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European Club Cup Round 7 and the Closing Ceremony
Linex Magic Merida and Cercle d'Echecs de Monte-Carlo
are the champions of the ECC 2007
Linex Magic and Cercle d’Eches Monter Carlo are Winners of the European Club Cup 2007 European Club 2007 is over. Yesterday, the final round games were played and after the closing ceremony the organization was completed. In men’s section Linex Merida won the event with 13 points followed by Ural Sverdlovskaya with 12 points. The third place was shared by Tomsk-400 and Baden Baden but the winner of the last two years Tomsk-400 got the bronze medal.
In women's section AVS Krasnotourinsk won 3-1 against Monte-Carlo but it was only enough for eqalizing the points with their opponents but not getting the gold medal. Both teams were followed by MIKA Yerevan, Southern Ural Cheliabinsk and Finec St.Petersburg but the Armenian side got the bronze.
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You can find more details about the closing ceremony and the last round at the link below.
After the Penultimate, Before the Ultimate in ECC
Crucial fights were staged in the penultimate round of European Club Cup in Kemer, Antalya. After Round 6, Linex Merida is leading with 11 points in men. They have to fight successfully against Saratov in the final round while Bosna Sarejevo and Ural Sverdlovskaya are in close range for the struggle for the 2007 European Club Cup title.
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New videos including a short interview with World Champion GM Vishwanathan Anand,GM Humpy Koneru, President of Monaco Chess Federation Jean-Michel Rapaire and the 2007 European Champion and runner-up in French Championship GM Vlad Tkachiev.
Atatürk Chess Festival in Seyhan, Adana
Atatürk Chess Festival won By IM Sulashvili
GENERAL BLITZ UNDER 16
Atatürk Chess Festival was held in Seyhan, Adana under the auspices of Seyhan Municipality between 1-11 November.
Atatürk Chess Festival was won by IM Malkhaz Sulashvili from Georgia with 8 points followed by second place shared by Davit Zarkua(Georgia) and former Turkish champion IM Turhan Yılmaz.
Under 16 Category was won by Umut Abit with 6,5 points followed by Ahmet Ölçüm with 6 points and the third place was taken by Mustafa İnkaya.
The Blitz event was won by Davit Zarkua(Georgia) with 9 points followed by second place shared by GM Konstantin Shanava(Georgia) and Nidjat Agayev(Azerbaijan).
The venue of the event is Kahraman Olgaç Chess Centre (Honorary President of TCF Kahraman Olgaç was born in Adana).
Applauses For Anand
Round 5 in European Club Cup
In round 5 of European Club Cup Vishy Anand played his first game in the event against GM Kazhgalayev. He was welcome by applauses when he entered the hall and took his seat. After Round 5, Ural Sverdlovsk, Tomsk-400 and Linex Merida are sharing the first place with 9 points. In women's event, Monaco is leading with 9 points followed by Southern Ural Cheliabinsk and Fince St.Petersburg.
European Club Cup Round 4, Anand In the Hall
Alkaloid Leads After 4, Monte Carlo and Tbilisi Head-to Head
and Anand In the Hall
In Round 4 Alkaloid won against Keystone with a marginal 3.5-2.5 win to become the sole leader of Men's European Club Cup with 8 points. Baden Baden made a draw against Bosna Sarajevo while Tomsk-400 and Ural Sverdlovskaya were not able to grab 2 points from their encounter.
In women's ECC, Tbilisi and Monte Carlo, faced each other. The strong Monaco team was the rating favorite but the match ended as a draw. World Champion Vishwanathan Anand came to the tournament hall to hail the congratulations.
You can view the second report at the ChessBase web site in English here. There are report in every round at Spanish and German page of ChessBase.
In the link below, there is the round 4 report including Anand's visit to the tourbnament hall. You can also view Tournament Page to view live games and live results.
Round 3 in ECC and Photos
Ural in Men, Monaco in Women Leads After 3
During the rounds you can watch the live results from the Live Scores link at the Tournament Page. All results are updated approximately every 15 minutes. Also, a new service provided by TCF web sites for the first time is viewing the games on the Internet without downloading PGN files. After PGN files of older rounds are uploaded on the Tournament Page, you will be able to see PGN View links at the Results section.
There are new videos available on the VIDEOS link of the Tournament Page.
European Club Cup: Getting Tougher
Round 2 saw the beginnings of tough fights. The match between Economist Saratov and Tomsk-400 was an interesting one, ended as 1.5-4.5 in favor of Tomsk-400, the reigning champions. Israeli Ashdod City Club and Spanish Linex Magic-Merida made draw against each other.
In women’s European Club Cup, on the first board top seed Cerle d’Echecs de Monte Carlo scored 3-1 against SK T-Com Podgorica. Young Indian star GM Humpy Koneru won against WGM Natalia Zhukova while former world champion GM Zhu Chen won against IM Anna Ushenina and the other games ended as a draw. AVS Krasnotourinsk -led by current world women’s world champion GM Xu Yuhua and former world champion GM Antoaneta Stefanova- won their encounter against Ladya Kazan.
You can see recently updated videos on the Tournament Page.
Opening Ceremony of European Club Cup
In European Club 2007, there are 56 teams participating in 23rd European Club Cup for Men and 18 teams participating in 12th European Club Cup for Women. The reigning champions for the last two years in men, Tomsk-400 and last years' winner for women Mika Yerevan are in Kemer to defend their titles.
European Club Cup Opening Ceremony took place in Limra Hotel on 2 October 2007 at 9 p.m. During the ceremony FIDE Vice President and CEO of Global Chess BV Geoffrey Borg, TCF President Ali Nihat Yazıcı, ECU Board Member Werner Stubenvoll and Deputy Governor of Antalya Fazlı Akgün delivered protocol speeches. The speeches are available at the link below.
Grup Akdeniz Yıldızı made a performance showing excerpts from Turkish Folk Dances.
The list of the teams for both men and women are finalized. The stars of chess who are going to play in European Club Cup is now exact. Newly crowned World Champion Vishwanathan Anand's name is on the final version of the team lists while ex-world chamipon Veselin Topalov's name, whose name was initially present is not present in the final team lists.
First Round in European Club Cup
Upsets in the First Round
23rd European Club Cup for Men and 12th European Club Cup for Women started with the first round in Antalya, Kemer. Ther big suprise in the team results was the Kosovian Club Prishtina winning against Strasbourg Chess Club with a field including grandmasters despite having much lower ratings. See the link below to see the individual upsets including a former world champion and two former world championship contender.
You can see the videos prepeared at VIDEOS link of the Tournament Page. A video from the Opening Ceremony is available on the link.
The New King of Chess: Vishwanathan Anand
Anand: "You can imagine how I feel..."
Svidler,P - Grischuk,A 1 - 0
Anand,V - Leko,P ½ - ½
Morozevich,A - Gelfand,B ½ - ½
Kramnik,V - Aronian,L 1 - 0
World Championship 2007 which was held in Mexico City is concluded with the victory of Indian superstar Vishwanathan Anand. Anand won the event with 9 points in 13 rounds undefeated. Kramnik, the ex-champion won his last game with the title against Aronian to join runner-up throughout the event Gelfand and beat him in tie-breaks. In 2008, Anand will face Kramnik for defending his World Championship title. Press conference of the new world champion, crosstable and summary of the rounds of the final round are available at the link below.
TCF was one of the official partners of the organization and gave technical support to the web site.
A Great Upset in Two Greatest Computers' Match
Zappa Wins Against Rybka : 5.5-4.5
The strongest computers in the world, World Champion among computers and the engine of many professional players, Rybka faced the runner-up in the world championship and ex-world champion in 2005 faced each other. The result can be considered as a major upset since Zappa won narrowly against Rybka. Many authorities predicted that Rybka would won comfortably.
Erdoğan Güneş from Turkey is preparing the opening book of the programme who was sponsored in some tournaments by TCF. The programmer of Zappa is Anthony Cozzie from USA as you can see Zappa Team together in the photo above.
Before the Ultimate Round: Anand Still Leading, Gelfand Not Giving Up
Rounds 12 and 13: Anand Leading with a 1 Point Gap
Final Day in Mexico
Aronian,L - Svidler,P ½ - ½
Gelfand,B - Kramnik,V ½ - ½
Leko,P - Morozevich,A 1 - 0
Grischuk,A - Anand,V ½ - ½
After Rounds 12 and 13 Vishwanathan Anand is still leading with a one point gap. In Round 12, Gelfand and Kramnik won against Aronian and Leko respectively. In Round 13, Anand gained a draw against Grischuk in a rook ending with a pawn down but still managed to draw.
Gelfand, drawing against Kramnik finished his opponent's slight hopes of defending the title. Anand, now having 8.5 points is facing Leko in the final round and a draw would be enough for Madras Tiger to become the new world champion. While the only chance for veteran of the event, Gelfand is beating Morozevich with black pieces and pray for Anand to lose. You can find the crosstable, final round pairings and the summary of round 12 at the link below.
Stars of Chess in European Club Cup
The Elite Players in the World Coming to Kemer, Antalya
23rd European Club Cup for Men and 12th European Club Cup for Women are going to be held in Limra Hotel, Antalya, Turkey between 2-10 October . Limra Hotel will host the numerous strongest grandmasters including:
Newly crowned world champion Vishwanathan Anand, ex-world champions Rustam Kasımdzhanov and Ruslan Ponamariov, Ukranian genius who going number 2 in the upcoming FIDE rating list Vassily Ivanchuk, contenders of world championship title in Mexico, Peter Svidler, Alexander Morozevich and Alexander Grischuk among with a former contender Gata Kamsky,
Azerbaijani stars Shakriyar Mamedyarov and Teimur Radjabov, and "Mozart of Chess" Magnus Carlsen and Ukraninan prodigy Sergey Karjakin,
and 62 players in the top 100 list of FIDE rating list is going to playing in Antalya. First Turkish GM Suat Atalık is going to be a member of the team Bosna Sarajevo led by Turkish-speaking Vassily Ivanchuk, one of the favourites for the title.
What about the ladies ?
World Champion GM Xu Yuhua, 13-year-old Chinese star WGM Hou Yifan, GM Humpy Koneru a strong candidate for Women's World Championship in the future,
Former world champion and winner of "Linares of women chess" Krasnotourinsk 2007 GM Zhu Chen, former world champion GM Antoaneta Stefanova, Ukranian youngster and former European Champion IM Kateryna Lahno and many other big names. 26 of the top 50 women in FIDE rating list is going to play in European Club Cup.
You can find the details about the organization of the even at the tournament web site. Finalized version of the teams are available on the tournament page which you can reach by clicking the link below.
Madras Tiger Approaching The Title
Only Winner is the Sole Leader in Round 11: Anand
Gelfand,B - Svidler, S ½ - ½
Leko,P - Aronian, L ½ - ½
Grischuk,A - Kramnik,V ½ - ½
Anand,V - Morozevich,A 1 - 0
Anand won a crucial and instructive game against Morozevich to increase his lead in the tournament to 1.5 points leading with 7.5 points after Round 11. Gelfand is following with 6 after drawing against Svidler. 3-5.places are shared by Kramnik, Leko and Aronian. Today is the final free day in the event.
World Championship Rounds 8-10: Anand Consolidates His Lead
Madras Tiger Slowly Approaching to the Victory
Svidler,P - Morozevich,A ½ - ½
Kramnik,V - Anand, V ½ - ½
Aronian,L - Grischuk,A 1 - 0
Gelfand,B - Leko ,P ½ - ½
Vishy Anand leading the event after round 10 after gaining a draw in a crucial and interesting struggle against World Champion Vladimir Kramnik. Aronian won against Grischuk and all the other games ended as a draw. Gelfand is following Anand at 6.5 , with 5.5. Kramnik, Leko and Aronian are sharing 3-5.places with 5 points.
WFM Kübra Öztürk European Under 16 Champion Again
WFM Kübra Öztürk Defends Her European Under 16 Title
One of the young stars of Turkish chess, WFM Kübra Öztürk defended her "European Under 16 Champion" title in European Youth Championship held in Sibenik, Croatia between 13-24 September. She scored 7.5 points in 9 rounds to defend her title. WFM Öztürk's main rival was WFM Mariya Muzychuk none other than the younger Muzychuk renowned in the chess world who is playing in THY Team in İş Bankası Chess League. WFM Öztürk is also playing for Beşiktaş JK, the title holders in İş Bankası Chess League.
Kübra's second consecutive gold medal is covered in various newspapers in Turkey today. The Turkish team that participated in European Youth Festival 2007 arrived in Turkey and TCF President Ali Nihat Yazıcı, General Secretary Hakan Aktaç and officials from Türkiye İş Bankası, the main sponsor of TCF that has already contributed a lot to Turkish chess met the Turkish team arriving to İstanbul Atatürk Airport.
IM Emre Can was at the fourth place of the final rankings of Under 18 General Category collecting 6.5 points in 9 rounds with a performance of 2567. IM Can already holds a GM Norm.
Official Web Site (European Youth Festival)
ChessBase Report on Kübra's Nomination as Sportsperson of the Year-1
ChessBase Report on Kübra's Nomination as Sportsperson of the Year-2
CONGRATULATIONS !!
Anand Leading At the End of First Half
Anand Takes Sole Lead Again
Svidler,P - Aronian,L ½ - ½
Kramnik,V - Gelfand,B ½ - ½
Morozevich,A - Leko,P ½ - ½
Anand,V - Grischuk,A 1 -0
The highest rated player in the world, Madras Tiger won an important and a nice game against Grischuk in an Anti-Marshall Ruy Lopez. The other games ended as a draw but Gelfand defended tenaciously against all efforts of world champion Kramnik who tried to gain some advantage in Semi-Slav. Now, Anand took the sole lead with 5 points followed by Gelfand with 4.5 points. Reigning world champion Kramnik is at the third place with 4 points.
Mexico After Round 5: Anand, Gelfand and Grischuk Wins
Anand Leading with 3.5, Gelfand and Grischuk joins Kramnik at the Second Place
Anand,V - Svidler,P 1 - 0
Grischuk,A - Morozevich,A 1 - 0
Leko,P - Kramnik,V ½ - ½
Gelfand,B - Aronian,L 1 - 0
In the fifth round Anand won against Svidler to take the sole lead in the event with 3.5 out 5. Kramnik played Leko in a game that the balance did not change much, eventually ending as a draw. Gelfand won against Aronian to join Kramnik as Grischuk did against Morozevich.
World Championship After Round 6
Gelfand Joins Anand at the Top of Tournament Table
Grischuk,A - Svidler,P ½ - ½
Leko,P - Anand,V ½ - ½
Gelfand,B - Morozevich,A 1 - 0
Aronian,L - Kramnik,V ½ - ½
Gelfand, the oldest player of the world championship but definitely young in terms of spirit won against Morozevich after outplaying Muscovites' overambitious play. After this result, he joined Anand at 4 points who made a draw against Leko. Aronian-Kramnik was a draw not that exciting but Grischuk-Svidler was full of rich possibilites nevertheless ended as a draw after perpetual check. Anand and Gelfand is leading the tournament after round 6 followed by Kramnik and Grischuk.
Mexico After Round 4:Aronian Arrives in Mexico
Aronian Won, Others Drew
Svidler,P - Gelfand,B ½ - ½
Aronian,L - Leko,P 1 - 0
Kramnik,V - Grischuk,A ½ - ½
Morozevich,A - Anand,V ½ - ½
Round 4 was played on the Independence Day of the hosting country Mexico. Kramnik and Anand, two main favourites were close to win against Grischuk and Morozevich respectively but they did not manage to while Aronian who was at the last place won against Leko and jumped out of there. TCF President Ali Nihat Yazıcı is taking pictures for ChessBase in the championship. Today is the first free day.
World Championship Round 3
Morozevich, A - Svidler, P 1 - 0
Anand, V - Kramnik, V ½ - ½
Grischuk,A - Aronian,L ½ - ½
Leko,P - Gelfand,B ½ - ½
In the third round, Morozevich won against Svidler while Anand was a pawn down in a double rook endgame against reigning world champion but achieved the draw. Grischuk-Aronian ended as a draw after a complicated struggle. Leko-Gelfand was the longest struggle of the day and first Leko seemed to have advantage but Gelfand suddenly has his second opportunity to win a game with black pieces but in the queen ending he did not manage to win.
After Siesta, The Fest Begins
Favourites Started Their March
Svidler,P - Leko,P ½ - ½
Gelfand,B - Grischuk,A ½ - ½
Aronian,L - Anand, V 0 - 1
Kramnik,V - Morozevich,A 1 - 0
In the second round, exciting battles started. World Champion Kramnik won against Morozevich after an exciting and unexpectedly sharp struggle in Catalan. Anand, a former FIDE world champion, and one of the main contenders of the title, won against Aronian with black in a breath taking battle. Gelfand-Grischuk was a draw but it was after a positional fight. Svidler was also close to winning against Leko in Marshall and his choice might initiate a new fashion in the Marshall Attack.
World Championship in Mexico Started
A Silent First Round in Mexico
In the first round of the 2007 World Championship in Mexico City, no one decided to to fire their guns. All of the games ended as a draw. The results of the first round is as follows:
V,Kramnik - P, Svidler ½ - ½
A,Morozevich - L,Aronian ½ - ½
V,Anand - B,Gelfand ½ - ½
A,Grischuk - P,Leko ½ - ½
TCF President Ali Nihat Yazici is reporting for ChessBase. You can see his first report about the technical meeting here and his second report after the opening ceremony here.
18th NATO Chess Championship is Over
Vaznonis and Germany won the Individual and Team Titles
18th Nato Chess Championship is over. The individual category was won by Vytautas Vaznonis(2315) from Lithuania with 6/7. The second place was shared by Mark Helbig (2334) and Phillip Mai (2300) both from Germany with 5.5. Germany won the team event followed by Poland and Netherlands. The best game prize went to Mai from Germany for his performance in round 5 game.
You can see a ChessBase report about the event also showing pictures of top seed Elisabeth Paethz in action (of her non-chess career) from here. You can check the players, results and pictures from the tournament page by clicking here.
Yakup Erturan Achieved First GM Norm
IM Yakup Erturan Achieved a GM Norm
IM Yakup Erturan achieved his first GM-norm with 2601 performance after scoring 6/9 in 27th International Chess Festival in Conca della Presolana between 23-31 August 2007. The event was won by GMs Burmakin and Cebalo.
CONGRATULATIONS!!
Global Chess Offices Opened in Amsterdam
Global Chess offices opened in Amsterdam on August 19, 2007. There was also a Board meeting with FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, Chairman Bessel Kok, CEO Geoffrey Borg and Directors Alexey Orlov. Global Chess also has other offices in Moscow, Lausanne and Prag.
There were simultaneous exhibitions, blitz sessions and studies by players including renowned Grandmaster and one of the most influential pundits in the world Yasser Seirawan, New In Chess columnist GM Hans Ree, WGM Tea Lanchava, IM Hans Bohm, WFM and WIM Bensdorp sisters.
As Turkish Chess Federation, we wish good luck to Global Chess BV and FIDE in their work to promote our royal game.
Source: FIDE Web Site Press Release
Rubinstein Memorial 2007
Socko and Kuzubov Shared the First Place with 5.5
43rd Rubinstein Memorial took place in Polanica Zdroj. After an exciting final round GM Socko and GM Kuzubov shared the first place with 5.5 points. Atalık lost his first and the last game against Polish youngster GM Bartel while he had drawn in the previous rounds. You can see the other participants, results and what Akiba Rubinstein played here (the starting position of his second brilliant maneuver against David Janowski).
"Come, Come, Whoever You Are"
Georgian IMs at the Top in International Mevlana Chess Festival in Konya
OPEN UNDER 16 BLITZ
International Mevlana Chess Festival was held in Konya between 18-29 September 2007. Governorship of Konya and Turkish Chess Federation are the main sponsors of the event. You can check the regulations from the link below. The total prize fund is 15,000 USD.
The open tournament was won by GM Konstantine Shanava with 8 points followed by IMs Davit Magalashvili and IM Malkhaz Sulashvili sharing 2-3.places with 7 points.
The Under16 event was won by Ahmet Karagölllü while Blitz event was won by FM Muhammad from Syria followed by IM Sulashvili from Georgia with 9 and FM Hamad from Syria with 8.
Mevlânâ Celâleddîn Rûmî (in Turkey known es "Mevlânâ", in the international literature mostly referred as "Rumi") was a 13th century Muslim poet, jurist and theologian. The year 2007, which is 800th Anniversary of the Birth of Rumi is claimed as the "International Rumi Year" by UNESCO. "Come, come whoever you are" is the first verse of one of his most renowned poems. You can learn more about this great figure from the link at the top of the news item.
Tournament Regulations Who is Mevlana? Baykara Hotel Mevlana Year Logo
İzmir International Open Finished
IM Sanikidze Wins 6th İzmir International Open
The annual İzmir International Open was organized between 8 to 18 September 2007. The top seed of the event was the winner of İstanbul Open 2007, GM Mikhail Gurevich. GM Suat Atalık is playing in the event. There are 6 GMs, 8 IMs, 3 FMs, 1 WGM and 3 WIMs in the tournament.
IM Tornike Sanikidze won the event with 8/9 after the last round draw against IM Malkhaz Sulashvili who shared 2-4.places together with GM Suat Atalık and GM Konstantine Shanava with 7.5.
You can follow the games live from Başkent Stadium.
Acropolis Open
Acropolis 2007 won by GM Smirin
The famous international Acropolis Open was held in Athens, Greece from 14 to 22 August.
GM Ilia Smirin won the event after leading the event most of the time with 7/9. He was followed by GMs Kiril Georgiev, Mircea Parligras, Dimitrios Mastrovassilis, Vadim Malathatko, Hristos Banikas ve Dmitry Svetushkin who shared 2-7. places with 6.5 points. You can reach the results of the Turkish players in the following link below.
Photo: Official Page
GM Gurevich Won 6th International Istanbul Chess Festival
6th International İstanbul Chess Festival was held between August 28 - September 8 2007. GM Mikhail Gurevich won the event with 8/9. 2-3.places were shared by GM Pantsulaia and GM Gassanov with 7.5. IM Kıvanç Haznedaroğlu who has two GM norms scored 7 points after making a draw against GM Savchenko in the final round. Tarık Selbes achieved his first IM norm with 6.5/9 and 2516 performance.
Universities category, which was organised as a team event was won by Ilia Cavchadze University(Georgia) followed by Harkov Law Academy (Ukraine). The third place was occupied by Tbilisi Humanitarian University. Tbilisi State University was the winning team of the women category of Universities, followed by Vasil Levski National Sport Academy(Bulgaria) and Ivane Javakishvili University (Georgia). In Under 16 Category, 1-3.places were shared by Sarıyev(Azerbaijan), Karabayır (Turkey) and Yaran (Turkey) with 7.5/9.
You can check the offical web site for more details about the event.
Two GM Norms in One Tournament
IMs Haznedaroğlu and Can Achieved GM Norms
IM Haznedaroğlu, who recently achieved his first GM-norm in Pardubice, played in Olomuc Gm tournament together with youngest Turkis IM Emre Can. IM Emre Can made a draw against GM Sulypa and reached 8/11 to score his first GM Norm with 2609 performance. IM Haznedaroğlu who already achieved his first norm scored the second one with 8,5/11 and 2635 performance after making a draw against GM Zakhartsov. Both players won their own closed GM tourmaments without losing a game.
CONGRATULATIONS!!
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Turkish Players in Tournaments Around the World
There are various Turkish players playing in tournaments around the world. GM Mikhail Gurevich playing in Tr at "Second Arctic Chess Challenge". The U18 National team which won the silver medal in European U18 Team Championship in Subotica is now facing the strongest teams in U16 World Chess Olympiad in Singapore. Apart from these most recent ones, there are also others. You check the link below for detailed results.
Another Step for the Future
The first stage of the development of Turkish chess, which is named "Chess in Schools" have been accomplished. Now the second step, which was planned in 2004 and to be inaugurated by 2008, "Chess in Clubs" is the next step.
From left to right: Royal Netherlands Chess Federation Board Member Erik Van Dijk, the guru of 6 Step Method Cor van Wijgerden and TCF President Ali Nihat Yazıcı signing the Turkish rights of the books
Step-By-Step program of Dutch school of chess which is one of the foremost chess school after the old and powerful Soviet Chess School. It is implemented through six work books and its Turkish rights were bought on August 4, 2007 in Amsterdam.
The online chess academy which is aimed to be initiated in november will be based on these books and the first and second books are planned to be published in the beginning of 2008.
The chess training in clubs are going to be standardized by this way and the organization of standard chess education is going to be complemented via implementation of Online Chess Academy and Step-by-Step program.
Borg:"Turkey is a model we would like to Utilize over the World"
Geoffrey Borg on Global Chess, FIDE and Sponsorship
TCF had an important visitor last week. Geoffrey Borg, CEO of Global Chess BV and Vice-President of FIDE was in Ataturk Chess Centre, central office of TCF in Ankara. Borg, is tirelessly travelling around the world nowadays. TCF Press Officer Ozgur Akman asked why he is doing so and Geoffey Borg explained how Global Chess BV and FIDE is working at the moment and planning for the future in terms of promoting chess around the world. You can read the whole interview by clicking the link below.
Library Launched
Kahraman Olgaç Library Open for Public Access
Kahraman Olgaç Library, which is in Atatürk Chess Center, Ankara is now open for public access. The classification of the pieces in the library is complete now and they will be presented in a search engine on web in the future. Any member of the federation can read the books or by paying deposit could take the books outside the library. There are about 2550 pieces in the library which includes personal collection of Honorary President of TCF, Kahraman Olgaç's personal library which he donated to the TCF last year and the ordered books. There is a collection that includes a wide spectrum from the most fashionable opening variation books to the historical copies of chess magazines. You can view the list of the books from the link below.
Turkish Trainers in FIDE Trainers' Academy
Thirteen trainers are participating the FIDE Trainer Course between in FIDE Trainers' Academy in Berlin organized between July 27 - August 3. They are attending the lectures of world-class trainers GM Yuri Razuvaev (Chairman of FIDE Trainers' Committee) and GM Uwe Boensch together with the lectures on pedagogy and psychology in chess by Dr.Marion Kauke. The successful trainers are going to achieve FIDE Trainer title after the approvals during FIDE Congress in November which is going to be in Antalya.
GM Razuvaev impressed by the interest and motivation of the trainers spoke highly about their desire to learn. TCF Board member Özgür Solakoğlu visited German Chess Federation and invited the federation to World Youth Championship in Antalya this November. He gave the poster of the event to Christian Greiser, Head of Finance in German Chess Federation.
A Historical GM Norm by Haznedaroğlu
IM Haznedaroğlu Scored Hist First GM-Norm
IM Kıvanç Haznedaroğlu scored his first GM-norm in Pardubice Open , Open GM Category with 7 out of 9, with a performance of 2610. He also shared 3-14. places in the strong open with 239 titled players including 56 GMs, 86 IMs, 4 WGMs, 15 WIMs, 69 FMs and 9 FMs. This is the first GM norm scored by Turkish player after GM Suat Atalık. You can check his performance from here. GM Efstratios Grivas, the trainer of the national men's team analyzed the last round game that Kivanc needed to win in order to achieve his norm, you can check the game by clicking one the link.
Congratulations!
Geoffrey Borg in TCF
FIDE Vice President and CEO of Global Chess, the recently founded company working for the promotion of chess on a global scale, Geoffrey Borg is visiting Atatürk Chess Centre, the central TCF office in Ankara. Borg, who is recently travelling around different corners of the world, promoting our royal game is showing Turkey as a model for promoting chess on a mass scale as he is one of the closest observer of the development of chess in Turkey.
Women's National Team Camp in Slovenia
Women's National Team Camp took place in Maribor, Slovenia between July 22-29. The players attending the camp are WIM Zehra Topel, WIM Betül Cemre Yıldız, WFM Kübra Öztürk and WFM Aslı Bayrak, who are already experienced members of the national team are accompanied by younger players Gözde Deniz Altunkeser and Emel Kaya. You can also check the web site of Slovenian Chess Federation for more details.
Troya Chess Tournament
15. Troya Chess Tournament will be held from 04-12 August 2007. The venue of the event is Canakkale Municipality Hall.
You can see the details of 15. Troya Chess Tournament in the Regulation below.
Under 18 National Teams in Subotica
European Under 18 Team Championship was held between July 7-14 in Subotica, Serbia. Boys won 3.5-0.5 against Serbia-2 and took the second place with the better tie-break with Croatia. Hungaria became the European U18 Champion with 11 points followed by Turkey and Croatia with 10 points.
Girls lost against Montenegro with 1.5-0.5 and completed the event with 8 points in the fourth place.
Canadian Open 2007
GM Xiangzhi Bu won Canadian Open 2007
In the final round, GM Atalık had a draw against IM Gerzhoy and completed the event with 6.5 points despite leading the event for several rounds. IM Atalık had a draw against FM Davies and completed the event 6 points. WFM Öztürk won her second consecutive game in the event against FM Dougherty and completed the event with 6 points. GM Bu from China won the event with 8/10 followed by GM Short, GM Miton, GM Sandipan, IM Krnan and GM Sambuev with 7.5/10 , sharing 2-6.places.
Official Web Site Monroi Web Site Poster of Canadian Open 2007
Behavioural norms of players in chess events
Here is a recent press release of a FIDE Presidential Board decision published on FIDE website on new rules about behaviours of the players during the tournaments.
"Behavioural norms of players in chess events
Having discussed several recent cases in different chess tournaments where the attitude of players toward their opponent or officials, journalists etc. was not acceptable under conventional social behaviour, the FIDE Presidential Board -at the suggestion of President Ilyumzhinov- decided on setting up strict rules regarding such behaviour.
Any player who does not shake hands with the opponent (or greets the opponent in a normal social manner in accordance with the conventional rules of their society) before the game starts in a FIDE tournament or during a FIDE match (and does not do it after being asked to do so by the arbiter) or deliberately insults his/her opponent or the officials of the event, will immediately and finally lose the relevant game.
Regarding a more comprehensive set of behavioural and ethical norms to be followed, FIDE Ethics Commission and the Arbiter's Council are to elaborate guidelines for the players. The guidelines will be published on the FIDE website."
TCF strongly supports any decision taken for anticipating any such behaviours not compatible with sports ethics.
TCF in Colombia
TCF tournaments director Abdurrahman Koral is working in PR office of Pan Amerian Youth Festival. Koral received a warm welcome by Continental President Jorge Vega. Koral is going to give a speech in a conference on July 6.
Koral also met with Mayor of Medellin Sergio Fajardo Valderrama who emphasized that the level of participation to the World Youth Championship in Turkey is going to be quite high. Koral also gave a speech in the panel and then he replied the questions about World Youth Championship in Turkey.
Websites of the festival are:
http://www.ajedrezpanamericano.blogspot.com/
Turkey Clubs Championship in Konya
İSEK Aqumatch, a team consisting of GM Suat Atalık, WGM Ekaterina Atalık, trainers and players FM Tolga Demirel, Erşan Gökerman and their pupils won Turkey Clubs Championship 2007 and became the first team to qualify for Turkey İş Bank Chess League with 16 points. The other three teams to qualify for Turkey İş Bank Chess League are Adana Truva, Denizli Server Gazi Belediye and Antalya Deniz Gençlik with 13 points.
You can see the results, crosstable, board prizes etc. from the link below.
Memorandum of Understanding Signed Between Turkey and Singapore Chess Federations
A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between President of Singapore Chess Federation and General Secretary of FIDE Ignatius Leong and TCF President Ali Nihat Yazıcı on July 13, 2007 in Pattaya, Thailand during under 8 Asian Championship.
This Memorandum of Understanding was signed in order to develop the mutual cooperation between the two federations in various organizations and projects.
Press Release Memorandum of Understanding
Photo: Courtesy of Mr.Ignatius Leong
'Chess in Schools': Turkish Model
In the booklet titled "Start to Play Chess: A Beginner's Guide For School Children" published by ASEAN Chess Academy directed by FIDE General Secretary Ignatius Leong, in the section titled "Chess in Schools" the Turkish case is mentioned as "the big success story". Here is the section:
"And the facts speak for themselves: Which is the fastest growing chess federation in the world? FIDE officers debated this for years, but now all discussion has ended. It is the Turkish Chess Federation, which increased its membership from 3,000 to 150,000 in six years, and installed 12,000 chess teachers in schools. Now the TCF has moved into spanking new quarters in children studying chess in schools, 200,000 members in the Turkish Chess Federation, 25,000 certified chess teachers, 5,000 electronic clocks and 100,000 chess sets bought each year."
You can see the original version of the text from here.
Suat Atalık in Valjevo against Karpov
Atalık and Roiz Shared the First Place, Roiz Won After Tiebreak
Category 15 Valjevo Tournament was concluded after the final round. The decisive in the course of the event between GMs Roiz and Atalık ended as a draw. They ended the tournament with 6.5/9. GM Michael Roiz had the better tiebreak and claimed as first. You can find more information about the sponsors of the tournament and the participants at the link below.
FIDE and Global Chess: News Updated
According to a press release published on FIDE web site, in accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding signed last December, Global Chess is officially assigned the task of organizing world chess championships and Chess Olmypiads and attracting sponsors for the events. See the news item published on FIDE website.
GM Atalik Shares First Place in Sarajevo B
Between 18-29 May 2007, in 37th edition of International Bosna Sarajevo Tournament B group, GM Suat Atalık took the first place sharing with 6/9 together with IM Stojanovic and GM Drasko.
Leko, Gelfand ,Aronian and Grischuk: Candidates for Mexico
The Candidates Matches for the 2007 World Chess Championship Tournament was held in Elista between May 26 - June 14 2007. 16 candidates faced each other in two rounds a six-game match format in order to get the four visas for the 2007 World Championship in Mexico City. Grischuk won the playoff games against Rublevsky and earned a place in 2007 World Championship.
Participants of Mexico are Anand, Svidler, Morozevich, Kramnik, Aronian, Leko, Grischuk and Gelfand.
2007 WORLD YOUTH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS
The Government of Turkey and the Turkish Chess Federation (TCF), have the honour to invite all the FIDE member Chess Federations around the world to participate in the World Youth Chess Championship 2007 (under 8, under 10, under 12, under 14, under 16 and under 18 years old - girls and boys) which will take place in Kemer-Antalya, Turkey, between November the 17th, 2007 (arrival) and November the 29th, 2007 (departure).
TCF guarantees that you will participate in one of the most professional competitions in the history of chess for the world youth championships. TCF aims for record participation in these events.
Alexander Roshal Passed Away at 71
One of the most influential chess journalists in formet Soviet Union, Russia and in the world, Alexander Borisovich Roshal died at 71. Roshal, was the editor-in-chief of the well-known Russian chess magazine, 64-Chess Review (64-Шахматное обозрение in Russian) which was closed in 1992 but then revived by none other than this respected chess journalist and former trainer.
Turkish Chess Federation expresses its sincere condolences to Roshal's family, Russian and world chess community. The honorable journalist will be sadly missed.
You can read the related news in ChessBase (English) , Chesspro (Russian) ve 64 (Russian) and the Condolences from the President of Kalmykia and FIDE Kirsan Ilyumzhinov (English) from the links above.
Photo: 64 web site
European Club Cup 2007 in Turkey
23rd European Club Cup for Men and 12th European Club Cup for Women is going to be held in Antalya - Kemer (Turkey) between 2-10 October. Please read the General Information for the details concerning the event. You can check the official web site from the link below and read the regulations.
7 Medals in World School Chess Championship
Medals Raining for Turkey
WORLD CHAMPIONS
Atilla Köksal Yüksel (Under 11)
Cemil Can Ali Marandi (Under 9)
SILVER MEDALIST
Mustafa Yılmaz (Under 15)
BRONZE MEDALISTS
Nezihe Ezgi Menzi (Under 9) | Vahap Şanal (Under 9) |
İzge Bayyurt (Under 7) | |
World Schools Championship 2007
Games Festival which is organized in G-Hotels Complex in Halkidiki, Greece between 27 April - 6 May 2007. World School Championship, the International Open Tournament, an International Open Rapid Tournament, Chess Marketing Seminar, International Arbiters Training and Schools Teachers Seminars are among the activities of within the Festival.
Five medals were the initial aim of the Trainers' Group (AYGEG). Turkish National Team had two gold medals, one silver medal and three bronze medals individually. The national team won a bronze medal as a team. The team won seven medals in the end.
In the Chess amrketing Seminar, TCF President Ali Nihat Yazıcı were among the speakers of the event within which promotion of chess in media and attraction of sponsors were discussed.
Check the offical site for more details about the tournament.
New Trainer for Women's National Team
Adrian Mikhalchishin as the Trainer of Turkish Women National Team
One of the best trainers in the world, Vice-Chairman of FIDE Trainer's Committe GM Adrian Mikhalchishin agreed with Turkish Chess Federation to train the Women's National Team.
The main goal of the team is getting a gold medal in 2012 Chess Olympiads.
You can read an interview with Mikhalchishin about the goals of this agreement and a general evaluation of President's Cup which was completed last weekend from the link below.
You can read an earlier interview with GM Mikhalchishin from here.
Recent News About Global Chess BV
GLOBAL CHESS BV Head Office in Max Euwe Chess Center, Amsterdam
On 25 April 2005, an official agreement between Global Chess BV and Max Euwe Center was reached. The head office of Global Chess BV is going to be in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. You can read the interviews with Bessel Kok (The Chairman of the company) and Geoffrey Borg (CEO of the company) in Chessvibes.
I. Turkish Chess and Education Convention Ended
Chess in Universities
I.Turkish Chess Education has started in Ankara, Sheraton Hotel. The participants are academicians working in universities from every corner of Turkey. You can find more information about the first day of the gathering from the link below.
President's Cup: Junior Won 4-2
President's Cup : Won by Deep Junior Won 4-2
World computer chess champion Deep Junior and Deep Fritz that defeated reigning world champion Vladimir Kramnik last November faced each other in Elista in a six game match sponsored by President of Kalymkia and FIDE Kirsan Ilyumzhinov. Click the link below for more details.
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