Vasyl Ivanchuk

World rank: No. 94 (October 2026)
Rating: 2628 (−2 this month)
Peak rating: 2787 (October 2007)
Title: Grandmaster (1988)
Federation: Ukraine
Born: March 18, 1969, Kopychyntsi, Ukraine (age 57)
FIDE ID: 14100010

A Ukrainian grandmaster who has been among the world’s leading players since 1988. Ivanchuk has been world No. 2 three times, and has won Linares, Wijk aan Zee and the Tal Memorial.

He won the World Blitz Championship in 2007 and the World Rapid Championship in 2016, beating Magnus Carlsen along the way. He has also taken up draughts, and still plays in the world top 100 at 57.

Career highlights

World No. 2 three times (1991, 1992, 2007)
2007 World Blitz Champion
2016 World Rapid Champion
Won Linares and Wijk aan Zee
Peak rating 2787 (October 2007)

Titles

Open Chess Menorca: 2025
World Rapid and Blitz Championships: 2016
Tata Steel Chess Tournament: 1996

From the winners lists on our event pages.

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Profile last reviewed September 29, 2026. Ratings update monthly from FIDE.