You are here: MaxAbout.com > People

Vassily Ivanchuk

Personal Profile

Vassily Ivanchuk
  • Birth Name:
    Vasyl Mykhaylovych Ivanchuk
  • Date of Birth:
    March 18, 1969
  • Zodiac Sign:
    Pisces
  • Place of Birth:
    Kopychyntsi, Soviet Union
  • Sex:
    Male
  • Nationality:
    Ukrainian

Family

Vassily Ivanchuk

    Career

    Vassily Ivanchuk

    Trivia

    Vassily Ivanchuk
    • Was playing on board 1 for the Ukraine in the 2008 Chess Olympiad held in Dresden.
    • Has won a total of ten medals, and has been on three gold-medal winning teams (USSR in 1988 and 1990, Ukraine in 2004).
    • Has played in eleven chess Chess Olympiads, twice for the Soviet Union (1988 and 1990), and nine times for Ukraine, after the Soviet Union split up in 1991.
    • Reached chess world fame at the age of 21 when he won the Linares tournament in 1991.
    • Was awarded the Grandmaster title in 1988, and entered the world top 10 the same year.
    • Tied for first place in the 1988 World Junior Chess Championship at Adelaide, but lost the title on tiebreak to Joel Lautier.
    • First achieved international notice by winning the 1988 New York Open with 7.5/9, ahead of a field filled with Grandmasters.
    • Was the 2007-2008 World Blitz Chess champion.
    • Has been a leading player in the world since 1988, at times reaching 2nd in the Elo rating list, but has never won the World Chess Championship.

    Submit Content