Igor Kovalenko
| Igor Kovalenko | |
|---|---|
 Kovalenko in Trzcianka, 2013 | |
| Full name | Igor Viktorovich Kovalenko |
| Country | |
| Born | 29 December 1988 Novomoskovsk, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Title | Grandmaster (2011) |
| FIDE rating | 2674 (February 2022) |
| Peak rating | 2702 (August 2015) |
| Ranking | No. 65 (February 2022) |
| Peak ranking | No. 44 (August 2015) |
Igor Viktorovich Kovalenko (Russian: Игорь Викторович Коваленко; Latvian: Igors Kovaļenko; born 29 December 1988, Novomoskovsk) is a Ukrainian chess player, who played for Latvia between 2013 and 2021, and holds the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM).[1]
Kovalenko was awarded the titles of International Master (IM) in 2008 and Grandmaster (GM) in 2011. He won the Latvian Chess Championship in 2013[2] and 2014.[3] In 2016, Kovalenko came second in the European Individual Chess Championship in Gjakova (Kosovo).[4] In 2019, he won the Riga Technical University Open.[5]
Igor Kovalenko played for Latvia in Chess Olympiads:[6]
- in 2014, at the second board in the 41st Chess Olympiad in Tromsø (+5 −2 =4),
- in 2016, at the second board in the 42nd Chess Olympiad in Baku (+6 −1 =4),
- in 2018, at the first board in the 43rd Chess Olympiad in Batumi (+6 −3 =0).[7]
Igor Kovalenko played for Latvia in the European Team Chess Championship:[8]
- in 2015, at the second board in Reykjavik (+3 −1 =3).
References[]
- ^ "FIDE Player transfers". Ratings.fide.com. Archived from the original on 3 February 2013. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
- ^ "Tournament-Database". Chess-results.com. 20 April 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
- ^ "Latvian championship final-2014". Chess-Results.com. Archived from the original on 6 May 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
- ^ "17th European Individual Chess Championship". Chess-Results.com. Archived from the original on 1 March 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
- ^ "Riga Technical University Open 2019 - Tournament A". Chess-Results.com. Archived from the original on 14 August 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
- ^ "Men's Chess Olympiads :: Igor Kovalenko". OlimpBase.org. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
- ^ "43rd Olympiad Batumi 2018 Open". Chess-Results.com. Archived from the original on 19 October 2018. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
- ^ "European Men's Team Chess Championship :: Igor Kovalenko". OlimpBase.org. Archived from the original on 23 November 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
External links[]
- Igor Kovalenko rating card at FIDE
- Igor Kovalenko player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Igor Kovalenko chess games at 365Chess.com
- Igor Kovalenko chess games at ChessTempo.com
Categories:
- 1988 births
- Living people
- Latvian chess players
- Ukrainian chess players
- Chess grandmasters