Vassily Ivanchuk

About

Ukrainian chess Grandmaster who won the Amber blindfold and rapid chess tournament in 1992 and 2010, respectively.

Before Fame

He won the 1987 European Junior Chess Championship.

Trivia

At the peak of his career he was the number two ranked player in the world and he was the 2007–2008 World Blitz Chess champion.

Family Life

He has been married twice.

Associated With

He and Magnus Carlsen are considered by other chess greats to be two of the brightest minds in the game.