Ján Marko? (born July 2, 1985) is a Slovak chess grandmaster and three-time national champion.
He is a regular contributor to the Moderný ?ach magazine, as well as the Novoborský ?achový server and the ChessFriends.com News section. He graduated in Philosophy and Evangelical theology in Prague.
Video Ján Marko?
Career
Marko? learned to play chess from his sister at age six. He was trained by ?tefan Blaho, Róbert Tibenský and ?ubomír Ftá?nik. In 1997, Marko? became Slovak champion in the under 12 category and subsequently in the U14 and U16. In 2000, he won the Under 16 section of the European Youth Chess Championships. In the same year, he also won for the first time the Slovak Chess Championship in Zvolen. Marko? won the Slovak championship again in 2011 and 2012. He was awarded the title of International Master in 2001. He finished second in the national championships of 2006, behind Tomá? Petrík, and 2007, behind Sergei Movsesian. In 2007, Marko? gained the Grandmaster title. In 2012 he won the 2nd Riga Technical University Open.
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Team competitions
He played for the Slovak national team at the Chess Olympiads of 2000, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2010 and 2014, at the European Team Chess Championship of 2001 in León, Spain, at the European Under-18 Team Chess Championship in 2000 and 2001, and at the Mitropa Cups of 2002, 2008 and 2014.
He also plays in the Slovak Extraleague for "Slovan Bratislava", in the Czech Extraliga for "Novoborský ?K" (formerly for "Zlín"), in the German Bundesliga for "SF Berlin" (formerly "Bindbach"), in the Austrian Bundensliga for "Lackenbach" (formerly "Pamhagen").
Books
- Markos, Jan (2008). Beat the KID!. Quality Chess. ISBN 978-1-906552-15-2.
References
External links
- Jan Markos chess games at 365Chess.com
- Ján Marko? player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Ján Marko? team chess record at Olimpbase.org
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