Vahap Şanal Explained

Vahap Şanal
Country:Turkey
Birth Date:26 May 1998
Birth Place:İzmir, Turkey
Grandmaster (2016)
Peakrating:2608 (November 2023)
Fideid:6300545

Vahap Şanal (born 26 May 1998) is a Turkish chess grandmaster and two-time Turkish Chess Champion.

Chess career

In 2006, Şanal became the youngest player on the Turkish national team at the age of eight[1] and defeated world champion Magnus Carlsen in an online blitz game in 2019.[2]

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.[3]

He won the Turkish Chess Championship in 2019 and 2020.[4]

He qualified to play in the Chess World Cup 2021 and Chess World Cup 2023.[5] Şanal took part in the 23rd European Chess Championship and won the individual bronze medal for his board.[6]

In 2022, Şanal played first board at Turkish Chess Super League. He scored 9/12 winning the first board prize with performance of 2796.[7]

Sanal became the first Turkish chess player to reach the fourth round of Chess World Cup by eliminating Nodirbek Abdusattorov in the second round and Anton Korobov in the third round of the Chess World Cup 2023.[8] He was defeated by Vasyl Ivanchuk in the fourth round in tiebreaks.[9]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Akıl oyunun 'milli' ustası . 2022-09-02 . Yeniasir.
  2. Web site: Turkish chess grandmaster defeats world champion Carlsen in online game . 2021-06-16 . Ahval . en.
  3. Web site: The chess games of Vahap Sanal . 2021-06-16 . www.chessgames.com.
  4. Web site: Vahap Sanal wins 2020 Turkish Championship . 2021-06-16 . www.fide.com . en.
  5. Web site: 2021-09-05. Anton Demchenko is the 2021 European Champion. 2021-09-06. Reykjavík Open 2021. en-US.
  6. Web site: 2021 Avrupa Takımlar Şampiyonası'nda GM Şanal'dan Bronz Madalya!. 2021-11-22. tsf.org.tr. tr-tr.
  7. Web site: TÜRKİYE SATRANÇ FEDERASYONU . 2022-09-02 . superlig.tsf.org.tr.
  8. Web site: Vahap Şanal Nodirbek Abdusattorov'u Eledi ve 3. Turda! . 2023-08-04 . tsf.org.tr . tr-tr.
  9. Web site: Alberto Colodro . Carlos . 2023-08-11 . World Cup: Pragg bests Naka, Carlsen to face Ivanchuk . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230812204114/https://en.chessbase.com/post/world-cup-2023-r4-d3 . 2023-08-12 . 2023-08-12 . ChessBase . en.