| 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 (January 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2702 (August 2015) |
| Peak ranking | No. 44 (August 2015) |
Igor Viktorovich Kovalenko (Ukrainian: Ігор Вікторович 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).
In the light of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Kovalenko has been putting his chess activities mostly on hold and is instead fighting for his country as part of the Ukrainian resistance movement. [9]
References
- ↑ "FIDE Player transfers". Ratings.fide.com. Archived from the original on 6 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.
- ↑ https://www.timesofisrael.com/holding-russia-in-check-ukrainians-look-to-capture-chess-glory-at-jerusalem-tourney/
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