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 ...

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 ...

The International Chess Federation, known by its French acronym FIDE, is weighing a two-year playing ban for popular Ukrainian Grandmaster Vassily Ivanchuk, the world’s third-ranked player, for ...

Chess World Cup 2025: Unlike Nepomniachtchi, Vassily Ivanchuk praised the tournament in Goa. The ongoing Chess World Cup 2025 in Goa has seen some controversies. The biggest controversy is probably ...

International Master Mohammad Fahad Rahman, country's chess prodigy, returned home on Tuesday after competing in his third FIDE World Cup, held in India. Having previously faced elite opponents such ...

On that wintry evening of 2000 in New Delhi’s Hyatt Regency, the talking point of the World chess championship was the defeat of Vassily Ivanchuk to Jaan Ehlvest of Estonia. The sixth-seeded Ukrainian ...

Vasyl Ivanchuk is widely regarded as one of the greatest players never to have won the World chess championship. A former World No. 2, he has nevertheless lifted the World blitz and World rapid ...