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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The closing ceremony started with the speech of the President of the Turkish Chess Federation, Ali Nihat Yazıcı. Yazıcı stated that they made a presentation with Manager of the PR Section of Türkiye İş Bankası Bülent İnan in Sports Marketing Summit in Mexico about the cooperation between TCF and Türkiye İş Bankası. He also mentioned that this sports potential is shown with this magnificent tournament which became an annual festival. "Our aim is to train new Betüls and Kübras. We achieved our aim in the project of chess in schools. Our next step is "chess in clubs".

President of the Northern Cyprus Chess Federation Yener Ersoy stated that this organization is admirable and pleased to see the support of TCF to NCCF.

A protocal was signed between the president of the Turkish Chess Federation Ali Nihat Yazıcı and the president of the Northern Cyprus Chess Federation Yener Ersoy to improve the relations between the two federations.

TSF President Ali Nihat Yazıcı presented Northern Cyprus Chess Federeation President Yener Ersoy a plaquette. Müge Nevşehirli Veziroğlu, the representative of Türkiye İş Bankası, the main sponsor of TCF Başkanı Ali Nihat Yazıcı,received her plaquette.

As it is always the case, all the players in Under 8 groups received medals by board members and regional representatives of Turkish Chess Federation.