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S Atalik 
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Suat Atalik
Number of games in database: 578
Years covered: 1986 to 2013
Last FIDE rating: 2597
Highest rating achieved in database: 2636
Overall record: +216 -89 =270 (61.0%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      3 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 King's Indian (50) 
    E81 E70 E98 E97 E94
 Nimzo Indian (28) 
    E32 E38 E39 E41 E51
 Queen's Indian (26) 
    E15 E12 E17 E13
 Queen's Gambit Declined (26) 
    D37 D38 D31 D35 D30
 Slav (26) 
    D10 D11 D15 D17 D19
 Queen's Pawn Game (21) 
    A40 A41 E10 E00 D00
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (41) 
    B62 B67 B56 B52 B54
 Grunfeld (26) 
    D85 D97 D80 D84 D98
 Ruy Lopez (25) 
    C80 C94 C78 C72 C69
 Slav (25) 
    D15 D11 D10 D19 D17
 French Defense (23) 
    C11 C12 C00 C02 C16
 Sicilian Richter-Rauser (17) 
    B62 B67 B66 B60
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   S Atalik vs Sax, 1997 1-0
   F Handke vs S Atalik, 2000 0-1
   S Atalik vs A Adly, 2006 1/2-1/2
   S Atalik vs B Baum, 1998 1-0
   Z Sturua vs S Atalik, 2002 0-1
   S Atalik vs V Zheliandinov, 2001 1-0

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Bled Olympiad (2002)
   EU-ch 4th (2003)
   Bad Wiessee (2003)
   36th Olympiad (2004)
   Sigeman & Co (2006)
   7th European Individual Championship (2006)
   Corus Wijk aan Zee Group C (2006)
   37th Chess Olympiad (2006)
   Turkish Championship (2006)
   Canadian Open (2007)
   Gorenje 2007 Tournament (2007)
   European Individual Championship (2008)

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SUAT ATALIK
(born Oct-10-1964) Turkey

[what is this?]
Suat Atalik was born in Istanbul. He won Turkish youth titles several times before winning the Turkish Championship in 1987 and 1988. He was awarded the GM title in 1994. In 2000 he moved to Bosnia and played for them for four years before returning to Turkey in 2004.

In total, Atalik has participated in ten Olympiads between 1984 and 2006, 8 times for Turkey and twice for Bosnia, winning the bronze medal for first-board performance in 1988. His best tournament results include first places at Budapest 1992, Alushta 1999, the 2006 Mediterranean Championship and the Negroponte Open in Greece in 2010. He took part in the 2001 edition of the FIDE World Championship, but was eliminated in the first round.

In November 2005 he married woman grandmaster Ekaterina Polovnikova-Atalik.

Wikipedia article: Suat Atal%C4%B1k


 page 1 of 24; games 1-25 of 578  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. S Mariotti vs S Atalik  ½-½23 1986 DubaiE04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3
2. Barbero vs S Atalik  0-138 1986 OlympiadD38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation
3. Kotronias vs S Atalik 1-026 1987 SuboticaC43 Petrov, Modern Attack
4. Uhlmann vs S Atalik  ½-½19 1988 OlA14 English
5. S Atalik vs Igor Ivanov  ½-½13 1988 OlympiadE15 Queen's Indian
6. S Atalik vs Chiburdanidze  ½-½32 1990 Forli opA41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6)
7. S Atalik vs Zsofia Polgar 0-161 1991 It, Budapest (Hungary)D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
8. S Atalik vs Vyzmanavin  ½-½12 1992 Cheliabinsk (Russia)E15 Queen's Indian
9. S Atalik vs Korchnoi  ½-½33 1992 Manila olm 55/502E12 Queen's Indian
10. S Atalik vs Kharlov 1-024 1992 Budapest GMD27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical
11. Baburin vs S Atalik  ½-½62 1992 Budapest (Hungary)A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4
12. G Milos vs S Atalik 1-024 1992 OlympiadB67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7
13. S Atalik vs Leko  ½-½54 1992 Budapest GMD97 Grunfeld, Russian
14. V Tukmakov vs S Atalik  ½-½55 1993 TilburgE98 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 9.Ne1
15. S Atalik vs Miles 0-130 1993 It (open)E81 King's Indian, Samisch
16. Kamsky vs S Atalik 1-066 1993 Tilburg (Netherlands)B62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
17. S Atalik vs Kamsky 0-134 1993 Tilburg (Netherlands)D51 Queen's Gambit Declined
18. I Dorfanis vs S Atalik  ½-½55 1993 Katerini GPA45 Queen's Pawn Game
19. Anand vs S Atalik  ½-½49 1993 It (active)B62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
20. Judit Polgar vs S Atalik 1-029 1993 It (active)B62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
21. S Atalik vs Kotronias  ½-½31 1993 Peristeri (Greece)E86 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.Nge2 c6
22. Wojtkiewicz vs S Atalik  ½-½40 1993 It openA15 English
23. S Atalik vs V Tukmakov  1-040 1993 TilburgD85 Grunfeld
24. S Smagin vs S Atalik  0-133 1993 Heraklio opB22 Sicilian, Alapin
25. S Atalik vs E Torre  ½-½23 1994 OlympiadA41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6)
 page 1 of 24; games 1-25 of 578  PGN Download
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Apr-21-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  PhilFeeley: A nice attack from Kavala 2005. White cooperated by castling queenside!

[Event "Kavala International Tournament 2005"]
[Site "Kavala"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anagnostopoulos I"]
[Black "Atalik S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "1968"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 Ne7 3. Nf3 Nbc6 4. g3 e5 5. Bg2 d6 6. d3 Bg4 7. c3 Qc8 8. h3 Bd7 9. Na3 g6 10. Nc2 Bg7 11. Bd2 b5 12. g4 a5 13. O-O-O b4 14. d4 O-O 15. d5 bxc3 16. Bxc3 Nb4 17. Kb1 Qb7 18. Na3 Na6 19. Nc4 Nc5 20. Nxa5 Qb6 21. Nc4 Qa6 22. b3 Nxe4 23. Qxe4 Qxa2+ 24. Kc1 Qxb3 25. Bb2 Ra4 26. Nfd2 Bh6 27. Qc2 Rxc4 0-1

Jun-22-07
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  weisyschwarz: He looks older than 42, but I think cg.com could find a better picture for him.
Jul-17-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  ahmadov: I hoped Atalik win one of the first three places at the Canadian tournament...
Oct-10-07
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  swordfish: It seems to me Atalik won Chicago a number of years back.
Oct-10-07  lopium: He is now 43 years old and married with a 25 years old woman.
Oct-10-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  brankat: Happy Birthday GM Atalik!
Oct-10-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  ahmadov: Happy birthday, Suat bey!
Oct-10-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  ahmadov: <Recently he married woman's grandmaster Ekaterina Polovnikova-Atalik.> This needs to be corrected on the player info, as his marriage is not recent already...

Oct-10-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  ahmadov: These guys are very quick to respond our comments...
Jun-21-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  waustad: That picture is a jolt. He's 14 years younger than I am and looks 5 years older. Maybe I need to check out the mirror again. Nah.
Aug-17-10
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  Tabanus: Winner with 2849 perf. of the 1st Negroponte Open (Greece) 9-17 August 2010:

http://www.chess-results.com/tnr338..., congratulations!

Sep-01-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  Tabanus: Placed 2nd in Kalamaria Open (Greece) 28 Aug. - 1 Sept. 2010:

http://www.chess-results.com/tnr370...

Jul-07-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  Poisonpawns: Why is he suspended by his federation?
Jul-09-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  PhilFeeley: <PP> I wondered the same thing. Chessvibes reports it <was the result of his refusal to sign an undertaking ... with which the Turkish Chess Federation requests all of its members to ask permission to play abroad. Besides, by signing the player states that he is responsible for all financial consequences of his participation in a tournament abroad, that he will "act in accordance with the responsibilities of a national athlete" and that he won't commit "any activity against Turkish Republic".>

See http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/s... and the links for further info.

Jul-09-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  PhilFeeley: Debate should rage here. Condemnation of this heavy-handed nonsense should be swift and continuous.
Jul-09-12
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  Poisonpawns: <PhilFeeley> Thanks, I had no idea what he was suspended for.
Aug-09-12
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  bharatiy: this is exactly a reason why chess can not gain more popular support! Unreasonable federations. FIDE has a golden opportunity here, they should threaten TCF with derecognition unless this ban is not lifted. Chances of anything similar happening are almost zero, while chances of FIDE condoning TCF actions are far higher.
Aug-09-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: Ilyumzhinov will act when there's something in it for him, not out of a sense of common decency. Throw him in with the late, unlamented Florencio Campomanes and have done with it. Pity there hasn't been a man of principle and humanity at the helm of FIDE since Fridrik Olafsson got forced out.
Aug-09-12  Cibator: The Association of Chess Professionals has evidently got in behind him - see here:

http://www.chessprofessionals.org/c...

- though how much clout they are capable of exercising I wouldn't like to say.

Aug-09-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  bharatiy: why would gcf take orders from tcf? He should file a case against GCF and unfortunately against organizers as well.
Oct-10-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  Abdel Irada: It's hard to believe, looking at this picture, that Atalik is actually nearly eight months my junior.

Maybe the pressures of grandmasterhood have overtaken him. I might be inclined to say it was being married to a much younger woman, except that my own wife is 14 years younger than I, which would tend to undermine this line of reasoning. :-S

Oct-10-12
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  Abdel Irada: In fairness, I should add that my own hair has a rather silvery sheen of its own, as you can see here: http://www.moralintelligence.net/si...

However, in my case, grandmasterhood is no factor.

Oct-10-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  Gottschalk: One of his best wins Miles vs S Atalik, 1996 .Very nice Bxe3 after Ne4
Jan-28-13
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  PhilFeeley: I see he did manage to play in 2012, despite the "ban". It's an open question whether he will play for Turkey in an Olympiad again. Maybe he'll go to another country like he did once before. Any other country would be glad to have him and the Turkish chess officials can eat sour grapes.

Too bad he didn't get to play in Gibraltar.

May-21-13
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  PhilFeeley: I see he's the top rated (so far) to play in July here:

http://www.chess-results.com/tnr989...

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