Igor Ivanov (chess player)

Igor Ivanov
Full name	Igor Vasilyevich Ivanov
Country	Soviet Union (until 1980) Canada United States
Born	(1947-01-08)January 8, 1947 Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR
Died	November 17, 2005(2005-11-17) (aged 58) St. George, Utah
Title	Grandmaster (2005)
Peak rating	2550 (January 1984)
Peak ranking	No. 33 (January 1984)

Igor Vasilyevich Ivanov (January 8, 1947 – November 17, 2005) was a Russian-born chess grandmaster who defected from the Soviet Union to Canada in 1980. A four-time winner of the Canadian chess championship, he represented Canada at an interzonal tournament for the world chess championship and was a Canadian team member at two Chess Olympiads. He also was a nine-time US Grand Prix chess champion.^[1]