Vasyl Ivanchuk

January 10, 2024
Chess Player

Quick Facts

Vasyl Ivanchuk
Full Name Vasyl Ivanchuk
Occupation Chess Player
Date Of Birth Mar 18, 1969(1969-03-18)
Age 55
Birthplace Kopychyntsi
Country Ukraine
Birth City Ternopil Oblast
Horoscope Pisces

Vasyl Ivanchuk Biography

Name Vasyl Ivanchuk
Birthday Mar 18
Birth Year 1969
Place Of Birth Kopychyntsi
Home Town Ternopil Oblast
Birth Country Ukraine
Birth Sign Pisces
Spouse Oksana Krynytska , Alisa Galliamova

Vasyl Ivanchuk is one of the most popular and richest Chess Player who was born on March 18, 1969 in Kopychyntsi, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine.

Ivanchuk has often been at his best in international team competitions. He has played in 14 Chess Olympiads, twice for the Soviet Union (1988 and 1990), and twelve times for Ukraine, after the Soviet Union split up in 1991. He has won a total of thirteen medals, and has been on four gold-medal winning teams (USSR in 1988 and 1990, Ukraine in 2004 and 2010). In 162 games, Ivanchuk has scored (+63 =87 -12), for 65.7 per cent. His detailed Olympiad records are as follows:

At round one of Linares in 1991 the then only 21-year-old Ivanchuk gives up both his bishops for knights and then boxes Kasparov, then world champion, into complete passivity.

Vasyl Ivanchuk Net Worth

Net Worth $5 Million
Source Of Income Chess Player
House Living in own house.

Vasyl Ivanchuk is one of the richest Chess Player from Ukraine. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Vasyl Ivanchuk 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Ivanchuk was born in Kopychyntsi, Ukraine. He won the 1987 European Junior Chess Championship in Groningen and first achieved international notice by winning the 1988 New York Open scoring 7½/9 points, ahead of a field of grandmasters. He tied for first place in the 1988 World Junior Chess Championship at Adelaide, but lost the title on tiebreak to Joël Lautier. He was awarded the Grandmaster title in 1988, and entered the world top 10 the same year.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Vasyl Ivanchuk Dating?

According to our records, Vasyl Ivanchuk married to Oksana Krynytska , Alisa Galliamova. As of December 1, 2023, Vasyl Ivanchuk’s is not dating anyone.

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In a major upset, the USA defeated Ukraine 3½ to ½ with Ivanchuk losing his game against Gata Kamsky, causing Ukraine to fall to fourth and miss out on a medal. Ivanchuk was in such a distraught state after the game that he was seen “kicking a large concrete pillar”. Ivanchuk refused to take a doping test and stormed out, risking punishment under FIDE rules and forfeiting his games in the event as had happened in the 2004 Chess Olympiad in Majorca. Ivanchuk was cleared when it emerged that he had not been warned of the test, and that in his distraught frame of mind, he had not fully understood the arbiter’s request.

Facts & Trivia

Victor Ranked on the list of most popular Chess Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Ukraine. Vasyl Ivanchuk celebrates birthday on March 18 of every year.

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.

Did Ivanchuk retire?

Luckily for the chess world, Ivanchuk did not actually retire. He won the 2010 Capablanca Memorial with a 7/10 score, ahead of GMs Ian Nepomniachtchi, Dominguez, Short, and other grandmasters.

Why did Ivanchuk never become world champion?

According to the chess fraternity, the biggest reason for Ivanchuk not winning a single world championship match in his career was because of his ‘ poor nerves’ and unstable behaviour. 5-time world champion Viswanathan Anand even went on to describe Ivanchuk as the most eccentric player in the chess world.

How old is Ivanchuk?

53 years (March 18, 1969)

Did Ivanchuk change his name?

I’ve been aware for some time that Ivanchuk prefers Vasyl to the Vassily that’s been used for years. Well in the May Rating list (in a change from April) he’s now listed at Vasyl Ivanchuk. Yes.

Who is the best Ukrainian chess player?

NameRating

1| Korobov, Anton| 2695
2| Volokitin, Andrei| 2687
3| Nyzhnyk, Illya| 2685
4| Kryvoruchko, Yuriy| 2683

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