Vahap Şanal
| Vahap Şanal | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Born | May 26, 1998 |
| Title | Grandmaster (2016) |
| FIDE rating | 2601 (February 2022) |
| Peak rating | 2601 (December 2021) |
Vahap Şanal (born 26 May 1998) is a Turkish chess grandmaster, two-time Turkish Chess Champion.
Chess career[]
Şanal became the youngest player in the Turkish national team at the age of eight[clarification needed] and defeated world champion Magnus Carlsen in an online blitz game in 2019.[1]
Şanal won the 4th World Schools Chess Championships, U11 section in 2008, scoring 8.5/9 and becoming a Candidate master in the process. In 2012 he won the European School Championship Open 15, scoring 8.5/9 and also became a FIDE Master that year.[2]
He won the Turkish Chess Championship in 2019 and 2020.[3]
He qualified to play in the Chess World Cup 2021 and .[4] Şanal took part in the 23rd European Chess Championship and won the individual bronze medal for his board.[5]
References[]
- ^ "Turkish chess grandmaster defeats world champion Carlsen in online game". Ahval. Retrieved 2021-06-16.
- ^ "The chess games of Vahap Sanal". www.chessgames.com. Retrieved 2021-06-16.
- ^ "Vahap Sanal wins 2020 Turkish Championship". www.fide.com. Retrieved 2021-06-16.
- ^ "Anton Demchenko is the 2021 European Champion". Reykjavík Open 2021. 2021-09-05. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
- ^ "2021 Avrupa Takımlar Şampiyonası'nda GM Şanal'dan Bronz Madalya!". tsf.org.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2021-11-22.
External links[]
- Vahap Şanal
- Vahap Şanal at chessgames.com
- Vahap Sanal rating card at FIDE
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