Erdogmus and Niemann shine in Turkish Super League

by André Schulz
7/30/2024 – In the second half of July, the Turkish Süper Ligi team championship was decided in a major tournament. The team from Bayegan Pendik Satranc Spor KülübüIn won after a close race, with the best player in the team being 13-year-old Turkish talent Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus, who had a 2730 performance. But the best player of the event was Hans Niemann with an Elo performance of 2744. | Photos: Turkish Chess Federation

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The Süper Ligi, sponsored by Türkiye İş Bankası, was held this year to mark the 100th anniversary of the bank's foundation. The tournament was held at the Green Park Hotel in Ankara. The tournament started on Sunday (14 July) and ended last Friday (26 July).

16 teams qualified for the Süper Ligi and played a massive 15-round round-robin tournament. However, the withdrawal of Hatay Büyükseheir Belediyesi Genclik Spor meant that the tournament had to be played with 15 teams.

The matches were played on six boards, one of which was reserved for a woman and one for a junior player.

The majority of the participating players came from Turkey, but a number of clubs also fielded international guest players, especially at the top boards. Players from Azerbaijan were well represented. Nihat Abasov occupied board one at Darüssafaa Biofet Spor Külübü. Vugar Asadli played behind him on board two. Bayegan Pendik Satranc Spor Külübü, one of the favourites, had Shakhriyar Mamedyarov on board one and the young Turkish star Yadiz Kaan Erdogmus on board two. Anton Korobov from the Ukraine was on board three. Türk Hava Yollari Spor Külübü had signed grandmasters Parham Maghsoodloo and M. Amin Tabatabaei from its southern neighbour Iran. Nihal Sarin (India) played for the team on board three. Hans Niemann (USA) sat on the top board for Aquamatch Deniz Su Satranc Genclik VE SP. Other top grandmasters in the service of Turkish Süper Ligi teams were Vladislav Artemiev (Russia), Ivan Cheparinov (Bulgaria) and Nodirbek Ykubboev (Uzbekistan).

There were also some top international players on the women's boards. Anna and Mariya Muzychuk played for Bayegan Pendik Satranc Spor Külübü and Nana Dzagnidze for Türk Hava Yollari Spor Külübü. Pamukale Üniversiteli Satranc VE Akil O had secured the services of Harika Dronavalli.

The battle for the title was very close. At the end of the long tournament, Bayegan Pendik Satranc Spor Külübü came out on top by two team points. The team remained undefeated and only conceded two team draws over the course of the tournament. Pamukale Üniversiteli Satranc VE Akil O finished second on tiebreak ahead of Türk Hava Yollari Spor Kulübü, who had the same number of points.

Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus plays, Mamedyarov kibitzes

The best player in the winning team was the 13-year-old Turkish youngster Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus: He played 11 games and had a performance of 2730.

Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan25691–0Gokcek, Kursat Bugra2160
Turkey Is Bank Super League 2024
Ankara26.07.2024[Schulz,A]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 d6 6.e4!? White more often tries 6.f3 or 6.e3 6...Nxe4 or 6...e5 e.g. 7.Bd3 c5 8.Ne2 Nc6 9.0-0 0-0 10.d5 Ne7 11.f4 exf4 12.Bxf4 Ng4 13.h3 Ne5 14.Bxe5 dxe5 15.a4 Bd7 16.a5 Nc8 17.Qd2 Nd6 18.Ng3 Qh4 19.Qe3 Rac8 20.Rf2 f6 21.Nf1 h6 22.Kh2 Qg5 23.Qe1 f5 24.exf5 e4 25.Bxe4 Rce8 26.Re2 Nxc4 27.Ng3 Nd6 28.Qf2 h5 29.Qxc5 Nxe4 30.Nxe4 Qf4+ 31.g3 Qxf5 32.Qd4 Qxh3+ 33.Kg1 Rf3 34.Rae1 Rxg3+ 35.Nxg3 Qxg3+ 0-1 Praggnanandhaa,R (2688)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2741) Chessable Masters Div 2 Win Chess.com INT rapid 2023 (2.2) 7.Qg4 f5 8.Qxg7 Qf6 9.Qxf6 Nxf6=
10.Bd3 Nc6 11.Nf3 e5 12.Nh4 Ne7?! A rather passive move. 12...exd4?! 13.cxd4 Nxd4? 14.Bb2± 12...f4!?= 13.0-0 Kf7 14.f3 Directed against e4. Rg8 15.Re1 e4 15...Ng6!? 16.Nxg6 hxg6 17.dxe5 Re8 18.Bf4 Nh5 19.Bg5 16.fxe4 fxe4 17.Bxe4 Rg4 On first glance, this looks like a strong double-attack. However, White has a surprisingly easy counter. 18.Nf3! Nxe4 19.h3! Rg8 20.Rxe4
20...Ng6? Black continues his passive play. After 20...Bf5 21.Rh4 Rge8 22.d5 White is better, but still has a lot of work to do. 21.Bh6 Rd8 22.Rf1 Kg8 23.Ng5 Bd7 24.Rf7 Bc6 25.Rg7+ 25.Rg7+ Kh8 25...Kf8 26.Nxh7# 26.Nf7#
1–0

But the best player of the tournament was Hans Niemann, who played on board one for Aquamatch Deniz Su Satrance Genclik VE SP and finished with a rating performance of 2744.

Final standings

Rk. Team  TB1 
1 BAYEGAN PENDİK SATRANÇ SPOR KULÜBÜ 28
2 PAMUKKALE ÜNİVERSİTELİ SATRANÇ VE AKIL O 26
3 TÜRK HAVA YOLLARI SPOR KULÜBÜ 26
4 GÖKTÜRK SATRANÇ SPOR KULÜBÜ 22
5 AQUAMATCH DENİZ SU SATRANÇ GENÇLİK VE SP 17
6 BURHANİYE SATRANÇ SPOR KULÜBÜ 17
7 ROTA KOLEJİ SPOR KULÜBÜ 15
8 HUFEDER FENERBAHÇE SATRANÇ TAKIMI 14
9 APAYDIN SATRANÇ SPOR KULÜBÜ 14
10 ALAÇATI SATRANÇ SPOR KULÜBÜ 12
11 TARSUS ZEKA SATRANÇ SPOR KULÜBÜ 12
12 TAŞ DUVAR SPOR KULÜBÜ 11
13 DARÜŞŞAFAKA BİOFET SPOR KULÜBÜ 11
14 KARAMAN FUTBOL KULÜBÜ 11
15 BEYAZKALE SATRANÇ EVİ SPOR KULÜBÜ 4
16 HATAY BÜYÜKŞEHİR BELEDİYESİ GENÇLİK SPOR 0

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