5/14/2021 – Garry Kasparov has described him as a world-champion level grandmaster, an assessment that is shared by much of the chess world. A true genius, Vasyl Ivanchuk has won a number of super-tournaments and has been ranked number 2 in the FIDE rankings three times. The Ukrainian also won the World Rapid Championship in 2016, and celebrated in style.
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Ivanchuk edges Carlsen and Grischuk
Few players are as universally appreciated as Vasyl Mykhaylovych Ivanchuk. At 52, the man from Kopychyntsi still belongs to the top 100 in the world ranking, while few doubt that, on a good day, he could still beat any player from the elite. The Ukrainian genius has won super-tournaments in Linares and Wijk aan Zee, the Tal Memorial, the Gibraltar Masters and the M-Tel Masters, just to name a few of his numerous achievements.
Already in July 1991, at 22, ‘Chuky’ reached the second spot in the ranking, while he repeated the same feat no fewer than 16 years later, in October 2007. During the 1990s, Garry Kasparov mentioned that Ivanchuk was one of the players he feared the most. After all, in a memorable edition of the Linares tournament, a 21-year-old Ivanchuk had defeated the then world champion on his way to tournament victory. Kasparov told Business Insider in 2017, explaining what separates a good chess player from a great one:
And then you go to the very top, and the difference is so minimal, but it does exist. So even a few players who never became world champion, like Vassily Ivanchuk, for instance, I think they belong to the same category.
Not only is Ivanchuk respected by his colleagues for his remarkable results but also for his commitment to creativity and innovation on the chessboard. Anand said of him:
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His playing style is unpredictable and highly original, making him more dangerous, but sometimes leading to quick losses as well.
In 2016, the Ukrainian won the World Rapid Championship in Doha, the capital of Qatar. With a score of 11/15, Ivanchuk edged Alexander Grischuk and Magnus Carlsen on tiebreak criteria. The event lasted three days with each game being played with a time control of 15 minutes plus 10-second increments.
A fan of poetry, it is apparent that Ivanchuk is not one to restrict himself from exploring areas of life — other than chess — that spark his curiosity. Not surprisingly, he has been attracted by the game of draughts: with a 1983 rating, he is currently the 52nd highest-rated Ukrainian player in the world.
At the closing ceremony of the World Championship in Doha, in typical ‘Chuky’ style, the recently crowned rapid champion interrupted a game of draughts — against another creative star, Baadur Jobava — to receive his prize. And he did not stop calculating variations while on the podium — which served him well, as he went on to win the game:
A hard-fought victory
With 8/10 Ivanchuk started day 3 as sole leader, but at first had trouble to find his form. He started with a loss against Ian Nepomniachtchi and then played two draws in rounds 12 and 13.
After winning a topsy-turvy game in round 14 against Vishy Anand, he was sharing the lead with Alexander Grischuk, Shakriyar Mamedyarov, Nepomniachtchi and Magnus Carlsen. But Ivanchuk had the best tiebreak score and therefore ‘only’ needed a win in the last round to become the new world rapid champion.
In round 15 Ivanchuk played Hrant Melkumyan and, though the game had been balanced for a long time, Melkumyan finally went astray in an opposite-coloured bishop ending and Ivanchuk pounced to win the game and the title.
Throughout the game White had put Black under pressure and in the difficult
queen endgame with opposite-colored bishops Black finally cracks.Safer was
32...Kf733.Qd8+Kf734.f3Qc5+35.Kh2h5?!Now it's over.36.Bd6Qc837.Qe7+Kg838.Be51–0
Second place went to Alexander Grischuk, world blitz champion in 2006, 2012 and 2015, who had a strong finish. He started day 3 with two draws, but then won his last three games against Farrukh Amonatov, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Nepomniachtchi.
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Alexander Grischuk
Magnus Carlsen finished third. He started day 3 by losing a short and violent game with white against Anton Korobov — shortly after the opening Carlsen miscalculated in a sharp position, and that was all Korobov needed to win in a devastating attack.
18.Ng5?After this move
White is lost.After e.g.18.Qh3f619.0-0-0the game is roughly
balanced.18...Bxg2Did Carlsen overlook that the bishop on g2 covers h3,
preventing White from mating with 19.Rh8+ Kxh8 20.Qh3?19.0-0-0Rab8
Suddenly it's Black who attacks.20.b3Qxf221.Qg4Rfc822.Kb1Rxc323.Qb4Rcc80–1
Carlsen recovered and won his last four games. Particularly crucial was his game against Ian Nepomniachtchi in round 14. With 10/13 Nepomniachtchi led the field after 13 rounds, but Carlsen slowly outplayed him with the black pieces.
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1.e4c62.Nc3d53.Nf3dxe44.Nxe4Nf65.Nxf6+exf66.d4Bd67.Be20-08.0-0Re89.c4Nd710.Bd3Nf811.h3Ng612.Qc2Qa513.c5Bb814.Bd2Qd815.Rfe1Be616.Bc4Nf817.Rad1Bc718.Qb3Bxc419.Qxc4Qd720.b4Ng621.a4Ne722.b5Nd523.bxc6bxc624.Qa6g525.Nh2Bxh2+After this exchange
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and seizes the initiative.26.Kxh2Kg727.Kg1Rxe1+28.Rxe1Rb829.Qd3Rb230.a5h631.Bc1Ra232.Bd2Qb733.Re8Qb234.Be1Nf435.Qa6Qxd436.Qc8Ng637.Qxc6Ra138.Qe4Qxc539.Kh2h540.Qe3Qc641.Bc3Ra442.f3Ra243.Kh1Rc244.Be1Qb545.Bg3h446.Bh2Qb1+47.Bg1Qf1
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