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ID: 24120588

Vitaly Kovalev

FIDE ratings

2,208Classical
2,228Rapid
2,209Blitz

Performance

50 games
54% Win
12% Draw
34% Loss

Vitaly Kovalev's playing style

Strong overall score:60%27W 6D 17L over 50 games
Dominates 1.c4 as White:63%in 20 games
Steady recent form:55%10W 2D 8L in last 20 games

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Queen's Knight Variation has the largest White sample, with 2 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Queen's Knight Variation
100%
2g
English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Quiet Line
50%
50%
2g
English Opening: King's English Variation, Reversed Sicilian
100%
1g
English Opening: King's English Variation
100%
1g
English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line
100%
1g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Lipnitsky Attack has the largest Black sample, with 3 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Lipnitsky Attack
33%
67%
3g
Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation
100%
2g
King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation, Gligoric-Taimanov System
50%
50%
2g
Modern Defense: Averbakh System
100%
1g
Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation, Barmen Defense, Modern Line
100%
1g

Repertoire

25 games as white in scope
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Move arrowsfrequency, not engine evaluation

Starting position

25 games in this line · White to move

Results for Kovalev, Vitaly as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
60%
16%
24%
Move
20 · 80%
55%
15%
30%
5 · 20%
80%
20%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Oct 13, 2019
OTB - PGNMentor
Izoitko, Alexey(1981)
W—
Oct 12, 2019
OTB - TWIC
Rudikov, Dmitry(2085)
D—
Oct 11, 2019
OTB - TWIC
IMKardashevskiy, Evgeny(2428)
L—
Oct 10, 2019
OTB - TWIC
FMZhukov, Maksim(2000)
W—
Oct 9, 2019
OTB - PGNMentor
GMBryakin, Mikhail(2440)
L—
Oct 8, 2019
OTB - TWIC
Gilyazitdinov, Nikita(2050)
W—
Oct 7, 2019
OTB - PGNMentor
Pestryakov, Nikita(1978)
W—
Oct 6, 2019
OTB - TWIC
Golovchenko, Bogdan(1824)
W—
Oct 5, 2019
OTB - TWIC
Nuritdinov, Nizomitdin(1771)
L—
Aug 22, 2019
OTB - PGNMentor
Palchun, Grigory(2368)
L—

Research Vitaly Kovalev’s games and opening repertoire

Vitaly Kovalev is rated 2208 in standard, 2228 in rapid, 2209 in blitz by FIDE. Vitaly Kovalev plays for Russia.

Vitaly Kovalev has FIDE ID 24120588.

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