ABOUT US

THE FOUNDER

Vasyl Ivanchuk was born on March 18, 1969 in Kopychyntsi, Ukraine.

  • Grandmaster (1988)
  • The winner of the Chess Olympiad (1988, 1990 USSR)
  • Vice World Chess Champion (2002)
  • World Team Chess Champion (2001)
  • European Chess Champion (2004)
  • European Rapid Chess Champion (2004)
  • The winner of the Chess Olympiad (2004, 2010 Ukraine)
  • World Blitz Chess Champion (2007)
  • Vice World Blitz Chess Champion (2008)
  • World Rapid Chess Champion (2016)
  • The winner of lots of chess super-tournaments
  • No. 2 on the FIDE world ranking three times (July 1991, July 1992, October 2007)
  • The strongest Ukrainian chess player of all time, who has been in the top ten chess players on the planet for over 20 years.
“I learned to play chess at age 6, and keep finding & working on new ideas for over 40 years.” – Vasyl Ivanchuk.

The Chess School in Lviv, Ukraine

Our school was founded in 2012.

We have held 75+ tournaments of different levels and 500+ children have earned chess categories.

Chess is a game that develops logical thinking, attention and memory, promotes the development of imagination and creativity, fosters goal orientation, autonomy in decision making, enhances the level of intellectual & personal development.

Our Offers

You can improve your chess level:

  • Lessons with Coaches
  • Online chess lessons
  • Lectures by the Grandmaster
  • Qualifying tournaments
  • Classical, rapid & blitz tournaments
  • Family tournaments
  • Various intellectual quizzes