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Vasyl Ivanchuk

Vasyl Ivanchuk
Василь Іванчук
Ivanchuk in 2023
Country
Born (1969-03-18) March 18, 1969 (age 55)
Kopychyntsi, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
TitleGrandmaster (1988)
FIDE rating2619 (February 2025)
Peak rating2787 (October 2007)
Peak rankingNo. 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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  1. ^ "Fide Rating Lists - Archive: July 1988 - FIDE Rating List". fidelists.blogspot.co.uk. March 7, 2008. Archived from the original on September 14, 2017. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
  2. ^ "All Time Rating List". Chess.eusa.ed.ac.uk. Archived from the original on November 26, 2009. Retrieved October 20, 2011.

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