Ukrainian chess Grandmaster Vassily Ivanchuk is widely considered to be the greatest chess player to have never won the world championships. For a man who has dominated the world of chess for nearly 3 ...

As we noted three weeks ago, the chess world was in turmoil over drug testing in a simmering spat sparked afresh by the threatened suspension of a popular and well-known grandmaster for failing to ...

In a tragic end to the Sao Paulo leg of the 4th final masters tournament, Grandmaster Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine was robbed at gun point and lost his luggage and valuable belongings enroute to the ...

In 2008, professional chess grandmaster Vassily Ivanchuk lost a game, then was immediately asked to provide a urine sample for a drug test. Ivanchuk flipped out — he kicked a concrete pillar and ...

The ongoing Chess World Cup 2025 in Goa has seen some controversies. The biggest controversy is probably Ian Nepomniachtchi's reaction after getting eliminated. The Russian GM lost to Diptayan Ghosh ...

World Champion Viswanathan Anand played out his sixth draw on the trot, signing peace with long-time rival Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine in the sixth round of the Tal memorial tournament. World Champion ...

World Champion Viswanathan Anand will be making his final bid to defend the title when he takes on Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine in 12th round of the Magistral Ciudad De Linares Chess tournament here on ...

As one of the most creative and unpredictable players in modern chess history, Vasyl Ivanchuk of Ukraine, born in 1969, became a Grandmaster in 1988 and quickly rose to the elite level. Known for his ...

Alexander Grischuk and Vassily Ivanchuk made it to the last-four of the World Chess Cup, defeating David Navara of and Teimour Radjabov respectively in the tiebreak games of the quarterfinals.