Alojzije Janković
Janković, 2012
CountryCroatia
Born (1983-04-02) 2 April 1983
Vinkovci, Croatia
TitleGrandmaster (2006)
FIDE rating2550 (January 2024)
Peak rating2593 (January 2017)

Alojzije Janković (born 2 April 1983) is a Croatian chess player. He holds the title of Grandmaster, which FIDE awarded him in 2006. His peak Elo rating is 2593.[1]

Chess career

Also in 2006 Janković won the Zagreb Open tournament,[2] held in his native city.[3] He was multiple-time cadet and junior Croatian champion. He shared first place in the Croatian Championship in 2010 and won it in January 2015 to become the 2014 champion of Croatia.[4] Janković played many times for the Croatian national team.[5] His other successes are: winning Sarajevo 2006[6] Sabadell Open 2008,[7] International Styrian Open 2014,[8] winning Mitropa cups in 2004[9] and 2013,[10] shared first at Sitges Open 2008[11]...

He was the editor-in-chief of Šahovski glasnik (Chess Journal), the monthly magazine of the Croatian Chess Federation. Janković co-authored the book The Richter-Rauzer Reborn, published by Thinkers Publishing in 2014.[12] with second edition in 2019.[13] He is an author of the book “ The Grandmaster Mindset“ by Thinkers Publishing, released in 2020.[14]

In 2020 his OFEL conference paper “Chess as a Powerful Educational Tool for Successful People” was published in a scientific journal.[15] Contributor to the New in Chess Yearbooks[16]

He is also the host of the weekly 20 minutes show "Šahovski komentar" (Chess Commentary), aired every Sunday on the HRT 3. He holds titles of Fide Trainer and FIDE Organizer. Janković is the Fide Zone 1.2. President with member countries(Israel, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia and Kosovo).[17] Also he is the Vice President of Croatian Association for Sport Management[18] and board member of Mediterranean Chess Association.[19]

He finished the Faculty of Economics in Zagreb[20] and Sport management Master study at Aspira University College.[21]

Currently he is working as the Secretary General of the Croatian Chess Federation[22] and as the Vice President of European Chess Union.[23]

References

  1. ↑ Alojzije Jankovic rating card at FIDE
  2. ↑ Crowther, Mark (2006-01-23). "TWIC 585: Zagreb Open". The Week in Chess. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
  3. ↑ Title Applications. 1st quarter Presidential Board Meeting 2018, April 6-9, Minsk, Belarus. FIDE.
  4. ↑ "GM Alojzije Jankovic is 2015 [sic] Croatian champion". Chessdom. 2015-01-22. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
  5. ↑ Alojzije Janković team chess record at Olimpbase.org
  6. ↑ "The Week in Chess 602". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
  7. ↑ "I Open Internacional de Sabadell". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
  8. ↑ "International Styrian-Open A Turnier". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
  9. ↑ "23rd MITROPA Cup 2004". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
  10. ↑ "32rd MITROPA Cup 2013". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
  11. ↑ "34 OPEN INTERNACIONAL "VILA DE SITGES"". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
  12. ↑ Kozul, Zdenko; Jankovic, Alojzje (2014). The Richter Rauzer Reborn: restyle your repertoire with the razor-sharp Kozul variation. Thinkers Publishing. ISBN 978-9082256604.
  13. ↑ "The Richter Rauzer Reborn, The Kozul Variation - Thinkers Publishing". Retrieved 2021-04-11.
  14. ↑ "The Grandmaster Mindset - A First Course to Chess Improvement - Thinkers Publishing". Retrieved 2021-04-11.
  15. ↑ Janković, Alojzije; Novak, Ivan (2019). "Chess as a Powerful Educational Tool for Successful People". Proceedings of the OFEL 2019- 7th International OFEL Conference on Governance, Management and Entrepreneurship: 425.
  16. ↑ "Alojzije Jankovic - Yearbook Surveys - New In Chess". secure.newinchess.com. Archived from the original on 2021-04-11. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
  17. ↑ "FIDE Zonal Council FIDE Directory". ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
  18. ↑ "Hrvatska asocijacija za sportski menadžment". Hrvatska asocijacija za sportski menadžment |. 2018-06-21. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
  19. ↑ "Mediterranean Chess Association (MCA) FIDE Directory". ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
  20. ↑ d.o.o, Globaldizajn. "Home". www.efzg.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2021-04-11.
  21. ↑ "Aspira University College". ASPIRA University College. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
  22. ↑ "Croatia FIDE Directory". ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
  23. ↑ https://ratings.fide.com/profile/14505959
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