Kıvanç Haznedaroğlu (born 1 January 1981) is a Turkish

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Grandmaster and a

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trainer. As of the July 2013 FIDE rating list, he is ranked among active players number 1,798 in the world and number twelve in Turkey. He earned the title of Grandmaster (GM) on 18 October 2009. He studied

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Chess career

Haznedaroğlu was born on 1 January 1981 in Ankara as the youngest of three boys. At the age of five or six, he got interested in chess playing as his uncle, a mathematics teacher, was training Kıvanç's older brothers. His father introduced then Kıvanç in chess. Already in 1987, he became champion in the national intra primary school tournament. He repeated his first place in the 1989-90 Turkish championship. During his high school years, he became always Turkish champion in his age category. His first international experience was at 1999 Balkan Chess Championship in

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. Even though he won his first game against an

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from

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, he lost the following games and had to realize that there was a remarkable level difference between the Turkish and foreign chess players. In 2003, he became Turkish champion. The turning point for him came when he took part at the

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held in

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. He played against

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n Vladimir Malakhov, lost with ½ to 1½. He was very happy to get ½ points from a high-level chess player. In 2008, he participated at the

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held in

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, where he reached a score of 6½/9 by winning against

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(ENG), Sami Laouini (TUN), Luis Pan Zhang (PAN),

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(KAZ), Mohamed Amine Haddouche (ALG), Roger I. Nokes (NZL) and tying with

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(LAT) but losing to Jakob Vang Glud (DEN) and

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(GER). After winning the third game at Izmir Chess Open in August 2009, he qualified for the Grand Master title.

Achievements

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* 2003 – champion * 2006 – 4th place

References

External links

Kivanc Haznedaroglu at Chess Games
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Haznedaroglu, Kivanc Living people 1981 births Sportspeople from Ankara Turkish chess players Chess Olympiad competitors Chess Grandmasters Hacettepe University alumni