Anton Kovalyov

Anton Kovalyov, 2009
Association	Argentina (until 2013) Canada (since 2013)
Born	March 4, 1992 Kharkiv
title	International Master (2007) Grand Master (2008)
Current  Elo rating	2631 (September 2020)
Best Elo rating	2664 (November 2017)
Tab at the FIDE (English)

Anton Kovalyov (born March 4, 1992 in Kharkiv ) is a Ukrainian chess player who played for the Argentine Chess Federation until 2013 and has been eligible to play for the Canadian Federation since then.

He played for Argentina at the 2008 Chess Olympiad and for Canada at the 2014 and 2016 Chess Olympiad .

In the 2015 World Chess Cup he defeated Rustam Kasimjanov in the first round, Sandro Mareco in the second round and was eliminated by Fabiano Caruana in the third round . In the 2017 World Chess Cup he defeated Varuzhan Akobian in the first round and Viswanathan Anand in the second . After a dispute with the functionary Zurab Asmaiparashvili , in which a statement by Asmaiparashvili was perceived as racist by Kovalyov, he did not play against Maxim Rodshtein .

In Spain he played for the CA Equigoma-Casa Social Católica , in the United States Chess League he played for the Rio Grande Ospreys in 2014 and 2015 .

Elo development

Web links

Commons : Anton Kovalyov  - collection of pictures

• Replayable chess games by Anton Kovalyov on chesstempo.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Transfers in 2013. In: FIDE . Retrieved April 7, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Numbers according to FIDE Elo lists. Data sources: fide.com (period since 2001), olimpbase.org (period 1971 to 2001)