Andrei Vladimirovich Kovalev (born 31 December 1957) is a Belarusian chess player who holds the title of Grandmaster (GM). He was awarded the GM title by FIDE, the international chess federation, in 1990.
Kovalev won the Belarusian Chess Championship twice, in 1987 and 1994. He also represented Belarus in six Chess Olympiads, participating in 1986, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998 and 2000. In 1989, 1995 and 1997 he played for his nation in the World Team Chess Championship. Between 1997 and 2002, he participated three times in the FIDE World Chess Championship tournaments.