Famous People with Name Vassily

Vassily Ivanchuk            Origin/Culture/Country: Ukrainian

Vassily Ivanchuk: is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster. Ivanchuk has an Elo rating of 2781 on the FIDE July 2008 rating list, making him number four in the world and Ukraine's number one. On the live top list chess ratings web-site he is rated number 2 with a rating of 2791 as of July 6th 2008. At his career peak, he has been rated as high as second, behind only Garry Kasparov. He played board one on the victorious Ukraine team at the 2004 Calvia Chess Olympiad. As of November 2007 he is the World Blitz Chess champion.

Vassily Sergeyevich Kulkov            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Vassily Sergeyevich Kulkov: is a former Russian football player and current coach. Either a central defender or defensive midfielder, he was best known for his spells at FC Spartak Moscow and S.L. Benfica. Kulkov made his debut for the Soviet Union on April 26, 1989, in the 1990 World Cup qualifier against East Germany.

Vassily Anatolyevich Solomin            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Vassily Anatolyevich Solomin: was a boxer who represented the Soviet Union at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. There he won the bronze medal in the lightweight division (– 60 kg), after being beaten in the semifinals by Romania's eventual silver medalist Simion Cutov.