Igor Kovalenko

Igor Viktorovich Kovalenko (Russian: Игорь Викторович Коваленко; Latvian: Igors Kovaļenko; born 29 December 1988, Novomoskovsk) is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster now playing for Latvia.[1]

Igor Kovalenko
Igor Kovalenko, Trzcianka 2013
Full nameIgor Viktorovich Kovalenko
CountryUkraine
Latvia
Born (1988-12-29) 29 December 1988
Novomoskovsk, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
TitleGrandmaster (2011)
FIDE rating2645 (August 2020)
Peak rating2702 (August 2015)

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 was second in European Individual Chess Championship in Gjakova (Kosovo).[4] In 2019 he won Riga Technical University Open.[5]

Igor Kovalenko played for Latvia in Chess Olympiads:[6]

Igor Kovalenko played for Latvia in European Team Chess Championship:[8]

  • In 2015, at second board in Reykjavik (+3 −1 =3).

References
  1. "FIDE Player transfers". Ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 2014-01-24.
  2. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Tournament-Database". Chess-results.com. 2013-04-20. Retrieved 2014-01-24.
  3. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Latvian championship final-2014". chess-results.com.
  4. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 17th European Individual Chess Championship". chess-results.com.
  5. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Riga Technical University Open 2019 - Tournament A". chess-results.com.
  6. "OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Igor Kovalenko". www.olimpbase.org.
  7. 43rd Olympiad Batumi 2018 Open
  8. "OlimpBase :: European Men's Team Chess Championship :: Igor Kovalenko". www.olimpbase.org.
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