Chucky quits

http://www.ugra-chess.ru/eng/interv_10.htm

I really hope that he will think it over. We need his style in modern chess.

Here are the games:

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1565184

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1565216

Looks like Chucky has thrown teddy out of the pram, poor baby.

OMFG..

dont quit dude, you played excellent at Tal Memorial, your just having a bad month, thats all!

Your my second favourite active chess player, dont give up, keep hope alive :(

Sad way to go out but it's clear Ivanchuck has had enough when the game stops being fun and a players heart isn't in it anymore time to move on and do other things and he's hearing that from caissa.

maybe he'll take a break and change his mind.

I hope he will take a break and reconsider. There are so few interesting personalities in Chess. I hope Vassily will change his mind.

Same here. Sad to see him like this. He's like chess impersonated.

Woe unto us! A cataclysmic disaster of epic proportions is in the making!

Chill out people. Chucky is well known for his eccentric behavior. Here's a summary of his past tantrums for those who need to know:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vassily_Ivanchuk#Eccentric_character

Good old predictable and unpredictable Chucky...