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| Full name | Олександр Анатолійович Ковчан |
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| Country | Ukraine |
| Born | October 21, 1983 Chernihiv, Ukraine |
| Title | Grandmaster |
| Peak rating | 2598 (March 2012) |
Alexander Kovchan (Ukrainian: Олександр Анатолійович Ковчан; Russian: Александр Анатольевич Ковчан; born October 21, 1983 in Chernihiv) is a Ukrainian chess Grandmaster (2002).
Kovchan played for Ukraine in the 1995 Children's Chess Olympiad.
In 2011, he tied for 2nd-5th with Tigran Gharamian, Boris Grachev and Ante Brkic in the Open Master Tournament in Biel. In December 2011, he tied for 1st-2nd with Robert Hess in the Groningen Chess Festival and in the same tournament of the following year, he tied for 1st-3rd with Zaven Andriasian and Sipke Ernst, earning him an invitation to the 75th Tata Steel Chess Tournament in January 2013.
Kovchan competed in Grandmaster Group C of the 75th Tata Steel Chess Tournament from 11-27 January 2013 in Wijk aan Zee where he finished 5th place by scoring 7½/13 (+3 =9 -1).