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15 Temmuz 2008
Turkish Clubs Championship, i.e. second division, was held in Konya, Selçuk University Campus from 7 to 13 July 2008. Some of the top players in the second league were GM Serhan Guliev(2487), IM Milen Vasilev(249), IM Davit Jojua(2463), Gaioz Nigalidze(2454), IM Iveri Chigladze(2384), FM Iulian Baltag(2342), IM Spas Kozhuharov(2433), FM Cemil Gülbaş(2355),WGM Tamar Tserterteli(2348) ,WGM Inga Charkalashvili(2347), WGM Bela Khotenashvili(2333). There were 58 teams from different regions of Turkey. Most of them qualified from regional divisions. METU Chess Club, the Turkish Clubs Champion qualified for the İş Bank Chess League together with Antakya Chess Club, Ramazan Savaş Primary School and Istanbul Dobruca Sports Club.
3.RAMAZAN SAVAŞ PRIMARY SCHOOL
Antalya Ramazan Savaş Primary School was led by GM Serhan Guliev and it is a public school which has one of the most modern chess classes in Antalya. The captain of the team Abidin Unal is known as the organizator of Manavgat Open, a strong national open which hosted many of Turkish top IMs, and he is also the member of the technical committee of Turkish Chess Federation. GM Guliev and WGM Khotenashvili, a frequent visitor of Turkish opens led the team to the İş Bank Chess League.
2.ANTAKYA CHESS AND BRIDGE SPORTS CLUB
Antakya Chess Club relegated from the İş Bank Chess League and had FM Emrah Yagiz and FM Cemil Gülbas on their first two boards. This year the team was led by FM Gülbaş and FM Goosens from Belgium. FM Gülbaş, Turco-Belgian chess player resides in Belgium and plays for the national team of Belgium in every important team event including the Olympiads. He regularly plays for the Antakya side with his friend FM Etienne Goosens.
1.MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY SPORTS CLUB
METU Chess Club is found based on the student society of the Middle East Technical University, located in Ankara. The chess tradition of the the chess club is very notable and there is a rich variety of chess activities, simultaneous exhibitions, courses at different levels, tournament within the university and among the university etc. The university is founded in 1956 and known to have one of the largest university campuses among Europe, having not only engineering faculty but other faculties including Humanities and Social Sciences. The chess club has always been a strong one with strong amateurs such as Tarık Selbes, Turkish Universities Champion who has an IM norm from Istanbul Open last year but this year four-time GM norm holder IM Milen Vasilev made the difference between a strong but unlucky contender for the first division and a domnating champion.
