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Igor Kovalenko

UKR · 38 yrs · K=10 · Peak 2750 (Feb 2016)

Best performance: 2924 at International Chess Festival ''Liepajas rokade-2014'' Open(Best of 2014)

World #=131 live, down 2#129 publishedUkraine #10

NOV26 Rating

2589

Live Rating

2589.0

Change

0.0

Games Played

0

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Rapid

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Official rapid rating by month
ListRatingChange
Nov 202625890
Oct 202625890
Sep 20262589-3
Aug 202625920
Jul 202625920
Jun 202625920
May 202625920
Apr 202625920
Mar 202625920
Feb 202625920
Jan 20262592-3
Dec 20252595-6

Form · Rapid

oldest → latest

Unbeaten in the last 5 games (3 wins, 2 draws), since Aug 2. That is the longest unbeaten run of 2026.

From 766 rapid games on record, the latest on Aug 2.

Rapid games since the November list

No rated rapid games this rating periodsince the NOV26 list (Nov 1, 2026)

Last playedScore
Alba Grand Prix Rapid 2026Aug 1 – Aug 2TPR 24958/10

The live rating moves only when new rated games are played. Until then it matches the published rating.

Best wins · Rapid

From 731 rated rapid games against rated opponents, 2012–2026

#OpponentRating
1, GM Levon Aronian, Oct 2015 · FIDE World Rapid Championship 2015, 2830
2, GM Sergey Karjakin, Oct 2015 · FIDE World Rapid Championship 2015, 2805
3, GM Peter Svidler, Jan 2016 · 25th Keres Memorial - ACP Open, 2736

Openings · Rapid

From the moves of 95 of 766 rapid games on record.

As WhiteOpens 1.c4 in 17 of 43 games, 1.d4 in 14, 1.e4 in 9.

As BlackMeets 1.d4 with 1...Nf6, and 1.e4 with 1...c5.

All openings (5 as White, 7 as Black)
Openings in White gamesGamesScore
English Opening978%
Queen's Gambit Declined683%
Sicilian Defense530%
Semi-Slav Defense488%
Queen's Pawn Game367%

16 more games in openings played fewer than 3 times.

Event timeline · Rapid

1 of 83 events · All years

Events before the current rating period show the performance, not a rating change.

Live events show the rating change; earlier events show the performance rating.

Performance rating by month

2026: 2495 over 10 rated games

MonthGamesScoreAvg oppTPR
Aug10822552495

Games count in the month they were played. Each month and year is one performance rating over all of its rated games.

Rated near Igor Kovalenko · Rapid

Live ratings projected from the NOV26 published list · Not affiliated with FIDE