Turkey İş Bank Chess League 2011
86 titled players in one of the strongest leagues in Europe
The Turkey İş Bank Chess League 2011 will take place 27 June – 09 July in the Konya-Hilton Garden Inn Otel. It will be one of the top club competitions of Europe, featuring 36 grandmasters and 86 titled players.
Top board players include GM Pavel Eljanov (UKR, ELO 2712), GM Rustam Kasimdzhanov (UZB, ELO 2685), GM Ernesto Inarkiev (RUS, ELO 2679), GM Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu (ROU, ELO 2662), GM Evgenij Miroshnichenko (UKR, ELO 2651), GM Boris Savchenko (RUS, ELO 2630), GM Mikheil Mchedlishvili (GEO, ELO 2629), GM Mircea Parligras (ROU, ELO 2626), GM Mikhail Gurevich (TUR, ELO 2617), GM Alexander Lastin (RUS, ELO 2617), GM Suat Atalik (TUR, ELO 2616), GM Levan Pantsulaia (GEO, ELO 2613), GM Kaido Kulaots (EST, ELO 2607), GM Merab Gagunashvili (GEO, ELO 2603), GM Alexander Galkin (RUS, ELO 2598), GM Dragan Solak (SRB, ELO 2588), GM Vladislav Borovikov (RUS, ELO 2586), GM Illya Nyzhnyk (UKR, ELO 2583), GM Nijat Mamedov (AZE, ELO 2587), GM Alexander Shimanov (RUS, ELO 2583), GM David Arutinian (GEO, ELO 2564), GM Nana Dzagnidze (GEO, ELO 2557), GM Andrey Vovk (UKR, ELO 2545), GM Esen Baris (TUR, ELO 2553), GM Kivanc Hazendaroglu (TUR, ELO 2544), GM Alexander Ipatov (ESP, ELO 2536), GM Rasul Ibrrhimov (AZE, ELO 2532), GM Tornike Sanikidze (GEO, ELO 2524), GM Gamil Agamaliev (AZE, ELO 2523), GM Vasif Durarbeyli (AZE, ELO 2511), IM Mustafa Yilmaz (TUR, ELO 2489), GM Emre Can (TUR, ELO 2487), GM Azer Mirzoev (AZE, ELO 2481), IM Anna Ushenina (UKR, ELO 2468), IM Melia Salome (GEO, ELO 2444), IM Martha Fierro (ECU, ELO 2388), IM Olga Zimna (ITA, 2346), WIM Adriana Nikolova (BUL, ELO 2333), WGM Sopio Gvetadze (GEO, ELO 2330), WIM Narmin Kazimova (AZE, ELO 2262)
Full list of teams and players here
The Turkish league competition is not only a battle between strong players, it also gives chance for youth players to grow up in direct first team league matches. The first four board of every team are the titled players, followed by a female athlete, a junior player, an U16 boy and girl tables, and U14 boy and girl tables.
Turkey İş Bank Chess League matches will have time controls 90 minutes for 40 moves + 30 minutes to the end of the game and 30 seconds increment.
Games and information will be available daily at the official website
The us chess league is a joke compare to the Turkish league.