European Women’s Chess Championships 2012
The Government of Turkey and the Turkish Chess Federation (TCF) and Gaziantep Metropolitan Municipality have the honour to invite all the ECU member Chess Federations to participate in the European Individual, Rapid and Blitz Women’s Chess Championship 2012 which will take place in Gaziantep, Turkey, from 1st March (Arrival) to 19th March (Departure) 2012.
There are 104 chess players registered so far (unofficial list 16th February 2012). See the list bellow.
Gaziantep, previously and still informally called Antep, is located in the southeast Turkey and counts amongst the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world. The city is located 185 km (115 miles) northeast of Adana and 127 km by road north of Aleppo, Syria.
The metropolitan area in the entire Gaziantep Province had a population of 1.3 million as of 2010, making it the sixth most populous city in Turkey. The city has two urban districts under its administration, Şahinbey and Şehitkamil.
More information about the city
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