| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Lutikov vs A Kovalev |
| 1-0 | 38 |
1981 |
Sokolsky mem | E76 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack |
| 2. Chekhov vs A Kovalev |
| 1-0 | 54 |
1981 |
Sokolsky mem | E92 King's Indian |
| 3. J Lechtynsky vs A Kovalev |
| 1-0 | 65 |
1989 |
Kecskemet op1 | E61 King's Indian |
| 4. E Vladimirov vs A Kovalev |
| 1-0 | 43 |
1989 |
Berlin op | E66 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav Panno |
| 5. Chekhov vs A Kovalev |
| ½-½ | 18 |
1990 |
Peer Gynt | E94 King's Indian, Orthodox |
| 6. Shirov vs A Kovalev |
| 1-0 | 42 |
1991 |
BRD 53/621 [Shirov,A] | E94 King's Indian, Orthodox |
| 7. Wojtkiewicz vs A Kovalev |
| 0-1 | 38 |
1991 |
It open | E63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation |
| 8. C Horvath vs A Kovalev |
| ½-½ | 24 |
1992 |
EU-chT (Men) | E68 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Variation, 8.e4 |
| 9. Yusupov vs A Kovalev |
| ½-½ | 21 |
1992 |
Bundesliga 9293 | E70 King's Indian |
| 10. Van Wely vs A Kovalev |
| 1-0 | 39 |
1992 |
Helsinki op | E94 King's Indian, Orthodox |
| 11. Baburin vs A Kovalev |
| ½-½ | 44 |
1992 |
It (open) | E60 King's Indian Defense |
| 12. Ftacnik vs A Kovalev |
| 0-1 | 52 |
1994 |
Passau | E94 King's Indian, Orthodox |
| 13. Uhlmann vs A Kovalev |
| ½-½ | 22 |
1994 |
Dresden | E94 King's Indian, Orthodox |
| 14. Y Shulman vs A Kovalev |
| 0-1 | 50 |
1995 |
Minsk | E92 King's Indian |
| 15. Ftacnik vs A Kovalev |
| 1-0 | 53 |
1995 |
It (open), Hamburg (Germany) | E94 King's Indian, Orthodox |
| 16. B Avrukh vs A Kovalev |
| 0-1 | 42 |
1999 |
EU-chT (Men) | E71 King's Indian, Makagonov System (5.h3) |
| 17. Z Almasi vs A Kovalev |
| 1-0 | 56 |
1999 |
EU-chT (Men) | E94 King's Indian, Orthodox |
| 18. M Kazhgaleyev vs A Kovalev |
| ½-½ | 80 |
2000 |
34th Olympiad | E76 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack |
| 19. M Quinn vs A Kovalev |
| 0-1 | 52 |
2000 |
34th Olympiad | E73 King's Indian |
| 20. E Postny vs A Kovalev |
| ½-½ | 16 |
2001 |
Tel Aviv ISR | E81 King's Indian, Samisch |
| 21. Z Ksieski vs A Kovalev |
| 0-1 | 28 |
2001 |
TCh-POL | E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto |
| 22. A Graf vs A Kovalev |
| ½-½ | 64 |
2002 |
Bled Olympiad | E86 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.Nge2 c6 |
| 23. Khalifman vs A Kovalev |
| 1-0 | 42 |
2002 |
Bled Olympiad | E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto |
| 24. Gagunashvili vs A Kovalev |
| 1-0 | 25 |
2002 |
Aeroflot Open | E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto |
| 25. Podgaets vs A Kovalev |
| ½-½ | 32 |
2002 |
Aeroflot Open | E68 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Variation, 8.e4 |
