 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Zvido zvaIvanchuk zvekuva shasha yenyika zvakaderedzwawo nekuparadzaniswa kwezita kubva muna 1993 kusvika muna 2006. Nokuda kwezvisungo neFIDE, Ivanchuk naAnand havana kutora chikamu muDortmund Candidates Tournament ya2002 yeClassical World Chess Championship ya2004. Akabva angodzingwa, pamusana pechikoro chake, kubva mumakwikwi eFIDE World Chess Championship 2005. Kunyange zvazvo akahwina chimwe chezviitiko zveFIDE Grand Prix 20082010, kuita kwake kwose kwakanga kusina kukwana kuti akwanise kumutambo weWorld Chess Championship 2012 candidates tournament. 