Aleksandar Colovic
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| Aleksandar Colovic | |
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 Aleksandar Colovic in 2014 | |
| Country | North Macedonia |
| Born | January 6, 1976 Skopje, Macedonia |
| Title | Grandmaster (2013) |
| FIDE rating | 2431 (May 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2516 (November 2013) |
Aleksandar Colovic (Macedonian: Александар Чоловиќ, romanized: Aleksandar Čoloviḱ) is a Macedonian chess grandmaster. In 2016, Colovic was elected as a General Secretary of the Association of Chess Professionals and in 2019 he was elected as a president of the same association.[1]
Personal life[edit]
Colovic was born in Skopje in 1976, and holds a BA in English Language and Literature. He speaks English, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Macedonian, Serbian and Bulgarian language.[2]
He has one sister, biologist Ana Colovic Lesoska.[citation needed]
Chess career[edit]
Colovic won the Malaga Open in 2005. He participated in 3 Chess Olympiads and 2 European Team Championships. He has also won 18 national team titles in Macedonia, and scored the best result (according to percentage) on board 4 with 5.5 out of 7 at the European Club Cup in 2015 in Skopje,[citation needed] and had the best result on the Macedonian team (7 out of 10) at the 42nd Chess Olympiad.[3]
Colovic has also worked as a chess coach, with his student,[citation needed] Marina Brunello, winning a gold medal at the 43rd Chess Olympiad. In 2017, with Colovic coaching the Macedonian women national team, the team came in 20th place at the European Team Chess Championship in Crete.[citation needed]
References[edit]
- ^ "The ACP Board - ACP". www.chessprofessionals.org. Retrieved 2021-05-15.
- ^ "Learning Languages I". GM Alex Colovic. 2020-05-13. Retrieved 2021-05-15.
- ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 42nd Olympiad Baku 2016 Open". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2021-05-15.
External links[edit]
- Aleksandar Colovic rating card at FIDE
- Aleksandar Colovic player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Aleksandar Colovic chess games at 365Chess.com