In the following years, he competed only in national tournaments of international rank, where he three-time won the Hungarian Open youth's competition.

He won the Eastern Europe Qualifier for the 2019 PDC World Youth Championship, while he lost in the group-stage against the favored Keane Barry.

At the end of the year, he had a good chance to start in the PDC World Darts Championship, but lost in the Eastern Europe qualifying tournament to Boris Krcmar.

Kovács registered two ton-plus averages during the early stages of the competition, finishing third in his group due to losses against Dale Hughes and Ricardo Pietreczko.

Hungarian recorded over 112 average in a match against Dameon Steffens, before beat Martin Heneghan and Sebastian Białecki to reach the semi-finals.

Kovács subsequently denied Martin Adams in the semi-finals and finally beat Alan Soutar by 6-4 in legs to take the unique cup.

Outstanding performance in the region allowed him to gain a powerful ranking advantage, guaranteeing him a debut in the 2023 WDF World Darts Championship.