The chess games of Anton Kovalyov

A Kovalyov

Photograph from the 2008 Canadian Open, courtesy of chesspatzerblog.

Anton Kovalyov
Number of games in database: 50
Years covered: 2005 to 2009
Current FIDE rating: 2557
Highest rating achieved in database: 2571
Overall record: +20 -11 =19 (59.0%)*
* Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS

With the White pieces:

English (6)
    A17 A18 A19 A10 A13
King's Indian (6)
    E92 E73
English, 1 c4 c5 (4)
    A30 A34 A33

With the Black pieces:

Sicilian (7)
    B92 B90 B52 B46
Sicilian Najdorf (5)
    B92 B90

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ANTON KOVALYOV (born Mar-04-1992) Ukraine (citizen of Argentina)	[what is this?]
Currently living in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, he became a GM in 2008.

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 50

Game	Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. A Kovalyov vs R Monier	1-0	40	2005	American Continental Championship	A20 English
2. E Cordova vs A Kovalyov	1-0	27	2005	American Continental Championship	D00 Queen's Pawn Game
3. A Kovalyov vs L Milman	½-½	20	2005	American Continental Championship	D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
4. A Kovalyov vs A Blanco Fernandez	1-0	18	2005	American Continental	A13 English
5. A Kovalyov vs Y Quezada	1-0	31	2005	American Continental Championship	A20 English
6. A Kovalyov vs O Zambrana	0-1	59	2005	American Continental Championship	D78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6
7. S Mareco vs A Kovalyov	½-½	22	2007	III South American Ch U20	A43 Old Benoni
8. Short vs A Kovalyov	1-0	61	2007	Canadian Open	B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation
9. D Di Berardino vs A Kovalyov	1-0	44	2007	III South American Ch U20	B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation
10. L Hua vs A Kovalyov	0-1	45	2007	Canadian Open	E45 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Bronstein (Byrne) Variation
11. A Kovalyov vs A Diamant	1-0	59	2007	III South American Ch U20	A30 English, Symmetrical
12. A Kovalyov vs G Huber	½-½	44	2007	Canadian Open	A30 English, Symmetrical
13. A Kovalyov vs C Goldwaser	0-1	92	2007	III South American Ch U20	A19 English, Mikenas-Carls, Sicilian Variation
14. A Kovalyov vs M Voloaca	1-0	36	2007	Canadian Open	A25 English
15. M Latorre vs A Kovalyov	0-1	42	2007	III South American Ch U20	B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation
16. A Kovalyov vs Liam Henry	1-0	45	2007	Canadian Open	E92 King's Indian
17. E Cordova vs A Kovalyov	0-1	35	2007	III South American Ch U20	D18 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch
18. C Sandipan vs A Kovalyov	1-0	33	2007	Canadian Open	B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
19. A Kovalyov vs J Cori	½-½	49	2007	III South American Ch U20	E73 King's Indian
20. S Predescu vs A Kovalyov	0-1	40	2007	Canadian Open	B90 Sicilian, Najdorf
21. A Kovalyov vs K Mekhitarian	½-½	71	2007	III South American Ch U20	A33 English, Symmetrical
22. A Kovalyov vs K Ozturk	1-0	41	2007	Canadian Open	A18 English, Mikenas-Carls
23. A Kovalyov vs J Blit	1-0	24	2007	III South American Ch U20	A17 English
24. A Kovalyov vs F De la Paz Perdomo	½-½	33	2007	Canadian Open	E92 King's Indian
25. H Danielsen vs A Kovalyov	1-0	65	2008	2008 Olympiad	A07 King's Indian Attack


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Nov-30-08		falso contacto: <timhortons>:blah blah blah whatever. we support argentina.

Nov-30-08		timhortons: <falso contacto> i had nothing against argentina. im saying these boy lives now in montreal, if he want to play for argentina fine. no problem:)

Dec-01-08		falso contacto: <timhortons>: i was eager to argue yesterday.

Dec-05-08		whiteshark: Grandmaster title approved to him at the 79th FIDE Congress which was held 16-26 November 2008 in Dresden, Germany. Congratulations! Please update the Bio.

Dec-05-08		Augalv: Well deserved Grandmaster title. Congratulations Anton!

Feb-13-09		timhortons: http://www.fqechecs.qc.ca/index.php... Championnat ouvert du Qu�bec 2009 Date : 18 au 25 juillet 2009 Lieu : Coll�ge Jean-de-Br�beuf, 3200 Chemin de la C�te Sainte-Catherine, Montr�al 1.GM Anton Kovalyov (Canada-Argentine) 2557 2.GM Nikola Mitkov (Mac�donie ) 2533 3.GM Sergey Kasparov (Bulgarie) 2488 I hope at least 2 international chess event would be held these year in montreal, so far i think what is posted in quebec chess federation website is these.

Feb-16-09		timhortons: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?a... Id visit the site these morning and post the pic at my face book,its 2 blocks away from cote des niege, not so far from my place.Il surely be around the tournament site these july and take some pic here,I hope anton Kovalyov well top corus next year, hell be playing in next year corus i heard, to bad he did not clash with wesley these year, im sure he could give wesley a good fight.

Apr-27-09		timhortons: <Pinned down> I just cant find the name of Anton Kovalyov in the news write up of this tourney. S. Kovacevic - A. Kovalyov, Benidorm Open 2009 2009 click for larger view 1. (-0.81): 54.Qd2 Bc5 55.b4 Bxe3 56.Rxe3 Qc6 57.f4 axb4 58.cxb4 2. (-0.89): 54.Qd3 Bc5 55.b4 Bxe3 56.Qxe3 Qc6 57.f3 e5 58.bxa5 bxa5 59.Rab1 f4 60.Qf2 Ba8 click for larger view S. Kovacevic - A. Kovalyov, Benidorm Open 2009 2009 click for larger view 1. (-19.43): 67...Qe1+ 2. (-8.07): 67...Qf6

Apr-29-09		timhortons: A. Kovalyov - P. Vavrak, Benidorm Open 2009 2009 click for larger view 1. (1.44): 29.Ra7 Nb5 30.Ra4[] Qc3 31.Nxd8 Qxc2[] 32.Rxc2 Rxd8 33.Ne5 Na7 34.Rxc6 Nxc6 35.Nxc6 Red7 36.Nxd8 Rxd8 37.Ra7 Kg7 38.Ra6 Rb8 39.Kh2 Rb5 40.Kg3 2. (1.35): 29.Nxd8 Nxa6 30.Nxc6[] Rxc6 31.Qxc6 Rc7[] 32.Qe8+ Qf8[] 33.Qxf8+[] Kxf8[] 34.Rb1 Rc2 35.Ne1

May-01-09		timhortons: <I hope chessgames.com would include games of GM Kovalyov played in benidorm right now in the databse.I already supllied them of the pgn of each game.> A. Kovalyov - J. Bellon, Benidorm Open 2009 2009 click for larger view 1. = (0.00): 42...a4 43.Qc7 Qd1+ 44.Kg2 Qd5+ 45.Kg1 Qd1+ 46.Kg2 Qd5+ 47.Kg1 Qd1+ 48.Kg2 Qd5+ 49.Kg1 Qd1+ 50.Kg2 Qd5+ 51.Kg1 Qd1+ 52.Kg2 Qd5+ 53.Kg1 Qd1+ 54.Kg2 Qd5+ 55.Kg1 Qd1+ 56.Kg2 Qd5+ 57.Kg1 Qd1+ 2. = (0.00): 42...h6 43.Qc7 Qd1+ 44.Kg2 Qd5+ 45.Kg1 Qd1+ 46.Kg2 Qd5+ 47.Kg1 Qd1+ 48.Kg2 Qd5+ 49.Kg1 Qd1+ 50.Kg2 Qd5+ 51.Kg1 Qd1+ 52.Kg2 Qd5+ 53.Kg1 Qd1+ 54.Kg2 Qd5+ 55.Kg1 Qd1+ 56.Kg2 Qd5+ 57.Kg1 Qd1+

May-01-09		timhortons: The latest of Kovalyovs campaign at Benidorm! A. Kovalyov - R. Pogorelov, Benidorm Open 2009 2009 click for larger view 1. (9.21): 70...e3 71.Rxe5+ 2. (9.71): 70...Nc6 71.Rxf7

May-01-09		wordfunph: sir <timhortons> balik na kayo sa BW please..

May-01-09		timhortons: wordfun, wesley so fun pa rin ako,ka barangay pa rin tayo. These boy Kovalyov is the wesley so of montreal and hes games are not gettin uploaded in the databse, for future reference natin ito pano sya labanan ni wesley.Remember John paul Gomez drawn Kovalyov in the Olympics, but its a tough fight.

May-02-09		timhortons: [Event "Benidorm Open 2009"] [Site "Benidorm/ESP"] [Date "2009.05.02"] [Round "9"] [White "V. Burmakin"] [Black "A. Kovalyov"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E15"] [PlyCount "120"] [EventDate "2009.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 c6 5. Nc3 d5 6. Qa4 Bd6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O h6 10. Qc2 Re8 11. b3 Na6 12. Bb2 Bb7 13. e3 Nc7 14. Rfd1 Ne6 15. Rac1 Rc8 16. Qf5 Rc7 17. Ne5 Ng5 18. Qc2 Qe7 19. f4 Nge4 20. Rd3 Nxc3 21. Rxc3 Bb4 22. Rd3 Ne4 23. Rdd1 Bd6 24. Qe2 f6 25. Nf3 Qf7 26. Nh4 Bc8 27. Rf1 c5 28. Bf3 Bh3 29. Bh5 Qe6 30. Bxe8 Bxf1 31. Qxf1 Qxe8 32. dxc5 Bxc5 33. Qd3 Rd7 34. Kg2 a5 35. Rd1 Qe6 36. Nf3 Kf7 37. Bd4 h5 38. Rf1 Kg8 39. f5 Qe8 40. Rd1 Rc7 41. Be5 Rd7 42. Bb2 Rd8 43. Qe2 Rd7 44. Bd4 Bxd4 45. Rxd4 Rc7 46. Qd1 Qc8 47. Rxd5 Rc2+ 48. Kg1 Kh7 49. Ne1 Rc1 50. Qxh5+ Kg8 51. Rd1 Rxd1 52. Qxd1 Qxf5 53. Qe2 Kh7 54. a3 b5 55. Qc2 Kh8 56. Kg2 b4 57. axb4 axb4 58. Nf3 Qd5 59. h4 Nc5 60. Qc4 Kg8 1/2-1/2 click for larger view

May-02-09		falso contacto: well done tim. following all my countrymen all around the world. Seriously, well done.

May-02-09		Augalv: <tim>, thanks.

May-03-09		timhortons: <falso contacto> i know anton kovalyov is still under argentinian federation but remember these boy is living now in montreal, actually hes living in lavalle district. You can claim him as your countryman no problem with that, but as a canadian ill claim him too as my countryman,he kibitz at icc "Canada is my last country!", ok lets share him with ukrainians , for anton was born in ukraine. You give these boy a chance to play where Caruana is playing, i'm sure he could equal caruana. At ICC he regularly kibitz and give hes comment in big leagues games, im impressed with his comments for the game usually end up as to what he say, even Nakamura once said "Lodachnik know what hes talking".

May-03-09		timhortons: Advantages they failed to convert into win. E. Iturrizaga - A. Kovalyov, Benidorm Open 2009 2009 click for larger view 1. (-0.75): 26...Qf8 27.Bf2 g6 28.Bf3 Qh6 29.g3 Qg7 30.Rd2 Bf6 31.Bxc5 2. (-0.33): 26...Qg5 27.Nxe5 Nxe5[] 28.Bxe5 Qxe5 1) E. Iturrizaga - A. Kovalyov, Benidorm Open 2009 2009 click for larger view : 1. (1.34): 61.Bxe5 dxe5[] 62.Rxf6[] Qf8 63.Rxf7 Qxf7 64.Qc1 Qf4+ 65.Qxf4[] exf4+ 66.Kxf4 Kf7 67.Re1 Rb8 68.Re3 Rd8 69.Bb1 Nb3 70.Re6 Nd4 2. = (0.06): 61.Rh2 Qf8 62.Rhf2 Qxh6 63.Rxf6 Rxf6 64.Rxf6 Ncd7 65.Re6 Qe3+ 66.Kg2 Qg5 67.Qe2 h5 68.Bxa4 Nc5 69.Re8+ Kh7 70.Rxh8+ Kxh8 71.Bc2 Ncd7 72.Bd2 Qxg4+ 73.Qxg4 hxg4 74.b3 Kg7 75.Kg3 2) E. Iturrizaga - A. Kovalyov, Benidorm Open 2009 2009 click for larger view Analysis by Rybka 3 1-cpu 32-bit: 1. (1.55): 71.Qe2 Qe5 72.Qxe5[] dxe5 73.Rf5 e4 2. (1.55): 71.Qe1 Qe5 E. Iturrizaga - A. Kovalyov, Benidorm Open 2009 2009 click for larger view Analysis by Rybka 3 1-cpu 32-bit: 1. (-1.28): 74...Ne5 75.Qf5[] Qe8+[] 76.Kh4[] Ng6+[] 77.Kg3 Nxf4 78.Qf6+ Kg8 79.Qxf4 Qe1+ 80.Kh3 Qe5 81.Qg4 Kf7 82.Qd7+ Qe7 83.Qg4 Kg7 84.Qf5 Qf7 85.Qxf7+ Kxf7 86.Bxa4 h6 2. (-0.68): 74...Qe8+ 75.Kh4[] Ne5 76.Qd2 Ng6+ 77.Bxg6[] hxg6+ 78.Kg4 Qd7+ 79.Kf3 Qh3+ 80.Ke2 Qg2+ 81.Kd3 Rh3+ 82.Kc2 Rh2 83.Qxg2 Rxg2+ 84.Kc3 Rxg5 85.Rf2 Rf5 86.Rg2 Kf6 87.Kb4 E. Iturrizaga - A. Kovalyov, Benidorm Open 2009 2009 click for larger view 1. (1.17): 82.Bxa4 h6 83.gxh6+ Kxh6 84.Bc2 Kg7[] 85.Qg4+ Kf7 86.Qf4+ Ke8[] 87.Qe3 Kd8[] 88.Qxe7+ Kxe7 89.Kf3 Nd7 90.Ke3 Ne5 91.b3 Kf6 92.Bb1 Ke7 2. (0.35): 82.Bd1 Qd7 83.Qf6+ Kg8 84.Bc2 Qh3 85.Bxa4 Qh4+ 86.Ke3 Qxc4 87.Bc6 Qc2 88.a4 Qd1 89.Kf2 Qc2+ 90.Kf3

May-03-09		timhortons: [Event "Benidorm Open 2009"] [Site "Benidorm/ESP"] [Date "2009.05.03"] [Round "10"] [White "E. Iturrizaga"] [Black "A. Kovalyov"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E12"] [PlyCount "202"] [EventDate "2009.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qb3 Be7 6. Nc3 Bb7 7. d5 O-O 8. e4 d6 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. Nd4 Nc5 11. Qc2 a5 12. Be3 a4 13. O-O Kh8 14. Rad1 Nfd7 15. f4 e5 16. Nf5 exf4 17. Bxf4 Bg5 18. Bg3 Ne5 19. Nb5 Bc8 20. Kh1 Bf6 21. Rf2 Bxf5 22. Rxf5 Re8 23. Nd4 Qe7 24. Rff1 Ned7 25. e5 Bxe5 26. Nc6 Qf8 27. Nxe5 Nxe5 28. Rf5 Ncd7 29. Rdf1 g6 30. R5f4 Qg7 31. Bf2 Kg8 32. Bd4 Rf8 33. g4 f6 34. Qc3 Rae8 35. Bd1 Ra8 36. Bc2 Rf7 37. h3 Nc5 38. Kg2 Qf8 39. R4f2 Qe7 40. Rf4 Kg7 41. Re1 Ncd7 42. Qb4 Qd8 43. Ref1 Nc5 44. Qc3 Qe7 45. Re1 Rff8 46. Ref1 Ncd7 47. Re1 Qd8 48. Qb4 Ra5 49. Re3 Qa8 50. Kg3 Qa6 51. Qe1 Qa8 52. Bc3 Ra7 53. Qd2 Rf7 54. Re1 Qc8 55. h4 Qa6 56. h5 Ra8 57. Rh1 Rh8 58. Qd1 Nc5 59. Qf1 Qc8 60. h6+ Kg8 61. Rh2 Qf8 62. Bd4 Ned7 63. Bc3 Ne5 64. Bd2 g5 65. Rf5 Ng6 66. Rhf2 Qxh6 67. Bxg5 fxg5 68. Rxf7 Nf4 69. R2xf4 gxf4+ 70. Rxf4 Qg7 71. g5 Qe7 72. Kg4 Nd7 73. Kh5 Kg7 74. Qd3 Ne5 75. Qf5 Qe8+ 76. Kh4 Ng6+ 77. Kg3 Rf8 78. Qe4 Qd8 79. Rf5 Rxf5 80. Qxf5 Qe7 81. Kf2 Nf8 82. Bxa4 h6 83. gxh6+ Kxh6 84. Qf4+ Kg7 85. Bc2 Nd7 86. Qg4+ Kf8 87. b4 Ne5 88. Qf4+ Ke8 89. a4 Kd8 90. Bf5 Qf6 91. Ke3 Nxc4+ 92. Qxc4 Qxf5 93. a5 Qh3+ 94. Kd2 bxa5 95. bxa5 Qa3 96. a6 Kc8 97. Kc2 Qa5 98. Qc6 Qa2+ 99. Kc3 Qa3+ 100. Kc2 Qa2+ 101. Kc3 Qa3+ 1/2-1/2 E. Iturrizaga - A. Kovalyov, Benidorm Open 2009 2009 click for larger view : 1. = (0.00): 102.Kc2 2. = (0.00): 102.Kd2 Qb4+ 103.Ke3 Qe1+ 104.Kf3 Qf1+ 105.Kg3 Qe1+

May-03-09		falso contacto: I'm joking Tim. I know Kovalyov is not argentinian and Caruana is not italian and so on. Still, for some reason your work is valuable, so thanks anyway.

May-03-09		timhortons: http://www.chessbenidorm.com/ed2009... Kovalyov finishing 5th at Benidorm.I uploaded all the games of Anton, I hope cg with include it in the database.

May-04-09		falso contacto: spanish article on benidorm. http://www.chessbase.com/espanola/n...

May-05-09		timhortons: I bet on Anton Kovalyov winning the Montreal Open!Besides that im excited to see in person the legendary and controversial person mr Evgeny Sveshnikov!

May-16-09		timhortons: Porper,E - Kovalyov,A, Calgary International 2009 click for larger view 1. (-2.11): 36.Nb6 Rad8 37.Nxd7+ Rxd7 38.Kf2 Rd2+ 39.Ke3 Rxb2 40.Rc8+ Ke7 41.Kxe4 Ke6 42.Re8+ Kf6 2. (-5.22): 36.Nc3 f5

Jun-28-09		timhortons: Anton Kovalyov Quebec invitational chess champion 2009 ! http://www.fqechecs.qc.ca/index.php... The four finalist of these tournament who will be joining Tourneo international de montreal. 1.Anton Kovalyov 7,5 2.Mark Bluvshtein 7 3.Vinay Bhat 6,5 4.Thomas Roussel-Roozmon 5,5.

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Photograph from the 2008 Canadian Open, courtesy of chesspatzerblog.