Igor Kovalenko
Kovalenko in Trzcianka, 2013 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | Igor Viktorovich Kovalenko 29 December 1988 |
| Chess career | |
| Country | |
| Title | Grandmaster (2011) |
| FIDE rating | 2682 (March 2026) |
| Peak rating | 2702 (August 2015) |
| Ranking | No. 41 (March 2026) |
| Peak ranking | No. 39 (November 2025) |
Igor Viktorovich Kovalenko (Ukrainian: Ігор Вікторович Коваленко; Latvian: Igors Kovaļenko; born 29 December 1988, Novomoskovsk) is a Ukrainian chess player who played for Latvia between 2013 and 2021 and holds the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM). In the light of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Kovalenko has been putting his chess activities mostly on hold and is instead fighting for his country as part of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.