Suat Atalık
| Suat Atalık | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| Full name | Suat Atalık |
| Country |
 Turkey Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
| Born |
October 10, 1964 Istanbul, Turkey |
| Title | Grandmaster |
| FIDE rating | 2525 (February 2017) |
| Peak rating | 2632 (April 2006) |
Suat Atalık (born October 10, 1964) is a Grandmaster of chess. As of the July 2009 FIDE rating list, he is ranked number 165 in the world and number two in Turkey, behind Mikhail Gurevich.
He went to Galatasaray Lycee and studied Psychology in Boğaziçi University.
He was born in Turkey in 1964, represented Turkey in the World Junior Chess Championship in 1983, and was their top board for several Chess Olympiads.
Despite this, and his current residence in Istanbul, he had disputes with chess organizers in his country, so he declared himself to be a resident of Bosnia and Herzegovina, his ancestral home.
During the 2000 Chess Olympiad in Istanbul, Atalik insisted on playing for Bosnia rather than Turkey. As a result, the organizers of the Olympiad banned him from the competition. After the selection of the new national chess federation he returned to the Turkish national team.
In 2003, he took first at Mar del Plata. In 2007 he tied for first with Michael Roiz at the Gorenje Valjevo Tournament.
On November 11, 2005 he married 22-year-old woman grandmaster Ekaterina Polovnikova from Russia. Former world championship challenger Nigel Short, who also played in the World Junior Championship in 1983 was his best man.
...
Wikipedia