Isek Aquamatch wins Turkish Isbank Chess League

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7/10/2011 – In the very last round the Isek Aquamatch Sport Club, sporting Rustam Kasimdzhanov and Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu, won their match against the Hava Yollari Sport Club 7.5-2.5 and became a sole winner of the championship. Yapi Kredi and Adana Truva tied for second. We bring you another big pictorial with all the winners by our faithful reporter Anastasiya Karlovich, straight from a cave in Turkey.

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Turkish League: Isek Aquamatch Sport Club wins

Final report from the Turkish Isbank Chess League by Anastasiya Karlovich

The Turkish Isbank Chess League took place in the Konya-Hilton Garden Inn Hotel from June 28th till July 9th, 2011. This year 276 players from 14 clubs participated in the event. The Turkish Team Championship (1st Chess League) was inaugurated in 1995. In 2004, it changed its name to Super League, but after the Turkish Isbank assumed sponsorship in 2006, the name was changed once more to the Turkish Isbank Chess League. 36 grandmasters and 86 titled players in all were present in Konya. The top boards include top players such as GM Pavel Eljanov (UKR, 2712), GM Rustam Kasimdzhanov (UZB, 2685), GM Ernesto Inarkiev (RUS, 2679), GM Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu (ROU, 2662), GM Evgenij Miroshnichenko (UKR, 2651), GM Boris Savchenko (RUS, 2630), GM Mikheil Mchedlishvili (GEO, 2629) and others. Each team consists of ten boards: the first four boards of every team are the titled players, followed by a female, a junior, U16 boy and girl tables, and U14 boy and girl tables. The time control is 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes to the end of the game with a 30-second increment.


In round 13 the Isek Aquamatch Sport Club (left with Rustam Kasimdzhanov and L-D Nisipeanu)
beat the Turkish Hava Yollari Sport Club 7.5-2.5 and became a sole winner of the championship

The Yapi Kredi Sport Club and Adana Truva Sport Club won their matches against Mersin Ezgi Sport Club and Gazi University Sport Club respectively and kept their second place on the table.


The Yapi Kredi Sport Club won their match against the Mersin Ezgi Sport Club 6-4


The Adana Truva Sport Club won an important match against Gazi University Sport
Club to hold on to their third place on the table


The ITU SC won the last match against the Vesilkov SC but could not catch the leaders

Rank
Team
Points
Games
1
İsek Aquamatch S.K.
23
82
2
Yapi Kredi Spor Kulübü
21
79
3
Adana Truva Satranç S.K.
21
74½
4
İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi
19
74½
5
Manisa Doruk Koleji S.K.
17
70
6
Gazi Üniversitesi S.K.
16
67
7
Çelikkol Turizm Pamukkale
15
66
8
Mersin Ezgi Satranç Kulübü
12
66
9
Beşiktaş Jimnastik Kulübü
9
59½
10
Tarsus Zeka Satranç S.K.
9
59
11
Deniz Gençlik S.K.
9
57
12
Bursa Tophane Meslek Lisesi
6
58
13
Türk Hava Yollari S.K.
5
48½
14
Yeşilköy Spor Kulübü
0
49

Picture gallery


A battle between two Ukrainian GMs: Nyzhnyk Illya and Andrey Vovk finished in favour
of Vovk and brought him the first place on the board.


Medals for the winners of Turkish Isbank Chess League


Closing ceremony speech by the President of the Turkish Chess Federation Ali Nihat Yazici


Rustam Kasimdzhanov, Nidjat Mamedov and Boris Savchenko took the medals on the first board


Liviu-Dieter Nisepianu, Tornike Sanikidze and Kalin Karakehajov had the best results on the second board


Dogan Reyhan, Kivanc Haznedaroglu, Selim Citak became medallists playing on the third board


Ogulcan Kanmazalp, Mert Erdogdu, Atakan Sirin took the medals on the fourth board


Ekaterina Atalik, Bela Khotenashvili, Nana Dzagnidze had the best results on the women’s board


Andrei Vovk, Alexandr Shimanov, Mustafa Yilmaz showed the best result in U-20 category


Batuhan Dastan (Turkish talent we mentioned in our previous report), Kaan Komut
and Cankut Emiroglu took the medals playing on the board among boys U-16



Cemil Can Ali Marandi, Ufuk Sezen Arat, Eren Gani Ererdem, medallists playing on the board U-14


Selen Sop, Ezgi Menzi, Yesim Patel became the best players among girls U-16


Buse Vatansever, Nisan Ulusoy, Suara Keskin showed the best result on the board U-14


Isek Aquamatch Sport Club is a winner of Turkish Isbank Chess League


Yapi Kredi Sport Club finished on second place


The bronze-medallist of Turkish Isbank Chess League Adana Truva Sport Club


A Turkish village near Konya…


...with caves in the rocks


Berkay Tulay and Olga Zimina (Tarsus Zeka CC) exploring


A two-leveled cave where criminals were burnt in ancient times.
Berkay Tulay and Yakup Bayram are not afraid to enter it.


Your reporter from Turkish Isbank League Anastasiya Karlovich


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