Alexander Kovchan

Alexander Kovchan
Full name Олександр Анатолійович Ковчан
Country  Ukraine
Born October 21, 1983
Chernihiv, Ukraine
Title Grandmaster
FIDE rating 2585 (May 2015)
(No. 289 in the March 2013 FIDE World Rankings)
Peak rating 2598 (March 2012)

Alexander Kovchan (Ukrainian: Олександр Анатолійович Ковчан; Russian: Александр Анатольевич Ковчан; born October 21, 1983 in Chernihiv) is a Ukrainian chess Grandmaster (2002).

Chess career

Kovchan played for Ukraine in the 1995 Children's Chess Olympiad.[1]

In 2011, he tied for 2nd–5th with Tigran Gharamian, Boris Grachev and Ante Brkic in the Open Master Tournament in Biel.[2] In December 2011, he tied for 1st–2nd with Robert Hess in the Groningen Chess Festival[3] and in the same tournament of the following year, he tied for 1st–3rd with Zaven Andriasian and Sipke Ernst, earning him an invitation to the 75th Tata Steel Chess Tournament in January 2013.[4]

Kovchan competed in Grandmaster Group C of the 75th Tata Steel Chess Tournament from 11–27 January 2013 in Wijk aan Zee where he finished 5th place by scoring 7½/13 (+3 =9 -1).[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Children's Chess Olympiads: Alexander Kovchan". OlimpBase. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
  2. ↑ "Open Master Tournament (MTO) September 2011 Switzerland". FIDE. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
  3. ↑ Crowther, Mark (2011-12-30). "The Week in Chess: Groningen Chess Festival 2011". The Week in Chess. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
  4. ↑ Crowther, Mark (2012-12-31). "The Week in Chess: 50th Groningen Chess Festival 2012". The Week in Chess. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  5. ↑ "Tata R13: Karjakin, Wang score, Carlsen wins Wijk by 1½ points". ChessBase. 2013-01-27. Retrieved 27 January 2013.

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