Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
26. Zvjaginsev vs Kovalenko |
| ½-½ | 40 | 2011 | Russian Cup Final KO | B01 Scandinavian |
27. Zvjaginsev vs Kovalenko |
 | 1-0 | 33 | 2011 | Russian Cup Final KO | A11 English, Caro-Kann Defensive System |
28. S Chekhov vs Kovalenko |
| ½-½ | 54 | 2012 | Moscow Open A | B01 Scandinavian |
29. Kovalenko vs Krasenkow |
| 1-0 | 56 | 2012 | Petrov Memorial Rapid | D31 Queen's Gambit Declined |
30. Kovalenko vs Mamedyarov |
 | 1-0 | 46 | 2012 | Petrov Memorial Rapid | B06 Robatsch |
31. Morozevich vs Kovalenko |
 | 1-0 | 72 | 2012 | Petrov Memorial Rapid | D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav |
32. Kovalenko vs Fridman |
| ½-½ | 77 | 2012 | Petrov Memorial Rapid | D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav |
33. Ivanchuk vs Kovalenko |
 | 0-1 | 56 | 2012 | Petrov Memorial Rapid | B01 Scandinavian |
34. Kovalenko vs Krasenkow |
| 1-0 | 57 | 2012 | Petrov Memorial Rapid | D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav |
35. I Khairullin vs Kovalenko |
| ½-½ | 10 | 2012 | Petrov Memorial Rapid | D14 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation |
36. Kovalenko vs Shirov |
| ½-½ | 30 | 2012 | Petrov Memorial Rapid | D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav |
37. Kovalenko vs H Wang |
| ½-½ | 93 | 2012 | Russian Team Championship | A85 Dutch, with c4 & Nc3 |
38. Sasikiran vs Kovalenko |
| 1-0 | 66 | 2012 | Russian Team Championship | A63 Benoni, Fianchetto, 9...Nbd7 |
39. Kovalenko vs A Lojko |
| 1-0 | 69 | 2012 | Russian Team Championship | D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch |
40. J Geller vs Kovalenko |
 | 1-0 | 56 | 2012 | Russian Team Championship | B01 Scandinavian |
41. A Gritsenko vs Kovalenko |
| 0-1 | 30 | 2012 | Russian Team Championship | A14 English |
42. Kovalenko vs D Bocharov |
| 0-1 | 34 | 2012 | Russian Team Championship | E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights |
43. S Ionov vs Kovalenko |
| 1-0 | 61 | 2012 | Russian Team Championship | D02 Queen's Pawn Game |
44. Kovalenko vs E Romanov |
| 1-0 | 58 | 2012 | 16th Voronezh Master Open | D17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav |
45. E Kobylsky vs Kovalenko |
| 0-1 | 48 | 2012 | Polugaevsky Memorial | B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange |
46. Kovalenko vs E Iliushkin |
| 0-1 | 51 | 2012 | Polugaevsky Memorial | E14 Queen's Indian |
47. A Mirzaev vs Kovalenko |
| 0-1 | 77 | 2012 | Polugaevsky Memorial | E07 Catalan, Closed |
48. Kovalenko vs G Fatkhutdinov |
 | 1-0 | 88 | 2012 | Polugaevsky Memorial | D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav |
49. S Virovlansky vs Kovalenko |
| 0-1 | 70 | 2012 | Polugaevsky Memorial | E01 Catalan, Closed |
50. Kovalenko vs Khismatullin |
| 1-0 | 106 | 2012 | Polugaevsky Memorial | D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation |