Career
Kovalenko was awarded the titles of International Master (IM) in 2008 and Grandmaster (General Motors) in 2011. Igor Kovalenko played for Latvia in Chess Olympiads:
In 2014, at second board in the 41st Chess Olympiad in Tromsø (+5 −2 =4). Igor Kovalenko played for Latvia in European Team Chess Championship:
In 2015, at second board in Reykjavik (+3 −1 =3).