Dear qualifiers of the Women’s Grand-Prix, The exact dates for Istanbul 2009 are from 6 March (arrivals) to 21 March (departures), as confirmed below by the Turkish Chess Federation. Best regards, George Mastrokoukos FIDE – World Chess Federation 9...
Vocaturo leads 6th Mediterranean Championship
After the sixth round of the 6th Mediterranean Championship, Vocaturo defended his sole lead with a draw with Wirig and has 5 points. Gurevich missed a clear win against Georgiadis and thus still chasing the young Italian together with...
2012 Chess Olympiad in Istanbul
Istanbul To Host 2012 Chess OlympiadPublished by Ozgur Tore Tuesday, 02 December 2008 Beside leading commerce and business world in the city, Istanbul Chamber of Commerce (ITO) continues its social responsibility projects by bringing 2012 Chess Olympiad to Istanbul....
2012 Olympiad Press Release
TURKISH CHESS FEDERATION PRESS RELEASE24 November 2008 Chess Olympiads in Istanbul Again! The 78th FIDE Congress held during the 38th Chess Olympiad taking place from 12 to 25 November 2008 in Dresden ended as another organizational triumph for the...
Turkey has won the 2012 Chess Olympiad Bid!
The votes have been tallied and Turkey won the 2012 bid to host the Chess Olympiad. The final count was 95 for Turkey, 40 for Montenegro, and 1 no vote. It will be held in Istanbul in 2012. Mr....
Ali Nihat Yazici re-elected TCF President
Ali Nihat Yazici re-elected TCF President The Turkish Chess Federation General Congress and Elections ended in a landmark victory for the incumbent president Ali Nihat Yazici, who faced very strong opposition led by Veli Ozan Çakir. The hot debates...
Big chess election in Turkey
Our friends at ChessBase just published an article about a chess election in Turkey. One of the candidates is GM Suat Atalik. Here is an excerpt of the article: The major headlines of the opposition’s agenda is as follows...
Armenia leads World Youth U16 Olympiad
The opening ceremony of World Under 16 Chess Olympiad was held with the participation of Metropolitan Mayor of Mersin Macit Özcan, Youth and Sports Director of Mersin Emrullah Taşkın, President of the Turkish Chess Federation Ali Nihat Yazıcı and...
World Under 16 Olympiad
World Youth Under-16 Chess Olmpiad To Begin In MersinPublished: 8/17/2008 MERSIN – The World Youth Under-16 Chess Olympiad will begin in the southern Turkish province of Mersin on August 17th. Chess players from 23 countries including Albania, Australia, Azerbaijan,...
Many norms earned in Turkey
IM and GM norms for players from the WJCCReport by Chessdom.com Many norms were given to the players from the just finished World Junior Chess Championship. Grandmaster Norms (Name – Country – Performance) Arik Braun GER 2665 Hou Yifan...