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Kovalskyi, Roman
🇺🇦FIDE 14184214· Male· Ukraine· Born in 2007
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Roman Kovalskyi, a 19-year-old Ukrainian player, is rated 2211 and sitting in the top 4% of players worldwide under 20, and in the top 3% worldwide. He has fluctuated between 1989 and 2272 over the past 2 years. 77 rated games in the past year (≈49/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include European Individual Chess Championship 2026, grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open, and 2025-26 4NCL Division 2 Rounds 7-8. Also played 8 rapid (including 2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic Super Rapidplay) and 7 blitz events (including V Mindsports International Festival 2025 - 3rd Night Blitz) recently. His peak of 2272 was reached at age 18 (Jan 2025).
At junior level, he reached #17, #6, #10, #16, #10 and #10 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
2211
Standard
Rpd2069·Blz2115
All-time high
2272
−61 pts below
Jan 2025 · age 18
Jan 2025 · age 18
Activity
71
games / yr avg. · ≈6/mo
77 past 12 mo · ≈6/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 4%
#446 · players worldwide under 20 · of 10,035
Career timeline
17 entries2026
17th Ukrainian U20 player
at age 19 · rated 2213
May 2026
Re-crossed 2200
at age 19
May 2026
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2026
2025
Re-crossed 2200
at age 18
Sep 2025
6th Ukrainian U18 player
at age 18 · rated 2272
Jan 2025
All-time peak 2272
at age 18 · −61 from today
Jan 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-18
2229 → 2211
Tournaments
14
77 games
Score
38.5/ 7750.0%
28W21D28L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
11 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | May 2026 | 2/3 | #36 | 2165 | -1.6 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 5/11 | #293 | 2206 | +19.8 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 6/9 | #106 | 2295 | +33.8 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/2 | #72 | 2076 | -4.4 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0.5/2 | #74 | 1983 | -11.4 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 2/2 | #7 | 2948 | +17.6 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 1.5/6 | #142 | 1986 | -38.8 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 3.5/8 | #84 | 2137 | -33.2 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1/1 | #46 | 2882 | +13.2 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1/1 | #54 | 2744 | +7.2 |
Worst Elo result: XXXVI Miedzynarodowy Festiwal Szachowy CRACOVIA 2025 Grupa A (-38.8 Elo, finished #142).
Most-Played Opponents
vsAndriy PrydunFM
🇺🇦UKR·2162
+0 −7 =4
11 games·last met Feb 2022
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vsRoman Dmytriv
🇺🇦UKR·1906
+3 −5 =2
10 games·last met Jan 2022
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vsStanley BadacsonyiFM
🇬🇧ENG·2325
+0 −9 =0
9 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsDanyil MosesovIM
🇺🇦UKR·2476
+1 −7 =0
8 games·last met Jan 2022
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vsRoman Tyshniuk
🇺🇦UKR·1990
+5 −3 =0
8 games·last met May 2019
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Rankings
/
Ukraine
#178
out of 3,843 players
Europe
#5,284
in continent
World
#7,596
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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