2011 Istanbul Chess Festival Started |
10th International Istanbul Chess Festival first round has commenced at 1.00 p.m. with about 400 participants from 15 countries at Yıldız Technical University as of September 12 th, 2011.
TSF President Mr. Ali Nihat Yazıcı, Y.T.U. Vice Chairman Prof. Dr. Tamer Yılmaz, Tournament Director Mr. Cem Pekun and Division Head Mr. Emrah Gunay has participated to the tournament opening ceremony.
TSF President has emphasized that next year will be a Chess year for Turkey due to Chess Olimpiads and next years` Istanbul Chess Festival will be organized just after the Olimpiads.
Then, Mr. Yazıcı has unveiled the tournament with the opening move of Andrey Summets vs. Riza Oney game and wishing good luck to all players.
You can watch tournament live games of first 17 table of category A and first 3 table of category B games via tournament broadcast page.
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