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Vladislav Kovalev
V Kovalev 
European Chess Team Championship, Warsaw, 2013.
Wikimedia Commons.
 

Number of games in database: 1,071
Years covered: 2005 to 2024
Last FIDE rating: 2557 (2515 rapid, 2563 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2674
Overall record: +259 -115 =291 (60.8%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 406 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (188) 
    B20 B51 B30 B90 B52
 Ruy Lopez (82) 
    C78 C67 C91 C65 C81
 French Defense (59) 
    C07 C03 C10 C05 C01
 Queen's Pawn Game (49) 
    A45 D02 D00 A40
 French Tarrasch (37) 
    C07 C03 C05 C04 C09
 Caro-Kann (33) 
    B18 B13 B10 B11 B12
With the Black pieces:
 Ruy Lopez (124) 
    C92 C77 C78 C95 C91
 King's Indian (122) 
    E94 E81 E92 E62 E60
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (67) 
    C92 C95 C84 C91 C96
 Giuoco Piano (33) 
    C53 C50
 English (29) 
    A15 A10 A19 A16 A14
 Sicilian (20) 
    B33 B22 B29 B31 B32
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   V Kovalev vs T Nabaty, 2011 1-0
   V Kovalev vs V Zarubitski, 2017 1-0
   V Kovalev vs J Martin Duque, 2017 1-0
   V Kovalev vs V Yezhel, 2017 1-0
   V Kovalev vs Kramnik, 2018 1/2-1/2
   V Kovalev vs D Gavrilescu, 2019 1-0
   V Kovalev vs Dlugy, 2015 1-0
   D Gordievsky vs V Kovalev, 2017 1/2-1/2
   A Riazantsev vs V Kovalev, 2015 1/2-1/2
   V Kovalev vs Giri, 2005 1-0

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Russian Team Championship (Major League) (2017)
   Aeroflot Open (2018)
   Tata Steel Challengers (2019)
   EU-ch U14 18th (2008)
   Belarusian Championship (2018)
   European Club Cup (2019)
   World Junior Championship (2011)
   World Junior Championship (2013)
   Sharjah Masters (2018)
   World Youth Championship (2012)
   World Junior Championship (2014)
   World Junior Championship (2012)
   European Championship (2013)
   European Championship (2019)
   European Championship (2017)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 European Championship
   A Hakobyan vs V Kovalev (Nov-19-24) 1/2-1/2
   V Kovalev vs V Fedoseev (Nov-18-24) 1/2-1/2
   V Kovalev vs A Donchenko (Nov-17-24) 1-0
   V Kovalev vs Pichot (Nov-15-24) 1/2-1/2
   Vitiugov vs V Kovalev (Nov-13-24) 1/2-1/2

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VLADISLAV KOVALEV
(born Jan-06-1994, 31 years old) Belarus

[what is this?]

FM (2008); IM (2012); GM (2013).

Kovalev won his IM norms at the 2010 Chigorin Memorial, the Perm 2011 IM Tournament, and at the World Junior Championship (2011). He won his GM norms at the 2013 Belarus Championship, the Moscow Open 2013 and at the European Individual Championship (2013).

In October 2013, he won silver for board 2 playing for Minsk in the European Club Cup (2013). In July 2015 he was =1st (2nd on tiebreak to Aleksej Aleksandrov) at the Minsk Open. Winning the Aeroflot Open (2018), he qualified for Dortmund Sparkassen (2018). He won the Tata Steel Challengers (2019) by 1.5 points, scoring 10/13.

Wikipedia article: Vladislav Kovalev

Last updated: 2020-11-25 05:51:24

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 page 1 of 43; games 1-25 of 1,071  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. V Kovalev vs Giri 1-0222005EU-ch U12C15 French, Winawer
2. S Sjugirov vs V Kovalev  1-0462007EU-ch U14 17thC97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin
3. L Draskovic vs V Kovalev  0-1352008EU-ch U14 18thB33 Sicilian
4. V Kovalev vs D Savoisky  1-0262008EU-ch U14 18thB30 Sicilian
5. J Kotainy vs V Kovalev 0-1282008EU-ch U14 18thB22 Sicilian, Alapin
6. V Kovalev vs A Feher  1-0332008EU-ch U14 18thB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
7. U Bajarani vs V Kovalev  1-0492008EU-ch U14 18thB33 Sicilian
8. V Kovalev vs K Nikologorskiy  1-0532008EU-ch U14 18thB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
9. V Fedoseev vs V Kovalev  0-1602008EU-ch U14 18thC91 Ruy Lopez, Closed
10. V Kovalev vs C Sochacki  ½-½652008EU-ch U14 18thC11 French
11. K Grigoryan vs V Kovalev  ½-½1192008EU-ch U14 18thC44 King's Pawn Game
12. Giri vs V Kovalev  ½-½772008Young Stars of the WorldC95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer
13. V Kovalev vs V Fedoseev  0-1642008Young Stars of the WorldB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
14. N Paikidze vs V Kovalev  ½-½222008Young Stars of the WorldE92 King's Indian
15. V Kovalev vs S Reutsky  ½-½342009Moscow Open-AC18 French, Winawer
16. S Grigoriants vs V Kovalev  1-0302009Moscow Open-AE68 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Variation, 8.e4
17. V Kovalev vs K Maslak  ½-½312009Moscow Open-AB09 Pirc, Austrian Attack
18. N Kanygin vs V Kovalev  0-1302009Moscow Open-AA48 King's Indian
19. V Kovalev vs A Obodchuk  ½-½362009Moscow Open-AB89 Sicilian
20. S Slugin vs V Kovalev  1-0252009Moscow Open-AE92 King's Indian
21. Dubov vs V Kovalev  ½-½232009Young Stars of the WorldB30 Sicilian
22. Naroditsky vs V Kovalev  1-0352009Young Stars of the WorldA07 King's Indian Attack
23. V Kovalev vs S Narayanan  ½-½292009Young Stars of the WorldB92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation
24. V Fedoseev vs V Kovalev 1-0392009Young Stars of the WorldE76 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack
25. V Kovalev vs V Belous  ½-½602009Young Stars of the WorldB32 Sicilian
 page 1 of 43; games 1-25 of 1,071  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
Sep-21-13  BIDMONFA: Vladislav Kovalev

KOVALEV, Vladislav
http://www.bidmonfa.com/kovalev_vla...
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Oct-11-15
Premium Chessgames Member
  MissScarlett: A striking looking blonde: http://euro2013.chessdom.com/wp-con...

Not to be confused with the Vladislav Kovalev alleged to be one of the Minsk subway bombers: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-190...

Aug-25-18  technical draw: He may be top ten material.
Jan-27-19  Ilkka Salonen: So, I guess we will hear more of this guy in a year, at least, as he just won the Challengers in Wijk aan Zee and the tradition is that Challengers' winner will participate in the Masters tournament next year.
Jan-27-19  SueursFroides: This guy deserve so much more comments, another superb Victory in tata Steel challengers 2018! Contrats !
Jan-28-19  nummerzwei: I think that along with Shankland, Kovalev is currently the most up-and-coming young chess professional.

It's actually the second time he's won a qualifier for a round robin event in quite a short time, the first being Dortmund 2018, where he did very well.

Who knows, maybe organizers will be inviting him of their own accord at some point?

Jan-28-19
Premium Chessgames Member
  Penguincw: Kovalev wins Tata Steel Challengers (2019) with 10/13, the only undefeated player. His wins came in bunches.

Good luck for 2020!

< SueursFroides: This guy deserve so much more comments, another superb Victory in tata Steel challengers 2018! Contrats ! >

2018. ;)

Jul-15-21  SkySports: It seems he left the Belarus federation. In the current World Cup he's playing under the FIDE flag...

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