Scouting report: Vasyl Ivanchuk (GM, UKR)

5,788 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (4,512 classical, 689 rapid, 653 blitz): 39% wins, 44% draws, 17% losses. FIDE rating 2630 standard, 2619 rapid, 2621 blitz, world #94. 4,193 games analyzed with Stockfish: 94% accuracy, 0.07 blunders per game.

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Vasyl Ivanchuk

GM

Ukraineborn 1969FIDE ID 14100010

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2560
2600
2640
2680
2720
2664 · Sep 2023
Oct
2024
Apr
Jul
Oct
2025
Apr
Jul
Oct
2026
Apr
Jul
Oct
Sep 2023Oct 2026
2630
2621
2619
2787peak, Oct 2007
5,788games
2,272wins, 39%
2,536draws, 44%
980losses, 17%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 94.1% average
Very consistent (85%)
Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game
Dominates 1.Nf3 as ♔ (70% in 255 games)

Play against Ivanchuk's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 5,788 games

Openings

5,788 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White
Scotch: Mieses1.e4 e5 2.♞f3 ♞c6 3.d4 exd4 4.♞xd4 ♞f6 5.♞xc612 games41.7%losses

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
King's Indian: Saemisch1.d4 ♞f6 2.c4 g6 3.♞c3 ♝g7 4.e4 d6 5.f317 games76.5%wins
King's Gambit1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf413 games69.2%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 4,193 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
96.6%
Middlegame
94.3%
Endgame
95.6%
Clutch factor
+6%
Winning (+2)
95%
Equal
95%
Losing (−2)
89%
Problematic pieces
24%
70 err
17%
49 err
17%
51 err
17%
49 err
14%
40 err
12%
35 err
Critical moment
Move 38 avg
6%
1-15
6%
16-25
25%
26-35
25%
36-45
38%
46+
38% of blunders occur after move 46. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
16
Few
Many
d5
16
c5
12
e5
11
f7
9
c8
8
d5/c5 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

10 errors
#43
♜d6?? vs Grischuk
Endgame · OTB · 2026
#36
♛c8?? vs Maurizzi
Endgame · OTB · 2026
#33
♜xa3?? vs Batsuren
Endgame · OTB · 2026
#36
♜xf2?? vs O`Gorman
Middlegame · OTB · 2026
#31
♜fxf2?? vs Adhiban
Middlegame · OTB · 2026
#34
♜e1?? vs Edouard
Endgame · OTB · 2026

Recent games

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½–½
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1–0
Dziuba, Marcin(2503)

Polish Team Championship 1st Lea... · 9 Sept 2026

½–½
Piesik, Piotr(2418)

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1–0
Sieciechowicz, Marcin(2379)

Polish Team Championship 1st Lea... · 7 Sept 2026

1–0
Cukrowski, Filip(2387)

Polish Team Championship 1st Lea... · 6 Sept 2026

½–½

Endgame statistics

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Repertoire

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5,788 games in scope
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2,919 games46%W41%D13%L
Move
1. e4
1287—
48%38%14
67%
1. d4
1024—
44%44%
66%
1. c4
323—
47%41%
67%
1. ♞f3
255—
49%42%
70%
1. g3
11—
64%27%
77%
1. b4
7—
71%29%
71%
1. f4
7—
43%43%14
64%
1. ♞c3
3—
33%67%
17%
1. b3
2—
50%50%
75%

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