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1 Ağustos 2008
Vahap Şanal won the Under 11 World Schools Championship title as Batuhan Daştan shared the third place in the same group. The Under 11 team won a gold medal while under13 team won a bronze medal.
Vahap Şanal scored 8.5 points out of 9 to win the 4th World Schools Championship held in Singapore. Batuhan Daştan made a draw in the final round to share the third place. The team won a gold medal in under 11 category.
Despite the Turkish national team did not win any individual medal in the Under 13 group, the team won a bronze medal after Singapore and India.
Some info about the players:
Vahap Şanal: 2006 Under 8 World Championship 4th place, 2007 3. World Schools Championship Under 9 Boys 3rd place, 7. Dubai Youth Tournament shared 3rd place
Vahap Şanal is also under 10 Turkish champion and plays for Manisa Doruk College in Turkish İş Bank Chess league. He is now training with GM Cemil Agamaliev.
Cankut Emiroğlu: 2006 2. World Schools Championship Under 11 Champion, 2008 European Schools Chess Championship Individual Under 13 3rd place
Cankut Emiroğlu is Under 14 Turkish champion and lives in İzmir as Vahap Şanal.
Atilla Köksal Yüksel: 2005 Jose Ramon Memorial Under 10 first place, 2007 3. World Schools Championship Under 11 Yaş 1st place, 2007 Jose Ramon Memorial Under 12 1st place
Atilla Köksal Yüksel, has the CM title thanks to his gold medal in last year's world schools championship title.
Cemilcan Ali Marandi: 2007 3. World Schools Championship Under 9 1st place
Cemil Can Ali Marandi is the silver medalist in Under10 Boys Turkish Championship.
The results of the Turkish players can be viewed from here.
Singapore Chess Federation Website
