Lecturers

GM Ivan Sokolov

GM Loek Van Wely

  • Rank: 2620
  • Highest rank: 2714 , 10th in the world
  • 8-times Dutch champion
  • 2-times European team champion ( 2001&2005)
  • European club champion 1999
  • 3rd place World junior under 16 Innsbruck 1987
  • Quater Finalist World Cup Groningen 1997
  • Various nation club titles in The Netherlands, Germany, France, Spain, Iceland
  • Winner of various tournaments: Berliner Sommer 1991, Capablanca Memorial 1994, World Open 1994, Najdorf Buenos Aires 1995, New York Open 1996, Rubinstein Memorial 1999, Amsterdam open 2002, Foxwoods 2006, Chicago open 2010
  • Trainer of Kamsky in match with Karpov Elista 1996
  • Trainer of Topalov in Dortmund candidates 2002
  • Trainer of Kramnik in World Championships Mexico 2007 & Tal Memorial Moscow 2007
  • Trainer of many Dutch juniors through the years

GM Alojzije Jankovic (guest lecturer)

  • Multiple cadet and junior Croatian champion, Individual Champion in 2015
  • Grandmaster from 2006, career high ELO rating 2593
  • Winner of several Open and robin tournaments, team cups and rapid tournaments
  • Multiple representative of the Croatian National Team
  • With Croatian National Team in European Team Championship 2017 shared 3rd place
  • Head Coach of the Croatian delegation in the World Youth Championship in South Africa 2014 and Greece 2015
  • Author of more then 70 articles in ”Sahovski glasnik” – Croatian Chess Federation monthly chess magazine with tradition for almost 100 years (starting from 1925) with the role of Editor-in-Chief 2015-2018.
  • Co-author of the opening book ”The Richter-Rauzer Reborn” – Thinkers Publishing 2014 with the updated edition in 2019
  • Author of the book “ The Grandmaster Mindset“ released in 2020
  • Guest Lecturer at the Grensboro US Chess Master 2013
  • Contributor of FIDE Trainers’ Commission surveys 2015
  • Author in New In Chess Yearbooks
  • Lecturer at FIDE and European Chess Union trainers seminars