Vasyl Ivanchuk

Also known as Vasyl Mykhaylovych Ivanchuk, Vasyliy Ivanchuk, Vasyl Mychajlovyč Ìvančuk, Vassily Ivanchuk

Ukrainian chess player

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Born: Vasyl Mykhailovych Ivanchuk , ( 1969-03-18 ) March 18, 1969 (age 57) , Kopychyntsi , Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Spouse s: Alisa Galliamova ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1991 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1996 ) , Oksana Ivanchuk ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2006 )
Country: Soviet Union (until 1991) Ukraine (since 1991)
Title: Grandmaster (1988)
Fide rating: 2634 (June 2026)
Peak rating: 2787 (October 2007)
Ranking: No. 99 (June 2026)
Peak ranking: No. 2 (July 1991)

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Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: Ukraine
Place of birth: Kopychyntsi
Spouse: Alisä Ğällämevä
Educated at: Lviv State University of Physical Culture
Languages spoken: Ukrainian
Participant in: What? Where? When?
Field of work: chess
Sport: chess
Country for sport: Soviet Union
Image: Vasyl Ivanchuk, January 2018.jpg

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Commons category: Vasyl Ivanchuk
date of birth: 1969-01-01
title of chess person: International Master
name in native language: Василь Михайлович Іванчук
Elo rating: 2608
on focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Ukraine
ranking: 85

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Encyclopedic overview

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.

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