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Aleksandar Čoloviḱ

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Aleksandar Čoloviḱ
Aleksandar Čoloviḱ in 2014
CountryNorth Macedonia
Born (1976-01-06) January 6, 1976 (age 48)
Skopje, Macedonia
TitleGrandmaster (2013)
FIDE rating2413 (October 2024)
Peak rating2516 (November 2013)

Aleksandar Čoloviḱ (Macedonian: Александар Чоловиќ) is a Macedonian chess grandmaster. In 2016, Čoloviḱ 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

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Čoloviḱ 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

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Čoloviḱ 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]

Čoloviḱ 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 Čoloviḱ coaching the Macedonian women national team, the team came in 20th place at the European Team Chess Championship in Crete.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ "The ACP Board - ACP". www.chessprofessionals.org. Retrieved 2021-05-15.
  2. ^ "Learning Languages I". GM Alex Colovic. 2020-05-13. Retrieved 2021-05-15.
  3. ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 42nd Olympiad Baku 2016 Open". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2021-05-15.
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