![]() They are completely disparate, indicating that Ivanchuk may have preferred the openings of his opponents just to figure out how they work. Nor does he discriminate in favor of openings. They include Kasparov, Anand, Levon Aronian, Veselin Topalov, Gata Kamsky and, in short, practically everybody at the top. In the 100 games in this compilation, there is no discrimination among Ivanchuk's victims. Despite his poor performance up to that point in this major event, Ivanchuk defeated Kramnik, allowing Carlsen to win the event and the right to challenge Carlsen lost in a very difficult game to Peter Svidler while Kramnik faced the struggling Ivanchuk. So, going into the last round, both Carlsen and Kramnik were tied, but with Carlsen having the better tie-break. In the 13th round, Carlsen won and Kramnik only drew. However, in the 12th round he defeated the tournament leader, Carlsen, enabling Vladimir Kramnik to take the lead. In the recent London Candidates' tournament, which chose the new challenger to the world champion, Ivanchuk exceeded the time limit four times and was struggling to avoid last place. In 2002, in a knockout tournament to determine the world champion, he battled but lost to his young countryman Ruslan Ponomariov, 18, by a score of 4.5-2.5. In 2008, he was just a few points shy of 2800, and he currently stands at 2733. ![]() By 1990 his rating soared above 2700 and, except for one minor dip, stayed there through the present. ![]()
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