INTERNATIONAL ATATÜRK CHESS FESTIVAL
International Chess Festival has finished. Tournament Page
GM Mchedlishvili, GM Gaprindashvili, GM Bagaturov and Morchiashvili from Georgia shared the first prize. Players who has 6 points are orderly, 5th GM Mamedov, 6th IM Esen, 7th GM Shanava, 8th GM Gelashvili, 9th GM Gashimov,10th IM Guliev, 11th FM Hamad and 12th Jwan. The price ceremony is at 18:00 on November, 14.2006.
Category prizes under16 open blitz
TURKISH TROIKA!!
After Istanbul and Izmir Open, Turkey starts a new one
INTERNATIONAL ATATURK FESTIVAL – ADANA
TCF President Ali Nihat YAZICI, announced today that Seyhan Municipality will start a new open tournament traditionally. The name of the tournament will be International Ataturk Festival, organized during Ataturk Week from 5 to 15 November each year. The total prize fund is 17.000 USD and the festival will consist of four categories: Open, Under 16, Universities and Blitz tournament: Regulations
As it is known very well, in Turkey there are 2 traditional open tournaments: Istanbul Chess Festival (40.000 USD prize fund) and Izmir Open (10.200 USD) both is being organized this year 5th time.
International Ataturk Chess Festival will be organized by the sponsorship of Seyhan Municipality. Major Prof.Dr.Azim ÖZTÜRK loves chess, the rising star of Turkish Sport.
Prof.Dr.Azim OZTURK Major of SEYHAN MUNICIPALITY
Major OZTURK says that the chess is the best educational tool to give to children. Considering the development of chess in Turkey in the last few years, as one of the biggest Municipality of the country, we are very glad to start the International Atatürk Chess Festival. We invite all countries of the world to taste the Anatolian Hospitality in Adana.
Major Öztürk, also has mentioned that the International Atatürk Festival will be organized every year at the same time as a chess classic in Seyhan!
The partners of organizers are Seyhan Municipality, Turkish Chess Foundation and the Turkish Chess Federation.
Regulations: Turkish English
Participant list
click on the link below for more information WHERE IS ADANA?
Adana Province is a province with a surface area of 14.030 km2, located in the Mediterranean region of southern Turkey. The provinces adjacent to it are Mersin to the west, Hatay to the southeast, Osmaniye to the east, Kahramanmaraş to the northeast, Kayseri to the north, and Niğde to the northwest. Its capital is the city of Adana. The name of the city is believed to have come from a legend that Adanus and Sarus, two sons of Uranus, came to a place near the Seyhan River where they built Adana.
The Adana city is formed from its two main parts: Seyhan and Yüreğir. Seyhan, the more developed western part of the city is located on the right side of Seyhan River. Yüreğir is located on the left side of the river, and next to NATO's Incirlik Air Base is located within this province. Seyhan and Yüreğir are also the names of central district administrations in the city center.
The north of the city is surrounded by the Seyhan Dam Lake, was built in 1957. The lake is used to produce electricity, and to provide the irrigation water to the lower part of Çukurova plain, agricultural production area located in the south parth of the city. Two irrigation canals in Seyhan part of the city flows to the plain area passing through the city center from east to west. Also there is also another canal is used for irrigating the Yüreğir plain, located on the southeast part of the province.
Other districts of the province are Aladağ (formerly Karsantı), Ceyhan (formerly Urfiye), Feke, İmamoğlu, Karataş, Kozan (formerly Sis), Pozantı, Saimbeyli (formerly Hacın/Haçin), Tufanbeyli (formerly Mağara), and Yumurtalık (formerly Ayas).
Adana is famous for its kebab and şalgam. Şalgam is a salty fermented juice made from purple carrots. Bicibici (pronounced as bee-jee-bee-jee) made from diced su muhallebisi ("water pudding"), red rose water and sugar and served with crushed ice on the top, is also a famous local dessert consumed especially in summer time like icecream.
HOW TO ACCESS?
ADANA – SEYHAN is the fourth big city in Turkey, after Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir. There are each day many flights from Istanbul, Izmir and Ankara. Even some international daily flights from European Connections.
To book your ticket, we propose you to visit the sponsor of Turkish Chess Federation, the website of Turkish Airlines.
www.thy.com.tr
