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2012 International Open Tournaments Are Ready

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 2012 International Open Chess Tournaments Regulations has published.2012 Kesan Open  2012 Troy Open  2012 Istanbul Open 

TSF asks Questions to ECU Management

resim9Dear Friends,

By respecting democracy, and freedom of speech, taking under consideration that we have finished the half term of ECU mandate, we ask officially attached questions to ECU Board, Treasurer, and auditor.

We will be happy if all those questions answered in Istanbul GA. Clearly answers of those questions may be predecessor of some other actions.

Best regards,

Ali Nihat YAZICI

President of TSF

ECU GA Delegate

signed letter  

to see the text of file

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2nd International Rumi Children's Games Chess Tournament

afis buyukRumi is the second this year at the International Children's Games Chess Tournament was organized within the scope of a total of 6 teams with the participation of five countries carried out in Konya. Turkey, Turkey-Konya, Iran, Syria, Romania, Greece, attended the first round of the tournament will take place on Friday, April 20, 2012 at 16.00 to begin. Teams Berger (round-robin) will fight through five rounds according to the system. Turkish Chess Federation Stadium, April 23 events are broadcast live every day, 10:00 and at 16:00 you can watch.


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Istanbul Chess Olympiad

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The website of 40th Chess Olympiad in Istanbul is open!

Let us be witnesses of one of the best chess Olympiad in history!

Istanbul Chess Olympiad

Condolence

We have learned with great grief that the 7,2 magnitude earthquake, which is also felt in neighboring cities of Van, cause the death of a large number of our citizens and wounded many of them.

We commemorate the lives of our loss and share our condolences with their relatives and wish a speed recovery to all of our  injured citizens.

After such a catastrophe we like to thank to all countries who were with us by passing condolence messages and sharing our grief.

TURKISH CHESS FEDERATION

Mismanagement of ECU

The President of Turkish Chess Federation, Mr.Ali Nihat YAZICI, has published an open letter to European chess federations regarding the mismanagement of ECU. Below you will read this open letter as full letter.  

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Open letter to European chess federations regarding the mismanagement of ECU

yazici5_lThe President of Turkish Chess Federation, Mr.Ali Nihat YAZICI, has published an open letter to European chess federations regarding the mismanagement of ECU. Below you will read this open letter as executive summary. If you want to learn more about Yazici's argument in details, there is also a longer version (Mismanagement of ECU).

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Open Letter to European Chess Federations

Turkish Chess Federation withdraws European Individual Women Championship.

logo_gaziantep_kucukThe President of Turkish Chess Federation, Mr.Ali Nihat YAZICI, has published an open letter on 29 December 2010, and declared that TSF withdrew the organisation of 2011 European Individual Women Chess Championship in Gaziantep. The event was supposed to be organised from 19 March till 1st April. The prize fund of the event would be a record  in women chess. Also European Women Rapid and European Women Blitz would be organised just before individual event. The details of open letter and reasons are given below.

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TCF Renews The Bid

Turkish Chess Federation renews the bid for European Individual Women Championship, with 10.000€ increment of Prize Fund

logo_gaziantep_kucukThe President of Turkish Chess Federation, Mr.Ali Nihat YAZICI, has published an open letter on 17 February 2011 and declared that TSF renews the bid for the 2011 European Individual Women Chess Championship in Gaziantep, with 10.000€ increasement in the prize fund. The event was supposed to be organised from 19 March till 1st April. The prize fund of the event would be a record  in women chess. Also European Women Rapid and European Women Blitz would be organised just before individual event. The details of open letter and reasons are given below.

 

 

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Istanbul Chess Festival

afis_kucuk9th International Istanbul Chess Festival will be held between 21st August - 28th August 2010 in Yildiz Technical University Halls, Istanbul. You can find detailed informations in the regulation below.

 

   Tournament Regulation       Poster       Tournament Page

2009-2010 Chess League of Turkiye Is Bankasi

lig_logoThe 2009-2010 Chess League of Turkiye Is Bankasi is taking place from 28th June to 8th July in Konya,Turkiye. 14 teams and around 288 players are attending under excellent conditions in the Hotel Rixos.

The time control is 90 minutes and 30 seconds addition per move.

 More about the league http://satrancligi2010.tsf.org.tr/

8th KEŞAN Festival Of Tourism&Culture International Open Chess Tournament

banner_turnuva1The Tournament will take place in the town of Kesan from  26 July  to  31 July  2010. The municipality will provide free accommodation for the first seven names of players titled FM, WIM, IM, WGM, GM who applies first to the tournament.

 The total 12.500 TL  will be distributed as prize fund.

The Tournament Web side is http://www.kesanopen.com/



Yazici announces the ticket of We R Europe!

   
Till the deadline of 27 June 2010, all tickets has been presented to E.C.U. Office in Berlin. By the official circular letter published by ECU General Secretary, there are three candidate groups running for 2010 European Elections.

Our opponents will be under the leadership of Mr. Silvio Danailov (Bulgaria) and Dr. Robert von Weinzacker (Germany). We respect our  dear opponents and wish the best wins the elections. We believe in that those three candidates will increase the quality of election campaign.

Here is the ticket of We R Europe group. Team of We R Europe

WEBSITE

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Learning from Mistakes (Right Move?!)

Learning from Mistakes (Right Move?!)

(Did I shift or not?) – Do you want to learn what happened in 2006? Read it!

yazici_leftWe all love chess. And the most important doctrine to be learnt in chess is not to repeat the same mistake again, to learn from mistakes.

It was the year of 2005, when I decided to create a group against FIDE management at the time. I had dreams and wanted to be in power to realise my dreams. Do not underestimate me being a dreamiest, look at Turkish Chess and see what have been realised, 10 years ago even could not be dreamed. Also the rumours about FIDE management were a reason for this raising up. Through the help of some friends Mr. Bessel Kok joined me. I remember even date - it was in 2005 FIDE Congress in Dresden, in the garden of Trefl Hotel we met for the first time. The gentleman, according to source of information, was a rich man, with clear experience in business and finding sponsorship. I respect anyone who is willing to contribute to chess in legal terms.

Of course my closest friend Geoffrey Borg was together with me for the right move campaign. I had a discussion with Mr. Kok and decided to create the ‘right move’ group, and accept his willing to join to this group. So, I did not join to team of Mr.Kok, he joined my team as the candidate for presidential post.

You may remember this campaign; it was a great experience for me. During the campaign I understood how a person can be a rich man, but even I learnt it from Kok, the variant for this aim has not been suitable for my personality.

We have lost elections with a clear difference of 96 to 54. I was in losing camp but it taught me a lot in the politics. I believe in that I learnt a lot from this chess game I lost. Do not we pay a cost for learning lessons? During this campaign one of the issues we have faced was a Karpov candidacy. We knew very clearly that a second candidate against to Kirsan would make our job very difficult. During those meetings with the third camp I met Mr. Karpov, and it was another excellent (!) experience for me.

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We lost elections, but being one of the strongest Federation’s President, I accepted the result with maturity. At the end it is democracy all we believe in.

It was 6 August 2006 in Agri, when we organised World Youth Under- 16 Chess Olympiad Kirsan came to the opening ceremony. Since Agri airport is domestic, and his intensive schedule was not allowing him to come via Istanbul with a scheduled flight, he came and landed in Nahicevan (Azerbaijan) with a private jet, I picked up him from Nahicevan and we were driving with escorts to the town of Dogubeyazit for three hours. During this time, Kirsan expressed himself to me. It was my first private meeting with President for a long duration in car. He told me his dreams and ideas how to make chess a popular sport in the world. I loved those ideas, were not they my dreams? They were.

We went to opening ceremony and this famous picture you see everywhere was captured there.

Exactly after the opening ceremony, (Kirsan has been in Dogubeyazit for two or three hours) we returned back to Nahicevan to his private rented jet.

 

 

yazici_ilyumzhinovOn our way back, the President of FIDE told me he was going to establish a new company (later called Global Chess) and he wanted to invite the good program of opposition and people into FIDE work. He told me that Kok will be in the management and I should be there due to my experience and good work I have carried out in Turkish Chess. He told me that he was going to put two  million Euros as capital to company from his private money and my salary would be 10.000€ per month being deputy (or co-chairman I do not remember well) of the company. I have refused on the spot, although the money was equal to my 6-month salary. There are some principles, being President of Turkish Chess Federation, although it is legal money I could not accept such as job. I could not be the president of Turkish Chess Federation and working as staff of the President of FIDE. It is a conflict of interest for me. On the contrary, I know now that Mr.Kok has been paid from September 2006 till May 2009 a substantial amount of money, probably better then what I was proposed.

Later on, in 2007 when Kirsan came to FIDE Presidential Board in Antalya, we have met at the airport and with a VIP car went to Kemer. This time we were together with Berik Balgabaev and Kirsan offered me again this job in Global Chess. He told me Bessel Kok would be the Chairman, I would be co-chairman. Sure I refused again. I did not want to be reached in this way... Then Kirsan told me that he wanted me to be FIDE Vice President. My answer was clear, ‘I will tell my opinion always as I believe. ’ I do this still. I accepted and since this time in the board I have been telling what I believe in. No one tried to stop me or attacked me for my opinion in board. During my vice president position in FIDE, with any name, I was not paid 1 cent by FIDE or Kirsan!

From 2006 September till 2009 May, Kok was paid by Global Chess (Kirsan); a lot of money. As far as I know he did not manage to bring even one cent to Global Chess. Sure it is not my business but all should know this issue.

A few days ago, when I saw his support letter to Karpov, I was shocked. How is it possible to be in this situation. Yes! I made a mistake, a costly mistake, but I learnt a lot.

Why did I write this article?

From outside, as I was in 2006, there are so many rumours about FIDE management. But believe me when you are in, you understand that 100% of those rumours is rubbish. During the last two weeks I spoke with some delegates, they are afraid of Karpov’s allegations that many people in FIDE are corrupted. That was the reason, when I published my open letter, I requested Mr. Karpov, ‘give me a fact! Or apology!’ We did not see any of these proposed replies.

 

Sure it is a lie. Please check www.fide.com directory/minutes. You will see all minutes of meetings, decisions, and budgets, everything.

All meetings of FIDE are open to public, did you know that? Now try to think from my position, on one side - there are dirty games, on the other side - honest people accused by opposition. If you love chess, what you would do? Do not we need some people with courage and braveness to express their opinion? Is this wrong? I do not understand people who are accusing me of having changed my camp. Sorry! It is not me as the leader of the Right move who was paid and shifted his position. I did not get a cent from FIDE or FIDE people to step out. I see the realities, I understood my mistake and now I am making the correct move.

Kirsan is a candidate now!! I know it and you will see it. But the team is more important. If Kirsan steps out, since we are very strong team, we will find another candidate. We have B Plan, C Plan, D Plan, etc.. The leader may be anyone! From Africa, America, Asia, Europe or even from Turkey!! This wind started in 1995 and it will never go down.

Also I wanted to answer oppositions’ small guys sending around letters criticizing me for switching camp. Guys! After I have seen you in the “right move” campaign, I understood everything! That is the reason; I am in front fight with my brave chest fighting you. I am not earning my life from chess, on the contrary sacrificing a lot. Many people in this team are similar. Sure there are some of our federations stepping out from our group, because they are terrorized or misinformed. In what way?

  • One of the biggest lies some people are using is that Kirsan will not run. They say this to many federations and they get their support, you will see how many of those federations that made an open letter for Karpov, will return back to home.
  • They are using many allegations about honest and modest people, to change delegates opinion. Sure, justice will be revealed. We trust democracy and Justice!

So... Right move was a good spirit, I started, but I made a big mistake (??) choosing some wrong people there. All we should learn.  I will not make the same mistake again! I am sure, some of you do not agree with that.

Chess will win! Our group will win!! Wait and see...

Ali Nihat YAZICI

President of Turkish Chess Federation

French Chess Federation answers, Yazici

Just after, the open letter of Ali Nihat YAZICI, President of Turkish Chess Federation goes public, French Chess Federation has sent an open letter to all member federations of FIDE as an answer. French Chess Federation in this letter declares their clear support to Karpov and accuses Yazici to switch from opposition of Kirsan, to FIDE team.



As TCF by repecting other opinions we publish this letter of French Chess Federation. Yazici expresses his opinion as 'Jean Claude Moingt, my dear friend has sent me an answer for my open letter. It is weak and all my questions are still not answered. But we respect French Chess Federation as a federation.'


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Yazıcı answers Karpov

The President of Turkish Chess Federation, Ali Nihat YAZICI, has sent an open letter to FIDE Presidential Campaign Anatoly Karpov today. Open Letter has been published in many serious websites.

Yazici letter was like that:

Letter by Ali Nihat Yazici (source: chessbase)

Dear Mr. Anatoly Karpov,
Ex World Champion and candidate for 2010 FIDE President Post,

Dear Sir,

As I told you personally in Rijeka, at breakfast, we all respect you as a World Champion, as chess lovers. I wish you very good luck (you need a lot..., and it does not work in this business) for the upcoming FIDE elections.

I have read your letter, and saw that again either you do not read all these releases in the chess media (very bad for a candidate) or your words do not represent what is the truth.

Mr. Karpov, in your letter you mention that your opponent did not get any support letter from a voting federation. You missed a federation, my federation, the Turkish Chess Federation. I would like to understand if you do not care about that, or if your team (if there is one) does not inform you about that. I attach this link for you to see it.

On the other hand, sure we will vote for the best candidate we believe, for the sake of chess. But I cannot see in your letter anything you want to do except attack our current President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov.

May I ask you kindly to be on the level of the respect you desire from all your fans, stop this negative campaign and tell us clearly what you want to do. Please do not tell us your allegations (I was insulted by you accusation that I was a "corrupt FIDE management member" – that is still on your website), it is shame to hear such as incredible untruth stories from such as legend. We still await a strong apology from you as a legend, this attitude is clearly not fair play.

Mr. Karpov, do not tell me please, like you said in the Sofia Press Conference, as answer you do not want to go to details. In your campaign website you say that the FIDE Management is corrupt.

GIVE US A FACT HOW WE ARE CORRUPT!!

I do not believe that a FIDE presidential candidate should attack everyone around the world with unreal accusations, You say that you will unite the world, but look what you have been doing in your campaign by accusing people with such as allegations.

And after the election when we shake each other hands (I hope you will be able to do it) you will understand those miscalculations. The FIDE Management has never in the history been as good as it is now, and believe me, when we win, it will be even better.

Best regards,
Ali Nihat YAZICI
President of Turkish Chess Federation
Vice President of FIDE



Obituary - Honorary President Campomanes

Florencio Campomanes former President of FIDE and current Honorary President, has passed away at age 83.

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Rest in Peace Campomanes!!


Campomanes was elected to that post in 1982, and held it until 1995. During his presidency FIDE family increased by 50 nations. In 1995 he was appointed as FIDE Honorary President, and was often present at significant international competitions such as zonal and continental championships, chess olympiads and world chess championships.

 

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Betül Süper Başladı...

betul_cemre_yildiz_2Rusya'nın Nalchik kentinde düzenlenen FIDE Kadın Grand Prix 4. ayağında ülkemizi temsil eden şampiyon sporcumuz Betül güzel bir galibiyetle süper bir başlangıç yaptı.


Grandprix sıralamasında lider durumda olan Çinli sporcu Xue Zhao'ya karşı beyaz taşlarla kazanan Betül, ilk turun konuşulan süprizi oldu.


Resmi Site

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Which Logo? Vote and Win!

fide01-logo Turkish Chess Federation has prepared 11 different logos for 2012 World Chess Olympiad. 7 of them selected and a webpage prepared for a world voting contest. Which logo do you want in Istanbul Olympiad? Vote now and win a prize!

Please write your name, surname and e-mail address to win prize.





Prizes: 3 DGT 2010 Electronic Chess clock (All world is elligible)
3 Silverscach electronic chess clock (All world is elligible)
10 professional tournament chess set (All world is elligible)
20 chess books (Only for Turkey)

Voting Page


Voting will end on the 31st March 2010

First ACP Women World Rapid Cup

The tournament will be held in Rixos Hotel, Konya, Turkey from November 30th to December 4th 2009.

The 1st ACP Women World Rapid Cup will be a Round Robin tournament with twelve participants including

The full players' list is announced. ACP WS 2008-09 qualifiers:

Kosintseva, Tatiana
Kosteniuk, Alexandra
Kosintseva, Nadezhda
Cramling, Pia
Cmilyte, Viktorija
Zhukova, Natalya
Javakhishvili, Lela
Socko, Monica (replaces Pogonina)

ACP nominee:

Klinova, Masha

TCF nominees:

Ozturk, Kubra
Menzi, Nezihe Ezgi
Yildiz, Betul Cemre

You can find all needed informations in the TOURNAMENT PAGE

The Calender Has Changed

2009-2010 Turkish Chess Federation Tournament Calender has changed. According to this revision, The Turkish Is Bank Chess League, Turkish Is Bank Blitz Team Championship, Turkish Clubs Championship, Turkish Clubs Blitz Championship and Women Turkish Championship's dates are changed. The new dates are written below;

Name of the Event ..................................................................NEW DATES .....................................PLACE

The Turkish Is Bank Chess League

28.06.2010 08.07.2010

Konya

Turkish Is Bank Blitz Team Championship

03.07.2010

Konya

Turkish Clubs Championship

02-08/07/2010

Konya

Turkish Clubs Blitz Championship

06.07.2010

Konya

Women Turkish Championship

08-15.07.2010

Konya

 




2009 World Youth Under 16 Olympiad in Akhisar

under16_smallThe Turkish Chess Federation (TCF) will organise the World Youth Under-16 Olympiad in Akhisar district of Manisa, Turkey from 24 September 2009 (Arrival) to 03 October 2009 (Departure). The Championship will be conducted under the auspices of Federation Internationale Des Echecs (FIDE). The Turkish Chess Federation has the pleasure of inviting your Chess Federation to participate in the World Youth Under-16 Olympiad. Entitled to participate are players who shall not have reached the age of 16, by January 1st 2009, (Date of Birth 1993 and after). Tournament venue will be the sport hall of the Municipality.

You can also check the recent Olympiad web site which organized in Mersin last year.
 Tournament Poster



About Akhisar

Akhisar is a county district and its town center in Manisa Province in the Aegean region of Western Turkey. Akhisar is also the ancient city of Thyatira or Thyateira.With archaeological findings proving settlements going back to 3000 BC, Akhisar has been a busy trade center with its strategic location at the intersection of important roads during ancient and medieval ages. It was one of the cities where money was first used. Akhisar also hosted one of the Seven Churches of Revelation (Thyateira, Thyatira). The name of the city is mentioned in the Bible. Akhisar maintained its importance as a regional trade center during 600 years of Ottoman Empire. Today's Akhisar is still the trade and business center in its region. Akhisar's name is internationally recalled with tobacco. The fertile Akhisar Plain produces about 10% of total Turkish tobacco production. Akhisar's high-quality olives and olive oil are also globally known.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akhisar

17th Çanakkale Troya Ches Tournament

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17th Troya Chess Tournament will be held from 31 July - 10 August 2009. The venue of the event is Anafartalar Hotel. You can see the details of 17th  Troya Chess Tournament in the Regulation below.

Regulation

7th Mediterranean Championship in Rijeka, Croatia

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The 7th Meditrrenean Championship is going to be held in Rijeka, Croatia from 10 to 18th September 2009.

7the Mediterranean Championship Invitation

Mediterranean Chess Association

2009 World Youth Chess Championship Offical Website

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2009 World Youth Championships is going to be held in Antalya,Turkey from 11 to 23 November. The official website of the championship is launched and invitations, information about registration are available.

Obituary

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The "father" of Turkish chess, the first president of the Turkish Chess Federation after it became official, writer and IA Kahraman Olgaç passed away on May 27 at 14:40. The chess devotee, participated in 11 Olympiads and has served for Turkish chess for decades. Condolences to his family, beloved ones and Turkish Chess Family.

TCF Wins the Case Against ECU: Open Letter

Judicial court in Lausanne decided in favor for the Turkish Chess Federation in the case between European Chess Union and Turkish Chess Federation about the bidding procedure of organizing European chess events including the already organized European Individual Championships, European Club Cup and European Youth Championship. The  open letter of the President of the Turkish Chess Federation Ali Nihat Yazıcı is below.

Open Letter (pdf) Decision (English) Decision (Original text in French)

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Condolences to Italy and Italian Chess Family

We would like to express our sincere condolences over the earthquake in Abruzzo region in Italy on Monday morning to Italy, the Italian Chess Federation and the Italian chess family.

Turkish Chess Federation

Get Well Soon Grivas!

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National Team Trainer Grandmaster Efstartios Grivas had a heart attack last week on Wednesday in Athens. He stated in a phone call that he is fine.

We wish him to get well soon and join us in the nearest future with his full health.

Turkish Chess Federation

Humpy Koneru Wins İstanbul Women Grand Prix

logoa In the last round of İstanbul Women Grand Prix, Humpy Koneru won against Marie Sebag while Hou Yifan faltered against Shen Yang. Elina Danielian scored an important victory and outplayed Xue Zhao to take the second spot. Martha Fierro won against Maia Chiburdanidze while Pia Cramling closed the tournament with a win against Antoaneta Stefanova. Zeinab Mamedyarova and Betül Cemre Yıldız drew.

The leader changed for the third time and Humpy Koneru won İş Bank Atatürk FIDE Women Grand Prix with 8.5 out of 11. Elina Danielian took the second place with better tie-break having 8 points while Hou Yifan took the third place.


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6th Mediterranean Chess Championships

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The 6th Mediterranean Men and Women Chess Championships was held in Antalya, Turkey from January 10 to 18.  IM Ioannis Georgiadis and WIM Jovana Vojinovic won the Mediterrean Championship titles. You can see the detailed results in the Mediterranean Chess Association website.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


The 6th Mediterranean Men and Women Chess Championships will be held in Antalya, Turkey from Saturday 10th January 2009 (arrival) to Sunday 18th January 2009 (departure). The championship is going to be held in Antalya, Turkey. The field is going to be consist of 42 players from 18 countries with 7 GMs and 10 IMs . The top seed is GM Mikhail Gurevich from Turkey while GMs from non-Mediterrenean countries were also invited for the first time (GM Tamaz Gelashvili, GM Mircea Parligras, GM Levon Aroshidze, GM Handzsar Odeev). The defending champions IM Darko Doric and WIM Ljilja Drjlevic will be seeking to defend their titles in Antalya. The championship is supported by GATAB (Southern Antalya Municipalities Union) .

Pairings

Round 1

LIVE GAMES at 10:00 (UTC + 2 hours)

ATATÜRK STADIUM CUMHURİYET STADIUM

Mediterranean Chess Association




FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov Had a Car Accident


FIDE President Kirsan Nikolayevich Ilyumzhinov had a car accident yesterday morning in Moscow, Russia. According to the FIDE official website, his condition is fine which relieves all of the Turkish Chess family as the whole world of chess.

News: FIDE

Turkish National Teams in Dresden Chess Olympiad

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The Turkish National Teams for men and women for 38th Chess Olympiad which is going to be held in Dresden, Germany between 12-25 Novermber 2008 are below.



38th Chess Olympiad Turkish National Teams


MEN


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misha1 GM Mikhail Naumovich Gurevich
Birth Year: 1959
ELO: 2634 (FIDE Top 100 Rating List: 95.)

emre1 IM Emre Can
Birth Year:1990
ELO:2464

mert1 IM Mert Erdoğdu
Birth Year: 1979
ELO:2449

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IM Kıvanç Haznedaroğlu
Birth Year:1981
ELO:2436

musti FM Mustafa Yılmaz
Birth Year: 1992
ELO: 2387

(Elo Average: 2496)


grivas1 Captain: GM Efstratios Grivas

WOMEN

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zehra3 WIM Zehra Topel
Birth Year: 1987
ELO:2214


betul3 WIM Betül Cemre Yıldız
Birth Year:1989
ELO:2219


kubra3 WFM Kübra Öztürk
Birth Year:1991
ELO:2254

bayrak1 WFM Aslı Bayrak
Birth Year: 1989
ELO: 2005


yanik2 WFM Emine Yanık Süral
Birth Year:1976
ELO: 2049

(Elo Average: 2184)

Captain: GM Adrian Mikhalchishin



solakoglu2 National Team Manager: Özgür Solakoğlu

TCF Elections on ChessBase

chessbasenewsChessBase, one of the most popular chess news websites and the German-based software company published a report on the Turkish Chess Federation Elections which are going to be on November 8. 


The two tickets running are the ones by the incumbent president Ali Nihat Yazıcı who has been in office since 2000 while the other candidate is Veli Ozan Çakır working in Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Sports Ltd. and Turkish Football Federation who has been working as one of the organizers of Istanbul Open. His ticket also includes GM Suat Atalık.


Yazıcı's election website (Ticket named "Gens Una Magnus Sumus")
Çakır's election website(Tam Zamanı, "Just the Time)
(both in Turkish)

ChessBase

Elections Live on Chess TV

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The General Congress and the elections of Turkish Chess Federation will be available live on Chess TV.

Vishy Anand Outscores Kramnik and Defended World Championship Title

anandsmileThe World Chess Championship Match between the incumbent world champion Vishwanathan Anand and Vladimir Kramnik was held in Bonn, National Art and Exhibition Gallery from October 14 to November 2 with the sponsorship of Evonik and Gazprom.

Vishwanathan Anand defended his World Chess Championship title after outscoring ex-champion Vladimir Kramnik with the decisive draw on the eleventh game of the match by 6.5-4.5. Anand won third and fifth games of the match in Meran Variation which were crucial victories to the end while sixth game even enforced the Indian grandmaster's success in the match while Kramnik's attempt of counter-revolution in the tenth game did not work since he had to win all the remaining games to prolong the match to the play-offs which was technically an impossible task.

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Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Score
Anand ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 6.5
Kramnik ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 4.5


Turkish coverage was made by the press officer Özgür Akman in the Turkish website including translations from the major chesss websites in the world supported with some commentaries by GM Mikhail Gurevich (not analytical but verbal), GM Efstratios Grivas and also GM Adrian Mikhalchishin who was the official Russian commentator shared his views on the match after Anand claimed his title.

Official Website(UEP Event Promotions)

News in Turkish:

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Kramnik Pes Etmedi ve İlk Galibiyetini Aldı: 6-4!

-Anand-Kramnik Dünya Şampiyonluğu Maçı: Tamam mı Devam mı?

- Yedinci Oyun Berabere, Anand'ın Unvanını Korumasına 1,5 Puan Kaldı

-Anand Durdurulamıyor: 4.5-1.5!

-Anand Siyahlarla Yine Kazandı!!

-Dünya Şampiyonluğu Maçı Anand: 2,5 Kramnik: 1,5

- Anand Bir Adım Önde

- Dünya Şampiyonası'nda Sakin Başlangıç

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2008 World Youth Championsip

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2008 World Youth Championship was held in Vung-Tau, Vietnam. 18 players represented Turkey and Sinem Çağla Gündoğan in U-8 Girls shared the 5-6.places while IM Emre Can shared 6-8.places.

Turkey did not win any medals while two players were in the first ten spots. India dominated the field with 8 medals (4 golds) followed by China with 6 medals in total while Croatia had two gold medals in Under 16 Categories.

Turkey will host the 2009 edition of the World Youth Chess Championship as in 2007.


Official Website The Results of the Turkish Playersı


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Young Champions with the President of the Turkish Republic

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President of the Turkish Republic Abdullah Gül held a reception in  Çankaya Köşkü, the resident of the President of the Turkish Republic located in Ankara for the 85th Anniversary of the Foundation of the Turkish Republic in which members of non-governmental organizations, businessmen, artists, journalits and athletes.

Under 10 European Champion Cemil Can Ali Marandi and bronze medalist in Under 11 World Schools Championship Batuhan Daştan received private attention by his excellency the President and his spouse Hayrinnüsa Gül. 





İş Bank Commercials

The main sponsor of the Turkish Chess Federation, Turkish İş Bank published new commercials in Turkish media which received wide interest by many columnists and commentators expert on the field, encouragin children to choose chess in schools due to the starting education semester. The commercial  shows sightseeings in Turkey, i.e. Cappadocia, Nemrut etc. as different chess pieces.  The main title of the commercial is "For Children to Think Big!"

The Commercial on Newspapers: For Children to Think Big!

Turkish Players at European Senior Chess Championship in Davos

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European Individual Senior Chess Championship was held in Davos, Switzerland from 8 to 18 August 2008.

The results of the Turkish players are as follows; Hayri Özbilen 5,5 points, Metin Kayaman 5,0 points, Salih Muratoğlu scored 2.5 points as did the Honorary President of the Turkish Chess Federation Kahraman Olgaç.

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Historic Victory by Turkish Army :Turkey and Serkan Yeke became NATO Champions

ustresim.jpgIn the 19th NATO Chess Championship which was host between 4-8 August 2008 in Brussels, Belgium, Serkan Yeke won the event in the individual competition by scoring 6/7 and performing high at 2536. Turkish Armed Forces National Team won the event to end the German dominance in the competition for 13 years. The first ever Turkish chess title at armed forces level were won by Gökhan Narman, Necmettin Korkmaz (both scored 5 points) and Devrim Alaşlar (4.5). Yeke was followed by  Andreas Schenk(2509), Fabrice Wantiez(2315), Mateusz Sypien(2217) ve the winner of the 18.NATO Chess Championship ,which was held in Ankara, Turkey, Vytautas Vaznonis(2407) who shared 2-5.places with 5 points. The detailed news are available at the official website.


IM Haznedaroğlu in Good Form at Kalamaria


IM Kıvanç Haznedaroğlu took the fourth place in the fifth edition of Kalamaria Open in Thessaloniki, Greece where he scored 6.5 points and played with a 2522 rating performance. IM Mert Erdoğdu was leading the field in the final two rounds but lost the also two games including the one against the winner of the event GM Tamaz Gelashvili.

Tournament website

Detailed results on Chess-Results


Alexandra Kosteniuk is the New Women World Chess Champion

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In the final of the World Women's Championship which was held between August 27-September 18 in Nalchik, Russia, Alexandra Kosteniuk defeated the 14-year old Chinese prodigy Hou Yifan to become the fourteenth World Women Chess champion by 2.5-1.5 (Picture:Ruslan Mamiev for FIDE). We would like to congratulate her for her brilliant performance and welcome the new champion.


Makropoulos Says Atatürk Women Masters Will be Part of the Women Grand Prix

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FIDE Vice President Georgios Makropoulos stated in a recently published interview at the chess news website Chessdom that there is going to be a grand prix also for women. Among the other plans about the Grand Prix and the hot items in the international chess agenda Makropoulos also revealed that FIDE was going to have one stage of the Grand Prix series in Istanbul for sure. "Several days ago I visited Istanbul and Ankara together with Mr. Ali Nihat Yazici, President of the Turkish Chess Federation, and we had several meetings with important sponsors. Grand Prix is guaranteed next March in Istanbul. The Atatürk chess tournament, that took place this spring, will grow into GP event in 2009. " told Makropoulos about FIDE and TCF's plans for including Atatürk Women Masters in Women Grand Prix.


Turkish Chess Federation Joins The Olympic Family

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Turkish Chess Federation is accepted to the Turkish National Olympic Comittee on the meeting of the committee on July 4,2008. . This meant chess is now accepted to the TNOC as the only non-olympic sports. Turkish Chess Federation was included in the state sports organization back in 1991 while after 2004 it became one of the first autonomous federations in Turkey which enabled the energetic development of the federation.

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The President of the TNOC Mr.Togay Bayatlı states "We are very glad to welcome Turkish Chess Federation as instituitional member of TNOC and we would like to cooperate more in the future" about the membership. 


IM Erdoğdu Finished the Czech Tour

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IM Mert Erdoğdu, participated in the closed GM tournament named Valoz Cup right after the Czech Open in Czech Republic at Pardubice from July 30 to August 7. IM Erdoğdu scored 4 out of 9. You can view the official web site from here, while view the results in detail from here.






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Title Name ELO FED Score Result
1 IM Kanovsky David 2409 CZE 4 b 1
2 FM Grandelius Nils 2366 SWE 6,5
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3 GM Stefansson Hannes 2566 ISL 6
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4 IM Petr Martin 2451 CZE 4 b ½
5 IM Luch Michal 2412 POL 5,5
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6 GM Danielsen Henrik 2526 ISL 5,5
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7 FM Baryshpolets Andrey 2413 UKR 4
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8 GM Vokac Marek 2451 CZE 3,5
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Smith Axel 2427 SWE 2
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Mustafa Yılmaz Played in Young Masters, Scored Two Victories Against GMs

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FM Mustafa Yılmaz, played in Young Masters Euro Tournament at Twente University in Holland. Turkish youngster scored 4.5 out of 9 with a 2427 performance. The tournament was won by Anton Filippov with 7 points, followed by Nidjat Mamedov with 6.5 and Valentin Iotov at 6. Yılmaz, shared 11-13.places.


Here is his elegant win against the 2007 World Junior Champion GM Ahmed Adly and also won another game against GM Nikita Maiorov:

GM Ahmed Adly (2593) – FM Mustafa Yılmaz (2362)

Young Masters Tournament 2008, Round 6, Twente / Holland, [D12]

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Vahap Şanal Wins Gold at World Schools Championship in Singapore

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Vahap Şanal won the Under 11 World Schools Championship title as Batuhan Daştan shared the third place in the same group. The Under 11 team won a gold medal while under13 team won a bronze medal.

Vahap Şanal scored 8.5 points out of 9 to win the 4th World Schools Championship held in Singapore. Batuhan Daştan made a draw in the final round to share the third place. The team won a gold medal in under 11 category.

Despite the Turkish national team did not win any individual medal in the Under 13 group, the team won a bronze medal after Singapore and India.





Some info about the players:

Vahap Şanal:
2006 Under 8 World Championship 4th place, 2007 3. World Schools Championship Under 9 Boys 3rd place, 7. Dubai Youth Tournament shared 3rd place

Vahap Şanal is also under 10 Turkish champion and plays for Manisa Doruk College in Turkish İş Bank Chess league. He is now training with GM Cemil Agamaliev.

Cankut Emiroğlu: 2006 2. World Schools Championship Under 11 Champion, 2008 European Schools Chess Championship Individual  Under 13 3rd place

Cankut Emiroğlu is Under 14 Turkish champion and lives in İzmir as Vahap Şanal.

Atilla Köksal Yüksel: 2005 Jose Ramon Memorial Under 10 first place, 2007 3. World Schools Championship Under 11 Yaş 1st place, 2007 Jose Ramon Memorial Under 12 1st place

Atilla Köksal Yüksel, has the CM title thanks to his gold medal in last year's world schools championship title.

Cemilcan Ali Marandi: 2007 3. World Schools Championship Under 9 1st place

Cemil Can Ali Marandi is the silver medalist in Under10 Boys Turkish Championship.

The results of the Turkish players can be viewed from here.

Singapore Chess Federation Website

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IM Erdoğdu in Olomuc

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IM Mert Erdoğdu, participates in the closed GM tournament named Valoz Cup in Czech Republic at Pardubice from July 30 to August 7. IM Erdoğdu won his first round game against IM David Kanovsky'i (2409) while he drew his game against FM Nils Grandelius(2366) from Sweden. In the third round he face the strongest grandmaster of Iceland, GM Hannes Stefansson(2566) and lost. ile karşılaşıyor. You can view the official web site from here, while view the results in detail from here.

Last year in the same tournament IM Kıvanç Haznedaroğlu scored his second GM norms while the talented youngster IM Emre Can.



Title Name Rating Federation Score Results
IM Kanovsky David 2409 CZE 1 w 1
FM Grandelius Nils 2366 SWE 2 s ½
GM Stefansson Hannes 2566 ISL 1,5 w 0
IM Petr Martin 2451 CZE 2 w
IM Luch Michal 2412 POL 2 s
GM Danielsen Henrik 2526 ISL 2,5 w
FM Baryshpolets Andrey 2413 UKR 1 s
GM Vokac Marek 2451 CZE 1,5 w
Smith Axel 2427 SWE 0 s






























































Mustafa Yılmaz Grounds Down Ahmed Adly in Twente Young Masters


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The young star of Turkish chess who inflicted Turkish Champion GM Mikhail Gurevich his only defeat during the Turkish Championship and Under 16 Turkish Champion FM Mustafa Yılmaz, is playing at Young Masters Euro Chess Tournament between 1-9 August in Twente University, Holland. News from the strong youth tournament is available below. FM Yılmaz, defated GM Mairov and GM Ahmed Adly, the reigning World Junior Championship in style and has 3.5 points out of 6.


















The field include 2007 World Junior Champion GM Ahmed Adly, the young Azerbaijani GM Nidjat Mamedov and the new prodigy of Ukrainian chess FM Ilya Nyzhnyk together with  many young and strong players. The Turkish youngster FM Musfafa Yılmaz was not able to hold on against GM Mamedov in the first round. Below is the list of participants:

No Unvan İsim Ülke Reyting
1 GM Adly, Ahmed EGY 2593
2 GM Mamedov, Nidjat AZE 2564
3 GM Maiorov, Nikita BLR 2535
4 GM Filippov, Anton UZB 2531
5 GM Iotov, Valentin BUL 2519
6 IM Shimanov, Aleksandr RUS 2480
7 IM Bogner, Sebastian GER 2467
8 FM Giri, Anish RUS 2430
9 FM Nyzhnyk, Illya UKR 2428
10 IM Van Oosterom, Chiel NED 2420
11 IM Ris, Robert NED 2415
12 FM Yilmaz, Mustafa TUR 2362
13 FM Burg, Twan NED 2359
14 FM Lammens, Tim NED 2350
15 FM Bitalzadeh, Ali NED 2310
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Van Kampen, Robin NED 2294
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Otte, Marijn NED 2267
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Van der Velden, Bram NED 2230
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Van Opheusden, Bas NED 2172
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Van Nies, Pauline NED 2158


FM Alper Efe Ataman, TCF web site columnist and trainer is in Enschede and reporting for TCF web site.
The format of the tournament is 9-round Swiss and the time control is 2 hours for 40 moves and 30 minutes with 30 second increment with every move. The official website of the event is: www.onjk.nl
A new live broadcast system named FOIDOS was applied in the game of FM Mustafa Yılmaz. The system is based on the idea that three camera permanently show the game together with live commentary. Two of the cameras are going to concentrate on the players while the third one will show the general atmosphere. The official commentator who can be followed at the same time is GM Yasser Seirawan.


GM Suat Atalık Wins Istanbul Open on Tiebreaks

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GM Suat Atalık after his brilliant performance in Greek League went on to win the seventh edition of Istanbul International Chess Festival after drawing against his compatriot and Turkish Champion GM Mikhail Gurevich. Atalık scored 8 points and shared the first place with the Armenian IM Levon Babuijan who defeated GM Levan Panstulaia in the last round but Atalık won the event on tie-breaks. 3-9.places were shared by GM Mikhail Gurevich, GM Arman Pashikian, GM Merab Gagunashvili, GM Gadir Guseinov, GM Giorgi Bagaturov, GM Valeriy Aveskulov and GM Evgenij Ermenkov.

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GM Suat Atalık won against GM Levan Pantsula,a to take the lead again before the final round with 7.5 points while he is followed by GM Mikhail Gurevich who defeated GM Armen Pashikian and IM Levon Babuijan who defeated GM Sergey Grigoriants. In the final round the Turkish Grandmasters GM Suat Atalık and GM Mikhail Gurevich are facing each other.

Apart from the Turkish Grandmasters Mikhail Gurevich(2631) and Suat Atalık(2585), Gadir Guseinov(2643), Levan Pantsulaia (2607), Sergey Grigoriants(2577) , Merab Gagunashvili(2566) and total of 13 GMs, 6 WGMs, 6 IMs, 5 WIMs and 10 FMs are participating. There are 386 players in the Istanbul Chess Festival from 11 countries. You can check the results from the tournament page.

World Junior Championship Tournament Page in Action

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The tournament page of 2008 World Junior Championship is now available, is going to be the website where the 2008 World Junior Championship and 2008 World Junior Girls Championship are going to be covered.

Former world junior and world junior girls champions are already uploaded together with the short introductions of the expected participants, the stars of world chess are also introduced.

Check out the tournament web site for more coverage to follow even before the start of the event.


IM Ekaterina Atalık Wins Turkish Women's Championship

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Turkish Championship for Women was held in Konya between 12-17 July 2008. The top seed was IM Ekaterina Atalık, ex-European champion while WIM Betül Cemre Yıldız and WFM Kübra Öztürk were the other top players participated. There was a record number of 52 participants, the event was played as nine-round Swiss, but IM Atalık duly won the event with 8.5/9 despite conceding one draw against Cansu Söylemez, a talented youngster from İzmir. WIM Betül Cemre Yıldız was the runner-up with 7.5 points and WFM Kübra Öztürk was the bronze medalist after scoring 7 points. The details can be seen from the tournament page.

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IM Ekaterina Atalık, the top women player in Turkey who is also ex-European Champion played in the Turkish Women's Championship for the first time. Actually, she already played once in men's final in 2006 and shared 11-13.places. Her new rating, 2426, means that she is 46th highest rated women in the world in July 2008 FIDE Rating List.


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Her strongest opponents were WIM Betül Cemre Yıldız and WFM Kübra Öztürk, both shown as talented youngsters. WIM Yıldız, 19 and already five-times Turkish Champion for women, took the bronze medal in World Youth Championship Under 18 Girls last year in Kemer and tested her talents against a group of elite players including IM Atalık himself in İş Bank Atatürk International Women Masters 2008.

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The talented youngster from Izmir, Cansu Söylemez was able to hold her strong opponent to a draw after an accurate play. After being one point in front of her closest opponent WIM Yıldız in the final round she conceded a draw after the opening since there was nothing to play for and she would clinch the title after the draw.

The runner-up was Betül Cemre Yıldız, lost against IM Atalık and drew against WIM Öztürk and gathered 7.5 points. WFM Kübra Öztürk won the bronze medal with 7 points and you can see the thrilling endgame that she played against IM Atalık on the tournament page, where the both kept their nerves but IM Atalık was the side to win.


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METU Wins Turkish Clubs Championship


100_1367.jpgTurkish Clubs Championship, i.e. second division, was held in Konya, Selçuk University Campus from 7 to 13 July 2008. Some of the top players in the second league were GM Serhan Guliev(2487), IM Milen Vasilev(249), IM Davit Jojua(2463), Gaioz Nigalidze(2454), IM Iveri Chigladze(2384), FM Iulian Baltag(2342), IM Spas Kozhuharov(2433), FM Cemil Gülbaş(2355),WGM Tamar Tserterteli(2348) ,WGM Inga Charkalashvili(2347), WGM Bela Khotenashvili(2333). There were 58 teams from different regions of Turkey. Most of them qualified from regional divisions. METU Chess Club, the Turkish Clubs Champion qualified for the İş Bank Chess League together with Antakya Chess Club,  Ramazan Savaş Primary School and Istanbul Dobruca Sports Club.


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3.RAMAZAN SAVAŞ PRIMARY SCHOOL

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Antalya Ramazan Savaş Primary School was led by GM Serhan Guliev and it is a public school which has one of the most modern chess classes in Antalya. The captain of the team Abidin Unal is known as the organizator of Manavgat Open, a strong national open which hosted many of Turkish top IMs, and he is also the member of the technical committee of Turkish Chess Federation. GM Guliev and WGM Khotenashvili, a frequent visitor of Turkish opens led the team to the İş Bank Chess League.

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2.ANTAKYA CHESS AND BRIDGE SPORTS CLUB

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Antakya Chess Club relegated from the İş Bank Chess League and had FM Emrah Yagiz and FM Cemil Gülbas on their first two boards. This year the team was led by FM Gülbaş and FM Goosens from Belgium. FM Gülbaş, Turco-Belgian chess player resides in Belgium and plays for the national team of Belgium in every important team event including the Olympiads. He regularly plays for the Antakya side with his friend FM Etienne Goosens.

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1.MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY SPORTS CLUB

METU Chess Club is found based on the student society of the Middle East Technical University, located in Ankara. The chess tradition of the the chess club is very notable and there is a rich variety of chess activities, simultaneous exhibitions, courses at different levels, tournament within the university and among the university etc. The university is founded in 1956 and known to have one of the largest university campuses among Europe, having not only engineering faculty but other faculties including Humanities and Social Sciences. The chess club has always been a strong one with strong amateurs such as Tarık Selbes, Turkish Universities Champion who has an IM norm from Istanbul Open last year but this year four-time GM norm holder IM Milen Vasilev made the difference between a strong but unlucky contender for the first division and a domnating champion.

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Summer Opens in Turkey

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16th Troia Chess Festival is going to be held between 2-10 August in Çanakkale, International Istanbul Open is going to be held between July 29 - August 8 while International İzmir Open is going to be held from August 25 to September 4.

You can find the regulations below. You can also see the tournament website of the Istanbul Chess Festival from the banner above. You can browse the tournament website of Troia Chess Festival from here.

Regulations of Troya Chess Festival  İstanbul Chess Festival Regulations 

İş Bank Chess League Closing Ceremony

The Invincibles Receive Their Trophy

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The closing ceremony of the Turkish Is Bank Chess League are available at the link below. You can view standings, pictures, pairings&results , crosstable, board results&prizes and rating performances from the tournament page .

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Final Round:Adana Truva Completes the Streak

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Adana Truva won its last round game and won the league after collecting all of the possible 30 points. Manisa Doruk College and Turkish Airlines shared the second place with 26 points while Doruk College had the better tie-break with more board points with 101.5 compared to 98.5 of Turkish Airlines who won the third place as last seson.

Antalya Deniz Genclik, Mersin Ezgi Chess Club, TED Ankara College and Selçuk University relegated to the second division, Turkish Clubs Championship which is also starting in a couple of days.

You can find pictures and details below.

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Turkish İş Bank Chess leauge: Adana Truva the Invincible

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After the fourteenth round, Adana Truva Chess Club claimed the championship title with one round to go. The Adana Club won all of its games and has 28 points.

There is still a close fight for the second place between Turkish Airlines and Manisa Doruk college but the latter side has an advantage in board points with 2.

The smoke on the question of relegating teams are also cleared and four teams which are relegating are now certain. Round-by-round reports between round 10-14 are below. 

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Leaders Survive the Thrilling Ninth Round

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After the thrilling ninth round that Manisa Doruk College and Adana Truva won their thrilling encounters against Beşiktaş and Turkish Airlines, the two teams are still leading with 18 points followed by Servergazi and Turkish Airlines having 14 points. In the tenth round, Turkish Airlines has to win against Doruk College if they want to remain in the fight for the top two spots. You can see the results&pairings, crosstable, standings, games, lots of pictures,  rating performances and board standings from the tournament page.

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Doruk Koleji and Truva Head-to-Head

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After the seventh round in Turkish İş Bank Chess League, Manisa Doruk Koleji and Adana Truva are leading the field with perfect score, 14 points. Turkish Airlines follow them with 12 points. Beşiktaş and Servergazi have 10 points. In the seventh round TED College electrified Servergazi with 6-4, a crucial win for them and maybe a decisive blow for the latter in their fight for the top spots.

You can view the results, standings, pairings and PGN files at the tournament page, more about the rounds with pictures are below.

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Servergazi Upseting the İş Bank Chess Leauge

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After four rounds, defeating the defending champions Besiktas, İsek Aqumatch with the grandmaster trio and Turkish Airlines Servergazi is won most of the crucial matches to the victory. The other teams who won all the four rounds are Manisa Doruk Koleji and Adana Truva, other two major contenders for the title. Manisa Doruk College won a crucial victory against İSEK Aquamatch, İstanbul team with GMs Atalık, Papaiannou, Banikas and IM Atalık lost three games but all of them were major contenders for the league title. Beşiktaş, despite not having any foreign player, with the help of the strongest pack of the youth boards in the league only lost one game and standing solid.

Round-by-round reports by press officer Özgür Akman with lots of pictures are at the link below.

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