Vassily Ivanchuk

Vasyliy Ivanchuk, also transliterated as Vasyl () (born March 18, 1969), is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster.

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Ivanchuk has been a leading player in the world since 1988, at times reaching the second spot on the Elo rating list, but has never won the World Chess Championship. Ivanchuk often has erratic results, and since 2007 his world ranking has ranged from twelfth to second, before dropping to 30th in July 2009.

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He was the 2007-2008 World Blitz Chess champion.

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