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Kovalev, Egor
FM🇷🇺FIDE 24124117· Male· Russia· Born in 1999
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Egor Kovalev, a 27-year-old Russian FIDE Master, is rated 2214 and sitting in the top 4% of Russian players, and in the top 3% worldwide. He plays occasionally (6 games in the last 12 months) and took a 84-month break between Mar 2019 and Apr 2026. Recent appearance: Russian Chess Crown standard A. Also played 5 rapid (including Team championship of the Moscow region 2025_rapid) and 6 blitz events (including Russian Chess Crown blitz C) recently. His peak of 2339 was reached at age 17 (Sep 2016).
Awarded FM in 2016 (age 17). At junior level, he reached World #67 in U14, World #94 in U10 and #24, #19, #15 and #38 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U12.
Current rating
2214
Standard
Rpd2241·Blz2226
All-time high
2339
−125 pts below
Sep 2016 · age 17
Sep 2016 · age 17
Activity
2
games / yr avg.
6 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
Top 4%
#298 · Russian players · of 6,983
Career timeline
24 entries2026
97th Russian 20-35 player
at age 27 · rated 2214
May 2026
2019
Inactive for 84 months
paused at 2217 → returned at 2214
Mar 2019
2018
500 career games
at age 19
Sep 2018
24th Russian U20 player
at age 19 · rated 2303
Feb 2018
2017
Re-crossed 2300
at age 18
May 2017
19th Russian U18 player
at age 18 · rated 2325
Feb 2017
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Evolution
-3
2217 → 2214
Tournaments
1
6 games
Score
3/ 650.0%
3W0D3L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 3/6 | #143 | 2201 | -3.4 |
Rankings
/
Russia
#298
out of 13,952 players
Asia-Pacific
#1,228
in continent
World
#7,426
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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