Andrei Kovalev
Number of games in database: 297
Years covered: 1981 to 2009
Last FIDE rating: 2465
Highest rating achieved in database: 2580
Overall record: +110 -58 =126 (58.8%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      3 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Sicilian (60)      B30 B31 B90 B52 B70  Ruy Lopez (29)      C92 C65 C95 C88 C78  French Defense (18)      C00 C18 C16 C11 C10  Ruy Lopez, Closed (15)      C92 C95 C88 C94 C91  French (10)      C00 C11 C10 C13 C12  Caro-Kann (10)      B18 B19 B12 B17 B14	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (57)      B22 B23 B90 B58 B30  King's Indian (46)      E94 E63 E92 E66 E67  Sicilian Richter-Rauser (11)      B62 B60 B65 B67 B64  Sicilian Najdorf (9)      B90 B92 B97 B95  Queen's Pawn Game (5)      A45  Ruy Lopez (5)      C95 C88 C97 C69

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   A Kovalev vs H Stevic, 2004 1-0
   M Stoinev vs A Kovalev, 1992 0-1
   A Kovalev vs Y Shulman, 1994 1-0

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ANDREI KOVALEV (born Nov-07-1961) Belarus [what is this?] Grandmaster Kovalev was Belarusian champion in 2000. In 2005 he won the Czech open in Pardubice, just ahead of Sergei Azarov. Winner of First Saturday GM in May 2010. He is also a FIDE Senior Trainer and coach/captain of the 2012 Belarus Olympiad team.

page 1 of 12; games 1-25 of 297  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. Gelfand vs A Kovalev   0-1 38 1983 BLR-ch B62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer 4. A Kovalev vs Dreev   1-0 20 1986 Minsk (Belarus) B05 Alekhine's Defense, Modern 5. G Sagalchik vs A Kovalev 1-0 41 1987 USSR E73 King's Indian 6. A Kovalev vs Smirin   0-1 39 1987 BLR-ch B70 Sicilian, Dragon Variation 7. Yurtaev vs A Kovalev   0-1 52 1988 Ch URS (1 liga) (cat.10) E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights 8. Romanishin vs A Kovalev   0-1 33 1988 URS-FL56 Simferopol A04 Reti Opening 9. A Kovalev vs Khalifman   ½-½ 14 1988 Ch URS (1 liga) (cat.10) B58 Sicilian 10. A Kovalev vs Yermolinsky   1-0 37 1988 URS-OT56 Blagoveshchensk B62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer 11. K Kunze vs A Kovalev 0-1 9 1988 Erfurt tt A00 Uncommon Opening 12. A Kovalev vs Yermolinsky   1-0 28 1988 Ch URS (1 liga) (cat.10) C15 French, Winawer 13. V Tukmakov vs A Kovalev   ½-½ 27 1988 URS-ch FL56 A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 14. A Kovalev vs Dreev   0-1 41 1988 Ch URS (1 liga) (cat.10) C13 French 15. A Kovalev vs Kupreichik   1-0 34 1988 URS-OT56 Blagoveshchensk C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed 16. J Lechtynsky vs A Kovalev   1-0 65 1989 Kecskemet op1 E61 King's Indian 17. E Vladimirov vs A Kovalev   1-0 43 1989 Berlin op E66 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav Panno 18. Kharlov vs A Kovalev   0-1 61 1989 URS Army-chT B22 Sicilian, Alapin 19. A Kovalev vs Kazimierz Zowada   1-0 34 1990 Katowice op B42 Sicilian, Kan 20. N Davies vs A Kovalev   0-1 60 1990 Gausdal (Norway) A07 King's Indian Attack 21. M Brodsky vs A Kovalev   0-1 44 1990 Bela Crkva op B89 Sicilian 22. A Kovalev vs Jansa 1-0 51 1990 Gausdal Peer-Gynt B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 23. Chekhov vs A Kovalev   ½-½ 18 1990 Peer Gynt E94 King's Indian, Orthodox 24. Kotronias vs A Kovalev   ½-½ 6 1990 Gausdal C07 French, Tarrasch 25. A Kovalev vs Uhlmann   ½-½ 18 1990 Porz C18 French, Winawer  page 1 of 12; games 1-25 of 297

Dec-20-04    nikolaas: Who is this fellow? FIDE nor NICbase nor Chessbase have him on their player list. Dec-20-04    zorro: Not in Fide list? Are u sure? My DB has 804 games of this guy. Dec-20-04    acirce: He is on FIDE's list, rated 2575. http://www.fide.com/ratings/card.ph... He's currently #4 in Belarus, just ahead of Azarov who drew Kasparov in Cesme recently. Dec-20-04    arifattar: <zorro> Why don't you submit those games to Chessgames? Dec-20-04    nikolaas: strange, I only foung a serey and a dmitri when I searched on FIDE. Perhaps I mistyped his name. Jul-30-05    Mameluk: Kovalev just won Czech open in Pardubice. Just ahead of Azarov:) Congratulations! Nov-07-06    BIDMONFA: Andrei Kovalev KOVALEV, Andrei http://www.bidmonfa.com/kovalev_and... _ May-10-10    Tabanus: http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?... He is the winner of First Saturday GM May 2010: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr335..., congratulations! Aug-19-11    siggemannen: no games since 2009? something's fishy

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