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Kovalenko, Igor

Kovalenko, Igor

GM🇺🇦

FIDEFIDE 14117908· Male· Ukraine· Born in 1988

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Igor Kovalenko, a 38-year-old Ukrainian Grandmaster, is rated 2672 — just 30 short of his peak of 2702 (Aug 2015, age 27) and ranked 2nd among Ukrainian players, and 47th worldwide. He is currently in the 2650–2675 range. 44 rated games in the past year (≈64/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include European Individual Chess Championship 2026, X Open Internacional de Ajedrez Semana Santa San Vicente del Raspeig 2026 A, and 1. Schachbundesliga 2025-2026 Maerz 2026. Also played 4 rapid (including European Rapid Chess Championship 2025) and 3 blitz events (including European Blitz Chess Championship 2025) recently. He took a 27-month break between Dec 2022 and Apr 2025. He reached World #39 in Nov 2025 and has been in the world top 100 for 81 months and counting (3 consecutive years on his current run).

Competes for Ukraine since Dec 2021. Awarded GM in 2011 (age 23) and IM in 2008 (age 20). At junior level, he reached World #65 in U20 and #10 and #6 nationally in U18 and U16.

Current rating

2672

Standard

Rpd2592·Blz2610

All-time high

2702

−30 pts below
Aug 2015 · age 27

Activity

15

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

44 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

#2

#2 · Ukrainian players · of 1,431
World top 100 since Sep 2021

Career timeline

29 entries
2026
81 months in world top 100 (ongoing)
longest streak 41 months · since Jan 2015
May 2026
2025
Peak World rank: #39
at age 37 · rated 2684
Nov 2025
Peak Ukrainian rank: #1
at age 37 · rated 2676
Apr 2025
2022
Inactive for 27 months
paused at 2674 → returned at 2676
Dec 2022
2021
Switched federation: LAT → UKR
at age 33
Dec 2021
Re-crossed 2650
at age 33
Nov 2021

Standard rating history

Activity & highlights

Best result
European Team Ch 2025
perf 2831 (+147) · 6.5/8 · #2
Top opponent
vs Chithambaram VR. AravindhGM 2,723
61st International Akiba Rubinstein Chess Festival - ALREH GM Round Robin Tournament · Aug 2025 · +0.8 Elo
Evolution
-4
2676 → 2672
Tournaments
7
44 games
Score
31/ 4470.5%
20W22D2L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsLoek Van WelyGM2,630·European Team Ch 2025·R7·+4.2
2.[W]vsAleksandar IndjicGM2,618·European Team Ch 2025·R5·+4.1
3.[W]vsPierre Laurent-PaoliGM2,570·European Team Ch 2025·R6·+3.4

Last 12 months — tournaments

7 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
European Individual Chess Championship 2026
Open Swiss
Apr 20267.5/11#432549-12.9
X Open Internacional de Ajedrez Semana Santa San Vicente del Raspeig 2026 A
Open Swiss
Apr 20267.5/9#32665+0.1
1. Schachbundesliga 2025-2026 Maerz 2026
Team
Mar 20262/2#173209+3.4
TIPOS Sachova Extraliga 2025 2026 R1-2
Team
Nov 20250.5/1#652561-1.7
European Team Ch 2025
Open Swiss
Oct 20256.5/8#22831+15.1
61st International Akiba Rubinstein Chess Festival - ALREH GM Round Robin Tournament
Round-Robin
Aug 20254.5/9#52630-5.6
2025 The Marble Challenge: Grandmaster Chess Match (Standard) GM Ihor Kovalenko- GM Ihor Samunenkov
Round-Robin
Aug 20252.5/4#12637-1.8

Most-Played Opponents

vsArturs NeiksansGM
🇱🇻LAT·2559
+18 −2 =18
38 games·last met Jan 2020
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vsNikita MeshkovsGM
🇱🇻LAT·2540
+18 −6 =4
28 games·last met Nov 2021
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vsMartyn KravtsivGM
🇺🇦UKR·2598
+9 −11 =5
25 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsDaniel FridmanGM
🇩🇪GER·2560
+4 −8 =8
20 games·last met Jan 2020
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vsVladislav KovalevGM
FID·2555
+11 −4 =4
19 games·last met Dec 2018
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Rankings

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Ukraine
#2
out of 3,788 players
Europe
#17
in continent
World
#47
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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Ukraine
1
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4
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5
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6
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2,617
7
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8
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9
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2,607
10
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1
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2,759
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2,759
5
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7
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17🇺🇦Kovalenko, Igor2,672
World
1
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2,840
2
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2,792
3
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5
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2,776
6
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2,767
7
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2,759
7
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2,759
9
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47🇺🇦Kovalenko, Igor2,672