In an era smitten with teenage chess prodigies, spare a thought for Vasyl Ivanchuk. The Ukrainian grandmaster, 56 years of age, emerged as the winner of the 4th Menorca Open chess tournament on Sunday. In doing so, he overcame a field of 185 players (including 45 grandmasters) to claim his first title since 2019, a feat which also propels him into the top 100 spots after many years. If that wasn’t remarkable by itself, consider this: in the past 19 days, the quinquagenarian grandmaster has played 27 classical games (playing two classical games on some days) and has remained undefeated. He ended second at the Reykjavik Open, and had soldiered through the Semana Santa San Vicente del Raspeig Costa Blanca in Alicante before winning at Menorca, where his score of eight points from nine games saw him finish ahead of GMs like Nihal Sarin, Murali Karthikeyan, Sam Shankland, Pranav Anand, reigning world junior champion Pranav Venkatesh and Pranesh M. “At 56 years old, he is still incredibly active! He does not pick and choose tournaments …