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The Turkish national teams are preparing very seriously for European Team Chess Championships, which will be held from July 29 to August 8 in Göteborg (or Gotenburg) Sweden. The coach of the team is GM Predrag Nikolic. The average age is of the team is 21.
The Turkish men and women's teams, preparing for the European Team Championship
Turkish men's team: IM Umut Atakisi, IM Mert Erdogdu, IM Kivanc Haznedaroglu,
FM Yakup Erturan, IM Baris Esen
The women's team: WFM Asli Bayrak, WIM Betul Cemre Yildiz, FM Yakup Bayram
(coach), WFM Zehra Topel, WIM Nilufer Corlulu
As a part of the preparation for the European Team Chess Championship the Bulgarian Chess Federation and Turkish Chess Federation organized a friendly match between the two teams. The match took place between 19 and 21st of July 2005 in Hotel Galaxy, Svilengrad (BUL). Both teams competed on nine boards (five men and four women) in two games. The results were as follows:
Round one |
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| 1.1 | 1 | Bulgaria | 5,0 - 4,0 | 2 | Turkey | . | . |
| 1 | GM | Georgiev Kiril | 2666 | |
IM | Atakisi Umut | 2437 |
| 2 | GM | Spasov Vasil | 2551 | IM | Haznedaroglu Kivanc | 2430 | |
| 3 | - | Rusev Krasimir | 2426 | IM | Erdogdu Mert | 2403 | |
| 4 | IM | Andonov Bogomil | 2418 | FM | Erturan Yakup | 2311 | |
| 5 | - | Karakehajov Kalin | 2385 | - | Esen Baris | 2301 | |
| 6 | WGM | Voiska Margarita | 2328 | WIM | Yildiz Betul Cemre | 2155 | |
| 7 | WGM | Velcheva Maria | 2274 | WFM | Topel Zehra | 2081 | |
| 8 | WIM | Genova Liubka | 2235 | WIM | Cinar Corlulu Nilufer | 2038 | |
| 9 | - | Shtereva Slaveja | 2118 | WFM | Bayrak Asli | 1967 | |
Round two |
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| 2.1 | 2 | Turkey | 3,0 - 6,0 | 1 | Bulgaria | ||
| 1 | IM | Atakisi Umut | 2437 | GM | Georgiev Kiril | 2666 | |
| 2 | IM | Haznedaroglu Kivanc | 2430 | GM | Spasov Vasil | 2551 | |
| 3 | IM | Erdogdu Mert | 2403 | - | Rusev Krasimir | 2426 | |
| 4 | FM | Erturan Yakup | 2311 | IM | Andonov Bogomil | 2418 | |
| 5 | - | Esen Baris | 2301 | - | Karakehajov Kalin | 2385 | |
| 6 | WIM | Yildiz Betul Cemre | 2155 | WGM | Voiska Margarita | 2328 | |
| 7 | WFM | Topel Zehra | 2081 | WGM | Velcheva Maria | 2274 | |
| 8 | WIM | Cinar Corlulu Nilufer | 2038 | WIM | Genova Liubka | 2235 | |
| 9 | WFM | Bayrak Asli | 1967 | - | Shtereva Slaveja | 2118 | |
The Turkish team in Svilengrad, Bulgaria
The Bulgarian team that hosted the match
A gift from Mayor of Svilengrad
IM Umut Atakisi, highest rated player in the Turkish team
IM Bogomil Andonov, Bulgaria
IM Haznedaroglu Kivanc of Turkey
Untitled Rusev Krasimir, who scored 1.5:0.5
WGM Maria Velcheva of Bulgaria
WFM Asli Bayrak
The venue: Hotel Galaxy in Svilengrad
Playing blitz in the garden of the hotel
Everyone's favourite: the Galaxy Hotel swimming pool
