Aleksandar Colovic ( mk, Александар Чоловиќ, 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.
Personal life
Colovic was born in Skopje in 1976, and holds a BA in English Language and Literature.
He speaks
English,
Spanish,
Italian,
Russian,
Macedonian
Macedonian most often refers to someone or something from or related to Macedonia.
Macedonian(s) may specifically refer to:
People Modern
* Macedonians (ethnic group), a nation and a South Slavic ethnic group primarily associated with North M ...
,
Serbian
Serbian may refer to:
* someone or something related to Serbia, a country in Southeastern Europe
* someone or something related to the Serbs, a South Slavic people
* Serbian language
* Serbian names
See also
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*
* Old Serbian (disambiguat ...
and
Bulgarian language.
He has one sister, biologist
Ana Colovic Lesoska.
Chess career
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, and had the best result on the Macedonian team (7 out of 10) at the
42nd Chess Olympiad
The 42nd Chess Olympiad ( az, 42-ci Şahmat Olimpiadası; also known as the Baku Chess Olympiad), organised by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) and comprising an openAlthough sometimes referred to as the "men's division", this ...
.
Colovic has also worked as a chess coach, with his student,
Marina Brunello, winning a gold medal at the
43rd Chess Olympiad
The 43rd Chess Olympiad ( ka, 43-ე საჭადრაკო ოლიმპიადა, ''43-e sach’adrak’o olimp’iada''; also known as the Batumi Chess Olympiad), organised by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) and c ...
. In 2017, with Colovic coaching the Macedonian women national team, the team came in 20th place at the
European Team Chess Championship in Crete.
References
External links
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Aleksandar Colovicchess games at 365Chess.com
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Chess grandmasters
People from Macedonia (region)
1976 births
Living people
Macedonian chess players
Sportspeople from Skopje