Vasyl Ivanchuk

Vasyl Mykhaylovych Ivanchuk (Ukrainian: Василь Михайлович Іванчук; born March 18, 1969, Kopychintsy, Ternopil region) is a Soviet and Ukrainian chess player, draughtsman (2012), grandmaster (1988), one of the strongest chess players in the world during the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. Winner of the Second World Team Championships with the USSR team (1989). Winner of the Fifth World Team Championships as part of the Ukrainian team (2001). European Champion in 2004 and a finalist of the FIDE World Championships 2001-2002. A four-time winner of the World Chess Olympiads: twice as a member of the USSR team (1988, 1990) and twice as a member of the Ukrainian team (2004, 2010). A contender for the World Chess Championship. World Blitz Chess Champion (2007). World champion in rapid chess (2016 (Ukr.).

In the 2010s he became interested in checkers. In 2015, he participated in his first international checkers tournament - Heerhugowaard Open 2015, where 25 international grandmasters played. In 2016 he played in the European Championship.