Vladislav Kovalev

Vladislav Kovalev
Vladislav Kovalev in 2013
Country	Belarus
Born	(1994-01-06) 6 January 1994 Minsk, Belarus
Title	Grandmaster (2013)
FIDE rating	2640 (August 2017)

Vladislav Kovalev (Russian: Владислав Владимирович Ковалёв; born 6 January 1994) is an Belarusian chess player who holds the title of Grandmaster (GM, 2013).

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.

References

External links

• Vladislav Kovalev player profile and games at Chessgames.com
• Vladislav Kovalev chess games at 365Chess.com