--- title: "4 Vassily Ivanchuk Quotes" description: "Vasyl Mykhailovych Ivanchuk is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1988. A leading chess player since 1988..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b194/author-vassily-ivanchuk-71193.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Vassily Ivanchuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b194/author-vassily-ivanchuk-71193.jpg) # Vassily Ivanchuk **4** quotes in **52** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Vasyl Mykhailovych Ivanchuk is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1988. A leading chess player since 1988, Ivanchuk has been ranked at No. 2 on the FIDE world rankings three times. ## Quotes by Vassily Ivanchuk > [When I start to play a game I try to forget about previous games and try to concentrate on this game. This…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vassily-ivanchuk/when-i-start-to-play-a-game-i-try-to-forget-about-previous-games-and/) [Vassily Ivanchuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vassily-ivanchuk/) [Buttons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/buttons/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d70/vassily-ivanchuk-71193_buttons_when-i-start-to-play-a-game-i-try-to-for_274727.png) > [It's a very special generation, because during our careers the computer entered chess. So we know how to play without computers, which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vassily-ivanchuk/it-s-a-very-special-generation-because-during-our-careers-the/) [Vassily Ivanchuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vassily-ivanchuk/) [Analysis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/analysis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/131/vassily-ivanchuk-71193_analysis_it-s-a-very-special-generation-because-d_1394116.jpg) > [Some scientist needs to explain to spectators Einstein's relativity theory. Before his explanation, he says: 'I have to suffer a lot explaining…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vassily-ivanchuk/some-scientist-needs-to-explain-to-spectators-einstein-s-relativity/) [Vassily Ivanchuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vassily-ivanchuk/) [Chess](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chess/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94c/vassily-ivanchuk-71193_chess_some-scientist-needs-to-explain-to-spect_2365888.jpg) > [Sometimes it happens that the computer's assessment is very abstract. It's correct, but it's not useful for a practical game. You have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vassily-ivanchuk/sometimes-it-happens-that-the-computer-s-assessment-is-very-abstract/) [Vassily Ivanchuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vassily-ivanchuk/) [Abstract](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abstract/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/925/vassily-ivanchuk-71193_abstract_sometimes-it-happens-that-the-computer-s_2481135.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vassily-ivanchuk/#itemlist", "name": "Vassily Ivanchuk Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When I start to play a game I try to forget about previous games and try to concentrate on this game. This game is now the most important to me. But of course I am not a computer and you cannot simply press a button, delete, and everything you want to forget disappears automatically. 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