Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
1. V Kovalev vs Swiercz |
| ½-½ | 27 | 2016 | Aeroflot Open | B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack |
2. V Kovalev vs Saric |
 | 0-1 | 39 | 2016 | European Championship | B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack |
3. V Kovalev vs A Volokitin |
| 1-0 | 57 | 2016 | European Championship | B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack |
4. V Kovalev vs N Steinberg |
| 0-1 | 54 | 2017 | European Championship | B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack |
5. V Kovalev vs B Adhiban |
 | 0-1 | 30 | 2017 | World Team Championship | B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack |
6. V Kovalev vs M Yilmaz |
| 1-0 | 65 | 2017 | World Team Championship | B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack |
7. V Kovalev vs A Liang |
| ½-½ | 69 | 2017 | Saint Louis Fall Classic | B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack |
8. V Kovalev vs V Artemiev |
| 1-0 | 56 | 2018 | Aeroflot Open | B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack |
9. V Kovalev vs N Grandelius |
| ½-½ | 58 | 2018 | Sharjah Masters | B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack |
10. V Kovalev vs V Fedoseev |
| 0-1 | 47 | 2018 | Karpov Poikovsky | B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack |
11. V Kovalev vs Nepomniachtchi |
| ½-½ | 17 | 2018 | Karpov Poikovsky | B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack |
12. V Kovalev vs Nepomniachtchi |
 | ½-½ | 90 | 2018 | Dortmund Sparkassen | B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack |
13. V Kovalev vs Z Tsydypov |
| ½-½ | 49 | 2019 | Aeroflot Open | B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack |
14. V Kovalev vs Saric |
| ½-½ | 65 | 2019 | Karpov Poikovsky | B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack |
15. V Kovalev vs P Idani |
| 0-1 | 56 | 2019 | SCO Teams | B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack |
16. V Kovalev vs Duda |
| ½-½ | 32 | 2020 | Tata Steel Masters | B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack |
17. V Kovalev vs A Sarana |
| ½-½ | 24 | 2021 | World Cup | B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack |
18. V Kovalev vs Vitiugov |
| ½-½ | 31 | 2021 | FIDE Grand Swiss | B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack |
19. V Kovalev vs H Bharathakoti |
| 0-1 | 54 | 2021 | World Rapid Championship | B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack |
20. V Kovalev vs A Donchenko |
| 0-1 | 53 | 2021 | World Rapid Championship | B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack |