7/9 1–3 Odesa 2006, 7/9 1st Mérida 2006, 1st Odesa 2007, 7/9 1st La Habana 2007, 7½/9 1st Foros 2007, 7½/11 1st FIDE World Blitz Chess Champion 2007 Montreal International 2007 M-Tel Masters, Sofia 2008 8/10 2008, 1st Tal Memorial, Moscow 2008, 6/9 1st Tal Memorial (Blitz), Moscow 2008, 1st Linares 2009 8/14, Joint 1st (Alexander Grischuk declared winner because of higher number of wins) Bazna 2009, 7/10 1st Jermuk 2009, 8½/13 1st Amber Rapid 2010, 8/11 Joint 1st (with Magnus Carlsen) Amber Overall 2010, Joint 1st (with Magnus Carlsen) Capablanca Memorial Havana 2010, 7/10 1st Cap d'Agde Rapid 2010, 1st Gibraltar 2011, 9/10 1st Capablanca Memorial Havana 2011, 6½/10 1st Grand Slam Bilbao – São Paulo 2011, Joint 1st (Magnus Carlsen wins the tie-break blitz games) Capablanca Memorial Havana, Cuba 2012, 6½/10, 1st. World Rapid Championship 2016, 1st Team chess performances Ivanchuk has often been at his best in international team competitions. He has played in 14 Chess Olympiads, twice for the Soviet Union (1988 and 1990), and twelve times for Ukraine, after the Soviet Union split up in 1991. He has won a total of thirteen medals, and has been on four gold-medal winning teams (USSR in 1988 and 1990, Ukraine in 2004 and 2010). In 162 games, Ivanchuk has scored (+63 =87 -12), for 65.7 per cent. His detailed Olympiad records are as follows: Thessaloniki 1988, USSR 2nd reserve, 6½/9 (+4 −0 =5), team gold Novi Sad 1990, USSR board 1, 7/10 (+5 −1 =4), team gold, board bronze Manila 1992, Ukraine board 1, 8½/13 (+6 −1 =5) Moscow 1994, Ukraine board 1, 9½/14 (+5 −0 =9) Yerevan 1996, Ukraine board 1, 8½/11 (+6 −0 =5), team silver, board silver, perf. bronze Elista 1998, Ukraine board 1, 7/11 (+3 −0 =8), team bronze Istanbul 2000, Ukraine board 1, 9/14 (+4 −0 =10), team bronze Bled 2002, Ukraine board 2, 9/14 (+4 −0 =10) Calvià 2004, Ukraine board 1, 9½/13 (+6 −0 =7), team gold, board bronze Turin 2006, Ukraine board 1, 8/13 (+4 −1 =8) Dresden 2008, Ukraine board 1, 6/11 (+3 −2 =6) Khanty-Mansiysk 2010, Ukraine board 1, 8/10 (+7 −1 =2), team gold, board gold Istanbul 2012, Ukraine board 1, 6/10 (+4 –2 =4), team bronze Tromsø 2014, Ukraine board 1, 4/9 (+2 –3 =4) Notable games Ivanchuk vs Kasparov, Linares 1991 At round one of Linares in 1991, the 21-year-old Ivanchuk gave up both