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GM Alexander Kovchan

Full name

Alexander Kovchan

Born

1/1/1983 (age 41)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Ukraine

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Four Knights Game: Scotch Variation Accepted (28 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Classical Variation (27 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf, Opočenský, Traditional Line (23 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Scheveningen, English Attack with 7.f3 (22 games)

Scotch Game: Classical, Intermezzo Variation (21 games)

Black Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf, English Attack (36 games)

Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation (28 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf Variation (26 games)

Scandinavian Defense: Mieses-Kotrč, Gubinsky-Melts Defense (26 games)

King's Indian Defense (25 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Alexander Kovchan (2482) Xavier Caparros Fernandez (1753)	1-0	26	2024
Alexander Kovchan (2482) Ivan Povshednyi (2169)	1-0	35	2024
Alexander Kovchan (2482) Rafael Rodriguez Lopez (2160)	1-0	81	2024
Alexander Kovchan (2477) Joel Perez Bolanos (2046)	1-0	25	2024
Alexander Kovchan (2477) Jorge Marrero Rodriguez (2177)	1-0	40	2024
Alexander Kovchan (2477) Dragan Barlov (2387)	1-0	47	2024
Alexander Kovchan (2469) Minqing Wang (1942)	1-0	44	2024
Alexander Kovchan (2455) Alex Golding (2296)	1-0	46	2024
Alexander Kovchan (2455) Maciej Czopor (2361)	1-0	129	2024
Alexander Kovchan (2455) Hugo Carneiro Sousa (2082)	1-0	47	2024

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