Serbian Grandmaster (2000) and co-Champion of Yugoslavia in 2001.
Best results: winner or shared first in Bucharest 1997, Stavroupoli Open 2003, Nova Gorica Open and Slavonija 2004, Zadar Open 2006, Stara Pazova-Ilindan 2007, Rijeka 2007, Novi Sad GM 2009, Bora Kostic Memorial (SRB) 2010, Pula Open 2011.
Kovacevic participated in the Olympiads between 2000 and 2008.