GM Alex Colovic - Author at TheChessWorld Blog
GM Alex Colovic is a professional chess player from North Macedonia, holding the Grandmaster title since 2013.
He is also a chess blogger, author, and trainer. He was elected as the General Secretary of the Association of Chess Professionals in 2016 and as its president in 2019.
He has a peak rating of 2516 and is currently ranked 6th in his country.
He grew up watching the Karpov-Kasparov matches in the 1980s and was fascinated by their stories.
He has authored numerous online courses and coaches students. He is fluent in English, Spanish, Russian, Italian, Serbian and Macedonian.
Chess Articles by GM Alex Colovic
The #1 Chess Principle – Simple, Yet Very Effective
In this post, I would like to show a very simple, yet very effective chess principle that is present in every game of chess. While our opponent’s moves are providing vital information about their intentions, still we often fail to understand them in their entirety. By entirety, I mean not only understanding their intention, but […]Smooth Chess: Playing
Smooth Chess: After the closing ceremony of the European Individual Championship that crowned him a champion, I had a chance to talk with the rising Russian star Vladislav Artemiev. A humble fellow, but one that knows his talents. He knows he is good, though he also knows he needs to work more if he is […]Fortresses – What do you need to know?
“I don’t believe in fortresses.” – Magnus Carlsen I understand Carlsen’s famous quote, not at face value, but rather as an understanding of chess’s nearly infinite possibilities. Carlsen himself has shown in a lot of his games and how seemingly easily drawn games can be won by finding hidden resources in the position. Still, fortresses […]The Line 7.Nd5 Against the Sveshnikov Sicilian
7.Nd5 Against Sveshnikov Sicilian: For the first time since 2012, when Boris Gelfand used it as his mainstay weapon with Black after 1 e4 against Viswanathan Anand in their World Championship Match, the Sveshnikov Sicilian returned to the biggest scene in this year’s World Championship match between Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana. In a curious […]Rossolimo Sicilian – World Championship Choice
Rossolimo Sicilian and how is it a World Championship Choice? The World Championship match is always at the forefront of chess theory. The openings and variations played have been subjected to profound months-long study by teams of analysts supported by powerful hardware, meaning that they are of the highest quality. This is understandable because nobody […]How to Face Unpleasant Chess Openings?
Unpleasant Chess Openings: There comes a moment in every chess player’s game preparation when he is faced with a variation he would not really like to see on the board. Let us take as an example the situation when a King’s Indian player faces the prospect of playing against the Exchange Variation. In such a […]5 Positional Chess Ideas You Must Know
It is not easy to achieve positional mastery. The reason is that in order to do so one must follow the path of the development of chess since Morphy up until today. To give you a better idea here is a very brief description of what you would learn. Here is an (in)complete list of […]How To Become Better At Defense?
Become Better At Defense by doing this. Everybody wants to attack. Sac, sac, mate, the ideal game for many club players. But what about the poor player on the receiving end? I can assure you that he does not derive the same pleasure! As much as we would want to, it simply is not possible […]How to Improve at Chess for Adult Players? [a secret revealed]
Chess for Adult Players: How frustrating is to observe kids make leaps and bounds with seemingly no work while we adults work so hard and yet we barely make progress! While it is true that sooner or later everybody reaches a plateau, I think there are other, hidden factors at work when it comes to […]Good Knight vs. Bad Bishop
We all know the “normal” situation when the dominating knight is humiliating the poor bishop. Here is a “pure” example with only the relevant pieces on the board. However, in chess, as in life, things are rarely this simple. In the course of my career, I have discovered quite a few situations when the “bad” […]
