Vassily Ivanchuk

Bio: Vasyl Mykhaylovych Ivanchuk, also transliterated as Vasyliy or Vasyl, is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster. Ivanchuk has been a leading player in the world since 1988, ranking as high as No. 2 on the official FIDE Elo rating list.

Born: March 18, 1969 in Kopychyntsi, Ukraine