Igor Kovalenko

Igor Kovalenko
Kovalenko in Trzcianka, 2013
Personal information
BornIgor Viktorovich Kovalenko
(1988-12-29) 29 December 1988 (age 37)
Novomoskovsk, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Chess career
Country
TitleGrandmaster (2011)
FIDE rating2651 (October 2026)
Peak rating2702 (August 2015)
RankingNo. 64 (October 2026)
Peak rankingNo. 39 (November 2025)

Igor Viktorovich Kovalenko (Ukrainian: Ігор Вікторович Коваленко; Latvian: Igors Kovaļenko; born 29 December 1988, Novomoskovsk) is a Ukrainian chess player who played for Latvia between 2013 and 2021 and holds the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM). In the light of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Kovalenko has been putting his chess activities mostly on hold and is instead fighting for his country as part of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Career

Kovalenko was awarded the titles of International Master (IM) in 2008 and Grandmaster (GM) in 2011. He won the Latvian Chess Championship in 2013 and 2014. In 2016, Kovalenko came second in the European Individual Chess Championship in Gjakova (Kosovo). In 2019, he won the Riga Technical University Open.

Igor Kovalenko played for Latvia in Chess Olympiads:

Igor Kovalenko played for Latvia in the European Team Chess Championship:

Igor Kovalenko played for Ukraine in the European Team Chess Championship:

References

  1. ↑ "FIDE Player transfers". Ratings.fide.com. Archived from the original on 6 February 2013. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  2. ↑ Lazareva, Inna (23 November 2022). "Holding Russia in check, Ukrainians look to capture chess glory at Jerusalem tourney". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  3. ↑ "Tournament-Database". Chess-results.com. 20 April 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  4. ↑ "Latvian championship final-2014". Chess-Results.com. Archived from the original on 6 May 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  5. ↑ "17th European Individual Chess Championship". Chess-Results.com. Archived from the original on 1 March 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  6. ↑ "Riga Technical University Open 2019 - Tournament A". Chess-Results.com. Archived from the original on 14 August 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  7. ↑ "Men's Chess Olympiads :: Igor Kovalenko". OlimpBase.org. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
  8. ↑ "43rd Olympiad Batumi 2018 Open". Chess-Results.com. Archived from the original on 19 October 2018. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  9. ↑ "European Men's Team Chess Championship :: Igor Kovalenko". OlimpBase.org. Archived from the original on 23 November 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  10. ↑ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - European Team Chess Championship 2025 - Open". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2 December 2025.