuk has been ranked at No. 2 on the FIDE world rankings three times (July 1991, July 1992, October 2007).[2]
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.
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