Vladislav Kovalev
| Vladislav Kovalev | |
|---|---|
 Vladislav Kovalev in 2013 | |
| Full name | Vladislav Vladimirovich Kovalev |
| Country | Belarus |
| Born |
6 January 1994 Minsk, Belarus |
| Title | Grandmaster (2013) |
| FIDE rating | 2664 (October 2018) |
| Peak rating | 2667 (August 2018) |
Vladislav Vladimirovich Kovalev (Russian: Владислав Владимирович Ковалёв; born 6 January 1994) is a Belarusian chess grandmaster. He was Belarusian Chess Champion in 2016.
Chess career
The winner of Belarusian Junior Chess Championships in different age groups, in which he won three times in the U20 age group (2009, 2011, 2012). Represented Belarus at the European Youth Chess Championship and World Youth Chess Championship, where won two medals: silver at the 2008 European Youth Chess Championship (U14) and bronze at the 2010 European Youth Chess Championship (U16).
Participating in the finals of the Belarusian Chess Championships, where twice won the medals: silver in 2013 and bronze in 2012[1].
In 2013, in Viljandi shared the first place in the Ilmar Raud memorial[2]. In 2017, he won the Latvia chess festival "Liepājas Rokāde" "Open" tournament.
Vladislav Kovalev played for Belarus in the Chess Olympiads:[3]
- In 2012, at reserve board in the 40th Chess Olympiad in Istanbul (+1, =3, -1),
- In 2014, at fourth board in the 41st Chess Olympiad in Tromsø (+3, =4, -1),
- In 2016, at second board in the 42nd Chess Olympiad in Baku (+3, =4, -1).
Vladislav Kovalev played for Belarus in the European Team Chess Championships:[4]
- In 2013, at third board in the 19th European Team Chess Championship in Warsaw (+2, =2, -4).
In 2012, he was awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title and received the FIDE Grandmaster (GM) title the year later.
In February 2018, Kovalev competed in the Aeroflot Open. He finished first, half a point ahead of his nearest competitors,[5] with a score of 7/9 (+5–0=4).[6] He thus qualified for the 46th Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting in July, where he placed third with a score of 4/7 (+1–0=6).[7].
References
- ↑ Mihailov, Anton. "78th Belarus Chess Championship". www.fide.com.
- ↑ http://chess-results.com, Dipl.Ing. Heinz Herzog -. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 47th Ilmar Raud Memorial". www.chess-results.com.
- ↑ Bartelski, Wojciech. "OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Vladislav Kovalev". www.olimpbase.org.
- ↑ Bartelski, Wojciech. "OlimpBase :: European Men's Team Chess Championship :: Vladislav Kovalev". www.olimpbase.org.
- ↑ Staff writer(s) (28 February 2018). "Aeroflot Open 2018 A". Chess Results.
- ↑ Staff writer(s) (28 February 2018). "Aeroflot Open 2018 A: Kovalev Vladislav". Chess Results.
- ↑ 46th Dortmund Sparkassen Chess-Meeting 2018 The Week in Chess
External links
- Vladislav Kovalev player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Vladislav Kovalev chess games at 365Chess.com