Igor Kovalenko, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Igor Kovalenko

Latvian chess player from Ukraine

Date of Birth: 29-Dec-1988

Place of Birth: Novomoskovsk, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine

Profession: chess player

Nationality: Latvia, Ukraine

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

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Igor Viktorovich Kovalenko (Russian: ????? ?????????? ?????????; Latvian: Igors Kovalenko; 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).
In 2019 he won Riga Technical University Open.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); In 2018, at first board in the 43rd Chess Olympiad in Batumi (+6 -3 =0).Igor Kovalenko played for Latvia in European Team Chess Championship: In 2015, at second board in Reykjavik (+3 -1 =3).