Igor Kovalenko
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Biography
Igor Viktorovich Kovalenko (Russian: Игорь Викторович Коваленко; Latvian: Igors Kovaļenko; born 29 December 1988, Novomoskovsk) is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster now playing for Latvia.
Kovalenko was awarded the titles of International Master (IM) in 2008 and Grandmaster (GM) in 2011. He won the Latvian Chess Championship in 2013 and 2014. In 2016 Kovalenko was second in European Individual Chess Championship in Gjakova (Kosovo).
Igor Kovalenko played for Latvia in Chess Olympiads:
In 2014, at second board in the 41st Chess Olympiad in Tromsø (+5 −2 =4);
In 2016, at second board in the 42nd Chess Olympiad in Baku (+6 −1 =4).
Igor Kovalenko played for Latvia in European Team Chess Championship:
In 2015, at second board in Reykjavik (+3 −1 =3).
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^ Latvian Chess championship final-2014
^ 17th European Individual Chess Championship
^ OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Igor Kovalenko
^ OlimpBase :: European Men's Team Chess Championship: Igor Kovalenko