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Andrei Kovalev
A Kovalev 
 

Number of games in database: 681
Years covered: 1978 to 2023
Last FIDE rating: 2396 (2311 rapid, 2293 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2580
Overall record: +272 -137 =262 (60.1%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 10 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (140) 
    B30 B92 B62 B31 B84
 Ruy Lopez (64) 
    C92 C78 C95 C90 C65
 French Defense (42) 
    C01 C18 C11 C19 C15
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (28) 
    C92 C90 C95 C84 C97
 Sicilian Richter-Rauser (19) 
    B62 B63 B64 B65 B61
 Caro-Kann (19) 
    B18 B12 B17 B19 B15
With the Black pieces:
 King's Indian (116) 
    E94 E70 E92 E63 E73
 Sicilian (106) 
    B22 B62 B30 B90 B89
 Sicilian Richter-Rauser (20) 
    B62 B60 B67 B65 B64
 Queen's Pawn Game (14) 
    A45 A41 D02 A46
 Sicilian Najdorf (12) 
    B90 B92 B97 B95
 Ruy Lopez (11) 
    C95 C90 C84 C67 C69
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   A Kovalev vs H Stevic, 2004 1-0
   M Stoinev vs A Kovalev, 1992 0-1
   J Magem Badals vs A Kovalev, 1999 0-1
   A Kovalev vs Minasian, 1996 1-0
   Gelfand vs A Kovalev, 1983 0-1
   A Kovalev vs Shulman, 1994 1-0
   Avrukh vs A Kovalev, 1999 0-1
   A Kovalev vs J Piket, 2001 1/2-1/2
   A Kovalev vs A Ushenina, 2003 1-0

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Rostock (1989)
   Czech Open-A (2005)
   URS-ch otbor Blagoveshchensk (1988)
   Dresden ZMD Open (2009)
   Berliner Sommer (1993)
   Boleslavsky Memorial (1994)
   Tschaturanga Open (2014)
   Katowice Open (1990)
   Belarusian Championship (1983)
   Belarusian Championship (1987)
   CZE-chT 0405 (2004)
   Ostend Open (1991)
   Dresden Open (1994)
   Wichern Open (1993)
   Berliner Sommer (1994)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 FSGM June
   B Ngo vs A Kovalev (Jun-09-23) 0-1
   A Kovalev vs F Baenziger (Jan-20-20) 1-0
   V Plat vs A Kovalev (Jan-18-20) 1/2-1/2
   A Kovalev vs E Bogdanov (Oct-30-19) 1/2-1/2
   T Ernst vs A Kovalev (Oct-28-19) 1/2-1/2

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ANDREI KOVALEV
(born Nov-07-1961, 63 years old) Belarus

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GM Andrei Vasilyevich Kovalev was Belarusian champion in 2000. In 2005 he won the Czech open in Pardubice, just ahead of Sergei Azarov. Winner of First Saturday GM in May 2010. =2nd at the Czech Open in 2015. He is also a FIDE Senior Trainer and coach/captain of the 2012 Belarus Olympiad team.

Last updated: 2018-03-06 13:10:21

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 page 1 of 28; games 1-25 of 690  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. G Titov vs A Kovalev  0-1221978USSR Junior Team ChampionshipB31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation
2. A Kovalev vs E Barkovsky  0-1491981Sokolsky MemorialA45 Queen's Pawn Game
3. A Kovalev vs A Kapengut  ½-½541981Sokolsky MemorialB12 Caro-Kann Defense
4. S Begun vs A Kovalev  1-0371981Sokolsky MemorialA88 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6
5. Lutikov vs A Kovalev  1-0381981Sokolsky MemorialE76 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack
6. A Kovalev vs F Batiuta  0-1541981Sokolsky MemorialE12 Queen's Indian
7. A Kovalev vs J Vetemaa  ½-½381981Sokolsky MemorialA58 Benko Gambit
8. A Kovalev vs Gavrikov  1-0431981Sokolsky MemorialE26 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch
9. V Chekhov vs A Kovalev  1-0541981Sokolsky MemorialE92 King's Indian
10. V Litvinov vs A Kovalev  1-0591981Sokolsky MemorialB89 Sicilian
11. A Cherepkov vs A Kovalev  ½-½601981Sokolsky MemorialB07 Pirc
12. A Kovalev vs A Roizman  1-0211981Sokolsky MemorialB32 Sicilian
13. E Mochalov vs A Kovalev  0-1401981Sokolsky MemorialE63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation
14. A Kovalev vs B Maryasin  0-1401981Sokolsky MemorialB64 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack
15. V Dydyshko vs A Kovalev  ½-½261981Sokolsky MemorialE96 King's Indian, Orthodox, 7...Nbd7, Main line
16. A Kovalev vs M Shereshevsky  ½-½171981Sokolsky MemorialC01 French, Exchange
17. A Kovalev vs G Rastenis  1-0351981Baltic Republics ChampionshipB32 Sicilian
18. J Petkevich vs A Kovalev  1-0411981Baltic Republics ChampionshipE90 King's Indian
19. A Kovalev vs A Roizman  1-0291981BLR-chTB56 Sicilian
20. N Andrianov vs A Kovalev  0-1431982Sokolsky MemorialE87 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox
21. A Kovalev vs S Yuferov 0-1231982Sokolsky MemorialA18 English, Mikenas-Carls
22. A Kovalev vs S Begun  ½-½201982Sokolsky MemorialD57 Queen's Gambit Declined, Lasker Defense
23. I Polovodin vs A Kovalev  1-0281982URSA10 English
24. Gelfand vs A Kovalev 0-1381983Belarusian ChampionshipB62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
25. A Kovalev vs V Eingorn 0-1301983USSRC03 French, Tarrasch
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Kibitzer's Corner
Dec-20-04  nikolaas: Who is this fellow? FIDE nor NICbase nor Chessbase have him on their player list.
Dec-20-04  zorro: Not in Fide list? Are u sure? My DB has 804 games of this guy.
Dec-20-04  acirce: He is on FIDE's list, rated 2575.

http://www.fide.com/ratings/card.ph...

He's currently #4 in Belarus, just ahead of Azarov who drew Kasparov in Cesme recently.

Dec-20-04  arifattar: <zorro> Why don't you submit those games to Chessgames?
Dec-20-04  nikolaas: strange, I only foung a serey and a dmitri when I searched on FIDE. Perhaps I mistyped his name.
Jul-30-05  Mameluk: Kovalev just won Czech open in Pardubice. Just ahead of Azarov:) Congratulations!
Nov-07-06  BIDMONFA: Andrei Kovalev

KOVALEV, Andrei
http://www.bidmonfa.com/kovalev_and...
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May-10-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  Tabanus: http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?...

He is the winner of First Saturday GM May 2010:
http://www.chess-results.com/tnr335..., congratulations!

Aug-19-11  siggemannen: no games since 2009? something's fishy
Nov-07-16  TheFocus: Happy birthday, Andrei Kovalev.

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