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New super women's tournament in Turkey
Women's chess has always been sadly neglected. Now a bank in Turkey, together with the Turkish Chess Federation, has taken the initiative and announced a super women's event in Istanbul in March 2008. Eligible are all female players over 2460 Elo, or over 2400 and having a GM title.
The İş Bankası - Atatürk International Women Masters Chess Tournament will be a round robin tournament. It will be played from March 10, 2008 to March 20, 2008. There will be eight invited players and the best two Turkish women players, according to the FIDE Elo List.
The tournament will be nine rounds with official FIDE time controls (90 minutes for the first 40 moves followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an addition of 30 seconds per move starting from move one). The tournament will be organized in Istanbul.

14-year-old WGM Hou Yifan, won the Atatürk International Women Masters Chess Tournament in Istanbul with a full point lead, and a rating performance of 2674.

Visit the official website of the Turkish Chess Federation for more details.