Vasyl Ivanchuk, born in 1969, was already ranked number two in the world in 1991, at a time when many of today's top chess players were not even born. He reached his peak Elo rating of 2787 in 2007 at the age of 38. Ivanchuk has long been ranked in the top ten in the world and was capable of beating any other player. Ivanchuk was FIDE Vice-World Champion, World Blitz Champion and World Rapid Champion. The Ukrainian is now approaching 60, but still enjoys chess immensely.
After the European Championship, Ivanchuk played in the Czech league, then at the Reykjavik Open, the San Vincente Open and immediately afterwards at the Menorca Open. The last player to defeat Ivanchuk was Daniel Dardha in the Czech Extraliga. After that, the Ukrainian from Lviv went on to play 29 games without defeat.
At the Menorca Open, Ivanchuk, currently ranked 2604, was only eighth in the seedings but demonstrated his superior chess skills with seven wins and two draws. Among those he defeated was Nihal Sarin, who topped the seedings with an Elo rating of 2687.
Ivanchuk's performance in Menorca corresponded to an Elo performance of 2833. With his steep upward curve and his successes, he will move up again in the next Elo list. His current Elo gain is almost 40 points.
Behind Ivanchuk, Lu Shanglei and Murali Kartheyan took second and third place with 7.5 points. Just under 330 players took part in the A Open, with another 115 participating in the B Open.
Finals standings
| Rk. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GM | Ivanchuk, Vasyl | 2604 | 8 | 49,5 | |
| 2 | GM | Lu, Shanglei | 2618 | 7,5 | 48,5 | |
| 3 | GM | Karthikeyan, Murali | 2651 | 7,5 | 45,5 | |
| 4 | GM | Sosa, Tomas | 2498 | 7 | 49 | |
| 5 | GM | Woodward, Andy | 2536 | 7 | 45 | |
| 6 | IM | Mamedov, Edgar | 2453 | 7 | 43,5 | |
| 7 | GM | Shankland, Sam | 2670 | 7 | 43 | |
| 8 | GM | Nihal, Sarin | 2687 | 6,5 | 52,5 | |
| 9 | GM | Suleymenov, Alisher | 2478 | 6,5 | 49,5 | |
| 10 | GM | Pranav, Anand | 2538 | 6,5 | 49 | |
| 11 | GM | Ghazarian, Kirk | 2493 | 6,5 | 48 | |
| 12 | GM | Pranesh, M | 2572 | 6,5 | 48 | |
| 13 | GM | Murzin, Volodar | 2658 | 6,5 | 47,5 | |
| 14 | IM | Macias Pino, Diego | 2510 | 6,5 | 47 | |
| 15 | GM | Zanan, Evgeny | 2454 | 6,5 | 46,5 | |
| 16 | GM | Pranav, V | 2628 | 6,5 | 45,5 | |
| 17 | GM | Matviishen, Viktor | 2550 | 6,5 | 45,5 | |
| 18 | GM | Fier, Alexandr | 2534 | 6,5 | 45 | |
| 19 | GM | Makhnev, Denis | 2537 | 6,5 | 44,5 | |
| 20 | GM | Dragnev, Valentin | 2538 | 6,5 | 43 | |
| 21 | IM | Iermito, Sebastian Dario | 2499 | 6,5 | 39,5 | |
| 22 | IM | Baum, Jonasz | 2487 | 6,5 | 39 | |
| 23 | GM | Raja, Rithvik R | 2538 | 6 | 49 | |
| 24 | IM | Oro, Faustino | 2423 | 6 | 48 | |
| 25 | GM | Puranik, Abhimanyu | 2636 | 6 | 46 |
336 players...
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