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Last Round Win Enables Carlsen to Join Gashimov and Yue Wang in Grand Prix

The first leg of the Grand Prix series ended with a big excitement. Grischuk, Gashimov and Yue Wang were in the fight for the first place closing to the end. However, in the penultimate round Gashimov grounded Grischuk to take the shared lead with Chinese grandmaster Wang Yue. In the final round the two players were caught by the Norwegian youngster, Magnus Carlsen who won against Adams and Bacrot in the final rounds. Not only the three players shared the first place with 8 points but also shared the prize money and the Grand Prix points.

Sergei Tiviakov and Kateryna Lahno Victorious in European Championships

IX. European Individual Chess Championship for Men and VII.European Individual Chess Championship for Women was held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria from April 20 to May 5. There were about 500 participants, of which 332 is playing men's, 165 of them are playing in women's championship. 2005 European Champion Kateryna Lahno repeated her success again by collecting 8.5 points while in men's championship Sergei Tiviakov was the only leader to win his last round match against Emil Sutovsky.

The results of the event and the results of Turkish players could be found at the link below.

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New FIDE Website Launched Enpowered by Turkish Chess Federation

The new FIDE web site was launched enpowered by Turkish Federation and supported by Global Chess BV. Global Chess, the commercial arm of FIDE holds all of the commercial rights of FIDE has already signed an agreement with Turkish Chess Federation about the development of the web site technologies.

Olmypic Torch Carried By a Chess Player

Chess Player Carries the Olympic Torch

One of the stations of the voyage of the Olympic Torch for the Olmypiads in Beijing 2008 was İstanbul, Turkey. The Olmypic torch relay took place in İstanbul on April 3. One of the eighty carriers (among which there were many important personalities) was a chess player none other than Kübra Öztürk, two-time European Under 16 Champion, who has been receiving a considerable media attention in Turkey. See the details below.

2008 Turkish Championship: The Clash of Titans, GM Atalık-GM Gurevich

2008 Turkish Championship took place in Atatürk Chess Center Ankara from 22 March to 4 April. Mikhail Gurevich won the event conceding one loss to the 16-year old youngster Mustafa Yılmaz whose rating became 2342 (who also gained an IM-norm) and one last-round constellation draw against FM Seçer. He also won the "clasg of titans of Turkish chess" against GM Suat Atalık though he was in a difficult position. Round-by-round report with pictures, results, notes are below.

Last Round Full Report: Hou Yifan Wins the Tournament, Thriller Between Xue and Atalık

In the final round, Hou Yifan made a draw the secure the first place and she won the first edition of İş Bank Atatürk International Women Masters Chess Tournament with 7 points out of 9 without a single loss. Anna Ushenina and Pia Cramling drew their last round game while after playing for some time Harika Dronavalli and Irina Krush also repeated moves and settled with a draw. Zhu Chen outplayed the Turkish youngster Betül Cemre Yıldız in the endgame. The last game of the round and the tournament between Xue Zhao and Ekaterina Atalık ended as a dramatic loss for the Turkish player. Atalýk sacrificed a piece early in the middlegame in a better position but later on white seemed to remain a piece up against some pawns in the endgame. It finally ended as a dramatic loss for the home side and Zhao leaped to the sole third place. The full report is available now.

Sports Minister Murat Başesgioğlu: "I give my thanks to İş Bank, TCF and the players"

The closing ceremony of the first super tournament ever held in Turkey İş Bank Atatürk International Women Masters took place in the İş Bank Museum, where the players had a chance to see the history of the oldest bank of Republican Turkey.

Sports Minister of Turkish Republic Murat Başesgioğlu, FIDE and the President of the Republic of Kalmykia His excellence Kirsan Ilyumzhinov and General Director of Türkiye İş Bank Ersin Özince delivered speeches in the closing ceremony in front of a media phalanx. The players received their trophies and medals afterwards.

We thank all the players for participating and showing some great fighting chess.

Farewell until the next major international event in Turkey!!

Turkish Chess Federation (TSF) is looking for Foreign Trainers

There has been chess boom in Turkey with many international events held at different levels including the last of them Atatürk International Women Masters. Turkish national teams have their trainers already, however, now TCF is looking for new trainers, whether Turkish or foreigners, who should be titled players. They have a new job opportunity in Turkey to work as local trainers with decent conditions and wages to be paid by Turkish Chess Federation. If you are an experienced trainer having a chess title, if you want to work with smart kids in a beautiful country, then Turkey is the right adress for you. You can find the rationale of this new move by TCF ,together with the job description and the contact adress at the link below.

Round 5 Report: Three Way Tie...Again!

Turkish Day in Istanbul Ataturk Masters: Atalık and Yıldız won

Round 5 was another exciting round with many interesting results. The Chinese derby between Yifan and Zhao ended as a draw. Betül Cemre Yıldız, the underdog of the tournament won her first game after the draw , winning against one of the top players of the US, Irina Krush while when Ekaterina Atalık was drawing a better endgame, this did not happen and she won again to join Yifan and Cramling who won against Dronavalli showing the power of two bishops.

The press conference of Pia Cramling is available on Playchess-Broadcasts.

Round 6: Atalık Wins the Clash of Local Stars, The Sole Lead Changes

Atalık wins against Yıldız Takes the Sole Lead,

Zhu Chen Makes Her Debut in İstanbul Against Xue

It was another exciting day in Istanbul, Isbank Atatürk International Women Masters Tournament. Atalık won the game against her compatriot Yıldız comfortably and took the sole lead in the field with 5/6. Chen scored her first win against Zhao and she was the guest of the press conference on Playchess. Pia Cramling had winning chances in the endgame against Irina Krush but could not find a brekthrough. Yifan drawn against Dronavalli. After round 6, Atalık who is leading with 5/6 is followed by Cramling and Yifan.

Round 7: Cramling and Yifan Back on Top

Pia Cramling won the crucial game against Ekaterina Atalık while Hou Yifan won against Irina Krush. The two players are now sharing the first place, another change in the leading position, with 5.5 out of 7 followed by Ekaterina Atalık with 5 out of 7. The other local player Betül Cemre Yıldız won her second game against Lela Javakishvili. Detailed report with pictures together with the analysis of Cramling-Atalık game is available below analyzed by IM Pruess.

Round 8 Yifan Wins Against Atalık, Clinches the Shared First Place at Least

Hou Yifan won against Ekaterina Atalık to clinch the equal first place. While she won against one of her main rivals, her other rival Cramling lost against Javakhishvili so Yifan is leading with a one point gap with 6.5/8. Cramling has 5.5 while Atalık has 5 points. Betül Cemre Yıldız lost swiftly against the Ukrainian IM Anna Ushenina. Zhu Chen won her second game in the tournament against Harika Dronavalli. Last but not least, Zhao won against Krush and she has 4.5 points.

Excursion to the Dolmabahçe Palace

On the free day the players visited Dolmabahçe Palace at the coast of Bosphorus. Dolmabahçe Palace, is the venue where founder of Turkish Republic Mustafa Kemal Atatürk passed away. The players left roses in his room.

Round 4: Yifan Wins Against Chen

Fourth round of the first edition of Atatürk International Women Masters Tournament sponsored by the oldest and the biggest bank in Turkey, İş Bank, saw only one decisive game unlike the previous rounds. Hou Yifan, Chinese prodigy won against Zhu Chen who lost all her four games which is the biggest upset in the event and now took the sole lead with 3.5 points. All the other games ended as a draw and local star Ekaterina Atalık made a draw against Javakhishvili while Dronavalli missed a tactical shot and had to be content with the draw against the Turkish youngster Betül Cemre Yıldız.

Round 1: No Draws Policy in Atatürk Masters

In the first day,there was an intense fight despite there was a short time period to prepare for the first round players for each player after a tiring opening ceremony with huge media attention. It might be understandable to see some quiet draws after a tiring schedule but that was definitely not the case. Local hero Ekaterina Atalık won against Harika Dronavalli while Irina Krush won against Zhu Chen after playing an interesting gambit. 14-year old super talent Hou Yifan won against Anna Ushenina of Ukraine with help of her pawn majority on the king side. Click more to see the first round report with pictures and the notes of Krush-Chen game by the winner.

Cramling and Yifan Leads After Round 2

Among the ten games played up to now ,there has only been one draw which was definitely the result of a long fight. Pia Cramling and Hou Yifan are leading the field with perfect score after winning against Zhu Chen and Betül Cemre Yıldız respectively. Ekaterina Atalık and Irina Krush reached 1,5 points after drawing against each other. Xhue Zhao stroke back after winning against Anna Ushenina as Indian prodigy Harika Dronavalli did against Lela Javakhishvili. In the third round the early leaders Hou Yifan and Pia Cramling are facing each other. See the link below.

Three Leaders After Round 3

The clash of the leaders and different generations was between Yifan and Cramling. The super kid came very close to winning her third consecutive game but did not find the way to conclude the game. Cramling then defended the endgame and saved the day. The two players having 2.5 points were caught by the winner of the other thriller between Ekaterina Atalık and Zhu Chen. In an equal endgame Chen pushed too hard and Atalık seized this opportunity and won. There is a three way tie after the first three rounds followed by Zhao and Dronavalli, both winning their second consecutive games.

Anand Wins Linares/Morelia 2008

Vishwanathan Anand drew his last round game against Topalov and won Linares/Morelia for the second time consecutively. Norwegian youngster Magnus Carlsen pressed against Teimur Radjabov the catch the world champion but he did not suceed but shined in the most prestigious professional event in the world with 8 points and sole second place. Winner of Corus 2008 Levon Aronian and Veselin Topalov shared 3-4.places with 7.5 points. You can find the cross table and the results of the recent rounds at the link below. Who is leading etc. etc.

Fontaine:"Players have to get used to it"

During Aeroflot Open 2008, the reporters of well-known French magazine GM Robert Fontaine, WGM Elmira Mirzoeva and Gerard Demuydt were preparing both the web site and the Chess TV news, video reports from the tournament itself. TCF Press Officer Özgür Akman made an interview with GM Robert Fontaine, the new reporter and commentator of Europe Echecs about the relationship between media and chess players. Check the interesting insights of Fontaine about the issue below.

Nepomniachtchi Wins Aeroflot Open 2008

Seventh edition of Aeroflot Open was held in Izmaylovo Hotel in Moscow from 13 to 23 February 2008 in Moscow. The A1 group includes GM Vladimir Akopian (2700), GM GM Andrei Volokitin (2674), GM Artyom Timofeev (2664) who recently won the Moscow Open which was held just before the Aeroflot Open Chess Festival. The event was won by the Russian youngster Ian Nepomniachtchi with an impressive 7 out of 9 followed by Dreev and Motlyev with 6.5 out of 9. Nepomniachtchi is going to play in the 2008 edition of Dortmund. The gigantic pictorial report by press officer Özgür Akman with round-by-round account of the event is below.

Turkish Championship Qualification Tournament

IMs Haznedaroğlu Won Turkish Championship Qualification Tournament

Turkish Championship Qualification Tournament was held from 03 to 11 February 2008 at Queen Elizabeth Elite Suite Hotel in Göynük ,Antalya. The top seed of the event IM Kıvanç Haznedaroğlu won the event with 9 points out of 11 without a loss. 15-year-old youngster Yılmaz(2288) took the second place sharing it with IM Mert Erdoğdu at 8.5 points. 11 players directly qualified for the Turkish Championship and for the final spot 12 players played tie-break matches eventually won by FM Ata Seçer. Based on the participation of GM Mikhail Gurevich and GM Suat Atalık, the exact number of players participating to the 2008 Turkish Championship will be determined.

2008 Turkish Youth Chess Championship

Turkish Youth Chess Championship is Over

The greatest national event in Turkey in terms of magnitude, the gathering of more than one thousand two hundred children and nine hundred coaches, parents, 2008 Turkish Youth Chess Championship was held in Kemer, Antalya, Turkey. The venue is Limra Hotel which already hosted 78th FIDE Congress, 2007 First Quarter Presidential Board Meeting, 2007 World Youth Chess Championship and 2007 European Club Cup. 2008 Turkish Youth Chess Championship took place in Kemer from January 27 to February 2. Children from every corner of Turkey arrived in Kemer played in the championship totaling to 1200 players from 47 districts. The strongest players in the event are national hopefuls Mustafa Yılmaz(2288) and Oğulcan Kanmazalp(2284) both in Under 16.

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2008 European Festival of Chess Composition in Turkey

2008 European Festival of Chess Composition was between March 28(arrival) - April 3 (departure) in Antalya, Turkey. The venue was Limra Hotel in Kemer. You can find all the news of the event from the tournament page below.

FIDE website Interview with Geoffrey Borg on Global Chess

Bobby Fischer dies at 64 in Iceland

The legendary former world chess champion Robert James "Bobby" Fischer died in Iceland yesterday (Thursday). The national TV channel and radio informed today and the spokesman for Fischer Gardar Sverisson says he died in Reykjavik (where he won the "Match of the Century" against Boris Spassky) hospital yesterday. Hoever, Mr.Sverisson refrained from stating his exact reason of death. Born in US, a former holder of the record of youngest grandmaster in the world Bobby Fischer won the world championship match against Boris Spassky which was found epic due to the Cold War atmosphere.

Fischer is considered to be one of the greatest players of all time and one of the first chess icons for the widestream media. His actions on the board and off the board, his political statements and detention in Japan in 2005 makes him one of the most important figures in the history of the game of chess.

Global Chess BV and TCF Cooperation for FIDE Website

Based on the Executive Board decisions taken back in Antalya in November 2007, the CEO of Global Chess BV Geoffrey Borg and President of Turkish Chess Federation Ali Nihat Yazıcı signed an agreement for cooperating on developing new technologies, improving the desing and the content of the FIDE web site. The agreement was signed at the Atatürk Chess Centre, TCF headquarter in Ankara, Turkey on January 10, 2008.

Atalıks in Augsburg

Suat Atalık Runner-Up after Rozentalis in Ibis Accor International GM

4th International Ibis Accor Grandmaster tournament was held From December 27 to January 6 2008 in Augsburg , Germany. GM Suat Atalık and IM Ekaterina Atalık were invited to the event. Lithuanian GM Rozentalis won the event with 7.5 points. The runner-up was GM Suat Atalık with 6 points. IM Atalık scored 4 and shared 5-7.places. You can find more information about the tournament and the organization at the link below.

Atatürk Women Chess Masters Türkiye İş Bankası ChessBase News

Atatürk Women Masters Chess : A New Supertournament for Women

Elite of Women Chess Meeting at the Highest Place in İstanbul

Turkey is hosting a new super tournament for women players with the sponsorship of Türkiye İş Bankası with the name of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Turkish Republic. The dates of the event is 10-20 March 2008 and 8 invited players with 2 top Turkish women players are going to play. The venue is the 41st floor of Türkiye İş Bankası towers, the highest building in Turkey which is located in one of the central commercial areas of İstanbul.

See the participants of the tournament at the link below and by which criteria the players were selected with the help of the link below.

5th Mediterranean Men&Women Chess Champions: IM Doric and WIM Drljevic

There are two brand new champions in Mediterrenan Chess Championship. Among the players who had 5 points before the final round, IM Doric was the only player to win his final round game against (WGM Sedina) and completed the event with 7 points. 5 players shared the first place including the reigning champion GM Atalik.

In women's championship WGM Sedina drew her last round game while WGM Milliet and IM Atalik lost against IM Doric and IM Marzolo respectively. WIM Drljevic from Montenegro brought her infant country a gold medal from Mediterranenan Championship with 6 points after winning against Njili.

Source: MCA web site

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Final Day in WYCC: 11th Round and Closing Ceremony

After the eleventh and the final round of the 2007 World Youth Championship was played, the event was concluded after the closing ceremony yesterday evening. You can find the pictures, and notes from the final round together with the details and protocol speeches at the link below.

Have a nice trip back home! Hope to meet you again in 2009!

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All Games of WYCC 2007

Round 9 in WYCC 2007

After the ninth round, there are still groups where the top places are far from clear and in those groups it seems that the contest for the title is going to be very tough. The only player still to lead with perfet score ise Efroimski of Israel in Under 12 Girls.

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Penultimate Round in World Youth Chess Championship

You can find the notes about the penultimate round in which the last player with perfect score lost her first game. There are many groups where the struggle for the world championship title is very intense. You can find more about it at the link below.

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Round 8 of the 2007 World Youth Chess Championship

After Round 8 of the World Youth Chess Championship, Efroimski of Israel in Under 12 Girls is the only player with the perfect score. Unde 18, GM Popov won again to preserve his lead in the oldest age group of the event while local hero WIM Yıldız won her second consecutive game against WIM Gomes from India to leap to the shared second place. And you can find out more about the results of round 8 at the link below.

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Gata Kamsky Wins World Cup 2007

Kamsky Wins 2.5-1.5 Against Shirov and He Is Definitely Back on Top

Gata Kamsky, the strongest American player won the World Cup 2007 held in Khanty-Mansiysk after drawing the last game of the final against Alexei Shirov. Kamsky won the cup without suffering a single defeat and only needed tie-breaks to advance against the Russian grandmaster Peter Svidler. Kamsky did not only win the trophy that weighs 15 kg but also he now has a chance to play for the world championship since winner of the world cup gets the right to play a world championship candidates match against Veselin Topalov.

Free Day in WYCC 2007

On the free day there were sightseeings around Kemer and "The Second World Junior Cup in Solving Chess" which was held in Aspendos 1(the largest tournament hall) at 11 am. There were Under 10,14,18 Categories and the Best Boy and Best Girls prizes. There were 98 participants from 17 countries. The winners are going to be announced today.

More pictures from the free day including the excursions and the problem solving competition will be uploaded.

Seventh Round in WYCC 2007

After Round 7, the only layer with a perfect score is Wang from China in Under 10. In under 18 Girls, Gomes lost against Nemcova and Betül Cemre Yıldız who won an exchange down but had a good play against the opponent king with the help of the advanced b pawn is going to play the Indian hopeful in round 8. In Boys U12 Bajarani won against Nyzhnik after the latter's somewhat premature piece sacrifice. You can find out more about the results at the link below.

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Fifth Day on WYCC

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Fifth and Sixth Rounds in World Youth Chess Championship: 6 Players Remaining with Perfect Score After Round 6

Chingiz Qasimov from Azerbaijan (Under 8), Thanh Thuy Tien (Vietnam, Under 8 Girls), Tong Sen Wang(Under 10, China), Anna Sytyazhkina (under 10 Girls, Russia), Marsel Efroimski(Under 12 Girls,Israel) and Mary Ann Gomes (India, Under 18 Girls) are the remaining 6 players succeeded to win all their games. Please see the notes from round 5 and 6 to find out how they managed to do this at the link below.

WYCC 2007:Fourth Round

Guests of the Top Boards Getting More Clear

The fourth round of the World Youth Championships 2007 indicated the early leaders of the tournament. However, there are still seven rounds to go until the end. You can find more details and the pictorial report at the link below in several hours.

Round 5 and 6 are going to be available tomorrow morning.

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Third Day in 2007 World Youth Chess Championships

Third day in World Youth Chess Championship 2007 in Kemer, Antalya was over with interesting games. The results are available in the links above while there is a pictorial report at the link below.

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Paradise of Children in Mediterranean Holiday Resort

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Round 2 in 2007 WYCC

The second day of the 2007 World Youth Chess Championships has passed. Picteresque kids are enabling journalists to take curios shots of the kids. Chess and children should enhance anyone that sees the atmosphere in Kemer. You can see some stories at the link below together with a short summary of the major upsets on top boards of every team.

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First Day in WYCC 2007

1450 players from 103 different countries are playing in 16 different categories. Together with all the accompanying persons, there are about 2600 people in three diferent hotels. This a historical event for Turkish Republic since this is the second largest sports event after 2005 Universiade and the level of participation is a record for the history of World Youth Chess Championship.

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OPENING CEREMONY OF 2007 WORLD YOUTH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Has Message For Chess

2007 World Youth Chess Championship is taking place in Kemer, Antalya with 1450 players from 103 different countries. With all the accompanying persons, VIPs, staff of TCF, journalists, coaches etc. there are 2500 people that are in Kemer for this organization. This is the second largest sports organization in the history of Turkish Republic after 2005 Universiade which took place in İzmir. The TCF personnel is working all day and night for accreditation Three hotels (Limra, Alinda and Sailor's Beach).

The opening ceremony took place with many players, Deputy President of Türkiye İş Bankası Prof.Dr.Baran Tuncer (main sponsor of TCF) , Member of the Turkish Parliament Prof.Dr. Yusuf Ziya İrbeç, FIDE Administration, Deputy Governor of Antalya Fazlı Akgün, many other guests including players, coaches, local, national and international journalists were in the opening ceremony. There was also a folk dance after the protocol speeches. You can find the details of the protocol speech including Prime Minister of Turkish Republic Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's message for the young chess players. You can find many pictures at the tournament page photo gallery, videos and press releases are also available at the tournament page.

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We're Already Ready!

78th FIDE Congress Took Place in Kemer

On the second day of the Executive Board Meeting of 78th FIDE Congress. there were important bidding votes for Turkey. Turkey is going to organize 2009 World Youth Chess Championship and 2009 World Team Championship. After the meetings there was a dinner and several presentations during the dinner including 2008 Olympiad in Dresden which is going to be announced today officially on the final day of the congress and Vietnam 2008, World Youth Chess Championship. The main presentation of the night was "Universal Chess Portal" which is the project of TCF President and newly elected FIDE Vice President Ali Nihat Yazıcı and TCF's web designing and providing partner Palaswork explaining the TCF web portal in Turkey, extending it universally altogether for world chess and explained how to create news easily on the portal also used for TCF web site. In the dinner, the a picture of the 2009 World Youth Championship was ready with the slogan: "We're already ready!"

All the details of the voting procedure and the other significant items on the chess agenda are reported by TCF Press Officer Özgür Akman at the link below together with a photo gallery with many pictures.

78th FIDE Congress

FIDE Executive Board in Kemer, Antalya

Kemer Limra Hotel is going to host another important chess organization,the 78th FIDE Congress is going to be held in Antalya,Turkey. Delegates from all around the world are going to assemble to discuss how to develop the game of chess. Executive Board meetings are going to start on November 14,2007. Until then, the sub commissions and committees are assembling.

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European Team Championship Dominated by Russia

Russia Doubles in ETCC 2007 in Crete, Greece

Masa

Almanya (GER)

Rtg

Türkiye(TUR)

Rtg

3½: ½

15.1

Naiditsch Arkadij

2639

Gurevich Mikhail

2627

1 - 0

15.2

Gustafsson Jan

2606

Atalık Suat

2599

½ - ½

15.3

Buhmann Rainer

2567

Haznedaroğlu Kıvanç

2468

1 - 0

15.4

Baramidze David

2569

Esen Barış

2453

1 - 0

In the final round, Turkey lost to Germany with 3.5-0.5 and finished at the 34th place in the end. Women's team had a bye in the final round and finished the tournament at the 23rd place. In men's section Russia won 2.5-1.5 against Bulgaria to got the gold medal with 17 points followed by Armenia with 13 points. Azerbaijan was the winner of the bronze medal. In women's section, Russia drew with Ukraine to get the gold medal with 15 points followed by Poland and Armenia both gathering 13 points.

You can see Chessdom's interview with Ali Nihat Yazıcı,President of Turkish Chess Federation on varios issue, here.

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ETCC Round7: Russia Close to the Victory in Men

Turkey: 3.5 - Finland: 0.5

Bo.

TURKEY (TUR)

Rtg

FINLAND (FIN)

Rtg

3.5 : 0.5

13.1

Atalık Ekaterina

2404

WGM

Sammalvuo Niina

2254

1-0

13.2

WIM

Topel Zehra

2246

Puuska Heini

2016

1-0

13.3

WIM

Yıldız Betül Cemre

2220

Savola Laura

2040

1-0

13.4

WFM

Öztürk Kübra

2174

Rautanen Sari

1961

1/2

Montenegro: 3 - Turkey: 1

Bo.

MONTENEGRO (MNE)

Rtg

TURKEY (TUR)

Rtg

3.0 : 1.0

15.1

Djukic Nikola

2528

Gurevich Mikhail

2627

1-0

15.2

Drasko Milan

2557

Atalık Suat

2599

1-0

15.3

Blagojevic Dragisa

2513

Haznedaroğlu Kıvanç

2453

1/2

15.4

Kosic Dragan

2482

Erdoğdu Mert

2440

1/2

In the seventh round of European Team Chess Championship, Russia is very close to the title with another victory against France. There is a three point gap between Russia and Armenia and even a draw against Spain would practically secure the title. In women's section, Russia won 2.5-1.5 against Georgia in the derby of the day while Poland got another win against Ukraine with 3-1. You can find more news about the round 7 of ETCC at the link below.

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Round 8 in ETCC: Russia Confirms European Title in Men and Took the Sole Lead in Women

Turkey:2 - Finland:2

Bo.

TURKEY (TUR)

Rtg

FINLAND (FIN)

Rtg

2 : 2

15.1

Gurevich Mikhail

2627

Nyback Tomi

2565

½ - ½

15.2

Atalık Suat

2468

Karttunen Mika

2427

½ - ½

15.3

Haznedaroğlu Kıvanç

2453

Westerinen Heikki M J

2371

1 - 0

15.4

Erdoğdu Mert

2440

Keskinen Sauli

2298

0 - 1

Switzerland:2.5 - Turkey:1.5

Bo.

SWITZERLAND (SUI)

Rtg

TURKEY (TUR)

Rtg

2½:1½

12.1

WIM

Seps Monika

2290

Atalık Ekaterina

2404

0 - 1

12.2

WGM

Hund Barbara

2216

WIM

Topel Zehra

2246

½ - ½

12.3

WIM

Heinatz Dr Gundula

2193

WIM

Yıldız Betül Cemre

2220

1 - 0

12.4

WGM

Lematschko Tatjana

2189

WFM

Öztürk Kübra

2174

1 - 0

Turkey made a draw against Finland in round 8 of European Team Chess Championship. Russia had the first lapse against Spain with a 2-2 draw but it was still enough to claim the title in Men's Section with a 3 point gap with 1 round to go. Turkey is going to play Germany, a solid team with all the players grandmasters in the squad. In women's event, Turkey lost to Switzerland with 2.5-1.5. Russia leads after winning against Netherlands with 3.5-0.5 and Poland's loss to Armenia with 2.5-1.5. Poland and Armenia are sharing the second place with 12 points.

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6th Round in ETCC

Bo.

SERBIA (SRB)

Rtg

TURKEY (TUR)

Rtg

3 : 1

13.1

Ivanisevic Ivan

2607

Gurevich Mikhail

2627

½ - ½

13.2

Miladinovic Igor

2603

Atalık Suat

2599

½ - ½

13.3

Markus Robert

2586

Haznedaroğlu Kıvanç

2468

1 - 0

13.4

Sedlak Nikola

2605

Erdoğdu Mert

2440

1 - 0

Bo.

ISRAEL (ISR)

Rtg

TURKEY (TUR)

Rtg

2½:1½

10.1

Klinova Masha

2326

Atalık Ekaterina

2404

½ - ½

10.2

WGM

Borsuk Angela

2301

WIM

Topel Zehra

2246

1 - 0

10.3

WGM

Igla Bella

2291

WIM

Yıldız Betül Cemre

2220

½ - ½

10.4

Atnilov Bela

2170

WFM

Öztürk Kubra

2174

½ - ½

In men's section Turkey lost to Serbia 3-1 and Russia keeps the two point lead after winning against Israel. Slovenia, the sensation of the Men's section so far won 2.5-1.5 against Azerbaijan.

In women's section, Turkey lost to Israel 2.5-1.5 and Russia won against Slovenia with 3.5-0.5 to catch Poland that had a draw against Georgia

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ETCC ROUND 5: Turkey Lost Against Armenia, Won Against Estonia

Bo.

TURKEY (TUR)

Rtg

ARMENIA (ARM)

Rtg

1.5 : 2.5

6.1

Gurevich Mikhail

2627

Aronian Levon

2741

1/2

6.2

Atalık Suat

2599

Akopian Vladimir

2713

0-1

6.3

Haznedaroğlu Kıvanç

2468

Sargissian Gabriel

2673

1/2

6.4

Erdoğdu Mert

2440

Lputian Smbat G

2633

1/2

Bo.

TURKEY (TUR)

Rtg

ESTONIA (EST)

Rtg

2½:1½

13.1

Atalık Ekaterina

2404

WIM

Tsiganova Monika

2216

1 - 0

13.2

WIM

Topel Zehra

2246

WIM

Fomina Tatyana

2248

½ - ½

13.3

WIM

Yıldız Betül Cemre

2220

Narva Regina R

2067

1 - 0

13.4

WFM

Öztürk Kübra

2174

WIM

Bashkite Viktoria

2188

0 - 1

Turkey played with Armenia, the winners of 2006 Turin Olympiad in fifth round of ETCC and lost narrowly with 1.5-2.5. The next opponent is Serbia. Russia who dominated against Azerbaijan is leading with full points followed by Slovenia and Armenia.

Women's team won against Estoina and is going to face Israel on the sixth round. Poland hold against Russia and to the sole lead. Today is a free day and the next round will be tommorrow (Saturday). You can find the detailed round report at the link below.

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Time for the Big Fights: Azerbaijan-Russia and Russia-Poland

Bo.

ROMANIA (ROU)

Rtg

TURKEY (TUR)

Rtg

1 : 3

11.1

Nevednichy Vladislav

2531

Gurevich Mikhail

2627

0 - 1

11.2

Lupulescu Constantin

2562

Atalık Suat

2599

½ - ½

11.3

Berescu Alin

2508

Esen Barış

2453

½ - ½

11.4

Murariu Andrei

2503

Erdoğdu Mert

2440

0 - 1

Bo.

TURKEY (TUR)

Rtg

AZERBAIJAN (AZE)

Rtg

1 : 3

11.1

Atalık Ekaterina

2404

WGM

Mamedjarova Zeinab

2326

0 - 1

11.2

WIM

Topel Zehra

2246

WGM

Kadimova Ilaha

2311

0 - 1

11.3

WIM

Yıldız Betül Cemre

2220

WGM

Mamedjarova Turkan

2250

½ - ½

11.4

WFM

Öztürk Kübra

2174

Isgandarova Khayala

2172

½ - ½

Russia won 3-1 against Slovenia to share the first place with Azerbaijan who won narrowly against the current European Champions, Netherlands and those two teams are sharing the first place with 8 points.

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Pictures : Chessdom

Third day in ETCC 2007

Turkey 4:0 Cyrpus

Bo.

TURKEY (TUR)

Rtg

CYPRUS (CYP)

Rtg

4 : 0

15.1

Atalık Suat

2599

Savva Panikos

2099

1 - 0

15.2

Haznedaroğlu Kıvanç

2468

Antoniou Antonis

2163

1 - 0

15.3

Esen Barış

2453

Aristotelous Vassilis

1960

1 - 0

15.4

Erdoğdu Mert

2440

Klerides Paris

2183

1 - 0

Spain 3.5:0.5 Turkey

Bo.

SPAIN (ESP)

Rtg

TURKEY (TUR)

Rtg

3½: ½

9.1

WGM

Vega Gutierrez Sabrina

2331

Atalık Ekaterina

2404

½ - ½

9.2

WIM

Llaneza Vega Patricia

2272

WIM

Topel Zehra

2246

1 - 0

9.3

WIM

Hernandez Yudania

2263

WIM

Yıldız Betül Cemre

2220

1 - 0

9.4

WIM

Trujillo Delgado Dafnae

2243

WFM

Öztürk Kübra

2174

1 - 0

In men's section Russia, Azerbaidjan, Slovenia and Holland, the reigning champion are leading without any lost match points while in women's section Hungary, Poland and Russia are leading in the same way. Turkey comfortably won against Cyprus in men's section while women team were lost by 0.5-3.5.

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Official Page Photo Gallery (1-2.Rounds)

Republic Day Celebrated in Heraklion

Bo.

TURKEY (TUR)

Rtg

AUSTRIA (AUT)

Rtg

2½:1½

12.1

Atalık Ekaterina

2404

Moser Eva

2412

½ - ½

12.2

WIM

Topel Zehra

2246

WFM

Kopinits Anna-Christina

2178

0 - 1

12.3

WIM

Yıldız Betül Cemre

2220

Newrkla Katharina

2037

1 - 0

12.4

WFM

Öztürk Kübra

2174

Schink Barbara

2031

1 - 0

Bo.

TURKEY (TUR)

Rtg

ITALY (ITA)

Rtg

2 : 2

13.1

Gurevich Mikhail

2627

Godena Michele

2535

½ - ½

13.2

Atalik Suat

2599

Caruana Fabiano

2594

½ - ½

13.3

Haznedaroğlu Kıvanç

2468

Brunello Sabino

2489

½ - ½

13.4

Erdoğdu Mert

2440

D'amore Carlo

2477

½ - ½

On the 84th anniversary of the foundation of Turkish Republic, Women's team won against Austria thanks to 2-time Under 16 European Champion WFM Kübra Öztürk and WIM Betül Cemre Yıldız. Men's team did not manage to win against the balanced Italian side.

There are pictures and round 2 report for men and women at the link below.

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2007 ETCC Official Site Photo Gallery (ETCC)

European Team Chess Championship Kicks off in Heraklion, Greece

2007 European Team Chess Championship is being held at Creta Maris Hotel in Heraklion, Crete, Greece between 27 October-7 November.

In men's section the highest rated team is Russia and 8 of the top 10 players in October 2007 FIDE Rating List including GM Ivanchuk(2787), , GM Topalov(2769), GM Morozevich(2755), GM Mamedyarov(2757), GM Radjabov(2742), GM Aronain(2741) with many others. The upset of the first round was Montenegro beating strong Poland team with 3.5-0.5 while Turkey lost Azerbaidjan, a team among the favourites with 0-4.

Turkish National teams had a camp last week in Khalkidiki. During the camp they played in a rapid tournament in Thessaloniki.