GM Andrei Kovalev Full name Andrei Kovalev Born 1961 (age 65) Place of birth Federation Belarus Profiles # World Ranking 2407 Classical 2301 Rapid 2227 Blitz Bio Most Played Openings White Pieces Closed Sicilian Defense: Traditional Line (32 games) Sicilian Defense: Canal Attack (23 games) Sicilian Defense: Open, Classical, Richter-Rauzer Variation (20 games) Caro-Kann Defense: Modern Variation (17 games) Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo, Fianchetto Variation (17 games) Black Pieces King's Indian Defense: Orthodox, Positional Defense (34 games) Alapin Sicilian Defense (32 games) Sicilian Defense: Open, Classical, Richter-Rauzer Variation (28 games) King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation (26 games) King's Indian Defense: Orthodox, Glek Defense (25 games) Games Players Result Moves Year Andrei Kovalev (2386) Siddharth Singh (2385) 1-0 27 2026 Andrei Kovalev (2386) Ritvik Krishnan (2304) ½-½ 18 2026 Andrei Kovalev (2386) Tran Gia Phuc Pham (2449) ½-½ 43 2026 Rohit S (2352) Andrei Kovalev (2386) 1-0 30 2026 Judicael Meillon (2323) Andrei Kovalev (2386) ½-½ 22 2026 Patryk Cieslak (2482) Andrei Kovalev (2386) ½-½ 17 2026 Alfred Nemitz (2361) Andrei Kovalev (2386) ½-½ 50 2026 Andrei Kovalev (2402) Mark Smirnov (2348) 1-0 74 2025 Andrei Kovalev (2402) Robert Stein (2422) 1-0 39 2025 Andrei Kovalev (2402) Md Imran (2472) 1-0 36 2025 Show All Games