Vladislav Vladimirovich Kovalev (russian: Владислав Владимирович Ковалёв; born 6 January 1994) is a Belarusian

chess Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to disti ...

player who holds the

FIDE title FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and ...

of Grandmaster. He was Belarusian Chess Champion in 2016.

Chess career

Born in 1994, Kovalev won the Belarusian Junior Chess Championship in 2009, 2011 and 2012. He represented Belarus at the

European Youth Chess Championship The European Youth Chess Championship is organized by the European Chess Union (ECU) in groups under 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18 years old. The first tournament was held in 1991, and the under 8 category was introduced in 2007. Until 2002 there was als ...

and

World Youth Chess Championship The World Youth Chess Championship is a FIDE-organized worldwide chess competition for boys and girls under the age of 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18. Twelve world champions are crowned every year. Since 2015, the event has been split into "World Cade ...

, in which he won two medals: silver at the 2008 European U14 Chess Championship and bronze at the 2010 European U16 Chess Championship. Kovalev was awarded the

International Master FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and ...

(IM) title in 2012, and he received his Grandmaster (GM) title the following year. In 2013, he shared first place in the

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memorial in

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. Kovalev has represented Belarus in four

Chess Olympiad The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams representing nations of the world compete. FIDE organises the tournament and selects the host nation. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, FIDE held an Online Chess Olympiad in 2020 and ...

s: In 2012, he scored 2½/5 (+1–1=3) on the reserve board at the

40th Chess Olympiad The 40th Chess Olympiad ( tr, 40. Satranç Olimpiyatı), organised by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place in Istan ...

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; in 2014, he scored 5/8 (+3–1=4) on fourth board at the

41st Chess Olympiad The 41st Chess Olympiad ( no, Den 41. Sjakkolympiade), organised by the FIDE, Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took pla ...

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; in 2016, he scored 5/8 (+3–1=4) on second board at the

42nd Chess Olympiad The 42nd Chess Olympiad ( az, 42-ci Şahmat Olimpiadası; also known as the Baku Chess Olympiad), organised by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) and comprising an openAlthough sometimes referred to as the "men's division", this ...

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; in 2018, he scored 6/9 (+4–1=4) on first board at the

43rd Chess Olympiad The 43rd Chess Olympiad ( ka, 43-ე საჭადრაკო ოლიმპიადა, ''43-e sach’adrak’o olimp’iada''; also known as the Batumi Chess Olympiad), organised by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) and c ...

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. He has also played for Belarus in two

European Team Chess Championship The European Team Championship (often abbreviated in texts and games databases as ''ETC'') is an international team chess event, eligible for the participation of European nations whose chess federations are located in zones 1.1 to 1.9. This more ...

s: in 2013, he scored 3/8 (+2–4=2) on third board at the 19th European Team Chess Championship in

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; in 2017, he scored 4½/8 (+3–2=3) on second board at the 21st European Team Chess Championship in

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. Kovalev won the

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in 2016. In 2017, he won the

Liepājas Rokāde Liepājas Rokāde ("Liepāja Castling") is international "open" chess championship, annually held in Liepāja, Latvia in August. The first Liepājas rokāde was held in 1994, the last in 2018. List of winners : Super Tournament is not played ...

Open tournament. In February 2018, Kovalev competed in the

Aeroflot Open The Aeroflot Open is an annual open chess tournament played in Moscow and sponsored by the airline Aeroflot. It was established in 2002 and quickly grew to be the strongest open tournament; in 2013 it was converted to a rapid and blitz event, whil ...

. He finished first, half a point ahead of his nearest competitors, with a score of 7/9 (+5–0=4). 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). In January 2019, he competed in the Tata Steel Challengers. He scored 10/13 (+7–0=6) to take first place, one-and-a-half points ahead of

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Benjámin Gledura Benjámin Gledura (born 4 July 1999) is a Hungarian chess grandmaster. Chess career Born in 1999, Gledura earned his international master title in 2014 and his grandmaster title in 2016. He is the No. 3 ranked active Hungarian player Gledur ...

and

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, who all tied for second. By winning the Challengers he qualified for the 2020 Tata Steel Masters tournament, in which he scored 4/13 (+1–6=6). As of November 2021, Kovalev does not hold a national chess federation membership. Instead, his federation is listed as "FIDE", and he entered the

FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2021 The FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2021 was a chess tournament that forms part of the qualification cycle for the World Chess Championship 2022. It was an 11-round Swiss-system tournament, with 108 players competing, running from 25 October to 8 N ...

as such.

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