Team Chess Performances
Ivanchuk has often been at his best in international team competitions. He has played in eleven Chess Olympiads, twice for the Soviet Union (1988 and 1990), and nine times for Ukraine, after the Soviet Union split up in 1991. He has won a total of twelve medals, and has been on four gold-medal winning teams (USSR in 1988 and 1990, Ukraine in 2004 and 2010). In 133 games, Ivanchuk has scored (+50 =77 -6), for 66.5 per cent. His detailed Olympiad records, from the site http://www.olimpbase.org/players/oeo8eigf.html, follow.
- Thessaloniki 1988, USSR 2nd reserve, 6½/9 (+4 =5 -0), team gold
- Novi Sad 1990, USSR board 1, 7/10 (+5 =4 -1), team gold, board bronze
- Manila 1992, Ukraine board 1, 8½/13 (+6 =5 -1)
- Moscow 1994, Ukraine board 1, 9½/14 (+5 =9 -0)
- Yerevan 1996, Ukraine board 1, 8½/11 (+6 =5 -0), team silver, board silver, perf. bronze
- Elista 1998, Ukraine board 1, 7/11 (+3 =8 -0), team bronze
- Istanbul 2000, Ukraine board 1, 9/14 (+4 =10 -0), team bronze
- Bled 2002, Ukraine board 2, 9/14 (+4 =10 -0)
- Calvià 2004, Ukraine board 1, 9½/13 (+6 =7 -0), team gold, board bronze
- Turin 2006, Ukraine board 1, 8/13 (+4 =8 -1)
- Dresden 2008, Ukraine board 1, 6/11 (+3 =6 -2)
- Khanty-Mansiysk 2010, Ukraine board 1, 8/10 (+7 =2 -1), team gold, board gold
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