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• Ivankovic, Goran
• Ivanov, Igor

Goran Ivankovic

• FIDE Master

Igor Ivanov

Photo: 2004 Canadian Championship, Toronto. Copyright 2004 by the photographer David Cohen.

• Grandmaster 2005; International Master 1981
• Arrived in Canada 1980
• Canadian Champion (1981, 1985, 1986, 1987)
• Canadian Open Champion (1981, 1984, 1985)
• World Open Champion 1981
• Represented Canada at Olympiads (1982, 1988)
• Represented Canada at World Championship Interzonal 1982
• Nine times U.S. Grand Prix champion (1982-6,88-90,97)

Here is Igor Ivanov's choice for his favourite game:

Igor Ivanov - Vitaly Zaltsman
New York, NY, USA, 1983

Here are Igor Ivanov's choices for some of his memorable games:

Igor Ivanov - Jan Timman
Olympiad, Canada - Netherlands, Board 1, Lucerne, Switzerland, Round 8, 1982

John van der Wiel - Igor Ivanov
Grand Manan, New Brunswick, Round 1, 1984.09

Igor Ivanov also chose this game as memorable because he beat reigning World Champion Anatoly Karpov:

Igor V. Ivanov - Anatoly Karpov
Spartakiad USSR, Uzbekistan - Leningrad, Board 1, Moscow, USSR, 1979, Round 1

Contributor (game selection): Igor Ivanov.